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WE NOW CALL THE AUGUST 20TH, 2026
[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on August 20, 2026.]
PARK BOARD MEETING TO ORDER AT 10:02 AM BEFORE WE GO TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED AGENDA.WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS TODAY.
UH, WE WILL GO OUT OF ORDER, SEE ONE OF THEM.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE ESTEEMED SCOTT GOLDSTEIN
WELL, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, MR. GOLDSTEIN FRONT TEAM.
AND, UH, MR. BACK CHAIR, YOU JOIN ME? YEAH, BECAUSE YEAH, THERE'S SCOTTY.
ALL RIGHT, SCOTTIE, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN GONE THAT LONG.
THIS TIME WE GET TO READ FOR MR. SCOTT GOLDSTEIN.
SINCERE RECOGNITION, HEARTFELT APPRECIATION OF YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE.
AS A MEMBER OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD, YOUR COMMITMENT, INSIGHTFUL GUIDANCE, TIRELESS EFFORTS HAVE GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF DALLAS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
DURING YOUR TENURE, DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION ACHIEVED AND CELEBRATED THESE KEY MILESTONES.
MOVED UP FOUR SPOTS ON THE 2025 PARK SCORE INDEX TO RANK 34 BEST PARK SYSTEM IN THE NATION.
AND FIRST IN TEXAS FOR PARK ACCESS WITH 81% FROM 75% FOR RESIDENTS RESIDING IN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF A PARK.
WITNESS THE PASSAGE OF 345 MILLION PROPOSITION BEAT BOND FUNDS, BUT NEW PARTS AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND UPGRADES.
RESTORED THE ICONIC BASEBALL FIELD AT SHON PARK TO ITS 1920S ERA.
COMPLETED 140 MILLION RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC COTTON BOWL STADIUM PARK OPENED DALLAS' FIRST LARGE SCALE CONCRETE IN GROUND SKATE PARK AT BACHMAN LAKE PARK.
ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS WINGS, DALLAS MAVERICKS ATHLETIC CO.
DALLAS STARS PROVIDED DIVERSE CO-ED ACTIVITIES THAT BOOST THE YOUTH SPORTS PARTICIPATION BY 63% SUPPORTED ENDEAVORS THAT RESULT IN INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVE SENIOR ADULT PROGRAM BY 21% DURING THE THREE YEAR PERIOD.
FROM 22 TO 25 ON BEHALF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD, AND THE DEPARTMENT APPLAUD YOUR CONTRIBUTION IN ENRICHING LEISURE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF DALLAS.
SIGNED BY A ROOM PRESIDENT OF THE DALLAS PARK RECREATION BOARD AND JOHN D. JENSEN, DIRECTOR OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION.
WE WANNA ALSO PRESENT YOU, AS YOU SAW WALKING IN.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE SCOTT GOLDSTEIN WAY.
AND THAT'S USUALLY, WE WANNA GET THE ENTIRE BOARD UP HERE TO GET WELL, YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST OR YOU WANT GET THE BOARD UP HERE FIRST.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GET THE BOARD UP.
WE ALL CAN GET A PHOTO TOGETHER.
YOU WANNA PUT IT DOWN? YOU WANNA DO SO IN THE BACK? OH YEAH, EXACTLY.
SAME WHERE ALLOW YOU TO SAY SOME, SOME WORDS.
UM, FIRST WANNA THANK MY WIFE WHO'S WITH ME, SAM GOLDSTEIN FOR, UH, COMING UP WITH CHAIRMAN ON THIS BOARD FOR THREE YEARS.
A LOT OF EARLY MORNINGS WHERE I JUST, UH, TALKING
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WITH THE KIDS.UM, ALSO WANNA THANK JENNIFER SKIRTS FROM DDI FOR, SHE WAS MY FULL-TIME BOSS WHEN I STARTED HERE.
AND, UM, IT IS A LOT TO ASK OF A, A FULL-TIME EMPLOYER TO, TO LET YOU, UH, TAKE THE TIME TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.
IT FEELS LIKE A SECOND FULL-TIME JOB A LOT OF TIME.
UM, I'M JUST REALLY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS BODY.
I THINK IT IS THE BEST BOARD BY FAR, UH, AT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, THE WORK WE DO BRINGS A LOT OF REAL JOY AND MAKES REAL CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE QUALITY LIFE HERE IN DALLAS.
AND THE TIME THAT I SERVED NOW THAT WHEN I REFLECT BACK ON IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT TIME TO BE A PART OF THE BOND.
AND FOR US TO FIGHT TOGETHER LIKE WE DID FOR THAT HISTORIC BOND PACKAGE, UM, WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
AND I THINK BELIEVE LASTING IMPRINT ON THIS CITY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
UM, SITTING AROUND AT A TABLE LIKE THIS, YOU CAN, THERE'S A LOT OF BOARD YOU CAN SIT ON IN THE CITY, BUT RARELY DO YOU GET EXPERIENCE TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM EVERY DIFFERENT CORNER OF THE CITY.
AND THAT, UM, REALLY TAUGHT ME A LOT.
I LEARNED A LOT FROM MANY OF YOU THAT I STARTED WITH, AND MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE ROLLED OFF BEFORE ME.
UM, SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, THAT EXPERIENCE.
IT REALLY ENRICH MY LIFE AND, AND, AND TAUGHT ME A LOT.
UM, I'VE LIVED A LOT OF DIFFERENT LIVES IN THIS BUILDING, AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD COMING TO THESE MEETINGS AND WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.
AND SO THANK YOU JOHN, AND YOUR INCREDIBLE TEAM, RYAN, UM, AND ALL OF YOU THAT SERVICE.
ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO JUMP IN, BUT, UM, YOU AND I FIRST MET WHEN YOU WERE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND, UH, WITH VINAY.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU, MAN.
UM, MY, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TEXT MESSAGES I GET ON A DAILY BASIS HAS GONE DOWN SINCE YOU'VE LEFT
UM, BUT I, UH, MAN, WE, WE WORKED TOGETHER ON THE BOND.
WE DID, WE DID THE PARK BOARD TOGETHER.
IT IS, IT'S BEEN, I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU IN MY THREE YEARS JUST ON, NOT JUST ON THE CITY, BUT ON, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BE A BETTER MAN AND FATHER AND A HUSBAND.
AND JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GAVE TO THIS BODY.
UH, MR. ILLA AND SCOTT, YOU ARE, UM, ONE OF THE FINAL VIEW OF THE OLD GUARD THAT WAS HERE WHEN I JOINED THIS BODY AS A ROOKIE.
I FELT SO OVERWHELMED BY ALL THE KNOWLEDGE.
AND YOU WERE, UH, FOREMOST AMONG THAT, NOT ONLY HERE IN THE PARK BOARD, BUT ALSO IN THE ADMIN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WHERE I WAS SERVED AS YOUR, UH, VICE CHAIR.
WHATEVER EFFECT I COULD DO THAT.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE JUST, AGAIN, ALL THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE FRIENDLINESS WITH WHICH YOU WERE WILLING TO SHARE IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THAT KNOWLEDGE.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE PLUG FOR MEETINGS OF INTEREST BECAUSE I VERY REGULARLY DIGEST THAT INFORMATION.
COURAGE, EVERYONE ELSE TO DO THE SAME.
BUT JUST, IT'S, IT, IT REALLY WAS A PLEASURE TO BE ON THIS BOARD WITH YOU.
AND, UH, I APPRECIATE GETTING TO KNOW YOU.
AND I, I HOPE TO SEE YOU AROUND MR.
HEY, SCOTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN, FILLING IN BIG SHOES WITH REPLACING ROB.
FIRST OF ALL, HE DID A GREAT JOB ON YOUR OWN, JUST JUST GIVING US THE KNOWLEDGE.
BUT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT WORK WE DID DURING THE BOND, THAT WAS A, A THING OF LOVE FOR 12 FELT LIKE FOREVER.
IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS ONLY A YEAR, BUT IT FELT LIKE THREE YEARS.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING.
UH, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE NEW BOND IN 2030, BUT JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE KNOWLEDGE AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS WILLING TO ANSWER THE PHONE CALL WHEN WE NEEDED TO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. GREENY.
MY, MY TECHNOLOGY'S NOT ALLOWING ME TO PUNCH IN, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR EVERYONE, YOU CAN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION, UH, ABOUT SCOTT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT FORREST LIA.
I WAS ABOUT, I WAS GONNA END THAT ONE, SAY FOR LIA FOREVER.
I MEAN, RE RENAME SOME OF THAT INTERSECTION TO INCLUDE GOLDSTEIN IN THERE.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, UH, I CAN'T SEE THERE.
YOU'RE
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE DONE THERE, UH, THERE'LL BE NOVELS WRITTEN ABOUT ONE DAY, AND IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU AND YOUR CHAMPIONING THAT AREA.
AND, UM, EVEN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE CITY, YOU OKAY, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING, MR. CHAIR, PLEASE.
OH, MS. MS. MONDELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
SCOTT, HOW DO I LOVE THE, LET ME COUNT THY WAYS.
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GOING THROUGH DDI, THE LITTLE GOLF LIKE A TV OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, JENNIFER, SORRY, I'M NOT GONNA GET THIS RIGHT.BUT, UM, I JUST STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY, UM, US RIDING AROUND AND SEEING HOW DDI, UM, AMAZINGLY HELPED DOWNTOWN PARKS AND WAS JUST EVERY ASSET OF WHAT DDI HAD TO OFFER WAS SUPPLEMENTING OUR, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS.
AND YOUR PASSION WAS AMAZING, SCOTT, AND JUST YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
UM, SO THEN WHEN YOU CAME ON PART BOARD, YOU JUST REALLY WERE, UM, YOU, YOU TURNED THAT INTO YOUR ADVOCACY FOR YOUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AS A WHOLE BECAUSE OF YOUR, UH, WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND KNOWING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HOW YOU AFFECT ONE, YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ONE DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ALL THE DISTRICTS TOGETHER.
SO YOUR HOLISTIC APPROACH WAS ALWAYS ADMIRABLE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR OUR WONDERFUL CONVERSATIONS, UM, AND LEARNING AND TEACHING ME AND JUST REALLY, REALLY BEING BY MY SIDE ALWAYS.
YOU'RE MISS DALEY, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY ALSO, UH, SCOTT, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE, UH, EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF DOWSON IN PARTICULAR, EXECUTIVE TEAM, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR US ADVISING US.
UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR, OUR EITHER EARLY PHONE CALLS OR LATE NIGHT PHONE CALLS.
I I KNOW WHEN YOU HAD YOUR LITTLE ONE, YOU, YOU, YOU AT TIMES TRYING TO MAKE SURE TO, UH, PUT THEM TO SLEEP.
UH, AND THEN, UH, BUT YOU WOULD STILL BE WILLING TO SAY, HEY, I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU HERE AFTER I FINISH MAKING SURE I PUT MY, MY KIDS TO SLEEP.
AND, BUT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE, WE'RE GONNA REDO YOUR, YOUR PLAQUES, YOUR RECOGNITION PLAQUE.
'CAUSE I GOTTA MAKE SURE THINGS THAT YOU JUST HEARD THE BOARD MENTION ABOUT FOREST ARDELIA, UH, WHERE YOUR PASSION WAS.
UH, YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT HEARD WAS REPRESENTED AT THIS TABLE.
AND YOU DID A REMARKABLE JOB IN YOUR DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THOSE FOLKS WHO COULDN'T SPEAK THE LOUDEST FOLKS THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN HEAR FROM MAKING SURE THEY WAS REPRESENTED ON THIS BOARD.
AND FOREST ARDELIA WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR, YOUR SIGNATURE ON IT.
'CAUSE THAT WILL, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS GOING TO CHANGE GENERATIONS FROM LIVES.
AND IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF YOUR ADVOCACY.
BUT MAKE SURE IT IS ON YOUR PLAQUE.
COULDN'T AGREE MORE FOR ELIA FOREVER.
MR. UM, NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, A, A SECOND RECOGNITION.
THERE SHE IS, UH, FOR MS. VENE HAMMOND, WHO, UH, SERVED, UH, FROM 23 TO 26 AS WELL.
NEXT, YOU, YOU KNOW, I READ A COUPLE THINGS.
I MEAN, UH, FOR MS. HAM, SINCERE RECOGNITION AND HEARTFELT APPRECIATION OF YOUR DEDICATED SERVICES AS A MEMBER OF THE DALLAS PARK RECREATION BOARD, I'M GOING TO KIND OF SUM UP AS YOU AND, UH, MR. GOLDSTEIN, UH, WE KIND OF IDENTIFIED THOSE BIG THINGS AS A DEPARTMENT, Y'ALL ACCOMPLISHED.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I READ FROM THE LIST THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED ON YOU ALL'S RECOGNITION, THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS THAT WAS DEAR TO YOU ALL.
AND I'M GONNA START OFF THERE.
BECAUSE BENET WAS VERY FOCUSED ON DISTRICT THREE AS WELL AS THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
THEY BOTH WORKED IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND NO, THEY WERE BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE PARK SYSTEM LONG BEFORE THEY CAME PARK BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THEY SHOWED THAT EVERY DAY WHEN THEY WAS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
UH, BUT ONCE SHE GOT ON THE BOARD, THERE WAS PARTICULAR THINGS SHE WANTED TO SEE GET DONE.
SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD, WE GOT THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST ACQUISITION IN DISTRICT THREE AND IN THE PARK SYSTEM WAS THE BIG CEDARS WILDERNESS PROJECT.
ALSO, UH, SHE ALSO WORKED ON PLENTY OF GRANTS WITH US TO HELP US GET FOR TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UH, TO IMPROVE PARKS IN DISTRICT THREE.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS SHE WANTED TO SEE THE BIG IMPROVEMENT WAS BAHAMA BEACH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS OUR SIGNATURE WATERPARK.
AND WHICH WE JUST REPLACED ABOUT A $2 MILLION AMENITY AT STATE OF THE ART AT BAHAMA BEACH.
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MAKING SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZED, UH, WHICH WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PARK AND RECREATIONAL DIRECTOR IN THE PARK SYSTEM, MR. FRANK WISE, WHICH BOULDER PARK WILL BE RENAMED AFTER HIM.IT'S ALREADY BEEN RENAMED, UH, RECOGNIZING MR. FRANK WISE.
AND SO, SO I'M GONNA SUM UP ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU DID
UH, WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT, YOUR COMMITMENT AND GUIDANCE, YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS ON THE PARK BOARD, YOU HELPED THE PARK DEPARTMENT MOVE UP, UH, FOUR SPOTS ON THE 25 PARK SCORE, WHICH RANKS US THE 34TH BEST PARK SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY, OKAY? IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, YOU WAS VERY, YOU WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PASSAGE OF THE 345 MILLION, UH, PROPOSITION B BOND PROGRAM.
AND, AND TRUST ME, I KNOW ALL OF THESE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WAS AROUND STILL GOT SOME SCARS, OKAY? BUT THEY WAS COMMITTED TO SEEING YES, AND THEY GOT IN TROUBLE, BUT THEY SAW IT THROUGH.
'CAUSE WE WAS GONNA ORIGINALLY ONLY GET ABOUT 80 MILLION AND WE END UP WITH 345 MILLION.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE MAKING SURE WE ENSURE THE MOST COMPLEX ARRANGEMENT ON THE COMPLETING A $140 MILLION RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC COBO.
AND YOU HELP US OPEN DALLAS' FIRST LARGE SCALE, UH, IN-GROUND SKATE PARK AT BACHMAN.
AND YOU ESTABLISHED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS WINGS, DALLAS MARRIS, ATHLETIC DALLAS, DALLAS STARS, AND YOU PROVIDE DIVERSE CO-ED ACTIVITIES THAT BOOSTED YOUTH SPORTS PARTICIPATION BY 63% SINCE 2225.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK RECREATION BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT, WE APPLAUD YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE ENRICHING LEISURE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF DALLAS.
SIGNED ARUN AGGARWAL, PRESIDENT DALLAS PARKER RECREATION BOARD SIGNED JOHN D. JENKINS, DIRECTOR OF GO PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
YOU CANNOT LEE WITHOUT YOUR OWN STREET.
SO HERE YOU PRESENTED RENEE HAMMOND, 3, 2, 1.
NOW LET'S GET A PICTURE WITH ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.
BY THE WAY, YOU WELL, WE NEED, WE HAVE TIME BACK.
HE DIDN'T, HE'D ALWAYS COME BACK.
YEAH, NO, WE, WE MOVED TALKING WITH THE WHOLE BOWL.
OLDEST BOY GUYS, AS USUALLY, USUALLY YOU CAN SAY SOME WORDS.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HONORING THE TIME THAT I GOT TO SPEND WITH ALL OF YOU ALL HERE AT THIS PARTICULAR HORSESHOE.
UM, I FIRST WANTED TO THANK MY FAMILY WHO'S HERE, MY MOM, MY SISTER, SISTER-IN LOVE, AND MY FIANCE BEING HERE WITH ME,
UM, ALSO, I WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO SAY MY STUFF, MY PARTNER IN GOOD FOREVER, WE, UH, JOINED TOGETHER IN 20, WHAT, 14, 15.
AND WE SAID WE WOULD ALWAYS WORK TOGETHER.
IF YOU HANG AROUND US, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY FUSSED A LOT.
BUT IT'S SO GOOD TO WORK WITH SOMEBODY THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO DO THE GOOD.
AND SCOTT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I JOINED THE PARK BOARD TO BE HONEST.
AND, UM, AND IT IS MONUMENTAL THAT WE'RE LEAVING TOGETHER.
HE DIDN'T WANNA DO THIS TOGETHER, BUT I WAS LIKE, WE RIDE TOGETHER, WE DIE TOGETHER.
WE RIGHT, WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER, RIGHT? WE WORK TOGETHER.
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TOGETHER.SO TO DO THIS WITH HIM, AND NOW SAM, WHO IS ALSO MY PARTNER IN GOOD AS WELL, UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND WORK FROM YOU GUYS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
SO, UH, SAYING THAT, Y'ALL KNOW, I'M A DALLAS SITE, A DALLAS GIRL.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAID THE SIGN MEANS THE MOST TO ME BECAUSE HAVING SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS WHERE I'M FROM, DALLAS IS MY HEART IS.
AND SO THIS WAS A LABOR OF LOVE.
SO I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND FOR PUSHING ME AND TELLING ME WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
I WANT TO THANK THE PREVIOUS PERSON WHO SEE IDEAS IN TAYLOR WHO ALSO, ONE THING WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WAS GLENDALE PARK.
SO CHRIS, YOU AND TAYLOR, IT'S ON Y'ALL NOW.
AGAIN, TAYLOR AIN'T GONNA NEVER LEAVE GLENDALE PARK, SO HE AIN'T GONNA LET YOU FORGET
BUT, UM, AND I THANK CHRIS FOR STEPPING IN.
I KNOW HE WILL DO A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT JOB.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO AND HOW HE'S GONNA PUSH THE ENTRY FORWARD.
BUT I THINK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, I THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING DISTRICT THREE.
WHENEVER I CALLED, IT WAS LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO DO.
OR YOU GUYS WILL CALL ME AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA DO.
AND SO I BELIEVE AND AM EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE, BUT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO IN THE FUTURE TO THE STAFF.
THANKS FOR STILL TAKING MY CALLS WHEN I NEED STUFF.
I WON'T NAME NAMES 'CAUSE ALL OF YOU ALL ARE AMAZING.
SO THIS WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, SCOTT AND I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE STILL.
AND DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST? UH, THE HONORABLE COUNCILMAN AARON GRACIE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS.
I WOULD THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M A, I'M A BELIEVER IN, IN IN SEASONS, RIGHT? AND, AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE LAST THREE PARK BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE TAYLOR WHO SET THE TONE FOR THE VISION, REALLY FOR GLENDALE PARK.
THEN YOU HAVE BENET WHO CAME IN.
IT WAS A $80 MILLION, UH, PROPOSED PROGRAM AND NOW TOOK THAT ALL THE WAY TO 3 45.
THAT'S NO ACCIDENT THAT PEOPLE LIKE VENE THAT HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE GET IN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PUSH THE BOUNDARIES, UH, AS FAR AS WE CAN AND TO MAXIMIZE.
SO YES, YOU TOOK SOME, SOME, SOME, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? BUT I, I APPRECIATE WHAT IT IS AND WHAT YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SINCERELY, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS SPECIFICALLY ON DISTRICT THREE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE, UH, AND YOU NAMED ALL OF THOSE, BUT IT'S AT LEAST NINE DIFFERENT PARKS WITH NEW EQUIPMENT.
GLENDALE PARK IS MOVING FORWARD AND WE HAVE CHRIS HERE, OUR NEW PARK BOARD MEMBER WHO'S COMING IN.
WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING BUILT.
CHRIS IS THE PERSON TO COME IN AND GET EVERYBODY OUT TO THE PARKS TO EXPERIENCE IT.
SO AGAIN, THE COMBINATION OF THESE LAST THREE, THEY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR YOUR LABOR, FOR YOUR VISION, FOR YOUR NUDGE, FOR YOUR, FOR THE, WE PUSHED AND PULLED EACH OTHER, UH, QUITE A BIT.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT, AT EACH POINT WE WERE ALWAYS ALIGNED IN WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO ACCOMPLISH WITHIN DISTRICT THREE.
AND I SAY THIS, UH, I SAY IT BOLDLY, DISTRICT THREE IS THE OUTDOOR DESTINATION OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, CHALLENGE ME.
IT ONLY MAKES THE CITY BETTER.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. HUTA, UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING
YOU KNOW, WE, WE WE BATTLED SOME BATTLES AND, AND WE GOT THERE AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, BUT ALSO FOR YOUR KIDS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE CROSSED PATHS A LONG TIME AGO.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY AND, AND AND, AND AGAIN, OUR LOVE FOR OAK CLIFF REALLY DOES SHOW WHEN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, MY TECHNOLOGY'S GONE, SO I CHIME IN THIS WAY.
UH, VENET, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND ALSO RECOGNIZE YOUR WORK.
WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHAMPIONS OF SOUTHERN DALLAS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU.
SO THE FOLKS WHO ARE STILL HERE ON THIS HORSESHOE, WE TALK ABOUT PREDECESSORS WHO SERVED ON THIS BOARD BEFORE.
AND IT IS WORTH SAYING AND REPEATING A, A STRONG SOUTHERN DALLAS AS A STRONG DALLAS.
SO THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND THANKS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CARRYING YOUR TORCH, UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO EVERYONE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT MOORE.
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ALRIGHT? ALRIGHT.APPRECIATE YOU RENEE, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGH THE PARK SYSTEM.
AS Y'ALL KNOW, I USE THESE PARKS A LOT.
