[Call to Order]
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          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AND THERE WE GO. MICROPHONE'S WORKING. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 5TH PARKS,
TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 9:14. SO THERE WAS INITIALLY SOME TALK ABOUT
BEGINNING WITH A FAIR PARK PRESENTATION. BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AGENDA SEQUENCE AND START
WITH CELEBRATING 150 YEARS. 
          SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RYAN. OH, WAIT WAIT WAIT. 
          [1. 26-3123A Approval of the September 1, 2026, Parks, Trails, and the Environment Committee Meeting Minutes]
SORRY I JUMPED. I MISSED A STEP. WE'VE GOT MINUTES TO APPROVE. 
          SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY, NOW WE CAN GO TO PRESENTATIONS. 
          [A. 26-3119A Dallas Park and Recreation - Celebrating 150 Sesquicentennial [Ryan O’Connor, Senior Deputy Director, Dallas Park and Recreation; Robin Steinshnider, Assistant Director, Dallas Park and Recreation]]
SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE RYAN O'CONNOR AND ROBIN STEINSHNIDER MAKING THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE DIRECTOR JENKINS AND OUR PRESIDENT OF THE PARK BOARD,
ARUN AGARWAL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, ARUN. WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU. 
          AND WE'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO ALL OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO ASK ARUN TO TO START. 
          MR. AGARWAL BOARD PRESIDENT AGARWAL TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS AND CELEBRATION OF OUR 150TH
ANNIVERSARY. 
          GOOD MORNING, CHAIR STEWART, AND GOOD MORNING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS HONORED TO BE HERE. WELL, WHAT A GREAT OCCASION TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU
ABOUT 150 YEARS OF PARKS IN DALLAS. 
          I THINK COUNTRIES CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF OUR INDEPENDENCE OR EXISTENCE,
AND HAVING 150 YEARS OF A PARK IN EXISTENCE SHOWS THE VISION THIS CITY HAD. AND WHEN IT WAS CREATED,
YOU KNOW, OUR PARK SYSTEM WAS CREATED IN 1876. AND YOU KNOW WHAT BEGAN WITH ONE PARK,
OLD CITY PARK, WHICH AGAIN, WHAT ICONIC PROPERTY. 
          AND THAT'S ALSO IN PROCESS OF RENAISSANCE AS WE SPEAK IT. 
          AND NOW IT'S BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST URBAN PARK SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY WITH MORE THAN,
I HAVE TO READ THIS DATA BECAUSE I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT, WITH MORE THAN 420 PARKS, 43 REC CENTERS, SIX GOLF COURSES,
225 PLAYGROUNDS, AND NEARLY 200 MILES OF TRAIL, ONE OF THE LARGEST TRAIL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY AND GROWING AS WE SPEAK. 
          AND LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY, WE'LL BE DELIGHTED TO KNOW WE GOT OUR REACCREDITATION. 
          AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA, FOR BEING THERE. 
          I THINK THAT THAT WAS, AGAIN, I THINK, A GREAT RECREATION AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST
VALIDATION OF PARK SYSTEM CAN RECEIVE IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND I TRULY RELATE PARK SYSTEMS TO NOT ONLY QUALITY OF LIFE,
BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE HAVE SEEN THAT WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN FRONT OF OUR EYES IN DOWNTOWN WITH KLYDE WARREN
PARK. 
          WE'VE SEEN IT IN SOUTH DALLAS. YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST WITNESS I THINK I'M SEEING IS JUDGE
CHARLES ROSE PARK. 
          I THINK HOW THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING ALL AROUND IT. 
          SO REALLY, IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE. IT'S A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND TODAY'S SCENARIO, I THINK WHEN I GRADUATED,
WE USED TO LOOK AT THE PLACES WHERE THE JOBS WERE MICROSOFT IS IN SEATTLE, CATERPILLAR WAS IN ILLINOIS. BUT TODAY THE THINGS HAVE CHANGED. 
          I THINK EMPLOYERS ARE GOING WHERE EMPLOYEES ARE AND EMPLOYEES ARE GOING WHERE THERE IS A
GOOD PARK SYSTEM. 
          THERE IS A GOOD MUSEUM DISTRICT WHERE THE GOOD SPORTS TEAMS AND DALLAS IS PROVIDING ALL
THAT. 
          SO I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS AND HONORED TO BE CHAIRING THIS BOARD. 
          AND WHAT A VISION, I THINK IT WAS ALWAYS THE WAY OUR PARK SYSTEM AND THE PARK BOARD WAS
ESTABLISHED AS AN AUTONOMOUS BODY THAT I FEEL HAS DONE A LOT OF GOOD TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW,
COUNCIL PUTTING A CHECK AND ULTIMATELY MAKING THE FINAL DECISION. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING YOUR NOMINEES WHO DOES YOUR WORK AND THEN PUT IT BRING BRING IT
BACK TO YOU TO VALIDATE. 
          SO VERY HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS 150TH CELEBRATION. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF GOOD FESTIVITIES. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU. PRESIDENT AGARWAL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. I THINK QUALITY OF LIFE IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THESE DAYS,
AND OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DELIVER THAT DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH BEAUTIFUL PARKS, TRAILS, REC CENTERS. WE COULD GO ON AND ON,
RIGHT? WITH ALL THE PROGRAMING AND GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS. 
          SO I WILL SORRY TO INTERRUPT THERE, BUT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU,
RYAN. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AGARWAL FOR THE REMARKS. SO WE ARE,
WE ARE VERY EXCITED. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS PLANNED AS WE INITIATE OUR CELEBRATION OF 150
YEARS OF THE DALLAS PARK SYSTEM, 
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IT'S A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. 
          BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ROBIN STEINSHNIDER,
WHO WILL RUN THROUGH THE DECK QUICKLY. 
          AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SLIDE DECK, WE WOULD LOVE IT IF WE COULD GET A PHOTO WITH ALL
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE BOARD MEMBERS IN FRONT OF THE HORSESHOE. 
          GOOD MORNING, ROBIN STEINSHNIDER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,
PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          SO WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH THE FIRST SLIDE. SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THIS MAJOR
MILESTONE IN THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 150 YEARS. 
          AND I'LL GO OVER THE CAMPAIGN COMPONENTS THAT WE THAT WILL MAKE UP THE PROGRAM AS WE
CELEBRATE THIS HISTORY WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR 150 YEARS, THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CREATING SPACES, EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM BELOVED PARKS AND RECREATION
CENTERS TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. THE DEPARTMENT'S LEGACY IS BUILT ON A COMMITMENT TO ENRICHING LIVES,
STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND CONNECTING GENERATIONS, AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO WE CREATED A CAMPAIGN THAT BRINGS AWARENESS TO THE LONG HISTORY OF THE PARK
SYSTEM, AND GIVES THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE STORIES AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE
PARKS THROUGH A HISTORIC TIMELINE AND WEB PAGES. 
          PARKS 150 PASSPORT THAT WILL TAKE VISITORS THROUGH A SELECTION OF SIGNIFICANT PARKS AS
THEY COLLECT THEIR STAMPS, AND WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO SHARE THEIR FAVORITE PARK MEMORIES TO BE HELD IN THE PARKS
150 MEMORY BANK. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE SOME MERCHANDISE COMMEMORATING THE MILESTONE,
AS WELL AS A SET OF COMMEMORATIVE COINS THAT REPRESENT THE SEVEN ERAS OF THE PARK SYSTEM. 
          IN ADDITION, WE'LL HAVE A CELEBRATION AND PLACEMENT OF A TIME CAPSULE AT THE END. 
          AND THE LAST THING IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY,
WHICH WAS TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE ENDOWMENT FUND THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT THE PARK SYSTEM INTO THE
FUTURE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THE THE PARK'S 150 EXHIBIT. 
          SO AS WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE LONG 150 YEAR HISTORY OF THE SYSTEM,
WE BEGAN TO SEE TIES TO EVENTS OF THE DAY. 
          THROUGH THE DECADES, NOT JUST IN TEXAS, BUT NATIONALLY,
AND THROUGH THE EXTENSIVE WORK OF A HISTORIAN, ALONG WITH OTHER CITY AND DEPARTMENT RESOURCES,
INCLUDING OUR OWN CITY ARCHIVIST. 
          AND THE, THE ARCHIVES HELD HERE AT CITY HALL AS WELL AS AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          A TIMELINE BEGAN TO EMERGE ORGANIZED BY ERAS. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE FOUNDING ERA, THE CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT,
THE WPA PARKS, THE TEXAS CENTENNIAL WORLD WAR TWO AND THE POST WAR ERA, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, AND INTO THE MODERN ERA. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S MUCH MORE TO OUR 150 YEAR HISTORY THAN WE COULD PLACE IN THIS
EXHIBIT, BUT WE HOPE THAT WE'VE HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND PROVIDED CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND
ABOUT THE PARK SYSTEM, AND ALL THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE EXHIBIT AND ON THE WEBSITE WAS VERIFIED BY SOURCE
DOCUMENTS. 
          THIS IS THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S HERE'S THAT. AS YOU SEE,
WE HAVE THE PANELS HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF ALL SEVEN OF THOSE ERAS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. WE'VE DEVELOPED A PARKS 150 WEB PAGES. 
          ALL THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE CAMPAIGN CAN BE FOUND ON AND THE WEBSITE CONTAINS AN INTERACTIVE TIMELINE OF EACH OF THE ERAS THAT ARE MENTIONED
EARLIER. 
          THEY FEATURE PARK HISTORIES, DETAILED PARK HISTORIES OF 25 SELECTED PARKS WITH HISTORIC
PHOTOS AND AN INTERACTIVE MAP AND AUDIO TOURS. 
          THE WEBSITE ALSO FEATURES PROFILES OF HISTORIC FIGURES,
INCLUDING CIVIC LEADERS, BOARD MEMBERS AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WHOSE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS HELPED SHAPE THE PARK SYSTEM, AND THE INFORMATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDED OVER TIME. 
          YOU CAN JUST GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES. THESE ARE JUST SOME SCREENSHOTS OF THE VARIOUS WEB
PAGES ON SLIDE TEN. 
          IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THERE'S ON THE FEATURE PARKS,
THERE'S A SLIDER. 
          SO YOU CAN SLIDE ACROSS FROM AN ORIGINAL OLD HISTORIC PHOTO. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SLIDE ACROSS AND SEE WHAT THE PARK LOOKS LIKE TODAY. 
          YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THE PARK'S 150 PASSPORT. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERACTIVE WAY TO EXPLORE THE 25 DALLAS PARKS THAT WERE FEATURED
ACROSS THE CITY AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR HISTORY. 
          THE PHYSICAL PASSPORTS ARE CURRENTLY ON ORDER AND WE WILL WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AT
RECREATION CENTERS. 
          STAMP STATIONS WILL BE PLACED AT THE PARKS, ALLOWING VISITORS TO STAMP THEIR PASSPORTS
SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL PARKS PASSPORT SYSTEM, YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE SOME IMAGES OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
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SO IT'S AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL BOOKLET WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN COLLECT THEIR STAMPS AND SEE THE
HISTORY, AND THEN CONNECT TO THE WEBSITE TO READ MORE DETAILS. 
          OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. AS PART OF CELEBRATING THE DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF THE PARK SYSTEM,
WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO SHARE THEIR FAVORITE PARK MEMORIES TO BE HELD IN OUR PARKS 150 MEMORY BANK. SO THE PUBLIC CAN LOG ON FROM THEIR HOME OR THEIR PHONE AND RECORD AN
AUDIO OR VIDEO MEMORY. 
          AND THESE WILL BECOME PART OF OUR PERMANENT HISTORY AND ILLUSTRATE THE IMPACT OF PARKS ON
THE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE THEM. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE IS WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. OKAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. IN A MILESTONE LIKE THIS OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T COME ALONG EVERY DAY. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MERCHANDISE TO COMMEMORATE IT. ASIDE FROM SHIRTS,
HATS, THE TYPICAL SWAG, WE'RE PRODUCING A SET OF COMMEMORATIVE COINS REPRESENTING THE SEVEN AREAS OF THE PARK
SYSTEM. 
          WE HOPE TO HAVE THE ONLINE STORE SET UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS,
AND IT'LL HANDLE ALL PAYMENT PROCESSING AND FULFILLMENT, WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO THE PARK SYSTEM ENDOWMENT FUND. 
          AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE EXAMPLES. 
          THESE ARE THE COMMEMORATIVE COINS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE MERCHANDISE. 
          SO SHIRTS, HATS, TOTE BAGS, ALL YOUR TYPICAL SWAG. 
          OKAY, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET AND
SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PARK SYSTEM IN THE LAST YEAR. 
          SO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENDOWMENT FUND IS THE FIRST STEP IN CREATING A FUND THAT CAN
GROW OVER TIME TO SUPPORT THE PARK SYSTEM. 
          AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT IN 50 YEARS,
WHEN THE PARK SYSTEM IS CELEBRATING ITS BICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY, THE 2076 PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL CAN LOOK BACK TO 2026 AND PRAISE
THE FORWARD THINKING OF TODAY'S WORK. 
          NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A PART OF OUR ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN PROMOTION. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE. WE WILL CELEBRATE THE ACTUAL BIRTHDAY OF THE PARK SYSTEM AT OUR
VERY FIRST PARK CITY PARK OR OLD CITY PARK IF YOU PREFER, WITH A PARTY CAKE AND THE BURIAL OF A TIME CAPSULE. 
          MORE DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED AS THE DATE APPROACHES. 
          AND WHILE THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATION,
THE PARK'S 150 CAMPAIGN MATERIALS WILL WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, AND THE MERCH STORE WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. AND MIGHT I SUGGEST THAT
THAT SITE IS A PERFECT PLACE TO DO YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING? SO THAT'S THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. I'M THINKING IT MIGHT BE BEST TO HAVE OUR GET OUR PICTURE TAKEN UP BEFORE WE JUMP
INTO QUESTIONS. 
          HOW ABOUT THAT? OKAY. SURE. SO WE WILL ALL EVERYBODY HERE,
WE'RE ALL GATHERING IN FRONT, RIGHT? RIGHT. AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK PARK BOARD MEMBER RABE AND PARK BOARD MEMBER PINKUS TO JOIN
US AS WELL. 
          AND PLEASE JOIN US. PARK BOARD SECRETARY POYNTER. 
          KIND OF GET A GOOD. IT. 
          YEAH. SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. IT'LL BE FINE. YEAH. 
          YEAH, THAT'D BE FINE. YEAH. PERFECT, GUYS. HERE WE GO. 
