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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on January 22, 2026.]
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IS 10 0 6UH, WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS TODAY.
I'M GONNA READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL AND PERTINENT MANNER SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE PARK BOARD WILL BE REMOVED TO BE AND BARR FROM THE MEETING.
UM, OUR FIRST REGISTERED SPEAKER WAS AMY MARTIN, AND SHE IS NOT PRESENT.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LUTHER BERNSTEIN.
I'M GONNA, AM INTERESTED IN THE CONCESSION TO DO SOUTHERN ESTATES WITH AN ARTICLE IN THE DALLAS PAPER ON SUNDAY.
I CAME BEFORE YOU ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, KEISHA AND, UH, CRYSTAL HAD BOTH BEEN THE INSCAPE.
IS THERE ANY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN TO INSCAPE BEFORE? OKAY.
UM, WE RUN A VERY CLEAN, UH, VERY PROFESSIONAL OPERATION, UH, OF THE ROLLER SKATING ASSOCIATION.
UH, AND SO MUCH I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK THE, UM, CHAIRMAN, UH, IS THE SOUTHERN STATES A MEMBER OF THE ROLLER SKATING ASSOCIATION.
DO YOU KNOW, SIR? THIS IS NOT A DELIBERATION.
THIS IS JUST, UH, IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, NO, SIR.
LET'S, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR STATEMENT.
UM, UM, THIS, UH, SOUTHERN STATES AND PEN STATE OR COKE, SIR.
UM, YOU CAN JUST, UH, MAKE PUBLIC STATEMENTS, BUT WE CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU TODAY.
I'M VERY INTERESTED IN OPERATING IT.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT I COULD DO IT AS A CONCESSIONAIRE.
UH, I DID PREVIOUSLY IN THE EIGHTIES HAVE THE ROLLER SKATING, UH, CONCESSION ALONG WITH THE PANEL BOATS THAT WERE NEXT DOOR ON BACHMAN LAKE.
UM, I JUST, WOULD YOU, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO DO? I MEAN, OF COURSE I CAN BID ON IT.
I KNOW IT'S A PROCESS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
BUT, UM, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE ABOUT, UH, HOW I WOULD DO, UM, SOUTHERN STATES OPERATION? SIR, YOU CAN ONLY ADDRESS THE CHAIR AND JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND MAKE YOUR STATEMENT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO COVER.
AND, UM, UH, UM, WE HAVE A VERY PROFESSIONAL OPERATION.
WE DO STEM PROBLEM FOR, UH, CHILDREN DURING THE WEEK.
SO ALSO TO HAVE A GOOD ROLLER SKATING FACILITY FOR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE HAVE THREE THINGS THAT ARE, UM, CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
ONE IS A GOOD FLOOR, ONE IS GOOD RENTAL SKATES, AND ONE IS GOOD SOUND AND LIGHTS.
AND, UH, BELIEVE THE FACILITY HAS ALL OF THESE THAT JUST NEEDS SOMEONE TO OPERATE IT.
IT HAS TO HAVE THE PHONE ANSWERED REGULARLY DURING THE DAY, UH, WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH YOUR OPERATION AT THIS POINT.
UH, UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, I WOULD BE THE BEST FIT FOR THIS AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
I GUESS I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY SINCE YOU CAN'T GIVE ME ANY OTHER INFORMATION, UH, WHETHER PERMITTING, I PROBABLY VISIT THE LOCATION.
I ALREADY JUST WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IN THE LAST, UH, YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS, YOU'VE DONE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OPERATION YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, ISA HUCKABEE.
I'M, UH, I'M HERE, UH, AS A BENEFACTOR OF ONE METER CRAFT, BAYLOR, UH, AND STARTING WITH A RECREATION CENTER THAT'S GONE TO A WELLNESS CENTER.
AND I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE THE INCEPTION WHEN IT WAS JUST A RECREATION CENTER IN OUR WELLNESS.
AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE, WHAT YOU'VE ALLOWED TO HAVE HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY BENEFITING FROM IT.
I PERSONALLY, AND I'LL SHARE THAT A LITTLE BIT TO GET TO THAT, BUT THERE'S AN OUTSTANDING FACILITY THAT'S, THAT PROVIDES A, A WELL-ROUNDED
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SUPPORT TO ALL OF ALL OF US, THE SENIORS.I'M ONE OF THE SENIORS NOW AS WELL AS THE YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE THERE.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME LITTLE BIT, THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE AND THE PEOPLE WORKING WITH YOU AND, AND ALL, AND BEING, THEY'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL, THE MENTAL AND THEIR THERE WITH THE DIABETES, UH, CLINIC THERE TOO.
BUT STARTING OUT WITH, UH, WITH JUST THE WELLNESS PIECE OF IT, AND THEY HAS OUTSTANDING, UH, WHERE WE, WHERE THEY HELP US IN ALL DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, EXERCISES.
THOSE THAT FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
YOU SHOULD COME AND GET SOME MOVEMENT IN.
IF, IF YOU ARE AROUND AND THINK YOU'RE GONNA SIT AND YOU RUN AROUND A NICE LITTLE NAMED, UH, GRAVES AND YOU, YOU RUN INTO ALSO ARIANA, ARIANA, UH, ZOOM, UH, UH, UH, ARIANA.
AND THEN YOU ALSO RUN, RUN INTO, UH, BE, UH, WASHINGTON.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET UP AND MOVE AND CLEAN PARTS THAT'S MOVING THAT YOU, YOU HAVE
I WAS ALL IN THAT UNDER BAYLOR HELPING ME OUT, BUT ARIANA SHOWED ME SOME ZOOM AND MOVES, AND NOW I GOT ALL THIS COORDINATION KNOWING YOU ALL.
AND THEN, AND THEN WOULD ISHA COME AND GIVE YOU A STRONGER AND BREED EVEN LINE DANCE.
SO YOU GOT ALL THE PHYSICAL PIECE, AND THAT'S FOR ALL AGES, BUT THEN DEALING WITH THE DI DIABETES BECAUSE THE CLINIC IS THERE, BECAUSE THAT AREA IN THE, IN THE SOUTHERN AREA IS ONE WHERE DIABETES IS PREVALENCE WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO NOT ONLY THE CLINIC, I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DIETICIAN CLASSES, THE TEACHER MOVE, MY MYSTERY
SO WE TALK ABOUT WRITING THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S NOT A COST, UH, TO THE SENIORS.
EXPRESS SCIENCE SENIORS ARE BEING GIVEN THIS KIND OF ATTENTION WHERE WE REALLY NEEDED IT.
AND SO NOW YOU'VE GOTTEN US TO THIS LEVEL.
YOU CAN EASILY LOSE IT IF YOU DON'T KEEP GOING WITH IT JUST A FEW DAYS, YOU LOSE THAT, THAT LEVEL OF WELLNESS AND FITNESS.
SO, AND TOO, DEFINITELY NOT TAKE AWAY BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE A GOOD THING AND BRINGING THAT TO US.
AND SO MANY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF.
AND YOU, YOU FEEL THE CHAIR, EVEN WITH THE, THE ELDERLY AND EVERY PEOPLE, LIKE WHEN YOU COME IN, THAT SENSE OF FAMILY IS REALLY THERE AND YOU ARE DOING A GOOD THING AND HELPING US.
SO WE SAY, HEY, BRING MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
AND WE ARE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE AND DO, AND USE WHAT YOU'RE GIVING US BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY A GOOD FIT FOR US.
SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN OUT.
I JUST SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
I I DO, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND TELLING US A SUCCESS STORY LIKE THAT.
IT IS THE BEST PART OF OUR MEETINGS.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE GOTTA KEEP THAT EVERY, THAT EVERYBODY AT HOME HEARD THAT.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE DO THIS.
IS THAT PUBLIC SPEAKERS? OH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF A MINUTES OF JANUARY 15TH, 2026.
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I SECOND MR. MADANO, ANY DISCUSSION? UH, FYI WERE WE DOING THE, UH, BRIEFING? MR. O'CONNOR SAID THERE WAS SOME REBUT DREDGING TO LATER TODAY.
