ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.
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IT IS, UH, THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH, FOUR O'CLOCK.[1. Call Meeting to Order]
UH, I WILL NOW CALL THE, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE.THE ORDER, UH, DO HAVE A REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING.
[a. Appoint a presiding officer for the Community Partnership Committee.]
ITEM IS TO A APPOINT 0.8 PRESIDING OFFICER FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE.SARAH, ARE YOU LEADING THAT? GOOD.
I'LL INTRODUCE THE ITEMS. SO THIS IS OKAY.
UM, UH, TO A POINT OF PRESIDING OFFER OFFICER, THIS IS DONE ANNUALLY AFTER THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED AT THE JUNE 10TH COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING TOGETHER.
UM, SO IF THE RESOLUTION SAYS YOU SHALL APPOINT AN OFFICER IN THE FIRST MEETING, CAN I ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS REAL QUICK? YES.
ARE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE WITH DOING THIS AGAIN? UH, I AM, IF THE MAYOR'S OKAY WITH IT.
ARE YOU A LITTLE, OR HUH? WHERE, WHERE DO YOU STAND? NO, I'M, I'M ABOUT MY PRAYER TO BREAK THAT MOTION.
YEAH, THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS.
AND, AND IF, DO YOU WANNA MAKE THE MOTION OR I CAN EITHER YOU GO, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, CHRIS D FRANCISCO, UH, CONTINUE AS THE CHAIR PUT IT.
I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THE MOTIONS.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO, WE'RE GONNA VOTE YES.
ARE, ARE WE VOTING? UH, ALL OF IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION CARRIES.
SORRY FOR MAKING THAT SO DIFFICULT.
[b. Present and discuss the Non-Profit Organization Funding program for the FY2026 cycle, including but not limited to, an overview of applications received, preliminary budget, timeline, and next steps. ]
PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FUNDING PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, PRELIMINARY BUDGET, TIMELINE, AND NEXT STEPS.DOMINIC, GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE WITH ITEM, DO A QUICK PRESENTATION.
I KNOW WE WANNA HEAR FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH WITH COMMITTEE, UM, THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE DID RECEIVE FOR THE ANNUAL CYCLE.
AND THEN JUST TO TIMELINE STEP.
SO DON'T WANNA GET INTO TOO MUCH DISCUSSION TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO GET SOME TOPICS BEFORE WE GO INTO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY, AND THEN ALSO AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON JULY 10TH.
UM, SO AS YOU'LL REMEMBER, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE STEPS IN THE PROCESS, UM, THE FIRST IS THE APPLICATION PERIOD THAT OPENED IN APRIL, AND IT CLOSED ON MAY 23RD.
UM, ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED, WE DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE WORKED ON A SUMMARY, UM, FOR THE TWO CATEGORIES.
SO FOR THE FIRST CATEGORY, WE PUT THAT AS PART OF THE AGENDA PACKET TODAY.
AND I'LL ALSO PRINTED YOUR COPY AT YOUR SEAT, UM, OF ALL THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THIS IS JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
UM, JUST A HELPFUL MATRIX AS REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS.
WE'LL BE DOING ONE OF THESE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
WE'LL GIVE THROUGH THAT ADVANCE THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, SO TODAY WE'RE HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GONNA HEAR FOR THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE THREE THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, AS WELL AS ALL THE PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THE X COMMITTEE MEETING MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT.
UH, AND AS A REMINDER, THE PRESENTATIONS ACCORDING TO OUR GUIDELINES, UH, WE HAVE A FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR ORGANIZATION AND, AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED, UH, FOR JULY 17TH, WILL BE FOR THE COMMITTEE REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE FUNDING AMOUNTS TO BE INCLUDED, THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL BUDGET.
AND THEN COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THOSE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
AND THOSE THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE BUDGET, WE'LL HAVE AGREEMENTS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED BY CITY.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE WENT THROUGH WITH THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL SEVERAL TIMES.
IT'S JUST THE FUNDING HISTORY WE INCLUDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
BUT I WANNA SPEND SOME TIME GOING INTO, UM, WHAT WERE THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED? AND WE'VE BROKEN THIS UP BY CATEGORY.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS CATEGORY.
WE DID RECEIVE, AND THIS IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE SEVEN APPLICATIONS AND A TOTAL OF $339,885.
UM, I WANNA NOTE THAT WE ARE WAITING ON ONE
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APPLICATION FOR JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES.WE ANTICIPATE TO RECEIVE THAT FROM THEM NEXT WEEK SOMETIME, AND WE'LL DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S DUE TO A STAFF ERROR.
WE, WE DISMISSED REACHING OUT TO 'EM DIRECTLY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY.
SO WE WANTED TO ALLOW THAT OPPORTUNITY AND MAKE THAT ACCOMMODATION FOR THEM.
SO THEY'LL BE PRESENTING AT THE JULY 10TH MEETING AS WELL.
UM, I DID INCLUDE A CHART OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED.
I WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, METRO FAIR SERVICES WAS A PREVIOUSLY FUNDED ORGANIZATION.
THEY DID NOT APPLY FOR FUNDING THIS YEAR.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THE ADDISON ARBOR FOUNDATION, UM, THIS YEAR WAS A DIRECT, UH, DIRECT AMOUNT OF FUNDING OF 65,000, UM, IN PRIOR YEARS.
SO THIS YEAR IT WAS 50,000 GRAND AND $15,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS.
UH, I DID HAVE THAT FOOTNOTE BELOW.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
I JUST PUT THAT ROW IN FOR SIMPLICITY.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, JUNIOR PLAYERS IS A NEW, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT APPLIED, UH, THEY APPLIED THROUGH THE LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION CATEGORY, AND THEY ARE FOCUSED ON EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE ARTS.
HOWEVER, THEY MAY BE, UM, USING RIGHT HERE IN THEIR PRESENTATION TO USE, UM, THE ADDITIVE PERFORMING ARTS THEATER CENTER AT THE END OF THEIR PROGRAM.
SO WE COULD EVALUATE IF THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR HOP FUNDING.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WE JUST HAVE 'EM IN THIS CATEGORY LOOKING, LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
UM, TRAFFIC 9 1 1 IS ALSO A NEW ORGANIZATION THAT APPLIED.
THEY ARE BASED HERE IN ALLISON, AND THEY SERVE, UH, THE NORTH DALLAS, UM, RETIRE REGION HERE.
AND THEN WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL, UH, THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED BY THE TOWN, BUT THEY WERE FUNDED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
THERE WAS SOME PREVIOUS FUNDING BY THE TOWN, IT'S JUST NOT SHOWN IN THE CHART HERE.
AND THEN THEY HAD ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED FOR A TOTAL OF 50,000, THEY CAME BACK TO US AND REQUESTED TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT TO 25,000.
SO THAT'S BEEN UPDATED IN THE CHART, BUT WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, AS YOU MIGHT SEE IT DIFFERENT IN THEIR APPLICATION.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY BUDGET FIGURE, AND IT'S FLAT FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET FIGURE OF $241,721 FOR THIS CATEGORY.
WE'RE JUST SHOWING THAT IT'S, THAT'S THE FLAT BUDGET.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THE COMMITTEE COULD GET TO INTO MORE DISCUSSIONS ON JULY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CATEGORY? THERE'S ANY QUESTION? NO, NOT RIGHT NOW.
THE NEXT IS THE PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION CATEGORY.
UM, AND THIS IS FUNDED BY THE HOTEL FUND.
SO WE DO GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
WE HAVE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT OF HOTEL FUND DOLLARS THAT WE CAN USE TOWARDS THE PERFORMING ARTS.
UM, WE DID HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX APPLICATIONS THAT SAYS FIVE, APOLOGIZE, IT SHOULD SAY SIX, AND A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 534,000.
UM, WE ALSO, AS A TOWN FOR TOWN CURATED PROGRAMMING ARE GONNA HAVE A FLAT BUDGET REQUEST.
UM, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OF $34,089.
UM, SO THAT'S THE TOTAL REQUESTED AMOUNT SHOWN THERE.
AND WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED AND THE REQUESTED AMOUNTS TO THE CHART, I ALSO PUT TO THE SIDE THE CATEGORY THAT THEY APPLIED FOR.
SO WATER TOWER APPLYING FOR THE MAIN STAGE RESIDENT COMPANY.
WE HAD OUTCRY AND ACCOLADE APPLIED FOR STUDIO RESIDENT COMPANY, AND THEN DANCE COUNCIL, NORTH TEXAS SYMPATHY ORCHESTRA AND THE CLASSICS APPLYING FOR GENERAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, THE PRELIMINARY 26 BUDGET FIGURE, UM, THAT WE HAVE IS 415,000.
UM, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE MAXIMUM INVESTMENT.
AND WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING IN THE HOTEL FUND WILL MONITOR THAT THROUGH THE NEXT MONTH.
AND WE CAN GIVE YOU ANY INDICATION THAT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT.
WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT AS WE GET TO THAT JULY 17TH MEETING.
BUT WE DID WANNA PROVIDE THAT.
AND STEVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANNA ADD.
WE INCLUDED THIS CHART THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE THAT SHOWS THAT MAXIMUM INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN HAVE OR STATE STATUTE.
YEAH, JUST A REMINDER, IT'S 15%.
BASICALLY YOU CAN INVEST 15% OF OUR HOTEL TAX COLLECTIONS, UH, INTO THE ARC.
SO, UM, ANY REVENUE THAT THEY'RE EARNING RIGHT, IS DIRECTLY REINVESTED BACK INTO THE ARTS PROGRAMS. UM, BUT THEN WE ONLY SUBSIDIZE THAT UP TO 50% OF HOTEL TAX.
AND IS THAT 15%, IS THAT THE 415,000
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OR THAT IS, UH, THAT'S THE, BASICALLY, UH, WE DO HAVE THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH INCLUDES THE, THE FOLKS THAT WORK OUT AT THE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE THEATER DEPARTMENT AND THE OPERATING COSTS TO OPERATE THE THEATER.UM, SO IT IS THE FOUR 15,000 IS WHAT'S LEFT AFTER THE OPERATING EXPENSES TO INVEST IN THE ARTS PROGRAMS. OKAY.
