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          [1. Call the meeting to order.]
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          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          TODAY IS MAY 25TH, 2021. 
          THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED BRIEFING SESSION. 
          WE HAD TO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. 
          WHEN I CALLED THIS MEETING TO ORDER, I DO HAVE FIVE 30 AND NEXT 
          [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]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT. 
          HEY, DUMMY, TO SEE THE MAGIC WELL MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, HAPPY TUESDAY, GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE AND GLAD TO SEE THE SUN OUT FOR A CHANGE. 
          IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE SPEAK TO SEE IT FEELS GOOD. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO BE A QUICK AND SUCCINCT GIVEN. 
          WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA AND ESPECIALLY PACKAGING TONIGHT ON THE, UH, UH, IN THE, DURING THE BRIEFING SESSION. 
          NOW QUICKLY, WE'LL GO TO THE CALENDAR. 
          YOU WILL NOTE THAT AS MAY TURNS INTO JUNE, IT'S STARTING TO LOOK A LOT MORE NORMAL. 
          LIKE WE, THE THINGS THAT WE USED TO DO EVENTS AND THINGS ARE NOW STARTING TO SHOW UP ON THE CALENDAR. 
          THIS THURSDAY MAY, MAY 27TH AT 10:00 AM. 
          SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY STARTED DURING THE COVID ERA. 
          UH, THE, UH, CELEBRATORY PARADE FOR THE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES IN OUR TOWN WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10 O'CLOCK. 
          YOU'RE ASKED TO MEET AT NINE 45 ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF HILLSIDE VILLAGE, NEAR TITLE BOXING IN THEIR PARKING LOT. 
          AND THEN THEY WILL PROCEED TO THE FACILITIES TO HONOR OUR SENIORS THAT LIVED THERE. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT, SORT OF THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EARLY PART OF COVID WHEN IT HAPPENED LAST, LAST YEAR. 
          AND WE LOOKED FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING OUR FRIENDS AND OUR NEIGHBORS OVER THERE. 
          AGAIN THIS YEAR AT 6:00 PM, THE MAYOR WILL BE HOSTING A MAYOR'S COMMUNITY SAFETY ROUND TABLE HERE IN THE CANDY ROOM AT 6:00 PM, AND INCLUDES A PANEL OF OUR POLICE, CHIEF, OUR FIRE CHIEF, OUR DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND THE POLICE CHIEF OF THE ISD TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. 
          SOMETHING THAT'S VERY TIMELY GIVEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENTING THEIR ANNUAL REPORT TONIGHT. 
          OF COURSE, MONDAY, MAY 31ST IS THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY. 
          JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT ALL CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THAT, UH, HOLIDAY ON THURSDAY, JUNE THE THIRD AT 7:00 AM. 
          THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST, UH, WILL BE HELD. 
          THIS ONE WILL BE VIRTUAL. 
          AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT WILL BE THE LAST VIRTUAL, UM, UH, SHOWING OF THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST. 
          AND SO DETAILS WILL BE PLACED ON YOUR CALENDAR IN ADVANCE OF THAT DAY. 
          FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE RESUMING SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME A SUMMER FAVORITE. 
          AND THAT'S THE MUSIC IN THE PARK CONCERT SERIES AT THE VALLEY RIDGE PARK AMPHITHEATER. 
          THOSE BEGIN AT 8:00 PM. 
          THE FIRST ONE AGAIN IS FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH, AND I BELIEVE THE, UM, MUSICIAN IS DAVID GERAD OR GERALD SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH, ALSO AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK, THE ANNUAL KID FISH TOURNAMENT. 
          SO THE STOCKING OF THE CATFISH INTO THAT POND COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELS WILL BE TAKING PLACE SHORTLY AND THE FISHING WILL BE REALLY GOOD ALL SUMMER, UH, IN A NICE, EASY TO ACCESS PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE AREAS AROUND NO SNAKES, THIS GO CATCH FISH, HAVE A GOOD TIME. 
          SO, UH, THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH AT 8:30 AM VALLEY RIDGE PARK PAWN AT 10:00 AM. 
          ON THAT SAME DAY, THE LIBRARY WILL BE KICKING OFF ANOTHER SECRET HILL FAVORITE, AND THAT'S THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE ZULA B WILEY LIBRARY. 
          TUESDAY, JUNE 8TH IS OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. 
          WE WILL BE MEETING AGAIN EARLY AT FIVE 30. 
          SO THE COUNCIL IN, UH, ACTING IN THE ROLE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OUR CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT CAN BEGIN THE FIRST OF THE PROCESSES FOR ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR OUR CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          AND THEN THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU WILL RECALL THAT ALL OF MAY WAS BUSY EVERY TUESDAY WAS, BUT JUNE IS ALSO GOING TO BE BUSY. 
          I WANT TO TAKE NOTE OF THE, UH, OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. THURSDAY, JUNE 10TH WILL BE THE BIG MCSHANE EXPO AND OTHER THING WE'RE EXCITED TO RETURN TO, AGAIN, UH, THAT OUR LIBRARY AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, AND A LOT OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATE IN ON, UH, THURSDAY, JUNE THE 24TH. 
          THE NEXT LIBRARY DESIGN WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD. 
          THIS IS THE BIG ONE WHERE THEY COME BACK WITH THE DESIGN, THE COST ESTIMATES, AND, UM, THE SORT OF THE FINAL DETAILS BEFORE WE START GETTING DIRECTIONS, YOU START ENTERING INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND PREPARATION FOR TAKING THE PROJECT OUT TO BID TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND GETTING THAT THING STARTED AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT TUESDAY, JUNE THE 29TH, THE COUNCIL WILL BE MEETING TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION, UH, APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY, UH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30TH, THE COUNCIL WILL BE MEETING FOR AN UPDATE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          SO PLEASE, UH, PREPARE FOR THOSE ITEMS AND PLACE THEM ON THE CALENDAR. 
          I BELIEVE IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY ON YOUR COUNCIL CALENDAR, THEY WILL BE ON IN THE MORNING, UH, TURNING TO ORIENTATION 
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TO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. 
          UH, WE HAVE THREE BRIEFINGS BEGINNING WITH A BRIEFING FROM A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MELISSA CUMMINGS, AND A TO YOUR RICH OVER CITY-WIDE TRASH SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          AND THE FUTURE OF THAT, UH, ALSO AN UPDATE FROM SEAN, WHERE I ABOUT, UH, PARKS BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND IN PROCESS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY THE BIG EVENT OF THE NIGHT, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM, UM, THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTING THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT, UH, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT US. 
          UH, THEY AND I HAVE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR REPORT AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED US. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY INTO THE OUTCOMES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THEIR HARD WORK AND STEWARDSHIP 
          [5. Receive briefing on annual Police Report.]
IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, GOING TO THE REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT, WE HAVE TWO DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATIONS, UH, ONE, A GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD TO CARRIE BRADSHAW AND ANOTHER GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD TO JACQUELYN IVY. 
          WE WILL RECEIVE THE COUNCIL RECEIVER PRESENTATION FROM THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED DIGITAL CHAPTER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, AND THEN ALSO A PRESENTATION FROM THE TEXAS COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE POWER AND RECOGNITION OF THE CITY'S 20 YEAR, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THAT, UH, IN THAT PROGRAM. 
          UH, I UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE HAVE THREE FOR TONIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A CASE NUMBER Z THREE 19 2021, AND THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          WE CONSIDER APPLICATION FOR CHANGE ZONING FROM LOCAL RETAIL TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE USE OF, UH, FOR AN OPERATION OF AN ORPHANAGE ON TEXAS PLUME ROAD IN THE, UH, FACILITY THAT USED TO BE HOPE MANSION. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A NEW TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA. 
          THIS IS A PROCESS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE TAX PAYMENT TOOL IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. 
          ITEM C IS TO PUBLIC HEARING AND TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND 118 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT. 
          SO IT WILL BE TAX REINVESTMENT, ZONE NUMBER 11, A CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT HAS, UM, THE COUNCIL'S ANNUAL CALENDAR FOR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHICH IT MUST ADOPT ANNUALLY. 
          UH THAT'S UH, BEFORE YOU, UH, ITEM C IS TO CONSIDER, UM, EXECUTING, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, UH, RELATED TO PLAYGROUND SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR DOT THOMAS PARK, AND ALSO AN EX, UH, AN ITEM TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ALEX OMEGA FOR UPDATED RESTROOM FACILITIES AT DOT THOMAS PARK. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, AN ITEM TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH, UH, WE FIXED BRAINS FOR PROVIDING OF SERVICES TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS PART OF THE FIRST RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH RESILIENCE PROGRAM. 
          UH, THREE ITEMS TONIGHT ON REGULAR AGENDA. 
          THE FIRST IS AN AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE RIGHT AWAY LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH LAKE MARINO PARTNERSHIP TO ALLOW OUTDOOR PATIO DINING ALONG BROAD STREET. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY THAT WE HOPE WHERE WE WILL BE INVITING RESTAURANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A MUCH MORE LIBERAL AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR WALKING AND ALSO FOR ENJOYING THE OUTDOOR ATMOSPHERE OF DOWNTOWN. 
          SECOND ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT AT WINTERGREEN ROAD AND NEW CLARK ROAD. 
          IN HIGH POINT, THAT'S AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN MUCH ANTICIPATED BY THE RESIDENTS OF HIGH POINT FOR SOME TIME, DEFINITELY WILL HELP WITH, UH, CIRCULATING TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA. 
          AND, UH, FINALLY WE DO HAVE AN ITEM TO AFFIRM THE PURCHASE AND ACTION, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD LAST WEEK TO AFFIRM THE PURCHASE OF THREE OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES, UH, LOCATED ALONG THE FM 1382 NATURE QUARTER, UH, PREVIOUSLY OWNED OR OWNED BY THE STEVE SINGLETON FAMILY, UH, BY THE CEDAR CEDAR HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN THIS WILL ADD ADDITIONAL SPACE TO THE CITY'S DESIRE TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST 20% OF ITS LAND AREA AS OPEN SPACE. 
          I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAS ON IT TONIGHT. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN DAVIS? I'M SO GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE FINALLY GET INTO THIS RED LIGHT ISSUE. 
          UH, I WAS READING EARLIER THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE NINE AND FIVE MORE DAYS IT FELL, THEY INSTALL IT. 
          SO, UH, THE, THE PROCESS REQUIRES AN ENGINEER WORKING FOR TOM. 
          SO YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT THE TIME THAT IT TAKES. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER THE ONE WE JUST SAW THEM AT JOE WILSON 
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AND WE WERE, IT WAS ABOUT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO WE LOOK IN AT WHAT OCTOBER, PROBABLY SEPTEMBER TO BE FUNCTIONING. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IF WE CAN BEAT THAT, THE WEATHER'S GOOD, THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK TO DO THAT. 
          AND I ALSO SAW A WAY THAT YOU SAID THAT TICKS THOUGHT WOULD HAVE TO PROVE IT. 
          I THOUGHT THEY HAD ALREADY APPROVED. 
          SO THEY, I BELIEVE THAT THE FINAL APPROVAL THAT WE NEEDED, WE HAVE RECEIVED. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE GOT IT. 
          SO WE'RE ALL GOOD. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN PROCEED NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, AND I'LL ASK YOU THIS, UH, DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UH, SINGLETON PROPERTY, UH, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE RETAIL ZONING ON THE PROPERTY. 
          IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          IT'S A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION AND WE'RE PURCHASING THE PROPERTY FOR ONE POINT 85 MINUTES. 
          SO IF THE PROPERTY WERE TO BE PURCHASED AND UTILIZE, UH, AS LOCAL RETAIL, THE COMPS YOU RECEIVED OR AN EXCESS OF THREE MONTHS, THAT'S OKAY. 
          I'M JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'LL ASK YOU THAT DURING THE RECORD, REGULAR PORTION OF THE MEETING. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HMM. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT TO BE BOLD? ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR MOST OF THE MANAGER REPORT, MR. CD MANAGER, AND GET OUT OF THIS PAGE, GO TO THE ONE DOWN DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT 
          [3. Receive briefing on future city wide trash service delivery.]
ITEM. 
          ON THE AGENDA HE HAS RECEIVED BRIEFING ON THE FUTURE CITYWIDE TRUST SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          HOW ARE YOU DOING THERE? MS. COMEY? HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          OKAY. 
          BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, WHEN I, CAN I GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT HISTORY AND MOST OF YOU KNOW, THIS, UM, UH, WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY UNDER FORMER CITY MANAGERS, UH, HIRING, HE, HE HIRED ME, UM, OUT OF MY MBA SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. 
          THEY, THEY TELL YOU THEY HIRE, THEY, THEY HIRE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE CITY MANAGERS, AND THEY TELL YOU THAT, UH, THERE'S TWO THINGS IN A CITY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GET ON THE BAD SIDE WITH THE CITIZEN. 
          AND IT'S NUMBER ONE, TRASH AND NUMBER ONE, ANIMALS. 
          AND I CAME TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME. 
          AND I SAID, I WANT THE TRASH. 
          AND I WENT, I WANT TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY OVER ANIMALS. 
          AND I'M VERY PROUD OF, OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE TOGETHER. 