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THREE. TWO. ONE. BEAUTIFUL. STAY RIGHT THERE. THREE. 
          TWO. ONE. DO GUYS DO MORE? THREE. TWO. ONE.[INAUDIBLE] PERFECT. 
          WHO'S GOING TO TEXT US A PICTURE? LOUIE, TEXT THE PICTURE. 
          OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE WILL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS, AND I WILL TURN TO MY VICE CHAIR,
CHAIR WEST. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE,
I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS MOSTLY AN FYI THING FOR US, BUT I MEAN, GREAT JOB. GREAT, GREAT KICKOFF TO THE CAMPAIGN. 
          I LEARNED A FEW THINGS. I THINK BECAUSE OF YOUR HIGHLIGHTING OF,
OF SOME OF THE HISTORY, I'VE ALREADY HAD ALREADY SEEN THIS COME THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA ON LIKE GEORGE KESSLER, WHO'S A LARGE PART OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT ONE IS NAMED AFTER
KESSLER PARK, IS AFTER GEORGE KESSLER AND HIS WORK THERE. AND SO LEARNING MORE ABOUT HIS COMMITMENT TO
PARKS IS ALSO KNOWLEDGE TO ME AND PROBABLY A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS. I'M ALSO TERRIFIED BY THE PLAYGROUND. 
          ALTHOUGH I THINK MY KIDS WOULD, WOULD PROBABLY CLIMB ON THAT. 
          THEY'LL GO 20FT IN THE AIR WITHOUT ME EVEN, BUT BEFORE I EVEN CAN CATCH THEM. 
          SO IT'S AMAZING WHAT KIDS USED TO PLAY ON BACK IN THE EARLY 1900S. 
          I GUESS MY THE PASSPORT CONCEPT IS SUPER COOL. 
          WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT, GREAT JOB. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT INTO
DIFFERENT PARKS THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY GO TO. 
          I HOPE THERE'S A PRIZE THAT IF, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO GET ALL THE STAMPS,
BECAUSE I THINK IT MIGHT ENCOURAGE YOUNGER FOLKS TO THE KIDS TO GET OUT AND DO IT. 
          AND I GUESS JUST I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN. 
          YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE. WE TALKED ABOUT PARKS A LOT DURING THE BUDGET
AND THE NEED FOR SPONSORSHIP. 
          WE BROUGHT IT UP ON THIS COMMITTEE. THE CHAIR HAS BEFORE,
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME SUSTAINING FUNDING SOURCES FOR, FOR PARKS. AND I THINK JUST MY INITIAL IMPRESSION IS THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO FUNDRAISE
FOR SPECIFIC PARKS THAN IT WOULD BE FOR THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MORE SPECIFIC TO THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          BUT I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO GO DEEP ON THAT CHAIR,
BUT I DO WANT TO SEE IF YOU'VE GOT ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WHEN THAT LAUNCH IS COMING. BECAUSE YOU DID SAY ON THE SLIDE, IT'S LATER THIS YEAR. 
          AND WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN. 
          YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING TO FLESH THAT PROGRAM OUT MORE,
CREATING DONOR LEVELS AND A RECOGNITION SYSTEM. 
          AND WE DEFINITELY ARE TRYING TO, AS WE CREATE IT AND SET IT UP SET IT UP FOR SUCCESS. 
          THE BEST WAY TO FUND INDIVIDUAL PARKS THAT MAY NEED HIGHER LEVELS OF MAINTENANCE AS WELL
AS THE SYSTEM ITSELF. 
          WITH OVER 400 PARKS, THERE'S A LOT OF SMALLER LOCATIONS THAT CAN KIND OF FALL THROUGH THE
GAPS AND PEOPLE TEND TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS THOSE LARGER PARKS THAT ARE MORE PROMINENT IN THEIR LIVES,
BUT HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO STRUCTURE THIS ENDOWMENT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GIVE TO, TO A SPECIFIC PARK WHILE STILL PRESERVING AND SUPPORTING THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. 
          IS THE CAMPAIGN BEING LED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? ARE YOU USING A PRIVATE FUNDRAISING ARM TO DO THAT? IT'S CURRENTLY JUST WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW,
BUT WE'RE VERY EARLY. 
          WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY TO KIND OF,
YEAH, GET GET THE FUND ESTABLISHED AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF PROMOTION AROUND THAT. 
          BUT WE THOUGHT THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR OF ALL YEARS WOULD WOULD BE THE TIME TO START
THAT. 
          AND WE HOPE TO SEE IT GROW OVER TIME AND MANAGEMENT OF IT IN THE FUTURE. 
          YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT WILL DISCUSS THE BEST WAY TO GROW IT. 
          GREAT. LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THAT. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET THE PASSPORT BOOKS,
THAT BRINGS THEM UP HERE. 
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SO WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST ADD, BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SO MUCH AND I
HATE TO BRING THIS UP, BUT WE WILL NEED POLICY, WRITTEN POLICY ABOUT HOW THOSE ENDOWMENT FUNDS CAN BE SPENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'LL GO AHEAD AND START RIGHT WHERE THAT WAS LEFT
OFF. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE POLICY,
BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF LEGAL CAN BE PREPARED TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, I THINK THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EASILY WORK THROUGH,
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DOT OUR I'S AND CROSS OUR T'S BECAUSE WITH THIS ENDOWMENT, I WOULD I WOULD ASSUME THAT THIS WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF THE PROHIBITION ON OUR
ABILITY TO UTILIZE CITY RESOURCES TO ADVOCATE FOR. I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE SOME SHORED UP LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT THE
CASE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE BUILT IN FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS ENDOWMENT IS AMBASSADORS OF COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND PARK BOARD MEMBERS ALIKE. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRULY ADVOCATING AND OUT ON THE
FRONT LINES TRYING TO HELP MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND I WOULD HATE FOR US TO BE HAMSTRUNG BY ANY POLICIES,
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMEWHAT UNCONVENTIONAL ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING, HAVING ASKS FOR FUNDRAISING ON. WITH THAT SAID,
I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT THAT IS BEING ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS,
A GOOD CAN OF WORMS FOR US TO START SEEKING MORE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, PHILANTHROPIC OPPORTUNITY FOR NAMING RIGHTS,
BENCHES IN THE PARK SYSTEMS WITH PEOPLE'S NAMES ON IT. EVERYONE IN DALLAS WITH SOME MONEY LOVES THEIR
NAME TO BE ON SOMETHING. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT REALLY BE LEVERAGED. 
          I WILL JUST SAY THAT JUST THE SUCCESS THAT YOU ALL HAVE AS A DALLAS SITE JUST ALREADY
SPEAKS THROUGH IN VISITING THESE PARKS AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL AT ANY LEVEL. 
          YOU CAN TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT DOING MAINTENANCE FOR OUR PARKS,
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT C-SUITE, AND THE PASSION THAT COMES THROUGH IN DELIVERING A QUALITY OF LIFE RESOURCE FOR THE
RESIDENTS REALLY SHINES WITH THE WAY THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT OPERATES. 
          IT MAKES IT VERY HARD FOR US TO SCRUTINIZE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE COME UP TO BUDGET SEASON. 
          WE SAW THAT IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTENTION,
BUT EVEN WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT SCRUTINIZING A FUND IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE STILL LOOKING AT WAYS TO ADD TO Y'ALL'S BUDGET. 
          RIGHT. AND SO IT JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE TRUE ASSET THAT YOU ARE IN OUR CITY. 
          I WILL SAY, MADAM CHAIR, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AT THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS
ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE LAST WEEK WHERE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS NOT ONLY FORMALLY RECOGNIZED FOR THE REACCREDITATION COMPONENT
WITH WITHIN THE, THE, THE CONFERENCE, BUT ALSO I, I GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND JUST KIND OF A FLY ON THE WALLS,
A PERSPECTIVE OF THE LEVEL OF RESPECT IN THE INDUSTRY THAT OUR CITY HAS. 
          WE HAD A LITANY OF, OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WERE IN FRONT OF DIFFERENT SESSIONS THAT WERE EDUCATING PARKS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING TO TAKE BEST
PRACTICES FROM US. 
          AND IT WAS TRULY A PROUD MOMENT TO STEP IN TO SOME OF THOSE BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND SEE OUR
PARKS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES REALLY POUR THEIR EXPERTISE AND PASSION OUT TO SPREAD WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN DALLAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          IT SPEAKS VOLUMES, AGAIN, TO THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE FROM THE VERY TOP. SO I JUST WANT
TO THANK YOU ALL. 
          I KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING UP ON A BIG YEAR SOON AT THE POTENTIALLY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          I THINK THAT A LOT OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING NOW IS BUILDING FOUNDATION FOR US TO MAKE THE
CASE SO THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN AT THAT BID FOR BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE ANOTHER HUGE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THAT WAS, I THINK THE, THE MOST POSITIVE APPEARANCE WE'VE EVER HAD OF A SITTING UNITED
STATES PRESIDENT TO COME TO OUR CITY AND HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BEING THE NEXT TIME TO DO THE SAME. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING AMBASSADORS FOR YOU ALL ON
ANY LEVEL. 
          PLEASE KEEP US APPRIZED OF HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW,
INTEGRATE OURSELVES, USE OUR BULLY PULPIT, REALLY GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL AND GET THESE PASSPORTS OUT AND
HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING SO IT DOESN'T GO IN VAIN. 
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR SHARING THAT PERSPECTIVE OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT
AND ON A NATIONAL SCALE, THE LEADERSHIP ROLE THAT THAT YOU ALL ARE IN AND,
AND ALL THAT YOU SHARED WITH, WITH PARKS DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          SO THAT'S FASCINATING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR BLAIR. 
          CHAIR RIDLEY THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D JUST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE PARK DEPARTMENT ON
150. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT YOU ARE PUBLICIZING THIS LANDMARK YEAR. 
          JUST A QUESTION OUT OF CURIOSITY ABOUT THE IDEA OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND,
HAVE YOU FOUND ANY OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE ENDOWMENT FUNDS FOR THEIR PARKS? OKAY. THERE ARE THERE ARE A FEW MODELS. PARK PRIDE IN ATLANTA IS ONE THE I'M BLANKING ON
THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION IN AUSTIN, BUT THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE THEY PUT ON THE,
THE ACL FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR THOSE FUNDS GO INTO AN ENDOWMENT THAT SUPPORTS THOSE PARK SYSTEM. SO THERE'S A FEW PRETTY NOTEWORTHY EXAMPLES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT WE'LL BE
TRYING TO MODEL. 
          BUT LIKE, WE HAVE FOUNDATIONS WITH OUR NONPROFITS,
YOU KNOW, FROM HALPRIN PARK TO KLYDE WARREN TO THE LOOP, THEY ALL HAVE FOUNDATIONS. WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS SIMILAR TO HOUSTON,
WHO ACTUALLY HAS A FOUNDATION THAT FOCUSES ON THOSE SMALLER AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PARKS WHERE WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S FUNDRAISING TO MAKE SURE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A NEW PLAYGROUND,
THE MOST UPDATED PLAYGROUND. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE DON'T, WE NEED THIS NICHE TO FOCUS ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
PARKS. 
          AND THE BEST EXAMPLE IS AN INSPIRATION IS DOWNTOWN PARKS,
HOW MR. DECARD PROMISED AN ENDOWMENT FOR DOWNTOWN PARKS BEFORE HE EVEN ASKED FOR HELP IN THE
COMMITMENT. 
          HE SAID, I'LL PUT THAT ENDOWMENT. THAT WAY. THE PARKS ARE SUPPORTED BEFORE THEY ARE
CREATED. 
          SO THAT BECOMES AN INSPIRATION AND MODEL FOR US TOO. 
          OF COURSE. THANK YOU. CHAIR. CHAIR JOHNSON. YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. WELL GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THE ENDOWMENT. 
          AND I LOVE THE PURPOSE FOR DIRECTOR JENKINS. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          WE DO HAVE DOLLARS THAT GET RAISED FOR OUR LARGER PARKS,
BUT IT'S THE IT'S THOSE PLAYGROUNDS THAT MIGHT HAVE HIT A SUBSTANTIAL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND NEED SOME REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO TO PUT OUR FOCUS. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. 
          APPRECIATE YOU BRETT. 
          RIGHT HERE. HE'S PRESENTING. ALL RIGHT. 
          OH, YEAH. WELL I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO RYAN,
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, Y'ALL KNOW HOW EXCITED WE ARE ABOUT FAIR PARK. 
          [B. 26-3118A Fair Park Year in Review [Ryan O’Connor, Senior Deputy Director, Dallas Park and Recreation; Brett Wulke, General Manager Fair Park, Dallas Park and Recreation]]
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN EXCITED SINCE THE DAY THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE IT BACK
OVER AND AND AND I KNOW I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS, BUT I AM BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE WHEN FOLKS, FOLKS PUT FALSE INFORMATION OUT THERE IN THE
PUBLIC. 
          BUT I'M GLAD WE GOT IT BACK. AND IT WAS THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY TO TAKE BACK FAIR
PARK. 
          AND, AND CANCEL THE CONTRACT. AND AS I SAID BEFORE,
THE PICTURES DIDN'T LIE, BUT THE PICTURES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL THE IMPROVEMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE SINCE THE CITY TOOK BACK ITS CROWN JEWEL,
FAIR PARK. 
          SO BEFORE BRETT GETS INTO THE DECK, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A
REALLY IMPORTANT YEAR AT FAIR PARK. 
          IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY BUSY YEAR AT FAIR PARK. 
          WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL WHAT WE'VE DONE,
WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH FAIR PARK. 
          AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, I, I THINK THE THREE OF US WOULD AGREE,
WE'RE, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AT FAIR PARK THIS YEAR. 
          IT HASN'T BEEN EASY. BUT BRETT AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A REALLY ADMIRABLE JOB OF STEADYING
THE SHIP AND PUTTING US ON A PATH FOR SUCCESS IN THE NEAR TERM. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO BRETT. 
          ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. BRETT WULKE, GENERAL MANAGER OF FAIR PARK. 
          IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SKIP AHEAD TO SLIDE FOUR,
PLEASE. 
          OKAY. SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU A JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED
SINCE WE TOOK OVER DAILY OPERATIONS OF FAIR PARK, WHICH HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. SO SINCE, SINCE THAT DAY,
WE'VE PROVIDED A SERIES OF UPDATES TO THE PARK BOARD AND TO THIS COMMITTEE, 
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WITH THE MOST RECENT BEING IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO A THEME YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME TOUCH ON A LOT TODAY IS STABILIZATION. 