AND THEN GOING BACK TO THAT LOCAL SERVICE ONE ON THE, UH, THAT, THAT FY 26 BUDGET NUMBER, WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT BASED ON IN CURRENT YEAR? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S JUST MATCHING WHAT IS HE'S APPROVED BY THE BUDGET.
SO STEVEN, IT IT'S 15% OF THE PROJECTED REVENUE, OR 15% OF THE BALANCE.
I THINK I ASKED YOU THAT ONCE ALREADY.
IT'S 50% OF THE, OF THE REVENUE.
AND THEN, SO 8 850 1000 WILL BE THE MAXIMUM OR PROJECT, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WHICH LEADS TO FOUR 50 THERE? THERE'S A LITTLE, THERE'S ABOUT, UH, UH, $4,000 LEFT IN THERE.
I WANTED TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, ROUND, GET TO A, A NICE AMOUNT.
THIS IS JUST THE LAST SLIDE AGAIN GOING OVER OF OUR PLAN SCHEDULE FOR THE THREE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, STAFF'S HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE PROCESS AND TAGLINE OVERALL.
OTHERWISE, WE, THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO BEGIN THE
[c. Receive presentations from scheduled non-profit organizations that applied for funding. ]
NEXT ITEM.I'LL GIVE AN INTRODUCTION AND THEN, AND THEN I'LL FOLLOW UP EACH, UH, NEXT GEN AGENDA ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM TWO C.
RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS FROM SCHEDULED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLY FOR FUND THAT.
SO WE HAVE FIVE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, HERE WITH US TODAY.
EACH APPLICANT WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
UM, I DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION, SO I'LL PULL 'EM UP.
I CAN HAND IT TO YOU OR I CAN CLICK IT THROUGH IF YOU WANT ME TO.
AND THEN ALSO, SINCE WE ARE TIMING THEM, UM, ISH IS GONNA, UM, JUST REPORT IT ON HIS PHONE.
AND WHEN HE GETS DOWN TO ONE MINUTE, JOSE RAISES HAND TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME OF PERSPECTIVE.
OF COURSE, IT'S WITHIN THE CHAIRS FOR YOU.
WE'LL FOLLOW THE ORDER IN OUR PACKETS FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS. YES.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE S AND ARBOR FOUNDATION.
I'M THE PRESIDENT, THE S FOUNDATION.
AND WITH YOU TODAY IS OUR
UM, YOU BACKGROUND, THE X FOUNDATION IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER, UH, ORGANIZATION.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THEY'RE 5 0 1 C3, UM, CHARGED FOR KNOWN LANDSCAPING, PUBLIC ART, PUBLIC PARTS AND PARTS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR TOWN GAS.
AND THIS ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY OR YEAH, I HAVE THAT, THAT WAS GREAT.
YOU WERE INCORPORATED BY THE TOWN AS BACK IN 1995.
15 SOMETHING
SINCE OUR INCEPTION, WE HAVE, UH, 25 PUBLIC ART PIECES INSTALLED SINCE 2012.
SIX MORE PLANS FOR 2025 PLUS THREE TREE PAINT BENCHES.
UM, TWO COMPLETED ARTWORKS AND PENDING INSTALLATION, UH, AS TEAM ILLUSION AND THE FOLDING PLANES.
UH, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 350 NEW AND REPLACEMENT TREES HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY THE, UH, DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION TO DATE.
UH, WE ALSO FUNDED BY THE GU ROOT S BY GOOGLE CA AND, UM, BE SPONSOR FORMATION OF AND ADMINISTER THE COMMUNITY ART.
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SO FOR AT 20 20 25 CONDUCTED PUBLIC UNP PUBLIC ART SURVEY, THE ASSISTANCE OF TALENT ADD AN 80% OF RESPONSES.THINK THAT PUBLIC ART IS IMPORTANT OR VERY IMPORTANT.
WE ALSO CONDUCTED TWO CALLS FOR ARTISTS, UH, INCLUDING BENCHES FOR THE AM TREE HOUSE TRAIL AND
UH, THE SIX PUBLIC ARTISTS, DISTILLATIONS PLUS THREE ARTISTIC TREES CONVENTIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR 1 25.
AND A LOT OF, UH, PHOTOS THERE ARE FROM OUR, UM,
AND OUR, UH, WE EXPECT TO USE THE FY 26 FUNDING FOR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AS WELL AS OPERATING COSTS.
UM, OSA WALL AT THE
PARTICIPATING IN THE AM TREEHOUSE PHASE TWO ART SELECTION, UH, LED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ALSO COORDINATED PARTS DEPARTMENT TO SEEK PUBLIC INPUT FOR POTENTIAL ARTWORKS.
ATWOOD PARK AND THE GOAL, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL ART TO BE INCLUDED.
FI 27 BRAND REQUEST BENEFIT OF THE MADISON ARMOR FOUNDATION PROJECTS THROUGH TOWN OF MADISON.
WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF MADISON PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE ACTIVELY MANAGE PUBLIC PARK PROJECTS, AND THIS IS TO IDENTIFY ARTISTS IN THE ARTWORKS.
INTER CONTRACTS COORDINATE WITH SUPPLIERS AND THE TOWN AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNITY GARDEN, PROVIDE FUNDING TO SUPPLEMENT TOWN SPECIAL FOR LANDSCAPING.
PUBLIC ART PROVIDES ENJOYMENT FOR RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES, VISITORS, AND BUSINESSES.
PARK COLLECTION PROMOTES ADDISON AS A PUBLIC ART DESTINATION, WHICH ALSO THE DARK SILVER LINE STATION.
UH, THUS SEATTLE SCREENS DEPICTS IMAGES OF PUBLIC PARK.
AND AS THE PUBLIC ART TEXAS, UM, I MEAN, $65,000 WILL ENABLE CONTINUATION OF OUR PUBLIC PARK PROJECTS.
UM, MOSAIC WALL PANELS FOR THE BOTTOM ON REMAINING TIMES WE USED FOR A SMALLER ARTWORK, UM, WITH SOUTH AND LEAD LOCKS ON OPERATING COSTS FOR
ALRIGHT, I ACTUALLY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS, GUYS QUESTION? QUESTIONS.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON 30 YEARS.
Y'ALL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR LONG TIME.
AND, AND ALL THE ARTWORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE PLANTED AROUND ADDISON IS JUST REALLY AMAZING.
I LIKE, I LIKE WHAT'S COMING UP TOO.
AND SO I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE, THE TREE PLANTINGS.
YOU SAID 350 TREES PLANTED DATE TODAY TO DATE? YEAH.
SO WHAT, WHAT ABOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS? HOW MUCH HAD BEEN DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS? I THINK THE LAST, THE LAST CONTRIBUTION WE MADE WAS, UH, WHEN WE HAD THAT BIG, UH, BIG STORM.
SO I THINK WE MADE A CONTRIBUTION FOR THAT THREE YEARS AGO, OVER 10,000 AT THAT TIME.
WE HAVEN'T DONE AS MUCH OF THE LANDSCAPE BEING MOSTLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN HAS ITS OWN BUDGET FOR THAT.
SO IF THERE'S LIKE, PARTICULARLY EVENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, CONTRIBUTING AROUND, UH, SCULPTURE, I DO THAT.
UM, SO YOU CHANGED YOUR APPLICATION FROM, UH, 50 PLUS 15 MATCHING.
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IT'S ALWAYS BEEN, ALWAYS, IT ALWAYS REQUESTED 65 AND ENDED UP WITH 15.REQUEST HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO COULD, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE OTHER FUNDING THAT, UH, ALGA FOUNDATION RECEIVES DONATIONS, IF WE CAN, THAT OUTSIDE OF IT'S, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S GONE DOWN.
UM, NEED TO GET MORE CONTRIBUTIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE, THE ARTWORKS AND THINGS AS POST COVID.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE, UM, TAX DEDUCTIBILITY HAS CHANGED.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY, UM, MAYBE 3000 MORE DONATIONS AT THIS STAGE.
WE DO, WE DO LIKE SIGN UP FOR THE AUTOPSY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE IT TO THE EXTENT WE CAN.
UM, YOU'VE GOT SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS, RIGHT? YES.
UH, ANY, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY YOUR BYLAWS ALLOW? UM, ONE, THOSE THREE AND NATIONAL NINE OR 11.
BRUCE SORT OF STOLE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREE PLANNING.
I MEAN, I, I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO WITH THE ARTWORK.
BUT THAT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE COULD DO TO ALLOW SOME MORE TREE PLANTINGS? UH, THE THE REASON I ASK IS IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, IN A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, I KNOW, ESPECIALLY MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE LOST A LOT OF TREES.
AND I WOULD LOVE SOMEHOW FOR THE TOWN TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO AN ASSIST, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MAKING TREES AVAILABLE.
IT WAS A LOT OF TREES, AND WE WERE VERY CLOSELY WITH, WITH CANADA PARTS DEPARTMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF TREES GOT HUNG OUT TO, AND THEY BECAME MATURE AND TOO MANY TREES.
IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE, ANOTHER TREE WENT BACK IN BECAUSE IT WOULD ROOM CANOPY.
IT JUST, THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR SOLAR REPLACEMENT TREE.
UM, INSTEAD CAN WE TO RIVER THE TOWN TRYING TO GET TREES THE BACK END.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF TREES THAT, THAT ARE JUST, WAS NOT YEAH.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND BEST PRACTICE.
AND MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT THE, THE COUNCIL HAS OR THE TOWN HAS AT A LATER DATE.
JUST SOME WAY TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE LOST A TREE.
SO MAYBE IT'S ONE PLANTING A YEAR OR SOMETHING.
I KNOW THERE'S, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? YEAH, MAYBE THROUGH LIKE THE, I THINK THERE'S THE TEXAS TREE FOUNDATION THAT DOES PLANTINGS A FEW TIMES A YEAR THAT MAKES TREES AVAILABLE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD DO THAT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D ASK THE QUESTION.
SO MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR, BUT I APPRECIATE IT.
SHE LOVES TO SEE YOU GUYS EVERY YEAR, AND SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS GONNA BE OUT OF TIME.
SHE WAS TRYING TO CHANGE PLANS.
SO ON THAT NOTE, SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY.
WE'RE AN ALL VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT DOES EVERYTHING WE CAN POSSIBLE TO HELP WITH TRACK NEW, TO RETURN AND HELP STOP THE BADNESS, UM, BETWEEN ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT DO IT AND ALL OF OUR OUTREACH, TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO DO IT.
