[Parks, Trails & Environment Committee on August 3, 2026.]
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TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEES, THE SPECIAL CALLED PARKS, TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER.WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING IN JUNE. MOVED. OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM PASSES. LET'S MOVE QUICKLY THEN TO OUR FIRST BRIEFING, WHICH IS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER. DO WE HAVE OUR FOLKS? I'M SEEING NODS. SO WE DO.
GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE. WOULD YOU EACH INTRODUCE YOURSELVES RATHER THAN ME FUMBLE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S WHO? WELL, YES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS REGINALD WILLIAMS. I AM THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES.
OKAY. I'M HERE IN ROSA'S STEAD FOR THE DIRECTOR.
OKAY. I ALSO HAVE WITH ME CARLOS AGUILAR WITH INSPIRE DALLAS ON OUR TEAM, AND ALSO HAVE MARY DICKINSON HERE FROM AMPLIFY DALLAS, OUR TEAM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE CLEAR NOW.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, MISSY.
WHAT? LET'S GO TO THE NEXT. WOULD YOU PULL YOUR MICROPHONE JUST A TAD BIT CLOSER TO YOU? THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER IS ONGOING AND THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER IS ONGOING AND IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE.
THE PLAN IS TO CREATE AND PROMOTE A CONVENTION CENTER DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES WALKABLE CONNECTED HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, OFFICES, RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND OTHER FACILITIES.
THIS MIXED USE AREA WILL ENCLOSE A 2.1,000,000 SQUARE FOOT.
FACILITY WITH 750FT² OF EXHIBIT HALLS, 180FT² OF MEETING ROOMS, AD 150 SQUARE FOOT BALLROOM, WHICH WILL BE THE LARGEST IN TEXAS AND FOR THAT MATTER, THE LARGEST IN THE NATION.
THAT'S THE MAIN THING. AND THAT'S THE STORY WE WANT TO TELL TODAY. NEXT PAGE.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SOME RENDERINGS OF SOME OF THE AREAS.
IF YOU CAN SEE ON THIS AREA WE HAVE THE OUTLINE OF THE DISTRICT CONVENTION CENTER IS IN THE MIDDLE AND ORANGE, BUT THE YELLOW OUTLINE IS THE OUTLINE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
NEXT PAGE. THIS PAGE JUST KIND OF OUTLINES AND SHOWS THE AERIAL VIEW FROM THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
SEE THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THE MIDDLE. YOU SEE SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS AND FEATURES AROUND.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER.
THE VIEW LOOKING FROM THE SOUTH FROM LAMAR. NEXT PAGE.
THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING FROM THE NORTH ON LAMAR AT THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE NEW PROGRAM COMPOSITION THAT YOU'LL SEE.
AND WHAT WE'LL HAVE. WE HAVE OVER 750,000 SQUARE FEET OF EXHIBIT HALLS.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, BALLROOM SPACE IS GOING TO BE 150,000 FOOT BALLROOM.
WE ALSO HAVE MEETING ROOMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCREASED IN SQUARE FOOTAGE, 180,000FT².
NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. NEXT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY TEAM TO TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT STATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH SCHEDULES AND LOOK AHEAD. CARLOS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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REALLY, THE STAR OF THE SHOW IS MARY. SO SHE'LL BE GOING OVER THE PLANS AND THE APPROACHES THAT WE'RE TAKING TO MEET NEW SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS, ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS, AND ENSURE THAT THE BUILDING IS AN EXAMPLE FOR FUTURE GROWTH FOR THE, FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, FOR THE CITY. THE IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.JUST A QUICK RECOUNT RECOUNT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
THE FIRST ONE IS WE CALLED IT PRE ENABLING, WHICH WAS GETTING THE CONTINUING OPERATIONS OF THE BUILDING ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF LAMAR TO BE READY AND AND FUNCTIONING.
AND THAT'S WHERE FIFA EXECUTED ALL OF ITS BROADCAST OPERATIONS FOR THE WORLD CUP.
WE HAD TO DO SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS IN TERMS OF ELECTRICAL FEED, 80,000 MILES OF CABLE THEY HAD IN THERE FOR ALL THE VIEWS AND ALL THE CAMERAS THEY HAD AT EACH OF THE VENUES, 16 VENUES WERE CONNECTED.
ALL THESE THINGS WERE PART OF THE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP THAT WE HAD TO PREPARE FOR THEM.
SO FAR, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WHAT WE CALL ENABLING WORKS, WHICH IS REALLY THE DEMOLITION PROCESS.
AND HERE THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO DEMOLITION, MEANING EVERY TIME WE GO INTO AN AREA, IT'S PREPARING THE SAFETY PLAN FOR IT, THEN START THE PHYSICAL DEMOLITION AND THROUGH THAT SORTING OF MATERIALS AND HOW ALL THESE ARE SORTED IN A WAY SO THAT THEY CAN BE RECYCLED.
ALL OF THIS, AGAIN, WILL BE EXPLAINED BY, BY MARY IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S DONE AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH, AND SORT OF THE TARGETS WE HAVE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, RECOVERY, AND WHERE WE STAND TODAY.
ALSO WE'RE CONTINUING WITH DESIGN. THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETE.
AND WE'RE STARTING THE DEMOLITION OF TXCN IS ACTUALLY LIKE 80% COMPLETE AS WELL AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS WILL BE READY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT KEEPS US ON TRACK FOR THE PIER DRILLING STARTING IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF NEXT YEAR.
AND THROUGH THAT PLAN, WE WOULD BE COMPLETING WORK BY 2030.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT OVER TO MARY.
SO SOMETHING THAT'S A REAL PRIDE FOR US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY SO THAT WE CAN HELP CELEBRATE AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY ON THE BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER DALLAS, ON THIS NEXT SLIDE.
IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT ONE. WE HAVE CERTAINLY LISTENED AND WORKED FOR THIS TO BE ONE OF THE STARS COMING OUT OF THE DALLAS COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLANS. THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST THAT IS IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN.
AS AND WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS ALSO INCLUDING THE BOND UPDATES FROM FEBRUARY 5TH OF 2024.
AND THEN FOR THOSE AREAS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, SEEING WHAT'S POSSIBLE FROM THE SITE CERTIFICATION, AND THEN LOOKING AT ALL OF THE STRETCH GOALS THAT WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE BOND PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS ISN'T REALLY FOR YOU TO DIVE INTO ALL OF THE DETAILS, BUT IT DOES SHOW YOU THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO MEET OUR LEED CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.
GOLD HAS A THRESHOLD OF 60 POINTS AND WE'RE AT 65.
AND SO REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO THAT AS A TEAM AND WHERE THE CITY GOALS WERE AIMED.
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NEXT SLIDE.I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GO TO NEXT SLIDE. IS IT STUCK.
THANK YOU. AS WE MOVE AHEAD WE'LL JUMP TO IT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT JUST TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK ON TIME. ON THE NEXT SLIDE ON HERE IS GOING TO BE A GRAPH AND IT'S GOING TO SHOWCASE THE MAJORITY OF POINTS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT CERTIFICATION ARE AIMED AT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES.
