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[1. Call meeting to order.]
EVENING, EVERYONE TODAY IS JUNE 28TH, 2022.THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IT IS AN OPEN MEETING, OPEN CARRY OF FIREARMS IS NOT PERMITTED IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCILS PRESENT.
AND WITH THAT HAVE OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER IT IS 7:10 PM.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, UH, STAND FOR THE INVOCATION, IT WILL BE PRESENTED BY PASTOR PRICKS FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
JOHN'S PARENTS IS THE SENIOR PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, AND HE CAME TO THE CHURCH IN AUGUST, 2020, WITH THE HOPES OF SEEING THE CHURCH REVITALIZED TO A PLACE OF GREAT SPIRITUAL HEALTH GROWTH, AND INCREASED IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY OF CEDAR HILL JAZZ AND THE CHURCH HAVE TAKEN ON THE SLOGAN.
WE LOVE 75, 104 SEEKING TO CARE FOR THE SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CEDAR HILL.
JOSH AND HIS WIFE, JESSICA ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF JACKS JET, AND JOBY HOW YOU DOING THEIR PAST WELL, LET'S PRAY TOGETHER, FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU, LORD THAT A, WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR NOT, GOD, WE WERE AWAKENED BY YOUR MERCIES AND YOUR GRACE THIS MORNING.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT YOU LOVED US.
GOD, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO LOVE US.
LORD, WE PRAY, UM, GOD, THIS IS I'VE SEEN TONIGHT.
THE HUMILITY, THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL, UH, THIS MAYOR I'VE GOT IT, UH, IS OFTEN THAT I HEAR THEM PRAISING THOSE WHO ARE DOING A GOOD WORK IN THIS CITY.
AND SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.
UH, WE THANK YOU THAT THEY LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
WE THANK YOU THAT, UH, GOD, THEY REALLY DO WANT TO SEE THIS CITY BE A PREMIER CITY IN EVERY ASPECT OF THAT, THAT IT WOULD BE PREMIER AND, UH, IN FAITH AND THEN FAMILIES, I GOT, IT WOULD BE PREMIERE AND BUSINESS.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS IT AND LEAD IT.
UH, WE PRAY AS FAMILIES ARE, UH, IN THE MIDST OF STRUGGLE AND HARDSHIP NOW WITH, UH, WITH THE CHALLENGES OF, UH, OF OUR COUNTRY, GOD, WE PRAY FOR, UH, FOR REST.
WE PRAY FOR DEPENDENCE UPON ONE ANOTHER GOD THAT WE WOULD BE AS CITY.
UH, THAT'S PREMIER DOES NEIGHBORING, UH, GOT LOVING AND CARING FOR ONE.
ANOTHER OF UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE AND OUR LORD, WE JUST PRAY GOD FOR PROTECTION OVER, UH, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THEY LEAD US AS THEY, UH, AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS, GOD GIVE THEM THE WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT, UH, TO, TO THINK TOGETHER.
UM, AND TO, TO THINK THROUGH EVERY ASPECT THEY NEED TO.
I GOT, WE PRAY, UH, AS NORMAL, UH, GOT FOR OUR, FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SO MANY, UH, WHO GIVE AND SERVE IN COUNTLESS WAYS.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT THEY PROTECT US AND CARE FOR US.
AND LORD, WE PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ALWAYS KNOW THE LOVE AND SUPPORT WE HAVE FOR THEM.
AND LASTLY GOD, AS, AS WE HAVE A SUMMER BREAK, BUT AS TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION ARE MAKING PLANS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS NEXT YEAR, WE, WE PRAY FOR A FRUITFUL YEAR.
UM, WE PRAY FOR CEDAR HILL ISD TO CONTINUE TO, UH, TO RISE AND GROW AND, UH, ITS ABILITY TO IMPACT LIVES AND LORD THAT IT WOULD BE KNOWN AS A PREMIER SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.
WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN GATHER TONIGHT AND BE ABOUT THE BUSINESS THAT YOU'VE CALLED US TO IT'S IN JESUS NAME.
BE WHAT PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS A CUSTOMER.
GLOVER WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.
PLEASE STAY SOMEWHERE
[a. Present Great Impact Servant Leader Award to Mark Dale.]
THE NEXT ITEM IS A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATION PRESENT, GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD TO MARK DALE.THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNSELOR MOHIT RIGHT HERE.
WE KNOW ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL IS TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE PEOPLE THAT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY.
AND SO WHEN WE REACH OUT AND LOOK AT THOSE THAT IF PROVIDED A LIFETIME OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP, YOUR NAME IS THERE.
UH, I SIT HERE AND READ SOME OF THIS STUFF AND JUST SEE HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR CEDAR HILL.
WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF YOU AND WANT TO THANK YOU.
SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER, MARKDALE JUNE 28TH, 2022.
SO IT SAYS MARK DALE HAS LIVED IN CEDAR HILL OFF OLD CEDAR HILL ROAD SINCE APRIL, 1981
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AND HAS ENJOYED WATCHING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES.MARK JOINED THE BUILDING APPEALS AND ADVISORY BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1995.
HE SERVED IN THE CAPACITY OF BOARD MEMBER UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT AND MAY, 2022.
THE BOARD HAS JURISDICTION OVER APPEALS REGARDING BUILDING'S MECHANICAL PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL CODES.
SINCE 1995, MARK HAS ATTENDED OVER 300 BOARD MEETINGS AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SERVING AND OF REVIEWING AND APPROVING 10 BUILDING CODE CYCLES.
MARK SUCCESSFULLY RETIRED FROM SOUTHWESTERN BELL.
AFTER 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, MARK RECENTLY CELEBRATED HIS 91ST BIRTHDAY IN JUNE AND IS ENJOYING HIS RETIREMENT.
HIS HEART FOR SERVICE EXEMPLIFIES THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OUR CITY IS BUILT ON AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER FOR OUR CEDAR HILL.
IT'S BEEN VERY EDUCATIONAL, A LOT TO LEARN AND I DIDN'T LEARN IT.
UH, I'M PROUD THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY MORE CORE TO YOU, LEO, I'M READY TO TELL THEM I LIVE IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
NOTHING IS PERFECT, BUT WE'RE LARGE ENOUGH TO GET THINGS DONE, BUT WE'RE SMALL ENOUGH TO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE'S NEEDS SITTING ON THE BOARD.
UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO HELP PEOPLE OUT, A LOT OF OUR SENIORS, A LOT OF WHAT LADIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, WE TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITY, BUT WE TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL TOO.
AND I THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL STANDING BEHIND THE BOARD.
UH, I'D SAY 99% OF THE TIME, THE WAY WE VOTED THAT WAS WHEN, THE WAY IT WAS.
YOU MAY, THE LORD BLESS US ALL.
I HAVE ONE OTHER THING FOR YOU.
AND WHAT IT SAYS IS, IS 2022, GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD PRESENTED TO MARK DALE FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MAKING A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE PATH THAT'S GOING TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME.
YOU GOING TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS IS A ONE.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, BEING A GREAT IMPACT LEADER.
[a. Present a Proclamation recognizing the month of July 2022 as Park and Recreation Month in Cedar Hill. ]
NEXT ITEM IS A PRESENTATION PRESENT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JULY, 2022 AS PARK AND REC MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.THIS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL'S POC AND RAY, COME ON DOWN.
I KNOW GLOBALLY PROCLAMATION OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION OF BOWEL AND PARDON TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SHARING THE HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF A COMMUNITY AND REGION.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND REPARATION PROGRAMS BUILD HEALTHY, ACTIVE COMMUNITIES THAT AID IN THE PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASE PROVIDE THERAPEDIC RECREATION SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED AND ALSO IMPROVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH
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OF ALL CITIZENS.AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS INCREASE THEIR COMMUNITIES.
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM, THE TRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATIONS AREAS, IMPROVE WATER, QUALITY, PROTECT GROUNDWATER, PREVENT FLOODING, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE AIR.
WE BREATHE, PROVIDE BETTER VEGETATIVE BUFFERS TO DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE AND RAZ OUR PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE COLOGY BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS.
AND WHEREAS THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH AND WHERE THE CITY OF CITY HERE RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES.
NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEATING, HE'LL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION, MUNCH AND WITNESS SQUARE OF, I HEAR HIM TO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HERE TO BE A FIXED THE 28TH DAY OF JUNE, 2022, STEVEN MASON MAYOR.
UH, BEFORE I GIVE THIS TO WHOMEVER, I SEE SOME OF MY, UH, PROTECTIVE, UH, PART PEOPLE HERE WHEN I'M FISHING UP.
MR. PORTER, I FEEL SAFE IF OUT THERE ALONE BECAUSE THEY MORE ON THE GRASS AND I KNOW THEY DON'T PROTECT ME.
SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PARK PEOPLE THEY COME BY AND THEY'LL SAY, HELLO, HOW YOU DOING? I'M DOING FINE.
SO MR. UH, LET ME GIVE THIS TO YOU.
MA'AM UH, ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR PARK BOARD FOR THEIR CONTINUED GUIDANCE, AS WELL AS THE GUIDANCE OF THE PORT OR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE ON JULY 4TH AT THE RED, WHITE AND POOL AS WE KICK OFF PARKS AND RECREATION.
JULY, 2022 IS PARK AND REC MAMA ALSO, UM, GOT JUNE JULY NIGHT, UH, DIRECTOR RAY PERFECT.
[b. Presentation of the 2021 Police Department Annual Report. ]
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, HELLO PLEASE.NEXT IS PRESENTATION OF THE 2021 POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.
IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT YOU THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 2021 ANNUAL REPORT.
WELL, WE START OFF WITH THE MISSION VISION OF OUR CITY, ALONG WITH OUR, IN THE BOTTOM HERE, WE'VE ADDED OUR POLICE MISSION STATEMENT.
