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[1. Call the meeting to order.]
TODAY IS APRIL 27TH, 2021.WE DO HAVE A FULL CORE OF CD COUNTS PRESENT.
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
THIS MEETING TO ORDER NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SEE THE MAGIC? OH, MAYOR, GOOD EVENING OR AFTERNOON MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE THICK OF SPRING, SO WE'VE GOT ALL THE FOOD GROUPS RECORD, COLD STORMS, HOT, UH, THE WHOLE BIT, UH, SPEAKING OF WHICH PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO DO THEIR SPRING CLEANING.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT A WASTE MANAGEMENT'S RUNNING A COUPLE OF DAYS BEHIND IN, UM, WEEK THREE, WHICH WILL MAKE THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS BEHIND IN BULK AND A BRUSH PICKUP FOR WEEK FOUR.
SO THAT'S THE SOUTHEAST RIGHT NOW.
A QUADRANT WOULD BE THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT FOR, FOR WEEK FOUR.
SO THEY, UH, I BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT EVERY TRUCK AND CREW MOVING.
AND THIS IS THE USUAL TIME WHEN WE SEE, UM, AND EXTORT AN EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE AMOUNT OF BULK AS PEOPLE DO THEIR SPRING CLEANING.
I THINK WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF PEOPLE DOING HOME IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS FROM, UH, PLUMBING LEAKS AND THINGS THAT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE WINTER STORM IN FEBRUARY.
UH, WE SHOULD BE BACK ON TRACK, UH, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER NEXT WEEK AND THEN HAVE EVERYTHING BACK ON SCHEDULE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN TONIGHT, UH, WITH, UH, THE CALENDAR AND, UH, WE'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT MAY IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BUSY.
UH, IN FACT, EVERY TUESDAY, UH, ON YOUR CALENDAR IN MAY IS, UH, ALREADY SPOKEN FOR.
SO WE'LL GET SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER, UH, OVER THE NEXT MONTH AS WE, UH, DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF NOT JUST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT BUDGET WORKSHOPS, UH, SPECIAL PROJECT WORKSHOPS, ET CETERA.
UM, YEAH, TABLED CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
UH, BEGINNING WITH THE CALENDAR SATURDAY MAY 1ST IS OF COURSE, UH, ELECTION DAY FOR, UH, LOCAL ELECTIONS.
UH, TUESDAY, MAY 4TH IS, UH, THE FIRST WORKSHOP, A SPECIAL WORKSHOP THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAVE, IT'S ACTUALLY A DOUBLE HEADER WORKSHOP.
WE'LL BE HANDLING TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE DESIGN, SPECIFICALLY THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR BUILDING MATERIALS, UH, FOR THE NEW LIBRARY, UH, IN THE CARPETS, UH, WILL BE BUILT, UH, JUST NEXT DOOR TO US HERE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM OF THE NIGHT WILL FEATURE THE LATEST INFORMATION ON A TEXT DOT'S LOOP, NINE PROJECT AND THEIR PROGRESS TOWARDS GETTING TO A FINAL ALIGNMENT RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE'LL BE HANDLING BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS, UH, ON, UH, NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 4TH.
IT WILL BE 6:00 PM AND WE'LL BE ON THE, UH, IN THE THIRD FLOOR TRAINING ROOM, UH, HERE AT, UH, UH, THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THURSDAY, MAY SIX IS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
THERE WILL BE TWO EVENTS AS HAS BEEN THE CUSTOM OF CEDAR HILL.
FIRST ONE WILL BE, UM, A SESSION, UH, HOSTED BY THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FROM NOON TO ONE.
AND THEN THE, THE BIG EVENT OF THE EVENING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE ALANY SIMS RECREATION CENTER, UH, ON THE BACK PATIO.
UM, AGAIN AT 7:00 PM, THAT'S MAY 6TH, UH, ON FRIDAY, MAY 7TH, THAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR FOLKS, UH, WISHING TO APPLY FOR A SERVICE WITH ONE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND, UH, THEN THE PROCESS FOR VETTING THOSE AND GETTING THEM ON THE CALENDAR FOR APPOINTMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN, UH, IN JUNE, UH, FRIDAY, MAY 10TH, UH, CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A MEMORIAL CEREMONY AT THE GRADY LAND BUILDING.
WE'LL PUT MORE INFORMATION ON TIMES AND, UH, ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THAT ON THE COUNSEL'S CALENDAR.
UH, FOLLOWING THIS MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 11TH IS OUR NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, THURSDAY, MAY 13TH IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY FOR US.
WE'LL BE RESUMING OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY IN OUR PARKS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COMPLETION OF PARKING IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, THIS ONE WILL BE, UH, HOSTED AT WINDSOR PARK AND IN THE WINDSOR PARK.
SO DIVISION AND WE'LL CELEBRATE THE NEWLY COMPLETED NEIGHBORHOOD PARK UPGRADE, UM, THAT, UH, WAS COMPLETED, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT PARK ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2017, UH, BOND, UH, PROGRAM, UH, FRIDAY, MAY 14TH, ZERO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING YOUR ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY THIS YEAR.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SHORTLY TUESDAY, MAY 18TH WILL BE OUR NEXT, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP OF THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6:00 PM AND THEN WE WILL COVER THE WATER AND SEWER BUDGET DURING THAT WORKSHOP.
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UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, FOR YOUR CALENDAR SATURDAY, MAY 22ND, WE WILL HAVE OUR SECOND NEIGHBORHOOD WALK OF 2021 WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.UH, THE CHOSEN, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE SPRINGFIELD AND, UH, BELIEVE THAT SHE'S PLANNING ON IN THE 11 O'CLOCK START SO 11 TO ONE AGAIN ON MAY 22ND IN THE SUBDIVISION WILL BE SPRINGFIELD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING OUR NEIGHBORS IN THAT SUBDIVISION.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? UH, MAY 10TH.
WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? MAY 10TH.
IS CEDAR A POLICE DEPARTMENT, A MEMORIAL POLICE MEMORIAL CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE GRADY LAND BUILDING.
THAT'LL ALL BE ON YOUR CALENDAR SET TOMORROW, MAYOR TEEN COUNCIL EVENT.
UH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THAT HAD BEEN IN THE MEMORIAL? SIX 30.
I'LL SEE IF I CAN TRY IT AGAIN.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL UPDATE YOUR CALENDAR AS A QUARTERLY TWO OF THESE EVENTS AFTER, AFTER TONIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT.
UH, WE WILL GO TO A QUICK ORIENTATION OF THE AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE ONE BRIEFING TONIGHT FROM OUR TOURISM DEPARTMENT, UH, WHICH, WHO HAS BEEN DOING SOME GREAT THINGS IN SPITE OF, AND MAYBE BECAUSE OF COVID, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE CEDAR HILLS PRESENCE, UH, FROM FOLKS WHO WANT TO COME AND VISIT US AND VISIT OUR MINI ATTRACTIONS.
