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          GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE APRIL 6TH, 2026 PARKS,
TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          [Parks, Trails & Environment Committee on April 6, 2026.]
I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 9:11. AS USUAL,
WE WILL START OUT WITH OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 
          I NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 2ND MINUTES. 
          SO MOVE AYE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR BRIEFING. 
          WE ARE STARTING WITH PARKS AND REC TODAY, AND OUR PRESENTATION IS ON THE FAIR PARK
OPERATIONS MODEL AND REVITALIZATION STRATEGY AND UPDATE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE QUITE A GROUP HERE. 
          DIRECTOR JENKINS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR O'CONNOR, MR. WULKE. GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          JOHN JENKINS, DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I'M GOING TO HAVE JOINING ME TODAY. ALSO,
WE WILL HAVE DIRECTOR GUS KHANKARLI. 
          DOCTOR GHASSAN KHANKARLI WITH PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS KEVIN SPATH,
WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          ALRIGHT. ALSO, I HAVE RYAN O'CONNOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH THE PARK SYSTEM. 
          WHO'S, WHO IS THE LEAD WHO IS LEADING THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS. 
          I'M SORRY, I'M GOING BRAIN DEAD TODAY. I GOTTA LOOK OUT FOR BRETT. 
          BRETT WULKE, WHO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR FAIR PARK,
WHO IS ALSO LEADING THE EFFORT. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK LIZ CEDILLO-PEREIRA FOR ALL HER WORK AS WELL,
AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL. AS WE MENTIONED TO THE COMMITTEE,
WE WILL COME TO THE COMMITTEE AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER OR MAYBE WITHIN EVERY SIX MONTHS PROVIDING YOU UPDATES ON FAIR PARK. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE UPDATE. 
          A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS,
AND WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FAIR PARK FORWARD. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT ANYMORE. WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING THINGS IN ACTION. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATE. ALRIGHT,
ALRIGHT. 
          WHO'S LEADING US OFF? BRETT. BRETT WULKE. GOOD MORNING BRETT WULKE, FAIR PARK'S GENERAL MANAGER. I'LL GET US KICKED OFF. 
          NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
SOME REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES AT FAIR PARK AND OUR CITYWIDE EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE FAIR PARK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, SO BACK IN DECEMBER, WE WERE ASKED A QUESTION. 
          THE STATEMENT WAS WE HEAR WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO,
BUT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE,
WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT'S NEXT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND AS TO HOW WE CAME ABOUT MANAGING FAIR PARK AGAIN BACK
IN SEPTEMBER. THAT BACKGROUND'S BEEN VERY WELL DOCUMENTED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. ON AUGUST 7TH, WE BRIEFED THE PARK BOARD ON A TRANSITIONAL UPDATE. 
          WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS,
THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, OUR THREE PRONGED APPROACH AND THE FIRST 90 DAYS DURING TRANSITION. NEXT SLIDE. WE RETURN TO THE BOARD ON OCTOBER 27TH OF 2025,
AND WE BROUGHT THE SAME BRIEFING TO THIS COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 1ST,
WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE OPERATIONS MODEL AND REVITALIZATION STRATEGIES, WHERE WE ALSO TOUCHED ON THE FIVE PILLARS FOR FAIR PARK. 
          AND ON DECEMBER 1ST, THE COMMITTEE DIRECTED PARKS DEPARTMENT TO RETURN WITH AN UPDATE ON
FAIR PARK OPERATIONS AND ONGOING COLLABORATION EFFORTS WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. NEXT SLIDE. IN THAT BRIEFING, WE HAD SEVERAL NEXT STEPS. 
          AND THIS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THOSE NEXT STEPS IN THE CURRENT STATUS. 
          EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. 
          AND THE SECURING THE SHORT TERM CONTRACTS HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE? I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE WORD FOR WORD,
BUT SINCE WE TOOK OVER, WE COMPLETED NUMEROUS REPAIRS TO FOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE PARK. 
          WE'VE DONE EXTENSIVE HVAC REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS,
INCLUDING AUTO, CENTENNIAL COLISEUM AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. 
          WE'VE ASSIGNED COSTS TO OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LIST,
AND THAT ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. 
          AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE SO WE CAN AVOID SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT WE INHERITED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. IN OUR PARK BOARD BRIEFING BACK IN AUGUST,
I PRESENTED SEVERAL PICTURES OF BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES WITH THE AFTER IS THE CONDITION OF THE PARK THAT WE INHERITED. HAPPY TO SAY SEVERAL OF THOSE PICTURES ARE NOW
THE. 
          BEFORE, WHEN WE TOOK CONTROL OF THE PARK AGAIN LAST FALL. 
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THAT WAS THE CONDITION OF THE ESPLANADE. NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE DURING THE STATE FAIR WHEN WE GOT IT FULLY OPERATIONAL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. HVAC UNITS. THERE WERE THREE PORTABLE CHILLER UNITS ON PROPERTY COSTING
ROUGHLY $12,000 A MONTH. AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT,
THAT WAS A CONDITION OF SOME OF THE COILS IN OUR COLISEUM, WHICH IS WHY THAT SYSTEM HAD TO BE BROKEN DOWN,
CLEANED OUT AND REBUILT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AS PRETTY AS YOU CAN MAKE HVAC UNITS LOOK,
THIS IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF AUTO VISITOR CENTER AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. BRAND NEW SYSTEMS. IN THE GREAT PART IS IF THESE ARE MAINTAINED CORRECTLY WITH A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
SCHEDULE, THESE SHOULD LAST DECADES. NEXT SLIDE. OUR GROUNDS AGAIN,
I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE LINE BY LINE, BUT IT MIGHT SOUND SIMPLE. WE FORMALIZED A WEEKLY MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. 
          THERE WAS ZERO EVIDENCE THAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE WE CAME BACK. 
          THERE IS NUMEROUS REPLANTING AND LIFTINGS OF CANOPY THROUGHOUT THE PARK,
IMPROVED DRAINAGE IN AREAS OF POOLING. 
          AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE DONE EXTENSIVE IRRIGATION REPAIRS. 
          WITHOUT THE IRRIGATION, YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING TO LIVE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED. 
          WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO ON THAT EFFORT, THOUGH. 
          NEXT SLIDE. JUST A FEW BEAUTIFICATION PICTURES FROM OUR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE TEAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SECURITY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAD TO GET THE AGREEMENT WITH OUR THIRD PARTY
SECURITY PREVENTER IN PLACE FOR CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS, AND THAT COVERAGE IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM WHAT THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR
WAS CONDUCTING. 
          AND IT ALSO INCLUDES OVERNIGHT SECURITY. AND WE'RE NO LONGER FINALIZING. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THE 24/7 SOFTWARE,
WHICH IS OUR INCIDENT COMMAND, OUR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          IT ALSO HAS A CENTRAL COMMAND CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE THE COLISEUM,
AND THAT HELPS US TO STREAMLINE COMMUNICATIONS. 
          IT ALSO GIVES US ACCESS TO ALL THE CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE PARK,
AND THAT IS MONITORED AROUND THE CLOCK BY OUR SECURITY PROVIDER, ANDY FRAIN. NEXT SLIDE. ADMINISTRATION AND EVENTS. 
          SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS VENTURE BACK LAST SUMMER,
LAST FALL, WE HAD A SEVEN PERSON TRANSITION TEAM. 
          WE'RE NOW UP TO 31 FULL TIME STAFF WITH A FEW MORE HIRES PENDING. 
          WE'VE SECURED SEVERAL KEY CONTRACTS THAT I'VE TOUCHED ON. 
          WE'VE REINTRODUCED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TO THE COTTON BOWL. 
          WE ALSO LAUNCHED A WEEKLY MARKET, AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED REOCCURRING MEETINGS WITH KEY
DEPARTMENTS TO COLLABORATE ON PLANS OUTSIDE THE GATES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE JUST A FEW PICTURES FROM OUR SUNDAY WEEKLY MARKET. 
          ALSO, WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST TIME, WE WERE ASKED ABOUT SWAN BOATS OR DRAGON BOATS AND
GETTING THEM OPERATING DAILY. 
          THOSE DO OPERATE DAILY, NOT JUST AT THE MARKET,
BUT THE DRAGON BOATS OPERATE DAILY THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S AQUARIUM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. A FEW MORE OPERATIONAL PIECES THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO COVER BEFORE THE END OF
THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT'S WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT TO ESTABLISH SEVERAL OF OUR LONG TERM CONTRACTS. 
          CONTINUE OUR ONBOARDING. WE STILL HAVE SOME CRITICAL HVAC AND FIRE PANEL REPAIRS TO BE
MADE. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE RESEARCH AND PURSUIT OF DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT FAIR PARK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS WHERE I JUMP IN. SO AS BRETT MENTIONED IN THAT DECEMBER PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMITTEE,
WE HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY RESEARCHING AND PURSUING NONTRADITIONAL REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          YOU WILL RECALL PARQUE LA MEXICANA, WHICH IS THE,
THE PARK IN MEXICO CITY THAT HAS A LOT OF RETAIL INTEGRATED INTO THE PARK, INCLUDING A COSTCO [LAUGHTER], WHICH IS KIND OF NOTEWORTHY. 
          BUT WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE TODAY IS BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK. 
          AND Y'ALL WILL REMEMBER THAT THIS IS THE PARK ON THE WATERFRONT IN BROOKLYN THAT'S
APPROXIMATELY 90 ACRES. 
          AND THEY PARCELED OFF 10% OF THAT PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THESE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY SPIN OFF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
REVENUE, BUT THEY ALSO SERVE AS ACTIVATIONS FOR THE PARK. 
          SO THAT 10% DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL AND HOTEL,
ETC. 
          THAT IS GENERATING NOT ONLY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT COSTS TO OPERATE THE PARK,
WHICH IS $15 MILLION, BUT IT BRINGS IN ANOTHER $15 MILLION THAT THEY PLACE INTO A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND,
SO THAT 10% OF THE PARK IS GENERATING $30 MILLION A YEAR, WHICH IS THE FUNDING THAT THEY UTILIZE TO KEEP THE PARK IN TIP TOP CONDITION. 
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OBVIOUSLY, CONDITIONS ARE DIFFERENT IN NEW YORK FROM A REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE,
BUT THERE ARE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. A FEW OF THE IMAGES OF BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK. 
          IT'S IT'S A HIGHLY ACTIVE SPACE. LOTS OF LOTS OF RESTAURANTS,
LOTS OF RETAIL. 
          THE IMAGE THERE ON THE RIGHT IS THE HOTEL. AND THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT A LOT OF THE
THE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE THAT THEY REALLY BLEND INTO THE PARK IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PARK. 
          THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PARK HAVE VERY TRADITIONAL RECREATIONAL ELEMENTS BASKETBALL COURTS, OPEN SPACES. BOATING OPPORTUNITIES, ETC. NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO PIVOTING TO FAIR PARK. SO THIS MAP HERE DESCRIBES THE WAY THAT THE CAMPUS IS ORGANIZED. 
          AND IT'S REALLY ORGANIZED BY DISTRICTS. AS WE ALL KNOW,
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN FAIR PARK ALL THE TIME, BUT IT'S ORGANIZED IN A WAY THAT IS PRETTY LOGICAL. 
          THE, THE GREEN DOWN THERE OFF OF CULLUMN IS REALLY KIND OF THE CULTURAL MUSEUM DISTRICT. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IS,
MUSIC HALL, TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS, OCEANARIUM, THE LAGOON, ETC. THE, THE PURPLE DISTRICT TO THE RIGHT,
KIND OF OFF OF PARRY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S THE EXHIBIT HALL DISTRICT. YOU KNOW,
THAT'S WHERE ALL OF OUR AUTO, CENTENNIAL, EMBARCADERO FOOD AND FIBER, THAT'S WHERE ALL THE,
THE BIG EXHIBIT HALL SPACES, WE HAVE ABOUT 520,000FT². 
          KIND OF MOVING AROUND THE ORANGE IS OUR AG DISTRICT,
AND THAT'S WHERE OBVIOUSLY THE CATTLE BARNS ARE AND PAN AM ARENA, ETC. THE MIDWAY DISTRICT IS THERE JUST ADJACENT TO THE COTTON BOWL,
AND THE AREA THAT I WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE PINKISH COLOR THERE ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE MAP. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PARKING LOTS. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY ALL IT IS. AND IT'S THOSE PARKING LOTS ARE HIGHLY UNDERUTILIZED. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, 24 DAYS DURING THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS,
THEY ARE UTILIZED. 
          BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE SITTING VACANT. 
          WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION OF THE COMMUNITY PARK,
WHICH FALLS WITHIN THE THE PINK. 
          AND THAT TOTAL AREA IDENTIFIED IN THE PINK IS APPROXIMATELY 45 ACRES. 
          APPROXIMATELY TEN OF WHICH WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          AND THIS IS THE AREA, THIS, THIS PINK AREA IS THE AREA THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN
THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES. 
          THIS REPRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A NONTRADITIONAL REVENUE OPPORTUNITY AT FAIR PARK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. WE KNOW THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN FAIR PARK. THINGS THAT COULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT COULD COMPLEMENT THE,
THE CURRENT CAMPUS PARTNERS AND THE CURRENT EVENT MIX AT FAIR PARK ARE THINGS LIKE HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL SPORTS VENUES,
MULTI-PURPOSE ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES, AND STRUCTURED PARKING. YOU KNOW, AND THE THING ABOUT PURSUING A,
YOU KNOW, A LEISURE AND LODGING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, IT COULD YIELD SIGNIFICANT REVENUE TO THE PARK. 
