[1. Call the meeting to order.]
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IT SAYS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED BRIEFING SESSION.
WE DO HAVE A CALL CORN OF COUNSEL PRESENT.
UH, LET THE RECORDS PLEASE REFLECT THAT COUNSEL MCDANIELS IS NOT HERE WITH US TODAY.
SO IF WE CAN ALL KEEP HER IN OUR PRAYERS AND HOPEFULLY TO SPEEDING RECOVERY AND RETURN TO THE COUNCIL, UH, THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING AND I HAVE SIX O'CLOCK AND I'LL OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING ORDER.
[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]
ON THE AGENDA IS CITY MANAGER REPORT, AND THIS WILL BE DELIVERED BY OUR CITY MANAGER.HOW ARE YOU DOING MR. BARRY PORTER? I'M DOING WELL MAYOR.
UH, IT'S BEEN A PRETTY ONE, SO I HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GET OUTSIDE.
UM, WANT TO TURN PRETTY QUICKLY TO THE CALENDAR IS YOUR, UM, YOUR, YOUR CALENDAR IS GETTING VERY FULL, UH, MAY IS, UH, VERY ACTIVE IN JUNE IS A VERY ACTIVE AS WELL.
SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS KIND OF WORKING AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO, UH, PURSUE YOUR PRIORITIES IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS.
UH, WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE NOTE FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, UH, EARLY VOTING IN THE CITY, UH, FOR THE MAY 7TH LOCAL, UH, ELECTIONS BEGAN YESTERDAY.
UH, IT'S BEING HELD AT THE VOTING CENTER AT THE, AT THE ALLEN UCMS RECREATION CENTER.
EVERYTHING'S GOING VERY SMOOTHLY AND EVERYBODY'S VERY HAPPY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND SO WE'RE NOT, UH, UH, INVOLVED IN THAT THERE IS A SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE THERE AS WELL AS, UH, OTHER COUNTY KIND OF THINGS AND OH YES.
AND, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ALSO ON THE BALLOT.
UM, ADAM C SECRETARY, UH, EARLY VOTING AT THE RECREATION CENTER RUNS THROUGH TUESDAY, MAY THE THIRD, AND THEN ELECTION DAY IS SATURDAY, MAY 7TH.
UM, TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH IS KIND OF A MILESTONE BECAUSE AT 10:00 AM DALLAS COUNTY, UH, ALONG WITH THE CITIES OF CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE AND SOTO, UH, WE'LL CELEBRATE, UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE WINTER GREEN ROAD DUNCANVILLE ROAD INTERSECTION PROJECT, WHICH WAS ABOUT 12 TO 15 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
IT WAS AN INTERSECTION KIND OF ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF COSTCO WHERE WINTERGREEN RUNS INTO DUNCANVILLE ROAD.
IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS.
THERE WERE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS THERE, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF THE TALENTED ONES.
UH, UPDATE WAS ALSO AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THREE CITIES.
AND SO THROUGH A LOT OF WORK WITH DALLAS COUNTY, UH, ALSO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE RTC PARTICIPATED, UH, WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
AND THEN EACH OF THE THREE CITIES, UH, PARTICIPATED AS WELL.
IT WAS A PROJECT THAT INVOLVED A LOT OF COORDINATION.
I GIVE THE DALLAS COUNTY A LOT OF CREDIT AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR KEEPING IT KIND OF GOING.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN IT HAD SOME, SOME ROADBLOCKS, BUT WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS NOT ONLY A SAFE INTERSECTION, BUT AN AWESOME APPROACH TO THIS VERY SPECIAL PLACE WHERE ALL THREE OF THE BEST SOUTHWOOD IT'S, UH, BEST SOUTHWEST, UH, CITIES, UH, KIND OF COME TOGETHER, UH, IN, IN ONE SPOT.
SO THEY WILL BE CELEBRATING THAT EVENT TOMORROW AT 10:00 AM AT THAT INTERSECTION.
SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GO, DEFINITELY GO AND HELP CELEBRATE, UM, THAT EVENT.
AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE REALLY, THIS WAS A, THIS WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE ABILITY TO BRING PARTNERS.
SO NOT ONLY WERE THE THREE CITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY, ACTUALLY, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES HAS A VERY LARGE WATER LINE UNDER THAT.
THEY HAD TO DO THAT SEGMENT ACTUALLY IN ADVANCE OF THE OTHER PROJECT.
