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RIGHT HAND, WE ARE ADJOURNED.COUNSEL, IF WE CAN, WE COULD JUST MOVE RIGHT INTO THE, THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
[1. Call meeting to order.]
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.UH, THE AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED.
A QUORUM OF COUNCIL IS PRESENT.
UH, THE MAYOR HAD AN EMERGENCY AND HAD TO LEAVE.
UM, I WOULD SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, CALL, UH, TO START OUR MEETING OFF WITH AN INVOCATION FROM PASTOR VICTOR JACKSON FROM BUILDING THE COMMUNITY CHURCH.
MR. JACKSON, WOULD YOU STAND PLEASE FOR THE INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY THAT WASN'T PROMISED TO US.
AND LORD, ONCE THIS DAY IN, I PRAY THAT WE'VE DONE SOMETHING TO PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THE CITY COUNCIL HERE AT CEDAR HILL.
LORD, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM WISDOM.
GIVE THEM UNITY, LORD, GIVE THEM THE DESIRE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER THE INFORMATION AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THIS CITY JUST LIKE THEY CARE ABOUT IT.
FATHER GOD, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING SOME NEW THINGS IN CEDAR HILL, AND LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO GIVE US A NEW HEART, A NEW MIND, GIVE US A NEW WAY OF LOVING EACH OTHER.
GIVE US A NEW WAY, FATHER GOD, OF DEPENDING ON YOU MORE.
LORD, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THE MAYOR AND HIS EMERGENCY, LORD, WHATEVER IT IS, PROTECT HIM.
BLESS ALL OF OUR CITY COUNCILS AND THEIR FAMILIES, LORD, THEY SPEND SO MUCH TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE AND WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH.
BLESS THEM TO BE A BLESSING TO THE CITY.
I THANK YOU AND I PRAISE YOU IN JESUS' NAME.
PLEASE DRAW ME THE PLEDGE OF THE AMERICAN FLAG FALLS PLEDGE OF TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
WELL, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, UM, AND, UM, BEING A PART OF THIS, UH, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, WE CONCUR WITH COUNCIL, I MEAN, WITH, UM, PASTOR JACKSON IN, UH, PRAYERS FOR OUR MAYOR AND THE EMERGENCY THAT OCCURRED IN HIS FAMILY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA START OFF TONIGHT WITH
[a. Present Great Impact Servant Leader Award to Franchesca Alvarado.]
A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATION AND IT'S PRESENT, GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD TO FRANCESCA ALVARADO.AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD MCCURDY.
SO LET ME SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE MAYOR WANTED TO PRESENT THIS HIMSELF AND, AND HE REGRETS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT HE HAD TO GO AWAY ON EMERGENCY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THIS OVER JUST, JUST BRIEFLY.
AND WHILE IT MENTIONS A LOT OF WHAT YOU DO, IT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE EVERYTHING.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND, AND READ THIS.
FRANCESCA ALVARADO, A PROUD CEDAR HILL RESIDENT SINCE 2017, STANDS OUT AS A BEACON OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT RECOGNIZED WITH A NOMINATION FOR THE GOOD SAMARITAN WARD IN 2021.
SHE'S CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED HER COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING UNITY IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH GRASSROOTS EFFORTS ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND ROMERO AND THEIR THREE YOUNG DAUGHTERS.
FRANCESCA ACTIVELY SPREADS LOVE THROUGHOUT CEDAR HILL.
THEIR INITIATIVE, A NEIGHBORHOOD BLESSING BOX, FOLLOWS THE ETHOS OF TAKE WHAT YOU NEED, LEAVE WHAT YOU CAN, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.
FRANCESCA'S DEDICATION EXTENDS FURTHER WITH SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVORS, SUCH AS HOSTING A WELL ATTENDED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ORGANIZING A COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE, AND PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN SOUTH HILLS RECOGNITION.
WITH THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AWARD FOR 2023, FRANCESCA EXEMPLIFIES THE ESSENCE OF A GREAT SERVANT LEADER SETTING AN ASPIRING EXAMPLE FOR ALL.