SO BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH DISTRICT THREE AND SEE ALL THE AMENITIES AND ALL THE TRAILS AND PARTS THAT WE HAD AND USING THAT TO GATHER THE COMMUNITY AROUND TO USE, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OAK CLIFF
AND TAYLOR, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THAT YOU TAKE.
THANK YOU FOR STILL HELPING ME.
WHENEVER I CALL AND ASK QUESTIONS, YOU ALWAYS GONNA ASK SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M INQUISITIVE.
I'M, I'M REALLY, I REALLY ENJOY SITTING AT THIS SEAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR PASSING THIS ON TO ME AND JUST, UM, UM, GOOD LUCK ON YOUR FUTURE.
THANK YOU MR. S UH, GOOD MORNING.
UM, TODAY I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS, YOU KNOW, THE UTMOST GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR THE LAST DECADE PLUS, UM, FRIENDSHIP, UM, KINSHIP AND JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, OVERALL RELATIONSHIP WITHIN US AS INDIVIDUALS, BOTH BEING FROM THE SAME, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, APPROXIMATE FRIENDS AND KINFOLK, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
BUT O PHILIPPIANS IS A TERM WE LIKE TO SAY, BUT YOU, 10 YEARS AGO, YOU OPENED THE DOORS TO THIS BUILDING FOR ME, UM, TO BUILD A MOVEMENT THAT WE CREATED WITH FOUR OH CLIFF.
AND WHEN I SAY OPEN THE DOORS TO THIS BUILDING, LIKE YOU INVITED ME INTO CITY HALL AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH OPENING A DOOR FOR SOMEONE WHO CHANGE THE LIVES OF SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE.
NOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER LOSE THE SIGHT THAT YOU DID THERE.
YOU OPEN THE DOOR TO THIS SPACE FOR ME, GET SCHOOL SUPPLIES, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND GROW.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AND MAKING SPACE.
YEAH, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH MR. COS MORE.
YOU AND I MET ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN YOU WERE IN MAYOR'S OFFICE LIKE SCOTT AND COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
I WAS A, WAS A NEWBIE TO CITY OF DALLAS POLITICS.
I WAS VOLUNTEERING WITH MAYORS, OUR COUNCIL AND MAYOR ROWLING'S INITIATIVES.
AND, UM, AT THAT TIME WAS, I FEEL LIKE YOU, YOU AND YOUR INFLUENCE TAUGHT ME MORE ABOUT THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
AND I'VE SAID THIS MANY, MANY TIMES, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, EVEN BEING FROM THE FARTHEST NORTH PART OF DALLAS, THE WAY THAT SOUTHERN DALLAS GOES AND HOW DALLAS IS GONNA GO.
UM, AND I, I STAND BY THAT EVERY DAY.
UM, AND YOU HAVE BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR, FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR JUST BEING A FRIEND.
UM, I STILL REMEMBER WHEN YOU WHISPER LIKE THIS BEAUTIFUL QUEEN COMING INTO THE TURTLE CREEK PARK AT ARLINGTON HALL.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WALKED IN AND YOU SAT IN AND YOU COMMANDED YOUR PRESENCE.
AND SO I, AND YOU WERE ALWAYS FEW WORDS, BUT YOU WERE DEEP.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALWAYS BEING ON POINT AND ALWAYS WANTING TO BE VERY EXACT ON WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY AND, UM, AND ALWAYS SAYING, TANYA, COME ON.
ARE YOU TALKING TOO MUCH? GIRL? SO
ANYWAYS, I'M GONNA KEEP IT SHORT BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.
UM, BUT STAY, STAY TRUE TO WHO YOU ARE ALWAYS.
AND I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT.
AND UH, AS I DON'T KNOW WHO'S SAID, MR. MCGANN I THINK SAID THIS.
I MEAN ONE OF THE OLD, THIS IS LIKE SOME OF THE OLDEST GUARD LEAVING THE, WE FOUGHT HARD WITH THE BOND, THE THREE OF US AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THIS TABLE.
AND IT WAS, UH, WE HAD A, THIS MR.
UM, BUT I MEAN, YEAH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DID FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, UH, MADAM SECRETARY, ANY, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES.
UM, YES, WE HAVE, UH, REGISTERED SPEAKERS TODAY.
I'LL READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE PARK BOARD WILL BE REMOVED AND BARRED FROM THE MEETING.
UH, THE FIRST REGISTERED SPEAKER WAS DANIEL CROW AND HE HAS CANCELED.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BIANCA BELTRAN.
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GOOD MORNING PARK AND RECREATION BOARD MEMBERS.I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE, BORN AND RAISED IN OAK CLIFF AND NOW RAISED MY CHILDREN HERE.
I HAVE ALSO SERVED AS A MENTOR FOR LOCAL GISD YOUTH AND WORKING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
I'M HERE TODAY, UH, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF KEITH TENNIS CENTER.
MY FAMILY'S CONNECTION TO KEITH STARTED NEARLY 13 YEARS AGO WHEN MY SON BEGAN TAKING FREE LESSONS AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
OUR FAMILY HAD NO IDEA WHERE THAT FIRST OPPORTUNITY WOULD LEAD US.
LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT IT WOULD CREATE A JOURNEY THAT HAS TAUGHT ALL OF US THE VALUE OF SPORTSMANSHIP, CHARACTER, DISCIPLINE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK.
THIS WEEKEND, MY SON NOW 18, WILL BE, WILL RECEIVE NATIONAL RECOGNITION IN NEW YORK CITY FOR HIS SPORTSMANSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENTS ON AND OFF THE COURT.
AND TO THINK IT ALL STARTED BECAUSE A CHILD IN OAK CLIFF WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY AND GIVEN ACCESS TO FREE TENNIS LISTEN AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
I SHARE THIS STORY NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE I'M A PROUD MOM, BUT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT DESERVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES.
I WAS ABLE TO WATCH THE GOLF AND RACKET SPORTS COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK AND I REMAIN HOPEFUL.
IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION AROUND EQUITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY IMPACT.
BUT I MUST BE HONEST, THERE WAS A, A MOMENT OF REAL CONCERN AND DISCOURAGEMENT WHEN I HEARD SUGGESTIONS BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF ADDING ONE OR TWO SENTENCES OR MAYBE EVEN A PARAGRAPH TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING WHILE NOT CHANGING MUCH OF THE RFP COMMUNITY.
IMPACT HAS TO BE MORE THAN THAT.
IT WAS ENCOURAGING WHEN I HEARD OTHER MEMBERS LATER CLARIFY THAT COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING COULD BE ITS OWN SCOREABLE COMPONENT.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO EMPHASIZE COMMUNITY IMPACT AND THE RFP.
THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE OF LIVING AND WORKING IN MY COMMUNITY, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE OUTCOMES WHEN CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE SPACES, MENTORS, RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I'VE ALSO SEEN OUTCOMES WHEN THOSE RESOURCES ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO OUR YOUTH.
AS YOU CONSIDER THE NEW RFPI ASK YOU TO CONSIDER SOME VERY BASIC QUESTIONS.
WHO WILL THEY SERVE? WILL THEY INTENTIONALLY SERVE THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES AROUND KEYS? WILL IT BE WHAT WILL IT COST? WILL IT BE LOW COST OPPORTUNITIES? WILL THEY REMAIN AVAILABLE TO THE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY? AND WHERE WILL THEY REACH THEM? WILL THEY BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR DID SCHOOLS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OUR OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS? AND HOW WILL THEY SERVE THEM? AND HOW WILL WE KNOW WHERE THERE'LL BE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENTORSHIP, COMMUNITY SERVICE, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION.
AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING, I ALSO HEARD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT TRUSTING THE EXPERTS TO HELP GUIDE THIS PROCESS.
AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ALSO EXPERTS FROM OUR LIVED EXPERIENCES.
WE KNOW THE FAMILIES, WE KNOW THE SCHOOLS, WE KNOW THE STRUGGLES AND THE BARRIERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE KNOW THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PLACES LIKE KEYS CAN CREATE FOR OUR FANS.
GOOD MORNING GABRIEL BELTRAN, DISTRICT THREE.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
YOU VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME FOR THE CITY, LONG MEETINGS, HARD DECISIONS AND NOT A PAYCHECK FOR IT.
THAT'S REAL SERVICE AND I DON'T LET ANY OF YOU THINK THAT I TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
AND THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE WORK THAT YOU WILL BE PUTTING IN TO COMPLETE THE RFP FOR KEYS.
WHEN THAT ITEM WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY HEARD THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS AND THEY ASKED YOU AS A BOARD TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE TO BUILD AN RFP THAT TRULY SERVES THE PATRONS OF KEAST.
NOT TO RE-LITIGATE THE PAST, BUT TO HELP YOU GET THE NEXT ONE RIGHT.
SO I COME IN GOOD FAITH, BUT AT SOME POINT GOOD FAITH HAS TO BECOME REAL TERMS ON PAPER AND THAT'S WHERE I NEED TO BE DIRECT.
LAST WEEK IN THE GOLF AND RACKING COMMITTEE, I HEARD A BOARD MEMBER SAY THAT ADDING A LINE OR TWO TO THE NEW RFP ABOUT COMMUNITY WOULD BE ENOUGH, A LINE OR TWO.
AND WITH RESPECT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ALL WERE AFRAID OF.
THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T ASK YOU TO ADD JUST WORDS BY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TO THE RFP TO A PAGE THEY ASKED FOR AN RFP THAT ACTUALLY SERVES THE COMMUNITY AND A LINE OR TWO TWO CAN'T DO THAT.
THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE SCORED, EVALUATED, AND WEIGHED WITH ENOUGH WEIGHT THAT ACTUALLY CAN CHANGE.
WHO WINS? IF THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SECTION IS ONLY WORTH A HANDFUL OF POINTS THAT CHANGES NOTHING, THEN YOU'RE NOT FIXING THIS.
YOU'RE ONLY DRESSING IT UP AND HOPING THAT NO ONE NOTICES YOU HAVE TIED A RIBBON ON AN EMPTY BOX AND THEN GIVEN IT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A GIFT.
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DIRECT CITY STAFF TO GIVE THAT SECTION REAL WEIGHT ENOUGH THAT A BIDDER WHO COMMITS TO FREE LOW COST ACCESS, WHO PROTECTS OUR CHILDREN, WHO PREPARES 'EM FOR COLLEGE PREPARATORY WORK ON AND OFF THE COURT AND IS STILL CIVIC DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE YOUTH OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CAN ACTUALLY WIN.AND A PROPOSAL WHO TREATS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT CAN LOSE.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT NOT EVERY COMMUNITY IS THE SAME.
THEY CAN'T ALL BE SERVED IN THE SAME WAY.
SOMEONE ELSE AT THE GOLFING RACKET COMMITTEE LAST WEEK MENTIONED THAT IF A CURRENT MANAGER AT THE CURRENT TENANTS FACILITIES IS DOING A GREAT JOB THERE, THEY DON'T SEE WHY I COULDN'T DO A GREAT JOB AT KEYS.
WELL, THAT MODEL, THAT IMPACT RUNS AT THE OTHER CENTER WAS WRITTEN FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HANDED THAT SAME PRESCRIPTION TO KET DOESN'T HEAL ANYTHING, IT DOESN'T FIT THE FAMILIES.
DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS NEED DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.
I THINK THE HISTORY OF DALLAS AND EVERY OTHER LARGE METROPOLITAN CITY IN THIS COUNTRY HAS SHOWN US ALL THAT.
ONE LAST THING, RESPECTFULLY, SOME OF THE LOUDEST VOICES LAST WEEK THAT SPOKE ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR KEYS BELONG TO THE PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER EVEN BEEN THERE BEFORE.
SO PLEASE, THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU VOTE, COME TO KEYS, WALK THE COURTS THAT ARE THERE.
YOU, THE KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THEY'VE BEEN THERE IN A STROLLER, THEN SPEAK BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP SHOULD CARRY MORE WEIGHT THAN THE PEOPLE WHO ONLY WEIGH IN.
GIVE THE COMMUNITY SECTION A REAL WAY, COME SEE WHAT YOU'RE DECIDING ON AND LET'S FEEL AN RRP FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL AL.
I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.
I'M SPEAKING HERE TODAY, TOMORROW THE GREAT WORK DALLAS TENNIS ACADEMY IS DOING AT KEY TENNIS CENTER.
AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SPOKE, WE KNOW THE RFP PROCESS WILL BE COMING UP SOON AND KEY CENTER AND DTA WILL BE READY.
UNDER LEADERSHIP OF DTA KEY TENNIS CENTER HAS DEVELOPED MANY SPECIAL THINGS IN OAKLAND
NO DISRESPECT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED CONTROL OF OTHER CITY TENNIS CENTERS, BUT DTA AT KEITH TENNIS CENTER HAS ALREADY ALREADY HAS ACTIVITY THAT ARE IMPACTING LIVES.
MY SON, LIKE MANY OTHERS, FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT OF TENNIS AT KEYS WHEN HE WAS LITTLE.
HE'S EXPERIENCED OTHER PROGRAMS BUT RETURNS TO KEYS BECAUSE OF HOW IMPACTFUL THE ORGANIZATION IS AND IMPACT BEYOND OTHER TENNIS PROGRAMS. THE ENGAGEMENT OF KEYS CREATES A TRUE COMMUNITY THAT CARES ABOUT THE FORMATION OF YOUTH BEYOND JUST TENNIS.
RECENTLY IN A PARK BOARD MEETING, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SPORTS PROGRAM WAS MENTIONED WITH PILLARS OF LEADERSHIP, DISCIPLINE, HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND EDUCATION.
WELL, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
WITH DTA COMMUNITY SERVICE, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, LIFE SKILLS AND LIFE EXPERIENCES, EVEN OUTSIDE OF BW ARE JUST SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING GOING ON AT Q.
THIS PAST MAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM WERE AWARDED OVER $120,000 IN COLLEGIATE SCHOLARSHIPS TO PLAY TENNIS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.
THAT NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES NOT GOING ON SINCE THE WAY THE COLLEGIATE 10 NOT GOING ON TO PLAY COLLEGIATE TENNIS EARNED JUST BY BECOMING GOOD CITIZENS THROUGH THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT DTA HAS TAUGHT THEM ALONG THEIR ADOLESCENT JOURNEY.
IN FACT, AS MENTIONED JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO, ONE RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WHO WENT THROUGH THE DTA AT KEYS WILL WILL BE IN NEW YORK CITY SOON RECEIVING A NATIONAL AWARD FOR SPORTSMANSHIP AND LEADERSHIP.
RIGHT AS THE US OPEN BEGINS ONCE AGAIN A GRADUATE FROM KEYS, TENNESSEE LEADERSHIP FOR THE US OPEN IN NEW YORK CITY.
RECENTLY, THE PROGRAM SENT STUDENTS ON A NATIONAL COMPETITION THAT COST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
MANY, IF NOT ALL, THE FAMILIES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEND THEIR KIDS ON THIS GRAVE EXPERIENCE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF DALLAS TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
AND ON THAT TRIP, MULTIPLE DTA TENNIS PLAYERS FROM KEYS WON FIRST OR SECOND PLACE IN A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT.
DTA IS THE RIGHT ORGANIZATION TO RUN PROGRAMMING AT KEYSTONE.
WE ALREADY ALREADY GOT IT RIGHT, SO NO NEED TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR WORK FOR US IS, UM, SHANE BODI, MS. BODY, THE CHAIR.
CAN I SPEAK TO SOMEBODY GETTING A LITTLE QUICK BACKGROUND ON THIS, WHO I AM? MY NAME'S R BAD AND I STARTED PLAYING SOCCER HERE WHEN I WAS SEVEN.
I'M A LICENSED COACH, BRO, AND I COACH YOU THE CLUB.
I ALSO COACH A SEMIPRO UPSL TEAM WITH MY HUSBAND.
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WORK IS I'M ON THE STATE BOARD BOARD, WAS PRESIDENT OF THE WOMEN'S BOARD FOR SIX YEARS.I REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES ADULT SOCCER ASSOCIATION FOR REGION THREE.
AND I HAVE ONE VOTE AT US SOCCER EVERY YEAR JUST TO LETTING VOTE BY INVOLVEMENT IN
WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR TODAY IS EQUAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE ADULTS, PRIMARILY AT, UM, MONEYGRAM AND THE OTHER BUILDING MOSQUE.
SO CURRENTLY YOU'VE GIVEN OVER THE CONTROL TO PIONEER.
I BELIEVE THE FIRST THING THEY DID WAS REMOVE ALL THE ADULTS FROM THE SCHEDULE.
SO OUR DEMAND IS TO GET THAT BACK.
OUR SECOND DEMAND IS EQUAL REPRESENTATION.
OUR VERDICT IS IMMEDIATE RETURN OF THOSE SLOTS.
AND THE FOURTH IS TO GET A CONTRACT FOR 10 YEARS WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM ANY PRIVATE ENTITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I CAN SEE THAT CONTRACT SO THAT WE CAN, IF WE CAN TAKE PEOPLE ACTION FOR THAT
ALSO, THIS IS AN EASY SOLUTION TO GIVE US THESE SLOTS BACK OR WE CAN FOR APART.
I THINK THIS IS A QUICK, EASY SOLUTION.
JUST GIVE THESE THOSE SLOTS BACK FOR BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UM, ANA ROSE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I'M WORKING WITH RESIDENTS OF VA GROWN DISTRICT FIVE TO INCREASE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT.
PARKS LIKE ERST PARK ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL, BUT WE BELIEVE SOMETHING IS MISSING.
COMMUNICATION, CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.
I'M ASKING DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION TO PARTNER WITH US AND INCREASING COMMUNITY BOARD AT THE PARK, LIKE BULLETIN BOARD WHERE WE COULD POST THINGS.
A SIMPLE PHYSICAL SPACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN SHARE EVENTS, POST IMPORTANT INFORMATION, CONNECT WITH NEIGHBORS, AND FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED.
AND WHILE COMMUNITY BOARD MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL THING, WHILE WE'RE REALLY CREATING IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
WE HAVE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, FIELDS, WALKING TRAILS, GATHERING SPACES.
BUT WE ALSO NEED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HELPS THE PEOPLE WHO USE THOSE SPACES COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY.
OUR PARKS ARE ALREADY GATHERING SPACES WE WANNA BUILD ON THAT.
WE WANT RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO WALK INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO DISCOVER AN EVENT, FIND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, LEARN ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, A SIMPLE CONNECTION WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN PLAZA GROWTH BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, RACIAL SEGREGATION, UNFAIR HOUSING POLICIES, WHITE FLIGHT AND PATTERNS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS HAVE SHAPED WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS RECEIVE SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHICH COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE DISINVESTMENT.
SO WHEN I WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARKS TODAY, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS OR FIELDS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE.
WHILE WE WATCH PARK ACROSS DALLAS RECEIVE MAJOR INVESTMENTS AND UPGRADES, OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE OVERLOOKED.
RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT, ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING.
BUT I BELIEVE ONE WAY WE BEGIN TO CHANGE THAT IS BY MAKING SURE RESIDENTS HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO ORGANIZE, COMMUNICATE, AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
BECAUSE BEFORE WE CAN BUILD BETTER PARKS, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE STRONGER COMMUNITY.
MR. BELTRAN, IF YOU CAN TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UH, I'M 18 YEARS OLD AND I GREW UP PLAYING TENNIS AT KEITH TENNIS CENTER.
UH, I'VE BEEN PLAYING THERE FOR 12 YEARS AND I STARTED WHEN I WAS SIX.
UM, I WAS INTRODUCED TO TENNIS TO KEITH WHEN I WAS A YOUNG KID.
AND SINCE THEN KEITH HAS BECOME A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE.
IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE WHERE I LEARNED HOW TO HIT A TENNIS BALL.
IT WAS A PLACE WHERE I GREW UP, WHERE I MET PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN ME, AND WHERE I LEARNED LESSONS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE PERSON I AM TODAY.
TENNIS HAS TAKEN ME PLACES I WOULD NEVER IMAGINED.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED PLAYING AT KEYS, I BECAME THE FIRST, UH, NOT ONLY THE FIRST TENNIS PLAYER, UH, FOR KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL TO MAKE IT TO STATE, BUT I ALSO PLACED, I'VE COMPLETED MORE THAN 500 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND THIS YEAR I RECEIVED A NATIONAL SPORTSMANSHIP RECOGNITION FROM THE USTA THAT I'LL BE RECEIVING IN NEW YORK, UH, AT THE US OPEN IN THE PRESIDENTIAL SUITE.
BUT NONE OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS STARTED AS STATE OR WITH AN AWARD.
THEY STARTED WHEN I WAS A KID WHO WAS SIMPLY GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY TENNIS.
AND THAT OPPORTUNITY IS WHAT I WANT THE KIDS AT KEY TODAY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE.
WHEN I GO BACK TO KEYST AND SEE THE
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YOUNGER KIDS PLAYING, I SEE A LOT OF MYSELF IN THEM.I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF THOSE KIDS MIGHT BECOME A GREAT TENNIS PLAYER.
I DON'T KNOW WHO MIGHT MAKE IT TO STATE ONE DAY EARN COLLEGE, UH, EARN A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP OR RECEIVE AN AWARD.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY'LL NEVER HAVE A CHANCE.
AND EVEN IF THEY NEVER COME PLAY COMPETITIVELY, THAT'S OKAY.
TENNIS CAN STILL TEACH 'EM DISCIPLINE.
IT CAN GIVE THEM CONFIDENCE, FRIENDSHIP, FRIENDSHIPS, MENTORS, AND A SAFE PLAY, SAFE PLAY.
BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG.
JUST LIKE I WAS GIVEN A FAMILY'S FINANCIAL SITUATIONS THAT SHOULDN'T DETERMINE WHETHER THEIR CHILD GETS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF KEYS, AND I UNDERSTAND WANTING TO IMPROVE THE FACILITY.
KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY DESERVE THOSE THINGS TOO.
BUT I'M HOPING IMPROVING KEYS NEVER MEANS THAT, UH, THAT THE KIDS WHO NEED IT MOST CAN NO LONGER AFFORD IT TO BE THERE.
ADULTS ARE MAKING DECISIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT KEYS AND WILL LOOK, UH, WILL LOOK LIKE, UH, YEARS FROM NOW.
KIDS LIKE ME ARE THE ONES WHO LIVE WITH THE RESULTS OF THOSE DECISIONS.
SO WHEN YOU MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT KEYST, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY THERE AND THE KIDS WHO HAVEN'T EVEN DISCOVERED TENNIS YET.
KEITH GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN I WAS A KID AND THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAME SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER THAN TENNIS FOR ME.
I'M ASKING YOU TO MAKE SURE, UH, THE NEXT GENERATION GETS THAT SAME CHANCE.
I'M ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN A COMMUNITY GIVES A KID ACCESS AND BELIEVES IN THEM.
THERE ARE MORE KIDS LIKE ME AT KEITH.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THEM TOO.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, OUR FINAL SPEAKER, UH, MR. LAONA LAONA.
GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
I'M 18 YEARS OLD AND I'VE BEEN PLAYING TENNIS COMPETITIVELY SINCE JANUARY OF 2024.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH KEITH TENNIS CENTER SINCE APRIL OF 2024.
I ACTUALLY FOUND KEYS THROUGH ONE OF MY FRIENDS WHO ENCOURAGED ME TO TRY OUT FOR MY SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM.
HE HAD ALREADY BEEN TRAINING AT KEYS FOR A WHILE, AND AFTER I STARTED PLAYING, HE INTRODUCED ME TO THE COMMUNITY THERE.
WHAT STARTED AS ME WANTING TO LEARN TENNIS AND GET BETTER AT THE SPORT BECAME SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER FOR ME.
KEYS ISN'T JUST SOMEWHERE I GO TO PLAY TENNIS.
IT'S BECOME A COMMUNITY WHERE I BUILT FRIENDSHIPS, MET COACHES, MENTORS, AND HAVE BEEN AROUND PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENCOURAGED ME TO BECOME BETTER, BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT.
ONE PERSON WHO HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON ME IS COACH CRAIG, THE HEAD COACH AT KEYS.
THE FEEDBACK HE'S GIVEN ME OVER THE YEARS HAS HELPED ME BECOME A BETTER TENNIS PLAYER, BUT I'VE ALSO TAKEN A LOT OF THAT ADVICE AND APPLIED IT TO MY LIFE.
OUTSIDE OF TENNIS, I'VE LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF SETTING GOALS AND A PLAN, UNDERSTANDING WHY I WANT TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING, THEN BEING CONSISTENT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
KEYS HAS ALSO OPENED DOORS TO ME THAT I MAY NEVER HAVE KNOWN ABOUT OTHERS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, I'VE MET SUCCESSFUL ROLE MODELS AND BEEN INTRODUCED TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON MY FUTURE.
ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WAS RECEIVING A $60,000 USTA FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP AND TRAVELING TO FLORIDA FOR A COLLEGE BOOTCAMP.
I WAS ABLE TO LEARN FROM OTHER SCHOLARS, PREPARE FOR COLLEGE, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT SUCCESS COULD LOOK LIKE FOR ME BEYOND COLLEGE.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD'VE EVER FOUND IT IF IT WEREN'T FOR KEYS.
THAT'S ALSO WHY I BELIEVE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO TENNIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
NOT EVERY FAMILY CAN AFFORD HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR PRIVATE COACHING OR THE COST OF EXPENSIVE CLUBS.
KIDS SHOULDN'T LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER A SPORT THEY LOVE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEIR FAMILY CAN AFFORD.
AND I THINK ABOUT THE YOUNGER KIDS WHO ARE COMING AFTER ME.
THERE COULD BE A KID IN A CLIFF WHO HASN'T EVEN PICKED UP IRAQI YET, BUT WITH THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY AND SUPPORT, THEY COULD BECOME AN INCREDIBLE PLAYER OR ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THEY NEVER THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE.
SO I HOPE THE FUTURE OF KEYS CONTINUES TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE TENNIS, STRONG JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEGINNERS, CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, AND A SAFE AND WELCOMING, UH, PLACE FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HOPE THAT PEOPLE WHO USE KEYS CONTINUES TO BE HEARD.
I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE KEYS CAN DO FOR A YOUNG PERSON.
I HOPE THE FUTURE GENERATIONS GET THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY, TO LEARN, TO GROW, AND TO DISCOVER WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR FAMILY CAN AFFORD.
KEYS OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES TO EVERYONE BEING A PLACE TO START, LEARN, COMPETE, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND GROW AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO GIVES BACK.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 6TH.
FOR WHERE TO SECOND MR. WOOD? ALL, ANY DISCUSSION?
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ALL THOSE FAVOR SAY AYE.WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
NORBU PARK,
UM, DOING ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? YES.
ANY SECOND, MR. HUERTA? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? AS HABIT, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS UP FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
NUMBER FIVE IS, UH, EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIR? YES, MA'AM.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE, THE LATINO, UM, THE, THE ONE THAT WE GAVE AT RIVER SEAN, THEY HAVE BEEN A REALLY, UM, VALUABLE USER EVERY YEAR COMING BACK.
UM, THEY MAKE, THEY HELP KEEP THE PARK CLEAN AND JUST THE WHOLE EVENT THAT THEY HAVE IS BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND SO JUST THE FACT THAT THEY CONTINUE TO COME BACK USING RIVER SEAN, UM, IS A TESTAMENT THAT THEY, THEY RIVERON IS DOING WELL FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO DOING WELL FOR US.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT COMING BACK EVERY YEAR AND PUTTING ON THIS EVENT.
UH, NEXT ON FOR PARK, UH, THE MURAL APPLICATION.
DO WE HAVE A, HAVE A MR IS OUR MOTION TO SECOND HERE? MR. ERTA, ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MR. YOUNG.
IS OUR, IS OUR THING'S NOT WORKING TO PUNCH IN? UH, IT IS, I THINK NOW.
MAKE SURE YOU GUYS PUNCH IN SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY YOU GUYS REQUEST TO SPEAK.
UH, QUESTION ABOUT THE MURAL POLICY.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND I INTEND TO FULLY SUPPORT IT.
BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MURAL POLICY.
MURAL POLICY SAYS THIS POLICY DOES NOT APPLY, APPLY TO MURALS THAT ARE CATEGORIZED AS PUBLIC ART.
BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OKAY.
I'M THE OFF, UM, THE OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST FOR PARK MAINTENANCE.
AND BY DEFINITION THE OFFICE OF ART AND CULTURE HAS PUBLIC ART THROUGH THEIR BOND PROGRAM.
AND SO IT DOES NOT FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY.
SO THIS IS A MURAL UNDER OUR MURAL POLICY THAT THE ADMIN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE CREATED AND DEVELOPED FOR MURALS ON PARK PROPERTY.
SO THIS DOES NOT FALL UNDER THAT GLORIOUS PUBLIC ART.
SO IT'S A SPECIFIC DEFINITION RATHER THAN THE GENERIC UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC ART.
'CAUSE I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE HOW A MURAL IN A PARK CAN BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN PUBLIC ART.
IT'S JUST A, IT IS JUST A DIFFERENCE IN, IN HOW, HOW, HOW IT IS DEFINED, UH, IN PARKS.
THIS CAME UP A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND SO WHAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO DONATE EITHER ART PIECES OR MURALS IN OUR PARTS.
AND, AND TO THEIR POINT, UH, OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, UNLESS THEY ACCEPT IT AS AN ART PIECE OR, OR AN ART THROUGH A MIRROR, IT'S NOT ACCEPTED AS A ART PIECE.
SO WE HAD TO COME UP WITH POLICIES THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO SOMETHING IN OUR PARTS WHEN WE GET THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS.
AND SO, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN A PART OCA DETERMINES WHETHER IT QUALIFIES AS PUBLIC ART UNDER THEIR DEFINITION AND CONSEQUENTLY FOR THE 1% SET ASIDE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S JUST NOT JUST FOR THE BOND PROGRAM.
EVEN WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO DONATE AN ART PIECE, 'CAUSE WE HAVE FACED THAT SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST, AND UNLESS OAC COMMISSIONS THAT OUR PIECE AND SAY IT IS AN ART PIECE, UH, THEY WILL NOT MAINTAIN IT.
THEY WON'T PUT IT IN THEIR INVENTORY.
BUT WE COULD NEVERTHELESS CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT AND INCLUDE IT IN A PART IF WE WANTED TO.
OH, SO WHAT A UNIQUE MOMENT FOR ME, UH, JUST WITH THAT QUESTION ON THE TABLE AND JENNIFER SCRIPPS AND THE AUDIENCE AND THIS BEING MY DISTRICT AS THE FORWARD CHAIR OF PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
UM, JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
THE REAL DIFFERENCE, 'CAUSE WE GOT THESE SAME QUESTIONS IN THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, IS THAT THIS PIECE WON'T BE ENTERING THE PUBLIC ART COLLECTION, WHICH IS MANAGED BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE PUBLIC ART TEAM THERE.
SO THEY'RE NOT BEARING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS INCLUSION IN, IN THAT AND THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OF
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IT.THIS, UM, MURAL I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT, I ANTICIPATED IN ALL THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SESSIONS.
UM, AND IT IS A SIMILAR MURAL TO THE ONE THAT WAS CREATED IN URBANDALE PARK A FEW MONTHS AGO THROUGH THE LOVE YOUR BLOG GRANT.
UM, IT IS GOING TO ADD YET ANOTHER AMAZING PIECE OF ART TO THE LANDSCAPE IN PLEASANT GROVE.
THE SPEAKER EARLIER TALKING ABOUT IN THE INVESTMENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PLACEMAKING AND, AND PEOPLE COMING OUT INTO OUR PARKS.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE CURRENT STATE OF THIS FACILITY IS, THIS WALL AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE TURNED INTO, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT FAR AWAY FROM NOW.
THE PLEASANT GROVE, I THINK IS GONNA BECOME A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE COMING TO SEE MURALS IN PUBLIC SPACES.
I, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS ENERGY CONTINUE AND I JUST WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO THE FOLKS IN MY COMMUNITY WHO ARE STEPPING UP TO LEAD THESE PROJECTS AND TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE THEM AND I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
JUST ONE SIDE NOTE, THE REASON WHY THIS IS COMING THROUGH QUICKLY TO REFERENCING THE BUREAU POLICY, AND WE DID ADDRESS THIS IN ADMIN FINANCE TODAY WITH THE RECEIPT OF THESE FUNDS, THERE IS A DEADLINE TO USE THEM AND IT IS COMING UP QUICKLY.
UM, AND SO WE NEEDED TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS, BUT EVERYTHING WAS DONE, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR RULES.
SO NEXT IS, UH, FAIR PARK, THE COTTON BOWL FOOTBALL GAME DISTRICT SEVEN.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. WOOD HERE? JUMPED AT THAT ONE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MR. YOUNG? UH, YES, MR. CHAIR.
I INTEND TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS, BUT I WANT TO EXPLORE SOME ISSUES LAID 'EM ON THE TABLE.
UH, WITH THIS ANNUAL CONTRACT AND ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH THE UT AND OU, WE ARE EXPENDING A MILLION $500,000 A YEAR FOR FAIR PARK FUND.
AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER USES COULD BE OF THAT MONEY.
1.5 MILLION WOULD'VE GONE A LONG WAY TOWARD RESOLVING OUR BUDGET CRISIS FOR THE FORTHCOMING FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT REQUIRING AS MANY CUTS IN THE BUS.
EVEN WITHIN THE FAIR PARK FUND, THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER USES THAT COULD BE MADE OF THAT MONEY.
SO FOR ME, THERE HAS TO BE SOME REASON TO BELIEVE THAT EXPENDING THIS $1.5 MILLION IS A BETTER USE OF CITY FUNDS THAN THOSE OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
I APPRECIATE THE POSSIBILITY, I'LL CALL IT THAT HAVING THESE GAMES AT THE FAIR PARK DURING THE STATE FAIR PROVIDES A LOT OF INTANGIBLE BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND TO FAIR PARK IN PARTICULAR.
UH, DALLAS IS A MORE EXCITING CITY TO BE IN BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE TWO GANGS.
FAIR PARK IS A MORE EXCITING PLACE TO BE BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE TWO GANGS.
BUT THERE'S, AS BEST I CAN TELL, NO HARD DATA TO BACK UP THOSE SUPPOSITIONS.
THAT SAID, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT IN WHICH TO EXPLORE THESE MORE GLOBAL ISSUES.
UH, THE CONTRACT WITH UT IS IN PLACE, UM, FAIRNESS DICTATES THAT WE TREAT THAT CONTRACT AND THIS CONTRACT PROPORTIONATELY.
AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY WE'RE HEADED OFF IN A NEW DIRECTION AND WE'RE GONNA TURN DOWN THIS ONE AFTER WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE OTHER ONE.
ALSO, THESE FUNDS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED TO THIS PURPOSE.
AND THE ONLY REASON THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THE TERMINATION OF THE FAIR PARK MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE PRESUMPTION OF ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL BY THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND THAT PARTICULARLY INCLUDES THE 2025, UH, GAME THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PLAYED, UH, WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT THESE FUNDS WOULD BE FORTHCOMING.
SO I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS, BUT THAT IS WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO A POTENTIAL LATER, BROADER DISCUSSION OF WHAT OUR ROLE IS IN SUBSIDIZING, UH, TEAMS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO USE CITY FACILITIES.
DO WE STILL DO THE SOUTHERN AND UH, TEXAS SOUTHERN GAME? WE DO NOT.
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OTHER QUESTION THEN.WHAT IS THE TOTAL BETWEEN THE TEXAS OU AND, UH, GRANDMA PRAIRIE GAME THAT WE CONTRIBUTE? IT IS 1.5 AND TOTAL FOR BOTH FOR TEXAS, OU AND GRAND PRAIRIE? YES.
1.5 MILLION PER GAME OR TOTAL PER GAME.
IT'S, IT'S 500,000 FOR RAMBLING PER REVIEW AND A MILLION FOR TEXAS SAVE.
MR. ROBERTO, I JUST WANT, UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR PUTTING IT IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS GAME AT FAIR PARK DURING THE TIME.
'CAUSE IT, IT IS, MR. YOUNG HIT IT RIGHT? PROPORTIONATE CORRECT.
NOT ONLY THAT, IT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AFTER THIS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE OTHER PARTY WAS RUNNING FAIR PARK, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET DATA THAT SHOWS THE PEOPLE THAT DO COME INTO TOWN AND HAVE THAT HARD NUMBER THAT WE HAVE FOR, FOR MR. YOUNG.
AND, AND THE REST OF US ALSO IS SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE THESE GAMES AT, AT FAIR PARK AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR THE WEEKEND AND THEY'RE HERE TO INDULGE IN.
AND WHETHER IT'S DOWNTOWN PARKS AND BECAUSE THEY'RE STAYING AT THE SHERATON AND OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT, LIKE AREAS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS A GREAT VALUE FOR DALLAS.
I ACTUALLY DID REACH OUT TO THE SPORTS COMMISSION AND DO HAVE SOME OF THAT IN, UH, FURTHER DIRECT ECONOMIC MR. PINCUS.
UM, IS THIS A COMMON PRACTICE IN OTHER CITIES AND OTHER UH, VENUES FOR NEUTRAL SITE GAMES? YES.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY EXPENSE FOR THE TEAMS TO TRAVEL.
THERE'S A LOSS OF REVENUE AND NOT HAVING TO GAME AT HOME FOR THE REVENUE.
SO YES, IT IS COMMON TO PAY FEES SCHOOLS FOR NEUTRAL SITE GAMES.
SO, YOU KNOW, MR. SORRY, MY, MY ASSISTANT.
UM, HAVE, HAVE THE TWO SCHOOLS, UH, IN QUESTION HAVE HAVE THEY GIVEN THIS JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INCREASE? YEAH, IT WAS SPELLED OUT IN THE REQUEST BACK IN 2022.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT IS THE RISE IN TRAVEL COST LOGIC, COST, COST TO FEED THE TEAMS WHILE THEY'RE ON SITE AND UNITED STATES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
HAS THERE BEEN AN EQUAL OR EQUIVALENT INCREASE FROM THE TEXAS OU SIDE? IT, I WOULD SAY YES, BUT, UM, TEXAS OU ACTUALLY HAD AN INCREASE MORE RECENTLY BY GRANDWOOD.
PRAIRIE VIEW ACTUALLY HASN'T HAD ANY INCREASE IN THEIR FEE SINCE 2008.
BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, UH, MR. TWAINS, GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE THAT WE DO NEED TO KEEP THESE GAMES HERE.
I TALKED TO PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES AND THEY ASK ME, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHEN SHOULD I COME TO DALLAS? IT'S IN THE FALL DURING THE FAIR, WE COME SEE YOU, A GOOD GANG, GO TO THE FAIR, GO TO A COWBOYS GANG.
SO I THINK THAT THESE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY, BUT HEARING THAT PRAIRIE VIEW'S COST HASN'T GONE UP SINCE 2008.
IT'S A LOT THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THAT GAME IN THE SAME WAY THE SO YOU GAME MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS ALL THE SAME, UM, HIS FUNDING, IF POSSIBLE.
WELL, THAT WAS THE ENHANCEMENT THEY REQUESTED BACK IN 2022.
ADJUSTMENT TO MEET UP WITH THE INCREASING COST OVER TIME.
IT HAD JUST BEEN A VERY LONG TIME.
I MEAN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, UH, WHEN I WAS APPROACHED, YOU KNOW, BY, UH, UH, THE PROMOTER BECAUSE THIS MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE SCHOOLS.
UH, AND THAT WAS THE CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2008 THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING HERE, THEY'VE BEEN GETTING 30 TO 50, SOMETIMES 60,000 FOLKS COMING TO THE GAMES, AND THEY WERE GETTING 150 K VERSUS OU, TEXAS AT THAT TIME, I THINK WAS GETTING SEVEN 50 AND THEIRS IS GOING UP TO A MILLION NOW.
YEAH, WE BROUGHT AN ITEM BEFORE THE BOARD.
WE BROUGHT AN ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UH, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THEIR ATTENDANCE, WHAT THEY BRING.
THEY BRING IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF FOLKS EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO THE CITY.
AND THE BOARD AND COUNCIL AT THE TIME THOUGHT IT IS DEFINITELY THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
MR. MOORE DOES TO DO THE INCREASE, DOES THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO ASK FOR IT OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO BE ABLE TO, I GUESS, MAINTAIN IN GOES, SO THAT REQUEST WAS ALREADY MADE.
IT WAS MADE IN 2022 AND WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
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THIS IS A WAY TO GET A CONTRACTUAL AVENUE TO ACTUALLY SEND THE MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS SINCE WE KNOW, WHILE WE'RE SENDING IT TO OB G AS SOME PASSWORD TOSO WHEN I NOT SUPPLY, LIKE DOES THE SCHOOL HAVE, DO THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE TO ASK OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE, DO THEY HAVE TO ASK.
THAT'S WHAT IT DID YOU, SO IN 2018 THEY DIDN'T ASK.
I JUST KNOW WHEN THE REQUEST CAME TO ME.
UM, BEFORE WE GO TO THIS, I WANNA CORRECT SOMETHING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT WE HAVE A COUPLE BRIEFINGS, UM,
DENVER SCRIPTS AND, UH, MIKE HUNTER GONNA SPEAK WITH US ABOUT, UM, DDI.
ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING, UH, CHAIR O'CONNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD.
UM, THE, I, WE TODAY ADDRESSES ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT NATIONALLY WE SEE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS AND THE ESSENTIAL NEED FOR THEM IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN PARK SYSTEMS. AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE ABOUT, OUR PARK DEPARTMENT DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB OF PROVIDE LEVEL ONE SERVICES, BUT IN AN EFFORTS TO AUGMENT THOSE, AGAIN, I'M SORRY, SEAN JOHNSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
UH, BUT IN, IN, IN AN EFFORT TO AUGMENT THOSE, UM, LEVELS THAT WE PROVIDE MAINTENANCE SO WE CAN ENSURE MAINTENANCE, THOSE ALL OF OUR PARK SYSTEMS, IT'S
AND SO WE WANNA BRING UP MIKE HUNTER, CHIEF OF PUBLIC PARKING SPACES, AND HE WILL INTRODUCE TO HIS TEAM AND GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
DALLAS PARK BOARD ESTEEMED, DIRECTOR JENKINS.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER SCRIPPS, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN AWESOME BEING WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
UH, I HAD WORKED WITH BENET AND SCOTT YEARS AGO, AND WE WERE ALL STILL AT CITY HALL, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LAST TWO ITEMS AS WELL.
I'M JOINED BY MIKE HEADER, THE CHIEF OF PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACE AT DDI, WHO WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT ON IN 2022 IN RECOGNITION OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS WORK IS TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND TO DOWNTOWN.
IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE DDI HAS COME BEFORE THE PARK BOARD, ACTUALLY SINCE 2019.
AND TODAY WE WANNA SHARE HOW THIS LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY DOWNTOWN DALLAS PARKS CONSERVANCY AND OUR CIVIC AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS HAS REALLY TRANSFORMED DOWNTOWN OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WANNA DISCUSS THE NEXT CHAPTER AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO PROTECT THIS INVESTMENT AND SUSTAIN THE PARKS AND PRECIOUS GREEN SPACE IN OUR URBAN CORE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
EVERY GREAT PUBLIC SPACE BEGINS WITH A VISION, AND THE PARKS DID, CERTAINLY DID NOT APPEAR OVERNIGHT.
UH, WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HOW DID YOU DO THIS? AND THIS WORK GOES BACK TO AT LEAST A 2004 MASTER PLAN, FOLLOWED BY ONE IN 2013, SEVERAL LARGE BOND OFFERINGS, AMAZING FUNDRAISING BY THE THEN PARKS FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS, AND NOW THE PARKS, DALLAS PARK CONSERVANCY.
AND IT WAS NEVER ABOUT CREATING JUST MORE PARKS FOR THE SAKES OF PARKS.
IT WAS ABOUT CREATING A NETWORK OF WORLD CLASS PUBLIC SPACES THAT WOULD TRANSFORM DOWNTOWN.
WHAT WAS PARKING LOTS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, UM, BECAME GREEN SPACES AND DOWNTOWNS.
THEY ARE NOT JUST NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE THAT THEY'RE DALLAS'S FRONT DOOR, WELCOMING RESIDENTS, WORKERS, VISITORS, AND MAJOR EVENTS YEAR ROUND.
THEY HAVE BECOME SOME OF DALLAS'S MOST IMPORTANT CIVIC ASSETS.
OUR SYSTEM HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE DDI LAST CAME TO TELL YOU ABOUT THESE PARKS WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST HERE IN 2019.
DOWNTOWN HAD A MUCH SMALLER PARKS FOOTPRINT SINCE THEN.
FIVE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM PARKS HAVE REALLY COME, OPENED AND COME INTO THEIR FULL FRUITION.
THE PARTNERSHIP EVOLVED ALONGSIDE THAT GROWTH AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND DDI, UH, WERE UPDATED IN 2025, CLARIFYING OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO YOU.
AND AS THESE NEWS SPACES HAD COME ONLINE, AND WE BETTER UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY REQUIRED OPERATIONALLY.
TODAY, DDIS WORK REACHES 12 PARKS AND 27 GREEN SPACES ACROSS DOWNTOWN.
IT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN OUR URBAN CORE.
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CIVIC GARDEN, UH, WAS RENAMED CIVIC GARDEN IN 2021, BUT IS THE FIRST ONE THAT THE CONSERVANCY DID IN 2012.IT REIMAGINED AN EXISTING, UM, KIND OF DEAD ZONE OUTSIDE ONE OF OUR COURTHOUSES.