IT'S A BIG POLITICAL WORKFORCE ALONG WITH GETTING ALL THE CATS PIGS INTO LOVING LOVES THROUGH ADOPTION.
UH, UH, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE OUT OF PROMOTERS.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEER, ALL VOLUNTEER, BUT I WOULD SAY WE HAVE OUR VOLUNTEERS ALL THEY
UM, THEY'RE UP AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
THEY'RE DRIVING TO TA AT FOUR 30 IN THE MORNING.
THEY DROP OFF GAS
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RELEASED.UM, WE ALSO SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, TEACHING 'EM HOW TO DO IT.
THEY, WE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR, BUT IF PEOPLE HAVE TRAPS AND THERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE BACKYARD THAT THEY CAN GET IT FIXED, THEN HELP TO STOP AT, AT MAX.
UM, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF KITTEN SEASON, AND IT IS PROBABLY, I KNOW WE STAYED EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS THE WORST YEAR EVER, UM, WITH COVID WOULD'VE LAST LONG PLACES THAT IN SPAN YEARS.
UM, BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO US THIS YEAR IS WE LOST CLINIC THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
AND A LOT OF OUR SPAY LEADERS AND OUR MEDICAL WENT THROUGH THERE EITHER AT, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY DISCOUNTED OR IN SOME CASES, UM, COMPS WORK.
AND WE'RE NOW KIND OF DIVERSITY WITH OTHER, UH, VETERINARY RESOURCES THAT WE'RE WORKING AT MUCH HIGHER CRISIS.
UM, THE NUMBER OF ABANDONED CATS AND PEOPLE COMB THEM IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER HEARD OF, SEEN IN OUR LIVES.
UH, JUST THIS WEEK WE HAD 22 CATS STARTED TO US, UM, STRAIGHT BETWEEN AGE SEVEN, EIGHT, AND 10 PEOPLE, PEOPLE MOVING, UM, INTEGRATION THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR ABILITY TO KEEP THEM.
UM, SO OUR, OUR RESOURCES ARE MOVING THAT DOWN.
UM, A LOT OF OUR, UH, VOLUNTEERS WHO DO TNR ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT HERE IN ADDISON.
UM, THEY'RE BRIGHT RESOURCES TO US.
WE WORK DOWN PATROL, AND THERE'S ISSUES GOING ON.
CITIZENS REACH OUT TO US AND OUR VOLUNTEERS FROM THERE DOING, UH, SPIN NEUTER, TRAPPING, AND, UH, THEY'LL PICK UP THEIR CARS.
AS I SAID, YOU SHOULD SEE SOME OF OUR CARS
UM, BUT WE LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH ALL LATINO.
THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY SWEET STUFF THAT HAPPENS.
UM, WE ARE UP TO 14TH THOUSAND CATS THAT WE'VE ADOPTED IN TOWNS.
UM, BUT BOTH OF THEM HAPPENING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET PET CODE.
UM, BUT WE GET 'EM OFF THE STREETS, SO WE GET 'EM OUT THE PARKING LOTS.
WE MAKE BETTER BY GETTING THE SWEET ONES IN FINDING
UM, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE REQUESTING $5,000 TO ASSIST WITH
UM, WE HAVE SOME GREAT RESOURCES THAT WE WORK BASED TINY DISCOUNTED RATES.
UM, WE TO GET HUNDRED NORTH, UH, TO NOT HAVE A FOUR LIST.
YOU GUYS ALL SEEN THE SLIDE BEFORE THIS, THE CHAOS THING HAPPENS WITH ONE UNPAYED FEMALE CAT, WHICH SHE DECIDES TO GO OUT AND LITERALLY HAVE AROUND TOWN, UH, THE CHAOS SOON.
WELL, UM, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO, WE HELP THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SENIORS FROM LOW INCOME, UH, RESIDENTS THAT WE HELP PROVIDE FOOD AND LITTER RESOURCES TO SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP THEIR ANIMALS.
UM, WE PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE, UM, FOR PARENT CATS.
THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE SOME EMERGENCY, UM, AND IN SOME CASES REMAIN EUTHANASIA BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WELL.
UM, THE GRANT WILL HELP OFFSET THE SPAN COSTS, MAYBE CONTINUING THESE AREAS.
SO, UH, THE KEY POINT ABOUT WHAT TNR MANAGED COLLEAGUES DOES, IT HELPS REDUCE THE HOMES TAX POPULATION AND COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS TO YOU GUYS.
UM, IT HELPS REDUCE STAFFING AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES IF WE'RE OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE'RE OUTTA CONTROL WITH THAT.
I WOULD ALWAYS LIKE TO END THE KEY PICTURE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME OF THE, THE KEY THINGS WE DO.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION GUYS.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.
UH, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO.
UM, I'M FRIENDS WITH I THINK THREE, AT LEAST THREE, UH, UH, BIG TIME VOLUNTEERS.
I MEAN, NOT IN A LITTLE WAY, I MEAN, IN A MAJOR WAY.
AND, UH, JUST THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY IS, UH, OUTSTANDING.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH OUR ANIMAL ANIMAL SERVICES GROUP.
I KNOW YOU'RE TAKING A HUGE LIFT, UH, TO ALLOW THEM, ALLOWING THEM TO DO OTHER THINGS.
UM, AND THE LAST THING, UH, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO WITH A MONEY.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ALL MA MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
AND, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS HUMBLE WITH YOUR, YOUR REQUEST.
YOU DON'T COME IN HERE ASKING FOR CRAZY AMOUNTS.
AND, UH, SO VERY, VERY RESPECTFUL.
WELL, I'M, I'M APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THAT.
HOW LONG TO AN AREA YOU'LL COVER? SO WE COVER ALL OF THE DALLAS
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REALITY OF WHERE OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE BASED IS WHERE WE DO THE BULK CAR TNR, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THEIR HOUSES.
AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE OUT OF THE CRACK OF DAWN.
THEY'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, OBJECTS, SO THEY'RE GENERALLY IN THEIR NAMES.
YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO LIVE HERE IN ADDISON ALL OVER NORTH DALLAS.
WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM CARTON, MESQUITE, EAST DALLAS,
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UM, YOU NAME IT.SO MOSTLY THE EASTERN HALF OF THE METROPLEX.
UH, YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART, WE ARE NOT IN FORT WORTH.
WE HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS IN IRVING, IN ARLINGTON, AND THEY TR THERE, BUT WE LET OTHER RESCUES WE ARE, WE'RE JUST SPREAD TOO THAT SURE.
BUT I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG AREA ALREADY.
AND I THINK, I THINK I ASKED THIS QUESTION LAST YEAR, UH, AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT WHAT YOUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE OPERATION, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THAT? UM, IT SHOULD IN OUR INFORMATION.
I THINK IT, UH, THROUGH THEIR STATUS, UH, BUDGET WHEN I SEND IT IN THREE, FIVE YEAH, IT IS, YEAH.
EVERY DOLLAR WE GET, I MEAN, WE, WE, WE DON'T GET ENOUGH TO COME FOR EXPENSES.
SO WE DO A LOT OF BANKING ON FACEBOOK FOR ITS EXPENSES.
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT AND INCOME.
UM, YEAH, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.
THAT'S, THAT IS, UH, THAT, THAT'S WORK FROM THE HEART FOR SURE.
APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR SUPPORT TOO.
YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS NOT JUST FINANCIALLY HAVE THIS.
SO AND SO JUNIOR
UH, MY NAME IS ROSA, PLEASE AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF JUNIOR PLAYERS.
AND I'M, AND I'M THE DEVELOPER, JUNIOR FOLKS.
AND FOR, UH, 70 YEARS, UH, JUNIOR PLAYERS HAS EMPOWERED V TEXAS YOUTH THROUGH FREE HIGH QUALITY ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. TODAY, WE SERVE OVER 15,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ANNUALLY, UH, IN PERSON VIRTUAL AND HYBRID PROGRAMS. AND AS THE PROUD ALUMNI, UH, NOW LEADING THE ORGANIZATION, I THINK I'M LIVING PROOF OF WHAT EQUITABLE ACCESS IS TO THE ARTS AND WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, WE'RE COMMITTED TO CELEBRATING DIVERSITY, UH, ADVANCING CULTURAL EQUITY AND MEETING THE STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE CREATIVELY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY.
SO OUR VISION ASSEMBLED THE BOLD, UH, TO BE A LEADER, AN INCLUSIVE, INNOVATIVE YOUTH ARTS EDUCATION THAT REFLECTS AND UPLIFTS THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.
SO WE FOCUS ON STUDENTS WHO TRADITIONALLY LACK ACCESS TO ARTS PROGRAMMING, OFFERING ALL SERVICES AT NO COST, SCHOOLS, REC CENTERS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND BEYOND.
EVERY CLASS, EVERY PERFORMANCE, AND EVERY WORKSHOP WE OFFER IS A PLATFORM FOR YOUNG VOICES TO BE HEARD, HONORED, AND THEIR TRUE.
NOW, OUR STUDENTS ARE TALENTED, THEY'RE DRIVEN, BUT THEY'RE OFTEN UNDERSERVED.
UH, OVER 85% FROM LOW INCOME AND HOUSEHOLDS, APPROXIMATELY 60% ARE HISPANIC, UH, 30% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 7% ANGLO, AND 3% OTHER.
AND OUR FOCUS IS ON STUDENTS WHO ARE HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AND EXCLUDED FROM ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. UH, WE'RE GIVING 'EM THE JEWELS AND THE CONFIDENCE AND ACCESS THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE.
SO FROM THEATER TO DANCE, VISUAL ARTS TO FILM JUNIOR PLAYERS PROVIDES 150 PLUS THREE PROGRAMS EACH YEAR.
OUR STAFF AND PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS, SCHOOLS, CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, SHELTERS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, MEETING THE STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE IN
UH, OUR S ARE MORE THAN JUST ARTISTIC TRAINING, THOUGH THEIR INVESTMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH, SELF-ESTEEM AND LEADERSHIP TEACH SMARTER ARE TALENT.
