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ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL
[Animal Advisory Commission on August 21, 2026.]
THE MEETING TO ORDER.WE HAVE QUORUM AND ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT JOIN, UH, AFTER WE GET STARTED, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
ONCE THEY JOIN IN, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE TO PUSH YOUR TALKING BUTTON ON AND OFF SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU, ESPECIALLY THE VIRTUAL ATTENDEES.
THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS A ROLL CALL.
UH, STEPHANIE CASEY ZARIN GRACIE, DISTRICT THREE.
PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND DISTRICT, AND WE'LL JUST GO AROUND THE SHOEHORN.
AND DON'T FORGET TO PUSH YOUR TALK BUTTON AND PULL YOUR MICROPHONE DOWN.
NOELLE DELGADO, DISTRICT NINE.
PAUL RAMON, DIRECTOR OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
AMANDA EARL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
VICTORIA BENNETT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
EMILY FREEMAN, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OVER MEDICAL, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
DANIEL ALVARADO, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF FIELD, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
LISA FAULKNER DUNN, UH, DISTRICT 12, REPRESENTATIVE SAN JOSE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND I JUST REMINDER FOR, UM, UH, MS. THOMAS THAT WHEN YOU DO SPEAK, YOU'LL NEED TO BE ON CAMERA.
AND WE ALSO HAVE COMMISSIONER LEE ONLINE, BUT WE'LL NEED HER CAMERA ON, UH, ARE YOU THERE, COMMISSIONER LEE? YEP, I'M HERE.
GO AHEAD AND WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND DISTRICT PLEASE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, NEED A VOTE NOW TO APPROVE THE MAY 22ND MINUTES.
SO WE'LL NEED A VOTE TO APPROVE THEM.
AND A SECOND I CAN MAKE A MOTION.
THE LAST MEETING'S MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
AND NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTARY.
UH, TAMMY, I SEE THAT YOU'RE THERE.
UM, YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE YOUR VIDEO ON WHEN YOU SPEAK.
CAN I, CAN YOU GUYS SEE ME? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I CAN SEE YOU, BUT GIMME JUST ONE MOMENT TO GET YOUR TIME, TAMMY.
I GOTTA, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE VISIBLE FOR ALL TO SEE.
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
READY? ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, ALRIGHTYY.
I JUST WANTED TO START WITH ONE QUESTION, AND THAT'S WHERE DID YES.
I KNOW WHEN PAUL STARTED, DAF WORKED TOWARD A CULTURE OF FINDING WAYS TO SAY YES, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WHEN SAYING YES, COULD SAVE A LIFE TO FOSTERS, TO RESCUES TO THE COMMUNITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO SOLUTIONS INSTEAD OF CREATING ANOTHER BARRIER.
BUT SINCE OCTOBER OF 2025, THAT SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED FROM CULTURE SIDE.
THE CITY OF DALLAS TALKS ABOUT SERVICE FIRST.
SOME PEOPLE EMPATHY, EXCELLENCE, ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT.
AND I BELIEVE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES FEELS THE SAME WAY.
WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO FOSTER, HOW CAN WE SAY YES? WHEN A RESCUE OFFERS PLACEMENT SAFELY, HOW CAN WE SAY YES? WHEN AN OWNER IS STRUGGLING AND NEEDS FOOD, VETERINARY CARE, TEMPORARY BOARDING, OR ANOTHER RESOURCE, HOW CAN WE SAY YES? AND AS WE LOOK AT MANAGED INTAKE, I KNOW ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS OUT THERE IS IF INTAKE DECREASES, WHICH WE CONTINUE TO REPORT BECAUSE AN OWNER RECEIVES VETERINARY ASSISTANCE, FOOD BEHAVIOR SUPPORT, OR TEMPORARY BOARDING THAT IS PRESENT.
BUT IF DECREASES BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T OBTAIN OWNERS SURRENDER POINTS, ANIMALS REDIRECT, OR PEOPLE SIMPLY GIVE UP TRYING, THE ANIMALS AREN'T NECESSARILY BETTER OFF.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK THE COMMISSION TO ASK DIS WHICH VERSION OF MANAGED INTAKE ARE WE
SOMEONE HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM THEY WALKED INTO DAS AND THEY WERE TOLD WITH THEIR CHILD THAT HE HAD BEEN EUTHANIZED.
THIS ISN'T SIMPLY A SYSTEM ERROR AS IT HAPPENS EVERY FEW MONTHS AT DIS, THIS IS A FAILURE OF PUBLIC TRUST AND OF SERVICE FIRST.
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SAFEGUARD THAT'S BEEN ADDED REGARDING REQUIRING A FINAL CHECK, VERIFY THAT NO UPDATES OR CHANGES AFFECT AN ANIMAL'S STATUS BEFORE EUTHANASIA.BUT THE INSTRUCTION RAISES MORE QUESTIONS.
WHAT EXACTLY MUST STAFF CHECK WHICH FIELDS, WHICH SYSTEMS, WHO VERIFIES THE FINAL CHECK ACTUALLY HAPPEN? AND HOW DOES DAS MANAGEMENT MONITOR COMPLIANCE? AND WHERE IS THE AUDIT TRAIL? BECAUSE SIMPLY SAYING, VERIFY NO UPDATES OR CHANGES ARE AFFECTING THE ANIMAL STATUS IS NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
WHEN GETTING THAT CHECK WRONG CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
THE RECORDS REQUEST IN UNTIL THAT IS RECEIVED, WE CAN'T SPEAK FURTHER.
I KNOW ABOUT CHECK THE PUBLIC DATA STILL REFLECTS 6:16 PM YET, AS FOSTER SAID, SHE ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE 30.
IF DA BELIEVES, DAS BELIEVES THIS NEW FINAL CHECK WOULD'VE PREVENTED CHUCK'S DEATH, WHERE EXACTLY WAS CHUCK IN THE EUTHANASIA PROCESS WHEN THAT INFORMATION BECAME AVAILABLE, THE RECORDS WILL TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TO CHUCK TO RAISE ISSUE.
HOW DO WE KNOW DAS PROCEDURES ARE ACTUALLY BEING FOLLOWED? AND, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR CASEY.
COMMISSIONER, UH, GEARING IS ALSO ONLINE FOR THE RECORD.
IS THAT I SEE THE, UM, I SEE THE OTHER SPEAKER'S CAMERA, JUST NOT HER.
WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE HER VISIBLE.
COMMISSIONER GEERING, IF WE COULD GET YOUR ROLL CALL NAME AND DISTRICT PLEASE.
HI, RACHEL GEERING, DISTRICT TWO.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
UM, MY NAME IS MICHELLE ROSCO.
I'M A DALLAS RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS, A DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES VOLUNTEER WITH APPROXIMATELY 475 HOURS OF SERVICE AND A DONOR OF THE FRIENDS OF ANIMAL SERVICES.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MARKETING FOR THE UPCOMING NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AND OTHER FOTIS RELATED QUESTIONS.
I RECENTLY RECEIVED AN EMAIL FOR THE UPCOMING NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY FOR FOTI.
AS I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT A RECENT EXAMPLE, WE HAD A RECENT REQUEST THAT CAME OUT FOR SPECIFIC DOG FOOD FOR MEDICAL MEATBALLS.
WHEN I ACQUIRED, IF FOTIS WOULD COULD PURCHASE THESE SINCE THEY COULD BUY IN BULK, GET A DISCOUNT AND SALES TAX FREE AS A NONPROFIT, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WASN'T IN THEIR BUDGET.
AND THE PUBLIC ENJOYS BUYING THESE ITEMS, NO DOUBT THAT THEY DO.
BUT IT IS MORE OF AN OPERATIONS COST THAT SHOULD FALL UNDER THE GAP FOTIS WAS CREATED TO FILL, I'M RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICE, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE DALLAS ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, ENSURE THAT THE FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES ATTEND THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND PRESENT THEIR FINANCIAL POSITION TO ENSURE FULL TRANSPARENCY NOW THAT THEY ARE AN INITIATIVE OF OPK AND WE CAN NO LONGER SEE THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIALS.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES IS THE ONLY APPROVED NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP BASED ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
THIS NONPROFIT RELATIONSHIP IS VITAL TO FILL THE GAP OF THE GROWING CONSTRAINTS ON OUR MUNICIPAL SHELTER THAT IS NOW 20 YEARS OLD AND WASN'T BUILT FOR THE GROWTH WE ARE SEEING TODAY.
THE FINAL TAX RETURN FILED BY FOTIS REPORTED $1.1 MILLION TRANSFERRED TO OPERATION KINDNESS.
THIS IS A LARGE SUM OF FUNDS THAT NO LONGER HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE WHEN FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES WAS ON ITS OWN.
I WATCHED JUST THIS WEEK ABOUT DENTON BREAKING GROUND AND AN ON AN EXPANSION TO THEIR FACILITY WITH MONEY FROM A BOND VOTED ON BACK IN 2023.
OUR SHELTER IS 20 YEARS NOW, AND WE DO NOT SEE ANY STRATEGIC PLAN FOR A NEW SHELTER.
AND WITH FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES NOW UNDER OPERATION KINDNESS, I AM MORE CONCERNED THAT DDIS WILL NOW TAKE A BACK SEAT TO OTHER NEEDS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE MANY ANIMALS IN DALLAS THAT ARE NEED OUR, THAT ARE, THAT NEED OUR HELP.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO ONE THING BEFORE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, WHICH IS COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE, I'LL READ THEM OUT LOUD.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DATES FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEARS, QUARTERLY MEETINGS FOR THIS COMMISSION.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, BUT THIS IS JUST TO THINK ABOUT IF THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CONFLICTS, IF ANYONE HAS ANY ISSUES WITH THESE DATES SO THAT WE CAN ADJUST THEM BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING IN OCTOBER.
SO, UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE IN IN FRONT OF YOU THE PROPOSED DATES, AND THESE ARE ALL FRIDAYS, SO WE'LL STICK WITH THE FRIDAY PLAN, FEBRUARY 26TH, 2027, MAY 21ST, 2027, AUGUST 27TH, 2027, OCTOBER 29TH, 2027.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALL FRIDAYS.
AND THEY'VE BEEN SCHEDULED TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE
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THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE TOMA MEETING ROOMS AND TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THE CITY OF DALLAS HOLIDAYS SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROOM AND WE CAN GET INTO IT.UH, DOES ANYONE, WE CAN DO A ROUND ON THIS, SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS, YOU MAY SPEAK TO THESE DATES.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON THEN.
ANYBODY ELSE I SHOULD ASK VIRTUALLY, UH, COMMISSIONER GEHRING OR JAMESON? OKAY, GREAT.
OUR NEXT ITEM HERE IS WE WILL HAVE DIRECTOR RAMON READ HIS BRIEF.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD, HE IS APPROACHING RETIREMENT AND, UH, MS. EARL HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE INTERIM DIRECTOR.
SO THIS WILL BE HIS FINAL COMMISSION BRIEF WITH DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COMMISSION.
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
UH, AS STATED, I HAVE HERE WITH ME TODAY, UH, AMANDA EARL, WHO'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OUR OPERATIONS, WHO WILL BE STEPPING IN ONCE I DEPART AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR, AS A NATIONWIDE SEARCH TAKES PLACE TO THE EXECUTIVE RECRUITING PROCESS.
ALSO, WE HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR VICTORIA BENNETT, WHO'S OVER, UH, ALL THINGS RELATED TO BUDGET, MARKETING, ONBOARDING, UH, PROCESSES AND PROCUREMENTS AND SO FORTH.
UM, ALSO I HAVE WITH ME, UH, DIRECTOR RAMON.
ALSO, WE HAVE HERE WITH US, UH, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, UH, EMILY, UH, EMILY, UM, FREEMAN, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OVER OUR, UH, MEDICAL OPERATIONS.
AND THEN DANIEL ALVARADO, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OVER FIELD OPERATIONS.
UH, ERIC, UH, BENNETT IS OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OVER, UH, SHELTER OPERATIONS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE HERE OUR GO-TO IN THE BACKGROUND, UH, JILLIAN, WHO IS OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, AND AJ WHO IS OUR DATA ANALYTICS AND, UH, UH, UH, OPERATOR FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, QUARTER THREE, PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE QUITE A BIT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AS A REFERENCE TO PERFORMANCE, UH, SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY, WE DO HAVE A SCREWWORM UPDATE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED, PROVIDED BY A GM, UH, FREEMAN, UH, OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, OUR MARKETING, OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, FOSTER PROGRAM, PET PANTRY SERVICES, TRANSPORT COMMUNITY, CAT, UH, AND POLICY UPDATES.
AND THEN, FOR YOUR AWARENESS, YOU'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE FUTURE 2027 COMMISSION DATES.
UH, AND, UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL COVER THE ACTIVITIES, UH, AS IT RELATES TO APRIL, 2026 THROUGH JUNE OF 2026.
WE HAVE OUR PERFORMANCE DASHBOARDS AND OUR OUTCOMES.
UH, THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE IN REGARDS TO LOOSE AND LOOSE ON DOG BITES.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE, UH, ABOVE WHAT THE PROJECTED GOAL IS, UH, PERCENTAGE OF DOGS AND CATS AND FOSTER.
THAT ONE HAS BEEN, UH, UH, I WOULD JUST SAY BLOWN AWAY.
UH, PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN FIELD MICROCHIPPING.
THAT'S A NEW, UH, MEASURE THAT WE PUT IN TO TRY AND PUT SOME, UH, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN PLACE AS TO THOSE ACTIVITIES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING TO COMPARE TO.
UH, BUT, UH, IT'S A YEAR OVER YEAR.
IT'S A, IT'S A QUARTERLY INCREASE, AND WE HOPE TO SEE SIGNIFICANT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, MAINTAINING OUR SPAY AND NEUTER, UH, PROGRAMS TO REDUCE, UH, OVER PET POPULATION.
THE GOAL IS 500 PER QUARTER, UH, WHICH AS OF THE THIRD QUARTER WOULD'VE BEEN 1500.
BUT WE, UH, EXCEEDED THAT GOAL BY DOUBLING.
OUR DOG INTAKE HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY, UH, CATS AS WELL, UH, FOR COMBINED CATS AND DOGS.
HOWEVER, FOR OTHERS, WHICH WOULD BE THOSE THAT ARE INCORPORATING THE, UH, BREWSTERS THAT ARE COMING IN FOR C**K FIGHTING, WE HAVE SOME EQUINE, SOME HORSES THAT HAVE COME IN FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY.
UH, WE DID HAVE OPERATION FIGHT CLUB, UH, I BELIEVE WITHIN THIS PAY PERIOD WITHIN IT.
UH, BUT WE HAD A NUMBER OF SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY VICTIMS THAT CAME IN DURING
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THIS TIME THAT WERE NOT PART OF THOSE OTHER SPECIES DISCUSSED.OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE BY SPECIES FOR DOGS MAINTAINS AT 88% FOR NEONATE KITTENS IS AT 43%, SLIGHTLY LOWER.
UH, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE IN THE MOST VULNERABLE DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR.
UH, OUR CATS, UH, IS SLIGHTLY LOWER, AND, UH, OTHERS IS, UH, DRASTICALLY LOWER.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF, UH, BLOOD SPORT ANIMALS THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN AS IT RELATES TO ROOSTERS.
UH, THIS PRE THIS SLIDE REALLY DOESN'T GIVE A TRUE PICTURE BECAUSE IT'S NOT FACTORING IN CAPACITY.
SO THE LIVE OUTCOME BY SPECIES, IT, ALTHOUGH IT SAYS IT'S DOWN, AS YOU SAW, OUR LIVE OUTCOMES ARE AT 88% FOR DOGS.
UH, NON-LIVE OUTCOMES FOR DOGS IS DOWN, WHICH IS A GOOD THING AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, PROVIDE FOSTERS, RESCUES AND TRANSPORTS FOR THESE ANIMALS.
LIVE OUTCOME BY SPECIES FOR CATS THE SAME.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S SLIGHTLY DOWN, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, RELATED TO OUR CURRENT CAPACITY.
IT'S JUST A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON.
NON-LIVE OUTCOMES, UH, BY SPECIES FOR CATS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE'RE TAKING IN THE MOST VULNERABLE DURING THIS TIMEFRAME.
SO THAT'S WHY, UH, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THE WAY THEY ARE.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE SLIGHTLY LOWER.
RESCUES CONTINUE TO BE A VITAL SUPPORT MECHANISM FOR DAS AND LIVE OUTCOMES.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR RESCUE PARTNERS WHO NUMBER IN THE, I BELIEVE, HUNDREDS, UH, TO GET THESE ANIMALS.
UH, A SECOND CHANCE AND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OUTSIDE THE SHELTER.
UH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN, UH, UH, FOR CATS AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TOP 10 RESCUE GROUPS, UH, LISTED AS WELL.
OUR SERVICE REQUESTS, UH, TIMELY RESPONSE RATE IS A DIP JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR, UH, SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS, THAT'S WHEN THE CASE GOES COMPLETELY THROUGH ITS PROCESS.
AS AN ENCLOSED, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, HAS RISEN FROM 74% TO 85%, UH, LOOSE AND LOOSE ON SERVICE REQUESTS HAVE, UH, DROPPED.
UH, AND AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, WHEN WE SEE THOSE NUMBERS DROP, UH, WE SEE THE BITES INCREASE, BUT IF YOU SEE, THE LARGEST INCREASE ARE IN OWN ANIMALS.
