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[1. Call the meeting to order.]
WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE RIVER SCHEDULED BRIEFING SESSION.WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF COUNCIL PRESENT.
UH, ANYONE HERE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE SHOULD KNOW THAT, UH, THIS, UH, OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH,
[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]
GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WITH THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND WELCOME GREG PORTER, CITY MANAGER.HOW ARE YOU DOING MS. C DEMENTIA? I'M DOING WELL.
UM, MR. MAYOR, HOW ARE YOU LONG TIME? NO, SEE THE MAYOR.
AND I STARTED OUR DAY TOGETHER EARLY THIS MORNING, UH, AND ON THAT VERY NOTE, CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING HIM PRESIDE OVER HIS FIRST METROPLEX MAYOR'S MEETING.
AS PRESIDENT OF THAT ASSOCIATION.
I WAS EVEN PROUDER TO BE PART OF A VERY DECIDEDLY BEST SOUTHWEST VIBE THAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN ADDISON AND APPRECIATED HIS LEADERSHIP.
AND HE'S ALREADY DRAWING FOLKS TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT CASTS A GREAT LIGHT ON THIS AREA AND WHY THIS IS AN AREA FOR FOLKS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT AND TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
UM, ALSO, UH, JUST A NOTE OF GRATITUDE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PARTNERS AT MISSION CEDAR HILL.
THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR SUMMER BIG WEEK EVENT WHERE THEY SPEND, UH, FOUR DAYS THIS TIME ACTUALLY VERY HOT TEMPERATURES GOING AROUND, UH, DOING SERVICE PROJECTS FOR, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE IN NEED.
I KNOW THEY HAD AROUND A DOZEN PROJECTS AND THEN A LOT OF PARTICIPATION, A LOT ON THE CITY EMPLOYEE SIDE AS WELL, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR.
UH, THEY WILL COME IN A FEW WEEKS TO, UH, TO, UH, SUMMARIZE THEIR EVENTS FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN APPRECIATE THEM IN PERSON, BUT HAVING SEEN THEM.
AND THEY'RE A WRAP-UP EVENT ON SUNDAY AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'D TAKEN DURING THE WEEK, I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME AND STEWARDSHIP THAT THEY SPEND TAKING CARE OF OUR FOLKS AND ALSO TO, UH, STAY SCRAPES AND THE CODE TEAM FOR BOTH CIRCUITING THEM AND PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS FOLKS WITHIN OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHO ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENT.
ALSO VERY HAPPY TO REPORT GREAT TURNOUTS AT OUR MAJOR SUMMER KICKOFF EVENTS.
UH, WE HAD, UH, THE KID FISH WEEKEND BEFORE LAST IN THE LIBRARY KICKOFF, BOTH VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED.
UM, THIS LAST WEEK WE HAD THE BIG MACHINE EXPO AND OUR FIRST CONCERT IN THE PARK THAT WASN'T RAINED OUT.
AND SO, UH, THE ATTENDANCE THERE WAS ACTUALLY GREAT.
UH, REMINDS ME HOW MUCH I LOVE VALLEY RIDGE.
AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE THAT AMPHITHEATER ON A NICE EVENING WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT SETTING.
SO IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UH, ONE OF THE TWO REMAINING CONCERTS THAT ARE BEING HELD EVERY FRIDAY IN JUNE, UH, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE CALENDAR IF I COULD.
SO THIS WILL COVER THE REMAINDER OF JUNE AND, UH, THE FIRST PART OF A VERY BUSY, UH, JULY, UM, AS I JUST MENTIONED THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH AT 8:00 PM IS THE NEXT MUSIC IN THE PARK.
AND IT IS, AND, UH, VALLEY RIDGE PARK AT 28 50 PARK RIDGE DRIVE DOWN AT THE SOUTHERN END OF, UH, THE PARK WHERE THE AMPHITHEATER IS, UH, THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 18TH, FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM.
OUR PARTNERS, UH, IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST LANCASTER WILL BE HOSTING THIS YEAR'S BEST SOUTHWEST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
UH, IT WILL BE HELD AT THEIR, A BIG COMMUNITY PARK.
IT'S 1700 VETERANS MEMORIAL PARKWAY, UH, IN, IN LANCASTER.
AND SO, UH, I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO GO.
I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT CREDENTIALS AND, UH, INFORMATION AND LOGISTICS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
UM, MAKE SURE WE GET THEM TO YOU BEFORE YOU GO TODAY.
WE, UH, WILL APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS IN THAT EVENT.
UM, ALSO ON, UH, LET'S SEE WHERE I'M AT.
IT'S FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH IS, UH, THE NEXT MUSIC IN THE PARK AT VALLEY RIDGE.
AND THEN SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH, HOPEFULLY THIS HAS GREAT BIG CIRCLES AROUND IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON THAT DAY.
UM, AT 10:00 AM IS OUR NEXT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WALK, UH, WITH, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
UH, THIS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE KINGSWOOD SUBDIVISION.
SO EVERYONE WILL BE, UM, ASKED TO MEET, AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE LOGISTICS FOR THIS AT THE, UH, POINT OF LIGHT CHURCH, THAT'S AT THE CORNER OF, UH, THE 67 SERVICE ROAD AND KINGSWOOD DRIVE THEIR ENTRY TO KINGSWOOD, UH, WE'LL BREAK INTO TEAMS AND THEN, UM, DO OUR ENGAGEMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN KINGSWOOD.
