* 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. [00:00:01] GOOD MORNING. IT IS [Dallas Park and Recreation Board on March 26, 2026. ] 10 0 3 AND WE CONVENE OUR, THIS SPECIAL PARKS AND BOARDS RECREATION MEETING IN THIS WONDERFUL LOCATION. THANKS FOR HOSTING US, UH, MINA, AND REALLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE. AND AS YOU RIGHTLY SAID, WISH WE COULD HAVE OPENED THE UH IT OUT, BUT I GUESS WE NEED TO USE VISUAL. SO THANKS AGAIN FOR HOSTING US. WITH THAT, I THINK THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO DO IS OUR CITY IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALS WE HAVE. AND I WOULD INVITE MR. KARIMI FOR A SPECIAL STATEMENT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HOPE EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME IN THE ROOM. UM, A GOOD MORNING PARK BOARD, ESTEEMED STAFF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UH, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT LAST FRIDAY MARKED THE SPRING EQUINOX, A TIME THAT SYMBOLIZES LONGER DAYS GROWTH AND NEW LIFE AROUND THE WORLD FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIKE ME. IT ALSO MARKS THE PERSIAN NEW YEAR KNOWN AS NO RUS AROUND THE WORLD. PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE SPRING EQUINOX AND NO RUS BY GATHERING IN PARKS, GARDENS, AND GREEN SPACES. SO IT FEELS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY AT THE BEAUTIFUL DALLAS ARBORETUM, A PLACE THAT EMBODIES RENEWAL GROWTH AND THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL WORLD. PLACES LIKE THIS ARE AT THE HEART OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S MISSION OF BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MOMENTS LIKE THE SPRING EQUINOX AND NO RUS REPRESENT A COMING TOGETHER ACROSS CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS GROUNDED IN SOMETHING. WE ALL SHARE A LOVE OF PUBLIC PARKS, AND YET EVEN AS WE CELEBRATE, WE ARE STILL MINDFUL THAT THERE IS CONFLICT AND HARDSHIPS IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO UKRAINE, TO SUDAN, TO VENEZUELA AND BEYOND. IN TIMES LIKE THESE, EVEN SMALL MOMENTS OF PEACE IN OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES REMIND US OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY. SO ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CHRISTINE LANNER, WHO'S SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE, OUR IT MANAGER, SOHAIL ANI, FORMER PARK BOARD PRESIDENT, BOBBY ABTAHI, MYSELF AND OTHER IRANIAN AMERICANS AT THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE WISH EVERYONE A JOYFUL SPRING EQUINOX AND A HAPPY NO RUS. AND FINALLY, MAY THIS SEASON INSPIRE ALL OF US TOWARD PEACE AND COMPASSION, AND THROUGH OUR WORK AND OUR PUBLIC PARKS. MAY WE FOREVER CONTINUE BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. HAPPY NEW YEAR. , UH, THIS IS SPECIAL. TRULY THAT IT SHOWS HOW GLOBAL WE ARE AND YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WE NEED TO EMBRACE MULTICULTURALISM. SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, SPEAKING WITH THAT. OUR NEXT POINT ON AGENDA IS A SPECIAL RECOGNIZATION. SO MR. JENKINS, MR. CHAIR. YEAH, WE, I CAN ASK, UH, MR. CASAS, IF YOU JOIN, WE GONNA POSITION OURSELVES OVER HERE. GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON CAMERA. YOU SPECIAL PERSON TODAY, . THANK YOU. SO, ALRIGHT. SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS MORNING ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026, JUAN PROCESS IS RETIRING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT AFTER 30 YEARS OF THE STAGE SERVICE. WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 11TH, 1995, MR GAVE HIS CAREER IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, HIS FULL PAN RECREATIONAL SYSTEM AT JAMES C. TURNER RECREATIONAL CENTER. IN 1999, HE WAS PROMOTED TO RECREATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST AT RIDGEWOOD DE DELTA RECREATION CENTER. 2002. MR. COSTAS WAS PROMOTED TO COMMUNITY RECREATION PRO PROGRAM COORDINATOR. IN 2008, MR. COSTAS WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERVISOR AT COOPER RILEY ION CENTER, WHERE JUAN COSTA WAS PROMOTED TO AREA SUPERVISOR WITHIN THE PARKING RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENTS IN 2011. 2011 OVERSEEING MARCUS, ANNETTE SENIOR RECREATION CENTER, MARCUS RECREATION CENTER. WHEREAS 2023 JUAN COSTAS WAS PROMOTED TO DIVISION ENGAGEMENT REPORT. MOVEMENT WAS RECREATIONAL SERVICE WITHIN DEPART MS. WATSON. WHEREAS JUAN CAAS CONTRIBUTIONS WERE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT AND HIS LEGACY WERE REFLECTED CAMPUS RELATIONSHIP TO STATUS THE CITY OF DALLAS. THROUGHOUT HIS SERVICE, ONE CLASS OF SERVE HOME AND LED NUMEROUS COMMITTEES AND HELPED SHAPE THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE MOTHER, STATE, YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM, STANDARDS, FITNESS COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS CITYWIDE SPECIAL INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS SET FOR REAL TIME FEEDBACK BEING RESOLVED BY THE DEPARTMENT RECREATION BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS. THAT SINCERE APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO JUAN [00:05:01] AAS FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF THE VOTING ENTIRELY WORK. SO GENERALLY GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS, THAT DEPARTMENT RECREATION BOARD COMMANDS JUAN AAS WAS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN WHICH IT CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPENS NOW. THEREFORE, I JOHN D JENS, DIRECTOR ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT, DO YOUR BY EXTEND SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO JUAN AAS. THANK YOU JACOB. SERVICE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE CITIZENS OF DO APPRECIATE YOU WOULD BE RECOGNIZED WITH YOUR JUAN COST US WEIGHT. . ANYBODY GET YOUR FAN NUMBER? OH, YEAH. HOLD UP REAL QUICK. YES. WHAT? YOUR OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. MRAS, YOU HAVE ANY WORDS BEFORE? YEAH. UM, YEAH, WE GONNA GRAB THERE CHIEF. UM, I DO WANNA RESERVE BOSS. THERE'S A LOT OF WEAR AT, RIGHT? BUT I DO WANNA COGNIZE MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY SON WHO'S IN SCHOOL THAT THEY WERE REALLY MY DRIVING FORCE FOR DOING MY BEST AND WENT FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND GAVE ME A LOT OF DRINKS. AND I HAD TWO BOSSES AND NUMBER ONE . UH, YEAH. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SUPPORT THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, UH, I STARTED IN MY CAREER. THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF YOU HERE. JOHN IS ONE OF 'EM FOR 30 YEARS. UH, BUT I'VE MET A LOT OF VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR PARK DEPARTMENT THAT I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR MEETING. AND I DO WANNA SAY, I WANNA PRAY FOR THIS DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD. WELL, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT AND OUR CITY, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE DOING AN AWESOME JOB, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. SO, UH, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT AND I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE FOR ME, AND I JUST WISH IT THE BEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME. DONE. YEAH. UH, YES. UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I JUST WANNA QUICKLY THANK JUAN CASAS JUAN, UH, FOR HIS SERVICE. UH, HE'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. I REMEMBER HIS DAYS AT JC TURNER, UH, WITH REUBEN AND, UH, BIG, A BIG DE BOXING TOURNAMENT AND OTHER STUFF THAT HE DID. BUT HE INITIATED A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED WITH FEW SPORTS AND, AND THAT GOES UNDER IT, IT MIGHT NOT BE NOTICED, BUT HE INITIATED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NFL AND STARTED THE NFL FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT HIS REC CENTER IN, UH, IN, UH, EAST DALLAS. SO, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE AND SAY THANK YOU, JUAN, FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE YOU DID FOR THE COMMUNITY, EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. AND HELP ME ALONG THE WAY TOO. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. MR. MARANO. JUST GONNA GRAB IT. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, NO. I JUST WANTED, SAY I'VE KNOWN JUAN FOR 30 YEARS. I, I MET JUAN WHEN WE WERE, UH, TRAINING TO BE LIFEGUARDS. I GUESS THEY HAD THAT I WAS A PART-TIMER. HE WAS GOING ON FULL-TIME. AND, UH, SINCE THEN, WE BECAME FRIENDS. WE ACTUALLY GOT TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, IN DISTRICT ONE. WHEN I WAS AT SAMUEL GRAND IN EXXON, HE WAS AT RIDGEWOOD. UM, BUT IT'S FUNNY THAT THE SIGN SAYS JUAN CA HIS WAY. 'CAUSE HE DID IT JUAN'S WAY, , UH, HE WAS GONNA DO IT THE WAY HE WANTED TO DO IT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF HE GOT IN TROUBLE LATER, IT WAS GONNA, IT, IT WOULD JUST DEAL WITH THAT. BUT, UM, UH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU COULDN'T KNOW ABOUT JUAN IS THAT HE WAS NOT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY BUCK THE SYSTEM, BUT, UH, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED OR THAT HE SAW THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PROGRAM OR, OR, OR A SYSTEM IN, IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. HE WAS THAT EMPLOYEE THAT ALWAYS TAUGHT SPEAK UP FOR US AND, AND, AND WAS OUR, OUR CHAMPION FOR THE EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT [00:10:01] WORKED AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. SO AGAIN, UH, WE BECAME FRIENDS. UM, AND, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BE MISSED HERE. AND I, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DID, BUT I VISITED YOU LL DO . THANKS. THANK, THANKS. THANKS, MR. KAAS. YOUR SERVICE IS WHAT MAKES THIS DEPARTMENT SPECIAL, SO THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GREAT COMMITMENT. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT. I SAY GREAT. OH, SORRY, MR. KAKAR. YEAH, NO, NO, PLEASE. I, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE JUAN'S GOOD WORK. UH, 30 YEARS IS, IS IS A LONG TIME. IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. I WANNA RECOGNIZE YOUR GOOD WORK AT XAL AT THE RECREATION CENTER THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THERE. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL DO, WE'RE DOING BIG AT XAL. COME BACK IN A YEAR. MAYBE WE'RE GONNA GET LIKE ONE OF THE REC ROOMS OR A HALLWAY MAYBE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT AS WELL. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA STRIVE TO DO FOR YOU AT EXEL. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS THERE. THANK YOU, MR. CA. ALEX. WELL, BEFORE I GO TO OUR NEXT POINT ON AGENDA, I HAVE TO WELCOME OUR POLICE CHIEF, UH, UH, CHIEF. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I THINK THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR CITI, AND THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR PARKS. SO WE ARE HONORED YOU ATTENDING, UH, TODAY WITH US HERE. I APPRECIATE IT, SIR. YES. WITH THAT WE MOVE TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS. MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU. YES. WE HAVE SEVEN REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS THIS MORNING. I WILL PROVIDE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE PARK BOARD WILL BE REMOVED, UM, FROM THE MEETING AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER. AND, UM, SINCE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SET UP, THE SPEAKER TABLE IS HERE. SO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU'LL COME AND SIT THERE AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. WATCH YOUR STEP HERE WITH THE CORDS, UM, BY THE PROJECTOR. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CHARMAINE FLETCHER. AND MS. FLETCHER HAS ALSO PROVIDED THE BOARD, UM, A HANDOUT AS WELL. AND YOU MAY BEGIN. MM-HMM . GOOD MORNING. I COME BEFORE YOU TO ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA THAT DEALS WITH RACKET SPORTS. I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU REJECT THAT PROPOSAL FOR THAT TO RE FOR LIFETIME TENNIS INC. DBA IMPACT ACTIVITIES, UH, NOT RECEIVE THAT CONTRACT FOR FIVE YEARS. THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON MARCH THE FIFTH ABOUT WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS REGARDING IMPACT, IMPACT ACTIVITIES IN KEITH TENNIS CENTER? THE SHORT ANSWER OF FEES, SPECIFICALLY THE FEES FOR LEAGUE, THE FEES WERE INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY SIX TIMES BASED UPON. SO IF YOU COULD TURN TO ME WITH A CHART THAT I GAVE YOU REGARDING WHAT IT, IT SAYS, UM, OH, THE TOP SHEET. THE SHOCK OF THE PROPOSAL. CURRENTLY AT KEITH'S TENNIS CENTER, WE ONLY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COURT RESERVATION FEES. THE BALLS THAT ARE LISTED THERE ARE OPTIONAL, MEANING THAT WE CAN BRING OUR OWN BALLS, OR WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PAY THE FEE FOR THE PAY, THE, THE COST OF THE BALLS THERE FOR THE SEASON. THAT'S $380. IF IMPACT RECEIVES THIS CONTRACT, THE FEES ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE SIX TIMES. YOU SEE THE ADMIN FEE, YOU SEE THE MANDATORY DRILL FEE, COURT FEES, THAT'S A SIX TIMES INCREASE OF WHAT WE PAY IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD. AND ALL OF THAT. I, I SUGGEST THAT WE VOTE NO FOR THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THAT SHOCK. AND YOU ASK, YOU MAY ASK WHY DO YOU FEEL THAT THOSE RATES ARE GOING TO INCREASE SO SIGNIFICANTLY, IF YOU TURN TO THE, THE NEXT PAGE WHERE IT SAYS IMPACT ACTIVITIES, CURRENT OPERATIONS LEAGUE PLAY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE DFW AREA IS HUGE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE THREE MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE TENNIS LEAGUES AND THEY'RE PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. THERE'S, THERE'S METRO TENNIS LEAGUE, THERE'S TENNIS COMPETITORS OF DALLAS, WHICH WE REFER TO AS TCD. AND [00:15:01] THERE IS ALSO, UM, UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION. FOR THIS PURPOSE OF THIS ANALYSIS, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU, UH, MY, MY, MY CHART IS BASED UPON TCD AND WHAT I HAVE DONE IS OUTLINED. I'VE GONE TO THEIR WEBSITE, I'VE OUTLINED, UM, ALL FOR, FOR THE CENTERS THAT IMPACT POST TIME. OH, IT IS? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY, CAN WE GIVE SECONDS TO FINISH YOUR COMMENT A SECOND? YEAH, SURE. GO AHEAD. FINISH YOUR COMMENT AFTER. FINISH YOUR, YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS, YOUR THOUGHT ON IT. OH, I WAS JUST SAYING THE FEES ARE GONNA INCREASE SO SIGNIFICANTLY THAT IT'S GONNA BASICALLY PRICE US OUT. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD THOSE FEES. AND WITH ME BEING A DALLAS RESIDENT, I WILL HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS IN ORDER TO FIND SOMETHING AFFORDABLE. AND I FEEL THAT THAT IS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE OF THE MANDATORY DR UH, FEES THAT ARE REQUIRED. THANK YOU. YOU SHOULD ONLY BE REQUIRED TO PAY. I JUST OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SIDNEY BAILEY. AND YOU MAY BEGIN. HELLO, MY NAME IS SYDNEY BAILEY AND I'M A JUNIOR AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON DALLAS UNITED CREW, A NONPROFIT THAT TRULY GIVES BACK TO ITS COMMUNITY. GROWING IS MY SPACE IN MY HOME. WHEN I'M IN THE BOAT, I DON'T THINK ABOUT SCHOOL STRESS OR MY TO-DO LIST. RATHER, IT'S THE FEEL OF THE BOAT, THE CLICK OF THE OARS, AND THE FEELING OF THE WATER RUNNING BENEATH US FOR TWO HOURS. I'M ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON GROWING STRONGER, IMPROVING MY FORM, AND PUSHING FOR TEAMMATES. I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT ROWING IS DEMANDING BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO MEANINGFUL. IT'S MORE THAN JUST A SPORT. IT'S WHERE I RESET, WHERE TEAMWORK MATTERS AND WHERE I'M REMINDED HOW POWERFUL IT IS TO WORK TOWARDS A GOAL WITH PEOPLE YOU TRULY RESPECT. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT DALLAS UNITED GROUP. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE BEEN SUPPORTED BY FULL SCHOLARSHIP, ALLOWING ME TO GROW IN A COMMUNITY BUILT ON ACCOUNTABILITY, SPORTSMANSHIP, AND COLLABORATION. BEFORE DUCI WASN'T OUTSPOKEN. I DIDN'T ADVOCATE FOR MYSELF, AND I NEVER IMAGINED LEADING OTHERS. THE ENVIRONMENT AT DUC CHANGED THAT I FELT SUPPORTED, SAFE TO SPEAK UP AND EMPOWERED TO LEAD. WHEN I WANTED TO IMPROVE HOW OUR TEAM HANDLED TRAILER LOADING, THE COACHES TRUSTED ME TO STEP INTO A LEADERSHIP ROLE, DIRECTING AND ORGANIZING OVER A HUNDRED ATHLETES TO SAFELY LOAD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT. THAT RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRES CLEAR COMMUNICATION, QUICK DECISION MAKING, AND FOCUS UNDER PRESSURE. BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD IN THAT WAY HAS SHOWN ME THAT I'M A CAPABLE LEADER AND IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE ME AND PUSH ME TO BE BETTER EVERY DAY. DUC DOESN'T JUST BUILD ATHLETES, IT BUILDS LEADERS. IT TEACHES RESILIENCE, TIME MANAGEMENT, AND CONFIDENCE SKILLS THAT EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE WATER. IT IS ALSO OPENED DOORS HELPING ATHLETES GAIN EXPOSURE AND EARN OPPORTUNITIES AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL. DALLAS UNITED CREW IS MORE THAN A TEAM. IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT CREATES OPPORTUNITY, BUILDS CHARACTER, AND CHANGES LIVES. IT HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED MINE. I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND GROW WITH DALLAS UNITED CREW. THANK YOU. AND I COMMEND YOU, SIDNEY, FOR COMING HERE. WE NEED YOUR AGE PARTICIPANTS, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. BILLY ALLEN, AND I HAVE TO SAY BILLY ALLEN IS OUR PAST BARCODE PRESIDENT. SO MR. ALLEN, THANK YOU FOR YOU DID, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOU, SIR. MR. CHAIR. UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE PLEASURE OF COMING AND VISITING WITH YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY I COULD RECOGNIZE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, BUT IT'S BEEN A DAY OR TWO SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU CHARMING FACES. BUT , I DID SERVE WITH SOME OF YOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO WENT ON TO OTHER GREAT AND MORE INVOLVED LEADERSHIP STARK, TAYLOR, ANNETTE STRAUSS, YVONNE ELL, MARVIN ROBINSON, JOHN MON MONTE MAYOR, ALL THESE GREAT INDIVIDUALS. PROBABLY YOU KNOW THEM. UM, I WAS PASSING A BUILDING THE OTHER DAY AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A NAME ON IT CALLED PAUL DYER. UH, PAUL WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A DEPUTY DIRECTOR WHEN I WAS OVER THERE. SO ANYWAY, IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. YOU ALL HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF SERVING AND [00:20:01] PROBABLY THE MOST DESIRABLE POSITION IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. YOU USED AS A BLUDGEON TO CONVINCE THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS TO PASS BOND ISSUES. UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL, UH, BATTLE EACH YEAR OF HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP THE SWIMMING POOLS OPEN. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S AN ANNUAL THING. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF BOND ISSUES IN DALLAS, TEXAS, YOU ARE SERVING IN THE HONEY SPOT. THEY FIND THOSE ISSUES TO PUT YOU ON THE BALLOT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING SO THAT THE CITIZENS WILL VOTE FOR THOSE ISSUES AND YOU'RE IN AN IN POSITION. AND, UH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS. I'VE USED UP TWO AND A HALF OF MY MINUTES, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAMED FRANK WISE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SERVED WITH DISTINCTION, UH, WHO SERVED WELL AND WHO'S STILL SERVING. UM, YOU COULD DESCRIBE HIM AS A SERVANT. SO THAT'S, I'M SURE TO YOU WHO SERVE IN CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS. AND IN THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, YOU WILL FIND THAT FRANK IS IN THAT LINE WITH JESUS. HE HAS SERVED AND SERVED WELL. FRANK CAME TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, HAVING SERVED AS A CITY MANAGER. SO HE KNEW PUBLIC SERVICE. HE KNEW BUDGETING. UH, THE PARK DEPARTMENT WAS JUST AN IDEAL PLACE FOR HIM TO USE HIS LEADERSHIP TRAINING, UH, TO SERVE THE CITIZENS. HE HAD SERVED THE VARIOUS ECONOMIC ENTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY FROM THE RICHEST TO THE POOREST, UM, WITHOUT SCANDAL. AND FRANK, UH, CAME AS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND ENDED UP UNDER, AGAIN, I DON'T TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR IT, BUT THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE WITH ME, UH, AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM, I THINK YOU'VE CHANGED ALL THAT STRUCTURE. NOW THE DIRECTOR IS THE PRESIDENT AND THE ROLE THAT I SERVED IN, IT'S CALLED THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. SO WE THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE SERVANT WHO LEFT, UH, THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND WENT ON TO SERVE AGAIN IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE AND THE VOLUNTEER ROLE. THAT IS YOUR TIME. OH MY GOODNESS. YOU, YOU CAN FINISH YOUR THOUGHTS, SIR. OKAY. I I'LL BE QUICK JUST TO SAY THE WHAT I HOPE IN FUTURE. THEY GIMME ME THE SAME QUESTION. , FINISH WHAT YOU ALLOWED FRANK TO DO IN LEADING THIS DIVISION. HE NOW IS DOING IT AGAIN, UH, AT HIS CHURCH. YEAH. UH, ALL VOLUNTEERING, UH, AND AGAIN SERVING AS HE SERVED THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING RECOGNIZING FRANK AS YOU DID THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS BEFORE, WHO SERVED THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND SERVED IT WELL, UH, TO RECOGNIZE WHAT HE BROUGHT TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, MR. ALLEN. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. SO WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE CHIEF CUOMO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS VERY BUSY. AND I THINK HE'S ON A TIME SCHEDULE. SO WE WOULD, UH, EITHER BREAK THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS NOW FOR, UH, FOR COMMENT OR REFORM. CHIEF CUOMO, RIGHT? MADAM SECRETARY? THAT'S WHAT, YEAH, CORRECT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE TIME CHIEF, YOU, YOU CAN START AND GO AHEAD AND COME UP. UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK CHIEF CUOMO FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. HIM AND I HAVE SPOKEN IN THE PAST. UH, I KNOW HE WAS BUSY WHEN HE WAS FIRST HIRED AND HE HAD SAID, HEY, MR. HE SAID, JOHN, I WILL GET THERE. I PROMISE YOU TO MAKE SURE I SHARE MY VISION WITH THE PARK BOARD, HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY IS TO THE PARK SYSTEM, ALONG WITH WORKING WITH OUR MARSHALS AND OUR RANGERS. AND SO WE JUST, UH, APPRECIATE CHIEF OMO BEING HERE. WE ALSO HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF MAJESTA ALLEN, WHO WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE RELATED TO DPD. WHO'S, UH, MR. ALLEN? CHIEF ALLEN IS OUR LIAISON, UH, TO THE PARK SYSTEM. AND I THINK I'VE BEEN ON THIS POSITION FOR A FEW YEARS. I THINK IT'S TIME, FIRST TIME, BUT POLICE CHIEF HAS TAKEN TIME TO TALK TO US, SO WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT. SIR, PLEASE GUY, I FEEL LIKE I'M, I'M ON A HOT SEAT RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, A SIDE CHAIR. I ALWAYS SEE PEOPLE COME UP AND GIVE COMMENTS ON THE SIDE CHAIR. I'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE SIDE TABLE HERE TO, TO GIVE COMMENTS. IT'S KIND OF INTIMIDATING RIGHT NOW. , UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS PARKS AND PARKS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. WE WANT TO REALLY COME UP WITH SOME PROACTIVE ACTIVITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP PARKS SAFE. UH, MY STAFF AND I, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE NPO OFFICER, NPO OFFICERS GET INVOLVED WITH THE PARK SECURITY AND SAFETY. UH, ALSO THE CITY MARSHALS AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND, UH, WE HAVE A UPCOMING MEETING. THAT PARKS IS GONNA BE [00:25:01] A MAJOR DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE, WE TEAM UP TOGETHER. I'VE ALSO TALKED TO A FEW COMMUNITY LEADERS THROUGH THE SCHOOLS ABOUT THE PARKS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND SOME PARKS HAVE BECOME AREAS WHERE, UH, WHEN SCHOOL, BEFORE SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL, SOME OF THE KIDS GO. AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE FIGHTS BREAK OUT. SO WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT AND WHAT WE CAN DO PROACTIVELY TO TRY TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING. AND THAT'S ALSO WORKING WITH DISD, UH, POLICE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, JUST FROM SAYING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH EVERYONE ON THE SECURITY SIDE OF THE HOUSE, ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO BE VERY PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT BAD ACTIVITIES DON'T HAPPEN IN THE PARK. SO WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT, WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE KEEP THE PARK SAFE. SO, UM, I'M HERE. I KNOW WE ARE ON A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE TODAY. IT, IT STARTED OFF AT SEVEN THIS MORNING AS AS I WOKE SOMEONE UP ON THIS HORSESHOE THINKING THAT I HAD A SEVEN 30 MEETING. AND, UH, THEY, I IT WAS REAL WORTH IT. IT WAS SORRY FOR WAKING YOU UP, UH, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT BEFORE SEVEN BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE MEETING AT SEVEN 30, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT MY MORNING STARTED OFF VERY EARLY, UH, WITH THAT, THAT CAN BE SCARY. A FOOLISH CHIEF CALLS YOU AT 7:00 AM YEAH. YEAH. , I, I REALLY FELT BAD AFTER I HUNG UP. I WAS LIKE, GOLLY, IT, I, HOW DID I MESS THIS UP ON THE CALENDAR? I'M LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, I'M LIKE, IT'S CLEAR AS DAY THAT THE MEETING'S AT 10, BUT I GOT MY MEETINGS CRISSCROSSED AND YEAH, YOU PROBABLY WERE LIKE, OKAY, I I CAN SEE THAT. WHY IS THE POLICE CHIEF CALLING ME AT 6:55 AM YEAH, YOU KIND OF LOOK AROUND. YEAH. YEAH. DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG, ? NO, WE'RE THANKFUL. ANY, ANYWAY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I'M, I'M WILLING TO, UH, DO OUR VERY BEST TO, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH. BE RESPECTFUL FOR THIS TIME. BUT ANY QUICK COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, YES. SAT TAYLOR. GOOD MORNING. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. UM, JUST COMING OUT OF OUR MEETING BEFORE THIS, WITH THE ADMIN FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS EFFICIENCIES IN OUR PROGRAMMING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW AS A DEPARTMENT OR OR BEING PLACED TO HAVE TO DO IS, UM, REDUCE THE FREE ENTRY OR FREE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR OUR YOUTH. AND I JUST WANNA FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN A LOT OF THOSE THINGS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT. I REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR, MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN CERTAIN AREAS IS BETWEEN 25 TO $30,000 A YEAR. AND I, I ALSO THINK ABOUT EFFICIENCIES AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING MONEY AS A DEPARTMENT. AND I'VE ASKED YOU THE QUESTION BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT REMEMBER, BUT THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE, UM, WHERE THE POLICE ARE PROVIDING ATHLETICS AND, YOU KNOW, SPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND YOU ALL'S BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO FEEL THAT THAT'S A SPACE WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT BUDGETARY ITEMS. LAST TIME I CHECKED, I THOUGHT, I THINK IT WAS AROUND $2 MILLION FOR PALS AND Y'ALL'S BUDGET THAT MIGHT BE OFF, BUT THAT'S WAY OFF . I DON'T KNOW. I WOULDN'T. BUT WE, WE STILL HAVE, UH, WE STILL HAVE A PALS PROGRAM AND WE ARE WORKING IN COMMUNITIES WITH OUR PALS PROGRAM AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD SOME DONORS, UM, GIVE MONEY FOR PALS YEAH. UH, RECENTLY AND WE HAVE A POLICE FOUNDATION THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING UP SOON. AND PALS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. SO WE WILL BE UTILIZING SOME MONEY IN PALS DEFINITELY. AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH PALS THROUGH OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD EXPLORER PROGRAM, WHICH I LOOK AT PALS AND EXPLORER PROGRAM. IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT I WANT IT TO BE LIKE FIRST COUSINS BECAUSE WITH THE EXPLORERS PROGRAM, I'M REALLY LOOKING AT THAT AS A, AS A, AS A BRIDGE TO BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER. UM, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. BOTH OF 'EM ARE FOR SURE. AND, AND THAT'S FROM THE GENERAL FUND. AND THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP IS BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING SERVICES FOR OUR YOUTH, OFTEN THE CITY IS QUICK TO COME TO PARK AND REC AND REDUCE DOLLARS FROM US. AND PUBLIC SAFETY DOESN'T USUALLY GET THAT SAME PUSHBACK. I JUST WANT US TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE MORE. BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE DO IN OUR REC CENTERS ARE JUST AS ESSENTIAL AS PATROLLING THE COMMUNITY, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR YOUTH, UM, AND YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THE LAST THING I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE OUT IS LIKE, HOW CAN WE HAVE A BETTER PARTNERSHIP WHEN WE'RE HAVING TO PAY OFFICERS TO SECURE OUR REC CENTERS? UM, WHETHER IT'S A AFTER HOURS ACTIVITY OR DURING THE DAY. 'CAUSE THAT COULD HELP US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, UM, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. SO JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE LIKE THE, THE WORD IS EFFICIENCIES, SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING EFFICIENT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO [00:30:01] PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. AND I MENTIONED TO MY COMMITTEE THIS MORNING, IT COSTS 200 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS TO KEEP A YOUNG PERSON IN A JUVENILE ANNUALLY. AND WE TALKING ABOUT A 200 TIMES RATE THAN WHAT IT COSTS US TO PROVIDE THEM A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE. YEAH. SO ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE UNITED STATES, MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING AWAY WITH THEIR POWERS PROGRAM. THEY'RE DOING AWAY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED POLICING AND THEY'RE DOING AWAY WITH EXPLORERS PROGRAM. AND I'VE MADE THE COMMITMENT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT WE WILL NOT DO AWAY WITH THOSE PROGRAMS IN DALLAS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND I WON'T CHANGE MY STANCE ON THAT. SO WE WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT SPACE. UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT, THAT WORK WITH KIDS. WE ALSO HAVE OFFICERS THAT GOES OUT AND CUT GRASS FOR ELDERLYS. SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT. THAT'S A SPACE AS LONG AS I'M THE CHIEF HERE THAT WE WILL REMAIN THERE. THANK YOU MR. DON. THANK YOU CHIEF FOR ANY, UH, YEAH. GREAT. YEAH. HELLO. UH, THANK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM, THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT FIVE AND AS YOU HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT INFORM, UH, YOUR VIEWPOINT ON THE SAFETY OF THE PARKS AND BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT MAKING THOSE PLACES SAFER, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT INTO YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS, UM, THE, THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY THAT ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE HAD A, A LOT OF PARKS THAT ATTRACT ILLEGAL GUNFIRE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SHOOTING RANGES. WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT JUST HANDGUNS, BUT ASSAULT RIFLES, UM, AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BEING USED IN OUR PARKS, WHICH NOT ONLY MAKE THE PARK ITSELF UNSAFE, ACHIEVE KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS A DEPARTMENT WITH OUR GREEN SPACE, BUT ALSO WIND UP BEING COLLECTION POINTS FOR TERRORIZING THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. I RECEIVE A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THAT. AND SO AS YOU LOOK AT PROACTIVE STRATEGIES TO MAKE THE PARK SAFER, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THE NEED FOR SOME KIND OF, UM, I DUNNO IF IT'S ENFORCEMENT OR, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME KIND OF STRATEGY TO REDUCE THE, A ABILITY OR THE LIKELIHOOD THAT PEOPLE WILL COME TO OUR PARKS TO USE THEM AS, UH, ILLEGAL GUN RANGES. YEAH. SO ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS IS WE HAVE RECENTLY MADE SOME ARRESTS ON RANDOM GUNFIRES, WHICH I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH. UM, AND IN PART WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR DIALYSIS. WE'RE WORKING ON SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO GETTING UP WHERE IT COMES WITH, UM, THE RANDOM GUNFIRE THAT'S TAG TEAMED WITH LICENSE PLATE READERS AND DRONES. SO THAT SHOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO, UH, ENFORCE AND MAKE SOME MORE ARRESTS IN THAT SPACE. THANK YOU MR. ERTA. UH, GOOD MORNING CHIEF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GREAT MEETING AGAIN. UM, JUST A COUPLE THINGS AND, AND KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON BOTH MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES IS, UM, MAYBE FINDING THAT, THAT THAT MEDIUM ROAD BETWEEN YOUR OFFICERS AND OUR MARSHALS. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES YOUR OFFICERS OR OUR OFFICERS DON'T KNOW THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN, IN OUR PARK SYSTEMS. UH, IEII SOUND REAL LOUD, SORRY. UH, IE THEY'RE STILL SMOKING IN OUR PARKS AND THERE'S NO ALCOHOL AND THERE'S NO PARKING ON GRASS. AND, AND WHEN WE DO HIRE THE OUTSIDE OFFICERS, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T ENFORCE THOSE. AND WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT SAYING WRITE TICKETS, I'M JUST SAYING LIKE, TELL 'EM YOU CAN'T DO THAT AND, AND PLEASE MOVE, BE BEYOND YOUR WAY, UH, KIND OF DEAL. WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT PEOPLE TICKETED, BUT AT LEAST THEY KNOW OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR PARK. 'CAUSE WE SEE IT A LOT IN OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY. THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE DOING STUFF. THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DRINKING ALCOHOL, IE STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I, AND WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT COME IN, OUR MARSHALS DO A GREAT JOB OF ENFORCING THOSE, BUT JUST KIND OF LET 'EM KNOW THIS IS THE POLICY FOR OUR PARKS INSIDE OF OUR PARKS. UH, BUT BESIDES THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND ALL YOUR OFFICERS, UH, UH, INCLUDING CHIEF RHODES. YOU TELL HIM I SAID HELLO, UM, UH, FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING. AND REALLY I SEE THE DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WHEN RANDOM GUNFIRE HAPPENS. I KNOW YOU DID MAKE FEW ARRESTS AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE THAT ALSO HAS THIS AND, AND, AND ENFORCING THAT. WE APPRECIATE THAT THAT WORK YOU'VE DONE. I, I APPRECIATE IT. AND WE WILL GET THAT IN RANDOM GUNFIRE. LOOK, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND, AND NOW I'M, UH, AS I LIVE IN DALLAS, I COMPLAIN ABOUT IT TOO. AND I'LL TELL 'EM, I'M NOT THE CHIEF RIGHT NOW, , I'M A CITIZEN THAT LIVES IN DALLAS. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS RANDOM GUNFIRE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? AND THEY LOOK AT ME AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE A CITIZEN. OR THE CHIEF SAID, WELL, GOD KNOW THAT I'M BOTH BECAUSE I WANTED TO STOP. BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY TOUGH. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S, LOOK, IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT'S REALLY TOUGH. AND, AND I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PUNISHMENT ON IT BECAUSE THE PUNISHMENT'S NOT STIFFED AT ALL. SO IF WE PUT THE RESOURCES IN AND WE GO OUT AND CATCH A HUNDRED PEOPLE DOING IT, I CAN ASSURE YOU A HUNDRED PEOPLE WILL BE BE BACK OUT IN LESS THAN ONE DAY. SO THE PUNISHMENT NEEDS TO BE RAISED UP. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR BOOKS TO, UH, WHEN WE GO TO AUSTIN TO TALK ABOUT, UH, YEAH. MR. KMI. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. UM, ALSO WANNA THANK YOU CHIEF FOR, UH, FOR JOINING US THIS [00:35:01] MORNING. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE REGARDING DISD AND OUR, OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH DSD AS THEY PERTAIN TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO PUBLIC PARKS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PUBLIC PARKS ARE OTHERWISE VERY SAFE PLACES, BUT IN MOMENTS OF SCHOOL RELEASE, 3:44 PM FOUR 30, WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS TO BE, WHEN YOU HAVE A SUDDEN INFLUX OF, OF TEENAGERS HITTING ONE PUBLIC SPACE, AND, AND LET'S BE HONEST, TEENS THESE DAYS, I MEAN, IT'S A CONFUSING TIME OF THEIR LIVES. SOME TEENS ARE TROUBLED AND, AND CAN FIND, YOU KNOW, UNSAVORY THINGS TO DO RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR STATEMENT AND YOUR ATTENTION TO, UH, THESE PUBLIC PARKS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS. I KNOW WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT TO MAKE THEM AS SAFE AS THEY ARE ON THE WEEKENDS OR ON HOLIDAYS AND SPRING BREAKS AND SUMMER TIMES WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION. SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT STATEMENT. THANK YOU. THIS IS, LOOK, WE HAVE TO TEAM UP TOGETHER TO MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER. CHIEF, JUST QUICK COMMENT, UH, BEFORE WE LET YOU PROCEED WITH YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE. THE BIGGEST THING COMING TO DALLAS IS OF COURSE, WORLD CUP AND OUR, ALL OUR PARTNERS, THEY'RE ACTIVATING PARKS IN A BIG WAY TO MAKE IT ACTIVE FOR ALL THE VISITORS WE GET. I HOPE, UH, THAT'S PLAN OF YOU TO PUT SOME EXTRA RESOURCES INTO OUR PARK WHILE YOU ARE PLANNING THE SECURITY AND ALL. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT EVERY PLACE TO BE SAFE. AND TRUST ME, ALL OUR PARTNERS ARE REALLY GOING OVERBOARD TO ACTIVATE, TO GIVE VISITORS A GOOD EXPERIENCE. YEAH. ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR FIFA. UM, WE ALSO WANT THE INDIVIDUAL, THE CITIZEN FROM DALLAS WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT SOCCER, REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUTS TO ENJOY FIFA, TO ENJOY WHAT IT'S GONNA BRING. 'CAUSE REALLY IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT AND PARKS ARE GONNA BE A PART OF THAT, RIGHT? ANYTIME THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES OR GET TOGETHERS AND AND OUT, UH, OUTINGS, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF IT AND TRY TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE IN THEM. WITH THAT, WELL THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE, SIR. AND ANYTHING PARKS CAN DO, THIS BOARD IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL AND DIRECTOR JENKINS IS A GREAT PARTNER. YOU CAN HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, MADAM SECRETARY. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CEDRIC JORDAN. MR. CHAIRMAN DALLAS PARK BOARD MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING. MORNING. MY NAME IS CEDRIC JORDAN. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DALLAS, TEXAS, ATTENDED ALL DISD SCHOOLS AND I'M A CURRENT DALLAS PROPERTY OWNER. I'M HERE THIS MORNING IN SUPPORT OF RENAMING BOULDER PARK TO FRANK WISE MUNICIPAL PARK. NOW WHY AM I SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT? I HAVE KNOWN MR. WISE FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN A TIME WHERE INTEGRITY AND VALUES SHOULD BE FOREMOST. I CAN TRULY SAY THAT MR. WISE KNOW WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE AND WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE A MAN OF INTEGRITY, WHICH IN MY OPINION, IS ONE KEY TO LIVING A LIFE OF MEANING AND PURPOSE. NOW, WE ALL VALUE HONESTY AND, AND INTEGRITY, BUT WHEN WE ARE PRESSURED, DO WE REALLY LIVE THEM OUT? WELL, I HAVE SEEN MR. WISE LIVE THEM OUT. FURTHERMORE, MR. WISE SERVED AS THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 12 YEARS. THAT'S GOOD. BUT WHAT DID HE ACCOMPLISH? HE WAS A PROPONENT OF COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT. HE HELPED INSTITUTIONALIZE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND PARK PLANNING ACROSS DALLAS. HE GAVE LEADERSHIP IN SIGNIFICANT PARK PROJECTS AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION. HE ELEVATED THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS A CUSTODIAN OF DALLAS CIVIL RIGHTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES. HE ALSO DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP IN MAKING PARK SPACES FOR PUBLIC REMEMBRANCE AND INCLUSION. AND THEN HE ALSO TRANSITIONED THE PARK SYSTEM TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE URBAN MODEL. AND MAY I ADD PARENTHETICALLY, MR. WISE SERVES FAITHFULLY AT THE CONCORD CHURCH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO BOULDER PARK. IF MR. WISE LIFE WAS LIKE A LETTER, IT WOULD READ AS FOLLOWS, A MAN WHO CHERISHED HIS JOB AND PERFORMED WITH EXCELLENCY, A MEDIATOR AMONG COMMUNITY GROUPS, ACTIVISTS AND CITY LEADERSHIP, AND A MAN WHO CHAMPIONED THE MODERNIZATION A PART FACILITIES AND SERVICES. I TRULY HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING RENAMING BOLD DE PARK FOR FRANK WISE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND [00:40:01] TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT HANLIN. MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UH, MY NAME'S MATT HANLIN. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF IMPACT ACTIVITIES, UH, AND WE CURRENTLY MANAGE THE FRET LB HOUSTON AND SAMUEL GRAND, UH, TENNIS CENTERS. WE STARTED IN 2018 WITH THE FRETZ, UM, TENNIS CENTER. AND A YEAR LATER WE WERE ASKED BY THE CITY TO TAKE OVER LB HOUSTON DUE TO SOME MAN MANAGEMENT ISSUES THAT WERE GOING ON AT THE TIME THERE. UM, AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER WE TOOK OVER SAMUEL GRAND FOR THE SAME REASONS. SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE THE CITY FOR, FOR THOSE YEARS AND IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC RELATIONSHIP AND WE HAVE GROWN ATTENDANCE AND REVENUE, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR. UM, WE'VE, WE'RE COMMUNITY MINDED. THIS IS WHAT WE DO. MUNICIPALITIES AND BUILDING PROGRAMS AND BUILDING ATTENDANCE AND CREATING EVENTS. UH, JUST THIS LAST YEAR WE GOT TOURISM PARTNER OF THE YEAR FOR ONE OF OUR CITIES, UM, AND THEN USTA TENNIS CENTER OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. SO AGAIN, WE TRY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE NOT ABOUT PRICES. WE ARE NOT COUNTRY CLUB. WE DO LIKE TO SAY COUNTRY CLUB EXPERIENCES AT PUBLIC PRICING. UM, AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS EARLIER, WE DO NOT WANT TO COME IN AND SKYROCKET PRICING. ALL PRICING IS MANDATED BY THE PARKS AND RECS BOARDS. EVERYTHING IS TRANSPARENT. ANYTHING WE DO, WE WE GET APPROVAL FROM. UM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO PRICE OURSELF OUT OUT OF, UH, TENNIS PLAYERS. WE DON'T WANNA LOSE, UH, GREAT PLAYERS SUCH AS MS. FLETCHER OVER THERE. SO, UM, EVERY FACILITY WE TREAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL ENTITY. WE ARE NOT GONNA COME IN AS A COOKIE CUTTER MODEL AND SAY THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE AND WE ARE GONNA CHARGE, UM, FOR, FOR MANDATORY DRILLS, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP. WE DO NOT HAVE DRILLS FOR ANY OF OUR USGA LEAGUES. WE DO NOT HAVE MANDATORY DRILLS FOR ANY OF OUR METRO LEAGUES. UM, AND IF WE ARE NOT HAD DOING DRILLS AT THE MOMENT FOR AT KEY, WE WILL NOT MIS LET YOU MAKE YOU DO DRILLS FOR YOUR TEAMS. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE MY WORD ON THAT. UM, AND AS I SAID, ANY OTHER PRICING, WE WILL LAY IT ALL OUT PRIOR TO, TO STARTING, UM, AT KEY AND HOPE FOR APPROVAL. BUT AGAIN, WE WILL KEEP EVERYTHING COMPETITIVE TO ALL THE LOCAL FACILITIES AND INTEND TO KEEP GROWING AND, AND CREATE AS MANY EVENTS AS POSSIBLE, UM, FOR THE PLAYERS IN DALLAS. SO WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED. AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VIRTUAL CHLOE MCGEE. MS. MCGEE WILL HAVE TO HAVE YOUR VIDEO ON. I SEE YOU. YES. HELLO. ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS CHLOE MCGEE. I SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF ASSIMILATION AT CONCORD CHURCH HERE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM SEVEN, MR. WISE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, BUT I HAVE THE UNIQUE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING A BIT ABOUT WHO HE IS TODAY. MR. WISE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME MEMBER OF CONCORD CHURCH. HE'S SERVED FAITHFULLY AS A VOLUNTEER DECISION COUNSELOR, SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH IMPORTANT LIFE DECISIONS, WITH GENUINE WARMTH, WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR THAT PUTS PEOPLE AT EASE AND A CONSISTENT WILLINGNESS TO GO THE EXTRA MILE. AS A LEADER OF THE DECISION COUNSELOR TEAM, I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED HIS INCLUSIVITY, HIS SUPPORT, NOT JUST TOWARD OTHERS BUT ME AS WELL. AND THAT MATTERS BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT HIS LEADERSHIP WAS NEVER CONFINED TO A TITLE OR A SEASON. IT'S WHO HE IS. IN FACT, THIS PAST SUNDAY HE SHARED PHOTOS OF HIMSELF, UM, AS A YOUNG MAN DURING HIS TIME IN THE MILITARY. AND WHAT STRUCK OUT TO ME WAS THAT HIS LIFE HAS BEEN MARKED BY SERVICE IN EVERY SEASON, NOT JUST IN TITLE, BUT IM POSTURE. THE SAME MAN WHO HELPED SHAPE DALLAS THROUGH PUBLIC SYSTEMS CONTINUES TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS ONE PERSON AT A TIME. AND THAT'S WHAT LEGACY LOOKS LIKE. NOT ONLY WHAT YOU BUILD, BUT WHO YOU CONTINUE TO BE. BOULDER PARK IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF CONCORD CHURCH, A PLACE WHERE LIVES ARE BEING TRANSFORMED EVERY WEEK. TO HAVE A PARK THAT REPRESENTS COMMUNITY REFLECTION AND CONNECTION, CARRY THE NAME OF SOMEONE WHOSE LIFE EMBODIES THOSE SAME VALUES, CREATES A POWERFUL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN PLACE AND LEGACY. IT MEANS THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WON'T JUST PASS THROUGH BOULDER PARK. THEY'LL ENCOUNTER A NAME THAT REPRESENTS SERVICE STABILITY AND A LIFE LIVED FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS. MR. WISE'S LEADERSHIP HAS SHAPED SPACES FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. HIS CONTINUED SERVICE REFLECTS A LIFE STILL COMMITTED TO THAT SAME MISSION. THAT KIND OF CONTINUITY IS RARE AND IT IS WORTHY OF RECOGNITION. SO FOR THESE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE RENAMING OF BOULDER PARK TO FRANK P. WISE PARK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS. AWESOME, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO NEXT POINT ON AGENT, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR [00:45:01] MARCH 5TH, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION HERE AGAIN, MR. VERTA? SECONDED BY MR. GRADY, RIGHT? MCCANN? NO. UH, SALLY. OKAY. SECOND DATE? ANY WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYES HAVE IT. WE, NOW WE MOVE TO THE COMMENTS AND, UH, INTRODUCTIONS FROM OUR HOST. SO, SO, UH, RIGHT COMES SAVINA. HELLO. HELLO EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL DALLAS ARBORETUM. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN ON THIS GORGEOUS SPRING DAY. WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF DALLAS BLOOMS, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT TO SEE 'CAUSE WE BLOOM ALL YEAR WITH LOTS OF OTHER THINGS. WHO'S RUNNING THE SLIDES? SO I KNOW HOW TO SAY NEXT BACK HERE, BUT THEY CAN HEAR YOU IN, THEY YOU CAN HEAR ME. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK. ALRIGHT, SO THANK YOU. SO, UM, WHEN YOU'RE READY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I ALWAYS WANNA REMIND EVERYONE OUR MISSION, VISION AND VALUES. THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR ORGANIZATION. OUR VALUES WERE JUST, UM, PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS WE DID TWO YEARS AGO WAS VERY INCLUSIVE PROCESS WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. AND WE ARE REALLY DRIVEN BY OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE REFLECT THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. AND WE HAVE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY HERE IN DALLAS. AND WHEN I WAS WITH YOU ALL, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, GIVE OR TAKE, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ACCESS AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE REMOVED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST TWO AND A HALF YEARS NOW, AS THE CEO, WE'VE REMOVED MANY BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO ADMISSIONS THROUGH MUSEUMS FOR ALL WITH THE DISCOUNTED ADMISSIONS THROUGH THE REC TICKETS THAT WE GIVE YOU, THE 25,000. AND WE WILL ALWAYS WORK WITH SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE ARBORETUM BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR PUBLIC GARDEN, RIGHT? SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE OUR FOUR PILLARS, THIS IS WHY WE EXIST. AND IN 2025, WE ACHIEVED ALL THE GOALS AND EXCEEDED ALL OUR GOALS IN 2025. SO IF YOU HIT THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU. WE WERE JUST SHY OF 1.2 MILLION VISITORS REFLECTING 54% DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES AS NON-WHITE. IN OUR FIRST YEAR OF DOING THE DISCOUNTED ADMISSIONS FOR MUSEUMS FOR ALL, WE HIT NEARLY 30,000 ADMISSIONS IN ZIP CODES OF LOWER INCOME ZIP CODES WERE ACROSS THE REGION OF DALLAS, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITED. I, AND OF COURSE 102,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN. SO TWO YEARS IN A ROW WE'VE HIT NEW RECORDS WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN. SO LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHT OF THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE NEXT SLIDE. WE HAD A RECORD FINANCIAL YEAR. WE'VE HAD THE LARGEST, UH, FINANCIALS WE'VE EVER HAD. AND IN 2026 MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE AIMING FOR A 39 MILLION ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH IS A $5 MILLION GROWTH IN THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. SO TO LEAN TO SA SAY THE LEADERSHIP TEAM'S WORKING HARD TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO RAISE THE DALLAS ARBORETUM TO NEW HEIGHTS, OUR ENDOWMENT IS VERY STRONG. WE HAVE AMAZING MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS AND AT THE END OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HOPE TO GET TO 50,000 AND KIND OF HOVER THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, WHICH WE THINK MIGHT BE OUR MARKET CAP. AND THEN FROM AN OPERATION STANDPOINT, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE THREE NEW GARDENS UNDER RENOVATION RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE GONNA BE OPENING THEM IN MAY. AND THE THIRD GARDEN WILL BE REOPENED AT THE END OF OCTOBER WITH THE FAMILY WHO'S DONATED IT. OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAS INCREASED MORE THAN 22% AND WE HAVE, UM, OUR VISITOR EDUCATION PAVILIONS GETTING RENOVATED. IT HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN 22 YEARS. AND IT'S ALL INTERNAL RENOVATIONS WITH NEW WORK SPACES FOR OUR TEAM, BATHROOMS AND, UH, A NEW BREAK ROOM SO EVERYBODY CAN GET TOGETHER. AND NEXT SLIDE. EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS. THERE'S A LOT ON HERE, SO, UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO FOCUS ON EVERYTHING. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO IS THE DALLAS ARBORETUM OUT OF OUR POCKET GIVES CLOSE TO 317,000 A YEAR TO STUDENTS WHO AND SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN NEED OF BUS STIPENDS ONE DAY. I'D LOVE TO GET THAT COVERED BY FOLKS IN FOUNDATIONS AND GRANTS AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. ANOTHER FUN HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE IS THE FACT THAT 350 STUDENTS GET, UM, GIRL SCOUT BADGES FOR THE STEM BADGE HERE AT THE ARBORETUM. SO LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO THIS YEAR PLEASE. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF DALLAS BLOOMS. WE HAD A REALLY STRONG YEAR THIS YEAR, WHEREAS WE DID NOT LAST YEAR. AND WE CAN SAY THAT WAS MOTHER NATURE'S ISSUE. SHE WAS VERY COLD LAST YEAR, BUT SHE'S BROUGHT US WARMER WEATHER. NEXT SLIDE. LOTS OF HAPPY PEOPLE. WE, UH, HAVE SEEN ABOUT 12,000 MORE VISITORS THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, WHICH IS EXCITING. THEY'RE FROM ALL OVER TEXAS, BUT PARTICULARLY HERE IN DALLAS TOO. NEXT SLIDE. WE DECIDED THAT BLOOMS SHOULD BE MORE ABOUT THE TULIPS, RIGHT? IT, IT'S BEYOND THAT. SO WE STARTED WITH ORCHIDS AND WE'RE DOING A NEW ORCHID ENCHANTMENT SHOW. WE'RE STARTING IT IN THE HISTORIC DE GALLIER HOME. EVERY ROOM WAS JUST, UM, A DIFFERENT THEME OF DIFFERENT ORCHIDS. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. FIRST YEAR OUT, WE GOT SOME NICE [00:50:01] COMMENTS ON THAT AND THEN WE DID BLOOMS AND SO WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF THAT. BUT GUESS WHAT Y'ALL, WE HAVE A BLOCKBUSTER EXHIBITION COMING THIS SUMMER. I HOPE ALL OF YOU AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FIFA. 'CAUSE PEOPLE IN, UH, EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD LOVE THEIR PUBLIC GARDENS. WE ARE, UH, DEBUTING THE LARGEST SHOW OF HUNT SLOAN'S WORK EVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE WORLD. HE'S A FAMOUS AMERICAN ARTIST. HE IS MOSTLY KNOWN FOR HIS PAINTINGS OF BUNNY EARS THAT GO FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. HIS WORK IS ALL AROUND THE WORLD IN MAJOR MUSEUMS. UM, BUT WE'RE DOING HIS SCULPTURE AND WE WILL HAVE WORK THAT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE. AND SO IF YOU'LL THROW THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL DEBUT THE CREATIVE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. HOP ON OVER TO THE ARBORETUM. IT'S HUNT SLOAN, BUNNY BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES. THAT'S THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THIS EXHIBITION. SO FLY DOWN, FLUTTER BY JUST THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL START SEEING ALL OVER DALLAS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, DIGITAL BOARDS, EVERYTHING. SO WE'RE EXCITED. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL BE DOING TWILIGHT NIGHTS WITH HUNT SO THAT THOSE WHO WORK NINE TO FIVE JOBS CAN ACTUALLY COME TO THE ARBORETUM A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE EVENING. ALL THE SCULPTURE WILL BE LIT BEAUTIFULLY AT NIGHT AND THEY'RE REFLECTIVE SURFACES. SO THERE ARE MIRRORS AND IT'S GLASS AND IT SHOULD REALLY LOOK STUNNING. THIS WILL BE ALL OVER THE ARBORETUM. AND WE HAVE 29 MAJOR INSTALLATIONS. THAT'S MORE THAN A HUNDRED PIECES OF ART THAT WILL BE RIGHT HERE ON THE CANVAS THAT THE ARBORETUM WILL CREATE. THERE'S SOME MORE PHOTOS. UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE OF HUNT HIMSELF. AGAIN, SOME OF THE PIECES THAT WE'LL BE GETTING, HIS GAZING BALLS, HIS UH, THREE MUSES, HIS DISCO BUNNIES, I LIKE TO CALL THEM. AND AS WE MOVE INTO FALL, WE'RE GONNA RIFF OFF THE WHOLE ARTIST THEME WITH HARVEST FUSE. OF COURSE HAN SALON WILL BE PART OF THAT IN THE E BUT UH, THIS IS SORT OF THE MOCK CREATIVE WE'RE DOING. BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ARE FEATURING PEOPLE THAT HOPEFULLY KNOW MORE FAMOUS ARTISTS LIKE KEITH HERING, POP ARTIST OUT OF NEW YORK, THE VERY FAMOUS VAN GOGH AND YAYOI KASAMA, WHO HAS DONE SHOWS BEFORE IN PUBLIC GARDENS. AND IF YOU, UM, LOOK ONE MORE TIME AT THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS HOW THE PUMPKIN VILLAGE WILL TRANSLATE INTO ART. KIND OF COOL, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND JUST GO WITH THE WHOLE ART THEME FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA BE WINDING DOWN OUR YEAR, AS USUAL WITH HOLIDAY AT THE ARBORETUM AND OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS VILLAGE. AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, OKAY, THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 12 YEARS THIS YEAR, THIS WILL BE THE LAST YEAR WE'RE GONNA THROW THEM A FAREWELL PARTY AND THEIR 12TH YEAR, IT'S TIME. THE TECHNOLOGY IS VERY OUTDATED. UM, WE'RE GETTING SOME INTERESTING REMARKS IN CONSUMER MARKET DATA TO TICKET HOLDERS. SO IT'S TIME TO CREATE A NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION FOR THE DALLAS ARBORETUM. SO IF WE JUST HIT ONE MORE SLIDE AS YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THE VILLAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN 2027 AS A PLACEHOLDER. AND WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THESE ARTISTS RIGHT NOW. THE ARTISTS ARE CALLED HII ZO, AND IT'S A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM OUT OF LOS ANGELES. THEY DO PHENOMENAL DYE METAL CUT, CUT SCULPTURES THAT ARE MONUMENTAL IN SIZE. SOME OF THEM ARE THE SIZE OF THIS ENTIRE YOU SET UP RIGHT NOW WITH THE TABLES, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PERSON STANDING IN THAT, IN THAT. SO IT'S A BIT ORNAMENTAL. SO WE'LL SEE THEM AT NIGHT, BUT ALSO DURING THE DAY. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN START TO SEE THE SCALE AGAIN. WE ARE DOING THE LARGEST SHOW OF HI COSO EVER SEEN IN THE WORLD. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT STARTED OUT AT BURNING MAN A LONG TIME AGO AND HAVE BECOME FAMOUS THROUGH BURNING MAN. UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS, UH, INSTALLATION TRANSLATES AT NIGHT. AGAIN, THE ORNAMENTAL FEEL. WE WILL DO THIS FOR ONE YEAR AS A PLACEHOLDER BEFORE WE DO THE NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION, WHICH WE'RE STILL WORKING ON. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE SCALE. UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS A VIDEO, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE TIME CONSTRAINED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT AND JUST HIT THERE. YEAH, YOU CAN HIT AGAIN. THERE YOU GO. SO THAT'S HIZO FOR, UM, 2027 AND THAT WILL RUN ACTUALLY MUCH LONGER. THAT'LL GO NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LONGER RUN AND GENERATE MORE REVENUES AND EXCITEMENT FOR THE DALLAS ARBORETUM. OKAY, ALICE'S WONDERLAND IS COMING AS WELL IN 2027. I HAVE WORKED ON THIS SHOW AT THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN WHEN I WAS THERE AND WE WERE THE FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES TO BRING IT. IT'S THE ART OF MOSAIC CULTURE. THEY ARE MONUMENTAL PLANT SCULPTURES. THEY ARE NOT TOPIARIES. YOU CAN SEE THIS YOUNG LA THIS YOUNG GIRL. WE HAD SO MANY OF THE COMMUNITY DRESSED UP IN ALICE CLOTHES. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE ROUGHLY 10 INSTALLATIONS OF THIS SIZE THAT WE WILL BRING. WHY WE LOVE THIS SHOW IS IT'S BASED IN HORTICULTURE. WE CAN'T HAVE IT WITHOUT PLANTS. UM, SO IT'S GOING, WE'RE, UH, CONTRACTING WITH THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MY FORMER BOSS AND I ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW. THERE'S THE CHESHIRE CAT. HE'S ABOUT SEVEN FEET WIDE AND FOUR FEET TALL. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL [00:55:01] SEE ANOTHER PIECE OF, UM, ALICE'S WONDERLAND, WHICH OF COURSE IS ALICE FALLING DOWN THE HOLE AFTER THE RABBIT. UM, IT IS A PHENOMENAL EXHIBITION. EVERYONE LOVES THIS. THIS IS THE ONLY SHOW WE DID IN ATLANTA THAT BEAT DALE CHIHULY'S NUMBERS. AND Y'ALL HAD DALE CHIHULY BACK IN 2012 AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET HIM BACK TOO. SO STAY TUNED ON THAT ONE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE'S THE QUEEN OF HEARTS, THE CHECKERBOARD THAT'S SO FAMOUS. AND ON THE LAST SLIDE ARE THE BOOKS THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING. THERE'S A LOT MORE, I JUST COULDN'T SHOW YOU EVERYTHING TODAY, BUT WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT WITH ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN RIGHT NOW TO BRING THIS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE LOST IN WONDER AT THE ARBORETUM. WE WILL STILL CONTINUE AS WE WRAP. LAST SLIDE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE ALREADY THERE, . YOU'RE MOVING ME ALONG. THAT'S GOOD. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GLAD WE ALL HAVE NATURE IN COMMON. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER WITH THE WAY THE WORLD IS THAT WE COME TO PLACES LIKE PARKS AND GREEN SPACE TO CALM OURSELVES DOWN AND GET OUR BLOOD PRESSURE LOWER AGAIN AND SEE THE BEAUTY THAT IS IN OUR WORLD. AND THE ARBORETUM IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PLACES IN OUR GREAT CITY WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN BUSY, HUH? YEAH. THINKING LONG TERM ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I THINK THIS IS, UM, THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL STUFF COMING. UM, I I AM VERY, VERY, VERY EXCITED, UM, TO SEE ALL OF THIS COME TO FRUITION. SO THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE EXCITED TOO. AND, AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, OPENING THE BARRIERS, UM, BECAUSE IF PEOPLE WANNA COME TO THE ARBORETUM, IT'S AVAILABLE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE Y'ALLS HELP ON THAT. MR. . UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. UH, YES. I CON CONCUR WAS, UH, MY FELLOW, MY COLLEAGUE HERE. UH, AWESOME. THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE 2027. OH YEAH. THAT'S WHERE WE GOTTA HAVE PARTNERS THAT KIND OF MOVE THE NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT. AND I'M JUST SURPRISED, I THINK I TOLD YOU THIS LAST TIME, IT'S ONLY BEEN 12 YEARS FOR, FOR THE 12 DAYS OF . IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN 20 . BUT BUT THEY'RE AMAZING TOO. WHEN THEY FIRST CAME IN EVERY YEAR THEY'VE BEEN AMAZING. BUT, UH, I HATE TO SEE 'EM GO, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD TO BRING NEW LIFE SOMETIMES TO THAT EVENT. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM AND THE PARK LOOKS GREAT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CONSUMER MARKET STUDY WE DID TWO YEARS AGO TO TICKET HOLDERS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE READY FOR SOMETHING NEW. SO WE LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. SO JUST WAIT 2028. IT IS GONNA BE EXCITING WORKING ON IT NOW. ANYONE ELSE? MR. CONNOR? THANK YOU. I, UH, TOLD AMBER, UM, BEFORE WE STARTED, MY UH, WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING OUR DAUGHTER HOME FROM SOCCER LAST NIGHT. SHE ASKED WHERE WE WERE HAVING THE PARK, WHERE MY WIFE DID, WHERE WE HAVING THE PARK BOARD, WE TODAY. AND I SAID, WE'RE GONNA THE ARBORETUM. AND MY DAUGHTER SAID, WHAT ? I'M SKIPPING SCHOOL . AND I SAID, YOU'RE NOT, SHE'S SEVEN. AND I SAID, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE GONNA SCHOOL. UM, BUT I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE ARBORETUM AND THIS IS WHY. UM, AND SO MY QUESTION'S ABOUT REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES MM-HMM . ON THESE MM-HMM . ITEMS. WHAT ENHANCED REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES OR LIKE MEET AND GREETS WITH THE, SOME OF THEM, THE ARTISTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. COULD WE EXPECT FOR YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB? I'M JUST ASKING LIKE FOR MORE CONTEXT RIGHT NOW. YEAH, SURE. SO FOR HUNT SLOAN, WHICH IS UH, OPENING RIGHT IN ON APRIL 20TH OF THIS YEAR, HUNT WILL BE HERE. HE'S GONNA BE DOING PLE AIR PAINTING IN THE ARBORETUM GARDENS. ANYONE CAN TALK TO HIM. HE LOVES TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT HIS ART. AND HE'LL DO SOME ORIGINAL PAINTINGS THAT HOPEFULLY EITHER A DONOR WILL PURCHASE FOR US, ANOTHER REVENUE CONTRIBUTED REVENUE OPPORTUNITY. UH, WE HAVE A GALA COMING, SO OUR DONORS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT AND RAISE MORE MONEY TO COVER THE FEES. UM, WE'RE HOPING A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL USE THE REC CENTER TICKETS TO COME SEE HUNTS ON THEM. SO, HUNT'S ONLY BEEN DONE BEFORE AT MY FORMER GARDEN IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IT WAS A TEST SHOW. THIS IS THE COMING OUT PARTY. THIS IS THREE AND A HALF TIMES LARGER. AND, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO FOLKS MET ALL OF THEIR BUDGET GOALS BACK, BACK IN 2024. SO WE HOPE TO DO THE SAME WITH LIFTS IN VISITATION, GETTING NEW AUDIENCES HERE BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT. THERE'S SOMETHING NEW TO SEE. HUNT'S WORK IS BOLD, BRIGHT, AND COLORFUL. IT MAY NOT BE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, KIDS ARE GONNA LOVE IT AND, AND THEY FAMILIES WILL TAKE 'EM OUT HERE. SO, AND THEN WITH IMAGINARY WORLDS, IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IT'S FANTASY WHO HASN'T READ ALICE IN WONDERLAND. HOPEFULLY IT'S STILL RELEVANT TO KIDS TODAY, OR YOUNG YOUNG KIDS. SO I THINK IN THE GENERAL PART, WE WILL ALWAYS ASK FOR THE MEMBERSHIP ORDER AND INCREASE OUR MEMBERSHIPS, INCREASE VISITATIONS AND REPEAT VISITATIONS. DON'T JUST COME SEE IT ONCE, COME SEE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN WITH MORE OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE ANOTHER WAY TO GENERATE REVENUES. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AM I MISSING ANY? THANK YOU, SABINA. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE AND THANKS AGAIN FOR HOSTING US. YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT WE GET TO OUR NEXT POINT ON AGENDA SAFETY UPDATE, WHICH I KNOW MR. MIMI'S FAVORITE SUBJECT TODAY. RIGHT? LOVE IT. [01:00:11] GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS. UM, THIS MORNING, OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT OUR SAFETY, UH, UPDATES. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SAFETY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, THE PARK SAFETY AND SECURITY STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING BLOCK BY BLOCK. AND SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA UP, UM, YOU KNOW, ADVISE YOU OF THOSE UPDATES. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO KIND OF TAKE BACK, UM, LOOK AT THE YEAR AND THIS PAST YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW AND IT'S COME TO THE FLOOR, UH, IN REGARD TO THAT, WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN DOING OUR QUARTERLY UPDATES THE WAY THAT WE USED TO. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY TO YOU IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES, UM, IN THIS PAST YEAR AS TO, TO THE WAY THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU ALL INFORMATION. AND SO I'M GONNA LET KEVIN AND, AND, UM, THE, THE GROUP TELL YOU ABOUT THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS, BUT IT'S MOVING US INTO THE FUTURE WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THIS INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR HAND WHERE YOU CAN REVIEW IT ON YOUR OWN, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS IF NEEDED. UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED ON THIS PAST YEAR, UH, TO REPOSITION PARK SAFETY SO THAT WE CAN BASICALLY LEVEL IT UP. UH, WE HAVE A NEW, UH, LIAISON THAT WE BROUGHT ON BOARD LAST YEAR WITH THE EXIT OF CHIEF WATSON. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HIM, AND HE IS HERE TO GIVE HIS REPORT, AND THAT IS CHIEF MATA ALLEN. SO HE IS GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU IN REGARD TO, YOU KNOW, THE MAJOR INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD. BUT WHAT I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW IS THAT, UH, THIS TEAM HAS WORKED VERY HARD AND VERY DILIGENTLY AND MORE EFFECTIVELY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARKS ARE SAFE, UH, FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE CHIEF, AND THEN AT THE, AFTER HE FINISHES, UH, OUR TEAM WILL SPEAK, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW PROUD I AM OF THIS TEAM AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE. AND I REALLY WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR, UM, NEW CHAIR OF OUR AD HI COMMITTEE, UH, MR. RUDY KAMI. UH, HE WORKS, AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS, HE IS SO ENTHUSIASTIC, AND SO WE JUST APPRECIATE, UH, HIS LEADERSHIP AND HOW HE'S WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH US, UH, AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD. SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO CHIEF OF ADJUSTER ALLEN. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN BOARD. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. UH, JUST WANNA START OFF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT DALLAS PD THING. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT I HAVE WITH, UH, THIS GREAT TEAM BEHIND ME WITH THE DALLAS MARSHALS, DALLAS, ISD, AND DALLAS PARK RANGERS. SO IT'S A COLLABORATION OF GREAT WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, BUT I'M GONNA FOCUS ON OVERALL FOR THE PAST YEAR AND DIVE IN TO BRIEFLY A FEW INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE PARTS OVER THE YEAR. BUT IT'S A PLEASURE TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME CONTINUES TO TREND DOWNWARD. UH, THOUGH ISOLATED SERIES, UH, INCIDENTS REMAIN UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS. UH, PROPERTY CRIME SHOWS AN IMPROVEMENT OVERALL, UH, WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT PRESENTING AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR US. WE'RE GONNA DIVE IN A FEW INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR, STARTING OFF WITH A HOMICIDE THAT OCCURRED JANUARY THE 22ND, 2026 AT 3 0 3 GLASGOW DRIVE, WHICH IS, UH, WILLY WINTERS, UH, PARK, UH, WHERE THIS OCCURRED IS A PARKING ADJACENT PARKING LOT NEXT TO, UH, WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL. UH, AND THIS WAS AN ALTERCATION IN A VEHICLE WHERE A JUVENILE ARRESTEE, UH, SHOT AND KILLED A JUVENILE COMPLAINANT. UH, WE HAD NO GANG NEXUS TO THIS GANG AFFILIATION, AS I SAID, OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT. AND THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION WITH THAT INCIDENT. BUT WE WAS, THAT WAS AN INVESTIGATION AND HAD GREAT WORK WITH OUR INVESTIGATIVE UNIT ALONG WITH, UH, DALLAS, ISD AND DALLAS MARSHALL, WHO RESPONDED TO THE LOCATION ON MARCH 6TH, 2026. ALSO ANOTHER HOMICIDE THAT OCCURRED AT 81 50 FOREST LANE, WHICH IS THE COTTONWOOD TRAIL AREA. UH, DISTRICT 10, UH, ADULT MALES GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION AT THE LOCATION WHERE ONE OF THOSE MALES STABBED THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL IN THE NECK CAUSING HIS DEATH. UH, THE MOTIVE OF THAT INCIDENT IS STILL UNDETERMINED UNDER INVESTIGATION OF RIGHT NOW, UH, MARCH 16TH, 2026 AT RB COLMAN, THE GRAND AREA. THIS IS WHERE, UH, WE HAD AN UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL WAS FOUND DECEASED AT THIS LOCATION IS UNDETERMINED. UH, AT THE TIME OF RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS CAUSE OF DEATH INCIDENT REGARDING THAT? UH, ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026 AT THE LB HOUSTON AREA, WHICH IS, UH, 1 0 1 5 2, UH, WILDWOOD DRIVE, WHERE WE ALSO FOUND ANOTHER UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL DECEASED AT THE LOCATION WHERE OUR HOT TEAM AND COMPLIANCE, EVERYTHING WENT OUT TO THE LOCATION TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP FACILITATE THAT AREA. UH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING ONGOING VANDALISM IN THE, UH, NORTH HAVEN TRAIL AREA, UH, WHERE [01:05:01] THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GRAFFITI AND, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ALONG THE TRAIL. UH, THERE HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR THE MOST PART SINCE APRIL, 2025. UH, THE NORTHWEST PATROL DIVISION HAS INCREASED THEIR PATROL PRESENCE IN THEIR AREA, AND WE'VE INSTALLED CAMERAS AND TRAILERS IN THEIR AREAS AND ALSO BROUGHT IN VICE OF NARCOTICS TO HELP SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT INCIDENT. AND ALSO ON MARCH 14TH, 2025, WE HAD AN INCIDENT AT KEYS PARK AND AT GLENDALE PARK, UH, INCIDENT WHERE, UH, IT STARTED OFF IN ANOTHER ADJACENT CITY, ARLINGTON GRAND PRAIRIE AREA, WHERE A BUNCH OF INDIVIDUALS CAME FROM THAT CITY AND CAME TO KEYS PARK, A LARGE GROUP. THEY BEGAN TO GET INTO AN ALTERCATION WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED. HAD AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS SHOT AT THE LOCATION, THEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS LEFT AT KEITH PARK, WENT OFF TO GLENDALE PARK WHERE OFFICERS RESPONDING TO BREAK UP THAT INCIDENT. WE ALSO BROUGHT IN GANG AND OTHER UNITS TO HELP, UH, FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT. BUT THERE'S NO OTHER INCIDENT SINCE THEN. UH, THOSE THREE INCIDENTS I TALKED ABOUT, UH, RRB CALLED LB HOUSTON AND NORTH HAVEN TRAIL SHOWS THAT IT'S VERY CRITICAL TO CONCERN. AND THEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR HOT TEAM. IT SHOWS THAT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THAT CERTAIN INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE INSIDE THE PARKS AREN'T WITH OUR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS. SO WE ARE PARTNERING NOW WITH CODE SANITATION, UH, EMCR AND OUR HOT TEAM TO GO OUT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF INCIDENTS AND WHAT ISSUES THAT WE HAVING IN THESE PARTS TO HELP TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS INTO FACILITIES WHERE WE CAN HELP REDUCE THOSE, UH, PROPERTY CRIMES THAT WE ARE SEEING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE VIOLENT CRIMES THAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING. BUT THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OUR CITY FACILITIES AND CITY AGENCIES WITH THAT AS WELL. UH, OVERALL, LIKE I SAID, OUR OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 24%. OUR PROPERTY CRIMES ARE DOWN 11%, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SEEING A SLIGHT INCREASE, UH, FAR AS OUR MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, WHICH IS UP 27%, BUT OUR BMVS ARE DOWN 25 UH, PERCENT. BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT A DPD THING, THIS IS A, BECAUSE OF THE GREAT COLLABORATION THAT WE ARE HAVING WITH ALL THE INDIVIDUALS I HAVE BEHIND DALLAS MARSH OR DALLAS ISD DALLAS PARK RANGERS. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. SO I HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT MR. KARIMI NOT TO PRESENT FIRST AND THEN ASK OH, OH, SORRY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. YEAH. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'LL FINISH PRESENTATION FIRST. MR. KARI. YEAH. THE OTHER FOLKS WHO NEED TO PRESENT. RENEE, GOOD MORNING. TODAY I'LL BE PROVIDING OUR PARK SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATES JUST AS A PRESENTATION OVERVIEW. UH, WE'LL GO OVER OUR PURPOSE, WE'LL GO OVER OUR PARK SAFETY HIGHLIGHTS. UH, WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE UPDATES, UH, FROM OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY DASHBOARD. WE'LL ALSO SPEAK TO OUR 24 AND 25 FY 24 25 INVESTMENTS MADE WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. WE HAVE WITH US THIS MORNING. ALSO, WE'LL HAVE TRENDING IMPROVEMENT UPDATES, UH, FROM OUR DALLAS MARSHALL'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS UPDATES ON OUR SECURITY SURVEILLANCE CAMERA PROGRAM AND OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY CONSULTANTS, WHICH WE, WHICH WE HAVE BEGAN ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM. WE'LL PROVIDE UPDATES ON THAT AND ALSO WE'LL ROUND OUT WITH SOME PARK RANGE OF HIGHLIGHTS AND SOME KEY NEXT STEPS. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. THIS PRESENTATION TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITHIN OUR PARK SAFETY AND SECURITY STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS PLAN IS DRIVEN BY FOUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS THAT INCLUDE INTER-AGENCY INITIATIVES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EQUIPMENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND INVENTORY AND SAFETY STRATEGY GUIDELINES. WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME PARK BOARD MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT HAVE A COPY OF THIS FULL PLAN, BUT AFTER THIS MEETING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET A COPY OF THE FULL SAFETY AND SECURITY, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR SAFETY STRATEGIES. WE'RE GONNA BE UTILIZING THIS MORNING, OUR PARK SAFETY, UH, PARK SAFE DASHBOARD. UH, WE ARE TAKING SLIDES FROM THIS DASHBOARD TO HIGHLIGHT METRICS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO OUR SAFETY HIGHLIGHTS. SO THE FIRST SLIDE, AS MS. JOHNSON SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, WILL TAKE US BACK A LITTLE BIT PAST OUR RECENT PHYSICAL YEAR, GOING BACK TO JUNE, 2025, AND MOVING US UP TO FEBRUARY, 2026. SO THIS FIRST SLIDE IS HIGHLIGHTING PARK RANGER METRICS THAT INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF PARK AND TRAIL VISITS OUR PARK RANGERS MAKE. THE NUMBER OF INFRACTIONS THAT THEY ENGAGE WITH. THE NUMBER OF TRAIL MILEAGE IS THE NEXT COLUMN THAT INDICATES HOW THEY MONITOR AND HOW THEY PATROL TRAILS, EITHER ON UTV AND OR BIKE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE COMPLIANCE RATE THAT THEY RECEIVE WHILE THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM ON PARTICULAR IN INFRACTIONS. [01:10:01] IF YOU GO BELOW THAT, YOU'LL ALSO SEE WHAT THE TOP 10 INFRACTIONS ARE WITHIN THIS DASHBOARD, UH, WITH DOGS OFF LEASH BEING NUMBER ONE, UH, THE TOP PARKS, UH, WITHIN FRACTIONS, WHICH WOULD BE IN BACHMAN LAKE THAT OUR RANGERS ARE ENGAGING WITH. AND THEN THE TOP 10 PARKS WITH DOGS OFF LEASH. HERE, WE'RE DEMONSTRATING SIX ACROSS THIS VIEW OF THE DASHBOARD BOARD AND WHAT PARKS ARE LISTED THERE. AND THEN THE TOP 10 PARKS AND TRAILS IN WHICH WE PATROL ON BIKE OR UTV BELOW. IT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU, AGAIN, A COUNCIL VIEW MAP OF ALL OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS. AND TO THE RIGHT, THE PARK COMPLIANCE RATE TABLE JUST BREAKS IT DOWN BY COMPLIANCE RATE BY VARIOUS MONTHS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, IN THE TABLE BELOW. NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE GIVES THE SAME METRICS, HOWEVER, IT FEATURES OUR PARK MARSHALS GOING BACK TO THOSE DATES OF JUNE, 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY, 2026. SO A LITTLE SIMILAR OF THE METRICS OF MEASUREMENTS, BUT DIFFERENT FROM HOW OUR PARK MARSHALS ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM. SO AT THE TOP IS THE NUMBER OF VISITS MADE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD OF JUST A LITTLE OVER 11,000, UH, PARK VISITS. OUR PARK MARSHALS ARE MAKING, UH, THE INFRACTIONS 3,283. THE NUMBER OF WARNINGS ISSUED 2023, AND THE NUMBER OF RESTS MADE WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME IS 543. THE ADJACENT MAP BELOW SHOWS ALSO IS THE HEAT MAP THAT SHOWS THE EMPHASIS OF THE AREA IN WHICH THEY ARE MAKING THOSE INFRACTIONS, UH, AND THOSE INTERACTIONS THE MOST. AND THEN THE BAR GRAPH TO THE RIGHT REALLY BREAKS IT DOWN BY THE TOTAL INFRACTIONS, TOTAL CITATIONS AND TOTAL WARNINGS OVER PERIOD OF TIME. AND THE TOTAL ARREST BELOW, IT MAY BE A LITTLE FUZZY ON YOUR SLIDES, BUT HERE WE SEPARATED, UH, OUR OVERNIGHT SHIFT. THE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, BLUE AREA IS ACTIVITY THAT ARE HAPPENING WHEN OUR PARKS ARE CLOSED AFTER 11:00 PM AND THE DARKEST SHADE IS, IS ACTIVITY THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH ON THOSE VIOLATIONS WHEN OUR PARKS ARE OPEN. NEXT SLIDE. SO, BRINGING US MORE UP TO DATE, BEGINNING FY 2026 YEAR TO DATE THE SAME METRICS, BUT REALLY FOCUSING US NOW ON THIS PHYSICAL YEAR. SO THE METRICS ARE THE SAME, UH, AS RELATES TO HOW WE ENGAGE WITH OUR PARK RANGERS. UH, 13,000 VISITS FROM PHYSICAL YEAR BEGINNING TO NOW, UH, 1,267 INFRACTIONS. TRAIL MILEAGE AT 5 78, AND OUR COMPLIANCE RATE IS AT 92%, WHICH IS GOOD. SO WE KNOW THAT GOING OUT AND ENGAGING WITH OUR PARK RANGERS, UH, EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS ON THE ORDINANCES AND THE RULES OF OUR PARK SYSTEM AT THAT FIRST LAYER APPROACH IS, IS REALLY WORKING. SO 92%, WE'RE PROUD TO SAY OUR PARK RANGERS ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT SLIDE JUST HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN, ARE OUR DALLAS MARSHALLS, UH, FROM THIS PHYSICAL YEAR WITH FY 2026, MOVING US TO THE YEAR TO DATE WITH 4,000 VISITS, UH, JUST OVER A THOUSAND AND FRACTIONS, UH, UH, 906 CITATIONS AND 570 WARNINGS GIVEN. WE'RE JUST MAKING 189 ARRESTS, UH, WITHIN THE SYSTEM. THE METRIC STAYS THE SAME AT THE BOTTOM, SHOWING YOU THE HIGHLIGHTED MAPS IN AREAS ACROSS COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THE INTERACTION WHEN OUR PARK SYSTEM IS CLOSED VERSUS WHEN IT'S OPEN, UH, TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS INVESTMENTS AND, AND INVESTMENTS MADE WITHIN THE SYSTEM. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, OUR MARSHALLS AND DPD ARE GREAT PARTNERS. HAVE YOU HEARD THIS MORNING FROM REPRESENTATIVES AND WE'LL HEAR FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM ORGANIZATIONS. SO, LAST FISCAL YEAR, UH, WE SPENT $1.1 MILLION, UH, WITH OUR DALLAS MARSHALLS, UH, PROGRAM FOR THE PATROLLING AND THE INVESTMENT THAT, AND THINGS, AND HOW THEY, UH, WORK WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM. AND THEN WITH DPD, UH, $619,000, UH, FOR WHAT WE RETAIN THEM TO DO WITH PATROLLING AND OVERTIME OPPORTUNITIES AND OUR AQUATIC CENTERS AND OTHER AREAS WHERE WE MAY BE FACING SOME CHALLENGES. SO THIS TIME, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BRING OUR DALLAS MARSHALLS TO THE, TO THE MIC TO TALK ABOUT TRENDING IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE SEEN TO ACCOMPANY DPD ON SPECIAL PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES OR PROTOCOLS THAT THEY, UH, TAKE ON FOR US. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. [01:15:02] GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN, ESPECIALLY ON THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. UH, IN CASE I HAVEN'T MET SOME OF YOU. SO NEW COUNCIL, UM, NEW BOARD MEMBERS, SERGEANT ROS IN THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE. I'M ONE OF THE LEAD SERGEANTS FOR THE PARK UNIT. UM, I DO WANT TO ECHO, UH, OUR IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR, OUR, UH, GREAT SUCCESS WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS. I'VE BEEN OVER THE PARKS UNIT FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS NOW, AND OUR NUMBERS WILL SHOW, UH, DEDICATION THAT OUR TEAM HAS, OUR LEADERSHIP, HAS, OUR MARSHAL HAS, AND OUR CHIEFS AND SO FORTH HAVE TOWARDS US AND TOWARDS THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING FOR THE PARKS UNIT AND FOR OUR PARKS ITSELF. AS OUR PARK SYSTEM GROWS, OUR CHALLENGES GROWS. BUT THANKS TO OUR, UH, COLLABORATIONS WITH D-P-D-D-I-S-D AND SO FORTH, UH, WE HAVE GAINED, WE HAVE GAINED A GREAT STRIDE. UM, AND I'LL TAKE THIS PAST JANUARY'S INCIDENT OVER AT WILLIS WINTERS PARK, AND ONE OF THE KEY POINTS THAT REALLY OPENED DOORS FOR OUR OFFICE AND ABROAD, UH, AFTER THAT INCIDENT OCCURRED, IT REALLY OPENED UP SOME, UH, AVENUES FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND REVEALED A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR CHALLENGES THAT WE ALL FACE TOGETHER. WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCEED AND MULTIPLE GUN SEIZURES. OVER THE PAST YEAR ITSELF. WE AVERAGED AROUND FOUR GUN FIREARMS BEING SEIZED. AND I WANT TO ECHO THAT FROM CHIEF COMA, WHAT HE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT THE FIREARMS BEING SHOT IN THE PARKS AND SO FORTH. UH, WE ARE AVERAGING AROUND 4, 4, 4, 4 FIREARMS, UH, PER, UH, MONTH BEING SEIZED. AND THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY IS. ARRESTS ARE STEMMING FROM, UH, WITH NARCOTICS AND SO FORTH. BUT WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE WITH THE COLLABORATION WITH DPD, AND AGAIN, WITH DSD, UH, OUR NUMBERS ARE SHOWING VAST, UM, VAST, UM, THE DETECTIONS FOR GOING DOWN. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS OUR EVENTS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, NEW YEAR'S EVE, AND ESPECIALLY OUR FIRST WATCH UNIT. UH, AND I ALSO WANT TO ECHO FOR THIS PAST SPRING BREAK. I THINK THE SPRING BREAK WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES NATIONWIDE, NOT JUST WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF, BUT OUR TEAMS ARE GETTING MORE SOPHISTICATED, ESPECIALLY WITH AI. WE'VE HAD SOME, UM, GANG, UM, GANG AFFILIATED EVENTS THEY TRIED TO KICK OFF. BUT THANKS TO OUR EFFORTS TOGETHER AND OUR TEAM TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER AND UNDERSTAND REALLY THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECTS OF IT, WE'RE ABLE TO DEBUNK MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF THE, UH, INCIDENTS THAT WERE ATTEMPTED TO HAPPEN IN THE PARK SYSTEM. EXCUSE ME. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THIS YEAR OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE OUR NUMBERS DROP DRAMATICALLY EVEN MORE AS OUR PARK SYSTEM GROWS, OUR STAFFING, YOU KNOW, WILL GROW AS WELL. AND OUR EFFORTS TOGETHER WILL REALLY SHOW, UH, WHAT WE ARE IMPACTING WITH THE PARK SYSTEM. THE NEXT SLIDE. SO AS MENTIONED, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY STRATEGIC PLAN IS EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND PART OF OUR IN EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS OUR GROWING SECURITY CAMERA AND SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM. SO, UNDER THIS PROGRAM, I WILL ALLOW JEREMY MCMAHON TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT OUR INVENTORY IS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING OR AFTERNOON. UH, SO RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 250 STREAMS. THESE ARE ALL OUTSIDE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE. OF THESE 250 STREAMS, WE HAVE SIX CAMERA TRAILERS, AND WE HAVE THREE MESSAGE BOARDS THAT ALSO HAVE A CAMERA, UM, PER CAMERA TRAILER, THERE'S FIVE STREAMS. SO I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS, BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. BUT BASICALLY, OUR CAMERA TRAILER OFFERS 30 STREAMS. OUR MESSAGE BOARDS OFFERS THREE STREAMS. SO WITH THAT SAID, THESE 250 STREAMS, THERE'S TWO 17 THAT ARE FIXED, 33 ARE MOBILE. AND OF THESE 250 STREAMS ALL ARE FED TO THE DPD FUSION CENTER. SO DPD DOES HAVE ACCESS TO EVERY CAMERA WE HAVE OUTSIDE CURRENTLY SET UP. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT OUR COLLABORATION, THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY WORK WITH THE DPE WITH DPD AND THE FUSION CENTER TO ENSURE THAT ANYTIME WE GET A CAMERA UP THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN PROCESS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO ANY CAMERA THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO AS WELL. UH, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FROM, IT'S GROWN BETTER AND WE, WE CONTINUE TO GROW. WE'LL START TO ADD MORE CAMERAS IN, AND CHIEF ALLEN ALSO HELPS US WITH THAT AS WELL. SO, NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. ALSO, IN ADDITION TO OUR CAMERAS, WE ALSO HAVE ENGAGED WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY CONSULTANT. UM, WE HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING ON FEBRUARY, 2025, [01:20:02] ON FEBRUARY 25TH, I'M SORRY, 2026. AND WE IDENTIFIED THREE PHASES, UH, FOR OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND ASSESS OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PROGRAM WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM. SO PHASE ONE IS THE DISCOVERY PHASE INCLUDED OUR KICKOFF MEETING. THEY REQUESTED SOME DOCUMENTS FROM US. THEY'LL GO THROUGH A CRIMINAL ANALYSIS REPORT, PERFORM A RISK ASSESSMENT, AND ALSO WE'LL BE CONDUCTING SOME STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, WHICH SOME OF YOU ALL POTENTIALLY WILL BE A PART OF. PHASE TWO IS A SITE ASSESSMENT WHERE THEY'LL GO OUT AND ANALYZE VARIOUS PARKS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM, PERFORM SEP TED TESTS, AND ALSO RESPOND BACK TO US WITH SOME KEY DELIVERABLES OF FINDINGS. PHASE THREE, THE ANALYSIS PHASE, THEY WILL CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, SECURITY PROGRAM REVIEWS AND DOCUMENT REVIEWS AND PREPARE PRESENTATIONS ON THEIR FINDING AS THEY PREPARE THEIR FINAL REPORT. NEXT SLIDE. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT FOR US IS WE ARE KICKING OFF WHAT WE CALL OUR PARK RANGER ACADEMY, AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, UH, THIS PARK RANGER ACADEMY. UH, FIRST AND WITHIN OUR PROGRAM, WE'LL COVER EIGHT CORE TOPICS OF KEY TRAINING FOR OUR PARK RANGERS. UH, WE'LL, 32 HOURS IN CLASSROOM TRAINING, UH, PRESENTED BY DALLAS COLLEGE IN THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. ALSO OUR PARK UNIT. AND OUR PARK, UH, RANGERS WILL RECEIVE 3.2 CEUS. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING WILL THEY GO THROUGH AS ADVANCES TO THE NEXT SLIDE? NEXT SLIDE. SO AT A GLANCE, OUR PARK RANGERS WILL BE INVOLVED IN SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, ALSO COMMAND SPANISH. SO WE'VE GIVEN THEM A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ASKED IN OUR PARK SYSTEM AS IT RELATES TO OUR PARK RULES AND REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES. SO OUR RANGERS WILL LEARN QUICKLY ON HOW TO TRANSLATE THAT INFORMATION INTO SPANISH SO THEY CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARK PATRONS OUT WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM, UH, THREAT ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL THREATS, UH, WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM BEFORE THEY OCCUR. AND ALSO, WE'LL HAVE SOME SELF-LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK AND TEAM BUILDING BUILT INTO THIS PARK RANGER ACADEMY ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT. OUR PARK RANGERS ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM, HIGHLIGHTING LAST YEAR, FISCAL YEAR, THEY ENGAGED WITH OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, PARK PATRONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND PARTICIPATED AND ORGANIZE 163 EVENTS THIS YEAR. THEY'RE ON PACE TO, UM, TO MEET THAT SAME GOAL RIGHT NOW, YEAR TO DATE WITH 40,000 ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH RESIDENTS, AND AT 70, UH, ONE EVENTS. NEXT SLIDE. SO SOME KEY CONTINUED NEXT STEPS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE ENHANCEMENTS WITH OUR SAFE PARKS DASHBOARD. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME UPDATES TO THAT, THAT, UH, LAST TIME WE WERE HERE AT THE PARK AT PARK BOARD ON SEPTEMBER THE FOURTH, SOME QUESTIONS WAS ASKED FOR SOME INTEGRATION TOOLS TO BE ADDED. SO WE GOT A CALL LAST WEEK FROM THE OFFICE OF DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE. THEY HAVE NOW FOUND A WAY AND SHOWED US A DEMO TO INTEGRATE 9 1 1 AND 3 1 1 DATA INTO OUR DASHBOARD. SO THAT WAS A HUGE STEP IN WHAT WAS ASKED AT OUR LAST PARK BOARD MEETING. AND ALSO JUST HIGHLIGHTING OUR SAFE PARK DASHBOARD WAS SELECTED, UH, FOR A PRESENTATION AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NRPA COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER. ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY CONSULTANT ON A, ON OUR PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM. ALSO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PERIOD STATUS UPDATES TO PARK BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL ON OUR PROGRESS WITH OUR PARK SAFETY SE SECURITY STRATEGIC PLAN. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM THE SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME. WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, SIR. AND MR. KARIMI, I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK . THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. UM, YEAH, I MAY, I MAY GO ALL THREE ROUNDS ON THIS ONE, IF THAT'S OKAY. UM, FOR, FOR THIS, FOR PORTION, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. UH, THE, THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO WITH THE CITY, FOR THE CITY, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS I CAN THINK OF. AND, AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR, FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO TO KEEP US SAFE AND SECURE. UH, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE, AGAIN, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT I WANNA RE ACKNOWLEDGE THE, THE TRAGEDY THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY, 2020 SECOND AT, AT MY PARK IN DISTRICT 14. IT'S NO SECRET, IT'S MY FAVORITE PARK, WILLIS WINTERS PARK, UM, WHERE A STUDENT WAS, WAS MURDERED IN THE PARKING LOT DURING SCHOOL HOURS. I WANT, UM, EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE'VE, UH, THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, DPD, OUR MARSHALLS, THIS DEPARTMENT, MYSELF, WE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM WHAT [01:25:01] HAPPENED. WE STILL ARE APPROACHING THIS, WE'RE RUNNING TOWARDS THIS PROBLEM. WE ARE TACKLING THIS AS, AS HEAD ON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN ACHIEVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME IN A STABLE PLACE ONCE AGAIN. UM, WHERE THAT PARK IS ALWAYS HAS BEEN STABLE BEFORE. UH, SO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY STILL AT THE FOREFRONT OF, OF THAT TRAGEDY. UM, NOW REGARDING, UH, OUR PARTNERS DISD, IT'S, IT'S STILL UNCOMFORTABLE. I I HAVE TO BE OPEN AND HONEST WITH EVERYONE. UM, THERE'S BEEN MOMENTS WHERE I HAVE CONTINUED TO ASK FOR, UH, INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. UH, IF WE'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION, I AM NOT PRIVY TO IT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER REQUEST THAT WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN THIS ONE. UM, ONE REQUEST I HAVE MADE TO DISD AND THE OFFICIALS, UH, AT THE ADMINISTRATION AT WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL IS TO START COLLECTING DATA. START COUNTING STUDENTS WHO LEAVE YOUR PREMISE IN AN UNAUTHORIZED WAY DURING SCHOOL HOURS. COUNT THE ONES THAT HAVE TO BE RETURNED BY EITHER THE PARKING LOT ATTENDANT, D-D-I-S-D-P-D, SOMEONE FROM YOUR SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. AND AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND DISD, I'M LOOKING FOR MEASURABLE DATA. I'M LOOKING FOR WEEKLY NUMBERS THAT GET PRODUCED TO THE PTA, THE SBDM THAT COMES TO OUR PARK DEPARTMENT, OUR OFFICIALS OVER HERE. SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND SAY, IS THIS PROBLEM GETTING WORSE? OR IS THIS PROBLEM GETTING BETTER? WE DON'T HAVE THAT. AND IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS, AND I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS JUST TO CALL IT OUT. AND IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE. I, I, I'M OKAY WITH MAKING MYSELF UNCOMFORTABLE AND PUTTING OURSELVES IN THAT SITUATION. IF IT LEADS TO A POSITIVE OUTCOME, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FROM OUR PARTNERS AT DISD, WE, WE PRAISE OUR PARTNERS. WE KNOW THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE RIVER SEAN WITHOUT THEM. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THE TWO BALL FIELDS THAT WERE JUST ABOUT TO COMPLETE AT WILLIS WINTERS PARK, THE TURF FIELD. UM, THEY ASK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR US, WHEN WE UPHOLD OUR PORTIONS OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A TOP NOTCH LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR THESE ATHLETIC FIELDS. AND I THINK IT'S OKAY FOR US TO DEMAND THAT BACK FROM THEM WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THEIR STUDENTS. IT AFFECTS OUR PUBLIC SPACES. SO I WANNA MAKE THAT CALL TO ACTION. AND ALSO, UM, IF WE SEE THIS AT OTHER PARKS NEXT TO SCHOOLS, UH, COLE PARK AND NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL, IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND IF WE SEE THESE TRENDS THERE, WE'RE DEVELOPING A PLAYBOOK. LET'S APPLY THAT PLAYBOOK TO THESE OTHER PARKS AND THESE OTHER SCHOOLS. BECAUSE THE LAST THING ANY OF US EVER WANNA DEAL WITH IS, UM, SOMEONE BEING MURDERED, BEING TRAGICALLY THEIR LIFE TAKEN. AND, AND HONESTLY, IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT IT WAS IN THE PARKS PARKING LOT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE STREET, IT COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ALLEYWAY. IT'S JUST AS TRAGIC. THAT'S THE LAST THING ANY OF US WANNA DEAL WITH. SO IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN LEAN ON EACH OTHER BETTER, UM, I'D LIKE TO ALWAYS ASK FOR THAT. AND, AND THAT IT'S NOT A QUESTION, IT'S JUST JUST A A, A CALL TO ACTION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTION, COMMENTS, MR. WOOD? YES, SIR. SO WE, WE STILL LACK THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH OUR MARSHALS AFTER HOURS UNLESS WE HAVE PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBERS. UM, AND THAT'S AFTER HOURS. UM, THE RANGER LINE IS ADVERTISED IN THE PARKS. IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS IN THE PARKS TO CALL THAT NUMBER, IT GOES TO A DESK THAT WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE RECORDING, IT SAYS TO CALL 9 1 1. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THAT TO 3 1 1. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT TAKES SIX, EIGHT MONTHS TO DO THAT. UM, THERE'S A LACK OF BEING ABLE TO GET TO MARSHALLS. UM, WE HAVE NO ACCOUNTABILITY. IF WE CALL 9 1 1, WE DON'T GET A RESPONSE, UM, FROM ALS OR ANYBODY. UM, I, THERE'S, THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY OR ABILITY FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE BEING HELD BY OUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, TO CONTACT AND TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. AND WHEN WE'RE NOT SOLVING THEM OR WE GET NO ANSWERS, UM, NO ANSWER IS NOT A GOOD ANSWER FOR OUR CUST OR OUR PATRONS OR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S A VERY FRUSTRATING THING WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY. UM, AND IT, THAT'S THE ONE, I MEAN, OUR PARKS ARE SAFE. I MEAN, I DO BELIEVE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT ACCESS, UM, I THINK I WAS TOLD AT ONE POINT, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT THE MARSHALS DO BECAUSE THEY DON'T WORK FOR US, BUT WE PAY THEM. SO THEY DO WORK FOR US. SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO CONTACTING OUR MARSHALS AND NOT ON A PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER BECAUSE THEY DON'T ANSWER THEIR CELL PHONE NUMBERS WHEN WE CALL AND THEY SAY, OH, I'M SOFT THAT DAY. SO WE DON'T KNOW THOSE KIND OF THINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T KEEP UP WITH THEIR SCHEDULE. SO THERE'S GOTTA BE AN ACCESS POINT FOR WHO'S ON DUTY AND HOW WE CAN GET TO OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP OUR PARKS SAFE. SO SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT, [01:30:01] UM, TO GO FORWARD. UM, IF WE'RE GONNA BE BETTER, UM, IS HAVING ACCESS SO THAT WE CAN, WHEN WE'RE HELD TO THE TABLE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO THEM AND JUST, OH, THEY DIDN'T RESPOND LAST NIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE ANSWERS. SO, THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. MR. WOOD. YOU WANT TO GO FOR ROUND TWO? MR. KARIMI? OH, SORRY. OH, YEAH, . UH, SO, SO WE, THE CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR PARKS FROM, THEY, THEY CALL 9 1 1, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CALL 9 1 1, DO WE GET THAT DATA AND TRACK THAT DATA YES. FROM THEM, FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT CALL 9 1 1 ABOUT A PARK. DO YOU GUYS HAVE THAT ON THE DASHBOARD? I, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT OR NOT, SO I'LL ANSWER THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO THAT IS THE NEW UPGRADE THAT HAS COME TO THE DASHBOARD THAT WE JUST BEEN BRIEFED ON TWO, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY. SO WHAT THEY TOOK WAS ALL 9 1 1 CALLS COMING IN THAT SOMEONE MAY HAVE MENTIONED PARK OR A PARK NAME, AND LOOK AT THAT PINPOINT FROM A HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND WHERE THAT CALL CAME IN FROM. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE FROM AN INCIDENT REPORTING FROM WHERE IT HAPPENED ON A LIVE DASHBOARD VIEW. SO WE JUST SAW IT, WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND IT, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO THIS BOARD AND TO COUNSEL ABOUT THAT DASHBOARD BEFORE WE ACTUALLY RELEASE, UM, THAT COMPONENT OF THE DASHBOARD. SO WE DO HAVE THAT ABILITY NOW, IT'S IN THE SANDBOX RIGHT NOW, WHERE THEY WERE ASKING US TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY WITH IT TO ENSURE IT'S GIVEN US ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY HAVE SOLVED THAT PROBLEM FOR US NOW. I MEAN, I, YEAH, DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, TO HAVE THAT DATA, TO REALLY KNOW HOW SAFE OUR PARKS ARE. YES. UM, AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PARK RANGERS OF WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AT EACH PARK. YOU KNOW, I'M, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S TOO MUCH INTO THE WEEDS, BUT, UH, THAT WAY YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN YOU'RE PATROLLING THAT AREA. LIKE, WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS WHERE, UH, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, IT WAS, UH, FOLKS TEARING UP THE GRASS WITH THE FOUR WHEELERS, RIGHT? AND WE WOULD NEVER CATCH 'EM. BUT IF THAT, THEY'D CALL 9 1 1, BUT YOU KNOW, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. BUT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO TRACK THAT, THE NEXT TIME A RANGER GOES, YOU KNOW, IS IN THAT AREA, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE CONSTITUENTS ARE, ARE, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, AND I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, EVEN WITH THIS DASHBOARD, THAT THE 9 1 1 INTEGRATION, IT SHOWS THE PRIORITY OF THE CALL COMING IN TO NINE ONE ONE. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW IT IS ASSESSED, THE PRIORITY LEVEL CALL WITHIN THE NINE ONE ONE SYSTEM. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH. MR. JACK, UH, ONE OF YOUR SLIDES SHOWS, UH, METRICS FOR THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE, UH, SHOWING A DECLINE IN WARNINGS, ARRESTS, CITATIONS, AND SO ON. AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT I WANNA BE SURE IT'S SLIDE NINE, BY THE WAY. YES. UM, THAT IS THE PRODUCT NOT OF REDUCED, UM, VISIBILITY AND, AND PRESENCE OF MARSHALS, BUT MORE REFLECTIVE OF AN ACTUAL DECREASE IN THE, UH, NUMBER OF INCIDENTS AND IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY IN THE PARTS. YES. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? YES. DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO AN OVERALL DECLINE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, OR DO YOU THINK THE PRESENCE OF THE MARSHALS HAS ITS OWN DETERRENT EFFECT? SO I THINK IT'S BOTH, BOTH, BUT IT'S ALSO OUR PARKS ARE ACTIVATED. UM, PEOPLE ARE MORE ENGAGED WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM. UH, WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO KIND OF CALL, WHO ARE PROACTIVELY LOOKING OUT. THEY SEE SOMETHING OR SAYING SOMETHING, UH, PARK RANGERS BEING OUT, UH, AND BEING MORE VISIBLE. SO ALL THOSE FACTORS PLAY INTO, AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE TABLE AND THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX WITH ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS DRIVING THROUGH THE PARK. RIGHT. PROBABLY VIP AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. VIP AS WELL PLAYS AN INTEGRAL PART IN YOU SEEING THOSE IN THOSE INCIDENTS GOING DOWN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY QUESTION YOU WANT WAS YEAH, YOU ARE GOOD. I'LL GO ONE MORE. YOU'LL GO ONE. YEAH. I'LL MAKE THIS MY FINAL ROUND AT OBVIOUSLY LUNCH ON THE WAY , JUST, JUST IN, IN GENERAL, A A LOT OF PROVIDING SAFE AND SECURE PARKS WILL JUST ALWAYS BE REACTIVE. I THINK THAT'S COMMON SENSE. BAD THINGS HAPPEN. WE REACT, WE PROVIDE A, YOU KNOW, QUICK REACTION AND, AND WE, WE MOVE FORWARD. WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS THERE WAS SOME PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS, UH, ON THE SLIDE THAT HAVE LED TO POSITIVE OUTCOMES. SO I WANT TO END KIND OF LIKE WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON WHAT WAS MENTIONED ON THE SLIDE WITH SOME OF THE, THE SOLUTIONS, THE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS [01:35:01] THAT WE PUT IN PLACE SO WE CAN ALL KIND OF TAKE NOTE OF THESE ADVOCATE FOR MORE OF THESE IT'S BUDGET SEASON, IF THESE ARE PROVEN TO BE PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS. LET'S GO ASK FOR MORE. MESSAGE BOARDS WAS, UH, ONE ITEM THERE. UH, RIGHT BEFORE THE WINTER HOLIDAYS, I REQUESTED A MESSAGE BOARD, UM, AT TENNYSON PARK IN EAST DALLAS. THE REASON WAS, WELL, WE HAD SOME GUNFIRE, BUT I ASKED THAT IT, IT REMAINED THROUGH THE WINTER HOLIDAYS. WHY? BECAUSE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S, THAT PARK GETS DESTROYED BY FIREWORKS AND MORE GUNFIRE AND, AND VODKA AND TEQUILA BOTTLES THAT YOU COULD SHAKE A STICK AT. THAT MESSAGE BOARD REMAINED THROUGH THE WINTER HOLIDAYS. JANUARY 1ST, I WENT TO GO CHECK THE PARK. NOT A SINGLE LIQUOR BOTTLE FIREWORK, NOTHING UNSAVORY HAPPENED. THAT WAS A PROACTIVE SOLUTION. PERHAPS MORE MESSAGE BOARDS, ADVANCED CAMERAS. SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO, WE PUT AN ADVANCED CAMERA AT WILLIS WINTERS PARK IN THE PAVILION, A PAVILION THAT CONSTANTLY GOT TAGGED, SOMETIMES GANG GRAFFITI. THERE WAS A PERIOD OF 10 DAYS IN 2022 THAT IT GOT TAGGED. 