THE THING THAT WE ADD INTO HERE AS A PURSUING PREMIERE, WHERE CEDAR HILL IS SAFE, CEDAR HILL AS AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY, SAFETY IS THE COURT ALL COMMUNITIES AND A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THIS LITTLE IMAGE HERE REALLY SHOWS ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S ABOUT INTEGRATING ALL OF THESE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE THAT COME TOGETHER AND COLLABORATION TO HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
YOU KNOW, I OFTEN TELL PEOPLE THAT WE, WE CONDUCT A CONCIERGE POLICING AND CONCIERGE POLICE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UM, IT'S JUST THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS PEOPLE ON RELATIONSHIPS, SERVANT LEADERSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR AND INTEGRITY, AND A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S MISSION VISION, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES ALSO HAVE A MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES.
UM, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE AS I MEET WITH THE OFFICERS, UH, EVERY YEAR AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO ASK THEM IS, UM, TELL ME A TIME IN WHICH YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED COMPASSION TO ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND IT JUST BREAKS ME UP TO HEAR
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THE STORIES THAT THEY TELL ME ABOUT, UH, SOMEBODY THAT THEY HELPED OUT GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP OUT OR SOMEBODY THAT THEY GAVE A BREAK TO INSTEAD OF TAKING THEM TO JAIL, BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME.AND I TRY TO INSTILL THAT IN THEM IS THAT OFFICERS HAVE DISCRETION, UM, AND UTILIZING THAT DISCRETION, WHICH REALLY PUTS A LOT OF TRUST IN OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT OUT THERE JUST TO TRY TO PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL, BUT WE'RE OUT THERE TO TRY TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE IS TO NOT PUT THEM IN JAIL.
UM, AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE OFFICERS DO AND HOW THEY DO DEMONSTRATE, UH, THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE DISCRETION WHEN POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, UH, COMING OFF OF COVID AND TRYING TO GET BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMAL NORMALCY, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE, UH, CHANGED AND A LOT OF THINGS HAVE STAYED THE SAME.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE, UH, TO CONTINUE OUR WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE DETAILED ANNUAL REPORT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UM, OUR CRIME RATES CONTINUES TO BE THE LOWEST AND THE BEST SOUTHWEST.
AND I'LL SHOW THAT DATA PROJECTED TO YOU GUYS HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDES.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR CRIME RATE, WE TALK ABOUT PART ONE UCR CRIMES THEY'RE DIVIDED INTO VIOLENT CRIME AND PROPERTY CRIME.
THE CHART THAT YOU SEE HERE COMPARE CEDAR HILL TO THE REST OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES.
UM, THESE ARE COMPARATIVE CITIES BECAUSE WE ARE ALL PART OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST AND HAVE SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMIES.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, CEDAR HILL COMPARED TO THE OTHER THREE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES, UH, WE DO HAVE THE LOWEST VIOLENT CRIME RATE OF ALL OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES.
UH, WE DO THROW IN DALLAS AND GRAND PRAIRIE THERE JUST TO SHOW WHAT IT DOES LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU GET INTO THE LARGER CITIES AND METROPOLITAN AREAS.
AND, UH, THE BIG DIFFERENCE THAT YOU HAVE IN THE CRIME RATES, UH, THIS VIOLENT CRIME, UH, DOES CONSIST OF ABOUT 10% OF OUR OVERALL CRIME IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
WHEN WE GO TO OUR PROPERTY CRIME, SAME SITUATION HERE, WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO THE OTHER BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES.
AND THEN AGAIN, DALLAS AND GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, PART ONE CRIMES ARE 90% OF OUR CRIMES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THEFT IS THE MOST PREVALENT ONE OF THOSE CRIMES.
UH, WE ARE A RETAIL DESTINATION HUB FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE REGION.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY THAT DEF NUMBER IS SO HIGH.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, EVEN WITH THAT HIGH NUMBER, WE'RE STILL WELL BELOW.
UH, MANY OF OUR OTHER COMPARISON CITIES, WE CONTINUE TO DECLINE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OVERALL CRIME RATE PER THOUSAND, SINCE 2016, WE'VE SEEN A, ALMOST A 50% DECREASE IN OUR CRIME INDEX YEAR, OVER YEAR, OVER YEAR, UM, LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, A 13% TOTAL DECREASE.
SO IN 2016, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 35 CRIMES PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 18 CRIMES.
THIS KIND OF GRAPHIC HERE KIND OF GIVES YOU, UH, A VISUAL OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CRIMES AND WHAT A BIG PIECE OF THE PIE THAT THEFT OR SHOPLIFTING IS WHEN IT COMES TO THE PART ONE CRIMES IN OUR CITY, UM, MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT BEING SECOND.
SO IF YOU ADD IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, ALONG WITH THE THEFT, UM, THAT'S REALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE CRIMES THAT WE HAVE ARE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS IN THE CITY, UH, 15 OF THOSE OR A THIRD OF THOSE ARE FAMILY VIOLENCE RELATED.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO POLICE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
UM, SO UNLAWFUL CARRYING A WEAPON, AS WE ALL KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE HAS BEEN INCREASING ACROSS NOT ONLY OUR STATE, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UH, THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY LOOSENED, UH, THE GUN LAWS DURING THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MAKING IT EASIER FOR OPEN CARRY, UM, REDUCING OR ELIMINATING THE EDUCATION AND REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A CONCEALED CARRY LICENSE.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING OVER THE LAST YEAR YEARS IS MORE PEOPLE CARRYING FIREARMS IN THEIR VEHICLES, UM, WHICH THEN RESULTS IN MORE POOR DECISION-MAKING BECAUSE THEY HAVE EASY ACCESS TO A FIREARM, UM, TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU IN 2017, THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED 20 INDIVIDUALS FOR UNLAWFULLY CARRYING A FIREARM.
UH, MOST OF THESE, UH, CHARGES STEM FROM A TRAFFIC STOP, WHERE AN OFFICER MAKES A TRAFFIC STOP, THEY, UH, WILL GET PROBABLE CAUSE TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE.
AND THEN THE PERSON IS IN VIOLATION OF SOME LAW, WHETHER IT BE POSSESSION OF DRUGS OR DWI, UH, AND THEY'RE ARRESTED
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AND THEY'RE IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM ILLEGALLY IN 2017, WE ARRESTED 20 PEOPLE IN 2021.SO FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR UNLAWFULLY CARRYING A FIREARM LAST YEAR AS COMPARED TO FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND MOST OF THOSE 95% OF THOSE ARE TRAFFIC STOPS.
AND SO IT'S, UH, AND, UH, A REAL CONCERN, UH, THAT THERE'S SO MANY MORE FIREARMS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR CITY.
UM, BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR THE CONTINUED PROACTIVE WORK THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING IN CONDUCTING TRAFFIC STOPS, UH, AND SEIZING THESE WEAPONS THAT ARE BEING UNLAWFULLY CARRIED, UM, TO TAKE THAT ONE STEP FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO, WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT WE CAN HAVE ON REDUCING FIREARM VIOLENCE.
UM, SO THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER MYSELF DO HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING WITH, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE CARL SHERMAN, TO DISCUSS THAT VERY ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS A REAL CONCERN.
AND WE WANT TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO ANY TYPE OF INPUT OR FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN GIVE TO HELP, UH, CRAFT THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FIRST QUARTER COMPARISON LAST YEAR, WE DID HAVE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN A LOT OF OUR CRIMES DUE TO COVID.
UM, YOU CAN SEE QUARTER ONE FROM 2021, WHERE WE HIT THAT SHOPLIFTING NUMBER.
A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES WERE NOT OPEN.
SO OUR SHOPLIFTING NUMBERS WERE DRASTICALLY REDUCED.
UM, WE'RE KIND OF STRAIGHTENING BACK OUT NOW TO WHERE WE WERE IN 2020.
SO THE 20, 21 NUMBERS, HOW THEY'RE STILL LOWER THAN THEY WERE IN 2020, UM, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
AND MOST OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH BUSINESSES BEING BACK TO OPEN AND CRIMINALS, JUST GOING BACK OUT TO WORK LIKE THEY USED TO, THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF OUR OVERALL ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE, OUR CITIZEN INITIATED CALLS DID INCREASE BY ALMOST 10%, UH, WHICH ALSO RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN OUR RESPONSE TIMES, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO, UH, OUR, WHEN WE GO DOWN TO THE ARRESTS AGAIN, WE WENT UP ABOUT 6% IN THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS.
UH, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS WENT UP, OFFICER'S, UH, STARTED GOING BACK TO ENFORCING MORE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND OUR CRIMINAL CASE ASSIGNMENTS WENT DOWN.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE TAKING A LOT MORE, UH, REPORTS AND CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR INFORMATION AND REPORTS ONLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE, UM, UH, CPS AND APS REFERRALS.
SO WE'VE DONE, UH, LAST YEAR WE DID 400, UH, INFORMATION REPORTS THAT WERE EITHER CPS OR APS REFERRALS.
UM, AND SO WHAT THAT RESULTING IN IS A LOT MORE, UM, CASES NOT BEING ASSIGNED, UH, EMERGENCY DETENTIONS THAT WE DID.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL AWARE, WE ARE, UH, UH, ENGAGED IN A REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE WITH DESOTO IN DUNCANVILLE.
UH, LAST YEAR WE DID 184 EMERGENCY DETENTIONS.
UM, SO THAT'S 184 PEOPLE THAT A PEACE OFFICER TOOK INTO CUSTODY BECAUSE THEY WERE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR SOMEBODY ELSE AT THAT TIME.
UM, HISTORICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN CEDAR HILL IS THEY WERE TAKEN TO A MENTAL FACILITY.
UH, THEY WERE, UH, PASSED OVER TO THAT PSYCHIATRIC DOCTOR AND THEN THE OFFICER LEFT WROTE A REPORT, AND THAT WAS THE END OF IT.
UM, BUT THANKS TO, UH, YOUR ALL SUPPORT WITH, UH, INCLUDING US IN THE GRANT FOR DALLAS COUNTY AND DESOTO, UH, NOW, UH, THOSE WILL GET FOLLOW UP AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE RECEIVING THOSE PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, THEM AND THEIR FAMILY CAN GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HEALTHY AND THEY'RE WELL, AND THEY'RE GETTING THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO BE WELL CLEARANCE RATES.
UM, SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE RATE AT WHICH A CRIME HAPPENS AND IT GETS SOLVED, UM, ONE MANNER OR ANOTHER.