UH, DANIEL I'LL HAVE TO DO EXTRA GOOD YARD WORK SO THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING EXTRA GOOD FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR VISITS, BUT, UH, I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS EXCITED AND LOOKING
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FORWARD TO YOU COMING ALSO, UH, FROM NINE TO 1:00 PM IS THE CEDAR HILL FARMER'S MARKET.THE CHAMBER IS AGAIN, HOSTING THAT EVENT, UM, DOWNTOWN.
UM, I THINK IT'S ONE IS THAT ONCE A MONTH OR TWICE A WEEK, TWICE A MONTH, UH, OR FROM JUNE ALL THE WAY TO NOVEMBER.
SO THAT HAD A GREAT FOLLOWING LAST YEAR BRINGS A LOT TO DOWNTOWN ON THOSE SATURDAY MORNINGS.
AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THIS WORST ONE AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, AT ONE O'CLOCK, AND THEN WE'RE STILL ON SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH Y'ALL UM, IS A SPECIAL CEREMONY BEING HOSTED BY CHIEF SMITH AND OUR CDL FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE KIND OF AN OMNIBUS HONORING ANY CEREMONY.
MY CHIEF OUT THERE, A PINNING CEREMONY FOR ALL OF THE INCOMING FIREFIGHTERS AND NEWLY PROMOTED FIREFIGHTERS AND FOLKS IN THE CORE NOW, UM, THAT HAVE EITHER COME TO US OR HAVE BEEN PROMOTED, UH, WITH OUR FAMILY, UH, OVER THE COURSE, UH, SINCE COVID, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRADITIONALLY DO AT, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS AND STUFF, AND WE WERE IN COVID PROTOCOLS AND WE'VE HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO'VE COME TO THE CITY AND OF STEWARDESS AND TAKE GREAT CARE OF US OVER THE LAST, UH, UH, TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE REALLY NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO PROPERLY APPRECIATE IN, UH, IN WELCOME AND SWEAR IN.
SO, UH, THAT WILL BE HELD AT 1:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH, UH, RIGHT AFTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING, JUST COME RIGHT OVER HERE TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND, UH, HELP CELEBRATE, UH, OUR, UH, NEWEST FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR OFFICIAL PINNING CEREMONY.
AND THEY'RE WELCOME TO SERVICE HERE, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
ON THAT WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALK.
AND I GUESS THAT WAS DESIGNED TO STOP AT ONE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE THE OTHER ONE.
WE HAVE USUALLY HAVE A LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE WITH US ON THE ROCKS.
YES, I, WE, WE SHOULD STILL HAVE A PARTICIPATION.
I THINK IN FACT, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'VE SORT OF, UH, UH, DONE IT SO THAT COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE TO LIKE SPEND ALL OF THEIR DAY ON BOTH ENDS OF IT, TRYING TO DO EVENTS THIS WAY.
YOU CAN KIND OF GET BOTH OF THAT.
SO INSTEAD OF 11 TO ONE WILL BE 10 TO ONE ON THE KINGSWOOD CHIEF TEND TO TEND TO KNOW THAT.
IT'S TYPICALLY TWO HOURS THAT GIVES YOU AN HOUR TO CLEAN UP AND THEN COME TO THE, TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER FOR THE PENNY CEREMONY.
UH, TUESDAY, JUNE 28TH IS OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, THIS ONE HAS A LOT OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, WARN YOU IN ADVANCE.
UH, THIS WILL INCLUDE, UH, THE ANNUAL, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, REPORT, UH, FOR, UH, 2021.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A BRIEFING ON, UH, THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND THAT WE WILL BE ANTICIPATING FOR THE LIBRARY AND THEN ALSO AN ACTION ITEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES THAT WILL ALLOW THE LIBRARY TO GET KICKED OFF.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, UH, WILL TAKE PLACE IN VERY EARLY JULY.
SO THIS IS THE PREPARATION FOR THOSE TWO BIG EVENTS ON A WEDNESDAY, JUNE THE 29TH.
SO YOU HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 28TH AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH, UH, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO, UM, CONSIDER BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
I THINK WE HAVE THURSDAY CORDONED OFF JUST IN CASE WE NEED IT, BUT WE THINK WE CAN PROBABLY GET IT ALL DONE IN ONE DAY, GIVEN THE VOLUME OF THAT VACANT SEASON, THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT WILL BE A BUSY WEEK ON THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE.
UM, MONDAY, JULY THE FOURTH CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE, OF INDEPENDENT STAY.
UM, AND THEN JULY 7TH, RIGHT AFTER, UH, THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY, WE WILL BE MEETING FOR THE NEXT STAGE OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THIS WILL BE THE PRELIMINARY, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP.
THAT'LL BE 6:00 PM HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THURSDAY, JULY 7TH, LAST COUPLE OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE CIRCLED ON YOUR CALENDAR WILL BE, UH, THE BIG EVENT SATURDAY, JULY THE NINTH, UH, FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON, WE'LL BE THE LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK, GROUNDBREAKING BLOCK PARTY.