          WE SPEND A LOT OF THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR JUST STABILIZING STABILIZING FACILITIES,
STABILIZING OPERATIONS. 
          SO JUST LOOKING AT THE MAINTENANCE SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE IN APRIL. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE NEW FIRE PANEL AND PANAM,
WHILE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT IS IT TOOK US OUT. 
          EXCUSE ME. IT TOOK US OFF FIRE WATCH DURING THE STATE FAIR. 
          FIRE WATCHES ARE A GIANT WASTE OF MONEY ON OUR BUDGET. 
          SO HAPPY TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED. WE ARE ABLE TO REPLACE THE WALKWAY IN FRONT OF THE
MUSIC HALL. 
          THAT'S 13,000FT² OF TRIP HAZARDS, IS WHAT THAT WAS. 
          SO WE'RE HAPPY TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED. AND AGAIN,
ON THE STABILIZATION FRONT, WE'RE ABLE TO INSTITUTE A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN AND EXECUTE. SO WHILE YOU'RE NOT PROBABLY GOING TO SEE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PICTURES FROM ME
TODAY, A LOT OF THESE BEHIND THE HOUSE FOUNDATIONAL THINGS ARE CRITICAL TO SAVING OUR BUILDINGS,
GETTING THEM BACK ONLINE, BECAUSE WHEN THEY ARE OFFLINE AND YOU CANNOT TRUST YOUR FACILITY,
IT'S HARD TO GENERATE REVENUE AND PROVIDE A GUEST EXPERIENCE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO AGAIN, WHILE BASIC, I FEEL LIKE THIS KIND OF PORTRAYS WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT. 
          THE FIRST COUPLE OF PICTURES ARE JUST PRESSURE WASHING. THAT'S STEP ONE BEFORE YOU CAN
EVEN PAINT. 
          BUT IT JUST IT GIVES A CLEAN LOOK TO THE PARK. 
          AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM THERE YOU DO SEE THE WALKWAY REPAIRS TO THE MUSIC HALL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO LOOKING AHEAD I'LL ADDRESS THE PAINTING REAL QUICK BECAUSE IT IS AN OLD
PARK, BUT IT'S HISTORIC. AND WITH THIS HISTORIC LANDMARK,
THERE'S A FEW CHALLENGES THAT ARE PRESENTED TO US THAT CAN KIND OF DELAY PROJECT. 
          SO PAINTING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS COMPILING A MASTER LIST OF ALL THE PAINT FOR
EVERY PART OF THE FAIR PARK. 
          SO WHAT THAT DOES IS WE GET TO PRESENT THAT TO THE FAIR PARK TASK FORCE,
THE OFFICE OF PRESERVATION AND TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. 
          WHEN WE GET ALL THAT APPROVED, THAT ALLOWS US JUST TO KNOCK OUT PAINTING,
KIND OF AT THE SNAP OF A FINGER, WE CAN KNOCK OUT PROJECTS. OTHERWISE, YOU'RE LITERALLY GOING BACK TO THESE COMMISSIONS TO
GET EVERY EXTERIOR PAINTING PROJECT APPROVED. 
          SO IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON TO KIND OF STREAMLINE OUR RESPONSE AND BE
ABLE TO OPERATE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENTLY. 
          AND SAME WITH OUR MASTER AGREEMENTS. WE'RE IDENTIFYING A LOT OF ROUTINE THINGS THAT WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACT MORE QUICKLY ON THAT DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT. 
          SO WE'RE DELAYED BY PROCUREMENT PROCESSES. SO GETTING THOSE THINGS IN PLACE. 
          AND I KNOW A NUMBER THAT Y'ALL HAVE ASKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY,
BUT THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LIST THAT WE STARTED WITH, WE'RE ABLE TO KNOCK OFF ABOUT 3.5 MILLION OF THAT THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. ON THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, THIS SHOULD BE MY LAST FOUNDATIONAL UPDATE ON
THIS. 
          AGAIN, IT ALL CAME BACK TO IRRIGATION. YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN PLANT LIFE AND GOOD
BEAUTIFICATION LOOK IN THE PARK IF YOU DON'T HAVE FUNCTIONING IRRIGATION. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF MAINLINE BREAKS, IT IS A VERY STRATEGIC PROCESS YOU HAVE TO GO
THROUGH. 
          YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE ONE REPAIR THEN TO IDENTIFY MORE AND MORE PROBLEMS AS YOU KIND OF WORK
THROUGH THAT. 
          SO WE'RE VERY SYSTEMATIC. WE'RE ON THE HOME STRETCH OF THAT. 
          ONCE THOSE REPAIRS ARE FINISHED, NOW YOU GET TO START SEEING THE BEAUTIFICATION THAT OUR
TEAM IS GOING TO TACKLE IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, STARTING WITH WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEGINNING AT THE WOMEN'S BUILDING, AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND THE MUSIC HALL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO AGAIN WITH THE LOOK AHEAD, BY GETTING ALL THE IRRIGATION REPAIRED,
WE CAN NOW BEGIN A TRUE FIVE YEAR PLAN TO ADDRESS THE VISIBLE ITEMS WITHIN THE PARK. SO THE TEAM IS CURATING PLANS THAT INCLUDE
DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS, AND THAT WILL WORK TOWARDS OUR EFFORT TO REDUCE WATER USAGE AROUND THE PARK. 
          I KNOW THEY HAVE A GOAL OF REDUCING BY 30%. NEXT SLIDE. 
          SECURITY. WHEN WE WERE HERE BACK IN APRIL, WE HAD JUST IMPLEMENTED THE 24/7 SOFTWARE. 
          THAT IS UNDER FULL OPERATION. NOW IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT THERE,
THAT IS OUR NEW COMMAND CENTER THAT GIVES US EYES ON THE PARK AROUND THE CLOCK, WHICH IS GREAT, NOT JUST FOR EVENTS, BUT JUST 24 HOURS A DAY,
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          AND THEN ON THE RIGHT THERE, IF YOU REALLY LOOK AROUND THE PARK,
THERE'S LITTLE MINI QR CODES. 
          AND WHAT THIS DOES IS ADD AN ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE TO OUR ROVERS. 
          WE'VE DIVIDED FAIR PARK INTO FIVE SECTIONS. AND WITHIN THOSE ZONES WE HAVE ROVERS THAT ARE
CONSTANTLY MAKING ROUNDS, CHECKING IN ON THE FACILITIES. THE DAYS OF PAPER CHECKLISTS AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY ARE
GONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO LOOKING AHEAD IN THE SECURITY FRONT,
WE'RE BACK IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR SOPS AND GUARD POST ORDERS. WE'RE ALSO UPDATING OUR EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN FOR THE PARK AND FINALIZING THE
INCIDENT DATA CATEGORIZATIONS AND PRIORITY LEVELS. 
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AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS TAKE OUR DATA OF INCIDENTS AND ACTUALLY CATEGORIZE THEM
SO WE CAN SEE SEVERE INCIDENCES VERSUS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT AS CRITICAL TO RESPOND TO. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS WE CAN DO,
AND ONE OF THE GREATEST RESOURCES WE HAVE IS WE ALREADY HAVE PARTNERS ON CAMPUS AND WE HAVE PARTNERS AROUND THE CITY. 
          SO COLLABORATING WITH THEM, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE,
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM ON NUMEROUS PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANT FUNDED AND EACH OF THESE PROJECTS YOU SEE HERE, THERE ARE OBLIGATIONS. 
          SO EACH OF THEM THAT'S KNOCKED OUT BY A GRANT THAT THEY SPEARHEAD. 
          IT'S IT SAVES MONEY FOR THE FAIR PARK BUDGET. 
          SO THE PICTURES YOU SEE THERE, THE ONES ON THE RIGHT,
THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF THE CENTENNIAL THAT WAS RESTORED EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THIS ONE HERE IS THE FRONT OF TOWER. 
          BUT A PROJECT I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT'S UNDERWAY IS INSIDE THE TOWER BUILDING AND
THE ROTUNDA. 
          THE RESTORATION OF THAT ARTWORK AND MURAL. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT TO THE FAIR THIS
YEAR, TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          IT'S THE BEFORE, AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU ALL WHAT THE AFTER LOOKS LIKE NEXT
TIME I'M HERE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN LASTLY, THE ONE I KNOW EVERYONE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH IS THE
RESTORATION WORK AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM THAT TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND THAT WAS A COLLABORATION OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF ENTITIES FROM
THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S, AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM STAFF,
OAC, OUR PLANNING AND DESIGN DIVISION. 
          A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT ONE HAPPEN. NEXT SLIDE. 
          ANOTHER COLLABORATION IS WITH THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT BULLET POINT NUMBER TWO, THE GATES AT FIVE AND SIX,
THE REPAINTING. 
          THIS IS PART OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THAT PROJECT WON'T BE COMPLETE UNTIL AFTER THE
FAIR BECAUSE OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL THE APPROVALS JUST TO PAINT A TICKET BOOTH. BUT THAT'LL BE THAT'LL GIVE IT A FRESH LOOK AT THE GATES,
THE ENTRY GATES, ONCE THAT GETS COMPLETED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THE COTTON BOWL, SO OBVIOUSLY NEWLY RENOVATED. 
          WE BEGAN PROGRAMING THOSE NEWLY RENOVATED SPACES AND HOSTED SEVERAL NEW EVENTS THERE. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO HOST SIX TRAINING SESSIONS AT THE COTTON BOWL THIS YEAR. 
          THEY WERE ALL FOR SPAIN, WHO DID WIN THE WORLD CUP. 
          WE HOSTED THE STATE LINE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN SOUTHLAKE SOUTHLAKE CARROLL AND JENKS THIS YEAR. 
          AND THOSE RANKINGS MIGHT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT,
OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE'RE TALKING NATIONAL POWERHOUSES HERE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND AGAIN, WE HOSTED A DOUBLE HEADER OF HIGH SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ANY AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOLS HERE. 
          THESE ARE NATIONAL RANKINGS, NATIONAL RANKED TEAMS. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HOSTING
THESE. WE GOT THE RED RIVER RIVALRY COMING UP THIS WEEKEND STATE FAIR CLASICO. 
          AND WE DO HAVE AN RFCSP IN THE HANDS OF PROCUREMENT FOR COTTON BOWL OPERATOR. 
          AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT, THAT IS TO SUPPLEMENT OUR STAFF AND HELP MAXIMIZE THE
REVENUE. 
          IT IS NOT TURNING OVER KEYS. IT IS TO SUPPLEMENT US AND DRIVE MORE REVENUE INTO THE COTTON
BOWL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. LOOKING OVER SOME OF THE NOTABLE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE MOST RECENTLY IN THE
FOODIE LAND DRAWING OVER 46,000. 
          I KNOW IT WAS A VERY POPULAR EVENT. FIFA FAN FESTIVAL THAT EVERYONE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE
TEXAS BLACK INVITATIONAL RODEO. 
          THAT EVENT IS PUT ON BY THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM,
AND THEN THE MAYOR'S BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO LOOKING AHEAD WITH VISIT DALLAS ON BOARD TO HANDLE OUR SALES,
WE'LL BE REFINING OUR OPERATIONAL PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM THE SALES TEAM TO
OUR EVENTS TEAM. 
          WHICH ALSO MEANS WE'LL BE UPDATING OUR CLIENT DOCUMENTS AND MARKETING MATERIALS,
AND WE'LL BE KICKING OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH LIGHTS ALL NIGHT. 
          THEY'RE MAKING THEIR RETURN TO FAIR PARK THIS YEAR. THAT IS AN EDM FESTIVAL. 
          AND TO PUT EVERYONE AT EASE, THOSE STAGES ARE INDOORS. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE. TRANSITIONING SORT OF INTO OUR PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS,
WE DID LAUNCH OUR FARMER'S MARKET THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH HAD A PRETTY STRONG TURNOUT. 
          WE DECIDED TO REACTIVATE THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM FOR TOURS ON SELECT SUNDAYS. 
          WE HOSTED THE NATION FEST, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST KIND OF REACTIVATIONS OF THE
BANDSHELL IN QUITE A WHILE. 
          AND THEY NEARLY SOLD THAT OUT. SO IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE THERE. AND THE FITNESS
AMBASSADORS STADIUM SWEAT AT THE COTTON BOWL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THAT STADIUM SWEAT WAS A BIG ENOUGH SUCCESS. 
          WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE DATES ON THE BOOKS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN NOVEMBER AND JANUARY. 
          WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PLANNING OUR TREE LIGHTING EVENT AT FAIR PARK. 
          AND WE DID HOST AN EGG HUNT THIS YEAR, BUT WEATHER FORCED IT INDOORS AND WE VERY MUCH ARE
EXCITED TO BRING IT INTO THE COTTON BOWL IN THE SPRING NEXT YEAR. 
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NEXT SLIDE. ON THE MARKETING AND BRANDING FRONT,
WE SPENT A LOT OF THIS PAST YEAR REALLY KIND OF GETTING OUR HANDS WRAPPED AROUND DOMAINS AND WEBSITES, WHO OWNED WHAT, WHO HAD ACCESS TO WHAT. 
          SO IT TOOK A LOT OF CLEANUP AND REALLY TIME ON HOW,
HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE UPDATES AND WHO OWNED WHAT. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO KIND OF IDENTIFYING OTHER RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL TO ENHANCE OUR
OUTREACH, NOT JUST TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT REALLY IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE
PARK BOARD AND COUNCIL ON WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. ADMINISTRATION AND CONTRACT. SO AGAIN THIS THIS FIRST YEAR WAS ALL ABOUT
STABILIZING AND STABILIZING OUR OPERATIONS. THE CONTRACTS. IT'S TIME FOR US TO GET OUR LONG TERM CONTRACTS IN PLACE THAT
ARE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE PARK. 
          AND THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO MODERNIZE HOW WE DO OUR BUSINESS. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO THE STAFF AND SHOULD GREATLY IMPROVE OUR GUESTS
AND CLIENT EXPERIENCE. 
          THE BID SPECS, THEY NEED TO BE DONE RIGHT. MANY OF THEM FOR THE SERVICES WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ARE EITHER FROM 2010 AND OUTDATED AND IRRELEVANT, OR THEY DON'T EXIST. SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME MAKING VERY ROBUST BID SPECS FOR THESE RFPS
TO REALLY ENHANCE OUR SERVICES AND PROTECT FAIR PARK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO WHILE 2026 WAS ABOUT STABILIZATION,
27 IS GOING TO BE ABOUT STANDARDIZATION, MODERNIZATION, AND OPTIMIZATION. WE NEED TO STANDARDIZE OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES. 
