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[1. Call Meeting to Order]
THE TIME IS 4 0 2.WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT A QUORUM WITH ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THIS IS OUR, OUR SECOND MEETING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO, TWO THINGS REAL QUICK.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MINUTES FOR THIS MEETING AND THIS, AND THE PREVIOUS MEETING AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN ALSO WE'VE GOT, UH, ON OUR TABLE AND ALSO IN OUR EMAIL, WE'VE GOT, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE, UH, QUESTION AND ANSWERS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED.
THEY WERE UPDATED, UH, AS OF I THINK THIS AFTERNOON.
AND SO THOSE ARE, ARE HERE AT, AT OUR TABLES.
AND, UH, THAT PROCESS IS GONNA CONTINUE.
SO WE'VE GOT MORE, MORE INFORMATION COMING.
[ 2.a. Receive and discuss presentations from scheduled non-profit organizations that applied for funding. Full Dance Circle Cody's Friends Rescue Dallas Cat Lady Jewish Family Services Metrocrest Chamber Metrocrest Services Traffick 911 World Affairs Council Woven Health Clinic]
TWO, A REGULAR AGENDA.RECEIVE AND DISCUSS PRESENTATIONS FROM SCHEDULED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE APPLIED FOR FUNDING.
WE DID, UH, MOST, UH, ALL BUT ONE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS NONPROFITS, SO WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THEM FIRST, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO FROM ALPHABETICAL ORDER WITH THE REST OF OUR REMAINING NONPROFITS.
AND SO EVERYBODY'S GOT FIVE MINUTES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
SO IF, IF YOU WOULD, UM, WHEN I, WHEN I CALL YOUR NONPROFIT, IF YOU WOULD COME ON UP AND SHARE YOUR NAME AND, AND SHARE YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES, UM, THAT I REMEMBER SEEING IN THE PAST.
BUT FOR EVERYBODY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A NEW, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT WE, WE LEARNED ABOUT LAST MEETING.
WE'VE GOT A NEW SHOT CLOCK, A NEW AND IMPROVED SHOT CLOCK.
SO IF, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO AN NBA GAME, YOU'RE GONNA BE FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SHOT CLOCK.
IF YOU HAVEN'T, I'M GIVING YOU A HEADS UP BECAUSE IT CAN BE QUITE STARTLING IF YOU'RE NOT DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOU HEAR THIS.
SO, UM, SO EVERYBODY'S GOT FIVE MINUTES, AND SO, UH, WITH THAT WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA START WITH A FULL DA FULL DANCE CIRCLE.
MY NAME IS TIFFANY ARNOLD, AND I AM THE ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FULL CIRCLE DANCE.
AND TODAY I HAVE WITH ME THREE WELL, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, MELISSA, LAURA, KAY, AND KIRK.
AND WE'LL BE COVERING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN OUR GRANT PRESENTATION TODAY.
BUT FIRST I WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT FULL CIRCLE DANCE.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL DANCE COMPANY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR SEVENTH SEASON AND ARE COMPRISED OF 15 DANCERS.
WE ARE DANCE PROFESSORS, EDUCATORS, INSTRUCTORS, AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
OUR FOCUS IS ABOUT BRINGING CONTEMPORARY MODERN DANCE TO THE NORTH DALLAS AREA.
AND WE HAVE PERFORMED IN RICHARDSON, PLANO, FRISCO, MCKINNEY, AND ADDISON.
WE HAVE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WITH LAST THREE YEARS.
IN 2023, WE HOSTED A CONCERT, A FULL EVENING LENGTH CONCERT CALLED DANCING OFF THE PAGE, WHERE I TOOK LITERARY WORKS AND PUT THEM TO MOVEMENT.
WE HAD OUR SIXTH TURNING CONCERT, CELEBRATING OUR SIXTH SEASON, AND WE HAD MOST RECENTLY LEGACIES AND PROPHECIES WHERE THE CONCERT HONORS FAMILY LINEAGE AND HERITAGE.
I DO HAVE A VIDEO AT THE VERY END, THAT'S ONLY A MINUTE IF TIME ELAPSE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SHOW PLANNED FOR THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN OCTOBER, UM, EXCUSE ME, IN NOVEMBER.
AND THEN ALSO IN OCTOBER OF 2027, WE HAVE A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH LED ME AND THE BOARD TO DISCUSS HOSTING A FULL CIRCLE DANCE FESTIVAL, BRINGING US HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
BUT YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF, WHAT IS A DANCE FESTIVAL? WELL, PROFESSIONAL DANCE COMPANIES WILL OFTEN APPLY TO DANCE FESTIVALS TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASED VISIBILITY AT THESE FESTIVALS, REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND OFTENTIMES, INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPANIES WILL COME TOGETHER TO PERFORM AND PROVIDE, UH, AND CONNECT WITH NETWORKING EVENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THESE FESTIVALS, MASTERCLASSES ARE OFFERED WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS CAN TAKE CLASS, SHARE IDEAS, AND IMPROVE DANCE TRAINING SKILLS.
THESE DANCE FESTIVALS BECOME A CULTURAL DRAW FOR THE COMMUNITY AND BRINGING DIVERSE DANCE COMPANIES THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T NORMALLY SEE LOCALLY.
THUS LEADING US TO THE FULL CIRCLE DANCE FESTIVAL, WHERE WE ARE ASKING FOR GENERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THINGS SUCH AS VENUES, MARKETING STIPENDS FOR PERFORMERS,
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AND MASTERCLASS TEACHERS, AND MORE.SO FULL CIRCLE DANCE IS ABOUT CREATING MEANINGFUL CONNECTION.
WE ALL DO IT, WE ALL SAY, OH, THAT'S A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.
RIGHT? AND SO OUR FULL CIRCLE DANCE FESTIVAL WILL BE ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR AUTHENTIC CONNECTIONS FOR NOT ONLY THE DANCE COMPANIES, THE PERFORMERS, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WILL HAVE EVENTS AND, UM, ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS ENCOURAGED TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE ARTISTS AND THOSE PERFORMERS.
WE PERSONALLY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH PARTICIPATING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT FESTIVALS.
LAST MONTH WE WERE JUST AT THE OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL.
WE EARNED BEST OF FEST AUDIENCE CHOICE AND BEST CHOREOGRAPHY, BUT WE ALSO KNOW WHAT WORKS AT A DANCE FESTIVAL AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS, UM, THIS EVENT WOULD BE UNIQUE AND, AND, UM, AND, AND, AND AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
NOW, WE ARE A PERFORMING GROUP, SO OF COURSE, OUR PROGRAM MEASURES ARE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION, THE NUMBERS, RIGHT? WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW MANY COMPANIES APPLY TO OUR FESTIVAL, HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTEND THE CONCERTS, HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN DANCE CLASSES, NETWORKING AND ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS, RIGHT? BUT THIS HAS AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT ON THE ADDISON COMMUNITY.
WE CAN SPEAK FIRSTHAND TO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GOING TO THESE FESTIVALS WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE MULTIPLE HOTEL ROOMS FOR MULTIPLE NIGHTS.
WE NEED TO GO SHOPPING AT THE GROCERY STORES.
WE NEED TO EAT OUT AT THE RESTAURANTS.
WE NEED TO GO TO THE BARS AND CELEBRATE.
WE NEED TO GO TO RETAIL AND SHOP.
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS OF THESE FESTIVALS ASSOCIATED WITH SHARING ONE'S ART, FULL CIRCLE DANCE HAS FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE, AND OUR BOARD MEMBER, MELISSA, HAS RUN DANCE FESTIVALS BEFORE.
AND AS I PUT OUR BIOGRAPHIES AND THE MATERIALS FOR SUBMISSION, WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF DANCERS THAT WOULD BRING A LOT TO THIS EVENT.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU HAVE SIGNATURE EVENTS HERE, YOU'VE GOT KABOOM TOWN, YOU'VE GOT OCTOBER FEST, BUT NOW IS THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE A SIGNATURE DANCE EVENT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUST, LET'S GO QA.
LET'S GO DANCERS AND GOOD TIMING.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTIONS? AND I ALSO HAVE MY BOARD HERE THAT CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.
MAYOR, SO YOU HAD THE FESTIVAL HERE LAST YEAR? WE DID NOT HAVE A FESTIVAL HERE, NO.
BUT YOU ALL, I THINK Y'ALL PRESENTED LAST YEAR THOUGH, RIGHT? WE DID NOT PRESENT LAST YEAR, NO.
NO, FULL CIRCLE DANCE HAS BEEN AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
WE HAVE DONE THREE SHOWS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IN THE MAIN STAGE.
BUT THIS WOULD BE A FESTIVAL THAT FULL CIRCLE WOULD, UM, HOST HERE AT THE, AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND I MIGHT'VE MISSED IT DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD YOU EXPECT TO COME IN FOR THE FESTIVAL AUDIENCE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN ABOUT 19, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 TO 19 COMPANIES AND WITHIN A COMPANY, LIKE WHEN I JUST TRAVELED TO OKLAHOMA WITH MY COMPANY, I BROUGHT 10 DANCERS WITH ME.
SO WE JUST, WE JUST WENT TO OKLAHOMA WITH 10 OF US, 11 PLUS MYSELF.
UM, BUT THEN TALKING ABOUT AUDIENCE NUMBERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 200, OVER 200 PEOPLE COMING TO THE, TO THE FESTIVAL FOR SHOWS FOR, FOR EACH ONE.
OR IT DEPENDS BECAUSE, UM, IT DEPENDS.
I KNOW WE'RE DOING SOME NEW SEATING IN THE THEATER, SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH SEATING, BUT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, EASILY A HUNDRED, 150 A NIGHT, AND WE WOULD DO TWO SHOWS.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MARLA.
I I JUST HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT MAYOR WAS ASKING, SO THAT, THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? A SATURDAY, SUNDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SOMETHING, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT, UM, A FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, UM, EVENT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A PERFORMANCE FRIDAY NIGHT AND A PERFORMANCE SATURDAY NIGHT.
WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THURSDAY BEING LOAD IN AND PREP FOR THE TECHNICAL REHEARSALS AND ET CETERA.
WE WOULD HOLD MASTER CLASSES ALL DAY THAT FRIDAY LEADING INTO THE SHOW.
WE WOULD HAVE CLASSES ALL DAY THAT SATURDAY LEADING INTO THE EVENING SHOW.
WE WOULD DO AN OPENING, RECEPTION, BUILDING COMMUNITY, AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN ARTIST TALK IN THE, IN THE COTTAGE.
WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR AN INTIMATE GATHERING OF ARTISTS TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE WORKS.
PEOPLE COULD COME AND LISTEN TO WHAT THE CHOREO HAVE CHOREOGRAPHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THEIR WORK.
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SO THAT WAY WHEN THEY GO INTO THE SHOW, THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING.SOMETIMES THAT MODERN DANCE GETS A LITTLE SCARY AND PEOPLE DON'T GET IT.
SO MAYBE IF THEY HEARD FROM THE ARTIST'S VOICE AHEAD OF TIME, THEY MIGHT HAVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE.
AND, AND SO DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT BE COMING IN, COMING IN TO, TO RESERVE A HOTEL ROOM FOR THOSE, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THURSDAY, FRIDAY, POSSIBLY.
SO AGAIN, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT IT, UM, WHO COMES IN AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING IN FROM.
UM, WHO'S ACCEPTED INTO THE FESTIVAL.
WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY WANT TO LOOK AT DIVERSIFYING WHO COMES IN, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE REGIONAL, LOCAL, OR WHETHER THEY'RE COMING FROM OUTTA STATE, OR PERHAPS IF ANYONE COMES INTERNATIONAL WHO WANT TO EVENTUALLY BUILD TO THAT.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES, UH, ARTISTS AND COMPANIES WILL DO SOLO WORKS OR DUETS OR QUARTETS.
AND LIKE I SAID, I BROUGHT A GROUP OF 10, SO, YOU KNOW, 12 IS KIND OF THE MAX PER A, PER A COMPANY.
UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY WOULD COME BECAUSE IT WOULD BE BASED ON THE DANCES THAT ARE SELECTED FOR THAT FESTIVAL, HOW MANY ARE GONNA BE COMING IN.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, HAVING BEEN A PART OF THE 2 5 4 DANCE FESTIVAL, SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS, FULL CIRCLE DANCE HAS A FOLLOWING THAT DRIVES DOWN TO WACO TO SEE US PERFORM.
SO I'M THINKING THAT SAME THING WE PERFORMED AT THE AIMED SUMMER DANCE FESTIVAL.
THERE'S THE AIMED DANCE COMPANY HAS A FESTIVAL DOWN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SEE FULL CIRCLE PERFORM, AND THAT'S NOT FAMILY
AND AS FAR AS THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DANCING, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE AGE GROUPS? 18 AND UP.
WE ARE A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY.
WE ARE NOT, UH, CATERED TO, TO THE YOUTH.
NOW, THE CONCERTS WOULD BE OF COURSE, BUT, UM, WE ARE OF A PROFESSIONAL NATURE.
UM, I'LL START WITH PROBABLY THE EASY ONE FIRST, $19,985.
THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC AND UNIQUE NUMBER.
HOW, HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER? WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO OUR TREASURE.
SO THE BIGGEST LINE ITEM, SIR, IF YOU, IF YOU COULD JOIN US, WE'RE, WE'RE RECORDING THIS TO GET YOU EXERCISE, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION IF IT WAS A LESS THAN UNIQUE NUMBER LIKE THIS.
YOU KNOW, AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GROUNDED THE 20.
UM, UM, NO, THE BIGGEST LINE ITEM FOR THAT IS ACTUALLY STIPENDS FOR THE DANCE COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE.
SO SINCE WE'VE DONE SO MANY OF THESE, WE KNOW THAT'S THE BIGGEST, UH, HURDLE TO PARTICIPATION.
AND THE, AND THEN THE NEXT BIGGEST EXPENSE WOULD BE FOR THE VENUES.
UM, THERE'S SEVERAL IN KIND ITEMS THAT WE LISTED, UM, BUT IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM MARKETING TO THE RECEPTIONS TO THE, UH, TEACHING FEES FOR THE MASTER CLASSES.
SO, UM, WE HAVE IT ALL IN THE SUBMISSION, BROKEN OUT BY DAY.
I'M GONNA INTERRUPT REAL QUICKLY.
THE VENUES ARE IMPORTANT FOR THIS FESTIVAL BECAUSE I DON'T JUST WANNA BE IN THE MAIN STAGE.
I WANT THE CLASSES GOING ON IN THE STUDIO THEATER.
THAT'S WHERE THERE WILL BE DANCING DURING THE DAY IN THE STUDIO THEATER.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, I WANT THE STONE COTTAGE TO BE WHERE THE ART TALKS ARE HAPPENING, AND THE Q AND A AND THE, THAT TYPE OF THING IS HAPPENING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IN THE THEATER LOBBY, THAT IS SO GORGEOUS AND SO CLEAN AND SO LOVELY.
RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHERE I WANT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE AS WELL.
SO THE VENUES ARE REALLY BIG BECAUSE WE NEED ALL OF THOSE VENUES FOR THIS FESTIVAL, NOT JUST THE MAIN STAGE.
UH, NUMBER ONE, I LOVE YOUR ENERGY
UM, I'M AN EDUCATOR, SO I, I I'M A LITTLE, LITTLE CONFUSED.
UM, IN THE FORM OF A FESTIVAL, I, I, I HAD ASSUMED THAT YOU WERE COMING IN WANTING TO PUT ON SOME PERFORMANCES IN, IN OUR FACILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND SEE THE FESTIVAL, AND BASICALLY NEEDING OUR ENTIRE STRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE HERE.
TO PUT THIS ON IS, IS A LITTLE BIT, I'M GONNA HAVE TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WANT ME TO TALK IT THROUGH? OKAY.
WHEN I HEAR FESTIVAL, I ALMOST WONDER IN MY MIND WHY YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PEOPLE TO PUT ON A, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WHO PUTS ON OUR FESTIVALS AND THINGS, AND WE DO A SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM INVOLVED.
THERE WILL BE TWO PERFORMANCES.
NOVEMBER OF 26 AND NOVEMBER OF 27.
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GO BACK.LET'S, I, I, I GUESS I LOST IN, IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PERFORMANCES.
YOU SAID WE WOULD'VE, WE WOULD DO THIS JULY IN OCTOBER, THAT, THAT'S, OH, THAT'S FULL CIRCLE DANCE.
WE ARE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING A SHOW AGAIN IN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN NOVEMBER, AS WELL AS OCTOBER.
