[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on June 18, 2026.]
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UM, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT, PRO VAIN OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE PARK BOARD.
WE'LL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY IN THE MEETING.
UH, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS PAULA MITTEN.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
MY NAME IS PAULA MILTENBERGER AND I'M HERE WITH WHITE ROCK ACCOUNTABILITY, A GROUP OF CITIZENS SPEAKING ABOUT THE WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE AND THE CITY HOUSE ARE PLANNED AT WHITE ROCK LAKE.
WE WANNA, WE WANNA START WITH WHAT THIS BOARD CAN DO, BECAUSE THIS IS WITHIN YOUR ABORTION.
THE CITY CHARTER GIVES YOU ULTIMATE JURISDICTION OVER THE CITY'S PUBLIC PARKS.
THIS BOATHOUSE SITS ON PARK LANE, SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE BY ITS OWN RECITAL WAS ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY, ACTING THROUGH THIS VERY WAR.
YOUR PARK DIRECTOR IS NAMED THROUGHOUT AS THE OFFICIAL WHO RECEIVES THE FINANCIAL REPORTS, APPROVES THE RATES AND OPERATING HOURS, AND APPROVES THE RULES OF THAT ACCESS.
THIS IS AN A A QUESTION OF WHETHER YOU CAN ADD, IT'S A MATTER OF WHETHER YOU'RE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO MANAGE PUBLIC LAND THROUGH EMAILS AND MEETINGS.
WE KEEP BEING TOLD THE CITY HAS NO ROLE TO GO COURT HERE, BUT THE CONTRACT SAYS THE OPPOSITE.
THIS AGREEMENT WAS EXECUTED BY THE CITY THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION AUTHORIZING IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PARK DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
THE DEPARTMENT NOW TELLING US IT CAN'T ENFORCE THIS CONTRACT.
IT'S THE SAME DEPARTMENT THAT HELPED PUT IT INTO PLACE.
THE CITY DIDN'T JUST HAVE A ROLE.
THE CONTRACT GAVE THE CITY THE LAW.
HERE IS WHAT THE CITY'S OWN RECORDS SHOW.
THE CONTRACT ALREADY REQUIRES THE BOATHOUSE TO PROVIDE AUDITED GEAR AND FINANCIALS, OR AN INDEPENDENT CPA EXAMINATION LEVEL ADAPTATION REPORT TO THE PARK DIRECTOR.
THE PARK DIRECTOR DOES NOT NEED A NEW GRANT OF AUTHORITY TO ASK FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THAT REQUIREMENT, THAT SECTION 8.15.
THE CITY'S RECORDS SHOWED THREE YEARS OF SUBMISSIONS THAT DID NOT MEET THAT STANDARD.
THE CITY EVEN TOLD THE OPERATOR CPA, THE EXACT WORDING THAT AT ATTESTATION NEEDED TO CONTAIN.
YET IN THESE SAME RECORDS, THE WORD DEFAULT IS USED FOR MATTERS AS SMALL AS INSURANCE LAPSES.
WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO EXPLAIN WHY THE SAME ATTENTION HAS NOT BEEN APPLIED TO A MULTI-YEAR FAILURE WITHIN THE CENTRAL FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO TAKE ANYTHING.
WE WANT A PUBLIC AS ASSET RUN IN THE OPEN FOR THE PEOPLE IT WAS BUILT TO SERVE.
THERE'S PENDING LITIGATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE OPERATOR.
NOT A REASON TO WAIT A LAWSUIT ON ONE MATTER DOES NOT SUSPEND THIS BOARD'S DUTIES UNDER THE REST OF THE CONTRACT.
FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE AND ACCESS OVERSIGHT ARE SEPARATE OBLIGATIONS, AND WE ARE ASKING THAT THEY NO LONGER BE DEFLECTED ON THE GROUNDS IF THERE'S A LAWSUIT.
OUR ASK FOR SPECIFIC FIRST, WE DIRECT STAFF TO GIVE THIS BOARD A WRITTEN COMPLIANCE REPORT.
DOES THE OPERATOR'S FINANCIAL REPORTING MEET THE SECTION 8.15 STANDARD YES OR NO? FOR EACH YEAR SINCE 2022.
PUBLIC ACCESS REQUIRE PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOU'RE THE BODY THAT THE CHARTER TARGETS WITH THIS, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO USE IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AUSTIN BROOKS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DALLAS UNITED CREW.
THIS ISN'T, UH, COMPLICATED AND IT DOESN'T, IT'S JUST BEEN MADE TO SEEM THAT WAY.
THE SITUATION EARLIER THIS YEAR IS I TRIED TO RENT SINGLE BOAT STORAGE SPACE AT THE WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE AND PAY THE STANDARD FEES POSTED ON THE WHITE ROCK ROWING WEBSITE.
THE WRITTEN REASON WAS MY AFFILIATION WITH DALLAS UNITED CREW.
THE FACILITY ALREADY HOUSES THREE OTHER TENANT ROWING PROGRAMS, SMU, JESUIT AND URSULINE.
I ASKED THE CITY DIRECTLY WHAT DISTINGUISHES THESE THREE PROGRAMS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL AFFILIATED WITH ANOTHER ROWING CLUB OR NONPROFIT.
I DID NOT RECEIVE A SUBSEQUENT ANSWER.
I WANT TO BE SPECIFIC TO WHO THOSE AFFECT.
I PAY TAXES THAT SUPPORT THE LAKE THAT SUPPORT THIS BOARD AND THE WRITTEN REASON I WAS DENIED ACCESS.
QUOTING THE OPERATOR'S OWN CODE OF CONDUCT.
ANYONE EMPLOYED BY VOLUNTEERING AS A COACH OR MENTOR FOR ANOTHER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ADULT ROARING PROGRAM IN THE DALLAS AREA WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS OR CLUB MEMBERSHIP DUE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT IT POSES TO THE CLUB.
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MY EMPLOYER IS DALLAS UNIT AC CREW.THAT IS AN ENTITY, UH, BASED ON MY EXCLUSION, NOT CONDUCT, NOT SAFETY.
THE WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE AGREEMENT STATES THAT FACILITY IS OPERATED AND USED THE ENJOYMENT AND QUOTING ALL SEGMENTS OF THE DALLAS COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GROWING.
I ASKED THE CITY HOW A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION, INTERNAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY CAN OVERRIDE THE PUBLIC PURPOSE CLAUSE THAT RESIDES IN THE CONTRACT.
THE WRITTEN RESPONSE I RECEIVED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE CITY WILL NOT INTERVENE IN ISSUES THAT IS NOT CONTRACTUALLY ENFORCEABLE IN THE AGREEMENT OF THE WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE.
THE ALL SEGMENTS LANGUAGE IN THIS CONTRACT SHOULD APPLY TO EVERYONE IN DALLAS AND BE EX INCLUSIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT'S LEGALLY, LEGALLY NOT TECHNICALITY THE PUBLIC ASSET OPERATORS WITHOUT A PUBLIC PURPOSE CLAUSE THAT'S JUSTIFIED IN PUTTING PUBLIC LAND FIRST.
I RELOCATED MY FAMILY HERE TO DALLAS.
I SERVE AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE US ROWING OUR NGB OPERATOR.
AND I CAME HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR KIDS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOUTH DALLAS FOR NOW, ONGOING FOUR YEARS, AND ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL KIDS IN MY HEART THAT CAME FROM OUR ON-CAMPUS ROWING PROGRAM AT ST.
PHILLIPS COMPETED OUR WAY ONTO THE INCLUSIVE ROWING PROGRAM, WENT ON TO THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFIED AND PLACED FIFTH IN THE NATION LAST WEEKEND.
I LIVED THAT STORY AND DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC FACILITY.
I, THE REASON I SIT HERE IS I'M FIGHTING FOR HER.
I FIGHT FOR HER NEXT OPPORTUNITY THAT SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ROW WHEN SHE'S AN ADULT HERE IN DALLAS AND DID NOT HAVE ACCESS BECAUSE SHE'S A PART OF A DIFFERENT CLUB.
SO MY ASK, I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING EXTRAORDINARY.
I'M ASKING AS A RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT, I'M ASKING AS A PERSON BASED ASSETS.
MADAM SECRETARY, CAN WE HAVE YOU SLOW FINISH THIS STATEMENT, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
I ASK THIS BOARD, TAKE A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT THIS CONTRACT AND WHO IT SERVES AND WHO THE PEOPLE ARE IN THIS DISTRICT AND REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BOARD ALL SEGMENTS OF DALLAS AND SEE HOW YOU AS A BOARD WANNA APPLY THAT MOVING FORWARD.
WITH THAT, WE MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF A MINUTES OF JUNE 4TH, 2026.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? IS MAN SECONDED BY MR. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY, AYE.
REMOVE CONSENT AGENT ON 1, 2, 4.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I NEED A MOTION MR. WARD.
SECOND BY MR. KMI, ANY DISCUSSION PLEASE WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I OH, SORRY.
ARE WE GONNA GET DETAILED ON PLEASE? IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN REQUEST THAT.
TALKING ABOUT WHAT? OKAY, SO, UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS THE REQUEST OR MAKE A REQUEST? YES, SIR.
MR. I HEARD ALSO SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT WHITE ROCK, THAT IT WAS ONLY OPEN TO MEMBERS WHO, WHO PAID DUES TO SOME WHITE ROCK ORGANIZATION.
I THOUGHT THAT WHITE ROCK ROWING CLUB WAS OPEN TO EVERY MEMBER OF ENGLAND TO THE CITY.
SO WE CAN'T DISCUSS THAT ITEM, BUT THE ONE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, THE WHITE ROCK LAKE KAYAK RENTAL, NOT THE WHITE ROCK LAKE.
SO TH UH, THIS IS, UH, WHAT WAS BROUGHT WAS A DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN THIS BOATHOUSE, BUT IF YOU WANT, WE CAN PULL IT OUT.
SO WHO IS THE KAYAK RENTAL OPEN TO? YEAH, SO THE KAYAK RENTALS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IT IS A PUBLIC, ANYONE CAN, ANYBODY CAN COME AND RENT.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A, IT'S A CONCESSION THERE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING CONCESSIONARIES OUT THERE FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 20 YEARS AND, UH, IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY THE LAST CONCESSION THERE DID NOT, UH, WEREN'T ABLE TO OPERATE.
WE HAD TO CANCEL THAT CONTRACT.
AND SO NOW WE PUT OUT A NEW CONTRACT.
IS THIS A DIFFERENT FUNCTION THAN THE
I JUST WANNA GO OVER LIKE, JUST SAY THAT NUMBER ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, WHICH WE APPROVED DURING PLANNING AND DESIGN.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REQUESTED AND WE AGREED AS A, AS A COMMITTEE, IS THAT MOVING FORWARD, UM, WE COME BACK FROM IN AUGUST OR SOME TIME WHEN WE COME BACK TO HAVE A BRIEFING ON GRANTS.
UM, AND THAT HOW THE GRANT PROCESS HAPPENS.
AND SO WE DISCUSS THAT WITH, UM, WITH MR. LU.
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FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE BOARD AND THE ONES WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, JUST HOW THAT HAPPENS AND, AND HOW THAT'S OBTAINED.AND THAT WHEN IT SAYS THERE'S NOT A A, A CONSIDERATION OF TO THE CITY AT THIS MOMENT, IT IS LATER ON AN ITEM THAT WILL BE FUNDING FROM THE CITY FOR US TO VOTE ON.
SO WE JUST WANNA KIND OF HAVE ALL THOSE PRAGMATIC PRAGMATICS, UH, UNDERSTOOD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT MS. MANELL, WOULD YOU LIKE THAT FOR COMMITTEE OR FOR THE FULL BOARD ON AUGUST 6TH? UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE'LL PLAN FOR THE COMMITTEE IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS NUMBER FIVE, UH, MARKET GROUP KINSON, MARKET GROUP NAMING RIGHTS.
DO I HAVE MORE MR. WOODS? UH, SECONDED BY MR. WATER.
ANY DISCUSSION PLEASE? THAT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND NOW WE ARE MOVING TO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, AMENDMENT OF RICHARDSON.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. GRADY? DO I HAVE A SECOND? UM, SO WORK.
ANY DISCUSSION PLEASE WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, JOHN JOHNSON, UH, RESPONSE STRATEGY.
MR. JOHNSON, YOU DIDN'T THINK IT COME THIS WAY, HUH? GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT ARGO MEMBERS CLARK BOARD, UM, DIVE FOR YOU.
TODAY IS A BRIEFING ON AN EMERGING TREND THAT'S TAKING PLACE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE IS TEAM POPUPS, UM, THAT TAKE PLACE IN PARK IN THE GREEN SPACE.
AND SO, UH, MR. GIBB MONDAY, OUR PARK, UH, SUPERINTENDENT WHO OVERSEES PARK SAFETY AND SECURITY AND OUR RESERVATIONS, UH, HIM AND HIS TEAM HAS HAVE DEVELOPED A PROCESS TO BE PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTABLE.
HOW WE ADDRESS THESE POTENTIAL, UH, SITUATIONS TAKE PLACE IN OUR PARKS TO TURN OVER MR. MONDAY TO, UH, GIVE A BRIEFING OVER, UH, OUR CURRENT STRATEGIES AND WHAT WE LOOK DO TO PREVENT, UH, GOING FORWARD.
MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING, UH, AS MR. JOHNSON HAS ALLUDED TO.
SO, OUR PRESENTATION OVERVIEW THIS MORNING WILL, LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND HISTORY, UH, PURPOSE RESPONSE STRATEGY, AND KEY NEXT STEPS.
SO, NATIONALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CITIES ARE SEEING GROWING TRENDS OF PUBLIC GREEN SPACE TAKEOVERS, UH, INCLUDING MALLS, PARKS, AND JUST OPEN SPACES.
UH, THIS TREND IS EMERGING AND IT IS CAUSING A STRAIN ON PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES IN EVERY CITY THAT IS HAPPENING IN HERE.
MORE MYOPICALLY, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE'VE HAD A FEW OCCURRENCES OF THESE SITUATIONS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR PARTS.
AND TODAY OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE AND TO SHOW YOU WHAT OUR STRATEGY IS WORKING PROACTIVELY, UM, TO INTERVENE WHEN THESE INSTANCES HAPPENING SO THAT IT DOESN'T CAUSE STRAIN ON OUR MUCH NEEDED PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO, AGAIN, OUR PURPOSE IS TO OUTLINE OUR OPERATIONAL STRATEGY FOR MANAGING UNAUTHORIZED AND NON-GREEN SPACE USE, UH, WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
SO ALL OF THESE ARE TEARED UP AND ALIGNED WITH OUR THREE PRONGED APPROACH WITH OUR PHASE ONE IS OUR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND VERIFICATION.
SO PRIOR TO US DEPLOYING ANY STAFF OUT TO ANY LOCATION, ONE OF THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO KNOW AND MAKE SURE OF THAT WE HAVE OUR PRO OUR RESERVATION DATA.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THAT RESERVATION DATA AS ALREADY BEING SHARED WITH OUR PARK RANGERS, BUT ALSO OUR MARSHALLS, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE FUSION CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMAND CENTRAL UNIT.
THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ALL OF OUR PARKS THAT HAVE CAMERAS ARE CLOSELY MONITORED, INCLUDING OUR MOBILE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ARE MONITORED THROUGH THE DPDS FUSION CENTER.
PHASE TWO OF THIS APPROACH IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO OR WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS TO BUILD A ROBUST, UH, PSA CAMPAIGN SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE THE PUBLIC MORE PROACTIVELY BEFORE
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SOME OF THESE OCCURRENCES ARE HAPPENING.SO, UH, MASS MAC TEAM, THEY'RE DEPLOYING AND MAKING TAILOR, TAILOR-MADE PSAS TO NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING IPO PARKS WITH A MESSAGE EMPHASIZING SAFETY AND PROPER RESERVATION PROTOCOLS.
SO WE PLAN TO LAUNCH THESE PSAS THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, INCLUDING NEXT DOOR THAT ARE ADJACENT TO PARKS WHERE NEIGHBORS ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED ON THAT APP.