A LOT OF PREPARATIONS ARE IN THE WORKS FOR THAT BIG EVENT, INCLUDING SOME MAJOR COUNCIL ITEMS TO BE ABLE TO KICK THOSE THINGS OFF.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE MORNING OF CELEBRATING THE KICKOFF OF THAT, UH, BIG NOTE OR THE MILESTONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY IS TUESDAY, JULY THE 12TH.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? ALL RIGHTY, MOVING ON TO ORIENTATION FOR THE AGENDA
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TONIGHT.UH, WE DO HAVE ONE, UH, BRIEFING ITEM FOR EACH NIGHT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY STACY RAVES, OUR DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UH, WHERE SHE WILL UPDATE YOU ON THE RESULTS OF OUR MOST PREVIOUS OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP AND GIVE YOU A STATUS REPORT ON, UH, THE STATUS OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM, WHICH WAS A BIG COUNCIL INITIATIVE, UH, IN A MAJOR NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY, UM, ACTION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IT IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG, GETTING SOME GREAT THINGS TO BE ABLE TO PORT A REPORT WITH YOU ON THAT.
UH, MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE ONE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATION AND THE PRESENTATION OF A GOOD SAMARITAN CERTIFICATE TO, UH, MR. BENNY SOSA.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, UH, WHERE THEY WILL BE PRESENTING A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO, UH, MS. SANDRA MCPIKE.
AND THEN ALSO THE PRESENTATION OF REPUBLIC CLAYMATION DESIGNATING JUNE 18TH AS A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION DAY IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, WE THEN HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, ON THE AGENDA, UH, TONIGHT.
UH, ONE IS NOW YOU'VE, YOU'VE WORN YOUR HAT AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CEDAR HILL CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT.
NOW AS WEARING YOUR HAT AS THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, YOU WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED 2023 CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BUDGET.
UH, THERE ALSO WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CUP FOR AN ESTABLISHMENT FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, WITH INDOOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENTS, AND THEN ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE ADJUSTING THE ZONING CODE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS COSMETIC TATTOOS AND THOSE BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR CITY, A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, INCLUDING A MINUTES, AND THEN THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING, UH, THE 2023 CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BUDGET.
UH, YOU HAVE A CONSIDERATION OF A FINAL PLAT FOR A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UH, THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND HAS THE RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED, UH, ALSO A, A MATTER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH CROWE LLP FOR AUDIT SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
SO THOSE OF YOU ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WE'RE ABOUT TO START AUDIT SEASON AGAIN.
UM, AND, UH, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO START THAT PROCESS AND THEN, UH, AN ITEM TO CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. DAVID
AND I BELIEVE THIS WILL GIVE THEM A FULL FULL BOARD.
NOW, NOW THEY'LL STILL HAVE ONE MORE, ONE MORE VACANCY TO FILL.
AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM, NOT THE SECOND TO THE LAST ITEM ON CONSENT AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF A FIRE ENGINEER TRAINING SIMULATOR, UH, FOR OUR, UH, OUT OF OUR REGIONAL TRAINING BUDGET, JUST, UH, JUST REMINDER, UH, WE ARE THE HOSTING AGENCY FOR A REGIONAL FIRE TRAINING EFFORT THAT WE COMBINE WITH OUR PARTNERS IN DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE BEFORE.
SO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM OF THIS EQUIPMENT FOR TRAINING, THE OTHER TWO CITIES WILL PAY THEIR PROPORTIONATE SHARE, UM, FOR THIS EXPENDITURE.
SO JUST A REMINDER ON HOW THAT WORKS THEN, UM, THE OTHER, THE LAST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR, UM, THE OLD TOWN STATES EDITION DOWNTOWN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY MANAGER OR, YOU KNOW, ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM CENT ITEM ITEM G BEFORE, LIKE, SIR.
[3. Receive update on Operation Clean Sweep and Single Family Rental Registration programs.]
ITEM ON THE BRIEFING AGENDA, WE'LL BE RECEIVING UPDATE ON OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP, AND SINGLE-FAMILY RIGID RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAMS, EVEN MS. GRAVES.HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S A PLEASURE TONIGHT TO BE HERE IN PRESENT THESE ITEMS TO YOU.
AGAIN, WE START ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING AND OUR POLICIES IN THE DEPARTMENT WITH A VISION, MISSION AND VALUES OF THE CITY AND THESE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS THAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT TONIGHT ON OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP AND THE SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL.
WE ARE PURSUING PREMIERE AND CLEAN, SAFE, AND AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, MY AGENDA TONIGHT HERE IS OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP UPDATE, AND SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP
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PROGRAM AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS.THIS PROGRAM STARTED IN 2010 WITH ACTUALLY HIGHLAND SOUTH BEING OUR VERY FIRST OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DID THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AT A LITTLE OVER 1100 HOMES.
UM, AND AT THAT TIME, UH, WE NOTICED, UH, 516 PROPERTIES WITH VIOLATIONS AT A PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTIES WITH VIOLATIONS AT 45%.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE DONE, UM, SOUTH CLARK ROAD CORRIDOR IN 2012, SOUTH HILLS MEADOWBROOK STONE WOOD HEIGHTS.
WE DID THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN 2015, THE SHADY BROOK WILDFLOWER NEIGHBORHOODS IN 2016.
THIS WAS ABOUT WHEN THEY WERE ORGANIZING TO BECOME A PID.
UM, SO WE DID THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YEAR IN 2018 WINDSOR PARK.
THIS IS ALSO IN, IN COORDINATION WITH THEM CREATING A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THERE.
WE DID HIGHLAND SOUTH, UM, AGAIN, BUT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, A SMALLER CONCENTRATED AREA SPRINGFIELD.
AND THEN, UH, THIS YEAR WITH HIGHLAND, SOUTH OF PORTION OF THE WEST SIDE OF IT.