          AND, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, 15 YEARS AT THAT TIME, WE HAD BEEN WITH, UM, ALLIED WASTE FOR 25 YEARS. 
          AND, UM, OF COURSE I THOUGHT I KNEW IT ALL. 
          SO I COME IN AND, UH, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO SWITCH TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND SO THAT'S, I'M JUST GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU ON A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT TODAY. 
          UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR BI ANNUAL CITIZEN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS INCREASED BY OVER 12% IN THE AREA OF TRASH SERVICES THAT WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND ANY INCREASE IN ANY OTHER AREA OF SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES. 
          I DO WANT TO POINT THAT OUT IN THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT WE ARE IN TRANSITION AND TN DEWEY VU, UH, IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND TA AND UTILITY SERVICES. 
          THEY'RE TAKING OVER THE MA THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER THE MANAGEMENT OVER THIS CONTRACT. 
          HE HAS SPECIFICALLY, AND THEY BOTH WILL BE A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. 
          WE'VE MET WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERAL TIMES, UM, SINCE THE MONTH OF JANUARY. 
          AND WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU, OUR FINDINGS. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WITH 15,000 HOUSEHOLDS, THERE IS NO OTHER SERVICE THAT TOUCHES OF HOUSEHOLD MORE THAN THIS CONTRACT, 141,926 TOUCHES PER MONTH IN THE CITY. 
          AND 1.7 MILLION ANNUAL TOUCHES GOING TO THE HOUSE, PICKING UP THE TRASH, PICKING UP, BRUSH, PICKING UP, RECYCLE, AND DISPOSING OF IT AND COMING BACK AND DOING IT THE FOLLOWING MONTH EVERY MONTH, WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER A MONTH. 
          SO AS YOU KNOW, OUR VISION OF CEDAR HILL, WE START EVERYTHING WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S THAT IMPORTANT IT'S TO BE A PREMIER CITY. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE W FORTUNATELY WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT HAS HELPED US ACHIEVE PREMIER CITY STATUS STATUS IN TERMS OF OUR TRASH SERVICES. 
          AND WE WANT TO RETAIN OUR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES HAVE BUSINESSES FLOURISHED IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. 
          CLEAN IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WASTE MANAGEMENT DOES, BUT ALSO SAFE. 
          WE'LL GO OVER SOME, UH, COVID AND SNOWMAGEDDON THINGS THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR, BUT ALSO CONSISTENT WITH OUR VALUES OF PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS AND BEHAVIOR AND SUBARU SERVANT LEADERSHIP. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT TRASH HAS TO DO WITH EVERYTHING HERE AND THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. 
          YOU'LL SEE EVEN TEXAS SCHOOLS OF CHOICE ARE HELPED BY OUR TRASH CONTRACT, BECAUSE IN THE 
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CONTRACT, WE GIVE OUT OVER A $3,000 WORTH OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS PER YEAR THROUGH THE CONTRACT. 
          THE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS TO REALLY GET TO THE, TO SOME BACKGROUND AND CURRENT WHAT OUR CURRENT RESIDENTIAL SERVICE LEVELS ARE. 
          REVIEW SOME PROPOSED CONTRACT EXTENSION, UH, OPTIONS. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU, GIVE US SOME CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION. 
          SINCE 2006 WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN THE CITY'S EXCLUSIVE WASTE HAULER, UM, WITH TWO YEAR RENEWALS IN 2011 AND 2017, UM, OUR ANNUAL CPI INDEX RATING IS INCLUDED IN THERE AS KIND OF LIKE A COST OF LIVING INCREASE TO THE COUNTRY. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, IT IS, UH, IT BASICALLY OKAY TO THEM, BUT ANNUALLY, WE COME, THEY COME TO THE CITY AND SAY, UM, WE'RE REQUESTING THIS BASED ON THIS FORMULA, CONSUMER PRICE, INDEX FORMULA, AND UTILITIES AND DIESEL FUEL. 
          AND IT'S BASICALLY BECAUSE THEIR COST OF SERVICES GO UP EVERY YEAR IN 2020, THEIR CPI WAS 3.2, 1%. 
          AS YOU RECALL, WE REQUESTED WASTE MANAGEMENT TO DELAY THAT INCREASE UNTIL 2021, WHICH WAS WHERE WE ARE NOW, UM, BECAUSE OF COVID THE COVID PANDEMIC AND THE IMPACT ON CITIZEN CITIZENS IN 2021. 
          NOW THEY'VE ALSO HAD A CPI INDEX RATING OF 3.68, WHICH TOTALS OVER THE TWO YEARS, 6.8, 9% CPI. 
          OUR CURRENT WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT EXPIRES IN FEBRUARY OF 2022. 
          AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IN 2016, THE 15% THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY A CPI. 
          THAT WAS THE CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION AND THE RATES. 
          WE BROUGHT THEM DOWN FROM LIKE 19% TO 15% AT THAT TIME. 
          SO IT DOES LOOK REALLY HIGH, BUT AT THE TIME, AS FAR AS RATES GO, WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND OUR CURRENT RESIDENTIAL TRASH SERVICES. 
          NINE. 
          I AM TALKING ABOUT THE RATE THAT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT IS A CONTRACTOR CHARGES, THE CITY, NOT THE CITY RATE TO THE CITIZENS RIGHT HERE. 
          THE CURRENT MONTHLY RATE IS $13 AND 29 CENTS. 
          WELL, I'LL SHOW YOU THAT COMPARISON COMPARED TO OUR OTHER, UH, THREE SURVEYS SURROUNDING BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES AND THE SENIOR RATE WASTE MANAGEMENT GIVES US A SPECIAL SENIOR RATE AT $11. 
          THE ADDITIONAL CAR, IF YOU NEEDED, ADDITIONAL CAR IS ONLY A DOLLAR AND 84 CENTS. 
          SO IF YOU NEED TWO TRASH CARTS, IT'S STILL LESS THAN A LOT. 
          WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE PAY JUST FOR ONE THAT SERVED THAT COST COVERS ONCE A WEEK, TRASH AND RECYCLE WITH 96 GALLON CARTS ONCE A MONTH BRUSH AT 10 CUBIC YARDS, WHICH IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF THESE DAYS. 
          SO MOST CITIES ARE NOT OFFERING 10 CUBIC YARD PICKUP, AND THEN QUARTERLY CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO THE LANDFILL AT UP TO THREE CUBIC YARDS TO DISPOSE OF COMPARED IT TO, TO THE CURRENT RATES OF THE CITIZEN. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WHOLESALE, UH, THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT CHARGES US, AND THEN WE HAVE A RETAIL RATE THAT WE CHARGE CITIZEN BECAUSE THERE'S COSTS OF PRINTING THE BILLS, SENDING OUT THE BILLS, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE A LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION FUND IN WHICH WE'VE PAID FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFICATION SIGNS, ENTRY, MONUMENT SIGNS, PARK SIGNS, ALL THE EXTRA MONEY THAT HAS GONE INTO THAT FUND HAS PAID FOR THOSE PROJECTS. 
          THE RESIDENTIAL RATE TO THE CITIZEN CURRENTLY IS $16 AND 46 CENTS. 
          THE SENIOR RATE IS $12 AND 77 CENTS. 
          AND THE ADDITIONAL CAR IS $3 AND 25 CENTS. 
          SO THAT GIVES YOU THE COMPARISON FROM WHAT WASTE MANAGEMENT CHARGES, THE CITY AND WHAT THE CITY CHARGES THE RESIDENT, AS FAR AS OUR COMPARISON, BECAUSE WE DO COMPARE TO ALL OF OUR CITIES. 
          BUT AS FAR AS SPECIFICALLY AROUND IN THE AREA OF LANCASTER DESOTO DUNCANVILLE, UM, WE COMPARE IT TO, IF YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE, ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, FISCAL YEAR, 2020, THE ORANGE, THE YELLOW, THERE IS THE RATE FROM THE CONTRACTOR TO THE CITY. 
          THE BLUE IS THE GRAY FROM THE CITY TO THE CITIZEN. 
          THIS IS THE CURRENT RATE. 
          AND THEN THE CEDAR HILL EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21, UH, GIVEN COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WILL BE 1761. 
          AND THEN A COURSE COMPARATIVELY TO DESOTO THEIR RATE FROM THE CONTRACTOR IS $17 AND THEIR RATES ARE THE CITIZEN IS CITIZENS, OR IS $23. 
          LANCASTER IS NINE 50 AND 1634, AND DUNCANVILLE IS 1848 AND 24 36. 
          AND DUNCANVILLE, ALLIE HAS A SPECIFIC RATE OF $30 AND 54 CENTS, WHICH IS FAR MORE THAN ANY ALLIE ALLIE SERVICES, SAME AS FRONT DOOR SERVICE IN CEDAR HILL WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ALL CITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT RATE INCREASES TO THEIR CITIZENS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE. 
          ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO, TO YOU AND THEY'LL COME BACK UP HERE IN A MINUTE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT. 
          UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND TO GET TO SEE ALL OF YOU. 
          UM, SO AS MELISSA WAS SAYING, YES, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PARTNERSHIP 
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FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AND I'VE INHERITED THE CONTRACT FROM JOE COMMA SARS, UM, WHO HAD THE CONTRACT AFTER MELISSA. 
          AND SO IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BE TRUSTED WITH THIS LONG TENURED MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT. 
          AND LUCKILY, WHILE BEING MELISSA'S ASSISTANT, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO KNOW STEVE AND RYAN WHITE BEFOREHAND. 
          SO NOW I'VE KNOWN THEM FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. 
          YEAH, SO WE HAVE, AS, AS I WAS, UM, INHERITING THE CONTRACT, UH, COVID HIT. 
          SO, UH, WHICH CAUSED PEOPLE TO BE HOME-BOUND THAT INCREASED THE TRASH VOLUME DRASTICALLY. 
          UM, MANY CITIES HAD TO FOR MORE AND MORE THE INCREASED VOLUME SERVICES, LIKE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME AT THE LANDFILL, THEY HAD TO PAY MORE FOR THAT. 
          BUT ALSO THEY DECREASED SERVICES LIKE CUTTING BACK FROM 10 CUBIC YARDS TO FOUR CUBIC YARDS. 
          UM, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES EVEN WENT AS FAR AS ELIMINATING RECYCLING. 
          SO WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, BEING THE STRONG PARTNER THAT THEY ARE BAY CONTINUE FULL SERVICES THE ENTIRE TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY ALSO MAINTAINED THEIR SPONSORSHIPS TO THE CITY, TO OUR CEDAR HILL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, AND ALSO OUR ANNUAL, UH, GREEN AWARDS. 
          THEN AS IF COVID, WASN'T CHALLENGING ENOUGH, WE GET SNOWMAGEDDON, WHICH CAUSED A SERIOUS HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS FOR THAT DID NOT ALLOW WASTE MANAGEMENT TO OPERATE THAT RESULTED IN DELAYS AND SERVICES. 
          IT WASN'T THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT DIDN'T WANT TO SERVICE. 
          THEY JUST SIMPLY COULD NOT BECAUSE SAFETY ALWAYS COMES FIRST. 
          AND NOW NOW WASTE MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSE WAS COMPLETELY OUTSTANDING. 
          WE WERE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM HOUR BY HOUR PLANNING FOR THE NEXT DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME. 
          THEY WERE EXTREMELY PROACTIVE IN HIRING A THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR TO HELP GET OUR STREETS CLEAN. 
          AND, UH, SORRY, THIS WAS SOME NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO, BUT THEY DID TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND HIRED THAT COMPANY THAT IS ALSO STILL HELPING OUT TODAY WITH KEEPING OUR STREETS CLEAN. 
          THEY ALSO PROVIDED A 20 YARD DUMPSTER TO THE RECREATION CENTER, THE ALANY SIMS RECREATION CENTER FOR CITIZENS TO DROP OFF EXCESS TRASH. 
          AND THEY SERVICE THAT DUMPSTER, UM, EVERY DAY, THAT WHOLE WEEK. 
          AND SO THEN THIS SIDE, IT BASICALLY CAPTURES ALL OF THE GRATITUDE FROM OUR CITIZENS, UM, AND IT SHOWS THE WASTE MANAGEMENT'S DEDICATION TO OUR CITY'S CLEANLINESS AND SAFETY AND SHOWS BY THESE FACEBOOK POSTS FROM OUR OWN VERY OWN CEDAR HELIUM, BUT IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND BECAUSE OF THEIR TEAMWORK WITH US AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO, TO DELIVER PREMIER SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS. 
          NOW LET'S TRAVEL BACK INTO OUR, UH, BACK INTO THE NORMAL YEARS PRE COVID AND REMEMBER HOW, UM, HOW MUCH SUPPORT WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS GIVEN OUR COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS THEY USED, THEY ARE ALWAYS AT ANY MAJOR EVENT LIKE COUNTRY DAY, NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK, PARTY, EARTH, DAY, AND BEST BOARD EVENTS. 
          UM, THEY ALSO HAVE THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS AND AWARDS ALONE. 
          OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, THAT'S BEEN $75,000, $45,000 OF THAT HAS BEEN REINVESTED INTO OUR CEDAR SENIORS FOR THEIR EDUCATION. 
