Feb 09, 2023 Finance Committee

OKAY. IT'S TIME FOR OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY.

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SO AND IN ACCORDANCE TO CHAPTER FIVE FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING, AND I CALL TO ORDER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DALLAS COLLEGE FOR FEBRUARY THE NINTH, 2023 AND 1054.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DALLAS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEE WEBSITE FOR REGISTERING TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION.

WE'LL BE GIVEN 5 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THIS FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET.

AN AUDIO RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPT OF THIS MEETING ARE BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE AFTER THE MEETING AT A LATER DATE.

[2. Certification of Notice Posted for the Meeting]

GO. AND WE HAVE NO INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO SPEAK.

SO WE HAVE TO WITNESS. AND AT THIS STAGE NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE BASICALLY TWO.

[4.1. Facilities Management]

SCOTT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT.

WE HAD PROMISED AND SAID THAT WE WOULD BRING BACK CURRENT UPDATES AND WHERE WE ARE ON PROJECTS, WHAT WE'RE GETTING DONE.

AND SO MR. TRUSTEE MAYOR, THIS IS WHERE I KNEW THAT SCOTT COULD DO ME A FAVOR AND HE CAN MOVE ALONG FASTER THAN TO MAKE UP SOME OF THE TIME.

SO AND I APPRECIATE SCOTT, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM WHAT HE DOES, BUT YEAH, NO, I'M A HUGE FAN.

HE HE'S VERY HE'S ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET, OUR SPRING BUDGET REVIEW.

SCOTT THOMAS WILL PROVIDE THAT FOR US.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TIME IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND AND BE ADJOURNED.

SO SCOTT, DO YOU GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.

SIR, GOOD MORNING. THANKS TO OUR BOARD TRUSTEES AND APPRECIATE THE TIME THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND WHAT WE DO.

AND I WILL JUMP RIGHT IN.

HERE'S OUR AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR MISSION VISION, CORE VALUES.

ALWAYS TRY TO FIRST OUR MIND.

THAT'S WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE GOT OURSELVES WITH THAT.

LOOK AT OUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES, LIKE ALL THE FACETS OF WHAT WE DO.

WE'LL LOOK AT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, OUR TEAM, WHAT OUR TEAM LOOKS LIKE AND WHO ACCOMPLISHES ALL THIS BUDGET.

AND NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT ONE.

SO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT OUR BUDGET CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION, HOW WE INTERACT WITH STAFF, FACULTY, STUDENTS, ETC..

TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT OUR BOND BUILDINGS.

I'LL UPDATE YOU ON CURRENT CURRENT YEAR FIP OF FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO LOOK AT SOME WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT METRICS AND THEN QUICKLY ABOUT HOW TO SEE THEIR WORK ORDER.

OKAY, SO HERE'S OUR MISSION. VISIT PROVIDERS TO START OPERATING, MAINTAIN A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, TO FACILITATE HIGHER EDUCATION, ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITIES, ENSURE EVERY PERSON WHO VISITS THE DALLAS COUNTY CAMPUS IS INSPIRED AND GUIDED BY SERVICE, INTEGRITY, TEAMWORK AND EXCELLENCE.

SO HERE ARE OUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES, RIGHT? I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON JUST QUICKLY ON ON ON HIGHER POINTS.

SO CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR BONDS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.

BUT WE OVERSEE THE BOND PROGRAM.

THE $1.1 BILLION BOND PROGRAM WAS PASSED IN 2019, PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, AND WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN AFTER THAT.

SO WE OVERSEE WITH OUR PARTNERS THE CBRE TEAM THAT THAT HELP US WITH THAT AND HELPS OVERSEE ALL OF THAT AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

BOOTS ON THE GROUND, MAJOR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.

SO CHILLERS, BOILERS, AIR HANDLERS, ALL THE STUFF THAT THAT MAKES US COMFORTABLE AND SAFE.

FIRE ALARMS, ROOFS AND ALL THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN IT.

SO ANY TIME THAT THAT EQUIPMENT EITHER BREAKS DOWN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR NEARS END OF LIFE, HOPEFULLY WE GET IT REPLACED ACTUALLY BEFORE IT BREAKS.

SO WE WATCH THINGS NEARING END OF LIFE SO WE CAN DO AS A REPLACEMENT, AND THAT'S MAJOR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT RENOVATIONS, ANY PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF SPACE FURNITURE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF THAT.

AND THEN INTERIOR DESIGN IS ALSO PART OF THAT.

SO WE SERVICE THE ENTIRE COLLEGE ON ALL OF THOSE FRONTS.

HAVING A NEW KIND OF LEARNING COURSE, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE IS KIND OF OUR TRADITIONAL.

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WITH US, GENERAL BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT UNDER THERE, ANY KIND OF FIXTURE, REAMS OF TOILET PROBLEMS, URINALS, THINGS, ANYTHING.

THE WALL. I MEAN, IT GOES ON AND ON OTHER BUILDING MAINTENANCE, CUSTODIAL SERVICES I PUT ON OPERATIONS AND SO ON.

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HHS IS A GOOD PARTNER WITH US.

THEY ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF THIS BUILDING.

AND MOST OF OUR ALL OF THE WHAT WE CALL THE URBAN CENTERS OR NOT THE MAJOR CAMPUS CENTER.

AND ABM DOES ALL OF THE SEVEN MAJOR PROPER CAMPUSES LANDSCAPED GROUNDS.

WE DO TAKE CARE OF LANDSCAPING.

THE GROUNDS IS ABOUT 13, 1400 ACRES.

AND I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT INCLUDES INCLEMENT WEATHER PREPARATION.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT RECENTLY.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM.

WE HAVE PROBABLY 30 PEOPLE HERE EVERY DAY, NOT ONLY DURING THE FEBRUARY 21 STORM, BUT THIS MOST RECENT ONE.

LAST WEEK. I HAD MY TEAM BRAVING THAT STORM IN HERE AND TAKING CARE OF THE BUILDINGS AND PUTTING OUT ICE MELT AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS WHILE WHILE WE WERE ALL OFF AND SAFE AT HOME.

I WANT TO FOR MORE LANDSCAPED GROUNDS.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE SERVICE THIS TAKE CARE OF.

IT TAKES CARE OF IS ABOUT 135 VEHICLES.

AND JUST QUICKLY, THERE'S 67 CARS, 39 MOWERS, 17 LIFTS, NINE TRACTORS AND A HOST OF TRAILERS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THE FLEET SERVICES TEAM TAKES CARE OF.

THEY DO ALL THE MAINTENANCE VEHICLE INSPECTIONS, ANNUAL INSPECTIONS, OIL CHANGES, FLAT TIRES, YOU NAME IT.

THAT'S FIXED. CARRY ON PEST CONTROL.

VERY HAPPY TO SAY WE DO THAT IN HOUSE NOW.

WE USED TO BE A CONTRACTED SERVICE.

AND I AND I BELIEVE WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THINGS IN HOUSE, THERE'S JUST A BETTER SERVICE PERFORMED THERE.

THEY'RE BOUGHT INTO OUR ORGANIZATION ARE PART OF IT.

NOT TO SAY THAT OUR CUSTODIAL PARTNERS DON'T FEEL THAT WAY, BUT I THINK MOVING THESE SERVICES IN-HOUSE IS IS IS THE BEST THING FOR THE COLLEGE.

WE JUST DID THAT WITH PEST CONTROL AND HE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB TO KEEP.

THERE'S SOME VERY INTERESTING THINGS THAT GET INTO BUILDINGS SOMETIMES AND ARE SCURRYING AROUND.

AND HE HE IS INCREDIBLE.

HE WILL COME TELL YOU LATIN TERMS AND ALL KIND OF BRANDED PLASTIC BAGS AND SHOW YOU THINGS.

AND HE IS DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US.

THE HEALTH DESK AS PART OF THE REORG, WE STOOD UP THE FACILITIES HELPDESK.

IT IS A CENTRALIZED POINT OF CONTACT FOR ANYTHING FACILITIES.

SO I HEAR CONSTANTLY WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE PERSON IS AT MOUNTAIN VIEW OR A PRIEST OR WHATEVER THE CASE.

WELL, AND I'M SURE ON THE LAST SLIDE THAT THE CONTACT INFORMATION.

BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW THAT.

YOU JUST CALL THE HELPDESK NUMBER.

IT'S 24 SEVEN.

SOMEBODY WILL ALWAYS ANSWER IT DURING DUTY HOURS.

THAT WILL BE MY TEAM.

AFTER HOURS, IT WILL BE ANSWERED BY A CALL SERVICE.

WHO WE WEREN'T REALLY WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE, THOUGH, AND THEY'LL GET TO CALL PEOPLE FOR YOU AND RESPOND TO THEM.

THERE'S A GENERIC FACILITIES HELPDESK EMAIL THAT YOU CAN EMAIL AND THAT NUMBER OF 20 PEOPLE, 15 PEOPLE WILL CHECK IT AND RESPOND.

SO AND THEN ALSO YOU CAN WHAT WE PREFER IS, ESPECIALLY WHILE WE'RE HERE DURING DURING DUTY HOURS, IS TO SUBMIT A WORK ORDER RIGHT NOW SO THAT I CAN HERE. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S A SERVICE FOR THE COLLEGE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHO ANYBODY IS OR WHAT NUMBERS TO USE OR JUST CALL THAT NUMBER OR PUT IN THAT WORK ORDER AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.

SHIPPING, RECEIVING. NOW WE DO ALL THAT FOR THE COLLEGE MAIL, THE PIECES OF MAIL, PACKAGES, FEDEX, ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE AND MORE ROBUST.

I LOOK TO TO ONE DAY HAVE EVERYTHING COMING IN TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND THEN BEING DISTRIBUTED TO THE CAMPUSES WITH MY TEAM.

SPACE MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING PRETTY NEW.

AND WHEN I SAY NEW, WE WE'VE HAD A SPACE MANAGER AND A DIRECTOR OF SPACE PLANNING ON BOARD FOR WE CAN HAVE TWO WEEKS.

WE JUST HIRE HER.

VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.

AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS MORE ROBUST ABOUT HOW DO WE USE THINGS, HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU REQUEST WHEN YOU WANT TO MOVE, SHOULD YOU MOVE, WHO SHOULD YOU BE BUYING? WHAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE? WHAT'S THE LAYOUT? ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF. AND I DID FIND TWO ANALYST POSITIONS UNDER THE DIRECTOR AS WELL THAT SHE'S GOING TO LOOK TO HIRE, RIGHT.

THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND PART OF THAT.

SO I'M HOPING IN THE COMING YEARS THAT THE SPACE MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING SORT OF DEPARTMENT WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE ROBUST AND THEN SERVICE FOR THE COMPANIES.

AND WE ALSO DO ENERGY MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABILITY.

I HAVE A SPECTACULAR ENERGY MANAGER.

HE DOES A GREAT JOB.

HE'S PROBABLY PAID FOR ALL OF US TEN TIMES OVER AND MONEY THAT HE SAVES TO TRY TO KEEP THIS OFF.

AND THEN WE HAVE WE TRY TO EVERYBODY SHUT UP AND EVERYBODY DOES, I HOPE, SUPPORT, SUPPORT, SUSTAINABILITY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO.

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SO WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SERVE BOTH FROM ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY AND WHAT WE DO.

SO HERE'S HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR TEAM.

SO WE HAVE COUNTING ALL THE WAY UP TO AND INCLUDING ME THERE'S 228 ALLOCATIONS.

RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE SORT OF, IF YOU WILL, BOXES ON AN ORG CHART.

THERE ARE 38 VACANCIES WITHIN THAT.

228 SO THERE'S 190 FILLED POSITIONS.

SO I JUST WANT TO REAL QUICKLY WITH WITH THE NEW BUILDINGS COMING ONLINE IS ABOUT 500,000 SQUARE FEET.

WELL, YOU CAN'T JUST ADD THAT WITHOUT ADDING SOME INFRASTRUCTURE.

RIGHT? SO THERE'S 12 POSITIONS THAT WE ADDED THIS F Y INTO THAT 38.

SO IT WAS AROUND 20 SOMETHING BEFORE, RIGHT? SO THOSE 12 WERE HIRING.

SO THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THAT.

IT LOOKED LIKE LAST YEAR BEFORE WE GOT THE 12 POSITIONS, BUT NONETHELESS 20 PLUS POSITIONS.

OUR TOTAL.

AND OF THOSE 3835.

RIGHT. SO 35 OF THE 38 ARE ALL TECHNICIAN POSITIONS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO GO DO THE WORK ORDERS THAT EVERYBODY SO GRACIOUSLY PUTS IN FOR US.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT UPPER LEVEL OR NOTHING.

THESE ARE THESE ARE RIGHTS TURNING PEOPLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUT OF THE 30 TO 35 OF THEM, ONE IS AN INTERIOR DESIGNER.

OUR CURRENT INTERIOR DESIGNERS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR COUPLE OF MANY YEARS, A COUPLE OF DECADES NOW, AND SHE JUST RETIRED AND I'M VERY HAPPY FOR HER.

SO WE HAVE TO HIRE THAT.

AND TWO SPACE PLANNERS THAT I MENTIONED UNDER THE DIRECTOR OF SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN, THOSE ARE THE THREE FROM THE DELTA.

RIGHT. BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT 35 OF THOSE ARE ACTUAL TECHNICIANS, BOOTS ON THE GROUND TYPE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS FROM OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND I DID WANT TO JUST POINT OUT ONE QUICK NOTE.

CUSTODIANS ARE NOT DALLAS COLLEGE EMPLOYEES.

THEY'RE PARTNERS WITH US.

VERY GOOD, VERY CLOSE PARTNERS, BUT THEY DON'T COUNT INTO THOSE NUMBERS.

IF THEY DID, THE 228 WOULD BE MORE LIKE 450.

SO THERE'S 700 OF THEM, NO QUESTION, BECAUSE YOU DID MENTION CUSTODIANS.

DO WE PAY THEM A LIVING WAGE? DO WE REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO PAY THEM A LIVING WAGE? LET ME CHECK ON THAT FOR YOU.

THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT IN THE PAST, BUT I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

AND IF WE DON'T, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON THE BUDGET IF WE DID? I ANSWER, THANK YOU.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT I STARTED WITH LAST YEAR, SCOTT.

I THINK WE WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE OURSELVES HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD TO RAISE THEIR SALARIES AND WE DID DO IT INTERNALLY IMMEDIATELY.

THERE'S NOBODY IN OUR ORGANIZATION UNDER 15 SOMETHING, WHATEVER IT IS.

SO YEAH, SO SCOTT, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON FROM THE ORGANIZATION, ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION, I DIDN'T SEE IT SPIKED OUT IS, IS THE PLANNING TYPES OF THINGS. I MEAN, YOU HAVE FACILITIES PLANNING, MASTER PLANNING.

IS IT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO JUDGE THE EDUCATION PLAN AND INTERPRET WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF FACILITIES? I DIDN'T HEAR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS MENTIONED IN YOUR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITIES.

SO WE'VE HAD DEDICATED STAFF PEOPLE COME BEFORE THIS BOARD IN THE PAST ON PEEPS.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO, QUITE FRANKLY.

BUT HOW DOES THAT WHOLE PLANNING SPACE WORK AND IS THAT OR IS IT DONE SOMEWHERE ELSE OR.

I THINK IT'S MULTIFACETED AND FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD ABOUT THE PHASE TWO OF THE BOND, WHAT THAT MEANS THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND BUILDING A NEW CAMPUS AND WHATEVER THAT TURNS OUT TO BE.

SO AS WE TALK ABOUT P THREE OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER KIND OF PROCUREMENT METHOD OR WHATEVER FACILITIES IS DEFINITELY AT THE TABLE.

I KIND OF I ALWAYS TELL MY TEAM NOTHING HAPPENS AROUND HERE WITHOUT MAKING IT HAPPEN.

THE BUILDING ARE HERE, THE ELECTRICITY, THE BACK.

IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN HERE IF MY TEAM WASN'T TAKING CARE OF THOSE THINGS.