IS THAT, I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE CALENDAR.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE PLANNED OTHER THAN THAT? FREQUENT VIEWS? FOUR.
UM, WE HAD A BRIEFING ABOUT DREDGING EARLIER AND, AND AT, UH, PLANNING A DESIGN THAT WENT WELL AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION COMING, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ANOTHER BRIEFING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND BEFORE WE PUT THE MOTION OF, UH,
I WANTED TO EXPLAIN PROCEDURES YOU PUT IN PLACE, HOW WE WAS THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WITHIN BUDGET.
SO THE HISTORY ON THE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS, R-F-C-S-P BACK IN AUGUST, WE HAD 19 QUALIFIED BIDDERS OR CONTRACTORS THAT BEEN SCORED.
AND WE WENT WITH THE TOP RIGHT, THE MOST QUALIFIED AND WORKED OUR WAY DOWN THROUGH THE LIST WITH, UH, CONTRACTOR NUMBER ONE.
THEY WERE AT 4.9 MILLION AND WE ASKED THEM TO SEE WHERE THEY COULD REMOVE COSTS,
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PROFIT, ET CETERA, AND COME TO 4 MILLION BUDGET THAT WE HAD.THEY CAME DOWN AND HOWEVER, AND ON OUR TEAM WITH, AS WE LOOK THROUGH THEIR SCOPE, THEY HAD DESCOPED ITEMS IN THAT REC CENTER.
CAREFUL CHECKING THROUGH THAT.
SO, AND THAT'S REMOVING A WEIGHT ROOM THAT'S REMOVING ACTIVITY ROOM SHOWERS IN THE BATHROOM'S, LOCKER ROOMS, RIGHT? AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT, THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN AND BUDGETED THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM.
WE WENT TO VENDOR NUMBER TWO, 4.8 MILLION.
SO WE WENT TO VENDOR NUMBER THREE.
THEY WERE AT 4.3 MILLION PRETTY CLOSE ALREADY.
WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD GET A WIN WITH THIS ONE.
THEY CAME DOWN TO 4 MILLION AND YOUR AGENDA ITEM 4,000,010.
AND THEY KEPT THE ENTIRE SCOPE.
SO WE LOOK AT THAT AS A VICTORY.
WE ABLE MAINTAIN SCOPE AND STAY 99.9.
AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, THIS IN MR. GOLD'S DISTRICT AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING YEARS OFF THE GROUND, BUT I JUST LOVE THAT THE CAM IS BRINGING THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THESE CONTRACTORS TO TRY TO TAKE OUT
AND I JUST WANNA APPLAUD HIM, WHAT HE'S BRINGING TO THIS CITY.
MAKE SURE WE DELIVER THE HIGHEST LEVEL QUALITY PRO UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
WITH THAT, I PUT THIS, DO A SECOND.
UM, MS.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, MAYBE BESIDES THE NEWER FOLKS KNOW THIS, IS, THIS PROJECT IS MULTI-PHASE.
IT'S FUNDED THROUGH MULTIPLE BOND PRO PROGRAMS. UM, IT'S BEEN A TOP PRIORITY TO INVEST IN THAT AREA OF THE CITY AND THAT AREA OF THE DISTRICT FOR PROBABLY EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT 10 AND GOING BACK 20 SOMETHING, RIGHT? SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
THIS IS BY THE, THE BOXING GYM THAT
GREAT COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE.
AND THAT'S THE SPACE WE'VE USED TO GET IT KIND OF COMMUNITY INPUT.
UM, BUT THE FIRST PHASE, THE PARK, SMALL PARK, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO OPENING.
UM, THIS WILL BE THE NEXT PHASE AND WE ENDED UP WITH 1214 IN THE LAST 5, 15, 15.
SO, UM, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S SUPPORT ON THAT.
UM, ON THAT PHASE, THAT FUTURE PHASE AS WELL.
IS THERE ANYTHING, KIM, TO ADD ON EXACTLY WHAT THE PRO THE PROJECT'S GONNA INCLUDE IN THIS NEXT PHASE? OR RYAN, WHOEVER WANTS TO SHARE FORMALLY? YEAH, CHARLES THE PROJECT MANAGER CAN.
SO AS FAR AS WHAT IT'S THE AMENITIES, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YEAH, YEAH.
SO IT'S GONNA HAVE A SLASH PAD, GONNA HAVE A NEW PLAYGROUND, UM, OR PARK.
AND THEN FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FITNESS CENTER, UM, MULTIPLE ACTIVITY ROOMS. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LIBRARY COMPONENT WHERE THERE'LL BE BOOKS INSIDE THE LOBBY WHERE THEY CAN TAKE A BOOK, READ IT AND BRING IT BACK.
UM, THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE, UM, A, UH, MULTIPURPOSE RING THAT CAN BE USED FOR PARTIES, WHATEVER, KITCHEN.
SO IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED WELL, AND THE BALCONY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAVE THE OPEN DOORS, THE BALCONY THAT LEADS INTO, I CALL THE GREAT LAWN.
IT'S GONNA BE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS IS GONNA BE VERY SPECIAL.
MR. GOLDSTEIN TOUCHED ON THIS HAS BEEN AN AREA THAT'S BEEN CHALLENGED WITH CRIME, SOME GUN VIOLENCE WHERE PEOPLE SHOT AT PEOPLE PARKING LOT AND THESE TYPE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL, THIS COMMUNITY IS, IS JUST GONNA BE AMAZING.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD, AND MR. GOLDSTEIN AND, AND, AND COUNCIL STEWARD WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS THE CALIBER TYPE PROJECT.
AND IT'S THREE PHASES, BUT WE WANT MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY UNDERSTANDS THE CITY OF DALLAS CARES ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GONNA BE COMMITTED TO CHANGING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY.
YEAH, I JUST, UM, IF THERE'S A SINGLE PROJECT THAT DRIVES COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART AND MYSELF, IT'S, IT'S BEEN THIS PROJECT, IT'S BEEN THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
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UM, NOT JUST THE PARKS, BUT EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S, UH, DOING IN THE DISTRICT.SO, UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT IS BEEN MANY PARK BOARD MEMBERS AND MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, INVESTING IN FOREST ELIA.
SO WE'RE JUST, UH, GLAD TO SEE IT MOVING.
I, I, I, UH, I'M SORRY I TOOK MY BUTTON OFF, BUT I I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH MR. GOLDSTEIN.
THAT FOREST ELIA WAS, WAS, IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER IT WAS, AND, AND KNOWING THAT WHOLE HISTORY FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED, AND NOW HOPEFULLY WE CAN CHANGE IT.
IT'S, IT'S A GREAT THING FOR THE FORCE OF THE AREA.
UH, I JUST WANT TO ADD ONTO EVERYTHING MR. GOLDSTEIN SAID.
AND LARGE TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS LIKE THIS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EVERY DAY IS DAY ONE.
I MEAN, HERE WE ARE, DAY ONE ABOUT TO APPROVE THIS AND, AND THIS IS GONNA COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THAT SPACE.
THE SAME EXCITEMENT AND ENCOURAGEMENT MOTIVATION THAT WE HAVE LITERALLY TODAY ON DAY ONE IS, IS WHAT WE NEED EVERY DAY UNTIL WE DELIVER.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, FOR ALWAYS MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.
MR. GOLDSTEIN, THIS DEPARTMENT, THIS IS SO EXCITING.
I JUST WANNA DISCUSS THE PROCESS OF HOW YOU GOT HERE IN REGARDS TO REALLY INVOLVING THE PARK BOARD MEMBER, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF, AND COMING TO THIS PLACE.
AND THIS EXACTLY HAPPENED FOR EVERY PROJECT AT THIS COLLAB, UH, AT, AT THIS, THE COLLABORATION OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND REALLY COMING TOGETHER AND CHANGES THAT HAPPEN CONTINUED TO REACH OUT, OUT TO THE PARK BOARD.
