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[I. Call to Order, Welcome, Roll Call, and Objectives]
YOU WANT TO GIVE A CALL, PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 24TH MEETING OF THE CITIZENS' HOME SUSPICION.PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.
I ASK EVERYONE TO SPEAK INTO A MICROPHONE AND STATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING SO THAT THEIR COMMENTS ARE CAPTURED CLEARLY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, PLEASE LEAVE REMAIN.
UM, I'LL NOW CALL, CALL ROLL TO CONFIRM QUORUM DISTRICT ONE.
CAN YOU HEAR US? COMMISSIONER? I BELIEVE YOU'RE MUTED.
LET'S, UH, JUST TRY TO GET YOUR MIC WORKING ON YOUR END.
PRESENT VIRTUAL DISTRICT EIGHT.
PRESENT VIRTUAL DISTRICT NINE.
COMMISSIONER GOLDBERG, DISTRICT 12.
UH, COMMISSIONER RADER HERE ONLINE AND DISTRICT 15.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO CALL THE MEETING FOR THE ORDER.
UM, LET'S START OUT WITH THE READING OF OUR, UH, MISSION STATEMENT.
UM, THE CITIZEN HOMELESS COMMISSION, OR THIS MIC IS, IS AN ADVISORY BODY.
THE PURPOSE IS TO ASSURE PARTICIPATION FROM AND INCLUSION OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH PAST OR PRESENT EXPERIENCE WITH HOMELESSNESS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT OF CITY SERVICES WITH REGIONAL SERVICES TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY, QUALITY, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMUNITY-WIDE RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS.
OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO, ONE, ADVISE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL ON ISSUES AFFECTING HOMELESSNESS TO ASSIST THE CITY IN EVALUATING NEW AND EXISTING PROGRAMS. THREE, COORDINATE WITH OTHER LOCAL AND REGIONAL BODIES ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
AND FOUR, PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES ASSIGNED BY CITY OF A CITY MANAGER OR CITY COUNCIL.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SPEAKERS.
[I. Approval of June 18, 2026, Meeting Minutes]
CAN MOVE TO, UM, WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES.SO LET'S FIRST GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 18TH.
UH, DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION ON APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 18TH? SO MOVED.
[II. Approval of August 7, 2026, Meeting Minutes]
APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 7TH.[III. Commissioner District Updates on Homelessness – Discussion]
IS ITEM THREE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.UH, WE HAD A SMALL AGENDA THIS
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TIME, AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE.UM, IF WE COULD GO THROUGH EACH, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT, SO EACH COMMISSIONER IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND EACH COMMISSIONER CAN SPEND UP TO TWO MINUTES JUST TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IN THEIR DISTRICT WITH REGARDS TO THE UNSHELTERED.
UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE UNSHELTERED, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT DECLINES, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO IN YOUR DISTRICT.
WE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED IN THIS MEETING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS BACK AND FORTH, BUT THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO THIS MORE OFTEN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO, TO HAVE EACH COMMISSIONER TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR DISTRICT SO THAT THIS IS, MIGHT BE SOMETHING IF EVERYBODY LIKES IT AND THINKS IT'S, IT, IT MAKES SENSE.
AND IT'S, UM, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE ADD MAYBE QUARTERLY OR SOMETHING.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST, UM, AMANDA, CAN YOU, UM, UH, YOU NEED JUST KIND OF GO FROM, CAN YOU ORDER YOUR LIFE? CAN YOU GO FROM DISTRICT ONE, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND, AND WE'LL GET PEOPLE COMING.
DISTRICT ONE, COMMISSIONER BILSKI? YEAH.
UM, I WOULD SAY I HAVEN'T NOTICED ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL AS FAR AS JUST INCREASED ACTIVITY OR, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL UNHOUSED I WOULD SAY I HAVE MAYBE NOTICED MORE.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST NORTH OAK CLIFF OFF OF DAVIS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER KIND OF HOTSPOT WHERE MAYBE I WOULD NOTICE IT PREVIOUSLY.
UM, I, I WOULD NOT SAY THAT I'VE NOTICED ANYTHING DRASTIC AS FAR AS A CHANGE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO I SEE MORE REGULARLY, UM, BUT I WOULD NOT SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN A DRAMA DRAMATIC CHANGE AS OF LATE.
DISTRICT TWO, COMMISSIONER GIFFORD.
I'LL TALK ABOUT AN EMERGING CONCERN, UM, NOTICED IN DISTRICT TWO.
THIS IS IN THE AREA BETWEEN, UM, THE BRIDGE AND OUR CALLING.
I BELIEVE THE EMERGING CONCERN OR CAUSE OF THIS MIGHT BE BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION, OR IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE OF DROP OFFS, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT DURING THE DAY THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WANDERING BETWEEN THESE TWO FACILITIES.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT NIGHT, WHICH IS NEW, IS 20 TO 30 OR MORE PEOPLE SLEEPING ON BUSINESS, PROPERTY, PRIVATE PROPERTY.
OTHER THINGS ARE HAPPENING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE, UM, THERE'S BEEN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE.
THERE IS NOW STREET FEEDERS GOING TO THIS LOCATION, AND THIS IS ALL NEW OVER THE PAST MONTH.
SO IT WHAT STREET IS THAT? WHAT'S THE MAJOR STREET, LIZ? UM, THE MAJOR STREET IS SOUTH HARWOOD.
YEAH, SOUTH HOWARD AND BEAUMONT.
IT'S LIKE A WHOLE BLOCK OF WHERE THEY ARE ALL SLEEPING AT NIGHT.
SO IT'S VERY CONCERNING WHEN YOU'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE OUT WALKING THEIR DOG OR JUST TRYING TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT, GREAT ENGAGEMENT FROM EMCR AND THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, WHO ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WHILE OUR CALLING HAS, THEY'RE ABLE TO ERECT A HUGE FENCE AROUND THEIR FACILITY.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO PUT UP A FENCE.