SO IT INVOLVED A LOT OF COORDINATION AND LEVERS FUNDING.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH, THIS WEEK AT FIVE 30, OUR PARTNERS WITH CHI, UH, WILL BE HOSTING THE NEXT LONGHORN FUTURES COMMITTEE.
THIS ONE WILL BE HELD AT THE LACY ENROLLMENT CENTER.
SO THE OLD AT THE OLD BELTLINE INTERMEDIATE.
SO AT 5 0 4 EAST BELTLINE, AGAIN, BEGINNING AT FIVE 30, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE THIRD OF THE SERIES OF THEIR, UM, FUTURES COMMITTEE, UH, PROCESS WORK ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH IS OUR NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD WALK.
WE HEAR YOU WANT TO COME IN AND GIVE ANY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR EXPECTATIONS BEFORE 10 30 AT VIRGINIA, WE WERE PARKED AT THE SITE OF A LOT OF ACTIVITY.
SO WE WILL BE, UM, WALKING SUMMERSET VILLAGE AND ALSO CEDAR HILL.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR GOOD WEATHER, UH, NEXT WEEK, UH, GETTING ON TUESDAY MAY THE THIRD AT 6:00 PM.
UH, WE'LL BE HOSTING THE NEXT IN THE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT, UH, ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 ALREADY.
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THIS ONE WILL BE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, BUDGETS RELATED TO STREETS, PARKS, AND FACILITIES.SO THAT WILL BE ON THE THIRD FLOOR TRAINING ROOM HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AT 6:00 PM.
WE'VE GOT A PRETTY PACKED AGENDA FOR THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER ON THE DRAWING BOARD, IN THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COMPLETED.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DOWNLOAD THE COUNCIL ON, UH, ON THAT DAY.
AND THEN ON THURSDAY, MAY THE FIFTH IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR OUR CITY, THE MAYOR, AND THE FOLKS THAT TRANSFORMATION VISION HAD BEEN WORKING VERY HARD FOR THIS EVENT.
SO BE THE FIRST NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN WHAT I'M HOPING WE'RE CALLING THE POST COVID ERA.
AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO GATHER AGAIN, TOGETHER IN PERSON AS A COMMUNITY, UH, UH, TO, FOR FELLOWSHIP.
SO THERE'S TWO EVENTS AS HAS BEEN THE TRADITION.
SO ONE IS A NOON EVENT OVER LUNCH.
UH, THIS ONE WILL BE HOSTED BY COMMUNITY MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH ON A WINTERGREEN, AND THEN AT 7:00 PM, THE MAIN EVENT WILL BE AT THE ALANEE SIMS RECREATION CENTER, UH, ON THE BACK PATIO, BECAUSE THAT WAS SUCH A NICE SETTING.
THE FIRST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.
UH, THE MAYOR AGAIN HAS WORKED VERY HARD, UH, LOGISTICALLY.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND STUFF, I'M SURE HE'LL BE GLAD.
NO, I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE IT'S CINCO DE MIO, THAT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IS ALSO SERVING TACOS AT LUNCH.
OH, WELL, THAT'S A GREAT TIME I HELD, SO I KNOW WHERE ASSISTANT CHIEF LAFFERTY WILL BE.
UM, ON FRIDAY I MADE A SIX FROM 1131.
UH, WE ARE HOSTING OUR FOLKS, UH, WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL BE HOSTING AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON.
IT WILL BE ON THE BACK PATIO HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
UH, THE COUNCIL IS, UH, NOT ONLY INVITED BUT ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AND, UH, JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF, UH, UH, THE FOLKS THAT, UH, WORKED FOR THE CITY AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY DAY AND NIGHT ON A SATURDAY, MAY THE SEVENTH, UH, ALSO A RETURN OF A BIG EVENT.
THE HEAD FOR THE HILLS BIKE RALLY, UH, IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE AT 8:00 AM.
THEY WILL BE HOSTED AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE, UH, JUST DOWN THE STREET.
AND, UH, THEY USUALLY ATTRACT SEVERAL HUNDRED BIKE RIDERS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THEM BACK.
AND THEN FROM NINE TO 11:00 AM, THERE'LL BE A POP UP DOG PARK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER PARK AT 1740 MANSFIELD ROAD AND PRESUME THAT'S BEING HOSTED BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOLKS.
YEAH, IT WAS ACTUALLY A LOT OF FUN.