          THAT WOULD BE CRITICAL PART OF THE PUZZLE TO GENERATE THE REVENUE THAT WE NEED FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS, THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE GROUNDS AND THE AND THE FACILITIES. 
          AND THIS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED EITHER THROUGH A LEASE PAYMENT OR SOME OTHER SIMILAR
MECHANISM. 
          MECHANISM, REVENUE SHARE, ETC. AND NOT ONLY WOULD IT BRING IN FUNDING,
WHICH IS, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS REALLY DESPERATELY NEEDED AT FAIR PARK, BUT IT COULD ALSO SERVE AS THAT ACTIVATION
OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT'S BRINGING FOLKS INTO THE CAMPUS THROUGH THESE NEW ATTRACTIONS THAT WOULD ALSO BENEFIT
THE CAMPUS PARTNERS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT AND CONTAINED WITHIN THE CAMPUS. AND WE FEEL THAT IF WE CAN IDENTIFY THE RIGHT PARTNER THAT COULD,
THAT ENTITY COULD ALSO BE THE FOLKS THAT OPERATE THE NEW COMMUNITY PARK. AND THAT COMMUNITY PARK COULD REALLY BE FORTUITOUS BECAUSE
THAT COULD SERVE AS THE, THE FRONT YARD, SO TO SPEAK, OF, OF A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO TO, TO REALLY KIND OF FULLY EXPLORE THIS OPPORTUNITY WE INTEND TO SEEK PROPOSALS FROM FOLKS THAT WOULD BRING THOSE TYPES OF. 
          THAT TYPE OF MIX OF DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO THE CAMPUS. 
          BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AT FAIR PARK WITH ANY CHANGE AND
WITH ANY PROPOSAL. 
          WE WANT SIGNIFICANT REVENUE. THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD NEED TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
EXISTING USES OF THE PARK. 
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IT REALLY NEEDS TO COMPLEMENT, NOT CONTRAST WITH THE PARK. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A BUNCH OF GLASS AND STEEL BUILDINGS AT FAIR PARK
THAT REALLY WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE TO THE CHARACTER OF THE CAMPUS. 
          OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE ORDINANCES ON THE BOOKS,
ALL THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION STANDARDS, ETC. AND THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO US IS WE EXPECT REPORTING ON THE BENEFITS
FROM THE DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT ENTITY HAVING A LOCAL HIRING POLICY. 
          FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY,
WE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN ENCOURAGING SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS NEW POTENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FROM FOLKS THAT HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO,
TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK LITTLE NEXT STEPS. 
          WE INTEND TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF DUE DILIGENCE,
SOME SURVEY WORK POTENTIALLY SOME ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS SO THAT WE HAVE A GOOD FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROPERTY LINE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. 
          AND THEN TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT WE WOULD ULTIMATELY SEEK PROPOSALS FROM INTERESTED
PARTIES, INTERESTED DEVELOPERS. AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF MY SLIDES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE, GOES TO. 
          YEAH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO HAVE ANYTHING THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL. 
          AND SO PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WE COULD GO CHIEF ALLEN IS HERE. ALRIGHT, WELL HERE'S CHIEF. 
          I DIDN'T SEE CHIEF ALLEN. WE'LL HAVE CHIEF ALLEN GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THEIR
INITIATIVE REGARDING FAIR PARK. 
          I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE, CHIEF I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY AND DALLAS POLICE
DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S NOT A ONE TIME FAIR PARK FALLS UNDER CENTRAL PATROL AND SOUTHEAST PATROL. 
          SO I'VE REACHED OUT TO BOTH OF MAJOR QUINLAN AND DEPUTY CHIEF MOREAU. 
          THE OPERATION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DART TEAMS,
THEY'RE GOING TO BE COLLABORATING WITH ALL THOSE UNITS TO MAKE SURE THE AREAS AROUND FAIR PARK ARE. THOSE ALL CAMERAS ARE CLEANED UP, READY TO GO. 
          OUR CRT TEAM'S OUR VICE UNIT'S DEPLOYMENTS WILL ALSO BE IN THAT UNIT,
AN AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS, CRIME ARE ADDRESSED IN THOSE EFFORTS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING VERY GOOD IN THOSE EFFORTS. 
          CRIME IS DOWN IN THOSE AREAS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE STAY ON TOP OF THOSE WITH OUR MPOS. 
          OUR MPO UNITS ARE GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
AROUND THE COMMUNITIES AROUND. 
          TALKING TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ADDRESSING INDIVIDUAL NEEDS THAT THEY SEE. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THAT. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING UP EVERY FEW WEEKS OR FEW MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
NEEDS ARE ADDRESSED. 
          AND FOR THE RANGERS, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THOSE AS WELL. 
          TO ADDRESS CERTAIN ISSUES AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS THAT THEY HAVE AS WELL. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS,
SEEING WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE LOOKING WELL WITH THAT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING WITH SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL AND OUR NPOS ADDRESS ALL THOSE
QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING VERY GOOD ON THOSE. UNLESS YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR US
TO ASK AND YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE BRIEFING GOOD MORNING GHASSAN KHANKARLI, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
PUBLIC WORKS. SO AS DIRECTOR JENKINS MENTIONED, IS THAT THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND CERTAINLY THE ACCESSIBILITY INTO FAIR PARK IS
AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING. 
          SO WE LISTED A FEW KEY INITIATIVES HERE SUCH AS THE IMPROVEMENT TO THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
AND MULTIMODAL ACCESS. 
          ONE OF THE KEY CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AT THAT LOCATION IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS ONE GATE
WHICH IS NEXT TO THE FAIR PARK DART STATION THAT IS PROBLEMATIC FOR US BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
AND WHERE THE TRAIN IS COMING IN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AS PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE NORTH
CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS STUDY OF THE WHAT WE CALL THE FAIR CBD 
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FAIR PARK LINKS STUDY WAS TO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATE ENTRY. 
          AND ONE OF IT IS GOING TO BE THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE HASKELL GRAND AVENUE INTERSECTION
AND TRY TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE ENTRY OFF OF HASKELL INTO FAIR PARK IN THAT AREA. CERTAINLY PART OF OUR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM. 
          THE MLK, ROBERT B CULLUM INTERSECTION TRAFFIC SIGNAL WILL BE COMPLETELY UPGRADED AND
REDONE. 
          AND CURRENTLY WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE CROSSWALKS IMPROVEMENTS AT FITZHUGH AND J.B
JACKSON, WHICH WE HOPE AND WE PLAN ON AT LEAST COMPLETING THE BULK OF THE WORK BEFORE THE FIFA
WORLD CUP STARTS BEFORE FAN FEST IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THAT IS IT IS NEEDED TO GET TRAFFIC,
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, IF YOU WILL, SAFELY IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY. SO THESE ARE KIND OF SOME OF THE KEY INITIATIVES. 
          I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE WORKING IN THAT AREA,
BUT THESE ARE THE KEY ONES THAT I'M PRESENTING TODAY. 
          AND NEXT WE HAVE KEVIN SPATH WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          GOOD MORNING. I'M KEVIN SPATH WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          REAL QUICK ON SLIDE 27 I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WE'VE LISTED A COUPLE OF BULLETS HERE ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE DOING OUTSIDE OF THE PARK. 
          BUT WE ARE VERY MUCH EXCITED TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING
POTENTIALLY INSIDE THE PARK FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE. JUST A FEW THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE PARK THAT WE'VE BEEN
SORT OF TRYING TO GET UNDERWAY. 
          THE FIRST BULLET IS COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS,
TRANSPORTATION AND DALLAS WATER UTILITIES TO INITIATE AN INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
          GENERALLY A QUARTER MILE RADIUS AROUND THE MLK STATION. 
          SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS RECENTLY ADOPTED THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK AREA
PLAN AND IS LOOKING TO ALSO UNDERTAKE A SERIES OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING. 
          PD 595 THE SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT. THE OTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE,
IN ORDER TO MAKE THE AREA REALLY READY AND RIPE, FULLY RIPENED FOR REDEVELOPMENT IS TO ASSESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WE HAVE. 
          WE ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING AND TRYING TO ATTRACT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH LOTS OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA,
LOTS OF LOTS OF PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPERS. 
          AND MANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS END UP WITH A YES BUT PORTION,
WHICH IS REALLY ABOUT THE NEEDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE ON A LOCALIZED BASIS. SOME BLOCKS DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY STORMWATER DRAINAGE. 
          SOME BLOCKS DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY WATER AND SEWER LINES. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
          THE SECOND BULLET ALSO IS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE DART TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE THE NEXT
BATCH OF STATIONS THAT THEY OWN FOR FUTURE PRIVATE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND SO WE, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT DART WILL SEE THE MLK STATION,
ALTHOUGH IT, IT IS QUITE SMALL. 
          WE SEE IT AS A KEY CATALYTIC OPPORTUNITY. OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING THROUGH OUR OFFICE,
AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS WE MANAGE THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK, PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND. 
          AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW JUST TO
THE SOUTHWEST OF THE PARK AT MALCOLM X AND, AND LIPSCOMB WAY IS MALCOLM'S POINT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT START CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PART OF THE INTERNAL TEAM THAT DOES SUPPORT THE REIMAGINING OF THE
MLK COMMUNITY CENTER CAMPUS. 
          AND SO JUST THAT'S JUST A SAMPLE LIST OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP COLLABORATE. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          I WANT TO THANK CHRISTINE LANDERS AND ALSO CONNIE TANKERSLEY. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY CONTRACTS WE HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE FOR FAIR PARK. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AND WE HAVE SO MANY MORE. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON FOR HIS EFFORT IN SECURING OUR FIRST HIGH
SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP. 
          I MEAN, HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFF GAME. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR CALLING ME ON AN EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING TO SAY, 
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CAN WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN? BECAUSE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS AS WELL AS
PART OF FAIR PARK. 
          AND WE WANT THOSE TYPE OF COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND I,
I HAVE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. 
          HE'S TAKING PLENTY OF ME AND RYAN'S CALLS BOUNCING IDEAS OFF OF HIM. 
          MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND JUST TRUSTING US. 
          I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU, YOU KNOW, HELPING US SOLVE THAT POLITICAL ISSUE THAT'S
BEEN TOUGH AROUND FAIR PARK FOR ALL THESE YEARS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THIS ENTIRE BODY. I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. 
          YOU DON'T MAKE BOLD MOVES LIKE THIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNING BODIES. 
          YOU ALL HAVE BEEN THERE FOR US. THIS HASN'T BEEN AN EASY ROAD. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SMOOTH IT OUT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU ALL. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR APPOINTING SOME OF THE
BEST PARK BOARD MEMBERS I'VE WORKED WITH IN YEARS. 
          WHO TRULY CARE ABOUT THE PARK SYSTEM. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR APPOINTING THOSE
TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS TO THE PARK BOARD WHO SUPPORT THESE TYPE OF INITIATIVES. 
          BEEN THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AND I WANT TO THANK THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY BECAUSE
THEY'VE BEEN LET DOWN. 
          SO MANY TIMES STOP AND GO. AND THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED THIS PROCESS AND THEY'VE BEEN
SUPPORTIVE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM THERE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA IS GOING TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP
THEM INVOLVED, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS AFTER THIS MEETING,
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE HEADED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TO FINALLY GET TO CONTINUE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THE MEDIA. THE MEDIA HAS BEEN VERY GOOD IN MAKING SURE THEY'RE AWARE
OF THE GOOD AND THE BAD THAT WAS HAPPENING AT FAIR PARK. 
          AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE WORD OUT AROUND FAIR PARK. 
          SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER. 
          I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. THIS HASN'T BEEN AN EASY ROAD,
BUT GUESS WHAT? IT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING ALL OF US ARE GOING TO LOOK BACK ABOUT TWO YEARS FROM TODAY
AND SAY IT WAS WELL WORTH IT. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT. 
          WHAT AN AMAZING REPORT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. 
          BUT BEFORE I DO, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE CHIEF ALLEN,
DIRECTOR KHANKARLI AND DIRECTOR SPATH. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE VERY, VERY MUCH. 
          IT CERTAINLY HAS ADDED TO THIS PRESENTATION TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE COLLABORATION THAT'S
GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION,
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR YOUR WORK. 
          AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD A ROLLER COASTER. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY FAIR PARK IS ACTUALLY THE CATALYST FOR ME DECIDING TO RUN FOR
OFFICE AND WHAT WAS GOING ON. 
          AND I CAN, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT ALTHOUGH WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH SOME UPS AND
DOWNS WITH THE ROLLER COASTER. 
          I THINK THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE COASTING PRETTY SMOOTHLY AT THIS POINT. 
          AND I AM A GLASS HALF FULL KIND OF A PERSON. AND SO WHEN I LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE UPS
AND DOWNS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, I FEEL THAT IT'S ALL COME FOR A REASON. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES. 
          I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO REALLY PRESENT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE PRESENTED TODAY
THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHERE WE HAVE HAD SOME MISSTEPS, WHERE WE COULD HAVE IMPROVED AND HOW THE TRAJECTORY IS GOING TO CHANGE. 
          WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH. SO I WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND REALLY
PRIORITIZING IT. 
          FOR SO LONG IN OUR CITY, I THINK THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT IT AS NUMBERS AND HOW IT'S GOING
TO GET ACCOMPLISHED IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. 
          WE ALL KNOW IT NEVER DID. AND THERE WAS NEVER ANY INNOVATIVE THINKING AND THIS IS,
THIS IS TRULY EXCITING. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL. AND I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLANS. 
          SO ONE SPECIFICALLY IS THE, THE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          BUT WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES THAT YOU ALL EXPECT TO HAVE? AND THAT WILL TRANSLATE TO KPIS FOR THE COUNCIL ON Y'ALL'S REGULAR UPDATES? I MEAN, OPERATIONALLY, FOR ME, IT ALL COMES BACK TO REVENUE. 
          EVERY, EVERY DOLLAR WE EARN GOES RIGHT BACK INTO THE PARK. AND FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
THIS PARK FORWARD FOR ALL OF US, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN IT. SO FOR US,
IT'S GOING TO BE DRIVING PEOPLE TO THE PARK AND IN TURN GETTING THE REVENUE, 
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WHICH MEANS UPDATING SOME OF OUR CONTRACTS AND MAKING THEM MORE BENEFICIAL TO US AS WELL
AS OUR LONG TERM CONTRACTS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT CAN DRIVE MORE REVENUE TO US. 
          AND I WOULD JUST ADD A COUPLE OTHER METRICS THAT I'M PERSONALLY INTERESTED IN,
WHICH IS FACILITY UTILIZATION RATE. 
          AND THEN GETTING TENANTS IN THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY VACANT. 
          SCIENCE PLACE I, MAGNOLIA AND OLD MILL INN KIND OF BEING THE PRIMARY,
BUT FACILITY UTILIZATION IS SOMETHING THAT I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN AT FAIR PARK. 
          AND FOR ME ALONG WITH EVERYTHING HE MENTIONED,
BUT YOU ALL HAVE HEAR ME SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE, WE ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE GOING TO GET THE REVENUES WE NEED TO GET IN
THERE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GET THE DEVELOPMENT TO GIVE US THOSE REVENUES. BUT I'VE SAID IT OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, WE CANNOT LEAVE THE SURROUNDING [LAUGHTER] COMMUNITY OUT. 
          THEY NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UPSIDE. SO I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR OR HAVE WE,
YOU KNOW, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY? DO WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THEM? ARE SMALL BUSINESSES GETTING OPPORTUNITIES? AND I'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
WE CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THAT SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. 
          WE CAN'T BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO EMBRACE FAIR PARK. 
          THAT IS THEIR FRONT DOOR. IT'S NOT THEIR BACK DOOR. 
          IT'S THEIR FRONT DOOR. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT,
BECAUSE YOU WENT INTO MY NEXT QUESTION, BECAUSE I WAS, I WAS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE SOME SAFEGUARDS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T
CHANGE FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT FAIR PARK IS. 
          I THINK THAT I WELCOME PRIVATIZATION AND LEANING ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FOR DOING WHAT
WE'RE NOT EXPERTS IN DOING. RIGHT? AND GENERATING SUSTAINABLE REVENUE. 
          HOWEVER, I DON'T WANT THE NIGHTMARE IN MY EYES,
QUITE FRANKLY, OF LOOKING BACK FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. 
          AND FAIR PARK IS ANOTHER ARBORETUM. YES. THERE ARE BARRIERS TO THE COMMUNITY ALREADY THAT
EXIST. 
          OF COURSE, WITH SOME OF THESE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE,
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MAINTAINS THE INTEGRITY OF BEING A TRUE PUBLIC ASSET. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WITH THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE COMMUNITY PARK IS SEEING SOME GATES COME DOWN INSTEAD OF THERE BEING MORE BARRIERS FOR THEM TO ENJOY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS IN
PLACE AND COGNIZANCE OF A BALANCE THERE. 
          SO DO WE HAVE A TOTAL, I ASK Y'ALL THIS A LOT,
SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT DO WE HAVE A TOTAL RIGHT NOW OF OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NEEDS? AS OF NOW ON THE GROUNDS? SO AS OF RIGHT NOW,
THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LIST THAT WE HAD IS A LITTLE NORTH OF $48 MILLION, BUT THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THERE. 
          WE'VE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED ON THAT INITIAL LIST,
WHICH TOTAL ANOTHER $4.6 MILLION. 
          SO ROUGHLY $55 MILLION. THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          COMPARED TO WHAT NUMBER I'VE HEARD BEFORE. 
          WELL, NO, I'M ABOUT TO GET INTO THAT. YEAH, THAT'S JUST DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. 
          SURE FACILITIES LATELY. I, SO, WHAT. IN THE PAST,
IF WE WERE TO FAST FORWARD THREE YEARS AND YOU ACTUALLY KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS. IF WE WERE TO FAST FORWARD THREE YEARS,
WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? AND WHAT ARE OUR TOP RISKS? BUT WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN THE CONTEXT THAT YOU
MENTIONED IN BRINGING THE COMMUNITY UP WITH SEEING, A SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AT THE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS? YEAH. SUCCESS. SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE, AND I WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE SUCCESS, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE EMPTY PARKING LOTS,
ABOUT ROUGHLY ABOUT 50 ACRES THAT'S ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE CAMPUS WITHIN THE GATES. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD TAKE PLACE THERE, BUT ALL THE ART DECO,
ALL THE PRESERVATION IS GOING TO STAY IN PLACE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT FUNDING TO MAKE SURE WE PRESERVE FAIR PARK,
THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF FAIR PARK. 
          SO THERE IS NO INTENT TO HAVE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ON THE OTHER 220 ACRES OF THE PARK. 
          WE WANT TO USE THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT TO FUND THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE,
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE SO WE CAN HAVE THAT ART DECO, WE CAN HAVE THOSE MUSEUMS AROUND FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO COME. 
          FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS AND MANY MORE TO COME. 
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SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN A YEAR FROM TODAY. HOPEFULLY,
IF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IT, THE GOVERNMENT, THE COUNCIL AND BOARD SUPPORTS IT. THAT HOPEFULLY A YEAR FROM TODAY WE CAN HAVE SOME WE WE
CAN HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING. 
          HOPEFULLY IF IF I DON'T WANT TO DO IT THE DALLAS WAY,
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE MOVE VERY METHODICAL AND STRATEGIC, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE VERY EFFICIENT AS WELL. SO THAT LOOKS LIKE DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE JOBS BEING CREATED. IT LOOKS LIKE LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATING IN THE
UPSIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE REVENUES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A CASH FLOW TO SUPPORT THE REST OF THE
OPERATIONS OF THE PARK. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE YEAR ROUND ACTIVATION. IT LOOKS LIKE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE MORE GAMES IN THE COTTON BOWL. IT LOOKS LIKE A YEAR ROUND OPERATION AND IT
LOOKS LIKE SPREADING TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARK. I'M TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY TO THRIVE WITH BETTER SIDEWALKS, ADDITIONAL PATROLS, BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW. THAT IS WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR ME IN THIS 2
TO 3 YEAR RANGE. 
          THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE AND THEN I'LL GO TO ROUND TWO,
I'M SORRY. 
          GHAS WITH THAT, THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED. THERE'S A LOT THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. 
          AND IT'S THINGS THAT WE'VE POINTED OUT WHEN PROGRAMING IN THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE ALREADY. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S INGRESS/EGRESS ISSUES. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE DEFICIENCY IN
INFRASTRUCTURE TO REALLY ABSORB THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COTTON BOWL PROGRAMING SPECIFICALLY. WHAT PLANS DO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH COG AND REALLY TREAT THIS
ASSET LIKE WE HAVE OTHERS? EVEN NEWER ASSETS LIKE THE PARKING GARAGE AT THE AT THE ZOO THAT WE JUST CELEBRATED LAST
WEEK. 
          WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET SOME FUNDING OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL SOURCES SO THAT WE
CAN TRULY BRING THIS PLAN TO FRUITION? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. DEFINITELY WORKING THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PARTNERING
AGENCIES IS A KEY. 
          SO A FEW THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE ALREADY UPGRADED THE MAJORITY OF THE DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGN BOARDS. 
          BASICALLY, THAT YOU SEE ALL LITERALLY. THEY LOOK GREAT AND THAT IS BASICALLY THAT IS HELPING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC THROUGH GOOD WAYFINDING. 
          NUMBER TWO, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH THE PLANS TO CONNECT OR DO THE,
WHAT WE CALL THE FIBER OPTIC CONNECTIVITY TO ALL THESE DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGN BOARDS, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO PUT IN AT A FUTURE DATE,
POTENTIALLY CAMERAS AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT WOULD COORDINATE INTO OUR FUTURE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON A FEW THINGS THERE. 
          ALONG THE WAY, THERE IS ALREADY A PLANNED TRAIL RING AROUND THE FAIR PARK AREA THAT
THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNTY,
DALLAS COUNTY. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE I MENTIONED IN HERE,
IS THAT TRYING TO LOOK AT RECONFIGURATION OF THE INTERSECTIONS AND SO ON TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT EASIER INTO FAIR PARK AND HAVE ALTERNATIVES TO EXIT FAIR PARK AND TO GET TO I-30
AND OTHER FREEWAYS. 
          AND LASTLY, WE HAVE THE FEDERAL GRANT AND WE'VE GOT THE GOOD NEWS LAST,
I THINK THURSDAY OR FRIDAY FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY SAYING MLK IS GOOD TO GO KIND OF THERE. WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IN PHASES. 
          SO, PHASE 1 WOULD BE THE RELEASE OF THE FUNDS FOR THE ENGINEERING TO UPGRADE THE MLK
CORRIDOR AGAIN, WHICH IS VITAL FOR THE EGRESS AND EGRESS FROM TO AND FROM FAIR PARK. 
          SO ALL TO SAY IS THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES ARE HAPPENING AND WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS
ACTUALLY THAT ARE ALREADY FUNDED AND WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF GET THEM OFF THE GROUND AND GET THEM GOING. 
          THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A- ON THAT ANSWER BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN A+. 
          I. [LAUGHTER] YOU DID YOU DID LEAVE OFF THE STREETCAR. 
          BUT NO, THANK YOU FOR. I HAVE THE NOTE. [LAUGHTER] YOU HAVE IT AND THEN WHILE WE'RE DEVELOPING THOSE LONGER-TERM STRATEGIES. 
          CHIEF, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO SOME APPROACHES SPECIFICALLY TO TRAFFIC IN THE OPERATIONS
AROUND FAIR PARK? 
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I WILL SAY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN FOR ME THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH CHANGE. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN LAGGING. 
          AND I'D REALLY LIKE FOR OUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT,
IF YOU WILL, DIVISION TO LOOK AT BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE INNOVATIVE IN OUR APPROACH. I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE MEDIANS THAT ARE
CLOSED OFF THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, UTILIZED DEPENDING ON IF IT'S THE MUSIC HALL OR IF IT'S COTTON BOWL OR IF IT'S
DOS EQUIS. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US TRY SOMETHING NEW IN AND NOT DEAL. 
          THE RESIDENTS ARE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH HAVING TO NOT BE ABLE TO TURN,
NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          I HAVE SAID A MILLION TIMES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS OVER AT JERRY WORLD WHENEVER YOU GET OUT OF
A CONCERT OR A COWBOY GAME, AND HOW THERE'S A CHANGE IN LANE STRUCTURE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING IS MOVING
OUTWARD FROM THE STADIUM IN ONE WAYS AND UTILIZING THE LANES THAT WERE GOING IN THE DIRECTION TOWARDS THE STADIUM. 
          WE'VE NEVER TRIED ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I'M JUST WONDERING,
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE? WELL, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DISCUSSED ALONG WITH DPD AND WITH THE I MEAN,
WITH CHIEF ALLEN AND, AND GHAS ABOUT BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING THESE FESTIVALS AND ANYTHING IN THE COTTON
BOWL OR WHERE WE HAVE 20,000 TO 30,000 PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A NOT JUST FOR THE STATE FAIR,
A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THOSE TYPE OF BIG EVENTS. 
          SO NO ONE EXPERIENCED WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED WITH COLDPLAY AND ROLLING STONES BECAUSE. 
          JANET JACKSON. JANET JACKSON. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT ACTIVATION EVERY TIME WE TELL THEM. 
          NOT TELL THEM, AND THEN THAT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN GOES IN PLACE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. FOR THE TRAFFIC DIVISION,
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND. 
          YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN OVERALL TRAFFIC PLAN,
IT'S NOT THE 2 OR 3 STREETS RIGHT AROUND FAIR PARK. 
          YOU HAVE TO VENTURE OUT TEN, THREE BLOCKS AWAY,
WHICH, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHEN WE CALL THEM ON GRAND AND FEATURING ALL THOSE STREETS, THEY GET TO AN AREA WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE NOW TOO SHORT OR TOO LONG. 
          WE HAVE TO BASICALLY REACH OUT TO ALL THOSE LIGHTS,
MAKE SURE WE HAVE LONGER LIGHT SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY GET ONTO THE FREEWAY SYSTEMS,
BE ABLE TO GET ON TO THOSE BIG RAMPS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A BIGGER PICTURE OUTSIDE OF THOSE 10 OR 15 BLOCKS AROUND FAIR PARK
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET TO A CERTAIN AREA. 