WELL-DESERVED HONOR, WE EXPRESS OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR EMBODYING OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER AS A GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER,
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YOU ALSO HAVE A PIECE OF JEWELRY TO GO ON YOUR SHELF SOMEWHERE.WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? OH, UM, WELL, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
I'M GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN CEDAR HILL.
I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF CEDAR HILL, AND I JUST BELIEVE THAT WE TRULY HAVE TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS.
NOT JUST SAY WE LOVE THEM, BUT LOVE THEM WITH OUR ACTIONS.
AND SO I HOPE IT STIRS SOMETHING IN YOUR HEART TO NOT JUST SAY YOU LOVE THEM, BUT GO OUT AND MEET THEM AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
I BELIEVE THAT'S HOW WE WILL CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS BY THE WAY THAT WE SHOW AND SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER AND SERVE ONE ANOTHER.
I THANK Y'ALL FOR JUST THAT RECOGNITION.
I'M A LITTLE EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT, SO I APPRECIATE IT,
THANK, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, BEST THINGS THAT WE DO IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE FOR EXCEPTIONAL, UH, SERVICE.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S NAMED APPROPRIATELY GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER.
UH, WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENT.
A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH.
[a. Administer Oath of Office to the new Cedar Hill Fire Chief Richard L. Davis, Jr. ]
LET ME PAUSE.UM, ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO THE NEW CEDAR HILL FIRE CHIEF RICHARD L. DAVIS, JR.
MR. DAVIS, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN AND BE SWORN IN? AM I FACING THIS WAY? YOU'LL BE FACING FACE ME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE CHIEF OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE CHIEF, AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, CONSTITUTION, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD AND OF THIS STATE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A FEW WORDS AND INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY? YES, SIR.
AT FIRST, UH, UH, WHEN THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAD, UH, MISSED MY, UH, UH, PART IN THE, THE SPEECH I WAS GONNA, IN THE AGENDA, I WAS JUST GONNA GO HOME AND JUST SAY, CALL IT GOOD.
UM, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR, WITHOUT HIM, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY INCREDIBLE WIFE, DEBBIE.
HER UNWAVERING SUPPORT, LOVE, AND UNDERSTANDING HAVE BEEN MY PILLARS, THIS ACHIEVEMENT AS MUCH AS HERS AS IT IS MINE.
I'M PROFOUNDLY THANKFUL FOR THE JOURNEY THAT WE HAVE SHARED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY HERE, MAYOR STEVE MASON.
I KNOW HE IS NOT HERE, BUT I DO APPRECIATE HIS SUPPORT.
MAYOR PRO, TIM ALLEN SIMS. THANK SIR ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER GREG PORTER, ALSO, I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE.
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND MY NEW BOSS, MELISSA VALDEZ CUMMINGS, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CITY DIRECTORS, OTHER CITY LEADERS, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, ALL PUBLIC SAFETY MEMBERS, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
YOUR PRESENCE IS MUCH APPRECIATED AND IS MY HONOR TO BE STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU.
I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I DON'T, DID NOT MENTION FIRE CHIEF RODNEY SMITH, WHO HAS DONE A FINE JOB AT THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HE HAS ASSISTED ME WITH THE TRANSITION AND I GREATLY APPRECIATED HIS GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE FINALLY TO THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL.
I'M HONORED TO BE YOUR NEXT FIRE CHIEF.
IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH AN OUTSTANDING TEAM OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT WHOSE VALUES OF RESPECT, INTEGRITY, COURAGE, HONOR, AND DEDICATION ARE PART OF EVERYTHING THEY DO.
THEIR COMMITMENT AS PREMIER CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NOTHING SHORT OF OUTSTANDING.
I'M HUMBLED TO BE PART OF A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
MY VISION IS TO CONTINUE THE TRAJECTORY TOWARD EXCELLENCE AND BUILD A BETTER TOMORROW THAT COINCIDES WITH OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, INCLUSIVENESS, INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, WHICH IS THE HEARTBEAT
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OF A THRIVING COMMUNITY.WELL, CHIEF, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HOPEFULLY HAVE A LONG YEARS OF SERVICE IN THIS CITY, AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US IN THE BRIEFING SESSION.