SO A QUITE A FEW FOLKS CAME OUT.
THEY CAN SEPARATE SORT OF LARGE DOGS FROM SMALL DOGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GETS TO GO HOME.
IT SHOWS UP AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD EVENT AND A GREAT WAY TO ENGAGE OTHER PET OWNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I APPRECIATE THEM FOR THAT.
SO IT'S, UH, ELECTION DAY, UM, FROM NINE TO 11 AT COMMUNITY CENTER PARK.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE SENIOR CENTER IS.
UM, JUST A NOTE THAT MAY 9TH IS THE NEXT, UH, LATINO ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
A COUPLE OF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THAT ACTIVITY NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING IS TUESDAY.
UM, MAY THE 10TH, I'M GOING TO GO INTO MAY JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER CAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DATES WANT TO MAKE SURE ON YOUR CALENDAR.
UM, SATURDAY, MAY 14TH IS BOTH THE, WHAT THE NEXT WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL TOUR.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE, UM, LOU ALLAH, I GUESS WHAT WE WERE CALLING IT.
LOU AL AT THE LAGOON AT, UH, VIRGINIA WERE PART TO CELEBRATE THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE OUTDOOR AQUATICS FACILITY THERE.
BUT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD ON, ON THEN TUESDAY MAY 17TH WILL BE OUR SECOND CAPITAL WORKSHOP FOR DEVELOPING THE BUDGET AND IT WILL DEAL WITH THE WATER, UH, AND SEWER CAPITAL IN RELATED ITEMS. UM, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS AN OPEN HOUSE IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA TO BE ABLE TO LET THE PUBLIC SEE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE ON THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, ON BROAD AND CEDAR.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, JIM AND AMANDA LAKE WILL BE HOSTING, UH, SOME, UH, AN OPEN HOUSE AS WELL AS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE PLANS THAT THEY'VE GOT AND, UH, WHERE THEY ARE HEADED IN THE PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO WE WILL FIRM UP THOSE DETAILS AND GET THEM TO YOU SHORTLY.
UM, AND THEN REALLY IMPORTANT IS, UH, SATURDAY, MAY 21ST, AS YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL RECENTLY ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ONE OF THE FIRST PRIORITIES THE COUNCIL DIRECTED
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WAS TO COME UP WITH A SCORECARD, UH, OR TO REVIEW STANDARDS RELATED TO FUTURE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.THIS TOUR IS INTENDED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SHOW, UH, THE COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WILL JOIN US, UH, THE VARIETY OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE REGION.
WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE, UH, SORT OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS IN THE SINGLE FAMILY MARKET, IN THE HOUSING MARKET AND THE TRENDS.
AND SO WE WILL BE HAVING THEM AVAILABLE AND ALSO PARTICIPATE IN OUR TOUR.
SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH AN ALL DAY AFFAIR BECAUSE IT IS ON YOUR CALENDAR, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN BEGIN TO CREATE A SHAPE IN A STANDARD IN A SCORECARD ON TUESDAY, MAY 31ST.
SO THAT WILL BE A SPECIAL WORKSHOP IN WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS AGAIN, THE NATURE OF SINGLE FAMILY, NEIGHBORHOODS AND STYLES THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR AS WE BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR A ZONING REGULATIONS AND STUFF TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THE CONFERENCE PLAN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? SORRY.
JUST, UM, THIS THURSDAY, WHERE'S THE LOCATION OF THE LONGHORN FUTURES MEETING? UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE, UH, OH, BELTLINE INTERMEDIATE THERE.
I'M LOOKING FOR, I HAD A NOTE THAT IT WAS AT LAKE RIDGE ELEMENTARY, LIKE, OKAY, WELL THEN WE WILL RECONFIRM OUR LOCATION AND THEN LET YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD TRUST YOUR SOURCES, UH, OVER MINE.
AND IS THAT A, AN RSVP EVENT FOR US OR WE ARE AUTOMATICALLY, I BELIEVE WHEN WE WERE IN THE WORKSHOP THAT, UH, THE, THE M THE TAISHA WAS EXTENDED TO THE COUNCIL TO ATTEND THOSE COMMITTEE MEETING MEETINGS, TO OBSERVE AS THEY DESIRE.
THEY DID ASK THAT WE LET THEM KNOW.
SO IF YOU WANT TO LET US KNOW, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TELL THEM OR, UH, AND RELAY THAT INFORMATION.
