* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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          GOOD 
          [Commission on Disabilities on June 23, 2026.]
AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING. 
          TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, 2026, AND THE CURRENT TIME IS 2:07 PM WE HAVE MADE QUORUM AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH BUSINESS ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THERE ARE A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS TO BE MINDFUL OF. 
          ONE. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING US REMOTELY, WE REQUEST THAT YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON AND KEEP THEM ON AT ALL TIMES IN ORDER FOR US TO COUNT YOU PRESENT. 
          SECOND, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND DISTRICT IN ORDER TO AVOID CONFUSION. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONERS IN THIS ROOM HAVE MANY CONCERNS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS. 
          WE HEAR YOU, BUT KINDLY ASK THAT YOU PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AS BRIEF AND CONCISE AS POSSIBLE. 
          THIS IS TO GIVE ALL MEMBERS IN THE ROOM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS OPENLY. 
          I WILL NOW BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL. 
          WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND RESPECTIVE DISTRICT. 
          UH, AND, OKAY. 
          WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME AND RESPECTIVE DISTRICT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING, PRESENT, STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER SELENA GLASSCOCK. 
          DISTRICT ONE, PRESENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          COMMISSIONER CANDACE WICK. 
          DISTRICT THREE. 
          NOT PRESENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER MARLISA COLLIER. 
          DISTRICT FOUR, PRESENT COMMISSIONER DR. 
          ROCKWELL. 
          DISTRICT FIVE PRESENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          DISTRICT SIX IS VACANT. 
          COMMISSIONER CARRIE PARKS, DISTRICT SEVEN PRESENT. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT IS VACANT. 
          COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WHITE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          OKAY. 
          SHE COMMISSIONER WHITE FROM DISTRICT NINE WILL BE JOINING US. 
          COMMISSIONER LAURA LEE GUNN, DISTRICT 10 PRESENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          COMMISSIONER NANCY DI NANCY DEMAN. 
          DISTRICT 11, NOT PRESENT. 
          DISTRICT 12 IS VACANT. 
          COMMISSIONER STEVEN HUSKA. 
          DISTRICT 13, NOT PRESENT. 
          UM, DISTRICT 14 IS VACANT. 
          AND THIS IS CHAIRMAN AND MAYOR APPOINTEE. 
          JOHN CAL CONLEY, DISTRICT 15. 
          I AM PRESENT. 
          I CERTAINLY WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE PRESENT AND, UM, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMISSION AND ITS EFFORTS TO GET, WE COULD NOT BE ACHIEVING OUR WORK WITHOUT YOU. 
          OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS REGISTERED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT OR ANYONE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, ANY, ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. 
          OKAY. 
          IN THAT CASE, THIS CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT OF OUR AGENDA. 
          AS I ALWAYS SAY, ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK TO INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THEIR CIRCLES AND EMPOWER THEM AND INVITE THEM TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT PERTAIN TO THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          THE MORE VOICES WE HEAR, THE STRONGER FORCE WE CAN BE IN MAKING THE CHANGE THAT ALL PEOPLE DESERVE. 
          AND SO, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. 
          THE NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ARE VOTING ITEMS. FOR THIS TIME, WE ARE FOR THIS MEETING, WE ARE APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 26TH, 2026 MEETING. 
          ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT WISH TO MAKE EDITS TO THE MINUTES BEFORE THEY ARE APPROVED? ANY LAST WORD OF DIS? ANY LAST WORD OF DISCUSSION BEFORE A MOTION IS ENTERTAINED, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          I SECOND IT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MEETING 
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MINUTES FROM MAY 26TH, 2026 WITHOUT EDITS, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? CLEARLY THERE ISN'T ANY. 
          THERE AREN'T ANY OPPOSITIONS. 
          SO THE MOTION PASSES AND THE MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 26TH, 2026 MEETING HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AS READ. 
          THE NEXT ITEM WE WILL VOTE ON IS TO APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE TO STAND IN FOR THE VICE CHAIR AT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY, UH, AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, OHCE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LEADERSHIP MEETING. 
          AS YOU MAY HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED, THE MEETING WAS SCHEDULED, WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE THIS THURSDAY, UM, JUNE 25TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 7:30 PM AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          CENTER. 
          BUT DUE TO A, A FIFA WORLD CUP MATCH BEING PLAYED THERE, THE MEETING HAD TO BE POSTPONED TO JULY 23RD, UM, 2020 SIXTH, AND THE TIME WILL BE THE SAME. 
          AND THE, AND THE DAY WILL BE THE SAME, WHICH IS THURSDAY EVENING. 
          AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT SINCE I AM THE CHAIR, I'LL BE THERE. 
          BUT THE EXPECTATION IS SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO BE THERE WITH ME AS A, EITHER A VICE CHAIR OR LIKE TEMPORARILY OR AS A DESIGNEE WHO CAN STAND IN, STAND IN AND FILL IN THAT POSITION. 
          SO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, I'LL BE TAKING A VOTE ON THIS. 
          ANYONE INTERESTED? PLEASE DO SAY, AYE. 
          IF, IF INTERESTED IN STANDING IN DURING THAT LEADERSHIP MEETING, STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER GLASSCOCK, DISTRICT ONE. 
          I'LL LET SOMEONE ELSE STAND IN IF POSSIBLE. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UM, EXPRESSING THAT COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, UM, IS COMMISSIONER WIX FROM DISTRICT THREE PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER COLLIER, DISTRICT FOUR. 
          I AM WILLING TO STAND IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL. 
          DISTRICT FIVE. 
          COULD YOU REPEAT THE DATE OF THE MEETING? SO THE NEW DATE FOR OUR THIS LEADERSHIP MEETING IS GOING TO BE JULY 23RD FROM 6:00 PM TO SEVEN 30 AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          CENTER THAT YOU, I'M AVAILABLE TO STAND IN AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER PARKS DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I CAN STAND IN STAND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NEXT IS COMMISSIONER WHITE. 
          DISTRICT NINE. 
          COMMISSIONER. 
          COMMISSIONER GUNN IS NOT . 
          OH, COMMISSIONER GUNN, DISTRICT 10. 
          SORRY, MY MICROPHONE WASN'T WORKING. 
          UM, I'M ABLE TO, IF YOU NEED ME TO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER DEMAN IS NOT PRESENT AND COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 11 AND COMMISSIONER SKA FROM DISTRICT 13 IS NOT PRESENT. 
          ? MM-HMM . 
          SINCE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN STANDING IN AS VICE CHAIR FOR THE OFFICE OF HOUSING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT LEADERSHIP MEETING THAT IS SET TO TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 23RD OR JULY 23RD, 2020 SIXTH, IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE COMMISSION TO CALL A VOTE AND, AND SEEING THE MAJORITY WHO, WHO THEY, WHO YOU GUYS WANT TO BE TO STAND AS DESIGNEE. 
          ANY LAST WORD OF DISCUSSION BEFORE A CALL? A VOTE IS CALLED ON. 
          OKAY. 
          THE FIRST PERSON WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN STANDING AS DESIGNEE, UH, TO BE, TO REPRESENT THE COMMISSION DURING THE LEADERSHIP MEETING IS COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER COLLIER FROM DISTRICT FOUR. 
          EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF HAVING COMMISSIONER COLLIER STAND 
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AS DESIGNEE. 
          I'LL BE CALLING ON YOUR NAMES. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE DO SAY, AYE. 
          I WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER GLASSCOCK DISTRICT ONE ON, I'D SAY, UM, I GUESS NOT. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          UH, I'LL, I'LL WAIT. 
          I DO, I DO HAVE SOMEONE, UH, I GUESS FIRST OFF, I'LL WAIT AND SAY I THEN I'M NOT SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ARE YOU SAYING YES OR NO? ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER COLLIER? UM, STANDING IN AS DESIGNEE FOR THIS MEETING? I GUESS, DO WE ONLY GET ONE VOTE OF YES. 
          AND EVERYONE ELSE WOULD HAVE TO BE NO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONFUSION BECAUSE I WOULD, IF THEY WANNA STAND IN, I WOULD SAY YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT IS A YES. 
          I'M CONFUSED ON, YEAH. 
          YES, YES. 
          BUT, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, UM, COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL FROM DISTRICT FIVE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER PARKS DISTRICT SEVEN? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER GUNN. 
          DISTRICT DISTRICT 10? YES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND, OKAY. 
          AND THIS IS CHAIRMAN CALL CONLEY AND I ALSO VOTE. 
          YES. 
          CAN I MAKE A, A QUICK COMMENT? YES, YOU MAY. 
          SURE. 
          SINCE IT IS COMMISSIONER PARKS' DISTRICT, UM, WHERE THE MEETING IS BEING HELD, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO GIVE COMMISSIONER PARKS PREFERENCE TO BE THE, THE STANDING DISTRICT SEVEN, RIGHT? YEAH, I'M IN DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY, IF WE ONLY NEED ONE PERSON TO STAND IN, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO BACK DOWN AND LET WHO, WHOEVER REALLY WANTS TO GO. 
          . 
          I JUST FIGURED SINCE IS, SINCE IT WAS YOUR DISTRICT, IT MAY, IT, IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO GIVE YOU THE, THE PREFERENCE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IN THIS CASE, I'M GLAD YOU ACTUALLY MADE THAT POINT, COMMISSIONER COLLIER. 
          AND THE EXPECTATION IS YOU'RE NOT LIKE, SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS BEING HELD AT COMMISSIONER PARKS' DISTRICT, IT ISN'T NECESSARILY, UH, EXPECTED THAT THE PERSON WHO, WHO REPRESENTS THAT DISTRICT STAND. 
          IT'S JUST ANYONE WHO'S SERVING ON THE COMMISSION. 
          NO. 
          NO. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          I I JUST FIGURED SINCE WHERE THE PEOPLE YOU ARE REPRESENTING IT, IT MAY BE WORTH IT FOR THEM TO SEE YOU AS, YOU KNOW, AS THEIR COMMISSIONER ON THIS GIVEN COMMISSION TO, TO STAND IN. 
          SO, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT, I'M HAPPY TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS IN DISTRICT FOUR, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE TO BE GIVEN REFERENCE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF HAVING COMMISSIONER COLLIER STAND AS DESIGNEE FOR THIS MEETING. 
          PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ALL OPPOSED? I'M OPPOSED. 
          YOU ARE OPPOSED. 
          NAY? YEAH, I'D SAY NAY. 
          JUST I DO AGREE THAT, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR COMMISSIONER PARKS IF THAT'S YOUR DISTRICT. 
          THAT'D BE MY PREFERENCE. 
          IF SHE WANTS TO, CAN WE TAKE A VOTE ON COMMISSIONER PARKS? WAIT, I'M SO SORRY. 
          I THINK I JUST GOT MYSELF. 
          COMMED. 
          SO WHICH COMMISSIONER WERE WE JUST VOTING ON? I APOLOGIZE. 
          WE WERE, SO AT THIS POINT, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN STANDING AS DESIGNEE. 
          WE JUST TOOK A VOTE ON, WE WERE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF VOTING FOR COMMISSIONER, UM, FOR COMMISSIONER COLLIER FROM DISTRICT COURT TO STAND AS DESIGNEE. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THIS, AT THIS POINT, SINCE COMMISSIONER PARKS HAS ALSO EXPRESSED AN INTEREST, THIS TIME I'LL BE CALLING ON A VOTE. 
          AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN VOTING FOR COMMISSIONER PARKS TO SERVE AS REPRESENTATIVE DURING THAT MEETING, UM, PLEASE DO SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, I WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER GLASSCOCK. 
          DISTRICT ONE. 
          AYE. 
          WAS THAT A YES? YEAH. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER COLLIER, DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AYE. 
          COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL, DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AYE. 
          COMMISSIONER PARKS DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          AYE. 
          AND LET'S SEE, COMMISSIONER PARK. 
          COMMISSIONER GUNN DISTRICT, UH, COMMISSIONER GUNN, DISTRICT 10. 
          AYE. 
          AND THIS IS CHAIRMAN KYLE CONLEY. 
          MAYOR APPOINTEE. 
          I ALSO VOTE YES. 
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AND WE HAVE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED FOR COMMISSIONER PARKS TO SERVE AS REPRESENTATIVE DURING THE MEETING, DURING THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT LEADERSHIP MEETING. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF HAVING COMMISSIONER PARKS SERVE AS REPRESENTED DURING THIS MEETING. 
          PLEASE DO SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? CLEARLY THERE IS NONE. 
          SO THE MOTION HAS PASSED AND COMMISSIONER PARKS FROM DISTRICT SEVEN WILL SERVE AS REPRESENTATIVE DURING THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT LEADERSHIP MEETING SET TO TAKE PLACE ON JULY 23RD, 2026. 
          AND COMMISSIONER WHITE. 
          WELCOME. 
          WE'RE DELIGHTED YOU'VE JOINED US. 
          WE ARE NOW MOVING TO THE BRIEFING PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS. ONE, UM, THAT WE'LL BE WOR WORKING ON, STARTING WITH THE, THE REPORTS OF BOTH THE CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS. 
          I WILL, I WILL BEGIN BY PROVIDING THE OFFICER'S REPORT FOR JUNE, 2026. 
          ON JUNE 18TH, THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES HOSTED AN INFORMATION SESSION IN THE FORM OF A SPECIAL CALL MEETING WHERE COMMUNITY LEADERS, ORGANIZATIONS, ADVOCATES, AND ALLIES LEARNED ABOUT THE COMING OF THE DISABILITY PRIDE FLAG INITIATIVE. 
          IT WAS ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS AND REFLECT ON WAYS TO THEY, UM, AND REFLECT ON WAYS THEY COULD ENGAGE FURTHER AND SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. 
          IT WAS EVEN MORE REWARDING THAT THE COMMISSION HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THIS PRESENTATION. 
          AND THE STAFF FROM THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GENEROUSLY SHOW THEIR SUPPORT AS THEY ALWAYS DO. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL COMMISSIONERS WHO SHOWED UP AT THIS MEETING AND, AND DEMONSTRATED THEIR SUPPORT. 
          THE MORE VOICES WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE GREATER CHANCE WE HAVE FOR GETTING THIS RECOMMENDATION THROUGH TO CITY COUNCIL DURING THEIR MEETING SET TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2026. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. 
          AND I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY WISH TO SHARE REPORTS OF THEIR OWN. 
          IF YOU WISH NOT TO SHARE A REPORT FOR THIS MONTH, YOU MAY INDICATE SO WHEN YOUR NAME AND DISTRICT ARE CALLED, I WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER GLASSCOCK, DISTRICT ONE. 
          NOTHING TO REPORT THIS MONTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER COLLIER, DISTRICT FOUR. 
          NOTHING TO REPORT THIS MONTH. 
          THANKS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL, DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, THIS IS D ROCKWELL COMMISSIONER FROM DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, I WAS JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW THAT THE LEX FREEMAN EMPLOYMENT AWARDS, UH, NOMINATIONS ARE DUE JULY 31ST. 
          I'LL SEND THIS TO THE STAFF SO THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, THE LUX FREEMAN, UH, EMPLOYMENT AWARDS ARE NAMED IN HONOR OF DISABILITY RIGHTS CHAMPION LEX. 
          AND THOSE AWARDS ARE GIVEN OUT EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, AND PARTICULARLY THEIR, THE AWARD CEREMONY HAPPENS IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL DISAPP EMPLOYMENT, SORRY, NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. 
          UH, AND THAT SERVES TO RECOGNIZE LOTS OF EMPLOYERS AROUND THE AREA. 
          UH, AND THE AWARDS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY JUST GIVE RECOGNITION TO EMPLOYERS THAT ARE IN THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK WITH THOSE, UH, THAT ARE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL. 
          IT IS DEFINITELY, UM, DISABILITY. 
          EMPLOYMENT MONTH IS AN IMPORTANT MONTH, NOT ONLY TO RECOGNIZE EMPLOYERS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO, UM, MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY HIRING THEM, BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME WHERE WE ONCE AGAIN REAFFIRM OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          UM, MY BELIEF IS THAT DIGNITY IS WORK. 
          THAT WORK IS ALSO DIGNITY. 
          BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT YOURSELF AND BE ABLE TO, AND, UM, SUSTAIN A LIVING IS A REAL, IT'S A BASIC RIGHT THAT IS ALSO ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 
          AND SO, UM, THIS IS A SIDE NOTE THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE. 
          UM, NEXT WE GO TO COMMISSIONER SEVEN, COMMISSIONER, UM, PARKS FROM DISTRICT SEVEN FOR ANY REPORTS. 
          NO REPORT FOR THIS MONTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER WHITE, DISTRICT NINE. 
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COMMISSIONER WHITE. 
          YOU ARE ON MUTE. 
          IS COMMISSIONER HUSHKA HERE TODAY? NO, HE'S NOT. 
          SHOOT, NOT PRESENT. 
          I WANTED, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON THE BIRTH OF HIS SON, HENRY. 
          UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. 
          YES. 
          THAT THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TIME TO HAVE A NEW FAMILY MEMBER JOIN. 
          UH, NEXT WE GO TO COMMISSIONER GUNN, DISTRICT 10. 
          I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT FOR THIS ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THIS THEN AT THIS POINT, WE ARE CONCLUDING THE REPORT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA. 
          NOW MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. 
          TODAY WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE OFFICE OF HOUSING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, OHCE. 
          THE NAME OF THE BRIEFING IS DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY, A FRAMEWORK FOR CITYWIDE COLLABORATION AND PROSPERITY. 
          WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HAVE MS. JESSICA GALLISHAW, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND CHIEF OP, CHIEF OPPORTUNITY OFFICER OF OF OHCE AND CHRISTINA DESILVA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OHCE. 
          THIS BRIEFING CONCERNS HOW THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK HELPS THE CITY OF DALLAS ALIGN PLANNING INVESTMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE, TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I NOW INVITE MS, BOTH MS. GALLISHAW AND MR. SILVA TO THE PODIUM TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM, WE CAN. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          OKAY. 
          MY NAME IS CHRISTINA DE SILVA AND I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. 
          UM, AND I'M ACTUALLY JOINED HERE WITH SELENA MEEKS. 
          SHE'S THE SENIOR PROJECT SPECIALIST. 
          UM, AND SELENA AND I WILL WALK THROUGH THE CITY'S DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK. 
          I THINK WE CAME BACK IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THIS FRAMEWORK AND WHY WE WERE DOING IT, GETTING INPUT FROM ALL OF YOU. 
          UM, AND NOW WE'RE HERE FOR AN UPDATE TO SHARE WHERE WE'RE AT AND ALSO, UM, TO SHARE A, AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WHERE WE'RE WANTING TO HEAR FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS, UM, TO SEE HOW THIS FRAMEWORK CAN HELP OUR, OUR WORK MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO SLIDE NUMBER TWO HAS, UM, THE NAME OF OUR OFFICE, OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. 
          UM, AND I, I WANTED TO, UH, I GUESS KIND OF LAY THE FOUNDATION, HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT STARTING IN OCTOBER, THE CITY OF DALLAS STARTED A NEW FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND WITH THAT NEW FISCAL YEAR WE CREATE, THERE WAS A NEW DEPARTMENT THAT WAS CREATED OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT THAT WAS FOCUSED ON, THAT IS FOCUSED ON HELPING RESIDENTS ACCESS HOUSING STABILITY, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND LONG-TERM PATHWAYS TO WELLBEING. 
          SO THAT MEANS THAT, UM, ALL OF THIS WORK WAS BEING MERGED, UM, THAT INCLUDED SUPPORTING FAMILIES THAT WERE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY, UM, SERVICES THAT SUPPORTED OLDER ADULTS, RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, RESIDENTS WHO MAY NEED HELP NAVIGATING CITY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES IS A CRITICAL PARTNER THAT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF NOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME SINCE IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED. 
          UM, BUT THEN WE WANNA ALSO CONTINUE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL AS COMMISSION MEMBERS, UM, TO HELP BRING DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES, NEEDS AND SERVICE GAPS. 