          WE LIKE FOR GOING DOWN GRAND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          GET TO A PLACE AND THEY GET STUCK. SO GETTING ONTO THE RAMP. 
          SO WE HAD TO LOOK AT AND COLLABORATIONS ALSO WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PLACES LIKE
THAT ON THOSE FREEWAYS. 
          SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, GET ON THOSE ON RAMPS, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS
THAT WE COULD GET THEM TO THE FREEWAYS BACK UP ON THE FREEWAY. SO THERE'S NO WAY WE DEFINITELY WILL DO THAT. AND WE WILL CONSIDER LOOKING AT,
YOU KNOW, THE ONE WAY WE CALL THEM COUNTERFLOW WAYS THINGS TO GET PEOPLE OUT, YOU KNOW, FOUR LANES TO EIGHT LANES. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. 
          BUT THAT IS A CONCERN THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR YEARS NOW. JUST GETTING THAT
COLLABORATION WITH THE STREETS AND LIGHTS AND TRANSPORTATION TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS FARTHER OUTSIDE OF FAIR PARK, SIR. THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          YEP. I'LL ADD REAL QUICK. SO WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS AS A
STANDARD STANDALONE DEAL. 
          SO WE'VE GOT THREE THINGS HAPPENING. ONE IS STANDARD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR EVENTS. 
          NUMBER TWO, WE ALREADY HAVE A QUASI TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN SIGNAL TIMING FOR THE EVENTS
AT FAIR PARK. 
          BUT REMEMBER, WE'RE KIND OF VERY LIMITED BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE SOME TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT
NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED TO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE UPGRADE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES,
THEN WE CAN HAVE A BETTER CONTROL OVER THEM. 
          AND THEN NUMBER THREE, HOPEFULLY AGAIN ON COUNCIL FOR NEXT THIS WEDNESDAY IS THE
ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT FOR THE FIRST CONTRIBUTIONS WE HAVE THE FULL FUNDING PRETTY MUCH TO GO FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE NEXT ADVANCED
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO UPGRADE OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. 
          SO THIS IS EXCITING. AND THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD ALLOW US ALSO AT SOME POINT TO
INTEGRATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WHETHER IT BE IN DFR AND DPD INTO THE SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT BASICALLY, SHOULD THERE BE ANY RESPONSES,
THEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL WORK AUTOMATICALLY WITH THAT. 
          SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS. AND THEN FINALLY ON EVENTS WITH THE COUNTER FLOW TO TRY TO
MINIMIZE UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES, WE'RE LOOKING AT DYNAMIC LANE ASSIGNMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE IN ARLINGTON. 
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SO BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MORE SOPHISTICATED ONE. 
          SO AWESOME. THANK YOU. I'LL WAIT FOR ROUND TWO. 
          MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEVIN I'M COMING FOR YOU NEXT. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO START BY APPLAUDING YOUR EFFORTS,
DIRECTOR JENKINS, TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH. JUST SINCE OUR DECEMBER THE 1ST BRIEFING,
YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE YEOMAN'S WORK ON ALL OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I'M REALLY AMAZED AT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH ALWAYS
FINITE RESOURCES, FINITE PERSONNEL. BUT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED A VISION FOR FAIR PARK AND PRIORITIZED WHAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE. 
          AND YOU'VE CARRIED OUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          SO MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THAT. 
          ON SLIDE SEVEN, THE NEXT STEPS INCLUDE FINALIZING EVENT SURCHARGE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          WOULD THAT BE A SURCHARGE ON TICKETS TO EVENTS LIKE THE STATE FAIR,
THE MUSIC HALL PERFORMANCES. 
          WHAT, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO ENTAIL? YES, SIR PARDON ME. YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
BROADWAY DALLAS AND THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS ABOUT JUST THAT. HOW MUCH REVENUE DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WILL GENERATE? WELL, IT'S ABOUT, 2 MILLION VISITORS, APPROXIMATELY AT STATE FAIR OF TEXAS. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE FOUR. AND THEN WITH BROADWAY DALLAS,
THEY RANGE, BUT IT'S BETWEEN $400,000 AND $500,000 A YEAR TIMES TWO. 
          THAT WOULD BE A SURCHARGE OF $2 PER TICKET? YES,
SIR. 
          AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO SAY THAT IT WOULD BE ON THE TICKET ITSELF. 
          WE'RE OPEN TO OUTSIDE THE BOX IDEAS. FOR INSTANCE,
IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IT ON PARKING. 
          WE'RE OPEN TO WAYS TO ACHIEVE THE MONETARY NUMBER THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ON
THE TICKET ITSELF. 
          GOT IT. THE NEXT BULLET IS INITIATE DEVELOPMENT STUDY LED BY THE DALLAS CDC. 
          COULD YOU FLESH THAT OUT AS TO WHAT YOU CHARGE THEM TO DO? WELL, THAT WE'VE PIVOTED A LITTLE BIT, I GUESS I WOULD SAY. 
          THIS WAS A SLIDE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT BASED UPON THE INTEREST THAT WE HAVE SEEN ABOUT POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES,
TO JOHN'S POINT, WE'RE KIND OF PLANNING TO PUT THE FOOT ON THE GAS. 
          AND SEEK PROPOSALS WITHOUT WORKING THROUGH THE EDC. 
          OH, OKAY. JUST CURIOUS, THE PREVENTIVE AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT ARE DESCRIBED ON
SLIDE EIGHT. 
          WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WAS THAT BEFORE THE PARK DEPARTMENT TAKEOVER IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST
YEAR? GO AHEAD NO BEFORE THE OVG WAS THEIR DAILY OPERATOR. THEY CONTRACTED WITH AND THEY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DAY-TO-DAY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. 
          SO THEY'RE THE PARTY THAT DEFERRED ALL THIS MAINTENANCE. 
          YES. YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH? YES. ON SLIDE 18. YOU TALK ABOUT DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS
FISCAL YEAR, SUBMITTING REMAINING RFP, RFCSPS TO PROCUREMENT FOR FORMAL BID. 
          WHAT WOULD THIS BE A BID FOR? SO SEVERAL OF THE CONTRACTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE WERE
SHORT TERM CONTRACTS, JUST SO WE HAVE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS. SO RIGHT OFFHAND WE'RE TALKING OUR PARKING
CONTRACT HAS ABOUT A YEAR LEFT. 
          SECURITY WAS SHORT TERM. FOOD AND BEVERAGE WAS ONLY A YEAR WITH A ONE-YEAR RENEWAL. 
          SO SEVERAL OF OUR OPERATIONAL CONTRACTS, WE NEED TO GET SOME LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS IN
PLACE. 
          I NOTICED THAT IT'S MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR CANCELED MANY
EVENTS OR CONTRACTS. 
          THAT YOU APPEAR NOW TO BE TRYING TO REINSTATE. 
          IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S ACCURATE. OKAY. ARE YOU REINSTATING ALL OF THOSE THAT THEY
CANCELED OR REINSTATED EVERY SINGLE ONE, WHICH WAS OUR INTENTION ALL ALONG. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD ASKED FOR ALL THOSE AGREEMENTS BACK IN JUNE AND JULY. 
          IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER JUST TO TRANSITION THEM TO US. 
          SURE. BUT WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF TRANSPIRED. AND THEY WERE TOLD THEIR EVENTS WERE CANCELED,
SO WE HAD TO RECONSTRUCT THEM ALL. 
          OKAY. AND LONG TERM. WHAT IS THE PARK DEPARTMENT'S INTENT WITH REGARD TO MANAGEMENT OF FAIR PARK? DO YOU INTEND TO KEEP IT WITHIN THE PARK DEPARTMENT? DO YOU INTEND TO SEEK ANOTHER PRIVATE PARTNER TO ASSIST YOU IN THAT TASK? WHAT'S THE VISION? YEAH. WE WE INTEND TO STILL OVERSEE THE CONTRACTS AND JUST HIRE EXPERTS
TO CARRY 
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OUT THE WORK. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL CONTRACTS, AS RYAN AND BRETT HAVE MENTIONED,
FROM FOLKS WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GOING OUT AND GETTING SPONSORSHIPS. 
          SOMEONE HAS VISIT DALLAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOOKING UP A LOT OF THE EVENT SPACE FINDING AN OPERATOR, FOREST. THEY CAN DO FULL TURNKEY AT THE COTTON BOWL TO BOOK IT UP. 
          AND SO IT WOULD BE THE CITY WOULD OVERSEE THE CONTRACTS AND WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE DAY
TO DAY TYPE MAINTENANCE AND MAKE SURE BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS LESSON LEARNED,
FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION JUST DO NOT HAVE THE SAME INTEREST IN PRESERVING CITY BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AS BEING GOOD STEWARDS. 
          LIKE CITY STAFF WILL BE RESPONSIBLE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND SO LESSON LEARNED. AND SO IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE CITY TO CONTRACT OUT A LOT OF THE
SPECIALTY WORK. 
          AND WE OVERSEE THOSE CONTRACTS. DO YOU ENVISION THE NEED FOR THE CITY TO HIRE A MARKETING
MANAGER OR CONSULTANT TO MARKET THE VENUES AT FAIR PARK? WELL, PART OF THAT,
THAT'S WHAT VISIT DALLAS IS DOING PART OF IT AS WELL AS WHOEVER WE HIRE FOR. 
          IF WE PACKAGE LIKE THE COTTON BOWL AND THE COLISEUM,
THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING FULL TURNKEY MARKETING THOSE EVENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT TYPE OF EXPERTISE FROM FULL TURNKEY. SETTING UP THE EVENT,
BOOKING THE EVENT, MARKETING THE EVENT. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT, A WRITTEN AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH VISIT DALLAS FOR THEM TO
TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY? THE AGREEMENT WITH THEM IS TO MARKET THE FACILITIES,
TO PUT IT OUT THERE AS A RENTAL SERVICE. 
          SO THEY'LL PUT OUT ALL OUR FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO RENTAL AND MARKET THOSE TO DRAW PEOPLE
TO WANT TO RENT FROM US. 
          BUT DO YOU HAVE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO DO THAT WORK? IT'S IN OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM, YES. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY ON SLIDE 23,
YOU TALK ABOUT VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT SUCH COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS WOULD OBTAIN
LONG TERM LAND LEASES FROM THE CITY. I ASSUME YOU WOULD NOT BE SELLING LAND TO THEM. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. WE WOULD BE PURSUING LONG TERM GROUND LEASES. 
          YES, SIR. OKAY. AND YOU'VE GOTTEN A POSITIVE RESPONSE SO FAR FROM THE MARKET ON THAT? IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS, BUT YES, POSITIVE TO DATE YES. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR AND YOU KNOW,
OKAY I WANT TO THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          AND THE PRESENTATION, I ACTUALLY READ IT THIS WEEKEND AND I KIND OF ENJOYED IT. 
          I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKING. IF YOU'RE UTILIZING INTERNAL,
IF YOU'RE, IF THE PROPOSITION IS TO UTILIZE INTERNAL PARKING FOR NEW TYPES OF ACTIVATION,
WILL THAT NOW FORCE PARKING OUTSIDE OF FAIR PARK AND ONTO THE CITY STREETS? NO. BECAUSE ANY DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO REPLACE
THE SURFACE PARKING WITH PARKING GARAGES. SO OKAY, SO YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY INITIATE PARKING GARAGES INSTEAD OF JUST
SURFACE STREET PARKING? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, SO THERE IS A LOT OF FACILITIES THAT PARK OR I SHOULD SAY THERE ARE
A LOT OF OUTSIDE PARKING THAT IS BEING UTILIZED. 
          WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE? WILL YOU? WILL THERE BE A DISBANDMENT OF THAT OUTDOOR PARKING
OR? AND THEN. POINT OF HANG ON COUNCIL MEMBER, YES, SIR SO I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO TRIP UP ON HAVING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION,
BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON UNDER FULL REVIEW WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          WELL, I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE IF YOU ARE UTILIZING PARKING AND YOU'RE
TAKING PARKING OUTSIDE, THERE ARE PARKING LOTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF FAIR PARK. 
          OH, COMPLETELY. I WAS JUST SAYING THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. 
          SO I WAS GOING TO OFFER TO BRING YOU INTO. THERE'S BEEN A WORKING GROUP WITH THE CITY
MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT HAS BEEN EVALUATING THAT ORDINANCE. 
          AND WE HAVE WE HAVE SINCE DONE A TEMPORARY CHANGE THAT JUST ALLOWED FOR FIFA GAMES TO BE
PARKED. 
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BUT I WANTED TO I WANTED TO OFFER TO CONNECT YOU WITH THEM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY
ARE HAVE BEEN UP TO SPEED WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS, ALL I WAS BRINGING UP. CHAIR WHO IS YOUR QUESTION DIRECTED TO? PARK BOARD? OH, OKAY. YEAH, SHE ANSWERED MY POINT OF ORDER THANK YOU. 
          YEAH FORREST, THE PARK DEPARTMENT. 
          SO BECAUSE WE'RE REPLACING. 