UH, SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A RARE, CONCISE, AND FAIRLY EFFICIENT, UH, AGENDA TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE ONE BRIEFING ITEM.
IT'S ONE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, AND I'M REALLY PROUD, UM, FOR WHAT WILL BE SHOWN TO YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF LONGTERM, UH, COUNCIL LEADERSHIP AND THE DIRECTION OF BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, BOTH ARE KEY FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OF OUR VISION STATEMENT OF OUR PREMIER STATEMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, WITH A BRIEFING FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF, RODNEY SMITH ON OUR NEW FIRE RESCUE VEHICLE, TWO 11 ON MANY OF YOU WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUSH-IN CEREMONY, UM, EARLIER, UH, OR LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS GREAT.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS WHAT THE EQUIPMENT GETS USED ON BY THE TYPES OF SKILLS THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE NEXT IS A REVIEW OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BLOCK PARTY.
SO WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY INCREASING, UH, STEADILY INCREASING, UM, THE TOOL CHEST FOR MAKING IT EASIER FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND BLOCKS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER IS THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FOUNDATION FOR WHICH WE KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE, BUT IT'S ALSO THE FOUNDATION BY WHICH WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CLOSE.
AND SO THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ALSO, UH, HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY IN THE LAST, IN A FEW COUPLE OF PLACES, UH, INCLUDING THE LAST EARTH DAY EVENT THAT WE HELD AT THE RECREATION CENTER.
SO WE GET THE CHANCE TO SEE WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT, AND THEN GET A CHANCE TO TOUR THAT AS WELL.
UH, TONIGHT'S REGULAR AGENDA INCLUDES GOOD, UH, TO GOOD SAMARITAN AWARDS TONIGHT.
UH, ONE TO MARSHA SU, UH, DAYLA SARAH AND THE OTHER ONE TO, UH, ROGER TAYLOR.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EVENTS TO, UH, TO CLAIM TONIGHT APPROXIMATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLARKS WEEK, UH, TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.
UH, AND THEN ALSO A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MAY AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, UH, HERE IN SEE YOUR HELP.
WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
ONE IS TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CELLS, UM, FOR, UH, ONE OF OUR NEWEST RESTAURANTS IN TOWN FRIEDA'S.
AND, UH, THAT IS ON YOUR AGENDA FOR SCIENCE ONTO PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION AND THEIR APPROVAL.
UH, IN THE SECOND ONE IS THE ZONING CHANGE OFF OF, UH, COOPER AND MAIN STREET IN OLD DOWNTOWN, A PIECE OF PROPERTY
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PROPOSING TO CHANGE FROM OLD TOWN QUARTER TO, UH, THE OLD TOWN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT ALSO IS CONSIDERED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, INCLUDING, UH, THE MINUTES, AND THEN ALSO A RESOLUTION APPROVING YOUR FUNDING PLAN, UH, FOR ALLOCATION EXPENDITURE OF, UH, OF ARPA FUNDS.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO, UM, CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH RESILIENCY PROGRAM.
THIS WILL BE FOR A YEAR FOR, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT, UH, THIS CITY, UH, HAS SPEARHEADED, AND IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL ADDITIONAL TOOL TO ASSIST OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY, UM, AS THEY CONTINUE TO DO THE JOBS TO KEEP US SAFE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA FOR ME, THE QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA FOR A CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE POOLED FOR CASSETTE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION? ALL RIGHT.
I THINK THERE'S, IT MUST BE DEMENTIA.
[3. Briefing on new equipment: Fire Rescue 211 and Neighborhood Services Block Party Trailer. ]
ITEM IS BRIEFING ON NEW EQUIPMENT, FIRE RESCUE TWO 11 AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, BLOCK PARTY TRAILER.HOW YOU DOING CHIEF? HEY, DOING MAYOR COUNCIL.
UH, IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A RESCUE TWO 11 AND THE PROGRAM THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT VEHICLE.
UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND, YOU KNOW, WITH ANY PRESENTATION, WE USE OUR MISSION, VISION AND VALUE AS OUR MAGNETIC NORTH, AND THAT MISSION VISION VALUE IS SOMETHING THAT SET BY COUNCIL, UH, TO HELP PROTECT THE CITIZENS.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR, OUR VISION AND OUR ABILITY TO KEEP FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES SAFE, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN FLOURISH, UH, THIS RESOURCE IS A BIG PART OF HOW WE, HOW WE DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AND AGAIN, UH, THE OTHER PART OF OUR MISSION, VISION AND VALUES IS PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIP.