BUT FOR ABILITY TO CONNECT, UPLIFT,
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AND INSPIRE, THEY HELP STUDENTS NAVIGATE PERSONAL CHALLENGES, BUILD COMMUNITY, AND IMAGINE FUTURES RICH WITH POSSIBILITIES BOTH IN AND BEYOND ARTS.AND SO WE'RE SEEKING, UH, $12,500 TO BRING JUNIOR PLAYERS PROGRAMMING TO THE PIECE OF ADDISON.
UH, THE FUNDING WILL COVER EVERYTHING FROM THE INSTRUCTOR TO THE TRAINING, TO THE SUPPLIES, UH, VENUE SUPPORT AND STUDENT PERFORMANCES.
UH, EVERY DOLLAR DIRECTLY IMPACTS STUDENTS' LIVES THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE ARTS.
AND THEN WITH FULL FUNDING, UH, WE'VE PLAN TO DELIVER FOUR DISTINCT PROGRAMS, SERVING UP TO 100 STUDENTS ACROSS DISCIPLINES.
BLACK THEATER, DANCE, MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, GRAPHIC DESIGN.
UH, EACH PROGRAM,
AND, UH, OUR HOPE IS TO BUILDING ADDISON, PERFORMING OUR SPACE WITH CELEBRATION AND PARTY.
SO WE EVALUATE SUCCESS THROUGH SURVEYS, ALIGN WITH TEACHS, STL AND PDI, GOALS AND MINISTRY TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND TEACHING ARTISTS.
WE TRACK GROWTH IN SELF-CONFIDENCE, ENGAGEMENT, AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, ENSURING OUR PROGRAMS ARE NOT ONLY IMPACTFUL, BUT RELEVANT, MEASURABLE, AND DEEPLY ROOTED IN COMMUNITY FORCE IN OUR WORK SUPPORTS, UH, ADDISON'S 2025 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GOALS BY CREATING FUTURE LEADERS, OFFERING, UH, MEANINGFUL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES AND INTRODUCING NEW WAYS TO CONNECT THROUGH THE ARTS.
THROUGH THIS COLLABORATION, UH, AND CREATIVITY AND THE PERFORMANCE, UH, OUR STUDENTS WILL GAIN LIFELONG SKILLS.
AND ADDISON HOPEFULLY WILL GAIN NEW CIVIC LEADERS, ARTISTS, STORYTELLERS, READY TO SHAPE THE WORLD.
AND, UH, WE'RE PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR IMPACT AND INNOVATION OVER THE YEARS.
RECENT HONORS INCLUDE OUR 2023 ALL AMERICA CITY AWARD, OUR 20 23 24 HOUR COPPER STAR AWARD, OUR 2024 DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL DIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP AWARD, AND OUR CURRENT 2025 DCEO, UH, MIDSIZE NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR FINALISTS.
THE RESULTS WILL BE IN THE JULY.
SO, UM, WE BELIEVE EVERY YOUNG PERSON DESERVES ACCESS TO BE CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND THE CHANCE TO SUCCEED THE SOLACE AS AN ARTIST LEADER, CHIEF BANKER.
AND WE HOPE THAT, UH, YOU ALLOW TO CREATE THAT CHANGE.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, FIRST OF ALL FOR SARAH, UM, IS, IS THERE APPLICATION OF THEIR PAPERWORK? IS THAT IN OUR, IN OUR FILES? 'CAUSE I COULDN'T FIND IT.
OH, WHAT, WHAT NAME DO YOU HAVE THERE? JUNIOR PLAYERS.
AND, AND MAYBE THE OTHER QUESTION IS FOR STEVEN RIGHT NOW, IS THIS, WOULD THIS BE UNDER PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS? WELL, WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT, AND, UM, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT IT COULD BE, UM, I THINK TO PUT IT ORIGINALLY IN, THIS IS IN
IT'S IN LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION RIGHT NOW.
I, IT, IT IS, UH, POTENTIALLY, I THINK BECAUSE THEY DO PERFORMANCE GRAY, THERE'S A LITTLE GRAY AREA IN THAT ONE, SO, OKAY.
SO YEAH, I WOULD, I DON'T SEE IN MY, IN MY, UH, FILES, I DON'T HAVE IT.
DO YOU, UH, CAN YOU TELL ME, NORMALLY I JUST LOOK AT THE PAPERWORK AND SEE, BUT HOW MANY, HOW MANY ADDISON RESIDENTS, UH, DO YOU SERVE OR, OR WOULD YOU EXPECT TO SERVE TYPICALLY? SO FROM THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE, ABOUT A HUNDRED STUDENTS, UH, TYPICALLY WE ALLOW 25 STUDENTS FOR ONE INSTRUCTOR.
IF THERE'S MORE ENROLLMENT THAN WE WOULD ADD INSTRUCTORS.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A, A SMALL FOOTPRINT IN AS STATE AREA PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, AND THEN WE HAD TO DO SOME REEVALUATING AND SCALING.
UM, OUR HOPE IS EVENTUALLY THE YEARS TO COME IS TO DO SOME OF THE FULLY FLEDGED PRODUCTIONS THAT WE DO, UH, IN OTHER PERFORMANCE AREAS IN DALLAS.
UM, YOU STILL ALL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE SPACE, AND THAT'S OUR HOPE.
BUT DOING THESE CLASSES WILL ALLOW US TO PEDAL PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, AND START RECRUITING, UH, STUDENTS AND GETTING MORE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
FOR JUST, JUST FOR RIGHT NOW, DO YOU, DO YOU SERVE ANY, UM, I THINK WE HAVE, UH, SOME FORM OF PROGRAMMING IN THE FARMER'S BRANCH AREA.
UH, AND I WANNA SAY IN, IN CITY OF DALLAS, THERE ARE REC CENTERS AROUND, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF 'EM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHERE WE HAVE PREP PROGRAMMING, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME AROUND THIS AREA.
SPECIFICALLY ADDISON
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I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.WELL, I JUST, I, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, IF I CAN GET THE PACKET, THEN I'LL YES.
SO YOU ALL ARE DOING THIS ELSEWHERE RIGHT NOW, OR? YES.
WHERE DO YOU, WHERE DO YOU DO IT NOW? SO, ALL OVER THE NORTH TEXAS AREA FROM, UH, DALLAS TO AS FAR EAST TO 40 AND ROCKWALL DOWN SOUTH, SOUTH DALLAS, UH, WE ARE IN DUNCANVILLE, TOTOTO, UH, LANCASTER IRVING TO GO WEST FORT WORTH.
UM, WE'VE STARTED TO DEEPEN OUR FOOTPRINT THERE, UH, UP NORTH AS FAR AS MCKINNEY.
SO OUR HOPE IS TO REESTABLISH THE ROOTS THAT WE HAD IN PRE PANDEMIC TIMES IN ADDISON AND, AND THE FARMERS BRANCH AREA.
SO YOU GOTTA FIND A LOCATION AND THEN YOU NURTURE THAT POPULATION.
IS THAT, YEAH, SO WE DON'T HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR.
THE IDEA FOR OUR PROGRAM IS ALWAYS GIVEN TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES AND BRIDGE THE GAP, UM, AND BRING THOSE STUDENTS ALSO FROM THE COMMUNITIES WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS, ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL VENUE AMERICA, SO THAT THEY START TO SEE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AROUND US.
SO DALLAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL REHEARSE THAT IN THESE, LIKE THE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE REHEARSING EAST DALLAS COMMUNITY CHURCH.
THE STUDENTS ARE FROM 17 DIFFERENT NORTH TEXAS, UH, HIGH SCHOOLS.
BUT THEY'LL PERFORM AT THE, UH, THEATER THREE, UH, IN DALLAS.
SO WE PERFORM AT THE NEW, UH, PERFORMANCE HALL.
IT'S BEEN INVOLVED TO PERFORM HERE AT THE, AT SPACE FOR YEARS.
SO THINK WE'RE, WE'RE BACK
UH, THE REASON WE SET GEORGIA STATE CLASSES IS WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY IF WE'RE AWARDED THIS, UH, SUPPORT, UH, TALK TO THE COMMUNITY TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS NEIGHBORING, UH, COMMUNITY SITES TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND ENGAGE SOME INTEREST.
UM, BECAUSE WE CAN OFFER A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT PARTS SCIENCE PROGRAMS. SO GRAPHIC DESIGN, FILM, THEATER, DANCE, VISUAL ARTS, UH, OR JUST SOME.
SO FIVE, TYPICALLY THESE CLASSES WOULD BE FIVE THROUGH THE 14TH, BECAUSE WE WANNA CATCH THEM BEFORE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RANGE.
BUT WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE ONE OF THESE SPOTS WOULD BE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, UH, TAYLOR.
BUT THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS IS WE, WE HIRE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS IN WHATEVER I FEEL IS KIND OF THEATER HAS CENTER.
SO WE BRING IN PROFESSIONALS AND SO, UH, STUDENTS CAN REALLY SOFT NOTCH, UH, ACCESS TO RIGHT ROOM.
YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE, CHRIS? UH, SO YOU, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I I GET THIS RIGHT.
SO YOU, YOU WOULD BE PROPOSING FOUR PROGRAMS A YEAR, SO THERE'S FOUR SEPARATE CLASSES.
AND, AND AT THE END OF IT, THERE WOULD BE A SHOWCASE, YOU CALL IT ELIMINATING PERFORMANCE.
UH, THEY TYPICALLY LOOK LIKE A, UH, 10 TO 30 MINUTE PERFORMANCE.
IF IT IS A THEATER CUTTING OR IF IT'S A THEATER PROGRAM, IT'S A DANCE RECITAL.
THEY'LL PERFORM, AGAIN, A 30 MINUTE RENDITION OF WHATEVER PIECES THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UH, VISUAL ART AND ART GALLERY WHERE WE GO TO INVITE SOME, LIKE A Q AND A.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF, SOMETIMES WE'LL DO A Q AND A, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD'VE LOVED TO APPLY FOR OUR, UH, ONE OF OUR PRODUCTIONS.
WE COULD MUSICAL BOWLS, SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTIONS, DANCE PRODUCTIONS.
BUT THE HOPE IS THAT THIS GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO, AGAIN, TO RECRUIT, TO BUILD THAT STRONG PRESENCE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND COMMUNITY RESPECT.
SO THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IS DO YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? LIKE, OH, LIKE I WOULD, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A JUNIOR ION FOR 20, 26, 27, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THIS APPLICATION.