AND MAYBE SOME PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT THEY READ A LOT OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOU, YOU ARE WELL RESPECTED AND WE'RE JUST THRILLED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND I'M DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD WITH, UH, WORKING WITH PEOPLE LIKE FRANCESCA.
UNLESS YOU PROBABLY LEFT, UH, PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT JUST MAKES ME SMILE.
[b. Present a Proclamation designating the month of January 2024 as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Cedar Hill. ]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER B, PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF JANUARY AS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH IN CEDARVILLE.AND THAT WOULD BE PRE, UH, PRESENTED BY A VERY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH,
WOULD YOU COME ON DOWN HERE? OKAY.
UM, I'M THE SENIOR ON YOUR FACE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION.
UM, WHEN I KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA BE PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION, I, UH, PHONED A FRIEND WHO, UH, IS A DIRECTOR OF, UH, TRAFFIC 9 1 1.
AND SHE GAVE ME A FEW STATISTICS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE.
AND THIS IS, UH, THESE, THESE STATISTICS ARE A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD.
SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THOSE NUMBERS HAVE, UH, RISEN.
79,000 MINORS IN YOUTH, UM, ARE IN THE SE THE SEX TRAFFICKING TRADE JUST IN TEXAS ALONE, 234,000 WORKERS.
THAT INCLUDES THE YOUTH, UH, UH, ADULT WORKERS, UM, ARE VICTIMS OF LABOR TRAFFICKING.
UM, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE CHILDREN.
AND SO JUST THAT, THOSE TWO NUMBERS ALONE, 313,000 VICTIMS IN TEXAS, UM, ARE INVOLVED EACH YEAR, UH, IN THE SEX TRAFFICKING, UM, TRADE.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
WHEREAS AROUND THE WORLD, HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAS STRIPPED NEARLY 25 MILLION PEOPLE OF THEIR SAFETY, DIGNITY, AND LIBERTY DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE HEINOUS CRIME OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS NOT CONFINED TO REMOTE NATIONS ABROAD, BUT HAPPENS HERE IN OUR STATE WHERE THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN BECOME COMMODITIES FOR SEXUAL PREDATORS AND THE PROFIT OF TRAFFICKERS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL WILL NOT TOLERATE THE INHUMANE PRACTICES OF COERCIVE AND MANIPULATIVE CRIMINALS.
AND WE ALL HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROTECTING VICTIMS. AND WHEREAS THIS MONTH I ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SHARE THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE, 1 8 8 8 3 7 3 7 8 8 8, AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE TO REPORT A TIP OR ASK FOR HELP.
AND WHEREAS TOGETHER WE CAN COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ITS CRUEL CONSEQUENCES, CREATING A SAFER, FREER, AND MORE JUST WORLD FOR EVERYONE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEPHEN MASON, MAYOR OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY, 2024 AS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO HEIGHTEN THEIR AWARENESS REGARDING THE INHUMANE AND IMMORAL PRACTICE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HELP BRING PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE IN WITNESS HERE, AWARE OF I HAVE HERE TOO.
SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2024.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU DEPARTMENT.
SO MY NAME IS JESSICA CILLO AND I AM THE VICTIM, UM, ASSISTANT LIAISON WITH THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL FOR RECOGNIZING VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SHARE SOME STATISTICS ON HOW PREVALENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAS BECOME.
AND DALLAS ALONE, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN ADULT HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FROM 49 TRAFFICKING CASES.
IN 2021, THE NUMBER SHOT UP TO 142 THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND 156 CASES IN 2023 ALONE.
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THIS IS A, UM, GROWING ISSUE AND IT'S EVERYWHERE.SO, UM, I REALLY JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING VICTIMS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAZIN AND MS. CILLO FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THEN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
UM, THERE WAS ONE THING THAT I FAILED TO MENTION, AND YOU BEAR WITH ME 'CAUSE I DON'T DO THIS ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT WE WILL, BEFORE WE GO INTO IT, UH, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'LL HAVE A VERY BRIEF RECEPTION FOR OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF.