THIS PROGRAM IS NOT JUST A CEDAR HILL PROGRAM, WE'VE ENGAGED THE REGIONAL PARTNERS.
SO THE OTHER CITIES ARE BRINGING PIECES TO THE TABLE ALSO.
AND SO WHERE, UH, THINGS LIKE HAVING THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT'S HOUSED HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
OUR OTHER PARTNER CITIES ARE BRINGING THAT RESOURCE TO THE TABLE.
SO FOR BIG EVENTS, WE COME TOGETHER THROUGH MUTUAL AID IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF NOT ONLY OUR CITIZENS PROBLEMS, BUT THIS WHOLE REGION'S PROBLEMS IN OUR PREMIER STATEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, UH, IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE WERE SAFE.
AND WHEN I, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THE RESCUE PROGRAM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT WAS FORWARD THE GAPS AROUND THE REGION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIX THAT WITH, WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ALSO THE, UM, WE LOOK AT, UM, EXCELLENT, SAFE AND EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE ALL KNOW OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES GROWING.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVEN OUR RESIDENTIAL AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHERE ARE WE ALWAYS DOING A NEEDS ANALYSIS AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF? WE HAVE AN ISSUE.
SO THAT WAS A BIG PART AND BIG DRIVE BEHIND US PURCHASING A RESCUE TWO 11.
UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRAM AND YOU LOOK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE A VERY WELL-SUPPORTED FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE, WE HAVE FOUR FULLY STAFFED STATIONS.
WE HAVE 78 TRAINED PERSONNEL, AND WE ALSO USE A REGIONAL APPROACH TO FIRE RESPONSE.
AND SO WITH OUR BOUNDARY DROPS AND OUR, OUR TRI-CITY AGREEMENT, UH, WE RUN AS ONE BIG AGENCY, UM, IN 2021, THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED A LITTLE OVER 7,800 CALLS, WHICH IS ABOUT A 50 PER 15% INCREASE OVER THE YEAR BEFORE WE'RE SEEING THAT SAME TREND THIS YEAR, UM, AS A REGIONAL DISPATCH CENTER IN 2021, UH, SWR RCC DISPATCH, 7,957 MAJOR ACCIDENTS WITH INJURIES.
UH, THEY ALSO PART OF THAT DISPATCH 415 MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH ENTRAPMENT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S KINDA MISLEADING ABOUT THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T GET THE CALL CHANGE TO ENTRAPMENT TILL AFTERWARDS IN RESPONSE MODE.
SO THAT NUMBER PROBABLY CAN FLUCTUATE QUITE A BIT.
WE ALSO RAN 43 OTHER TYPE RESCUE CALLS, WHICH INCLUDES COLLAPSED, TRAINED VERSUS CAR AND VEHICLES INTO BUILDINGS.
SO AGAIN, A, A, UM, IT BRINGS A DIFFERENT SKILLSET TO THE TABLE OR DIFFERENT NEED FOR A SKILLSET TO THE TABLE, WITH THOSE INCIDENTS, WITH THE NEW, UH, RESCUE TWO 11, UH, IT'S A HEAVY DUTY PIERCE NON WALKTHROUGH RESCUE.
UH, IT HAS, UH, SEATING FOR SIX, UH, AND IT HAS A FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITY AND THAT'S SOMETHING EARLY
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ON WE FELT WAS IMPORTANT, SO THAT IF WE HAVE AN ENGINE OUT OF SERVICE, FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT TRUCK CAN RUN AS FIRST OUT, AND IT HAD THE FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITY ON BOARD, IT WILL BE HOUSED AT STATION TWO 11.AND, UH, CURRENTLY WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 TECHS.
OUR GOALS IS TO HAVE 24 TECHNICIANS AND TECHNICIANS ON DUTY ALL THE TIME.
IF WE GET A RESCUE OR A RESPONSE TO THAT NATURE, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT, I, I COULD TALK FOREVER ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT AND DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT HERE TONIGHT FOR A CHILLING TALE.
SO I WON'T BELABOR YOU ON THAT.
AND, UH, AS IT RESPONDS, IT'LL RESPOND AS A RESCUE TASK FORCE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY GOT PUT ON CALL, UM, EARLIER, UH, FOR A TRENCH OR A PERSON DOWN IN THE PURE HOLE IN ONE CONSTRUCTION SITE RIGHT DOWN SOUTH OF US.
