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From YouTube: 1-24-22 City Council work session
Description
Des Moines City Council morning work session on Monday, January 24, 2022.
View the agenda: https://DSM.city/CouncilMeetings
A
Everybody
it's
7,
30.
We've
got
our
council
work
session
this
morning
for
monday
january
24th.
Today
the
two
items
on
our
agenda
adopt
a
park
and
trail
program
and
the
social
equity
recreation
program.
So
mr
manager,
I'll
kick
it
over
to
you
and
then
it
looks
like
we
have,
mr
ben
page.
It's
going
to
step
up
yeah.
C
Good
morning,
mayor
and
council
members,
so
the
council
had
asked
for
more
opportunity
to
hear
about
different
programming
across
the
organization.
So,
as
you
might
imagine,
our
first
thought
was
to
the
parks
department
and
when
I
talked
with
ben,
he
had
a
couple
great
ideas
of
projects
to
bring
forward
to
you.
So
here
we
are
this
morning
and
I'll
turn
over
to
ben.
D
Data
talk
about
two
new
programs,
one
that
started
last
spring
and
one
that
we
intend
to
start
this
spring.
So
first
up
is
the
one
that
started
last
spring
and
with
the
onsen
of
the
pandemic.
I
think
it
comes
to
no
surprise
of
this
group
that
we
saw
up
to
200
percent
increased
use
in
our
parks
and
trails,
and
with
that
increase
we
also
saw
a
demand
for
more
maintenance
to
be
innovative
and
and
try
to
be
very
creative.
With
tough
budgets.
We
once
again
challenged
our
volunteer
team
to
come
up
with
a
new
program.
D
One
thing
that
we
know
is
this
community
is
very
very
great
about
taking
ownership
in
its
parks
and
its
trails
and
its
rec
programs,
and
so
we
talked
if
we
gave
up
a
specific
program
that
would
allow
folks
to
not
only
be
a
volunteer
in
general,
but
to
volunteer
for
something
that's
near
and
dear
to
them
or
in
their
neighborhood.
It
would
hit
a
lot
of
the
marks
and,
as
you're
about
to
see,
it
did
hit
a
lot
of
marks,
and
I
want
to
introduce
to
you
a
member
of
our
volunteer
team.
Rachel
haydenfeld.
D
F
B
F
The
parks
and
recreation
department
formalized
the
program
with
a
new
framework
requirements
and
an
agreement
as
well
as
some
other
new
perks
you'll
see
here
today.
The
program
primarily
focuses
on
litter
removal,
but
there
is
flexibility
for
us
to
reach
out
to
the
volunteers,
to
ask
for
assistance
on
other
small
maintenance
projects
in
their
adoption
areas.
F
An
area
can
be
adopted
by
an
individual
or
a
group.
Adoption
requires
a
one-year
commitment
with
a
minimum
of
four
cleanups
per
year.
Some
sites
may
need
more
help
at
peak
times,
for
example,
at
prospect
park
this
summer
the
adoption
group
came
almost
weekly
following
a
cleanup.
We
asked
that
volunteers
submit
a
quick
report
to
help
us
track
their
success.
F
F
F
F
F
Lastly,
after
the
individual
or
group
has
hosted
their
first
cleanup
event,
their
official
sign
is
installed.
This
is
a
great
way
to
thank
our
volunteers
and
bring
recognition
to
the
program
and
recruit
more
volunteers.
Special,
thank
you
to
park,
planner,
derek
hanson
for
the
design
and
installation
standards
he
created.
F
F
It
has
taken
off
and
grown
exponentially,
engaging
450
volunteers
this
past
year,
beyond
the
adopt
a
park
and
adopted
trail
program.
We
continue
to
welcome
volunteers
to
assist
with
single
cleanup
events
together.
The
program
had
871
volunteers
participate,
bringing
the
combined
value
of
all
of
our
litter
cleanups
to
more
than
70
thousand
dollars.
F
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
this
year
we
had
these
bike
trailers
donated
by
keep
iowa,
beautiful
and
friends
of
des
moines
parks.
So
volunteers
can
take
these
out
with
them
to
collect
a
letter
from
the
trails
and
easily
pick
up
litter
and
show
off
this
amazing
program
before
I
leave
today.
I
do
want
to
take
a
quick
moment
to
thank
parks
and
recreation
supervisor,
kelly
lau
cortright,
for
her
support
and
helping
with
this
presentation
today.
F
D
So,
with
the
capacity
as
you
know,
we
already
have
a
very
successful
volunteer
program.
I
mean
I'll
put
a
plug-in
tomorrow,
night
you'll
hear
more
about
that
again.
For
this
last
year
we
have
two
coordinators
that
coordinate,
volunteer,
work
and
then
a
field
coordinating
position
that
makes
sure
the
work
is
done
safely
and
professionally,
adding
this
program
and
having
the
success.
It
just
had
this
last
spring
and
summer,
we're
at
capacity
where
staff
cannot
manage
these
things
all
take
a
lot
of
pre-planning
and
post
planning
together.
So
they're
bandwidth
is
where
we're
at
now.
D
To
expand
the
volunteer
program,
we
would
need
another
position
like
rachel
and
I
think,
as
you
can
see,
from
from
the
charts,
we're
able
to
produce
much
more
value
than
what
the
cost
would
be.