SO WE HAVE OUR WORK CUTOUT FOR US AS FAR AS ACCOUNTABILITY AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS.
OUR SERVICE REQUEST TYPES ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT OUR, OUR FOLLOW-UPS AND OUR PRO ACTIVITIES ARE, ARE STEADILY, HOPEFULLY GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UH, MEDICAL TREATMENTS, SPAYING NEUTER SURGERIES.
THIS WOULD BE IN-HOUSE SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN.
UH, WE DID HAVE A PERIOD WHERE WE ONLY HAD ONE SURGEON, UH, IN THE BUILDING.
I CAN, UH, PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE HIRED TWO VETERINARIANS.
UH, ONE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO TREATMENT, THE OTHER IS WORKING IN OUR OPERATIONS, UH, AND SURGERY UNIT.
UH, WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOWS US NOT TO HAVE OUR SURGEON HAVE TO BE IN THE MEDICAL TREATMENT SIDE.
UH, SPECIALTY SURGERIES ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN AS WELL DURING THIS PERIOD BECAUSE WE, UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT TRANSITION PERIOD OF ONLY HAVING ONE SURGEON.
UH, HEARTWORM TREATMENTS MAINTAINED AND SUBSIDIZED SURGERIES ALSO MAINTAINED.
I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE BRIEFED THIS TO LAST GO AROUND.
THAT DAS IS NOW A FULL, FULL OPERATIONAL, UH, SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY SUPPORT UNIT FOR DPD.
THAT INCLUDES THE FORENSICS, UH, THAT FORENSIC VETERINARIAN IS NOW PART OF, UH, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH SOME LEAN TIMES RIGHT NOW DURING THE HIRING FREEZE WITH VET TECHS AND, AND SUPPORT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THROUGH THAT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, OUR NUMBERS HAVE GROWN.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE TEAM IS GOING TO WORK WITH DPD TO TRY AND, UH, FACILITATE SOME OF THAT.
AND I BELIEVE WE'VE DONE A COUPLE.
UH, OUR AVERAGE IS ABOUT 2,800, UH, THIS YEAR.
AS OF JUNE, WE'VE TAKEN IN THIRTY THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE ANIMALS.
THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES I WILL HAND OVER TO OUR A GM OVER MEDICAL, EMILY FREEMAN,
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WHO WILL GO OVER, UH, THE SCREW WORM UPDATE, UH, AS IT IMPACTS TEXAS.UM, I DO WANNA START BY CAVEATING, THOUGH, TALKING ABOUT PARASITE SUPPLIES AND MEGAS AT NINE IN THE MORNING IS MY IDEA OF A GOOD TIME.
I WILL BE SENSITIVE TO THE TOPIC.
UM, AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED WHILE GIVING YOU THE COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO, THE NEW WORLD SCREW ROOM FLIES ARE A PARASITIC FLY.
NORMAL FLIES, AND NORMAL FLIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR AREA TYPICALLY TARGET DECEASED OR DEAD ANIMALS.
SO THEY LAY THEIR EGGS ON THOSE DECEASED ANIMALS WITH THE DECEASED TISSUES.
UM, THE EGGS THEN HATCH INTO MAGGOTS OR LARVAE, AND THEY FEED OFF OF THE DECEASED TISSUE.
THE NEW WORLD SCHOOLROOM FLIES ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEIR LIABLE STAGES FEED OFF OF LIVING TISSUES, WHICH MAKES THEM A BIT OF A PROBLEM.
THE FLIES, THIS IS A FLY SPECIES THAT WE PREVIOUSLY ERADICATED THE USDA HAS, UM, FROM THE UNITED STATES BACK IN THE 1960S.
HOWEVER, THERE'S BEEN NEW CASES IN SOUTH TEXAS EARLIER THIS SUMMER, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY, BECAUSE THEY FEED OFF OF LIVING TISSUES.
THESE FLIES TARGET, LIKE WE SAID, WARM-BLOODED ANIMALS.
THEIR MOST COMMON, UM, HOSTS THAT THEY GO FOR ARE LIVESTOCKS.
THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH THE CATTLE, THE SHEEP, UM, AND THE GOATS.
THEY DO ALSO AFFECT WILDLIFE, UM, PETS, DOGS, AND CATS, OF COURSE, IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
IN RARE CASES, THEY DO AFFECT HUMANS, BUT THE RISK TO HUMANS FOR THIS PARASITE IS VERY LOW.
SO, THE FEMALE LIKES TO GO AFTER THOSE WARM-BLOODED ANIMALS, AND SHE'S LOOKING FOR THE EDGE OF AN OPEN WOUND TO LAY HER EGGS.
UM, THE WHOLE LIFE CYCLE IS ONLY ABOUT 21 DAYS.
SHE LAYS HER EGGS ON THE EDGE.
ONCE THEY ARE LAID, THEY HATCH TYPICALLY WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS, AND THEN THEY ENTER THE LARVA STAGE, AND THAT IS A STAGE IN WHICH THEY'RE FEEDING AND WHERE THE TISSUE DAMAGE OCCURS.
SO THE LARVA STARTS OUT PRETTY SMALL.
YOU TYPICALLY CANNOT SEE THEM WITH YOUR EYES, AND THEY DO GROW QUICKLY.
THEY FEED FOR FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS.
ONCE THEY ARE DONE AND READY TO PUPATE, THEY ACTUALLY FALL OFF THE HOST.
THEY BURY INTO THE SOIL, AND THEY EMERGE AS ADULT FLIES IN ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT DAYS.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THAT FULL LIFE CYCLE IS 21 DAYS.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS THE SPREAD IS NOT ANIMAL TO ANIMAL.
SO TYPICALLY, ONCE THOSE LARVAE ARE ON A HOST, THEY DON'T TYPICALLY HOP HOST TO HOST.
UM, THEY DO NEED THE ADULT FEMALE TO LAY EGGS TO AFFECT A HOST IN A SHELTER SETTING.
WE'RE, OF COURSE, STARTING TO THINK ABOUT ANIMALS COMING IN WITH WOUNDS.
SO ANY FRESH WOUNDS, SURGICAL INCISIONS, BITE WOUNDS, BUG BITES.
THERE'S SOME LITERATURE THAT SAY THAT THEY CAN LAY ON MUCUS MEMBRANES, SUCH AS GUMS OR UMBILICAL SITES.
WHEN THEY START TO FEED, THEY FEED DIRECTLY ONTO THAT TISSUE, AND THEY GET THEIR NAME BECAUSE THEY KIND OF FEED DIRECTLY DOWN IN A SCREW LIKE APPEARANCE INTO THE WOUND.
AND THE WOUND GROWS SOMETIMES, LIKE I SAID, IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU DON'T TYPICALLY SEE THEM WITH YOUR EYES, BUT YOUR FIRST SYMPTOM CAN BE JUST A WOUND THAT IS EXPANDING.
OTHER SIGNS ARE AS A FOUL ODOR, AS THE LOUVRE.
AS THE LARVAE, OF COURSE, GET BIGGER, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THEM SIGNS AN ANIMAL IN THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS.
UM, IF YOU AREN'T ABLE TO SEE THE LARVAE COULD BE DISCOMFORT SUCH AS EXCESSIVE LICKING, LETHARGY, SIGNS OF PAIN OR AGGRESSION.
THEY CAN BE FATAL IF THEY ARE LEFT UNTREATED.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE IS TREATMENT.
UM, IT IS THE FDA HAS CONDITIONALLY APPROVED AND EMERGENCY APPROVED MEDICATIONS THERE, UM, TYPICALLY READILY AVAILABLE.
THESE ARE A LOT OF OUR LIKE FLEA AND TICK PREVENTIONS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE DO STOCK THEM IN SHELTER.
THE CHALLENGE IS THIS IS A PARASITE THAT IS AN OUTBREAK THAT THE USDA IS TRYING TO ERADICATE.
SO WHEN WE DO TREAT, UM, IT'S MORE THAN JUST A TREATMENT.
WE DO HAVE TO ISOLATE QUARANTINE.
THAT WOUND NEEDS TO BE FULLY HEALED.
UM, WITH TREATMENT COMES MANUAL EXTRACTION, TESTING, SEND OUTS AND REGULATIONS.
SO TO MANAGE THIS AS AN ORGANIZATION, UM, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A THREE STAGE RESPONSE PLAN.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING OURSELF IN PHASE ONE, WHICH IS PRIMARILY MONITORING, PREPARING, AND STAFF TRAINING.
WE'VE STRUCTURED THESE, SO THEY'RE GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED.
WE'RE MONITORING MIGRATION AND MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO DALLAS.
SO HOW CLOSE IT IS TO US WILL TRIGGER OUR NEXT PHASES.
PHASE TWO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE WATCHING AS IT GETS CLOSER TO PHASE TWO, AND WE'RE GONNA BE PREPARING BECAUSE PHASE TWO IS WHERE MOST OF OUR OPERATIONAL AND ACTION CHANGES WILL BE, AND THAT'LL BE TRIGGERED WHEN THE, AN INFESTATION OR A QUARANTINE ZONE IS WITH A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OR 60 MILES OF DALLAS.
OUR CHANGES WILL CONSIST OF THINGS LIKE INCREASED MONITORING, TESTING, SETTING UP WOUND ISOLATION ROOMS WITH WOUND ISOLATION PROTOCOLS, UM, INCREASED FLAG CONTROL AROUND THE SHELTER, ET CETERA.
PHASE THREE WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IF THERE WAS AN ACTIVE CASE
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IN DALLAS COUNTY OR A NEIGHBORING COUNTY.AND THIS PHASE WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN BEING IN PROBABLY A QUARANTINE OR INFESTED ZONE.
SO WE'D BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUTBREAK ORGANIZATIONS FOR GUIDELINES AT THAT TIME.
THE CURRENT NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES FOR THIS OUTBREAK REMAINS VERY LOW.
I THINK AS OF EARLIER THIS WEEK, IT WAS FOUR, UM, AS OF TUESDAY, UM, AND IT'S CONCENTRATED MORE THAN 200 MILES SOUTH OF DALLAS.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR AND BE PROACTIVE WITH HOW WE PREPARE, THOUGH, DESPITE THAT.
AND WHILE WE HOPE IT DOESN'T ESCALATE INTO PHASE TWO OR THREE, UM, OUR TEAM IS PREPARING TO RESPOND QUICKLY, UM, SHOULD THE CONDITIONS CHANGE.
AND WE NEED TO THANK YOU, EMILY.
WE APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE AND YOU CONTINUOUSLY WORKING WITH OUR FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY, UPDATE AND ABREAST OF THESE CHANGES.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL GO OVER, UH, IS REGARDING OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
DURING PORTER THREE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HELD A NUMBER OF EVENTS, UH, REOCCURRING PET FOOD EVENTS.
WE HELD SIX MICROCHIP AND VACCINE CLINICS.
WE HELD SEVEN, UH, COMMUNITY CAT FIX DATES.
AND THEN WE, BEFORE, BEFORE THE HIRING FREEZE, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, HIRING EVENTS.
BUT, UH, I BELIEVE NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RESTARTING THAT.
UH, WE UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T HIRE AT THE MOMENT, BUT ONCE OCTOBER ONE HITS, WE'LL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT DES IS AT 9% VACANCY RATE.
SO, UH, WE, WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT LOW VACANCY RATE.
UH, WE HAD A NUMBER OF ADOPTION EVENTS WITH 35 IN TOTAL, 109 ANIMALS ATTENDED.
10 SHELTER CATS ATTENDED WITH TWO ADOPTED AND TWO FOSTER TO ADOPT.
42 FOSTER DOGS ATTENDED WITH EIGHT ADOPTED, AND FOUR FOSTERED TO ADOPT.
AND THEN ONE FOSTER CAT ATTENDED WITH, UH, THAT WAS ADOPTED.
FOR THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, BENNETT, WHO WILL GO OVER SOME OF OUR, UH, MARKETING, UH, EFFORTS.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER SI KNOW YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION FROM THE YEARS OF DISCUSSION.
SO, LOOKING FIRST AT OUR OVERALL SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, UH, WE CONTINUE TO SEE VERY STRONG REACH ACROSS BOTH INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK.
INSTAGRAM GENERATED APPROXIMATELY 8.3 MILLION VIEWS DURING THE QUARTER WITH MORE THAN 558,000 CONTENT INTERACTIONS.
FACEBOOK GENERATED APPROXIMATELY 9.8 MILLION VIEWS AND NEARLY 3000 CONTENT INTERACTIONS AND MORE THAN 888,000 HOURS OF WATCH TIME.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE DOWN COMPARED WITH THE PRIOR QUARTER, BUT THAT COMPARISON IS SOMEWHAT MISLEADING BECAUSE Q2 INCLUDED TWO EXCEPTIONALLY VIRAL PIECES OF CONTENT, A VIDEO OF ONE OF OUR ASSOS RESCUING AN ANIMAL FROM A BRIDGE AND OUR JANUARY FREEZE COVERAGE.
UM, SO THOSE CREATED UNUSUAL, AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SPIKE IN OUR Q2 NUMBERS, BUT EVEN WITHOUT THE COM, UH, COMPARABLY VIRAL EVENTS AND Q3 R CONTENT CONTINUED TO REACH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND GENERATE SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE SUSTAINED LEVEL OF VISIBILITY WE'RE SEEING ACROSS BOTH PLATFORMS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK BEYOND THE OVERALL NUMBERS AT WHAT TYPES OF CONTENT ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR HIGHEST PERFORMING POSTS FROM THE QUARTER.
I THINK THEY GAVE US SOME USEFUL INSIGHT INTO WHAT OUR AUDIENCE, UH, RESPOND TO ON FACEBOOK.
TWO OF OUR TOP POSTS WERE RELATED TO PET PANTRY, BOTH, UH, REMINDING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT UPCOMING DISTRIBUTIONS AND ASKING FOR FOOD DONATIONS.
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHTED ONE OF, UH, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THE IMPACT VOLUNTEERS HAVE ON AN THE ANIMALS AND OUR CARE ON INSTAGRAM.
WE, AGAIN, SAW STRONG RESPONSE TO THE PET PANTRY, ALONG WITH POSTS THAT WERE MUCH MORE ANIMAL FOCUSED, INCLUDING OUR DALLAS WINGS COLLABORATION, HIGHLIGHTING SIX ADOPTABLE DOGS, AND, UH, POST FEATURING ALONG STAY PUPPY.
WHAT I THINK IS PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING IS THAT OUR STRONGEST CONTENT ISN'T LIMITED TO ADOPTION PROMOTION.
WE'RE SEEING SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN COMMUNITY RESOURCES, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP PARTNERSHIPS, VOLUNTEERS, AND INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL STORIES.
THAT GIVES US A BROADER COMMUNICATION PLATFORM FOR TELLING THE STORY OF WHAT DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES DOES.
SO WE'RE USING THIS PERFORMANCE DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT RESONATES WITH OUR AUDIENCES AND TO BECOME MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE.
AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY TIMELY BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO BRING IN AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SMU, TIMBERLAND ADVERTISING INSTITUTE.
UM, SO THIS SPRING, WE, WE DID PARTNER WITH THEM, UM, AS A CLIENT FOR ITS 2026
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GRADUATE CAMPAIGN COURSE.UM, AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER, UH, GRADUATE STUDENTS IMMERSED THEMSELVES IN LEARNING ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE CHALLENGES WE FACE IN CONNECTING RESIDENTS WITH OUR PROGRAM AND SERVICES.
UH, THEIR WORK INCLUDED, UH, AUDIENCE RESEARCH, EVALUATION OF CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS, DEVELOPMENT OF MESSAGING STRATEGIES, AND A VARIETY OF, UH, CREATIVE CAMPAIGN CONCEPTS.
THE IMAGES SHOWN HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES FROM THAT FINAL PRESENTATION.
ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN CONCEPTS FOCUSED ON RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP AND PREVENTION.
WHILE AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS KEY RESEARCH FINDINGS THAT APPROXIMATELY 15% OF DALLAS ADULTS ARE CONSIDERING ADOPTING A PET.
SINCE RECEIVING THE FINAL REPORT IN MAY, WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO INCORPORATE THEM AND OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY.
WHILE NOT EVERY RECOMMENDATION IS FEASIBLE OR APPROPRIATE TO IMPLEMENT, THE PROJECT HAS PROVIDED VALUABLE INSIGHTS THAT ARE HELPING INFORM OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS AS A RESULT, AS RESOURCES ALLOW.
AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AT SMU FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK THEY INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT.
IT HAS BEEN A VALUABLE COLLABORATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE, AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHER MARKETING AGENCIES AND SOME OF OUR LOCAL SPORTS TEAMS. AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING BEFORE, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE A LOT WITH SOME MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS, AND WE ARE DOING SOME OTHER THINGS COMING UP IN THE FUTURE WITH SOME MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS. SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR THE QUARTER, UH, OF APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
UH, I WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DEDICATED FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANNA COME AND REACH OUT AND SUPPORT DAS, UH, TO WHATEVER VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THEY PROVIDE.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF, UH, 1057 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS DURING THIS QUARTER, WITH OVER 9,000 TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS, AVERAGING ABOUT EIGHT TO NINE HOURS PER ACTIVE VOLUNTEER.
THE VALUE OF THAT DONATED TO THE CITY WAS OVER $330,000 IF YOU ADDED A LIVABLE WAGE TO THAT.
VACATIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW FRUIT, UH, AND PROGRESS AS WE HAD 493 DOGS PARTICIPATING IN OUR VACATION PROGRAM.
707 VACATIONS ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MATH, SOME OF THOSE WERE REPEAT VACATIONS.
UH, 203 DOGS WERE ADOPTED FROM THAT, UH, ACTIVITY.
UH, 202 WENT TO FOSTER HOMES WITH 50 THAT WERE TAGGED BY RESCUE.
SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS AND THOSE FOLKS WHO TAKE THE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO COME GIVE AN ANIMAL IN THE SHELTER A BREAK FROM THE FACILITY.
TO CONTINUE WITH OUR, OUR FOSTER PROGRAM, UH, DURING THIS PERIOD, WE HAD OVER 3000 ANIMALS FOSTERED 361 WERE REPEAT FOSTERS, 196 WERE FOSTER HEROES WHERE SOMEONE MAY HAVE FOUND THE ANIMAL AS A STRAY AND BROUGHT IT IN AND DECIDED TO KEEP IT, UH, THROUGH THE FOSTER PERIOD.
42 NEW FOSTERS, 54 MEDICAL FOSTERS.
AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH OVER A THOUSAND, UH, FOSTER TO ADOPT 56 TICKET TO RIDES.
THOSE ARE ANIMALS THAT ARE WAITING FOR TRANSPORT THAT ARE NOT HOUSED IN THE SHELTER.
THEY'RE HOUSED IN ACTUAL FOSTERS.
AND OVER A THOUSAND PUPPIES AND KITTENS THAT WERE FOSTERED FROM DAS WITH 59 SHORT-TERM FOSTERS 783, ADOPTED BY A FOSTER, AND 133 ADOPTED WHILE IN FOSTER.
UH, WANNA SAY AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT AND WORK FROM THE COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO OUR FOSTER AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY IN HOPES OF DIVERTING ANIMALS FROM COMING INTO THE SHELTER.
WE UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMY'S VERY ROUGH AT THE MOMENT, AND IN DOING SO, WE TRY TO REMOVE THAT BARRIER OF PROVIDING, UH, FOOD, UH, THAT IS, UH, DONATED.
AND I, I KNOW SOMETIMES WE PUT A PLEA OUT FOR SUPPORT, BUT WE'VE HAD THE GRACIOUS SUPPORT OF SOME ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THAT ACTUALLY JUST DONATE PALLETS OF FOOD TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.
WE HAD 363 FAMILIES THAT WERE SERVED FOR SIX EVENTS DURING THIS QUARTER.
WE HAVE OVER 1900 PETS THAT WERE SERVED, AND OVER 14,000 POUNDS OF FOOD THAT WAS PROVIDED.
UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORTED THIS EFFORT AND THE STAFF WHO COORDINATED.
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NEXT SLIDE.ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE TRY TO DO IS, IS TRY TO FIND ANIMALS OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.
UH, THROUGH OUR TRANSPORT PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAD, UH, ACTIVE OUT-OF-STATE TRANSPORT PARTNERS WHO ASSISTED IN QUARTER THREE WERE 29, UH, 17 OUT OF STATE PARTNERS ACTIVE IN, IN QUARTER TWO.
IF YOU CAN SEE FROM A QUARTER TWO TO QUARTER THREE TOTAL RESCUE TRANSPORTS, THERE WERE 343 TOTAL ANIMALS TAGGED FOR TRANSPORT.
OF THE 343 PETS HAD A POSITIVE OUTCOME UTILIZING THE DAS TRANSPORT PROGRAM OUT OF STATE ADOPTIONS AND TRANSPORTS.
WE HAD, UH, ASSISTED IN 28 ADOPTIONS ACROSS 17 STATES.
THE TRANSPORT TEAM HAS SET A FEW GOALS IN PLACE FOR THEMSELVES, AND IN QUARTER THREE, THEY'VE ACHIEVED TWO OF THOSE GOALS WITH, UH, TWO THAT ARE ONGOING.
UH, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PERSONALLY THANK WINGS OF RESCUE AND HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS IN, IN COORDINATING THESE FLIGHTS AND ALLOWING DA TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY TRANSPORT THAT TAKES PLACE.
OUR RESCUE PARTNERS ALSO DO TRANSPORTS.
OUR COMMUNITY CAT FIX PROGRAM PARTNERS.
UH, WE, UH, THROUGH OUR, UH, CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS VENDORS THAT WE HAVE, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, SPAY AND NEUTER EFFORTS, AND TNR FOR, UH, OUR KITTENS, UH, SPAY AND NEUTER NETWORK COMPLETED 479.
UH, DAS BROUGHT IN AN ADDITIONAL 112 AS WELL.
UH, THE TCAP PROVIDED 560 WITH OVER 3000 FELINES, SPAYED AND NEUTERED YEAR TO DATE BY OUR PARTNERS THROUGH OUR SUBSIDIZED SURGERY INITIATIVE.
FISCAL YEAR 26, WE RESPONDED TO, UH, AT LEAST 48 SITE VISITS, UH, WHERE WE TRAPPED AT LEAST 151 CATS.
AND, UH, WE PREVIOUSLY TRAPPED ONLY FOUR.
UH, WE SPAYED AND NEUTERED, UH, 82 AND 604 TNR SURGERIES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED YEAR TO DATE THROUGH OUR, UH, STAFF AT THE SHELTER.
YEAR TO DATE, OVER 3000 SURGERIES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY DAS, UH, FOR COMMUNITY CATS IN EITHER IN-HOUSE OR THROUGH SUBSIDIZED SERVICES.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY CATS AND A POLICY RELATED UPDATES FOR AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CHAPTERS IN CHAPTER SEVEN, UH, RELATED TO ANIMALS, BECAUSE THE DEFINITIONS FOR AND THE, UH, DETAILS AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNITY CATS OR TNR, WERE VERY LIMITED.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN WORKING WITH, UH, THE PREVIOUS CHAIR AND WORKING WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES, UH, WE LOOK TO CREATE AND DEFINE POLICIES RELATED TO, UH, UNDERSTANDING AND PROVIDING CLEAR DEFINITIONS BETWEEN THE TWO.
UH, SOME PROVISIONS AND EXEMPTIONS, UH, FOR LOOSE ANIMALS, UH, TRAPPING PROVISIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
AND IN DEVELOPING, UH, FRAMEWORK FOR, UH, TNR AND THE STANDARDS FOR REQUIREMENTS.
WE'VE HELD SOME LISTENING SESSIONS AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.
UH, THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WERE FOCUSED AROUND NUISANCE RELATED BEHAVIORS, UH, EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY BRING IN SOME CAREGIVERS TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT DETERRENCE AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY COULD UTILIZE AND SUPPORT IN ENSURING THAT THESE ANIMALS ARE PROPERLY SPAYED, NEUTERED, VACCINATED, UH, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS WELL.
WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UH, FOR OUR SPAY AND NEUTER EFFORTS, UH, AS WELL AS WHAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED FOR SUBSIDIES.
UH, THIS WAS PRESENTED, UH, ON THE 17TH TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
UH, THERE WERE SOME CON, UH, SOME QUESTIONS PROVIDED AT THAT MEETING THAT WERE WORKING TO CLARIFY, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, AS WELL AS THE NUISANCE ASPECTS OF THE ORDINANCE AND SOME LANGUAGE AS IT RELATES TO ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS AND, AND SO FORTH.
UH, AND WE ARE WORKING TO HAVE THAT DRAFT REVISED, AND WE WILL SUPPLY A FRIDAY MEMO TO THAT COMMITTEE WITH UPDATES IN REGARDS TO THEIR CONCERNS.
AND WE'RE ALSO PROBABLY GONNA HAVE A CON SIT DOWN CONVERSATION WITH THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT DID HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS.
THIS WAS MOVED FORWARD FOR, FOR
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CONSIDERATION BY THE FULL COUNCIL FOR OCTOBER.THAT DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET YET.
UH, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN.
UH, DS DOES NOT HAVE A TNR PROGRAM.
UH, WE DO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.
WE DID HAVE A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE WORKING, UH, OUR TEAM TABBY, BUT BECAUSE OF PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING, THAT PROGRAM WAS ELIMINATED LAST YEAR.
WE STILL CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO SERVICE REQUESTS AS IT RELATES TO HEALTH AND WELFARE.
UH, SO WE WILL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS THOSE STAFFING CAPABILITIES ARE ALLOWED.
UH, NEXT STEP, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
UH, FOR YOUR AWARENESS, UH, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN THE DOG BARK ORDINANCE, SIGNAGE.
UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK OUR CHAIR, UH, WHO, UH, ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THIS CROSS-COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DAS AND PARKS, BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOP PHOTO THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS SIGNAGE, IT'S FAIRLY LENGTHY.
IT, WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO READ THAT AND UNDERSTAND IT, AND THEN IT WAS NOT AS CLOSE TO THE DOG PARK.
AS YOU SEE, THE NEWS SIGNS ARE THAT WERE DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED BY COMMISSIONER CASEY AND, UH, CHAIR CASEY, AND, UH, OUR PARKS AND RECS TEAM AND DAS.
THESE SIGNS HIGHLIGHT KEY ORDINANCES, INCLUDING SPAN NEUTER REQUIREMENTS, MANDATORY MICRO CHIPPING, CHIPPING UP-TO-DATE VACCINATIONS, PROPER PET WASTE DISPOSAL.
AND THEY ALSO FEATURE A QR CODE LINKING DIRECTLY TO HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR DALLAS PET OWNERS TO DAS.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND EFFORT.
AND I, I WANNA TELL YOU THAT IT'S BORN FRUIT BECAUSE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES, THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THESE SIGNS IN OUR WALKING TRAILS.
SO EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING REQUIRES FUNDING.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT PARKS AND RECS AND, AND OUR SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CAN COME UP WITH, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
YOU'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE UPCOMING, UH, COMMISSION MEETING WHERE YOU WILL VOTE ON THE DATES FOR YOUR, UH, NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S MEETINGS.
UH, SO I, I WISH YOU LUCK ON THAT.
YOU, OF COURSE HAVE THE LINKS TO ALL THE RESOURCES THAT, THAT WE'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE OUR DEPARTMENTAL CONTACTS, WHICH WILL SOON CHANGE, BUT I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT OVER THESE PAST FOUR YEARS WITH ANIMAL SERVICES, IT HAS BEEN REALLY EYE-OPENING AS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF CODE COMPLIANCE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND HAVING ANIMAL SERVICES AS ONE OF OUR, UH, DEPARTMENTS UNDER OUR UMBRELLA, I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT DAS DID.
UH, AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, MANAGER, AND, UH, EXECUTIVE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE HAD A NUMBER OF ORDINANCES THAT WE ENFORCED, STATE, STATE, LOCAL, FEDERAL.
AND I THOUGHT, OH, WOW, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE CHAPTER.
HOW HARD COULD IT BE
UH, AMANDA COMES TO US WITH 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
UH, SHE HAS DEGREES IN BUSINESS, AND SHE'S WORKING ON A DEGREE IN, UH, VETERINARY MEDICINE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE JOINED THE TEAM.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
EVERYBODY HERE IS NEW IN LEADERSHIP, UH, WITH A YEAR LESS, UH, WITH DS.
UH, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN WITH DS, A COUPLE OF THEM.
I THINK ERIC AND DANIEL, UH, HAVE BEEN WITH DES FOR QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
BUT, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE IS, IS NEW TO THE ORGANIZATION, AND THEY'VE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE CHAIR, AND WE WILL BE READY FOR WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND YOU HAVE ALSO, IT'S 27 IS YOUR NUMBER WITH THE CITY, RIGHT? 27 YEARS WITH THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND LET'S GIVE 'EM A LITTLE THANKS A LOT FOR LEADING DAS FOR THESE YEARS.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO IN ROUNDS.
WE'LL EACH HAVE FIVE MINUTES, AND WE CAN DO A SECOND ROUND IF NEEDED.
UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING MENTIONED IN THE REPORT, AND THE SPEAKERS BOTH SPOKE ON ISSUES THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE REPORT, THE
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SPECIFIC CASE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY, UH, MS. KUKLA.WE WOULDN'T COVER THOSE DETAILS IN THIS FORUM, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK ABOUT PROCESSES, ANY TYPES OF TRANSPARENCY, ET CETERA, IN RELATION TO THAT.
UM, AND MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON, AND JILLIAN HAS STARTED YOUR TIME.
THE DAS STAFF RESPONDING TO YOU DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST YOUR TIME.
SO YOU CAN EITHER ASK A LITANY OF QUESTIONS AND THEY'LL TAKE SOME NOTES AND TRY TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING AND RESPOND, OR YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION, HAVE THEM RESPOND.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET'S START WITH THE VIRTUAL, SINCE WE HAVE, UH, THREE COMMISSIONERS THERE.
AND WE'LL JUST GO IN DISTRICT ORDER.
SO, MS. JAMESON, UM, JUST WAIT FOR JILLIAN TO GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP THAT YOUR TIME HAS STARTED, AND YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
COMMISSIONER JAMESON, I HAVE YOU AT THE TOP, SO WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, I'LL HIT PLAY.
I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THIS TIME.
I'M MORE INTERESTED IN, IN LISTENING, AND THEN I'LL PROBABLY FOLLOW UP WITH QUESTIONS.
I DID WANT TO OFFER, UM, PAUL, I HEARD YOU SAY COMMUNITY, SOME CAREGIVERS, UM, TO, TO MAYBE START SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PLANS FOR, YOU KNOW, IDEAS FOR HOW TO CARE FOR COMMUNITY CATS AND GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.
I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.
UM, HOW TO TRAP THEM ALL THAT I, YOU KNOW, I HAD EXPRESSED, I WAS, I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CATS ROLES WERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE ELIMINATED.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED AT THE DISTRICT FOUR MEETING, PAUL, THAT YOU DON'T THINK THOSE POSITIONS ARE BEING ELIMINATED ANYMORE.
UH, I DID, I DID WANNA ASK THAT QUESTION AND GET YOUR CONFIRMATION ON THAT, BECAUSE WHENEVER WE'RE ROLLING OUT THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FERAL AND COMMUNITY CAT ORDINANCE, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY CAT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THESE CITIZENS WHO ARE GONNA BE, OF COURSE, EMAILING IT.
OF COURSE, INTERESTED, OF COURSE, EXCITED TO GET THEIR ANIMALS IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT MY OTHER QUESTION WAS.
UM, JUST THINKING THROUGH YOUR SERVICE CALL.
YOU'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH, AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AMANDA, UH, STEPPING IN AS INTERIM.
AND, UM, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN HOW THAT, UM, NATIONWIDE SEARCH IS GOING TO, TO WORK OUT.
UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND I'LL WAIT FOR YOUR ANSWER ON THE COMMUNITY CATS QUESTION.
SO, AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY CATS, AT ONE POINT WE DID HAVE A TEAMS THAT, THAT WAS WITHIN OUR FIELD OPERATIONS THAT RESPONDED TO, UH, TNR REQUESTS AND SO FORTH.
UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 25, DURING THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, THAT TEAM WAS ELIMINATED.
THE WAY PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING WORKS IS IF A PROGRAM IS ELIMINATED, IT IS ELIMINATED.
THERE IS NO, UH, UH, WAY AROUND IT.
UH, HOWEVER, OUR TEAM DOES AND WILL CONTINUE, UH, AS LONG AS I'M HERE TO RESPOND TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO ANIMALS IN THE FIELD.
UH, WE WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AND WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, UH, TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES AND ASSETS.
AS WE STATED BEFORE, OR AS I STATED BEFORE, THIS IS JUST A FRAMEWORK.
UH, IF AND IN THE FUTURE, MORE IS TO BE ADDED OR DISCUSSED, IT CAN BE BUILT OUT FROM THERE.
SO, UH, I HOPE THAT CLEARED UP AND ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
I'LL MOVE TO DISTRICT TWO, UH, COMMISSIONER GEARING.
LET'S GET YOUR TIME STARTED BY JILLIAN AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK.
IF YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START.
UH, FIRST I WANNA SAY, PAUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, AT DAS.
WE ARE, WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
UM, WE JUST, WE ALL APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR, FOR THE CATS AND DOGS AND ROOSTERS AND ALL THE OTHER LIVESTOCK AND ANIMALS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR TIME AS DIRECTOR.
A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THE REPORT.
FIRST, UM, THE ANIMAL CRUELTY NUMBERS ARE UP, RIGHT? WE SEE THEM TRENDING IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION.
AND OBVIOUSLY I THINK THAT'S BOTH CONCERNING, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO CLEARLY GOES TO SHOW IT'S BECAUSE DELL'S ANIMAL SERVICES IS INCREASING THEIR ENFORCEMENT.
AND I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU REALLY BUILT THIS PROGRAM WHERE YOU ARE NOW SUPPORTING, UH, DPD WITH THE, WITH THE CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS AND, AND LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FINDING MORE OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE BEING SUBJECT TO THE CRUELTY.
PROBABLY NOT NECESSARILY MEANING THAT THERE'S MORE CRUELTY GOING ON, IT JUST MEANS WE'RE ENFORCING IT.
