[1. Call the meeting to order.]
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TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023.
I HAVE 6:01 PM I WANT TO OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.
UH, THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BRIEFING SESSION, AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE
[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]
AGENDA IS CITY MANAGER REPORTS.MR. CITY MANAGER, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? I AM WELL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I WAS HOPING TO HAVE FALL WEATHER TO, UH, CELEBRATE THIS WEEK, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE SUMMER TEMPS ARE GONNA JUST HANG AROUND JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
I WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION, UH, TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF OUR LATIN FEST, UH, EVENT THAT WE HAD THIS LAST WEEKEND.
THIS WAS A MAJOR EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE CITY, MANY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, AND, UH, IT WAS A WARM EVENING, BUT, UH, A GOOD ONES WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU, UH, FOLKS IN, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, POLICE, FIRE LIBRARY, UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE FOOD GROUPS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ONE TO CARRY IT OFF.
UH, SECOND, AS YOU HAVE, UH, NO DOUBT ALREADY DISCERNED FROM THE UPDATES AND YOUR CALENDARS, WE ARE BEGINNING TO BE IN THE THICK OF, UH, CEDAR HILL'S FALL ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR.
SO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ON THE CALENDAR.
I WANT TO GO OVER, UM, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT AND EVENTS, UH, HEADING OVER INTO THE NEXT, UH, FOUR TO SIX WEEKS, AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO.
UH, TONIGHT IS A, UH, I'D SAY AN EFFICIENT AGENDA, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE AS WE ARE, UM, SEEING SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, THE RESULT OF COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES OF THE PAST MAJOR BIG ROCKS, LIKE THE CONTINUATION OF DOWNTOWN COMPLETE STREETS.
UH, A BIG ITEM FOR THE, UH, FORMAL NAMING OF THE, UH, LIBRARY COMPONENT OF THE LIBRARY SIGNATURE PARK, WHICH WILL BE OPENING IN MARCH.
AND THEN A NICE UPDATE ON THE, UH, RESULTS AND UTILIZATION FROM THE INAUGURAL SEASON OF THE CEDAR HILL LAGOON.
UH, AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE, UM, MOVING AHEAD ON ONE OF OUR MAJOR PLANNING INITIATIVES OF THE YEAR, AND THAT WAS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF A LOT OF WORK BY OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, BOTH OUR POLICE CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF, AND, UH, AND THEIR TEAMS, UH, TO CRAFT A PLAN THAT IS AS UNIQUE AS CEDAR HILL IS.
NOT JUST NOW, BUT THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE REACHING TOWARDS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PRESENTING THAT PLAN TO YOU.
AND A REPORT ON LAGOON OPERATIONS FOR BRIEFING.
UH, GOING OVER THE, UH, BUSY CALENDAR FOR, UH, THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UH, SATURDAY, THIS SEPTEMBER 30TH.
UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS, UH, OUR ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD SUMMIT PUT ON BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD.
AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TEAM, UH, WILL BE ON SATURDAY FROM NINE TO 12 AT THE ALLEN SIMMONS RECREATION CENTER.
I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A FULL HOUSE FOR THAT ALREADY.
UH, WE HAVE DONE A COURTESY NOTE, UH, NOTICE ON THAT.
SO IF YOU JUST WANT TO POP BY AND, UH, SAY HI, UH, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WHO'VE COME TO THAT, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO THAT.
UM, ALSO AT 10:00 AM IS THE KEY CEREMONY FOR MARINE CORPORAL RAYMOND D HENNEGER II, WHO IS ONE, UH, CEDAR HILL'S, ONE OF NEW, ONE OF CEDAR HILL'S NEWEST RESIDENCY IS A WOUNDED, UH, VET WHO IS RECEIVING A HOUSE BY A NONPROFIT WHO'S BUILT IT EXPRESSLY FOR, UH, FOR HIS, UH, FOR HIS NEEDS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT TO, UH, UH, WELCOME CORPORAL HEGER TO, UH, HIS, HIS NEWLY ADOPTED CITY.
UH, AND COUNCIL HAS BEEN, UH, INVITED TO THAT AS WELL.
UH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3RD IS SORT OF THE SUPER BOWL OF PUBLIC SAFETY ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR CITY, AND THAT IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
UH, AS ALWAYS, FROM SIX TO EIGHT, WE'LL BRING, UH, WE'LL PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
TYPICALLY, WE WILL, UH, SHOW UP IN THE BRIEFING.
I DON'T SEE IF THE CHIEF'S HERE YET.
AND, UH, IN THE POLICE BRIEFING ROOM AROUND FIVE 30 OR SO.
AND THEN WE'LL BREAK UP INTO OUR TEAMS, AND THEN GO FOR OUR NIGHT OF ENGAGEMENT IN ALL THE VARIOUS EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN CEDAR HILLS, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH.
ONE THAT IS, UH, THE BEGINNING OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL BE IN DALLAS, BUT IS GOING TO ALSO BE, UH, THE C H I S D HOMECOMING, HOMECOMING PARADE, WHICH THEY'RE BRINGING BACK AFTER, UH, SEVERAL YEARS OF ABSENCE.
IT WILL START AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WIND ITS WAY DOWNTOWN, AND THEN GO BACK.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CELEBRATE, UM, THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND, UH, THE HOMECOMING, UH, CELEBRATION FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT PARADE.
APPRECIATE OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAMS. THEY'VE, UH, THEY'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PULL THIS ONE OFF.
AND AGAIN, IT'LL, IT'S OUR FIRST YEAR IN A WHILE, SO WE'LL BE LEARNING A FEW THINGS THROUGH THAT.
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AGAIN, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IS FROM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE SIXTH.IT IS AT THE K BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER HERE IN DALLAS.
UH, THEN MOVING INTO, UM, THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 7:30 AM IS THE NEXT MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER.
FROM SEVEN 30 TO NINE, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE HOSTING ALSO ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, UM, AN IN-PERSON MEETING WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR VOTER APPROVED TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.
AND THEY'VE CALLED FOR, UH, NOVEMBER.
THAT'S FROM SIX 30 TO SEVEN 30, WILL BE HELD AT HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND THEN CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY CLASS NUMBER FIVE.
MANY OF YOU WERE THERE FOR THEIR INAUGURAL KICKOFF, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE GRADY LAND BUILDING ON THE FIFTH FROM SIX 30 TO NINE, UH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH.
THIS IS NOT THIS FRIDAY, BUT THE NEXT ONE, THE CEDAR HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL BE HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL GALA.
UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY RSVP'D, UH, FOR THAT EVENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, SUPPORTING, UH, IN CELEBRATING OUR CHAMBER AT THAT EVENT ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE SIXTH, UH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 13TH, OF COURSE, IS OUR, UH, BIG COUNTRY DAY ON THE HILL CELEBRATION FRIDAY THE 13TH IS ACTUALLY THE OLD SETTLERS REUNION.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN HANKERING TO PLAY BINGO DOWNTOWN, THIS IS YOUR, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO CATCH UP ON YOU, BRUSH UP ON YOUR BINGO SKILLS.
AND THEN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH FROM NINE TO SIX WILL BE THE, UH, I GUESS IT'S THE 89TH ANNUAL OR SO COUNTRY DAY ON THE HILL.
I HAVE TO BRUSH UP ON WHICH YEAR IT IS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING THIS ONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF ANTICIPATION OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING ALL OUR NEIGHBORS DOWNTOWN.
NO, DON'T FORGET BEANS AND CORN BREAD ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
I DID, I DID NOT MENTION THAT TO GO ALONG WITH THE BINGO, BUT THERE IS BEANS AND CORNBREAD TO, UH, KINDA GET YOU, UH, REVVED UP FOR THE EVENING OF, UH, COMPETITIVE BINGO CALLING.
I'M NOT SURE WHO THE BINGO CALLER IS THIS YEAR, BUT THAT IS THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE CITY.
IN CASE, UH, YOU'VE BEEN WONDERING WHAT IS, OKAY.
UH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, THE DISTRICT WILL BE HAVING AN ADDITIONAL VADER COMMUNITY MEETING FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM THIS ONE WILL BE HELD AT THE 1846 COFFEE HOUSE THERE, DOWNTOWN SIX 10 CEDAR STREET, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST.
IT WILL BE OUR SECOND ANNUAL VETERANS RESOURCE FAIR.
THIS IS KIND OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN, UH, THE D A V AND, UH, UH, WITH SOME CITY SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT.
IT'LL BE HELD FROM 8:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 21ST.
THERE IS ALSO, UM, MR. S CITY MANAGER, THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP IS HOLDING ITS FIRST ANNUAL STEAM COMPETITION AND SHOWCASE, AH, OCTOBER 21ST.
STARTING AT 10:00 AM IT'S GONNA BE AT TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE THIS YEAR.
WE WILL ADD THAT TO THE CALENDAR.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US, UH, KNOW THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, AS FAR AS WE'RE GONNA GO, IS TO THE END OF OCTOBER, WHERE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM WILL BE THE ANNUAL SCARE ON THE SQUARE EVENT, OR TRUNK OR TREAT IN, UH, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
IF YOU'VE GOT AN INTEREST IN EITHER HAVING A BOOTH OR PARTICIPATING, JUST LET US KNOW.
