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          I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. IT'S 1:05,
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE QUORUM. 
          [Public Safety on March 3, 2026.]
SO WE'RE WAITING ON THE REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS COMMITTEE TO
SHOW UP AT 1:15. 
          IF WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM, WE WILL CANCEL THE MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY IS MARCH 3RD. 
          THE TIME IS 1:06, AND I CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE FEBRUARY 9TH MINUTES. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED SECOND UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, WELL,
LET'S JUMP INTO IT. 
          OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM IS THE EVER-IMPORTANT DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HIRING STRATEGY
FEBRUARY 2026 UPDATE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M JORDAN COLUNGA,
DEPUTY CHIEF PERSONNEL GROUP. 
          TO MY LEFT IS MAJOR ALANIS PERSONNEL DIVISION COMMANDER,
APRIL IDLEBURG, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND OF COURSE, CHIEF COMEAUX TO THE RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. 
          I THINK I RUSHED THIS LAST TIME, AND I WAS LIKE,
FOUR SLIDES AHEAD, SO I'M GONNA SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. IN OUR TABLE OF CONTENTS, THE ONE THING I WANT THAT WE DID CHANGE FOR THIS ONE,
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF ADVERTISEMENT THAT WE'VE GOT UP AND GOING OUR ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN ON ONE OF THE SLIDES. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. 
          HEAR ME NOW? GOTCHA. ALRIGHT. 4000 STRONG THAT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL. 
          THAT'S OUR MOTTO. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR SAYING RIGHT NOW. OF COURSE THAT INCLUDES 350 THIS
FISCAL YEAR. 
          OUR CURRENT SWORN STRENGTH IS 3,317. WE STILL HAVE FIVE CLASSES LEFT WITH A CLASS STARTING
NEXT WEDNESDAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS OUR TIMELINE THAT SHOWS OUR FUTURE CLASSES. 
          CLASS 411 DOES START NEXT WEDNESDAY. WE CURRENTLY IT'S NOT 46. 
          WE HAVE 55 THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS CLASS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING WE HAVE PROBABLY 10,
12 THAT ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT 60 TO 65 IN CLASS 411. CLASS 412 WILL BE FIVE WEEKS AFTER THIS CLASS
STARTS, AND WE HAVE EIGHT ALREADY ASSIGNED TO THAT CLASS. 
          OF COURSE, WE HAVE FOUR CLASSES ON THIS SLIDE. 
          WE HAVE ACTUALLY FIVE CLASSES FOR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          415 WILL BE OUR SEPTEMBER CLASS AND WE'LL FINISH OUR YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW THIS IS OUR CURRENT ACADEMY ROSTER. 
          LIKE I SAID, CLASS 406 GRADUATED IS ON FIELD TRAINING NOW. 
          SO WE HAVE 213, 210, 213 IN THE ACADEMY RIGHT NOW. 
          WHEN WE ADD OUR 6,065, WE'LL BE AT 270 TO 275 IN THE ACADEMY. 
          411 DOES BEGIN, LIKE I SAID, NEXT WEDNESDAY. ONE THING WITH OUR ACADEMY GRADUATION,
WE'RE INCLUDING OUR COMMUNITY IN THE ACADEMY GRADUATIONS NOW. 
          WE HAD SEAN RAB THAT ACTUALLY DID OUR TALKING TO THE ACADEMY AND OUR ANNOUNCING. 
          SO WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE ACADEMY PERSONNEL WHO ARE GOING INTO
FTO NOW THAT ARE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THAT BOND,
PERSONAL STORIES TO REACH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL, TO REACH THE SCHOOL THEY WENT TO, TO KIND OF CREATE A COMMUNITY CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR
GRADUATES AND THESE ACADEMY GRADUATIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS THE SLIDE APPLICANTS. AND THAT'S UP FROM 407 THIS TIME LAST YEAR,
WHICH WITH THE HEAVIER WORKLOAD SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. 
          IT'S A IT'S A HEAVY WORKLOAD FOR OUR TROOPS. SO I WANT TO THANK OUR APU APPLICANT
PROCESSING UNIT OR RECRUITING TEAM AND BACKGROUND TEAM. 
          TO DATE, WE'VE HIRED 112 OUT OF THE 578, AND THEN WE'LL BE AT ONE 7,175 WITH THIS NEXT
CLASS. 
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. OUR ADVERTISEMENT IS UP AND RUNNING NOW. 
          WE PLACED A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON NORTH TEXAS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN. 
          WE'RE ALSO TARGETING OTHER AREAS HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO,
NEW YORK CITY ON A CERTAIN BASIS WHERE. 
          BUT OUR MAIN FOCUS IS NORTH TEXAS. WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING GREAT DIGITAL MEDIA IS DOING OUR
DIGITAL BILLBOARDS AND WHAT THEY CALL DIGITAL AT HOME, WHICH WILL ALSO CREATE THESE DEVICE ADS PERIODICALLY ACCORDING TO THE ALGORITHM THAT'S
MOST SUCCESSFUL. 
          FOR US TODAY IT'S NOT 5 OR 352,000. WE'RE AT ENGAGEMENT OR VIEWS. 
          IT'S 435,948. OUR ENGAGEMENT IS 33,683 WITH JUST SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          AND THE BIG NUMBER IS OUT OF THOSE POSTS AND REACH IS THAT WE'VE HAD 13,324 ACTUALLY
CLICKED TO GO TO OUR APPLICATION SITE TO BECOME DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS OR AT LEAST GO TO OUR PAGE TO SEE THE APPLICATION WITH. 
          IF THEY WANT TO BE A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER. GREAT DIGITAL MEDIA HAS HAD 1671 CLICK TO THE
APPLICATION SITE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. TO CONTINUE WITH OUR RECRUITING CAMPAIGN THEY'VE WENT TO 13 PLUS
COLLEGES AT THIS TIME. 
          NOW IT'S 16. THEY WENT TO 16 COLLEGES FOR RECRUITING EVENTS PLUS SIX MILITARY EVENTS. 
          AND WITH THESE EVENTS, WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IS WHEN YOU GO TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS,
WHEN YOU GO TO A MILITARY EVENT, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP. 
          THEY DO THE QR CODE, WE HAVE A LIST. LET'S CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP IN RELENTLESS FOLLOW UP
WITH THESE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM IN THE DOOR. 
          IF THEY WANT TO BE A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER. IT'S GOING TO HELP US CREATE PIPELINES OF
THESE COLLEGES AND OUR MILITARY EVENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO FEBRUARY'S ATTRITION WAS BACK TO NORMAL. 
          WE LOST 13 IN FEBRUARY AND JANUARY WAS ALSO MORE NORMAL ATTRITION RATE. 
          TO DATE WE'VE LOST. OUR ATTRITION IS 87 TOTAL SWORN. 
          IN THE FOUR MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE LEADING IS RETIREMENT AT 28 TOTAL. 
          AND THEN PERSONAL REASONS AT 11. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AND THIS IS OUR FINAL SLIDE. WE HOSTED ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF EVENT TO HIRE FOR
COMMUNICATIONS. 
          THE RESULTS WERE 15 TOTAL APPLICANTS IN FEBRUARY AT THIS EVENT. 
          TO DATE, WE HAVE HIRED 9 FOR 911 CALL TAKER,
DISPATCH AND POLICE REPORT REPRESENTATIVES. 
          WE'RE DOING THIS MONTHLY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START PUSHING ADS WITH OUR RECRUITING
CAMPAIGNS FOR SWORN FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENTATION FROM PERSONNEL GROUP. 
          GREAT THANK YOU. WHO HAS QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL,
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          SO LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 26, YOU'VE HIRED 112 OFFICERS OF YOUR 350 GOAL? YES, MA'AM BUT WE'RE IN. WE'VE COMPLETED FIVE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR OUT OF 12,
WHICH IS 42%. 
          SO YOU'RE NOT QUITE KEEPING UP WITH THAT. DO YOU THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET
TO THE 350? YES, MA'AM. I HAVE NO. I HAVE CONFIDENCE WE'LL GET 350 AND TRY TO PUSH PAST THAT WITH THIS
CLASS THAT STARTS NEXT. 
          NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE SHOULD BE HALFWAY. WE SHOULD BE AT 170,
175. 
          SO WE'LL BE AT THE HALFWAY POINT IN JUST ONE WEEK'S TIME. 
          IT'S JUST THE NEXT CLASS STARTS IN APRIL, AND I'M HOPING TO GET 50 PLUS IN THAT AS WELL. 
          AND WITH OUR CLASSES, WE DID SPACE THIS CLASS OUT QUITE A BIT. 
          MOST OF OUR CLASSES ARE BETWEEN SIX WEEKS. TIME FRAME. 
          THIS ONE HAD EXCESSIVE TIME SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET 60 PLUS. 
          THE NEXT ONE, HOPEFULLY 50 PLUS. AND THEN WE'LL BE,
WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE READY. 
          WE'LL BE READY TO GET 350. THERE'S NOBODY WHO WANTS TO SEE YOU MAKE YOUR GOAL MORE THAN
ME. 
          BUT I ALSO FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SAY,
I'D RATHER YOU NOT MAKE YOUR GOAL THAN TO HIRE PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T BE HIRED. 
          AND IF YOU FEEL PRESSURE TO HIRE SOMEONE TO MAKE THE GOAL,
BACK OFF. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CRUCIFY YOU OVER THAT,
I PROMISE. YOU NEED TO HIRE HIGH QUALITY PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW WILL MAKE EXCELLENT PROFESSIONALS. SO I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY. 
          WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU CAN MEET GOAL,
BUT THE ANSWER MIGHT BE NO. 
          OKAY. SO THE SECOND THING I WANT TO GO BACK TO IS ATTRITION. 
          WHAT IS THE PLAN NUMBER OF ATTRITION FOR THE YEAR? 190 TOTAL. 190 TOTAL? AND SO YOU'RE AT 87 ALREADY FOR LESS THAN HALF THE YEAR. 
          DO YOU EXPECT TO GO OVER 190? IF DO WE REVISE THAT GOAL? IF WE CONTINUE THE TREND OF JAN-FEB,
I THINK WILL BE GOOD. 
          IT'S THAT DECEMBER MONTH WITH THE LAST MINUTE RETIREES. 
          WE HAD 27 THAT MONTH THAT WAS A LARGE. THAT WAS OUR HEAVY,
HEAVY MONTH. 
          IF WE CONTINUE THE TREND THAT'S BEEN WE SHOULD BE GOOD. 
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SO MY FAVORITE PAGE OF THE REPORT IS PAGE FIVE WITH THIS CHART. 
          EXCEPT IT'S NOT QUITE COMPLETE. SO WHAT I HAD INTENDED WAS TO NOT JUST HAVE THESE,
BUT ACTUALLY FOR THE FIVE YEARS. INCLUDE THE FISCAL YEAR HIRED INCLUDE THE CLASS NUMBER
INCLUDE THE START DATE INCLUDE THE GRADUATION DATE. NEW HIRES, GOOD. RIGHT? WHO STARTED AT THE ACADEMY ON DAY ONE? RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL CALLING NEW HIRE. BUT WHAT'S MISSING IS HOW MANY ACTUALLY
GRADUATED VERSUS HOW MANY STARTED AND THEN WHO'S STILL HERE THREE YEARS OUT? AND HOW MANY ARE STILL HERE FIVE YEARS OUT? BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT DROP OFF IS. 
          AND WE KNOW IT'S SIGNIFICANT AND I THINK IT'S A GOAL TO REDUCE IT. 
          AND I THINK YOU'RE TRYING REALLY HARD. BUT WE ALSO STILL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE TO HIRE MORE THAN WHAT WE NEED, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ATTRITION ISSUE. 
          YES. GO AHEAD. ONE THING THANK YOU. YOU GOT TO MOVE IT PRETTY CLOSE. OKAY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS TO POINT THOUGH, WHEN IT SAYS THE CURRENT CLASS SIZE,
BECAUSE ALL OF THESE CLASSES HAVE GRADUATED. 
          THAT WAS THE GRADUATION CLASS. THE SIZE THAT GRADUATED ON THAT. 
          SO WE JUST NEED TO ADD THE THREE AND FIVE YEARS. OKAY. 
          SO THEN WE MIGHT JUST NEED TO SPLIT THAT OUT AND GO BACK AND DO HOW MANY WERE ON DAY ONE
VERSUS HOW MANY ACTUALLY GRADUATE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS HAVE FLUCTUATED,
BUT THAT WAS THE INTENT. 
          BECAUSE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, IT COSTS US APPROXIMATELY $275,000 TO HIRE AND TRAIN
SOMEONE. 
          WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT CHURN IS AND WHAT IT'S COSTING US. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HIRE THE PEOPLE WHO WANT
TO COME AND STAY AND SERVE. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPER COOL TO HAVE SEAN RAB ON FRIDAY AND WHEN HE
STARTED SPEAKING, I'M LIKE, WAIT, WHO'S THAT? [LAUGHTER]. AND HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          SO THANKS FOR INVITING HIM. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. JUST A QUESTION IS IN YOUR HIRING GOALS,
I NOTICED THERE'S SOME ADMINISTRATIVE FOLKS FOR DISPATCH AND 911 IS THAT IS, ARE THOSE FOLKS INCLUDED IN THE 4,000 GOAL ALSO? NO, THE 4,000 GOAL IS ONLY SWORN. THAT'LL BE PROFESSIONAL STAFF,
WHICH IS SEPARATE. 
          WE'RE JUST TRYING TO. HOW MANY. WHAT'S OUR PROJECTION NEEDS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE. 
          IN THE, IN THAT DISPATCH AND ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION? I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 46 VACANCIES ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE. 
          AND FOR THE REST OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW VACANCIES WITHIN THE CRIME
SCENE. 
          BUT THOSE ARE OUR TWO POCKETS WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VACANCIES. 
          IS THERE. IS THAT A. THAT'S A DIFFERENT RECRUITMENT EFFORT. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT. IT IS IT IS A DIFFERENT RECRUITING EFFORT. AND WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE
RIGHT. 
          ARE SAYING THE RIGHT THING TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET THEM TO COME. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THESE
RECRUITING EVENTS. 
          AND WHEN WE GO OUT, HAVE THEM ATTENDED BY, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNICATIONS,
SINCE THAT IS THE LARGEST STAFF AND CRIME SCENE ALSO IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. 
          SO MAKE SURE WE'RE HIRING FOR THE SPECIFIC QUANTITY OF OPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE METRICS. 
          I'M JUST SORT OF JUST ANECDOTALLY, SORT OF CURIOUS IF YOU'RE GETTING,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE RECRUITING A MARKETING CAMPAIGN IS SORT OF HITTING THE MARK, NOT AS A CRITICISM, BUT JUST GENERALLY IF PEOPLE ARE SORT OF APPLYING FOR THESE
NON-ENFORCEMENT THINGS, BUT MORE FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS, OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE THAT MIGHT BE REALLY GOOD
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM AND AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, GET AWARE OF IT. BUT ARE YOU SEEING PEOPLE APPLYING? OR THERE OR IT'S HARD TO GET APPLICATIONS? WE'RE HAVING MANY APPLICANTS THAT DON'T FIT THE
REQUIREMENTS SINCE THIS IS A CIVIL SERVICE. 
          EVEN FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS STAFF? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          BUT I MAY ADD THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO DO NOT SUCCEED IN OUR
ACADEMY, ALSO REWORKING THEM INTO THE PIPELINE AND TRYING TO OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OVER
TO OTHER DISCIPLINES AS WELL. 
          THAT'S WHAT THAT YOU SAID IT BEAUTIFULLY. YOU SAID IT MORE SUCCINCTLY AND MORE POLISHED
THAN I. 
          THAT'S THE QUESTION I WAS TRYING TO ASK. [LAUGHTER]. YES,
SIR. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING IT. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER B. 
          THANK YOU. 
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GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR MENDELSOHN, VICE CHAIR MORENO,
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS DEV RASTOGI. I'M AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER,
AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THIS MONTHLY UPDATE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER AT UNT DALLAS, THE LARGEST PROJECT IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM. 
          AS WE OUTLINED IN THIS MONTH'S MEMORANDUM, THE PROJECT IS ADVANCING ON SCHEDULE,
WITHIN BUDGET, AND WITH PROGRESS IN DESIGN, CONTRACTING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
AND FUNDRAISING. 