SO, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE STICK AROUND, UH, AND JOIN US.
YOU GET A CHANCE TO, UH, GREET, UH, MEET AND GREET OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF PRIOR TO US GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA
[c. Present a Proclamation designating the month of February 2024 as Black History Month in Cedar Hill.]
IS PRESENT A PRO PROCLAMATION DE DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2024.IT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN CEDARVILLE.
AND THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED BY OUR OWN COUNCIL MEMBER GREG GLOVER AND, UH, THE LIBRARY STAFF.
I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR FOR FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
FEBRUARY IS A, UM, THIS IS 2024, SO IT'S A LEAP YEAR.
SO WE HAVE AN EXTRA DAY IN FEBRUARY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND, UM, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR.
WHEREAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN OUR COUNTRY IN 1926 AS A WEEK LONG CELEBRATION CREATED BY CARTER G WOODSON, A NOTED AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORIAN, SCHOLAR, EDUCATOR, AND PUBLISHER.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS EXPANDED TO A MONTH LONG PERIOD IN 1976.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT CELEBRATES DIVERSITY AND HONORS THE IMPACT AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OUR COMMUNITY, STATE, COUNTRY, AND AROUND THE WORLD.
WHEREAS BLACK, WHEREAS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL CELEBRATES THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO OUR ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL, AND HUMANITARIAN ADVANCEMENTS.
AND WHEREAS IN 2024 BLACK HISTORY, THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH THEME, CELEBRATING AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN ARTS CELEBRATES THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS, POETS, WRITERS, COMPOSERS, MUSICIANS, VISUAL ARTISTS, DANCERS, PERFORMING ARTISTS, AND CREATORS OF ALL KIND.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ARTISTIC EXPRESSION HAS BEEN A POWERFUL INSPIRATION FOR CHANGE AND ADVOCATION OF THE FREEDOM IN, OF FREEDOM IN ALL FORMS SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF AMERICA'S BIRTH.
THE COURAGEOUS WRITINGS OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS TO STRONG LEADERSHIP OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL CELEBRATES THE HISTORICAL ARTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS BY HAVING RECENTLY INVITED ELLIOT JONES, GRANDSON OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND AWARD-WINNING POET MAYA ANGELOU TO THE CITY'S ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION TO CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE ARTS AND CALL ATTENTION TO THE CONTINUED NEED TO USE CREATIVE EXPRESSION AS A TOOL TO UPLIFT OUR NATION.
AND WHEREAS CEDAR HILL CONTINUES TO SERVE ALL CITIZENS REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, CREED, OR BACKGROUND, WITH GREAT HONOR AND A DEEP SENSE OF RESPECT.
AND THIS MONTH WE WILL CELEBRATE THE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
THEREFORE, I, STEPHEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 1ST THROUGH THE 29TH, 2024 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND URGE THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL TO JOIN ME IN THE SPECIAL OBSERVANCE AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND THAT HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2024.
AND THE SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR STEVEN MASON.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
UH, WE WANT TO FIRST SAY WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY BECAUSE IT IS AMERICAN HISTORY AND, UH, IT EXTENDS.
AS COUNCILMAN GLOVER SAID, WE GET AN EXTRA DAY THIS YEAR, BUT WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO, TO CELEBRATE AND EMBRACE AND LEARN ABOUT HISTORY OF, UM, BLACK
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HISTORY ALL YEAR ROUND.AND TO HELP YOU WITH THAT, WE HAVE LIBRARY CARDS AVAILABLE FOR FREE
UH, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF BOOKS BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS, UH, AMERICAN GENEALOGY AS WELL AS HISTORY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS. ONE THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT IS, UH, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DOGWOOD CANYON AUDUBON AND OUR, UM, ADULT SERVICES.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF A BOOK CLUB, CELEBRATING IN HIGHLIGHTING, UH, BLACK HISTORY, WE DO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR, UH, BETTER LIVING THROUGH BIRDING.
IT IS A BOOK BY CHRISTIAN COOPER.
IF YOU, YOU MIGHT BE LUCKY ENOUGH IF YOU CAN GET OVER TO THE LIBRARY REALLY QUICK AND GET A FREE COPY OF IT.