WE CAN, UH, HELP YOU WITH THAT.
THIS, THIS EVENT GETS BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND IS BRINGING A LOT OF FOLKS TO, UH, DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? OBJECT.
SO, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING I THINK HAPPENING ON, I THINK IT'S OCTOBER THE THIRD.
OCTOBER THE THIRD IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
NO, PRIOR TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UM, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT'S, LIKE THE BIG THING FOR OCTOBER THE THIRD.
WELL, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, THERE'S A AWARD FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT TO A MR. GREGORY ORDER.
YOU'RE HAZING ME NOW,
AM I NOT, ARE YOU GETTING, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE GETTING AN AWARD THAT DAY.
IS THAT A, IS THAT A, BUT I WILL BE HERE FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AS WILL MY FORMER DEPUTY WHO'S, UH, THIS IS AWARD PRESENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
AND, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE GETTING AN AWARD ON THAT DAY, SIR.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
THANK YOU, AND APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CITY MANAGER.
UH, UH, MR. PROTE, IS THIS LIKE THE BIGGEST AWARD A CITY MANAGER CAN HAVE RECEIVED? ALMOST
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AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.AND FOR MY TEAM FOR ACTUALLY EMBELLISHING A GREAT STORY FOR THE I C M A TO, UH, THANK
WE HAVE TWO, UH, GREAT BRIEFINGS TO GIVE YOU.
UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 28TH IS NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UH, A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF, UH, OCTOBER 8TH THROUGH THE 14TH IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
AND THEN FINALLY, A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING OCTOBER, 2023 IS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
ALL THOSE ARE VERY, VERY TIMELY TO THE THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, CASE NUMBER PD 5 6 9 20 23.
UH, A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERING APPLICATION TO AMEND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DESIGNATED SS F E.
THIS IS RELATED TO A, UM, A, A, A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO ALLOW A FENCE WITHIN THE FRONT YARD THAT WENT TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND, UH, RECEIVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL.
THE INFORMATION IS IN YOUR PACKET, SO IT'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF THAT ITEM.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JUST A COUPLE THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS ITEM B, WHICH IS AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN WORK, UH, WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR TEG DOLL AND PERKINS.
THIS WILL BE FOR THE COMPLETE DESIGN OF DOWNTOWN COMPLETE STREETS, PHASE TWO.
SO CONTINUATION ON, UH, THAT MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR OUR CITY.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME VARIOUS, IN SOME DEGREE, OTHER AGREEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUNDING OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM ON REGULAR AGENDA.
ONE IS A, UM, A PLAT, UH, FOR PORTER EDITION ON SOUTH CLARK ROAD.
AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS A RESOLUTION, UH, FORMALLY NAMING THE NEW LIBRARY IN HONOR OF RAF HECKMAN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME? AND IF NOT, THAT IS MY REPORT.
[3. Receive briefing on Summer 2023 Lagoon operations. ]
ON THE AGENDA IS TO RECEIVE BRIEFING ON SUMMER 2023 LAGOON OPERATIONS PARKS DIRECTOR, RAY.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.
TO SHARE SOME EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE SUMMER THAT WE HAD AT ONE OF YOUR PARKS.
UM, THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO OUR SYSTEMS CUSTOMERS, CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES.
THOSE VALUES ARE PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, AND SERVANT LEADERSHIPS.
IN PURSUING PREMIER, THE ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS UP THERE IS VIBRANT PARK TRAILS AND COMMUNITIES.
WE HAD, UH, LAST TIME WE VISITED WITH YOU ALL ON MAY 23RD.
UH, WE WERE WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAD, UH, JUST SPENT OVER 40,000, UH, PROJECT HOURS.
WE DELIVERED THIS PROJECT ON TIME, ON BUDGET, AND TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR, UH, PARTNER MARYANNE WITH B C I, UH, WHO HELPED US COME INTO THAT GOAL.
UH, WE'RE FINALIZING OUR PUNCH LIST AND WRAPPING UP, UH, ONE OF MANY, MANY STAFF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO SINCE WE LAST TALKED, 27,377 PEOPLE HAVE WALKED THROUGH THE GATES AT YOUR POOL.
98 DIFFERENT CITIES, UH, 12 DIFFERENT STATES.
UM, WE AVERAGED 440 PEOPLE PER DAY, AND ABOUT 15% OF YOUR USERS WERE FROM OUTSIDE OF CEDAR HILL.
IN 2022, WE HAD 4,000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE GATES OF CRAWFORD.
WE HAD 310 SWIM HOURS, 93 SWIM HOURS FOR YOUR, UH, SENIORS.
74 MEMBERS, ONLY 1,140 SWIM LESSONS WITH 200 PARTICIPANTS.
UH, 24 SPECIAL PROGRAMMING HOURS THAT INCLUDED MAYOR'S, TEAM COUNCIL, END OF SEASON PARTY, SPECIAL EVENT, END OF SEASON PARTY, UH, SENIOR PARTY, AS WELL AS ADULT RECESS.
AND WE DID EXCEPTIONALLY WELL WITH OUR CABANA RENTALS.
AND WE STILL THINK WE HAVE GROWTH WITH YOUR PARTY RENTALS, UH, MEMBERSHIPS.
WE SOLD 1,589 MEMBER, UH, SHIPS.
YOUR LIBRARY HAS, UH, CURRENTLY 1200, UH, LIBRARY CARD'S ISSUED OUT, AND WE HAVE 1800 ACTIVE MEMBERS AT THE ALLEN E SIM RECREATION CENTER.
WAIT A MINUTE, IS THAT, IS THAT A CHALLENGE TO THE LIBRARY?
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL PERSPECTIVE OF THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU ALL MADE, UH,
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INTO THIS FACILITY.UH, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IRAN AND HER TEAM, WHEN, UH, WE GET TO OPEN HER FACILITY IN ABOUT, UH, EIGHT MONTHS, THAT SHE'LL EXCEED THAT.
A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF YOUR MEMBERSHIPS.
UH, THERE WAS 1300 FAMILIES, UH, A HUNDRED FIFTY, FIFTY FIVE PLUS, 32 YOUTH, AND 25 ADULTS.
SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED, THANK YOU FOR OFFERING SENIOR EARLY SWIM TIME.
UH, ENJOYED THE MEMBERS ONLY SWIM TIME.
WHY AREN'T WE OPEN MORE? UH, THIS IS SO NICE.
UH, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE SHADE.
ANOTHER ONE THAT WE HAD WAS SPEEDING UP INJURY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN CURRENTLY DEBRIEFING AND FIGURING OUT WAYS TO HELP WITH SOME OF THESE CONCERNS.
UH, AND WE HOPE TO BE BETTER EQUIPPED NEXT YEAR TO ALLOW FOR THAT.
IF THE, UH, CITY OF CEDAR HILL WAS OFFERING CREW OF THE YEAR, UH, YOUR AQUATICS TEAM WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO BE BEAT FOR THIS.
I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, THAN WE ARE OF THIS GROUP.
THEY HAD 883 TRAINING HOURS, WHICH EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 40 TRAINING HOURS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FOR EACH OF OUR, UH, AQUATIC STAFF, INCLUDING OUR CASHIERS.
THEY HAD SIX SAVES RENDERED FIRST AID 16 TIMES, AND THEY ATE OVER A THOUSAND OTTER POPS PRETTY EASILY
UM, WE ONLY HAD SEVEN CALLS TO 9 1 1, AND THREE OF THOSE HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY.
AND, UH, DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME YOU GOT A THANK YOU CARD MAYOR FROM YOUR SENIORS, BUT THAT GUARD TEAM GOT A THANK YOU CARD FROM THE SENIORS THE LAST DAY OF SENIORS.
SO THE COMMUNITY REALLY EMBRACED THEM.
UM, IN JULY OF 22, LEE CAME AND PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, A COMPARISON OF WHERE WE ARE AWARE AT CRAWFORD AT THAT TIME, AND OUR EXPECTED REVENUE FOR THE LAGOON, UH, CRAWFORD, WE ARE JUST OVER 50,000.
THE LAGOON, WE WERE FORECASTING 190,000.
SO I'M HERE TO, UH, PROUDLY PRE REPRESENT OUR TEAM THAT WE EXCEEDED THAT TO $196,000.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE CONCESSIONS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, PARTNERED WITH A LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR AND THEY'RE TAKING PART ON THE CONCESSIONS, AND WE ARE, UH, WAITING ON OUR, UH, 17% SPLIT OF WHICH THEY PAY BACK TO THE CITY.
AND WE'LL HAVE THAT, UH, VERY SOON TO SHARE THAT.
FINALLY, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GUIDANCE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN SUCH A PROJECT AND LEAD SUCH A PROJECT, AND TO DELIVER, UH, THE PROJECT AND MAKE SO MANY PEOPLE HAPPY EVERY DAY.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE UPDATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO.
SO, UH, I GUESS, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND, AND I GUESS NEXT, NEXT SEASON, UM, ARE THERE ANY RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE POOL ITSELF, JUST FOR THE SURFACE, OF COURSE, NOT TO SWIM, BUT, UH, IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN USE THAT FOR ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES? WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AND SEE.