UM, I JUST SPEAK
WELL, FORRESTER WAS THE FIRST PROJECT I WENT TO WHEN WE DID A POPUP WITH BETTER BLOCK AND REALLY THE WAY COMMUNITY USED IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
AND I THINK WITH LOTS OF
GOLDSTEIN, THANKS FOR YOUR CONCEPT AND COUNCILMAN STEWART, THIS REALLY WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL.
AND IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE SAY EQUITY CANNOT BE DEFINED BY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.
THIS, THIS IS NOT IN SOUTH, BUT IT IS AS NEEDED AS ANY PLACE IN SOUTH.
SO TRULY, I THINK WITH THAT, I THINK, AND UH, CAM, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE, TRULY THAT IS WHAT THE CITY NEEDS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR DOING THAT.
WITH THAT, I'M VERY EXCITED TO PUSH THE VOTE.
WITH THAT, WE GET TO NEXT BRIEFING AND RECLUSE THEMSELVES FOR THIS BRIEFING BECAUSE THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT.
UM, NEVER, THEY, THEY WORK WITH BAYLOR SCOTT.
SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A BRIEFING OF BAYLOR SCOTT, UH, MS. ROSS THING.
CHRIS ALL, SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH MY FRIEND AND PARTNER OF BAYLOR SCOTT BONITA,
SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE SOME OF, TO INTRODUCE US, THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ON
SO IT IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH BAYLOR 15, 15 YEARS AGO.
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SORRY.TODAY WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS STAT WAS 2010.
PURPOSE AND THE MISSION OF OUR PARTNERSHIP.
WE WILL ADDRESS A TARGET POPULATION AND WHO WE ARE SERVING, WHY WE ARE SERVING PARTICULAR, UM, TARGET GROUP.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, UM, OPERATE ONE FACILITY.
SO WE SHARED, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OR SHARE HOW WE, UH, EXPRESS THAT
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAM
TALK ABOUT HOW THE NUMBERS KNOW THAT AS WELL.
UH, HOW WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND THE MODEL AT VARIOUS RECREATION CENTERS THROUGH OUR LVC.
ALREADY, THIS FACILITY IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, 4,500 BRING AVENUE.
WE, UH, WE HAVE, HAVE A PUBLICLY COLLECTIVELY TRY TO IMPACT THE HEALTH COMMUNITY BY ONE PERSON.
ONE FAMILY COMMUNITY ADOPTED THE MODEL AS RECREATION, UM, OF WELLNESS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN CORT AND EVERYTHING WAS ESTABLISHED INITIALLY TO ADDRESS DIABETES.
BUT SINCE, SINCE WE HAVE
AND THIS IS $2 MILLION FROM OUR 2006 BOND PROGRAM.
HERE YOU'LL SEE THE MISSION AND FOCUS OF US ATTEMPTING TO REALLY IMPACT THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF SOUTHERN DALLAS THROUGH EDUCATION, HEALTH, NUTRITION, UH, SERVICES DELIVERED RIGHT THERE IN THE HEART OF OUR FACILITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TARGET POPULATION.
SO WE ARE REALLY
WE USE THEM AS PART OF THE, UH, EDUCATION PIECE.
WE GET OUR SENIORS MOVING AND GROOVING, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THROUGH OTHER HEALTH INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
HEALTH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, WE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE CAREGIVERS.
WE GIVE THEM TOOLS AND RESOURCES SO THEY CAN CARE FOR THEIR LOVED LOVED ONES WHO ARE DEALING WITH CHRONIC DISEASE AND EDUCATE US TO HAVE PREVENTATIVE METHODS PUT IN PLACE IN THEIR FAMILIES AND IN THEIR, THE FACILITY HAS SAID, I SERVED AS CENTER AT JUANITA CRAFT RECREATION CENTER IN 2007 TO 2009.
THIS FACILITY REALLY DOES HAVE A HEALTH FITNESS.
WHEN YOU WALK IN, WHEN YOU WALK IN, YOU NOTICE THAT WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, WHICH IS THE TEACHING, A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION OF HOW TO EAT, UM, HOW TO PREPARE YOUR MEALS.
WE HAVE A FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC, WHICH IS A FULL SERVICE HEALTH CLINIC, WHICH HAS A
WE HAVE A FITNESS CENTER WHICH FOCUSES ON CARDIO AND STRENGTH TRAINING EQUIPMENT.
AND IT IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE THE BEGINNING PHASE OF THEIR WELLNESS JOURNEY TO THOSE THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE IMMEDIATE, MORE ADVANCED.
OUR GYM, AS WITH ANY OTHER REC CENTER, IT SERVES AS THE REC CENTER, HAVE GROUP EXERCISE.
IT COULD BE THE INDOOR WALKING TRACK.
UM, BUT YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND SOME KIND OF ACTIVITY IN THAT SPACE.
AND AGAIN, SHARED PROGRAMMING, SHARED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO ENTITIES TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE ROLE OF RESPONSIBILITIES WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS MARRIAGE OF 15 YEARS IS THROUGH COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATE.
OFTEN WE'RE IN THE SAME BUILDING UNDER THE SAME ROUTINE POPULATION OF INDIVIDUALS.
BUT BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, THEY REALLY ARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE HEALTHCARE WORLD.
SO THEY ARE LEADING THAT, THAT SPACE.
THEY ARE ASSESSING, THEY'RE ADDRESSING, UH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS.
AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOPING US IN LETTING US KNOW HOW WE CAN BETTER DELIVER OUR PROGRAMS TO REALLY OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT BAYLOR IS RESPONSIBLE DIRECTLY FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC, THE CHRONIC DISEASE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PIECE, UM, COUNSELING STANDS THAT WE HAVE AT THE FACILITY.
AND THEN THE RECREATION CENTER, I'M SORRY, THE RECREATION STAFF.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING
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INTENTIONAL ABOUT IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THE COMMUNITY.WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH OUR YOUTH.
BAYLOR TALK WITH US, ESPECIALLY EVENTS AND THINGS.
OKAY, SO COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMING.
SO WE HAVE, EVERYONE HAS EXPERTISE, RIGHT? WE HAVE BAYLOR SCOTT WHITE SERVING AS THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.
WE REC DEPARTMENT, WHICH ARE RECREATIONAL LEISURE PROGRAMMING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MERGE THOSE TWO ENTITIES TOGETHER.
SO WE DO A LOT OF COLLABOR PROGRAMMING, A LOT OF COLLABORATIVE EVENTS JUST HERE, UM, EVENTS, BLACK HISTORY MONTH GYM.
WE HAVE THE FARM STAND, WHICH I COMMUNICATED EARLIER.
UM, OUR MOTHER'S DAY, THEY ARE PARTNERS AT FATHER'S DAY PROGRAMS. WE HAVE IT USED BE CALLED THE HEALTHY HARVEST FESTIVAL, MR. ANNUAL, WHICH BRINGS PEOPLE, PEOPLE FROM OFFICE TO SOUTHERN DALLAS AND LEARN AND, UM, PROVIDE RESOURCE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEIR HEALTH.
WE HAVE THE NATIONAL WALK WALKING DAY EVENT OUT SUMMER CAMP.
UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE THINGS MAY SOUND RECREATION FOCUSED, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT OUR PARTNERS, BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ARE
FROM AN IMPACT STANDPOINT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE WELL ON TIME, ON COMMUNITY, ON AT TIME.
AND SO FROM AN IMPACT STANDPOINT, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT, UM, SPECIFICALLY NOW OUR WELLNESS SIDE OF THE HOUSE IN THAT, THE MAJORITY FROM A
AND SO, UM, OUR DIAGNOSIS, IT, WE, WE START AS A DIABETES CENTER.
SO OUR, OUR DIABETES PRIMARY FOCUS, BUT MOST OF OUR OSIS, SO THEREFORE THEY HAVE KIDNEY DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION AND CHOLESTEROL.