          WE NEED TO MODERNIZE OUR AGREEMENTS AND OUR SERVICES,
AND WE NEED TO OPTIMIZE OUR REVENUE STREAMS, OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND OUR OPERATIONS. ALSO,
I WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON NEW TENANTS FOR OUR VACANT BUILDINGS. 
          WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY INTERESTED ENTITIES THAT HAVE PROPOSALS
ON THE TABLE FOR US TO REVIEW. 
          NOW'S THE TIME, I BELIEVE, TO TAKE THESE DISCUSSIONS TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND MOVE THEM
FORWARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO AN UPDATE ON OUR FINANCIALS. WE ARE STILL CLOSING OUT OUR FISCAL YEAR,
BUT WE WERE ON TRACK TO MAKE BUDGET THIS YEAR WHILE CHIPPING AWAY NEAR A LITTLE OVER 3.5 MILLION ON OUR
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LIST. 
          AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE DAY TO DAY MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS WE HAVE ON OUR PLATE. 
          I WILL STATE THOUGH TO, TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THESE CRITICAL ITEMS WE DID NEED SOME
ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO FAIR PARK. 
          BUT IT WAS IT WAS CRITICAL. WE UTILIZED THESE TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THE COMMUNITY PARK, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FAIR PARK FIRST AND SUPPORT THEIR
EFFORTS ON DELIVERING THIS PARK. 
          AND AS OF THEIR LAST UPDATE THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE TO DELIVER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND OUR LAST BRIEFING IN APRIL. THE CONCEPT FOR REDEVELOPMENT HAS WAS BROUGHT
FORWARD. 
          WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP COUNCIL THE BOARD
AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AND INFORMED THROUGHOUT IT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO CONTINUING ON THE PROGRESS, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD AND NURTURE
OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH VISIT DALLAS TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL OF FAIR PARK AND CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR EXISTING PARTNERS AND MAXIMIZE THEIR
IMPACT OR THEIR IMPACT AND EXPAND THEIR WORK. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH POTENTIAL PARTNERS ON VACANT BUILDINGS,
WORK WITH PROCUREMENT SERVICES ON SPECS FOR KEY SERVICES. 
          SO OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE ME A LOT HERE FOR A LOT OF CONTRACT
PROPOSALS FOR OUR KEY SERVICES. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE SEEKING THE CONCEPTS FOR THE 40 ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT AT FAIR PARK. 
          WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, GENERAL MANAGER. THAT WAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION. 
          LOTS OF GOOD DETAIL AND AND VERY HELPFUL. BUT WE ARE GOING TO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
BAZALDUA. 
          FAIR PARK HAS BEEN HIS HIS BABY, HIS PROJECT. 
          HE'S POURED A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND WORK IN INTELLIGENCE AND TENACITY AND ALL OF
THOSE THINGS. 
          HE'S HE'S POURED INTO THIS WONDERFUL ASSET THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS. REALLY HAPPY WITH THE WORK THAT'S,
THAT'S COME HERE. 
          BUT BEFORE I START ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PRESENTATION,
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE BRETT TO GIVE TRAININGS ON HOW TO MAKE A PRESENTATION BE SO SUCCINCT AND, AND DETAILED AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GAVE US PLENTY OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 
          ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK AND WHEN VISITING THE STATE FAIR THIS WEEKEND ONE THING
THAT STUCK OUT TO ME WAS 
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THE, SOME OF THE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE RIGHT WORD,
BUT I GUESS RUSTING OF THE HALL OF STATE IN ITS CORNERS. 
          I WANT TO START WITH THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY. 
          BUT I WANTED TO START WITH THIS AND GET IT OUT OF THE WAY AND JUST KIND OF,
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LAST THING, YOU KNOW, I TOOK MY FIRST COUNCIL PORTRAIT IN 2019 RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HALL OF STATE. 
          AND IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW BAD IT REALLY WAS BEHIND ME. 
          AND THEN THE WORK THAT WE DID TO REALLY BRING IT TO ITS GLORY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS
ONE OF THE MOST PROUD THINGS WE'VE DONE, QUITE FRANKLY, ON THE GROUNDS. WITH THAT SAID,
WHEN I STARTED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THE CORNERS AND WHERE THE RAIN HAS COME THROUGH AND SOME OF THE PORTIONS, IT JUST MADE ME LIKE REALLY FREAKED OUT THAT,
HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR IT TO GET BACK? AND THEN WHAT PLAN DO WE HAVE FOR JUST THE SUSTAINABLE MAINTENANCE SO THAT WE'RE NOT
ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ONLY? SO THAT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION I HAVE WEEKLY WITH MY FACILITIES TEAMS. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LIST OF DEFERRED. WE ALSO HAVE A LIST OF CRITICAL MAINTENANCE. 
          THE CRITICAL MAINTENANCE IS WHERE OUR PRIORITY HAS BEEN. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT LIST IS NOT DONE. AND WE'RE TALKING LIFE SAFETY CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS, BUT IN THE BACKGROUND TOO THERE ARE LOW HANGING FRUITS,
SUCH AS YOU MENTIONED THAT WE DO HAVE CONTRACTS FOR PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED. WHILE WE DO KNOCK OUT CRITICAL MAINTENANCE ITEMS,
THERE ARE CERTAIN DAILY ROUTINE ITEMS THAT CAN BE DONE IN A FEW SMALL PROJECTS LIKE THAT. IS IT POSSIBLE IN DRAFTING OF CONTRACTS IF IF IF WE COULD START TO LOOK AT NEW
PRACTICE? I KNOW WHAT WE DO IN MANY CASES IS OF COURSE,
REVENUE SHARE WITH THE REVENUE THAT'S BEING GENERATED BY THESE TENANTS OF THE BUILDINGS, ETC.. BUT ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE NEEDS THAT WE CAN START TO ADDRESS AND LIKE
ON THEIR WAY TO START THE PROCESS? THEY'RE GETTING THAT POWER WASH CONTRACTOR GOING AND DOING THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WE CAN REALLY LEVERAGE THAT PRIVATE SECTOR,
SINCE THAT'S AN EMPHASIS RIGHT NOW. 
          I'LL JUMP IN ON THAT ON THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
ME. 
          WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING THESE NEW CONTRACTS IN PLACE WITH THE TENANTS,
AND IN SOME CASES WE NEED TO GET THEM IN PLACE VERY QUICKLY, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MAINTENANCE AND LOOKING AT A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE ISSUES IN THESE BUILDINGS. SO ALONG WITH,
YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF REVENUE SHARE, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ABSOLUTELY HOW TO BEST ADDRESS MAINTENANCE AND NOT HAVING THE FULL
OBLIGATION ON THE CITY. 
          EXCELLENT. I WANT TO SAY BRETT, YOU YOU STARTED WITH A TEAM OF SEVEN. 
          SEVEN. AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN ONE YEAR IS EXTREMELY COMMENDABLE. 
          I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK COMMUNITY,
BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD, IF YOU WILL. WE HAD THEM, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE TRAJECTORY OF THE FUTURE
OF FAIR PARK CHANGE TO BEING SOMETHING TO, TO BE HOPEFUL FOR. AND SO WE DIDN'T SKIP A BEAT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          YOU STEPPED RIGHT IN. AND NOW WE HAVE GONE FROM A,
YOU AND A TEAM OF SEVEN, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT WHERE ALL THE BATHROOMS ARE TO A TRUE OPERATION THAT'S BRINGING IT TO ITS GLORY. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THAT. 
          I WANT TO ASK COMPLETE WITH COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I KNOW THAT'S AN EMPHASIS. I'M NOT DISCOUNTING THAT BY ANY MEANS. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT GOING INTO A FISCAL YEAR FROM A FISCAL YEAR THAT WE HAD A
COUPLE OF SOURCES OF ONE TIME DOLLARS. 
          AND SO THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT IN LARGE ARE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE WERE
ABLE TO LEVERAGE IN THAT REGARD. 
          GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 27 YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE REVENUE NUMBERS ARE QUICKLY
OUTPACING. 
          I DON'T SEE ANY SPECIFICS ON HOW THAT IS. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO GO TOO GRANULAR ON THAT. 
          BUT WHAT IS OUR PLAN NOT JUST FOR FISCAL YEAR 27,
BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE'RE NOT SO DEPENDENT ON THESE ONCE IN A LIFETIME FUNDING SOURCES? WELL, FORTUNATELY,
SOME OF THOSE MAJOR EXPENSES WERE FOR SYSTEMS THAT EITHER THEY WERE NOT REPAIRABLE, SO INSTEAD OF DUMPING 30 K INTO IT,
WE WENT FOR FULL REPLACEMENTS. 
          THAT SETS US UP TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ISSUES FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. 
          SO BY TACKLING THOSE HEAD ON AND KNOCKING THOSE OUT THIS YEAR,
THAT REDUCES FUTURE NEEDS ON IT. 
          NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
BUT ABSOLUTELY, I KNOW RYAN AND I HAVE WORKED A LOT ON IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUE. EVENTS WILL GENERATE SO MUCH REVENUE,
BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE FULL OPERATIONS AND REALLY TACKLING MY CRITICAL NEEDS. 
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SO IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUE IS GOING TO BE OUR,
LET'S CALL IT PHASE TWO OF WHAT WE'RE GOING INTO NOW, WHERE OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON FISCAL YEAR 27 IS NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE. 
          AGAIN, REALLY REVAMPING OUR CURRENT CONTRACTS. 
          THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S JUST SIMPLE UPDATES AND GETTING NEW
SERVICE CONTRACTS IN THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE TO US WITH BETTER TERMS WE'LL HELP WITH THAT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY STRATEGIC WITH THE ITEMS WE DO TACKLE. 
          WHERE IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT? DOES THIS HELP US SELL MORE? DOES THIS HELP GENERATE MORE REVENUE? AND THAT'S WHERE WE GOT TO KEEP OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW.
AND I WANT TO CLEAR UP SOMETHING BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN MENTIONED IN THE MEDIA THAT THAT THIS SOMEHOW THE CITY IS FINDING MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF SOME MECHANICAL ISSUES OUT THERE. 
          NO, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF SOME MECHANICAL ISSUES THAT THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR DID NOT
MAINTAIN, WHICH THEREFORE FORCED THOSE MECHANICALS TO FAIL SOONER,
WHICH LED US TO HAVING TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE CALLS WERE NOT CLEAN. OUR FOUNTAINS WEREN'T MAINTAINED ON A REGULAR BASIS LIKE THEY SHOULD
HAVE. 
          SO THE LIFE OF THOSE MECHANICALS FAIL SOONER. 
          AND SO YES, WE HAD TO USE SOME ONE TIME FUNDING,
BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE SURE THOSE UNITS WERE MAINTAINED AND THEY WERE NOT. AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO,
TO QUICKLY TO WHAT BRETT SAID. 
          SO FROM BRETT HAS THE OPERATION SIDE, BUT I'M REALLY FOCUSED THIS YEAR ON THE REVENUE
SIDE. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUE PIECE IS THE IS THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW,
TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS THAT THAT YOU MENTIONED AND TO REALLY TAKE CARE OF THESE BUILDINGS THE RIGHT WAY FOR THE FIRST TIME MAYBE EVER. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A LOT OF THINGS. I THINK IT'S SPONSORSHIPS. 
          I THINK IT'S LOOKING AT MODEST SIGNAGE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I THINK IT'S LOOKING AT NEW TENANT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I THINK IT'S RENEGOTIATING POTENTIALLY EXISTING CONTRACTS OR GETTING IN PLACE NEW
CONTRACTS WITH TENANTS THAT AREN'T THERE. 
          I THINK IT'S PURSUING THIS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THIS
YEAR THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT AND FOCUS ON SO THAT WE CAN SET THE STAGE FOR BRETT AND HIS TEAM TO BE ABLE TO, TO OPERATE THAT FACILITY ALL THE WAY THAT WE ALL
WANT IT TO BE OPERATED. 
          THANK YOU. WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND
THE FUTURE, I, I ASK THAT Y'ALL BE PROACTIVE IN WHAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING TO THE BOARD ABOUT AND US,
BUT SETTING A TONE FOR THE NEEDS THAT I HOPE WILL BE PRIORITIZED IN WHATEVER NEXT BOND THAT WE HAVE. 
          IT'S SOMETHING I THINK FAIR PARK HAS GOTTEN KIND OF THE SHORT END OF THE STICK OF ENOUGH. 
          AND IF WE HAVE TRUE MOMENTUM AND A PLAN IN PLACE,
IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. 
          AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I WASN'T SUPPORTIVE OF THIS NOVEMBER'S BOND THAT WAS PASSED TO
GO TO THE VOTERS, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE MAKING NILLY WILLY DECISIONS WITH OUR DEBT CAPACITY WHEN WE HAVE
SUCH NEEDS LIKE THIS. 
          AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO BE PUSHED BACK FURTHER AS A PRIORITY IS,
IS PRUDENT. 
          BUT WE'RE ON THE BRINK, RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BOOST. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED TO BE WILLING TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FACT THAT IT
DIDN'T GET THERE BY ACCIDENT OR OVERNIGHT. 
          AND WE'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO PUT THE MONEY IN TO REPAIR IT AND GET IT TO ITS GLORY. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, EVEN NOW,
EVEN IF IT'S SIX, SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW, THAT IT'S A NEW BOND, THAT WE START ALREADY PRIMING THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK
LIKE, WHETHER THAT'S 25 MILLION, WHETHER THAT'S 50 MILLION,
WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT MAKE A PLAN, PRIORITIZE IT AND YEAR OVER YEAR, EMPHASIZE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE WILL
TRULY BRING THE DOLLARS THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT GAP COMPLETELY. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF WE COULD I JUST ASK,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, MADAM CHAIR, BUT IF WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF MORE GRANULAR BRIEFING FROM YOU THAT'S GOING
TO GO FURTHER INTO WHAT THIS THIS SLIDE TOUCHES ON WITH THE MULTIPLE OFFERS ON MULTIPLE FACILITIES,
NOT ONE THAT WOULD COMPROMISE OUR ABILITY TO MARKET IT COMPETITIVELY, BUT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND MAYBE EVEN GIVE AN EDGE COMPETITIVELY TO
THE PUBLIC BY TALKING ABOUT WHERE THERE'S A DEMAND FOR SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS, WHAT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL PROGRAMING LOOKS LIKE,
AND WHAT THOSE REVENUE NUMBERS COULD LOOK LIKE FROM THESE BUILDINGS. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. THE 40 ACRE DEVELOPMENT. 