SO, UH, NO, YOU WILL ENJOY THAT PRESENTATION UPDATE ON OUR TOURISM STRATEGY AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE GOING AS FAR AS THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
OF COURSE, OUR MAJOR FOCUS WILL BE ON CELEBRATING GREG PATTON IS OUR NEXT, UH, MEMBER TO RECEIVE THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
UH, BEFORE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME CITY BUSINESS, UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS, UH, ONE DESIGNATING MAY 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN CEDAR HILL.
AND THEN ALSO A PREK PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH AS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UH, WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO A DEVELOPMENT ITEM.
TONIGHT IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SELLS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A RESTAURANT.
IT IS, UH, RELATED TO, UH, MOZA ITALIA EXPRESS AND GRILL, WHICH IS LOCATED IN HILLSIDE, UH, VILLAGE MALL.
UH, WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL ITEMS ON IT, UH, BEGINNING WITH, UH, AN AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR TO SIGN A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE READINESS GROUP TO PROVIDE SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR, UM, GRANT PROGRAM AND, UH, OUR FIRST RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH RESILIENCY PROGRAM.
SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN VERY PROUD OF AND THAT WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING TO EXTEND INTO ANOTHER YEAR.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS TO CONSIDER PROVING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 SOLID WASTE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.
WE'VE USED THESE IN THE PAST AUGMENT THINGS THAT OUR BEST BOARD HAS DONE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, AWARENESS PROGRAMS IN OUR CITY, UH, ITEM C IS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO INTER UH, TO EXECUTE IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT DALLAS COUNTY, THIS WILL EXTEND, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, HEALTH SERVICES THAT THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDES TO OUR CITIZENS WITHIN OUR CITY.
A RESOLUTE ITEM D IS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE AWARD OF FIRST RESPONDER SPONSOR.
MENTAL HEALTH RESILIENCY PROGRAM WILL BE THE NEXT PHASE OF FUNDING FOR THIS REGIONAL PROGRAM THAT AS YOU KNOW, UH, CEDAR HILL PILOTED, UH, IN CONJUNCTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE, UH, FOR THESE SERVICES TO OUR ALL IMPORTANT FIRST RESPONDERS, IME IS A FINAL PLAT RELATED TO FOR SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL WATTS ON NORTH LOOP DRIVE ITEM F IS A REVISED SITE PLAN FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN AMERICAN WAY.
INDUSTRIAL PARK FINAL ITEM OF THE NIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE ADOPTION OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE.
OUR FIRE MARSHALL WAS HERE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND PROVIDED YOU WITH A BRIEFING, UH, WITH THAT CODE IN THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN IT.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY WE WILL HAVE OUR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTATION TO GREG PATTON.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIDDEN YES, SIR.
MAYOR MR. PORTER ON, ON, UH, ITEM E ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AS FAR AS, UH, THE SIDE PLAN, BUT GOING FORWARD SINCE I WAS SEEING A, UH, YOU KNOW, A CONCERN ABOUT TREE MITIGATION AND, AND TAKING, YOU KNOW, TREES OFF OF PROPERTY AND YOU COULDN'T REALLY BUILD ANYTHING, UM, JUST, JUST TO CONFIRM IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, UH, WHEN TIME COMES FOR ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE FOUR LOTS WAS TREATMENT, NEGATION ISSUES WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.
CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT.
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THANK YOU.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT? ALL RIGHT.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT PARTICULAR MINE, THAT, UH, MR. HAYDEN JUST REFERRED TO THOSE, EACH OF THOSE LOTS ARE BOUGHT AN ACRE EACH, ARE THEY? I BELIEVE SO.
SO THOSE ARE BIG IN THE CITY MANAGER.
[3. Tourism Update.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TOURISM UPDATE AND HERE COMES MASSOUD GOOD EVENING.MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, AND HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU WITH TOURISM UPDATE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, JUST WANNA, UM, FIRST INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOR THE TOURISM, WHICH IS A DIRECTOR, RUSSELL REED IS THE DIRECTOR OF EXPERIENCE MYSELF AS DESTINATION MARKETING MANAGER, AS WELL AS CHRISTY HARRIS, WHO IS OUR CUSTOMER AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE COORDINATOR.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST YEAR AND JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP.
THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF NUMBERS.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, KEEP UP WITH A LOT OF THAT.
AND FIRST IS ALWAYS A VISION, THE VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES OF CEDAR HILL, WHICH WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN, UM, IN WHAT WE DO FOR TOURISM, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE VALUE IN TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO VISIT CEDAR HILL SO THAT THEY SEE, UM, THE AMAZING CITY THAT WE HAVE, AND ISRAEL IS PURSUING PREMIERE, WHICH, UM, I TAKE FULL HEARTEDLY INTO WORKING WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ATTRACTIONS AND HOTELS TO MAKE SURE THAT VISITOR ARE AT THE TOP LEVEL.
WHEN PEOPLE COME, I KEEP GOING TO BUSINESSES AND HOTELS AND THE ATTRACTIONS AND LET YOU KNOW, WANTING FEEDBACK OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING WHEN THEY COME AND LETTING VISITORS KNOW TO CONTACT US IF THEY HAVE ANY PROBLEMS SO WE CAN CORRECT ANYTHING, BUT IN THE PREMIERE, WE KIND OF COVER ALL OF THEM.
UM, EVEN THE SCHOOLS CAUSE PEOPLE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY MOVING HERE WHEN THEY COME VISIT, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH CEDAR HILL.
SO WE COVER ALL OF THESE THAT WE'RE SAFE AND WE'RE CLEAN AND WE'RE DISTINCTIVE AND A STRONG AND DIVERSE ECONOMY.
SO I WANTED TO KIND OF DO A BRIEF AGENDA.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF COVER, WHICH IS OUR TOURISM TEAM INTERNAL REVIEW, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE INTERNALLY WITH OUR TEAM, OUR PRINT AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING, OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGNS THAT WE'VE DONE OUR SOCIAL AND EMAIL PLATFORMS. AND THEN ALSO LOOKING FORWARD, FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU KNOW, WITH COVID, UH, WE HAD TO HAVE A COMPLETE HALT IN TOURISM LAST YEAR IN MARCH.
SO OUR HOTELS, UM, DRASTICALLY LOWERED THEIR VACANCIES, I MEAN THERE.
AND SO, UM, THEY HAD TO KIND OF SCROUNGE.
AND SO WE HAD TO, UH, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REDIRECT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR MARKETING EFFORTS TO HELP PEOPLE JUST FEEL SAFE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY ARE.
SO WE INCREASED OUR DIGITAL PRESENCE AND WE DID A LOT OF VIRTUAL CAMPAIGNS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN THE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, UM, DURING THE, UH, THE SNOW BID, UM, BEING IN TOURISM, WE DID PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE HOSPITALITY FOR THE STAFF THAT WERE WORKING THE WHOLE WEEK 24 SEVEN.
SO WE TRIED TO PROVIDE MEALS AND PROVIDING WHAT WE DO FOR HOSPITALITY, WHICH WE KIND OF PICK THAT UP A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THE WEEK STARTED.
SO, UM, AFTER THAT, WE KIND OF TOOK OVER, MADE SURE, BUT HE WAS FED.