          SO POINT OF ORDER WAS ON WHETHER PARKING ON THE OUTSIDE OF FAIR PARK WAS RELEVANT TO THIS
DISCUSSION. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THEN THE OFFER WAS TO COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR TO BRING HER INTO
SOME CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT PERHAPS OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ARE NOT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I WANT THE RESOLUTION, BUT IT ALSO BRINGS UP SOME CHALLENGES I SEE ON TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT AS WELL, BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO FAIR PARK AND WHICH IS WHERE I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO EVENTUALLY GET
TO IS IF WE'RE. IF WE ARE RE UTILIZING PARKING IN A DIFFERENT FORUM WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AT FAIR PARK, AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ON THE SURROUNDING AREA
OF FAIR PARK? ABOUT HOW WHEN, WHEN WE LOOK AT EVENTS AT FAIR PARK,
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT NOT JUST FAIR PARK, BUT AREAS SURROUNDING FAIR PARK. 
          SO. YEAH, SO CAN I SUGGEST THIS? I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITY THERE AND A LOT OF
DIFFERENT FACTORS AT PLAY. 
          WOULD YOU BE ALL RIGHT IF WE BROUGHT THE PARKING ISSUE BACK WITH. 
          OH, ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE IT YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO FAIR PARK AS A USER OF THE
PARK, I GET VERY FRUSTRATED WHERE I GO HERE, AND THEN I GOT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN,
AND THEN I GOT TO FIND THE END OF THE LINE AND MAKE A U TURN. 
          YES MA'AM [LAUGHTER] I'VE BEEN WITH YOU, I FOLLOW YOU. 
          IT'S A CHALLENGE. AND IT'S A CHALLENGE. SO MY QUESTION IS,
IF WE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE, ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY COGNIZANT OF IS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS. 
          FAIR PARK HAS A LOUSY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LACK OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS. 
          AND THEN YOU LOOK AT AND I'VE ALSO BEEN THERE WHEN I HAVE SEEN A,
A SAFETY VEHICLE TRY TO GET IN TO FAIR PARK WHEN THERE. AND THIS IS WHERE I'M TRYING TO GO. 
          WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAIR PARK,
HOW TO GET IT DEVELOPED, HOW TO GET NEW ACTIVATION AND NOT. 
          AND MY QUESTION IS, AND THE AREA IN WHERE I AM GOING IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW
ACTIVATION AND WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO GROW FAIR PARK AND DOCTOR KHANKARLI
TALKED ABOUT LIGHTING, LIGHTS AND, AND ALL OF THE SUCH WE CAN'T LOOK AT FAIR PARK AS. 
          AND I'M LOVING THE, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HERE. 
          AND I'M, AND I'M LOOKING AT IT AND SAYING, WHAT CAN I DO SOME OF THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE? SO I'M NOT I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. 
          I'M TRYING TO. YOU CAN'T LOOK AT FAIR PARK AS A SINGLE LOCATION WITHOUT LOOKING AT HOW IT
IMPACTS THE TOTALITY. YES, I THINK YOU HAVE RAISED A VERY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE. 
          THERE'S NO QUESTION. SO I WILL TASK DIRECTOR KHANKARLI,
CHIEF ALLEN, COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA AND WHOEVER ELSE NEEDS TO BE IN THE ROOM TO PULL TOGETHER A PRESENTATION SO WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT THE IMPACT,
BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          AS WE IMPROVE FAIR PARK, EVERYTHING AROUND IT,
AROUND IT WILL BE IMPACTED. 
          AND WE NEED TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN THAT RESPECT,
ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS AND PARKING. 
          ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. I'M SORRY 
          [01:00:04]
OKAY, GREAT THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO LET ME CHANGE TO SOMETHING. 
          MAYBE MORE, MORE EASIER FOR US, BUT STILL DIFFICULT. 
          [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, I DON'T GO FOR ANYTHING EASY. 
          THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. I HAVE BEEN IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM WHEN THERE HAS BEEN,
WHEN THINGS HAVE TRIED TO OCCUR. THE FACT THAT YOU COULDN'T EVEN UTILIZE THE AREA DOWN IN THE BASEMENT
ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO DOGGONE HOT, EVEN IN THE, EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT HOT OUTSIDE,
WHEN YOU PUT MORE THAN 15, 20, 30 INDIVIDUALS, IT'S JUST TOO DOGGONE HOT. AND. I ALSO, AND DIRECTOR JENKINS, YOU SAID THAT, THAT YOU GUYS, THE FED,
YOU GUYS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO OVERSEE WHOEVER IT IS THAT'S GOING TO MAINTAIN GOING FORWARD. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? YEAH. 
          WHICH WILL BE OUR TEAM ALSO WORKING WITH THE MUSEUM. 
          I CAN PROVIDE YOU UPDATE ON AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM FOR SURE. 
          I WAS JUST OUT THERE LAST THURSDAY AND THERE ARE THERE'S A TEAM OF FOLKS WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK RIGHT NOW, BRETT TEAM, A LOT OF CONTRACTORS. THAT'S ALL. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY IMPRESSED. AND WORKING WITH DOCTOR ROSS AND HER TEAM,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S TAKING PLACE AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM RIGHT NOW. THERE'S OVER. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK STATE REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS,
BECAUSE THE MONEY THAT SHE SECURED IS MAKE IS MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. AND THEY HAVE TO BE FINISHED BY APRIL 15TH. 
          AND THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHERE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HAVING WORKING WITH
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM TO SHOW THE PUBLIC AND INVITE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE BOARD MEMBERS TO ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AS
WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. 
          CAN I OFFER UP A HEARTFELT RECOMMENDATION? ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE CONSISTENTLY SAID THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES NOT DO WELL IN MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY. CAN I OFFER UP A,
AND I'M CONSISTENT WITH THAT IS NOT JUST PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S MY OFFICE, CAN I OFFER UP A JUST A KIND SUGGESTION. AND THAT SUGGESTION BEING THAT WHEN YOU HAVE
THESE OUTSIDE VENDORS DO THE WORK, THAT WE ALSO PUT IN PLACE A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN STAFF GO
BACK BEHIND THEM AND SEE THAT THE, THE WORK THAT BEFORE THEY'RE PAID, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE. 
          AND IT MAY BE A POLICY CHANGE. I'M HOPING PEOPLE WHO NEED POLICY HEARS THIS BACK BEHIND THEM AND VERIFY THAT THE WORK THAT WE CONTRACTED THEM TO DO IS THE WORK THAT
THEY ACTUALLY COMPLETED TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS AND NOT HAVE TO GO BACK BEHIND THE BEHIND THEM MONTHS LATER AND SAY CAN YOU
COME BACK AND FIX THIS? SO, AND YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS $44 MILLION IN MAJOR DEVELOPMENT,
A MAJOR RENOVATIONS THAT WERE, THAT ARE NOW NEEDED. IS THAT, DID I HEAR THAT? SO THERE'S A, AS MR. WULKE MENTIONED, THERE'S $45 MILLION WORTH OF WHAT WE CALL DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE. 
          SO THAT INCLUDES MAJOR MAINTENANCE. JUST LIKE IN THE PICTURES YOU SAW WHERE WE REPLACED
THE HVAC UNITS. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY STILL A COUPLE OF UNITS THAT ARE SURE YOU'RE PROBABLY IN THE
NEXT YEAR OR TWO BECAUSE OF PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE THAT WASN'T PERFORMED ON THEM, WHICH WILL, IF YOUR HVAC CAN LAST ABOUT 20 YEARS,
15 TO 20 YEARS. 
          IF YOU DON'T PERFORM, PERFORM PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AT FAIR PARK
UNFORTUNATELY, DURING THOSE SEVEN YEARS. WITH THOSE UNITS, LIFESPAN JUST GOT DECREASED BY 5 OR 7 YEARS. 
          AND SO WE HAD TO GO REPLACE THEM. AND SO HE'S SPEAKING OF,
YOU KNOW, ROOF, YOU KNOW, ROOFS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED, HVAC UNITS STILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLUMBING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. 
          WE CAN GO ON AND ON WITH THE LIST OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE CAUGHT UP IN
MAJOR MAINTENANCE OUT THERE. 
          BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS BRANDON AND HIS TEAM, AS HE MENTIONED WHEN WE WERE SPEAKING TO YOU
ALL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, HE HAD SEVEN PEOPLE, SIX PEOPLE, PART OF A TRANSITION TEAM. 
          HE NOW HAS 31 PEOPLE, WHICH INCLUDE PLUMBERS,
ELECTRICIANS, FOLKS WHO CAN, TO YOUR POINT, MAKE SURE WE HAVE CONTRACTORS IN, THE WORK IS BEING PERFORMED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN THE
QUALITY. 
          AND IT'S MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD BRETT? NO, TO THAT POINT, WE ARE NOT TOP HEAVY ORGANIZATION. 
          [01:05:03]
OUR ORG CHART INCLUDES BOOTS ON THE GROUND, PEOPLE IN THE BUILDINGS TO FIX THESE PLACES
BACK UP. 
          WELL, I HOPE THAT WE'RE LISTENING ALL AROUND THAT YOU GUYS ARE STARTING WITH FAIR PARK
WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE, BEEN WITH OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY WITH MAINTENANCE AND TAKING CARE OF DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE. 
          THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT FAIR PARK. 
          CHAIR JOHNSON, ANYTHING? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN GETTING
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BACK TO FAIR PARK. 
          THAT IS HUGE. AND WELL JUST I ANYWAY, IT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF GOOD TO THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO THE CITY, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. 
          CHAIR BAZALDUA, I KNOW YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION [LAUGHTER]. SO I'LL JUST ASK YOU MAYBE TO,
TO MAKE YOUR SECOND ROUND FAIRLY QUICK. 
          YEAH, I WON'T GO TOO LONG, BUT I WANTED TO ASK,
YOU, KEVIN. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KEEPING THE MONEY'S INSIDE OF FAIR PARK. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS FAR AS GETTING OUT OF THE HOLE THAT
WE'VE BEEN IN. 
          HAVE WE, HAVE WE LOOKED OR CAN WE ASK ACTUALLY FOR THERE TO BE A POTENTIAL BRIEFING OF
SPECIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR POLICIES TO BE ADOPTED? I WOULD LIKE TO GET AHEAD OF THIS BEFORE THERE IS DEVELOPMENT AND INCREMENT. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT SOME THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS. 
          I BELIEVE IF A HOTEL WERE TO COME UP IN FAIR PARK NOW THAT THE MONEY'S GENERATED,
WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THE CONVENTION CENTER? SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE MODERNIZED AND UNDERSTOOD. 
          SO THAT WE DON'T END UP FURTHER PUTTING THE FAIRGROUNDS INTO THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE IN. 
          AND THEN ALSO SENDING MONEY OUT OF FAIR PARK FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT,
QUITE FRANKLY, DON'T NEED THAT REVENUE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS HOLISTICALLY
AND THAT, AND WE'RE NOT GETTING SOME DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY OR SOME PLANS THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAVE PUT
IN PLACE. 
          AND THEN WE REALIZE THAT WE, THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE AS BIG OF AN ASSET FOR THE ACTUAL
COMMUNITY. 
          DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M WHERE I'M MENTIONING? I HEAR YOU. 
          SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE PARK ITSELF. SO ANY REVENUES,
EXCESS CASH FLOWS GENERATED BY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ON THE PARK ITSELF, YOU WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY STAY AND ARE REINVESTED INTO THE PARK ITSELF. 
          I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, YES. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE TRICKLED IMPACT AND THEN,
YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS LAND LIKE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS,
OTHER PEOPLE WHO WE MAY BE LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ITS ADJACENCY. 
          WE, I WANT TO MAKE, MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE ECONOMIC TOOLS KIND OF BUTTONED
UP IN SOUTH DALLAS SPECIFICALLY, SO THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE OPPORTUNITY ALONG THE MLK CORRIDOR,
FOR INSTANCE, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. I CAN GET WITH THEM OFF LINE ON THE OTHERS. 
          I WILL JUST ASK IT WASN'T REALLY DISCUSSED. IT WAS KIND OF TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT,
BUT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS'S FUTURE, IF YOU WILL AND HOW THAT WORKS IN SYNERGY WITH THIS PLAN,
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON, YOU KNOW, WE THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A HURDLE WHENEVER WE'VE PROGRAMED THE,
THE GROUNDS. 
          AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK TO IT NOW,
BUT I WANT TO, I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS IS INTEGRATED TO IT, HOW WE CAN LOOK AT OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM AND MAKE IT MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO WHAT THIS NEW
HISTORY, I MEAN, FUTURE LOOKS LIKE FOR THE PARK. AND THEN THE COMMUNITY ACCESS. 
          WE, WE DID JUST MENTION THAT. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT IT SPECIFICALLY TO THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          AND IF Y'ALL COULD KIND OF HELP ME UNDERSTAND. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS NOW FOR THE SAKE OF TIME,
BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A MORE HOLISTIC PLAN TO OPEN UP OPPORTUNITY OR A WELCOMING ENTRANCE POINT FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF JUST 5 AND 6 GATES THAT ARE OPEN
RIGHT NOW. 
          WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? PLEASE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          OKAY. MY WRAP UP IS JUST GOING TO. I WANT TO JUST CALL OUT SOME THINGS. 
          I'VE BEEN MAKING NOTES OVER THE LAST HOUR HERE. 