SO WE
IT WILL SHOW, IT WILL SHOW THAT A ONE CS ARE REDUCING AS THE CLASSES THAT THE INDIVIDUALS ARE TAKING TO MANAGE THEIR DIABETES, TO PREVENT DI PREDIABETES PROGRAM AND ALSO TO MANAGE THEIR, UM, KIDNEY DISEASE, HIGH TENSION, ET CETERA.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
WE, WE ARE HAVING AN IMPACT IN THESE HERE THAT OUR GROUP LIFESTYLE BALANCE PROGRAM IS A WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM.
AND SO THEREFORE, MOST OF THE CHRONIC ILLNESS ACT, IF YOU LOSE TEND, YOU WILL IMPROVE THOSE IN SOME.
SO WE DO FOCUS ON WEIGHT LOSS ALSO.
BOTTOM LINE, YOU HAVE TO EAT RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO GET MOVING, YOU HAVE EAT RIGHT OPPOSITION, RIGHT? AND TAKE YOUR MEDICATION, OUR NUTRITION EDUCATION, AND WE HAVE FARM STANDS THROUGHOUT ALL OF US BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR FOOD DESERT.
SO THEN WE BRING FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO THE COMMUNITY AT COST, VENDOR AT COST.
SO, AND THEN WE'RE GETTING GRANTS, ET CETERA, AT SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
WE STARTED OUR EXPANSION TO OTHER, TO OTHER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS AND RE, CITY OF DALLAS PARKS AND RES AND UNITED WAY IN 2017.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WE'RE NOW ADDING CENTERS IN ADDITION TO OUR LOCATION.
YOU'LL SEE WHERE THESE LOCATIONS ARE, ARE, THESE ARE VECTOR OF HOW, AND THE LAST, UM, SLIDE ALL SPEAK TO THE, UM, CURRENT.
AND IT SHOWS HOW DIABETES, THE COMMUNITY HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF DIABETES.
WE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE GO.
WE'RE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHERE WE EXPAND.
CONTINUE TO GO TO THE AREAS THAT HAVE THAT HIGHER RATES, PLEASE.
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NEXT SLIDE.HYPERTENSION, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, UNDERSERVED, COMMUNITY LIFE INSURANCE.
AND LASTLY, SO OUR FOCUS IS TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL.
OUR FOCUS IS TO CONTINUE EXPAND TO THE AREA.
IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS AND I'M VERY PROUD OF, OF THE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY AND THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE IN MY DISTRICT AND A SHINING, UM, CENTER IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
UM, YOU DO SERVE AND YOU SERVE A COMMUNITY WELL.
UM, THERE I HEAR NOTHING BUT PRAISE ABOUT, UM, THE COMMUNITY.
ON A PERSONAL SIDE, THE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD COMMUTE PARTNER, EVEN OUTSIDE THIS
UM, AND BAYLOR'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD WITH THAT.
SO I'M EXCITED THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON PUTTING A FACILITY, A PR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND PART OF THAT IS I'M GONNA TRY TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO HAVE THAT COMMUNITY STUFF, BUT I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALREADY DO.
SO IT'S NOT EVEN A FAR STRETCH FOR BAYLOR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHILE WE HAVE THE SHINING STAR AND WE HAVE THE FLAGSHIP OPERATION AT JUANITA CRAFT, I KNOW YOU'RE EVERYWHERE, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
UM, I WISH WE COULD REPLICATE IT IN EVERY ONE OF OUR REP CENTERS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USED NOT JUST IN DALLAS, UM, OR SOUTH DALLAS, UM, BUT IT COULD BE USED ACROSS THE, UM, ENTIRE NETWORK.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF UTILIZING COMMUNITY, UM, SPACES.
BUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR ELEMENTS OF, YOU KNOW, YOU BRING 'EM IN AND, YOU KNOW, IT FEEDS YOUR FOLKS TO THE BIG HOSPITAL, BUT YET YOU'RE OFFERING SERVICES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, REGARDLESS IF THEY HAVE MONEY, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU TAKE CARE OF THE SP PEOPLE.
UH, OUR AND OUR, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS ARE ALWAYS IN GOOD HANDS.
AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CONTINUING MANY MORE, MORE YEARS AND HOPEFULLY EXPANDING.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
GOSH, I GOT A LOT TO SAY TODAY.
KRAFT SEEMS TO HAVE ALL THE GOOD THINGS.
THEY'VE GOT THIS, UH, I MIGHT, I THINK THEY STILL HAVE THE BEST BUY TEEN CENTER.
SO, SO PHENOMENAL WORK DOWN THERE AND BRINGING THESE LARGE PARTNERS TOGETHER TO REALLY ESTABLISHING SOMETHING GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY.
UH, MS. IKE, YOU MENTIONED EXPANSION.
I WANNA BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU WE ARE EXPANDING A REC CENTER IN MY COUNCIL DISTRICT OF 14 XAL.
WE'RE ABOUT TO TEAR IT DOWN AND REBUILD A WORLD CLASS FACILITY.
SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND AT SINGING HILLS.
MAYBE NOT AS BIG BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH LAND.
IT'S RIGHT IN YOUR FRONT YARD.
AS YOU KNOW, XOL IS LITERALLY IN THE SHADOWS OF, OF, OF THE MAIN BAYLOR SCOTT WHITE FACILITY.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE, LONG TIME.
I KNOW THE FRIENDS OF EXALT PARK HAVE A RELATIONSHIP ALREADY.
PERHAPS WE CAN EXPAND THAT RELATIONSHIP.
WE CAN HAVE AN INTENTIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PLAYBOOK IS HERE.
THE THE PLAYBOOK IS LIKE, IT COULD BE DONE ELSEWHERE.
IF I'M JUMPING AHEAD OF MYSELF, PLEASE, PLEASE STOP ME.
BUT, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN EXPANSION AT THE NEW AND IMPROVED WORLD CLASS REC CENTER WE'RE ABOUT TO PUT IN.
UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, IT'S GONNA BE WORLD CLASS, JUST LIKE SINGING HILLS AND MANY OF OUR OTHER ONES.
WHY DON'T YOU CRAFT TWO? SO, SO JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
YEAH, I, I'LL, UH, THANK YOU, UM, MR. PRESIDENT AND, UH, I KIND OF BACK ROLL BACK.
I LIKE THAT YOU SAID, AND ESPECIALLY SPORTS GUY.
THIS IS AWESOME TO SEE THIS ONE YOUR CRAFT.
I KNOW IT'S IN DANIEL'S, UH, MR. WOODS AREA, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M ALSO GETTING A REMODEL OF A REC CENTER, SO YEAH, I GOTTA PUT A LITTLE PLUG IN FOR MARTIN WEISS.
IF I DON'T DO IT, MY, MY SENIOR LADIES OVER THERE BE BE UPSET WITH ME.
BUT MS. GREEN, RIGHT? THE PLAYBOOKS THERE.
AND IF WE CAN EXPAND THIS, NOT JUST IN THE SOUTHERN AREA, IN THE NORTH AREA, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FOREST LIA AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE COULD EXPAND THIS AND, AND NOT TO WHO, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BAYLOR CAPITAL.
THERE'S ALSO OTHER ENTITIES THAT COULD PARTNER UP
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WITH US TO MAKE THIS A BETTER, BECAUSE OUR REC CENTERS, IT'S, IT'S THE HUB OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE CAN'T CLOSE ON THEN.AND MAYBE HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO, TO OFFER SERVICES OR OTHER PARTNERS CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
TO KEEP 'EM OPEN, MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THOSE STUFF THAT WE NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP, KEEP, KEEP HAMMERING THE HELP.
'CAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, PART OF, UH, SHOWING KIDS RECREATION HOW TO STAY.
AND, AND ONE OF MY PRINCIPAL, I, WE HAVE, I HAVE FIVE PRINCIPAL CORES THAT I, THAT I LIVE BY FOR YOUTH.
IT'S, WHICH WE, WE, WE PROMOTE EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, DISCIPLINE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
AND, AND I TELL ALL MY GROUPS THAT IF WE CAN, WE CAN PUSH THOSE FIVE TO OUR YOUNGEST AND TO SUSTAIN THAT THROUGH LIFE.
MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE A DIABETES ISSUE ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AMONG HISPANICS.
IT'S ONE OF OUR, IT'S ONE OF OUR, OUR CORE HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT CREATES OTHERS.
SO, UM, JUST KNOWING THAT WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN EXPAND OR CONTINUE TO, TO GROW TOGETHER.
BRINGING SOME FUN OF US TODAY.
AND AMAZING WORK ALSO DIRECTLY FROM, I THINK
SEE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THESE ARE SO KILLERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MY GRAND 90TH BIRTHDAYS TOMORROW WILL EVERY DAY.
SO JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW I'M ABLE TO CELEBRATE MY GRANDMOTHER, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO THE SERVICE OF DEPARTMENT PARTNERSHIP CYCLE.
YOU ARE SO JUST IN THE METRIC THAT DOESN'T EXIST, LITTLE BELONGING LIFE, WELL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THE YOUTH ABOUT SO GREAT WORK.
AND ALSO ON EXPANSION, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS STILL TRUE, BUT THE LEAGUE DISTRICT FOUR HAS THE MOST SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, POPULATION, I BELIEVE I A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THAT, BUT I LET KNOW, UM, I'M SURE AND EVERY, YOU KNOW, DATA POINT THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR DISTRICT FOUR PRESENTING.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXPANSION LOOKS LIKE.
I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST PROGRAMMATIC, WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE AND SAVE LAWS
UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT THERE'S FIVE
I, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, WE CAN, THAT'S ALL I TO MAKE SURE IT WAS.
THANK YOU AND MISS
IT REALLY IS A WHOLE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU BRING TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THIS, THE ONE AREA, THE WHOLE CITY.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SERVE AN AREA THAT MAKING IT HELPS ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE OUTREACH AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT ONE BOUNDARY, BUT IT'S THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING.
SO, UM, OPPORTUNISTIC OPPORTUNITIES, THE WAY MY OTHER PARK BOARD MEMBER, I WELCOME YOU AS WELL, UM, EVEN INTO THE AREAS OF, OF KB POLK AND
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN, IN HELPING AND SERVE.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL, UM, FEEL GOOD, HEALTHY
AS MR. KAMI SAID, THIS MAKES FILE THINGS WHICH MAKES ON TOP OF FILE, THANK, SECURE AGAIN.
WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING, WHICH IS, UH, RECREATION THOUSAND 26 GOALS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN OUR RETREAT, MR.
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GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, AS WE INTRODUCE ROBIN SCHNEIDER, OF COURSE YOU ALL KNOW HER.SHE'S THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, AND ROBIN'S GOING TO BE PLAYING A VERY, UH, PROMINENT ROLE IN OUR UPCOMING, UH, COMPREHENSIVE.
SO TODAY WE WANTED TO, UM, AS WE, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE RETREAT, UH, WE WANTED TO COME BACK TO YOU TO PRESENT, UH, WHAT WE HEARD, UM, NAMELY THE GOALS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, GONE THROUGH, UH, A PROCESS TO KIND OF GROUP IN A LOGICAL, KIND OF BIG PICTURE ITEMS THAT OCCURRED WHEN WE WERE AT THE COTTON BOWL, AND THEN, UH, LISTENED AND KIND OF ELABORATE ON, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD INTO ACTIONABLE GOALS.
SO ROBIN IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE, UH, GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, AND THEN I WILL, AND ON THE END, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS.
SO, ALL RIGHT, OVER THE, UM, BOARD RETREAT SUMMARY, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONTEXT AND HOW THAT FITS INTO THIS, UH, THE PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS, SAMPLE GOES WITH STRATEGIES.
AND THEN, UH, THE, UH, PROPOSED.
SO THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD RETREAT WAS, UM, LAST MONTH, DECEMBER 4TH.
AND IT HAD A, UH, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD MEMBERS' PRIORITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR.
SO, UH, WHAT WE TRIED TO DISTILL THAT INTO SOME CATEGORIES,
IT'S A LITTLE CONTEXT ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE ARE ACTUALLY DO, HAVING OUR FIRST PRE-KICKOFF MEETING WITH OUR CONSULTANT, UH, ON MONDAY.
UM, IT IS A PROCESS AND IT WILL RESULT IN A 10 YEAR COMPREHENSIVE AND STRATEGIC.
SO IN THE INTERIM, UM, DURING THE 12 MONTHS, WE DEVELOPED THE
WE GROUPED ALL OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU HAD DISCUSSED INTO
SO THE FIRST PRIORITY OF OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, UM, THE GOALS, LEADERSHIP TRANSITION PLAN WITH A TIMELINE FOR THE POSITION AND BOTH UTILIZATION OF PARK FACILITIES, IMPROVING OPERATIONS THROUGH ADVANCED USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ON A COUPLE OF THESE, UH, PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS, A, UM, KIND OF A, UH, SHADED, UH, GOAL, AN ADDITIONAL GOAL THAT WE, WE HEARD YOU AND WE KNOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE, UH, THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, MANAGEABLE AND ACHIEVABLE LEVEL.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE WILL NOT BE THINKING ONE AND PLANNING STRATEGIES FORWARD AS WELL, BUT IT IS, UH, NOT ONE OF OUR MAIN FOCUS AREAS.
THE NEXT PRIORITY IS LONG RANGE PLANNING.
SO ONE THAT IN NEXT WEEK IS TO UPDATE THE PLAN.
UH, TWO INCLUDE FINDING SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES.
UM, DEVELOP A LONG, LONG TERM FINANCIAL FOR FAIR PARK AND THE DALLAS ZOO, UH, WORKING WITH BUS WATER UTILITIES TO DEVELOP A LONG RANGE STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE DREDGING OF WHITE ROCK LAKE, AND AS WELL AS COMMIT ALL OTHER AND DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF CITY PARK.
UM, AS, AS A SECONDARY, UH, GOAL WOULD BE THE IDENTIFYING TARGETED INVESTMENT, IMPROVE OUR PARKS FOR THE NEXT PRIORITY IS FINANCIALS.
UM, CONDUCT THESE AND CHARGES AND DEVELOP SPECIFIC COST RECOVERY TARGETS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES.
AND THE SECOND ONE, FLOOR NEW REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PARKS SYSTEM.
AND THEN THE LAST PRIORITY AREA OF THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
OUR GOALS ARE TO RENEW THE FOCUS ON MAINTENANCE OF MOVING COMMUNITY PARKS.
DEVELOP AN COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGY WAS ALSO ALREADY UNDERWAY
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FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY DEBT INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.CAPTURE BOARD, A NEW CUSTOMER FEEDBACK SYSTEM.
SO THE NEXT ONE TO TRY TO GRAPHIC THE EXPANSION ON HOW WE WILL WORK TO, UH, ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
SO USING THIS SLIDE, WE JUST WANTED TO, UH, HEAR THAT THE, THE PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS AND THE GOALS WERE VERY MUCH, UH, DEFINED BY THE PARK BOARD THROUGH THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE TRIED TO KIND OF CODIFY INTO THE PREVIOUS FOCUS AREAS THAT ROBIN JUST DESCRIBED, THE OBJECTIVES, THE STRATEGIES AND THE TACTICS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE AS STAFF WILL FURTHER DEFINE AND FLESH OUT BASED UPON THE GOALS, GOALS, THE ACTIONABLE THINGS THAT WILL GO TOWARDS ACHIEVING, UH, THE STATED GOALS.
NEXT, I'M GONNA, YEAH, THIS REALLY LAYS OUT, SO YOU'LL SEE THE PRIORITY AT THE VERY TOP OF THE PAGE.
THE GOAL AS DEFINED ADAPT WILL DEFINE OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, AND EVEN TACTICS BELOW EACH OF THOSE GOALS WILL, UM, REPORT ON THAT WILL FEED UP INTO THE GOALS IN THE FOCUS AREAS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE BOARD TO DEFINE THOSE GOALS.
AND THEN WE'RE COMING BACK AND DOING THE WORK, PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE STRATEGIES.