BUT FOR, I LOOKED AT THE GRANT AND IT WAS THE TIMING OF SEPTEMBER AT THAT POINT IN BARELY GETTING BACK TO SCHOOL.
AND SO WE WERE, WE WOULD'VE JUST COMPLETED OUR SUMMER SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTION A MONTH HIGHER.
SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS GO OFF TO, AND THAT'S NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE, AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE JUST GRADUATED.
SO THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD TOUR THAT PRODUCTION TO ADDISON, BUT WE LOSE A FULL MONTH.
THEY'RE BAT SOME OF THEM ARE IN COLLEGE, AND SO WE WOULD NEED TIME TO REALLY STRUCTURE THAT TIMELINE AND S PROPERLY YEAH, IT WOULD BE EARLY.
WE, WE HAVE THIS GOAL OF MORE NIGHTS AT OUR THEATER, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'D BE REALLY GOOD FIT TO FIGURE IT OUT, HELP FILL 'EM.
AND OUR PRODUCTIONS TYPICALLY COST ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO TO 40,000, UH, BECAUSE WE HIRE ALL PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN THEIR FIELD AGAIN.
SO WE JUST THOUGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, LET'S ESTABLISH A RAPPORT CITY OF, AND THEN, UH, SHOW THE RESULTS AFTER A YEAR, UH, LEAST KIND OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND, AND OUR CONGREGATING EVENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER SCALE THAN JUST A, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE, THEY HAVE PAPERS,
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ET CETERA.SO, UH, AGAIN, HE SAID TEACHING ARTISTS ARE EXPERTS.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY SITTING PHOTOGRAPHERS, DIRECTORS, AND THE MEDIA, UM, THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY ALL OVER TOWN.
AND, UH, YEAH, THIS IS A PART-TIME GIG, BUT PAY VERY WELL AND VERY COMPETITIVELY TO RETAIN THE BEST, UM, TEACHING.
WHAT WOULD YOUR VISION FOR THE FOUR PROGRAMS WOULD, WOULD THE ACTUAL CLASSES BE IN ADDISON OR SOMEWHERE ELSE? NO, HERE IN THE PERFORMANCE, IN THE STUDIO SPACE.
UM, AND THEN THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK, IS THAT IF THE CLASSES COULD HAPPEN IN THE STUDIO SPACE.
I HAVEN'T DONE A FORMAL WALKTHROUGH.
I USED TO DO A LOT OF STUFF AT WATER TOWER.
I JUST PERSONALLY, INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, BUT I HAVEN'T DONE, UH, A FORMAL WALKTHROUGH JUST TO SEE WHAT'S A BETTER FIT FOR THAT CLASS.
AND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SAY THEY ALL WANT A VISUAL ART PROGRAM, AND NO ONE WANTS TO DO ART, RIGHT? IF IT'S ALREADY HEAVILY INFUSED IN THE CITY.
UM, BUT PROBABLY THEATER, UH, A GRAPHIC DESIGN, A DANCE CLASS, AND THEN WE WANNA SEE SOMETHING, UH, FOR THE OLDER STUDENTS.
UM, SO, UM, A 30 MINUTE PRODUCTION IS NOT NECESSARILY, STAGE READING IS NOT OUT OF, YOU KNOW, THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.
WE JUST NEED TO SEE THE SCHEDULE AND THE AVAILABILITY FASTER THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR QUESTIONS WERE ON OUR END.
HOW LARGE THE PRODUCTIONS, HAVE YOU HAD ANYONE THAT TEACHES TECHNICAL FEAR? YES.
OUR PRODUCTIONS ARE, UH, SO WE TYPICALLY CAST ANYWHERE FROM 25 STUDENTS TO 30, DEPENDING ON PRODUCTION.
WE DO A DANCE, UH, RECITAL, FIRST RECITAL, A DANCE PRODUCTION, A FASHION SHOW, AND A SHAKESPEARE SHOW ALMOST EVERY YEAR.
AND SO I THINK ALL BEST OF PROGRESS, THE STAGE READING, UM, THEY TYPICALLY ARE, AUDIENCES ARE, SO MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL HAS 700 FOR NIGHT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN AT SAME GRAND AMPHITHEATER, PROBABLY 1500 FOR THAT SEVEN DAY RUN.
UM, AND THE, YEAH, SO TYPICALLY ANYWHERE UP TO 500 PEOPLE TO 2000 PEOPLE, DEPENDING ON THE VENUE SIZE.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS, THE, THE SUMMER SHAKESPEARE WITH HIGH SCHOOL SUITS FOR 30, OVER 30 YEARS.
IT IS, IT, IT'S T YEAH, WE, SO WE HIRE ALL OUR PRODUCTION TEAM, UH, MEMBERS ARE USUALLY 10 TO 15 OR 20.
WE HIRE A DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, SET DESIGNER, LIGHTING, DESIGNERS, UM, UH, SOUND DESIGNERS, ALL OF THAT.
SO THEY WORK WITH PROFESSIONALS, UM, FROM DAY ONE.
AND THEY, WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO REHEARSE SOME EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH UTD BEFORE, UH, WHICH IS NEARBY AS A CODE COLLABORATION.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY TYPICALLY COST FROM 30 TO, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE 30 TO $50,000.
AND SO THAT KIND OF TELLS US HOW WE SCALE, UM, AT MIDSUMMER NIGHT STREAM, WHICH WE'LL BE PERFORMING AT HERE AT THREE, UH, JULY 29TH THROUGH THE AUGUST 3RD.
UM, THERE'LL BE SEVEN SHOWS TO MATT DAYS ON THE WEEKEND, UH, ON EVENING SATURDAY, UH, AS 22 STUDENTS I BELIEVE.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THEY COME FROM 15 TO 17 DIFFERENT TEXAS HIGH SCHOOLS.
BUT WE, THE CONCEPT IS, YOU KNOW, TWO GIRLS WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE DOING THE ENTIRE SET.
IT'S A FAIRIES THINK OF, UM, AVATAR FAIRY WORLD AND 1850S FROM THE ROYAL WORLD FLASHING.
SO IT'S FUNNY, BUT
WAIT A MINUTE, THESE ARE TEAMS. IT'S, YEAH, THIS.
AND IN YOUR PRODUCTIONS, DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE I, UM, NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOTHING MAAM.
WELL, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN MADISON.
YOU, THIS IS A LOVELY FACILITY, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I WILL BRING US TO TRAFFIC I ON THAT AND WE'VE GOT THE, THOSE CENTER FILES, SO JUNIOR PLAYERS APPLICATION, SO FORTH FROM CENTER FILES.
WELL, NO, YOU'RE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE, SOMETHING THAT WAS, I THINK IT WAS THE, YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M THE COO OF TRAFFIC 9 1 1, BUT THAT'S TUESDAY WILL BE MY NINE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF
UM, STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER 10 YEARS AGO AND JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CAUSE WITH THE KIDS THAT WE GET TO SERVE AND WITH HOW WE GET TO DO IT.
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NOW WE WORK, WE'RE ONE THAT DO THE HARD WORK.SO WE WORK WITH CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS, TYPICALLY BETWEEN THE AGES.
WE USUALLY SAY 11 TO 24, BUT WE DO HAVE KIDS AS SOON AS NINE YEARS OLD NOW THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN TRAFFICK IN OUR LOCAL AREA, RESIDE IN ONE OF THE STATE COUNTIES THAT WE SERVE.
UM, SO WE SERVE CONFIRMED TRAFFICKING VICTIMS AS WELL AS, UM, HIGH RISK YOUTH THAT ARE IDENTIFIED, UM, WHICH MAY BE IDENTIFIED THROUGH SCHOOL SETTINGS AND HOSPITALS, UM, IN JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES, ANY OF THOSE PLACES THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE WILL GET REFERRALS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE BEGIN JOURNEYS FROM THAT CHILD.
AND SO WE WORK CURRENTLY IN DALLAS, TERRANCE DENTON, COLLIN ROCKWALL, AND ELLIS COUNTIES.
ABOUT 65% OF THE KIDS WE SERVE, UM, ARE DALLAS COUNTY KIDS.
SO THEY LIVE IN ONE OF THESE AREAS.
UM, MOST OF THE KIDS THAT WE SERVE ARE RECOVERED IN DALLAS COUNTY, UM, JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A WELL ESTABLISHED, UM, AREA WHERE TRAFFICKING DOES OCCUR.
AND IT IS A FAIRLY TRANSIENT POPULATION, SO THEY MAY COME IN AND OUTTA DIFFERENT COUNTIES, BUT, UM, WE SERVE THEM IN REALLY UNIQUE WAYS.
AND SO WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOVERS A CHILD TRAFFICKING VICTIM, UM, THEY CALL OUR CRISIS LINE DENSITY LEVEL 24 7, 365.
AND ONE OF OUR ADVOCATES IS ON SITE WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, EITHER AT THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 60 TO 90 MINUTES.
AND, UM, WE START OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT CHILDCARE, WE'LL FOLLOW THEM INTO THE NEXT STAGES OF THEIR LIFE.
BUT AFTER THAT CRISIS, WE ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
AND WE EVEN FIELD BASED ADVOCACY.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING KIDS COME TO US, WE ACTUALLY GO TO THEM, THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE PROVIDE SPECIALIZED CASE MANAGEMENT AND LONG-TERM SUPPORT.
SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, KIDS THAT HAVE HAD THIS KIND OF EXPERIENCE, IT CAN BE REALLY HEAVY, IT'S VERY TRAUMATIC, IT'S HARD.
AND SO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, GETTING THEM TO A POINT WHERE THEY FEEL ON THEIR OWN THAT THEY CAN NAVIGATE THE WORLD AND THAT WE'VE GOT, UM, OTHER COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AROUND HIM CAN TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
SO WE ARE THE ONLY, UM, CHILD SERVING AGENCY IN DALLAS COUNTY THAT PROVIDES 24 7 CRISIS RESPONSE.
UM, THIS MORNING ONE OF OUR ADVOCATES WAS OUT OUR ON CALL DAY.
YOU GOES FROM 8:00 AM TO 8:00 AM AND AT SEVEN FORTY FIVE WE GOT A CALL FROM DALLAS.