          AND NOT ONLY DO THEY CONTRIBUTE, BUT THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE. 
          SO W MANAGEMENT SENDS THEIR MOST LONG TENURED EMPLOYEES TO SERVE AND EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AT EVERY EVENT POSSIBLE. 
          I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW WRONG GRETTA THOUGH. 
          ONE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE PHOTO, HOW LONG SHE'S BEEN THERE. 
          BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S AT LEAST 10 YEARS, STEVE AND RYAN HAVE ALSO BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE, TOO, WHICH TELLS ME THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS A SOLID FOUNDATION AND PUTS THEIR EMPLOYEES FIRST MUCH LIKE THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE OTHER PICTURE. 
          THOSE ARE THE TRASH TRUCK DRIVERS THAT KNOW OUR CITY FRONT TO BACK AND INTERACT WITH OUR CITIZENS WEEKLY, NOT TOO LONG AGO, I HAD A SENIOR CITIZEN CALL ME AND ASK ME, HOW IS HER DRIVER DOING THAT? SHE HADN'T SEEN HIM IN A WHILE AND SINCE SHE WAS ON SPECIAL ASSISTANCE, UH, AND THEY CAME UP TO THE DOOR TO GET HER TRASH. 
          UM, SHE GOT TO KNOW HER DRIVER AND SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW HE WAS DOING CAUSE HE HADN'T BEEN THERE. 
          SO THEY ARE DEFINITELY OUT THERE TOUCHING THE LIVES OF EACH CITIZEN BUSINESS AND VISITOR THAT COME IN TO CEDAR THE HILL. 
          AND NOW HERE IS A SNAPSHOT 
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OF ALL OF THE, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT PROVIDES TOTALING 1.6 MILLION. 
          AND THIS, THESE ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY PROVIDE TO US. 
          THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT AND EVEN SOME THINGS THAT ARE MAYBE OUT OF THE CONTRACT. 
          AND I JUST REMEMBERED ANOTHER THING THAT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY UP THERE BEFORE I CAME UP HERE, WHICH WAS THE VIRGINIA WEAVER CLEANUP, UH, AND REMODELING THAT WE DID. 
          AND SO WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          WHAT DID HAUL OFF THAT WHOLE ENTIRE OLD PLAYGROUND, WHICH WAS A VALUE OF $2,800. 
          NOW WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED CONTRACT EXTENSION DEAL POINTS. 
          AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW THREE-YEAR TERM WITH A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TWO YEAR EXTENSION OPTION EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE WOULD BE A RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RATES TO INCREASE, UH, BE INCREASED BY 6.9% CPI, A NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE OUTREACH TOOL THAT HAS A VALUE OF 15,000 ADDITIONAL $3,000 A YEAR, UH, TO COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND A NEW PAYPAL PROCESS AND RATE SCHEDULE THE AGREEMENT. 
          THIS IS THE ONE THAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT. 
          IT'S RECOLLECT, IT'S A MOBILE APP. 
          IT IS A, UM, UH, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE OUTREACH TOOL, UM, THAT HAS LOTS OF BENEFITS TO IT. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT IS GOING TO COVER. 
          AND, AND THE EXTENSION, IF IT, IF APPROVED, I KNOW THAT CITY OF DALLAS AND ALSO AUSTIN, UH, USED THIS. 
          UM, BUT THIS TOOL IS REALLY NEAT BECAUSE IT HAS THE WASTE WIZARD, UH, ON THERE. 
          IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GAME THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PLAY TO DECIDE WHAT GOES IN THE RECYCLE BIN AND WHAT DOESN'T, SO THAT WAY WE CAN TEACH THE CITIZENS TO BE BETTER RECYCLERS. 
          UM, AND ALSO THIS WOULD BEING ABLE TO RUN CAMPAIGNS OR IN THE NOTIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULES CHANGES, OR ANY OF THAT THIS APP WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY, UH, VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE SAY LIKE BACK IN SNOWMAGEDDON. 
          SO NEXT WE HAVE THE SCHOLARSHIP AND DONATION INCREASE. 
          SO A HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE INCREASED $5,000 TO I'M SORRY, UP TO $500 TO $2,000. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THAT IS THEM PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO OUR SEAT, OUR VERY OWN CEDAR HILL SENIORS. 
          AND SINCE 2005, THEY'VE DONATED $45,000. 
          AND ALSO THE CIVIC GRANTS, WHICH ARE LIKE THE GREEN AWARDS. 
          UM, THAT'S ALSO INCREASING UP TO $3,000 AND EARTH. 
          THEY SPONSORSHIP UP TO $3,000. 
          UM, THE LAST THING IS THE PAYPAL PROCESS. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A NEW PAYPAL PROCESS THAT WILL ALLOW OUR CITIZENS TO GET THE PILES GONE AND KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN A LOT QUICKER THAN WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE. 
          UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING TOO THAT WE'RE ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MELISSA. 
          SORRY. 
          YES, GO AHEAD. 
          SURE. 
          HEY DAVID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          CAN YOU GO BACK ABOUT THREE SLIDES? I JUST SAW SOMETHING I WASN'T TOTALLY CLEAR ON ONE, TWO, THREE, ONE MORE. 
          SO IT SAYS CONTRACT EXTENSION IS EFFECTIVE FOR FEBRUARY OF 22. 
          UM, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS OTHER DATE, 10 OF 21, UH, FOR THESE, UH, INCREASES. 
          UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO PROCESS THE DIFFERENT WILDLY DIFFERENT DATES. 
          SURE. 
          SO THE CPI INCREASE, UH, THIS 6.89 US FOR 2020 AND 2021. 
          AND THE CONTRACT DOESN'T ACTUALLY END UNTIL FEBRUARY, 2022. 
          SO THAT'S WHY FOR OCTOBER ONE. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD CONTINUE THE, UM, THE CONTRACT, UH, STARTING FEBRUARY ONE OF 2022. 
          SO WE'RE STILL CURRENTLY IN THE CONTRACT. 
          OKAY. 
          I SEE. 
          DO WE WANT TO HAVE QUESTIONS AT THE END? OKAY. 
          YES. 
          OR I CAN ANSWER SOME NOW. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU WERE LISTING A, UH, A LIST OF THINGS INVOLVED OR WHERE THEY WERE THE, THE, UH, THE DIFFERENCE IN PREMIUMS. WE WERE, WE WERE PAYING, WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THE BIG FUN, I DIDN'T SEE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION FUND IN THERE IS THAT THAT'S STILL PART OF THAT. 
          WERE YOU REFERRING TO THE 1.2? I WOULD JUST REFER TO ALL THE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT, THAT ADDITIONAL RATE 
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FEE AND ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THAT FOR. 
          I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT THAT'S IN THERE TOO. 
          YEAH, YES. 
          UM, THAT, UH, BUT THAT IS WHAT WILL THE CITY CHARGES THE CITIZEN FOR THOSE THESE SERVICES. 
          AND, UM, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE SET ASIDE IN THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION FUND, BUT THAT IS NOT CONTRACTUALLY IN HERE. 
          OH, SHE WAS JUST LISTENING TO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE UTILIZE. 
          AND I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING WITH THAT TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITIZENS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND ANNUALLY, THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION AND CREW THAT THEY PAY FOR THAT. 
          AND SO ALL OF THE NOSES AT UPTOWN BOULEVARD AT BOTH BELTLINE AND, UH, 1382 AND ANY LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION TREATMENTS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS PAID FOR. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO, SO, UH, BASICALLY WHAT THAT, UH, RESULTS, AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED RATE TO THE CITIZEN IS TAKING THE RATE FROM THE CURRENT $16 AND 46 CENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TA TWO 1761, WHICH IS A DOLLAR 15 INCREASE, WHICH WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE. 
          UM, AND THE SENIOR RATE, UM, WOULD GO FROM 1233 TO 1,318, WHICH IS A 41 CENT INCREASE. 
          SO WE KNOW THE COUNCIL IS VERY SENSITIVE WITH, UM, THE IMPACT ON OUR SENIORS. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE THE ASSOCIATED 6.8, 9% ON THAT RATE. 
          UM, THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE APP THAT, UM, CITIZENS COULD GO IN AND SET UP THEIR, UH, THEIR TIME. 
          AND IT WOULD REMIND THEM WHEN TO PULL IT OUT THE BULKY WASTE OR WHEN WE'RE HOME, OR WE'LL ALSO REMIND THEM OF THEIR TRASH DAY IF THEY NEED THAT. 
          AND THEN THE EASIER PAYPAL PROCESS IS, UM, ACTUALLY BENEFITS ALL CITIZENS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          UM, BUT WHEN OFTENTIMES CITIZENS PUT OUT TRASH TOO EARLY AND, UH, THEY JUST WANT IT GONE. 
          YOU KNOW? UH, SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT WAS CREATE A PAYPAL PROCESS THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SAY, OKAY, I WANT IT GONE. 
          HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? AND WE'VE NEGOTIATED A SPECIFIC PRICE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, WE'LL HAVE IT IN THE CONTRACT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE CITIZENS BETTER. 
          OKAY, YOU WANT IT GONE. 
          IT COSTS YOU $75 FOR THIS, THIS MUCH OF VOLUME. 
          AND YOU CAN GET IT PICKED UP WITHIN 48 HOURS BECAUSE SOMETIMES CITIZENS PUT IT OUT SEVERAL WEEKS EARLY AND THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A BIG ADVANCEMENT IN THE CONTRACT. 
          THE OTHER, I WANT TO MENTION AND ASK, WE WANT TO GET, UM, INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL IS A POTENTIAL FOR A FIXED CPI RATE OPTION. 
          UM, YOU'VE HEARD THE INFLUX AND VARIABILITY OF FUTURE PRICES, FUTURE CPIS, FUTURE INDEXES, UM, WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND THE CITY HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A FIXED THREE AND A HALF PERCENT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY HOW MUCH YOUR RATE WILL BE FOR THE CITIZEN. 
          ON AVERAGE, OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, IT'S AVERAGED ABOUT 3.2, 3.3%. 
          OF COURSE, THIS YEAR IS 3.6 AND WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS AGREED TO A FIXED THREE AND A HALF PERCENT CPI FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 
          IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL, WE CAN ALSO DO A THREE YEAR ORDINANCE AS WELL. 
          UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ALSO RELOOK AT THE RATES ANNUALLY WITH OUR UTILITY RATES STUDY, BUT IT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO A CPI REQUEST EACH YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE, UH, IN FAVOR OF THAT OR NOT THE RESULTS OF THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IS IN 2021, YOU SEE YOUR RATES, THEN IT GOES UP BY ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF PERCENT EACH YEAR, WHICH IN 2024 WOULD RESULT IN A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN $20 PER CITIZEN. 
          OUR AVERAGE RATE FOR CURRENT CUSTOMER FOR, FOR CURRENT WASTE HAULING SERVICES AMONGST THE 13 SURVEY, CITIES IS $18 AND 71 CENTS NOW. 
          SO THEY'RE INCREASING AS WELL. 
          AND THE AVERAGE SENIOR RATE IS $17 AND 87 CENTS. 
          THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER CITY THAT OFFERS A SENIOR RATE TO ITS CITIZENS ASIDE FROM CEDAR HILL. 
          SO WE NEED TO, UH, I KNOW DEWEY HAS A SEPARATE PRESENTATION THAT WE'D LIKE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDERED, BUT DO NEED TO GET TO YOUR DIRECTION ON, UH, THE CONTRACT, THE EXTENSION, AND, UH, THE PROPOSED THREE AND A HALF PERCENT. 
          AND WE'RE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          ARE THERE ANY COUNCILS? WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, CUSTOMER CHECKERED. 
          I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          ONE WAS, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE, THE PAY PILE. 
          AND THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEFORE, WHERE THEY 
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CITIZENS COULD PUT AN ADDITIONAL PILE OUT ONCE A MONTH AND THEN THEY COULD CALL IN AND IT WOULD GET PICKED UP. 
          BUT THE PROBLEM WE RAN INTO WAS THAT SOMEBODY WOULD PUT A PILE OUT AND THEN OTHERS WOULD JUST THINK AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THAT, OH, IT MUST BE MY BULK TRASH WEEK. 
          AND SO THEN YOU ENDED UP WITH THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, EO SEVERAL HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH TRASH OUT THERE, BUT THE OTHERS HAVEN'T CALLED. 
          AND SO THE TRASH SITS OUT THERE. 
          SO IT IS, I MEAN, IS THIS SOMETHING, IS THIS A ROAD THAT WE WANT TO GO DOWN? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT WE'RE INVITING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WE ELIMINATED BY GOING TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONCE A MONTH BULK TRASH PICKUP. 
          THIS IS YOUR WEEK, THAT'S IT, PERIOD. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S COMPLETELY YOUR DECISION. 
          UH, IF IT'S THE ROW THAT YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE DIFFERENCES IN BEFORE IT WAS, UH, SO EACH CITIZEN WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PICKUP ONCE PER MONTH AT NO ADDITIONAL COST, RIGHT? THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN NOW, AS CITIZENS ARE PUTTING IT OUT AND THEY'RE ALREADY RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND SO THEY'RE CALLING US AND SAYING, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? WELL, THE CURRENT PROCESS IS WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          IT TAKES 48 HOURS, 48 TO 72 HOURS TO GET THERE, TO ASSESS HOW MUCH DEBRIS THEY HAVE OUT THERE. 