SO THOSE OBJECTIVE, THOSE TACTICS TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THE GOALS THAT, THAT, UM, THEY'RE DISCUSSING
AND SO, UM, OF COURSE WE, UH, WE SEEK, UH, YOUR FEEDBACK ULTIMATELY GOALS THAT WE HAVE JUST PRESENTED.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THOSE, THOSE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS.
AND THEN WE INTEND TO COME BACK TO YOU QUARTERLY UPDATES AND, AND, UM, SHOW PROGRESS, UH, TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, DEFINED.
WE'LL ALLOW ALSO BE WORKING ON THE
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE, UM, HOPEFUL THAT YOU, UM, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE, UH, WHAT I DISCUSSED.
IT WAS REALLY LIVELY AND A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AT THE COTTON BOWL.
AND, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
BEFORE I SEE ANYONE HAS COMMENTS, I THINK IT'S VERY WELL COMPILED TOGETHER.
FOUR HOURS OF WORK AND 30 MINUTES WILL BE COMPREHENSIVE.
I KNOW IT TOOK HOURS FOR YOU TO DO THIS.
WITH THAT, ANY COMMENTS ANYONE HAS? MR.
I THOUGHT FOR A SECOND I PRESS BUTTON, SO I PRESSED MINE.
LOOK, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN BRIEFINGS GOT SO SHORT.
I MEAN, I, I REMEMBER THERE WERE 30, 40 SLIDE BRIEFINGS BACK DAY.
IT WAS LIKE, THIS WAS REAL PUNCHY, REAL, REAL TO THE POINT.
I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE CALL OUT FOR SAFE SECURITY ON SLIDE NINE.
NOW, I KNOW THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED THROUGHOUT OUR GOALS, UH, BUT, UH, BECAUSE I'M NOT A DUMMY, I KNOW THAT IT, THAT THERE IS A SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPONENT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR GOALS.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, AND, AND JUST, JUST REALLY CALL, UM, TALKS LIKE IT'S NOT FUN.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPANSION AND PROGRAMS AND WARM FUZZY FEELINGS.
WE'RE, WE'RE TACKLING UNCOMFORTABLE IDEAS, UNCOMFORTABLE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR PARK, BUT THAT'S TRULY HOW WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID, YOU GOT A PROBLEM, YOU RUN TOWARDS IT, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE.
UH, JUST, JUST PRAISE FROM MY SIDE RIGHT NOW.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT FORMALLY.
I THINK COMING BACK TO US AND MAKING SURE THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE WANT, UM, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THERE'S TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION AND JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
I REALLY, REALLY LOVE THAT BECAUSE IT OFTENTIMES GETS BROKEN UP OR MAKES ALONG THE OPERATOR GAME THAT WE, UH, OFTEN TEND TO PLAY.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE NEXT STEPS OF ONCE WE GET TO THAT, THEN WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
UM, AND THEN JUST A, A SMALL THING ON MY END, WE JUST REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT, IT IS OLD CITY PARK, MY COUNCILMAN PARK.
UM, PLEASE, LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT.
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HEY, I MISSED THE MEETING ON FOURTH.WE ACTUALLY DOING A STRATEGIC PLAN PRESENTATION TO MY VOICE.
UH, THE FIRST POINT I WOULD ASK ABOUT OR CONCERN IS TO USE AS A LOAN.
UM, ONE THING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE GOING THROUGH AND CLIENTS BEFORE THAT COULD PLAN
SO I THINK IN 10 YEARS OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOOD TO LOOK AT, BUT WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT THOSE ACTIONABLE GOALS, WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES SOME FLEXIBILITY, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, SAY LIKE MAYBE IT'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
WE LOOK AT IT THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT FIVE.
UM, MY QUESTION ALSO IS WHO IS THE CONSULTANT THAT'S GONNA BE DOING THE STRATEGIC, UM, PLANNING WITH US? AND THEN I'LL LET YOU ALL ASK.
SO, UH, GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT ABOUT WHY IT'S ORGANIZED IN THAT WAY.
SO, UM, GOING WAY BACK TO THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE RENAISSANCE PLAN, THOSE WERE, THE TENURE WAS ALWAYS KIND OF THE TIME HORIZON BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THOSE PLANS ARE SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES.
IN A LOT OF CASES WE'RE, WE'RE IN A CITY ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? SOME THINGS TAKE A LITTLE WHILE AROUND HERE.
SO, UM, IT IS ORGANIZED IN A WAY THAT CERTAIN THINGS DO TAKE LONGER TO ACHIEVE.
SO WHEN WE 2002 RENAISSANCE PLAN, WE FOLLOW THAT UP STARTING IN 2014 WITH THE WHAT WAS ULTIMATELY APPROVED IN 2016, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLACE ABOUT A 12 YEAR WINDOW.
AND HERE WE ARE ABOUT 10 YEARS AFTER THAT, INITIATING THIS NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING EFFORT.
I, I, I AGREE WITH YOUR POINT.
UM, ABOUT 10 YEARS DOES FEEL LIKE A LONG TIME.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE DOING THIS FOR, FOR SOME TIME THAT YOU REALLY DO, UM, YOU REALLY DO WORK HARD AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND YOU DO.
AND I FOUND THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THESE PLANS ARE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FIRST THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
AND THEN YOU REALLY KIND OF GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU GOT, LIKE, YOU PROBABLY THE FIRST FIVE YEARS WERE THE MOST CRITICAL.
BUT THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT WHEN WE APPLY FOR GRANTS, PARTICULARLY THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IN THE STATE, THE THE 10 YEAR MARK IS THEIR, IS THEIR DEFINING PERIOD OF TIME FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
SO FOR, FOR THAT REASON AMONGST OTHERS IS WHY WE REALLY FRAME, UH, THE TIME PERIOD RELATED TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AGAINST 10 YEARS.
SO JUST SHARED THAT, UM, THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE AND IT WON'T BE IN PLACE FOR CONFIRM ABOUT A YEAR.
WILL WE GET TO THE ACTUAL PLAN? YES, SIR.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT I JUST WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KEEP MIND KNOW, WE HAD CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGY WAS IN THERE.
I I THINK WE HAVE SOME AMAZING STORIES, UM, FROM
BUT I ALSO, UM, SAW, YOU KNOW, FAIR PARK MADE ME THINK SOMETHING ON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS, BUT ON THE WAY CAME BACK OUT IN NCAA, OUR LOGO IS ON THERE WHENEVER YOU PLAY IN THE COTTON BOWL, THE
UM,
OH, YOU, OH, YOU WANT NO,
I, I, UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT OUR BRANDING AND HOW IT POPS UP IN DALLAS BEING A MAJOR CITY, BUT ALSO HAVE WE, I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY A NEW BRAND, BUT IS THERE A THOUGHT OF A REFRAME AT ANY TIME OR CONCRETE ON WHAT WE HAVE? THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, THERE'S MOVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
SO WE ARE A BIG FULL, UH, UH, STYLE GUIDE, REBRAND, MARKETING EFFORTS SPECIFIC TO FAIR PARK.
UM, THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND WE NEED TO MOVE PAST AND BRANDING IS ONE WAY TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE THAT.
UM, MEANWHILE ROBIN IS, IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT WE'VE ENGAGED FOR OUR MARKETING STUDY AND THERE IS SOME, SOME ELEMENTS OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RELATED TO, TO THE EFFORT SHE'S WORKING ON TOO.
AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD, UH, PROBABLY THIS SPRING.
WE WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT OUR LOGO SPECIFICALLY THE, THE FAT.
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UM, THAT WAS, WE DID THAT, THAT WAS BACK, JOHN, DO YOU RECALL MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO? DEFINITELY 10 YEARS, YEAH.THAT WE ENGAGED TO CREATE THE TELES, CREATE THAT LOGO.
BUT, UM, IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN US TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY CONSIDER PEOPLE WEAR ON LOGO, PEOPLE BUY THOSE SHIRTS AND ALL THE TIME.
I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT IN OUR, SEE, I'D BE WILLING TO HELP, BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE EMBARK ON THIS PLAN THAT I'M ABLE TO BE HERE.