I
figured
that
question
might
come
up
we're
looking
at
with
the
position,
the
benefits,
the
salaries
and
the
commodities
and
the
trash
grabbers
and
bags,
and
all
that
about
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
add
more
volunteer
work
throughout
the
park.
Trails
and
cemetery
system.
G
C
A
C
B
D
C
It
is
not
in
the
budget
at
the
moment
to
be
added,
but
I
wanted
to
have
this
discussion
and
understand
what
what
this
presentation
shows
us
is
that
it
is
productive
that
that
we
are
limited
at
the
moment
with
the
number
of
opportunities
and
locations
for
that
volunteerism.
If
there's
interest,
then
I
would
need
to
work
to
add
that
into
the
budget
for
additional
locations.
D
We
know
from
just
the
previous
experiences
we've
had
over
a
decade
that
every
employee
will
generate
x,
amount
of
different
volunteer
opportunities,
you'll
see
here
I
like
looking
at
the
pre-pandemic
year,
so
16,
17
and
18.
You
can
almost
round
that
up
to
about
35
000
hours
of
volunteer
and
if
you
just
did
simple
math
and
took
the
three
employees
we're
going
to
get
10
000
hours
of
volunteer
work
per
employee,
so
it
would
be
safe
to
presume
another
staff.
D
G
F
E
These
numbers-
I
know
that
it's
budget
time
and
I
hope
and
pray
that
we
make
our
parks
and
trails
a
priority
in
our
upcoming
budget.
It's
obvious
that
during
the
coved,
our
parks
are
being
used
everybody's
out
there
in
our
parks,
that's
not
going
to
go
away.
They've
discovered
how
wonderful
our
parks
and
trails
are.
I
I
really
hope
that
we
can
make
make
it
a
priority.
B
H
H
D
D
We
have
a
nationally
ranked
park
system,
we're
the
35th
best
park
system,
united
states
by
the
trust
for
public
lands,
and
that's
because
of
great
policy
leadership
from
our
council.
Our
park
board
our
amazing
staff,
but
most
of
all
the
volunteers.
If
we
hadn't
had
30
some
hours,
30
000
hours
of
volunteers,
I
can't
imagine
what
our
park
system
would
look
like.
H
H
I
D
J
D
The
science
behind
it
is
the
bigger
more
used
parks
that
have
more
attendance
and
the
science
behind.
That
is
how
often
do
the
men
and
women
that
take
care
of
the
maintenance
go
out
and
collect
an
empty
trash
and
pick
up
litter.
We
pick
the
highest
profile
areas
that
have
the
most
need
and
use
on
that
list
you
saw.
D
D
Yes,
please:
five
o'clock
we're
going
to
run
a
real,
fast
and
efficient
operation,
we're
very
sensitive
covets.
We're
going
to
have
our
clusters
of
award
winners
in
the
hallway
we're
going
to
have
the
council
in
the
back
of
the
embassy
chambers,
the
parkour
in
the
front.
Read
an
award,
take
a
picture
cycle
them
out.
The
next
group
comes
in
so
we'll
try
to
be
very
efficient
and
very
sensitive
to
the
covet
pandemic.
D
B
D
D
This
program
is
being
modeled
after
the
evelyn
k
davis
program.
That's
been
such
a
success
in
our
community
for
over
a
decade,
and
I
want
to
point
out
that
that's
a
collaboration,
a
50
50
collaboration
with
the
des
moines
police
department.
That's
why
our
police
chief
is
here
today.
I
invited
him
because
I
think
it's
fair
that
he
helped
share
some
of
the
success
we've
experienced
in
the
past
and
thank
them
for
their
commitment
going
forward
today.
D
You'll
see
that
we're
going
to
take
that
great
investment
you
put
in
our
budget
and
to
add
four
more
parks,
we're
also
going
to
continue
at
evelyn
k,
davis
park,
but
all
things
that
are
good
sometimes
come
to
an
end.
And
after
a
decade
of
great
public-private
partnerships,
the
evelyn
k,
davis
program
has
kind
of
hit
the
wall.
As
far
as
fundraising,
two
million
dollars
over
10
years
was
raised,
which
is
about
95
percent
of
the
overall
cost
of
the
program
to
run
that
program,
and
I
do
want
to
once
one
more
time.
D
Thank
the
chief
he's
personally
led
that
fundraising,
not
our
staff,
our
police,
chief
and
they've,
been
there
every
time
with
us
at
those
parks
and
those
programs,
so
he's
here
today
to
help
answer
those
type
of
questions.
I'm
here
to
introduce
our
first
ever
full-time
staff
committed
to
social
equity
recreation
program.
If
you've
not
met
amar,
yet
you're
gonna
have
to
sit
back
in
your
chair,
he's
full
of
passion.
He
is
the
right
person
for
the
job.
He's
led
evelyn,
k,
davis
program
for
the
last
two
years,
he's
beloved
in
that
neighborhood
he's
beloved
everywhere.
D
We
send
him
so
you'll
soon
see
he's
going
to
show
you
what
the
science
was
behind,
selecting
four
new
parks.
Of
course,
if
we
could
select
50
neighborhoods,
we
would,
but
we
have
to
start
somewhere
so
you'll
see
the
science
you'll
see
what
the
program
is
going
to
look
like
moving
forward
this
spring.
So
we're
very
excited.
We
believe
this
is
a
game
changer
for
our
department
and
this
community
ammar.