          AND THEN THEY HAVE TO SCHEDULE A PICKUP IN ADVANCE. 
          SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS IT ALREADY BE OUT THERE? WE WOULD TELL THE CITIZENS IT'S $75 FOR 10 CUBIC YARDS. 
          IF YOU WANT TO GET IT PICKED UP, IT'S FAST, EASY, AND SECURE. 
          YOU CAN MAKE YOUR PAYMENT DIRECTLY TO WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND THEN IT'S PICKED UP RIGHT AWAY. 
          SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE, BUT IT'S NOT. 
          UM, IF, IF THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE, WE COULD ABSOLUTELY DO AWAY WITH IT. 
          AND THEN THEIR ONLY OPTION WOULD BE TO TAKE IT BACK. 
          IF THEY DON'T WANT A TICKET AND A VIA CITATION FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT, THIS JUST GIVES YOUR CITIZENS AND ANOTHER OPTION IF THEY WANT TO PAY FOR IT TO GO AWAY. 
          UM, MY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW APP. 
          SO I HAD HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH RYAN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A TEXT NOTIFICATION IS, IS THAT PART OF THIS APP WHERE YOU GET A TEXT NOTIFICATION, THIS IS YOUR BULK PICKUP WEEK. 
          I HAD HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, ABOUT THIS ONE IS, IS IT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH SO THAT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY DON'T MAY NOT READ ENGLISH, UM, OR READ IT WELL. 
          AND, AND SO IT'D BE NICE IF THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THOUGHT THAT OCCURRED TO ME AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF FOR, FOR INPUT, IS THAT IT'D BE NICE IF THERE WAS SOME WAY FOR ONCE THAT TEXT NOTIFICATION GOES OUT, IF THERE WAS SOME WAY FOR IT TO HAVE A POSITIVE NOTIFICATION FROM THE RESIDENT, THEY CAN REPLY BACK WHY OR IN I HAVE BULK TRASH OUT AT THE CURB AND NO, I DON'T HAVE BULK TRASH OUT AT THE CURB BECAUSE I'VE GOT, GOTTEN A NUMBER OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLAINING THAT LIKE THEIR NEIGHBOR DOESN'T LIKE THEM. 
          SO THEY'LL TRASH WEEK. 
          THEY ALWAYS PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR BULK TRASH AND IT NEVER GETS, IT NEVER GETS PICKED UP. 
          AND THEN THEY GET CITED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE CIRCLE OF EVENTS EVERY MONTH BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A CONTINUING FIGHT WITH THEIR NEIGHBOR. 
          BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF, IF THERE WERE SOME WAY FOR THE CITIZEN TO LET THE DRIVER KNOW JUST AS A SIMPLE YES OR NO, I HAVE BULK TRASH OUT THERE AND NO, I DON'T HAVE BULK TRASH OUT THERE. 
          AND IF THE SYSTEMS COULD, COULD FLAG THAT ADDRESS. 
          SO THE DRIVERS LOOKING FOR THE BOWL, UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR RYAN. 
          DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER ON THAT? SO AS FAR AS, EXCUSE ME, IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, RYAN FRAZIER, WASTE MANAGEMENT, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, MELISSA T A GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD HAVE SAID THAT MUCH BETTER MYSELF. 
          UM, SO IN REGARDS TO THE APPLICATION, THE FIRST PIECE, UH, REGARDING THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH, WE, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHATEVER INPUT THAT YOU WANT TO PUT IN, OR IT'S A CUSTOMER OUTREACH. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A TOOL TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITIZENS. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO INPUT THE MESSAGE IN SPANISH OR IN ENGLISH OR BOTH THE MESSAGES GO OUT, HOWEVER THE INPUTS HAPPEN. 
          SO THAT PIECE CAN TAKE PLACE. 
          UH, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE SECOND COMPONENT ABOUT THE YES AND THE NO, BUT AGAIN, THE TOOL IS REALLY, IT'S MORE FOR ALERTS. 
          IT'S MORE KIND OF PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION. 
          YOU CAN, YOU CAN SECTION OFF OR, OR TARGET SPECIFIC PARTS OR AREAS DEPENDING ON COLLECTION SCHEDULES, WEEKS EVENTS, UM, AND JUST INFORM THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF A, A NEW VENTURE FOR ALL OF US, BUT, UM, THE APPLICATION ITSELF, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES HAVE USED IT FOR, FOR VARIOUS USES. 
          AND SO, UM, WE CAN KIND OF CUSTOMIZE IT TO WHATEVER CEDAR HILL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT DECIDE IN THE, IN THE COMING MONTHS, BUT THAT IS THE PLAN. 
          SO GOOD QUESTIONS. 
          WELL, THAT WAS INTERESTING. 
          WHERE DO YOU USE WAS, WAS CUSTOMIZED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW CUSTOMIZED ART, OUR TRASH PICKUP 
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IS IN THE CITY AND HOW TAILORED IT IS TO OUR CITY. 
          SO, UH, I, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE RATES THAT WE'RE GETTING HER ARE VERY COMPETITIVE COMPARED TO WHAT SOME OF OUR, OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ARE PAYING. 
          AND YET WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, VERY CUSTOM FEATURES TO, TO OUR TRASH PICKUP AND, AND, UH, YOU ALL DO A LOT TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT, BRIAN. 
          I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S DIRECTLY TO YOU OR STAFF, BUT JUST TO STAY CLOSE CUSTOMER HERE. 
          UM, WAS IT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PAYPAL AND YOU HAD SOME NEGOTIATED RATES, SO DOES THAT MEAN IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T UTILIZE THAT, THAT APP AND THEY JUST CALL IN TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE, THE RATES WOULD BE DIFFERENT, UH, OR IF THEY GO THROUGH THE PUMP OUT, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY OUT THERE, ARE WE TO KNOW THAT USING THAT ROUTE, WE WILL PROBABLY GET BETTER NEGOTIATED RATES BECAUSE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ALREADY OUT THERE. 
          SO, UM, THE CITIZEN WOULD HAVE TO CALL FOR A SPECIFIC PAPER PILE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NOW WASTE MANAGEMENT WOULDN'T IF IT WAS OUT AND IT WASN'T THEIR WEEK, THEY WOULDN'T GET OUT AND NEGOTIATE AT THAT MOMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT WAIT, THE CITIZEN WOULD SEE THEIR TRUCK PAST THEIR HOUSE AND THEN IT CALLED WASTE MANAGEMENT OR THE CITY. 
          AND WE WOULD SAY TO THEM, OKAY. 
          THEY PROBABLY HAD A VIOLATION FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO GO ON YOUR THREE WEEKS TILL YOUR PICKUP WEEK, IF YOU WANT IT GONE, IT'S $75 FOR 10 CUBIC YARDS. 
          THIS IS THE NUMBER YOU CALL. 
          THEY'LL HAVE IT PICKED UP WITHIN 48 HOURS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN NEGOTIATED RATE IS LIKE YOU SAID, $75 FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT PREDETERMINED. 
          YES. 
          AND A WASTE MANAGER WOULD USE THAT RATE FOR ALL OTHER, EVEN IF IT WAS RANDOM, HEY, I WANT TO GET RID OF THE COUCH. 
          HOW MUCH IS IT? WE WOULD NEGOTIATE THOSE RATES IN ADVANCE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WE COULD PRESENT IT IN MATERIALS. 
          WE COULD POST IT AND WE COULD PUT IT OUT ON FACEBOOK. 
          IF, IF WE WANTED TO THAT, IF YOU NEED A COUCH GONE OUTSIDE OF YOUR REGULAR BULK WEEK, IT WOULD COST THIS MONTH. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE THE RE THE REASON I ASKED IT, AND, AND WHEN WE USE THE TERM NEGOTIATED AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE COMING IN TO CANADA TO HELP US OUT, SO TO SPEAK IS WHEN I WENT, I MISSED MY DELIVERY DATE AND I HAD IT SET IN OUT THERE. 
          AND I CALLED IN THE RATE THAT THEY GAVE ME WAS LIKE $150. 
          AND I'M THINKING, WOW, YOU KNOW, SO, AND I HEAR 75 AND IT'S PART OF BEING THAT CATEGORY OF THAT SIZE. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT JUST TELLS ME THAT BECAUSE OF RACE MANAGEMENT AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AND NEGOTIATED RATE WOULD BE A LOT BETTER. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YOU REMEMBER, YOU HAD TO WAIT A FEW DAYS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT TO COME OUT AND MEET YOU. 
          THAT WILL ELIMINATE ALL OF THAT PROCESS. 
          YOU WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, EVEN IT MIGHT EVEN INCLUDE SENDING IN A PICTURE OF WHAT YOU HAVE AT THE CURVE. 
          AND THEY WOULD SAY, OKAY, $75 PAY OVER THE PHONE, WE'LL PICK IT UP AND RIGHT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, PLATOON SIMS, COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          SO ONE THING I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT, UM, IN THE RECENT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS, OUT OF ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS HAD THE, THAT ARE HERE, THAT CURRENTLY HAS THE HIGHEST INCREASE, 12%. 
          THAT'S GREAT NEWS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WAS, UM, OCCASIONALLY OR THE STAFF WILL GIVE US SOME DAYS OF LIKE THE 13 SERVICE CITIES. 
          AND I NOTICE THAT YOU GAVE US THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES, BUT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS HOW WE COMPARE WITH THAT 13TH SURVEY CITIES. 
          YES. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? OKAY. 
          AND THE REASON WHY I WAS SAYING THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT OUR RATES ARE HIGH, BUT WHAT, I'VE, WHAT I DO REMEMBER FROM THE COMPARISON WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES AND THE BEST SOUTHWEST, WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES, BUT I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHERE WE STAND THROUGHOUT. 
          AND IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS INFORMATION CORRECTLY, THE AVERAGE OF ALL THESE 13 SURVEY CITIES IS 1871, AND WE'RE AT 16. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY BELOW. 
          SO IT'S NOT ACCURATE TO SAY THAT OUR RATES ARE HIGH, CORRECT. 
          AND THE PROPOSED RATE IS 1741 WOULD KEEP IN THE SAME SPOT. 
          THE KEY TO THAT IS THE SENIOR RATE IS SECOND TO LOWEST AT UMBRELLAS. 
          THE OTHER LOWEST IS USELESS. 
          SO THE SENIOR RATE FOR SENIORS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A BIG CONCERN TO OUR COUNCIL, UH, IS ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES THAT OFFERS A SENIOR RATE. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GLIBBER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, GREAT PER, UM, PRESENTATION, UH, APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. 
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THIS IS A QUICK QUESTION. 
          THE WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT CURRENTLY HAS AN APP THAT IS ON THE APP STORE. 
          IS THAT GOING TO BE THE VEHICLE OR WILL THERE BE A SEPARATE ONE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CEDAR HILL? UH, SO, SO THIS APPLICATION WILL ACTUALLY BE DIFFERENT. 
          UH, THE WASTE MANAGEMENT APPLICATION THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING IS REALLY FOR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, COMMERCIAL USE, WHAT THIS APPLICATION ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO CUSTOMIZE, UM, THE OUTREACH TO CEDAR HILLS SPECIFICALLY. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF GEOCODE OFF, UH, CERTAIN AREAS AND SECTIONS OF TOWN. 
          UM, WE CAN ACTUALLY CUSTOMIZE THE APPLICATION EVEN WITH THE CEDAR BELL LOGO AND MAKE IT KIND OF LOOK AND FEEL CUSTOM FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. 
          SO IT IS DIFFERENT THAN, UM, THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE APPLICATION STORE, AND THERE'S A MYRIAD OF REASONS I COULD GO INTO MAINLY IT'S JUST, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF RESIDENTS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE DATA TO SUPPORT IT WITHIN OUR OWN WASTE MANAGEMENT APPLICATION. 
          SO THIS IS A WAY TO WORK AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO CUSTOMIZE A SOLUTION FOR YOU GUYS TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ALSO WITH THE PAY PILE, P I L E IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO INITIATE THAT ON A TRIAL BASIS, MAYBE WITH ONE OF OUR SECTORS OF THE CITY. 
          SO WHATEVER KINKS AND BUGS THAT ARE INHERENT AND ROLLING ON THE NEW PROGRAM, WE CAN ISOLATE THAT TO A FINITE GROUP, AS OPPOSED TO JUST ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF, UH, CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THE PAY PILE IS AN OFFERING THAT LAOS, THE CITIZEN LEVEL OF CONVENIENCE, WE CAN NOT OFFER IT. 
          I THINK WE WOULD STRUGGLE TO OFFER IT TO A CERTAIN AREA OF THE CITY ON THIS SERVICE SPECIFICALLY, JUST BECAUSE, UM, IT'S JUST A BENEFIT TO THE CITIZEN. 
          UM, AND SO IF, IF, IF COUNCIL ISN'T COMFORTABLE WITH IT, WE COMPLETELY GET IT. 
          WE UNDERSTAND. 
          AND WE WOULD JUST TELL THE CITIZEN THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING IT BACK UNTIL, UM, IT'S THEIR PICKUP WEEK. 
          UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO, UH, DO IT IN A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE CITY BECAUSE WHEN WE COMMUNICATE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO HAVE THAT SAME SERVICE IF YOU WILL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NOW WE CAN DO IT ON A TRIAL BASIS AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, CITY-WIDE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO IT FOR A FEW MONTHS, BUT IT'S NOT, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IT'S REALLY WHAT WE THOUGHT OF AS WAY TO STREAMLINE CITIZEN, GETTING WHAT THEY WANT QUICKER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, UH, CUSTOMER, SO THAT GOOD. 
          DOES A NEW, UH, INSOFAR AS, UH, THAT GO. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          JUST LIKE TO EXPLAIN IT TO ALL THE CITIZENS. 
          SO WE GET ON THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER NEXT DOOR AND TO SEE, TO HEAR YOU CAN, OR WON'T BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING. 
          RIGHT. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          I JUST THINK IT, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE GOING TO EXPLAIN JUST WHAT YOU SAID? OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I SAID, MAN, IS THAT I'VE ALREADY NEGOTIATED WITH THEM IN ADDITION TO A PAYING MAN, NOW YOU SIT YOURS OUT. 
          YES. 
          I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE REALLY, REALLY COMMUNICATED. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS TWO SEPARATE THINGS. 
          THE FIRST THING IS WE HAVE A WASTE MANAGEMENT BROCHURE AND WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE WOULD NOT INCLUDE IT IN THAT BROCHURE. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PUT OUT ADDITIONAL TRASH AT THE CURB. 
          HOWEVER, THE SECOND THING IS WHEN THEY GET A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT COULD BE AN OPTION FOR THEM TO RESOLVE THEIR ISSUE QUICKER. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT SO WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO ADVERTISE, HEY, PUT OUT ALL THE TRASH YOU HAVE FOR $75, WE WOULD OFFER IT AS A WAY FOR THE CITIZEN TO GET WHAT THEY WANTED. 
          THEY JUST WANT IT GONE. 
          AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY $75. 
          THEY WANT TO CALL, MAKE IT QUICK AND HAVE IT GONE TO THEIR NEIGHBORS. 
          AREN'T MAD AT THEM. 
          THAT'S HOW WE WOULD UTILIZE THAT SERVICE ONLY. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE AN ADDITIONAL THING IN THE BROCHURE THAT WE WOULD COMMUNICATE AS A BENEFIT TO THEM AS A REGULAR CITIZEN, UNLESS THEY HAD AN ISSUE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. 
          I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. 
          I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT, UM, I WANT TO SAY, UM, I'M GOING TO CUSTOMER MCCURDY, GETTING IT ONE QUICK QUESTION AND COUNSEL, WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS ON THE BRIEFING. 
          SO WE STARTED EARLY 
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TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE FINISH IT. 
          AND DO WE STILL HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION TOO, BUT IT'LL BE COOL. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          JUST REAL QUICK. 
          ON, ON THE, YOU KNOW, ONE MORE CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT THE PAYPAL APPLICATION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK AWAY THAT EXTRA CALL IN SERVICE PER YOU KNOW, PER MONTH THAT USED TO BE FREE. 
          AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THIS PAYPAL SERVICE. 
          AND IN MY CONCERN IS THAT CITIZENS ARE GOING TO PERCEIVE THIS AS A HUGE RATE INCREASE IN TRASH SERVICE, RATHER THAN TRYING TO PROVIDE A CONVENIENCE TO THEM. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THIS AS A HUGE, HUGE RATE INCREASE, UM, THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU TOOK, USED TO DO THIS FOR US FOR FREE, AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE ME FOR IT FOR THE SAME THING. 
          I CAN UNDERSTAND MORE IF SOMEBODY CALLS IN AND WE TELL THEM, WELL, IT'S NOT YOUR BULK TRASH PICKUP WEEK, BUT IF YOU WANT IT PICKED UP, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIAL PICKUP AND IT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH, BUT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT JUST ADVERTISING IT AS, AS, AS YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY OF AN ADDITIONAL PAID PICKUP. 
          SO, WELL, WE WOULD ONLY ADVERTISE IT AS A SOLUTION TO THEIR PROBLEM IN A CODE VIOLATION. 
          UM, BUT I TOTALLY, AND IT'S FULLY, YOU ALL GET THE CALLS ON THESE THINGS. 
          SO IF THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN US DOING, IT'S NOT, IT'S FINE. 
          OH, RYAN, BOTH YOU AND MELISSA CAN, CAN, CAN COME UP. 
          UM, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE APP, UH, JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR COUNCIL, UM, UH, CEDAR HILL DOES NOT THE GUINEA PIG, YOU, YOU USING OTHER, OTHER CITIES, OTHER, YOU HAVE OTHER VENDORS OR CLIENTS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE APP IN OTHER PLACES. 
          IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO THIS'LL BE MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE APPLICATION, BUT WASTE MANAGEMENT AS A, AS A WHOLE USES THE APPLICATION REQUIRES APPLICATION ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, AND THEN AS THEY MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, DALLAS CITY OF DALLAS CITY OF FORT WORTH, UH, WHO ACTUALLY OPERATES IT BEHIND THE SCENES, UM, EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH WASTE MANAGEMENT IS THEIR SORT OF PROVIDER CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          IT'S, IT'S USED ALL OVER ON A VERY GRAND SCALE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HEARING, UH, CONSENSUS. 
          UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE APP IS FAVORABLE TO COUNCIL. 
          SO IF WE CAN CUSTOMIZE IT WITH A CEDAR HILL LOGO AND MAKE IT OUR OWN, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UH, ALSO ON THE APP, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE, UH, I THINK CUSTOMER MCCURDY MENTIONED THAT THEIR BROTHERS COULDN'T GET PICKED UP CAUSE THERE'S VEHICLES IN THEIR WAY. 
          IS THERE A THAT WE CAN TAKE PICTURES OF THE APP SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO MAYBE SEND THAT IN, UH, OR ARE ANY, ARE ANY ITEMS THAT COULD BEGIN TO BE SENT IN TO MAYBE YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE OR MAYBE TO A CDL THEY CAN COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE APP WITH PITCHERS. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG BONUS. 
          SO, SO WE'VE SEEN A DEMONSTRATION FROM RECOLLECT AT THIS POINT, AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF KIND OF MENU ITEMS THAT WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE NEXT STEPS IS, IS KIND OF WHICH DIRECTION WHICH, WHICH ITEMS WE FEEL ADD VALUE. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT CONFIDENTLY YET, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS. 
          I WOULD SAY WHAT WE CAN DO IS IF IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON WHAT THE CAPABILITIES ARE. 
          I ALSO KNOW THAT OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ALSO, UM, MET WITH RECOLLECT AND IT CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO OUR EXISTING, MY CEDAR HILL APP IN A WAY THAT LOOKS VERY SEAMLESS IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          AND, UH, THEY COULD JUST GO TO THAT ONE APP AND IT JUST BE A TRANSFER, TWO MORE THINGS FOR ME. 
          UM, THE, UH, HOW'S IT IS RACE. 
          IS THAT ALSO A PART OF THE PAY PILE OR IS THAT AT STANFORD? YEAH, THAT IS A SEPARATE ONE. 
          AND THAT'S DEWEY COMING UP HERE. 
          OH, THAT'S COMING UP. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          AND, UH, I THINK CUSTOMER GLOVER MENTIONED ABOUT A CHILD BASIS IN A PARCEL AREA. 
          UM, NO ONE, OUR LUCK WE MAY, IF HE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT PARCEL AREA MAY NOT EVEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO LAUNCH IT. 
          CITY-WIDE ON A TRIAL BASIS. 
          IT'S SERIOUSLY. 
          LIKE IF THE COUNCIL'S HESITANT ABOUT IT, WE CAN JUST LEAVE THAT OUT OF THE CONTRACT. 
          OKAY. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, WELL THIS GO AHEAD. 
          MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE WE GOOD WITH THE, YEAH. 
          UH, I'M I'M, I'M GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THAT COUNCIL GUY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, UH, COUNCIL THOUGHTS ON THE, UH, CPI, THE NEXT YEAR'S THREE AND A HALF. 
          YEAH, YES. 
          YEAH, NO, AS IT RELATES TO PAPER, I GUESS WE PROBABLY WANT TO BRING THAT BACK AND FORTH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          OH, I'M DOING JUST FINE. 
          IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING THIS SEAT. 
          SO THIS IS A OOP, RIGHT? THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL OR WHATEVER, WHAT ABOUT TO SPEAK ON, BUT, UM, SO SEE THE ROLE WE VALUE OUR SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE IT IS AN ASSET THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND IS WORTH PROTECTING. 
          IT IS 
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IT IS WORTH PROTECTING THIS PROGRAM AND OPPORTUNITY TRULY SPEAKS ON SIX OF OUR EIGHT PREMIER STATEMENTS. 
          I CREDIT CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR FORESIGHT FOR THE CHRISTIAN OF BEST BOARD AT BEAUTIFICATION BOARD. 
          UH, OUR BEST BOARD IS THE GUIDING FORCE BEHIND ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTION DAY. 
          I THINK ALL BEST BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, THEIR WORK HAS A DIRECT, POSITIVE IMPACT ON CEDAR HILL AND THE REGIONS, THE ENTIRE REGIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND COMMUNITY. 
          SO WHAT DOES THE VOMIT REFLECTION DAY AND PHARMA COLLECTION IS A QUARTERLY EVENT FOR HOUSES, HOUSES, WASTE, ELECTRONICS COLLECTION, AND PAPER SHRED. 
          IF YOU HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE EVENT IS SAFE. 
          IT IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ORIENTED REFLECT CEDAR HILLS CHARACTER, AND BOY IS IT PUBLIC? IT IS VERY POPULAR IN 2019, WE'VE ADDED SERVICE. 
          WE'VE ADDED ASSETS TO THE MANSARD ECC FOR BOTH HAZARDOUS, HAZARDOUS WASTE AND ELECTRONICS, BOTH OPEN EVERY SECOND, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH. 
          THE MANSLAUGHTER ECC IS THERE TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN LOCAL COLLECTION EVENTS. 
          THOSE QUARTERLY COLLECTION EVENTS THOUGH, AS WE KNOW NOTHING BEATS THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING LOCAL LOCAL COLLECTION EVENTS HERE IN CEDAR HILL COVID DID IMPACT ENVIRONMENT COLLECTION DAY IN MARCH, 2020, WE HAD TO CANCEL THE EVENT WE RESUMED IN JULY, 2020 WITH MODIFIED OPERATIONS, ELECTRONS AND SHRED WERE COLLECTED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          HOW'S IT? HAZARDOUS WASTE WAS SENT TO THE MANSELL ECC. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THIS COMING EVENT, JUNE 12TH, MARK, YOUR CALENDARS IS GOING TO RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATIONS. 
          HOW SIZES WASTE ELECTRONICS AND SHRED ALL IN THE SAME DAY. 
          WELL, HOW DID COVID-19 IMPACT ENVIRONMENT QUESTION DAY? WELL, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT COLLECTION OF MOUNTS FOR SHRED ANY ELECTRONICS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL REMAINED STEADY. 
          WHY? BECAUSE CEDAR HILL LOVES SHRED CEDAR HILL LAWS, ELECTRONICS COLLECTION PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATION AT THE MANSFIELD ECC IMPROVED EVERY QUARTER AS RESIDENTS BECAME MORE AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE CEDAR HILL WAS HOUSES HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION. 
          IN FACT, WE COLLECTED MORE THAN 28,000 POUNDS AND THE MOST RECENT, UH, COLLECTION EVENT. 
          THAT'S MORE THAN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2019. 
          WOW. 
          WOW. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE ANSWER WOULD ECC. 
          BUT THE QUESTION OF IT DOES HAVE LIMITATIONS. 
          THE EVENT IS ONLY HELD ONE SATURDAY PER QUARTER IN A THREE HOUR WINDOW. 
          NOT EVERYONE CAN MAKE THAT WINDOW VIA EVENT REQUIRES TRANSPORTATION. 
          NOT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO A VEHICLE. 
          THIS ISSUE IS THIS ISSUE AFFECTS OUR SENIORS AS CATHOLIC, JUST 200 HOUSEHOLDS DUE TO THE SPACE LIMITATIONS OF OUR, OF OUR COLLECTION TRAILER. 
          SO FOUR BINS PER YEAR, MORE AND MORE THAN 800 HOUSEHOLDS CAN PARTICIPATE PSEUDOMONAS OVER 14,500 HOUSEHOLDS. 
          WHAT DO WE SIMPLY INCREASE? THE NUMBER OF EVENTS? WELL, FOUR EVENTS COSTS ROUGHLY $63,000. 
          WHAT'S RELEVANCE. 
          THE OPERATIONAL COST INCREASES TO OVER 184,000. 
          THE LARGEST COST, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF EVENTS IS THE COST OF DISPOSAL FOR HOUSES, HOUSES, WAYS, ELECTRONICS, AND SHRED AT OVER 45%, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY QUESTION EVENTS. 
          SO LET'S BREAK DOWN THAT COST WITH FOUR EVENTS. 
          THE OPERATIONAL COST PER HOUSEHOLD IS $77 AND 83 CENTS. 
          WITH 12 MINUTES, THE COST IS REDUCED TO $75 AND 20 CENTS. 