UH, SO OUR CLEARANCE RATE, UH, LAST YEAR WENT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, AND IT CONTINUES TO TREND THAT WAY.
UM, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE INABILITY TO IDENTIFY SUSPECTS THROUGH VIDEO EVIDENCE.
UM, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE MASK, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY A LOT OF THESE GUYS.
WE USED TO BE ABLE TO GET REALLY GOOD PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE ON A LOT OF THESE, UH, SHOPLIFTINGS OR THESE THEFT CALLS OR BURGLARY CALLS.
UM, AND IT'S NOT ABNORMAL FOR SOMEBODY TO WALK AROUND WITH A MASK, SO IT DOESN'T STAND OUT.
SO IT'S JUST MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE STATE AND OTHER CITIES, WE'RE STILL DOING ABOVE AVERAGE, WHEN IT COMES TO
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OUR CLEARANCE RATES, OUR TRAFFIC UNIT, WE DO HAVE TWO FULL TIME COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTORS, AND WE HAVE TWO PART-TIME MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS.UM, THE TRAFFIC UNIT DOES THE CMV GUYS DO, UH, MAINLY WORK OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS, ENFORCING, UM, THE, UH, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS, BUT ALSO HANDLE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT, HOW MANY CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE ACCIDENTS AND MOTOR ASSISTS AND DWI TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS AND TRAFFIC HAZARDS.
UM, AND SO IT'S REALLY BEEN BENEFICIAL TO OUR PATROL OFFICERS AND FREEING THEM UP BECAUSE ANY TIME ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF CALLS COMES OUT AND THE TRAFFIC GUYS ARE ON DUTY, THE TRAFFIC GUYS WILL GO HANDLE THOSE CALLS AND FREE UP PATROL TO RESPOND TO THE 9 1 1 CALLS, WHICH ALSO WILL HELP REDUCE THOSE RESPONSE TIMES FOR THEIR EMERGENCY CALLS.
SINCE THE TRAFFIC GUYS ARE TAKING CARE OF THAT, THE, UH, TRAFFIC RELATED CALLS LAST YEAR, THEY DID INSPECT 711 TRUCKS, UH, IDENTIFIED 4,000 OVER 4,000 VIOLATIONS.
AND 56% OF THE TRUCKS WERE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE.
THE NATIONAL OF SERVICE RATE IS 20%.
SO WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A VEHICLE IS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE IS JUST MEANS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THAT VEHICLE, ON THAT TRUCK AT THAT TIME, THAT HAS TO BE FIXED BEFORE THAT TRUCK CAN BE MOVED.
A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, ARE, ARE IDENTIFIED AS AN OUT OF SERVICE VIOLATION, UM, THEY CAN FIX THEIR ON THE SCENE THEMSELVES OR BRING IN A MECHANIC THAT CAN DO IT THERE FOR THEM, UM, AND THIS, SO THEY GET IT FIXED QUICKLY, UH, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO LEAVE, UH, AFTER THEY GET IT FIXED.
BUT IN SOME CASES THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET IT FIXED AND THEY HAVE TO BE TOWED TO A FACILITY AND HAVE IT FIXED.
WE DO HAVE A SERGEANT BIRD WHO IS PART OF OUR HAIDA TASK FORCE.
THAT'S THE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA.
UH, THEY DO WORK WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION.
UM, THEY DO A LOT OF THESE HIGH PROFILE CASES.
UM, SO THIS TASK FORCE, UH, CONSISTS OF ELLIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE DALLAS COUNTY, DA WALKS, APACHE AND MIDLOTHIAN LANCASTER, CEDAR HILL, KAUFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DPS AND DEA.
UM, AND SO THIS REALLY GIVES US A FORCE MULTIPLIER, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ANY TYPE OF WIRETAPS THAT WE NEED OR SURVEILLANCE.
UM, IT GIVES US ANOTHER SET OF EYES AND EARS TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP, UH, THIS TYPE OF, UH, HIGH LEVEL NARCOTICS ACTIVITY OUT OF CEDAR HILL.
AND OF COURSE OUR BREAD AND BUTTER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE AND COMMUNITY TEAM CONTINUES TO DO, UH, AMAZING WORK OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, ALWAYS AT EVERY EVENT TO REPRESENT THE CITY BUILDING TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH THE YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OVER THE YEARS, UH, ON YOUR SUPPORT OF THE THINGS THAT OUR, UH, PAC TEAM DOES, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR SATURDAYS TO COME OUT FOR THESE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UH, TAKING PART IN THOSE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THOSE.
UM, AS WE'RE IDENTIFYING MORE NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GO VISIT, THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THE EVENTS.
LAST YEAR, WE DID DO FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS.
UM, THESE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE VISITED.
SO LAST YEAR WE VISITED ALMOST 1100 HOMES.
OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION, UH, HANDLES OUR TRAINING AND HIRING OF OFFICERS.
UH, LAST YEAR WE DID DO OVER 4,000 DEPARTMENT TRAINING HOURS AND 222 ONLINE COURSES.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF COVID WAS, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AVAILABILITY FOR ONLINE TRAINING.
AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE TRAINING CLASSES AVAILABLE FOR OFFICERS SO THEY CAN KEEP UP WITH THEIR TRAINING HOURS.
AND SO WE'RE GLAD THAT, UH, THAT CAME OUT OF THAT AND THE OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF TRAINING NOW ONLINE THERE.
UM, WE ALSO DID, UM, THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL POLICING DEESCALATION TRAINING FOR ALL SWORN OFFICERS.
WE DID, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS TRAINING, WHICH IS PART OF OUR FIRST RESPONDER RESILIENCY PROGRAM.
OUR OFFICER DOWN AND OFFICE WORKER TRAINING, UH, RESCUE TRAINING, AND STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TEST UPDATE.
ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, THAT, UM, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE VIOLENCE, UM, WE DID DO, UH, THE FIRST, UH, UNANNOUNCED, UH, ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING AT THE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL POLICE AND SECURITY AND OUR PATROL OFFICERS.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT CONSISTED OF IS A SATURDAY MORNING, UM, A PREDETERMINED, UH, DATE AND TIME WE HAD IT SET UP
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WITH OUR COMMUNICATION CENTER AND DISPATCH THAT WE SET UP AT FIRE STATION ON BELTLINE AND, UH, DISPATCH CAME ON THE RADIO AND MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO PATROL.THEY HAD NO IDEA IT WAS COMING AND SAID, THIS IS A TRAINING DRILL.
ALL OFFICERS ON DUTY GO TO CHANNEL TWO.
THE OFFICERS WENT TO CHANNEL TWO AND THEY WERE TOLD ACTIVE SHOOTER AT COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL REPORT TO THE FIRE STATION FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
AND WHAT WE DID THERE IS WE, WE DISARMED EVERYBODY TO MAKE IT A SAFE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT.
UM, THEIR FIREARMS, ALL OF THEIR WEAPONS WERE TAKEN OUT AND SANITIZE FROM THEM.
THEY WERE GIVING, UM, WHAT WE CALL THE RED GUNS OR TRAINING, UH, WEAPONS.
AND THEN THEY PROCEEDED TO, UH, THE, UM, THE SCHOOL AND HAD TO, UH, ENGAGE THE SCENARIO LIKE THEY WOULD IF IT WAS A REAL INCIDENT.
UM, THE THING THAT REALLY MADE THIS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER EXERCISE THAT WE'VE EVER DONE IS THAT IT WAS UNANNOUNCED AND IT WAS USING THE ON-DUTY RESOURCES THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME, WHICH GAVE US THE ABILITY TO REALLY SCRUTINIZE.
IF THIS WAS TO HAPPEN TODAY, HOW WOULD OUR RESPONSE BE, AND WHERE WERE OUR SHORTCOMINGS? AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT IS OUR BIGGEST SHORTCOMING WAS COMMUNICATION.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU APPROVED A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS FOR OUR RADIO SYSTEM.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE HAD DURING THIS INCIDENT WAS COMMUNICATIONS.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY CAN NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER ON THE RADIO.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN A PATCH, BUT WHEN DISPATCH PUT THAT PATCH THROUGH, DURING THIS INCIDENT, WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING THAT THEY WERE SAYING.
SO I'M THANKFUL THAT THIS PROGRAM, THIS PROJECT FOR THE RADIO IS MOVING FORWARD, UH, SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BY LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AS WE'VE SEEN AND READ COMMUNICATION DURING THESE INCIDENTS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE.
UM, AND SO, UH, I'M THANKFUL FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT PARTICIPATED THE SCHOOL.
UH, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DEBRIEFING AND, UH, I THINK WE GOT A LOT OUT OF IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED, UH, IF IT DOES HAPPEN.
UM, AND SO, AND WE'RE DOING THE TRAINING AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESPOND IF, AND WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN.
SO OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME WE EVER COMPLETED AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT.
UM, AND SO WE DO NOW DO AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF OUR, OF ALL OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMPLAINTS FOR 2021.
WE HAD 11 COMPLAINTS, UM, FROM EXTERNAL, UH, PEOPLE, AND WE HAD 33 INTERNAL COMPLAINTS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OFFICERS OR SUPERVISORS IDENTIFIED A SHORTCOMING OR A POLICY VIOLATION AND INITIATED A COMPLAINT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, ONE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING AND TRYING TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR IS THEIR BODY CAMERA.
UM, WE HAVE NINE BODY CAMERA VIOLATIONS THAT SUPERVISORS IDENTIFIED DURING THEIR AUDITS, UH, WHERE AN OFFICER WENT TO A SCENE, UH, INTERACTED WITH A COMMUNITY MEMBER WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR BODY CAMERA ON AND DID NOT HAVE THEIR BODY CAMERA ON.
UM, SO THEY'RE GETTING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
THEY GET AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMPLAINT, UM, AND IT IS PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE.
SO, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS ARE EQUIPPED BODY CAMERAS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE THE CAMERA ON.
IT IS AN INDEPENDENT, UH, UH, EVIDENCE OF WHAT OCCURRED AT THAT.
AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
WE DID HAVE ONE INTERNAL EXCESSIVE FORCE COMPLAINT IT'S TITLED AS AN EXCESS OF FORCE, BUT IT WAS REALLY AN IMPROPER USE.