BUT IF, EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR OWN PERSONAL COPY, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN IN ON THE CONVERSATIONS, UH, BECAUSE WE DO LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITHIN A PARK.
AND, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE IN NATURE.
AND THIS IS NOTES FROM A BLACK MAN IN A NATURAL WORLD.
AND SO CHRISTIAN COOPER SHARES HIS JOURNEY.
WE ALSO HAVE HIKING BACKPACKS THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT AND BIRDING KITS, UH, AT THE LIBRARY AT NO COST.
AND ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ALSO TO, UH, INVITE YOU ALL TO THE UPCOMING GRAND OPENING FOR OUR LIBRARY IN A PARK.
WE'VE GOT THE DATES, UH, THAT ARE ALREADY OUT.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA MARCH 23RD FOR OUR AMAZING SIGNATURE PARK AND APRIL THE SIXTH FOR OUR TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY.
SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CELEBRATE WITH US, UH, THIS UPCOMING SEASON.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE MAYOR IS BACK.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PIVOTING.
UH, WE'LL GO, GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH THE UH, AGENDA.
[d. Update from STAR Transit on transportation program. ]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS UPDATE FROM STAR TRANSIT ON TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.UM, OUR PARTNERS WITH STAR TRANSIT ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE A SIX MONTH UPDATE ON OUR SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
JUST TO REMIND YOU WHERE WE'VE COME FROM WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UM, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL SET SENIOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AS A TOP PRIORITY, UH, FOR THE CITY.
AND WE DID A SENIOR LIVABILITY STUDY, UM, THAT LOOKED AT WHAT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SENIORS IN CEDAR HILL NEEDED TO HAVE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND ONE OF THE TOP RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT STUDY WAS TO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SO THAT FOLKS WHO OTHERWISE ARE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR RIDES CAN GET TO THOSE LIFELINE SERVICES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT, LIKE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS IN THE GROCERY STORE AND THE AWESOME SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AT THE CEDAR HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT PAYS FOR ABOUT 80% OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
UM, AND THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH STAR TRANSIT FOR THAT SERVICE IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR AND LAUNCHED IN JUNE.
UM, AND SO KIM BRI IS THE, UM, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STAR TRANSIT AND SHE'S HERE TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
UH, OFTEN WE DO ONE YEAR TRANSIT UPDATES, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SIX MONTHS, SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING FOR ME.
I ALSO WANNA INTRODUCE OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, ANTONIO O' HARRIS IS HERE WITH ME AS WELL.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBER ALZINE AS OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER, UH, ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND WE'RE SUPER LUCKY TO HAVE TO HAVE HER.
SO, SO, TONIGHT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THE CURRENT SERVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAPPENING WITHIN THE CITY, REVIEWED SOME ROUTER SHIP DATA, AND THEN ALSO REVIEW SOME OF THE MARKETING STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE USED.
BUT AT FIRST I WANNA KIND OF TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE WHEN WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR.
WE HA HAVE BEEN PROVIDING, WE ARE A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER.
WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
UM, WE ARE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND PROVIDE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 198,000 TRIPS, UH, A YEAR WITH A STAFF OF 100.
AND WE DO THAT WITH ABOUT 55 VEHICLES.
WE ARE, UH, OUR MAIN LOCATIONS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND TARRELL.
WE ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST TRANSIT AGENCY IN THIS AREA THAT OPERATES WITHOUT A DEDICATED SALES TAX.
AND THEN IN 2012 AND 2019, WE WERE THE TEXAS TRANSIT ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING RURAL TRANSIT SYSTEM.
I HOPE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS I CAN STAND HERE AND UPDATE WITH 2023.
SO, UH, WE DID PUT IN FOR THAT, WE SHOULD WIN, BUT WE'LL SEE.
UM, WE, OUR, UH, SERVICE AREA INCLUDES ALL OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, ROCKWELL COUNTY, SEVILLE BOX SPRINGS, MESQUITE,
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HUTCHINS, DESOTO, AND THEN WE ADDED YOU GUYS IN JUNE AND ADDED DUNCANVILLE IN JULY.WE DO PROVIDE LIMITED TRANSPORTATION IN ELLIS COUNTY.
WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE WITH THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
IT'S VERY LIMITED, UH, IT'S MEDICAL AND, UM, SENIOR CENTER TRIPS, UM, FOR THE, FOR ELLIS COUNTY, OUR VEHICLES, ALL OF OUR VEHICLES ARE A DA COMPLIANT.
SO, UM, ANYONE THAT USES A MOBILITY DEVICE IS ABLE TO USE ANY OF OUR VEHICLES.
THE VEHICLES YOU GUYS SEE MOSTLY IN CEDAR HILL, IS THAT TOP MY TOP RIGHT.
UM, THE, WE DO OPERATE SOME OF THE OTHER VEHICLES IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS.
SO YOU MAY SEE SOME OTHER VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT OF CEDAR HILL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UH, WE DO OPERATE IN DESOTO IN DUNCANVILLE.
THEY'RE COMING IN AND OUTTA CEDAR HILL AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY MAY BE BRINGING SOMEONE OVER TO EITHER SHOP OR TO THE, TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW I'M KIND OF GOING FAST.
I KNOW THERE'S A CELEBRATION WAITING AND I DO NOT WANNA BE THE REASON WHY YOU GUYS ARE LATE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
YEAH, PLEASE STOP ME OR WE CAN WAIT.
SO THE CURRENT SERVICES WE CURRENTLY OPERATE, WE HAVE TWO, UH, TWO SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY OPERATE.
WE HAVE A DEMAND RESPONSE, THAT'S OUR PRE-BOOKED SERVICE.
THAT'S WHERE THEY CALL THE CALL CENTER.
YOU CAN BOOK UP TO ONE BUSINESS DAY, UP TO TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
ANYONE THAT I SPEAK WITH, I DO NOT RECOMMEND TRYING TO BOOK A NEXT DAY TRIP BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE ARE ALREADY FULL SINCE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BOOKING FOR TWO WEEKS FOR THIS SERVICE.
OUR AGENTS ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FOUR, AND THEN THE VEHICLE OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SIX TO SIX.
WE DID LAUNCH ON JUNE THE FIRST.
THIS IS FOR ANYONE LIVING, WORKING, PLAYING IN CEDAR HILL.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE 13 OR ABOVE TO RIDE BY YOURSELF.
YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY AND SURROUNDING SERVICE AREA.
WE DO LEAVE THE SERVICE AREA FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.
SO IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET TO THE VA, BAYLOR PARKLAND, THEY CAN DO THAT.
UM, UH, WITH OUR SERVICE, WE DO HAVE A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
SO THOSE THAT BOOK THROUGH THIS SERVICE GET AN, UH, IF AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT ON SUBSCRIPTION, THEY'LL GET A NOTIFICATION THE NIGHT BEFORE REMINDING THEM THAT THEY HAVE A TRIP THAT THEY'VE BOOKED.
'CAUSE OFTENTIMES, IF YOU'VE DONE BOOKED SOMETHING TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE, I WOULD FORGET IT.
SO LUCKILY THAT WE HAVE THE NOTIFICATIONS, OR THEN THE NEXT DAY THEY'LL GET A TEXT OR CALL THAT THE BUS IS ABOUT TO ARRIVE.
FROM A FAIR STANDPOINT, IT'S BASED ON DISTANCE AND IT RANGES BETWEEN ONE AND $12.
FOR THO THOSE THAT ARE 13 TO 59.
WE DO JUST HAVE OFFER DISCOUNTED FARES FOR 60 PLUS VETERANS AND DISABLED.
SO THE MOST THEY WOULD PAY FOR A TRIP WOULD BE $6 EACH WAY, BUT THAT'S FOR A TRIP THAT'S GONNA BE 25 MILES PLUS.
AND THEN DURING COVID, OUR BOARD DID APPROVE CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER RIDE FREE.
AND EVEN AFTER WE CAME OUT OF COVID, THEY DECIDED TO KEEP THAT.
SO CHILDREN, UM, CURRENTLY RIDE FREE AS LONG AS THEY'RE RIDING WITH A PAID FARE.