SO AT THAT POINT, I THINK ALL OF THAT STUFF, WE'RE AT THOSE TABLE.

AT THE TABLE. I DON'T I DON'T REALLY DEFINE THOSE THINGS, BUT I CERTAINLY HELP GUIDE FROM A FACILITIES MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT INTO PROCUREMENT METHODS, ETC.

THERE'LL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SOME DISCUSSION, THEY'LL ANSWER PART OF THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR. YES, MA'AM.

SHE HAD HAD HER. GO AHEAD.

OH, AND YOU CAN CHECK ON THIS AT SOME TIME.

I THOUGHT BECAUSE WE THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY PROJECTS, WHATEVER THE WAGE IS DICTATED BY CERTAIN PROFESSIONS OR A LEGAL BASIS FOR USING FEDERAL FUNDS, I WOULD DEFER TO LEGAL COUNSEL TO

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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DAVIS BACON ACT.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTED SERVICES, I DON'T KNOW THE REACH OF THAT FEDERAL REGULATION.

WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS A RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO PAY.

DIDN'T SPEAK A LITTLE WHILE.

I CAN COME ON CLOSER.

I'M SORRY. WITH RESPECT TO OUR EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING TO PAY THOSE EMPLOYEES.

REQUIRED WAGE UNDER THE FEDERAL REGULATION TO THE EXTENT THEY'RE APPLICABLE TO VENDORS, VENDORS OF OURS, WHICH WOULD BE THE CASE WITH WITH CUSTODIAL SERVICES.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

I WILL GET THE ANSWER TO THAT AND LET YOU KNOW.

I ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR CONTRACT PROVIDES VIS A V TO TRUSTEE FLORES'S QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE REQUIRE OUR VENDORS TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES.

THEY ARE NOT OUR EMPLOYEES. THEY ARE THEY ARE EMPLOYEES.

BUT I WILL GET THAT IN FROM THE BOARD.

TYPICALLY, IF YOU'RE A FEDERAL CONTRACTOR, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THE DAVIS-BACON ACT.

WE ARE NOT. AND BUT ROB, ANSWER IF YOU COULD, ROB ANSWERED IT REAL WELL IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING A LIVABLE WAGE.

SO I NEED TO CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT.

WE DO INTERNALLY.

SO, SCOTT, YOU'RE THE DEPUTY CHIEF FACILITIES OFFICER.

SO ARE YOU THE CHIEF FACILITIES OFFICER? THAT'S NO, I'M SERIOUS.

THAT'S ANOTHER TITLE YOU HAVE THAT FALLS.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, SO THIS ONE, YOU HAVE TO DO WELL.

BUT BUT THIS ONE FITS NICELY BECAUSE BOTH ARE CFO.

YEAH, IT DOES. THANK YOU.

OKAY. OUR BUDGET I MENTIONED I WOULD TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S A $54 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET.

THAT'S EVERYTHING.

SALARIES, UTILITIES, THE CUSTODIAL CONTRACTOR WE JUST TALKED ABOUT MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TO TO MAKE THIS PLACE RUN ABOUT $54 MILLION, $25 MILLION IN THE FYP IS TYPICAL THIS YEAR, AS WE ALL KNOW, WITH THE BUDGET OVERAGE, WE GOT ABOUT 10 MILLION.

THIS F Y NOTICE IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL RISE TO SOME LEVEL, MAYBE NOT 25 MILLION NEXT F Y, BUT SOMETHING HIGHER SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN 10 MILLION, 10 MILLION TOTAL OR 10 MILLION ADDITIONAL 10 MILLION TOTAL IN 2023? THIS F Y? YES, MA'AM.

AND I MIGHT SHOW YOU WHAT WHAT THOSE PROJECTS COVERED, AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE ISSUED TAX CUTS, AND PART OF THAT WAS TO DO FUND SOME OF THE CATCH UP WITH AND WE LOADED THEM.

SO WE DIDN'T REALLY NEED AS MUCH.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE SPENT THE 25 MILLION IF WE HAD IT.

AND TISH DID A GOOD JOB OF SAYING, OKAY, WELL, LET'S DO THIS 10 MILLION AND KEEP THESE PROJECTS GOING.

SO AND INSIDE OUR 54 MILLION, THERE'S MAYBE SEVEN, 8 MILLION THAT CAN SORT OF PROJECT MONEY AND JUST TAKES CARE OF US ENTIRELY SO THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THE COLLEGE.

SO BUT WE DID CUT IT BACK TO LAST YEAR.

THAT WAS THE TAX NOTES. SO ON CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION, WE DO MORE I TRY TO I'M TRYING TO MOVE US FROM BEING REACTIVE TO TO PROACTIVE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

I MENTIONED BEFORE REPLACE THE THING BEFORE IT BREAKS.

THAT'S WHERE AND JUST BEFORE IT BREAKS.

WE DON'T WANT TO REPLACE IT PREMATURELY, BUT IT'S WASTEFUL.

SO WE DO THESE BUILDING BLOCKS IN THE SAME SPIRIT, RIGHT? WE WE WANT TO CATCH THINGS BEFORE THEY BECOME WORKFORCE, BEFORE THEY IMPACT THE CLASS.

YOU KNOW, IF I IF I MENTIONED A FLICKERING LIGHT, WELL, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE MATH TEACHER ANYMORE.

YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT FLICKERING LIGHT, RIGHT.

OR THE HOT ROOM OR THE COLD ROOM.

SO WE WE PROACTIVELY WALKED ALL ALL OUR OUR BUILDINGS TRYING TO IDENTIFY THESE THINGS BEFORE THEY EVEN ARE NOTICED, BEFORE THEY BECOME WORKERS.

AND WE RECENTLY ADDED, NOT RECENTLY ADDED, BUT BECOME MORE PROMINENT IN LOOKING FOR ADA ISSUES WE BOUGHT.

THEY LOOK LIKE KIND OF THE OLD SCHOOL FISH WHEN YOU WEIGH A FISH AND THEN YOU HOLD IT UP AND IT PULLS THE WEIGHT.

SO DOOR PRESSURE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADA REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE THAT AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPLIANT ON ON AT LEAST A QUARTERLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE MANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING MET SIDEWALKS, SLOPES, ETC. THOSE THINGS DON'T TYPICALLY MOVE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE CHECK EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS COMPLIANT.

I JUST STARTED THIS A QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION.

I MET WITH THEM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS GREAT.

I REALLY ENJOYED TALKING TO THEM.

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THEY ASKED ME A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND I CAN I ANSWERED THEM AND THEY GAVE ME A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I NEEDED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF REALLY OUR TARGET CUSTOMER STUDENTS. RIGHT? AND IT WAS REALLY INSIGHTFUL.

SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

YEAH, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT SCOTT IS DOING THAT.

AND DR. JOSEPH AND I HAVE MET WITH OUR STUDENT LEADERS.

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, HAVE AROUND FACILITIES OR WHATEVER.

AND SO, I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE ASKED OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO ENGAGE WITH OUR END USERS TO GET THE.

PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT'S WORKING OR WHAT ISSUES OR CHALLENGES THEY SEE.

IT WAS OUTSTANDING. I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN.

WE ALSO. MY TEAM MEETS, I THINK, TWICE A MONTH WITH THE PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP MEETINGS AND THEY TALK ABOUT ALL THE GOINGS ON AND FACILITIES AND HR AND MARKETING AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

RIGHT. AND SO MY TEAM ANCHORS THAT PORTION OF IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMPUS, THE PRESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH REGARD TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEN I ALSO MEET MONTHLY WITH MARKETING TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE ONGOING REBRANDING AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.

BUT I HOPE VERY SOON THAT THIS THIS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.

I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW YOU WANT YOU TO HAVE ACCESS TO TO ME AND TO MY TEAM AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO ASK FOR THINGS AND SO FORTH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO MUCH, MUCH MORE ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION.

SO REAL QUICK. EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE BUILDING BUILDINGS, RIGHT? THERE'S SEVERAL BUILDINGS BEING BUILT.

AND SO IT'S. GOOD QUESTION ON THAT LAST SLIDE.

SO A LOT OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE CHANGED BETWEEN THE ONE COLLEGE MODEL WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FENCE LINE RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES.

NOW, BECAUSE THAT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT I PERCEIVED IN THE BAILIWICK OF PRESIDENTS.

RIGHT. AND BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONSOLIDATED FACILITIES ORGANIZATION NOW.

WE'VE GOT PRESIDENTS WHO ARE DOING INTERIM ROLES THAT MAY NOT BE ON CAMPUS REGULARLY.

WHO OWNS THAT RELATIONSHIP? AND TYPICALLY, THE PRESIDENTS HELPED US WITH THAT A LOT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES TIED INTO THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE'S CHAMBERS OR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS OR STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE STILL RELY ON OUR PRESIDENTS A LOT TO TO HELP WITH THAT INFORMATION.

BUT THAT'S AN AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE THIS DISCUSSION OF HOW DO WE DO THAT, LET ALONE WORKING WITH CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND BEING INVOLVED WITH THEIR PLANS.

AND HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER? THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE SHARED SERVICES.

YOU JUST SAW A PRESENTATION A LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT WE ARE EXCELLENT ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN SHARE SERVICES ON THAT WE ALREADY ARE AND CONTINUE THAT.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY JUST A BUILDING BUILDING BLOCK THAT WE DON'T RELY ON ANY ONE PER SE.

BUT THE CHANCELLOR SEES IT THE PRESIDENCY, AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH HOW DO WE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AS TO WHAT THE PRESIDENTS ARE ENGAGING WITH THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THOSE FENCE LINES.

SO SO IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ASPECT.

ABSOLUTELY. THE PRESIDENTS, I THINK, DO A LOT OF THAT.

AND I TALK TO THEM, ALL OF THEM ROUTINELY.

AND SO WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THE MOSQUITO CITY AGREEMENT OR VISCO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN DR.

SCHULER GOT TO GET THAT OFF THE GROUND AND START IT AND ALL THAT, HE QUICKLY INVOLVED ME AND MY TEAM SO THAT WE CAN HELP ON OUR PART.

SO I LIKE, OH, I'M DR.

EGGLESTON. AND SO I MEET WITH ALL OF THEM AS THEY FORM THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, AND THEN I HELP ANCHOR THE FACILITIES PIECE OF IT.

SO WE WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY I'M NOT GOING TO GO IN DETAIL ON ANY OF THIS, BUT WE'RE BUILDING THESE BUILDINGS, PHASE ONE OF THE BOND, AND THEY'RE ALL COMING ALONG. AND THESE ARE ACTUAL PICTURES.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT BROOKHAVEN, THE EARLY COLLEGE CENTER, CEDAR VALLEY, THE EARLY COLLEGE AND ACADEMIC BUILDING COMING ALONG AS WELL. SOME ARE SOME ARE FURTHER ALONG THAN ARE THERE.

SOME ARE MORE MATURE THAN OTHERS.

BUT SEE VALUABLE STUFF.

SHOP. THIS IS A RENOVATION NOW.

VIEW EARLY COLLEGE CENTER AND I'LL BE NURSING BUILDING I'LL BE WELCOME CENTER THREE BUILDINGS AND IN THE RICHLAND VALLEY COLLEGE CENTER AND SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

SO YEAH, THEY'RE COMING ALONG MOST THERE, MOST ARE COMING ONLINE.

HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR, SOMETIME TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR, END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

OKAY. AND THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENT, I MENTIONED $10 MILLION.

THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION WAS 8 MILLION AND BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF IT WAS A LITTLE BIT REDUCED THIS YEAR WE FOCUSED ON FIRE LIFE SAFETY TYPE EQUIPMENT, OUR TYPE PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE BROOKHAVEN FIRE ALARM.

IT WAS A DESIGN LAST F Y, $0.05 MONEY.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT ENTIRELY.

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THOSE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN BOTH COMFORT AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT DESIGN.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN NOT NOT DO, BUT DESIGN WE'LL DO NEXT YEAR TO REPLACE AND INSTALL MORE FIRE SPRINKLERS IN CEDAR VALLEY.

WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN THE NEW POWER CENTRAL.

THEY TELL ME, TOM, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING THING IN NORTH LAKE, BASICALLY, THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE CAMPUS RUNS THROUGH THIS TUNNEL, ALL THE I.T.

AND POWER AND EVERYTHING FOR THIS, AND OVER TIME NEEDS A LITTLE HELP, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME RENOVATIONS FOR THAT TUNNEL.

REBRANDING IS ONGOING.

EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE REBRANDED OR LOOKED AT.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.

MAJOR SIGNS, MARQUEE SIGNS, BUILDING SIGNS, SOME INTERIOR THINGS, FLOORS.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE EL CENTRO, YOU'D BE GOING TO OVER TIME TO.

IT USED TO SAY CENTRAL COLLEGE DOESN'T SAY THAT ANYMORE, OR THE SERVICE CENTER THAT'S GONE.

SO WE'RE WE'RE CONTINUING THOSE THINGS.

AND THEN ALSO THE EVER PRESENT RENOVATIONS AND MOVES AND FURNITURE AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.

WE BUILD THAT IN EVERY YEAR.

AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE ROOFS BECAME SORT OF AN EMERGING NEED IN EL CENTRO WORKING WITH TISHA, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THIS YEAR SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO THAT'S THE TOTAL ELEMENTARY.

IF I COULD JUST COUNT THIS, THIS WOULD WORK.

WATER MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A COLLEGE WIDE WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

IT'S CALLED TMA.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THE ENTIRE.

SO WHEN YOU GO PUT IN A WORK ORDER, YOU'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING SOMETHING INTO THAT SYSTEM THAT GOES TO MY HEALTH, TO THE HELP DESK AT THE SERVICE CENTER.

SO AS WE HAVE IT'S ABOUT, I'D SAY, 6 TO 8 MONTHS WORTH OF GOOD DATA.

AND SO FAR SO IT'S VERY ROBUST, IT DOES VERY GOOD REPORTING AND IT HELPS ME GAUGE THE HEALTH OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

HOW ARE WE TAKING CARE OF CUSTOMERS? RIGHT. SO THREE SORT OF PRIMARY THINGS THAT I LOOK AT IS BACKLOG OF WORK ORDERS, WHICH AFFECTS OUR RESPONSE TIME AND THEN CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION. THOSE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I LOOK AT VERY CLOSELY.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE THREE OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN SO GREAT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AT LEAST BY MY STANDARD, WHAT I WANT TO PROVIDE TO THE COLLEGE.

SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THOSE A LOT AND HOW DO WE FIX THEM.

SO IN THE SPIRIT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, I MADE SURE THAT THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY AT EVERY LEVEL, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TECHNICIAN, THE TECH, THE TECHNICIAN, ONE LEVEL.

MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS AND WHY WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS.

YOU HAVE CERTAIN WORK ORDERS YOU NEED TO DO EVERY DAY, AND IF YOU DON'T DO THOSE WELL, THEN THERE'S THERE'S OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU OUT, RIGHT? SO TO GET YOU TO DO THOSE WORK ORDERS, INFORMATION, I MENTIONED THE TMA PROGRAM.

IT'S IT'S REALLY GEARED WITH THE DASHBOARD AND REPORTING.

BUT AGAIN, WE'VE ONLY BECOME THE DATA IS ONLY BECOME MATURE AS A WAY TO REALLY GET A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE WERE LEARNING HOW TO USE IT.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD WE STARTED USING WORKDAY MONDAY AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO KIND OF BAKE THAT IN, RIGHT? SAME THING WHEN WE STOOD UP OUR WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO CLEAR SOME OF OUR BACKLOG.

VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM.

THEY WORKED OVER A WINTER BREAK DURING CHRISTMAS.

THEY WORK NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS.

THEY THEY WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO TAKE CARE OF DALLAS COLLEGE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM FOR DOING THAT COMMUNICATION WE DIALED IN TODAY.

THERE WILL BE AUTOMATED THINGS WHEN WE MOVE THE WORK ORDER FROM WORK IN PROGRESS TO PARTS ON ORDER.

