[1. Call the meeting to order.]
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THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED BRIEFING SESSION.
WE DO HAVE A MAJORITY OF QUORUM PRESENT.
UH, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILMAN DANIELS WILL NOT BE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
UH, THIS MEETING IS OPEN CARRY, BUT IT IS NOT PERMITTED IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER IT IS 6:00 PM AND WE WILL BEGIN
[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]
WITH CITY MANAGER REPORT.HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO SEE THE METRO HELLO MAYOR AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE APPROACHING THE END OF THE SCHOOL SEASON, SO WE WATCHING YOURSELVES ON THE WAY HOME AND IN THE MORNINGS IS THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE.
UH, NO, THE DISTRICT'S LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS THURSDAY.
I THINK NEWMAN'S IS NEXT WEEK.
AND I THINK A LOT OF SCHOOLS AS WELL.
I THINK TRINITY IS ALSO SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.
SO, UH, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS, UH, OUR KIDDOS REARRANGE THEIR SCHEDULE AND OURS, JUST, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, ALSO KIND OF ON A CALENDAR NOTE, UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, TUESDAY, JUNE 7TH, WHICH IS AN OFF TUESDAY, UH, SET ASIDE FOR A WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT A BOND PROJECT O AND M WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT DAY BACK.
SO HAPPY DAYS YOU GET AN ACTUAL TUESDAY, CAUSE WE HAD THEM ALL BOOKED UP, I THINK THROUGH JULY, BUT SO, UM, THAT'S GOING TO COME OFF THE CALENDAR.
WE WON'T PUT SOMETHING ON IT JUST SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
SO JUST, UH, HAVE NOTE OF THAT AND BE LOOKING FOR IT, UH, GOING TO THE CALENDAR FOR, UH, TODAY.
UH, AGAIN, AS WE ARE ENTERING THE SUMMER SEASON, WE'RE STARTING OFF A LOT OF OUR BIG SUMMER PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. IN FACT, I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT IT, SEAN RAY, THAT I LOADED UP THE FAMILY AND WENT TO THE, UH, UH, CONCERT IN THE PARK TWO WEEKS EARLY.
SO I WAS THERE FRIDAY AND NOBODY ELSE WAS, AND I FIGURED OUT I WAS A LITTLE OVERLY ENTHUSIASTIC, BUT UM, THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO, UM, JUST MOVING ON TO THE CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, THIS THURSDAY, MAY 26, UH, IS BECOMING AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR US.
IT IS THE MEMORIAL DAY SENIORS COMMUNITY PARADE.
SO THIS IS THE SOMETHING STARTED IN COVID BY OUR COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ADOPTED AND NOW IT'S BECOMING EVERY YEAR KIND OF A THING.
UM, THIS IS A COMMUNITY PARADING BY CAN COME UP THAT WANTS TO GO.
IT GOES THROUGH THE ASSISTED LIVING AND THE NURSING HOME AREAS THERE AT PLEASANT RUN.
UH, IT HAS BECOME SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, BEEN HIGHLY PRIZED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE AREAS.
AND ALSO IF YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO KIND OF GO AND SEE THEM AND ENGAGE WITH THEM, IT'S A, IT'S A GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR SENIORS AS WELL.
THEY SAID KIND OF MEET IN THE PARKING LOT AROUND THE MASSAGE ENVY PLACE, WHICH IS SORT OF THE, IS THE PLEASANT RUN SIDE KIND OF MIDWAY.
THERE'LL BE A LINE OF CARS IS FINALLY ON THE LINE AND HOP INTO IT AND THEN COME OUT AND SUPPORT THAT EVENT.
AND AGAIN, UM, THE PARADE'S AT 10 AND THEY PLAN ON STARTING SOME FORMING AROUND, UH, 9 45 AND ALSO BE IN LINE BY 9 45.
UH, MONDAY, MAY 30TH IS MEMORIAL DAY.
SO CITY FACILITIES, UH, WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE HOLIDAY ON TUESDAY, MAY 31ST.
SO THIS IS JUST THE NEXT TUESDAY.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF OUR, UH, SPECIAL WORKSHOPS.
UH, THIS ONE IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, WHERE WE WILL TO, UH, DISCUSS, UH, GUIDELINES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR FUTURE, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE HAVE THAT WORKSHOP RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE ISD TRAINING ROOM, UH, PLANNING.
AND, UH, OUR FOLKS HERE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO PREP FOR THAT ALL IMPORTANT MEETING.
AND THEN I THINK AS A RESULT OF THAT AND THE FEEDBACK FROM IT, WE MAY DECIDE TO TAKE ANOTHER CRACK AT, UH, AT A TOUR OF VARIOUS FACILITIES.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ON A TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND, THURSDAY, JUNE THE SECOND, UH, NEXT WEEK IS THE NEXT MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST THAT IS AT SEVEN 30 AT THE ALLEGHENY SIMS RECREATION CENTER.
WE'RE, UH, DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COME, UH, PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING GETTING BACK INTO THAT PROCESS AND THAT ROUTINE NOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IN PERSON AGAIN, UH, ON THAT SAME NIGHT ON JUNE 2ND, AT FIVE 30, THE NEXT, UH, LONGHORN FUTURES COMMITTEE, UH, WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, WILL BE, UH, HELD AT PLUMMER ELEMENTARY AT FIVE 30 PLUMBERS.
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT, UH, 1203 SOUTH CLARK ROAD IS I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST
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ONE.SO IF YOU'VE BEEN INTERESTED OR FOLLOWING THAT ONE, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE TO GO TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE THERE.
UH, FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD IS THE ACTUAL FIRST CONCERT IN THE PARK FOR THE, UH, ANNUAL CONCERT IN THE PARK SERIES.
IT WILL BE AT THE AMPHITHEATER AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK.
IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME, EIGHT O'CLOCK.
IT STARTS TO GET A LITTLE BIT COOLER.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL ON THE, ON THE LAWN WITH YOUR LAWN CHAIRS AND BLANKETS AND WHATEVER.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE PEOPLE THAN THERE WERE FRIDAY WHEN I WAS THERE, BUT IT'S ALSO A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, UH, FRIDAY.
WELL, IT IS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
SO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THE MAYOR'S BIRTHDAY AS WELL.
HOW COULD I POSSIBLY FORGET? ALL RIGHT ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH.
SO THIS IS JUST THE VERY NEXT DAY, GOING BACK TO OUR SUMMER SCHEDULE, UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL KIN KID FISH TOURNAMENT AT THE VALLEY RIDGE PARK POND.
THIS ONE IS ALWAYS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
IT IS, UH, UH, PEOPLE ANTICIPATED YEAR LONG, UH, ADULTS, AS WELL AS CHILDREN I MIGHT ADD ARE VERY INTERESTED IN GOING OUT THERE.
UH, OUR FRIENDS AT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE ALWAYS COME OUT AND STOCK IT WITH A FRESH ROUND CATFISH.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THE ANGLERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DEFINITELY OUR KIDS COME OUT AND ENJOY THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THOSE FISHERS THAT DON'T GET CAUGHT ARE AVAILABLE TO BE CAUGHT ALL THE REST OF THE YEAR.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT VERY SAME DAY SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH, ANOTHER BIG SUMMER EVENT FOR US IS THE SUMMER READING KICKOFF AT THE SYLLABI WILEY LIBRARY.
THAT ONE, IT BEGINS AT 6:00 PM AND WE'LL RUN FROM 8:00 PM AND IS ACT THE LIBRARY ITSELF AT 2 25 CEDARS.
SO YOU CAN START YOUR MORNING.
IT'S FISH, A FISHING TOURNAMENT AT THE VALLEY RIDGE PARK, AND YOU CAN END IT AT THE LIBRARY, UH, GETTING YOUR BOOKS FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM ON A TUESDAY, JUNE THE SEVENTH, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RESUMING ANOTHER IMPORTANT, UH, ANNUAL EVENT FOR US IN OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUTH.
AND THAT IS THE CDO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT.
THIS ONE WILL BE HELD AT THE COLLEGIATE PREP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE ONE OFF OF JOEL WILSON ROAD AND PICCART, UH, AND IS BEING DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR WONDERFUL PAC GROUP AND, UH, OUR PARTNERS AT THE STAGE ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO SUPPORT THIS EVENT.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE POST-SALE FOR THAT.
AND, UH, THERE ARE THREE DAYS OF THAT PROGRAM MOVING ON AGAIN.
UH, SAME WEEK THURSDAY, THE JUNE 9TH IS THE BIG MACHINE EXPO.
SO THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THE BIG EQUIPMENT THAT HELPS MAKE THE CITY WORK IS, UH, PULLED OUT.
AND, UM, OUR, UH, KIDDOS GETS TO COME OUT AND CHECK IT OUT AND, YOU KNOW, GET ON THEM AND TALK TO THE STAFF ABOUT HOW TO RUN THEM.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOME RECRUITMENT FOR OUR FUTURE LABOR FORCE.
SO WE HOPE TO CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION FEW OF THESE KIDS AND HAVE THEM COMING IN, SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE.
IT WILL BE AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK.
WE'RE WORKING VALLEY RIDGE PARK OVER ON THE FIRST PART OF THE SUMMER, THURSDAY, JUNE 9TH THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 11TH IS MISSION CEDAR HILL BIG WEEK.
SO THIS IS A MISSION CEDAR HILLS SORT OF BIG ANNUAL EVENT WHERE THEY WILL BE DOING, UM, MULTIPLE PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS, UH, HELPING ELDERLY, DISABLED FOLKS, CLEANING THE CITY IN, UH, DOING CLEANUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, AND THEY ATTRACT AND UTILIZE, UH, THE VOLUNTEERISM OF A LOT OF CEDAR HILL YOUTH.
SO IT'S A BIG WEEK OF VOLUNTEERING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THEY ARE ALWAYS HAPPY FOR FOLKS TO COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER, WHETHER IT'S FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS A DAY OR ALL THE ENTIRE TIME FROM THURSDAY TO SATURDAY.
UH, THERE'S TYPICALLY A CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY I ON SATURDAY AT VIRGINIA WEAVER, I'M PRESUMING WE'LL PROBABLY DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT AS WELL.
WE'LL GET MORE DETAILS FOR YOU.
SAME FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH IS THE NEXT MUSIC IN THE PARK AND A CONCERT.