          OUR DIRECTOR OF THE BOND OFFICE, JENNY NICEWANDER,
IS GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE STATUS AND SCHEDULE. 
          THANK YOU. SO I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE THE MEMO IN FRONT OF YOU AND I WON'T READ IT,
BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE PUT IN THERE FOR THE STATUS UPDATE AND DESIGN PROCESS AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MS. RASTOGI MENTIONED,
WE HAVE COMPLETED OR WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR SCHEMATIC DESIGN. WE HAVE HIRED THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT
RISK, ALONG WITH OUR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, AND THEY'RE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TODAY. 
          THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK STARTED WORKING ON THE PROJECT IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND HAVE
BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WEEKLY MEETINGS AND SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, OTHER MEETINGS AS WE MOVE THE PROJECT ALONG. 
          OUR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WAS AWARDED THEIR PROJECT IN FEBRUARY 25TH. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A FULLY EXECUTED CONTRACT THE NEXT DAY. 
          AND COORDINATION MEETINGS BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 27TH. 
          AND IN FACT, YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR MEETING OUT AT THE EXISTING ACADEMY WITH OUR OWNER'S
REPRESENTATIVE. 
          WE WILL BE BRINGING A THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL IN APRIL. 
          THERE'S A PORTION OF OLD OX ROAD THAT IS TO PLANNED ROADWAY THAT GOES THROUGH THE UNTD
CAMPUS THAT WE NEED TO JUST KIND OF TAKE OFF THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS ALSO BEGUN. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DPD, UNTD AND OUR FUNDRAISING TASK FORCE TO MEET WITH SOME
COMMUNITY LEADERS, DISCUSS THE PROJECT AND GET FEEDBACK TO. WE CAN THEN INCORPORATE. 
          WE ALSO HAD OUR COMMUNITY MEETING AT SINGING HILLS REC CENTER ON FEBRUARY 19TH. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH A THIRD-PARTY VENDOR TO DEVELOP A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY THAT WILL
HELP US CAPTURE THE COMMUNITY'S AWARENESS OF THE PROJECT, WHAT THEIR PERSPECTIVES ARE. AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON IF THERE'S ANY DIRECTION THAT WE
NEED TO FOCUS IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGING OF THE, OF THE ACADEMY. PUBLIC ART ENGAGEMENT HAS ALSO BEGUN. 
          AND THEY WERE AT THE SINGING HILLS REC CENTER COMMUNITY MEETING AS WELL,
IN TERMS OF OUR SCHEDULE, OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE. 
          WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE 100% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED BY MARCH 18TH. 
          SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE. AND WE'LL BE BRIEFING COUNCIL ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER ON APRIL 15TH. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DEV. 
          THANK YOU, JENNY. I'M GOING TO COVER THE BUDGET ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS $185 MILLION. AND THAT COVERS PROGRAMING,
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT, FURNITURE FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT AND OVERSIGHT. 
          SO WE'VE SECURED FUNDING TO DATE OF $96.5 MILLION,
WHICH INCLUDES $50 MILLION FROM THE BOND, THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, $20 MILLION FROM THE 2023 TEXAS STATE GRANT,
AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION FROM THE 2025 STATE GRANT, $10 MILLION FROM THE CARUTH FUND AT THE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS,
AN ADDITIONAL $11.5 MILLION IN PRIVATE COMMITMENTS, WHICH LEAVES AN $88.5 MILLION GAP, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING FIRST THROUGH PRIVATE
FUNDRAISING. 
          SO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR FUNDRAISING TASK FORCE. 
          LYNN MCBEE IS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AND ALL THE PARTNERS FOR THEIR DEDICATED EFFORTS IN
FUNDRAISING. 
          AND IN RECENT WEEKS, WE'VE MADE SOME MEANINGFUL PROGRESS,
INCLUDING ENGAGEMENT OF A PROSPECTIVE CORPORATE PARTNER. 
          AND THE BOND OFFICE IS ASSISTING THE FUNDRAISING TEAM IN DEVELOPING A FORMAL DONATION
REQUEST THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THIS CORPORATE PARTNER IN 
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APRIL FOR A DECISION IN MAY. IN ADDITION, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CFO AND THE TEAM HAVE
WORKING. 
          HAVE BEEN WORKING TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL FUNDING STRATEGIES TO CLOSE ANY GAP THAT IS NOT
MET THROUGH THE PRIVATE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. 
          SO IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE $96.5 MILLION OF CURRENT FUNDING IS SUFFICIENT FOR
THE CURRENT WORK. 
          THE EXISTING CONTRACTS HAVE ENCUMBERED $20.6 MILLION,
AND WE EXPECT OUR NEXT MAJOR ENCUMBRANCE TO COME WHEN WE GET A GMAX OR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FROM THE CMAR. 
          SO IN CLOSING, THE PROJECT HAS A DEDICATED PROJECT TEAM THAT'S WORKING CLOSELY WITH DPD
LEADERSHIP AND PRIVATE FUNDRAISERS, WHO ARE ALL FOCUSED ON DELIVERING A STATE OF THE ART TRAINING FACILITY FOR OUR OFFICERS. 
          AND SO AS JENNY MENTIONED, WE DO INTEND TO HAVE A FULL COUNCIL BRIEFING ON THIS PROJECT
APRIL 15TH. 
          AND NOW WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN ROTH. 
          THANK YOU. JUST TO EDUCATE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          ARE THOSE COSTS? ARE THOSE COSTS THE ADDITIONAL COSTS,
PART OF THE $185 MILLION CAPITAL COSTS? AND ARE THOSE SURVEYS AND ACTIVITIES ARE THOSE EXTRA COSTS THAT WE THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND? SO FOR THE PUBLIC ART PORTION OF THAT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC ART BUDGET FOR THE
PROJECT. 
          IT'S SO IT'S BASED ON THE BOND VALUE OF $50 MILLION. 
          AND THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE OUT OF THAT,
THAT DOESN'T GO TOWARDS THAT 1.5%. 
          AND I CAN GET YOU THAT CALCULATION OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH,
BUT I THINK WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT LIKE $460,000 FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC ART. OKAY SO IT'S ON. IT'S ON $50 MILLION OR SOMETHING? CORRECT,
YES, IT'S ON THE BOND. 
          BOND VALUE. 
          YES, YES. AND THEN THE THIRD-PARTY SURVEY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT,
THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE $185 MILLION. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY A CONTRACT THAT THE CITY HAD ANYWAY. 
          AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT RESOURCE WITHOUT IMPACTING THIS BUDGET. 
          AND ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY IS THAT THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING FROM A
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT? OR IS THAT PART OF? YOU MAYBE YOU SAID IT. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. 
          EXCUSE ME. NO. SO THAT THAT WAS A CONTRACT THAT WE ALREADY HAD. 
          AND I'D HAVE TO CONFIRM WHICH DEPARTMENT WAS I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMUNICATIONS,
BUT WE THEY HAD CAPACITY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT. AND SO IT'S JUST TO GAUGE THE COMMUNITY'S. WHAT THEIR,
WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS PROCESS, ON THIS PROJECT, IF THEY'RE AWARE OF IT. AND IF WE NEED TO START CHANGING OUR MESSAGING
AND REALLY TO BE USED AS A BASELINE MOVING FORWARD. 
          I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
AS WE GET INTO THE PROJECT OF NEGATIVE REACTIONS AROUND THIS, WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT BASELINE NOW. SO IF WE NEEDED TO START MEETING WITH,
YOU KNOW, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WE COULD WE COULD DO THAT AHEAD OF. WHERE I'M GOING WITH MY QUESTIONS IS THAT,
AGAIN, I'M HOPING THAT YOU ALL ARE VALUE YOU KNOW, ORIENTING THIS WHOLE PROJECT AND THAT IF THERE'S MONIES THAT ARE NOT RELEVANT OR NOT
NECESSARY, THAT WE CAN AT LEAST DISCUSS SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE SOME MONEY,
ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. EVERY MILLION DOLLARS IS REAL MONEY. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT I'M NOT DIMINISHING THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE THINGS,
BUT I'M WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THESE HAVE VALUE AND THAT AND THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED AND THAT WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING FOR THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON IT. 
          IS THERE ANY INDICATION HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STUFF? SO AGAIN, THAT THE MONEY THAT IS PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE UTILIZING DOES NOT IMPACT
THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
          THAT'S OUTSIDE SINCE IT WAS ALREADY WE WERE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT. 
          SO I CAN FIND OUT. IT'S AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO. 
          SO IT'S IN A DIFFERENT BUCKET? IT IS. IT'S IN A DIFFERENT. 
          BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THAT. BUT IT'S STILL PART OF THE OVERALL BUDGET AND PART OF OUR
OVERALL COSTS. 
          SO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH, IF I COULD JUST ADD THE TWO OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK ARE
IMPORTANT TO NOTE. 
          ONE IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR BOND PROJECTS IS VERY TYPICAL. 
          AS PART OF THE PROJECT PROCESS, WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE
PROJECT. 
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AS JENNY MENTIONED, WE'RE LEVERAGING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN SO THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE
DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS THE BENEFIT OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT OUR PRIVATE FUNDRAISERS ARE ALSO HAVE A HAVE A COMMUNITY
COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT PIECE. 
          AND SO WE UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT ABOUT MAKING SURE WE'RE,
WE'RE FOCUSING THE DOLLARS ON THE FACILITY AND NOT EXTRA EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU. WHO ELSE HAS QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN STEWART. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR MENDELSOHN. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOOD NEWS [LAUGHTER] FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE ANYWAY. 
          WE SEE THAT WE ARE ON SCHEDULE. MONEY'S COMING TOGETHER. 
          I SEE THAT WE STILL HAVE A GOOD CHUNK TO RAISE,
BUT HOPEFULLY AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE PROJECT AND MORE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COME TO FRUITION, IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO RAISE YOUR LAST DOLLARS. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THE WORK AND FOR ALL THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE,
I THINK IT'S GREAT. 
          I JUST HAVE A QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THE BUDGET. 
          AND I KNOW THIS IS A CAPITAL PROJECT, SO WHAT DOES. 
          WHAT IS THAT CATEGORY INCLUDE? SO THAT WAS THE EARLY PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DPD. 
          AND I'M HAPPY FOR CHIEF HERRERA TO ADD TO MY REMARKS HERE,
BUT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE WE DEFINED THE PROJECT APPROPRIATELY SO THAT THEN WE COULD MAKE SURE WE'RE DELIVERING EXACTLY WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS. 
          YES. IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT PROGRAMING,
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CURRENTLY USE THE SPACE. 
          THEN WE SORT OF PROJECT HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THE SPACE IN THE FUTURE,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EXPANSION AND THE GROWTH OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU GUYS AND ASK YOU FOR MORE MONEY,
FOR MORE SPACE. RIGHT. 
          SO WE COULD ALSO CALL IT REALLY GOOD PLANNING? [LAUGHTER]. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PROJECT IS MOVING. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY BEHIND SCHEDULE FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE,
BUT FROM THE REIMAGINED DATE, IT'S ON SCHEDULE, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A FOCUS ON IT. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HITTING THE TIMELINES THAT ARE HERE. 
          AND THIS IS, AS I HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT IN THE CITY. 
          I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY IT. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS HAPPEN,
ALL THAT REST OF THAT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING LYNN MCBEE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          YOU AND JENNIFER GATES AND TENNELL ATKINS, WHO ARE MAKING UP THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
FUNDRAISING TEAM. 
          ONE OF YOU HAS COME EVERY TIME, AND I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I KNOW HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING, AND WE NEED YOU TO KEEP GOING. 
          SO I HOPE THAT OUR MONTHLY BRIEFINGS, WHICH WILL BE THIS COMPREHENSIVE OR MORE,
WILL HELP GIVE CONFIDENCE TO OUR DONORS THAT THE PROJECT WILL FINALLY HAPPEN,
AS WELL AS TO OUR OFFICERS WHO HAVE WAITED SO LONG. 
          I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. FIRST, ON THE PUBLIC ART THE EDICT THAT THERE HAS TO BE
PUBLIC ART WITH EVERY BOND PROJECT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IS ABLE TO RESCIND FOR A SPECIFIC
PROJECT? SO IT'S PART OF AN ORDINANCE. I'M NOT AWARE OF THE ABILITY TO RESCIND THAT ON SPECIFIC
PROJECTS, BUT I COULD CERTAINLY FIND OUT. WELL, DO WE NOT HAVE CITY ATTORNEYS HERE? CITY ATTORNEYS, ARE WE ABLE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT THIS PROJECT FROM PUBLIC ART? SO THAT THE $750,000 COULD BE SPENT ON THE PROJECT ITSELF,
AND PERHAPS A DONOR WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ART. 
          OR WE CAN BORROW SOMETHING FROM OUR MUSEUM OF ART THAT HAS TONS OF BEAUTIFUL ITEMS IN
STORAGE. 
          I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. 
          SO PLEASE DO AND PLEASE REPORT AT OUR NEXT MEETING ABOUT THAT. 
          AND IF THE ANSWER IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE,
WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE WE ARE, PLEASE BRING THAT LANGUAGE SO THIS COMMITTEE CAN CONSIDER IT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO
THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS. 
          SO YOU SAY THAT 50% OF THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE,
BUT ALSO THAT IT WILL BE FULLY COMPLETE IN JUST 15 DAYS. 
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SO ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THEY'VE SPENT 15 DAYS OF WORK SO FAR ON THE DESIGN,
AND THERE'S ONLY 15 MORE DAYS TO GO? THAT DOESN'T SEEM LOGICAL. SO THE WAY THESE PROJECTS ARE LAID OUT,
THERE'S THREE PHASES. 
          THERE'S THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT,
THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. 
          SO WE FULLY COMPLETED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN. WE HAVE COMPLETED 50% OF THE DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT AND THE 100% SUBMITTAL OF THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT SECOND PHASE WILL BE DONE ON MARCH 18TH. 
          AND WHAT I ALSO WANT TO ADD IS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BROUGHT IN THE CMAR AND THE
OWNER'S REP AT THIS 50% STAGE, BECAUSE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THIS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING THE
CONCEPTUAL PLANS, FURTHERING IT ALONG WITH MORE DETAIL, GETTING THE INPUT FROM THE OWNER'S REP,
AS WELL AS THE CMAR IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTABILITY AND OTHER THINGS. 
          SO THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS,
WHICH IS WHAT THE DOCUMENTS WILL BE, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE BASED ON THAT DURING THIS PHASE,
WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE CAN ADJUST. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR PERSPECTIVE, THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY QUICK PERIOD OF TIME TO COME
IN AND LOOK AT AND FINALIZE IN 15 DAYS, BUT IT'S REALLY WHAT THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT THE
CONSTRUCTABILITY AND THE COST ESTIMATES. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE USED TO TAKE THAT TO THE 100% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. 
          OKAY. ON PAGE FOUR THE TABLE SHOWS THAT $20.6 MILLION HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED OR SPENT. 
          AND I THINK YOU SAID $26 MILLION. DID I JUST HEAR YOU WRONG? I APOLOGIZE, THE NUMBERS AS ON THE TABLE. IT'S $20.6 MILLION HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN FUNDING IS $96.5 MILLION. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. MY NEXT QUESTION FOR YOU IS ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS NECESSARY TO SAY. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. 
          IT WAS THE 2024 BOND ELECTION WHERE THIS PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY. 
          THAT'S THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. PEOPLE VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE SAID? I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS WITH UNTD
STAFF AND STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE INTERESTED AND
JUST UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON THE CONSULTANT? THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ALL PART OF THE DESIGN FEE. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LINE ITEM,
BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE THAT SPECIFIC LINE ITEM COST IS, BUT IT'S PART OF THE DESIGN EFFORT. WE DO THESE THINGS AGAIN DURING THE SCHEMATIC PHASE
AND OTHER PHASES JUST TO GET FEEDBACK ON HOW TO PROGRESS THE PROJECT. 