SO OUR ADVOCATE HAD 15 MINUTES LEFT TO AGO BEFORE SHE WAS OFF CALLED IN.
UM, AND SO SHE RESPONDED TODAY AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THAT GIRL.
UM, TWO NIGHTS AGO, HOMELAND SECURITY ACTUALLY RECOVERED A GIRL WHO WE, UM, IDENTIFIED AS MISSING.
SO OUR CRISIS RESPONSE WILL AVERAGE ONE TO EIGHT KIDS PER WEEK, TYPICALLY.
UM, OUR FUNDED REQUEST IS $15,000 THIS YEAR, AND IT WOULD BE USED FOR THESE VICTIMS AND WENT ON THE VENTING CAREGIVERS.
UM, WE'VE BROUGHT IN A NEW ELEMENT TO OUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS CAREGIVER SUPPORT.
SO WE HAVE TWO FAMILY SUPPORT ADVOCATES THAT ARE, UM, WOMEN WHO HAVE LIVED A LOT OF LIFE.
THEY HAVE KIDS THEY'VE PARENTED AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE SEASON OF LIFE THAT OUR CAREGIVERS ARE IN.
AND THEY'RE ABLE TO WALK ALONGSIDE THEM TO HELP THEM ADDRESS HOW TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THEIR KIDS, HOW TO ADDRESS THEIR OWN TRAUMA, HOW TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR BEEN THROUGH.
SO THIS IS WHY OUR WHOLE PROGRAM WAS LIKE, UH, HAS SAID WE WILL ENCOUNTER A YOUTH TYPICALLY IN A CRISIS RESPONSE WAY.
WE WILL, UM, RESPOND, WE WILL SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THEIR INTERVIEW, HOWEVER LONG THAT TAKES IN EITHER FORENSIC INTERVIEW OR THIS INTERVIEW, WE WILL ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR THEM TO GO TO MEDICAL, WHETHER THEY NEED EVIDENCE COLLECTION OR NOT.
BECAUSE AFTER WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, WE BELIEVE THEIR BODY IS VERY, WE NEED TO GET THAT CHECKS, UM, THE SAFETY PLAN.
AND THEN WE DO THINGS WITH THEM.
WE PAIR THEM WITH AN ADVOCATE.
WE, THEY'RE ALL PAID, HIGHLY TRAINED 'CAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT RELATIONSHIPS HAVE CREATED THIS SPUR.
AND SO RELATIONSHIPS WILL BRING THAT HEALING.
AND SO THEY ARE PAIRED, UM, WITH AN ADVOCATE AND THEY GET TO DO ALL OF THESE.
UM, LAST YEAR WE SERVED 352 YOUTH WHO RESPONDED 215 CRISIS RESPONSES, PROVIDED A BUNCH OF SERVICES AND OUR KIDS AT 76% OF THEIR ROLES, WHICH I DID NOT MEET 76% OF MY, SO I'M GETTING BACK AWAY STUDENT TO BE SERVED.
WE WORK WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
WE'RE ON THE NORTH TEXAS TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE WITH HOME AND SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
AND, UM, THE INCREDIBLE THING IS THAT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH, UM, ADDISON POLICE DEPARTMENTS,
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UM, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM WHILE WE CAN PROVIDE THE OFFICE IN THIS COMMUNITY.WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN AROUND, SO OVER 10 YEARS, UM, AT THE AIRPORT IN THE AIRPLANE HANGER.
UM, AND SO WE ARE HERE, WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF SUPPORT THAT YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS.
ANY TRAINING THAT THEY NEED TO IDENTIFY OR SUPPORT, UM, TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY AWARENESS THINGS BECAUSE IT IS EVERYWHERE.
WE'RE SEEING FACULTY HAPPENS ANYWHERE THERE ARE KIDS.
AND IT HAPPENS IN EVERY COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE LOVE TO BE CONNECTED IN A DEEPER WAY, UM, WAY WITH, AND THESE ARE JUST SQUISHY THINGS.
WE BELIEVE THAT KIDS ONLY PLAY WHEN THEY FEEL SAFE.
SO THAT'S WHAT OUR ADVOCATES GET TO DO.
WE GET TO DO THOSE THINGS TO KIND OF REDEEM THAT CHILDHOOD THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THESE KIDS.
WE TAKE WATER, PARKS, FIGHT, UM, WE SUPPORT THEM WHEN THEY'RE FEELING SUICIDAL, WE TAKE THEM BACK TO MEDICAL.
UM, BUT MOSTLY WE GET TO BE THEIR PERSON THAT WALKS WITH THEM EVERY TIME THEY HAVE A SETBACK.
UM, NO MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THAT ADVOCATE WILL KEEP RETURNING AND THEY DON'T ENGAGE OUT OF OUR PROGRAM.
SO WE ONLY TAKE KIDS THROUGH 17 UP TO RIGHT AT 18, BUT THEY DON'T AGE OUT.
AND IF THEY LEAVE OUR PROGRAM AND THEY AS AN ADULT NEED SUPPORT, WE WILL ALWAYS BRING THEM BACK IN, IN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
UM, I HAVE 115 PLANTS SQUISHING, UM, SLIDES TO SHOW YOU FROM OUR KIDS WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THEIR ADVOCATE BECAUSE IT'S JUST REALLY SPECIAL.
AND SO WE HAVE A TEAM OF 32 WOMEN, UM, THAT JUST GETS TO DO THIS ALL DAY NOTICE DAY.
AND YOU'RE REALLY THE, I'M SURE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE QUESTION, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS.
UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE HERE LOCALLY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S NEAT TO LEARN THAT.
UM, AND I, I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR APPLICATION.
I, I APPRECIATE, UH, LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION I'M LOOKING AT.
IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT YOU'VE COMPLETED IT HONESTLY.
UM, THE RESIDENT SERVED AND, AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT YOU PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR? IT'S UNKNOWN, RIGHT? AND YOU, THAT'S WHAT YOU PUT.
SO, SO, UH, THAT RESONATES VERY HIGHLY WITH ME.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR FILLING OUT THAT FORM THAT THAT APPLICATION CORRECTLY.
WELL, WELL I'M FAMILIAR WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION.
THEY, THEY'VE PRESENTED A COUPLE TIMES OVER THERE AND WE'VE DONATED SOMETIMES 'CAUSE THE THE MESSAGE THAT THEY HAVE IS VERY IMPACTFUL.
AND, AND I REMEMBER Y'ALL, I THINK Y'ALL SHOWED, SHARED A STORY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WITNESSED AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM HERE.
AT LUNCHTIME DID YOU JUST FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS OFF AND DIDN'T, THEN YOU GET USED TO SEEING THAT AND, AND, AND WE PROBABLY ALL WITNESS THINGS LIKE THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS AND JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT IT MIGHT BE.
AND YOU ONLY KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS THE UNREPORTED TO THE UN THE UNRESOLVED THINGS.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE SEE A LOT OF TIMES THAT THERE, UH, I REMEMBER, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY DID, UH, ONE OF THEIR REPORTS A WHILE BACK AND, AND, UH, THE SEX TRAFFICKING, THE NUMBER WAS ZERO BECAUSE IT'S NOT DISCOVERED OR NOT REPORTED.
AND SO, BUT, BUT THEY'RE HERE FILLING THAT NEED.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT'S SO IMPACTFUL TO ME ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT Y'ALL HAVE WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR CLIENTS WHO YOU, UM, BUT THAT'S, AND THAT'S THAT IT'S ONGOING.
IT'S, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE DID GET A CALL FROM ALISON PD, SO I DID THAT TO PROACTIVE OPERATION, I THINK, AND WE'RE THERE TO SUPPORT THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO IF THAT IS A NEED, UM, WE ARE ADVOCATES.
WE DON'T HAVE A HELP ADVOCATE SHOWING THERE, UM, TO SUPPORT THAT.
WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN PROACTIVE? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, WE'RE THERE TRYING TO IDENTIFY ACTIVELY IDENTIFYING MINOR THAT ARE DEEP TRAFFIC, LOOKING IN AREAS THAT MAY BE SOME OF THOSE PLACES.
MAYBE LIKE THE SHORT TERM, BUT SORRY, LIKE WEEKLY, ALL THINGS.
IF IT CAN BE A MINI MART, IT CAN BE, IT CAN LITERALLY BE ANYWHERE.
UM, AND WE, WE DO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY QUITE A BIT TO BE ON ONSITE WHEN KIDS ARE RECOVER.
SO HOW MANY FULL-TIME ADVOCATES DO YOU HAVE? WE HAVE 32 STAFF.
WE HAVE 13 PAID ADVOCATES THAT HOLD A CASELOAD BETWEEN 13 TO 20 GIRLS AND BOYS.
MOST OF THE KIDS WE SERVE ARE FEW NOW.
UM, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF AWAY FINES.
THEY'RE JUST NOT IDENTIFIED THE SAME, THEY'RE NOT RECOVERED
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THE SAME RATES.UM, BUT WE DO SERVE BOYS ALSO TAKING, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE YOU'RE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN DALLAS COUNTY.
SO WE DO, WE WORK WITH, UM, IN ORDER TO SERVE KIDS, YOU HAVE TO TAKE SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS THAT SERVE ABUSED KIDS.
SO WE ARE THERE IN DALLAS COUNTY WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, WITH ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS WITH JUVENILE.
WE SERVE KIDS INSIDE JUVENILE, UM, DETENTION FACILITIES WHERE THERE WITH MEDICAL.
SO WE ALL GET TO SIT AT THE TABLE TOGETHER AND WE TALK ABOUT EVERY CHILD THAT'S RECOVER TOGETHER.
UM, WE HOLD A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE WE DO LIKE WITH THESE KIDS, WE'RE SEEING THEM WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY.
UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO BRING TO THIS TABLE WHAT SHE ACTUALLY NEEDS, UM, AND ENSURE THAT THAT CARE IS GIVEN WHETHER WE'RE TAKING IT BACK FROM THAT FOLLOW UP, UM, GIVING THEM TO A SPECIFIC PLACEMENT THAT THEY NEED THOSE, THAT THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS SO MUCH.
UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WO ELSE.
MATTHEW, I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A NICE S THAT SHE LEAVES.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OREGON HEALTH CLINIC.
I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE JANUARY OF 24, SO A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.
SO, UM, IN THE CITY OF, UH, THE TOWN OF ADDISON, NEARLY 18% OF ADDISON RESIDENTS ARE UNINSURED.
UM, ACCORDING TO RECENT DATA THIS PUTS, THEY HAD SERIOUS RISK, SERIOUS RISK FOR UNDETECTED AND UNTREATED CHRONIC ILLNESSES LIKE DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, AND OBESITY, UM, WITHOUT ACCESS TO CONSISTENT CARE, UM, MANY DELAYS SEEKING HEALTH, UM, UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.
LEADING R VISITS, HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND LONG-TERM HEALTH COMPLICATIONS.
UM, THIS DOESN'T JUST AFFECT INDIVIDUAL LIVES AND PAST FAMILIES.
OUR WORKFORCE IN THE COMMUNITY, GOOD NEWS IS WOMEN HEALTH CLINIC IS HERE.
WE HAVE TWO LOCATIONS, ONE IN FARMS BRANCH AND ONE IN CARROLLTON.
AND WE HAVE RECENTLY STARTED PARTNERING WITH VENTURE PRESS SERVICES WHERE WE'RE DOING PUBLIC CLINICS THERE.
SO WE STARTED WITH A HALF DAY FOR THREE MONTHS TO SEE HOW, HOW IT ALL WORKS OUT.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO FULL DAYS ONCE A MONTH AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY INCREASE THAT WITH TIME AS WELL.
UM, HOPE TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY REACH THE HOMELESS POPULATION AS WELL THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE EASY TRANSPORTATION TO OUR CLINICS, BUT THEY GO TO MEASURE OUR SERVICES FOR OTHER SERVICES.
SO THAT'S REALLY BEEN A FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIP WITH PATIENTS THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE A COMMUNITY HELP HUB DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE CARE.
UM, OUR MISSION IS TO ELIMINATE HEALTH DISPARITIES, UM, FOR THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED THROUGH OUR PRIMARY CARE PROGRAM, EMPOWER HEALTH, UH, WITH YOUR INVESTMENT IN WOVEN HEALTH EMPOWER PROGRAM.
THIS IS KIND OF OUR OVERARCHING UMBRELLA PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SERVICES, WHICH IS OF COURSE THE PRIMARY CARE, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, NUTRITION COUNSELING.
UM, WE SUPPLY OUR PATIENTS WITH VACCINES, UH, THAT
GLUCOSE, UM, UH, LEADERS FOR OUR NUTRITION COUNSELING.
WE ALSO SUPPLY THEM WITH EXERCISE THINGS LIKE, UM, THE, THOSE ELASTIC THINGS THAT YOU CAN EXERCISE WITH.
I CAN'T GET THE NAME OF THEM, THOSE BANDS.
UM, AND THEN WE SHOW THEM VIDEOS ON HOW TO USE THAT PROPERLY.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT ALWAYS ABOUT GIVING SOMEONE OF MEDICATION TO BE TREATED.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH THROUGH EXERCISE OR THROUGH NUTRITION EDUCATION, TEACHING YOU A DIFFERENT WAY HOW TO FEED AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE FOOD THAT YOU'RE EATING.
UM, SO I NEED TO TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
WE PARTNER WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND IT SAYS FARMERS BRANCH CLINIC, BUT THAT IS, WE COMBINE BOTH FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, AWARD THAT WE GET FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
SO SINCE THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY IMPROVING OUR PATIENT'S BLOOD S UH, BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS ACHIEVING 70% OR HIGHER.
OVERALL FOR THE CLINIC, IT'S 89% OF OUR PATIENTS ARE CONTROLLED.
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69% OF PATIENTS ARE, UM, IN TION BECAUSE OF DEPRESSION.AND 56% OF OUR DIABETIC PATIENTS HAVE MOVED TO NORMAL BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL FOR, UM, THE ADDISON RESIDENTS THAT WE DO SEE, THEY ACTUALLY ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THEIR DEPRESSION, REMISSION OF 71.5%, UM, LITTLE BIT LOWER, 86% FOR STILL GREAT NUMBER FOR AND IMPROVING THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE.
WE DO HAVE PARTNERS, UM, WHO HELP US DO THIS FOR ON PRE CANCER INSTITUTE.
THEY PROVIDE MOBILE MAMMOGRAM UNITS AT BOTH OF OUR LOCATIONS FOR FREE MAMMOGRAMS. THEY ALSO HAVE CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS THAT WE DO AT OUR CLINIC FOR OUR PATIENTS.
AND THAT DOESN'T COST THE PATIENT TO ANYTHING AS WELL.
UM, BY THE WAY, OUR NUTRITION AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING DO NOT CHARGE FOR THOSE, FOR OUR PATIENTS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
UM, AND SO WE DO USE THAT BRAND FOR A LOT OF THAT.
SLR VISION FOUNDATION COMES OUT.
THEY DO FREE ICE CREAM FOR OUR PATIENTS AND YOU GET EYEGLASSES IF THEY'RE NEEDED AS WELL.
AGAIN, THEY GO TO BOTH CLINICS, BE EASIER FOR OUR PATIENTS.
UM, WE HAVE TELEHEALTH SERVICES FOR THOSE FOR TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AS WELL.
AND THEN DIRECT RELIEF, AMER CARE'S MATH INTERNATIONAL.
THEY PROVIDE US WITH MEDICATIONS THAT WE GIVE OUT TO OUR PATIENTS AS NEEDED.
UM, ALSO THEY GIVE US THINGS LIKE CALLED INCLUDE MEDICATIONS, EYEGLASSES, UM, READERS, UM, SOME OTHER HYGIENE, UM, UH, ITEMS THAT WE GIVE OUT TO OUR PATIENTS AND NO COST TO THE PATIENTS AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN FUNDING.
DO WE NEED MORE FUNDING? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT NONPROFITS ASKING FOR FUNDING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ASKING FOR AT LEAST THE SAME AMOUNT.
I WAS TELLING YOU, THE VALUE OF THE SERVICES IS AROUND $75,700 TO TRADE BLOCK PATIENT FOR A YEAR FOR THE FUNDING.
BUT AGAIN, WE TRY TO LEVERAGE OUR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO, UM, COVER THAT, UH, THAT DIFFERENCE.
QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
VERY FAMILIAR WITH WOVEN FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY'LL DO AMAZING WORK AND PEOPLE, IF ANY, IF ANYBODY HASN'T NOT BEEN OVER THROUGH THEIR FACILITY, IT'S, IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
ANYTHING FROM YOU, WHERE ARE, ARE RESIDENTS AS YOU SERVE? DO THEY TYPICALLY GO TO CARROLLTON FARMER'S BRANCH? JUST THE POP BOX.
CARROLLTON SPEAKS LOT, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF CARROLLTON RESIDENTS.
THAT CLINIC ORIGINALLY STARTED, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT'S A COVID CLINIC, UM, IT WAS FUNDED BY THE CITY OF CARROLLTON TO OPEN THE CLINIC FOR COVID SCREENINGS AND TESTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THEN WE SAW THAT A LOT OF PATIENTS WERE, WELL, WHAT ABOUT PRIMARY CARE? AND SO WE DECIDED TO KEEP THE CLINIC OPEN AND WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH IN CARROLLTON FOR THAT, UM, AS WELL.
SO PATIENTS CAN GO TO EITHER CLINIC, WHEREVER THEY'RE COMFORTABLE, WHEREVER THEY GO, UM, FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH EXAMS AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.
THAT IS DONE AT FARMER'S BRANCH THOUGH, AND OUR NUTRITIONIST GOES TO 12, SO PATIENTS SEE, UM,
AND I REALLY LIKE THE EDUCATION SIDE OF WHAT YOU'RE, YOU ALL DO TOO TO YES.
THAT'S TO HELP PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S MEDICATIONS ARE EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, ALREADY.
SO WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO JUST SAY, OKAY, HERE, TAKE THIS PILL.
OR IF WE KNOW THAT IT'S MAYBE A EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED ON HOW TO, UM, CHANGE THE WAY THEY'RE EATING, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO LEAD A NUTRITION LABEL.
HOW TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE A DIABETIC, WHAT'S GONNA MAKE A SUGAR SPIKE.
UM, WHAT TO DO IF IT'S TOO LOW.
AND THAT EDUCATION PART IS, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT FOR US AS PART OF TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON'S.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK THIS LITTLE HOUSE RIGHT AWAY.
I KNOW THOSE STAIRS, I PROBABLY FALL DOWN SOME POINT, BUT
CAN'T SLEEP AROUND HERE THOUGH.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION WE WANT TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK I HAVE.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS, AND, AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS FOR PAST COUNCILS AS WELL, IS WE, YOU KNOW, WE SORT OF HAD SOME MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NONPROFITS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE KIND OF DRILLED DOWN INTO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR BUDGET WE'RE FUNDING, DO THEY, UM, SERVE AS RESIDENTS? AND MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT ARE, ARE WE, ARE WE CHECKING ALL THAT? IS THERE A MATRIX THAT I MISSED OR, YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO IN OUR GUIDELINES, AND I CAN PULL 'EM UP, THERE ARE SOME MINIMUM
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THINGS THAT, UM, MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE AS A NONPROFIT.UH, AND I SAW SOME OF THAT MUST HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
UM, AND ISH DID REVIEW ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THOROUGHLY, THE FINANCIAL ASSESSMENTS.
AND AS HE WAS DOING THAT, HE CHECKED THE ELIGIBILITY.
UM, SO ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT SUBMITTED ARE MEET OUR ELIGIBILITY.
SO WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT THAT MET ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND, AND DO WE HELP SOME OF THEM IF, IF THEY DIDN'T FILL IN THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY? YEAH.
DID YOU SEE ANY LIKE JUNIOR, JUNIOR PLAYERS JUST GOT A HUNDRED ADDISON RESIDENTS SERVE RIGHT NOW AND SHE JUST SAID THAT THEY DON'T SERVE? UM, I DON'T THINK, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY, UM, IT'S KIND OF WHAT I TOOK.
YEAH, I THINK I WAS MORE ANTICIPATED.
WELL, NO, NO, THERE'S, THERE'S A, SO IF YOU GO TO THEIR APPLICATION, IT'S, UH, THERE'S ONE THAT SAYS IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEN THE, THEN THE, THEN THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
IT SAYS, PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR.
PLEASE QUANTIFY THE NUMBER OF ADDISON RESIDENTS YOUR AGENCY PROVIDES, PROVIDED SERVICES FOR IN THE CURRENT YEARS.
SO, UM, I THINK THE ANSWER SHOULD BE ZERO FOR THE FIRST ONE AFTER HEARING WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT.
UM, AND SO STUFF LIKE THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S A RED FLAG FOR ME.
AND MAYBE THEY JUST MISUNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION, BUT THAT'S WHERE I WOULD SAY WE COULD GO BACK AND CAN WE HELP THEM COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK CORRECTLY BECAUSE WE, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION.
BUT YOU, ARE YOU SUGGESTING TO GO BACK AT THIS POINT AND, AND UPDATE IT? UM, BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T KNOW PRIOR TO PRESENTATION.
ACCURATE, ACCURATE INFORMATION AND NOT, AND I'M NOT SINGLING NOT TRYING TO SINGLE THEM OUT.
AND, AND, AND WE'VE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AT PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS MEETING.
SO AT SOME POINT IT, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SEE IT DONE AND, AND I'M NOT, UH, TRYING TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE.
IT IS THE DAY AFTER WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YEAH.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, BEFORE WE MAKE DECISIONS ON THIS STUFF.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME OF THESE OBVIOUS THINGS CORRECTED SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH BEFORE WE START MAKING MONEY DECISIONS FOR ME.
I, I KIND OF SEE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT SOMEBODY HAD TO DECIDE WHAT'S OBVIOUS, WHAT'S NOT OBVIOUS AND IT'S OBJECTIVE MAYBE, BUT JUST, I MEAN I MIGHT, I, I MEAN I COULD LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, OKAY, IT'S A HUNDRED I, IT'S NOT A RED FLAG TO ME RIGHT BEFORE I HEARD CITATION, BUT AFTER IT WOULD BE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND YEAH, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING FROM AND SOME OF THAT YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE TO FLUSH OUT OR THE INVESTIGATIONS AND THAT.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S MY THOUGHT.
I JUST, WHEN THERE'S OBVIOUS OPPORTUNITIES, I WANT TO DO IT IN A HELPFUL WAY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT GET BETTER.
BUT I ALSO KIND OF LOOK AT IT AS, YOU KNOW, THE HONEST ON 'EM TO, TO PREPARE A CORRECT APPLICATION.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THE RISK OF NONE HAVING A CORRECT APPLICATION ARE ACCURATE USUALLY SO YOU DON'T GET FUNDING.
WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE, UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND I CAN GO INTO EXAMPLES AT A LATER, LATER TIME.
BUT, UM, THAT'S, IT'S JUST HAVEN'T FOUND THAT TO BE TRUE.
I, AND AGAIN, I'LL YEAH, SURE.
WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? JUST REALLY QUICK.
THEY, THEY SUBMIT AND THEN WE REVIEW AND, UH, I MEAN, DO, DO WE REACH BACK OUT TO THEM EVER AND SAY, HEY, WE, WE GAVE YOU ANY TIME LAST YEAR, SAW GRATIFICATION, OR HEY, WE, WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALLY SERVED A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
WE DO THAT OR WE JUST TAKE NO, MOSTLY IS JUST CHECKING IN.
LIKE ALL LIKE THINGS ARE PUT IN THERE.
LIKE SOMEONE ABOUT THEIR ANNUAL AUDIT AND I HAD TO REACH BACK OUT 'CAUSE IT WAS AN OBVIOUS YEAH.
SO I JUST REACHED OUT AND THEY GOT TO ME WITH A CASE.
SO, SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING ALL THE MAJOR THINGS ON WHEELCHAIR TECHNOLOGY BOXES, SAYING SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOING FOR THE MONEY SIDE, MONEY SIDE, BUT NOT OTHER SIDE, OTHER, THE ADDISON RESIDENTS HERE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, AND THAT'S IN OUR, OUR AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE FOCUS ONE.
SO IT'S HELPFUL WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE OR 3000.
ONE OTHER SUGGESTION, JUST KIND OF BRAINSTORMING SO THAT
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WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE APPLICATION FOR THEM, WHICH I'M CAREFUL STAFF'S ROLE WE, WE PUT ON LIKE THE SUMMARY MATRIX OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, PUT STAFF NOTES AS A COLUMN OR LIKE AFTER PRESENTATION NOTES THAT CLARIFIES THAT OR HERE, YOU KNOW, THEY SUBMIT IT AS A HUNDRED.WE IT'S ZERO AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE US DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW THAT WHERE WE COULD PUT IT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS UNDERSTAND WE'RE WE, WE DO GET IN TOUCH WITH 'EM ON FINANCIAL STUFF OR WE DON'T.
SO WE, WE DO THIS, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TO WHAT EXTENT IT SOUNDS LIKE, BUT THIS, THEY'RE MISSING ATION, SO YEAH.
AND YEAH, I'LL REVIEW ALL THE, ALL THEIR BUDGET, THEIR AUDIT, LIKE GOING DEEP, DIVING IN, LIKE CASH FLOW, ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ANALYZING QUESTION THE ACCURACY OF A FINANCIAL DOCUMENT, JUST CHECKING THE BOX FOR THAT.
THERE'S A ON THAT, BUT ON APPLICATION SIDE, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY REPLY DOCUMENTS, WE ASSUME.
HE'S DOING A REALLY GOOD DOCUMENT.
BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, MY THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
MY POINT IS WE ARE DOING YEAH, WE ARE.
UM, AND I'M JUST, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT AND I'M JUST SAYING WHEN WE, WHEN IT'S KNOWN ON CERTAIN THINGS, UM, OBVIOUS THINGS AND SOME OF 'EM ARE MORE REPEATABLE.
UM, BUT I'VE SEEN GIFT IN KIND THE, IS THE, THE QUESTION IS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE IS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER GIFT IN KIND OR SERVICES THAT THE TOWN HAS PROVIDED? AND WHEN I SEE THE ANSWER IS NONE, BUT THEN WE ALL KNOW, WELL I CAN NAME 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I MEAN, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, YEAH.
IT'S A LITTLE INFURIATING TO ME UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS A TOWN, WE, WE GIVE IN VARIOUS WAYS, BUT THEN YOU SEE THIS AND, AND WE SEE THIS APPLICATION, IT'S NOT THERE.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA TAKE MY LITTLE RED, YOU KNOW, TEACHER'S RED PEN OUT
LET ME HELP YOU, LET ME, LET ME HELP YOU.
SO, SO THAT, THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST AND, AND UH, OKAY.
UH, BUT THAT I, I THINK THAT CAN BE HELPFUL AND I THINK IT CAN BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE ONES WE SEE EVERY YEAR AS THEY'RE MAKING THAT DECISION.
AND THE J PLAYERS EVEN MORE SO FOR THE ONES WE SEE EVERY YEAR.
I THINK ON THE ONE LIKE I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THAT WE, THAT WE KNOW RIGHT.
THAT THEY'RE MAYBE MISREPRESENTING SOMETHING APPLICATION.
I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING THIS AND THIS AND THIS.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE LISTING EVERYTHING.
UM, FOR, UH, I THINK JUNIOR PLAYERS, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY, THEY SHOW UP.
NATION, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY YOU WOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY NEW TO US AND, AND I HATE TO, I'M NOT TRYING, I'M NOT TRYING TO SINGLE THEM.
UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO OTHER SPECIFICS AND IT'S ALSO THEIR FIRST APPLICATION, SO THEY MAY NOT, THEY MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT RIGHT.
THEY DO HAVE ONES THAT SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND MAY MAYBE WE MAY
ANY OTHER CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE OR QUESTIONS? JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE APPLICATION AND THEN IN THE PERFORMING ARTS ONE, THERE IS A, AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN COMPLETELY DEVIATED FROM THE APPLICATION ITSELF AND CREATED THEIR OWN.
AND TECHNICALLY THAT SHOULD BE THROWN OUT.
SO HOW CAN WE GET THEM BACK ON TRACK? I MEAN, CAN WE GO BACK TO 'EM AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS THE APPLICATION.
YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, ANSWER THE MESSAGE.
THAT'S, THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE, THE QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT THE ACCURACY.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GO FOR A JOB APPLICATION.
YOU GO, WELL HEY ASK, I USE MY OWN APPLICATION.
SO, AND, AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, SAY WE, BUT YOU ALL SPENT A, A LOT OF TIME AND PEOPLE IN THE PAST HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME PUTTING THIS APPLICATION TOGETHER AND EDITING THESE QUESTIONS AND REFINING IT AND REFINING IT.
SO IT IS, IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY JUST ANSWER THE, THESE ARE NOT, I DON'T THINK THESE ARE COMPLEX QUESTIONS.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AND THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE AND KICK IT BACK TO 'EM.
SAY, HEY, I'M SORRY, BUT JUST NEED YOU TO YEAH.
BECAUSE STICK WITH THE, STICK WITH THE PROPERTY.
IT DOES ALLOW YOU TO EVALUATOR ON THE SAME PLAN.
EVERYONE ANSWERS THE SAME EXACT QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION.
IT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO EVALUATOR.
I THINK THEY DID ADDRESS EACH QUESTION.
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PDF FILLABLE FORM.THEY KIND OF JUST WENT AND RESTATED THEIR QUESTION AND RESTATED THE ANSWER.
UM, SO THEY MUST HAVE HAD SOME DIFFICULT WELL, WE, I UNDERSTAND FURTHER THEY HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH THE FORM AND FILLING IT IN, BUT I THINK WE WE'LL VERIFY THEY DID YEAH.
VERIFY THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON APPLICATION WAS INCLUDED IN THE NARRATIVE THAT THEY DID.
BUT I DO WANT THAT, I MEAN, I NEED THAT APPLICATION.
BECAUSE I'M GONNA, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS STUFF QUICK AND I KNOW WHERE TO GO.
BUT IF YOU, IF EVERYONE WERE TO SIT HERE, I'M GONNA JUST DO A REWRITE AND IT'S JUST LIKE YEAH.
IT'S GOOD CONSISTENCY IN WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION.
BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH A LOT OF, A LOT OF STUFF.
I CAN REACH OUT AND I SEND IT.
HAVE, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND LISTENING.
THERE'S ANOTHER BUSINESS POOL,