AND THEN MONDAY, JUNE THE 13TH, UM, IS OUR NEXT SCHEDULED QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE MAYOR'S MET WITH THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, AND WE'RE ALREADY WORKING UP, UH, THE, UH, THE AGENDA FOR THAT MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH IS YOUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HAVING TWO MEETINGS THAT NIGHT BECAUSE YOU WILL ALSO BE ACTING IN YOUR CAPACITY AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CEDAR HILL CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT ADOPTING THEIR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.
SO YOU'LL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BUDGET PROPOSAL AND THEN, UH, UM, MAKE TAKING ACTION ON THAT BUDGET.
SO THAT'LL BE THE FIRST BUDGET THAT YOU ADOPT IN, UH,
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IN THE SEASON, UH, AS FAR AS OPERATING BUDGETS GO, YES.IS THERE A CERTAIN TIMELINE WHY WE DO IT SO EARLY IN JUNE? YEAH.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIFIC ROLES ABOUT WHEN THOSE BUDGETS HAVE TO BE ADOPTED, UH, IN THE OLDEN DAYS, THE RULES ALLOWED US TO SORT OF FIT THEM INTO OUR REGULAR BUDGET PROCESS, BUT NOW THEY DON'T.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO CARVE IT OUT AND KIND OF DO IT SEPARATELY.
SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH US CHANGING FROM A FIVE-YEAR CCPD TO A 15 YEAR CCPD, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE RULES THAT WERE CHANGED FROM THE TIMELINES BASED ON THE CALENDAR AFTER SB TWO.
SO THERE'S WAS KIND OF BOTH THINGS GOING ON.
WE WILL MOST DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, MOVING ON, UH, FRIDAY, JUNE THE 17TH IS A CONCERT AND PARK, SO IT'S EVERY FRIDAY IN JUNE, UH, SATURDAY, JUNE 18TH IS THE, UH, ANNUAL BEST SOUTHWEST JUNETEENTH BEST SOUTHWEST CELEBRATION.
IT'S BEING HOSTED BY OUR PARTNERS IN LANCASTER THIS YEAR.
UH, CITY SECRETARY, I ACTUALLY, JENNIFER HAS ASKED ME TO ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RSVP YOUR INTENDED ATTENDANCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN CONVEY THAT INFORMATION OVER TO LANCASTER SO THEY CAN BE PREPARED, UH, FOR YOU TO COME.
WE HAVE, UH, LET'S SEE, MAYOR MASON AND MAYOR PRO TEM SIMS RSVP SO FAR.
SO THE REST, IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL, UM, MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS.
UH, THEN ONE LAST CONCERT IN THE PARK ON FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH, AND THEN SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH IS OUR NEXT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WALK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS GOING TO BE KINGSWOOD, UH, IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON.
SO DAN AND I HAVE TO DO EXTRA YARD WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE LOOK GOOD WHEN, UH, WHEN THE FOLKS COME, COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE CALENDAR? ALRIGHT.
THE, I GUESS CANCELED MEETING OR THE, THE ALL DAY TOUR SEWER, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THE LAST TIME WAS GOING TO BE, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR JUNE 11TH.
SO YEAH, WE'VE TAKEN IT OFF THE CALENDAR.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE WORKSHOP FIRST, SORT OF SEE WHERE WE STAND, SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST AND THEN SORT OF RESET A DATE.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER DATE SET FOR IT AT THIS TIME AND SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION.
WE WERE HURTING A FEW CATS TO TRY TO GET A GOOD DAY AND, YOU KNOW, THE LOCATIONS AND SO FORTH.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE, UH, ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, WE HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND THAT'S A BRIEFING ON, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SENIOR AND DISABLED TRANSPORTATION PILOT PROGRAM.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE COUNCIL FUNDED AND IT WAS ALSO A HIGH PRIORITY, UH, IN THE COUNCIL SENIOR LIVABILITY STUDY, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PRODUCTS THAT THIS COUNCIL PRIORITIZED, UH, THREE YEARS AGO.
AND SO YOU'LL HAVE A REVIEW OF THE STUDY WHERE WE ARE IN THE FOLKS WILL START TRANSMITTER HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE FROM HERE FORWARD, UH, TO HAVE ON THE MAN TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR SENIORS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVIDING.
AND AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY OF THE SENIORS THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
SECOND ITEM IS A QUICK PRESENTATION FROM LASHONDRA, UH, RELATED TO A ZONING CHANGE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, UH, RELATING TO SOMETHING CALLED PERMANENT COSMETICS.
NOW, COUNCIL, A WOMAN DANIELS ISN'T HERE.
SO Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE LIKE ME.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT SOME COSMETICS THESE DAYS ARE ACTUALLY DONE WITH A PERMANENT INK, WHICH THEN CAUSES SOME PROBLEMS DISTINGUISHING THAT AND TATTOO PARLORS.
AND SO THIS CODE ADJUSTMENT IS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE GOOD BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MAKE A MISSTEP AND, UH, HAVE A BUNCH OF TATTOO PARLORS HANGING AROUND TOO.
SO WE WILL PRESENT THOSE ITEMS TO YOU AS WELL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF, UH, IMPORTANT ITEMS, BUT ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT IS THE APPROXIMATION DESIGNATE JUNE 12TH AS WOMEN VETERANS DAY HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND SITE PLAN AND PD FOR A DEVELOPMENT CALLED BROADMORE VILLAGE, WHICH ARE THE TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HUFFINES DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND HAS THEIR FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A BANQUET FACILITY, UM, AT, UH, A SPACE IN THE RANCH DEVELOPMENT OFF OF THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY 67, UH,
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SOUTH OF WINTERGREEN ROAD.THAT ITEM HAS ALSO GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION'S REVIEW AND HAS THEIR FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION.
AND THE FINAL ITEM IS CONSIDER CONDITION USE PERMIT FOR ITSELF, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITH ONSITE CONJUNCTION IN FOR ONSITE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT WITH INDOOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT.
YOU HAVE THE STAFF REPORT ON THAT THAT ALSO HAS GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR THEM AS WELL.
UH, ITEM B, IS THAT PRONOUNCED BLOCK? CUE LOCK KEY.
IS THAT THE NAME OF THE, OH, THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT? I BELIEVE IT'S BLOCK SIX IS BLACK Q SIX TO HELP ANNOUNCE IT.
WE WILL FIND OUT THEIR FORMAL NAME, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND REGULAR MEETINGS.
UH, UNDER ELECTION MATTERS TONIGHT.
YOU JUST HAVE ONE IT'S TO CONSIDER ELECTING THE MAYOR PRO TEM A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDER, UH, THE MINUTES OF MAY 10TH, UH, THE FORMAL REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
UH, ALSO A FINAL PLAT RELATED TO, UH, CEDAR'S 67 LOGISTICS PARK.
THAT'S PREVIOUS TO, UH, ZONING AND, UH, SITE PLAN, UH, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
IMD IS A FINAL PLAT, UH, RELATED TO, UM, THE SNACK CLEAN CARWASH ADDITIONS IS ACTUALLY FOR A NEW, UH, COFFEE ESTABLISHMENT THAT WILL BE WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, ITEM IS A FINAL PLAT, UH, RELATED TO ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, YOUR, THE, UM, ELLEN'S, UH, FAIRWAYS PROPERTIES.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS A FINAL PLAT RELATED TO, UM, A SMALL SINGLE FAMILY ADDITION ON COMMENTARY DRIVE OFF OF MALDI.
SO WE'LL BE IN A STATE LOT THAT'S BEING CREATED ON THAT FINAL PLAT.
UH, OTHER ITEMS INCLUDE A RESOLUTION OF, UH, APPROVING A PROJECT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT DALLAS COUNTY FOR RIGHT AWAY COST PARTICIPATION FOR THE HIGHWAY 67 LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY INTERCHANGE PROJECT.
AND IT'S ROUGHLY $600,000 OR SO TO PAY HALF OF OUR LOCAL RIGHT-AWAY EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT.
WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY AND FOR TOM JOHNSON AND OUR PILOT WORKS CREW FOR, UH, WORKING TO HELP LEVERAGE OUR LOCAL DOLLARS IN THAT WAY.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION, UM, DENYING ENCORES, LATEST DISTRIBUTION COST RECOVERY FACTOR, WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE CALLED A RATE INCREASE REQUEST, UM, UH, FOR, UH, THEIR SERVICES.
SO THE, THE PROCESS JUST TO REMIND YOU IS WE ACTUALLY, UH, WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, ANOTHER A HUNDRED CITIES OR SO WE HIRE EXPERTS TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THOSE CASES.
AND, UH, WE ULTIMATELY KNOW THAT PLUS OUR INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO, UM, THE STATE BODY THAT REVIEWS THAT.
SO YOUR DENIAL ALLOWS ENCORE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING YOU TO DENY THAT FOR TONIGHT, UH, TWO ITEMS ON REGULAR AGENDA.
ONE IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GARFIELD, PUBLIC PRIVATE FOR PRE-DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH CONVENTION CENTER AND HOTEL PROJECT.
THIS IS OUR FIRST MAJOR STEP IN GETTING THAT PROJECT BACK, UH, BACKED ON BUSINESS AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO GARFIELD BE ON BOARD AND HELP US, UH, ESTABLISH THAT PATH.
AND THE SECOND ITEM IS ALSO A REALLY BIG ONE.
IT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE, UH, TWO CONTRACTS.
ONE IS, UH, S UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT, AND OTHER ONE RELATES TO GENERAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE TO BUILD A PROJECT.
THERE IS ALSO AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN A PROCUREMENT LETTER, WHICH ALLOWS BALFOUR BEATTY TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE LONG LEAD ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SECURE BOTH FOR COST CONTAINMENT, AND ALSO TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT THEM READILY AVAILABLE.
AND WHEN WE DO THE PROJECT, SO THAT DOES HAVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT, ONE RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEXT FROM RELATED TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REVIEW ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA, ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT? UM, ONE QUESTION I HAVE OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC HEARING, UM, IS, UH, BROADMORE GOING TO BE THE OFFICIAL NAME OR IS IT JUST A PLACE HOLDER? DO WE KNOW? DO WE KNOW? OKAY.
THANK YOU MUCH MIXED SITE I'M ON THE AGENDA
[3. Briefing on Senior & Disabled Transportation Program.]