AND THAT STEMMED FROM OUR CANINE OFFICER, UH, UTILIZING A CANINE, UH, WHEN IT WASN'T APPROPRIATE TO USE THE CANINE, UH, DURING A PURSUIT AND ASSISTING ONE OF OUR PARTNER CITIES.
UM, AND THAT WAS IDENTIFIED INTERNALLY, UH, BY OUR OWN PEOPLE DURING OUR AUDIT PROCESS AS A USE OF FORCE, WHEN IT COMES TO USE OF FORCE.
UM, LAST YEAR WE DID, UH, RESPOND TO 21,294, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND THEN 10,623 TRAFFIC STOPS.
SO ABOUT 32,000 CONTACTS, UH, AND WHICH RESULTED IN ABOUT ONE USE OF FORCE OUT OF EVERY 2,500 CONTACTS.
ONE THING THAT WE TRACK THAT A LOT OF CITIES DON'T TRACK IS THIS WHERE THIS THREAT OF DEADLY FORCE, UM, THAT'S 51 TIMES WHERE AN OFFICER DREW THEIR FIREARM OUT OF THEIR HOLSTER AND POINTED IT AT A PERSON.
UM, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NUMBER OF, UH, INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE INVOLVING FIREARMS AND ARREST WITH FIREARMS, HOW THERE IS AN INCREASED LEVEL OF VIGILANCE AND AN INCREASED LEVEL OF THE NEED FOR AN OFFICER TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY.
UH, THERE WAS NO DISCHARGE OF ANY FIREARMS, UH, LAST YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THAT, AND IT IS REVIEWED AS WHETHER IT WAS APPROPRIATE OR NOT BY THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TYPE
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OF USE OF FORCE EVERY YEAR, UH, OUR OR OUR OFFICERS AND, UH, PROFESSIONAL STAFF, UH, PUT PEOPLE IN AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHO SHOULD BE THE, OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS IN A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES.THIS YEAR, OUR PATROL OFFICER OF THE YEAR WAS OFFICER JOSE PENA, JOSE PENA.
OUR SUPPORT OFFICER OF THE YEAR WAS JIMMY VALENTI, OUR ROOKIE OFFICER OF THE YEAR, EUGENE SOUK, OUR PATROL SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR, SERGEANT JAMES PORTER, AND A SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR SERGEANT CHAD COOLEY AND OUR CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR WAS TRACY FARRELL.
YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR INCREASED, UM, LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IS SHARE A LOT OF INFORMATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE DO HAVE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE OUR RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, OUR USE OF FORCE REPORT, PURSUIT REPORT, INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A, AN INCREASED SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND SHARING ANYTIME THERE'S A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE WE SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CRIME MAPPING TOOL, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE WHERE WE HAVE A HIGH PROFILE INCIDENT THAT OCCURS IN OUR CITY, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAD A BANK ROBBERY THE OTHER YEAR, THE FIRST BANK ROBBERY WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR IN CEDAR HILL.
I SEE THE COMMENTS THAT ARE POSTED RIGHT.
THAT CEDAR HILL IS GOING TO WHATEVER I'M MOVING.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT CHART AND JUST TELL ME WHERE IT IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE TO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT OCCUR IN CEDAR HILL, AND WE WANT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY INFORMED BECAUSE AN INFORMED COMMUNITY IS A SAFER COMMUNITY.
UM, IT GIVES THE PERCEPTION THAT THERE'S MORE CRIME IN CEDAR HILL WHEN THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THERE'S NOT.
UM, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.
AND SO, UM, AND THAT IS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL SLIDE THAT WE SHOWED WITH THE CIRCLE ABOUT ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT BRING TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE THIS YEAR, UH, IN 2022, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS, UH, I JUST RECEIVED THE PAPERWORK TO START THE PROCESS TO TAKE PART IN THE APRIL, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH IS ACTIVE BYSTANDER SHIP FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT CAME OUT OF NEW ORLEANS, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED EPIC ETHICAL POLICING IS COURAGEOUS IN WHICH OFFICERS ARE TAUGHT ABOUT HOW TO INTERVENE AND HOW TO TRAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OKAY TO INTERVENE AND TO BE, UH, COURAGEOUS IN MAKING A DECISION TO STOP SOMEONE ELSE FROM ENGAGING IN INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.
SO, UH, OUR CURRICULA KRUTH POLICE INSTITUTE IN TEXAS HAS TAKEN THE LEAD FOR TEXAS AGENCIES THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN APRIL.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM NOW TO, UH, GET OUR APPLICATION SUBMITTED AND BECOME PART OF THE PROGRAM WHERE ALL OF OUR OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING ON THE ABLE PROGRAM.
THE OTHER THING IS OUR SHOPTALK PROGRAM, ADDING THAT INTO OUR TOOLBOX FOR OUR, UH, POLICE AND COMMUNITY TEAM.
UM, THAT IS WHERE WE WILL HAVE OFFICERS, UH, GOING TO BARBERSHOPS AND JUST SITTING DOWN AND TALKING WITH PEOPLE.
UH, IT ORIGINATED OUT OF A PROGRAM THAT THEY STARTED IN IRVING.
IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN IRVINE.
AND SINCE THEN IT HAS TRANSITIONED TO MULTIPLE CITIES AROUND THE METROPLEX.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO KICK THAT OFF HERE NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST IN-PERSON FOR THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.
UH, THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COUNCIL IS A CROSS SECTION OF SELECTION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MEET WITH, UH, MYSELF QUARTERLY.
WE GO OVER DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAVE DIRECT LINE OF ACCESS TO ME.
SHOULD THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS, UH, FROM THEIR COMMUNITY? THE LAST THING THAT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SERGEANT JAMES PORTER, WHO WAS OUR SUPERVISOR, A PATROL SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR.
HE ACTUALLY, UH, REACHED OUT TO MAGNUS BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU INSTITUTE AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ESTABLISHING, UH, SOME TYPE OF FREE, UH, PROGRAM FOR OUR, AT RISK YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN KICKING OFF THAT PROGRAM HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, THE BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU INSTITUTE AGREED TO FUND 10 SPOTS AT NO COST, UM, FOR CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IDENTIFIED IT AT RISK, UH, THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THERE IS A, UH, A SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE TO SIGN.
THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO AGREE TO IT.
UH, WE'RE WE HAVE THREE KIDS IN THE PROGRAM SO FAR, UM, AND THROUGH THE SUMMER, AND THERE ARE SOME BENCHMARKS IN THERE.
UH, SOME SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, UH, BENCHMARKS, NO TRUANCY, UM, SOME GRADE GRADES THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN OR TO MAINTAIN PART OF THE PROGRAM.
AND SO, UH, WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP GET SOME OF THESE KIDS OUT THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY OTHER
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OUTLET, UM, AND FIND SOME SELF OF SOME SENSE OF, UM, BEING PART OF SOMETHING.AND I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD PROGRAM WHEN, WHEN IT GETS INTO FULL, FULL BLOWN AND OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCING A FEELING OF SAFETY AND SATISFACTION, WE'VE GROWN FROM A REACTIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO A FULL SERVICE PROACTIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE CITY IS COMMUNITY POLICING, DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION, BUILT ON ACCURATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION, ACTIVE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT WITH A VIGOROUS VOLUNTEER AND NEIGHBORHOOD BASE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE CAUSE I'M GLOVER.
AND THANK YOU, CHIEF REYES, IS THERE A VERY DETAILED AND COMPREHENSIVE REPORT AND AS ALWAYS THE NUMBERS LOOK REALLY GOOD.
UM, SO, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, OUR, OUR TIMES ARE CHANGING.
SO WE HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT WE DIDN'T ASK YEARS AGO.
UM, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO, TO HEAR THAT WE HAD THE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, UM, IN THAT PROCESS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SCHOOL WHO WOULD ASSUME, AND WHO WOULD TAKE LEE ON, IF SOMETHING HAD BEEN FORBID HAPPENS AT OUR SCHOOL WOULD BE LEAD, IS THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SO IT DEPENDS.
THEY CAN BE A VERY DYNAMIC FLUID SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD JUST HAD THE INCIDENT AT THE DUNCANVILLE FIELD HOUSE, RIGHT.
MULTIPLE AGENCIES FROM OUR REGIONS RESPONDED WHEN WE GOT THERE, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF REESE WAS THE INCIDENT COMMANDER.
UM, DUNCANVILLE DID HAVE ONE OF THEIR ASSISTANT CHIEFS.
UM, SO WE TOOK COMMAND OF THE INCIDENT FROM THE OUTSIDE.
UM, SO THESE ARE VERY FLUID SITUATIONS.
UM, AND SO IT JUST, IT'S JUST GONNA A SITUATION IS GOING TO DICTATE.
BUT IN MOST CASES, THE SCHOOL CHIEF IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE THERE.
UM, AND SO HE WOULD ASSUME COMMAND AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT, IF WE NEEDED TO TURN TRANSITION, COMMAND TO SOMEONE FROM THE CITY, THEN THAT WOULD OCCUR.
SO WE DO USE A UNIFIED COMMAND SYSTEM HERE.
UM, AND SO IT WOULD JUST, UH, SITUATION WOULD DICTATE.
AND FINALLY, UNTIL WE GET THE NEW RADIO SYSTEM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO FACILITATE THE BETTER PATCH BETWEEN THE RADIOS? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO SINCE THE TRAINING SHOW THAT THE PATCH DIDN'T WORK THAT WELL? SO WE HAVE TO RELY ON THAT PATCH BECAUSE WE'RE IN TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE RADIO SYSTEMS. UM, BUT THANKFULLY WE DO HAVE GOOD CELL PHONE COMMUNICATION.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN RELYING ON THAT MORE THAN WE HAVE THE RADIO.
UM, BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE JOINT EVENTS THAT DO OCCUR, UM, SUCH AS THE FOOTBALL GAMES, WHEN WE WORK THERE, UM, WE WILL USUALLY ONE OR THE OTHER WE'LL HAVE THE OTHER'S RADIO, UM, AS PART OF THAT, THAT TEAM SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION.
UM, SO JUST A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, IN OUR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY REPORT, YOU, WE LIST, UH, YOU KNOW, THEFT, WHICH INCLUDE SHOPLIFTING.
