[A. 26-2794A Community Park at Fair Park Quarterly Update [Alyssa Sifferman, Executive Director, Fair Park First; Norman Alston, Project Manager, Fair Park First; Heather Stevens, Philanthropy and Strategy Officer, Fair Park First; Ryan O’Connor, Senior Deputy Director, Dallas Park and Recreation]]

FIRST ON THE COMMUNITY PARK, WE HAVE ALYSSA SIFFERMAN AND WE HAVE HEATHER STEVENS HERE THIS MORNING TO GIVE US THAT UPDATE, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR THE PROGRESS YOU GUYS ARE MAKING.

SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.

I AND I'M ASSUMING MAYBE YOU INITIATED THIS OR PERHAPS PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S JUST GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE LIVING THROUGH AND RESPECTING THE TERMS OF OUR AGREEMENT. AND YOU GUYS ARE COMING IN FOR A QUARTERLY UPDATE.

I JUST APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. SOMETIMES THE DETAILS OF AGREEMENTS GET LOST AND THIS ONE CLEARLY HAS NOT.

AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.

AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR O'CONNOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK US OFF? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AND YOU KIND OF SAID WHAT I INTENDED TO SAY.

SO AS WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL DID HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT FAIR PARK FIRST WORK WAS TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS. THIS WILL BE THE 1ST THE PROJECT IS, IS WELL ON ITS WAY, AS YOU WILL SEE HERE MOMENTARILY. SO JUST WITH THAT QUICK INTRODUCTION, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALYSSA ARNOLD WITH FAIR PARK FIRST AND HEATHER STEVENS, WHO IS THE FUNDING CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST. AND THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE THE UPDATE AND REPORT, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE CONCLUSION.

THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. I'M ALYSSA ARNOLD SIFFERMAN.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL ME IS LAST NAME. I WAS ARNOLD FOR 38 YEARS, SO YEAH, IT'S HARD TO SHED THAT LAST NAME.

SO I DO WANT TO JUST ALSO THANK THE THE PARKS AND REC TEAM.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SHOLA AND CLYDE AS OUR REP.

SO THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT CONDUIT TO, TO NAVIGATING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE COMPLIANCE.

AND THEN ALSO OF COURSE, TO1 RYAN. SO YEAH, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR LETTING US BE HERE AND PRESENT.

OUR FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT. SO WE DID PROVIDE A MEMO, WHICH WAS OUR QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF OUR ACTIVITY FROM APRIL, MAY AND JUNE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY STARTING APRIL 23RD WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED.

SO THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS JUST BECAUSE WE DID PRORATE IT FOR COMPLIANCE REASONS AND FOR SIMPLICITY IN SOME WAYS.

SO NEXT SLIDE. I DID JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE JUST DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TEAM.

FIRST IS US. WE'RE GOVERNED BY OUR BOARD AND OUR CHAIR, JASON BROWN, WHO IS NOT WITH US TODAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT, OUR CAPITAL CONSULTANT AND STRATEGIST HERE HEATHER STEVENS WITH RISE 360.

OUR OWNERS REP IS NORMAN ALSTON ARCHITECTS. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR DESIGN TEAM AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM, WHICH IS LED BY STUDIO OUTSIDE AND THE BECK GROUP AS OUR CMAR.

AND THEN JUST ANOTHER NOTE OF OUR ARCHITECT ON RECORD IS BC WORKSHOP WHO IS A SUB OF STUDIO OUTSIDE.

SO JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE DESIGN TEAM. SO WE HAVE RESUMED REENGAGED REMOBILIZED OUR PROJECT TEAM AS OF THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT. SO THAT DID TAKE SOME SOME WEEKS TO GET THEM UP AND RUNNING.

WE HAVE A TARGETED GOAL NOW THOUGH OF COMPLETING OUR DOCUMENTS FOR PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION BY OCTOBER.

AND I DO HAVE A SLIDE WHERE WE'LL GO OVER MILESTONES IN MORE DETAIL AS WELL.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE HAD OUR CMAR RUNNING THE NUMBERS AGAINST OUR 100% DD SET, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER.

AND THE GOOD NEWS THERE IS THAT WE ARE SEEING COMPARABLE COSTING.

EVEN WITH THAT VARIANCE OF 6, 7 MONTHS. AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AS AS A POSITIVE.

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AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS OVER THE LAST I GUESS SINCE JUNE KIND OF DIVING INTO EACH OF THOSE ELEMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE WHERE WE ARE AND THAT THE VISION IS STILL BEING HELD.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, CAPITAL FUNDRAISING OBVIOUSLY HAS RESUMED IN EARNEST.

AND HEATHER WILL DIVE INTO THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN A FEW SLIDES.

NEXT, NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST SOME SUPPLEMENTAL WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BUT I KIND OF ALREADY WENT OVER THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH HOLD ON ONE SECOND. TOO MANY THINGS IN FRONT OF ME.

THANK YOU. OH, I CAN. OKAY. SO MAKING SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT OUR GMP IS WITHIN THE PROJECT BUDGET.

THAT'S WORKING PRIMARILY WITH OUR DESIGN AND OUR CMAR AND WORKING OUT THE TIMELINE AS WELL.

WE DID LAUNCH A NEW WEBSITE FOR FAIR PARK FIRST.

IT'S A HIGHLY CENTERED AROUND THE COMMUNITY PARK PROJECT.

I DID ALSO, IT'S NOT ON THE SLIDE, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DID PRESENT TO THE URBAN DESIGN PEER REVIEW PANEL BACK IN APRIL BEFORE THE CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED.

BUT WE DID RECEIVE WE DID PROVIDE INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN JUNE, AND HAVE BEEN WORKING TO INCORPORATE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHERE FEASIBLE, INTO THE OVERALL DESIGN. SO THOSE HAVE BEEN SOME OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING MORE RECENTLY.

AS I MENTIONED, WE LAUNCHED THE WEBSITE, WE HAVE PUBLISHED A QUARTERLY COMMUNITY PARK NEWSLETTER.

WE DID ADD A COMPONENT TO OUR WEBSITE AROUND STORYTELLING.

SO A WAY TO TRY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ON GETTING STORIES OF THE SITE.

SO THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE OVERALL PLAN OF PROGRAMING ART ACTIVATIONS.

AND SO HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL RECEIVE SOME SOME STORIES OF PEOPLE AND THEIR EXPERIENCES FROM THE SITE BEFORE IT BECAME A PARKING LOT.

AND THEN WE ALSO DO WE DID TRANSITION TO A NEW FUND ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE.

IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR NONPROFITS AND FUND ACCOUNTING.

AND THIS JUST ALLOWS US FOR A MORE STREAMLINED MANAGEMENT OF OUR DONOR RESTRICTED GIFTS AND FUNDS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, MULTIPLE GRANTS AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF WHAT WE WORKED ON THE FIRST QUARTER.

AND THEN UP UNTIL MORE RECENTLY I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO HEATHER TO TALK.

YOU GOT THIS. OKAY. TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CAPITAL RAISE.

HI. GOOD MORNING. IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO I'LL JUST START IT OFF. EVERYBODY LIKES GOOD NEWS.

IT WAS GREAT TO ANNOUNCE IN JULY WITH MCKESSON CORPORATION FOR THEIR FOUNDATION, THEIR FIRST LARGEST GIFT THEY'VE EVER GIVEN TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND ACTUALLY IN THE HISTORY OF THEIR COMPANY, THEY GAVE 2.5 MILLION TO THE COMMUNITY PARK TO NAME THE MARKET GROVE.

BUT TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION, THE DESIGN AND A PORTION OF PROGRAMING.

SO WE GOT TO ANNOUNCE THAT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT WIN FOR A PARK AND REC PROPERTY TO HAVE A GLOBAL FORTUNE 5.

STEP IN AND THEIR GENEROSITY TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OPENING THE PARK AND SUPPORTING IN OTHER WAYS AS WELL. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY STAYING IN TOUCH.

CAPITAL UPDATE SO YOU GUYS HAVE A SNAPSHOT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET STILL REMAINS CURRENTLY AT 40.6.

CAPITAL RAISED TO DATE IS 36.1. TOTAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BUDGET WHICH GOES TO THE DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION IS 31.5 MILLION. SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT MANAGED OUTSIDE OF PARK AND REC PARKS, GOING WITH ALL OF THEIR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION UPON BREAKING GROUND.

TYPICALLY IN A CAPITAL PROJECT, YOU STILL HAVE SOME TO RAISE AFTER YOU BREAK GROUND AND YOU CONTINUE TO RAISE AFTER BREAKING GROUND.

SO THE CONTRACTION OR THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION STATES THAT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION NEEDS TO BE FULLY FUNDED.

SO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION HAS HAD EXPENDITURES TO DATE OF 6.9 AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BUDGET REMAINING IS 24.6.

SO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FUNDING GAP TO DATE IS 1.78 MILLION.

SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER BACK IN MAY, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

A FEW THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. THE TIF FUNDING, WHICH I AM THANKFUL TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF THAT TO SUPPORT THAT LAST TWO WEEKS AGO. AND SO WE HAVE ABOUT 1.7, 1.8 MILLION LEFT TO RAISE.

AND I THINK WE'RE ON TRACK WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.

GREAT. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. AND SO THIS IS, CURRENT, A CURRENT TIMELINE AND MILESTONES WE HAVE COMING UP FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THIS WAS PRETTY HEAVILY VETTED BETWEEN OUR CMAR AND OUR OWNERS REP AND DESIGN TEAMS. SO THEY THEY HAVE BLESSED THIS SO FAR. SO BUT I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THE SITE PLAN LOCK IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS FRIDAY.

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SO LOCKING DOWN EVERYTHING SIZE WISE AND EVERYTHING SO WE CAN FINALIZE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

WE DID SUBMIT FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS IN THE STATE ANTIQUITIES LANDMARK.

WE EXPECT TO GO BEFORE THE TASK FORCE, THE FAIR PARK TASK FORCE NEXT WEEK ON THE 9TH WEDNESDAY.

AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE THE C OF A REVIEW TO BE ON OCTOBER 5TH WITH LANDMARK COMMISSION.

WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY CONDUCTING AN ADDITIONAL PARTIAL SURVEY FOR THE THREE AREAS OF THE SITE THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE OUR ORIGINAL SURVEY DUE TO THE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS ON FITZHUGH. SO THE IMPROVEMENTS FROM FIFA WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SCHEDULING A PRE DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT AND CONFIRMING A TEAM MEETING TO HELP EXPEDITE THE PERMITTING PROCESS. ONCE OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER AND THEN WE HAVE GROUNDBREAKING SLATED FOR DECEMBER, WITH A DATE BEING FINALIZED IN THE COMING WEEKS.

AND WE DO ANTICIPATE A MONTH OF DEMO AND A PERMIT TO BE ISSUED IN JANUARY.

AND THAT IS A HIGH LEVEL OF OUR SCHEDULE, OUR MILESTONES FOR PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION QUESTIONS. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE WILL JUST START WITH SOME QUESTIONS. I'M LOOKING TO MY LEFT.

ANYBODY? COUNCIL MEMBER. BAZALDUA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THE UPDATE I'VE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH WITH Y'ALL'S WORK.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED AT WHERE WE ARE. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S BEEN ANY HICCUPS TO REALLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT SINCE THE LAST TIME.

I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST REAL QUARTERLY UPDATE SINCE WE'VE HAD. YEAH. KNOCK ON WOOD.

BUT IS THAT SAFE TO SAY WE'RE WE'RE STILL MOVING IN THE DIRECTION WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING, AND WE'RE STILL ADHERING TO THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT UP.

THAT'S SAFE TO SAY. YES. YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR UPDATE. I KNOW THAT I EXPECT THE UPDATES TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST WHENEVER WE GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE TO UPDATE, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, HEATHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN FUNDRAISING.

THIS TRULY WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU HELPING US RAISE THESE FUNDS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PROMISED THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE MAINTAINED AN EXPECTATION OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THESE DOLLARS TO BE PRIVATELY RAISED AND EVEN GOING INTO THIS HARD BUDGET SEASON.

I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL NOT COMING WITH YOUR HANDS OPEN AND TRYING TO HAVE THE CITY BAIL YOU OUT.

I WISH OTHERS WOULD TAKE NOTE IN HOW YOU ALL HAVE DECIDED TO OPERATE AND MANAGE THESE ASSETS, BECAUSE I THINK BEING A GOOD STEWARD STARTS AT THE BEGINNING.

AND I JUST WOULD SAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE NOT CHANGED COURSE AT ALL.

THERE HAS BEEN NO CURVEBALLS AND ULTIMATELY THE WORK THAT FAIR PARK FIRST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOW.

IN MY OPINION, IS, IS ON TRACK TO BE JUST AS SUCCESSFUL AS I SAW FAIR PARK FIRST IN OPERATING THE GROUNDS.

SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT? HEATHER. YEAH. I WOULD JUST SAY DEFINITELY FAIR PARK FIRST DOES NOT PLAN TO COME TO THE CITY FOR A HANDOUT TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OR ANY OF THE REMAINING FUNDS.

NOW, TIMELINE WOULD BE LOVELY TO BE ADJUSTED BECAUSE HAVING 2 MONTHS TO RAISE 2 MILLION IS QUITE A FEAT.

BUT WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON IT, SO I JUST MIGHT PUT THAT OUT THERE.

I THINK BACK IN MAY, WE HAD A GAP OF ABOUT SEVEN.

AND SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 1.78 MILLION LEFT. NO ANTICIPATION OF ASKING THE CITY FOR ANY.

I'M VERY STUBBORN. SO WE DON'T WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK FOR ANYTHING.

WE'VE LEARNED TO RAISE THINGS OURSELVES. WELL, I'M HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN TO HELP CLOSE THAT GAP IN THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. I KNOW THAT IT IS A LARGE FEAT. WE'LL BE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT AND SEEING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE CLOSER TO THE DEADLINE TO TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED.

BUT THE END GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THIS AMAZING ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE'RE WE'RE ALMOST THERE. SO KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED AND I HAVE MY FAITH ALL IN YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

NO QUESTIONS. JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN BAZALDUA FOR GETTING THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

I KNOW THIS IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING FOR YOU.

AND THE WAY THE COUNCIL HAD TO GO ABOUT DOING IT TO MAKE SURE IT GETS DONE.

SO I APPRECIATE HIS TENACITY AND CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR HIS DISTRICT.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE EXCELLENT. AND OF COURSE, WE, WE'RE RIGHT OVER THE BRIDGE, SO CAN'T WAIT TO COME CELEBRATE WITH YOU WHEN THIS IS DONE. SO GREAT JOB. GREAT WORK. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR.

1ST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU MR. BAZALDUA, FOR GETTING THIS DONE IN THE FASHION THAT'S BEING DONE.

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I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK, ALL EVERYBODY HAS DONE.

THIS IS TRUE COLLABORATION TO GET TO A FINAL PRODUCT.

IF THERE IS ANY CONCERNS, I HOPE THAT YOU BRING THEM TO US EARLY INSTEAD AND NOT LATE.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT YOU GET THROUGH GETTING GET EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET IT THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

AND SO CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN ON TIME. AND ALL THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, HAPPEN WHEN THEY NEED TO HAPPEN.

SO WE WE CAN HIT THAT GROUNDBREAKING MILESTONE OF DECEMBER 2026.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THERE TO ENJOYING THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS WILL BRING TO US.

AND I'M GRATEFUL. I KNOW THAT WHEN FAIR PARK FIRST FIRST STARTED, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERNS.

AND, AND LIKE I SAID, I MISS I KNOW MR. BROWN.

I'M AT THIS AT THAT TIME, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE REST OF THE TEAM.

AND, AND LIKE I SAID, THAT YOU GUYS WOULD DO YOUR DOING.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK EVERYONE HAS DONE. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR BRINGING THIS FOR US US TO REVIEW AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S BEING DONE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY.

CHAIR WEST. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLACK. BLACKMON. SORRY.

SO SORRY. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. I WOULD SAY THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHEN THE CARE AND COMMITMENT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN A PROJECT.

AND THERE ARE JUST TIMES WHEN YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE DETAILS.

THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT AREN'T, THAT JUST ISN'T REQUIRED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT THIS ONE NEEDED THE CARE AND ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND HE CERTAINLY HAS GIVEN THAT AND THEN ALL OF Y'ALL'S WORK.

OF COURSE, AS WELL, NOBODY WAS GIVEN UP. AND THAT WAS THE SENSE I GOT WHEN I HAD A LITTLE TOUCH OF INTERACTION WITH YOU ALL.

NOBODY WAS GIVING UP. NOBODY WAS GOING TO LET THIS FAIL.

EVERYBODY WAS VERY, VERY COMMITTED TO GETTING THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

AND NOW Y'ALL ARE THERE AND TAKING OFF AND AND YOU HAVE SUCH A STRONG START.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE TIME PRESSURES AND CRUNCHES ON THAT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, COME WORK WITH PARKS OR WHOMEVER TO GET TO GET SOME OF THAT ACKNOWLEDGED IN ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN GIVE WITH THAT.

I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR AGREEMENT WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS TO TO ADDRESS THOSE, BUT CERTAINLY LET'S JUST, I THINK THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT EVERYBODY'S COMMUNICATING AND EVERYBODY'S CLEAR.

AND SO WHEN THERE ARE THOSE TYPE OF, I LOVE TO CALL THEM KERFUFFLES HAPPEN.

IT'S A SOFT WAY OF SAYING, OOPS WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A STRUGGLE, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE, I THINK JUST BEING VERY HONEST AND OPEN ABOUT THEM AND ASKING FOR HELP IS, IS REALLY THE WAY TO GO AND AND NOBODY IS HOLDING YOU TO PERFECTION AT THIS POINT BECAUSE PERFECTION ACTUALLY DOESN'T TYPICALLY EXIST. SO. SO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU NEED FROM US.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD, HARD WORK.

AND THANK YOU, RYAN, FOR SHEPHERDING THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

SO I THINK WE'RE IN GREAT SHAPE. AND HEATHER, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO COUNCILMAN BAZALDUA, THOUGH. HE REALLY HAS BEEN SUCH A PARTNER IN THIS CHECKING IN ALL THE TIME AND SUPPORTING.

AND IT DOES TAKE THE CARE OF A COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO I THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM B. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE ADDRESSING EXTREME HEAT WITH DATA HEAT INTERVENTION.

[B. 26-2795A Climate Resilience: Addressing Extreme Heat with Data Heat Intervention Guidebook [Angela Hodges Gott, Director, Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability; Oppong Hemeng, Manager (I), Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability]]

IT COULDN'T BE MORE TIMELY. WE HAVE DIRECTOR GOTT AND OUR MANAGER OF THE OFFICE OF OBQS UP ON HAMMOCK. I'M PROBABLY BUTCHERING YOUR NAME.

AS ALWAYS, I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, CHAIR STEWART. AGAIN, GOOD MORNING.

I'M ANGELA HODGES, GOTT DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

AND I AM HERE WITH UPEN HEMMING, OUR INTERIM MANAGER FOR OBQS CECAP PROGRAM.

SO TODAY WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE CITY OF DALLAS HEAT INTERVENTION GUIDEBOOK AND TO WALK THROUGH THE DATA,

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STRATEGIES AND OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO EXTREME HEAT RESILIENCE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE BACKGROUND ON DALLAS HEAT RESILIENCE EFFORTS.

SUMMARIZE THE KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE HEAT INTERVENTION GUIDEBOOK THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN APRIL.

HIGHLIGHT CONNECTIONS TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, OR CECAP AND OUTLINE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND COLLABORATION. I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE GUIDEBOOK IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, INSTITUTIONS, AND RESIDENTS.

IT IS NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT OR AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BUT RATHER IT'S A TOOLBOX OF STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO EXISTING PROGRAMS, POLICIES, PROJECTS, AND PLANNING EFFORTS.

NEXT SLIDE. EXTREME HEAT IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE HAZARDS FACING DALLAS.

OUR DATA SHOWS INCREASING AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, MORE FREQUENT HEAT EVENTS, AND LONGER PERIODS OF SUSTAINED HEAT.

BY 2050, IT'S PREDICTED THAT DALLAS WILL HAVE BETWEEN 30 AND 60 ADDITIONAL DAYS OVER 100 DEGREES.

THESE CHANGES CREATE RISKS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY SYSTEMS, ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

ERCOT'S GRID STRESS AND RECORD SETTING. PEAK DEMAND.

DEMONSTRATE OR EXCUSE ME. DEMAND. ILLUSTRATE HOW HEAT AFFECTS BOTH CONSUMPTION AND THE PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF GRID INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN JULY 2026, ERCOT'S ALL TIME PEAK DEMAND REACHED 91,089MW, A 37% INCREASE COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME IN 2014.

UNLIKE STORMS OR FLOODING, HEAT IMPACTS ARE OFTEN LESS VISIBLE, BUT MORE DEADLY.

HEAT CONSISTENTLY CAUSES MORE WEATHER RELATED FATALITIES NATIONALLY THAN ANY OTHER HAZARD.

NEXT SLIDE. OBQS HEAT MAPPING DATA FROM 2023 AND 2024 CONFIRMED THAT HEAT EXPOSURE IS NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS DALLAS.

NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LOWER TREE CANOPY, MORE PAVEMENT, FEWER GREEN SPACES, AND HIGHER SOCIAL VULNERABILITY EXPERIENCE HOTTER TEMPERATURES AND GREATER RISK. THESE SAME AREAS OFTEN FACE ECONOMIC AND HEALTH CHALLENGES, UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR TARGETED HEAT RESILIENCE INTERVENTIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SLIDE, BACK UP 1.

KEY BACKUP ONE. THERE WE GO. THIS SLIDE SHOWS RESULTS FROM THE DALLAS HEAT ISLAND STUDY COMPLETED IN 2024, THE HOTTEST NEIGHBORHOODS CONSISTENTLY ALIGN WITH AREAS OF LOW TREE CANOPY AND HIGHER IMPERVIOUS SURFACES.

THIS REINFORCES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITIES WHERE VULNERABILITY AND EXPOSURE OVERLAP, AND THE GUIDEBOOK ECHOES THESE PRIORITIES. NEXT SLIDE.

THE GUIDEBOOK SYNTHESIZES OUR CLIMATE DATA MAPPING, ANALYZES AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT TO CREATE A SUITE OF HEAT MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ACROSS MULTIPLE TIME HORIZONS AND SECTORS.

NEXT SLIDE. THE GUIDEBOOK BUILDS ON SEVERAL INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND MAPPING CAMPAIGN, WHICH THAT FIGURE WAS FROM HEAT VULNERABILITY.

VULNERABILITY ANALYZES A JURISDICTIONAL SCAN OF PEER CITIES AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WITH DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND PUBLIC WORKS.

DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, TEXAS TREE FOUNDATION AND ACADEMIC PARTNERS.

THE RESULT IS A GROUNDED, DATA DRIVEN UNDERSTANDING OF DALLAS HEAT CHALLENGES. NEXT SLIDE.

THE GUIDEBOOK ORGANIZ ES RECOMMENDATIONS INTO SEVERAL CATEGORIES NATURAL SYSTEMS, BUILT ENVIRONMENT, URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, POLICY AND PLANNING, SOCIAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

TOGETHER, THESE CATEGORIES CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT ADDRESSES BOTH HEAT MITIGATION, WHICH FOCUSES ON REDUCING TEMPERATURES AND HEAT ADAPTATION, WHICH FOCUSES ON STRATEGIES TO HELP COPE WITH HEAT.

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DALLAS WILL NEED BOTH APPROACHES TO ADDRESS FUTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. THE HEAT INTERVENTION GUIDEBOOK DEVELOPED BY OUR CONSULTING PARTNER, KAPPA STRATEGIES, PROVIDES PRACTICAL STRATEGIES TO REDUCE URBAN HEAT IMPACTS, IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, AND SUPPORT CLIMATE ADAPTATION GOALS. IT BUILDS ON MAPPING VULNERABILITY, ANALYZES STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, AND NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. SO THIS FIGURE WAS TAKEN FROM THE GUIDEBOOK, AND IT'S A HELPFUL REFERENCE TO UNDERSTAND IMPLEMENTATION TIMES AND IMPACTS. FOR EXAMPLE, PLANNING TREES IS AN IMPORTANT STEP, OFTEN HIGHLIGHTED BY COUNCIL AND STAFF.

AND WHILE PLANTING NEW TREES CAN BOTH ALLEVIATE HEAT IMPACTS AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, IT CAN TAKE 10 YEARS OR MORE FOR NEWLY PLANTED TREES TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON EITHER. HOWEVER, PRESERVING THE TREES THAT WE HAVE THROUGH MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION FROM DISEASE OR PESTS LIKE THE EMERALD ASH BORER, RESULT IN HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL HEAT AND HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEAT CO-BENEFITS RIGHT NOW.

NEXT SLIDE. SO AS SHOWN IN OUR PREVIOUS GRAPHIC, THE GUIDEBOOK IDENTIFIES STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED OVER DIFFERENT TIME HORIZONS. THIS LIST INCLUDES SOME OF THE NEW SOME OF THE NEAR-TERM OPPORTUNITIES.

AS I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED, SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALREADY A PART OF CITY OF DALLAS EFFORTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES SPONSORS THE BRANCH OUT DALLAS PROGRAM, WHERE FREE TREES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO DALLAS RESIDENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS YEAR DURING THE FIFA WORLD CUP, THE CITY, INCLUDING OEQS AND FIFA PARTNERS, ENGAGED IN AN EXTENSIVE HEAT HEALTH COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO MIDTERM MIDTERM OPPORTUNITIES COULD INCLUDE ITEMS SUCH AS BUS STOP, SHADE IMPROVEMENT, URBAN FORESTRY EXPANSION PROJECTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS, PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERMEABLE SURFACES, AND COOL SURFACES.

BUILDING WEATHER IS THE IN BUILDING WEATHERIZATION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. SO OEQS WHOLE HOME DALLAS WEBSITE IS A CITY RESOURCE THAT CONNECTS DALLAS RESIDENTS WITH AVAILABLE INFORMATION, PROGRAMS, AND INCENTIVES TO MAKE THEIR HOMES MORE RESILIENT TO EXTREME WEATHER WITH WEATHERIZATION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY. THE WEATHERIZATION RESOURCES FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS INSULATION, AIR, AIR SEALING, WEATHER STRIPPING, ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS AND DOORS.