THERE'S EIGHT, THERE'S 21 TOTAL OUT OF THE TWO.
THE REMAINDER OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON YOUR SITE DESIGN MATERIALS, HUMAN HEALTH, WATER AND CERTAINLY HAVE INCORPORATED A MAJORITY 51 POINTS TO THAT TO THAT FOCUS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS REALLY A FOOTPRINT OF THE OVERALL CARBON FOOTPRINT.
SO IF YOU GO TO THIS IS THE GRAPH IN TERMS OF THE POINTS SPREAD.
AND THEN IF WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THERE WE GO. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OUR OVERALL CARBON PLAN.
THE NEW CECAP PLAN CERTAINLY INCORPORATED THAT.
IT'S LOOKING AT BOTH OPERATIONAL AND EMBODIED CARBON.
SO THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT THE BUILDING USES, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY IT TAKES TO BUILD THE BUILDING WITH ALL THE VARIOUS MATERIALS. SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT SETTING A BASELINE.
YOU COULD IMAGINE WITH THE BUILDING THIS SIZE AND THE SIZE OF SOME OF THESE ROOMS, WE'RE PAYING A SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE STRUCTURAL STEEL AND THE CONCRETE MIXES TO MAKE THE REDUCTIONS. WE'RE ALSO, THE CECAP PLAN ASKS US TO COLLECT ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS A TRUE HERO OF THE PROJECT, AND THAT IS THE WASTE REDUCTION.
WE HAVE, WE HAD A GOAL OF 75% WASTE REDUCTION.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DEMO. WE'RE AT 85%, SO SURPASSING THAT BY 10%.
THAT 85% MAKES UP 40 MILLION POUNDS OF WASTE.
THAT IS ALMOST 718 WHEELER TRUCKLOADS OF WASTE THAT COULD FILL 32 OLYMPIC SIZED SWIMMING POOLS.
THE CONCRETE AND THE METALS ARE GOING TO RECLAMATION CENTERS THAT ARE IN DISTRICT SIX.
AND SO WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT EVEN SOME INNOVATIVE WAYS, LOOKING AT CARPET TILES AND CEILING TILES THAT ARE NOT GOING AS WASTE STREAMS FOR ENERGY, BUT MORE SO BACK TO THE MANUFACTURERS FOR REUSE AND LEARNING FROM THOSE PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE. IF WE CAN. OTHER PARTS OF CECAP AND SOME OF THE STRETCH GOALS ARE ENERGY STAR SPECIFICATIONS, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. THIS WILL REALLY START TO WITH THE PROPER SELECTION, ALLOW FOR THOSE METERS THAT ARE PUT INTO PLACE FOR ENERGY AND WATER METERS TO SIGNAL TO THE OPERATORS OF THE BUILDING IF A PROBLEM IS STARTING TO COME UP.
AND BY THAT SELECTION JUST REALLY BEING AS SCRUTINIZING AS POSSIBLE AND, AND REALLY DIVING INTO IT.
SO WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT IN JUST A SECOND. NEXT SLIDE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE. WHILE THE CONVENTION CENTER IS A BUILDING.
WE HAVE THE MARSHALING YARD AND SUCH. SO QUITE A BIT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.
WITH SOME OF THE STORMWATER AND RAINWATER RECLAMATIONS.
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AND I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. HERE YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE 46 EV READIES.
AND THEN WE HAVE EIGHT EV CAPABLE WITH THE CITY CODE BEING SIX.
AGAIN, THAT HELPS US IN TERMS OF OUR RATING SYSTEMS. WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY CONSTITUENTS AND FOLKS ABOUT THE SAFETY.
SO WE HAVE BIRD SAFETY THROUGHOUT FOR IT THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
ON THE EXTERIOR, WE'VE PAID ATTENTION TO WHERE THE VEGETATION IS BEING HELD OR IT GOES.
THE WATER REDUCTION OF 40% IS EQUATING TO ABOUT 700,000 GALLONS.
THAT'S THE SIZE OF A MUNICIPAL WATER TANK. AND SO THIS WILL BE AND THAT'S JUST THE WATER WE USE WITHIN THE CONVENTION CENTER ITSELF, NOT THE LANDSCAPE IN WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY.
AND AGAIN, THAT'LL BE ANOTHER 50% REDUCTION. I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE EMBODIED CARBON.
CERTAINLY LOOKING AT OUR SOILS AND WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE ANY KIND OF MSDS SURROUNDING THE SITE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TESTING FOR THAT. AND THEN I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT ONE OF OUR OTHER HEROES, THE CONSTRUCTION WASTE AT 85%. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT.
SO GETTING INTO OUR BUILDING EFFICIENCY PART OF CECAP IS FULL ELECTRIFICATION.
THIS WILL BE A FULLY ELECTRIC BUILDING. EVEN THE KITCHEN ITSELF, WE ARE WORKING ON MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCY, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY THAT GLAZING ON THE WESTERN SIDE AND FACING NORTHEAST.
AND WE HAVE A VERY EFFICIENT SYSTEM THAT I WILL GET INTO.
WE ARE WORKING OR WE'VE INCORPORATED INTO OUR DESIGN ON SITE PVS, AND THEN WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR FUTURE PVS OFF SITE TO GET TO TO A FULL NET ZERO BUILDING CECAP INCLUDES A GOAL OF NET ZERO ENERGY BY 2030 AND CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS OUR BASICALLY LOOKING AT OUR TOTAL CARBON FOOTPRINT AS WELL. A TYPICAL BUILDING, A CONVENTION CENTER FOR THIS SIZE, IF WE WERE TO BUILD AS AS NORMAL WITH ALL THE EFFICIENCIES.
THIS IS BOTH OPERATIONAL AND EMBODIED CARBON.
THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 51.5 MILLION TONNES POUNDS OF CARBON.
WITH OUR EFFICIENCIES AND INCLUDING OUR PHOTOVOLTAICS, WE'RE DOWN TO 16 MILLION POUNDS OF CARBON.
AND THEN IF YOU GO DOWN, ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR OFF SITE PV, THEN WE WILL BE DOWN AT 0.4 MILLION.
THE WAY THIS WORKS OUT WITH THE SIZE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE GAINING OUR EFFICIENCIES FOR THE PROJECT, THESE ARE OUR GEOTHERMAL PIERS. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PIERS ON THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AND SO THIS MAKES UP ABOUT 75% OF OUR EFFICIENCIES ON THE ON OUR BUILDING SYSTEMS, REJECTING ALL OF THAT WASTE HEAT, BRINGING IN THAT COOLER AIR, AND SO ON. AND WHAT'S WONDERFUL, PRETTY INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS IS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE THOUSANDS OF PIERS, WHAT TYPICALLY IS COST PROHIBITIVE IS THE AMOUNT, THE COST OF DRILLING FOR THESE GEO PIERS.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE CAGES AND PUT THEM AROUND OUR FOUNDATIONAL PIERS.