IF WE, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, IF WE BACKED OUT SHOPLIFTING IT AT THE RETAIL LEVEL, WHAT, WHAT THEFT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN OUR CITY, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT WAS ON THAT PIE CHART THERE.
SO LET ME JUST, I CAN GET EXACT NUMBERS IF YOU WANT TO PULL EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THOSE TODAY.
I MEAN, TAKE THAT ORANGE PIECE OUT.
SO, SO TWO THIRDS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE CITY IS ESSENTIALLY RELATED TO, TO RETAIL THEFT THE STORES.
AND I'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY FOR SOME OF OUR OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF THE RETAILERS NOT WANTING TO PROSECUTE.
WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE DA SOMETIMES NOT WANTING TO PROSECUTE THE THEFT.
AND SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY DISCOURAGE THAT, BUT, BUT THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH ANYWHERE WHERE YOU HAVE LARGE RETAIL ACTIVITY.
SO, BUT MY POINT WAS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXCLUDING THE, THE RETAIL STORE THEFT, THAT OUR CRIME RATES ARE ACTUALLY EXTREMELY LOW, THEY ARE.
AND THAT'S, IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL DO WE'LL GOOGLE IS CEDAR HILL SAFE, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT'LL COME UP IS THEY WILL, THEY'LL GIVE YOU THE CRIMES PER THOUSAND, RIGHT.
AND THESE 616 SHOPLIFTING CASES ARE INCLUDED IN THE CRIMES PER THOUSAND, UH, UH, THEFT.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CRIMES PER THOUSAND COUNTS THE SAME AS A MURDER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE.
AND 10% OF OUR PART ONE CRIME IS VIOLENT
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CRIME IN 90% IS PROPERTY CRIME.THE, UM, WHEN, WHEN ON THE, ON THE REPORT WHERE WE WERE COMPARING OURSELVES TO TWO OTHER CITIES, DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR LIKE MIDLOTHIAN IN MANSFIELD AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THOSE OTHER CITIES ARE SURROUNDING A CERTAIN AREN'T NECESSARILY PART OF THE, THE BEST SOUTHWEST AREA.
I, I DON'T HAVE THOSE CITIES, BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMPARISONS THAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN JUST REQUEST IT AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU THAT WHATEVER THE COMPARISON CITIES ARE.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET MY LIST TOO.
UH, I THINK MELISSA ALREADY HAS MY LIST.
SO, AND THEN, UM, ON THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID THAT WE'LL, WE'LL SOMETIMES WE'LL TAKE TRUCKS OUT OF SERVICE, BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN INCIDENTS WHERE TRUCKS WERE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS WERE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE, PICKED UP BY A TOW TRUCK, TOWED TO THE CITY LIMIT AND THEN DROPPED THE DRIVER, GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK AND DROVE AWAY.
IS, IS, IS THERE SOME WAY TO ELIMINATE INCIDENTS LIKE THAT OR REDUCE THAT? I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE EXCEPTION MIGHT MEAN WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T BABYSIT THE TRUCK.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT, THERE ARE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THAT.
UM, THAT, THAT, THAT VEHICLE IS RED TAGGED.
ACTUALLY YESTERDAY WE HAD A VEHICLE THAT WE RED TAGGED.
UM, IT ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN.
AND THE DRIVER CHOSE AFTER THE OFFICERS LEFT TO NOT FIX HIS, UH, HIS, UM, VIOLATIONS AND DROVE AND MIDLOTHIAN LICENSE AND WEIGHTS STOPPED HIM.
AND THAT VEHICLE WAS IMPOUNDED.
SO, UM, THERE ARE AN, A SIGNIFICANT FINE FOR NOT FIXING THAT AND OPERATING THE VEHICLE.
THE COMMERCIAL, UM, CITATIONS ARE MUCH MORE HEFTY THAN, UM, JUST A REGULAR CITATION THAT YOU WOULD GET FOR, UM, LIKE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC VIOLATION.
THAT WAS, THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD.
THANK YOU FOR REPORT AND A THANK YOU FOR, TO YOU AND ALL OF OUR OFFICERS FOR, FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU DO.
UM, I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, CEDAR HILL IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN ALL OF DALLAS COUNTY, NOT JUST THE BEST SOUTHWEST AREA.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOUR WORK THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WE ACHIEVED THAT BECAUSE I'M A HAYDEN, THEN MAY I PUT SOME SIPS, THANK YOU MIRROR.
NOW, CHIEF, I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND I, AND I THINK WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE, AND THE, AND THE GUYS THAT WE HAVE AND YOUR STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SECOND TO NONE.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS IS SUCH A DETAILED REPORT.
AND IF THERE'S ANY CITIZENS WATCHING AND SEEING THIS COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY, UH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO, TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EXCELLENT.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS AND I THINK IT'S ALL RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, THE SHOOTER ACTIVE SHOOTER OR SCHOOL INCIDENTS AND SO FORTH.
NUMBER ONE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION AND THE RADIOS WHEN WE COME ONLINE WITH OURS, SINCE WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT AND IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THAT? OKAY.
THAT WAS SO THEY'LL HAVE THAT CAPABILITY IS INCLUDED IN PART OF THAT PROJECTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO DISCREDIT ANY, ANY, UH, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL POLICE OFFICERS OR ANYTHING, BUT IN MY, I GUESS, UNDERSTANDING AND SEEING READING, AND IN NEW VALLEY AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE MUCH MORE, UH, ABLE TO HANDLE BIG EVENTS AND SO FORTH TRAINING.
AND SO JUST LIKE YOUR DEPARTMENT IS, UM, AND SO FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT DEPARTMENT, AND IF WE HAVE OUR, OUR SCHOOL CHIEF, AND MAYBE HE'S JUST WELL QUALIFIED, BUT IF HE COMES IN THERE AND HE'S INCIDENT COMMANDER IS IN THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH WHEN, WHEN WE DO HAVE AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT, UH, AND KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE SAY IF I WAS GOING INTO SOMETHING AND I'M GOING TO BE AN INCIDENT COMMANDER, AND I'M STARTING TO AT LEAST DIRECT, BUT I KNOW, HEY, AN FBI INCIDENT COMMANDER COMES IN AND THIS GUY'S GOT MORE WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO ME.
SO IS THERE ANY COMMUNICATION OR COLLABORATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT? YEAH.
SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, THE SCHOOL POLICE CHIEF HERE IS A RETIRED SYSTEM CHIEF FROM ARLINGTON.
SO HE DOES HAVE A LOT OF POLICING EXPERIENCE HIMSELF.
UM, AND SO HE HAS, UH, A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND SO, BUT WE DO HAVE AN MOU AND OPERATING MOU WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT JURISDICTION AND HOW WE WILL ASSIST EACH OTHER.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION IS GOING TO DICTATE THESE, THESE SITUATIONS.
THEY SHOULD, UH, BE COMPLETED AND FINISHED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES THERE.
UM, AND SO TO TO THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CHANGE OF AN INCIDENT COMMANDER IN THAT SHORT TIME, UM, IS PROBABLY NOT LIKELY, I THINK THIS INCIDENT AND YOU VALIDATE IS THE EXCEPTION TO WHAT ANY OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY WOULD EXPECT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER IN A SCHOOL.
UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, W WHAT YOU SAW IN DUNCANVILLE IS THE WAY THAT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT SHOULD BE HANDLED.
THE OFFICERS ARRIVED, THE OFFICERS ENTERED, THE OFFICERS ENGAGE THE THREAT,
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AND IT WAS OVER AFTER THAT, IT BECOMES MORE ADMINISTRATIVE COLLECTING, EVIDENCE, WITNESSES, SETTING UP A PERIMETER CRIME SCENE, UH, CAUSE IT IS STILL A CRIME SCENE.AND SO THAT'S WHEN THAT INCIDENT COMMANDER ROLE WOULD REALLY COME INTO EFFECT.
UM, THE INCIDENT COMMANDER COULD BE AN OFFICER BECAUSE HE'S THE FIRST ONE THAT SHOWS UP.
UM, AND SO, UM, I I'M HOPEFUL THAT IF WE HAD AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT IN CEDAR HILL, UM, BASED ON THE TRAINING THAT WE DO AND HOW WE TRAIN OUR GUYS AND RESPONDING TO ACTIVE SHOOTERS, UM, THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, OVER BEFORE ANYBODY OF ANY RANK GOT TO THE FACILITY.
AND AGAIN, I'M PROUD OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE DONE IN OUR DEPARTMENT, SO APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WHERE YOU HAVE TAKEN, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE WAS A SLIDE WHERE YOU MENTIONED, UH, THAT THE NUMBER OF CITIZEN COMPLAINTS WAS SOMETHING LIKE 11 AND THE OFFICER COMPLAINTS WAS YOU HAPPENED TO, CAN YOU PULL THAT UP AGAIN AND GET TO THAT REAL QUICK? YEP.
OH, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS IT.
CAN YOU SEE THE WHOLE THING, BELINDA, LET ME SEE.
UM, I GUESS, OH, THERE IT IS DOWN THERE.
WOULD THEY EVER REGARD THERE, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, BUT I AM SURPRISED THAT, UM, YOU HAVE, UM, INTERNALLY OFFICERS THAT ARE WILLING TO SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT OTHER OFFICERS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, UH, TH THERE'S THIS SORT OF IN THIS CODE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF ANOTHER OFFICERS DOES SOMETHING THAT'S WRONG, THEY JUST DON'T SAY MUCH, BUT THIS ONE W OUT OF ALL THE SLOTS THAT SEEMED THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT ARE WILLING TO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF ANOTHER OFFICER.
UH, AND, UM, I'M PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE THIS.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? BECAUSE THAT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE OPERATION THIS, I MEAN, DAMAGE, I MEAN, A LOT OF THINGS, THIS IS, UH, OTHER OFFICERS THAT ARE, UH, SHARING THIS INFORMATION AND TELLING ME WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AT THEM.
SO WE DID THIS REPORT LAST YEAR AND THE RESULTS WERE PRETTY SIMILAR.
AND I WILL, I WILL SAY THAT IN MOST POLICE AGENCIES, THIS IS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE STUFF LIKE THIS.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT WE TOOK THE TIME TO ACTUALLY, UM, CREATE THE REPORT.