SO, UM, THEY'VE BEEN, THIS IS GREAT INFO.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN'T HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON THESE ITEMS, BUT I'M NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION NOW.
WE JUST STARTED THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE NOTES AND I THINK THESE NOTES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS OFF TO, WE PASS OFF TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT OCCURS PRETTY QUICKLY.
AGAIN, I'M NOT DISCUSSING THE ITEM, BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
I INFORMATION APPRECIATE SHARING.
UM, AMANDA, I WAS JUST GONNA POINT OUT THAT YES, WE ARE TAKING NOTES.
ALSO, WANNA POINT OUT THAT ANAM MANHAR, WHO IS THE NEW CEO AT THE BRIDGE IS AT TODAY'S MEETING VIRTUALLY.
AND, UM, I'LL CONNECT WITH HER AND OKAY, WE'LL FOLLOW UP.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE WHY WE CAN'T, I'M
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HAVING DISCUSSION ON THIS.WE'RE NOT, I WAS TOLD BEFORE THIS THAT, THAT WE CAN'T HAVE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENT.
WE CAN'T HAVE DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH.
WE CAN ONLY HAVE EACH DISTRICT TO GIVE THEIR KIND OF COMMENTARY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR DISTRICT.
SO I'M, I, I DON'T WANT TO, I HATE TO STOP YOU, MATT, BUT I WAS TOLD UPFRONT THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS, SO.
WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE RATIONALE, WHY WE CAN'T HAVE THIS DISCUSS.
MARISSA HINES, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO THIS IS SORT OF LIKE A PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU AS COMMISSIONERS GO, ARE GOING TO BRING UP BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS.
SORRY, I KIND OF RUSHED OVER HERE.
UM, SO WE CANNOT NOTICE FOR THE SUBJECTS YOU'RE GOING TO BE MENTIONED, AND SINCE WE CANNOT GIVE ADEQUATE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, BRING FORWARD YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND REQUEST THAT MAYBE IF THERE'S A TOPIC THAT EVERYONE HAS COVERED, IT CAN BE ON A NEXT AGENDA WHERE WE CAN NOTICE IT PROPERLY.
BUT THERE CAN BE A BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S LISTED AS A BRIEFING ITEM AND NOT FROM PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S NOT A, AND IT WAS WHEN THE AGENDA WENT OUT, IT WAS LISTED AS A BRIEFING ITEM.
SO IF WE'RE BEING, IF WE'RE BRIEFING AND THE PURPOSE OF US AS A BODY TO BE ABLE TO BRING INFORMATION TO OTHERS THAT WE ARE OBSERVING, SHOULDN'T THERE BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERSE AND COLLABORATE? ABSOLUTELY.
IF WE CAN PROPERLY NOTICE IT ACCORDING TO TOMA.
SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE A SUBJECT, LIKE, IN MY DISTRICT, I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND THIS, WE CAN PROPERLY POST THAT AND THERE CAN BE A BRIEFING IN A DISCUSSION.
BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE COMMISSIONERS.
I SAID IT WAS LIKE A PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THE SAME, UM, IDEA THAT WE CANNOT PROPERLY NOTICE APPLIES TO HERE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT COMMISSIONER TWO'S GONNA SAY.
SHE MAY, YOU KNOW, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC AREA.
DISTRICT SIX MAY MENTION, YOU KNOW, A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPIC AND WE CAN'T NOTICE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC.
I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT KNOWN THAT ON THE AGENDA ITSELF, UNDER BRIEFING ITEM, UH, OF WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, THE WORD DISCUSSION IS IN THE TITLE OF THAT BRIEFING ITEM.
AND US NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION KIND OF TAKES AWAY FROM, UH, WHAT IS LISTED ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH HAS BEEN MADE AND DULY PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC.
WHEN DULY NOTED, AND WE CAN WORK ON THAT LANGUAGE, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS AGENDA ITEM HAS APPEARED, AND SO WE WILL FINE TOOTH THE LANGUAGE AND WORK ON THAT.
THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MATT.
COMMISSIONER FOUR, I, I'M SORRY.
DISTRICT FOUR, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
UM, I'VE NOTICED SOME IMPROVEMENTS WERE NOT NECESSARILY IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M NOTICING THE CLEANUP, LIKE UNDER THE EIGHTH STREET BRIDGE, AND WHEN THE CITY GOES OUT AND DOES THE CLEANUP, IT RUNS ALL OF THE PEOPLE.
THE OTHER, THEY'RE AWAY PROBABLY FOR ONE DAY.
UH, IT MOVES 'EM FOR ONE DAY AND THEY GO UP INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I'M SEEING MORE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA COMMUNITIES NOW BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO.
UH, I SERVE ON AND EWING
WE CAN GO THERE ALL DAY LONG AND SERVE WATER, FOOD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THEY HAVE NO ONGOING RESOURCES.
AND IT'S JUST SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT I HAVE COME UP WITH.
INSTEAD OF CLEANING UP AND RUNNING OFF ONE OF THE BRIDGE, THERE'S SOME HUGE TRASH CANS BECAUSE WE, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
ASK THEM IF YOU CLEAN UP YOUR AREA, IF YOU'RE HERE, CLEAN YOUR AREA UP.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTUAL RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO NOW WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT, UH, CAPACITY.
YEAH, NO, DISTRICT FIVE IS VACANT.
UM, SO IN MY DISTRICT, UH, AREAS THAT DEFINITELY NEED SOME MORE SURVEILLANCE AND, AND ASSISTANCE ARE, ARE GONNA BE THE AREA OF 35 AND MOCKINGBIRD ALSO CROSSING OVER TO 180 3.
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JUST A, UH, SOME ENCAMPMENTS.AND, UH, I KNOW THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE SUBMITTED TICKETS FOR THESE IN THE PAST, UM, THROUGH 3 1 1.