          I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED. Y'ALL KNOW, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. 
          I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE,
AS YOU ALL HAVE DONE. 
          I'M NOT SAYING Y'ALL HAVEN'T, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK
RESIDENTS ARE A PART OF THAT PROCESS AND BUILD WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT CAN LOOK 
          [00:55:01]
LIKE ON THE BACK END ONCE IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED. 
          THE COTTON BOWL OPERATOR, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED HELP OPERATING THAT SPACE,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEVERAGE THAT FACILITY TO HELP BOOST UP THE, THE REST OF THE GROUNDS, I HOPE WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT REPLICATING WHAT THEY'RE DOING
SUCCESSFULLY AT THE ROSE BOWL AND TRULY SEEING HOW, AGAIN, EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR A PLATE WITH A RICH PERSON'S NAME ON IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT
GENERATES REVENUE FOR US SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH BRANDS, ETCETERA. AND THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK JUST ONE THING THAT'S COME UP SEVERAL,
SEVERAL YEARS. 
          AND I, AND I WAS TRYING TO POINT OUT IN MY OWN HEAD WHEN WALKING THROUGH THE STATE FAIR OF
TEXAS, WE HAVE SOME PRETTY MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY DO. 
          THEY, THEY UNDERGO A GREAT DEAL OF INVESTMENT JUST TO GET PREPPED FOR THESE 24 DAYS. 
          AND MANY TIMES IT INCLUDES ACTUAL POURING OF CONCRETE,
RIGHT? ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS. EXPENSIVE, BUT TEMPORARY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IN LIGHT OF US BEING ABLE TO TRULY DIG INTO THAT CONTRACT AND GIVE
SOME NEW TERMS, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME LEFT ON THAT. 
          IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD GET WITH THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS GOING INTO FUTURE SEASONS
AND REALLY LOOK AT HOW EVEN IF IT CHANGES UP THE ORIENTATION OF THEIR OPERATIONS A LITTLE BIT,
IF ONE THING THAT'S PROGRAMED MAYBE HAS TO MOVE 100 YARDS, ETC.. BUT IF WE COULD START TO REALLY LEVERAGE THE MONEY THEY'RE ALREADY WILLING AND GOING
TO BE SPENDING ON POURING CONCRETE ON REPAIRING PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO, TO TRULY BE PERMANENT INSTEAD OF TEMPORARY USES. 
          BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE JUST REALLY STUCK IN THEIR WAYS AND NOT,
I DON'T SAY THAT IN A NEGATIVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN OPERATION AND THEY'RE BRINGING, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 3 MILLION PEOPLE HERE EVERY YEAR,
RIGHT? SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT THERE SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT SOME OF THIS CONCRETE BEING POURED THAT WOULD STAY AND BENEFIT US ONCE THE FAIR GOES
AWAY. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE TRULY DUG INTO THAT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO, TO, TO, TO BE ABOUT CHANGING THEIR TERMS OR MAKING THEM COME UP WITH ANY MORE MONEY THAN
THEY ALREADY WOULD. 
          BUT LET'S SEE, THE, THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE SPENDING CAN BE SOMETHING THAT HELPS US LONG
TERM INSTEAD OF JUST DURING THE FAIR SEASON. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION,
AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS GOING TO SAY WE WILL BRING BACK TO THE TO,
TO PTE OUR PLAN FOR US, LIKE THE BREMER FUNDS OUR NEXT TRANCHE OF BREMER MONEY BECAUSE IT CAN ONLY BE USED ON CERTAIN BUILDINGS, FIVE BUILDINGS,
AND WANT TO GIVE YOU THE DETAIL AND THEN SHOW THAT, OKAY, BRIAN IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, BUT WE STILL HAVE THIS MUCH WE MAY NEED THROUGH
FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS, SO WE'LL PROVIDE A MORE DETAILED LIST. THANK YOU,
DIRECTOR JENKINS. 
          I THINK WE WILL. WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PRESENTATION. 
          ALL RIGHT. I KNOW CHAIR WEST DID NOT HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          CHAIR BLAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR FIXING THE AIR IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN. 
          IT GETS A LITTLE WARM. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE. 
          AND BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ELEVATORS. 
          THE ELEVATORS. THE LAST TIME I WAS AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM,
THE ELEVATORS WERE NOT OPERABLE. 
          OR IS ARE THERE PLANS TO. IT'S BEEN A MINUTE,
BUT BUT IT HASN'T BEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          SEVERAL MONTHS. OKAY, SO I SEE YOUR FACE. OKAY. 
          BUT WERE THOSE PART OF YOUR REPAIRS THAT YOU HAD TO DO BECAUSE THE LAST OPERATOR DID NOT
MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY APPROPRIATELY. LET ME GET THE CONTEXT TO THAT IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION WHEN I GET
BACK TO THE OFFICE. 
          OKAY. IF THAT'S NOT OPERATING THAT, THAT THAT IS A STANDARD. 
          YOU REACH OUT TO US IN OUR FACILITIES. WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR A SERVICE ELEVATOR SERVICE
THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THEN LET ME GO TO. I KNOW FAIR PARK. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAIR PARK AND BONDS AND MONEY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE MONEY IN
ORDER TO GET FAIR PARK THE WAY WE NEED IT. 
          IN THE 2024 BOND, I KNOW A LOT OF THE FUNDING WAS FOR RECREATION AND THINGS OTHER THAN
FAIR PARK. 
          WAS THERE ANY ALLOCATION FROM THE 2024 BOND PACKAGE,
THE $340 MILLION BOND PACKAGE THAT WOULD GO TO FAIR PARK? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WENT TO FAIR PARK? YES,
MA'AM. 
          THERE WAS $5 MILLION IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM. 
          JUST ONLY 5 MILLION? YES, MA'AM. WHEN WILL THAT MONEY BE SPENT FOR FAIR PARK? 
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WELL, WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF IT. WE USE SOME OF THE FUNDING TO
REPLACE THE HVAC AT AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. 
          WAS [INAUDIBLE] CHEAP? THAT WAS NOT A CHEAP? I WANT TO SAY IT WAS AROUND 800,000. 
          SO WE HAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY COMING UP RELATIVELY SOON. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO DEPLOY IT CURRENTLY. 
          BUT WE, THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TOWARDS AFRICAN
AMERICAN MUSEUM TO FINALIZE SOME OF THE PROJECT THAT WAS DONE MAINLY THROUGH STATE GRANT FUNDS. OKAY. AND I SEE THAT IN YOUR, YOUR, YOUR,
YOUR REVIEW THAT YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EXTERIOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BEAUTIFICATION PROCESS. 
          I DID GO TO THE JAZZ FESTIVAL THIS YEAR. THE INTERIOR COULD USE A LITTLE LOVE AS WELL. 
          BOTH BUILDINGS AND IS THERE ANY ALLOCATIONS THAT ARE GOING OR PLANS OR WHAT'S THE PLANS IN
ORDER TO GET THOSE TYPE OF THINGS UNDERWAY. YEAH, I KNOW BRANDON RYAN CAN TALK ON IT,
BUT THAT'S THE NEXT TRANCHE OF THE BREMER BILL IS DEFINITELY DEDICATED TOWARDS THE MUSIC HALL AUTOMOBILE AND CENTENNIAL. THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND THE AND THE BANDSHELL. YES. SO WE'LL SEE NEXT YEAR,
MAYBE THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          IF THE IF THE IF WE ISSUE THE BONDS IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY,
HOPEFULLY. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW INTEREST RATES ARE PRETTY HIGH. 
          SO HOPEFULLY IF THEY COME DOWN, WE'LL ISSUE THOSE BONDS. 
          I'M HOPING AROUND JANUARY, FEBRUARY. HOPEFULLY THE INTEREST RATES WILL COME DOWN. 
          IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO GET A A GAME PLAN. WHAT WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? WHAT ARE WHAT WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO TO SPEND YOUR YOUR FOCUS AND YOUR TIME,
AND A TIMELINE AS TO FUNDING AND REPAIRS BASED ON THE NEEDS AND THE PRIORITIES. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW SOME BUILDINGS HAVE A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN OTHERS. 
          SO IF WE COULD SEE THE PRIORITY, THE NEED, AND THE AND THE PLAN,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. CHAIR RIDLEY. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. 
          I DIDN'T SEE IN THE PRESENTATION ANY REFERENCE TO THE BREMER BILL FUNDING. 
          AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU ARE WORKING ON A MASTER PLAN FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE FUNDS
AND WHAT THE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE. 
          WELL, AS DIRECTOR JENKINS JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE INITIATING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH HILLTOP
ON THE NEXT TRANCHE OF FUNDING THAT WOULD COME WE'RE LOOKING AT SPRING TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER'S NEXT SALE. 
          SO WE'RE STARTING THAT PROCESS AS FAR AS HOW TO DEPLOY THE DOLLARS. 
          WE DO HAVE KIND OF A VERY HIGH LEVEL PLAN. YOU KNOW,
THERE HAVE BEEN DOLLARS OBVIOUSLY DEPLOYED TO THE COTTON BOWL. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN DOLLARS DEPLOYED TO MUSIC HALL,
BUT THE NEXT THREE PRIORITY SPACES REALLY ARE OTTO CENTENNIAL AND MUSIC HALL. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER TWO, THE OTHER TWO ELIGIBLE FACILITIES ARE BANDSHELL AND
COLISEUM. 
          BUT REALLY THE MUSIC HALL, AUTO AND CENTENNIAL ARE THE NEXT PRIORITIES. 
          WHAT IS CONTEMPLATED FOR THE MUSIC HALL? I KNOW IT'S IN NEED OF A LOT OF REPAIRS. 
          THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE EXPENSIVE PROJECTS. WE HAVE NOT DONE A DETAILED SCOPE YET BECAUSE
WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED EXACTLY WHAT THE FUNDING LEVEL WILL BE FROM THE NET, FROM THE NEXT TRANCHE OF BREMER DEBT. BUT AS SOON AS WE GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON THAT, WE WILL START TO DEFINE THE SCOPES. BUT I THINK,
YOU KNOW, AT A MINIMUM, IT'S IT NEEDS RESTROOMS. IT NEEDS IT NEEDS NEW ELECTRICAL. IT NEEDS NEW PLUMBING. 
          IT'S, IT'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT BOTH OF THE EXHIBIT HALLS NEED. 
          AND WITH REGARD TO THE STATE FAIR, I KNOW THAT THEY PAY RENT OR STIPEND TO THE CITY. 
          DOES THAT END UP IN PARKS DEPARTMENT COFFERS? AND WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE FUNDS? THAT ENDS UP IN THE FAIR PARK BUDGET,
AND IT'S USED TO FUND OUR OPERATING. 
          DOES THAT INCLUDE MAINTENANCE OR WHEN YOU SAY OPERATING,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YEAH. MAINTENANCE IS A PART OF OUR OPERATING. YES,
SIR. 
          OKAY. AND HOW MUCH IS THAT A YEAR? THE RENT IS 1.75 MILLION A YEAR. 
          OKAY. AND IS THAT UNDER A LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENT? AND WHEN DOES THAT EXPIRE? IT IS 2036, 2036. WELL ARE THERE ESCALATION CLAUSES BUILT IN TO
THAT RENT? YEAH. THE THE RENT INCREASES, I THINK IN 2028. 
          SO IN TWO MORE YEARS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. 
          [01:05:02]
I WAS GOING TO SEE IF CHAIR JOHNSON HAD A QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
BUT HE STEPPED HE HE ESCAPED OR STEPPED AWAY. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO CALL OUT. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK WE'VE ALL TAKEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT AND YES. 
          NOW BECAUSE SO MUCH GREAT WORK IS HAPPENING,
WE LOGICALLY MOVE TO NOW WHAT'S THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SET OF GREAT WORK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? SO LET ME,
BUT LET ME GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION AND JUST CALL OUT SOME THINGS THAT I HEARD THAT ARE REASSURING AND I THINK SPEAK TO THE FUTURE OF FAIR PARK. 
          STABILIZATION. MODERNIZATION. MODERNIZATION. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. 
          PROACTIVELY GETTING THE APPROVAL ON THE PAINT COLORS. 
          I MEAN, THAT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL DETAIL, BUT I CAN IMAGINE HOW THAT WOULD DELAY YOUR
PROCESS IF YOU HAD TO WAIT EACH TIME. 
          SECURITY IN THE CENTRAL COMMAND CENTER PROGRAMING NEW SPACES AT THE COTTON BOWL. 
          COTTON BOWL. AND IT JUST GOES, IT GOES ON FROM THERE. 
          I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALL BROUGHT OUT CERTAIN GREAT PIECES OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED THIS PAST YEAR. 
          AND I, THERE'S HARDLY WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT WE WERE IN A BIT OF A
GLOOMY SPOT AND WONDERING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF FAIR PARK. AND AGAIN,
I WILL SAY, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA AND DIRECTOR RYAN, DIRECTOR JENKINS AND, AND GENERAL MANAGER WULKE,
YOU GUYS HAVE STEPPED UP AND REALLY MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THIS PAST YEAR AND GIVEN US HOPE THAT THIS, THIS BEAUTIFUL ASSET OF THE CITY OF DALLAS CAN TRULY FUNCTION AND
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO DETERIORATE BEFORE OUR EYES. 
          AND THAT WAS OUR WORRY AND OUR CONCERN. SO WE'RE ANXIOUS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT PLANS THAT SET
UP SOME OF THE FUNDING AND THE PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDING IN PLACE. I THINK WE ALL HAVE YOU KNOW,
THOUGHTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE ON, ON THAT PROCESS. SO I THINK JUST, I HAVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR,
FOR WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          AND LITERALLY JUST A YEAR. LIKE I SAID, YOU'VE GIVEN US HOPE. 
          SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES. CHAIR. 
          RIDLEY. JUST A REQUEST. THE BREMER BILL PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR FAIR PARK AS A RESULT OF A PUBLIC VOTE. I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT IN YOUR FUTURE PRESENTATIONS TO THIS
COMMITTEE, THAT YOU PROFILE JUST WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO
LISTEN TO THIS COMMITTEE OR TALK TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER CAN BE WELL INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THEIR VOTE RESULTED IN. 
          VISIBILITY IS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR HERE. YES. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. 
          YES. I WILL JUST ADD TO MR. RIDLEY'S POINT, IN ADDITION TO THE FRONT FACING AND THE
TRANSPARENCY PIECE, BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH IT, I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR US TO HOLD THE OTHER
PART, THE OTHER FRACTION TO THIS, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER
ACCOUNTABLE. 