All
yours,
thank
you.
K
K
With
the
development
of
our
no
fee
model,
we
have
been
able
to
provide
quality
recreation
programs
to
some
of
our
traditionally
underserved
communities
of
our
city
and
through
this
we've
seen
participation
grow
over
the
past
few
years.
Just
you
know,
beyond
the
realms
of
what
we
ever
thought
we
could
be.
Even
throughout
the
pandemic,
we
saw
our
numbers
grow.
K
K
So
we
just
want
to
start
by
talking
about
our
current
program
at
evelyn
k,
davis
park,
which
is
located
in
ward
1..
So,
as
you
can
see
on
your
map
here,
this
data
comes
from
the
trust
for
public
land,
and
this
data
shows
in
the
in
the
highlighted
area
is,
as
that
is
within
a
10-minute
walk
of
the
park.
So
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
that
a
little
bit
within
a
10-minute
walk
of
the
park.
K
This
is
one
of
the
parameters
that
we
felt
was
very
important
when
we
start
talking
about
social
equity,
recreation
programs
and
recreation
programs
in
traditionally
underserved
communities.
So
we've
been
doing
this
program
at
evelyn
k
davis
park
since
2010,
we
have
provided
spring
summer
and
fall
programming.
What
we've
done
here
at
evelyn
davis
is
we've
been
able
to
partner
with
local
non-profits,
neighborhood
associations
and
other
entities
to
enhance
events
at
the
park
to
provide
evening
programming
at
the
park
to
provide
programs
really
throughout
really
wanting
to
program.
K
Evelyn
k,
davis
park
every
week
night
just
to
try
and
reduce
some
of
the
the
nefarious
things
that
go
on.
We
always
thought
that
the
more
positive
activity
we
have
going
on
in
our
park
system,
the
less
negative
activity
we
have
going
on
in
our
product
system.
So
we've
taken
a
really
a
very
big
leap
in
having
programming
trying
to
just
about
every
weeknight.
K
K
B
K
Of
the
statistics
from
evelyn
k,
davis
park
once
again,
they're
pulled
from
the
trust
republic
land
and,
as
you
can
see,
this
is
within
a
10
minute
walk
of
the
park.
We
have
just
over
2
000
children
within
a
10-minute,
walk
and
right
below
that
we
have
the
household
incomes
of
that
area
within
a
10-minute
walk
and,
as
you
can
see,
we
looked
at
the
low-income
households
and
compared
to
the
high-income
households.
And
when
you
look
at
that
number,
it's
almost
four
to
one
and
as
we
look
over
at
our
rate
and
ethnicity
chart.
K
K
K
Actually
so
this
is
what
we
went
into
our
site
selection
process,
our
location
goals.
We
want
to
have
one
program
per
board.
We
want
to
make
sure
they're
in
need-based
areas.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
had
a
safe
space
for
our
programs
to
operate
and
also
our
partnership
possibilities,
because
we
know
we
can't
do
it
all
by
ourselves.
We
need
our
great
community
partners
to
step
in
and
help
us
out
where
necessary
and
also
when
we
look
at
park
features.
Neighborhood
access
was
a
big
one.
K
We
talked
about
we're
going
to
keep
talking
about
people
within
a
10-minute
walk,
because
walkability
is
one
of
the
big
features
of
our
program.
We
want
to
have
our
programs
and
areas
where
people
can
easily
access
them
sports
course
playgrounds.
Other
green
space
parks,
amenities.
These
are
all
things
that
are
needed
for
a
full
day
camp
program.
They
have
experience,
so
our
2022
program
goes.
We
want
to
establish
stronger
connections
with
neighborhood
associations,
other
community
partners,
just
like
we
said
to
enhance
programming
in
the
parks.
K
We
want
to
build
around
our
existing
amenities
in
each
location.
We
want
to
use.
What's
in
our
parks
to
the
to
the
best
of
our
abilities
to
provide
quality
services
for
our
families,
we
want
to
us
we're
going
to
bring
four
staff
members
each
location,
which
means
four
dedicated
staff
members
per
park
location
during
our
programming
hours.
K
We
want
to
continue
to
connect
with
the
des
moines
police
department.
What
the
des
moines
police
department
did
for
us
at
evelyn
k
davis
park
through
the
community
connections.
Community
building
was
we
just
strengthened
the
connection
between
the
community
and
the
police
department,
the
offices
that
we
had
many
times
you
saw
them
shooting
baskets
with
kids.
You
know
hopping
out
their
car
handing
out
candy,
really
just
making
a
connection
to
the
community
that
wasn't
there
before.
So
it's
one
of
the
strong
key
features
of
our
program.
K
K
So
this
takes
us
to
our
first
new
location
for
2022,
which
is
martin
luther
king
jr
park
located
in
ward
2..
One
of
our
big
goals
for
martin
luther
king
park
is
to
use
the
existing
amenities,
the
shelter
there
to
provide
all
season
program.
We
believe
we
have
the
ability
to
do
that
and
by
doing
that,
by
providing
off-season
programming,
we
can
have
really
just
a
program
that
buoys
the
park
and
is
have
pop,
has
positive
programming
throughout
the
all
seasons.
K
Drake
park
located
in
ward
3,
we
want
to
build
connections
and
enhance
with
stakeholders
in
the
area.