          SO FOR OTHER BOND PROJECTS, IS THERE ALWAYS A LINE ITEM FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? I AM NOT SURE IF THERE'S ALWAYS A LINE ITEM. IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPES OF PROJECTS,
BUT I WOULD IMAGINE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE IMPACTING A COMMUNITY, WE WOULD TYPICALLY WANT TO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          ALSO, SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS WITH DPD AS WELL AS THE POLICE ASSOCIATIONS. 
          SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT CONSULTANTS ARE GOING TO TALK TO OUR POLICE ASSOCIATIONS INSTEAD
OF THEIR OWN COMMAND STAFF? THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THOSE ASSOCIATIONS WERE
INTERESTED IN, IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THEY WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT. 
          CHIEF PEREIRA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? YES. 
          SO IN THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE ARE FINDING OUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT MAYBE
DIDN'T GET TO GET OUT AND VOTE AND THAT ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE PROJECT. 
          AFTER THEM UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'RE CO-MINGLING WITH UNTD,
BRINGING 21ST CENTURY LEARNING TO OUR ACADEMY, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT NOT ONLY THAT,
BUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH UNTD. 
          AS FAR AS WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE END USERS AT THE ACADEMY,
THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD ON THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT WE NEED AND THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO CONDUCT OUR TRAINING. CHIEF ARTIS WOULD YOU LOOK INTO THIS FOR US AND LET US KNOW WHAT
OTHER BOND PROJECTS HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASPECTS? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. 
          AND IN FACT, WE'RE HAVING A BIG CONVERSATION ABOUT CITY HALL. 
          THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASPECT. THANK YOU. 
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OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ON THE CONSTRUCTION START IN QUARTER FOUR. 
          DO YOU HAVE A DATE? IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARTER. 
          WE ARE STILL TARGETING NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING. 
          AND AS WE WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THE PAST WEEK,
AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO MAKE A LOT MORE PROGRESS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO FINALIZE WHAT OUR GMP PACKAGES ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING LIKE. 
          AND THOSE WILL HELP US DETERMINE WHAT THAT ACTUAL START DATE WOULD BE FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          OKAY. WELL, I HOPE WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT GROUNDBREAKING DATE BEFORE NEXT MONTH. 
          AND OF COURSE, PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT ONE MONTH IN NOVEMBER,
WE MOSTLY ALL GO TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE, SO THAT IS PROBLEMATIC ALONG WITH THANKSGIVING. 
          SO OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE? ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR VIOLENT CRIME UPDATE PLAN. 
          MAJOR TAYLOR, YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN YOUR HAT TODAY. 
          IT'S UP. IT'S UP THERE, [LAUGHTER]. SITTING DOWN. YOU KNOW I'M INSIDE. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          COMMITTEE. I'M MAJOR TAYLOR. OVER THE VIOLENT CRIME DIVISION,
ALONG WITH CHIEF ERIC ROMAN AND CHIEF COMEAUX. 
          TODAY I'M GOING TO BRING YOU THE VIOLENT CRIME UPDATE,
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU. THIS IS AN UPDATE FOR THE SUMMARY OF FEBRUARY. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU THE IMPACT RESULTS ON VIOLENT CRIME,
THE TRENDS CITYWIDE AND WHAT THE VIOLENT CRIME DIVISION FOCUSED DETERRENCE IS CURRENTLY DOING. NEXT SLIDE. SO VIOLENT CRIME HAS CONTINUED TO GO DOWN IN THE CITY. 
          YEAR TO DATE WE'RE AT 12.52%. THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS YEAR TO DATE
REDUCTION. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE OPERATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE TO MAKE THESE ARRESTS OF THESE
VIOLENT CRIMINALS ON OUR STREETS. 
          BUT THAT IS INCLUDED AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS THAT HAS DECREASED BY 6.71%. 
          MURDERS OF NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE DECREASED BY 5%. 
          TO HIGHLIGHT THE OPERATIONS, OPERATIONS SAFE STREETS HAS A TOTAL OF 300 ARRESTS. 
          CURRENTLY, OPERATION FIGHT CLUB, CONDUCTED IN FEBRUARY,
HAD 66 FIREARMS SEIZED, $73,000 IN CASH, 207 DOGS RESCUED, 31 DETAINEES AND EIGHT FEDERAL CHARGES LINKED TO THAT ONE OPERATION. 
          OPERATION NIGHT LIFE IN DEEP ELLUM WAS ADDRESSED TO COMBAT THE CONCERNS OF CRIME IN THE
CLUBS AND THEM ALLOWING THOSE KIND OF ACTIVITIES TO OCCUR. AND OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY
WORKING ON. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO ON THE CHART I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE VIOLENT CRIME AGAIN IS DOWN 12.54%. 
          AND I WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT MURDER SHOWS TO BE UP AT 10%. 
          AND THAT DIFFERENCE IS WE HAD THREE FAMILY VIOLENCE MURDERS. 
          THEY WERE INVOLVED A ROOMMATE A MOTHER, DAUGHTER AND AN ACQUAINTANCE. 
          I'M SORRY, A ROOMMATE, MOTHER DAUGHTER AND A SIBLING. WE HAVE MADE THE ARREST ON THOSE
THREE FAMILY VIOLENCE ARREST THAT WERE MURDERS. 
          AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THOSE THIS YEAR UP UNTIL THIS POINT. 
          TO CONTINUE DOWN. ROBBERY IS DOWN 28% OVERALL. 
          AND TOTAL AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE DOWN 6.71%. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AS I INDICATED FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY MURDERS ARE OF NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE IS DOWN 5%. AND AGAIN,
NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE WITH THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNKNOWN TO THE VICTIM. 
          AND AGAIN WE HAVE THREE FAMILY VIOLENCE MURDERS. 
          AGAIN THE ROBBERIES ARE DOWN 28%. AND THAT INCLUDES THE BUSINESS ROBBERIES,
WHICH IS DOWN 52.7% WITH 48 FEWER VICTIMS AND INDIVIDUAL ROBBERIES, 19.31% WITH 45 FEWER VICTIMS. 
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AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AGAIN ARE DOWN WITH 50 FEWER VICTIMS. THE FAMILY VIOLENCE IS DOWN 3.41%, WITH EIGHT FEWER VICTIMS,
AND NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE IS DOWN 8.24%, WITH 42 FEWER VICTIMS. IF WE GO TO THE INCIDENT TREND LINE FROM JANUARY 21ST TO FEBRUARY
28TH, AGAIN, IT'S STILL TRENDING DOWNWARD. FEBRUARY 2025,
WE HAD 447 INCIDENTS, AND IN FEBRUARY OF 2026 WE HAD 401. NEXT SLIDE. ACTUALLY TWO. ONE MORE SLOT. 
          THE VICTIM TREND LINE AGAIN IS GOING DOWNWARD. 
          IN FEBRUARY 2025, WE HAD 537 VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY,
AND THEN IN 26, WE HAD 463 VICTIMS. NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR THE FOCUSED DETERRENCE,
WE ARE IN THE 6TH SESSION. 
          WE HAVE EIGHT ACTIVE 88 ACTIVE FOCUSED DETERRENCE CLIENTS IS EIGHT MORE THAN LAST MONTH. 
          WE HAD 107 PARTICIPANT CONTACTS AND 43 REFERRALS TO DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT OUR FOCUSED
DETERRENCE GROUP IS REACHING OUT AND PROVIDING. 
          FOCUSED DETERRENCE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH DID AN EVENT ON FEBRUARY 21ST. 
          THE ACT TEAM HAS GONE UP TO THE CHANNEL 6 AREA TO DO THE RENT ROLL CALLS AND AREAS,
FOCUS ON SOME PROBLEM AREAS THERE. THE ACT TEAM IS THE APARTMENT COMMUNITY TEAM. 
          THEY GO IN AND ESSENTIALLY ASSESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE APARTMENT
COMPLEXES AND TRY TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO RECEIVE THOSE RESOURCES AND GIVE THEM A VOICE. SO THAT TEAM IS FOCUSING AGAIN,
NORTH OF 635 RIGHT NOW. 
          THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, OF COURSE,
IS THE MAJOR CITY CHIEFS ASSOCIATION REPORT CAME OUT, AND IT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT DALLAS HAS HAD AN OVERALL 12% DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME. 
          THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WHO HAS QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART. THANK YOU,
CHAIR MENDELSOHN. 
          OKAY. WE'LL START WITH THE GOOD NEWS. THE BUSINESS ROBBERIES WAY DOWN. 
          THAT IS AWESOME THAT I'VE WATCHED THAT GO DOWN. 
          AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE HAD SOME VERY PROACTIVE WORK TO WORK WITH THE BUSINESSES WHO
ARE HAVING THE ROBBERIES TO GIVE THEM ADVICE AND COUNSEL ON HOW TO SET UP THINGS WITHIN THEIR STORE AND OUTSIDE THEIR STORE SO
THAT THE CLERKS HAVE VISIBILITY. 
          JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. I SAT IN ON ONE OF THOSE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR,
AND I THINK THAT INFORMATION TO THE BUSINESSES ON HOW TO AVOID ROBBERIES IS GREAT. IT'S ON POINT. IT IS HELPFUL. AND AT LEAST IN DISTRICT 10,
I CAN SEE BUSINESS ROBBERIES HAVE DROPPED. 
          SO THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS. I WILL JUST SAY A PLACE AT DISTRICT 10 IS NOT ALIGNING. 
          IS WITH THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. WE HAVE A 16% INCREASE SO FAR THIS YEAR. 
          AND THAT IS WE'VE JUST HAD A PRETTY STEADY INCREASE. 
          NOW OUR MURDER RATE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY LAST YEAR,
ALMOST IN HALF. 
          WE WENT FROM 13 THE YEAR BEFORE TO 6, WHICH IS FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN SINGLE DIGIT SINCE
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT CRIME STATS. 
          SO IT'S EXCELLENT. BUT I DO I. WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS NOT. 
          WELL, FAMILY VIOLENCE AS WELL, BUT THE NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND SO THEN BACK ON FAMILY VIOLENCE. SORRY I'M HITTING YOU WITH A BUNCH OF STUFF. 
          I WOULD LIKE SOME DATA ON OUR VICTIMS. THE GENDER,
THE AGE. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE TO THE SUSPECT. 
          I'M JUST. WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THAT IN DISTRICT 10,
AND I HAVE PROBABLY SOME PRECONCEIVED IDEAS ABOUT WHO IS INVOLVED AND WHO THE VICTIMS ARE AND WHO THE PERPETRATORS ARE. 
          BUT I'VE LEARNED IN THIS JOB, I SHOULD SET MY PRECONCEIVED IDEAS ASIDE,
AND I SHOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE DATA. 
          SO IF I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER DISTRICTS WANT THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. 
          BUT FOR DISTRICT 10, I'D LIKE TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHO OUR VICTIMS ARE AND WHO THE
SUSPECTS ARE. 
          AND JUST AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP. OKAY. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOT TO BE A RELATIONSHIP,
OR IT WOULDN'T BE FAMILY VIOLENCE. 
          BUT I'M CURIOUS. AND SPECIFICALLY, IF THAT'S A MORE CASUAL RELATIONSHIP OR,
YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, AN ACTUAL PARENT. YES, MA'AM. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO I THINK THAT IS. 
          OH, THE ACT TEAM YOU SAID NORTH OF 635. I'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE SO MANY OF MY APARTMENTS ARE. 
          NORTH OF 635. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, CHAIR. WHO ELSE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VIOLENT CRIME
PLAN? 
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COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR MENDELSOHN. 
          KIND OF WENT TO A LITTLE BIT OF MY NOTES. COULD YOU PLEASE,
IN YOUR DEFINITION EXPLAIN FOCUSED DETERRENCE AND WHAT YOU GUYS MEAN WHEN YOU SAY FOCUSED DETERRENCE. SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE PROBABLY SHORTENED TO THE POINT FOCUSED DETERRENCE IS THE
THIRD LEG OF OUR CRIME PLAN. 
          IT ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES THE RESOURCES TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT
ENFORCEMENT BASED. 
          SO IT'S THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF POLICING THAT HELPS DETER THIS CRIME LONG TERM. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THE COMMUNITY ASPECT, KIND OF GET GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER SO I CAN
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, WHAT WHEN YOU SAY. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY ASPECT LOOK LIKE? WHEN WE DETERMINE WHEN YOU'RE DOING FOCUSED DETERRENCE,
WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND, SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. OKAY. SO I'LL GIVE MORE SPECIFIC 3550 IS OVERTON. 
          FOCUSED DETERRENCE WENT OVER THERE TO WORK WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX,
THE MANAGERS AND THE COMMUNITIES. 
          THEY HOSTED SEVERAL EVENTS MONTH AFTER MONTH OF BRINGING THE RESIDENTS OUT,
PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHES RESOURCES TO THAT COMMUNITY. BECAUSE 3550 EAST OVERTON IS A PNI LOCATION WITH HIGH
CRIME. 
          YES, IT IS OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK CHIEF COMEAUX. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER IN DISTRICT 4,
AS YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO. 
          AND YOU'RE DOING THAT HELPING US GET A LOT OF THOSE CRIME AREAS UNDER CONTROL. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S A IT'S A BIG JOB. AND SO I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE
ASKING ME. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT TIME TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW PUBLICLY THAT THE CHIEF OF THAT DPD IS DOING
EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID WAS GOING TO DO AND WORKING WITH MAJOR GREER. 
          WE CALLING YOU GUYS ARE RESPONDING AND WE'RE SEEING WORK GET DONE. 
          AND IT IS A VERY HIGH CRIME AREA IN THAT AREA. 
          WHEN I WAS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE, I LOST SEVERAL KIDS JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND
GETTING KILLED FOR NO REASON. 
          AND SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THERE AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO BRING THAT
VIOLENT CRIME DOWN. 
          BUT THANK YOU, CHIEF COMEAUX, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN
CERTAIN AREAS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART ASKING FOR
THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON THE VICTIMS AND SUSPECTS. THIS WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT USED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT FOR CITY
WIDE. 
          SO IF WE CAN ADD THAT BACK IN. OKAY YEP IT USED TO HAVE A RACE AND GENDER. IF WE COULD ALSO ADD IN AN AGE RANGE. 
          I THINK THAT HAD SOMETIMES BEEN IN THERE AND SOMETIMES NOT. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE MAKING A SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR YOUR DISTRICT,
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE BACK IN THE REPORT OVERALL. 
          YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. YOU HAVE ANOTHER REQUEST? YES. ALSO, I KNOW IN THE LAST PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING,
I WAS INQUIRING ABOUT THE VIOLENCE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR YOUTH. 
          YES. SO DID WE EVER GET THAT DATA? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO SOME OF THE VIOLENCE. SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WE USE. 
          AND EXCUSE ME FOR SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY, RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE WE SAY CVI. AND IN THE OLD TERMS, IT USED TO MEAN CRIMINAL VIOLENCE. 
          CRIMINAL VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS. CURRENTLY, THE MORE ACCEPTABLE TERM IS COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION AND SO WE USE SEVERAL GROUPS. 
          OAK CLIFF EMPOWERMENT GROUP, THE YOUTH GUIDANCE GROUP,
BAM AND WOW. 
          AND THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP, LONE STAR JUSTICE ALLIANCE. 
          THEY'RE LED BY THE DALLAS YOUTH SAFETY COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATION. 
          SO WE ARE SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH CVI GROUPS,
COMMUNITY INTERVENTION GROUPS THAT WORK TOWARD NOT ONLY IMPROVING THOSE ENVIRONMENTS FOR ADULTS, BUT YOUTH AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW MAYOR JOHNSON HAD A TASK FORCE THAT WAS
WORKING ON MY DISTRICT DIRECTOR, MR. BATTIE, WAS A PART OF THAT. AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CVI PROGRAMS,
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN DISTRICT 4. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FUNDING, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A FUNDING ISSUE
OR IT MOVED TO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE THOSE FUNDINGS ARE BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE MONEY BACK IN
THAT AREA SO WE CAN PROMOTE THE CVI PROGRAMS THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE, BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M VERY A BIG ADVOCATE OF THE CVI PROGRAMS. YES,
SIR. 
          AND SO THAT THAT FUNDING IS WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HOUSING,
COMMUNITY CARE. 
          AND SO WE WORKED WITH THEM AS WELL. HOWEVER,
SOMETIMES OUR CONVERSATIONS JUST AREN'T AS LONG, BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WITH THE CITY. GREAT. AND YEAH,
I'M FAMILIAR. 