          WE, WE SOLD THIS AS 20%. I KNOW THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS AFFORDED US TO SAY UP TO 20%,
BUT THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS, IS SEE, AND I EXPRESSED THIS, THEN I'LL CONTINUE TO EXPRESS IT NOW. 
          BUT FOR THAT 20% TO GO DOWN BY ANY MEANS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH THE
CONVENTION CENTER, CONSTRUCTION, ETC., THAT THOSE GAPS ARE FILLED OTHER PLACES,
BUT WE STILL GIVE. 
          I AM ADAMANTLY CONVINCED THAT THE REASON WE SAW THE BREMER BILL AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT WAS,
WAS BECAUSE FAIR PARK WAS INCLUDED IN THAT PROPOSITION. AND SO THE LAST THING WE NEED TO DO IS PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER THE VOTERS
AFTER THEY ARE EXPECTING SOMETHING. 
          SO THOSE UPDATES WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STILL MAINTAINING THE
TARGET AND STAYING ON POINT WITH THE THRESHOLD THAT WE HAVE TOLD THE PUBLIC. 
          I WANTED TO JUST SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT,
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I WASN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO, BUT I SEE THAT WE NOW HAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM THE MEDIA HERE,
AND THE MEDIA LOVES TO COVER FAIR PARK, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T ALWAYS LOVE TO COVER THE POSITIVES. 
          AND I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE OUR MEDIA, BUT ALSO OUR COMMS TEAM TO DO A BETTER JOB BECAUSE
SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, NOT JUST THE, THE, THE, THE STUFF, THE NITTY GRITTY,
RIGHT? NOT JUST THE MURAL RESTORATIONS AND THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE A SEXY HEADLINE FOR A NEWS
STORY. 
          RIGHT? BUT FINALLY SELLING OUT OUR TEXAS BLACK INVITATIONAL RODEO,
RIGHT? HAVING ALMOST 15,000 PEOPLE AT A BRAND NEW GRASSROOTS FARMERS MARKET IN THE HEART OF SOUTH
DALLAS. 
          [01:10:04]
AND IT BEING SOMETHING THAT MOVED FROM THE WHITE ROCK COMMUNITY AND CONTINUED TO SUSTAIN
ITSELF WITH THE SAME PURVEYORS AND VENDORS. 
          I MEAN, THESE TO ME ARE, ARE HUGE DEALS THAT WE DON'T GET TO SEE NEAR THE COVERAGE FOR. 
          AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PUT A PART OF Y'ALL'S PLAN TO PR,
YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S GET COMMS REALLY INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. I ASKED THE SAME FOR THAT BECAUSE WE,
WE, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR EVERY TIME I GET A NOTIFICATION OR A GOOGLE ALERT THAT FAIR PARK IS A PART OF A HEADLINE, IT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT TO,
THEY WANT TO SCRUTINIZE US OR THROW US INTO THE MUD. 
          THAT'S THERE'S SO MUCH THAT'S GOING ON THAT'S POSITIVE THERE. AND I WANT US TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT. SO Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. Y'ALL HAVE DONE THAT HERE IN THE PRESENTATION. BUT LET'S DO AN EQUAL GOOD JOB TO GET THOSE POSITIVE STORIES OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY
CAN SEE AND FEEL THE TANGIBLE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING FOR US AT FAIR PARK. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. 
          THAT'S A GOOD SUMMARY THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR THIRD BRIEFING AND OUR FINAL BRIEFING. 
          [C. 26-3116A Nuisance Abatement Division Overview [Christylla Miles, Assistant Director, Code Compliance Services]]
THIS COMES FROM THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT DIVISION OF CODE. 
          AND WE HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MILES, I BELIEVE IS MAKING IT. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE DIRECTOR HODGES GOTT, HODGES GOTT. 
          I THINK I MIGHT HAVE FLIPPED THAT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. GOOD MORNING. ANGELA HODGES GOTT DIRECTOR OF OQS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MILES GET STARTED AND SAY WE'RE
WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SHARE WITH YOU THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT ARE THAT IS HELPING TO
ADVANCE CECAP. 
          AND SO TO THAT END SHE IS HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT NUISANCE ABATEMENT. 
          AND THERE'S A PORTION ON HOW THAT FALLS UNDER THEIR CECAP MILESTONES FOR THE CODE PART,
CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER. THANK YOU ANGELA. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. 
          CHRISTYLLA MILES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH CODE COMPLIANCE,
NUISANCE ABATEMENT DEPARTMENT SECTION. 
          I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW TODAY ABOUT THE NUISANCE
ABATEMENT PROGRAM. 
          OUR ILLEGAL DUMPING STRATEGY IS BUILT AROUND PRP. 
          I CALL IT PREVENTION, BEING RESPONSIVE AND PARTNERSHIP. 
          LEAST OF ALL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING PROPERTY OWNERS ACCOUNTABLE AS
WELL. 
          CODE COMPLIANCE HAS INVESTED IN PROACTIVE RESOURCES BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT SIMPLY
CLEANING THE SAME LOCATION DOES NOT SOLVE THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. OUR GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY RECURRING LOCATIONS,
GET, DUMP AND REMOVE QUICKLY, ENGAGE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTNER OR WHEN IT'S INVOLVED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS WORK OUT OUR WORK WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. 
          AND THAT MEANS THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO WORK WITH MARSHALS,
POLICE DEPARTMENT, EMCR, DW, PUBLIC WORKS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH ABATEMENT. 
          SLIDE NUMBER ONE, PLEASE. OUR GOAL IS TO SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          WE WANT TO PROMOTE CLEAN AND SAFE REVITALIZED NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE DO, WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR ENFORCING OF ORDINANCES,
ELIMINATING NUISANCES, AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          WE ADDRESS UNRESOLVED CODE VIOLATIONS THROUGH OUR CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. 
          WE COORDINATE ABATEMENT ACTIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN COMPLIANCE IS NOT ACHIEVED,
AND WE ALSO SUPPORT CLEANER AND SAFER AND MORE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. OUR STRATEGY IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE,
BE RESPONSIVE, ENGAGE AND PREVENT ILLEGAL DUMPING. SO WE EDUCATE THROUGH OUR PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WHERE WE GO OUT AND
WE ISSUE DOOR HANGERS. 
          WE DO ADOPT THE SPOTS, WE TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO HOTSPOTS WHERE WE EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY
ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          WE TRY OUR BEST TO BE RESPONSIVE WHEN WE SAY OUR SAME DAY RESPONSE FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING
MEANS WE'RE ANSWERING OUR CALL. 
          WE HAVE A 311 WHERE WE GET THOSE INFORMATION TO COME IN. 
          WE RESPOND. WE HAVE A LINE WHERE WE HAVE TEAM MEMBERS WORKING 8 TO 5:00 EACH DAY,
ANSWERING THE PHONE CALLS SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO CONCERNS OF ILLEGAL DUMPING, AND ALSO WE ENGAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH TRASH OFF EVENTS,
AND WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. HOW DOES IT WORK? WE HAVE AGAIN,
OUR ILLEGAL DUMPING HOTLINE IS 214-671-CODE. WE RECEIVE COMPLAINTS AND CALLS AND CONCERNS THROUGH OUR 311 RESIDENTS CAN
SPEAK DIRECTLY AGAIN WITH ONE OF OUR 
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TEAM MEMBERS IF THEY LIKE. AND WE ALSO TELL THEM THAT IT THEY CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS IF THEY
DECIDE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DIVULGE THEIR PERSONAL NAME OR THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE FOUR PRO TEAMS, PRO ILLEGAL DUMPING TEAMS,
MEANING THAT WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE. THEY ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN THE CITY THROUGHOUT,
AND THEY GO OUT EACH DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS LOCATIONS. 
          THEY SEE IT. WE DON'T WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO CALL. 
          WE SEND A TEAM OUT DAILY TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE MARSHALS AGAIN,
EMCR AS WELL AS OTHERS TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. WE ALSO REMOVE GRAFFITI. WE HAVE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TEAM WHERE WE GET
PERMISSION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS TO REMOVE GRAFFITI. WE GIVE THEM A WAIVER. THIS IS A NO COST SERVICE TO THEM. 
          AND WE OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ABATE AND REMOVE GRAFFITI. 
          WE SECURE VACANT STRUCTURES. WE HAVE A TEAM THAT GOES OUT ALSO IN BOARD UP WINDOWS AND
DOORS OF VACANT STRUCTURES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE A HEAVY CLEANING TEAM. OUR HEAVY TEAM CLEAN WORKS QUITE A BIT WITH MS. WE'RE VERY RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS WHEN THEY ARE ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. 
          WHENEVER THEY CALL US, WE WORK WITH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO REMOVE LITTER AND
DEBRIS FROM LOCATIONS. 
          WE REMOVE BRUSH, WE REMOVE LARGE ITEMS SUCH AS DISCARDED FURNITURE,
AND WE USE OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SUCH AS OUR BOBCATS AND OUR COMBO BOOMS. AND WE HAVE TWO PERSON CREWS THAT HELP WITH THESE CLEANUP. 
          NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE MOW, CLEAN AND LITTER OPERATIONS. 
          OUR CITY CREWS. WE MOW PROPERTIES. WE REMOVE SMALL AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS. 
          WE HAVE HAND CREWS WHERE IF A LOT HAS LITTER ON IT,
THEY HAVE PICKERS. 
          THEY CAN GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN UP THOSE LOT,
PICK UP SMALL AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND WE HAVE IT REMOVED WITH OUR TRASH TRUCK. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ZERO TURNS. WE HAVE EQUIPMENT WHERE WE CAN GO OUT AND MOW THOSE LOCATIONS AS
WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE A TIRE ABATEMENT UNIT. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
MOST PEOPLE WHO ILLEGALLY DUMP, THEY DUMP TIRES. WE'RE ALWAYS OUT PICKING UP TIRES THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
GETTING THOSE ABATED. 
          WE COLLECT TIRES AT OUR TRASH TRASH OFF EVENTS,
AND WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IT 100. 
          CO COMPLIANCE. WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR RESIDENTS,
OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE CLEANER, GREENER AND MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITIES. AGAIN,
AS STATED EARLIER, WE DO OUR CLEANUP PROJECTS SUCH AS OUR TRASH OFF OUR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY HAND TOOL PROGRAM WHERE IF A RESIDENT CALLED US AND SAY,
HEY, I DON'T HAVE A LAWN MOWER THAT'S WHY I CAN'T MOVE MY GRASS. 
          WE LOAN THEM TOOLS AT NO COST, AS LONG AS THEY RETURN THEM BACK TO US SO THAT THEY CAN
HELP ABATE THAT VIOLATION ON THEIR PROPERTY AND MOW THEIR GRASS AND WEEDS. 
          WE PARTNER PROACTIVELY WITH THE CLEANUP PROGRAMS. WE HAVE VOLUNTEER CLEANUPS. WE HAVE PEOPLE ADOPT STREETS WHERE THEY GO OUT. 
          SORORITIES, FRATERNITIES, CHURCHES. WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE HELP AND PRODUCE AND
SUSTAIN CLEAN COMMUNITIES. SO WE OFFER THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO THEM AND WE COLLABORATE AND COLLABORATE
WITH THEM. 
          SO OUR WORKSHOPS AND OUR RESOURCES ARE BEYOND JUST OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. 
          WE USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE CLEANER
COMMUNITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [INAUDIBLE]. THIS RIGHT HERE IS JUST A BRIEF IDEA OF SOME OF THE
NUMBERS THAT WE SHOWED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND HOW WE ARE BEING VERY RESPONSIVE. 
          WE HAD OVER 22,000 REQUESTS FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT. 
          OUR AVERAGE TO CLOSE THOSE CASES IS ABOUT 4 TO 5 AS WELL AS OUR AVERAGE DAYS TO CLOSE. 
          OTHER ILLEGAL DUMPING CASES IS ALMOST A DAY. SO WE ARE BEING VERY RESPONSIVE. 
          YOU CALL ME TODAY, WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO CALL YOU BACK. 
          SO WE ARE RESPONDING TO YOU. NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF OUR BENEFITS AND OUTCOMES OF HAVING A NUISANCE ABATEMENT TEAM IS A CLEANER COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST THROUGH COLLABORATION
AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO. 
          THE TRASH OPS, THE WALK YOUR BLOCKS, THE EDUCATION TOOLS THAT WE USE,
AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMUNICATE ON A REGULAR BASIS 
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IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE. WE ALWAYS PROMOTE CLEANER COMMUNITIES. WE SAY, HOW CAN YOU HELP US MAKE DALLAS BEAUTIFUL? HOW CAN YOU HELP US KEEP DALLAS CLEAN? WE REPORT. 
          WE ASK RESIDENTS TO REPORT NUISANCES IMMEDIATELY,
PROMPTLY, AS SOON AS THEY SEE IT. 
          WE CALL IT IN. WE COOPERATE. WE ASK THEM TO COOPERATE WITH OUR INSPECTORS,
WITH OUR STAFF WHEN THEY GO OUT AND ADDRESS IT, AS WELL AS BE A PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS. WE ASK RESIDENTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR THEIR GRASS. 
          WE OFFER AGAIN OPPORTUNITIES TO REMOVE GRAFFITI,
AND WE SET UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO DISPOSE OF WASTE ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          SO WE ASK EVERYBODY TO HELP AND JOIN OUR CLEANUP INITIATIVES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, OUR TEAM CAN DEFINITELY HANG AROUND FOR A FEW MINUTES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MILES, WE ARE GOING TO TURN TO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH CHAIR BLAIR. THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MILES FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. 
          ALSO, THANK YOU IN DISTRICT IN THE SOUTHERN AREA. 
          AND WE DO COLLABORATE. I HAVE TO SAY THAT YES,
WE ARE COLLABORATING AND HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF YOU THAT ARE SITTING AT THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ILLEGAL DUMPING TRASH OFF
EVERYTHING YOU'VE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN MY DISTRICT TO WORK WITH YOU,
UNFORTUNATELY. 
          BUT I CAN SAY PERSONALLY THAT, YES, THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED HERE ARE THINGS
THAT I HAVE FOUND TO BE EXTREMELY FACTUAL. THANK YOU. WE HAVE EVERYTHING HERE. WE'VE CALLED YOU ON IN IN MY DISTRICT. 
          SO AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP. 
          CAN YOU TALK TO US, THOUGH, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY,
THE DIFFICULTIES WHEN YOU HAVE HAVE PRIVATE PARTY. PRIVATE PARTY. IT'S NOT RESIDENTIAL. 