IS BRIEFING ON SENIOR AND DISABLED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR SISTER CITY MANAGER SUBMARINE AND THAT EVENING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
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I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND A PROPOSED PLAN FOR A TRANSPORTATION PILOT PROGRAM TARGETED TOWARDS SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.UM, WE'LL START AS WE DO WITH EVERY PRESENTATION WITH YOUR VISION FOR CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY, THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING IS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE SO THAT OUR SENIORS ARE, UM, ABLE TO FLOURISH AND THRIVE IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND THEN YOUR EIGHT PREMIERE STATEMENT, WHICH ARE REALLY THE PILLARS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
AND BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE PROPOSED PLAN, WE WANTED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND, UM, JUST REACQUAINT OURSELVES WITH THE INFORMATION AND HOW WE GOT HERE, WHICH IS AS MR. PORTER MENTIONED IN 2019, THE COUNCIL MADE, UM, SENIOR LIVABILITY, A TOP PRIORITY, AND ONE OF OUR BIG ROCKS, UH, AND IN 2020, WE DID A SENIOR LIVABILITY STUDY.
THE MAYOR APPOINTED A CITIZEN FOCUS GROUP, UH, AND WE ENGAGED SOME CONSULTANTS TO HELP US LOOK AT SENIOR LIVABILITY ACROSS A VARIETY OF FACTORS, UM, AND THAT FOCUS GROUP STEWARDED THAT PROCESS, AND THEY PRESENTED, UM, A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.
UH, AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT.
SO FOUR OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE EITHER COMPLETED OR, UM, ARE ONGOING, AND THE FIRST OF THOSE WAS, UM, THEY REALLY WANTED MORE PROGRAMMING CENTERED AROUND HEALTH WELLNESS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION.
UM, AND IF YOU'LL RECALL, THEY MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION, UH, WHEN EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN AND COVID, AND SO WE'VE BEEN BACK OPEN FOR, I THINK ABOUT A YEAR NOW, UH, AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE SENIOR LIVING PARADE ON THURSDAY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE LAUNCHED A FREE DAILY MEAL PROGRAM OUT OF THE SENIOR CENTER WHERE WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 40 FOLKS THAT WE PROVIDE A FREE LUNCH, SOMETIMES A BREAKFAST OR DINNER TO, UM, AND THEN WE'VE LAUNCHED A NUMBER OF OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE A SENIOR WALKING CLUB, UH, HEALTH AND NUTRITION CLASSES AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SENIOR SOURCE.
UM, AND SOME SOCIAL PROGRAMS LIKE YOU'LL RECALL THE ROMEO PROGRAM, UM, COFFEE WITH THE SENIOR SENATE.
AND SO ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED, UH, EXPANDED PROGRAMMING GOING FORWARD.
UH, THEIR SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS TO CREATE A ONE-STOP RESOURCE HUB.
UM, THERE ARE A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS.
AND IN THE, UM, BEFORE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED, YOU HAD TO GO TO, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO FIND THEIR SERVICES OR THE LIBRARY TO FIND THEIRS.
AND SO, UM, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT LED THE CREATION OF A NEW WEBSITE, CEDAR LTX.COM/ 55, UM, WITH A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR SENIORS, IT COMPILES ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, IT WAS WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT YOUR SENIOR DISCOUNTS FOR TRASH WATER AND SEWER, UM, AND A, A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.
WE ALSO SENT A PRINTED MAILER TO ALL OF OUR SENIORS, UH, AND THEY HAVE CREATED A MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER.
UM, ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY MADE WAS TO PARTNER MORE CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE AN AWESOME COMMUNITY OF NONPROFITS IN CEDAR HILL THAT IS JUST READY AND WAITING TO STEP INTO, UM, ANY NEEDS THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A 55 PLUS LIAISON CLARA MCGUINNESS WHO MAKES PHONE CALLS TO SENIORS AND, UM, IS ABLE TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY ANY UNMET NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND SO SHE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND NONPROFITS ON A REFERRAL BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS, WHEN WE IDENTIFY A NEED ARE MEETING THOSE NEEDS.
AND THEN WE ALSO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS ON THE PROGRAMMING SIDE.
SO THOSE HEALTH AND NUTRITION CLASSES THROUGH THE DALLAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING, AND THEN ALSO THE SENIOR SOURCE.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, THE CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDED TO US THAT WE EXPAND THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT SENIORS, UM, OUTSIDE OF JUST, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER, BUT INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, OLDER ADULTS THAT ATTEND OUR PROGRAMS, OR USE OUR SERVICES AT THE LIBRARY AT THE RECREATION CENTER HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
UM, AND SO IN 2020 WE TRANSITIONED, UH, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS OUR SENIORS PROGRAM TO 55 PLUS.
UM, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE WELCOMING TO EVERYONE, AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHO THEY'RE TARGETED TOWARD, TOWARDS OF COURSE WITH THE HEART OF THOSE PROGRAMS BEING, UM, AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE IMPORTANT AND VAST CONSTITUENCIES OF SENIORS ATTENDING OTHER PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE REC CENTER, ABOUT HALF OF OUR USERS AT THE REC CENTER ARE 55 OR OLDER, AND BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM AND NOON THAT 60%.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING ALL OF OUR SENIORS ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THOSE ARE THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO, UM, THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
NOW, ONE TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO THE MEAT OF HERE IN A BIT.
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RECOMMENDATION WAS TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR A FUTURE FACILITY.AND, UM, YOU'LL RECALL THAT IN 2021, WE REOPENED, UM, THE SENIOR CENTER AFTER MAKING ABOUT $300,000 OF INVESTMENTS IN THAT FACILITY.
UM, SO NEW PAINT, UM, AIR CONDITIONING IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WE'RE ALL REMINDED NOW ARE SO IMPORTANT, UM, TO BE COMFORTABLE, AN UPDATED KITCHEN, UPDATED BATHROOMS, AND THEN TRANSITIONING THE ENTRY WAY TO THAT FACILITY.
SO THERE'S MORE WELCOMING SPACE AND A PLACE TO HANG OUT.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT BUILDING IS REALLY LIMITED IN SIZE.
UM, IT'S LIMITED IN UTILITIES FOR THE TYPES OF PROGRAMMING THAT, UM, FOLKS HAVE SAID THAT THEY WANTED.
AND SO WE ALSO ENGAGE THE ARCHITECTS AND LOOKING AT WHAT, UM, IS THE CLIENT, UH, CONCEPT OF A FUTURE SENIOR CENTER, AND WHAT'S THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT COST.
AND SO IN 2020, WE ALSO PRESENTED THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT YOUR RETREAT.
UM, AND WE HAVE THE, AN IDEA OF THE SCALE OF THAT FACILITY AND THE MAGNITUDE OF COST, AND IT WOULD REQUIRE A BOND ELECTION TO IMPLEMENT.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD DIRECT A FUTURE BOND COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION AT A FUTURE ELECTION.
SO THAT'S THE WHOLE OF THE, UM, FOCUS GROUPS RECOMMENDATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION WAS ONE OF THEM.
SO, UM, ZERO IN ON THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, PROGRAM.
SO WHEN WE DID THE SENIOR LIVABILITY STUDY, WE DID A PHONE SURVEY, UH, OF SENIORS BASED ON IF THEY WERE A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR CENTER, OR IF WE, THEY CURRENTLY HAD A TRASH DISCOUNT AND WE HAD ABOUT 220 RESPONDENTS TO THAT SURVEY.
UM, AND 87% OF THOSE RESPONDENTS SAID THAT TRANSPORTATION WAS A TOP PRIORITY FOR OLDER ADULTS, AND THEY WANTED, UM, SERVICE TO INFORM THEIR MEDICAL AND PERSONAL CARE APPOINTMENTS TO SHOPPING DESTINATIONS AND TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND A LOT OF THE COMMENTS ON THAT SURVEY, UM, WERE TO THE TUNE OF ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING OPTIONS ARE GREAT, BUT THEY MEAN NOTHING TO ME.
IF I CAN'T GET THERE IS I'M STUCK AT HOME UNLESS I HAVE A RELATIVE WHO CAN TAKE ME TO AND FROM.
AND SO THE FOCUS GROUP REALLY CONSIDERED TRANSPORTATION AS SORT OF A BASELINE SERVICE THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL THESE OTHER AWESOME, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING.
AND THEN IN 2021, UM, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS DID A TRANSIT STUDY, UH, IN SOUTH DALLAS COUNTY.
AND THAT INCLUDED CEDAR HILL DUNCANVILLE, DESOTO LANCASTER, AND THE INLAND PORT.
AND, UM, THEY LOOKED AT POTENTIAL RIDERSHIP AND POTENTIAL TRIP GENERATORS IN THOSE AREAS.
AND FOR CEDAR HILL, WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED WAS A MICRO TRANSIT OR A DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICE, UM, SORT OF LIKE A RIDE SHARE, BUT WITHOUT FIXED BUS STOPS, BUT STILL AN OPTION THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT, UM, RESIDENTS WHO NEEDED IT TO THE KEY DESTINATIONS.
UH, AND SO THAT KIND OF BRINGS US TO TODAY, UM, THIS, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE COUNCIL HAD ALLOCATED MONEY TOWARDS A PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRANSPORTATION.
AND WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS FOR THAT SERVICE, WE KIND OF CONVALESCED AROUND FOUR GOALS.
THE FIRST ONE, UM, IS PRIMARY GOAL, WHICH IS TO CONNECT SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN CEDAR HILL TO LIFELINE SERVICES.
AND THOSE SERVICES THAT WE MENTIONED, UH, THE SECOND IS AROUND ACCESSIBILITY.
AND BY THAT WE MEAN BOTH, UH, ADA ACCESSIBILITY AND JUST THE EASE OF ACCESSING TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.
UM, I MENTIONED WE WANTED AN ON DEMAND SERVICE, NOT FIXED BUS ROUTES.
WE WANTED THE MOST FLEXIBILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE, TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, AS WE DO ALL THE TIME, WE WENT INTO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE FUNDING, AND WE FOUND A PARTNER WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO DO THAT.
SO TO GET TO THE PUNCHLINE, I WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROPOSAL AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR PARTNERS COME UP AND PROVIDE MORE DETAILS.
