Item 39 authorize a beautification
and maintenance agreement for a 10
year period with Abounding Prosperity
Inc to provide beautification
and maintenance services,
including installing the donated
artwork depicted on exhibit A.
Attached here too and made a part
here of four non standard creative
crosswalks at the following six
intersections on city right of way.
Our lips Conway and S Ervay St Al
Lipscomb way and South Harwood St.
Our lips, Conway and South Malcolm X Blvd.
Martin Luther King Junior Blvd and
Colonial Ave Martin Luther King
Junior Blvd and South Malcolm X Blvd
and Martin Luther King Junior Blvd.
And JB Jackson junior Blvd.
This item was pulled by
Councilmember Mendelson.
Is there a motion motion to approve?
It's been moved and seconded.
Any discussion. Chairman Bazaldua
he recognized for five minutes.
Thank you, mayor.
So I just want to say that I'm really
excited that this item is on our agenda.
This initiative has been in the works
since June of 2020 and abounding
prosperity is has has found the
private funding and is going to agree
to the maintenance for 10 years.
This will be a permanent demonstration
of art on public right away
that says Black Lives Matter.
There is also the word all at the
beginning of Black Lives Matter specific
to the organization of abounding
prosperity and the LGBT community
and the trans community specifically,
who sometimes gets left out of
the conversation of the fact that
all Black Lives Matter no matter
what walk of life they are.
If they are from.
I just want to say that we,
as a council.
I was fortunate enough to be a part
of the council that voted in favor of
the donation for the pride crosswalks.
It Cedar Springs.
So to have an organization in the
wake of George Floyd when there was
civil unrest across the country
come to me and say that I believe
that we can offer some healing.
I believe that we can do something.
That's going to display just as much
pride in our community as there is in
the Pride Community Pun intended so.
I am really excited to see this
come to fruition,
and I hope that everyone here
will support it,
and I think it's it's amazing to
be a part of a body that will
take a stance and say together the
Black Lives Matter. Thank you.
Chairman Thomas transfer. 5 minutes
oh thank you Mr Mayor.
I happen to read this article
in the Morning News today and
that's how I became aware of it.
I'm no longer on the Transportation
Infrastructure Committee or whatever
committee man come through,
but I do want to say it's someone who.
Visit that area on a regular basis.
Worship in the South Dallas Fair Park area.
Also, I'm a member of a fourth mayor and
member of attorney and TC and and and a
Councilman Atkins and Councilmember on offer.
Members of fraternities Reuters
that have houses that on Martin
Luther King and I know around the
annual Prairie View Grambling game.
There's a huge block party and they know
that this will be out on their crosswalk.
It's going to produce a very.
And you talked about pride,
a great sense of pride,
of all of those who regularly visit the area.
Those residents who live in that community.
And so I was very,
very happy to see that.
And I'm really,
really honored to be able to
support this to find those this in
this organization that has been
in South dollars for awhile now.
They found those private dollars to
be able to do do this is amazing.
Very rarely do we see and just
being truthful and and serving,
my colleagues can agree with this.
African American organizations that
able to obtain private dollars of
this nature over the course of
ten years for maintenance of this.
Unfortunately, we don't see it ever often,
and hopefully this sets a precedence
and encourages other philanthropists
and others who have those funds
to support things of this nature.
So I definitely look forward to the
the actual day when this is going to
take place to be able to be out there
and be able to be supportive of it.
And I'll be glad to make sure that.
The panel,
any community knows that this is
going to be taking place and our
this Council was supportive of it.
Thank you Mr Mayor.
Mayor Protem 5 minutes. Though
thank you, Mayor, just I support
this item and just you know,
I think it's it's really great to see
these public private relationships where
we have we're putting out, you know,
art and and public using their First
Amendment to put that out on the streets.
I've just heard you know,
I love the Cedar Springs crosswalks.
I think these are going to be great too,
and you know, just I've been
researching how Portland is using
its streets for public art canvases,
which I think is a creative way to to help
people with expression and to beautify.
What is otherwise not very pretty,
you know pavement,
so I I just like the concept and it's cool.
I'd love it if staff could follow
up with me and give me just sort of
the financial breakdowns of how this
works and what the city's roles are.
Just off you know off line.
Thank you.
Chairman Atkins recognized for five minutes.
Thank you. I just want to
thank the Chairman, Oman.
This came through the comedian I know was
kind of rushed at the time but but it's
a great deal and chairman balance do it.
Thank you. You know for bringing it up.
I wish I was in my district,
but I'll do some way.
It's a great place to do 6 cross wrong,
but also the donation in.
Make sure we found someone to take care of.
So it seemed like the community
and in the public working together
to make sure beautification.
I wish we can do this.
All over the city is like I say,
it's great artwork,
but also great and community brain
neighborhoods to get also and put a brand
on neighborhoods and kind of telling
neighborhoods that Black Lives Matter.
You know it's it's, it's.
It's something that the 21st century
you know with the pandemic you know
came about and I think because Pam
Dylan came about that these arts and
design and come through the whole
neighborhood to express what's going
on a neighborhood to make sure the
neighborhood do feel they gotta value.
Under neighborhood,
and this is a great deal of this
beautification of this cross rock.
Thank you Mr Mayor.
Chairman of is recognized
for five minutes. Thank
you, Mr Mayor and I want to say first of all,
thank you to abounding prosperity,
Kirk Myers and the Board of Directors
there for pulling these funds
together and making this happen.
This is really exciting and you know,
it's been alluded to already about the pride,
crosswalks, and Cedar Springs.
Those ten different crosswalks that are there
and how it beautified the neighborhood.
And I can tell you that being
a proud member of the LGBTQ.
Plus community that you know getting to
see those it it it means something to you.
It's impactful as just an individual,
but also to see the folks that either
live in the area come to visit and
the area that come to play in the area
that come to commerce in that area
and to see how they take pictures.
They you know enjoy them.
I mean, I,
I can't tell you how many crazy
Tik T.O.K videos I've now seen on
those rainbow crosswalks in Cedar
Springs and then they go viral and
they're all over the place.
And that just showcases Dallas
and how we are one Dallas,
but also furthermore,
what an inclusive city are.
We are so having this now.
Come up Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
from Al Lipscomb way to the other end.
Can you imagine the pride that not
just the black community is going
to have but the allies to the black
community are going to have that
our city is showcasing once again.
How inclusive we are,
how proud we are of being a diverse
city and all black lives do matter.
And you know,
a lot of people may not realize
or know that abounding prosperity
is run and led by LGBTQ African
Americans that their mission is to
help those living with HIV and help
the trans community and help other
people that are facing discrimination
in their world and making sure
that they're bridging the gap.
Between the LGBTQ plus community
and the African American community,
and I know what that works like
because I did it for many years
with the Hispanic community.
When I was with Rainbow LULAC.
And so it's so important that
we're showing the diversity
throughout this entire city and all,
I can tell you is that I will be there on
the day that we get to unveil those so Mr.
Bazaldua,
please make sure that that I'm invited
and I hope that all of our colleagues
will be there and that we will support.
Each other and saying that all black lives
do matter here in the city of Dallas.
Thank you so much
Mr Mayor. But what if there's a baby Yoda
convention going on at the same time?
I'll be there and we're
gonna get some crosswalks.
Alright Mr Moreno, 5 minutes.
Thank you Mr. Mayor,
I just want to again echo the sentiments
and thank everyone involved with
this and thank our partners said,
Abounding Prosperity's,
for for their commitment and I look
forward to the unveiling as well.
Anyone else would just be
gone for against item 39.
Hearing none. All in favor say aye.
Any opposed eyes have it next time?