SO WE'RE ALREADY DRILLING ANYWAY. AND THEN WHEN WE SUBMIT FOR THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT REBATE, WE'RE ABLE TO APPLY BOTH THE COST OF THE COILS, THE COST OF THE CAPS AND THE COST OF THE STRUCTURAL PIERS.
SO IN THE END, THIS PAYS FOR ITSELF. ALSO I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS.
WHAT IF THIS SYSTEM WERE TO GO DOWN. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A HYBRID VEHICLE.
IT CAN OPERATE FULLY OFF OF COOLING TOWERS WITHOUT THESE GEOTHERMAL PIERS.
AND THEN. BUT LIKE A HYBRID CAR. THIS SYSTEM IS ON.
WE MAY, WE DO NOT NEED THOSE COOLING TOWERS UNLESS WE'RE AT COMPLETE PEAK LOADS.
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NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN LASTLY, PART OF THAT, THE PLAN IS NOT JUST ELECTRIFY AND THEN BE EFFICIENT, BUT THEN WHAT ARE WE USING IN TERMS OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES.OUR BUILDING A TYPICAL CONVENTION CENTER IS AN EUI OF 90.
WE IF YOU'RE IN THE 25 PERCENTILE, YOU'RE DOWN TO AN EUI OF ABOUT 50.
WE'RE OPERATING BETWEEN A 35 OR DESIGNED TO A 38 35 TO 38 EUI.
YOU'RE AT ABOUT 5.9 NEARLY 6,000,000KW, OR THE MEGAWATTS OF PV ON SITE.
THOSE ARE ON TOP OF THE EXHIBIT HALL ROOFS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING OVER AT THE MARSHALING YARD THAT'S HERE ON THE WEST SIDE OR WEST LEFT SIDE OF THE THE RENDERING THAT YOU SEE, WHERE THERE'S THE POTENTIAL TO PUT AN ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS OFF SITE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO HAVE THE ECONOMY OF SCALE, THE GREATEST ECONOMY OF SCALE. IF THE CITY DECIDES TO GO COMPLETELY NET ZERO, IT COULD BE PUT OFF SITE AT 16 MEGAWATT SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT 2030 GOAL.
SO THAT'S MY OVERVIEW FOR TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO CARLOS. THANK YOU MARY.
SMART SYSTEMS THAT BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE OVERALL OPERATION OF THE BUILDING.
SO ALL OF THAT IS WHAT'S REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET THE TARGETS THAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE.
AND AGAIN, UP TO DATE, WE HAVE MET THOSE TARGETS.
ONE ELEMENT OF THIS IS THIS CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT.
SO IT'S FOCUSING ON THE SUPPLY OF HEATING AND COOLING FOR THE BUILDING AND THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY.
AND OF COURSE, POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT AND SMART SYSTEMS WITHIN THE, THE, THE BUILDING TO ENSURE AGAIN, AN EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES. THIS, THIS IDEA OF HAVING A CENTRAL UNIT IS ELECTRIFYING IT, NUMBER ONE, GETTING RID OF GAS BOILERS FOR THE MAJORITY OTHER THAN FOR SOME SPECIAL EVENTS THAT FOLKS WANT TO HAVE SOME READY TO GO GAS BOILERS FOR LIKE STEAM GENERATION, THINGS OF THIS SORT AND ACTUAL SHOWS.
EVERYTHING ELSE OPERATED IN THE BUILDING IS ELECTRIC.
AND THAT REDUCES YOUR FOOTPRINT, REDUCES YOUR COST AND MAKES IT MORE EFFICIENT.
THE POTENTIAL OF THIS. AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IS THAT ON SITE, YOU HAVE HEATING AND COOLING TANKS, THOSE CIRCLES THAT YOU SEE THERE, PLUS THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT PROPER AND THAT SET UP AND, AND PIPING THAT WE'RE ORGANIZING IN THE BUILDING IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE EXPANDED BEYOND THE BUILDING.
AND IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE AREA OF INFLUENCE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED. THIS IS SOMETHING OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.
BUT MORE RECENTLY, CITIES LIKE HOUSTON HAVE IMPLEMENTED ABOUT 19,000,000FT² OF SPACE THAT ARE NOW CENTRALLY OPERATED AS A DISTRICT ENERGY UNIT. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER FOR THIS AREA HERE.
AGAIN, SOMETHING WE WOULD PRESENT BACK TO COUNCIL WHEN THIS IS RIPE AND READY.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING THE OMNI AS AN EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE REDUCES THE SPACE THAT MEP EQUIPMENT OCCUPIES IN THE BUILDING PROPER. ABOUT 10% IS THE RULE OF THUMB THAT YOU USE AND THE DESIGN OF A BUILDING THAT DOES NOT HAVE DISTRICT SUPPLIED AIR COOLING AND HEATING VERSUS HAVING INDEPENDENT UNITS FOR EACH OF THE BUILDINGS.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS EFFICIENT AND GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE OPTIONALITY.
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AGAIN THE POSSIBILITIES HERE COULD BE TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING ALONG THE SIZE OF WHAT HOUSTON HAS IMPLEMENTED, MINUTE MAID PARK, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE, THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER OR DISTRICT THEY HAVE DOWN THERE ALL FED THROUGH A DISTINCT ENERGY SYSTEM. SO THAT'S THE IDEA. AGAIN, JUST AS A AS A PREAMBLE TO SOMETHING THAT WE WILL PRESENT BACK TO YOU ONCE THE CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT IS MORE MORE MATURE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. TAKE QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
CHAIR RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ON SLIDE 15, YOU MENTIONED THE 65 POINT CUMULATIVE LEAD POINTS AND 51 OF WHICH ARE FOR NON EFFICIENCY RENEWABLES POINTS.
WHAT DO THOSE INCLUDE? THOSE ARE GOING TO INCLUDE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE I THINK SEE HERE.
SO THE SLIDE BEFOREHAND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SLIDE 14 YOU HAVE LOCATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING DENSITY.
THAT LEAD WILL AWARD YOU FOR. WE'RE LOOKING AT IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY SITE ACCESS TO TRANSIT.
JUST BEING ABLE TO BE IN THAT CITY HUB WHERE YOU'RE NOT OUT IN A RURAL AREA.
SO YOU CERTAINLY TAKE ADVANTAGE IN TERMS OF YOUR PLACEMENT SUSTAINABLE, THE SUSTAINABLE SITES HERE, JUST LOOKING AT THIS, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, ARE BUILDING ON A SITE THAT HAS ALREADY HAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND A BUILDING ON IT AS OPPOSED TO A GREENFIELD SITE. ALSO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT WATER EFFICIENCY, THE 700,000 GALLONS THAT I MENTIONED THAT'S THERE THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON, ON THE IRRIGATION AND EXTERIOR WATER SAVINGS.
OKAY. THE REST OF THE CIRCLE SHOWS SOME PARTIALLY SHADED SEGMENTS.