          12 EVENTS ALSO INCREASES OUR PARTICIPATION LIMIT TO 2,400 HOUSEHOLDS. 
          NOW I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF I DIDN'T PROPOSE A THIRD. 
          THAT'S THE THIRD OPTION. 
          THE THIRD OPTION TAKES CEDAR HILL LOVE FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION TO THE NEXT LEVEL AT YOUR DOOR. 
          SPECIAL COLLECTION IS EASY AND CONVENIENT. 
          IT'S AN EASY CONVENIENT SERVICE PROVIDED BY WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR HOUSES, HAZARDOUS WASTE AND ELECTRONICS SOUNDS A WHOLE LOT LIKE THE MASTER WOULD ECC, BUT MORE CONVENIENT. 
          IT WILL INCREASE A LANDFILL DIVERSION OF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. 
          HOW, HOW DOES IT DO THAT? BECAUSE IT MAKES PARTICIPATION EASY AND CONVENIENT IN JUST THREE EASY STEPS, RESIDENTS, CONTACT WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          THEY RECEIVE A COLLECTION KIT 
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AS SUCH, RIGHT? THEN WE RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS, RE RESIDENTS, SELECT A PICKUP DATE AND PLACE ITEMS OUTSIDE THEIR DOOR BY 7:00 AM. 
          IT'S THAT EASY AND CONVENIENT AT JUST OVER A DOLLAR PER MONTH RESIDENTS, NO LONGER NEED TO WAIT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTION DAY. 
          THE CONVENIENCE IS UNMATCHED. 
          IT'S AT YOUR DOOR. 
          NOW EVERY DAY BECOMES ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTION DAY RESIDENTS NO LONGER NEED TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE PARTICIPATION TAKES PLACE AT HOME ALL 14,500 HOUSEHOLDS MAY NOW PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIMITATION OF CAPACITY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LIMITED BY OUR COLLECTIONS, OKAY. 
          AT YOUR DOOR WILL ULTIMATELY REPLACE. 
          AND BARBARA QUESTION DAYS, HOUSES HAS THIS LACE AND ELECTRONIC SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SHRED SERVICE QUARTER. 
          THE ECD TRAILER WILL THEN BE REPURPOSED FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH. 
          AND WITH THAT, COULD I BOUNCE IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR DIRECTION ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AT YOUR DOOR? BECAUSE WE LOVE ENVIRONMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM. 
          WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO THEIR PRESENTATION AGAIN? NO. 
          SERIOUSLY. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UH, HEY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR WAS THAT A GOOD MEETING YOU AGAIN, DEWEY AND THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION INSTEAD OF VERY QUICK QUESTIONS, $13 AND CHANGE PER PICKUP THAT'S PER, PER PICKUP. 
          NO, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ANNUAL COST, SO IT'S A LITTLE OVER A DOLLAR PER, PER, PER MONTH, BUT THAT'S NOT PER PICKUP THAT'S PER MONTH SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE ANY DAY. 
          AND THE EMBED IS INSTEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS PAYING $77. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS ONE CLARIFICATION RE PROGRAM, UH, AT, AT LIKE THE CONVENIENCE YOU MENTIONED, OR THE GET RATE POINTS ABOUT SOME OF OUR SENIORS WHO CANNOT, UH, IT'S EASIER TO GET THOSE PILES TO THE FRONT OF OUR HOUSE AND IT IS IN TO THEIR VEHICLES AND DOWN TO OUR QUARTERLY COLLECTION. 
          THANK YOU, KEVIN HAYDEN HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I LIKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT NEVER SEEM TO MAKE IT. 
          AND, UH, AND QUARTERLY, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF WAIT AROUND. 
          AND SO I THINK THIS IS THIS IN MY, MY MIND IS VERY, UH, VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 
          SO, UM, HOW DO YOU OBTAIN THE BAGS? IT'S VERY THREE EASY STEPS, CONTACT WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          THEY'LL MAIL YOU A KIT WITH A BAG AND INSTRUCTION. 
          SO WE CALL A WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THAT NUMBER EASILY ASSESSABLE GOING AND CEDAR, YOUR WEBSITE OR WHATEVER, MAYBE IT'S ON THE WATER BUREAU FOOD, BUT, UH, THAT WAY, OR WE CAN JUST CALL IN AND THEY'LL SIT AND THEY'LL SEND US A BACK. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND THEN THE, THE COLLECTION TIME IS ANY TIME SINCE THEY ALREADY SENT YOU A BAG, THEN ONCE YOU PUT IT OUT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NEXT MORNING, AND ONCE YOU'VE GOT IT, THEY KNOW TO PICK IT UP. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO, SO THE, THERE WASN'T WHAT SELECT A PICKUP DATE AND THEN WASTE MANAGERS WILL COME BY AND PICK IT UP. 
          GOOD. 
          UM, WHEN YOU SAY CONTACT WASTE MANAGEMENT, IS THAT GOING TO BE WITH THE SAME APP OR IS THAT SEPARATE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE THIS AMAZING PROGRAM WITH THAT AMAZING APP. 
          OKAY. 
          LOVE IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS? I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, RYAN, YOU CANNOT HIRE DUTY AWAY FOR YOURSELVES. 
          WELL, YEAH, I THINK YOU SOLD THIS. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT IDEA. 
          I SEE TRUE VALUE AND I'M LIKE, HAYDEN, IF I'M AWAY THAT, THAT MONTH, THEN I GOT TO WAIT THIS LONG THREE MONTHS, PLUS, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY SAVING THE CITY, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, UH, DOLLARS. 
          UH, SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UH, RYAN, IF YOU COULD HAVE STAYED UP, YOU COULD STAY THERE. 
          BUT, UH, I JUST WENT UP TO THE WINDOW DOING SLOWLY AGAIN, UH, OUT OF ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS HIM PERSONALLY WAS HERE GIVING HIS ATTENTION TO CEDAR HILL. 
          SO, UH, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAD DONE PROCEEDED HERE. 
          KNOW, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME, YOU KNOW, GET, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE YOU IN THE LIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WAS TAKING A LOT OF PUNCHES DURING THAT TIME. 
          SO, UH, SO HERE YOU ARE, WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. 
          SO I, I I'VE BEEN WITH WASTE FOR 15 YEARS NOW. 
          SO ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS 
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WHEN I GOT HIRED ON WAS TO COME AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND CEDAR, DO WE WANT THIS CONTRACT? SO I KNOW, I KNOW CEDAR ILLNESS CITY VERY WELL. 
          SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE NEXT CHAPTER. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND TO COUNCIL, I KNOW THAT STAFF MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT, BUT PLEASE PLEASE KNOW THAT STAFF STAFF WAS VERY TOUGH ON WASTE MANAGEMENT ON HOW WE GOT TO THE NEGOTIATION POINT. 
          SO IT JUST WANTS YOU TO KNOW IT. 
          WASN'T EASY TO GET THERE, BUT I DO APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THIS. 
          UH, I THINK YOU GOT DIRECTION FROM US THERE. 
          SO IF WE COULD INTEGRATE THAT WITH THE APP AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A UPDATE ON PARKS BOND PROJECT, BUT WE GOING GO AHEAD AND TABLE THAT FOR THE REGULAR COUNCIL AGENDA. 
          SO THE NEXT ITEM IS TO RECEIVE BRIEFING ON ANNUAL POLICE REPORT, UH, UH, CTE PHRASE COMING DOWN. 
          HOW ARE YOU DOING CHIEF? WELL, GOOD, GOOD EVENING. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          YOU GOT TO FOLLOW THAT PRESENTATION. 
          THIS RIGHT HERE. 
          IS THIS GREEN. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU DON'T EXPECT TO SEE THAT SAME LEVEL OF ENERGY HERE. 
          SO I WAS HOPING THAT SEAN WAS GOING TO BE A BUFFER, BUT APPARENTLY HE GOT A PASS. 
          SO, UH, UH, SOME OF MY HONOR TO BE UP HERE, UH, THIS AFTERNOON AND PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS, OUR ANNUAL REPORT AS EVERYONE IS WELL AWARE, UH, 2020 PRESENTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE WHOLE CITY WITH SOME, UH, CHALLENGES TO SAY THE LEAST, UH, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH, UH, THE COVID PANDEMIC, UH, WE PRESENTED GOT PRESENTED WITH ANOTHER SET OF CHALLENGES WITH, UH, THE UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. 
          UM, AND IT'S KIND OF, UH, UH, SOMBER. 
          UH, HERE WE ARE, UH, EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. 
          SO IF, UH, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A FEW SECONDS OF MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, AS WE, UH, AROUND THE COUNTRY AND, UH, AROUND THE WORLD, WE SAW A LOT OF PROTESTS IN RELATION TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, UH, IN A LOT OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES. 
          UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD LEADERSHIP HERE IN OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PEACEFUL PROTEST MARCH. 
          AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELS WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT AS LONG ALONG WITH THE MAYOR. 
          AND SO WE WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE OUR CITY TO HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY CAN, CAN DO THAT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE, WE DO IN CEDAR HILL. 
          WE DO THINGS AT CEDAR HILL WAY. 
          I ENVISIONED CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY AND ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESS FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND THAT'S A PART OF, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS CITY AND ITS DISTINCT CHARACTER AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A KEY COMPONENT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR CITY SAFE. 
          THERE'S A LOT, BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO POLICING, UH, ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT. 
          HOW DO WE DO THAT? YOU KNOW, THE, THIS IS NOT JUST A POLICE RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UH, THIS IS A, A WEB OF, UH, COHESIVENESS THAT WE SEE, UH, IN THIS CITY THAT WE DON'T SEE IN A LOT OF OTHER CITIES. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE THAT HELP TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE. 
          UH, AND THAT WEB OF SUPPORT IS STARTS RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER, UH, WITH YOU GUYS UP THERE AND THE LEADERSHIP AND GALS THAT YOU GUYS DEMONSTRATE THIS PAST SATURDAY WAS A REALLY GOOD INDICATOR OF THAT AS WE HAD OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WALK ON SATURDAY, UM, WHAT A BETTER WAY, UH, TO GET FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM YOUR CITIZENS THAN TO GO KNOCKING ON THEIR DOORS AND ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR PROBLEMS ARE AND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM TWO YEARS AGO AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, HMM, HOW'S THE COMMUNITY GOING TO REACT TO THIS, NOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOCKING ON THEIR DOORS ON A SATURDAY MORNING. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN WELCOMING, UH, AND THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT HAS INCREASED. 
          THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION HAS INCREASED. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS, UH, WHY, UM, WE CONTINUE TO BE SUCH A SAFE CITY AND AN ENGAGED CITY IS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN WHAT CITY, IN WHAT DEPARTMENT, I THINK IT WAS, I WAS WITH THE MAYOR ONE TIME. 
          AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT, IN WHAT WORLD DO YOU HAVE THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR ON A SATURDAY MORNING AND JUST ASK YOU, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR POLICE SERVICES AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE, RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, BUT THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT IS JUST PHENOMENAL. 
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UM, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT A LOT OF CITIES DON'T HAVE THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES CEDAR HILL SUCH A GREAT AND SAFE CITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED THIS MISSION, VISION AND VALUES, UH, LAST YEAR. 
          UM, AND WE STARTED, UH, AWARDING OUR, UH, OFFICERS THIS YEAR FOR DEMONSTRATING THOSE CORE VALUES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, COMPASSION, BEING COMPASSIONATE AND DEDICATED TO BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, BECAUSE EVERY CALL FOR SERVICE THAT OUR OFFICERS RESPOND TO AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP. 
          AND WE'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND WE'VE HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT HOW OUR OFFICERS CONTINUALLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHEN RESPONDING TO CALL FOR SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DID IN 2020. 
          UM, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE QUICK SHEET HERE ABOUT OUR RESPONSE TIMES CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WE'VE HANDLED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE SOME DECREASES DUE TO COVID, UM, LESS CITATIONS, LESS CRASHES, LESS CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO ADAPT OUR RESPONSE PROTOCOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEPT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR OFFICERS SAFE. 
          UM, BUT HOW DID WE END UP AND WHAT DID WE LOOK LIKE? AND SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS A SNAPSHOT THAT YOU'LL SEE, UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CRIME RATES. 
          AND WHEN I EXPLAINED TO YOU GUYS WHAT CRIME RATES MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WEBSITES OUT THERE ON THE INTERNET WHERE YOU CAN TYPE IN SOMETHING ABOUT SAFETY AND CITIES. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT LUMPS ALL CRIME IN TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT THIS RATE HERE FOR 2020, WHERE IT SAYS 20.63. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT MEANS THAT 20 THERE'S 20 CRIMES FOR EVERY 1000 RESIDENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT THEY'LL SAY IS, UH, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT TWO OUT OF A HUNDRED, YOU HAVE A ONE IN 50 CHANCE OF BEING VICTIMIZED, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL CORRELATE THAT TO ONE IN 50 PEOPLE CAN BE A VICTIM OF A CRIME, RIGHT. 
          BUT THAT'S ALL CRIMES TOGETHER. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE, UM, A HUNDRED MURDERS AND A HUNDRED SHOPLIFTINGS THAT'S 200 CRIMES, OKAY. 