THIS IS A SERVICE THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF.
UM, IT IS UNIQUE TO STAR TRANSIT.
IT'S OUR CLIENT ADVOCATE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT MIGHT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP WITH TRAVELING.
IF SOMEONE USES A MOBILITY DEVICE, UM, THEY USE A WHEELCHAIR, THEN NEED SOME HELP GOING TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO TRAVEL WITH THEM.
AS A SIDE NOTE, UM, IF YOU HAVE A-P-C-A-A PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT TRAVELING WITH YOU, THE PCA DOES RIDE FREE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, SERVICE THAT, THAT WE OFFER.
BUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, OFTENTIMES OUR RIDER DON'T HAVE A FAMILY MEMBERS OR THAT CAN TRAVEL WITH THEM.
WE DO HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE THAT WILL GO WITH THEM AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE.
AND THAT'S NOT COSTING YOU GUYS ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS EITHER.
WE'RE ABLE TO GET GRANT FUNDS FOR THOSE FOR THAT SERVICE.
AND THEN WE DO OFFER, OFFER TRAVEL TRAINING WITH THIS AS WELL.
SO LET'S SAY SOMEONE WANTS TO USE OUR SERVICE, BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS, UH, TRAVELING 'CAUSE THEY'VE NEVER USED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WE'LL SEND A CLIENT ADVOCATE WITH THEM TO SHOW THEM HOW TO PAY FARES, GET IT OFF ON AND OFF THE VEHICLES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH USING OUR SERVICES.
THE NEXT SERVICE WE OFFER IS, IT'S BASICALLY DEMAND RESPONSE AS WELL, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY SAME DAY SERVICE.
WE DID NOT OFFER SAME DAY SERVICE UNTIL 2019.
THAT WASN'T, UM, A SERVICE THAT WAS, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, OR, OR I SHOULD SAY WE, THE TECHNOLOGY WASN'T IN PLACE YET FOR US TO OFFER THIS SERVICE.
SO, UH, WHICH, UM, THIS HAS BEEN OUR FAST AND GROWING SERVICE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, UM, ADDED TO OUR PORTFOLIO.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE IS AN APP AVAILABLE FOR CITIZENS TO BOOK THEIR TRIPS.
IF THEY DON'T USE A SMARTPHONE OR ARE NOT COMFORTABLE, THEY ARE ABLE TO CALL US AND BOOK THOSE TRIPS.
OUR GOAL IS TO ARRIVE WITHIN 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
THEY CAN DO SAME DAY SCHEDULING.
SO LET'S SAY THEY CALL US AND THEY WANNA, UH, GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE WHAT WE CALL OUR A MB LEG, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO, TO BOOK THAT TRIP LATER IN THE DAY.
THIS SERVICE ALSO OFFER, UH, OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SIX TO SIX.
THE FAIR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, THIS IS, UH, WE'RE CHARGED BY THE Z UH, WITHIN
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THE ZONE.SO ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE, IN THE CEDAR HILL ZONE WOULD PAY $2 FOR THAT 13 TO 59, AND THEY WOULD PAY $1 FOR 60 PLUS VETERANS AND DISABLED, AGAIN, CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER DO RIDE FREE.
UH, WITH THIS SERVICE, WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER PROMO CODES.
SO FOR INSTANCE, WHEN, UM, IT'S TIME TO VOTE, WE DO PROMOTE A PROMO CODE THAT THEY CAN USE TO RIDE FREE.
YOU RIDE FREE TO VOTE ANYWAY, BUT THAT THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE, THERE'S A PROMO CODE.
SO IF THERE WAS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES WITH THEIR JOB FAIRS, WE'LL PUT A PROMO CODE TOGETHER.
SO THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE JOB FAIR CAN USE OUR SERVICE FOR FREE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN THIS IS A SHARED RIDE SERVICE.
SO THIS IS NOT A ONE ON ONE OFF.
ALL OF OUR SERVICES THAT WE OFFER ARE SHARED RIDES.
SO IF YOU'RE USING THE SERVICE, YOU MAY GET ON THE VEHICLE WITH ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS YOURSELF.