          SO TODAY FOR THIS PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO, UH, HAVE LIKE A, BASICALLY A STARTING POINT WHERE WE CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP, BUT THEN ALSO LOOK TOWARDS HOW WE CAN BE IMPROVING SERVICE, UM, SERVICES TO RESIDENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE TITLE IS THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP FROM DALLAS ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS. 
          AND, UM, STARTING IN JANUARY, 2025, CITY MANAGER, TOLBERT AND UM, STAFF BEGAN WORKING AND CONVENING WITH DALLAS ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS TO CONNECT, COMMUNICATE, AND COLLABORATE ON BROAD PRINCIPLES, ADVANCING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN DALLAS. 
          UM, AND THAT INCLUDED A LIST THAT'S, UM, ON THE, ON THE SLIDE DECK, BUT IT'S INCLUDES PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, ECONOMIC, CIVIC AND CHAMBER ORGANIZATIONS, HIGHER EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, PHILANTHROPIC RESEARCH AND NONPROFIT GROUPS. 
          SO WITH THESE, UM, CONVERSATIONS THAT OUR LEADERSHIP HAD, WE LEARNED THAT, UM, THIS WAS A TIME WHERE THE CITY OF DALLAS HAD A CHANCE TO ALIGN WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT WERE SERVING THE SAME 
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RESIDENTS THAT WE SERVE. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS, UH, THE SUPPORT THAT RESIDENTS NEED, UM, IS NOT JUST ON THE CITY OF DALLAS TO CREATE. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT RESIDENTS NEED, UM, SOMETIMES THEY, IT MIGHT COME THROUGH DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL SYSTEMS, NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS, WORKFORCE PARTNERS, HOUSING, HOUSING, UM, DEVELOPERS AND PEER NETWORKS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IN OUR CONVERSATIONS IS WHEN THOSE SYSTEMS ARE NOT CONNECTED, RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE FRAGMENTED SUPPORT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD PRESENTED AND DID A BRIEFING IN THE FALL. 
          UM, AND THIS SLIDE HERE LISTS OTHER TYPES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID. 
          SO THE TITLE SAYS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM AUGUST, NOVEMBER 20, AUGUST TWO, NOVEMBER, 2025. 
          UM, WE HOSTED 12 FORMAL PRESENTATIONS WITH COMMISSIONS SUCH AS THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES THAT INCLUDED, UM, PUBLIC COMMUNITY FORUMS. UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE CONDUCTED BILINGUAL OUTREACH IN ALL 14 DISTRICTS. 
          UM, THAT INCLUDED, UH, HAVING A TABLE, UM, SHARING OUT INFORMATIONS, UM, AT, AT COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. 
          UM, WE HAD A SUB, UH, LIKE A WEBSITE THAT, UM, UH, ALLOWED US TO SHARE THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD GIVEN AND ALSO GIVE PEOPLE ACCESS IN CASE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO AN IN-PERSON EVENT. 
          AND WE HAD ABOUT 282 CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          SO THAT INCLUDED SURVEY RESPONSES. 
          WE HAD AN OPTION WHERE PEOPLE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE SHARING A QUESTION THAT WE COULD ANSWER PUBLICLY. 
          WE POSTED THOSE. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO WE GIVE, GAVE PEOPLE THE OPTION OF, OF JUST PROVIDING A STRAIGHT COMMENT. 
          UM, AND SO IN ADDITION TO THOSE, TO THE ANCHOR INSTITUTION CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD, UM, WE WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO LEARN FROM RESIDENTS IS WHAT RESIDENTS SEE AS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONDITIONS AFFECTING OPPORTUNITY IN DALLAS. 
          HOW DID YOU DEFINE OPPORTUNITY? 'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DEFINE IT DIFFERENTLY. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT RESIDENTS DO NOT EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES IN ISOLATED CATEGORIES. 
          THAT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT WANTS TO APPROACH ADDRESSING RESIDENT NEEDS. 
          ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE EMERGED DEPARTMENT IS SO THAT WE CAN HOLISTICALLY ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE. 
          UM, SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS A TRANSITION SLIDE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANNA NAME IS THAT I KNOW THERE'S A, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS WHO MAY RECALL THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IN 2017 HAD A EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS UNDER THE MAYOR RAWLINGS ADMINISTRATION. 
          UM, SO THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY WERE ESTABLISHED, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING RESIDENT NEEDS, UM, WE LOOKED BACK TO ALSO OUR HISTORY. 
          AND, AND WE LEARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD I THINK TO SOMETIMES NAME THE PROBLEM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEEDED WAS A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SOLUTIONS COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          AND SO, UM, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HEAR DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY AND RECOGNIZE THE CONNECTION TO DRIVERS OF POVERTY. 
          AND SOME OF THAT IS PURPOSEFUL. 
          WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN STARTED BEFORE. 
          BUT THEN ALSO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS, UM, THIS NEW FRAMEWORK THAT WAS ACTUALLY, UM, PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UH, IN DECEMBER OF 2025. 
          AND IT WAS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED. 
          SO THIS FRAMEWORK ULTIMATELY IS MEANT TO HELP US AS A DEPARTMENT, OHCE, OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, BUT THEN ALSO CITYWIDE HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN BE DOING, WHAT WE CAN BE MOVING FORWARD FOR RESIDENTS, HOW WE CAN ALIGN AND CONNECT BETTER. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, I'LL GO NOW AND BREAK DOWN THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK. 
          AND THEN, UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SELENA FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND IN THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE A TITLE SAYS, STARTING WITH RESIDENT OUTCOMES. 
          AND THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY BEGINS WITH THREE RESIDENT CENTERED OUTCOMES. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A, A PICTURE THAT SAYS, UH, UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. 
          UM, ULTIMATELY THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK BEGINS WITH NAMING THREE RESIDENT CENTERED OUTCOMES. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE THE THREE CENTERED, 
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THESE ARE THE THREE OUTCOMES, UPWARD ECONOMIC, MOBILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNITY, APARTMENT. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ULTIMATELY WANT FOR OUR DALLAS RESIDENTS. 
          UM, THE POINT OF THIS FRAMEWORK IS THAT WE BEGIN WITH THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS. 
          UM, AND SO THAT WE'RE ALL, UM, CLEAR ON ON WHAT, WHAT THE FOCUS IS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND SO IN THIS SLIDE, UH, WE EXPLAIN LIKE WHAT ARE DRIVERS. 
          THESE IS LIKE A CORE PART OF OUR FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, DRIVERS ARE THE BROAD CONDITIONS THAT INFLUENCE WHETHER RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES CAN THRIVE. 
          SO THE FRAMEWORK IDENTIFIES FIVE DRIVERS. 
          ONE IS GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. 
          THE SECOND IS HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION. 
          THIRD IS OPPORTUNITY RICH NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          FOURTH IS HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. 
          AND FIFTH IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLBEING. 
          THE DRIVER IS CONSIDERED, UH, A CONDITION THAT WE'RE STRIVING TOWARDS, AND THEY'RE INTENTIONALLY BROAD. 
          UM, THERE IS, UH, A LIST UNDER EACH DRIVER THAT ALSO IDENTIFIES DOMAINS. 
          AND WITHIN EACH DOMAIN IS A MORE FOCUSED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT DRIVER COMES TO BE OR MAYBE WHERE ACTION COULD BE PLAYED. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER OPPORTUNITY RICH NEIGHBORHOODS, WE DO HAVE A DOMAIN THAT'S FOCUSED ON ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK THAT IN FACT, MANY OF YOU ALL HAD PROVIDED KNOW, KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT HAVING ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION IS TO HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          RICH NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO JUST SORT OF REMEMBER THERE'S FIVE DRIVERS AND, UM, THOSE ARE THE BROAD CONDITIONS. 
          AND THEN UNDERNEATH THAT ARE THE DOMAINS THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SPECIFICITY AND, UM, KIND OF CAN EXPLAIN MORE CLEARLY, MORE PRACTICALLY WHERE ACTION CAN HAPPEN. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THE DRIVERS AND DOMAINS, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DID RECEIVE, UH, AS PART OF OUR FEEDBACK WAS THE, UM, WHAT IS THE CITY'S ROLE? UM, AND ONE THING IS THAT WE KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT PLAY THE SAME ROLE IN EVERY ISSUE. 
          SO THERE ARE ISSUES, OR THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THE CITY MIGHT LEAD BECAUSE WE HAVE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY, AUTHORITY, WE HAVE CONTROL OVER THE POLICY, OR MAYBE WE HAVE, UM, WHERE THE LEAD, BECAUSE WE FOCUS, UM, A LOT OF OUR FUNDING OR POTENTIALLY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE MORE, UM, A A SPACE WHERE THE CITY MIGHT COLLABORATE. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE MIGHT, UM, SUPPORT, UH, BY, OR WE MIGHT COLLABORATE BY ALIGNING SERVICES WE MIGHT FUND, BUT MAYBE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THIS AREA. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE, FINALLY, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THE CITY SUPPORTS, UH, WE MIGHT LEAD OR WE MIGHT HELP WITH SUPPORTING, UH, BY CONVENING, SHARING DATA, INCREASING VISIBILITY OF AN INITIATIVE, SUPPORTING WITH REFERRALS OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, SO THE ROLE MATRIX IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THESE, THERE MIGHT BE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND, UM, IT ALSO HELPS US NAME WHAT ROLE THE CITY CAN PLAY. 
          UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH OUR COMMISSIONS IS UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ALL AS, UH, ADVISORY BODIES ARE PARTNERS IN THIS WORK AND HELPING US ADVISE ON HOW WE CAN BE STRENGTHENING OUR ROLE. 
          WHETHER YOU ALL ARE SEEING, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION, WE MIGHT NOT BE THE LEAD. 
          WE'RE MORE OF A COLLABORATOR BECAUSE WE SUPPORT THROUGH FUNDING. 
          UM, WE ALSO, UM, WORK TO, UH, ADVISE AND, AND, UM, UH, SUPPORT WITH SOME POLICY MAKING. 
          BUT THERE IS ANOTHER AGENCY DART THAT HAS MORE JURISDICTION OVER THAT. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO I FEEL LIKE I EXPLAINED A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK, RIGHT? THE THREE SYSTEM OUTCOMES, THE FIVE DRIVERS, UM, THE CITY ROLE MATRIX THAT WE CAN PLAY, LEAD, COLLABORATE, SUPPORT, UM, AND I'M SURE IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE FOLLOWING UP AND SHARING WITH YOU ALL VIA EMAIL. 