          SO IT DOESN'T EQUATE TO SAFETY, RIGHT? CAUSE IF YOU HAD ONE MURDER AND 199, SHOPLIFTINGS THAT'S 200 CRIMES, BUT THAT CRIME RATE WOULD BE THE SAME C SO REAL BREAK IT DOWN BY VIOLENT CRIMES AND PROPERTY CRIMES. 
          SO IN OUR CITY HERE, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR CRIMES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, BEING A RETAIL DESTINATION, THE BIG ORANGE PIECE OF THE PIE IS THEFT AND SHOPLIFTING, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THEFT AND SHOPLIFTING. 
          AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM HERE, YOU SEE, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER CRIMES CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT AS A POLICE CHIEF I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE SAFE. 
          BUT EVEN WHEN WE CAN BREAK DOWN INTO FARTHER, THESE, SOME OF THESE PERSONS CRIMES, LIKE THESE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, 17 OF THOSE ARE FAMILY VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TYPE INCIDENTS. 
          AND IN MANY OF THOSE CASES, THEY'RE KNOWN SUBJECTS. 
          SO IT'S A, A DISTURBANCE BETWEEN KNOWN PEOPLE, SAME THING WITH THE, UH, OUR RAPE CASES. 
          EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE RAPE CASES WAS A KNOWN SUBJECT. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, AND, UM, UH, ACTS OF THAT OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, 10 OF THESE ROBBERIES WERE ROBBERIES OF BUSINESSES OR OF INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND THOSE WERE KNOWN INDIVIDUALS, WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE DRUGGED, WHEEL'S GONE BAD. 
          AND SO A LOT OF THESE THINGS, UH, WE PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE GO OUT AND WE DO CRIME WATCH MEETINGS, WE GO OVER THE CRIME STATS WITH THEM. 
          WE'VE TALKED TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CRIME, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR THEM BECAUSE PERSPECTIVE CHANGES THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR VIOLENT CRIME RATE AND OUR COMPARISON CITIES IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST FOR 2020 CEDAR HILL CONTINUES TO HAVE THE LOWEST VIOLENT CRIME RATE OF ANY OF OUR BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO THROW IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND DALLAS IN THERE JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE, WE, UH, COMPARED TO THOSE CITIES. 
          SO WE HAVE HALF THE VIOLENT CRIME, UH, MORE THAN HALF OF MANY OF OUR OTHER CITIES HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART. 
          SO 7% OF OUR CRIME THAT WAS VIOLENT CRIME, 93% PROPERTY CRIME, WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY CRIME, MANY YEARS, WE'RE ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE OF US BEING A HIGH RETAIL DESTINATION, WE HAVE A LOT OF SHOPLIFTINGS. 
          UM, BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE DID HAVE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN OUR THEFTS. 
          SO THIS YEAR, UH, WE ARE, DO HAVE THE LOWEST, UH, 
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PROPERTY CRIME RATE, AS WELL AS THE LOWEST VIOLENT CRIME RATE. 
          AND SO, UM, AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, CRIME RATE CRIME WENT DOWN EVERYWHERE BECAUSE OF COVID, THAT'S NOT TRUE. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THEM, SOME PLACES THAT WENT UP AT SOME PLACES, IT WENT DOWN, WE DID DO A COMPARISON. 
          AND SO QUARTER ONE OF 2019, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 343 CRIMES. 
          SO WHEN I SAY QUARTER ONE, I'M TALKING JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, JUST THOSE THREE MONTHS, RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE MEMBER COVID HIT US RIGHT AT THE END OF MARCH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO QUARTER 19 2019, WE HAD THREE 43. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR, OUR COMPARISON 2020, IT WAS PRE COVID. 
          WE HAD 284 CRIMES. 
          SO WE WERE ALREADY ON A DECLINE BEFORE COVID EVEN HIT. 
          AND THEN THIS YEAR COMING OUT OF COVID FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, WE'RE AT 179. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE DECREASES FOR OUR CLEARANCE RATES. 
          THESE ARE CASES THAT GET ASSIGNED TO OUR DETECTIVES FOR FOLLOW-UP FOR OUR PART ONE CLEARANCE RATES, A LOT OF THESE CRIMES, UH, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE A VERY HIGH CLEARANCE RATE. 
          UH, OUR DETECTIVES HERE ARE VERY PROACTIVE WHEN THEY ARE, UH, UP IN THE OFFICE AND SOMETHING COMES OUT ON THE RADIO. 
          THEY ARE QUICK TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE, WHICH HAVING A DETECTIVE ON SCENE AFTER A SERIOUS CRIME IS REALLY, REALLY BENEFICIAL IN HELPING TO SOLVE THAT CRIME. 
          SO HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD A REALLY HIGH, UH, CLEARANCE RATE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART THIS YEAR, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE. 
          HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL MUCH HIGHER THAN ALL OF OUR OTHER COMPARISON CITIES, OUR OVERALL CLEARANCE RATE AT THE BOTTOM THERE'S 39%. 
          WHAT THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION IS, UH, CALLS WHERE OFFICERS RESPOND QUICKLY AND MAKE AN ON-SCENE ARREST. 
          UH, THOSE CASES ARE CLEARED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THEY MAKE AN ARREST. 
          UM, AND SO THAT, THAT, UH, CLEARANCE RATE FOR OVERALL CRIMES IS STILL PRETTY HIGH. 
          NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY ASKING YOURSELF, WELL, WHY DID WE HAVE SUCH A DECREASE IN THE CLEARANCE RATES? RIGHT. 
          WELL, IT'S HARD TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE IN 2020. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, 2020S PRESENTED US WITH A, ANOTHER CHALLENGE ON SUSPECT IDENTIFICATION, UH, VERY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY FOLKS. 
          UM, SO THAT AS A KEY, UH, FACTOR INTO THE DECREASE IN SOLVING CRIMES. 
          SO OUR CANINE UNIT, AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE HAVE ONE CANINE OFFICER IN THE CITY. 
          UH, HE HAS, UH, HIS, UH, CANINE COLT, AKA BUCKY, SINCE HE WAS DONATED BY BUCKY THE STORE, UH, THIS YEAR HE HAS 60, 60 DIFFERENT DEPLOYMENTS. 
          AND, UH, DURING THAT COURSE, HE APPREHENDED OVER 27 SUSPECTS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, HE HELPS OUT ALL OF OUR PARTNER CITIES, NONE OF OUR, UH, SURROUNDING CITIES HAVE A CANINE. 
          SO HE IS ON CALL AND HE DOES, UH, ASSIST IN RESPONDING TO THOSE. 
          AND THEN HE ALSO DOES, UH, SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL AND TAKES HIS DOG OUT THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TRAFFIC UNIT. 
          IN 2020, WE HAD ONE, UH, SERGEANT WHO IS OUR TRAFFIC UNIT. 
          UH, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT DUE TO SOME ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING, I WAS ABLE TO ADD TO, UH, FULL-TIME COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OFFICERS INTO THE TRAFFIC UNIT STARTING IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. 
          BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TRAFFIC RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE, ARE PRETTY HIGH IN THE CITY. 
          ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY SIX CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WE GET IS TRAFFIC-RELATED WHETHER IT'S A CRASH OR A COMPLAINT ABOUT SPEED OR, UM, RACING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A DWI DRIVER. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON THIS CHART HERE, IT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMER CALLS THAT WE RECEIVED, THEN COMPLAINTS, AND THEN THE SELF INITIATED CALLS. 
          UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY WITH, UM, ARE HAVING TWO OFFICERS NOW ON FULL-TIME TRAFFIC, WE'LL SEE SOME MORE SELF-INITIATED THINGS IN THERE BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS ARE WELL AWARE ON GOING THROUGH THESE WALKS, AND I'M SURE BY ENGAGING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT TRAFFIC IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, HER CMB GUYS DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OUT THERE, AND WE HAVE, UH, THEY'RE VERY THOROUGH ON THEIR INSPECTIONS. 
          THEY HAVE A, A VERY HIGH, UH, UH, RATE OF, UH, INSPECTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES, BECAUSE THESE 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ON 67 AND COMING UP AND DOWN, UM, THEY CAN BE PRETTY DANGEROUS IF THEY'RE NOT SAFE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DO THE ENFORCEMENT STUFF OUT THERE, EVERY ONE OF US HAS EXPERIENCED, UH, HAVING TO GO AROUND 
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67 OR SEE 67 SHUTDOWN A ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, BECAUSE AN 18 WHEELER HAD A BAD CRASH AND ROLLED OVER OR HAD TO SHUT DOWN 67. 
          UM, AND SO THESE GUYS DO A GOOD JOB OUT THERE, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR ROADWAYS ARE STAYING SAFE AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE, UH, SERGEANT THAT'S ASSIGNED AS A SUPERVISOR TO OUR HAIDA TASK FORCE. 
          UM, AND THAT IS A, UH, EIGHT AGENCIES THAT WORK WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, UH, TO DO, UH, HIGH LEVEL TYPE OF EVENTS. 
          UM, THIS IS JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE STASH OF, UH, METHAMPHETAMINE THAT THEY SEIZED DURING A SEARCH WARRANT. 
          UH, BUT THIS ONE TEAM OF, OF HAD A GROUP WHERE OUR SERGEANT IS THE SUPERVISOR OF IT. 
          THESE ARE, UH, WHAT THEY, UH, THE OPERATIONS THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR AND EVERYTHING THEY, THEY SEIZED ON THAT. 
          UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL ON THEM, TO ASSIST US, ASSIST US HERE WITH SOME LOWER LEVEL STUFF IN CEDAR HILL. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY, FORTUNATELY OVER THE HIGH LEVEL STUFF, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE SO THAT WE DO GET TO THAT POINT, UM, THAT WE CAN CALL ON THEM AND THEY CAN ASSIST US. 
          AND OF COURSE OUR PAC TEAM POLICING COMMUNITY TEAM, THIS IS, UH, THE BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WITH COVID, THEY HAD TO ALSO PIVOT AND CHANGE THE WAY ARE YOU LAUGHING AT THE DONUTS THERE, COUNSELING MCCURRY? I SEE THE NEW OFFICE. 
          YEAH. 
          SOUTH SUBSTATION. 
          AND SO ON FACE OF EVERY STEREOTYPE I'VE EVER HEARD, OUR PAC TEAM IS THE, IS OUR, IS OUR CONDUIT BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO A LOT OF OUR IN-PERSON EVENTS LIKE WE TYPICALLY DO. 
          UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS. 
          AND ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR THINGS THAT WE DID THIS LAST YEAR WAS OUR BIRTHDAY BRIGADES. 
          WE GOT CALLED ON TIME AND TIME AGAIN, UH, FOR US TO, UH, GO RESPOND TO BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND DO DRIVE BY, UH, BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND DIFFERENT EVENTS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN FOR US TO DO. 
          AND, AND EVEN AFTER THIS TIME, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO DO THEM. 
          UH, THE COMMUNITY LIKES THEM. 
          WE LIKE THEM. 
          AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET OUT THERE AND GET TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WE DID, WE'RE THE ONLY CITY IN THE REGION THAT HAD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. 
          AND WE DID A DRIVE-THROUGH, UH, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T HAVE OUR TYPICAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. 
          SO WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO US, UH, AND THEY DID, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. 
          WE WERE LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE. 
          AND SO WE HAD FOUR, UH, FIVE PLACES AROUND THE CITY WHERE WE HAD SET UP AND A LOT OF YOU GUYS PARTICIPATED AND THEY CAME AND THEY THANKED US AND THEY GOT THEIR LITTLE, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, GOODY BAGS. 
          AND, UH, IT WASN'T THE TYPICAL EVENT THAT WE HAD, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BETTER THAN NOTHING. 
          AND SO W WE PIVOTED AND WE ADAPTED THE SAME THING WAS SCARE ON THE SQUARE. 
          UM, THAT EVENT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, MEAN WE DIDN'T LEAD THE EVENT, BUT WE PARTICIPATED IN IT. 
          AND WE HELPED WITH THE TRAFFIC CONTROL, WHICH, UH, WAS, UH, YEAH, VERY MUCH NEEDED BECAUSE IT WAS OUT THERE ALL THE WAY WRAPPED AROUND BOTH DIRECTIONS ON LAKE RIDGE. 
          AND, UH, IT WAS A VERY GOOD EVENT. 
          AND, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE WON, UH, THE BEST CITY DEPARTMENT WITH OUR BOOTH THAT WE HAD THERE AT THE SCARE. 
          SO NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY. 
          UH, LAST YEAR WE DID CANCEL A COUPLE OF THEM BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          BUT AS SOON AS WE FELT, WE GOT INTO A SAFE PLACE WHERE WE COULD GO OUT WITH OUR MASKS AND USE SOCIAL DISTANCING, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE WENT AHEAD AND CONTINUED ON WITH THAT AND HAD TWO MORE WALKS, UH, THROUGH, UH, BRIAN PLACE AND HILLCREST, AND THEN STONE WOOD NORTH, OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT, OUR TRAINING UNIT, UH, OVERSEES OUR, OUR TICO ACCREDITATION. 
          UM, WE DID GET A CONTRACT LAST YEAR WITH A POLICE ONE, WHICH IS A ONLINE TRAINING PROVIDER. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR TRAINING, EVEN THOUGH WE COULD NOT DO A LOT OF OUR STUFF IN PERSON. 