AND ALSO WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE WITH THE HOTELS, IF PEOPLE NEEDED SOMEWHERE TO STAY, I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HOTELS TO TRY AND COORDINATE HOTEL ROOMS SO THAT, UM, WE TRIED TO NOT HAVE ANYBODY BE WITHOUT SHELTER THAT NEEDED IT, OR DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY OR WATER.
SO WE KIND OF MADE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S TAKEN CARE OF AND OUR HOTELS WERE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP WITH US ON THAT.
UM, AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME ROOMS. SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO GO THROUGH WAS IS OUR, UM, TEAM INTERNAL REVIEW.
SO THIS IS KIND OF GOES THROUGH BRIEFLY.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE FIRST THING WE DID AND JUNE, I STARTED IN MY POSITION ON JUNE 1ST.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID WAS KIND OF REFRESH THE WEBSITE.
SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF DO SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT, USER-FRIENDLY A NEW DESIGN.
WE ACTUALLY WENT ON OUR OWN TYPE OF WEBSITES.
SO WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THE VARIOUS ATTRIBUTES OF THE CITY.
AND IF YOU VISITED THE SITE, UM, WE HAVE WAYS OF WE'RE SHOWING AND HIGHLIGHTING DOWNTOWN AND SHOPPING AND GATHERING AND STAYING IN THE HOTELS AND OUTDOORS.
SO WE WANTED TO TRY AND MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO FIND INFORMATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'VE HAD IS OUR APP.
SO IT IS ACTUALLY OFF OF THE WEBSITE, WHICH THE BOTTOM IMAGE SHOWS THERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED A VISIT WIDGET.
AND WITH THAT WIDGET PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAN GO IN PLAN THEIR VISIT.
THEY CAN SEE WHAT THERE IS TO DO SEE WHERE THERE IS TO EAT, AND THEY CAN GO BY CATEGORIES.
AS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT TO SHOW WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD.
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WITH THAT A DESKTOP VERSION, THERE IS A MOBILE VERSION.SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VISIT CEDAR HILL APP THAT PEOPLE CAN DOWNLOAD.
AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE CEDAR HILL STATE PARK GUIDE.
AND IT SHOWS WHEN THE INTERFACES TO SHOW LINKS TO THOSE, UH, THE STATE PARK, AS WELL AS, UH, DOGWOOD, SO THAT WE CAN SHOW WHEN PEOPLE, THINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE TRAILS, THE TRAILS PASS THE TRAILS AND HIKING AREAS AROUND THERE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF WHY I WANTED TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT, UM, AND ONE ADDITIONAL FEATURE, AS WELL AS THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY PURCHASE.
IF YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT KIOSKS THAT ARE IN EACH OF THE THREE HOTELS, A FAIRFIELD, THE COMFORT IN, AND THE, UH, HOLIDAY INN SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY TOUCH AND SET UP THEIR PLAN AT THE HOTELS.
SO THROUGH THE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS ON THE DESKTOP IN THE YEAR, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD THIS ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE HAD 730 USERS, 783 SESSIONS AND 1,992 PAGE VIEWS ON THE MOBILE.
WE'VE HAD 3021 USERS, 3,356 SESSIONS, AND 10,393 PAGE VIEWS WITH 449 APPLE DOWNLOADS AND 189 GOOGLE DOWNLOADS.
AND WITH THE KIOSE, UM, THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY GO TO THE MACHINE AT THE HOTELS.
WE'VE HAD 3,529 NEW USERS THROUGH THE TIME THAT WE'VE HAD THEM AT THE HOTELS AND 4,003 36 PAGES.
SO THEY ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT PAGES ON THE SITE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A QUICK LITTLE THING IN OUR PRINT AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING.
SO OUR CURRENT PUBLICATIONS THAT WE ADVERTISE IN OUR TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE MAGAZINE, TEXAS STATE TRAVEL GUIDE, AUTHENTIC TEXAS, AND A NEW ONE THAT WE'RE BEING MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE SOUTHWEST NOW MAGAZINE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY WITH THE VISITORS COMING TO DALLAS, COMING TO CEDAR HILL, THAT, UM, IT'S ALSO THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES, WHO ARE PEOPLE WHO BRING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF CEDAR HILL.
SO I ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO TELL THEIR FAMILY TO COME TO CEDAR HILL.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE VISITORS.
SO FOR ME, IT'S NOT ONLY PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF CEDAR HILL, BUT ALSO OUR OWN PEOPLE AND THE RESONANCE THAT HELPED TO PROMOTE CEDAR HILL TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SO WE ALSO DO DIGITALLY PLATFORMS THROUGH TOR, TEXAS, AND WE HAVE AN ONLINE LEAD GENERATOR THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE TRAVEL GUIDE THAT THEY PROVIDE US LEADS AS WELL.
AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS THERE'S TOURIST INFORMATION CENTERS, IF YOU'VE EVER HAD KIND OF, SOME OF THOSE LITTLE STOPS, UH, TXDOT STOPS, UM, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR INFORMATION CENTERS AND WE HAVE RACK CARDS ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND HERE'S OUR, THE BULK OF WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING, WHICH IS OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGNS.
SO STARTING LAST YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT MONTH IS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK.
UM, WHICH IS, THIS IS 20, 20 LAST YEAR.
IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF TRAVEL SINCE NOBODY COULD REALLY TRAVEL, WE FOCUSED ON THE SPIRIT OF IT.
SO, BUT WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS REDIRECTING SO THAT PEOPLE COULD PLAN FOR FUTURE TRAVEL.
SO WE WOULD TRY AND PUSH SO THAT PEOPLE, AND YOU CAN'T DO IT NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL.
UM, AND WE HAD A KICKOFF VIDEO WITH THE MAYOR THAT KICKED OFF OUR WEEK FOR US.
AND, UM, WE ALSO STARTED, UM, I WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO RECOGNIZE THE HOTEL EMPLOYEES, SO WHICH I'M CARRYING OVER THIS YEAR AND JUST CONTINUING TO CALL IT A SPIRIT AWARD.
BECAUSE FOR ME, IT'S THE SPIRIT OF HOSPITALITY WHEN THEY'RE AT THE HOTELS.
SO EACH SHOULD THE MANAGEMENT, THE GENERAL MANAGERS OF EACH OF THE HOTELS PICK TWO OF THEIR TOP EMPLOYEES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.
WE GIVE THEM CERTIFICATE AND WE GIVE THEM A GIFT CARD.
LAST YEAR, WE GAVE THEM SOME GIFT CARDS.
THIS HERE, WE'RE GIVING THEM SHOP CEDAR HILL CARDS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN SPEND IT IN CEDAR HILL AS WELL.
SO THE RESULTS JUST FROM THAT ONE WEEK OF PROMOTING ONLINE, WE HAD ON FACEBOOK, WE GOT 69 NEW FOLLOWERS, 3009 IMPRESSIONS, AND 396 ENGAGEMENTS ON INSTAGRAM.
WE HAD 589 IMPRESSIONS AND 17 ENGAGEMENTS.
AND ON TWITTER, WE HAD 1,008 IMPRESSIONS AND 27 ENGAGEMENT.