THE SPACE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE WATER, AND SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO.
UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IF WE CAN BRING IN SOME GUARDS, IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF MAYBE, UH, POLAR PLUNGE TYPE THING.
JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED INTO THE POOL WHILE IT'S CLOSED.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DEFINITIVE AT THIS TIME.
UH, IS THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEEDED FROM US IF YOU HAD TO, YOU KNOW, DESIGN IT AGAIN? UH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE LEFT OUT FOR US TO CONSIDER? YEAH, SHADE WAS A BIG THING.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, I THINK THE THIRD HOTTEST RECORDED SUMMER IN D F W.
UM, SO SHADE WAS A HOT COMMODITY AND WE STILL AVERAGED OVER 440 PEOPLE PER DAY.
UM, IT WAS CROWDED IN THOSE SHADY AREAS.
UH, SO MORE SHADE, UH, BELIEVE YOUR SON TOLD ME.
SO, UH, I'M TAKING THAT MESSAGE FORWARD FROM, FROM HIM TO YOU.
UH, BUT REALLY, I THINK, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, WOULD BE MORE SHADE.
UM, JUST THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR GUARD TEAM THAT THOSE KIDS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
[4. Briefing on Public Safety Strategic Plan.]
ON THE AGENDA IS BRIEFING ON PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGIC PLAN.SEE THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF.
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ALL RIGHT.UM, I THOUGHT I SAW, I DID SEE ARANDA OR RANDA, JUST SO YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR.
SO I GOT, I GOT MY LIBRARY CARD, RIGHT? SO DURING, UH, NATIONAL LIBRARY CARD SIGNED UP MONTH, WE'RE GONNA DO A THING WHERE IF YOU SHOW THE MOTOR COP YOUR LIBRARY CARD, YOU GET A WARNING
SO, ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE THAT NEXT YEAR, SO I GOT YOU.
UH, PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO COME HERE TODAY TO, TO SHOW YOU A PRESENTATION ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF, OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT IN.
UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD THAT WE'RE HERE.
AND I THINK THAT THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE KIND OF DEMONSTRATES THE, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE POLICE AND FIRE IN OUR CITY.
UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UM, AND IT'S EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY.
WE START OFF WITH THE VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
AND UNLIKE SEAN RAY, UM, WE BELIEVE ALL OF THESE PREMIER STATEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, AND PUBLIC SAFETY TOUCHES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, UH, PURSUING PREMIER STATEMENTS.
AND WE'RE HAPPY, UH, TO BE ENGAGED AND A PART OF EACH OF THOSE.
UM, SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, UM, THE MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP WILL PRESENT, UH, THE BODY OF THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN THE FIRE CHIEF WILL COME UP AND CLOSE, AND THEN, UM, WE'LL HAVE, BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE THROUGHOUT IT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO RICHARD BRADY FROM, UH, MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP, AND I WAS THE OVERALL PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS STUDY THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH YOU ON IN THE LAST, UH, OVER A YEAR.
AND, UM, UH, I LEAD OUR POLICE PRACTICE AS WELL AS THE COMPANY.
UH, ROBERT FINN, UH, LEADS OUR FIRE SERVICE PRACTICE, AND, UH, HE WILL, UM, TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE FIRE STUDY.
UM, I HAVE A TENDENCY TO TALK FAST.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL TO GO OVER, UH, IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, SO PLEASE TELL ME TO SLOW DOWN AT ANY TIME.
ALSO, THIS IS A WORK STUDY SESSION, SO I DON'T MIND BEING INTERRUPTED WITH QUESTIONS WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE DOING THAT.
I WILL HAVE A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO, UH, WHO WE ARE, MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS.
WE DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AROUND THE COUNTRY IN A LITTLE BIT INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL, BUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PRACTICE, OUR POLICE AND FIRE ANALYTICAL PRACTICE IS BY FAR OUR LARGEST SERVICE AREA.
WE WORK WITH OVER 400 POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND OVER 400 FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND MANY, MANY, MANY IN TEXAS.
UM, WHO WE ARE IS A TEAM THAT'S COMPRISED OF, UH, PEOPLE SUCH AS MYSELF, WHO'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40 YEARS, UH, AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ANALYST.
AND PEOPLE SUCH AS ROBERT, WHO HAD A FORMER CAREER AS A, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR IN THE, IN SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, AND, UH, IS NOW A FULL-TIME CONSULTANT WITH THE FIRM.
AND THAT SYNERGY WORKS REALLY WELL FOR US TO GET THAT PURE ANALYSIS AND TO GET THAT FORMER EXPERIENCE TOGETHER.
WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A FACT-BASED FIRM.
I THINK AS YOU GO THROUGH THE REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE PROVE, UH, WHAT THE, THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PROVIDING POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE PROVE TO YOU ANALYTICALLY, THAT'S SOMETHING NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, UH, NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO THE STUDY OBJECTIVES SIMPLY WERE TO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT THE RESOURCE NEEDS ARE, BOTH NOW IN POLICE AND FIRE, AS WELL AS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO WE LOOKED, UH, THOROUGHLY AT, UH, THE SERVICE ENVIRONMENT, THE COMMUNITY, AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN BOTH POLICE AND FIRE FOR EACH ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDED.
AND THEN BUILT A DEPARTMENT, UH, AROUND THAT FOR BOTH NOW AND THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY FOR FIRE, BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL GROWING, UH, LOOKING AT FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS OVER A PROJECTION PERIOD WAS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THAT CEDAR HILL IS UNIQUE, AND SO MOST OF OUR ANALYSIS WAS LOOKING AT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, UH, IN BOTH POLICE AND FIRE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, HOW THEY'RE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY, ET CETERA.
SURE, WE COMPARED YOU TO SOME NATIONAL PRACTICES, BENCHMARKS, BEST PRACTICES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE, UH, WHAT YOUR OWN, UH, MISSION AND GOALS WERE AS A CHIEF RACE JUST BROUGHT UP, UH, WAS WHERE WE STARTED AS WELL.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN THE STUDY, UH, RECOGNIZED THAT AND HELPED BUILD UPON THE UNIQUE NATURE OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO BUILD HERE IN TERMS OF THE METHODOLOGY, LOTS OF INPUT IN THIS STUDY.
WE EXTENSIVELY INTERVIEWED STAFF WITHIN BOTH POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, BUT, UH, WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE
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COMMUNITY THROUGH A COMMUNITY SURVEY.WE GOT, UM, SOME RESPONSE, A FEW HUNDRED RESPONSES, WHICH I'LL SUMMARIZE IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, THE SURVEY WAS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
UH, SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET, I, I THINK, A, UH, REALLY WIDESPREAD, UH, VIEWS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT CURRENT ISSUES ARE, AND WHAT NEEDS, NEED TO BE BUILT ON IN THE FUTURE.
AS YOU GO THROUGH THE STUDY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FACTS AND FIGURES IN THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO TO, TO SHOW, UH, HOW EFFECTIVELY THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY, HOW RESPONSIVE THEY ARE WHEN, UH, THEY HAVE A NEED AND A REQUEST FOR SERVICE, AND HOW THEY'RE ENGAGED WITH THEM IN, IN OTHER WAYS AND SUPPORTING THEM, UH, BOTH THROUGH CALLS AS WELL AS, UH, OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED IN IN CASES AND FIRE PREVENTION, ET CETERA.
UH, WE DEVELOPED PROJECTIONS FOR 10 YEARS OF MISTAKEN THERE AS NOT 20 YEARS.
IT'S 10 YEARS, LOT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS ANYWAY, AND BETWEEN 10 AND 20 YEARS, THAT WOULD BE MORE LIKE SCIENCE FICTION.
ANYWAY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE COLLABORATED EXTENSIVELY WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS WITH POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO I THINK AS WE WENT FROM FACTS TO ISSUES TO ALTERNATIVES FOR CURRENT STAFFING AND ALTERNATIVES IN THE PROJECTION PERIOD, UH, WE, WE THOROUGHLY VETTED AND REVIEWED THOSE FINDINGS AND, UH, UH, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE CITY AND THE TWO DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WAS AN IMPORTANT BACKBONE.
AND FOR THIS STUDY, BECAUSE AGAIN, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN PUBLIC SAFETY TODAY.
IT WAS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE GOT ALMOST 300 RESPONSES AND, UH, UH, IN, UH, IN BOTH THE ENGLISH AND THE SPANISH VERSION OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY SURVEY.
AND, UH, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF RESPONSES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW REPRESENTATIVE IT IS.
IT ISN'T A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO US AS WELL, WHICH WE READ.
AND THAT GAVE US, UM, UH, A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED AND A LOT OF SATISFACTION WITH THOSE SERVICES.
UM, THEY, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW RESPONSIVE THEY ARE, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF QUICKLY RESPONDING TO A REQUEST FOR SERVICE WHEN THEY HAPPEN, UH, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH THEM ON, ON PROBLEM SOLVING AND, UH, PARTNERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN TERMS OF NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ON THE POLICE SIDE WERE BURGLARIES AND THEFTS.