SO, UM, A DIFFERENCE IN WHERE WE STARTED AND WHERE WE ARE NOW IN 2010, WHEN WE DID OUR FIRST OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ALL WE WERE LOOKING FOR WERE FIVE THINGS, JUNK VEHICLES, FENCE TRASH, AND DEBRIS, HIGH GRASS, AND OUTSIDE STORAGE.
THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT WE WERE, UM, LOOKING AT.
BUT OVER THE YEARS WE NOTICED THERE WERE MUCH, UH, OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, ESPECIALLY THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE AGING HOUSING.
WE, UH, STARTED LOOKING AT ROOFS, UH, ROTTED WOOD ON THE EXTERIOR EXTERIOR PAINT, BROKEN WINDOWS SIDING, UH, GARAGE DOOR REPAIRS.
WE ALSO STARTED ADDRESSING ADDRESS NUMBERS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED ON THE FRONT AND THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, IF IT'S AN ALLEY ENTRANCE.
AND THEN OF COURSE THIS YEAR, WE ADDED A SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL REGISTRATION AS AN, AN ITEM WE WERE LOOKING FOR AS WELL.
SO THIS YEAR, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY HIGHLANDS, AS SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS CAME TO CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO STAFF, UM, CON WITH CONCERNS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE OF WHICH WAS SOME CODE CONCERNS AND AGING HOMES IN A SPECIFIED AREA.
UM, SO AT THAT TIME, WE, UM, MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THAT WENT, OF COURSE, KEEPING ALL THESE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES IN LINE WITH PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS CONNECTING WITH.
SO WE DID THAT BY CONNECTING WITH RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE ENGAGED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND THE RESIDENTS.
THEY EVEN HELP US WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE LAST NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION WITH AESTHETICS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE.
SO OUR PLAN WHEN WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WAS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WOULD DO THE INITIAL INSPECTION.
THEY WENT OUT AS TEAMS TO DO THE INSPECTION.
WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND THEY WERE GOING TO WAIT TILL WE WERE DONE WITH OUR FINAL INSPECTION.
AND THEN THEY CAME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND US AND THEY WENT DOOR TO DOOR, TALKING WITH RESIDENTS AND OFFERING THEIR HELP IF THEY NEEDED HELP TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND ALSO PROVIDING THEM INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.
SO THIS IS THE AREA THAT, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WORKED IS, UM, IN THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH HIGHLANDS, THEY INSPECTED 384 PROPERTIES OUT OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
THEY NOTED 265 PROPERTIES WITH AT LEAST ONE VIOLATION.
AND THEN, UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 28 CASES STILL OPEN.
SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE DISCOVERED.
UM, EXTERIOR STRUCTURE COULD BE A VARIETY OF THINGS WITH PAINT, ROTTED WOOD, UM, SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.
IT COULD BE A SHED THAT'S FALLING DOWN IN THE REAR YARD.
WE STILL HAVE 18 OF THOSE STILL OPEN.
THAT'S USUALLY THE ONES THAT ARE OPEN THE LONGEST THAT TAKES MONEY AND TIME FOR RESIDENTS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND USUALLY WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO FIND MEANS TO GET THEM IN COMPLIANCE.
SURPRISINGLY, UM, SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL, WE FOUND 83 VIOLATIONS.
THERE WERE 83 HOMES IN THIS AREA THAT WERE NOT REGISTERED AS SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS.
AND WE STILL HAVE FIVE OF THOSE STILL OPEN.
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS RECEIVED A CITATION AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE HAVE FOUND 70 FENCE VIOLATIONS, TRASH AND DEBRIS ADDRESS NUMBERS OUTSIDE STORAGE, AND THE LIST KIND OF GOES DOWN FROM THERE, BUT OVERALL
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WE FOUND 499 VIOLATIONS.SO SOME OF THOSE HOMES COULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE VIOLATION THAT CAN HAVE TWO OR THREE.
UM, BUT CURRENTLY WE HA WE ARE AT 8% OF WHAT'S STILL OPEN RIGHT NOW.
AND AGAIN, SO, UH, WE TEAMED UP WITH A MISSION.
CEDAR HILL ACTUALLY TEAMED UP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND THIS IS THEM DOING A WORK DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE CALLED THIS NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS, AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT, UH, AND SUPPORT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, HIGHLAND, SOUTH LEADERS COMING OUT.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND MISSION CEDAR HILL, UM, LAST WEEK TEAMED UP WITH A HOME, TEAMED UP AND ALSO TOOK, UH, DOWN A FENCE AT A HOME IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP BEFORE I MOVE INTO SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO, NO.
UM, SO THE FIRST THING I NOTICED IS THAT THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS IS INCREASING, BUT THEN YOU EXPLAINED THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A WHOLE LOT MORE THINGS, BUT I KIND OF HOPED WE WOULD GET TO THE POINT WHERE THAT WOULD BE DECLINING.
AND, UM, AFTER A FEW YEARS, I DON'T KNOW, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE DOING TO TRY TO GET TO A BETTER PLACE WITH WHEN WE GO INTO THESE, UH, CLEAN SWEEP AREAS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING LESS VIOLATIONS.
CAUSE THAT'S, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS AND GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING AS MANY VIOLATIONS AS, AS WE ARE.
AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO BACK.
UM, YOU'LL SEE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE OLDER, THE VIOLENT, I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE MORE VIOLATIONS CAUSE THERE'S MORE EXTERIOR PROBLEMS, EXTERIOR ISSUES IT MIGHT NEED PAINTED.