SO I THINK WHILE OBVIOUSLY IT'S CONCERNING THAT THE NUMBERS GOING UP, I THINK THAT'S POSITIVE THAT WE'RE, THAT THEY'RE BEING CAUGHT, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE BEING RESCUED IN SOME CASES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT, UM, D WHAT IF WE'VE HAD FEEDBACK FROM GPD ON HOW THEY'RE GONNA TRY, AND I MEAN, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S POSSIBLE, I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING
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DPD CAN HELP TAKE ON AND TRY.AND WITH PREVENTION FOR MORE OF THAT.
I DON'T THINK D UH, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES NEEDS MORE TASKS.
SO I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT DPDS RESPONSE IS THERE.
UM, AND I'LL ALSO JUMP AROUND, AND WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT ONE.
I WANNA SAY I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
I THINK THEY LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING REALLY CREATIVE.
UM, I LOVE THE STUFF WITH THE DALLAS WINGS.
I THINK THAT'S A REAL KIND OF EMERGING MARKET.
AND, UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S, I JUST APPRECIATE THAT DALLAS SENDIBLE SERVICES IS MODERNIZING AND THAT YOU'RE ALSO NOT JUST, YOU'RE BEING SO ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THAT YOU'RE TRACKING THE CONTENT AND THE POSTS THAT GO VIRAL.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
SO I JUST KIND OF KUDOS TO THE TEAM FOR NOT JUST FOCUSING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ALSO THE TRACKING OF IT.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO LOVE THE SME MARKETING'S, UH, WORK.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
I WAS KIND OF THINKING, WELL, WHAT OTHER KIND OF CREATIVE WAYS CAN THE COMMISSIONER SUPPORT, LIKE MAYBE DONATING, YOU KNOW, PET COSTUMES OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT AROUND THE HOLIDAYS TO TRY AND HELP WITH DRIVE.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE'S UPCOMING, LIKE A MARKETING PUSH THAT YOU ALL NEED SUPPORT OR, UM, ITEMS FOR, I THINK TAP ON THE, THE COMMISSIONERS, AND IF WE HAVE IT, WE CAN ALSO, WE, WE'D LOVE TO SUPPORT.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL AND CONTINUES TO DRIVE.
I MEAN, AS MUCH AS I'M NOT A BIG SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON, I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN DRIVING AND, AND HELPING, NOT JUST WITH RAISING DA'S PROFILE, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY FOR EDUCATION.
SO, UM, JUST CALL ON US IF YOU NEED STUFF FOR UPCOMING MARKETING PUSHES, AND THEN I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT, UM, DPD IS GOING TO DO OR LOOKING TO DO FOR A, WHAT THE INCREASE IN CRUELTY.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS.
UH, I DO KNOW THAT AS THE TEAM BEGINS TO BUILD AND HONE IN THEIR ABILITIES THERE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE CASES.
UH, A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE CASES ARE, OF COURSE, THE BLOODSPORT AND THEN OF, AS WELL, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T PE THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT IF YOU LEAVE AN ANIMAL IN A RESIDENCE, WHETHER IT'S AN APARTMENT, HOTEL ROOM, MOTEL ROOM, HOME, AND YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK FOR THAT ANIMAL, THAT'S ABANDONMENT.
AND THAT'S A SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE.
SO I, I THINK THERE'S AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY THERE, UH, BECAUSE A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR CASES ARE, ARE LIKELY, UH, FROM ABANDONMENTS, UH, AS WELL, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, PREVENTION, THAT, THAT, THAT'S REALLY WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF DPD, UH, BECAUSE ENFORCEMENT IS UNDER THEIR PURVIEW.
BUT, UH, I BELIEVE IF WE CONTINUE TO, TO TALK ABOUT RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, UH, AND ENFORCING WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE, AND THEN AS WELL INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF, UH, THE, THE SIMPLEST THINGS OF JUST LEAVING THE ANIMAL BEHIND IS A CRUELTY CHARGE BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED ABANDONMENT, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA.
I, I WOULD, I, I AGAIN, WANT TO COMMEND THE TEAM.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY GONE FROM A ONE PERSON CREW TO, IT'S NOW MANAGED BY A MANAGER OVER THAT OPERATION WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNICATION, OUTREACH AND MARKETING TEAM WITH THE CITY.
UH, THEY NOW HAVE, UH, FOUR COORDINATORS, I BELIEVE, THREE COORDINATORS WHO ARE WORKING WITH THAT MANAGER.
UH, I KNOW ERICA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE TEAM AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR FIRST FRIDAYS EVENTS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MARKETING EVENTS, UH, UH, AT THE SHELTER, UH, TO BRING IN, UH, FOLKS.
UH, BUT I WILL SAY ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE OR THAT THE TEAM CONTINUES TO HAVE TO WORK WITH ANYONE, WHETHER IT BE A COMMISSIONER OR VOLUNTEER OR ORGAN ORGANIZATION, UH, WE WOULD GREATLY, UH, APPRECIATE THE, THE EFFORTS.
UH, I KNOW THE TEAM HAS WORKED, AS YOU SAID, TO ANALYZE OUR FOOTPRINT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO, UH, FOCUS ON WHERE THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE AND HOW WE CAN, UH, BEST UTILIZE THOSE EFFORTS.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANNA COMMEND THAT EFFORT WITH THE TEAM AS FAR AS MARKETING GOES.
AND I HOPE THAT ANSWERED ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, PAUL.
I GOT A COUPLE OF OF THINGS I WANTED TO PLUG IN ON, ON WITH THAT.
UM, SO, UM, THIS WEEKEND, ACTUALLY TONIGHT, THERE IS AN EVENT AT THE FRISCO R RIDERS THAT IT WILL BE SUPPORTING, UM, OUR FRIENDS OF GROUP.
UM, SO YOU CAN, UM, GET A REGULAR TICKET, OR IF YOU'RE FEELING LIKE YOU WANNA CHILL OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, THERE'S THE LAZY RIVER TICKETS FOR $30, REGULAR TICKETS ARE 15, AND, AND PURCHASING OF THOSE WILL GO TOWARDS, UH, OUR FRIENDS OF GROUP.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I DON'T WANNA STILL HER THUNDER, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE, UM,
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ALSO VOLUNTEERS AT THE SHELTER, UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, TEAM HAS REALLY NOTED IS THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS KNOW OUR ANIMALS THE BEST, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHTS, UM, ON THOSE ANIMALS, UM, FOR, UM, SOME GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT.AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO START PUSHING, I BELIEVE IN SEPTEMBER, IS A KIND OF A LIFESTYLE, UM, FOCUS.
SO THOSE, THOSE DOGS THAT GO BEST WITH CERTAIN TYPES OF LIFESTYLE.
SO WE CAN ADVOCATE IN THAT WAY, UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY FIND, UM, SOME APPROPRIATE HOMES FOR, FOR SOME OF OUR PETS.
COMMISSIONER GEHRING, DO YOU WANNA YIELD THE REST OF YOUR TIME OR ANY FOLLOW UPS? I YIELD.
WE'LL MOVE TO COMMISSIONER THOMAS THERE.
VIRTUALLY, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES ONCE JILLIAN STARTS YOUR TIME.
AND REMEMBER, THE CITY STAFF RESPONDING TO YOU DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST YOUR TIME.
HELLO, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, IF YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
I'M, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, SO I'M KIND OF LEARNING, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT ISSUES AND EVERYTHING.
UM, I WANNA THANK, UM, ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, ALL MY ANIMALS ARE STRAYS OR CAME FROM DAS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, SO I ALWAYS HAVE A BIG PLACE IN MY HEART FOR, FOR THOSE GUYS.
BUT, UM, I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND EXCITED ABOUT, UM, GETTING TO KNOW AMANDA.
UM, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THIS GROUP, AND HOPEFULLY I CAN BE THERE IN PERSON NEXT TIME.
AND, UM, JUST WANNA HELP OUT WHEREVER I CAN.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST KINDA TAKING IT ALL IN AND SEEING WHAT, WHAT, UM, THE COM YOU KNOW, WHAT THE BOARD'S ABOUT AND EVERYTHING.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S HELP AND SERVICE, SO THANK YOU.
UH, COMMISSIONER SAYED, IF YOU WANNA START, ONCE JILLIAN, GET YOUR TIME GOING, IF YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START.
PAUL, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.
IT'S KIND OF WEIRD BEING HERE A FEW YEARS AND NOW BEING ON OUR THIRD DIRECTOR, BUT I THINK WHILE YOU WERE HERE, YOU DID GIVE A LOT OF STABILITY TO THE ORGANIZATION, AND I THINK THE REPORT REALLY SHOWS THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND FOR THE TEAM.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY COMING IN AND, UM, BEING HERE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND HAVING SO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY PUT ON YOU, BUT, UM, WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, MY, THE HAPPIEST PIECE OF THIS FOR ME IS THE INCREASE IN FOSTERS, UH, BECAUSE THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT YOU ALL REALLY SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY AND YOU SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE NEED TO BUILD ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
AND IT SHOWS, RIGHT? UM, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS INCREASE AND KUDOS TO YOU ON THAT.
UM, I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE SOME KIND OF A, IF THE, THE SCREW WARM SITUATION REALLY STARTS TO GROW, UM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS CONCERNING, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF VIRAL VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ARE STARTING TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF PANIC.
AND SO IF YOU KIND OF SEE THAT TIPPING POINT STARTING TO EMERGE, I DO THINK HAVING SOME KIND OF EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN, WHETHER IT'S TO ASSUAGE FEARS OR TO JUST GENERALLY EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT COULD BE REALLY EFFECTIVE.
UM, WITH AI, I THINK, YES, THERE COULD BE SOME GOOD INTEGRATIONS FOR MARKETING, WHICH I'VE SEEN SOME.
UM, BUT EVEN FROM AN OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT, BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING SO LIMITED FROM THE CITY'S BUDGET TO REALLY SEE WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE, UM, EXPLORED THERE.
UM, THIS SMU AD AGENCY PARTNERSHIP, I LOVE, I LOVE, I LOVE, I LOVE, I THINK IT HAS BEEN SUCH A MISSING PIECE.
UM, SO SOME THINGS I'M JUST GONNA PUT ON YOUR RADAR, AND I AM HAPPY TO SEND THIS IN AN EMAIL IF THAT'S EASIER.
BUT, UM, REALLY KIND OF THINKING THROUGH A DALLAS WIDE DONATED MEDIA COALITION, BECAUSE THE CONTENT IS THERE, THE IMAGERY IS THERE, THE NEED IS THERE.
SO, UM, TRYING TO GET PRO BONO PARTNERSHIPS, UH, PLACEMENTS.
SO I'M THINKING CLEAR CHANNEL, OUT FRONT, DART, UM, VISIT FOR THE DIGITAL ADS.
WE HAVE OUR OWN AIRPORT LEFT FIELD, AND THEY SELL ADVERTISEMENTS.
YOU GO TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN BAGGAGE CLAIM AND THERE ARE BIG, UM, SIGNS RIGHT THERE AT, UM, WHEN YOU PICK UP YOUR LUGGAGE.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE MALLS, BUT, UM, LOCAL MEDIA, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE AND WILLING, LIKE FOX FOUR, NBC, FIVE, WFA, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL SPACE THAT, OR DIGITAL SPACE ON THEIR WEBSITE OR, UM, COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE AT NO COST OR LIKE EXTREMELY REDUCED COST.
AND EVEN THOUGH, UM, THE STARS MAY BE LEAVING US FOR ANOTHER CITY, UM, WE STILL HAVE OUR NAME IN THEIR NAME.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP AS WELL.
SO WHETHER IT'S THE DALLAS WINGS, THE DALLAS STARS,
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THE DALLAS MAVS, AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THE DALLAS COWBOYS,SO REALLY KIND OF SEEING HOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BUILT THIS GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH SMU, YOU'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT MATERIAL AND COLLATERAL AND UM, CREATIVE THAT YOU'VE GOT IN HAND NOW.
AND SO HOW TO GET THAT OUT AND REALLY AMPLIFY THAT.
SO IT'S GOING PAST YOUR COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND REALLY BEING, UH, KINDA LAUNCHED OFF OF OTHER FOLKS AND POTENTIALLY YOU WOULD GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF, YOU KNOW, VISIBILITY BY DOING IT THAT WAY.
SO, UH, VACATIONS, I'M LOVING HOW EFFECTIVE THOSE ARE AS WELL.
AND JUST VERY INTERESTING FROM, UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, LIKE WHAT'S GAINING THE MOST TRACTION, IT SEEMS THIS PET, PET PANTRY THING, WHETHER IT'S A CALL FOR DONATIONS OR IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE NEEDING THE DONATIONS, THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.
UM, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S HOTTER THAN HELL OUTSIDE, AND IT'S REALLY NOT, IT'S JUST LIKE WE'RE IN A CRUEL PHASE OF THE CALENDAR.
AND, UM, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THE HOLIDAYS ARE AROUND THE CORNER.
THE HOLIDAYS ARE AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, AND THEN IT'S REALLY GONNA BE FULL SPEED AHEAD.
AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING READY NOW FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND FIGURING OUT FROM THE PET PANTRY STANDPOINT, UM, WHAT COULD WE POTENTIALLY DO AGAIN WITH MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT MEDIA COALITION TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE PET PANTRY.
'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS NEED.
UH, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE JOBS RIGHT NOW, OR THEY'RE LOSING JOBS, OR THINGS ARE SO EXPENSIVE AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE HURT IN HURTING THAT PARTICULAR ARENA.
AND SO HOW CAN WE POT POTENTIALLY UTILIZE COMM'S RELATIONSHIPS AND THIS MEDIA COALITION THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY BUILD TO REALLY HONE IN ON THAT PIECE AS WE GO INTO THE HOLIDAYS AND INTO THE NEW YEAR.
I AM VERY CURIOUS ABOUT TOTAL, UH, BUDGET IMPACT FROM THE BUDGET DEFICIT IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
UM, BUT JUST KINDA, IF YOU CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT PIECE OF IT.
AND, UM, I'M STILL VERY UNCLEAR ABOUT FRIENDS OF DAS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE FRIENDS OF DAS, THEN YOUR MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TO FRIENDS OF DAS AND I'VE CONTINUED TO, OVER THE YEARS, NOT REALLY BE COMPLETELY CLEAR ON WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE.
IF THEY HAVE OUR NAME AND THEIR NAME.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SED, THAT, WHAT IS THAT DOLLAR VALUE? SO LET ME START OFF FIRST BY TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST COMMENT.
I BELIEVE WE HAD JUST DISCUSSED WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON POSSIBLE MESSAGING AND OUTREACH AND SO FORTH, IF NECESSARY.
UH, THE MEDIA COALITION, I LOVE THAT, UH, IDEA.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE, WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING BACK TO THE SHELTER TODAY.
LOOK AT ONE POSSIBLE MOVING BILLBOARD, UH, USING CITY RESOURCES.
UH, IT'S, IT'S SOME, OH, NEXT WEEK IT'S SOME, IT'S SOME LARGER THAN LIFE GRAPHICS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
BUT I THINK THAT'S, I, I'LL, I'LL LET, UH, VICTORIA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT.
UH, AS OF LAST YEAR, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNCIL APPROVED ADDING ADDITIONAL $1.5 MILLION TO DS TO RIGHTSIZE THE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE YEARS OF, UH, TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY.
AND AS WELL THOSE CAPACITY CONCERNS RELATED TO LENGTH OF STAY, BECAUSE CRUELTY ANIMALS WILL STAY IN THE SHELTER LONGER THAN A NORMAL ANIMAL.
THE DATA SHOWS THAT OUR AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY FOR, UH, AN ANIMAL IS 14 DAYS, BUT FOR A SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY VICTIM, IT'S 18 DAY AVERAGE.
SOME OF THOSE COULD BE THERE FOR 30, 45 DAYS.
UH, SO THIS YEAR I CAN, UH, SAY THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET ACTUALLY ADDS ANOTHER $768,000 TO DES FOR, TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S BEEN VERY GENEROUS IN SUPPORTING DES AND, AND I CAN, UH, TELL YOU THAT THAT'S THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED YET.
THERE'S SOME AMENDMENT DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE, BUT, UH, THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL WAIT AND SEE HOW THAT GOES.
UH, WITH THE MARKETING UPDATES, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT OVER TO VICTORIA.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER POTENTIAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH, UM, WITH THE STARS, UM, AND WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS.
IN FACT, UH, NEXT TUESDAY, WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN INVITED TO BRING IN A, A DOG TO THE DALLAS COWBOYS OPEN PRACTICE.
UM, AND SO, UM, THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT TIME IT STARTS, UM, BUT, UM, BUT SO WE WILL HAVE AN ANIMAL ONSITE, UH, AT, AT THE PRACTICE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OTHER, UM, WITH THESE, UM, AND WE ARE JUST STARTING OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STARS, UM, FOR, FOR SOME POTENTIAL ENGAGEMENTS THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND WE ARE, UM, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, UM, WAYS TO
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INCREASE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER MEDIA.UM, AND LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN GET INTO, YOU KNOW, THERE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M, I'M LOOKING INTO IS THE DIGITAL, UM, ADS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING THROUGH OUR KIOSKS THAT THE CITY'S INSTALLING.
SO AS WE GET THOSE GOING, WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT SMU, UH, ENGAGEMENT INCLUDED SOME REALLY GOOD, UH, IDEAS FOR, FOR THAT STUFF.