UH, ISSUES RELATING TO JUVENILES, UH, WERE THE BIGGEST ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.
UH, ON THE FIRE DE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE, THERE WAS A LOT OF RECOGNITION FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED DURING THE INTENSE PART OF COVID IN 2020 AND 2021.
UH, BUT ALSO A HIGH VALUE TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT IS PROVIDED, BECAUSE TODAY, UM, DETERMINING WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS MORE THAN JUST THE RESOURCES THAT YOU'VE EMPLOYED TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, HOW THEY'RE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY, HOW THEY REFLECT THE COMMUNITY, AND, UH, HOW THEY, UH, PROBLEM SOLVE WITH THEM IN PARTNERSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND D E I, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ARE VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO THIS.
UM, AND MANY, MANY POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE SLOWLY COME TO REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE ISSUES.
THE GOOD NEWS HERE IN CEDAR HILL IS THAT THESE HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT, UH, FACTORS IN WHO THEY ARE AND WHO THEY ARE IN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, IN TERMS OF GETTING A MORE DIVERSE WORKFORCE IN TERMS OF TRAINING AS IT RELATES TO CULTURAL COMPETENCIES, IN TERMS OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION, TO, TO, UM, STRESS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TO BUILD TRUST AND AWARENESS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND TO CONT AND NOT BE SATISFIED WITH THESE THINGS HAVING BEEN ADDRESSED AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE UPON THEM AND TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DO THAT.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD, UH, A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
UH, WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE SURVEY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE INTERVIEWED A LARGE NUMBER OF THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TOO.
THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY GAVE US AT LEAST THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUANTIFY, UH, FEELINGS ABOUT THEIR JOB, AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS HERE, CERTAINLY RELATING TO THE, UH, LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S PROVIDED, UH, BUT
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ALSO RECOGNITION OF THE MANY POSITIVE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE IN TERMS OF REGIONALIZED THING, REGIONALIZING, THINGS LIKE THE JAIL, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, THE QUALITY OF IT, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF IT AND THE FACILITIES WHICH WE ADDRESS IN THIS STUDY.
UM, BUT, UM, GENERALLY POSITIVE VIEWS ABOUT TRAINING IN, IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND AS ROBERT WILL EXPLAIN IN FIRE AS WELL, UH, POSITIVE VIEWS ABOUT MANAGEMENT GENERALLY AS WELL.
AND, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF HERE TOO, BECAUSE QUITE OFTEN THAT, UH, ISN'T A POSITIVE FOR MANY DEPARTMENTS WE WORK WITH.
UM, THEY FEEL INVOLVED AND WELL INFORMED, AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF, UH, THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND THE, UH, MANAGEMENT FOCUS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, THEY WANT MORE TRAINING AND PROFICIENCY.
UH, PATROL BELIEVES THAT THEY NEED ME MORE RESOURCES.
UH, SOMETHING I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT, JAIL TRANSPORTS ARE AN EFFICIENCY ISSUE BECAUSE IT TAKES PEOPLE OUTTA SERVICE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, AND AT SOME POINT, UH, THE TAKE HOME CARS WOULD BE, UM, APPRECIATED.
AND I, MANY DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
UH, CERTAINLY IN TEXAS, WE HAVE MANY CLIENTS THAT ARE LOOKING AT THAT TODAY AS A WAY TO ENHANCE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, UH, OF OFFICERS.
SO OUR HIGH LEVEL CON CONCLUSIONS, FIRST OF ALL, I, WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE REGIONALIZATION.
UM, WE'VE WORKED ELSEWHERE IN TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND YOU ARE ON THE TOP TIER IN LOOKING AT REGIONALIZATION, WHICH, UH, CERTAINLY ENHANCES YOUR ABILITY AS SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICE BY POOLING THOSE RESOURCES, UH, WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, BUT ALSO TO HELP DEFRAY SOME OF THE COSTS BY GETTING ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, THE JAIL SHELL SHARED TRAINING, FACILITIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, VARIOUS KINDS OF REGIONAL RESPONSE AND PROGRAMS, UH, ARE ALL VERY POSITIVE THINGS.
THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED SPECIAL UNITS AND PROGRAMS LIKE THE POLICE AND COMMUNITY TEAM PACT TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, BUT IT'S STRESSED IN EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY DOES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT PATROL FOR A LITTLE BIT.
UM, JUST QUICKLY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CALL DISTRIBUTIONS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME KIND OF PATTERN THAT MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE.
UM, THEY, UH, PEAK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, AND THEY FALL OFF IN THE LATE NIGHT.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE FREQUENCY, THE, THE TYPES OF CALLS THEY WOULD RESPOND TO, THE KIND OF THINGS WE USUALLY SEE IN A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, UM, MOSTLY QUALITY OF LIFE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT ALSO SOME THINGS RELATING TO, UH, PROPERTY CRIMES AND DISTURBANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT AS A RELATIVELY LOW CRIME COMMUNITY, THAT MAJOR CRIME DOES NOT OCCUR IN THE TOP 10 TYPES OF CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE POLICE SIDE OF THE, UH, STUDY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EFFECTIVE AT RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UM, AS IMPORTANT AS THAT IS, AS THAT IS, THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THINGS THAT HAPPENED THREE TO 10 MINUTES AGO.
AND, UH, OFTEN THERE REPORT TAKERS.
OFTEN THERE'S NO SUSPECTS OR LEADS OR WHATEVER, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR PATROL OFFICERS TO BE INVOLVED IN IS PROACTIVE POLICING.
AND BY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING VISIBLE IN AREAS ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS IS WHERE THEY SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND THEY NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
GENERALLY IN OUR RESEARCH AND THE RESEARCH THAT OTHER, UH, FIRMS AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS COME UP WITH IS THAT THE MAGIC NUMBER IS AROUND 40%.
IF YOU'RE AROUND 40% OVERALL OF YOUR TIME, TO BE PROACTIVE, THAT TIME EXISTS, UH, TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THINGS THAT MAY BE, UH, GOING ON BEFORE THEY GET TO BE MAJOR THINGS.
IT, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES ABOUT HOW WELL IT'S DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE DAY.
UM, MUCH OF THAT PROACTIVE TIME IS DISTRIBUTED IN THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS, DURING WHICH TIME THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PROACTIVE TIME, UH, THINGS TO DO.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE AWAKE AND NEEDING HELP OR CAUSING PROBLEMS. UH, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LOOK AT, UH, REDEPLOYING, UH, TO MODERATE EXTENT TO MAKE THAT GREEN A LITTLE MORE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
BUT GENERALLY, YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH OFFICERS TO HANDLE FROM THIS IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE.
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THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME ABOVE.DO YOU HAVE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE? SO, YEAH, NO, THAT ONE.
SO YOU'RE SHOWING THAT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 AM AND, AND 10:00 PM THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE PROACTIVE, CONSISTENTLY PROACTIVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME AREAS HERE WHERE, WHERE THERE'S SOME GREEN HERE ON YOUR CHART.
UM, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE FIGURES ABOUT HOW MANY ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ON THE STREET AT THAT TIME IN ORDER TO, TO ALLOW THEM TO, TO REACH THOSE THRESHOLDS? IT'S OUR CONCLUSION THAT BY CHANGING START TIMES, YOU COULD MAKE MORE GREEN.
YOU, YOU, IF YOU ADDED MORE OFFICERS, UH, IN ONE PERIOD OF TIME, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE WAY EXCESSIVE, UH, PROACTIVE TIME IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DAY.
SO WE'RE THINKING A REDISTRIBUTION OF SOME OF THAT NIGHTTIME PROACTIVE TIME TO THE DAYTIME WOULD HELP ADDRESS THAT.
NO, NO CITY IS GONNA BE COMPLETELY GREEN UNLESS YOU'RE A 5,000 PERSON COMMUNITY WITH VERY SMALL POLICE FORCE AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING.
SO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE SOME LIGHTER GREEN OR GRAY KIND OF SHADES.
SO THIS ONE CAN BE ADDRESSED FOR NOW, BUT NOT FOR LONG, AS I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO THE USES OF PROACTIVE TIME IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THEY AREN'T JUST FALLING BACK ON.
THEY'RE NOT JUST SAYING WE'RE AVAILABLE AND DRIVING AROUND RANDOMLY.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING THAT TIME TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THIS SHOWS THAT AN IMPORTANT NUMBER THERE IS THAT YOU SEE ALMOST 35,000 THINGS THAT YOU COUNT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU DON'T COUNT IN TERMS OF PROACTIVE ACTIVITIES.
GOING BACK TO THE CALLS FOR SERVICE, THIS IS ABOUT TWO OR THREE TIMES THAT NUMBER.
USUALLY AT COMMUNITIES WE'RE WORKING WITH, THE NUMBER OF PROACTIVE TYPES OF THINGS THEY DO IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE CALLS.
SO YOU'VE GOT A POLICE FORCE THAT IS VERY ACTIVE, VERY HIGHLY UTILIZED, NOT JUST RESPONDING TO THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY PROACTIVELY ABOUT PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT OUT.