ALSO, WE PLAN TO SCHEDULE THESE PSAS MIDWEEK PRIOR TO HIGH VOLUME WEEKENDS TO PROCEED SOME OF OUR PEAK SEASON GREEN SPACE USE PERIODS.
SO AFTER WE BUILT THIS PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, AND WE KNOW THAT EVENTS ARE RECEIVING PROPER INTELLIGENCE, UH, FROM RESIDENTS FROM DPD SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR MARSHALS ARE JUST COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED, ARE ON PERMITTED BASED ON THEIR CASE.
WHEN THIS INTELLIGENCE SHOWS TO BE PROVEN THAT A FLYER HAS DEVELOPED, UH, THAT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA THING, MESSAGINGS THAT ARE GAINING TRACTION, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAND THAT INFORMATION OFF TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SO THEY THEY CAN DO THEIR PROPER DUE DILIGENCE AND RESEARCH TO SEE IF THIS INFORMATION IS ONE FACTUAL, HOW CRITICAL IT IS, BUT ALSO MAKING DIRECT CONTACT TO EVENT ORGANIZERS TO ALERT THEM THAT THIS IS NOT THE PROPER WAY TO HOST AN EVENT WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM, BUT ALSO TO INTERVENE WHEN NECESSARY.
ALSO, WITHIN OUR WHEELHOUSE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY, UH, TO LAUNCH OUR MOBILE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SYSTEMS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE CAMERAS THAT MAY BE READILY AVAILABLE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN SUPPLYING A WATCHFUL EYE OVER THESE EVENTS HAPPENING WHEN WE DON'T CATCH THEM BY WAY OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND OR THE INTELLIGENCE.
IT KIND OF SLIDES THROUGH AS DPD AND THE MARSHALS DO THEIR PROPER INVESTIGATIONS.
AGAIN, WE ALWAYS OPERATE OFF OUR TIERED APPROACH.
ONE, WHEN WE DO FIND THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND WE DO HAVE TO BE DEPLOYED OUT, ONE, OUR PARK RANGERS START OUT WITH THE ENGAGEMENT, TRYING FIRST OUR CUSTOMER FORWARD APPROACH BY GOING OUT AND EDUCATING THESE PARK USERS WHO MAY BE TAKING OVER THESE GREEN SPACES AND NOT HAVE THE PROPER RESERVATIONS IN PLACE OR NOT, MAY NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS TO RESERVE THAT SPACE.
SO WHEN WE FIND OUR RANGERS, FIND OUT THAT OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE RESERVING THESE SPACES OR ANY THESE GREEN SPACES, THEY'RE NOT COMPLIANCE, THEN WE CAN RAMP UP OUR APPROACH WITH TIER TWO BY CONTACTING AND ACTIVATING THE DALLAS MARSHALS TO COME OUT ON THE SCENE TO TRY TO GAIN FURTHER COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE GROUPS.
THEN IF THOSE GROUPS THEN STILL DON'T COMPLY WITH WANTING TO MAYBE DEACTIVATE THE PARK, IF THERE ARE THINGS OF BEHAVIOR THAT IS GOING ON AS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE PARK, THE MARSHALS THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL UP FOR BACKUP ENFORCEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TAKE OTHER MEASURES OF ENFORCEMENT DURING THAT TIME.
SO SOME KEY NEXT STEPS THAT ARE CRITICAL.
WE WANT TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PSAS.
UH, LAST WEEK, OUR MAC TEAM SENT OUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING AS IT RELATES TO RESERVATION PROTOCOLS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE SHORT VIDEO PSAS NEXTLY.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROACTIVELY WORK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND PARK BRUISERS ON RESERVATION PROTOCOLS WHEN FOUND IN VIOLATION.
NEXT, WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE OUR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, MAKING MORE, MAKING THEM MORE AWARE OF THE RULES AS IT RELATES TO MAKING PROPER RESERVATIONS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR, WHICH IS KEY NATIONAL TRENDS THAT ARE GOING AROUND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THOSE BEST PRACTICES, UH, TO INTERVENE AND TO PROVIDE PROPER PROGRAMMING WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY TO FIND PROGRAMMING SOLUTIONS TO ASSIST WITH THIS PROBLEM.
AND LASTLY, WE WANNA WORK WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY NEW AND EMERGING TRENDS OF GREEN SPACE USE AND EVENT AND INTERVENE AND PROVIDE THE PROPER INTERVENING, UM, INTERVENTIONS ON THAT.
SO, MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU.
REITERATE WHAT MR. MUND, AS WELL AS MR. JOHNSON MENTIONED THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS TREND.
IT'S BEEN HAPPENING PROBABLY SINCE LAST YEAR, UH, WHERE YOU'VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU SEE SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT YEAH, ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN SELLING THE PUBLIC SPACE
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OR EVEN PUBLIC, I MEAN, THE PRIVATE SPACE IS NOW JUST A BUNCH OF TEENAGERS OR YOUNG ADULTS OR, OR ANYBODY, UH, SOUTHERN GATHER.WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND THIS IS WHAT I APPRECIATE, MY ENTIRE TEAM AND MY LEADERSHIP TEAM BEING DIVERSE AS FAR AS AGE AND BACKGROUNDS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA LOOK AT THIS AS A PROBLEM.
WE WANNA BE PROACTIVE TO MAKE SURE FOLKS UNDERSTAND THE RULES SO THAT THEY CAN GATHER, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT WAY SO THEY DON'T IMPEDE ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND IF THEY FOLLOW THE PROCESS, THEY STILL CAN HAVE THEIR EVENTS.
BUT WHAT IT TELLS US IS THERE'S A NEED, THERE IS A NEED WHERE YOUNG FOLKS, YOUNG ADULTS WANT TO GATHER TO SOCIALIZE.
AND SO I'VE CHALLENGED MY TEAM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO FORMALIZE SOME PROGRAMS TO TRY TO MEET THAT NEED FOR THESE TYPE OF EVENTS.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO LOOK AT THIS AS A NEGATIVE.
WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE FOLKS WHO LIVE AROUND PARKS, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE CREATE A SPACE SO THE YOUNGER FOLKS CAN GATHER, BUT WE WANT THEM TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
KNOW THAT THAT'S A GREAT WITH THIS.
MR.
UM, YEAH, THIS, THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A NEGATIVE.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A POSITIVE, THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE SHOUT OUTS, UH, MR. JOHNSON, MR. MONDAY, YOU KNOW, I WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU AS THE, THE CHAIR OF THE AD HOC SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM.
I KNOW WE GOT SOME MEMBERS IN THE BACK.
UH, MR. MCMAHON, RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE.
UH, CHIEF RANGER THOMAS, I SEE YOU RANGER DRAKE, YOU'RE HERE AS WELL.
UH, PLEASE SEND A SHOUT OUT TO RANGER, UH, JONES FOR ME AS WELL.
SOMEONE I, I LOVE VERY MUCH, UH, IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, A COUPLE THINGS I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, UH, SLIDE FOUR.
UM, TH THIS IS, THESE ARE UNAUTHORIZED, NON PERMITTED GREEN SPACE USES.
I MEAN, THE, THE PICTURES ARE, ARE CLEAR AS DAY.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ANOTHER UNAUTHORIZED, UM, NON PERMITTED GREEN SPACE USE, UH, PERHAPS OF THE CUTE AND CUDDLY VARIETY THAT WE SHOULDN'T OVERLOOK.
AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS WHEN WE SEE MINI CAMPS AND JUNIOR LEAGUES OUT IN OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES, LOOK, THAT'S ACTIVATION OF A PUBLIC SPACE.
THERE'S NOTHING, I LOVE SEEING MORE THAN THAT.
BUT THAT ALSO COMES AT A COST.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A COST TO PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT PERHAPS A COST TO MAINTENANCE, ADDITIONAL MOWING, LITTER PICKUP.
A LOT OF THESE FOLKS EVENTUALLY WILL WANNA PORTA POTTY THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA SEE THEM FINDING A TREE TO BE ABLE TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES.
BUT, BUT THAT'S ALSO AN UNAUTHORIZED USE AND THAT'S A DELICATE ONE BECAUSE WE WANT THAT ACTIVATION.
BUT WHAT'S, WHERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REACH OUT TO THESE FOLKS AND BE LIKE, LOOK, AT LEAST ONE PART BOARD MEMBER KNOWS THAT Y'ALL AREN'T PAYING FOR THIS SPACE.
AT LEAST ONE PARK BOARD MEMBER KNOWS THAT YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO BE HERE, BUT ARE YOU, BUT HOW MUCH ARE YOU PROFITING OFF YOUR 300, $400 MINI CAMPS? THAT'S NOT GOING BACK TO PUBLIC RESOURCES.
SO WE CAN COME BACK AND BETTER SUPPORT YOU.
I WOULD LIKE SOME THOUGHT PUT AROUND THAT AND HOW WE CAN APPROACH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PUBLIC SPACES, GREEN SPACES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR TEAM IS WORKING ON NOW IS TO BRING TO YOU, UH, IN AUGUST OF SEPTEMBER, A BRIEFING ON OUR RESERVATION PROCESS ALONG WITH OUR FEES, BECAUSE THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED SINCE 2012.
THEY'VE BEEN REVIEWED ANNUAL, BUT TO BRING A FORMAL REVIEW TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE TRENDS ALSO THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
TO YOUR POINT, ACROSS ALL PARTS SYSTEMS, WE HAVE THE STRUCTURED ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE IN PARKS AND THERE ARE FOR PROFIT.
SO WE'LL BE TAKING A STRONG LOOK AT THAT.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO HIGH LEVEL ING AGAINST SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO POSSIBLY CONSIDER FOR THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT MORE THAN NEVER.
YOU MAY, MR. JOHN, UH, WHAT I SEE IN THIS BRIEFING IS HARD TO QUESTION.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON SENSE APPROACH AND ONE THAT, UH, APPLIES SOFT POWER FIRST AND EDUCATION FIRST AND, UH, HARD POWER WAY LAST.
AND THAT SAYS IT SHOULD BE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE VAGUENESS, BOTH THE CITY'S SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE AND OUR RESERVATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS POLICIES.
I ASKED EARLIER THIS YEAR, IF I GET TOGETHER WITH FIVE OF MY FRIENDS AND GO OUT AND RUN IT WHITE ROCK LAKE EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, DO I NEED A PERMIT? NO, IT'S JUST FIVE.
WELL, WHAT IF IT GROWS OVER TIME? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DIVIDING LINE? AND I COULDN'T GET A CLEAR ANSWER.
UH, EVENTUALLY SOMEBODY SAID 50 IS KIND OF A NUMBER.
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THE ONE THAT'S PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN I NEED A RESERVATION AND WHEN I DON'T.WHAT HAPPENS IF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, MAYBE THEY'RE FUELED BY SOCIAL MEDIA, GET TOGETHER ON CITY HALL PLAZA NEXT WEEK TO CHEER ON A PARTICULAR WORLD CUP TEAM? UH, DO THEY NEED A PERMIT? UH, IF IT'S AN ORGANIZED EVENT THAT ANTICIPATES OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE, APPARENTLY THEY DO.
UH, BUT WHAT IF IT'S NOT A REALLY ORGANIZED? SO I'M WORRIED THAT THERE ARE VAGUENESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ABUSE IN SOME OF OUR PROCESSES.
NO, OUR RESERVATION POLICY, THERE IS A CLEAR DISTINCTION ON THE NUMBER, WHAT WHAT IS CONSIDERED A SPECIAL EVENT AND IT'S DEFINED IN THEIR OPERATION POLICY.
SO, AND WHAT, WHAT YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS? UH, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME AT ALL.
I SEE, UH, MR. RANDALL, SHE'LL BE AN ANSWER.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT 75 NUMBER.
WHEN I HEARD YOU SAY THAT, I'M LIKE, I'M, I'M FORTUNATE.
I, I APOLOGIZE WHOEVER GAVE YOU THE WRONG INFORMATION, BUT IT IS DEFINED.
I'M, GO AHEAD, ANSWER THE REST OF THE QUESTION.
NO, TO YOUR POINT, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE WANT TO HAVE FREE SPEECH OPPORTUNITY IN PARKS AS WELL AS STRUCTURED ACTIVITY.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT INTERNALLY AS A TEAM IS HOW DO WE EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS A STRUCTURED ACTIVITY VERSUS WHAT IS JUST FREE SPEECH.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU, WHEN WE START SEEING AMENITIES INVOLVED, BOUNCE HOUSES, DJ BOOTHS, THEN WE KNOW THAT'S A, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ELEMENT.
THAT'S MORE OF A STRUCTURED ORGANIZED EVENT.
TO YOUR POINT, PEOPLE ARE JUST GATHERING IT AND EXERCISING FREE SPEECH.
SO, UH, MR. MONEY AND THE PARK RANGER TEAM AND THEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH DPD, WE'D OFTEN TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST APPROACH IT.
SO THIS IS THE, THE FIRST APPROACH TO IT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DO HAVE A SOFT HANDED APPROACH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE NOT USING OUR PARKS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY'RE THERE FOR.
AND OUR MAC TEAM HAS PUT OUT SOME INFORMATION THIS PAST, UH, PAST WEEKEND ON, UH, DOS AND DON'TS AND THE PARTS.
DID, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE KEY THING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE PROCESSES AND NOT BECAUSE, UM, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
BUT CAN WE DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING THE WORD OUT? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED.
'CAUSE IT IS A VERY DELICATE BALANCE ACT BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO'S OUT THERE, EIGHT PEOPLE KICKING AROUND A SOCCER BALL OR A KICKBALL IN AN OPEN SPACE AREA, BUT THEY'RE NOT A ORGANIZED LEAGUE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST FAMILY GOT BACK WHAT WE USED TO CALL PARK MONITORS, WHICH, WHICH EVOLVED INTO PARK RANGERS.
AND THE MANY COMPLAINTS WE RECEIVED WAS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE RANGERS JUST TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.
THEY'RE OUT THERE AS AN ORGANIZED EVENT AND WE NEED TO SHUT IT DOWN WHERE WE RECEIVED SO MUCH NEGATIVE PUBLICITY FROM THAT.
AND SO IT, IT TOOK A WHILE TO, AND EVERY TIME WE GET NEW RANGERS TO EDUCATE THEM ON THAT, THAT BALANCING ACT BETWEEN MAKING SURE IT'S NOT A ORGANIZED GROUP VERSUS SOME FOLKS OUT THERE, PEOPLE KICKING THE BALL AROUND.
IT'S A, IT, IT, IT IS VERY DELICATE.
IT'S A JUDGMENT CALL THEY HAVE TO MAKE AT TIMES.
I WOULD SAY OUR RANGES HAVE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON GETTING 90, OVER 90% COMPLIANCE RATE WHEN WE DO COME ACROSS, UH, THOSE OCCURS.
AND ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE WHO ARE TEACHING PRIVATE LESSONS AND TAKE THAT SPACE THAT WAY.
THE, THE CLEAR CASES WILL ALWAYS BE CLEAR.
MY, MY CONCERN IS ON THE PRIVATELY EDGE CASES, MOORE, I, I HAVE, UH, I GOT A QUESTION, WELL, TWO QUESTIONS.
FIRST IS, I SEE WHAT WE DOING ON DIGITAL BRANDS.
I USE THE PARKS PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEKEND AND I DON'T, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF WHAT Y'ALL SPEAKING ABOUT PLACE PHYSICALLY IN THESE PARKS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW THEY NEED, JUST IN CASE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY MAY SEE EVENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW, OH, BEFORE WE GO TO THERE, WE PROBABLY NEED TO SIGN UP WHEN THEY GET THERE.
THERE'S SOME PHYSICAL QR CODE INFORMATION, LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT SIGNS PLACED AROUND.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW THE PARKS ACTUALLY WEEKEND, THEY MAY BE THERE, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM PER SE, ESPECIALLY ON LIKE A PLAQUE OR A MARKER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I WANT TO KNOW LIKE WHAT'S OUR PROCESS OF DOING THAT SO WE CAN COMBAT IT WITH THAT.