38 POINTS IDENTIFIED AS MAYBE OR NO, NOT EFFICIENCY RENEWABLE POINTS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THE, THE ADDITIONALS THAT YOU HAVE HERE FOR NON RENEWABLES, THAT WOULD JUST BE ALL OF THESE OTHER SECTIONS. ANYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES FROM OUR ENERGY USE OR ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH EMBODIED CARBON OR RENEWABLES. SO LEED, ANY OF THE CREDITS WHERE WE FOUND FROM A COST STANDPOINT OR MISALIGNMENT WITH CECAP, WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT SHADED AREA OF THE 38 WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SAID IT WAS EITHER COST PROHIBITIVE FROM A STANDPOINT, DIDN'T SUPPORT CECAP OR IT WASN'T SOMETHING NECESSARILY VIABLE FOR THE PROJECT.
WHAT DID ALIGN WITH CECAP? AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
OKAY. AND THEN ON SLIDE WELL, THIS ONE'S NOT NUMBERED.
18, 21 CECAP READY APPROACH CARBON. WHERE WOULD THE FUTURE OFF SITE PV BE? AND IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER, OR WILL THAT HAVE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH SOME FUTURE MECHANISM? CARLOS, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE ON THE POTENTIAL? SURE, SURE. THE LOCATION IS NOT BEEN BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THE AREA HAS BEEN. SO IT'S BASICALLY THIS 16 MEGAWATT.
CAPACITY OF PV. SO IT WOULDN'T BE OVER PARKING LOT E.
SOME SOME OF IT WOULD BE. SO THE THE THE THE AREA ON E IS REALLY THE MARSHALING YARD.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS. BUT BEYOND THAT, WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL LAND SOMEWHERE IN THE METRO AREA THAT COULD BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. MOST USUALLY THESE PROJECTS ARE LIKE P3 TYPE PROJECTS WHERE FOLKS BID TO GENERATE THE POWER AND COMMIT WITH A CONTRACT TO THE CITY.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY'RE USUALLY FINANCED. THEY'RE NEUTRAL IN TERMS OF COST.
SO ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE IDENTIFIED AS NUMBER ONE.
THE SECOND BAR CHART SHOWS ALMOST ELIMINATION OF NATURAL GAS CARBON EMISSIONS.
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HOW IS THAT ACCOMPLISHED. IS THAT THROUGH THE GEOTHERMAL COOLING MECHANISM? THE BAR CHART ITSELF. THANK YOU. SO IN TERMS OF GETTING DOWN OUR, BEING ABLE TO GO FULLY ELECTRIC IS, IS GOING TO TAKE DOWN THAT NATURAL GAS SIDE.AND THE ONLY PLACE WHERE WE'RE REALLY BRINGING IN THAT NATURAL GAS IS THROUGH IF WE HAVE VENDORS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE PORTABLE TANKS, BUT THEY, WE WON'T HAVE ANYTHING OVER AT THE CENTRAL PLANT, THERE WON'T BE SOMETHING AT THE KITCHEN TO BE ABLE TO GET TO BRING DOWN THOSE FOSSIL FUELS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN THE EFFICIENCIES BRINGING DOWN THE REST.
ANY. AND THEN THE ON SITE PV ARE INCORPORATED ON HIS.
THIS INCLUDES THE PV THAT IS ON THE BUILDING AND THE PV THAT IS OVER ON LOT E, THE MARSHALING YARD.
AND THEN FINALLY ON SLIDE 27, THE DISTRICT ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES.
WOULD THE HVAC SYSTEM ON THE CONVENTION CENTER BE SIZED TO SERVE THE ENTIRE DISTRICT OR A CERTAIN BTU REQUIREMENT. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT DESIGN? SO THE CURRENT DESIGN, AS MARY SAID, IS SELF-SUFFICIENT FOR THE BUILDING.
THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY BECAUSE OF THE GEO THERMAL PIERS, BECAUSE THAT REDUCES YOUR DELTA TEMPERATURE BETWEEN WHERE YOU GET YOUR WATER AND WHEN YOU USE IT. EITHER TOO COLD OR TOO HOT IS NOT THE BEST.
OF COURSE, IF YOU TAKE IT FROM GROUND LEVEL. SO THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE MORE CAPACITY THAN DESIGN, BUT THAT WOULD BE LIMITED. I MEAN, WE COULD OVERSIZE THE FACILITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COROLLARY DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE BUILDING. BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE POLICY DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE BY CITY COUNCIL.
THE, THE, THE IDEA IS TO PREPARE THE BUILDING AND THE PIPING TO CONNECT TO A DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEM. THAT IS AS FAR AS WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE BUILDING PROPER.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY INCREASING THE CAPACITY TO SERVE CONDUCTIVITY IDENTIFIED NEED.
CONDUCTIVITY WISE YES. BECAUSE OF THIS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE, BUT NOT BEYOND THAT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADD TO THE WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WASTE HEAT.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAN USE TO TO SERVE AN ADJACENT BUILDING.
IF WE HAVE MULTIFAMILY NEXT DOOR, AS OPPOSED TO ALLOW IT TO BE JUST AS EFFICIENT.
ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT CECAP. THAT COULD BE A WONDERFUL STRATEGY.
YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL, I LOVE THIS PRESENTATION. TO ME, THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. ONE THING I KNOW WE HAVE FOCUSED A LOT ON IS WHEN THERE IS DEMOLITION OF A BUILDING, WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF THAT? IS IT WASTE? IS IT GO INTO THE LANDFILL? AND FOR 85% OF WHAT HAS COME OUT SO FAR TO HAVE BEEN RECYCLED OR I GUESS THE CONCRETE PLANTS BREAK IT DOWN SO THAT IT CAN BE THE CONCRETE AS AGGREGATE. YES, AS AGGREGATE AND, AND I AND THAT'S USED FOR STREETS OR WHAT KIND OF USES ARE THERE? DO WE KNOW FOR THE CONCRETE WHEN IT GETS BROKEN DOWN LIKE THAT.
YEAH. A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK THIS INTO MORE OF THE CONCRETE MIXES, THE AGGREGATE THAT MIGHT GO INTO A CONCRETE SLAB, FOR INSTANCE, ROADWAYS COULD BE ANOTHER INSTANCE IN WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO USE THOSE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS BITS.
YES. THE MIGRATORY BIRD PATTERNS AND BEING CONCERNED ABOUT LIGHT.
AND YOU ARE FACTORING ALL OF THAT IN. SO I'M VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
AND THEN I AM INTRIGUED BY THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE DISTRICT, THE, WHAT ARE WE CALLING IT? SORRY, THE DISTRICT ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES. YES.
AND THAT WOULD BE, I WOULD THINK, AN INCENTIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO, TO THAT ENERGY. SO LIKE I SAID, SO MUCH GOOD NEWS AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR WORK ON THIS AND FOR SHARING THIS WITH THE COMMITTEE.
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I'M SORRY YOU'RE GETTING US AT A LOW MOMENT IN TIME, BUT IT'S BEEN QUITE A MORNING ALREADY.AND BUT I, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR, FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
ABSOLUTELY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B.
AND THAT IS BEING BROUGHT TO US BY RYAN O'CONNOR, OUR SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND REC.
AND I BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO BE ON ADVERTISING, SIGNAGE REVENUE.