BUT IN THIS SLIDE HERE, THE DANCE FESTIVAL WOULD HAPPEN RIGHT AFTER YOUR KABOOM TOWN.
SO THIS WOULD BE JULY 9TH THROUGH THE 10TH.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING MULTIPLE EVENTS AND HAVING MULTIPLE DATES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TWO DAY DANCE FESTIVAL WHERE THERE ARE TWO PERFORMANCES HAPPENING IN THE MAIN STAGE.
WE WOULD BE HAVING UP TO SIX CLASSES HAPPENING GOING ON IN THE STUDIO, MAYBE THREE ON ONE DAY, THREE IN ANOTHER, A MORNING AND AFTERNOON AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
ENROLL AND PAY APPLICATION TYPE THING.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE OUR RESIDENTS COULD BENEFIT TOTALLY.
I JUST DIDN'T WANNA READ THE SLIDE WHEN I WAS PRESENTING.
I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT, BUT YEAH.
AND THEN WE WOULD DO TALKS BEFORE THE PERFORMANCES.
WE'D DO NETWORKING, YOU KNOW, PERCEPTIONS.
BUT YEAH, THERE WOULD BE, THE BIG THING BEING WITH FESTIVALS IS THAT THERE'S USUALLY A PERFORMANCE AND A CLASS.
BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT DOING WITH THIS FESTIVAL IS BUILDING IT MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE MISS IN FULL CIRCLE.
LOUIS CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL, WE DON'T REALLY GET TO ENGAGE
LIKE WE GO AND DANCE AND WE GO AND PERFORM, BUT WE DON'T REALLY GET TO TALK.
SO THESE WOULD BE EVENTS THAT WE WOULD GET TO TALK.
SO YOU THINK THIS 19 9 85, IS THAT WHAT YOU NEED TO SPEND IN ADDISON? THAT MONEY WOULD BE SPENT STAYING IN ADDISON? OR IS THAT MONEY THAT YOU WOULD NEED FOR YOUR YEARS TO GO TO OKLAHOMA CITY OR NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
SO, SO THAT, THAT FUNDING REQUEST IS GOING TO, UH, BE FOR VENUE USAGE, ANY KIND OF EQUIPMENT RENTAL THAT MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN, THAT'S ALSO GONNA PAY FOR THE MASTER CLASSES TO TEACH CLASSES.
CERTAINLY IN ADDISON, IN ADD, IF YOU STAY IN ADDISON UHHUH, WELL, IT'LL BE TO THE PER PERSON THAT'S PER, THAT'S TEACHING.
SO WHOEVER THAT MIGHT BE, AND MOSTLY THAT IS GONNA BE SOMEBODY COMING FROM THE COMPANY THAT'S COMING IN.
THAT'S THE EXPENSES FOR THE, FROM THE ADDISON.
COMPANIES WOULD ALSO GET A STIPEND TO BE HERE TO TRAVEL.
I MEAN, THERE'S AN INCENTIVE FOR US TO GO TO ST.
LOUIS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA BROADEN OUR, OUR, OUR VISIBILITY AS A PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I HAD A COUPLE OTHER, LET'S GO.
SO JUST, I WANNA CLARIFY FOR THE, THE NOVEMBER AND OCTOBER, THOSE ARE SEPARATE THINGS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THIS.
SO IF YOU LOOK HERE, MY POS MY WHY IS MY POSITIVE PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT? WE'VE HAD THREE SUCCESSFUL SHOWS, 2020 3, 24, AND 25.
AND OUR FUTURE SHOWS FULL CIRCLE DANCES, FUTURE SHOWS.
WE HAVE A NOVEMBER SHOW AND WE HAVE AN OCTOBER SHOW.
MY POINT IN TELLING YOU THAT IS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO ADDISON.
MY DANCE COMPANY IS COMMITTED TO ADDISON.
HAVE YOU, AND YOU JUST DID A FESTIVAL IN OKLAHOMA.
UH, HAVE YOU DONE ONE OF THESE IN NORTH TEXAS? YES.
AND WHEN? DALLAS INDIE DANCE FEST LAST YEAR ASKED US TO COME IN, THEY INITIATED A, A NEW THING.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FESTIVALS AROUND THE NATION.
UM, BUT THERE'S NOT ANYTHING IN ADDISON.
AND IS THE 19 9 85, DOES THAT FUND THE WHOLE EVENT? MM-HMM
SO THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER FUNDING? YOU'RE, SO YOU'RE ASKING US TO PAY FOR THE, THE ENTIRE COST OF THE EVENT.
AM I CORRECT? I THINK SO, YES.
YEAH, I THINK WE WERE GOING FOR, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO DO THIS EVENT.
AND WHATEVER SUPPORT WE CAN GET, WE WOULD APPRECIATE.
I, I HAD ONE OTHER WRITTEN DOWN I FORGOT TO ASK, UH, UM, CONCESSIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WOULD YOU BRING, WOULD THERE, WOULD YOU TRY TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS HERE? WOULD THERE, WOULD THERE BE CONCESSIONS SOMEWHERE AROUND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FROM COME IN NEED COMING IN FOOD BEVERAGE? YEAH.
UM, THE WAY I SEE IT IS THERE ARE RESTAURANTS EVERYWHERE,
AND SO WE WANT THESE PARTICIPANTS TO GO ENJOY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN ADDISON OFF BELTLINE ROAD.
THIS LAST, DURING THE DAY, WE WOULD DO LIKE 9:00 AM SO AFTER THE CONCERT'S DONE AT 10:00 PM BUT THERE WOULD BE BREAKS IN THERE, THERE WOULD BE A LUNCH BREAK THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO GO GET FOOD.
WE DON'T NEED FOOD TRUCKS YET.
WHEN WE BUILD TO BE ON CAPACITY, THEN WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE QUICK FOOD.
THE LITTLE CONCESSION AREA INSIDE THE ADDISON, I, I'M SUPPOSED TO SET TO SELL SODAS.
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THAT FOR PERFORMANCES FOR THE PATRONS TO BE ABLE TO PARTAKE IN THOSE CONCESSIONS.BUT I THINK IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA GO TO LUNCH, THEY'RE GONNA GO RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T THINK THESE PEOPLE, FOR GOD, HOWEVER LONG THAT IS, 12 HOURS IN THE DAY, ARE NOT GONNA NEED CONCESSIONS AT LOCATION? NO.
WE WILL DO RECEPTION TYPICALLY THE WAY IT'S DONE IN OTHER FESTIVALS.
LOUIS DID A REALLY NICE JOB OF LIKE KIND OF HAVING A, A, A, A, I DON'T KNOW, A TABLE SET UP WITH GRANOLA BARS AND FRUIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OKLAHOMA DID THE SAME THING WHERE THEY KIND OF HAD SOME FOOD FOR THE DANCERS, BUT THOSE ARE SNACKS, NOT ACTUAL MEALS.
SO I SEE THE MEALS BEING PART OF THE ECONOMIC, I'M LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ATTENDEES RATHER THAN THE PERFORMER.
THE ATTENDEES WILL COME IN FOR A SHOW.
THEY'LL WATCH A SHOW AT THE INTERMISSION, THEY'LL GRAB SOME OF THE CONCESSIONS AND THE BEVERAGES FROM THE, FROM THE LOBBY.
I THINK I WENT OVER TIME, BUT NO, YOU'RE PERFECT.
RESCUE IS NEXT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE VIDEO IF THEY COULD.
CAN JUST ONE MINUTE SEND THAT TO STAFF TO WHERE WE CAN GET IT.
JUST A RECAP VIDEO OF OUR LAST SHOW KIND OF LETS YOU KNOW OF THE PROFESSIONAL NATURE OF WHICH WE WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M THE, UH, CO-FOUNDER OF CODY'S FRIENDS RESCUE.
WE'RE, UH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGER, UH, NONPROFIT RESCUES, UH, IN THE DFW OF FORT WORTH METROPLEX.
UM, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR AROUND 16 YEARS NOW.
UM, SOME OF THE SLIDES ARE GONNA COVER WHAT I HAVE.
UM, THE, THE WHOLE ESSENCE FOR A RESCUE, AND THERE'S A LITTLE OVER 240 JUST IN THE DFW METROPLEX, UH, IS TO, FOR THE AWARENESS AND THE EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITIES.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR BRINGING DOGS IN AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE OFF THE STREET.
THERE'S ENOUGH OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT TEXAS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE NOT PROUD OF IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE THE LARGEST STATE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT KILLS MORE DOGS AND CATS THAN ANY OTHER STATE.
UH, LAST YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 86,000 THAT WERE EUTHANIZED.
SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE, NATURALLY ARE, THERE ARE LAWS IN PLACE.
UH, WE, OUR BIGGEST ISSUE IS DOGS AREN'T ALTERED.
THEY'RE NOT SPAYED AND NEUTERED AND ONE DOG ALONE.
UH, AND THIS IS A PROVEN FACT THAT, UH, ONE FEMALE UNALTERED IN FIVE YEARS WILL HAVE BETWEEN 15 AND 30,000 PUPPIES.
AND THERE'S PLENTY OF THOSE RUNNING THE STREETS.
SO THE RESCUES COME INTO PLAY.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO OFFSET IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS.
UH, WE HOLD EVENTS, UH, WE SOLICIT, WE ACTIVELY LOOK ONLINE.
UH, UH, YOU'VE GOT OPERATION KINDNESS.
AND JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, ALONE, THAT REACHES OUT.
AND WE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE COULD TAKE DOGS IN AND FIND THEM GOOD LOVING AND, UM, FOREVER HOMES FOR THE, UH, PUPS.
AS OF LAST NOVEMBER, WE ACTUALLY WENT OVER 12,000 DOGS THAT CODY'S FRIENDS LOAN HAS RESCUED IN THE DFW METROPLEX AND FOUND HOMES FOR.
THAT'S SOME OF THE NUMBERS WE HAVE ON STATS.
WE HAVE 200 DOGS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE, UH, IN FOSTER CARE.
SO NATURALLY WE HAVE FOSTER, UH, HOMES THAT OUR DOGS GO TO, JUST LIKE FOSTER KIDS.
THOSE DOGS, THEY GET TRAINING, THEY GET LOVE, THEY GET, UH, FOOD, ANYTHING THEY NEED TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE ADOPTABLE.
AND, UM, WE HAD 6,644 INTAKES JUST IN, UH, 25.
AND I THINK WE'RE APPROACHING THAT PRETTY CLOSE RIGHT NOW IN 26.
OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE FROM PITS TO POODLES.
THAT'S JUST, UH, ONE OF OUR CANNED PHRASES.
UH, WE, IT SAYS WE SAVE THEM ALL.
WE DO SAVE THE ONES WE CAN, BUT WE CAN'T SAVE ALL THE DOGS.
AND NO, THE RESCUES CAN, BUT WE DO WHATEVER WE CAN.
WHETHER A DOG'S ABANDONED, NEGLECTED, SURRENDERED, INJURED, FACING EUTHANIZATION, OUR REMISSION REMAINS THE SAME.
WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE DOGS ONE LIFE AT A TIME.
OUR REQUEST IS $10,000 BASED ON THE, UH, GRANT, UH, THAT WAS OFFERED, UH,
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ALONE.OUR RESCUE LAST YEAR SPENT JUST OVER $150,000 ON MEDICAL.
UH, WE USE THIS FOR EMERGENCY RESCUE AND TRANSPORT.
WE GOT A RESCUE BUS THAT GOES TO THE COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE HAVE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN ADDISON, UH, DOING EVENTS.
WE'D LOVE TO GET, UH, MORE ACTIVE IN THE EVENTS IN THE ADDISON COMMUNITY, SINCE THERE'S A LOT OF FESTIVALS AND ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON NATURALLY DURING THE SUMMERTIME IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO HAVE DOGS OUTSIDE.
BUT, UH, INDOOR EVENTS DO TAKE PLACE.
WE'VE DONE THE HUB, UH, WE'VE DONE, UH, UH, THE TRUCK YARD, UH, SOME OF THE PLACES, ARMOR BREWING.
UH, WE'VE GOT AN EVENT THERE THIS THURSDAY FROM LIKE SIX TO NINE.
UH, WE BRING NORMALLY 30 TO 40 DOGS OUT OF, OF THE ONES WE HAVE THE FOSTERS BRING 'EM OUT, AND PEOPLE, IT'S GOOD EXPOSURE FOR THE DOGS.
AND THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERMIX, UH, NOT ONLY WITH PEOPLE, BUT OTHER DOGS AT THESE, UH, AT THESE EVENTS.
AND, UM, IT, IT'S GOOD EXPOSURE.
AND WE DO GET A LOT OF ADOPTIONS, UH, FROM THE EVENTS.
WE DO NOT ADOPT DOGS AT EVENTS DIRECTLY, UH, OFF OFF THE PARKING LOT.
IF, IF SOMEBODY WANTS A DOG, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS ONLINE.
IF A DOG DOESN'T WORK OUT, THAT DOG COMES BACK TO US.
THERE'S NO TAKING IT TO A SHELTER.
UH, ALL OF OUR DOGS ARE CHIPPED.
THEY'RE ALTERED, UH, ALL THE MEDICAL EXPENSES.
UH, WE DO HAVE, WE JUST TOOK TWO THAT WERE HIT BY A CAR.
ONE WAS THROWN OUT THE WINDOW, UH, OF A VEHICLE.
SOMEBODY SAW IT, AND AS IT WENT OUT THE WINDOW, ANOTHER CAR RAN IT OVER.
AND THOSE EXPENSES, UH, RIGHT NOW ARE JUST A LITTLE OVER 6,000.
UH, FOR A DECADE, WE USED TO HAVE POOCH VILLE.
THERE'S MAYOR CHOW DOWN THERE.
AND, UM, HE CAME OUT TO OUR EVENT.
WE WERE RIGHT OFF OF, UH, BELT WOOD PARKWAY.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE SAVED FROM ADDISON JUST, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THESE ARE GREAT PYRENEES THAT WERE DUMPED AT THE, UH, AT THE DOOR OF THE ADDISON, UH, ADMIN BUILDING UP HERE.
AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY TOOK THOSE IN.
AND WE HAVE HOMES FOR ALL OF THEM RIGHT NOW.
THEY'LL NEED THEIR MEDICAL, THEY ALL NEED S SPADE AND NEUTERED AND ALL THEIR VACCINATIONS.
SO THAT'S CODY'S AND THAT'S JUST ONE RESCUE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, DAN.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.
THAT'S, UH, UH, YOU'RE TALKING SOME FOLKS UP HERE THAT ARE VERY MUCH, UH, ANIMAL LOVERS.
UM, SO, SO YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE A FACILITY, DO YOU, UH, DO YOU PLAN TO HAVE A FACILITY AT SOME POINT, OR IS THAT IN THE PLANS OR NO, WE, SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH POOCH V, UH, COVID CAME AND WE WENT FROM A BOARDING, GROOMING, AND DAYCARE FACILITY TO A ALL RESCUE FACILITY.
OUR EXPENSES WERE BETWEEN 12 AND 13,000 A MONTH.
UH, WE HAD 5,800 SQUARE FEET WITH A BACKYARD.
AND WE ROUGHLY HAD BETWEEN 25 AND 30 RESCUES THERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
SHOULDERS ARE NOT THE ANSWER, UNFORTUNATELY FOR DOGS.
IF YOU TAKE A DOG FROM A SHELTER AND PUT 'EM IN A BOARDING FACILITY, AND HE IS BACK IN A FOUR BY EIGHT, IT'S WHAT HE BE GAINED.
SO THAT'S WHY WE REALLY FOCUS ON FOSTERING, UM, THE, THE ADDISON FACILITY.
WHEN IT DID GET BOUGHT OUT, UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT HAD IT, WE HAD THE FIRST RIGHT TO REFUSAL.
AND WE JUST, AT THE TIME, WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S TRY TO SCALE BACK A LITTLE BIT.
LET'S PULL THE 23 DOGS OUT THAT WE HAVE THERE, FIND 'EM HOMES, AND THEN WE'LL GROW.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE UTILIZING A, UH, FACILITY IN PLANO FOR SOME OF OUR OVERAGE, BUT WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT DOGS RIGHT NOW IN BOARDING.
THE REST OF THEM ARE ALL IN HOMES, GOOD LOVING HOMES.
AND, AND PEOPLE LIKE THE PUPPIES, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE CARED FOR.
THEY WILL NOT BE ADOPTABLE UNTIL THEY'RE AT THEIR SECOND VACCINE, WHICH WILL BE ROUGHLY, SEE THEY JUST GOT THEIR FIRST THREE, SO THREE WEEKS APART, AND THEY'LL GET THREE ROUNDS OF VACCINES.