          BUT, UM, ONE QUESTION THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOU ALL IS HOW, UM, THIS REALLY DOES EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WE WANTED TO SHARE IS TO DESCRIBE CONCRETELY HOW WE'RE USING THIS FRAMEWORK IN PRACTICE. 
          SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT, UH, OUR TEAM RESPONDS TO A VARIETY OF 
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ISSUES. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSING EMERGENCIES THAT, UM, COME TO OUR, UH, QUEUE FOR SERVICE REQUESTS. 
          WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN SOMEBODY'S HAVING A HOUSING EMERGENCY, IT'S NOT JUST HAVING A HOUSING ISSUE. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UM, HOUSING STABILITY IS DIFFICULT OR CHALLENGING. 
          WE HAVE TO NAVIGATE DIFFICULT, DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, UM, ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS TO GET HELP. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTS, UH, WHEN THEY LOSE HOUSING, THEY MAY ALSO LOSE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION, SCHOOLS, CHILDCARE, HEALTHCARE CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THE CHALLENGE ISN'T JUST REPLACING OR SUPPORTING THEM WITH HOU THE INDIVIDUAL WITH HOUSING. 
          IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING THEM WITH OPPORTUNITY FROM A BROADER SCALE. 
          SO THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK HELPS US UNDERSTAND THOSE CONNECTIONS, WHAT WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING AND ORGANIZE OUR RESPONSE TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE PERSON RATHER THAN JUST A SINGLE ISSUE. 
          SO, UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT, UM, WE HAD A TERRIBLE SITUATION IN OAK CLIFF WITH THE APARTMENT FIRE. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY SEVERAL PEOPLE LOST HO HOUSING. 
          UM, PEOPLE THERE WERE FATALITIES. 
          UM, AND SO OUR OFFICE, OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, SINCE WE DO HAVE, UM, A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN AFFORDABLE STABLE HOUSING, WE HAVE NOT ONLY DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY OVER HOUSING POLICY, HOUSING INVESTMENTS, WE HAVE A BROAD NETWORK OF HOUSING PARTNERSHIP PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UM, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE EMERGENCY, UM, CRISIS RESPONSE TO, UM, BRING ALL THESE DIFFERENT PARTNERS TOGETHER FROM MULTIPLE SECTORS WITH A SHARED GOAL, HELPING RESIDENTS MAINTAIN HOUSING STABILITY AND STAYING CONNECTED WITH THEIR COMMUNITY AND CONNECTED TO OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO WE WORKED WITH HOUSING PROVIDERS TO HELP IDENTIFY UNITS. 
          UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, CONNECT WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES. 
          UM, WE HAD MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT SECTORS, FAITH-BASED GROUPS THAT MOBILIZED DONATIONS, VOLUNTEERS, UM, PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS, COORDINATED RESOURCES. 
          THESE WERE ALL TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE IMPACTED, BUT ALSO, UM, THE MID AND LONGER TERM NEEDS. 
          WE KNOW THAT IN THIS SITUATION, UM, THE CITY'S ROLE EXTENDS BEYOND DELIVERING INDIVIDUAL SERVICES. 
          IT'S ABOUT ALIGNING PEOPLE, RESOURCES, INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS AROUND SHARED OUTCOMES. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS AN UNEXPECTED EVENT, IT WAS A TRAGIC EVENT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY MOBILIZE OUR PARTNERS INFORMATION SYSTEMS SO THAT WE COULD GET PEOPLE BACK INTO A STABLE HOME AND BACK WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE WANT TO DESCRIBE THE WORK THAT WE'RE HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, WE WANT TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN, UM, HELPING THEM NOT ONLY SECURING HOUSES, HOUSING AND NAVIGATING MOMENTS OF CRISIS, BUT ALSO TO, UH, REMAIN CONNECTED TO COMMUNITY, TO COMMUNITY AND CONNECTED TO OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT EXAMPLE SHOWS HOW NOT ONE SINGLE INSTITUTION CAN SOLVE COMPLEX COMMUNITY CHALLENGES ALONE. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE GO, COME TO YOU ALL AS COMMISSION MEMBERS, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SELENA TO TAKE IT FROM THERE. 
          THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. 
          SO WE DISCUSSED THE WHAT AND THE WHO'RE GONNA GO TO THE HOW. 
          UM, WE'RE ON THE NEXT SLIDE AND IT'S ANOTHER TRANSITION SLIDE. 
          AND IT'S TITLED, HOW DOES YOU, HOW DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION OR THE COMMISSION CONNECT TO THE DO FRAMEWORK? UM, THE JARRIS OF OPPORTUNITY WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE A ROLE. 
          SO WHERE IT'S ONLY THE CITY BEING A PLAYER, BUT WE ALSO ARE, IT'S ALSO INTENDED TO HELP PARTNERS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY FIT IN THE BROADER ECOSYSTEM OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, OUR QUESTIONED TO YOU IS NOT WHETHER YOU CONNECT, BUT HOW YOU CONNECT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          IF YOU CAN GO BACK ONE MORE SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE A LIST OF HOW PARTNERS CAN ALIGN WITH THE DO FRAMEWORK. 
          THE CITY HAS BEGAN TO IDENTIFY WHERE IT LEADS, COLLABORATES AND SUPPORTS THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK. 
          THIS CONVERSATION HELPS US UNDERSTAND HOW THE COMMISSION FITS INTO THE CITY'S ROLES. 
          HERE ARE A FEW AREAS WHERE YOUR FEEDBACK WILL BE 
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ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT. 
          WE HAVE EXISTING PARTNER CAPACITY. 
          WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE PARTNERS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH, AS WELL AS COORDINATION NEEDS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALIGNMENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS. 
          UM, WHAT CONVERSATIONS, PARTNERS OR DATA SHOULD BE COLLECTED WHEN O, WHEN OHCE IS PRIORITIZING HOW WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THIS FRAMEWORK FOR RESIDENTS? ALIGNMENT MATTERS BECAUSE MANY SYSTEMS ARE INVOLVED. 
          THE TA THE CHALLENGE IS NOT ALWAYS THAT NO RESOURCES EXIST. 
          SOMETIMES THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THE RESOURCES ARE HARD TO FIND, HARD TO NAVIGATE OR NOT COORDINATED AROUND THE FULL NEEDS OF THE PERSON. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          ON SLIDE 13, WE HAVE A QR CODE AND THEN AS WELL AS A LINK AVAILABLE. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE PROVIDING BRIANNA, CHRIS, AND GARY, AN ACCESSIBLE LINK THAT YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO USE THANKS TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM CITY STAFF ON THAT. 
          THIS ONE MAY NOT BE THE BEST. 
          SO WE WILL BE PROVIDING ANOTHER LINK. 
          UM, BUT FOR THOSE THAT CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE, WE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA ASK IF YOU COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO SCAN THAT QR CODE IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE. 
          IF NOT, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE AS WELL. 
          THIS SURVEY IS VOLUNTARY, BUT YOUR INPUT IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE AS WE CONTINUE THIS WORK. 
          SURVEY RESPONSES AND COMMISSION FEEDBACK WILL HELP IDENTIFY SHARED PRIORITIES, PARTNER CAPACITY, COORDINATION, GAPS IN EXTERNAL ROLE ASSIGNMENT, AND FUTURE CONVENING NEEDS FOR TODAY. 
          WE'RE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN HOW THIS COMMISSION CAN HELP US THINK THROUGH THESE RESIDENT EXPERIENCES. 
          YOUR RESPONSE WILL HELP SHAPE HOW THE CONVERSATIONS MOVE FORWARD AND WHERE WE FOCUS OUR FUTURE EFFORTS. 
          AS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, CHRIS, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTINA TO SHARE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'LL BE HAVING AS FAR AS GETTING INFORMATION TO OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY. 
          I SURE. 
          THANK YOU SELENA. 
          SO, UM, UH, AS SELENA MENTIONED, WE WILL BE SHARING THE LINK WITH THE SURVEY AND THEN ALSO, UM, A HANDOUT THAT HELPS I THINK, AND ALSO A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION, YOU CAN REFER BACK TO IT. 
          BUT ONE OF THE BIG NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF GETTING FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF OUR ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO STAND UP, WHAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING A COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY INDEX. 
          AND ULTIMATELY THE HOPE WITH THIS INDEX IS THAT, UM, RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AT A LOCAL LEVEL PO THE MOST LOCAL LEVEL POSSIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PAST, A LOT OF THE DATA THAT WE'VE SHARED OUT HAS BEEN AT A ZIP CODE LEVEL, UM, OR MAYBE IT'S BEEN AT A DISTRICT LEVEL. 
          AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, A ZIP CODE IS VERY BROAD. 
          WITHIN THE SAME ZIP CODE, YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DYNAMICS. 
          UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS IS, IS BEING ABLE TO FORMAT THE INFORMATION IN A WAY SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN BE ABLE TO DRILL DOWN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES, SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND, UM, LEARN HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE OR, YOU KNOW, GIVE US FEEDBACK. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS GOING TO, WE HOPE HELP WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND MORE TRANSPARENCY. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, JUST BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE WORK THAT CITY STAFF DO DOES, UM, TO SUPPORT, UM, AN INCREASING OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE, WE'LL BE PROBABLY COMING BACK TO YOU ALL LATER ON THIS YEAR, UM, TO, TO GIVE A ANOTHER UPDATE. 
          AND I THINK, UM, I THINK WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU ALL TODAY. 
          UH, SINCE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS WAS A POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WAS ADOPTED ORIGINALLY IN DECEMBER, 2025. 
          MAINLY IT WAS TO HELP NAME WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES, HOW THE CITY OF DALLAS CAN ENGAGE WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS, HOW WE CAN BE ALIGNING FOR IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          AND, UM, WE KNOW THAT THIS WORK IS, UH, STILL EVOLVING AND THIS PRESENTATION IS PART OF THAT PROCESS. 