UM, THE, UM, AND, UH, WE ARE AT, LIKE PAUL MENTIONED, WE ARE WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON, UH, WAYS TO INCREASE SOME VISIBILITY WITHIN THE CITY'S EXISTING FOOTPRINT.
AND JUST TO ADD ONE MORE THING, UM, WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A CONVERSATION THIS WEEK ABOUT, UM, PARTNERSHIPS FOR OUR PET PANTRIES.
SO WE'RE RIGHT ON THE SAME TRACK,
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER SANDERS.
YOU'LL HAVE YOUR FIVE MINUTES ONCE JILLIAN STARTS YOU UP, IF YOU'RE READY.
COMMISSIONER, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
AND COMMISSIONER SANDERS, MAKE SURE YOUR, UH, MICROPHONE'S RIGHT IN FRONT FOR THE VIRTUAL ATTENDEES, PLEASE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, LIKE THAT? OKAY.
UM, THE FIRST THING I WANNA SAY IS THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT THE VOLUNTEERS AT DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES ARE THE BEST PEOPLE EVER.
THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE, NOT ONLY ALL THE YEARS COMING TO VOLUNTEER AT THE SHELTER, HELPING TO INCREASE THE FOSTER NUMBERS, HELPING DECREASE THE, UM, ALL THAT MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER YOU SAID AS FAR AS, UM, HOW MUCH IT ADDED TO OUR THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS.
BUT OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE'VE HAD BUDGET MEETINGS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED THEM.
I KNOW LISA, UH, COMMISSIONER DUNN AND, AND ALSO COMMISSIONER CASEY.
UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER MATHIS WAS THAT ONE TOO.
BUT ANYWAY, BESIDES THE COMMISSIONERS GOING, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS ATTEND THESE MEETINGS.
THEY WEAR THEIR BLUE SHIRTS, THEY STAND OUT, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT MATTERS.
UM, THEY ARE COMING AFTER WORK, AFTER THEY VOLUNTEER AND COMING TO ATTEND DALLAS BUDGET MEETINGS,
AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM AND ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND THE PEOPLE THAT DO VOLUNTEER, AND THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE THE TIME TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND SHOW THAT THE CITY REALLY CARES ABOUT ANIMALS.
THAT ANIMALS, UM, AND DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, UM, ARE A VITAL PART OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR CITY.
AND SO, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.
ALSO, THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER, UH, PEST COMMISSIONER BOBOWSKI FOR ORGANIZING AN ADVOCACY TRAINING FOR THOSE VOLUNTEERS SO THAT THEY COULD KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO STAND UP FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY LOVE.
AND THEY, I, AND I CAN SEE THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO MORE MEETINGS.
WE HAVE MORE MEETINGS UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
UM, AS, UM, DIRECTOR RAMON SAID, UH, THE CITY HAS BEEN GREAT WITH THE BUDGET SO FAR, RIGHT? WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THIS HUGE NEW ANIMAL CRUELTY, UM, DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE NOW HAD TO TAKE CONTROL OVER BECAUSE OUR PARTNERS ARE NOT, UM, IN ON THAT WITH US ANYMORE.
SO THAT'S BEEN GREAT FROM THE CITY, BUT, UM, EACH OF THE COMMISSIONER, EACH OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD AN AMENDMENT OR TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK THE VOLUNTEERS FOR DOING THAT AND FOR ALL OF US FOR STANDING UP, BUT ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP.
AND NEXT WEEK WE HAVE MORE BUDGET MEETINGS, AND THERE IS ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP TO TALK IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY SAY MORE
JUST THANK THEM FOR KEEPING OUR BUDGET ANYWAY.
I KNOW I'M, I'M ON A LITTLE BIT OF A SOAPBOX HERE.
I DON'T WANT, BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
ALSO, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO PAUL FOR ALWAYS LISTENING TO ME WHEN I CALL ABOUT CATS WITH ALL, A WHOLE LOT OF, UM, UH, COMMENTS AND SPECIFICS THAT HE'S LIKE, WHAT? BUT HE IS ALWAYS BEEN GRACIOUS AND, UM, IN LISTENING TO ME.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR BEING THERE, AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU.
UM, YOU MIGHT NOT MISS ME
AND I'M EXCITED THAT AMANDA IS COMING WITH ALL OF HER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO HELP US IN THE INTERIM AND, UM, HOPEFULLY APPLY FOR THE, UH, JOB AS WE GO INTO THE NATIONAL, UH, SEARCH.
UM, AND, UM, SO THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, I DON'T REALLY, I DO HAVE ONE SPECIFIC QUESTION AFTERWARDS, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THE SAME THING AS, UH, COMMISSIONER JAMESON SAID, I AM VOLUNTEERING MYSELF TO BE A GO-BETWEEN FOR ANY CONVERSATIONS WE WANNA CONTINUE TO HAVE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, I HAD SOME VERY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY CAT PEOPLE, AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE THE
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PERSON THAT FACILITATES SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.SO I WON'T BRING UP ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CAT ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, JUST TO OFFER MY HELP AND, AND, UM, TO NETWORK BETWEEN THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I DO HAVE IS, UM, OH, OH, I HAD ONE OTHER COMMENT.
I LOVE THE LIFESTYLE, SOCIAL MEDIA THINGS.
UM, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT HELPING TO MATCH DOGS WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE, BUT IT'S HELPING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT KIND OF ANIMALS THAT MAYBE IF THEY'RE NOT THINKING RIGHT AWAY, BUT MAYBE LATER THEY'RE THINKING THAT THEY SEE THAT AND THEY THINK, OH, I NEVER KNEW THAT HUSKIES MADE THAT CRIED ALL NIGHT LONG.
MAYBE THAT'S NOT SUCH A GOOD DOG FOR MY APARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SO CUTE.
UM, SO ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA SAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR, UM, LATER, UM, FOR PERSONAL, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY SPECIFIC LIKE THINGS.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
COMMISSIONER SANDERS, YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS LEFT IF WE COME BACK TO YOU.
UH, UH, COMMISSIONER FAULKNER DUNN ONCE JULIAN, START YOUR TIME.
UM, FIRST I ALSO WANTED TO THANK PAUL FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE.
I KNOW HE CAME IN AND, UM, THIS WAS, HAD NOT BEEN HIS AREA OF EXPERTISE, AND HE JUMPED RIGHT IN AND HE SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE, THAT WERE EXPERTS, WHICH, WHICH IS, I THINK THAT'S THE MARK OF A TRUE LEADER, IS THAT YOU FIND THE PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THE THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN HE IMMERSED HIMSELF IN ANIMAL, UH, ANIMAL SERVICE AND LEARNED ALL ABOUT IT.
AND ALSO, WHAT I HEAR OVER AND OVER ABOUT PAUL AND HEARD AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND STILL HERE TO THIS DAY, IS HE'S A GOOD BOSS, PEOPLE LIKE HIM.
AND THAT GOES A LONG WAY BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKED WORKING WITH YOU, AND WE LIKED WORKING WITH YOU.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I WISH YOU THE BEST AND, AND, AND WE WILL MISS YOU AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH AMANDA.
BUT, UM, UM, I HOPE YOU'LL COME BACK AND DO VACATIONS OR SOMETHING.
SO MAYBE SOME, UM, BUT I, BUT VACATIONS ARE LIKE MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE THING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
AND WHENEVER WE ARE AT EVENTS OR WE TALK TO PEOPLE OR WHERE I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SMALL RESCUE, AND WHEN WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE OUT AT, AT ADOPTION EVENTS AND PEOPLE GO, OH, I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD DO TO HELP.
I CAN'T HAVE A DOG ALL THE TIME.
AND I TELL 'EM ABOUT THE VACATIONS AND OR VACATIONS, AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE, THEY'RE SO EXCITED BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A, IT'S LIKE THEY WON A PRIZE.
LIKE, OH MY GOD, YOU CAN TAKE A FABULOUS DOG OUT FOR A DAY AND BE COOL AND TAKE THE DOG OUT AND TAKE IT TO THE PARK AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH IT.
CAN WE JUST HAVE UNLIMITED NUMBERS OF VACATIONS, OR IS THAT, THAT'S DEFINED BY SOME STEP, HAS TO HANDLE THAT, RIGHT? SO ABOUT HOW MANY CAN YOU DO A DAY? ERICA, YOU WANNA TAKE THAT ONE?
SO IN THE MORNINGS, WE, UH, HAVE SCHEDULED 12 IN THE MORNINGS, AND THEN WE HAVE LIKE ANOTHER SIX THAT ARE SCHEDULED IN THE AFTERNOONS RIGHT NOW.
UM, SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE A GRANT POSITION THAT DOES AFTERNOON INDICATIONS.
AND THAT IS SOME OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, IS HOW CAN WE PO POTENTIALLY PUT A VOLUNTEER IN THAT POSITION? HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, SHIFT STAFF AROUND TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE MORE VACATIONS? AND JUST BECAUSE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS SO LARGE ON THOSE.
SO USUALLY ON A GOOD DAY, WE CAN GO 12 TO 20.
AND THEN, LIKE THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY, WE'RE DOING A PROMOTION WITH CLEAR THE SHELTERS AND DOING LIKE A PUSH, LARGE PUSH FOR VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE'RE ADDING VACATIONS FOR THE MORNING ON SATURDAY FOR THAT PUSH.
AND DO, DO YOU END UP HAVING, DO YOU HAVE TO TURN PEOPLE DOWN SOMETIMES THAT SHOW UP? OR DO MOST PEOPLE SCHEDULE THEM? FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYONE'S SCHEDULES.
IF SOMEBODY DOES A WALK-IN AND WE'RE ABLE TO FACILITATE THE STAFF, NO, IT'S SO BENEFICIAL FOR THE ANIMALS OR FOR THE DOGS THAT WE JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WELL, I LOVE, I THINK THEY'RE JUST THE BEST THING EVER.
AND I, I NOTICED THAT ALSO THAT THEY, UH, THAT THE DEDICATION VIDEOS THAT YOU SHARE ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA GET A LOT OF, GET A LOT OF PLAY.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT.
AND THE FOSTER PROGRAM IS INCREDIBLE.
AND WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE THE NUMBER OF DOGS THAT ARE OUT IN FOSTER, THEY JUST, IT, IT, THEY'RE JUST AWESTRUCK THAT THERE'S THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF THESE ANIMALS SO THEY CAN GET, UM, THEY CAN GET ADOPTED.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
ALSO, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IN MARKETING THAT UTD ALSO HAS, UM, MARKETING, I JUST DID IT WITH MY RESCUE THIS SUMMER, AND I'VE DONE IT BEFORE WITH OTHER GROUPS.
THEY HAVE, UM, A, A CLASS FOR SENIORS WHERE THEY ARE PART PAIRED WITH A NONPROFIT AND THEY DO A MARKETING PLAN.
AND I CAN GET YOU THE, ONE OF MY FRIENDS IS ACTUALLY A PROFESSOR, AND I CAN GET YOU THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT AS IN DEPTH AS THE SMU PROGRAM, BUT IT'S STILL, IT GETS A, ANOTHER GROUP OF 10 OR 12 PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
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THEN THEY WALK AWAY AND THEY ARE DAS ADVOCATES, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, WHATEVER THE GROUP THEY'RE WITH AND THEY WALK AWAY FROM, THEY'RE GOING, WOW, I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.AND THEY'RE OUT THERE SHARING WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
SO I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION TOO, IF YOU WANNA GET INVOLVED WITH, UM, WITH UTDS PROGRAM.
UM, THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
I'M ALSO, I'M ALSO JUST SUPER IMPRESSED THAT WE GOT MORE MONEY IN A YEAR WHEN DALLAS IS CUTTING BUDGETS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE STEP.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH ALL THE RATIONALIZATIONS FOR THOSE.
AND, UM, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
UM, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
DON'T READ, UM, NEXT DOOR, UM,
AND THE OTHER DAY A WOMAN GOES, SHE GOES, WHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU GET THAT, THAT NUMBER? AND I GO, HERE'S THE LINK.
AND THEN SHE LIKE, THEN SHE, THEN SHE DELETED EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T REALLY WANT ANSWERS.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AND ALL THE ANIMALS YOU'RE SAVING.
AND, AND, AND I WANNA SAY I COULD, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE DICATION ASPECT, AND THE FORMER MANAGER, ERICA, HIS NAME SLIPS MY MIND, UH, WHO WAS THE SPEARHEAD FOR THAT.
UH, BUT, UH, IT HAS BORNE A LOT OF FRUIT.
UH, A STUDY WAS DONE, AND I BELIEVE THEY SAID 98% OF THOSE WHO WENT ON VACATION WOUND UP BEING ADOPTED.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO ERICA AND HER TEAM FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.
EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT SCHEDULED WITH, THEY WALK IN, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS GETS US A LOT OF INTEL ON THAT ANIMAL, RIGHT? UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAIRING ANIMALS, IS THIS A CUDDLY, COZY ANIMAL? IS THIS A HYPER, UH, UH, ENERGETIC ANIMAL, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK.
DOES THIS ANIMAL INTERACT WELL WITH OTHER ANIMALS? HOW DOES IT INTERACT WITH CATS? SO IT GIVES US, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME LOCAL INFLUENCERS WHO HAVE DONE THIS AND HAVE SOME AMA, I'M TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF VIEWS AND HAVE DONE AMAZING JOB.
WE HAD JOSH BUTLER FROM THE DALLAS COWBOYS COME IN.
WE HAD A LOCAL, UH, I, HE, HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO GIVE HIS NAME, BUT HE'S AN NBA PLAYER FOR THE MAVERICKS
AND HIS, HIS INITIALS ARE
UH, BUT I, I WELCOME HIM, UH, TO THE C TO HIS RECENT MOVE TO THE CITY.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE AS WELL, TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR US.
BUT YES, UH, THE DEDICATION ARE A GREAT THING, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT THESE LITTLE MICS, WHEN THEY'RE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR MOUTH, IT'S GONNA PICK UP BETTER FOR THE, UH, VIRTUAL AND THE RECORDING.
UM, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO COMMISSIONER, UH, DELGADO.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
ALRIGHT, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, COMMISSIONER.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS, PAUL, AGAIN ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND FOR YOU AND, AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT AHEAD.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, RECRUITING AMANDA AND BEING, YOU KNOW, VERY FORWARD THINKING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THIS TRANSITION.
UM, IT, IT DEFINITELY SPEAKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE CONTINUITY OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ALL THROUGHOUT YOUR SERVICE HERE.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AMANDA, YOUR, YOUR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND YOUR EXPERIENCE IN ANIMAL WELFARE IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL AND CRITICAL FOR WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING AHEAD.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT.
AND, AND SO THANK YOU BOTH, UM, FOR WHAT, UH, IS GOING TO BE A VERY TOUGH TRANSITION AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S GONNA GO INTO THIS.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I WANNA ALSO THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING, ADVOCATING FOR THE BUDGET FOR DAS, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY, UH, A LOT OF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THE LONE STAR HUMANE ASSOCIATION, UM, AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL GOING OUT AND, AND ADVOCATING.
UM, ONE QUESTION I HAD, UH, IN REGARD TO MS. KLAS, UH, INQUIRY, THE PROCESS SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED IN SOME WAY, UM, UPON, YOU KNOW, INTAKE, THE WAIT TIME SEEMED TO HAVE GONE UP.
UM, I'M UNCLEAR, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AROUND
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WHAT THAT PROCESS IS LIKE NOW? I, I'LL START THE CONVERSATION.I'VE BEEN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS.
IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO STREAMLINE AND BRING THESE ANIMALS INAPPROPRIATE.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN INTO EMERGENCY ROOM, THERE'S A TRIAGE PROCESS.
ONE IS TO CREATE THE BARRIER FOR DISEASE SPREAD, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANIMALS COMING IN IMMEDIATELY, GOING TO A KENNEL THAT MAY HAVE AN ISSUE THAT COULD IMMEDIATELY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE SHELTER AND GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE ANIMALS THAT MAY NOT INTERACT WELL WITH EACH OTHER, AND SOME FOLKS CANNOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THOSE ANIMALS.
SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR TEAM.
SO, UH, IF THEY DO SEE A INCREASE IN WAIT TIMES, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF ANIMALS COMING IN THAT DAY, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME IN THE RIGHT WAY.
SO, UH, I WILL LET, EMILY, IF YOU WANNA, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WITH ME WHAT THE, LIKE, THE RIGHT WAY IS SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND? SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, UM, WE TYPICALLY STAFF A GREETER OUT FRONT WHO'S ABLE TO TRIAGE.
SO THEY'RE TALKING WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, THEY'RE SETTING UP TIMELINES, UM, EXPECTATIONS, AND THERE'S A WAIT WHILE LIST THAT JOINS.
UM, ANIMALS OF COURSE NEED TO BUMP TO THE TOP 'CAUSE THEY NEED TO COME IN AND SEE OUR MEDICAL TEAM.
UM, OTHERWISE IT GOES IN ORDER BY WAIT TIME, BY WHEN THEY'RE THERE.
UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY TWO STAFF SHORT IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
OUR WAIT TIMES DO REFLECT THAT.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN SITTING AT ABOUT THREE HOURS, UM, DURING SOME OF OUR BUSIER TIMES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER.
WHEN WE DO HAVE DAYS WHERE WE ARE FULLY STAFFED, UM, IT DOES REDUCE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN TO ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON, UM, THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, WE DO, WHEN IT IS A, UM, INTAKE THAT ISN'T CRITICAL EMERGENCE SICK, UM, TO AVOID THAT WAIT TIME, WE DO TRY AND SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS.