AND THEN I GUESS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE'RE SEEN THE UPTICK OF THESE, UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT'S THE NAME, RIGHT? ARE WE ABLE TO GET OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NONPROFITS, DIFFERENT THINGS TO, I GUESS, ADVERTISE THEIR EVENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY, UH, OFFER.
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PEOPLE COME TO THESE PARKS AND THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO, THE TEAMS OR WHATEVER, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT THE CITY HAS THESE EVENTS OR THESE NONPROFITS THAT WORK WITH THE CITY HAVE THESE EVENTS SO THEY'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.AND I GUESS IT, NOT REDUCE IT, BUT CONTROLS.
SO IT'S LESS, UH, I GUESS POLICE INVOLVEMENT I WOULD ASSUME BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS, UM, CAN THINK OF THE WORD UNCONTROLLED, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER WORD I'M TRYING TO USE.
BUT, UH, ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? YEAH, SO, SO WE, IN OUR, IN OUR FLEET, UH, SECURITY EQUIPMENT, WE DO HAVE MESSAGE BOARDS WHERE WE CAN'T DISPLAY THOSE MESSAGES, ESPECIALLY AROUND THOSE PARKS THAT WE'VE RECEIVE.
PREPARING INSTANCES OF THAT, UH, TO YOUR OTHER POINT, YOU ARE RIGHT.
WE, WE WANT TO FIND WHAT THOSE BEST, BEST PRACTICES INTERVENTIONS ARE FOR PARTNERING AND BUILDING PROGRAMMING AROUND OUR GREEN SPACE.
THAT COULD BE MORE OF AN ORGANIZED GATHERING.
UH, SO WHETHER THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A NON-PROFIT CIVIC GROUP, UM, CIVIC LEGAL ORGANIZATION, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE ATTACHED TO SOME OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS.
UH, AND ALSO I LIKE, UM, YOUR RECOMMENDATION, LET US ALLOW US TIME TO LOOK AT QR CODE PLACEMENT SO THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN SCAN THE QR CODE TO GET RESERVATION INFORMATION OR HOW TO PROPER PROTOCOLS.
UH, AND IN STRATEGY, WE PLAN TO LAUNCH THOSE PSAS AND STORES AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO SHARE THAT ACROSS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR YOUR DISTRICT THAT YOU REPRESENT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THAT MESSAGE, UH, GETS OUT ADDED AND
UM, I HAD JUST A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO YOU OUTLINED, UH, SEVERAL PHASES FOR THIS AND YOU'RE EDUCATING ON THE FRONT SIDE OF IT.
AND THEN YOU OUTLINED DURING THE FIRST PHASE, UH, YOU'LL SEND OUT PARK RANGER IN THE SECOND PHASE OR WHATEVER.
AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, WHAT DOES REINFORCEMENT, WHEN THEY GET OUT THERE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK, ARE THEY TELLING THEM TO LEAVE? ARE THEY HAND OUT PAMPHLETS OR DIRECTING 'EM TO THE QR CODE? AND THEN THE NEXT PART OF IT IS, IS THERE AN IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION OTHER THAN LEAVING? SO I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO I THINK ONE OF OUR FIRST STRATEGIES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGALLY GOING ON.
BUT IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO COMES FORWARD TO SAY, HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPER PROTOCOLS WERE IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE'VE COME ACROSS THOSE INSTANCES.
I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO HOLD SOMETHING IN THE PARK.
THEN WE WANT TO EDUCATE OR TO REEDUCATE TO TRY TO GAIN COMPLIANCE.
AND, AND THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE OFFICERS HAVE STUCK AROUND IN THOSE PARKS JUST TO MONITOR SO THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN ENJOY THE PARK AND UH, SAFELY LEAVE ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
I JUST, UM, AND I'M THINKING OF SITUATIONS IN SITUATIONS IN WHICH IT'S NOT ILLEGAL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST ORGANIZING DIFFERENT EVENTS AND I'M JUST ALSO CONSIDERING MY MOM, SHE DOES NOT USE SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH HAS EVENTS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES.
AND SO JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S, THERE ARE IMMEDIATE RESOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO LEAVE, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY'RE EDUCATED ON POINT.
UM, AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE, THE TEAM AND I SPENT A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER AND I'M BIG ON, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S GONNA HAPPEN A COUPLE TIMES IN DISTRICT, IN A PARTICULAR PART MM-HMM
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE DPD IS DEPLOYED AND IN THE MARSHALS, YOU HAVE NOW TIED UP A WHOLE BUNCH OF POLICE OFFICERS AND THOSE THINGS DON'T GET RESOLVED IN LIKE FIVE MINUTES.
THOSE OFFICERS ARE THERE AT THAT PARK NOW AND CAN BE UP TO HOURS AND THEY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ON HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO DISPERSE WITHOUT CREATING MORE CHAOS.
OKAY? AND SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE PREVENTATIVE SIDE BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, AND THE STAFF
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KNOW I, I KIND OF HIT THE SAME THING 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, I'M NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA Y'ALL.AND SO WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW WE GONNA BE ABLE TO REACH THESE YOUNG FOLKS BECAUSE, UH, WE AIN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO GET INTO THEIR AREAS WHERE THEY'RE BEING COMMUNICATED.
AND WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT, AND I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, MR. MOORE, WE REALLY GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO GET QR CODES OUT THERE AND SOMETHING THAT SAYS HOW TO, HOW TO UTILIZE THE PARK OR WHATEVER SO THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE QR CODE, IT'S GONNA TELL YOU HERE'S THE RULES AND IF YOU WANNA MAKE A RESERVATION, MAKE A RESERVATION.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE KEY.
BUT THE PREVENTIVE SIDE IS SO IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE ONCE ALL THOSE RESOURCES ARE TIED UP MM-HMM
THEY'RE TIED UP AND THEN YOU CREATE A MORE DELICATE SITUATION TRYING TO DISPERSE THESE CROWDS.
AND SO I TOLD 'EM, I I DON'T CARE IF WE GOT TO NOW SPEND ANOTHER TWO OR $3 MILLION ON CAMERAS, BECAUSE TO ME USING TECHNOLOGY, THEY CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A LARGE GROUP STARTING TO GATHER SO WE CAN HURRY UP AND DEPLOY SOMEONE OUT THERE TO EDUCATE THEM REAL QUICK.
THAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT BEFORE THE CROWD GETS TOO LARGE.
AND THEN WE GOTTA BRING IN, UH, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TALENT RESOURCES.
SO OUR GOAL IS NO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO USE A LOT OF EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY TO HELP EDUCATE AND STOP IT FROM EVEN HAPPENING.
OKAY? AND SO THESE DEPLOYMENTS ARE NOT GONNA HAPPEN UNTIL YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S GETTING OUT OF HAND.
BUT THE EDUCATION NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING ALL THE TIME.
AND IF ANYBODY'S BEEN AROUND BACK IN OUR PARK SYSTEM, ONCE AGAIN, I'M TELLING MY AGE WHEN WE, WHEN OUR, WE ALLOW KEITH PARK TO GET OUTTA CONTROL, WE ALLOW BACHMAN PARK TO GET OUTTA CONTROL.
IT IS HARD TO GET THOSE PARTS BACK UNDER CONTROL.
AND SO I'M NOT GONNA RELIVE THAT.
SO KIND OF SEGUE FROM WHAT MS. OWENS WAS SAYING, AND I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FROM DAY ONE A LONG TIME AGO IN REGARDS TO GETTING OUT INFORMATION, UM, WHETHER IT'S THE PSAS, I MEAN, NOT EVERYBODY'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU HAVE DI DIVERSE LANGUAGE BARRIERS.
UM, AND SO EVEN IN ENGLISH, I'M NOT FLUENT IN ENGLISH.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S A REALLY, IT IS A PROCESSING OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND HOW YOU'RE SAYING IT.
UM, SO THINK ABOUT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO DIGITAL IN REGARDS TO DIGITAL SENDING OUT THROUGH YOUR PHONE OR SOME TYPE OF VIDEO, ALSO THINK ABOUT EDUCATING THEM IN THE REC CENTERS, COMING BACK INTO OUR REC CENTERS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE.
UM, WHEN, UM, MR. MORRIS SAYS ABOUT LIKE, WHEN I'M IN A PARK, WELL WE HAVE RULES FOR SIGNAGE IN PARK, SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT IN REGARDS TO DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT ON THURSDAYS IT'S THE BUSIEST DAY AT THIS PARK AND YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, HANDS OUT THERE EDUCATING THEM.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO REALLY GET THIS MESSAGE OUT IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY? AND THAT REACHES BEYOND, YOU KNOW, JUST SOCIAL MEDIA THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S ON.
UM, AND THEN DOES THIS INCLUDE BRIDGES? DOES THIS INCLUDE DOWNTOWN? UM, SOME OF MY PARKS ARE IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND I KNOW, I MEAN THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR A, A YEAR OR MORE, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO A TAKEOVER, UM, WHETHER IT WAS FOR DIFFERENT, UM, POLITICAL THINGS, UM, OR NOT
SO JUST HOW DOES THAT LOOK AND WHAT DOES FREE SPEECH LOOK LIKE? UM, AND ARE YOU BEING EDUCATED ON WHAT FREE? ARE PEOPLE BEING EDUCATED ON WHAT FREE SPEECH IS OR IS INCITING VIOLENCE? AND SO WHERE'S THAT FREE SPEECH? WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THAT TO YOU GUYS? SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THERE'S, WE HAVE THIS GROUP, ARE THEY KNOWING THAT YOU CAN'T SMOKE IN OUR PARKS, YOU CAN'T HAVE DOGS OFF LEASH, YOU HAVE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THAT'S NOT JUST GATHERINGS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE GATHERINGS? UM, SO NO VAPING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M GONNA AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS YES, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED IN THE BEGINNING JUST THIS WEEK, ON HOW WE CAN UTILIZE OUR REC CENTERS AS A WAY OF MESSAGING.
UH, SOME OF OUR REC CENTERS HAVE THE DIGITAL BILLBOARD SPACE, GETTING ACCESS TO THOSE SO THAT WE CAN RUN MESSAGING.
THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE CITY OF DALLAS' FREE PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL TO RUN SOME OF THOSE PSAS, UH, THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT NETWORK.
UH, AND I WOULD SAY ALTHOUGH OUR DPD PARTNERS ARE NOT HERE, THEY HAVE A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, INTELLIGENCE, UM, WAY OF MONITORING WHEN THOSE THINGS, OR PRE-MOTOR, WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
SO WITH SOME OF THOSE PROTESTS, THEY ARE ALREADY AHEAD OF IT AND
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KNOW ABOUT IT.UH, SOME OF THOSE LARGE GATHERINGS BEFORE WE DO, UH, BY WAY OF HOW THEY USE AI.
AND I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, INVOLVE ALL, NO, I, HOW THEY USE INTELLIGENCE AND, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM ON BEING A PARTNER AND SHARING WITH US TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
THIS POTENTIALLY COULD BE HAPPENING.
UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK FINDING MORE WAYS WE CAN GET MESSAGING OUT IN THE PARKS, UH, AND LOOK AT WAYS WE CAN LEVERAGE INNOVATION REC CENTERS, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, THAT WE WORK WITH TO ENSURE THAT WE UTILIZE DIVERSE LANGUAGE, UH, WHERE VERY, WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE SO THAT EVERYONE GETS THE MESSAGE, UH, WITH OUR PARK RULES AS IT RELATES TO ALL OUR RULES.
BUT OUR RESERVATION POLICIES, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE POLICE THAT ARE INTEL, I MEAN, HAD LAST YEAR A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF HAPPENING AGAINST CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE WAS A RESTRICTION FROM THE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES WITH PROTESTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE NOW? UM, AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT WHETHER AGAINST MAYBE SPORTS EVENTS AND SOMEBODY'S OUT THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PARENTS AND GETTING OUT THERE IN THE FIELDS WHEN KIDS ARE PLAYING OR SOME OF THE TEAMS JUST REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE ON THEIR PHONE IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT CHANNEL.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO I DO WATCH IT EVERY DAY ALSO BY THEM TOO.
SO THE LAYMAN LIKE, I MEAN, BEFORE I WAS ON PART BOARD, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LIVE, YOU KNOW, LIVE FEED.
SO I, I MEAN, SO THE, THE WAY THE TIER OF INFORMATION REALLY IS DISPERSED, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEVER.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE, UM, BILINGUAL, TRILINGUAL, WHATEVER YOU GOT GOING ON.
BUT UM, EVEN IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UM, AS WELL, JUST REALLY THINK IN THE SCHOOLS PARTNER WITH DISD, UM, REALLY THINK ABOUT IN THOSE WAYS OF HOW WE CAN DISPERSE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT TO PREVENT.
UM, OR TO ADD AND TO HELP, THERE HAS TO BE AN INTENTIONAL CAMPAIGN.
JUST FOR, GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, LIKE WHEN WE, THE ORDINANCE WOULD PASS ON NO SMOKING EMPLOYEE.
'CAUSE THE LAST THING WE GOING DO IS GO AROUND RESTING EVERYBODY GETTING CITATIONS.
'CAUSE WE A NEW ORDINANCE AND WE SPENT A WHOLE YEAR CAMPAIGN.
WE BOUGHT ALL KIND LITTLE LIKE LITTLE YARD SIGNS TO GO ON EVERY SINGLE FORM, BUT NICE LITTLE COLORFUL DESIGN FRIENDLY, YOU KNOW, ASKING YOU AND I, I FORGOT WHAT THE SLOGAN WAS, BUT IT WAS, BUT THAT WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING WITH THIS.
WE GOTTA EDUCATE FOLKS AND IT'S GONNA COST MONEY TO EDUCATE.
AND SO WE NEED TO, ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU ALL MADE, TRUST ME, WE APPRECIATE THEM AND WE WILL BE UTILIZING THEM.
BUT THE MAIN THING IS WE WANT TO EDUCATE FIRST AND GET COMPLIANCE SO THAT THE FOLKS WHO WANT TO UTILIZE THE PARK CAN HAVE A GREAT TIME, BUT THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE AROUND THE PARK CAN ALSO ENJOY THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
MR.
SO, UM, I, I'M HEARING ALL MY COLLEAGUES TALKING ABOUT THIS AND A LOT OF GREAT POINTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HEARD QR CODES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT QR CODES AT OUR PARKS, KIND OF, THEY SCAN AND THEY LAND ON A PAGE AND GIVES 'EM NEW INFORMATION.
WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A FEW YEARS, WE STILL HAVEN'T DONE IT.
SO IT'S FYI, WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE OR WE'RE NOT.
UH, JUST FIGURE OUT WHETHER WE'RE GONNA DO IT OR NOT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT GETTING QR CODES OUT AND THAT WAY WE CAN LAND ON IT, FIND OUT NEW INFORMATION.
LET'S FAST FORWARD AND GET IT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT WAY WE HAVE INFORMATION THERE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CAN SCAN IN AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT OUR PARKS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ACCEPT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
MY QUESTION IS TO YOU, MR. MAN, IS IS, DO WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE, OF THIS SITUATION HAPPENING IN OUR PARKS AND DO WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE AFTERMATH? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY ALL LEFT? HOW BAD WAS IT? SO, SO PARENT PHOTOS, UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE PARENT PHOTOS OF OF HOW IT HAPPEN.
AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH PHOTOS BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM DO INVOLVE MINORS, UH, WITH THE PHOTOS WE CHOOSE TO USE.
AND WE DON'T WANNA CRIMINALIZE ANYBODY, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, IN THE CITY OR OUT OF THE CITY, UH, TO KIND OF DEMONSTRATE TO, TO KIND OF UPON.
SO IF YOU NOTICE ON SOME OF OUR PHOTOS WE UTILIZED TODAY, THEY WERE VERY BLURRY.
UM, AND THAT WAS DONE PERFECTLY.
SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS,
SO WE TAKE A PICTURE, WE CAN ACTUALLY SHOW THAT.