UM, AND IT DEMONSTRATED HOW THOUGHTFUL REINVESTMENT CAN HELP ESTABLISH CRITICAL PUBLIC SPACE IN OUR CITY.
IT'S ALSO THE HOME TO THE NEWEST DOG PARK, WHICH OFFICIALLY OPENS, UH, VERY A COUPLE WEEKS.
PACIFIC PLAZA PARK TOOK WHAT HAD BEEN SURFACE PARKING LOTS AND CREATED A MAJOR PUBLIC SPACE IN THE HEART OF DALLAS.
IT ADDED MEANINGFUL GREEN SPACE THAT IS USED BY VISITORS AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE SHERATON HOTEL.
UM, I ACTUALLY WORKED AT THE MAJESTIC THEATER FOR SIX YEARS, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW NICE IT WAS TO BE ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE FOR COFFEE MEETINGS OR LUNCH WHEN YOU HAD A MOMENT.
THE SAME PUBLIC INVESTMENT WAS FOLLOWED IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AT WESTIN SQUARE IN MARCH, 2021, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WEST END WAS BUILT AS AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.
NOT A PLACE WITH A LOT OF GREEN SPACE TRADITIONALLY.
AND THIS PARK HAS ADDED AMENITIES FOR RESIDENTS, WORKERS, AND VISITORS.
AND IS IS REALLY, IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN THERE RECENTLY, LOOKING FANTASTIC AS IT'S MATURED.
UM, IN MAY OF 2022, CARPENTER PARK OPENED.
THIS HAD BEEN A PARK PREVIOUSLY, BUT IT WAS MORE LIKE AN AREA WE JUST DROVE THROUGH IN BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND EAST DALLAS.
AND IT'S ON THE EASTERN EDGE, REALLY BINDING OUR CITY TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND ITS SIZE, AMENITIES, AND RANGE OF USES, AND SOME FABULOUS PUBLIC ART, I MUST SAY.
EXPANDED THE PARK SYSTEM IN DOWNTOWN SIGNIFICANTLY WHILE BRINGING AN ICONIC FOUNTAIN THAT'S IN THIS IMAGE AND MORE PRECIOUS GREEN SPACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UM, ALONG WITH IT.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE FINAL PARK.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BRAND NEW, BUT LO AND BEHOLD, IT'S ALMOST THREE YEARS OLD.
OPENED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 AT HARWOOD PARK, AND IT REALLY CONNECTS TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, INSTITUTIONS LIKE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR MOST, UH, MOST RECENT ADDITIONS OF HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
IT'S OPENING, COMPLETED AN IMPORTANT PHASE OF THIS EXPANSION OF OUR PARK SYSTEM SYSTEM.
AND TOGETHER WITH THESE FIVE PARKS DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC.
FULLY UNDERSTOOD, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE AS OUR PARK SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED? NEXT SLIDE.
HOWEVER, BUILDING THE PARKS WAS JUST THE FIRST CHAPTER.
I THINK WHEN YOU GO TO A RIBBON HEADING, THERE'S ALL THIS CELEBRATION IS KIND OF LIKE BRINGING THE BABY HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.
THE WORK HAS JUST BEGUN
AND BY THE WAY, HOW YOU MAKE IT LOOK ITS VERY BEST WHEN YOU HOST GLOBAL EVENTS LIKE FIFA WORLD CUP.
I'LL INVITE MIKE TO TALK A BIT ABOUT ALL OF THAT WORK AND OUR STEWARDSHIP AND THE EVENTS WE'VE DONE RECENTLY AT
SO BEFORE I BEGIN TALKING ABOUT STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS, I WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR SEAN JOHNSON.
WE'VE, WE'VE RUN SOME OF THE SAME GROUND FROM BACK IN THE DAY FOR BEING CPCS TOGETHER.
AND I CAN SAY THAT THIS EFFORT AND OUR PARTNERSHIP ISN'T, ISN'T THE SAME WITHOUT OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US AND THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
AND SEAN HAS ALREADY, IN THE, IN THE FEW MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL GREAT CONVERSATIONS KNOWING THAT, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING AND THE CHALLENGES AND HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
AND I ALSO WANNA DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARK MANAGER OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKS, JOSE SOTO, WHO HAS DONE TIRELESS WORK, UM, IN A NEW DISTRICT WITH STAFFING AND BUDGET CHALLENGES AND HAVING VERY GOOD CONVERSATIONS OF HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO START WITH, UH, KIND OF THAT FRAMEWORK TO THIS.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS REQUIRED? OKAY.
IT BEGINS WITH VISIBLE, UH, WELCOMING PRESENCE AND CONTINUES THROUGH CLEANING, MAINTENANCE AND, AND A, A RAPID, UM, RAPID RESPONSE TO ISSUES.
UM, IT IT COMES TO LIFE THROUGH PROGRAMMING THAT GIVES PEOPLE A REASON TO RETURN.
THESE ELEMENTS WORK TOGETHER, SAFETY, SAFETY SUPPORTS, USE CONSISTENT CARE BUILDS CONFIDENCE AND ACTIVITY CREATES VITAL VITALITY.
FIRST, PEOPLE MUST FEEL COMFORTABLE USING THE SPACES.
UM, SO WE, WE USE A, WE USE A SOFTWARE CALLED SALESFORCE THAT TRACKS A LOT OF OUR METRICS.
EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE PARKS, EVERYTHING WE DO IN DOWNTOWN GETS PUT INTO THIS SYSTEM.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THESE NUMBERS COME FROM.
BUT IN 2025, DDI TEAM RECORDED MORE THAN 32,000 QUALITY OF LIFE INTERACTIONS, RANGING PRO PROACTIVE, UH, ASSISTANCE TO OUTREACH AND COORDINATION WITH MULTIPLE CITY PARTNERS.
UH, BUT THAT NUMBER REFLECTS THE LEVEL OF DAILY ATTENTION REQUIRED ACROSS THE SYSTEM, NOT JUST A, A GENERAL NUMBER THAT WE THROW OUT.
SO IT, IT REALLY CLEARLY SHOWS
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THE PARTNERSHIP WE NEED, UM, WITH SPARKS.UH, SECONDLY, A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT VISITORS SEE AND EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ARRIVE.
UH, ONE OF THESE METRICS IS THE CLEAN TEAM REMOVED, OUR CLEAN TEAM REMOVED MORE THAN 712,000 GALLONS OF LITTER AND DEBRIS.
SO THAT NUMBER IS LESS ABOUT A SINGLE CLEANUP EFFORT AND MORE ABOUT THE CUMULATIVE WORK REQUIRED DAY AFTER DAY TO MAIN HEAVILY USED PUBLIC SPACES.
AND SPEAKING OF HEAVILY USED PUBLIC SPACES, WE GET INTO, UM, EVENTS AND KEEPING THE PARKS VIBRANT.
SO ONCE THE PARKS FEEL SAFE AND WELL, AND FEEL WELL MAINTAINED, PROGRAMMING TERMS THEM INTO A DESTINATION AFTER ADDING MAIN STREET GARDEN HOLIDAY ICE RINK TO THE NUMBERS ON THE SLIDE TO THE EVENT SLIDE.
UM, IN 2025, DOWNTOWN PARKS HOSTED OVER 300 EVENTS, WHICH INCLUDED 97,000 IN ATTENDANCE.
DDI EXPERIENCED A 30% GROWTH IN EVENTS BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025.
THAT PARTICIPATION REFLECTS A GROWING DEMAND FOR, FOR THE PARKS AND THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF IN ALL AREAS FOR PROGRAMMING AND UPKEEP.
A FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, MOVIE NIGHTS, UH, YOU CAN SEE BY THIS SLIDE, THIS WAS ABOUT 1100 PEOPLE IN MAIN STREET GARDEN, BUT MOVIE NIGHTS CREATE SHARED EXPERIENCES FOR FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS, AND VISITORS.
FITNESS PROGRAMS BUILT ON SOMETHING, SOMETHING, UH, EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS REGULAR REPEAT USAGE IN THESE PARKS.
UM, SMALLER PROGRAMS SUCH AS BINGO CREATE CONSISTENCY AND A SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD OWNERSHIP.
MAJOR COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS DEMONSTRATE THAT THESE SPACES BELONG TO EVERYONE.
AND I WOULD SAY WE'RE EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE ARE.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH, UM, THE PRIDE EVENT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND THEY ACTIVELY USE FOUR OF THESE DOWNTOWN PARKS TO SHARE ACTIVATIONS.
AND WHEN DALLAS WELCOMED THE WORLD, DOWNTOWN PARKS BECAME A PART OF THE CITY'S FRONT DOOR BY HOSTING EVENTS LIKE THE FOUR TO 5,000 PERSON, THE JAPAN FAN CELEBRATION IN HARWOOD PARK.
TOGETHER, THESE, THESE EXAMPLES SHOW THE UNIQUE RANGE OF EXPECTATIONS THAT DOWNTOWN PARKS MUST MEET FROM WEEKLY NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMMING TO EVENTS WITH INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY.
THESE EXAMPLES ALSO IN, IN ILLUSTRATE THE OUTCOME OF STEWARDSHIP PARKS THAT ARE USED, VALUED, AND CAPABLE OF SERVING AND CAPABLE OF SERVING MANY DIFFERENT ES.
UM, BUT NOT EVERY DOWNTOWN PARK.
THIS IS, THIS IS A KEY, BUT NOT EVERY DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN PARK SERVES THE SAME PER PURPOSE OR REQUIRES THE SAME OPERATING MODEL MODEL.
THAT DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO CONSIDER HOW THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE SUPPORTED, THEREFORE, THANK YOU MIKE.
SO WE HAVE COME SO FAR AND I WANNA THANK THE ENTIRE PARK STAFF AND OUR PARK BOARD MEMBERS, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE REALLY FLEXED OUR MUSCLE AT AIMING TO SERVE MANY KINDS OF USERS.
SOME SPACES PRIMARILY SERVE AS PLACES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO WALK THEIR DOG AND TAKE A BREAK AND DO EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES.
WE SUPPORT SEVERAL SCHOOLS FOR RECESS.
WE OPERATE HIGHLY PROGRAMMED CIVIC DESTINATIONS WITH GREATER DEMANDS FOR MAINTENANCE, SECURITY, AND ACTIVATION.
AND THESE PROGRAM PARKS REQUIRE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF CARE THAT DDI HAS STR STRIVES TO MEET THE PROGRAM PARKS FUNCTION AS CITYWIDE ASSETS.
THEY WELCOME THE VISITORS SUPPORT MAJOR EVENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DOWNTOWN'S ECONOMIC AND CIVIC LIFE.
IN TOTAL, DOWNTOWN DALLAS SEES 1.7 MILLION PARK VISITS A YEAR.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE 16,000 RESIDENTS AND WE'RE THRILLED BY THIS AS A NATIVE DALLAS SITE.
A COUPLE OF HUNDRED RESIDENTS.
IF YOU HAVE SEEN HOW DALLAS' POPULATION'S BEEN RATHER FLAT, WE SEE THIS AS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY TO FILL IN MORE PARKING LOTS AND GET MORE PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
AND IT WON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT GREAT PARKS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO USE.
WE STILL CONTINUE TO BE AN IMPRESSIVE DAYTIME HUB FOR WORKERS, BUT ALSO VISITORS TO PLACES LIKE THE ARTS DISTRICT OR DELEY PLAZA.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND DAYTIME USERS ON AVERAGE AND 3 MILLION ANNUAL VISITORS OVER OVERALL.
SO STEWARDSHIP OF OUR PARKS IS A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS LAKE.
AND AS A PIT, OUR RATE PAYERS PAY IN TO THE DDI PIT.
AND IN 2021, THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT PIT ELEVATED PARKS TO ONE OF OUR CORE SERVICES, PLEDGING 7% OF OUR PI ALLOCATION
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TO PARK SERVICES.YOU'VE SEEN THE SUMMARY OF ALL OF THOSE ACTIVATIONS AND PICKING UP THE TRASH AND TAKING CARE OF OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
UM, WE CURRENTLY SPEND 18% OF OUR PIT IN PARK SPACES AND WE'RE PROUD TO DO IT.
WE ARE GOING OUT FOR PI RENEWAL THIS FALL.
IT'S A 10 YEAR RENEWAL WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
WE HAD OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING LAST NIGHT AND I WAS SO GLAD IT WAS AT THE METROPOLITAN BECAUSE THEY CONSIDER CIVIC GARDEN TO BE THEIR FRONT YARD.
THIS GROWTH IN OUR PIT SERVICES REFLECTS THE REALITIES THAT WE HAVE JUST SEEN MORE PARKS, MORE PROGRAMMING, MORE USERS, AND GREATER OPERATING DEMANDS.
MUCH OF THAT SUPPLE SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR DOWNTOWN IS CARRIED IN OUR PI.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS PARTNERSHIP UNDER THE NEW 10 YEAR PI ASSESSMENT.
AND TODAY, WHEN YOU GO INTO BUDGETING, ALSO NOTE IT'S $0 OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A REALLY STRATEGIC, UH, INVESTMENT, IF YOU WILL, BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THEY, THE CITY DOES PAY INTO THE PIT.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, WE, WE, WE TAKE CARE OF THESE PARKS AND WE'RE PROUD TO DO IT.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST IN GENERAL ABOUT THE FUTURE.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PARKS AND WHY THEY MATTER.
I'VE MENTIONED RESIDENTS, WORKERS, BUSINESSES.
I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT VISITORS AND HOTELS 'CAUSE I THINK FIFA REALLY DID THAT.
WE HAVE 9,000 HOTEL ROOMS IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND WE NEED BETWEEN THREE AND 4,000 MORE WITH THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER COMING ONLINE.
WHY DOES THAT MATTER TO ALL OF YOU? CITYWIDE IS DOWNTOWN DALLAS IS LESS THAN A HALF A PERCENT OF LAND AREA FOR THE CITY AND CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN 4% TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WE NEED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AS AN ENGINE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
PARKS HELP SUPPORT OUR VALUE BY MAKING DENSITY MORE LIVABLE BY STRENGTHENING OUR VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND BY ENCOURAGING CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN THAT SENSE, PARKS ACT AS A TAX BASED MULTIPLIER FOR THE ENTIRE CITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE AN $8 BILLION PIPELINE.
I'VE MENTIONED THE CONVENTION CENTER.
WE HAVE DALLAS COLLEGE THAT'S JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW CAMPUS.
JUST YESTERDAY WE MET WITH A DEVELOPER WHO'S PLANNING MORE HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN.
2026 WILL HAVE BEEN A PIVOTAL YEAR FOR DOWNTOWN AND PARKS DO NOT CREATE DOWNTOWN'S ECONOMIC VALUE ON THEIR OWN, BUT THEY PROVIDE THE BASELINE AMENITY THAT ALLOWS INVESTMENT DENSITY AND ACTIVITY TO SUCCEED WITH THIS PIPELINE IN PLACE.
PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN DOWNTOWN'S PUBLIC REALM IS PART OF PROTECTING THE CITY'S BROADER INVESTMENT.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS BUILT AND HOW THE PARKS ARE BEING USED AND HOW THE VA AND THE VALUE THEY CREATE.
THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT COMES NEXT? WE ARE NOT DONE.
THIS IS AS ALL GOOD CITIES EVOLVE, DOWNTOWN IS EVOLVING RAPIDLY RIGHT NOW WITH THAT PIPELINE OF DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUED INVESTMENT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS AND IT'S ALSO BEEN INTERESTING TO HAVE A GLOBAL AUDIENCE FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, SEVEN WEEKS THIS SUMMER.
WE STILL NEED BETTER WAY FINDING IN DOWNTOWN.
WE NEED MORE COMFORT AND AMENITIES.
MIKE HAS PLANTED AND OVERSEEN, UH, 400 TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED.
WE STILL HAVE TOO MANY CONCRETE SIDEWALKS THAT IN THIS HEAT ARE BRUTAL.
THAT COMPLIMENTS THE PARKS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL WALK AND EXPLORE MORE FROM PARK TO PARK.
WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE MORE AMENITIES.
I'M STILL DREAMING OF MORE PICKLEBALL PERSONALLY.
THERE'S INFINITE AMOUNTS OF PROGRAMMING WHEN YOU GO TO OTHER CITIES.
HOW CAN WE BETTER PROGRAM AND THEN CONTINUE TO ADAPT THE PARKS FOR THAT ONGOING FLEXIBILITY, EVEN WITH DALLAS'S COMMITTED RESOURCES DALLAS PARK.
SO WE KNOW YOU PUT THEM IN A LEVEL ONE SERVICE AND DDIS ENHANCED SUPPORT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGED TO MEET THE STANDARD.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
UM, THE CITY'S SUPPORT FOR THE PIT AS WE GO THROUGH RENEWAL IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
IF ANY OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE SHARED OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US.
GREAT PARKS ARE BUILT THROUGH LASTING PARTNERSHIPS.
AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS AND WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT IT WITH THIS OR THAT ICONIC INSTITUTION, BUT WE'RE PROUD TO WORK WITH YOU TO PROTECT THE INVESTMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE ALMOST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST WAVE OF BIG PARK DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE WORKED ON THAT WITH THE CONSERVANCY AND WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE WHAT THAT BASELINE STANDARD IS, WE ARE PROUD TO BE AN ASSET AS DALLAS GROWS AND IMPROVES OUR NATIONAL RANKING AGAINST THE DALLAS TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND PARKS SCORE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO BRING THE TRAILS INTO DOWNTOWN AND TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER GREEN GREENING ENTITIES, IF YOU WILL, WILL, AND REALLY GUIDE THAT IMPROVED, ELEVATED VENDOR EXPERIENCE AND A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE DESCRIBED TODAY IS FOR PARKS THAT SERVE NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN AT ALL OF DALLAS.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE
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DOWNTOWN PID PARTNERSHIP SO THAT DDI CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING THE ENHANCED CARE PROGRAMMING AND DAILY PRESENCE THAT COMPLEMENT THE CITY'S WORK.TOGETHER WE CAN SUSTAIN THE PROGRESS ALREADY MADE AND ENSURE THESE PARKS CONTINUE DELIVERING THE VALUE FOR RESIDENTS, WORKERS, AND VISITORS ACROSS OUR CITY.
BEFORE WE CLOSE, I HAVE ONE FUN REEL THAT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS MADE POSSIBLE JUST THIS SUMMER.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR HAVING US MR. PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANNA ADD, ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, MS. SCRIPPS AND MS. HUNTER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
ONE OF THE THINGS MS. SCRIPPS MENTIONED, I KNOW WE HAVE A, A LOT OF BOARD MEMBERS WHO WEREN'T AROUND, BUT THESE DOWNTOWN PARKS WHERE BUILT INTENTIONALLY.
UH, SHE MENTIONED ABOUT THE 2004, 2005 MASTER PLAN
JUST QUICK LITTLE HISTORY, BOEING WAS THINKING ABOUT RELOCATING THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS HERE.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY CHOSE DID NOT CHOOSE DALLAS AND THEY, THEY REALLY GAVE TWO REASONS DOWNTOWN WHY THEY DID NOT CHOOSE TO MOVE THEIR HEADQUARTERS DOWNTOWN.
ONE, UH, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEIR EMPLOYEES HAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR TWO THINGS.
THEY SAID YOU GOTTA HAVE MORE ARTS AND CULTURE.
THEY WANTED THAT EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
AND THE SECOND ONE WAS CLEANING.
YOU KNOW, HYGIENE CAN BE DONE AT BED LEVEL BY ROLLING, I DUNNO WHERE THAT IS.
THE SECOND WAS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GREEN SPACE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKS DOWNTOWN.
AND THE CITY TOOK IT SERIOUSLY.
SO THESE PARKS DOWNTOWN WERE AN INVESTMENT TO GET A RETURN TO ATTRACT PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.
AND SO A WELL MAINTAINED AND SAFE PARK CREATES VALUE AND WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE A DEDICATED, UH, REVENUE SOURCE TO KEEP THEM MAINTAINED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, DOWNTOWN IS WHAT, OVER 50, CLOSE TO 60% OF THE CITY'S TAX BASE.
AND IF WE DON'T KEEP THESE PARTS MAINTAINED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, WE'RE AT RISK OF LOSING THAT TAX BASE.
'CAUSE FOLKS WANNA LIVE, THEY WANT TO LIVE AND MOVE THEIR BUSINESSES NEXT TO THESE PARTS.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS PUT THAT AT THE FOREFRONT.
THOSE SAME REVENUES THAT COME OUT OF DOWNTOWN, IT'S THE SAME REVENUES I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM THE TAX BASED REVENUES WE GET.
IT'S THE SAME REVENUES THAT I GET TO SUPPORT THOSE OTHER 420 PARKS THROUGHOUT OUR PARK SYSTEM.
YOU SIR, JUST TOOK A QUICK QUESTION FROM ME.
PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT MR. JENKINS JUST SAID LAST I THE LAST TIME OR ONE OF THE TIMES BEFORE YOU'D COME TO SPEAK, SPOKEN WITH US, WE TALKED ABOUT ESTABLISHING AN ENDOWMENT FOR PARKS.
DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON ON THAT? YES.
THE CONSERVANCY, UM, ONCE THE PARKS GOT BUILT, HAS AN ENDOWMENT THAT THEY HAVE, UM, RAISED AND WILL HAVE, AND SOME OF 'EM ARE SPECIFIC TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PARKS.
UM, DDI, WE JUST HAVE OUR KID, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT REVENUES FROM THE RATE PAYERS.
IS THERE A REASON WHY DDI CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE ENDOWMENT? UM, I THINK IT WAS JUST THE WAY IT WAS SET UP BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAD RAISED THE CAPITAL, UM, AND, AND OVERSAW THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FORCE.
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NOT LIKE ME.I'M, I'M ASKING, I DON'T KNOW HOW DDI IS STRUCTURED AND YOU KNOW, I I DON'T, UH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE AN ENDOWMENT AND I, I THINK IN GENERAL, WE PUT US MORE IN A FUNDRAISING CAPACITY RATHER THAN, UM, WORKING AT, ON THE BEHEST OF OUR PIT RATE PAYERS TO DELIVER THE SERVICES CLEAN, SAFE, ACTIVE PARKS.
UM, I WANNA START WITH SOMETHING LIGHT AND FUN.
THERE WAS A LIGHT, THERE WAS A, A LINE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT KIND OF GIVES ME A PATHWAY TO DROP MY BEST DAD JOKE.
THERE WAS A LINE THAT SAID 47,000 PILES OF PET WASTE ARE PICKED UP.
AND THIS, UH, ALLOWS ME TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, PICKING UP DOG POOP IN OUR PARKS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT MY FAVORITE THING TO DO, BUT IT IS A SOLID NUMBER TOO.
UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP.
UH, YOU CERTAINLY DO ENSURE THAT THESE PARKS, UH, LOOK THEIR BEST.