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO KIND OF WORK ON BOOKING OR THAT GREETER AT THE FRONT CAN BOOK.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE JUST NEXT DAY, BUT IT GIVES THEM A TIME TO COME IN AND SET TO AVOID THAT WAIT TIME AND TO KIND OF STRUCTURE OUR INTAKE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY.
IS THERE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT ONLINE, OR DO YOU HAVE TO CALL RIGHT NOW? OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, UM, DOES REQUIRE US TO COME IN.
UM, YOU HAVE TO BE KIND OF IN LINE AND WAIT.
WE DO HAVE, UM, AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES HELP TRIAGE, UM, THROUGH THEM FIRST.
SO WE DO, IF THEY WALK UP, THERE'S NO LIKE WAY TO GET BEYOND THAT.
UM, BUT WE DO WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP STRUCTURE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
ALSO, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DIVERSION.
SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO, TO TALK TO THIS INDIVIDUAL AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHY I'M BRINGING THE ANIMAL IN, WELL, DID YOU KNOW WE HAD THESE SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY ALLOW YOU TO KEEP YOUR ANIMAL? SO THAT'S WHY WE ENCOURAGE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OWNERS SURRENDERS.
YES, I'VE DEFINITELY SEEN A LOT OF THE RESOURCES ON THE WEBSITE, AND THAT'S A FANTASTIC WAY, UM, FOR DIVERSION.
MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER BENNETT.
YOU'LL HAVE YOUR FIVE MINUTES WHEN JULIAN GETS YOU GOING, IF YOU'RE READY.
COMMISSIONER, I'LL START YOUR TIME NOW.
THERE'S KIND OF A DELAY BETWEEN WHAT I'M CLICKING AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
IS IT STARTED? 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE THIS.
CAN YOU NOT SEE IT? I DON'T SEE IT.
WELL THEN LET ME, LET'S PAUSE SO WE CAN, YEAH, I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE IT FOR MORE THAN ONE COMMISSIONER TO SEE REMAINING TIMES, THAT COULD BE WHY I CAN, LET ME TRY TO BUMP IT UP AND SEE.
OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME NOW.
ALRIGHT, EVERYONE, UH, THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL PAUL, UM, FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.
I, I REALIZE THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND YOU'RE UNDER A LOT OF SCRUTINY AND IT'S, IT'S ALL INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING.
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ASK THOUGH ABOUT LOOKING AT THE REPORT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NON-LIVE OUTCOMES BY REASON OF SPECIES, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER FOR THIS PERIOD BEING 65, AND I KNOW I CAN'T ASK ABOUT CHUCK, BUT I WANNA ASK ABOUT PROCESSES, TRANSPARENCY AND PLANS OF ACTION FOR, UM, THIS CATEGORY OF THE ON THE REPORT.WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I KNOW THE TEAM DOES A LOT OF DILIGENT WORK, UH, TO GET THESE ANIMALS MARKETED.
UH, THERE IS A, UH, MVP REPORT, I BELIEVE, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, TEAM JUMP IN WHERE THESE ANIMALS HAVE DAYS OF EXPOSURE PRIOR TO THAT EVENT TAKING PLACE.
UH, BUT OF COURSE, SOMETIMES IT WILL OCCUR WHERE THAT REQUEST TO STEP IN HAPPENS AT THE, THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT.
AND, UH, I THINK THE TEAM IS LOOKING AT THAT PROCESS AND IF THERE'S ANY AREAS FOR OPPORTUNITY OR IMPROVEMENT, UH, THEY, THEY'LL BE MADE.
UH, BUT WE DO, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GET THESE ANIMALS EXPOSED PRIOR TO THAT FINAL MOMENT.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF AMANDA, YOU WANNA JUMP IN.
SO THE, THE PROCESS THERE IS A TIME LIMIT.
THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GUARANTEED PLACEMENT BY 11:00 AM LAB SCHEDULING STARTS AT 2:00 PM AND IF, IF ANYTHING COMES IN AFTER THAT TIME, IT'S, UH, WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE THOSE ARE TIMES WHEN THE SHELTER IS OPEN, THE OUTCOMES TEAM IS WORKING, THEY'RE TAKING CALLS, THEY'RE CHECKING EMAILS, THERE'S ALL OF THESE STEPS AND ALL OF THESE PROCESSES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS WHEN GETTING THAT COMMUNICATION FROM THE OUTCOME TEAM TO THE LAB IN AN APPROPRIATE MA IN A TIMELY MANNER IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE TRIED EVERY PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF HANDS THAT HAVE TO TOUCH EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
UM, WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, AND WE HAVE PUT SOME OTHER SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, UM, WITH MOST RECENT, UH, HAPPENINGS TO TRY AND PREVENT THOSE THINGS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE SET THOSE TIMELINES, THE 11:00 AM THE 2:00 PM UM, I MEAN, WE'RE NEVER GONNA SAY IT'S FOUR O'CLOCK AND THE ANIMAL'S STILL IN THE SHELTER.
WELL, TOO BAD WE ALREADY SET THE DEADLINE.
UM, THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO.
SO, UM, ANYTHING AFTER THOSE TIMELINES, UH, IT'S NEVER A GUARANTEE.
WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE IT A GUARANTEE, BUT WE JUST CANNOT MAKE THOSE COMMITMENTS EVERY TIME, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE EXCUSES, BUT THERE ARE, THERE'S 174 FULL-TIME POSITIONS, UM, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND AT ANY GIVEN DAY, THERE'S MORE THAN 150 OF THOSE AT THE SHELTER
SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE, AND THEN WE'RE DEALING WITH, WITH ALL OF OUR RESCUE PARTNERS AND ALL THAT, I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD OUR OUTCOMES TEAM WORKS TO MAKE SURE THOSE ANIMALS HAVE A POS POSITIVE OUTCOME.
THEY ARE OUTSTANDING IN EVERYTHING THAT ALL OF THEIR WORK RESPONSIBILITIES AND MAKING SURE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.
UM, UH, AND THEN OUR FIELD TEAM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF EUTHANIZING ANIMALS.
SO, UM, I PROMISE YOU,
UM, BUT A A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME TO AVOID THAT, IT'S WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE.
AND IT, IT'S NOT THE FACT THAT THE TEAM, IT, IT, IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO SAVE EVERY LIFE THAT THEY CAN.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FOSTER NUMBERS, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR RESCUE NUMBERS, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TRANSPORT NUMBERS, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, OUR, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AS AN ORGANIZATION TO TRY TO SAVE EVERY LIFE IS TAKEN WITH, WITH EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE.
IT'S JUST THAT SOMETIMES THESE THINGS MAY HAPPEN AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE IT, OH, GO AHEAD.
AND I JUST WANNA REITERATE, EVERY TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS, EVERY MISS THAT WE HAVE, WE REEVALUATE THE PROCESS.
WE'VE ADDED SOME EXTRA SAFEGUARDS TO TRY AND PREVENT THAT.
UM, I HATE THAT AN ANIMAL HAD TO LOSE ITS LIFE IN ORDER FOR US TO SEE THE GAPS IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT 'EM ALL THE TIME.
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I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY DAY.SO, UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING TO PREVENT.
AND, UM, TO KIND OF TAG ALONG WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE, I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS DIDN'T CREATE THIS PROBLEM.
YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOLUTIONS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THE BURDEN OF DOING WHAT THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE HAVE EVERY DAY HAVE TO DO.
AND I, BUT, UM, I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BEING ON THIS COMMISSION, I GET ALL KINDS OF STUFF, AS Y'ALL CAN IMAGINE.
I'M SURE YOU GET LIKE A BILLION TIMES MORE THAN I DO.
BUT THERE WERE SOME ISSUES ABOUT LIKE, THE TRANSPARENCY AND DID PEOPLE GET KICKED OFF OF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHERE THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY GOT KICKED OUT OF WEBSITES OR, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD HAVE TO DO WITH ON THIS REPORT TRANSPARENCY POTENTIALLY.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAPPENED OR NOT, BUT THAT WAS A CONCERN OUT THERE.
SO, UM, THEN LET ME MOVE FORWARD TO TELLING YOU HOW AMAZING AN EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD.
I DID A DOGGY DAY OUT AND HOW AMAZING THE EMPLOYEES WERE.
I, I DID NOT SAY I WAS ON THE ANIMAL ADVISOR COMMISSIONER ANYTHING.
I JUST, UM, CALLED, SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT.
THEY WERE THERE, UM, I THINK BEFORE THEY NORMALLY START MAYBE TO ACCOMMODATE ME GETTING TO WORK.
AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THAT DOG UP TO THE COURTHOUSE WITH AN ADOPT ME VEST ON, UM, GOT THE DOG ADOPTED.
SO IT IS AMAZING, AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT IS LIKE THE BEST PROGRAM AND THAT, UM, IT GETS A DOG, LIKE WHAT CAME FROM LIKE ONE LITTLE FACE THAT NOBODY WOULD NOTICE ON THE WEBSITE TO, EVEN IF HE HADN'T GOTTEN ADOPTED THAT DAY.
UH, IT IS NOW A DOG THAT IS FRIENDLY WITH CHILDREN, UH, CALM, YOU KNOW, FRIENDLY, DOESN'T PULL ON THE LEASH OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS.
YOU GET THAT PERSONALITY OUT THERE.
ALL KINDS OF SUPER CUTE PICTURES WITH TOYS AND FUZZIES.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S THE MOST AMAZING PROGRAM.
UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT UNDER THE SERVICE REQUEST, TIMELY RESPONSE RATE.
I DON'T KNOW FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC HOW I, I CALLED 3 1 1 AND IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY, LIKE WHEN YOU REPORT, WHEN YOU SEE, UM, ANIMAL WHAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE ANIMAL CRUEL TO YOU, OR WHEN YOU SEE A LOOSE DOG RUNNING THROUGH THE STREET THAT, THAT YOU CAN'T GET TO, YOU CAN'T SAFELY GET IT SOMEWHERE, CORRAL IT SOMEWHERE.
WHAT IS A GENERAL PUBLIC SUPPOSED TO DO? AND I'LL TELL YOU, UM, BASED ON THIS SERVICE RESPONSE RATE, WHEN I CALLED 3 1 1, THE RESPONSE WAS, WELL, IF THEY DON'T RESPOND WITHIN 48 HOURS, YOU CAN CALL BACK AND MAKE A COMPLAINT.
AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANNA MAKE A COMPLAINT.
I I JUST WANT THESE SOMEBODY TO GO LOOK AT THESE ANIMALS THAT MIGHT BE SUFFERING.
SO, UM, WHAT IS THE BEST, WHAT CAN THE PUBLIC DO WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT ISN'T LIKE A 3 1 1 TYPE SITUATION? IF ANYTHING, IF, IF IT'S LIKE AN ACTIVE CASE WHERE SOMEBODY PERCEIVES THAT ANIMAL'S BEING ABUSED, THAT WOULD BE 9 1 1.
THAT'S 9 1 1 CALL, RIGHT? IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED AND, AND IT'S LATER BEING REPORTED, THAT'S 3 1 1.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU, AS SOMEONE WHO CAME FROM THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE ON CODE, UH, OUR, OUR RESPONSE TIMES WERE IN DAYS WITH ANIMAL SERVICES, IT'S WITHIN HOURS, BUT WHAT, WHAT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T KNOW AND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE OPERATION IS ANY GIVEN PERIOD.
WE HAVE A FIVE TO SEVEN OFFICERS CITYWIDE BECAUSE WE'RE 24 7 OPERATION, AND WE, UH, CONTINUE TO HAVE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD.
IF AN OFFICER IS CALLED OUT TO A PRIORITY CALL WHERE THERE'S A BITE, WHERE THERE'S AN INJURY, WHERE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, OR IT'S A SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY AND, AND THEY'RE HAVING TO SIT THERE AND WORK WITH THE DETECTIVES, THAT TAKES THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM THAT CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO CALLS.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR RESPONSE TIMES, THEY'RE DECREASING.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IF YOU SEE THE INCREASE IN CRUELTY ANIMALS, IT REQUIRES THAT OFFICER TO BE IN THAT SPACE FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE.
SO THE TEAM HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN ANALYZING THEIR SCHEDULING AND WORK SCHEDULES FOR THE STAFF AND LOOKING AT THE CALL VOLUMES AND MAYBE REALIGNING, AND THEY'VE DONE SOME OF THAT.
AND WHAT THAT DID WAS ADD MORE OFFICERS TO THOSE SHIFTS WITHOUT HAVING TO ADD OFFICERS, UH, SO THAT THEY'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE HOW TO BEST UTILIZE THEIR RESOURCES TO ENSURE, LIKE IF WE HAVE A CASE WHERE MAYBE THAT SUPERVISOR OR MANAGER NEEDS TO GO OUT INTO THAT FIELD AND WORK THAT CASE AND ALLOW THAT OFFICER TO GO BACK OUT AND RESPOND TO CALLS IN THE QUEUE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A CONTINUOUS PROCESS, BUT
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I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, WE'RE NOT LIKE IN CODE, I HAD AN OVER 300 OFFICERS THAT REPORTED TO ME IN, IN DAS WE HAVE ABOUT 50 51 OFFICERS WHO WORK IN THE FIELD AND THEY'RE ALL SPREAD ACROSS, UH, 24 7 OPERATION.SO IF THERE'S LIKE A DOG LIKE RUNNING DOWN THE STREET, UM, CALL IT IN, LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE DO TRACK THE ACTIVITIES AND IF THE ANIMAL IS A DANGER TO ITSELF, SOMEONE ELSE, AGGRESSIVE ACTIVITIES, WE WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE THOSE ARE, WE CAN, WE HAVE DEDICATED RESOURCES TO AGGRESSIVE OPERATIONS AND AGGRESSIVE CALLS.
AND ALSO IF IT'S RUNNING LOOSE, WE CAN TRACK THAT ACTIVITY BECAUSE THEN WE KNOW IF WE'RE GETTING A HIGH VOLUME OF CALLS IN THIS AREA FOR LOOSE ANIMALS, WHEN WE DO GET THE OPPORTUNITY, WE CAN PATROL THAT AREA.
SO DANIEL, CAN YOU EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT ON THE 3 1 1 PROCESS? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN THEY, THEY PUT IN A SR AND THEY HAVE THEIR SR NUMBER AND IT'S CLOSED IMMEDIATELY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT HANDLING IT, IT MEANS THAT 3 1 1 HAS, WE HAVE TRANSFERRED IT OVER TO OUR SYSTEM IN CHAMELEON, WHICH DOESN'T HELP YOU GUYS.
UM, BUT THE OFFICERS ARE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW UP WITH COMPLAINANTS.
I'M GONNA LET DANIEL EXPOUND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO THE PROCESS IS WHEN WE GET, WE LIKE EVERYBODY TO CALL 3 1 1, IT'S, IT ALLOWS US TO GET THE DATA THAT WE NEED, ALSO GET THE HEAT MAPS THAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHERE TROUBLE AREAS ARE HAPPENING.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS, I ALWAYS SAY, PLEASE CALL 3 1 1.
UM, ONCE THEY DO THOSE THREE, ONE, ONE SENDS A CALL IN AND SENDS, UH, TO OUR, MY DISPATCHERS THERE, UM, MY DISPATCHER, BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CORRECT.
THEY'LL CALL THE COMPLAINANT AND BASICALLY VERIFY, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? SO THAT WAY IF IT NEEDS TO BE ESCALATED, THEY CAN ESCALATE IT OR IF THEY NEED TO LOWER IT, THEY NEED TO LOWER IT.
I UNDERSTAND EVERY CALL IS IMPORTANT AND WE TREAT IT LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO A PRIORITY BASE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DEAL WITH THE EMERGENCY.
REALLY SITUATIONS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT THERE AND THEN, AND LIKE PAUL SAID, FIVE TO SEVEN OFFICERS AND ONE SHIFT, IT'S, THEY GO,
UM, BUT UM, WITH 3 0 1 WE ARE WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE LIKE TRUTHFUL EXPECTATIONS.
UM, THEY DO HAVE A BASELINE OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE SUPPOSED TO TRY TO GO IN, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW, LIKE PAUL SAID, YOU KNOW, ONE OFFICER COULD BE STUCK IN A SUSPECT, ANIMAL CRUELTY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD SEE, LIKE, IT READS LIKE, OH MY GOD, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THERE, MAKE SURE COMPLIANCE AND THAT'S IT.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE'S THERE AN HOUR OR TWO BECAUSE HE'S WAITING ON DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COOL'S DETECTIVES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, WE TRY TO TRIAGE.
SO IF BASICALLY IF WE HAVE TO PASS IT ON TO OUR TRAP TEAM OR OUR AGGRESSIVE TEAM, WE CAN'T LEAVE THAT CALL OPEN.
UH, BECAUSE, AND HONESTLY WE HAVE TIMELINES.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE CLOSE IT AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE SEQUENCE IT SO THAT WAY OUR TRAP TEAM, WHEN THEY DO, BECAUSE MY TRAP TEAM IS ONLY ONE GUY
UM, SO HE BASICALLY TRIES TO PRIORITIZE ALSO ON, YOU KNOW, SITUATION LIKE A SEVERE BODILY INJURY OR, UH, BITE OR CRUELTY, WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
UM, SO, AND THE OTHER PART IS OUR, UH, WHEN IT'S JUST DOGS THAT ARE RUNNING LOOSE, UM, IF THEY'RE, LIKE PAUL SAID, NOT AGGRESSIVE, NOT, YOU KNOW, INJURED, SICK OR ANYTHING, WE CLOSE THOSE OUT AND WE PUT THOSE OVER TO OUR HEAT MAPS SO THAT WAY IT BASICALLY STAYS.