SO WE WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE FO AND MAYBE YOU CAN COVER UP THE FACES OR WHATEVER, BUT PHOTOS OF OUR PARKS AND WHICH PARKS IS IT? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE WHAT I'M GETTING INTO, I'M A PRODUCT OF THE SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, AND
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NINETIES AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULDN'T HANG OUT IN OUR PARKS.WE WERE TOLD WE COULDN'T COME THERE AND SIT IN OUR TRUCKS OR SIT IN OUR CARS AND LISTEN TO MUSIC IN THE PARKING LOT AS LONG AS WE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO RULES BACK THEN OF YOU COULDN'T DRINK OR SMOKE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT WE WERE TOLD WE COULDN'T DO THAT.
WE COULDN'T HANG OUT AND LISTEN TO MUSIC.
WE COULDN'T TELL 10 OF OUR FRIENDS TO SHOW UP IN THEIR CARS AND PARK AT THE PARK AND LISTEN TO MUSIC AND HANG OUT AND, AND AND, AND YOU KNOW, LONGER BREAKING ANY LAWS WE'RE TOLD YOU GOTTA MOVE 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST BE HERE FOR TOO LONG.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS CORRECT.
POPUPS, YOU KNOW, BIG POPUPS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING AT ONE TIME, IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 50, WE'RE TALKING 76 PEOPLE GET TOGETHER IN A PARKING LOT TO SEE EACH OTHER'S CARS HANG OUT FOR THE AFTERNOON.
WE'RE SAYING THEY CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE IT'S 76, BUT IT'S 74.
THAT'S THE NUMBER WE'RE WORKING WITH.
AND, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THE STAMP PROBABLY SET THE NUMBER 'CAUSE THEY FELT LIKE BASED ON ALL THE INFORMATION THEY RECEIVED, ALL THE DIFFERENT INTERACTIONS AND EXPERIENCES WHEN WENT OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY DECIDED TO SIT 75 VERSUS 50.
AND, AND AND, AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? SO WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE THEY CAN'T COME TO OUR PARKS NOW BECAUSE IF YOU GET IN A BIG GROUP AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY 25 OVER RIDE CARS, 25 TRUCKS OR 25 MOTORCYCLES, YOU CAN'T, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLES HANGING OUT TOGETHER AND YOU POST ON SOCIAL, HEY WE'RE AT KEITH PARK, WE'RE AT GLENDALE, OR WE'RE AT FLAGPOLE HILL OR WE'RE AT BUCKMAN LAKE, WE CAN'T HANG OUT NOW BECAUSE WE POSTED IT AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF US THERE.
THAT'S MY, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE I HAVE WITH TRYING TO ENFORCE THIS.
IF WE DO THAT, BECAUSE I MEAN, NOT SAYING IT'S, IT IS RIGHT, BUT, BUT IF WE HAVE, AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR PICTURES.
DO WE HAVE PICTURES OF, OF 50 PEOPLE HANGING OUT TOGETHER ON SOCIAL MEDIA? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SIT THERE AND CALL POLICE ON OUR NEIGHBORS JUST 'CAUSE THEY ALL RODE DOWN TO BUCKMAN LAKE TO HANG OUT FOR THE AFTERNOON OR BROUGHT UP TO FLAG HILL OR KEYS PARK OR SAMUEL GRANT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC.
OKAY? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE SAYING THAT BECAUSE 50 PEOPLE ALL GATHER TOGETHER ON A PARK THAT THAT CONSTITUTES A SPECIAL EVENT.
EVEN IF IT'S 75 PEOPLE, IT DOESN'T.
NO, THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO USE JUDGMENT.
THEY GOTTA GO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
IF, IF 100 PEOPLE FROM LOW RISE ARE JUST SUDDENLY ALL CAME ON THE PARK AND THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE A WHOLE PARKING LOT UP, THAT'S ONE THING.
'CAUSE NOW YOU AIN'T GOT ORGANIZED, YOU ALL UNDERTOOK OVER ONE PARTICULAR PARKING LOT AND YOU GOT MUSIC PLAYING OR WHATEVER.
BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO USE A JUDGMENT CALL.
BUT WE OUTRIGHT KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT YOU SAID YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BARBECUE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MUSIC AND YOU'RE INVITING EVERYBODY TO SHOW UP.
THAT IS AN ORGANIZED EVENT THAT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE A JUDGMENT.
AND WHEN WE SAY ORGANIZED EVENT, WE TALK ABOUT WE PO WE POSTED A WEEK BEFORE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE LINK OF IT? DON'T MATTER IF THEY POSTED UH, UH, UH, AN HOUR BEFORE, THEY GOTTA DETERMINE WHAT IS TRULY AN ORGANIZED EVENT.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I GOT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON PARK EVERY DAY AND THERE COULD BE IN ONE GROUP OF A PARK, THERE'S 200 PEOPLE WHO ALL KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND GUESS WHAT? IT AIN'T ORGANIZED.
THEY JUST ALL HAVING TO SHOW UP AT THE SAME PLACE.
THEY AIN'T GOING TO GET NO CITATION.
THEY AIN'T GONNA BE ASKED TO LEAVE.
BUT IF THAT SAME 200 PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN OVER A SPACE OF THE PARK AND NOT ALLOWING NO ONE ELSE TO COME IN THAT SPACE, THEY GOT IT ROPED OFF.
NO, THAT IS AN ORGANIZED EVENT AT THAT POINT.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU IT IS DELICATE MR. PINCUS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE USING OUR PARKS AND WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT.
UM, SOME OF YOUR PICTURES THAT YOU SHOWED EARLIER ON, WERE NOT IN THE PARK BUT WERE ON CITY STREETS AND SO I IMAGINE THAT THERE'S SOME COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND BECAUSE WE'D CERTAINLY RATHER PEOPLE CONGREGATE IN A PARK AND NOT DISRUPT TRAFFIC AND NOT NOT, UM, CAUSE UH, ISSUES IN THE CITY STREET.
SO I DON'T KNOW WE'RE HOW YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THAT.
NOW, THE, IN TERMS OF FREE SPEECH, I'M BIG BELIEVER IN FREE SPEECH, BUT ONE PERSON'S FREE SPEECH ENDS WHEN IT AFFECTS ANOTHER PERSON'S FREE SPEECH.
AND SO IT CAN'T, UH, BE, UM, AND THAT THAT'S A, A VIOLATION ALSO IN PERMITTING.
UM, ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE TO LEAVE THE AREA CLEAN IF THEY USE THE SPACE? IT SHOULD BE CREATING MORE WORK FOR, FOR US, YES.
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ARE REQUIRED TO LEAVE SPACE AT, AT COLLEGE.UM, ARE THERE, I KNOW SOME, SOME PARKS HAVE UH, A RULE SIGN AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN EVERY PARK, RIGHT? YES.
ALL PARKS HAVE, ALL PARKS HAVE A RULE SIGN AND THEY HAVE ALL PARK HAVE A QR CODE SIGNED.
NOT THE QR CODE NEED TO BE ADDED.
THAT'S, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BOOK IS THAT I THINK THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SOCIAL MEDIA THING BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, NOT EVERYBODY'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ANYBODY WHO'S THINKING OF USING A PARK IS GONNA HAVE PROBABLY HAVE BEEN TO THAT PARK.
YOU KNOW? AND UH, THE ISSUE ABOUT BRIDGES AND ALL THAT IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT FACTOR TOO.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN, LIKE WE'VE GOT NORTH HAVEN TRAIL ACROSS THE CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PART OF THE BRIDGE IS NOW PART OF THE, UH, HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OR IF THAT'S STILL PART OF THE TRAIL.
IT'S, IT'S A PART OF THE TRAIL.
AND EVEN ON FOR THAT IT'S NARROW RULES POSTED ALONG THE
AND THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE AGAIN, WE CAN, YOU HAVE CURRENT RULES AND THEN WE HAD TO
WE CAN'T FROM, FROM FREE SPEECH, WE CAN'T ADDRESS IT, BUT WE CAN'T ADDRESS IF IT'S CAUSING ISSUES WITH OUR TRAIL USERS BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH.
AND WE KNOW THAT WHATEVER WE ALLOW, WE'RE GONNA GET MORE OF IF YOU, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE REVIEW OF OUR POLICIES AND WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU ALL POLICY REVIEW AS WELL AS FEES.
UM, THAT WOULD DICTATE WHEN WE GET THE SIGNAGE DONE.
SO WE WANT GOAL IS TO GET THAT BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS EARLY FALL, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
AND IT'S HOPEFULLY IN PREPARATION FOR OCTOBER BE SOME KIND OF FEE ADJUSTMENTS IF BEING APPROPRIATE BY THIS BOARD.
BUT AT THEN AT THAT POINT WILL BE IF WE HAVE ANY CHANGE TO THE SIDE, WE REPLACE THE QR CODE AND IN THE, UH, UPDATED PROCESS.
SO IN YOUR CURRENT PHASE STRUCTURE THERE, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE USING A SPACE AND THEY REGISTER OR READY TO USE THE SPACE AND THEY DON'T NEED TO CLEAN, IS THEIR PENALTY A FINANCIAL PENALTY? FOUR FOUR OF THEIR DEPOSIT.
HEY JOHN, YOU SAID THAT UH, YOU WANNA DEPLOY, I THINK YOU SAID A MILLION TO $2 MILLION FOR THE CAMERAS MM-HMM
WHO'S GONNA BE MONITORING THOSE CAMERAS? SO, SO WE HAVE ACCESS FOR ALL OUR CAMERAS, UH, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT PARK DEPARTMENT AND I OVER, THERE'S A ROLE CODE TO HAVE ALL CAMERAS, UH, DEPLOYED AND CONNECTED INTO DVD'S FUSION CENTER.
SO AS WE ONBOARD NEW CAMERAS INTO OUR HEART SYSTEM, THEN WE ALSO GIVE DPD ACCESS TO ALL OUR CAMERAS CITYWIDE.
SO THEY'RE MONITORING THE REAL TIME FUSION CENTER, UM, DOWN AT DPD AIRPORT AND MR. CAR, WE, I USING AI AS WELL AND WE WILL KEEP INCORPORATING AI.
SO ONCE AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW WITH AI NOW, WE COULD PUT CERTAIN PARAMETERS IN THERE THAT WOULD TELL US LIKE SELLING, WE GOT A LARGE GATHERING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE PARK AND THEN HAVE THAT POP UP WITHIN THEIR COMPUTER.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, WE HAD AN INCIDENT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AT KATIE JACKSON WHERE THERE WAS A LARGE GATHERING THAT HAD SPILLED OVER FROM AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THE NIGHT BEFORE.
AND WE CALLED MYSELF AND A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS, I ACTUALLY WAS THERE CALLED D ACTUALLY CALLED DPD MULTIPLE TIMES.
IT TOOK, THERE WAS A, I THINK THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, UM, THAT LIKE A CRITICAL ACCIDENT THAT OUR CENTRAL WAS RESPONDING TO.
SO IT WASN'T DP D'S FAULT THAT THEY WERE RESPONDING, IT WAS JUST SIX OR SIX 30 IN THE MORNING.
THE PARTY HAD LIKE LEFT OVER FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THEY JUST MOVED TO THE PARK.
UM, AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, DRUGS AND DRINKING AND WEAPONS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE AND ENDED UP RESULTING IN ARREST.
I MEAN THE DPD FINALLY CAME, BUT IN A CASE WHERE YOU HAVE DPD RESPONDING TO A CRITICAL ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON THAT'S SEEN AS HIGHER PRIORITY, HOW DO YOU MITIGATE THAT IF IT'S ALL RUNNING, RUNNING THROUGH DPD NOT PARKS.
SO WITH THE SURETY OF WHAT TIME PERIOD THAT WAS, OR IF DURING IT IT WAS LIKE SIX IN THE MORNING ON A SUNDAY, RIGHT? SO THE CALENDAR TIME HERE, SO THIS IS A NEW ROLLOUT WITH DPD WITH GETTING ALL CAMERAS INTO FUSIONS.
UM, WHAT THAT DOES GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO DO, EVEN IN THEIR PATROL CARS FROM DOWNTOWN TO THEIR PATROL CARS TO PULL UP THOSE CAMERAS AND SEE IF WE HAVE A CAMERA AT THAT SPECIFIC
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LOCATION, THEY CAN MONITOR THAT SITUATION IF DEFINITELY, IF IT'S DEPART SITUATION WHILE THEY'RE EN ROUTE AND FIND STRATEGIC WAYS TO DEPLOY THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE ON HAND TO DIFFUSE OF, OF THAT SITUATION.I GUESS I'M ASKING WHO FROM PARKS IS AWARE OF THAT? LIKE IF THERE'S A 6:00 AM ISSUE WHERE WE HAVE WEAPONS, DRUGS, AND ALCOHOL IN A PARK AND THREATENED, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BEING THREATENED AS THEY'RE SHOWING UP THEIR BIKES TO GO ON A DOOR BE TRAIL AND DBD IS BUSY.
WHAT, WHAT'S NEXT STEPS? SO WE STILL HAVE TO ROUTE THOSE CALLS THROUGH 9 1 1 BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IT'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
UH, UNTIL STAFF COMES ON EVERY MORNING WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE CHECK EVERY CAMERA ONE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING.
TWO, IT GIVES US VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR AND THEN AN EMAIL THAT GOES OUT TO OUR PROVIDER, OUR MARSHALS TO SAY ALL CAMERAS ARE UP OR DOWN.
THERE'S SOME INSTANCES WE DO HAVE WHERE THE CONNECTION MAY GO DOWN, MAY LOSE POWER AND WE TRY TO RUN A REPORT TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THOSE BACK UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A A A BLANK SPOT HERE.
YOU KNOW, TAKE, TAKE WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH FIFA.
I MEAN OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE STRETCHED IN WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE MATCHES AT AT T STADIUM THAT SPILL BACK OVER TO DALLAS AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT, YOU KNOW, SATURDAY NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT, SUNDAY MORNING, SATURDAY MORNING AND YOU'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE.
HOW DOES THE PARK DEPARTMENT RESPOND TO THAT? 'CAUSE ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA BE THE PARK DEPARTMENT THAT'S BLAMED FOR THAT.
AND I THINK WE CAN SPEND ALL THE MONEY WE WANT TO ON CAMERAS.
IF THE CAMERAS AREN'T GONNA ELICIT RESPONSE, THEN WHAT DO WE DO? YEAH, AND THAT'S, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP TO CONNOR 'CAUSE I DO WANNA KIND OF CLEAR UP BECAUSE I THINK FOLKS THINK, NOT YOU ALL, BUT WE DO GOT SOME NEW BOARD ROOMS. I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND.
I, I THINK RIGHT NOW FOLKS ARE THINKING, 'CAUSE WHEN WE SAY PARK DEPARTMENT HAVE SOME PARK RANGERS AND PARK DEPARTMENT HAVE, UH, SOME MARSHALS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR PARK SECURITY.
AND THAT'S SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH 'CAUSE WE GOT 420 PARKS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS WELL KNOW DPD IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PARK SAFETY, I MEAN ALL SAFETY INCLUDING PARKS FOR THE CITY.
BECAUSE WE WAS TYING UP DPD RESOURCES WITH THINGS LIKE HAVING THEM COME IN TO HAVE TO MEDIATE PARK ROOMS ISSUES FOR SOMEONE WHO'S USING, UH, ATHLETIC FIELD AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE USING IT.
WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE COULD START BRINGING OUR OWN SECURITY ON BOARD, WHICH WAS FIRST TO PARK RANGERS TO GO OUT AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT PARK ROOFS.
AND THEN IT WAS LIKE, BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HEARD FROM BOARD MEMBERS, WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT WHERE DP DPD CAN'T GET THERE 'CAUSE IT'S TAKEN THEM A WHILE TO YOUR POINT.
AND SO SOME OF THE MORE LOW LEVEL STUFF.
WE WAS LIKE, WELL, CAN WE HAVE OUR OWN MARSHALS? BECAUSE IF THE RANGERS CAN'T GET 'EM IN COMPLIANCE.