SO THAT RESPONSE, SO IT'D BE A TASKFORCE RESPONSE ON THAT STANDBY THAT PUTS US IN GRAND PRAIRIE ON STANDBY.
AND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE AT IN THE REGION, THAT'S HOW THAT TASK FORCE CONCEPT WORKS.
THE CAPABILITIES THAT THIS TRUCK BRINGS TO THE TABLE, A TRENCH CONFINED SPACE.
I WON'T READ THE WHOLE LIST, BUT A LOT OF CAPABILITIES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
UM, WE SPENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WENT TO TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE AND WE SPENT A WEEK OUT THERE TRAINING OUR FOLKS ON HOW TO LIFT HEAVY VEHICLES.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE HERE WHERE THEY'RE LIFTING A CONCRETE TRUCK, UH, WHICH HAS DRIED CONCRETE IN IT.
SO IT'S ABOUT A 70,000 POUNDS THAT THEY WERE LIFTING THAT TOTAL WEEK.
WE LIFTED A TOTAL OF ABOUT A MILLION POUNDS.
AND SO, UH, GASOLINE TANKERS, RAIL CARS, DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE, OTHER CAPABILITIES, UH, UH, THE WIDE AREA SEARCH AND ALSO RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM IS SOMETHING THAT GIVES US THE CAPABILITY OF, SO IF YOU HAVE A DOWNED FIREFIGHTER, A LOT OF SYSTEMS RUN RESCUE TRUCKS, BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO HAVING TO BREACH AND GET INTO AREAS THAT WE PROBABLY CAN'T GET OUT OF.
AGAIN, THE PICTURES SHOW A LOT OF THE TRAINING THAT WE DID OUT AT TCC, EVEN THE LIFTING OF THE RAIL CAR AND EVEN OUR, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, HELPED US IN LIFTING A CONCRETE TRUCK.
SO THIS MAP HERE KIND OF REFLECTS WHERE WE WERE BACK IN 2020 AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING NOW.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP WITH THE CIRCLES, UM, YOU CAN SEE BACK IN 2020, THERE WAS A GAP DOWN IN THIS REGION.
SO THE, UH, THE OTHER MAP SHOWS KIND OF THE EDA, THE ELLIS DALLAS UNIFIED, UH, COURT COOPERATION TEAM.
UH, IT SHOWS THE MAP OF THIS WHOLE, UH, GREAT SOUTHWEST REGION AND KIND OF HOW THAT TASK FORCE RESPONSE SYSTEM IS GOING TO WORK.
AND SO, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOCATED IN THAT RESPONSE AREA, THOSE TWO CLOSEST RESOURCES WILL BE DISPATCH.
NOW I WILL SAY, AND IT'S BRAGGING.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH THE HEAVY RESCUE, THE OTHERS COME AND SUPPORT TEAMS. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THE ABILITY TO LEAD AND BE THE EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE REGION.
AND WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, CHIEF, UH, PROTEST.
UH, CHIEF, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UH, SOUTHWEST REGIONAL DISPATCH, 79 57 MAJOR ACCIDENTS.
THAT SEEMED LIKE A LOT THAT JUST CURIOUS, HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE IN CEDAR? ARE WE, ARE WE HAVING MORE MAJOR ACCIDENTS OR LESS MAJOR? WE WERE ABOUT 2,500.
AND, UH, THE BUSIER, UH, FREEWAY CORRIDORS TEND TO GET MAJORITY 20 AND 35, UH, HAVE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE RECORDING IT DID, DOES A SINGLE ACCIDENT EVER COUNT AS MULTIPLE EVENTS OR IS THAT WHEN YOU SAY 2,500 EVENTS, THERE WAS 2,500 INDIVIDUAL RACKS INDIVIDUAL RED CEDAR HILL ON THE ICE DAY, BUT THAT DRIVES A LOT OF THAT DRIVES A LOT OF IT.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY BIG NUMBER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WILL COMES UP AND CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED WE CAN GET A CLOSER LOOK TODAY.
WE CAN GET A CLOSER LOOK TODAY.