SO LET ME KNOW HOW EVERYBODY CAN MEET.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE TO ME THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE USING, UM, INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR, FROM OUR POSITION.
I JUST THINK MORE AND MORE, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT GENERATION ISN'T PROBABLY GOING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS,
SO WE HAVE TO REACH OUR CONSTITUENTS WHERE THEY ARE.
WE ALL HAVE, WE HAVE A GREAT NETWORK OF PARK SCORES IN THE CITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TONS OF PEOPLE WHO UTILIZE PARKS THAT HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO ENGAGE WITH US OR UNDERSTAND OUR BUILDING AND PROVIDING THE PARK BOARD WITH DATA ON WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS THROUGH CITY FEEL ABOUT US.
AND THEN ING THERE, UM, AMONG OTHERS IS OUR INTEGRATING OUR SECURITY METRICS.
'CAUSE I DON'T, WE GET A LOT OF REPORTS FROM THE MARSHALS AND THE RANGERS, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING THE FULL PICTURE RIGHT NOW OF LIKE HOW WE'RE DOING ON HOTSPOTS WITHOUT HAVING MORE DPD AND CODE AND HOMELESS SERVICES INTEGRATED.
I KNOW THE CITY OF HIS ARE GREAT BUSINESS ANALYTICS DEPARTMENT THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK WITH TO HAVE LIKE OUR OWN INTEGRATED DASHBOARD.
UM, THAT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT.
'CAUSE TO THIS POINT, JUST THE RAW NUMBERS OF ENGAGEMENTS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES WITHIN UNDERSTAFFED MARSHALS.
UM, I AGREE THAT, I MEAN, THE COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING.
UM, RIGHT NOW, SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A HARD THING BECAUSE IF YOU CALL THE RANGER LINE THAT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING FOR LAST FEW YEARS, YOU GET A SOMEBODY'S VOICEMAIL ON THEIR DESK WHEN AFTER HOURS YOU GET NOTHING.
I HEAR WE'RE WORKING ON IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE MADE NO PROGRESS ON THAT KIND OF THING.
AND SAFETY AND SECURITY, WE'RE POSTING SIGNS IN OUR PARKS, BUT IT GOES DESK.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT THERE AFTER HOURS, THAT THAT NUMBER IS INVALID.
IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO US.
SO IN ALL HONESTY, OUR PARK RANGERS HOTLINE IS USELESS TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I, I'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT IF WE DON'T TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY AND IT'S, IT'S USELESS.
UM, I CAN'T REACH A RANGER IF ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OR SOMEBODY DOESN'T ANSWER THE PHONE ON THE WEEKENDS AND THE NIGHTS WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON IN A PARK, I, THERE'S NO WAY FOR ME TO GET TO A RANGER WHEN CONSTITUENTS ARE CALLING ME.
SO IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY, WE HAVE SERIOUS ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE, AT LEAST FOR US OR THE PUBLIC TO COMMUNICATE AND TO REPORT THINGS.
UM, THEY CAN REPORT TO NETFLIX A PARK THING, AND THEN THEY, WE NEVER HEAR ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT.
IT MAKES IT REALLY, REALLY HARD WHEN WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT ACCESS OR THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE.
WE USED TO HAVE SAFETY AND SECURITY, UM, BRIEFINGS.
WE DON'T GET THOSE ANYMORE, RIGHT? REALLY THEY'RE COMING BACK.
UM, I MEAN I, WE WE'RE PLANNING TO GET THEM BACK MAYBE, BUT WE USED TO HAVE, UM, AN OFFICER THAT WAS A LIAISON THAT WOULD TELL US ALL THE ISSUES AND HE WOULD DISCUSS THEM AND FOLLOW UP WITH US.
WE DON'T GET THAT AND WE HAVEN'T HAD FOR A LONG TIME.
WE WANNA SAY THAT WE'RE SAFETY AND SECURITY ADVOCATE FOR IT ALL DAY, BUT IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY DO IT, UM, WORDS ARE JUST WORDS.
SO IF WE WANNA MAKE OUR PARK SAFER, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE THEM SAFER AND MAKE THAT ACTUALLY ADDRESS IT.
UM, AND I SECOND MS. MANDEL'S, UH, IT'S OLD CITY PARK AT THE MEETING, WE ASK FOR YOU TO FOLLOW THAT UP AND CONFIRM THAT IT WAS OFFICIALLY OLD CITY PARK.
AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
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THAT WE ADDRESS THAT.AND IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THE OFFICIAL, UM, MOTION OR SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR, THEN WE SHOULD THAT THROUGH A MOTION OR WHATEVER, UM, AS AN AGENDA ITEMS. SO I, I WAS GONNA SAY, MR, WE, WE DEFINITELY NOTED ON SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE HOTLINE.
YOU KNOW, I CAN ALWAYS COME OUT WHEN THEY'RE, I DON'T WANT TO PUBLICLY EVER THINK OUR PARKS ARE NOT SAFE BECAUSE MY PARKS ARE, ARE, THEY ARE SAFE, THEY ARE MUCH SAFER THAN WHERE THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO AND WHERE THEY WERE 15 YEARS AGO.
IS THERE A LOT OF WORK THAT STILL NEED TO BE DONE? UH, JUST LIKE WE WAS IN THE RETREAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE ENEMY OF, OF WHAT'S THE ENEMY OF GREAT GOOD.
WE DON'T WANT TO JUST BE GOOD.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK, BUT NO WAY KNOW HOW.
I WANT THE PUBLIC TO THINK THAT OUR PARTS ARE NOT SAFE.
WE JUST NEED TO KEEP WORKING ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY ARE GREAT AND THEY ARE SAFER.
AND MR. RHODE, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE CRAFTING OUR, UM, STRATEGIES TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE BAKE INTO IT.
SO AS WE'RE REPORTING BACK OUT TO YOU GUYS ON THE GOALS THAT YOU'RE GETTING UPDATES, UM, THAT REFLECT THE CONCERNS.
YOU'VE, YOU BROUGHT, YOU BROUGHT UP, I THINK I HAD LIKE EIGHT SECONDS LEFT WHEN I STOPPED TALKING.
WE, I I DID HAVE EIGHT SECONDS.
UM, WAS THAT INCORPORATED IN THIS? I MISSED THAT ACTUALLY.
I, I THINK THAT WAS SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION AND YOU, YOU GOTTA WORK HARD.
UM, WHEN YOU DO THE STRATEGY AND TACTICS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES IT FROM JUST AS GREAT LOOKING PAPER PLAN IS ASSIGN TIMELINES, MILESTONES TO ACHIEVE FOR EACH EACH ITEM.
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF, OF GETTING THEM DONE SO THAT IT CAN GET DONE, LIKE YOU SAY, IN FIVE YEARS.
YOU KNOW, WE BEEN, IT'S BEEN HOLIDAYS SINCE WE HAD A RETREAT.
UM, BUT JUST, JUST OUR, JUST A COUPLE THINGS THAT, THAT SOME OF MY FELLOW POWERBOARD MEMBERS HIT WAS SAFETY.
SAFETY'S NUMBER SHOULD BE ALWAYS BE ANYWHERE YOU AT SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
MAKE SURE OUR PS ARE ARE SAFE.
BUT MR. GOLDSTEIN HIT A THING THAT I TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME WITH MY TEAM IS CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINE THAT, THAT ARE INSIDE OUR REC CENTERS, THAT ANSWER THE RESERVATION PHONES, THAT, THAT ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY SEES MORE OFTEN.
UM, JUST GOTTA BE READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND BE KNOWLEDGEABLE THROUGH TRAINING AND EVERYTHING.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE IN OUR SYSTEM, SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE GET THAT CLOSE YEARS BEHIND.
CUSTOMER SERVICE IS REALLY KEY ON, ON WHAT WE DO.
UM, ESPECIALLY OUR FACILITIES BEING CLEAN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE MAIN CREW, THE, THE THE GENERAL TOTAL STAFF THAT KEEPS OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR REC CENTERS CLEAN AND WE APPRECIATE.