BUT, UM, BASED ON THOSE GOALS, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE OPTIONS, WE, UM, ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY PARTNER WITH STAR TRANSIT TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF A TWO-PRONGED SERVICE.
ONE IS THE SAME DAY ON DEMAND SERVICE, UH, PICK UP AND DROP OFF IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO A SEPARATE SERVICE WHERE YOU CAN ADVANCE SCHEDULE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO DESTINATIONS OUTSIDE OF CEDAR HILL AND, UM, AT A HIGH LEVEL.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE DEDICATED VEHICLES.
SERVICING RESIDENTS IN CEDAR HILL WOULD BE A 12 HOUR OPERATIONAL PERIOD ON A WEEKDAY.
SO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 6:00 AM TO 6:00 PM, AND THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE BE SCHEDULED THROUGH THEIR MOBILE APP OR A CALL CENTER, WHICH IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
AND THEN WHILE THE, UH, OPTION WOULD BE OPEN TO ANYONE WHO NEEDED THE TRANSPORTATION, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TARGETING HERE WHAT WE SEE AS A REAL NEED OF SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
SO THERE'D BE A REDUCED FARE FOR THOSE FOLKS.
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UM, AND THEN ALL THE VEHICLES THAT WOULD OPERATE WITH THE ADA ACCESSIBLE.UM, AND SO I MENTIONED THAT ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO LEVERAGE FUNDING, UH, THROUGH COG.
AND, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT FROM COG FOR FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS.
UM, ON AN 80 20 BASIS TO FUND THIS PROGRAM WOULD FUND THE PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS, 80 20.
AND THEN IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO CONTINUE, UM, IT, WE WOULD STILL GET A SUBSIDY FOR THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE 60%.
SO IT WOULD BE A 60, 40 SPLIT.
AND UNDER THAT ARRANGEMENT, UM, COG WOULD CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH STAR TRANSIT FOR THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT FOR US BECAUSE STAR TRANSIT WOULD TAKE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN OF THE GRANT, WHICH IS PRETTY HEAVY, UM, IN DEALING WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS.
AND THEN THE CITY WOULD HAVE AN ANNUAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH STAR THAT WOULD OUTLINE KIND OF OUR SERVICE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS AND OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SERVICE AND FOR F Y 23, THAT WOULD BE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $60,000 PER YEAR, BUT A TOTAL VALUE TO RESIDENTS IN CEDAR HILL AT $300,000 PER YEAR AS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
BUT I WILL ASK THEM, KIM BRITTON WAS STAR TRANSIT.
SHE'S THEIR EXECUTIVE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
UM, SHE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT STAR TRANSIT AND THEIR SPECIFIC SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I HAVE TO SAY, BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS.
LIKE SHE SAID, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON STAR TRANSIT IN GENERAL, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE PLAN ON IMPLEMENTING HERE.
WE ARE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, WE PROVIDE ABOUT 135,000 TRIPS PER YEAR PRIOR TO COVID.
WE ARE SEEING OUR NUMBERS GO BACK UP GRADUALLY.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE SERVICES THAT I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY WERE TWO OF THE SERVICES THAT CONTINUED TO HAVE GROWTH EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, SO, UH, THE SERVICES THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING HERE, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, UH, EXCELLENT.
WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FOR OVER 40 YEARS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WE ARE BASED IN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND WE'RE CONSIDERED A RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT.
WE ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST TRANSIT AGENCY IN THIS AREA THAT OPERATES WITHOUT A DEDICATED SALES TAX.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF AWARDS THAT WE'VE WON OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF AND JUST FEEL FREE TO STOP ALONG THE WAY AND ASK QUESTIONS TOO.
UM, UH, ALSO WITH US AS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TOMMY HENDRICKS.
AND SO HE'LL, HE'LL REMIND ME OF THINGS I MAY FORGET, AND THEN ALSO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO OUR SERVICE AREA IS ALL OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, ROCKWELL COUNTY BOX SPRINGS.
SEAGOVILLE MESQUITE, HITCHINS IN DESOTO.
WE ALL, WHAT BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE PROVIDE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THOSE AREAS.
WE DO LEAVE THOSE AREAS FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.
SO WE DO COME INTO DALLAS TO TAKE PEOPLE INTO THE VA, BAYLOR, SOME OF THE MAJOR MEDICAL CENTERS, PLUS SOME ADDITIONAL ONES.
WE ALSO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION ELLISON, NAVARRO COUNTY, BUT THEY HAVE A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER THERE.
WE PROVIDE, UM, TITLE THREE B TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN ALSO SOME, UH, MEDIC, UH, MEDICAID.
WE'RE A, WE'RE A PROVIDER FOR MEDICAID AS WELL.
OUR VEHICLES, UM, UH, LIKE ALISON SAID, ALL OF OUR VEHICLES ARE ADA COMPLIANT.
SO IF SOMEONE FAILS TO TELL US THAT THEY UTILIZE A MOBILITY DEVICE, THAT'S OKAY.
BECAUSE ANY OF THE BUSES THAT ARE, UM, DISPATCHED TO THEIR HOMES OR THE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'RE GETTING PICKED UP OR HAVE, UM, LIFTS ON THEM.
AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MOST MOBILITY DEVICES, DEMAND RESPONSE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT ALISON MENTIONED.
UM, THIS IS OUR PRE-BOOKED SERVICE.
THEY CALL OUR EIGHT SEVENTY SEVEN NUMBER.
WE HAVE AGENTS AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FOUR.
UH, WE, UM, OPERATE THOSE THAT SERVICE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SIX TO SIX.
HOWEVER, IN MESQUITE, WE DO OPERATE UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK AND THAT'S A CHOICE OF MESQUITE.
UM, WITH OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM, WE DO HAVE EXTENDED HOURS IN THAT AREA.
AND SO WHAT CAN YOU USE IT FOR YOU? CAN ANYONE LIVING, WORKING, UM, INSIDE OUR SERVICE AREA, WHICH IS ALL OF THE SERVICE AREA CAN UTILIZE THIS SERVICE.
YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA.
UM, WHAT, LIKE I SAID, WE DO GO OUTSIDE FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.
UM, FAIRS ARE BASED ON DISTANCE.
AND SO FAIRS RANGE LESS, SAME FAIRS RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND $12.
WE DO HAVE THAT DISCOUNTED CATEGORY, WHICH IS 60 PLUS VETERANS AND DISABLED.
UM, THE MOST, ANYONE WOULD PAY WOULD BE $12 EACH WAY, BUT THAT'S FOR A TRIP THAT'S TWENTY-FIVE MILES PLUS.
AND SO IF THEY'RE IN, IN, UM, CEDAR HILL, IT WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T BE THAT MUCH.
UM, THIS PAST, I GUESS, ALMOST A YEAR AGO, NOW OUR BOARD DID PASS, UM, A POLICY THAT STATES THAT CHILDREN UNDER 12 DO RIDE FREE.
WE DID SEE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND UPTICK OF FAMILIES
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THAT WERE UTILIZING OUR SERVICES AND IT WAS BECOMING COST PROHIBITED BECAUSE THEY HAD MORE THAN ONE CHILD.AND SO THEY DID CHANGE THAT TO WHERE CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER RIDE FREE.
YOU DO HAVE TO BE 13 TO RIDE BY YOURSELF ON OUR VEHICLES.
AND THIS IS JUST A RE-ITERATE WHERE WE, WHERE YOU CAN GO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, VISIT FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
UM, THERE'S REALLY NOT A LIMITATION ON WHAT YOU CAN UTILIZE THE BUSES OR THE VEHICLES FOR.
AND THEN ALSO YOU CAN GO, WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE NEAREST TRANSIT STATION, WHICH WE DID LOOK WOULD BE UNT DALLAS STATION.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE DO GO OUTSIDE THE SERVICE AREA FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.
THIS IS JUST MORE DETAIL ON OUR, ON OUR FARES.
SO YOU SEE THAT DISCOUNTED CATEGORY DO PAY HALF.
SO THE MOST SOMEONE 60 PLUS VETERAN OR DISABLED WOULD PAY WOULD BE $6 ROUND TRIP.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I REALLY AM PROUD OF BECAUSE IT IS UNIQUE TO STAR TRANSIT.
IT DOESN'T COST THE RIDER, ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.
IT DOESN'T COST OUR PAYING PARTNERS, ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, BUT IT STAFF MEMBERS THAT TRAVEL WITH THOSE THAT MIGHT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP, UM, SOMEONE THAT'S VISUALLY IMPAIRED THAT NEEDS SOME HELP GETTING TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AND HELP FILLING OUT PAPERWORK.
THIS IS WHAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN GO AND DO.
THEY DON'T GO INSIDE THE MEDICAL APPOINTMENT WITH THE, THE WRITERS, BUT THEY ARE THERE TO HELP OPEN DOORS.
UM, OUR SERVICE IS CURB TO CURB.
HOWEVER, IF THEY UTILIZE A CLIENT ADVOCATE THAT DOES PROVIDE DOOR TO DOOR, SO THEY CAN GO TO THE DOOR AND HELP GET THEM TO THE VEHICLES AS WELL.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING ADDITIONAL FOR THEM TO UTILIZE THIS SERVICE.
WE ALSO USE OUR CLIENT ADVOCATES TO PROVIDE TRAVEL TRAINING, AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS.
IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO UTILIZE OUR SERVICES AND THEY'RE SCARED TO USE IT, CAUSE THEY'RE NOT SURE MAYBE HOW TO USE THE FAREBOX, HOW TO GET ON AND OFF THE VEHICLE.
WE'LL PROVIDE ONE OF OUR CLIENT ADVOCATES TO TRAVEL WITH THEM FOR UP TO THREE TRIPS, JUST TO GET THEM ACCLIMATED, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT SERVICE.
WE ALSO USE OUR TRAVEL TRAINING SERVICES.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE WE OPERATE, WHERE WE GO AND THEY'RE TRANSITIONING KIDS OUT OF SOME OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMS. WE GO IN, WE BRING A VEHICLE, WE GET THEM ON THE VEHICLE, SHOW THEM HOW TO PAY THE FARE.
SO THEN WHEN THEY DO GRADUATE AND GET JOBS AND THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH UTILIZING THE SERVICE TAIL, WE OPERATE THREE BUS ROUTES, WHICH WERE THE FIXED ROUTES THAT ALISON MENTIONED ONE IN BULKS SPRINGS, MESQUITE, AND HUTCHINS.