AND WE ONLY GOT, WHAT, WHAT, 12 OR 14 RANGERS AND I THINK WE'RE FUNDED FOR 20 MARSHALS.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE, WHAT, FIVE MARSHALS? MAYBE THREE RIGHT NOW.
SO NO, WE RELY ON DPD FOR OUR OVERALL SAFETY OF OUR PARTS.
WE CAN JUST USE THESE MARSHALS RANGERS TO KINDA HANDLE SOME STRATEGIC THINGS.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UNTIL I GET UP AND WE, WE DID A STUDY, UH, UNTIL I CAN GET TO THE RANGE.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN, UH, WHEN THE OTHER CHIEF WHO USED TO BE DPD CHIEF AND THEN HE CAME ON, HE, HE WAS THE RESPONSE FOR THE MARSHALLS CHIEF PUGH.
HE TOLD US WHAT THE NUMBER WAS, WHAT WE NEEDED MARSHALLS.
AND THAT NUMBER IS MORE LIKE AROUND 200 MARSHALS.
SO I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO EVER THINK THAT THE MARSHALS WE HAVE, RANGES WE HAVE IS THE ADEQUATE SECURITY.
AND THEY'RE THE FIRST RESPONDERS FOR HANDLING PARK SECURITY AND PARKS.
DPD IS WHO WE DEPEND ON TO HANDLE OVERALL SECURITY FOR THE CITY AND THE PARKS.
SO AGAIN, AS WELL, WE SHOULD, AS EVERYBODY RELIES ON DVD FOR THEIR SAFETY, WE JUST SEEM TO BE THE ONLY FOLKS THAT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS.
BUT THAT WAS NOT THE POINT THAT I WAS HERE TO MAKE.
WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THEIR ACTIVATION, ESPECIALLY BY RESIDENTS OF SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
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THEY GREATLY APPRECIATE THE POSITIONING.THIS IS A COMPLIANCE EFFORT RATHER THAN
WE SHOULD NOT JUST EDUCATE, WE SHOULD PROVIDE A CONCIERGE SERVICE FOR COMPLIANCE TO RESIDENTS, TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH WHATEVER PROCESS IS REQUIRED FOR THEIR INTENDED EVENT.
COMPLIANCE MUST NOT BE AN ONEROUS PROCESS.
WHEN IT IS, PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEEK FORGIVENESS RATHER THAN PERMISSION.
SO I SUGGEST WE TAKE A STRONG LOOK AT OUR COMPLIANCE PROCESS AS PART OF THIS EFFORT.
RELATED TO THAT, OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTORS SHOULD HELP SHARE THIS INFORMATION AND DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR EFFORTS TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL GROUPS TO GET THIS WORD OUT.
I WANTED TO KIND OF DRILL DOWN ON THE JUDGMENT CALL CONCEPTS HERE A BIT.
'CAUSE I'M STILL UNCLEAR ON WHAT CREATES AN EVENT, RIGHT? I JUST, NUMBER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
IT'S MORE THE ADVERTISING OR THE CREATION OF EXCLUSIVITY WITHIN THE PARK.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S A QUESTION WHEN IT COMES TO USING YOUR, THE JUDGMENT OF WHOEVER IT IS, WHETHER IT'S BEFOREHAND 'CAUSE OF A SOCIAL MEDIA POST OR ON SITE.
I MEAN, IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO TELL WHO A RESPONSIBLE PARTY IS IN EITHER OF THOSE.
AND IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO JUST HAVE A WHATSAPP TEXT THREAD THAT THEY'RE ALL CHATTING IN, IT COULD BE CREATING AN INTENDED EVENT THAT'S NOT BEING ADVERTISED PUBLICLY THAT WE WOULD NEVER KNOW ABOUT.
SO HOW IS, HOW IS JUDGMENT CALL BEING APPLIED TO ALL THESE VARIOUS SITUATIONS TO DETERMINE IF, IF THIS IS AN EVENT AND HOW IT'S GONNA BE HANDLED? AND IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY FOR SOME OF THESE TO HAVE ONSITE COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS THAT WHEN WE GO AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, GO THERE, THE, THE POLICE OR SOMEONE GO AND STAND THERE AND KIND OF MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS NOT GETTING OUTTA HAND.
BUT IS THERE WAY ACTUALLY TO DETERMINE, OKAY, WHO IS THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY HERE WHO CAN STEP ASIDE FOR 30 MINUTES AND GIVE US SOME BASIC DETAILS OR, UM, COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS?
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE RANGERS AND, UH, AND MARTIANS DO EVERY DAY.
WE'VE HAD SOME WHERE SOMEBODY HAS STEPPED, HAS STEPPED FORWARD BECAUSE THEY WANT LEARN WHAT WE HAVE, UH, TONS, A MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO MOVE TO OUR CITY EVERY DAY, UH, AND MAY NOT KNOW ALL THE RULES THAT GOVERNMENT WITHIN THIS CITY.
SO IN THAT INSTANCES, WE DO TRY TO EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT THE RULES ARE BECAUSE THEY DID STEP FORWARD, SAY, YOU KNOW, I DID ORGANIZE THIS EVENT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE RULES ARE, BUT IF YOU COULD TELL ME NEXT TIME, I WOULD SURE TO, UM, TO FOLLOW THOSE PROTOCOLS AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW REPUTATION.
SO IT'S THE EDUCATION, GAINING COMPLIANCE.
UH, AND IF AND IF THEY'RE GENERALLY HAVING A GOOD TIME, WE CAN REMAIN THERE TO MONITOR THEIR ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO RULES BEING BROKEN AND THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE PROPER PROTOCOLS AS WELL AS BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THEM.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW, THAT WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THEM.
WE JUST WANT THEM AND ANYBODY USING THE SYSTEM TO DO IT THE CORRECT PROPER WAY.
THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE I KNOW THE RANGERS THAT, UH, THEY CARRY TRASH BAGS IN THEIR TRUCKS AND IF THERE'S A LARGE GALLON, THEY WOULD GO UP AND EDUCATE THE FOLKS AND THEY WOULD LEAVE THEM TRASH CAN, I MEAN TRASH BAGS AND SAY, MAKE SURE YOU JUST PICK UP AFTER YOU LEAVE THE EVENT.
IT'S NOT LIKE ONE OF THESE WHERE THEY COME IN WITH THIS HEAVY HAND AND SAY, Y'ALL GOTTA DISPERSE RIGHT AWAY.
PAY US A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIME IS WE GET FOLKS OUT HERE THAT WANNA CHALLENGE THESE MARSHALS AND THESE RANGERS WHEN THEY SAY, LOOK, I NEED YOU TO MOVE YOUR CARS.
I NEED YOU TO QUIT BLOCKING PEOPLE, DRIVEWAYS.
AND THEN WHEN THEY GO TO THAT LEVEL, NO, WE ARE GONNA TAKE ENFORCEMENT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU IN COMPLIANCE, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE ENFORCEMENT NOW.
BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, WE CANNOT IMPEDE ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE THE CITY AND WE'RE THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
WE STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WE BROUGHT UP AN EXCELLENT FORM REGARDING COMMUNITY CONNECTORS BECAUSE WE DO REALIZE THAT PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE ECONOMY AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, HOW DO YOU CREATE THAT SPACE? HOW DO YOU CREATE THAT SIX FLAGS EXPERIENCE FOR FOR PARK USERS? UM, UH, SO TO YOUR EARLIER POINT ABOUT COMMUNITY CONNECTED, THERE IS A MEETING TONIGHT OVER KEITH PARK AT SIX O'CLOCK WHERE WE'RE BRINGING IN THE PARTNERS IN SOUTH DALLAS, UH, KEEP SOUTH DALLAS BEAUTIFUL.
AND SO WE'LL BE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED, ALSO WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED, AND ALSO TO BE AN EXTENSION OF US AND BE OUR VOICE FOR AND HELP AMPLIFY THAT MESSAGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF, HEY, WE BOTH IN OUR PARK, WE NEED YOU IN OUR PARTNER, BUT WE NEED YOU TO HELP US OUT.
I MEAN, I THINK THEY ALSO JUST NEED TO REALLY SEE THEMSELVES AS IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BECAUSE THEIR JOB SHOULD NOT BE TO JUST DUMP AT THE FEET OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO ORGANIZE THESE EVENTS
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RESPONSIBLY.A WHOLE SET OF RULES THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOOPS THEY'RE GONNA JUMP THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, IT IT, IT CAN BE A VERY ONEROUS PROCESS FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO BE CONFRONTED WITH THAT REALITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE POSITIONING IS ONE OF, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE, ARE GONNA HAVE TO DO AND I'M GONNA HELP YOU DO THOSE.
AND I JUST THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, THING TO SAY.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, THE BUDGET OF THE PSA CAMPAIGN IS.
AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS SOME COST RECOVERY.
AND WHEN IT GETS TO ENFORCEMENT FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT'S EVER, WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET.
WE JUST HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY.
MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF COST BECAUSE MR. MUL THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
SO I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW WITH MY ORGANIZATION.
SO, UH, 'CAUSE UH, WE WERE OPERATING ON THE TRIPS.
I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS STUFF AT FIRST.
AND THE COUNCILMAN AND THE ESPECIALLY DEFENSE COORDINATOR, UH,
SO MY QUESTION IS THEN I WAS APPROACHED TO DO A BEAUTIFICATION AGREEMENT, BUT WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, GETTING THOSE FOLKS A BEAUTIFICATION AGREEMENT OR MAKING THEM PAY A PERMIT FEE? 'CAUSE I WAS JUST, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
WE WERE OPERATING LIKE BEAUTIFICATION YOU GOOD.
YOU AIN'T GOT WORRY ABOUT NOTHING, BUT YOU COULD BE SHUT DOWN 'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THAT.
BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YEAH, HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.
UH, TO YOUR POINT, YOU HIT AN ORGANIZED GROUP, BUT YOU HAD A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
I THINK IN Y'ALL CASE, Y'ALL ALWAYS HELPING PROMOTE HEALTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE GET CREATIVE AND TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU OUT, WHERE WE CAN PARTNER TOGETHER.
IN EXCHANGE, WE JUST ASK YOU, HEY, YOU PARTNER WITH US, YOU DO AGREE TO PICK UP LATER ON THIS PART ONCE A MONTH OR HELP YOU UNIFIED.
YOU'LL PARTNER WITH US THERE AND YOU'LL BE TO HAVE YOUR EVENTS OUT HERE.
THAT'S, IT'S BECAUSE YOUR EVENT SERVES A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
SO, AND IT IS LIKE, SO I'M ASSUMING IF IT'S LIKE SINGULAR EVENTS OR MAYBE FOR FOR PROFIT EVENTS OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO A PERMIT, ANYTHING THAT'S HELPING THEM IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, I'M ASSUMING WE DO.
EVERY WELL I KNOW PARTNER ALL TIME WITH ANYBODY THAT'S A PUBLIC SERVICE.
BUT IF IT'S FOR YOUR OWN PRIVATE EVENT, IT'S FOR PROFIT.
NO, WE DON'T PARK UNLESS WE GIVE A CUT.
UM, I WANT TO FIRST, UM, SAY THAT THE COMMENT THAT I MADE EARLIER THAT ALIGNS WITH WHAT GRADY IS, UH, GREATEST CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THESE THINGS WILL BE APPROACHED AND RESOLVED.
I WANNA SAY THAT I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT IT WILL BE THE NORM FOR YOU GUYS TO SEEK AN IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PEACEFUL MM-HMM
AND SO IT'S THE NORM FOR YOU GUYS TO, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, PARTICIPATION AND UH, AND EDUCATE AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT, UM, MY NEXT THOUGHT IS THAT I JUST WANT BE CLEAR BECAUSE I JUST KNOW MY MOM, YOU KNOW, SHE, WHEN SHE HAS HER ACTIVITIES, SHE'S GONNA BE JUST REALLY OUTTA SOURCE IF SHE'S APPROACHED BY A POLICE OFFICER, WHATEVER.
BUT, UH, SHE'S A PASTOR THOUGH.
SO, BUT SHE LIKES TO HAVE HER EVENTS.
SO IF SHE'S HAVING A CHURCH EVENT AT THE PARK WITH THE LADIES AT THE CHURCH, AS LONG AS IT'S 70, UH, UNDER 75, IF THEY'RE DOING YOGA OR SOMETHING, DOES SHE HAVE TO MAKE A RESERVATION? OR ARE WE REQUIRE, ARE WE REQUIRING A RESERVATION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WELL, SOME OF OUR, MOST OF OUR, ALL OF OUR C BEINGS ARE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
IN ORDER TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE USAGE OF IT.
HEY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT RIGHT.
JUST GETTING TOGETHER AND, AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT EMPTYING ON OTHERS, OKAY.
PEACEFUL MANNER, FOLLOWED ALL OUR RULES, THE RANGES.
THEY'RE MONITORING THAT MAKE CERTAIN THAT HEY, UM, THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE IS THERE, THERE IS NOT ANOTHER GROUP THAT HAS THAT AREA RESERVE.
AND SO ALL MEANS IT'S OVER TO THE PUBLIC.
YOU WON'T GUARANTEE EXCLUSIVE USES OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GO THROUGH THE PRINCIPLE.
AND THEN THAT, THAT HELPS ME WITH MY NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK, IS THERE ANY PART OF ANY PART THAT HAS TO BE RESERVED REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER? DR.
BILLION ARE, DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE DADS THIS FATHER'S
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DAY? DO I HEAR THE MESSAGE? I HAVE A FULL SPEECH THAT I HAVE BEEN PREPARINGTHAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE RESERVATION.
PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER DIAPER FEEDING ON OTHERS.
USE TO SHUT APART, THEN THAT'S PERMISSIBLE.
THE EASY ONES TO IDENTIFY WITH THE SMOKE IN THE DOGS OFF THE, TO OPEN DOWN GO PARK AND TAKING UP MULTIPLE PARKING SPACES THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EASILY THAT OR CURFEW BECAUSE THAT IF IT PAST 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE EASY, EASY ONES TO IDENTIFY, HEY, THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY REQUIRE.
AND SO ATHLETIC FIELDS, UH, ESPECIALLY COMPLEXES.
THEY REQUIRE, THERE IS A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM OKAY.
'CAUSE THEY, THAT'S WHERE WE SPEND A LOT ON MAINTENANCE OKAY.
AND SO MY LAST THOUGHT IS THAT I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. MOORE WAS SAYING, THAT IT IS WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE MESSAGE BOARD SIGNAGE OR SOMETHING TO KNOW WHAT IS RESERVED BY WHOM SO THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHER INDIVIDUALS WON'T GO AND IMPEDE UPON THEIR SPACE.
SO THAT WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, PEACEFUL INTERACTIONS.
AND NOW I WILL SAY THIS AND, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS.
'CAUSE I THINK JR SOMEONE MENTIONED AS WELL, WELL, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THE QR CODES HAPPEN.
AND PART OF THE CAMPAIGN, I'LL SHARE YOU IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT A STICKER OR SOMETHING ON THE ROOT CURRENT RULE SIGN.
SO THERE'S A QR CODE AND THE NEXT STEP THEY TAKE A LITTLE LATER PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GET THEM MORE.
AND WHAT WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE IT'S DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT THAT'S AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TO OUR HEARTS.
BUT IN THE INTERIM, I'M OKAY WITH THEM ATTACHING SOME STICK CURRENT ROOT SIGN THAT'S A SECURE OUR CODE.
BUT I DO WANT SOMETHING DESIGNED THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT MAKES OUR HEARTS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
'CAUSE I, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF PUTTING SIGNS EVERYWHERE ON THE PARK.
I TELL YOU, WHEN I TOOK OVER MAINTENANCE, I TOOK A LOT OF SIGNS OUTTA THE PARKS BECAUSE IT WAS NOTHING BUT WHAT I CALL SIGN POLLUTION.
AND TRUST ME, I DON'T CARE IF YOU GOT 50 SIGNS AROUND THE TRASH CAN, IT STILL AIN'T GONNA MAKE THEM PUT THE TRASH IN.
UH, THE THIRD ONE IS, UH, WAS THE, UH, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT JUST NOW.