AND NOW MS. CARTER, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
AND I WON'T, UM, GO INTO SPECIFIC DETAIL AGAIN, MENTIONING THE VISION AND MISSION, BUT I WILL STATE THAT THIS BLOCK PARTY TRAILER GOES RIGHT IN LINE WITH US PURSUING PREMIER AND ALIGNING WITH YOUR PRIORITIES THAT CEDAR HILL IS AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
SO WE REQUESTED THIS PROGRAM BACK IN 2020,
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UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, TO ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT AND TO FURTHER PURSUE YOUR GOAL OF CEDAR HILL BEING ENGAGED.UM, IN 2021, WE, AGAIN, PARTNER TO HAVE THE TRAILER BUILT OUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD, WHO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A FEW OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY.
THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING WITH THE DESIGN AND DETERMINING WHAT SORT OF FEATURES THAT NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IN THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER.
UM, AND THEN WE WORKED AGAIN WITH PARKS TO GET IT WRAPPED ONCE IT WAS DELIVERED LATE LAST, UM, FALL, WE STARTED WORKING ON THE WEBSITE AND GETTING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE RESERVATION PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE DEBUTED THE TRAILER AT THE CITYWIDE BLOCK PARTY LAST MONTH, AND ALSO LOTS LAUNCH THE RESERVATION SITE.
UM, AND IT'S NOW AVAILABLE FOR A PARTY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO EVEN WITH OUR RESERVATION PROCESS, WE'RE KEEPING IN LINE, UM, YOUR PRIORITY, WHICH IS REALLY CEDAR HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT.
SO WHEN THAT, IN MIND, IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO CEDAR HILL GROUPS.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'VE HAD, HAD TO TURN DOWN SOME PEOPLE FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES WANTING MY TRAILER.
SO YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND, UM, IT'S REALLY STREAMLINED.
WE HAVE IT LAID OUT STEP-BY-STEP THAT YOU FILL OUT THE FORMS, UM, AND IT GOES THROUGH DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BLOCK A STREET, I WORK WITH SERGEANT COOLEY AND IT GOES TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE FEASIBLE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE AMENITIES.
CAUSE YOU'LL SEE THEM WHEN YOU GO OUT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRAILER, UM, BUT BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD NEED.
AND WE, AGAIN, WITH SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAD TABLES AND CHAIRS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE A PARTY.
SO ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE RESERVATION PROCESS, ONE OF OUR CODE OFFICERS WILL ACTUALLY DROP THE TRAILER OFF TO YOUR PARTY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S BY DESIGN BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTERACTIONS WITH CODE AREN'T PARTY, LIKE SO HAVING THEM DROP OFF THE TRAILER, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS YOUR CODE OFFICER, AGAIN, SORT OF FOSTERING THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH US AS CITY STAFF AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE WILL PICK THE TRAILER UP AFTER THE PARTY AND BRING IT BACK HERE.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM, ALL OF THIS IS AVAILABLE TO CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS AT NO COST, ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE'LL COUNSEL, UH, COUSIN, WE'LL GO OVER THOSE, UH, DORA AND DIEGO COME WITH THAT.
I WASN'T SURE WHAT THEY WERE, BUT COMING WITH THE TRAILER, I MIGHT HAVE TO DO A PROGRAM ABOUT THAT.
WELL, TIM SEEMS JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
IS IT FIRST COME FIRST SERVED? I MEAN, AS FAR AS RESERVATION? YES.
IS THERE A, LIKE AN HOUR TIMEFRAME OF THE DAY OF, OR IS THAT PART OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS? UM, WE REQUEST TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE NOTICE TO RESERVE IT.
IF YOU'RE BLOCKING OFF STREETS, IT'S 30 DAYS FOR, TO GO THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
NO, I WAS ASKING HIM ONCE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IT FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PARTY, UH, DO YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH HOW MANY HOURS IS THERE A MINIMUM HOURS? IS THERE A MAXIMUM HOURS? HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, WE ONLY DO ONE WEEKEND, ONE PARTY PER WEEKEND.
SO YOU BASICALLY IN TECHNICALLY HAVE IT FOR THE WHOLE WEEK.
WELL, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE, OH, COUNCIL, UM, KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OUTSIDE.
SO HOW ABOUT WE GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND WE CAN GO RIGHT OUT TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND TAKE A LOOK AT 2 1, 1, AND ALSO LOOK AT OUR PARTY TRAILER.
SO AT THIS TIME I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER CURRY TO HAVE A SECOND SECOND CUSTOMER WITH GLOVER? NOT A BABY, BUT MOST, UH,