UM, THE BOX SPRINGS ROUTE, UM, CONNECTS TO THE BUCKNER STATION, THE COMPASS ROUTE, UM, CONNECTS TO THE LAWN VIEW STATION.
AND THEN THE HUTCHINS ROUTE DOES CONNECT TO THE UNT DALLAS STATION.
SO SOMEONE THAT MAYBE, UM, I MEAN NOW SINCE HUTCHINS IS IN OUR SERVICE AREA, WE COULD TAKE SOMEBODY OVER TO WORK, BUT THEY COULD, WE COULD TAKE THEM TO UNT AND THEN THEY CAN GET ON ONE OF OUR ROUTES AND GO FROM THERE, OR THEY CAN GET INTO THE DART SYSTEM AS WELL.
UM, THIS FAIR ON THESE IS, UM, $1 EACH WAY, OR IT'S FREE FOR THAT DISCOUNTED CATEGORY, SAME DAY SERVICE, WHICH IS THE STAR NAIL SERVICE.
AND I DID PUT PAMPHLETS OR BROCHURES ON YOUR, ON YOUR CHAIR'S TALE.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, CURB TO CURB.
HOWEVER, IT IS CAN BE BOOKED SAME DAY.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PRE-BOOKED.
SO IF SOMEONE WAKES UP THAT MORNING AND THEY LOOK OUT AND THEY HAVE A FLAT TIRE, THEN THEY COULD USE THIS SERVICE TO GET TO WORK.
AND SO THEY CAN BOOK IT VIA THE APP, WHICH IS THE STARTUP APP, OR THEY CAN CONTACT OUR CALL CENTER.
AND ACTUALLY I'M WITH THE SERVICE OPERATING FROM SIX TO SIX, OUR, UM, WE DO HAVE CALL STAFF AVAILABLE THAT THEY COULD START BOOKING SAME-DAY TRIPS AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING.
SO THEN THAT WAY THEY, IF THEY WOKE UP AND THEY NEEDED TO GET A TRIP THAT THEY COULD, UM, THIS FARE STRUCTURE ON THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A SECOND, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A ZONE IN THE ZONE FOR CEDAR HILL WOULD BE THE CITY LIMITS.
AND SO THIS SERVICE IS, IS FOR THE, UM, FOR THE CITY LIMIT.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD, UM, TAKE IT TO GO TO WORK OUTSIDE OF, OR GO TO THE DOCTOR OUTSIDE OF, UM, UH, CEDAR HILL.
HOWEVER, I'LL CAVEAT THAT WITH, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSE BY, THAT IS WITH JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, WE CAN MAKE THAT A ZONE.
AND SO THEN THEY COULD UTILIZE THE APP TO GO THERE.
ANOTHER, UM, EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE UNT DALLAS STATION.
WE WOULD MAKE THAT A ZONE, A PART OF THE ZONE.
SO THEN THEY COULD UTILIZE THE SAME DAY APP TO GO TO THE UNT DART STATION AS WELL.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL TALK TO CAUSE WE HAVE TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS WHEN WE LAUNCH IN NEW CITIES.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD ASK THE CITIZENS OF WHERE ARE PLACES THAT MAYBE ARE JUST OUTSIDE OF CEDAR HILL THAT THEY MAY WANT TO GO.
AND IF WE GET ENOUGH REQUESTS, THEN WE COULD ADD THAT WE DID THAT IN DESOTO.
WE MET WITH THE SENIORS AND THERE WAS A I M UM, MOVIE THEATER JUST OUTSIDE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
SO WE MADE IT PART OF THE ZONE BECAUSE THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN UTILIZE THE APP TO GO.
UM, IT IS A SHARED WIDE, UM, SHARED RIDE.
SO SOMEONE THAT GETS ON THE VEHICLE MAY AND HAVE SOMEONE ELSE ON THE VEHICLE WITH THEM.
IT'S NOT A ONE-ON-ONE ONE OFF.
UM, WE EQUATE THIS AS THIS IS PUBLIC TRANSIT, TRANSPORTATION SURGEON OF UBER OR LYFT.
AND SO IF YOU'VE EVER UTILIZED THOSE MA THOSE, UM, UH, APPS, IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.
UM, WE OPERATE WITH A SMALLER VEHICLE AND IT IS A STAR TRANSIT DRIVER.
AND THEN AGAIN, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE
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13 AND ABOVE TO RIDE BY YOURSELF.AND JUST SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF USING THE APP, IT GIVES THEM CONTROL AND BOOKING AND BOOKING, EITHER CANCELING OR BOOKING THEIR TRIPS.
THEY GET NOTIFICATIONS, PUSH NOTIFICATIONS, OR PHONE CALLS.
IF THEY BOOK STAR NOW CALLING OUR CALL CENTER, THEN THEY WOULD GET CALLED NOTIFICATIONS.
IF THEY BOOK IT VIA THE APP, THEN THEY WOULD GET APP NOTIFICATIONS.
UM, YOU CAN FOLLOW WHERE YOUR BUS IS, SO YOU CAN LOOK ON THERE AND SEE WHERE YOUR VEHICLE IS IN RELATION TO WHERE YOU ARE.
YOU CAN ADD A PAYMENT SYSTEM, SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING CASH TO USE IT.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO REVIEW PAST TRIPS, MEANING TWO THINGS, ONE, YOU CAN REVIEW THE TRIP, MEANING YOU CAN SAY IF IT WAS GOOD OR BAD, UM, AND THEN TWO, YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT PREVIOUS TRIPS THAT YOU MAY HAVE TAKEN.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU'VE GONE RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE OUT OF 99% APPROVAL RATE ON OUR, ON OUR STAR ANNOUNCED SERVICE, WHICH WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF.
AND THEN JUST SOME REGIONAL CONNECTIONS.
SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE, WE ALSO PROVIDE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION.
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS AREA.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR COG THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, ACROSS THE BOARD HAS JUST START.
WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT PROVIDING REGIONAL CONNECTIONS.
AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND SPOTS AND SOME OF OUR SERVICES AND WHERE THEY, WHERE WE GO.
UM, WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH DART.
AND SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADD FROM AN A CONNECTION STANDPOINT THAT MAY NOT BE ON THIS LIST, AND WE JUST WOULDN'T GO TO THEM AND ASK, WE ALSO SPEAKING OF REGIONAL CONNECTIONS, WE ACTUALLY OPERATE A SERVICE FOR DART.
UM, THEY, UH, THIS IS THE INLAND PORT CONNECT.
AND THIS IS, YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP WHERE THIS FALLS, IT'S A DART SERVICE, MEANING IT'S THEIR GOLD LINK SERVICE.
SO THEY UTILIZE THE GO PASS APP.
UM, THEY, HOWEVER, THEY DO CALL US TO BOOK THESE TRIPS BECAUSE THEY CONTRACT WITH US TO OPERATE THIS SERVICE.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.
NOW IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME TYPE OF SERVICE, BUT IT DOES FOLLOW THE DARK FAIR, UM, STRUCTURE.
AND THEN IT DOES OPERATE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
IT OPERATES 5:00 AM TO 8:00 PM.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUSINESS MODEL AND JUST SO THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND KIND OF HOW WE OPERATE.
UM, WE, OUR BOARD APPROVES A COST PER HOUR EACH YEAR, THIS YEAR THAT OUR NEXT YEAR
UM, THAT'S THE FIRST INCREASE WE'VE HAD IN FOUR YEARS.
UM, AND SO, UH, JUST BASED OFF WHAT THE ECONOMY IS DOING, WE JUST WOULD'VE NEEDED TO HAVE THAT INCREASED A LITTLE BIT.
UM, OUR SUBSIDIES, UH, IS THE 60 40, HOWEVER, THE GRANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING WILL BE AN 80 20 SPLIT FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE EACH ONE OF OUR VEHICLES IS ABOUT $120,000.
HOWEVER, WE DO GET GRANTS TO FUND THOSE.
SO THAT'S NOT, UM, VEHICLES IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU GOT TO LET YOU GUYS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRIBUTING TO.
AND ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS ARE 12 MONTH AGREEMENTS.
AND SO EACH MONTH, EACH YEAR WE WOULD SEND OUT A COST OF SERVICE LETTER TO YOU GUYS.
SO YOU WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE OR ARE NOT.
AND THEN BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THAT SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY TRANSIT PLANNING STUDY, AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, WE WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT STUDY.
THEY ACTUALLY UTILIZE OUR COST PER SERVICE AND SOME OF THE COST OUTS THAT THEY DID.
AND SO WE WERE, UM, WE WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED.
WE WERE ON SOME OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEES.
AND SO, UM, JUST BASED OFF WHAT THEY FOUND AND JUST OUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND SOME OF OUR SERVICE AREAS, THIS IS WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED, WHICH IS 12 HOURS OF, UM, SAME DAY SERVICE.
AND THEN ALSO JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, AND THEN 12 HOURS OF THAT DEMAND RESPONSE, WHICH IS 24 TOTAL HOURS DAILY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU GUYS JOINING, UM, OUR SERVICE AREA, YOU DO BENEFIT FROM THAT REGIONAL CONNECTION.
AND WE WERE JUST TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS, THAT YOU MAY HAVE A VEHICLE COMING OUT OF DESOTO COMING INTO SIT HILL TO PICK UP SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY HAPPENED TO BE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE THEN THAT LEAVES THE CEDAR HILL VEHICLES TO PROVIDE MORE TRANSPORTATION IN THIS AREA.
AND SO THAT JUST IS A BENEFIT OF BEING PART OF OUR, OF OUR, UM, OUR SERVICE AREA.
AND THEN HERE, UM, THIS IS FROM THE PROPOSED SERVICE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW ALISON AND I TALKED ABOUT IS, UM, ONE ON ONE, UM, SPOT THAT WE NEED TO ADD AS I GUESS THERE'S THE PARK OR THE AUTO AUDUBON, I THINK.
UM, SO WE WOULD ADD THAT AS A LOCATION THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE APP TO GO, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE MAP THAT WE DREW OUT THAT SHOWS KIND OF WHAT THAT ZONE LOOKS LIKE.