WHICH ONE WAS IT? UH, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE SAID WE WAS GOING TO DO, WE SAID THE QR CODES AND THEY, UH, AND THE PSA, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ELSE Y'ALL JUST SAID AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT.
UH, I TALK TO THE TEAM AFTER THIS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS, YOU WILL SEE.
SO, UH, WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, IT JUST MADE ME THINK ABOUT, UH, THE MESSAGE BOARD DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED.
IT COULD BE UNDER THE SAME QR CODE MM-HMM
SO WHERE, YOU KNOW, I CAN JUST USE THE QR CODE TO GO AND SEE IF MY PARTICULAR AREA IN MY PARK USED IS RESERVED.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU MENTIONED.
AND JUST ONE THING WE SAID WE WOULD DO A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE EVERY PAVILION WAS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE SLOT IN IT WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHO'S THE PERSON WHO IS RESERVATION THAT THIS PAVILION IS RESERVED BECAUSE IT DOES CREATE CHAOS BECAUSE NO ONE GOES AND SIT AT A PAVILION AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A RANGER 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A RESERVATION, ASK THEM TO LEAVE.
AND SO TELLING STAFF THAT, LET'S GET THAT ADDED TO ALL OUR PAVILIONS, UH, MR.
UM, I WANNA, UM, TIE THIS KIND OF BACK TO MY RESOURCES AND, UH, BUDGET AR AROUND ALL THIS.
UH, WHAT, WHAT I'VE GATHERED IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND PLEASE DO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, AS I DIVE INTO LIKE OUR CITY'S BUDGET CRISIS, OUR OWN BUDGET CRISIS IS THAT OUR, OUR DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET CONTINUES TO INCREASE, OR AT LEAST NOT DECREASE.
UH, I'M NOT HERE TO CHALLENGE THAT.
WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE AND PROPOSE FOR THIS, THIS BODY IS, IS, IS REALLY TO ASK WHAT'S STOPPING US AS A BOARD AND A DEPARTMENT FROM CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION THAT SIMILAR SIMILARLY STATES AND IN SUMMARY AND HIGH LEVEL, SOMETHING LIKE, WHEREAS OUR RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO USE OUR PARKS, TRAILS, AND FACILITIES, WHEREAS THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET CONTINUES TO STAY AT ONE LEVEL OR INCREASES.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE TOP OF MIND FOR EVERYBODY IN A PARK THAT THE PER THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR PARK DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET, WE ALLOCATE TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, PERSONNEL, RANGERS, MARSHALS, OTHER RESOURCES SHALL ALSO NEVER DECREASE OR CONTINUE TO GROW.
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AND POINT NOT AT THE POINT BEING NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.LIKE, YOU KNOW, RECREATIONAL SPORTS, YOU KNOW, MOWING, LITTER, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING STOPPING, SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING PUTTING A RESOLUTION FORWARD LIKE THAT, THAT REALLY PUTS A LOT OF SAFEGUARDS AROUND WHAT WE CAN AND SHOULD ALLOCATE TOWARDS SAFETY AND SECURITY IN OUR CITY PARKS.
I MEAN, NOTHING, NOTHING PRECLUDES THE BOARD FROM, FROM, UH, ESTABLISHING OR DEVELOPING ANY RESOLUTIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY YOU ALL'S CALL AND STAFF.
I CAN'T ADVISE YOU ON A POLITICAL DECISION.
OH, I UNDERSTAND IT WOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
BUT I, I THINK THAT'S A VERY EASY THING TO RALLY OUR CITIZENS AROUND AND BE LIKE, LOOK, I MEAN, WE WANT OUR PARKS TO BE SAFE.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO TAKE A HIT IN THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT WITHIN OUR PARK DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES THANK THAT'S A, THAT'S A, A LEGAL QUESTION ALSO, MR. RESOLUTION CAN BE A STATEMENT.
IS IT A APPOINTING RESOLUTION? SO I I THINK THAT'S A MORE LEGAL QUESTION FOR A LATER TIME.
SO TWO THINGS IS THAT REALLY, I, I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL IF WE HAVE OUR RESERVATIONS OFFICE INVOLVED, NOT TO GIVE THEM MORE WORK, BUT TO REALLY HELP COMBAT ANY CONFLICTED RESERVATIONS AS WELL AS HAVE A REALLY FLUID COMMUNICATION.
UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE SAYING MR. JOHNSON, IS ACCURATE.
BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF, OF SOME OF THE RESERVATIONS ON HOW WE DO THINGS.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF SOMEBODY CAN SPEAK TO THAT OR IF, IF THERE IS NO, YOU, YOU'RE SPOT ON.
AND AS, AS DIRECTOR JENKINS, UH, BRIEF YOU ALL A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT OUR NEW, UH, KIND OF STRUCTURE FOR SERVICES AND REVENUE.
AND SO UNDER CORE SERVICES ARE PARK MAINTENANCE, RECREATION, UH, AND PARK SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AND ALONG WITH PARK SAFETY AND SECURITY IS RESIDENTIAL.
SO THERE ALREADY WEEKLY MEETINGS GOING OFF BECAUSE WE WANT TO CREATE A BETTER STREAMLINE OF COMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE GREW SO MUCH.
BUT HOW DO WE RIGHT SIZE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A SLOWER RES UH, A EXPEDITED RESPONSE TIME OF GETTING COMMUNICATION FROM RESERVATIONS OFFICE TO THE RANGE.
SO ALL OF THOSE UNDER MR. MUDS, PERVIEW DALLAS.
SO THERE'S WEEKLY MEETINGS TAKING PLACE TO JUST TO IMPROVE THAT COMMUNICATION.
BUT IT'S TO THE COMMUNITY THOUGH, YOU, THERE'S THE TOP YOU GUYS ARE HAVING, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN TO, IF, IF HER MOM'S GROUP IS, IS CHURCH IS GONNA HAVE SOMETHING, BUT THEN POTENTIALLY SOMEBODY ELSE RESERVED IT AT THE SAME TIME, HER MOM'S GROUP MIGHT NOT KNOW IT IF THEY'RE JUST GONNA CASUALLY GO OVER THERE.
AND THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN ALL DIFFERENT PARKS.
AND, AND SO JUST TO HELP WITH THAT FLUID COMMUNICATION, I WOULD SUGGEST THERE'D BE A BIGGER PRESENCE FOR OUR PEOPLE TO, UH, FOR THE CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND, TO GO THROUGH RESERVATIONS OR SOMEHOW, AND NOT TO GIVE MORE WORK FOR RESERVATIONS.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARY, BUT JUST TO FIND THAT BALANCE IS WHAT I'M REQUESTING.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER IS TO, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING AT KEYS TONIGHT.
I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN NOW, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK INTO SESSION IN AUGUST, IS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR PARKS OVER THE DISTRICTS.
'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF MR. VER KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING OR WHATEVER.
IF YOU DID, EITHER WAY, MAYBE MR. CREAMY WANTED TO KNOW AND HE DIDN'T KNOW.
SO JUST TO HAVE A BETTER AWARENESS, WHETHER IT'S MARKETING OR WHETHER IT'S COMMUNICATION OR WHATEVER IT IS FOR US AS PARK BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH CONSTITUENTS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE STAFF, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CENTERS, JUST TO HAVE A BETTER, UM, AWARENESS OF WHAT'S THE, THE COMMUNICATION AND, AND THE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE MEETING TONIGHT IS, UH, THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FOR THOSE BEAUTIFICATION AGREEMENT HOLDERS WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE EXISTING, UH, AGREEMENTS, BRINGING 'EM ALL TOGETHER, GETTING THE STATE OF THE STATE OF THE PARK SYSTEM OF WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED, ALSO WHAT WE HAVE WILL BE LOOKING TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
RIGHT? BUT WHAT IF SOMEBODY IN DISTRICT FIVE DOESN'T HAVE THAT YET, BUT YOU THEN HE CAN GO OVER THERE TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE HAPPENING.
SO MAYBE HE CAN BRING IT BACK INTO HIS COMMUNITY OR VICE VERSA.
SO JUST TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION HAPPENING AMONGST US AND AWARENESS SO THAT POTENTIALLY, POTENTIALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN IF HE'S ALREADY GONE OVER THERE AND HEARD WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE.
SO LET ME, UH, LIKE I SAID, LET YEAH, 'CAUSE I NEED THAT TO BE MORE DEFINED AND I GET, GET WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE I'M GONNA GET READY TO START SCHEDULING SOME ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS AGAIN.
BUT I KIND OF WANNA, I'M GONNA HAVE TO NARROW DOWN WHEN Y'ALL SAY Y'ALL WANT INFORMATION BECAUSE I CAN GIVE Y'ALL A THOUSAND THINGS AND IT DOESN'T APPLY TO YOUR DISTRICT, BUT IT MAY APPLY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO I'M GONNA REALLY NEED YOU ALL TO NARROW DOWN WITH ME.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE REGULAR MEETINGS WHERE THE DEPUTY DIRECTORS AND THE ADS ARE MEETING WITH YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE SHARING CERTAIN THINGS WITH YOU ALL ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.
BUT I, BUT I CAN'T HAVE THEM ALL OVER THE MAP.
IF IT'S, YOU WANT THESE FIVE THINGS, YOU WANT THESE EIGHT THINGS,
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I JUST NEED, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.HERE'S THE KEY THINGS I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THEY SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
AND UH, MR. JOHN, LET'S SUPPOSE I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.
I WANNA HAVE A RALLY IN THE SEAN JOHNSON PARK
I ANTICIPATE 76 OR MORE PEOPLE COMING TO IT.
HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO I HAVE TO APPLY FOR A PARK DEPARTMENT PERMIT? SAY IT'S 21 DAYS, 30 DAYS AT LEAST 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ISSUE HAS RISEN WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS? IF THE ORGANIZE THE EVENT, HAVING CONGRESS OR THE PRESIDENT OR THE GOVERNOR OR THE CITY COUNCIL DOES SOMETHING TODAY AND I WANNA HOLD A RALLY THIS WEEKEND AND THEY GO THROUGH THE CHAIN.
'CAUSE ONCE THEY GO THROUGH, LIKE THEY PASS THEIR POLICY OF 30 DAYS, THEN THEY START GOING THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THE NEXT SUPERVISOR.
AND LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WILL CALL ME, UH, LIKE IF SOMEONE I'M GOT IS A WEEK OUT AND THEN IT'S REALLY MY CALL IF I'M ALLOWED TO THE VENT TO TAKE PLACE OR NOT.
'CAUSE I STILL GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, WE GET BURNED EVERY TIME WHERE WE TRY TO BE NICE.
OKAY? WE DON'T ABIDE BY A 30 DAY RULE BECAUSE THERE'S A REASON WHY WE ASK FOR THE 30 DAYS.
'CAUSE WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY GET THE RIGHT PERMITS.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TRAFFIC PLANS.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY'RE COORDINATED.
DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF EVENT THEY'RE COORDINATED WITH DPD, THEY'RE COORDIN COORDINATED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS.
BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU EACH TIME, AND I KNOW STEPH GET MAD AT ME BECAUSE I AIN'T GOT SOME POLITICAL PRESSURE WHERE I'M LIKE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU 50, PROBABLY 50% OF THE TIME I GET BURNT EVERY TIME 'CAUSE SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
BUT WE WILL TRY TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT I'M VERY HESITANT TO, IF IT'S MORE THAN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OR EVEN APPROVING IT.
EVEN IF A COUNCIL MEMBER, BOARD MEMBER CALL IT'S 30 DAYS.
I HAVE ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE IN THE DIRECTOR AND IN THE STAFF WHO ADMINISTER THAT FAIRLY AND TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THEY SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON.
LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, LIKE, UH, TRAFFIC, LIKE PARKING, LIKE, UH, CROWD CONTROL, LIKE LITTER CONTROL AND SO ON.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY I'M TROUBLED BY A SYSTEM THAT WOULD LEAVE SO MUCH ROOM FOR CONTENT-BASED FAVORITISM.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT ACCUSING, UH, I WOULDN'T DREAM THAT ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM OR IN THIS BUILDING WOULD DO THAT, BUT IT CONCERN THIS.
MR. MCKAY, JUST A FINAL THOUGHT OR SUGGESTION.
I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD PUT A PRESS RELEASE OUT ABOUT THIS AND TRY TO GET SOME NEWS COVERAGE.
YOU KNOW, FREE PUBLICITY ON THAT.
ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ANY VIDEO MR. MONEY THAT IS ABLE TO BE SHARED FROM SOME OF THE EVENTS OUTTA CONTROL.
I, THE NEWS LOVES COVERING THOSE KIND OF STORIES OF HERE'S A PROBLEM, THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL AND HERE'S WHAT OUR SOLUTION IS TO FIXING IT.
SO, UH, DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING.
PUT THAT OUT THERE AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO IT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S A BALANCE.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT, ONCE AGAIN NEGATIVE UNIONIZE.
'CAUSE I, 'CAUSE I KNOW HOW THIS COULD GO SOUTH REAL QUICK.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN VERY STRATEGIC ON HOW WE APPROACH THIS WITH THE BOARD.
AND I KNOW WE WILL GO OVER TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AS WELL.
I JUST KNOW HOW SOMETIMES THAT CAN TURN IN.
I DON'T WANT, I DON'T, WE'RE NOT DEMONIZING FOLKS FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND I I, AND I CAN'T CONTROL THE MEDIA WHAT THEY DECIDE TO DO THIS, DO NEGATIVE STUFF MORE THAN POSITIVES.
YOU AND MR. WORKER, I TOLD YOU GUYS, I'LL BE BACK HERE.
AND JUST, JUST AGAIN, A LOT OF GREAT POINTS WERE MADE HERE TODAY.
AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY GETS TREATED RIGHT AND KIND OF TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE.
UH, WHEN PEOPLE JUST SHOW UP AND THEY'RE RANDOMLY IN THE PARKING LOT, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT PARKED ILLEGALLY OR THEY'RE CLOSING OFF THE PARKING OR THE PARK FROM OUR OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BEING ABLE TO GET IN THERE WHOLEHEARTEDLY, CALL DPD AND GET IT HANDLED.
BUT IF THEY ARE, THEN WE GOTTA KIND OF LIKE JUST KIND OF WATCH OR THEY'RE, AND REPORT, RIGHT? SO JUST, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
IT'S MY BIGGEST, MY BIGGEST THING.
'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE A A, A NEIGHBOR ON PERRINGTON AND I KNOW THE EXACT PERSON THAT HANDLED THIS ISSUE.
HE, HE SMILES BECAUSE HE HAD THIS ISSUE WHO DIDN'T LIKE LOUD MUSIC OR, OR PEOPLE BEING LOUD AT THE PARK.
SO SHE WILL CALL IN ON US ALL THE TIME.
'CAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT US IN THE PARK BEING ABLE TO
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SCREAM, YELL, PLAY OR WHATEVER.UH, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SOMETIMES NEIGHBORS REPORT SOMETHING 'CAUSE THEY'RE DON'T, THEY DON'T SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE GROUP OR WHAT'S BEING PLAYED OR WHAT'S BEING HAPPENING.
SO SOMETIMES WE GOTTA WATCH THAT ALSO.
SO YOU JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, OBSERVING AND, AND REPORTING CORRECTLY VERSUS, HEY, LET'S LET THIS ONE PERSON HAVE THE BIGGEST VOICE.
AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, AND UH, IT, IT HAPPENED SEVERAL DECADES BACK.
AND, UH, AND, BUT WE JUST GOTTA BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
UM, REAL QUICK, UM, I HAVE A GROUP OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS REACHING OUT TO ME THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING A SAFE DALLAS CITY HALL PROTEST OUT FRONT.
WHAT IS THE PROPER PROCESS IF THEY WANT TO DO THIS BETWEEN A TWO WEEK AND 30 DAY WINDOW? IS IT THROUGH US OR IS IT THROUGH OFFICE? OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS? NO, THEY'RE HAVING A, LIKE IT'S A PROTEST THEY GO THROUGH.
'CAUSE THEY GOTTA MAKE SURE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THEY GO, GO GET, BUT THEN GO AHEAD MS. MIRANDA.
IS THAT A PART OFFICE? SO ANYTIME THERE IS FIRST RIGHT? LIKE A, IF SOMEONES DON'T PROTEST OR RIGHT.
EVENT HAPPENS AFTER THAT'S WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, THEY GO THROUGH THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEY COORDINATE WITH DPD.
SO EVEN IF IT'S NOT PARK OR ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, IT GOES THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND, AND WHAT IS THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM TIME REQUIREMENT? UM, DID, DID THEY HEAR TWO WEEKS OR IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A TIME REQUIREMENT.
THEY DON'T HAVE, IF THEY, IF THEY CALL TOMORROW AND THEY ARE THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS, NO.
THEY GO THROUGH THEIR FIRST RIGHT PROCESS.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A HOT TOPIC AROUND TOWN, SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD FOR FOLKS WHO CARE.
OH, WE, WE DO WANT THANK YOU PRESIDENT AR WE DO WANT, WE DO WANT RECOGNIZE MR. MUD THROUGH HIS TEAM WILL DISCUSS TO YOUR POINT HERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE IN OUR PARK.
WONDERFUL THINGS THAT IS THE PROACTIVENESS OF THEM.
AND SO ONE TO DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE A, A PARK RANGE, A SITUATION HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
HOPE GET THIS WHOLE TEAM TO COME, HIS ENTIRE TEAM TO COME UP.
BUT IN THE EVENT TOOK PLACE WOULD, COULD POTENTIALLY GOTTEN WORSE.
UH, BUT BEING PROACTIVE, UM, WILL KIND OF REMAIN FROM SAYING NAMES AND LOCATIONS JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOT PUSHED TO, TO THE AUTHORITIES.
UH, BUT JUST THE, UH, THE AWARENESS IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR PARK RANGER BEING OUT IN THE PARK.
SO MR. MONEY, YOU WANTS US TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE TEAM MEMBERS? YES.
I'M GONNA ASK MR. CHARLES PARK RANGER CHARLES DRAKE.
MR. MCMAN, MR. DARREN THOMAS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AS MR. JOMAN ALLUDED TO, UH, MR. MR. CHARLES DRAKE, WHILE DOING A PROPER PARK INSPECTION AT ONE OF OUR PARKS AREAS, CAME ACROSS A VERY, VERY ELEGANT, UH, SITUATION.
UH, AND WHILE ENGAGING WITH THE RESIDENT OR RESIDENT, UH, INFORMED, UH, MR. DRAKE OF A SITUATION THAT LOOKED VERY UNFAMILIAR AND THOUGHT THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT HE COULD COME OUT AND COME OVER AND TO CHECK OUT.
SO MR. DRAKE DID, UH, APPROACH THE SITUATION AND FOUND WHAT WAS HAPPENING OR WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THIS SITUATION WAS VERY MUCH SO A SAFETY ISSUE, SAFETY RELATED ISSUE.
UH, MR. DRAKE DID THE PROPER THING.
HE CONTACTED DPD, BUT ALSO HE CONTACTED MR. JEREMY MCMAHON JUST TO ALLOW MCMAN TO WALK HIM THROUGH, UH, STEPS AS HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND I WANT TO COMMEND, UM, ARC RANGER, MR. DRAKE, MR. MCMAHON, MR. DARREN THOMAS, FOR WALKING THROUGH THAT SITUATION WITH DELICACY, UH, AND BEING ABLE TO GET IT RESOLVED AND TURNED OVER TO DPD PROPERLY FOR PROPER RESOLUTION.
UH, SO BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION AND NATURE, WE CAN'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT WE THOUGHT IT'D BE VERY APPROPRIATE, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THEM BEFORE YOU AS A BODY AND TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE THAT THEY'RE DOING, NOT ONLY ON THAT DAY, BUT DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
I'M MAKING, I'M GOING TO SAY BE A SHORT MEETING
SO NOW WE GO TO OVER HARD PRIORITIES AND GOALS.
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MORNING, STILL.SO I'M JOINED HERE TODAY WITH ROBIN STEIN AND JOHNNY LEE.
Y'ALL MAY NOT KNOW JOHNNY, BUT HE IS A, A WIZARD AND A LOT OF COOL STUFF, ONE OF WHICH HE'S GONNA SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
UH, JOHNNY'S OUR OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST.
ANALYST BUILDS A LOT OF DASHBOARDS FOR US, MAINTAINS A LOT OF DATA FOR US.
UM, SO I'M GONNA HAVE ROBIN GO THROUGH A FEW SLIDES, BUT BY WAY OF BACKGROUNDS AND CONTEXT, UH, AT THE LAST TIME WE BRIEFED, UH, THE PART BOARD GOALS, WE SAID WE WERE GONNA COME BACK WITH A A LITTLE MORE USER FRIENDLY TOOL AND A WAY FOR Y'ALL TO KIND OF DIGEST THE INFORMATION IN A, IN A EASIER WAY.
SO JOHNNY HAS PUT TOGETHER A DASHBOARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WALK THROUGH, UH, WITH YOU TODAY TO KIND OF SEE WHAT IT IS, THE FUNCTIONALITY OF IT.
WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE YOU A LINK, UH, TO THE DASHBOARD THAT YOU CAN, UH, LOOK AT, UM, AT YOUR LEISURE.
BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW IT TO YOU TODAY TO WALK THROUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONALITY.
UH, AND ROBIN WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, FOR OUR OVERVIEW TODAY, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE, UH, BACKGROUND AS BRIAN MENTIONED.
UH, REMIND YOU OF OUR, YOUR PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS, WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE PRIORITIES ARE, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROGRESS TO DATE.
SO, UM, THIS JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, UH, OUR 2020, OUR 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STRATEGIES.
THAT PLAN, UH, WAS MEANT TO GUIDE US THAT THE FUTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS.
WE'VE LARGELY COMPLETED ALL THOSE STRATEGIES AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF, UH, GOING THROUGH THE, UM, PLANNING PROCESS FOR OUR UPCOMING STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'LL GUIDE US FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
SO AS, AS MOST OF THOSE STRATEGIES WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED, UH, AT THE BOARD RETREAT IN DECEMBER OF 2025, WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PRIORITIES, UH, THAT THE BOARD HAD FOR US TO FOCUS ON DURING THAT INTERIM PERIOD WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR, FOR OUR LONG RANGE STRATEGIES TO, TO COME INTO PLAY.
AND WE ALSO BRIEFED YOU IN JANUARY WHERE WE KIND OF HAD A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HEARD.
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE, UH, YOUR INFORMATION AND, UH, GATHER IT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT PRIORITY AREAS.
UH, WE SAW SOME, SOME THEMES AMONG THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAD.
UM, ALSO ALONGSIDE THAT, WE HAVE KICKED OFF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, UPDATE PROCESS, WHICH WE HOPE TO COMPLETE AROUND THE END OF THE YEAR OR SHORTLY INTO THE YEAR OF 2027.
AND JUST TO LET LET YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE THESE, UH, BOARD PRIORITIES, BUT ALONG WITH THAT WE HAVE DIRECTORS PRIORITIES THAT YOU ALL, UM, HAVE ASKED OUR DIRECTOR TO FOCUS ON.
UH, THOSE WERE BEING REPORTED ON A, UH, FISCAL YEAR BASIS.
WHILE OUR BOARD PRIORITIES, WHICH WERE INITIATED IN JANUARY, WERE ON THE CALENDAR YEAR, BUT WE HAVE, UM, ALIGNING TO THE REPORTING PERIOD FOR RESIDENT.
WE'RE REPORTING ON EVERYTHING NOW, UH, BY THE FIFTH, FIFTH YEAR.
SO JUST A REMINDER, THESE WERE THE PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS, UH, THE THEMES THAT WE HEARD FROM YOUR RETREAT, OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, LONG RANGE PLANNING, FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
AND EACH, EACH OF THOSE PRIORITIES HAS SEVERAL GOALS.
UH, THAT THEN TRICKLE DOWN TO THE OBJECTIVE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS, UM, THAT HELP US OPERATIONALIZE YOUR PRIORITIES.
AND WE REPORT ON THOSE QUARTERLY.
SO OUR CURRENT STATUS OVERALL, UH, IS 52% PROGRESS TOWARDS ALL OF OUR TACTICS.
UM, WHEN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN BY THE PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS, WE'RE 65% ALONG WITH OUR OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, UH, STRATEGIES, 54% FOR LONG RANGE PLANNING, 40% ON FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND 50% FOR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND YOU, UM, WHILE WE ARE REPORTING ON THIS AND THE FISCAL YEAR, AND THIS IS OUR Q3 REPORT, UM, THIS REALLY REPRESENTS ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF WORK SINCE JANUARY.
SO WE ARE RIGHT ON TRACK, UM, WITH ABOUT 50%, UM, OF THESE GOALS BEING COMPLETED.
SOME OF THEM WON'T, UH, WON'T FINISH UNTIL Q1 OF FISCAL YEAR 27.
AND JUST A KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL ACCOMPLISHMENT OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED OR ARE JUST IN YEAR COMPLETION, UM, WAS THE, UH, LEADERSHIP TRANSITION
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PLAN.UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY.
OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN WAS CREATED FOR FAIR PARK.
UM, THE GOLF FEED BENCHMARKING STUDY IS COMPLETED.
THE PARK SAFETY DASHBOARD, WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU RECENTLY, UM, HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
AND OUR STRATEGIC MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN IS A NEAR IN COMPLETION.
SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO, UM, A DEMONSTRATION OF THE DASHBOARD.
AND THIS IS WHERE JOHNNY'S GONNA KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, WHAT, UH, WHAT ALL IT, WHAT ALL IT REPORTS AND HOW YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH IT.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA RECEIVE A LINK AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DIG DOWN INTO IT AT YOUR LEISURE.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JOHNNY AND LET HIM JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE HIGH LEVEL DASHBOARD.
UM, SO GOOD MORNING PARK BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, I'M JOHNNY LING WITH PARTNERSHIP AND REVENUE.
I WILL BE, UH, SHOWING HOW TO UTILIZE THE DASHBOARD, UH, TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT THE DEPARTMENT, UM, IS MAKING TOWARDS THE BOARD.
UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UM, IN ORDER TO VIEW THIS DASHBOARD ON YOUR DEVICE, UM, YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO THE CITI SERVER THROUGH OKTA.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO LAST TIME, SO SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, UH, WITH THE PROCESS, BUT WE WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO DO SO.
SO WHEN YOU DO HAVE ACCESS TO THE DASHBOARD, UM, THIS IS THE LANDING PAGE SHOULD BE PRIORITIES PROGRESS REPORT.
UM, AT THE VERY TOP RIGHT YOU WILL SEE THE OVERALL PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE SO FAR.
THIRD QUARTER, WHICH IS AT 52%.
RIGHT BELOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VISUALS ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE PROGRESS BY PRIORITIES.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE FOUR KEY AREAS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR.
AND FOR EACH BAR, IT SHOWS THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE ON THAT PRIORITY AS WELL AS THE DELTA, WHICH IS THE CHANGE FROM LAST QUARTER'S PROGRESS.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WE HAVE THE STATUS OVERVIEW OF OUR MEASURES.
JUST PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN ON WHETHER THE MEASURE HAD NOT STARTED PROGRESS, ALMOST DONE, COMPLETED.
IT ALSO SHOWS THE GRAND TOTAL NUMBER OF MEASURES BY, UH, UH, PRIORITIES AND STATUS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, IT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE 113 MEASURES.
UM, AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY, UM, ACTION ITEM THAT STAFF ARE WORKING ON TO ADVANCE AND BOARD PRIORITIES.
UM, LOOKING AT THE GRID, THERE IS A COLOR GRADIENT.
SO THE DARKER THE COLOR MEANS MORE MEASURES FOR THE SPECIFIC PRIORITY AND STATUS.
SO WHEN YOU CLICK ON A TILE, OR ACTUALLY ANY TILE ON A GRID OR, UH, THE BAR ON THE LEFT VISUAL, IT WILL FILTER OUT THE DASHBOARD BASED ON THAT CRITERIA.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I CLICK ON THIS TILE HERE, IT WILL SHOW THE TWO FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES THAT'S ALMOST DONE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE BELOW, IT WILL SHOW THOSE TWO MEASURES ALONG WITH THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO WE CAN SEE THE GOAL OBJECTIVE STRATEGY, THE TACTIC OR THE MEASURE, THE TACTIC DESCRIPTION, UM, THE PROGRESS UPDATE OR COMMENT, UH, TOWARD THAT MEASURE THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE, PRIORITY PROGRESS AND STATUS.
ALSO, WHEN YOU HOVERED OVER THE BAR, UM, YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I DESCRIBED IN THE POPUP ALONG INCLUDING THE, INCLUDING THIS QUARTER, UH, UPDATE, AS WELL AS THE LAST QUARTER UPDATE.
SO WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH WORK HAD BEEN DONE AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE FROM QUARTER TO QUARTER.
UM, AFTER YOU'RE DONE REVIEWING THE MEASURE, IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE UNFILTERED DASHBOARD TO SIMPLY CLICK ON THE TILE AND NOTICE ON THE BOTTOM TABLE, IT NOW SHOWS DETAILS OF ALL 113 MEASURES AND THEIR DETAILS.
SO WE CREATED THIS DASHBOARD TO OFFER AN EASY WAY TO VIEW THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS, UM, AND ALLOW YOU TO SLICE AND DICE THE DATA BASED ON THE SELECTION THAT YOU MAKE.
UM, TO GET THE INFORMATION BY YOUR NAME.
THAT FOR THE DEMO, THAT'S BACK TO ROBIN.
SO THE, UH, AFTER THE MEETING, THE DASHBOARD LINK IS GONNA BE EMAILED OUT TO YOU AS WELL AS, UM, CONNE CONNECTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT, UH, CONNECTED TO THE OKTA SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY.
UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE LONGER SHOULD ALREADY HAVE THAT
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ACCESS THROUGH THEIR EMAIL.SO THIS DASHBOARD IS HOUSED ON THE CITY SERVER AND THAT'S WHY, UH, FOR THEIR SECURITY PROTOCOLS, THAT'S WHY IT, UH, YOU HAVE TO LOG THROUGH THE SYSTEM, UM, TO VIEW IT.
SO, UM, ONGOING, WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE QUARTERLY PROGRESS.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING YOU AN UPDATE OF OUR Q4 ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN NOVEMBER OF 2026.
AND THEN WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON THE FY 27, UM, UPDATES ON JANUARY 20, 27.
SO WE HOPE YOU FIND THE, THE DASHBOARD TO BE KIND OF A, A SEAMLESS WAY TO DIGEST, UM, QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION, UH, THAT'S BEEN BUILT OUT.
AND AGAIN, JUST AS A SUPER QUICK REMINDER, Y'ALL CREATED THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE RETREAT, THE FOUR PRIORITY AREAS.
WE CAME BACK TO YOU WITH THE GOALS THAT YOU ALL AGREED TO.
AND THEN WE AS STAFF BUILT OUT THE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS THAT WOULD, UH, WORK UP TO, UH, ACHIEVING THE GOALS IN THE STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS.
SO, UM, AS ROBIN MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA, THIS IS A LIVE DOCUMENT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUALLY UPDATE IT.
UM, PLEASE EVERYONE, ONCE THE LINK IS SENT OUT, UH, PLEASE, UH, DIG INTO IT.
LET US KNOW IF, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
MR. CON, WAS THIS CREATED TOTALLY IN-HOUSE? IS THERE ANYTHING FEEDING THIS YES.
CREATED IN HOUSE WITH THAT, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE COST TO CREATE FOR THIS PROJECT? WHAT WAS THE COST TO CREATE THIS? NOTHING MORE THAN STAFF TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF LIKE, THE HOUR SPENT ON THIS, ON THE DASHBOARD ITSELF IS PROBABLY WEEK AND A HALF TO TWO WEEKS.