UM, MOVING ON TO INVESTIGATIONS.
UM, YOU HAVE THE VERY FORTUNATE, UH, TREND HERE THAT CRIME IS GOING DOWN BOTH PROPERTY CRIME AND PERSON CRIME.
PROPERTY CRIMES HAVE DECREASED ALMOST 19% SINCE 2016.
AND PERSON CRIMES HAVE GONE DOWN BY ABOUT 15%.
UH, THAT'S JUST THROUGH 2020 WHEN WE HAD, REMEMBER WE DID A LOT OF THIS STUDY OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND 2020 AND 2021 ARE NOT VERY GOOD YEARS STATISTICALLY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND THE F B I REPORTS EVERYTHING A YEAR AND BEHIND.
SO IT'S, IT'S TICKED UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT, BUT NOT MUCH.
SO THE LEVEL OF MAJOR CRIME THAT HAPPENS IN CEDAR HILL IS OCCURS AT, AT VERY LOW LEVELS.
SO WE LOOKED EXTENSIVELY AT THE WORK THAT DETECTIVES DO IN HANDLING THESE AND OTHER CASES, OTHER LESS SERIOUS CRIMES.
AND, UM, UH, CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE NUMBER OF DETECTIVES YOU HAVE NOW, UH, PROVIDES A GOOD SERVICE, GET, HAS A HIGH, RELATIVELY HIGH CLEARANCE RATES FOR REPORT AND CLIMB.
AND, UH, THE CURRENT STAFF IS, UH, IS FINE.
SO LOOKING AT PROJECTIONS, UM, THE CITY IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY CONTINUING TO GROW.
IT'S GONNA GROW IN TERMS OF ITS RESIDENTIAL POPULATION BY AT LEAST 16% IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
UH, CALL FOR SERVICE GROWTH, WE PROJECT, UH, WILL BE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT WITH THAT AS WELL AS, UH, CRIME.
UM, BUT OVER THE NEXT, UH, 10 YEARS, AND WE SHOW THIS INCREMENTALLY AND BY YEAR, YOU'LL NEED TO ADD NINE NEW POSITIONS OVER THE PERIOD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, THOUGH, THAT DON'T JUST GO BY WHAT WE SAY, IT'S THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS YOU NEED.
THE WORKLOAD IS THE IMPORTANT PART, AND THAT MAY GO UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON FACTORS THAT WE CAN'T PROJECT AT THIS TIME.
SO YOU KEEP LOOKING AT THAT 40%, AND IF YOU DIP BELOW THAT, I MEAN IT'S CURRENTLY ALMOST 43%, THEN YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE, UH, YOUR, UH, APPROACH TO ADDING STAFF OR DEPLOYING STAFF.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO RECOGNIZE HERE ALSO THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HASN'T BEEN STANDING STILL.
WE DEVELOPED A DRAFT REPORT A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO, AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WAITING TO GET ON THIS CALENDAR.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, UM, MAKE, MAKING CHANGES ADDRESSING THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, RECOMMENDED IN HIS REPORT MONTHS AGO.
THE CHECK MARKS, THE GREEN CHECK MARKS INDICATE THAT RELATING TO REFOCUSING THE CRIME ANALYST DUTIES, UH, CREATING A
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CIVILIAN SUPERVISOR, UH, TO REDUCE SPANS OF CONTROL AND SUPPORT AREAS, AND TO REORGANIZE THE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS INTO PATROL THE SPECIAL, UM, SERVICES DIVISION.UM, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU SHOULD CONTINUE GOING DOWN THE ROAD OF REGIONALIZATION AND CRIME SCENE, UH, PROCESSING, UH, IS A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THAT.
UM, AND, UH, SO WE RECOMMENDED THAT YOU EXPLORE THAT WITH YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORS AND TO EVALUATE CIVILIANIZING THE PORT SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER, CURRENTLY A LIEUTENANT AND, UH, CIVILIANIZED THAT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ROBERT TO SUMMARIZE THE FIRESIDE.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR TOO? YES, SIR.
SO I'VE READ A COUPLE AREAS THAT SAID THE PATROL STAFF, UH, MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT RESOURCES WERE NEEDED, BUT I, IT DIDN'T, UH, I DIDN'T GET A SENSE OF WHAT RESOURCES WAS DETERMINED ARE NEEDED.
HUH? THAT WOULD BE OFFICERS, OFFICER, PERIOD OFFICERS.
AND SECONDLY, A A LOT WAS REFERENCED ABOUT CALLS FOR SERVICES.
ARE THOSE CITIZEN INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE OR OFFICER GENERATED, OR ARE THEY COMBINED? NO, SO WE LOOKED AT THEM SEPARATELY.
AND THE IMPORTANT REASON FOR THAT IS, UH, A CITIZEN GENERATED CALL FOR SERVICE, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, SO IT'S KIND OF THIS FOUNDATION AND THOSE THINGS ARE COUNTED REALLY WELL, BY THE WAY, IN THE DISPATCH SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO ADD UP ALL OF THAT TIME, INCLUDING THE RESPONSE, AN ESTIMATE FOR THE REPORT WRITING TIME, IF THERE'S AN ARREST, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THAT TAKES, AND COMPARE THAT TO THE HOURS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PATROL OFFICERS.
UH, AND SO THE REST OF THE TIME IS AVAILABLE TO BE PROACTIVE.
AND IN THIS CITY IT'S ABOUT 43%.
UH, SO OUT OF THAT TIME SHOULD BE OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITIES.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT BLUE GRAPH THAT WE SHOWED AT THE END WAS, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? HO COUNCILOR HAY? NO, MA'AM.
UH, THAT WAS RESOURCES NEEDED.
SO I WASN'T SURE WHAT RESOURCES, BUT MANPOWER IS WHAT THEY MEAN.
UM, I, I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT CLARIFICATION.
DON'T HAVE TO DIVE TOO DEEP INTO IT, BUT EARLIER ON ONE OF YOUR FIRST SLIDES, I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE CITIZENS FELT LIKE THE TRI-CITY, UH, JAIL POSITIVE FEEDBACK, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ARE, ARE YOU OH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE SURVEY.
THAT THAT WAS WHAT NOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE SURVEY, THEY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, THEY WERE, THEY WERE POSITIVE ABOUT IT.
ALTHOUGH THE TRANSPORT TO A JAIL THAT, YOU KNOW, IS SOME DISTANCE AWAY IS TAKES THEM OUT OF THE FIELD FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME AND WILL IMPACT THAT, UH, THAT PROACTIVITY.
NUMBER TWO, UH, DURING THE TIMES OF THE DAY WHEN YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO TRANSPORT SOMEBODY TO THE JAIL, UH, WHAT'S THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK SAYING WE ARE SHARING RESOURCES? OH, YEAHS, BETWEEN THREE CITIES, I, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO READ THAT, SO, OH, WELL THAT'S BECAUSE IT, IT IS, IT DOES GO IN TWO DIRECTIONS.
IT'S GOOD THAT YOU HAVE IT 'CAUSE IT'S SHARING THOSE RESOURCES AND MAKES THAT EFFICIENT.
IT'S A BIT OF A DRAG SOMETIMES.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION.
I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO ROBERT NOW.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE, UH, FIRE PORTION OF THE STUDY.
I'M ROBERT FIN, AS RICHARD SAID, SENIOR MANAGER WITH MATRIX CONSULTING.
AND, UH, I LED THE FIRE PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
SO JUST LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE WAS A EMPLOYEE SURVEY DISTRIBUTED TO THE FIRE, UH, DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, AND WE RECEIVED 75 RESPONSES FROM THAT.
UH, THE RESPONSES FROM FIRE WERE, WERE VERY POSITIVE.
UM, THE FACT THAT THEY'VE GOT STRONG TIES TO THE COMMUNITY, THE FACT THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OF, UH, SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THEM IN THOSE ENDEAVORS.
THEY WERE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT THAT'S PROVIDED TO THEM TO CONDUCT THE WORK.
THAT THE APPARATUS IS RELIABLE, IT'S, IT'S ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE THE TYPES OF EMERGENCIES THAT, THAT THEY TYPICALLY RESPOND TO.
UM, INCLUDING THE, THE PROACTIVE USE OF THE, THE BLOCKER TRUCK TO USE A LESS EXPENSIVE VEHICLE TO BLOCK BLOCK INCIDENTS DURING HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY CRASHES AND, AND KEEP THE CREW SAFE DURING THOSE SCENES.
UH, AND AND MUCH LIKE POLICE, THEY WERE ALSO VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE TRAINING, BUT, BUT THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES THAT THEY CURRENTLY, UH, USE FOR TRAINING.
SO MUCH LIKE POLICE, STRONG REGIONALIZATION IN THE FIRE SERVICE.
UH, YOU'VE GOT THE SHARED COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH CAD, UH, SO
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COMPUTER AID DISPATCH AND LEMME GO TO THE NEXT LINE.SO, UH, WITH THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND, AND HOW THAT WORKS FOR FIRES IS DIFFERENT THAN, THAN HOW IT WORKS IN POLICE.