          IT WAS MOVED. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, WHERE IS THAT FUNDING AT? BECAUSE WE NEED THAT FUNDING TO TO BE BACK WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE SO WE CAN GET THOSE GUYS
BACK ON THE GROUND THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE SO WE CAN GET STUFF DONE IN DISTRICT 4 AND ACROSS THE CITY THAT THAT REALLY NEEDS THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, SIR. CHAIRMAN JOHNSON,
I'M SURE YOU REALIZE THAT WHEN IT'S BUDGET TIME, 
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YOU'D BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT FOR THAT TO MOVE BACK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
NOT BE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT ADMINISTERS WIC OKAY. I NOTED. DULY NOTED. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WELL,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, MA'AM. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. 
          YES, MA'AM. OKAY, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM D,
FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE. 
          IS HONEYWELL HERE WITH YOU? GREAT. 
          WE'RE READY WHEN YOU ARE. OKAY. I WAS WAITING FOR YOU LOT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M JUSTIN BALL FIRE CHIEF,
AND I'M HERE WITH CHIEF RUSS CORNELL AND JEFF KING. 
          AND WE'RE PROUD TO PRESENT THE UPDATE ON THE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM. 
          SO THERE YOU GO. RUSS. JAMES. RUSS, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS. 
          TODAY WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THIS INCLUDES THE PROJECT STATUS, INSTALLATION PROGRESS TIMELINE AND HOW WE'RE MAINTAINING
OPERATIONAL READINESS THROUGHOUT DEPLOYMENT. 
          THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY. SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CORNELL PERRY,
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IT. 
          THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 2024. 
          THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED IN FEBRUARY OF 2025,
AND WE HELD OUR FIRST KICKOFF MEETING IN MARCH OF 2025. 
          MARCH 26TH TO BE EXACT. THE ORIGINAL COMPLETION DATE AT THAT TIME WAS DECEMBER 2026. 
          AT THIS TIME WITH SOME OF THE DELAYS FROM GOING OUT AND HAVING TO SURVEY EACH FIRE STATION TO DEAL WITH SOME ASBESTOS ABATEMENT. 
          THE PROJECT TIMELINE IS NOW SLATED FOR FEBRUARY OF 2027. 
          THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION OF 59 FIRE STATIONS. 
          A FULL CAD INTERFACE INTEGRATION, SYSTEM TESTING,
TRAINING FOR OUR FIREMEN AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THE IN THE DISPATCH PERSONNEL. BEFORE WE DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION PROGRESS,
I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY ALERT OUR FIRE STATIONS THAT THEY HAVE CALLS. 
          STATIONS PRIMARILY RECEIVE FIRE CALLS THROUGH THE FIRE ALERTING SYSTEM. 
          CURRENTLY, IT'S LOCUTION AFTER 90S. IF THEY HAVEN'T HIT THE MANUALLY,
HIT THE ENROUTE KEY TO SHOW THAT THEY GO FROM ASSIGNED TO ENROUTE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DRIVING TO THE LOCATION OF THE EMERGENCY. 
          THE DISPATCHER IS NOTIFIED THROUGH A SIGNAL IN DISPATCH. 
          BOTH AUDIBLE SIGNAL AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DISPATCH SCREEN STARTS TURNING COLORS. 
          SO AFTER THAT THEY NOTICED THAT IF IT'S LONGER THAN 90S,
THEY WILL MANUALLY CALL THE STATION FIRST BY THE MAIN LINE, WHICH IS USED FOR BUSINESS ONLY. SO IF ANYONE'S ON THAT LINE THEY CAN INTERRUPT THAT LINE
AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECEIVE THE CALL AND GET OUT. 
          IF FOR SOME REASON THEY CAN'T GET THEM ON THE MAIN LINE THEY JUST GO DOWN TO THE BACK LINE
OF THE STATION SECONDARY NUMBER. 
          AND THEN EACH APPARATUS HAS A CELL PHONE THAT THE OFFICERS CARRY. 
          AND ALSO WE HAVE STATION RADIO, WHICH WE CALL CHANNEL 7. 
          THEY ALSO CONFIRMED BY APPARATUS RADIO. SO THE DISPATCHER KNOW THAT THEY ARE MAKING THE
RUN. 
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AND THEN SPEAKERS ALSO TESTED EACH DAY AT 0630 IN THE MORNING AND AT 1800 IN THE EVENING,
WHICH IS 6:00. 
          ALL STATIONS KNOW AT ANY TIME THOSE TWO TIMES. 
          IF THEY DON'T HEAR THE STATION ALARM SPEAKERS GO OFF,
THEY ARE TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY FIRE DISPATCH AND THEY COME UP WITH A REDUNDANCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECEIVE A CALL. THE FIRST STEP WE TAKE AT THE FIRE STATION 24 HOURS
A DAY, WE HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A WATCH PERSON THAT STANDS AT THE WATCH DESK TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
CALLS ARE RECEIVED AND THAT EVERYONE IS OUT OF THE STATION. 
          IN A TIMELY FASHION. WE CAN PUT THE CHANNEL 7 STATION RADIO IN MANUAL. 
          WE PUT IT IN STANDBY MODE, WHICH MEANS THAT PERSON THAT'S STANDING AT THE WATCH DESK HAS
TO LISTEN TO EACH CALL THAT COMES IN FOR THAT STATION. 
          AND THEN THE DISPATCHER IS ALSO ABLE TO OPEN MANUALLY OPEN EACH STATION SPEAKERS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY RECEIVE THE RUNS. 
          AND THIS IS PART OF OUR REDUNDANCY THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE FOR OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE,
TO MAKE SURE, ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT MISS ANY RUN IN THE DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM WHILE THEY AT THE
STATION. 
          NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS,
OUR PLANNED MITIGATIONS FOR BATTALION. 
          SO BATTALIONS. THIS WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO OUTFIT ONE COMPLETE BATTALION,
HAVE THAT SYSTEM RUNNING IN PARALLEL WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO DO UAT TESTING THROUGHOUT. 
          BEING THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL SYSTEM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH A PHASE OF EVERYTHING
BEING REPLACED, AND THEN US TESTING AT THE END AND RUNNING INTO ISSUES. 
          SO IT'S A PHASED APPROACH, BATTALION BY BATTALION WITH THE SYSTEM RUNNING IN PARALLEL. 
          DETAIL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. DETAILED REMAINING INSTALLATION. 
          IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 53 STATIONS REMAINING FOR INSTALLATION. 
          ORIGINALLY, INSTALLATION WAS BEING DONE AT A RATE OF ONE STATION EVERY TWO WEEKS WITH ONE
CREW WITH THREE TECHNICIANS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. EFFECTIVE MARCH 2ND STAFFING WAS INCREASED TO TWO CREWS WITH A TOTAL OF FOUR TECHNICIANS PER CREW, WHICH INCREASED FUEL CAPACITY. 
          THAT CHANGED TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION BY 100%. 
          NEW PROJECT. THE NEW PROJECTED RATE IS TWO STATIONS EVERY TWO WEEKS. 
          THIS ACCELERATION KEEPS US ALIGNED WITH THE FEBRUARY 2027 COMPLETION DATE. 
          OUR APPROACH INCLUDES SYSTEMATIC SCHEDULING,
SIMULTANEOUS CREW DEPLOYMENT. 
          AND BY SCALING THE CREWS STAFFING WE IMPROVE SCHEDULE RELIABILITY AND REDUCE THE RISK OF
EXTENDED DELAYS. 
          OUR OVERVIEW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OVERVIEW OF HOW TIMELINE. 
          IF PROGRESS CONTINUES AT A TWO STATIONS EVERY TWO WEEKS,
REMAINING STATION COMPLETIONS ALIGN, AS I SAID BEFORE, WITH OUR FEBRUARY 2027 TARGET DATE,
THIS ACCOUNTS FOR A STEADY BIWEEKLY PRODUCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ACCELERATION BEYOND PLANNED CAPACITY. WE ARE MANAGING THIS AS A STRUCTURED,
STRUCTURED, PREDICTABLE DEPLOYMENT. 
          CURRENTLY, BATTALION 1 INSTALLATION BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 17TH,
2025. 
          OUR CURRENT STATUS IS STATION 4, 24 AND 45 OR 100% COMPLETE. 
          WAITING USDD FINAL CUTOVER. STATIONS 3, 6 ARE OVER 95% COMPLETE,
AND STATION 18 IS APPROXIMATELY 60% COMPLETE AND ON TRACK. OVERALL, BATTALION 1 IS PROGRESSING AS EXPECTED AND WILL
COMPLETE FIELD WORK BEFORE MOVING FULLY INTO BATTALION 2. 
          OUR NEXT INSTALLATION TIMELINE OVERVIEW IS BATTALION 2,
WHICH STARTS MARCH 2ND. 
          WHICH WILL. THEY WILL START PULLING CABLE. THIS INCLUDES SIX STATIONS IN BATTALION 2,
WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW REPLACEMENT STATION AT LOVE FIELD STATION 21, WHICH IS IN BATTALION 7. SO WITH THESE SEVEN STATIONS,
TOTAL COMPLETION THE COMPLETION PROJECT WINDOW FOR THIS IS MARCH 2ND THROUGH APRIL 24TH OF 2026. UPON COMPLETION, WE WILL HAVE 13 STATIONS FULLY INSTALLED ACROSS
BATTALION 1 AND BATTALION 2. 
          TWO FULL CREWS WILL REMAIN ASSIGNED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT TO MAINTAIN SCHEDULE. 
          AND I WILL HAVE JEFF KING FROM HONEYWELL USD DIGITAL GROUP. 
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HE IS THE TERRITORY PROJECT MANAGER TO DISCUSS THE TIMELINE FOR THE REST OF THE STATIONS. 
          THANK YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. SO IF YOU COULD MOVE THAT
MICROPHONE MUCH CLOSER. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. 
          AS CHIEF RUSS EXPLAINED, IT IS OUR GOAL TO. AND I'M SORRY. 
          WILL YOU JUST START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR TITLE? YES,
MA'AM. THANK YOU. I'M JEFF KING, I'M THE REGIONAL TERRITORY MANAGER FOR USDD HONEYWELL. 
          AS CHIEF RUSS EXPLAINED, IT IS OUR GOAL TO HAVE STATIONS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BY
FEBRUARY 27TH OF 27 FOLLOWING HIS STATEMENTS OF TWO CREWS WORKING AND WORKING ON TWO STATIONS AT A TIME. SO BARRING ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES OR CHANGES IN SCOPE THEN WE FULLY INTEND TO FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE AS IT'S LAID OUT CURRENTLY AND MEET THAT
TIMELINE. 
          IN CONCLUSION THE PROJECT IS PROGRESSING STEADILY. 
          WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS TO MAINTAIN THE FEBRUARY 2027 COMPLETION TARGET. 
          RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES ARE ACTIVE AND IN COLLABORATION WITH DALLAS FIRE ITS AND
HONEYWELL US DIGITAL WE REMAIN STRONG. 
          MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS SYSTEM WILL ENHANCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CITYWIDE,
IMPROVING RELIABILITY, FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND COORDINATION. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          COMMITTEE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER ROTH I'M SORRY YOU I KNOW YOU'VE HAD
PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH US. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE IN REAL SIMPLE TERMS WHAT YOUR WHAT THE INSTALLATIONS ARE? IS THIS REWIRING OF A I'M. WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHY IT TAKES TWO WEEKS TO DO A
STATION. 
          WHY IT TAKES TWO YEARS TO DO 50 STATIONS. I'M. 
          IS IT AN EXTENSIVE REWIRING? ARE WE LOOKING. ARE WE NOT HAVING THE EQUIPMENT BEING
DELIVERED? IS THERE A LACK OF INSTALLERS TO THAT ARE DOING THIS? IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME THAT THIS IS UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION. 
          COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME IN REAL SIMPLE TERMS WHAT YOU'RE REALLY DOING? YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. CORNELL PERRY ITS. 
          SO IF WE BACK UP TO THE START OF THE PROJECT. 
          HAD WE BEEN ABLE TO KICK OFF IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE KICKOFF MEETING IN MARCH OF 2025,
WE'D BE MUCH FURTHER ALONG. 
          AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME THERE WAS A,
A NEED FOR THE VENDOR TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO EVERY STATION AND ASSESS THE STATION SITUATION. THERE WERE AT THE TIME THERE WERE SOME DEFICIENCIES IN DOCUMENTATION AS
FAR AS SOME OF OUR OLDER BUILDINGS. 
          AND SO THE VENDOR HAD TO GO OUT AND DO IN DEPTH ASSESSMENTS TO COME UP AND COME BACK WITH
THE PLAN TO US THAT DELAYED US INITIALLY AS WE MOVED INTO THE PROJECT PHASE, OF COURSE,
AS YOU ALLUDED TO, SIR WE WERE ALREADY A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHEN THE ORIGINAL RFCSP WAS DRAWN UP AND PUT OUT FOR BID. 
          THERE WAS SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY AND FUNCTIONALITY THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE VENDOR THAT
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 
          SO CHANGE ORDERS HAD TO BE DONE REMAPPING OF THE WORK. 
          AND WHICH LEADS US TO KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY SINCE WE'VE STARTED IN BATTALION 1 WAS
VERY CALCULATED. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TOOK OUR TIME WITH THAT ONE SO WE'D HAVE A GOOD BLUEPRINT FOR
THE REST OF THEM. 
          AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE VENDOR AND THE CITY SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD FULLY WITH 4
OR 5 STATIONS A MONTH, WHICH WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE 60 FIRE STATIONS,
SO IT TAKES TIME TO GET THROUGH 60. 
          BUT AT FOUR FIRE STATIONS A MONTH, WE SHOULD FINISH OR WE WILL FINISH BY FEBRUARY 2027. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST REWIRING. 
          IT'S A COMPLETE TURNKEY SYSTEM. SO WITH THE LEGACY SYSTEM STILL RUNNING,
THIS IS A TOTALLY NEW SYSTEM. 
          NEW SPEAKERS, NEW WIRES, NEW HARDWARE, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CONFIGURED AND RAN THROUGH ITS
AND EVERYTHING. 
          YEAH. CHIEF BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT THERE. HAD WE SIMPLY WENT IN AND REUSED THE CABLING AND
THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WERE 
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ALREADY THERE FROM THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM. YOU KNOW,
WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS A LOT FASTER. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WITH THE NEW SYSTEM COMING IN AND US NOT KNOWING HOW IT'S GOING
TO OPERATE YOU KNOW, WE AS THE CITY TOOK THE OPTION OF SAYING, HEY,
LET'S LEAVE THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN. 
          YOU BRING IN ALL NEW THAT WAY WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY LEGACY HANGOVERS OR ISSUES FROM
WIRING SPEAKERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM THE OLD SYSTEM. 
          NEW. FROM OLD TO NEW. AND THAT'S THAT WAS THE STRATEGY BEHIND THAT SO. 
          AND ARE THESE ARE THESE REDUNDANT SYSTEMS. I MEAN ARE YOU DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL ALL THE
NEW IS, IS IN BEFORE YOU ACTIVATE IT? OR ARE YOU DOING IT STATION BY STATION? ARE THESE STAND ALONE SYSTEMS WHERE YOU CAN. ONCE IT'S IN,
YOU CAN DISABLE THE OLD ONE AND OPERATE. 
          OR ARE THEY STILL? IS EVERYTHING. ARE WE RUNNING TWO SYSTEMS UNTIL THE TWO YEARS IS OVER? SO WE ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING TWO SYSTEMS SIMULTANEOUSLY AS THEY AS THE NEW SYSTEM IS
BROUGHT UP IN EACH BATTALION. 
          AND THIS IS OUR WAY OF UAT TESTING. SO WE'LL KNOW AND WE'LL BE HEARING RUNS FROM THE OLD
SYSTEM, SEEING THE NEW SYSTEM ACTIVATE AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OPERATING THE WAY IT'S
SUPPOSED TO IN ACCORDANCE. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS THE ACTIVATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2027 THAT'S THE INSTALLATION OF
ALL THE STUFF THERE'S THEN I NOTICED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THERE'S A TESTING I MEAN, THERE'S A TRAINING PERIOD AFTER THAT. 
