[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:24] APPLICANT WITHDREW THEIR REQUEST SO WE WILL NOTNOT LOOKING AT THAT. DO I NEED TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD? WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM 4, CITIZEN INPUT. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY COUNSEL DURING CITIZEN INPUT. I WILL LET ALL THE GRANT APPLICANTS HAVE THEIR CHANCE TO [5C. Presentation and discussion of the FY2026 Community Service Grant Allocations and Additional Funding Requests.] SPEAK DURING ITEM 5- C AS WELL. SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE WORK SESSION. WE'LL REALIGN AND START WITH ITEM 5- C, WHICH IS PRESENTATION OF THE 2026 ALLOCATIONS AND FUNDING REQUESTS. WE HAVE ASSISTANT MANAGER WADE HERE WHO CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IF THERE ARE ANY, HOWEVER, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS WE ASKED FOR A LITTLE MORE DETAIL FROM OUR GRANT APPLICANTS, SO WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE GRANT APPLICANTS HERE TONIGHT. I DID HAVE A REQUEST FROM ONE OF THE GRANT APPLICANTS WHO WISHED TO KIND OF GO FIRST AND INTRODUCE HIS ITEM AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IF WE HAVE THEM. THAT IS PASTOR HUDDLESTON. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? >> I BELIEVE THIS WAS IN YOU ARE YOUR PREVIOUS PACKET. >> I'LL ASK IF WE CAN KEEP ALL THE PRESENTATIONS TO A FEW MINUTES TO KEEP THE MEETING FLOWING, WE WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. >> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR TEAMWORK, MAKING OUR CITY BETTER. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH YOU. WE'VE BEEN IN ROWLETT FOR 24 YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY OVER THE YEARS. AND WE CAME INTO A PARTNERSHIP A COUPLE YEARS BACK. IN FACT, I'VE KNOWN BISHOP LAKE, WE WERE AT FIRST CITY TOGETHER FOR THREE YEARS AND THE LAST FEW YEARS IN CARE PORTAL, WHICH IS AN ONLINE TECHNOLOGY, CONNECTING COMMUNITY AND CHURCHES TO LOCAL FAMILIES. IT'S ACCELERATED OUR OUTREACH FELLOWS. I'VE NEVER APPLIED FOR YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT BUT WE MET THE CRITERIA AND WHAT WE SUBMITTED TO YOU WAS AN A LA CARTE. THIS IS JUST ME. I WOULD RATHER ASK BIG AND GET SOMETHING LOW, KNOWING I CAN'T COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE. EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO PUT IT BEFORE YOU. THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR. WE PUT IT IN A LA CARTE FORM SO YOU WOULD SEE, NUMBER ONE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING. AND THIS POSSIBLE GRANT WOULD HELP US TO DO EVEN MORE JUST TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE OVER THE PAST -- RIGHT HERE IN ROWLETT SINCE WE STARTED WORKING WITH CARE PORTAL TWO YEARS AGO, JUST IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT WE HAVE ASSISTED 52 CHILDREN. JUST IN ROWLETT. THE REASON THAT'S A LOWER NUMBER, THOUGH WE WENT -- I'LL SHOW YOU OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF THE REGION IN A LITTLE BIT. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF AGENCY REQUESTS, THAT'S THE MAIN PARTNER WE HAVE, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT IN ROWLETT. DOES NOT MEAN THERE ARE NOT NEEDS IN ROWLETT, JUST MEANS THERE ARE NOT OPEN INVESTIGATIONS IN ROWLETT. IN THE LAST -- SINCE WE STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, IT'S 52 CHILDREN, $8,800 WORTH OF ECONOMIC IMPACT. THOSE ARE REAL BILLS, REAL BEDS, REAL FOOD THAT WAS MADE. I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK, HOW DOES A LITTLE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET WITH 80 PEOPLE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT? WE HAVE LEVERAGED PARTNERSHIPS WITH DONORS, WITH BUSINESS OWNERS. I MEAN, WE EITHER SIT THERE AND DO WHAT OUR LITTLE BUDGET WILL DO OR WE CAN CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AT RISK LOCALLY. THAT IS EXPONENTIALLY TAKEN OUR REACH MORE THAN WHAT OUR SMALL CONGREGATION DOES. IN PERSPECTIVE, IN CARE PORTAL, I'M A REGIONAL MANAGER FOR ROCKWALL, IN COLLIN COUNTY, OUR CHURCH IS IN DALLAS COUNTY SO I'M NOT THE MANAGER OF THAT, BUT OUR CHURCH DOES. TO GET YOU RETROSPECT IN THE LAST RUNNING 12, REAL NUMBERS, REAL NEEDS, REAL BEDS, EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE, IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS IN ROWLETT RUNNING BACKWARDS HERE -- OR IN THE REGION, RATHER, NOT JUST IN ROWLETT, THROUGH FREEDOM PLACE, WE'VE MET 95 REQUESTS, WHICH [00:05:02] EQUATES TO ABOUT 220 CHILDREN. AND THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT IS $65,554. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE NOT DONE IT IN THAT CAPACITY AS MUCH THE FIRST 20 YEARS BECAUSE, AGAIN, COMING WITH PARTNERSHIPS, THINGS CAN EXPONENTIALLY GROW AND WE HAVE. THAT'S A LITTLE HISTORY. I WAS THANKFUL BISHOP COULD COME. I THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER SINCE WE ARE AN AFFILIATE OF HIS. THAT'S HOW WE GOT CONNECTED TO CARE PORTAL AND THAT'S THE TOOL TO GIVE US THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AT RISK AND THOSE THAT WANT TO HELP, COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS THROUGHOUT 38 STATES, ACTUALLY. SO, THAT'S THE HISTORY. I PUT THIS IN AN A LA CARTE VERSION SHOWING WHAT WE DO. SO THAT YOU COULD -- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT I LIKE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN I GO. IF I GO GET A BURGER, I GO TO BURGER KING BECAUSE I GET IT DONE MY WAY. THAT'S MY SPIEL. I'M GOING OVER TO ROCKWALL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE A STATEMENT OVER THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE. AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTION. >> COUNSEL, QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE ONE. ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE OF IT, THEY GO OUT ON CALLS AND STUFF AND THEY SEE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEEDS OR WHATEVER, THEY DON'T ALWAYS JUST SAY SOMETHING TO THEM. THEY SOMETIMES WILL HAVE A CARD, GIVE IT TO THEM, THEY GIVE THEM A NUMBER THEY CAN REACH OUT TO Y'ALL. IF THEY PASS THOSE OUT, FAMILY VIOLENCE, WHATEVER, THEY SEE NO BEDS, WHATEVER, FOOD IS PRETTY SCARCE? >> AS LONG AS THERE'S A CHILD INVOLVED, YES. >> OKAY. >> YES, THEY CAN. WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT- WE'RE PARTNERING -- YOUR NEW CHAPLAIN. >> HUNTER. >> HUNTER, I TALKED WITH HIM. AND I TOLD HIM IF YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH US, WE CAN PUT THE -- AND I'VE TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS, TOO, ABOUT HOW TO MAKE EITHER JUST THE POLICE OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALL OF THEM ARE A REQUESTING AGENCY TO WHERE WE WANT TO GET AWAY FROM JUST MAKING A PHONE CALL. WE CAN GET THEM ON A PLATFORM AND MAKE IT HAPPEN INSTANTANEOUSLY. LIKE UBER. INSTEAD OF CAR SHARING, WE CAN CARE SHARING. >> THERE HAS TO BE A CHILD INVOLVED AND LAST YEAR THERE WERE 220 IN THE ROWLETT AREA? >> 220 IN OUR REGION. >> IN THE REGION? >> LAST YEAR IT WAS 55. >> 55? >> AGAIN, THAT ONLY CAME THROUGH DFPS. THAT MEANS THEY'RE ALREADY BEING INVESTIGATED BY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. OUR GOAL IS TO PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WITH LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO UPSTREAM TO TRY TO KEEP THEM FROM GOING INTO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. THAT'S THE GOAL, IS TO TRY TO BEFORE THEY GET GETHER - TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE BEING INVESTIGATED. >> OKAY. >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. WHAT YOU GAVE BEFORE IS IN PLACE? >> WE ARE, YES, THOSE ARE OUR PEOPLE. >> COOL. SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT MINISTRY, I TOOK SOME TIME AND DID RESEARCH. LAST YEAR, THE LAST 990 THEY ARE -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO 220, SO THEY'RE GIVING 66% TO SALARY CURRENTLY. WHAT IS YOUR OVER THE MONEY WE GIVE OR IF WE GIVE THEM WILL GO TO ROWLETT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE KIDS? >> ALL OF IT WILL GO, 100%. THE ONLY REASON THE WAY -- WE DON'T ONLY GIVE TO THE CHURCH, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, I'M CURRENTLY ABOUT 30 DAYS FROM HAVING OUR OWN NONPROFIT SET AT THE CHURCH FOCUSED JUST ON KIDS, TO MAKE IT EASIER, BUT OUR PARTNERSHIP IS ALREADY THERE. YEAH, ALL 20,000 WILL COME TO ROWLETT. COME TO OUR CHURCH TO FACILITATE THOSE REQUESTS. >> I HAVE TO ASK A QUESTION QUESTION ABOUT ORGANIZATIONALLY. DID I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE A FULL- TIME EMPLOYEE, I THINK, HARVEST MINISTRIES IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN YOUR CHURCH TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM OR DID I MISUNDERSTOOD? >> IT'S GOING TO BE US. >> IT'S JUST GOING TO YOU GUYS? >> MORE ASSETS TO -- CAPITAL TO WORK WITH. >> ALL RIGHT. FOR SOME REASON IN THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION I CAME AWAY WITH THAT IDEA, THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS GOING TO BE THERE SORT OF GETTING IT -- >> WE'RE ABLE TO -- SINCE WE'RE ALREADY EXISTING, WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE ALL OF THIS GRANT. WE DON'T HAVE TO HIRE ANYBODY ELSE. >> THAT'S GOOD, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. >> WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY ANY EQUIPMENT. WE ALL NEED THAT SOMETIMES AS NONPROFITS BUT WE'RE IN A PLACE [00:10:02] WE DON'T HAVE TO. >> ALL RIGHT. >> COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I WANT TO CONFIRM WHAT I HEARD. NONE OF THE MONEY ALLOCATED WILL BE GOING TO SALARIES? >> CORRECT. >> AND I KNOW ONE OF THE POINTS YOU MADE, MR. SCHUPP, DURING THE LAST BUDGET SESSION IS HOW CAN WE GET THIS PROGRAM, GET CARE PORTAL AND HARVEST FAMILY MINISTRIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OTHER COMMUNITIES TO HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT. IS THAT ON THE ROAD MAP? >> WE HAVE HUNTER WITH FIRST BAPTIST. THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR DALLAS COUNTY, THEY'VE ALLOWED ME TO INFLUENCE ROWLETT. >> GOT IT. >> IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. >> I REMEMBERED THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS, HOW WILL OTHER CHURCHES BE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW THE PROGRAM AND BE ABLE TO DO IT SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THROUGH EDUCATION. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY CHURCHES HAVE TO BE WILLING TO WORK AS A PARTNER. IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE MAN POWER AND CAPACITY INSIDE THE CHURCH TO SPONSOR A PROGRAM, THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO, BUT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR CHURCHES WHO ARE WILLING AND ABLE? >> IT'S COMMUNITY. IN WICHITA COUNTY, WICHITA FALLS, I'M THE REGIONAL MANNER THERE BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL NEEDS AREA. CHURCHES PARTNER TOGETHER. ONE HAS FUNDS -- THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE AND MEET THE REQUEST. THEY FUND IT AND THEN ANOTHER CHURCH ACTUALLY GOES TO THAT HOUSE AND TRIES TO MAKE A RELATIONAL CONNECTION. IT'S NOT A CHURCH GROWTH PROGRAM. WE'RE JUST SAYING, HEY, THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO HELP YOU. SO IT IS A PARTNERSHIP. CONNECTION CHANGES EVERYTHING. >> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I'M GOOD. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. >> WITH THAT LET'S JUST START BACK AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. AGAIN, PASTOR HAD AN ENGAGEMENT WHICH IS WHY I GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FIRST. THE FIRST AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST IS CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL. WE HAVE ERIC GERTS HERE. HE'S NOT GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION BUT HE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> JUST A COUPLE NOTES. I SHOULD HAVE MADE OTHER PACKETS BUT WE PUBLISH AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AS WELL. IF THE CITY WOULD LIKE, WE CAN HAVE THAT SENT OUT BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO FILE A 990. >> I THINK WE HAD THAT LAST TIME. >> OKAY. >> YEAH. WE DID. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ERNST? >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. COULD YOU JUST BRIEFLY DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR FINANCIAL IMPACT IS IN OUR CITY. >> WELL, IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN STRICTLY TO VOLUNTEER HOURS, AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE CURRENT RATE IS FOR VOLUNTEER HOURS, IT'S BETWEEN 20 AND $25, WE DO OVER -- WE AVERAGE 23 AND 27,000 HOURS A YEAR OF VOLUNTEER HOURS. THAT'S ACROSS SIX DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO -- >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> ON AVERAGE ABOUT HOW MANY ACTUAL RESPONSES DO YOU DO IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT DURING A CALENDAR YEAR AND HOW MANY HOURS DOES THAT EQUATE TO? >> WELL, THERE'S DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT DO DIFFERENT THINGS. SO, FIRE CORPS DEPLOYS FOR STRUCTURE FIRES OR LARGE EVENTS. WE'VE BEEN OUT AT POLICE, A LOT OF EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S TYPICALLY -- IT DEPENDS ON THE YEAR. HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GET DEPLOYED AT ALL. BUT USUALLY BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN. WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENCE, I THINK, IN ALMOST EVERY CITY EVENT PROVIDING COOLING STATIONS AND FIRST AID SERVICE OURTESY THINGS. THAT'S A LOT. >> A FRUR FIRE, EVERYONE RESPONDS. REHAB? I. YES. >> YOU HELP OUT WITH TRAFFIC, POST PLACEMENT, COVERAGE, STUFF LIKE THAT, CORRECT? >> SOMETIMES. DEPENDING ON THE NEED. YEAH, WE WILL ROLL HOSE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, TOO. THE OTHER THING WE DO IN OUR PRIMARY MISSION OF CERT IS PREPARE TO, MITIGATE AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS. SO, THAT'S KIND OF SOME OF THAT TRAINING THAT IF YOU HAVE A MILITARY BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW. A LOT OF TIMES YOU TRAIN HOPING YOU NEVER HAVE TO USE IT. WE SOMETIMES DO, BUT WE HAVE ALSO HAD MUTUAL AID REQUESTS FROM SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS AS WELL. AND HE'S TET SERVED WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS IN SEVEN DIFFERENT COUNTIES. WE OFTEN GO OUT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE A CART AFFILIATE. SO THEY'LL GET DEPLOYED AS CART AND WE HELP GO OUT ONON THOSE. >> 2015, A TORNADO HIT. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO MOBILIZE AND HIT THE STREETS AND MAKE AN IMPACT? >> WE WERE ALREADY IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER THREAT. SO OUR COMMAND STAFF WAS ALREADY IN PLACE. WE HAD ASSETS DEPLOYING WITHIN 45 MINUTES. AND THAT'S -- WE'VE REACHED THE STAGING POINT. [00:15:01] WE ARE HAVE OUR EQUIPMENT TOGETHER AND WE'VE GONE. >> WELL, THAT'S NOT CHEATING BECAUSE I WAS THERE. AND I SAW Y'ALL, YOU WERE OVER THERE IN LIKE 30 MINUTES ON THE RESPONSE. KUDOS FOR THAT. I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THIS AND WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DO FOR THE CITY. >> WELL, WE STAYED OPERATIONAL ON THAT ONE FOR THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS. AND WE WERE ON A 16- HOUR WORK CYCLE. WE WERE TYPICALLY GOING OUT, MEETING AT 6:00. WE WOULD HAVE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE DAILY BRIEFING AT DOC, GET OUR SSIONS, GO OUT FOR THAT. I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT ON THAT. WE'RE COMING UP ON THE TEN- YEAR ANNIVERSARY HERE. THE FAITH- BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS CITY SUPPORTED US PHENOMENALLY. FIRST METHODIST HOSTED US SO WE COULD HAVE OUR OWN COMMAND CENTER SO WE WEREN'T OVERWHELMING THE DOC WITH 50 VOLUNTEERS. THEY FED US, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. SO IT REALLY -- IT WAS THE WORST TIME IN THE CITY AND IT WAS THE BEST TIME IN THE CITY. >> SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE TORNADO AFFECTED MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND CERT WAS THERE MULTIPLE TIMES CHECKING ON US WELL -- YOU KNOW, IS EVERYTHING OKAY, ARE YOU GOING TO STAY? SO, YOU CERTAINLY -- YOUR ORGANIZATION TOUCHED MY LIFE PERSONALLY AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO DO THAT IN YOUR HOUSE AGAIN. >> I HOPE SO, TOO. THAT IS MY -- THAT IS MY HOPE. >> ERIC, FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT Y'ALL DO. I THINK YOU DO GREAT WORK ON SO MANY LEVELS. I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU TO. I'M CURIOUS, I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T TAKE A DEEP DIF INTO YOUR FINANCIALS. WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER FINANCIAL SOURCES OF REVENUE? >> WE -- SO THE EXPLORER PROGRAM, EXCEPT FOR WHAT I'LL CALL CAPITAL ASSETS, THEY DO A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL FUND- RAISING ON THEIR OWN TO BASICALLY SUPPORT THE DAY-TO- DAY STUFF OF THE POST. THE -- TWO SCOUT TROOPS BASICALLY DO THEIR OWN FUND- RAISING AS WELL. WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE DO. WE WILL DO -- WE PRODUCE BANDANAS WITH CERT REMINDERS ON THEM AND LAMINATED CARDS THAT WE SELL ON AMAZON, WE DO MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND STUFF. THAT'S KIND OF DRIED UP, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS. PERHAPS T- SHIRTS OR SOMETHING TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS. >> OKAY. I MEAN, FAIR TO SAY, NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, SO THE MAJORITY OF YOUR FUNDING COMES FROM THIS -- >> ABSOLUTELY, YES. >> OKAY. JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP. THANK YOU. >> SO, IF I COULD PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WHAT YOU ALL DO IS CRITICAL FOR OUR CITY. IF WE WERE TO TRY TO REPLICATE WHAT YOU DID FOR THE CITY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY HERE, IT WOULD BE EXPONENTIALLY MORE MONEY, WOULDN'T IT? IF WE ARE TRIED TO DO WHAT THEY DO FROM A CITY -- I. I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ALL THE THINGS THEY DO. >> I DON'T EITHER BUT JUST FROM A COST ALONE -- >> I MEAN, IF YOU DO THE VOLUNTEER HOURS. >> SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS CRITICAL, TO THOSE LISTENING, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY IF DAEB A LOT MORE MONEY IF WE TRIED TO DO IT OURSELVES. CHANCES ARE WE COULDN'T DO ALL OF IT. >> AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY WHEN THEY SHOW UP AND HELP YOU FIND YOUR LOST CHILD. >> OH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> CORRECT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. ERNST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING AVAILABLE. WE ALSO HAVE ON OUR LIST THE CHAMBER. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM THE CHAMBER. BUT ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAMBER THAT WE CAN MAYBE GET AN ANSWER ON AND GET BACK WITH? >> I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL. WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MICHELLE OR DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? >> I DIDN'T REALLY COME TO MAKE -- >> THAT'S OKAY. >> -- A PRESENTATION. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRB? >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. MICHELLE, GOOD TO SEE YOU. FOR THE -- I KNOW THE 40,000 -- THE IT'S FOR 40,000. YOU DON'T GET OTHER INCOME OR DONATIONS FROM OTHER FOLKS? >> TWO BASIC SOURCES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR ARE -- WE GET BINGO FUNDS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHERE MY 20 HOURSHOURS MONTH COME FROM BINGO FUNDS. I DO HAVE AN ADMAN WE BROUGHT ON BOARD AS A RESULT OF GETTING SOME INCREASE OUR VENDOR -- OUR VOLUNTEER BASE AND KEEP UP WITH OUR STATISTICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO IN [00:20:01] ORDER TO KEEP OUR -- FOR THE CITY. WE'LL BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THE NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY, WHICH WE'VE NEVER DONE. IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT RAISING ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT. IT IS AMOUNT OF MONEY WE GET FROM THE CITY IS ABOUT HALF OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. SO, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY EXPAND SOME OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES AND WORKING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO DO SOME COMMUNITY WORK WITH GISD. WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS LAST YEAR THAT WE DID SOME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WITH KAWANIS, PARTNERING WITH THEM AS WELL. WE GET A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS FROM KAWANIS. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND TO ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD VOLUNTEER VALUE OF ABOUT $250,000. NOT QUITE, ALMOST $250,000 TO THE CITY. THAT INCLUDED BOARD HOURS, VOLUNTEER HOURS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKER HOURS. SO, WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO WORK OFF THEIR SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE MUNICIPAL COURT AS WELL AS DALLAS COURT AND WE'RE WELCOME TO ACTIVITY FROM ROCKWALL. >> I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY SECOND QUESTION. JUST TO BE CLEAR, ALL SALARY EXPENSE IS OUTSIDE OF THE 40,000 THAT ROWLETT PAYS? >> NO. THAT'S NOT A TRUE QUESTION -- OR ANSWER. MY SALARY IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY EXPENSE. THE ADMINISTRATOR WE BROUGHT ON BOARD TO HELP WITH PROGRAMMING, ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTEERS AND GETTING PEOPLE IN AND ORCHESTRATE SO I CAN DO MY JOB AS FAR AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS COMING FROM CITY FUNDS. >> CAN YOU SAY A PERCENTAGE, ROUGHLY? >> OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER. IT'S MINIMAL. >> HOURLY. >> IT'S HOURLY, 20 HOURS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KRB? >> I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. I THINK ALL -- ALL OF YOUR PROGRAMS, I THINK, CAN DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS. I HAVE BEEN -- I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE WON THE GOVERNOR'S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, BUT YOU CERTAINLY HAVE BROUGHT IN HOW MUCH - - HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK WITH THE GCAA? >> THE GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, I THINK WE'VE WON IT FOUR TIMES. AND IT'S ALWAYS AROUND $220,000 TO $270,000 EACH TIME. WE DO HAVE A -- THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THERE'S ONE AWARD OF $270,000 THAT WAS RECEIVED TO THE CITY OR GIVEN TO THE CITY IN 2022. THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHATTO DO WITH IT. AND WE DID -- WE'RE ABLE TO GO IN FOR THAT AWARD EVERY FIVE YEARS BUT WE STILL APPLY, IF IT IS A FULL APPLICATION AND WE RECEIVE THE PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE AWARD FOR THAT, SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE, AND WE JUST COMPLETED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE STATUS PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE AWARD, SO WE'LL BE RECEIVING THAT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD. >> ANY LAST QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MICHELLE. >> NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO SENSORY TEMP -- NO, ROZ, EXCUSE ME. SO SORRY. SO SORRY. >> I'M LIKE, OKAY. WE HAVE DEANNA SEIGLER HERE FROM ROZ AND YOU HAVE -- YOU HAVE COLLEGE AND I'LL LET YOU GO. >> I'M DANA SEIGLER FROM FRIENDS OF RESCUE ANIMALS. WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE CITY SINCE 2004. WE HAD OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR. IT'S A BIG, LONG HISTORY OF SUPPORT TO THE ROWLETT ANIMAL SHELTER. IN -- SINCE THAT TIME, BEFORE WE EVER RECEIVED ANY GRANTS, THE ORGANIZATION INVESTED OVER $200,000 IN DIRECT EXPENSES JUST TOWARDS THE CITY, IN SUPPORT OF THE ANIMALS IN THE CITY. THAT IS PRIOR TO ANY GRANT. [00:25:01] THE FIRST YEAR WE EVER RECEIVED A GRANT WAS FISCAL YEAR '24 WHERE WE GOT $10,000. IN THAT YEAR WE EXPENDED $31,000 IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS IN THE CITY. THAT'S ACTUAL EXPENSES. NOT INCLUDING VOLUNTEER HOURS, WHICH WOULD BE ON TOP OF THAT. THIS YEAR OUR GRANT WAS FOR $20,000. SO FAR WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER MONTH LEFT IN OUR FULL FISCAL YEAR. WE SPENT $45,000 IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE CITY. THOSE ARE ACTUAL EXPENSES. OUR VOLUNTEER HOURS, AGAIN, WOULD BE ON TOP OF THAT. WE HAVE NO PAID STAFF. WE'RE 100% VOLUNTEER BASED, SO EVERY BIT OF MONEY THAT COMES INTO US DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE ANIMALS THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT. OUR ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN A GOOD BIT SINCE WE STARTED IN 2004. WE DO SUPPORT MULTIPLE CITIES NOW. WE SUPPORT GARLAND, RICHARDSON, BUT OUR BUDGET IS SEPARATED BY CITY AND OUR EXPENSES ARE SEPARATED BY CITY. SO EVERYTHING I JUST TOLD YOU IS ROWLETT SPECIFIC. WE TRACE EVERY SINGLE EXPENSE TO WHICH CITY THE ANIMAL CAME FROM. OUR OVERALL BUDGET FISCAL YEAR, WHICH STARTS IN SEPTEMBER IS $340,000. OF THAT THE ROWLETT PIECE OF THAT BUDGET IS A LITTLE OVER $50,000 OF ACTUAL EXPENSES THAT WE PLAN TO DO IN SUPPORT OF ROWLETT. WE GET ALL THE EXTRA MONEY THROUGH OUR -- LOTS OF EFFORTS FUND-RAISING. WE DO LOTS OF FUND- RAISERS WITH INDIVIDUALS. WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH GRANTS FROM NATIONAL SOCIETIES SUCH AS BEST FRIENDS, THE ASPCA, PET SMART CHARITIES, PET FINDER, ALL OF THOSE, WE'RE ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR GRANTS TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS AND MAKE OUR EFFORTS GO FARTHER. ONE IDEA WE HAD TO MAKE THE CITY'S MONEY GO FARTHER IS TO CARVE OFF 5,000 OF THE PROPOSED $25,000 AND USE THAT IN THE NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY MATCHING GIFT FUND THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER. SO WE HAVE ASKED SOME OF OUR MAJOR DONORS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A MATCHING GIFT FUND. THIS WILL BASICALLY SAY -- THIS WILL ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO DONATE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED WITH ANOTHER DONATION. SO OUR PROPOSAL IS TO TAKE 5,000 OF THAT 25,000 AND PUT IT IN THE MATCHING GIFT FUND. THAT WOULD RAISE AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 THAT WOULD BE EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR ROWLETT. WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR IN USING A MATCHING GIFT FUND TO INCREASE OUR NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY DONATIONS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST YEAR WE'VE EVER HAD IN NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY. >> QUESTIONS? >> REAL QUICK, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD RIGHT. DID YOU SAY YOU GOT YOUR FIRST GRANT FUNDING IN 2004 OR '24? >> '24. WE STARTED SUPPORTING THE CITY ZOOISH THAT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME? >> UH-HUH. >> WOW. >> YEAH. WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED TWO GRANTS. BUT WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THE CITY FOR OVER TWO YEARS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE KIND OF A VERY PROVEN HISTORY BEFORE WE RECEIVED ANY MONEY FROM THE CITY. >> SO WHEN I WORKED FOR THE CITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE OFFICE, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAD WAS CAT COLONIES. WE WERE -- I HAD ONE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT WAS A REAL PROBLEM. AND I GUESS CATS SCREAMING AT NIGHT IS A REAL THING. I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED IT BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PROBLEM. AND WHEN YOU GUYS STARTED YOUR TRAP AND RELEASE, THAT HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORS' LIVES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THAT IS -- YOU ARE TRULY MAKING INTEGRAL IMPACT IN PEOPLE'S LIVES IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE CAT COLLIES. >> THANK YOU. IN CASE ANYONE IS NOT AWARE, FOR ANY RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, WE COVERED THE COST FOR OUTDOOR COMMUNITY CATS TO BE SPAYED, NEUTERED AND VACCINATED. WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER WHERE IT'S A REASONABLE COST FOR US TO GET THAT DONE. WE OFFER THAT SERVICE EVERY -- ONCE A MONTH, EVERY MONTH. AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ROWLETT RESIDENTS WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND OTHER OPTIONS IF THEY CAN'T DO IT ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY AS WELL. EVERY SINGLE FEMALE CAT WE [00:30:02] SPAY PREVENTS AT LEAST 12 KITTENS FROM BEING BORN. CALITTA AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER SAYS SHE HAS SEEN A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CATS COMING IN. >> SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, YOU SAID IT A WHILE AGO, BUT IT GOES RIGHT OUT. IN ROWLETT, ABOUT HOW MANY APPEAR MALS DO YOU SEE EVERY YEAR? >> SO IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO PUT A QUANTITY ON THAT. >> JUST A GUESSTIMATE. >> WE DO OPERATE A CAT RESCUE AS WELL, SO WE -- >> THAT'S YOUR BIGGEST MONEY? >> YEAH. SO WE DID ABOUT 100 CATS FROM ROWLETT IN OUR CAT RESCUE. WE HAVE DONE -- I WANT TO SAY IT'S 90 T&R CATS IN ROWLETT THIS YEAR. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TO CATS AND DOGS AT THE SHELTER. THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN ON EIGHT TO TEN WHERE WE HAD ACTUAL EXPENSES. BUT THEN WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS INTERACTING WITH ALL OF THE ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE DAY. IN TERMS OF MARKETING THEM, WALKING THEM. IN TERMS OF MONEY, IT'S THE CASS WE TAKE INTO THE RESCUE, THE T&R PROGRAM AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL. >> FROM THE TIME I WAS THERE, YOU SAID THE THING, BUT I CAN REMEMBER WE HAD MEDICAL NEEDS FOR ANIMALS WE DIPLOMAT HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO PAY FOR. WE ALWAYS TOOK THOSE ON AND GOT THOSE ANIMALS MEDICAL AND GOT THEM ADOPTED. >> YEAH. WE HAVE NOT HAD TO SAY NO TO ANYTHING SHE HAS WANTED US TO QUOVR. SOME CASES ARE DEFINITELY -- IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS IT'S TOO FAR GONE AND IT'S REALLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ANIMAL TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED, BUT IF IT'S AN ADOPTABLE, YOU KNOW, JUST NEEDS A LEG AMPUTATION OR AN EYE -- WHATEVER, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COVER EVERY SINGLE REQUEST SHE'S ASKED OF US THROUGH ADDITIONAL FUND-RAISING. THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES TO EVERY SINGLE REQUEST THAT SHE HAS. ONE THING TO NOTE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES WITH OPERATION KINDNESS WHERE THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE CITY OF ROWLETT THE SAME WAY THEY DID THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT WHERE CALIA COULD TAKE HER ANIMALS TO THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER ONCE A MONTH. IT ACTUALLY GOT UP TO TWICE A MONTH. GET THEM SPAYED AND NEUTERED AND SOME OTHER MEDICAL CARE DONE VERY REASONABLY THROUGH OPERATION KINDNESS. THEY CHANGED THEIR MODEL AND THEY WOULD MAKE HER TAKE THEM ALL THE WAY TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS TO THE LIFE- SAVING HUB WHICH IS NOT THAT AMENABLE. THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER, WE HAVE KIND OF BROKERED A DEAL WHERE YOU GUYS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO GET SPAYS AND NEUTERS DONE EASILY AT THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER. BUT HEART WORM TREATMENTS ARE GOING TO COME BACK UNDER THROUGH US INSTEAD OF OPERATION KINDNESS. SO WE HAVE MORE BUDGET ININ -- OUR FY26 BUDGET TO COVER ALL THE HEART WORM TREATMENTS FOR THE DOGS, WHEREAS YOU GUYS WERE PAYING FOR THAT THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR. AND WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A CASE WHERE THERE WAS A CAT THAT CAME IN THAT HAD A SEVERE BURN ON ITS BACK. AND THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER VET WAS NOT BUSY THAT DAY. THEY LET ME TAKE IT OVER THERE. I PAID GARLAND FOR THEIR SERVICES BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING A NORMAL VET ANYWAY. BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET THATTHAT CAT CARE BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE RIGHT THERE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE ARE ONTO -- NOW WE'RE ON TO CENTURY, SO WE SENTRY TEMP PALS SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING -- >> I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, IF THERE ARE ANY? APPARENTLY WE MADE IT REALLY EASY ON YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT AND AVAILABLE. WE APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT WE'RE ONTO THE DEI COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. >> CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY. >> OH, OKAY. THEY'RE IN NUMERICAL ORDER. I'M SORRY. I'M LOOKING AT OUR PACKET. LET'S LOOK AT CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY FOR ROCKWALL COUNTY AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM CAC. YOU WANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OR -- >> SURE. I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. MY NAME IS PATRICIA. I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT AND CEO FOR THE ORGANIZATION. THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER STARTED IN 2016. WE OFFER -- WE STARTED OFFERING FULL SERVICES IN APRIL OF 2018. [00:35:02] AND WE WERE EXPECTED TO SEE 10 -- ABOUT TEN PIECES A MONTH AND WE VERY QUICKLY GREW IN A SEVEN- YEAR PERIOD TO SERVING ALMOST 70 NEW CASES A MONTH. SO, AS WE LOOK AT THE WORK WE DO, YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, BUT WE ARE IN PART ORGANIZATION, AS DEFINED IN THE TEXAS FAMILY CODE. WHEN WE LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY AND CHILD SAFETY, WE WORK WITH PARTNER AGENCIES LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CPS AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. AND THE TEXAS FAMILY CODE INDICATES THAT IF THERE IS A CHILD WHO HAS EXPERIENCED CHILD SEX ABUSE, THEY MUST BE TAKEN TO THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE CENTER. SO THE CADRE SERVICES IS DIFFERENT FORMS OF ABUSE, DIFFERENT ALLOCATION OF ABUSE, A JOINT RESPONSE WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NONPROFIT, WE'RE NONINVESTIGATIVE AGENCY. OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS HAVE TO BRING THE CASES TO THE CAC. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, FAMILY ADVOCACY AND MY HEART -- OUR CORE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF ABUSE. AND WE PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES TO NONEVENT AND CARE GIVERS AND ALL OF THAT IS OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE. OUR GOAL, TOO, IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF THINGS, SO PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IS A REALLY CRITICAL PART OF WHAT WE DO. WE ARE NOW -- WE FORMED A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND BUILT TRUST IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE'RE OFFERING PREVENTION AND EDUCATION -- SAFETY EDUCATION DIRECTL TO CHILDREN. AND THE COMMUNITY. WE LOVE, YOU KNOW, THE WORK WE DO IS DARK. IT'S HEAVY. IT'S HARD. BUT WE LOVE BEING ABLE TO CREATE POSITIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES SO WE ALSO DO AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AWARENESS EFFORTS, WE PARTICIPATE IN THE ROWLETT CHRISTMAS PARADE EVERY YEAR. ALL THE DIFFERENT GRADES IN THE COUNTEROF ROCKWALL AS A WAY TO CREATE POSITIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. WE LOVE BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE LOVE BEING ABLE TO INTERFACE WITH KIDS HOPING THAT THE FIRST TIME THEY INTERACT INTERACT US, IF AND WHEN THEY NEED OUR SERVICES, WE'LL BE A POSITIVE INTERACTION AND BY THE TIME THEY WOULD NEED TO COME IN FOR OUR SERVICES. WE'VE HELPED STRIP AWAY SOME OF THE ANXIETY, THE FEAR THEY HAVE IN HAVING TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'VE HAD. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. I THINK THAT INTERESTING DYNAMIC OF WORKING WITH PARTNER AGENCIES AND THAT REQUIRED COMPONENT OF THE TEXAS FAMILY CODE FALLING UNDER CHILD SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY. >> TELL US WHERE YOU'RE FROM. YOU'RE A STATE MANDATED -- LIKE A CAC HAS TO EXIST -- >> YES. >> -- FOR A KID TO GO TO, TO BE SEEN, TO BE HELPED. WHERE DOES MOST OF YOUR FUNDING COME FROM AS A RESULT? >> THE LARGE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE DO RECEIVE SOME MONEY THAT COMES FROM VICTIM OF CRIMES ACT. THAT'S A FEDERAL COMPONENT. WE DO RECEIVE SOME FUNDING FROM OUR STATEWIDE AGENCY, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. AND THEN WE GET LOTS OF OTHER COMMUNITY GRANTS FROM LOCAL ENTITIES AS WELL AS -- MOSTLY -- THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR BUDGET AND FUND- RAISING COMES FROM THE SIGNATURE EVENTS WE DO AND LOCAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. >> AND SO YOU'RE ALSO UNIQUE IN THAT YOU'RE A ROCK WALL COUNTY ENTITY -- SO YOU WERE FORMED, YOU SAID, IN 2017? >> WE OFFICIALLY FORMED IN 2016. >> '16. >> WITH OUR NONPROFIT STATUS. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS WE NEEDED TO DO. I THINK THE OTHER INTERESTING THING ABOUT CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE CENTER IS THE FACILITY ITSELF. WE PROVIDE A TRAUMA INFORMED RESPONSE WITH THE FACILITY ITSELF NEEDS TO BE A FACILITY THAT'S SAFE, SECURITY, CONFIDENT AND CHILD-FRIENDLY. WE TOOK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO RENOVATE THE FACILITY WE'RE IN NOW, WHICH WE HAVE REALLY MAXIMIZED EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF THAT FACILITY. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE HAD FIVE STAFF MEMBERS AND NOW WE'RE UP TO 19 TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE INCREASE IN DEMAND. >> DO THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES HAVE -- ASIDE FROM DALLAS, HAVE CACS AS WELL OR ARE YOU SEEING KIDS FROM HUNT AND -- >> THEY DO. ROCKWALL IS UNIQUE. WE UNFORTUNATELY HAD TWO CHILD FATALITIES AND A CHILD [00:40:02] SEXUAL ABUSE OF A 4-YEAR- OLD GIRL WHICH WAS THE CATALYST FOR ROWLETT TO GET THEIR OWN CAC. SURROUNDING COUNTIES HAVE THEIR OWN. WE ARE PRIMARILY -- OUR CHARTER, IF YOU WILL, WE ACCREDITATION FROM THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL BUT OUR CHARTER SAYS OUR FOCUS IS ROCKWALL COUNTY. THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE -- OFTENTIMES IF MAYBE AN INCIDENT OR THE CRIME HAPPENED IN ANOTHER COUNTY, A LOT OF TIMES FAMILIES WANT TO RELOCATE TO START FRESH AND GET AWAY FROM A LOT OF THE DYNAMICS THAT SURROUND THAT CASE SO THEY WILL COME TO ROCKWALL COUNTY AND WE WILL PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES THERE BUT THE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION REMAINS WHERE THE OFFENSE OCCURRED. SO WE DO -- AND SOMETIMES WE DO COURTESY INTERVIEWS IF LIKE THE DALLAS CAC IF THEY ARE FULL AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE BAND WIDTH TO DO A FORENSIC INTERVIEW, THEN THEY MIGHT SEND THEM TO THE ROCKWALL CAC TO HELP. >> AND SO ALL OF OUR GRANTED APPLICATIONS ARE REALLY FOR PROSPECTIVE IN NATURE. THEY'RE FOR FUTURE IN USE. I KNOW YOU PROVIDED IN YOUR APPLICATION HOW YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR NUMBER AND IT WAS THROUGH HISTORICAL STATISTICS. AND IT WAS TO KIND OF COVER THOSE COSTS. AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO LOOK FORWARD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS MANY KIDS, BECAUSE WE HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. >> YES. >> BUT BY THE SAME TOEK CONTINUE, TELL US HOW MANY KIDS THIS TYPE OF GRANT SERVE SHOULD THE NEED ARISE? >> YES. I LOOKED AT OUR NUMBERS. OUR FISCAL YEAR IS SEPTEMBER THROUGH JUNE. SO SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH JUNE 30TH. IN FISCAL YEAR '21 WE SERVED 54 RESIDENTS OF ROWLETT. >> CAN YOU STATE YOUR FISCAL YEAR ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT A FULL YEAR. >> SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 30TH. YES. I SUBMITTED THROUGH THE END OF JUNE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE HAD OUR DATA WRAPPED UP. IN FISCAL YEAR '21 WE SERVED 54 ROWLETT RESIDENS. IN FISCAL YEAR '22 IT WAS 48. IN FISCAL YEAR, '23, 25. IN '24 WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DIP FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. WE SERVED 17. YEAR-TO- DATE FOR FISCAL YEAR '25, WHICH IS THROUGH JUNE 30TH, WE'VE SERVED 41. ON AVERAGE OF THOSE FIVE YEARS, EVEN WITH THAT ONE- YEAR DIP, AND YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE A LITTLE UP AND DOWN, IT'S ABOUT 39 RESIDENTS ON AVERAGE. >> THOSE ARE ROWLETT RESIDENTS? >> ROWLETT RESIDENTS SPECIFIC, YES. >> COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS? >> THE KIDS THAT SEE YOU FOR THE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, ARE THERE TIMES YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM TO DALLAS COUNTY? >> VERY RARELY. I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT SINCE WE'VE OPENED WE HAVE NEVER ONCE HAD TO SAY NO TO ANY OF OUR PARTNERS. >> SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRANSFER THEM OVER THERE FOR INTERVIEWS OR ANYTHING? >> I THINK BEFORE -- NOT TO DALLAS. I THINK BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT A CONTRACT FORENSIC INTERVIEWER IN PLACE. WE MAY HAVE HAD TO REFER TO A CENTER FOR A SPANISH SPEAKING INTERVIEWER BUT WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR IN PLACE WHO CAN DO THOSE FOR US. >> DID WE GET THE ANSWER ON THE OTHER CITIES ATTRIBUTING TO THIS AND ROCKWALL COUNTY? >> WE DID SOME RESEARCH. OUR STAFF TRIED. DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT? >> WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING LISTED FOR THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY FOR ROCKWALL COUNTY, BUT WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEIR CITY MANAGER/FINANCE DIRECTOR TO CONFIRM. >> SO OUR QUESTION WAS FOR -- WE'RE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE, BUT WE WERE CURIOUS, DID ROCKWALL COUNTY -- >> YES. I HAVE CONTRIBUTIONS BROKEN DOWN. FAITH, ROCKWALL, CHIS CHISHOLM HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED. >> CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA? >> THEY ALL VERY. I THINK THE CITY OF ROCKWALL THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, ABOUT $37,000. THE CITY OF HEATH, ABOUT $7,000. CITY OF FATE, CLOSER TO $20,000. I DON'T HAVE RICE CITY. MCCLENDON, CHISHOLM, THAT JURISDICTION IS COVERED BY OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE SO IT'S A SMALLER -- THEY GET FEWER CALLS THAT COME IN ABOUT -- WELL, ACTUALLY, NO. FOR -- THAT WOULD BE A ROCKWALL COUNTY NUMBER AND NOT A CITY NUMBER AND THAT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO 15 OR 20,000. >> THAT'S A PLEASANT SURPRISE. >> YEAH. ZOO >> THAT'S GOOD. >> WELL, WE WERE WORRIED WE WERE THE ONLY ONES. >> NO, SIR. WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM IN PLACE WITH ALL SEVEN OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTIONS THAT TOUCH ROCKWALL COUNTY, ESSENTIALLY. [00:45:02] I THINK THE JURISDICTION THAT WE SEE THE LEAST OR THE FEWEST REFERRALS FROM IS WILY. WE HAVE JUST THE TIP OF WILEY IN OUR COUNTY AND WE STILL GET REFERRALS BUT IT IS FAR AND FEW BETWEEN AND THE CHILD ABUSE DETECTIVES ARE IN THE COLLIN CAC IN PLANO. >> DO YOU KNOW IF THEY ARE ATTACHED TO THE POLICE BUDGETS OR IT'S A STRAIGHT, HERE'S THIS YEAR'S -- >> NO, THEY'RE NOT ATTACHED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE KNOW HOW HARD OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS WORK. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WE TRY TO PROVIDE DATA TO HELP THEM SECURE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THEY NEED ON THEIR STAFF. >> WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I -- I DID COME OVER AND TOUR YOUR FACILITY WHEN YOU YOU INVITED US. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE FACILITY, THE QUALITY OF THE CARE THAT YOU OFFER. I THINK THAT IT IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN ROCKWALL COUNTY. AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING. YOU ARE -- IT -- ALL OF THIS IS VERY -- LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S DARK, IT'S DIFFICULT, IT'S VERY -- BUT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THAT TRAUMA MOVING FORWARD IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. SO, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MEAN, WE ARE SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY THAT WE DO. WE KNOW THAT WHEN A CHILD HAS SPERPSED ABUSE DOESN'T GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED, THEY GROW UP TO BE ADULTS WHO LIVE WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF HEART DISEASE, STROKE, SUICIDE IDEATION AND BECOMES A $72 BILLION HEALTH CARE COST. WE ARE HAPPY TO INTERVENE SOON AND OFTN. >> JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THE 1700 FOR FULL SERVICE? >> FOR FULL SERVICE, YES, ABOUT $1700. >> ANY LAST QUESTIONS? >> ANSWERED MY QUESTION ON THE OTHER CITIES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. DID YOU GET FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM ROCKWALL OR -- I. >> YES. >> IT'S A PLEASANT SURPRISE. >> IF I CAN ADD, AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH REALLY EVERYBODY, I THINK ONE OF THE -- ONE OF THE CRITERIA WE'VE REALLY LOOKED AT IS, DOES IT SERVE ALL ROWLETT? I MEAN, THAT'S BEEN AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. WE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OF HOW IT'S SET UP, NO, IT WILL NOT. HOW MANY -- HOW MANY REFERENCES DID YOU SAY YOU HAD FROM ROWLETT LAST YEAR? WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER? >> 17. >> YEAR-TO- DATE FOR PHYSICIAN DAL YEAR '25, SO THROUGH THE END OF JUNE, FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE, WE'VE HAD 41 RESIDENTS. >> 41 ROWLETT RESIDENTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND ROCKWALL COUNTY? >> YES. THAT'S RIGHT. AND IT'S PROBABLY UP A LITTLE BIT FROM THERE GIVEN JULY TO NOW AUGUST. >> ANY LAST QUESTIONS? >> THIS -- WHEN YOU SAY -- I'M JUST MAKING SURE. IT'S NOT THEY'RE COMING FROM CONES LAKE POINT ELEMENTARY, THEY'RE COMING FROM THE ROCKWALL COUNTY SIDE OF ROWLETT? WHEN A CHILD GETS TO THE SCHOOL, THEY MAY DO AN OUTCRY THERE AND THEY COULD LIVE IN ROCKWALL, THE CITY OF, AND THEY GO TO -- >> NO. WE HAVE TRACK DATA. WE'VE GOT TO DO REGULAR REPORTING. >> SO IT'S JUST -- SO ACTUAL HOMES WHERE THEY LIVE? >> ACTUAL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF ROCKWALL. >> GOOD. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PATRICIA. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OVER. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. >> OF COURSE. NEXT IS DEI COMMUNITY OUTREACH. WE HAVE SUSAN HERE AND KELLY MCKEE ON BEHALF OF THIS PROGRAM. KELLY CAME AND SPOKE TO US AT THE BUDGET SESSION. >> HELLO. KELLY IS GOING TO BE MY ASSISTANT AND PASS OUT INFORMATION BECAUSE SHE'S TRAUMATIZED TRYING TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THIS WHEN IT'S NOT HER EXPERTISE. I KNOW SHE DID A BETTER JOB SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING HEALTH THAN I COULD HAVE SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING TO DO WITH LEGAL ISSUES. BUT I'M HAPPY TO MAYBE CLARIFY SOME THINGS. WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS SOME SAMPLE INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH LITERACY THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT MOMENTARILY. ALSO I PUT TOGETHER A PREPARED BRIEF LITERATURE REVIEW WITH REFERENCES ABOUT HOW MUNICIPALITIES CAN MAKE AN IMPACT AND REALLY SHOULD TRY TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON HEALTH LITERACY. HEALTH CY IS ABOUT, AS YOU SEE THERE, THE ABILITY TO FIND HEALTH INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS AND USE IT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. I KNOW WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING WITH KELLY THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS LIKE USING DATABASES TO FIND A TARGET POPULATION, WORRIES ABOUT [00:50:03] HIPAA, PROTECTED INFORMATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT NONE OF THAT IS RELEVANT TO THIS INITIATIVE. THE POPULATION FOR HEALTH LITERACY INFORMATION IS EVERY CITIZEN OF OUR CITY. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR DOCTOR TELLS YOU AT A DOCTOR VISIT, AND EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN AT SOME TIME GOES TO THE DOCTOR, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE POSSIBLY THE BEST OUTCOME. IF YOU HAVE A CHILD, ESPECIALLY NEW PARENTS, ESPECIALLY ELDERLY, THE LESS EDUCATED AND LOWER INCOME FOLKS ARE SOME OF THE HIGHER RISK, BUT IT CAN IMPACT EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN OF ROWLETT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT ACCORDING TO UNITED HEALTH CARE GROUP, DALLAS COUNTY IS IN A LEVEL THAT BETWEEN 36 AND 59% OF THE POPULATION IS PREDICTED TO HAVE LIMITED HEALTH LITERACY. THERE DEFINITELY IS A NEED TO GET THIS KIND OF INFORMATION INTO THE HANDS OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. IF OUR CITIZENS DON'T HAVE A GOOD HEALTH LITERACY LEVEL AND HAVE GOOD HEALTH OUTCOMES, THEY CAN'T USE ANY OF OUR SERVICES. THEY CAN'T -- TO THE FULLEST. THEY'RE NOT POSSIBLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL THE WONDERFUL EVENTS WE HAVE, TO GET OUT AND PARTAKE OF OUR PARKS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE OFFER. SO, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO WHEN THEY GO TO A HEALTH VISIT. I HAVEN'T WORKED IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, BUT HAVING WORKED IN A HOSPITAL, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES A DOCTOR WOULD COME TO SPEAK TO A PATIENT AND GO ON ABOUT THEIR DIAGNOSIS, THEIR NEXT STEPS, ET CETERA. THEY WOULD SAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE PATIENT WOULD LOOK STRAIGHT IN THEIR EYE AND GO, NO, I DON'T. THE DOCTOR WOULD LEAVE THE ROOM AND THEY WOULD SAY, WHAT DID THEY SAY? BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS. IT'S JUST A FEAR THAT COMES OVER PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO A DOCTOR. NOW, IN THE CASE OF A HOSPITAL VISIT, AT LEAST THERE IS PROBABLY A NURSE AROUND. BUT IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, THERE'S PROBABLY NO NURSE THAT YOU CAN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS TO. THE DOCTOR LEAVES, SOMEONE COMES AND SAYS, HERE'S YOUR SHEET, CHECK OUT. THERE'S NOT EVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. SO TO HAVE THEM -- THE NUMBER ONE THING HERE IS TO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS. WHEN IT SAYS HERE, HOW TO BOOST YOUR HEALTH LITERACY, ASK QUESTIONS. CAN YOU SAY THAT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE? BRING A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER. WRITE THINGS DOWN OR ASK FOR PRINT. ED INSTRUCTIONINGS. IT HAS TRUSTED WEBSITES THEY CAN GO TO BECAUSE GOOGLE CAN BE THE BIGGEST ENEMY TO YOUR HEALTH LITERACY, BUT IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO, YOU CAN GET GOOD INFORMATION. AND THEN KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN IF THAT DOCTOR SEEMS LIKE HE'S IN A HURRY, YOU HAVE A RIGHT -- IT IS PART OF THE PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR CLEAR AND RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATION. SO, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE COULD REALLY IMPACT. AS FAR AS HOW IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CITY, GOODS HEALTH LITERACY CAN BRING ABOUT 26% FEWER AVOIDABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS. 9% FEWER HOSPITAL READMISSIONS AND 18% FEWER EMERGENCY VISITS. AND IT CAN LOWER THE COST PER BENEFICIARY. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS HERE SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> SUSAN, SO THE $5500 YOU'RE REQUESTING, KELLY BROUGHT UP THIS MIGHT BE CONSIDERATION FOR TAISH 5500 DOESN'T GO VERY FAR WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MAILER. AT SOME POINT THERE HAS TO BE TARGETED COMMUNICATION. HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY WHO YOU SEND MAILERS OUT TO? >> LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD -- NUMBER ONE, IT WOULD APPLY TO ALLEL CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT BY MAILERS NECESSARILY. YOU CAN CUT THE COST REALLY BY LOOKING AT DOING HANDOUTS THAT COULD BE HANDED OUT BY OUR ATTENDANTS AT CITY EVENTS. WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING SEMINARS. BUT BY GETTING THIS INTO PEOPLE'S HANDS THAT HAVE THIS INFORMATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. MY HOPE IS SHOULD WE GET THE GRANT WE COULD HAVE HANDOUTS LIKE 8 1/2X3 1/2 HANDOUTS READY. OCTOBER IS ACTUALLY NATIONAL HEALTH LITERACY MONTH, SO I WOULD LIEU TO KICK IT OFF AND ATTEND OKTOBERFEST, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN SEPTEMBER BUT IT'S OCTOBER, SO LET'S GO WITH IT. THE CULTURE -- THE CULTURE EVENT IN OCTOBER AND THE ONE THAT [00:55:02] WE CAN GET THESE IN THE MOST HANDS AT WOULD BE TRAP OR TREAT. WE HAND OUT CANDY TO THE ADULTS, WE HAND OUT -- I MEAN, CANDY TO THE KIDS. HAND OUT THIS TO THEIR ACCOMPANYING ADULT AND WE COULD GET THESE OUT TO AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT WOULD JUST BE IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. I THINK WE COULD GET THESE OUT TO EASILY 2,000 PEOPLE. >> WHEN THESE GRANT FUNDS ARE EXPENDED, HOW CAN YOU QUANTIFY THE IMPACT? YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHER GROUPS THIS EVENING. THERE'S A LOT OF METRICS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY HELP OR ANIMALS THEY HELP. HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY? >> WHAT WE COULD DO -- THIS IS THE GENERAL WAY FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL -- HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS LIKE MYSELF AS A REGISTERED NURSE AND EVEN PHYSICIANS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE CONTINUING EDUCATION. WHENEVER THERE IS A CONTINUING EDUCATION -- THIS IS APPLIED TOWARDS YOUR CONTINUING LICENSURE. THIS IS A STANDARD USED FOR A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL VERIFICATION. SO FOR US WE COULD HAVE A QR CODE AND WE COULD -- IT WOULD CONNECT TO A MICROSOFT FORM THAT WOULD ASK SOME VERY BASIC QUESTIONS LIKE, DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD USE THIS INFORMATION? IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO OFFER ON THIS? PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DO TOO MUCH. WE COULD TAKE THAT AND, NUMBER ONE, SEE THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO SAID, YES, THIS IS USEFUL. WE COULD SEE THE PEOPLE WHO SAID, YES, I WILL USE THIS OR GET FEEDBACK ABOUT MORE WHAT WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE OR FORWARD. >> COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? >> YEAH. KELLY WAS TRYING HER HARDEST THAT DAY -- >> I KNOW. I KNOW. I WAS ON AN AIRPLANE. >> SINCE THEN, I MEAN, I'M SURE WE ALL HAD DIFFERENT QUESTIONS OR STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT MORE AND MORE. ONE OF THE THINGS I KEEP HAVING HEARTBURN OVER IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE CONTACT? IF WE'RE PASSING THEM OUT -- I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I GET A MAILER AT MY HOUSE, THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE RECYCLE CAN. >> AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO THAT. >> I WAS JUST WANTING TO SEE, HOW ARE WE DOING THIS? I DON'T WANT TO SEE METRICS. IN OUR LAST WORK SESSION ONE THING I SAID IS, I REALLY LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE AND I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE AND I WANT TO NOT TURN PEOPLE DOWNDOWN FOR STUFF, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR SUCCESSES. HOW ARE THEY -- HOW ARE THEY DOING THESE METRICS? HOW CAN WE KNOW THIS IS A SUCCESS? HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. INSTEAD OF THROWING AND SEEING IF IT STICKS TO THE WALL. >> THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR SO I CAN'T OFFER YOU INFORMATION, UNFORTUNATELY. WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR FEEDBACK. IF YOU READ ALSO THE INFORMATION I GAVE YOU, IT SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND HOW NOT ONLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE BUT I SPECIFICALLY DID MY REVIEW ABOUT HOW MUNICIPALITIES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THIS. AND SHOULD WE GET THIS MODERATE AMOUNT, THEN WE COULD NEXT YEAR, WHEN WE COME BACK, PROBABLY ASK FOR MORE MONEY HOPEFULLY. WE COULD OFFER YOU MORE METRICS. BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE IS INFORMATION THERE ABOUT HOW THIS DOES SPECIFICALLY RELATE TO MUNICIPAL GROUPS PARTICIPATING IN ENABLING THIS. BASICALLY WE WOULD BE FOR $5500 DOING SOMETHING THE CITY COULD VERY POSSIBLY -- A LOT OF CITIES COULD WITH THE CITY INITIATIVES. >> HOW MANY CITIES ARE DOING THIS? >> WE ARE ONLY -- WE ARE FOCUSED IN ROWLETT. >> DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OTHERS ARE DOING THAT? >> I DID NOT DO RESEARCH ON ALL THE OTHER CITIES. BUT LIKE I SAID, I PROVIDED YOU INFORMATION THERE ABOUT HOW MUNICIPALITIES -- THIS IS APPLICABLE. >> YOU MADE ME THINK ABOUT IT WHEN YOU SAID MUNICIPALITIES. ON THE CUFF OF IT, OF ALL THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND HOW THESE PATIENTS LEAVE, AND I CAN SEE MY DAD DOING THE SAME THING AT THE TIME, WHY ISN'T THE UNITED HEALTH CARES AND ALL THEM COMINGCOMING AND DOING FOLLOW- UPS AND SENDING MAILERS TO THEM? THEY'RE LOSING THE FUNDS. THE CITY OF ROWLETT ISN'T LOSING FUNDS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING BACK INTO THE HOSPITAL. >> THEY ARE. HOSPITALS AND MUNICIPALITIES -- I'M SORRY, INSURANCE GROUPS DO DO FOLLOW-UPS. WE ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO DO OUR PART TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT IT NOT ABOUT FOR US, IT'S NOT ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS. IT'S ABOUT IMPACTING IN A POSITIVE WAY THE OUR FELLOW CITIZENS IN ROWLETT AND FINDING A WAY OUR ORGANIZATION CAN HELP SPREAD THIS INFORMATION ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS. EVENTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE, IF WE HAD MORE MONEY, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY MAKE NOTEPADS WE WOULD HAND OUT THAT ARE QUESTIONS FOR MY DOCTOR WITH THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND HAVE PEOPLE HAVE THOSE IN THEIR HOMES TO HAVE IN HANDS TO REMIND THEM -- BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO GO IN [01:00:02] BEFORE YOUR VISIT, BEFORE YOU EVEN GO IN THE DOOR WITH QUESTIONS. SO IS THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. WE WOULD NOT BE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HOSPITALS, DOCTORS' OFFICES AND INSURANCE COMPANIES SHOULD DO. WE WOULD SIMPLY BE TRYING TO ENHANCE IT. >> SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE LIST OF PEOPLE TO SEND IT TO. YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND THE TARGET -- >> THE TARGET IS EVERYONE. EVERYONE GOES TO THE DOCTOR. OR KNOWS SOMEONE WHO DOES. SO THE TARGET IS ALL CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. EVERYONE WHO USES HEALTH CARE RESOURCES. >> BLK INAUDIBLE ]. >> HEALTH LITERACY OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THE MAYOR MENTIONED, 5500 IS NOT A HELL OF A LOT OF MONEY. >> RIGHT. >> SO I'M STILL STRUGGLING ABOUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EDUCE FROM THAT. I THOUGHT MOST HOSPITALS DID SURVEYS -- PATIENT SURVEYS ARE WHEN THEY DISCHARGED BECAUSE I THOUGHT JOINT COMMISSION, THEY RELIED HEAVILY ON THOSE SURVEYS. IF THEIR SCORES ARE DOWN, THEN THE -- SOME OF THAT IS RELATED TO I DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION WHEN I GOT DISCHARGED. >> THE JOINT COMMISSION GIVES US INFORMATION BUT THEY DON'T ASK YOU HOW YOU GOT THE INFORMATION. THE JOINT COMMISSION SAYS, DID YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEEDED BUT THE JOINT COMMISSION ISN'T TELLING YOU, HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO -- >> NO, I GET THAT. BUT BECAUSE THERE'S AN EMPHASIS FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION, MOST HOSPITALS ARE GOING TO PUT A HIGH PREMIUM ON MAKING SURE -- >> I WORKED FOR A VERY LARGE HOSPITAL AND I CAN TELL YOU, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT THE SURVEYS WE SEND OUT FROM PRES DO NOT ASK YOU HOW TO ASK FOR HEALTH CARE INFORMATION. WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS GIVING SOMEONE THE KEYS, THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO ASK FOR IT SO THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. >> I HEAR YOU. I'M JUST STRUGGLING. >> OKAY. WELL, WHAT MORE CAN I OFFER YOU TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S TWO DIFFERENCE THINGS? THIS IS GIVING THEM THE KEY, THE TOOLS TO ASK FOR THE INFORMATION THEY NEED AS OPPOSED TO A HOSPITAL TO ASK THEY GOT THE INFORMATION. >> I DON'T KNOW YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ME. WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU MAKE BROCHURES, HANDOUTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU QUANTIFY -- >> AS I SAID, WE COULD DO A SURVEY÷÷ AT THE END EVENTUALLY I WOULD LIKE TOE DO A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY THAT GOES BACK AND ASKS THESE FOLKS TIME OVER TIME. I'M WORKING ON A MASTERS DEGREE. I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. BUT IT WOULD COST ABOUT OVER $100,000. SO, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR $100,000 TO DO A LONGITUDINAL STUDY BUT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO ACTUALLY GET THE INFORMATION YOU'RE ASKING FOR. AND I COULD DEFINITELY DO IT WITH A LOT MORE MONEY. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? >> BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, IS THAT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND EVENTS, HAVE A TENT, BE AVAILABLE AND HAVE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE SO MY LITTLE 88-YEAR- OLD MOTHER MIGHT BE WALKING BY AND SHE GETS A BROCHURE THAT SAYS, OH, WELL, I DIDN'T -- I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD ASK THE DOCTOR TO EXPLAIN THAT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE? YOU MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO? >> RIGHT. OR WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE CORRECTLY? SO KIND OF THE IDEA OF MAILERS IS NOT REALLY THERE. IT'S MORE THIS IDEA THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AT OUR CITY EVENTS AND HAVE THIS HEALTH LITERACY -- IT IS ABOUT HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY -- >> RIGHT. >> -- IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND NOT -- MAYBE NOT BE QUITE INTIMIDATED GOING TO THE DOCTOR. >> RIGHT. >> SO BASICALLY IT'S THAT KIND OF HEALTH ADVOCACY THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. I THINK I GOT DISTRACTED BY THE MAILERS OR -- >> RIGHT. >> -- AND I THOUGHT, WELL, BUT THIS -- THIS ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE TO ME. >> RIGHT. >> BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE -- WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH OUR EVENTS AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE THEM ALL THE TIME. SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT DOES MAKE SENSE TO ME. YOU NEVER KNOW, ESPECIALLY MARKETING. HOW MANY TOUCHES DOES IT TAKE TO GET INFORMATION THROUGH? SO, I -- I FIND THIS VERY HELPFUL AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [01:05:01] >> JUST A FOLLOW- UP QUESTION. AS FAR AS LIKE METRICS, YOU TALKED ABOUT -- WHAT WERE THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN? >> THIS WAS PROVIDED -- THIS IS FROM UNITED HEALTH GROUP. PEOPLE WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HEALTH LITERACY HAVE HAVE 26% FEWER AVOIDABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS . 9% FEWER HOSPITAL READMISSIONS. SO THEY GOT OUT, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THEY GO BACK. 18% FEWER EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. THAT'S GOING TO RELATE TO THEY HAD THEIR DOCTOR VISIT, THEY GOT THE PROPER INFORMATION ON HOW TO CARE FOR THEIR DIABETES OR THEIR CHRONIC HEART FAILURE OR WHATEVER SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE ER. AND IT LOWERS THEIR INSURANCE COSTS BY 13%. THAT'S FOR THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF HEALTH LITERACY. HONESTLY, THIS IS -- THE DARK BLUE IS LOWEST LEVELS. DALLAS COUNTY IS IN THE LOWEST LEVEL. AND THAT PUTS THEM WHERE WE WOULD BE BETWEEN 36 AND 59% OF OUR POPULATION IS PREDICTED TO HAVE LIMITED HEALTH LITERACY. >> IS THAT STUDY -- I KNOW THE EMPTY CATCIES OF IT, BUT CORRELATION DOESN'T ALWAYS EQUAL CAUSATION. >> RIGHT. >> TO SAY SOMEONE HAS LOW HEALTH LITERACY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN HOW OFTEN THEY VISIT THE DOCTOR. IT MIGHT BE THEY ARE ALSO -- THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE GOOD DIETARY HABITS OR GOOD EXERCISE HABITS OR ANY OTHER NUMBER OF THAT CORRELATE WITH THE FACT THEY DON'T -- >> THIS IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT COUNTIES WITH THEIR HEALTH LITERACY LEVEL STUFF. SO, UNITED -- UNITED HEALTH GROUP IS -- LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON HOW THEY CONDUCTED THE STUDY. >> SURE. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS? SUSAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT I THINK WE ARE NEARING THE END ON THE END. SO, COUNCIL, AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME CONSENSUS ON THESE DIFFERENT GRANT REQUESTS SO WE CAN ADVISE STAFF ON THAT. AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF AND THAT WAS FROM THE FRS REQUEST AND IT WAS FOR THE $5,000 THEY ASKED TO HOLD AND MAKE VIA MATCHING LIKE NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY TYPE GRANT. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO THAT SO I'M ASKING THAT OF STAFF. >> WHEN YOU SAY POSSIBLE, ONCE WE GIVE THEM THAT MONEY, ASIDE FROM REPORTING, WE DON'T STOP THEM. THEY SHOULDN'T. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK IT'S MOST LIKELY THEY SHOULDN'T DO THAT BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S LEGAL PROHIBITION HOW THEY SPEND IS THAT MONEY THEREAFTER. >> SO THIS WOULD BE -- I THINK WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IS $20,000 VIA GRANT AND $35,000 VIA SOME OTHER CONDUIT SO THEY CAN COUNT IT TOWARDS A MATCHING OPPORTUNITY ELSEWHERE. CORPORATE MATCHING -- >> THAT WASN'T -- THAT'S NOT THE WAY I INTERRUPT THAT. >> BASICALLY PROPOSING WE ALLOCATE 5,000 OF THE GRANT -- OF THE $25,000 GRANT TO THE MATCHING GIFT POOL. >> OH, I SEE. OKAY. >> DOES THAT AMPLIFY OUR IMPACT EVEN MORE. >> I STILL HAVE THE SAME QUESTION FOR STAFF. >> WELL, IN TALKING WITH MS. WADE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF IS THE APPLICATION GOVERNS. IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO X WITH THE MONEY, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE MONEY. >> SO THIS IDEA CAME ABOUT BECAUSE COUNCIL SO GENEROUSLY BUMPED UP FROM OUR ORIGINAL APPLICATION. SO WE HAVE TO REVISE OUR APPLICATION ANYWAY TO MATCH THAT $25,000. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO REVISE YOUR APPLICATION. THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO BECAUSE COUNCIL CAN CHANGE THE FUNDING AMOUNT. THAT'S -- THIS EXERCISE IS FOR THE BUDGET. TO YOUR POINT, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. AND MIND YOU, WE'RE A STAFF RESOURCE, SO AT SOME POINT COUNCIL HAS TO ESTABLISH THE GUIDELINES. WE CLOSED THIS PERIOD. WE'RE CONSIDERING THE APPLICATIONS. I'M ANSWERING THE QUESTION IS, CAN YOU DO IT? THE WAY WE GOVERNED THIS PROGRAM, BASED ON THE RULES YOU ESTABLISHED, COUNCIL, IS THE ENTITIES HAVE TO CONFORM WITH THOSE ACTIVITIES CONTAINED WITHIN THEIR APPLICATION. I SUSPECT, NOT TO GIVE YOU ADVICE, THERE'S ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN TAKE THESE FUNDS AND MANEUVER THEM HOWEVER YOU WANTED TO. >> I WOULD SAY THE SHORT ANSWER PROBABLY IS NO FOR THIS YEAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR GRANT CYCLE JUST BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL COMPLEXITIES. WE HAVE TO -- AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO REACH THE END OF THIS BUDGET CYCLE AND THIS DISCUSSION HAS TO CONCLUDE. WE'VE NOW BEEN AT THIS THREE TIMES REVISITING THE GRANT APPLICATIONS. SO I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TONIGHT TO KIND OF BE THE BUTTON [01:10:01] ON THAT. >> THAT'S FINE. SO, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION FROM MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MS. WADE THAT WE DID -- IF OUR ALLOCATION WAS DIFFERENT THAN OUR APPLICATION, WE HAD TO REDO THE APPLICATION BECAUSE THE APPLICATION GETS INCORPORATED INTO THE AGREEMENT, WAS OUR CONVERSATION. >> I DID SAY THE APPLICATION IS INCORPORATED INTO THE AGREEMENT. I DID SAY THAT. I DON'T RECALL, MAY HAVE HAPPENED, I DON'T RECALL A DISCUSSION ON SPECIFICALLY REVISING YOUR APPLICATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. >> LET ME OFFER THIS. AT SOME POINT MINISTERIALLY, COUNCIL WANTS TO AWARD THIS MONEY BASED ON X THINGS AND YOU'RE REVISING YOUR APPLICATION, WE DON'T REALLY CARE. OUR JOB IS TO MAINTAIN MINISTERIAL OPERATIONS THAT ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT AND STANDARD. I WOULD OFFER TO THE COUNCIL, BE AWARE OF THE SLIPPERY SLOPE YOU GO DOWN. IT'S ONE THING FOR AN APPLICANT TO ADJUST THEIR APPLICATION TO MATCH AS A PREFUNKER TO TASK THE AMOUNT YOU'VE MODIFIED THEIR AWARD. THERE IS ANOTHER THEN TO SIGNIFICANTLY REVISE TO ADD ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT MAYBE WERE NOT CONTEMPLATED. THAT'S NOT AGAINST FRS. WE DO HAVE A MINISTERIAL DUTY TO THE COUNCIL. >> SO -- DEANNA -- >> THANK YOU. >> I ALWAYS MESS THAT UP. I I'M PROBABLY MESSING UP YOUR LAST NAME. SO IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO AWARD YOU $25,000 WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE WORK YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO, IT SOUNDS TO ME, BASED ON THE AMOUNT YOU NEED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR ALONE, THAT $25,000 WOULD STILL BE USED ACCORDING TO THE REQUEST÷÷ YOU PUT IN, IT'S JUST A NUMBERS CHANGE, CORRECT? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK GOD. >> NO, WE WILL NOT -- WE WILL NOT ADD IT TO MATCHING. >> CORRECT, CORRECT. COUNCIL, LET'S START AT THE TOP. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUALMS WITH ANYTHING AS WE GO DOWN THE LIST, SPEAK NOW OR -- I WON'T SAY FOREVER, BUT HOLD YOUR PEACE. AT THE TOP, THE CITIZENS CORPS COUNSEL? >> SHOW OF HANDS. >> NOT SEEING ANY OBJECTION AT $100,000. THE ROWLETT CHAMBER OFOF COMMERCE, THERE IS NO OBJECTION, OR KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL. FRIENDS OF RESCUE ANIMALS AT25,000. SEEING NO OBJECTIONS. NEXT IS HARVEST LIFE MINISTRIES AT $20,000. ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE. SENSORY TEMP PALS? NO OBJECTIONS. >> THUMBS UP NOW. >> UNLESS I HEAR SOMEBODY SHOUT OUT THEY HAVE A QUESTION OR WANT FURTHER CLARIFICATION, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING. NEXT IS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER FOR ROCKWALL COUNTY. LAST IS DEI COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT $5500. >> I DO NOT -- -- >> I'M GOOD WITH THAT. >> I SAY NO NOW. >> THERE ARE TWO NOS. MS. REAVES? >> I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MLUS, IF THEY'RE OFF THE TABLE. >> SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF THE GRANT PROGRAM, THE MOUS WOULD REQUIRE FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL. AND THEY CAN COME BACK TO A FUTURE MEETING IF WE WANT TO RECONSIDER THOSE. THE CHAMBER, IS THAT -- THAT'S OUR CONTRACT -- >> THAT'S CONTRACT MOU, SAME THING. >> GENERAL, SAME THING, OKAY. SO I HEARD TWO NOS, ONE CONSIDERATION. YES, YES, YES. I'M ALSO GIVING THIS CONSIDERATION. I'LL TELL YOU WHY. WHEN I HEAR OF THE REQUEST, WHAT I HEAR IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE FOR A LOT LESS THAN $5500 IN MY OPINION. I WOULD LOVE TO BE PROVEN WRONG, IF THE NEED IS THERE. BUT I HEAR WE'RE GOING TO ATTEND EVENTS, WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO GET IN FRONT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ANY WAY MOBL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND HAND OUT FLIERS, WHICH I ASSUME WOULD BE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THIS, PROBABLY PRINTED ON CARDSTOCK, DOUBLE SIDE, IN COLOR, BEAUTIFUL -- >> WE DIDN'T TALK AS MUCH ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTION ABOUT THE FLYERS BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE THE SEMINARS. FOR SEMINARS WE WHO HAVE TO PAY THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THEIR SPACE. >> I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR BECAUSE TO ME THAT'S WHERE -- IF YOU SAY I'M GOING OUT TO EVENTS, TO ME THAT'S A PASSION PROJECT. I DO THAT ON MY OWN. PRINT THESE OFF MY PRINTER -- >> THEY WOULD BE PRINTED. THEY WOULD COST ABOUT TEN CENTS APIECE TO GET THEM PRINTED. YES -- >> TEN CENTS, IS IT THAT MUCH? [01:15:02] >> TO GET THEM ON CARDSTOCK, YES. TO GET THEM ON CARDSTOCK, IT'S ABOUT TEN CENTS EACH. THAT'S TO PRINT. IT'S NOT USING SOME EXPENSIVE PLACE. THAT'S STILL A PRETTY REASONABLE PRICE. YOU CAN GET SEVERAL THOUSAND FOR A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS BUT THE MAJOR COST WOULD BE THE SEMINARS. >> CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH WHAT THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ADVERTISE FOR THOSE? I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS DISCUSSION? >> WELL, WE WOULD PUT IT AS MUCH AS WE COULD ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'VE HAD GOOD RESULTS OF HAVING EVENTS AND HAVING GOOD ATTENDANCE WHEN WE HAVE PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> LET ME PAUSE YOU FOR ONE SECOND. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE METRICS AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE, IT'S EXACTLY THAT. HOW MANY SEMINARS WE HELD, HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED AND YOU HAVE THE FEEDBACK SURVEYS. WE HAD 50 PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR THAT SAID, YES, I WILL ABSOLUTELY USE THIS. THOSE ARE THE METRICS. THOSE ARE THE RESULTS I WOULD WANT TO HE SO. IF YOU'RE COMMITTING TO HAVING A NUMBER OF SEMINARS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THOSE ARE YOUR METRICS. >> WE WERE COMMITTING TO TWO SEM NAFR SEMINARS. I WAS TRYING TO CLARIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH LITERACY OVERALL. YES, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT TWO SEMINARS AS -- OKAY. KELLY CORRECTED ME. SHE'S DONE THE BUDGETING ON THAT MORE. SHE SAID WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR. >> OKAY. AND WE WOULD TRY TO PARTNERPARTNER WITH SENIOR ORGANIZATIONS ALSO. THAT IS ONE OF THE -- THE SENIOR HEALTH FAIR AND LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETTING THE WORD OUT AND THAT SORT OF THING. YEAH, WE WOULD LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO SEMINARS, PARTNERING WITH SOME OF THE SENIOR GROUPS AND THAT SORT OF THING. >> OKAY. ANY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, MR. BRILT TON? MR. GIBBS? >> NO. I WANT TO SO BAD BUT THE THING IS IF IT'S NOT ESTABLISHED AND I CAN'TSEE WHAT'S -- >> MY QUESTION ON THAT IS IF WE NEVER GET A FIRST CHANCE, THEN HOW DO WE GET ESTABLISHED DOING THIS? >> I THINK MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS WHAT I SEE WITH SENSORY TEMP PALS. I THINK THEY'RE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF MAKING A WHOLE- HEARTED INVESTMENT BEFORE YOU REALLY HAVE THE FM BACKING OF THE CITY. >> RIGHT. >> WHAT SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO IS AT TENT CITY EVENTS. BY GOLLY, SHE'S TAKEN MONEY OUT OF HER OWN POCKET TO DO IT. >> YEAH, TAKING MONEY OUT OF OUR POCKET. >> SURE. BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS PARTICULAR DEMONSTRATION OF THIS PROGRAM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PRESENTED TODAY. >> AND THEY STARTED OFF WITH DONATIONS IS HOW THEY DID THEIRS MOSTLY, TOO, AND HAD NUMBERS FOR US. AND KELLY DID HER BEST TO SELL IT TO US, SHE'S DID OKAY, BUT WHEN SHE LEFT, I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. I STILL HAD THINGS THAT IF IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, WHY ISN'T MEDICARE DOING THIS? WHY ISN'T SOMEBODY ELSE DOING THIS? >> AS I EXPLAINED, THEY ARE. THEY ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO GET THE WORD OUT. WE WOULD NOT BE TAKING PLACE OF MEDICARE, OF A HOSPITAL. HE WOULD BE PARTNERING WITH THEM BECAUSE HEALTH LITERACY IS A FAIRLY NEW INITIATIVE THAT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE FOCUSING ON. AND THE LACK OF HEALTH LITERACY IS CONSIDERED BY THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION AS ONE OF THE TOP -- THAT'S SOMETHING 1 THAT BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION. IT'S ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES THAT CAN IMPACT HEALTH INCOMES. >> I THINK TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I THINK YOU HAVE TO ASK WHY SOME OF THE OTHER GROUPS ARE HERE. WE HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. WE HAVE AN ANIMAL SHELTER. BUT THEY ALLOW US TO DO OUR JOBS BETTER THERE THAT PERSPECTIVE. A PROGRAM LIKE THAT COULD, IN THEORY, ALLOW MEDICARE, HOSPITALS, ET CETERA, TO PROVIDE A BETTER HEALTH CY PATH. I GET -- THE MESSAGING AND REASONING IS NOT THE MISSION BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO ACCOMPLISH FROM THOSE FUNDS? FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I CAN BE A YES. >> HARVEST MINISTRY IS ALSO A FIRST-TIME APPLICANT. YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE. >> VERY TRUE. >> YEAH. THEY HAVE THEIR BOOKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE OUT THERE FOR US AND THEIR METRICS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY ACTUALLY SERVED, HOW MANY MONEY THEY'VE SPENT TOWARDS ROWLETT RESIDENTS. >> THAT'S WHY I ASKED HIM. WE'RE GIVING MONEY TO HARVEST LIFE. THEY'RE GIVING MONEY TO THE CHURCH. THAT'S THE THING, RIGHT? HARVEST LIFE, I'M NOT -- >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. REAVES? >> I STILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT MOUS. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE WHOLE FINANCIAL PUZZLE OF IT. [01:20:01] WHERE I LAND ON THIS IS WE'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT THESE GRANTS ARE ALL ABOUT. I THINK THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS -- IS A NEEDED RESOURCE AMONG THE ANIMAL ADVISORY BOARD. DINA IS THERE EVERY TIME, HOW MUCH THEY PROVIDE TO THE CITY AND THAT. AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE, THE ROCKWALL CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER IS VIOLATION. I THINK THE HARVEST IS VITAL. SENSORY TEMP PALS, I THINK, IS A HUGE THING AND, HONESTLY, I THINK PART OF THE DISCUSSION HERE IS GETTING TWISTED UP IN SOME POLITICAL STUFF, AND SO I THINK IF WE COULD JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT THE MISSION IS OF HELPING PEOPLE, I'M ALL FOR THAT. SO, IF I LABEL OUL THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY YES ON ALL THESE THINGS. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO -- AGAIN, ON THE MOU WE NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I THINK ON THE WHOLE -- WHERE I HAVE THE HARDEST PROBLEM IS ON ALL OF THIS IS NOW I'M WAY OFF THE RESERVATION, SO NOW I'M ON MY SOAP BOX HERE. AS WE INCREASE OUR CITY BUDGET, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY HAD THE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, THE KRB MOU ISN'T ON THERE. I THOUGHT WE HAD A LITTLE LESSER GOING OUT. AS WE INCREASE OUR BUDGET, WE'RE ALSO INCREASING OUR GRANT REQUESTS. AND WE'RE PROBABLY -- SO IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE. SO I COULD PROBABLY FIND THAT. ALL THAT TO SAY, VERY LONG ANSWER, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY YES. >> OKAY. JUST ONE COMMENT. IT KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH WHAT JOHN HAS TO SAY. THIS IS OUR THIRD MEETING ON THESE. EVERYBODY'S -- AND THEY'RE ALL WORTHWHILE GROUPS. I DON'T FOR ONE SECOND BELIEVE THAT WE DON'T HAVE HARD- WORKING PEOPLE, COMPLETELY SINCERE AND THESE ALL APPROACH THE COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO VOTE YES FOR ALL OF THEM THIS YEAR WITH SORT OF THE RIDER THAT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE' VERY HARD LOOK AT HOW WE CAN -- OUR ENTIRE GRANT PROGRAM. I THINK RIGHT NOW THE REQUIREMENTS ARE SLUSHY, THEY'RE OPEN TO A LOT OF INTERPRETATION. YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE. I'M NOT GOING TO PICK ON ANYBODY IN GENERAL, BUT OKAY IF WE HAVE FUND SOMEBODY THIS YEAR, HAVE WE NOW AS A CITY TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF THAT ORGANIZATION FOR THE NEXT -- WELL, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, BUT I'M SAYING -- >> I'M NOT -- >> SO I THINK THAT -- I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT GRANT CYCLE AS A COUNCIL. WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND -- THIS HAS BEEN I GOOD EXERCISE. I KNOW I'VE LEARNED A LOT. I LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY. I THINK AS A COUNCIL WE NEED TO PLAN SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE BEFORE THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. LET'S PUT A LITTLE MORE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY GUARDRAILS. THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT TERM. BUT JUST UNDERSTAND MORE CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS WE'RE GIVING. OTHER LIMITS TO HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GIVE. MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE LIMITS. MAYBE THE POOL OF -- MAYBE THE POOL OF GRANTS IS A DEFINED POOL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. IT'S $25,000. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR GRANTS YEAR 50. THAT'S IRRELEVANT. BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A MORE CLEARLY THOUGHT OUT PROCESS FROM SOUP TO NUTS ON THIS NEXT YEAR. LIKE I SAID, FOR THIS YEAR, THIS IS THE SYSTEM WE HAVE. EVERYBODY'S MADE THEIR PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO GO ALONG WITH IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AS A COUNCIL TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR- EYED LOOK AT IT BEFORE WE DO THIS AGAIN. >> LET'S TRY TO LAND THIS PLANE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE GRANT REQUESTS ON THE SCREEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONES FOUND BY AN MOU? OKAY. THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION, IS I WOULD LIKE TO SOMEHOW, EITHER WITHIN YOUR APPLICATION OR IN SOME OTHER METHOD, PUT A REQUIREMENT IN THERE THAT YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE TRAILER AND ATTEND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EVENTS FOR A CERTAIN MONTH OF TIMES. >> WE DISCUSSED THAT ABOUT OUR CONTRACT. WE HAVE NOTHING IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACT THAT STATES THAT -- LIKE IT WILL BE 100% A NONPROFIT 37 THERE IS NO OWNERSHIP OR CLAIM TO OWNERSHIP FROM THE CITY AND THERE'S NOTHINGIN THERE THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THE CITY OWNS -- >> TOTALLY -- MY CONCERN IS I WANT -- >> I WOULD LOVE THAT. >> I WANT YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION, I SHOULD SAY, TO RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE TRAILER FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AND FOR YOU TO ATTEND EVENTS DURING THAT PERIOD TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU GET THE GRANTED, BUY THE TRAILER, SELL THE TRAILER AND WALK AWAY -- >> SO I ACTUALLY -- I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE DURING OUR CONTRACT MEETING, CAN I SEND THAT OVER TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF NEGOTIATE THAT ONE? THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT VERBIAGE IS. >> PERFECT. >> ONE YEAR -- THE GRANT, ONE YEAR GRANT, ONE YEAR [01:25:02] PERFORMANCE PERIOD. >> OKAY. WOULD YOU BE OPEN -- >> MY PROPOSAL WAS THREE YEARS. AFTER THREE YEARS WE CAN SELL TO UPGRADE, WE CAN DISPOSE OF HOWEVER -- >> SO I THINK FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE GRANT WINDOW IS ONE YEAR, WE CAN ONLY HAVE PERFORMANCE METRICS OR PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM YOU FOR ONE YEAR. WE CAN'T TELL YOU THREE YEARS. >> SURE. >> WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO FINANCE THE TRAILER AND US PAY A PORTION AND MAKE THE GRANT A PORTION OF -- >> SO I CAN PUT IN THERE ABOUT THE SERVICES. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE MUDDYING THE WATER A LITTLE BIT ON OWNERSHIP WITH LEASING. >> CAN WE -- CAN STAFF FIND A WAY TO WORK THAT OUT SOMEHOW? YOU UNDERSTAND MY INTENTION. >> I DO BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE HER DO THAT IF SHE'S WILLING TO CONSENT TO FINANCING, SURE. >> THEN THE QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL IS BASED ON WHAT I'VE SAID, ARE WE OKAY WITH THE ONE YEAR PERFORMANCE PERIOD OF REQUIRING HER TO KEEP THE TRAILER FOR A YEAR UNDER THE ASSUMPTION SHE'S GOING TO KEEP IT LONGER BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT SHE WILL HAVE TO? >> WELL, IF SHE WANTS TO VISIT US NEXT YEAR. >> I THINK THAT'S A VALID -- >> HOPEFULLY SHE WON'T HAVE TO. >> I WILL CONTINUE COMING BACK FOR A MUCH SMALLER GRANT TO HELP WITH THE -- >> THE OPERATIONAL. >> THE OPERATIONALS AND FOR THE TRAILER. SO WITHIN THAT, IF WE WANT TO STEAMROLL CONTINUOUS, YOU KNOW, SERVICE TO ROWLETT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUT THAT IN. >> IN THE THE INTEREST OF THE FACT THESE ARE TAX DOLLARS, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO PROTECT LONG- TERM INVESTMENT HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, LAST THINGS ON THIS YEAR'S GRANTS? ALL RIGHT. STAFF, DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED? MS. WADE? MR. HALL? >> WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S A CLAUSE OR SOMETHING WE CAN PUT IN. >> I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. >> WE DO. WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY FOR A CLAUSE. >> WE DON'T NORMALLY. >> I KNOW. >> WHERE DID WE LAND ON DEI? >> THEY ARE A YES. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. FOR ALL OF YOU WHO VISITED US FROM THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> WE INVITE YOU TO STAY FOR THE REST. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 5-A. RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT REPRESENTATIVE MARK AND HIS DESIGNEE BECAUSE SHE LOST HER VOICE AND DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO IT THE DARK BUDGET AND GENERAL PROPOSED MOBILITY PROGRAM. COUNCIL, BEFORE WE GO TO THAT ITEM WE'LL TAKE ABOUT A FIVE- MINUTE RE [5A. Receive an update from Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board Representative, Mark Enoch, and discuss matters related to the DART budget and proposed General Mobility Program (GMP).] . >>> WE CONVENED AT 7:34. WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE FROM DARTMOUTH PRESENTATION. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, AND MANAGER HALL. I'M JAMIE ALLEN, FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR DART. >> AND WE'RE HERE FOR MR. ENOCH, WHO LOST HIS VOICE AND HE CAN'T TALK. IT'S OKAY, I LIKE TO TALK SO I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT DART. WE'LL GIVE YOU UPDATE ON FY26 ANNUAL BUDGET. THE RECOMMENDED SERVICE CHANGES HAPPENING IN OUR SERVICE AND STEPS THROUGH THE BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS. THIS YEAR HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR DART. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXTERNAL PRESSURES DRIVING THE AGENCY AS WELL AS SOME INTERNAL. THE BIG COST DRIVERS WE'RE FACING IS GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM, ABOUT 6. 2 MILLION. THE SILVER LINING, NEW COMMUTER RAIL LINE COMING ON EARLY. GREAT FOR THE RIDERS, GREAT FOR THE SYSTEM, NOT SO GREAT FOR THE BUDGET. WE'RE FIGURING OUT HOW TO PLUG IN THE DIFFERENCE THERE FOR THAT SYSTEM STARTING EARLY. WE'VE GOT THE WORLD CUP OBVIOUSLY COMING TO THE REGION THIS NEXT YEAR, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE SERVICE AREA. SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICE CITY REQUESTS AND JUST KIND OF GENERAL INFLATIONARY GROWTH NEEDS INCLUDING MERIT INCREASESES FOR STAFF, CONTRACT INCREASES AND GENERAL COST INCREASES FOR RIDERSHIP INCREASES. WE'VE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL WAYS TO TRY TO BALANCE OUT THE BUDGET GOING INTO FY26. THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH IS WHAT WAS RELEASED TO ALL OF OUR SERVICE AREA CITIES LAST WEEK HAS THREE COMPONENTS, OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS INCREASING BY 5. 1% THIS YEAR. 4. 1% OF THAT GROWTH IS FROM NEW SERVICE WE'RE ADDING IN SILVER LINE. WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO CONTAIN OUR COSTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WHEN YOU ADD NEW [01:30:01] REVENUE SERVICE, ALONG COMES NEW OPERATING COSTS. OUR CAPITAL AND NONOPERATING BUDGET INCREASED BY SLIGHT 1.1%. THAT'S WHERE THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM IS FUNDED OUT OF. THAT WAS REALLY FUNDED BY IDENTIFYING REDUCTIONS IN OTHER CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND USING SOME MOBILITY ASSISTANCE FUNDS THAT DART HAD BEEN SETTING ASIDE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS TO FUND THAT AREA. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR DEBT SERVICE INCREASED BY 5.6%. THAT'S FOR SOME DEBT THAT WAS DRAWN DOWN ON DURING THE CURRENT YEAR TO ADVANCE THE SILVER LINE CONSTRUCTION. THE OPERATING REDUCTION OPTION, SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS REALLY LONG EFFORT, WE START MEETING WITH THEM IN FEBRUARY AND WE MEET WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE MONTH. IT HAS CULMINATED TO THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT FILLING THE GAP FOR OUR OPERATING BUDGET. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU SEE THERE IS WHAT STAFF PROPOSES THAT PROVIDES THE MOST MINIMAL IMPACT TO OUR RIDERS AND TO OUR SERVICE AND TO THE CURRENT STAFFING AT DART. THAT IS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WAS RELEASED TO THE CITY. WE HAVE ALSO GIVEN OUR BOARD SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS ON HOW TO FUND THE FY26 OPERATING BUDGET. THE SERVICE CHANGE IS A BIG PART OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT REBALANCING AND RIGHT SIZING SERVICE LEVELS WITHIN DART. AS YOU ALL KNOW, AFTER THE G&P WAS SIPD, WE STARTED THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS AND TOOK OUT $16 MILLION WORTH OF POTENTIAL SERVICE CHANGES AND WE TOLD EVERYONE AT THE TIME THAT WAS WORST CASE SCENARIO. THROUGH THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN LOOKING AT OUR OPERATING BUDGET, OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, WE HAVE REDUCED THAT TO $25 MILLION IN SERVICE CHANGES. THIS IS NO CHANGES TO PARA TRANSIT SERVICES OR GALINK SERVICES. THE ZONE-TO- ZONE BETWEEN ROWLETT AND GARLAND WOULD STAND. AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN IMPROVEMENT IN SEPTEMBER FOR ROWLETT. WE ARE ADDING THE -- >> PRYORVILLE TOWN CENTER. >> THANK YOU. EFFECTIVE IN SEPTEMBER. SHE WROTE IT DOWN FOR ME. CITY OF ROWLETT WILL ACTUALLY SEE AN IMPROVEMENT THERE. IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL FOR YOU ALL, WE ARE LOOKSING AT MAKING CHANGES TO OUR UNDERPERFORMING ROUTES ND ECIFICALLY EXPRESS - LOCAL PERFORMING ROUTES IN THE DALLAS AREA. THE KEY POINT OF THE SLIDE -- WE HAVE THREE COLUMNS. WE HAVE OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE AND THEN THE POTENTIAL CHANGES WE TOOK TO THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN SEE THAT HIGHLIGHT THERE IN YELLOW. THAT'S WHAT WE TOOK THE PUBLIC. HIGHLIGHT INDICATES A CHANGE. AND NOW HERE WE ARE AT OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION. YOU CAN SEE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION HAS NARROWED ANY CHANGES TO SERVICE LEVELS TO REALLY THE PEAK PERIOD. SO FOR ROWLETT SPECIFICALLY, THE ONLY CHANGE Y'ALL SEE IS A FIVE- MINUTE HEADWAY DIFFERENCE ON LIGHT RAIL SERVICE. INSTEAD OF IN THE PEAK PERIOD, YOU WILL GO FROM 15 MINUTES TO 20 MINUTES. SO, WE HAVE REALLY WORKED TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS ON OUR RIDERS. AND THIS ACTUALLY HELPS TO LINE EVERYTHING UP TO WHERE YOU'VE GOT CONSISTENT FIXED ROUTE SERVICE. REALLY 20 MINUTES THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR MOST OF OUR SERVICES. GREAT NEWS HERE, WEESH MAKING ZERO CHANGES TO WEEKEND SERVICE. WEEKEND SERVICE IS WHERE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF RIDERSHIP GROWTH POST PANDEMIC, SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAINTAIN THAT SO NO CHANGES TO WEEKEND BUS OR RAIL FREQUENCY. THIS IS KIND OF THE COST SAVINGS, AN ANNUALIZED AMOUNT BY AREA THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. SO, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE THIS PRESENTATION, YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT IN DETAIL. HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH AND ITEMIZED THE COST BY TYPE OF ROUTE. AGAIN, TO TRY AND HIT OUR TARGET OF SAVINGS BUT ALSO MINIMIZE THE EFFECTSTO OUR RIDERS. NEXT STEPS, WE HAVE ANOTHER BOARD MEETING ON AUGUST 26TH WHERE THE SERVICE CHANGES WILL BE DISCUSSED AGAIN. WE HAVE OUR MEETING WITH FINANCE DIRECTORS ON AUGUST 28TH TO REVIEW THE BUDGET. I HAVE ALSO OFFERED AND NADINE AND KAY AND MYSELF WILL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE FOR ONE-ON- ONE MEETING WITH MAYORS, CITY MANAGERS SHOULD YOU ELECT TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A MORE IN- DEPTH DISCUSSION ON THE FY26 [01:35:01] BUDGET. IN SEPTEMBER WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEETING DATES THAT ARE CRITICAL, SEPTEMBER 9TH WILL BE OUR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. THAT WILL BE THE FIRST CONSIDERATION BY OUR BOARD TO ADVANCE THE BUDGET TO A FINAL VOTE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, SEPTEMBER 30TH IS THE BOARD MEETING WHEN WE -- STAFF ARE VERY HOPEFUL WE WILL GET OUR FY26 ANNUAL BUDGET APPROVED AND ADOPTED. SO, WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, KAY OR MYSELF. >> SO I THINK TO START OFF WITH, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A REALLY HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT WHAT THETHE GNP IS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR ROWLETT. >> SURE. THE GNP CAME ABOUT AS THE LOCAL COMPROMISE FOR THE LOCAL LEGISLATION THAT WAS FILED BY THE CITY OF PLANO IN THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE GNP HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO IT BUT THE -- EXCUSE ME, THE RESOLUTION HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS. MOST TALKED ABOUT THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM. THAT GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM REPRESENTS 5% OF DART'S REVENUES, AND THAT WOULD BE ALLOCATED OUT TO THE SEVEN DONOR CITIES AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE ERNST AND YOUNG CAST ALLOCATION REPORT THAT WAS DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THAT RESOLUTION THAT ALSO IDENTIFIES OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS. SO, THE GMP WOULD BE BASED ON THE ERNST & YOUNG ALLOCATION. CURRENTLY NOW WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS UPDATING THE COST ALLOCATION REPORT. PART OF THAT IS REVIEWING THE METHODOLOGY FOR THAT REPORT. DART STAFF HAD -- WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PROVIDE ANY INPUT ON HOW THAT COST ALLOCATION REPORT WAS CALCULATED, THE INPUTS, THE METHODOLOGIES USED TO ALLOCATE COSTS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO IS A VOICE IN THAT BECAUSE WE ARE THE TRANSIT EXPERTS IN THE REGION. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER THINGS LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT TRANSIT HAS BROUGHT TO CITIES AND THE VALLEY OF THAT TRANSIT. THE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY OF THE SYSTEM. MY OPINION, A THREE- MILE TRACK IN PLANO IS LESS VALUABLE THAN A THREE-MILE TRACK THAT CONNECTS TO RICHARDSON, THAT CONNECTS TO DALLAS, THAT CONNECTS TO IRVING, THAT CONNECTS TO DFW. SO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED OR NOT CONSIDERED IN THAT ORIGINAL COST ALLOCATION. SO AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT EFFORT TO UPDATE THAT COST ALLOCATION STUDY FOR YEARS THREE AND WHAT THAT PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE INTO THE FUTURE PER AGENCY. >> WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON ROWLETT AS FAR AS WOULD THERE BE ANY IMPACT, WOULD WE SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THAT? WE'RE NOT A DONOR. >> YOU ARE NOT A DONOR CITY, THAT IS CORRECT. PER THE ERNST & YOUNG REPORT ROWLETT RECEIVES ABOUT $16 MILLION IN SERVICES. THAT'S TAKE COMBINATION OF OPERATIONS, CAPITAL APPRECIATION AND INTEREST EXPENSE. WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING -- WHEN YOU PUT IN $9 MILLION TO THE SYSTEM. SO YOU ARE RECEIVING MORE BENEFIT THAN YOU PUT IN FROM A SALES TAX. SO ROWLETT IS WANT ONE OF THE CITIES THAT WOULD RECEIVE PAYMENT THROUGH THE GMP. >> THAT HELPS. YOU MENTIONED THE GMP A LOT IN HERE AND THAT'S THE DRIVER FOR SOME SERVICE REDUCTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FINANCIAL PICTURE TO MAKE THAT WORK. >> IF I COULD MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION. THE GMP FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND BEING FUNDED BY CAPITAL REDUCTIONS I MENTIONED. THE SERVICE REDUCTIONS AND THE SERVICE CHANGES REALLY ARE HAPPENING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND RIGHT SIZE FOR NEW OPERATING SERVICE COMING ON. REALLY THE SILVER LINE. INFLATIONARY COSTS. WE SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT WITH TRANSDEV ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AT THIS POINT TO REALLY IMPROVE OUR PARATRANSIT SERVICE WE PROVIDED TO OUR MOST VULER? ABLE POPULATION IN THE REGION. DART TREATS US TO 700 MILE AS 88 PARATRANSIT ZONE. FOR INSTANCE, A PERSON ELIGIBLE FOR 88 PARATRANSIT CAN TAKE A SINGLE SEAT RIDE RIGHT NOW FOR $3.20. THEY CAN GO FROM ROWLETT ALL THE WAY TO DFW FOR $3.50. SO, WE IMPROVED THAT CONTRACT BY PROVIDING BETTER SECURITY FOR OUR RIDERS, MORE CAMERAS INSIDE THE VEHICLES, MORE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES. SO THAT DRIVES COSTS EVERY YEAR. CYBERSECURITY COSTS INCREASE, STAFFING INCREASES. WE WANT TO PROVIDE LIVING WAGE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR BUS OPERATORS AND MECHANICS, OUR FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES. THEY ARE ON STEPS FOR PAYMENTS SO THEY GET THEIR STEP INCREASES EACH YEAR. THEY ARE BUILT IN. THE GMP DOES NOT AFFECT [01:40:05] SERVICE ALLOCATIONS OR ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTIONS. >> I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT AFTER THE TWO YEARS WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM IF IT CONTINUES BEYOND TWO YEARS. THAT'S WHERE COLLABORATION IS GOING TO BECOME MORE IMPORTANT. THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL SERVICE REDUCTIONS WITH THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT GMP IS IN YEAR THREE AND FOUR AND BEYOND. >> COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? >> YOU SAID REALLY NO CHANGES OTHER THAN THE LIGHT RAILS GOING 15 MINUTES. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN FOR PARENTS OF SPECIAL NEEDS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE VIRTUAL ZONES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? >> FOR THE 88 PARATRANSIT, NO, THERE'S NO CHANGE. >> THEY'RE FINE? >> YES. >> DID YOU GET A BREAK ON WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE FOR ALL OF THAT? >> SURE. AS WE MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDING THE FIRE WHEEL TOWN CENTER AS PART OF THAT ZONE. AND WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME OTHER EFFORTS, WE'VE. BEEN WORKING ON THE CITY FOR OUR REGIONAL PLANS. THE FIRST IS THE SPUR FOR THAT SHOPPING CENTER. >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE REQUESTS FROM -- >> IT'S FOR THE WEST ZONE. SORRY. >> THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO THAT SHOPPING CENTER FROM ROWLETT RESIDENTS. WE DID HEAR A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THE ZONE-TO-ZONE BETWEEN ROWLETT AND GARLAND AND MAINTAINING THAT FOR OUR RIDERS. >> ARE YOU GOING TO GET OUR SIGNALS WORKING BETTER? >> THAT'S AN ONGOING PROJECT, YES. >> 15 TO 20 MINUTES, IT WILL BE -- >> IT'S A WIN FOR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AS WELL. IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS IN ON WORK ON SOME OF THE REPAIR FOR BOTH THE SYSTEM AND VEHICLES AND AND THE SIGNALING SYSTEM IS PART OF DART TRANSFORM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO MODERNIZE OUR LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM. IT'S BEEN IN OPERATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO UNFIED SIGNALING SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS AND BIG ASPECTS TO REALLY IMPROVE THE SIGNAL TIMING AND SIGNAL OPERATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. >> THIS IS JUST AN OBSERVATION. I'VE BEEN AT THAT LIGHT MANY TIMES AND IT ALWAYS CATCHES ME. BUT IT WILL SIT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. BECAUSE THE DRIVER WENT TOO FAR MAYBE AND SIGNALED IT AND THE TRAIN THAT'S COMING IN IS JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES OUT. THEN WE SIT IS THERE AND THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP ALL THE WAY TO KYLE ROAD. IS THERE A WAY WE CAN FIX THAT WHERE THEY DON'T PULL UP AS MUCH AND THE TRAIN GETS TO A CERTAIN POINT? >> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THAT PROPOSED BUDGET TO DEBBIE, WE'LL SEND ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO MR. ENOCH TO GET THOSE ADDRESSED. IF THERE ARE NONE, THEN WE WON'T. WE DO WANT TO SEE YOU BACK. I WANT TO MAKE THIS QUARTERLY UPDATES. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU IN HERE MORE FREQUENTLY. THAT'S ONE THING THAT HAS LACKED IN THE PAST, OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DART AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT. OPERATIONALLY THE STAFF MIGHT HAVE HAD CONNECTIVITY WITH NADINE AND OTHERS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. YOU ARE OUR DART BOTHER REPRESENTATIVE AND YOU ARE APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND GLENN HEIGHTS AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION. QUARTERLY IS A GOOD IDEA. >> MR. REAVES? >> I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT ALL OF IT IN HAD THE COMMUNITY. >> REALLY WHAT THAT IS GOING TO FOCUS IN ON IS SAFE AND SECURITY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN [01:45:02] INCREASED SAFETY POLICE PRESENCE, TRANSIT SECURITY OFFICER PRESENT, SPARE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PRESENT THROUGHOUT. EVEN THOUGH THE GAMES AREN'T WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA, LIKE THE FAN FEST IS AND INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING IS, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE GAMES WILL BE STAYING WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA. WHOA WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING APPROPRIATE SERVICE. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT INTENTIONAL BUS BRIDGES FROM OUR OUTER LOCATIONS, LIKE STRAIGHT INTO DOWNTOWN TO TRY TO HELP EASE ALSO SOME OF THE PRESSURE ON THE RAIL SYSTEM. AND, OF COURSE, STAFFING LEVELS, AMBASSADORS AT STATIONS TO HELP PEOPLE FIND WHERE THEY'RE GOING, RIGHT? ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN -- WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH NADINE IS CALL IT WAY FINDING BUT WAY FEELING. HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL AT THAT STATION TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BEFORE THEY'RE TRYING TO GO? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE APPROPRIATE AMBASSADORS, EMPLOYEES, STAFFING, VOLUNTEERS OUT TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE USING THE SYSTEM. AND REALLY THE GOAL THERE IS, THEY TRY THE SYSTEM ONCE OR TWICE FOR A MAJOR EVENT. LIKE WORLD CUP OR THE STATE FAIR AND TRY TO TURN THEM INTO THAT BIT ACTUAL RIDERS. THEY HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO A BIG MAJOR EVENT LIKE THAT, SO HOW DO WE GET THEM ON THE SYSTEM MORE? GO DOWNTOWN TO DALLAS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER, RIGHT, OR GO TO THE ZOO. JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO ENGAGE. >> COME TO ROWLETT. >> RIGHT. >> A LOT OF DART RIDERS COME FROM OTHER CITIES TO ROWLETT TO GO TO THE STATE FAIR. IT OVERWHELMS THEIR PARKING. THEY PARK EVERYWHERE. >> WE'RE SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SERVICES WE'RE PRYING TO OUR LINKEDIN BUT IT'S TO OUR SERVICE AREA. >> WE'RE STILL ACTIVELY GOING TO TRY TO GET REIMBURSED FOR EVERY SINGLE PENNY WE POSSIBLY CAN. >> YEAH. >> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, BOTH. I HOPE YOU GET TO FEELING BETTER WITH YOUR VOICE. >> I FEEL GOOD. >> YEAH, WELL -- >> HE SAID HIS WIFE IS ENJOYING THIS. >> NEXT TIME -- >> SAY WHAT? >> I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, ALL. >> THANK YOU, ALL. I THINK A I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS EVENING. I KNOW WE WANT A [5B. Presentation and discussion on Safe Haven Baby Boxes.] LITTLE LONG ON THE FIRST ITEMS BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 5- B, PRESENTATION DISCUSSION ON SAFE HAVEN BABY FOXES. >> I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE. I'VE BEEN SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE. >> THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCILMEMBER GIBBS AND SECONDED BY PRO TEM BRITON AND WE ASKED OUR FIRE CHIEF TO COME IN AND TAKE IT AWAY. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. THE ITEM THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU ORIGINALLY CAME TO YOU VIA THE COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 5TH THROUGH CITIZENS COMMENT. WE WANTED TO BRING BACK MS. MCDERMOTT TO GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OUR FUNDING PLAN AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. MCDERMOTT AND LET HER WALK YOU THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. I GUESS I'M LATE TO THE GRANTS CONVERSATION, BUT HERE WE ARE ANYWAY. SO WE ARE HERE -- AT THE LAST MEETING WE WERE HERE AND WE ARE THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX PROGRAM. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE'LL DELVE MORE INTO IT. THIS IS THE BOX. THE SAFE HAVEN LAW IN TEXAS, WHICH TEXAS WAS THE FIRST UP TO START, UP TO 60 DAYS OLD YOU CAN SURRENDER AN INFANT TO A HOSPITAL, EMS, FIRE STATION OR TO A BABY BOX. THE INFANT HAS TO BE DIRECTLY HANDED TO A PROVIDER USING AN INFANT SAFETY DEVICE AND A HOT LINE, ALL THIS STUFF. THIS IS THE LAW. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, OH, I CAN JUST DROP OFF A BABY AT A FIRE STATION. IN CONCEPT. THERE IS AN ACTUAL LAW FOR IT. IT IS SPECIFIC STATE TO STATE. IT DOES DEPEND ON WHERE YOU LIVE. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T USE OUR SAFE HAVEN LAW. SO THESE ARE ALL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TOP LEFT, FROM THIS YEAR. TOP LEFT, BABY FOUND IN A WHATABURGER TOILET. A BABY AT A TRASH CAN IN WALMART IN KINGSVILLE IN JULY. A BABY IN A CAR SEAT WITH A BLANKET OVER IT IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, IN JULY, WHICH SOUNDS VERY HOT. A BABY ANDED IN THE FRONT YARD IN CLEVELAND IN JULY. JULY WAS A VERY BAD MONTH FOR US. CENTER PICTURE, THAT IS THREE FIREFIGHTERS/PARAMEDICS IN NEVADA. THAT BABY WAS RECOVERED FROM A DUMPSTER. SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED. THESE WERE ALL IN JULY. THE TOP LEFT I INCLUDED [01:50:03] JUST BECAUSE IT WAS FROM TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO, WHICH SEEMED APPLICABLE IN DECEMBER. TEXAS IS THE HIGHEST OFFENDER OF ABANDONMENT OF BABIES BY A LOT. OUR POPULATION IS BIGGER SO IT MAKES SENSE. CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK ARE ALSO UP THERE, BUT THIS IS VERY MUCH APPLICABLE TO US. IT'S NOT JUST ON THE NEWS ONCE A DECADE WHEN WE RUN FUN STORIES. AND IT HAPPENED IN CARE CAROL TON IN 2019. A TEEN MOM HID HER PREGNANCY, GAVE BIRTH AT HOME AND PUT HER IN A BACKPACK AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. THERE'S DEFINITELY NEED THERE VERY CLOSE TO HOME. WE JUST CAN'T HAVE THIS HAPPENING IN ROWLETT. WE CAN'T DO THIS TO THE COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES WHO RESPOND TO THIS. I DON'T WANT THAT PHONE CALL. WHY DO WE NEED A BABY BOX? I THINK THE FIRST THING IS PARENTS REMAINING ANONYMOUS IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE WHY BABIES ARE DROPPED OFF IN CARSEATS AND DRIVEWAYS AND DROPPED OFF AT FAIR STATIONS BUT IT'S WINTER AND NO ONE KNEW THERE WAS A BABY OUTSIDE. THESE PARENTS DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THEIR BABY TO DIE OR NOT BE FOUND. THEY JUST ARE NOT WILLING TO GO HAND IT TO A 22-YEAR- OLD EMT WHO'S GOING TO SAY, ARE YOU SURE? THAT'S JUST NOT PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SO THIS KIND OF OFFERS PARENTS, MOMS OR DADS, TO DROP OFF THE BABY WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT ANYBODY IN THE EYE, SAY THEIR NAME, BE ON CAMERA, TELL THEM HOW OLD THE BABY IS. IT'S TOTALLY SAFE FOR THEM. THIS SAVES THE LIVES OF BABIES PROACTIVELY. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE SAFE HAVEN LAW IS LIKE REAL AND TANGIBLE AND HAS A FINITE DATE AND WHERE TO DROP THE BABY OFF. THE BABY BOX IS TANGIBLE, WHICH ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER EDUCATE ANYBODY WHO HEARS ABOUT OUR BOX. OH, I THOUGHT I KNEW ABOUT THAT. OH, WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE IT HERE. YOU MAKE IT A LOT MORE KNOWN AND YOU DON'T THINK IT APPLIES TO YOU AND YOU HEAR A BABY WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR AIRPODS OUT. FACE-TO- FACE SURRENDER IS BEST. THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX HOTLINE DOES OFFER COUNSELING TO THE WOMEN IN CRISIS. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF STEPS THEY CAN GO THROUGH BEFORE THEY USE A BABY BOX. THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX PROGRAM OFFERS A LOT OF OTHER SERVICES TO PREVENT USING THE BABY BOX. AND THE OTHER BEING LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW. IF I WAS 16 AND FREAKING OUT AND I PROBABLY HADN'T DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH WHERE I COULD TAKE THIS BABY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH AND I'M SCARED. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. LEFT IS EXTERIOR. IT'S REALLY JUST A DOOR. IT'S WANT AN ENCLOSED BOX FOR BABY. IT'S MORE LIKE A DRIVE- THROUGH WINDOW, KIND OF. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, YOU OPEN THE BOX. THERE'S A SILENT ALARM TRIGGERED AND ANOTHER SILENT ALARM THAT GOES OFF WHEN THE BABY GOES IN. THERE'S A LIGHT BEAM THAT'S BROKEN. THERE'S TWO SAFETY FEATURES THERE. THE DOOR LOCKS ON THE EXTERIOR FOR THE BABY'S SAFETY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. IT'S SO NO ONE ELSE CAN GO IN AND TRY TO TAKE THAT BABY BACK WHO ISN'T A PARENT. SO SAY THERE'S LIKE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION, MOM'S TRYING TO PUT THIS BABY SOMEWHERE SAFE, WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO COME RIGHT BEHIND HER AND TAKE THE BABY OUT. IF THE BABY GOES IN, THE BABY IS SAFE, NO ONE CAN GET IT OUT. THE AVERAGE TIME THE BABY SPENDS IN THAT BASS NET IS TWO MINUTES. >> HOW MUCH? >> TWO MINUTES. THERE'S A SILENT ALARM GOING OFF AND IT ALSO GOES RIGHT INTO THE FIRE STATION. SO IF IT'S NOT ENCLOSED -- THE INTERIOR IS PICTURED ON THE RIGHT. IT'S JUST A BASINETTE WITH A PIECE OF PLEXIGLASS. IT'S CLIMATE CONTROLLED AND CLOSED ENOUGH TO WHERE NO ONE WILL BUMP INTO IT. IT'S SEE-THROUGH. YOU CAN WALK BY AND SEE A BABY IN THERE. THE OTHER THING THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS THE ORANGE BAG THE ORANGE RECTANGL WHEN YOU OPEN THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX, YOU PUT THE BABY IN AND MOM TAKES THE ORANGE BAG. THE ORANGE BAG HAS A BROCHURE, GIVES MOM ALL THE INFORMATION SO SHE KNOWS, SHE FOLLOWED THE RULES, SHE'S COVERED. IT HAS THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT. SO SHE CAN REGISTER HER BABY ON THE SAFE HAVEN WEBSITE ANONYMOUSLY. IF YOU DROP OFF YOUR BABY AND YOU WANT TO BE LIKE, HEY, I KNOW HE'S ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN, THIS IS HIS BIRTH DATE, HE HAS THIS HEALTH ISSUE, SHE CAN GO TELL THEM ALL THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO SAY IT TO ANYBODY. ALL SHE HAS TO DO IS DROP OF THE LOCATION WHERE SHE DROPPED THEM OFF AND IT'S AN OPEN TEXT BOX. [01:55:01] THERE'S INFORMATION IN THE BAG ABOUT POSTPARTUM CARE AND ANYONE HAS ACCESS TO ANONYMOUS AND FREE COUNSELING. IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE PARENTS WHO DROPS OFF YOUR BABY HERE, THERE ARE RESOURCES FOR YOU AFTERWARDS TO KIND OF PROCESS THAT. THIS IS SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES THEY OFFER. THEY DO BILLBOARDS, AFTER- BIRTH ESSENTIALS FOR MOM. I ACTUALLY CLICKED ON ALL THESE LINKS AND THERE'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION THERE. LIKE BIRTH CARE. THERE'S INFORMATION ON LIKE A NEWBORN TO GET SAFE UNTIL IT'S HANDED OVER. THERE'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOT LINE, THE SAFE HAVEN REGISTRY IS ON THERE, A NATIONAL HOT LINE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. THAT'S THE NUMBER THEY TALK THE MOMS THROUGH EVERYTHING. LIKE YOU CALL IN YOUR IN CRISIS, YOU SAY, DO YOU WANT TO PUT THE BABY UP FOR ADOPTION? HAVE YOU HAD YOUR BABY YET? YOU CAN GO TO A HOSPITAL AND STILL HAVE YOUR BABY THERE UP. DON'T HAVE TO HAVE YOUR BABY AT HOME. THEY WALK MOM THROUGH ALL OF THIS WHICH HELPS PREVENT THE BABIES BEING PUT IN BABY BOXES. IT'S REALLY HARD TO PUT A NUMBER ON HOW MANY BABIES WOULD HAVE GOT PUT IN THE BOX BUT DIDN'T HAVE TO BECAUSE THIS IS SO MUCH SAFER FOR EVERYBODY. BOTTOM RIGHT, THEY DO FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING. SO IF YOU GET A BABY BOX INSTALLED, THEY WILL COME AND DO THE OPENING OF THE BOX AND EVERYTHING AND SHE DOES TRAINING WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE SHE WAS A FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC. SHE COMES AND EXPLAINS THE SAFE HAVEN LAWS BECAUSE SHE APPARENTLY HAS GOTTEN CALLS TO THE SAFE HAVEN OFFICE FROM MOMS SAYING, I'M AT THE FIRE STATION. I GAVE THEM MY BABY, THEY WON'T LET THEM LEAVE. SHE'S LIKE, PUT THEM ON, THAT'S AGAINST OUR LAW. I'M NOT SAYING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DON'T KNOW THE LAWS, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT EVERYWHERE. YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET BABIES HANDED TO YOU AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. SO SHE DOES ALL THAT TEACHING AS WELL. THESE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY OUTDATED. THE INITIAL FEE IS $16,000 AND THE ANNUAL FEE IS NOW $600. SO THE INITIAL FEE IS LIKE THE INSTALLATION. THEY COME OUT AND CHECK OUT THE SITE. THEY HELP US WITH FUND- RAISING, MARKETING OF THE BABY BOX, CONNECTED TO THE HOT LINE, THEY DO ADVERTISING, AND THE ANGLE FEE IS MORE RECERTIFICATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS, MAKING SURE THE BABY BOX STILL WORKS. THE OTHER INCLUDED FEES, THAT'S BASED OFF THE INDIANA ESTIMATE. THAT'S WHERE IT'S BASED OFF. INSTALLATION, LABOR, MATERIALS, ELECTRICITY, CONNECTING IT TO 911 DISPATCH AND ALL OF THAT. >> THAT'S PER BABY BOX? >> PER BABY BOX. THIS IS US ON THE ROAD TO A BABY BOX, GUYS. WE'RE AT STEP ONE. AFTER THIS WE WOULD JUST NEED TO GET THE CONTRACT SIGNED AND REVIEWED BY THE ATTORNEY. I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRE CHIEF'S SIGNATURE WE HAVE TO HAVE AND THEN THE BABY BOX CAN BE ORDERED AFTER FUND- RAISING IS COMPLETED, WHICH TAKES ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. THEN IT GOES TO THE INSTALLATION, TRAINING, BLESSING, GO LIVE PROCESS. THESE ARE THE EMAILS I HAVE BACK AND FORTH WHO IS THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. SHE SENDS REALLY SHORT EMAILS. BASICALLY SHE WAS TELLING ME LIKE I CAN'T BRING A CONTRACT TO Y'ALL TODAY TO SIGN. Y'ALL WILL HAVE TO GET ONE DIRECTLY FROM JOE KELSEY, WHO DOES ALL THEIR CONTRACTS. SO I'M KIND OF JUST WAITING FOR THAT. THIS IS JOE KELSEY. I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU HOW IT'S RAN. MOM KELSEY IS THE FOUNDER AND CEO. THIS IS HER BABY. SHE WILL BE AT EVERYTHING. SHE'S PROBABLY ALREADY EMAILED YOU. SHE WAS AN ABANDONED BABY AT BIRTH. HER MOM ABANDONED HER LEGALLY AT A HOSPITAL AND THEN SHE BECAME A FIREFIGHTER/EMT AND A NAVY VETERAN. SHE DOES ALL THE GRAND OPENINGS. SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE FULL TIME DOING THIS. JOE KELSEY DOES THE CONTRACTS. HE'S THE COO AND HE'S THE MAYOR BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T GET WHAT SHE NEEDED DONE FROM THE MAYOR SO SHE MADE HIM RUN FOR MAYOR INSTEAD. NOW THEY HAS 150 BABY BOXES. SHE'S OUR POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE CONTRACT IF WE GO FORWARD. >> NEXT STEPS FOR US WOULD BE GETTING A CONTRACT FROM JOE KELSEY SO MOSTLY WE CAN REVIEW IT AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT. AND IF YOU SIGN THAT, I WILL SIGN A THIRD- PARTY FUND- RAISING AGREEMENT WHICH MEANS BASICALLY I'M HELPING SET ALL THAT UP. THE FUNDS GO DIRECTLY TO SAFE HAVEN SO THERE'S NO MONEY COMING THROUGH ME. I'M THE PERSON WHO SET UP THE QR CODE THEY WOULD SEND ME AND I CAN THEN DISTRIBUTE. AND THEN THEY SIGN OFF ON OUR FUNDING AND WE CAN ORDER THE BOX. SO IT COULD BE, IN THEORY, CUT AND DRY. AND THESE ARE PICTURES OF BABIES THAT WERE SURRENDERED IN THE BOX. [02:00:01] IF YOU DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS A COOL PROJECT ALREADY. ALL OF THOSE BABIES CAME THROUGH A SAFE HAVEN BOX. HONESTLY, HAVE ALL BEEN ADOPTED. ANY QUESTIONS? >> REAL QUICK, DANIELLE. IN MY CAREER IN ROWLETT THERE WAS I BABY -- BABIES HAVE BEEN FOUND BUT A BABY OF SURVIVAL. THE GENTLEMAN WAS JOGGING BY COMMUNITY PARK. COMMUNITY PARK WASN'T REALLY IN EXISTENCE. THERE WAS A POND. THE BABY ABANDONED THE BABY. THE GUY IS JOGGING, HAD HIS EAR PHONES IN, LIKE YOU SAID, KEPT THINKING HE HEARS A CAT. HE GOES TO INVESTIGATE. SOMETHING TELLS HIM TO GO INVESTIGATE. THERE WAS A BABY COVERED WITH ANTS AND CALLED US AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THAT BABY WAS MAYBE FIVE, SIX YEARS OLD WE GET AN UPDATE WITH A PICTURE. THAT WAS THE LAST ONE WE GOT. THAT WAS A GREAT ONE. BUT THERE HAS BEEN OTHER BAD STUFF. PEOPLE FREAK OUT WHEN THEY HAVE PIR BABIES OR PUT THEM TO THE WEIRDEST PLACES. TO ME THIS IS A NO-BRAINER. MY QUESTION IS ON AN AREA AS ROWLETT IS, 20 SOMETHING SQUARE MILES, IS ONE ENOUGH? >> I LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK. THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY NO. I THINK THIS IS STEP ONE. AND I HAVE LUKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HELP YOU PAY FOR THIS. I DON'T THINK THE FUNDING HAS DRIED UP WITH ONE BOX. >> THERE'S AT LEAST TWO PLACES THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT, AT MINIMUM. STATION 1 AND SAPPHIRE BAY. >> I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. I THINK IT'S AN ADMIRABLE CAUSE. YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE ROWLETT BE A CATALYST FOR OTHER BABY BOXES IN THE DFW AREA. YOU SAID THE FIRST WAS CORSICANA? >> WILL YOU BE BOX. >> CORSICANA AND WILL YOU BE BOX. TO ME WE START OUT AS A CATALYST AND THEN PURSUE THIS IN MCAR LAND, PLANO, RICHARDSON, DALLAS. YOU KNOW, HAVE IT -- BECAUSE JUST ONE ALREADY MAKES A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE THAT CLOSE TOGETHER THEN, TO ME THAT DOESN'T MAKE AS MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE AS IT WOULD BE IF WE COULD GET -- NOT WE BUT IF MS. MCDERMOTT CAN CONVINCE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL OR PLANO OR ADDISON OR SOMEBODY ELSE TO GET ONE IN THEIR AREA AS WELL, THEN YOU HAVE THESE RADIUSES WHERE THEY'RE OVERLAPPING AND THEY HAVE THAT -- I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE DRIVE OVER FROM ARLINGTON. >> TAKE THE DART. >> I DO HAVE SOMEONE TALKING TO ME FROM FOX 4 ALREADY, I WOULD LOVE TO TELL THEM, ROWLETT WAS THE FIRST ONE TO COME TO OUR OPENING. I HAVE INCREDIBLE PRESS TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN DFW THAT DID THIS. >> >>. >> TELL US ABOUT THE COST. THERE'S THE COST OF THE BOX AND THEN THE COST OF THE INSTALL AND THEN THE ONGOING COST, WHICH IS FUTURE YEARS. WHAT IS THE PLAN -- I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT DONATIONS AND DURING YOUR PRESENTATION YOU KIND OF TALKED ABOUT COVERING ALL THE COSTS BUT I WASN'T CLEAR IF THAT WAS THE UPFRONT COST OR ONGOING COST. >> WE CLARIFY. I HAVE ANONYMOUS DONORS. LIKE WE WILL COVER IT, YES. SO THAT WAS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE BOX. THE $500 FEE IS WHICH IS WHICHEVER, HOWEVER, I THINK IT -- IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THE CITY TO PAY THE FEE BECAUSE IF I -- IF I -- IF SOMEONE COMES TO ME, I MOVE AWAY, THE CHURCH MOVES AWAY, UP BE WHAT I MEAN, FOR $500 A YEAR. BUT THE BOX IS -- >> YEAH, I THINK FOR ME IT'S THE UPFRONT COST AND THE FACT YOU'RE WILLING TO -- OR YOU HAVE DONORS WHO ARE WILLING TO COVER THAT COST IS A NO-BRAINER. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S AMAZING, TOO. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS WITH THAT. SO THERE IS THE $600 FEE WHICH IS A LITTLE RENEWAL WHICH PAYS FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE BOX, NONVANDALISM, REPLACEMENT OF THE MATERIALS BUT ESSENTIALLY IT FUNCTIONS AS A LEASE FOR THE BOX. SO, THE CITY OF ROWLETT WILL NEVER OWN THE BOX. THE OWNERSHIP OF THE BOX ALWAYS STAYS WITH SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES. THE UP FRONT, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND IS THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THE BABY BOX HAS TO BE MONITORED 24/7 SO IT REQUIRES A DIRECT TIE-IN TO 911 AND A THIRD- [02:05:02] PARTY MONITORING WHICH IS LIKE AN ALARM COMPANY. SO THAT FEE IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND $500 OR SO WOULD ALSO BE AN ONGOING FEE SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT $1200, GIVE OR TAKE, IS WHAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING. >> I WAS WONDERING THAT, TOO. I WONDERED IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS OUT ON A CALL, A STRUCTURE FIRE, AND SOMEONE PUTS THE BABY IN THERE, WHAT -- >> YOU OPEN THE BOX, IT TRIGGERS AND GOES TO 911? >> CORRECT. THE REDUNDANCY IN THE SYSTEM IS THE MONITORING COMPANY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOUR FIRE ALARM. A LOT OF TIMES OR BURGLAR ALARM, IT GOES TO A THIRD-PARTY MONITORING. THEY CALL 911 OR WHOEVER THE DIRECT CONTACT IS. THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO SET UP IN THAT. NOW, WITH REGARD TO LOCATION, THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT AND DO A SITE ASSESSMENT IF WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SO IT MAY BE THAT STATION ONE ISN'T THE PRIME SITE FOR THIS. A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY THE BUILDING WAS CONFIGURED. THEY'RE TRYING TO REMAIN -- A LOT OF TIMES THESE GET PLACED ON THE SIDES OF FIRE STATIONS. THAT PRESENTS A CHALLENGE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN CLIMATE CONTROL. SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO LOOK AT THIS OR CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, IT MAY NOT BE EXACTLY THE PLAN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT MIGHT LOOK QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT. >> COUNSEL, OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE QUESTIONS. >> I THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE A YOUNG WOMAN OR FAMILY, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN CRISIS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO UNLESS THEY REALLY KNOW THAT THIS IS THERE, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE GO-TO. I DON'T THINK YOU DRIVE TO HERE IF THEY DON'T KNOW THEIRS A SAFE BOX. I DID SEE BILLBOARDS, OTHER KINDS OF ADVERTISING. HOW DO YOU GET THAT WORD OUT? I MEAN, IT'S -- YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS GREAT AND EVERYTHING BUT IF NOBODY KNOWS IT'S THERE, AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, DON'T -- BECAUSE I THINK MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SAFE HAVEN CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING IT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STUFF. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED WITHIN SOCIETY. BUT THIS IS SORT OF A DIFFERENT THING. IS THAT SOMETHING YOUR ORGANIZATION TAKES THE LEAD ON IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT WORD GETS OUT, PARTICULARLY AT, LET'S SAY, ROWLETT AND THE SURROUNDING CITIES OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED, HOW DO YOU AS A GROUP REALLY PUSH THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO THEM? AGAIN, FOR PEOPLE IN CRISIS THAT HAVE A VERY TOUGH TIME -- I DON'T THINK THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT THE YELLOW PAGES OR DOING GOOGLE SEARCHES FOR WHERE TO DROP A BABY. SO WHAT IS YOUR GROUP DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EDUCATION COMPONENT'S OUT THERE? >> I'M NOT AFFILIATED. >> SO ANY MONEY WE RAISE OVER THE SET AMOUNT WE -- DOES GO TO OUR ADVERTISING FOR A BOX. THEY SAY THEY LIKE TO PUT THE BILLBOARDS. I THINK THEY DO SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING ALSO. SOME OF THAT IS, DID YOU HEAR WE GOT A BABY BOX? WHAT IS THAT? WE GOT ONE IN DALLAS. I THINK YOU HAVE TO PUT THEM IN AND THEN PEOPLE SAY, WE HAVE THOSE IN ROWLETT. I THINK IT'S PART OF THE MOVEMENT. IT'S HOW YOU KIND OF GET IT OUT. >> SO THEY'RE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? EVERY PLACE THAT HAS ONE OF THESE BABY BOXES IS LISTED ON THE -- ON THEIR WEBSITE, SAFE HAVEN'S WEBSITE, PLUS IT'S NOTED AS PART OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE? A LARGE PART OF SAFE HAVEN'S BUSINESS RELATES DIRECTLY TO COUNSELING FOR, YOU KNOW, NEW MOTHERS IN CRISIS AND OTHER ISSUES. AND THEN REFERRING THEM TO RESOURCES AND/OR DIRECTING YOU TOWARDS THESE BABY BOXES. AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 371 IN THE UNITED STATES EITHER ON GROUND OR IN THE PROCESS, RIGHT? THAUFRDZ ONLY BEEN ABOUT 60 TO 65 BABIES THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THESE BOXES. SO THEIR GOAL REALLY IS TO FOCUS ON THE EDUCATION PIECE OF IT. PART OF THAT IS MARKETING THESE BOXES THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE AND THROUGH THEIR OTHER INTERNAL RESOURCES. >> YEAH, I THINK IN MY MIND, IF ROWLETT SERVES AS A CATALYST AND THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CITY AND MULTIPLE WITHIN LARGER CITIES, THEN IT BECOMES THE STANDARD THAW DON'T JUST GO TO A FIRE STATION WHEN YOU'RE IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S EXPECTED THAT THERE'S ONE OF THESE AT SOMEWHERE IN YOUR CITY OR IF MULTIPLE PLACES IN YOUR CITY WHERE YOU COULD DO THIS DROP- OFF ANONYMOSLY. >> I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS INITIALLY GETTING THAT MARKETING PLAN TOGETHER, HOW YOU GET THAT BROADCAST OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IF THEY KNOW -- >> WELL, IF ROWLETT DID THIS AND THEN OTHER CITIES DID THIS AND WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT [02:10:01] AND IT BECOMES KIND OF THE STANDARD FOR WHAT YOU SEE, THEN IT'S JUST PART OF YOUR DAILY LIFE AT THAT POINT. >> SO THEY DID THAT IN INDIANA. THEY'VE GOT LIKE 150 IN INDIANA WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM AND THEY HAVEN'T FOUND ANY ILLEGALLY ABANDONED INFANTS SINCE 2015 WHEN THEY STARTED. THEY ARE JUST EVERYWHERE. SO I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, THE MORE THEY'RE AROUND, WHY WOULD YOU DROP OFF YOUR BABY ANYWHERE ELSE THAN A SAFE HAVEN BOX? IT JUST BECOMES WELL KNOWN THERE'S AN OPTION. >> I THINK YOU'RE UNDERESTIMATING THE INTERNET FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING -- ARE AGE RIGHT NOW. I JUST GOOGLED IT, WHERE CAN I DROP OFF A BABY AND LEAF IT IN DALLAS? AND AFTER NEARBY PLACES -- >> ARE THERE RATINGS? >> THERE ARE PLACES IT SHOWS BUT THEN THE TOP -- AT THE VERY TOP RESULT, SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX. >> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> ALSO COUNCILMEMBER GIBBS, I THINK IT'S A NO-BRAINER. >> I KNOW YOU REACHED OUT TO DAVID AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS ITEM. THERE WAS A REASON I WAS PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. WHEN I WAS A KID, MY DAD GOT SEQUESTERED IN A JURY FOR ABOUT A WEEK BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ABANDONED BABY IN THE DUMPSTER IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN DALLAS. AND HE WAS ON THAT JURY AND IT WAS -- AT THE TIME IT WAS LIKE DAD WENT HOME FOR A WEEK. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHY. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT THEY WERE SEQUESTERED FROM THE MEDIA AND ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG DEAL. WHEN HE GOT HOME AND TALKED TO US ABOUT IT, AT THAT TIME IT WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S CRAZY. AS A KID YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THAT SITUATION. I'M AN ADULT AND I HAVE KIDS. I CAN'T IMAGINE AND SO TO OFFER A RESOURCE LIKE THIS, AGAIN, TO ME IT'S JUST A NO-BRAINER. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS OF HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO WORK TODAY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR FIRE CHIEF AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. IF COUNCIL IS DIRECTING US TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS, THEN YOU HAVE OUR THUMBS UP TO PURSUE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US. >> ABSOLUTELY. [5D. Discussion of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY2026) Proposed Budget.] >> GIVE MY REGARDS TO YOUR DAD. >> I WILL. >> COUNCIL, WE'RE DOWN TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM, D, PHYSICIAN DAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. DAVID HALL. >> I HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT. >> MR. HALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS EVENING. >> MY PLEASURE, MAYOR. >> THERE WE GO. MAYOR, COUNCIL, AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD A WORK SESSION NOT TOO LONG AGO, TWO MEETINGS AGO. YOU ASKED TWO TOPICS. FIRST WAS THE GRANT TOPIC. WE DISCUSSED. THE SECOND WAS QUESTION ON VEHICLE MAINTENANCE WHEN I PRESENTED IT TO BUDGET OFFICIALS. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR, YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION WHEN I OFFICIALLY PRESENTED THE BUDGET TO COUNCIL, EAGLE-EYED AS YOU WERE TO POINT OUT SOMETHING, SO WE WANT TO ANSWER THAT. YOU ASKED A QUESTION WITH OUR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE LINEUP. YOU SEE OUR COSTS AND PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR '26 COSTS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE SUPPLEMENTS BELOW UNDER ADDITIONS. YOU AUTHORIZED THE ADDITION OF A FLEET MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, FIRE APPARATUS MAINTENANCE INCREASE, WHICH WE DISCUSSED AS WELL. WE'RE DOING A FLEET BAY MODIFICATION FOR AN IMPROVED LIFT. KEY KEEPER WHICH WE TALK ABOUT IN THE SUPPLEMENTS AS WELL. AND A MULTIPASSENGER VAN GOES IN THIS LINE ITEM, WHICH YOU ALSO AUTHORIZE WHICH WILL SERVE AS THE RCC. THAT IS AS YOU CAN SEE MAKES UP A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE INCREASE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR '25 TO FISCAL YEAR '26 EXPENDITURES. SO I WILL PAUSE NOW AND ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC. >> NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I MEAN, I WOULD NOT HAVE KEYED ALL THIS TOGETHER HAD YOU NOT DISPLAYED IT LIKE THIS. WHEN I WAS THINKING VEHICLE MANTS NENS, I WAS IMAGINING OIL CHANGES. NOT THAT WE'RE PURCHASING A PASSENGER VAN AND ADDITIONAL TECHNICIAN AND ALL THAT, EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THEY ALL EXISTED I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE IN THIS BUCKET. THANK YOU. >> ALSO POINT OUT THE CHANGE IN FLEET MAINTENANCE. CERTAINLY THE GOAL IS TO GET MORE MOVEMENT IN THAT GROUP THAT DENT APPLY TO NOT DOING A GOOD [02:15:01] JOB. IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DEMAND. SO WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE GROWING AND CHANGING AS WE'RE DOING. THIS IS ALSO OUR LAST SCHEDULED WORK SESSION ON THE BUDGET. OF COURSE, I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL INPUTS, DIRECTIONS, QUESTIONS OR OTHERWISE BEFORE WE GO ON. >> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DO HAVE SOMETHING. IT'S NOT A QUESTION. WHEN I WAS IN MY ADVISORY BOARD, THEY -- FOR LIBRARY, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THEIR $500. AND -- >> THAT WAS THE ALLOCATION WE GAVE TO THEIR BOARD? >> CORRECT. THEY WERE THINKING MAYBE, MAYBE THERE WOULD BE SOME MORE. EITHER WAY, I THINK THEY WILL GO WITH THE $500 OR WHATEVER BUT I WAS CURIOUS IF EVERYBODY ELSE THOUGHT THAT SAME WAY. >> I MEAN, I THINK MY REASON FOR HAVING IT AT THAT LEVEL WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAD REQUESTED, WHICH WAS -- THE BULK OF THE REQUEST WAS FOOD FOR STAFF. I MEAN, WAS THERE A SPECIFIC . - ITEM THEY WANTED? >> THEY'RE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE HOPES OF MAKING THE LIBRARY BETTER AND VISITING OTHER SITES AND STUFF. AND MAKING THE LIBRARY MORE SUCCESSFUL, YOU NAME IT, WHATEVER THEIR WHOLE MISSION IS FOR THE LIBRARY. THERE'S JUST SOMETIMES I SEEN -- AND I HEAR THEM TALKING, THEY DO IT OUT OF THEIR POCKET, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THEY DO. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING FAIR THAT WE ASK THEM TO COME SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR FREE AND THEN THEY'RE PUTTING MONEY IN IT TO DO THINGS. >> DO THEY HAVE A SUGGESTED BUDGET REQUEST? >> THEY DID. I TALKED TO LAURA A LITTLE BIT. SHE WAS THINKING MAYBE THEY COULD -- THEY WOULD -- THEY'VE DONE IT SO FAR WITH THE $500 -- OR NO BUDGET, BUT THIS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'LL SPEND IT. IT'S JUST THERE IF THEY NEED IT IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SHORT- CHANGE THEM. I'LL SAY THAT. >> DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? >> $2,000? >> $2,000? >> YEAH. >> I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH IS THAT. >> I AGREE. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. >> BUT THEY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE -- >> THEY DO. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. THEY WERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET, I LOOKED AT IT THIS WAY, I THIS, IN THE PAST, THE WAY FROM WORKING HERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS THAT IT'S A SURPRISE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUYING AS A BUDGET UNTIL THE CITY MANAGER IMPLEMENTED THE BUDGETS FOR THEM OF WHAT THEY HAD. THIS IS THEIR ALLOCATION. SO I THINK EVEN THE OTHER BOARDS I'M ON, THEY ALL UNDERSTAND IT TOO, NOW. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HELPS THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT THIS AS WHAT WE NEED AND THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND MORE THAN THIS. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET OF DOING OUR JOB FOR THE CITY. >> EXACTLY. MONEY IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR MISSION, THAT'S IT. >> YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. HALL AT THIS POINT? OR COMMENTS? >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> IS THAT IT? >> THAT'S IT? THIS IS WAS FEEDBACK? >> I LOVE THAT 37. >> GOOD THING THEY DIDN'T HOLD THAT QUESTION. >> UNLESS THERE'S MORE. >> LAST CALL THIS TIME? >> DON'T DRAG IT OUT. >> I'M NOT. YOU MADE THE POINT THIS IS OUR LAST BUDGET AND STRATEGY DISCUSSION -- >> UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO CALL ANOTHER ONE. >> YES, SIR, IT'S THE LAST ONE WE HAVE SCHEDULED. >> ARE WE HAPPY WITH THE BUDGET AS IT STANDS? >> YES. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WONDERFUL JOB. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL MAKE THIS CHANGE. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, FINANCE TEAM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. >> WE'LL SEE HIM TOMORROW ACTUALLY. >> WE HAVE ONE TOMORROW? [6. DISCUSS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR AUGUST 19, 2025, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.] >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 6, THE AUGUST 19, 2020 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. ANY ITEMS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OR WANT FOR FULL CONSIDERATION? GOING ONCE? GOING TWICE? >> I DON'T THINK SO. >> WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 8:25. THANK * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.