SO, SO WHAT WE FOUND IN THE ANALYSIS OF, OF THE DATA, IT WAS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE EVERY UNIT GOT THE SAME TIMESTAMP.
SO IF THEY CALLED FOR A SECOND ENGINE, IT WOULD APPEAR AS IF THAT THAT UNIT WANTED AS THE SAME EXACT TIMES AS AS THE FIRST UNIT.
SO IT WAS HARD FOR US TO, TO FULLY ANALYZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF, OF FIRST DUE VERSE WHAT'S CALLED AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE.
SO, SO HOW QUICKLY CAN THEY ASSEMBLE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO TRULY MITIGATE THE EMERGENCY SINCE WE WERE ONLY SEEING TIMESTAMPS OF FIRST UNIT OR WHEN THE CALL ENDED, LAST UNIT TO LEAVE.
SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH THEM.
SO THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED IN THAT, UH, USING THE BOUNDARY DROP WITH DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE IS, IS A GREAT ADVANTAGE FOR YOU GUYS.
UH, THE DISPATCH CENTER'S ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE UNITS ARE CLOSEST UNIT GETS, UH, DISPATCHED TO THE EMERGENCY TO, TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE.
UM, AGAIN, THE REGIONAL RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THEN THE, THE SHARED SPECIALTY RESOURCES SUCH AS THAT, UH, THE CRASH TRUCK, UM, THE, THE, THE BUS, UH, AND, AND REGIONAL HAZMAT AND, AND OTHER APPROACHES TO, TO MITIGATE THOSE EMERGENCIES THAT, THAT ARE LESS FREQUENT BUT, BUT CRITICAL AND, UH, NEED TO BE HANDLED IN A TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.
WE DID FIND SOME, SOME NEEDS FOR A SHARED PEAK TIME E M S UNIT, AND AS WE'LL SHOW YOU YOUR FIRE CALLS ARE SIMILAR TO THE POLICE CALLS WHERE ONCE PEOPLE WAKE UP, THERE'S MORE CALLS WHEN THEY'RE IN BED, THERE'S LESS, BUT, BUT DURING YOUR PEAK TIMES OVERALL UTILIZATION OF THE AMBULANCES BETWEEN THE THREE CITIES IS, IS OVER 20%, WHICH IS THE POINT WHERE YOU WANNA START LOOKING AT THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
UH, AND SOME OF THEM ARE CLOSING IN ON 26, 20 7%, WHERE 30% IS KIND OF THAT LINE IN THE SAND.
YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING SO MUCH LIKE THE POLICE OFFICERS, UH, TIME, IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHEN THEY'RE GETTING STRESSED OVER THAT 30%.
SO IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT THIS POINT TO PUT IN A ANOTHER 24 HOUR UNIT, BUT DUNCANVILLE AND DESOTO ARE BOTH FEELING THAT SAME STRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
SO GETTING THAT SHARED RESOURCE TO ALLEVIATE IT DURING THOSE PEAK TIMES FOR, FOR E M S NEEDS IS, IS A BENEFIT.
UM, JOINT TRAINING ACADEMY, UH, LOOKING AT REGIONALIZING, UH, FIRE APPARATUS, FLEET MAINTENANCE, WERE, WERE SOME IDEAS THAT CAME OUTTA THE STU STUDY.
SO THE HISTORY OF YOU GUYS INVESTING IN THE TRAINING, THE APPARATUS, THE EQUIPMENT AND THOSE THINGS, UH, MADE US FEEL LIKE THOSE WERE GOOD FINDINGS.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE CALL DISTRIBUTION AND FIRE ONCE, ONCE YOU HIT MID-MORNING, PEOPLE ARE UP, THEY'RE MOVING AROUND, STUFF HAPPENS, AND THEN LATE AT NIGHT, THE THE CALL VOLUME, UH, DECLINES RAPIDLY.
BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, UH, GLOVER, YOU HAVE A QUESTION NOW YOU WANNA TALK? YES.
YOU MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE FIRE ACADEMIES.
IS THAT A RECOMMENDATION FOR CREATING OUR OWN REGIONAL FIRE AC ACADEMY THAT WE SHARE WITH OTHER CITIES? YEAH, SO, SO IN THAT REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP, UH, WE DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF, OF A ONE JOINT RECRUITING.
SO YOU GET A LARGER APPLICANT POOL, MORE DIVERSE GROUP OF APPLICANTS, THEY CAN CHOOSE TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
THEY CAN CHOOSE, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'LL WORK FOR ONE OF THE THREE CITIES, UM, HOWEVER THAT WORKS.
AND THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH YOUR CANDIDATE POOLS.
BUT ONCE THE, THE POOLS ARE SELECTED, THEN TOGETHER YOU CAN DO A JOINT ACADEMY BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THE REGIONAL RESPONSE AND YOU'VE GOT SIMILAR RESPONSE POLICIES.
IT'S, IT'S JUST AS EASY NOW TO, TO TRAIN THOSE SO THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF RESPONDING AND BEING EFFECTIVE IN, IN ANY ONE OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES.
SO IN TERMS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, WE FOUND THAT YOUR ADMINISTRATION, UH, STAFFING WAS LIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMPARE YOUR CITY TO OTHER I S O CLASS ONE CITIES, UH, IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND, AND IN AND IN TEXAS.
SO, SO THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND, AND TAKING SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF YOUR CHIEF LEVEL OFFICERS AND, AND, UH, LETTING THEM FOCUS ON BEING MORE STRATEGIC, MORE LONG TERM AND, AND FOCUSING ON CRITICAL ISSUES.
UM, ONE THING WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOU WOULD BE TO START THE PROCESS OF LOOKING INTO FIRE ACCREDITATION.
SO THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE AND, AND, UH, COMMISSION ON FIRE ACCREDITATION INTERNATIONAL HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THE FIRST THING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD DO IS DO A SELF-ASSESSMENT.
HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE COMPARE TO BEST PRACTICES? AND THEN THEY
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DEVELOP A PLAN OF, YOU KNOW, AREAS WHERE THEY FIND THEMSELVES, UH, NOT, NOT HITTING THE MARK AS HIGH AS THEY WOULD, THEY, THEY BUILD A FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR HOW THEY'RE GONNA ADDRESS EACH ONE OF THOSE DEFICIENCIES.AND A TEAM COMES IN FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO, TO LOOK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND ASSESS HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING, ASSESS THE PLAN, AND THEN YOU GO THROUGH THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS AND YOU HAVE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO, TO WORK TOWARD ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS.
SO IT, IT RESULTS IN CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, STRIVING TOWARD THE CITY'S MISSION AND VALUES, ESPECIALLY BEING A, A SAFE COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THE CHANGES AS, AS THEY OCCUR IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE, THE NEED FOR CIVILIAN STAFF, LIKE I SAID, TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE CHIEF LEVEL OFFICERS DOING THINGS THAT WOULD BE MORE SUITED TO, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, LEVEL STUFF.
UH, AND ADMINISTRATIVE CAPTAIN IN, IN E M SS TO HELP WITH THE, UM, COLLATERAL DUTIES AND, AND LET THE CHIEF FOCUS MORE ON, ON SPECIFIC THINGS AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION COORDINATOR.
SO THAT CONTINUES YOUR, YOUR HIGH LEVEL OF PROVIDING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT DOESN'T NOW FALL SOLELY ON THE FIRE MARSHAL OR, OR THE FIRE INSPECTORS.
YOU'VE GOT A, A CIVILIAN PERSON THAT'S COORDINATING THOSE EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE THE, THE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO, TO DO THOSE, ESPECIALLY AS NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURS AND THEY'RE HAVING TO DO MORE INSPECTIONS AND IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM THAT CRITICAL ASPECT.
ARE THESE PRIORITY? ARE, ARE YOU RANKING THESE, ARE YOU JUST GIVING SUGGESTIONS? NO, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BY PRIORITY.
SO IN TERMS OF, UM, OPERATIONS, LIKE I SAID, THERE, THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH, SO I WON'T GO BACK INTO THAT AGAIN, BUT, UM, UPGRADING THAT SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO BETTER RECORD AND, AND HAVE RELIABLE TIMESTAMPS FOR EACH UNITS THEN ALLOWS YOU TO EVALUATE HOW WELL EACH STATION IS DOING, HOW WELL EACH BATTALION'S DOING, AND, UH, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL UNIT.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET A MORE CLEAR PICTURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE CATEGORIES AS WELL AS THE OVERALL RESPONSE SYSTEM BY IMPROVING THAT SYSTEM.
UM, OVERALL THERE WERE AREAS WHERE YOUR TRAVEL TIME EXCEEDED FOUR MINUTES.
SO WHEN WE, IN THE FIRE SERVICE, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT IT.
THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION HAS ESTABLISHED A FOUR MINUTE BENCHMARK FOR FIRST ARRIVING UNIT.
MOST COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES LIKE YOU, ARE UNABLE TO MEET THAT.
SO THE ACCREDITATION MODEL ALLOWS YOU TO ESTABLISH AND SET COMMUNITY BASED STANDARDS, UH, BASED ON YOUR PREVIOUS THREE YEARS OF DATA, AND THAT BECOMES YOUR CURRENT BASELINE.