UM, SO IF YOU'LL SEE, LIKE IN THE NEWER, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD, CEDAR CREST ONLY HAD 28% OF THEIR PROPERTIES WITH THE VIOLATION, BUT WHEN YOU GO INTO THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, WE'LL SEE MORE EXTERIOR ISSUES THAN ANYTHING.
AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING VERY SMALL.
IT COULD JUST BE, UM, THE CHIMNEY, YOU KNOW, THE TRIM ON THE CHIMNEY NEEDS PAINTED.
SO THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA WRITE IT UP AS SOMETHING THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF.
YOU DIDN'T REALLY ANSWER, WELL, LET ME, MS. GRAVES, I, I GUESS, UH, I KNOW THE PRIORITIES FOR OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN 12 YEARS AGO.
UM, IT WAS KINDA MORE FOCUSING, MORE FOCUS AREAS.
WE KIND OF, UH, I GUESS, WIDEN THAT NET, UH, FOR, FOR MORE VIOLATIONS.
LIKE I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WILL IT BE CONSISTENT FOR, UM, YOUR, YOUR TEAM CODE ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO INSPECTIONS? ARE THEY STILL LOOKING FOR THOSE SAME CHECKLIST SITES OR THEIR, THEIR LIST IS EVEN MORE LONGER FOR THINGS LIKE, YEAH.
THIRST WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT, DAY-TO-DAY LOOKING, UM, WORK IN NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THESE THINGS AND MORE, WELL, ACTUALLY THIS LIST IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE AS WHAT WE DO ON A, ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
NOW, DO THEY GO DOOR TO DOOR IN A SPECIFIC AREA? NO.
UM, IF THEY GET A COMPLAINT IN A SPECIFIC AREA, THEY'RE GOING TO WORK THE AREA AROUND THERE AS AS MUCH TIME ALLOWS FOR THAT DAY, UM, THERE, AND THEN ON OTHER DAYS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY COMPLAINTS, THEY'RE GOING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOING INITIATIVES.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO BE ON EVERY STREET, UM, IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, EACH WEEK.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS FOR WAS THEY CAN GO SYSTEMATICALLY DOOR TO DOOR IN A CONCENTRATED AREA.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU NOTING THE VIOLATIONS, BUT I GUESS FOR CONTEXT, IF YOU'RE MISSING ONE PANEL ON OFFENSE, THEN THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION VERSUS YOU JUST HAVE HIGH, TALL GRASS.
SO THERE'S NO MEASURE OF, YOU'RE NOT NOTING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT BEING PREJUDICE TO WHAT TYPE OF VIOLATION IT IS.
IT'S ALL GOING TO BE NOTED, BUT IT COULD JUST BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS JUST PUTTING UP A COUPLE OF NAILS.
SO MOVING INTO, UM, SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL, UM, REGISTRATION, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND WHERE WE STARTED HERE.
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD STARTED REVIEWING AND DISCUSSING NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS AND INTEGRITY.AND OCTOBER OF 2017 CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, DID AN UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL TO INCLUDE FUTURE GOALS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL PROGRAM OF A POSSIBLE PROGRAM, ACTUALLY IN 2017 IN JUNE OF 2018, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT DID AN UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE NAB WORK, MENTIONING A POTENTIAL PROGRAM.
AND, UM, SEPTEMBER OF 2019 CODE ENFORCEMENT, AGAIN, DID AN UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY, UH, WHICH INCLUDED THE SINGLE-FAMILY RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM IN OCTOBER OF 2019.
UM, THIS PROGRAM WAS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET OF FY 1920 IN MAY OF 2020, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT DID A BRIEFING, THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEWING A PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL PROGRAM AT THAT TIME CITY COUNCIL DID REQUEST THAT, UH, STAFF GO BACK AND GET PUBLIC INPUT OF, UH, STAKEHOLDERS.
SO ALSO IN MAY OF 2020, UH, WE DID AN UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL ON PROPOSED COMMITTEE.
AND THEN DURING AUGUST, UH, THE MONTH OF AUGUST IN 2020, WE HAD A STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE WORKSHOPS TO DISCUSS A POTENTIAL PROGRAM DOING THAT THE CEDAR HILL WAY TO INCLUDE PUBLIC INPUT.
AND THAT COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF LANDLORDS TENANTS MANAGEMENT COMPANIES.
UH, THERE WERE HOMEOWNERS, THERE WERE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THERE AND ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD.
AND THEN IN OCTOBER OF 2020, UH, STAFF PROVIDED A BRIEFING ON A OF SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL ORDINANCE.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, THAT ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE IN JANUARY 1ST, 2021 AND MEETING WITH THE, UM, STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE AND STAFF, THEY CAME UP WITH GOALS TOGETHER AND THOSE GOALS WERE COSTS AND NEEDED TO BE A COST NEUTRAL PROGRAM STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS NEEDED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OF OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES TOO.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR TENANT OCCUPIED HOMES AND OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES, UH, NEEDED TO BE STREAMLINED AND EFFICIENT AND NOT BURDEN LANDLORDS ADMINISTRATIVELY.
AND WE NEEDED TO OBTAIN ACCURATE DATA ON OWNERS AND TENANTS.
SO A REMINDER OF HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS, THERE IS AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
UM, SO PROPERTY OWNERS WHO LEASE THEIR PROPERTIES, IF IT'S A DUPLEX TOWNHOME OR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME MUST REGISTER THE PROPERTY ANNUALLY.
AND THIS PROCESS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND THE APPLICATION INCLUDES, UH, INFORMATION SUCH AS OWNER INFORMATION OR THEIR CORPORATION INFORMATION.
