* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. MORNING [00:00:01] EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME IS HAHA TAYLOR. I'M [Senior Affairs Commission on March 16, 2026.] THE AGE FRIENDLY OFFICER. TODAY IS MONDAY, MARCH THE 16TH, AND THE TIME IS NOW 12:05 PM I'M CALLING THE SENIOR AFFAIRS SUBMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME'S ELENA RUIZ WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I'M JUST HERE TO HELP YOU GET, UH, GOING WITH SELECTING A TEMPORARY CHAIR FOR THE MEETING. UM, A MEETING OF A STATE AND GOVERNMENTAL BODY, UM, OR A BODY THAT EXTENDS INTO THREE OR MORE COUNTIES MAY BE HELD BY VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL ONLY IF THE MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT ONE LOCATION OF THE MEETING THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. DURING THE OPEN PORTIONS OF THE MEETING, THE CHAIR SHALL PRESIDE AT ALL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR, THE VICE-CHAIR SHALL EXERCISE THE POWERS OF THE CHAIR. IF NO CHAIR, VICE-CHAIRS AVAILABLE, THE BOARD MAY APPOINT THE TEMPORARY CHAIR. THE FIRST ADJOURNMENT DOES AN END TO THAT APPOINTMENT. UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY CHAIR? SO, MOBILITY DISTRICT REPORT. MIKE, UH, CAN YOU, DO YOU MIND MAKING IT A FORMAL MOTION, PLEASE? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FORMAL MOTION THERE. I MOVED THAT, THAT DISTRICT, UH, JUDICIAL HONOR. HE'S THE MAYOR. OKAY. I, I MOVED THAT. MINE WILL BE THE TEMPORARY PLACEMENT. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU. DISTRICT THREE. SET. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. UH, SHARON. SHE GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. CALL THE SECOND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AFTER TABITHA. UM, FIRST AGENDA ITEM ARE PUBLIC SPEAKER, SO I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SOME. SHARON, I DIDN'T GET YOUR LAST NAME. YOU'RE FROM SHARING DISH. UH, SUSAN BENTON. FROM SUSAN BENSON. BENTON. BENTON. BENTON. BENTON. BENTON. I'M SORRY. OF COURSE. I'M NOT A GOOD AUTHOR. BENTON. UH, YOU'RE THE FOUNDER OF SHARED DISH. YES, SIR. MA'AM, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR TWO MINUTES, SO YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP HERE AND, UH, THE PODIUM AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT SHARED DISH. THANK YOU, PHYLLIS. YOU ARE WELCOME FOR GETTING THIS SPEAKER. HELLO, UH, JACK, I HEARING YOU OKAY? YES, WE CAN. I KNOW THE PEOPLE ON THE SCREEN CAN. NO, NO, NO. UM, THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME ABOUT THIS MEETING. UH, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER LEE INVITED ME TO COME TODAY AND I APPRECIATE THAT INVITATION. MY NAME IS SUE BENON AND I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE SHEAR DISH, WHICH IS A DALLAS BASED 5 0 1 C3 THAT BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE THROUGH HOME COOKED MEALS AND COMMUNITY. WE ARE CURRENTLY PILOTING A PROGRAM AT THE KEY RECREATION CENTER WITH THE ASAP AND THE A A RP SENIOR GROUPS. AND THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING. TODAY WE ARE SERVING 75 SENIOR ADULTS AT THAT LOCATION. WHEN A NEW PARTICIPANT ENROLLS IN THE SHARED DISH PROGRAM, THEY RECEIVE A BRAND NEW CROP POT, A RECIPE BOOK, AND THEIR FIRST BAG OF INGREDIENTS FOR A COMPLETE CROCK POT MEAL. MEAT INCLUDED TWICE A MONTH WHEN THE SENIORS GATHER, WE BRING A HOT LUNCH FOR EVERYONE TO SHARE. AS THEY LEAVE, EACH PERSON TAKES HOME ANOTHER CROP POP MEAL KIT, EMPOWERING THEM TO PREPARE A NUTRITIOUS HOME COOKED MEAL. THAT WEEK, THOUGH, WE STARTED THIS OUTREACH EFFORT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. WE HAVE ALREADY GIVEN AWAY OVER 700 CROP POTS AND THOUSANDS OF COMPLETE CROP POT MEALS. WE SERVE 15 COMMUNITIES OF SENIOR ADULTS AND FAMILIES IN THE DALLAS AREA WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY. WE FOUND THAT AT EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS, THE MEALS HAVE NATURALLY INCREASED ATTENDANCE IN THE COMMUNITIES, STRENGTHENING THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING OFFERED. WHERE DO WE GET THESE MEALS? THAT I THINK IS THE MOST EXCITING PART. ALL THE MEALS ARE PACKED BY VOLUNTEERS AT LOCAL CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ACROSS THE DALLAS AREA. MAKING THIS A TRUE COMMUNITY EFFORT TO CARE FOR OUR SENIOR ADULTS. WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH MORE DALLAS RECREATION CENTER TO STRENGTHEN THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITIES OF SENIORS THAT ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE THERE. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO TO SERVE THE SENIOR ADULTS OF DALLAS AND I, AND I'VE BEEN HONORED TO BE A PART OF IT SO FAR AT THE CENTERS WHERE WE DANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD KAREN. [00:05:01] I MEAN, KAREN. YES, KAREN, GO AHEAD. WELL, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M, I'M JUST FASCINATED BY THIS AND UH, UM, SO WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR FUNDING? YOU SAID YOU WERE 5 0 1 C3. SO VARIOUS PLACES. WELL, WE DON'T, WE WE RUN ON VERY SMALL BUDGETS. YEAH, YEAH. WE STARTED THIS TWO YEARS AGO AS A WAY TO, UM, UH, AT A, AT A HOMELESS SHELTER THAT JUST SIMPLY NEEDED FOOD. OKAY. AND WE STARTED GIVING THE PEOPLE AT THE HOMELESS SHELTER, UH, CROP POTS OF FOOD. BUT WE STARTED DOING PACKING PARTIES. AND THE PACKING PARTIES WERE WHAT REALLY TOOK OFF. WE HAD ENTIRE SCHOOLS TO PACK A THOUSAND MEALS IN A ONE DAY PERIOD. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN EXPONENTIAL RIGHT NOW. NOW I'M AT A 2000 MEAL EXCESS AND THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO FIND MORE COMMUNITIES DESERVE. UM, BUT, UM, UH, WE ARE JUST TOTALLY FUNDED BY THE VOLUNTEER. EACH OF THE SCHOOLS RAISES THEIR OWN MONEY FOR THE FOOD. THE CHURCHES DONATE MONEY. UH, I'VE GOT BOOK CLUBS EVERYWHERE. THEY JUST MAKE, DONATE THE MONEY. OUR ONLY EXPENSE IS THE PROP POTS AND TYPICALLY I'VE FOUND SPONSORS. FOR EVERY NEW COMMUNITY THAT I START, WE TYPICALLY START WITH 30 PEOPLE. SO THAT'S ABOUT $600 WORTH OF PROP POTS. AND ONCE EVERYONE HAS THE PROP POT, THE TOOL, ALL WE'RE DOING IS BRINGING VOLUNTEER PACK MEALS. THAT'S GREAT. WE DO HAVE THE ADDED EXTENT OF, OF MEAT AND THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD MAKE DONATION. MS. TAYLOR'S, I KNOW, AND I'M SO SORRY. THANK YOU MS, FOR COMING. BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T TAKE QUESTIONS. IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO STICK THE QUESTIONS OUT LOUD, WE WILL RECORD THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT MS. BENTON HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, RESPOND VIA EMAIL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN. WHAT A SERVICE. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, NOW WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM TODAY, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING. UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO SECOND. OKAY. DISCUSSION. I HAVE A DISCUSSION IF SOMEONE ELSE DOES. OKAY. UM, NOW LEMME FIND MY NOTES. SORRY. UM, THERE'S ONE MISSPELLING IN HERE AND I DON'T FIND IT RIGHT NOW, OF, UH, COMMISSIONER FRIEDMAN'S NAME. IT IS JUST A FAMOUS E OVER I AL E . YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE. I THOUGHT YOU HAD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ON PAGE FOUR, UH, I HAD A QUESTION. LET'S SAY EIGHT LINES DOWN. STATED NO. OH, HCAI KNOW WHAT THAT IS. I MADE A MISTAKE. THE NEXT LINE DOWN, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. I, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, TIED TO THE CITY BECAUSE ISN'T THERE A QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION THAT THIS COULD BE CONFUSED WITH? GOOD MORNING AGAIN. TAB WITH THE TAYLOR H FRIENDLY OFFICER. UM, SO CITY OF DALLAS, QUALITY OF LIFE. THAT IS THE COMMITTEE. SO THAT REFERS BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. IF THERE'S TIME, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REREAD THAT OR RESTATE THE QUESTION, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS IT. OKAY. IS THERE NOT A COMMISSION CALLED QUALITY OF LIFE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO I BELIEVE THERE THERE ARE PEERS. YES. AND THEN THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S MADE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT IS CORRECT. BINGO. WHY, WHY SHOULDN'T MY POINT IS THERE'S NO DIFFERENTIATION. OKAY. WE WILL MAKE SURE WE MAKE THAT CHANGE TO THE COMMITTEE. PLEASE CHANGE. NOTED. THANK YOU. I THIS I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU ARE, YOU ARE MEETING WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL. THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE ARTS AND CULTURE GOT INTO PROFESSOR. SO THAT IS THE NAME. THE TYRA NAME WAS PROBABLY OF LIKE OUR CULTURE. OKAY. THAT ALL ALL RIGHT. UM, WERE THERE ANY OTHER, SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF BEFORE THAT, UM, PRESIDING CHAIR THAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ONE COLLABORATION, WHY IT'S NOT TOO DISTINCTIVE NAME. SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND A DIFFERENCE. EXACTLY. IF SOMEONE WERE TO READ THIS, THEY WOULD THINK IT'S ONE BIG ONE. IT COULD BE EITHER. WELL, YEAH, SOME, SOME WOULD AND SOME MIGHT THINK MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENT. WELL, IS THIS THE PEER COMMISSION? WE HAVE A COMMISSION JUST LIKE US, THAT'S CALLED QUALITY OF LIFE, ARTS AND CULTURE. IS THAT. SO WE WILL, WE'VE NOTED THE CHANGE AND WE WILL GO BACK AND MAKE THE MODIFICATION. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ON PAGE FIVE, UM, OH, ABOUT EIGHT PARAGRAPHS OF, UH, UPDATES TO A A RP FEST. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHERE A A RP FITS INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW IT IN THE, UH, IN THE FLOW CHART. WHERE DOES THE A RP FIT IN IT? SEE THE EXACT SIZE? SAY LOCATION [00:10:01] IF I MAY SEE EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE IDENTIFYING IT. OKAY. SO, UH, AND SUBMIT ANY UPDATES TO A IP AS OUR ACTION PLAN. SO THIS REFERS BACK TO US, UM, ALLOWING OUR SENIOR SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN TO GUIDE US IN OUR NEW ITERATION OF THE AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN. SO ONCE AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, REVISED. I CLARIFY NOW THE AGE FRIENDLY PLAN, WHICH WAS SORT OF THE PREDECESSOR TO OUR CURRENT NEW PLAN. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE WAS THAT AN A RP PRODUCT SO THAT, SO WE RECEIVE OUR DESIGNATION AS A AGE-FRIENDLY SIX THROUGH A RP AND THAT DOES REQUIRE US TO UPDATE OUR PLAN AND RE REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE THEM UPDATES AS WELL. SO, OKAY. THAT'S GONNA BE, YES. SO NOTED. I TAKE IT. SO NOTED. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER THEN LET'S, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? IF NOT, CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. RAISE YOUR HAND. AYE. AYE. HOW ABOUT THE SCREEN YOU CAN'T SEE, SO YES, WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE. JUST LISA? YEAH, SHE ALSO. OKAY. SHE, GOOD MORNING, LISA. UM, I HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT, BUT I'LL GET TO IT. 