AND THIS ONE'S ONE OF MY KIND OF FUN, UM, THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH A GROUP OF WOMEN.
AND ONE GUY, WE CALL HIM, HE'S OUR ONE GUY THAT'S IN OUR, SO METRO GROUP, IT WAS THE MOST VITAL CAUSE HE DOES ALL OUR VIDEOS.
AND SO THIS KIND OF CAME OUT OF JUST A MEETING THAT FIVE SEAT MANSFIELD ACTUALLY CONTACTED FOR THEIR CITIES OF US AND JUST SAID, HEY, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND DO SOME MARKETING BRAINSTORM.
HOW CAN WE HELP EACH OTHER? HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO KIND OF PROMOTE OUR CITIES? AND SO THROUGH THAT, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL KIND OF LIKE, OH, WE KIND OF LIKE THE EIGHTIES AND WE LIKE THE WEEKEND, A LITTLE WE'RE SOUTH METRO AREAS.
SO WE WENT TO SO METRO AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW SO METRO CAME ABOUT.
SO WE'VE STARTED JUST KIND OF BRANDING THAT.
AND THROUGH THE TOP ONE, WE'VE JUST KIND OF GOT A REALLY COOL LOGO.
AND SINCE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN TRAVEL DURING COVID, WE PUSHED THE STATIONS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD STAY IN ONE OF OUR CITIES AND THEN GO TO ONE OF THE OTHER CITIES AND EXPLORE.
SO WE DID A FIVE EPISODE CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR.
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FIVE DAY ADS ON FACEBOOK FOR EACH OF THOSE VIDEOS.SO IN CUMULATION OF ALL FIVE OF THOSE, WE REACHED 48,414.
AND WE HAD THREE PLAYS OF 6,029 OF ALL FIVE OF OUR VIDEOS, WHICH WE'RE CALLING SEASON ONE.
AND THESE ARE ONLY STATS OF MY MARKETING.
THEY'RE STILL ALL FOUR OTHER CITIES THAT ARE PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME.
SO WE'VE PROBABLY GOT A GOOD REACH OF OVER 200,000 FROM ALL FIVE OF US TOGETHER.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY ARE WORKING ON SEASON TWO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT THIS SUMMER.
SO WE'VE JUST KIND OF CONTINUED TO KIND OF DO THAT AS A SEASONAL THING.
IT ALSO HELPS US TO FEATURE NEW BUSINESSES EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE FEATURE LOCAL BUSINESSES OR ATTRACTIONS.
SO IT HELPS HELPS PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CITIES.
WE DID A HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN, WHICH THAT'S A SEPARATE TYPE OF, UM, ADVERTISING THAT I DID THAT ALSO DID VERY WELL, THAT WE PUSHED ON THE TOP ONE.
IT SHOWS HOW WE SHOWED THE TREE LIGHTING AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT CAMPAIGN THAT WE DID.
AND THE BEST PART OF IT IS LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU.
WE HAVE AN ANNUAL CONVENTION AND IT'S CALLED AN IDEA FAIR.
ALL FIVE OF US SUBMITTED IN TO WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE DONE AT ONE FOR ALL FIVE, BUT WE DID ALL FIVE OF US.
WE WERE TRYING TO PUSH IT OUT TO GET NOTICED.
UM, BUT WE ENDED UP WINNING FOUR AWARDS FOR ALL OF OUR, SO METRO VIDEOS, WE WON BEST CO-OP MARKETING, BEST VIDEO CAMPAIGN, BEST TOURISM BRANDING AND ADVERTISING AND JUDGES CHOICE.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY USE AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW CITIES COME TOGETHER TO CO-OP MARKETING OUR CITIES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN COMPETITION.
AND SO WE REALLY PUSHED THE FACT THAT IF YOU STAY IN ONE, YOU CAN ENJOY ALL THE OTHER ONES.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE IT GOES.
SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN PUSHING A LOT AND EVERYTHING THAT I POSTED WAS ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION AND EACH ONE OF THEM.
SO I'M GOING THROUGH ALL OF THEIR SOCIAL CHANNELS AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF OUR, SO IT WAS A VERY GREAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY GREAT CO-OP UNLESS YOU'RE STARTED.
I JUST SAW A NEED TO KIND OF, I SEE WHAT A LOT OF THOSE SHOWS YOU NEED TO HAVE THE BEST STUBS AND KIND OF INFORMATION SELLS, LIKE WE NEED THE BEST OF AND CEDAR HILL.
SO I WANTED TO DO YOUR BEST TO SEE YOUR HILL AND TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, IT'D BE REALLY HARD.
AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S JUST A SHORT TEAM, SMALL TEAM.
SO I JUST FIGURED TO FOCUS ON DINING, THE LOCAL DINING.
AND SO THESE ARE ONLY LOCAL DINING RESTAURANTS OR, UM, THE BREWERY IN THE WINERY AND WE'RE IN IT AS WELL.
UM, EACH LOCATION, ONCE WE DID TWO WEEKS OF VOTING, SO EVERYBODY WOULD VOTE ONLINE AND GET ALL THEIR, WE TALLIED ALL THE NUMBERS.
WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND VOTES FOR ALL OF THE DINING EXPERIENCES, WHICH WE'RE HOPING TO DOUBLE THAT AT LEAST THIS YEAR AND FROM, JUST FROM THE VIDEO THAT WE DID THAT I THINK MICHELLE AND METRA TO HELP IN PROMOTING THAT, UM, WE DID, UH, 13,671 IMPRESSIONS, 8,848 REACH 5,011 VIEWS.
AND THIS WAS A 10 DAY CAMPAIGN THAT WE RAN TO PUSH, UH, THE BEST OF.
SO, AND ALL THE RESTAURANTS WE EVEN KIND OF SEE THEM POSTING.
WE GIVE THEM A PLASTIC, LIKE A LAMINATED AWARD THEY HAD IN THIS YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE A MOVING TROPHY SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF SEE THE RESTAURANTS AND SEE WHO CAN KIND OF WIN THE TROPHY THAT WOULD GO ROUND FOR BEST, UH, BEST OF CEDAR HILL.
AND ALSO ONE THING THAT WAS, UM, I JUST KIND OF SAW A NEED WAS, UM, ENHANCING OUR SPOTLIGHTING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH WE DID THAT MONTH.
SO WE DID, UM, START TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE THAT AND IN THE SOCIAL CAMPAIGN, SINCE IT WAS ALL DIGITAL OR VIRTUAL, UH, I DID LOCAL INTERVIEWS OF CEDAR HOME EMPLOYEES AND HISPANIC OWNED BUSINESSES.
UM, AND EVERY DAY THROUGH THE WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH, THERE WAS A POST ALTERNATING BETWEEN A BUSINESS, AN EMPLOYEE, UM, A HISPANIC FIGURE THAT WAS IN THE ARTS MUSIC OR SCIENCE THAT WAS RECOGNIZED.
AND ALSO ON THE WEEKENDS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, I JUST POSTED SOME LATIN TYPE OF RECIPES THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKED.
AND WE GOT A LOT OF SHARES AND LIKES FOR THE RECIPES THAT PEOPLE ENJOYED.