          IS THIS IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO EXTEND THE USABILITY OF THE THING FOR,
FOR IS IT A MONTH OR IS IT ANOTHER YEAR? HOW LONG IS YOUR TRAINING SITUATION? THE TRAINING CAN BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
INSTALLATION. 
          WE CAN HAVE OUR MEMBERS TRAINED. SO THAT WAY,
WHEN IT DOES GO LIVE AT THE LIVE CUTOVER, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM. 
          AND THAT'S INCLUDING OUR DISPATCH AND OUR MEMBERS AT THE FIRE STATION. 
          AND WE HAVE. THE PRICE IS FIXED. WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY GOT OUR CONTRACT? WE'RE IN. ARE WE IN BUSINESS OR IS THIS THING A MOVING TARGET,
MR. HONEYWELL? YOU ARE CORRECT. THE CONTRACT IS COMPLETED. 
          BARRING ANY CHANGES IN SCOPE, WE'LL DELIVER AT THE PRICE AGREED UPON. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. 
          OH, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF BALL AND FIREFIGHTER MIDDLETON FOR INVITING ME TO
THE BURN NIGHT. 
          I KNOW CHAIR MENDELSOHN WAS THERE, TOO, SO WE VERY ENLIGHTENED AND HAD A GREAT TIME THERE. 
          AND I DO GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU, CHIEF, IN A FEW MINUTES,
BUT THANK YOU. 
          AND I WANT TO KNOW, HOW DID YOU LIKE THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF JACKET THAT WE GOT YOU,
CHIEF BALL? YEAH THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT. AND MISS MENDELSOHN CAME OUT ALSO. 
          EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO COME OUT TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          WE'LL SEND AN INVITE OUT AND. YEAH, I'VE BEEN WEARING THAT JACKET. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR THANK YOU. OKAY,
SO LET'S START ON PAGE THREE. 
          WHEN DID WE FIRST BECOME AWARE OF ALERTING PROBLEMS? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. CORNELL PERRY, ITS. 
          IN BEFORE 2023, WE WERE SEEING ISSUES IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM. 
          WHEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE TICKETS, WE WERE RECEIVING ABOUT 70 TICKETS A YEAR FOR
OUR STATION ALERTING SYSTEM PRIOR TO 2023 WHEN WE INCREASED THE NETWORK BANDWIDTH AT THE FIRE STATIONS THOSE TICKET
NUMBERS REDUCED DRASTICALLY. NOW, THE CURRENT SYSTEM HAS BEEN IN,
IN HOUSE SINCE 2008. 
          AND IT'S DEFINITELY NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS EVOLVED SINCE WE PUT IN THAT FIRST SYSTEM. 
          BUT THAT CURRENT SYSTEM IS NOW SINCE THE BANDWIDTH HAS BEEN INCREASED AT THE SUBSTATION
STABLE. 
          WE IN 2025, WE RECEIVED TOTAL OF, I BELIEVE IT WAS SIX PRIORITY TICKETS. 
          AND THEY WERE DUE TO STATION OUTAGES AS FAR AS POWER THEN THE SYSTEM HAVING TO BE
REBOOTED. 
          AND SINCE 2023 WE'VE LOOKED AT ABOUT, ON AVERAGE,
12 TO 15 TICKETS PER YEAR FOR THE FOR THE LOCUTION SYSTEM AS WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THOSE A LOT OF TIMES THOSE ARE DUE TO POWER OUTAGES OR OTHER THINGS OF
THAT NATURE WHERE THE SYSTEM HAS TO BE RESET OR A DESKTOP HAS TO BE RESET. 
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WILL THE NEW SYSTEM HAVE TO BE RESET IF THERE'S A POWER OUTAGE? SO THE NEW SYSTEM. AND JEFF, PLEASE JUMP IN HERE IF I MISSPEAK ON ANYTHING BUT THE NEW SYSTEM WILL HAVE BATTERY POWER BACKUP CONNECTED TO THE BOX. 
          THE. THAT'S CORRECT AT WHAT POINT DID WE START EXPLORING DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES TO LOCUTION? I THINK THIS SYSTEM IS. THIS SYSTEM WILL REPLACE ELOCUTION COMPLETELY. 
          AT WHAT YEAR DID YOU START LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES? THE RFP WENT OUT IN 2023. SO I THINK IT WAS 2021 WHEN I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF IT AND STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL THAT SOMETHING HAS
TO BE DONE. 
          SO THIS PAGE THREE, THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IT'S ONLY BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2024. 
          AGAIN, IT'S 2026. IT'S MUCH, MUCH LONGER THAN THAT,
WHICH IS WHY WE'RE NOW GOING TO DO A BRIEFING EVERY MONTH TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK. 
          SO ON PAGE FOUR, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DAILY STATION TESTING. 
          HOW MANY TIMES HAS A STATION NOTIFIED THAT THE TEST WAS NOT RECEIVED? OVER THE PAST, FROM 2021 TO 23, I THINK WE'VE HAD 48 REPORTS OF IF NOT WORKING OR AN ISSUE WITH IT, WHICH IT COULD BE. 
          THE COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE RESET OR A SPEAKER WIRE HAS BEEN CUT OR SOMETHING HAD TO BE
REPLACED. 
          SO THAT WAS FROM 23 TO NOW IS THE 48, BUT PRIOR TO 23,
FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD, IT WAS ABOUT 150, 160 BUT SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN 48 CALLED IN. IN THE LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO
FAILURE TO RESPOND, BUT THEY WEREN'T OUT OF THE STATION. ONE WAS AT A FIRE AND COULDN'T GET OUT BECAUSE WE
ADDRESS EVERY ONE OF THEM. 
          SO EVERYONE'S BEEN MAKING THEIR CALLS. WELL,
I MEAN, IT'S JUST SHOCKING THAT WE'RE PAYING FIREFIGHTERS TO BE IN A FIREHOUSE AND WE NEED THEM, AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE NEED THEM. 
          THEY'VE NEVER RECEIVED THE CALL. SOMEBODY COULD DIE BUILDING OR PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING OR
AT RISK. 
          AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. 
          BUT THAT. THAT MIGHT MAY HAVE HAPPENED BACK THEN,
BUT THEY'RE GETTING THE CALL BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT OUT OF THE HOUSE IN 90S, THEY GET A PHONE CALL. SO THERE'S A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WE MAKE SURE SOMEONE'S ON THE
CALL. 
          HOW MANY DIFFERENT STATIONS WERE NOT WERE REPORTING THAT THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE IT? OF NO, NO, IT'S WIDESPREAD, BUT JUST IN THAT TIME FRAME. 
          48 ISSUES WERE REPORTED. IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN. 
          THEY DIDN'T GET THE CALL. IT COULD HAVE BEEN. THEY GOT THE CALL,
BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE SCREEN OR THEY SAW IT ON THE SCREEN. 
          DIDN'T GET LIKE. THERE WAS SOME VARIANCE OR LIKE IT WASN'T ALL JUST THEY DIDN'T GET
ANYTHING. 
          BUT WE GOT 48 REPORTS IN THAT TIME FRAME. BUT AGAIN,
THEY GET A CALL NO MATTER WHAT WITH A WITH THE WRONG INFORMATION. SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE MAKING THE CALLS. 
          OKAY ONE BEING THAT THE SPEAKER'S OPEN UP THE OTHER BEING THAT ACROSS THE READER BOARD YOU SEE
THE RUN. 
          SO THERE ARE OTHER THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO NOTIFY THE FIRE,
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          WHAT MAY HAPPEN IS THE READER BOARD MAY HAVE NOT POPPED THAT TIME,
BUT THE SPEAKER IS OPENED. 
          THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE TICKETS,
IT MAY NOT BE THAT THE STATION WASN'T ALERTED, BUT THE SYSTEM WASN'T WORKING IN ITS COMPLETE ORIGINAL FUNCTIONALITY. 
          OKAY 
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THE LOCUTION IS JUST THE FIRST ALERTING SYSTEM,
AND THEN IT FALLS TO THE NEXT STEPS. 
          AS I SAID, DISPATCH MAKES SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE COMPANIES IN ROUTE. 
          AND IF THEY ARE NOT IF TIME PASSED BY, DEPENDING ON HOW BUSY THEY ARE,
THEY WILL SEND THE CLOSEST COMPANY. 
          WELL, I WOULD I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU THAT DISPATCH IS BUSY AND DOESN'T ALWAYS FOLLOW UP AND
THAT SOMETIMES YOU KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE OTHER STATIONS SAY, WHY ISN'T THE STATION HERE? SO I WOULD MAYBE CHALLENGE THAT. 
          AND WE HAVE BUT WE'VE NOT BEEN RECEIVING THAT. YES. AND LOOKING AT THAT,
I THINK THERE'S COULD BE MULTIPLE OTHER ISSUES WHERE THAT STATION COULD BE OUT OF SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S DRUG TESTING MECHANICAL ISSUES WHERE THEY GOT TO RUN,
BUT THEY COULDN'T GO BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE APPARATUS WHERE ANOTHER STATION FEELS LIKE THEY'RE MAKING THAT STATION'S RUNS. 
          BUT IT'S THE REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT MAKING THOSE RUNS. 
          THAT THEY YOU SAY YOU HAVE AN UPDATED OPERATING MODEL EFFECTIVE MARCH 2ND. 
          SO YESTERDAY AND THAT YOU'RE INCREASING THE FIELD STAFFING FROM 3 TO 4. 
          DID THAT HAPPEN? THAT'S CORRECT, YES. OKAY, SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON PAGE 11. AND IT SAYS THAT THERE'S AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE
OF FEBRUARY 26TH, 2026. SO THAT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. 
          ARE ALL OF THESE SIX STATIONS COMPLETE NOW? YES. 
          I RECEIVED WORD PRIOR TO THE MEETING STARTING THAT THEY WERE MOVING EQUIPMENT TO THE FIRST
STATION IN BATTALION 2. 
          OKAY. SO STATION 36 AND 18 ARE 100% NOW? THAT'S MY BELIEF YES. 
          OKAY. WHAT HAPPENS? SO HE'S JUST SAYING, IF YOU COULD PULL THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER. 
          THANK YOU. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE NOT FINISHED BY FEBRUARY 2027? WHAT DOES THE CONTRACT SAY? IS THERE A PENALTY? THERE IS A PENALTY LIKE A. WHAT'S THE PENALTY? I FORGOT THE TIME FRAME. I'LL GET THAT TO YOU. 
          BUT CORNELL KNOWS. YES. I BELIEVE, AND I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. 
          BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS A $1,500 A DAY FOR EVERY DAY WE'RE PAST THE AGREED UPON COMPLETION
DATE. 
          STATEMENT OF WORK. OKAY OKAY. AND HONEYWELL, HOW BIG OF A COMPANY ARE YOU? I WOULD BE WRONG TO TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE,
BUT WE ARE A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION AND HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES. 
          SO WHY WERE THERE ONLY THREE PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS? THAT IS THE TYPICAL SIZE OF AN INSTALLATION CREW. 
          DID YOU KNOW THAT THEY ONLY WERE GOING TO SEND THREE PEOPLE TO DO INSTALLATION WHEN WE
HIRED THEM? NO. NO AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONTRACTED OUT TO A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK. 
          AND SO WE MET WITH THEM AND TRIED TO GET MORE PEOPLE. 
          AND THIS IS ALL THEY HAD AVAILABLE. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU I'M EXTREMELY
DISAPPOINTED. 
          I WAS EXPECTING WITH A COMPANY LIKE HONEYWELL,
WE WOULD SEE LOTS OF CREWS AND WE WOULD GET THIS DONE. 
          THIS IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE,
YOU KNOW, OUR FIREFIGHTERS CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE FIRE ALARM. 
          AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE SPREAD OUT OVER SO MUCH TIME BECAUSE OF A LACK OF
CREWS TO GO DO IT. 
          I MEAN, TWO CREWS OF TWO MEN EACH OR WOMEN. I MEAN,
WHY AREN'T THERE FOUR CREWS? WHY AREN'T THERE EIGHT CREWS AND GET THIS THING DONE? I, I JUST REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT. YOU HAVE TWICE SAID THAT YOU WILL BE DONE FEBRUARY
2027. 
          UNLESS ANYTHING UNFORESEEN HAPPENS OR THERE'S A CHANGE OF SCOPE. 
          HAVE YOU HAD A CHANGE OF SCOPE? AS MR. PERRY ALLUDED TO,
WE DID HAPPEN TO REWALK 59 STATIONS OR REDESIGN 59 STATION SYSTEMS. SO DUE TO A CHANGE IN SCOPE. 
          AND IS ANYTHING UNFORESEEN HAPPEN? DURING THOSE STATION WALKS? HAVING BEEN AT ALL OF THOSE, EVERY FIRE STATION IS DIFFERENT IN CONSTRUCTION IS DIFFERENT
AT EACH OF THOSE. 
          THE AGE OF THE BUILDING MAKES A DIFFERENCE ON HOW LONG THE INSTALLATION CAN TAKE. 
          THE DIFFICULTY OF THE INSTALLATION AT THOSE,
AT THOSE FACILITIES. 
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OKAY. SO I'M ASSUMING SINCE YOU DID THE WHOLE WALKTHROUGH,
THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING UNFORESEEN. 
          LIKE YOU ALREADY KNOW, YOU LITERALLY HAVE SEEN IT ALL. 
          I HAVE AGAIN BEEN BEEN IN EACH FACILITY. BUT I AM NOT THE INSTALLER. 
          OUR INSTALLATION CREWS ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED. HOWEVER,
ONCE THEY BEGIN THE INSTALLATION, I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY PROBLEMS THEY MAY HAVE IN RUNNING A CABLE TO A PARTICULAR LOCATION IN
THE STATION. 
          WHICH DOES CAUSE ADDITIONAL TIME. OKAY, SO FOR SLIDE 13,
THIS IS A GREAT SLIDE, EXCEPT IT'S IN, LIKE A ONE POINT. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,
CHIEF ARTIS, FOR GETTING US A BIGGER ONE, BUT PERHAPS YOU COULD JUST BREAK IT INTO TWO SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK ALL OF THESE STATIONS GOING FORWARD. 
          THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN EVERY MONTH'S BRIEFING. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. CERTAINLY WILL. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS E FLOCK CAMERA SAFETY UPDATE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAJOR ANTHONY GREER OVER TECHNOLOGY. 
          I HAVE WITH ME MAJOR SERGEANT RINEHART AND OF COURSE,
CHIEF COMEAUX HERE. 
          I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE CRIME FIGHTING TOOLS THAT WE HAVE
HERE IN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S THE FLOCK CAMERA. OUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO USE THE FLOCK CAMERA TO BOTH SOLVE
CRIMES. 
          HELP LOCATE MISSING PERSONS AS WELL AS TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE. 
          JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE WAY THIS CAMERA WORKS. 
          THERE'S POLES SET ALONGSIDE THE ROADWAY. OF COURSE,
THEY'RE FORWARD FACING, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CAPTURE IS THE VEHICLE'S REAR LICENSE PLATE. THE REASON WE FOCUS ON THE VEHICLE'S REAR LICENSE PLATE IS,
OF COURSE, WE KNOW SOME VEHICLES DON'T HAVE FRONT ONES. WE'LL CAPTURE THAT LICENSE PLATE. 
          THAT DATA IS PLACED INTO THE SYSTEM, ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD TAILOR FOR THE
SYSTEM TO CAPTURE THINGS SUCH AS VEHICLE COLOR. 
          WE CAN ASK THE SYSTEM TO GIVE US A MAKE MODEL,
FOUR DOOR CAR. 
          WE CAN ASK THE SYSTEM TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRACK THE VEHICLE AND HELP US SOLVE
CRIMES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. I'M SORRY. WE SHOULD BE AT THE SLIDE WITH THE MAP. 
          THIS MAP SHOWS NOT THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF THE FLOCK CAMERA,
BUT JUST GENERAL LOCATIONS. 
          CURRENTLY, AS WE SIT HERE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER 600 CAMERAS AROUND THE CITY. 
          THOSE CAMERAS ARE PLACED DEPENDING UPON CRIME TRENDS ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS,
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WARRANT US PLACING A CAMERA THERE. WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE MOBILE CAMERAS,
WHICH HELP LEVERAGE THOSE WHERE WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE NIMBLE. 