We've
already
started
a
partnership
with
drake
university
to
provide
services
and
really
just
explore
what
they
can
do
to
help
out
in
that
park.
Once
again,
also
with
the
new
construction
of
drake
park,
the
new
shelter,
we
believe
that
there's
opportunity
for
off-season
programming.
K
K
We
can
also
use
our
school
connections
to
grow.
All
of
our
programs.
We
have
the
youth
recreational
scholarship
program,
which
is
awesome.
We
have
other
programs
that
we
work
with
the
school
district
on
that
we
can
use
our
connection
with
weeks
middle
school
through
our
programming
to
help
build
and
grow.
K
Now,
as
we
look
at
weeks
middle
school,
we
see
a
little
something
unique
here.
We
see
we
have
just
over
a
thousand
children
within
a
10-minute
walk.
We
once
again
see
that
almost
two
to
one
three
to
one
load:
a
high-income
area.
However,
as
we
look
at
our
rate
and
ethnic
statistics
here,
we
don't
see
a
highly
minority
populated
area.
So
what
that
says
to
us
is
what
that
says
to
our
team.
Is
we
don't
look
at
equity
from
a
strictly
racial
base?
K
So
we've
talked
about
our
four
sites
for
2022
and
there's
one
other
site
prospect
park
now,
due
to
the
hour
conflict
with
water
trails,
construction.
This
specific
site
will
not
be
offered
for
a
full
program
until
2023,
but
we
are
excited
about
what
we
can
do
at
prospect
park,
how
we
can
probably
enhance
some
of
the
services
and
handsome
the
ownership
of
the
park
there.
So
our
2023
program
goals
will
be
to
establish
a
programming
presence
to
increase
activity
during
the
daytime
and
early
evening
hours
and
enhance
park
ownership
statistics
from
prospect
park.
K
B
K
K
K
We
do
field
trips,
cultural
activities,
special
guests,
then
we
give
them
a
snack
and
we
dismiss
so,
as
you
can
see
on
our
schedule,
we're
feeding
these
children
three
times
a
day,
we're
getting
them
we're
getting
them
sports
instructions,
we're
bringing
arts
and
crafts
in
we're
actually
challenged
by
director
paige.
When
I
took
the
job
to
use
every
amenity
that
we
have
in
the
city
for
our
children.
K
So
it's
amazing
to
see
some
of
our
kids
from
our
areas,
who
have
never
been
to
ashworth,
pool
who
have
never
been
to
gray's
lake
who've,
never
been
to
places
that
other
places
in
our
city
we're
taking
kids
from
our
city
to
other
places
in
our
city
and
it's
like
a
foreign
land
to
them.
So
we
never
want
that
to
happen
again.
K
One
of
the
great
things
about
it
is
we
charge
nothing
for
this
program.
This
program
is
absolutely
free
as
we
search
and
do
research
about
other
programs
in
the
city
other
summer
camp
programs
that
they
have
out
there.
It
would
cost
a
family
between
80
and
250
a
week
to
be
a
part
of
a
program
like
this
at
a
different
city
or
a
different
organization,
and
we're
completely
subsidizing
that
and
we're
giving
that
to
them
for
free,
which
is
an
awesome
gift
for
our
program
in
our
city.
K
So
how
much
is
it
going
to
cost?
What
are
we
spending
right?
That's
always
a
big
question.
Our
budget
for
this
program
is
552
thousand
dollars
the
665
552
665,
and
that
includes
staffing,
which
is
myself
as
a
supervisor
we're
a
career.
We
have
20
positions
available
here
for
our
program,
so
we
we
have
five
seven
month,
positions
which
are
recreation
specialists
too,
and
we
have
15
four-month
positions.
K
So
not
only
have
we
created
a
great
program
free
program
for
our
children,
we've
also
created
20
new
jobs
for
people
in
our
city
that
are
available
right
now
to
be
hired.
So
if
you
guys
know
any
quality
employees
that
want
to
work
in
the
summer
camp
with
us,
please
let
me
know
send
them
my
way,
and
you
know
so.
Starting
pay
is
16
17
per
hour
for
our
recreation
specialist
too,
and
for
our
recreation
specialists,
our
four
month
position
is
14
an
hour
and
we
just
got
a
bump.
K
So
thank
you
to
you
know
to
our
department,
our
hr
department.
We
felt
it
was
very
important
to
to
to
really
pay
these
roles,
what
they
are
worth,
so
we
bumped
our
salaries
up
to
show
to.
I
guess,
correlate
with
the
importance
of
the
work
that
they
do.
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
throughout
this
process
we
did
a
lot
of
research
on
this
program
and
we
didn't
we
didn't.
We
were
not
able
to
find
a
program
like
this
anywhere
else
in
the
country
you
know.
K
So
I
can
say
the
search
was
not
all-inclusive,
but
at
this
level
of
what
we're
doing,
we
are
the
first
people.
We
are
the
first
city
to
completely
subsidize
our
summer
camp
program
for
low
and
underserved
communities,
which
to
me
is
what
puts
us
in
the
forefront
of
equity
programming,
equity-based
programming
in
the
country.
K
E
K
K
With
you
know
that
connection,
this
is
kind
of
one
of
those
things
we
talk
about.