THOSE LINES ARE ANTICIPATED, TRAVEL POINTS, THE GREEN IS PICKUP AND THE RED IS DROP-OFF.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE KIND OF COMING AND GOING, WHICH IT KINDA MATCHES UP WITH WHAT, UM, IS ON THE MAP.
AND THEN WE FEEL LIKE THAT WITH WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING, UM, THIS FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS IS THAT WE WOULD DO 43 BOARDINGS A DAY.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S BASED OFF 12, 12 HOURS OF SERVICE HERE.
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UM, AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE MEDIAN, WAIT TIME.OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO HAVE TO TRY TO HAVE A VEHICLE, UM, TO SOMEONE WITHIN 15 OR 20 MINUTES.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LIMITED ZONE BECAUSE IF WE, THAT ZONE GETS TOO BIG, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE, UM, THAT, THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN JUST THE DEMAND RESPONSE IS JUST TO REITERATE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE PRE-BOOKING, WHICH IS UP TO TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
AND THEN JUST SOME INFORMATION, WE DO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AND INSTAGRAM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FACEBOOK.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS VISIT THOSE LOCATIONS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS, UM, WE'LL DO A MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND UPON LAUNCH.
SO WE'VE, UM, AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNER AREAS WE'VE DONE BILLBOARDS, WE WOULD LOOK TO USE THAT SENIOR NEWSLETTER OR ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AVAILABLE.
WE WOULD UTILIZE TO HELP PROMOTE THAT WE'RE COMING INTO TOWN.
AND WE WOULD START THAT, UM, PRETTY EARLY, JUST SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE.
UM, WE GO TO EVENTS, WE WOULD GO VISIT THE SENIOR CENTERS.
SO WE WOULD DO A FULL MARKETING CAMPAIGN JUST SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S OF WHAT'S COMING.
AND THEN THIS CONTINUE THAT, THAT PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT, UM, THE CONTRACT.
UM, THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE TIMELINE AND NEXT STEP.
SO WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO GET THE CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AND YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS PROPOSED SERVICE DESIGN.
AND IF YOU DIRECT US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THEN WE WOULD, UM, SEND NOTICE TO COG THAT THIS IS THE SERVICE PLAN THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE.
UM, THEN THEY WOULD IN JULY SUBMIT THEIR TIP MODIFICATION, UH, FOR FUNDING.
SO THAT SORT OF LIKE THEIR CIP PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THEIR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING PARTNERS.
AND SO THAT WOULD GO TO THEM FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, UM, WHICH TAKES A LITTLE BIT EXTENDED TIMELINE FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
AND THEN IN JANUARY COG WOULD RECEIVE, UM, THAT FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING.
SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THEIR FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH STAR TRANSIT.
UM, AND THEN THAT AT THAT TIME YOU WOULD ALSO CONSIDER A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH STAR TRANSIT FOR OUR PORTION.
UM, THAT IS WHEN, UM, THEY WOULD BEGIN THEIR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND AWARENESS PROCESS, UH, WITH THE GOAL TOWARDS SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2023 TO BEGIN SERVICE.
AND THAT IS ALL OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UM, KIM AND TOMMY, YOU'RE ALSO HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, PRESENTING TODAY.
UH, DO WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND, UH, I BECAME WITH MAYOR PRO TEM SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, UH, I'M THRILLED TO SEE, UH, US HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH CITIZENS THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LOGISTICALLY IS IF YOU HAVE A FEW SUITS, SENIORS CALL AND THEY HAVE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AROUND THE SAME TIME, DO YOU HAVE, HOW DO YOU ACCOMPLISH THAT WITH MULTIPLE BUSES? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE ONE COULD HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AND OVER HERE, AND EIGHT, 10 OVER HERE, HOW DO YOU LOGISTICALLY ACCOMMODATE SENIORS THAT HAVE, UH, SERVICE APPOINTMENTS, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, AND THAT'S ONE PIECE OF IT.
AND THEN, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS, DOCTORS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO METHODIST.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I EVEN HAVE SOME, UH, DOCTORS THAT ARE THOSE PHYSICIANS OFFICE BUILDINGS.
SO YOU SAID YOU DON'T DO THEM OUTSIDE THE SEAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED? SO FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, WE WOULD LEAVE THE CITY LIMITS.
SO WE WOULD GO INTO DALLAS FOR THOSE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.
SO THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH, UM, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THEM.
UM, BUT WHAT WE COULD DO IS TAKE SOME NEGOTIATIONS.
SOMEBODY MAY HAVE TO GET TO ONE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IF THEY NEED TO.
UM, AND WE SEE THAT ALL THE TIME, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO KIND OF NEGOTIATE THEIR TIME, BUT THEN THAT'S WHERE ALSO THAT, THAT VEHICLE THAT I SPOKE ABOUT AND BEING A PART OF OUR GRANDER, UM, SERVICE AREA IS THAT WE HAVE VEHICLES THAT ARE IN THIS AREA.
THEY COME OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY AND THEY'LL GO, YOU MAY SEE A DIFFERENT BUS IN CEDAR HILL BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, THROUGH THE SCHEDULING TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM ON THOSE VEHICLES.
SO YEAH, YOU'LL HAVE TO, BUT YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO MORE BASED ON WHAT'S IN THAT AREA.
IT'S CONCEIVABLE THAT IT HAS TO BE MULTIPLE BUSES TO ACCOMMODATE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD ALSO MENTION, CAUSE THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION IS, UM, WE'RE PRETTY, THIS IS A STARTING POINT IN A PILOT PROGRAM.
SO, UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COLLECT DATA ON THE REQUEST IN THE DEMAND IN CERTAIN TIMES.
SO IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE NUMBER OF BUSES OR THE TIMEFRAME THAT THOSE ARE IN SERVICE, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DATA AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT.
ALSO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I'M GLAD TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE WE DO PROVIDE
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MONTHLY REPORTS TO YOU GUYS.AND SO THEN YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF DENIALS THAT WE MAY HAVE, UM, MONTHLY AND THEN START KIND OF DETERMINE, UM, DESOTO DID THAT.
WE STARTED OUT WITH TWO VEHICLES AND THEY KICKED IT UP IN, I THINK SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
WE WERE ALREADY ALREADY HAVING TO BUMP IT UP BECAUSE WE TRY TO KEEP A DENIAL RATE OF 10%.
SO WHEN WE START SEEING THAT DENIAL RATE KICK UP, THEN WE WOULD SAY, OKAY GUYS, YOU KNOW, JUST AS WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING IS THEN YOU GUYS START GETTING PHONE CALLS OF, I CAN'T GET A TRIP OR I CAN'T GET A RIDE.
AND SO THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD COME BACK AND MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS, BUT YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT MONTHLY.
SO IT WON'T BE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE A SURPRISE TO YOU IS IF YOU START SEEING SOME OF THAT.
TWO QUICK QUESTIONS FOR THE ON DEMAND, MORE THAN 25 MILES, THAT'S LIKE LOVE FIELD.
YOU COULD TAKE A SENIOR TO, SO WE WOULDN'T GO THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT MEDICAL.
WE COULD GET THEM TO DART THAT THEY COULD THEN UTILIZE DARK TO GET TO THAT LOCATION.
AND, AND LONG RANGE IF THE, SELL THOSE NEXT DOOR AND SEE THEIR HILLS RIGHT HERE.
AND WE DECIDED TO ADOPT THIS WITH THERE, BE THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT BEING ONE ZONE WHERE RESIDENTS FROM BOTH CAN FLOW IN BETWEEN.
WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT CONVERSATION TODAY.
UM, AND YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF USE THAT SYNERGY, TO BE ABLE TO, TO THEN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES BECAUSE YOU MAY SEE SOMEBODY COMING IN FROM DESOTO AND VICE VERSA.
IF WE BRING SOMEBODY OVER HERE AND THEN THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO GO THERE, THEN WE WOULDN'T, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR A CEDAR HILL BUS TO BE AVAILABLE.
WE WOULD UTILIZE THAT DESOTO BUS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT SERVICE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MCCURDY.
SO, UM, W WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CITIES THAT, WHERE YOU ALL INITIATE SERVICES, UM, END UP INCREASING THE LEVEL OF SERVICES? IT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM.
UM, DESOTO WAS THE LATEST AND WE'RE NOW UP TO FOUR VEHICLES.
SO WHAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IS START DAY ONE WITH FOUR OR FIVE VEHICLES, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME FOR SERVICE TO RAMP UP.
UM, SO I THINK THE SOTO IS JUST A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.
THAT'S BEEN OUR MOST RECENT LAUNCH, BUT BULK SPRINGS, SEAGOVILLE MESQUITE, SAME THING.
WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND THEN WE'RE COMING BACK ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO SAY, IS THERE A NEED, UM, TO INCREASE SERVICE? AND THERE MIGHT BE A YEAR THAT'S YES.
AND THERE MIGHT BE A YEAR THAT NOW DENIALS ARE UNDER 10% OR 5%, RIGHT.
AND, UH, WE MAY NOT PROPOSE AN INCREASE NOW.
W WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU CLASSIFYING AS A DENIAL? IS THAT WHERE WE SAY WE JUST CAN'T PICK YOU UP, OR WE CAN'T PICK YOU UP AT THE TIME THAT YOU WANT, WE CAN PICK YOU UP 20 MINUTES LATER.
SO THAT WOULD KIND OF BE LIKE A NEGOTIATED TRIP, RIGHT.
WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO, WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, CONFIRM THAT TRIP, PROVIDE THAT TRIP, BUT MAYBE ONE WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TAKE YOU TOMORROW TO THE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST ALREADY BOOKED, RIGHT.
WHEN WE START BOOKING 14 DAYS OUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES PRETTY TIGHT, WHEN YOU CALL A DAY IN ADVANCE, HOWEVER, THAT'S WHY WE PROVIDE THAT SAME DAY VEHICLE TO SAY, WELL, DO YOU NEED TO GO TODAY, BOARD, JUST WAIT.
AND YOU CAN GO TOMORROW ON OUR SAME DAY SERVICE.
SO WE, THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF SERVICE THERE TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER OPTION.
AND, AND SO INITIALLY THE ONLY DROP-OFF POINTS OUTSIDE OF MEDICAL IS GOING TO BE WITHIN LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.
EXCEPT FOR THE SAME DAY SERVICE, WE WOULD ADD LIKE UNT.