          IF WE HAVE HOTSPOTS THAT POP UP OR A PARTICULAR EVENT THAT POPS UP,
WE CAN PLACE THOSE MOBILE CAMERAS THERE FOR A TEMPORARY TIME PERIOD AND CAPTURE THOSE SAME ANALYTICS THAT I JUST MENTIONED TO YOU JUST A MINUTE AGO,
AND HELP TO FIND CRIME. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A FLOW CHART OF WHAT I JUST EXPLAINED. 
          VEHICLE DRIVES DOWN THE ROAD COURSE PASSES THE CAMERA,
CAMERA DETECTS THE VEHICLE, CAPTURES THE IMAGE, AND ALONG WITH THAT IMAGE COMES ALONG THOSE ANALYTICS. 
          WE COULD SEE A RED CAR. WE COULD SEE A FOUR DOOR CAR. 
          WE COULD SAY THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE WANT THAT CAMERA TO CAPTURE. 
          IT'S AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING. AND IN OTHER WORDS,
IT'S AUTOMATICALLY PUSHING THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE FIELD WHERE OFFICERS CAN TAKE ACTION. THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT BACK WHEN I WAS IN PATROL,
THAT WE ONLY WISH THAT WE WOULD HAVE BACK THEN IN PATROL, IT KIND OF WORKED. I WANT TO SAY ALMOST KIND OF LIKE WORD OF MOUTH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE WOULD SEND A MESSAGE ON THE MDT. 
          WELL, HEY, LOOK OUT FOR THIS CAR. WE HAD A WITNESS SAY IT WAS A BLUE FOUR DOOR CAR. 
          AND THE MESSAGE WOULD GO TO YOUR DIVISION. AND IF YOU REALLY INTO IT,
YOU CAN MAKE IT GO ALL OVER THE CITY AND HAVE THE CITY LOOK FOR IT. 
          BUT, I MEAN, THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 
          OUR PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. THE GREATEST THING THAT WE GET FROM THE FLOCK CAMERA IS THE REAL
TIME ALERTS. 
          THE CAMERA IS CONSTANTLY. IT NEVER SLEEPS. IT'S ALWAYS ON JUST AS WELL AS OUR OFFICERS ARE
ALWAYS ON THE JOB. 
          IT PUTS PUSH, PUSHES OUT THE INFORMATION TO THE OFFICERS IN REAL TIME,
WHERE WE CAN TRACK THESE VEHICLES AND HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF CAPTURING THE BAD GUY OR THE 
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OTHER PIECE I'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE. THE MISSING PERSON,
WHICH IS A PIECE THAT WE DON'T OFTENTIMES TALK ABOUT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT FOR SOME OF OUR OLDER CITIZENS OR SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY BECOME CONFUSED
AROUND THE CITY. 
          NEXT, IT AIDS IN INVESTIGATIONS. IF THE OFFICERS ARE UNABLE TO FIND THE. 
          I GUESS THE SUSPECT IN REAL TIME FOR THE DETECTIVES,
THIS IS A HUGE CRIME FIGHTING TOOL. 
          WE CAN GO BACK AND SEARCH THESE, THE DATABASES AND LOOK AT THE CAMERAS AND FIND THOSE
SUSPECTS THAT LEFT THE LOCATION. 
          WE CAN TRACK THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT WHEREVER WE HAVE A FLOCK CAMERA IN
OUR AREA. 
          SO IT'S A HUGE INVESTIGATIVE PIECE THAT WE UTILIZE ALL THE TIME TO SOLVE CRIME. 
          LASTLY, CASE INTEGRITY THIS IS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS WE TALK ABOUT A PICTURE IS A
THOUSAND WORDS. 
          WHEN WE GO TO TRIAL ON THESE CASES, IT'S MORE THAN A NOTION FOR US TO SIT THERE AND SAY,
WELL, HEY, THE WITNESS THOUGHT HE SAW A BLUE SEDAN DRIVING FROM THE LOCATION. 
          WHEN WE HAVE THAT VIDEO OR THAT THAT SNAPSHOT OF THAT VEHICLE,
AND IT BELONGS TO JOE BLOW. 
          AND I SEE YOU LEAVING THE CRIME SCENE. THAT IS HUGE WHEN WE GO TO TRIAL. 
          SO THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT TRANSLATES OVER INTO THE COURT SYSTEM. 
          THAT HELPS US BE A BETTER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GETTING THESE CRIMES SOLVED,
AND THE PERSONS PROSECUTED FOR THE OFFENSES. 
          LASTLY, IT'S JUST A FEW EXAMPLES HERE. THIS IS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE WEAPONS THAT WE'VE
RECOVERED FROM ONE PARTICULAR FLOCK CAMERA ACTIVATION. 
          IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE IT WAS A STOLEN VEHICLE. 
          THEY STOLE THE VEHICLE FROM PLANO. OUR FLOCK CAMERA TRACKED IT INTO DALLAS. 
          WE FOUND THE STOLEN VEHICLE BY JUST OFFICERS. 
          GOOD WORK. THEY KNEW THE LAST LOCATION BASED ON THE FLOCK CAMERA WAS IN A PARTICULAR AREA. 
          OFFICERS KIND OF SWARMED THAT AREA OR FLOODED THAT AREA. 
          THEY FOUND THE CAR. IT'S A TRUCK. IT WAS BACKED INTO A PARKING PLACE. 
          INSIDE THAT TRUCK WERE THREE OCCUPANTS IN THE SUMMERTIME HEAT HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          TO OUR SURPRISE, THEY HAD ON GLOVES, FULL MASK,
COATS. 
          OUR INTEL WAS ABLE TO TELL US THEY WERE ABOUT TO DO SOME TYPE OF HOME INVASION ROBBERY. 
          OFFICERS CAPTURED THEM, AND THEY CAPTURED THESE GUNS ALONG WITH THOSE OFFENDERS ALONG WITH
OFFENDERS. 
          THERE WAS ONE WANTED FOR CAPITAL MURDER, A DOUBLE CAPITAL MURDER THAT WE FOUND BY USE OF
THE FLOCK CAMERA. 
          ONE LAST THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS, AGAIN,
I DON'T BELIEVE WE TOUCH ON THIS ENOUGH, BUT THE WORK THAT THE FLOCK CAMERA DOES FOR FINDING OUR MISSING PERSONS. I SPOKE WITH THE COMMANDER OF OUR MISSING PERSONS,
OUR YOUTH DIVISION YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS, AND WE USE THIS SYSTEM. SURPRISED MYSELF. BUT WE USE THIS SYSTEM A LOT FOR OUR ELDERLY
PEOPLE THAT BECOME CONFUSED. 
          MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. JUST LAST MONTH, ON THE 27TH,
IT WAS AN 80 YEAR OLD PERSON THAT BECAME LOST IN THE CITY. 
          THEY FOUND A MISSING, FILED A MISSING PERSONS REPORT,
AND THROUGH THE CAMERA SYSTEM, THE FLOCK CAMERA WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THEM SAFELY. 
          SO THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON. IT GOES ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT THROUGH OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
UNIT, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO GOOD WORK WITH THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE
ALL THE CAMERAS IN THE RIGHT PLACES. 
          SO I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. GREAT PRESENTATION,
MAJOR GREER. 
          WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND
SPECIFICALLY TO THIS UPDATE. 
          YOU KNOW, I HAVE A TREMENDOUS INSIGHT INTO HOW THESE THINGS WORK. 
          SINCE I, SINCE I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND PEOPLE CHARGED WITH CRIMES. 
          AND SO AS I'M REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE, I'M LOOKING AT THE DISCOVERY,
I'M LIKE, WOW, THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 
          IT IS, IT IS. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DID NOT THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE
GOING TO SAY. 
          [LAUGHTER]. COUNCIL MEMBER CADENA. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. 
          YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING TO ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS. 
          ARE THESE CAMERAS THEY'RE ON ALL THE TIME? BUT OR ARE THEY PROGRAMED WHERE YOU CAN
SPECIFICALLY LOOK FOR, FOR PARTICULAR ITEMS. AND HOW DOES THIS HOW DO THESE CAMERAS WORK? ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE ON 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK UNLESS THEY GO DOWN FOR SOME REASON. 
          NOW, OF COURSE, BEING HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS,
IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WHAT MAY HAPPEN, THEY MAY GET RUN OVER,
BUT WE IMMEDIATELY GET A REPLACEMENT THERE. 
          BUT WE CAN PROGRAM THESE CAMERAS FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS WE WANT TO LOOK AT. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WANT TO GO BACK IN SEARCH A SPECIFIC AREA FOR A RED FOUR DOOR CAR,
WE CAN PROGRAM THEM OR NOT NECESSARILY PROGRAM THEM. 
          WE CAN PULL THAT INFORMATION FROM THE CAMERA,
AND IT MAY NOT BE EXACT. 
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IT MAY BE A RED TWO DOOR CAR THAT'S KIND OF A LONGER STYLE,
BUT THAT'S WHEN OUR EYES COME INTO PLAY AND WE CAN KIND OF NAIL IT DOWN. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT OUR DETECTIVES DO A GREAT JOB AT. 
          SO THESE CAN YOU CAN SEARCH THE DATABASE OF ALL THE PICTURES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THERE
TO PICK THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          EXACTLY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO IT'S AN AND THEN YOU PURGE THOSE,
THOSE PICTURES. 
          HOW OFTEN ONCE A YEAR UNLESS IT'S RELATED TO A CRIME. 
          AND WE CAN KEEP THAT FOREVER IF WE NECESSARY AND THEIR AND THEIR POSITIONS SUCH THAT
REALLY THE, THE CAMERAS ARE REALLY PICKING UP LICENSE AND CARS RATHER THAN PEOPLE AND,
AND INDIVIDUALS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS IT'S AND AGAIN I THINK THIS IS A TERRIFIC SITUATION. 
          IT'S A GREAT THING. BUT WITH THE WITH THE CONCERN ABOUT EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT
PRIVACY, I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT REALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE VEHICLE TAGS
AND THE VEHICLE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, NOW JUST BEING BY THE THE NATURE OF ANY CAMERA SYSTEM,
COULD WE FOCUS IN ON A LICENSE PLATE AND SOMEBODY JUST HAPPENED TO BE WALKING BY? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS SYSTEM IS LICENSE PLATES AND VEHICLES. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT'S SET UP FOR. THAT'S WHAT IT'S POSITIONED FOR ON THE SIDE OF EVERY ROAD. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT IT TO CAPTURE. AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT NUMBERS
OF. 
          IT'S SORT OF A SILLY QUESTION. YOU COULD ALWAYS USE MORE,
BUT DO YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT COVERAGE, DO YOU THINK IN THE IN THE CITY NOW OR IS THERE A NEED FOR FOR ADDITIONAL? I TELL YOU WHAT, WE'RE WE ARE ALWAYS EVALUATING THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM. 
          IT ALLOWS US TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM AS WE HAVE PROBLEMS AROUND THE CITY. 
          SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CAMERAS,
BUT WE RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE, I'LL SAY THAT. BUT YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM AND AND GROW IT IF YOU
NEED TO. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. THE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE, AND AND IT'S AND YOU'VE GOT THE BASE THE BASE
TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          YES, SIR. WE CAN EXPAND THIS SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF INFINITY IS THE WORD, BUT WE CAN GO BEYOND THE 600 THAT WE HAVE NOW
WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM WITH THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE. 
          JARED STEWART. THANK YOU. I AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS TO TAKE SOME D-10 PUBLIC SAFETY
FUNDS AND PURCHASE ADDITIONAL FLOCK CAMERAS FOR INTERSECTIONS THAT WE KNEW WERE STRUGGLING. AND I KNOW WE'VE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE 635 EAST PROJECT TO FINISH SO THAT WE
CAN GO IN AND PUT CAMERAS AT THOSE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS GREENVILLE ABRAMS AUDELIA OR SKILLMAN AUDELIA. SO ANYWAY, I AM A BIG SUPPORTER. 
          I WAS INTERESTED IN HOW LONG WE KEPT THE INFORMATION. 
          I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME THAT QUESTION. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE UP TO A YEAR,
UNLESS IT'S PART OF AN INVESTIGATION, THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULD KEEP IT FOR LONGER. YES,
MA'AM. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. 
          THERE IS NO LONGER PRIVACY. SO YOU'RE OUT IN PUBLIC. 
          IT IS. IT IS NOW PUBLIC DOMAIN. AND WE HAVE TO GET USED TO THAT. 
          I THINK IT WASN'T THAT WAY WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP,
BUT IT IS THE WAY IT IS NOW. 
          THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU NEED MORE? WELL, SURE,
WE CAN USE MORE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THERE'S A COST TO PURCHASE. 
          IS THERE ALSO A COST TO OPERATE? OR ONCE IT'S PURCHASED,
IT'S ADDED INTO OUR LICENSE. 
          I'LL LET MR. RINEHART OR SERGEANT RINEHART TAKE CARE OF THAT. 
          SERGEANT RINEHART, OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. THE WAY THAT THE OUR CURRENT VENDOR FLOCK
STRUCTURES THEIR FEES IS, IS A YEARLY FEE FOR THE CAMERA. SO THAT HELPS WITH,
YOU KNOW, THE UPKEEP AND KEEPING UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AS THEY COME OUT WITH DIFFERENT CAMERAS. SO THERE IS A YEARLY FEE FOR EACH CAMERA,
BUT THAT INCLUDES THE STORAGE, THE ACCESS TO THE PLATFORM AND THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE ON THE PLATFORM. OKAY. AND SO FLOCK IS MAINTAINING THE IMAGES. 
          YES. IT'S THEY'RE MAINTAINING THE CLOUD DATABASE THAT OUR IMAGES ARE STORED ACCESS. 
          YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE COST TO PURCHASE ONE CAMERA OR IF IT'S,
YOU KNOW, TEN AT A TIME AND IT'S A REDUCTION. 
          AND THEN WHAT IS THE COST TO RENEW ANNUALLY FOR ONE CAMERA. 
          OR AGAIN, IF IT'S INCREMENTAL BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE SO MANY,
IT'S $3,300 PER CAMERA PER YEAR. 
          THAT'S AT THE INITIAL PURCHASE OF THE CAMERA. 
          AND THEN EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT TO KEEP UP WITH THE STORAGE AND THE,
YOU KNOW, JUST KEEPING THE CAMERA LIVE. 
          I'M SORRY. SO THE INITIAL COST IS HOW MUCH? 3300. 
          AND THEN WHAT'S THE ANNUAL COST AFTER FOR 3300 IT'S THE SAME. 
          OH WOW. OKAY. IT'S BOTH 3300 TO PURCHASE INITIALLY,
AND THEN IT'S ALSO 3300 ANNUALLY PER CAMERA. CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY,
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT. 
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INTERESTING. NOW YOU KNOW WHY THEY'RE DOING SO WELL AS A COMPANY. 
          OKAY. SO I THINK, MAJOR GREER, YOU MADE A WONDERFUL CASE FOR THE FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          IF A GROUP LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WANTED TO PURCHASE THAT CAMERA,
WOULD THE CITY THEN SAY, OKAY, GREAT. YOU'RE GIVING US, LET'S SAY, 3300 TO BUY IT INITIALLY. 
          WOULD WE ACCEPT IT TO CONTINUE THAT ANNUAL EXPENSE? LET ME MAKE SURE I'M SAYING IT RIGHT. OF COURSE,
YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT NOW THEY PRIVATE GROUPS DO HAVE THE ABILITY, AND THEY HAVE PURCHASED FLOCK CAMERAS. THE DIFFERENCE IS THEIR FLOCK CAMERA HAS TO BE TIED
INTO OUR SYSTEM WITH THEIR PERMISSION. 
          THEY COULD DO THAT. BUT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION,
ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WANTED TO PURCHASE A FLAT CAMERA,
YOU COULD DO THAT THROUGH FLOC. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO HOOK OUR SYSTEM INTO INTO YOUR SYSTEM. 
          YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THE PRICE FOR IT. THAT'S OF COURSE,
WE DON'T GET INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A PRIVATE PURCHASE, BUT THAT'S HOW THAT WOULD OPERATE. OKAY. SO YOU WOULD ASK THEM THEN TO MAINTAIN THAT
ANNUAL RENEWAL AND MAINTENANCE? YES. AND IF THEY AND IF THEY DIDN'T, OF COURSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR,
TO THEIR CAMERAS. 
          RIGHT. OKAY. YES, I THINK I'VE GOT ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          I'VE GOT THEM ALL. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? NOPE. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THIS IS OUR AFTER ACTION REPORT ON THE JANUARY STORM ITEM F. 
          AND SO IF I COULD JUST ASK YOU TO KIND OF GIVE US THE HIGH LEVEL,
YOU GOT A LOT OF SLIDES IN THERE, BUT VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          MY NAME IS TRAVIS HOUSTON. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS
RESPONSE. I'M JOINED TODAY BY KEVIN ODIN. DIRECTOR. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU TODAY ON THIS. JUST VERY BRIEFLY, BEFORE I JUMP IN,
I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WORKED ON THIS EVENT. 
          IT WAS A CITYWIDE EFFORT. AND PARTNER AGENCIES AND CITY DEPARTMENTS WORKED THROUGH
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS OVER SEVERAL DAYS TO KEEP DALLAS RESIDENTS SAFE. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. 
          PRESENTATION OVERVIEW. THIS IS HOW WE'VE ORGANIZED TODAY'S BRIEFING. 
          WE CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST JUMP INTO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE JANUARY 2026 WINTER STORM BROUGHT PROLONGED FREEZE CONDITIONS TO
THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          WE HAD PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR US. 
          DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND TEMPERATURES THAT DID NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR NEARLY THREE
DAYS. 
          THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT AND SUSTAINED WINTER WEATHER EVENT. 
          THANKFULLY, WHAT IT DID NOT PRODUCE WAS A MAJOR FAILURE OF LIFE,
SAFETY OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY THE CENTRAL MESSAGE OF THIS BRIEFING. 
          SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE DOESN'T APPEAR OUT OF THIN AIR. 
          WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE DATA AND IN OUR OPERATIONAL RECORD IS THE RETURN ON THE CITY'S
INVESTMENT IN PREPAREDNESS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. IN PREPARATION FOR THIS EVENT DID NOT BEGIN WHEN THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS
ISSUED. 
          IT BEGAN MONTHS EARLIER THROUGH SEASONAL PLANNING,
RESOURCE COORDINATION, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OPERATIONAL PROTOCOLS. 
          SO, 72 HOURS BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE EVENT, THE CITY ESTABLISHED A FORMAL PRE-INCIDENT
POSTURE CITYWIDE. 
          WE STARTED COORDINATING WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS,
BRIEFING THEM, STAGING RESOURCES AND SHELTER PLANNING SO THAT THE FAIR PARK AUTOMOBILE BUILDING WAS SET UP BEFORE THE TEMPERATURES DROPPED. 
          WE ALSO STARTED EARLY ON WELFARE CHECK PLANNING FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS,
SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ABLE TO REACH THEM DURING THE EVENT. NEXT SLIDE. 
          OH I'M SORRY. COULD YOU COULD YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE. 
          SO JUST REAL BRIEFLY ON THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER,
WE ACTIVATED ON JANUARY 24TH AT 7 A.M.. 
          OVER THE COURSE OF SIX OPERATIONAL DAYS, THE EOC SERVED AS THE UNIFIED COORDINATION HUB
FOR CITYWIDE RESPONSE. 
          WE HAD SIX DEPARTMENTS STAFFED, BUT WE COORDINATED WITH OVER 40 DEPARTMENTS,
DEPARTMENTS AND PARTNER AGENCIES, INCLUDING OUR ENERGY PARTNERS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
HOSPITALS, COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES. 
          WE CONDUCTED TWICE DAILY CITYWIDE COORDINATION CALLS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY ACTIVE
DEPARTMENT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SURFACE UNMET NEEDS AND A MECHANISM TO ESCALATE ISSUES IN REAL TIME. WE ALSO PRODUCED A 12 DAILY EXECUTIVE SITUATION REPORTS THAT WERE PRODUCED AND
DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, ENSURING THAT CITY LEADERSHIP HAD ACCURATE, TIMELY INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. MCR, OF COURSE, COORDINATED EOC OPERATIONS,
ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THE CITY'S OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES THROUGH 
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THE EVENT, AND MANAGED AN INTERNAL ESCALATION LINE THAT SERVED AS A TRIAGE MECHANISM. 
          OUR ALL FOR OFFICE DIRECTLY MANAGED A PROGRAM THAT I WANT TO JUST VERY BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT. 
          AND I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, BUT THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY,
THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SELF IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIALLY NEEDING ADDITIONAL HELP DURING DISASTERS. AND WE CONTACTED ALL 478 INDIVIDUALS ON THAT LIST. 
          THOSE THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REACH OVER PHONE,
WE DID MAKE CONTACT IN PERSON. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE HELPED COORDINATE ALL OF THE DAYTIME. 
          TRANSPORTATION OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS TO THE SHELTER AND THEN DALLAS FIRE RESCUE ASSISTED
WITH THAT OVERNIGHT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER WAS A CENTERPIECE OF THE CITY'S LIFE
SAFETY OPERATIONS. 
          OVER NINE DAYS OF CONTINUOUS OPERATION, MORE THAN 1800 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED AT THE
PEAK. 
          THE SHELTER SUPPORTED OVER 1000 GUESTS IN ONE NIGHT. 
          DALLAS STREET RESPONSE IN DALLAS, FIRE RESCUE JOINTLY TRANSPORTED APPROXIMATELY 300
UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS TO THE LOCATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENT. 
          DHFR ALSO PROVIDED ON SITE MEDICAL SUPPORT, DELIVERING CARE TO 443 SHELTER GUESTS WITH 24
TRANSPORTS TO AREA HOSPITALS FOR HIGHER LEVEL NEEDS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. ACROSS THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIELD OPERATIONS,
THE VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY OF ACTIVITY DURING THE EVENT WAS SIGNIFICANT. DPD RESPONDED TO 424 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENT,
MANAGING ROADWAY SAFETY AT SCALE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MAINTAINING STAFFING CONTINUITY FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IN 911. DALLAS FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO 968 WELL CHECKS INITIATED
THROUGH 911, IN ADDITION TO RUNNING ABOVE BASELINE INCIDENT VOLUME THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. 
          DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES RESPONDED TO 447 WELFARE CALLS,
ISSUED, 88 NOTICES OF VIOLATION, AND ONE CITATION. 
          CODE COMPLIANCE RESPONDED TO 67 EMERGENCY CALLS PRIMARILY RELATED TO HEAT,
HOT WATER, ELECTRICAL, AND SEWAGE CONCERNS. ADDRESSING HOUSING RELATED IMPACTS OF THE FREEZE. 
          FORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MASS EXTENDED OUTAGES AT ANY OF OUR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES
FOR THIS EVENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ON THE UTILITY SIDE, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS AND DALLAS WATER
UTILITIES DEPLOYED ICE FORCE OPERATIONS ON A 24 HOUR BASIS. THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, CREWS TREATED MORE THAN 15,000 ROUTES,
COVERING A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF OVER 70,000 LANE MILES. 
          THIS SUSTAINED OPERATIONAL TEMPO REALLY REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT PRE-STAGING OF EQUIPMENT,
MATERIALS AND PERSONNEL. 
          FORTUNATELY, POWER OUTAGES REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE EVENT. 
          ENCORE WAS PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN OUR EOC. THEY HAD SURGED CREWS AND CONTRACTORS INTO
DALLAS IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM, AND WE COORDINATED CLOSELY WITH THEM TO MITIGATE LIFE SAFETY IMPACTS. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUTAGES WERE RESOLVED WITHIN A FEW HOURS. 
          THE BOTTOM LINE ON RESPONSE OPERATIONS IS THAT IMPACTS TRACKED AS EXPECTED AND CONDITIONS
REMAIN STABLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. 
          WE CONSIDER THAT AN OPERATIONAL SUCCESS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO ONE CAPABILITY THAT SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED OUR OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS DURING THE
EVENT WAS NEAR REAL TIME DATA INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE HAS HELPED US BUILD OVER TIME. YOU KNOW, AT THE START OF THE EVENT DB ACTIVATED SOME OF
THESE MISSION CRITICAL DATA TOOLS THAT INTEGRATES 911311 POWER OUTAGE. 
          OTHER KEY OPERATIONAL PIECES OF DATA INTO A SINGLE PICTURE THAT WE CAN VIEW IN THE
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER THAT ENABLED KIND OF CONTINUOUS REAL TIME MONITORING OF THE SITUATION AND HELPED US WITH DECISION SUPPORT. 
          IT MADE OUR DECISION MAKING FASTER. SITUATIONAL AWARENESS MORE ACCURATE. 
          AND OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE MORE RELIABLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE EVENT GENERATED SIGNIFICANT MEDIA ATTENTION,
BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONALLY, AND COMMUNICATIONS POSTURE WAS ACTIVE AND SUSTAINED FROM THE EARLIEST STAGES. 
          COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FIELDED MORE THAN 160 MEDIA INQUIRIES OVER THE
COURSE OF THE EVENT, ACCORDING TO REGULAR PRESS CONFERENCES AND MEDIA AVAILABILITY,
AND ENSURED THAT PUBLIC MESSAGING WAS CONSISTENT, TIMELY AND ACTIONABLE THROUGH ANYONE. MAINTAIN FULL STAFFING THROUGH THE EVENT WITH
MINIMAL HOLD TIMES, SERVING AS THE PRIMARY INTAKE POINT FOR SERVICE REQUESTS AND COORDINATING DIRECTLY WITH FIELD OPERATIONS AND THE EOC. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I WANT TO CLOSE WITH WHAT WE'RE TAKING FROM THIS EVENT. 
          SO THERE ARE REALLY FIVE CLEAR LESSONS. FIRST EARLY COORDINATION REDUCES OPERATIONAL
STRAIN. 
          PRE INCIDENT POSTURE WAS ESTABLISHED EARLY. AND THAT MEANT WHEN CONDITIONS EXTERIOR ARE
DETERIORATED. 
          WE WERE FOCUSED ON EXECUTING AND NOT TRYING TO GET OUR ACT TOGETHER RIGHT THEN. 
          SECOND, WHEN YOU PRE-STAGE RESOURCES, IT REALLY ACCELERATES YOUR ABILITY TO RESPOND. 
          EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL, SHELTER CAPACITY WAS POSITIONED IN ADVANCE AND AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY
WHEN NEEDED. 
          STAGING AFTER THE FACT COSTS A LOT OF TIME AND IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DURING ICY CONDITIONS. 
          EOC COORDINATION ENHANCES DECISION SPEED. HAVING A SINGLE COORDINATION HUB WHERE
DEPARTMENTS SHARE A COMMON OPERATING PICTURE, 
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ALLOWS THE CITY TO IDENTIFY GAPS AND RESOLVE ISSUES IN HOURS AND NOT DAYS. 
          DATA INTEGRATION VASTLY IMPROVES SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. 
          AND THEN FIFTH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PREPAREDNESS INVESTMENTS DIRECTLY REDUCE IMPACTS. 
          EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE INVEST IN PREPAREDNESS AS A CITY REDUCES THE HUMAN OPERATIONAL AND
FINANCIAL COST OF RESPONSE. 
          I THINK THIS EVENT AND OTHER EVENTS HAVE BEEN EVIDENCE OF THAT AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE
CITY'S CONTINUED GROWTH INTO THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS ON DALLAS HORIZON, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN OUR MISSION. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. TRAVIS. GREAT JOB WITH THIS PRESENTATION,
BUT REALLY GREAT JOB ALTOGETHER WITH THE RESPONSE. YOU REALLY HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY, WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER. TRAVIS,
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I CALLED IN THERE WAS A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS ON SINGLETON, AND I THINK YOU WENT SEVERAL TIMES OR DHFR WENT SEVERAL TIMES TO GO
CHECK ON THEM AND SEE IF WE COULD GET THEM INTO SHELTER. 
          SO I KNOW THAT Y'ALL WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND DURING THIS FREEZE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY WAS WAS SAFE IF THEY CHOSE TO GO INTO SHELTER. 
          SO THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. ANYBODY? OKAY, SO I HAVE,
A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          ON PAGE SEVEN, YOU HAVE 1800 PLUS INDIVIDUALS SERVED AT FAIR PARK INCLEMENT WEATHER
SHELTER. 
          AND WERE THOSE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS OR THOSE SHELTER NIGHT BEDS? THOSE WERE UNIQUE. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 2300,
I BELIEVE THAT DUPLICATED THAT STAYED IN THE IN THE SHELTER. 
          AND THOSE 18 I'M SORRY. THE 1800 WAS DOWN FROM 2300 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS LAST YEAR,
SO ABOUT A 13% REDUCTION IN UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS SERVED. AND DID YOU FIND THAT ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PRESENTING WERE THERE
BECAUSE THEY LOST POWER AT THEIR HOME, AND SO THEY JUST NEEDED A PLACE TO BE? OR DID YOU FIND THAT GENERALLY THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
GENERALLY BECAUSE OF THE THE GRID STAYING INTACT FOR THE EVENT? WE DID NOT HAVE ANY WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES THAT THAT LED TO INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SHELTER. 
          THE ONE OTHER THING, AND I WANT TO GIVE TRAVIS,
I THINK THE 1800 WERE LARGELY PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. IF I CAN JUST ADD BRIEFLY ONE THING,
AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR PEER CITIES, AND I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO TRAVIS FOR COORDINATING THIS. 
          DURING THIS EVENT, THERE WERE MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH PEER CITIES THAT WERE
EITHER READY TO SHUT DOWN THEIR SHELTERS OR WANTED TO CONSOLIDATE INTO DALLAS. 
          IN SOME CASES, WE WERE ABLE TO GET CITIES THAT HADN'T OPENED MULTIPLE OF THESE SHELTERS TO
OPEN MULTIPLE SHELTERS. 
          AND SO SOME OF THAT TOOK A STRAIN OFF OF US DURING THIS EVENT. 
          AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT HAVING THE RELATIONSHIPS AND AS TRAVIS SAID,
THE PREPAREDNESS AHEAD OF TIME ALLOWED US TO EXPERIENCE SOME SUCCESS ON THAT FRONT AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU SAY PEER CITIES, I THINK OF AUSTIN,
HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SURROUNDING CITIES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND SO DO YOU. AND I NOTICE,
FOR INSTANCE, GARLAND OPENED A SHELTER THIS TIME, WHICH THEY DID NOT LAST YEAR. SO DID YOU GET ANY DATA THAT INDICATED HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY
SERVED THAT WERE HOMELESS THROUGH THAT PERIOD? THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I COULD GET THROUGH. 
          A REQUEST TO HOUSING FORWARD. THEY, I ASSUME,
UTILIZE THE SAME REPORTING MECHANISMS THAT WE DO. 
          WONDERFUL. WE ALSO KNOW, OF COURSE, PLANO OPENED UP. 
          MCKINNEY OPENED. I THINK THERE ARE SOME OTHERS. 
          SO IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THE SURROUNDING CITIES IN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE,
BOTH DALLAS COUNTY AND COLLIN COUNTY THAT HAD EMERGENCY SHELTERS, INCLEMENT WEATHER, SHELTERS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS DURING
THAT TIME, AND HOW MANY UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS THEY SERVED. THE THE QUESTION,
OF COURSE, IS WOW, 1800 UNIQUE JUST IN OUR SHELTER. 
          SORT OF TALKS ABOUT A VERY DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN WHAT WE HEAR FROM THEM IN THE POINT IN
TIME COUNT OF NUMBER OF UNSHELTERED PEOPLE. 
          I, I'M NOT ASKING. OH, I WAS GOING TO SAY I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD CONTEXT TO
THAT. 
          OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT. AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO THAT AS A FRIDAY MEMO
OR YOU WANT TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH, EITHER WAY, I'M OPEN TO THAT. THE MEDIA INQUIRY,
I DO THINK THAT IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT STATIONS AND, 
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YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE A LITTLE SNIPPET OF YOU, TRAVIS. 
          IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE SNIPPET OF GUS. IT MIGHT BE,
YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF DIRECTORS AT THE CITY. 