AND SO JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, IN MY D MY DAY TO DAY JOB, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A BIGGER DISTRICT THAT I, I HELP WITH CONSTITUENT ISSUES AND RECENTLY SUBMITTED AN A REQUEST OF ENCAMPMENTS, UH, AT, AND THIS WAS IN DISTRICT ONE BY THE FIESTA.
UM, I WAS VERY BOTHERED TO, TO GET THE RESPONSE THAT I DID FROM THE CITY.
I, YOU KNOW, I LOVE WORKING WITH, WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THINGS.
BUT WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THE MANAGERS FOR THE FIESTA, AND I ASKED THEM TO SHARE WHAT THEIR PERSPECTIVE WAS, BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING TOLD BY THE PD THAT THEIR, AT THE ENCAMPMENT AT THEIR LOCATION, NOTHING CAN BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT THE FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY STANDING IN THE SIDEWALK AND AT THE BUS, AT THE DART STATION, THE LITTLE BUS STOP.
UM, ALL THAT TO SAY IS THAT I'VE HAD A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC CASE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
AND THE REASON I'M FLAGGING THIS IS BECAUSE WE NEED, I, I WENT AS FAR AS ASKING WHAT SCRIPT DO I NEED TO TELL MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SPEAK OUT TO GET THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED? BECAUSE THEY HAVE, FOR OVER A YEAR BEEN REACHING OUT, ASKING FOR HELP.
THEY EITHER ARE NOT GETTING POLICE TO COME OUT AND NOT, AND TALK TO THEM.
THERE WAS AN ALLEGATION OF POTENTIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT HAPPENED, AND I'M, I JUST WANNA FLAG THIS.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY, UM, TO GO THROUGH, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT STEPS TO TAKE TO FIX THIS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, ACCURATELY ADVISING OUR COMMUNITY, MEM MEMBERS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
WE DON'T WANNA CRIMINALIZE, UH, THIS POPULATION, BUT A LOT OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED, THAT WE'RE MAKING THOSE AVAILABLE.
OH, I, WHERE'S THAT COMING FROM? I, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU SAID THAT THIS MOST RECENT SERVICE REQUEST WAS, UH, AT A FIESTA IN DISTRICT ONE.
WHAT, COULD YOU GIMME THE ADDRESS OR THE STREET? DO YOU REMEMBER? YES.
IT'S, IT WAS ON LELAND AND JEFFERSON.
DISTRICT SEVEN, COMMISSIONER BROWN.
UM, MY DISTRICT, WE HAD A REALLY BIG OUTPOUR OF FRUSTRATION DURING FIFA, UM, WHERE WE DID HAVE A LOT OF OUR, UM, HOMELESS REMOVED OR JUST KIND OF PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THIS IS FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND NOW THEY HAVE RETURNED TO A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES, SPECIFICALLY AROUND, UM, THE FAIR PARK, MLK AREA.
SO THAT WAS A BIG, UM, OUTCRY OF RESOURCES.
UM, ANOTHER ONE IS RIGHT THERE ON JIM MILLER AND 30, I'VE GOTTEN REPORTS THAT A LOT OF THOSE HOMELESS PEOPLE OVER THERE ARE BEING PUSHED FROM DOWNTOWN TO KIND OF BEING DROPPED OFF IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
UM, WE HAVE DONE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS OVER THE YEARS OVER THERE, AND FOR THE MOST PART, UM, OUTREACH IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING THAT AREA CLEAN, UM, AND NOT AS MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE.
UM, BUT HERE RECENTLY IT'S BEEN AN UPTICK.
AND WHEN ACTUALLY INTERACTING WITH THEM, WE'VE BEEN FINDING OUT THAT THEY'VE BEEN COMING FROM DOWNTOWN, AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'VE BEEN COMING FROM, FROM DOWNTOWN.
UM, SO A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING FROM OUT OF THE DALLAS AREA, FROM LIKE SUBURBAN AREA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT, MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE A PROPOSED ITEM, WHICH I'M SURE WE'LL TALK ABOUT, BUT IT WAS MENTIONED DURING OUR, UM, LISTENING, UH, COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, WHICH THANK YOU TO CHAIR.
I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AT THE TIME AND HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE OVER FOR ME.
BUT THERE'S A PROPOSED, UM, SMALL PALLET BUILDING, UM, BUILDING FOR LIKE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, UM, RIGHT THERE ON
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THREE 10.SO IT'S STILL IN CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S NOT ALL, IT'S NOT ALL THE WAY DONE.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON, UH, THE
AND IT'LL BE 75 INDIVIDUAL UNITS RIGHT THERE OFF OF LIKE THREE 10 AND LIKE, UH, 40.
DISTRICT EIGHT, COMMISSIONER HOGAR.
UM, WELL, UM, DISTRICT EIGHT IS VERY BIG
SO THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, UM, THEY GO ON PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM, ESPECIALLY IN CLE BIRD RILEY AREA.
UM, AND THEY HA THEY, THEY MOVE AROUND EVERY NIGHT.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO CALL THREE ONE ONE, BECAUSE IF YOU CALL 3 1 1, IT TAKES FIVE DAYS.
THE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED ON TO THE NEXT PLACE BY THEN, 1 75 AND BELTLINE.
THERE'S ALWAYS HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE.
I KNOW DOT PUT A FENCE UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, BUT EVERYONE IS STILL THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN DRUG HOUSES IN LIKE THE KLEBERG RILEY AREA THAT THE POLICE AND CODE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT.