SO FROM THAT MONTH OF CAMPAIGN, WE HAD 34,178 IMPRESSIONS, 2,454 ENGAGEMENTS.
AND WE HAD 9,096 VIDEO VIEWS OF ALL THE VIDEOS THAT WE FEATURED THAT MONTH.
AND THIS IS ONE OF MY THINGS THAT I HAD KIND OF APPROACHED WRESTLE WITH BECAUSE TO ME, TOURISM IS VERY OBJECTIVE.
IT'S NOTHING TANGIBLE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SELL.
SO I DID, UM, IN THE SPIRIT OF TOURISM, YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND WE KIND OF COPY AND PASTE.
SO I DID TAKE THIS IDEA FROM ANOTHER CITY, UM, BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY GIFT CARD.
SO IT STARTED AS THE VISIT CEDAR HILL E-GIFT CARD.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NAME WAS REALLY ALL SO, AND IT WAS HARD TO DO VIDEOS WITH A REALLY LONG NAME.
SO I CHANGED IT TO SHOP CEDAR HILL GIFT CARD.
AND SO WITH THIS, UM, IT'S ONE CARD THAT WORKS
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AT MULTIPLE BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW.WE'VE GOT 32 BUSINESSES ON THIS.
UM, AND I'M WORKING TO REACH 50 BY THE SUMMER AND THE ADVANTAGE OF THE, FOR THIS, UH, FOR THE BUSINESSES AS NO COST TO THE BUSINESS, THEY GET THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE MONEY THAT PEOPLE PAY THE DELIVERY OF IT.
AND YOU CAN GET IT THROUGH TEXT AND YOU COULD GET IT THROUGH EMAIL, BUT THEY I'M PROVIDING THEM FREE ADVERTISING FOR THEIR BUSINESS.
A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES BEING SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T HAVE A MARKETING DEPARTMENT.
THEY DON'T HAVE MARKETING BUDGETS.
SO I AM USING THE TOURISM BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE THEM.
I DO IT OUTSIDE REGIONALLY, UM, THROUGH FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM, WHICH I'M GOING TO BE RAMPING UP INSTAGRAM ADVERTISING THIS YEAR SO THAT I CAN GET THEIR NAME OUT, NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
AND SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE HAD 2,100 AND TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PURCHASED, BUT THE EASY PART IS SELLING IT.
THE HARD PART IS GETTING THEM REDEEMED.
SO WE JUST NEED PEOPLE TO SPEND IT.
SO IF PEOPLE WOULD COME AND SPEND THE MONEY, IT'D BE EVEN BETTER.
SO, BUT, UM, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP GROWING IT.
AND THIS HAS ALL BEEN WITHOUT ME ABLE TO DO AND HAVING A TIME OF EXTENSIVE MARKETING, WHICH I AM GOING TO DO BECAUSE ONE OF THE UPCOMING CAMPAIGNS I'M GOING TO DO FOR THE CARD AS A SHOP TO YOUR WHOLE MONTH IS CHRISTMAS IN JULY.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A BIG PROMOTION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KIND OF DO A CHRISTMAS IN JULY PROMOTION BY A SHOP TO YOUR HEALTH CARD AND SPEND IT DURING THE MONTH WITH THE BUSINESSES ON THE CARD.
SO I'M GOING TO BE WORKING TO RAISE THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE AN ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS.
AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT VERY LOCAL.
I'M GOING TO DO MAYBE A COUPLE OF LITTLE, THE SMALL LOCAL FRANCHISES, BUT RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY IS, UM, IS AFTER THAT I DID, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
SO WE CONTINUED AGAIN AND KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, A REPLICATION OF WHAT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WAS.
I DID INTERVIEWS WITH CEDAR HILL EMPLOYEES.
I DID AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES, VIDEOS.
UH, WE SPOTLIGHTED AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
AND THEN THIS MONTH I SPENT, I SPOTLIGHTED AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT WERE FIRST IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES OR WHATEVER THAT THEY DID.
SO WE HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT OF A LOT OF THE POWER OF THE, UM, OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, UM, AND BEING THE FIRST AND ALSO AS WELL, IF WE CAN, UH, RECIPES THAT WERE DONE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
SO WITH THAT, UM, WE HAD 88,853 IMPRESSIONS AND 745 ENGAGEMENTS.
AND FOR THE FINALE, UM, CEREBRAL TUNE WHO'S FROM KOOL AND THE GANG AS A PERSONAL FAMILY FRIEND.
SO I HAD HIM DO A VIDEO WHERE HE KIND OF DID A SHOUT OUT TO CEDAR HILL.
AND SO HE KIND OF TOLD EVERYBODY ABOUT CEDAR HILL AND I HAVE THE VIDEO ON FACEBOOK IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING IT.
BUT JUST FROM THAT ONE VIDEO, WE HAD 12,272 REACH WITH 808 18 CLICKS TO THE VISIT CEDAR HILL WEBSITE, 5,676 ENGAGEMENT AND 4,731 VIDEO VIEWS.
UM, JUST FROM THAT, NO, I WAS AT TUNES ON THE
I'M TELLING YOU ON BEHALF OF THE TOURISM TEAM OF CEDAR HILL, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE ENDURED WHAT THE MONTH MEANS TO BE IMPORTANT TO ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND YOU'VE GOT A FEW RECIPES TOO.
I'M TALKING ABOUT TRUE HISTORICAL FIGURES ALONG THE WAY, UM, WAS RECOGNIZE THAT THE MONTH, YOU KNOW, TO STAY ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT THIS IS ALL THE TIME IT'S HAS TO BE BEING MADE.
AND BY YOU GUYS DOING THIS, MAN, I WANT TO TELL YOU IT'S TIMES LIKE THESE FOUR TIMES I DID THAT, I WROTE CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON.
WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE YOUR PARTY WITH YOU.
I PULLED THAT WITH THE FELLOWS, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY NOT ONLY THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR AND THE YEARS OF COME, THEY'LL BE A CELEBRATION AND WE'LL, YOU'RE IN THE BLACK MEN.
SO MAYBE I'LL LET YOU GET DOWN ON IT A LITTLE BIT.
IT WILL ALWAYS BE A LADIES NAME.
AND WE'LL CHERISH THE MOMENTS LIKE YOU GUYS DONE TOGETHER.
SO HE, HE WAS, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TO GET THIS VIDEO DONE, BUT I'M GLAD HE DID.
AND HE'S ALWAYS WANTING TO COME TO CEDAR HOME.
AND THE LAST THING FROM THE CAMPAIGNS, THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERALL MARKETING REACH OF WHAT I FOCUS ON TO AND PROMOTE.
AND THESE ARE JUST NUMBERS FOR THE ACTUAL VISIT CEDAR HEALTH WEBSITE.
SO THE IMPACT OF THE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, UM, GLOBALLY, UH, IN WHAT WE SEE.