          WE HOPE THAT THIS PRESENTATION DOESN'T JUST BUILD AWARENESS OF THE FRAMEWORK, BUT ALSO HELPS US WITH IMPROVING THE WAY THAT WE ALIGN. 
          SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WELCOME YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY, BUT ALSO 
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IF YOU HAVE EVER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, WE ALSO WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT YOU'RE ALL CONNECTED WITH. 
          UM, BUT YES, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. DASILVA AND MS. MEEKS FOR DEVOTING YOUR TIME TO PRESENT TO US ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE, THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY TRUTHFULLY RESONATES WITH AND WITH THE COMMISSION AND ALIGNS WITH ITS MISSION, AND THAT WE ARE ABOUT ADVANCING ACCESSIBILITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES CAN FULLY PARTICIPATE IN AN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY LIFE. 
          I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT, WHAT MODEL DO YOU USE TO MEASURE SUCCESS IN THESE KEY AREAS YOU TALKED ABOUT SUCH AS GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE LIKE. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, UM, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE IF A GOAL WAS MET? AND BASED ON YOUR MEASUREMENTS, IF YOU FIND THAT THERE ARE SOME GAPS, HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT ADDRESSING THEM? THIS IS CHRISTINA SILVA. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          SO WHEN WE WERE STARTING OUT LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW FRAMEWORK, ONE OF THE MODELS THAT WE CAME ACROSS WAS THE URBAN INSTITUTE, THEIR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT LOOKS AT HOW CITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN SUPPORT RESIDENTS. 
          UM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MODEL THAT, UM, IS FOCUSED ON UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY. 
          AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THEIR MODEL IS THAT SIMILARLY TO DRIVERS, THEY ALSO HAVE BROAD AREAS WHERE, UM, THEY SHARE EXAMPLES OF WAYS THAT CITIES CAN MEASURE, UM, THESE TOPICS. 
          RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOGNIZE IS THAT AS WE WERE DOING OUR FEEDBACK, THERE WERE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT RESIDENTS EXPRESSED THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE THAT WE INCLUDED THAT IS NOT ON THIS URBAN INSTITUTE MODEL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, I THINK, AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE GET TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT'S ABOUT DALLAS. 
          IT'S ABOUT SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS FROM DALLAS SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE. 
          UM, SO WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL ESTABLISH, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT A CANDIDATE LIST. 
          THE CANDIDATE LIST WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE, UM, DATA SOURCES, UM, THAT WOULD DESCRIBE LIKE WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, CHAIR. 
          LIKE WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THIS IS SUCCESSFUL? SO FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, SPITBALLING HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES. 
          UM, BUT IT MIGHT BE THAT THE FEEDBACK WE GET IS LIKE ACTUALLY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DOESN'T PAINT THE FULL PICTURE. 
          WE WANNA SEE OTHER METRICS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT, AND THIS IS KIND OF WHERE I THINK WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU ALL TO KIND OF SHARE UPDATES OF WHAT WE FOUND, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE'RE MISSING COURSE CORRECT IF WE NEED TO, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH A CANDIDATE LIST OF METRICS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED, UM, FOR EACH OF THE DRIVERS. 
          UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE KIND OF LIKE A STRUCTURE OF, OKAY, WHAT IS THE METRIC? WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN IT GOES UP, WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN IT THAT METRIC GOES DOWN AND WHAT'S THE SOURCE? UM, IS THAT A, A RELIABLE SOURCE? HOW OFTEN IS THAT SOURCE UPDATED? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN DATA SOURCES THAT ARE NATIONAL. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CENSUS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S UPDATED PRETTY REGULARLY, BUT THERE ARE OTHER DATA SOURCES THAT SOMETIMES TAKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT AS UPDATED AS OFTEN. 
          SO JUST PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION, HOW WE'RE CREATING A BASELINE, AND, AND HOW WE'RE HOPING TO, UM, MEASURE OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WHERE WE'LL BE DEFINITELY COMING BACK TO YOU ALL, UM, ONCE WE GET MORE OF A, UH, I GUESS KIND OF LIKE A, A DRAFT READY FOR YOU TO REVIEW. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION. 
          AND UM, I DO WANT TO ACTUALLY PIGGYBACK AND SAY HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN REALLY FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO THE FEEDBACK, THE RESIDENTS AT THE END, YOU KNOW, AND, AND DOING YOUR WORK ACCORDINGLY. 
          IT HONESTLY ALIGNS WITH THE MOTTO FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH IS SERVICE FIRST. 
          AND YOU GUYS REALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT. 
          MY NEXT QUESTION IS MORE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED AROUND ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION. 
          HOW DO YOU INCLUDE THE VOICES OF, OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY, 
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BOTH IN THE PLANNING STAGES WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS THE, THE PROCESS WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          SO, UM, I THINK, LEMME MAKE SURE I, I CAN MAKE SURE I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY. 
          YOU'RE ASKING HOW ARE WE HAVING COMMUNITIES, UM, WITH DISABILITIES BE REPRESENTED AND HOW ARE WE ESTABLISHING PROCESSES SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE FEEDBACK, RIGHT, ESSENTIALLY. 
          SO MY QUESTION, THIS IS A TWO PART QUESTION. 
          SO WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING IS IN WHAT WAYS DO YOU INCORPORATE THE VOICES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND HOW DO YOU ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE? DO YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, CONDUCT SURVEYS OR OTHER KINDS OF ASSESSMENTS TO GATHER, YOU KNOW, THAT FEEDBACK? YEAH, SO I CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DID IN THE FALL AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO IN THE FALL WE HOSTED SEVERAL IN-PERSON EVENTS. 
          UM, AND, UH, ONE, ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM, I, I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM THIS COMMISSION, THAT WE OUGHT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN VIRTUALLY. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY PIVOTED AND HOSTED A COUPLE OF OUR SESSIONS, UM, I THINK AS A HYBRID. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU ALL, AS COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE HOPING WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ALL AS PARTNERS, WHERE IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU RECOGNIZE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE OR YOU THINK THAT COULD BE IMPROVED, I THINK THAT, UM, CHRIS, GARY, BRIANNA INE, I THINK ALL OF THEM WOULD BE VERY RECEPTIVE TO HEARING IDEAS AND, AND ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ADJUST TO, UM, MAKE THIS INFORMATION, UH, MORE ACCESSIBLE, PROVIDING CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION SO THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM, DIFFICULTIES ACCESSING THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          SO, UM, MOVING FORWARD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO ALSO IS AS PART OF OUR, UM, EFFORT TO MAKE INFORMATION WEB ACCESSIBLE TO, UM, SO WE WERE REALLY ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT THEN ALSO, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY GROUPS THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE, UM, WOULD BE INTERESTED, WE'D LOVE TO COME OUT. 
          UM, UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAD A COUPLE INVITATIONS LATELY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REGULAR GROUP MEETING OR, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES COMING TO CITY HALL IS DIFFICULT, BUT THERE'S A, A GROUP THAT MEETS REGULARLY. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TO BE CONNECTED. 
          AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'D APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK FROM MS. BONNIE, OF COURSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SO OPEN, AND WE AS A COMMISSION ARE VERY EXCITED AND LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON AREAS THAT REALLY NEED YOU THE MOST. 
          AT THIS POINT, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR BOTH OF YOU. 
          LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER GLASSCOCK, DISTRICT ONE. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC AND I'VE HAD MANY PEOPLE COME TO ME IN THE COMMUNITY EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT EITHER THEY'RE UNHAPPY WITH THEIR CURRENT HOUSING, WANTING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING BETTER OR NEEDING TO GET OUT, UM, OF THEIR CURRENT SITUATION. 
          SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION IN WAYS THAT WE CAN LINK THEM WITH THE HELP THAT THEY'RE NEEDING AND HOPEFULLY, UM, MAKE THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, EVEN BETTER. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          UM, NOW WE'RE MOVING TO COMMISSIONER COLLIER FOR, FROM DISTRICT FOUR FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          I TOOK A LOOK AT THE, UM, THE SURVEY AND, UM, ONE OF THE, THE, I GUESS, INTERESTING QUESTIONS FOR ME WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO TO RANK, UM, THE BIGGEST COORDINATION GAP THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND I LOOKED AT THE FIRST TWO OPTIONS. 
          UM, PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF THE SERVICES OR RESOURCES AND THE SERVICES OR RESOURCES ARE HARD TO NAVIGATE. 
          SO CAN YOU TALK THROUGH LIKE THE CAMPAIGNS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ACTIVATED TO HELP CONNECT PEOPLE, UM, TO THIS INFORMATION, TO THESE SERVICES, AND THEN TO HELP THEM REALLY TO NAVIGATE, UM, KIND OF MAKING THOSE TOUCH POINTS AND THOSE CONNECTIONS. 
          'CAUSE I AM OF THE BELIEF THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE PEOPLE WANT THE SERVICES, THEY MAY NOT NOT ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO FIND THEM AND WHEN THEY FIND THEM HOW TO CONNECT CORRECTLY. 
          SO YEAH, YEAH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MUCH THAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          WE'RE A BIG CITY, AND, UM, 
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SOMETIMES, UH, FINDING THE RIGHT WAY TO GET INFORMATION OUT CAN BE A CHALLENGE. 
          UM, SO, UM, I THINK, UM, I THINK THAT WITH THAT, WITH THE START OF OUR NEW OFFICE, OUR OFFICE OF HOUSING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, WE ARE LOOKING TOWARDS HOW CAN WE BE COMMUNICATING THE INFORMATION BETTER? AND THAT CAN REALLY BE DEPENDENT ON THE SITUATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE GET LIKE NOW A 20 MINUTE SPACE TO TALK AND SHARE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, THERE'S A DIALOGUE, BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GET INVITED TO A FAIR OR A REALLY, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE EVENT. 
          AND SO THE WAY THAT WE PRESENT THE INFORMATION HAS TO ADAPT BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, USUALLY COMING IN GOING AND, UM, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE THE INFORMATION EFFICIENTLY. 
          UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REVIEWING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UM, UH, I THINK THAT ALSO WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UM, COMMUN CLIENT, SORRY, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, CCX, UH, DEPARTMENT THAT IS ALSO IN CHARGE OF HELPING SHARE OUT INFORMATION. 