PEOPLE STAY THERE DURING THE DAY AND THEN THEY CAMP OUT IN THE RAVINES AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE RIVER BEDS AND PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS WEEK WE HAD A LADY WHO HAD A HUGE TROLLEY, UM, FULL OF HER STUFF, AND SHE GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HER BOYFRIEND AND STUFF WAS EVERYWHERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND NO ONE COMES A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO, UM, AND THEN THEY CALL 3 1 1, THEIR CASES GET CLOSED, THEY GET FRUSTRATED.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON COME WHO'S WHO LIVES RIGHT NEXT TO THE REC CENTER IN CLE.
HER DAUGHTER GOES TO THE SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.
SHE CAN'T LET HER DAUGHTER WALK TO HER HOUSE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE AT THE REC CENTER.
AND SO IT'S A VERY FRUSTRATING THING FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DO WANNA HELP THESE PEOPLE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY ISSUES, BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY SUPPORT.
DISTRICT NINE, COMMISSIONER BOONE IS ABSENT.
UM, AND I, UH, ENJOY HEARING, UH, EVERYONE'S COMMENTS.
I'LL START BY TALKING ABOUT, UH, I 75 AND 6 35.
UH, THESE AREAS ARE TYPICALLY THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF ENCAMPMENTS IN HOMELESSNESS, UH, AND DISTRICT 10.
UM, IT'S PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING ON SOME OF THE CONNECTION POINTS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, UH, DISTRICT 10 BEGINS TO OVERLAP WITH DISTRICT 11 AND DISTRICT 10 CAN OVERLAPS WITH DISTRICT NINE AND BOTH OF THOSE AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UH, UH, IT CAN, IT CAN CAN KIND OF FLOW, YOU KNOW, THROUGH BACK ON EITHER SIDE.
AND SO I THINK THERE'D BE GOOD KIND OF COORDINATED RESPONSE THERE IS USEFUL.
UM, IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UM, OF, UH, UH, OF HOUSING COMPLEXES, UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF DISTRICT 10 AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DISTRICT 11 THAT, UM, THAT HAVE, UH, A A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT MAY BE HOUSED BUT MAY BE STILL OUT PANHANDLING.
AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE AS WELL FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF INCOME.
UM, AND, AND MAYBE, BUT MAY STILL BE, STILL BE KINDA OUTSIDE AND, AND APPEAR TO BE SLEEPING OUTSIDE, BUT ACTUALLY ABLE TO GO BACK, UH, INSIDE OVERNIGHT.
UM, NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE OVERALL PERCENTAGES, UH, ARE FOR THAT PANHANDLING VERSUS THOSE THAT ACTUALLY ALMOST, BUT THAT'S APPARENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, A, A WITNESS PERSONALLY, UM, KINDA UNSHELTERED INDI INDIVIDUALS WITH FAMILIES, ONE PARTICULAR MAN, UM, THAT HAS SEVERAL YOUNG CHILDREN, UM, THAT IS FREQUENTLY IDENTIFIED UNDER FOREST AND, UH, AND, AND 75.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN.
I'VE, I'VE ENGAGED HIM PERSONALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, UN UN UH, UNWILLING, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO RECEIVE ANY ASSISTANCE.
UM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS, UM, IT ALWAYS BREAKS YOUR HEART WHENEVER I SEE 'EM.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I'LL MENTION.
THERE ARE, UM, ALWAYS A COUPLE OF ENCAMPMENTS IN AROUND TEXAS INSTRUMENTS.
I THINK, UH, SOME OF THAT HAVE, HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
I KNOW THAT THEY'VE MADE A REAL CONCERTED EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY ENCAMPMENTS, UM, IN AND AROUND THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY OWN.
UM, AND, SORRY, I'M GONNA KEEP GOING HERE 'CAUSE THERE'S A FEW OTHER HOT SPOTS.
UM, THE, THE SPACE OVER BY, UH, COTTONWOOD CREEK.
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I WANNA MAKE MENTION OF TWO THINGS.ONE THAT, THAT LITTLE, UH, STRIP AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE LOOP IS, UM, FOR THAT BIKE TRAIL SECTION.
UM, IT'S JUST KINDA SOUTH OF, UH, OF HAMILTON PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT AREA IS, UH, ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE AREA.
I THINK A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THAT AREA WHERE IT MAY MENTIONED TO BETTER BLOCKS EFFORTS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
THERE'S SEVERAL KINDA COMMUNITY GATHERING EVENTS THAT HAVE DONE, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF POLICE ACTIVITY THERE, UM, OVER THE PAST, UM, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S HELPED.
BUT IT'S, IT'S STILL, UH, STILL A CHALLENGE.
THERE'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UM, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL TRY TO, UM, TO CLOSE OUT WITH AREAS AROUND LIKE, UH, FOREST AND ABRAMS. THERE'S SOME HOMELESSNESS, UM, UH, CERTAINLY AROUND THERE, ABRAMS AND, UH, AND NORTHWEST HIGHWAY.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, SOME EQUIPMENTS THERE.
UM, PLANO ROAD AND 6 35 IS ANOTHER AREA THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE PARTICULARLY, UM, UM, I DON'T KNOW, JUST, UH, UH, UH, EXPRESSIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SO I, AND CLEARLY, UH, CLEARLY UNDER, UNDER INFLUENCE.
AND SO I THINK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UH, HOW TO HELP INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT STATE IS, UH, IS REALLY CHALLENGING.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT TO BE SAID.
UM, STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
UM, A LOT OF GOOD WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND, UH, AND SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO, UH, KEEP AT IT WITH THESE HOTSPOTS.
AND I'LL SAY TOO, THERE, I GOTTA GIVE, UM, A COUPLE OF MY NEIGHBORS, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS ALSO THAT ARE AROUND, UM, WALNUT HILL AND, AND ALVEO ROAD.
IT'S NOT VERY MANY, UM, BUT, UH, IT'S A VERY POPULAR NEIGHBORHOOD SPOT.
AND SO PEOPLE DO GET PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WHEN THEY SEE HOMELESSNESS IN THAT AREA.