You
know
our
department
is
is
stretched
to
the
limits,
and
we
know
that
you
know,
but
we
have
to
lean
on
our
our
partners,
our
community
partners,
to
provide
programming
and
that's
one
of
the
summer
city
hoops
is
one
of
the
programs
that
it's
where
community
partners
stepped
up
the
program
in
the
evening
time
and
provide
positive
activity,
and
so
that's
what
we
hope
to
see
more
of
we
think
with
this
partnership.
K
With
this
program,
we
will
see
more
community
organizations
step
up
and
provide
programming
for
their
parks,
provide
activity
in
their
parks,
make
sure
that
parks
are
well
used
throughout
the
day.
So,
just
like,
I
said
before,
positive
activity
takes
away
negative
activity.
If
you
have
enough
positive
activity,
going
on
negative
negative
activity
doesn't
have
a
place
to
go
so.
I
K
Why
we
won't
do
it
this
year
fully
we
do
plan
on
having
some
pop-up
programs.
However,
with
the
construction
going
on
at
prospect
park,
we
felt
like
we
looked
at
it.
We
researched
it.
We
felt
like
we
could
not
operate
the
program
safely,
with
the
construction
going
on
and
with
everything
going
on
there,
we
felt
it
was
best
to
wait
till
2022
2023
when
we
fully
open
up
that
way.
We
don't
have
to
worry
about
construction.
We'd
have
to
worry
about.
You
know
any
a
bulldogs
are
coming
through
clipping
the
care.
K
H
J
K
So
we
have
four
staff
members
there,
so
10
kids
per
per
staff
member,
so
40
kids,
would
be
the
max
and
how
we
recruit
is
we
we
connect
with
our
school
district.
We
talk
to.
We
go
out
to
community
events.
We
talk
to
anything
everybody
who
needs
a
program
like
this.
Hopefully
what
we'll
see
is
we'll
see
a
large
number
of
people
come
out.
Maybe
hopefully
we'll
get
more
than
40
people,
and
I
can
tell
director
paige.
I
need
more
money
and
more
staff.
So
let
me
just
add.
B
D
Just
briefly,
too,
it's
a
great
question.
We
have
not
been
able
to
travel
the
neighborhood
meeting
circuit
without
getting
into
the
question.
When
do
we
get
our
ethelyn
k
davis
program?
So
I
believe
the
neighborhood
associations
will
be
our
first
spot,
but
we
do
have
a
database
of
30
000
families
on
our
registration
reservation
system.
We
will
do
a
full
press.
Marketing
social
media,
neighborhoods,
amara,
devlin,
k
davis
is
planning
to
do
the
same
thing
this
guy
walks
and
knocks
into
the
doors
every
door.
D
H
Yeah,
I
hope
you
come
out
of
your
shell,
maybe
one
day,
maybe
one
day.
So
if,
if
you
find
that
you
have
more
kids
that
you
anticipated,
oh
man,
it'd
be
terrible
to
have
to
turn
away
kids.
How
could
are
you?
Do
you
have
a
contingency
plan
if
you
just
get
overwhelmed
with
in
a
good
way,
with
a
lot
of
kids?
Can
you
can
you
add.
D
The
first
year
is
going
to
be
a
trial
year,
but
we
do
think
of
those
type
exact
scenarios,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
it's
a
safe
and
professional
program.
We
have
additional
recreation
staff
that
do
other
things
that
can
help
supplement.
For
example,
I
think
a
lot
of
you've
worked
with
joel
our
environmental
education
supervisor.
He
can
come
in
and
do
an
event
that
day
to
supplement
the
current
staff
they're
there,
above
and
beyond
with
him
or
any
other
of
our
staff.
We
have
a
special
event
person.
D
So
that's
our
plan
this
year
is
to
use
some
of
our
staff
that
maybe
have
things
going
on
during
the
nights.
A
lot
of
things
and
recreation
happen,
nights
and
weekends.
During
the
day
they
can
come
help
out
with
these
programs.
Then
we
can
make
a
full
assessment
after
one
year
and
talk
with
the
city
manager
about
what
the
the
trends
were.
What
we
saw,
what
we
experienced
and
see
what
his
actions
would
be
for
us.
D
Absolutely
we
just
supported
them
with
the
letter
to
the
federal
government
on
a
grant
system
that
helps
them.
We
will
partner
with
any
non-profit
that
has
a
similar
mission,
don't
think
of
this
as
just
sports
and
games.
This
will
be
healthy
lifestyles,
character,
counts.
You
saw
cultural
activities,
we
don't
want
to
be
known
as
a
summer
camp
of
games.
We
want
this
to
be.
The
kids
have
to
grow
in
all
areas
where
kids
need
to
grow.
I
K
With
the
school
district,
we
work
with
the
community
school
coordinators
to
get
the
information
out
to
the
children.
Just
this
past
year
we
had
the
martin
luther
king
element,
martin
luther
king
jr
elementary
school
graduation
at
evelyn
davis
park.
So
we
do
that.
We
work
with
we
work
with
central
iowa
shelter
services
to
provide
food
for
our
children.
They
did.
They
did
the
meals
last
year
and
the
kids
loved
it
with
the
school
district.
K
So
traditionally
we
get
children
between
the
age
of
6
and
13..
That's
kind
of
the
main
group
that
we
get
over
the
course
of
the
day.
We
worked
hard
on
trying
to
find
to
expand
that
a
little
bit
and
see
how
we
can
engage
some
of
our
middle
school
or
some
of
our
pre-teens
that
sometimes
get
left
out
or
our
teenagers
that
may
get
left
out.