          AND SO HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE JUST AMAZING OR EVIDENCE OF AMAZING PROGRESS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THAT WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE, WE'RE,
OUR GOAL IS TO GENERATE REVENUE THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MAINTENANCE. 
          THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT AND CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PARTICIPATION,
THAT WE HAVE A FOCUS ON PRESERVATION OF THE ART DECO FAIR PARK BUILDINGS. 
          [01:10:05]
VERY IMPORTANT. THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES,
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR JOBS FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 
          THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK THE SWANS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY,
I THINK FOR ME, IT'S THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. 
          BECAUSE I THINK PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WOULD,
WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A TEAM EFFORT AND YOUR PARTNERS TO THE RIGHT OF YOU ARE VERY, ARE CRITICAL IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN FROM TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TO BETTER
INFRASTRUCTURE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE NPOS GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I REALLY VALUE THE WORK THAT NPO'S DO. SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THEY ARE WORKING IN THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL TO HELP WITH PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS A GREAT WORK. 
          WE WOULD LOVE UPDATES, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER,
I THINK JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO TRACK IT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS BEING ANSWERED AS
TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. 
          AND I BELIEVE THIS PRESENTATION IS OVER, SO THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. AND I JUST WANTED TO ANSWER ONE THING ON COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR,
SHE MENTIONED ABOUT BRINGING THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS TO OTHER, FAIR PARK IS UNIQUE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT UP THERE AND
WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER TRANSFORMATIONAL TYPE PROJECTS WE WANT TO BRING TO EVERYONE'S
DISTRICT. 
          TRANSFORMATIONAL IS A VERY GOOD WORD. I LOVE THAT WORD. 
          YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM B, A PRESENTATION ON THE CITY OF DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT BY DIRECTOR ANGELA HODGES GOTT. 
          AND WHILE SHE'S GETTING SETTLED, I WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY THAT DURING SPRING BREAK,
DOCTOR HODGES GOTT AND I HAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER WITH SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO
WERE THERE ON A SPRING BREAK CAMP. 
          DOCTOR GOTT AND I TALKED ABOUT THE ROLE OF CITY GOVERNMENT WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES. 
          THE STUDENTS PRESENTED ADVOCACY PROJECTS THAT INCLUDED ENCOURAGING MORE USE OF PUBLIC
TRANSIT, SPECIFICALLY DART, ENCOURAGING THE CREATION OF MIGRATION CORRIDORS,
SOMETHING I HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE. 
          IN THE METROPLEX FOR BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS THAT MIGRATE THROUGH DALLAS,
AND ALSO IMPROVING LOCAL FARMING METHODS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH RESOURCES. 
          I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED BY THEIR KNOWLEDGE, THEIR PASSION,
AND THEIR DETERMINATION. 
          I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT. ONE OF THE STUDENTS ASKED IF THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS CONSIDERED
REACTIVATING THE TUNNELS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO GIVE FUTURE RESIDENTS A WAY TO GET AROUND WHEN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE,
THEY BELIEVE THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WILL JUST BE TOO HOT. 
          SO I KNOW THE TUNNELS JUST ARE AN INTERESTING CURIOSITY FOR ME. 
          HOW THEY WERE PUT IN FOR X REASON, DISCOURAGED FOR Y REASON. 
          AND NOW WE'RE ON TO ANOTHER REASON WHY WE SHOULD POTENTIALLY USE THEM. 
          SO WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, DIRECTOR GOTT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR STEWART. TODAY WE WANTED TO BRING A PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL. 
          JUST AN UPDATE ON THE CITY OF DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND HOW IT'S SOMEWHAT
IN A TIME OF TRANSITION. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL GET STARTED. OH, AND WITH ME,
I ALSO HAVE SARAH VIDRINE, WHO IS OUR INTERIM MANAGER FOR EMS AND LEAD ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO JUST A QUICK SLIDE ON WHERE WE'RE GOING TODAY COVERING THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF
DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE. 
          IN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS AND THE ISO CERTIFICATION
THAT THE CITY HOLDS THEN GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THE EMS AND HOW WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD IN NEXT STEPS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH HISTORY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SLIDE, PLEASE. SO IN JUST A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON FOR THOSE THAT ARE UNAWARE. IN 2003, FOX FOUR RELEASED AN INVESTIGATIVE NEWS STORY
ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS TITLED DIRTY WATER, DIRTY SECRETS. AS IMPLIED BY THE STORY'S TITLE,
IT DID NOT SHINE A FAVORABLE LIGHT ON THE CITY AT THAT TIME. 
          [01:15:06]
THE NEWS CAMERAS CAUGHT PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DISCHARGING FROM CITY FACILITIES AND FLOWING
INTO STORM DRAINS, WHICH WAS A VIOLATION OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM,
OR MS4 PERMIT. 
          AS PART OF THE FEATURE, REPORTERS NOTED AN APPARENT DOUBLE STANDARD THAT THE CITY ITSELF
WAS IN VIOLATION WHILE CITY INSPECTORS WERE PURSUING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WITH HEFTY FINES AGAINST PRIVATE COMPANIES WITH SIMILAR VIOLATIONS. 
          SOON AFTER THE NEWS REPORT, THE EPA INVESTIGATED AND THE CITY BEGAN TO QUICKLY ADDRESS THE
CRITICAL AND SYSTEMATIC ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. 
          IN FEBRUARY 2004, THE EPA ISSUED THE CITY OF DALLAS A COMPLIANCE ORDER ALLEGING THAT THE
CITY FAILED TO ADEQUATELY IMPLEMENT, FUND AND STAFF THE CITY'S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          IN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLIANCE ORDER THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WAS ESTABLISHED
AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN CONDUCTING AUDITS TO DETERMINE THE ROOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMPLIANCE ISSUES. THE VIOLATIONS DISCOVERED THROUGH THESE AUDITS WERE THEN REPORTED TO
THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TCEQ UNDER THE AUDIT PRIVILEGE ACT. IN 2005 THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT THE CITY WOULD
IMPLEMENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN 11 CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BE COMPLETED BY APRIL 2007. 
          THIS WAS THE FIRST AND LARGEST EFFORT OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION AT THE TIME. 
          IN 2006, THE CITY OF DALLAS ENTERED INTO A CONSENT DECREE,
WHICH IS A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE EPA TO RESOLVE THOSE OUTSTANDING VIOLATIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. INITIALLY, DOJ AND EPA ASSESSED $8 MILLION IN CIVIL PENALTY. 
          THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS, THE CITY OF DALLAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
REQUIRING THE CITY TO SPEND IN EXCESS OF 3.5 MILLION IN A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION ENTERING THE CITY'S STORMWATER SYSTEM AND TO ENSURE THE
CITY'S COMPLIANCE GOING FORWARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE SETTLEMENT REQUIRED THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT TWO WETLANDS AT AN
ESTIMATED COST OF 1.2 MILLION, ONE ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER AND ONE ALONG CEDAR CREEK NEAR THE DALLAS ZOO,
AND ALSO TO PAY A CIVIL PENALTY OF $800,000. 
          UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE, THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE WORKING IN THE
CITY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SECTION, WHICH WAS A 25% INCREASE OVER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON STAFF WHEN EPA ISSUED ITS COMPLIANCE
ORDER. 
          THE CONSENT DECREE ALSO REQUIRED THE CITY TO INSPECT AT LEAST 500 STORMWATER DISCHARGE
PIPES EACH YEAR. 
          500 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES EACH YEAR AND LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITES EVERY TWO WEEKS. 
          PURSUANT TO THE SETTLEMENT, THE CITY CREATED A FORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR
12 CITY RUN FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY'S SERVICE CENTERS, AND HAD THIRD PARTY AUDITOR REVIEW THE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS. THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WAS CREATED TO OVERSEE ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2023, THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS APPROVED THE JOINT STIPULATION AND CONSENT MOTION FOR THE FINAL TERMINATION OF THE
CONSENT DECREE AND DETERMINE THAT FINAL AND COMPLETE TERMINATION WAS WARRANTED. THE TERMINATION OF THE CONSENT DECREE SPEAKS TO THE HARD WORK OF CITY STAFF,
SUCCESSFULLY ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS, CREATING A CULTURE OF MANAGING AND REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS,
AND IMPROVING THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. LOOKING BEYOND THE TERMINATION OF THE CONSENT DECREE,
THE CITY OF DALLAS REMAINS COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS,
MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS FROM CITY OPERATIONS AND IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH EXISTING SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS LIKE THE EMS. THE CITY'S EMS ADVANCES REGULATORY COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS ACROSS MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL
MEDIA. 
          THE EMS IS NOT ONLY REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S MS4 STORMWATER PERMIT,
BUT IT ALSO SUPPORTS ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE GOALS UNDER THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN,
OR CECAP. 
          THE OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS SET BY CITY DEPARTMENTS AS PART OF EMS WASTE MINIMIZATION,
JUST AS ONE EXAMPLE, OFTEN SUPPORTS CECAP GOALS OF MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS BY REDUCING GREENHOUSE
GASES, 
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ENHANCING RESILIENCE TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS,
AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE I JUST WANT TO COVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DESCRIBING WHAT AN
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ENTAILS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION,
OR ISO, IS A WORLDWIDE FEDERATION OF NATIONAL STANDARDS BODIES,
OR ISO MEMBER BODIES. 
          PRIMARILY WORKING THROUGH ITS TECHNICAL COMMITTEES THE ISO CREATES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS. 
          ISO 14001 IS THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. IT PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT AN EMS,
WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF CONTINUALLY IMPROVING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE. 
          THE NUMBER AFTER THE COLON, IN THIS CASE 2015,
IS THE PUBLICATION DATE OF THE STANDARD. 
          2015 IS THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF THE STANDARD,
ALTHOUGH, AS I WILL DISCUSS LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION, PUBLICATION OF AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE STANDARD IS EXPECTED LATER THIS SPRING. 
          ONCE PUBLISHED, CERTIFIED ENTITIES HAVE THREE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW STANDARD. 
          THE SUCCESS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEPENDS ON COMMITMENT FROM ALL LEVELS
AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION, LED BY TOP MANAGEMENT. ORGANIZATIONS CAN LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT OR MITIGATE
ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND ENHANCE BENEFICIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS. 
          IN IMPLEMENTING THIS STANDARD, THE CITY OF DALLAS CAN ENSURE WE ARE TAKING PROACTIVE
MEASURES TO MINIMIZE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT, COMPLY WITH RELEVANT LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, AND ACHIEVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THE LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPLEXITY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WILL
VARY DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE SCOPE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ITS
COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS IN THE NATURE OF ITS ACTIVITIES, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES. NONETHELESS, UNDERLYING THE APPROACH OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS THE CONCEPT OF PLAN, DO, CHECK, ACT. THE PLAN DO CHECK ACT MODEL PROVIDES ORGANIZATIONS A PROCESS TO ACHIEVE
CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT AND IN THE CASE OF EMS, TO ACHIEVE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. 
          THROUGHOUT THE EMS THE CITY ASSESSES ITS ACTIVITIES. 
          THE POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF EACH ACTIVITY PROVIDES GUIDELINES SUCH
AS BEST PRACTICE, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, WORK INSTRUCTIONS,
AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES THAT REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS FIGURE ILLUSTRATES THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF THE PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT SYSTEM
IN ACHIEVING CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT. PLANNING ESTABLISHES ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES AND PROCESSES
NECESSARY TO DELIVER RESULTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. THIS INCLUDES IDENTIFYING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AT
THE DEPARTMENT AND FACILITY LEVELS. 
          DO, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROCESSES AS PLANNED,
SUCH AS CREATING OPERATIONAL CONTROLS LIKE THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND WORK INSTRUCTIONS TO MITIGATE RISK AND ADDRESS LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. 
          CHECKING, MONITORING AND MEASURING PROCESSES AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY,
INCLUDING ITS COMMITMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES, OPERATING CRITERIA AND REPORTING RESULTS AND ACT. 
          FINALLY, TAKING ACTIONS TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE THE FEEDBACK IS INCORPORATED INTO THE
PLANNING, WITH ADJUSTMENTS AND UPDATES INITIATED BASED ON THE OUTPUTS OF THIS PROCESS. 
          THIS FIGURE ALSO SHOWS HOW VITAL LEADERSHIP IS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SUCCESS OF AN EMS
SYSTEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF PLANNING IS THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. 
          THIS POLICY PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR SETTING ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES. 
          THE POLICY COMMITS THE CITY TO THE OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATION POLLUTION PREVENTION. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT. 
          IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE TO UNDERSTAND AND UPHOLD THIS POLICY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE DO PHASE IS IMPLEMENTED ARE THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES. THERE ARE TWO ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES THAT HELP
ENSURE THE CITY MITIGATE RISK AND MEET LEGAL AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. AD 3-73 ESTABLISHES A POLLUTION PREVENTION SYSTEM INTENDED TO ELIMINATE OR
MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL 
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INCIDENTS, AND ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY IN CASES WHERE THE INCIDENT WAS PREVENTABLE. 
          AD 3-74 ENUMERATES THE CITY'S POLICIES REGARDING SPILL RESPONSE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH
ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS FOR SPILLS THAT OCCUR OR MAY ENTER ONTO CITY PROPERTY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THE EMS AND INTERNAL AUDIT TEAM PROVIDES EMS REGULATORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES TO CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          ENGAGE WITH THE ISO 14001. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES DATA ON THE NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS AND
AUDITS PERFORMED FOR THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS. 