DISTRICT 11, COMMISSIONER GOLDBERG.
I HAVE A CONCERN FROM ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 11 WHO LIVES ON HUG STREET, THAT'S H-U-G-H-E-S, AND SHE LIVES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HUGHES STREET AND SPRING VALLEY.
AND THERE'S A LARGE PARK, BRETT FIELDS PARK THAT ACTUALLY ABUTS AGAINST HER PROPERTY.
AND IT'S A, A LARGE PARK, LOTS OF TREES, LOTS OF TRAILS, AND SHE HAS SEEN SEVERAL, ALMOST ENCAMPMENTS IN THIS PART.
AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE ENCAMPMENTS WILL WANDER UP AND DOWN HER STREET.
AND SO SHE'S, IT BECOMES FEARFUL, VERY UNSETTLING FOR HER.
SO SHE HAS NOTIFIED 3 1 1 ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND SHE GOT AN EMAIL BACK FROM 3 1 1 SAYING THAT THE, UH, ENCAMPMENTS HAVE BEEN CLEARED OUT, THAT SHE JUST EMAILED ME TODAY, THAT INDEED, UH, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED OUT, BUT THEY'RE STILL THERE.
UH, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A CONCERN FOR HER.
UM, COMMISSIONER, COULD YOU SPELL THE NAME AGAIN OF THAT STREET ACROSS THE SPRING VALLEY? IT'S HUGHES, H-U-G-H-E-S.
I HAVE ANOTHER CONCERN, OFTENTIMES AFTER THESE MEETINGS ALL GO ACROSS THE STREET TO THE, UH, ERIC JOHNSON LIBRARY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT, UH, JUST HANG OUT AT THE LIBRARY.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE VIOLATING ANY LAWS THAT COME IN WITH THEIR, THEIR SACKS OR BELONGINGS, BUT THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING THE LIMIT.
BUT IT JUST CONCERNS ME THAT IT, IT COMES IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT I WOULDN'T WANT MY CHILDREN GOING TO THE LIBRARY.
PARDON? YOU'RE TALKING INSIDE, INSIDE THE LIBRARY AND COURTYARD WITHIN THE LIBRARY AND SURROUNDING THE LIBRARY ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY.
UH, AND SO I GO UP AND DOWN THE, THE LIBRARY, THIS, THE DIFFERENT FLOORS.
I'LL SEE 10 OR 15, UH, WHAT APPEAR TO BE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON EVERY FLOOR.
SO THEY'RE USING IT AS A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE, THE HEAT OR OUT OF THE COLD AND CAN'T BLAME 'EM.
BUT THAT'S NOT PURPOSE OF THE LIBRARY.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO DIRECT THESE, THESE PEOPLE TO MORE APPROPRIATE, UH, SHELTER DURING THE DAY SO THAT THE LIBRARY BE A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
UM, ONE MORE COMMENT THAT I WANNA MAKE IS, AS I LOOK AT TODAY'S AGENDA, I DON'T SEE ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, AND I ACTUALLY SAW ON THE JUNE 18TH AGENDA, UH, AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDAS.
BUT I'M NOT SEEING THAT TODAY.
AND I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP FOR FUTURE, UH, FUTURE DISCUSSION OF FUTURE MEETING.
BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS PROPOSITION A, IT'S COMING UP FOR, UH,
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THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER GOLDBERG, DISTRICT 12, COMMISSIONER JACOB, IF WE WANNA MAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT OUR DISTRICT, CAN WE RAISE OUR HAND TO DO THAT? OR, SORRY ABOUT THAT.I WAS, IT WAS IN A DIFFERENT WINDOW AND I COULDN'T UNMUTE MYSELF.
SO, UM, HEY, I'M DEFINITELY, FROM AN OBSERVATIONAL STANDPOINT, DEFINITELY STILL SEEING LOTS OF ACTIVITY AROUND FRANKFURT AND THE TOLLWAY.
UH, AND I MEAN, ENCAMPMENTS ARE POPPING UP AGAIN, AND I DO WANNA DO AN ANALYSIS OF 3 1 1.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, NOT ONLY TO DO MY OWN DISTRICT, BUT OTHERS AS WELL, IF THAT IS OUR ONLY MEANS FROM AN ANECDOTAL PERSPECTIVE OF IDENTIFYING WHERE THESE HOTSPOTS ARE.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, I MEAN, NOT ONLY DO DRIVE-BYS INDIVIDUALLY, BUT ALSO JUST LOOK AT THE DATA TO SEE WHERE WE ARE FINDING, UH, REPORTS OF, UH, I'M ALSO SEEING A LOT MORE, I MEAN, AND THIS IS IN NUMEROUS AREAS OF THE DISTRICT, BUT LOTS OF PANHANDLING.
AND THAT IS, I THINK, AN INDICATOR OF, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, UPTICKS OF HOMELESS ACTIVITY.
SO AS I THINK IT'S HELPFUL THAT WE ALL JUST KEEP TABS OF, UH, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICTS, BUT, UH, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR INDIVIDUAL AREAS AND, UH, CONTINUE, UH, TO BE VIGILANT ABOUT DOING WHAT WE CAN FROM, UH, HELPING TO IMPLEMENT NEW IDEAS TO ERADICATE HOMELESSNESS, BUT ALSO FROM AN ACCOUNTABILITY PERSPECTIVE, IDENTIFY WHAT CURRENTLY, UH, IS BEING DONE, IF ANYTHING, UH, IN OUR INDIVIDUAL AREAS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING WHATEVER'S POSSIBLE, UH, TO GET RID OF THE HOMELESS ACTIVITY.
SO, DISTRICT 13, COMMISSIONER EINSTEIN.
UM, THE HOMELESS ACTIVITY IN DISTRICT 13, UM, TENDS TO BE MOSTLY AROUND 6 35 AS WELL.
UM, IT'S ON AND OFF, BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S FAIRLY CONSISTENT.