11 TIMES I WENT OUT AND CLEANED IT ALL. AND, AND KNOCK ON WOOD, AND I KNOW I'M JINXING MYSELF, AND I'VE SAID THIS ON THE RECORD, BUT I HAVEN'T JINXED MYSELF YET SINCE WE PUT THAT ADVANCED CAMERA THERE SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO. NOT A SINGLE INCIDENT OF GR GRAFFITI HAS OCCURRED ON THAT HISTORIC PAVILION. SO PERHAPS LET'S ADVOCATE FOR MORE ADVANCED CAMERAS. OUR PARTNERS. WE HAVE SOME FANTASTIC PARTNERS. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE WHITE ROCK NAVY SITTING RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM. WE'RE SITTING HERE AT WHITE ROCK LAKE. LET'S LEAN ON THEM MORE. LET'S GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH AND SOME OF THEIR POLICIES AND SOME OF THEIR AGREEMENTS WHERE THEY CAN HELP US ENFORCE SAFETY ON OUR WATERWAYS, BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD DIE ON OUR PARKS AND TRAILS. SOMEONE CAN DIE ON THIS LAKE. I HAVE ANOTHER 30 SECONDS. YEAH, LET LET HIM LAUGH. JUST I PROMISE. UM, AND THEN THE VERY LAST THING, ACTIVE PARKS. MR. MUNDY, YOU SAID THAT WE ALSO NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ACTIVE ACTIVATING REACTIVATING. WE DID THIS AT OLD EAST DALLAS WORKY YARD PARK WITH THE, UM, WATER FEATURE. I BELIEVE CRIME HAS DROPPED THERE SIGNIFICANTLY. ALSO REIMAGINING SOME OF OUR SPACES. THIS IS ALL WITHIN OUR WORLD POSSIBILITIES. WE ALL NEED TO BE DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS. THANK YOU MADAM SIR. THANK YOU, MR. JEN. UH, YES. I WANT TO, UH, ENDORSE MR. EMI'S CON COMMENTS ABOUT WATER SAFETY AT WHITE ROCK AND BACHMAN LAKES. UM, WE THINK OF SAFETY IN THE PARKS AS FREEDOM FROM CRIME, BUT THERE'S MUCH MORE TO IT THAN THAT. AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, AT WHITE ROCK LAKE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A RELATIVE CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT THE SAFE PRACTICES ARE OR ARE NOT. AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE AGREED UPON STANDARDS. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE NAVY AND WITH THE STAFF TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT SOME WAYS TO PUT TEETH INTO OUR WATER SAFETY ENFORCEMENT AT WHITE ROCK LAKE. AND, UH, YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE MONTHS TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. JUNG. WELL, WITH THAT, THANK YOU YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT UPDATE AND WELL, THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, SAFE PARKS ARE THE WELCOMING PARKS, AND THANKS FOR KEEPING THEM SAFE. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL. WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGING. WE ARE GOING TO PULL OUT NUMBER FOUR. SO WE ARE VOTING ON NUMBER TWO AND THREE. UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, MR. MCGANN, I SECONDED BY MR. VERTA. ANY DISCUSSION WITH NO DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. A IS HAVE IT. UH, THEN LET'S TAKE, UH, BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. DO I HAVE A YES, MS. UH, I, I MOVED, UH, THE FIRST ITEM TO THE NEXT PART BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 16TH. SECOND, SECONDED. OKAY. YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. HAVE IT. THIS HAS BEEN EFFORT. AND NOW WE WILL DO THE, UH, JG PARK, AND WE HAVE, UH, SCOTT RENEE AND, UH, MR. MADANO WHO ARE RECLOSING THEMSELVES. SO I'LL LET THEM, UH, LEAVE THE ROOM AND THEN TAKE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I, MR. ARD, I SECOND IT BY MR. MCG, AGAIN, ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR. JUST WANNA TAKE A QUICK MOMENT JUST TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP FROM THIS DEPARTMENT, JOHN RYAN, AND ALL THE TEAM THAT PUT TOGETHER THE DALLAS WINGS, AND OF COURSE, OUR CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS GONNA BE A BIG WIN FOR, FOR DALLAS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR WOMEN'S SPORTS IN DALLAS. SO THIS IS GREAT PARTNERSHIP AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PRACTICE FACILITY AT ONE OF OUR BELOVED PARKS. THANK YOU. UH, YES, MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. MR. O'CONNOR, YOU'VE HEARD THIS QUESTION FROM ME ON VARIOUS CONTRACTS BEFORE, AND YOU'LL HEAR IT ON MANY MORE AFTER. BUT TELL ME ABOUT THESE RENEWAL OPTIONS AND WHETHER, UH, THERE IS ANY PROTECTION [01:40:01] FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN THE EVENT THINGS GO AWRY. UH, YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. UH, REGARDING RENEWAL OPTIONS, UH, THAT WILL REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INTERSECTION OF OUR PIECE OF, OF THIS PROJECT IS REALLY MORE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT PIECE. UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, COUNCIL APPROVED THE AMENDMENT YESTERDAY, UH, AS A PART OF THEIR VOTING AGENDA. OUR PIECE IS REALLY IDENTIFYING THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER TO OUR RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY OUR KIDS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, GENERATING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE POTENTIALLY DERIVED FROM NAMING RIGHTS OF THE FACILITY, THAT WE WILL GET 70%. MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE NAMING RIGHTS WHEN THE CONTRACT TERMINATES HOWSOEVER? IT TERMINATES WHETHER IT'S NOT RENEWED OR THE 25 YEARS, EXCEPT TYPICALLY THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THOSE NAMING RIGHTS TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY TO US. UH, SO WE WILL RETAIN ANY SORT OF NAMING RIGHTS SHOULD THAT DEAL, UH, GO DEFUNCT FOR WHATEVER REASON. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, WITH THAT, I, YOU KNOW, THIS SAYS WHERE REALLY THE STAFF HAS PUSHED THE, THE NAMING RIGHTS TO BENEFIT THE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN EARLIER. SO, RYAN, THANKS FOR, UH, PUSHING THAT BOUNDARY BECAUSE I, I ALWAYS THOUGHT I THINK WE SHOULD GET MORE THAN OUR FAIR SHARE. THESE ARE OUR PROPERTIES AND THEY, THEY DID THIS WHERE WE ARE GETTING THE MAJORITY PART OF THE NAMING RIGHT. SO THANK YOU. WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. A HAVE IT. AWESOME. UH, WE CAN CALL MR. MADANO ALSO BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHICH PART THAT IS, THAT WE MOVE TO THE RECORD. SPORTS CENTER PROFESSIONAL MANAGER CONCESSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, MR. WOOD, THEN SECOND IT BY MR. OH, NO, YOU'RE NOT SECONDING. OKAY, SO I NEED A SECOND. WE NEED THE MAIN MOTION FIRST, SO, YES, SORRY. YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO I, I, IT WAS, UH, YEAH, IT WAS WOOD MAIN MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. WOOD. I NEED A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. UH, SECONDED BY MR. GOLDSTEIN. UH, NOW DISCUSSION. SO, MR. TOY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIVIDE, UM, THE QUESTION TO REMOVE AND CONSIDER KEYS PARK INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. SO, UH, MR. HAVE MADE A MOTION TO DIVIDE KE PARK INDIVIDUALLY. I NEED A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION. UH, UH, MR. KAMI, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? UH, YES. MR. GOLD. TAYLOR WANTS TO GO FIRST AGAIN. YEAH, SORRY, TAYLOR, GO AHEAD. ANY EXPLANATION, OR, OR DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE? YEAH, JUST, UM, GETTING MORE INFORMATION THAT'S MOST ACCURATE FOR KEYS PARK. I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE CONSTITUENTS OF, UH, DISTRICT FOUR ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS ARE GONNA TURN OVER FOR THE PARK. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE STILL, UM, ACCURATE FOR THOSE WHO UTILIZE KEYS PARK, AS, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY FACILITY LIKE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS FAIR AND, UM, AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE. ABSOLUTELY. MR. GOLDSTEIN. YEAH, I JUST, I APPRECIATE MR. TWIN'S. UM, QUESTIONS VERY MUCH. WE TALKED ABOUT A COMMITTEE. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WE, IF WE SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL LIKE THIS, THEY CAN'T APPROVE IT LIKE THIS. SO I THINK THE GUIDANCE IS THAT THEY, THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO UNDO IT OR JUST DENY IT. OKAY. MADAM ATTORNEY SAID, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS NOT DEBATABLE, WE JUST HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. UH, RIGHT. MADAM ATTORNEY. YEAH. SO, OF THIS QUESTION, SO, UH, MR. JENKINS, ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS, UH, AS A STAFF? I KNOW AS, UH, AS, UM, MS. LAMBS MENTIONED THAT, I THINK THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS JUST ABOUT DIVIDING THE QUESTION, RIGHT? SURE. CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH. AND SO, RIGHT, UH, ATTORNEY, SO THEY JUST NEED TO VOTE ON IF YAY OR NAY ON DIVIDING THE QUESTION. YES. GO AHEAD, MR. WILSON. UH, YES. THANK YOU, MR. OKAY. I GUESS BEFORE WE VOTE ON 'EM, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IF WE VOTE, IF WE SPLIT IT. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T GET INTO DETAIL. I MEAN, THAT MIGHT CHANGE OUR MIND BECAUSE BEFORE WE VOTE, WE WOULD LIKE TO YES. CONSEQUENCE OF DOING IT, RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH. SO I THINK, UH, MR. LAND, I THINK THE BOARD IS ASKING TO EXPLAIN FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, IF THIS IS GOING TO GO OVER TO COUNSEL, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY DIVIDE IT TODAY, WHEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DIVIDE OUT BECAUSE THIS WAS BID OUT AS ONE PROPOSAL FOR FOUR, FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND JUST MAKING SURE THE BOARD [01:45:01] UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN DIVIDE IT TODAY JUST FOR YOUR ACTION, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE THE SAME ACTION THAT GOES OVER TO THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS OKAY IF THAT THIS BOARD DECIDES THAT, THEN THAT'S WHAT IT GOES TO THE COUNCIL, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. I MEAN, WELL, IT WON'T, BECAUSE THIS IS A, LET ME, LET ME, THIS IS A PROCUREMENT ITEM. OKAY. SO PROCUREMENT WILL BE THE ONE, SO THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE ONE THAT TAKES THIS ITEM OVER TO THE COUNCIL. SO THEY, WE WENT THROUGH THEIR PROCESS, FOLLOWED THEIR RULES, THE, THE STATE RULES. AND SO THEY HAVE A PROCESS THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW WITH STATE LAWS AND CITY ORDINANCES. SO IF BOARD VOTES ON IT, THEN IT'LL BE SENT FOR REPROCUREMENT. IF THE BOARD, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST LET'S SAY IF VOTE VOTES FOR MR TOY'S, UH, UH, SO YOU VOTE TODAY JUST FOR YOUR ACTION TODAY. SO YOU VOTE, YOU SAY DIVIDED IT UP? YEAH. SO YOU, YOU GONNA VOTE ON THE FIRST ITEM WITH THE OTHER THREE LOCATIONS OR, OR WHATEVER LOCATION? I'M, YEAH. OKAY. AND YOU'LL SAY YES. AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON THIS, ON JUST KEYS BY ITSELF AND YAY OR NAY IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. HOWEVER, REGARDLESS OF HAVING YOUR VOTE TURNED OUT OVER HERE TODAY, WHEN THAT ITEM GOES OVER TO COUNCIL, IT'S STILL GOING WITH THE KEYS ITEM ATTACHED TO IT. HOWEVER, THE, THE, THE, THE COUNCIL WILL BE AWARE, 'CAUSE WE'LL PUT IN OUR NOTES THAT THE BOARD DIVIDED THE ITEM AND HERE WAS THE VOTES. OKAY. SO, UH, WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WE STILL CAN YEAH, GO AHEAD. A POINT OF, OR CHRISTINE, CAN YOU COME HERE SO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. OR WHOEVER FROM CAO WANTS TO COME OVER, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR, EVEN FROM A PROCUREMENT STANDPOINT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND PROCUREMENT TO WORK IS WE PUT OUT A BID FOR A CERTAIN THING AND WE INCLUDE INCLUDED WHAT ITEMS WE WANTED TO BE PART OF THAT BID, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO NOW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THE BID, ARE YOU ALL SAYING THAT WE ARE NOT, NOT ABLE AS A BODY OR EVEN CANCEL, IS NOT ABLE TO SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE WANT TO ACCEPT THE BID ON THESE THREE, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THIS ITEM, WE WANT TO NOW PRECLUDE AND TAKE THAT OUT OF THE BID? YOU GUYS ARE SAYING YOU CANNOT TAKE THAT OUT. THE THAT IS CORRECT, BUT J JUST LIKE PRESIDENT JENKINS SAID, UM, DIRECTOR JENKINS SAID IT WILL BE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. SO COUNCIL WILL BE AWARE OF WHAT PARK BOARD RECOMMENDED. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT DEBATABLE. SO, UM, I ADVISE YOU GUYS FIRST, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE DIVIDE. DID THE MOTION JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE, DIVIDE THE QUESTION AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS. OKAY. SO WE WON'T DEBATE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES, BUT WE NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE WORKING. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GO AHEAD. THAT'S CORRECT. SO, SO IN ESSENCE, JUST POINT OF INFORMATION THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE GETTING A RECOMMENDATION OF SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO, IF THAT WAS THE CASE, IF THEY GET A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THREE OF THE FOUR, THEY THEY CAN'T DO THAT. IS THAT RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S IT'S, I'M, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. NO, NO, I WAS, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 'CAUSE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE ACTUAL PROCUREMENT. I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS DO WE HAVE ANY LEEWAY IN HOW WE SET UP HOW THIS PROCUREMENT ITEM GOES TO CANCEL? WE DO NOT. OKAY. WE DO NOT. SO EVEN IF WE VOTE, UH, ON, UH, IF A MOTION OF MR. TOY'S WIN, STILL, THIS WILL GO AS IT IS TO THE COUNCIL WITH A NOTE SAYING THAT BOARD HAD PREFERRED NOT TO DIVIDE THIS UP. RIGHT? AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECT. SO, SO LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING. UH, THE PROCUREMENT WENT OUT WITH FOUR PARKS OR FIVE PARKS. SO EACH ONE OF THOSE WAS EVALUATED INDEPENDENTLY. AND SO, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS THAT IT BE FORWARDED AS ONE SINGLE ITEM TO PARK TO FROM THE PARK BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL? YES, MA'AM. UM, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION THEMSELVES. OKAY. AND IT WOULD NOT BE DEBATABLE, JUST LIKE, IT'S NOT DEBATABLE EITHER. SO THE, THE PROCEDURE IS YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS PARK AND ADDRESS IT SEPARATELY NOW. AND SO, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO PROCEED WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND IN THE BACKGROUND THAT'S PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY WILL MAKE A NOTE OF YOUR ACTION, WHATEVER IT IS TODAY. OKAY. SO, BUT COUNCIL HAS THEIR OWN OPTION TO DIVIDE WHEN IT GETS THERE. OKAY. GOT IT. SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO PUT [01:50:01] THE MOTION OF JOINTS TO VOTE, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THOUGH. COUNCIL WILL DECIDE, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW OUR PREFERENCE ON IT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON, UH, MR TOY'S MOTION TO SEPARATE, UH, KEY PARK AS AN INDIVIDUAL ENTITY AND NOT VOTE ON ALL FOUR. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE, UH, VOTE ON THAT MOTION. UH, WE CLEAR WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON. SO YEAH, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT MR. TOY'S MOTION. HE HAS A REASON FOR HIS COMMUNITY AND THEN LET COUNCIL MAKE GOOD DECISION. UH, SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE FOR MR. TOY'S VOTE A AYE, I GUESS, UH, YEAH, PLEASE, UH, COUNT THE VOTE AROUND. OKAY. YEAH. DO YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANNA CLARIFY REAL QUICK? WE ARE VOTING JUST TO SEPARATE THE KEYS FROM, UH, ALL THE FOUR PARKS HERE. THEN WE'LL VOTE FOR THE, YEAH, YEAH, WE'LL VOTE FOR MR. PRESIDENT. DID YOU WANNA TAKE COMMENTS FIRST OR DID YOU WANNA GO STRAIGHT? WE CAN, NO, WITH NO COMMENTS ARE ALLOWED, THEN WE DO. OKAY. I'M JUST GONNA START AROUND THE HORSESHOE. MEDRANO, YES. COINS? YES. HO YES. MCGANN? YES. NO. WOULD IT? NO, NO. PENIS, SNOW PEN, SNOW WHERE TO YES, YES, YES. NO. YES. . SORRY. YES. I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS YOUNG? NO, YEMEN WAS, YES. YOU HAVE EIGHT. YES. YES. SO IT WINS. SO I GUESS MOTION WINS WITH, OKAY, SO MOTION WINS. SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO, UH, MS. LAN, YOU NEED TO HELP ME NOW, WHAT IS OUR MOTION? NOW WE ARE VOTING ON THE REST OF THE MOTION. UH, BRAD LB, HOUSTON AND SAMUEL GRANT. RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON KEITH. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON NO KEY. WE HAVE SAID WE ARE SEPARATING. SO NOW WE VOTE ON KEY SEP NO. YES. VOTE ON KEYS SEPARATELY. NOW WE CAN DEBATE IT. WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE OTHER FOUR. SO NOW WE NEED TO DO TWO VOTES ON THIS ONE. YES, YOU NEED TO DO VOTES. OKAY. UH, SO, UH, NOW WE ARE GOING TO VOTE AND CORRECT MY LANGUAGE IF I'M NOT, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON, UH, WE APPROVING THE KEY CONTRACT, UH, UNDER THIS PROCUREMENT OR NOT. WITH THAT, I NEED, UH, SO I'M PUTTING THE MOTION APPROVE KEY CONTRACT. SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, UH, MOTION, WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE KEY CONTRACT UNDER THIS PROCUREMENT. AM I CLEAR? I NEED TO EXPLAIN. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO THE MOTION IS APPROVE KEYS CONTRACT INDIVIDUALLY. DO I HAVE A RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I THOUGHT THE MOTION WAS ON THE MAIN CONTRACT THAT DANIEL, DANIEL MADE THE MOTION ON THE MAIN CONTRACT. SO THAT MAIN CONTRACT HAS TO GO OUT, KEYS FIRST. OKAY. SO WE CAN VOTE ON THE, UH, MAIN CONTRACT FIRST. THIS ONE HAS FIRST, SO YOU NEED THE MOTION. SO THIS ONE HAS TO GO FURTHER. SO EITHER WAY I CAN DO FIRST AND THEN KEYS, OR SINCE THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. SO RIGHT NOW, JUST VOTE ON KEYS. AND AFTER THE VOTE ON KE OCCURS, THEN YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION WITH THE OTHER THREE VENUES, RIGHT? OKAY. SO WE, OKAY, SO I'LL RECAP IT. WE HAD A MOTION, WHICH HAD FOUR PARKS ON IT. WE VOTED ON A MO. WE SUPPORTED THE MOTION OF, UH, MR. TOS TO SEPARATE KEYS. SO NOW ON THE KEYS, WE ARE VOTING THAT SHOULD KEY PROCUREMENT SHOULD BE, UH, APPROVED OR NOT. SO I, UH, YES, MR. GOLDSTEIN, I NEED YOUR, YEAH. DO YOU NEED A NEW MOTION THOUGH? YES, PLEASE. YES. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK FOR A MOTION. GOT A MOTION ON THAT. OKAY, SO I'M ASKING YEAH, GO AHEAD. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SO I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE KEY CONTRACT. SO MOVED. UH, I HAVE A MOTION. I NEED A SECOND. I SECOND. SECOND. OKAY, NOW I NEED DISCUSSION. THAT'S RIGHT. SO, SO NOW I NEED DISCUSSION. SO JUST THAT EVERYONE, IF WE, UH, APPROVE THIS, THEN THE KEYS ALSO IS APPROVED, WHICH WAS PART OF ALL FOUR. SO, SO I, NOW I NEED DISCUSSION MR. MADANO. YEAH. YEAH. I'M WAS GONNA VOTE AGAINST IT ANYWAY. YEAH, BOTH OF THEM. [01:55:01] THE WHOLE THING. UM, SO DID WE HAVE MEETINGS TO LET OUR PARTICIPANTS KNOW THAT THE FEES COULD GO UP? COULD BE GOING UP, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY. I MEAN, FROM THE BREAK, DID WE HAVE MEETINGS OR DID WE LET OUR PARTICIPANTS KNOW BEFORE THIS WENT OUT OR THAT WE WERE GONNA DECIDE TO, TO, YEAH. I'M, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MAKE THESE CHANGES. I'M GONNA ASK MELISSA DELA CRUZ, WHO'S, WHO'S OUR MANAGER OVER, UH, UH, OVER OUR GOLF IN TENNIS, TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND. I KNOW THAT THE, UH, ADMIN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN RECEIVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT I'M GONNA ASK HER TO, TO PROVIDE AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. YES. HI. GOOD MORNING. SO, DUE TO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND US BEING RESTRICTED OF HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS UNTIL THE CONTRACT IS AWARDED, WE WERE NOT, WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD BE UNTIL THAT CONTRACT GETS APPROVED. YOU CAN'T LET KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE JUST CHANGES, NOT THE AMOUNT, JUST THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT MAYBE INCREASING OUR, OUR OUR FEES OR PUTTING IT OUT FOR BID. YOU COULDN'T TELL ANYBODY THAT IS THAT PUTTING OUT FOR BID? UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC, UM, MEETINGS BEFORE IT WENT OUT FOR BID. YEAH. UM, I KNOW THAT THE COMMITTEE, UH, THE GOLF AND RACKET, SPORTS AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED, UM, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, ON SPECIFICS OF THE RFP SPECIFICATIONS. SO WHEN WE DO APPROVE THIS IN THE FIRST TIME THAT THE FOLKS COME, THEY'RE GONNA FIND OUT THAT THE FEES ARE OR HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY WITHOUT, SO THE COURT FEES ARE NOT CHANGING. UM, COURT FEE RANGE IS APPROVED BY PARK BOARD AND, UM, OR YEAH, BY THE DEPARTMENT. AND, UM, SO THE RANGE OF COURT FEES ARE NOT CHANGING. THE, THE THINGS THAT WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE THINGS LIKE LESSON FEES. MM-HMM . UM, INSTRUCTOR FEES, UH, MERCHANDISING AND CONCESSIONS. SO THAT WOULD VARY BASED ON HOW MUCH THE CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, PAYS FOR THOSE ITEMS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND MR. GO? YEAH, JUST FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TO THE ADMIN COMMITTEE AND WE WERE ESSENTIALLY ADVISED THAT WE COULD SEPARATE IT AND RECOMMEND AGAINST ONE VERSUS THE OTHERS. BUT AGAIN, AS WE SAID BEFORE, THAT THAT BASICALLY WAS A WORTHLESS RECOMMENDATION. IT WAS AS GOOD AS VOTING AGAINST THE WHOLE THING, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ADVISED, THAT ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE IT UP OR DOWN. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? THE COUNCIL? THAT'S WHAT WE LET THEM. SO, SO, SO WHAT, WHEN YOU WERE, WELL, SO WHAT, MAYBE THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING. SO LET ME CLARIFY. SO THIS ITEM, WHEN IT WAS PROCURED, UM, EACH ONE OF THE PARKS WAS EVALUATED SEPARATELY, INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. SO IT JUST HAPPENED THAT THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED FOR ALL FOUR PARKS. OKAY. SO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL BE GRANTED THE AWARD FOR ALL FOUR PARKS. WHAT WE SET A COMMITTEE WAS YOU CAN SEPARATE, UM, ASK TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION WHICH YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DIVIDED THE QUESTION. AND SO YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANNA PROCEED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR KEYS PARK OR RECOMMEND ANOTHER ACTION. FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE, YOU COULD REJECT ALL CONTRACTORS. ALL CONTRACTORS FOR KEYS PARK. THAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION. THE PARK BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN PROCEED TO ACT ON THE ENTIRE THING AS ONE ITEM, BUT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION INTO FOUR ITEMS. UM, THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY AND JUST LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE TO VOTE, BUT YOUR, YOUR ACTION IS NOT BINDING ON THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION THAT WE PROVIDED. IT IS A RECOMMENDATION YOU ARE RECOMMENDING BODY. AND SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS ON THE PROCUREMENT, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF IS PROVIDING TO YOU. NO, I MEAN, SO I'M SORRY IF THERE WAS ANY UNDERSTAND YEAH, THAT'S TOTALLY, THAT'S COMPLETELY OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WERE TOLD TO COMMITTEE. I MEAN, I WAS TOLD BY STAFF AND THEN CONFIRMED BY THE ATTORNEYS, OTHERWISE I WOULD'VE SPORE MR. TWINS. 'CAUSE WE WERE TOLD WE CAN'T, WE WERE TOLD WE'RE BE SENDING THEM A WORTHLESS RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY CAN'T, THAT THEY'VE DEVOTED UP OR DOWN THAT THEY CAN'T PICK. NO, AND I AM SORRY FOR THAT MISUNDERSTANDING. I DON'T THINK I USED THE WORDS WORTHLESS AND, BUT IT IT, HE'S PROPERLY ABLE TO DO THE DIVISION OF THE QUESTION AND YOU COULD DIVIDE THE QUESTION BACK THEN. BUT YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION. IT'S NOT BINDING ON THE CITY COUNCIL AT ALL. OKAY. AND THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT WILL STEP UP AND, UH, GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION WHEN QUESTIONED. SO I'M SORRY IF THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ON THAT. OKAY. ANY, UH, WELL, I WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION. NOT THE ATTORNEYS, BUT THE, THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE WERE HANDED OUT BY A SPEAKER. DOES STAFF HAVE HAVE [02:00:01] THAT AND CAN I DON'T HAVE, CAN WE BE I DON'T, I DON'T INFORMED WHETHER ANY OF THAT'S ACCURATE 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT SOME PEOPLE ARE OPERATING OFF OF. YEAH. I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS INFORMATION, SO WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT IT. BUT, UM, AS FAR AS REGULAR PLAY LEAGUE PLAY, TOURNAMENT PLAY, THOSE COURT FEES ARE SET BY THE CITY. UM, THERE IS A RANGE AND ALL LOCATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THAT RANGE. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THAT RANGE. UM, ANYTHING FOR LESSONS OR INSTRUCTIONS, UM, THAT IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE INSTRUCTOR IS CHARGING THE RATE FOR THE HOUR AND WHAT OUR CONTRACTOR, UM, INCURS ON COSTS AND HOW THEY PASS THAT ON TO THE CONSUMERS. AND JUST, UNLESS THE LAWYERS CORRECT ME, UH, BUT JUST LIKE ANY PROCUREMENT CONTRACT, IF THE OPERATOR AGREES, JUST LIKE SOME CONCERNS THAT THE BOARD HAS BROUGHT UP TODAY, JUST LIKE THE SPEAKER BROUGHT UP TODAY IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF OUR CONTRACTS WHERE WE ARE IN A PROCUREMENT PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITED DURING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. BUT WHEN WE FINALIZE THAT FOUND CONTRACT, IF THE OPERATOR AGREES TO SOME OF THESE CONCERNS THAT CAN BE WORKED IN THE CONTRACT. AND I WILL TELL YOU IT IS WITH MY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND, I HADN'T SEEN ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS WHO IS AGAINST TRYING TO WORK THOSE CONCERNS OUT THAT THE USER AS WELL AS THE BOARD OR THE COUNCIL EXPRESS IS JUST THAT WE CAN'T TRY TO CHANGE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AT THIS POINT. YEAH. AND MR. JENKINS, THAT'S WHERE I THINK A LOT OF ISSUES HAVE HAPPENED IN PAST ALSO THAT ONCE WE VOTE AND THEN IN THE CONTRACT, THINGS GET CHANGED AND WE ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR VOTING ON IT. SO HOW DO WE REALLY ENSURE THAT THAT WHAT THE BOARD IS WANTING REALLY HAPPENS? BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES KIND OF OPEN CHECKBOOK KIND OF PROCEDURE. YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT. YEAH. UH, MR. CHAIR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED THAT, UH, MR. DE LA CRUZ MENTIONED, UH, AND IT'S, IT THE BOARD AND I HEARD THE, UH, MATT, UH, I HEARD THE OPERATOR SPEAK. THE BOARD STILL APPROVES FEES. IT'S JUST THERE'S SOME PROGRAMMING FEES THAT THE BOARD DOESN'T APPROVE, BUT THE OVERALL FEES IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. NOW WE ALWAYS GIVE OUR CONTRACTORS SOME DISCRETION WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMMATIC FEES, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THOSE, THOSE, THOSE BASE FEES ALWAYS SET AFFORDABLE. BUT IF THERE'S A MARKET FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAMS, WE DO NOT WANT TO LIMIT. 'CAUSE YOU ALL, AND COUNCIL AND BOARD HAS CHALLENGED US TO MAKE SURE WE GO HIRE OUR EXPERTS THAT KNOW HOW TO SET THE MARKET RATE. BUT JUST LIKE I'VE ALWAYS, UH, REASSURED THIS BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, WE AIN'T GONNA PRICE NONE OF OUR USERS OUTTA THE MARKET. I WANNA ASSURE THE SPEAKER TODAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. BUT TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, YES, WE CAN. UH, WE HEARD THE CONCERNS TODAY. I, ONCE AGAIN, THE LAWYERS HAVE TO CORRECT ME, BUT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE IT'S THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE HAVE TO ALLOW THAT PORTION TO PLAY OUT. EITHER GET APPROVED OR NOT, AND THEN SPEAK WITH THE OPERATOR AND SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT THOSE TERMS. OTHER THAN THAT, WE JUST HAVE TO PUT EVERYTHING BACK OUT FOR BID. AGAIN, IF THE BOARD REJECTS THE BIDS. YEAH, YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT. UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS, UM, THE BOARD CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON ITS MOTION, YOU KNOW, ON ITS PROCESS OF APPROVING. YOU CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO A RENEGOTIATION OF SOMETHING OR HOWEVER YOU WANNA FRAME YOUR CONCERNS. SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. OKAY. UH, YES, MR. JOHN, I'M STILL NOT NECESSARILY CLEAR IF THIS BOARD WERE HYPOTHETICALLY TO, UH, REJECT THE PROPOSAL AS TO KEITH PARK, BUT APPROVE IT AS TO THE OTHER THREE PARKS AND IT GOES ON TO COUNCIL, THEY CAN SUBDIVIDE OR NOT SUBDIVIDE THE QUESTION AS THEY SEE FIT, BUT WOULD THEY HAVE THE POWER TO FOLLOW OUR RECOMMENDATION? NO, ABSOLUTELY THEY COULD, THEY COULD FOLLOW YOUR RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. BECAUSE AS I SAID BEFORE, THE WAY THAT THE PROCUREMENT WENT, IT WAS EVALUATED FOR EACH PARK INDIVIDUALLY. THE, THE COUNCIL WILL BE ADVISED OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND THEY CAN FOLLOW SUIT OR THEY CANNOT, YOU KNOW, SO THEY, THEY THEY ARE, THEY ARE, A RECOMMENDATION IS NOTED BY THEM AND MAYBE OF THE SAME CONCERN. SO I CAN'T PREDICT WHAT THEY WILL DO. BUT THEY CAN, THEY CAN DO AS YOU DO. AND SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY FOUR PROCUREMENT [02:05:01] ACTIONS THAT COME TO US BUNDLED, BUT WE CAN RECOMMEND THAT THEY BE PARTIALLY UNBUNDLED. THAT IS CORRECT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. UH, TECHNICAL QUESTION. I'M NOT A TENNIS PLAYER. WHAT IS A MANDATORY DRILL? UM, THAT IS A CLAIM THAT, UM, THE, THE SPEAKER HAD THAT IMPACT ACTIVITIES REQUIRES OF, UH, CUSTOMERS REQUIRED, UH, MAYBE I'M ASKING THE WRONG PERSON, BUT REQUIRED BY WHOM? BY US, BY IMPACT ACTIVITIES? THE THE VENDOR. THE OPERATOR. YEAH. SO THEY CAN SAY, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENT HERE, YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE SOME DRILL SESSIONS HERE. YES. AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO SPECIFICS, BUT IF WE WANTED TO CALL THE VENDOR UP, WE CAN, UM, ASK HIM TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. DO YOU WANT, IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE CLEAR NOT, AND I KNOW MR. YOUNG UNDERSTANDS THIS, BUT WE CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH THE VENDOR. YES. NO, NO, NO, NO. I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE THE, WHAT MANDATORY DRILLS ARE AND, AND HELLO. SO, UM, YES. NO, THESE COME BACK ON SOMETHING. NO. OKAY. THAT'S BETTER. UM, THE RECOMMENDATION, YEAH. CERTAIN FACILITIES HAVE TCD LEAGUES, WHICH IS A THURSDAY MORNING LADIES LEAGUE. AND OVER THE LAST 20, 30 YEARS OF THIS LEAGUE BEING PROMINENT, MANY, MANY FACILITIES HAVE THEIR TEAMS THAT DRILL PRACTICE WITH THEIR TEAMS. AND A COACH IN A DRILL OR A CLASS IS ANOTHER WORD FOR THAT DRILL BEFORE THEY PLAY THEIR LEAGUE MATCHES ON A THURSDAY. NOT ALL CLUBS DO IT. PROBABLY 90, 95% OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACILITIES DO THAT. KEAST HAS ACTUALLY BEEN AN EXCEPTION WHERE THEY HAVEN'T HAD THAT, WHICH IS WHY I, I MENTIONED EARLIER IN, IN MY SPEECH THAT WE WOULD NOT, UH, MANDATE DRILLS FOR MS. FLETCHER'S TEAM, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED TO THAT. AND WE'RE NOT GONNA COME IN AND STAMP THAT DOWN. WE TREAT EVERY FACILITY DIFFERENT, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE OTHERS IN DALLAS. EACH WE UNDERSTAND EACH COMMUNITY IS VERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT. SO WE TREAT THEM AS INDIVIDUALS AND IF THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO ONE WAY OF OPERATING, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH HER TEAM. BUT THE, THE DECISION WHETHER TO REQUIRE THAT IS A DECISION BY THE VENDOR, NOT BY THE LEAGUE OR BY THE TEAM. CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. BUT I'M CONCERNED WHY ONLY FOR MR. MS. FLETCHER'S TEAM? BECAUSE SHE SPOKE HERE. UH, THERE, THERE SHOULD BE A UNIVERSAL RULE. IT IT REALLY IS GENERALLY, BUT IF, IF A FACILITY HAS NOT BEEN DOING IT, IF WE WERE TO COME IN AND JUST DO THAT STRAIGHTAWAY, WE WOULD LOSE OUR CUSTOMER BASE. AND WE, WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT. UM, SO WE, WE, WE TEND TO KIND OF FOLLOW SUIT AND JUST ADD TO WHATEVER'S EXISTING. UM, BUT YEAH, I KNOW MS. FLETCHER'S PROBABLY PLAYED A LOT OF FACILITIES AND, AND YEAH, BUT WE CANNOT MAKE RULE FOR JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL JUST BECAUSE SHE SPOKE HERE. IT HAS TO BE A UNIVERSAL RULE. WELL, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE I WOULD, THAT THAT WOULD BE SEEMS LIKE YOUR DEAL MAKING WITH SOME PUBLIC SPEAKER HERE. NO, WE'RE GRANDFATHERING A PROGRAM THAT'S ALREADY IN THERE. SO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE WE TRY TO GRANDFATHER IT IN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND OVER TIME IF THAT CHANGE OR THAT TEAM, YEAH. AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE VIEWPOINT ONE WAY OR OTHER, BUT IT CAN BE BASED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, SPECIFICALLY GIVING RIGHTS TO ONE INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE HE OR SHE SPOKE ANYWAY. MR. CONNOR. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO DEFER THIS, UH, ITEM FOR AT LEAST ONE PARK BOARD MEETING. SECOND. YEAH. SO THE MOTION IS TO DEFER AND I THINK THERE ARE LOT OF QUESTIONS. I'VE GOT COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. YES. WENT SECONDED BY WHO? MR. NOT A SECOND. MR. MADANO. AND GO AHEAD. IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE NEGOTIATING THIS ON THE FLY AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THESE DRILLS ARE. YEAH. MS. FLESHER HERE, THERE WASN'T COMMUNITY INPUT. THIS, WE SHOULDN'T DO THIS HERE. I'M, I JUST WANNA DEFER. OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DEFER ANY MORE COMMENTS ON IT. YES, MR. WARD? UH, YES. I, I WON'T BE VOTING TO DEFER. NOT THAT I DON'T APPRECIATE ALL THE FACTS OVER HERE OR ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE HERE. NOT NECESSARILY FACTS. IT'S BECAUSE IF, IF, AM I CORRECT, THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE BIDDER FOR THESE CONTRACTS? YES. THERE WAS THREE PROPOSERS THAT WERE SCORED ACROSS ALL FOUR. YES. MM-HMM. AND SO WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER WITH THE RACKET COMMITTEE. MM-HMM. AND THEN WE SENT IT OUT FOR CONTRACT AND IT WAS APPROVED THROUGH THE WHOLE SYSTEM. HOW LONG DID THIS SAY? UM, WE STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2025. YEAH. OKAY. SO, SO WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND, AND, AND THIS IS THE, THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT APPROVED THIS VENDOR MM-HMM . RIGHT? YES. UM, AND NECESSARILY [02:10:01] WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS. WE, WE APPROVE THE FEE FOR, FOR RENTAL. WE JUST, HE, HE OR SHE MIGHT HAVE HIGHER FEES FOR THEIR PROGRAMMING, BUT THAT WAS APPROVED AND WE GIVE THEM THE LIBERTY TO DO THAT. YES. YES. OKAY. SO THEN, AND THEN WE DO THAT NOT JUST FOR RACKET SPORT, WE DO THAT FOR, LET'S JUST SAY, SO, UH, SPORTS THAT FOR FACILITIES, WE DO THAT FOR, FOR CONTRACT FEES, WE LET THEM ESTABLISH THEIR FEES AND THEN WE JUST TAKE OUR CUT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO WE, WE HAVEN'T CHANGED OUR PROCESS ANYWHERE IN THIS WHOLE SYSTEM. ALRIGHT. WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CORRECT. YES. SO I MEAN, WE'RE JUST GONNA DELAY, WE'RE GONNA DELAY IT FOR THREE WEEKS OR, OR, OR, OR WE'RE GONNA DELAY IT. WE'RE GONNA GO REWRITE IT. 'CAUSE NORMALLY IN PROCUREMENTS, WHEN WE WE'RE MAKING THESE CONTRACTS FOR IE LET'S JUST SAY MONEYGRAM, RIGHT? LET'S JUST TAKE THAT EXAMPLE. WE DON'T NECESSARILY GET THE COMMUNITY INPUT. WE TRY TO WRITE THE BEST CONTRACT OR PROCUREMENT AND GO GET THAT BID OR, OR FIND THE RIGHT LEASER TO MAKE THESE CONTRACTS WORK. YEAH. AND SO I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, THIS CONTRACT IS A CONCESSION CONTRACT. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT INVOLVES REVENUE FOR THE CITY. UM, THESE, THE HIGHEST BID PROPOSER DID, UM, SUBMIT A REVENUE MODEL TO THE CITY THAT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS. UM, ANOTHER THING THAT IS IN THOSE PROPOSALS IS, UM, CAPITAL MAINTENANCE AT ALL FACILITIES. RIGHT NOW THE CITY PAYS FOR PORT MAINTENANCE AND WINDSCREENS. UM, AND WITH THE NEW CONTRACTS, THE, THE HIGHEST BID PROPOSER WOULD TAKE THAT ON AS WELL. UM, SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY RENTING, WE'RE NOT LETTING HIM RENT OUT THE FIELD, OR EXCUSE ME, THE CON THE VENDOR RENT OUT THE FIELDS. WE'RE STILL DOING THAT THROUGH RESERVATIONS? NO. SO THE, THE RENTAL WOULD, RENTAL COURT RENTALS, UM, AND MANAGEMENT OF FACILITY USE WOULD BE THROUGH THE OPERATOR. AND THEN THE MODEL, THE REVENUE MODEL IS A STRAIGHT RENT TO THE CITY. SO EACH FACILITY WILL PAY AN ANNUAL RENT AMOUNT, WHICH WILL INCREASE A THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH YEAR, UM, FOR THE WHOLE CONTRACT. AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO PAY BETWEEN 20 TO 40,000 IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS EACH YEAR FOR COURT RESURFACING OR WINDSCREENS. AND, AND OUR CURRENT OPERATOR HAS HAD THE RIGHT TO BID ON THIS CONTRACT. YES. AND THEY KNEW ABOUT IT. YES. UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR I CAN SPEAK TO PROPOSALS THAT, UM, WERE NOT, YOU KNOW, FULLY, UM, EVALUATED, BUT THEY, THEY WERE AWARE OF THE RFP. AND IF I CAN ASK THE QUESTION, DID THEY MAKE IT A BID FOR IT? UM, CAN I ASK THAT QUESTION? OKAY. UM, BUT YEAH, EXACTLY. LITIG. OKAY. SO THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR AT KEITH SUBMITTED A NONRESPONSIVE, UM, PROPOSAL AND WAS NOT SCORED DUE TO THAT. UH, BEFORE YOU FINISH MR. WAR, UH, THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR, ALL YOUR ANSWERS. THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. UH, UH, AND I FEEL LIKE THE COMMITTEE DID ITS WORK. UH, OKAY. I I DO, I THINK THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE THEIR WORK. UNFORTUNATELY, WE, WE, WE HEARD SOMETHING TODAY WHEN IT CAME TO MAKING SURE, CAN WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OVER TO THE COUNCIL THAT CAN INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE? BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE BOARD TODAY IS, AND WE HEARD FROM THE SPEAKER AND WE HEARD FROM THE OPERATOR, IS THE CONCERN ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS IT THROUGH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL FOR THAT TO BE CONSIDERED? AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I, I'M DEFINITELY LYING WITH MR. CONNOR ON THE, THE DEFERMENT. 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT TODAY. WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE BOARD WANT TO INCLUDE IN THAT RECOMMENDATION? SO WHEN WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN TWO WEEKS, THAT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDATION, THE MOTION THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING. I, I'D LIKE, I WANNA CALL THE QUESTION I LIKE, AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANT LITIGATED. SO WE HAVE CALLED THE QUESTION. SO WE, I WAS TRYING TO SPEAK, I WAS TRYING TO SPEAK BEFORE CALL THE QUESTION ATTORNEY WANTS TO CALL THE QUESTION HAS HAPPENED. CAN I ALLOW THERE'S A SECOND. SORRY. SO HE HAS CALLED SO HE CAN INTERRUPT AND JUST TAKE IT OVER BEFORE LIKE BEEN AHEAD. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. WE, TO MR. GOLDSTEIN'S POINT, WE WERE ADVISED THAT IF WE DIDN'T SPLIT THIS, IT WOULD KILL THE WHOLE PROCUREMENT [02:15:01] AND IT WOULD HAVE TO START OVER. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD IN THE COMMITTEE. SO I WOULD'VE SUPPORTED SPLITTING IT IF WE KNEW THAT WE COULD DO IT AND NOT DERAIL THE ENTIRE THING AS WELL. THAT'S WHY I CHOSE TO SPLIT OR NOT TO SPLIT AND NOT TO SUPPORT THAT. UM, IF WE DON'T TAKE THIS OPERATOR AND HAVING THE ADVANTAGEOUS, UM, FINANCIAL STUFF, DO WE AS THE DEPARTMENT, HAVE THE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET TO DO THE WINDSCREENS, ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE STUFF THAT THIS OPERATOR IS NOW GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, WE ARE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT MONEY IN THIS NEW BUDGET SEASON BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE CUT. SO IF WE HAVE TO START THIS WHOLE THING OVER, OUR TENNIS CENTERS ARE ALL GONNA BE SUFFERING. NOT JUST ONE OR ALL IT, IT'LL BE A COLLECTIVE. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF ADDING THE, THE WORDING TO KEEP IT AFFORDABLE. I DO LIKE THAT. I WANT THAT TO BE IN THERE. AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL. MM-HMM . UM, BUT I, I DON'T WANNA DELAY IT EITHER, BUT I WANT THAT TO BE INCLUDED. I THINK THE OPERATOR HAS SAID HE IS WILLING TO DO THAT. I THINK WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BEFORE IT HITS COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO THIS. UM, WE'RE PASSING IT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT AFFORDABILITY CLAUSE IS PUT IN IT BEFORE IT GETS TO COUNCIL. THAT'S . SO THANK YOU AGAIN. I LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION I NEED A SECOND FOR CALL THE QUESTION SECOND. UH, SECONDED BY MR. MURANO. OKAY. SO CALL THE QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO HAVE EIGHT VOTES, RIGHT? FOR CALL THE QUESTION, WHAT'S THE MOTION QUESTION? CALL QUESTION. OKAY. BUT FIRST LET'S VOTE ON HOLDING THE QUESTION. YEAH, YEAH. CALL THE QUESTION IS ON THE VOTE FOR DIFFERING, RIGHT? SO LET'S JUST TAKE THE VOTE. OKAY. SO CALL THE QUESTION, UH, MEANS WE ARE STATE GOING TO THE VOTE FOR HIS MOTION. SO, UH, GO AHEAD MADAM. SECOND. OKAY. UM, MR. ERTA WITH DEFERRING JUST KEYS OR THE WHOLE CONTRACT? WE VOTING DEFER. WE'RE VOTING TO CALL THE QUESTION, CALL THE QUESTION TO VOTE ON DEMENT? NO, HIS CALL. OKAY. HAMMOND, I'M GONNA SUPPORT. YES, YES, YES. TWINS. MCGANN. YES. MADANO, YES. WOOD. NO. YOUNG. NO. GOLDSTEIN. NO. PINCUS? YES. CONNOR? YES. HOGE? YES. COL. I FOLLOW THE QUESTION TO, TO VOTE. YES. YES. HAVE IT. OKAY. SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON DIFFERING THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO DEFER THIS BY, UH, TO THE NEXT PART BOARD TO THE NEXT PART, BOARD MEETING, UH, UH, MADAM SECRETARY, THE TWO THIRD LEARNING A LOT. DEFINITELY. AND EXPLORE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT, I THINK THAT WHAT THEY, YEAH. OF PRESENT OR OF YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE MORE THE IDEAS. YEAH. THE PRESENT. IT'S THE PRESENT. THE PRESENT. THE PRESENT. OH NO, IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I DON'T THINK IT'S, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK IT MET THE TWO. NINE OUT OF 1464. IT IS SIX 10% AWAY. ONE MINUTE. LET ME TAKE THE, WHAT'S THE VERDICT? THE QUESTION DID NOT PASS. OKAY, SO CALL, THE QUESTION DID NOT PASS. SO WE CAN KEEP THE DELIBERATION ON AS PER THREE RULES. SO MR. JUNG, I GO, ARE YOU, UH, NOTING THE ROUND? [02:20:01] SORRY, AM I MISSING? YEAH, I WAS, I HAD MY HAND. SO GO AHEAD. THE MOTION IS, SO IT FAILED. YES. THE MOTION HAS FAILED. SO THE DELIBERATION CAN CONTINUE. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO WHAT'S THE UNDERLYING MOTION RIGHT NOW? IS IT TO DEFER? TO DEFER? THE UNDERLYING MOTION WE ARE DELIBERATING IS TO, UH, DEFER AND WE CAN KEEP THE DISCUSSION AS PER OUR 3, 2, 1 RULES. RIGHT? SO YOU KEEPING RECORD OF WHO WAS SO MR. JUNK, UH, WHICHEVER FIRST OR SECOND ROUND OF YOURS. UH, THEN YEAH. OH, WHEN DO THE CURRENT, WHEN DO THE CURRENT CONTRACTS EXPIRE? UM, THE CURRENT CO CURRENT CONTRACTS EXPIRED IN JANUARY OF 26 AND FEBRUARY OF 26 FOR SOME LOCATIONS. WE, WE ARE WORKING ON A ONE YEAR, OR WE'RE CURRENTLY ON A ONE YEAR EXTENSION. UM, THAT WILL, UM, ONCE THE LONG-TERM CONTRACTS GET APPROVED BY COUNSEL, WILL, YOU KNOW, GO INTO EFFECT AT THAT TIME. AND THAT EXTENSION WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED? YES. YEAH. SO EVERYTHING'S BEEN SUBMITTED. I BELIEVE ALL LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FINALIZED. I KNOW FOR SURE THREE, ONE MIGHT STILL BE PENDING CITY MANAGER APPROVAL. RIGHT. SO A THREE WEEK EXTENSION, THREE WEEK DEFERRAL WOULD NOT AFFECT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITIES. IT WOULD NOT, UM, THEY'RE CONTINUING ON THEIR, THE TERMS FROM THE PRIOR CONTRACTS. UM, YEAH. SO IT WOULD PUSH COUNCIL DATE BACK OF COURSE, BUT, OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. GOLDSTEIN? OH, MR. GOLDSTEIN. UM, SO JUST, IF, IF IT DOES GET DEFERRED, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT THE FULL BRIEFING ALSO COME TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THIS WAS BRIEFED AND DISCUSSED AT MULTIPLE COMMITTEES OVER THE COURSE OF, I THINK MULTIPLE YEARS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GOLF AND TENNIS COMMITTEE, I THINK MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO BID THIS OUT JOINTLY, RIGHT? YES. IT'S BEEN, UM, THIS IS HOW IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST ALSO, AND WAS, UM, ADVISED TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE'VE SUBMITTED IN THE PAST. SO IT WAS DELIBERATELY DECIDED BY THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND WE BY THE, BY THE BOARD TO BID IT THE WAY WE DID. AND THEN WE WERE TOLD THE OPPOSITE AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING OF WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD TODAY. AND IT'S IN THE BRIEFING THAT I'M LOOKING AT, THAT WE HAD TWO OPTIONS AND IT WAS TO PROCEED OR TO REJECT THE WHOLE THING AND RES SOLICIT THE WHOLE THING. YES. AND THAT WAS CONFIRMED ON THE RECORD. SO IF IT GETS DEFERRED, WHICH I'M NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST, THE FULL BRIEFING NEEDS TO COME SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMITTEE SAW. MM-HMM . ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING OPPOSITE ADVICE, WHAT WE GOT AT THE, AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING. I TOTALLY AGREE. YES. AT THAT TIME THAT'S WHAT, UM, THE ADVICE THAT WE HAD BEEN GO, WE HAD RECEIVED FROM PROCUREMENT IN CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR PROCUREMENT MANAGER. UM, BUT AS THEY'VE DONE MORE DIGGING, I THINK THAT'S, UM, IT, THEY FOUND OUT IT COULD BE SPLIT AT THAT POINT. IT STILL HAS TO GO AS A WHOLE TWO COUNCIL, BUT THEN WOULD, COULD BE SPLIT AT THAT POINT. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE DEFERRAL, BUT IF IT GETS DEFERRED, THE FULL, JUST THE SAME FULL BRIEFING SHOULD COME BACK SO THE FULL BODY CAN SEE ALL THE INFORMATION. YEAH. YES. ARE YOU MR. CONNOR OKAY. WITH THAT AMENDMENT, UH, FOR MR. GOLDSTEIN? YEAH. OKAY. SO NOW, UH, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN AGREED WITH GOLDSTEIN AND, UH, MR. CONNOR, IS THAT WE WILL DEFER IT AND THE FULL BRIEFING NEEDS TO COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD TO THE, TO THE FULL BOARD. TO THE BOARD, SORRY, TO THE, TO THE FULL BOARD SO THAT IT CAN, SO NOW WITH THIS NEW AMENDMENT, WHAT WE ARE DELIBERATING IS THAT WE WILL DEFER IT AND THE FULL BRIEFING NEEDS TO COME TO THE BOARD. UH, WITH THAT MS. HAMMOND, UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. JUST, UH, DIRECTOR JINX, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL AND NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE, UH, THIS POOR PERSON WHO MADE A BID HAS NOT BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH SINCE JANUARY OF 2025 . UM, BUT MORE SO BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS MADE TODAY, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I PERSONALLY, FROM MY DISTRICT, HAVE HEARD COMPLAINTS. AND I DID SEND A QUESTION TO STAFF MONTHS AGO, BUT IT WAS IN PROCUREMENT. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THINGS WHEN THEY'RE IN PROCUREMENT. SO WHEN IT CAME OUT OF PROCUREMENT, UM, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE THINGS HAD BEEN SATISFIED AND WE HAD TALKED TO 'EM. SO I DO WANNA AFFORD STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK OUT SOME OF THESE THINGS WITH STAFF SO THAT PEOPLE WHO USE THE FACILITIES CAN FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO I JUST DON'T WANT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANY OF US HAVE HEARD OF THIS. IT'S JUST THIS ITEM HAS BEEN IN PROCUREMENT FOR SO LONG THAT WE COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT. AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL IT WENT TO COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND MY COUNTERPART HAD SOME ISSUES. SO, THAT'S IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE? [02:25:01] I'M MISSING SOME. OKAY. I WANT GO, GO AHEAD, MR. SO WITH THE FOREIGN, THE WHOLE THING COMPLETELY DIFFERING THE WHOLE THING. AND BEFORE THIS COMES BACK A BRIEFING NEEDS TO, WE ONLY COME BACK SO WE NO, NO, THE WHOLE THING. THE WHOLE THING. IT'S JUST PEACE. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT KEITH BECAUSE WE SEPARATE. BECAUSE WE SEPARATE. NO, NO. THE MOTION WAS THE, SO MR. CHAIR, I STILL HAVE, I STILL HAVE THE MIC. YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO IF WE DEFER JUST KEYS, SO THE WHOLE ITEM IS STILL GONNA GO TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK, HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN? WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON THE WHOLE ITEM YET. YEAH, WE CAN. NO, WE TOOK IT OFF. WE JUST CAN'T THE SEPARATE VOTE. YEAH. WE'LL TAKE IT OFF THE, IT OFF RIGHT NOW. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I DID. I UNDERSTOOD. I'M CONFUSED. I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL, YEAH, I THOUGHT, UH, I THOUGHT MOTION WAS FOR ALL. YEAH, IT'S FOR ALL. AND, OKAY. OKAY, LET'S CLARIFY. MOTION IS TO DEFER FOR ALL. MR, MR. CONNOR, YOU WANT TO CLARIFY YOUR MOTION SEPARATED? YEAH. NOW POINT OF INFORMATION. 'CAUSE WE, YEAH, WE, 'CAUSE WE SEPARATED IT. SO, SO CONNIE, CAN WE, THE, I THE ITEM ON THE FLOOR IS ONLY RELEVANT TO KEITH PARK. YOU GUYS DIVIDED THE QUESTION. SO IT'S JUST KEITH PARK THAT ALL THIS DISCUSSION IS RELATED TO. OKAY. UH, IF, IF YOUR MOTION TO DEFER FAILS, THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON KEITH PARK. OKAY. ONCE YOU'RE DONE WITH KEITH PARK, YOU HAVE THE OTHER THREE THAT ARE STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. SO THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW FOR THE MOTION TO DEFER IS RELATED TO KE AND, UM, MS. TANKER, SORRY, EXCUSE ME. THE REASON I'M ASKING BECAUSE DOES THE BOARD HAVE THE OPTION TO, TO LET, LET THAT MOTION DIE AS FAR AS SEPARATING OR VOTE IT DOWN? THE REASON I'M ASKING BECAUSE TO THE BOARD, IF WE ARE GONNA TAKE TIME TO GO WORK BACK AND TALK ABOUT THIS OTHER ISSUE, ONE DOESN'T, AND I PREFER TO BRING THE WHOLE, THE ITEM BACK AS A WHOLE AND NOT A SEPARATE ITEM. RIGHT. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO, WHOEVER THE MOTION TO DIVIDE WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHDRAWN. IT'S ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON. SO YOU'VE DIVIDED THE QUESTION. SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT THAT ITEM BACK IN TO THE, TO THE UNDERLYING ITEM THAT WAS PUT ON THE, ON YOUR AGENDA, WHICH IS NOW TO DEAL WITH THEM AS, AS ONE, ONE COLLECTIVE. SO, OKAY, SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, I'LL EXPLAIN IT. WE WILL HAVE TO, MR. CONNOR WILL HAVE TO TAKE BACK HIS MOTION AND THEN, UH, MR. TOS, YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE BACK YOUR MOTION THEN. WE'LL, NO, HE'LL TO HE'LL TO REMOTION TO COMBINE OR, OR YOU CAN OR YOU CAN TAKE BACK OR CHANGE YOUR MOTION TO DEFER AND HOPEFULLY WE HAD HAD ENOUGH DISCUSSION AND WE CAN VOTE ON IT. WELL, THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE TWO VOTES. THERE'S HAVE TO BE, THERE'S GONNA BE A VOTE TO RE COMBINE. CORRECT. AND THEN DEFER AND THEN, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO FIRST, UH, ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE BACK YOUR VOTE? YEAH, I WITHDRAW MY MOTION. SO YOU WITHDRAW. SO NOW, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? YOU HAVE TO PUT A, A MOTION TO INCLUDE IT BACK AT WITH THE COLLECTIVE. OKAY, SO NOW, UH, UH, I NEED A MOTION TO INCLUDE IT BACK. SO MR. TO AND I NEED A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. SECONDED. SO WE UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. SO NOW WE ARE BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED. NOW I DEFER TO, I I MOTION TO DEFER. DO I NEED A SECOND TO? SO, UH, MR. MADANO HAS SECOND WAIT. WITH A BRIEFING. WITH THE BRIEFING. SORRY. UH, YEAH. DEFER WITH THE BRIEFING. WITH THE BRIEFING. SECOND MOTION TO COMBINE, WHICH HAPPENED? WE JUST DID. YEAH, WE DID. SO PLEASE DON'T GET US STARTED. . SO I CALL THE QUESTION, YEAH. OKAY. CALL THE QUESTION. I CALL THE QUESTION. OKAY. I NEED A SECOND FOR CALL THE QUESTION SECOND. SECONDED BY. OKAY, SO NOW LETS VOTE ON CALL THE QUESTION. MADAM SECRETARY. VOTING. WELL, HE PUT THE MOTION, YEAH, I CALL IT YES. COINS. YES. . MCGANN. YES. MADANO? YES. WOOD? YES. YOUNG. YES. GOLDSTEIN? YES. PINKUS. CONNOR? YES. YES. HOGE. YEAH. KAMI? YES, YES, YES. OKAY, SO CALL THE QUESTION. I DON'T EVEN NEED TO CALCULATE TWO THIRD. IT HAS PASSED . SO NOW WE ARE STATE VOTING THIS TO DIFFER, UH, SUB BUT BE, UH, BRIEFING TO THE FULL BOARD BEFORE IT COMES BACK. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE, AYE. AYE. HAVE A MOTION TO EFFORT. AND I LEARNED A LOT TODAY IN THIS . LOTS OF NEW RULES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO FURTHER TO THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE VERY WELL, WELL NEXT. SO [02:30:01] WHAT ARE, OKAY, WE ARE TAKING NOW THIS EXCITING RENAMING, UH, BOULDER PARK TO FRANK P. WISE PARK. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MS. HAMMOND? I KNEW THAT. AND SECONDED BY MR. BURTA. MS. HAMMOND, DO YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS? YES. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR US TO GET HERE. ALRIGHT, , UM, NUMBER ONE, UH, THANK YOU PRESIDENT. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN DISTRICT THREE IS RENAME BOULDER PARK TO FRANK P. WISE PARK. FRANK P. WISE, UH, CAME TO DALLAS FROM OHIO AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND EVENTUALLY PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN 1988, MAKING HIM THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN TO SERVE AT PARK, SERVE AS A PARK DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. AND HE IS ONE OF, WELL, ONE OF VERY, VERY FEW THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING NAMED AFTER HIM IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. SO, MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE FELT IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY HONOR FRANK AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HE STILL DELIVERS. YOU HEARD THE SPEAKERS EARLIER THAT TALK TO HOW HE IS ALSO A PILLAR OF HIS COMMUNITY. AND THIS PARK DOES IS ADJACENT AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM CONCORD CHURCH AS WELL AS HARMONY CDC, WHERE HE VOLUNTEERS AND HE CONTINUES TO BE A PILLAR OF LIGHT. HE IS A GENTLE GIANT, UM, IN THAT HE WALKS IN A ROOM, YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS, BUT HE HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY AND CONTINUES TO SERVE OUR CITY. SO IT IS WITH GREAT DELIGHT THAT I HOPE YOU ALL SUPPORT THIS MOTION TO RENAME BOULDER PARK AFTER FRANK P. WISE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE? WELL, I HAVE TO COMMENT. MS. HAMMOND, UH, DISCUSSED WITH ME AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT, BUT LET'S DO THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROCEDURES AND WHAT WE HAVE FOR NAMING. AND SHE REALLY MADE SURE THAT EVERY RULE FOR THE NAMING AND PROCEDURE IS FOLLOWED. SO THANKS, THANKS FOR PUSHING RATHER THAN DOING A SHORT CIRCUIT. AND WITH THAT, UH, I THINK I WOULD SUPPORT THIS. AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYES HAVE IT. AWESOME. SO WE ARE DONE WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. HEY, AGAINST MY WISH, DR. DIRECTOR JENKINS IS SAYING LET'S FINISH THE BRIEFING. SO LET'S DO THAT. SO, SO I AM GOING FOR LUNCH. YEAH. YEAH. SO, UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. UH, I AM GONNA ASK, UH, BRETT WILKE ALONG WITH RYAN O'CONNOR. I'M GONNA ASK THEM TO GIVE THE CONDENSED VERSION BECAUSE, UH, I WANT THEM TO GET TO THE MEAT OF MAKING SURE, ONE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AT FAIR PARK AND WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR. BUT BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THE MATERIAL, I WANT Y'ALL TO LOOK AT IT. BUT I'M GONNA ASK THEM TO KIND OF BREEZE THROUGH THOSE THINGS 'CAUSE YOU HAVE THE MATERIAL TO SEE ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT I REALLY WANT THEM TO STRESS ON WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS NOW. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS AWARE WHETHER IT'S THE NEXT BIG STEPS WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH FAIR PARK. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, BRETT WILKE, GENERAL MANAGER AT FAIR PARK. I RECEIVED THE MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR. I WILL BE BRIEF. SO, NEXT SLIDE. LET'S SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, THE PURPOSE, UM, AS IT WAS STATED, WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WHAT'S NEXT. NEXT SLIDE, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY AND WHY WE ASSUME THE PARK BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. THAT HAS BEEN VERY WELL DOCUMENTED. NEXT SLIDE. SO ON AUGUST SEVEN, UH, WE PROVIDED A TRANSITION UPDATE ON, UH, FAIR PARK TO THE BOARD WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE OPERATIONAL IMPACT, IMPACT ON THE DEPARTMENT, THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, OUR NEW APPROACH, AND AN UPDATE ON THE FIRST 90 DAYS. NEXT SLIDE. WE RETURNED TO THE BOARD ON OCTOBER 27 WHEN WE BRIEFED, UH, PARK BOARD ON FAIR PARK OPERATIONS, UH, MODEL AND REVITALIZATION STRATEGY WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE FIVE PILLARS FOR FAIR PARK. NEXT SLIDE. WITHIN THAT BRIEFING, WE HAD SEVERAL NEXT STEPS. UM, HAPPY TO SAY EVERY ONE OF THOSE STEPS, UH, ARE IN PROGRESS. MOST OF THEM ARE VERY DEEP IN THE PROGRESS. AND THEN OUR SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS, THE KEY CONTRACTS WE NEED TO GET IN PLACE ARE COMPLETED. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE SECURITY AND PARKING. NEXT SLIDE. SO LIST OF SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND I WILL NOT READ ALL THESE, UH, POINT BY POINT. THE, UH, BIG PICTURE HERE. UH, WE'VE DONE A LOT. UH, WE'VE REPAIRED A LOT OF THE FOUNTAINS, NAMELY THE ESPLANADE LOT OF H-V-H-V-A-C, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENTS, AUTO CENTENNIAL COLISEUM, AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. A LOT OF OUR MAJOR BUILDINGS NEEDED A LOT OF WORK. UH, WE COMPLETED THE ASSESSMENT FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, WHICH MEANT WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIGN COSTS TO ALL THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE A TRUE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT [02:35:01] PLAN AND ESTABLISH A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL PREVENT A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE INHERITED. NEXT SLIDE. SO WHEN I WAS HERE IN AUGUST, I PRESENTED A SERIES OF PICTURES, UM, BEFORE THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR, WHAT THE PARK LOOKED LIKE, AND THEN AFTER, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE AFTER PHOTOS ARE NOW BEFORE PHOTOS. UH, WHEN WE INHERITED THE PARK, THIS IS WHAT THE ESPLANADE LOOKED LIKE. NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE'S A SHOT OF WHAT THE ESPLANADE CAN LOOK LIKE AT NIGHT. THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE STATE FAIR THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, HVAC WILL CONTINUE TO TOUCH ON THIS 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE OUT OF, UH, OUT OF THE PARK SINCE WE TOOK OVER. UH, BACK IN AUGUST, WE HAD THREE TEMPORARY CHILLING UNITS AT THREE DIFFERENT FACILITIES. UM, ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE WHY THE COLISEUM CHILLERS NEEDED TO BE, UH, TORN DOWN, CLEANED OUT AND REBUILT. NEXT SLIDE. THE PRETTIEST I CAN MAKE. HVAC EQUIPMENT. LOOK, UH, THOSE ARE THE NEW SYSTEMS AT AUTO, THE VISITOR CENTER IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. NEXT SLIDE. THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE. AGAIN, I WON'T READ 'EM ALL. UM, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEW PLANTINGS THAT HAVE WENT IN. WE'VE PUT IN A SCHEDULE, A WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR MAINTENANCE. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT THERE WAS NOT EVIDENCE THAT ACTUALLY EXISTED BEFORE WE TOOK OVER. UH, THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME, ESPECIALLY BEING AT THE ARMOR READ 'EM, I THINK THEIR STAFF WILL AGREE IT'S HARD TO KEEP THINGS ALIVE WHEN YOU HAVE NO FUNCTIONING IRRIGATION. SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF IRRIGATION REPAIRS SINCE WE'VE TAKE TAKEN OVER. NEXT SLIDE. UM, JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE END RESULTS OF OUR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE TEAM. NEXT SLIDE. IS THIS THE AR WE TOOK PICTURES FROM AR WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO BE THE ARBORETUM OF THE SOUTH . SO, UH, SECURITY, UH, THE BIGGEST FIRST STEP WAS GETTING OUR THIRD PARTY SECURITY PROVIDER IN PLACE FOR CONTINUITY OF SERVICES. AND OUR COVERAGE IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR. AND IT DOES INCLUDE OVERNIGHT SECURITY. UH, THE BIGGEST THING I CAN REPORT ON IS YOU CAN SCRATCH THE WORD FINALIZING FROM THE NEXT BULLET POINT. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE 24 7 SOFTWARE, WHICH IS OUR INCIDENT, UH, REPORTING SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY DEVELOPS, UM, A CENTRAL COMMAND CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE COLISEUM. AND THAT GIVES US ON TIME RESPONSES. IT'S IMPROVED OUR EFFICIENCY AND RESPONSES AND INCIDENT REPORTING. IT ALSO GIVES US ACCESS TO ALL THE CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE PARK, AND THAT IS MONITORED AROUND THE CLOCK. NEXT SLIDE. UH, A FEW MORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WHEN I SAT HERE IN AUGUST, WE WERE A SEVEN PERSON TRANSITION TEAM ALL PULLING DOUBLE DUTY. TODAY WE HAVE 28, UM, STAFF FULLY ONBOARDED WITH SIX MORE. NOW STARTING UP BY THE END OF THE MONTH, AND I'LL JUST HIT ON THE LAST FEW. I I WILL TOUCH ON THE FINALIZING OF THOSE EVENT AGREEMENTS. IN A FUNCTIONAL TRANSITION, WE WOULD'VE SAT WITH A PREVIOUS OPERATOR. WE WOULD'VE HAD ALL OF THOSE EVENTS. WE DISCUSS THROUGH WHAT'S ENTAILED IN THOSE CONTRACTS. INSTEAD, THOSE CLIENTS WERE NOTIFIED THAT EVENTS WERE CANCELED AND WE WERE LEFT PICKING UP THE PIECES. AND IT TOOK A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME ON OUR STAFF TO PUT THAT ALL BACK TOGETHER. UH, WE REINTRODUCED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TO THE COTTON BOWL. WE'VE LAUNCHED A WEEKLY MARKET AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED REOCCURRING MEETINGS WITH KEY DEPARTMENTS, UH, TO COLLABORATE ON WORK OUTSIDE OF FAIR PARK. NEXT SLIDE. JUST A FEW PICTURES OF THE MARKET. UM, THAT WAS ROLLED OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH. NEXT SLIDE. UH, A FEW MORE. UM, WE DO HAVE MUSICAL COMPONENTS TO THE MARKET AND WE HOPE TO INCREASE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. NEXT SLIDE. A FEW MORE SHOTS. I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION THOUGH TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THE DRAGON BOATS. THAT IS SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED. THEY WANT IT DAILY OPERATION OF 'EM THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE JUST AT THE MARKET. YOU CAN ACTUALLY RENT THOSE DAILY THROUGH THE AQUARIUM, SO THERE'S ALWAYS ACCESS TO THE DRAGON BOATS. NEXT SLIDE. JUST A PRETTY PICTURE OF THE BACKDROP FOR OUR MARKET. NEXT SLIDE. ALRIGHT, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SEVERAL CONTRACTS STILL PENDING ASSUMPTION THAT WE NEED TO GET COMPLETED. UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING SEVERAL KEY LONG-TERM CONTRACTS THAT'LL GO TO OPS. STILL, WE NEED TO COMPLETE OUR, OR CONTINUE OUR ONBOARDING EFFORTS. UM, HVAC, UH, HVAC, REPAIRS AND FIRE PANEL REPLACEMENTS. UH, WE'RE IN TALKS WITH SEVERAL LARGE FESTIVALS THAT WE WANNA, WE WANNA CLOSE ON AND THEN CONTINUE RESEARCH AND PURSUIT OF DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT FAIR PARK. [02:40:01] AND THAT'S WHERE I TRANSITION. SO Y'ALL ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UH, LEANING HARD INTO NON-TRADITIONAL REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PARK SYSTEM BECAUSE WE HAVE TO. Y'ALL ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UM, REALLY HARD AT WORK. UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT BEST PRACTICES. WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM? HOW CAN WE APPLY THEM HERE? Y'ALL WILL REMEMBER, UH, AS A PART OF THE FIVE PILLARS FOR FAIR PARK PRESENTATION, I SHARED WITH YOU, UM, WHAT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK IS AND HOW IT WORKS. AND YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL PARK IS AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. THAT REVENUE DERIVED FROM THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, NOT ONLY 100% PAYS FOR THE PARK ITSELF, BUT HAS ANOTHER 100% THAT GOES INTO A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE THAT THE PARK IS CONTINUALLY MAINTAINED AND OPERATED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. NEXT SLIDE. THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY IMPRESSIVE THINGS ABOUT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE IS THE IMAGE THERE ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS THE HOTEL THAT IS. UM, AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, THE ELEMENTS OF THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT REALLY BLEND INTO THE PARK IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PARK. IT REALLY SERVES AS ANOTHER SORT OF ACTIVATION AMONGST THE, THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE, AND THE LODGING. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES AND THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM BROKEN BRIDGE PARK, BUT ALSO PARK LA MEXICANA THAT I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IN THE PAST. NEXT SLIDE. AND I WANTED TO SHARE VISUALLY, UM, WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, IS AT FAIR PARK. AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE PARK IS REALLY ORGANIZED INTO A SERIES OF DISTRICTS. THE LIGHT GREEN COLOR IS REALLY THE CULTURAL AND THE PERFORMING ARTS DISTRICT. THE, THE PURPLE COLOR THERE REALLY IS THE EXHIBIT HALL DISTRICT. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 520,000 SQUARE FEET OF EXHIBIT SPACE. WE HAVE OUR SPORTS, UH, UH, DISTRICT, WHICH IS REALLY THE COTTON BOWL AND THE COLISEUM. WE HAVE OUR AGRARIAN AREAS, UH, THAT YOU SEE THERE IDENTIFIED IN ORANGE. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THE, THE MIDWAY THAT'S, THAT'S USED BY THE STATE FAIR DURING THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS. AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER THERE IN THE KIND OF PINKISH HUE IS A SEA OF PARKING LOTS THAT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH. AND THEY ARE HIGHLY UNDERUTILIZED. THEY'RE UTILIZED DURING THE STATE FAIR, OF COURSE, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, THEY'RE LARGELY EMPTY. THAT IS A, UM, CLEAN SLATE TO REIMAGINE HOW THAT SPACE IS UTILIZED. NEXT SLIDE. AND I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT IS, UH, WITHIN THAT AREA IS THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK. GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE BECAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE YEAH. BOARD, NO, THIS IS WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT, SO EXACTLY. LET'S, LET'S EMPHASIZE IT ONE MORE TIME. SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF LAND. UM, IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 10% PLUS OR MINUS OF THE, UH, OVERALL CAMPUS. AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE MODEL, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOTHING BUT PARKING LOTS. UM, THERE WILL BE, UH, THE ACTIVATION OF THE FUTURE COMMUNITY PARK. SO THAT REALLY SETS ITSELF UP WELL TO BE A TRIGGER FOR OTHER PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. SO AGAIN, THIS TOP RIGHT CORNER REALLY BOUNDED BY, FITS YOU ADJACENT TO THE DOCE EAST AMPHITHEATER, WHICH IS THE KIND OF BASEBALL FIELD LOOKING THING THERE. NEXT SLIDE. SO, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING PUBLICLY ABOUT THE FIVE PILLARS FOR FAIR PARK, AND OF COURSE ONE OF THEM IS THE, THE NON-TRADITIONAL REVENUE OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN FAIR PARK. UM, AND THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR FAIR PARK INCLUDE LODGING, STRUCTURED PARKING, MIXED USE, RETAIL RESTAURANT SPORTS VENUES AND MULTIPURPOSE ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. OF COURSE, IF THAT, UM, IF THAT DEVELOPMENT COMES TO PASS AND WE, AND WE HAVE, UM, A PRETTY HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT IT COULD, THAT'S GONNA LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES AT FAIR PARK. AND THAT COULD BE THROUGH A LEASE PAYMENT, A LONG-TERM GROUND LEASE FOR INSTANCE, OR OTHER SIMILAR MECHANISM. AND, YOU KNOW, NOT TRYING TO GET SUPER AHEAD OF OURSELVES, BUT THIS COULD BE THE, THE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEKING FOR SO LONG THAT COULD, THAT COULD YIELD THAT REVENUE THAT WE NEED TO FULLY MONETIZE, UH, FAIR PARK IN A WAY THAT THAT PAYS FOR LARGELY THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE CAMPUS. THIS IS, UH, POTENTIALLY THE THE MISSING PIECE, YOU KNOW, BEYOND JUST THE REVENUE PIECE, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, THAT HAVING THESE TYPES OF USES REALLY DOES SERVE AS A COMPLIMENT AND AN ACTIVATION TO THE PARK. IT'S GONNA HELP DRIVE ATTENDANCE TO THE [02:45:01] OTHER PARTNERS IN THE CAMPUS. UM, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO HAVE A WHOLE, A METAPHORICAL HOLE IN THE CAMPUS THAT'S REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN PARKING. AND I ALSO WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT THAT SHOULD WE BE SUCCESSFUL IN, IN ATTRACTING THE RIGHT PARTNER TO HELP US DEVELOP THIS PORTION OF THE CAMPUS. THAT COULD BE THE ENTITY THAT OPERATES THE COMMUNITY PARK ON OUR BEHALF AT NO COST TO FAIR PARK OR THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE. SO, TO FULLY EXPLORE THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE INTEND TO SEEK PROPOSALS. UH, WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN A PROCESS THAT IDENTIFIES THE RIGHT TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US COLLECTIVELY AS A, AS A PARK DEPARTMENT AND CITY, UM, TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S REPRESENTED BY THOSE CURRENTLY VACANT PARKING LOTS. AND THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US BEYOND JUST THE REVENUE AND BEYOND JUST THE ACTIVATION. UM, WE OBVIOUSLY WANT THAT REVENUE TO, TO BENEFIT THE PARK IN A REALLY STRONG WAY, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL. WE WANT THIS DEVELOPMENT TO BE A COMPLIMENT, UH, TO THE PARK. WE DON'T WANT, UH, GLASS AND STEEL STRUCTURES OUT THERE. WE WANT THIS TO BE REFLECTIVE OF THE CHARACTER OF FAIR PARK. IT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO, ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE, UH, EXISTING HISTORIC AND PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS, ZONING RULES, ET CETERA. AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THERE NEEDS TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE ADJACENT COMMUNITIES. SO ANY SORT OF DEAL THAT WE WOULD EVENTUALLY ENTER INTO THERE NEEDS TO BE REPORTING, UH, RELATED TO LOCAL HIRING FROM THE ADJACENT COMMUNITIES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE. SO, AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEPS GO, UM, I, UH, WE INTEND TO, UH, PARTNER WITH SOME PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE FIRMS TO ASSIST WITH, UH, REVIEWING ANY PROPOSALS RECEIVED, AS WELL AS ANALYZING THOSE REVENUE, UH, REVENUE POTENTIAL, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. WE NEED TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE. WE NEED TO DO SOME SURVEYS, SOME FIELD NOTES WORK. UH, AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO ASSEMBLE A PEER GROUP THAT WOULD BE LOCAL CHANGE COMMERCE THAT COULD HELP US REVIEW THE ANALYSIS THAT WE INTEND TO ENGAGE WITH. AND THEN WE ALSO, AS AN IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP, UH, WE INTEND TO BRIEF THE PARKS, TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE IN THEIR FIRST MEETING, UH, NEXT MONTH. SO I WENT THROUGH THAT REALLY QUICKLY, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO REEMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR US IN FAIR PARK. UH, FOLKS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO DO AT FAIR PARK TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL BASED UPON THE RESEARCH WE'VE DONE, BASED UPON THE SITE VISITS THAT WE'VE BEEN TO, BASED UPON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN WITH, WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO EXPLORE FULLY. UM, AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE HAPPY AND EXCITED TO INFORM YOU, UM, THAT THIS IS, UM, SOME OF THE STEPS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO NEXT, WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NO, THA THANK YOU, RYAN. THANK YOU BRAD. IT'S AMAZING. WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE REALLY THE MOMENTUM IN THE FAIR PARK AND THE ACTIONS YOU ARE TAKING FOR A MINUTE, HONESTLY, THAT LANDSCAPING, I COULD HAVE CONFUSED FOR OUR FREEDOM. SO, UH, GOOD JOB. HOPEFULLY, I THINK IT'S ACROSS NOT ONE PIECE OF SAND TO TAKE ON. AND SO NO EXCITED ABOUT IT. YEAH. ANY, YEAH, MR. KARIMI? MR. GOLDSTEIN WAS FIRST. OH, THANK YOU. PLEASE . IT'S BEEN NICE. GO AHEAD MR. GOLDSTEIN. . NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU BRETT AND RYAN. UM, IT, YOU, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, , AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR ACCESSIBILITY AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING HARD ON THIS. UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT YOU'VE HAD SO FAR AND THE LEVEL OF ATTENDANCE AND SUCCESS YOU'VE HAD? YEAH, SO A LOT OF THE EVENTS WE'VE CURRENTLY HAD HAVE BEEN EXISTING REOCCURRING EVENTS FOR A LONG TIME. SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP AND START DRAWING A WIDER RANGE AND FILLING THE PARK UP, UH, MORE OFTEN. UM, WE DO HAVE A VERY LARGE BIG DAY AT FAIR PARK ON APRIL 11. WE'LL HAVE A BIG CONCERT AND WITH BREAKAWAY, DOSIS HAS A CONCERT GOING THE SAME DAY. DISD HAS AN EVENT MUSIC CALL HAS AN EVENT. IT, IT'S MY VISION FOR THAT PARK THAT WE DO THAT MORE OFTEN. UH, WE JUST CAME OFF IRISH FEST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. UM, AND AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN, UH, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RETURNING TO THE COTTON BOWL AND WE'RE HAVING MORE OF THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AS WELL, COUNCIL YESTERDAY APPROVED THE VISIT DALLAS DALLAS AGREEMENT AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE VISIT DALLAS AGREEMENT IS GOING TO BE REALLY INTEGRAL TO OUR SUCCESS. [02:50:01] THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUR SALES AND BOOKING AGENT THAT'S GONNA BE OUT THERE HUSTLING, BRINGING EVENTS INTO OUR BUILDINGS AND DRIVING THAT ACTIVATION IN ATTENDANCE. AND IT'D BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION WE'LL BE HOSTING THE FIFA FAN FEST THIS SUMMER AS WELL. UM, AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS JUST IF THERE'S ANY UPDATE OR WHEN WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON, UM, PLANS FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COTTON BOWL TO BE DONE. I THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT BY 2030, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO THE REQUIREMENT OF THAT CONTRACT IS, UM, BY 2030 WE HAVE TO HAVE A FUNDING PLAN IN PLACE, AND THEN BY 2032 WE HAVE TO HAVE, UM, DESIGNS COMPLETED, UH, AND CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY SO THAT IT COULD BE COMPLETED BY 2034. SO, UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S STILL A FEW YEARS OUT, IT'S CERTAINLY TOP OF MIND FOR BRETT AND I AND MR. JENKINS. UM, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MR. KARIMI. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. UM, I WANNA START BY THANKING, UH, THE HARD WORK FOR THE ACTIVATION, THE REACTIVATION, THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, THE CULTURAL INVESTMENTS INTO FAIR PARK, THE DRAGON BOATS, MY KIDS. AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. IT'S A LOT OF FUN. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST, UM, MENTION A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK. YES. THAT IS ONE MODEL TO FOLLOW. IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR, FOR THAT, FOR, FOR MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN. UH, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY MODEL. UH, BALBOA PARK IN SAN DIEGO IS ANOTHER MODEL THAT MAY BE SOMETHING CLOSER IN COMPARISON TO OUR OWN BELOVED FAIR PARK. I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME KEY DISTINCTIONS WHEN WE LOOK AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK. I RECALL FROM THE, THE, THE, THE BRIEFING WE HAD FROM THE GENTLEMAN FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, THAT THAT SITE WAS FORMER INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONT. I RECALL IT WAS MAYBE JUST DIRT, UH, EVERYTHING THERE WAS DESIGNED AROUND THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT IN FAIR, WHEN I THINK OF FAIR PARK, IT'S, IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT IN THAT IT'S AN EXISTING, EXISTING CULTURAL CAMPUS. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 150 PLUS YEARS. UH, IT, IT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY GEMS IN OUR CITY, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIC IDENTITY OF OUR CITY. THERE'S A FINE LINE THAT WE'RE GONNA WALK AND WE HAVE TO WALK THIS VERY, VERY CAREFULLY. WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH CITY HALL AND THE DEVELOPMENT THERE, THIS CREATES, CREATES A LOT OF DISRUPTION WITHIN PEOPLE. IT CREATES A LOT OF HEARTACHE. IT'S GONNA BE MAGNIFIED TIMES 10 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAIR PARK AND REAL ESTATE DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT. UM, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO CONSIDER IT. THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND WHY IT'S NEEDED. BUT THERE IS A VERY, VERY FINE LINE THAT WE NEED TO WALK WITH OUR PUBLIC WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN FAIR PARK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AROUND THE PARKING LOTS AND, OKAY, THEY'RE UGLY, BUT WHATEVER. BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANNA WARN, WARN US FOR WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE WALKING INTO IN THAT SCENARIO. MR. KARIMI, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. UH, 'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, FAIR PARK HAS PROBABLY BEEN ONE OF THE NO, THE TOUGHEST POLITICAL, POLITICAL ISSUE TO SOLVE IN THIS CITY. AND I ASSURE YOU WE'RE GONNA TAKE VERY, WE'RE GONNA BE VERY METHODICAL, VERY STRATEGIC. AND THAT'S WHY TODAY WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSTANTLY PUTTING IT OUT BEFORE THE PUBLIC. WHAT'S THE INTENT? AND AS, AS RYAN MENTIONED IN HIS BRIEFING, WE ARE GONNA PRESERVE THE TRADITIONAL PART OF THE PARK AND THE PRESERVATION AND THE HISTORY. ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESERVED. THAT'S WHY WE WERE THE VERY STRATEGIC TO LOOK AT THE VACANT PARKING LOTS. THAT'S ONLY UTILIZED WHAT THIRD DURING THE STATE FAIR. AND WHEN I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND THEY BRING UP SOME OF YOUR SAME CONCERNS AND I EXPLAINED TO THE COMMUNITY, WE GONNA BE VERY METHODICAL, I ASSURE YOU. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY. 'CAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY, WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THOSE YEARS. BUT ONCE I EXPLAINED TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE INVOLVED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, BUT WE GOING TO, WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A WORK, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAVE SOME TYPE OF WORK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO HAVE SOME TYPE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UPSIDE. BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC TO THINK OUR GOAL IS TO, AND I WANNA MAKE THIS CLEAR, FIRST OF ALL, THE DEVELOPMENT HAS TO BE A PARK USE NUMBER ONE. THAT'S WHY IT CAN ONLY BE HOTEL, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, AND THIS IS DALLAS. THERE'S NO EXCUSE WHERE THERE'S NO NO WESTERN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AT FAIR PARK. 'CAUSE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE WORLD KNOWN. AND WHEN YOU THINK OF DALLAS, YOU THINK OF SOME [02:55:01] WESTERN ASSOCIATION AND THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR US NOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUES TO MAKE SURE THOSE OTHER 238, I MEAN 220 ACRES IS GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE GOTTA GET A REVENUE SOURCE. 'CAUSE NO ONE HAS FIGURED THIS OUT IN THE LAST 70 YEARS. AND I THINK WE HAVE THE SOLUTION NOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT US. 'CAUSE BOLD DECISIONS ARE ALWAYS GOING BE MET WITH OPPOSITION UNTIL THE BENEFITS ARE REED. AND IF I CAN MR. LITTLE BIT MORE INSIDE, I THINK BROOKLYN PARK IS NOT BEING USED AS A MODEL TO REPLICATE. MM-HMM. IT SAYS AN INSPIRATION THAT WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR REVENUE GENERATION. RIGHT. AND WHICH I THINK RYAN MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT WILL HAVE FAIR PARKS, UH, HISTORIC, UH, IDEAS. BUT YOUR SUGGESTION TO EXPLORE OTHERS, I THINK, UH, I THINK IT'S A WELL HEATED IDEA, BUT THE, IF, UH, IF THE MESSAGE IS THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO REPLICATE NO, IT'S AN INSPIRATION THAT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, UH, WE CAN DO IN OUR OWN WAY. FAIR PARKWAY IN OUR OWN WAY IF I SAY, OKAY. SO, UH, MR. VOTE YEAH, THANK YOU. I, I'M EXCITED. I THINK THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR FAIR PARK. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS COMING. UM, I THINK THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE THERE ALREADY, UM, AND HOW WE KEEP THEM AT THE FOREFRONT. UM, AND AS WE SELL THESE BIG EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IMPEDING THEIRS, UM, THEIR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR BREAD AND BUTTER THAT HAVE TO LIVE THERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST FOR TWO WEEKS OR A WEEKEND. UM, SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, BUT I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, VISIT DALLAS THAT'S GONNA SELL THIS. BUT LET ME GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE CREW THAT TAKES CARE OF THEM WHEN THEY GET THERE. AND THAT'S OUR PEOPLE. UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE WORKING OUT THERE AND, UM, WITHOUT THOSE PEOPLE WORKING HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF OVERTIME RIGHT NOW JUST TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY COMING, UM, WE WOULDN'T GET THEM BACK AGAIN. SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IN THAT EXTRA EFFORT AND, UM, EXTEND THAT THANK YOU TO THE CREW. BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING TIME, UM, FOR FAIR PARK. UM, I THINK THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF PAIN POINTS, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UM, BUT I THINK HONESTLY THE FUTURE OF FAIR PARK, UM, IS BRIGHTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. WOOD. I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. SPECIFIC TO THE CAMPUS PARTNERS, BECAUSE YOU MAY RECALL, THAT'S ALSO ONE OF OUR FIVE PILLARS, AND IT'S OUR JOB TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT IS ACTIVATION AND ATTENDANCE. AND IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. THEY CAN HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AS WELL. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN THOSE PARKING LOTS DOES COME TO PASS, THAT IS GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT ARE COMING TO FAIR PARK EVERY DAY TO ENJOY THOSE AMENITIES. AND, BUT IT ALSO SERVES AS A, AS A, AS A GATEWAY FOR FOLKS TO, UM, EXPERIENCE THE OTHER AMAZING PARTNERS WE HAVE AT FAIR PARK. SO IT'S A, IT'S A SYMBIOTIC ENVIRONMENT. NOT ONLY THERE, MR. WOOD, THAT'S SUCH A ARTISTIC COMMUNITY. THERE'S SO MUCH TALENT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT TALENT, GIVING THEM RETAIL OUTLETS, EXPOSING BACK TO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IT, THAT THAT'S KEY PART OF WHAT RYAN IS DOING. THAT IT REALLY, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, AREA IS FULL OF TALENT. THEY JUST HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES. SO ANYWAY, MR. MCCANN? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ECHO THE EXCITEMENT AND THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. I'VE PERSONALLY FOUND MYSELF AT FAIR PARK A LOT MORE RECENTLY AND I'VE ATTENDED NUMEROUS VINTAGE FAIRS AND, AND AND WHATNOT THERE AND RUN. I'VE RUN INTO STAFF AND I'VE REALLY BEEN ENJOYING THE ACTIVATIONS THAT YOU'RE DOING THERE. I, I HAVE NOT YET MADE IT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET. I, I DO HAVE A REQUEST FROM A CONSTITUENT THAT THE HOURS BE, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED OR, OR PUSHED A LITTLE BIT LATER. I THINK IT'S FROM NINE TO ONE. THERE, THERE WAS A QUEST FROM 10 TILL TWO OR THREE. UM, BUT JUST, I, I, I ALSO JUST WANNA TOUCH ON DIRECTOR JENKINS REALLY STRONG VIEW OF WHAT THIS, THIS KIND OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, WOULD BRING IN LIGHT OF, UH, RUDY'S, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS ABOUT PRESERVING THE UNIQUE ARCHITECTURAL TREASURE THAT IS FAIR PARK AND THE CULTURAL ACTIVATIONS ALREADY THERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN [03:00:01] I, WHEN I VISIT FAIR PARK AND I SEE THE MAGNOLIA LOUNGE AND INCREASING SHAMBLES AND, AND THE BAN SHELL NOT BEING UTILIZED, I, I TIE THE ONGOING LOSS AND THE, THE NON ACTIVATION OF THOSE ELEMENTS, UM, TO THE IDEA OF, OF DEVELOPING, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE LIKE PARKING LOTS RIGHT NOW, LIKE CREATING ADDITIONAL PRESERVATION MECHANISMS, ADDITIONAL ACTIVATION OPPORTUNITIES, AND CREATING A FAIR PARK THAT ISN'T JUST A PLACE THAT PEOPLE GO FOR A SPECIFIC ACTIVATION AND LEAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME CHALLENGES THE ARTS DISTRICT FACE IN, ITS, IN ITS BEGINNING YEARS, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE THERE WITHOUT A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. THEY AREN'T COMING TO JUST GO TO THE MUSIC HALL AND IGNORING EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S THERE, DRIVING PARKING, VISITING, LEAVING. WE WANT TO WIND UP AT THE FAIR PARK THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST WANDERING ABOUT AND WALKING INTO TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS BECAUSE THEY'VE STUMBLED ACROSS IT. AND I THINK THAT THE PROPOSALS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORTH AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THERE IS LEADING WITH THAT VISION, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP IT AT THE, AS YOUR GUIDING LIGHT. THANK YOU MR. ALBERTA. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. UH, YEAH, AND I, AND I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. WHERE THIS MAP IS THE STATE FAIR BUILDING GOING, THE NEW ONE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT, UH, THAT MAP SLIDE, IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE MIDWAY AREA. IN THE MIDWAY AREA. MM-HMM . AND THAT BRINGS ME ANOTHER POINT. SO THE MIDWAY AREA'S BASICALLY GONNA STAY THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW WITH THE BIG, SO, SO THE, THE MIDWAY AREA IS A 365 LEASE. IT'S ONE OF THE, IT'S THE LEASE IS SLIGHTLY COMPLICATED, BUT THE MIDWAY AREA IS A, IS A FULL 365 CONTROL OF THE STATE FAIR YEAR ROUND. OF COURSE, WHEN THE STATE FAIR OCCURS, THEY HAVE THE FULL CAMPUS, BUT THERE'S, IS THERE ANY WAY TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE? ? UM, I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT AND UH, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH THE STATE FAIR ABOUT MYSELF. SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SOME SCREENS ON THE FENCING, I THINK, UH, COULD HELP. AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT BRETT AND I WILL TALK TO THE STATE FAIR ABOUT. YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S, IT REALLY, WHEN YOU VISIT THE, THE CAMPUS AND YOU'RE AT THE COLLEGE, GO ON CALL FOR A GAME AND THERE'S BIG UGLY FENCE AND, SORRY, AND A BUNCH OF DUSTY OLD, UH, DUSTY RIGHTS AMUSEMENT. RIGHT. SO THAT'D BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. KEEP IT CLEAN, MAKE IT LOOK BETTER, TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. YES, SIR. UH, AND ALSO THE, THE, YOU SAID THE FUNDS WERE GONNA COME 100% INTO BACK INTO FAIR PARK IF WE LEASE THIS PROPERTY. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE HAVE THAT WRITTEN WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND THE CITY MANAGER THAT WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE INFANCY OF THE PROCESS, BUT, UH, THE ONLY REASON WE WOULD REALLY PURSUE THE PROCESS IS BECAUSE WE WANT THE REVENUES AT FAIR PARK. SO THAT WOULD BE A, THAT WOULD BE A, A FOUNDATIONAL, UH, PIECE OF ANYTHING THAT WE PROCEEDED WITH IS THAT THE REVENUES WOULD BENEFIT FAIR PARK AND FAIR PARK ONLY. AND, AND THE MODEL I DID LIKE WAS THE, WAS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE MODEL PARK, BROOKLYN PARK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE THEY RECEIVED ALL THE FUNDS AND THEY PUT 20 TO CAPITAL, 50% THE MAINTENANCE, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF HAD TO SPLIT UP. SO, YEAH, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WRITE IT UP. YEAH, YEAH, EXACTLY. SO BROOKLYN BRIDGE, THEY GENERATE 30 MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE. IT COSTS 15 MILLION TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE. THEY GET THAT 15 MILLION AND THEY GET ANOTHER 15 MILLION TO PUT INTO A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND. WE'RE LOOKING AT A SIMILAR MODEL AND, AND A COUPLE. SO WE, WE DO HAVE PARTNERSHIP, WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, REM, TEXAS DISCOVERY, AND YOU CAN, WE CAN NAME 'EM ALL HERE, UH, HALL OF STATE AND ALL THAT. BUT MR. MR UH, MCG BROUGHT A GREAT POINT. IF WE MAKE THIS WALKABLE OR YOU GUYS DID, WE MAKE THIS A WALKABLE PARK WHERE WE PARK ON THE OUTSIDE AND PEOPLE WALK THROUGH, THEY GET TO SEE OUR PARTNERS, VERSUS RIGHT NOW WE GOT PEOPLE THAT DRIVE UP TO THE DOOR OF DISCOVERY OR THE DOOR OF HALL STATE. SO THEY JUST DRIVE TO THAT POINT AND THEY LEAVE. HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE? WELL, FAIR PARK IS A, THE SIZE OF, IT'S A BLESSING AND A CURSE, RIGHT? IT'S A, IT'S A 277 ACRE PARK THE SIZE OF, IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO LIMITATION. WE NEED TO BE SMART ABOUT THE WAY FINDING THE SIGNAGE OUT THERE NEEDS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT, TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK. UM, SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THE CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE ASSETS OF THE PARK. WE'VE GOT A LONG LIST OF THINGS TO WORK ON, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT COULD USE SOME HELP. AND I THINK THE MOST WALKABLE AREAS, IF WHEN YOU PARK AT FIVE AND SIX, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THE CANOPY OF TREES THAT YOU GO THROUGH GOING TO, LIKE, THEY JUST SAY THE, OR THE FARMER'S MARKET AND THE, AND, AND ACRA, IT'S THE MOST WALKABLE, IS THAT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GOTTA BUILD ON THAT PUT IN MORE TREES, MORE, MORE CANOPIES. SO MAYBE IT IS WALKABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT, I KNOW THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A TRAIL AT ONE TIME WAS GONNA COME THROUGH FAIR PARK. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL, THERE'S A, THERE IS A TRAIL THAT WILL GO AROUND FAIR PARK, AROUND THE LOOP TRAIL AROUND FAIR PARK. OKAY. AND, UH, YEAH. AND, AND AGAIN, GREAT WORK. [03:05:01] I THINK THIS PLAN IS IF WE CAN GET A, YOU KNOW, SOME PARTNERS THAT WANNA TAKE THAT PROPERTY AND AND BUILD SOMETHING ON IT, THAT'D BE GREAT. BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT PARKING IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE A A UP A A PARKING STRUCTURE ABSOLUTELY. LIKE THAT TO BILL ABSOLUTELY. AND BUILD ON THIS. 'CAUSE I THINK LIKE BROOKLYN BRIDGE HAS A, HAS A HOTEL AND PEOPLE STAY THERE AND THEY GO TO CONCERTS THERE AND THEY EAT THERE AND JUST, IT JUST GENERATES THE, THE, THE, THE VISITORS THERE, YOU KNOW, GOT DUMBO THERE AT, AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE. THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO. YEP. SO APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK. KEEP KEEP PLUGGING AWAY. AWESOME. WELL, WITH UH, NO MORE COMMENTS, RYAN, BRETT, THIS IS AWESOME. I THINK THIS IS ONE, AND AS DANIEL, YOU RIGHTLY SAID, I THINK THE TEAM YOU HAVE PUT IN THIS IS GOING TO BREAK THAT MYTH THAT WE CANNOT RUN FAIR PARK AS A CITY. I THINK WE HAD ONE EX INITIALLY CITY WAS RUNNING EVERYTHING, THEN WE DID 180 DEGREES, TOTALLY PRIVATIZE THE WAY WE ARE THINKING. JUST DO IT. YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN AND GIVE THE OTHER PARTNERS WHAT THEY CAN IS THE PERFECT MODEL. AND KUDOS WITH EVERY STEP YOU'RE TAKING. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YEAH. WITH THAT, I THINK OUR NEXT, UH, I WAS TOLD THERE IS, I HOPE THEY'RE NOT BIG UPDATES OR ARE THERE ANY UPDATES ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SIR? UH, SIR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO VERY QUICKLY, UH, RECOGNIZE ROBIN STEIN, WHO'S GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR BARRY DUNN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONSULTANT TEAM. SURE. UH, THEY'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, THEY WILL BE STAYING THROUGH LUNCH SO THAT THEY CAN VISIT WITH Y'ALL. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY AT WORK THIS WEEK, KIND OF ON A, ON A, UM, PROJECT KICKOFF FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE. SURE. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO A SLIDE DECK, WE'RE JUST SIMPLY GONNA DO AN INTRODUCTION AND THEN WE CAN VISIT. THANK YOU. YES. AND I, I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH MORE TIME, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'RE EMBARKING ON THAT'S GONNA SET THE, UM, SET THE PATH FORWARD FOR US FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, IS OUR, UH, PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 2016 IS KIND OF COMING TO AN END. SO I WILL LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES REAL QUICK AND JUST GO THROUGH, UM, THE PART ABOUT HOW YOU WILL BE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASON NK WITH BARRY DUNN, AND I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS YOUR PROJECT MANAGER TO REPRESENT THE CONSULTING TEAM. WE JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO, WITH OUR GOAL TODAY TO GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW, UH, AND KICK OFF THE, THE PLANNING PROCESS. NIKITA. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LAKITA FRAZIER, A SENIOR CONSULTANT WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH JASON ON THIS PROJECT, AND EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE IN DALLAS AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. AND WE RECOGNIZE YOU COVERED QUITE A BIT OF AMAZING TOPICS TODAY. WE, WE ONLY HOPE THAT THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE EXCITING AREAS FOR US TO COVER. I HEARD SOME COOL THINGS EARLIER. FOR EXAMPLE, MENTIONED TO THE POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE SITE. THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS FOR THE CITY OF PHOENIX SOME 35 YEARS AGO. SO IT'S PRETTY COOL TO HEAR THAT. AND I FIGURED OUT IF THERE'S A WAY FOR ME TO GET A STREET SIGN, I WANT, I WANT TO GET THAT. IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL. BUT OVERALL, THANK YOU BOARD FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERING, YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO WE'LL BE BRIEF FROM THE STANDPOINT OF JUST TRYING TO, UH, PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE AS TO KIND OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS GONNA IS, IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE THE SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR FIRM, BARRY DUNN, VERY BRIEF WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 50 YEARS. WE HAVE A PRACTICE THAT REPRESENTS EVERY PE AREA, AREA OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I LEAD OUR PARKS, RECREATIONAL LIBRARIES, PRACTICE. WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES DOING WORLD CLASS WORK. AND, AND ONE THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, BECAUSE DALLAS IS VERY SPECIAL. YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC, IF NOT THE MOST ICONIC PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEMS, UNITED STATES. YOU HIRED A GREAT FIRM. UH, OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS ON NATIONAL THINK TANKS, UH, TO REVENUE SCHOOLS, DIRECTOR SCHOOLS AND WHATNOT. BUT, AND IF THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO YOU, PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, I DID THE RIGHT THING AND I MARRIED A TEXAN MM-HMM . SO, AND MY MARRIAGE LICENSE, UH, STATE OF TEXAS. SO WE'RE CLEAR THERE AS WELL. SO OF COURSE, I'M, I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT YOU HAVE A HIGHLY QUALIFIED FIRM AWARD-WINNING THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AS WELL AS OUR GOLD STANDARD OF, UH, OF PLANNING. AND WE'RE EXCITED REALLY TO BE, UH, SELECTED BY YOUR TEAM. AND WE'VE ALREADY KICKED OFF WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM, SO THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONE OF THE KEYS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED ABOUT THIS PLANNING EFFORT, UH, MORE SO THAN MAYBE OTHER, UH, COMPREHENSIVE AND UH, UH, UPDATE OF PLANNING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, REALLY IS THAT FIRST BULLET. AND THAT'S THE MOVEMENT OF THE DIRECT, UH, OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE DIRECTION OF FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. YES, THERE'S A LOT MORE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I POINT OUT AND EMPHASIZE THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY A BIG PART OF ONE OF THE TASKS [03:10:01] AND CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO DO SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER FOCUS AREAS. BUT WANNA DO, UH, GIVE YOU JUST TO KIND OF A CORE AREA OF FOCUS IS TO AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. ARE WE OKAY ON THE SLIDES? WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YEAH. I JUST DON'T WANT US TO LOSE OUR QUORUM, SO THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE THE BOARD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINITELY SIT WITH YOU ALL. YEAH. SO Y'ALL CAN DEFINITELY, UH, EXPLAIN TO THEM THE NEXT STEPS. YEP. CONTINUE. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE AN INFORMED AND INVOLVED BOARD AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY THAT YOU WILL BE INVOLVED. WE WILL MEET WITH YOU AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF THREE TIMES AS WE WORK OUR PROCESSES THROUGH YOU. GO NEXT SLIDE. AND FROM A KIND OF HIGH LEVEL SCHEDULE, JUST REAL QUICK, WE INTEND, UH, THIS, THIS OVERALL PROCESS TO END IN DECEMBER. THAT THAT'S OUR GOAL. OF COURSE, WE'RE FLEXIBLE ON THAT. BUT, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SORT OF WHAT IS THIS OVERALL PLANNING PROCESS, WOULD YOU BE HEARING MUCH MORE ABOUT? NO. AWESOME. I THINK, UH, YOU GOT, GO AHEAD. YEAH. AND THEY WILL BE AROUND, UH, FOR LUNCH. YOU'RE WELCOME TO TALK AND CHAT WITH THEM AND THEY CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU ALL WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN. NO, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANKS. AND BARRY, NEXT, UH, MR. CHAIR, YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, GO AHEAD. COULD WE PERHAPS GET A COPY OF THE SLIDE DECK THROUGH MS. POINTER? ABSOLUTELY, YES. ABSOLUTELY. SO NOW, UH, WITH THAT WE'VE MOVED TO ANY, UH, BUDGET UPDATES, NO BUDGET UPDATES, UH, ANY LAYERS AND REPORTS, PLEASE. YES. MR. COUNCIL, DISTRICT NINE WILL BE HOSTING A, WHAT IS IT? COMMUNITY BUNNY BASH ON SATURDAY AT RIDGEWOOD REC CENTER. I'LL BE TRAVELING, BUT I HOPE AS MANY OF YOU AS CAN ATTEND, WE'LL DO SO. AWESOME. ANY OTHER UPDATES BUT NO MORE? UH, SO YEAH, MR. WOOD, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE, THE FAIR PARK. THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOME EASTER EGG BASH SOMETHING. IF SOMEBODY COULD SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT FLYER FOR THAT. UM, BUT THERE'S AN EASTER EGG HUNT BASH SOMETHING AT FAIR PARK. BUT IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT ON, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU GOTTA WATCH THE VIDEO. 'CAUSE IT WAS PRETTY, IT, I WAS, IT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE I'VE SEEN. IT WAS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. YES. SO WE'RE DOING A EASTER EGG HUNT, UH, AT FAIR PARK ON SATURDAY, APRIL THE FOURTH. I BELIEVE THE TIMES ARE FROM 11 UNTIL TWO. IT IS JUST PRIOR TO THE TRINITY FC GAME THAT'S GONNA BE HANDLED THAT AFTERNOON. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE GAMES, BOUNCE HOUSES. I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND EGGS THAT ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR THE KIDDOS. SO IT REALLY SHOULD BE A GREAT TIME. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING ACTIVATE THE PARK. SO, MR. GOLDSTEIN, UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THE WALL AND PARK UNVEILING ON APRIL 9TH AT FOUR O'CLOCK, I THINK FIVE O'CLOCK. SO I KNOW A LOT OF YOU'RE FRIENDS OF THE, OF THE WALL, AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS, CAN EVERYONE TURN OUT? AWESOME. ANYONE ELSE I'M MISSING, UH, WITH THAT, UH, ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, MADAM SECRETARY? NO. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, WITH THAT, I GUESS, UH, NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON APRIL 16TH, 2026 AT 10:00 AM IT IS ONE 17 AND WE ADJOURN THIS PARKS AND RECREATIONS BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * 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.