UNFORTUNATELY OUR SALESFORCE AND CHAMELEON DON'T TALK TO WHEN WE SEQUENCE A CALL.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK INTO BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE SITUATIONS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THEY JUST CLOSED MY CALL.
HONESTLY, WE DIDN'T, WE JUST, WE, THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD SEQUENCE IT.
AND MOST OF THE TIME THE DISPATCHER, I CAN'T TELL 'EM THEY'RE HUMAN.
SO SOMETIMES THEY DO MAKE STATE, THEY SHOULD BE TELLING THE, UH, COMPLAINANT SAY, HEY, WE'RE CLOSING IT, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON YOUR CALL.
SOMETIMES ALSO WHEN WE HAVE SOME MEDIA POSTS THAT BASICALLY OUR CALLS DUPLICATE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S CALLING ON ONE THING AND WE CAN ONLY CALL
SO WE TRY TO CALL EACH COMPLAINANT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
SO WE TRY TO KNOW, HEY, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS, IT'S GONNA BE CLOSED, AND WE HAVE ONE CALL THAT WE ACTUALLY WORK ON
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ALL THANK YOU.I WISH WE HAD MORE PEOPLE FOR TRAPPING BECAUSE THESE DOGS THAT ARE JUST RUNNING AROUND, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT INJURED AT THAT TIME, THEN IF ALSO WHEN THEY GET PREGNANT AND THEN THEY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, 10 PUPPIES THAT NOW IS OUR PROPERTY OF THE CITY BASICALLY BECAUSE THESE ARE JUST DOGS THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND.
UM, THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT THE, THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE DUMPING DOGS, OB OBVIOUSLY IF WE CATCH THEM, THEY NEED TO BE PROSECUTED, BUT WHEN WE DON'T, IF WE CAN GET AHOLD OF THESE DOGS BEFORE THEY GET PREGNANT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD ELIMINATE LOTS OF PROBLEMS. OKAY.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WE'RE TRANSPORTING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE MORE OF OUR NORTHERN STATES DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF ISSUES WE HAVE.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
IT'S AT 142 OF 343 POSITIVE OUTCOME, AND I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANT ON THE REPORT, BUT I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TRY TO GET DOGS LIKE OUT OF THE SHELTER AND SOMEWHERE SAFE IS OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD FOR THAT.
YEAH, AND, AND IF I COULD ADD SOME BACKGROUND TO THAT TOO, IS THAT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES TRANSPORTING, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESCUES THAT PULL FROM US THAT ALSO TRANSPORT.
SO, UH, WHEN WE DO OUR TRANSPORTS, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL THERE TOGETHER.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WANTED TO ADD IT TO THAT, SO JUST, I'M ON, I'M ON A LOT OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER LISTS AND, UH, FORUMS. SO JUST KNOW, UM, WHILE THINGS MAY NOT SEEM AS DIRE IN THE NORTH, THEY'RE, THEY ARE LIMITED AS WELL.
UH, THE SHELTER ANIMAL COUNT HAS INDICATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DROP IN RESCUE POLLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S THE, THE CAPACITY FOR EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO PULL ANIMALS.
UM, IT HAS BEEN DECREASING BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S KIND OF SATURATED RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, OUR ECONOMY AFFECTS THAT.
OUR, UH, SCREWWORM AFFECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO JUST OUR, I'LL, UH, I'LL LET ERICA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR TRANSPORT PROGRAM IF SHE'D LIKE.
BUT THE 142, I THINK, ERICA, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK THAT'S ANIMALS THAT GO TO OUR BOARDING, MAYBE.
IS THAT RIGHT? HOW DOES THAT, WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS? I THINK THOSE NUMBERS ARE THE TOTAL NUMBERS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED TO RESCUE.
SO THE LARGER NUMBER, THE 300 AND SOME IS TOTAL NUMBERS TRANSFERRED TO RESCUE.
THEN THE 140 OR WHATEVER IT IS, IS THAT NUMBERS THAT WENT ON TRANSPORT WITH OUR PARTNERS GOTCHA.
FOR THE LAST, UH, LAST QUARTER.
SO, UM, WE HAVE SPECIFIC GROUPS THAT DO TRANSPORT THEMSELVES, AND THEN WE HAVE CERTAIN GROUPS THAT USE US AS THEIR PARTNERS WITH OUR BOARDING FACILITY TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT TO THE NORTHERN STATES.
WE HAVE GROWN THE NUMBER OF TRANSPORT PARTNERS THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, AND ARE STILL LOOKING TO, UH, INCREASE OUR PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRANSPORT PARTNERS FOR THOSE ANIMALS.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EV EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER MATTIAS, UH, JILLIAN, WE'LL GET YOU STARTED IN A MOMENT.
WHEN YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
I JUST HAVE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, PAUL, YOU'VE DONE AMAZING, AMAZING, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY OF THE STAFF, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT WITH THE SHOESTRING THAT YOU ARE GIVEN, BUT IT'S AMA THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS INCREDIBLE.
IT'S, I WISH THE CITY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT SO WE COULD ACTUALLY GET YOU MORE MONEY.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS UNDER THE CATS NUISANCE RELATED BEHAVIOR.
IT MAY NOT BE SPECIFIC WITHIN OUR CODE, BUT IT'S OUTLINED IN OTHER CITY CODE.
UH, SO LET ME GET TO MY DOCUMENT REAL QUICK.
AS WE KNOW, ONE OF THEM COULD BE THE, THE NOISE RELATED NO NUISANCE ISSUES MM-HMM
WHICH IS DETAILED IN CHAPTER 30 OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE, AND IT'S TO THE NORMAL SENSIBILITIES OF A HUMAN BEING
SO IF A, IF A DOG OR A CAT IS MAKING A CONTINUOUS NOISE, HOW BARKING, CROWING, WHATEVER FOR FIF FOR 15 CONSECUTIVE MINUTES, IT'S CONSIDERED A NUISANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WON'T DO IT FOR 15 MINUTES IN A ROW.
AS SOON AS THEY STOP IT BECOMES A RESTART OF THE CLOCK
SO IT THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER ONE OF THE NEWS BEHAVIORS.
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USING PEOPLE'S FLOWER BEDS FOR, UH, I CAN TELL I A NUISANCE BEHAVIOR.IT'S, IT'S DESCRIBED, UH, FURTHER ON IN THE ORDINANCE, IT SAYS THE COMMUNITY CAT OR COLONY PRODUCES UNREASONABLE NOISE, WHICH WE JUST DISCUSSED.
THE ANIMAL CONTINUOUSLY ATTEMPTS TO BITE OR SCRATCH WITHOUT APPROACH.
UH, A COMMUNITY CAT DESTROYS OR DAMAGES PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UH, THERE IS AN ACCUMULATION OF FOOD WASTE, GARBAGE OR DEBRIS LEADING TO THE ATTRACTION OF BERMIN OR WILDLIFE OR UNSANITARY CONDITIONS OR ODORS, UH, NEGATIVELY IMPACTING NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES.
AND THAT'S DETAILED IN CHAPTER SEVEN A, THE ANTI-LITTER CODE.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD.
'CAUSE IT DIDN'T REFERENCE THAT SECTION OF THE CODE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND PROTECTING THE, THE CAREGIVERS AS WELL, BUT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS.
SO THAT'S WHAT ALL IS ENTAILED IN THE NUISANCE ASPECTS OF COVID.
UH, UNDER THE PET PANTRY MM-HMM
WHAT IS UNABLE TO SERVE? DID YOU RUN OUT OF FOOD? DID WE, WHAT HAPPENED? WE, WE TYPICALLY RUN OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT I BELIEVE THE TEAM DIVE DIVERTS THEM TO OTHER RESOURCES.
I KNOW THE SPCA HAS A PET, PET PET FOOD PANTRY, UH, OPERATION KINDNESS, I BELIEVE HAS A PET FOOD PANTRY.
SO WE, WE, WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR THEM.
BUT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE, WE DO RUN OUT.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT DAS HAS FOUR 50 TOTAL OFFICERS AND UNDER CODE THERE ARE 300 OFFICERS FOR THE SAME CITY.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENTIENT BEINGS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO ILLEGAL DUMPING.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU AS SOMEBODY WHO SERVED IN BOTH REALMS, AND I BELIEVE AMANDA HAS AS WELL, UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE CODE.
OH, I, I KNOW
SO THAT STAFFING COUNT MAY HAVE DROPPED.
AND THAT'S FOR ALL OF DALLAS CODE, RIGHT? THAT WASN'T JUST ANIMAL SERVICES 300 FOR ANIMAL SERVICES? NO, THAT'S 300 FOR CODE.
NO, AT THE TIME WHEN I WAS WITH, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE, I HAD ABOUT 300 OFFICERS IN THE FIELD.
SOMEHOW I JUST THINK THAT SHOULD BE MORE, EVEN EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.
JUST TO, TO KIND OF EXPOUND ON THAT, I MEAN, I, I SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.
SO, UM, THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, I MEAN, THERE'S PLANNING AND ZONING, THERE'S RESIDENTIAL CODE.
I HAVE TO SAY THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US, ESPECIALLY OF LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND I HOPE THAT CONTINUES.
SO I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THE CITY'S SUPPORT FOR THE SHELTER FOR DAS IN GENERAL.
UM, SO THE SOCIAL MEDIA IS MUCH IMPROVED.
I LOVE THE CATION PHOTOS AND VIDEOS.
SO YOU MENTIONED THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM DOESN'T TALK TO DAS SYSTEM? NO.
UM, I'M SORRY, I COULD CORRECT THAT.
BASICALLY IT DOES TALK, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT IT DOESN'T TALK WHEN IT DOES FOR SECOND SEQUENCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S LIMITED TO WHAT IT CAN DO.
I MEAN, IT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE WITH ANY INTERFACE THAT YOU COME UP, IT'S BECAUSE WE, THE CITY HAS ITS OWN SYSTEM AND WE HAVE TO SHELTER OUR OWN SYSTEM.
SO IT DOES TALK, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SYNC PROPERLY.
IT, IT WON'T GO LIKE ALL THE WAY WHERE WE WANT IT TO AND STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT JUST, IT TAKES TIME TO BUILD THOSE CHARACTERISTICS.
AND, AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT AS SOMEBODY WHO, FROM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, WE WERE ON A SEPARATE SYSTEM VERSUS WHAT THE CITY WAS ON.
AND THOSE INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SOMETIMES HAD ISSUES.
UH, LIKE DANIEL'S SAYING, WHEN WE DO A SECOND SEQUENCE IN OUR SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T TRANSPORT OVER INTO SALESFORCE.
SO FOR CODE, WE, WE MANEUVERED OVER TO SALESFORCE AND HAD BROKE THAT LINK.
SO WE, WE HAD COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THAT SYSTEM.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT WITH, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES.
IT'S A UNIQUE OPERATION AND THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PLATFORMS OUT THERE.
UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POSSIBILITY, POSSIBLY LOOKING AT ANOTHER AVENUE, BUT AGAIN, YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE THOSE INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS
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BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE SAME EXEC SYSTEM.CHAIR CASEY, IF YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION I'VE NEVER ASKED THAT I JUST NOTICED.
ON THE NON-LIFE OUTCOME, WHAT DOES SBI STAND FOR AND CAN YOU GIVE SOME QUALIFIERS UNDER DOGS CATEGORIZE AS MISSING OR CATS SERIOUS BODILY INJURY IS WHAT SBI IS.
UH, WHEN THAT ANIMAL HAS SEVERELY INJURED A AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, AND THEN FOR ANIMALS, UH, RELATED TO MISSING OR, OR, UH, WAS IT MISSING OR INJURED? UM, WELL, IT'S DIED OR MISSING AS THE CATEGORY.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT QUALIFIES AS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT IS MISSING? WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SCENARIO? I'LL LET ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS TALK ABOUT THAT ONE.
BUT I KNOW MISSING IS WHEN LIKE IF AN ANIMAL GOES TO A FOSTER AND THE ANIMAL WINDS UP MISSING OKAY.
AND WE HAVE NO WAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT ANIMAL, THAT'S WHERE THAT ANIMAL'S INCLUDED IN THAT CATEGORY.
AND I KNOW A FEW TIMES THEY'VE GOTTEN JUST OUT OF A PLAY YARD OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE THERE WAS AN INSECURITY ON.
ERICA, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT OR EMMA? YEAH.
SO MISSING IS THE, EXACTLY THOSE TWO INSTANCES.
IF WE HAVE A FOSTER, LET'S SAY IF AN ANIMAL GOES OUT TO FOSTER AND THEN IT COMES IN TWO MONTHS LATER FROM NOT FROM THAT FOSTER, THEN WE HAVE TO UPDATE A MISSING RECORD TO HAVE THEM SHOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT RETURNED BACK FROM THE FOSTER.
IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY WITH OUR SYSTEM, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE MISSING FROM FOSTER.
OR, UM, EVEN IF WHEN MY DOG GOT OUT FROM ME LIKE HE NEEDED TO BE MISSING, THEN REIN INTAKED ONCE WE FOUND HIM.
OR LIKE YOU HAD SAID STEPHANIE, THE CASES WHERE SOME, LIKE A DOG HAS JUMPED OUT OF THE YARD AND THEN WE AREN'T ABLE TO FIND, THEN WE REPORT THEM AS MISSING.
UM, AND SPEAKING OF FOSTERS, WE DO HAVE A REALLY LARGE UPTAKE IN FOSTERS AND FOSTER TWO ADOPTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE FOLLOW-UP PROCESS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE STUCK IN FOSTER, IT'S NEVER UPDATED.
I KNOW THERE'S A NEW CATEGORY FOR DEFERRED.
WE'VE BEEN LETTING LOTS OF ANIMALS GO OUT TO FOSTER TO ADOPT UNFIXED AND SORT OF WHAT THE FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS ARE AT THIS TIME FOR GETTING STERILIZED AS WELL AS CLOSING THEM OUT TO ADOPTED OR BRINGING THEM BACK TO THE SHELTER.
ERICA AND EMILY, I'M GONNA LET YOU GUYS TAG TEAM THAT ERICA, DID YOU WANNA START ON THE PROCESS? I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH STERILIZATION.
SO, UM, STEPHANIE, WE DO HAVE A FOSTER TO ADOPT COORDINATOR.
UM, THAT'S BEEN ENSURING THE ANIMALS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
RIGHT NOW WITH OUR SURGERY BACKLOG, WE ARE SCHEDULING SOME FOSTER TWO ADOPTS FOR SURGERY INTO DECEMBER.
AND SO, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT CAUSING EXTENSIVE OPERATIONAL SETBACKS BY HOLDING THE ANIMALS INTO IN THE SHELTER FOR EXCESSIVE DAYS FOR SURGERY, WE HAVE BEEN SENDING THOSE OUT AS FOSTER TO ADOPTS.
AND SO SAMANTHA, UM, IS COMPLETING ROUTINE FOLLOW UP FOR THE ANIMALS THAT ARE IN OUR FOSTER HOMES THAT ARE PENDING SURGERY TO BE ADOPTED.
UM, AND SO THOSE, THOSE ONES WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH.
AND THEN THE FOSTER TEAM FOLLOWS UP WITH THE GENERAL FOSTERS THAT MAY HAVE, UM, UNDERAGE ANIMALS OUT FOR FOSTER THAT NEEDS TO BE ALTERED.
I'M ALSO WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS TO HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP JUST DIRECTLY FROM VOLUNTEERS, IF, YOU KNOW, TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO GET THOSE ANIMALS IN TO RETURN FOR SURGERY, UM, IN THAT SENSE.
AND THEN, UH, I, I'M WONDERING JUST ABOUT THE ONES THAT SORT OF GO DARK.
SO I KNOW EVEN JUST WITH OUR SMALL SAMPLING WITH DALLAS LOVE BUGS THAT WE HAVE ANIMALS THAT JUST FALL OFF THE RADAR.
THEY'RE MARKED AS FOSTER FROM A YEAR AGO, ET CETERA.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON A DIFFERENT PROCESS BECAUSE, UM, WE AREN'T ABLE TO ADOPT OUT AN ALTERED ANIMALS.
SO, UM, FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE FOSTERS TRYING TO GET THEM IN FOR SURGERY, IF THEY'RE NONRESPONSIVE.
WE DID HAVE A NEW CONTRACT THAT STARTED LAST SEPTEMBER THAT IF THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO US WITHIN 60 DAYS, WE WOULD COMPLETE OUT THE ADOPTION.
WHILE THEY'RE NOT ALTERED, WE WILL BE MOVING THEM INTO LOST COMMUNICATION.
SO THEN IF THEY ANIMAL RETURNS, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY ON OUR FOSTER DOCKET, BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BRING THEM BACK AND GET THEM ALTERED AT THAT POINT.
SO WE ARE FOLLOWING A PROTOCOL FOR LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE SPECIFIC TYPES OF FOSTERS.
TO ADD TO THAT, SO THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, CHAPTER 8 28, IT REQUIRES ALL ANIMAL SERVICES AGENCIES THAT RELEASING AGENCIES TO EITHER ENSURE THE ANIMAL IS STERILIZED PRIOR TO THE, OR THEY HAVE TO SIGN.
UH, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING PROOF THAT THE ANIMAL'S BEEN STERILIZED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE ADOPTION CONTRACT.
SO, AND BOTH OUR FOSTER CONTRACT AND THE ADOPTION CONTRACT, THERE IS CLEAR LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT SAYS, SHOULD WE LOSE CONTACT WITH YOU OVER 60
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DAYS? 'CAUSE WE CAN'T HUNT PEOPLE DOWN.UH, DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, THAT PERSON BECOMES RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVI PROVIDING PROOF WITHIN 30 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF THE ADOPTION CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE STERILIZED THE ANIMAL AND VACCINATED FOR RABIES.
IF IT'S, IT WAS DIDN'T GET, ITS RABIES VACCINATION.
IF THEY DON'T, WE FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON A PROCESS TO FOLLOW UP WITH CITATIONS.
AND THAT IS, THAT IS OUR REQUIREMENT THROUGH STATE LAW.
AFTER THAT CITATION IS ISSUED, UM, IT'S, THE ONUS IS ON THE, THE PERSON THAT WE CAN'T FIND.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAD THAT THERE, THAT WE WERE ADOPTING OUT ON STERILIZED ANIMALS.
BUT I WAS THERE RECENTLY AND A FELLOW FROM LOUISIANA WAS THERE ADOPTING AN UNDERAGED UNFIXED PUPPY.
AND SO IN THAT SITUATION, HE WOULD BE SIGNING, SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE ANIMAL FIXED AND DAS IS THERE A STAFF DEDICATED TO FOLLOWING UP? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE VOLUME OF FOSTERS AND ADOPTERS GOING OUT.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING ON PERFECTING THAT PROCESS.
UM, IT'S, UH, FINDING THE BEST WAY TO, UH, MANAGE THE POPULATION WITHOUT HAVING TO INCREASE NON-LIVE OUTCOMES.
UM, IT'S KIND OF A CATCH 22, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
BUT, UM, EMILY AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY DILIGENTLY TO REDUCE THAT SURGERY GAP TO HELP, UM, WITH OUR PLACEMENT PARTNERS AND OUR SURGICAL PARTNERS AND ALL OF THE PARTNERS TO TRY AND HELP REDUCE THE SURGICAL GAP SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE ANIMALS ARE STERILIZED PRIOR TO RELEASE.
WE'VE, WE'VE HAD PAST A VERY RECENT PAST OF THAT, SO I'M REALLY HOPING NOW THAT WE'RE STAFFED UP IN THE VET DEPARTMENT THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO THAT, WHERE WE WERE BEING VERY PROACTIVE AND WHEN ANIMALS CAME IN, SOMETIMES WITHIN DAYS THEY WERE GETTING STERILIZED WHETHER THEY HAD POSITIVE OUTCOMES OR NOT.
A YEAR WITH JUST ONE SURGEON HAS BEEN VERY TRAINED.
AND OUR NEW SURGEON ISN'T FULL-TIME, BUT EVEN COMING IN A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
UM, WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT ARE STARTING TO PRODUCE ABOUT 160 A MONTH FOR US ALSO.
UM, SO WE ARE STARTING TO DECREASE OUR BACKLOG AND CATCH UP AND WE ARE STARTING TO BE ABLE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
UH, JUST ANOTHER PROCEDURAL QUESTION.
IN THE COMMUNITY CATS, YOU SAID SITE VISITS, THERE WERE 48, BUT THEN YOU'RE ONLY GOING OUT FOR SICK, INJURED, ET CETERA.
IS THAT WHAT ALL THOSE 48 WERE? IS IT'S THE, THE COMMUNITY CAT YES.
SITE BUSINESS? WE'LL, WE'LL SAY THAT.
I MEAN, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ALL RIGHT, I'M JUST GONNA KEEP GOING DOWN HERE WITH MY TIME.
UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT, AS EVERYONE HAS SAID, THAT VACATIONS ARE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THOSE HAVE MUCH HIGHER ROI RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAN EVENTS, WHICH TAKE LOTS AND LOTS OF SETUP TIME.
UH, IT TAKES MUCH MORE COORDINATION TIME TO GET ANIMALS THERE.
AND COMPARED TO THE OUTCOMES, I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PUSH RESOURCES MORE TOWARDS VACATIONS AND EXPANDING THAT AND TAKING THEM AWAY FROM THOSE EVENTS, OR AT LEAST NOT HAVING ANIMALS THAT THOUGH THOSE EVENTS ARE MAYBE ONE OR SOMETHING REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S GREAT FOR PR AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION.
BUT OVER THE YEARS, THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN AROUND WITH DAS AND BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION, THOSE EVENTS DO NOT PRODUCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING WONDERFUL LIKE THAT VACATION PROGRAM THAT IS A MUCH LOWER LIFT WITH A MUCH, UH, BIGGER OUTCOME THERE ON THE ROI.
UM, WITH THAT SMU ADVERTISING.
THE VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT I SAW IN THERE IS IT'S DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, DAS, NOT BE DALLAS 90.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, AS WE'RE ROLLING INTO LE NEW LEADERSHIP THAT WE LOOK AT DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES BEING THE PLANE FOCUS.
I THINK THAT THAT B DALLAS 90 HAD ITS TIME.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL CAMPAIGN AND IT DID ITS SERVICE, BUT IT'S, THE PUBLIC HAS NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS, AND IT DOES NOT SAY DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, IT'S CLEAR IN THAT SMU, UM, AND THEIR COLLATERAL THAT THEY ALSO BASICALLY DID NOT HAVE THAT INCLUDED, EXCEPT WHERE IT IS IN THE LOGO.
UM, HEARTWORM, WE HAVE TREATMENT LISTED IN HERE.
ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING TREATMENT NOW OR WE ARE STILL ON THERAPY.
I WAS NOT AWARE THAT WE WERE GOING BACK TO ANY MULTIPLE SHOT TREATMENT, I SHOULD SAY THERAPY.
BUT THEY'RE, OUR MEDICAL TEAM IS ACTUALLY EXAMINING THE HEARTWORM PROCESS.
AND, UH, EXPENSES FOR DIFFERENT MEDICAL TREATMENTS THAT WE ARE DOING TO HELP, UM, NOT ONLY SAVE COSTS, BUT UH, ADD EFFICIENCIES TO OUR PROCESSES.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS COMING UP.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET EVEN A DOG AND FOSTER, FOSTER TO ADOPT THAT.
WE WERE PROVIDING THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE EXTENSIVE TREATMENT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US GET BACK TO THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT TWO IN INTAKE.
UM, I BELIEVE EMILY MENTIONED THAT.
WHERE ARE THE OTHER VACANCIES, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY? CURRENTLY THEY'RE ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE HAVE LIKE ONE OR TWO IN, IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
OUR, OUR BIGGEST UNFOR AT ONE POINT IT WAS OUR FIELD OPERATIONS, BUT THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
BUT IT'S NOW IN OUR MEDICAL UNIT.
OUR MEDICAL UNIT HAS A NUMBER OF VACANCIES AS IT RELATES TO, UH, VET TECHS AND ASSISTANCE.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, OCTOBER ONE, WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND WE CAN GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED.
UM, I WANNA HEAR MORE ABOUT THE MICROCHIPS
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AND FIELD, DANIEL.UH, SO WE HAVE TWO, KIND OF TWO PROGRAMS FOR MICROCHIP AND FIELDS.
WE HAVE OUR NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM THAT BASICALLY GOES TO HOTSPOTS, UM, FOR LOOSE DOGS.
AND THEY WILL GO DOOR TO DOOR AND IF THEY NEED MICROCHIPS, THEY'LL MICROCHIP IN THE FIELD RIGHT THERE.
WE GET 'EM REGISTERED, UH, PUT 'EM IN OUR SYSTEM.
UH, OUR, THE OTHER PROGRAM IS OUR FIELD OFFICERS ACTUALLY, AND ONE OF THE, SORRY, ONE OF THE, WHEN THEY DO COMPLIANCE CHECKS, IF THEY'RE NOT MICROCHIP, THEY, HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR ANIMAL MICROCHIP RIGHT NOW FOR FREE? AND WE MICROCHIP RIGHT THERE AND THEN.
ARE WE STILL DOING, UM, THE PROCESS THAT IF AN ANIMAL HAS PICKED UP A STRAY THAT THEY ARE MICROCHIPS SORT OF UPON PICKUP? OR IS IT IN SHELTER AND ALSO PUTTING UP SIGNS IMMEDIATELY, LIKE PRINTING OUT FROM THE DAS VEHICLE ON SITE THAT THEY'RE PUTTING THEM IN A TRIANGULATED AREA RIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THE PRINTERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT COULDN'T WORK
UM, ALL AROUND WHEN WE FIND AN ANIMAL AND WE WILL MICROCHIP 'EM WHEN WE ACTUALLY BRING 'EM TO THE SHELTER.
WE HAVE ALSO, JUST TO ADD TO THAT MM-HMM
UM, FOTIS HAS ACTUALLY DONATED A LOT OF COLLARS.
UM, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A GRANT FROM BEST FRIEND'S ANIMAL SOCIETY.
UH, THEY'VE DONATED SOME COLLARS AND SOME TAGS, SO TO ADD TO THE IDENTIFICATION TAGS IN ADDITION TO THE MICROCHIPPING.
SO, UM, THAT PROGRAM IS FOCUSED, UH, IN CERTAIN AREAS RIGHT NOW.
BUT, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH DOCU PET TO PROVIDE, THEY PROVIDE FREE TAGS, SO, UM, IDENTIFICATION TAGS.
'CAUSE HAVING THAT IDENTIFI IDENTIFICATION TAG CAN ACTUALLY BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT THAN THE MICROCHIPPING.
SO, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME THINGS.
PETCO LOVE ALSO DONATED SEVERAL CALLERS TO THAT EFFORT.
SO, UM, AND THEN WITH THE SPAY NEUTER NETWORK, I'M DOING THE OWNER SURRENDER PROCESSING.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.
DO THEY NEED TO COME INTO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS TO SPEAK TO THAT, OR DO YOU ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS ON THEIR END ONCE THEY FILL OUT THAT FORM ON THE WEBSITE? I'LL LET EMILY TALK ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE THAT HAS CHANGED AS WELL.
AND WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE KIND OF OF THAT TRANSITION.
SO I DON'T WANNA OVERSPEAK, UM, AS THE PROCESS IS SHIFTING JUST A LITTLE BIT, JUST THIS NEXT WEEK, UM, AND THE WEEK AFTER IS WHEN OUR MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING FOR THAT TRANSITION.
SO
ARE WE CONTRACTED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME OR WAS THE ARRANGEMENT THERE FOR THEM TO HANDLE THE OWNER SURRENDERS FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES SPAY NEUTER NETWORK.
UH, SPAY NEUTER NETWORK IS TRANSITIONING TO ANOTHER PROVIDER FOR THAT SERVICE FOR THE PAST PROGRAM.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE, IT'S NOT ALL DONE YET, SO TALK ABOUT IT YET.
UM, AND THEN I DO HEAR WITH, UH, MY 56 SECONDS LEFT.
JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT THOSE DOG SIGNS.
UM, VERY FREQUENTLY THE PUBLIC IS LAUNCHING AT DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR EVEN FROM THE COMMISSION SAYING THEY NEED TO, SOMEBODY SHOULD AND THAT PERSON IS US.
SO TO GET THAT PROJECT THROUGH, I CONCEPTED IT, DID THE DESIGN, UH, TOOK IT THROUGH PARKS.
I DID IT IN A WAY THAT DAS HAD TO HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME AND HANDS-ON.
SO IT WAS JUST APPROVALS AND IT TOOK 13 MONTHS.
SO TO UNDERSTAND HOW LONG IT TAKES THINGS TO GET THROUGH THE CITY SYSTEM, THAT WAS THAT PROJECT.
SO WHEN WE'RE SAYING, HEY, I WANNA SEE THIS, GREAT.
PUT THAT ON YOUR LIST AND THEN STRATEGIZE IT, WORK WITH DAS AND ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS NECESSARY AND SEE THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PROJECT CAN GET DONE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE SOME TIME LEFT, SO IF WE WANNA GO THROUGH AND IF ANY OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS WITH TIME LEFT, WANT TO COMPLETE THIS ROUND AND THEN WE CAN, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ANOTHER ROUND, WE CAN DO THAT.
SO WE HAVE, UM, COMMISSIONER LEE WITH TWO MINUTES AND 35 SECONDS LEFT OF HER TIME IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO USE IT OR YIELD IT.
SO COMMISSIONER JAMESON, YOU HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES LEFT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR ASK ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
NO, I THINK I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND YIELD MY TIME.
UM, AND I'LL PROBABLY FOLLOW UP BY EMAIL.
UH, NEXT I BELIEVE WAS COMMISSIONER GEARING WITH ONE MINUTE AND 47 SECONDS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE YOUR YIELD? YIELD? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES AND EIGHT SECONDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE IT OR YIELD IT.
COMMISSIONER SED, YOU USED ALL FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME, BUT AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF WHAT'S LEFT FOR COMMISSIONERS, IF WE'D LIKE TO DO SECOND ROUND, WE TOTALLY CAN.
UM, COMMISSIONER SANDERS, YOU HAVE NINE SECONDS
SO LET ME AND YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE FAST.
NINE SECONDS OR ELSE WE'LL DO ANOTHER ROUND IF, IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT, IF YOU WANNA HOLD
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IT FINE, I'LL JUST EMAIL.SO WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA, FOR THE RECORD, PUT THAT AS A YIELD.
UM, COMMISSIONER FAULKNER, DUN, YOU HAVE 58 SECONDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THEM.
YIELD, YIELD THEM HOW YIELD YOU'LL YIELD.
AND THEN AROUND COMMISSIONER DELGADO, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND 53 SECONDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE OR YIELD YOU'D LIKE TO USE.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME IF YOU'RE READY.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE? YES.
LET ME GIVE YOU BACK TWO SECONDS.
UM, NO, I JUST WANTED TO, FOR THE RECORD, UM, STATE AGAIN THAT I THINK GOING FORWARD IT'LL BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ALL THESE CHANGES.
I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT THIS REGULARLY ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, AND WE'D LOVE TO NOT HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS, BUT MOSTLY JUST CHECK ON THE PROGRESS OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
SO, UM, I JUST KIND OF WANNA REITERATE THAT.
AND, UM, I'M ALSO REALLY IMPRESSED WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU, YOU GUYS ARE DOING IN THIS TRANSITION.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT OUR MICROCHIP PROGRAM.
AND, AND THAT'S A FANTASTIC JOB AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW VETS.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF FOLLOW UP ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT QUESTIONS I'VE ASKED A FEW TIMES AGO, JUST KIND OF SEEING THAT COME TO FRUITION.
I KNOW WE KEEP SAYING LIKE, WE'LL FOLLOW UP OR WE'LL KEEP GOING.
AND TO, UM, COMMISSIONER CASEY'S POINT, WE KNOW THIS IS A LONG PROCESS.
UM, AND IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH AND CHECK BACK ON AND SAY, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE ON THIS? AND WE'RE GETTING UPDATES MORE THAN WE ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, INQUIRIES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TALK TO THE PUBLIC ON YOUR BEHALF.
UH, WE WANNA KEEP SUPPORTING YOU ALL.
AND, AND, UH, THE WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS TO BE IN LOCKSTEP WITH YOU.
SO I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME JUST TO COMMENT ON THAT.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN SINCE I STARTED.
IT'S STILL IN DRAFT FORM, AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR INPUT FOR MY AGMS AND MY OTHER LEADERSHIP AND THEN PRESENTING TO THE CITY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
I JUST NEED TO GET THEIR SUPPORT BEFORE IT'S READY.
SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY ROUGH DRAFT.
IT'S 28 PAGES ALREADY, SO
AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK, WE, WE, WE DID WORK ON ONE WITH THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'VE ALL CHANGED BUT ME, SO THEY MAY HAVE NEW DIRECTION, NEW INPUT.
SO I'M GLAD THAT AMANDA'S PICKED THAT UP.
UM, COMMISSIONER BENNETT, YOU HAVE TWO SECONDS.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO USE IT OR YIELD IT, BUT AGAIN, WE COULD DO A SECOND ROUND.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER MATTHIAS, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES IN FIVE SECONDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE IT OR YIELD IT.
AND THEN CHAIR CASEY, YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A SECOND ROUND OF THREE MINUTES.
UM, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S YIELDED AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
SO, UM, I DO WANNA BRING UP THAT JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE, WE HAVE FOUR VACANCIES NOW THAT CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPOINT NEW COMMISSIONERS FOR OUR COMMISSION, UH, 4, 6, 8, AND 13 DISTRICTS.
AND THAT MEANS THAT OUR QUORUM IS NOW DOWN TO SIX INSTEAD OF EIGHT.
SO WHEN WE'RE COMMUNICATING, WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
SO IF WE HAVE OVER SIX OF US TOGETHER, THEN WE'RE PAST QUORUM AND THAT WOULD NEED TO BE A PUBLIC MEETING AS WE'RE COMMUNICATING IN ANY WAY.
AND, UH, THANKS AGAIN TO PAUL.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AND WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.