We
do
understand
that
there's
a
little
gap
in
there
between
13
and
18
that
we
just
have
trouble
connecting
with
so
we're
doing
a
few
things.
K
K
You
have
to
have
gone
through
all
day
kindergarten,
so
you
know
so
you
can
be
at
our
program
all
day,
which
is
you
know
from
nine
to
three,
as
you
can
see
on
our
our
previous
slide,
but
also
you
know,
so
that's
a
typical
age
group
that
we
see
really
between
6
and
13
and
that's
kind
of
where
we
gear
our
programs.
Our
field
trips
to
so.
D
And
he's
already
started
conversations
with
your
newest
initiative
with
cure
violence
he's
already
having
those
conservations
to
say:
where
can
we
connect
with
you
and
dovetail
our
services
together
again?
That
speaks
to
your
questions
about
if
we
get
too
many
kids,
maybe
that's
a
just
a
great
partner
to
bring
in
as
well
to
help
us
manage
the
workload
and
the
numbers.
G
D
Or
do
we
affordable?
The
answer
is
yes,
each
one
of
those
sites,
except
for
prospect,
has
a
facility
for
hot
days
to
cool
off
or
storm
rolls
through.
So
that's
another
thing
we
liked
about
weeks
is
we
can
get
inside
have
a
true,
easier
connection
with
des
moines
public
schools.
As
you
all
know,
we
have
a
des
moines
public
schools,
board,
member
on
the
park
and
recreation
board
and
so
we'll
be
making
that
connection
help
us
provide
some
dividends
there
last.
I
just
want
to
get
one
little
quick
point
in
this.
D
D
We
would
normally
see
about
80
kindergartners,
we
haven't
started
yet
the
numbers
are
280
right
now
and
so
we're
seeing
it.
I
just
talked
to
our
area,
basketball,
varsity,
coaches,
boys
and
girls.
They're
excited
what
we're
seeing
there
we're
seeing
numbers
back
into
the
thousands
for
participation
between
first
through
eighth
grade.
It's
it's
working
exactly
like.
We
thought
it
would
work.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
council.
D
L
K
D
95
of
the
evelyn
k
davis
program
was
fundraised
previously
to
this.
It
just
happened
to
be
that
you
know
a
lot
of
the
competing
interests.
There's
so
many
good
things
to
fund
out
there
right
now
and
we've
seen
a
lot
of
different
demands
in
our
community,
from
food
insecurity
to
rent
and
security,
so
funding
that
program
became
very
difficult,
but
it's
no
longer
feasible,
so
we're
making
that
evelyn
k
davis
park
and
the
florida
parks
together
in
one
budget
funded
by
city
dollars.
Okay,.
L
D
I
want
to
invite
you
out,
because
I've
seen
it
firsthand,
I
would
invite
all
of
you
out
every
year
if
you've
come
out
to
that
safe
summer.
Kickoff,
we
plan
to
do
the
same
thing
when
you
see
the
police
department
when
they're
out
there,
interacting
with
the
kids,
it's
amazing
the
fact
that
they
get
a
chance
to
meet
the
police
in
a
different
environment
that
they
might
meet
them
not
normally
in
they
actually
supplement
our
services.
D
L
The
purpose
of
the
police
is
not
to
play
basketball
with
children,
though
the
purpose
of
the
police
is
to
arrest
people.
So
my
concern
is
that
having
the
police
in
areas
with
high
minority
populations,
which
we
know
are
like
disproportionately
policed,
that
just
creates
more
interaction
with
the
police.
L
I
don't
believe
that
you
know
painting
the
police
in
a
soft
light,
saying:
oh
we're
playing
basketball
and
doing
all
these
things
is
really
going
to
protect
kids
later
on
when
they
grow
up
and
they
interact
with
the
police
in
a
different
way,
suddenly
they're
seen
as
a
threat,
so
I
don't
agree
with
the
police
being
involved
in
this
program,
especially
you
said
the
police
were
doing
the
fundraising.
Now
we're
not
doing
any
fundraising.
I
don't
think
that
we
need
the
police
involved
in
this
program.
L
I
think
that
when
we're
talking
about
budget,
I
mean,
like
the
police,
have
an
enormous
budget.
When
we're
talking
about
fundraising,
I
was
confused
why
they
were
fundraising
when
they
have
this
enormous
budget,
but
I
don't
think
that
this
a
program
that
is
a
social
equity
program.
I
don't
think
it's
equitable
to
have
the
police,
interacting
with
you
know,
high-risk
populations.
Oh.
K
I
completely
understand
where
you're
coming
from
just
from
being
there
to
me
it's
more
of
the
connection,
the
personal
connection
that
you
have.
If,
as
our
youngsters
see
the
police
officers,
hopefully
they
see
them
in
a
different
light
because,
as
as
as
they
enjoy
interacting
with
them
and
enjoy
talking
to
them
it
just
to
me
it,
it
brings
out
a
different
approach
from
a
police
officer.
Then
maybe
what
would
happen
to
a
22
to
a
young
man?
You
know
so
to
a
man
with
22..
K
So
as
you,
you
know,
build
that
connection
as
your
youngster
as
a
youth
and
build
that
connection
with
police,
the
police
become,
you
know,
not
an
enemy,
but
they
actually
become
a
friend.
Our
police
officers
have
been
friends
to
our
children
to
the
children
in
our
program.
So
it's
just
it's
been
a
positive
influence.
It
hasn't
been
anything
negative,
so
it's
really
been
a
buoy
for
us,
not
something
that's
seen
in
a
negative
light.
L
I
understand
what
I'm,
what
I'm
saying
is
those
kids.
They
do
grow
up
to
be
those
22
year
olds
who
get
arrested
by
the
police
in
the
same
neighborhoods
right
and
like
having
the
kids,
see
the
police
in
a
positive
light
that
doesn't
make
the
police
see
the
kids
in
a
positive
light
once
they
grow
up
and
they
start
arresting
them.
I
think
it's
an
unsafe
environment
to
put
children
in
that's
just
my
opinion.
L
I
know
that
I'm
not
going
to
get
a
lot
of
agreement
on
the
council,
but
I
do
think
I
needed
to
speak
to
that
overall.
I
think
this
is
a
really
wonderful
program.
I
think
I
want
to
see
more.
You
know
no
fee
programming
as
much
as
we
can
I'd
like
to
fund
that
as
much
as
we
can.
I'm
really
glad
that
this
is
expanding.
I
had
a
question
about.
L
K
So
yes,
there
is,
we
do
plan
on
see
as
we
as
we
look
at
social
equity-based
programming.
This
isn't
where
we're
going
to
stop
we're
going
to
continue
to
research,
we're
going
to
continue
to
look
for
avenues
that
we
can
use,
what
we're
doing
to
expand,
what
we're
doing
to
to
make
sure
it
grows.
So,
yes,
we
will
explore
those
opportunities.
This
is
just
our
first
initiative
in
this
expanded
programming
role,
realm.
D
And
I
think
the
short
answer
is
absolutely
yet:
this
winter
mars,
a
full-time
employee,
he
doesn't
get
to
just
to
take
the
winner
off
we'll
demand
that
we
get
a
good
resource
out
of
omar
he's
already
talking
to
the
grub
y
folks,
his
colleagues
there
to
make
sure
that
when
the
winner
hits,
we
could
not
only
partner
and
do
our
two
recreation
centers,
but
theirs
as
well.
So
a
lot
of
great
conversations
happening
about
year
round
because
we're
with
you
it's
kind
of
the
summer
learning
loss
they
have
for
school.
L
L
D
D
J
But
I
will
say
is
the
word
I
mean
I
think
I
I
get
why
we
target
things
by
by
ward,
and
certainly
like
I
mean
columbus
park,
would,
which
is
switch
from
and
now
in.
The
third
ward
would
would
fit
in
that
same
way,
but
I
think
doing
this
at
drake
park
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
I
think
it
will
serve
people
in
in
the
third
ward.
I
think
the
key
is
selecting
the
right
locations
and
I
trust
staff
to
select
the
right
locations
and
these
locations
make
a
lot
of
sense.
Thank
you.
L
I
think
the
other
point
that
I
wanted
to
make
I
think
prospect
park
is
also
a
great
location
for
this.
I
did
want
to
note
again
with
the
police
being
involved
in
this.
I
believe
it
was
prospect
park
where
the
police
chased
a
black
man
into
the
river
and
he
drowned
and
died
like
these
are
my
concerns
with
having
police
being
a
part
of
this
program.
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
I
don't
think
that
it
makes
anybody
safer.
L
I
think
that,
yes,
it
can
make
people
see
the
police
like
not
as
an
enemy,
but
when
the
police
then
become
an
enemy
like
it's
a
problem.
So
that
is
just
something
that
I
think
that
we
should
consider
as
we
are.
You
know
doing
the
pop-ups
in
prospect
park
and
then
moving
on
in
2023
that,
like
that,
is
the
site
of
like
a
tragedy
that
happened
to
like
a
black
man
in
the
city
because
of
the
police.
E
E
I
was
involved
in
the
fuel
up
first
program,
which
was
a
program
that
the
police
department
sponsored,
and
I
was
there
every
single
monday
morning,
at
6
45,
along
with
20
other
police
officers,
and
the
value
to
that
program
was
so
great.
I
was
there
the
very
first
day
it
started
until
the
last
day
that
it
ended
and
the
students
there
saw
the
police
officers
as
someone
they
could
confide
to.
They
could
go
to.
E
They
had
a
lot
of
trust
with
them.
I'm
there
thursday
nights
at
martin
luther
king
and
that
program
would
not
be
there
if
it
not.
If
it
were
not
for
officer
stephanie
schwartz.
She
has
such
a
fantastic
relationship
and
just
thursday
night
she
was
at
the
meeting
and
in
the
the
neighborhood
group
said
to
her.
We
are
so
thankful
that
we
have
you,
so
I
I
just
I
just
want
others
to
know
that
that
the
police
are
providing
positive
things
in
our
community
in
our
neighborhood
I've
been
there,
I've
seen
it.
L
K
So
so
over
the
course
of
seven
months
we
guarantee
them
40
hours
a
week.
So
for
those
seven
for
the
seven
month,
employees
they're
gonna
get
40
hours
a
week
for
seven
months.
I
got
that
number
somewhere.
I
was
never
great
at
math,
but
the
four
month
employees
over
their
four-month
period,
they're
guaranteed
40
hours
a
week
as
well.
L
L
No,
I
know
I
know
the
people
confide
in
police
officers.