          WE HAD SOME CLASSES IN PERSON, BUT WE DID COM COM COMPLETE 1,125 ONLINE COURSES. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WERE INTERMEDIATE CHILD ABUSE AT MASS TRAFFIC STOPS AND ARRESTS, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE. 
          AND THEN WE DID OUR OWN IN-SERVICE TRAINING. 
          UH, WE USE THE, THE VIDEO OF THE GEORGE FLOYD INCIDENT TO REMIND OFFICERS ABOUT WHAT OUR PROPER PROTOCOLS ARE AND HOW THEY WOULD HANDLE A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE EVERYBODY COMPLETED ONLINE, IMPLICIT BIAS AND DEESCALATION TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH, AND WELLNESS TRAINING. 
          AND THEN WE HAD OUR ANNUAL FIREARMS AND RIFLE QUALIFICATIONS THAT WE DID. 
          WE TALKED EARLIER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POLICE REFORM AND WHAT WE HAD TO DO, AND THE DEPARTMENT, UH, THIS REALLY ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT GOES BACK TO 
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RELATIONSHIPS. 
          YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE DID THE DEPARTMENT REVIEW. 
          EVERY OFFICER WAS REQUIRED TO WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO FROM START TO FINISH. 
          AND THEN WE HAD, UH, ONE OF OUR DEFENSIVE TACTICS INSTRUCTORS WITH A, UH, A, UH, A DUMMY REALLY DEMONSTRATE TO THE OFFICERS, THE PROPER TECHNIQUES TO USE AND WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IN THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING. 
          UM, WE HAD OUR IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, DEESCALATION TRAINING. 
          WE DID NUMEROUS, UH, COMMUNITY FORUMS WITH OUR, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, WITH NAACP. 
          WE DID ONE AT TRINITY. 
          UH, THE MAYOR PARTICIPATED NOW ONE WITH ME. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST EVERY TIME SOMEONE CALLED AND ASKED US TO DO SOMETHING WE ANSWERED, UH, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PARTICIPATED AND WE WERE TRANSPARENT AND WE DEMONSTRATED EVERYTHING WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HERE'S THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE COMPLETED AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT, UH, IN YOUR, IN YOUR BOOKS, YOU HAVE A COMPLETE COPY OF THE REPORT. 
          UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THERE IS THAT IN 2020, OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED TO OVER 19,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND THEY ALSO CONDUCTED 8,000 TRAFFIC STOPS OUT OF THOSE CLOSE TO 28,000 INCIDENTS. 
          WE HAD 13 COMPLAINTS FROM OUR CITIZENS IN ADDITION TO 13 COMPLAINTS FROM OUR CITIZENS, OUR SUPERVISORS AND OFFICERS INITIATED 19 COMPLAINTS ON OUR SELVES. 
          A LOT OF THOSE ARE LISTED OUT HERE. 
          ALL OF THEM ARE LISTED OUT HERE AND WHAT TYPE OF COMPLAINT IT IS AND WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT COMPLAINT WAS INSIDE THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT THAT YOU HAVE A COPY OF. 
          IT ALSO BREAKS IT DOWN BY WHETHER THAT COMPLAINT WAS INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL. 
          AND THEN IT GIVES SOME CONTEXT TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS, SAME THING WITH USE OF FORCE, SAME TYPES OF, UH, INCIDENTS THAT WE HAD THERE. 
          WE DO A REPORT. 
          YOU HAVE A COMPLETE REPORT IN YOUR BOOK THAT HAS, UH, A REVIEW OF THIS ENTIRE, UH, REPORT. 
          AND WE BREAK IT DOWN BY THE TYPES OF FORCE THAT WE USE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT USE OF FORCE. 
          NOW, EVERY USE OF FORCE THAT WE USE AS REVIEWED BY A SUPERVISOR ALL THE WAY UP TO THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, AND IF THERE'S INJURY OR IT'S A DOG BITE, IT COMES TO MY DESK AS WELL. 
          SO EVERYTHING IS REVIEWED ALL THE WAY UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. 
          OKAY. 
          IN ADDITION, THIS THREAT OF DEADLY FORCE, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL THING THAT WE DO IN CEDAR HERO THAT MANY AGENCIES DON'T DO WHEN WE HAVE A THREAT OF FORCE. 
          THAT MEANS THAT OFFICER DREW THEIR FIREARM, THE FACT THAT THEY DREW THEIR FIREARM, INITIATE A REVIEW AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE. 
          UH, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A USE OF FORCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT, BUT WE TREAT IT LIKE ONE AND RE WE REVIEW IT LIKE ONE, OKAY, TRANSPARENCY, LIKE I SAID, UH, IN THE REPORT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, EVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT. 
          UM, WE HAVE OUR RACIAL PROFILING REPORT USE OF FORCE REPORT, OUR PURSUIT REPORT. 
          UH, EVERY REPORT THAT WE HAVE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          UM, AND SO THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IS WE HAVE AN INCREASED SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTIME THERE'S A HIGH POLICE PRESENCE IN OUR CITY, THAT WE PUT SOMETHING OUT ON FACEBOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A RISK TO OUR PUBLIC. 
          IN MANY CASES, BY THE TIME OFFICERS GET THERE, THERE IS NO MORE RISK TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IN SOME CASES WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS AT LARGE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          AND THEN THE LAST THING WE HAVE IS OUR CRIME MAPPING TOOL ON OUR CITY WEBSITE, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE CRIME MAPPING TOOL AND IT'LL GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE CRIMES THAT ARE BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY. 
          AND IT GOES BACK SIX MONTHS. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN PUT IN A TIMEFRAME, YOU CAN ACTUALLY TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS, UH, AND ASK FOR IT TO SET UP AN ALERT, AND IT WILL SEND YOU A TEXT OR EMAIL. 
          ANYTIME THERE'S A CRIME THAT'S REPORTED WITHIN A CERTAIN VICINITY OF YOUR HOME ADDRESS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE HAD TO ADJUST MANY OF OUR PROTOCOLS. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING, AND WE'RE WE'VE BEEN DOING IS 24 HOUR SECURITY AT THE ELLIS DAVIS CENTER. 
          SO OUR, WE HAVE OFFICERS, WE'VE HAD THEM THERE FROM DAY ONE, AND WE STILL HAVE THEM THERE TODAY. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF OUR OTHER CITIES, UH, DESOTO, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE ARE HELPING WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          AND SO WE PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THE ELLIS DAVID'S SITE. 
          UH, WE CHANGED OUR RESPONSE PROTOCOLS, AND NOW WE'RE HAPPY TO BE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. 
          WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM IN ADDITION TO OUR CRIME MAPPING PROGRAM. 
          AND THESE ARE THE, OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS. 
          A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE DID OUR, UH, VIRTUAL, UH, ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET. 
          AND I'M THANKFUL FOR MAYOR PRO TEM, ALAN SIMS, TO BE THERE TO SAY SOME KIND OF WORSE, OUR OFFICERS. 
          AND WE PRESENTED OUR 
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OF THE YEAR AWARDS. 
          SO THIS YEAR, THE OFFICER'S, UH, OFFICER OF THE YEAR WAS OFFICER CHRISTOPHER WALDEN. 
          OUR SUPPORT OFFICER OF THE YEAR IS DETECTIVE BRANDON WOODALL. 
          AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CLEARANCE RATES IN OUR INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. 
          DETECTIVE WOODALL HAS BEEN A DETECTIVE IN THIS UNIT, UH, IN, IN OUR DEPARTMENT FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. 
          HE IS THE MOST SENIOR DETECTIVE. 
          AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE DOING YOUR INVESTIGATIONS, UH, IT GOES TO SHOW YOU WHY WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH CLEARANCE RATE. 
          OUR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IS OFFICER RAUL. 
          PEDRAZA PATROL SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR'S LIEUTENANT LEANNE. 
          HARTON. 
          OUR SUPPORT SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR WAS LIEUTENANT PAM BROWN. 
          AND OUR CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR IS OUR EVIDENCE COORDINATOR, RENEE PORTER. 
          AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, RENEE LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCELER JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND WE LOST HER AND SHE WAS, SHE'S GOING TO BE VERY MISSED IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          OUR TAKEAWAYS FROM 2020, THIS IS CHIEF LAFFERTY'S, UH, ATTEMPT AT HUMOR. 
          UH, I IS THIS ON ON THE HORIZON? UH, WE DID SEND THREE, UH, OFFICERS TO GO TO INSTRUCTOR SCHOOL, UH, THAT ARE GOING TO BE TEACHING FAIR AND IMPARTIAL POLICING IN SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR TRAFFIC INITIATIVES THROUGH SOME REORGANIZATION AND THROUGH SOME ADDITION OF SOME ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, UH, I'M PUTTING TOGETHER CHIEFS ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          I HAVE, UH, ALREADY COMMITMENTS, UH, FROM SEVERAL, UH, OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO THAT. 
          AND THAT'S A CHIEF'S ADVISORY COUNCIL IS GOING TO MEET QUARTERLY, UM, TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS, UH, ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO UPDATE THEM ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY YOU HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, JAKE, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL, THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          YES, SIR. 
          JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA. 
          I HAVE, UH, COMMITMENTS FROM, UH, UH, DR. 
          HUDSON FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          UH, JEN HAS DONE FROM THE NAACP, UH, AUDIO REESE, UH, FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, JENNY MARTINEZ, UH, PASTOR, UH, RODNEY FRAZIER. 
          AND THEN I'M WAITING FOR, UH, A COMMITMENT FROM ONE OF YOUR, UH, MARTINI COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SEVEN MEMBER TEAM, SO IT'S, UH, IT'S COMING TOGETHER. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          YEP. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS, CHIEF, UM, EVEN THOUGH OUR CRIME RATE OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS HAVE BEEN ON A, A DECREASE, YOU STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, RE REASSESS AND REEVALUATE, UH, YOUR COUNSEL, I MEAN, YOU'RE A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU STILL DO THINGS LIKE YOU CREATE A CULTURE TO EMPOWER OTHER YOUR POLICE OFFICERS TO CONTACT INTERNAL AFFAIRS EVEN ABOUT SO SOME LITTLE THINGS, UM, UH, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT, UH, ALSO ABOUT, UM, CRIME MAPPING, UH, IF WE CAN TRY TO DO SOMETHING AS FAR AS, UM, UH, PUSH THE AWARENESS OUT, UH, THIS IS A NEW TERM THAT, UH, IS, IS REALLY NEW AS FAR AS TRIMMING IN OUR NATION. 
          AND, UH, SENIOR HERE, WE HAVE THAT TOOL. 
          UH, SO IF ANYONE IS FEELING ANXIOUS OR, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THE CRIME AND THEIR CITY OF GOOD, TRY TO PUSH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. 
          UH, AND YOU APPRECIATE ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT'S DUE HERE AND SEA-DOO YEP. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND CUSTOMER HAITI, HANDS UP. 
          DID YOU HAVE ANY, OH, OKAY. 
          NO, YOU DID. 
          OKAY. 
          VERSUS THAT, BUT I AM, I AM REALLY PROUD OF, UH, THE CHIEF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WHAT IF Y'ALL HAVE DONE A, THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS EYE OPENING AS FAR AS THE KARMA, THE CRIME STATISTICS AND WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND REACHING OUT. 
          AND I TELL YOU, IT REALLY PAID WHEN, EVEN OUR LAST, UH, UM, OUR LAST NEIGHBORHOOD WALK, YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T ONE PERSON. 
          IN FACT, UH, EVERYONE, UM, WE STOPPED THE HOUSES THAT WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THE DOOR, ALL FELT SAFE. 
          EVEN ONE SAID, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF, WELL, THE POLICE HAD COME BY AND WE SEE THAT OUT THERE. 
          WE FEEL WERE SAFE. 
          SO WITH THAT STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT WE GO TO THE DOORS, I THINK REALLY HELPS OUT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE EFFORTS. 
          AND WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY, UH, SAFETY ROUND TABLE, UM, THURSDAY AT 6:00 PM, I BELIEVE. 
          UH, SO, UH, IF YOU WANT TO BE HERE AND HEAR MORE FROM THE CHIEF AND OUR, UH, CA UH, PD, UH, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PD AND OUR OWN STACY GRACE FOR CONE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SAFETY AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE COME OUT TO ON THIS THURSDAY AT 6:00 PM, UH, RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM. 
          AND, UH, IT'D BE OPEN TO ANYONE HERE IN THE PUBLIC. 
          AND, UH, WE, IF WE HAVE TIME, I MAY OPEN UP QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          SO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, CHIEF AND 
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COUNSELOR, BUT, UH, IS ALL WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA. 
          UH, I HAVE, UH, 706. 
          SO HOW ABOUT, ABOUT SEVEN, 12? WE'LL RECONVENE. 
          SEE THE COUNCIL MEETING MOTION TO ADJOURN AT THIS. 
          IT DOES NOT TAKE UP MOST OF THE JOANNA. 
          DO YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MCCARTY? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SO THEY GO FROM A CUSTOMER, MICHELLE BABY MEASURED ON A THERAPY RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          COUNSEL HAS SEVEN OH SIX. 
          WE ADJOURN.
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