I NEED THE CUSTOMER TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING THERE WAITING ON THIS AND YOU DON'T KNOW THE PARTS TIME ORDER, YOU GET UPSET WITH US.

YOU THINK WE'RE DOING NOTHING RIGHT? SO WHEN WE MOVE IN AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO WHEN WE MOVED FROM WORK IN PROGRESS TO PARKS AND ORDER, NOW IT GENERATES AN EMAIL TO THE REQUESTER.

THAT'S KEY. SO IF YOU ASK SOMEBODY ELSE TO PUT IN THE WORK ORDER FOR YOU, YOU WON'T GET THAT.

YOU PUT IN THE WORK ORDER WHEN YOU WHEN IT MOVES AROUND THROUGH THE LIFECYCLE.

I MEAN, YOU SHOULD GET 4 TO 5 EMAILS.

TONY, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND ALL THAT SUMS UP TO ABOUT A 2 TO 3 DAY KEYWORD AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME FOR WORDS TEAM WORKHORSE.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU PUT IN A ROUTINE WORK ORDER REQUEST WITHIN 2 TO 3 DAYS, SOMEBODY SHOULD SHOW UP READY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEM.

I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT IT COULD BE FOR OUR RESPONSE TIME OR IT COULD BE A FIVE MINUTE RESPONSE TIME.

SO ON AVERAGE, IT'S ABOUT 2 TO 3 DAYS.

AND I WOULD LIKE THAT AVERAGE TO COME DOWN TO RIGHT ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF TO TWO DAYS.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO WANT IT EVEN MORE AND ONCE WE MEET THAT GOAL.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF A LOOK AT HOW I LOOK AT THINGS AND HOW I CAN, I GUESS, THE HEALTH OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING SLIDE.

SO THE FIRST NUMBER IS PER MONTH.

THE SECOND NUMBER IS PER YEAR.

TOTAL WORK ORDERS PER YEAR, 47,525 MORE REQUESTS.

AND IF I BREAK THAT DOWN, 21,000 OR SO IS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

SO THOSE THINGS THAT WE PROGRAMED INTO THE SYSTEM THAT AUTO GENERATE TO TELL US TO GO DO SOMETHING, CHANGE FILTERS, CLEAN COILS, BUILDING LOCKS,

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RIGHT. THOSE ARE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THAT'S ACTUALLY A BOARD KPI THAT WE SPEND 80% OF OUR TIME ON PREVENTATIVE WORK ORDERS VERSUS REACTIVE WORK ORDERS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE ACTUAL DIRECT WORK ORDERS GO DOWN.

SO SPEAKING OF REACTIVE WORK ORDERS, YOU CAN SEE THE 26 26,353.

THOSE ARE CUSTOMER GENERATED WORK ORDERS.

OUR CUSTOMERS PUT THOSE IN AND ASK US TO.

SO AS WE GET BETTER ON OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS, THE 21,000, WE SHOULD SEE THE 26,000 OVER TIME GO DOWN.

SO AS WE MAINTAIN THINGS BETTER AND BETTER, DO BUILDING LOTS, ETC., I ALSO SEE THE REACTIVE WORK ORDERS GO DOWN.

AND THEN INSIDE THE REACTIVE WORK ORDERS, ABOUT 21,000 FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE, JUST ROOF LEAKS AND FAUCET LEAKS AND WHATEVER, WHITEBOARDS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

2800 KEYS AND ACCESS CARD REQUESTS.

AGAIN, THESE ARE AND THAT'S TOUGH TOO, BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE ARE PART OF THAT.

AND WE DO SOME OF IT.

WE MANAGE ALL THAT BEHIND THE SCENES.

RIGHT. AND THEN ABOUT 2500 EVENTS.

SO EVERY TIME THERE'S AN EVENT, IT'S 9:00 AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING, OR ON A SATURDAY OR WHATEVER DAY IT'S ON.

WE SET BACK IN A VERY ENERGY EFFICIENT MANNER, ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. SO DURING DUTY HOURS OR SCHOOL HOURS.

RIGHT. WE TAKE CARE OF KEEPING COOL.

BUT IF WE SET IT BACK WHEN NOBODY'S IN THE BUILDING, THAT'S THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO.

BUT IF THERE'S AN EVENT THAT HAS TO BE SCHEDULED, WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT VIA A WORK ORDER AND WE'LL TURN ON THE HEATER AIR FOR THAT EVENT.

ALSO SET UP AND TEAR DOWN FROM OUR CUSTODIANS, TABLES, CHAIRS, ETC..

THIS IS ABOUT 2400 OF THOSE PER YEAR AS WELL.

WHAT SOFTWARE DO YOU USE TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE MANAGING THE WORK ORDER AND TRACKING AND KNOWING HOW MANY WE'RE TAKING CARE OF, HOW MANY WERE RECEIVED, ETC., ETC.? RIGHT. IT'S OUR WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

IT'S CALLED TMA, AND I THINK IT STOOD FOR THE MAINTENANCE AUTHORITY AND THAT WAS A PRETTY BOLD TITLE.

AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST SAY TEAM.

BUT IT'S A TMA AND WHEN YOU GO PUT IN OUR WORK ORDER REQUEST, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN IT, THAT'S THE TMA INTERFACE.

SO BEHIND THE SCENES IS A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT OUR HELPDESK AS SEVERAL PEOPLE LOOKING AT IT, BUT IT'S CALLED THE TEAM.

IT'S A VERY ROBUST WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

IT'S ACTUALLY MIXED INTO HIGHER EDUCATION AS WELL.

IT'S KIND OF BUILT FOR THAT AND ONLY ABOUT A YEAR OLD AND PROBABLY THAT'S NOT REAL.

THAT'S WHY I SAID I'VE GOT 6 TO 8 MONTHS OF GOOD DATA BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT.

SO REAL QUICK.

I HEAR THIS A LOT.

HOW DO I DO THIS? HOW DO I DO THAT? AND I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AS AN INSTITUTION OF HOW TO DO THIS.

BUT JUST REAL QUICK, THIS PHONE NUMBER IS WHAT I'VE PUSHED OUT TO THE POLICE, ETC., BECAUSE OR ANYBODY WHO CAN'T SUBMIT A WORK ORDER, YOU CAN CALL THIS NUMBER DURING THE DAY, DURING WHAT I CALL SORT OF DUTY HOURS.

AND HE'LL GO TO MY TEAM. SOMEBODY WILL ANSWER THAT PHONE AFTER HOURS.

WE HAVE AN ANSWERING SERVICE WHO IS PRETTY SEAMLESS AND WOULDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT IT'S AN OUTSIDE AGENCY.

THEY'LL ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS, WHERE ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? AND THEN THEY HAVE A WHOLE HIERARCHY OF PEOPLE TO CALL.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, I AM AT THE END OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE CALLS, AND I GUARANTEE YOU I WILL ANSWER THE PHONE IF THEY GET THROUGH TO THE OTHER EIGHT PEOPLE. SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO ANSWER THAT CALL, EVEN IF IT'S ME.

RIGHT. AND THEN I'LL HELP GET OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED, LIKE SOMEBODY WILL ANSWER IT.

ALSO, THERE'S THE EMAIL FOR THE HELP DESK THAT GOES TO 20 PEOPLE THAT MONITOR IT.

AND THEN REAL QUICK, I THINK WE CAN CLICK THE HYPERLINKS.

SO CLICK. SO AND THIS IS ON THE EMPLOYEE TOOLS.

AND IF YOU GO TO THEIR IDS, IT'S GOT A BIG ON THE ON THE SHAREPOINT HERO IT'S THE FACILITIES HELPED THE FACILITY SUBMIT A WORK ORDER IS THERE AS WELL. WE CAN GET INTO THAT.

I'LL SHOW YOU. RIGHT.

SO THIS IS THIS IS THE FACILITIES AND SHAREPOINT DAYS.

BUT IF YOU GO TO LIKE EMPLOYEE TOOLS AND RESOURCES, GO ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP THINGS.

YEAH. SO WHEN YOU COME HERE YOU CAN SEE THESE SQUARES WORK ORDER REQUEST RIGHT THERE.

YOU CLICK THAT AND THEN IT GOES TO THIS TMA INTERFACE, RIGHT CLICK THE BLUE BUTTON.

SO RIGHT HERE IS WHERE PEOPLE GO AND SUBMIT A WORK ORDER.

SO THEY IF IT LOADS AND YOU THROW OUT THOSE DROPDOWN MENUS AND FILL THIS OUT AND GETS IT, THAT'S HOW YOU TELL US THAT YOU NEED SOMETHING, RIGHT.

GO BACK TO THE, TO THE BACK ONE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLICK AROUND.

BUT THERE'S A USE.

THERE'S WHERE YOU ASK FOR A KEY CARD OR ACCESS CARD, OUR KEY OR ACCESS CARD AND THEN THE EVENT, IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP, THIS IS HOW YOU TELL US THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN

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WE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU.

AND THEN WHAT IS THE EMAIL? I CAN'T SEE IT. MAIL SERVICES, RIGHT.

SO IF YOU HAVE PACKAGES, YOU NEED TO YOU NEED TO MOVE BOXES FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS OR BIG STUFF OR SEND A PACKAGE, ETC.

YOU CLICK THAT AND THAT'S HOW YOU PUT IN THAT REQUEST.

SO THAT'S OUR INTERFACE.

AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ANYBODY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHO'S DOING WHAT.

JUST DO THAT AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT ON THE BACK END.

SO YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDES, PLEASE.

NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S A GOOD WOW.

YES OR NO QUESTION.

JUST A BIG THANK YOU FOR SCOTT AND YOUR TEAM.

I LIVE IN ONE OF YOUR FACILITIES AND SEE YOUR FOLKS EVERY DAY.

AND VICKI WAS THERE OVER THE ICE STORM FOR ONE PERSON.

MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON, DIANE, DIDN'T FOLLOW ANYTHING.

AND SO BUT THAT'S THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL.

YOU GUYS TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF US, NOT ONLY ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS LIKE THAT, BUT JUST OVERALL MAINTENANCE.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR WHAT YOU DO.

VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM. THAT'S GREAT.

THE OTHER QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM. I HAVE A FEW ON THE WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

IS ALL OF THAT WORK PERFORMED IN-HOUSE? THE NUMBERS THAT I SHOWED YOU, THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT IS THE ONLY PART THAT IS NOT PERFORMED BY DALLAS COLLEGE EMPLOYEES IS WHAT THE CUSTODIANS DO FOR EVENT SET UPS.

DALLAS PARKS. DALLAS COUNTY PARTNERS ARE HERE EVERY DAY.

SO IF YOU INCLUDE THEM, THEN YES, A LARGE PART OF THAT IS DONE WHERE WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING, WE DON'T HAVE EQUIPMENT OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

THERE ARE SOME CONTRACTS AND SERVICES THAT WE HAVE HELPED WITH.

EXPECT COMPANIES LIKE THE CEDAR VALLEY, THE POWER ISSUE GOING ON.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING MY TEAM CAN.

WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO WE CONTRACT WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.

YOU HAVE A PROCESS SET UP WHERE ANYONE IS BEING CONTRACTED OUT, BUT YOU ENSURE THAT A DIVERSE SELECTION OF COMPANIES ARE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE FOR THAT WORK.

WE DID, AND I CARE ABOUT THAT A WHOLE LOT.

AND I BRIEFED IT IN HERE AND AND I PARTNERED A LOT WITH THE RCA, THE RCA AND THE RBC, THE ORIGINAL BLACK CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION. WELL, I'M MR. JOHN PROCTOR, SO I TALKED TO THEM.

I TALKED TO JOHN MARTINEZ ON THE REGIONAL.

I SPOKE TO THEM A LOT ABOUT NEW VENDORS AND THIS SORT OF THING.

AND WE ALSO HAVE AN IN-HOUSE, DIVERSE SUPPLIER AS PART OF THE UNDER MARISOL.

HER NAME'S JEANETTE. WE WORK WITH HER VERY CLOSELY.

I GO TO HER AND SAY, HEY, I NEED THIS SERVICE OR WHATEVER, AND SHE GOES AND TRIES TO FIND OUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT A MINORITY BUSINESS PATIENT, WHICH MAKES ME WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING WORTHWHILE OR VALUABLE TO LEARN IMMIGRATION GOING ON THERE.

DO YOU STILL HAVE THE ARCHITECT ENGINEER PRESELECTION PRE-QUALIFICATION? WE DO. WELL, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING OF BECAUSE IT CHANGED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WE DO HAVE WHAT WE CALL A POOL, RIGHT? SO WORKING THROUGH PURCHASING AND DISCUSSING, WE PUT OUT A SOLICITATION FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS SERVICES AND ALL OF THAT WAS SCORED. THERE WERE THERE WERE DIVERSITY COMPONENTS OF THE SCORING.

AND WE WE SELECTED THE NOT READ WELL WE THE COMMITTEE I WASN'T ON IT, BUT THE COMMITTEE SELECTED PEOPLE.

THEY SELECTED A POOL OF ARCHITECTS.

AND I TELL YOU, IT'S SIX ARCHITECTS.

IT USED TO BE LIKE 150, 200, WHICH DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ANYBODY ON THIS COMMITTEE.

NO. THE POOL THAT WE FORMED AS A RESULT OF THE COMMITTEE SELECTED SIX ARCHITECTS FOR US TO PULL FROM TO USE.

SO THERE'S SIX ARCHITECTS AND THEN A HOST OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND THAT KIND OF.

SO THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE JOBS THAT NEED TO BE DONE ON A RAPID BASIS, WE MAY GO OUT AND SOLICIT, ESPECIALLY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE JOB, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT 10 MILLION, $20 MILLION JOB.

WE'RE NOT CALLING THE ARCHITECTS OFF THAT LIST, BUT WHEN WE NEED SOMETHING DONE ON A QUICK BASIS, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THESE POOLS IS WHEN WE'VE GOT I HATE TO CALL IT SMALLER JOBS, BUT WHEN WE'VE GOT TO REACT FAST BECAUSE OF CERTAIN THINGS.

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AND WE CAN'T GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS THAT TAKES EIGHT WEEKS TO GET ALL THAT DONE.

SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH PURCHASING OVER THE YEARS AND QUITE FRANKLY HAVE MADE SURE WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, ARE MAKING SURE DIVERSE SUPPLIERS ARE IN THAT LIST.

SCOTT HAS SHOWN BEFORE, I THINK IN YOUR LAST PRESENTATION HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WERE USING NOT ONLY ON BOND PROJECTS BUT IN THE FIP PROJECT ON WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE WITH THE DIVERSE SUPPLIER LIST.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP WE CAN ADD AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK.

WE'RE NOT FINISHING. WE'VE GOT TO KEEP BUILDING THAT LIST.

IT'S CONSTANT.

WE HAVE NEW. PEOPLE ALL THE TIME STARTED BUSINESSES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO STILL HAVE THE PROBLEMS WHERE IF IT'S A BUSINESS THAT THEY SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST AND REQUEST TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE TOWN.

YOU DON'T DO THAT? NO, MA'AM.

SO SO THIS PROCESS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED, SO WE WORKING THROUGH PROCUREMENT, WE PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND WENT TO EVERYBODY. AND, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THOUSANDS OF TIMES.

AND THEY ALL SUBMITTED BASED ON THAT THEIR PROPOSALS THAT THE COMMITTEE SCORING COMMITTEE SAW ALL THOSE PROPOSALS, SCORED THEM ALL ACCORDINGLY.

AND THEN WE DEFINED A POOL OF OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT, BASED ON THE SCORING, GOT INTO OUR POOL.

SO THE LIFE OF THAT OF THE LEAD IS THREE YEARS.

SO FOR THREE YEARS, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO SELECT FOR THOSE TYPE SERVICES WHO MADE IT INTO THE POOL.

SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE OWNERS, FOR INSTANCE, I'M NEW IN TOWN, I'M AN ENGINEER AND I.

HE'S DECIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE ABOUT BUSINESS WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT I'VE GOT TO WAIT UNTIL YOU ALL ISSUE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS BEFORE THAT OPPORTUNITY EVEN PRESENTS ITSELF? RIGHT. SO YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED TO TWO ANSWERS, BUT FOUR, TO GET INTO OUR POOL FOR THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS THERE, JOHN TALKED ABOUT.

THAT'S CORRECT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT RE ISSUES.

HOWEVER, BIGGER TYPE PROJECTS LIKE THE BOND AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, WE DON'T USE THE POOL.

WE PUT THAT OUT THAT ANYBODY CAN BID ON.

BUT THE POOL OF PEOPLE, THE POOL OF WHAT WE HAVE THAT WE PULL FROM POOL, THAT THAT IS THE LIFE.

I THINK IT'S THREE YEARS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT GOES BACK OUT FROM THE DAY TO DAY, KIND OF SOME OF THE BIGGER STUFF WE PUT OUT TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE SOMETHING WRONG. THAT PICTURE TO ME NOW.

PAGE SIX, WHERE YOU LIST.

THE MAKEUP, THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE DEPARTMENT.

YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 190 FIELD POSITIONS OUT OF 222 IN 2020.

SO. I LOOK AT THIS 84% MALE, 16% FEMALE, 39% HISPANIC, 37%.

CAUCASIAN, 18% AFRICAN AMERICAN, ASIAN, NATIVE AMERICAN.

BUT THOSE LAST FOUR GROUPS ARE VERY UNDERREPRESENTED.

EVEN THE FEMALES ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN MY HEAD.

DO YOU HAVE A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE DIVERSITY OF THIS DEPARTMENT? RIGHT. SO I GUESS WHEN I WALK BACK IN THAT DOOR AND YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, BUT YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT YOU SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT YOU RATHER HAVE HALF FULL TIME EMPLOYEES RATHER THAN CONTRACTED.

WERE YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING SERVICES OR.

NO, MA'AM. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AT.

TODAY I WALKED IN THE DOOR AND YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DIDN'T HEAR. TODAY WE HAVE SOME PEST CONTROL.

WE MOVE SOME SERVICES IN-HOUSE.

LANDSCAPING. AH, I'M SORRY.

BROWN WAS ONE OF THOSE.

BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR BID TWO YEARS AGO, THE PRICES CAME BACK QUADRUPLE AND IT WAS GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY BETTER FOR US TO DO THOSE IN-HOUSE.

SO WE MOVED ON PEST CONTROL.

WE'VE MOVED THE LANDSCAPING IN THE HOUSE OF DOING IT WITH OUR CREW, AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE DALLAS COLLEGE EMPLOYEES PERFORMING THESE SERVICES THAN A PERPETUAL CONTRACT.

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I HEARD. I'M SORRY.

OH, WHATEVER. BUT SO I WAS ASKING YOU, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? ARE YOU LOOKING AT A PLAN OR DO YOU CONSIDER IT TO MORE? HOW CAN I PUT THIS? HOW CAN YOU DIVERSIFY THIS DEPARTMENT SOME MORE WHERE EACH COMMUNITY AND ETHNICITY ARE MORE EQUALLY REPRESENTED? RIGHT.

SO WITH 38 VACANCIES, THAT'S A LOT.

AND I KIND OF BELABOR THE POINT THAT THEY'RE TECHNICIANS.

SO IT'S VERY IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL THAT THOSE ARE EMPTY.

RIGHT. SO IF YOU APPLY FOR ONE OF THESE POSITIONS AND YOU ARE QUALIFIED, WE'RE GOING TO HIRE YOU.

WITH THAT MANY VACANCIES, WE'RE NOT BEING SELECTIVE.

IF YOU COME IN AND YOU APPLY AND YOU'RE QUALIFIED, YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIRED.

RIGHT. AND THE FEMALE PART OF IT, INTERESTINGLY, BECAUSE WE LOOK BACK AT THIS, EVERY FEMALE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT'S APPLIED TO OUR DEPARTMENT WHO HAS BEEN QUALIFIED, WE HIRED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

AND I CAN SAY THAT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO WE'RE HIRING ANYBODY WHO'S QUALIFIED.

I KNOW FEMALES ARE MORE HEAVILY REPRESENTED IN THESE CONSTRUCTION TRADES.

AND HOW WOULD YOU PUT FACILITIES? FACILITIES MANAGEMENT. WELL, NOT FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, BUT IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AREAS.

YOU KNOW, WOMEN OUT THERE ABOUT LADDERS, PUT NAILS IN AND SO FORTH WHERE THERE'S A LARGER SELECTION TO CHOOSE FROM.

AND HAVE YOU DO YOU DO ANY WORK WITH ANY OF THE.

UNIONS AND TRADE ORGANIZATIONS TO RECRUIT PEOPLE FOR THE JOBS.

I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE A CLIENT? I DON'T I DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH UNIONS.

RIGHT. BUT BUT I DO I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE REGIONAL CONTRACTORS AND THE REGIONAL HISPANIC CONTRACTORS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I NEED PEOPLE TO FILL THESE 38 VACANCIES AS IT'S HURTING.

SO I, I WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHETHER IT'S A FEMALE OR I'M JUST LOOKING FOR ANYBODY TO APPLY WHO'S QUALIFIED RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HIRE THEM.

RIGHT. SO AND EVERY FEMALE WHO'S COME TO US AND APPLY THAT'S QUALIFIED, WE HIRE.

AND MATTER OF FACT, ANYBODY THAT IS QUALIFIED, WE HIRE.

DO YOU ALL MAKE ANY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS? I DON'T BET. BUT I THINK I THINK OUR HR TEAM DOES THAT.

SO IF YOU NEED TO RECRUIT FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS, YOU'RE LEAVING IT UP TO H.R.

TO GO MARKET INVESTMENTS AND SO FORTH.

AND DO YOU CHECK WITH THEM PERIODICALLY TO SEE WHAT ARE IF THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF SITTING THERE, PUT SOMETHING UP ON THE WEBSITE, I WOULD SAY DAILY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES I REALLY NEED TO GET THEM FILLED, RIGHT? SO I FEEL LIKE WE AS DALLAS COWBOYS ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING DIVERSE, GOOD, QUALIFIED TALENT TO THE COLLEGE.

HOW DOES THE THE THE YOU MENTIONED MARATHON, HOW DO THEY FIT INTO YOUR DEPARTMENT AND MISSION? WHAT DO YOU DO? SO WE DID TWO RECRUITMENT EFFORTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS FOR HISPANIC AND BLACK EXCELLENCE, AND WE TOOK THE HR TEAM THERE TO REPRESENT DALLAS COLLEGE AND TO SHARE THE JOBS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW TO APPLY EXCELLENCE. SO BLACK EXCELLENCE IS AN ORGANIZATION FOR DALLAS, AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY BRING STUDENTS INTO STUDENTS AND ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO A DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

AND I CAN SEND YOU AN EMAIL NOW.

I'M NOT MEAN LADY, OKAY? I JUST LIKE TO DEAL WITH STUFF THAT MAKES SENSE AND EVERYBODY'S GETTING PAID A FAIR WAGE AROUND HERE.

YEAH, MAYBE GET PLAN AND ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY STUFF.

SOMETIMES THAT TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT MAKE UP FOR USING A LITTLE SHOE LEATHER AND PICKING UP A PHONE TO CALL AND HAVE A CONVERSATION TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP TO GET SOME RESULTS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AND I TELL YOU THE SAME THING I TOLD KAREN AND GIRL, I COME TO THESE MEETINGS EVERY MONTH

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AND TO ME, WE'RE NOT GETTING A RETURN ON MY MONEY.

WE'RE NOT SHOWING ANY TANGIBLE RESULTS.

I WAS STUNNED WITH THESE POWERPOINT.

THEY LOOKED REAL PRETTY, BUT I COULD READ NUMBERS AND CHARTS TOO.

AND I KNOW WHEN I'M BEING FED A BUNCH OF CRAP, LET'S START DOING SOME STUFF THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND ALL THESE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

I LIKE TO SEE THEM CHANGE SOMETIMES WHERE IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME FORWARD PROGRESS THAT IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? I THINK THAT'S COMPLETELY FAIR.

AND AS I SAID EARLIER IN THE CONVERSATION WITH WITH KAREN AND TEAM, WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN WITH THE NUMBERS, WITH THE ISSUES, WITH THE CHALLENGES AND WHAT OUR SOLUTIONS ARE TO ADDRESS THOSE.

NOW, AS IT RELATES TO OUR MINORITY RECRUITING EFFORT, WE HAVE WORK TO DO WITHIN HR AND WE'VE HAD SOME DIALOG AND CONVERSATION AROUND THAT THAT AS WE AS WE BRING IN OUR NEW HR LEAD, WE'VE GOT TO DO WE'VE GOT TO DO ALL WE CAN TO RECRUIT GOOD, TALENTED PEOPLE OF ALL PERSUASIONS OF ALL AGES. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT.

BUT AGAIN, THE SLIDES, THE DATA IS THAT WE'RE WE'RE SHOWING TODAY IS TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WHAT WHAT THE GAPS ARE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

OKAY. WE'VE GOT TO GET TO MOVE ON.

YOU GOT A QUESTION? OKAY.

SO CERTAINLY IN SOME AREAS IT'S AN ISSUE, RIGHT? CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN WE PUT UP WHAT OUR WORKFORCE LOOKS LIKE.

COUNCIL PUT UP THE DALLAS COUNTY NUMBERS TO HELP US TRACK, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF FROM MEMORY.

I WOULD WHERE ARE WE IN THE ACTUAL NUMBERS BECAUSE TO ME I THINK THIS IS PRETTY REPRESENTATIVE BUT FROM AN.

I REMEMBER WELL, MY MEMORY MIGHT NOT BE AS ACCURATE, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF OUR DALLAS COUNTY DEMOGRAPHY.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IN ALL AREAS WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE, RIGHT OK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALONG INTO THE NEXT SEGMENT.

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WE'RE GETTING READY BECAUSE AS WE PUT ON, IF WE BUILT THE BUILDINGS WE'VE BEEN PLANNING ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU WOULD HAVE NEEDED MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

SO THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THE REASON THERE'S A NUMBER OF VACANCIES AS WELL.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO GET SOMEBODY, THIS GUY SAID IF THEY SHOW UP TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE BUILDING IS NOT READY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM.

SO BUT THAT'S KIND OF WE'RE NOT NOT DOING SOME JOBS BECAUSE THE VACANCIES ARE THERE.

OKAY. JESSICA.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

AFTERNOON. WE ARE GIVING YOUR TWO MORNING.

MORNING BUNCH ISH ISH.

SORRY. 2023 SPRING BUDGET REVIEW.

AND THIS IS.

OKAY, WE START OFF BY JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SET FOR THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ROLE UNDER THE OFFICE OF FINANCE.

AGAIN, HERE WE HAVE THIS LISTING OF ALL THE TERMS THAT ROLL UNDER.

I REMEMBER LAST MONTH TRUSTEE COMPTON HAD ASKED FOR A REFRESHER ABOUT WHERE TREASURY BELONGED.

SO THIS AGAIN, IS JUST A VISUAL OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

THIS ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE HERE, LED BY JOHN AND I, THEY ADMINISTER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS A $750 MILLION BUDGET, ALL FUNDS. ALL RIGHT.

AND NOW WITH OUR BONDS PRESENT, WE'RE AT ABOUT $1.1 BILLION.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY MANAGE IN CASH AND ASSETS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AGAIN, THEY'RE DEALING WITH BUDGET.

THEY HAVE AUDIT. YOU KNOW, OUR TREASURY GROUP DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB MONITORING OUR CASH FLOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY HOLD ON THINGS.

AND THEN ALSO BEFORE WE HAD THE BOND DOLLARS, THEY ADMINISTERED THE CASH THAT WE HAD ON HAND IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE ALL THOSE PAYMENTS AND THE FINANCING OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE DID.

AND THEY DID SO WITHOUT ADVERSELY AFFECTING OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO, WHICH IS ABOUT 475 MILLION THAT WE HAVE IN THE MARKET AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME.

SO THAT'S A GREAT FEAT FOR THEM.

OUR OUR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE AN EXTENSION OF THEIR THE OFFICE OF FINANCE SIDE OF STUDENT SERVICES FOR FOR FINANCIAL

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SO YOU ALL MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT A LITTLE PROJECT WE HAD GOING ON CALLED WORKDAY.

OFFICE OF FINANCE AND H.R.

WERE THE FIRST SYSTEMS TO COME ONLINE WITH THAT.

WE WENT LIVE ON MONDAY.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE FINANCE TEAM.

IF YOU ALL COULD STAND BECAUSE THIS WAS A HUGE, HUGE FEAT THAT THEY DID.

THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND THIS IS JUST REPRESENTATIVE.

THESE ARE JUST OUR LEADS.

THEY HAVE TEAMS THAT WENT ALONG.

SO I WANT TO LOOK INTO THE CAMERA AND SAY TO ALL OF YOU, ALL STILL SITTING AT YOUR DESK WATCHING YOU.

WE THANK YOU TO.

THEM. AND I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THEY HAVE DONE THEIR REGULAR WORK ON TOP OF PUTTING IN THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE DEDICATION TO GETTING THIS SYSTEM UP AND GOING WORKING.

YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP AND NOT JUST, OH, WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE WE'RE ASSIGNED TO DO, BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS RIGHT.

SO, YOU KNOW, JIM AND HIS TEAM, THEY GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS WERE RIGHT, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE PUT IN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS EFFICIENT AS AS AS IT COULD BE AND THAT WE COULD UTILIZE IT TO THE BEST OF ITS ABILITY.

SO I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MINUTE.

IF YOU ALL COULD JUST SAY YOUR NAME DEPARTMENT AND HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH DALLAS COLLEGE IN PARTICULAR.

DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.

I'VE BEEN WITH DALLAS COLLEGE FOR FIVE YEARS.

CHARLESTON ASSOCIATE CHIEF OF PROCUREMENT AND I'VE BEEN WITH DALLAS COLLEGE FIVE YEARS.

MARIA GARZA, SENIOR DIRECTOR, PURCHASING SERVICES.

20 YEARS. KEISHA FARRINGTON SENIOR DIRECTOR, BUDGET PLANNING AND COORDINATION.

13 YEARS.

JOHN HOPPER I'M SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TREASURY AND ANALYSIS AND BEEN HERE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.

EDWARD MARENGO, DIRECTOR OF.

SERVICES HAVE.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER.

JUST TALKING ABOUT HER FOR 25 YEARS.

I GUESS I'M THINKING DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND GRANTS ACCOUNT I'VE HAD HERE 23 YEARS.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOSTON.

FIVE YEARS HERE, THE SERVICES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING CONSIDERATE AND HAVING THE STAFF HERE THAT TAKEN ON THE MAJOR PIECES OF THIS GARGANTUAN WORK SO THAT WE CAN KNOW, PUT FACES AND THINK MAYBE IT'S ONLY TWO OR THREE WHEN IT'S NOT.

IT'S A LARGE TEAM.

AND AS YOU SAID, THEN THEY HAVE OTHERS BEHIND THEM.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR GOOD THINKING.

SO WHERE THAT LEADS US NOW AS WE'VE GONE LIVE, BUT NOW WE HAVE ALL NEW EVERYTHING AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR FEET IN TWO SYSTEMS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE CONNOLLY GOING AND THEN WE HAVE WORKDAY. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO LEARN EVERYTHING THAT THEY PUT IN PLACE.

AND SO NOW WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A VERY TECHNICAL TERM.

YOU'RE ONLY HERE IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCE AND THAT'S WHOOPS.

SO NOW ALL THE THINGS THEY DESIGNED, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MAKING SURE THAT IT WORKS.

THEY'RE REALIZING WHAT BUGS WE HAVE, AND THEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM TO FINE TUNE THOSE THINGS AND GET THEM WORKING THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING. SO WE JUST ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS AND WE GET AND WE ALL GET UP TO SPEED.

SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE HAD GOING ON IN OUR SPARE TIME WAS THE BOND SALE.

WE WERE ABLE TO SELL ALL OF OUR BONDS.

IN DECEMBER, WE OFFERED $337 MILLION WORTH OF BONDS, AND WE WERE FOUR TIMES OVERSUBSCRIBED.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT WE HAD ORDERS FOR $1,000,000,000 WORTH OF BONDS, WHICH JUST SPEAKS TO US BEING A SOLID ISSUER, A GOOD CREDIT RISK THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO INVEST IN US AND GET THESE BONDS.

SO WE DID TALK ABOUT OUR VALUE OF OUR TRIPLE-A RATING BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT OUR CREDIT RATING.

SO THE VALUE OF OUR TRIPLE-A RATING, WE DO HAVE A ACTUAL NUMBER FOR YOU AS TO WHAT THAT IMPACT WAS DURING THIS BOND SALE, AND THAT WAS ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 580,000 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS BECAUSE OF THAT CREDIT RATING.

THEY ANTICIPATED US HAVING AN OVER 4% TOTAL INTEREST COST, AND WE CAME IN JUST OVER THREE AND ONE HALF PERCENT.

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SO THE BONDS CLOSED AND THEN AS WE DID THE REPAYMENT AGREEMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE JUST ABOUT 98 MILLION, JUST UNDER $100 MILLION BACK INTO OUR CASH RESERVES.

AND SHE GETS ALL THE BOND SALES FROM NOW ON, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER IN MY CAREER, I'VE BEEN FOUR TIMES OVERSUBSCRIBED TWO TIMES MAYBE, BUT NOT FORCED.

AND SHE PUSHES A GOOD DEAL.

YES, MA'AM. IN TERMS OF THE BONDS, I THOUGHT THE BOND PROJECT AT THAT WORK, THE BOARD WAS GOING TO REVIEW WHERE WE ARE.

DO WE STILL NEED THE PROJECTS WE HAD DISCUSSED? THERE'S THERE NEED TO BE SOME TWEAKING.

THANK YOU.

QUICK. A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR CASH RESERVES POSITION.

WE PAID OURSELVES BACK THE $98 MILLION, WHICH REPLENISHED THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD.

AND SO NOW, IN ADDITION TO OUR REQUIRED TWO MONTHS PER BOARD POLICY, WE HAVE SIX MONTHS WORTH OF AVAILABLE UNCOMMITTED CASH RESERVES, WHICH WE PROBABLY WILL ANTICIPATE DOING SELF-FINANCING FOR THE PLANNING PORTION OF OUR PHASE TWO.

SO THIS WILL HELP TO OFFSET COSTS.

SO WHEN WE SELF-FINANCE A PORTION OF OUR BOND PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE BORROWING, CORRECT? WE DID NOT. WE STILL BORROW OFF THE FULL 300 AND PLUS MILLION PAID OURSELVES BACK THE 100 MILLION IN CASH RESERVES.

AND SO THEREFORE, THAT AMOUNT IS STILL AVAILABLE.

THAT FULL 300 MILLION IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR US TO UTILIZE FOR OUR PHASE ONE.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT SEEMS I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT MORE SOME THE TIME, BUT WE ARE IN A POSITION TO SELF-FINANCE.

WE SHOULD DO SO. I MEAN, PAY AS YOU GO.

AND WE ARE IN A POSITION I MEAN, $98 MILLION.

AND SO THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.

JONATHAN, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INTERNAL FINANCING LAST YEAR.

AND THE BOARD MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WILL STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO DO THE SELF FINANCING AND HONOR THE BOARD'S REPAYMENT AGREEMENT.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH THIS.

SO THAT STILL PUTS US BACK IN THE POSITION OF BEING WHOLE ON BOTH FRONTS, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOW DECIDE, AS YOU ALL GO BACK AND REEVALUATE THESE PROJECTS.

DO WE NOW TAKE LESS FOR OUR NEXT PHASE OF BONDS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS EXCESS CASH RESERVES? SO THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT THIS BOARD CAN HAVE.

REMIND YOU, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE FUNDED THE IP CLOSET RENOVATIONS AND UPGRADES.

THAT WAS ALL PAID FOR OUT OF CASH RESERVES.

THAT WAS AN ELECTION WE MAY TALK ABOUT.

THIS IS WHAT DEBT FINANCING IS DOING.

THIS IS WHAT OUR CASH FINANCING IS DOING.

SO WE HAVE THOSE OPTIONS.

YOU'RE RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD APPROVED.

AND THEN WE PASSED A RESOLUTION.

YES, THE BOARD VOTED ON THE RESOLUTION TO REPAY OURSELVES YES TO LAND AND THEN.

YES. BUT WE STILL HAVE MIXED SERVICES TO WHICH WAY IS THE BEST WAY, WHETHER YOU'RE FOR DEATH OR THAT'S IT.

AND ONE OTHER POINT I'LL SHOW THAT WE NORMALLY ISSUE BONDS FOR 20 YEARS.

THESE WERE WAS JUST YEARS.

YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE SO GOOD AT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE WERE ABLE TO SHORTEN THAT PERIOD.

WE WILL LOOK AT THAT. WE PUT A LOT OF OPTIONS IN THIS BOND.

WE PUT CALL OPTIONS FOR THE TEN PLUS HERE BETWEEN TEN AND 15 WE PUT CALL OPTIONS ON THEM THAT NORMALLY ARE A TEN YEAR CALL OPTIONS IN THE MARKET.

WE PUT ONE AND TWO YEAR CALL OPTIONS ON A GOOD PORTION OF THIS.

IF WE WANT TO RAMP THIS STUFF UP AND PAY IT OFF EARLY, WE CAN.

IT WAS SOME OF THE MOST CREATIVE FINANCING THAT HAS COME OUT OF THE TWO OF US, YOU KNOW, IN YEARS JUST JUST FROM LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS BRING US.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE TWO FACTORS THAT MAY PULL DOWN THE TOTAL NUMBER, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO INCUR.

ONE BEING A MORE POSITIVE CASH POSITION, WHICH WE'RE REALIZING, AND THE SECOND BEING THE RE SCOPING OF PROJECTS THAT WERE INITIALLY CONCEIVED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

AND ONE OF OUR TRUSTEES ASKED THE QUESTION, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE PROJECTS.

RIGHT? AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT DIALOG AND SEE THE SEE THE DEBT NUMBER ACTUALLY GO DOWN AND NOT JUST HOLD IT AS A PAPER. IF WE WERE AUTHORIZED FOR 1.1 AND WE ONLY NEED 900, LET'S TAKE IT DOWN TO 900 AND AND TELL THE PUBLIC THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST BECAUSE I FEEL IF WE DON'T DO THAT, WE'RE WE'RE HOLDING SOME CAPACITY THAT WILL BE USED FOR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO GO BACK AND JUSTIFY ON THEIR OWN AS OPPOSED TO JUST USING SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN OUR CREDIT LIMIT, IF YOU WILL.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU WOULD NEVER SAY IT DOES.

AND THEN ANOTHER PART OF THE CONVERSATION, AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL WILL BE UNDERTAKING IS PARTNERSHIPS, IS TRYING TO LEVERAGE, YOU KNOW, PARTNER DOLLARS INSTEAD OF OUR DEBT AND

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THIS IS JUST WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS WHERE OUR DEBT STANDS.

YES. THE STATE SAYS TO 16 PURPOSEFULLY, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE A PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT THIS MONTH.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD STAND AT THAT TIME.

OUR 2023 REVENUE UPDATE.

DID WE DO WHAT WE TOLD YOU WE'RE GOING TO DO? YES, WE CAN PASS THIS.

NO. SO, YES, WE DID.

WE TOLD YOU WE'RE GOING TO DO A MORE STATE APPROPRIATIONS.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S OUR SECOND BIENNIUM TUITION.

WE'RE ON TRACK WITH OUR TUITION PROJECTIONS, OUR LOCAL SUPPORT.

WHEN WE BUILT OUR BUDGET, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT $7 BILLION, AND WE DIDN'T ESTIMATE WE HAD $7 BILLION IN DISPUTED PROPERTY.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT THAT THAT NUMBER COMES DOWN ONCE THOSE PROTESTS ARE HEARD.

SO WE DID A CALCULATION AND GAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT THE TIME.

SO AS A RESULT, EVEN THOUGH IT CAME BACK IN AND WE HAD A $9 BILLION INCREASE, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR US BECAUSE WE WERE PRETTY STRATEGIC ABOUT MAKING THOSE ESTIMATES THAT WE HAD.

THE OTHER PORTION WHERE YOU WILL SEE IN OUR OTHER REVENUE WHERE WE HAD SOME BUDGET IMPACT AT $7 MILLION THERE AND THAT IS BECAUSE I WAS GUN SHY FOR WHAT WE THOUGHT THE MARKET WOULD LOOK LIKE ON INVESTMENT RETURN.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT $7 MILLION ON INVESTMENT RETURN.

SO WE'RE TAKING OUR SPRING BUDGET FROM THE ORIGINAL 532 TO 541 MILLION.

THAT'S YOUR QUESTION. PLEASE KNOW ONE OF TWO THINGS.

I MEAN, THIS BOARD HAS SEEN PROJECTIONS ON STATE APPROPRIATIONS IN OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING PROCESSES AND OUR BUDGETING THAT WOULD SHOW STATE FUNDING GOING TO ZERO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

ARE WE READY TO SAY THAT AIN'T RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE GOING UP AND AND IT'S AT LEAST REMAINED FLAT OVER THE WHOLE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, IF NOT INCREASE IT COMING ON THAT IN THIS OR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE DISCUSSIONS IN AUSTIN ON COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR THIS BOARD TO OFFER PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ON TO OUR TAX PAYERS.

SO LET ME ANSWER THE SECOND SECOND QUESTION FIRST.

THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT OUR CONVERSATIONS ARE FOR FY 24.

AND PART OF THAT IS THAT WE ARE WATCHING WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN AUSTIN FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR HOMEOWNERS.

AND YES, THAT WOULD IMPACT US, THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT LEVEL OF INCREASE THAT WE HAVE OVER SOME TIME.

SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT.

SO THAT COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SAY THAT THE THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO BE MAKING INCREASES TO SAY APPROPRIATION.

I THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REDEFINE THE WAY THEY'RE GOING TO APPROPRIATE THOSE DOLLARS.

SO IT WILL BE A SHIFT.

SO AGAIN, WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LAST IS WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THAT APPROPRIATION FOR THIS NEXT BIENNIUM LOOKS LIKE.

WE DO BELIEVE AT THIS TIME WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE WRONG NUMBERS IS THAT OUR APPROPRIATION MAY BE DOWN BY $2 MILLION, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH SUCCESS POINTS, OUR CONTACT FUNDING MAY BE DOWN, BUT OUR SUCCESS POINTS MAY KEEP US WHOLE.

SO THAT'S A WAY THAT WE MAY HAVE TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THE AMOUNT IS GOING TO CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS DOING IT, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MECHANISMS THAT THEY'RE GIVING US, THOSE MONIES WILL CHANGE. SO JUST SAYING THE AMOUNTS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AS A CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE WAY THIS BOARD HAS THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT IT'S GOING TO ZERO.

I MEAN, DIDN'T. YEAH, NO, THERE IS A TREND LINE THAT IT HAS.

IT IS A SHRINKING PORTION OF OUR REVENUE MIX AND AND THE CONTINUED DISINVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES WOULD TIME TO GET TO ZERO OTHER STATES HAVE SEEN THAT ARIZONA ILLINOIS OTHERS HAVE SEEN THAT TIMES TOO.

I'LL SPEAK TO THE CHANCELLOR.

HE'D PROBABLY AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE FUNDING THIS WITH EXTRA MONEY THEY HAVE FOR THIS BIENNIUM.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT BY THEM? AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGER CONCERN TO US IS THERE MAY BE THIS MORE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS FOUR YEARS OUT AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE OF A LONG TERM VIEW OF ALL OF THIS FINANCIAL PLANNING WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BECAUSE JUST LIKE HERE'S MONEY, IT LOOKS GOOD TODAY.

BUT I REMEMBER OUR FIRST CONVERSATION WITH YOURSELF AND CHAIR, BOY, ARE WE CREATING A BUDGET.

SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT THAT? I THINK FISCAL CLIFF TALKS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT THE ATTITUDE AND WHAT'S SPENT TWO WEEKS AGO IN AUSTIN AND SPENT

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BELIEVE THAT THAT TEXT IS UNLIKE THESE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE GONE TO NO FUNDING COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

I BELIEVE THAT TEXAS IS WHY TEXAS IS WHAT IT IS, IS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY GOING TO DRIVE A REVERSAL.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE FUNDING, BUT THERE'LL BE SOME LOSS.

BUT UNDER THIS COMMISSION THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN ALL, I THINK IT WAS I LIKEN IT A LOT BACK WHEN WE HAD TO BUILD $1,000,000,000 HOSPITAL AND WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

WHAT WE DID WAS WE EDUCATED THE PEOPLE AND WE GOT EVERY HOLIDAY AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

YOU SAW THEM ON BUSSES EVERYWHERE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE STARTED UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR MISSION WAS.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU DID THAT, MAN, I'M FOR THAT.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

AND I THINK THAT THE LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE HAVE STARTED TO ACCEPT AND UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THAT'S OUR ROLE.

THAT'S OUR JOB. SO I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

AND SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HAS BEEN KIND OF SAID IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, TOO, IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE STRATEGIC LONG TERM PLANNING.

WE HAVE TO HAVE PLANS THAT SAYS THAT THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

AND IF THIS HAPPENS, THAT'S FINE.

BUT IF IF THIS HAPPENS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? AND THAT THE RETREAT YOU VERY ELOQUENTLY SPOKE ABOUT LOOKING FOR OTHER REVENUE SOURCES.

WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT.

GOVERNMENT IS TOO FICKLE.

YOU KNOW, IT CHANGES.

AND WE ONLY TALK ABOUT IT EVERY TWO YEARS IN TEXAS.

BUT SO I REALLY THINK THAT WHERE OUR ROLE IS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME THINKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THE FINANCIAL BACKBONE OF THE OF THE COLLEGE.

I MEAN, WE SEE THE KIND OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PARADED UP HERE TODAY.

THEY'RE STRONG, THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY INTELLECTUAL AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM THE GAS TO RUN THE ENGINE.

AND THAT'S REALLY OUR PRIMARY, I FEEL, IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY JOBS.

SO I, I THINK THAT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

BUT I'M MORE ON THE POSITIVE SIDE.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO GO TO ZERO EVER BECAUSE OF JUST THE PEOPLE I KNOW PERSONALLY.

THEY'RE ALL FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE THE MASSIVE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE.

LORD KNOWS WE GOT A LOT OF THEM IN TEXAS THAT ARE INCARCERATED, THAT ARE COMING OUT.

AND SO WE PERSONALLY VISITED WITH SENATOR WEST AND WITH EARL SHERMAN AND ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT GLORIA SMITH, WHO SAT HERE TODAY, WHO'S WORKED IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, UNDERSTANDS IT, AND NOW SHE'S ON THE DELIVERING SIDE TO THOSE SOLUTIONS.

SO THAT WAS WHY I FEEL VERY POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND I'M VERY ENCOURAGED.

NOT EXCITED, RIGHT.

BUT I AM EXCITED.

WELL, WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED WITHOUT A CHANGE TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORMULA AND ALLOCATION MODEL.

THAT TREND LINE WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE KEPT GOING TO ZERO WITH THE ELEVATION AND UNDERSTANDING AND CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WORKFORCE IMPERATIVE AND OUR ROLE AND WORKFORCE THAT LED TO THAT FINANCE COMMISSION LAST SESSION AND ALL THE WORK THAT COMMISSION DID TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR INSTITUTIONS AND THOSE THAT WE SERVE.

WE START OFF IN A VERY GOOD POSITION IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND WE START OFF UNIFIED AS 50 INSTITUTIONS ALL FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE IMPROVE OUR OUTCOMES WITH THIS NEW INVESTMENT THAT WILL COME FROM THE STATE.

NOW, HOW IT IMPACTS ALL 50 INSTITUTIONS, HOW IT IMPACTS DALLAS COLLEGE WE'RE NOT SURE YET.

WE'VE NOT SEEN ALL OF THE FORMULA RUNS THAT THAT TAKE INTO ALL OF THAT DATA.

AND PART OF THE REASON THAT WE HAVEN'T IS THE STATES TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE NONCREDIT SIDE.

AND AS WE TALKED BEFORE, WE'VE NOT ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB.

OUR SISTER INSTITUTIONS HAVE NOT ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB OF CAPTURING THAT DATA.

SO NOW THE STATE IS TRYING TO RECONCILE ALL OF THAT AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT SORT OF IMPACT THIS NEW INVESTMENT HAS ON US IN THE SHORT

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BUT CERTAINLY WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED ABOUT THE ELEVATED CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR ROLE IN SOLVING SOME OF THESE WORKFORCE CHALLENGES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO A REVENUE UPDATE IS WORDED.

THE MONEY GO AGAIN.

I'D RATHER UNDER-PROMISE, OVERDELIVER.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE $7 MILLION THERE ON THE INVESTMENT LINE.

YES, THE 3.3 MILLION, BILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS, THE CARES MONEY.

YEAH. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COME WITH MONEY.

YES. OKAY.

AND THIS WAS THE PART THAT BASICALLY GAVE YOU A GRANT TO COVER FOR LOST REVENUE.

YES. YES.

AND THIS IS THE WE WE'RE ABLE TO CONVINCE OF THAT.

SO WE WILL NOT SEE THAT LINE AS A LINE ITEM FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S THE ONE TIME IT WAS RIGHT.

AND YET AND WE PROBABLY SPENT IT ON PROJECTS, NOT ON REOCCURRING EXPENSES.

RIGHT. YOU CAN ONLY SPEND IT NOW.

NO. NOW YOU COULD HAVE SOME PEOPLE FOOLISHLY BUILD LONG THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE FUNDED NEXT YEAR.

AND THEY SAY WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT NEXT YEAR.

OUR PEOPLE TO DO THAT, THEY SAID WE'RE NOT SPENDING THAT MONEY THAT WE KNOW WON'T COME BACK NEXT YEAR ONLY ON PROJECTS THAT THAT THAT THEY'RE MORE LIKE EXPENSE AS OPPOSED TO INVESTMENTS.

SO THE 9.3 MILLION IS WHAT WE WANT FROM THE 532 TO 541.

29 MILLION WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN THE BUDGET BOOK.

THAT IS THE MONEY THAT WE CARRY FORWARD FROM PROJECTS OR ENCUMBRANCES THAT WE HAD.

SO NOT NEW MONEY.

IT WAS MONEY THAT WE CAME FORWARD.

AND I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TO YOU THAT WE PLANNED FOR $31 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND LAST YEAR FOR FY 22.

JUST WANTED TO BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION THAT FOR EARLY COLLEGE AND DUAL CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS, WE WERE ABOUT $23 MILLION.

THAT WAS OUR NUMBER ONE THAT THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS WENT TO.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE TRANSFERS IN LINE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING, THAT THAT MONEY IS THE MONEY THAT WAS THAT WE HAD FOR ENCUMBRANCES WHERE WE HAD ALREADY COMMITTED TO SUPPLIERS, PREVIOUS CYCLE, PREVIOUS CYCLE CARRYOVER.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ABOUT OUR WORKDAY BUDGET.

DID WE FEEL OUR WORKDAY BUDGET WAS ADEQUATE? ARE WE ON TRACK? AND THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS, AS OF TODAY, YES, WE ARE ON TRACK.

WE HAVE AN APPROVED AMOUNT OF JUST ABOUT $84 MILLION TO SPEND.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WE ARE ON TRACK FOR THAT OVER THE FIVE YEAR SPAN.

SO WE MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT THE WAY THAT WE PLAN TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS IN WHAT YEARS.

BUT OVERALL, WE ARE STILL ON TRACK FOR THE USE OF THAT MONEY.

WELL, ONE COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE ABOUT THING THAT THE COMMISSION IN AUSTIN REALLY FOCUSED REALLY ON WITH SHARED SERVICES.

AND I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION AND BEEN ASSURED WE'VE SPENT $80 MILLION, BUT WITH THE ATTITUDE AND THE ATTABOY POINTS WE'LL GET FOR BEING ABLE TO GIVE SMALLER COLLEGES MODULES OF THIS SERVICE, WE'LL RECOUP PART OF THAT $80 MILLION BY BEING IN BUSINESS OF SELLING WHAT WE INVESTED IN.

AND THAT'S A NEW REVENUE THAT, AS PHIL TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER DAY, THAT'S JUST ONE TYPE OF ITEM WHERE WE'LL MAKE MONEY OFF OF MONEY WE SPEND.

THAT'S NOT NORMAL.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ENCOURAGING.

I VISITED I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE LAST COUPLE OF TRIPS I'VE MADE IN AUSTIN AND WASHINGTON TO VISIT WITH SOME SMALLER COLLEGES, SOME TRUSTEES FROM THAT THAT WANT TO DO THE PROMISE PROGRAM BUT DON'T HAVE THE SOFTWARE TO DRIVE IT.

AND THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HELP THEM DO THAT.

AND FOR THEM, WE'LL GET A FEE.

WE WON'T DO IT FOR FREE.

AND SO WE'LL HELP THE SMALLER COLLEGES WITH THE STATE INSTEAD, AT WHICH MUCH HAS MUCH IS EXPECTED.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S ENCOURAGING.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT 80 MILLION, I'M EXCITED WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OF THAT BACK.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO OPEN SOME NEW DOORS FOR NEW REVENUE SOURCES FOR US.

WHAT'S THE ONGOING FUNDING FOR WORKDAY BEYOND 26 TO 31 THAT WE'LL GET INTO OUR SOFTWARE, JUST OUR SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE COSTS.

OKAY. THAT'S THE ANNUAL MEAN.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS. EUROPE.

SO WE HAVE OUR GUEST HERE, OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER JIM PARKER.

YES, MA'AM. EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.

ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU CAN LAY IT AROUND.

WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS CHART, THE PROJECT IS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE SHOW.

THE 59 AND 371 IS SLIDE NINE.

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AND THEN THE ANNUAL RUN RATE IS LOOKS TO ME THAT WE'RE OVER BUDGET. AM I READING THIS CORRECT? I MEAN, HOW DOES HOW DOES THIS WORK? I GUESS SO.

SO THE BLACK LINE REPRESENTS WHAT YOUR YEAR IN ONE SPEND.

THE BLUE AND THE GREEN LINE REPRESENT CUMULATIVE OVER TIME.

THE GREEN ONE WAS THE APPROVED BUDGET, CORRECT? RIGHT. AND THE BLUE ONE WAS OUR ORIGINAL PLAN.

IN THAT ORIGINAL PLAN, WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES, CHANGE ORDERS OF ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS AND THEN BUT THAT'S THOSE CHANGE ORDERS STILL ARE WITHIN THIS BUDGETED APPROVAL.

RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT OVER BUDGET, WE'RE IN THE GREEN LINE IS PROJECTED COST OF THE PROJECT, PROJECTED COST OF THE PROJECT TO THIS POINT PLUS THE YEAR OVER YEAR IN MAINTENANCE.

CUMULATIVELY, IF OUR BUDGET WAS 48 AND THE ACTUAL COST WAS 59, THEN IT MEANS WE'RE OVERBUDGET.

SO, WELL, AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT IT AS A WHOLE.

YES, WE LOOKED AT IT AS A WHOLE.

OVERALL, THE TOTAL 84 MILLION.

BUT AGAIN, WHEN I WAS TALKING EARLIER AND I SAID WE HAD TO CHANGE THE SPEND PATTERN, SO WHERE WE MAY HAVE ALLOCATED OR THOUGHT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WOULD BE HERE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD TO DO.

IT PUT US HERE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE STILL $3,000,003 MILLION UNDER OUR TOTAL APPROVED FOR THE BUDGET.

SO WE'RE DEALING WITH IT AS A PROJECT TOTAL AND NOT AN ANNUAL TOTAL BECAUSE IT IT WE DID HAVE SOME DIFFERENT CYCLES TO HOW WE HAVE TO BRING THINGS ON AS OPPOSED TO THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCOPED.

OKAY. SO WHEN YOU GET TO 2031, RIGHT NOW, IT'S SHOWING THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO COST THE.

MORE THAN WHAT WE IMAGINED.

NOW IT'S SHOWING THAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATED TO BE 70 MILLION, AND 81 MILLION IS WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE ON THE BOOKS FOR THEIR BUDGET.

BUT WE HAVE 84 MILLION TOTAL ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE THAT'S THE TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT.

SO THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION AND CONTINGENCY STILL THERE.

WHAT ABOUT FOR THAT? I'M NOT SURE. I STILL TOTALLY.

OKAY. TAKE SOME TIME AND SHOULD BE GLAD TO SIT DOWN.

I WOULDN'T DO IT. LIKE TO DO IT LATER.

THANK YOU. NOW, THE ONE STATEMENT I WANT.

YEAH. THE ONE STATEMENT SHE MADE.

WE ARE UNDER BUDGET.

THAT'S A THAT'S A QUESTION.

THAT'S ONE THING. BUT HOW DO YOU SEE THAT? TO BE UNDER BUDGET.

YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN.

YES. YES, MA'AM.

JUST REAL QUICK. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROMINENT PAGE SLIDE NUMBERS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT EASY TO LOCATE A SLIDE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANKS. YES, SIR.

WE'RE ON THE MATTER OF PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT'S COME UP SEVERAL TIMES.

AND WE'RE ALL SENSITIVE ABOUT WHAT YOU PAY IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND WHAT'S FRUSTRATING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS THAT WE PUT ALL OF OUR EGGS IN THE PROPERTY TAX BUCKET.

SO ARE WE SAYING IF WE WANT TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES, WE'RE IN FAVOR OF AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF FUNDING IT AS AN INCOME TAX? ARE WE SAYING THAT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN'T YOU CAN'T WORK WITH LESS MONEY? SO IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM ONE BUCKET, WHAT ARE WE SAYING? WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN THE OTHER BUCKET TO FUND IT AND.

YOU KNOW THAT MASSAGES HERE.

THAT'S JUST THE OVERALL CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES.

AND YEAH, I THINK IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE FINDING YOU'RE PRICING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES.

SO ARE WE GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE STATE TO CHANGE THE WAY WE FUND IT? GOOD LUCK. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY.

THIS IS ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO REITERATE, THANKS TO FINANCE OF A SHORT TEAM, BECAUSE THEY MADE THIS VERY EASY COMPARED TO MY PARTNER.

I MEAN, I'VE DONE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR OF THESE.

MY PARTNER IN CRIME, THE PM FOR THIS HAS DONE ABOUT 15 AND HE AND I BOTH ARE SAYING TO EACH OTHER, YESTERDAY WAS LIKE, THEY'RE GOOD.

THEY'RE GOOD. I MEAN, THEY GOT IT.

SO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ASSUMING THAT THESE TWO TEAMS ARE MAKING THIS POSSIBLE, THE THING THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, THIS IS A MAJOR ENTERPRISE PROJECT.

AND YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING TWO MAJOR ENTERPRISE PROJECTS.

WE'RE ALSO REPLACING THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR OUR STUDENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

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SO WE BROUGHT TO THE FACULTY, STAFF, H.R.

AND FINANCE TEAMS FOR MAKING THAT ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE, WHICH IS WHY YOU MAY KNOW THAT AS A AS DALLAS COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WE CONSTRUCTED OUR INTERNET BROADBAND ACCESS TO OUR CAMPUSES THE WAY WE WERE WHEN WE WERE SEVEN COLLEGES AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD.

AND IF YOU WERE AT CEDAR VALLEY FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, YOU WOULD HAVE LOST INTERNET ACCESS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO CLOSE THE CAMPUS DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES.

SO IT'S NOT IN THE RIGHT SHAPE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE TO SUPPORT DALLAS COLLEGE AND DALLAS COLLEGE GOING INTO THE FUTURE.

SO WE ATTEMPTED AND YOU SAW IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BOOK A VERY DETAILED PLAN THAT INVOLVED REPLACING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR BROADBAND INTERNET.

AND THOSE FOUR FUNDS WERE NOT APPROVED.

SO NOW WE HAVE TO START GOING AFTER ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES TO DO THAT.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE ORGANIZATIONALLY IS CREATE BASICALLY AN OFFICE OF THE CIO.

THAT'S A NORMAL PRACTICE.

BUT THAT GROUP MANAGES AND CENTRALIZES ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, CONTRACTS AND PURCHASING THAT ARE I.T.

RELATED. AND WHAT THEY'VE STARTED TO DO IS IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC SOURCING PRACTICES TO ACTUALLY REDUCE OUR ANNUAL COST.

SO A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE CONSOLIDATION OF ABOUT 90 CONTRACTS DOWN TO ABOUT 30 CONTRACTS.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE VENDORS COMMONLY, YOU WOULD THINK, AND ASK FOR BETTER PRICING.

WE CURRENTLY SPEND MAYBE 7 TO $10 MILLION.

WE'RE STILL CALCULATING ON SOME SOFTWARE THAT THAT WE BUY ONE AT A TIME SO THAT THERE'S A THOUSAND PURCHASE ORDERS FOR A LOT OF SOFTWARE.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, GO IN AND ASK FOR A MUCH BETTER DISCOUNT AND CREATE A CATALOG SYSTEM THAT'S MUCH EASIER AND OBVIOUSLY REDUCE 1000 TRANSACTIONS DOWN TO FIVE OR SIX.

RIGHT. SO THOSE METHODOLOGIES GET CAUGHT.

SO, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD ABSOLUTELY ASKED FOR IN THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE.

I MEAN, THIS IS THAT RIGHT? SO SO WE'RE DOING THAT AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH GOING THROUGH THOSE THINGS.

WHAT THE REASON WHY I WANT TO BRING IT UP HERE IS BECAUSE IN THIS SHORT PERIOD, WE'VE ALREADY SAVED ABOUT $1.7 MILLION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REINVEST INTO THE MODERNIZATIONS I USED TO PHRASE BEFORE IT ECONOMIZE, TO MODERNIZE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ECONOMIZE HERE, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND REINVEST IT.

AND THEN I WANT TO I WANT TO COME TO TISHA AND JOHN AND SAY I NEED 1.7 AND SEED SO THAT I CAN DO A PART OF THIS BROADBAND ACCESS AND GET US INTO THE MODERN ERA FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 15, 20 YEARS.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS FOR US TO TO BECAUSE OF TODAY, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE IT WORLD IS EXACTLY WHAT SCOTT DID IN THE FACILITIES WHERE IT'S BRINGING INTELLIGENCE FROM THE OUTSIDE, BRINGING IN WISDOM OF FACILITIES AND ALL, BRINGING IN THE SAME THING HERE TO CREATE SAVINGS.

AND THAT'S ALMOST IDENTICALLY WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS IS EXACTLY WHAT SCOTT'S DONE, WHETHER IT'S EXTERMINATION OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, EXTERMINATORS OR WHATEVER.

IT'S JUST THE SAME KIND OF THING WITH DIFFERENT SUBJECT.

AND I APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WAS THE DENY CURVE FOR QUEST THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BACKFILL $45.5 MILLION, 45.40 5.5 MILLION FOR ALL OF THEM ITEMS. AND NOT GETTING CLOSE TO THAT, WE'RE JUST DESCRIBING WE'RE JUST GOING TO BITE THE ELEPHANT ONE BITE AT A TIME.

DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP, BECAUSE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS COLLEGE NEEDS THAT $45.5 MILLION AND THEY NEED THAT CAPABILITY.

YEAH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET INTO 24 POINT.

AND AS TO HOW WE CAN TRY TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT JIM TO ACCELERATE THESE PROJECTS, WE ALSO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE SOURCES OF FUNDS AND SO FORTH, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO SOMETHING.

WE LIST THAT ON OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW, SIR, AS AN UNFUNDED REQUIREMENT.

AS WE USED TO CALL IT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT'S AN UNFUNDED REQUIREMENT.

OKAY. SO JUST FOR THIS PIECE.

JUST FOR THIS PIECE, THIS LIGHT BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE SPEND PROFILE BETWEEN NOW AND F Y 33 NEXT TEN YEARS IF WE KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

SO NO CHANGE IN THE TECHNOLOGY.

KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

THAT'S WHAT OUR SPEND PROFILE WILL LOOK LIKE NOW, TEN YEARS.

IF WE TRANSITION TO WHAT WE CALL THE LONE STAR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK, I MEAN, THAT IS A PUBLIC NONPROFIT STATE FRANCHISE OF INTERNET TO WHERE ALL RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS CONNECT TO THE SAME INTERNET BACKBONE ACROSS THE

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SO WE ARE ON THERE.

I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED WHEN I GOT HERE BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY COMMON FOR MOST HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FROM US.

SO ALL THE UT'S AWESOME UT DALLAS, THEY'RE ON THAT NETWORK AND WE DID IT AT INCREDIBLE PRICE POINTS.

SO WITH THE REQUEST, THE 3.4 MILLION IN YEAR ONE AND TWO, BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY COVERING TWO INFRASTRUCTURES OVER TWO FISCAL YEARS, THIS ONE IS THE NEXT ONE. WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY WE SEE THIS MASSIVE FINANCIAL SAVINGS.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT I REALLY LIKE AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH ALL OF OUR COMMODITY ITEMS IS CREATE FOR OUR FINANCIAL OFFICER FRIENDS THIS NICE, FLAT, PREDICTABLE LINE.

THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL.

SO NOW I CAN TELL WHAT WE CAN TELL EACH FISCAL ECONOMISTS, LIKE WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST NEXT YEAR? I CAN TELL HER PRETTY DARN CLOSE WITHIN ONE OR TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS WHAT THAT CAN BE.

SO FINANCIALLY WE GET ABOUT 600 GRAND SAVINGS A YEAR OVER YEAR ROUGHLY, AND WE BREAK EVEN AT YEAR FIVE.

AND THEN OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS WE WILL SAVE ABOUT $7 MILLION WITH THAT INITIAL UPFRONT INVESTMENT.

AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

DOES THAT GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL BITES TO THE ELEPHANT? YES, MA'AM. YOU GIVE IN THE BACK.

WELL, I'M GOING TO ASK TO KEEP IT AND READJUST IT SO THAT WE CAN START.

YES, MA'AM. YEAH, WE THOSE THINGS WE WE MUST DO.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF MOUNTAIN VIEW CAMPUS AND YOU CAN'T MAKE A CELL PHONE CALL, WE GOT A PROBLEM.

WE HAVE TO FIX THAT.

WHAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM USING OUR CASH RESERVES AND JUST ALLOCATING THE WHOLE 45 MILLION SO WE CAN DO IT? IN THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH THE OTHER NIGHT, THAT WAS ONE OF HIS MAIN POINTS THAT HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS TO GIVE YOU ALL THE CONNECTIVITY AND EVERY LEARNING INSTITUTION. SO IS THAT NEW MONEY THAT'S NOT BEEN AVAILABLE TO ASK FOR? IT'S IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO US IN DALLAS COUNTY BECAUSE WE DO NOT MEET THAT CRITERIA, BECAUSE WE ARE CONSIDERED CONNECTED FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T CONNECTED.

ZIP CODE, WE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. GO AHEAD.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS, THESE ARE THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS.

HERE'S SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.

YOU GET A TEN FOLD INCREASE IN BANDWIDTH GOING TO 100 GIG.

NOW, TODAY, MOST HOUSES IN DALLAS COUNTY.

THAT'S I GET MORE BANDWIDTH TO MY HOME THAN WE PROVIDE TO OUR CAMPUSES.

AT&T IS 304 $55 A MONTH.

YEAH, I MEAN, I GET MORE.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT BANDWIDTH BECAUSE THAT'S THE REALITY OF THE FUTURE.

RIGHT. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO PLAY AND INTERACT WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FACILITIES OR EVEN DO MODERN DIGITAL GAMING AND AND CYBER, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE OUR AND OUR STUDENTS NEEDED.

THE OTHER THING IS WE CREATE A RELIABLE NETWORK.

TODAY, WE'RE BUILT UPON SINGLE POINTS OF FAILURE TO EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS.

THAT'S WHY IF A CONSTRUCTION CREW GOES DIGS A TRENCH IN CEDAR VALLEY, THAT HAPPENED AT RICHLAND.

DRIVER BASICALLY TOOK OUT A TELEPHONE POLE AND KNOCKED THE WHOLE CAMPUS OUT DURING ORIENTATION.

SO WE NEED TO CREATE THAT REDUNDANCY ACROSS.

AND THAT THAT RING ALLOWS US TWO THINGS.

ONE, IF THAT ACCIDENT DOES HAPPEN, THE COLLEGE IS STILL OPERATIONAL.

AND AND TWO, IT ALSO CONNECTS US VERY EFFECTIVELY TO OTHER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS LIKE U.T..

DALLAS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A GREAT ONE FOR SMU.

IT GIVES US DIRECT CONNECTION OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE INSTITUTIONS, BETTER SECURITY.

THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, EVERY COLLEGE CAMPUS WAS DESIGNED TO STAND ON ITS OWN.

AND SO THAT'S 7 TO 8 POINTS OF POTENTIAL SECURITY BREACH.

WE WANT TO BRING THAT IN HOUSE SO WE CAN MANAGE IT AND SIMPLIFY IT INSTEAD OF HAVING 18 FIREWALLS.

I JUST WANT TO. OKAY.

SO AND THEN CONSISTENT AND THERE'S MY KEY IS THE EQUITABLE ACCESS.

YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY STUDENT HAS A ROLL ACCESS.

SO WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THAT.

AND THEN I MENTIONED THE DIGITAL PARTNERSHIP.

SO THAT'S THE PROPOSAL.

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SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AVENUES ON THAT.

THE ANSWER IS THAT THERE IS A LOAN PROGRAM FOR EQUIPMENT, A GEAR THAT THE COLLEGES HAS MADE AVAILABLE.

THAT WAS DONE BEFORE I GOT HERE.

THAT WAS DONE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THERE IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM CALLED THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES SUBSIDIZED AND DISCOUNTED EQUIPMENT AND ACCESS.

AND THERE ARE PARTNERS WITHIN TEXAS, AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THE MARKETING TEAM'S THUNDER, BUT THE PARTNERS THAT ARE IN TEXAS THAT ARE WORKING TO HELP OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS THROUGH THAT PROGRAM PROCESS AS WELL.

AND WE ARE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OTHER PARTNERS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP CLOSE GAPS WHERE THEY EXIST.

GREAT. LET'S MOVE ALONG.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT IMPACTED OUR EXPENSES FOR THIS ETHICS, JIM, FOR THIS FY 23, OUR FACULTY COSTS.

WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE ADJUSTED CONTACT, OUR IMPLEMENTATION THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO THE RESULT OF THAT WAS ABOUT $11 MILLION IN COST TO IMPLEMENT THAT, WHERE FACULTY, SEAN, TO HELP FACULTY STARTED TO BE PAID FOR LABS EQUALS ELECTION.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

AND SO THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY BG HAD ESTIMATED IT WILL COST US ABOUT $10 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT.

SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH THAT.

AGAIN, JIM JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR FACILITIES.

AS SCOTT HIGHLIGHTED IN HIS PRESENTATION, OUR ONGOING STRATEGIC FUNDING THAT WE DO, WHICH IS OUR MODEL TO SUPPLEMENT OUR OPERATING BUDGET TO ENABLE THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT AND OTHER NEEDS FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

WE HAVE JUST A CATEGORIC BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING AND.

WHAT ELSE ARE WE? GROWTH POINTS FOR OFFICE OF FINANCE.

WE OF COURSE, I'M SURE YOU DO HEAR A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT PROCUREMENT, BUT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN SOME AVENUES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS BY DOING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMER FOCUS GROUPS AND TO DEVELOP SOME TYPE OF IMPLEMENTATION TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

WE DO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SURROUNDING TRAVEL AND HOW WE ADMINISTER THAT AND MAKE COMMUNICATIONS TO THAT, WHICH ENTAIL POLICY REVIEWS ON THAT. WE ARE INVESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITY AMONG THE STUDENT CLUBS SO THAT CLUBS ARE HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO FUNDING AND THEN FUNDING NEW INITIATIVES THAT THEY MAY PROPOSE, SUCH AS THE COST.

AND THE CALL CENTER IS COMING IN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK AT GOING FORWARD ON HOW TO FUND THAT AND THEN AS THEY INCREASE THE STUDENT CARE INITIATIVES.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR 24 BUDGET CYCLE AND THIS IS JUST THE PICKS WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE GET TO JUNE.

WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU TO DISCUSS OUR PLANS GOING FORWARD.

AND WE KIND OF ADDRESS THESE TALKING POINTS EARLIER.

SO I WON'T BELABOR ANY OF THIS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TUITION HERE TODAY, APPROPRIATIONS AND TUITION, THEY'RE BOTH IMPACTED BY ENROLLMENT AND HEADCOUNT, BUT INDIVIDUALLY.

RIGHT. AND SO WE NEED TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OF HOW OUR REVENUE SOURCE IS IMPACTED BY ENROLLMENT AND HEADCOUNT.

WE DID TALK EARLIER ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING AT THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING FROM THAT WE WILL BE ABOUT $2 MILLION ON OUR APPROPRIATION.

WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT CARE SUPPLEMENT THAT WE SAW.

AND SO THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON.

ABOUT 1230, HUH? YEAH. SO.

SO GIVE US A GIVE US A ROTARY CLUB TALKING POINTS ON THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

I MEAN, WE'RE WE GOT $38 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE RIGHT NOW FROM WHERE WE'RE ADDING NINE.

SO THAT 38 MILLION, REMEMBER THE 29 MILLION, THE TRANSFERS THAT'S CARRIED FORWARD YEAR ON YEAR, YEAR ON YEAR, OUR BUDGET'S GOING UP $38 MILLION, QUARTER SEVEN.

SO RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU LOOKING AT SLIDE SEVEN? SLIDE SEVEN IS OUR BUDGET FOR FY 2023.

AND THEN THE SECOND COLUMN IS OUR OF OUR SPRING UPDATE.

BUT WHERE I WANT YOU TO CONCENTRATE IS 9.3, 9.3.

SO WE'RE GOING UP 9.3 MILLION ENROLLMENTS DOWN.

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YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THAT WE NEED TO DO AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BETTER SERVICE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO DELIVER OUR MODE OF INSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME AND TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ALSO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE INFLATIONARY RATES THAT ARE GOING ON.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT, THAT'S ALL THAT CAME FROM INVESTMENT REVENUE.

IF WE WERE EARNING POINT FIVE A YEAR AGO, NOW WE'RE EARNING BACK.

AND SO THE REAL CHANGE IN REVENUE IS INVESTMENT.

SO THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL I DON'T WORK.

WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING FOR? BUT ALSO THE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST KEY POINTS THAT'S NOT REALLY TALKED ENOUGH ABOUT IS, IS THAT WE'VE GOT A COMPENSATION STUDY THAT'S GOING TO GET FINISHED ONE DAY.

AND WHEN IT DOES, IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY PRETTY ALARMING AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A REAL NEED AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE REVENUE WE HAVE OR WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TO PAY THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY.

AND THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS, IS WE GOT TO GET THAT SOON BECAUSE THAT THAT IS HOW CAN YOU REALLY HAVE A BUDGET IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY NEXT YEAR? OH, THANK YOU.

WE'RE DONE. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS CONSULTATION

[6. Executive Session]

SECTION FIVE FIVE. ONE.

PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATING TO APPOINTMENT AND VALUATION ASSIGNMENT DUTIES.

DISCIPLINE AND DISMISSAL OF OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES.

SECTION 55107.

FOR DELIBERATE DELIBERATE REGARDING REAL ESTATE SINCE OPEN DELIBERATION WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE THIRD PARTY SECTION 55107 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY ORDER.

SECTION 5511765511089.

SO HERE WE GO TO EXECUTIVE.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 2:00 TO RESUME THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH OUR LAST PRESENTATION.

[4.3. Space Planning]

I HAVE READ AND READ IN ORDER TO READ WHAT? NORA PRETTY SCARED.

NORA WELL, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT LET'S TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

I HOPE YOU CAN SING COUNTRY WESTERN SONG, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO JUST BRIEFLY OVER THIS AND WE'LL TAKE THE WHOLE 30 MINUTES.

MR. CHAIR, WE WILL.

WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS RATHER THAN 30 MINUTES.

JOE. ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WE ARE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT BRIEFLY TODAY, AND WE TALK QUITE A BIT ABOUT KIND OF THIS LONG TERM PLANNING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN REGARD TO OUR CAPITAL ASSETS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER KIND OF THE PROJECT LIFECYCLE JUST TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THEN PLANNING PHASING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

PROCESS FOR DOWNTOWN, WHICH I KNOW IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS.

AND THEN KIND OF AT THE END DISCUSSING PAGE AND KIND OF THE SCOPE OF WORK WHERE THEY MIGHT HELP US IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE WANT TO JUST START GENERALLY ABOUT KIND OF WHAT IS A PROJECT LIKE LIFECYCLE.

THIS IS PRIMARILY AS WE'RE DEALING WITH REAL ESTATE OR CAPITAL ASSETS.

AND SO WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IS YOU'RE GOING TO START WITH THIS KIND OF PLANNING PHASE AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN CORRELATION WITH YOUR KIND OF LONG TERM PLANS.

BUT AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT, WHAT KIND OF FUNDING METHODOLOGIES MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.

AND IT'S DEPENDED ON EVERY PROJECT.

AND THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THE BENEFITS AND BUILD THE PROJECT INTEREST, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN SOME OF THESE LARGER PROJECTS, IS GETTING THOSE STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT EARLY ON AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

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AND THE TRANSACTION PHASE IS REALLY THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH PROCURING PROJECTS AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHAT OUR TIMELINES ARE, WHAT OUR STANDARDS ARE GOING TO BE, AND THEN ESTABLISHING THAT KIND OF CONSTRUCTION GOVERNANCE IN PRE PLANNING FOR THEN THE CONSTRUCTION AND DELIVERY PHASE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN ANY PROJECT COULD BE AT ANY POINT IN THE CYCLE.

SO YOU MAY HAVE SOME PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE TRANSACTION PHASE AND OTHERS STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE, BUT YOU KIND OF SEE THIS KIND OF CYCLE THROUGHOUT ALL THESE MAJOR PROJECTS. SO THEN WE WANTED TO TALK A LOT ABOUT THE PLANNING PHASE REQUIREMENTS.

ARE THE PLANNING PHASE REQUIREMENTS EARLY ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, BECAUSE AS YOU START TALKING ABOUT THESE LARGER SCALE PROJECTS, AS WE TALK ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND ALSO AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR OTHER CAMPUSES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT EXIST AT THE VARIOUS OTHER CAMPUSES, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF PLANNING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO ENSURE WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE NEED.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE HAVE A TRUE UNDERSTANDING, GIVEN THE LANDSCAPE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR CURRENT SPACE IS, WHAT IT'S BEING USED FOR, AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE MIGHT HAVE WITH THAT SPACE.

SO THEN WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE THE GOOD WORK THAT DR.

FLOYD AND DR. WILKINS ARE DOING IN REGARDS TO THEIR ACADEMIC PLANS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT THAT INTO AN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE SPACE NEEDS ARE.

SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IN THE FUTURE.