SO THEN THE D THE DART STATION.
SO THEN THEY COULD GO TO UNT, LIKE CEDAR VALLEY COLLEGE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, AND THE REASON, THE REASON I ASK THAT IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT GO TO CEDAR HILL SCHOOLS THAT ALSO ATTEND CLASSES AT SEAGOVILLE COLLEGE.
SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIND TRANSPORTATION AND SOMETIMES THERE'S GROUPS OF THEM THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS DESIGNING THE SERVICE, RIGHT? THIS IS ALL THE STUFF THAT WE NEED TO HEAR COUNCIL INPUT AS WELL, UM, TO THEN COME BACK AND REALLY DEFINE THAT OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS.
AND, AND, AND THAT CAN BE SOMETHING ONGOING, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WE MIGHT, THAT, THAT HAPPENS IN OTHER SERVICE AREAS WHERE, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS TRIP REQUEST AND, UM, IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO DO IT.
UH, SO YEAH, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE DEFINE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL DESTINATIONS.
UM, FIND REGIONAL DESTINATIONS.
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WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THEM ABSOLUTELY.AND LAST QUESTION, W WHEN WHAT'S THE DATE THAT WE EXPECT TO START SERVICE, SO YEAH, PROBABLY SPRING SUMMER 20, 23, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A DIFFERENT DATE THAN YET.
THERE'S A LOT OF GRANT PAPERWORK TO DO THROUGH COG DEALER THING THAT I DON'T THINK WAS NECESSARILY MENTIONED, BUT, UM, THIS'LL BE THE FIRST TIME, PROBABLY IN 10 YEARS, THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXPANDING SERVICE, THAT ONE OF THE, OR THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT VEHICLES HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE, RIGHT.
I'M SURE THE CITY DEALS WITH THAT WITH, UH, POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SAME THING.
AND W WE'RE NOT AT A POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE I COULD SAY YES, HEY, WE'VE GOT THREE VEHICLES READY TO GO WITH CEDAR HILL.
WE'RE HAVING THE SAME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.
UM, AND SO REALLY THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WHERE I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT SERVICE LAUNCH IS GONNA BE CONTINGENT ON VEHICLES BEING AVAILABLE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED AND WE'RE JUST WAITING TO RECEIVE THOSE.
SO SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER THERE.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY TROUBLE FINDING VEHICLES TO BUY.
AM I TALKING ABOUT FOR BETTER THAN A DISABLED, BUT WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE TODAY, YOU DO HAVE A POLICY WHERE YOU CAN PUT THEM OFF AND NOT FOOD HIM AGAIN, RIGHT? OH, YES, WE DO.
SO THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE HAVE.
YES, WE DO HAVE, AND WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, NOT EVEN WITH KIDS, WE HAVE SOME ADULTS THAT WE HAVE TO TELL THEM THERE YOU CAN'T RIDE WITH US ANYMORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GREAT PRESENTATION OF COURSE, COUNSEL IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY ENTHUSED, UH, BUT YOU CAN TELL BY THE QUESTIONS THEY'RE ASKING, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, I GUESS INITIALLY THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY MORE GEARED FOR SENIORS, BUT IN THE PRESENTATION I SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, 13 AND OVER YOU CAN BE ON AN OCCUPIED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WASN'T A STANDARD PRESENTATION THAT YOU USE FOR ALL, OR HERE IN CEDAR HILL, OTHER THAN SENIORS, YOU CAN ALSO WRITE ON THIS.
SO IT WOULD BE OPEN TO ANYONE.
UM, AND ANYONE CAN RIDE JUST AS COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY MENTIONED IF YOU HAD ANOTHER, UM, TRIP NEEDED, BUT WE, BECAUSE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A SPECIFIC NEED FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WE WERE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO THAT, UM, TO THOSE FOLKS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
AND THEN, AND THAT THEY HAVE A DISCOUNTED FARE, UH, FOR THAT.
SO TO REALLY HONE IN ON THOSE FOLKS THAT WE KNOW, UM, TO, TO BE NEEDING THE TRANSPORTATION, BUT OPEN TO ANYONE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'D PUT IT IN OUR GENERAL MARKETING MATERIALS ALSO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANYONE.
I THINK, UM, ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RIDERSHIP REPORTS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TELL US IS HOW MANY ARE USING THAT DISCOUNTED FARE FOR SENIORS, VETERANS DISABLED VERSUS A GENERAL FAIR.
AND SO THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHO ARE THE USERS OF THE SERVICE.
AND JUST TO EXPAND ON THAT, UM, THAT'S TYPICAL FOR ALL OF OUR SERVICE AREAS, RIGHT THERE THEY'RE MARKETED, THERE IT'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE STUDENTS TO COLLEGE AND TAKE YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOBS.
THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO.
UM, HOWEVER, ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 80% OF OUR USERS ARE SENIORS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITY.
SO IT JUST IS, UM, COMES WITH THE NATURE THAT THOSE ARE THE USERS OF OUR SERVICE.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE FAIRS, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I FEEL COMFORTABLE, MONEY EXCHANGING HANDS.
UH, SO IS IT MORE THAN JUST THE APP? UH, OR THERE, THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, CURRENCY THAT'S BEING USED.
SO, UM, WE DO ACCEPT PAYMENT OVER THE PHONE CREDIT CARDS, OVER THE PHONE.
WE OFFER, UM, PURCHASES THROUGH PAYPAL, UM, BY RED TICKETS, UM, THAT CAN BUY, UH, MONTHLY, UM, AND DAILY PASSES ON GO PASS APP THROUGH, THROUGH DART.
UH, SO THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS TO, TO PAY FOR FARES.
HOWEVER, WE DO STILL HAVE A CASH FARE BOX IF SOMEBODY COMES IN THAT DOES HAVE CASH.
SO THE VEHICLES ARE, I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR NOW IS, UH, I WAS GOING TO ASK, DO YOU HAVE ANNUAL REPORTS, BUT YOU JUST MENTIONED YOU HAVE MONTHLY REPORTS, BUT ON THOSE MONTHLY REPORTS, AND IF WE SEE THAT THERE'S A TREND FOR FREQUENT STOPS, UM, THEN WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU PROPOSE BACK TOWARDS COUNCIL AS FAR AS, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE FAIRS OR, OR MAYBE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, UH, MORE FREQUENT, UH, YOU KNOW, BUS TRAVEL OR, OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER CITIES DO FOR MORE FREQUENT DESTINATIONS, UH, TO A CERTAIN LOCATION.
SO, UM, THE SERVICE THAT WE'LL
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PROVIDE WILL BE A GOOD INDICATOR, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PILOT PROGRAM, TAKING MAYBE THE FIRST THREE YEARS AND SEEING HOW SERVICE GOES AND THEN MAYBE AT THE END OF THREE YEARS AND, AND EXPLORE, IS THERE A FIXED ROUTE OPTION? THAT MAKES SENSE.UM, I THINK THAT WITH THE SOTO, UM, HAVING SERVICE IN THIS AREA, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE THAT, UM, STAR TRANSIT WOULD HAVE A LARGER FOOTPRINT IN THIS AREA THAT THEN MAYBE YOU, WE WOULD LOOK AT IS, IS THERE A FIXED BUS ROUTE, UH, IN THE REGION THAT MAKES SENSE BASED OFF OF THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT HERE IN THE CITY AND, AND OTHERS.
UM, BUT WE WOULD PROBABLY WORK WITH, UM, CONSULTANTS TO, TO DEVELOP FURTHER PLANS ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, ALLISON, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FOR US? JUST THUMBS UP FOR JULY OR YES.
JUST, UM, IF YOU, IF THUMBS UP, IF YOU'RE GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN UPDATE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
[4. Presentation on creating a land use for permanent cosmetics separate from tattoo studios.]
UH, FINAL, UH, ITEM ON THE BRIEFING AGENDA IS PRESENTATION ON CREATING A LAND USE FOR PERMANENT COSMETICS, SEPARATE FROM TATTOO STUDIOS.HELLO, THEIR PLANNING DIRECTOR.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
UM, GOOD EVENING WAS SHONDRA STRINGFELLOW PLANNING DIRECTOR.
SO I WILL, UM, TRY TO BE BRIEF AS I KNOW WE ARE AT THAT SEVEN O'CLOCK HOUR AND WHAT WE WANTED TO, UM, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON IS WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING A POTENTIAL CODE AMENDMENT FOR A PERMANENT COSMETICS, AND, UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AS WE TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, FROM YOU TONIGHT.
SO OF COURSE OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES STATEMENT, UM, ALLISON, UM, WENT THROUGH THOSE EARLIER WITH YOU ALSO, UM, I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IN ADDITION TO, UM, THIS REALLY BEING AN ITEM THAT IS RELATED TO OUR STRONG AND DIVERSE ECONOMY, BUT THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, HAVE A CLEAN AND SAFE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO SEPARATING OUT TATTOOS FROM PERMANENT COSMETICS.
AND SO WHAT ARE PERMANENT COSMETICS? SO WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF PICTURES HERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
SO SOME EXAMPLES HERE THAT, UM, WE'VE LISTED PERMANENT EYELINER OR SOME MICROBLADING AND WHAT THESE PICTURES DON'T SHOW.
UM, AND I ACTUALLY LEARNED AS I WAS DOING THE RESEARCH IS IT'S ALSO USED FOR RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENTS AFTER SURGERY.
AND SO, UM, THESE ARE SOME STATE REGULATIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT, UM, WE BECAME AWARE OF, UM, IN 2019, BECAUSE THE STATE STARTED, UM, A POLICY WHEREBY CITIES HAD TO DO A ZONING VERIFICATION LETTER WHENEVER SOMEONE WAS GOING TO DO PERMANENT COSMETICS OR MICROBLADING.
AND SO THE STATE WAS ALREADY CONSIDERING THESE TATTOOS, BUT, UM, THEY CAME UP WITH THIS NEW POLICY IN 2019.
SO THAT'S HOW A LOT OF CITIES BECAME AWARE OF IT, UM, AND STARTED PUTTING IN, UM, SOME REGULATIONS TO SEPARATE THE TWO.