AND WE DO HAVE, THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT, THE DETAILED REPORT THAT WE HAVE, WE'LL GO INTO DEPTH ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THESE CASES, IF IT WAS SUSTAINED OR NOT SUSTAINED, IF THERE WAS ANY DISCIPLINE, WHAT THE LEVEL OF DISCIPLINE WAS.
UM, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HOLD OUR OFFICERS TO A HIGH STANDARD AND I THAT'S FOR MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
UM, AND IF WE HAVE AN OFFICER THAT'S ENGAGING IN MISCONDUCT, THEN WE NEED TO, UH, EITHER IF HE'S NEEDS TO BE RETRAINED OR HELD ACCOUNTABLE AT SOME OTHER TYPE OF LEVEL WAS THROUGH A SUSPENSION OR A REPRIMAND, THEN THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T MAKE POLICE OFFICERS IN A FACTORY.
YOU KNOW, OFFICERS ARE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.
UM, AND WE EXPECT THEM TO MAKE MISTAKES, BUT IT'S ALSO AN EXPECTATION THAT IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE AND YOU DO SOMETHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF POLICY, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
UM, SO ADAM, ALL OF THIS, WE DID HAVE ONE OFFICER THAT ENDED UP RESIGNING IN LIEU OF TERMINATION LAST YEAR, UM, BASED ON, UH, ONE OF THESE COMPLAINTS.
SO ALL I'M SAYING IS I'M PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE OFFICERS THAT ARE SHARING CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE IN THE BEHAVIOR OF THEIR OTHER OFFICERS.
TO ME, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A POSITIVE THING.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF WATERING IT DOWN, BUT YOU ACTUALLY EMPOWER, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR TEAM, UH, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE INTERNAL, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS AND, UH, AND Y'ALL ACT ON THEM.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN, SOME THINGS CAME ACROSS MY DESK THAT I WAS AWARE OF.
AND WHEN I HIRED A NEW OFFICER, HE DID SOMETHING THAT'S NOT THE CEDAR HILL CULTURE, AND WE GOT HIM OUT OF HERE.
SO, UM, SO I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, TO MY HAT, TO UT, CAUSE YOU KIND OF EMPOWER YOUR TEAM IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, ONE SHOPTALK.
UH, CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THAT? YEAH, SO WE'VE
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ALREADY IDENTIFIED THREE BARBERSHOPS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE OFFICERS COME INTO THE SHOP, UM, AND JUST, UH, TALK WITH THE PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR HAIRCUT OR TALK WITH THE OWNER OF THE SHOP, UH, JUST TO KIND OF TAKE THAT NEXT LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO A DIFFERENT AREA, TO HELP BUILD THAT TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS.UM, IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN DONE IN A LOT OF OTHER CITIES AROUND OUR REGION.
UM, WE WERE APPROACHED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO MEET WITH THEM, TO TALK ABOUT BRINGING IT TO CEDAR HILL.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT STARTING IN JULY.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE MAIL SHOPS EITHER.
UM, WE WILL TRANSITION INTO THE FEMALE SHOPS AS WELL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE A LITTLE CRITICAL CHIEF, UH, I DID SEE SOMETHING, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A POLISH, YOU KNOW, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE RESULTS.
UH, I THINK THERE WAS ONE ON HERE, THE WAY WE WAS ABOVE STATE AVERAGE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH CATEGORY IT WAS, BUT I THINK WE WAS AT 37 AND STATE WAS AT 20.
DO YOU RECALL WHICH, WHICH CHART THAT WAS? I APOLOGIZE.
I DIDN'T GET THE CATEGORY FOR IT, BUT, UH, BUT I GOT, I GUESS I KIND OF JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW CAN WE BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO MEET THE STATE AVERAGE, NOTABLY TO GET THAT NUMBER? YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW ANY CATEGORY IN WHICH WE'RE BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE.
SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR CLEARANCE RATE, IT'S OUR CLEARANCE RATE.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CRIME RATE CONTINUES TO KEEP GOING DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CONTINUE TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT, BUT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND THEN THE COMPLETE ANNUAL REPORT WILL BE POSTED ONLINE AND AVAILABLE TO OUR PUBLIC TOMORROW.
AND THEN I WILL, UH, UH, CREATE A SLIDE, UH, JUST A PHOTO WITH JUST THE PART ONE AND PART TWO CRIMES WITH OUR COMPARISON CITIES.
AND THEN I'LL POST THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH SOME CONTEXT.
AND, UM, AND LASTLY, I DIDN'T MAKE NOTES, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAY THIS, UH, IN CASE ANYBODY WAS WATCHING OR IF YOU'RE NOT, NOT AWARE.
UM, BUT THE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'D BE IN REACT, YOU KNOW, IN THE CLIMATE AND THE CURRENT CLIMATE.
UH, SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TIP MY HAT TO YOU FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE A COMMUNITY POLICING FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO TRAINING AND FOR US CONTINUE TO BE SAFE.
THAT IS, THAT IS WORTH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[6. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 4pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS FORUM AT THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZEN TO SPEAK ON, ON ANYTHING THAT THEY MAY WISH.
UH, UH, THEY MAY, UH, COUNCIL CAN NOT TAKE ACTION ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UH, BUT WE STILL INVITE YOU TO BE ABLE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, COUNCIL, YOU DID GET A FEW ONLINE, UH, UH, TWO ONLINE, UM, UH, FORMS. UH, BUT I THINK ONE OF THEM DECIDED TO BE ABLE TO COME AND JOIN US TODAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, DIMITRIA MACDONALD AND, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THIS MAY BE A FUTURE, UM, LEADER HERE IN ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, HER TOPIC IS INTRODUCTION, UH, TO THE JANE AND PRESTON TRAILS, UH, FOR INFORMAL VOLUNTARY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS THREE 20 WEST PLEASANT RUN ROAD, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 75,104.
GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE AGAIN, THE CITY COUNCIL, I HAVE RECENTLY RELOCATED HERE TO SEE THE HILL AND I HAVE ENJOYED LIVING HERE.
I RELOCATED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT WILL WORK AS A TEACHER, AS AN EDUCATOR.
I ENJOY THE GROUND GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY AT THE VIRGINIA PARK POOL BLEW OUT, UM, THE, THE READING ADULT BOOK CLUB AT THE LIBRARY.
AND I JUST ENJOY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE TRAILS AS WELL AS THE FITNESS AND THE SHOPPING.
UM, I AM NOW ORGANIZING A VOLUNTARY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND A VOLUNTARY INFORMAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AFTER JANE, SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE, I HAVE CONNECTED WITH DIRECTOR STACY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, SERVICES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ME THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE PACK, UM, PLAT PACK PROGRAMS THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING BEING BELONGING TO THE CEDAR HILL COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A PREMIERE ONE AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT BEING A PART OF IT.
WELL COUNSEL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE SYSTEMS FOR THEM.
[a. Case No. CUP-440-2022– Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in conjunction with a restaurant on property zoned Planned Development District No. 05-226, generally located on the south side of West Pleasant Run Road, northwest of Highway 67 with the approximate address being 305 West FM 1382, Suite 502 [Hillside Village]. Representative: Ivy McQuain, Price Restaurants LLC. Applicant: James Price, Price Restaurants LLC. Property Owner: Renee Tims, Prep Hillside Real Estate, LLC.]
SO WITH THAT, I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM TO THE PUBLIC HEARING[01:00:02]
AND, UH, MS. DIMITRI, WE'LL BE SURE TO FOLLOW BACK UP WITH YOU.WELL, WE CAN YOU A CASE NUMBER C U P 4 4 0 2020 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT NUMBER ZERO FIVE DASH 2 2 6, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST PEASANT ONE ROAD NORTHWEST HIGHWAY 67 WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 305 WEST FM 1382, SUITE 5 0 2, HIS VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE IVY MCWANE, UH, PRICE RESTAURANTS, LLC.
APPLICANT IS JAMES PRICE, PRICE RESTAURANTS, LLC, PROPERTY OWNER, RENEE TIM'S PREP HILLSIDE REAL ESTATE, LLC.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM SAID COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M CEDRIC BROWN, 2192 HILDALGO LANE, FRISCO, TEXAS.
LIKE I GOT MOVED BACK TO SEE THE HILL, BUT ANYWAY, I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UM, WE HAVE PUT AN APPLICATION ON FOR, YOU KNOW, ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGES, UH, TO BE SERVED AT, UH, THE LOCATION, UH, UP IN HILLSIDE VILLAGE, UH, WHICH THAT'S GOING TO BE, WHAT YOU CALL A TURKEY MACK.
IT'S A, YOU HAVE FOLDERS THERE.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR PHOTOS THAT I PROVIDE IT, UH, IT'S NOT A CHICKEN PLACE OKAY.
WE HAVE SOME SMOKED TURKEY, LEGS AND WINGS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF MACARONIS AND SONG, BUT EVERYTHING IS BASED AROUND TURKEY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TO X SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO, YOU KNOW, WOULD LOVE TO SERVE ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGES, UH, THERE TO ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, MENU AND THAT THAT WILL BE SERVING.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT POTENTIALLY WE CAN GET APPROVAL FROM YOU GUYS, UH, TO, UH, ALLOW US TO DO SO, UH, AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, DEFINITELY THINK IT WOULD BE AN ADDITION TO SEE THE HILL, UH, HILLSIDE VILLAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS FAMILY, I THINK A, UH, A WING BUCKET THAT WAS LOCATED THERE.
UH, AND WE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BE ENFORCING, YOU KNOW, KEEPING A GOOD CROWD OF PEOPLE THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, ON SECURITY THERE AND ALL THAT TO MAINTAIN AN AUDIENCE, IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, SPORTS BAR KIND OF ATMOSPHERE YOU CAN DINE IN AND IT'D BE TAKEOUT ALSO.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR ON THIS DAY.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
I AM A PART OF THE PRICE GROUP.
I'M SORRY THAT MISS IVY COULDN'T ATTEND TODAY ON OUR WAY HERE.
SO PRAY THAT WE KEEP HER IN OUR PRAYERS AND SHE'S OKAY, BUT I'M HERE.