          PRIVATE PROPERTY. I COULDN'T SAY IT TODAY. PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO ABATE. AND THE CHALLENGES SOMETIMES I KNOW SOMETIMES WE THINK THERE ARE THOSE THAT BELIEVE
THAT IT TAKES TOO LONG TO GET IT DONE. 
          BUT THERE IS PROCESSES. THERE ARE LEGAL PROCESSES THAT YOU ALL MUST GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO
GET IT DONE. 
          CAN YOU SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT TAKES? YES, MA'AM. I CAN DEFINITELY GIVE YOU A BRIEF SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS OF IT. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS A NOTIFICATION PROCESS. 
          ANYTIME PROPERTY OWNER PRIVATE PROPERTY IS INVOLVED,
THERE'S A NOTIFICATION PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM DUE PROCESS. ONCE THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS HAS BEGUN,
THERE ARE CERTAIN TIME FRAMES IN WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ALLOWED TO ABATE THOSE VIOLATIONS. SO OUR GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE ONCE THAT TIME
FRAME HAS EXPIRED. 
          IF VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE IS NOT ACHIEVED, THEN OUR INSPECTION STAFF,
THEY NORMALLY GO BACK OUT AND TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE RESIDENTS AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON ON WHY YOU
CANNOT ACHIEVE ABATEMENT? WE HAVE SEVERAL TOOLS AND OTHER ITEMS IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT WE CAN UTILIZE IN CASE A
PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT COMPLIANCE. 
          THE LAST PART ACTUALLY IS THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT PART. 
          THAT'S ME. THAT'S OUR TEAM RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO OUT AND WE CALL ENFORCE
COMPLIANCE. 
          WE ABATE THE VIOLATIONS, WE HOLD THE PROPERTY OWNERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE PLACE A LIEN ON THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          SO. WE'VE HAD SOME SOME VERY EXTENSIVE CLEANUPS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          AND THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO BE DONE. WE'VE AND WE'VE DONE A LOT WITH EMCR BECAUSE CAN YOU ALSO SHARE HOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE UNHOUSED POPULATION AND HOW. 
          SURE, HOW CHALLENGING IT CAN BE WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE UNSEEN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. 
          SURE, SURE. WE WORK WITH EMCR OR THE DALLAS MARSHALLS,
OF COURSE. 
          THAT ORGANIZATION NORMALLY CALLS US AND SAY,
HEY, CAN YOU ASSIST US? 
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WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE UNSHELTERED. AND SO,
THE MARSHALS HAVE A PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW IN REGARDS TO ADDRESSING THAT. EMCR HAS A PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW. 
          AND OF COURSE, CODE ENFORCEMENT, IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY,
WE INITIATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, HEY, DO YOU KNOW THIS IS GOING ON ON YOUR PROPERTY? HERE'S A NOTICE. HOW CAN WE ASSIST YOU ON THIS? WHILE EMCR AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE UNSHELTERED. 
          SO WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ABATED
WHEN NECESSARY, WE REMOVE LITTER AND DEBRIS. WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO TAKE ANY ITEMS FROM
ANY UNSHELTERED PEOPLE, BUT WE DEFINITELY, ONCE THEY'VE WORKED WITH EMCR OR THE MARSHALS AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WE DO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNER ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          AND I DO KNOW THAT OEQS HAS HAD A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP WITH NUISANCE ABATEMENT AND, AND HOW WE HAVE ONCE IT'S NOT JUST SIMPLE,
THERE'S A PILE OF TRASH HERE THAT WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP AND IT'S A LARGE PILE OF TRASH. IT COULD, IT COULD ALSO CREATE A ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE THAT ALSO HAS TO
BE ADDRESSED. SO, MISS HODGES, WHAT CAN YOU ALSO SHARE WITH US HOW YOU FIT INTO THIS PLAN? OF COURSE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          SO THERE'S A FEW SEPARATE WAYS PRIMARILY PART OF WHAT THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM DOES
FALLS UNDER THEIR MILESTONES FOR THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CECAP. 
          SO ITEMS LIKE THE TRASH OFF ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THEIR MILESTONES FOR CECAP. 
          AND, AND THE, THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT. SO THAT'S,
THAT'S ONE CATEGORY. 
          PREVIOUSLY WHEN STORMWATER WAS PART OF OEQS,
THERE WAS ALSO A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP THERE. 
          STORMWATER SINCE OCTOBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR IS NO LONGER PART OF OEQS. 
          SO, SO IT'S DWU THAT PARTNERS WITH THEM ON ISSUES THAT FALL WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN OR ON
BANKS OF THE RIVERS OR CREEKS AND THAT SORT OF THING. IN TERMS OF OTHER HAZARDS WE'RE HERE AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND A RESOURCE IF
QUESTIONS COME UP ABOUT SPECIFIC HAZARDS. BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY RESPOND DIRECTLY,
BUT WE, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, AND OFFER ASSISTANCE IN COORDINATING AND CONNECTING WITH THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE. 
          AND MY LAST THING THAT I WILL SHARE IS YES, WITH YOUR YOUR TIRES AND TRASH OFF. 
          YOU HAVE TAKEN EVERYTHING. IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN OUT YOUR HOUSE,
CLEAN OUT YOUR GARAGE, SHRED PAPER, GET RID OF OLD COMPUTER EQUIPMENT,
OLD TIRES. 
          THE ONLY THING YOU DON'T TAKE IS OLD CARS. SO I I'VE USED YOUR TRASH OFF WHEN I NEED TO
PURGE. 
          SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE TRASH OFFS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW
PARTNERSHIP WITH RESIDENTS, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE STORED THAT THEY CAN'T PUT IN
THEIR REGULAR TRASH. THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, TO GET RID OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL WAY
TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP. 
          SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN MY DISTRICT. 
          AND THANK YOU, BECAUSE I WILL BE CALLING YOU AGAIN. 
          YES, MA'AM. CHAIR RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          WHAT YOU DO DOESN'T MAKE THE HEADLINES. BUT WHAT YOU DO IS CRITICAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO I WANT TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ILLEGAL DUMPING ABATEMENT. 
          WHAT CONSTITUTES ILLEGAL DUMPING? ILLEGAL DUMPING IS WHEN A PERSON GOES TO A PROPERTY
WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DISCARD TRASH AND DEBRIS. DOES IT HAVE TO BE OF A CERTAIN SIZE? MINIMUM SIZE? NO, SIR, IT DOES NOT. OKAY, SO I HAD A CONSTITUENT CONTACT ME RECENTLY AFTER
THEY RECEIVED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FROM CODE ABOUT A LARGE PILE OF USED CARPETING THAT WAS DUMPED IN THE ALLEY BEHIND THEIR HOME. 
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AND THEY ASKED ME WHAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. 
          DOES THE ABATEMENT TEAM REMOVE THAT KIND OF,
I WOULD CALL IT ILLEGAL DUMPING WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, OR ONLY WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER FAILS TO REMOVE IT THEMSELVES. 
          SO YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION. IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED. 
          LET ME EXPLAIN. IN SOME LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EASEMENT OR ALLEYWAYS OR ADJACENT PROPERTY. 
          SO FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE ENDS OR BEGINS. 
          PER OUR ORDINANCE IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO HAVE THOSE DISCARDED
ITEMS REMOVED. 
          HOWEVER, WE DO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GIVE US A CALL AND LET US KNOW THAT ILLEGAL DUMPING HAS
OCCURRED. 
          WE MAY LOOK AND SEE IF THIS IS A RECURRING LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE FREQUENT AND SAY,
HEY, THIS IS A HIDDEN STREET OR A HIDDEN ALLEY. 
          WE KNOW WE CAN DUMP OVER HERE WITHOUT BEING SEEN,
AND THAT'S WHEN WE DISPATCH OUR PRO TEAMS OUT. 
          OUR PRO TEAMS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND MONITOR THOSE LOCATIONS AND SEE IF IT'S A
REPEAT LOCATION. 
          AND WE WANT TO ESTABLISH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MARSHALS AND SAY,
HEY, WE KEEP GETTING DUMPING IN THIS AREA. 
          HOW CAN WE TEAM UP AND WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO COME TO A RESOLUTION TO SOLVE THIS? BUT ULTIMATELY, AGAIN, IT IS ACCOUNTABILITY. IT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND IT'S IT'S UGLY. YOU KNOW, I HATE BEING A PROPERTY OWNER AND SOMEBODY COMES OVER AND
DUMP ON MY PROPERTY. 
          OF COURSE, WE HAVE EMPATHY FOR THAT PROPERTY OWNER,
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOL THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. 
          SO IF YOUR ABATEMENT TEAM ENDS UP ABATING THE ILLEGAL DUMPING,
YOU THEN CHARGE THE HOMEOWNER FOR THE COST OF DOING THAT. 
          YES, SIR, THAT IS CORRECT. ON SLIDE SIX, YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR OPERATION TO SECURE VACANT
STRUCTURES. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY STATISTICS ABOUT HOW MANY YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR OR WHAT THE COST OF
DOING THAT IS? AND DO YOU ALWAYS CHARGE OR LIEN THE PROPERTY FOR THAT COST? SIR, I DON'T HAVE THE STATISTICS WITH ME, BUT I CAN GET THOSE AND PUT THEM ON A MEMO FOR
YOU. 
          I CAN ALSO GATHER THAT INFORMATION ON THE COST,
THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THOSE LOCATIONS AS WELL AS WELL. 
          GREAT. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CHARGE BACK THE PROPERTY OWNER IF YOU HAVE TO DO
THAT. 
          YES, SIR. OKAY, GOOD. BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE A COST RECOVERY ITEM. 
          AND THEN FINALLY WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE TRASH PICKUP TRUCKS,
MOUNTING CAMERAS TO TAKE IMAGES OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING CODE VIOLATIONS. 
          HAVE THOSE, HAS THAT OPERATION RESULTED IN YOUR IDENTIFICATION PRIOR TO RECEIVING A
SERVICE REQUEST OF ILLEGAL DUMPING OR UNSECURED STRUCTURES? HAS THAT BEEN PRODUCTIVE FOR YOU? AT THIS TIME THE PROGRAM IS NEW AND YES, WE ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING IT. 
          THAT TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT INDEPENDENTLY DETERMINE THAT A VIOLATION HAS OCCURRED. 
          IT SAYS THAT POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS ARE, THEY ARE REVIEWED AND THEY ARE VALIDATED BY OUR
CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF BEFORE WE MAKE A SERVICE REQUEST. 
          WE DO AN INSPECTION AND SOMETIMES THERE'S COURTESY COMMUNICATION INVOLVED. 
          WE MAKE SURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION IS TAKEN. 
          SO YOU HAVE FOUND THAT PRODUCTIVE. TELL ME AGAIN. 
          YOU HAVE FOUND THAT. HELPFUL. IMAGING PRODUCTIVE? YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CHAIR JOHNSON. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR STEWART. SO LET ME LET ME START. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR PRESENTING THIS MORNING. 
          YOU GUYS WORK WITH CODE, I KNOW, I THINK YOU SAID YOU WORK WITH EVERYBODY,
RIGHT? SO I THINK CODE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. 
          I KNOW I CALLED CHRIS CHRISTIAN A LOT TO GET SOME HELP. 
          AND THEN HE ALSO HELPS ME BY POINTING ME INTO OTHER DIRECTIONS WHEN I'M UNAWARE OF WHAT'S
GOING ON. 
          AND I KNOW THAT TEXDOT HAS DONE A LOT AND IS DOING A LOT IN OUR AREA. 
          BUT TELL ME HOW YOU GUYS, WHEN YOU GO OUT TO GET SOME OF THAT UNHOUSED COMMUNITY AND SOME
OF THE, THE DUMPING THAT THEY HAVE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS,
ITEMS THAT THEY'RE HAVING THAT'S REALLY TRASH IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HOW DO YOU GUYS WORK ON THAT PROCESS? FIRST OF ALL,
WE WORK THROUGH EMCR AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THOSE LOCATIONS. 
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THEY GIVE US A CALL, THEY TAKE LEAD ON THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          THEY CALL US. IF THERE ARE NO UNSHELTERED AT THAT LOCATION AND THEY'VE BEEN REMOVED,
WE GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THE LITTER AND DEBRIS FROM THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          OKAY. BECAUSE WHAT I'M SEEING IN, IN MY DISTRICT THAT IS NOT WORKING. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE COMING OUT AND WE'RE SAYING EMCR THE WORKERS ARE GREAT. 
          MR. OLDHAM THEY'RE, THEY'RE TELLING ME THEY'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE AND DO IT THIS WAY
AND GIVE ME A TIMELINE AND DEADLINE, AND THEY DON'T EVEN MEET THE TIMELINE AND DEADLINE. AND THEN I HAVE THINGS STACKING UP,
AND THEN I HAVE TO GO DO MORE EMAILS AND THEN HEAR MORE CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE PLAN THAT THEY INITIATED. 
          SO HOW DO I GET THAT GOING? BECAUSE WE CAN JUST GO IN ONE AREA,
WHICH IS LEDBETTER AND AND AUBURN. 
          IT'S NOT WORKING. THAT'S JUST ONE AREA. THEN I GO DOWN TO ANOTHER AREA,
WHICH IS 10TH STREET UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE. 
          IT IS NOT WORKING. SO HOW DO I GET CONSISTENCY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT
FOUR, WHEN I'M GETTING PROMISES MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH
WITH THEIR TIMELINE AND THEIR DEADLINE CONCERNING THESE MATTERS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, COUNCILMAN, I CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER AGENCY OR ANOTHER
DEPARTMENT, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO PRIVATE PROPERTY IN WHICH CODE COMPLIANCE HAS TO ADDRESS. 
          NORMALLY, IF WE HAVE PROPERTIES WHERE REPEAT VIOLATIONS OCCUR,
WE HAVE AN HNP PROGRAM, MEANING HABITUAL NUISANCE PROGRAM. 
          WE RECOMMEND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS REGISTER FOR THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WHEN A REPEATED
VIOLATION OCCURS AS A COURTESY, WE ENGAGE AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION. 
          AGAIN, I CANNOT SPEAK OR ATTEST TO WHAT TEXDOT OR ANOTHER PUBLIC DEPARTMENT IS DOING. 
          I ONLY CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          RIGHT? AND NOT SO MUCH TEXDOT, BUT JUST THE CITY OF DALLAS ADMINISTRATION. 
          IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. NOW WE ALSO HAVE, I THINK YOU,
YOU ALSO GO IN AND CLEAN UP THE LIKE THE TIRES AND ETCETERA THAT'S LEFT ON THE STREET. 