SO, UM, THE VISITORS TO THE WEBSITE, WE HAD 19,816 NEW USERS, 23,680 SESSIONS AND 39,273 PAGE
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VIEWS.AND I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH ONE, BUT EACH COLUMN IS SHOWING REGIONALLY THE TOP 10 CITIES, UM, THAT VISIT THE WEBSITE, THE NEXT ONE OR THE TOP 10 STATES.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE ARE THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES THAT VISIT THE CEDAR HILL, WHAT THE VISIT CEDAR HEALTH WEBSITE, SO THAT WE CAN SHOW, UM, JUST THE IMPACT AND HOW WE HAVE PEOPLE CONTACTING US.
AND THERE'S SOME VIDEOS, EVEN BACK FROM THE BEST OF THAT, WE'RE STILL GETTING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
AND IT'S LIKE, THEY'RE JUST GETTING THEM TO VIEW, UH, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF VIEWS FROM THAT, EVEN RECENT.
SO THIS JUST KIND OF SHOWS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO GET THE NAME OF CEDAR HILL OUT THERE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT I FOCUS ON AROUND HERE.
I DO THINK EVERYTHING GLOBAL BECAUSE I DO SEE OUR AUDIENCE AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT US FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
AND THIS JUST KIND OF GOES THROUGH OUR SOCIAL AND EMAIL PLATFORMS, OUR SOCIAL PLATFORMS, WE WERE JUST ONLY ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER.
I HAVE EXPANDED, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PAGE ON TRIPADVISOR THAT IS KIND OF SLOW BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY GO MORE FOR THE ATTRACTIONS AND THE RESTAURANTS, BUT WE DO HAVE A VISIT CEDAR HILL PAGE ON THERE.
WE DO HAVE A VISIT CEDAR HILL LINKEDIN PAGE THAT JUST HAS SOME INFORMATION TO KIND OF, IF WE NEED TO GO TOWARDS THE BUSINESS SIDE AND THEN A GOOGLE MY BUSINESS, WHICH I'M REALLY PUSHING FOR PEOPLE TO DO REVIEWS SO THAT WE CAN SHOW, UM, PEOPLE'S ENJOYMENT AND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS IN CEDAR HILL AND ALL OF THOSE, EXCEPT FOR TWITTER, EVERYTHING IS VISIT CEDAR HILL, TX TWITTER.
WOULDN'T LET ME GET THE LONG ONES.
SO IT'S VISIT C H T X, AND WE HAVE COMBINED FOLLOWERS OF 1,053 THROUGH FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR E-NEWSLETTER.
WE JUST CHANGED THE PLATFORM OF IT FROM WHAT IT USED TO BE.
UM, SO NOW IT'S STILL THIS WEEK IN CEDAR HILL AND WE'RE AT 1,474 SUBSCRIBERS FOR THAT.
SO THIS KIND OF GOES INTO LIKE A LOOKING FORWARD.
THAT'S BEEN A JOINT INITIATIVE BETWEEN TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY WANTING TO, UM, GET OFF THE GROUND.
I'M WORKING TO REALLY GET THIS GOING AS A KIND OF A PLATFORM, NOT ONLY FOR, UM, TOURISM IN EDC, BUT AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY.
SO THIS IS DESIGNED FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS AND THE TOWERS TEAM.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO A PLANE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM OR A WELCOME GROUP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I WANTED SOMETHING THAT KIND OF REALLY PAID HOMAGE TO THE CITY.
AND SO BEING THE TOWERS AS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING HERE, WE JUST NAMED IT, THE TOWERS TEAM.
SO BEING CEDAR HILL TOWERS TEAM, THIS IS THE GROUP THAT WOULD BE AN AMBASSADOR, THE CHEERLEADERS, THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE REPRESENTING US.
UM, IF WE NEEDED TO ADD EVENTS, THIS HAS PRESENT RELEVANCE AS WELL AS FUTURE.
UH, THE PRESENT WOULD BE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS IN CASE THEY NEED A SYSTEM FOR VOLUNTEERS LIKE PARKS, LIBRARY, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, IF THEY'RE NEEDING AND WE CAN DO ONE DATABASE.
SO IT WOULD HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT THEY COULD JUST CHOOSE.
WHAT THEY WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR.
THE ADVANTAGE WOULD BE THEY WOULD HAVE AN INSIGHT IN CITY ACTIVITIES AND ALSO A CONNECTION WITH CITY EMPLOYEES THEY CAN SERVE.
IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH EDC AND TOURISM, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK OF HOW WE CAN BETTER OURSELVES.
SO THIS WILL GIVE US FOCUS GROUPS THAT WE CAN EMAIL OUT TO EVERYBODY OR TEXTS, OR WHEN YOU SAY, HEY, WE'RE NEEDING A FOCUS GROUP ON XYZ.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DATABASE THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM COME IN, FEED THEM A LUNCH AND GET SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT CEDAR HILLS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR MARKETING.
AND ALSO IT HAS A COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
I'VE GOT PEOPLE ALREADY IN DIFFERENT STATES THAT WOULD BE ON TOWERS TEAM BECAUSE THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT US IN THEIR HOMETOWNS OF WHERE THEY MOVE TO.
AND I HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTACTED ME THAT, HEY, I'M FROM CEDAR HILL AND I LOVE CEDAR HILL, BUT I HAVE TO MOVE TO OHIO.
UM, SO THEY'RE A CHEERLEADER IN A DIFFERENT STATE PROMOTING AND THEY LOVE GETTING, I SENT ONE THAT PERSON IN OHIO ABOUT A BOX OF CEDAR HEALTH SWAG, AND HE JUST EMAILED THE MESSAGE, JUST LOVED THE FACT THAT HE HAD CEDAR HEALTH STUFF TO WEAR IN OHIO.
SO WE REALLY PUSH WHAT WE CAN EVERYWHERE THAT WE CAN.
AND, UM, WELL, ADC AND TRUISM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AS FAR AS OUR SEGMENTS, OUR LOCAL RESIDENCES, LOCAL BUSINESSES, THE VISITORS ARE A SEGMENT, A MARKETING TEAM.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LAUNCHING THIS WITH NEEDING MODELS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NEW, UH, PHOTO ASSETS FOR TOURISM TO KIND OF UPDATE AS WELL AS EDC NEEDING SOME NEW BUSINESS KIND OF IMAGES THAT ARE MORE RECENT, SO, AND NEW.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, I'M GOING TO BE PROMOTING TO GET LOCAL MODELS TO BE IN THEM.
UM, HOSPITALITY TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES IS KIND OF GOES THROUGH T UH, TOWERS TEAM, AS WELL AS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE FUTURE, A COMMUNITY BLOG TEAM I'M ACTUALLY WORKING ON, UH, ALREADY GOT TO THAT WORKING ON THROUGH, UH, MAYOR'S TEEN COUNCIL THAT LIKED TO WRITE.
SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A TEAM PERSPECTIVE, A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE, A VISITOR PERSPECTIVE, PEOPLE TO GIVE US SO THAT WE CAN USE IT FOR OUR BLOG INFORMATION FOR WEBSITES AND GIVE THE VISITORS OUTSIDE PEOPLE, A PERSPECTIVE
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OF, OF CEDAR HEALTH AND THOSE ROLES EVENT VOLUNTEERS.THIS WILL BE, UM, ONCE NOW THAT PARKS IS KIND OF COMING BACK INTO PLAY AND HAVING EVENTS AND THINGS ARE GOING TO COME UP, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED VOLUNTEERS.