'CAUSE IT HAD TO DO WITH THE AGENDA. SOMETHING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA AND I SEE THAT COMMISSIONER KARP NOT HERE. ALRIGHT, LET US MOVE ON. AND, UH, UH, PATHY, WILL YOU INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKERS OR SHOULD I DO THAT? OH, NO, THAT'S YOU CHAIR. OKAY. BE GLAD TO DO IT. ALRIGHT. UM, TODAY WE HAVE A BRIEFING FROM SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO A LOT OF US WHO HAVE, UH, SPENT PART OF THEIR LIVES WAITING ON 3 1 1. , YOU LAUGH. YOU'VE SEEN ME AT HARRY STONE. I'VE NOT ON YOU ABOUT THAT. I'VE BEEN ON HOLD FOR A WHILE. WE, WE'VE ALL BEEN, I WAS 18 ONE TIME, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE GOT THE DOG PICKED UP. I'M GLAD YOU'RE ONLY 28 NOW. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. ALL TODAY WE HAVE SOMEONE I GIVE A LOT OF GRIEF TO, BUT HE'S EXCELLENT. SYLVI RODRIGUEZ, STEVEN WALKER, AND, UH, GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WILL, UH, GO BACK. ANYONE? JOHN JACKSON. JOHN JACKSON. JOHN, I'M SORRY. JOHN. HI. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SPEAK ABOUT DOLLAR THREE. ONE ONE. I GENERALLY SAY PEOPLE LIVE IN A CITY. WE HAVE RIGHTS, RIGHT? LOTS OF THEM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OBLIGATIONS. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. WE NEED THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY CANNOT DO ALONE. WE HAVE 13,000 EMPLOYEES. ONE METER, 0.4 PEOPLE LIVE IN DALLAS. IF YOU DO THE CALCULATION GONNA BE LESS THAN 1% PEOPLE FOR THE, THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. IF THE CO IF THE COMMUNITY DON'T DO THEIR, THEY PART OF THEIR SIDE, THAT IS NO WAY THAT THE CITY CAN DO ALONE. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AS A CITY, AS A COMMUNITY BY HANDS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BAD SEAT. MY NAME IS S RODRIGUEZ AND I AM A SENIOR OMAN. I HAVE WITH ME OVER HERE, MR. JACKSON, JOHN JACKSON. JOHN JACKSON WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR PROBABLY 17 YEARS. I AM ONLY ON MY FOURTH YEAR. HE'S TERRIFIC. YEAH. AND I LOVE WHAT I DO BECAUSE I THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTAND, LIKE WHEN YOU WORK ON A COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME ANYMORE, IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. WE TRY TO HAVE ANSWERS ALL THE TIME. I TRY TO PROVIDE THE BEST ANSWERS THAT I CAN, BUT MY JOB IS TO GO FIND INFORMATION FOR YOU. IF I DON'T HAVE IT, I GO BACK TO MY OFFICE, I GO BACK TO MY LEADER, I GO BACK TO MY DIRECTOR AND I WANNA FIND OUT. AND, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. MS. LISA, I KNOW YOU THERE. I I LOVE YOU TO SEE YOUR FACE ON THE CAMERA AND, UH, LET'S START. ALRIGHT, NOW WE DO ONE, ONE DALLAS, THREE. ONE ONE. WE START IN 1994. THE REASON WE START DALLAS THREE ONE WAS JUST BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE CALLING 9 1 1. JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA, LAST YEAR WE HAD TO CLOSE TO 1 MILLION CALL ONLY ON THREE ONE ONE CYCLE, 9 1 1 2 MILLION. IMAGINE IF ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO CALL DOLLAR THREE OH ONE, YOU'LL BE CALLED 9 1 1. RIGHT? RIGHT. NOW YOU'RE IN A SHORT, SHORT [00:15:01] AMOUNT OF POLICE OFFICERS. WE ARE TRY TO HIRE 900 MORE COPS. RIGHT? A LOT OF PEOPLE RETIRING AND WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE BODIES THERE TO STOP THE COMMUTE. NOW, ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU GUYS, 3 1 1, YOU'LL BE CALLING FOR ANY NON-EMERGENCY SITUATION, RIGHT? YOU'LL BE CALLED FOR ANY CODE OF VIOLATION, ANY SANITATION ISSUES, ANY ANIMAL SERVICING COMPLAINT THAT YOU MAY HAVE IT OR ANY CITY SERVICE AND CITY MATES THAT YOU MAY NEED. 9 1, 1 1. I'D LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE, MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROBABLY STRICTLY FOR EMERGENCY, RIGHT? FIRE, POLICE AND AN AMBULANCE. WE BOTH OPEN 24 7. I I GENERALLY TELL PEOPLE THAT DON'T ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE WELCOME CHRISTMAS TIME, SOME LIKE CLOUDS. 9 1 1 3 1 1 , WE NEVER GO HOME. WE HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE. HOW THE TIME OF THE OFFICE, LIKE IF YOU COME BETWEEN EIGHT IN THE MORNING TO FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, YES, YOU GOING HAVE A WHOLE TIME. WHOLE TIME CAN BE ANYTHING BETWEEN FIVE TO SIX MINUTES, RIGHT? SOMETIMES IF THEY HAVE ANY, ANYONE , OKAY? SOMETIMES IT HAVE ANYBODY. SHOES COULD BE LONGER, RIGHT? WE DEPEND ALSO ON THE WEATHER. IF IT'S RAINING SO HARD OR WE HAVE A TORNADO, WE HAVE A BAD WEATHER, THAT COW HANDLE, THEN PROBABLY GONNA GO 35 MINUTES. BUT ONE THING THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE CONSIDERATION, THE . NEXT ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CONSIDERATION, YOU DON'T HAVE ONLY ISSUE, DEPEND ON THE PHONES. WE HAVE TELEPHONES. YOU CAN CALL THREE ONE ONE. YOU CAN USE THE APP. APP IS VERY, VERY CLEAR RIGHT NOW. LET ME MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE IT. YOU CAN GO ONLINE. WE HAVE US THAT WE GO TO OUR 14 DISTRICT IN CAL CITY HALL LEVEL. WE TRY TO BRING THE CITY HALL TO THE MINUTES THAT CANNOT COME TO CITY HALL. YOU TRY TO MAKE CITY HALL AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE. WE HAVE ABOUT 200 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICE REQUEST. AND OUR GOAL, OUR MAIN GOAL IS TRADING HANDS. THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF DOLLARS. BUT FOR US TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO HOLD THE HANDS TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER. LIKE THE CITY INTENTION IS TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. BUT IF YOU DON'T REPORT THINGS THAT YOU SEE, IF YOU JUST LIKE TO COMPLAIN, IT KEEPS YOURSELF CHANGE IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN. JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA A TON APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE, ON THE BIG MIRROR AREA, THE APARTMENT CEILING WAS FALLING DOWN. UH, THERE FULL POOL VIOLATION. THE POOLS LOOKING BAD. THEY HAVE SEW WALL RUNNING ON THE STREETS AND THE RESIDENTS OVER THERE, THEY'RE VERY UPSET. THEY'RE ANGRY. THEY DON'T UNDERST STAND DOWN. AND LIKE, SOMETIMES I LIKE TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE AND I ASK, HEY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION. HOW MANY TIMES WE CALL THREE WHEN REPORT THE PROBLEM? OH, SEVERAL TIMES. NOBODY, NO, NOBODY EVER CAME OVER HERE. IF I GET YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND I GO CHECK ON THE SYSTEM, I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND A SERVICE REQUEST. NO, ZERO CALL TO PEOPLE. AND IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO MAD. IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO BE ANGRY, BUT YOU HAVE TO VOICE UP WHAT YOU GUYS DO. THE C HE'S AMAZING. I TALK HIM TO MR. MIKE EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE MR. MIKE, HE PUT HIM AGAINST THE WALL. HE COME MR. CODE, YOU KNOW, DON'T TELL MR CODE AND THAT I DON'T GET MAD, I DON'T GET FRUSTRATED. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE DO TO THE COMMUN WE DO TO HELP AND TRY TO MAKE OUR BEST NEXT. UH, ONE, ONE THING THAT I TELL PEOPLE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET UPSET BECAUSE THE, THE WHOLE TIME'S TOO LONG FOR TAKE CONSIDERATION THAT A 3 0 1 WILL NOT ONLY ANSWER COWS FOR DOLLARS 3 0 1, BUT ARE YOU ANSWER COWS FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT, COMMUTE COURT WATER POUNDS, RIGHT? WE THERE AND, UH, SOMETIMES YES CAN BE TOUGH. THE THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE TIME IS, IS HARD. BUT LIKE YOU CAN COUNT ANYTIME BETWEEN EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, YOU GONNA HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE. WE NEVER GO HOME. NEXT, UH, LEFT VIDEO GUYS, GUYS, UH, TEST. YOU HAVE A SERVICE REQUEST. I ASKED MY SUPERVISOR TO PRINT THE, THE, THE LIST OF THE MOST COMMON SERVICE REQUEST BY DISTRICT IN 2020, UH, 2025. IF YOU CHECK [00:20:01] HAVE DISTRICT TO 1, 2, 3, 4, OUT, AGE 14. 'CAUSE THAT BY, BY DISTRICT. AND THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN AND THE MAJORITY OF YOU GUYS WAS COLD CONCERNS, RIGHT? BOTH CONCERN CAN BE ANYTHING. IT CAN BE TO HIGH GRASS, RIGHT? SOMEONE WHO'S NOT MAINTAIN THE OPERA OR NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY, RIGHT? UH, SANITATION, CAR MAINTENANCE. THAT'S THE SECOND ONE THAT MANY PEOPLE, THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. THE CITY IS NOT DOING SOMETHING FREE TO YOU. YOU PAY FOR THE SERVICE AND YOU PAY FOR FOR YOUR WATER. YOU PAY FOR WATER, SEWER AND SANITATION. DON'T KEEP A DAMAGED PRESSURE IN YOUR HOUSE. LIKE I KNOW LIKE WHEN THE, THE, THE, THE, THE SANITATION TRUCKS COME AND THERE'S . YOU, YOU ARE BEING ON THE SIDE. THEY MAKE HOLES ON THE SIDE AND THE LEAD IS MISSED, THE WHEELS IS BROKEN, REPLACE IT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THEY DON'T KNOW. LIKE THE, YOU CAN HAVE UP TO TWO, THREE, UH, RECYCLING BEING FOR FREE AND YOU CAN HAVE ONE REGULAR TRASH. IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL ONE OF THE REGULAR TRASH, YOU GOING TO PAY A FEE OF $15 CLOSE TO 16 OR PER MONTH, RIGHT? BUT IS THERE FOR YOU THAT, THERE'S ONE THING THAT I ASK PEOPLE TOO IS SENIORS TALK ABOUT SANITATION. WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED HELP HANDS. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE, WE NEED A CEASE PUT THE TRADITIONAL SIGN. YEAH. WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WHILE HE'S ON THE SUBJECT, THERE'S BEEN AT LEAST 50 50 SERVICE REQUESTS FROM SENIORS THIS YEAR ALONE. SO WE MAKING HELPING HANDS. YES. IS THAT HELPING? YES, THEY'RE MAKING AND THAT GOES TO 3 1 1. THEY GO TO THREE ONE AND THAT PEOPLE, THEY DON'T KNOW LIKE THAT. I KNOW ALL MY NEIGHBORHOODS, A LOT OF SENIORS, THEY'RE 9 5, 9 6, WE ARE AGING, RIGHT? AND LIKE, IF YOU HAVE ANY DISABILITY AND YOU LIVE BY YOURSELF, COUNT THE . THAT IS THE TRUCK DRIVER. STOP IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE WHEN PULL THE TREASURE OUTSIDE AND PULL BACK FOR YOU IN THE SAME PLACE. THERE IS NO FEE FOR THAT. OKAY? LET ME JUST, JUST ADD, I RECENTLY REFERRED A WOMAN TO THAT AND SHE'S THRILLED. SHE IS THRILLED BECAUSE, UM, NOT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE BROKE HER HIP. SHE'S STILL ON THE WALKER, BUT THE MEN, BUT I SAY THE MEN, THE THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE SERVICE ALWAYS WAVE AT HER. THEY'RE VERY FRIENDLY AS SHE IS THROUGH. SO THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY NICE. AND UH, THANK YOU. THAT'S, THAT'S AMAZING TO HEAR THAT. AND ALSO PARKING ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE OWN NEIGHBORHOODS SPECIAL THAN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. DISTRICT TAN. AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF APARTMENTS IN THE SURROUND AREA. AND WHAT'S HAPPENED THAT WE HAVEN'T NOTICED LATELY IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND TO MORE PEOPLE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INSIDE THE APARTMENT AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPACE TO PARK INSIDE THE OPERA TABLE, NOT PARK ON THE STREETS. THAT IS NOT ILLEGAL FOR A CAR TO PARK IN THE CITY STREETS, RIGHT? IT IS ONLY ILLEGAL IF SOMEONE PARK OVER TRAIN FOUR HOURS IF YOU HAVE NO STICKERS OF THE CAR IS ABANDONED, BROKE, OR, WHICH SHOULD HAVE A, UH, A NO PARKING ZONE, RIGHT? IF YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO REPORT THE CITY FOR DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT CANTING THERE AND TAKE ACTION. ONE THING THAT I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT I I LOVE IT, IS TO HAVE THE APP. BECAUSE SOMETIMES ON THE APP, YOU WALK ON THE STREETS, I TAKE A PICTURE OF THE VIOLATION. HEY, HEY MOM, HOW ARE YOU? I'M NOT MOM, I'M TAKING A PICTURE. , HOW ARE YOU? I TAKE THE PICTURE VIOLATIONS. WE NEED THE PICTURES. THAT HELPS BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE THEY COME IN IS THEY ASK, WHAT CAR WAS THE CAR? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE PLATE NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW. AND LIKE, IF YOU GO ON THE STREETS, THEY HAVE CARS THAT WERE THERE FOR, BUT THE, THEY PROBABLY HAVE 10 CARS OVER THERE. WE CANNOT TOW OUT 10. OR YOU CAN, THEY WANT THE VIOLATION. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GO THERE, THEY GOING TO DO A LITTLE MARK ON THE TIRE, THEY GONNA SEE IF THEIR CAR'S GONNA MOVE A LITTLE BIT. IF THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE, THEY WILL BE BACK. BUT IF YOU HAVE THAT, THE DROP INFORMATION, THAT'S REALLY HELP US. THAT NUMBER FOUR, UH, TRUCTURE QUESTIONNAIRE WE HAVE IS COMING. THE CONTACTS FOR THE, UH, WATER, THE WA THE WASTEWATER LINE LOCATOR, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING PROJECTS IN THEIR HOME. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, THE, THE, THE LINE LOCATED IS. THERE'S A LOT OF POST PIPE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS. THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OR SUPPOSED TO DO. [00:25:01] AND, UH, NUMBER FI, NUMBER FIFTH ANIMAL LOSE. AND THEY ARE ANIMAL AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR. THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT THINGS. IF YOU ONE, SEE, IF YOU SEE ONE DOG, RIGHT? AND THERE THE DOG JUST LOSE HOW DOGS 3 1 1. IF YOU THINK THE DOG IS AGGRESSIVE, THEY COMING TO BITE YOU CALL 9 1 1 BECAUSE NINE ONE ONE GONNA GO BACK ANYMORE SERVICE. DON'T WAIT TO BE TO BE DEAD. TO CALL 9 1 1. HOW? BECAUSE IT'S HAPPEN. AND, UH, EVERY SINGLE DOG TEACH, BUILD THE LEASH. YES, NO EXCEPTION. IF YOUR DOGS GO OUTSIDE, THEY POOP OUTSIDE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU CLEAN UP THE AFTER YOUR PET, RIGHT? YOU HAVE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THAT YOU CAN HAVE, YOU CAN HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE IF YOU SHARE WALLS, RIGHT? YOU CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN SIX. UH, THAT TOO MEANS TOO MANY, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE, YEAH, I DO WHAT? SHARED WALLS, I'M ASSUMING APARTMENT, CONDO, ET CETERA. YOU CAN HAVE SIX TO TO, TO HOMES LIKE YOU TOOK IN APARTMENTS. FOUR. OH, OKAY. SORRY. YES, YES. THEN AT HOME, YOU'RE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SIX ARE, YOU'RE A DOG BREEDER. DOGS AND CATS LIKE CATS. YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE CATS AND TWO DOGS. OKAY, THAT'S, THANK YOU, I GOT IT. HAVE FIVE CHICKENS AS WELL. YOU KNOW WHAT? CHICKEN NOT PAR LEGAL. YOU CAN HAVE, I MEAN YOU CAN, LIKE, BEFORE YOU, YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR REPORT. NOW PEOPLE NEED TO EAT LIKE THE, THE BED. THE X IS SO HIGH. LET'S, LET'S SPRAY CHICKEN BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER FEARLESSLY. DISTRICT FOUR, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. WHEN YOU SAY CHERYL WAL. NOW I HAVE A FRIEND THAT LIVES IN THE PLEASANT GROVE AREA. I DON'T KNOW THAT DISTRICT, BUT I TOLD HIM THE CONCRETE ONE, THIS IS WHAT HIS PROBLEM IS. HE HAD THIS NICE HOUSE AND THIS ALLEY RIGHT NEXT BEHIND HIM. BUT HE CAN'T GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE THAT GUY DON'T CLEAN UP ALL THAT POOP. AND IT STINKS AND HE JUST CAN'T. IT COMES IN THEIR HOUSE AND THEY FOOD AND STUFF AND THEY CANNOT ENJOY THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. AND HE'S TRYING TO FIX HIS PATIO UP. LIKE OASIS PUT IT STINK AND FLIES EVERYWHERE. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WHO DO WE CALL FOR THAT . AND THEN, THEN THEY DIRECTING TO, IT'S A SANITATION ISSUE FOR ME. REALLY? THERE NOW IS NOT, IS NOT GOOD. I HAVE A A, A NEIGHBOR OFF OF MINE THAT HE HAVE CATS. ACCORDING TO HIM, HE LOVE HIS CAT. HE TAKE CARE OF THE CAT. BUT EVERYTHING DOWN, I SEE THE CAT, THEY CAT LOOK LIKE THIS SCARY. HE'S WOKE HIS BACK DOOR. THE ONLY THING THAT IS NOW IS LIKE AMMONIA, RIGHT? AND LIKE, I TRY TO HAVE A NICE CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THAT. IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMEONE, BUT YOU DON'T GIVE THAT PERSON THE RIGHT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. LET ME TALK TO YOU FIRST. RIGHT? AND LIKE, I TRIED TO SPEAK TO JIM SEVERAL TIMES AND NOTHING WAS DONE. I CALLED THE CITY, I FELT BAD, BUT LIKE I CANNOT LEAVE NEXT DOOR TO SOMEONE BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE TIME HE OPENED HIS DOOR, THIS GIRL COME TO MY HOUSE, IT'S NOT ONLY THAT'S FLEA. YEAH, YOU CAN'T EVEN COME OUTSIDE. YOU CAN'T. SO THAT WOULDN'T INFRINGE ON THAT OTHER PERSON'S, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY GOT THAT NASTY SMELL OF DOGS STUFF IN THEIR YARD. BUT IT'S INFRINGING ON MINE BECAUSE I CAN'T ENJOY IT. SO THEY STILL 9 1 1 CAN DO SOMETHING. 3 1 1 CAN DO SOMETHING. BUT WE HAVE THREE ONE, I'M SORRY. OKAY, CALL 9 1 1 3 1 1. . THAT ONE THING THAT, THAT I MENTION PEOPLE ALL THE TIME ABOUT FOOD COMPLIANCE. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN APARTMENT COMPLEX. WHAT IS YOUR OBLIGATION EVERY MONTH? PAY RENT. RIGHT? THAT'S OBLIGATION. THAT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THERE. THEN AFTER THE MONTH I HAVE TO PAY MY RENT. BUT LIVE AN APARTMENT, YOU HAVE RIGHTS. YOU CANNOT LIVE AN APARTMENT WITHOUT HOT WATER. OUR CONDITIONING, LACK, PREPARE, INFESTATION OF BUG. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVING SITUATION LIKE THIS. AND THEY'RE CONCERNED. THEY'RE AFRAID TO CALL THE CITY. THEY DON'T CALL THE CITY. THEY DON'T GO TO THE OBSTACLE. THEY AFRAID TO, UH, THAT THE THE OPPOSITE. THEY'RE GONNA RETALIATE AGAINST THEM, RIGHT? AND THEN WE SEE THINGS BEFORE THOSE THINGS MAY HAPPEN. BUT THE $0 CODE COMPLIANCE, WHEN YOU COMPLAIN THING LIKE THIS, THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE. RETALIATION ATTORNEY IS ALSO GONNA, FAIR HOUSE IS GONNA BE INVOLVED. AND NOBODY BE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST RACE, CALL RELIGION, DOCUMENTATION. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE, TO LIVE IN A PLACE. BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, THEY COME TO ME AND THEY SAY, OH, MY HOUSE IS FULL INFESTATION. OKAY, LET'S HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU WENT TO THE OFFICE TO SPEAK TO A PROPERTY MANAGER? NO. HOW YOU GONNA SEND THE PE CONTROL THERE? ARE YOU CLEAN YOUR APARTMENT? IF, IF GOOD GO THERE RIGHT NOW, DO YOU WANNA SEE THAT? THAT EVERYTHING IS CLEAN? THERE'S NO DISH, NO THE SINK? NO. 'CAUSE [00:30:01] I WENT TO A PLACE BEFORE. THEY HAVE PROBABLY LIKE 10 BOXES, EMPTY BOX OF PIZZA ON THE FLOOR. UNEXPECTED. AND SOMETIMES I KNOW THAT MY JOB IS NOT TO JUDGE PEOPLE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT WE HAVE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND HELP PEOPLE SO THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER LIFE NEXT. OKAY, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES. THIS IS GOING BACK TO, UH, LOOSE ANIMALS. YES. NOW, IF THERE IS A DOG THAT IS AGGRESSIVE ACTING AGGRESSIVELY, YOU SAYING STILL CALL 3 1 1 VERSUS ANIMAL CONTROL. I, I TELL 3 1 1. WHAT'S HAPPENING? ANIMAL CONTROL. EVERY SINGLE COW ANIMAL CONTROL RECEIVED, THAT'S COME THROUGH DOLLAR THREE. ONE ONE. IS THERE WAY YOU CONTACT ANIMAL CONTROL? MM-HMM . UH, THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU GONNA CONTACT ANIMAL CONTROL, NOT COUNT 3 1 1. IF YOU DECIDE TO COW COUNTY DIRECT, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL, RIGHT? BUT IF ANIMAL AGGRESSIVE AND YOU, YOU ARE AFRAID THEY'RE GONNA BITE YOU. COW ANIMAL ONE AND COW THREE ONE. GENERALLY WHEN YOU COW ONE, THEY'LL BE CONTACTED THE ANIMAL SERVICE AS WELL. OKAY? THANK YOU. OKAY. QUESTION. UH, LAST YEAR WE GET ABOUT 876,000 CALLS WE HANDLE SEVEN 24,000. UH, THAT ABANDON RATE IS NOT CORRECT. IT'S PROBABLY 7%. BUT LIKE THIS, WE HANDLE 83% AND THE ABANDON WAS ABOUT 8.6%. THE AVERAGE TIME OF THE HANDLE DOLLARS YEAR WAS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. RIGHT? AND I TELL PEOPLE DON'T WAIT. IF YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN WAIT, COME AFTER SIX THE HAND, THE, THE WHOLE TIME IS ABOUT ONE TO TWO MINUTES. IMAR BIRD, I LOVE TO CALL THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOMEBODY GONNA BE THERE GONNA BE ON THE PHONE. , FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IS THE BEST. NOBODY PAUSE. BUT IF YOU GO BETWEEN EIGHT TO FIVE, THAT'S THE, THE HANDLE TIME IS SIX, SEVEN MINUTES. NEXT. EXCUSE ME. YES MA'AM. ABANDONED CALLS. WHAT WHAT THAT NUMBER? THERE'S NO RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S SOME MISTY IS IS 8% I'VE BEEN OUT WITH. BUT WHAT WOULD, WHEN WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT? DEFINITELY YOU COUNT DOWN 3 0 1, RIGHT? MM-HMM . A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY CALL, THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA TALK TO THE AGENT TO RIGHT WAY. AND UH, YOU PUT ON HOLD, YOU GONNA HEAR THE AUTOMATIC CALL AND YOU HANG UP. SUPPOSED GET ABANDONED. OKAY? OR THEY DON'T ANSWER. IT'S WHEN PEOPLE HANG UP. YEAH, PEOPLE HANG UP OR THEY DON'T WANNA WAIT. DON'T WANNA TALK TOO MUCH. LET ME GO TO A GO ON APP. YES. THIS IS JUST BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEONE IN THE AREA. UH, AND I'M GONNA GIVE MY HEADS OFF AND GIVE DISTRICT ONE AND CHAD WHI KUDOS. UM, MY LITTLE NIECE IN, IN CHADWICK AREA AND THE CITY CAME DOWN. THEY PUTTING RAMPS FOR THE, UH, DISABILITY SENSIBILITY. YES. AND THEY TORE UP A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. SO I TOLD HER TO CALL 3 1 1. SHE HAD A PICTURES AND ALL THAT. BUT I'M WAITING FOR HER TO GET BACK WITH ME WITH THE SERVICE NUMBER AND THEY ALREADY FIXED IT. NOW THIS IS WHAT I'M ASKING. NOW. SHE WANT HER GRASS FIXED BACK, BUT THEY, DO Y'ALL DO THAT TOO? OR HOW DID THAT WORK? BECAUSE HER YARD WAS REALLY, IF, IF THE, THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN CAUSED BY A $0 EMPLOYEE, RIGHT? YES, IT IS A CITY. IT WAS A CONTRACTOR. THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENED, BUT MOST OF THE, THE, THE CASES LIKE THE, I DON'T KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT, WHEN YOU GUYS FORWARD TO THE, THE BUILD UP, THE REPS ON THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE IS NOT SOMEONE SPECIFIC OF THE WHO'S GONE THERE, RIGHT? IS SOME NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT JOIN FORCE WITH YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS INFORM THEM AND THEY GO THERE AND DO DO THE REP, RIGHT? BUT LIKE THE SANITATION DROPS, THEY PASS THE THREE , THEY LOSE YOUR WALL. SEE RESPONSIBILITY, SANITATION STORE COME ON THE SIDEWALK, GO STEP AND SMASH YOUR BREAST. THEY SEE RESPONSIBILITY BUT THEY FIX THEIR SPRINKLERS BECAUSE THEY JUST LEFT THEM ALL EVERYWHERE AND SPRING. BUT I HEARD THEY EXPENSIVE BUT NOW SHE SAID HER YARD WAS REAL MANICURED. YOU GONNA I KNOW ABOUT THAT. SAY SOMETHING TO YOU. DOESN'T HER ASK IF THEY FIX THE SPRINKLER, WHY DECIDE THEY GONNA DO THE OR NOT? I DON'T THINK THEY WILL, RIGHT? DOESN'T HURT ONE OF THEM IS SO IT'LL GROW. WHAT I KNOW, WHAT I HOPE FOR NOW IS YOU HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THE DESIGNATE FOR SENIORS FOR SPRINKLER CHECKUP. IF YOU GO THE CITY, THEY CAN COME YOUR HOW THEY GONNA CHECK THE SPRINKLER TO MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT'S WORKING PROPERLY. ALSO THEY DO FOR SMALL LEAKS, RIGHT? LIKE IF YOU HAVE A POST THAT'S LEAKING IN YOUR KITCHEN ON YOUR BATHROOM OR A SHOWER, THAT'S [00:35:01] LEAK IN THE ALSO THEY COME CHECK AND THAT IS EVERYBODY SIX FIVE BULB OR SIX IN A BULB COW THE CITY. AND UH, THAT'S YES MY SHE DOES AND THEN I GAVE IT TO YOU A FLYER ON THOSE FLYERS GO THERE. THEY HAVE THE TELEPHONE MAJORITY DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU NEED IT. SURE YOU GIVE HAVE THAT. WE GENERALLY DIVIDE THAT. THE OTHER PART CALLED THE FLIP BOOK. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? YES, THAT ONE. THAT ONE GOES THIS HOW IT GOES. OH YOU GOT EVERYTHING OKAY. AND UH, BIRTHDAY. REALLY? DEFINITELY. YEAH. LAST IS JUST CITY HALL GO. WE ARE, WE ARE CITY HALL YOU TAKE TO, IF YOU NEED TO COME WITH YOUR AREA, YOU'LL THERE. YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU HAVE GOOD TURNOUT ONES. I'VE BEEN WE DO, WE DO. BY THE WAY, WE GONNA HAVE A CITY WALK COMING UP ON APRIL 18TH. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE CITY MANAGERS, THE CHIEF, DR. DALLAS POLICE, CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY EMPLOYEES. WE GONNA BE MET AT THE EXCEL, EXCEL INFORMATION CENTER. OH MY GOODNESS THERE. PHYLLIS LEE, DISTRICT FOUR. I JUST MET THE LADY OVER THERE AND SHE INFORMED ME THEY TURNED THAT CENTER DOWN AND REBUILDING A NEW ONE. IS IT IN TRUE TO THAT? I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. WELL I'M GONNA TELL YOU THEY TURN IT DOWN AND THEY BUILDING A NEW ONE BECAUSE I WANT ME A NEW ONE IN MY DISTRICT KNOW HOW TO GET, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. WAS IT BUILDING? I ASKED OUT A WHOLE NEW CENTER FOR XL. UH, THAT'S RECREATION CENTER. NO, NO, NO. IT'S OVER OFF OF LIVE VOTE. NO, NOT THAT ONE. THIS WE TALK ABOUT THE WORK ON DISTRICT FIVE SEVEN, DISTRICT SEVEN THAT UM, GIRLS, THEY HAVE AN XL. I DON'T ABOUT DOESN'T EX EXCEL PART IS IN DISTRICT 14 OR EXCEL. I'M SORRY, MY XF. YEAH, WE GOT IT WRONG. X LINE XX X'S U OVER THERE. OKAY. YOU XY NOT X EXCEL, RIGHT? YES. THIS COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. OKAY. TELL US THIS LAST SLIDE ABOUT CITY ON THE GO. OKAY. OKAY. CITY HALL THE GO IS AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF FI. IF YOU HAVE ANY EVENTS COMING UP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN YOUR DISTRICT, MAKE SURE THAT WE INVITE CITY HALL AGO BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL VAN. THOSE VAN, YOU CAN PULL A SEPARATE REQUEST ON THE PLACE. WE CAN LOCATE THE COMMUTE ABOUT YOUR SERVICE. THE WAY YOU CONTACT DOLLAR 3 0 1 FOR THAT TYPE OF SERVICE IS 3 0 1 EVENT REQUEST OR YOU SEND OUT MAY FOR OUTREACH AT DALLAS DOT GO. ALRIGHT. YES SIR. FIRST OF ALL, SYL BEYOND JOHN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EXCELLENT ATION AND FOR ALL OF YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS. I THINK IT'S AWESOME. I APPRECIATE UM, FIRSTLY, I'VE ALWAYS HAD TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE WITH 3 1 1. I WILL SAY THE APP CAN BE A LITTLE GLITCHY THAT FORCES ME TO CALL. I REALLY PREFER TO SELF-SERVE AND JUST USE THE APP TO REPORT THINGS, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WORKS OR I GET KIND OF A SPINNING LOOP OF YOUR REQUEST IS BEING PROCESSED AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. SO I END UP CALLING. OKAY. BUT THAT BEING SAID, THE SERVICE I RECEIVE IS ALWAYS FANTASTIC. HE GOT THE APP IS THEY DO NOT UPDATE HERE AND THERE. LIKE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ON VERSION 10 0.3. UH, LIKE IF YOUR APP'S NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THE BEST THINGS FOR JUJU, THE 10 0.5, THE BEST THINGS FOR JUJU IS DELETE THAT ONE INCH INSTALL NEW ONE DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE. IT IS SUPPOSED TO I HOW TO DO. OKAY, I'LL TRY THAT. UM, ONE THING THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT I THINK IS KEY IS THAT UNLESS CITIZENS SPEAK UP, THE CITY DOESN'T KNOW. ALRIGHT, ONE THING THAT MY CITY COUNCILWOMAN DOES, KAREN DELSON A FANTASTIC JOB OF DOING. SHE REMINDS ALL OF HER CONSTITUENTS TO DO THAT. SO ALWAYS CONTACT 3 1 1, LET THEM KNOW AND KEEP CONTACTING THEM. IT'S NOT ADDRESSED BECAUSE THE LOUDER A SITUATION BECOMES, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND IF, IF THERE'S ANY COMMISSIONER WHOSE COUNCILMAN DOES NOT ALSO ADVOCATE FOR THE SAME, MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO THAT. BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY FOR THE CITY TO KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS AND TO ACTUALLY GAIN ATTENTION AND HAVE IT RISE TO THE TOP, OF COURSE IS TO HAVE CITIZENS CONTINUE TO, TO REPORT THESE ISSUES. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, [00:40:01] THAT UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY MAY ASK THESE QUESTIONS, WELL WHY DON THE SANITATION, UH, OR, OR TRANSPORTATION. THEY GO OUT AND FIX POTHOLES ON THE SPOT WHEN THEY SEE 'EM, THEY GOTTA RUN INTO 'EM, RIGHT? BUT THE FACT IS THEY DO DO THAT STUFF. BUT THE FACT IS, WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT, THEY HAVE A IN, THEY HAVE AN INFLUX OF A LOT OF CALLS THAT ARE CALLED IN BY THE APP, THE WEBSITE OR PHONE. SO THEY CAN'T SPEND REALLY ALL THEIR TIME PROACTIVELY, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON TREES AND DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO. THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY GET TO THE COST. AND THERE'S ONE THING I WANNA MENTION ABOUT THAT. LIKE, IF YOU FEEL THAT WE CONTACT DOWN STREAM ONE OR CONTACT ANY CITY DEPARTMENT AND YOU NOT BEING HEARD, THE SERVICE REQUEST BEING CLOSED, NOT HAS BEEN DONE. WE HAVE A SERVICE REQUEST ABOUT COMPLEMENT COMPLAINT COMPLAINING. BECAUSE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DO THE COMPLEMENT COMPLAINT, THE EQUIVALENT SERVICE REQUEST, THEY GONNA SEND YOU THAT. THE DEPARTMENT ADVISOR, IF THE PROVIDER DOESN ALWAYS ANSWER AS GO AS DIRECTOR AND LIKE THE OF COURSE, I DON'T WANT YOU TO COMPLAIN. IF YOU GOT LOWER, MAKE SURE YOU ONLY GIVE COMPLIMENTS. YOU CAN . I'M JUST SUCH . DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR ME? YES. I WILL ALSO JUST MAKE, WANTED TO MENTION ONE THING. YOU MENTIONED THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS 1.4 MILLION RESIDENTS. I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS SERVICE AND USE IT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR IS COMMUNICATION IS KEY AND MY GUT IS THAT A SMALL PERCENTAGE KNOWS AND USES IT AND SITS BACK AND WONDERS WHY AREN'T THESE THINGS BEING ADDRESSED? 'CAUSE THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING. AND SO, AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS GREAT, BUT WE NEED TO DO EVEN MORE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF 3 1 4. WE, WE TRY AS A $0, WE TRY TO BE WHERE THE COMMUNITIES RIGHT? TRUE. I TELL PEOPLE LIKE I'M ON THE UGLY FACE OF DALLAS, PEOPLE ON OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND I EMBRACE PEOPLE LIKE THAT. WE GO TO OUR 14 DISTRICT, WE GO TO LIBRARIAN, WE GO TO RECREATIONAL CENTERS, WE GO TO EVERY CITY EVENTS THEY HAVE. AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING MM-HMM . SOMETIMES I GO THERE, NOTHING TO SAY. BUT IF I, I'M ABLE TO HELP ONE PERSON I'M HAPPY, LIKE COMPLAIN ABOUT, I'LL NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOU. HE COMPLAIN ABOUT HIS NEIGHBOR. THEY'RE LIKE TRAINING OURSELF ON HIS STREETS. I KNOW WHAT I TO DO THOSE THINGS UPSET, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETIMES WHAT I DO TO MAKE MY PROBLEM, I MAKE HER PROBLEM. 'CAUSE THERE HAVE MORE PEOPLE. THE A DATA DATA DRIVEN CITY. IF YOU CALL, SHE CALL AND HE CALLED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. YOU BETTER CHECK. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? ONE LAST QUESTION. GO AHEAD. HI, I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU. UH, JOHN WAS WITH ME ON FRIDAY, UH, AT THE DALLAS TOWER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, UH, HEALTH. AND SO AGAIN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING THERE. UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE IS THAT WITHIN DISTRICT THREE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PERSONS THAT ARE ARE MORE SENIOR THAN MYSELF. AND AS FAR AS USING THE COMPUTER, YOU KNOW, FOR THE APP AND HOLDING THE TELEPHONE, THEY REALLY JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT OR DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING IT. I UNDERSTAND. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TO SET UP A SPECIALIST FOR EACH OF THE PROBLEM AREAS. I SAY PROBLEM AREAS, POSSIBILITIES LIKE CODE COMPLIANCE. MM-HMM . UH, SANITATION. AND WE HAVE A SPECIALIST. SO THEY HAVE THAT NUMBER TO CALL THAT PERSON. AND THAT PERSON TAKES ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPORTING. OH, THAT'S VERY NICE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE SOMETIMES I KNOW THERE'S, SOMETIMES I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING . I DON'T EITHER. AND SO THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE OLDER THAN MYSELF AND THEY HAVE THIS OPTION OF DOING THAT. AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO JOHN. YES. I'M SAYING YES. THANK YOU. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS. ASHLEY. UM, WE ARE GONNA BE IN DISTRICT THREE. YES. ON SEPTEMBER THE 26TH. THIS IS SATURDAY. SO 10 AND TWO, IT'S GONNA BE CALLED THE CITY OF DALLAS PREPAREDNESS FAIR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT AT THE AIRPORT. YES, YES, EXACTLY. THAT'S 5, 6, 5 7 NEAR THE DRIVE. AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY EVENTS AND INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE AS THREE OR FOUR. THREE OR FOUR CREW. WE HAVE, UH, THESE TWO AND THE TWO THAT ARE NOT, THAT ARE NOT PRESENT TODAY. SO IT'S JUST FOUR OF US. AND WE HAVE SO MANY EVENTS AND WE HAVE, UH, INITIATIVES THAT ARE WE PARTNERSHIP WITH MCDONALD'S. WE HAVE THIS INITIATIVE CALLED COFFEE WITH COMMUNITY. AND WE GO TO MCDONALD'S, UM, AND WE, UM, JUST PARTNER WITH THEM BY [00:45:01] INTRODUCING OURSELVES TO THE, THE VISITORS AS THEY EAT. WE EXPLAIN THAT WE'RE, UH, WITH CITY SERVICES THROUGH ONE ONCE. SO WE'D LIKE TO FORM SERVICES FOR YOU, FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER PRO, ANOTHER ISSUE CALLED, UH, LIFELONG, I'M SORRY, UH, LISTENING SESSIONS. THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE CALLED LISTENING SESSIONS WHERE, UH, OVER IN OAK CLIFF AT CONCORD CHURCH. SOME IN THERE. MM-HMM . BUT, UM, BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THIS, WHAT THESE LISTENING SESSIONS DO IS GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE CHURCH TO VOICE THEIR OPINION ABOUT WHAT SERVICES THEY NEED. IT'S ALL ABOUT CITY SERVICES BECOMING MORE ENGAGING AND HELPFUL WHEN WE HAVE, UH, HAD IN THE PAST A LOT OF JUST SENIOR SERVICES ONLY. WE'VE HAD, UH, SENIORS ON THE MOVE, WHICH WAS, UH, DOWNTOWN AGAIN, UH, THAT'S, THAT WAS JUST ING CITY SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE. AND, UH, SENIOR WELLNESS DAY, WHICH WAS AT THE OLD CLIFF, UH, AT THE WESLEY RANK RENT COMMUNITY CENTER. AND, UH, WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS, WHICH IS TOMORROW ACTUALLY WHERE WE HELP THE SENIORS. AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, SENIORS ON THE MOVE, UH, COMING UP ON THE 24TH, WHICH IS GONNA BE BECKLEY SAINT CENTER RECREATION CENTERS FOR, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE, THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH, UH, SUMMER SENIOR PROGRAM, CAMPBELL BRAIN. AND THAT'S ONLY A COUPLE, THAT'S ONLY A, UH, IT'S NOT EVEN A OLIVER. AND IF YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THAT ONE, WE ALSO HAVE THE 27TH WE HAVE, UH, A SENIOR SAFETY WORKSHOP, WHICH IS AT, UH, COLLEGE AT DALLAS COLLEGE, WEST DALLAS CENTER. AND THAT'S FROM, UH, NINE TO 12. AND UH, THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, THE, UH, LIFELONG, UM, HEARING, HEARING SESSION OR LEARNING SESSION, LIFELONG LEARNING SESSION FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AT, UH, DALLAS RICHLAND COLLEGE COMING UP. THAT'S IN THE 27TH. AND THEN WE HAVE MAY WE HAVE THE OLDER AMERICANS, UH, MONTH CELEBRATION. WOO. AND THAT'S FOR, THAT'S AN OAK LIVE AND THAT'S ALSO LIKE A FEW HOURS. SO IF YOU NEED TO BE THAT AGAIN, I'LL BE HAPPY TO REPEAT IT. WE'LL PROBABLY GET A LOT OF THAT THROUGH. OUR PARTNER, OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP HERE WILL LET US KNOW. JUST GIVE AN IDEA. LAST YEAR, OKAY. THREE PEOPLE WENT TO 706. ALRIGHT, WE APPRECIATE THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW. YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WRAPPING UP, UH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I WAS JUST WANTED TO ASK HIM, UH, IF HE HAD TIME TO DO 3 1 1 VERSUS 2 1 1. IS THAT THE SAME TIP? OH, COUNTY. I SAID I HAVE A CONTACT FOR THE COUNTY. BETTER. GOOD. IF YOU NEED TO. JUST TO THE COUNTY. YEAH, THE COUNTY. YES. WE A CONTACT. OH, THAT'S, YEAH, WE ARE DOING UH, 3 1 1 BEST 9 1 1. WANNA HAVE A BIG EVENT NEXT I NEED AND UH, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR TIME AND INFORMATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. OH, I SEE DAVID, YOU'RE ON THE SCREEN. WELCOME JAMIE. DID YOU GET DAVID IS ON. DID YOU GET THAT? OKAY. WELCOME SIR. UM, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE'RE GOING TO COVER OUR NEXT TOPIC THAT'S, WE ARE GETTING AHEAD OF THE ANNUAL FUNDING PRIORITIES, WHICH MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT IS DUE IN JUNE. SO HERE WE ARE IN MARCH. THANK YOU LORD. WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE KNOW HOW TIME FLIES. UH, SO WE WILL HAVE TIME IN BOTH APRIL MEETING AND THE MAY MEETING TO, UH, DEVELOP THE BUDGETING PRIORITIES AND THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. WE NEED A VOLUNTEER, I GUESS, OR DO I HAVE TO APPOINT A CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE? DAVID, WOULD YOU BE, UH, HEAD OF THAT COMMITTEE THIS YEAR? I CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, NOW WE CAN. OKAY. UM, I, I, I, UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE OFFER. UH, I WON'T HIT IT. I'LL BE A PART OF IT, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL PUT YOU DOWN THEN SIR. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. OKAY. GOT YOU DOWN. THANK YOU DAVID. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE? UH, IF YOU REMEMBER IT, I DUG OUT THE REPORTS. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REINVENTING ANY WHEEL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOLICITING FROM OUR OWN DISTRICTS WHAT THE BUDGETING PRIORITIES WOULD BE FOR US TO STRESS REGARDING THE SENIORS. UM, ROB, YOU'VE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB LAST YEAR. I KNOW YOU'VE OFFERED TO IN THE BACKGROUND. HELP US THIS GO AROUND. UM, DO [00:50:01] YOU HAVE ANY THINGS PARTICULARLY WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND BE THINKING ABOUT? WELL, JUST TO, UH, GIVE EVERYONE A REMINDER OF, OF THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED AT LEAST LAST YEAR, WAS THIS IS A SUBCOMMITTEE. UM, IT INCLUDED FOUR, FIVE, UM, OF THE COMMISSIONERS. I WAS THE CHAIR AND THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, PARTICIPATED, ANTICIPATED PRIMARILY VIA EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS. WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE DID AT LEAST LAST YEAR HAVE ANY FORMAL SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS OF THE GROUP. UM, BUT THESE WERE MORE ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSIONS. AND SO TYPICALLY WHAT I WOULD DO WAS SEND OUT A DRAFT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THEN THEY WOULD RESPOND. I ALSO REACHED OUT INDIVIDUALLY TO ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS, UM, WHO I KNEW HAD A, HAD AN INTEREST IN PROVIDING INPUT. UM, AND THEY, THEY ALSO SHARED THEIR VIEWS. I INCORPORATED THAT INTO A, A DOCUMENT. AND THEN, UM, WE SHARED THAT WITH THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. HAD DISCUSSION IN, I BELIEVE TWO OF OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS AND THEN FINALIZED THAT WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY. UM, LAST YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A LONGER PROCESS JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE FEDERAL RULES THAT CAME DOWN. AND SO THIS ELONGATED THE, THE PROCESS ESSENTIALLY. UM, BUT WHOEVER IS CHAIR IS ESSENTIALLY GOING TO WORK WITH SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY OR IT'S THAT THEIR DISCRETION IF THEY WANT TO CALL MEETINGS THAT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, REQUIRES UH, AN OFFICIAL MEETING NOTICE BE PROVIDED SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IF NECESSARY OR IF THEY WANT TO. UM, SO IT IS, I I WOULD ALSO SUPPORT, IF YOU ASK DAVID TO BE THE CHAIR, HE WAS ON COMMISSION LAST YEAR. BUT IF THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED, UM, TO DO THAT, IT IT IS REALLY MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND UM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITY AND YOU NEED TO BE PRETTY GOOD WITH WORD. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, AND, AND I'VE TALKED TO AMERICA AMERICA AS THE DOCUMENT FROM LAST YEAR, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA BE NECESSARILY, UM, DOING AN ENTIRELY NEW APPROACH. I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES KIND OF CARRY OVER YEAR TO YEAR, UM, ARE IN TERMS OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS YEAR'S RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE STUCK. WAS IT THE ONE WITH THESE BLACK BOXES AND STUFF THAT WAS PRESENTED TO MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 29TH? THAT MUST BE IT, RIGHT? AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE WE WROTE UP. BUT YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND, EACH OF US COMMISSIONERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO WHATEVER COMMITTEE IS INVOLVED IN TERMS OF INFORMATION. I JUST HAPPENED TO FIND MINE FROM LAST YEAR. GREAT OUTLINE TO YOU, DAVID, THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS EASY TO GO THROUGH AND I JUST WAS ABLE TO TOPICS TELL YOU WHAT I, I SAW AND WHAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE SOMETHING OVERLOOKED. I KNOW LIBRARIES AND THE REC CENTERS NEAR AND DEAR I SEE HERE, UH, TO MY HEART TO BE SURE THEY WERE FUNDED CORRECTLY AND INCREASED FUNDING. VERNON, MR. CHAIR, UH, I MOVED WITH THAT ROBERT, UH, MAINTAINS POSITION OF CHAIR THIS YEAR SINCE HE'S EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH IT, CAN GUIDE US THROUGH THAT PROCESS SUCH I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, HE IS ASKED TO, UH, HE'S GOT COMMITMENTS FOR MONTH AND A HALF STARTING IN APRIL. SO THAT TAKES HIM OUTTA THE HEART. THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. I TRIED IT MY ARM. I DIDN'T DO EAT ENOUGH WHEATIES, I COULDN'T TWIST HIS ARM. UNFORTUNATELY. I'M GONNA BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY QUITE A BIT. THAT'S RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO BE OUT . SO IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SHARE JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIME AND, AND PART OF THE REASON WAS THAT'S RIGHT. NEXT MONTH I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING. AND THE NEXT MEETING IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO KICK OFF SOON SO THAT WE CAN GET THE INPUT, SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMISSION. WE EXACTLY. WE NEED TO PUT THE COMMITTEE TO BED AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE PORSCHE IS. I WAS GONNA ASK HER TO JOIN. SHE'S NOT ON, THAT'S NOT OH, OKAY. UM, AGAIN, EACH OF US HAS A RESPONSIBILITY. THIS ISN'T, I HATE TO USE THE TERM ROCKET SCIENCE, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WE HAVE SUCH A GOOD REPORT. I EVEN FOUND THE ONE FROM PETER KLEIN, WHICH IS NOT BAD. I LIKE, I WAS BETTER, ROBERT'S BETTER 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE MORE DISTILLED, KNITTED OUT. UM, I WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMITTEE. SO I GUESS YOU GOT DAVID NOW ON THE COMMITTEE, WHOEVER THE CHAIRMAN PERSON WOULD BE IF YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE IN STEPPING TO THE PLATE. NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU EACH HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER, YOU EACH HAVE MY [00:55:01] EMAIL AND IF YOU WANT MY PRIVATE EMAIL I'LL GIVE YOU THAT AS WELL. BUT FOLKS, WE ARE COMMISSIONERS. NOW THE RARE TIME OF THE YEAR WE'RE ASKED TO DO TWO OR THREE THINGS. A REPORT ON WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE YEAR, WHICH SHARON AND RENEE, YOU HEADED THAT COMMITTEE. UM, AND WERE ASKED TO DO THE, UM, THE BUDGET PRIORITIES. THAT'S BASICALLY IT. CHAIR. UM, IF I MAY, WE DO HAVE A HERE A HAND. UM, COMMISSIONER TYSON, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY AS WELL IS THAT WE UM, IF YOU ALL DECIDE NOT TO HAVE IT AFTER UM, ACTIVE COMMITTEE, THAT IS OKAY AS WELL. WE CAN GET THE WORK DONE AND EXTEND OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE, I MEAN OUR REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING TIME. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARTICIPATION, WE CAN ALSO EXTEND OUR NEXT MEETING TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. AND THEN COMMISSIONER TYSON PASSED IN. DAVID, SORRY, YOU'RE UP. YEAH, I WAS JUST SAYING, UH, YEAH, I, I I WILL RELUCTANTLY, RELUCTANTLY TAKE ON TAKE ON THE CHAIR'S ROLE. UH, ONE OF THE REASONS I'M NOT HERE TODAY IS I'VE BEEN HAVING SOME DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS AND I'VE GOT A, I I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE ME IN, IN APRIL, BUT, BUT I'LL, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SHARE IT AND HOPEFULLY I'LL GET UM, UH, AN ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING, ABLE AND COMMITTED TO, TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN. BINGO. THANK YOU. THREE MORE IS ABOUT WHAT I THINK WE NEED AND THAT SHOULD DO IT. I'LL SERVE ONE. DAVID, YOU ED BURNES, YOU JUST VOLUNTEERED IF YOU COULD HEAR IT. DAVID. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? I'M HAPPY TO SERVE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE. YOU'RE ON THE BACKGROUND I'M GONNA SERVE ON IN ENGLISH. OKAY. YOU BACK US ALL UP. WE APPRECIATE IT. 'CAUSE YOU'VE HAD THE CLOSEST UM, ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA PUT THAT ASIDE. I'VE MADE MY REQUEST AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PLAN TO HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. HOLD ALL MEANS. I THINK THAT WAS THE POINT. YEAH, WELL WE GOT A COMMITTEE NOW, WHICH MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE EXCEPT YOU'RE SO HAMPERED BY THE RULES. BUT, UM, SO I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE AN EXTENSION. I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YOU HELP US ON THAT. UM, SO WE HAVE A THREE PARTY COMMITTEE. VERNA, MIKE AND DAVID IS CHAIR AND I'M SITTING, YEAH, WHAT'S THAT CALLED? EX OFFICIO. OH, OKAY. UH, THERE YOU GO. OKAY. I KEEP SAYING Y IN THE BACKGROUND. SO THAT'S FIVE. SO I MOVED THAT Y'ALL GOTTA COOK. DON'T HAVE . NO STORY IS YOU TWO THE BACKGROUND. I KEEP READING. DO THE BACKGROUND. NO, NO, I'M ON IT. DAVID'S CHAIR. I'M ON IT. AND VERNON, THAT'S THREE PEOPLE. DAVID IS EX OFFICIO SO HE WOULDN'T COUNT. JUST COUNT. OH, COME ON. APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ON THE THANK YOU REPORT THIS YEAR. WELL THANK YOU ALL IN TIME, MARILYN. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? GO AHEAD. YES, SIR. UM, HAVE TO SAY A COUNTY OFFICER. I JUST WANT TO, UM, JUST TO CONFIRM IF THIS COMMITTEE PLANS TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON MEETING OR IF YOU GUYS WILL HANDLE COMMUNICATION VIA EMAILED THROUGH US. AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE THE AGENDA PROCESS IS THE SAME AS WHEN WE HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR POSTING THROUGH OUR, UM, DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGER BEFORE WE EVEN GET POSTS ON THE AGENDA. SO IF YOU ALL ARE PLANNING TO MEET, UM, IN PERSON, WE WILL NEED TO KNOW THE INFORMATION RIGHT AWAY. UM, UNLESS YOU ALL DECIDES THAT HE WANTS TO HANDLE THIS VIA EMAIL, WHAT IF WE HANDLE IT BY, UH, ZOOM? SO WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON DOWN AT CITY HALL, UM, WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE EITHER THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OR SOMEONE WHO WAS APPOINTED THAT, UM, HERE FOR THAT MEETING. SO THE PROCESS IS VERY MUCH SO HOPE YOU GOT ALL THAT DOWN, DAVID . WELL, I DO AND I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT I, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE MEETING WE JUST RECENTLY HAD. THE WAY WE DID IT BEFORE, UH, NOT, NOT, NOT THIS, NOT THIS COMMITTEE, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, JUST MOST PREVIOUS COMMITTEE THAT WE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WE HAD SET UP WHERE I, I BELIEVE IT WAS ZOOM AND IN PERSON AND CERTAINLY I WOULD COME TO THE, UH, TO THE CHAMBER AND, AND BE THERE IN PERSON. THANK YOU KAREN. WELL, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS UNTIL WE COULD WE COMPLETE THIS TASK THAT WE JUST SIMPLY ADDED TO OUR AGENDA AND IF WE EXTEND THIS MEETING, THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY. I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE, AS MUCH WORK AS THAT ANNUAL REPORT WAS, THE HARDEST PART WAS THE RESTRICTIONS ON COMMUNICATING. AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE WITH MORE THAN YOU'VE GOT [01:00:01] A COMMITTEE OF THREE. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE WITH MORE THAN TWO. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN TWO. I MEAN, IT'S VERY STRICT, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT EACH DISTRICT HAS IDEAS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC. SO IF WE JUST PLAN TO EXTEND IT, I, I'M JUST ADVISING YOU DAVID, THAT MIGHT BE THE EASIEST WAY FOR THE GROUP TO MEET RATHER THAN HAVING A, WE HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AND WE, AND THE STAFF HAD TO GO THROUGH A LOT AND WE HAD TO COME DOWN HERE ON A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT. AND I MEAN EVERYBODY WAS WILLING AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE ALL KNOW THIS, THIS IS A TOPIC AND WE COULD JUST ADD IT TO OUR AGENDA. AND, AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT, UM, LAST YEAR FOR THIS SPECIFIC INITIATIVE, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY MEETINGS. WE DID IT ALL VIA EMAIL IT WITH MYSELF AND EACH INDIVIDUAL ONLY BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS THE RULE. YEAH, MYSELF SURE. STRIPED AND ONE OTHER PERSON AND I REACHED OUT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL AND RECEIVED INPUT. AND SO IF THE COMMISSION IS HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME OF LAST YEAR'S, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE MY PROPOSAL. BUT IF NOT, AND THERE'S INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD RATHER HAVE MEETINGS THAN JUST BE ADVISED THAT THAT WILL LIKELY ELONGATE THE PROCESS. VERY GOOD. WOULD YOU GET WITH DAVID REINITIATE THAT IF YOU NEED TO AGAIN YEAH, DAVID'S VERY WELL AWARE OF. OKAY. YEAH. WELL HE WAS ON COMMITTEE LECTURE. GOOD, GOOD. THE OTHER THING I WANNA REITERATE, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA NOT ASK YOU FOR INPUT. WE ARE SETTING THE BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM? WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT, WHERE CAN WE, AND OF ALL OF A SUDDEN, FIVE OR SIX PITCH IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PARK CLEANUP OR MORE PARK RANGERS, WHATEVER. WE JUST NEED TO GET IT. BIG LIST. I JUST, AS I WAS SHOWING, KAREN, YOU'RE PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS, YOU GOT IT AND SAID, HOLY LEAD UP. WELL, I HAD A LOT OF WANTS, WISHES FOR THE BUDGET FOR NOT THE CITY, BUT FOR THE, UH, DISTRICT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? TABATHA, WE DO YOU FORGET ANYTHING? NO, SIR. WE MISSED, JUST WANNA LET EVERY COMMISSIONER KNOW THAT WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ASSISTANCE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY. UM, AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER ALONG WITH THAT. UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE THE COMMISSION IN THE BEST WAY THAT YOU ALL. AND COULD I REQUEST THAT YOU SEND MY COMMENT REPORT TO EVERYBODY? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN SEND THAT OUT ALONG WITH THE, UM, I DID WRITE UP A RESPONSE THAT WAS SHARED. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SHARED, UM, CHAIR. IT WAS A RESPONSE TO ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT YOU GUYS HAD IN THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AND IT WAS SENT OVER TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. THIS WAS THE FILING. YEAH. YES, SIR. BECAUSE OURS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. YES, SIR. BUT DISTILLED AND REALLY MADE NICE TO LOOK NICE. SO THAT'S THE, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T, SO, SO, SO, MR. CHAIR, UH, IF WE WERE TO, IF WE WERE TO, IF WE WERE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE NEXT, I GUESS THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS, IF, IF I UNDERSTOOD THAT CORRECTLY, UM, I'M JUST HYPOTHETICALLY, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL TIME, UH, PER MEETING DO YOU THINK WE WOULD NEED? I WOULDN'T THINK MYSELF. 30 MINUTES. IF WE AS A COMMITTEE HAD DONE OUR HOMEWORK AND OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, DAVID HAD GIVEN US INFORMATION, FOR EXAMPLE, VERNA, YOU, ME, AND WHOEVER ELSE, WE NEED TWO MORE. AND, UH, WITH ROB'S EX OFFICIO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, IF THEY NEED A LITTLE DIRECTION, WHICH EVERYBODY DOES, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED FROM Y'ALL. TELL US WHAT YOU NEED. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? LOOK AT A BUDGET. WE'LL SEND YOU SOME IDEAS AND, UH, YOU, SO, OKAY. SO THAT, SO THAT MEANS WE WILL, WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME COMMUNICATIONS PRIOR TO, UH, THE EXTENSION OF THE MEETING IN, IN APRIL. AND IN TERMS OF, UH, I GUESS THE, THE PROTOCOL, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE CAN, UM, MEET VIA EXCHANGES OF EMAIL? THE, THE THREE OR FOUR OF US? THAT'S, IS THAT IN ORDER? I I'LL TAKE YOUR, I FOLLOW YOUR LEAD. I AGREE. WAIT, WAIT. WELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IN LEGAL. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. GO AHEAD. THAT IS, THAT IS, SO WE, WE DON'T WANT, UM, MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, I, I HATE TO PUT A NUMBER ON IT 'CAUSE WE REALLY DON'T ENCOURAGE THAT LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION. UM, JUST BECAUSE SOMETIMES OTHER PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET ADDED IN, INTO EMAIL EXCHANGES AND THEN WE ARE VIOLATING TOMA. UM, HOWEVER, IF YOU ALL ARE SPEAKING WITH ONE AT A TIME AS YOU ALL DID LAST YEAR, I, I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN THAT. BUT WE WANNA KEEP IT AT THAT AND NOT ANYTHING BEYOND, IF WE, IF WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS, I ASK THAT YOU WILL EMAIL ME AND [01:05:01] I WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MULTIPLE, UH, COMMISSIONERS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE EMAIL THREAD. AND I WILL BCC EVERYONE. BUT THEN I ASK THAT YOU EMAIL IT DIRECTLY BACK TO ME. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN EXCHANGE WITH MULTIPLE, UH, COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, I GO BACK. OKAY. DAVID, COME UP WITH IT. LET US KNOW. OKAY. WELL, I, I'VE STATED, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR. OKAY. LAST YEAR'S PROCESS WAS MYSELF, THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS ONE TO ONE. AND OKAY. I, I SOLICITED INPUT FROM EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS. THEY PROVIDED IT BACK UNIQUELY TO ME. I CONSOLIDATED THAT ALONG WITH INPUT FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS. SENT THE DOCUMENT INDIVIDUALLY, LINE COPIED BACK TO EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS, ASKED THEM TO BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE ANY INPUT BACK THEN, BROUGHT THAT TO THE BROADER COMMISSION. AND IN TWO SEPARATE SESSIONS, WE ASKED THEM IN ADVANCE, IT WAS MAILED OUT WITH ALL THE OTHER MEETING MATERIALS. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK, BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS AT OUR NEXT MEETING. RECEIVED ANY INPUT FROM THERE, AND THEN FINALIZED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO IT WAS ALL TO ONE. IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE BROADER MEETINGS, AND THAT'S, I LIKE IT. LET'S GO REINVENT THE WHEEL. THAT'S THE WHEEL. YOU AND DAVID WORKING AND LET US, I LIKE, UH, . YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MORE WORK TO DO, IT'S JUST, THAT IS, WELL THAT'S JUST THE FORMAT AND THE PROCESS, THE FORMAT, THE WORK IS TO DO WHAT'S THIS YEAR THAT HAS BEEN CUT. THAT'S WHY I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE SEND OUT THE REPORT FROM LAST YEAR TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THEN THAT SERVICE, THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS NEXT YEAR'S REPORT STARTING. SO, SO WHEN DO, WHEN DO WE NEED TO GET STARTED? OFFICIALLY NEXT WEEK. OKAY. YOU AND, UH, ROB NEED TO TALK AND THEN YOU GIVE US OUR MARCHING ORDERS. IF IT'S ONE-ON-ONE OR IT'S WHATEVER OUR DIRECTION FROM, UH, TABATHA IS, AGAIN, I SAID IT 14 TIMES. WE NEED INPUT FROM EVERYBODY. WE'D LIKE YOU TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE. TWO MORE PEOPLE. IF NOT, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK. GREAT IDEA TO SEND OUT LAST YEAR'S, SO A REPORT OR BUDGET AS WELL. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? YES. UH, IS TAB TAP TABITHA GONNA SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT? YES. YES. COMMISSIONER TYSON, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAVE THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. AND, AND LET'S YOU AND I HAVE A CONVERSATION, UH, BEFORE END OF WEEK IF POSSIBLE. OKAY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN, DAVID. THANKS BERNA AND ROB FOR SUBMIT AGAIN. UH, NOW WE GO TO OUR BEST PART OF OUR, YOU UPDATE ON WHAT THE OCHE OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING, WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, RIGHT? YOU CHAIR, UH, AMERICA NORMAN, OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND FRIENDLY SENIOR SERVICES. UM, SO FIRST AGAIN, I'LL START WITH SOME OF OUR EVENTS AND, UH, ATTENDANCE. SO TOMORROW WE HAVE THE, UH, JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, DALLAS SENIOR EXPO GOING ON. SO THAT'S A LARGER EVENT EVERY YEAR. MY CAR'S GONNA BE HERE. LEFT AT, UH, , I MEAN, UM, NORTH A, UH, YES. JCC. MM-HMM . HOPEFULLY. I KNOW THE WEATHER'S BEEN COOLING OFF, BUT HOPEFULLY IT SEE WARM OFF. I THINK IT'S OUTSIDE EVENT. UH, CORRECT. INSIDE. OH, IT'S INSIDE THIS HERE. GOOD. WE'RE NOT RELYING ON THE, THE DALLAS WEATHER. THANK YOU. UM, SO OTHER THAN THAT, YES, AS, AS THREE ONE MENTIONED, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM. WE'RE, WE HAVE A LOT OF JOINT EVENTS TOGETHER. THEY'RE GREAT TEAM TO WORK WITH, UH, GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT. UH, WE HAVE SOME SENIORS ON THE MOVE. AGAIN, THE MACKAY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN, UH, PARTNERING UP ON THESE EVENTS AT VARIOUS RECREATION CENTERS. UM, WE'RE ALSO DOING A COUPLE OF DALLAS COLLEGES WITH 3 1 1. SO THESE ARE EVENTS. UM, I DON'T THINK THOSE, WE JUST SET THOSE UP. SO THOSE HAVEN'T GOT ON THIS, UH, SCHEDULE YET. I'LL UPDATE YOU AGAIN NEXT MONTH. UM, ANOTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IS THE NINTH ANNUAL LGBT AGING SUMMIT. THAT'S COMING UP NEXT MONTH. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME LARGER COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL. UH, LATER, LATER. THIS, THIS, UM, SPRING, SUMMER, UM, WHAT WE HAVE NOW OURSELVES, WHAT WE'RE ORGANIZING IS THE ESTATE PLANNING. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SET UP FOUR DATES. UM, WE HAVE THE FLYER HERE TODAY, AND I'LL SHARE IT AGAIN WITH THE, UH, THE COMMISSION. SO OUR NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE NEXT MONDAY AT THE WEST DALLAS LOCATION. UH, AND THIS IS AGAIN, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS, WHERE THEY PROVIDE [01:10:01] INFORMATION ON ALL THE KEY DOCUMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO POP, HOPEFULLY AVOID PROBATE FOR ALL, ALL AT ALL. UM, AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE, IN THE PAST AND, AND REQUESTED. SO WE'RE COMING UP, HOPEFULLY WE'LL ADD ONE MORE DATE TO OUR FOUR DATES THIS YEAR. UH, AND THEN OUR LARGER EVENTS. SO ON APRIL 7TH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE BE AT THE, UM, DALLAS COLLEGE WEST CAMPUS, OUR PUBLIC, UH, HEALTH WEEK EVENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UM, AND I'M SURE, UH, A NORTH TEXAS FUNERAL HEALTH AUTHORITY. UM, AND TEXAS E UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. YES. SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, AS WELL AS DRAWS WITH SCAMS. SO THAT'S GONNA BE A HALF A DAY EVENT. AND THEN WE ARE PREPARING ALSO FOR OUR OLDER AMERICANS MONTH CELEBRATION. SO WE'LL, UH, BE AT THE BILL J PRIEST INSTITUTE, UH, TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERISM AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. MORE ON THAT VERY SOON. NOW, REGARDING OUR CALLS, UM, AGAIN, WE HAD A HIGH MONTH. I THINK WE HAD, UM, WAY OVER 200 CALLS TOTAL. BUT, UM, UH, FIRST TIME CALLERS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD 181 CALLS. AND AGAIN, AS I'VE PREVIOUSLY MANY TIMES SAID, MOST OF THOSE CALLS ARE REGARDING FINANCIAL HELP. UM, AND AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ANNUAL GOALS, WE'RE VERY MUCH ON TARGET. UM, OUR, UM, OMB ADVANCEMENT NUMBERS WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE THIS TIME OF THE MONTH. WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THOSE AGAIN NEXT MONTH. ARE THOSE FROM SENIOR SOURCE? THOSE WILL COME FROM SENIOR SOURCE, CORRECT. AND ARE THEY LATE? A LOT. THEY'RE NOT LATE. THEY'RE JUST, THEIR DEADLINE IS THE 15TH AND IS THE 16TH TODAY. SO THE 16TH. AND THANK YOU. YES. COMMISSIONER, YOUR, UH, CAN YOU COMMENT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM HAS SHIFTED. ITS, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE, THE WORKFORCE THAT ACTUALLY PERFORMS THE HOME REPAIR WORK IS SHIFTING AWAY FROM THE CITY TO AN ORGANIZATION SPECIALIZES IN THIS TYPE OF WORK, WHICH MAKES A TON OF SENSE. UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, ONE, DO I HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING CORRECT, AND TWO, IF SO, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET A UPDATED BRIEFING FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. I THINK THOR IS THE HEAD OF THAT DEPARTMENT. YES. OUR DIRECTOR. YES. YOUR DIRECTOR. YES. OUR OUR DIRECTOR. OUR NEW DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. OUR NEW DEPARTMENT. OKAY. AWESOME. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THAT. IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY POSITIVE SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN MEANING TO BRING THEM UP HERE AND WE, UH, NEXT MONTH WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE, UH, OUR KEY LIBRARY INCLUDED AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING OUR DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. BUT I CAN VERY BRIEFLY MENTION, ALTHOUGH NOT PART OF THAT HOME REPAIR, UH, SECTION IN OUR DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE, UM, UH, CONTRACTING WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA AND THEY WILL BE, UM, TAKING ON THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM WILL BE FORWARD. YES. WELL, I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, ROBIN. I SENT THOR ERICKSON A, AN EMAIL THIS MORNING ASKING ABOUT HIS TEAM SENDING, WE USED TO HAVE A HOUSING COMMITTEE AND, AND ACTUALLY WHEN I STARTED, THOR WAS JUST OVER THE HEAD PROGRAM AND HE WAS HERE EVERY, EVERY MONTH. UM, BUT, BUT THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT. YEAH, I'M JUST, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I KNOW HE'S EXCITED ABOUT IT. I KNOW WE WANNA SEE THAT PROGRAM GROW. UH, AND HE, AND YOU KNOW, EXPANDING IT THIS WAY I THINK WILL HELP, BUT I'LL LET HIM OR HIS TEAM SPEAK TO THAT. SO, UH, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, UM, PRETTY FORGOTTEN. I GOT OFF TRACK. I'M SORRY, I HAD TO COME BACK. I FORGOT WHAT MY OTHER QUESTION WAS. YEAH. WINDOW PROGRAM, IS THAT STILL IN EFFECT? WINDOW PROGRAM? IT WAS A WINDOW PROGRAM WHERE REPLACING, REPLACING, REPLACING WINDOWS COUNTY. I LIVE ON , SO I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, CITY, IT CERTAINLY HAS, UH, THE, THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. MOST OF THEM. I KNOW THERE'S AN EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM COMING UP AS WELL, BUT THE COUNTY HAS A WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM THAT DOES SOME, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY DO WINDOW REPLACEMENTS, BUT THEY DO CAULKING AND GENERAL, UH, WEATHERIZATION REPAIRS. UM, BUT HAPPY TO ALSO LOOK INTO FURTHER. DO YOU RECALL THAT THERE'S BEEN A, PERHAPS A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR WINDOW REPLACEMENTS? OKAY. IS THERE A PROGRAM THAT HELPS SENIORS IF THEY BECOME, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY [01:15:01] THEIR MORTGAGE OR PAY THEIR RENT AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE DIC GOOD? OR IS THERE ANY TYPE OF PROGRAM FOR SENIORS FOR THAT? SENIORS SPECIFICALLY. SO DALLAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING OFFERS SMALL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE PROGRAM, MORTGAGE, RENT, UTILITIES. UH, OUR DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS A SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISION THAT, UH, OFFERS SMALL RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR VERY LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN UTILITY ASSISTANCE. COULD YOU SEND US THAT OR IS IT SOMETHING YOU CAN SEND OR, YEAH, AND, AND BY CALLING US, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR SOCIAL SERVICES. OKAY. UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THEM CONNECTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MICHELLE. UH, WE LYRICA, I THINK THAT'S THE SAME PROGRAM THEN MS. CHRISTINA, LIKE IF YOU CALL THAT NUMBER THAT ML USED TO GIVE US, THEN MS. CRI WAS, UH, MS. CHRISTINA, MS. CHRISTINA WAS ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY THAT I REFERRED TO HER AND IT WAS A PLEASANT GROVE AREA, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE LIKE ABANDONED AND THEY NEEDED HELP WITH THEIR RENT OR WHATEVER. AND WHATEVER SHE DID, I GUESS SHE MUST HAVE GOT IT SQUARED AWAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEVER COME BACK AND TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED. I MEAN, TRYING TO GET A FOLLOW UP. SO, BUT SHE DID GIVE, UH, CHRISTINA MM-HMM . RIGHT THERE, RACHEL, THAT SHE IS, AND SHE WAS, WHAT SHE SAYING CALL MIRACLE AMERICA, MAKE SURE, I THINK I CALLED YOU FIRST AND HE WENT AHEAD. SO THEY'RE REAL INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING PEOPLE LIKE THAT. I JUST WANNA GIVE Y'ALL KUDO TO THAT. OH, THANK YOU. AND CERTAINLY IF, IF WE DON'T INTERNALLY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT CAN ADDRESS THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE PARTNER WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE TO TRY TO GET A LINK TO IT, FIND THE RIGHT HELP. THANK YOU. I, YES. THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING. UM, AND, AND I WAS GONNA ASK, WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK IS THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT LEGAL PROGRAM, THE, YOU, I KNOW SENIOR SOURCE HAS ONE TOO, ON, IS THIS THE SAME PROGRAM AND WE'RE DOING IT WITH LEGAL AID OR SO, UH, I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY. I BELIEVE SENIOR SOURCE WORKS WITH THE, UM, UH, WELL, I CAN'T THINK OF THE AGENCY NEED ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT YOU REGARDING THAT. SO THIS IS OUR VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS PROGRAM. OH, OKAY. SO I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL THEIR ESTATE PLANNING ENTAILS. WHAT I DO KNOW WITH, WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH LEGAL AID, THE KEY THING IS THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT RELYING ON A WILL BECAUSE WILL NEEDS TO BE PROBATED. MM-HMM . AND THE, THE, THE IDEA OF THESE EVENTS IS TO INFORM YOU OF ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT YOU NEED. SO YOU DON'T POSSIBLY HAVE TO GO TO PROBATE COURT, BUT THAT CAN BE EXPENSIVE. WELL WILL BE EXPENSIVE. AND TIME CONS TO, SO THAT'S SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THIS. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, THAT'S THAT, THAT'S WHY. AND, UH, JUST ONE OTHER THING. UH, THIS IS NATIONAL, UH, SOCIAL WORKERS MONTH, AND WE DO HAVE THE SOCIAL WORKER. SO YOU ALL CAN JUST SHARE. HAPPY SOCIAL WORKER, HAPPY SOCIAL, HAPPY SOCIAL WORKER, HAPPY WOMEN LUNCH. YES, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. YOUR, THAT I WANNA SAY SOMETHING TO POINT CONCERNING THE WHEELS AND THINGS. I WORKED WITH A YOUNG LADY THAT, UH, SHE DOES, UH, OUR NEXT, DONATE OUR NEXT DOOR OR SOMETHING AND SHE HELP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSES IS ABOUT TO BE FORECLOSED OR SOMETHING. BUT ONE IMPORTANT THING THAT SHE'S TRYING TO EXPRESS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS TDS. WHAT IS THAT? DEBT? UH, TRANSFER. DEBT TRANSFER. YEAH. WHENEVER YOU DIE, YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT SET UP SO WHEN YOU DIE, IT GOES TRANSFERRED. WHOEVER YOU WANT. IT HAS STOP A LOT OF THAT, UH, PROBATE AND WILL THE PEOPLE ARE TESTING IF YOU GET, THAT'S, I BRING HER DOWN. I LEARNED THE HARDWOOD YEARS AGO. TRANSFER. OKAY. AMERICA, ANYTHING, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DAVID, IS YOUR, UH, COMMISSIONER TYSON, IS YOUR HAND UP FOR THIS OR YEAH, IT, IT IS. AND I REALLY, UH, THANKS A LOT. YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE REALLY, UH, BUSY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THAT'S FOR SURE. WITH, WITH EVENTS, I WAS, UH, JUST WANTED TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOCATIONS, UH, FOR A LOT OF THE EVENTS AS AN EXAMPLE THAT WITH DALLAS COLLEGES, UM, CUR CURIOUS, CURIOUS TO KNOW, BLESS YOU, UH, HOW YOU GO ABOUT MAKING THE SELECTION OF THE, OF THE DALLAS COLLEGE. I, I DIDN'T HEAR RICHLAND COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS OVER IN NORTH DALLAS INCLUDED IN ANY OF THOSE EVENTS. SO, UM, WE ARE THE, ONE OF THE, UH, 3 1 1 PARTNERSHIP EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP AND DID NOT UNFORTUNATELY MAKE THIS REPORT, UH, THIS MONTH, UM, WILL BE AT RICHLAND COLLEGE. UH, OKAY. I HAVE, LET ME GET THOSE DATES AND SEND EMAIL AFTER THIS MEETING. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT. UH, REGARDING OUR LARGER EVENTS, WE, WE OFTEN TRY TO FIND A CENTRAL LOCATIONS AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE LOCATION AS POSSIBLE. UM, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, AS [01:20:01] IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, WE TRY TO MAKE IT, UH, UM, EASY. WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR, OR, UM, PEOPLE COMMUTING ON THEIR OWN VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM. UH, SO THAT'S USUALLY WHEN WE, UM, PLAN OUR LARGER EVENTS. WE LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANTED, I MEANT TO ADD, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOME CARE, THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING NOW HAS A RING, A PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN UM, THE RING, THE RING CAMERA THING, THE RING CAMERA, UH, OF COURSE IT FREE FOR SENIORS. UH, THE DEVICE IS FREE. THEY HAVE A, UH, CONTRACTOR THAT WILL INSTALL IT OR IF THE SENIOR CHOOSES, THE SENIOR CAN GO PICK IT UP AND DO THEIR OWN, UH, INSTALLATION. OF COURSE, IT NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY THAT HAS SOMEONE IN THE HOME WITH A CELL PHONE TO MONITOR THE RING. BUT THEY DID HAVE THIS, THEY HAVE I THINK A THOUSAND RING RINGS DEVICES FOR SENIORS IN DALLAS. I OR DALLAS COUNTY. REALLY? THE DALLAS SYNDROME AGING. YEAH. AREA AGENCY ON AGING. YES. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. UM, WE WENT AJOUR, WE'RE ABOUT AS FAST AS I CAN. NO WELL, I WAS GONNA ASK FOR OTHER TOPICS. I HAD TO GO AHEAD. OH, WELL, RIGHT BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I NOTICED THAT MS. SUE STILL STAYED. SO ONCE WE ALL THEN WE DON'T HAVE TIME ON THIS THING TO UH, GET WITH HER. 'CAUSE I WANT YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE DOES AND WHY SHE HERE AND WHY SHE TOOK HER TIME OUT. WELL, I GET POINTS. I HAVE A GOOD LEAD FOR HER. OH, OKAY. , VERY GOOD. MAKE SURE. OKAY. AND THEN I'M GONNA SEE HOW SHE CAN COME AND PRESENT MAYBE LARGER. OKAY. YOU CAN TELL. I MEAN LONG, I'M SORRY, NOT PROGRAM. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER, ROB, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ONE FACT THAT I CAME ACROSS AND A REALLY INTERESTING ARTICLE THAT I WAS READING OVER THE WEEKEND ON A TOPIC CALLED SOCIAL PRESCRIBING. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THERE ARE SOME DOCTORS THAT ARE NOW AS A FUNCTION OF, ESPECIALLY WITH SENIORS PRESCRIBING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. YES. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S SET OUT WAS REALLY FASCINATING, BUT THE FACT THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE VERY GOOD WAS THAT IN THE US THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGED 85 AND OLDER IS PROJECTED TO MORE THAN TRIPLE FROM 6 MILLION IN 2020 TO 19 MILLION IN 2016, THAT'S MUCH FASTER THAN THE RATE OF OVER 65. WAIT A MINUTE, SAY THAT AGAIN. FROM 6 MILLION, FROM 6 MILLION TO 19 MILLION IN THE NEXT BY 2060, BY 20 60, 60 TRIPLE STILL, THAT'S, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MEANS THAT THE PREVALENCE OF CRIME DISEASES, COMORBIDITIES IS GOING TO SKYROCKETED. AND THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES TO ASSIST THESE INDIVIDUALS, AS WE ALREADY KNOW, IS EXTREMELY STRETCHED. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS. I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE CLEARLY ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ALL OF THESE FACTS TO OUR CITY COUNCILMEN, TO THE CITY MANAGER, TO THE MAYOR TO GAIN MORE SUPPORT FOR SUPPORT FOR SENIORS. AND WHEN YOU HEAR STATS LIKE THAT, THOSE OVER 85 WHO ARE REALLY AT, AT THAT EDGE OF, UM, THE, THE MOST EXTREME NEEDS OF ANY INDIVIDUALS, THAT'S GONNA TRIPLE NEXT 30 YEARS. AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO FOCUS ON PROVIDING THE SUPPORT AND BUILDING THE SUPPORT THAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED. AND THAT TO OUR ELEVATOR SPEECH. YES. WELL, AND SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GONNA BE PART THERE, RIGHT? OR THEY'RE GONNA TURN, ALL OF US WILL BE PART OF THAT GROUP. , IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I HOPE THAT THE ADJOURN YEAH, I, I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE, MAKE, MAKE YOU AWARE OF SOMETHING. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SORRY, DAVE. YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S OKAY. UM, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SESSION LAST MONTH, WE DID HAVE SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS. AND I FOLLOWED UP ON THAT AND HAD A CONVERSATION. ACTUALLY HAD A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING, UH, WITH MY COUNCIL PERSON, UH, COUNCIL PERSON, KATHY STEWART. AND SHE INVITED, UM, UH, TERRENCE RHODES, THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR INVESTIGATIONS AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS, UH, FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE DISCUSSED, UH, SENIOR CITIZENS, BUT THE TERM HE USED WAS THE ELDERLY AND HOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME COMPENSATION OR DISPENSATION FOR IDENTIFICATION OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO CALLS. UH, THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT. I, I ACTUALLY MEANT TO, TO SEND A MEMO. UM, BUT, [01:25:01] UM, UH, I'VE JUST BEEN DEALING WITH SOME THINGS LATELY THAT I DIDN'T GET THAT MEMO OUT, BUT, BUT I, I, I'LL I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. BUT IT WA IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION. IT WA IT WAS A, A GOOD CONVERSATION. WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IN DISTRICT 10 SPECIFICALLY, UM, IN, IN THE LAKE HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY AND, AND THE HAMILTON PARK COMMUNITY. I THINK I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF A 'CAUSE OF TWO PERSONAL SITUATIONS, UH, BUT ONE THAT DID NOT DEAL WITH IT, AN ELDERLY CITIZEN. UH, BUT IT, IT, IT DID, IT DID DEAL WITH THE ELDERLY PARENTS, UH, THAT, THAT ARE MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF MY CHURCH. UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UH, A 45-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN, UH, WAS ROBBED, UH, SHOT AND, AND KILLED IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, UH, RIGHT OFF OF SKILLMAN ROAD. IT, IT HIT THE NEWS. UH, THAT YOUNG MAN, UH, ALSO HAPPENED TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY BOY SCOUTS AND MY BOY SCOUT TROOP AT HAMILTON PARK WHEN HE WAS A, WHEN HE WAS A YOUTH. SO, UM, AND THAT IN THE TRIAL THEY CALLED THE PEOPLE AND THE TRIAL FOR THAT, UH, THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ACTUALLY, UM, EITHER THEY OR JUST STARTING OR JUST CONCLUDING. SO, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, I I JUST BRING THAT UP. UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SAFETY, UH, IN, IN, IN THIS AREA, DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF THE SUTHERLAND SECTOR, WE'VE HAD A, A LOT OF, UH, CRIME IN, UH, THIS NORTH DALLAS AREA OVER THE LAST, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS. RIGHT. THANK YOU DAVID. I HAD THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. I BELIEVE THAT WE ADJOURNED. YOU DID. SECOND, WE ADJOURN. AYE ALL VOTE. AYE. AYE. ANYBODY SAYS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.