          SO THEY DIDN'T SHARE ALL THE SAME INFORMATION. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF INTERVIEWS,
AND I NOTICED THERE WERE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I SAW ON PRESS RELEASES THAT, HEY, WE'LL HAVE A VIDEO STREAM HERE THAT I WAS ABLE TO WATCH,
BUT I WOULD JUST SAY TO YOU THAT IF YOU RECORD THOSE AND YOU PUT THEM TO SOCIAL MEDIA, I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD WATCH THE WHOLE THING. 
          I THINK THEY WERE VERY CHARMING. I THINK THEY WERE LIKE SHOWING OUR LEADERS AT THEIR BEST. 
          AND THEY'RE VERY WATCHABLE. AND IT WAS NOT BORING. 
          IT WAS LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO I THINK THAT CONSIDER SHARING A DIRECT FEED
YOURSELF. 
          AND THEN THE NEWS MEDIA CAN PICK THE PIECES THEY WANT. 
          BUT YOU HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT? ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU WERE DOING. AND,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL SITTING AT HOME ANYHOW. 
          YOU MIGHT AS WELL WATCH, WATCH YOU WORK. THE LAST THING I HAVE FOR YOU IS ON PAGE 12,
IN THE LESSONS IDENTIFIED. 
          AND THIS IS ALWAYS ACTUALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDE OF THIS KIND OF PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK THE DATA OF WHAT YOU DID IS ALWAYS THE MOST INTERESTING,
BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT. SO LET ME ASK YOU, BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN I SAW THE VIDEOS,
THERE WERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ITSELF. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE? IT IT VARIED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
          SO WE HAD SIX DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE PHYSICALLY STAFFED IN THE EOC. 
          YOU KNOW, SOME DEPARTMENTS AND A COUPLE OF PEOPLE,
SOME DEPARTMENTS SEND ONE TYPICALLY FOR AN ICE EVENT WHERE WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING MAJOR OUTAGES AND WIDESPREAD INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TRY AND LET PEOPLE BE REMOTE IF WE CAN. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE THE CORE DEPARTMENTS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POWER THAT
WE DO REQUIRE TO BE IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. 
          SO I'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO GET AN EXACT NUMBER. 
          AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN EXACT NUMBER. SO GOING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS,
YOU JUST SAID PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          OBVIOUSLY TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS IS THERE. 
          I'M ASSUMING DWU IS THERE. WHO ELSE WAS THERE? WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WAS THERE THROUGHOUT THE
EVENT? OBVIOUSLY THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE WHO AM I MISSING? YEAH, RIGHT. DPD DFR TRYING TO THINK WHO I'M MISSING. 
          AND WE WOULD HAVE FIELD STAFF THAT WE HAD WORKING,
FOR INSTANCE, DOING THE TRANSPORTATIONS. 
          WE WERE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PROVIDE CARE AND WATER AND FOOD AND THAT SORT OF STUFF FOR
THEM AS THEY WERE WORKING AS WELL. 
          SO IT WAS VERY MUCH I WOULD SAY WE DIDN'T STRETCH OUR CAPACITY FOR THIS EVENT. 
          DEFINITELY NOT TO WHAT I'VE SEEN US HAVE TO STRETCH OUR CAPACITY FOR BUT WE HAD THE RIGHT
PEOPLE AND, AND I THINK THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS IS WHEN
YOU DO AN ACTIVATION, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAN HAVING EVERYBODY IN
THE ROOM. 
          AND SO THESE TYPES OF EVENTS GIVE US THAT LEVEL OF TRAINING TO HAVE THAT AND ALWAYS
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SCALE UP IF WE NEED TO. 
          SO I'VE BEEN IN THE EOC DURING EVENTS. I WAS NOT THIS TIME WAS DART OR TEXTS OUT THERE. 
          THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN THERE ON OCCASION. SO ON SOME EVENTS WE WILL BRING DART AND TEXT
OUT. 
          WE DID IT ON THIS ONE. DART WAS ACTUALLY STAFFING THEIR OWN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER,
AND THEY PARTICIPATED IN EVERY ONE OF OUR CALLS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. 
          SO WE HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THEIR EOC. 
          AND THEN OUR PRIMARY LIAISON, LIKE THE PRIMARY WAY THAT WE LIAISE WITH TEXDOT DURING THIS
EVENT. 
          OTHER THAN JUST CALLING THEM WHEN WE NEED THEM,
IS THROUGH COUNTY COORDINATION CALLS AND THEN THE STATE CALL. 
          AND SO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM TEXDOT ASK
THEM QUESTIONS. 
          BUT OF COURSE, THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS AND US,
WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP LOCALLY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR A VERY GOOD JOB. 
          APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. WELL, WE ARE INTO THE THE BRIEFING BY MEMOS AND OUR
DASHBOARDS, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          WE'RE RIGHT AT 3:00 RIGHT NOW. ITEM G IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS. 
          WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM. NOPE. OKAY. 
          SO ITEM H IS THE FACILITY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FOR DFR. 
          WHO'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? ITEM I IS THE HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE 
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TEAM ACTIVITY REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? PERHAPS WE COULD JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE. FROM. 
          OUR INTERIM CHIEF. YES. IF YOU COULD JUST SHARE A JUST TWO SENTENCES OF WHY YOU THINK
THERE IS SUCH A REDUCTION IN MARSHALS ACTIVITY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          I WAS A REDUCTION, BEING THAT WE WERE FOCUSED ON THE WINTER STORM AGAINST ASSISTING OEM
WITH THE HOMELESS AND THE WINTER STORM EFFORT. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM J. 
          AND THIS IS THE MARSHALS RACIAL PROFILING REPORT. 
          YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAY THERE. I DON'T KNOW DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM. 
          OKAY, WELL, THEN I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR NOT RACIALLY PROFILING PEOPLE. 
          GOOD JOB. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY, OUR NEXT ONE IS THE DPD RACIAL PROFILING REPORT. 
          WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL,
LONG, BEAUTIFUL. 
          BOTH OF THESE ARE STATISTICALLY VALID LONG REPORTS. 
          WE HAVE DEL CARMEN CONSULTING, OF WHICH ALEX IS A PROFESSOR AND WELL NOTED RESPECTED
PERSON ON THESE MATTERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK HIM? HE LOVES DONUTS AND RUNNING. THEY DON'T GO TOGETHER. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY. OKAY. YOU THINK? SO WITH THAT AGAIN,
LET'S JUST SAY TO DPD, THANK YOU FOR NOT RACIALLY PROFILING, AND I'M GLAD WE CONTINUE TO DOCUMENT THIS. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 
          OKAY. LAST ITEM IS ITEM L. THIS IS AN UPCOMING AGENDA ITEM. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? COUNCILMEMBER ROTH. 
          KEVIN'S COMING. 
          KEVIN. KEVIN SMITH, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR FOR COMING. I HAD A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YESTERDAY REGARDING THIS SUBJECT. 
          I DID HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS. 
          THE THE PROCESS OF, OF BUYING A PIECE OF PROPERTY LIKE THIS AND HOW YOU ALL DO THAT IS THE
APPRAISAL IS THE APPRAISAL AVAILABLE FOR, FOR REVIEW, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GET MULTIPLE
APPRAISALS ON? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE COST JUST GENERALLY I'M NOT TRYING TO RETRADE THE DEAL. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ALL COME UP WITH VALUATIONS FOR THESE KIND OF
PROPERTIES. 
          RIGHT. SO AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, THE CITY'S PROCESS IS THAT THE REAL ESTATE AND
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OFFICE WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS GROUP, HANDLES THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO THEY'VE ORDERED THE APPRAISALS. 
          THEY HAVE COPIES OF THE APPRAISALS. I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU CAN SEE THEM,
BUT NOT IN AN OPEN MEETING, OBVIOUSLY. NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND. I'M NOT TRYING. I'M NOT TRYING TO DO. MY POINT IS,
IS THAT IT'S. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET ITEMS. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS MONEY COMING FROM A
TIFF. 
          AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE TO THE SPENDING OF THAT MONEY IN A,
IN A PROPER WAY. 
          BUT I WAS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT VALUATIONS AND THE AMOUNT OF MONIES THAT ARE BEING SPENT. 
          NUMBER ONE, FOR SMALL PIECES OF PROPERTY. NUMBER TWO,
THE FACT THAT THERE IS A DELAY IN IN ACTIVATING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ONGOING COSTS FOR THE CITY BEFORE IT'S PUT INTO PLAY,
AND ALSO THE LOSS OF POTENTIAL TAX REVENUE FROM THE ONCE THE SALE HAS ACTUALLY OCCURRED. 
          AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE MAY BE A PATTERN FOR LEARNING HOW TO LEARNING TO AVOID THOSE
KIND OF ISSUES IN FUTURE ACQUISITIONS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT BOTH THE REAL ESTATE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENTS MIGHT WANT TO SORT OF KEEP IN MIND, 
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WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE DOING. FAIR COMMENT,
I THINK. 
          SORRY. I THINK YOU KNOW, THE THE CITY IS WORKING ON A REAL ESTATE MASTER PLAN THAT WILL
PROBABLY ALSO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON DISPOSITIONS AND ACQUISITIONS TO THAT DEGREE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE I ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROBABLY
THREE YEARS AGO WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WAS IN OFFICE. 
          THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT THREE MILES FROM DOWNTOWN DALLAS. 
          IT'S A GROWING AREA THAT IS INCREASING IN DENSITY,
AND A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING IN THE AREA. 
          HAROLD SIMMONS PARK IS ALSO VERY CLOSE BY. AND SO IT WAS DEFINITELY NECESSARY FOR US TO
PURCHASE THE PROPERTY NOW BEFORE THE VALUES CONTINUE TO TO RISE IN THE AREA. THIS ALL OF WEST DALLAS? I THINK WE NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AMBULANCE BAYS THAT WE HAVE IN THE VEHICLES THAT
WE HAVE BECAUSE IT IS BEHIND SOME OF THE REST OF THE CITIES OR OTHER FACILITY ON CHALK HILL. ALSO NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED AS WELL. 
          SO THIS WAS A WAY FOR US TO AT LEAST FUND ONE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS IN THE AREA TO HELP
WITH ALL OF THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING THERE. 
          SO THANK YOU. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          WHICH IS ON ITEM FOUR. IT'S NOT REALLY QUESTIONS PER SE,
BUT LOOK, THE THING IS 66 YEARS OLD, HOW MANY OF OUR FIRE STATIONS ARE OLDER THAN 66 YEARS,
I THINK ONE. 
          CHIEF SALAZAR ARE PROBABLY ANSWER THAT. 
          THANK YOU. NOPE. OKAY. IT WAS ACTIVATED. I TURNED IT OFF. 
          DANIEL SALAZAR, ASSISTANT CHIEF. REGARDING THE AGE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS,
WE HAVE ABOUT A HANDFUL THAT ARE AT LEAST THAT AGE. 
          47. 22. 45 AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF FIRE STATIONS THAT ARE AT LEAST THAT AGE 30
ONES BY WHITE ROCK LAKE AS WELL, OFF OF GARLAND ROAD 55,
STATION 55, ALSO ALSO CLOSE TO WHITE ROCK LAKE. 
          THANK YOU. THE NEXT THING I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT IS NOT HAVING THE DRIVE THROUGH BAYS. 
          HOW MANY OF OUR FIRE STATIONS DON'T HAVE A DRIVE THRU BAY. 
          QUITE A FEW. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THOSE FIRE STATIONS DO NOT. 
          AND THAT'S OUR AIM, IS TO BUILD NEW FIRE STATIONS WITH PULL THROUGH BAYS,
JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS. 
          YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK TO THE FIRE STATION, PULLING OUT OF THE FIRE STATION IT'S JUST MORE
SAFE FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          SO I AGREE. AND IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU SEE A FIRE ENGINE BLOCKING A STREET TRYING TO
BACK IN. 
          BUT WHAT I DON'T LOVE IS SLIDE FOUR WITH THIS BACKGROUND,
THIS JUSTIFICATION OF SAYING, OH, WE NEED TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH BAY WHEN WE KNOW THAT I BELIEVE
THE MAJORITY OF OUR STATIONS DON'T HAVE THAT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE JUSTIFICATION THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO HAPPEN,
BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          AND AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS WHOLE THING. 
          HOW MANY OF OUR FIRE STATIONS DON'T HAVE A SPRINKLER OR ALARM SYSTEM? I THINK PROBABLY MOST OF THEM. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND WHEN I WENT BEFORE THE TIFF BOARD I HAD MORE TIME TO SPEAK TO
THE DEFICIENCIES OF THIS PARTICULAR FIRE STATION. 
          SO IT WAS ITEM AFTER ITEM TIED TO SAFETY, CANCER PREVENTION CRAMPED PARKING LOT. 
          THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TO PARK IN THE STREET AS SHIFT CHANGE. 
          IT'S JUST A REALLY DEFICIENT FIRE STATION FOR US. 
          WE MAKE IT WORK. BUT, I MEAN, WE PREFER BIGGER. 
          I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS GOING FORWARD. IT'S JUST LIKE OUTDATED ELECTRICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I'M GOING TO SAY OF THE 808 CITY BUILDINGS, PROBABLY 800 OF THEM HAVE OUTDATED ELECTRICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO AGAIN, I JUST I DON'T I DON'T LOVE THAT ADA COMPLIANCE. 
          THE THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A FIRE OFFICER ARE SO SEVERE AND SO STRONG. 
          I'M NOT SURE ADA COMPLIANCE IS THE BIG ISSUE. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT BAD KNEES CAN'T BE A FIREFIGHTER,
RIGHT? THERE'S A REASON. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE BLIND,
YOU CAN'T BE A FIREFIGHTER. 
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YOU'RE CORRECT. BUT THOSE FIRE STATIONS ARE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. 
          SO IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE FIRE STATION. JUST JUST A PUBLICLY IT MIGHT NEED A RAMP FOR THE
WELCOMING ENTRY. 
          BUT I THINK AGAIN, SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE ADA COMPLIANCE IS JUST LIKE WE DON'T NEED
TO MAKE UP THE REASONS THAT THIS SHOULD BE REPLACED WHEN THERE'S LEGITIMATE REASONS. AND IT FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THINGS
THAT, YOU KNOW, LACK OF GENDER SEPARATED FACILITIES,
HOW MANY OF OUR FIRE STATIONS HAVE GENDER SEPARATED FACILITIES? QUITE A FEW. AND IT POSES A SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE FOR ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WORK
THERE. 
          IF A FEMALE HAS TO USE THE RESTROOM, GUESS WHAT? ALL THE GUYS ARE LOCKED OUT AND IT'S JUST WE'VE OVER THE YEARS HAD HAD TO MAKE DO. 
          SO IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD SITUATION. WHAT THESE OLD STATIONS,
MISS MENDELSOHN, SOME OF THE ADA COMPLIANCE IS MANDATED ON US ON A LOT OF THESE STATIONS. AND IT'S NOT FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          IT'S A PUBLIC FACILITY FOR FOR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY. 
          I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE STATION'S OLD,
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE IT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND IT SHOULD BE REPLACED. AND OF COURSE,
WHEN IT'S REPLACED, IT WILL BE ADA COMPLIANT. 
          CHIEF, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE NUMBER OF FIRE OFFICERS WE HAVE AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE
WOMEN? IF YOU DON'T KNOW YET. OFFICERS. SO. TOTAL IN THE FIELD. 
          SO AT THE 1827, IN THE FIELD, I BELIEVE ABOUT 80,
AROUND 80 SOMETHING. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU HAD INSPECTIONS AS A LOT MORE. 
          BUT YEAH, 5%. OKAY. WELL LET'S GET THOSE NUMBERS. 
          LET'S DO THAT NEXT. OKAY. THIS IS A MEMO. YOU KNOW,
I MEAN, I ATTEND YOUR GRADUATION CLASSES FREQUENTLY. 
          THERE'S NO WOMEN GRADUATING IN A CLASS, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE WOMEN DO THAT,
BUT IT'S, AGAIN, VERY PHYSICALLY DEMANDING JOB. YEAH. I'LL SEND YOU THE DEMOGRAPHICS TODAY. 
          THANKS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IT IS 312 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.