AND MOST MORE IMPORTANTLY IS A PROPERTY MANAGER INFORMATION.
UH, THE CODE OFFICERS DEAL MORE WITH PROPERTY MANAGERS THAN THEY REALLY DO WITH THE OWNERS OR CORPORATION INFORMATION CORPORATION.
AND THEN OF COURSE SUBMIT THEIR FEE.
SO A PROPERTY IS REGISTERED ANNUALLY.
SO ONCE A TENANT MOVES INTO THE PROPERTY, THEY WILL GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THAT GOES WITH THE TENANT.
SO WHEN A REGISTERED PROPERTY IS LEASED, THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL COMPLETE AN RRC APPLICATION.
THE RCO APPLICATION REQUESTS, USUALLY THE TENANT INFORMATION NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE, AND EMAIL, AND THEN THEY ARE, OUR CEO IS ONLY REQUIRED AT TENANT CHANGE OUT.
SO IF A TENANT, A FOR PROPERTY OWNER HAS A HOME AND THE TENANT MOVES OUT IN THREE MONTHS, THEY MUST DO ANOTHER.
WHEN A TENANT MOVES BACK AND THEY'LL DO ANOTHER RCO AND COMPLETE THAT IT'S ONLINE.
AND THEN, UM, THE, OUR RCO THEN WE'LL GO TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN GET THEIR WATER ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED.
NOW, IF THE TENANT LIVES THERE 10 YEARS, THEY'LL NEVER GET ANOTHER RCO.
SO THEY'LL JUST REGISTER THEIR PROPERTY ANNUALLY.
IT COULD BE HOWEVER LONG IT IS.
SO ANYTIME THE TENANT MOVES OUT.
SO ONCE A NEW TENANT MOVES IN, UM, AND IN OUR RCO IS, UM, PROCESSED.
AND THEN THIS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND THEY WILL DO AN EXTERIOR INSPECTION WITHIN 30 DAYS.
UM, THEY DO, UH, THE INSPECTION FOR THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.
SO IT'S NOT A DIFFERENT INSPECTION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THEM.
THEN THEY WOULD DO IT WITH ANY OTHER PROPERTY.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS, PAINTING ISSUES, JUNK VEHICLES, TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR.
SO SOME, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT STATS WHILE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE WORKING CASES IN THE FIELD.
AND IF THEY COME UP ON, UM, A JUNK VEHICLE IN A DRIVEWAY,
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UM, THEY ALWAYS CHECK TO MAKE SURE IF IT'S OWNER OCCUPIED OR TENANT OCCUPIED.AND THEY USUALLY DO THAT THROUGH THE WATER RECORDS, IF IT'S TENANT OCCUPIED, THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE HOME IS REGISTERED WITH THE PROGRAM.
UM, SINCE THE START OF THE PROGRAM IN JANUARY OF 2021, THE CODE OFFICERS HAVE FOUND 354, UH, VIOLATIONS WHILE WORKING CODE CASES.
AND TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN 10 CITATIONS ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER PROPERTIES.
AND USUALLY THIS IS ONE OR TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT REGISTERING THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND ULTIMATELY WE'LL PUT A HOLD ON IT ONCE THE TENANT MOVES OUT AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO START WATER SERVICE FOR THEIR NEXT TENANT.
SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT TURNED OFF ATTENDANCE, WATER DUE TO NOT REGISTERING.
SO, SO WE'VE ONLY HAD REALLY 10 OF ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD.
UM, SO WHEN A NEW, OUR RCO IS ISSUED, THE CODE OFFICER, LIKE I SAID, DOES AN INSPECTION FOR CODE VIOLATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS.
AND TODAY THEY'VE DONE 905 AND 181 OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF A CODE VIOLATION.
SO ABOUT 20%, UM, THESE FOUR ITEMS LISTED ARE THE MOST COMMON, WHICH IS EXTERIOR SURFACE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE CHIMNEY NEEDS PAINTED, WHICH IS VERY COMMON, UM, OR MAYBE SOME TRIM, UM, FENCE MIGHT HAVE, UH, SOME ISSUES, TRASH AND DEBRIS AND ADDRESS NUMBERS.
SO HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS OF, UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE REGISTERED IN 2021.
WE REGISTERED, UM, 1875, 1,875 PROPERTIES IN 2022 TO DATE, WE'VE REGISTERED 475.
SO THESE ARE NEW PROPERTIES THAT, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED THIS YEAR.
UM, BACK WHEN WE WERE PRESENTING THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS PROGRAM, WE WERE GUESSING AT 3,500 PROPERTIES IN THE CITY THAT WERE POSSIBLE RENTALS.
IT WAS REALLY KIND OF A GUESTS, UH, BY GOING BY DEACON AND THEN SF.
SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE SFR OUR RENEWALS.
AND SO IN 2021, WE HAD 27 MAINLY BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE REGISTERED EARLY, AND THEN TODAY 994 HAVE RENEWED.
UM, AND THEN OUR RCOS AND THESE ARE THE TENANT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED 2021 WAS 1,250 AND 2022 TO DATE IS 213.
SO I HAVE THOSE DEFINITIONS DOWN THERE.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SFR R AND THE R R C O SFR IS REGISTERING THE PROPERTY AND THE RENTAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY GOES WITH THE TENANT.
UM, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HANDLE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO YES.
SO IF THEY REGISTERED IN JANUARY, THEN THEY'RE UP AGAIN? THIS JANUARY, FEBRUARY TO FEBRUARY.