AND WHILE THE CITY DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE WHOLE HOME DALLAS SITE CONNECTS RESIDENTS WITH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE THROUGH ENCORE. LOW INCOME WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM AND DALLAS COUNTIES WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

ADDITIONALLY, I JUST GOT AN EMAIL THIS MORNING THAT ANNOUNCED THAT THE COG IS ALSO OFFERING SOME INCENTIVES FOR RESIDENTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND WEATHERIZATION.

NEXT SLIDE. EXAMPLES OF LONG TERM OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE EXPANDING THE CITY WIDE TREE CANOPY, HEAT RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES, MAJOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, ENERGY RESILIENCE AND MICROGRID PROJECTS, AND INTEGRATION OF HEAT CONSIDERATION INTO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

THIS PHASED APPROACH ALLOWS THE CITY TO PURSUE ACTIONS AS FUNDING, PARTNERSHIPS AND IMPLEMENTATION OPPORTUNITIES EMERGE.

AGAIN, SEVERAL OF THESE ITEMS IN THE IN THIS CATEGORY ARE ALREADY PART OF THE CONVERSATION FOR THE WORK THAT THE CITY IS DOING.

EXPANSION OF THE TREE CANOPY AND URBAN FORESTS WERE DISCUSSED DURING THIS PRESENTATION ON THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY EARLIER THIS YEAR AND JUST LAST MONTH, CONVENTION AND EVENTS SERVICES SHARED DURING DTE THAT THEY'RE EXPLORING THE IDEA OF A CENTRAL UTILITY DISTRICT AS PART OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT.

NEXT SLIDE. URBAN FORESTRY IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE LONG TERM HEAT MITIGATION STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED IN THE GUIDEBOOK. IN JUNE 2021, THE CITY OF DALLAS ADOPTED THE DALLAS URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN, THE CITY'S 1ST COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC ROADMAP TO MANAGE, PROTECT AND EXPAND ITS TREE CANOPY.

THE PLAN SET GOALS TO INCREASE THE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE TO 33% BY 2030 AND 40% BY 2050, THE GUIDEBOOK

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RECOMMENDS PRESERVING MATURE TREES, EXPANDING CANOPY IN PRIORITY AREAS AND INTEGRATING URBAN FORESTRY INTO BROADER RESILIENCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. ANOTHER EXAMPLE GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS RAIN GARDENS, BIOSWALES AND CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO NEIGHBORHOOD COOLING WHILE IMPROVING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND WATER QUALITY.

ALTHOUGH BIOSWALES AND CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR BUSINESSES OR CITY PROJECTS, RAIN GARDENS ARE SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS CAN INCORPORATE ON THEIR OWN PROPERTIES TO COLLECT RAINWATER RUNOFF, ALLOWING THE WATER TO BE FILTERED BY VEGETATION AND PERCOLATE INTO THE SOIL.

NEXT SLIDE. THE GUIDEBOOK ALSO HIGHLIGHTS COOL ROOFS, PERMEABLE PAVEMENT, REFLECTIVE MATERIALS, AND GREEN ROOFS AS EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR REDUCING SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND COOLING BUILDINGS.

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THESE REDUCED TEMPERATURES IMPROVE COMFORT, LOWER COOLING DEMAND, AND CAN IMPROVE AIR QUALITY.

THE GUIDEBOOK EMPHASIZES THAT NO SINGLE INTERVENTION IS SUFFICIENT.

THE GREATEST BENEFITS ARE ACHIEVED WHEN MULTIPLE STRATEGIES ARE IMPLEMENTED TOGETHER.

NEXT SLIDE. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS BOTH CONTRIBUTE TO AND EXPERIENCE HEAT IMPACTS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN TEMPERATURES EXCEED 95 DEGREES, DART TRAINS REDUCE THEIR SPEED BY 10 MILES PER HOUR TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE SYSTEM. DAMAGE TO THE RAILS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE HEAT CAN CAUSE DERAILMENTS, AND HIGH TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO CAUSE TRACKS TO WARP, BEND, OR BUCKLE. RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES FOR TRANSPORTATION.

SHADED PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPLETE STREETS IMPLEMENTATION CORRIDOR, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATER ACCESS AMENITIES.

ENHANCING THERMAL COMFORT. SUPPORTS MOBILITY AND REDUCES EXPOSURE AND ENCOURAGES ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.

NEXT SLIDE. BUT HEAT RESILIENCE EXTENDS BEYOND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE GUIDEBOOK RECOMMENDS IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS COOLING CENTERS INCREASED PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND HEAT WARNING SYSTEMS, HEALTH MONITORING, UTILITY RESILIENCE AND BACKUP POWER, AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS, ESPECIALLY FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS INCLUDING OLDER ADULTS, OUTDOOR WORKERS, LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, AND PEOPLE WITHOUT WITHOUT ADEQUATE HEAT.

NEXT SLIDE. SO NOW WE'LL DISCUSS HOW HEAT INTERSECTS WITH THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION GOALS.

NEXT SLIDE. EXTREME HEAT AFFECTS NEARLY EVERY CECAP SECTOR.

BY REDUCING HEAT EXPOSURE, WE SIMULTANEOUSLY ADVANCE MULTIPLE CECAP GOALS AND GENERATE CO-BENEFITS.

NEXT SLIDE. THE GUIDEBOOK HELPS OPERATIONALIZE CECAP GOALS BY IDENTIFYING THE STRATEGIES THAT DEPARTMENTS AND PARTNERS CAN INCORPORATE INTO THEIR EXISTING PROJECTS.

AGAIN, TREE CANOPY EXPANSION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, RESILIENCE PLANNING, PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

ALL OF THESE ARE PART OF CECAP. AND ALL OF THESE ARE PART OF ENCOURAGING HEAT RESILIENCE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SOME EXAMPLES OF THE GUIDEBOOK RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH CECAP GOALS. AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THESE STRATEGIES ARE ALREADY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN SOME CITY PROJECTS.

BUT THE GUIDE, THE GUIDEBOOK, AGAIN EMPHASIZES THE DUAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEAT RELATED BENEFITS THAT CAN BE REALIZED FROM SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THE HEAT INTERVENTION GUIDEBOOK PROVIDES A FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE RESILIENCE WORK ACROSS THE CITY. OEQS CAN LEVERAGE THE GUIDEBOOK TO SUPPORT CECAP IMPLEMENTATION, INFORM CLIMATE ADAPTATION INITIATIVES, GUIDE DEPARTMENTAL PLANNING, STRENGTHEN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PILOT PROJECTS, GRANT APPLICATIONS, AND CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS.

NEXT SLIDE. NOW WE'LL COVER BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO RESILIENCE IS NOT SOLELY A GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.

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THE GUIDEBOOK HIGHLIGHTS THIS ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, WEATHERIZATION SUPPORT, EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, VOLUNTEER NETWORKS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

THESE HELP RESIDENTS IDENTIFY WAYS NOT ONLY TO ACCESS ASSISTANCE THAT THEY MIGHT NEED, BUT ALSO HOW TO TAKE ACTION.

ALL OF WHICH ENHANCES THE CITY'S OWN HEAT RELATED ACTION AND ITS CAPACITY, ITS CAPACITY TO RESPOND DURING HEAT EVENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. HEAT INTERVENTIONS DELIVER MANY CO-BENEFITS, AND INVESTMENTS IN HEAT RESILIENCE ARE OFTEN OFTEN SUPPORT MULTIPLE CITY PRIORITY PRIORITIES SIMULTANEOUSLY.

NEXT SLIDE. BY INCORPORATING HEAT RESILIENCE INTO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, PARKS, URBAN FORESTRY AND BUILDING INVESTMENTS, THE CITY CAN ACHIEVE MULTIPLE BENEFITS FROM THE SAME INVESTMENT.

IT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE FUNDING AND COORDINATE IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO TO CONCLUDE, EXTREME HEAT IS ONE OF DALLAS MOST SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE RISKS.

IT AFFECTS PUBLIC HEALTH, INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION, AND MOST DEFINITELY THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE HEAT INTERVENTION GUIDEBOOK PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE TOOLKIT THAT ALIGNS WITH CECAP GOALS, BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND THAT THOSE ARE ESSENTIAL.

INTEGRATING HEAT CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE ONGOING WORK OF THE CITY HELPS DALLAS SAFEGUARD ITS RESIDENTS AND STRENGTHEN ITS RESILIENCE.

AND NEXT SLIDE WE'LL BE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GOTT. LET'S SEE. COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

SO ESSENTIALLY, HEAT IS BAD AND THE MOST DIRECT, AFFORDABLE WAY TO MITIGATE IT FROM WHAT I'M SEEING IN YOUR PRESENTATION IS TO PRESERVE THE TREES WE HAVE AND TO PLANT NEW TREES. AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF IS GREAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY.

I FEEL LIKE THE TREE CANOPY IS KIND OF OUR LOWEST HANGING FRUIT TO ACTUALLY TRY TO MITIGATE TRY TO MITIGATE THE HEAT A LITTLE BIT.

WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? FOR THE MOST PART, I WOULD SAY IT IT'S A POTENTIAL.

PLANTING NEW TREES IS ALWAYS BENEFICIAL. I WOULD SAY I DON'T FOR THE REST OF THE ITEMS, I THINK THEY, THERE ARE DEFINITELY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN BE EXPLORED.

NOT, NOT AS MUCH WITH EXISTING BUILDINGS OR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT AS WE'RE BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE OR RENOVATING AGAIN, LIKE WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER, AS WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH THERE ARE DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES TO INCORPORATE HEAT CONSIDERATIONS INTO, INTO THE, INTO THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS, INTO THE DESIGN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AREN'T WE CUTTING OR ISN'T THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSING CUTTING THE URBAN FORESTRY BUDGET OR CUTTING SOME POSITIONS FROM URBAN FORESTRY IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET? SO THOSE POSITIONS AREN'T IN OEQS. SO I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THAT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE OUR URBAN CANOPY GOALS AND OUR CECAP GOALS RELATED TO SHADE WHEN WE'RE NOW CUTTING THAT FROM THE BUDGET. AND I KNOW THAT CITY MANAGER'S GOT TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS.

BUT IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS SERIOUS CONVERSATION.

ON SLIDE 13, YOU GAVE SOME STATISTICS ON ON, I GUESS IT'S LIKE URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN GOALS.

CAN YOU REPEAT THOSE STATISTICS, PLEASE? YES, FROM THE MASTER PLAN.

IT'S INCREASING TREE CANOPY COVERAGE BY OR EXCUSE ME, 233% BY 2030 AND 40% BY 2050.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN. LET'S SEE, INCREASE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE BY 33% BY 2040.

NO, IT'S IT'S INCREASE IT INCREASE COVERAGE TO 33% BY 2030 AND 240% BY 2050.

INCREASED COVERAGE 233% BY 2030. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE ONE MORE TIME INCREASE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE

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240% BY 2050. OKAY. AND IF YOU GAVE THE STAT OF WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, I DIDN'T CATCH IT.

WHAT WAS IT? I KNOW THAT WE COVERED THAT INFORMATION IN OUR GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY EARLIER THIS YEAR.

I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND 30%, BUT I'LL HAVE TO I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.

CAN YOU GET BACK TO US ON THAT? YES. VIA MEMO OR EMAIL, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT. LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE HERE.

WHOSE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING AND MEETING THE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE GOALS? WHICH DEPARTMENT? SO. YOU KNOW FOR THE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE PERCENTAGE TRACKING, THAT IS PARKS.

AND THEY RELAY THAT TO US THROUGH THEIR CECAP ACTIONS, MILESTONES.

SO WE GET THAT NUMBER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FROM THEM.

OKAY. AND WITH DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM PARKS STILL HERE? HEY, RYAN. WHO IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS SPECIFICALLY TASKED WITH TRACKING TREE CANOPY COVERAGE? IF THERE'S LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL OR. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO I CAN CONTACT IF I HAVE QUESTIONS.

YES, SIR. I BELIEVE BRETT JOHNSON IS IS THE STAFF PERSON AT PARKS THAT THAT WORKS ON THOSE SORTS OF RELATED MATTERS.

ALL RIGHT. HOW OFTEN DO WE GET A TREE CANOPY COVERAGE UPDATE? IS IT JUST GOING TO LIKE, WHEN DO WE RECEIVE THOSE UPDATES AND HOW, WHAT FORMAT DO WE RECEIVE THEM FROM? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO YOU. CHAIR WEST, IF I MAY.

WE HAVE HISTORICALLY BROUGHT TREE CANOPY TO PTE AND HAPPY TO WORK WITH CHAIR TO GET IT BACK ON TO THE FORECAST.

IF THAT'S THE RESPONSE FROM OUR. I'D LIKE THAT IF THE CHAIR DOESN'T MIND.

YOU KNOW, I THINK A FUN WAY TO SORT OF GET THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED IN OUR NON-PROFITS ENGAGED IN THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ON THE CITY TO PLANT TREES.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AND NON-PROFITS LIKE TEXAS TREES OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.

BUT IF WE HAD A DEDICATED AND MAYBE WE DO, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A DEDICATED WEB PAGE SHOWING OUR TREE CANOPY COVERAGE INCREASE PER YEAR, HOPEFULLY NOT DECREASE, BUT INCREASE PER YEAR THAT WE COULD POINT TO AND JUST GET BEHIND.

AND I'D EVEN LOVE TO SEE WITH ALL YOUR FREE TIME, RYAN, THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT PUSH A LIKE A, HEY, LET'S, LET'S USE THIS TREE GIVEAWAY TO INCREASE OUR CANOPY COVERAGE BY 0.02% THIS YEAR OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, TO TO TRY TO INCH UP TOWARDS THE GOAL.

I KNOW WHEN WE'RE I'M JUST GOING TO USE MY SKATE PARK FUNDRAISING EXAMPLE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A THERMOMETER WE USE THAT MY STAFF CREATES.

AND AS WE BRING IN MONEY, WE LIKE INCH UP ON IT UNTIL WE HIT THE GOAL AND IT GETS THE NEIGHBORS AND EVERYBODY KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR TREE CANOPY COVERAGE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING, I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION.

WELL, 2 MORE QUESTIONS. ON THE HEAT SCORE OR LIKE THE HEAT, THE HEAT EFFECT THAT WE HAVE AND HOW GOOD OR BAD WE ARE. DO WE MEASURE OURSELVES COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES? DO WE KNOW HOW FORT WORTH SAN ANTONIO AUSTIN IS DOING? DO THEY PUBLISH ANY KIND OF SCORE LIKE THAT? I AM NOT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A SCORE PER SE. WE HAVE THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

I'M NOT AWARE OF OTHER CITIES SCORES. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH? YES. FOR THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND INDEX THAT IS MEASURABLE AGAINST OTHER CITIES THAT DO SIMILAR TYPE OF WORK.

SO THERE ARE MAJOR CITIES LIKE PHOENIX AND SAN FRANCISCO AND BOSTON.

NOT MUCH OF THE CITIES WITHIN TEXAS DO SIMILAR TYPE OF WORK.

SO THERE'S NOT A RELATABLE LOCAL COMPARISON. OKAY.

WELL, I'M GLAD WE ARE EVEN IF THEY DON'T. LAST QUESTION IS ON YOUR TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SPACE.

SLIDE, WHICH IS SLIDE 15. HAVE WE ENGAGED IN ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH DART ABOUT STARTING TO BECAUSE THEY OWN THE BUS STOPS, NOT US. SO DART PUTTING IN SHADE STRUCTURES AT THEIR BUS STOPS.

I DRIVE BY 5 OR 6 ON MY WAY TO CITY HALL EVERY DAY, AND THERE'S NO SHADE.

AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE STANDING OUTSIDE ARE LITERALLY STANDING ON LIKE GRASS OR A MUDDY, MUDDY AREA WITH NO SHADE.

SO DO WE HAVE. DO WE ENGAGE THEM IN THIS CONVERSATION? SO SINCE SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH DART.

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I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH TRANSPORTATION TO SEE IF THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT THEY HAVE OR IF IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.

ARE YOU HISTORICALLY, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANYTHING? SO HISTORICALLY WE HAVE TALKED WITH WITH DART, BUT THIS WAS PRIOR FOR THIS DATA, THIS INFORMATION BEING RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, THIS IS INFORMATION DART CAN USE FOR FUTURE PLANNING OF BUS STOPS IF NEEDED.

I WOULD I WOULD REQUEST THAT, THAT YOU ALL TALK WITH DIRECTOR CARLI AND FIND OUT IF ANY ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING.

THIS IS NOT A NEW REQUEST I HAD. I THINK IT WAS BEFORE ANYONE ON THIS COUNCIL WAS HERE.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE BACK. WE THIS COUNCIL HAD ASKED QUESTIONS TO DART ON WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO START PUTTING SHADE STRUCTURES IN FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AT BUS STOPS.

AND THE ANSWER WAS THEY WERE WAITING ON THE NEW REVISED ROUTE SCHEDULE BECAUSE THEY WERE CHANGING THEIR ROUTE SCHEDULES.

AND SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BUILD BUS SHELTERS AND THEN MOVE THEM.

I FEEL LIKE THAT IS DONE NOW. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROCESS.

SO ONE OF THE SHELTERS IS COMING AND I CAN ASK THAT TO THEIR BOARD, OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

BUT I THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE PUSHING THIS AS PART OF OUR GREEN INITIATIVE AND GETTING THEM ON BOARD.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NOTHING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR WEST, FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE COVERAGE AT DART STATIONS.

I HAVE IN DISTRICT 8, A LOT OF NON COVERED. YEAH.

IT'S TERRIBLE. I, WHILE I WAS SITTING HERE LISTENING, MY MIND WENT BACK TO CITY PLANNING.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS TREE CANOPY COVERAGE.

I HAVE SOME OF THE TREES IN THE DISTRICT, IN THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN UNTOUCHED. AND AS WE SEE DEVELOPMENT, WE SEE A LOT OF CLEAR CUTTING.

AND THEY WILL CUT DOWN A 200 YEAR OLD TREE IF IT'S IN THE WAY OF THEIR PLANS.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE LEGISLATIVE AND NOT ONLY LEGISLATIVE, BUT CITY THAT THAT SUPPORTS CECAP. FIRST THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US DO IS LOOK AT ARTICLE 10.

ARTICLE 10 IS VERY WEAK WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PROTECTION OF TREES AND PROTECTION OF OUR CECAP GOALS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ARTICLE 10 DEALS STRICTLY WITH A LOT OF TREES.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFIT FOR DEVELOPERS WHO DEVELOP WITHOUT CLEAR CUTTING, HAVING PROTECTIVE TREES, MARKING PROTECTIVE TREES AND TREES THAT ARE OF A CERTAIN AGE THAT ARE HEALTHY, PROTECTED INSTEAD OF JUST CUT DOWN. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ARTICLE 10 REWRITTEN SO THAT IT IS MORE IN LINE WITH TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT AS WE LOOK THROUGH WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE ARE GETTING EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. WE'RE GETTING HOTTER.

I HAVE A LOT OF PARKING LOTS IN THE INLAND PORT.

INLAND PORTS IN MY DISTRICT. THE PARKING LOTS HAVE NO COVERAGE.

SO IF, LIKE ME, I HAVE A BLACK CAR WITH BLACK INTERIOR, I CAN.

AND IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, IF I GO AND PARK MY CAR IN A PLACE THAT'S.

THAT IS UNSHADED FOR LONGER THAN 10-15 MINUTES IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY, I CAN'T GET IN MY CAR AND TOUCH MY STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TO TURN ON THE CAR AND LET IT COOL DOWN BEFORE I CAN DO ANYTHING.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE PARKING LOTS HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT GIVES PROTECTION IF THEY'RE NOT PARKING LOTS IN APARTMENTS, IF THEY'RE NOT GIVING COVERAGE IN THEIR PARKING LOTS, THEY MUST HAVE TREES AND THOSE TREES MUST BE MAINTAINED AND PROTECTED. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE US. NOT ONLY WOULD WE HAVE ATTENDED WHAT WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HAPPEN IS WE MAKE THESE CHANGES AND, AND I'M NOT SAYING. VERBALLY SAY THEM AND DO NOTHING BEHIND THE VERBALIZATION OF THE

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NEED, BUT TO VERBALLY SAY IT AND TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, NOT HAVE TO WAIT YEARS TO SEE THE OUTCOME OR EVEN THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.

WHEN WE GO THROUGH MULTIPLE SILOS OR PILLARS IN THE CITY, I FIND THAT NOTHING HAPPENS AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. WOULD THIS BE A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY TO LET IT BE A CITYWIDE PRIORITY THAT SAYS THAT WE MUST PROTECT OUR TREES? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WHEN WE DO HAVE WATER RUNOFF AND WE DO HAVE ACTIVE CREEKS, AND I HAVE A LOT OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, TRINITY RIVER IS ALL IN MY DISTRICT.

THEY ALL CONVERGE TOGETHER. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM DRY.

AND THE MORE WE CUT A TREE, THE DRIER WE BECOME.

SO WE NEED TO DO THIS PROTECTION. SO WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN, IN YOUR IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS MOVING FORWARD IS PROCESSES IN ORDER TO MITIGATE PROCESSES AND HOW TO MITIGATE AND TO SEE OUR LEADERSHIP. AND MADAM CHAIR, MAYBE WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD REQUIRE SOMEONE FROM WHO CAN SPEAK TO ARTICLE 10 AND DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO OR TO CECAP RULES AND PROTECTIONS, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST WASTING TIME TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WE'RE DOING NOTHING WITH. I WANT TO SEE THE ACTION BEHIND THE WORDS.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF NOTES THAT I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO BECAUSE YOU CAN.

NO, NO, NO, NO, I THINK I THINK YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING GOOD ON TIME FOR THIS.

BUT I ACTUALLY, I THINK I GAVE THEM ENOUGH WORK TO KEEP THEM BUSY FOR THE NEXT 9 YEAH. SO DON'T STOP THERE. I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T, I WANT TO STOP, I DON'T WANT THEM TO LOOK AT ME AND START AND TURN AROUND AND RUN.

I WANT THEM TO LOOK AT ME AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION? THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

NO. OKAY. SO I'VE MADE ALL KINDS OF NOTES THINKING ABOUT WHICH WAY TO GO ON THIS.

AND I DO THINK THE TREES, YOU KNOW, ARE A HUGE AREA THAT WE CAN IMPACT.

AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR'S DISTRICT AND HAVING THE TRINITY FOREST, I BELIEVE IT PROBABLY ALSO GOES THROUGH DISTRICT 5 MAYBE FOUR AS WELL, BUT TREES ARE DOING 22 THINGS FOR US.

THEY'RE PROBABLY DOING MORE THAN THAT, BUT THEY'RE COOLING AS WELL AS HELPING US WITH OUR EMISSIONS.

AND WE LEARNED THAT IN A REPORT A FEW MONTHS BACK.

SO SO I THINK WE ARE ALL RESONATING WITH THE IDEA OF MOVING FORWARD WITH WORKING ON THAT ASPECT AND HOW WE DO THAT, WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT AND WHAT'S PERHAPS LEFT OF IT, BUT ALSO LOOK AT OUR TO OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS, TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION, I THINK WOULD WORK WITH US ON THIS.

BUT I THINK THERE'S MORE OF A CALL TO ACTION SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ALL ARE REPORTING, IT'S JUST TO GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL FEELING A SENSE OF A NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS INFORMATION.

AND MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD WHAT IS IT? I SHOULD REMEMBER THIS FROM PETE DELKUS WEATHER REPORTS, BUT WE'VE HAD 30 TO 40 DAYS OF 100 DEGREES OR MORE, 30 DAYS.

AND. AND THAT IS REALLY PUSHING. AND WE WERE LIVING THIS RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LIVING AND BREATHING THIS AND, YOU KNOW, I GO OUT EVERY NIGHT TO WATER MY GARDENS AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST TO COOL THEM DOWN. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A LOT OF WATER.

THEY JUST NEED ME TO COOL DOWN THEIR CONTAINERS AND THE BRICK PATIO AROUND THEM AND ALL OF THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WATER.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE LIVING THROUGH WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED.

AND SO I THINK THERE IS A CALL TO ACTION, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE GUIDEBOOK.

I LOVE THAT YOU'VE PUT THIS TOGETHER, BUT HOW, HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE AND MAYBE I'VE MISSED THIS, HOW SHOULD WE USE THE GUIDEBOOK? SO THE GUIDEBOOK IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND SO IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND I WOULD SAY IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE SHARED.

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IT'S IDEAS OF WHAT BUSINESSES CAN DO, NOT ONLY WHAT THE CITY CAN DO, BUT WHAT BUSINESSES CAN DO AND WHAT RESIDENTS CAN DO.

THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S, IT'S MEANT TO BE A COLLECTIVE OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND IDEAS THAT CAN, CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. HIS TREES ARE SOMETHING THAT COMES READILY TO MIND.

BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE OTHER OPTIONS MAY NOT, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT.

I THINK THE OTHER ONE IS WEATHERIZATION. AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON CHAMPIONED THIS.

AND WE'RE JUST I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE ON WEATHERIZATION.

I KNOW THE CITY WAS, I THINK WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS.

AND MY SENSE IS IT MAY HAVE JUST EVAPORATED, IT MAY NOT HAVE MOVED FORWARD, BUT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RESOURCES ARE FOR THAT. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR CITY FUNDS, BUT COULD WE SOMEHOW WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS TO FIND EITHER COUNTY OR FEDERAL FUNDS ON THAT? DID YOU, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY RESEARCH ON THAT OR.

SO THERE ISN'T A, A CITY PROGRAM AT THE MOMENT, AN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

BUT OUR WHOLE HOME DALLAS WEBSITE DOES HAVE THOSE, THOSE CONNECTIONS TO AT ATMOS ENERGY HAS A WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THERE.

AS DOES THE COUNTY. AND, AND LIKE I SAID, I DID, I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME, BUT LITERALLY THIS MORNING I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE COG SAYING THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A NEW PROGRAM FOR ITS ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

MAYBE NOT WEATHERIZATION SPECIFICALLY, BUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

OKAY. IT SEEMS I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW A RESIDENT REACHES COG GETS TO COG FUNDING.

THAT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE SEPARATED BY A LOT OF PERHAPS DISTANCE AND BUREAUCRACY.

SO. RIGHT. MAYBE LET'S WORK ON THAT. RIGHT. LET'S, LET'S TRY TO GET THAT PERHAPS ON THE WEBSITE.

YES, YES AS WELL. SO THAT THEY CAN, THEY KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THAT.

YES. YES. AND THEN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE NOT DONE THIS.