THEY'RE SAFE, THEY'RE CLEAN THROUGH THE DAILY CARE AND THE VISIBLE PRESENCE.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST SIMPLY CAN'T DO.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT MAIN STREET GARDEN PARK.
UH, THAT PICTURE OF MOVIE NIGHT IS EPIC.
I MEAN, I THINK IT WENT VIRAL AND IT CERTAINLY IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICKS OF A PARK, UH, IN DOWNTOWN 1.7 MILLION PARK VISITORS IS NO JOKE.
UH, THIS CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS A GAP THAT WE, WE DO HAVE IN OUR DOWNTOWN DALLAS PARKS.
AND, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN DALLAS PARKS, THEY ARE BUILT TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
WE KNOW THAT, UH, THEY, THEY ARE PERHAPS SOME OF THE MERCEDES-BENZ OF PARKS, UH, FOR GOOD REASON WITH A HIGHLY ENGINEERED GERMAN VEHICLE COMES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE, PERHAPS MORE MAINTENANCE THAN PERHAPS A BRAND NEW HONDA ACCORD, UH, WOULD, WOULD REQUIRE THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GRASS REPLACEMENT AT A PLACE LIKE MAIN STREET, GARDEN PARK, OR LIGHT POLES, UH, THAT ARE, LET'S BE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER, FOUR X FIVE X THE COST OF A NORMAL LIGHT POLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, OTHER CUSTOM LIGHTING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
TO QUOTE MR. YOUNG EARLIER, UH, HE USED THE WORD FAIRNESS DICTATES.
SO FAIRNESS DICTATES A LIGHT POLE THAT GOES DOWN AT MAIN STREET GARDEN SHOULD BE REPLACED JUST AS QUICKLY AS A LIGHT POLE THAT GOES DOWN IN TC PARK OR A PARK IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
THAT LIGHT POLE IS FOUR OR FIVE X THE COST OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK LIGHT POLE.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING DATA DRIVEN, THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE MOST PART.
BUT WITH 1.7 MILLION PARK VISITORS, CHANCES ARE THAT DATA IS GONNA BE HEAVILY SKEWED TO THESE POPULAR DOWNTOWN PARKS VERSUS A LITTLE PARK IN SOUTHERN DALLAS OR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 14.
THIS IS A GAP AND AN OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK IT TALKS ABOUT A, A NEED FOR AN ENDOWMENT, A NEED FOR SOME SORT OF PRIVATE FUNDING, A NEED TO TAP INTO DDIS FAST NETWORK BECAUSE I, I'VE BEEN TO YOUR EVENTS AND I LOOK AROUND, I'M LIKE, THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE NETWORK, FOLKS.
UH, THOSE FOLKS NEED TO BE TAPPED.
WHAT, WHAT YOUR STRENGTH IS CAN BE ALL OF OUR GAIN.
UH, WHEN WE WIN, WE SHOULD WIN TOGETHER.
I DON'T WANT TO COME ACROSS A SITUATION WHERE I HAVE A LIGHT POLE DOWN AT MAIN STREET GARDEN, I GOT A LIGHT POLE DOWN AT TC PARK AND I GOTTA PICK WHICH ONE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING INTO SOME TOUGH TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN MAINTENANCE, WE ARE VERY QUICKLY MOVING INTO A WAIT TILL IT BREAKS AND FIX IT APPROACH RATHER THAN BE A PROACTIVE APPROACH.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE COOKIES ARE CRUMBLING IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT'S NOT A QUESTION, IT IS JUST, JUST A FAIR STATEMENT FOR ALL TO CONSIDER.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT OUR PARKS DOWNTOWN ARE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
WELL THOUGHT OF A STANDARD ABOVE ALMOST EVERY OTHER PARK IN THE CITY THAT MAKES IT HARD FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE EVERYDAY PEOPLE THAT WE ASK TO SUPPORT THIS AS WELL.
SO YOU BALANCE WHEN YOU REPRESENT THESE SUBURBS OR THE OUTLYING AREAS FROM DOWNTOWN WITH THESE GREAT PARKS.
WELL, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THAT? WELL, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THAT? SO YOU GUYS ARE HELD TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF STANDARD.
I LOVE THE PARKS SUPPORT THE PARKS, UM, THE ONE I WENT TO WEST END ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, AND ONE CONCERNING THING THAT I HAVE IS Y'ALL TURNED OFF THE POWER TO THE PA WORK TABLE.
UM, THAT WAS A AMENITY THAT WAS PROBABLY DESIGNED FOR THE COMMUNITY DURING COMMUNITY PROCESSES AND YOU TURNED IT OFF AND DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS, I GUESS IS WHAT I'VE HEARD.
I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT THE POWER'S BEEN TURNED OFF ON THE WORK TABLE, THE WIFI, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL FUNCTIONING.
UM, BUT THOSE WERE AMENITIES THAT WERE OFFERED TO BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT WAS ASKED FOR.
UM, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE HOMELESS IS, YOU KNOW, THE SAD PART.
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UM, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD DEALS WITH HOMELESS AND IT IS NOT A PROBLEM.THAT'S ONLY IN DDI, THE ONLY GREAT THING ABOUT DDI IS Y'ALL HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO HELP COMBAT THAT HOMELESSNESS, UM, DOWNTOWN.
SO YOU GET, YOU GET A LOT OF FUNDS TO HELP MITIGATE THAT WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE THAT SAME LEVEL OF EXTRA LAYER.
SO IT'S, IT'S DISCONCERTING OR IT'S CONCERNING WHEN WE HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, THE HOMELESS COST US THIS, OR WE TAKE AWAY AMENITIES BECAUSE THE HOMELESS ARE USING THEM.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THE AMENITIES REPLACED BACK AS THEY WERE DESIGNED TO HAVE THE ELECTRONICS.
I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE IT ALL HAS BEEN FIXED AND I'M JUST SPOUTING IT OFF, BUT IF IT'S STILL TURNED OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT TURNED BACK ON AS AN AMENITY.
THAT SHOULD BE, WE HAD SOME, SOME REAL ISSUES WITH ACTUALLY A POPUP BUSINESSES OCCURRING USING THE, UM, ELECTRICITY.
SO WE DID HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AT THE REQUEST OF MANY OF THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS.
UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT.
WHAT DOES A, WHAT DOES A POPUP BUSINESS VERSUS IT'S A BARBER SHOP TYPE STUFF HAPPENING.
UM, USING THE POWER, UH, PEOPLE HAD HAD REALLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT.
WE, IF IT'S A PERSON WHO MIGHT BE UNHOUSED CHARGING A PHONE, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT OUR QUOTE WHERE WE WERE COMMENTING, IT WAS ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL, ESPECIALLY IN THAT PARK.
UM, AND I, WE, WE TRY TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE VERY, VERY, VERY, IIII, I SHARE YOUR CONCERN, WE WANT THE PARKS TO BE FULLY AMENITIZED.
HOWEVER, WHEN, UM, BEHAVIOR BECOMES SOMETHING WE WILL TRY DIFFERENT APPROACHES.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN MAIN STREET GARDEN WITH NEW FURNITURE, WITH THE, UM, WITH THE PERMISSION AND ENDORSEMENT OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
SO WE TRY TO BE VERY RESPONSIVE AND WE WATCH IT CLOSELY.
WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF DATA FROM THOSE 32,000 QUALITY OF LIFE INTERACTIONS.
AND SO GENERALLY WE KNOW WHEN SOMETHING HAS TIPPED THAT BALANCE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S TRULY NOT A KNEE JERK ION.
SO LIKE A BARBERSHOP WAS OPENING UP IN THE FARM, DID THEY CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES?
I MEAN, BUT I, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S A, I I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT HAVING THE AMENITIES, UM, AVAILABLE TO OUR PATRONS, UM, YOU HAVE A HUGE WORK TABLE THAT'S PROBABLY AS LONG AS THIS ROOM AND NO POWER FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT.
SO WE, SO WE ARE COLLECTING A LOT OF DATA.
A LOT OF IT IS FROM OUR SECURITY TEAM, AND SO WE DON'T TAKE THESE DECISIONS LIGHTLY AND IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
BUT OVER TIME, THE, THE QUALITY OF LIFE INCIDENCES THAT HAD RISEN TO A POINT THAT IT WAS ONE OF OUR MAJOR HOTSPOTS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
AND SO WE HAD TO START CONVERSATIONS NOT ONLY WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT WITH, BUT ACTUALLY WITH DPD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS CAUSING TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES.
AND SO THAT WAS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION OF WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST FIX.
YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WITH PUTTING IT ON A TIMER AND WE WOULD ONLY HAVE IT DURING THE DAY AND SHUT IT OFF AT NIGHT SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE PEOPLE COMING OVERNIGHT.
AND THEN PEOPLE WERE STILL ABUSING THE PRIVILEGE AND WE HAD TO MAKE ANOTHER DECISION.
BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR OF COURSE.
I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS JUST SO I COMPLETELY CAN COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
UM, SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A 10 YEAR CONTINUATION OF THIS PARTNERSHIP? NO, WE ARE UNDER A CURRENT CONTRACT, THE PID.
THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS GOING OUT TO OUR RATE PAYERS, WHICH THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ONE FOR PI RENEWAL.
AND THIS WAS CONFUSING AND A PREVIOUS, UH, BRIEFING THAT IT LISTED US AS A STIPEND.
IT, I GUESS IT'S A STIPEND FOR $0.
AND SO THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE PI IS WHAT? JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS? WE RETURNED THREE, $3.60 FOR EVERY DOLLAR RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THE PIT ON CITY, ON CITY ON LAND.
I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK ON THE, UM, ELECTRICITY AND THE WIFI.
SO IS IT, ARE THEY SIGNED TO THEIR FOR PRIVATE, NOT FOR PRIVATE, UH, FOR BUSINESS USE AND ALL THAT? IS THERE COMMUNICATION THERE? SURE.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? THE GENERAL, THE GENERAL PARK SIGNAGE IN THE PARK.
SO THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFICALLY ON THE TABLES THAT THERE'S NOTHING THERE TELLING
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SOMEBODY YOU CAN'T RUN A BARBERSHOP THERE? THAT'S CORRECT.AND WOULDN'T THIS FALL UNDER THE PARK RANGERS TO HELP POLICE THAT, THAT ACTIVITY THERE? THE REALITY, SIR, IS THAT OUR ON PRESENT SEVEN DAY A WEEK SECURITY AND WE'VE ADDED 24 HOUR SECURITY IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS IS THE FIRST LINE OF RESPONSE IS DDI SECURITY.
WE TO, AND DO, THEY DID CDI SECURITY THEN TO LEASE THAT TO WHERE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE PEOPLE ABUSING IT? WE DID OUR, WE DID OUR LEVEL BEST.
WE, THE CHALLENGE IS BACK TO, UM, THE QUESTION OVER HERE IS THAT WE, UH, THE PIT ITSELF, UH, DDI COVERS MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF DOWNTOWN, UM, SEPARATE FROM PARKS AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INTERESTS, SECURITY, AND THE REST OF THE 1.5 SQUARE MILES.
AND SO WE, WE, WE HAVE TO, WE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER DOWNTOWN.
SO IT'S HARD TO PRIORITIZE ONE ZONE OR ONE PARK OVER ANOTHER.
WE HAVE TO CATCH WHERE CATCH CAN IN IN SOME INSTANCES.
AND, AND CANDIDLY, IF THERE, I USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE HAD, WE HAD IN 2022 AND 2023 REAL ISSUES WITH SECURITY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR PARKS.
UM, AS WE HAVE MADE HUGE STRIDES ON UNSHELTERED, SLEEPING IN DOWNTOWN, SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF A 75% PLUS IMPROVEMENT.
A LOT OF THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES HAVE IMPROVED.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALSO ADDED 24 HOUR SECURITY IN PARKS AND RS V, UM, BECAUSE WE CANNOT, WE BELIEVE, ALLOW ANY ILLICIT BEHAVIOR OF ANY KIND TO BE HAPPENING IN THESE SPACES.
BUT I WILL BRAG ON OUR, OUR APP, OUR CIS A APP.
CURRENTLY IF SOMEBODY CALLS OUR DISPATCH OR PUTS IN A REPORT TO CIS A, WE HAVE AROUND A FOUR MINUTE RESPONSE TIME TO ANY ISSUE THAT WE, WE RECEIVE, WHETHER IT'S CLEANING OR QUALITY OF LIFE OR ANYTHING.
SO I HAD A LITTLE CONFUSION TOO ON THE PRESENTATION ON SLIDE 23.
YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE 1.7 MIL MILLION ANNUAL PARK VISITS, BUT IT ALSO SAID YOU HAVE 3 MILLION ANNUAL VISITORS THAT'S ALMOST, SORRY, THAT'S AT ALL OF DOWNTOWN 3.2 INCLUDES TOURIST AND CONVENTIONEERS ARTS DISTRICT.
AND THEN I AM CONCERNED, 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF EMPTY OFFICE SPACE IN DOWNTOWN, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, AND I IMAGINE THAT WITH EMPTY OFFICE SPACE SUPPLY AND DEMAND PRICES WILL GO DOWN AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET BACK, UM, UH, DOWNTOWN POPULATION.
BUT I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST THE PARKS.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW, WHERE DID BOEING ACTUALLY END UP GOING? CHICAGO.
WELL THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BETTER PARKS THAN WE HAVE NOW.
THEY GO, YEAH, THANK YOU MR. FUTA.
YEAH, I, AND, AND, AND MY CONCERN IS NOT MAYBE AS HIGH AS TURNING OFF THE POWER, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE PUT IN A LOCK WITH A COMBO COMBINATION THAT WHEN SOMEBODY DOES RESERVE THAT SECTION, THEY CAN GO UNLOCK IT.
BUT ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND WHY WE TURN OFF THE POWER.
'CAUSE WE SEE IT, EVEN OUR COMMUNITY PARKS, WE SEE IT AND JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT THE USER THAT DOES PAY TO USE IT CAN GET IN THERE WITHOUT HAVING THAT.
AND YOU, TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVE PLENTY OF POWER FOR HOLIDAY DECOR AND, UH, PRIVATE USERS OR DDI EVENTS.
BUT IT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT.
BUT THAT AWESOME WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND JUST THE PARKS LOOK AMAZING WHEN I GO TO 'EM.
SO, AND, AND ALL THIS STUFF GOES ON.
YOU JUST KEEP DOING THE GOOD, DOING THE WORK AND YOU'LL, WE WILL SEE DIVIDENDS COME FILLING IN THOSE OFFICE TOWERS ALSO.
I'LL SAY FOR DURING KIBA, WE RAMPED UP TO, UH, A STAFF OF 25 AMBASSADORS, SEASONAL AMBASSADORS TO STAY IN THE PARKS AND GET FEEDBACK AND HELP PEOPLE AS THEY CAME THROUGH.
AND OVERWHELMINGLY THE VISITORS CAME IN AND SAID, WOW, THIS IS AMAZING.
I THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, WE, WE REALLY LOVE DALLAS.
SO IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR BFA.
AND WHAT TIME DO YOU PARKS CLOSE? 11.
THE REASON I ASK, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE REALLY DARK AT NIGHT AND I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TO DOWNTOWN 'CAUSE DOWNTOWN DOES HAVE A GREAT NIGHTLIFE.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF GOING ON DOWNTOWN AT NIGHT AND YOUR PARTS ARE REALLY DARK AFTER 11.
WE'VE TRIED ACTUALLY TO ADD SOME MORE LIGHTING.
SOMETIMES THE TREES GET A LITTLE BUSHY AND WE NEED TO DO TRIMMING.
BUT YES, WE, WE WATCH THAT AND TRIED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE CAN.
THANK YOU, UH, MIKE FOR COMING TO SPEAK WITH US.
UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE ANOTHER BRIEFING FROM MR. RYAN O'CONNOR ON THE YEAR
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.UH, OF COURSE I'M JOINED WITH PATRICK.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SECOND, UH, OF A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS WE'RE DOING RELATED TO MULTI-YEAR FUNDS.
SO VERY MUCH A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION WE STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO.
THIS TIME, HOWEVER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE REFER TO AS OUR PROGRAM FUNDS.
UM, SO WITH THAT VERY BRIEF INTRODUCTION, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO MR. ELL AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND ON CONCLUSION OF HIS PRESENTATION.
I'LL DEFINITELY DEBRIEF, UH, WITH THE PRESENTATION.
AND LIKE DIRECTOR FON WAS SAYING, TODAY WE'RE CONTINUING OUR DISCUSSION OF DEPARTMENTS INTERIOR FUNDS.
THIS IS THE SECOND BRIEFING SERIES, AND TODAY WE'LL FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON OUR OPERATING AND PROGRAM FUNDS.
OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND THESE FUNDS.
WHY, WHAT ARE THEY, WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, HOW THE FUNDS ARE USED, AND WHY MAINTAINING THESE RESOURCES IS IMPORTANT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONS.
WE'LL ALSO WALK THROUGH THE CURRENT BALANCES AND PROVIDE SOME REAL WORLD EXAMPLES OF HOW THESE FUNDS HAVE ALLOWED THE DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND TO UNEXPECTED OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S BRIEFING IS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE BOARD WITH A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY OUR MULTI-YEAR FUNDS, WHO WANT THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THREE THINGS, WHY THESE FUNDS EXIST, HOW THEY'RE UTILIZED, AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED TRUST AND ENDOWMENTS.
TODAY WE'RE FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON OPERATING PROGRAM FUNDS.
WE WILL RETURN WITH SEPARATE BRIEFINGS COVERING CAPITAL AND IMPROVEMENT FUNDS, AND FINALLY FAIR PARK FUNDS.
BY SEPARATING THE FUNDS INTO CATEGORIES, WE CAN PROVIDE A CLEARER PICTURE OF THOSE PURPOSES RATHER THAN TREATING ALL MULTI-YEAR FUNDS AS THOUGH THEY OPERATE THE SAME WAY.
AND NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO THE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS, I WANT TO BRIEFLY ESTABLISH WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE USE THE TERM MULTI-YEAR FUND.
THE FUNDS ARE DEDICATED RESOURCES ESTABLISHED FOR SPECIFIC AUTHORIZED PURPOSES THAT MAY EXTEND BEYOND A SINGLE FISCAL YEAR.
UNLIKE THE GENERAL FUND WHERE WE GENERALLY BUDGET RESOURCES WITHIN AN ANNUAL OPERATING CYCLE, REMAINING RESOURCES AND THESE FUNDS CAN CONTINUE ACROSS FISCAL YEARS.
THE REVENUE SOURCE VARIES BY FUND.
THEY CAN INCLUDE PROGRAM FEES, AGREEMENTS, REIMBURSEMENTS, DONATIONS, INTEREST EARNINGS, AND OTHER AUTHORIZED REVENUE.
THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT THESE ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE POOLS OF MONEY.
EACH FUND HAS AN ESTABLISHED PURPOSE THAT DETERMINES HOW THOSE RESOURCES CAN APPROPRIATELY BE USED.
SO WHY DO WE MAINTAIN THESE FUNDS? FIRST, THEY PROVIDE DEDICATED RESOURCES THAT CAN BE USED TO MAINTAIN ASSETS, SUPPORT PROGRAMS, AND ADDRESS ELIGIBLE NEEDS WHEN GENERAL FUND OR BOND FUND RESOURCES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.
SECONDLY, THEY PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH AN IMPORTANT LEVEL OF FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY.
WE OPERATE A VERY LARGE AND DIVERSE PARK SYSTEM.
RECREATION CENTERS, ATHLETIC FACILITIES, GOLF COURSES, AND OTHER ASSETS DO NOT ALWAYS EXPERIENCE FAILURES.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S BUDGET CALENDAR, AN HVAC SYSTEM CAN FAIL, A FACILITY CAN EXPERIENCE AN UNEXPECTED MAINTENANCE ISSUE.
A GOLF COURSE MAY REQUIRE AN IMMEDIATE REPAIR.
MOST OF YOUR FUNDS PROVIDE ANOTHER FUNDING STRATEGY THAT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS ELIGIBLE NEEDS AND MAINTAIN, CONTINUE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS WITHOUT NECESSARILY WAITING FOR THE NEXT ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE.
AND LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION WE'LL SHOW YOU SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF SOME REAL WORLD EXAMPLES, HOW THE FLEXIBILITY IS IMPORTANT FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
I WANNA, UM, ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THESE FUNDS ARE NOT SIMPLY BALANCES THAT SIT UNUSED.
THEY'RE UTILIZED FOR AUTHORIZED OPERATING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT NEEDS DEPENDING ON THE FUND.
THAT CAN INCLUDE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, MAJOR MAINTENANCE, PROGRAM RELATED EXPENDITURES, OR OTHER ELIGIBLE USES.
THERE ARE ALSO CONTROLS AROUND HOW THESE RESOURCES ARE UTILIZED WHEN MOST OF YOUR FUNDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BOARD AGENDA ITEMS. THE FUNDING SOURCE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE BOARD APPROPRIATIONS ARE ALSO INCORPORATED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.
SO WHILE THESE RESOURCES PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY, THEY CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY'S ESTABLISHED BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL CONTROL STRUCTURE.
THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE BASIC LIFE CYCLE OF THESE RESOURCES.
IT STARTS WITH REVENUE BEING RECEIVED DEPENDING ON THE FUND THAT MAY COME FROM FEES, AGREEMENTS, DONATIONS, INTEREST, OR OTHER AUTHORIZED SOURCES.
THOSE REVENUES ARE DEPOSITED INTO THE APPROPRIATE FUND AND REMAIN DEDICATED TO THE
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AUTHORIZED PURPOSE OF THAT FUND.THE NEXT STEP IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE HAVING THE FUND BALANCE DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDE SPINNING AUTHORITY.
AND APPROPRIATION MUST BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND ONCE THE APPROPRIATION EXISTS, EXPONENTIAL CAN OCCUR WITHIN BOTH THE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATION AND THE AUTHORIZED PURPOSE OF THE FUND.
ANY REMAINING RESOURCES CAN CONTINUE ACROSS FISCAL YEARS RATHER THAN SIMPLY DISAPPEARING AT YEAR END.
THERE IS ALSO COORDINATION ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
PARTNER RECREATION SERVES AS A STEWARD OF THE OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC NEED.
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES ASSISTS WITH BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATION OVERSIGHT.
AND THE CITY'S CONTROLLER'S OFFICE PROVIDES ACCOUNTING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND FIDUCIARY CONTROLS.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT A FUND BALANCE IS NOT THE SAME THING AS AN APPROPRIATION.
A FUND CAN HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE WHILE STILL REQUIRING A APPROPRIATE SPENDING AUTHORITY BEFORE THOSE RESOURCES CAN BE EXPENDED.
AND NOW THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED HOW THE FUNDS WORK, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE OPERATING AND PROGRAM FUNDS INCLUDED IN TODAY'S BRIEFING AS OF JUNE THE 30TH.
THESE SEVEN FUNDS HAVE A COMBINED FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $15.3 MILLION.
BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE 15.3 SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS ONE UNRESTRICTED POOL OF AVAILABLE FUNDING.
EACH OF THESE FUNDS HAS ITS OWN PURPOSE, REVENUE SOURCE, AND OPERATIONAL USE.
FOR EXAMPLE, ATHLETIC FIELD MAINTENANCE FUNDS SUPPORTS MAJOR ATHLETIC FIELD MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS.
AND ITS PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY RENTAL AND MAINTENANCE, SURCHARGES AND INTEREST.
THE RECREATION AND PKR PROGRAM FUND SUPPORTS RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR OUTDOOR PROGRAM FUND.
IT SUPPORTS OUTDOOR STANDALONE RENTAL FACILITIES AND PARK RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THE GOLF IMPROVEMENT FUND SUPPORTS GOLF MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS AND REPRESENTS THE LARGEST BALANCE WITHIN THIS GROUP.
THE REMAINING FUNDS SUPPORT SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR FORK AND OTHER AUTHORIZED SERVICES.
SO WHEN LOOKING AT THE TOTAL BALANCE, THE IMPORTANT QUESTION IS NOT SIMPLY HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE, THE APPROPRIATE QUESTION IS WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR A PARTICULAR AUTHORIZED NEED.
NOW THIS NEXT SLIDE, IT TAKES THE FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND CONNECTS IT DIRECTLY TO OPERATIONS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAINTAINING MOST OF YOUR FUNDS, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF SITUATIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THESE ARE NOT THEORETICAL EXAMPLES.
THESE ARE ACTUAL OPERATIONAL ISSUES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS ENCOUNTERED AT JC TURNER RECREATION CENTER.
A COMPLETE HVAC SYSTEM FAILURE REQUIRED AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO MAINTAIN SAFE AND COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS.
AT WILLIE B. JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER, THE GYM FLOOR BUBBLE, CREATING A SAFETY CONCERN AND REQUIRING UNPLANNED REPAIR.
AT STEVENSON'S PARK GOLF COURSE, SEVERE EROSION AND WASHOUTS REQUIRE BUNKER REPAIRS TO MAINTAIN COURSE PLAYABILITY AT TENNIS AND GOLF COURSE.
DRAINAGE ISSUES REQUIRE CORRECTIVE WORK TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE AND POTENTIAL DISRUPTION TO THE COURSE.
AND MOST RECENT AT WILLIS WINTERS FIELDS AND UNEXPECTED FIRE CREATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REQUIRING THE RESTORATION OF THE ATHLETIC FIELD.
NONE OF THESE SITUATIONS WAITED FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY APPEAR IN THE ANNUAL OPERATE BUDGET.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY THESE RESOURCES MATTER THAT PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY TO RESPOND TO UNEXPECTED AND UNBUDGETED NEEDS WHILE PROTECTING THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES OUR RESIDENTS USE EVERY DAY.
BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS EQUATION IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT.
THESE RESOURCES ALSO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE REINVESTING IN OUR CUSTOMER FACING OPERATIONS SO THAT OUR RECREATION CENTERS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, GOLF COURSES AND PROGRAMS REMAIN SAFE, FUNCTIONAL, AND COMPETITIVE.
ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS A CON CONTINUING OF SERVICE AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR ASSETS.
AND AS WE CLOSE THIS PORTION OF THE BRIEFING, THERE ARE FOUR POINTS I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO TAKE AWAY.
FIRST, THE MOST YEAR FUNDS ALLOW US TO MANAGE DEDICATED RESOURCES ACROSS FISCAL YEARS RATHER THAN FORCING EVERY OPERATIONAL NEED INTO A SINGLE ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE.
SECONDLY, THEY STRENGTHEN FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AND PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO RESPOND TO ELIGIBLE NEEDS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.
THIRD, THESE RESOURCES REMAIN CONNECTED FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL PURPOSES.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ONE UNRESTRICTED POOL OF FUNDING.
AND FINALLY, WE'RE ALSO STRENGTHENING HOW REVENUE FLOWS INTO THESE FUNDS.
MOVING FORWARD, THE DEPARTMENT WILL FIRST MEET THIS BUDGETED REVENUE OBLIGATION.
REVENUE COLLECTED ABOVE THAT BUDGET OBLIGATION
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WILL THEN BE DIRECTED INTO THE PRO THE APPROPRIATE MO OF YOUR FUND.THAT APPROACH WILL ALLOW US TO MEET OUR ANNUAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE COMMITMENTS WHILE CONTINUING TO PRESERVE AND BUILD RESOURCES THAT CAN SUPPORT THE FUTURE PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM.
NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S DISCUSSION OF OPERATING AND PROGRAM FUNDS.
AS A PART OF THIS EDUCATIONAL SERIES, STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE REMAINING MOST OF YOUR FUND CATEGORIES TO THE BOARD.
OUR NEXT BRIEFING WILL FOCUS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS, FOLLOWED BY A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON OUR FAIR PARK FUNDS.
AND ONCE WE'VE COMPLETED, UH, THE SERIES, THE BOARD WILL HAVE A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, THE PURPOSES OF THOSE RESOURCES AND HOW THEY SUPPORT THE PARK SYSTEM.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I SAY MR. CHAIR AND THE INTERNAL BOARD JUST REAL QUICK, BASICALLY, UH, BOARD AND COUNCILS IN PARTICULAR BOARD OVER THE YEARS AS THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS GOT TIGHT OVER TIME, WE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE DOWN CYCLE WITH OUR BUDGET MANY YEARS AGO.
AND SO IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT ONCE AGAIN THE PARK DEPARTMENT FIGURE OUT WHEN WE GET INTO TOUGH BUDGET YEARS.
BUT WHENEVER YOUR BUDGET IS TIGHT, THEN WE START, WE STARTED CHARGING FOR ADDITIONAL FEES.
WE WANT A CERTAIN PERCENT OF THOSE FEES TO GO BACK INTO WHAT WE CALL, WE JUST HEARD FROM MR. PATRICK NNE TODAY THAT BASICALLY TOLD YOU IT GOES INTO A OPERATING PROGRAM FUND.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THAT REC CENTER, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO THINK THAT WE JUST TAPPING THIS FUND BECAUSE I GOT A A A REC, I MEAN HVAC THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.
NO, THESE ARE, IF SOMETHING COMPLETELY FAILS AND WE KNOW IT'S ABOUT TO FAIL, THE LAST THING, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUNDING AND THIS THING FAILED IN JUNE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUNDING.
WE HAD TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER ONE FOR OUR NEW FUNDING.
WELL GUESS WHAT? THAT REC CENTER WOULD'VE HAD TO SHUT DOWN OR IT WOULD'VE OPERATED WITHOUT AIR.
AND SO THESE FUNDS ARE SET UP FOR THOSE TYPE OF EMERGENCY REPAIRS REPLACEMENTS.
THEY'RE ALSO SET UP LIKE OUR GOLF COURSES SO THAT WE ARE KEEP THOSE COMPETITIVE.
UH, JUST LIKE WHEN WE HAD TO REPLACE THE GREENS AT CEDAR CREST, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT FUNDING, GUESS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? WE WOULD'VE HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE GOLF COURSE AND WE HAVE WOULD'VE LOST ALL OUR REVENUES, ALL OUR CUSTOMERS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS TYPE OF FUNDING SOURCE.
I CAN'T WAIT TILL EVERY FISCAL YEAR FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO KEEP THESE FORWARD FACING CUSTOMER SERVING OPERATIONS.
THEY HAVE TO STAY OPERATIONAL.
SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THESE FUNDS.
UH, MR. YOUNG, UH, SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, HOW ARE DECISIONS MADE TO USE LET FROM THESE FUNDS? S SO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THAT'S DIRECTOR JENKINS JUST MENTIONED, THE USES ARE LIMITED.
SO THINKING ABOUT UM, OH 3 9 5 FOR INSTANCE, WHICH IS OUR RECREATION FUND.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY LIMITED TOWARDS HVAC SYSTEMS, GYM FLOORS, THE CREATION OF NEW PROGRAMS OR FITNESS EQUIPMENT.
SO IT'S NOT AS THOUGH IT CAN JUST BE FOR ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN THAT REALLY IS SPECIFIC TO MAJOR SYSTEMS OR MAJOR ELEMENTS OF FACILITIES THAT ARE CUSTOMER FACING AND CUSTOMER ORIENTED AS STRATEGY CONSUMPTION.
HOW IS THE GO NO GO DECISION TO USE THIS FUND MADE? DOES THAT COME TO YOUR LEVEL OR THE DIRECTOR LEVEL? OH, I SEE.
UH, SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE A, PROBABLY A COMBINATION BETWEEN THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND MYSELF AND DIRECTOR JENKINS.
THIS IS, THESE ARE THINGS THAT UM, WOULD BE COLLECTIVELY DECIDED BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY
AND SO THE DECISION TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS HAS TO BE, UH, WELL THOUGHT OUT.
WE, WE JUST TOOK OVER MAINTAINING ALL 43 OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS.
'CAUSE BEFORE IT WAS UP ON THE FACILITY, UH, REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT, THE CITY.
SO LAST BUDGET YEAR, WE SAID, HEY, THESE ARE FORWARD FACING, UH, REC CENTERS AND YOU ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 500 BUILDINGS.
AND WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO BE BEHIND POLICE, FIRE, SANITATION AND EVERYONE ELSE, BUT NONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T GET TO OUR HVAC SYSTEMS 'CAUSE THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HOT AIR OR, OR NO AIR.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE UTILIZING
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SOME OF THESE FUNDS.WE'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE BECAUSE WHEN YOU ALL RECEIVED THE MEMO, WE, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING THEM IN ORDER BASED ON WHICH SYSTEMS WE KNOW ARE ABOUT TO FAIL.
AND SO THERE'S PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE SYSTEMS GOTTA BE REPLACED BEFORE THEY FAIL ON, I MEAN, BEFORE THEY FAIL.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE COLLECT, COLLECTIVELY DECIDE HOW TO USE THOSE FUNDS WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN OR UNEXPECTEDLY HAPPENS.
UH, NEXT QUESTION IS HOW ARE THESE FUNDS APPROPRIATED? I THINK OF THAT AS INVOLVING EITHER THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS OR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BY COUNCIL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE WILLIS WINTERS PARK FIRE OCCURRED, THE COUNCIL APPROPRIATE THAT MONEY FOR THE REPAIR THAT FACILITY.
SO WE DO SEEK APPROPRIATIONS FOR THESE MULTI-YEAR FUNDS THROUGH THE BUDGET OFFICE, THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS.
AND IF, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE FIRE AND, UH, MR. FENNELL CAN EXPAND IF YOU CHOOSE TO.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WE, WE MAY HAVE TO GO BACK AND WELL, WE ALREADY IN THIS CYCLE, BUT LIKE WE CAN, WE CAN APPROPRIATE FOR OCTOBER, LET'S JUST SAY LIKE WE GET A NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND WE DON'T ASK FOR AN APPROPRIATION.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE, ON THE BUDGET PROCESS, YOU'LL SEE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
THAT'S WHERE THE COUNCIL APPROVES, UH, THE APPROPRIATION FOR US FOR THESE TYPE OF FUNDS.
AND SO LET'S JUST SAY WE GOT INTO THE FISCAL YEAR AND THEY'RE SELLING, WE ONLY ASKED FOR $3 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION, BUT WE DISCOVERED THAT, MAN, I GOT THREE MORE HVAC SYSTEMS, BUT THIS FUND WAS ONLY APPROPRIATED A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT I NEED ANOTHER 800.
THEN WE WOULD GO BACK THROUGH THE BUDGET, NOT THROUGH THE, WE'LL GO BACK THROUGH THE BUDGET OFFICE.
THEY WOULD GET THE SCHEDULE FOR THE COUNCIL TO ASK FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
AND I WOULD ALSO ADD TO THAT YOU'LL OCCASIONALLY SEE AGENDA ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE YOU THAT ARE MULTI-SUBJECT.
SO IT'S THE AWARD OF SUCH AND SUCH IMPROVEMENT.
BUT WE ALSO SEE THE INCREASE OF APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF X.
SO WE DO THAT, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME IF WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
AND I WOULD, TRUST ME, I WOULD LOVE EVERY YEAR IF THE PARK DEPARTMENT WOULD RECEIVE A, A CONTINGENT RESERVE OF $3 MILLION FOR UNFORESEEN EXPENSES.
BUT THIS IS THE NEXT BEST THING IT IS.
UH, ARE THESE SEVEN FUNDS THE ONLY MULTI-YEAR FUNDS THAT FALL UNDER THE, UM, OPERATING AND PROGRAMMING CATEGORY UNDER, UNDER THIS BUCKET? YES SIR.
SO WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH, WHILE WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD, WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ENSURING THAT EACH OF THE FUNDS ARE ORGANIZED IN THE RIGHT WAY.
SO THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE, UM, OFFERED FOR THE PROGRAM FUNDS.
OF COURSE THERE ARE TRUST AND ENDOWMENTS AT FAIR PARK FUNDS, BUT THESE ARE THE OPERATING PROGRAM FUNDS.
THE REASON I ASK IS THERE ARE A COUPLE OF FUNDS THAT I EXPECTED TO SEE ON THE SLIDE AND DIDN'T SEE.
THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE WHITE ROCK LAKE ENDOWMENT FUND.
THERE'S ALSO WHAT USED TO BE CALLED THE WHITE ROCK LAKE BEAUTIFICATION FUND AND NOW IT'S GOT A FANCIER NAME.
ARE THOSE CONSIDERED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS? YES.
YOU WILL SEE THOSE IN THE FUTURE.
THOSE HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED WITH THE CAPITAL.
I THINK YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
MY FAVORITE FUND IS THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES.
I WAS GONNA ASK WHY THAT'S NOT HERE.
THAT'S PROBABLY IN THE CAPITAL THAT WE WILL SEE THAT IN TWO WEEKS.
SO REALLY EASY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT, UH, GETTING PULLED OUTTA THESE FUNDS? IT HAS TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL? OR IS IT ALL HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY? SO AS, AS MR. FENNELL SAID, WHEN WE DO CONTRACT AWARDS, IF IT'S OVER THOSE THRESHOLDS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THEY WILL COME BEFORE THIS BOARD AND IT WILL SAY VERY CLEARLY ON THE FINANCING INFORMATION.
IF IT'S A MULTI-YEAR FUND THAT IS THE FUNDING SOURCE.
WHAT IS THAT THRESHOLD? IS IT 300,000 FOR SERVICES AND HALF A MILLION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? OKAY.
IT'S BEEN THAT AMOUNT FOR QUITE A FEW FOR A YEAR AND CHANGE APPROXIMATELY.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS 100, IT WAS 100.
SO IT DID INCREASE RELATIVE INCREASINGLY.
RYAN PACK, OR SOMEONE CAN ANSWER THIS.
IS THIS THE SAME PHONE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CITY MANAGER WANTED TO GIVE TO THE POOL LAST? YES.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, IT SOUNDED SIMILAR.
SO THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT MR. YOUNG HAD.
UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES.
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UM, SO THE CYCLE FOR THIS MULTI-YEAR FUND, THESE ARE FUNDS THAT WE ASK FOR YEARLY.AND THE ALLOCATIONS ARE DETERMINED BASED UPON THE NEED, THE CURRENT NEED.
SO, UM, AND, BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS IN ONE CATEGORY, WE CAN GO AND ASK.
SO THEY JUST MOVE THE FUNDS AROUND? YEAH, THEY'LL MOVE, THEY GIVE US THE APPROPRIATION, WHICH HAS TO GO BACK THROUGH COUNCIL.
TO PROBATE THOSE ADDITIONAL RE IT'LL BE ABOUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
AND SO, SO TO BE PROACTIVE WITH THESE FUNDS, IS THERE A PROCESS FOR ASSISTING THE NEED SO THAT WHEN WE GO, UM, SO WHEN WE ASK FOR THE ALLOCATIONS OR THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THESE FUNDS, THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, UPDATED.
YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DO.
SO GIVE EXAMPLE, LIKE, THEY ALL HAVE TO HAVE WHAT I CALL FIVE YEAR SPENDING.
THERE'S THE UNEXPECTED EXPENSES.
REMEMBER WE USE 'EM FOR IMPROVEMENTS TOO.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, LIKE THE GOLF COURSES ALWAYS USE THE EXAMPLE.
YOU GOTTA KEEP THE GOLF COURSES COMPETITIVE.
YOU GOTTA, THE, THE, THE GRASS DIES OVER A CERTAIN TIME ON GOLF COURSES.
I DON'T CARE HOW GREAT YOU TREAT 'EM.
YOU GOTTA REPLACE 'EM EVERY SO OFTEN.
OR YOU GOTTA UPGRADE THE GOLF COURSE TO KEEP IT COMPETITIVE.
AND SO IF YOU DON'T BUILD UP THAT FUND, AND THAT'S WHY LIKE EVERY SEVEN, I MEAN ABOUT EVERY 10 YEARS WE TRY TO RENOVATE ONE OTHER, THE GOLF COURSES AND THEY GET ON A CYCLE.
AND IN SOME CASES WE WANNA, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD LIKE A, UH, A, A A CUTTING GROUP OR SOMETHING, THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM.
'CAUSE NONE OF OUR GOLF COURSES MAKE IT IN THE BOND FUNDS.
I MEAN, THE BOND PROGRAM, THEY DON'T BECAUSE, 'CAUSE 'CAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THE REC CENTERS.
YOU HAVE THE POOLS, THEN YOU HAVE THE PARK.
AND RIGHTFULLY SO SINCE THESE ARE REVENUE DRIVEN, THEN WE SHOULD BE COLLECTING SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE GOLF COURSES.
AND SO THAT WAS A SMART WAY TO, TO MAKE SURE GOLF COURSES STAY PREPARED.
I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW, OUR GOLF COURSES IS THE, DOES OVER 220,000 ROUNDS A YEAR.
THERE ARE MANY CITIES WHERE YOUR GOLF COURSE CONTINUE, YOUR ROUNDS GO UP.
AND IT'S ONLY 'CAUSE WE KEEP 'EM COMPETITIVE AND WE INVEST IN 'EM.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, YES, THEY HAVE A SPENDING PLAN.
THEY HAVE TO PUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REC CENTERS, THEY KNOW SO MANY GYM FLOORS GOTTA BE RESURFACED.
AND WE DON'T GET THAT MONEY THROUGH OUR BUDGET.
AND SO THEY UNSET UP, UH, UH, UH, THEIR, THEIR, UH, MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT EVERY SO MANY OF THEM GOTTA BE RESURFACE.
AND THOSE RESURFACING COSTS, WHAT ABOUT ABOUT 10,000? HOW MUCH WE, WE DO, WE RESURFACE THE FLOOR AND WE RETRIP THEM.
YOU'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND 25 TO 30,000 WHEN YOU'RE RETRIP.
SO WE'LL DO A SO GROUP OF THEM ALL TOGETHER THAT IS JUST TO STRIFE AND TO RECOAT.
A GM FLOOR IS ABOUT 25,000 BUCKS.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A FUND LIKE THIS.
WE'LL BE TRYING TO GO THROUGH A BOND PROGRAM.
SO DO WE TYPICALLY DEPLETE THOSE FUNDS YEARLY OR DO WE HAVE MONEY YEAH, FUNDS THEY CARRY ON.
I MEAN, ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OUT OF THIS FUND WE USE FOR OUR, OUR OPERATING SYSTEM TO KEEP UPGRADING OUR OPERATION SYSTEM FOR OUR RECREATION CENTERS.
UH, WE HAVE TO PAY YEARLY FEES FOR THAT OPERATION AND THEN WE HAVE TO UPGRADE IT.
WE USE THIS SAME FUND TO KEEP THOSE SYSTEMS, UH, UH, UPGRADED.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT IS, ALTHOUGH THINGS HAPPEN AND EMERGENCIES TAKE PLACE, BUT AS A PRACTICE, WE DO TRY TO MAINTAIN A FUND BALANCE.
SO THAT IN ADDITION TO THE, OR SPENDING PLANS, BUT WE, IT IS IMPORTANT AS A PRACTICE TO TRY TO MAINTAIN A FIVE BALANCE TO, TO DEAL WITH THAT REALLY EXTENUATED CIRCUMSTANCE THAT MAY OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME.
SO I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH MR. GUY'S COMMENT THERE.
WE HAVE I THINK FOUR LAKES, EXCUSE ME.
ARE THERE FOUR LAKES THAT THE CITY HAS? OOH, FOUR, BUT THE DREDGING OF THE LAKES, IS THAT, IS THAT NO.
WELL, IN THE CASE OF WHITE ROCK LAKE, UH, THAT IS BOND FUNDED, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY, IT'S MR. YOUNGWOOD PROBABLY AGREE WITH ME.
UH, BUT THERE IS A PORTION, UH, IN THE BOND PROGRAM FOR DREDGING.
BUT WITH THE OTHER BODIES OF WATER, UM, THE DREDGING PROBABLY WOULD NEED TO COME FROM YEAH.
TIGER FUND BECAUSE IT'S UNLIKELY THAT SOME OF THE OTHER LAKES WOULD GET BOND FUNDING.
BUT, UM,
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THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.TALKING ABOUT MULTI-YEAR FUNDS, LET JUST SAY THE PARK DEDICATION FUND, AND IT IS, IT IS ONLY, IT IS ONLY PURPOSE IS TO BUY PARKLAND, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT BUCKET THAT'S KIND OF IN OUR CAPITAL FUNDS BUCKET.
BUT YES, SIR, THAT IS, UH, THE INTENT, THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE PARK DEDICATION FUND IS TO, TO ACQUIRE NEW PARKLAND, BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE EXISTING PARKS AS A SECONDARY FUND.
AND WE CAN NEVER CHANGE THE WORDING ON THAT TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET PARK DEDICATION MONEY, IT COULD BE USED FOR PARK BUYING, YOU KNOW, 80% TO BUY NEW PARK LAND, BUT 20% TO BE USED FOR CAPITAL OR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, SO THE ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW, UH, BEYOND, UH, THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BEYOND THE IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING, IT DOES ALLOW FOR, UH, SOME OF A, A, A RELATIVELY MODEST PORTION OF THE FEES TO BE USED TO ADMINISTER IT AS WELL AS FOR A PORTION FOR MAINTENANCE.
BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, AND, AND Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THESE ITEMS COME BEFORE YOU IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
WE DO HAVE A, A PRIORITIZATION, AND IN A GOOD EXAMPLE WITH THE EV UH, UH, THE COCONUT COVE SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OUT OF BAHAMA BEACH, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH, UH, PARK MEDICATION FUNDS BECAUSE THAT'S A SIGNATURE ELEMENT AT A SIGNATURE PARK.