          IN FISCAL YEAR 24-25, THE INTERNAL AUDIT TEAM CONDUCTED 125 COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENTS TO
DETERMINE IF FACILITIES WERE COMPLYING WITH LEGAL OBLIGATIONS, AND 156 EMS INTERNAL AUDITS TO VERIFY CONFORMANCE TO THE ISO 14001
STANDARD AN INTERNAL CITY OF DALLAS EMS REQUIREMENTS. THESE HELP US MAINTAIN OUR CERTIFICATION
UNDER ISO 14001. 
          IN ADDITION TO THESE AUDITS AND ASSESSMENTS,
EXTERNAL THIRD PARTY AUDITS ARE CONDUCTED TO VERIFY THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS EMS MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN ISO 14001 IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE CERTIFICATION. 
          AND I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS
AND AUDITS BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS. 
          ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE CONSENT DECREE,
WHICH TERMINATED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023, INCLUDED 80 LOCATIONS THAT HAD TO BE AUDITED ANNUALLY. 
          NOW THAT THE CONSENT DECREE HAS BEEN TERMINATED,
WE ARE ABLE TO SCHEDULE COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENTS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL RISK. 
          THE HIGHER THE RISK, THE MORE FREQUENT THE AUDIT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AS AN EXAMPLE OF ACT CITY DEPARTMENTS SET FISCAL YEAR OBJECTIVES AND IDENTIFY
TARGET GOALS FOR CONTINUALLY IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE,
THESE OBJECTIVES CAN BE BROAD AND WIDE REACHING. 
          TO GIVE YOU JUST A FEW EXAMPLES, FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT IS COMMITTED TO
REDUCING ITS R 22 REFRIGERANT. 
          TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS IS EXPLORING WAYS TO REPURPOSE WASTE,
ASPHALT AND CONCRETE TO REDUCE IMPACTS ON LANDFILLS, AND PARK AND RECREATION HAS A GOAL OF ESTABLISHING POLLINATOR HABITATS FOR MONARCH
BUTTERFLIES AT CITY GOLF COURSES. 
          AND SINCE THIS IS PT, I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE A SHORT VIDEO OF ANOTHER PARK AND RECREATION
ACTION. 
          I'M TOLD THAT WE OFTEN RUN INTO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PLAY VIDEOS,
SO I WILL JUST BRIEFLY DESCRIBE IT AND LET Y'ALL WATCH IT ON YOUR OWN. 
          WITH AN INVESTMENT OF APPROXIMATELY $250,000 PARK AND RECREATION TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC
ZERO EMISSION EQUIPMENT AT KIEST SOFTBALL COMPLEX. 
          THIS INVESTMENT NOT ONLY MAKES LANDSCAPING ACTIVITIES GREENER AND QUIETER BY REDUCING
EMISSIONS, BUT IT ALSO ELIMINATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPILLS SINCE GAS,
DIESEL, AND OIL AREN'T REQUIRED. 
          INVESTMENT IN THIS EQUIPMENT ENHANCES BOTH THE CITY'S EMS AND CECAP FOR THAT REASON. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE 13 CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY'S EMS. WHEN REFERENCING THE CITY FACILITIES THAT ARE INSPECTED AND AUDITED,
THEY ARE FACILITIES THAT ARE UNDER THESE DEPARTMENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND ONCE AGAIN, BY ADOPTING AND MAINTAINING THE ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION,
THE CITY OF DALLAS COMMITS NOT ONLY TO REGULATORY COMPLIANCE BUT ALSO TO ONGOING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT. 
          THIS PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CAN YIELD TANGIBLE BENEFITS,
INCLUDING REDUCED WASTE, ENERGY CONSERVATION AND COST SAVINGS. FURTHERMORE,
IT ENHANCES AN ORGANIZATION'S REPUTATION, FOSTERS STAKEHOLDER TRUST, AND OFTEN CONSTITUTES A CRITICAL STEP FOR ENGAGING AND
SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE GOODS AND SERVICES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO NOW I'D LIKE TO COVER SOME DIRECT BENEFITS THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE AT THE CITY
OF DALLAS FROM IMPLEMENTING THE EMS SYSTEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NUMBER ONE ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE. 
          ADOPTING THE ISO 14001 CAN LEAD TO NOTICEABLE REDUCTION IN WASTE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND
POLLUTANT EMISSIONS, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULT IN A SMALLER ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS WERE REQUIRED BY THE CONSENT DECREE TO COLLECT AND REPORT
DATA TO THE EPA. 
          THIS CHART SHOWS THE GENERATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND UNIVERSAL WASTE FROM THE START OF
THE ISO 14001 ADOPTION IN 2007 THROUGH THE 
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2022, WHICH WAS THE LAST FULL CALENDAR YEAR OF REPORTING DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED TO EPA. 
          IN THIS CHART POUNDS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE IS REPRESENTED BY THE GREEN LINE,
AND POUNDS OF UNIVERSAL WASTE IS REPRESENTED BY THE BLUE LINE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN BOTH HAZARDOUS WASTE AND UNIVERSAL
WASTE GENERATION AS A RESULT OF THE ISO 14001 EMS. NEXT SLIDE. IN ADDITION TO THE REDUCED HAZARDOUS WASTE AND UNIVERSAL WASTE,
THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN OVERALL WASTE DISPOSAL AT THE CITY. THIS LEADS TO AN OVERALL REDUCTION IN WASTE SENT TO
LANDFILLS AND COST SAVING IN WASTE DISPOSAL. 
          I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE JUMP THAT YOU SEE IN 2013 WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO A PROCESS
CHANGE THAT RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT YEAR, BUT ALSO A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THIS CHART SHOWS THE IMPACT OF ADOPTING ISO 14001 ON THE RECYCLING OF USED
OIL. 
          RECYCLING USED OIL IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THE REUSE OF AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE,
AND IT ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE POTENTIAL FOR HARMFUL METALS AND HYDROCARBON POLLUTION BY KEEPING OIL OUT OF LANDFILLS, SEWERS AND WATERWAYS. 
          IT ALSO REDUCES THE COST BY REDUCING HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO BENEFIT NUMBER TWO, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. 
          THE ISO 14001 EMS STANDARD AIDS IN UNDERSTANDING AND MEETING ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS. 
          THIS HELPS THE CITY TO AVOID POTENTIAL FINES,
PENALTIES AND LEGAL ACTIONS. 
          BY CONDUCTING REGULAR INTERNAL AUDITS, THE DEPARTMENTS CAN IDENTIFY AND RECTIFY
NON-CONFORMITIES EARLY ON, WHICH REDUCES THE RISK OF EXTERNAL AGENCIES IDENTIFYING VIOLATIONS AND ASSESSING
PENALTIES. 
          THIS PROACTIVE APPROACH NOT ONLY SAVES MONEY,
BUT ALSO ENHANCES ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF FINDING FINDINGS TRENDS BY VIOLATION TYPE
OVER THE LAST FEW FISCAL YEARS. THESE WERE ALL DISCOVERED DURING OUR COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENTS. 
          AND THE COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENTS IDENTIFY POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS RELATED TO MULTIMEDIA
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, INCLUDING WASTE MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW,
WHICH GENERALLY GOVERNS CHEMICALS THAT ARE STORED AND, USED AND MAINTAINED ON SITE. THE CITY'S MS4 PERMIT,
PETROLEUM STORAGE, TANKS, SPILL PREVENTION, AND MORE. SO TO PUT IT SUCCINCTLY, THE EMS AND COMPLIANCE AUDITORS ARE FINDING VIOLATIONS
BEFORE REGULATORS CAN FIND VIOLATIONS AND ISSUE FINES. 
          ASIDE FROM VIOLATIONS, IT ALSO HELPS DEPARTMENTS IN IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR THEIR
IMPROVEMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO BENEFIT NUMBER THREE, RISK MANAGEMENT. 
          ISO 14001 PROVIDES TOOLS TO IDENTIFY, ASSESS AND MANAGE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS PROTECTING THE
CITY FROM POTENTIAL LIABILITIES AND UNEXPECTED DISRUPTIONS BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM ARE OPERATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS THAT HELP REDUCE
RISK BY MAKING DEPARTMENTS IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT RISKS. THESE RISKS ARE NOT LIMITED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS,
THOUGH. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, PROCESS REFINEMENT IN FINDING LESS TOXIC METHODS OR PRODUCTS CAN ALSO HELP
REDUCE HEALTH RISKS TO BOTH EMPLOYEES AND TO THE PUBLIC. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IF YOU REMEMBER FROM OUR DISCUSSION EARLIER,
IT WAS OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS BILLS BY THE CITY THAT LED TO THE EPA'S INVESTIGATION AND RESULTING CONSENT DECREE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DATA, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN CITY OIL SPILLS
SINCE ADOPTING THE ISO 14001 EMS. IN ADDITION TO OVERALL REDUCTION IN SPILLS, THE COMPREHENSIVE SPILL RESPONSE PROCEDURE AND
PROACTIVE WORK OF THE SPILL RESPONSE TEAM MITIGATE THE RISK FROM ANY SPILLS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. BENEFIT NUMBER FOUR COST SAVINGS. 
          EFFICIENT RESOURCE USAGE, WASTE REDUCTION, AND STREAMLINED PROCESSES RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
COST REDUCTIONS, OFFSETTING THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING AND MAINTAINING THE EMS. NEXT SLIDE. COST SAVINGS ARE REALIZED THROUGH AVOIDED CIVIL PENALTIES RESULTING FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS. 
          SO HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CIVIL PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL
CRITERIA AUDITED AT CITY FACILITIES. 
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I WON'T. I WANT TO NOTE THAT ALL OF THE PENALTIES THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE STATE CIVIL
PENALTIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,
WHICH IS A FEDERAL ONLY PROGRAM. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT FEDERAL CIVIL PENALTIES ARE USUALLY
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THEIR STATE EQUIVALENT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS FROM IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS AND
RECTIFYING THEM INTERNALLY. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE COST SAVINGS FROM AN INHERENTLY EFFICIENT SYSTEM WITH EMS. NEXT SLIDE. OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. THE PRINCIPLES OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EMBODIED IN
THE STANDARD LEADS TO STREAMLINED OPERATIONS, WASTE MINIMIZATION,
AND ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE SYSTEM SUPPORTS SUCCESSION PLANNING BY DOCUMENTING KEY PROCESSES IN JOB
DUTIES. 
          SUCCESSION PLANNING IS IS ESSENTIAL FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE
OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC TRUST. 
          THE ISO 14001 STANDARD HELPS ENSURE THAT QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS ARE READY TO STEP INTO
CRITICAL ROLES AS THEY BECOME VACANT, WHETHER DUE TO RETIREMENT, RESIGNATION OR OTHER TRANSITIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. STAKEHOLDER AND CUSTOMER TRUST IN A MARKETPLACE INCREASINGLY VALUING GREEN
INITIATIVES. 
          ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION SETS THE CITY OF DALLAS APART,
ENHANCING THE CITY'S REPUTATION, BOOSTING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES, AND INCREASING STAKEHOLDER TRUST. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ONE OF A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF US CITIES THAT MAINTAINS ISO 14001
CERTIFICATION. 
          IT IDENTIFIES THE CITY OF DALLAS, THEREFORE,
AS BEING A PROACTIVE LEADER IN ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. ISO 14001 2026. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO AS WE COVERED EARLIER, THE CITY OBTAINED ACCREDITED THIRD PARTY ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION
IN 2008. 
          THE CITY WAS CERTIFIED UNDER THE CURRENT 2015 VERSION IN 2019,
AND THERE IS A NEW VERSION SET TO BE PUBLISHED THIS SPRING OF 2026. 
          AFTER ITS PUBLICATION, THE CITY WILL HAVE THREE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT AND RECERTIFY UNDER THE
UPDATED STANDARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THE CITY IS ALREADY PREPARING FOR THE ANTICIPATED CHANGES OF THE NEW
CERTIFICATION STANDARD TO HELP US TRANSITION WITHOUT DISRUPTION. THE NEW STANDARD IS EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED THIS MONTH,
AND AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE THREE YEARS TO REVISE THE CITY'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIRED CHANGES NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN OUR CERTIFICATION. 
          THE CITY OF DALLAS WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH EXCELLENCE IN ITS OPERATIONS,
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL GO TO CHAIR JOHNSON OR COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I REALLY FOUND IT INTRIGUING. I DO HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO OF WHAT YOU SAID THAT ON SLIDE TEN THAT ONCE WE HAVE A THAT WE HAVE THREE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT NEW
STANDARDS. 
          CORRECT. HOW MANY NEW STANDARDS HAVE WE HAD IN THE LAST SINCE 2022. 
          HAVE WE HAD ANY NEW STANDARDS? NO. THE LAST STANDARD WAS PUBLISHED IN 2015. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED SINCE THEN. 
          OKAY. AND THEN I'M GOING BACKWARDS, I GUESS,
ON SLIDE FIVE WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CONSENT DECREE, YOU SAID THAT THE CITY HAD REACHED A, WE WERE REQUIRED TO SPEND MORE THAN $3.5 MILLION. 