I HAVE SEEN MORE WOMEN, HOMELESS WOMEN IN MY DISTRICT RECENTLY, WHICH IS NOT USUALLY THE CASE.
UM, AND LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS SAID, I DO REPORT TO 3 1 1, BUT IT DOES ALWAYS TAKE AT LEAST ONE DAY.
AND SO THEY WILL CALL ME AND SAY, OH, I CAN'T FIND THAT WOMAN YOU CALLED IN ABOUT YESTERDAY.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN REALLY DO ABOUT THAT UNLESS YOU GET THEIR NUMBER AND THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO APPROACH THEM AND ALL KINDS OF DECISIONS.
SO, UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AND, AND TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN EVERYONE'S DISTRICT.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
JUDE'S, UM, RESIDENTIAL FACILITY IN DISTRICT 13 A FEW MONTHS AGO, WHICH WAS LOVELY.
AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO VISIT YOUR, UM, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PLACE IN YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL.
IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY VIBRANT AND, AND THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE SEEMED TO BE REALLY, UM, APPRECIATIVE.
SO IT, THAT WAS A GREAT VISIT.
UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THESE NOTES GET AROUND TO THE GROUP AND THAT WE'LL SHARE THE, NOT ONLY SHARE 'EM WITH, UH, LAURIE, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
MAYBE WE'LL CONTINUE EVERY REPORT.
SO, UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA CHAIR, YOU HAVE TWO MORE.
I'M, I'M SORRY, THAT, OH, I'M SORRY.
DISTRICT 14, COMMISSIONER RADER.
UM, SOMETHING I HAVE NOTICED IS THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN THE UNHOUSED POPULATIONS AROUND
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THE LAKEWOOD AREA, SPECIFICALLY THE LAKEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER, UM, DOWN THERE AT ABRAMS AND LA VISTA AREA.UM, BUT ON A POSITIVE NOTE, I WAS, I SPENT SOME TIME AT DOWNTOWN YESTERDAY, UM, WALKING AROUND AND HAVING WORKED IN DOWNTOWN AND IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UH, MORE THAN A DECADE, I, I, I NOTICED A SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE IN THE UNHOUSED POPULATION, AT LEAST ON THE DISTRICT 14 SIDE OF, UH, DOWNTOWN.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT I NOTICED AS POSITIVE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN, IN THAT, BY THE WAY.
UH, SORRY, CHAIR, THIS IS NATASHA, GERALD, DISTRICT THREE.
I KNOW Y'ALL DIDN'T MEAN TO, BUT JUST SKIP ME.
SO WE, I HAVE NOT SHARED YET ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, NATASHA.
SORRY, WE DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE.
DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER GERALD
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR DISTRICT THREE, WE, OUR HOTSPOTS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS AS FAR AS RESOURCING WITH FOOD AND, UM, HYGIENE ITEMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS THAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, ARE THE SAME.
UM, WE HAVE A LARGE, UH, SHOPPING DISTRICT ON THE LEDBETTER CORRIDOR, SO BASKET COMMUNITIES, UM, TRASH AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THE ENCAMPMENTS.
UM, THOSE ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT JUST ALL THE TIME.
BUT MORE FREQUENTLY NOW THAT HOUSING FORWARD HAS BEEN FUNDED, AND WE'RE GETTING ALL THESE GREAT REPORTS FROM DDI ABOUT THE, UM, DOWNWARD TRENDS IN THE HOMELESS COUNTS.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT THREE AND OUR OVERLAP IN DISTRICTS DISTRICT FOUR AND EIGHT, IS THAT THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T NECESSARILY DECLINING.
SO WHAT, UM, WE'RE WANTING TO DO, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, IS TRYING TO GET SOME WALKS DONE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN SEE AND HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, TO BE TRENDS IN OUR DISTRICTS BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T REDUCING, UM, JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, I CAN SEE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, WITH THE, UH, RESOURCES THAT WERE GIVEN TO HOUSING FOR, I'M GETTING A LOT OF, UM, REACH INS TO SEE, OKAY, HOW IS THAT TRICKLING DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR? UM, AND LASTLY, I KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER BROWN HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE PREVIOUS REPORTS THAT WERE PROVIDED, UH, FOR EACH DISTRICT.
AND, UM, WE'RE WANTING IN MY DISTRICT TO START RECEIVING THOSE REPORTS AGAIN.
UM, SO THAT, AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE SOME DATA TO, TO TRY AND, UM, TRACK.
JUST CONFIRMING, HAVE WE STILL MISSED ANYONE ELSE? AND EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN, SO THANK YOU ALL.
[IV. Citizen Homelessness Commission Annual Report – Planning and Discussion]
ON THE AGENDA HAS TO DO WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT.AND REALLY, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO TALK ABOUT THERE.
I ASKED THEM TO, TO, UM, SEND AROUND THE LAST TWO YEARS REPORT SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT.
I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS GOING BACK TO SOME PREVIOUS REPORTS.
THEY LIST EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING AND THE AGENDA AND WHAT WE SPOKE, TALKED ABOUT.
WE DIDN'T DO THAT LAST TIME, GIVEN THE, THE TIMEFRAME.
SO I, I'VE ASKED THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ADD THOSE ITEMS BACK IN.
SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE REPORT.
I ALSO THINK AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE REPORT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH EACH DISTRICT AND HAVE A LITTLE PARAGRAPH THAT EACH COMMISSIONER CAN COMMENT OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT IF WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LET ME THINK ABOUT A DATE WHEN I'M GONNA NEED THAT BY.
I THINK THIS IS DUE THE END OF THE FIRST IN JANUARY.
I'D LIKE TO KIND OF LIKE FINALIZE IT BY MID-JANUARY, FEBRUARY 1ST.