AND SO THAT IS, THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH
SO LET'S JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL MULTI FUNDS.
WE CAN KIND OF STRUCTURE THE WAY WE, IS THAT LEGAL THAT WE CAN STRUCTURE THE WAY WE WANT TO? OR IS IT, SOME OF THEM ARE HOLD STEADFAST THROUGH LAW.
SO, SO THE FUNDS ARE SPECIFIC TO THE PURPOSE.
UM, SO I, WE COULD KIND OF GET, DIG INTO THE DETAILS A LITTLE BIT.
BUT YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THESE FUNDS ARE SET UP FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND THE EXPENDITURES CAN BE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY TRUE OF THE TRUST AND ENDOWMENTS.
UH, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT PART OF THE CASE KIND OF GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE LEAD WAY IF WE, IF WE WORD IT RIGHT AND WE GET TO USE IT FOR, OR OTHER THINGS BESIDES BUYING PROPERTIES.
SO AGAIN, THE ORDINANCE, UH, KIND OF ESTABLISHES THE RULES OF THE ROAD, SO TO SPEAK, UM, AT A HIGH LEVEL.
BUT YES, THERE CAN BE SOME REFINEMENT WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE ORDINANCE SIGNAGE.
I DEFINITELY LIKE TO DOUBLE THOSE FEES WE ARE LOOKING AT 2028 WOULD BE NICE.
A MAXIMUM ALLOW BY LAW YOU SAY THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION INFORMATION.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE, UH, 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP RECAP BY RED.
BRETT WILKE, FAIR BAR GENERAL MANAGER.
OKAY, SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL RECAP OF THE OPERATION FIFA WORLD CUP OPERATIONS AT FAIR PARK, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THREE DIFFERENT OPERATIONS OUT THERE, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THOSE.
IT WILL BE PRETTY HIGH LEVEL, INFORMALLY FOCUSED.
I KNOW THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CITY IS STILL COLLECTING, UH, DATA ON REVENUES AGAINST FIGURES.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO PROVIDE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OPERATIONAL RECAP OF ALL THE THREE OPERATIONS DURING THE FEE FOUR WORLD CUP AT FAIR PARK.
SO AT FAIR PARK, WE UH, HOSTED THE VOLUNTEER CENTER THAT OPENED UP ALL THE WAY BACK IN NOVEMBER OF TWO FIVE AND CLOSED UP ON JULY 24, THE COTTON BOWL WAS ABLE TO SERVE AS A TRAINING SITE FOR VISITING TEAMS. AND WE HOSTED THE FAN FEST POLE AT TOUSE PAVILION AND THE LAST MILE EXTENDED ONTO EXPOSITION PLAZA WITH THE DARK ENTRANCE SPOTS.
AND THAT OPENED UP ON JUNE 11 AND CLOSED UP AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON JULY 19.
THE VOLUNTEER CENTER IS LOCATED IN THE FOOD AND FIBER BUILDING.
UH, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 6,000 VOLUNTEERS.
THAT NUMBER'S NOT OFFICIAL, BUT A PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATE.
SO A FEW THINGS WE LEARNED OPERATIONALLY, UM, IN SOME OBSERVATIONS.
THE FOOD AND FIBER BUILDING WAS A GREAT LOCATION FOR THIS, UM, OPERATION.
IT HAS A VERY LARGE PARKING LOT RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT.
THERE WERE A FEW INITIAL CHALLENGES WITH THE BUILDING SYSTEMS AND THEN, UH, CREDENTIALING AND ACCESSING AT GATE THREE TO GET IN.
BUT THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WORKED WITH OUR STAFF VERY CLOSELY, VERY WELL FOR SOME QUICK RESPONSES.
THE CHALLENGE HERE IS WE TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE PARK IN MID-SEPTEMBER,
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WHICH WAS IN THE THICK OF STATE FAIR LOW NET.AND UPON THE CONCLUSION OF STATE FAIR, WE HAD ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE LOAD IN FOR THE VAN FESTIVAL.
SO WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON THAT BUILDING.
AND WE DID IDENTIFY SOME HVAC ISSUES AS THEY'RE OPERATING.
THAT DID LEAD TO SOME TEMPORARY MEASURES WE HAD TO TAKE TO CORRECT THOSE AND GET 'EM COMFORTABLE.
BUT OVERALL, IT'S A VERY GOOD OPERATION.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO HOST TO AGAIN IF WE'RE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY.
THAT WAS AT THE COTTON BOWL AND IT WAS FOR, UH, VISITING TEAMS COMING THROUGH DALLAS.
YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELVES, WHO TRAINED AT THE COTTON BOWL? IT WASN'T INDEED YOUR 2026 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS, SPAIN.
WE WERE ABLE TO HOST THEM, UH, FOR ALL SIX OF THEIR TRAININGS WHILE THEY'RE IN DALLAS.
OVERALL, THE STANDARDS FOR THE FIELD CONDITIONS BY FIFA ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST ANY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD.
SO THEIR REPRESENTATIVE WORKED WITH OUR STAFF VERY CLOSELY, PROVIDED A DETAILED WORK PLAN, WHICH REALLY KIND OF TRAINED UP OUR STAFF WITH BEST PRACTICES ON FIELD MAINTENANCE AND PREPARATION THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE FORWARD WITH THEM FOREVER.
AND THE FEEDBACK FROM SPAIN TO FIFA, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIELD, THE OPERATIONS, AND THE STAFF.
SO I KNOW THAT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING FOR OUR STAFF TO RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK.
THIS WAS, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE LARGEST EVENT WE WERE HOSTING AT FAIR PARK.
IT WAS HELD AT DOS PAVILION AND THE ADJACENT LOTS.
THE ONLY DAYS THEY WERE NOT OPEN WERE DAYS THAT THERE WERE NO GAINS, WHICH WAS ONLY FIVE.
UH, PLANNING WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THE CONTRACT WAS NOT ACTUALLY DIRECTLY WITH US, IT WAS WITH ANOTHER ENTITY.
AND IT WAS, THE PLANNING WAS WELL UNDERWAY WHEN WE TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE PARK.
WE HADN'T HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE, WHICH ALSO MEANT SOME OF THE RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS AND, UM, CAMPUS PARTNERS HAD NO INFORMATION YET ON WHAT THIS WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO WE WORKED CLOSELY, AGAIN, WITH THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
UH, THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE TO GET US AT THE TABLE, GET OUR RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS AT THE TABLE, KIND OF PEER OUT OUR CONCERNS AND KIND OF OPERATIONAL IMPACTS.
AND WE DID DISCOVER THERE'S A GREAT NEED IF WE HOST SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE FOR A DIRECT PHONE LINE TO, UH, THE FAN FESTIVAL OPERATIONS.
OUR OFFICE WAS INUNDATED WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS, MAINLY AROUND TICKETS.
THE RIDE SHARE PLAN THEY INSTITUTED WAS A BIT UNIQUE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND THEIR CONSULTANT WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH RIDESHARE OPERATORS AND DID SOME GEOFENCING, WHICH REALLY ASSISTED THE, UH, DRIVERS WOULD PICK UP AND DROP OFF.
UM, BUT THE PLAN ITSELF, I THOUGHT ELIMINATED A LOT OF USEFUL PARKING WITHIN THE PARKING FOR US.
THEY UTILIZED A VERSION OF THE STATE, THEIR PARKING PLAN, WHICH WAS GREAT.
IF WE WOULD GET AN INFLUX OF FANS, TRAFFIC WASN'T GONNA BACK UP.
HOWEVER, DURING THE SLOWER TIMES WHEN ROBERT BAL WASN'T SEEING A LOT OF TRAFFIC, IT DID GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT FIVE AND SIX WERE CLOSED.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE OVERALL PARKING PLAN, I THOUGHT ELIMINATED SOME PARKING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL FOR, FOR US TO KIND OF HOST ANCILLARY EVENTS AROUND THE PARK IN LIEU OF FAME FESTIVAL.
UH, THE LAST MILE I WILL STRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE LAST MILE WAS SPECTATOR SAFETY.
UH, HOWEVER, THE BARRICADES DID GIVE AN APPEARANCE THAT THE REST OF THE PARK WAS CLOSED AND ACCESSIBLE.
THE CAMPUS PARTNERS RE THEY REPORTED RESULTS MI UH, MIXED RESULTS ON ATTENDANCE AND REVENUES OVERALL.
UH, FANS THAT WERE VISITING FAN FESTIVAL WERE GOING TO FAN FESTIVAL.
UM, SO IT REALLY DID KIND OF LIMIT THE EXPOSURE TO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE WERE TRYING TO DO, NAMELY THE OLD MILL IN AND THE WORLD IS OUR SCULPTURE.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON SOME OF OUR RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS AS WELL.
THEY WOULD JUST FINE TO GO DIRECTLY TO FEST.
AND I KNOW ESPECIALLY THE CLEAR MCT DG, THEY HAD EVENTS PLANNED, THEY HAD WEDDINGS, AND BASED ON THE STREET CLOSURES, THEY GAVE THEM SOME OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES AS FAR AS LOADING AND LOAD OUTS.
AGAIN, THE, THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WORKED WITH 'EM THE BEST THEY COULD, BUT THERE WERE CHALLENGES.
OTHER ACTIVATIONS, UH, THAT WERE LAUNCHED DURING FAN FESTIVAL, UM, IN THE OLD MILL END OPENED UP DURING FAN FESTIVAL.
UH, WE HAD THE WORLD OF OUR SCULPTURE, THE FARMER'S MARKET AND THE HISTORY MUSEUM PICKED UP, UM, A A PRETTY BIG BOOST IN ATTENDANCE HERE AT THE FAN FESTIVAL.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAD A FOUR REVENUE, UM, EVENT CALLED NATIONS FESTIVAL.
BANDSHELL WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE TRIED TO ACTIVATE THAT AND HAD A VERY GOOD, UH, VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED.
THE TDG UH, DID A, WHERE DID YOU FLY IN FROM WALL, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY NEAT CONCEPT.
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UH, THEY WANTED TO KEEP EVERYTHING ON THERE, BUT IT GOT SO MUCH ACTIVATION THAT THEY HAD TO CLEAR IT EVERY DAY AND START OVER.AND THEN OFF THEY APOLOGIZED TO THE DALLAS STORE SOCIETY.
I LEFT OFF A, UH, KEY THING THEY DID.
THE HALL OF STATE ACTUALLY HAD THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON DISPLAY THROUGHOUT ALL THE FAN FESTIVAL.
AND THEN I DO NEED TO GIVE A LOT OF KUDOS TO THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
THEY SPEARHEADED THE EFFORTS FOR THE FIREWORK SHOW AND EVEN FUNDED THAT ON OUR BEHALF OF FAIRMONT.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS, UH, THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP, UM, WILL BE HOSTED IN 2031.
UM, IT IS MY HOPE THAT FAIR PARK IS AT THE TABLE AND GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THESE ACTIVATIONS AGAIN.
AND IF WE DO INDEED, WE OBVIOUSLY TOOK A LOT OF, UH, LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS
WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS
WHAT WAS PART OF ITS HIGHEST LEVEL BE BESIDES STATE FAIR TIME.
IT WAS AMAZING TO BE OUT THERE.
I WAS OUT THERE ABOUT 24 OF THOSE 39 DAYS THAT IT WAS AN OPERATION.
UH, 'CAUSE I WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT VOLUNTEERED AND LIT SOME OF THOSE, THE STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON OUT THERE.
SO SAYING THAT IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE IT.
I KNOW CLOSING OFF THE PARK THE AREAS FOR TDE AND, AND RE ALL KIND OF HURT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF WALKING TRAFFIC LIKE THEY ASSUMED IT WAS GONNA BE.
I THINK THEY, THEY REALIZED DALLAS HAS A LOT OF EITHER UBERS OR DRIVE YOUR OWN VEHICLE TO THE PARK KIND OF DEAL.
SO, AND THE WAY THE, THE UBER SYSTEM WAS WORKING ANYWAY, IT WAS ACTUALLY DROPPING YOU OFF IN FRONT OF THE NORTH GATE AT, AT UH, F FEST.
SO, UM, THAT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF OUR PARTNERS EYES ON THEIR BUILDING.
SO DEFINITELY WE CAN CLEAR THAT UP.
COME LOOKING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY 2031.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US TO FIGHT FOR GANGS TO BEAT AT THE COTTON BOAT FOR 2031.
I KNOW IT'S OUTDOORS, BUT, AND IT WAS HOT DURING THAT TIME ALSO, BUT IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A FEW GAMES THERE BESIDES THE, UH, THE CHAMPIONS OF SPAIN PUT IT THERE BECAUSE THE TEAM, CHRIS AND HIS MAINS GROUP AND GREG AND ALL THEM THAT COMPLEX WAS AMAZING WHEN DURING THAT TIME, THE, THE GRASSES PHENOMENON.
MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU WENT TO THE TRINITY GAME LAST LAST WEEK AND THEN THEY DECIDED AGAIN THE FIELD IS STILL AT THAT LEVEL.
UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE HOW WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN THAT DURING THE STATE FAIR BECAUSE WE HAD THE ROLANDO PARISH CLASSIC ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, THEN WE HAVE THE A AND M GAME, THE GRAND BRIDGE GAME ON THE 26TH AND THEN WE HAVE TEXAS OU ON THE 11TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE STATE FAIR SOCCER CLASSIC THE LAST WEEKEND.
HOW ARE WE GONNA MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL FOR FIVE WEEKS OF GAMES? SO THAT, THAT'S THE GREATEST PART IS LIKE I SAID, THE STANDARDS FOR FIFA ARE THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
AND WE WERE GIVEN WORK PLANS TO FOLLOW.
I THINK IT WAS THE BEST LEARNING EXPERIENCE WE COULD HAVE HAD.
I THINK IT'S THE BEST THING FOR US GOING FORWARD.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M THRILLED WE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, WE JUST INSTITUTE THOSE WORK PLANS 'CAUSE THEY WERE DAILY.
SO I THINK WE CAN INSTITUTE THOSE AND KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD.
AND YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT AS YOU SAW THE FIELD CURRENTLY YOU'VE MAINTAINED SO FAR.
AND I THINK WE ANTICIPATE THEM DOING THAT GOING FORWARD.
AND I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON YOUR EARLIER POINT.
I THINK THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY WE LEARNED FROM FAN FESTIVAL IS UNDERSTANDING GUEST FLOW, TRAFFIC FLOW.
HOW CAN WE KIND OF STREAMLINE OUR PARKING AND TRAFFIC OVER THERE AND HOW CAN WE REALLY INCORPORATE OUR RESIDENTS AND OTHER ACTIVATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS? ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE GETTING PICKED UP AT NARC AND BROUGHT OVER EVERYTHING WAS JUST BYPASSED.
SO I THINK WORKING IN UNISON WITH EVERYBODY AND THEN AS YOU THINK THE VOLUNTEER CENTER, I THINK SOME FOOD TRUCKS WOULD'VE MADE A HECK OF LOT OF SENSE THERE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE A LOT MORE EFFICIEN.
THERE WASN'T NO FOOD WHEN YOU WERE AT THE VOLUNTEER CENTER.
THERE WAS NO FOOD TO BE NEEDED.
GOTTA WALK OVER OR TAKE SHUTTLE OVER TO FEST KIND OF DEAL.
YEAH, IT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
BUT, BUT MY QUESTION IS BACK TO THE FIELD BECAUSE THE FIELD IS A HIGH QUALITY AND THE ISSUE IS THAT THIS WAS SOCCER AND WE AND TRINITY, UH, DO SOCCER, BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE FOOTBALL GAMES IN A MATTER OF FOUR WEEKS, WHICH HAS A HIGHER PUSH OFF LEAKS, HIGHER MEDALS.
I I I, I THINK, I THINK CHRIS AND THE TEAM CAN DO IT, BUT IT'S JUST GONNA BE KIND OF A SMALL WINDOW TO FIX THOSE, THOSE AREAS.
UH, CHECK BACK IN A FEW MONTHS.
I'M CONFIDENT HE'LL BE SA SO I'M, I'M, I'M HOPING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE GAMES SO I CAN SEE IT FIRSTHAND.
NO, UH, THE ROLAND PURSE IS, I'M SORRY, THAT'S SEPTEMBER 12TH.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FOUR TRAVEL TEAMS, WHICH INCLUDES, THAT'S DUNCANVILLE AND I THINK AT
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NORTH SHORE AND, UH, SOUTH OAK CLIFF AND SOME ANOTHER OPPONENT.SO THAT'S GONNA BE BIG FOR, FOR, FOR DALLAS.
PERIOD TO BREAK THOSE BIG, BIG FOOTBALL TEAMS OVER THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME TOP TEAMS. THE THREE TEAMS ARE TRAVEL TEAMS. THEY'RE ALL FOUR NATIONALLY, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, CLASSIC ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, NOW YOU DO.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M IN TUNE WITH SPORTS IF Y'ALL BELIEVE THAT OR NOT,
IT WAS, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS GREAT.
THE OTHER TAKE THAT I SAW THAT IF WE DO HOPEFULLY HOST A FAN FEST FOR 2031, WHICH I HOPE WE DO AT STATE, HAVE A RECOMMEND THEM TO HAVE AN INDOOR ELEMENT FOR THE FAN FEST BECAUSE I DID SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF HAVE HEAT PROBLEMS. 'CAUSE IT WAS HOT, IT WAS ALL OUTDOORS 100% BESIDES UNDERNEATH THE PAVILION.
SO THAT'D BE MY RECOMMENDATION IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO SIT IN THOSE MEETINGS AND MAKE SURE TO HAVE AN INDOOR ELEMENT.
I WILL CERTAINLY BE ON THOSE MEETINGS IF, WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
YEAH, WE, WE, WE CAN SEE THAT BE GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH BRETT, YOUR TEAM.
YOUR TEAM DID AMAZING THIS 39 DAYS.
I HAVE SOME, UH, QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
UM, BUT OH, MR. MOORE JUST ABOUT, OH, TWO PEOPLE JUST BUZZ IN MR. MOORE.
I JUST BUZZ, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL DID AT FIRST PARTY.
IT WAS MY FIRST TIME WATCHING A SOCCER GAMES.
SO
SO I WAS ABLE TO GET MY FAMILY TO COME OUT.
THEY HADN'T WATCHED ANY SOCCER GAMES, HAD SOME COWORKERS OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING.
SO GOOD EXPERIE, APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
HOPEFULLY WE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN SINCE THAT MR. CREAMY, I ACTUALLY CHIMED IN AFTER YOU STARTED SPEAKING, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO BEFORE ME PLEASE.
UM, ON THE LESSONS LEARNED, THE, SO ARE WE, ARE WE DOCUMENTING THAT AT ALL? WHAT'S, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GO HAVE, GO TAKE ANOTHER JOB? BECAUSE IN MY SEVEN YEARS HERE, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRANSITION AND PEOPLE LEAVE.
I'LL PREFACE BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, UM, YES, WE DO AFTER ACTION WORK TOWARDS WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING DOCUMENTED AND IT'S, THE EVENT'S STILL NOT CLOSED OUT YET EITHER.
WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING WITH THE C FINAL DATA, BUT THIS WILL ALL BE DOCUMENTED
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY SECOND QUESTION AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
CAN WE HAVE A SECONDARY AND THIS, MR. JEN, IS IT MORE FOR YOU A SECONDARY UPDATE WHEN ALL THAT DATA COMES OUT? BECAUSE I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL RECONCILIATION AS IT RELATES TO THE EVENT THAT WE HAD AT FAIR PARK.
SO YOU HAD SAID AT THE BEGINNING, I, I NOTICED WHEN THIS PRESENTATION WAS SENT, THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL DATA AND THAT'S THE MOST GLARING THING THAT POPPED OUT AT ME.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION THAT THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE HADN'T FINISHED FINALIZED TO RECONCILED YET.
DO WE HAVE A DATE, A TIME OF WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE DONE? WE'VE DELVED.
ALL I HAVE IS THE MEMO THAT CAME OUT FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND WHEN WE RECEIVE IT, WILL WE SHOW THE FULLY LOADED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE CITY? NOT JUST WHAT FLOWED THROUGH FAIR PARK OR THE PARK AND RECREATION BUDGET, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE PARK AND RECREATION BUDGET? OH YEAH.
WE CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THE FINANCIALS AS FAR AS THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND THAT'LL INCLUDE WHAT INCURRED, WHAT PARK, WHAT WE PARK LIKE FOR EXTRA SECURITY DPD.
UM, WELL WE SEE QUESTIONS I'VE GOT FOR YOU MAYBE TO TAKE THEM OUTSIDE VENDOR EXPENSES THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE PART OF THAT FOR US.
UM, AGAIN, SECURITY, PARKING SHUTTLES, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, OTHER THINGS THAT WE INCURRED.
UM, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WILL IT BREAK OUT? FAIR PARK AND THE CITY, UH, WE'LL BREAK OUT WHAT FAIR PARK IN THE CITY ACTUALLY RECEIVED FROM, FROM CONCESSIONS, RENTALS, PARKING AS WELL.
IS THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY, ANY LINE ITEMS, ANY VIEW INTO THAT RIGHT NOW? SO IN GENERAL, WHAT CAME TO FAIR PARK? I'VE GOTTEN A GRASP OF THAT.
WHAT I DON'T HAVE IS THE ACTUAL FAN FESTIVAL CONTRACT OR WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE BEAR.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE SPENT ON SECURITY, WHICH IS REIMBURSABLE AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE GOT OFF PARKING IN THE CONTRACT FOR THE VOLUNTEER SIDE.
YEAH, I AND AND WE COULD, IF WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS ONCE THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GETS DONE WITH THEIR INFORMATION, MAYBE THAT'S FOR YOU.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT IS, HOW THAT'S BEING REIMBURSED, WHAT'S BEING REIMBURSED BY THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE? THE STATE OF THE STATE IS REIMBURSING SOME POTENTIALLY WHAT FIFA REIMBURSES.
JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, JOHN, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT SINCE AND DURING, YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER PLAYS SOCCER.
I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF SOCCER AND, AND I, I 100% BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE DID AND, AND WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING FIFA TO TOWN.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE BIG CONCERN THAT YOU HAD SHARED AND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THIS TABLE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THIS IS GONNA BE A MASSIVE COST TO THE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS WE, AS WE GET CLOSER.
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ON SLIDE SEVEN THERE'S A STATEMENT THAT SAYS CONTRACT NEEDS TO BE WITH FAIR PARK IN THE FUTURE IN LIEU OF OTHER ENTITIES.WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE CONTRACTING STRUCTURE THIS TIME THAT LED TO THAT CONCLUSION? IT AS THE PROPERTY OWNER, IT STILL FELT ODD TO FEEL LIKE AN OUTSIDER ON THE DEAL.
UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE ACTUAL DETAILS OF THE FAN FESTIVAL CONTRACT.
WHY, WHY NOT? IT ALMOST FELT LIKE YOU DIDN'T GET A SAY IN IT.
WHY, WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THAT? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER, HONESTLY.
I RATHER DO THINK BECAUSE WHEN WE CAME IN, I JUST THINK OVG THEY WAS DOING A LOT OF THE NEGOTIATION WITH BEFORE WE TOOK BACK OVER FAIR BALL.
SO THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION.
SO WHO, WHO WAS THE CONTRACTING PARTY FOR FAN FESTIVAL? WHO NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT AND WHO ULTIMATELY CONTRACT FINANCIAL ITEMS? THE NEGOTIATION, I CAN'T ANSWER.
I'M SURE I CAN GET THAT FROM THE SPORTS COMMISSION, BUT IT WAS BETWEEN, UH, LIVE NATION AND FIFA.
SO THE CONTRACT WAS ACTUALLY, THE FINANCIAL TERMS WERE ACTUALLY NEGOTIATED BETWEEN LIVE NATION AND FIFA.
UH, I WANT TO GET YOU THAT ANSWER.
UH, I'M SURE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CONTRACT SITS.
SO I CAN TRACK DOWN, I CAN SEND YOU ALL THESE QUESTIONS AFTER I PUT THEM ON THE RECORD.
SO, UM, THAT'S A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
UM, ALRIGHT, I'M IN PARKING, SO I'M GONNA PIVOT AND PUT MY PARKING HAT ON.
UM, WHO CONTROLLED FAIR PARK'S PARKING INVENTORY DURING VAN FEST? SO, UH, FIFA HAD THE RIGHTS TO LOT 11, WHICH WAS THE MAIN PARKING THROUGH OUR OPERATOR, BUT THEY HAD THE RIGHTS TO IT, THE REVENUE.
AND THEN WE CONTROLLED LOSS 13, WHICH WAS TOTAL PARKING REVENUE OFF THAT.
UH, WHO DETERMINED WHICH LOT WERE WERE PAID PARKING, TRANSPORTATION, RIDE SHARE SHUTTLES.
IS THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THROUGH THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND THEIR CONSULT CAME WE, MORGAN AND D WELL, DPD REALLY HAD THE MOST SAY THEY
UH, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY US ENTIRELY AND FIFA SIGNED OFF ON 'EM.
UM, WERE ANY FAIR PARK CONTROL PARKING ASSETS PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, TRANSPORTATION OR ANY OTHER ENTITY WITHOUT FAIR PARK RECEIVING THE PARKING REVENUE IF OTHERWISE WOULD'VE GENERATED RES REVENUE? UH, THE GENERAL PARK, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC PARKING ON LOT 11, THAT REVENUE DID NOT COME TO FAIR PARK.
UM, GIVEN THE CITY'S CURRENT BUDGET POSITION, ONCE THE RECONCILIATION IS COMPLETE, WILL THE BOARD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE FULL FINANCIAL RESULT BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS OR COMMITMENTS REGARDING A POTENTIAL 2031 WORLD CUP? YES.
I WOULD, SO AGAIN, I'D LOVE TO HAVE, THIS IS A GREAT RECAP AND VERY, TO YOUR POINT, VERY HIGH LEVEL.
I ACTUALLY REQUESTED THIS FROM MR. JENKINS.
UM, BUT WE ARE IN, IN A BUDGET PRESSURE SITUATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
THIS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE COTTON BOWL.
WE TALKED ABOUT FOOTBALL GAMES AT THE COTTON BOWL, ABOUT HOW IT RAISES THE REPRESENTATION OF THE ENTIRE CITY.
I DEFINITELY THINK THIS, THIS EVENT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
I THINK THE 2031 WOMEN'S WILL ACTUALLY BE BIGGER AND BETTER, UM, AS A DAD OF A YOUNG GIRL SOCCER PLAYER.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED HERE, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN 30 PLUS YEARS SINCE WE'VE PUT ON AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER EVENT HOPEFULLY IN, IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW THAT WE CAN HAVE A REALLY CLOSE INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY ON THIS AND ESPECIALLY THE FINANCIAL PIECE.
THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND THERE, THERE'S INSULAR REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE KIND OF IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THIS THAT CERTAINLY WOULD BE INCORPORATED.
AND THAT'LL BE MY LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, IS OUR QUESTION STATEMENT IS WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM.
I THINK WE HAVE SO MUCH LOW HANGING FRUIT WITH FIFA COMING BACK HOPEFULLY IN 2031.
AND WE'RE ALSO, I, WHAT I HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT WITH US HAVING NINE GAMES HERE WAS THAT PEOPLE HAD WISHED THE FINAL WAS HERE AND NOT IN NEW YORK.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION.
WE SHOWED OFF AND SHOWED OUT FOR DALLAS, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT POSITION TO GO RAISE A TON OF GO, NOT RAISE, WELL RAISE, RAISE A TON OF MONEY AND MAKE A TON OF MONEY AS WELL IF WE, IF WE APPROACH THIS CORRECTLY.
BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FINANCIAL STUFF THAT WE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD HANGOVER FROM OEG, BUT REALLY HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE? AND I'D LOVE TO, WHEN WE GET THAT DATA FROM THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND FIFA AND THE CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE ANOTHER
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PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS ANDOH, I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING, YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD.
UM, TOUGH QUESTION BUT, BUT GOOD ONES NONETHELESS.
UM, I WANNA SAY HOW BIG, HOW GREAT IT WAS TO BRING SOME OF FIFA TO FAIR PARK BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE GONE TO PLANO, IT COULD HAVE GONE TO ARLINGTON, AND WE'RE THRILLED AND WE'RE PRIVILEGED THAT IT CAME TO FAIR PARK.
UM, THAT SAID, I WANNA SHARE LIKE MY KIND OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT I TOOK.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT FAIR PARK IS MAGICAL.
IT'S MYSTICAL, IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC PLACE.
I'VE SAID CRAZY THINGS LIKE THE CITY OF DALLAS WILL RISE AND FALL WITH THE SUCCESS OF FAIR PARK.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T GET ANY OF THAT VIBE.
LIKE WHEN I WENT TO THE FIFA FAN ZONE BECAUSE IT WAS, I GET IT, IT HAD TO BE BY DOS EQUIS TO USE THE STAGE AND FOR ALL THE TVS, BUT THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH CONCRETE THERE AND SO MUCH PARKING THERE.
AND WHEN WE LEFT, IT WAS LIKE WE HAD TO GO THROUGH PARKING THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED.
IT WAS JUST PARKING LOT AFTER PARKING LOT.
AND THEN LIKE MY FRIENDS WERE LIKE, YOU'RE TELL ME A LOT ABOUT FAIR PARK, BUT ALL I SAW WAS PARKING LOT.
SO, SO I THINK THAT FROM A SPACE USE PERSPECTIVE, THEY GOT NONE OF THE ESPLANADE, THEY GOT NONE OF THE HALL ESTATE, THEY GOT NONE OF THE AREAS THAT TRULY MAKE FAIR PARK FAIR PARK.
AND AS WE WERE LEAVING, I WAS THINKING LIKE, WHY WAS THERE SO MUCH SPACE? BECAUSE WAS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE LIKE A TIGHTER VIBE? YOU KNOW, LIKE NOT SO MUCH CONCRETE AND NOT SO MUCH ARTIFICIAL JUST ROLLED OUT TURF TO MAKE IT GREEN, BUT ACTUAL GREEN BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT AT FAIR PARK.
SO MAYBE FOR 2031 MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF USE SOME OF THOSE KIND OF CORE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND THEY CAN LEAVE WITH THAT MAGICAL MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE THAT FAIR PARK HAS TO OFFER MINUS THE JUST, OH MY GOD, THAT WAS JUST PARKING LOT AFTER PARKING LOT.
THERE WAS SO MUCH WALKING AND WE HAD SMALL KIDS AND THE KIDS WERE LIKE TIRED IMMEDIATELY OF WALKING AND SO WE'D THROW 'EM ON OUR SHOULDER AND ALL THAT.
WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE FOR 2031 AND MORE OF THAT FAIR PARK EXPERIENCE? WE THAT, UH, GRANT TRY LY LY TO TRY TO GET THEM TO KIND OF REROUTE AND CHANGE THEIR LAYOUT BECAUSE WE WANTED FOLKS TO EXPERIENCE FAIR PARK.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK LOGISTICALLY AND FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT, BECAUSE IT WAS A HIGH PROFILE LOCATION MM-HMM
SECURITY WAS THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER OF WHY THEY SET UP WENDY.
NOW ONE WILD CARD IN ALL OF THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY PARK.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE AREA THAT WAS KIND OF, UH, AND SO THAT VERY WELL MAY BE ONLINE.
IT SHOULD BE ONLINE BY WELL BEFORE 2031.
SO HOW WOULD THAT PLAY, LIKE IN SELECTING A LOCATION? WOULD THAT LIKE, MAKE THAT LOCATION BETTER? OR, OR WHAT IF WE WANNA BRING FIFA FAN ZONE FOR WOMEN'S SOCCER BACK TO THAT SPECIFIC AREA? THEORETICALLY, I THINK THERE'S A LOT YOU COULD DO WITH THAT PART WHEN IT'S DONE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT TO LOOK AT LOCATION TO YOUR POINT.
IT IS, IT'S STILL ALL THE WAY TO THE, AND I DON'T THINK DARK THROUGH THE, UH, OUR, UH, AREA SIDE WAS AS HEAVILY UTILIZED AS THEY THOUGHT AND IT REALLY JUST KIND OF KILLED THE VIBE FOR THE REST OF THE PARK.
SO I THINK THE PARKS, THE COMMUNITY PARK CAN BE A GREAT TOOL OVER THERE AND WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE ME THINKING OF WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M GONNA EVALUATE OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PARK TOO THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS THE PARK TOGETHER.
I I KNOW THAT THE CAKE WAS BAKED BEFORE YOU GUYS TOOK OVER WITH THIS FIFA CONTRACT.
I THINK FIFA WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
I THINK THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID WAS GREAT, BUT IT DIDN'T, UM, HELP THE RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS.
WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHEN WE BOOK.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS USING THE PARK AND THEN THEY BASICALLY FEEL LIKE THEY OWN THE ENTIRE PARK, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE ONLY PAYING FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY WHEN THEY IN, WHEN THEY CLOSE OFF ACCESS TO OUR RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS.
UM, WE HAD POLICE AT ONE POINT SAYING, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TICKET TO FAN FEST, DO NOT COME TO FAIR PARK.
WELL, WE HAVE RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS, WE HAVE BROADWAY SHOWS, WE HAVE, UM, THE AQUARIUM, WE HAVE THE TDG THAT ARE DEPENDING ON THEIR HIGHEST REVENUE MONTH THAT WAS GETTING TURNED AWAY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PLAN FOR.
UM, SO WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATIONS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE BETTER CONTROL ON THE NARRATIVE THAT'S COMING
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OUT OF FAIR PARK.WE DID A, I I WOULD SAY WE, WE HAVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MARKETING AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND OUR RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS.
IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE IT THERE.
I WANT IT THERE EVERY TIME IT COMES TO DALLAS, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE LARGE SCALE EVENTS, THAT WE INCORPORATE OUR EXISTING TENANTS THAT ARE AT THE PARK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT, LIKE A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS A STATE FAIR DOMINATES THE PARK AND IT MAKES IT INCONVENIENT FOR CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.
BUT THE STATE FAIR ALWAYS MAKES THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHOLE DURING THEIR FAIR TIME.
UM, AND THEY NEVER, IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S A POSITIVE THING FOR EVERY INSTITUTION, NOT A NEGATIVE.
UM, WHICH OUR INSTITUTIONS ALL, UH, TOOK VERY HARD BECAUSE THE SUMMER IS SOME OF THEIR BUSIEST TIMES.
SO JUST A, I I KNOW THAT THAT WAS, IT'S A LOT OF COMMENT ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THAT WASN'T IN OUR, OUR, OUR REALM OR OUR ABILITIES BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WAS BAKED BEFORE WE TOOK OFF.
AND I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT TOO, BUT THERE CERTAINLY COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SYNERGY BETWEEN RESIDENTS FOR SURE.
THANK YOU MR. PER YEAH, I, I'LL COME BACK REAL QUICK JUST, JUST TO MENTION, AND I THINK THE PLAN THAT HURT US WAS WE HAD THE TROLLEY, THE, THE, THE, YEAH NOT THE TROLLEY, BUT THE, THE TRAIN, THE, THE TRA PICK UP PEOPLE AT THE DAR STATION AND THEY JUST WHEELED 'EM PASS ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
IF WE WOULD'VE, IF, IF WE THOUGHT WHEN WE HEARD THE PLAN ORIGINALLY IT WAS GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA GET OFF THE, THE, THE DART AND THEY'RE GONNA WALK DOWN THE STREET WHERE ALL THE, OUR RESIDENTS ARE AT AND THEY GET TO SEE, HAVE BOW AND GET TO SEE THE AQUARIUM AND ALL THAT.
THEY END, THEY'RE JUST KIND THE TRA WE ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND THEN WHEEL ALL THE WAY BACK.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT HURT US.
THE PLAN, WE WEREN'T IN THE PLAN, BUT WE, WE COULD FIX THAT WHERE THEY CAN WALK AND IT'S LONG, IT WAS A LONG WAY TO WALK FROM THE STAR STATION TO FAN FED, BUT YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT THAT THAT STRATEGY AND BRING FAN FETS A LITTLE CLOSER INTO THE PARK VERSUS WHERE IT WAS AT.
BUT, AND FAN FET WAS, THEY CHOSE THAT SPOT.
RIGHT? IT SHOWS 'CAUSE SECURITY.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW SECURITY, THEY PUT UP 300 EXTRA CAMERAS UP.
THEY HAD FLOCK CAMERAS UP AT ALL POINTS.
SO THERE WERE KNOWING WHO WAS COMING IN AND, AND IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE, EVEN IF YOU, IF YOU WALKED, IF YOU DROVE INSIDE FAIR PARK, THEY KNEW YOU WERE THERE.
THEY KNEW RUDY WAS THERE, R WAS THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE SCANNING PEOPLE THE WHOLE TIME DURING, I GUESS I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
THEY ALSO HAD A A FOUR MAN TEAM THAT WALKED THE PARK THAT WAS ALWAYS TOGETHER FOR HIGH LEVEL STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON.
AND SO IT WAS, IT WAS SECURITY.
OH, I WAS, I WAS GONNA SAY I EXPERIENCED THAT FIRSTHAND.
UH, I WAS ON PROBABLY BY THE ADE JUST, AND I WENT AROUND THE BARRIERS THINKING, ALL RIGHT, I'M CHECKING OUT THE PARK I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR, MAN, THEY GOT TO ME SO FAST AND PULLED ME OVER
LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND LET YOU GO.
I FELT VERY SAFE ON THAT PARK.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL SAFE EVERY DAY I'M OUT THERE THIS TIME.
IT WAS JUST, IT WAS A SECURITY THING AND I KNOW THEY WENT WAY UP AND BEYOND SECURITY, BUT IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHY I WASN'T PUT WHERE WE'RE AT.
BUT HOPEFULLY WE GET IT CLOSER NEXT TIME.
I THINK THAT, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PHYSICALLY WALK, I THINK THE TRAM'S GOOD.
I THINK YOU MAKE STOPS ALONG THE WAY.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA SAY IS I ACTUALLY, UM, WAS AT FAIR PARK.
UM, I THINK ON THE FIRST MATCH THAT MEXICO PLAYED THAT SAME SATURDAY AND WE HAD NO ISSUES AND I, WE WENT TO THE MATINEE.
SO THE MATINEE I THINK STARTED A ONE, I THINK THAT GAME STARTED LIKE AT MAYBE, I THINK IT WAS EARLY AFTERNOON WAS THAT GAME WAS THE FIRST MEXICO GAME AND IT WAS SLAMMED ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR THAT FIRST MEXICO GAME.
AND WE HAD NO ISSUES EGRESS OR EGRESS GOING TO WICKED.
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE HIT THAT, THAT WE MISSED PART OF THE MEXICO GAME FOR WICKED.
BUT I'M STILL GLAD TO HEAR THAT 'CAUSE THAT WICKED GAVE ME HARVARD WITH MUSIC CALLED BEING ACTIVE AND THE OPENING FAME FEST.
AND PEOPLE WERE, I MEAN THAT CROWD THAT, THAT WENT TO WICKED, I, I WATCHED, WE, WE STUCK AROUND.
MY DAUGHTER WANTED, WANTED TO MEET SOME OF THE CAST SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, STAND OUTSIDE THAT DOOR AT THE CAST DOOR.
AND SO I WATCHED PEOPLE EGRESS AND THAT CROWD DIDN'T TAKE DART TO GO TO SEE WICKED
UM, AND SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A TON OF CARS AND IT,
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I MEAN THERE WAS NO ISSUE COMING IN OR GOING OUT AT ALL.I, MAYBE IT WAS, IT WAS, I'LL SAY IT WAS TYPICAL EGRESS TIMES GOING OUT.
NOT THERE WAS NOT ANY EXTRA BURDEN.
SO, AND I KNOW IT WAS SLAMMED BECAUSE I THINK YOU WERE THERE JR.
YOU WERE TEXTING ME AT THAT SAME TIME.
I THINK YOU WERE OVER AT THE MEXICO DEAL AT THAT TIME, THE MEX AT THE FAN FEST FOR THE MEXICO GAME, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, I ANSWER THAT QUESTION, MEXICO PROBABLY DROVE ECONOMIC ENGINE IN DALLAS AND PROBABLY ACROSS THE CITY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN MEXICO THERE WERE, THE WATCH PARTIES WERE TREMENDOUS, EVEN AT FAN FEST, 80,000 TICKETS SOLD AT ONE OR GIVEN OUT THAT ONE DAY POLICE STOPPED LETTING PEOPLE IN AT 60,000.
I JUST, I JUST, DO YOU THINK CONCRETE, IT WASN'T CONCRETE, BUT IT WAS HUMAN BODIES.
I JUST KNOW IT WAS SLAMMED AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ISSUES.
YOU AND YOUR TEAM VERY WELL MANAGED FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK.
UH, YEAH, IF WE COULD HAVE AN UPDATE ONCE YOU HAVE THE FINANCIAL DATA, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.
UH, WE HAVE A 2026 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, UH, FOR THE 2026 PLAN, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE STARTED TO SEE THE ADVERTISING GOING AROUND FOR THE SURVEY.
SO THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY WAS MAILED OUT TO THEIR SET OF RESPONDENTS, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE PUBLIC SURVEY, UH, THAT CAN BE TAKEN.
IT'S GONNA BE OPEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, UH, COMING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WE'LL START TO SEE SOME OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON.
UH, WE'LL HAVE SIX PUBLIC LISTENING SESSIONS, 10 POPUP EVENTS, AND TWO OFFSITE COMMUNITY SESSIONS, UM, THAT ARE WELL UNDERWAY WITH THE, UM, THE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS FACILITIES ASSESSMENT.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND MARKET ASSESSMENT IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
UH, THEY'RE DOING THEIR BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND PROGRAMMING ASSESSMENT AND THEY'LL BE IN TOWN, UM, LATER IN SEPTEMBER THAT PROGRAM
SO, UH, THINGS ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG AND THAT'S THE UPDATE.
ANY FISCAL YEAR 2026 OR 2027 WRITTEN UPDATES.
WELL, RYAN IS GONNA UPDATE YOU.
I'LL, YOU ARE RECEIVED A MEMO THAT WE SENT YOU? UH, YES SIR.
JUST REAL QUICKLY, DIRECTOR, HE JUST MENTIONED IT, BUT WE DID SEND OUT THAT MEMO A WEEK OR TWO AGO.
THERE WAS A
IF YOU HAPPEN TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET BOOK, YOU WOULD SEE THAT OUR BUDGET INCREASED.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT EFFICIENCIES AND, AND REDUCTIONS.
AND WHAT THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED FROM WAS THE $5.9 MILLION THAT THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS FAIR PARK PREVIOUSLY.
THAT WAS IN, UM, A CATEGORY CALLED NON-DEPARTMENTAL THAT'S MANAGED BY THE CITY.
IT'S KIND OF A, A CLEARING HOUSE FUND THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS.
THE CITY MANAGER MOVED THAT 5.9 MILLION INTO OUR BUDGET.
OF COURSE, FAIR PARK IS A COMPONENT OF THAT.
SO FROM MOVING IT TO, FROM THE CITY TO FAIR PARK SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 5.9 MILLION, WHICH, UH, KIND OF SKEWED THE OVERALL BUDGET NUMBER.
SO IT WAS SIMPLY A TRANSITION.
UM, AND WE WANTED TO EXPLAIN FURTHER EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS.
JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, WE REDUCED OUR BUDGET.
WE GAVE UP REDUCTIONS OF $5.9 MILLION 27, I MEAN 26, 27 THAT OUR BUDGET INCREASED BY 2 MILLION.
IT DID NOT, IT WAS JUST AN ACCOUNTING CHANGE.
FAIR PARK WAS IN ITS OWN SEPARATE BUDGET AND THEN IT WAS THE PARK DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
AND SO FAIR PARK GOT MOVED INTO OUR BUDGET AND SO IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS A TWO POINT MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE WHEN WE GAVE UP $5.9 MILLION IN THE REASON IMPORTANT, I GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR.
'CAUSE COUNCILS SPENT TO GET READY TO START THEIR AMENDMENTS, AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY GOT $2 MILLION EXTRA.
WE REDUCED OUR BUDGET BY $5.9 MILLION.
AND PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CLARIFY THAT WITH COUNCIL.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA THAT'S INTERESTING TIMING, THAT THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE BUDGET SEASON? I'M NOT TRYING TO POINT FINGERS, BUT IT'S VERY, I MEAN, I'M BE HONEST, THAT'S VERY CONVENIENT TIMING THAT THAT HAPPENED.
DO WE KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED? UH, WE DO NOT
THAT'S INTERESTING THAT THAT HAPPENED RIGHT NOW ANYWAY.
UH, HOW ARE YOU GUYS GONNA COMMUNICATE THAT? I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA
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COME UP.HOW ARE YOU GUYS GONNA COMMUNICATE THAT BESIDES US COMMUNICATING THAT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? THAT'S WHY WE SENT THE MEMO FOR SURE.
WHEN IS THAT MEMO COMING UP? SENT THIS MEMO? IT CAME OUT LAST WEEK OR TWO AGO.
WE RESEND? YEAH, PLEASE RESEND.
UM, ANY LAY PLEASE ON REPORTS? RIGHT.
ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
THE NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 3RD, THURSDAY THIRD, 26TH AT 10:00 AM WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 12:53 PM.