          HOW DID WE SPEND THOSE DOLLARS? IS THERE ANYWHERE THAT HAS THAT YOU HAVE WE HAVE WE CAN
GET ACCESS TO WHERE WE SPENT THE DOLLARS TO SATISFY THE CONSENT DECREE. YES. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO PART OF IT WAS 1.2 MILLION WENT TO THE CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS. 
          PART OF IT WAS ALSO INVESTMENT IN PERSONNEL FOR THE CITY,
BUT WE CAN GET YOU A FULL BREAKDOWN OF THOSE. 
          OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE THAT. AND HOW, AND ON PAGE SIX,
WE HAD YOU SAID THAT WE HAD TO THAT WE DID SOME THINGS, BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW WELL HAS THE CITY'S AUDITS GONE? HAVE OUR AUDITS BEEN JUST OKAY OR HAVE WE BEEN EXCEEDING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. 
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SO I WILL LET SARAH ADDRESS THAT MORE DIRECTLY. 
          BUT I WOULD SAY GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, WE COVER MANY DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND SO THERE CAN BE SOME VARIABILITY, BUT OVERALL,
THE DEPARTMENT'S PERFORMED VERY WELL. 
          THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT IS INGRAINED IN THEIR PROCESSES. 
          AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY PLAN FOR AND CONTINUALLY WORK ON. 
          BUT SARAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? OKAY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? [INAUDIBLE]. SO CAN YOU SPEAK CLOSER? IS THAT ANY BETTER? YEAH. THERE WE GO. OKAY,
SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LET US OUT OF THE CONSENT DECREE IF WE DIDN'T PASS OUR AUDIT. 
          THEY ACTUALLY CAME IN ON SITE EPA AND TCEQ AND DID AN INSPECTION AND LED US OUT OF IT. 
          BUT AS FAR AS INTERNAL AUDITS GO, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 19 YEARS NOW. 
          AND I HAVE SEEN US GROW AND CHANGE AND IT HAS GOTTEN EXTREMELY IT'S BETTER. 
          I, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN BACK IN, YOU KNOW,
2007, 2008, THANK GOD WE DON'T SEE THEM ANYMORE. 
          I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS AN EVOLVING PROCESS. AND,
YOU KNOW, AS STAFF CHANGE, AS MANAGEMENT CHANGES, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PROBLEMS ARISE AND WE FIX THEM AS THEY COME UP. 
          I THINK AS A WHOLE WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THOUGH. I'M NOT SURE THAT
ANSWERED THE QUESTION, BUT OKAY. THE ON PAGE 15, YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENTS. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE IF WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU SAID YOU SAID THAT 2024,
2025, WE HAD 125 COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THOSE ASSESSMENTS WERE,
WHAT WHO WAS ASSESSED AND WHY THOSE WERE CHOSEN FOR THE ASSESSMENT. SO FOR 25? 2024 2025. 
          YES. SO WE HAVE A RISK BASED MATRIX THAT BASICALLY TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE THINGS
THAT THEY DO, THE WAYS THEY GENERATE THE PERMITS THEY HAVE. 
          BASICALLY IT'S BASED ON RISK AND IT'S, YOU KNOW,
THE HIGHER THE RISK, THE MORE FREQUENT THE AUDIT, RIGHT? WE DO AN ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN. AND USUALLY IT'S AT LEAST 125,
130 FACILITIES A YEAR. 
          SO THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN, I HAVE THE ACTUAL AUDIT PLAN IF YOU WANTED TO SEE IT. 
          EXACTLY WHO WAS AUDITED? YES, THAT'S, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR,
WHO WAS AUDITED AND WHAT WAS AND WHY WERE THEY CHOSEN TO AUDIT AND WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THEIR AUDITS? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. YES. SO AS SARAH WAS SAYING,
WE DO HAVE A PLAN, AN AUDIT PLAN EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          AND IT'S SET UP FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BASED ON RISK AND BASED ON JUST INCLUDING
FACILITIES ON A ROUTINE BASIS AS WELL. 
          AND SO IT COVERS ALL OF THE 13 DEPARTMENTS THAT WE,
THAT WE IDENTIFIED AND AGAIN, BASED ON RISK, THE FREQUENCY OR THE SPECIFIC FACILITIES THAT ARE INSPECTED CAN CHANGE BASED ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. SURE. SO NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE,
BUT BASED ON RISK. 
          THAT'S WHAT PROMPTS THE FREQUENCY OF THE AUDITS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL MAKING THAT
CORRELATION. 
          THANK YOU. CHAIR RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          ON SLIDE 21, THAT'S THE GRAPH SHOWING ENHANCED PERFORMANCE WASTE PRODUCTION. 
          WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNIVERSAL WASTE AND HAZARDOUS WASTE? SO THE DIFFERENCE IS UNIVERSAL WASTE FALLS UNDER SPECIFIC RULES UNDER THE RESOURCE
CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT, AND IT APPLIES TO THINGS LIKE FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS,
LEAD ACID BATTERIES. 
          IT'S JUST A VERY SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT ALLOWS FOR IT TO BE
HANDLED DIFFERENTLY. 
          OKAY. SO IT IS PART OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTE STREAM. 
          CORRECT. OKAY. NOW THIS NEXT LET'S SEE. 
          ON SLIDE 23, THE USED OIL RECYCLED. IS THIS CITY WIDE OR IS THIS JUST FROM CITY
OPERATIONS? THIS IS JUST CITY OPERATIONS, CORRECT? YES. MAINLY OUR MAINTENANCE FACILITIES. 
          OKAY. AND SLIDE 27 HAS ANOTHER GRAPH ABOUT SPILLS. 
          THE PERFORMANCE SINCE 2007 SHOWING A DOWNWARD TREND. 
          I NOTE THAT WE STILL HAVE A BIT OF AN UPSURGE SINCE 2020 THROUGH 2022,
RECORDING 168 INCIDENTS. 
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IS THAT A SPILL TOTAL IN THE GREEN GRAPH OF 387 GALLONS? YES. THE THE GREEN LINE IS THE IS THE VOLUME IN GALLONS. 
          SO WE'VE HAD 168 SPILL INCIDENTS AND SPILLED 387 GALLONS,
WHICH AVERAGES TO LITTLE MORE THAN TWO GALLONS PER INCIDENT. WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD FOR REPORTING SPILLS? FOR MAINLY FOR OIL, IT'S 25 GALLONS TO TCDC AND EPA. 
          WELL, OKAY. IS THIS LIST OF OR THE THIS GRAPH OF SPILLS,
PRIMARILY OIL SPILLS OR COULD IT BE OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS? MAINLY HYDRAULIC FLUID. HYDRAULIC FLUID. 
          OKAY, SO HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THERE ONLY BEING 387 GALLONS FROM 168 SPILLS IF THE
THRESHOLD IS 25 GALLONS? SO THE REPORTABLE SPILL TO TCEQ IS 25 GALLONS. 
          BUT TO REPORT TO US, IT'S ONE GALLON. OH, OKAY. 
          SO THIS REFLECTS REPORTS TO EMS. OKAY. DO YOU SEE FURTHER REDUCTIONS OR DO YOU KNOW WHAT
THE NUMBER OF SPILLS HAS BEEN SINCE FOUR YEARS AGO? BECAUSE THIS GRAPH SEEMS OUT OF DATE. 
          THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WELL, WE HAVE DATA. WE HAVE NOT PUT IT IN GRAPH FORMAT. 
          OKAY. AND IS THERE A CONTINUING DOWNWARD TREND. 
          IT IS BETTER. I THINK WE ARE CONTINUING DOWN AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF GALLONS SPILLED. 
          WE MAY HAVE REACHED A PLATEAU WHERE IT COMES TO NUMBER OF SPILLS THOUGH. 
          JUST THE NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS AND, YOU KNOW,
UNFORTUNATELY TRASH TRUCKS, I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF IT. 
          SO WHERE DO THESE SPILLS TYPICALLY OCCUR? WHAT KIND OF OPERATION IS SPILLING? SO THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ARE USUALLY SANITATION RELATED GARBAGE
TRUCKS, RECYCLING TRUCKS, HYDRAULIC SPILLS, HYDRAULIC LEAKS AT SERVICE CENTERS,
IT'S USUALLY VEHICLES COMING IN FOR MAINTENANCE THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN TOWED OR THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY INTO THE SHOP THAT THEY MAKE A MESS. 
          AND WHEN YOU GET NOTIFIED OF THIS DO YOU HAVE TO SEND OUT A TEAM TO CLEAN IT UP OR IS THAT
PART OF THE GENERAL OPERATING ORDERS FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN EMS TO IMMEDIATELY CLEAN UP THEIR SPILLS? THEY SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY CONTAINING AND
STARTING THE CLEANUP. 
          OEQS, WE HAVE A TEAM OF THREE PEOPLE THAT COME BY WITHIN TWO HOURS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
CLEANUP HAS HAPPENED, AND IT'S TO OUR STANDARD TO MAKE SURE NOTHING HAS BEEN IMPACTED. 
          SANITATION, I KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNAL CLEANUP TEAM. 
          SO THEY'RE USUALLY WITHIN INSTANTANEOUSLY. AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS,
THEY'RE THERE CLEANING IT UP. 
          GOOD. WITH REGARD TO THE CHANGE IN THE ISO 14001 2015 CERTIFICATION TO A NEW 2026
STANDARD, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE MUST COMPLY WITH THE NEW VERSION,
OR COULD WE CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH THE 2015 CERTIFICATION? WE HAVE THREE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT IT. 
          SO WE TO MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION, WE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITHIN THREE YEARS OF ISSUANCE. 
          OKAY. WHO CERTIFIES US? IT'S THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION. 
          WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION? IT'S THROUGH ANAB. IT'S THE ACCREDITATION BODY FOR
ISO CERTIFICATIONS. 
          BUT CURRENTLY OUR CONTRACTOR THAT CERTIFIES US IS DQS. 
          I HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER IT. IT'S DQS SO NOT YET BECAUSE WE WE ONLY HAVE BROAD IDEAS OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEW STANDARD
UNTIL IT'S PUBLISHED WE WON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS. 
          WELL, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD PROVIDE THIS COMMITTEE AT A FUTURE DATE? SURE. YES. AND DO YOU HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT ADDITIONAL PROCESSES WE WILL NEED TO
IMPLEMENT TO ACCOMPLISH OR TO HOLD OUR CERTIFICATION UNDER THE 2026 REGULATION? I MEAN, UNTIL WE GET THE ACTUAL STANDARD DOWN AND ACTUALLY PUBLISHED,
WE REALLY CAN'T DO ANY KIND OF A GAP ANALYSIS TO SEE WHAT'S NEEDED. 
          OKAY. WELL MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE THEM TO COME BACK TO US AFTER THE ADOPTION AND
PUBLICATION OF THE 2026 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS SO THAT WE CAN LEARN JUST WHAT THAT'S GOING TO ENTAIL IN TERMS
OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION, STRATEGY AND COSTS. THANK YOU. AND CORRECTION,
I TOLD YOU IT WAS DQS. 
          OUR NEW VENDOR IS ACTUALLY ABS QUALITY EVALUATIONS. 
          THAT WAS OUR PREVIOUS ONE. SO. COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. 
          [01:50:07]
THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT REQUEST IF I'D LIKE TO SEE NOT JUST ON THE
HAZARDOUS WASTE, BUT IF I COULD SEE THE REMAINING YEARS THAT WERE MISSED OFF OF ALL OF THE GRAPHS,
I THINK ALL OF THEM STOPPED IN 2022. 
          THANK YOU. AND IF YOU THINK WE'VE REACHED A PLATEAU ON THAT,
MAYBE JUST HELPING US UNDERSTAND THAT, MAYBE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MARK, THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO AND WHY THAT IS AND WHAT COULD
MAKE US, HOW COULD WE PUSH OURSELVES POTENTIALLY TO IMPROVE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER INCREMENTALLY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YES. SO. OF COURSE. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO EMPHASIZE HOW ALL THIS BEGAN. 
          AND IT WAS THE FOX 4 REPORT IN 2003 THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME OIL AND PETROLEUM BASED
PRODUCTS SPILLED AND THAT THEN SET EVERYTHING IN MOTION, RIGHT? WE THE MEDIA. I'M TRYING TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW I SAY THIS. 
          THE MEDIA BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. LET'S JUST SAY THAT WAS A GOOD THING. 
          AND THAT IT PUT TOGETHER, IT PROMPTED US TO PUT TOGETHER THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM AND EVENTUALLY ALSO THEN THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, WHICH THEN LED TO OQS AND CECAP AND ALL OF THAT. 
          SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS CRINGE AS A CITY WHEN WHEN SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS,
IS POINTED OUT AND IT'S NOT GOOD. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO BE JUDGED ON WHAT WE DO IN RESPONSE TO THAT. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN RESPONSE TO THAT,
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE CERTAINLY SOME LAWS IN PLACE THAT REQUIRED US TO DO SOME THINGS. 
          BUT I THINK WE HAVE ACTUALLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT OTHER
CITIES ARE DOING, THEY'RE NOT DOING THIS WITH THE CARE AND THE DILIGENCE THAT WE ARE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN UPDATE. 
          AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN SEE,
OUR AGENDA FORECAST FOR MAY IS THERE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY SEES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? ALL RIGHT THEN WE WILL ADJOURN AT 11:04. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. IT MUST BE LIKE UPDATING IT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.