AND THEN, THEN YOU ESTABLISH WHAT YOU THINK THAT GOAL SHOULD BE.
SO IF IN CEDAR HILL YOU SAID FIVE MINUTES IS, IS REASONABLE HERE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SET THAT GOAL AND THEN DEVELOP THINGS TO ACHIEVE IT.
BUT THE, THE BEST PRACTICE GOAL, N F P A OF FOUR MINUTES, YOU'RE CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO MEET.
AND THAT'S SHOWN IN, IN THIS MAP.
SO EACH ONE OF THOSE IS THE FOUR MINUTE DRIVE TIME CAPABILITY FROM, FROM EACH ONE OF YOUR STATIONS, AS WELL AS THE TWO CLOSEST, UH, AUTOMATIC AID STATIONS IN DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE.
AND YOU CAN SEE GAPS IN THE, IN THE VARIOUS COVERAGE AREAS TO BE ABLE TO REACH SOMETHING IN FOUR MINUTES.
WHEN WE LOOK AT MUTUAL AID AND DEVELOPING WHAT'S CALLED AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE AND HOW WELL YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN SEE WITH, WHEN WE INCREASE THAT TIME FROM FOUR MINUTES TO SIX MINUTES, YOU'VE GOT MUCH LESS, UH, AREAS WHERE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT.
THE, THE LARGEST AREA BEING THAT THAT SOUTHEASTERN CORNER, UM, WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF A POTENTIAL SHARED STATION WITH, WITH DESOTO, THE, THE ONE LIMITING FACTOR IS YOU'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT ROADWAY CONNECTION TO OCCUR THERE TO MAKE CROSSING, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, UH, MUCH EASIER VERSUS HAVING TO GO UP AND OVER LIKE YOU ARE NOW.
SO BASED ON THE G I S ANALYSIS AND ANALYSIS OF, OF RESPONSE TIMES, UH, CALL VOLUME THERE AND THE PROJECTED DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S A NEED FOR, TO START PLANNING A FUTURE STATION IN THE AREA OF PLEASANT RUN ROAD AND, AND NORTH JOE WILSON ROAD.
OBVIOUSLY, ANYTIME YOU OPEN UP A FIRE STATION THAT COMES WITH CONSIDERABLE STAFFING COSTS, DEPENDING ON, ON HOW IT NEEDS TO BE STAFFED.
SO ENGINE COMPANIES AND, AND AMBULANCES, UH, YOU'LL TYPICALLY HAVE TO HAVE TO HIRE UP TO 16 PEOPLE TO, TO DO THAT 24 HOUR DAY STAFFING.
UM, AS I SAID, THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE A NEED FOR A STATION IN THAT SOUTHEAST CORNERS THAT DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES.
UM, ONE THING A LOT OF COMMUNITIES DO IS THEY BUILD STAGGERED COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS.
SO IN OUR URBAN AREAS PEOP MORE THAN
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2000 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE.WE, WE EXPECT A TRAVEL TIME OF FIVE MINUTES OR LESS IN OUR SUBURBAN AREAS WHERE IT'S UNDER 2000 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE, WE'RE OKAY WITH SIX AND A HALF MINUTES.
BUT THEN AS YOU SEE THE DEVELOPMENT COMING AND THAT POPULATION DENSITY'S GONNA CLOSE AND YOU CAN SAY, IT'S TIME FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT'S GOING TO PUSH US OVER THAT 2000 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MINUTE, AND NOW WE'VE SET A A FIVE MINUTE GOAL THAT WE KNOW WE CAN'T ACHIEVE.
SO THAT, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AS, AS THE GROWTH OCCURS AND WHAT'S GONNA BE NEEDED, UM, TO CONTINUE PLANNING FOR THE IDEA OF A, UH, A JOINT TRAINING CENTER SO THEY CAN SERVE ALL THE GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS.
SO POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, IT'LL BE A JOINT CENTER THAT, THAT ALL YOUR DIFFERENT, UH, CITY SERVICES CAN USE AND, AND ALSO COULD BE, UH, A REGIONAL CENTER TO, TO IMPROVE THOSE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS ADOPTING A FLEXIBLE STAFFING MODEL.
SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF UNIQUE CHALLENGES.
THE PEAK TIME E M S UNIT, UM, THE HIGH FIRE DANGER DAYS, UH, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE C OVID 19 RESPONSE, HAVING TO TAKE PEOPLE TO GO TO THE EJECTIONS INJECTION SITES.
UM, SO WHEN YOU ADOPT A FLEXIBLE STAFFING MODEL ALLOWS YOU TO UPS STAFF AND THEN BASED ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE ON A SPECIFIC SHIFT, YOU CAN, YOU CAN STAFF UNITS, UH, BASED ON THAT RISK.
SO A HIGH FIRE DANGER DAY, YOU WOULD MOVE SOME FOLKS OVER AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT FLEXIBLE STAFFING TO STAFF A UH, A WILDLAND GRASS UNIT TO, TO HAVE A QUICKER, MORE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO THAT TYPE OF EMERGENCY.
AND THEN SAME THING IF, IF YOU'RE SEEING HIGHER E M S DEMANDS, YOU CAN MOVE THEM OVER TO AN EXTRA AMBULANCE TO, UH, TO HANDLE THAT.
WE ALSO THOUGHT THERE WAS A NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY ASSESSMENT TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE, ON THE STATIONS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS ARE, THEY'RE OUTTA SPACE.
SO IF AS YOU ADD MORE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PUT 'EM, WHAT'S THE BEST LOCATION AND, AND WHAT'S THE BEST USE OF EACH ONE OF THE FACILITIES TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH.
AND THEN THE, UM, ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE RESPONSE PLAN, LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE, UH, QUICK RESPONSE VEHICLES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALLS VERSUS SENDING, UH, ENGINE COMPANIES OR LADDER COMPANIES.
WITH THE COST OF THOSE VEHICLES NOW CROSSING THE MILLION DOLLAR PLUS MARK, UH, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO BE ABLE TO USE A, A SMALLER, MORE NIMBLE VEHICLE THAT'S, THAT'S LESS EXPENSIVE.
E E M S WE LOOKED AT ADDING THAT E M SS CAPTAIN TO THE E M S DIVISION TO, TO SUPPORT THE ASSISTANT CHIEF AND MANAGE THOSE E M S PROGRAM NEEDS.
UM, LOOKING AT A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM.
SO WHAT WHAT THAT DOES IS IT HELPS WITH, UM, PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE BASICALLY USING 9 1 1 AS THEIR, AS THEIR FIRST SOURCE OF, OF MEDICAL AID AND, AND GETTING THOSE PEOPLE THAT ABUSE THE SYSTEM, THE SOCIAL SERVICES HELPS THAT, THAT THEY NEED VERSE ALWAYS RELYING ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND TYING UP THOSE CRITICAL RESOURCES.
SO GETTING, GETTING THE RIGHT TYPE OF SOCIAL SERVICES, UM, AND HIRING A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PARAMEDIC TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN.
AND THEN I SAID, UH, LIKE I TALKED ABOUT THE PEAK TIME E M SS UNIT, UH, FOR THE REGION IN, IN YOUR SUPPORT AREAS, UH, WE LOOKED AT THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIRE INSPECTOR.
SO IN THE FIRE WORLD, IT'S NOT JUST WHEN THEY, WHEN YOU BUILD IT, THEN ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTED, THOSE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, THE, THE EXITS, THE LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS ALL HAVE TO BE INSPECTED, UM, BY THE FIRE PERSONNEL AND YOUR, YOUR CURRENT NUMBER OF EXPEC INSPECTIONS THAT ARE, ARE NEEDED, UH, ARE MORE THAN, THAN THE ONE IN INSPECTOR CAN HANDLE, WHICH MEANS NOW THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS TO GO OUT AND NOT ONLY DO THE, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION WORK, THE PLAN REVIEWS, BUT ALSO DOING THOSE, UH, RECURRING INSPECTIONS.
SO INCREASING THAT TO TWO AND, AND THEN FREEING UP THE FIRE MARSHAL TO, TO FOCUS ON, ON THE, THE MORE CRITICAL DUTIES OF, OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, A A CIVILIAN COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION COORDINATOR TO AGAIN, MAKE SURE THOSE EFFORTS ARE ONGOING EVEN AS GROWTH CONTINUES.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER DEMANDS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN, AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE, UM, BOTH OF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, INCREASED EFFECTIVENESS OF EITHER REGIONALIZATION CAN HAVE, UH, IN OUR FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES IS SOMETHING LIKE FIRE INSPECTOR, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE, THAT COULD BE REGIONALIZED AS WELL? OR IS, OR IS THERE SO MUCH DEMAND JUST WITHIN CEDAR HILL THAT, THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU NEED
SO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FIRE CODES ARE, ARE SIMILAR, UH, ANY LOCAL
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AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ADOPTED IS SIMILAR SO THAT, SO THAT THESE PERSONNEL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND AREN'T, AREN'T, UH, RED, RED FLAG IN SOMETHING THAT, THAT, IN THIS COMMUNITY WOULD BE A GREEN FLAG, BUT IN DESOTO WOULD, WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT, SO IT'S, SO THE FIRE PREVENTION WORLD'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO DO THAT.