          UM, BUT ALSO I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY BOARDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE BASICALLY RESIDENTS THAT, UM, CAN HELP SHARE OUT INFORMATION. 
          AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S AN INFORMATION GAP THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, OH, I'M JUST NOW LEARNING ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          WHY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHY HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED, WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. 
          UM, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE GET CONNECTED WITH A, UM, A PERSON WHO HAS AN EMAIL LIST, UM, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SHARE OUT A FLYER, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SO HELPFUL AND I THINK AS COMMISSIONERS, UM, I THINK WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER YOU WITH YOU ALL ON THAT. 
          BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF WANTING TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL IS WHERE ARE YOU SEEING LIKE THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST CRUCIAL FOR US TO BE ADDRESSING? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ALL OF IT IS, UM, IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL, BUT, UM, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL, WHAT SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON FIRST? UM, AND, AND THEN THAT WAY AS WE MOVE TO EX EXPAND TO INVITING AND INCLUDING PARTNERS, UM, THAT WE CAN SHARE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEAR FROM YOU ALL, THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE WANNA ADDRESS IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE DIFFICULTY IN X OR YZ, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAY IT KIND OF HELPS GIVE A STARTING POINT FOR OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. 
          COMMISSIONER COLLIER, AND JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, COMMISSIONER WICKS FROM DISTRICT THREE HAS JOINED US. 
          SO WELCOME. 
          WE ARE DELIGHTED YOU WERE HERE. 
          UH, DO YOU WISH TO ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE A COMMENT TO THE PRESENTERS THAT WERE HERE TODAY? THANK YOU, SIR, CHAIR, AND, UM, GREETINGS TO EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION. 
          I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF NOTES THAT I, UH, MADE AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS BEING MADE BY OUR PRESENTERS. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, I DID HEAR A REFERENCE TO THE EXPLOSION THAT HAPPENED HERE AT OAK CLIFF, AND SO ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT TYPE OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IS BEING DONE. 
          I KNOW ABOUT THE FOOD AND THE CLOTHING AND SHELTER, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS BEING DONE PSYCHOLOGICALLY FOR THOSE PERSONS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TO HELP FACILITATE THAT PROCESS? UH, THE SECOND, UH, STATEMENT IS, UM, IN TERMS OF USING RESOURCES AND COLLABORATION, WE HAVE SEVERAL, UM, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY THAT I FEEL AS THOUGH THERE SHOULD BE MORE EMPHASIS IN USING THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS OR PROFESSORS AT DALLAS COLLEGE, U-T-D-S-M-U-T-W-U-U-N-T, DALLAS, PAUL QUINN COLLEGE, ALL OF THESE, UH, PLACES OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
          WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING INTO THESE SPECIFIC AREAS OF EXPERTISE THAT DEAL WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO START ACCESSING THE, UH, VARIOUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR AREA, UH, IN, IN ADDITION TO 
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THE EDUCATORS WITHIN THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE ARE GIVING THIS INFORMATION AND MEETING, UH, AMONGST THE DISTRICTS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO MORE COLLABORATION WITHIN SHARING THIS INFORMATION IN THE, UH, PUBLIC SPACES AS WE DID, UH, PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAD THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CENTER IN THE WEST DALLAS, UH, CENTER. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE'VE GOTTA START USING MORE, UH, LAYMAN'S TERMS. MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA BE INTO ACRONYMS AND, UM, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, DEFINING AND EXPLAINING AND PLAIN ENGLISH OR LAYMAN'S TERMS SO THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND THEN ALSO, IF WE NEED SIGN INTERPRETATION AND OR LANGUAGE, UH, INTERPRETERS, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT COLLABORATION GOING. 
          SO I, I'M THINKING WE PROBABLY NEED TO RETREAT OF THIS COMMISSION TO REALLY, UH, WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND CONCERNS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WICKS. 
          UM, SO I'LL MAKE SURE I CAN TOUCH UP ON ALL YOUR GREAT POINTS, BUT, UM, ON THE TOPIC OF MENTAL HEALTH, I KNOW THAT'S ACTUALLY AN AREA WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE DON'T HAVE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS ON STAFF, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH, UM, CATHOLIC CHARITIES DALLAS AND, UM, FOCUS ON FIRST GETTING THEM CONNECTED WITH SOCIAL WORKERS WHO CAN DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
          AND THAT INCLUDED NOT ONLY THE MATERIAL NEEDS, BUT ALSO THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND HELPING THEM GET CONNECTED ANY HEALTH, UM, SERVICES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UM, AND SO THAT WAS, UH, A BIG PART OF THE ALIGNMENT OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, I THINK YOUR SECOND POINT WAS ON, UM, HIGHER EDUCATION. 
          UM, THERE IS A SLIDE, SLIDE THREE WHERE WE LIST SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE WORKED WITH, THE ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS TO START THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND THERE IS A LIST OF HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, AND THAT INCLUDES UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND DALLAS, DALLAS COLLEGE, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, PAUL QUINN COLLEGE THAT, THAT YOU MENTIONED. 
          SO WE DID HAVE START THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UM, TO KIND OF GET SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK, IDEAS, KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY WERE AS AN INSTITUTION. 
          UM, AND THEN WE BROUGHT THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          UM, SINCE WE STARTED THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR IN OCTOBER, WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON OUR NEW MERGE DEPARTMENT, UH, OUR OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, AND SEEING HOW IT LOOKS INTERNALLY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO WALK THE WALK, NOT JUST TALK THE TALK. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED IN THESE PAST COUPLE MONTHS SINCE THE ADOPTION, UH, THAT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF INTERNALLY UNDERSTAND HOW WE CONNECT WITH THIS FRAMEWORK. 
          SO NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THIS POINT WHERE, UM, WE HOPE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM COMMISSIONS, UM, AND THEN WE'RE HOPING TO COME BACK TO SOME OF THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT WE HAD ENGAGED WITH EARLY ON AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, SHARING WITH THEM. 
          OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVED YOUR FEEDBACK, WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS, WE'VE DONE SOME SOUL SEARCHING REFLECTION WITHIN AND WANNA INVITE THEM AND SEEING HOW THEY SEE THEIR ROLE FITTING WITH THIS WORK. 
          AND I TOTALLY AGREE, WE HAVE SOME GREAT INSTITUTIONS HERE THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND WANNA, UM, INVITE THEM TO BE PART OF THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, I THINK YOUR OTHER MENTION ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTERS HAVING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WORK, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT POINT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING TO IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS INTERNAL ALIGNMENT, HOW CAN WE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS? WE HAVE TWO, ONE IN WEST DALLAS, THE OTHER ONE IN MARTIN LUTHER KING'S JUNIOR CENTER, SO THAT THEY CAN BE, UM, PHYSICAL POINTS OF INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT SERVICES, HOW THEY CAN CONNECT, HOW THEY CAN, UM, PARTICIPATE WITH THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING, UM, CAN'T, UH, I CAN'T SHARE YET, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO ANNOUNCE SOME PRETTY EXCITING NEWS NEWS WITHIN THE, THE FALL THAT COMES UP. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, YOUR POINT ABOUT A SL INTERPRETERS, THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I KNOW CHRIS, GARY, BRIANNA, THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS NOW. 
          HOW CAN WE BE, 
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UM, SUPPORTING FOLKS REMOVING SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS TO, UH, COMMUNICATION? UM, WE HAVE A CONTRACT SERVICE CONTRACT CURRENTLY, SO WHEN A PERSON REQUESTS AN A SL INTERPRETATION, WE ACTUALLY CAN HAVE SOMEONE ON SITE THAT PROVIDES A SL INTERPRETATION, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THOSE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 
          UM, SO, AND THEN YOUR POINT ABOUT PLAIN LANGUAGE, I TOTALLY AGREE. 
          UH, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS, IS ALSO HELPING US UNDERSTAND HOW WE SOMETIMES AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, WE GET INTO OUR SILOS, WE FORGET HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SHARE INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, AND SO I ALWAYS TRY TO DO MY BEST TO KIND OF CORRECT MYSELF IF I EVER SAY AN ACRONYM. 
          UM, BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR, FOR REMINDING HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THESE THOUGHTFUL POINTS. 
          NEXT WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL FROM DISTRICT FIVE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL. 
          UM, MOVING NEXT THEN TO COMMISSIONER PARKS FROM DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, SIR. 
          WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. 
          YOU'RE, YES, SIR. 
          OH, GREAT. 
          PERFECT. 
          SORRY, JUST SWITCHING MICROPHONES HERE. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK I'VE SHARED SOME OF MY THOUGHTS IN THE PAST ABOUT, UH, THE, THE PREVIOUS FRAMEWORK, UH, OR THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY, UM, AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS THERE, UH, I WON'T REITERATE THEM, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. 
          UH, I THINK THE, THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME IS THAT I, I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 11 CONTRACTS OR GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE UNDER THIS FRAMEWORK. 
          UH, I KNOW HOUSING FOR I THINK HAD A CONTRACT, UM, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL HOUSING AND COUNSELING CONTRACT EXTENSIONS. 
          UH, AND, AND I, THE QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES THAT ARE IN THESE CONTRACTS THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US? UM, MAINLY BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S JUST GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND DISABILITY SPECIFIC SERVICE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE WRITTEN INTO THESE CONTRACTS, WHAT THE MONITORING FOR COMPLIANCE LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THAT PROCESS COULD BE LIKE, UH, FOR US AS THE COMMISSIONER ON DISABILITIES TO ACTUALLY REVIEW SOME OF THOSE THINGS. 
          BUT, UM, NOT IN A CONSULTATIVE FASHION, BUT IN A CO-DESIGN FASHION WHERE WE COULD PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN ACTUALLY HELPING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES IN THESE CONTRACTS FOR THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT ABOUT HOW YES, WE ACTUALLY, AS AN OFFICE OF HOUSING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, UM, WE HAVE CONTRACTS, SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH VARIETY OF VENDORS. 
          I THINK ACTUALLY WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED CONTRACTS THAT PROVIDE DIFFERENT SERVICES. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, STARTING IN OCTOBER, WE WERE ORIGINALLY FOUR SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT WERE MERGED INTO ONE. 
          AND SO THE PROCESS FOR US TO ONE, TAKE AN INVENTORY OF WHAT ARE ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE, UH, CONTRACT WITH, UM, HOW CAN WE BE DOING A BETTER JOB? ONE, COMMUNICATING THE IMPACT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, THESE CONTRACTS ARE ACTUALLY DOING WHAT WE EXPECT THEM TO DO. 
          UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS POLICY FRAMEWORK IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO, ONE, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, HELPING YOUTH, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED AND THAT WE'RE ALL, UH, AT LEAST MAYBE MEASURING SIMILAR THINGS THAT ARE, THAT MAKE SENSE. 
          UM, AND UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS, KIND OF TAKING IN ACCOUNT OF LIKE, OKAY, HERE ARE ALL THE SERVICE CONTRACT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THEY ACTUALLY, UH, WHAT ARE THE TERMS, HOW ARE WE COLLECTING THE DATA FROM OUR PARTNERS? UM, AND SO SOME OF THAT IS A KIND, A LOT OF LIKE, I GUESS, ADMINISTRATIVE WORK TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER TO, UH, TRACK THOSE OUTCOMES. 
          BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR POINT ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, 
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AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL DEFINITELY TAKE BACK BECAUSE, UM, WE, WE, UM, I THINK WE COULD HAVE, I KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, PUBLICLY FUNDED SERVICES. 
          IF YOU'RE RECEIVING PUBLIC FUNDS, THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU COMPLY WITH THE A DA, UM, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT LAWS, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE RECEIVING PUBLIC FUNDS. 
          UM, AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK, UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY, I, WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK WITH CHRIS AND GARY AND, AND SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO INCLUDE YOU ALL AS A ADVISORY BODY BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE MAKING SURE THAT IF WE'RE INVESTING CITY RESOURCES, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, COMMUNITIES WITH DISABILITIES ARE ABLE TO ACCESS, AND IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR ADDRESSING THEM. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, I, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. 
          AND, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE, BE TAKING THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER ADVISORY GROUPS, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SENIORS AFFAIRS COMMISSION. 
          WE HAVE OUR VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION. 
          UM, AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE AN INTERESTING POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD, THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO CONSIDER. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. 
          I JUST, ONE LAST POINT HERE, UM, AND I'LL JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON YOUR RESPONSE. 
          I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE A DA AND THE LAWS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH A DA BOTH, UM, THAT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE THE FLOOR FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND NOT THE POTENTIAL GOAL IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF LIFE THAT COULD BE DELIVERED FROM THE CITY OF SER CITY SERVICES. 
          UM, AND SO I JUST THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CO-DESIGN WITH YOU SO THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BUILT SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY GONNA MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, I THINK FOR, UH, CITIZENS IS ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT, RATHER THAN JUST MEETING, UH, COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, THE INVITATION I, I GIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY FROM THE DISTRICT I'M IN, WHICH IS PLEASANT GROVE, UH, ONE, WE HAVE, UH, YOU PLEASANT GROVE UNIDOS, WHICH IS A SPANISH LANGUAGE SPEAKING, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT MEETS EVERY MONTH OF THURSDAYS. 
          I THINK THEY, I THINK YOU ALL MET WITH THEM BEFORE. 
          LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT AGAIN. 
          UH, AND THEN SECOND, UH, THERE IS A MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE IN PLEASANT GROVE. 
          UH, AND OFTENTIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING IN PLEASANT GROVE, UH, WE OFTEN WILL LOOK TOWARDS THE HOMELESS, UH, THAT ARE IN PLEASANT GROVE, AND THE VANDALISM AND DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN DONE TO FIVE OF OUR LOCAL CHURCHES. 
          UM, ONE OF THOSE CHURCHES ACTUALLY BURNED DOWN, UH, BECAUSE THE HOMELESS WERE COLD ONE WINTER AND SET UP A FIRE. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED TO THE PASTORS, UM, MANY OF THEM WERE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND IT TURNS OUT THAT MANY OF THEM ARE COMING FROM, UH, OR THEIR RESIDENTS OF SOME OF THE BOARDING HOMES THAT ARE THERE. 
          UH, AND I KNOW IT'S A TRICKY THING WITH, UH, COMPLIANCE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, ON SOME OF THOSE BOARDING HOMES. 
          EXCUSE ME, INTERRUPT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THINGS WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL JOIN US ON. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL. 
          UM, IF YOU COULD PARDON ME FOR YOUR INTERRUPTION, BUT IF YOU COULD PLEASE START WRAPPING UP SO THAT YOU, WE KNOW WE COULD HAVE SOME, WE, WE WANNA GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO EXPRESS COMMENTS AND ASK QUESTIONS. 
          SO IF YOU YEAH, I THINK YOU JUST CUT ME OFF THAT LAST SENTENCE THERE. 
          UM, I DUNNO IF YOU GOT IT THOUGH. 
          IF YOU GUYS CAN JUST, LEMME KNOW IF YOU GOT THE LAST SENTENCE. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL. 
          THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS, AND I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          WE'LL DEFINITELY BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU TO SEE ABOUT, UM, COMING OUT TO THOSE GROUPS THAT YOU MENTIONED. 
          AND, UM, UM, YEAH, I THINK THE EXAMPLES YOU PROVIDED WERE MAKE IT CLEAR TO ME. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, NEXT WE GO TO COMMISSIONER PARKS FROM DISTRICT SEVEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS. 
          UH, IT IS A REALLY GREAT START FOR A FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, AND I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE OPENING, YOU'RE OPEN TO, UM, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT METRICS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR INDIVIDUALS ARE EMPLOYED, BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO HOW ARE WE HELPING CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES, ET CETERA? 'CAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF THE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT I SERVE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT DISABILITIES HAVE TO WORK THREE JOBS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD AN APARTMENT IN DALLAS? UH, I, I THINK IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ECONOMIC MOBILITY, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO SAY, HOW HARD ARE PEOPLE REALLY HAVING TO WORK TO LIVE HERE AND NOT JUST CHECK THE BOX THEY'RE EMPLOYED. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, I DID LOOK AT THE SURVEY AS WELL, 
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AND, YOU KNOW, I, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CARE NAVIGATORS AND CARE COORDINATION GROUPS ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND PLATFORMS. I, I, I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST HILLS Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO CLIMB IS HOW TO CONNECT THE REFERRAL SOURCES TO GET PEOPLE. 
          THERE ALMOST HAS TO BE A NO WRONG, UH, NO WRONG DOOR. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BOUNCED FROM AGENCY TO AGENCY TO AGENCY TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU FOR THOSE POINTS. 
          I THINK THAT EXAMPLE YOU GAVE ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UNEMPLOYMENT IS KIND OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. 
          BUT ONCE WE ARE READY, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU ALL TO GIVE US INPUT ON IDENTIFIED, UM, METRICS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, DATA IS HELPFUL, BUT SOMETIMES IT, IT, IT CAN BE SKEWED OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S IGNORING AN IMPORTANT INFORM PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT, UM, THAT YOU ALL AS ADVISORY BODY CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE COULD USE TO, TO BETTER DESCRIBE. 
          AND, AND YEAH, I THINK, UH, I, I AGREE THIS WORK AROUND WHERE WE'RE ALIGNING, WHERE WE'RE, UM, HELPING RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THAT THEY CAN NAVIGATE OR, UH, GET CONNECTED WITH THE RESOURCES IS, IS A LOFTY GOAL. 
          AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET ORGANIZATIONS, EXTERNAL PARTNERS, UM, CONNECTED AND, AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN EVOLVING PROCESS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I, I AGREE. 
          I, I THINK, UH, THE CONCEPT OF, UH, NO WRONG DOOR IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE SEEN ALSO IN RESEARCH. 
          UM, AND SO YEAH, WE'RE, UH, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          NEXT WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER WHITE FROM DISTRICT NINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          HI, I WANNA, I WANNA TELL YOU THANK YOU. 
          UH, VERY INFORMATIVE. 
          UM, MY COLLEAGUES COVERED MOST OF MY POINTS, UH, BUT AS FAR AS GETTING INFORMATION OUT, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE REC CENTERS, PLACES LIKE OWEN WOOD FARM AND NEIGHBOR SPACE, WHO ACTUALLY SERVE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? UM, THEY WOULD BE VERY OPEN TO IT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO REC CENTERS WHEN THEY, UM, ARE LOOKING FOR WHATEVER, AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION. 
          I KNOW I LIVE IN FAR EAST DALLAS. 
          I ACTUALLY LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, AND ALL I HEAR IS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. 
          THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          AND THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S NOTHING CLOSE TO US OUT THERE WHERE THEY CAN GO EXCEPT FOR THE REC CENTER, GOOD OLD HARRY STONE. 
          UM, SO ANYWAY, IF YOU WOULD JUST CONSIDER THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY INFORMATIVE. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          I, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THAT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT WE GO TO COMMISSIONER GUNN FROM DISTRICT 10. 
          HI EVERYONE. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA FIRST OFF, SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT AND SPEAK TO EVERYONE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Y'ALL COMING OUT AND SPEAKING VERSUS A DIFFERENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR COMING OUT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE IN REGARDS TO THE CITY IS THE DIFFERENCE IN NOTIFICATIONS AND JUST KIND OF THE BASELINE IS LIVELIHOOD, UM, AND LIFE, TO BE HONEST. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT CAN MAKE SMALL DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, BUT THIS IS, THESE ARE LIFE ALTERING THINGS, SO WE APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON IT. 
          UM, I'M, I'M KIND OF NEW TO COMMISSION, BUT, UM, I AM A REGISTERED ACCESSIBILITY SPECIALIST. 
          IF ANY OF Y'ALL JUST NEED TECHNICAL OR REGULATORY FEEDBACK OR A SECOND SET OF EYES, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO HELP WHATEVER, UM, Y'ALL NEED. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER GUM FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          AND I WANT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOW TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO, UH, THANK YOU TO BOTH MS. DE SILVA AND MS. MEEKS FOR DEVOTING YOUR TIME TO PRESENT TO US. 
          THIS WAS DEFINITELY A VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION, VERY ENGAGING, AND WE AS A COMMISSION VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE AND COLLABORATING WITH YOU ON EFFORTS TO, UM, PROVIDE OR OR TO PROMOTE A DALLAS WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS THEY BELONG. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          N NEXT WE ARE GOING TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION. 
          THIS IS PRIOR TO ADJOURNING. 
          OUR MEETING. 
          TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY IN THAT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER RAISING THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL 
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APPROVE PERHAPS THE CONSIDERATION OR THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE COMMISSION TO RAISE THE DISABILITY PRIDE FLAG. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE FOR THE COMMISSION AND ITS PURPOSE. 
          AS I'VE ALWAYS SAID, SAFEGUARDING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES LIES AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO. 
          AND THE RAISING OF A DISABILITY PRIDE FLAG IS GOING TO BE ONE VISUAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING ACCESSIBILITY, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AND FULL PARTICIPATION, ALLOWING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC LIFE. 
          SO WE DEFINITELY HOPE THIS GOES THROUGH. 
          UM, IF APPROVED, IF, IF THE MAJORITY APPROVES THIS, THEN ON JUNE 15TH OF THIS YEAR, 2026, WE'LL HAVE A FLAG RAISING CEREMONY. 
          AND IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE RAISING OF THE DISABILITY PRIDE FLAG WILL CONTINUE ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, STARTING FROM JUNE 1ST TO JULY 31ST. 
          SO, IN OTHER WORDS, BEING FLOWN THE WHOLE MONTH TO HONOR NOT ONLY THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BUT TO ALSO COMMEMORATE THE SIGNING OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. 
          WE HOPE TO SEE MOST OF YOU THERE AND HEAR FROM YOU VIA PUBLIC COMMENT AS YOUR VOICES MATTER. 
          AND THEN ON AUGUST 15TH, HUMAN RIGHTS DALLAS, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE HOSTING ITS FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS FAIR, WHERE INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS THE CITY WILL GAIN THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE WORK DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING TO MAKE DALLAS A TRUE HUMAN RIGHTS CITY. 
          THIS WOULD BE A GREAT EVENT FOR THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES TO TAKE PART IN AS SAFEGUARDING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IS AT THE CENTER OF OUR WORK. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MANY OF YOU THERE. 
          I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY WISH TO SHARE ANNOUNCEMENTS STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER GLASSCOCK, DISTRICT ONE. 
          NOTHING TO SHARE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO COMMISSIONER WICK FROM DISTRICT THREE. 
          JUST A REAL BRIEF COMMENT, UH, SIR CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND SPACE TO SPEAK. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY TO, UH, COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS AUGUST BODY THAT, UH, I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND OPINIONS AND CONCERNS OF EVERYONE AS WE DO, UH, INDIVIDUALLY REPRESENT OUR DISTRICTS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. 
          I DID APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SEE EVERYONE AT, UH, DALLAS CITY HALL WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND HAVE OUR SPECIAL MEETING. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE OF THE SAME. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER WICKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU AND YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMISSION AND THE VALUES THAT WE REPRESENT. 
          NEXT, I WOULD GO, I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO COMMISSIONER COLLIER FROM DISTRICT FOUR FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          UM, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT I WILL PIGGY BACK ON THE LAST COMMENT SAYING THAT IT WAS, UM, IT WAS NICE TO SEE MORE OF US, UM, IN PERSON FOR THAT SPECIAL SESSION. 
          AND I HOPE TO SEE, UM, QUITE A FEW OF US TOMORROW, UH, HOPEFULLY MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, REALLY PUSHING FOR THE RAISING OF THE DISABILITY PRIDE FLAG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COLLIER. 
          NEXT WE GO TO COMMISSIONER ROCKWELL FROM DISTRICT FIVE. 
          NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT WE GO TO COMMISSIONER PARKS FROM DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT. 
          I THINK IT BEHOOVES ALL OF US TO BE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATEST DOJ OPINION THAT WAS RELEASED TODAY ABOUT TRYING TO REDETERMINE THE OUTCOMES OF THE HBS SETTINGS, RULES. 
          UH, WE ALL KNOW WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ENOUGH NETWORKS AND ADVOCACY TO SHOW THEM WHY THEY SHOULDN'T DO IT. 
          COMMISSIONER PARKS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OPINIONS ON WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING IN REGARDS TO KIND OF ADVOCATING FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE? YOU KNOW, A MEMO AND AN OPINION DOES NOT OVERTURN COURTS AND CONGRESS, THANK GOODNESS. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          UM, BUT WE, WE REALLY GOTTA START WATCHING THE CRAWL FOR LACK OF, IT'S, IT'S WHEN YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION THAT THERE THINGS ARE GOING THROUGH. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF, 
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YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN THE YEAR, THERE WAS A PUSH TO TRY AND PUT HOMELESSNESS INDIVIDUALS INTO INSTITUTIONS, AND THAT WAS, UH, DISCRIMINATORY AND SEGREGATION. 
          AND SO NOW THIS IS ANOTHER AVENUE TO TRY AND DO AWAY WITH THE HB HCBS SETTINGS RULES, UM, TO HELP, UH, FURTHER ALIGN THAT INITIATIVE. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME VERY, UH, WHEN YOU READ THEIR OPINION, UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S VERY WEIGHTED AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING BEHIND IT. 
          SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO REALLY START PAYING ATTENTION. 
          'CAUSE THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH TRYING, DOING AWAY WITH SPECIAL ED, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND PUTTING IT UNDER OTHER UMBRELLAS SO STATES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW. 
          AND NOW THIS, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE SLOWLY TRYING TO DISMANTLE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT ADVOCATES AND FAMILIES HAVE DONE BEFORE US. 
          WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS CONCERN TO OUR ATTENTION COMMISSIONER PARKS. 
          AND WHILE WE CANNOT IN ONE IN ONE SETTING, UH, FORCE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AND COURTS TO OVERTURN THEIR DECISION, THE BEST WE COULD DO IS ADVOCATE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES. 
          UM, AND SEEING WHERE THIS GOES FROM HERE. 
          BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY DO WHAT WE CAN TO ADVOCATE AS A BODY AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE HCPS RULES DO NOT TAKE INTO EFFECT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          NEXT WE GO TO COMMISSIONER NINE, DISTRI, UH, COMMISSIONER WHITE, EXCUSE ME, FROM DISTRICT NINE FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          UH, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CERTAINLY. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO GO TO COMMISSIONER GUNN FROM DISTRICT 10 FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          NO COMMENTS. 
          BUT I'M JUST STILL EXCITED TO BE ON THE MISSION AND LEARN FROM EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCES HERE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          NOW THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THE ADJOURNMENT OF OUR MEETING, ANY LAST COMMENTS OR FINAL WORD OF DISCUSSION? ANY LAST WORD OR FINAL WORD OF DISCUSSION OR ANY LAST COMMENTS BEFORE MOTION IS ENTERTAINED, SIR. 
          CHAIR, THIS IS, UH, DR. 
          WAKES FROM DISTRICT THREE. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE COMMENTS THAT COMMISSIONER PARKS MADE AND, UM, OUR CONCERN ABOUT, UH, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PIECE THAT SHE, UM, SO ELOQUENTLY, UH, SHARED WITH US. 
          ARE WE ABLE AS A COMMISSION, UM, OR ARE YOU AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION ABLE TO EXPRESS, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN? SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO. 
          UM, THE BEST WAY I COULD, THE BEST WAY WE COULD EXPRESS THIS IS INDIVIDUALLY. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU, IF THIS IS A, A HUGE ISSUE OF CONCERN TO, YOU COULD CONTACT YOUR SENATOR OR HOUSE OF OR CONGRESSMAN AND, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE AGAINST THE HCEB SETTINGS. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I, I, MYSELF CAN DO AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND ALL COMMISSIONERS CAN DO TO REALLY PRESSURE, YOU KNOW, OUR SENATORS AND, AND HOUSE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS, OUR CONGRESSMEN TO GO AGAINST THESE DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES. 
          SO, I HOPE THIS HELPS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          YES, IT DID, SIR. 
          CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. 
          ARE THERE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR LAST WORD OF DISCUSSION BEFORE ADJOURNMENT? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN. 
          SECOND MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING THIS MEETING PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? CLEARLY THERE IS NONE. 
          SO THE MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED. 
          UM, JUST TO, AND FOR THE, FOR THE SAKE OF ATI, UM, KEEPING THIS INFORMATION ON RECORDS, THIS MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 3:37 PM I DO WANT TO INFORM YOU ALL THAT WE WILL NOT BE MEETING NEXT MONTH IN JULY. 
          THERE WILL BE NO OFFICIAL BUSINESS MEETING, UH, FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. 
          INSTEAD, OUR DISABILITY PRIDE FLAG RAISING CEREMONY POINT OF ORDER, HOPEFULLY, EXCUSE ME, THE MEETING'S BEEN ADJOURNED. 
          UM, EXCUSE ME. 
          YES. 
          I'M MAKING MY FINAL COMMENTS. 
          SO IF YOU ALLOW ME TO DO THAT AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT, YOU'RE MAKING COMMENTS? YES, I'M, YES. 
          I I CAN DO THAT. 
          SO I'M JUST SAYING MY LAST BOARD OF CLOSING REMARKS, SO NO, YOU CAN'T. 
          YES, I CAN. 
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I'VE BEEN DOING IT IN THE PAST. 
          COMMISSIONER. 
          OKAY. 
          I DO WANNA SAY THANKS AGAIN TO ALL COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE COME TO THIS MEETING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          IN THIS CASE, THEN, UM, WE DO. 
          OKAY. 
          I DO WANNA REMIND YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN THAT WE WILL NOT BE MEETING IN, UH, IN JULY. 
          SO OUR DISABILITY PRIDE, RA FLAG RAISING CEREMONY, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL HAPPEN, KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED. 
          WILL, WE WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THAT. 
          SO THE NEXT TIME WE WILL MEET IS IN AUGUST. 
          UNTIL NEXT TIME, BE SAFE, BE WELL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL BACK HERE AT THE SAME SPOT, SAME PLACE IN AUGUST. 
          HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.
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