          YOU GUYS DO THAT AS WELL. WE DO IT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          ONLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. PRIVATE PROPERTY SIR. SO WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A TREE THAT'S
HANGING OVER IN THE STREET BECAUSE THIS LAST WEEK WE KNOW THE RAIN HAD CAME AND THEN A LOT OF THE ELECTRICITY WAS OUT. 
          BUT SOME OF MY CONCERN IS WHEN I'M DRIVING AND YOU START PAYING ATTENTION TO CERTAIN
THINGS WHEN WE'RE GETTING CALLS AND EMAILS. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY SEEING TREE LIMBS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET
FROM SOMEONE'S PROPERTY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ADDRESS WITH THAT HOMEOWNER? YES, SIR. IF THAT TREE STEMS FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY,
WE CAN GO OUT AND START THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE WITH THEM. 
          A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. IF IT'S ON PUBLIC PROPERTY,
WE HAVE TO REFER IT TO THE APPROPRIATE CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          OKAY. SO THAT'S A GOOD THAT. SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE MY COMMUNITY
UNDERSTANDS THAT. 
          LET ME ASK YOU THIS BECAUSE I'M GETTING. WHILE YOU'RE TALKING,
IT'S COMING IN. 
          SO I'M LOOKING AT MY PHONE AND I MEAN, THEY'RE HITTING ME. THE,DEBRIS THAT'S ON THE
FREEWAYS OR 35 OR OFF OF 35. DO WE HANDLE THAT? OR IS THAT TEXDOT? THAT'S TEXDOT SIR. OKAY. SO THAT'S TEXDOT. THAT'S NOT THE CITY. 
          NO, SIR. SO DOCTOR CONCORD DOES NOT HANDLE THOSE THINGS. 
          CORRECT. NOT US. WHICH PART DO WE HANDLE? IS IT ONLY PRIVATE CITIZEN? OR IF I'M DRIVING DOWN MARSALIS OR BONNEVILLE,
OR IF I'M OVER WHERE FAWN RIDGE IS, WHERE CHRIST FOR THE NATION. 
          AND WE JUST SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUMPING COUCHES AND EVERYTHING. 
          IS THAT WHO HANDLES THAT? BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THOSE AREAS. 
          GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE]. I'M THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT ADMINISTRATOR. 
          IF WE RUN ACROSS SOMETHING LIKE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON,
THAT IT COULD VERY WELL BE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS ALSO CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          IT JUST REALLY WOULD DEPEND ON WHERE EXACTLY IT'S LOCATED. 
          AND BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS OWN A LOT OF PROPERTY AS WELL,
IT, IT COULD JUST REALLY DEPEND ON WHERE IT IS. 
          BUT I BELIEVE THE AREA THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF AROUND FAWN FAHNRICH. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? THAT'S ONE OF THEM. YEAH,
THAT THAT ONE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT CODE COMPLIANCE WOULD HANDLE. 
          OKAY. AND AGAIN, CODE COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN GREAT. 
          WITH ME EVERY TIME I CALL MR. CHRISTIAN, HE COMES THROUGH THEY'VE ALWAYS,
I MEAN, THEY'RE WORKING VERY WELL. 
          MR. DENNIS BROADNAX AND HIS TEAM, WHEN I CALL,
WE THEY MEET ME OUT THERE BECAUSE I'M MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 
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I'M MORE HANDS ON. AND SO THEY'RE THERE WITH ME WORKING. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. I JUST GOT LIKE,
WHEN WE HAVE HOMES THAT'S BEING NUISANCE. 
          YOU GUYS DO HANDLE THOSE, CORRECT. IF THERE'S,
IF THEY'RE DUMPING ON THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE DUMPING ON THE PROPERTY BY THE, BY THEIR HOMEOWNERS. DO YOU GUYS HANDLE THAT OR IS THAT CODE? WE ARE THE ENTIRE. CODE IS ONE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE BROKEN UP INTO DIVISIONS. 
          SO YES, THAT IS CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL, SIR,
TO START OR INITIATE CASES. 
          IT GOES THROUGH OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, JEREMY REED,
AND I'M ON THE BACK END. 
          I'M YOUR CLEAN UP LADY. SO WHEN COMPLIANCE IS NOT VOLUNTARY ACHIEVED,
WE DO FORCE COMPLIANCE FORCE ABATEMENT. 
          SO YES SIR. THAT IS CODE WHEN IT INVOLVES PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. IS THAT THE SAME CONCEPT AND RULE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CONVENIENCE STORES AND THE
VIOLATIONS LIKE LIQUORS AND OTHERS THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE SEEING WHERE THERE'S DUMPING AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT,
THAT THAT FALLS WITH CODE THAT DOESN'T FALL WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT. CORRECT? YES, SIR. IT IS. WE HAVE A CONSUMER HEALTH DIVISION AS WELL. 
          THAT'S THE THIRD PART OF US. WE'RE, CEDRIC IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,
AND HE CAN DISPATCH HIS TEAM OUT TO ALSO OFFER A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AS WELL. WELL, IF YOU WOULD DO ME A FAVOR, CAN YOU GUYS CONTACT MY OFFICE DIRECTLY? YES, SIR. BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS ARE THINGS THAT I'M GETTING RIGHT HERE ON MY PHONE
THAT THEY'RE TEXTING, LIKE BACK TO BACK TO BACK. THAT MEANS MY COMMUNITY IS LISTENING AND REALLY FED UP WITH THE
NON-ACTION THAT WE'RE GETTING. 
          AND WE'RE GETTING THIS. WE CALL ONE DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S THAT DEPARTMENT. IT GOES THERE. AND THAT'S NOT HELPING ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EMCR TEAM IS GREAT WHEN THEY'RE THERE. 
          MR. GRAPE AND ALL THEM ALONZO GRAPE, THEY DO A GREAT JOB. 
          HOWEVER, THE LEADERSHIP AND IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS PROMISED TO ME AS A COUNCIL
MEMBER AND WHAT WAS PROMISED TO MY OFFICE AND OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY COME OUT AND SPEAK. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ADDRESSED BECAUSE YOU DRIVE DOWN JUST CERTAIN AREAS IN
DISTRICT FOUR, IT LOOKS LIKE NO ONE EVER CAME OUT. AND I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THEIR PLAN THAT THEY
PROVIDE TO ME. 
          AND THERE ARE TIMELINES AND DEADLINES. THAT'S HOW I'M ABLE TO PROGRESS,
MONITOR AND MONITOR PROGRESS AND KEEP EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE. 
          SO I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH ME AND MY TEAM SO WE CAN BRING SOME
REAL RESOLVE TO THESE MATTERS IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          THANK YOU. CHAIR COUNCIL COUNCIL PERSON. WE'D LOVE TO TAKE THIS EVEN FURTHER. 
          AS COUNCILMAN BLAIR KNOWS, WE WELCOME ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE ENGAGE WITH OUR
COMMUNITY, AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS AND LOOK AT THOSE HOT SPOTS AND SORE SPOTS IN YOUR
COMMUNITY AND WORK A PLAN SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THAT,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE STREETS WORKING AND GETTING SOME REAL RESULTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE CAN TALK LATER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK AND GET THIS THING DONE. IT'S BEEN A
LOT OF TALKING, BUT NOT ENOUGH WALKING. WE GOTTA GET STUFF DONE AND BRING REAL RESULTS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CHAIR JOHNSON. 
          CHAIR WEST. COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. THANK YOU. 
          I WILL ALSO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES,
BUT Y'ALL ARE DEFINITELY IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND I THINK THAT Y'ALL'S EFFORTS ARE HEROIC. WITH THAT SAID,
I WOULD, I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE SOME PLACES I BELIEVE WE COULD BE IMPROVING. 
          AND NOT YOU ALL NECESSARILY, BUT I THINK THAT YOU ALL COULD BE ASSISTING IN WHERE WE AS A
CITY COULD IMPROVE PARTICULARLY THE CONSISTENCY ON ILLEGAL DUMPING SURROUNDING OUR TRAIL SYSTEMS. I FREQUENT OUR TRAIL SYSTEMS AND I WILL SAY THAT THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE SEE ON THE
STREETS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF SOUTH OF 30 VERSUS THE NEIGHBORHOODS NORTH OF 30 ARE OFTEN THE SAME DIFFERENCES THAT WE
CAN SEE IN OUR PARKS AND TRAIL SYSTEMS SOUTH OF 30 VERSUS NORTH OF 30. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A BIG TASK AT HAND,
BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU COMPARE, FOR INSTANCE, VERY HIGH VOLUME, HIGH VOLUME FREQUENTED TRAIL SYSTEM AROUND WHITE ROCK LAKE. 
          11 MILES. THAT IS OFTEN HAS TRASH CLOSE TO THE,
THE THE, THE LAKE ITSELF, BUT AROUND THE ACTUAL TRAIL SYSTEM IT, IT SEEMS TO BE KEPT A LOT MORE TIDY. 
          AND THEN I DO THE SAME OVER, DOWN THE TRINITY SPINE OR AROUND THE TENNYSON PORTION THAT
HAS BEEN ADDED ON TO THE SANTA FE TRAIL THAT CONNECTS TO THE SANTA FE AND GOES TO WHITE ROCK AND TIRES AND JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'RE ALREADY USED TO IN OUR COMMUNITY SEEM TO BE FREQUENTLY THERE, 
          [01:45:05]
BUT IT MAY BE BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS HIGHLY VOLUME USED. 
          I KNOW THAT A LOT OF IT IS DEPENDENT AND TRUST ME,
WE POUND OUR, OUR RESIDENTS TO, TO UNDERSTAND THE EMPHASIS ON USING THREE ONE, ONE SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THESE EXIST. BUT IF THERE ARE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE ON
CREATING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PROACTIVE MEASURE. 
          ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME AT THE CONFERENCE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER,
THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK CONFERENCE, WAS THEY HAVE A LOT OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY TAPPED INTO. 
          NOT ONES TO BE PUNITIVE NECESSARILY. EVEN I KNOW THAT THOSE CAMERAS THAT WE USE WITHIN THE
CODE DEPARTMENT CAN BE SOMEWHAT CONTENTIOUS. PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS WITH THEM. BUT I EVEN SAW THAT THERE WERE SPECIFICALLY
TO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          THERE'S ROBOTS THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY THAT ARE BEING USED. 
          THEY LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES I SEE IN MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE
DELIVERING PEOPLE'S UBER EATS OR THEIR FOOD IN HIGHLY DENSE, CONCENTRATED AREAS OF CITY CENTERS. THEY LOOKED ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THOSE TYPES OF ROBOTS. 
          BUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS EXACTLY WHAT THOSE CAMERAS ARE DOING ON OUR TRASH TRUCKS AND
BEING ABLE TO DEPLOY THEM ONTO THE TRAIL SYSTEM SO THAT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE MANPOWER. I'D LIKE TO SEE US LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY AND INVEST IN THAT SO THAT IT DOESN'T PUT
THE BURDEN ON US NEEDING SUSTAINABLE FTES. 
          IT'S MORE OF A ONE TIME PURCHASE TYPE DEAL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT I THINK COULD
REALLY BE LEVERAGED. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS ISN'T Y'ALL'S DEPARTMENT NECESSARILY,
BUT I MEAN, THEY EVEN HAD THE SAME LITTLE ROBOTS THAT WERE GOING AND STRIPING ALL OF THEIR SPORTS FIELDS IN ACROSS THE CITY. I'LL TELL YOU THAT WHEN I GO AND WORK OUT AT A PARK,
I CAN GO IN AND WORK OUT AND I SEE A CREW GOING AND DOING, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO DO THE MAINTENANCE OF A FIELD A LOT OF TIME WITH STRIPING. 
          AND THEN BY THE TIME I'M DONE, IT'S STILL THE SAME MAN CREW OUT THERE. AND SO WE SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT WAYS TO LEVERAGE THIS TO KIND OF PULL BACK FROM THE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE ON TRADITIONAL MANPOWER AND SEEING HOW THIS USE OF TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP US. 
          BUT SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRAIL SYSTEMS AND KIND OF OUT OF SIGHT,
OUT OF MIND FOR US TO BE MORE PROACTIVE BECAUSE I WANT THOSE TO BE INVITING. 
          WE'RE CONNECTING ALL OF THESE TRAILS RIGHT NOW FROM THAT PART AT TENNYSON AND SAMUEL THAT
CONNECTS SANTA FE. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING DOWN TO THE TRINITY SPINE. 
          AND I'M I'M VERY CONCERNED IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO BE PROACTIVE THAT ALONG THAT WHITE
ROCK CREEK RIGHT OF WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PRONE FOR DUMPING. 
          WE SEE IT ALONG THE MILITARY PARKWAY CORRIDOR SPECIFICALLY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION. AGAIN,
THAT'S NOT AN OVERSIGHT NECESSARILY OF YOU ALL. I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT CREATING A PLAN ON HOW TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN SOME OF THESE PLACES THAT ARE MORE HIDDEN THAN OTHERS. 
          SO THAT'S THE ONLY FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. 
          OKAY. SOME GREAT QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK WE ARE WE ARE FINISHED AND APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S THE END OF OUR BRIEFING PRESENTATIONS. 
          WE HAVE ONE MEMO. IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR CECAP PRINCIPLES BEING EMBEDDED IN OUR BOND
PROJECTS. 
          [D. 26-3120A 2024 Bond CECAP Resolution Annual Status Update for 2026 [Angela Hodges Gott, Director, Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability]]
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          I DON'T SEE QUESTIONS. SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON QUICKLY TO OUR FORECAST. 
          [E. 26-3124A Parks, Trails, and the Environment Committee Forecast]
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. I KNOW WE'D HAD THE MULTI YEAR FUNDS ON FOR THIS MONTH THAT HAS
BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT MONTH. 
          BUT I PROMISE YOU THAT WILL STAY ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA. 
          ANYTHING ELSE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO I THINK WE ARE. DOWN TO THE AGENDA ITEM, I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE ONE AGENDA 
          [UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS]
ITEM COMING UP ON OCTOBER 14TH, AND THAT IS BASICALLY APPROVING A CONTRACT THAT TAKES CARE
OF OUR PURCHASING OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. AND THAT'S A VERY BROAD DESCRIPTION OF THAT. 
          SO DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? WE'RE JUST GOING TO PAUSE FOR A MINUTE. 
          I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THAT. 
          NO QUESTIONS ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY FURTHER ITEMS THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED. I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING ON MY AGENDA. 
          [01:50:06]
ALL RIGHT. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE READY TO CLOSE OUT HERE AT 11:04. 
          MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU CHAIR.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.