W WOULD IT BE EASIER TO, TO MAYBE PRORATE THOSE ONE YEAR TO HAVE THEM ALL RENEW ON JANUARY 1ST? NO, I MEAN, I KNOW, I KNOW IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A PAIN INITIALLY, BUT WOULD THAT CLEAN IT UP AT NOW? I GUESS YOU ALL HAVE A SYSTEM FOR ACTUALLY TRACKING FOOD AND WHO HASN'T AND WHO'S UP.
SHE RUNS A REPORT MONTHLY ON WHO'S RENEWED, AND THEN WE SEND RENEWAL NOTICES OUT.
SO AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO, UM, THE GOALS THAT WE SET AT THE BEGINNING AND WE'VE, UH, BELIEVE WE'VE CHECKED ALL THOSE BOXES.
UH, IT IS A COST NEUTRAL PROGRAM.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ABOUT 70%.
UH, ONCE WE START GETTING, UH, WHAT WE FEEL THAT THE OTHER ONE'S REGISTERED, UM, WE'LL BE THERE.
UM, STANDARDS AND ACTS AND EXPECTATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OF OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES.
WE USE THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE IS THE SAME CODE, REGARDLESS OF IF IT'S OWNER OR TENANT OCCUPIED.
UM, IT IS STREAMLINED AND EFFICIENT, NO BURDEN, UH, TO LANDLORDS ADMINISTRATIVELY.
IT COULD BE A SAME DAY PROCESSING.
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WE NEED ON THE SAME DAY, CINDY GUZMAN IS OUR CODE SUPPORT SPECIALIST.SHE RELATED MINISTERS THIS PROGRAM, AND SHE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB.
SHE, UM, GETS THOSE OUT USUALLY THE SAME DAY AND, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN ACCURATE DATA ON OWNERS AND TENANTS.
AND WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
I WANT TO SAY, I'M REALLY, THIS HAS BEEN A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR UTILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.
THEY ACTUALLY REALLY LOVED THE PROGRAM.
ANOTHER VERIFICATION LEVEL TO ENSURE LEASES ARE AUTHENTIC.
UH, THERE WERE TIMES THAT THEY WOULD GET, UM, TENANTS THAT PROBABLY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIVING THERE AND THEY CREATE A FAKE LEASE AND HAVE THAT SUBMITTED AND GET THE WATER TURNED ON.
SO THIS GIVES ANOTHER LEVEL OF, UM, VERIFICATION.
UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS DEVELOPED RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, LANDLORDS MANAGEMENT, COMPANIES, AND TENANTS.
AND WE ALSO BELIEVE THERE'S A QUICKER RESPONSE TIME FOR TENANT MOVE-OUTS OR SET OUT ISSUES.
UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE UNAUTHORIZED TENANTS WE'VE SEEN, UM, SEVERAL TIMES WHERE ONE PARTICULAR, UM, SOMEBODY CALLED IN CLAIMED THEY WERE A LANDLORD THAT WE'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF.
THEY SAID THAT HE WAS THEM AND THAT HE NEEDED TO GET AN RCO SO HE COULD GET THE WATER TURNED ON.
SO ONCE WE STARTED TALKING WITH THEM MORE, IT WAS A TENANT THAT REALLY WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE THERE.
THE REAL TENANT HAD MOVED OUT AND THIS ROOMMATE HAD STAYED, BUT THEY SHUT THE WATER OFF BECAUSE THE TENANT HAD MOVED OUT, BUT THE ROOMMATE WANTED TO STAY.
UM, BUT THE LANDLORD DIDN'T WANT THEM TO STAY.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT WORKED OUT.
UM, BUT HAD THIS NOT BEEN IN PLACE, THEY COULD HAVE JUST EASILY GONE TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, HAD THEIR WATER TURNED ON, AND THEN, UH, THE TENANT OR THE LANDLORD PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN EVICTION TYPE SITUATION.
UM, AND THEN THERE WE'VE HAD, UM, SOME SQUATTERS ALSO THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, TRYING TO MOVE INTO SOME HOMES.
AND THEN, UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER TIME WE HAD A TENANT THAT CALLED US CAUSE THEIR HEAT.
THIS WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THEIR HEATER WAS NOT WORKING.
THEY HAD A BABY AND IT HADN'T WORKED FOR THREE DAYS AND THEY COULDN'T GET A HOLD OF THE LANDLORD TO FIX IT.
WE WERE VERY WELL WHO THE LANDLORD WAS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER.
SO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MADE A PHONE CALL TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT FIXED THAT DAY.
SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO HELP TENANTS AND LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ALL THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
AND I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND AT THAT POINT I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, THINK I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL.
I'LL BE GIVEN A COUNCIL MCCURDY.
I KNOW ONE OF THE STATED OBJECTIVES WAS THAT WE BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM IS ZERO COSTS.
HAVE WE IN EFFECT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT? ARE THE, ARE THE REVENUES GENERATED BY THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM COVERING THE COST OF ADMINISTERING IT VERY CLOSE? I THINK WE'RE RIGHT AT 70%, 70% GETTING THERE.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT, THERE WAS SOME HESITANCE ON THE PART OF SOME OF THE LANDLORDS AS WELL.
THAT WAS THE FIRST I'D HEARD ABOUT BEING ABLE TO, TO STOP, UM, YOU KNOW, FRAUDULENT, YOU KNOW, OCCUPANCY OF, OF PROPERTIES.
THAT IS A REAL CONCERN OF LANDLORDS.
WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE AN OCCUPIED PROPERTIES, IS SOMEBODY GAINING ACCESS AND LEASING IT UP.
SO THAT'S A GREAT ADDED BENEFIT.
I, I HEARD, HEARD THAT BEFORE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INTERCEPT SOME OF THOSE.
UM, SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING NOW, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF ICE.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS, BASED ON THE VOLUME OF WHAT WE DO TO THE WORD OUT TON OF STUFF, BUT EVEN NOW WE'RE STILL EATING THAT ARE NOT.
SO WHEN THEY REGISTER OR WHEN THEY APPLY FOR THEIR RCO, THEY'RE AWARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AN INSPECTION NOW.
I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING A COMPLETE THOROUGH INSPECTION, SO IT COULD BE A FENCE PICKET MISSING.
SO MAYBE THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF IT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THAT UP.
UM, SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS THE TENANT IS MOVING IN AND THEY HAVE ITEMS AT THE CURB THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PICKED UP.
WE DO WRITE THAT AS A VIOLATION.
WE TYPICALLY, AT THAT POINT, DON'T NOTIFY THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE LANDLORD CAUSE IT'S REALLY A TENANT ISSUE.
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SO WE'LL LET THE TENANT KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT ALLOWED.THIS IS WHEN YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR, YOUR BULK OUT.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
UM, YEAH, WE DID SEVERAL, UH, NOTIFICATIONS.
WE, UM, DID, WE DID WEBSITE, WE DID A DIRECT MAIL.
WE DID SEE, I MEAN, WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT.
THERE ARE, UM, THERE, I MEAN, UNTIL MANY OF THEM THAT LIVE OUT OF STATE DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION.
WE DID DO A MAILING AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM, UM, TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE BEST WAY FOR US TO DO IT IS TO HOLD IT UP AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM ALL REGISTERED.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT SOME PLACE WITH ALL THE, WE CAN LOOK AT DOING ANOTHER COMMUNICATION TYPE, UM, PLAN AND DO A NOTE, ANOTHER NOTIFICATION ON ONES THAT WE DON'T THINK ARE REGISTERED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I NOTICED IN EARLIER PRESENTATION WHERE YOU HAD, YOU SAID YOU HAD JUST ISSUED 10 CITATIONS FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T REGISTERED, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY LOW.
UM, BUT OVERALL BASED ON THE 2100 THAT WE'VE HAD, AND WE STARTED JANUARY 21 AND WE'RE A YEAR AND A HALF INTO IT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE PERCENTAGE-WISE OF EXPECTATION OF, OF, OF THE REGISTRATION IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MUCH FARTHER DO WE HAVE TO GO? I MEAN, WE ARE GUESSING 3,500, SO MAYBE ANOTHER THOUSAND, BUT IT'S LIKE, IT'S REALLY, I JUST KIND OF CARRIED SOME OVERDUE TO PIGGYBACK ON, ON THE MIRACLE CAM.
SO I KNOW YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN.
AND TO ME IT'S AMAZING THAT SHE'D BEEN THAT FAR ALONG FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO TO ME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF, WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED NOW IS REALLY GOOD.
SO, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL WAS TO GET IT ALL COMPLETE AND I'M SURE WE'LL GET YEAH.
WITH THE, WITH THE USE OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING IN THE FIELD AND THEY'RE ALSO CHECKING AND THEN WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CATCH, CATCH THOSE UP.
BUT IF THERE'S BEEN A, A TENANT THAT'S LIVED IN THE HOUSE FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CODE VIOLATIONS, WE, WE MAY NOT CATCH IT FOR AWHILE CAUSE GLOVER.
AND MY QUESTION WAS VERY SIMILAR TO, UM, COUNCILMAN HAYDEN'S, UH, WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL DOWN THERE THAT WE HAVE.
AND, AND FIRST OF ALL, GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
I REMEMBER WITH THE IMPLEMENT
DO YOU THINK THAT 3,500 WILL HOLD UP OR ARE WE CLOSE TO THE FOUR OR DOWN TO THREE? OH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOWN TO THREE.
I THINK WE WERE PROBABLY RIGHT AT 3,500 IS STILL, PROBABLY MY GUESS.
UM, THERE'S PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, THAT OWN HUNDREDS OF HOMES.
UM, ONE PROPERTY OWNER WE'RE OWN HUNDREDS OF HOMES HERE AS REYNOLDS.
SO, UH, THERE'S STILL INVESTMENT COMPANIES OUT THERE BUYING UP PROPERTIES.
UM, WELL, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS PROBABLY FOUR YEARS AGO, UH, THAT THIS WAS A COUNCIL PRIORITY AND, UH, WE PUT PLANS TOGETHER AND, UH, WE HAD, UH, A FOCUS GROUP AND THEN IT BECAME A FOCUS GROUP.
AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAD SOME SORT OF A POLICY THAT YOU WANTED TO GO OUT AND BE ABLE TO PUT THESE EFFORTS TOGETHER IN EFFORTS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO MEET OUR, OUR MISSION AND VISION CORE VALUES.
UH, SO I SEE IT, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO PLACE AND, UH, THIS PRESENTATION REALLY JUST HELPS, YOU KNOW, HELPS US PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, FOR, UH, FOLLOWING YOU KNOW, THAT DIRECTION.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE TO COME.
WELL, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING SESSION.
SO ENTERTAIN THE MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
MOST OF THEM CUTS MEMBER MCCURDY.
THAT IS A NON DEBATABLE MOTION COUNSEL.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.