IT'S DUE FEBRUARY 1ST, SO YOU WOULD NEED IT FINALIZED, I WOULD SAY BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
SO MAYBE BY THE, SO STAFF HAS TIME TO LOOK IT OVER.
SO IF EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING TO
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ME AND WHAT, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, BY, MAYBE BY THE 15TH OF DECEMBER.SO I CAN, I'D LIKE TO READ EACH PERSON AND I MIGHT GET BACK WITH YOU WITH COMMENTS OR WHATEVER.
SO LET'S JUST SAY DECEMBER 15TH, IF I CAN JUST HAVE A, A LITTLE PARAGRAPH ON YOUR DISTRICT AND YOUR TANK ON THE UNSHELTERED AND OVER THE PAST YEAR.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, AN, TO ME, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE REPORT AND SOMETHING THAT THE, THAT, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE AND, AND, AND BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON.
CHAIR, COMMISSIONER JACOB HAS HIS HAND RAISED.
MATT, I JUST HAVE JUST ONE QUICK THING AND AND I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, YOUR WANTING TO KIND OF SHOW THAT DISTRICT BY DISTRICT OUTLOOK BECAUSE MM-HMM
I MEAN, IT DOES A GREAT JOB TO CONTEXTUALIZE AND IT SHOWS, UH, THE REPRESENTATION THAT'S BEING DONE AT ALL, UH, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
MY ONLY QUESTION IN REVIEWING SURE.
I MEAN, HAVING BEEN A PART OF PAST PRE, UH, ANNUAL REPORTS SURE.
AND WONDERING HOW, BECAUSE I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP PREVIOUSLY AND NOT SURE HOW TO DO IT, BUT HEY, WHAT WE TRY TO, OR PROFESSIONALLY WHEN WE PUBLISH ANNUAL REPORTS IN, IN MY INDUSTRY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SHOW IMPACT.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMISSION TO KIND OF SHOWCASE HOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS HAVING AN IMPACT.
AND FROM A METRICS PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD BE RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD WARRANT SOME DISCUSSION MM-HMM
SO THAT WE CAN SHOW AND OR SHOWCASE AND HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING, NOT ONLY IN OUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS, BUT ALSO, UH, ON THE ISSUE AS A WHOLE.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT POINT.
UH, MATT, AND I MEAN, I'D ALREADY PLANNED ON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT SPECIFIC DATA FOR EACH DISTRICT AVAILABLE.
THERE IS ANNUAL PICK COUNT, YEAR OVER YEARS THAT WE CAN REFERENCE.
UH, THERE IS DOWNTOWN COUNTS THAT WE CAN REFERENCE THE COUNT THAT WE, THAT, THAT I HAVE A TEAM THAT DOES.
SO WE'VE GOT THAT DATA IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WE CAN REFERENCE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC DATA ON A PER DISTRICT BASIS THAT I'M AWARE OF.
UM, YEAH, JUST 3 1 1 REPORTS IS ALL WE HAVE.
ONE ONE IS A GOOD, IS A GOOD SOURCE.
ANYTHING ELSE? MAYBE WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A DASH.
MAYBE WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A DASHBOARD THAT KINDA SHOWS MM-HMM
UH, THE REPRESENTATION OF THAT IF, IF CURRENTLY ALL WE HAVE IS 3 1 1.
I LOVE DATA, SO IT'S, I, I, YEAH, AGREED.
AND, AND I KNOW, UH, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE YOU WANTING TO PUT TOGETHER A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THIS ANNUAL REPORT? OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO, TO KEEP ALL OF THAT ON TRACK IN TERMS OF COPY? UM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED A SEPARATE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR IT.
I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO IT, BUT I, I, I, I THINK, AGAIN, I'D LIKE A, I THINK EVERYONE CAN, CAN, CAN PROVIDE DATA ON THEIR SECTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO, UM, I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY TO MAKE A STAB AT IT AND PRESENT IT TO THE COMMISSIONERS BEFORE IT'S FINALIZED AND GET PEOPLE TO A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON IT.
UM, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
CHAIR COMMISSIONER FLORES HAS HER HAND RAISED.
I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF DATA ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? 'CAUSE I HAVE THAT, UH, WHEN I GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, I'M CERTAIN FOR THE RESOURCES OR WHATEVER, I DO TAKE A RECORD OF WHETHER IT'S MALE, FEMALE, FAMILY, CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN HAVE I SEEN THIS PERSON.
SO I HAVE WHAT I CALL LITTLE T-SHIRTS, BUT I DO HAVE DATA.
SO I HAVE AIDS DIVIDED BY AGES AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS, WHEREVER I AM.
SO WHAT SPECIFIC DATA ARE YOU
UM, I MEAN, I WAS PERSONALLY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT MORE NUMBERS.
BUT AGAIN, I, I, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A, I MEAN, YOU, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF DATA THAT I, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UM, IF YOU HAVE THAT ASSEMBLED IN SOME PLACE.
UM, AND HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF, I MEAN, IF IT CAN, CAN, IF IT CAN MAKE THE ANNUAL REPORT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE USABLE, THEN IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO INCLUDE IT.
SO, AND I, I CAN'T SEE, UH, NATASHA, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I CAN'T SEE HANDS.
SO, UM, I, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATA.
UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED TO GET WAS A WEEKLY REPORT OF THE, THE
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3 1 1 THAT WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING.SO IF WE COULD START GETTING THOSE REPORTS AGAIN, UH, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THOSE REPORTS HOW MANY TICKETS WERE BEING SUBMITTED, HOW MANY WERE BEING CLOSED OUT, HOW MANY RESULTED IN REHOUSING VERSUS NOT.
THAT WOULD BE JUST A STARTING POINT.
THE OTHER THING IS WE DO HAVE HMIS AND THAT, I BELIEVE HOUSING FORWARD IS THE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE, THE ONES THAT OWN THAT DATA.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EVERY ONE OF THE PARTNERS, UM, THAT THEY HELP TO ORGANIZE AND COORDINATE, ARE A PART OF THAT SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY PARTNER WITH THEM AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH OUR METRICS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT DATA'S AVAILABLE THERE.