AND INSTEAD OF DOING A LOT OF PAPERS, SPREADSHEET KIND OF VARIOUS, THIS IS GOING TO GIVE THEM AN ACTUAL DATABASE.
THEY COULD POINT PEOPLE TO AND HAVE PEOPLE REGISTER, AND THEY JUST EMAIL OUT WHEN THEY NEED VOLUNTEERS.
AND THIS ALSO PLAYS INTO ONCE WE HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER AND WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.
MY GOAL IS TO HAVE A LITTLE MOBILE VISITOR CENTER WHEN WE HAVE LARGER EVENTS.
AND SO WE HAVE, UM, VOLUNTEERS THAT WOULD BE MANNING THAT.
SO THIS IS KIND OF GOING THROUGH UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THE HOSPITALITY TRAINING, MY BIGGEST THING, AND MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IS IF I HEAR ANYBODY GO TO A HOTEL AND THEY ASK WHAT THERE IS TO DO, AND THEY SAY NOTHING.
SO MY BIG THING IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THROUGH THE GENERAL MANAGERS OF EACH OF THE HOTELS, THAT ALL THE TEAM, ALL THE STAFF ARE TRAINED, ESPECIALLY FRONT DESK, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THERE IS IN CEDAR HILL, THAT THEY ARE NEVER NOTHING TO DO, THAT THEY CAN VERBALLY, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, THERE'S A STATE PARK, THERE'S DOGWOOD, THERE'S HILLSIDE.
UM, I DO HAVE MAPS THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE OFF OF THE DECK, THE TABLES OR THEIR DESKS BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND I'M HOPING THEY CAN BRING THOSE BACK BECAUSE THEY GAVE, THEY GIVE A MAP OF EVERYTHING AROUND CEDAR HILL.
SO I'M HOPING THAT COMES BACK.
UM, WE'LL HAVE AN AUDIO WALKING TOUR.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF ONE THAT'S BEEN KIND OF ON THE BOOKS FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GET THAT DONE FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THAT ON THROUGH THE APP, YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE A WALKING TOUR THROUGH, I BELIEVE 21 POINTS OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN THAT SOMEBODY COULD WALK THROUGH AND LEARN ABOUT, UH, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
AND ALSO, UM, I'VE BEEN STARTING IN A NEW ORGANIZATION TO FAMILIARIZE MYSELF AND MEET MEETING PROFESSIONALS AS WELL AS OTHER SUPPLIERS FOR, UM, THE CONVENTION CENTER, SO THAT I CAN ALREADY BE PUTTING KIND OF SEEDS OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE, UH, MEETINGS HERE, MOVE SOME EXPOS HERE, MOVE SOME CORPORATE EVENTS HERE.
AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO BE, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PLANNING OUT TO 2024.
SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S TRYING TO KIND OF GET US IN THERE AND GET US IN THE, IN THE MIX SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING COMING HERE, UM, THAT THEY CAN HAVE AS AN OPTION BECAUSE WE PLAY UP THE FACT THAT IT'S A CONVENTION CENTER SURROUNDED BY NATURAL BEAUTY.
AND THEY LOVE THE FACT OF BEING ABLE TO DO THE OUTDOORS ASPECT WITH THE EVENTS.
AND THEN ALSO TO, UM, MYSELF AND ANDY AND THE EDC TEAM.
WE DO A LOT OF MARKETING CAMPAIGNS TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING THE MARKETING EFFORTS FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ATTRACTIONS, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SYNERGY WITH HAVING TO, FOR ME, I NEED TOP BUSINESSES TO PROMOTE FOR TOURISM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW HOW GREAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE AND HOW GREAT OUR ATTRACTIONS ARE TO BE ABLE TO COME VISIT.
AND MY SLEEP FUND IS WHERE THE TOWERS ARE.
SO I LIKE TO, UH, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, TO HAVE AN AMAZING TIME.
AND I LIVE, BREATHE AND, AND WORK CEDAR HILLS.
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT I'M ABLE TO DO THAT AS A JOB AND PROMOTE THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL COUNSELING, BRO? HAYDEN? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
THE, YOUR ENERGY JUST, JUST WANTS, BRING PEOPLE HERE TO SEE THE MEAL.
I'M JUST SO AMAZED AT ALL THAT YOU HAVE GOING, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU KNOW, THE COVID LAST YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I REALLY, REALLY GOT EXCITED ABOUT WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR TRAINING AND TRAINING THE HOTEL STAFF AND SO FORTH.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE UP TO HIM.
UPCOMING CONVENTION, A CONVENTION CENTER WAS WHAT YOU HAD PLANNED FOR THAT IS JUST PERFECT TIMING FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I JUST, I'M JUST THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
NOW YOU GOT TO REALIZE THAT I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME WITH ALL THESE FANCY MEDIA.
SO WHAT IMPRESSIONS MEAN IMPRESSIONS ARE BASICALLY HOW MANY TIMES IT SHOWS UP.
SO WHEN YOU GO INTO LIKE FACEBOOK AND IT APPEARS, OR YOU KIND OF SEE LIKE THE ADS, UM, BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE ARE PAID ADVERTISEMENTS.
SO IT'LL BE TO WHERE, IF YOU'RE KIND OF STREAMING AND IT'S, IF THEY KIND OF SEE THAT IT'S AN ALGORITHM THAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AND OPPRESSION, IS IT SHOWING UP IN YOUR FEETS? WELL, YOU'VE SEEN THAT AND YOU SHOWED THAT QUITE A BIT IN THERE, AND I WAS SEEING HOW MANY OF THOSE IMPRESSIONS THEY HAD.
I JUST WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS.
THAT'S WHAT WE TRY AND GO FOR THE MOST IMPRESSIONS WE CAN BECAUSE THAT JUST REACHES OUT.
THE MORE PEOPLE LOOK AT IT, THE MORE IT BUILDS AN ALGORITHM TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME MORE.
VERY GREAT PRESENTATION CUSTOMER.
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THAT'S AN AMAZING PRESENTATION.IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, LIKE, LIKE COUNCILMAN HAYDEN TO, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPRESSIONS AND JUST SEEING THE NUMBERS AND TRENDING THAT'S THAT SHOWS UP REALLY WELL.
WE'RE IN THE SITUATION NOW WHERE MOST OF THE INFORMATION PEOPLE RECEIVE IS ONLINE.
SO HAVING AN APP AND ONLINE PRESENCE JUST MAKES SUPER HEALTH SO MUCH MORE, IT GIVES US SO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
THE, SO METRO JOINT ENDEAVOR WITH OTHER MEMBER CITIES.
UM, DO YOU FORESEE ANY ADDITIONAL CITIES BEING ADDED TO THAT OR WILL THAT REMAIN THE FIVE ORIGINAL MEMBERS BEFORE WE'VE MADE IT JUST THE FIVE OF US? UM, WE'VE KIND OF BUILT A STRONG BOND AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY FIVE OF THE, UH, TOURISM PEOPLE.