I'M THINKING MR. BRIAN, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL ASK YOU TO COME PICK UP.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK ANYONE TO COME AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 4 4 0, 2022.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 4, 4 0, 2022.
SEEING THE ONE APPROACH I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE ADVOCATE? WE DO HAVE A MOSER FOR APPROVAL IN A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCIL, ALL IN FAVOR.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION ANIMUS.
[b. Case No. CUP-441-2022 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in conjunction with a restaurant on property zoned Planned Development District No. 05-226, generally located on the south side of West Pleasant Run Road, northwest of Highway 67 with the approximate address being 305 West FM 1382, Suite 314 [Hillside Village]. Representative: Ivy McQuain, Price Restaurants LLC. Applicant: James Price, Price Restaurants LLC. Property Owner: Renee Tims, Prep Hillside Real Estate, LLC.]
I GUESS YOU'RE NOT GOING TOO FAR CAUSE CASE NUMBER CUP 4, 4 1, 2020 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTAURANT ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT NUMBER 0 5 2 DASH 2 2 6 GIANT LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST PLEASANT, ONE ROAD NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 67 WITH YOUR APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 3 0 5, UH, WEST FM 1382, SUITE 3, 1 4 HILLSIDE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE.I WOULD MAKE ONE, UH, PRICE RESTAURANTS, LLC, APPLICANT NAMES, PRICE, PRICE, RESTAURANTS, OR THEY'LL SEE PROPERTY ON A RENE TIM'S PREP HILLSIDE REAL ESTATE, LLC.
IS THERE AN ADVOCATE HERE THAT WANTS TO COME AND SPEAK FOR COUNCIL TODAY? GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS CEDRIC BROWN, 2192 HILDAGO LANE, FRISCO, TEXAS.
BEFORE YOU ASK YOU IN A CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL FOR TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION, LICENSED TO OPERATE, SELL ALCOHOL AT WHAT YOU CALL THE DJS STEAK AND SEAFOOD RESTAURANT LOCATED IN HILLSIDE VILLAGE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A FIVE-STAR ESTABLISHMENT, WHITE TABLECLOTH STEAK, SEAFOOD LOBSTER KIND OF STUFF THAT, UH, UPSCALE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DESIRE FOR IT FROM TIME TO TIME.
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UH, WE ARE ASKING THAT WE ACCOMMODATE WINE AND COCKTAIL AND BEVERAGES TO GO ALONG WITH THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, DINING MENUS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THERE.UH, THERE IS NO FIVE-STAR RESTAURANT OF THIS CALIBER IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, NOT IN THE SODA.
NOT THAT I CAN VIEW IT ON A LANCASTER.
SEE THE HEELS SEEMS TO BE THE CHOICE AND WE DEFINITELY LOVE THE LOCATION AND HILLSIDE VILLAGE TO BE ABLE TO BRING A, AN ACCOMMODATE, UH, THAT TYPE OF RESTAURANT, UH, TO THIS COMMUNITY.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE JUST ASK THEM THAT YOU CONSIDER APPROVAL.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ONCE AGAIN? MY NAME IS CEDRIC BROWN.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CEDAR HILL.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN, UH, FEENEY COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO AT THIS MOMENT, IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 4, 4 1, 2022, ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 4 41, 2020 TO NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH OR CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, OR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, COUNSEL, WOMAN DANIELS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING CEDAR HILL BECAUSE, UM, UH, MY FAMILY KNOWS THE OWNER OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS.
AND WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT YOU WAS PLANNING TO MOVE TO SEE THE HILL, WE WAS LIKE EXCITED.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING SOME OF YOUR P BEING, WANTING YOUR PATRIOTS TO HAVE A RELAXED DENIM AND JUST ENJOY THE MUSIC.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE NOT USED THROUGH OUT HERE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE SURROUNDING, SO YOU UPBRINGING IN AI ICON TO SEE THE HILL.
SO TELL THE OWNER THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, WE DEFINITELY THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A NEED, WE SEE YOU GUYS.
I SEE THE HILL UP, BASICALLY, NOT JUST IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS, BUT YOU HAVE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN THIS COMMUNITY TO HELP, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.
AND, UH, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
OH, WELL, HOLD ON, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE, UH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING CANCEL? I WAS JUST GOING TO, TO CEDAR HILL HERE, CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT BUILDING NOW FOR A LONG TIME.
I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE FIRST GOT STARTED, SO TO HAVE, HAVE IT, UH, UM, ACTIVATED AGAIN AND IN A FIVE-STAR STEAKHOUSE.
I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE THAT YOU'RE COMING TO SEE YOUR HEELS, SO.
AND AS Y'ALL SEE THE PICTURES THERE, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY REVITALIZE THE LOOK GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL WHITE GOAL.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE A REAL GRANT APPEARANCE COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.
UM, ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT LOCATION UP AND RUNNING.
IT'S A EXCELLENT LOCATION AND, AND, AND INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE INSIDE, BUT ONE QUICK QUESTION, BUT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET CHICKEN IN THERE OR NO, IT'S JUST I AM UPSET.
YOU DID SAY LOBSTER THOUGH, DIDN'T YOU? THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T ASK 'EM AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE IT'S ON, IT'S ON THE WHOLE AGENDA.
UH, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I HAD A CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON THIS PAST WEEKEND AND I KEEP HEARING THIS BUZZ ABOUT, UH, TURKEY HUT.
SO IS THIS KIND OF COMPARABLE TO TURKEY HUT OR IS THIS, ARE YOU KIND OF HAVE YOUR OWN FLARE? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN FLARE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT FLAVOR, BUT WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE OF MY ALONE.
I DON'T THINK WAITING FOR TWO AND THREE HOURS TO GET IN, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, SO I DON'T WANT TO KIND OF BRING THAT KIND OF A COMRADERY, YOU KNOW, TO THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, BUT, BUT THE, THE, THE RECIPE IS GOING TO BE GREATER.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL, IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER CP 4 4 1 2 0 2.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, ADDRESSING THE CONDITIONS THAT WAS GIVEN FROM PENN AND ZONING JUST TO MAKE SURE, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME PULL THAT UP NOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR.
AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M DOING THIS, CAUSE HE SAID HE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
AND, AND UH, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE CONDITIONS.
THE CONDITIONS ARE THE SAME FOR BOTH CASES, SO, OKAY.
AS, AS RECOMMENDED BY PLANNING AND ZONING WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, THE OPERATION OF THE USE OF SUBJECT TO THE SITE PLAN, THE FLOOR PLAN WITH ATTACHMENTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 4.14 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THIS CONDITION NUMBER TWO, THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS ONLY VALID FOR THE OPERATOR PRICE, RESTAURANTS, LLC,
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UH, CONDITION NUMBER THREE AND NEW CEP SHALL BE REQUIRED.IF THE OPERATOR OF THE TABC LICENSE CHANGES AND CONDITION NUMBER FOUR, ANY COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT USES ACTIVITIES SHALL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
SO I GUESS, UM, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I GUESS THE MUSIC THAT COUNCILMAN DANIEL WAS TALKING ABOUT MIGHT NEED A, UH, TEMPORARY CUP, BUT I'LL LET YOU GUYS WORK THAT OUT.
SO WE DO HAVE MOSTLY FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND PHONE NUMBER? SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT IN MOTION ANIMALS.
[c. Case No. PD-SP-451-2022 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Planned Development-Site Plan on property zoned Planned Development District No. 2022-760 [Juniper Creek], generally located south of the southeast corner of West Wintergreen Road and Highway 67 with the approximate address being 1400 North J. Elmer Weaver Freeway and authorize the Mayor to execute an agreement to reduce the tree mitigation fee to not exceed 25 percent of the Dallas Central Appraisal District's land valuation on said property. Applicant: Rob McClain, Jabez Development, LP. Representative: Jason Frey, BGE, Inc. Property Owner: P.T. Swamy, Ganapathy LTD.]
ALL RIGHT.WE WANT TO SEE NOW CASE NUMBER PD S P 4 5 1 2020 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 6 0 JUNIPER CREEK, GENERALLY LOCATE ITSELF, UH, SOUTHEAST CORNER, UH, WEST WINTER GREEN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 67 WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1400 NORTH JM OR WEAVER FREEWAY.
AND OTHERWISE THE MAYOR TO ASK YOU IN AGREEMENT TO REDUCE THE TREE MITIGATION FEE TO NOT EXCEED 25% OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT LAND VALUATION ON SAID PROPERTY APPLICANT, UH, ROB MCCLAIN, SEBAS DEVELOPMENT, LP REPRESENTATIVE JASON FREE FRY, VCE INCORPORATED, AND PROPERTY OWNER, PT, SWAMI, UH, GHANA, GHANA, PITHY, UH, LTD.
AND I'M ASSUMING YOU ARE THE REPRESENTATIVE TODAY.
UM, EXCUSE ME, UH, ROB MCCLAIN ON THE APPLICANT FOR JEMEZ DEVELOPMENT.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? UH, ROB MCCLAIN.
UH, 609 DEVAL BOULEVARD, HIGHLAND VILLAGE, TEXAS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MARIA AND LASHONDRA IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, BACK SINCE, UH, DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR ON THIS PROJECT.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE AT THIS STAGE WITH THE PD, UH, SITE PLAN AND, UH, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, PRELIMINARY PLAT, UH, PROCESS.
UM, I GO TO LA CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND DO THE BELMONT ALL OVER THE METROPLEX AND JUST, WE'RE PROUD TO BE HERE, JUST HEARING CHIEF REYES GO OVER HIS ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, JUST A SMALL PART, UM, WITH OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT OF 194 TOWNHOMES.
AND, UM, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ENGINEERING STAFF, AND, UM, JUST A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, JUST CONSIDERING TODAY'S MARKET.