AND RATHER THAN US TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH, UTILIZE WHAT THEY HAVE AND MAYBE BUILDING OUT OUR DASHBOARD USING THEIR DATA.
I MEAN, I, I MEAN, IT WAS BROUGHT UP, I MEAN, I'M VERY OPEN TO HAVING A, WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED A COMMITTEE TO, TO HELP PULL TOGETHER SOME OF THIS DATA FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE ALL THE SUPPORT AND HELP FROM THE COMMISSION THAT I CAN GET.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO, IF IT MAKES SENSE TO PULL TOGETHER A, WE, WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER PRETTY QUICKLY.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SITTING HERE IN, YOU KNOW, THE END OF SEPTEMBER, BUT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TIME.
UM, SO I, I, I, DANIEL, DO YOU WANT TO, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS REPORT AFTER IT'S COMPLETED? UH, I, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT, YEAH.
UH, WHAT, WHERE IT GOES ON FROM THERE.
DOES IT GO TO COUNCIL? IS THERE DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL? IS IT, SORRY, RIGHT HERE, SPEAKER.
SO ONCE YOU APPROVE THE REPORT, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED, I BELIEVE, AT YOUR JANUARY MEETING.
AND, UH, THE REPORT IS SUBMITTED AND PUT ON FILE TO, WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
AND I BELIEVE ALL THE REPORTS GO TO THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, MATTER WHAT IT WOULD BE THE PROCEDURE WE WANTED TO SET UP
WHAT WOULD BE THAT, WHAT WOULD BE THAT PROCESS?
SO PREVIOUSLY SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE BEEN AN AGENDA ITEM AND A VOTE.
SO, UM, SO WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT NEXT TIME.
IT COULD BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
UM, I KNOW PREVIOUS CHAIRS HAVE CREATED THE COMMITTEES AND THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEES.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS UNDER ROBERTS RULES THAT YOU CAN CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, I MEAN, I HATE TO WASTE A MONTH
CAN I, CAN I, OUTSIDE THIS MEETING, JUST PULL TOGETHER A SUBCOMMITTEE AND AM I ALLOWED TO DO THAT? I THINK I AM.
SUBCOMMITTEES WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW TOMA.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PUBLICLY POSTED AGENDA, UM, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ARE TASK FORCES PART OF TOOMA AS WELL? BECAUSE ON THE READING, IT'S NOT, YEAH, SO THE CITY OF DALLAS TREATS ALL TASK FORCE SUBCOMMITTEES AS THE SAME.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY ARE A SUBUNIT OF A LARGER BORDER COMMISSION, AND IT IS OUR STANDARD PROCEDURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO TOMA COMPLIANT.
SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UM, IF THERE'S ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BEING ON A, UM, WHAT I CALL A DATA SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, TASK FORCE FOR PURPOSES OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, UM, PLEASE SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH
[V. Announcements]
ARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR A AND EI WOULD JUST SAY, UM, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL PROCESS.
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COMPANY, 15% OF THE ASSOCIATES VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS.IT'S INSANE THAT OUR CITY GOVERNMENT, UH, I MEAN, IN CITY ELECTIONS, WE DON'T HAVE BETTER PARTICIPATION.
I'LL ALSO BRAG AND SAY FOR THE LAST THREE LOCAL ELECTIONS, OUR COMPANY HAS HAD OVER 95% PARTICIPATION.
AND, AND, AND, AND WE, I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH OTHER COMPANIES TO ENCOURAGE THEIR ASSOCIATES BECAUSE I REALLY ENCOURAGE EV EVERYONE TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS.
IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT ITEMS ON THE BALLOTS.
UM, DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY FORUM, AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
UM, AND SO I ASSUME THAT, UM, ELIZABETH, I ASSUME THAT YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS.
AND, AND, AND THIS IS, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS OUR, UM, UM, LISTENING SESSION FOR, UH, JESSE MORENO'S DISTRICT TWO.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, HELPING COORDINATE THIS.
I WOULD'VE, YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT YOUR PICTURE UP HERE ALONG WITH JESSE.
UM, UH, UM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY FORUM TO TALK ABOUT, UH, UM, HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING CODE COMPLIANCE, PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND IT'S AT, ON OCTOBER 20TH AT 6:00 PM SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
I MEAN, WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN BE THERE, BE THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN THIS REGARD, I KNOW WE HAD SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS ALSO WORKING ON SOME COMMUNITY, UH, UM, FORUMS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING TO DISCUSS, BUT AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE EACH COUNCIL, EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER TO UH, TRY TO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THEIR COUNCIL, THESE TYPE OF, UM, THESE TYPE OF FORUMS. UH, WE HAVE, UM, OUR NEXT CITIZENS HOMELESS COMMISSION MEETING IS OCTOBER 22ND.
UH, THE NEXT HOUSING AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE, UH, CHAIRED BY LORI BLAIR.
RIGHT ON OCTOBER 26TH, UM, GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND WITH THAT, IT, IT'S, WE ALMOST HIT TWO O'CLOCK.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, OH, SORRY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT, UM, ON OCTOBER 22ND IN THE EVENING IS ROCKTOBER FEST.
IT WILL BE HOSTED AT TEXAS COUNTERFEITERS.
THEY SELL COUNTERS, UM, TEXAS COUNTERFEITERS.
WE WILL HAVE A ROCK, THE COMMUNITY SPACE, AND THE STEW POT IS ONE OF THE RECIPIENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS FREE, IT IS FOOD FUN, MUSIC AND ART.
AND PLEASE COME OUT FIVE TO 10:00 PM OCTOBER 22ND.
SO, WITH THAT, IT IS 2 0 1 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.