I THINK 'EM, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S FRONTLINE, RIGHT? THAT'S FRONTLINE PEOPLE.
THAT, THAT IT REALLY DOES MATTER.
UH, THAT WE HAVE CLEAN FACILITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT IN OUR TRASH, IN OUR, IN OUR PARKS.
KEEPING 'EM CLEAN, WHETHER IT'S WITH STAFF OR GOOD OR WHOEVER WE'RE DOING IT.
MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND THAT'S REALLY CUSTOMER SERVICE.
IS THAT IN A WHOLE? PEOPLE SEE FIRST I SEE THEY'RE GOOD OR NOT.
UM, BUT THE, THE MAIN THING, ONE OF THINGS WAS FINANCIAL STABILITY.
I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA FACE A, WE'RE GONNA FACE A COUPLE MORE YEARS OF BUDGET CUTS AND JUST EVERYTHING'S GONNA CHANGE 'CAUSE OF THE PENSION, THE POLICE PENSION AND FIRE AND, AND UH, AND ALSO HAVING THEM GO UP TO 4,000 POLICE OFFICERS THAT CREATE A BIG CHANGE IN OUR SYSTEM.
JUST TRYING TO HAVE THAT PLAN FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY IN OUR SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR, OUR PROGRAM.
WE WANNA KEEP ALL THE PROGRAMMING AT WHAT LEVEL AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA MAYBE HAVE TO CUT BACK OR, OR NOT.
YOU KNOW, SWIMMING POOLS IS ONE OF OUR THINGS THAT WE'RE CUTTING BACK HERE WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
HOW DO WE MAINTAIN FINANCIALLY AND
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KEEP GOING AND GOING.MAINTENANCE AND STAFF IS OUR TWO BIGGEST COSTS IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND THOSE, WE GOTTA HAVE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO.
SAVINGS AND, AND SECURITY, RIGHT? UM, SO WE GOTTA FIGURE THAT OUT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I THINK IN CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND ALL, I THINK ONE THING IF WE CAN ADD IS THE DATA CAPTURE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ON AN AVERAGE ONE EVENT, UH, UH, SIGN SIGNUP SHEET WITH THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS.
IT'S TEXTS BECAUSE COMMUNICATION AND THE DATA IS THE POWER.
I THINK A LOT OF TIME WE HAVE TO PROPAGATE FOR OUR PRIORITIES TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING.
OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA IS POWERFUL.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD BUILD UP AND AT EVERY EVENT, I THINK I'M SURE PEOPLE WILLINGLY WILL SIGN, I THINK YOU HAVE IMPLEMENT WEATHER, YOU HAVE GOOD NEWS.
ALSO, I THINK THE DATA CAPTURE, IF YOU MAKE THAT AS A PARTY AND THERE'S NO COST FOR IT, IT'S ALSO THE SIGN UP SHEETS, WHICH JUST THEY AGREED THAT
TO YOUR POINT, THAT THINKING 10 YEAR COURSE WAS THE, UH, PLAN.
BUT I THINK DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WHICH IS 12 MONTH PROCESS, THE 10 YEAR CAN KEEP ON GETTING UPDATED.
AS YOU SAID, COVID CHANGED EVERYTHING WITH THAT PROCESS.
UH, WHAT IS NEXT? I GUESS? UH, THAT'S FOR OUR BRIEFING SESSION AND THE
VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR BRANCHING OUT SEASON IS STARTING NEXT MONTH.
THIS IS WHERE WE GET TOGETHER WITH VOLUNTEERS, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND ON AVERAGE, 50 NEW TREES GO INTO THE GROUND.
WE ARE KICKING OFF FEBRUARY 28TH AT THE ONE AND ONLY THE WILLIS WINTERS PARK IN MIKE
IT'S GONNA BE ALONG THE SANTA FE TRAIL AND WILLIS WINTERS PARK.
SAME AS MS. WE HAVE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU, YOU KNEW ABOUT SUBJECT, UH, MR.
I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE OUR VIRTUAL MEETING, OUR WESTMORELAND STATE PARK VIRTUAL MEETING THIS MONDAY AT 6:00 PM IT'S VIRTUAL, IT, IT ACCIDENTALLY HAPPENED.
WE'LL HAVE SOME BAD WEATHER, SO IT ACTUALLY MAKES PERFECT SENSE NOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT IT'S VIRTUAL, SO IT'LL HAPPEN FROM THE COVER OF YOUR WARM HOME ON MONDAY AT 6:00 PM AND IF I COULD GET STAFF TO EMAIL THIS OUT TO OUR EMAIL.
THIS IS JUST PROBABLY JUST, UM, MAYBE NOT ANYONE ELSE, BUT GAY DARNELL IS OUR DEPUTY MAN PRO TEAM.
SO MAYBE YOU WANT TO LIST THAT ON THESE, JUST TO PUT SOME RESPECT ON DISTRICTS.
GOOD GUYS, WE I'LL MR. WE HAVE A BRANCHING OUT IN, UH, UH, NEW PARK IN DISTRICT SEVEN ON MARCH 7TH.
SO SAME STORY, ANOTHER, UH, GREAT PARK AND ANOTHER GREAT, UM, COMMUNITY EVENT.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY LOVES COMING OUT, UM, AND KNOW, WE ALWAYS SEE THE SAME, UH, PARK BOARD OUT THERE PLANTING TREES.
SO COME ON OUT, LET'S PLANT SOME TREES.
UM, EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT THE WEATHER MAY GET WORSE.
THE STAFF IS ALREADY DID THEIR FAR AS MAKING SURE WE WEATHERIZE OUR REC CENTERS, FREEZING.
ALSO
UH, UNLESS THE WEATHER FORECAST CHANGES, HOWEVER, THERE ARE RESERVATIONS AND IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE EXTENT OF THE WEATHER.
RESERVATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO BE HONORED THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE STAFF SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT.
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GET THE REC CENTER, UH, WE ARE SENDING NOTICES OUT TO THOSE, TO OUR RESIDENTS.WE, WE'LL NOTIFY THEM PROBABLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, UH, THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE OPTION RIGHT NOW TO RESCHEDULE THEIR RESERVATIONS.
WELL, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YES, SIR.
THE REC CENTERS THAT ARE USED AS WARMING CENTERS.
HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH, WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID? IT'S LIKE TIMBER BLIND CENTER.
OTHERS? I'M HAVE MR. BAKER, UH, WHO IS OUR, IT USED TO BE OUR LIAISON.
SO AT THIS TIME, UM, WE'VE NOT BEEN ASKED TO, UM, OPEN, UM, FOR SHELTER, REGULAR WARMING.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OUR STAFF WAS UNABLE TO, TO
UM, ULTIMATELY THROUGH, UH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CRISIS RESPONSE.
SO THERE'S AN END TO WHERE THERE'S A LOSS OF POWER OR SOMETHING.
WE MAY BE CALLED UPON AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE'VE NOT BEEN CALLED STAND UP.
SO IN HONOR OF, UH, UM, PATRICK AND MY MENTOR, UM, MR. CHIN DICKEY, I KNOW THAT HE POSTED, UH, FOR OLD CITY PARK, UH, BUNKS ARE NEEDED.
HOW BRINGS CITY PARK STORIES TO LIFE BECOME AN AMBASSADOR, TOUR GUIDE INTERPRETER ON JANUARY 27TH, 11:00 AM TO 1:00 AM VOLUNTEER
UM, PLEASE, UM, REACH OUT AND, OR, UM, AND IF THERE'S, THERE'S A FACEBOOK PAGE.
SO LUNCH IS PROVIDED AND YOU CAN SIGN UP TODAY IN HONOR OF TIM DAYTON.
ANY SCAR ANNOUNCEMENTS, I'LL JUST SHARE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER BRANCHING OUT EVENT ON MARCH 14TH IN DISTRICT EIGHT AT TOMMY ALLEN
THE NEXT PART MEETING WILL BE OPEN.
AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
MR.