NO, BUT WHEN YOU GUYS DO THIS THINGS, YOU GUYS GO, I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS GO BY SPRINTS, CORRECT? LIKE HOW, HOW MANY SPRINTS? LIKE WHAT'S, THERE'S GOTTA BE A COST THAT YOU GUYS BUDGET FOR THIS.
THIS IS JUST PART OF HIS, UH, JOHNNY IS OUR, OUR DATA EXPERT IN THE DEPARTMENT AND HE BUILDS DASHBOARDS LIKE THIS OKAY.
SO THIS IS JUST PART OF HIS JOB FUNCTION.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT USING, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROBABLY A YEAR AGO.
HAVE WE EVER LOOKED AT USING ASANA FOR THINGS LIKE THIS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE WHERE WE COULD UPLOAD EVERYTHING TO ASANA, USE AI AND HAVE IT DO THESE KIND OF THINGS FOR US? WE HAVE NOT, UH, UNLESS ROBIN FEELS THE NEED TO CORRECT ME, WE HAVE NOT TAKEN A DEEP DIVE AT THAT.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING CERTAINLY WE CAN, AND I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT WAS UM, CHRISTINA TURNER NOWHERE REGARDING ALL OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT STUFF THAT WE WERE DOING THROUGH PLANNING DESIGN.
BUT WE TALKED ABOUT ASANA PROBABLY A YEAR AGO.
UM, AND INSTEAD OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE THIS IS FANTASTIC.
I'M NOT DISCREDITING YOUR WORK.
I'M SAYING YOU'VE GOT AN ENTERPRISE LEVEL COMPANY OUT THERE, OKAY.
THAT DOES THIS KIND OF STUFF EVERY DAY AND HAS UPDATES.
I JUST THINK WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S COST EFFECTIVE THAT WE CAN UPLOAD ALL OF OUR DATA TO AND HAVE A PROJECT MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISE LEVEL SAAS SOLUTION THAT DOES THIS FOR US? APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.
WE'LL CERTAINLY RESEARCH IT AND SEE IF THERE'S APPLICABILITY FOR THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO.
HEY RYAN, WILL YOU MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW? 'CAUSE UH, MR. CONNER DID MENTION THIS TO A PREVIOUS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO OUR BOND PROGRAM.
AND THEN LET'S JUST DETERMINE YAY AND NAY FOR SOMETHING THAT FITS.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY CREATIVE.
OKAY, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW BACK UP PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 45 DAYS.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.
THANK YOU MR. LEE FOR PUTTING TOGETHER.
'CAUSE IT IS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN ACTIVE ONE AND, AND SOMETIMES WE GET SPREADSHEETS WHERE IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES GOTTA GO AND PHYSICALLY KEY IN, IN EVERY BOX.
SO IF WE GET BETTER AT, AT THIS KIND OF STUFF, EVEN IF WE USING IN-HOUSE OR A, A AI TOOL LIKE MR. CONNOR SAID, JUST IF WE CAN NAVIGATE IT REAL FAST VERSUS OPENING UP A SPREADSHEET AND HAVING FIGURE ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAKE, THIS MIGHT BE EASIER FOR US TO KEEP ALL OUR DATA AND OUR INFORMATION.
UH, AGAIN, AS ELAINE SAID, NOT UH, I THINK GREAT, GREAT THING, BUT ANY WAY WE CAN ANSWER.
THIS JUST REALLY KEEPS SOME FUN.
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UPDATE YOU BRING YOUR MONEY TO US.UM, SO OF COURSE THIS IS BECAUSE YESTERDAY HE USED TO BE BUDGET BRIEFING, UM, WAS AVAILABLE TO HAPPEN.
SO, UM, AT THIS POINT WE'LL NOT BE CREATING ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BASED ON THAT BRIEFING ONCE THAT, THAT WILL BE GOING OUT VIA MEMO AS A BRIEFED ITEM.
AND SO YOU WILL MAKE SURE THAT MARK FOUR DOES REVIEW THAT INFORMATION FOR OF YOU THAT ARE INTERESTED SINCE IT WAS SET TO BE BRIEFED YESTERDAY.
THAT IS ARGUMENT AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW IT BUDGET.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE BUDGET MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOUR POINT MILLION DOLLARS IN REDUCTION THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS PARK BOARD MEETINGS.
OF COURSE THAT IS WITH THE 2.4 EXPENSE CUT AND THE 2.4 ADDITIONAL RE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.
SO AS OF THIS POINT, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY BUDGET SERVICES.
UM, AND WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER JUNE 45TH TO DISCUSS THOSE BUDGET ITEMS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED.
UM, ONCE THAT HAPPENS AND WE WILL COME BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO PARK BOARD WITH WHAT I, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AND WHERE WE LANDED ON THAT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A HANDOUT BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT HEADCOUNTS.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO Y'ALL.
IF Y'ALL NEEDED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, YOU CAN PROVIDE MORE.
BUT THAT DOES SHOW YOU OUR LAST FIVE YEARS OF HEADCOUNTS.
AND JUST TO SHOW THAT THE PARK SYSTEM HAS STRATEGIC REPORT, EVERY TIME WE ADD SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD COME BACK AND DELETE SOMETHING.
WE WORK BETWEEN THE SERVICES AND OUR HEAD COUNT HAS STAYED PRETTY LEVEL FOR OVER THE, THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
SO THAT IS THERE FOR Y'ALL'S INFORMATION IF Y'ALL WANTED TO DISCUSS OR HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO AS I SAID, THAT IS MY BRIEFING, UM, UPDATES.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THE DIRECTOR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING.
OH, NO MORE THAN, UH, AS YOU ALL CAN SEE FROM THE CHART THAT, UH, MS. BERRY HANDED OUT, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE DEPARTMENT AND THROUGH THE BOARDS WERE, WE HAVE BEEN VERY EFFICIENT FIVE YEARS.
WE HAVE NOT INCREASED OUR HEAD COUNT.
WE HAVE DECREASED OUR HEAD COUNT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR A DEPARTMENT THAT'S CONTINUING TO GROW.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP REDUCE OUR HEAD COUNT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A GOOD THING OR BAD THING, I'M JUST SAYING IT.
ONE THING FOR SURE IS WE ARE BEING VERY EFFICIENT OVER HERE IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND DOING MORE WITH LESS MS
THANK YOU MS. BARRY AND DIRECTOR JENKINS, DO WE VOTE ON THIS, VOTE ON WHAT MS. VARI SAID IN REGARDS TO WHAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YES, I, YEAH, I GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD, UM, AND AT THAT PARTICULAR MEETING WHAT I WAS GONNA BE SUBMITTING FOR.
AND THEN I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WHERE THESE NUMBERS ARE WITH THE DEC THE DECREASE JUST, I LOVE AT SOME POINT TO UNDERSTAND IF WITH THE DE DECREASE WHETHER LISTEN MONEY CHANGES AND SO PEOPLE GET PAID MORE.
UM, AND SO YOU MIGHT DECREASE, BUT HOW THAT ALL LOOKS ACROSS BOARD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IT NOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IS WITH, WITH THE THAT'S GREAT.
UM, BUT I JUST, THAT'S, I MEAN THE, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, LIKE I SAID, ORGANIZATION THAT HAS ADDED PROBABLY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE ADDED MORE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE ADDED MORE PARKS, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR SERVICE LEVEL.
WHAT THIS TELLS YOU IS THIS DEPARTMENT IS OPERATING VERY EFFICIENT, EFFICIENTLY UP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THIS BOARD.
I SAID THIS TWICE BEFORE RUNNING LEAD.
WERE BEING ASKED WRONG ON EMPTY.
UM, DID WE GO TO, UH, OH, UH, WHY DIDN'T THE BUDGET BUDGET DISCUSSION HAPPEN YESTERDAY? WHY? WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
AND I THINK WE, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW
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REVENUES ARE UP, THEY REVENUES, TOTAL REVENUES YOU'RE LOOKING AT.BUT NO, RIGHT NOW THE SHORTAGE THAT IS BEING PROJECTED IS
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PROJECTED, I'M TALKING ABOUT ABSOLUTE DOLLARS OR ABSOLUTE DOLLARS.
THE BRIEFING AS PRESENTED ASKED IS YES.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL 'CAUSE I THINK MR. GREENY SAID THIS EARLIER, AND I I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPS THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
I THINK WE'RE IN A MANAGEMENT CRISIS.
UM, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PROJECT REVENUES CORRECTLY, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROJECTING REVENUES AND ABSOLUTE DOLLARS THAT CAME IN.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ABSOLUTE DOLLARS FROM 2020 TO 2026, THOSE NUMBERS I DON'T THINK HAVE DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE POINT WHERE WE SHOULD BE EATING A 15% REDUCTION.
AND THAT'S NOT ON YOU AND THAT'S NOT ON THIS DEPARTMENT, THAT'S ON THE CITY MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVE A BUDGET MANAGEMENT CRISIS, NOT A BUDGET REVENUE CRISIS.
I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IT.
HERE'S AS THOUGH ALL THE CUTS HERE ARE REDUCTION OF HOURS AND REDUCTION OF SERVICES, REDUCTION OF CUSTOMER SERVICES, ESSENTIALLY.
UM, WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING ANYTHING IN TERMS OF OVERHEAD OR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF STAFFING CUTS OR ANYTHING.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO READ, UNDERSTAND THIS.
NO, WE HAVE, WE ELIMINATE POSITION AT DIFFERENT LEVELS THERE.
AND AS I MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING, I I DID NOT, I'M, I'M ELIMINATING MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION.
SO THE PRODUCTION OF 67 P POSITIONS HERE, BUT 26 WILL SHOW UP ON THE 26TH REDUCTION 'CAUSE IT JUST GOES TO 25.
BUT THEY SHOW MY 2026 PROPOSAL.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT IT JUST, UM, I'VE ONLY GOT A PIECE OF THESE.
NO, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS LIKE OVER THE YEARS THROUGH THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD, WE'RE NOT SHOWING YOU LIKE EVERY POSITION THAT WAS ELIMINATED, WE'RE SHOWING YOU THAT PARTICULAR TIME THROUGH THE BUDGET DISCUSSION EVERY YEAR THAT WHEN WE ELIMINATED SOMETHING OR WE ADDED SOMETHING, WE'RE SHOWING YOU THAT PROCESS.
SO LIKE LAST YEAR, THE, THE POOLS GOT THE, THE POOLS WERE AS PART OF A BUDGET EFFICIENCY 'CAUSE OF THE OUTDATED POOLS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST SHOWING YOU EACH YEAR, WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE MAJOR THINGS THAT WERE EITHER ADDED OR
NO, YEAH, BUT IT, IT JUST STILL LEAVES A PICTURE HERE AND SORT OF ALL IT DESCRIBES IS THAT WE'RE REDUCING SERVICES AND I AND THAT'S YEAH.
AND TO YOUR POINT THAT THAT GOES BACK TO LAND.
WE, WE WAS ASKED THE BOARD AND, AND, UH, THE ART DEPARTMENT WAS ASKED TO IDENTIFY SOME, SOME REDUCTIONS IN OVER THE YEARS OR, OR EFFICIENCIES.
AND WE, WE PARTICIPATE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, YESTERDAY IN WATCHING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I LEARNED SOMETHING.
I LEARNED THAT THERE IS A, UH, CONTINGENCY FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND, AN EMERGENCY FUND, A RESERVE FUND.
IT HAD SEVERAL MA NAMES TO THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, $3 MILLION OF IT WAS PULLED TO THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR $3 MILLION OF, OF REAL ESTATE CONSULTANTS.
CAN WE PULL FROM THAT TOO? CAN WE GO AND SAY, LOOK, NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A RESERVE FUND, A CONTINGENCY FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND THAT IS 34 TO $51 MILLION ALREADY SHORT, UH, YOU'RE PULLING IN MONEY TO GO PAY FOR REAL ESTATE CONSULTANTS.
UH, CAN YOU PULL IN A A MILLION OR TWO FOR US? I, I WOULD SAY ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROPRIATE AND THAT'S WHERE WE SHALL GO.
GO AHEAD, MR. I, LAST THING, I I AGREE WITH YOU BEING ASKED CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THAT, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A PARKS.
WE, WE HAVE CUT OUR BUDGET OVER THREE YEARS.
WE ARE BEING ASKED TO REDUCE MORE.
SO GOING TO GET MORE MONEY YOU TO GO GET MORE MONEY FOR OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FUND THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.
I I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN TERMS OF GOING TO TALK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THIS IS A PROJECTION PROBLEM, NOT A REAL DOLLARS PROBLEM.
AND THIS ISN'T A SPENDING PROBLEM IN OTHER AREAS.
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HOWEVER, SHE PIVOTED A CONCERN BACK TO ME STATING THAT SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT IN OUR FINANCIALS.
WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SHE HAS RESERVATIONS BRINGING THAT TO, TO THE COUNCIL IS SO, UH, YEAH, SINCE THAT'S BEEN SAID PUBLICLY, LET ME RESPOND.
UH, LET ME RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC AND ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO FEEL LIKE WE HAD TO BE TRANSPARENT.
WE FOLLOW THE CITY COUNCIL PROCESS, WE FOLLOW THEIR PROCESS AND WE FOLLOW THE, UH, THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS AND ALL THAT STUFF IS LOADED THROUGH THEIR PROCESS.
SO LET ME BE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WE ARE VERY TRANSPARENT.
IF THERE'S PROCESSES NEED TO BE CHANGED, WE WORK THROUGH THE CITY'S PROCESS TO CHANGE IT.
IF THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING, PLEASE TELL THEM TO COME AND SEE.
YES,
THERE'S NOTHING I'M GONNA SAY IS GONNA BE NICE MR. LEWIS.
AND THIS GOES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL Y'ALL LISTENING, YOU WATCH US.
WE NEED OUR, OUR MONIES BECAUSE THIS IS, PARK IS AN ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND FOR ALL PARKS.
I'VE HEARD THAT THIS PAST WEEK.
AND I, AND I, AND WE, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I HEARD THE, THE MAYOR OF FORT WORTH, THAT SHE'S NOT GONNA CUT BACK ON PARKS.
OUR MAYOR SHOULD NOT BE CUTTING OFF PARKS BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT ONE OF HIS PRIORITIES IS PARKS.
EVERY TIME HE HAS A, A, A, A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT PARKS AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING BACK AND FIGHTING AND WE'RE FIGHTING AS A BOARD TO OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL TO DON'T CUT BACK PART BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU KNOW, MR. MCGANN HAS TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND, AND OUR KIDS NOT HAVING SOMEWHERE TO GO AND, AND ET CETERA.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT MANY TIMES.
SO THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN SAME PLACE.
OUR, IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FIGHTING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ALSO HAVE VOTED US DOWN ON PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT WE BRING UP WHERE WE, WE, WE HAVE A NEW OPERATOR OR, OR GOING TO HAVE A NEW OPERATOR AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE TURNING US DOWN.
'CAUSE WE'RE FINDING WAYS TO FIND FUNDING FOR THOSE PROGRAMS AND, AND INCLUDING FREE RED CARDS.
SOME OF OUR PARK, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE, THEY WANTED FREE REC CARDS FOR A WHILE AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH THAT PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO TURNED DOWN OUR, OUR WAY OF REVENUE EVERY TIME WE COME UP WITH A NEW IDEA.
SO, YOU KNOW, SHE'S TALKED TO YOUR PARK, SHE TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BEFORE LEAN PRESSES BUTTON AT AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE YOUR, ANY LAYERS OR WORK PLEASE? YES.
NO STAFF ANNOUNCE HOW YOU I, I, SORRY, I I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, KB POLK AND, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE NEIGHBORS OUT THERE AT EL THINK AND NORTH PARK HAD A WONDERFUL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION LAST SATURDAY.
UM, AND IT WAS AMAZING AS EVERYBODY GOES INTO JUNETEENTH, UM, THIS WEEK, THIS WEEKEND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE INCREDIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITIES, BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAD OURS AND SO, UM, IT'S WAS EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE.
ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT,
NEXT WE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 2026 AT 10:00 AM WE SETTLE TO ALL OF YOU AND IT IS