AND SO CURRENTLY THE WAY OUR CODE READS IS WE HAVE ONE LAND USE AND THAT IS CALLED STUDIO TATTOO OR BODY PIERCING, AND THEN PERMANENT COSMETICS AND MICROBLADING FALLS INTO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SEPARATES PERMANENT COSMETICS AND MICROBLADING FROM STUDIO TATTOOS AND BODY PIERCING.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE ONLY ALLOW THAT USE BY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH REQUIRES APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL AND, UM, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM P AND Z IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
AND SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU ON THIS MAP OF WHERE THE ONE AREA WITHIN THE CITY IS COMMERCIAL, AND THIS IS RIGHT ON 67, JUST NORTH OF PLEASANT RUN ROAD.
IS THIS THE AREA THAT IS BOUND IN RED AND THE PICTURES OF THERE TO THE, SO THE LEFT IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN ACTUAL VISUAL OF SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES LOCATED IN THAT AREA.
AND SO THIS REALLY KIND OF LEADS US TO, UM, OUR CONUNDRUM, WHICH IS PERMANENT COSMETICS OF MICROBLADING, OR THEN LIMITED TO, UM, THE ZONING DISTRICT WHERE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF THE CITY'S RETAIL'S USES AREN'T LOCATED.
AND SO THESE ARE HOW OTHER CITIES ARE REGULATING THE PERMANENT COSMETICS AND MICROBLADING.
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AND SO THE CITY OF THE SOTO ALLOWS THE YOUTH, THEY HAVE CREATED A USE NUMBER ONE FOR PERMANENT COSMETICS, AND THEY ALLOW IT BY RIGHT, UM, IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, BUT THEN THEY'VE ALSO CREATED, UM, WHAT THEY CALL A SPECIFIC USE FOR, WE CALL IT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.THEY'VE ALSO CREATED THIS USE PERMIT FOR THIS USE, IF YOU'RE IN THE OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE DISTRICTS.
NOW MOST OF THE SOTO'S, UM, RETAIL ACTUALLY IS GOING TO FALL IN THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE IT'S PERMITTED BY, RIGHT? SO UNLESS YOU WERE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS, YOU WOULD NEED TO GET THAT USE PERMIT.
UM, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE ALLOWS IT AS AN ACCESSORY USE, BUT THEY HAVE CERTAIN CONDITIONS, UM, FOR WHEN THAT IS ALLOWED.
SO AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE ACCESSORY TO THE USES THAT YOU WOULD AUTOMATICALLY THINK ABOUT SALONS.
THE ONE THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO US THOUGH, UH, WAS FUNERAL HOMES AND HOSPITALS, WELL, NOT HOSPITALS, BUT FUNERAL HOMES, FOR SURE.
AND THEN ALSO THEY HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT IT OCCUPIES LESS THAN 25% OF THE FLOOR AREA.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT USE DOES NOT EVOLVE TO BE TATTOOS AND THAT IT STAYS WITHIN THE COSMETIC GROUND.
AND AGAIN, THEY, UM, REQUIRE THAT THESE CLOSE AT 9:00 PM FOR THE SAME REASON, A MIDLOTHIAN, THEY OCCUPY IT TO LESS THAN 15%, NO OTHER REQUIREMENTS, MANSFIELD AND WAXAHACHIE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS IS JUST THAT IT COULD BE ACCESSORY.
AND SO, UM, BASED UPON I'M LOOKING AT THESE THINGS AND ALSO REVIEWING OUR OWN CODE, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE BELIEVE WE COULD DO.
AND WE ALSO DID A BRIEFING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS I'M CREATING AND DEFINING AS A SEPARATE LAND USE.
OF COURSE WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT.
UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DO VERY SIMILAR TO GRAND PRAIRIE, WHICH IS PERMITTING IT AS AN ACCESSORY USE.
SO IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE USE PERMIT TO COME BEFORE YOU WITH THESE CONDITIONS.
UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS, UM, WITH FLOOR AREA AND HOURS OF OPERATION.
AND SO THIS IS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT OUR LAST, UM, TUESDAY BRIEFING.
AND SO, UM, THEY ACTUALLY, UM, POINTED OUT TO US THAT WE SHOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION ON THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR MEDICAL USES AND FUNERAL HOMES MAKE SENSE.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO HAD, THEY INDICATED THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT A TATTOO REGULATIONS IN GENERAL, UM, FOR THIS EXERCISE THOUGH, WE ONLY WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ON PERMANENT COSMETICS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AT A LATER DATE AT THE COUNCILS SHOULD SO CHOOSE.
AND WE COULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT TATTOO REGULATIONS IN GENERAL.
AND SO THEN THESE ARE THE STEPS TO ADOPTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, GOTTEN A GOOD START.
WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM P AND Z.
WE, YOU KNOW, WENT AHEAD AND NOTICE IN ANTICIPATION OF DOING A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 7TH AFTER WE GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND THEN ON JUNE 14TH, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION.
SO, UM, THE REASON, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE WERE WANTING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THIS TO COME THROUGH.
UM, AND SO ONCE WE DID THE RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, WE FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD AND THIS ALSO GIVES US TIME TO INCORPORATE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU ALL HAVE FOR US.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, CUSTOMER GLOVER? YES.
DO WE HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON HOME USE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO THIS IN THEIR HOME? AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE HOME-BASED BUSINESS REGULATIONS THAT HAVE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO.
UM, BECAUSE THIS WOULD INVOLVE, UM, PEOPLE ACTUALLY COMING, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE HOME.
THIS WOULD BE ONE THAT, UM, WOULD BE RESTRICTED ALSO BASED UPON THE STATE'S REGULATIONS.
IT WOULD BE RESTRICTED AS WELL.
SO TWO THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHAT RESTRICTED FROM BEING ALLOWED TO BE DONE IN THE HOME.
AND LASTLY, WHEN WE DO THE UPDATE ON THE REVIEW OF THE TATTOO PARLORS WILL UNDERSTAND WHY WE AREN'T DOING IT SO WE CAN DO, UM, WE CAN UPDATE THE TATTOO PARLORS.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE WERE THINKING NOW IS WE WOULD GO AHEAD CAUSE WE CAN DO IT IN TWO PHASES.
SO FIRST PHASE WOULD BE GETTING THE PERMANENT COSMETICS JUST SO THOSE BUSINESSES CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
AND THEN WE CAN ALSO FOLLOW THAT UP.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE FOR JUST GENERAL ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS FOR TATTOO PARLORS, WE ALREADY HAVE THIS CUP REQUIREMENT, BUT THAT'S THE EXTENT OF IT.
SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER REGULATIONS AS WELL.
I NEED TO FINISH OUT MY SLEEVE.
SO JUST WASN'T GETTING DONE HERE.
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COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, THANK YOU, MAYOR.UM, LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AND ALL THAT, BUT, UH, I GUESS THE DEFINITION BETWEEN, UH, TATTOOS AND COSMETIC, UH, I GUESS IS WHERE I WAS AT, BUT I, ON THAT SLIDE RIGHT THERE, UH, WHEN YOU JUST, OKAY.
ON THAT SLIDE RIGHT THERE, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT PERMITS, THE, UH, ACCESSORY USE FOR GROOMING IN HAIR SALONS, AND I WAS EQUATING THAT, GOING TO THE TIMELINE THAT YOU HAD CERTAIN HOURS OF OPERATION WITH THOSE HOURS OPERATION BE LIKE, SAY IN THE SALON, SINCE I HAVE A SALON, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE LADIES WORK TILL NINE, 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
SO, UH, AND SO THIS HAS REALLY ONLY RELATED, LET'S SAY IF I COULD GET TO THAT SLIDE YET, PERIOD.
SO THIS WOULD ONLY BE RELATED TO IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR USE.
UM, ONE THING I'LL SAY IS THAT IT, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE HAPPENED TO BE OPEN, YOU KNOW, DOING UNTIL NINE 30, BECAUSE THEY HAPPENED TO BE, YOU KNOW, OPENLY, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
I THINK THE IDEA HERE IS JUST TRYING TO, UM, CORDON ALL THE HOURS OF OPERATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT SLIDE INTO THAT TATTOO AREA, YOU KNOW, WHERE THOSE BUSINESSES ARE OPEN, YOU KNOW, TO MIDNIGHT, TWO O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
WELL, WE DON'T EVEN DO ANY OF THE COSMETIC, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE DISTINCTION IN THERE TO SEE.
SO I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY OF OUR LADIES DOING IT, BUT YEAH.
UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE ME.
UM, I I'M AWARE THAT WE HAD, UM, UH, SEVERAL, I GUESS, COSMETIC ESTABLISHMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DO FOR THEIR BUSINESS, UH, BUT THEY COMPLIED WITH THE LAWS HERE WITHIN OUR CITY AND THEY DID NOT DO THAT BUSINESS HOWEVER THEY ARE MISSING OUT.
AND ESSENTIALLY IT IS FOR MORE OF A COSMETIC, UH, NOT NECESSARILY.
AND THERE MAY BE A COUPLE I SHOULD NOTE AS WELL.
I BELIEVE THERE WERE A COUPLE FOR SURE.
ONE THAT IS EXISTING IN THE CITY THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOES IT.
THEY WERE DOING IT BEFORE 2019 BEFORE WE HAD TO DO THAT VERIFICATION.
SO 2019 IS REALLY WHEN THINGS CHANGED.
I MEAN, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALREADY CONSIDERING A TATTOOS.
IT'S JUST CITIES DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE STATE WAS CONSIDERING IT AT THAT TWOS.
SO IN ORDER TO ALERT THE CITIES, THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE, THE STATE CAME UP WITH THIS NEW REQUIREMENT 2019.
UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE SYRINGES, I MEAN, YOU, YOU'RE THE PROFESSIONAL, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF REFER TO YOU.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, UH, KNOW P AND Z, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE TATTOO PART, YOU CAN PROBABLY PUSH THAT DOWN THE LINE AS, AS WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR OTHER WEAKNESSES WHILE ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, BUT AS FAR AS THE PERMANENT EYEBROW AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO CALL TO CONTINUE MOVE FORWARD AND PROPOSE TO THE COUNCIL FOR, FOR THE CONSIDERATION.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, BRIEFING SESSION.
UH, I ENTERTAINED THE MOST OF OUR GERMAN MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER CREDIT? DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SO LIKE A COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.
THAT IS A, UH, UH, UNAVAILABLE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
HOW ABOUT LYRICA BEING ABOUT SEVEN.