EVERYONE'S AWARE OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
WE'RE STILL EXCITED TO BE WITHIN THE SPECTRUM OF AFFORDABILITY, UH, WITH STARTING HOME PRICES IN THE MID THREE HUNDREDS, UM, FOR THIS COMMUNITY, UM, WITH SEVERAL ELEVATION, UH, STYLES AND DESIGN FEATURES WITH THE 90% MASONRY REQUIREMENT.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO ADD ONTO THE CITY'S MASTER TRAIL, UM, PLAN WITH A EXTENSION OF A 12 FOOT TRAIL THAT RUNS THROUGH OUR SITE, AS WELL AS, UH, THE CITY'S MASTER WATER PLAN, UM, WITH THE EXTENSION OF A 12 INCH WATER LINE THAT'LL LOOP THROUGH OUR SITE AND HELP CONNECTIVITY FOR THE 12 INCH WATER LINE, JUST WITH ADDED PRESSURE AND, UM, LOOPING THERE.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, JUST, THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE BIG TICKET ITEM WITH THE TREATMENT NEGATION PLAN THAT WE WORKED WITH STAFF AND THE CITY HAVE TURNED INTO, UM, COMPROMISE ON, UM, WHICH MAKES THIS JOB, UH, VIABLE FOR US.
UM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO, UH, PRESENT THAT TO YOU AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE MATTERS FOR THIS PROJECT.
WELL, ALLOW ME TO GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNSEL, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BRING IT BACK UP.
UH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER OF P D S P 4 5 1 2022.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER P D S P 4 5 1 2020 TO NOT SEE ANY ONE APPROACH.
I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR, IF NOT THE FLOOR IS OPEN? YEAH, FOUR OR 5 1 2 0 2 2.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND PHONE? PRO-TEAM SIMS, UH, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND, UH, AS A UNANIMOUS, THANK YOU MUCH.
AND ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU AND YOUR TEAM THAT, UH, YES, SIR.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE HASN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN CDO FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UH, THE FACT THAT YOU CAME IN, GOT INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, SPOKE TO THE COMMUNITY, SPOKE TO STAFF, IT'S KIND OF WENT BACK AND FORTH FOR A WHILE, BUT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO STILL,
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UH, ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS, I KNOW THERE'S BIGGER THINGS THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY MORE, MORE DENSE THINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO DO, BUT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR NEIGHBOR, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF TOOK SOME OF THOSE THINGS AWAY IN ORDER TO MEET THE AMENITIES.SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
IF, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THERE'VE BEEN SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT, UM, COMMUNICATION.
SO IS THERE SOMEONE FOR THE RECORD THAT COULD PUT ON THE RECORD THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, UH, LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OR WHAT THE, WHAT THE NEIGHBORING, UH, SUBDIVISION, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT COULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION? DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION LOGS OR WE'VE? UM, I THINK THE CITY'S DONE A FABULOUS JOB AT HELPING FACILITATE SOME OF THAT COMMUNICATION.
UM, WE'VE WE DID THE TOWN HALL KIND OF, UM, AT THE STAR, WHICH I THINK YOU'RE MORE SHOW REFERENCING WITH US REACHING OUT TO ONE MILL FARMS, WHICH ARE THE HOA, UM, TO OUR, UH, EAST, UM, SINCE WE TECHNICALLY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY YET, UM, OUR BROKER, UM, JIM BROWN HAS BEEN FACILITATING A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND FIELDING A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK SOME OF THE RESIDENTS DO HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL AND THEY HAVE CALLED ME DIRECTLY AND WE'VE SPOKEN AND WORKED OUT, UM, ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE BREADTH OF THE CONVERSATION AS FAR AS AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
LIKE WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A HOTLINE.
THERE'S BEEN A MULTITUDE OF COM UH, LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND THE ADJACENT, UH, UH, SUBDIVISIONS.
I'M NOT JUST ONE, IF THAT ON THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PROJECT.
[8. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.]
THANK YOU.THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
I HAVE HEARD THAT WE WANT TO PULL, UH, ITEM H IS THAT STILL THE CASE? ANY OTHER ITEMS BE PULLED FROM CONSENT? ALL RIGHT, I'LL CONTINUE.
UH, CONSENT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 14TH, 2022 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
CONSIDER APPROVED ITEM B, CONSIDER APPROVING REVISIONS TO THE BYLAWS FOR THE PUBLIC CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER FIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CEDAR CREST, PITT ITEM C, CASE NUMBER FP 4 5 4, 2022 APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT OR THE TERRANCE'S ADDITIONS.
LAST 12
SO THAT WAS 22 PROVEN IT CAUSED A PENDING ZONING RECOMMENDATION AND ADVOCATES FOR OUR FINAL PATH FOR THE STONY AUDITIONS PHASE TWO ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ZERO THREE DASH 38 3, LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BEAR CREEK ROAD AND SOUTH COCKER HILL ROAD.
WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 2, 2 0 1 BAKERY GROW REPRESENTATIVE BEING REEF PE PELLETS AND LAND SOLUTIONS, AFRICAN PROPERTY OWNER, JUSTIN BOSWORTH, P E D R HORTON, TEXAS.
I DON'T EAT CASE NUMBER FP FOUR OR 5, 622 APPROVE AND THE CAUSE OF PENNIES ON EQUIPMENT AND COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR THE ANDERSON HILL ADDITIONS, A PORTION BEING A REPLATFORM OF PARCEL F OF THE LAKE RIDGE SECTION FOR PHASE ONE ADDITIONS ON THE PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 2020 DASH SEVEN 12 JOINT LOCATED SOUTH OF MANSFIELD ROAD, EAST END WEST OF ANDERSON ROAD APPLICANT THOMAS COOPER, WHILE WILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVE CHAD ADAMS BY WORD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, PROPERTY OWNER, KENNY, UH, COOK A HARD WORD FUNDS LLC AND THOMAS M. GILBERT, UH, ITEM F CASE NUMBER PP 4 5 2, 2022 APPROVEMENT OF COURSE, WITH PENDING ZONING RECOMMENDATION, UH, AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT WITH JUNIPER CREEK ADDITIONS ON THE PROPERTY ZONE ON THE PROPERTIES ON PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 222 DASH SEVEN SIX SOLDIERS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WESTWIND GREEN ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 67 WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1400 NORTH J ELMA WEAVER FREEWAY APPLICANT, RON MCCLAIN'S I'VE ASKED DEVELOPMENT LP REPRESENTATIVE JASON FRI, UH, BGE INCORPORATED, PROPERTY OWNER, PT, SWAMI IN-APP GANAPATHY LTD ITEM G CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ASK YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT COMPANY FOR HOLIDAY LIGHTING WITHIN CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE, OTHERWISE
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KNOWN AS HIGH POINT P ITEM I CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER ARE 22 6 5 8, WHICH OTHERWISE IT IS A D SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION FOR TWO MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY, M V P C A FOR THE LEASE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS, A L P R ITEM J CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTING THE CONTRACT WITH TIM CONSULT IS A COOPERATIVE FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR THEIR PREMIER LIBRARY AND THE SIGNATURE PARK AND TRAIL BOND PROJECT ITEM K CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS 2021 ANNUAL REPORT COUNSEL.THOSE ARE, YOU CAN SEND ITEMS APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS, A THROUGH G AND
YEAH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN OLIPHANT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND
[h. Consider adopting Resolution No. R22-657 which approves the Fiscal Year 2022 Dallas County Community Development Block Grant Project/Activity Application.]
MOTION ANIMIST.WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WAS PULLED ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER ARE 22 6 5 7, WHICH APPROVES THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROJECT ACTIVITY, APPLICATION COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT USES GRANT MONEY FROM, FROM DALLAS COUNTY TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS.
AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE SOME CURB CHANGES FOR ADA ACCESS TO SOME SIDEWALKS.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE ONE OF THE SIDEWALKS GOES OVER A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT, THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY OWNS ACROSS FROM VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK ACROSS FROM WHERE THE NEW LAGOON IS GOING.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE GOING AHEAD AND MAYBE PAVING THAT STRIP OF PROPERTY THAT WE OWN FOR PARKING.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW WE CAN'T USE THE BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER PUTTING, UH, INSTALLING A PARKING LOT.
THERE ONE, IT COULD BE OVERFLOW PARKING FOR, UH, THE NEW LAGOON AT VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE CHURCH OF CHRIST BACKS UP TO THAT PROPERTY AND HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BUILDING OUT A DOG PARK ON THEIR VACANT SECTION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND SO IT WOULD ALLOW PARKING FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY PUT IN A DOG PARK THERE, UM, ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THAT BEING SAID, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION NUMBER, R 22, 6 57.
ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE FROM STAFF OR? WELL, SINCE WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE DOING CONSTRUCTION, JUST AT LEAST TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND CONSIDER IT.
I HAVE NO RESPONSE ON THE MINUTES.
AND THE SECOND, SECOND, IT'S LIKE A CASTLE MCGOVERN.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION.
[a. Consider adopting Ordinance No. 2022-764, which authorizes the City Council to approve the sale of city-owned property, known as a portion of Anderson Road Right-of-Way, to Thomas M. Gaubert for the future development of the Anderson Hills Addition. ]
YOU MUCH.UH, I DON'T, UH, REGULAR AGENDA NINE, A CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 6 4, WHICH AUTHORIZED THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY KNOWN AS A PORTION OF ANDERSON ROAD RIGHT AWAY TO THOMAS M. GILBERT FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF ANDERSON HILLS ADDITION.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS IDOL? YEAH, MAYBE WE CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 2 7 6 4.
I DO HAVE EMOTIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
UH, SECOND MAYOR TIM SAYS, HELLO, MARIE.
I KNOW THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DESK 7 64, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE SALE OF A SMALL STRIP OF PLAN TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION.
[b. Consider adopting Resolution No. R22-659 which determines that an update of the City's Land Use Assumptions and Capital Improvement Plan for the purposes of imposing updated impact fees is not needed and providing for a future update.]
UH, THE NEXT ITEM CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER ARE 22 DASH 6 5 9, WHICH DETERMINES THAT AN UPDATE OF THE CITY MAN USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPOSING UPDATED IMPACT FEES IS NOT NEEDED FOR THE PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE UPDATE COUNCIL, THE EQUIP, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.IF NOT THE FLOOR IS OPEN, ERR, WE MOVE.
WE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER ARE 2, 2, 6, 5, 9.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.
ON A FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN.
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A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL.THAT'S A NON-INDEPENDENT MOTION.
THEREFORE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WE ARE A TERM THAT YOUR COUNCIL WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE.