[1. Call the meeting to order.]
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THIS IS A REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BRIEFING SESSION.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCILS PRESENT.
I DO SHOW ONE ABSENCE WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY DANIELS.
UH, AND I WILL OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
ON THE AGENDA OF THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.HOW YOU DOING MS. PORTER? I'M DOING WELL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, IT WAS NICE TO GET SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN YESTERDAY.
IT CAME DOWN IN THE WAY THAT WE LIKED IT, NOT IN GIANT BUCKETS THAT RUNS OFF.
THIS WAS THE KIND THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF STAYING POWER.
SO WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND GRATEFUL IT DIDN'T LEAVE A BUNCH OF DAMAGE.
LIKE THE LAST ROUND OF THAT, UH, THAT WE HAD.
UH, ONE EXPRESSED MY APPRECIATION, UH, TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND PULL WORKS TEAM ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, CITYWIDE COMMUNITY.
CLEANUP IS THE FIRST ONE WE'VE DONE IN QUITE A WHILE, AND IT HAD A REALLY, AN AWESOME TURNOUT.
THEY HAD OVER 30 DIFFERENT GROUPS FROM ACROSS THE CITY, OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT 30 GROUPS.
THEY WERE LITERALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE SATURDAY, UH, DOING GOOD AND CLEANING UP OUR, OUR BEAUTIFUL SPACES.
OF COURSE, THE WEATHER WAS HELPFUL FOR THAT TOO.
IT WAS LIKE THE, THE PERFECT FALL MORNING FOR, FOR DOING IT.
SO, UH, APPRECIATION FOR EVERYONE TO PULL THAT OFF.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR, IS, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THAT A LOT IN OUR VISITS WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
JUST THE GENERAL COLLECTIVE DESIRE TO, TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STEWARDING THIS REAL, THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA IN THE WAY THAT IT DESERVES TO BE STEWARDED.
ALSO, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, STAFF HIGHLIGHTS WELCOMING OUR, UM, PLANNING DIRECTOR BACK TO TOWN.
SHE WAS AT, UH, THE STATE PLANNING CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, BOTH GIVING A PRESENTATION, UM, ABOUT OUR CITY AS WELL AS RECEIVING AN AWARD WOO, UH, FOR THE NEWLY ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WILL BRING TO YOU FORMALLY IN A MEETING OR TWO.
BUT, UH, WANT TO, UH, THE HIGHLIGHT, JUST THE, THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AND HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS OF, UH, EXTENSIVE PLANNING.
NEXT TIME SHE TAKES OFF LIKE THAT, SHE NEEDS TO PUT ON HER OUT OF OFFICE.
UM, ALSO, OUR, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO BE, UH, BEFORE YOU, BEFORE TOO LONG, THEY'VE ALSO RECEIVED, UH, AN AWARD RECOGNIZING THEM ON, UH, SOME SIGNIFICANT, UH, FIRE PROVISION EDUCATION WORK THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE OUT OF THEIR SHOP OVER THE PAST, UH, OVER THE PAST YEAR.
UM, GONNA BE VERY BRIEF TONIGHT ON CITY MANAGER REPORTS, CUZ WE HAVE TWO VERY IMPORTANT BRIEFINGS FOR YOU THAT I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE INTERESTED IN.
UH, WE'LL QUICKLY GO OVER, UH, THE CALENDAR.
UH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH IS THE LAST FULL DAY OF THE SECOND CLASS OF THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
UH, I'VE SEEN THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALREADY WORKING ON THEIR SERVICE PROJECTS.
UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE VERY PROUD OF THE FUTURE LEADERS THAT THAT CLASS IS BRINGING UP.
UH, THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH IS SCARE ON THE SQUARE.
THIS HAS BECOME A HALLMARK EVENT FOR DOWNTOWN AND, UH, HAS ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF FOLKS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND KIDS IN ALL OF THEIR COSTUMES.
AND IT'S JUST A GREAT DEAL OF FUN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO SEEING YOU ON THE SQUARE ON SATURDAY FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM UH, FOLLOWING, UH, THAT THE NEXT FRIDAY, UH, NOVEMBER 4TH, WE WILL BE HOSTING A DOWNTOWN CELEBRATION.
IT'S SORT OF A COMBINATION RIBBON CUTTING FOR, UH, TO OFFICIALLY, UH, CELEBRATE THE END OF, UH, DOWNTOWN STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PHASE ONE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO TO CELEBRATE, UH, THE BEGINNING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE PHIL LIMBS LUMBER COMPLEX.
AND THEN ALSO TO CELEBRATE THE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE THAT REALLY THE, ALL OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS KIND OF TIE INTO.
SO IT'LL BE FUN TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2013 WHEN WE WERE DOING THE BETTER BLOCK, UH, THE VER THE BETTER BLOCK, UH, CELEBRATION WHERE WE KIND OF MADE UP EXTRA SIDEWALKS AND, UH, DID TEMPORARY THINGS.
NOW WE HAVE PERMANENT THINGS TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT STUFF WITH.
SO IT'LL BE, BE FUN TO CELEBRATE THAT.
UM, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, UH, I, THE LAKE RIDGE CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT IS TAKING PLACE BETWEEN SEVEN AND 1:00 PM AT TANGO RIDGE GOLF COURSE.
AND THEN ALSO FROM NINE TO 11 IS THE, UH, NEXT WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL BUS TOUR FOR NEW AND, UH, AND CURIOUS, UH, CEDAR HILL RESIDENCE, UH, TO OUR CITY.
THAT'S BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
REALLY ENJOYED GETTING TO MEET THE NEW FOLKS WHO ARE MOVING INTO OUR CITY.
THE NEXT AND ONLY REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER IS NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH.
AND THEN THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE FORMAL GRADUATION OF CLASS TWO OF THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
THAT'LL BE HAVING A FUNCTION PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL
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MEETING.YOU'LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO GO AND MINGLE WITH THEM, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL RECEIVE THEIR FORMAL DIPLOMAS FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, UH, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS ON FRIDAY.
NOVEMBER 11TH IS ALSO, UM, AN EVENT THAT HAS, UH, THAT HAS TAKEN OFF HERE IN CEDAR HILL, BE THE VETERANS RESOURCE FAIR THAT'LL BE HELD AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER ON NOVEMBER 11TH, BETWEEN NINE AND 2:00 PM THAT'S DONE.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE LOCAL D UV CHAPTER.
UM, ALSO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS ON YOUR CALENDARS, IS THE ANNUAL CEDAR FIRE DEPARTMENT AWARDS BANQUET.
IT'LL BE FROM FIVE TO 10:00 PM UH, THEN MOVING ALONG, UH, THE, UH, A VERY FAVORITE EVENT FOR US WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH IS THE ANNUAL 55 PLUS THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON FROM 11 TO ONE.
UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS, UH, TRADITIONALLY JOINED DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS IN SERVING THANKSGIVING, UH, THANKSGIVING MEAL TO OUR SENIORS AT THE RECREATION CENTER AT THAT TIME.
YOU ARE AGAIN, WELCOME TO DO SO, AND JUST LET US KNOW.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE PROVISIONS, UH, FOR THAT.
IF NOT, JUST COME OUT AND, UH, HAVE A GOOD TIME ENGAGING OUR, UH, TREASURED SENIORS IN OUR CITY.
UH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, ALSO, A MILESTONE DAY FOR OUR CITY WILL BE CELEBRATING, UH, THE, UH, OFFICIAL DEDICATION OF THE BALCONES 1382 TRAIL.
THAT'LL BE FROM 10 TO 11 O'CLOCK, AGAIN ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH ON SITE.
AND WE WILL ALL BE PARKING AT, UH, CEDAR STATE PARK AT THEIR FRONT ENTRY GATE PARKING LOT, UH, FOR THAT EVENT.
UH, OF COURSE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, UH, AND SATURDAY THE 19TH IS OUR NEXT, UH, ANNUAL CITY COUNCIL, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT.
UH, SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL BELONG TO, UH, ME FOR A DAY IN, UH, IN THREE QUARTERS.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND LOOKING FORWARD.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, RETREAT FOR US AS WE REALLY STARTING TO LAY OUT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE NEXT, UH, 10 AND 20 YEARS WHILE WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE ONES OF THE, OF THE PAST 10 WITH THE, WITH THE COMPLETION OF ALL THESE PROJECTS.
CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY AND NOVEMBER THE 24TH AND THE 25TH AND AN OBSERVANCE OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
AND THAT'S AS FAR AS I AM GOING TO GO.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? ALRIGHTY, MOVING ALONG.
WE HAVE, UH, TWO MAJOR BRIEFING ITEMS FOR YOU TONIGHT IN BRIEFING SESSION.
BOTH OF THEM WERE, UH, SPECIFIC, UH, COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC FOCAL POINTS OF THE LAST RETREAT, UH, FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS A BRIEFING ON, UH, POTENTIAL CODE AMENDMENTS RELATED TO FOOD TRUCKS, UH, IN OUR CITY.
THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING COUNCIL, NOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PLACE MAKING THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE HERE.
THIS IS ABOUT NOW MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT THE CODES AND THE REGULATIONS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FUND THAT GO ALONG WITHIN IT.
SO OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR WILL BE PROVIDING THAT.
AND THEN WHEN I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO APPRECIATE, AND THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION FROM THE FULLY FORMED, UH, CARES TEAM, THE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE INITIATIVE THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, OUR PARTNERS IN DESOTO AND IN OUR OTHER, UH, NEIGHBORING, UH, BEST SOUTHWEST, UH, CITY.
SO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE ENTIRE CARES TEAM, UH, AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND OUR OWN OFFICER RAWLINSON.
YOU'LL GET TO HEAR ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THAT PROGRAM AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING OUT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO CELEBRATE, INCLUDING A FORMAL RECOGNITION OF CLEMENTINE, WHO IS, UH, THE OFFICIAL FIRE DOG OF STATION TWO.
BUT, UH, CLEMENTINE'S, ALSO KNOWN AS THE 2022 A S P C A DOG, NATIONAL DOG OF THE YEAR.
SO, UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO MEET CLEMENTINE.
TONIGHT IS YOUR LUCKY, LUCKY NIGHT.
UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD, UH, PROVIDING AND AWARDING THE 2022 PREMIER NEIGHBORHOOD AWARDS TO VERY DESERVING NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UH, ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A GOOD SAMARITAN PRESENTATION TO CHAUNCEY BIVINS CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT TO CHRISTIAN CRAVINGS PROCLAMATION, DESIGNATING OCTOBER AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
AND ON THAT NOTE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A PINK RIBBON AT YOUR, UH, AT YOUR DIAS THERE FOR BEING ABLE TO WEAR, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT UH, DURING THE MONTH TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BE ABLE TO BRING LIGHT TO, UH, HELPING TO SUPPORT A CURE, UH, FOR THAT DISEASE.
ALSO, A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 7TH OF THE 11TH IS MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
AND THEN A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION, UH, COMING OUT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE OUR POLICE CHIEF, UH, WILL BE AWARDING LIFE SAVING AWARDS TO SEVEN MEMBERS OF OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS HERE.
UH, ONE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT RELATED TO A DEVELOPMENT MATTER.
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A PLAN DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN FOR TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH CLARK AND, UH, PARKVILLE ROAD.UH, THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, ZONING THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, THAT THAT'S GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND RECEIVED THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
ALL THE OTHER ITEMS FOR TONIGHT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO REGULAR ITEMS. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ANY ITEMS FOR COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE REMOVED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.
[3. Briefing on code amendments for food trucks.]
UH, BRIEFING ON AMENDMENTS FOR FOOD TRUCKS.HOW YOU DOING THERE? PLANNING DIRECTOR.
HELLO, HELLO, MAYOR IN CITY COUNCIL.
SO I BELIEVE I HAVE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SET MY TIMER HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT ITEMS TO GET GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL TONIGHT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF OUR TIME HERE TODAY.
SO WE ACTUALLY, WE BEING STAFF, WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, HECTOR, Y'ALL CAN BELIEVE IT, IN COVID OF 2020.
UM, WHAT WE QUICKLY FOUND OUT IS THAT THESE REGULATIONS LITERALLY TOUCHED EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
POLICE FIRE BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
IT, IT, UM, IS ALSO GOING TO REQUIRE US TO NOT JUST CHANGE ONE SECTION OF OUR ZONING GARDENS, BUT ALSO PORTIONS OF OUR CODES, CODE AMENDMENTS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY, UM, IT'S TAKING US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET HERE TODAY, BUT, UM, WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE AT LEAST AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET GUIDANCE FROM YOU AND THEN WE'LL KNOW WHICH SET OF REGULATIONS TO PLUG IN.
AND SO ALSO, UM, EVEN THOUGH I WILL BE GIVING THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, RUSSELL REED IS ALSO, UM, WORKING WITH US, US ON THESE AMENDMENTS.
SO HE IS GOING TO BE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION SIDE OF IT.
UM, SO YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.
BUT FIRST WE'D LIKE TO GET, UM, SOME GUIDANCE FROM YOU IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF FOOD TRUCKS THAT YOU ALL WANT TO ALLOW AND WHERE WE WANT TO ALLOW THOSE FOOD TRUCKS.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR PREMIER VALUES.
SO WHEN WE WERE, UM, WHEN WE STARTED ON THIS, THIS JOURNEY, THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, FOCUSED ON IS OF COURSE HAVING A FOOD TRUCK AREA THAT WAS CLEAN AND SAFE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY INFRASTRUCTURE WAS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF OUR ROADWAYS, UM, AND PROVIDING WATER, SEWER, AND AS WELL AS, UM, ELECTRIC, ELECTRIC HOOKUPS.
AND THIS, WE'RE ALSO SEEING THAT THESE ARE A WAY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE ALSO, UM, A WAY TO BE ANOTHER ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT ARE OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS IS WE DO HAVE SOME, UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF FOOD TRUCKS, LOCATIONS FOR FOOD TRUCKS, AND THEN GET SOME GUIDANCE FROM YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROCESS.
SO CURRENTLY IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCE, THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT OUR CODE OF ORDINANCE DOES MENTION MOBILE VENDORS.
NOW, UH, MOBILE VENDORS ARE NOT DEFINED.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PROBABLY LUMP ANY FOOD TRUCK WITHIN THAT MOBILE VENDORS.
AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME PICTURES AS TO KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD TRUCKS.
BUT ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU IS CURRENTLY OUR CODE LIMITS THOSE TO 15 MINUTES AT ANY ONE SITE, AND THEY'RE ALSO PROHIBITED, UM, IN CITY PARK.
SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME MAJOR RESTRICTIONS.
IF SOMEONE WERE WANTING TO ACTUALLY DO A FOOD TRUCK.
NOW YOU MAY BE SAYING, WHAT ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT I SEE AT EVENTS? THOSE ARE BEING ALLOWED AS PART OF A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THOSE AS PART OF THIS REGULATION.
SO OUR FOOD, UM, FOOD PREPARATION VEHICLES ARE ALSO REFERENCED IN OUR FIRE CODE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING ANY TYPE OF COOKING ON SITE, THEN THOSE DO REQUIRE A PREVENT FROM OUR FIRE MARSHAL.
SO LET'S REAL QUICKLY LOOK AT FOOD TRUCK TYPES.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T DEFINE WHAT MOBILE VENDING GIVES IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, UM, THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT THE INDUSTRY SAYS IS A MOBILE VENDING TRUCK.
SO WITH THESE TYPES OF TRUCKS, BASICALLY IT'S PREPARED FOOD OR FOOD THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED SOME WELL SOMEWHERE ELSE ON SITE.
AND THEN THEY'RE BEING SOLD FROM THE FOOD TRUCKS.
AND TYPICALLY THESE HAVE NO FIXED LOCATION LIKE THE ICE CREAM TRUCK.
IT MAY BE AT ONE SITE FOR WHAT, 10 OR 15 MINUTES.
THEN WE HAVE THE FOOD TRAILER.
SO FOOD TRAILERS, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, HOOKED ONTO USUALLY A TRUCK OR, YOU KNOW, AN SUV, WHAT HAVE YOU.
YOU CAN EVEN PROBABLY SEE THAT.
YOU CAN EVEN SEE THAT IN ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE, THE BOTTOM PICTURE TO YOUR LEFT.
AND THESE ARE THE FOOD TRUCKS.
SO THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT WE THINK OF
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WHEN WE THINK OF A FOOD TRUCK, RIGHT? UM, IT HAS THE YOU COOK ON SITE.UM, WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING IS ACTUALLY THE TRUCK ITSELF.
AND THESE TYPICALLY HAVE A SHORT TERM OR A LONG TERM FIXED LOCATION.
SO NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE FOOD TRUCK LOCATION.
SO THIS IS A REALLY BIG PART OF, UM, UH, OF THE REGULATIONS THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO PUT IN PLACE.
SO WE ARE DIVIDING THESE INTO PROGRAMMED AND UNPROGRAMMED LOCATIONS.
SO LET ME SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, UH, THESE PICTURES ARE ACTUALLY FROM DALLAS.
UM, THE ONE TO THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY CLOUD WARTON PARK.
AND SO THESE ARE ACTUALLY ON A STREET.
BUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE CALLING THEM PROGRAMED BECAUSE THESE STREETS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DESIGNATED WITHIN THE CITY FOR FOOD TRUCKS.
AND YOU SEE ON THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT, UM, THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY EVEN INSTALLED SOME, UM, AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY, UM, EAT ALONG THE STREET.
NOW THESE MAY BE IN A PUBLIC PARK ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OR EVEN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND SO THE PICTURE THAT IS TO YOUR LEFT, I MEAN, YOU SEE, I SAY IT'S THE FOOD TRUCK PARK ON STEROIDS.
UM, IT IS HOLLY PROGRAMMED WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDEWALKS, UM, THE FIXED SEATING.
AND THEN IT HAS THIS LARGE PAVILION IN THE BACK WHERE YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, EVEN HAVE SOME TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT GOING ON.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ALSO HAVE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THAT'S A WAR AREA THAT IS UNDER THAT PAVILION.
AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS STILL PROGRAMMED, YOU KNOW, NOW OF COURSE IT'S NOT THE SAME.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE SAME TO THE SAME EXTENT AS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T JUST EASILY PICK THOSE PICNIC TABLES UP AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE 'EM AWAY.
SO LET'S STILL PROGRAMMED, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, FROM THE SILO AREAS IN WACO.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT UNPROGRAMMED.
SO REALLY YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT YOUR PARKING LOTS.
AND THESE COULD BE, AGAIN, ON PUBLIC, ON A PUBLIC PARKING LOT OR EITHER IN A PRIVATE PARKING LOT, THINK THE WALMART PARKING LOT, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE, AND WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS HERE IN A COUPLE MINUTES, BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT WITH THESE DIFFERENT PICTURES IS IN THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT, YOU SEE THERE'S MORE THAN ONE FOOD TRUCK IN THAT PARKING LOT.
NOW THERE'S NOTHING ELSE AROUND IT, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE FOOD TRUCK THEN ON A PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, IT'S ONE FOOD TRUCK.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DECIDED TO PUT OUT SOME VERY TEMPORARY SEATING AND THEN THE NEXT GROUP OF PICTURES, AGAIN ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY, BUT THE PROPERTY TO YOUR LEFT, UM, ALSO IT HAS A MOBILE SMOKER HOOKED UP TO IT AND IT'S ON AN UNAPPROVED SERVICE.
THEN THE, UM, PICTURE TO YOUR RIGHT IS JUST THE FOOD TRAILER IN A PARKING LOT.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE NEED SOME POLICY GUIDANCE.
CAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE VERY, VERY BROADLY.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS FOR WHAT WE THINK YOU ALL, UM, MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR.
WE'VE ALSO HAD THIS SAME, UM, PRESENTATION WITH P AND Z AND I'LL KIND OF TELL YOU ALL WHAT SOME OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, GENERAL CONCERNS WERE.
SO FOR MOBILE VENDING TRUCKS ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DEFINE THAT IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE.
AND WE'RE THINKING THAT WE CAN ALSO ALLOW THIS ON CITY PROPERTY AND IN OUR, UM, PARTS.
AND THE REASON WHY WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, BECAUSE THE KEY THING HERE IS THAT THESE ARE ONLY ANYWHERE FOR NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION.
SO WE'D LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS END OF THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL ALSO FOLLOW UP, UM, GETTING SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU ALL LATER.
CAUSE I REALIZE THIS IS A LOT TO TAKE IN, BUT WE'D LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, ARE WE CORRECTING SOME OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS OR DO WE NEED TO, UM, AMEND OUR THINKING ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS? AND THEN THERE WOULDN'T BE ACTUALLY ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES IN TERMS OF MOBILE VENDING TRUCKS, THEN MOBILE FOOD TRAILERS.
SO THE REASON WHY I, WHY I PUT IN ASTERISKS ON THAT TOP ONE IS OUR ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T WANNA ALLOW THAT ANYWHERE OTHER THAN MAYBE AS PART OF A FOOD TRUCK PARK.
AND SO THE PICTURE THAT IS ON THE BOTTOM SHOWS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THESE FOOD TRAILERS, BUT THEY'RE PART OF A PARK.
SO IT, IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S A DIFFERENT VIBE TO ME WHEN THEY'RE PART OF THIS PROGRAM PARK AS OPPOSED TO IF YOU JUST HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, RANDOMLY PLACED IN A PARKING LOT AND THEN A FOOD TRUCK PARKS.
UM, SO WE LOOKED AT THIS ONE EARLIER AND SO AGAIN, OUR ASSUMPTION HERE WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY WANNA PERMIT MOBILE VENDING TRUCKS.
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AGAIN, THEY'RE ONLY GONNA BE SOMEWHERE 15 MINUTES, SO THEY'D PROBABLY HAVE TO BE ON THE PERIPHERY ALONG THE STREET.BUT FOOD TRAILERS AND FOOD TRUCKS, UM, IN ONE GENERAL LOCATION.
SO ONE IDEA WOULD BE THINK POSSIBLY SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE PLACE THAT WE THINK OF FIRST.
UM, AND ALSO ALLOWING THOSE, SO WE SAID DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS OLD TOWN SQUARE AND OLD TOWN CORRIDOR, BUT THEN ALSO IN OUR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICTS, UM, IN OUR INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICTS.
BUT NOW THE KICKER HERE IS THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS
SO WHAT WE WOULD, UM, FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO DO IS WE WANNA HAVE A SITE PLAN REVIEW AND WE WOULD WANT THERE TO BE DESIGNATED PAD SITES.
SO WHERE, WHERE WILL EACH FOOD TRUCK GO? FOOD TRUCKS MAY BE CHANGED OUT, THEY PROBABLY WILL, BUT WE WANNA KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THOSE ARE GONNA BE LOCATED.
WE WOULD ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE RESTROOMS WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THAT FOOD TRUCK PARK, ELECTRICAL HOOKUPS, PARKING, OUTDOOR DINING, FURNITURE, TRASH RECEPTACLES.
AND WE WANT SOME THAT ARE FOR PATRONS.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO FOR THE FOOD TRUCK.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LARGER IN THAT INSTANCE.
AND NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, PART OF A FOOD TRUCK PARK.
SO JUST INDIVIDUAL FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE GO BACK TO, UM, THE STREETS, THE STREET EXAMPLE.
SO WE THINK THAT THOSE WOULD BE ALLOWED ON DESIGNATED STREETS WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN OUR LOCAL RETAIL, AGAIN, DOUBLE IN THE DETAILS.
SO WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE STREETS ARE.
UM, AND POSSIBLY IN INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICTS.
NOW THE, THE KICKER WOULD BE, THE NUMBER WOULD BE UNLIMITED, BUT IT WOULD BE BASED UP ON THE AVAILABLE SPACE FOR, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN PART OF THAT STREET, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DECIDE, UM, WORKING WITH FIRE AND PD, WHICH AREAS THAT WE WOULD WANT THAT TO BE OKAY ON.
AND WE DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A LOT OF AREAS IN THE CITY, BUT WE AT LEAST WANTED TO PUT THE IDEA FORWARD FIRST.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, ALLOWING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT'S NOT RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE PARKS, BUT THERE WOULD BE VERY SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
SO BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS HAVING MORE CONTROL OVER EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN COME ONTO PUBLIC PROPERTY, WHERE, HOW MANY, ET CETERA.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, DOING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING, WHICH IS ALLOWING THEM AS ACCESSORY TO SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO FURTHER DISCUSSION, AND I AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEARING WITH ME.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT WHERE, UM, STAFF HAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOTTEN STUCK AND, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, IS ALSO KIND OF TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS QUESTION AS WELL IS WHERE AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD FOOD TRUCKS, AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCK PART, BUT JUST THE INDIVIDUAL FOOD TRUCKS BE ALLOWED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN THEY ARE NOT PART OF A FOOD TRUCK PARK.
AND SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT CAME UP AT OUR P AND Z MEETING LAST TUESDAY IS, UM, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT ALLOWING INDIVIDUAL TRUCKS EVERYWHERE COULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON EXISTING RESTAURANTS AND ATTRACTING NEW RESTAURANTS.
AGAIN, THAT WAS A GENERAL COMMENT.
AND THEN SECOND, UM, ALLOWING FOOD TRUCK PARKS IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, WITH SPECIFIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO CREATE AN ATTRACTION.
SO THEY REALLY, YOU KNOW, WANNA SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT FOOD TRUCK PARK ON STEROIDS EXAMPLE.
SO THESE ARE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH AND THAT WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET GUIDANCE FROM YOU, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
SO I'VE PUT UP AGAIN, SOME OF THESE SAME EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT, BUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE IF ALLOWED, WHICH DISTRICTS DO WE WANT TO ALLOW THEM IN? AND AGAIN, I WANNA STRESS WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT JUST FOOD TRUCKS AND NOT THE FOOD TRUCK PARKS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE TRICKIEST SECTION.
UM, ALSO, DO WE WANNA LIMIT THEM TO JUST ONE FOOD TRUCK OR ARE WE OKAY WITH MORE THAN ONE? YOU KNOW? AND THEN OF COURSE, IF WE'RE OKAY WITH ONE, THEN WE HAVE TO DECIDE, OKAY, WHERE AND WHEN ARE WE OKAY WITH MORE THAN ONE? UM, ARE WE OKAY WITH ALLOWING THOSE IN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT? ARE WE OKAY WITH ALLOWING THOSE ON UNPAVED PROPERTY? DO WE WANNA SET A TIMEFRAME, YOU KNOW, IS A TIMEFRAME LIMITED TO CERTAIN DAYS, CERTAIN WEEKS, UM, DURING THE YEAR ALSO, UM, DO WE WANNA HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AS A FOOD TRUCK PARK? SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRASH RECEPTACLES BEING WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A RESTROOM, ET CETERA.
AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, ON SITE DINING.
AND THAT'S A TRICKY ONE TOO BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF
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IT'S DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY,SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THOSE LITTLE FINE DETAILS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, UM, NEED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CRAFT WITHIN THE CODE.
SO I GUESS WHAT I WILL DO IS BEFORE I GO ON TO NEXT STEPS AND TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THOSE OR QUESTION, UH, CATHERINE
SO FOR THE ONES THAT CAN BE ON, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY, ARE WE TALKING PLACES LIKE, BECAUSE THE ONES WE'VE HAD PROBLEM WITH IN FRONT OF AVERSON SPECS, TOTAL WINES, AND OF COURSE ON SOUTH CLAW ROAD MM-HMM.
OKAY, NOW DOES THIS APPLY TO THAT? IT WOULD APPLY TO IT.
AND SO NOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WITHIN THAT REALM, ARE WE OKAY WITH, UM, OF COURSE NOW AND WE ARE CONS.
WE'RE ASSUMING EITHER WAY I THINK WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS GIVING PERMISSION, RIGHT? OKAY.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE ASSUME.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF ANY REQUIREMENT.
BUT YOU KNOW, ARE WE OKAY BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY NUANCES HERE, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO, BECAUSE AS YOU SEE EVEN FROM THESE PICTURES, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PARKING LOT, BUT SOME OF THEM LOOK ATTRACTIVE, SOME OF THEM DON'T.
UM, AND SO JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND WHAT INSTANCES ARE WE OKAY WITH THESE, IF AT ALL? YOU KNOW, YOU ALL MAY SAY, WELL NO, WE DON'T WANNA DO THE INDIVIDUAL FOOD TRUCKS ON, UM, PROPERTY OR ANOTHER PATH MAY EVEN BE, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE IT MAY BE OKAY EVEN FOR DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT NOT MAYBE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
AND THE REASON AND, AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD THAT CAME UP IN BECAUSE EVERYBODY THINKS THEY CAN BARBECUE MM-HMM.
AND OF COURSE NOW WE HAVE THOSE KIND OF RESTAURANTS FRONTS IS OPENING IN THE CITY MM-HMM.
SO WHAT KIND OF CRITERIA DO, SHOULD WE PUT ON THAT? SO ONE THING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT TOO WAS, LET ME GO BACK HERE IF I CAN FIND THAT PICTURE.
SO WHEN STAFF WAS HAVING THE DISCUSSION, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THAT, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THAT, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE IT CAME DOWN TO THE FOOD TRAILERS.
CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE BARBECUE, THEY END UP HAVING IT ON A TRAILER, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE SMOKER, YOU KNOW, CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, INSIDE.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE SAID, WELL, MAYBE WITHIN A FOOD TRUCK PARK, YOU KNOW, THAT IS OKAY.
BUT YOU KNOW, JUST THAT STANDING ALONE IN A PARKING LOT IS PROBABLY, THAT WAS OUR ASSUMPTION, PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE OKAY.
UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT BEFORE I, I GIVE IT TO THEM, UH, JUST TO KIND OF SPEAK TO SOME OF THE NEWER MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL.
UM, AS FOOD TRUCKS BEGAN TO BE MORE POPULAR OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, COUNCIL DID GIVE THE CHARGE TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO, TO LOOK INTO THIS KIND OF GIVE US REGULATIONS, THEN WE WENT THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IT GOT DELAYED AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WANNA TIP MY HAT OFF TO YOU FOR OUR STILL TRYING TO STAY ON TRACK, UH, WITH IT AS ALL.
SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
I KNOW WE GOT ANOTHER PRESENTATION AND YOU KIND OF JUST GETTING THROUGH IT, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL CONTINUE YOUR QUESTIONS NEXT.
I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKERTY, FIRST OF ALL, COMMENT.
UM, I THINK THAT REQUIRING ACCESS TO RESTROOM FACILITIES IS GONNA HELP ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS ON WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD TRUCKS SHOW UP AND WHERE, WHERE YOU CAN HOLD THEM.
UH, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
AND, AND IT ALSO KIND OF LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD WITH EXISTING RESTAURANTS SINCE THEY'VE GOT ESTABLISHED FACILITIES, THEY'VE GOT THE RESTROOMS THERE AND, AND OTHER, OTHER AMENITIES THAT THEY OFFER THE THE CUSTOMERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS OR NOT, BUT WE MIGHT ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT OUR, UM, OUTDOOR NOISE ORDINANCES AND LIVE MUSIC AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
UH, BECAUSE MOST OF THESE, THESE, UH, THE, LIKE THE TRUCK YARD, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE HAD MUSIC SOMETIMES LIVE MUSIC SOMETIMES AMPLIFIED.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR, OUR RESTAURANTS AROUND THE CITY.
SO, SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH STAFF IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THAT PORTION OF IT IS A C U P OR WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PUT IN, YOU KNOW,
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CONDITIONS TO REGULATE IT.SO WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU, UM, AND I'LL SHOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE MEET WITH YOU.
YEAH, I WOULD THINK IT, THAT WOULD COME DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A PROGRAMMED PROPERTY WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE HAVING THE TRAILERS OR, YOU KNOW, PLANNED PROGRAM FOR, FOR FOOD TRUCKS TO BE HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS OR WHETHER IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU LASHONDA FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS AND, AND, AND I'M, I GUESS I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, I GUESS THE NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS IS, SOME OF THE COUNCILMEN ALLUDED TO THAT WE STARTED HAVING FOOD TRUCKS SHOW UP IN DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS.
NUMBER ONE IS THAT SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY THAT IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO KIND OF CONTROL.
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS WHAT DO WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH AT A CITY WITH FOOD TRUCKS? UM, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO INVITE FOOD TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST WANT TO, TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, ON CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, CERTAIN EVENTS AND SO FORTH, AND KIND OF CONTROL WHAT SHOWS UP ON PRIVATE PARKING LOT.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE WHAT WE WANT PERSONALLY.
I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, EXCITED TO HAVE A FOOD TRUCK PARK.
LET'S JUST INVITE FOOD TRUCKS INTO THE CITY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUR RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH LIKE THAT.
I DO HAVE THE CONCERNS WITH, WITH HAVING ANY KIND OF FOOD TRUCKS IN ONE OF OUR, UM, RETAIL CENTERS THAT HAVE RESTAURANTS IN THERE.
AND SO I ALSO THINK OF IT FROM ANOTHER SIDE IS, IS THAT JUST LIKE YOU ALLUDED TO IN P AND Z, CONCERNED ABOUT HOW IT AFFECTS THE OTHER RESTAURANTS.
HOW DO WE, AND, AND DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO SALES TAX FOR ALL THIS FOOD DURING THE FOOD TRUCK? OR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE TAKING AWAY MAYBE CUSTOMERS FROM OUR RESTAURANTS WHERE WE'RE GETTING SALES TAX FOR, BUT THEY'RE SITTING OUT HERE AND MAYBE THEY HAVE A MINIMAL FEED OR SOMETHING TO PUT UP, HOW, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THAT? AND, AND, AND, AND DO WE CAPITALIZE ON ANY OF THE, OF THE SALES IN THE WAY OF SALES TAX? RIGHT.
AND SO THAT IS AN AWESOME QUESTION.
AND I AM LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF TIA IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
I'VE SEEN THEM JUST CHARGE LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU GET YOUR TACOS AND IT'S JUST A FLAT FEE.
AND THEN I'VE SEEN WHERE TAX WAS ADDED.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE THERE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LOOK INTO.
SO, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I, I THINK IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOME ORDINANCES IN TO KIND OF CONTROL THIS AND HAVE IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE, THAT WE WANNA TO, TO HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY.
BUT A LOT OF IT TO ME FROM A FOOD TRUCK JUST, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT, SOMETHING GOING ON.
MAYBE CERTAIN AREAS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR DOWNTOWN OLD TOWN CORRIDOR CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT IT TO AFFECT ANY RESTAURANTS THAT MAY BE OPENED DOWN THERE.
BUT I, I LOOK AT FOOD TRUNKS AS MORE AS A SPECIAL EVENT TYPE OF THING.
AND OR ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITES WHERE SINCE WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON, YOU'VE GOT THESE, UH, UM, NOT THE ACTUAL FOOD TRUCKS, YOU SAID VENDING TRUCKS THAT ARE ALWAYS THERE TRYING TO, TO, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THINGS.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, THAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELS, MY QUESTION TO YOU, WILL THESE TRUCKS BE INSPECTED FOR BEFORE THEY START SERVING FOOD? YES, MA.
AND SO CURRENTLY FOR OUR MOBILE VING, UM, WE WOULD FOLLOW THAT SAME PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE REQUIRED, THE MOBILE VENDING TRUCKS ARE REQUIRED TO BE INSPECTED EVERY SIX MONTHS BY HEALTH.
UM, SO WE WOULD HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT AND THEN THEY'D ALSO HAVE TO GET INSPECTED BY FIRE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
UM, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THIS WORK.
WHEN I THOUGHT OF A FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE, I THOUGHT IT'D BE VERY SIMPLE.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A VARIETY OF, OF DELICACIES IN OUR CITY, AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH MORE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
UM, IT'S STILL A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT IT UNDER THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE RIGHT LEVEL OF CONTROL.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE JUST DON'T WIND UP WITH SMOKERS ON THE BACK OF TRAILERS AND THEN WE HAVE FIVE SMOKERS SMOKING THE SAME MEATS AND THERE'S NOT A VARIETY AND THEN BECOMES A NUISANCE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES FOR A PROGRAMMED LOCATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE SOME LEVEL OF CONTROL OVER WHO COMES IN SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE
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FIVE SUSHI WHEN OUR RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR A VARIETY.ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE THE VARIETY OR DELICACIES THAT WE DON'T HAVE WITHIN THE CITY.
SO, BUT I STILL THINK IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH PURSUING.
UM, RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR IT.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UM, DAN MENTIONED THE, DEFINITELY GENERATING SOME REVENUE FOR THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO JUST A, UH, A $75 FLAT FEE.
IT, IT, IT, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REVENUE, WHETHER IT'S TAXES OR, AND ANTICIPATION.
YOU MAY A LARGER, A LARGER FLAT FEED.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, UH, PRO TIM SIMS. THANK YOU MAYOR.
I'M, I, I SHARE COUNCIL MEMBERS' SHAW'S CONCERN, BUT I, I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS TREND IS COMING, SO WE'VE GOTTA GET ON TOP OF IT.
AND, AND AS, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER SAID, COUNTY HAVE SOME CONTROLS THAT, I MEAN, IT'S, THE TREND IS TOWARD FOOD TRUCKS.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN JUST SIT AND SAY ABSOLUTELY NOT.
UM, THE, AS IT RELATES TO A SHOPPING CENTER, SOME OF THEM, THERE MIGHT BE RESTROOMS IN A SHOPPING CENTER, BUT I DO KNOW SOME SHOPPING CENTER, SOME BUSINESSES WON'T ALLOW THE PUBLIC.
SO YOU COULD SAY, SOMEBODY CAN SAY, WELL, THEY'RE RESTROOMS, BUT SOME BUSINESSES WON'T ALLOW JUST THE PUBLIC TO WALK IN AND USE A RESTROOM.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT.
UM, I, I GUESS I, I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SAID ABOUT THE, THE REVENUE COMPONENT.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA, UH, IT, IT OUGHT TO BE GENERATING SOME SORT OF REVENUE TO THE CITY.
BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES? I'M CURIOUS WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, CUZ THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO CITY REAL.
THEY, THEY ARE ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND SO ONE THING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET TONIGHT IS KIND OF GET A GENERAL, UM, POSITION FOR WHERE YOU ALL WERE WANTING TO GO AND THEN WE WERE GONNA KIND OF UTILIZE SOME OF THESE OTHER, UM, CITY'S ORDINANCES.
UM, WHAT I CAN DO, REASON WHY I DID NOT DO IT TONIGHT, BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION, UM, AND HOW THEY REGULATE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO BOGGED DOWN, BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS MAYBE EMAIL THAT TO YOU ALL.
SO YOU HAVE MORE TIME TO ACTUALLY STUDY IT.
TO SEE KIND OF THE DIFFERENCES AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
UM, BUT, UH, I'M OKAY WITH, UM, ALLOWING THEM, BUT THERE NEEDS TO, IN MY MIND, SOME RESTRICTIONS CUZ IT, IT COULD GET OUTTA CONTROL AND IS LIKE, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW SAID EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD THINKS THEY CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS AND, UH, I WANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONTROL.
SO IT'S JUST, IT CAN ALMOST BE CLUTTER, UM, AND BLIGHT.
AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.
UM, I GUESS, UH, A FEW THINGS, UM, FROM ME, AGAIN, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
I THINK IT WOULD ADD TO OUR CULTURE HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING IT ON, ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
UH, I STILL, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE WHATEVER RULES OR REGULATION WE HAVE ON THE PUBLIC SIDE, IT'S THE EXACT SAME THING ON THE PRIVATE SIDE.
SO I DON'T WANT IT SEEM LIKE SOMEONE CAN SAY, OH, I CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RELAXED IF YOU HAVE IT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, AND SO I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, I THINK YOU USED THE TERM FOOD TRUCK PARK.
UH, I HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THOSE.
I I THINK IT'S A GOOD CONCEPT.
UM, BUT, UM, THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO COME TO US WITH A U OR A C U P, UH, AND HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
UM, I DON'T, AND I, I WILL LEAN TO YOU IN YOUR EXPERTISE.
I DON'T WANT TO SING PREJUDICE FOR COUNCIL TO SAY, NO, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD GO HERE, BUT I DO LIKE IT THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN ZONE THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, I, I WOULD KIND OF LIKE FOR YOU TO KIND OF LEAN TOWARDS THAT AS YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING SOME STUFF BACK TOWARDS COUNCIL.
UM, YOU, YOU, YOU ANSWERED A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, CITY PERMITS, INSPECTIONS.
OH, THE OTHER THING YOU ASKED WAS, I DON'T LIKE THE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE IDEA.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE'S SOME TYPE OF A RSVP, SO THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECTING 10, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF 20 PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGHT FOR ONE SPOT.
UM, SO IF IT CAN HAVE MAYBE MORE, AT LEAST ON, AT LEAST ON OUR PUBLIC PROPERTY, THE PRIVATE, I GUESS WE KIND OF LET THEM MANAGE THAT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL FROM THE PRESENTATION OTHER THAN WHAT COUNCIL SAID.
UH, JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE.
UM, WELL REALLY QUICKLY, I WILL SHOW YOU ALL THE, UM, GOTCHA.
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THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE PROPOSED TO.AND SO, UM, TONIGHT OF COURSE WE'RE HAVING THE COUNCIL BRIEFING.
UM, SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO NEXT, WE DID NOT WANNA MEET WITH THE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS UNTIL WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAD A GENERAL IDEA OF WE, YOUR P AND D AND COUNCIL WERE THINKING.
UM, AND SO WHAT THAT MEETING IS, IS JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IT, UM, TO TELL 'EM KIND OF WHICH DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IN AND IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, LETTING 'EM KNOW THEY'LL BE WELCOME TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 15TH WITH P AND Z.
THEN WE LIKE, YEAH, THIS IS VERY AGGRESSIVE, BUT WE LIKE TO BRING, UM, THEN A PRELIMINARY DRAFT TO P AND D ON THE SIXTH.
THEN WE LIKE TO, UM, SHOW THAT SAME PRELIMINARY DRAFT TO YOU ALL ON DECEMBER 13TH.
UM, IF NOW, KEEP IN MIND
BUT, UM, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO THEN PUT THE FINAL DROP OUT TO THE PUBLIC, UM, DECEMBER 16TH RANGE, AND THEN JANUARY 17TH HAVE OUR P AND D PUBLIC HEARING AND THE 24TH HAVE OUR COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NOT EMBEDDED IN HERE IS OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WITH YOU ALL AS WELL AS P AND Z THROUGHOUT.
BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY THE SCHEDULE THAT WE ARE PUSHING FOR.
COUNCIL MCCARTY, YOU HAVE ANY, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, I, I DID HAVE KIND OF ONE, ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION AND THIS KIND OF, UM, IT'S NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO WHAT, WHAT COUNCILMAN SHAW AND AND COUNCILMAN HAYDEN WERE, WERE, WERE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT I, I'VE SEEN AN INCREASED NUMBER OF, OF PEOPLE, AND THIS ISN'T DIRECTLY ON FOOD TRUCKS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO TIE THIS IN WHERE THEY'RE ADVERTISING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHATEVER, THAT, HEY, I'M SELLING PLATES TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SELLING WINGS, I'M, I'M SELLING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, BAKED GOODS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES AS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT OUT OF A RESIDENTIAL HOME WHERE IT'S NOT INSPECTED.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS NO SALES TAX REVENUE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO COVER THAT IN THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I I HAVE GOTTEN MORE AND MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS I'M SEEING MORE OF THIS ACTIVITY HAPPENING THAT, WELL, IT'S IN FACT IT'S TAKING SALES AWAY FROM, FROM BUSINESSES THAT ARE SPENDING MONEY TO, UH, TO BE IN BUSINESS IN CEDAR HILL.
SO IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS YES, YES.
WELL, UH, I LIKE THE TIMELINE THAT YOU PROPOSED, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, I UNDERSTAND.
UH, SO WE WANNA GET Y'ALL TO GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
SO IF YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
[4. Presentation on CARES Team Update by Mrs. Raven Thousands, Lieutenant Melissa Franks and Officer Jacob Rawlins.]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA COUNCIL IS A PRESENTATION ON CARES TEAM, UPDATED BY MRS. RAVEN THOUSANDS, LIEUTENANT MELISSA FRANKS AND OUR OWN OFFICER JACOB ROWS.WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE Y'ALL THE LAST TIME WE CAME HERE.
WE CAME HERE FOR A VOTE FOR Y'ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UM, TO BE HERE.
JUST A REMINDER OF, OF WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOUR CITY.
UM, WE ARE A FREE COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE FOR YOUR CITIZENS.
WE ARE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT CONSISTS OF LICENSED SOCIAL WORK CARE COORDINATION WITH OUR LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, WHICH IS NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OUR VICTIMS' ASSISTANCE COORDINATORS.
WE PROVIDE FOLLOW UP ASSESSMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FOR RECENT A PALS AND EMERGENCY DETENTIONS, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS WHO EITHER REFER THEMSELVES OR REFERRED FOR OUR CARE.
AND WE ARE A CONSISTENT COMMUNITY PARTNER.
WE'RE SEEKING TO ENGAGE WITH HARD TO REACH INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH, UH, BUILDING REPORT AND GENTLE PERSISTENCE.
FIRST, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU OUR QUARTERLY REPORT SPECIFIC TO CEDAR HILL AND INTRODUCING, UM, OFFICER JACOB ROWLANDS.
I'VE MET MOST OF Y'ALL THROUGH MY CAREER.
SOME OF Y'ALL I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET PERSONALLY, BUT, UH, I STARTED MY CAREER HERE EIGHT YEARS AGO WITH THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, FROM THEN ON, UH, I'VE BEEN IN PATROL, UH, FOR MOST OF MY CAREER.
I WAS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.
I'M ALSO PART OF OUR HONOR GUARD.
SO I'VE BEEN STANDING OVER THERE SOMETIMES DURING Y'ALL'S MEETINGS.
UM, EARLY ON IN MY CAREER, THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE, UH, HAD INDIVIDUALS AND CITIZENS IN OUR CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE, UM, BEEN THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH AND NEED MENTAL HEALTH HELP.
AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS BEEN LACKING AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY.
RIGHT? AND SO, A GREAT THING THIS GRANT
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CAME THROUGH AND THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE ON BOARD TO, UH, BEING A PART OF THIS.AND SO FAR WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME GREAT RESULTS.
SO, LIKE I SAYS, I OFFICIALLY JOINED ON, UM, JULY 21ST.
UM, I STARTED SERVING, UH, OUR RESIDENTS AUGUST 1ST.
DURING THAT TIME, I HAD 44 UNIQUE RESIDENTS.
NOW, MOST OF THOSE, UH, AT THE VERY BEGINNING WERE JUST INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE, UH, APAL OR EMERGENCY DETAINED, UH, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVEN'T REALLY GOT THE WORD OUT TO THE PATROL OFFICERS FOR SENDING REFERRALS.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY STILL A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER COMPARED TO THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ALREADY PART OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN THROUGH THOSE, WE'VE HAD 140 ENGAGEMENTS WITH, UM, OUR CITIZENS.
UH, MY SUCCESS STORY IS, I KNOW BEFORE STARTING WITH THE TEAM, I ALREADY HAD SOMEBODY IN MIND THAT I KNEW NEEDED OUR HELP.
UM, SHE WAS AN OLDER, UH, FEMALE.
SHE WAS, UH, BASICALLY YOUR MODEL CITIZEN, RIGHT? SHE HAD A GREAT CAREER.
SHE DID WHAT SHE COULD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, WHEN SHE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO HELP HER, THE SYSTEM WAS FAILING HER.
SHE ACTUALLY TOOK CARE OF HER ADULT SON WHO ALSO HAD MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
UM, WE GOT INVOLVED WITH FAMILY TRYING TO GET THEM TO TAKE CARE AND TAKE OVER.
UM, DO I WISH I, SHE COULD BE AT HER HOUSE AND CONTINUING HER LIFE THERE? UM, I DO, RIGHT? BUT SHE GOT TO A POINT WHERE THE CARE THAT SHE NEEDED WAS GOING TO BE 24 HOURS AND THAT SHE NEEDED TO BE PLACED SOMEWHERE.
UM, SO WE GOT HER THE HELP SHE NEEDED.
WE GOT HER FAMILY IN CONNECTION.
AND WE KEEP IN CON I'M STILL KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM.
I TALKED TO THEM OTHER DAY AND GAVE THEM UPDATES ON WHERE SHE IS AND WHERE THE SUN IS.
AND THEY ARE NOW GETTING THE CARE THEY NEEDED.
THEY'RE A LOT HEALTHIER THAN WHAT THEY WERE.
AND UH, IT'S, IT'S, WE ALREADY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN JUST THIS ONE MONTH THAT WE STARTED.
SO, LIKE ANY BUSINESS, YOU PROBABLY WANNA KNOW WHAT YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS.
YOU GAVE US OFFICER RAWLINS AND WE WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT YOU GOT BACK IN RETURN SO FAR.
WITH THAT, UM, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT'S HERE, THOSE THAT CAN JOIN US TONIGHT.
AND I'M GONNA ASK THEM TO STAND UP, UM, AND INTER WELL SHOW THEMSELVES BASICALLY
UM, I'M LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF THIS TEAM LIEUTENANT, IT'S OUR, OUR COORDINATOR FOR THE TEAM.
SHE'S OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE REGIONAL CONCEPT.
WE'VE GOT OFFICER JACOB ROLLINS HERE, OFFICER CAROLYN WILLIAMS. SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS EVENING.
PRIOR ENGAGEMENT OFFICER AMBROSIO HERNANDEZ.
UH, DESTINY, UH, IS WITH THE SOTO.
SHE IS OUR LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER.
UM, SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS EVENING.
DOCE IS AN LMS. W SHE IS, UH, WITH OUR GLENN HEIGHTS, UH, VICTIM'S ASSISTANCE COORDINATION.
HANNAH MCCARTY, SHE IS ALSO WITH GLEN HEIGHTS.
SHE'S A SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER.
JASON PODWELL IS WITH, UH, NPA OR NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
SHE'S OUR VICTIM'S ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR.
SO LIKE WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, WE ARE ASKING FOR ONE AND IN RETURN YOU GET THE OTHER 13 OF US.
UM, AND WE ARE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, KIND OF WHAT YOU GET UNDER ONE ROOF.
SO YEAH, I DID WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE ALL LOCATED UNDER ONE ROOF IN THE BUILDING OF A RETIRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ACTUALLY, WHICH WAS REALLY KEY FOR US BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT MADE IT REALLY OPEN AND RE AND WELCOMING TO THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE COMING TO A LOCATION LIKE THAT OTHER THAN MAYBE A POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE ARE ALL THERE AT THE FORMER NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LOCATED 5 25 WRIGHT AVENUE.
WE DO HAVE OFFICE HOURS AVAILABLE TO CLIENTS, UH, FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY KEY ABOUT US ALL BEING TOGETHER LIKE THIS, CUZ WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, IS, WELL FIRST OF ALL, SYNERGY, RIGHT? THERE IS SO MUCH SYNERGY THAT'S CREATED WHEN THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE-MINDED, WHO WORK TOGETHER FOR A COMMON GOAL.
AND THE ONLY CAVEAT IS BASICALLY THAT WE'RE SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE A RESIDENT OF THESE COMMUNITIES, THEY RECEIVE THE SERVICE OF OUR ENTIRE TEAM.
UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS DON'T STOP AT A STOP SIGN, RIGHT? AND THERE'S ALL ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF CROSSOVER WHERE, UM, A RESIDENT MAY LIVE IN CEDAR HILL, FOR INSTANCE, AND HE MAY START OUT WITH OFFICER ROLLINS AND BEING SERVED BY HIM AND THOSE SOCIAL WORKERS ON THE TEAM.
AND THEN HE MAY FIND HIMSELF MOVING OVER TO GLEN HEIGHTS FOR A TIME OR TO SOTO FOR A TIME, OR HE MAY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN LANCASTER THAT HE GOES OVER AND
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HE VISITS.AND SO BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS WORKING TOGETHER IN UNDER ONE ROOF, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONTINUITY OF INFORMATION, THAT CONTINUITY OF CARE, SO THAT NO MATTER WHERE THESE PEOPLE END UP IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY STILL RECEIVE THE SERVICES OF THE CARE TEAM.
ADDITIONALLY, I KNOW HE GAVE NUMBERS SPECIFIC TO CEDAR HILL.
THOSE ARE THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE COME SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU, BUT WE'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO SEE THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS MORE IS THESE INDIVIDUALS DON'T GO OUT BY THEMSELVES.
SO WHILE HE MIGHT HAVE A TEAMMATE THAT'S GONE WITH HIM ON HIS CEDAR HILL, UM, CLIENTS, HE'S ALSO BEEN OUT ON CALLS WITH OUR OTHER CITIES.
AND SO IT'S A MUCH BIGGER NUMBER.
SO 204 RESIDENTS OF THIS BEST SOUTHWEST AREA ENGAGED IN 1,294 CONTACTS, ENGAGEMENTS, OR SERVICES THAT WE OFFER THIS COMMUNITY IN JUST THREE MONTHS.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN'S ONLY BEEN WITH SERVING FOR ABOUT A MONTH DURING THAT PERIOD.
SO IT'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENTS AND HE'S BEEN A PART OF THOSE AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT JUST REFLECTIVE IN HIS CEDAR HILL NUMBERS, THE ENGAGEMENTS THAT HE'S GIVEN THE CITIZENS OF THE OTHER FOUR CITIES IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
SO OUR, OUR NAME STANDS FOR CRISIS ASSESSMENT AND RESOURCE ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO THAT IS A, A BIG FACTOR OF THE CARE TEAM IS ENGAGEMENT.
HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS ENGAGED? AND HIS, UH, SUCCESS STORY, THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL WAS TAKING UP A LOT OF OTHER RESOURCES, CITY RESOURCES SUCH AS POLICE OR FIRE TIME, UH, TO COME OUT AND RESPOND TO THAT.
SO KNOWING THAT WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE MAYBE HARD TO REACH, MAYBE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY HAVE A NEED YET, MAYBE THEY DON'T SEE IT OR AREN'T AWARE.
UM, AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE INSTITUTED A PROCESS OF COURTESY CHECKS.
SO THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT TODAY THAT WE MAY, WE MAY APPROACH THEM AND SAY, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THIS? AND THEY MAY SAY, NOT TODAY.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A NEED AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S OBVIOUS TO ALL AROUND THEM AND THAT THEY ARE USING OTHER RESOURCES THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THEM.
AND SO WE WILL REACH OUT TO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS JUST BASICALLY TO CHECK IN AND SAY, HEY, IS TODAY OR DAY ARE, ARE YOU READY? DO YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE A NEED OR THERE MIGHT BE A WAY THAT WE CAN CHECK UP ON YOU? SO AGAIN, THAT THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF COURTESY CHECKS, WE'VE ACTUALLY FILED THE PROGRESS OF 11 HARD TO REACH INDIVIDUALS, WHICH I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY POLICE CALLS TO THAT PERSON, UM, IN NEED, HOW MANY FIRE CALLS THERE MIGHT BE TO THAT PERSON IN NEED ARE OTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT OR JUST DECEMBER ISSUES THAT OFFENSE SURROUND THESE INDIVIDUALS.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO JUST FOLLOW THAT WITH OUR TEAM'S RESOURCES AND KIND OF KEEP DIVERT THAT AWAY AND ULTIMATELY GET THEM TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THEM.
AND AS OUR FIVE NEW MEMBERS HAVE JOINED DURING THIS QUARTER, WE ARE FULLY STAFFED AT THIS POINT FOR OUR INITIAL INITIATIVE, WHICH IS WHAT WE CAME TO YOU FOR.
WE DO HAVE HOPES OF COURSE, TO EXPAND AND CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE AND THE THINGS THAT WE CAN TOUCH IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE FULLY STAFFED FOR OUR CURRENT INITIATIVE AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM A COUP, UM, I THINK ALSO FROM NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS OTHER CITY COUNCILS, IS HOW ARE WE MATCHING UP WITH THE POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE? SO HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING 9 1 1 ALREADY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING DIVERTED OVER? AND SO WE HAVE PILOTED A PROGRAM WITH S SW R C C, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS A REGIONAL, UH, EMERGENCY DISPATCH CENTER FOR THE THREE CITIES HERE.
AND WE'RE TRACKING THOSE CALLS WHERE THE DISPATCHER MAY IDENTIFY THAT THERE IS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEED OR POSSIBLY A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEED PRESENT.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE CALLS AND THEN DO SOME COMPARISONS.
HOW MANY OF THOSE CALLS DID END IN AN APAL? HOW MANY OF THOSE ENDED IN A REFERRAL TO THE CARE TEAM? HOW MANY OF THOSE MAYBE JUST DIDN'T REALLY GET ADDRESSED? AND SO ULTIMATELY BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT DATA, BUT THEN ALSO ABLE TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE THINGS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T GET ADDRESSED.
AND LIKE SHE SAID, THESE ARE, THESE ARE CALLS THAT THEY CAN, THAT DON'T HAVE AN OUTRIGHT BEHAVIORAL NEED NECESSARILY.
SO IT COULD BE SOMEONE WHO'S SAYING, YES, I HAVE A HEALTH, HEALTH NEED, OR AN INDIVIDUAL I'M CALLING ABOUT DOES.
BUT IT COULD ALSO MEAN A CALL WHERE THE DISPATCHER JUST HAS AN INKLING THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON THAT MAYBE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT CALL IS MORE THAN WHAT IT APPEARS.
SO ALL OF THOSE CALLS ARE BEING TRACKED AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE FOR, TO NOT ONLY LIKE SHE SAID, TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ADDITIONALLY TO THE AP PALS AND THE DIRECT REFERRALS, BUT TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING AS WE ARE HOPING EVENTUALLY THOSE NUMBERS WILL DECREASE AS OUR, AS OUR PROGRAM EXPANDS.
SO NEXT I WANNA TALK ABOUT OUR YEAR THREE.
SO WE, WE CAME TO YOU FOR OUR YEAR TWO PROPOSALS, UM, AND WE KNOW THAT A YEAR IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE ALL WE NEED, RIGHT? FOR US TO GET THE NUMBERS AND THE DATA THAT WE NEED FOR YOU.
SO WE ARE TALKING WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR WHAT YEAR THREE COULD LOOK LIKE AND THERE'S THREE POTENTIAL SCENARIOS.
AND SO I'M GONNA GO WITH BEST CASE SCENARIO, UH, TO WORST CASE SCENARIO OF JUST REALLY OVERVIEW.
SO BEST CASE SCENARIO IS WE DO HAVE YEAR TWO ROLLOVER FUNDS.
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ABLE TO REALLY RESPONSIBLY USE THE FUNDS THAT WE WERE GIVEN AND WE DO HAVE SOME ACCESS IN THOSE FUNDS.UM, IT HAS BEEN, UM, SAID THAT POTENTIALLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO RETAIN THOSE FUNDS AND THEY'VE ASKED US TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A BUDGET OF WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO MEET THE GAP TO MEET A FULL THIRD YEAR.
SO THAT WOULD BE OUR BEST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT THEY SAY, YES, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR FUNDS.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU, UM, MAKE THAT GAP WITH THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
UM, AND WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THEM NEXT MONTH.
AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE FURTHER GUIDANCE ON THAT AT THAT POINT.
UM, SECOND SCENARIO IS THAT THEY SAY, YES, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR FUNDS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO GIVE YOU.
AND I'M LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND, AND CREATING THAT IN A MANNER THAT WOULD BE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT TO YOUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO DO A YEAR THREE.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO FUND ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS AND THAT WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE THE OFFICER SALARY TO ABOUT 50%.
SO STILL REIMBURSEMENT, NOT FULLY REIMBURSEMENT, BUT ALL OTHER OPERATIONS, ALL SOCIAL WORKERS NEEDS, BUILDINGS, COSTS AND EVERYTHING WOULD STILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE YEAR TWO ROLLOVER.
AND OF COURSE, WORST CASE SCENARIOS, THEY SAY YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR ADDITIONAL FUNDS, YOU DIDN'T SPEND THEM, AND WE CAN'T OFFER YOU ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND I'M WORKING ON A BUDGET OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO PROPOSE TO THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR YOUR INVESTMENT BACK TO MAINTAIN THIS TEAM OR OF ALL FIVE CITIES INVESTMENT TO MAIN THIS TEAM AT THE CURRENT RATE THAT IT'S GOING.
SO, UM, BE BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU, WE JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEAR NEWEST ASSET, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL CARE TEAM WEBSITE.
UM, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT PEOPLE WILL TAKE THIS DOWN BECAUSE WE WILL BE ACCEPTING, WE ARE ACCEPTING DIRECT REFERRALS THROUGH THE WEBSITE, SO REGIONAL CARE TEAM.ORG.
AND AT THAT SITE YOU GUYS CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BACKGROUND, HOW WE STARTED OUR CORE VALUES, OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND APPROACH, AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.
YOU CAN ALSO, UM, FIND A WAY SORRY TO CONTACT US.
SO AS YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS HOW YOU WOULD CONTACT OFFICER ROLLIS DIRECTLY.
UM, EITHER YOU ARE A PERSON IN NEED OR MAYBE YOU CARE ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO'S IN NEED AND YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A REFERRAL TO THEM SO THAT YOU CAN DO THAT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND IT COMES TO OUR TEAM.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE, UM, AN AT RISK REGISTRY, WHICH IS FOR THOSE VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR POPULATION WHO MAY HAVE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES OR ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT MAY BE AT RISK FOR WANDERING OR ABSCONDING.
AND YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT THOSE WHO MIGHT BE RESPONDING TO FIND THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY HAVE KNOWLEDGE, PRE-KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL THAT IS, SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP THEIR RESPONSE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL, MOST APPROPRIATE POSSIBLE.
SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IS, OR ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN GO OUT HERE TO THE AT RISK REGISTRY, PROVIDE US THAT PRE-KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL SO THAT JUST WE HAVE A MORE INFORMED RESPONSE SHOULD THAT PERSON WANDER AWAY OR BECOME LOST.
AND FINALLY WE JUST HAVE, OH, WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OUT THERE.
SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK OUT THERE, BROWSE ALL OF OUR CONTACT INFORMATION, EMAIL ADDRESSES AND SUCH ARE OUT THERE.
SO WITHOUT DELAY, CONTACT US TODAY.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE TWO OF YOU THAT CAME A YEAR AGO.
UM, I HAD THIS IDEA, OF COURSE THIS IS NEAR DEAR TO MY HEART FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO HAVE MENTAL WEALTH INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO YOU ARE ADDING THAT TO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I DO WANNA CHALLENGE ALL OF YOU CUZ Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE A LOT.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT CARE OF YOURSELF AS YOU'RE GOING OUT HERE AND, AND DOING THE DUTY FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, CURIOUS, UM, WHENEVER YOU ARE GOING TO, UH, A RESIDENT, UM, ARE THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SAYING REGIONAL CARE TEAM OR IS IT SHOWING, YOU KNOW, POLICE OR WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE MARKING ON THE VEHICLE? YEAH, ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW WE FOUND IT TO BE MOST COST EFFECTIVE TO RENT VEHICLES.
AND SO WE'RE RENTING VEHICLES JUST LIKE YOU MIGHT RENT TO GO ON VACATION.
SO WHATEVER VEHICLE PULLS UP WITH THE CARE TEAM, IT LOOKS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CAR HAS NO SPECIAL MARKINGS ON IT.
WE FOUND THIS ALSO TO BE ADVANTAGEOUS BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVACY FOR THAT, THAT CITIZEN AND THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE NOT GONNA KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY SOMEONE WITH REGIONAL CARE TEAM, THEY LOOK THAT UP, THEY KNOW IT'S A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAM AND THEN THE PRIVACY IS KIND OF, UH, LOST AT THAT TIME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? UH, WILL YOU CONTINUE TO DO QUARTERLY UPDATES TOWARDS YES, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A, A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE QUARTERLY REPORT THAT HAS MORE DETAILS TO GIVE TO ALL OF YOU THIS EVENING.
SO, UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE ANYTHING THE MERIT SAID.
SO THE FOCUS PRIMARILY IT IS BE BEHAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, BUT I HEARD YOU TALK
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ABOUT SOME OTHER KIND OF CARE NEEDS THAT MAY COME UP AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED COMMUNITY CARE RESOURCE COUNCIL.DO YOU ALL PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE PROVIDING, UH, NOT SIMILAR, BUT THOSE OTHER KINDS OF RESOURCES THAT MAY COME UP? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET, UM, NOT ONLY OUR WEBSITE UP SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS SO THAT WE CAN MEET PARTNERS ALONGSIDE OF THEM.
UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS AN UMBRELLA, SO THAT'S SUBSTANCE USE, THAT'S OUR KIDDOS WITH AUTISM, INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH.
SO YEAH, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH ANYONE.
IT'S CALLED COMMUNITY CARE RESOURCE.
BECAUSE WE'RE RECRUITING, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER 'EM TONIGHT, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR, FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.
ONE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY THOSE THAT THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING SERVICE TO? ARE THEY REFERRALS FROM POLICE DEPARTMENTS, PEOPLE ARE DIRECTLY ENROLLED IN PROGRAMS? HOW, HOW ARE YOU IDENTIFYING THOSE THAT YOU'RE CARING FOR AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO? AND THEN THE KIND OF A FOLLOW ON TO THAT IS IF YOU ARE PROVIDING SERVICE TO, TO THOSE THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE JUST SIMPLY MADE A CALL TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ARE THOSE CALLS THAT AREN'T GOING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE IF, IF YOU ALL ARE INTERVENING AND THOSE ARE NOT CALLS THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE HAVING TO GO ON, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU ALL ARE ADDING VALUE BECAUSE IT FREES OFFICERS UP TO, TO DO THE OTHER JOBS THAT, THAT THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO DO OUT THERE ON THE STREET.
AND SO I DUNNO IF YOU, IF YOU'RE MEASURING THAT AND MONITORING IT, UM, AND, AND HAVE SOME WAY OF SAYING, YEAH, WE, WE AVOIDED THIS NUMBER OF CALLS EACH YEAR BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE DID.
UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS THAT WE HAVE COME ACROSS.
UM, OUR TEAM IS VERY UNIQUE IN THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO PREVENTATIVE AND FOLLOW UP VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS UNDER THE GRANT ARE DOING, UM, ACTIVE 9 1 1 RESPONSE.
AND SO THEY CAN SAY, I'VE BEEN TO THAT CALL AND THIS CALL HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ELECTRONIC, UH, RECORD.
SO WE ARE IN OUR RFP PROCESS AND SO WE'LL HAVE SOME WAYS TO EVEN LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHIC AND ZONING AREAS OF WHERE WE'RE GETTING MORE CALLS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO SAY, DID WE PREVENT SOMETHING FROM HAPPENING IF WE GOT TO IT FIRST? AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S NO WRONG DOOR FOR OUR REFERRALS.
SO WHILE WE DO TAKE, UM, FOLLOW UPS FOR OUR AP PALS OR EMERGENCY DETENTIONS, A CITIZEN CAN, UM, STILL REACH OUR WEBSITE.
AN INDIVIDUAL CAN SEE US PASS BY OR HEAR US TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE.
AND SO WE MIGHT INTERACT WITH SOMEONE WHO WOULD'VE NEVER ALSO COME IN CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO MEASURE THAT.
UM, AND WE'VE PUT OUR BRAINS AROUND IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THE MOST WE'VE COME UP TO IS WITH OUR, UM, WORKING WITH SW RCC IS TRACKING ANYONE WHO POTENTIALLY, AGAIN, HAD SOMETHING GOING ON ON THAT CALL, DID THAT RESULT IN AN APAL OR DID WE SEE THEM IN A REFERRAL IN ANOTHER WAY? AND SO KIND OF COMPARING THOSE, UM, SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL THAT HAPPENED IS THAT CALL WENT OUT AND NAPAL DIDN'T HAPPEN.
THEN WE, WE ARE SELF REFERRING OURSELF TO THOSE CALLS.
AND SO REALLY IT'S, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE DATA CRUNCHING.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN, UH, AUGUST 1ST WAS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WITH S SW RCC.
SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REALLY CRUNCH ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS YET.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT THE FUTURE.
WELL IF YOU, IF YOU GET ACCESS TO THAT DATA, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE OF THE THINGS I'M THINKING OF IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHERE YOU HAVE A RECORD AT A SPECIFIC ADDRESS WHERE A SPECIFIC PERSON WHERE PA IN PAST HISTORY, THERE WERE SO MANY CALLS FOR SERVICE TO, UH, FOR THE POLICE TO RESPOND.
AND NOW INSTEAD OF THEM CALLING FOR POLICE TO RESPOND, YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO INTERVENE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DIRECTLY MEASURE.
SO WE HAVE, WE'VE HAD THAT ONE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH CITY I FEEL LIKE I WAS GONNA SAY THERE'S A HAND, UM, BACK THERE AND WE COUNT, I THINK, UM, PREVIOUS THEY HAD HAD, WE WERE ABLE TO COUNT EXACTLY HOW MANY CALLS AND IT WAS UPWARDS OF 40 OR 50 AND THEN ALL OF THOSE CALLS WERE SHIFTED TO OUR TEAM.
SO WE HAD 40 OR 50 INTERACTIONS WITH THEM AND NO MORE POLICE OVER THE MONTHS.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW HAND FOR HAND ALL THOSE CALLS DIRECTLY TRANSFERRED TO OUR TEAM, TAKING THEM OVER.
SOUNDS LIKE WE GOT A GREAT TEAM.
ALL RIGHT COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING SESSION.
UH, I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE YOUR PINS, IF YOU HAVEN'T INSERTED YET, IF YOU COULD, UH, PLEASE ADD TO YOUR ATTIRE.
AND WITH THAT, ARE YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN? I DO HAVE A MOTION.
I DO HAVE A MOTION IN THIS SECOND NON DEBATABLE MOTION.
ALL OF, UH, ALL OF FAVOR SAY RAISE YOUR BACK HAND.
WHO IS UNANIMOUS? I HAVE 7 0 4.