IS TO IN OUR COUNCIL NEWSLETTERS IS TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

IS THE WEBSITE, THE LINK TO THE WEBSITE OR EVEN JUST A PHONE NUMBER PERHAPS OF SOMEBODY THEY COULD CALL.

IF IT'S SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T LOVE ACCESSING AND NAVIGATING WEBSITES, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THE GUIDEBOOK IS PART OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THAT AND SEND THAT OUT TO RESIDENTS AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION. PROBABLY FOR SOME PEOPLE IT'LL BE THEY'LL LOVE IT AND BE ABLE TO ABSORB IT, BUT MAYBE SOME PEOPLE NEED A SHORTER VERSION.

SO BUT THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO US TO GET IT OUT TO RESIDENTS.

BUT, BUT THE GUIDEBOOK IS LINKED OR SOMEHOW TO THE WEBSITE AS WELL.

OR SO THE GUIDEBOOK IS ON OUR, WE CAN ADD A LINK TO THE WHOLE HOME DALLAS WEBSITE.

IT'S, IT'S CURRENTLY ON OUR CECAP WEBSITE, THE DALLASCLIMATEACTION.COM, WHERE ALL OF OUR CECAP INFORMATION IS.

WE HAVE A WHOLE PAGE DEDICATED TO ALL OF THE HEAT ISLAND AND HEAT RELATED WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND IT'S INCLUDED THERE. OKAY. I HAVE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE.

I THINK I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS RECENTLY, TALKING ABOUT CECAP, TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING AND WE ARE MAKING STRIDES. AND I JUST FIND, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO PEOPLE AFTER CHURCH, TALKING TO PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY'RE JUST NOT AWARE ENOUGH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE 85% OF THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT WHEN IT WAS DEMOLISHED, DID NOT GO INTO THE LANDFILL. PEOPLE ARE REALLY TIRED OF HEARING ME SAY THAT, ESPECIALLY MY DEAR SPOUSE.

BUT ANYWAY, IT IT'S WHEN YOU SAY THAT TO PEOPLE, THEY'RE JUST, I MEAN, I WAS GETTING MY CAR INSPECTION AND I WAS DESCRIBING THAT TO A GENTLEMAN AS WE WERE WAITING FOR OUR CARS TO BE INSPECTED.

AND HE SAID, WHAT? AND SO HE GAVE ME HIS EMAIL ADDRESS SO I COULD SEND HIM THE MY NEWSLETTER THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, YOUR INFORMATION IN THERE. ANYWAY. IT'S OUR AVERAGE RESIDENT IS JUST WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS OUT TO THEM MORE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AND THERE IS PROGRESS AND THERE'S DEFINITELY AWARENESS.

YOU GUYS ARE PULLING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER FOR US SO THAT WE, WE ARE AWARE OF PERHAPS WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S SO HOT IN THE EVENINGS AND IN THE MORNINGS IS BECAUSE OF THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COOL AND BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO WITH

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TREES AND THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO BETTER WEATHERIZE OUR HOMES.

AND SO LONG STORY SHORT, THIS IS VERY GREAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT I DO WANT TO FIND MORE AND MORE WAYS TO GET THIS OUT TO THE GUY I WAS SITTING IN THE, YOU KNOW, WAITING TO GET OUR OUR CARS INSPECTED TOGETHER.

JUST IT'S JUST YOUR AVERAGE DALLAS RESIDENT. AND HE ACTUALLY HAD WORKED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND WAS PROBABLY MORE AWARE OF HOW TO ACCESS CITY INFORMATION. SO I JUST WANT TO FIND THESE WAYS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN JUST REGULAR LAYMAN'S TERMS AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH RAINWATER, WITH, YOU KNOW, PLANTING MORE TREES WITH WEATHERIZATION OF THEIR HOMES.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ALL OF US CAN DO. ABSOLUTELY.

AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. AND SO SINCE SINCE I STARTED LAST OCTOBER, IT'S ACTUALLY IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED BEFORE I STARTED THAT OUR WEBSITES ARE NOT PARTICULARLY USER FRIENDLY TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND WE'RE EXPECTING THEY THEY HAVE BEEN REVAMPED AND WE EXPECT THOSE TO GO LIVE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

OKAY. THERE IN THE LAST STAGES OF TESTING. OKAY.

OKAY, GREAT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT WHEN WE GET THAT.

IF YOU COULD LET MAYBE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO GET THAT OUT, OBVIOUSLY TO OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR MAYBE JUST SEND IT OUT TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN, WHEN THAT'S UP AND RUNNING SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT.

BECAUSE THE WORK IS GOOD AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK VERY, VERY MUCH.

IT'S, WE JUST NEED TO GET IT OUT TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? LOOKS LIKE WE ARE FINISHED WITH THIS PRESENTATION.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. YOU ARE RIGHT.

IT WORKS FOR OUR OWN GOOD. I MEAN, NOT THAT HE'S IN.

OKAY, SO ITEM C IS A BRIEFING MEMO ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

[C. 26-2796A Proposed Legislative Agenda for the 90th Texas Legislature and the 120th Congress Update [Eric Dominguez, Director, Office of Government Affairs]]

AND I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF US, THOSE OF US WHO ARE MILLING ABOUT.

OH THANK YOU. DIRECTOR DOMINGUEZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE.

I'M SORRY WE STEPPED AWAY. WHEN I GO ONLINE AND I TRY TO CLICK ON THAT, ON THAT ONE THAT YOU JUST UPLOADED GOT ACCESS TO THE MIC THAT. THERE WE GO.

SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO. YEP. YES, WE'VE GOT QUORUM.

WE STILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER. BLACKMON. THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN WITH US.

WE'VE GOT LORI OVER HERE. LORI CAN. OKAY. WE DO.

WE NEED 4. AND WE HAVE THE 3OF US. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON IS STAYING WITH US.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS THAT YOU'VE PULLED TOGETHER FOR US.

I BELIEVE CHAIR WEST MAY HAVE A COUPLE MORE TO ADD.

GREAT. SO WE'LL GET THOSE TO YOU. AND HAVE YOU RECEIVED THOSE YET OR NOT QUITE YET.

NOT YET. OKAY. WE'LL GET THOSE TO YOU. AND THEN I THINK WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS GOING THERE.

THESE ARE ALL TO BE MONITORED WHICH IS GREAT.

BUT THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOP 10 LIST OF PURSUIT.

SO JUST TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE 10 COVER THE PTE COMMITTEE AND WHAT WE FOCUS ON. SO I WILL. I HAD PROMISED YOU I WOULD DRAFT THIS ALREADY AND I HAVE NOT.

SO WE'LL WORK ON DRAFTING WHAT THAT IS. RUN IT BY YOUR OFFICE.

AND THEN WHAT I TAKE, I THINK YOU CLARIFIED THAT WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE, TO THE CHAIR OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY.

OKAY. AND AT THAT TIME, AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL PROCESS, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO ADD SPECIFIC OR STRATEGIC ITEMS TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THERE IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE, WE HAVE 7 RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE MONITORING.

WE'RE GOING TO ADD A POTENTIALLY A COUPLE MORE.

AND FROM CHAIR WEST. AND THEN I AM HOPING TO HAVE ONE THAT SORT OF PULLS THIS TOGETHER, MAYBE IN A MORE GENERAL SENSE.

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THAT COULD BE ON OUR TOP 10 OF WHAT WE'RE PURSUING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL. WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL THAT WE'RE MONITORING, BUT THERE WILL ONLY BE A TOP TEN LIST OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY PURSUE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE ONE OF THOSE 10 TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF, OF WHAT WE WORK ON IN THIS COMMITTEE.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE WE SHOULD BE IN THAT SPOT, BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET DONE.

AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME CRAFT THAT LEGISLATIVE ITEM SO THAT WE DO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE BALANCING, YOU KNOW, OUR GREEN SPACES AND AS WELL AS OUR WATER RESOURCES.

HEAT ISLAND. WE'LL THROW IN THE KITCHEN SINK.

WONDERFUL. AND IF I MAY ADD THE MEMBERS IN THE LEGISLATURE ARE TENTATIVELY PLANNING THEIR INTERIM CHARGE REPORT IN JANUARY, AS IT HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN OUTLINED BY MEMBERS AT THE CAPITOL.

THAT IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO FORECAST WHAT WE AND THE CITY WILL CERTAINLY MONITOR, AS THOSE LAWMAKERS, THE STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES HAVE THEIR PRIORITIES THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT.

SO I WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT AND PROACTIVE TO ENSURE THAT YOU.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WELL AS YOU, MADAM CHAIR HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON. OKAY. SO ARE WE SAYING THAT THE 7 COULD HAVE MORE ADDED TO IT? AND THEN FROM THOSE THAT ARE OFFICIALLY COMPILED, WE WILL TALK ABOUT ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO PURSUE AT THE LEGISLATURE. WELL, THE CITY WILL HAVE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, A TOP 10 LIST OF ITEMS THEY WILL PURSUE.

BUT SO WE WANT WE WANT ONE ON THERE FROM THIS COMMITTEE.

OF COURSE, THE COUNCIL HAS TO ADOPT, BUT LIKE, SAY, I'M JUST THROWING I'M JUST PULLING ONE UP, YOU KNOW, WATER RESOURCES, MORE WATER RESOURCES.

THAT COULD BE POSSIBLY ONE. BUT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY BE ACTIVE IN THIS LEGISLATURE VERSUS THEM BEING DEFENSE ON THE DEFENSE.

IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? THAT? YES, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS TODAY, RIGHT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPACTING US ALL OF A LOT OF CITIES.

YEAH, IT PROBABLY THE WHOLE STATE. BUT I MEAN, CERTAINLY NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS, IS SUFFERING FROM THAT.

SO I THINK WE'RE OKAY. YEAH. WE'LL NEED TO WORK ON THAT.

DO YOU, DO WE SEND YOU INFORMATION LIKE, I MEAN, LIKE WHICH ONES WE WANT? ARE WE GOING TO WAIT TILL WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK AGAIN.

OR ARE WE GOING TO WAIT TILL IT GOES TO FULL. WHAT'S WHAT'S OUR SCHEDULE ON THIS.

WHEN DO WE NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THIS BUTTONED DOWN.

YES. AND SO ERIC DOMINGUEZ, OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

AND SO TRADITIONALLY, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION TO THEN GO BEFORE AD HOC WHILE AT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS THAT COMMITTEE WILL AGAIN PROPOSE AN OUTLINE, THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, THE AGENDA, WHAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE APPENDIX? AND FROM THERE IT THEN GOES TO THE COUNCIL. WE AT THAT TIME WILL TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMPONENT AND COMPRISED OF ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL FORESEES AND IS FIT TO MAKE SURE IS A PRIORITY.

OKAY. SO, I MEAN, ON MY SUGGESTION, I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL GOOD, BUT WE MAY, AS ERIC SAID, WAIT TO SEE WHAT PRIORITIES FROM THE LEGISLATURE COMES OUT, BUT ALSO TALK TO INTERNAL STAFF TO SAY, ARE THINGS BEING TEED UP ALREADY THAT WE CAN JUST START, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GROUND RUNNING? LIKE I'M TAKING WATER RESOURCES, RIGHT? IS DWU YOU YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN THE WORKS THAT THAT WE CAN START PURSUING.

SO I GUESS IT'S, IT'S A EVALUATION OF THE ITEMS BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

THAT DOES MAKE SENSE. THAT'S JUST MY THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO START SOMETHING FROM NEW AS PLANTING TREES, YOU KNOW, 6 FEET APART IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT A GOOD. BUT IF IT'S NOT ON NOBODY'S RADAR, THEN IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET TRACTION. AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PURSUING THROUGHOUT OTHER MEANS, NOT JUST THROUGH A LEGISLATIVE ADOPTION, BUT MORE SO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH PARKS AND WILDLIFE OR WHATNOT.

THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD LIST TO START FROM.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE PROBABLY AHEAD OF THE OTHERS, YOU KNOW? SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS. CHAIR STEWART YES.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, ELABORATE ON THE TIME CONSTRAINTS THAT HE HAS RELATING TO.

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK HIM, WHEN'S THE NEXT AD HOC COMMITTEE AND WHAT ARE.

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WHAT'S THE TIMING? YES. AND SO CHAIR MENDELSOHN, CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE, IS SET TO DETERMINE PERHAPS MAYBE MID SEPTEMBER AS A TENTATIVE DATE FOR THE COMMITTEE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE NEXT TO LAST COMMITTEE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PRESENTING TO. WE HAVE ONE MORE WHERE THOSE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE COMPILED AND SHARED WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.

SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WOULD BE THE BEST FOOT FORWARD.

BUT AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THERE.

SO WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO WEIGH IN AT THIS POINT ABOUT WHAT OUR TOP WHAT WHAT WILL PURSUE IN THE TOP 10 LIST? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEND ME AN EMAIL OR A MEMO ON WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE ON THE TOP 10? I'M LOOKING. OR WE CAN WE CAN DISCUSS SOME OF THAT TODAY.

IF. WELL, IF YOU GIVE US A TIMELINE IN WHICH YOU YOU EXPECT A RESPONSE FROM US THAT WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, AND ALSO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO COMPILE THE LIST.

AND THEN WE CAN THEN ELECTRONICALLY DECIDE WHICH ONES ARE OUR PRIORITY AND THEN SEND THEM BEFORE HIS TIMELINE, BECAUSE I'M SURE HE NEEDS THE INFORMATION BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I WILL SEND THESE OUT.

WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE TO ADD. SO ONCE I HAVE THAT LIST, I WILL SEND THAT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE.

YOU ALL CAN GIVE ME FEEDBACK IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS TO ADD.

I DO THINK YOUR STAFF SHOULD RECOGNIZE SOME OF THIS BECAUSE WE'VE SENT THIS.

THIS IS WHERE THIS HAS COME FROM, IS WE SENT OUT TO ALL OF YOU AND ASK FOR FEEDBACK.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THESE ARE COMING FROM IS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

OKAY. SO WE'LL DO THAT. AND OUR GOAL WILL BE TO HAVE OUR LIST OF ITEMS TO MONITOR, WITH HOPEFULLY ONE TO PURSUE FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE FORECAST.

[D. 26-2818A Parks, Trails, and the Environment Committee Forecast]

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A REPORT ON OF THE FIFA'S IMPACT ON FAIR PARK AND THE MULTI YEAR FUND, THE PARKS AND REC MULTI YEAR FUND THAT CAME UP IN OUR BUDGET BRIEFING LAST WEEK.

THERE WILL BE AN UPDATE ON THAT. AND.

THEN THERE ARE ALSO THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE IN OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR COUNCIL, THE PARK AND REC AND AGENDA ITEMS ARE IN OUR AGENDA.

[UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS]

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE.

CHAIR. OH SORRY. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. MISS BLACKMON, I CAN GO NEXT.

I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON. I WAS TRYING TO HIT THE HAND AND I HIT THE MIC.

GO AHEAD, MISS BLAIR. OH, WAIT.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR, GO AHEAD.

THE UPCOMING ITEM NUMBER F FOR THE. ITEM

[F. 26-2813A Upcoming Dallas City Council Agenda Item #26-2305A: Authorize the City to (1) enter into a four (4) party agreement for a term of four (4) years with Grambling State University, Prairie View A&M University and the State Fair of Texas, which authorizes both universities to continue playing the annual State Fair Classic football game held annually at the Cotton Bowl Stadium located at Fair Park during the State Fair of Texas; (2) authorize the City to pay Prairie View A&M University and Grambling State University in the amount of $175,000.000 each for the 2025 State Fair Classic football game at the Cotton Bowl Stadium during the State Fair; and (3) pay Prairie View A&M University and Grambling State University in the amount of $250,000,00 to each school for the State Fair Classic football game held annually at the Cotton Bowl Stadium during the State Fair of Texas, beginning 2026 through 2029 in an amount not to exceed $2,350,000.00 - Not to exceed $2,350,000.00 - Financing: Fair Park Fund]

26-2305. THE THE GRAMBLING PRAIRIE VIEW AND THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS. WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS AND AND HOW WELL IS THIS AGREEMENT CRAFTED? AND AS WELL AS THE TIMELINESS FOR PAYOUTS. I KNOW THIS YEAR WE'VE WE'VE HAD SOME WE'VE HAD A FEW HICCUPS.

I JUST WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT MOVING THAT FOR THIS YEAR WE WON'T HAVE THE SAME HICCUPS.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THAT'S THAT'S THE EXACT REASON WE'RE TAKING THE ACTION WE'RE TAKING. BUT I'LL LET ASK BRETT WILKIE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

YES. GOOD MORNING. BRETT WILKIE, GENERAL MANAGER OF FAIR PARK.

THIS BEING ON THE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH PUTS US IN POSITION TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAKE A TIMELY PAYMENT AFTER THE GAME IN SEPTEMBER.

THANK YOU. AND ALL PARTIES IN THE WELL THE ALL PROCESSES HAVE BEEN WORKED THROUGH SO THAT AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, ALL PARTIES WHO NEED TO BE PAID WILL BE PAID TIMELY.

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THAT'S CORRECT. AND IN WHOLE? YES. IN WHOLE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I'M GONNA HOLD YOU TO IT. ALL RIGHT.

YOU GOT IT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I DO. MISS BLACKMON. OKAY, SO ON THE FORECAST.

I WAS TRYING TO GET IN, AND IT GOT KIND OF. CAN WE ADD A MEMO ABOUT SECURITY? I HAD NOTICED THAT YOU KNOW, IN THE PAPER THEY HAD WRITTEN ABOUT THE UPTICK IN AT WHITE ROCK LAKE IN BREAK INS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AROUND THE CITY PARKS OR JUST AT WHITE ROCK OR IF IT'S JUST A ONE OFF.