* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:08] ALL RIGHT, WELL GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. [Senior Affairs Commission on April 20, 2026.] GOOD. MY NAME. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TAB TAYLOR. I'M THE FRIENDLY OFFICER. UM, TODAY IS APRIL THE 20TH, AND THIS IS THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION MEETING. UM, I AM NOW THE MEETINGS TO ORDER AND IT IS OFFICIALLY 1205. HI, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. MY NAME IS JASMINE LOTT, THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. I'M HERE JUST TO GO OVER THE RULES FOR ELECTING A TEMPORARY CHAIR TO PRESENT FOR THE, SO FIRST, A MEETING OF A STATE GOVERNMENT BODY, OR A GOVERNMENT BODY THAT EXTENDS AMORE COUNTIES MAY BE HELD BY A VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL ONLY IF THE MEMBER OF THE BODY THAT IS PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT ONE LOCATION OF THE MEETING THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING OR PORTION OF THE MEETING. SECOND, THE CHAIR WILL PRESIDE AT ALL AGAINST THE COMMISSION. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR EXERCISES THE POWERS OF THE CHAIR. THERE'S NO CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR AVAILABLE. THE BOARD MAY APPOINT A TEMPORARY CHAIR AND THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING WILL PUT AN IN TO THIS TEMPORARY. IS THERE A MOTION OR A TEMPORARY CHAIR TO PROVIDE WITNESS? YES. I MOVE TO, UH, NOMINATE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, CHAIR, THIS IS CHAIR. THANK YOU. YES. HOW IS THE TAYLOR H FRIENDLY OFFICER? I DO HAVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE SYSTEM. TODAY'S SYSTEM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT THE CAMERA IS GOING TO FACE TOWARDS YOU AND IS GONNA PICK UP THE PERSON SPEAKING. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU'RE SPEAKING, THE CAMERA WILL, UH, REFLECT TO YOUR APPEARANCE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. TE NO PRESSURE. ALRIGHT. NO PRESSURE. I DID SHAKE . I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION ON APRIL 20TH TO ORDER. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS TODAY? WE HAVE A LOT OF GUESTS OUT THERE. NOPE. THANK TECH AND NONE. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES SO WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION? SO MOVED. SO MOVED. DAVID. UH, SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. NOW WE HAVE THAT. ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS, THINGS WE WANNA CHANGE? ADD IN THE MINUTES. I HAVE ONE. UM, I DON'T THINK MR. FRIEDMAN WOULD LIKE IT, BUT I'M LISTED IN THERE AS BEING HIS DISTRICT. UH, DISTRICT 12 IN THE FIRST OR SECOND PARAGRAPH. I CAN'T REMEMBER. UM, ALSO I HAD TO POINT A ORDER LATER, BUT THAT'S, ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE MINUTES? THAT'S THE ONLY, ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ADDITIONS? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, LET'S APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE OR AYE. AYE. GOT LISA ON. THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. NOW WE WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER TO THE COMMISSION, DR. PATRICIA STEVENS, DISTRICT FIFTH. HE'S GONNA BE QUIET AND TAKE NOTES AND GET BACK TO US WITH ALL OUR FINDINGS LATER. UNFILTERED. OKAY. ? YES SIR. MOVE RIGHT ALONG. WE'RE GLAD TO WELCOME OUR, UH, FRIENDS, BOOK FRIENDS, THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY AND KRISTEN CALVERT, YOU MAKE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR NOTES HERE. BYE. UM, WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS KRISTEN CALVER. I AM THE PROGRAM AND PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER FOR DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY. UM, I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON FOR SENIORS AS WELL AS, UM, DIFFERENT TRENDS THAT WE'VE NOTICED AND HOW WE'RE MEETING THOSE NEEDS. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO YEAH, KIND OF HOW WE'RE MEETING THESE FEEDS. UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM TYPES WE HAVE, LIKE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT CIRCULATING MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE. NEXT SLIDE. UM, SO THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'VE NOTICED THROUGH, UM, JUST PROGRAMS, PEOPLE COMING IN OUR DOOR, DIFFERENT SERVICES, IS THAT THERE'S THIS REAL DESIRE FOR CONNECTION. UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CONNECTING WITH OTHER SENIORS, IT'S REALLY ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. [00:05:01] UM, PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE NOTICED, I THINK NO MATTER IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENIORS OR YOUNGER PEOPLE, ET CETERA. BUT, UM, THROUGH THE WAYS THAT SENIORS ENGAGE WITH OUR PROGRAMMING THROUGH, UH, AS WELL AS OUR LIBRARIES, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH VOLUNTEERING OR WE'RE TALKING OUT MATERIALS, THAT THERE'S A DESIRE FOR CONNECTION. UM, AND THERE IS A VERY HIGH VALUE ON BEING INVOLVED. SO THAT AGAIN, COULD MEAN SOMETHING LIKE VOLUNTEERING OR BEING A PART OF, UH, LIKE OUR GENEALOGY PROGRAMS OR MEETINGS, BOOK CLUBS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND, UH, WE HAVE SEEN SOME INTEREST IN CERTAIN TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, UH, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES, SUCH AS TAX HELP IS A BIG ONE. UM, BUT EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW WE SEE A NEED WHEN PEOPLE COME IN THE DOOR, LIKE, UM, UM, WE ALL MAYBE THINK LIKE SENIORS, UM, ARE GONNA BE THE GENERATION THAT NEEDS MORE HELP, LIKE TECH HELP FOR INSTANCE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SEE SENIORS COME INTO CLASSES FOR NECESSARILY, EVEN WHEN THEY OFFER THEM AND SEE THAT B UM, NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'RE MEETING NEEDS. WE DO THIS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, THROUGH HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UM, THROUGH COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, OUR BIGGER EVENTS AS WELL AS OUR SMALLER PROGRAMS. AND THEN THROUGH DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WE CHECK OUT. AND, UM, THE SAME SMALL ON THE SCREEN TO ME. SO YOU GUYS, IT MIGHT SEEM SMALL TO YOU TOO, BUT IF YOU CAN TELL FROM THE PICTURE, UM, THIS IS A PICTURE FROM ONE OF OUR BIGGER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS FROM I THINK THE BRIDGER 10 BALL THAT WE HAD, UH, LAST SUMMER. AND THIS PROGRAM, WE SAW OVER 800 FOLKS COME TO IT OF ALL DIFFERENT AGES. UM, IT WAS A PROGRAM FOR ADULT, SO IT WAS, NOBODY HAD THEIR KIDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THEM, BUT IT SHOWED A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS TOGETHER. SO ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A, A COUPLE THAT IS, UH, LIKELY SENIORS WHO ARE ATTENDING THE PROGRAM AND, UM, ENGAGING WITH THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAVE ON EXHIBIT AS A PART OF IT. BUT THEY WERE ONE OF, OF MANY OF THAT AGE GROUP, AND THAT WAS ONE OF MANY DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS THAT WORKED TOGETHER, LIKE SHARING THE SHARED EXPERIENCE AND CREATING THAT COMMUNITY AROUND, UH, AROUND BRIDGER AND THAT PERIOD. WHAT WAS THAT EVENT CALLED AGAIN? THIS WAS OUR BRIDGETON BALL. BRIDGETON. SORRY. YES. ARE YOU FAMILIAR? YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT. MY WIFE'S BINGED THREE SEASONS. NOT ME. IT'S SO GOOD. , YOU THIS CHAIR THAT WAS THERE, WERE TALKING DON'T NOT ARE WE HAVE COPY. OH, AND WHERE WHERE WAS THIS HELD? YEAH, WAS THIS HELD IN JUST ONE LIBRARY OR? YEAH, THIS WAS AT OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY. OH, OKAY. SOMETHING LIKE THIS TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES TO PUT TOGETHER. WE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, FALL ROOM DANCING AND DIFFERENT LIKE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS A PART OF IT. SO, UH, LIVE MUSIC. YES, WE ARE HAVING ONE THIS YEAR. WE'LL GET TO THAT IN LATER ON THE PRESENTATION THOUGH. I NEED TO WRITE THAT DOWN. POWDERED WIG. POWDERED WIG . I DON'T WANT IT. YOU'RE GONNA WANT IT. UM, I THINK, I THINK YOU ARE OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. NO, NO, IT'S OKAY. IT'S A LITTLE LEVITY LONGER. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, UM, THE ONES THAT I'VE LISTED ON HERE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE SEEN BE MORE POPULAR. UH, THESE INCLUDE WILLS AND TRUST FINANCIAL EDUCATION AS WELL AS CM PREVENTION. UM, THESE ARE THE TYPES THAT WE'LL HAVE AT OUR, WE CALL OUR PRIORITY LOCATIONS. AND, UM, BY THE WAY, THOSE ARE, WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR FOREST GREEN, PLEASANT GROVE HOPE, WISDOM PARK, FOREST BRA, WEILER PARK, AND WHITE ROCK HILLS LOCATIONS. UM, AND THESE ARE THE TYPES OF CLASSES THAT WE'VE SEEN BE MORE POPULAR. AGAIN, WE DO OFFER COMPUTER CLASSES TO HELP TECH HELP THAT SORT OF THING, UH, AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND WE FOUND THAT, UM, FOLKS DON'T ENGAGE WITH THOSE IN QUITE THE SAME WAY THAT THEY'LL ENGAGE WITH THESE TYPE OF CLASSES. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. THESE ARE REALLY HARD THINGS I THINK, TO UNDERSTAND. SO, UM, I COULD SEE ANYONE WANTING TO COME IN AND GET THAT TYPE OF HEALTH. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE FOUND TO BE, UM, MORE POPULAR FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND DO SOME TYPE OF ACTIVITY. SO, UM, THOSE COULD BE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES FOR BRAIN HEALTH, WHICH WE'LL GO ONTO A LITTLE BIT. UM, WE ALSO OFFER YOGA SPECIFICALLY, USUALLY CHAIR YOGA, ALTHOUGH SOME OF OUR LOCATIONS DO OFFER, UM, TRADITIONAL YOGA [00:10:01] DRUM, BUT WHICH IS WHAT'S PICTURED THERE IS ALSO VERY POPULAR AND A LOT OF FUN. UH, AND THEN SOME OF OUR LOCATIONS HAVE WALKING CLUBS AS WELL. SO, UH, AGAIN, THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS OFFER A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER. THEY MAY NOT BE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED AT SENIORS, BUT WE'VE FOUND THAT SENIORS ARE GONNA COME TO THEM. UM, OR WE, WE WON'T MAYBE CALL THEM SENIOR PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE HAVE AT PUT THEM AT A TIME WHERE SENIORS CAN COME TO THE PROGRAM. WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THEM AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT IN NOVEMBER WHEN NO, WHEN I DON'T EVEN WANNA DRIVE . SO, UM, SO YOUR, YOUR INSTRUCTORS, ARE THEY COMPENSATED OR VOLUNTEER? IT DEPENDS. UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION AND THE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WANNA JUST HELP WITH COMMUNITY AND WALK IN THE DOOR AND SAY, I'M A YOGA INSTRUCTOR AND I WANNA TEACH THIS CLASS FOR YOU. UM, SOMETIMES THAT HASN'T HAPPENED AND WE'LL, WE'LL PAY SOMEBODY FOR THEIR SERVICES AS WELL. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, JUST BETTER TOGETHER. WELLNESS GATHERING IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF LIKE KIND OF SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS ALL COMING TOGETHER. SO, UM, WE ACTUALLY, THIS PROGRAM WAS LAST WEEK, RIGHT? LAST WEEK. TIME FLIES AND ROTA. UM, WHO IS MARC, THE COORDINATOR ON MY , UM, IS, IT WAS REALLY, UM, UM, INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR US. SO THIS WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTHERN, OH MY GOSH, I'M GONNA SAY THIS WORD WRONG. UH, GERONTOLOGICAL. GERONTOLOGICAL, THANK YOU. UH, SOCIETY AS WELL AS VIVID PICS. UM, VI PICS. THE REASON THEY DECIDED TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM, THEY WERE ALREADY COMING TO DALLAS, UM, TO PUT TOGETHER. THEY HAD A, A SEPARATE CONFERENCE THAT WAS GOING ON AND THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY. UM, VIP PIX IS THE, UM, VENDOR WHO CREATED AND HELPED US DESIGN OUR MOBILE MEMORY STATION. AND THAT, UM, WORKS WITH OUR, UH, GENEALOGICAL DIVISION. HISTORY IS A WAY TO REPORT ORAL HISTORIES. SO WE TAKE THIS ON THE ROAD AND IT GOES TO OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH OR OUR BRANCH LIBRARIES AND WE, UM, ASK PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH US, AND THAT GOES INTO OUR ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION. UM, SO WE'RE GETTING THOSE REALLY UNIQUE CAPTURED STORIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT GROWING UP AND PART AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BEING A PART OF HISTORY AND ENGAGING WITH HISTORY IN A REALLY SPECIAL AND MEANINGFUL WAY THAT OFFERS A SPECIAL TYPE OF CONNECTION THAT, UH, I THINK COULD BE DIFFICULT TO GET OTHERWISE. SO THEY CAME TO, UM, US AND ASKED IF THEY COULD, IF THEY COULD PARTNER IN SOME WAY. SO WE PUT TOGETHER A MINI COP STYLE CONFERENCE, UM, THAT HAD DIFFERENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS AS A PART OF IT. AND THOSE WERE EVERYTHING FROM YOGA. THERE WERE DANCE PERFORMANCES, UM, WE HAD A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. THERE WERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO KEEP YOUR BRAIN HEALTHY OR TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, FOLKS WHO, WHO HAVE SOME KIND OF LIKE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DEMENTIA OR SOMETHING AS THEY'RE OLDER. UH, SO IT WAS A WAY TO COMBINE A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, LUNCH WAS PROVIDED, WE HAD TO, AGAIN, DURING THE WEEK, IN THE MORNING, SO TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME IN FOR IT AS WELL. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE LIKE NEEDED SERVICES THAT WE MENTIONED, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE FOUND, UH, TAX HELP IS OF COURSE STILL VERY POPULAR AND IMPORTANT SERVICE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PARTNER TO HAVE AT OUR LOCATIONS. UH, TAX HELP IS GIVEN BY, UH, VOLUNTEERS FROM THE A A RP AS WELL AS A COUPLE OTHER GROUPS THAT COME IN AND OFFER THROUGH THE LIBRARIES. UM, THINK, I THINK OUR, ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE VERY THANKFUL, IF NOT THEM OFFERING, OFFERING TAX HELP. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE PARTNERS WHO ARE ABLE TO DO IT. UM, WE, I'VE TALKED ABOUT TECH HELP QUITE A BIT. WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT SOME OF OUR LIBRARIES THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE WE THINK THAN TECH HELP IS WHAT WE CALL DIGITAL NAVIGATION RIGHT NOW, DALLAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE, UM, AND PARTNERSHIP WITH AT AND T HAS STARTED OFFERING THIS TYPE OF MORE IN DEPTH SERVICE AT OUR MARTIN LUTHER KING BRANCH. AND IT IS, SO PEOPLE CAN SIT DOWN WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S LIKE A TRAINED DIGITAL NAVIGATOR AND GO THROUGH, UH, AND MAYBE GET HELP WITH SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR MY TEXAS BENEFITS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONALIZED HELP THAT, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET, UM, WHEN MAYBE OUR STAFF ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIMITED ON TIME OR THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HANDLE SOME OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE NEED TO ENGAGE [00:15:01] WITH THESE SERVICES. EXCUSE ME. SO DOES, DOES THE LIBRARY PAY ANYTHING OR IS AT AND T FUNDING THIS? WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE SERVICE. NO, NO. IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP THROUGH DALLAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE AND AT T AND THEY VOLUNTEER IT OR WHATEVER. YEAH. THEY'RE USING OUR SPACE AND EQUIPMENT. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT COMMUNITY CONNECTION PIECE IS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT JUST HAVING LIKE, UM, MAYBE A SPECIFIC PROGRAM FOR SOMEONE TO GO TO OR SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS. IT'S ABOUT ENGAGING AND HAVING A PLACE, PLACE TO GO WITH THAT KIND OF LONELINESS TYPE, UH, EXPERIENCE THAT I THINK A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE HAVING. UM, SO THINGS LIKE KNITTING CLUBS OR MAHJONG ARE, HAVE BOTH BEEN REALLY POPULAR AT SOME OF OUR, UH, LOCATIONS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT SENIORS ARE INTERESTED IN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF YOUNGER FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THESE AS WELL. SO THEY OFTEN BRING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS TOGETHER. UM, AGAIN, HEALTH EXPOS, COMMUNITY FAIRS, THE BALLS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THOSE ARE ALL ALSO VERY, UM, VARIOUS WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE LIBRARY. AND AS I SAID, OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED. SO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WILL VOLUNTEER TO HELP AT OUR LIBRARIES, OR WE HAVE, UM, PEOPLE WHO COME AND DO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN DEPTH. UM, AND ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR OF OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY, ET CETERA. SMART SUMMER IS ANOTHER WAY WE ENGAGE. UM, YOU MIGHT THINK OF OUR SMART SUMMER PROGRAM AS FOR KIDS, BUT WE HAVE A PORTION OF THE PROGRAM THAT'S FOR ADULTS AS WELL. AND, UM, AGAIN, ROTA IS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING ALL OF THAT HAPPEN, AND SHE'S VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIORS. TRUE, TRUE . UM, A LOT OF FANS HERE, , AND SHE, UH, I, AND WE, SO WE DO HAVE PRIZES THAT WE THINK THAT OUR SENIORS WILL, UM, REALLY ENJOY IF THEY'RE A PART OF THIS AS WELL AS, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, ET CETERA, THAT WE FEEL LIKE WILL BE A GOOD FIT FOR SENIORS AS WELL AS OTHER AGE GROUPS OF ADULT. AND, AND AGAIN, WHEN TINA'S PICKING THE BOOKS THAT PEOPLE GET, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU GUYS ARE, SHOULD I EXPLAIN IT? SMART SUMMER. SO IF YOU ARE PART OF OUR SMART SUMMER, YOU CAN EARN POINTS AND THE POINTS WILL, UM, EARN YOU FREE BOOKS OR, UM, IF YOU CAN BE ENTERED A DRAWING FOR A GRAND PIES, UH, PRIZE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, OR WE HAVE LITTLE TRINKETS THAT WE GIVE OUT ALONG THE WAY TOO. SO WHEN ROTA CHOOSES THE PRIZES AND SHE CHOOSES BOOKS, UM, THAT ARE THAT ARE GONNA BE GREAT FOR ENGAGEMENT, UM, WITH THE SENIORS AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THE ADULT POPULATION. AND SHE REALLY THINKS ABOUT THAT. I KNOW WHEN SHE'S, UM, PICKING THE GRAND PRIZES TOO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING INCLUSIVE OF OUR SENIORS WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT WANNA WIN TO GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. AND, UM, COMING TO PROGRAMS CAN HELP YOU BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL AS IF YOU COME TO A LIBRARY PROGRAM OR YOU'RE COMING IN TO GET BOOKS, ET ET CETERA, YOU CAN DO EARNING TOWARDS, UM, BEING ABLE TO WIN A BOOK OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THE PRIZE IS AS WELL. AND YEAH. OH, I DID WANNA MENTION THAT. OUR SMART SUMMER PROGRAM, AND THAT'S ALL FUNDED THROUGH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY TOO. SO THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE THOUGHTFULLY THINK HELPING US ENGAGE THERE. AND WE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT GENEALOGY RESEARCH ALREADY. THANK YOU. UM, SO ONE THING, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL THAT I REALLY WANTED TO PLUG IS, UM, SENIOR COFFEE AND CONVERSATION. UM, THIS IS AN ONLINE PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE, UH, 2020, AND WE HAVE THE SENIOR COFFEE CLUB ONCE A WEEK AT OUR ONLINE. AND, UH, ROTA ACTUALLY TOOK IT OVER A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. AND SINCE SHE'S HAD A HAND IN IT, IT HAS GROWN QUITE A BIT. AND IT SORT OF STARTED TO SERVE, I THINK, IN SOME WAYS AS ALMOST LIKE A TYPE OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE JUST TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN, HOW THEY WANNA ENGAGE. AND JUST THROUGH TALKING THROUGH THEIR WEEKLY MEETINGS, ROTA HAS FOUND THAT, UM, WE HAVE FOLKS WHO USE THEIR ACTUAL PHYSICAL LIBRARIES IN DIFFERENT PLACES ALL OVER THE CITY. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY FUN BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE MIGHT BE LIMITED ON, ON WHERE THEY CAN DRIVE OR, UM, OR YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAN LEAVE THEIR HOME, ET CETERA, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE WHO LIVE SOMEWHERE WHERE MAYBE THEY CAN'T GET TO. BUT I, AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE THAT WE FOUND THAT SO MANY OF THESE FOLKS WERE LOSING THEIR LIBRARY AND THEY HAD IDEAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMMING WE SHOULD DO, OR THEY, THEY'LL SHARE WHAT THEY WANNA GO TO, ET CETERA. I KNOW THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME JUST KIND OF CHATTING AND SOCIALIZING MM-HMM . WE DON'T TRY TO TAKE, UM, TOO MUCH OF THAT, UM, TIME FOR THAT, THAT TYPE OF LIKE, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? BUT, UH, [00:20:01] IT'S BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING PROGRAM AND IT'S HAD SOME REALLY MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS. I KNOW, UM, SHARED A STORY WITH ME, ONE OF THE FOLKS WHO COMES REGULARLY, HAD A SPOUSE PASS AWAY AND WAS ABLE TO FIND COMFORT THROUGH, UM, THE REST OF THAT GROUP AND, UM, AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ENGAGING AND FIGHT SOME OF THE, I IMAGINE, UM, REALLY HARD FEELINGS AND, UM, GRIEF AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES ALONG. MATT, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING? WE HAVE LIKE NINE REGULARLY. NO, WE HAVE, UH, 15 REGULARLY. 15 REGULARLY. 16. 15, 15. THEY LOG IN AT THIS THURSDAY MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK. MM-HMM . I WOULD SAY COMMUNICATED THE CHANGE 16, 17, THE SAME WAY AS THE REST OF OUR PROGRAMMING THROUGH OUR ONLINE CALENDAR. UM, LIBRARY MARKET IS ON, IT'S ON THERE AS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, ONLINE PROGRAMS. IT DOESN COME TAKE PLACE IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION. YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO INTO THE CALENDAR OF SOMEWHERE ONLINE. YEAH, OUR ONLINE CALENDAR. UM, AND THEN WE, ONCE YOU REGISTER, WE EMAIL YOU A LINK TO LOG THROUGH ZOOM. WHAT ABOUT MARKETING IT TO THE, TO THE SENIOR CENTERS? DO YOU MARKET TO THE SENIOR CENTERS? UM, YES. WHEN I GO OUT ON OUTREACH, I TAKE FLYERS, ADVERTISING, COPY AND CONVERSATION. TRUE. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. OH, GO AHEAD. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. UM, SO OUR CIRCULATING MATERIALS ARE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE ENGAGE WITH FOLKS. UH, THE FAVORITE THINGS, MEMORY KITS ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS. AND THESE ARE, HAVE BEEN CREATED TO, FOR, UM, HAIR PARTNERS TO USE WITH THOSE WHO ARE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA OR MEMORY LOSS. UM, EACH ITEM IN THE KIT IS DESIGNED TO HELP STIMULATE CONVERSATION OR SPARK MEMORIES. UM, THERE ARE ASSORTMENT OF ITEMS IN THE KITS LIKE FIDGET SPINNERS, GAMES, PUZZLES, UH, CONVERSATION STARTERS OR LARGE PLAYER PICTURES. AND, UH, HOW THEY WORK IS SOMEBODY CHECKS OUT THE KIT AND THEY JUST LAY OUT THE ITEMS IN THE KIT AND, UM, THEY, THEY'RE SITTING WITH THEIR LOVED ONE WHO'S EXPERIENCING DEMENTIA OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEY JUST SEE HOW THAT PERSON WANTS TO ENGAGE WITH A KIT AND THEN TO BE THROUGH A CONVERSATION STARTER OR A PUZZLE OR SOMETHING OUT. UM, AND WE'VE ALSO FOUND THAT THESE ACTIVITIES CAN BE, UH, SHARED WITH ALL AGE GROUPS AND THEY CAN HELP BRIDGE THE GAP THROUGH THESE KIND OF STRESSFUL MOMENTS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. SO ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT THEM IS NO TWO KIDS ARE QUITE JUST ALIKE, WHICH IS REALLY FANTASTIC. UM, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO TAKE IT HOME AND HAVE PEOPLE ENGAGE AND COME BACK AND GET A DIFFERENT KIT. UM, AND WE HAVE 'EM AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT AT, FOR FOREST GREEN PARK, FOREST, HIGHLAND HILLS, PLEASANT GROVE, WHITE ROCK HILLS, NORTH OAK CLIFF, AND POPE WISDOM. BUT OF COURSE, THEY CAN ALSO BE REQUESTED AT ANY OF OUR LOCATIONS. WE'LL SEND THEM THERE AND YOU CAN SAVE THEM HOME FROM THOSE LOCATIONS AS WELL. YOU CHECK 'EM OUT LIKE A BOOK FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. YEP. THAT'S INTERESTING. THEY BRING, YEAH, BRING IT BACK WITH ALL THE SUPPLIES AND, OH, I'M KEEPING THAT ROCK AND ROLL TAPE. I'M SORRY, . UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I, I, OH, GO AHEAD. OH, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER BURN HANDLE FOR THEN I'M GONNA GO NEXT. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER BURN MITCHELL. UH, DISTRICT THREE. UH, I'M HEARING A LOT OF UPDATES THROUGH LAST YEAR WHEN YOU ALL CAME AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE PARTICIPATION HAS NOT INCREASED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THE THINGS THAT WE MENTIONED WAS THAT WE FELT THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE A DIFFERENT AND A GREATER WAY FOR GETTING TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY. AND I'M STILL HEARING THAT WE'RE DOING IT THE SAME WAY. AND SO I'M JUST THINKING AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING RESULTS. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOU? MM-HMM . AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS ARE GETTING OR GETTING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO THESE WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES. OKAY. OKAY. WELL WHAT'S YOUR WHAT? MY SUGGESTIONS? OH YEAH. OKAY. UH, CHURCHES, ONE WAY THE REC CENTERS ANOTHER , UH, THE DIFFERENT HEALTH CENTERS OR SENIORS GO REHABILITATION CENTERS. SO THERE ARE IN NUMBER PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH, UH, OLDER, UH, UH, ADULTS. MANY OF OUR OLDER ADULTS DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS, AND SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GO ONLINE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN AND SEE THESE ONE BLACK ACTIVITIES. I THINK HAVING 15 PEOPLE ONLINE FOR COFFEE, I THINK THAT'S [00:25:01] WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CITY THE SIZE OF DALLAS AND KNOWING THAT, THAT, UH, THE OLDER AMERICANS OR OLDER CITIZENS ARE GREATER THAN THE GENERAL, JUST A SUGGESTION. OKAY. DISTRICT FOUR, I CAN SIT HERE AND SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT ROT JONES HAS BEEN INTO DINNERS. THAT'S HOW I MET HER, BECAUSE I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN MYSELF, WHICH IS ELOISE LONDON, DISTRICT FOUR. NOW WITH THAT NOTE, WHEN SHE JUST HAD THE, UM, AND I WANNA SPEAK ON THIS REAL BRIEFLY BECAUSE I MIGHT DO LIKE TO DO A FUNERAL. TWO, THERE'S A LIST BETTER TO GATHER WELLNESS GATHERING. THAT WASN'T, UM, I HAD TWO OR THREE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT DAY, BUT I MADE SURE THAT I CAME DOWN TO LAKE KNOW I WAS IN SUPPORT OF HER. SHE HAD DISTRICT FOUR DANCERS THERE, AND I THINK DISTRICT THREE DANCERS WAS THERE AS WELL. BUT MY POINT BEING, I, UH, SHE, SHE DOES GO TO DIFFERENT, I KNOW OF RECREATION CENTERS, I LIKE THAT ABOUT THE REHABS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M NOT A COMPUTER PERSON, BUT THAT DON'T MEAN OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T DO THAT. THOSE MEMORY KITS, WHEN WE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THOSE, I THINK IT WAS LIKE TWO OR THREE LOCATIONS, VERY GOOD KIDS. AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT, BECAUSE UH, Y'ALL KNOW, COMMISSIONER ALL STILL USED TO BE WITH US. RIGHT NOW, SHE'S ON THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE. SHE GOES OUT AND ADVOCATE FOR THIS TOO. BUT I THINK AS OUR BUDGET, WHEN WE START TALKING, WE OUGHT TO SEE CAN WE GET THOSE MEMORY KITS IN ALL, MOST OF THE LIBRARY AS MUCH AS WE CAN. NOW I KNOW THERE'S A CAUSE AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO DONATE BOOKS OR WHATEVER THEY CAN. THAT IS A VERY GOOD TOOL. NOW I'M GONNA SAY THIS AND I'M GOING GIVE THE FLOW. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T GO WHERE THE INFORMATION IS BEING TOLD, BECAUSE WORD OF MIND IS, AND I'M GONNA REALLY ADVOCATE FOR MY PEOPLE. AND WHEN I GO TO THURGOOD MARSH BURNERS, THAT'S YOUR DISTRICT. UH, I GO TO THE, I GOT FOUR MY, MY DISTRICT. SO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS, THAT WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO COME. I HAVE NO CLUE. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANNA BE INVOLVED. BUT I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT. 'CAUSE ALL WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IS TO SPREAD TO WORD. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSEDLY GETTING DRESSED COMING, BUT IF THEY KNOW THEY MIGHT DO THAT. AND I WANNA TELL ROT, UM, PUBLICLY, I REALLY DID HAVE A GOT, UH, A LOT OF GOOD, UH, FEEDBACK ON YOUR PROGRAM THAT, UH, THAT, THAT YOU HOSTED WENT BETTER TOGETHER. NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'M FINISHED, RENEE NEXT. YEAH. UM, SO, UM, HOW DO DIFFERENT LIBRARIES MAKE A DECISION ON THIS PROGRAMMING? DOES EACH LIBRARY MAKE A DECISION, THEIR STAFF, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO? UM, YES. EACH LIBRARY HAS A STRATEGIC PROGRAMMING PLAN THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND THEIR LOCATION. AND THREE TIMES A YEAR THEY MEET WITH MYSELF AND OTHER FOLKS ON OUR TEAM TO PRESENT A PLAN TO US OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND WE TALK TO 'EM ABOUT DIFFERENT DECISIONS WE'VE MADE. WE'VE TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE A LOCATION THAT WE KNOW HAS A LOT OF SENIORS THAT COME IN THAT, UH, LIVE IN THE AREA AND THEY'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF SENIORS COME IN FOR THEIR PROGRAM, ARE THEY GOING TO THE REC CENTER? ARE THEY GOING TO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES THAT MAY OR RETIREMENT AS UM, HOMES THAT MAY BE IN THE AREA FOR FOLKS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT WORD OUT? AND THE SECOND PART OF THIS QUESTION IS ABOUT FUNDRAISING OR DEVELOPMENT. DOES EACH LIBRARY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT? WOULD YOU PREFER THEY DIDN'T DO THAT? THAT HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION IN DISTRICT 11, REALLY. DO WE HELP RE PARK IS OUR LIBRARY AND UM, DO WE WANNA DO DEVELOPMENT? IS THAT APPROPRIATE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL LIBRARY TO SORT OF INCREASE CALL, UH, WHAT THEY CAN DO OR SUCH? YOU GOT MEMORY KIT, RIGHT? RIGHT. THE VERY GOOD TOO, RIGHT? THEY, THAT WAS, UM, I THINK IT, WE WORK HEAVILY WITH A FRIEND OF A DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING FOR, UM, ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS AS WELL AS LIKE, LOOKS AT DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR PROGRAMMING. AND WE, UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. IF YOU WERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEAN LIKE STARTING A FRIENDS GROUP FOR THROUGHOUT? WELL ACTUALLY THAT THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN DISTRICT 11 HAS BEEN, UM, TO START A FRIENDS GROUP WITH FRIENDS PARK LIBRARY. UM, AND SO THIS, YOU KNOW, SOME PLACES DON'T ALLOW INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT HINDERS, HINDERS THE WHOLE, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL ON ANY, I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY OF THAT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU DON'T KNOW. OKAY. JERSEY? UH, YES. I ATTENDED THE EVENT AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY [00:30:01] JUST RECENTLY AND I HAD TO TELL YOU IT WAS FABULOUS AND IT WAS PACKED. SOMEHOW WE DID GET THE WORD OUT TO COME TO THAT EVENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT IT WAS OUT THERE. IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND ANOTHER EVENT YOU JUST HAD WAS AT DALLAS WEST. AND I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM, THEY HAVE AN AREA LIKE NEWSPAPER CALLED, I THINK BRIEF PRESS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. UM, BUT UH, I DID RECEIVE THAT THEY WERE HAVING READING STORYTELLING WITH A PET AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS FABULOUS AND I'M ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. SO I SENT THAT OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I TELL MY ASSOCIATION BECAUSE I REALIZED NOT EVERYONE HAS A COMPUTER, PRINT IT OUT AND GIVE IT TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. ALRIGHT. AND IT WAS A VERY WELL INTENDED EVENT. IT'S WHAT THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WANTED TO BRING MY DOG, BUT SHE'S NOT WELCOME . THANK YOU. FIRST, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DID WITH THE LIBRARY. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A, A STATISTICAL REPORT ON WHAT I'M AT THE DISTRICT NINE AND COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT NINE, JUST WONDERING ABOUT KING LIBRARY AND STATISTICS FOR THAT PARTICULAR SPACE TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE WHEN I GO OVER THERE, I WAS OVER THERE ANOTHER DAY AND THINGS ARE PRINTED OUT. THEY LAY THINGS OUT SO PEOPLE TO THE LIBRARY CAN PICK THEM UP. BUT I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, HOW CAN I HELP TO FACILITATE THE INFORMATION BETTER? OKAY. UM, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY STATISTICAL REPORT? WHAT ARE ? YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, AND I, THEY HAVE A DISTRICT SEVEN NEWSLETTER MM-HMM . AND IT HAS IN THERE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT. IT HAS A LOT OF STATISTICAL DATA IN THERE. SO THIS INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR EACH OF THE AREAS, YOU KNOW, IN OUR NEWSLETTER. MAY I SAY THIS, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, WILLIAMS, UM, AND DALLAS, WHEN YOU HAD YOUR MEETING WITH ALL OF US TO COME, WENT TO A CARDBOARD PROJECT. NOW I TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE CARDBOARD AT THAT TIME THEY WERE GIVING AWAY COMPUTER AND CLASSES. SO I WAS TELLING PEOPLE THEY WERE GOING, IT WAS AT HER EVENT THAT I MET THE MAIN MAN. I TOLD 'EM, I TOLD ALL THESE PEOPLE, AND I AIN'T BEEN IN, I AIN'T BEEN ENROLLED YET. MY PEOPLE ON THAT. THEY SAID, WELL, WE GO TO DIFFERENT THINGS WITH EACH OTHER. WE CAN FIND OUT DIFFERENT THINGS. SO IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CARDBOARD PROJECT, I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY STILL OFFERING CLASSES AND COMPUTERS OR JUST CLASSES. JUST MIKE JUST CLASSES HIM. BUT AT THAT TIME WE WAS ABLE TO GET COMPUTER. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HEAD SALT TO, UM, DISTRICT SEVEN, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I MET THE HEAD MAN AND HE BROUGHT AND BROUGHT ME AND I DID GET A COMPUTER. THANK YOU . OKAY. UH, WE'VE GOT SOME TIME ISSUES HERE. SO, UH, WE ARE ON A BUDGET CONSIDERATION MEETING TODAY AFTER YOU DEPART. SO KRISTEN, I HATE TO GIVE YOU A LOADED QUESTION, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR TWO OR THREE WISHES FOR BUDGETING OTHER THAN YOU WANT ANOTHER LIBRARY BACK? SOUTHWESTERN IS GONE. DEAR . I CAN, I THINK I CAN REALLY ONLY SPEAK SPECIFIC TO PROGRAMMING AND THEY'VE, UM, I KNOW THE LIBRARY HAS GIVEN ME A, UH, A BUDGET LIKE PLAN MONEY FOR PROGRAMMING TO CONTINUE NEXT YEAR. OKAY, SO YOU ARE EVERGREENED INTO ANOTHER YEAR? YEAH. BUDGET. OKAY. AND IF WE DID ANYTHING, IT WOULD BE THROUGH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OR, UM, YEAH, THEY, THEY DO A LOT OF SUPPORTING FOR OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL. AND THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR BUDGET APPROVAL RIGHT NOW. WAS VERN POINTED OUT THE SENIORS ARE, THE NUMBERS ARE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THE ROAD POINT NOW IN 2030. THAT'S BE RIGHT. ANY LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, UM, DAVID TYSON HERE, UH, DISTRICT 10, UH, WARNER COMMISSIONER THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT YOUR RE AND BEING THE ONLY MAN OF COLOR IN THE WOMB SITS ON THIS COMMISSION. SO I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW ARE YOU IMPACTING MEN OF COLOR FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE? YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AT YOUR PRESENTATION, FIND PRESENTATION, I DON'T SEE ANY PEOPLE OF COLOR BEING REPRESENTED. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. UH, I LIVE IN, IN DISTRICT 10 AND MY WIFE AND I FREQUENT THE FOREST GREEN LIBRARY. IN FACT, I HAD MY LISTENING SESSION AT, AT THE FOREST GREEN, AT THE FOREST GREEN LIBRARY, AND WE HAVE A SENIOR CENTER IN HAMILTON PARK, WILLIAM JOHNSON COMMUNITY CENTER. UH, THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS MADE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF INCLUSIVENESS, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. I JUST FROM A, FROM THE FIRST ONE, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PRESENTATION AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ON THERE THAT LOOKS EVEN REMOTELY LIKE [00:35:01] ME. I HAVE TO, I'M CONCERNED. I'M NOT SURE I GOT WHAT THE QUESTION WAS. IT'S A COMMENT. OKAY. WHAT YOUR, WELL THE, THE QUESTION WOULD BE CONSIDERATION. WHAT, HOW ARE YOU REACHING MEN OF COLOR? HOW ARE YOU BEING MORE INCLUSIVE, UH, IN THE LIBRARY THAN MY CONCERN, OF COURSE IS I DON'T SEE PEOPLE, MEN OF COLOR REPRESENTED IN YOUR PRESENTATION. SO HOW ARE MEN OF COLOR BEEN IMPACTED? UH, BY UTILIZATION OF THE LIBRARY? UH, WE USED FOREST GREEN LIBRARY AGAIN, UM, WE, EACH OF OUR LIBRARIES, WE HAD DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC PLAN SPECIFIC TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SURROUND THEM, WHO THEY SEE COMING IN THE LIBRARY BASED ON THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC WHO THEY DON'T SEE COMING IN THE LIBRARY BASED ON THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS. AND THEN WE WORK WITH EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMMING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THAT COMMUNITY TO TRY TO ENGAGE WITH FOLKS WHO ARE COMING IN. OVER THE LAST YEAR, WHAT I'VE TRIED TO CHANGE WITH OUR STAFF AT EACH OF OUR LOCATIONS IS INSTEAD OF PROGRAMMING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF PROGRAMMING, THINKING ABOUT IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THIS GROUP THAT'S COMING THAT LIVES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND OFTENTIMES IT IS SENIORS THAT WE HAVE LIVING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE DON'T SEE COMING IN THE LIBRARY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE WHAT IT IS THEY WANT FROM US BEFORE WE HAVE A PROGRAM? BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE AN ERROR BASED ON, BASED ON YOUR COMMENT. UM, SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT PROGRAM FOR YOU. AND WE WANNA TALK TO SOMEBODY LIKE YOU TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM VISITS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT CAN GET YOU TO COME TO THE LIBRARY BEFORE WE PLAN THOSE. AND WE REALLY JUST STARTED HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR. SO NOT A FULL YEAR THOUGH EVEN. AND WE PLAN SO FAR OUT WITH OUR PROGRAMMING. WE PLAN MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OUT THAT I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HASN'T QUITE COME TO FRUITION YET BECAUSE WE NEED MORE TIME TO KIND OF GET THOSE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO FOLKS AFTER WE'VE TRIED TO PLAN THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. BUT THE WELLNESS EVENT, I THINK IS AN EXAMPLE, UH, OF SOMETHING THAT WE TRIED TO PLAN THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE NORMALLY DO, BUT WE TRIED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT WORK, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, HELP ENGAGE SENIORS TO GET THEM TO COME IN THE DOOR. WE KNOW THAT, UH, UH, LIKE BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE LUNCHES FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY MEANINGFUL AS A PART OF THAT EVENT. SO WE'VE MADE SURE TO TRY TO FIND A WAY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SO, UM, I CAN'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT FOREST GREEN. UM, I KNOW THAT WE, I THINK WE HAVE A PROGRAM COMING UP THAT'S MORE SPECIFIC TO, UM, TO HAMILTON PARK AND TO, UM, THE HISTORY THERE AND EVERYTHING AND TRYING TO ENGAGE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THOUGH IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR SE, UM, SENIOR AFRICAN AMERICAN. UM, AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE, DON'T YOU DO FOLLOW UP WITH YEAH. LIBRARY. YOU DO THE SAME. OKAY. ANY LAST QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE WANNA THANK, UH, PERSON VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NOW WE HAVE THE, UM, HOUSING PROGRAM THROUGH RESOURCES, JASMINE. ALL RIGHT. AND RAISE YOUR HAND. UH, DR. MAR JACKSON. GOT BOTH RIGHT THERE. GOT BOTH. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT, SO GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JASMINE. MY NAME IS DR. MARCY JACKSON. WE ARE, UM, WELCOMING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS TODAY AND TO GET FEEDBACK ON EVERYTHING WE PRESENT. WE, UM, WE'LL COVER A LOT OF STUFF IN THIS NEXT 10 OR 15 MINUTES, BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT FOLLOW UP ITEMS OR YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ARE ALL EARS. ABSOLUTELY. LET'S GET STARTED. NEXT SLIDE. SO TODAY I'M GOING TO GROUND FOR US HOW OUR DEPARTMENT CONNECTS HOW HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CONNECTS. SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, BUT IT IS ABOUT HOW WE SERVE PEOPLE ACROSS THE FULL HOUSING SPECTRUM. SO IT COULD RUN FROM A SENIOR NEEDING, UH, REPAIRS OR SOMEONE UNHOUSED ALL THE WAY UP TO SOMEONE PURCHASING A HOUSE. AND SO HERE TODAY WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS DIVISION. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT. HOUSING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SENIOR RESIDENTS. WE WANNA BE SPECIFIC FOR THIS COMMISSION, ALSO THE CAPACITY, AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEXT STEPS. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR NEW OFFICE, OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. IN OCTOBER, 2025, OUR OFFICE [00:40:01] WAS CREATED BY CONSOLIDATING FOUR DEPARTMENTS OR OFFICES THAT PREVIOUSLY EXISTED. SO NOW UNDER ONE ROOF YOU HAVE WHAT WAS HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE COMMUNITY CARE AND EMPOWERMENT, YOU HAVE WHAT WAS, UM, HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AND THEN OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY SINCE OCTOBER, BUT WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT HAVING US ALL UNDER ONE DEPARTMENT NOW IS THAT WHERE OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OVERLAP, WE CAN BETTER SERVE PEOPLE BY WORKING ACROSS TEAMS IN OUR DEPARTMENTS. UM, YEAH, TO GET INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS AND ALSO TO KIND OF CONNECT THEM TO MULTIPLE PROGRAMS OR RESOURCES AT ONE TIME WHILE WE INTERACT WITH THEM. SO WAS THERE A RISK OF SILOS IN THIS SITUATION? IS THAT WHY THEY PUT FORWARD IN ONE? I THINK THERE WAS A RISK OF OVERLAP AND DUPLICATION IN SOME CASES. AND THEN ALSO KIND OF LIKE MARCY WAS GETTING AT, THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP IN THE CLIENTELE WE SERVE. SO WE HAVE A WHOLE DIVISION THAT DOES PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND KIND OF LIKE THE SUPPORT PEOPLE NEED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE. AND THEN WE HAVE A WHOLE DIVISION THAT DOES HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. SO SOMETIMES THOSE RESIDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM BOTH OF THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES. SO HAVING THEM UNDER ONE ROOF AND SHARING OUR INFORMATION AND SHARING MANAGEMENT OF PROGRAMS AND CONTRACTS, WE CAN BETTER CONNECT PEOPLE TO MAYBE EVERYTHING THEY NEED IN ONE DEPARTMENT YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT TIME. SO WHERE DOES THE ACTION HAPPEN HERE? WE USE THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE HOW WE THINK AS A CITY AND, UM, STARTING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT WHAT, HOW WE THINK ABOUT THIS WORK. AND SO FULL TRANSPARENCY IS THAT THE CITY CANNOT DO EVERYTHING. THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE NEED, AREAS WHERE WE COLLABORATE AND AREAS WHERE WE SUPPORT. AND THIS HELPS US STAY ALIGNED AND NOT DUPLICATE EFFORTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT OUTCOMES, HOUSING, STABILITY, HEALTH, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND AS YOU SEE HERE, WHAT YOU SEE, THIS IS A CHART OF DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S BROKEN INTO FIVE SECTIONS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO A DEEP DIVE OF THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY, AS YOU'LL HEAR IT WEAVED IN AND OUT OF OUR, UH, PRESENTATION. BUT WE TALK, WE TALK ABOUT GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY, RICH NEIGHBORHOODS, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLBEING. IF YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE, UH, CITY ROLE MATRIX IS THAT WE LEAD IN SOME AREAS AS A CITY, WE COLLABORATE IN SOME AREAS AS A CITY AND THEN WE SUPPORT OR AMPLIFY IN SOME AREAS. AND THIS FRAMEWORK HELPS US DECIDE AND MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW WE DO THAT IN OUR WORK. AND AS WE GET TO TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, I WILL IDENTIFY WHAT THEY MAY LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE IN SOME CASES ARE NOT DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO WE NEED THE EXTENSION OF THE COMMUNITY TO WORK WITH US IN TANDEM. AND SO THOSE MAY BE AREAS WHERE WE CAN AMPLIFY HOWEVER THE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY IS HOUSED WITH US. SO THEN THERE ARE AREAS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LAST PILLAR WHERE WE LEAD IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT, THINGS OF THAT PICTURE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS A LITTLE VISUAL OF OUR NEW HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. DALLAS' HOME, YOU'LL SEE SOME MAYBE REMNANTS OF WHAT WAS OUR HOUSING POLICY, DHP 33 OR DALLAS HOUSING POLICY 2033 THAT WE HAD AND THE HOMELESS FOUR TRACK STRATEGY. SO NOW WE'RE KIND OF MESHING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. SO THE WAY YOU CAN THINK OF THIS FRAMEWORK, EACH PILLAR IS A STRATEGY. SO WE LOOK AT THESE AS UM, BASICALLY WAYS TO ORGANIZE OUR WORK AND OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UNDER THESE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. SO WE HAVE PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION GOALS AND STRATEGIES, WE HAVE AREA PRIORITIES. WE ALSO HAVE FAIR HOUSING IN OUR DEPARTMENT NOW. UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT, COLLABORATION, COORDINATION, EDUCATION. SO ALL OF THESE ARE DIFFERENT ENDEAVORS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT MIGHT TAKE AND THEN OUR WORK OR OUR PROGRAMS FALL UNDER THE DIFFERENT PILLARS. IT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON, BUT I THINK WE PLAN TO HAVE THE POLICY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN FALL 2026 FOR APPROVAL. SO IT'D BE SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS, IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR FROM BEFORE WHEN WE HAD DHP 33 WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH OUR HOUSING PRIORITIES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. THERE'LL BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON THESE ZOOM POLICIES? I'M SORRY. WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS WHERE WE DO IN-PERSON MEETINGS OR VIRTUAL MEETINGS. WE DID TELEPHONE TOWN HALLS LAST TIME. UM, OCCASIONALLY WE'LL POP UP AT COUNCIL EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW, BRING INFORMATION ON OUR PROGRAMS AND PARTICIPATE IN ONGOING EVENTS. SO THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITY [00:45:01] OVER THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK. WOULD YOU MAKE SURE YOU NOTIFY MR. HARD OR WHOMEVER SO CAN NOTIFY THE COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS REAL IMPORTANT TO ME AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, AND YOU CAN TAKE US TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS KIND OF ORGANIZING OUR PROGRAMS AND THE RESOURCES WE HAVE FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS NEED AND FAIR HOUSING IN OUR DEPARTMENTS. THESE UP ALONG THE TOP ARE OUR PRIORITIES. SO OUR FOCUS AREAS FOR OUR WORK. FIRST WE'RE FOCUSED ON CREATING RENTAL HOUSING FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW 50% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME. WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON EXPANDING HOME OWNERSHIP, PRESERVING EXISTING HOUSING. SO THIS CAN BE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT COULD BE SINGLE FAMILY HOME DOING REPAIR WORK. WE ALSO HAVE A PRIORITY TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND INCREASE OVERALL HOUSING ACCESS. SO THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION. WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH OF THE PROGRAMS IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, BUT THIS IS KIND OF LIKE ORIENTING, THESE ARE WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED. THIS IS OUR CORE WORK. ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? MARCY? I'LL, I'LL ADD IS THIS IS HOW WE, UH, SEE AS A DEPARTMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE ACCESS EASIER. WHERE'S THE FULL SPECTRUM AS J UH, JASMINE HAS SHARED WITH NEXT SLIDE? YES. QUESTION. UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOUSING, UH, FAIR HOUSING RENTALS, UH, SINGLE HOMES, ALL OF THIS. DO YOU ALL HAVE A PART OR KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY? SOMEWHAT. YEAH. SO WE, UM, FUNDS HOUSING ACTIVITIES, SO FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, FOR PRESERVATION AND FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. SO GETTING PEOPLE INTO HOMES OR REPAIRING EXISTING HOMEOWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING. SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD AND A VERY WIDE PORTFOLIO OF THE WORK THAT WE ACTUALLY DIRECTLY INVEST IN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'LL BE PART OF THE NEW POLICY COMING UP WITH A NEW POLICY FRAMEWORK IS, UM, OUR LEADERSHIP WILL BE MEETING WITH EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT TO BREAK DOWN AND KIND OF CREATE INDIVIDUALIZED PLANS FOR EACH DISTRICT. WHAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK AROUND IS THAT NOT EVERY DISTRICT HAS THE SAME NEEDS AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET GRANULAR STUFF. SO YEAH, GETTING A BETTER FEEL FOR OTHER WORK GOING ON IN PART OF THIS ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU. AS, AS THE PRESENTATION, UM, PROGRESSES, WE ARE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHEN THIS COULD HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR DEVELOPER PROGRAM. SO WE DO A LOT TO SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND PRESERVATION OF A VARIETY DIFFERENT HOUSING. THESE ARE MY MAINLY FOCUSED ON RENTAL HOUSING. SO WE HAVE CORPORATIONS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE UM, HFC AND THE PFC. WE ALSO SUPPORT TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OWN FUNDING FOR HOUSING. SO ONE THING THAT CHANGED THE FUNDING APPLICATIONS COME THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOW, BUT WE STILL HAVE A TEAM OF PROJECT MANAGERS THAT WILL OVERSEE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RENTAL HOUSING. THE WAY YOU CAN THINK OF THE CITY IS KIND OF LIKE A PASS THROUGH. SO THERE'S ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON WITH THE CORPORATIONS OR TAX CREDITS HAPPEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT THEY ALL HAVE TO HAVE THE LOCAL SUPPORT TO GET DEVELOPED IN THE CITY. SO OUR DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS AS A PASS THROUGH TO GET THE PROJECTS IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORT. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW. UM, THERE WAS CHANGES AGAIN IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND SOME PROGRAMS MOVED OUT OF OUR DEPARTMENT. SO LAND BANK AND LAND TRANSFER IS NO LONGER HOUSED IN OUR DEPARTMENT. NEITHER IS THE MIXED INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BONUS PROGRAM. SO M-I-H-C-B, THESE ARE HOUSED IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS NOW. AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE TAKE AWAY FROM THIS SECTION, ONE THING WE DO DO FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS WE SUPPORT OR FUNDS, WE OVERSEE LEASE OR OCCUPANCY OF THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE VOUCHERS AND ARE LOOKING FOR RENTAL HOUSING WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SELLING AND WANNA MOVE ON TO RENTALS DOWN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOWNSIZE, UM, AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE MAYBE THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOMES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN HELP PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHERE THERE MIGHT BE ING OPPORTUNITIES EITHER FOR PROJECTS WE FUNDED OR THAT COME THROUGH THE CORPORATIONS OR TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES. WE ARE KIND OF WORKSHOPPING A WAY TO KEEP AN ACTIVE INVENTORY OR PORTFOLIO ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE. UM, IT'S NOT BEEN PERFECTED YET, BUT LIKE WHAT WOULD BE IDEAL IS TO HAVE A MAP WITH SOME SORT OF IDEA FOR WHERE THEIR VACANCY AND WHERE OPEN UNITS, A LOT OF THE PROPERTIES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE LIKE A DA ACCESSIBLE UNITS OR UM, SOME SET ASIDE FOR ACCESSIBLE OR VISION MOBILITY IMPAIRED CARING IMPAIRED. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO HAVE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, AN INVENTORY THAT'S PUBLIC TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND HOUSING MORE EASILY. UM, ANOTHER THING IF WE BUILD HOMES, SINGLE FAMILY, WE'RE LOOKING AT [00:50:01] CONDOS, WE'RE LOOKING AT TOWN HOMES, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THE TYPE OF FOR SALE PRODUCTS WE INVEST IN WHEN WE BUILD FOR SALE PRODUCTS, WE ALSO HAVE TO QUALIFY THE BUYERS. SO MAYBE YOU, MAYBE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE EVER LOOKING AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL I KNOW THE CITY INVESTS IN RENTAL AND FOR SALE HOUSING, OUR DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS INVENTORY OF ALL OF THE HOUSING WE INVEST IN OR SUPPORT AND CAN HELP CARE PEOPLE WHERE THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING. YEAH, EXCUSE ME, THIS, THIS, THESE THINGS CENTRAL OVERWHELMING. THIS WOULD BE ALL, I MEAN IS THIS LIMITED TO HOUSING WITH SOME KIND OF TAX OR SUBSIDY? I MEAN YOU'RE NOT DOING JUST EVERYTHING BUT RIGHT. IT'S LIMITED TO HOUSING THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS EITHER THROUGH DIRECT INVESTMENT LIKE FUNDING. OKAY. OR IF THERE WAS TAX CREDIT OR HSC OR PSC PARTNERSHIP, THOSE TWO AND I TO THIS BIG PARTY , YOU GUYS' PERSPECTIVE. UM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL I WANNA HIT ON THIS SIDE. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT GETS THE MOST ACTION, THE PROGRAM THAT GETS THE MOST ACTION AND QUESTIONS ARE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. TRUE. SO IN 2024 WE CONSOLIDATED OUR PROGRAMS DOWN TO JUST OFFER HI HOME IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION PROGRAMS AND THERE ARE THREE VARIATIONS. YOU SHOULD SEE THEM ALL ON THE SCREEN OR ON YOUR SLIDES. SO THE FIRST ONE, EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR, WE'VE NOT ACTUALLY LAUNCHED THAT PROGRAM YET. IT HAS BEEN KIND OF ON THE BACK BURNER. WE HAVE FUNDING FOR IT. I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE CHANGES ON THE NEXT SLIDE. HOPEFULLY WE'LL LAUNCH THIS YEAR. THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE UP TO $10,000 IN ASSISTANCE FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR NEEDS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN FOUR DAYS. SO IDEALLY SOMEBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A WINTER STORM AND A PIPE BURST OR A TREE FALLS THROUGH THE ROOF OR SOMETHING UNFORESEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, BUSTED WINDOWS OR SOMETHING, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE THROUGH THAT VARIATION. THEN WE HAVE DALLAS TOMORROW FUND, THAT'S THE SECOND PROGRAM ON THE SCREEN, WHICH PROVIDES US TO 20,000 IN ASSISTANCE FOR CODE VIOLATIONS. YOU CANNOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS PROGRAM. THE ONLY WAY TO GET HELP IN THAT PROGRAM IS THROUGH CODE REFERRALS. SO THE CODE DEPARTMENT CITE THE HOMEOWNER FOR VARIOUS VIOLATIONS AND THEN OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THEY ACCUMULATE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY GETS STUCK IN THE SYSTEM AND THEY CAN MAKE A REFERRAL TO OUR DEPARTMENT TO HELP TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT SYSTEM. OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT PROVIDES UP TO 20,000 FOR THOSE TYPES OF EXTERIOR CODE VIOLATIONS. AND THEN THE LAST PROGRAM, MAJOR SYSTEMS HOME REPAIR, THAT IS OUR CORE PROGRAM. THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN APPLY TO. THAT'S THE ONE WHERE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS BACK WE HAD SENIOR HOME REPAIR. WE'VE HAD HINT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE MOVED OVER INTO THIS MAJOR SYSTEMS HOME REPAIR. THAT'S THE CORE HOME REPAIR THAT WE OFFER. NOW. IT OFFERS UP TO $24,000 FOR HOME REPAIR AND IT CAN DO THINGS LIKE MAJOR SYSTEMS. SO HVAC, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, IT CAN DO ACCESSIBILITY MODIFICATIONS IN A BATHROOM. SO TAKING A TUB OUT AND DOING A STEP IN SHOWER. UM, IT CAN DO ROOF REPLACEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT USUALLY EACH HOME WILL GET ONE TO TWO MAJOR SYSTEMS, NOT PROGRAM. YES, I WAS JUST ASKED WOULD A PEN SPEED, UH, PART OF A NECESSITY TO KEEP A SENIOR SAFE? I I THAT NECESS A BRAND NEW FENCE? YEAH, USUALLY IT DOES NOT QUALIFY. USUALLY WE DON'T DO THINGS LIKE DEMOLITIONS, WE DON'T DO A LOT IN THE YARD, LIKE LANDSCAPING FENCING. THAT'S NOT VERY COMMON. AH, YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY. YES. YES. UM, I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT'S KIND OF BROKEN DOWN BETTER BECAUSE FOR INSTANCE, THE LAND BANK AND THOSE PROGRAMS, THEY MAKE YOU CUT YOUR BITS BECAUSE OF HIS SO CRAZY AND THEY UM, THEY MAY SEE FUND THREE ORGANIZATIONS, THREE PEOPLE MM-HMM A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS WE'VE WORKED WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION I'VE WORKED WITH AND IT'S A LOT OF YEAH, I HOPE IT'S CLEAR THAT IT CLEAR THAT IT HAS BEEN. AND I SEE THAT YOU'RE BREAKING DOWN. SO I HOPE THIS FUNDING IS IS NOT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS TAXING YEAH. YES. TAXING, UNCLEAR FOR SENIORS TRYING TO APPLY FOR THIS. RIGHT. AND UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, THEY'LL TELL YOU TO BRING ONE SET OF PAPERS THAT I KNOW YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE BLUE PAPERS, NOT THE GREEN PAPER. WE TAKE THE GREEN PAPERS BACK AND THEY SAY NO, YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE YES. WELL YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MY NEXT SLIDE. LIKE SOME THINGS ARE ONE MORE SLIDE DOWN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW AND THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING. SO WE'LL GET TO IT. UM, BUT WE ARE OUTSOURCING THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A VENDOR WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHO WILL TAKE OVER [00:55:01] MANAGING ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM. SO IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE EASIER IN THAT THERE'S NOT THE SAME CITY PROCESSES AND TIMELINES THAT YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE. OUR CONTRACT IS WITH THE VENDOR WHO'S OPERATING THE B-O-A-B-O-A OF TEXAS. YES. SO WE'LL GET TO IT ON THE NEXT SIDE. THE NEXT ONE REALLY WE CAN KIND OF BREEZE THROUGH IT. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM YOU HAVE TO BE 80% A MI AND BELOW YOU HAVE TO BE A HOMEOWNER, HAS TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING AND THEN YOU HAVE TO APPLY DURING AN OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD. LET'S SKIP TO THE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW. SLIDE. 'CAUSE IT HAS TO UPDATE QUESTION. SO, UH, TIME PERIOD, I MEAN SET WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. ON THIS THING, SHE SHOWED NOTES, SLIDES. SO WE JUST ONBOARDED DOA, THEY SIGNED THEIR CONTRACT IN FEBRUARY. AS SOON AS THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING OUT TO VISIT SOME OF THE HOMES THAT WE'RE IN OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE HANDING OFF TO THEM AND THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON, RIGHT. SO THE PRIORITY WAS GET TO THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THREE YEARS. SOME OF 'EM HAVE CONTRACTS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING FOR TWO YEARS. SO THEY'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THOSE FIRST. AND THEN AT SOME POINT LATER THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAVE AN APPLICATION PERIOD. UM, WE'RE DEVELOPING A STRATEGY RIGHT NOW AGAINST A MEET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST SO THEY CAN GET INPUT ON HOW WE SHOULD ENGAGE THEIR RESIDENTS. AND THEN DOA WILL LEAD A LOT OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT WE WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS LEADING UP TO THE APPLICATIONS OPENING. SO WE'RE ALL YEARS WHERE I THINK LAST YEAR ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO ACTUALLY USE THE SENIOR CENTERS FOR OUR APPLICATION WORKSHOPS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS HEARD AND CAN BE ACCOMMODATED. WE OF COURSE WANNA ENGAGE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ONGOING EVENTS, LIKE SOME OF THEM DO REGULAR EVENTS. WE COULD JUST DO A POPUP TABLE THERE AND CAPTURE PEOPLE AT THE EVENTS. YEAH. YEAH. SO I, I WAS JUST REALLY THINKING ABOUT YOU DOING THE WORKSHOPS. WE JUST HAD A LIBRARY PRESENTATION. MM-HMM . WOULDN'T THAT BE AMAZING IF YOU TWO TALKED TO ONE ANOTHER? YEAH. PERHAPS TO THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE I AM PART OF A GROUP CALLED THE DALLAS AREA INTERFAITH. RIGHT. AND THEY HAVE REALLY BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN A VARIETY OF NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE CITY. UM, THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WHICH I THINK WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED A LITTLE BIT, IS ONEROUS AND HARD, UH, FOR THEM TO, TO FILL OUT AND THEN THEY BRING THE WRONG THINGS AND THEN THEY GET TURNED AWAY. THAT'S TRUE. SO HELP, HELP, HELP WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT ON THIS ONE. UM, IS IT STILL GONNA BE A LOTTERY SYSTEM? I BELIEVE IT'LL BE A LOTTERY SYSTEM FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. FORESEE, JUST TO KEEP IT FAIR. UM, OKAY. SO THE ISSUE WITH THE LOTTERY SYSTEM THAT I HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF IS THAT, UM, UH, YOUR NAME IS CHOSEN AND THEN YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A BACKLOG, RIGHT? SOMEONE WILL START, THEN THE CONTRACTOR GOES AWAY AND THEY'RE LEFT WITH JOBS HAVE DONE. CLEARLY YOU'RE GONNA BEGIN TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. BUT ONCE THE YEAR PASSED, RIGHT, YOU'VE GOTTA START ALL OVER AGAIN. SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO ME THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED A PIPELINE THAT YOU WERE GONNA ADDRESS PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PIPELINE, AND YET I'M HEARING THAT THERE IS NO PIPELINE THAT YOU GET KNOCKED OFF. RIGHT. UM, EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE TO BE AT IT AGAIN. SO TRUE. NOT TRUE. SO, UM, YES, HISTORICALLY YOU HAVE TO REAPPLY EVERY YEAR. WE'VE DISCUSSED DOING A WAITING WHERE SOMEBODY, LIKE A WEIGHTING OF THE APPLICATIONS WHERE IF SOMEBODY'S BEEN A REPEAT APPLICANT, MAYBE THEY RISE TO THE TOP IN THE LOTTERY, NOT FIGURE THAT PART OUT. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. UM, AND THERE IS IN FACT A PIPELINE. SO WE HAVE CASES THAT WERE, THEY HAVE SIGNED CONTRACTS THAT ARE READY TO GO. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, CERTAIN AREAS THAT HAVE T FUNDS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO A CERTAIN BOUNDARY THAT HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE SEPARATE LOTTERIES GOING ON. SO WE HAVE A PIPELINE OF LIKE A HUNDRED, 150 THAT DOA COULD GO AND WORK ON UM, BUT ALSO TO KEEP IT FRESH AND TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE WANNA HAVE AN APPLICATION PERIOD THIS YEAR. SO YOU'RE KIND OF BALANCING TWO THINGS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WAITING, BUT ALSO OPENING IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO APPLY. AND MY AND MY LAST QUESTION, UM, OFTEN, YOU KNOW, THE LOTTERY WORKS, BUT OFTEN SOMEBODY THAT HAS A DESPERATE NEED. YES. RIGHT. IS THERE ANY WAY, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA FIX THIS, BUT IS THERE, IS THERE ANY WAY, SO THE DESPERATE NEED SORT OF, SOMEBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO WHEN THAT LOTTERY SYSTEM HAPPENS, IF, RIGHT. UM, OH, WHERE IS THEIR DESPERATION HERE? WHERE IS THE BIGGEST NEED? IS THAT EVER A CONSIDERATION? SO I'D SAY EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR IS THE MAIN VEHICLE FOR IT. YEAH. UM, IDEALLY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO PEOPLE LIKE IN REAL TIME IF THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY PRESSING THAT WAS UNFORESEEN. UM, HIP AND MAJOR SYSTEMS REPAIR HAS NOT BEEN [01:00:01] SET UP TO OPERATE LIKE THAT EVER. I KNOW IT'S NEVER, IT IS BEEN LIKE TWO YEARS DELAY FROM APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU. SO I THINK WE'LL SEE HOW THIS FIRST YEAR GOES WITH THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, WITH THEM ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY LAUNCH EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR. SO THERE IS THAT OPTION. BUT M-S-R-P-I DON'T SEE MOVING THAT FAST. WE HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. YES. SO, UM, YOU SAID THE APP APPLICATION, I KNOW EVERYONE GETS THEIR APPLICATION, THERE'S HELP TO HELP THEM FILL IT OUT SO FORTH, BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO GO IN THEIR CAR, STAND IN LINE AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, FOUR 8:00 AM FOR A SIX O'CLOCK TIME WHEN THEY OPEN THE LINE UP AND ONLY TAKE SO MANY. AND THAT'S IT. STILL IN A CAR. THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW. SO TWO COMMENTS THERE. THAT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST TWO APPLICATION PERIODS. WE DID NOT RUN IT LIKE THAT. UH, IT HAS BEEN RUN LIKE THAT SINCE 2023. OKAY. UH, SENIOR HOME REPAIR, WE DID OFFICE HOURS AT VARIOUS SHARP CENTERS, LIBRARIES. WE SAT AND HELPED DO HANDS-ON APPLICATION ASSISTANCE OVER LIKE TWO WEEKS. SO THEY HAD MULTIPLE PERIODS TO COME OUT AND APPLIED LAST APPLICATION PERIOD, WHICH IS IN 2024. WE DID FIVE OR SIX WEEKS OF ENGAGEMENT ONLINE, IN PERSON CALL-INS, SPANISH, ENGLISH. WE DID 14 COUNCIL DISTRICTS. WE TOUCHED EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND WE ACTUALLY ALLOWED PEOPLE TO APPLY OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD IN PERSON AND THE EMAIL. SO WE DID LEAN ON THE LIBRARIES A LOT LAST YEAR. WE HAD WORKSHOPS AT THE LIBRARIES AND ALSO THEY WERE SET UP TO HELP PEOPLE SCAN THEIR MATERIALS IN AND APPLY VIA EMAIL LAST YEAR. SO THE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO COME OUT AND APPLY IN PERSON. AND WE HAVEN'T DONE A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE CAR DROP OFF IN THREE YEARS. OKAY. BUT THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE I HAVE THREE NEIGHBORS THAT CALL ME PROBABLY EVERY OTHER MONTH YES. TO LET ME KNOW THAT THEY STILL ARE WAITING FOR THEIR HOME REPAIR. AND IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS. YEAH. NOW, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE I KNOCK, I WOULD NEVER HAD DO THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFUL, HOPEFULLY THIS IS GOING TO WORK OUT MUCH BETTER. I'M HOPEFUL. YEAH. I THINK VOA HAS BEEN VERY AMBITIOUS, LIKE WITH THEIR STARTUP THIS WEEK. WE'RE GOING OUT. WE'LL SEE. GOT A QUESTION HERE, PATRICIA? YES. UH, PATRICIA STEVENS, DISTRICT SIX. IN THE PAST, UH, IN THE WEST DALLAS AREA, WE HAVE HAD LIKE THE COWBOYS COME AND UH, REPLACE HOMES. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED CONTACTING THEM TO REPLACE SOME OF THOSE HOMES? EITHER THE MAVERICKS OR STALLS? YOU KNOW, THEY HERE MAKING OUR MONEY. YEAH. SO THEY NEED TO GIVE BACK. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT GIVING BACK. SO I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT HAD ANY EXPERIENCE ENGAGING, LIKE THE SPORTS TEAMS ARE BIG BUSINESSES. I THINK THAT IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY WITH THE CITY BECAUSE OF LIKE, WE HAVE TO BE IN CONTRACT. THERE'S SO MUCH TO GET THROUGH IT. IT HAS TO BE FAIR AND OPEN PROCUREMENT. IT'S LIKE SO MANY LAYERS OF COMPLIANCE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE AS SIMPLE AS LIKE, THEY WANNA DO SOMETHING GOOD AND YOU'RE LIKE, GREAT, LET'S DO IT. IT'S NOT EVER LIKE THAT. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN IDEA, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW, UH, WITH THE CITY HOW IT COULD BE PUT INTO PLACE. BUT IT'S A QUESTION I CAN TAKE BACK TO OUR LEADERSHIP. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE HAVING COMBOS. I'M NOT WHAT YOU MEAN BY TAKING OVER HOMES? YOU TALKING ABOUT HELP BUT PEARL? WHAT YOU MEAN? NO, THEY TAKE OVER HOME. I MEAN, THEY'VE DONE, THEY REDID, THEY REBUILT THEM ALL. YOU TALKING ABOUT WITH PRAYER AND HOME, YOU SAY, TAKE OVER. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING NO BUILDING. THEY'LL TURN THE OLD HOUSE DOWN AND REBUILD A NEW HOUSE. WELL TAKE OVER. I'M THINKING THEY DONE TOOK THE PEOPLE HOUSE AND THEY DON'T HAVE IT WRONG. TAKE OVER NEXT . I'LL TAKE THE ALL INFORMATION. THANK YOU. UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, REMIND ME WHICH ONE OF YOU ARE WHO I'M YES, DR. MARCY JACKSON. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO COMMENT FOLLOWED BY A QUESTION. UM, MY WIFE WORKED FOR STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY FOR 38 YEARS. INSURANCE COMPANIES IN, IN GENERAL. UH, AND NOW WE ARE FACED WITH HUGE DEDUCTIBLES AS, AS SENIOR CITIZENS. WON'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE SPENT LAST YEAR AFTER, UH, ISSUE WITH, WITH THE KITCHEN, BUT IT WAS HUGE. AND SO I'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE AT MY CHURCH NOW ABOUT THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. UH, SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO DEDUCTIBLES, AND SO THEY'RE LEFT WITH SITUATIONS THAT CAN'T BE REPAIRED. BUT IF THEY DON'T GET 'EM REPAIRED, THE INSURANCE, THESE, YOU KNOW, COME IN AND, AND, AND THEY DING THEM. HAVE Y'ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES TO HELP, UH, DEFRAY SOME OF THESE COSTS? ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF US [01:05:01] WITH SENIORS THAT MAY HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES MEETING THESE? UH, NOT EXACTLY. NO. UM, SO HAVING INSURANCE IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A PERSON WHO CANNOT INSURE THEIR HOME BECAUSE THEIR HOME NEEDS WORK, THAT'S THE WORK WE'LL PRIORITIZE DOING IN THE PROGRAM SO THAT WHEN WE'RE DONE, THEY CAN GET INSURANCE. BUT AS FAR AS THE COST OF INSURANCE, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REDUCING COSTS. AND THEN HISTORICALLY THE CITY, UH, DOESN'T REALLY FUND THINGS LIKE INSURANCE AND TAXES BECAUSE WE'RE INVESTING IN MORE PERMANENT OPTIONS LIKE DEVELOPING HOUSING OR PRESERVING THE ACTUAL STOCK. LESS SO IN LIKE MORE, YOU KNOW, QUICK FIXES THAT'LL JUST BUY A LITTLE MORE TIME, BUT ARE NOT TRUE FIXES. SO NO, WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT. ANOTHER QUESTION I CAN TAKE BACK TO OUR LEADERSHIP IF WE CAN, WELL, LET ME CLARIFY THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID IT CORRECTLY. I ASKED THE QUESTION CORRECTLY. UH, PERHAPS IF YOU'VE GOT A $10,000 DEDUCTIBLE AND YOU CAN ONLY BE HALF OF THAT, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES? MAYBE THAT'S QUESTION YOU CAN TAKE BACK TO THEM. YEP. ARE THERE SOME SHARED, SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES WHERE IF YOU MEET A CERTAIN CRITERIA WHERE YOU MAY, MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE FROM ? YEAH, I'LL TAKE IT BACK. WE HAVE, I, IN MY EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE NOT HAD CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT ABOUT SHARING THE DEDUCTIBLE. THERE'S ACTUALLY LIKE SOME RESTRICTION ON IF THE INSURANCE IS GOING TO REPAIR SOMETHING, WE CAN'T TOUCH IT. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE DUPLICATION OF THE SAME REPAIR. SO YEAH. I'LL TAKE THE QUESTION BACK, BUT NO. OKAY. LET'S, WE GOT, UH, SIX SLIDES LEFT JUST A MINUTE. YEAH. TWO QUESTIONS LEFT. WHO THERE, VERNON? WELL, THERE'S A QUESTION. I GUESS MINE IS POSSIBLY A OCCLUSION, UH, TO SOME DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS CAUSED US TO HAVE PEOPLE WAIT SO LONG IS THE BUDGET ITSELF. HAVE WE LOOKED AT, UH, HOW MANY PROJECTS WE CAN ACTUALLY DO WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AND NOT GIVE PEOPLE HOPE THAT YOURS IS GOING TO BE DONE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR IN A YEAR, YEAR OR WHATEVER. AND I, I WOULD THINK UN UNTIL THAT QUESTION IS ANSWERED ON THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING, COURSE THERE'S THIS MUCH MONEY AND THAT'S IT. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. LIST CUTS OFF AT 30 A. SO I THINK THAT'S A CONCLUDING QUESTION. YOUR NEXT POINT. WELL, I, I WANNA SORT OF SPEAK TO THAT. I, I, I'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROGRAM IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS SINCE THE EIGHTIES. AND, UH, YES, I AM A LITTLE PERSON SENIORS, NEVER EXPECTING TO BE ONE. BUT, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I DIDN'T REFER PEOPLE TO THE PROGRAM. IT WAS SO HORRIBLE. THE CONTRACTORS WOULD GO OUT, TEAR EVERYTHING UP, AND NEVER FISH ANYTHING. NOW, I FIRST BECAME RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS WHEN I WENT ON THE COMMISSION AND I ASKED TO BE ON THE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND I STARTED WORKING WITH MR. ERICKSON, WHO BASICALLY HAD YOUR JOB AT THE TIME. I, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THIS PROGRAM HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH EVEN SINCE THEN, SINCE HE TOOK OVER THE IDEA NOW OF FINDING A WAY TO, TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA DO THE WORK AND CUTTING OUT SOME OF THE RED TAPE THERE. THERE'S BEEN SO MANY WAYS JUST, JUST SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION THAT I'VE SEEN THIS PROGRAM IMPROVE. AND I, AND I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. UH, I REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO I DID TALK TO MR. MR. ERICKSON ABOUT MORE FUNDING. HE, YEAH. 'CAUSE HE WAS VERY CLEVER. I MEAN, I SAW HIM GO GET A MILLION DOLLARS FROM HERE AND FROM THERE HE WAS VERY CLEVER. VERY CLEVER. AND UH, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE HAD, YOU KNOW, HE HAD TO HAVE STAFF AND THIS AND THAT. SO HE HAD WHAT HE COULD DO. AND THERE'S A LIMIT. THE CITY OF DALLAS CAN'T REPAIR EVERY HOUSE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. RIGHT. BUT, SO I AM PLEASED WITH WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE NEW PROCESSES. I ALSO, UH, WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT A BUDGET AND I HAVEN'T CONTACTED MR. ERICSSON, BUT IF YOU ALL PLEASE WILL NOTIFY US AS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR WHAT KINDS OF FUNDS YOU WANT US TO ADVOCATE FOR IN THE BUDGET. I CAN ASSURE YOU I'LL BE A STRONG ADVOCATE. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING. AND, AND I, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED AS TO WHAT WE MAY SEE FROM YOU NEXT YEAR ABOUT THIS. YES. HOPE WE ARE COMING, COMING BACK WITH, WE REPAIRED 200 HOMES AND WE'RE FLYING THROUGH IT. YES. WELL, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING, THE HOUSING, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE HOUSING POLICY. YES. AND THE, THE PRESERVATION. [01:10:01] AND, AND I JUST, THIS ISN'T JUST WITH YOU. PRESERVATION IS MORE THAN JUST DOING HOME REPAIR, WHICH RIGHT. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT I'LL ADDRESS LATER. BUT, BUT THIS IS PART OF IT, SO THANK YOU. BUT YOU CAN PROBABLY DO SO MUCH AND IT'S A HUGE ONE. YOU CAN DO 50 HOMES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD EASILY. GREAT. WELL SAID. WELL SAID. NEXT SLIDE. UM, YEAH, YOU GUYS CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE REST OF THE STUFF IS LIKE A LIGHT TOUCH. 'CAUSE I KNOW HOME AFFAIRS IS THE TOP, YOU KNOW, FOCUS. UM, SO WE DO HAVE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AT A VARIETY OF INCOME LEVELS. AND THEY TARGET DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, TARGET APPLICANTS. SO WE HAVE ONE THAT IS FOR TRADITIONAL JUST PEOPLE UP TO 80% A MI BUYING ANYWHERE IN DALLAS. WE HAVE ONE FOR TARGETED OCCUPATION. SO GOING TO LIKE YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS, EDUCATORS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS. WE ALSO HAVE THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT TARGETS PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED IN DALLAS FOR 10 YEARS AND WANNA MOVE ON TO BUY A HOME IN DALLAS. STAY IN DALLAS. UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE A MI THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAMS AND KIND OF WHAT THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE. SO AGAIN, THEY SERVE, UH, HOUSEHOLD BETWEEN 50% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME ALL THE WAY UP TO 120% THROUGH THE VARIOUS THREE PROGRAMS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS YOU HAVE TO BE BUYING IN DALLAS, YOU HAVE TO BUY A HOME THAT IS LIVABLE, THAT MEETS THE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. UM, $50,000 FOR HOMES JUST GENERALLY IN DALLAS AND 60,000 FOR HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS THROUGH OUR TRADITIONAL HOME OR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW, THIS PROGRAM'S ALSO BEING OUTSOURCED SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY PROVIDE BETTER ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS. BCL OF TEXAS WAS SELECTED TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM AND WILL BE ONBOARDED THIS MAY THEY ANTICIPATE BEING OPERATIONAL LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH PEOPLE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SERVE THIS YEAR. AND THEN EVEN OPENING APPLICATIONS AS WELL. UM, DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN BE BETTER SERVED IF THEY'RE ALREADY IDENTIFIED A PROPERTY BY THE TIME THEY COME TO THE PROGRAM NOW, DON'T COME JUST FOR THE SAKE OF GETTING QUALIFIED AND THEN START SEARCHING FOR A HOME. SO THAT'S MY TOP TIP. AND THAT'S IT FOR OUR, OUR PROGRAMS INTERVIEW YC. OKAY. I WANNA SHARE, UH, THANK YOU JASMINE. UM, WHAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH V OF A AND US TURNING IT OVER TO THEM, AND THEN YOU FINDING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE CITY CAN LEAD OR THE CITY CAN COLLABORATE AND AMPLIFY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING AS A CITY. AND SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I SAID, AS WE, WE THROUGH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO, UH, SPEAK TO OUR WORK GO FORWARD. SO I WANNA TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS, UH, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE DO AMPLIFY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDER. WE COLLABORATE AND AMPLIFY THAT WORK OR SUPPORT THAT WORK. AND FOR, UH, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, HOW WE LOOK AT HOMELESSNESS OR THE HOMELESS ECOSYSTEM. WE PARTNER WITH OUR LEAD AGENCY, WHICH IS CALLED HOUSING GROUP. THEY ARE THE LEAD AGENCY OF THE NORTH TEXAS, UH, AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE OR THE LOCAL COC YOU MAY HAVE HEARD. AND SO THEY CAN HELP INDIVIDUALS FIND HOUSING OPTIONS OR HELP INDIVIDUALS APPLY FOR PROGRAMS AND GET ASSIGNED TO CASEWORKERS AND CONNECT SERVICES BASED ON INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. THEY ARE THE DOOR OR THE GATEWAY INTO THE HOMELESS ECOSYSTEM. OKAY? AND SO WAYS THAT YOU CONNECT WITH THEM, AS YOU SEE AS I PROGRESS THROUGH, UH, THIS, UH, SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THEM BEING THE GATEWAY THE WAY THEY ARE, THE CONNECTOR TO A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OR YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. BUT THE WAY THAT YOU WILL CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH THEM WOULD BE THROUGH 2 1 1. THEY, THEY ARE AVAILABLE 24 7 AND YOU ASK FOR H HOUSING OR HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE OR YOU CAN JUST CALL THEM THROUGH THEIR CRISIS HEALTHLINE. AND YOU WOULD GET THAT THROUGH, UH, 1 8 8, UM, 4 11 68 0 2. HOWEVER, AS I PROGRESS THROUGH THIS, UH, UH, PRESENTATION, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU OTHER GATEWAYS INTO THE HOMELESS ECOSYSTEM THAT'LL HELP GET SOMEONE FROM, UM, HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING, WHICH IS THE ANSWER TO HOMELESSNESS, TO MAKING HOMELESSNESS, RARE GRIEF AND NON-REOCCURRING. NEXT SLIDE. SO THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW, UH, THAT WE WANNA OPEN WITH IS THERE'S ALWAYS ADVOCACY AS WE MOVE THROUGH ANY PROGRAM THROUGH THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE. AND FOR SENIORS SPECIFIC, THE DALLAS OMBUDSMAN, UH, PROGRAM, WHO IS A PART OF THE LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM, HOUSED [01:15:01] TO BE A SENIOR SOURCE. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM. HOWEVER, HOW AN OMBUDSMAN HELPS SENIORS IS TO FIND HOUSING SUPPORT. SO THEY ARE AN ADVOCATE FOR YOU. AND THAT PROGRAM IS HOUSED THROUGH SENIOR SOURCE. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SENIOR SOURCE IS THE TOP ONE THAT I HAVE HERE. SO NOW I WANNA BRING THIS BACK TO SENIORS SPECIFICALLY. THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY DOING THE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, A PART OF THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE. THEY ARE THE KEY. UH, THE KEY HERE IS ACCESS AND MAKING SURE SENIORS ARE CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT ENTRY POINT. BECAUSE YOU CAN GET TO A DOOR AND IT IS NOT, UH, SPECIFIC FOR A SENIOR, OR THAT PROGRAM IS NOT DIRECTED TOWARDS A SENIOR. SO A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS REQUIRE COORDINATED ENTRY OR REFERRALS. SO NAVIGATION, IT MATTERS. AND OUR ROLE IS TO MAKE THAT ENTRY POINT FOR YOU OR ANYONE SEAMLESS. SO WE HAVE THE SENIOR SOURCE ON THIS SLIDE. IT PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS, INCLUDING ADVOCACY, CAREGIVING SUPPORT, OR RESOURCE NAVIGATION. AND ALSO ST. JUDE CENTER. THEY ARE, UM, IT IS A CATHOLIC CHARITY HOUSING INITIATIVE, RIGHT? IT OFFERS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO SENIORS, TYPICALLY 55 AND OLDER. OKAY? IF YOU SEE THEIR ACCESS POINT OR THEIR ENTRY POINT IS REFERRAL BASED THROUGH HOUSING FORWARD. AS I HEAR WITH YOU THAT THEY ARE THE GATEWAY HOUSING BOARD. IT'S A GATEWAY. SO SHOULD YOU MEET THEM IN ANY CAPACITY ON THE STREET IN AN ENCAMPMENT OR THROUGH, UH, ONE OF THEIR INITIATIVES, THEN THEY WILL CONNECT YOU WITH ST. JUDE. DO YOU KNOW IF ALL OF THESE ENTITIES LIKE METROCARE AND ADULT SERVICES, DO THEY TALK TO ONE ANOTHER? YES, THEY DO. AND AS I PROGRESS THROUGH, UH, FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, I WANNA TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN COLLECTIVELY AT THE END, I'M SURE I'M GONNA ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WE GO BECAUSE THEY ARE COORDINATED ENTRY. ALL OF THIS IS THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE IS DESIGNED FOR COORDINATED ACCESS AND COORDINATED ENTRY THROUGH HMIS OR CAS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. EVERYBODY IS CONNECTED EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT A DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDER LIKE THE CITY. WE ARE A PART OF THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE. WE ARE NOT A DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT LIKE, SAY FOR INSTANCE, MY TEAM, WE ARE A PART OF THAT ENTRY POINT OR REFERRAL BASE TO CONNECT THEM TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN MAKE THAT PROCESS, UH, SEAMLESS FOR YOU. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ANOTHER ER, UH, HOMELESS, UH, SERVICE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IS AUSTIN STREET CENTER AND, UH, THE VA VETERANS AFFAIRS. SO LISTEN, THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU. WE'RE GIVING YOU SOME OF OUR LARGER ENTITIES THAT ARE A PART OF THE LOCAL CONSUMER CARE. THEY ARE, UM, OVER 150, THAT'S A PART OF THE COC WE WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY. MAYBE SOME OF THE TOP, UM, TOP ONES THAT ARE THE LARGER ONES. JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, AT THIS ADDRESS WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW, SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS ARE WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADI. OKAY? SO WE HAVE OFFICER TREE CENTER, LARGE EMERGENCY SHELTER, UH, SERVING MEN 45 PLUS WITH PRIORITY GIVING TO SENIORS. THEY ARE A WALK-IN. THEY HAVE WALK-IN ACCESS FOR SHELTER INTAKE. INDIVIDUALS CAN PRESENT DIRECTLY AT THE FACILITY FOR ASSESSMENT AND ALSO WITH THE VA. THEY PROVIDE, UH, GERIATRIC AND EXTENDED CARE SERVICES AND ACCESS THROUGH THE VA CLINICS OR BY CONTACTING THE VA DIRECTLY. YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR IMPLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS. THAT'S HOW, UH, THAT ALL THAT INITIATIVE IS ALSO MANAGED BY THE, THE CITY AMPLIFIES AND SUPPORTS AUSTIN STREET CENTER. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. METRO CARE SERVICES AND DALLAS COUNTY ADULT SERVICES. SO METRO CARE, OUR LARGEST FOR, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. ALL RIGHT. IT SUPPORTS SENIORS WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, NUTRITION, ACCESS, SAFETY RESOURCES, SHORT-TERM RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND MOBILITY SUPPORT. SO THEIR ACCESS, YOU CAN ACCESS THEM THROUGH CALLING OR VISITING ONE OF THEIR LOCAL, LOCAL CLINICS. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE REFERRED TO THEM IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THEIR SERVICES. THEY'RE A COUNTY PROGRAM, RIGHT? YES. THEY ARE A PART OF, YEAH. THEY'RE SOME OF THEIR FUNDING YES. HAS COUNTY. YES, THEY ARE IDENTIFIED AS AS COUNTY. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT I JUST WAS OFF ON A MEETING WITH THEM THE OTHER DAY. THEY WILL BE PRESENTING AT HHS ON TOMORROW. UM, IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, THEY WILL PRESENT. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE DESIGNATED COUNTIES. DR. MARCEY. YES, MA'AM. ARE THEY TARGETING, LIKE, OKAY, TAKE THE TO METRO CARE. YES. ARE THEY TARGETING PEOPLE THAT'S LIVING ON THE STREET? ARE THEY ALREADY IN A SHELTER [01:20:01] THAT WASTE THEM IN EVERYBODY? BECAUSE THERE ARE, IN MY COMMUNITY, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREET IN THEIR CARS AND THEY ARE, UH, PATIENT AT METRO CARE FOR MANY YEARS. AND THEY HAVE NOT FOUND THEM PLACEMENT YET. I MEAN, THEY SLEPT IN THEIR CAR DURING THIS LAST COLD SPELL. YOU KNOW, I JUST PRAYED FOR 'EM THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T DIE AND THEY THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT ISN'T, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALITY. YEAH. UM, A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONER IS THAT, UM, ONE EDUCATION. THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE OF VARIOUS REASONS. THEY CHOOSE NOT TO PARTAKE IT. LIKE I JUST SHARED WITH YOU, AUSTIN STREET CENTER MANAGES OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS. THAT'S, UH, UH, THEY ARE THE COORDINATOR OF THAT. AND IT IS ONE OF, AS A COORDINATED EFFORT OF THE CITY'S HOMELESS ECOSYSTEMS, RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THEM OUT OF THEIR CARS AND INTO THAT SHELTER WHERE IF IT'S, UM, AN ITERATION OF, OF OVER FOUR DAYS OR MORE, OR TWO DAYS OR MORE OF THE WEATHER BEING THAT WAY, WE THEN GO TO A LARGER PLACE OF LIKE THE FAIR PARK OVER A THOUSAND THAT ARE THERE. WE STILL HAVE SOME COMMISSIONER THAT WILL REFUSE THAT, THAT REFUSE TO COME FROM WHERE THEY ARE. SO THEN IN THIS COORDINATED EFFORT, WE STILL WILL GO OUT AND SERVICE THEM OUR STREET OUTREACH, OUR STREET, UH, CO UH, OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORTING, NOT SUPPORTING, BUT I'M SAYING THEIR RESOURCES ARE NOT AT, UM, FAIR PARK. HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL MAKING ROUNDS IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE MY TEAM OR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE FOCUS ON THE TEMPERATURES DROPPING AND WE ALL TURN OUR RESOURCES TOWARDS LIKE THE FAIR PARK OR OUR IMPLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE OUR, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT. AND SO WE THEN HAVE ONE HAND KITS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE DO PROVIDE THE MYLAR BLANKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE WILL TAKE THE HELP. RIGHT NOW IF ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL, IF I TOOK ONE IN YOU THINK THAT WOULD HELP THEM GET SOME ASSISTANCE? UH, EVERYTHING HELPS. OKAY. BECAUSE IT CAN BE THAT VERY COLD DAY COMMISSIONER THAT THEY SAY, OKAY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. YOU KNOW, I HAVE SEEN IT. I'VE SEEN WHERE SOMEONE WAS, UH, ASKED, I, I THINK THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT I SAW SOMEONE BE HOUSED THROUGH ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES, WE WALKED HER UP TO THE DOOR AND SHE, SHE WAS SHAKEN SO BAD SHE COULDN'T OPEN THE DOOR. 'CAUSE SHE SAID EIGHT YEARS YOU GUYS ASKED ME TO HELP AND I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT. AND IT WAS A COLD DAY THAT SHE SAID, UH, OKAY, I'LL DO IT. AND SO, UM, BUT WHAT SHE APPRECIATED WAS THE CONSISTENCY. OKAY. OKAY. I'M JUST GONNA ADD AND PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT I DON'T THINK NOBODY'S GONNA MAKE 'EM COME. IT'D HAVE TO BE WHOSOEVER WILL LET THEM AND WHAT SHE WAS SAYING, OH, SOME LOT PEOPLE DON'T WANT HAIR. IT'S NOT TO SAY EVERYBODY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE A WILLING PARTICIPANT. AND IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOCK THE DOOR DOWN AND MAKE YOU SO IF THEY DON'T WANT TO, THAT'S WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, IN THE STATE THAT THEY'RE IN, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANNA FOLLOW RULES OR REGULATIONS. SO JUST LEAVE ME ALONE. THEY WOULD SAY, LET ME DO MY THING. CAN I BRING MY BEER OR MY WIG? THEY SAY, NO PUN IT. THEY SAY, WELL, I AIN'T CALLING. YOU CAN'T DO IT. BUT YOU CAN'T BRING YOUR ANIMAL. OH NO, NOT YOUR ANIMAL. BECAUSE SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE THAT. BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, OKAY, MARCIA, WE GOT THREE TAPES. SLIDES, WHICH ARE, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME WRAP IT UP BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. SO I WANNA JUST SHARE THIS WITH YOU. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ANOTHER ADVOCACY THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS FAIR HOUSING. FAIR HOUSING IS A CRITICAL PART OF ACCESS. SO IF SOMEONE FEELS THAT THEY'RE BEING DENIED HOUSING UNFAIRLY, THERE'S A PROCESS. AND WE WANT RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PROTECTION AND A PLACE TO REPORT THOSE CONCERNS. SO THAT'S ALSO WITH OUR, THAT WE HAVE THAT HERE. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, LIKE I SHARED WITH JASMINE AT THE BEGINNING IS THAT IT RUNS THE GAMUT OF WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO NOW IN OUR DEPARTMENT THROUGH HOME, UH, HOUSING AND, AND HOMELESSNESS. NEXT SLIDE. WELL, NO, THIS ONE, I THINK YOU GUYS ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT CAPACITY. THIS IS KIND OF A LITTLE VISUAL OF THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE THE BUDGET NUMBERS 'CAUSE THE BUDGETS, SO WE FINALIZED, BUT THIS IS AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE COULD SERVE, HOW MANY UNITS WE COULD DEVELOP, THINGS LIKE THAT IN OUR PROGRAMS OVER A YEAR. SO THESE ARE LIKE OUR GOALS. AND DOES THAT REQUIRE MORE BUDGET? THIS IS WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. NOW THAT'S, YOU SAID THIS IS, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR. THIS WOULD BE WHAT YOU WOULD SAY, THIS IS OUR GOAL. YES. THERE'S STILL SOME THINGS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING WITH THE HUD FUNDING. AND OF COURSE OUR BUDGET, UM, IS BEYOND THE CITY BUDGET. YES. THAT'S OKAY. YES. OH, WELL THAT'S HOW WE FUND HOME. FAIR. SO [01:25:03] , ANY OF THESE, UH, NEXT STEPS OF THE DATES HERE, WE SHOULD KNOW. I MEAN, FOLKS, SO JUST THE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER PRESENTATION OF OUR NEW POLICY, THAT'S THE GOAL. FALL 2026. SO ANTICIPATE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN NOW AND FALL 2026. AND WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES. YEAH. MARCY, THANK YOU. UH, ANY QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S ALL ALLOWED IN SOME OF YES, THEY ARE. AND I'M SCRATCHING THAT BECAUSE I SEE, UH, SOME HOMELESS OR UNSHELTERED PERSONS WITH THEIR PET AND WONDER IF THEY KNOW THAT THAT MAY BE CALL 3 1 1 SOMEBODY. WE DO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. WE DO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON, UM, THE, UH, SHELTERS THAT HAVE KENNELS. THE BRIDGE IS ONE. THANK YOU. AND DURING INCOMING WEATHER, IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER SOMEONE WHO NEEDS SUPPORT AND THEY ARE AFRAID TO PARK WAYS WITH THEIR ANIMALS, KENNELS ARE OPEN. WE'VE HAD MONKEY SNAKES, RABBITS, , GOAT. BUT I'M NOT, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. A LOT TO COVER THERE. OKAY. CAPTAIN TYSON, YOU'RE UP. UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ANNUAL FUNDING PRIORITIES. DAVID SENT A COPY TO EVERYBODY OF THE INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND, UM, DAVID, DO YOU WANNA TAKE FROM THERE AND TELL US HOW YOU WANT 'EM? SURE, SURE. THANK YOU. WELL, LET'S SEE. UM, WHEN I TOOK ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY, AUSTIN, THE RELUCTANTLY , I UNDERSTAND NOW, AND OF COURSE, UM, I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOU THAT, THAT PARTICIPATED THUS FAR. UH, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THIS, UH, AS IN REVIEWING THE, THE PRIORITIES THAT WE SUBMITTED LAST YEAR, THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES. AND SO FAR IN TERMS OF WHAT I'VE LOOKED AT, UM, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS LAST YEAR AND WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING THAT THIS YEAR UNLESS WE PRIORITIZE WHAT ARE THE HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE COMMISSION. WE KNOW POLITICALLY THAT OUR CITY IS UP AGAINST THE WALL IN A NUMBER OF THINGS. THE MAJOR THING RIGHT NOW, JUST BEING THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE SITTING IN, UM, I'VE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THE, I GUESS THE, UH, UH, ONE IN THE HE HELICOPTER PAD AND THE ISSUES WITH, WITH CITY HALL, UH, AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO HOW FAR ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET THIS UPCOMING YEAR WITH THE PROPOSALS THAT WE PRESENT TO THE CITY AS FAR AS PUT THAT OUT? THIS. SO, SO, 'CAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE IS NECESSARY FOR US, FOR OUR FELLOW SENIORS, BUT WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO IT, AND I'M, I'M, I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SAY IT, BUT I I, WE YOU HAVE TO, AFTER SIX YEARS ON THE RICHARDSON ISD SCHOOL BOARD, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I DID EVERY YEAR, SIX YEARS, UH, BEING ON BEING ON COMMITTEES AND, AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PRIORITIZE THINGS TO KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL AND TO KEEP BUILDINGS OPEN. SO I KNOW WHAT THE BURDEN IS LIKE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS ON WHAT THEY LOOK AT. WHEN I BRIEFLY SPOKE TO MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON, SHE SIMPLY SAID, YOU KNOW, BRING US TO PRIORITIZE. MAKE SURE YOU'RE PRIORITIZING WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. THAT'S BASICALLY WITHOUT SAYING THE ONLY THINGS THAT ARE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS YEAR COMING. SO WHAT, WHAT I ASKED, UH, THE, THE PERSONS WHO VOLUNTEERED GRACIOUSLY TO BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IN LINE WITH, WITH TOMA, UH, IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ONLY TO ME, YOU KNOW, SO THAT INFORMATION CAN BE LOOKED AT. AND THEN I TOOK THAT INFORMATION AND SENT IT TO TABITHA AND THAT GIVES YOU THE RESULTS OF WHAT YOU SEE NOW. AND THIS IS UNEDITED FROM EACH OF THOSE PERSONS THAT CONTRIBUTED. UH, CERTAINLY I WANT TO WANT, WANNA THANK, UH, ROBERT FREEMAN, WHO'S NOT, I KNOW, I KNOW HE WAS NOT GONNA BE HERE TODAY. VERNA MITCHELL, UH, MYSELF, UH, MIKE CONTRIBUTED, CARRIE CONTRIBUTED, AND TABITHA PROVIDED SOME INFO, UH, FROM A PERSPECTIVE FROM FROM THE CITY. SO HERE WE ARE. UM, AND, AND NOW I WOULD JUST SAY, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS NOW SHE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT? AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE [01:30:01] OF PRIORITIZING WHAT IT IS ON THIS, ON, ON, ON THIS. AND THEN WE'LL GET TO, UH, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, IF THAT'S OKAY. UM, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY, UH, NUMBER THREE ON PAGE THREE, DAVID, OF WHAT YOU DID, UM, UH, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. OKAY. I, I JUST SO PARTICULARLY LOVE THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE CAN PLAN AND WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THAT WITH THE HOUSING PROGRAM, WITH THE LIBRARY PROGRAM. WE CAN DO ALL THIS FABULOUS PROGRAMMATIC PLANNING. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW. SO, SO A PRIORITY FOR ME WOULD BE COMMUNICATION. BINGO. THAT'S THE COMMON DENOMINATOR. IF YOU READ EVERY ONE OF THESE, THAT'S THE, WHICH WE CALL THE PEAK OF THE MOUNTAIN IS COMMUNICATIONS. BECAUSE IF WE'RE COMMUNICATED TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE SENIORS, I THINK THAT'S GONNA COVER A LOT OF THIS TOO. RIGHT? AND ITS BUDGETING CAN BE LIMITED BECAUSE I'M WITH DAVID AND WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, THERE'S NOT ANY WATER AT THE, WELL, I MEAN, WE ARE GONNA GET SQUEEZED. MM-HMM . IF THIS CITY'S RESTING WITH THE CITY HALL VERSUS JUST THE BUDGET SHORTFALL THAT'S MOVED AROUND FROM FIVE AND A HALF, WHATEVER. HAS ANYBODY HERE PARTICIPATED IN ANY OF THEIR, UH, DISTRICT BUDGET MEETINGS? YES. RIGHT? SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. OH MY GOD. RIGHT. SO, OKAY. SO ONE OF THE THREE, IF WE'VE PICKED THREE, IT'S JUST A NUMBER. IT'S GOTTA START TO ME COMMENTING ON COMMUNICATION. WE TALK ABOUT AWARENESS THROUGH THIS. EVERYBODY, ALL OF US DID THIS INDEPENDENTLY AND EVERYBODY, IF YOU LAID 'EM ALL OUT, OH YEAH. COMMUNICATIONS OUR PEEPS. DON'T KNOW. THEY JUST DON'T KNOW. THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR THOUGHT THEY'D LIKE TO EXPRESS AT THIS TIME? QUESTION, KAREN. SO CAN WE GET THE COMMENTS FIRST? WELL, THE COMMENT GETS SENT. LEMME GO AGAIN. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WHO'S FIRST? KAREN OR RACITA? SHE WAS. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I VERY MUCH AGREE COMMUNICATIONS, I REALLY DO. UM, AND THIS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE A BUDGET PRIORITY AS IT WOULD BE A COMMENT ABOUT THE BUDGETING, BUT RAISING THESE FEESS, UH, ESPECIALLY FROM, IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WROTE ON HERE? SO, YES, I WROTE IT IN LINE. IT'S IN, YOU COULD POINT IT OUT TO, WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE IT'S PAGE FOUR. PAGE FOUR. PAGE FOUR. OKAY. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, UH, I'M NOT WHERE IT IS IN HERE, BUT IT'S, UM, BUT IT'S IN THE PARAGRAPH, PAGE FIVE, LAST PARAGRAPH ABOVE TEMPLE TABLE. YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW IT AT THE END. OKAY. RAISING THE FEET, PARTICULARLY THE SANITATION AND THE, UH, WATER. NOT SO MUCH THE WATER AS THE SANITATION. AND WHAT ELSE DO THEY PUT IN THERE? UH, THOSE FEES. AND THIS IS A WAY THE CITY GOES ABOUT 900 DEGREES, THE, THE TAX RATE, BUT IT HAS A VERY, UH, STRONG IMPACT ON LOWER INCOME. AND I REMEMBER BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, AS I REFERRED TO, WERE WHO WERE ON SSI AND GOT, YOU KNOW, 350, 400 $50 A MONTH. OKAY. GOING UP $3, $5 DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANYTHING TO YOU. AND INDEED, BUT THAT'S $60 A OVER A YEAR'S TIME, WHICH IF YOU'RE ONLY GETTING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEDICAID IS, SSI NOW, BUT I WOULD EXPECT IT'S $800 OR LESS. AND I, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T EVEN BE LIVING ALONE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY STRESS THAT THESE, THIS STUFF BEING A RESOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE CITY, THEY NEED TO JUST, THOSE FEES ARE OUTRAGEOUS. I LOOK AT MY WATER BILL AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S OVER $50 JUST FOR SANITATION. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON THERE. AND THEN THERE'S MY WATER, WHICH IS NOTHING. SO I PAID THE SAME SANITATION FEE AS THE PEOPLE ON STRAIGHT PLAY. AND THAT'S BY DESIGN. SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US STRONGLY ADVOCATE FOR THAT. I KNOW LAST YEAR PETE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT SENIORS BE GIVEN AN EXEMPTION FOR THOSE FEES. I THINK THE FACT IS JUST DON'T RAISE THEM AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH GETTING SOMEBODY'S EXEMPTION. SURE. OKAY. SO, UM, THIS GOES IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL, THE COMPLETED DOCUMENT. WE'LL GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE THERE WHEN CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES IT AND STAND UP AND SAY, WE ALL THIS NEED TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION. WE'RE NOT BRIEFING CITY COUNCIL. WE'LL JUST SHARE IT. OH, OKAY. [01:35:01] IT JUST, THEY GET HANDED. IT JUST GOT, THEY JUST GET IT HANDED. YEAH. WE DISTRIBUTE IT TO, TO THEM THROUGH ONE OF OUR FORMAL COMMUNICATION MECHANISM. AND THERE'S NO CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. IT'S, IT'S UP TO US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL. NOW YOU ALL ARE OF COURSE, APPOINTED BY YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY I MADE THE COMMENT IN MY STATEMENT THAT MY CITY COUNCIL PERSONALLY HAS ALREADY IN BASICALLY TOLD ME I PRIORITIZE BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY THINGS AND WE NEED TO BE TO JUSTIFY. AND WITH ME, UH, I WAS VERY BREATHING. YEAH. BECAUSE I KNOW OUR MONIES ARE SCARCE. AND SO I HAD TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS THAT I FELT THAT WE COULD DO WITHOUT INCREASING THE , BUT CONTINUE TO DO THOSE PARTICULAR SERVICES. I AGREE WITH KAREN. I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THAT IN THAT, UH, WE DON'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL MONIES TO PAY OUR VISA AT ALL AS . SO I, I REALLY SUPPORT THAT STATEMENT. COMMUNICATION AGAIN, IS KEY. MY, MY, MY PRIORITIZATION, UH, WAS SENT WAS SIMPLIFIED IN SAFETY. SAFETY IS, IS HAS AND ALWAYS WON'T BE A CONCERN FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, BUT SENIORS IN PARTICULAR, AND I'VE DEALT WITH SOME THINGS ON A PERSONAL BASIS WHERE I THOUGHT THAT WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS TALKED ABOUT PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO CALLS THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY PRIORITY TWO CALLS ARE NOT BEING MET IN THE CITY AND THE CITY OF DALLAS. AND, AND IN THE CASE OF, FOR THOSE OF US THAT, THAT ARE SENIORS, WHEN WE MAKE A CALL, WE NEED HELP. OKAY. AND SO HOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY ALONG WITH MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND AND CHIEF RHODES TO MEET ON THIS. AND HE GAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT. THIS MAY BE A BUDGET ITEM OR IT MAY NOT BE A BUDGET ITEM. I, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SAFETY IS PRIORITIZED, UH, AS PART OF OUR PRIORITY. DAVID, ON THAT. SHE'S, OH, OH, I'LL WAIT ON THE SAFETY NOTE. BILLIS LEE, DISTRICT BO I HAVE MANY MEETINGS WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND MY, UH, NAME THE CHIEF CHIEF OR, OR ONE OF THE ASSISTANTS, THE NEW ONE AND THE OLD ONE AND THE OLD ONE BEFORE THAT, ALL OF US THE SAME ABOUT PRIORITIZING. CAUSE NOW WE ARE INCREASING CRIME OR CAR WRECKS AND PEOPLE HAVING FATALITIES. THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THAT FIRST. THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME TO YOU. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR AGE IS JUST TO SAY I HEAR A NOISE. FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE SHORTHANDED. SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A COMMUNITY TO TRY TO SAFEGUARD OUR OWN COMMUNITY. BECAUSE THE POLICE HAVE OFTEN TOLD US THERE ARE CERTAIN CALLS THEY CAN COME AND CERTAIN COLLEGES NOT GONNA COME. SO TO TELL THE POLICE THAT I NEED YOU TO COME JUST BECAUSE I'M OLD AND I HEAR SOMETHING, THEY'RE NOT COMING. SO WE CAN'T GO TO, UH, TO NOBODY AND SAY, I WANT YOU TO COME 'CAUSE I'M OLD. SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT PRIORITY. PRIORITY. PRIORITY TWO IS NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE OLD PRIORITY TOO, IS BECAUSE I'M HEARING YOU SAY YOU OLD. I'M JUST, I DON'T, I'M TALKING ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS. I'M SAYING ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS. NO, BUT MY POINT IS, SENIOR CITIZENS MAKE THE CALL. IT'S THE CALL BECAUSE WE NEED THAT, NEED THAT PARTICULAR SURFACE. SOME, BUT I BUT YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT I'M SAYING. SOME DO AND SOME DON'T. SO WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING IS TRYING TO SEE WHAT'S PRIOR PRIORITY IN THEIR SYSTEM, NOT YOURS. BECAUSE IF I CALL YOU, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, CAN I BE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY? SO I'M JUST SAYING WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S PRIORITY ONE, WHAT'S PRIORITY TWO, AND HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT ON OUR OWNSELVES. GO AHEAD MARY. I WAS TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING RENEE. SO, UM, UM, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, UM, IF, YOU KNOW THERE IS A PIE CHART AND, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS PRESENTED, IF WE, THOSE OF US THAT WENT TO THE, THE, BUT THE TOWN HALLS, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO SEE WHAT, OR CAN WE GET A COPY OF THE CITY PIE CHART OF HOW THEY ARE GOING TO SEGMENT THE BUDGETS THIS YEAR? IT REALLY IS A GREAT PRESENTATION. AND SO AS WE'RE FIGURING OUT PRIORITIES, IT MIGHT BE THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, OUR TO THAT. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO THERE MAY BE SOMETHING INTERESTING. I DON'T KNOW THAT. YEAH, BUT I THINK THAT ACCESS TO WHAT THE PIE CHART OF BUDGETING RIGHT NOW I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. WE CAN SLIP IN A, WELL, THERE IS A, MARILYN, YOU'RE NEXT. YEAH. THIS IS, UH, MORE OF A 9 1 1 FOR, UM, MEDICAL. UH, DALLAS HAS A STATE OF THE ART PROGRAM WHERE YES, SENIORS MAY CALL, BUT IT MAY BE THIS, I CAN'T REACH MY MEDICINE [01:40:01] OR I NEED SOMEONE TO TURN ME. SO THEY HAVE A PROGRAM LINED UP NOW WHERE THEY LOOK AT THOSE CALLS AND THEN THEY, UM, TRY TO GET THOSE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING SET INSTANCE, SOME SENIORS OR PEOPLE CALL 70 TIMES A WEEK JUST MM-HMM . THEY CAN'T REACH THEIR MEDICATION OR THEY NEED TO BE TURNED OR NEED TO BE CHANGED. SO THE CITY HAS A PROGRAM WHERE THEY LOOK AT THOSE AND THEY, UH, GIVE THOSE PEOPLE RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN USE. SO THEY WON'T CALL 9 1 1 1 ALL THE TIME DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T KNOW. SO, UM, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THEM COME TALK TO US BECAUSE THEIR PROGRAM IS A STUDY ART PROGRAM THAT, THAT THAT, UM, THAT DALLAS HAS. RIGHT. NO PROBABILITY WON'T, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT BEFORE THIS IS DUE. YEAH. SO JUST NEED TO KIND OF MOVE, KAREN. WELL, I WAS JUST BACK TO RENEE'S COMMENT. THERE'S A SECTION OF THE POD CHART, RIGHT, UH, CALLED VIBRANT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE AREA WHERE MOST OF OUR I AGREE. ISSUES COME. I JUST THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO SEE YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT WHERE WE FIT OR WHERE OUR PRIORITIES MIGHT FIT IN THAT LARGER PICTURE. I THINK SO HOW ABOUT, IS THAT AVAILABLE TO US? YES. WOULD DO THAT OVER, WOULD THAT BE GREAT? BE GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, FOR THOSE I WAS GONNA SAY THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE SOME OF THE SERVICES OR DON'T TALK ABOUT SAFETY OR WELLNESS, ANY OF THAT, THAT THERE'S USUALLY SOMETHING WITHIN THE CITY THAT'S ADDRESSING THAT. RIGHT. AND SO WE NEED TO CONNECT WITH THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO ABOUT SAFETY IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICER ONCE A WEEK WALKS OUR COMMUNITY TRUE. AND GETS TO KNOW EVERYBODY. AND SO IF I CALL IN BY THEM KNOWING ME, THEY'RE GONNA LISTEN TO ME. DID I SAY, AND SO GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, WAS OUTSIDERS SEEING THAT THAT'S HAPPENING ON A REGULAR BASIS? YEAH. AND SO I I I SAY THAT TO SAY EACH OF US SHOULD KNOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICER. THAT'S TRUE. AND UH, IF IT'S THAT PRECINCT THAT'S, THEY KNOW WHO THERE IS A DIVISION, THERE IS OFFICES IN SOME OF THE DIVISIONS THAT REALLY DIRECTLY, DIRECTLY ENGAGE WITH SENIORS. AND SOME OF YES, THEY DO. THEY DO ALL THE TIME WHERE THEY DO ALL THE, ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE THIS WEEK A COFFEE WITH COPS. RIGHT. UH, JUST SINCE PAUSE THERE, I, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM BOTH INDIVIDUALS DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE. IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS OR WOULD YOU JUST PREFER TO PUT IN WRITING AND GET IT TO ME, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN, WHEN IS OUR DEADLINE? SOUNDS FINE. SO THE END OF MAY, BUT WE WANNA, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, EXCUSE ME, WE WANT TO FINAL APPROVE IT. TAYLOR GATE OFFICER, WE WANNA APPROVE AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS MAY THAT PREPARATION FOR US TO SEND IT THROUGH THE COMMAND, UM, BY THE END OF TIME. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN GET THAT CHART. THAT'D BE, YES. SO, SO WE'LL GET THE PIE CHART. WHAT'S A REASONABLE TIMELINE FOR YOU ALL TO SEND INFORMATION IN WHEN WE GET THE CHART? UH, WHEN, WHEN WE GET THE CHART, , OH, THAT WAS THE QUESTION. NO, NO POINT WILL WE GET, WELL YOU'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED, BUT YOU'LL PICK OUT THE CHART. YOU CAN GO ONLINE. WE GET THAT CHART. THE CHART. SO WE'RE SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET AND THE TRANSPARENCY THAT'S AVAILABLE, UM, ONLINE. WE CAN SEND THAT LINK OVER TODAY. TODAY. THANK YOU. SO, SO IT WAS, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS. MS. LEE, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER A REASONABLE TIMELINE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? BECAUSE WE WANNA HAVE IT SO THAT IT CAN BE PRESENTED IN MAY. CORRECT. OKAY. 10 DATES, BUT I'VE ALREADY GOT, I'M JUST BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, THE MORE TIME YOU HAVE MORE TIME, I'LL LEAVE THAT YOU'RE IN, I'M IN, I MEAN, I WRITTEN MINE, RIGHT? UM, 10, IT LOOKS LIKE I JUST THREW IT ON THE TELEVISION. SO WHAT'S THE END OF THE MONTH? WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT'S THE LAST FRIDAY? APRIL 30TH. A THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH. WELL, WE WANNA HAVE IT BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING. WE KNOW THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE TO HAVE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. OKAY, SO I'M, I I JUST THREW OUT, SHE SAID THE END OF THE, THIS WEEK, I'M SAYING MAYBE WE'LL TAKE IT APRIL TO THE, TO THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH. IS THAT REASONABLE? NO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE IT THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY. NOT THAT FOLLOWING. NO, NOT THAT FOLLOWING. WELL, WE STILL NEED TO HAVE IT IN. WELL PUT THAT. OKAY. THEN [01:45:01] ONCE AGAIN, I MADE A, I'VE HAD A END OF THE WEEK. I SENT THE END OF THE MONTH. ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATION? WHEN IS OUR MAIN MEETING? WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. WHEN IS OUR MAIN MEETING? IT'S THE 18TH. SO WE NEED TO HAVE THIS TO YOU. I WOULD SAY BY THE NINTH MEETING IS 18 OUR MEETING THE THIRD MONDAY IS THE 18TH. AM I CORRECT? THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY I CARRY A PAPER CALENDAR. SO IF, IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION TO ME BY THE 30TH, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TIME. THE 30TH, ALL APRIL WOULD BE WEEK FROM THURSDAY IS THE 30TH. THAT'S PLAN. SO THAT'S FIVE, FOUR DAYS. THREE. OKAY. WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS OVER HERE WHO HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING. I, I I REALLY WOULD LIKE, I'M JUST LISTENING. SOUND LIKE Y'ALL DOING THE SAME STUFF AND IT LOOK LIKE IT'S ALREADY BEEN PLANTED. WELL, I LIKE THE COMMUNICATION. I UNDERSTAND. SO WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? WHY WE STILL WELL, YOU MAY HAVE NOTHING TO DO THAT YOU'RE, YOU'VE SAID IT. I'M OKAY. WELL, I DID SAY, HE SAID HE DIDN'T HEAR FROM US, SO HE'S ASKING NOW FOR GENERAL IT IS BECAUSE THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE CHAIRPERSON ASKED THAT EVERYONE SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING MAYBE DIFFERENT TO, AND THE COMMITTEE STEPPED OUT AND DID THIS. AND IF I'M, I'M NOT TO SPECULATE. LISA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OUT THERE? AND I, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO GUESS. YOU DID SUBMIT SOME, I'M SORRY. SO IF IT SOUND GOOD TO ME, OKAY, YOU'RE OUT. IF YOU ALL SAYING, IF YOU SAY HOW COMMITTEE, IF YOU ALL ARE SAYING WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS PROVIDED, SO ALONG WITH THE INFORMATION FROM 2025, WE NEED TO KIND OF MERGE THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS CONFIRM? YES. OKAY. AND IF I KIND OF WRAP COMMUNICATIONS AND FEES AND SAFETY, ARE WE GONNA WAIT? YOU MAY HAVE MORE IDEAS WHEN WE GET OUR TRANSPARENCY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD RIGHT THERE. AND WE'LL GET THE INFORMATION TO KIND OF HELP. I, I, I GUESS WE JUSTIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, BASED UPON THE PIE CHART DATA THAT WE GET. ALRIGHT, SO THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE. YOUR SHAKING YOUR HEAD. I'M SAYING POSITIVE. OH NO, I, I WAS, OH, I'M SORRY KAREN. I'M SORRY. YOU POINT ME THE PIE CHART DATA THAT APPARENTLY THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT PIE CHART DATA THAT CAN HELP US WITH JUSTIFICATION. WELL, I THINK, I THINK WE JUST FIT THAT. THE PIE CHART I'M THINKING OF IS VERY PLAIN AND SIMPLE AND WE FIT IN THE VIBRANT SECTION OF THAT PIE CHART. THEY GOT VIBRANT, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY COME UP WITH THIS STUFF, BUT WE'RE VIBRANT. THAT IS THAT BASED ON IS VIBRANT, CONSIDERED PRIORITIZATION, PRIORITIZING THE SECTION OF THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET, THAT MUCH QUALITY OF LIFE IS ALL THIS PUBLIC SAFETY IN SANITATION WAS TALKING ABOUT GOING IN VIDEO. APRIL 30TH GIVES US ALMOST TWO WEEKS. I KNOW. NINE DAYS. ALRIGHT, SO YOU GOT THAT DOWN THE MINUTES THERE, MR. RODRIGUEZ. APRIL THE 30TH, WE EXPECT YOU TO CALL EVERYBODY AND SLAP THEIR HAND. SURE. OKAY. UM, ONE OTHER THING, AND I DIDN'T BRING THE QUOTE, BUT I KNOW WE PUT IN HERE ABOUT SOCIAL ISOLATION. SOMEONE DID. THAT IS GETTING ME VERY CRITICAL. I HAVE SEEN TWO ARTICLES JUST IN THE LAST, WELL, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING THAT HEALTH SAFETY AND ALL THAT. BUT SOCIAL IS JUST CRUSHING, IT LITERALLY KILLS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE JUST LITERAL, THEY SEE NOWHERE OUT OR WHATEVER. SO YEAH, I KNOW HOW WE ATTACK THAT INCREASE. , BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID, COMMUNICATION. I MEAN, IF THERE'S SOME WAY THERE PE YEAH, SORRY. I THINK, I THINK THIS JUST COMES BACK TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. AND THAT IS WE'VE GOTTA KEEP OUR FUNDING FOR OUR OUR AGE FRIENDLY OFFICER. WE'VE GOT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CARE. WE'VE GOTTA HOLD ONTO, TO ME THAT'S WHAT I'S GREAT POINT. AND WE'VE GOTTA HOLD ONTO TO THE LIBRARIES AND THE, AND THE PARK DEPARTMENT. AND I APPRECIATE HAVING THE LIBRARY HERE THAT WE GET STRESS AND WE STRESS AND STRESS COMMUNICATION. THEY NEED TO GET MORE, I MEAN, 15, I WAS LIKE YOU 15, YOU KNOW, ON THE INTERNET AND BELLS. BUT I MEAN, I'VE GOT BIGGER GROUP THAN THAT. JUST, YOU KNOW, GOTTA DO IT ON THIS. BUT WHO WROTE THE BILLBOARD SUGGESTION? THAT WAS THAT YOU MIGHT, I LOVE THAT. WELL, I'VE GOT AN IN ON ONE PERSON THAT OWE ME FAVOR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. BUT WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING I, I HAVE PICTURE BILLBOARD THAT SAYS, ARE YOU OVER THE AGE OF DISTRICT? MOST, I MEAN, [01:50:01] TALK ABOUT REACHING PEOPLE LOVE THAT MIKE. LOVE THAT. THE THREE, UH, THE THREE DISTRICTS THAT ARE THE WORST, YOU KNOW, THEY COME UP DARK, YOU KNOW, RED OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. AND IF THEY WOULD JUST LET US HAVE JUST A MONTH MM-HMM . JUST STICK IT AWAY. I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT SOME HORRIBLE LOCATIONS THAT THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA FILL 'EM UP EVERY MONTH. I MEAN, COME ON, IT'S ADVERTISING. SO THEY'RE GONNA TURN, IF THEY'LL JUST GIVE THAT TO US. AND THAT'S WHY I PUT THIS OVER 60 NEED HELP HAVE QUESTIONS, SEE WHAT THE CITY CAN DO, OR ASK THE CITY HOW IT CAN HELP. AND YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. WHEN YOU PUT OUT THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS, WHO WILL CALL UP AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU HELP ME? HERE'S MY PROBLEM. NOW, I HEARD THERE WAS 200 CALLS LAST MONTH, WASN'T IT? THAT'S 10 A DAY, ISN'T IT? I MEAN NOW IS THAT THE REPORT LAST MONTH? HOW MANY CALLS YOU HAD? THOSE ARE DISCRETE NEW CALLS THAT YEAH, I MEAN I CAN COME AND SPEAK TO ON. OH, OKAY. WELL WHEN YOU, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE YOUR REPORT HERE IN A MINUTE. YOU'RE NEXT. OKAY. ANYWAY, I WAS JUST THINKING THE MORE WE COULD GET PEOPLE, AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GOT THIS MAGNET, BUT I USE THIS ALL THE TIME AND I MADE SOME PAPER COPIES OF IT AND LOOKED AT, LOOKED AT MY REC CENTER. BUT WE NEED THIS TO BE MODERNIZED. THIS THE OLD OFFICE NAME AND THE OLD, UH, DEPARTMENT. BUT YOU'D BE AMAZED HOW THEY'VE GOT A REFRIGERATOR. MIKE BOY SLAPPED THAT UP THERE AND YOU JUST, ANYWAY, I ANNOUNCED IT MY HOA THAT THERE'S A SENIOR BLUE BOOK. RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE, AND, AND THANK YOU. I WENT AND PICKED THEM UP. AND NOW EVEN THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, I HAD A REQUEST FROM ONE OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE. CAN YOU PLEASE GET ME A COPY OF THAT? AND SO JUST TO TELL YOU HOW PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, THERE'S IT FROM DEBBIE AUSTIN. DEBBIE HAVE ALL THE, SHE I HAVE A CASE CASES IN THE CAR AND I DO, I HAVE, I HAVE TWO CASES, TOOK SOME DOWN DISTRIBUTE MONEY. COMMISSIONER, UH, TYSON. YES. IN THAT BUDGET. WOULD THIS BE, UH, A HABIT ALREADY BEEN SAID TO KEEP THE PARTS AND RECS, UM, ASAP PROGRAM AGENT SENIORS ACTIVE PROGRAM IN THE, IN THE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR? NO, BUT WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT NOW, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TO PRIORITIZE. OH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT PROGRAM. YES. NO, THAT'S OKAY. AND I SENT IT TO YOU. I HAVE IT. OH, YOU ALREADY SENT IT. I'M TO CHART BECAUSE THAT AND SEE WHERE IT IS FROM AND IT'S IN THE SECTION. YEAH. AND I'VE BEEN TOLD BY TWO MANAGER SAID, OH, YOU QUIT THAT PROGRAM, HALF OF YOUR FEET WON'T SHOW UP. I I, THE ONE TIME I GOT CALLS FROM MY COMMUNITY WAS IN THE YOGA CHAIR. YOGA. RIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE CONTRACT DIDN'T GET RID, YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITY THEY ASKED ON SANITATION ISSUES. OH MY GOD. EVERY HAND WENT UP. JESSICA WAS THERE AND THEY SAID, WHAT WERE PRIORITIES FOR NINE MABA THAT YOU KEEP YOUR TRASH IN THE ALLEY AND THEN RATHER THAN FRONT RIGHT. RATHER THAN IN FRONT. THAT WAS AMAZING WHAT PEOPLE DOING ABOUT. RIGHT. BUT IT IS A SENIOR ISSUE. YOUR DISTRICT, I'M SURE THAT IS ISSUE. YOU TURN THAT OVER TO YOU. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DAVID. THANK YOU DAVID. THANK YOU ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND THOSE WHO MAY. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT DEAL. THAT'S OUR LAST ON THE AGENDA IS STAFF BRIEFING AND REWARDING COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR NORMAN, SUPERVISOR COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES WITH THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. I KNOW WE'RE EXTENDED MEETING, WE ALREADY HAVE TWO HOUR MARKS, SO I'M GONNA KEEP THIS SOMEWHAT BRIEF, BUT I DID WANNA TALK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY AFTER THINGS THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP IN TODAY'S MEETING, ALSO KIND OF RESPOND TO THOSE. UM, BUT FIRST, UM, AS YOU'VE RECEIVED THE REPORT FOR THE MONTH, WE'VE HAD, UM, WE'VE HAD GREAT EVENTS AND WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH, HAD REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE AT SOME OF OUR EVENTS. UH, PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK EVENT AT THE DALLAS COLLEGE WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. UH, WE HAD A LOWER REGISTRATION, BUT WE ENDED UP HAVING OVER 107 PEOPLE IN PENN. UH, A LOT OF HISPANIC AND LATINO SPEAKING. UH, SO WE, UH, IT WAS JUST A OVERALL WELL RECEIVED TON OF GOOD FEEDBACK. SAME. WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED THE, UH, ESTATE PLANNINGS FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL. WE'VE HAD TWO EVENTS SO FAR. WE HAVE THREE MORE TO COME. UM, AND WE'VE GOT A POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON ALL THOSE EVENTS AS WELL. UH, WE HAVE OLDER AMERICANS MONTH EVENTS. SO OUR [01:55:01] CITY LED EVENT IS GONNA BE AT THE BILL. JAY FREE INSTITUTE IS FOCUSING ON EMPLOYMENT, REENTERING AFTER RETIREMENT, VOLUNTEERING, BEING ACTIVE, UH, DISCUSSING ON ALL THOSE RESOURCES, WHAT OPTIONS ARE. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TECH AND AI AS WELL. WE'RE GONNA HAVE GREAT PARTNERS PROVIDING SOME WORKSHOPS. UM, AND THEN, UM, OF COURSE DART'S OLDER AMERICANS MONTH EVENT IS COMING LATER IN THE MONTH. UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, SAFETY AND DALLAS POLICE. SO I BELIEVE WE ALREADY SENT OUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY SYMPOSIUM EVENT THAT'S COMING UP ON MAY 9TH, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT'S BEING RAISED HERE TODAY. AND, UM, SENIOR SOURCE, UM, CAREGIVER, UH, CARING TOGETHER FAMILY CAREGIVER CONFERENCE IS GOING TO BE AT THE CONCORD CHURCH APRIL 25TH. THAT HAD, UH, THAT WAS NOT ON THIS LIST, BUT WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT'S SHARED WITH EVERYBODY. THAT IS FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM OKAY. AND AGAIN, ANYTIME YOU COME ACROSS AN EVENT OR A PARTNER THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO COME AND SPEAK TO, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO MEET NEW PEOPLE. UM, AND THEN BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY TYPE OF PRESENTATIONS OR CONNECTING AND, AND MAKING SURE WE CAN BRING SOME, UM, INFORMATION, RESOURCES TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL. UM, THEN I WANTED TO KIND OF NOTIFY, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR NUMBERS. UM, WE HAVE HAD A INCREASE OF CALLS OVER THE PAST SIX, SEVEN MONTHS NOW. AND BY THIS TIME OUR ANNUAL NUMBERS ARE, UM, 350 MORE THAN LAST YEAR. SO THAT DOES SHOW THAT WE BEING ABLE TO REACH NEW PEOPLE NOW THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE, BUT THAT IS STILL WITHIN THE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HANDLE WITH THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE. SO AGAIN, OUR CALLS AS WE GET A CALL, IT'S A CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION WITH EACH CALLER THAT WE HAVE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FIVE MINUTE HERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU TO FOLLOW UP WITH. WE KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON, UM, WHAT, WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU ALREADY HAVE AND WHAT CAN WE, WHERE CAN WE MATCH? WHAT IS THE BEST PLACE FOR YOU TO GET THAT RESOURCE? AND THEN MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHO'S OFFERING WHAT AT ANY TIME. AND, UH, LIKE DR. MARC JACKSON MENTIONED COLLABORATION. SO, UM, WE DON'T OFFER THE TYPE OF DIRECT SERVICE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN OLDER ADULT. WE, WE OPPORTUNITY, WE DON'T DO HOME VISITS, BUT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM THROUGH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE. UH, WHERE IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY 9 1 1 TOUCH CALL, BUT WE NEED SOMEBODY TO GO AND CHECK ON SOMEBODY WITHIN A MATTER OF 30 MINUTES, WE CAN CONNECT WITH OUR TEAMS AND HAVE SOMEBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONTACT THIS OLDER ADULT. WE'VE HAD, UH, CASES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A PERSON CALL, THEY WERE HOMELESS. UH, THEY WERE WANTING TO GET CONNECTED WITH THE SHELTER. SO AS WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH AGAIN, WITHIN A MATTER OF, UH, 30 MINUTES OR SO, WE HAD AN OUTREACH WORKER MEETING WITH THEM WHERE THEY WERE AND BEING ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO THE FIRST TERMS. SO OUR TEAM, WE DON'T OFFER EMERGENCY SERVICES. WE'RE ONLY OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FIVE. BUT WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONNECT THOSE PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT TEAMS. OKAY. SO THOSE WERE, LET ME TAKE MY CHEAT SHEETS. YES, THOSE WERE KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I WANTED TO JUST MENTION TODAY AFTER THE . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DO WANNA SAY THAT WILL, THANK YOU. HAD AT, UH, SOME HARRY STONE, THE INFORMATION. I CAME IN LATE, BUT THE INFORMATION WAS OUTSTANDING THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. SO THANK YOU. AND GREAT ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY GOOD. WELL, I WANNA SAY THE ONE YOU HAD AT DALLAS WEST INFORMATION WAS GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE WAS HERE AT DISTRICT, VERY GOOD. BIG TURNER AND DISTRICT EXCUSE. I THINK YOU AND I HAD BOTH COUNSEL FOR PEOPLE 10TH AS WELL. WOW. THAT, THAT I FLEW TO THAT. SHE DID THAT. 10TH. THAT'S A, THAT'S A COOK. ALRIGHT, OUR LAST, UH, OH, I'M REAL QUICK. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, WEEK EVENTS. UM, AND JUST THANK YOU ALL THAT CAME OUT BEING, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE DIFFERENT, UM, DISTRICTS THAT ALSO CAME TO SUPPORT. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, WHEN YOU ALL ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND YOU ALL ARE ADVOCATING AND SUPPORTING [02:00:01] AND SHARING INFORMATION, IT REALLY DOES HELP US AS STAFF. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING TOGETHER, UM, FOR THAT EVENT. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE THE ESTATE PLANNING EVENT AS WELL. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, FOR WE HAVE YOU ALL RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO ATTEND TARA'S MOTHER'S DAY LUNCHEON? IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY EMAILED, UM, MS. BROWN, PLEASE DO SO, MS. SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS SEAT THAT WANTS TO ATTEND FOR THE LADIES. JUST A REMINDER. I HAVEN'T EITHER. JUST A REMINDER. JUST A REMINDER. SO, THANK YOU LOT. THANK YOU. WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER TAB. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, ANYTHING HOT BOTHERED AT YOUR, UH, IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS OR REPORT OR, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING HOT BOTHERED ON 23RD AT, UH, THURGOOD MARSHALL. THERE'S A SENIOR SESSION ON VOTING AND IMPORTANCE OF, UH, SENIORS FROM HOME. OKAY. AND SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, UH, I THINK I'VE SENT THE, UH, DID I SEND IT TO YOU? OKAY. I'LL SEND THE FLYER TO SEND IT OUT SO THAT THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED CAN REGISTER AND WILL BE SERVED. ADVOCACY. I MAY BE ABLE TO REGISTER. I'VE EXPIRED YOUR DISTRICT. NO, IT'S NOT EXPIRED. IN MY DISTRICT FOUR ON SATURDAY. UH, THE COUNCILPERSON FOR DISTRICT FOUR GAVE OUT TREES AND WATER HOLES AND, AND HE DID THAT ON SATURDAY. NICE. I JUST WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT ON THE MAY 5TH, UH, AL PARK, WE'RE HAVING CIN DE MAYO FOR SENIOR. SO, OKAY. I, I'VE GOT SOME COMPANY THAT IS GONNA GIVE COWBOY TICKETS. I DON'T HAVE FOOD AND I'M SERIOUS. AND THIS WAS LIKE, WHOA. I THINK THIS IS ONE THING I WAS ASKING CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASKED FOR. I SAID, SON IS NOT KNOCKED DOWN. IT'S NOT TORN DOWN YET BECAUSE IT, I HEARD THEY . NO, IT'S NOT TORN DOWN YET. IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE THERE. I THINK IT'S A, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA START. OH, I'M COMING. IT'S NOT GONNA BE TORN DOWN FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. SO, UH, MAYFIELD. MAYFIELD. YEAH. YEAH. SIT. MAY I KNOW A LITTLE LADY RUNS PROGRAM. OKAY. OH, IT'S FROM 10 TO TWO O'CLOCK AND LUNCH IS AT ONE. BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE DANCERS AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO HELP. THEY TEAR OUR SEAT THAT THE MEXICAN DINGO, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? NEVERMIND . REAL PROUD OF THE WOMAN THAT'S GONNA SAY NO. LISA, DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVOR? FOUR D NINE? NO. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MOVE. MOTION. ADJOURN THE MEETING. AND WHO SECONDED? SECOND. THANK YOU. YOUR ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.