AND WE DO NOT, WE DO NOT NEUTER DOGS OR, UH, SPAY DOGS UNTIL THEY'RE SIX MONTHS OLD.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE SHELTERS AND OTHER RESCUES AROUND, THEY DO IT VERY EARLY.
AND DAS IS, IS ONE I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR, THEY'LL DO A DOG AT EIGHT WEEKS AND IT REALLY HAS AN IMPACT ON THEIR, ON THEIR LONG TERM, UH, HEALTH.
SO, BUT, UH, WE'LL WAIT FOR SIX MONTHS AND WE, WE PAY FOR ALL THAT.
SO THESE EXPENSES, I MEAN, THEY, THEY ADD UP QUICKLY.
OUR BUS, I MEAN, WE, WE JUST HAVE A BUS THAT WE USE TRANSPORT WISE.
ADDISON IS ALSO A PLACE THAT WE UTILIZE, UH, THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE USE THAT FOR TRANSPORT.
'CAUSE WE DO TAKE DOGS TO OTHER AREAS.
WE'VE DONE THEM QUITE A FEW TIMES.
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A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLD.IF ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE SCREWWORM ISSUE.
UH, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES UP NORTH ARE NOT ACCEPTING DOGS BECAUSE TEXAS HAS HAD SCREWWORM, UH, PROBLEMS AND THEY HAVE NOT AFFECTED ANY DOMESTICATED PETS YET.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN ONE CASE AND IT WAS A FARM DOG.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY.
THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, SO THIS, THIS REQUEST IS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF, OF YOUR, UH, ANNUAL, SO DO YOU HAVE OTHER BIG DONORS THAT ARE SPONSORS FOR YOU ALL? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DEDICATED DONORS.
WE WORK STRICTLY OFF 10 AND $20.
AND FOR 16 YEARS, THE GOOD LORD'S GIVING US THE MONEY WE NEED.
WE'VE GOT A SPONSOR, UM, NORT, TEXAS GIVING DAY'S A BIG ONE FOR US.
I THINK WE'VE AVERAGED, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE AVERAGED ABOUT 30, BUT LAST YEAR WE DID 80.
SO WE ARE GROWING, YOU KNOW, IN POPULARITY AND, AND JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT.
THANKS FOR THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
MARLON, WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF COVERAGE? WE DO THE WHOLE DFW METROPLEX, ALL THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WE ACTUALLY, IF SOMEBODY PUTS IN AN APPLICATION AND IT'S GOOD, WE ACTUALLY ORGANIZED TRANSPORT TO TAKE THAT DOG ELSEWHERE.
WE'VE GOT DOGS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
AND AS FAR AS BRINGING A DOG IN FOR, FOR SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO BRING IT IN FROM ANYWHERE.
WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A THREE TIME FAILED FOSTER FATHER, SO, WELL GOOD FOR YOU.
SO, UM, WALK ME THROUGH HOW THIS WORKS THEN.
IF WE, WE HAVE A SERVICE THAT IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AN ANIMAL AT NIGHT, OR IF IT'S STRAIGHT OR WHATEVER, THAT WE'VE SIGNED CONTRACTS TO TAKE IT TO A SHELTER.
SO HOW WOULD YOU WORK DIFFERENTLY AND HOW WOULD YOU BENEFIT? HOW COULD YOU ENHANCE WHAT WE DO? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH OUR PRO, WITH OUR PROGRAM IN ADDISON? I, I KNOW THAT ADDISON UTILIZES THE GREAT AMERICAN.
OH, SO YOU'RE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THAT COMPANY AND, AND THE PROCESS.
AND ENHANCE AND MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE, FOR THE DOGS, WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, WE, WE CAN GIVE DOGS INDIVIDUAL CARE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU CALLED ON GREAT AMERICAN, THOSE PUPPIES WILL BE SITTING IN A SHELTER CAGE.
SO WOULD YOU FILE A POINT RIGHT NOW, YOU GO TO ALL AMERICAN AND GET THEM AND TAKE THEM TO YOUR FOSTER? OR WOULD WE CALL YOU FROM HERE TO GET THEM TO YOU? THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO YEAH.
WE TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHAT THE PRO WHAT YOUR PROCESS IS AND WHAT ADDISON'S PROCESS IS.
UM, 90% OF OUR PROCESS LIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE AT.
GREAT AMERICAN IS NOT ONE OF THE ACTIVE SHOULDERS THAT WE UTILIZE.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE CONNECTIONS ON GREAT AMERICAN, AND IF THERE ARE DOGS IN NEED THERE THAT WE FEEL THAT WE CAN BRING IN AT THE TIME, WE WILL NOT TAKE A DOG IN, UNLESS IT, AS A FOSTER HOME.
IF YOU DON'T STEP UP AND SAY, YEAH, I'LL FOSTER THAT DOG.
'CAUSE WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT, YOU? WOULDN'T BE SOMEBODY THAT WE WOULD CALL AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT IF SOMEONE CALLED AND SAID THERE WAS A STRAY ON THE STREET.
YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU MORE CATER TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS TRYING, THAT HAS FOUND A DOG SURRENDERING.
A DOG HAS FOLLOWED MY DOG'S HOME FROM A WALK AND I CAN'T FIND THE OWNER.
HAVE YOU, SO IT'S NOTHING THAT THE CITY TO HAVE YOU ON A CALL LIST BOARD TO CALL YOU.
BUT THE RIGHT, AND THE AWARENESS ASPECT IS, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING THE RESCUE OUT THERE WHEN WE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I, AND YOU CAN GO OUT NEXT DOOR, BUT, UM, I HAVE A DOG THAT I NEED TO REHOME.
AND YOU CALL US AND WE SAY, WELL, RANDY, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE? I CAN HOLD ON TO THE DOG FOR A WEEK.
THAT AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS US TO SHOOT OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH HAS OVER 40,000.
SO YOU'RE NOT A CALL THAT WE MAKE AND IN 30 MINUTES TO HAVE A, A, AN ANIMAL THAT OUR ANIMAL CONTROL HAS TAKEN IN CORRECT.
TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING DONE WITH.
THEY, SO, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T CALL THEM IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, HE SHOWED THE SLIDE WHERE WE HAD SIX PUPPIES THAT WERE JUST DROPPED OFF AT OUR BUILDING.
UM, HIS ORGANIZATION AND OTHER ONES WE DO GO TO WHEN WE GET, UH, ABANDONED DOGS BEFORE WE EVER TAKE THEM TO ALL AMERICANS.
SO WE KIND OF HAVE A GROUP THAT WE GO OUT TO AND GO, HEY, WE, WE JUST HAD THIS BOX FULL OF PUPPIES OR KITTENS DROPPED OFF.
DO YOU HAVE AVAILABILITY TO TAKE THEM? WE, WE DO THAT EFFORT BEFORE WE EVER TRY TO TAKE THEM TO ALL AMERICAN.
AND PERSONALLY, I THINK YOU'RE DOING GOD'S WORK.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS IS GONNA BENEFIT THE
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TAXPAYER MONEY.I'VE GOT A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR YOU, ASHLEY.
SO WE'VE GOT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS AND THIS IS ONE.
AND, UH, DOES THAT KINDA LOOK LIKE WE'VE GOT HIGHLY A ADOPTABLE, UM, PUPPIES AND WE REACH OUT TO THESE FOSTERS? UM, YES.
IS THAT WHAT THAT KIND LOOKS LIKE? IT'S OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO GET THEM RE-HOME RIGHT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S ALWAYS A BETTER SITUATION IF WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY THAT DOES FOSTERING, UM, THAT HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT VERSUS PUTTING THEM IN A SHELTER.
IT IS, IT IS LESS, UM, LESS HARD, YOU KNOW, DIFFICULT ON THE ANIMAL.
SO YES, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE GROUP THAT OUR ANIMAL CONTROL WORKS WITH THAT WE REACH OUT TO AND TRY TO GET THEM, UM, KNOW REHOMED BEFORE WE HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO THE SHELTER.
UM, OKAY, NEXT UP WE'VE GOT DALLAS CAT LADY.
OH, THERE, YOU JUST GO TO THE RIGHT.
HELLO, I'M LEE SESSLER, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DALLAS CAT LADY LADIES.
WE ARE AN NON VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, AS WE SAY.
WE TRY TO REDUCE CAP POPULATION A NUMBER OF WAYS.
FINDING HOMES FOR KITTIES, FOSTERING SPAY AND NEUTER, HIGH MARK, STAR SPAY AND NEUTER TEAM AND OUR T AND R TEAM.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG EXPENSES EVERY YEAR.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO HUMANELY CONTROL CAT POPULATION.
AND WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
WE WALK THE TALK, WE GET OUT THERE, WE DO THE JOB, WE HELP CATS.
UM, KITTEN SEASON, PUPPY SEASON, WE ALL SEE THE NEXT DOOR AND ALL THE SOCIALS ABOUT IT.
WE SPENT AGAIN, WE'RE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU OVER $150,000 LAST YEAR JUST ON SPAY NEUTER.
THATS, AND VACCINES AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF.
WE'RE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU ON ALL THOSE EXPENSES TOO.
WE TOO ARE NOT A SHELTERING ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE A FOSTERING ORGANIZATION THIS SPRING.
I'VE TAKEN THREE SETS OF KITTENS FROM ADDISON ANIMAL SERVICES, LITTLE BOTTLE BABIES.
EVERYBODY THINKS THEY'RE THE CUTEST THING.
UM, ON EVERY YEAR WE HELP AS MANY AS WE CAN.
OUR COSTS GO UP AND THIS YEAR SEEMS TO BE, EVERY YEAR SEEMS TO BE HIGHER AND FASTER AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
AND IT'S REALLY STRETCHED US MORE THAN WE'VE BEEN STRETCHED IN A LONG TIME.
WE HAVE SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS, RIGHT IN ADDISON THAT WORK WITH THE ANIMAL CONTROL THROUGH THE TNR PROGRAM.
WERE BIG PROPS TO THIS TOWN OF ADDISON FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THAT PROCESS AND FUN STUFF.
WE DO ADOPTION AT PETCO CLOSE TO EDISON DALLAS.
WE'VE PLACED OVER 12,000 CATS AND KITTENS INTO LOVING HOMES SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
AND MANY OF THEM WERE STREET CATS, APARTMENT CATS, PARKING LOT CATS.
SO GETTING FROM BEFORE, BUT IT'S WHAT WE DO.
UM, WE'RE REQUESTING $5,000 THIS YEAR TO ASSIST US WITH OUR SPAY INITIATIVES THAT ALLOWS US TO FIX ABOUT 75 CATS AND KITTENS.
THEY DON'T RUN FASTER THAN WE DO.
WE TRACK 'EM SO WE CAN GET THEM FIXED.
AND HERE'S THAT SLIDE THAT WE ALL HAVE IN OUR DECK.
AND WE HELP SENIORS, PEOPLE IN LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
WE WITH FOOD AND LITTER, WE TEND PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN THE CATS TO GET VACCINES, BLOOD WORK, DENTALS.
WE TRY AND COMMUNITY INDIVIDUALS, NOT JUST THE BIG PICTURE OF CATS.
WE EVEN TAKE, UM, STERILE CATS FOR DENTAL WORK SOMETIMES.
'CAUSE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR FERALS.
THEY'RE COMMUNITY CATS JUST AS MUCH AS THEIR CATS IN THEIR HOUSE.
AND WITH MORE PEOPLE, AGAIN, MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK TO WORK IN OFFICES AND THEY DON'T HAVE TIME.
I DON'T, CAN'T GIVE THEM ENOUGH ATTENTION.
CAN YOU HELP FIND THEM A NEW HOME? AND WE TRY AND HELP AS MANY AS WE CAN, BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS THE SPAY AND COST.
AND THE MORE WE CAN FIX THE BETTER.
AND HOPEFULLY, I KEEP SAYING EVERY YEAR, MAYBE THIS YEAR YOU WON'T NEED ME ANYMORE.
MAYBE THIS YEAR I'LL GET OUT OF HAVING TO BE
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A RESCUE PERSON AND JUST BE A PLAIN OLD CRAZY CAT LADY.I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 YEARS NOW.
AND THEN IT'S FACT ABOUT TNR AND MANAGE COLONIES, REDUCES HOMELESS CATS, REDUCES COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS FROM THOSE CATS THAT ARE OUT THERE COURTING ONE ANOTHER,
AND IT ALSO HELPS THAT THERE'S LESS CATS THAT STAFF AND THE VARIOUS SHELTERS HAVE TO GET CALLS ABOUT.
DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION JUST TO COMMENT.
UH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, WE PARTNERED WITH Y'ALL FOR A WHILE NOW.
AND, AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE OUT ON THE STREETS DOING THE, DOING THE GREAT WORK EVERY DAY AND, AND THE T AND R WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING IS REALLY EXCEPTIONAL.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL, ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, AND UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THAT SUPPORT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS EV THAT EVERY YEAR.
IT'S BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL THING TO GET THAT CHECK AND THAT CHECK.
AND IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME WHEN I'M GOING, ALRIGHT, BOARD.
UM, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE A CASH CALL.
AND THEN WE GET THAT LITTLE CHECK.
UM, I THINK YOU, EVERYBODY'S VOLUNTEERING THIS.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PAID EMPLOYEES.
HOW, HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS DO YOU, DO YOU UTILIZE? UH, I'M JEALOUS OF CODY'S FOR SURE.
PROBABLY 80 TO A HUNDRED TOTAL SUMMER.
YOU HAVE A LARGE ARMY SUPPORTING YOU.
THEN THERE'S ADOPTION PEOPLE, THEN THERE'S DR PEOPLE, THEN THERE.
WE EVEN HAVE, YOU KNOW, MY COMMUNITY OF RETIRED LADIES THAT MODEL, FEED, TRANSPORT, THAT DO ALL THOSE THINGS WHEN THE REST OF US ARE AT WORK.
HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE IN THE FIELD THAT ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING IN THE, IN INVENTORY FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM? ALL OF US.
I GET EVERYBODY DOES THAT, HUH? YEAH.
AND IT'S HARD, AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO RESIST THAT WHEN SOMEBODY SENDS YOU THAT TEXT MESSAGE.
I, I'LL JUST HOPE SOMEONE LISTENING IF THEY WERE WANTING TO HELP, THEY'RE VOLUNTEER, ALWAYS LOOKING, OR EITHER OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, YOUR ARMS ARE ALWAYS OPEN FOR HELP.
AND WE WELCOME THEM WITH OPEN ARMS AND THANKS.
UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND, UH, I KNOW SOME OF YOUR, YOUR VOLUNTEER CREW AND I MEAN, THEY ARE, THEY GO OUT AT ALL TIMES A DAY.
AND I MEAN, THEY, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IS JUST AMAZING.
SO FOR ME, UM, AND, AND THE OTHER THING, THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR, ALL SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HUGE, HUGE ANIMAL.
THAT'S PET, REALLY COOL LOVERS.
UM, AND, AND, UM, AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND, AND I'M ALSO GONNA, UH, THANK ALL OF THOSE, UH, ADDISON RESIDENTS AND THOSE OUTSIDE OF ADDISON THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND THEIR HOUSE AND CAT FOOD AND BILLS PAYING FOR, UH, FOR MEDIC MEDICATIONS, TNR COMMUNITY FOR THIS.
SO THANK YOU FOR, I GOT TWO, TWO THINGS I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THIS JUST GIFT AND KIND THOUGHTS.
THAT, UM, MAYBE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING WITH 'EM, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT, THEY SEND OUT A FRIDAY.
WE DON'T HAVE A NEWSPAPER, BUT WE'VE GOT A FRIDAY EMAIL BLAST AND THAT'S THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO THAT.
AND WE'VE GOT, UH, WHAT DO WE HAVE ABOUT 3200, 3400, UM, ACTIVE, ACTIVE EMAILS AND SOMETHING LIKE 80, 85%, A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF, OF PEOPLE OPENING UP READING THESE THINGS, CLICKING ON THE LINKS.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA REACH OUT TO THEM WHEN YOU'RE HAVING SOME ADOPTION OR WHEN YOU'RE MAYBE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
AND, AND ALSO SIMILAR SITUATION, WE HAVE, UH, TWO TOWN MEETINGS A YEAR AND SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT, UM, THEY SET UP TABLETOPS.
I THINK MAYBE WE'VE BEEN TO A FEW OF 'EM.
BUT ANYTIME YOU, YOU CARE TO JOIN US FOR THAT, I, I THINK WE, WE HAVE SPACE WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, THAT WE SURE.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT ADOPTION, UM, AND GETTING THE WORD OUT.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS WHERE MAYBE WE CAN HELP YOU THAT NOT, NOT, NOT SERIOUS, ADDING ON TO, TO, UH, SURE.
CASH MONEY IT GETS, IT GETS US IN FRONT OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT US IN DIFFERENT AREA.
AND ANYTIME YOU CAN ADD PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT YOU, IT HELPS.
SO, YES, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
UH, NEXT UP IS JFS JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES.
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RIGHT.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.
I'M THE CEO OF JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF, UH, DALLAS.
UH, WE JUST MOVED HERE IN MARCH TO THE CITY OF ADDISON AND TO OUR NEW FACILITY.
UH, THE STAR OF THE SHOW FOR OUR FOOD PANTRY PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY OUR FOOD PANTRY MANAGER, ELI CONE WINE.
AND SO I'M SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW TO PASS IT OFF TO THE, SO THERE YOU GO.
UM, SO, UH, GOT LOT TO, TO GIVE YOU WANNA TRY TO DO IT VERY QUICKLY.
SO WE SERVE ABOUT 3000, UH, INDIVIDUALS A MONTH.
UH, WE WELCOME IN ABOUT A HUNDRED NEW FAM, FAM 150 NEW FAMILIES EACH MONTH.
UH, LAST YEAR WE DISTRIBUTED ABOUT 850,000 POUNDS OF FOOD.
THIS YEAR WE'RE ALREADY ON TRACK TO DISTRIBUTE TO WELL PAST THAT NUMBER.
WE'RE GONNA DISTRIBUTE OVER 1.2 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'RE REQUESTING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, FROM ADDISON.
THAT MONEY GOES BOTH TO THE PANTRY AND ALSO TO THE ORGANIZATION, WR LARGE.
WE, WE SEE OUR PURPOSE AS MUCH MORE THAN JUST BEING A FOOD PANTRY.
WE WRAP AROUND SERVICE IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, BUT THAT MONEY GOES NOT JUST TO FEEDING PEOPLE, BUT TO HELP, TRYING TO HELP, UH, BRING THE, LIFT THEM UP, UH, AND BRING THEM FURTHER INTO BEING PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE, UH, OPERATE SOMETHING CALLED A CLIENT CHOICE MODEL.
I'M SURE, UH, METRO REQUEST WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
BUT, UH, ESSENTIALLY OUR FOOD PANTRY LOOKS PRETTY INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM A GROCERY STORE.
UH, WE INVITE PEOPLE IN TO PICK FOOD THAT WORKS FOR THEM.
AND WE ALSO, UH, PARTNER WITH, UH, BOTH NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK AND THE OTHER PARTS OF OUR AGENCY TO REALLY, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER PEOPLE MORE CARE THAN JUST FOOD.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE NUTRITIOUS FOOD THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE, BOTH THROUGH DONATIONS AS WELL AS OUR OWN PURCHASING.
UH, WE ALSO PURCHASE HYGIENIC SUPPLIES LIKE DIAPERS, UH, DEODORANT, SOAP, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE, WE KEEP A SNAP SPECIALIST ON SITE AT ANY, ALL THE TIMES THAT WE'RE OPEN, UH, IN THE PANTRY, WHO CAN HELP, UH, GET PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR SNAP BENEFITS ALONGSIDE MEDICAID, MEDICARE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND WE ALSO REFER OUTWARDS.
WE HAVE, WELL, AND, AND INWARDS, I SUPPOSE.
UH, WE, WE HAVE A HEALTH CLINIC ON SITE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING JUST UP THE ROAD ON QUORUM.
UH, WE HAVE, THAT IS ONE OF THREE HEALTH CLINICS THAT WE HAVE.
WE'RE OVER IN, IN THE WORKS OF OPENING A, A LOW COST DENTIST, UH, FACILITY ALSO IN OUR BUILDING.
UH, WE ALSO OFFER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELING, UH, CAREER COACHING, FINANCIAL COACHING, UH, ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT, AGAIN, ARE BUILT AROUND WRAPPING SERVICE AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE SHOWING THAT THEY NEED HELP.
UH, WE, UH, ONE OF THE REAL THINGS THAT WE, UH, FEEL VERY PROUD OF IN THE NEW BUILDING IS THAT IT'S ALLOWED US TO MOVE FROM AN EMERGENCY FOOD MODEL TO A SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD MODEL.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UH, WHEN WE WERE IN OUR OLD BUILDING, WE WERE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME ONCE A MONTH.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW OFTEN YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, ONCE A MONTH IS NOT NEARLY GOING TO GIVE YOU THE AMOUNT OF GROCERIES THAT YOU NEED, UH, TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE, THE, UH, THE, THE MONTH.
UH, WE ARE NOW, UH, OFFERING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH.
UH, AND THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH SNAP, IN CONJUNCTION WITH POTENTIALLY ONE OTHER EMERGENCY PANTRY, WE BELIEVE IS ENOUGH FOR, UH, THE AVERAGE SMALL FAMILY TO, UH, GET ALL THE FOOD THAT THEY NEED.
UM, WE, IN, LIKE, UH, IN OUR NEW PANTRY, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.
UH, I MENTIONED THE MEDICAL CLINIC THAT WE HAVE THAT IS AVAILABLE, UH, THAT OFFERS, UH, LOW COST PRIMARY CARE, UH, I MENTIONED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
WE ALSO HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, UH, WORKERS WHO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO SCHOOLS, UH, AND WORK WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, CASEWORKERS THAT WORK WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS MANAGEMENT, UH, WITH, OF, OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T LEAVE THEIR HOME, UH, AND HAVE HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T LEAVE THEIR HOME.
AGAIN, THE WHOLE IDEA HERE IS WHOLE PERSON CARE, THAT WE ARE LIFTING UP OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, THROUGH A, A PLETHORA OF, KIND OF A STRATOSPHERE OF, OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF, OF SUPPORT AND CARE.
UH, THE RESULTS, I THINK SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
WE, UH, WE SERVED 10,000 PEOPLE LAST YEAR.
WE'RE ON PACE TO DO THE SAME THIS YEAR.
UM, WE, 75% OF OUR CLIENTS REPORT THAT THEY EAT AT LEAST TWO MEALS A DAY.
AND THAT OUR ASSISTANCE, UH, PREVENTS HUNGER.
UH, WE ARE PROJECTING THAT 600, UH, MEMBERS OF THE ADDISON COMMUNITY, UH, WILL BE SUPPORTED BY US IN THE COMING YEAR.
I THINK THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY LOW IN THE PAST MONTH ALONE.
WE SERVE 200 DIFFERENT UNIQUE ADDISON CLIENTS JUST IN THE FOOD PANTRY, NOT COUNTING ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR AGENCY.
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IS WE, WE FIND THAT IS, UH, VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH ADDISON'S GOALS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FOR BUILDING OUR NEIGHBORS UP.WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOU USE YOUR 14 SECONDS
I'LL SAY THAT WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT WHOLE PERSON CARE, THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR WHAT THAT'S YOU.
I WAS LIKE, THAT'S HIS TIMING.
BUT THE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH OUR FOOD PANTRY WE'RE, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE FROM COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, SO THE SNAP SPECIALISTS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE SCREENING THEM TO IDENTIFY WHY THEY CAN'T FEED THEMSELVES.
AND THEN WE'RE CONNECTING 'EM WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER SERVICES.
SO WHEN ELI'S TALKING ABOUT WHOLE PERSON CARE, WE GENUINELY MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, JUST HANDING OUT FOOD.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO ASSESS AND GET AN IDEA.
OBVIOUSLY THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO BE READY TO BE ASSESSED.
THEY HAVE TO BE READY AND WILLING TO ACCEPT THE ADDITIONAL HELP.
BUT WE LOOK AT IT FROM ALL DIFFERENT WAYS.
SAME THING GOES IN THE REVERSE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO COME TO OUR MEDICAL CLINIC WHO STRUGGLE WITH DIABETES OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND FOOD IS MEDICINE.
AND SO WE WILL THEN REFER THEM OVER TO OUR REGISTERED DIETICIAN.
UH, WE'LL HAVE THEM GO INTO THE FOOD PANTRY AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEEDS THAT WAY.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T FEED THEM, YOU KNOW, ALL MONTH LONG AND ALL THE TIME.
BUT, UH, WE ARE HERE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE SEEING THE NUMBERS GROW SO RAPIDLY, UH, WITHIN ADDISON.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW Y'ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN ADDISON.
AND, UH, SO THIS REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM, NOT THE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS, IT JUST, IT FUNDS THE, THE, OUR POINT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SERVES THE BUDGET FOR THE FOOD PANTRY, BUT ANYBODY WHO IS RECEIVING A SERVICE IN THE FOOD PANTRY IS ACTUALLY RECEIVING SERVICES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS OUR $14 MILLION BUDGET.
BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS DO A WHOLE LOT MORE BESIDES FOOD PANTRY AND YOU HAVE MEDICAL AND YOU HAVE DENTAL COMING.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT, YOU'RE DOING DOING GREAT WORK.
SO, UH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEYOND THAT.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING AND, AND, UH, AND AND APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
MARLON, UM, I, I WANNA ADD THAT, AND YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, YOU'VE, YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO TAKE A COUPLE TOURS AND, AND, UH, INVITED US TO THE RIBBON CUTTING OPEN HOUSE AND SO FORTH.
AND THAT WAS REALLY NICE AND VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'VE BUILT, UM, SO ON AVERAGE, ON AVERAGE, UH, WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR USERS, HOW MANY DIFFERENT SERVICES ON AVERAGE ARE THEY UTILIZING? I KNOW THEY'RE UTILIZING FOOD PANTRY, BUT, BUT HOW MANY ON AVERAGE? THREE UNIQUE SERVICES? SO ON AVERAGE, THE ONES THAT WE CAN TRACK, THE ONES THAT WE CAN TRACK, UH, ACROSS THE DIFFERENT SERVICES, NOT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS REQUIRE US TO COLLECT CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, SO SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TRACK.
BUT THE ONES THAT WE ARE, THE PERCENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK, IT AVERAGES AROUND THREE.
AND THE GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THAT.
UH, WE HAVE INVESTED, UH, UH, $50,000 IN A DATABASE SYSTEM THAT WILL THEN READ ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PROGRAMS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. LIKE HE USES A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH USES VERSUS MEDICAL.
SO INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO HAND COUNT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY HAD TO DO, WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE A MUCH MORE ACCURATE AND LARGER NUMBER.
WOULD YOU SAY MOST OF, MOST OF THOSE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE UTILIZING THE FOOD PANTRY? UM, I WOULD SAY YES.
UH, THE FOOD PANTRY IS ONE OF THE LARGER FRONT DOORS OF THE BUILDING.
UH, AND WHAT WE, AGAIN, WHAT WE REALLY SEE OUR, OUR, SORRY, SHOULD I SPEAK LITTLE? UM, WE REALLY SEE THE FACT THAT, UM, MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, UH, THAT MAY STRUGGLE TO ASK FOR HELP, THE AREA THAT THEY FEEL LEAST, UH, UNCOMFORTABLE ASKING FOR HELP IS IN FOOD.
AND SO WHEN THEY COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, WE REALLY SEE OUR DUTY AS BEING VERY LOUD AND ADVERTISING LOUDLY ALL OF THE OTHER SERVICES.
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO COME AND ASK FOR THIS BIT OF HELP, WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WRAP AROUND IN THAT WAY.
THAT'S WHY IN OUR, UH, WAITING ROOM IS OUR SNAP SPECIALIST IN OUR WAITING ROOM IS OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER.
READY TO MAKE KIND OF WARM HAND, UH, HANDOFFS, UH, INTO OTHER PARTS OF OUR AGENCY.
AND WE'VE EVEN GONE SO FAR AS WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S INTERESTING, UH, TO, OF GRABBING PEOPLE IN THE FOOD PANTRY AND HOLDING THEIR SPOT IN LINE AND TAKING 'EM ON A TOUR OF THE MEDICAL CLINIC.
'CAUSE WHEN OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WHEN THEY GO OVER AND THEY SEE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WOW, I CAN GO TO THIS NICE MEDICAL CLINIC AND, UH, THEY COULD EITHER SEE ME FOR $35, YOU KNOW,
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AND GET ALL MY X-RAY OR NOT MY X-RAYS, BUT MY VACCINES AND EVERYTHING FOR $35, OR THEY TAKE MY INSURANCE OR MY MEDICAID OR MY MEDICARE AND I CAN GET MY FOOD, YOU KNOW.UM, SO, UH, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED.
WE'VE HAD, UH, GOOD BASICALLY FIRST APPOINTMENTS COMING OUT OF THOSE LITTLE TOURS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND NEW AND UNIQUE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ALL THESE OTHER THINGS FOR THEIR TEAM.
AND IF WE DIDN'T SAY WE HELP ALL IN NEED, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS BY THE NAME, IT SAYS JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE.
UH, BUT WE SERVE EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF AGE OF THE CITY, GENDER, OR, AND SO AS PART OF THE, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN SO KIND TO SHARE WITH US AS FAR AS, UH, UH, WHERE YOUR FOOD IS COMING FROM.
I SEE MORE THAN 10 DIFFERENT, UM, PLACES.
UM, AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION.
SO I WAS HAPPY TO, WE, WE ACTUALLY ADDED THREE OF THOSE RETAIL LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE LAST YEAR.
UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO ACTUALLY ADD EVEN TWO ADDITIONAL.
UM, WE, WE ARE ON PIECE THIS YEAR TO DOUBLE OUR, OUR RETAIL RESCUE POUNDAGE, UH, WHICH IS TO SAY, UH, POUNDS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE THROWN AWAY BY GROCERY STORES THAT WE, UH, THAT ARE OF PERFECTLY GOOD FOOD, UH, THAT WE INSTEAD SEND OUR TRUCK TO AND, AND RESCUE AND, AND USE IN OUR PANTRY.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE, WE ARE ARE GONNA RESCUE CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD THAT WAY THIS YEAR.
UH, AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
IT IS FOR ALL I WAS GOING TO HAVE YOU DO THAT.
AND I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S NOT ONLY FOR ALL THEY WELCOME ALL AND ENCOURAGE ALL.
SO, UM, I HOPE JUST TO TAG ONTO WHAT YOU SAID THERE AT THE END, BEFORE I GET TO MY QUESTIONS, I HOPE THAT YOUR NEW FACILITY IN ADDISON BEING LARGER AND SUCH A FABULOUS FACILITY IS HELPING YOU TO BE ABLE TO BRING MORE IN AND HAVING THE CAPACITY TO STORE MORE AND, AND TO USE MORE.
UH, I PERSONALLY, AND, AND I THINK, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I WOULD GO OUT ON A LIMB BY SAYING OUR ENTIRE STAFF IN TOWN ARE HAPPY AND, AND ELATED THAT YOU ARE IN ADDISON, YOU ARE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR MOVING OVER TO US.
UM, YOU, YOU'VE MENTIONED SNAP SEVERAL TIMES.
THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN, THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE THEIR SNAP BENEFITS WITH YOU, CORRECT? NO, NO.
JUST SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO EXPEND THE SNAP OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS.
UH, IT IS A COMPLETELY DONATED FOOD TO THEM, YES.
SO, UH, YOU MIND IF I SPEAK ON THAT FOR A BRIEF SECOND? IF, IF YES, PLEASE, PLEASE.
I DON'T, UH, SO, UH, WE REALLY SEE OURSELVES AS SITTING WITHIN KIND OF A PYRAMID WITH SNAP, SNAP PROVIDES THE BASE.
UH, UH, A THING, A FACT THAT EXISTS IN THE WORLD THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE IS THAT SNAP, UH, UH, PAYS FOR $9 FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF FOOD SUPPORT THAT ANY FOOD PANTRY WILL OFFER TO ANYBODY IN AMERICA.
UH, SO, UH, THAT IS LIKE, THEY ARE THE BASE THAT WE SIT UPON.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING IN LARGE AMOUNTS, ESPECIALLY OF SHELF STABLE PRODUCT LIKE RICE, PASTA, BEANS, UH, CANNED GOODS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO OUR GOAL IS REALLY JUST TO SAY THE STAPLE ITEMS, AND THEN WE ALSO LISTEN.
WE GET PRODUCE, WE GET BREAD, WE GET MEAT, BUT NOT NEARLY IN THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED.
BUT WE SAY IF YOU COME TO THE PANTRY, WE CAN GIVE YOU THE THINGS THAT SIT AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR PANTRY, RIGHT? LIKE THE CANS, THE DRY GOODS, ALL THAT STUFF, SO THAT YOUR SNAP DOLLARS ARE GOING TO THE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE THE MEAT ON THE, ON THE PLATE.
UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL.
AND I DO KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TWEAKING WITH THE SNAP PROGRAM, WHAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, WHAT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.
SO YOU REALLY FILL IN THAT VOID.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN ADDISON TAX DOLLARS, HELPING ADDISON, UH, UH, YOU, YOU GAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
YOU SAID YOU, YOU HAD HELPED 3000 A MONTH, AND THEN YOU CAME BACK AND SAID 10,000 IN A YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THOSE DIDN'T JIVE WITH ME.
I, SO THE IDEA THERE IS, UH, WE TRACK A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT THIS.
SO THE NUMBERS BOTH THERE, 3000 TO 10,000 REFER TO UNIQUE VISITORS.
SO THE GOAL FOR ANY FOOD PANTRY IS THAT, UH, PEOPLE GRADUATE FROM USING US.
WELL, AND THAT WOULD, THAT'S GONNA BE MY COMMENT TO YOU AS WELL, UH, IN, IN RESEARCHING YOUR PROGRAMS AND, AND WHAT Y'ALL HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO US IS THAT YOU ARE NOT, YOU ARE HOPING THAT THIS IS NOT A FOREVER HANDOUT FOR THIS ONE PERSON.
YOU ARE TRYING TO BREAK THE CYCLE.
AND GIVE THEM A STEP UP TO WHERE THEY CAN EITHER GET EDUCATED, GET BACK ON THEIR FEET, GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED TO GO ON.
AND THAT IS WHAT REALLY EXCITES ME ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT JUST MEANT FOR SOMEONE TO BE ON FOR 20 YEARS.
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AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE BREAK THIS CYCLE, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA CONCENTRATE RIGHT NOW ON UNIQUE ADDISON USERS.AND YOU SAID, I THINK, UH, YOU HAD 200 UNIQUE ADDISON USERS IN THE PAST MONTH, IN THE PAST MONTH.
HOW DO YOU TRACK A UNIQUE ADDISON? H HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THAT THAT IS AN ADDISON RESIDENCE? SURE.
SO, UM, WE ARE GOVERNED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
UH, IN ORDER FOR SOMEBODY TO QUALIFY TO COME TO ANY FOOD PANTRY THAT EXISTS, THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT A FORM THAT'S CALLED TFAP.
UH, SO TAP, UH, WHICH, WHICH, IF I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, I WOULD GIVE YOU WHAT THAT STANDS FOR.
I CAN'T, UH, I FORGET IT ANYWAY, DON'T WORRY.
UH, SO THE IDEA THERE IS WE WANT TO CREATE AS LOW A BAR TO ENTRY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT WE NEED A BAR.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO TRACK HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE SERVING, WHO WE'RE SERVING IN ALL THAT.
AND SO THERE IS A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO GET ASKED EVERY TIME.
UH, THAT NAME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, VERY BA, BARE BONES DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
AND ONE OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC PIECES IS ZIP CODE.
UH, SO WHEN I SAY 200 PEOPLE, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE'S 200 PEOPLE FROM THE 7, 5, 0 0 1 ZIP CODE USED THE PANTRY IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
I MEAN, I'M AWARE, BUT I, BUT 7, 5, 0 0 1 IS EXACTLY THE, THEY LIKE IS RIGHT.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS 90% DALLAS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON, WHICH IS WHEN WE USE THAT SECOND ZIP CODE, IT INCORPORATES A LOT OF YES, DALLAS, WHICH ADDISON SPECIFIC, AND I WANTED TO BE HONEST HERE.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN, IS SEEING HOW WE, HOW WE HELP OUR ADDISON FOLKS.
AND I DON'T MEAN THIS AS A MEAN QUESTION, BUT THIS IS A QUESTION OF TRYING TO BREAK THIS CYCLE AND OF, UM, ABUSE.
HOW DO WE KEEP PEOPLE FROM GOING THIS PANTRY, GOING TO THAT PANTRY, GOING THAT PANTRY AND JUST STUFF IN THEIR TRUNKS FULL? AND I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO BECAUSE YOU OPEN YOUR ARMS TO SOMEONE THAT COMES IN PAST, BUT CAN, HOW DO WE BREAK THAT SOLE OF IS I THINK THAT THE, ANYTHING I NEED TO WORRY ABOUT, I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
UH, SO AS I MENTIONED, THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT WE ARE BEST AT, THE THINGS THAT WE GIVE IN HIGHEST QUANTITY, WE'RE NOT UNIQUE FOR THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? RICE, PASTA, CANNED GOODS, LIKE, UH, METROCREST WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE THE, THE EXACT SAME BRAND OF THINGS THAT I HAVE, EVERY FOOD PANTRY IN, IN THE METROPLEX HAS THE EXACT SAME BRAND.
SO IF THEY'RE GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO PLACE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING LIKE A WIDE VARIETY OF LIKE HIGH LUXURY ITEMS. THEY'RE GOING TO GET A LARGE AMOUNT OF STAPLE GOODS.
AND SO, LIKE FOR THE MOST PART, NOBODY'S GETTING RICH OFF OF, UH, OFF OF PANTRY THEFT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND SO I GUESS I DON'T MEAN IT IN THAT SENSE OF GETTING RICH OFF OF IT.
BUT IF, IF, IF, IF, IF, IF THIS PERSON TAKES MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR, FOR HELP YEAH.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT GET IT COMING BEHIND THEM IS ALL I'M ASKING.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO, TO SEE HOW WE MAKE ALL THE SERVICES SPREAD FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WITHOUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A TOTALLY FAIR QUESTION.
I THINK THAT OUR OPERATING PRINCIPLE HAS LONG BEEN AND WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BE THAT THE INSTANCES IN WHICH THAT HAPPENS ARE SO LOW, THAT OUR EXTREME PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND IF THERE'S A PERSON OR TWO THAT OUR TA IS TAKING MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE OF RICE, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH RICE FOR EVERYBODY WHO COMES.
YOU CAN JUST, YOU CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THAT THAT'S NOT A TRUE CONCERN.
THAT WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.
UM, METROCREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I'M MICHAEL GALLOPS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE MEUS AREA CHAMBER.
AND I'M HERE REQUESTING A CONTINUATION OF OUR SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR $42,000 A YEAR.
UM, I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CHAMBER.
WE'RE REGIONAL CONVENER, BUSINESS GROWTH PARTNER AND A COMMUNITY CHAMPION FOR THE METROCREST AREA.
AND METRO AREA OF COURSE INCLUDES ADDISON CARROLLTON AND FARMERS BRANCH.
UM, WHO WE ARE, WE DRIVE BUSINESS GROWTH, CONVENE LEADERS, AND CHAMPION A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
THOSE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE.
AND AS I SAID, WE SERVE ADDISON CARROLLTON, FARMERS BRANCH, AND THE BROADER METROCREST REGION,
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UH, CROSS SECTOR CONNECTOR, BRIDGING BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT SECTOR OR INDUSTRY THEY'RE IN.
AND ADDISON IS ONE OF OUR CORE PARTNERS.
UM, ONE OF OUR, OUR, OUR, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY OUR PRIMARY PARTNER AND OUR STRONGEST PARTNER.
UM, AND A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMMING IS GEARED TOWARDS ADDISON BASED BUSINESSES AND HELPING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE.
UM, THERE ARE THE, THE SERVICE AGREEMENT WE HAVE IS BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE PARTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MARKETING BREAKS DOWN TO 16 FIVE ENTREPRENEUR AND SMALL BUSINESS, UH, TRAINING AND EDUCATION IS 6,000.
ADDISON BUSINESS PROFILE, UM, IS 8,000 AIRPORT AND BUSINESS CONNECTION 6,000 IN EVENT SPONSORSHIP AT 5,500.
THE FUNDING SUPPORTS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, SUPPORTS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT AND OUR BUSINESS EXPO.
UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT IS, IS COMPRISED OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT USED TO BE JUST A LUNCHEON.
WE'VE GROWN THAT INTO A FULL BLOWN SUMMIT NOW.
THAT'LL INCLUDE A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS FROM THREE DIFFERENT CITIES.
UH, IT'LL HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SEVERAL FOLKS FROM, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION RELATED INDUSTRY.
IT'LL HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A SPEAKER COMING IN FROM THE DALLAS FEDERAL RESERVE BANK.
AND WE HAVE, UH, ABBY LINDENBERG, WHO IS WITH CAPITAL ANALYTICS COMING IN AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
THE BUSINESS EXPO IS ALSO, UH, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST EVENTS.
YOU GUYS ARE THE PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR THAT.
THAT EVENT WAS HELD LAST WEEK, UH, HAD 50 BUSINESSES PARTICIPATING, AND PROBABLY FOUR TO 500 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THAT WHO CAME INTO ADDISON.
IT WAS HELD AT HOTEL DAX, WHICH IS AMAZING.
I REMEMBER BACK WHEN IT WAS THE CROWN PLAZA DECADES AGO.
UM, USED TO DO SOME BUSINESS MEETINGS THERE.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT IMPROVEMENT THERE.
UM, IT ALSO HELPS US WITH BUSINESS OUTREACH AND, AND BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION, COLLABORATION.
WE WORK WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON THOSE THINGS.
IDENTIFYING BUSINESSES THAT NEED OUR HELP AND SUPPORT, AND THEN REGULARLY VISITING BUSINESSES AND SPENDING TIME WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, HELPS WITH SMALL BUSINESS EDUCATION.
WE ARE DOING CURRENTLY A SERIES OF AI EDUCATION CLASSES.
THEY'RE FREE TO OUR, OUR, UM, UM, UH, ANYBODY, ANY OF OUR MEMBERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ADDISON BASE OR, OR ANYWHERE THEY GET TO COME TO THAT, WHEN THEY FINISH THAT SERIES OF, UH, AI CLASSES, THEY WILL GET A CERTIFICATE FROM DALLAS COLLEGE WITH WORKED ONE CEU HOUR.
IT ALSO HELPS US WITH ENTREPRENEUR RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND FINALLY, IT HELPS WITH LEADERSHIP, UH, LEADERSHIP METROCREST PROGRAMMING.
A BIG PORTION OF THAT IS DONE HERE IN ADDISON AT THE, AT AIRPORT AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, WITH RIBBON CUTTINGS AND SCHOOL CONNECTIONS.
UM, THE MEASURABLE VALUE, UH, I SUBMIT A QUARTERLY REPORT, UM, UH, AN EXTENSIVE DETAIL THAT'S 11 PAGES.
I SENT THAT REPORT TODAY AS A MATTER OF FACT.
UM, ON EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS AND THE ASPECTS THAT WE'VE DONE, THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WE'VE VISITED, THE NUMBER OF VISITORS, BUSINESSES WE'VE TOUCHED, ANY BUSINESSES WE'VE HELPED WITH, ISSUES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.
UM, AND SO WE DO ALL OF THAT TRACKING, UM, WHO BENEFITS FROM IT, ADDISON, BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYERS, ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES, VISITORS, CIVIC AND EDUCATION LEADERS, AND THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR PARTNERSHIP IS ALIGNED WITH ADDISON'S STRATEGIC GOALS.
IT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES.
UM, HELPS WITH BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION.
UM, MY GOAL, AND I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES, IF A BUSINESS COMES TO ME THAT'S IN ADDISON, I'M GONNA HELP THEM STAY IN ADDISON TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
IF THEIR BUSINESS COMES IN AND WANTS TO COME INTO ADDISON, I'M GONNA HELP 'EM FIND A WAY TO COME TO ADDISON.
AND I'VE REFERRED SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES TO, TO WAYNE AND TO HIS DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND ALSO HELPS WITH STRONG COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
UM, PEOPLE SEE US IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, FRANKLY, I THINK THEY LOVE US AND WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, SIDE NOTE, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE OUR OFFICE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN FARMER'S BRANCH, BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL VERY LIKELY BE SOMEWHERE IN ADDISON, UM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF OFFICE SPACE.
REMIND ME WHAT THE 'CAUSE METRO REQUEST, IS IT THE THREE CITIES OR THE FOUR THAT WE INCLUDED? METRO REQUEST THREE? IT'S THE THREE NOW.
THE, UH, USED TO BE COPPEL, BUT THEY PULLED OUT AND FORMED THEIR OWN CHAMBER, RIGHT.
UM, WHAT DO, UH, CARROLLTON AND FARMERS BRANCH DO AS FAR AS, UH, FUNDING FOR, FOR THE CHAMBER? NOTHING OTHER THAN SPONSORING EVENTS AND ATTENDANCE EVENTS.
AND FOR THAT, FOR THE, UH, SPONSORSHIP WE JUST DID AT THE BUSINESS EXPO AT THE HOTEL DAX, WHICH WAS EXCELLENT.
AND I LIKE THAT VENUE FOR THAT, THAT LAYOUT WAS REALLY GOOD.
DO WE PAY ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THE
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42 FOR THAT SPONSORSHIP, OR IS THAT INCLUDED? THE SPONSORSHIP'S INCLUDED IN THAT? VERY GOOD.UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU ALL DO AND, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING THE, THE CONNECT LUNCH IN ADDISON TWICE A MONTH OVER ATS.
I MEAN, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT OVER THERE.
AND I KNOW THEY LOVE HAVING, HAVING Y'ALL OVER THERE, SO IT'S A GREAT VENUE.
UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
MARLON, THANK, THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
UM, THAT SCOPE OF WORK YOU'VE GOT AND THE, THE CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, ATTACHED TO EACH, EACH COMPONENT.
IS SUPERB AND, UH, UM, VERY HELPFUL FOR ME, UM, IN BREAKING, BREAKING DOWN EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR WORKING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO, UH, TO HAVE THAT AND UPDATE THAT AND EDIT THAT AS NEEDED.
UM, I AM, UM, I AM HAPPY THAT WE'VE GOT HOTEL DECKS OPEN AND, AND BACK ON TRACK AND, AND, UM, I'M HAPPY THAT, THAT YOU ALL ARE UTILIZING THAT RESOURCE AMONG OTHERS.
BUT, UM, IT IS, IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT WAS OPEN, IT WAS A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, UM, CONTRIBUTING WHAT WE CONTRIBUTE AS A CITY IN DALLAS, NOT CONTRIBUTING, BUT HAVING AN EVENT, UM, OVER TO DALLAS HOTEL AND NOT ONE OF OUR ADDISON HOTELS.
UM, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR THINGS LIKE, UH, WELL, I WON'T GO IN THERE, BUT, BUT, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, HOTEL DAX OPEN AND, AND SOME OF OUR OTHER HOTELS, I'M, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THERE, THAT YOU'RE HAVING THESE EVENTS AT THE APPROPRIATE, UH, APPROPRIATE HOTEL.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR DOING THAT.
AND I DON'T, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
RANDY, UH, NO OTHER TOWN FUNDS YOU AT ALL AT THIS POINT? ANY OF THE THREE.
THEY, THEY ATTEND OUR EVENTS AND THEY DO SOME TABLE SPONSORSHIPS.
IN SOME CASES, GOLD OR SILVER, DIFFERENT LEVELS.
IT TAKING YOU SO LONG TO MOVE TO ADDISON, WE NEED YOU OVER HERE.
I WOULD DELVE THE HAND I WAS GIVEN.
UM, ARE WE HELPING YOU FIND THAT? UH, I HAD SOME LEADS FROM WAYNE.
UM, ONE PLACE THAT WE WANTED DIDN'T WORK OUT, BUT WE FOUND ANOTHER PLACE THAT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE.
WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT MOVE CAN TAKE PLACE? UH, IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE NEGOTIATIONS.
OUR LEASE CURRENT LEASE EXPIRES THE END OF DECEMBER.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT, WE'RE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE SOME, SOME, UM, COMP MONTHS OR IT RAN OUT IN DECEMBER OR RUNS THROUGH, IT RUNS OUT IN DECEMBER COMING UP.
WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE DETAILS.
AND ARE YOU GONNA NEED A BUILD OUT OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SPACE THAT'S READY TO GO? THEY, THE SPACE THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE DOING SOME, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME WORK THAT WOULD TAKE SOME OF THOSE, PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MONTHS FOR THEM TO FINISH THAT SPACE OUT.
I, I THINK WE HAVE SOME SPACE FOR YOU.
UH, AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER, DEFINITELY NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, OFFLINE LATER, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT SOME IDEAS HOW WE CAN ACTIVATE OUR FRIENDS OVER AT FARMER'S BRANCH IN CARROLLTON, UM, TO TAKING MORE OF A COLLECTIVE ROLE MONETARILY WITH I HAVE IDEAS, WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THOSE IDEAS AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE THOSE IDEAS WITH, WITH SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN, IN THOSE OTHER CITIES.
AND SO NEXT UP IS METRO CREST SERVICES, THE SMALL SHIFT.
HI GUYS, HOW ARE Y'ALL? VERY HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
I'M GABE MADISON, THE CEO OF METROCREST SERVICES.
AND, UH, WANNA TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT HOW WE HAVE BEEN, UM, REALLY ENGAGED IN ADDISON.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FIRST THE KIND OF OVERALL SCOPE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO DEEP INTO ONE AREA.
SO FIRST, FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM THAT MAY NOT KNOW, UH, METRO SERVICES, NUMBER ONE, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 55 YEARS.
WE SERVICE CARROLLTON, FARMER'S, BRANCH, CAPELLE, AND ADDISON.
AND WE DO FULL WRAPAROUND, UH, SERVICES.
AND THAT ENTAILS EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING TO HEALTHCARE TO, UH, EDUCATION WORKFORCE AND FINANCIAL STABILITY, FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.
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WHAT WE REALLY ARE THANKFUL FOR IS THE ABILITY TO GO DEEPER WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.AND SO EVERY, WHEN WE LOOK AT HOUSING, THAT'S ALSO HOMELESS RESPONSE.
AND UNDER HEALTHCARE, THAT'S ALSO FOOD ASSISTANCE.
AND FROM A WORKFORCE STANDPOINT, THAT'S ECONOMIC STABILITY.
AND WE ALSO SERVE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR SENIORS.
HERE'S A GRAPH THAT KIND OF REPRESENTS WHAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN SERVING IN FAR AS THE ADDISON AREA, STARTING IN 2023 ON THE GRAPH.
AND THEN GOING THROUGH OUR PROJECTION OF FISCAL YEAR 26, AS YOU CAN SEE IN, UM, UH, 2023, THAT WAS KIND OF OUR MOVE TO OUR NEW LOCATION AT BELTLINE AND JOSIE.
SO WE DEFINITELY SAW A TRICKLE UP EFFECT, ESPECIALLY IN 20 24, 20 25.
WE SAW WHAT WE FEEL LIKE MAY BE MORE CLOSER TO A PEAK UTILIZATION, BARRING ANY OTHER, UH, CATASTROPHES IN OUR NATION, IN OUR AREA.
UM, AND THEN NOW WE'RE CLOSER TO THAT STABILIZATION.
UM, SO ON AVERAGE IN THE ADDISON POPULATION, WE'RE AROUND ABOUT 1500, A LITTLE BIT UNDER, UH, 1500 IN 2026 WITH OUR SERVICES BEING AROUND 5,000.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, ON AVERAGE, OUR ADDISON RESIDENTS ARE ENGAGING IN AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN METRO CREST SERVICES.
UM, SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR HOUSING AND HOMELESS RESPONSE.
UH, IN PARTICULAR, THAT'S MY FOCAL POINT.
WE HAD 140 HOUSEHOLDS THAT RECEIVED SUPPORT TO PREVENT UTILITY DISCONNECTS AND EVICTIONS OR EVICTIONS IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 15% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THIS IS FOR ADDISON RESIDENTS.
AND THEN WE HAD 38 INDIVIDUALS, UM, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, THAT RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM METRO SERVICES, WHICH WAS ABOUT A 22% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND THEN WHAT MAKES THIS ALL POSSIBLE FOR US TO RESPOND IS NOT JUST OUR TEAM.
I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS, A SHOUT OUT TO ADDISON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ADDISON POLICE ARE AMAZING BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS NOT JUST, UM, ADDRESSING PEOPLE THAT ARE IN AREAS THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE.
IF THEY'RE UNHOUSED, THEY ARE BRINGING THEM TO US IN METROCREST SERVICES.
SO WE HAVE IT HAPPENING THROUGH A HOMELESS SIGHTING SYSTEM, AND THAT HELPS TO HAVE MORE COORDINATED EFFORTS.
US WORKING WITH A PD, UH, TO HAVE MORE TIMELY RESPONSES.
WE ARE CONNECTING WITH OUR TEAM AND THEN OTHER OUTSIDE ENTITIES AND, AND COMPANY TO THAT TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE UNHOUSED ARE REALLY GETTING THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
SO, UM, THIS IS OUR HOMELESS RESOURCES TEAM.
UM, THEY ARE IN THE AREA TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK, UH, GOING INTO PLACES THAT PRIMARILY, UH, WE SEE OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
AND THEN WE ALSO ON, UM, CERTAIN DAYS PARTNER WITH PARKLAND'S HOMES, UH, PARTNERSHIP, WHICH PROVIDES HEALTHCARE COUNSELING AND LIFE SKILLS CLASSES.
AND THEN METRO CARE HELPS WITH OUR COUNSELING AND OUR MEDICATION MANAGEMENT FOR OUR IN-HOUSE NEIGHBORS.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING SO MUCH, UH, TO CREATE MORE JOB SKILL TRAINING, UH, FOR THEM SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM INTO BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.
JUST REAL QUICK, THESE TWO GREAT GENTLEMEN WITH ME.
WE DID THIS POINT IN TIME COUNT IN JANUARY.
AND REALLY QUICK, I JUST WANNA SAY I WENT TO THE ADDISON AREA AND THE RESPONSE TIME THAT WE HAD IN THAT AREA WAS AMAZING.
I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THOSE THAT WE DID, UH, TALK TO, WHICH WERE SIX INDIVIDUALS.
JUST REAL QUICK, THEY ACTUALLY WERE FAMILIAR WITH OUR SERVICES, WHICH GAVE US COMFORT.
THEY KNEW THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT WERE WITH US, BUT THEY ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND IT OPENED UP THE DOORS THAT NIGHT FOR THEM TO COME AND US HOUSED THEM RIGHT BEFORE THE WINTER STORM.
AND WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH YOU ALL FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, AND Y'ALL JUST CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK.
I KNOW YOU'VE ADDED MORE WITH,
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WITH THE, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH AND, AND, UH, AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A GOOD PARTNERSHIP FOR US.AND, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU 'CAUSE I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK YOU ALL DO AND, AND JUST LOVE THAT YOU KEEP ADDING MORE TO, UH, TO GIVE THAT HAND UP VERSUS A HANDOUT TO FOLKS.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE, YOU YOU'RE DOING NOW AND YOU CONTINUED TO DO OVER THE YEARS.
UM, UH, SO HELP ME, UM, I HADN'T GOT ALL THESE NUMBERS LOCKED DOWN, BUT IT, IT APPEARS THAT YOU'VE GONE FROM MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO OR THREE YEARS BACK FROM AN AVERAGE OF THREE SERVICES.
AND WHEN DID, DID IS, AM MY, IS MY TIMING ON THAT? IS THAT KIND OF RIGHT? IS THAT NEW? LIKE, CAN YOU HELP ME? WALK ME THROUGH WHEN THAT HAPPENED, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? IT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
IT'S REALLY IN A RESPONSE TO OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO THAT, THAT LEVEL OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY TO BECOME INDEPENDENT FROM OUR SERVICES.
AND SOME OF THAT IS LOOKING AT WHAT'S KEEPING THEM FROM DOING THAT.
WHAT KEEPS THEM COMING BACK TO US? HOW DO WE GO DEEPER? AND SO WE HAVE ADDED ON MORE SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT WRAPAROUND FEEL.
SO WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE TOP FIVE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.
THAT'S HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, GOING DEEPER INTO HEALTHCARE IS FOOD INSECURITY, AND THEN EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS.
RECERTIFICATIONS, GEDS, ESL CLASSES.
AND THEN LOOKING AT WORKFORCE, GETTING PEOPLE INTO NOT JOBS, THE LIVABLE WAGE JOBS.
AND THEN HOW DO WE HELP THEM TO MANAGE THOSE FINANCES? SO A WAY SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO BE IN THIS RECIDIVISM OF COMING BACK TO SOCIAL SERVICES.
AND, AND, UM, AM I CORRECT IN MY LOGIC THAT THE MORE, THE MORE OF THESE SERVICES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE INTERACTING, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CREATING THAT, THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT HELPS FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEMS WE'VE GOT AND GETS THEM, UH, RIGHT WHERE THEY'RE GOING, WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA TELL US THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE COMING, WHAT ALL THEIR ISSUES ARE.
SO WE ARE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN EXPLAINING EXACTLY WHERE THE CHALLENGES ARE.
UH, YOU HEARD ME EARLIER, ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS IS BREAKING THE CYCLE.
AND THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A FOREVER THING.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A FOREVER THING FOR, THEY DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS IT THAT THEY'RE JUST HAPPY WITH THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO THIS AND JUST CONTINUE TO DO IT.
UM, I, I KNOW WE HAVE A CO WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE HABITUAL MM-HMM
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO WANT HELP BEFORE HELP HELPS
AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO REALLY WANT HELP.
THEY, THEY, THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
THAT'S MORE OF A SPEECH THAN A QUESTION.
BUT THAT, THAT'S PART OF MY, MY CONCERN.
HOW MANY, AND YOU HEARD ALSO HEARD ME ASK THIS QUESTION EARLIER.
HOW MANY UNIQUE ADDISON USERS DO WE HAVE AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THE UNIQUE TO ADDISON? YES.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 14, A LITTLE OVER 1400.
AND SO HOW WE KNOW IS WE HAVE 10 YEARS WORTH OF DATA IN SALESFORCE.
WE'VE BEEN USING THE SAME SYSTEM SINCE 2015.
AND SO WE HAVE ALL THE IDENTIFIERS TO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND WHO'S UNIQUE TO COME TO US.
SEE, I, I, I HAVE A HARD TIME WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND MM-HMM
1400 UNIQUE USERS IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
WITH A POPULATION OF 17,000 MM-HMM
THAT 10% OF OUR POPULATION IS DESTITUTE.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE A HARD TIME WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND THAT.
SO LET ME HELP YOU TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON THAT.
WE SERVE A LITTLE UNDER 30,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S 10% OF THE POPULATIONS FOR ALL FOUR CITIES THAT WE SERVE.
SO ADDISON IS NOT UNIQUE IN THIS 10% NUMBER.
IT'S THE SAME NUMBER FOR CARROLLTON, FARMER'S BRANCH AND CAPELLE.
WE'RE SERVING THAT SAME POPULATION.
BUT THAT IS, THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND NOT, YOU KNOW, IT, I CAN'T COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT WORD TO ASK THIS QUESTION ON OTHER THAN COMPETITION.
WHO IS THE COMPETITION THAT, THAT, OR WHO PROVIDES THE SAME SERVICES MM-HMM
AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM ANOTHER MM-HMM
PRE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO OVERLAP.
UM, MAYBE MORE NEW TO THE AREA.
THEY'VE BEEN IN THE AREA FOREVER AS WELL.
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LOCATION MM-HMMSO HOW IS THAT, IS THAT GOING TO TAKE SOME BURDEN OFF OF YOU? IS THAT GONNA ADD BURDEN? IS THAT NO, I THINK IT HELPS US TO GO DEEPER, SPREAD WEALTH OUT.
UM, WE'RE NOT IN COMPETITION WITH JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES WE'RE MAKING NO, NO.
I'M TRYING UP WITH A BETTER, BECAUSE I SAID I, I THOUGHT IT MYSELF RIGHT NOW IN NONPROFIT HAS COMPETITION LIKE THIS IS INTERESTING, BUT IT, WE FIGURED OUT HOW DO WE LAYER ON TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE AND SUPPORTIVE.
SO WE OFTEN ARE REFERRING OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE CLINIC, JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES AS WELL AS WOVEN WHO'S HERE TONIGHT TOO.
SO WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT AS NONPROFIT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW DO WE NOT BE IN COMPETITION TO BE COLLABORATIVE? AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE ENVIRONMENT IS CREATING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT.
COLLABORATIVE IS A MUCH BETTER WORD.
AND, AND I'M WONDERING SINCE THERE, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY MM-HMM
TO ADDRESS SOME OF MY OTHER CONCERNS MM-HMM
WITH THE OVERLAP AND GOING HERE AND GOING THERE AND GOING EVERYWHERE.
WELL, I AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO WORK EACH OTHER'S DATABASE IN TO SEE IF WE HAVE THIS ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NONPROFITS DO WITH ONE ANOTHER IF WE HAVEN'T IN THE PAST IN THE, IN THE WAY THAT YOU'RE SAYING TO THAT DEGREE.
BUT HERE'S WHAT METRO CORE SERVICES HAS NOW.
THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN, IT'S DESIGNED FOR US TO BRING IN OTHER PARTNERS.
IT'S DESIGNED FOR IT TO NOT JUST BE FOR US AS A STAFF, IT'S DESIGNED TO BRING ON OTHERS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 38 PARTNERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUTSIDE OF WHO WE'RE, WE HOPE NEXT SUMMER TO GET TO 60 AND BY 2029 TO GET TO A HUNDRED.
WHY? BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE SAID TO CREATE SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
WE KNOW THAT ALONE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO IN ORDER FOR THIS TO WORK, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WHO DESERVE THE BEST OF THE BEST.
I I JUST HATE TO SEE EVERYONE OUT ON THEIR OWN ISLAND.
IF WE COULD WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.
YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN CARLETON, IS THAT CORRECT? MM-HMM
I WAS THINKING YOU WERE FARMER'S BRANCH, BUT Y'ALL USED TO BE CLOSE, RIGHT? USED TO BE MM-HMM
UM, AND, AND YOUR FUNDING, UNLIKE THE CHAMBER, YOU GET FUNDING FROM, FROM OUR OTHER PARTNERS ON THIS EXTENSIVELY TOO, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UH, ANY FEDERAL FUNDING COME? NO, SIR.
SO THIS IS ALL LOCAL FUNDING FOR LOCAL PURPOSES.
MY NAME IS LEAH THIGPEN AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE NEW CEO OF TRAFFIC.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A YEAR NOW.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE JUST HEARING FROM ALL THE NONPROFITS.
I HAVE MY COLLEAGUE ASHLEY GARNER HERE, OUR CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH US, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TONIGHT.
SO, WHO ARE WE? TRAFFIC 9 1 1 IS AN INCREDIBLE MISSION.
AND WHAT WE DO IS BUILD TRUST-BASED RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR CAREGIVERS, WITH THE FOCUS ON BREAKING CYCLES OF EXPLOITATION.
AND NOT JUST BREAKING THOSE CYCLES, BUT CREATING PATHWAYS TO SAFETY, TO STABILITY, AND TO HEALING.
AND OUR VISION IS THAT COMMUNITIES LIKE ADDISON WOULD BE ACTIVATED TO PREVENT AND DISRUPT EXPLOITATION.
ULTIMATELY, CREATING A WORLD WHERE VULNERABLE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE HOPE AND TRANSFORMATION IF THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH EXPLOITATION.
AND NOT JUST SURVIVING IT, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.
SO WHY WE EXIST, THE NEED IS URGENT.
WE ARE SEEING YEAR OVER YEAR AN INCREASED NEED FOR OUR SERVICES.
TODAY, AN ESTIMATED 50 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE EXPERIENCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND THAT'S ALL FORMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND THAT MAKES HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
ONE OF THE DEFINING HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN, 113,000 PLUS SUSPECTED CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING REPORTS IN THE US IN 2025 ALONE, THAT WAS A 325% INCREASE FROM 2024.
UM, THOSE ARE JUST THE REPORTED CASES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AT ANY GIVEN TIME, 79,000 KIDS ARE VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING.
NOW, NOT ONLY IS THE NEED URGENT AND COMPLEX, UH, WE HAVE FOUND A AN INCREDIBLE PATHWAY IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO THAT NEED.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR CORE PILLARS.
SO THIS ISN'T JUST A PROGRAM, IT'S NOT JUST SERVICES.
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24 7 CRISIS RESPONSE.CHANCES ARE IF YOU GET AN AMBER ALERT, UH, AND IT'S A MISSING AND EXPLOITED KID, I'M OFTEN THINKING IT'S ONE OF MY STAFF THAT'S ON THE SCENE HELPING WITH THAT CHILD.
WE'RE RESPONDING WITHIN 60 TO 90 MINUTES WITH TRAUMA, TRAUMA-INFORMED SUPPORTS AND IMMEDIATE ESSENTIAL NEEDS.
WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING ONGOING ADVOCACY SUPPORT.
SO THAT'S THAT TRUST-BASED RELATIONSHIP THAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER FOR KIDS TO EXPERIENCE THE HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION THEY DESERVE.
NOT ONLY ARE WE SERVING KIDS THAT ARE CONFIRMED VICTIMS, BUT WE'RE ALSO PREVENTING EXPLOITATION BY SERVING KIDS THAT ARE AT INCREDIBLY HIGH RISK THROUGH THINGS LIKE PSYCHOEDUCATION, MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR VULNERABILITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE ALSO SERVING FAMILIES BECAUSE NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVERS.
AND FOR US, THAT MEANS CAREGIVERS THAT ARE NOT COMPLICIT IN EXPLOITING THEIR KIDS ARE, ARE ABLE TO, TO HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO HELP THEIR CHILD HEAL.
IT IS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL TO WORK HERE IN ADDISON.
AND, AND ADDISON HOUSES OUR MISSION.
WE SERVE SIX DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
DALLAS, COLLIN, DENTON, PARENT ELLIS ROCKWELL.
DURING THIS, UH, GRANT CYCLE, UH, ONE OF THE OUTCOMES WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR IS THAT WE HAVE NOT YET IDENTIFIED AN ADDISON CHILD THAT NEEDS OUR SERVICES.
OUR HOPE IS ALWAYS THAT FEWER YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING EXPLOITATION.
AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING DOESN'T STOP AT CITY BOUNDARIES.
SO IT DOESN'T JUST OCCUR IN ONE MUNICIPALITY.
THE WAY THAT TRAFFICKING HAPPENS IS PEOPLE ARE BEING MOVED FROM CITY TO CITY.
AND SO THOSE REFERRALS FLUCTUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ALSO HAD AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH ADDISON PD TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO ADDISON PD.
THEY, THEY RECENTLY OFFERED TO TRAIN OUR STAFF IN, UM, SOME SELF-DEFENSE, WHICH WOULD BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL 'CAUSE I HAVE A TEAM FULL OF WOMEN.
HERE'S SOME OF WHAT ADDISON, UH, SUPPORT DID FOR US IN 2025, WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO HELP MAKE POSSIBLE.
UM, OF THE KIDS THAT WE SERVED, 74% OF THEIR GOALS WERE ACHIEVED.
WE SERVED 363 KIDS, PROVIDED 3,591 SERVICES AND 108 CRISIS RESPONSES.
THE INVESTMENT WE'RE REQUESTING IS $25,000.
AND SO YOUR INVESTMENT IS GOING TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WHEN AN ADDISON YOUTH IS IDENTIFIED, WHETHER IT'S TOMORROW OR SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, WE ARE ON BOOTS ON THE GROUND READY TO SERVE.
AND ADDISON FAMILIES SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME SERVICES THAT ALL OF OUR OTHER SERVICE AREAS HAVE ACCESS TO.
THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT FOR THIS GRANT TERM IS THAT WE'LL SERVE 375 YOUTH 60 CAREGIVERS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TIME.
KIDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO SAFETY PLAN AND, UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, MEET THEIR EMPOWERMENT GOALS.
AND LASTLY, UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT COLLATERAL BEAUTY.
I KNOW I'M, I'M RIGHT AT MY TIME LIMIT, BUT, UM, I'M NOT JUST A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF TRAFFIC 9 1 1.
I'M A SURVIVOR OF CHILD TRAFFICKING.
AND RIGHT NOW MY MOM IS AT HOME TAKING CARE OF MY 2-YEAR-OLD.
UM, I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOME, A BEAUTIFUL LIFE, AND I WANT OUR KIDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE SAME OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE GET TO SEE INCREMENTAL GAINS AND VICTORIES ALL THE TIME, BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME TRANSFORMATION AND RELIEVE LIFE THAT I HAVE.
SO, JUST INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
BY THE WAY, UM, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH TRAFFIC 9 1 1.
UH, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE VISITED MY ROTARY CLUB TWO OR THREE TIMES AND WE'VE SUPPORTED YOU ALL FINANCIALLY, UH, 'CAUSE OF THE WORK YOU ALL DO.
AND, UH, AND, AND I'M SO IMPRESSED BY THE 24 7 CRISIS RESPONSE THAT YOU ALL ARE ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY READY TO GO TO, TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S IN THAT SITUATION.
UM, AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S BEEN NO ADDISON YOUTH DIRECTLY SERVED, THANK GOD.
THAT, THAT HASN'T BEEN, SO I'M OKAY WITH THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN OUR RESTAURANTS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
AND I REMEMBER ONE OF THE STORIES THAT WAS TOLD, UH, AT ONE OF OUR ROTARY MEETINGS WHEN Y'ALL ATTENDED, WAS THAT THE, THE STAFF WAS AT LUNCH AT ONE OF OUR RESTAURANTS AND THEY OBSERVED THE SITUATION THAT THEY REALLY FELT IT WAS THAT SITUATION.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THE EYE FOR THAT.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE RESOLUTION OF THAT, BUT JUST THE FACT THAT IT WAS, IT WAS RIGHT THERE AT A RESTAURANT WE WOULD ALL BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH MM-HMM
UM, AND IT CAN, AND IT CAN HAPPEN ANY GIVEN DAY.
SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING OUT HERE AND,
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AND THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING EVERY DAY.SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE THOSE COMMENTS, SO THANK YOU.
AND THAT'S PARTIALLY WHY IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THESE KINDS OF PRESENTATIONS.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR WORK, IT'S MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE EDUCATED.
I KNOW THERE'S PARENTS IN THE ROOM.
WE WANNA, WE WANNA KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD, I APPRECIATE YOUR, WHAT YOU DO.
UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE FOR US TO, TO COME VISIT AND ABSOLUTELY.
I'D LOVE TO LEARN AND LEARN MORE.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW BUILDING, BUT WE'RE STAYING IN ADDISON.
RANDY? UM, WELL, I, I'LL, I'LL JUST ECHO EVERYTHING.
BUT IS YOUR STAFF PAID OR ARE THEY VOLUNTEER? THEY ARE PAID.
SO THANKFULLY WE HAVE 32 PAID STAFF.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMENT.
ONLY IN AMERICA CAN YOU BE A VICTIM AND A SURVIVOR AND A THRIVER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IS NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT TRAFFICKING IS.
PUBLIC EDUCATION AS TO WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LARGER NATIONAL PUSH FOR EDUCATIONAL, YOU'RE SEEING THAT ADVERTISEMENTS WITH CELEBRITIES GETTING INVOLVED NOW, THANK GOD.
UH, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO TO BRING AWARENESS TO WHAT, WHAT THIS IS RIGHT.
UM, WOULD BE I THINK MORE HELP THAN MONETARY.
I KNOW YOU NEED MONEY, BUT YOU NEED, YOU NEED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
UH, I GO IN RESTAURANTS, I DON'T KNOW, YOU CAN GO IN THE MEN'S ROOM, YOU CAN GO IN THE HALLWAYS AND YOU SEE THE SIGNS.
ARE YOU BEING TRAFFICKED? YOU KNOW, ASK FOR HELP, CALL, WHATEVER.
UH, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF A LOT OF THE VICTIMS KNOW WHAT IF THEY'RE BEING TRAFFICKED OR NOT.
AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
AND THEY THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
UH, AND I KNOW THERE'S NOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THERE, BUT IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, THE MOST VALUABLE THING WE CAN DO IS MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE TO HELP THESE KIDS.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S KIDS, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ADULTS.
AGE, AGE IS NOT IMPORTANT TO ME.
LET, LET'S HELP EVERYBODY ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND PRESENTING AND GOOD LUCK.
UH, UH, WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
NOT SO FAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
I'M TRACY COBURN, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS-FORT WORTH.
AND WITH ME IS JESS KINI, WHO'S OUR CEO AND PRESIDENT.
UM, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO RENEW A PARTNERSHIP WITH A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL HISTORY FOUNDED IN 1951.
WE HAVE SERVED THE COMMUNITY OF NORTH TEXAS FOR 75 YEARS WITH NON-PARTISAN SERVICE, UM, TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN NATIONAL AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS TO INSPIRE INFORMED DIALOGUE VITAL TO DEMOCRACY.
WE DO, WE BRING SPEAKERS IN, WE EDUCATE YOUNG LEADERS.
WE BRING INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO NORTH TEXAS.
AND WE ALSO SERVE, UM, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE CONSULAR CORPS HERE IN THE DALLAS AREA.
AND ADDISON KNOWS OUR WORK BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS TOGETHER BEFORE.
SO IT, SINCE 2009, FROM 2009 TO 2023, UM, THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND THE TOWN OF ADDISON INVESTED $711,000.
WE DID WORLD FEST, WE DID PROGRAMMING ALONGSIDE TRADITIONS LIKE KABOOM TOWN.
SO THIS IS NOT A NEW ASK, IT'S A RENEWAL OF A PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKED FOR 14 YEARS.
WE'RE SEEKING $25,000, AND THAT'S TO BRING WORLD CLASS SPEAKERS TO ADDISON'S FRONT DOOR.
SO WE BUILT THIS REQUEST DIRECTLY AROUND YOUR GOALS.
THIS COMES STRAIGHT FROM YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR KEY FOCUS AREAS THAT WE COULD HELP WITH.
UM, AND ONE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION.
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WE COULD CONNECT.UM, THE ADDISON HAS AN AMAZING COMMUNITY OF VERY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES, AND WE CAN BRING IN MORE INTELLIGENCE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION THAN WHAT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE HERE IN ADDISON.
UM, AND SO THIS WOULD REALLY SET YOU APART FROM OTHER PEER MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE NO OTHER PARTNER, NO OTHER CITY OR TOWN IS WORKING WITH US CURRENTLY.
AND SO YOU WOULD BE OUR, OUR ONLY, UM, TOWN MUNICIPALITY PARTNER FOR RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, SORRY, UM, VI VIBRANT, ENGAGED AND, UH, ACTIVE ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO VISIT ADDISON.
I MEAN YOUR, SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT, UM, HOTEL STAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE BRINGING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SPENDING MONEY IN ADDISON.
AND SO OUR EVENTS WOULD BE A WAY TO DO THAT.
UM, SO WE BRING SPEAKERS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE.
AND SO PEOPLE COME TO OUR AREAS.
A LOT OF TIMES OUR MEMBERS WILL COME FROM FAR AWAY AND THEY WILL STAY OVERNIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SPEAKERS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE.
SO THESE ARE THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS THAT WE'RE OFFERING.
UM, WE WOULD PROVIDE TWO TO THREE PROGRAMS, UH, HERE IN ADDISON, OR FOR ADDISON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
UM, SPEAKERS IN 2025 AND 26 INCLUDED GENERAL HR MCMASTER, AMBASSADOR, DINA KOOR FROM JORDAN, AND THE FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ROBERT GATES.
WE ALSO WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST EXCLUSIVE EVENTS HERE IN ADDISON, INCLUDING OUR PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE DINNERS AND OTHER TOP TIER EVENTS.
AND THE RECENT SPEAKERS WE'VE HAD FOR THOSE EVENTS ARE CHRIS MCLAUGHLIN FROM DFW AIRPORT AND NOELLE LAVO FROM FIFA.
UM, AND THOSE WERE VERY INTIMATE, UM, ARRANGEMENTS.
AND SO PEOPLE GOT TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UM, AND FIND OUT REALLY I IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THEMSELVES.
WE ALSO, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING GLOBAL LEADERS PROGRAMMING FOR ADDISON TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE 50 PROGRAMS PASSES FOR TOWN OF ADDISON EMPLOYEES, CLIENTS, RESIDENTS, OR CONTACTS, UM, TO GAIN COMPLIMENTARY ACCESS TO COUNCIL PROGRAMMING.
SO THEY COULD COME TO EVENTS THAT WERE HOSTING IN DALLAS OR IN COLLIN COUNTY OR IN FORT WORTH, OR RIGHT HERE IN ADDISON.
AND THEN, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UM, TO PROVE THIS TO YOU, BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU WANT AN ROI IS, UM, WE'LL TRACK ATTENDANCE.
WE'LL DO SURVEYS, UM, FROM PEOPLE WHO'VE COME TO OUR EVENTS AFTER THE EVENTS, MONITOR THE PAST USAGE, AND THEN DELIVER AN END OF YEAR REPORT THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.
THESE ARE THE INSTITUTIONS THAT CURRENTLY INVEST IN OUR WORK, AND WE WOULD BE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S LOGO, UH, FEATURED BACK AMONG THEM.
AND THIS IS OUR VISION STATEMENT, AN INFORMED COMMUNITY, AN ENGAGED DEMOCRACY, AND A WORLD UNDERSTOOD.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO, TO REACH OUT AND ASK YOU TO PARTNER WITH US FOR.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, SO, SO I DO HAVE SOME, I HAVE MEMORY OF OUR HISTORY WHEN, UH, WHEN ADDISON WAS ENGAGED WITH WORLD FAIRS COUNCIL AND, UH, AND, AND I, AND I DO MISS HAVING THE WORLD FEST THAT WE USED TO HAVE.
AND, UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE, UH, WHEN Y'ALL WERE, WE WERE PARTNERED WITH Y'ALL, UH, EVERY YEAR WE ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE VALUE WE'RE GETTING OUT OF IT? AND, AND WHAT I'M SEEING NOW IS I'M SEEING A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT THAT VALUE COULD BE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, YOU SHOWING WHAT THOSE TANGIBLE BENEFITS ARE.
UM, AND I'VE, I'VE ATTENDED SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY'VE HAD, UH, WHEN, WHEN THEY BRING SOME OF THESE SPEAKERS IN THEIR QUALITY EVENTS, VERY WELL ATTENDED BY PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE COMING TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT IT IS TOP TIER.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY QUALITY, UH, EVENT AND, AND ORGANIZATIONS.
SO, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT FREQUENTLY IS BUILDING IT, UH, UM, HAVING AN EXPERIENCE HERE IN ADDISON THAT'S HARD TO GET SOMEWHERE ELSE IN ANOTHER CITY.
AND WITH OUR SMALL SIZE, I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT.
SO, SO THIS COULD BE SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER, COULD THAT BE PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, OUTREACH AND, AND GROWTH.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, JUST, JUST SOME COMMENTS, NOT REALLY ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
THIS, THIS POSTER IS ACTUALLY FROM
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THE 2009 WORLD FEST.SO, UM, IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE INVOLVED HERE IN ADDISON.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND, AND I, I ECHO THE MAYOR'S, UM, COMMENTS ON PAST EVENTS.
WHERE, WHERE DO YOU ENVISION PUTTING THESE, WHAT FACILITY IN TOWN WOULD, WOULD, WOULD YOU BE LOOKING AT DOING THIS AT OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I, WE DO, WE DO EVENTS OF ALL DIFFERENT SIZES.
UM, AND SO WE COULD, WE COULD DO A SMALL EVENT IN THE STONEHOUSE.
WE COULD DO AN EVENT IN YOUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
UM, WE DO, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PEOPLE EVENTS.
AND THEN WE DO EVENTS THAT ARE FOR LIKE 30 PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEN OUR PRESIDENT CIRCLE, UM, AND GLOBAL FORUM MEETINGS ARE MUCH, ARE, ARE SMALLER THAN THAT EVEN SOMETIMES.
AND THAT, THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE OTHER QUESTION OF, OF THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO COME TO SOME OF 'EM.
SO YOU WOULD DO, YOU WOULD DO SOME FOR HUNDREDS MM-HMM
AND YOU WOULD DO SOME FOR DOZENS.
UM, WHERE IN THE PAST HAVE YOU LOOKED AT, AT DOING THESE THINGS HERE IN ADDISON? UM, I AM BRAND NEW.
AND I, AS TRACY SAID, I'M JESSICA AND THE PRESIDENT AND CEOI WAS ACTUALLY WITH THE COUNCIL FIRST TIME WE HAD OUR PARTNERSHIP.
SO I WAS AT THE COUNCIL FROM 2005 TO 2011.
I JUST RETURNED AS PRESIDENT AND CEO IN JANUARY.
UM, TO TRACE'S POINT, WE ACTUALLY HAD AN EVENT HERE.
I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 300 OR SO PEOPLE.
IT WAS A STANDING ROOM ONLY EVENT WITH LOU JOBS.
SO WE REALLY LIKED TO DO EVENTS HERE WITH Y'ALL ON SITE.
BUT WE WOULD BASICALLY DO A MARKET SURVEY AND WE WOULD PROBABLY WORK WITH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND OTHERS CHAMBER HERE TO SEE WHAT YOU RECOMMEND.
WE WORK WITH VENUES, HOTELS, ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS, SO WE'VE GOT A PRETTY PLUG AND PLAY OPERATION.
AND IF YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OR IF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS A RECOMMENDATION, WE'D BE ALL EARS.
BUT WE LOVED DOING THINGS HERE.
I, I THINK WE HAVE SEVERAL VENUES THAT WOULD FIT ALL OF THE TYPE THINGS THAT YOU SAID, BOTH NEWLY RENOVATED AND, AND EXISTING.
WITHOUT CALLING ANY NAMES OR LOOKING PREFERENTIAL TO ONE VENUE.
I THINK WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE VENUES THAT WOULD REALLY BENEFIT THEM AND, AND YOURSELF.
AND SIR, I'LL JUST ADD TOO, RESTAURANTS SHOULD BE IN THAT MIX AS WELL.
SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT VENUES HERE, A HOTEL, A CONFERENCE CENTER, BUT TO THERE'S POINT, WE HAVE DINNERS, WE HAVE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL EVENTS, SO RESTAURANTS THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND AS WELL WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'D STRONGLY CONSIDER.
AND, AND WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME VERY NICE RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE ROOMS ASIDE.
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE I SAY, WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, OR YOU'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE FOR ATTENDANCE WISE IT WOULD BE.
UM, I HAVE A VISION TO, TO PULL UP FROM A MORE FAMOUS, UH, PERSON THAN I AM.
I HAVE A VISION OF BRINGING SOMETHING TO ADDISON AND I, AND I DON'T WANNA PLUG THE OTHER, BUT I AM A SEASON TICKET HOLDER IN A, IN ANOTHER LECTURE SERIES ON A UNIVERSITY HERE IN TOWN THAT IS A WONDERFUL, UM, UH, LECTURE SERIES THAT BRING PEOPLE IN.
AND I HAVE A VISION OF TRYING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN OUR PERFORM, OUR RENOVATED PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, UH, UH, TRYING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE NICE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS COME IN AND GIVE 'EM A LECTURE LIKE THAT TO 200, 250 PEOPLE IN THERE AND, UH, BRING THAT, BRING THAT TO THE TOWN.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN HELP US FACILITATE OR IS THAT, IS THAT A COMPLETELY OUTSIDE THE REALM OF WHAT YOU DO? I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT ONE BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN, I THINK, A LONG TIME DREAM OF OURS.
SO SEEING OUR VISIONS COLLIDE, OR, OR CONVERGE I SHOULD SAY, WOULD BE AMAZING.
UM, THIS, THE LECTURE SERIES RHYME WITH EIGHT WITH WHAT? WITH EIGHT? IT PROBABLY DOES.
UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO ESTABLISH OUR OWN LECTURE SERIES, AND I'LL TELL ALL OF YOU, UM, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SHARED THIS WITH THE MAYOR BEFORE.
OUR MEMBERS WANT US TO DO MORE AND MORE FURTHER NORTH OUT OF DOWNTOWN IN NORTH DALLAS.
SO A LECTURE SERIES HERE COULD BE REALLY INTERESTING.
WE LOVE TO HAVE A SERIES THAT IS IN THE SAME PLACE EVERY TIME.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
AND A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER LIKE THIS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THAT.
SO ABSOLUTELY WE COULD CONSIDER THAT.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE THE COLLABORATION I THINK IS SO POWERFUL.
WE CAN BRING YOU IDEAS ON SPEAKERS, BUT IN THE PAST WE SAT TOGETHER AND DID IT TOGETHER, SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
A A, A WAY OF UTILIZING OUR VENUE ON OFF, ON OFF NIGHTS.
WHETHER IT BE WITH THIS WITH A LECTURE SERIES OR A FAMILY FRIENDLY COMEDIAN COMING
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IN AND DOING A PERFORMANCE THINGS TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE IS VERY HIGH PRIORITY OF MINE.SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
NEXT WE HAVE WOVEN HEALTHCARE.
HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? UM, I DON'T SEE, I DON'T THINK I'LL GET TOO FAR INTO IT, BUT I DEFINITELY WILL DO MY BEST.
UM, I'M, AND I'M THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WOVEN.
I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT SIX MONTHS RUNNING.
AND WHEN I SAY RUNNING, I MEAN RUNNING, UM,
SO WE ARE A, UM, CLINIC THAT PROVIDES PRIMARY CARE SERVICES FOR UNIN AND UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE DO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW COST PRIMARY CARE SERVICES AS WELL AS NUTRITION, UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AS WELL AS, UM, I'M SORRY, I KIND OF BLANK.
UM, OUTSIDE OF MENTAL HEALTH, NUTRITION, PRIMARY CARE THAT THOSE THAT WE DO HAVE, WE WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS IN ADDISON, UM, AS WELL AS WE'RE LOCATED.
AND OF COURSE OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, QUALITY CENTRIC HEALTHCARE, FOCUSED ON
I REALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT OUR SERVICES.
SO OUR SERVICES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW, PRIMARY CARE, WOMEN'S HEALTH, MEN'S HEALTH, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION COUNSEL.
MEN'S HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY FOCUSED ON BEING THAT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PULL MEN INTO ANY TYPE OF DOCTOR'S OFFICE WITHOUT YOUR WIFE OR YOUR MOM OR ANYBODY, UH, FORCING YOU TO GET THERE.
BUT WE'VE EXPANDED OUR MEN'S HEALTH SERVICES, SO WE NOW HAVE PSA SCREENS, PROSTATE CANCER SCREENS FOR MEN'S SERVICES.
WE ALSO HAVE WELLNESS SERVICES FOR MEN COMING INTO THE CLINIC, YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ASK, HEY, CAN I GET SCREENED OR CAN I HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE? OR WHATEVER IT IS.
BEING THAT WE KNOW THAT MEN ARE PRO TO A LOT OF HEARTS, YOU KNOW, HEART ISSUES AS WELL AS WOMEN ARE.
BUT MEN IN ITSELF, IT COMES LATE TO WHEN MEN COME IN AND GET A ASSIST.
NOW OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TO ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.
I'VE WORKED WITH HIGHER ACUITY INDIVIDUALS.
AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ASSERTIVE, ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT.
THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DOWNTOWN THAT YOU MAY SEE GONNA THE BRIDGE, THESE INDIVIDUALS YOU MAY SEE HOMELESS, THEY MAY, UH, BE VETERANS, PTSD, TD OR HIGH LEVEL SERVICE THAT ARE NEEDED WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
NOW OPENING OUR SERVICES TO EXPAND AS FAR AS E MDR, MDR IS OUR
AND WITH THAT, THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO UTILIZE A LIFE SERVICE.
THIS LIFE SERVICE WILL ALLOW THEM TO REPROCESS TRAUMAS THAT THEIR BRAIN HAS FORGOTTEN.
A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE EMDR, ESPECIALLY VETERANS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF PTSD TRAUMA, UM, AND ALSO IT ALLOWS THEM TO RECOUP SOME OF THE MEMORY LOSS THAT THEY HAVE HAD DURING THE TRAINING.
OR IF THEY HAVE BEEN THE INDIVIDUAL SUFFER FROM
I, NOT ABOUT MDR SERVICES, WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE EXPANDED INTO NIGHT SERVICES.
SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME GET THERAPY AFTER HOURS, WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO AFTER OUR SERVICES.
UM, WITH ADDISON, WE SERVE ABOUT, LAST YEAR, I THINK WE SERVED BETWEEN A HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT ADDISON, THROUGHOUT OUR DENTAL VISION VACCINE CLINICS AND THE SPECIALTY SERVICES SUCH AS OUR NEUROLOGY AND DERMATOLOGY.
THIS YEAR WE HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH, I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD ABOUT 19, UH, UNIQUE PATIENTS WITH 60 VISITS.
THE LARGEST AREA CODE THAT WE SERVE IS 7 5 0 0 1.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF EXPAND MORE.
I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, FAMILY SERVICES THAT HAS BEEN
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BROUGHT OVER INTO ADDISON AND THAT KIND OF PROVIDES SOME OF THE SERVICES, WHICH MAY LACK WHAT WE PROVIDE.HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES KIND OF WORK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING.
WE DO WORK AS INDIVIDUALS, SO THEY MAY KIND OF DIFFERENTIATE WHAT WE PROVIDE, SUCH AS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
WE DO WORK WITH METRO, UH, WITH MENTAL, THEY DO SEND THEIR PATIENTS PLACES, UH, OVER TO US FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AS WELL.
SO I CAN SAY THAT
UM, AND BEING IN ADDISON, WELL, BEING A PART OF ADDISON, I COULD JUST SAY THAT ADDISON HAS BEEN INTERNAL PART, UM, MISS SUSIE
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS AND THAT'S JUST PART OF THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU MARLON, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND UH, IT'S ANOTHER ORGANIZATION I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.
AND, UH, AND I REALLY LIKE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THE, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KIND OF SEEM LIKE YOU KIND OF FIT IN THE MIDDLE THERE SOMEWHERE BECAUSE YOU, BECAUSE IT'S, PEOPLE GENERALLY PAY WHEN THEY COME.
AND SO FOR THE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED AND PROBABLY THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOUSY INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH HIGH DEDUCTIBLES AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EASIER TO GO TO YOU ALL.
AND I WAS LOOKING TO THROUGH YOUR SLIDES THERE, SO THE DIRECT PRIMARY CARE, THAT'S A MEMBERSHIP BASED MODEL.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY DOING? I KNOW YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP OR YOU'RE CURRENTLY SO I HAVE REVAMPED THE DPC PROGRAM, UM, WITH REVAMPING OF DPC PROGRAM.
WE'VE CREATED A LARGER MARKETING STRATEGY FOR B2B AS WELL AS B2C.
SO YES, WE OFFERED MORE SERVICES UNDER THE DPC PROGRAM, AND IT'S ACTUALLY GAINING A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT GONNA PAY THOSE HIGH INSURANCE COSTS NOW, STARTING TO SEE THE VALUE IN THE DPC PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE EXPAND IN, UH, PAST COUPLE MONTHS.
AND I REALLY LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MEMBERSHIP MODEL.
UH, SO PEOPLE HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO, TO PRIMARY CARE, WHICH TO ME, THAT THAT PLAN MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE REST OF THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY CAN'T FIGURE THAT OUT,
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE UPFRONT AND I'VE SEEN, UM, ABOUT FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO FOUND OUT WOVEN IS THERE, AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR THE D PC PROGRAM.
SO WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT IN SOME BROKERS THAT ARE HELPING US REACH OUT TO A LOT OF THE RESTAURANTS AND FOOD INDUSTRY TO START PROVIDING TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT AFFORD INSURANCE.
SO DPC DEFINITELY HAS BEEN, UM, AN EXPANSION PROJECT THAT I'VE WORKED ON AS WELL.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S, Y'ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND, AND I'VE TOURED YOUR PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONCE AND MM-HMM
AND, AND EVERY TIME WHEN I MEET YOUR STAFF OVER THERE, IT IS JUST A REAL PROFESSIONAL GROUP OF FOLKS REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, I'VE BEEN TO YOUR FARMER'S BRANCH LOCATION.
I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE CARROLLTON CLINIC.
UM, AND, AND I, I, I DIDN'T LOOK IT UP REAL QUICK THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT ADDRESS THAN, THAN METRO CREST UH, SERVICES.
SO WE'RE LOCATED IN CARROLLTON MEDICAL, UH, CENTER OVER IN CARROLLTON.
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER PAST METROS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SATELLITE PRESENCE OVER AT METROCREST SERVICES AT ALL, OR HOW DOES THAT, AS FAR AS ADDISON RESIDENTS MM-HMM
CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ME THROUGH, UH, WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING? SO AS FAR AS ADDISON, THEY COME OVER TO FOX BRIDGE.
MORE SO THAN THEY GO OVER TO THE CARROLLTON LOCATION.
UM, WE, WE DO POP UP CLINICS WITH METRO PRESS, SO THAT'S ONCE A MONTH AND WE WANTED TO EXTEND TWICE A MONTH, BUT I THINK THE FUNDING KIND OF WASN'T ABLE, UM, TO CROSS IT THROUGH.
BUT A LOT OF THE ADDISON, UH, PATIENTS COME OVER TO FARMERS FIRST LOCATION.
IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S CLOSER? IT IS.
AND SO, UM, WE ASKED ONE QUESTION AND, AND YOU ALL WERE ANSWERED.
I JUST KIND OF, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU KIND OF TALK ME THROUGH IT MM-HMM
BUT BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING YOU'VE GOT A HUNDRED UNIQUE ADDISON RESIDENTS IN THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, WHILE THESE INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT HAVE HAD A PROVIDER VISIT DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR, THEY HAVE RECEIVED VALUABLE SERVICES THROUGH PROGRAMS HOSTED AND OR PROVIDED BY THE CLINIC AND HAVE DIRECTLY BENEFITED
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FROM OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS.CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ME THROUGH WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT AT THE CLINIC, BUT THEY'VE BENEFITED, LIKE HOW DID THEY BENEFIT? SURE.
SO WE HAVE, UH, NEUROLOGY AND DERMATOLOGY.
WE HAVE SPECIAL CLINICS AND WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT COME IN MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH.
AND WE'LL NOTIFY EVERYONE IN OUR EHR SYSTEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, WE HAVE THESE SERVICES AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY COME OVER THERE, THEY'RE ABLE TO PAY $35 FOR NEUROLOGY OR $35 FOR OUR DERMATOLOGY.
SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT SEEING OUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, THEY'RE SEEING OUR SPECIALTY CLINICS MORE SO THAN INSIDE THE, UM, CLINICS AND, AND OUTSIDE.
AND ARE THEY, ARE THEY, ARE THEY GOING TO, UM, THESE OTHER SPECIALIZED CLINICS? IS THAT WHERE THEY'RE GOING? SO THEN ALL AT FARMERS BRANCH AND THEN IN THE EVENINGS MORE THAN THEY'RE IN THE DAYTIME.
SO YES, THEY'RE COMING TO THOSE EVENTS.
THEY'RE GONNA TO THE FARMER'S BRANCH PLANNING.
BUT THEY'RE SEEING MORE SPECIALIZED SERVICE PROVIDE, UH, SERVICES.
UM, I'M GONNA MARK ONE OF THOSE OFF YOU.
I AM NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH YOUR BUSINESS.
YOUR MODEL AS, AS THESE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE.
UH, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO COME OVER AND LOOK, THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME OVER? DEFINITELY.
I'LL CONTACT INFORMATION AND TRY TO SET A SCHEDULE.
I'D, I'D LIKE TO PHYS, I'D LIKE TO PHYSICALLY SEE, TOUCH, FEEL, AND PLEASE DO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
DO YOU, UH, DO YOU HAVE PHYSICIANS? IS IS THIS DOCTORS IN, IN OFFICE THAT THEY SEE OR NURSE PRACTITIONERS? UH, PAS WHAT, WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF CARE? SO WE HAVE ONE MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
WE DO HAVE A ON STAFF, UM, DIRECTOR.
SHE OVERSEES THE NURSE PRACTITIONER.
SHE'S AN INTERNAL MEDICINE DOCTOR.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE GYN UH, NURSE PRACTITIONER.
AND THE OTHER THREE ARE FAMILY MEDICINE NURSE PRACTITIONERS THAT ALL STAFF PHYSICIANS.
UH, DO YOU DO ANY, UH, REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES THERE? DO WE, DO WE HAVE, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? SURE.
WE JUST ADDED POSTPARTUM, UM, SERVICES FOR WOMEN.
UH, WE JUST ADDED MENOPAUSE SERVICES FOR WOMEN AS WELL AS WE DO, UM, G FOR ALL SERVICES FOR WOMEN.
WE DO, UM, DEVERA AND A LOT OF BIRTH CONTROL.
WE ALSO DO THE IEDS FOR WOMEN.
SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
UM, THOSE SERVICES ARE ON WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
THOSE SERVICES ARE OUR MOST IMPACTFUL SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.
SO ON EACH OF THOSE DAYS, WE PROBABLY SEE BETWEEN BOTH CLINICS, I WANNA SAY ABOUT 40 INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THOSE TWO DAYS OF SERVICES.
SO THAT IS OUR BIGGEST PROGRAM.
REDWATER, NO TERMINATION SERVICES? NO.
UM, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND PRESENTING AND ALL THE GREAT SERVICES THAT, UH, YOU'RE PROVIDING.
AND, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 5 AND, UH, MEETING IS ADJOURNED.