UM, IN TERMS OF FIRE INVESTIGATIONS, THE REGIONAL TEAM MAKES GREAT SENSE.
'CAUSE THEN THEY CAN COME TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, PEOPLE TRAINED IN FIRE INVESTIGATIONS COMING TOGETHER TO, TO DIG OUT THE FIRE SITE AND DETERMINE CAUSE OF, OR, AND ORIGIN OF FIRES.
BUT, BUT THE INSPECTION SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.
SO AGAIN, ON THAT TOPIC OF REGIONALIZATION AND THE CHIEFS, UH, HAVE MET ON THIS AND, AND THEY'VE KIND OF GOT A ROUGH SKELETON OF, OF WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A, A INTERAGENCY MASTER PLAN WHERE THEY KIND OF DETERMINED WHAT THEIR, THEIR MOST CRITICAL NEEDS ARE IN THE REGION AND, AND WHERE SHARED SHARED SERVICES WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
BUT REALLY TURNING THAT INTO A, A MASTER PLAN THAT WILL, WILL HAVE TIME BOUND STANDARDS AND, AND, UH, ABILITY FOR THEM TO, TO MOVE FORWARD IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION, UH, AS COMPARED TO THE, THE LOOSE PLAN THAT THEY HAVE.
NOW, AGAIN, THE, THE PEAK TIME E M S UNIT IS PROBABLY YOUR MOST CRITICAL NEED.
THOSE, THOSE UNITS ARE STRETCHED VERY THIN IN THE DAYTIME, AND YOU'RE SEEING SYSTEM STRAIN FROM, FROM ALL THREE CITIES AND TRYING TO HAVE ENOUGH UNITS AVAILABLE TO MEET THOSE, THOSE NEEDS.
UM, THE JOINT ENTRY EXAMS, UM, POTENTIAL, UH, REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER AND HAVING, UH, REGIONAL ACADEMY AND THEN THE, UH, THE JOINT FACILITIES FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE FOR, FOR THE FIRING M S APP APPARATUS, AS WELL AS PLANNING FOR REGIONAL WILDLAND MITIGATION PLANS AS, AS OUR SUMMERS ARE GETTING HOTTER AND DRIER.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS, AS YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, WE'RE A PRETTY WINDY PLACE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE THOSE, THOSE WILDLAND FIRE RISKS BEFORE THOSE FIRES OCCUR WILL BE CRITICAL FOR THE REGION.
SO, AND THEN MUCH LIKE POLICE, WE LOOKED AT THE, THE STAFFING NEEDS OVER THE, OVER THE 10 YEAR PERIOD AND FIRES.
STAFFING NEEDS ARE REALLY DRIVEN BY TWO THINGS.
WHAT WHAT ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT NEEDS, AS WE DISCUSSED? BUT ON THE EMERGENCY SERVICES SIDE, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON WHEN, WHEN THE NEW FACILITIES ARE CONSTRUCTED, WHEN STAFFING A PEAK TIME E M SS UNIT OCCURS.
SO THERE'S, ARE, ARE LESS DRIVEN BY, UH, PROACTIVITY LIKE THE, THE POLICE SIDE AND MORE DRIVEN BY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BUILD THE STATION, NOW ALL A SUDDEN YOU NEED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO STAFF THAT STATION AND, AND RESPOND ON THAT APPARATUS.
BUT, SO THE TWO MOST CRITICAL NEEDS WE WOULD SAY ARE THAT PEAK TIME E M S UNIT AND TO BEGIN THE PLANNING FOR THAT STATION AROUND, UM, AREA PLEASANT RUN ROAD AND NORTH JOE WILSON ROAD.
AND THEN LONGER TERM MEETING WITH, UM, DESOTO SEEING ABOUT THE IDEA FOR JOINT STATION.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF THAT, UH, TAKES LEGS AND, AND WORKS IT, IT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP MITIGATE, UH, AREAS WHERE YOU'RE BOTH, BOTH SEEING DIFFICULTIES IN, IN MEETING EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TIMES, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE MORE ALONG WHEN THE GROWTH OCCURS AND, AND THAT NEW ROADWAY GETS BUILT SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY CROSS THE CITY, CITY BOUNDARIES MORE EASILY.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF SMITH.
HEY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN YOU PUT AN ORGANIZATION UNDER A MAGNIFYING GLASS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU FIND.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN THIS PROCESS, BUT NOT ONLY PUT THE ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THAT, WE ALSO PUT THE DATA UNDER IT.
SO A LOT OF THE, UH, RESULTS OF THIS COME FROM LOOKING AT DATA, AND SOME OF IT WAS HARD DATA TO LOOK AT.
SOMETIMES YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY PUT IT UNDER THAT YOU FIND A LOT, YOU FIND SOME GAPS.
AND I THINK IT WAS VERY PROACTIVE OF THE COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS.
AND BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD ROADMAP ON HOW WE CAN MOVE THE ORGANIZATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY FORWARD.
UM, THIS REPRESENTS THE, UH, BEST PRACTICES, BUT IT ALSO HAS A LOCAL REALITY AND A LOCAL SPEND.
SO A LOT OF THINGS THAT MIGHT FIT IN DIFFERENT CITIES MAY NOT FIT HERE.
SO THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF US GETTING TOGETHER AND REALLY DISCUSSING WHAT THOSE BEST PRACTICES WERE, BUT WHAT OUR LOCAL REALITY WERE WAS, UH, WAS A GREAT EXERCISE IN ITSELF.
AND SO, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK, UH, STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
WE WILL CONSIDER TO, UH, REALLY LOOK AT OUR ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THAT MAGNIFYING GLASS.
AND ALSO, UH, EVERYTHING WE DO IS ABOUT MRS. SMITH AND SO, AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.
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SO, UH, AS WE LOOKED AT THIS STUDY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY LOOKED AT IS WHAT, WHAT'S IN THIS FOR MRS. SMITH, NOT CHIEF SMITH, WHAT'S IN IT FOR MRS. SMITH? AND THAT'S WHO WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO.SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE ARE BECOMING OBJECTIVES NOW, AND, UH, THEY'RE BECOMING SMART OBJECTIVES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR 'EM TO BE SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ATTAINABLE, REALISTIC, AND TIMELY.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT PART OF THIS EXERCISE.
UH, NEXT STEPS, UH, NEXT STEPS.
UH, WE WILL BE DELIVERING THIS REPORT ELECTRONICALLY.
I ALSO HAVE, UH, PAPER COPIES IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE A PAPER COPY.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A REVIEW FROM, UH, SEPTEMBER 27TH TO OCTOBER 13TH.
AND THEN ON OCTOBER 26TH, WE WILL COME BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE ADOPTION.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? UH, THANK YOU.
CHIEF, I, I GUESS IS JUST LOOKING AT, UH, THE NEXT STEP AFTER THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS STEP.
UM, WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S COUNCIL ADOPTION, IS THERE A PLAN TO TRY TO, UH, WOULD, WOULD A PLAN BE RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL TO SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MEET, REACH THESE MILESTONES? UM, WHEN WOULD THAT BE DEFINED? I THINK, UH, WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND KIND OF, AND, AND EVEN LOOK AT DEVELOPING A DASHBOARD SO WE CAN SEE HOW THESE PROGRESS, I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED IN PROJECT FOR THINGS JUST KIND OF FALL OFF.
I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY BEING OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, THAT WE DEVELOP THAT DASHBOARD AND TIMELINE.
AND, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, DURING THE COUNCIL REVIEW, ARE WE SENDING QUESTIONS TO YOU OR HOW DO YOU WANNA DO THAT? UH, YES SIR.
IF YOU WOULD SEND THEM TO, UM, UH, MELISSA.
AND WE'LL COLLATE THOSE THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH, UH, COUNCIL, UM, HAS ABSORBED THE INFORMATION.
IF WE NEED TO WORKSHOP OR TWO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DELVE INTO THOSE THINGS, WE WILL ADD THAT TO THAT CALENDAR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PRESENTATION.
YOU GOT SOMETHING CHIEF RES? OH, SORRY.
JUST WANNA TAKE A MINUTE, UH, MAYOR, BEFORE YOU, UH, CLOSE THIS SESSION, UH, AS HAS BECOME TRADITIONAL, UM, WHEN WE HAVE NEW OFFICERS, UH, I HAVE THREE OF OUR BRAND NEW OFFICERS THAT WE JUST RECENTLY PUT ON PATROL.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM COME UP HERE SO I CAN INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU AND TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND SO FIRST WE HAVE OFFICER DEREK VARGAS.
UH, THEY HAVE BOTH RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM THE, UH, REGIONAL ACADEMIES THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OFFICER JARED WARREN WHO COMES TO US WITH EIGHT YEARS OF PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE.
AND SO HE'S ACTUALLY ALREADY, UH, SOLO ON THE STREET AND FUNCTIONAL AT THIS TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING SESSION.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER, THAT IS A NON-DEBATABLE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND COUNSEL.
LET'S RECONVENE ABOUT SEVEN 20.