BUT THEN WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW, OKAY, WHAT'S THAT DELTA AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO FILL THAT GAP OF THAT DELTA MOVING FROM WHAT WE HAVE TO WHAT WE NEED? ALSO BUILDING IN KIND OF THAT FLEXIBILITY AND I PUT A NOTE UP THERE ABOUT THE INNOVATION STRATEGY THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT, IF YOU WILL, IF THERE'S THINGS THAT PRIORITIES CHANGE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES CHANGE, FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES CHANGE, WE NEED TO KIND OF BUILD THAT INTO OUR LONG TERM PLAN.

AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO THEN IS KIND OF TAKE THAT INTO WHAT IS OUR COLLEGE WIDE SPACE PLANNING STRATEGY.

SO HOW DO WE THEN TAKE ALL OF THESE OTHER ACTIVITIES TO COME AND SAY COMPREHENSIVELY AS DALLAS COLLEGE, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE AT ALL OF OUR VARIOUS CAMPUSES AND VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES WE MAY SEE COMING IN THE FUTURE? DO WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A FULLY FLESHED OUT PLAN? WE HAVE MASTER PLANS THAT WE CREATED IN 2019.

BUT THEN YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE CHANGE OF THE THE EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE MOVING FORWARD.

WE HAD THINGS THAT HAPPENED AS PART OF CONSOLIDATION THAT MIGHT CHANGE WHERE WE'RE CUTTING THINGS OR VARIOUS CAMPUSES.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CHANGES IN THE LANDSCAPE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE WAY AND THE NATURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING EDUCATION.

SO WE'RE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, NUMBER ONE, WHAT WE HAVE WITH THAT.

BUT THEN TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S THE END GOAL HERE IS TO HAVE THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO, YEAH, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND REAL CRITICAL IS HOW AND I THINK THIS THIS OFFICE AND ESPECIALLY YOURSELF BECOMES A CONDUIT TO THE EVENT.

WE DISCUSSED OVER LUNCH TODAY AT ONE OF THE EVENTS WERE WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR MISSION IS, WHAT ARE OUR DELIVERABLES, WHAT WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE, WHAT IS OUR MISSION TO DELIVER, AND THEN WHAT FACILITIES AND LAND USE SUPPORTS THAT.

AND TO ME, THAT THAT IS THE CRITICAL THING.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE FACILITY SHOULD BE, UNLESS YOU CONSIDER THE WHOLE COLLEGE, WHEREAS BEFORE WHAT I'VE SEEN IS CALLED THE LAND USER PLAN, IT WAS THE TWO POLICE ACADEMY, IT WAS SEVERAL WELDING SHOPS AND ALL THAT.

AND I'M NOT IN THAT BUSINESS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IT WOULDN'T MAKE MORE SENSE TO NECESSARILY HAVE A HEALTH CARE COLLEGE AREA THAT WAS RELATED TO WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO DO THEIR WORK.

SO I JUST THINK IT'S IT'S A WAY TO THIS IS JUST AN INTERIM OR A BIG STEP FOR CONNECTIVITY TO WHAT'S BEEN IN THE PAST, WHAT WE EXPERIENCE IN THREE LAST THREE YEARS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO ENVISION FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

AND IN THE CYCLE, I THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE A COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD DEFINITION AS A BOARD AND MAYBE BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE STAFF ABOUT WHAT A LAND USE PLAN.

AND BECAUSE WHEN THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RAISED BEFORE IT GETS ITS ZONING, YOU KNOW, AND ROB IS UP HERE PRESENTING ON THE ZONING AND THEN THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE, YOU TALK

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WE'D HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT AND THIS IS EXCLUDE DOWNTOWN FOR NOW, BECAUSE THAT'S A CATEGORY UNTO ITSELF ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE DENSITY.

WHAT'S OUR APPROACH TO OPEN SPACE, WHAT'S OUR APPROACH TO HOUSING? YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FENCELINE COMMUNITIES THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE AND EMPHASIZE, AND WE HAD NONE OF THAT.

AND THE FIRST TIME I EVER EVEN HEARD THOSE ISSUES COME UP.

WAS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS PLANS IN THE CONTEXT OF PUTTING IN A BOND PROGRAM.

SO WHEN I SEE A BUILDING VERSUS IN COLLEGE WIDE SPACE AND LAND USE PLAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING OF IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE WANT TO USE THIS LAND ENDOWMENT, DO WE WANT TO SELL IT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THIS BOARD HAS NEVER HAD THAT CONVERSATION WHILE I'VE BEEN ON.

I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY VALUABLE IN OUR DECISION MAKING GOING FORWARD ON A WHOLE VARIETY OF AREAS.

BUT MY POINT IS, THOUGH, TO ME, IT STARTS WITH THE THE ACADEMIC.

WHAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO DO AND WORKFORCE AND ACADEMIA BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACADEMIC, IT'S GOING TO TAKE 300 ANYTHING TO DO WITH PARKING FOR EXAMPLE.

NO, I'M SAYING ANYTHING TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY WHAT'S THE BALANCE GOING TO BE BETWEEN ATHLETICS, OPEN SPACE AND BUILDINGS, HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE IT.

KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ALMOST A KNOW IT'S ALMOST IRRELEVANT NOW.

TO ME. IT'S VERY RELEVANT.

IT'S VERY RELEVANT BECAUSE IF YOU SAY THAT'S OUR CORE MISSION AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE FACILITIES TO DELIVER THAT, IF IT'S 300 ACRES SITTING THERE AND THAT EQUATES TO 100 ACRES, THAT TO ME SAYS YOU'VE GOT 200 ACRES.

TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST USE OF THAT.

BUT YOU STILL START WITH WHAT OUR MISSION OF BEING HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND OUR FIRST PLACE IS TO IS TO DO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GIVEN IN A LADY'S PLAN.

I REALLY DO. AND AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH OF OUR LAND WE NEED TO DEVOTE TO ACADEMIC AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE SO THAT EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CAN TAKE PLACE.

BUT THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER POSSIBLE USES OF THE LAND THAT WE HAVE NEVER DISCUSSED.

LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.

AND I REALLY, REALLY.

WE'VE HAD A DEBATE HERE ON HOUSING ON OUR CAMPUS.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IF WE WANT TO GO TO VERTICAL PARKING ON OUR CAMPUSES OR TALKING ABOUT DOING THIS, WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING THIS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO HEAR FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BUT I THINK THIS IS WHAT.

SORRY. SO I THINK, YES, WE NEED A PLAN SO WE CAN AGREE THAT A PLAN IS NEEDED.

I DISAGREE. OH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF WHAT IT IS, SO WE NEED TO DEFINE WHAT THAT IS.

OKAY. SO THEN AS PART OF THAT, WHAT I THINK WE WANTED TO BRING INTO THE LIGHT IS THAT AS WE START TALKING ABOUT THESE MORE COMPLEX TYPES OF THINGS.

P THREES, WHICH WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS EXTERNAL SUPPORT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.

SO LEGAL SUPPORT, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT KIND OF WHAT ARE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS THAT CAN HELP US, ESPECIALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHODS.

AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING BEYOND KIND OF A DESIGN BUILD IN ANY SENSE, WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER OR EVEN WITH ONE, WE STILL NEED TO CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE OTHER FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO US DEPENDING ON WHERE THOSE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED.

THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO HAVE OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORS THAT CAN HELP US RECRUIT PROPOSALS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ACTUALITY WOULD MEAN FOR THE COLLEGE AND THEN PLANNING AND REAL ESTATE ADVISORS WHICH PAGE IN TO SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FOR US THUS FAR.

AND THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE DETERMINATION OF IF THERE'S UNDER-REPRESENTATION AND IN SOME SITUATIONS EVEN ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANCE IN A.

IN THESE TYPES OF AREAS.

SO THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS A CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER FOR US TO DELIVER ONCE THOSE PLANS ARE KIND OF CREATED.

SO FOR THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND WANTED TO PUSH PUSH OUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY WE'RE GOING FOR A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. AND TYPICALLY THAT IS USED WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPLETELY DEVELOPED SCOPE OF WORK.

AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE A POOL OF PROPOSERS.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GO OUT AND SAY, WE THINK WE NEED THESE THINGS AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME TO US WITH THEIR IDEAS, COME TO US WITH SOME SOLUTIONS AND COME TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO THEN WE CAN TAKE THAT AND KIND OF MELD IT WITH THE REST OF THIS WORK WE DO IN THE PLANNING PHASE IN ORDER TO GET US TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCURE THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

BUT THEN BULLET TO THE OTHER BACKGROUND WORK IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE BACKGROUND OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS LAST YEAR TO KIND OF PUSH THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.

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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUALLY ONGOING DO THIS TYPE OF WORK.

AND WITH THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU NEXT MONTH IS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR WHAT WE CALL PHASE TWO WITH PAGE NUMBER ONE, THE HRA, WHICH ARE GOING TO DO A LOT OF THE DETAIL WORK WHILE THE RFI IS ON THE STREET.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE GOT TO DO FIRST PRIMARY IS PRIMARILY IS TO LOOK AT DOWNTOWN SPACE NEEDS, PROGRAMING NEEDS AND ALL THIS STUFF.

WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED? THAT WOULD BE THE DETAIL THAT WOULD GO INTO THE NEXT STAGE, RFQ RFP OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT WE NEED TO GET THEM STARTED NEXT MONTH.

AND SO THAT WILL BE COMING.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN HERE.

THEY HAVE A SIX SCOPE PLAN AND FIRST THREE UP THERE IS THEY DID THE DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK ALREADY.

THEY'VE PUT IT TOGETHER.

WE NEED TO ROLL THAT OUT IN TRAINING, LEADERSHIP AND OTHER PEOPLE ON HOW TO USE THAT.

THAT'S A VERY THAT'S A QUICK SCOPE.

BUT THEY'VE OFFERED TO HELP US AS WE SEE SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO DO IF WE NEED SOME OF THEIR HELP ON ROLLING OUT THAT DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK, WE WILL DO THAT.

THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMING THAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHERE THEY GO.

ALSO, THE NUMBER THREE IN THERE IS IT'S WHOLE SYSTEM WIDE CAMPUS PLANNING.

WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN BEING A PRIORITY, WE HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT.

THE PROPOSAL IS ACTUALLY A TWO AND ONE HALF YEAR PROJECT FOR ABOUT $2.3 MILLION.

IT IS A DETAIL OF WORK.

A LOT OF TASKS GO IN TO EACH ONE OF THESE SCOPES OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE.

ONE OF THEM IS THE PROPOSAL TO BRING TO THE BOARD ON A LAND USE POLICY, AND THAT WOULD BE THE START OF WHERE THERE'D BE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE BOARD ABOUT HOW THAT NEEDS TO LOOK AND HOW THAT NEEDS TO EVOLVE.

SO IT'S INCLUDED AS ONE OF THE TASKS THAT WE EXPECT TO COME OUT OF THERE.

THE NEXT ONE IS THAT WHOLE SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS.

WE'VE GOT TO GET A GOOD INVENTORY OF WHAT ALL OUR SPACE IS AND HOW WE'RE USING IT.

I WANT TO COME IN.

SCOTT WRIGHT. HE TEAMED UP WITH SCOTT'S FIRE SPEARS FIRE INSTRUCTOR OUT AT BROOKHAVEN.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON SOME PROJECTS OF MAPPING OUT ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS USING THIS GIS TECHNOLOGY THAT HE TEACHES OUT THERE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING NOT ONLY AT HAVING THEM HAVE IT AS A CLASS PROJECT, BUT THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO INTERN THEM ARE STUDENT WORKERS ARE, I DON'T KNOW, SKY ABOVE US.

THE OTHER WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT EITHER INTERNAL DEPARTMENT INTERN OR PART TIME TO DO ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS SO THAT WE'RE INCLUDING STUDENTS BUILDING ON THIS THING.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH PAGE ON IS PART OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IS TRAINING US TO KEEP THIS GOING.

THIS IS NOT A ONE AND DONE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO INTERNALIZE IT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP THEM AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO TEACH THE PEOPLE HERE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SCOTT HIRED A SPACE PLANNER, IF WE GOT TO BE ABLE TO START DOING ALL THESE THINGS OURSELVES BECAUSE IT'S DYNAMIC, IT CHANGES CONSTANTLY.

THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US WITH THE DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE STRATEGY.

MOST OF THAT DOES NOT REALLY INVOLVE THE RFI PART, BUT DOES HELP US WITH HOW DO WE PUT STUFF TOGETHER FOR WHEN WE GET TO THE RESCUE AND RMP? AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE INNOVATION PART.

THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER A REPORT ON WHAT THEY FEEL AS THEY'VE INTERVIEWED ALL OF US ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO ON INNOVATION PLANNING.

I THINK IT'S 45 PAGE IT'S A LONG REPORT, BUT IT'S VERY THOROUGH AND HAS SOME VERY GOOD SUGGESTIONS IN THERE THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND SET UP THAT STRUCTURE. SO THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY WILL BE DOING, EACH ONE OF THESE SCOPES.

I'LL GO INTO IT AGAIN NEXT MONTH, BUT I'LL BE JUST AS SHORT AS I'M TRYING TO BE.

NOW, IS THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO WE HAVE A COMPLETE PICTURE.

IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING, LIKE IN SPACE NEEDS.

HOW DO WE USE THE CLASSROOM OR NOT USE A CLASSROOM? YOU KNOW, ARE THEY NOT BEING USED ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT.

DO WE NEED MORE OF THIS TYPE OF SPACE? DO WE NEED MORE OF THIS TYPE OF SPACE THAT'S GOING TO HELP US BUILD TO AFTER WE FINISH DOWNTOWN? WHAT OTHER TYPES OF THINGS WOULD WE BE ABLE TO TAKE AND PUT TOGETHER FOR WHEN WE WOULD LOOK AT FULL MASTER PLANNING FOR DALLAS COLLEGE AS A ONE ENTITY?

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IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE WE'RE A BIG ORGANIZATION.

THIS IS NOT AN OVERNIGHT THING.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF. WANT TO GO TO THE END.

CALL THIS THE THIRD QUESTION AND SEE WHAT THEY RECOMMEND.

SORRY, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY SO FAR HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH EVERYTHING.

AND THE BIGGEST PART OF THEM THAT I'VE BEEN MOSTLY WITH IS HOW THEY WORK WITH US, BECAUSE YOU'D THINK WE COULD WRITE THIS AS A VERY DEFINITIVE SCOPE.

THIS STUFF IS CHANGING AS WE WORK WITH THE BOARD, AS WE WORK WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND HOW WE DO THIS, AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY WITH THESE TO TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON, ON, ON, ON SOME OF THEIR TASKS AND HOW THEY WORK.

HAVE THEY IMPROVE THEIR DIVERSITY BY CHANCE? ONE OF THE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THAT WAS A STATEMENT FROM DAY ONE.

YES, SIR. I MAY HAVE HALLUCINATED THIS BECAUSE I'M PRONE TO THAT KIND OF THING, BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OF US.

IS THAT STILL PART OF THE PLAN? YES, IT IS. THAT'S THAT'S IN ONE OF THE TASKS TO BE ABLE AND NOT ONLY WITH YOU ALL, BUT ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE SET UP IS, IS AND I DON'T WANT TO CALL YOU USE THE WRONG WORD ABOUT, SAY, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, BUT COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT THEY WANT TO DRAW FROM AND NOT JUST US OR THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OR WHOEVER.

IT'S ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD WITH THAT.

THEY DID THAT ON THE INNOVATION PIECE THAT THEY WROTE UP, NOT THAT THEY INCLUDED EVERYBODY, BUT THEY STARTED WITH A GOOD MIX OF PEOPLE THAT THEY DID.

THEY WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, INCLUDING SOME OTHERS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DO WELL THAT IS LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY, NOT JUST US, BUT LISTENING TO WHAT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE OUT THERE AND BE ABLE TO BRING THAT INTO THEIR PLAN.

SO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PLANS ARE THE OTHER QUESTIONS.

IF NOT, WE WILL ADJOURN THE AT 220.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.