SO THIS IS OUR STAFF'S BEEN OUT BRAINSTORMING ON NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE.
AND. MR. O'CONNOR, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR PRESENTATION.
YES, MA'AM. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRESENTED TO THE PARK BOARD AND VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK TO THE IDEA. IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ONE MORE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
NOT, NOT BREAKING ANY NEWS HERE. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ENTERING A TIME OF CHALLENGING BUDGETS.
AND SO THEREFORE IN THE PARK SYSTEM, WE'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE WAYS TO INCREASE OUR REVENUES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS CARE SO GREATLY ABOUT.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING.
SO THIS CHART JUST IN KIND OF A GRAPHIC WAY REPRESENTS THE FACT THAT OUR, OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET DID INCREASE IN 20-2021, 22-2023, BUT HAS NOW BEEN FALLING. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CLIMATE OF TOUGH GENERAL FUND BUDGETS THAT WE REALLY, AGAIN, LEAN INTO REVENUE GENERATION AT LEAST SO THAT WE CAN KEEP UP WITH INFLATION. SO WE ARE PREDICTING THE GENERAL FUND TO BE FLAT AT BEST.
AND SO THEREFORE, WE MUST LOOK AT REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE PARK SYSTEM, AT LEAST TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION. NEXT SLIDE.
SO AGAIN, JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, WE HAVE BEEN COMING BEFORE THIS BODY AS WELL AS THE PARK BOARD OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE. YOU'LL RECALL THE PRESENTATION WE GAVE A FEW MONTHS BACK RELATED TO NONTRADITIONAL USE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE FAIR PARK PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY THAT EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH TODAY.
NEXT SLIDE. SO AGAIN, TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADVERTISING.
AND THERE'S REALLY TWO TYPES OF ADVERTISING THAT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH PREMISE SCIENCE, WHICH IS ADVERTISING RELATED TO THE BUSINESS ITSELF THAT'S ON THE SITE AND NON PREMISE, WHICH IS UNRELATED TO THE BUSINESS ON THE SITE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
NON PREMISE SIGNS. NEXT SLIDE. SO SPECIFICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING RELATIVELY NEW IN THE UNITED STATES.
THESE ARE CUSTOM ARCHITECTURAL SIGNS THAT ARE THAT ARE LARGE FORMAT IN NATURE.
WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IF WE PURSUE THIS THAT THEY BE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE PARK'S CHARACTER COULD INTEGRATE SOME PUBLIC BENEFITS, WHETHER IT BE SHADE OR SEATING, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE SCREENED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO BLEND INTO THE PARK AND NOT TO NOT TO DETRACT FROM THE PARK'S FUNCTIONALITY. IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT THAT THESE BE LOCATED IN PLACES THAT ARE ON THE EDGES OF THE PARK, SO TO SPEAK, AGAIN, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT IMPACTING THE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PARK ITSELF.
THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOME ADJACENCY TO ROADWAYS.
AND THEY WOULD BE ALSO DESIGNED SO THAT THE, THE SIGN ITSELF IS KIND OF VISUALLY MINIMIZED, WHETHER IT'S ON THE CORNER OR OTHERWISE. NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES ARE JUST REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES.
THESE THINGS HAVE STARTED TO POP UP ON THE COASTS.
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AND THE KEY HERE IS THAT YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS EITHER ARTISTIC OR ARCHITECTURALLY INTERESTING THAT CONTAINS THE THE LARGE FORMAT SIGN ITSELF. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, LA.NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA.
NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN THIS IS IN WEST HOLLYWOOD. NEXT SLIDE.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO IN CALIFORNIA.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THE THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT.
SO THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT THIS IS AROUND A PARK PLAZA AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE CONCEPT RENDERING AND THE ACTUAL DEVELOPED SIGN VISUALLY INTERESTING.
THIS ONE IS AT BAYFRONT PARK IN MIAMI. KIND OF ORIENTED AGAIN AT THE CORNER OF THE PARK.
NEXT SLIDE. JUST A FEW MORE. THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE SIGNAGE ON SCREENING ELEMENTS ON FENCES THAT WE HAVE MANY IN THE PARK SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS ONE THAT'S FROM CHINA. IT'S A HAND HOLDING A SIGN.
KIND OF INTERESTING. NEXT SLIDE. WE WANTED TO SHOW THIS BECAUSE THIS THIS IMAGE IS A IT'S A CELL TOWER.
BUT IT GOES TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN THINGS THAT COULD BE PERCEIVED AS AS UNSIGHTLY CAN BE CREATED IN A WAY THAT EITHER BLENDS IN OR DOESN'T NECESSARILY DETRACT FROM FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF THE AREA THAT YOU'RE IN.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THESE SIGNS IN DALLAS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE, THE PLAZA AT AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, THERE ARE LARGE FORMAT SIGNS CURRENTLY.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS NOT A, NOT A EXISTING PARK IN THE SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE PARK WITH BALL FIELDS AND BASKETBALL COURTS, ETC.
AND DESCRIBES HOW YOU COULD POTENTIALLY LOCATE SIGNAGE ON THE CORNERS THAT AGAIN, DON'T DETRACT FROM THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PARK. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO GETTING INTO THE THE MONEY PIECE OF IT, THESE THESE LARGE FORMAT SIGNS CAN BE VERY LUCRATIVE.
IT'S NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY TO RECEIVE SOME SORT OF SIGNIFICANT SIGNING BONUS.
SO ROUGH MATH ABOUT A ABOUT A MILLION A SIGN.
WE IF, IF THIS CONCEPT IS PURSUED, WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT A PERCENTAGE OF THE REVENUES GO INTO AN ENDOWMENT THAT WOULD YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD USE FOR LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE. THERE WOULD ALSO BE SOME MISCELLANEOUS BENEFITS IF WE WERE TO DO THIS. YOU KNOW, IN THE PARKS THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITY MESSAGING, ALERTS, CAMERAS, WI-FI INTEGRATION, ETC.. NEXT SLIDE. THE WAY THAT THIS WOULD LIKELY WORK IS THROUGH A LEASE OF A SMALL PORTION OF PROPERTY THAT WOULD HOST THE SIGN.
THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY.
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OR AT LEAST ARCHITECTURALLY INTERESTING BLENDING INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE PARK.AND COULD ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER ASSOCIATED BENEFITS SUCH AS SHADE.
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO NEXT STEPS. WE'RE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR THE COMMITTEE'S FEEDBACK. THERE'S MANY, MANY STEPS THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED SHOULD WE PURSUE THIS.
BUT WE ARE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL, THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN US PURSUING. A COUPLE OTHER JUST MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS.
AS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS, I RECALL THAT IN THE EARLY 2000 WHEN WE DID SUPER GRAPHICS, THAT WAS A THAT WAS A NEW TYPE OF SIGN. AND THE CITY ULTIMATELY DECIDED THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY AND, AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CASE OF SUPER GRAPHICS, BUT THE CITY DID LIMIT THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THAT WERE THAT WERE POSSIBLE.
SO, SO MAYBE THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
IT'S A NEW TYPE OF SIGNAGE AND COULD BE CRAFTED AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE BORROWING FROM THE SUPER GRAPHICS ORDINANCE THAT WE DID BACK IN THE EARLY 2000.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH AN IDEA THAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING.
AND AGAIN, AS WE ARE AS WE FIND OURSELVES IN A PLACE WHERE THE GENERAL FUND CONTINUES TO BE CHALLENGED, WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVELY BRINGING THE BOARD AND COUNCIL IDEAS FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE PARK SYSTEM IS FUNDED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE PARKS AND THE SERVICE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY.
SO WITH THAT LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I WILL OPEN IT UP. MISS BLAIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE PICTURES IN CALIFORNIA.
I'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH. BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO DOWN CENTURY BOULEVARD, RIGHT TO THE AIRPORT, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU GO BY SO FAR. AND AND, AND INTUIT, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE. YOU SEE THEM AS WAYFINDERS. YOU SEE THEM AS A WONDERFUL SOURCE OF ADVERTISEMENT WHEN YOU GO DOWN CENTURY CRENSHAW NEAR OH, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE OF SPACE. THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD AND HAWTHORNE.
SO THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, IT IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUE.
IT'S A MAJOR SOURCE. WHEN GAMES ARE BEING PLAYED, YOU GET SCORES.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN SIT THERE AND YOU CAN EVEN WATCH THE GAME.
BECAUSE IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION, TO SHARE WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND HOW YOU GET THERE AND, AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU GET IN. I ACTUALLY, THIS TIME AROUND DROVE INTO SOFI, CAN'T GET INSIDE THE THEATER ITSELF BECAUSE IT WAS, THERE WAS NO GAME, BUT I DROVE ALL THROUGH SOFI AND INTO IT.
AND THAT TOO, ONCE YOU'RE IN THERE, YOU, YOU HAVE THOSE, YOU HAVE THE, THE SIGNAGE AND THEY MAKE THEM PRETTY AND THEY AND ALL THE STUFF. SO IT'S, IT'S ATTRACTIVE.
IT BECOMES AN ART PIECE, NOT JUST A, NOT JUST A WAY TO GENERATE REVENUE.
I WAS WONDERING HOW MUCH MONEY THESE CITIES ARE GETTING BECAUSE IT'S ON CITY PROPERTY.
SO I HAVE HEARD, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, BUT I HAVE HEARD THROUGH A, THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY THAT, THAT THE DEAL THAT THEY SIGNED IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, I THINK, IS BRINGING 300 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE TO THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. HAVE YOU TRIED INGLEWOOD? NO, MA'AM, I HAVE NOT, BUT I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO HIM.
YOU NEED TO TRY INGLEWOOD. INGLEWOOD GOES BECAUSE IT DOES IT TWO WAYS.
IT DOES IT FOR SOFI. THE THE HOLLYWOOD PARK. AND IT ALSO GIVES
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YOU DIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION AS YOU'RE GETTING, GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS RIGHT UP AND DOWN CENTURY BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY TO CRENSHAW. SO IT GOES FROM CRENSHAW AND CENTURY ALL THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT ITSELF, IN WHICH TIME IT STOPS AT WESTCHESTER, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH WESTCHESTER TO GET BACK TO, TO THE AIRPORT. SO THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO TELL.YES, MA'AM. I WILL CERTAINLY REACH OUT AND THAT THEIR, THEIR SIGNS IS A SIXTH STREET DIVIDED AND THE SIGNS ARE GOES THROUGH HALF OF THE STREET. SO IT GOES FROM ONE HALF TO THE STREET TO THE, TO THE OTHER HALF.
SO WHICHEVER WAY YOU'RE GOING, YOU'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE PARTS THAT ARE ON THE, ON THE, THE ACTUAL SOFI INSIDE SOFI AND ON THE, THE, ON THE GROUND IS MUCH LIKE WHAT WE HAVE JUST DONE WITH WITH THE, THE NEW, THE NEW SIGNAGE THAT WE AGREED TO HAVE, HAVE, OH, THE KIOSK.
YES MA'AM. EXCEPT FOR THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE KIOSK THAT WE HAVE ARE THESE WERE MUCH, MUCH LARGER AND WE HAVE AND THE MUCH LARGER. SO HAVE WE CONSIDERED MY QUESTION WOULD BE HAVE WE CONSIDERED UTILIZING CONTRACTS AND THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE IN ORDER TO, BECAUSE IT DOES GENERATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF REVENUE THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT.
HAVE WE CONSIDERED UTILIZING THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE TO US IN ORDER TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO IN A TIMELY FASHION? YES, MA'AM. WE WE VERY MUCH HAVE. AND IN FACT, I'VE HAD TWO CONVERSATIONS, TWO MEETINGS WITH THE VENDOR THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PROVIDE THE KIOSKS TO THE CITY SO THAT THAT CONVERSATION IS ONGOING.
AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AN AVENUE THAT WE'RE WE'RE EXPLORING.
HAVE WE ARE WE LOOKING AT ANY TYPE OF SIZING? ARE WE LIMITING OUR THESE, WHICH THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'RE PUTTING FORTH.
ARE WE LIMITING THE ANY TYPE OF SIZING SO THAT IT CAN ONLY LOOK LIKE THIS AS OPPOSED TO THAT? NOT YET, BUT I, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN US PURSUING, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE TYPE OF NEXT STEP THAT WE WOULD START THINKING ABOUT IS 500FT² VERSUS 2500FT².
WHAT'S AN APPROPRIATE OR WHAT'S A REASONABLE SIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD WOULD ULTIMATELY FEED INTO AN ORDINANCE? I, I TOTALLY AM SUPPORTIVE. I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS WHEN THE KEY WHEN THESE THIS TYPE OF I CAN'T I DROVE INTO LA OR DID I FLY? I FLEW INTO LA A FEW YEARS BACK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I SAW THESE GREAT BIG. AND I, I'VE BEEN TAKING PICTURES OF THEM.
I'VE HEARD WHERE SOME SAID IT'S DETERS FROM, FROM TRAFFIC.
HAVEN'T SEEN IT. CENTURY BOULEVARD IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST ACCESSED BOULEVARDS IN THE IN INGLEWOOD. LA INGLEWOOD. I FROM THE BEGINNING OF ITS CONCEPTION TO WHERE IT DEAD ENDS INTO LAX, AND I HAVE YET TO SEE ONE ACCIDENT. I HAVE YET TO SEE SOMEBODY STOPPING TRAFFIC BECAUSE THEY'RE UP READING THE.
I HAVE YET TO SEE ANY OF THAT. I THINK I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO MAY HAVE SAID BECAUSE I, IT WAS SOMETHING I SAID THAT DALLAS SHOULD BE DOING BECAUSE IN THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD, DALLAS IS MUCH LARGER THAN, THAN THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF OUR CODE DETERS FROM IT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES.
BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING, YES, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER, BUT AS FAR AS, AS GETTING NEW REVENUE AND PARKS NEEDS REVENUE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. SO YOU DON'T COME ASK FOR A GENERAL FUND FUNDS.
I WOULD TOTALLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO LIMIT WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN DO BECAUSE I HAVE PICTURES.
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I HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES I CAN SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FROM THE BEGINNING AS TO WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE NOW.THERE'S EVEN A BUILDING A RAISING CANE RIGHT THERE ON ON SENTRY, RIGHT AS YOU GO INTO SOFI THAT HAS THIS WRAPPED AROUND THE WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING. SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES GALORE AS TO WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE, HOW IT CAN OPERATE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REVENUE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO ADVERTISE.
SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TAKE ALL THIS TIME.
THANK YOU MA'AM, CAN YOU TELL I'M EXCITED I, I AM REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THE EXCITEMENT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG MORNING AND JUST TO HEAR YOUR ENERGY IS AMAZING. SO THANK YOU, CHAIR RIDLEY.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M RELUCTANT TO APPROVE ANY ADDITIONAL INTRUSION OF ADVERTISING CONTENT INTO OUR EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, I RECOGNIZE THE IMPERATIVE THAT YOU'RE OPERATING UNDER TO INCREASE REVENUES OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO KEEP UP THE FINE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO OUR PARK SYSTEM. I THINK THAT IN AN EFFORT TO ACHIEVE THOSE TWO GOALS NOT OVERLY INTRUDING ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WHILE PROVIDING SOME INCOME, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE BE SOME ARCHITECTURAL ESTHETIC REVIEW OF PROPOSED SIGNAGE, THE LOCATION, THE FORMAT, ETC. AND WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU WORK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN TO SEE HOW THAT PROCESS OF REVIEW, WHICH THEY CURRENTLY DO FOR SIGNS IN OUR VARIOUS SIGN DISTRICTS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL, IS ACCOMPLISHED IN ORDER TO PERHAPS HAVE A DEDICATED SYSTEM OF REVIEWING CITY ADVERTISING, CITY OWNED ADVERTISING. NOW, WOULD THESE BE ALL DIGITAL ELECTRONIC BOARDS AS OPPOSED TO STATIC? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO IF ANY OF IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOCATED IN PARKS, WOULD IT THEREFORE BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ADVERTISING A SPONSOR OF A PARTICULAR EVENT AT THAT VENUE? YES, SIR. I THINK THAT COULD BE AN INDUCEMENT FOR SPONSORS, FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AT PARKS.
ALSO THE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THERE BE SOME INPUT FROM THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON LOCATION SO AS TO NOT IMPINGE ON VISIBILITY TRIANGLES AT INTERSECTIONS OR HIGHWAY CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIGNAGE.
YES, SIR. AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT ABOUT CONTENT CONTROL.
WOULD YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESTRICT ADVERTISEMENT OF, SAY ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
SO WE WOULD EITHER IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE WOULD EITHER MIRROR THE LANGUAGE THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED FOR THE KIOSK PROGRAM, OR PERHAPS CONSIDERING IT MAKING EVEN MORE RESTRICTIVE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
THANK YOU CHAIR. I CONCUR WITH WHAT GERALD RIDLEY SAID.
THE THE FINANCIAL PART. EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT FINANCIAL PIECE.
I KNOW YOU SAID THE INCREASE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO HOW WOULD THAT BENEFIT THE PARKS AND HOW WOULD THAT COINCIDE WITH THE CITY? SO RULE OF THUMB IT SEEMS THAT THESE SIGNS CAN GENERATE UPWARDS OF $1 MILLION PER SIGN PER YEAR.
AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD WORK TO HAVE THOSE REVENUES GO TOWARDS THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
WHO WHO WILL OVERSEE THOSE REVENUES? WELL, ULTIMATELY, THE, THE PARK BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PARK BOARD OR THE CITY COUNCIL? BOTH. EXPLAIN THAT.
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HOW WOULD HOW WOULD BOTH WORK? WELL, ANY SORT OF CONTRACT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD PURSUE THIS WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AS WE AS WE DO OUR BUDGETS, IT OBVIOUSLY COMES TO COUNCIL FOR ULTIMATE APPROVAL.AND ANY REVENUES FROM THAT SOURCE WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
OKAY. SO THE BUDGET THAT WOULD POSSIBLY COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
WITH THAT, THOSE FUNDS BE MANAGED BY THE BY THE CITY MANAGER.
OR WILL IT BE MANAGED BY THE PARK DEPARTMENT? THE, THE REVENUES AND HOW THEY'RE DEPLOYED WOULD BE MANAGED BY THE PARK DEPARTMENT, BUT IT WOULD COME THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE YEARLY BUDGETING PROCESS. YES, SIR. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN. AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ADDRESS THE.
CHAIR, THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCES, BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, THE PARK DEPARTMENT DOES NOT REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER, THEREFORE REALLY DOES NOT REPORT TO THE COUNCIL.
AND SO THERE IS NO REAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THAT ASPECT.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS ALSO TO COME TO THE COACH DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND MORE OF THE FINANCIAL PIECE AND WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE NEED. BUT I THINK THIS OVERALL IS A DECENT IDEA, BUT I DO CONCUR WITH A LOT OF WHAT CHUCK RIDLEY JUST SAID.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, RYAN, FOR YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS MORE, DO MORE. JUST BEGIN TO. COME TO A DECISION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHICH TYPE OF SIGNS, WHICH TYPE OF PARKS, WHAT THE PARAMETERS WOULD BE AROUND THE ADVERTISERS.
THAT'S REDUNDANT. AND LET THEM WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE DETAILS BASED ON HOW YOU ALL DECIDE OR BEGIN TO PROPOSE, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE HELD AND THEN HOW THEY CAN GET SPENT.
YES, MA'AM. WE'LL DO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT TO DIG INTO.
RIGHT. I THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME GOOD FEEDBACK, THOUGH, THIS MORNING. ABSOLUTELY. AND I WOULD SAY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE SEEM TO BE SAYING, KEEP GOING, KEEP EXPLORING, TAKING ALL OF THESE COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM C, WHICH IS A BRIEFING MEMO ON THE SOLAR PANEL PERMITTING PROCESS. WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT.
AND DO YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS. WOULD YOU. YEAH.
WE DO. WELL, NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, JUST A COMPLIMENT TO STAFF FOR ACCOMPLISHING THIS GREAT PROGRESS IN REDUCING THE PERMITTING PROCESS TIME FRAME. THAT I THINK WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN DETERRED BY TALES OF LONG REVIEW TIMES. SO I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN WITH US UNTIL ALMOST NOON.
BUT I JUST WOULD REITERATE WHAT CHAIR RIDLEY SAID.
WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'VE GONE FROM, I THINK, 20.5 DAYS FOR APPROVAL TO MAYBE 24 HOURS FOR THE INITIAL PERMITTING APPROVAL, WHICH IS GREAT. SO I THINK THAT'S ENCOURAGING.
IT'S AGAIN, I THINK OUR COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY HAS A LOT OF GOOD NEWS, AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR DISTRICTS SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THIS PROCESS IS IS MUCH IMPROVED, MUCH IMPROVED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MAY I USE JUST ONE MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM HERE TODAY WITH ME, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LINDA WALLACE, OVERSEEING ALL ASPECTS OF COMMERCIAL PERMITTING, INCLUDING THE BIG CONVENTION CENTER DOWN TO THE SOLAR PANEL AND ALSO MANAGER THREE. NEXT, REVIEWING ALL ELECTRICAL PLAN REVIEWS.
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AND THEN WILLIS, HE IS THE ONE WHO REALLY MADE IT HAPPEN.SO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WAS HERE AND I AT THE TIME, OUR REVIEW TIME IS TWO WEEKS FOR SOLAR PANEL MEDIUM AND EVERY THREE WEEKS. AND I WAS SAYING, I'M REALLY HOPING TO DOWN IT TO THREE DAYS.
NOW GUESS WHAT? THE COMMITTEE. 24 HOURS MEDIUM AND 24 HOUR 100% FOR NO BATTERY.
IT'S AMAZING. I JUST WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM.
WE ARE REVIEWING SOLAR PANEL AT THE SPEED OF AN APP, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELL, I HOPE TO BE ONE OF THOSE APPLICANTS SOON.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE GETTING CLOSER, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
OKAY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON FORECASTING.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK UP, LOOK AT THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. AND WITH ALL OF THAT. COUNCILWOMAN, I BELIEVE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MAY HAVE A QUESTION ON ONE OF THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S APPROPRIATE. I JUST ASSUMED WE WERE EVERYBODY WAS TIRED AND READY TO GO THAT TOO.
BUT YEAH, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
THANK YOU, CHAIR STEWART. THANK YOU, CHAIR WEST. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME ITEM NUMBER G, PLEASE? TO AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICE CONTRACT WITH ROGER O'BRIEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TO THE DALLAS ZOO SOUTH GARAGE.
WITHOUT ME HAVING TO READ THE ENTIRE THING. WHO WHO IS HERE THAT CAN EXPLAIN THAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, DO WE STILL HAVE PARKS HERE? OKAY. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ASKED, I ASKED CHAIR WEST BECAUSE CHAIR WEST AND I REALLY WORK TOGETHER IN THIS AREA.
WE DO A LOT OF WORK AND HE'LL TELL YOU WE. I CALL AND HE'LL CALL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ASKED FOR, THINGS NOT TO HIT THE AGENDA WITHOUT EVEN SPEAKING TO ME.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SPOKE AT LEAST WITH HIM BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE GOING TO MY COMMUNITY WHEN THEY ASK ME WHAT'S GOING ON AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTABLE. AND THEY VOTED FOR ME TO KNOW.
THEY'VE DONE WORK IN ACTUALLY BUILT PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WAS AS TRUSTEE.
BUT NO ONE HAS TOLD ME ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
SO CAN WE GET MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON? ABSOLUTELY, SIR. MAY WE CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU DIRECTLY AFTER THIS MEETING AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED? SURE. IS THIS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE COUNCIL? THIS IS ON THE AUGUST 12TH.
AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL HAVE LITERALLY HEARD ME SAY THAT SEVERAL TIMES.
AND AGAIN, THIS WASN'T DONE. AND THIS THIS BY THE IS THIS BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? I BELIEVE IT IS, IS THE PARK'S ITEM. I'M I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT WE WILL GET TO YOU THE INFORMATION, THE ANSWERS YOU NEED. I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'VE ASKED THIS PUBLICLY BY THE PARKS.
EVERYONE HAS HEARD ME SAY THIS. YES. AND THE FACT THAT MY COLLEAGUE, WHO I HIGHLY RESPECT AND WORK CLOSELY WITH, DID NOT KNOW THAT'S ALSO A CONCERN. YES, SIR.
NOT TRYING TO BEAT ANYONE UP. NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. I'M REALLY JUST TRYING TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL TO YOU. I WANT YOU TO THINK I'M BEING UGLY TOWARD YOU, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ASKED FOR AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. NO, IT'S A VERY GREAT QUESTION. I SEE SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR RYAN O'CONNOR COMING TO THE TABLE. HE PROBABLY HAS THE ANSWERS THAT YOU NEED, RYAN.
NO, JUST A SECOND BEFORE I. OH. YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHAIR RIDLEY. THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE IN COMING UP ON AUGUST 12TH THAT ARE IN OUR PACKET.
YES, MA'AM. AGENDA ITEM G, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH AN INCREASE IN A CONTRACT FOR THE GARAGE? YES, MA'AM. AND I BELIEVE IT'S AN INCREASE OF $230,715.96.
IF I, IF I'M CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. SO RELATED TO BRIEFING PRIOR TO THE AGENDA ITEM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, I BELIEVE THAT THE ZOO STAFF HAD MET WITH YOUR OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM.
THESE CHANGES WERE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY THE ZOO AND ARE BEING FULLY FUNDED BY THE ZOO.
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THERE'S NO CITY FUNDS IN THIS CHANGE ORDER WHATSOEVER.AND I THOUGHT THAT THE ZOO STAFF HAD MET WITH YOUR OFFICE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO ABOUT THIS.
I WOULD I WOULD CHECK INTO IT. OKAY. TO MAKE SURE.
BUT I'M NOT RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT AWARE OF THIS, BUT MY CHIEF OF STAFF IS SHARP, SO THEY MAY HAVE MET WITH HER AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE I DON'T RECALL A CONVERSATION WITH THIS, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ASKED, AND I WORK VERY CLOSE WITH CHAIR WEST ABOUT THIS, AND I WENT TO ASK HIM IF HE'S FAMILIAR WITH IT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. MY, MY REQUEST IS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING HITS THE AGENDA, AT LEAST WITHIN 30 DAYS. GIVE ME 30 DAY NOTICE SO I CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT YOU HAVE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR TO ME.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WE HIT THAT MARK.
AND AGAIN, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ZOO HAD BRIEFED YOUR STAFF ON THAT.
WERE YOU ON THE CALL? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH ZOO. I DON'T BELIEVE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THAT MEETING, BUT I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY CALENDAR AND WE'LL GET THAT. BUT I WOULD LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ZOO AND HAVING PARK, I WOULD REALLY WANT US TO WORK WITH CHAIR WEST AS WELL.
CHAIR WEST. YEAH. THANK YOU, CHAIR WEST. THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY MY APPRECIATION TO MY COLLEAGUE, DEPUTY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
THE ZOO IS VERY IT'S YOUR DISTRICT, BUT IT'S VERY MUCH IMPACTS MINE.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE RIGHT ACROSS HALPERN PARK.
SO WE ACTUALLY MY KIDS ARE THERE TODAY. THEY'RE THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND THE IT'S CERTAINLY WE TAKE AN INTEREST IN THAT TOO.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU LOOPING ME IN. OKAY. I THINK IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW THING THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE AGENDA ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA, THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK THAT'S A VERY HELPFUL THING.
SO THIS IS THIS IS MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.
GREAT. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 12:06.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.