AND TIM WHO'S ACTUALLY WITH MANSFIELD IS THE ONE THAT DOES ALL THE VIDEOS.
SO IN INCORPORATING MORE PEOPLE, IT'S MORE WORK KIND OF TO, YOU KNOW, AND WE WANTED TO KIND OF KEEP IT REFINED AND DEFINED TO A CERTAIN AREA SO THAT WE KIND OF MADE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN CEDAR HILL OR GO TO MANSFIELD OR GO TO WAXAHACHIE, GOING TO ENNIS IN GRAND PRAIRIE BEING RIGHT THERE.
SO IT WAS RELATION TO THE DISTANCE THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE AND MAKE IT LOGICAL THAT IF THEY STAYED IN ONE OF THEM, THAT IT'S EASY TO GO TO THE OTHERS.
UM, AND I I'M ON A HAIRCUT COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY, BY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALSO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THE TOURISM PROGRAM.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED THAT YOU'RE GIVING OUT A WAR TO THE HOTEL STAFF, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO TOWN, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST CONTACTS AND THE SERVICE IS OUTSTANDING AND REFLECTS WELL ON THE CITY.
IS THAT A WORD, IS THAT A MONTHLY OR ANNUAL OR HOW WELL DURING NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING IT AGAIN.
YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY MAY NOT GET TO YOU, BUT THEY WILL HAVE CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY IN A RESTAURANT OR THE HOTEL EMPLOYEE AND TOWARD THEM, WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT WHATEVER BEHAVIOR YOU REWARD GETS REPEATED.
UH, UH, LET ME SAY, I LOVE THIS PICTURE.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN, UM, WHEN MY WIFE AND I, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT PROPERTY IN CEDAR HILL, YOU KNOW, WE, FROM OUR PROPERTY, WE COULD SEE, UM, IT WAS IN THE FALL WHEN WE COULD SEE THE TOWERS.
AND WE WERE WONDERING YOU, ARE THOSE THINGS GOING TO ANNOY US, OR WE'RE NOT GONNA GONNA WANNA, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO REGRET BUYING THIS LAND? CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE, WHERE IT'S ALWAYS SEE THAT TOWER, IT'S GOING TO BE FLASHING AND YOU'RE NOW, UM, ANYTIME I'M OUT OF TOWN AND I'M COMING BACK, UH, I SEE THOSE TOWERS AND I SEE THE FLASHING LIGHTS AND IT'S LIKE A BEACON, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING THE WAY HOME.
UM, I'M AFRAID THAT ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO ALL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AS A HISTORICAL MARKER WITH THE TOWERS, ONE STOOD, BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR, FOR ANOTHER DAY, YOU KNOW? UM, AND I WAS GLAD TO HEAR YOU EXPLAIN THE, THE IMPRESSIONS YOU ASKED, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO DO IS ENCOURAGE YOU, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRESENTATION, MAKE SURE THAT YOU, UH, NEXT TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS, YOU EXPLAINED IMPRESSIONS AND ENGAGEMENTS AND, AND CLICK-THROUGHS, AND, AND, UH, UM, I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY GETS ON GETS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, CERTAINLY NOT, YOU KNOW, AS INVOLVED WITH, WITH ADVERTISING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, SOME OF THAT STUFF CERTAINLY GETS, GETS CONFUSING SOMETIMES.
SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS FOLLOWING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY IS THIS A GREAT PRESENTATION ABOUT TOURISM AND CEDAR HILL, BUT THIS IS A GREAT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST SELLS PITCH TO, TO OTHER BUSINESSES OF, UH, OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING A PRESENTATION OF OURSELVES AND PRESENTING OURSELVES IN, IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THE CITY APPEALING TO, TO OTHER BUSINESSES TO WANT TO COME HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THIS MATERIAL IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY INCORPORATING IT WITH WHAT THE EDC IS DOING AND UTILIZING THIS AND, AND, UH, BECAUSE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALL, IT, IT ALL GOES HAND IN HAND, THE MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GET THERE, THE MORE BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS AND THINGS WE GET HERE, WHICH CREATES MORE TOURISM, WHICH ATTRACTS MORE BUSINESSES, WHICH, WHICH CREATES MORE RESTAURANTS AND MORE ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND MORE RETAIL.
AND, AND SO I JUST, I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
UM, UH, AND JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO KEEP IT UP.
AND, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY ELSE'S IS LEVERAGING THE MATERIAL THAT, UH, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT TOGETHER.
AND I'M ONLY TRYING TO DO MORE, UM,
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NOW THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN HAVE EVENTS AND EVERYTHING, AND JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I KNOW ON THE IMPRESSIONS, IT'S A, IT'S A MAP IT'S SHOWING ENGAGEMENTS OR IF PEOPLE LIKE SHARE COMMENT.SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE THE ENGAGEMENT.
SO EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THERE ON THE THOUSANDS OF ENGAGEMENTS, THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIGHT OR THEY SHARED THE CONTENT OR THEY COMMENTED ON IT.
SO, WELL, I'D LIKE TO START WITH A GREAT PRESENTATION AGAIN, AS THE COUNCIL MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE EASILY JUST, YOU KNOW, ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND, AND UM, YOU KNOW, SAY IT'S A PANDEMIC TOURISM, WHAT CAN WE DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? UH, HOWEVER YOU DID, YOU ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVES, YOU STILL CONTINUE TO WORK AND IS EDITED THAT THERE'LL BE SEEN RIGHT NOW.
SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE YOUR WORK, WE SEE YOU HAVE FOR DINNER REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, FOR SOME OF OUR NEW RESIDENTS, MAYBE OVER THE LAST MAYBE YEAR OR MAYBE, UH, MAYBE 18 MONTHS, UM, DO YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO MAYBE GET MAYBE A SURVEY FROM THEM ABOUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM? HOW DID THEY HEAR ABOUT US? WHY DID THEY CHOOSE CEDAR HILL? UH, DO WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE STATS AND IF NOT, MAYBE OUT A WAY TO CHECK THAT OTHER THAN MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD WORK WITH A UTILITIES AND BE ABLE TO ANYBODY NEW, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET PERMISSION TO EMAIL THEM, JUST SOME INFORMATION THAT I CAN TALK TO TIA AND RHONDA OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN, CAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT'LL GET THE NEWEST PEOPLE WHEN THEY REGISTER FOR THE WATER BILLS AND STUFF.
SO WE CAN MAYBE GET SOME INFORMATION FROM THAT.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR TOURISM.
I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN COUNCIL, AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TO SEE WHERE, WHERE OUR PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM AND ALSO WHAT ATTRACTS THEM TO CEDAR HILL.
SO WE CONTINUE TO COMMAND FOR THEM INTO THIS WEEKEND, CEDAR HILL.
SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON LOCALLY EVERY WEEK.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I THINK THAT WRAPS UP OR BRIEFING SESSION.
UH, THE NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOST OF CUSTOMER CURRENTLY ON A SECOND, SECOND CUSTOMER MCGOVERN UNAVAILABLE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
IT IS UNANIMOUS OBSERVED COUNSELING.