People
see
police
officers
in
a
positive
light
during
these
programs
because
they're
the
ones
that
are
there.
You
could
afford
a
lot
more
recreation
staff
with
the
money
that
you're
spending
on
police
officers,
police
officers.
Jobs
are
not
to
play
basketball
with
children,
police
officers.
Jobs
are
not
to
fill
up
tanks
with
gas
police
officers.
L
Jobs
are
not
to
do
any
of
these,
like
community
bonding
things,
and
it
actually
costs
us
a
lot
more
to
use
police
officers
in
these
roles
than
it
would
if
we
had
more
recreation
staff
or
if
we
even
paid
our
recreation
staff
even
more
right,
because
I'm
glad
that
you
got
a
boost
for
for
that
pay.
But
I
mean
the
whole
argument
over
like
15
an
hour
like
you
know
when
saying
it
should
be
25,
it
should
be
23
and
stuff
like
that
right.
I've
gotten
the
16
and
I
was
like
wow.
L
K
To
be
clear
that
we
are
not
using
police
officers
in
any
type
of
employment
capacity,
it's
just
strictly
community
relations
and
and
and
community
bonding
is
what
they're
doing.
So.
It's
not
like
we're
saying
you
know
you
know,
officer,
edwards,
come
on
sergeant.
Edwards
is
gonna,
run
this
program
for
the
day
no
sergeant
edwards
is
gonna.
Come
over
there,
fist
bump
a
bunch
of
kids
high
five
them
and
make
them
feel
good
about
him
being
there
is
he
on
the
clock.
L
What's
that
is
he
on
the
clock?
Yes,
yeah,
so
he's
spending
money
to
do
that
like
I,
this
is
I'm
not
trying
to
be
adversarial
to
you.
I
think
I've
only
heard
wonderful
things
about
you.
It's
it's
how
I
feel
about
police
being
involved
in
a
program
like
this.
I
don't
think
that
it
is
a
net
good.
I
think.
C
I
too
also
want
to
make
sure
the
record's
correct
in
that,
and
it
was
heard
earlier
that
the
previous
program
with
evan
k
davis
would
not
have
existed
if
not
for
the
assistance
of
the
police
department,
which
helped
us
set
the
stage
for
for
this
expansion.
So
that
is
very
critical
and
then
there's
also
something
we
haven't
spoken
about
is
even
off
the
clock.
C
There
are
thousands
of
hours
of
volunteer
by
our
police
department
and
other
departments
as
well,
and
so
I
got
a
clear
direction
from
council
and
reinforced
over
the
years
that
we
wanted
our
excuse.
We
wanted
all
our
employees
to
be
more
active
in
volunteering
and
we
also
wanted
customer
service
to
be
at
the
highest
point
priority
for
all
our
departments,
and
that
includes
everything.
C
What
that
means
is
that
every
interaction
our
employees
have
with
our
residents
is
important
and
we
need
to
take
the
opportunity
to
find
opportunities
to
have
positive
interactions
with
our
with
our
residents.
So
this
is
a
great
program
that
gives
that
opportunity
for
not
only
police
but
other
departments
to
stop
in
and
see
the
great
work.
C
They
will
be
included
moving
forward
and
I'd
appreciate
that
any
public
conversation
about
public
or
excuse
me,
police
interactions
is,
is
only
shared
with
the
public
when
you
know
what
the
actual
facts
are,
you're
going
to
want
to
double
check
your
facts
about
the
prospect
park,
and
we
can
talk
about
that
later.
Thank
you.
I
D
L
H
G
And
if
you
don't
break
the
law,
you
don't
get
arrested
and
and
that's
that
is
our
society
that
we
have
today.
So
if
we
can
teach
six
six
year
olds
to
13
year
olds,
not
to
hate
police
officers,
because
when
they're
22,
hopefully
they're
not
going
to
break
the
law
and
they're
not
going
to
get
arrested
so
we're
looking
at
it
in
a
different
light,
and
so
I'm
hoping
that
you'll
respect
where
myself
and
other
neighborhood
leaders
are
coming
from.
G
A
B
D
A
personal
invite
to
each
one
of
you
individually
this
summer.
I
would
love
to
come
pick
you
up
or
meet
you
at
one
of
these
parks
spend
up
to
an
hour
with
you
and
walk
you
through
what
you
see,
so
you
can
see
it
firsthand.
I
would
appreciate
one
out
of
your
time
this
summer.
I
think
you'll
see
a
lot
of
cool
things.
I
just
had
one
quick
question.
I
So
if,
for
some
reason
you
have
more
children,
if
people
would
want
to
volunteer
because
you
have
volunteers,
you
know
I
know,
you'd
have
to
have
background
checks
and
all
that,
but
would
you
be
willing
to?
You
know,
offer
that
up
that
you
know
you
probably
wouldn't
you'd
have
the
staff,
but
you
could
have
volunteers
too.
Yeah.
D
K
K
So
we
are
open
to
having
volunteers.
They
do
would
have
to
go
through
our
volunteer
process
through
our
volunteer
staff
to
be
vetted
just
to
make
sure
they
are
working
with
children
in
that
role.
But
yes,
we
we
do
have.
We
do.
We
currently
work
with
our
volunteer
department
and
we
are
openly
exploring
and
expanding
our
the
roles.
Volunteers
have
in
our
societally
recorded
social
equity
recreation
program.