THERE ARE SOME, UM, AREAS THAT ARE MISSING OFF THIS MAP JUST BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IT WOULD MAKE CEDAR HILL REALLY TINY.
SO, UM, THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, WHEN WE DID OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS, UH, THAT I GUESS THAT RECENTLY OPENED ON SOUTH HAMPTON.
AND SO WE DID ADD THAT SO THEY CAN, YOU, THEY CAN GO TO, UM, THIS SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE WITH THIS, UM, SAME DAY SERVICE.
SO IT'S, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT MEDICAL, UM, WE'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GO TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, THE DART REDBIRD CENTER, TRANSIT CENTER, THE UNT STATION, THE REDBIRD HEALTH COMPLEX.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, BASED ON, UM, REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM, UM, CITY STAFF AS WELL AS SOME CITI AS CITIZENS, WE DID ADD DUNCANVILLE AND DESOTO TO THAT SAME DAY ZONE.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS SOMEONE COULD, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR DEMAND RESPONSE, YOU CAN'T LEAVE.
UM, OR WHEN WE FIRST LAUNCHED WITH THE SAME DAY SERVICE, YOU HAD TO STAY WITHIN CEDAR HILL.
NOW THEY CAN GO IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO OTHER CITIES AS WELL.
AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO GET REVIEWS, UM, ON THIS SERVICE.
AND CURRENTLY WE ARE AT A 97% POSITIVE REVIEW FOR OUR STAR NOW SERVICE IN CEDAR HILL RASHIP DATA.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF WHERE WE STAND, UH, WE, THIS IS A, THIS SERVICE OR TRANSPORTATION IN GENERAL IS, IS IS BUILDABLE.
WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA START OFF FULL STRAIGHT OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE GATE.
AND SO WE TYPICALLY UTILIZE, AND EVEN IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY, IT'S ABOUT THREE YEARS.
ONCE WE HIT THAT THREE YEAR MARK, WE'LL START, YOU KNOW, WE, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL DETERMINE KIND OF, UM, THE, NOT NECESSARILY THE SUCCESS, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE WANNA SEE, UM, THAT GROWTH.
UM, OCTOBER, YES, WE HAD A, A, A BIT OF AN INCREASE.
WE DID SOME PROMOTIONS, UM, IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN ALSO JUST FROM, UM, OUR SERVICE AREA, OCTOBER, WE SEE AN INCREASE IN OCTOBER ALL OVER.
AND TYPICALLY THAT'S BECAUSE YOU START SEEING SOME OF THE SEASONAL HIRING TAKE PLACE AS SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES.
AND SO WE SEE OUR SERVICES IN EVERYWHERE THAT INCREASE.
AND, AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
AND THEN, THEN IT DIPS BACK DOWN IN, IN NOVEMBER AND THEN AGAIN IN DECEMBER, JUST BECAUSE RIDER RIDERSHIP PATTERNS CHANGE IN DECEMBER, SCHOOL'S OUT, PEOPLE THAT WERE NORMALLY TAKEN TO SCHOOL, UH, WORK THAT WORK AT THE ISDS ARE NO LONGER GOING.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT FLEXIBILITY AND RIDERSHIP IN THOSE WITHIN THOSE THREE MONTHS.
AND THEN I WAS ASKED TO DO A COMPARISON OF WHERE, LIKE WITH, WITH ONE OF THE OTHER SERVICE AREAS.
AND SO I UTILIZED, UM, DESOTO.
AND SO FROM THIS, DESOTO ACTUALLY LAUNCHED THEIR DEMAND RESPONSE SERVICE IN MARCH OF 18, UH, LATE MARCH, MARCH 28TH.
SO WE HAD A COUPLE, WE, WELL, THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF RISE.
WE ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF DAYS IN MARCH, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE GROWTH THAT TOOK PLACE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THERE TOO, THAT EVEN IN OCTOBER, UM, IN THE BEGINNING OF DESOTO, YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE, UM, THERE, TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
AND WHERE WE ARE, WE DID LAUNCH IN 2018 CURRENTLY WITH OUR DEMAND RESPONSE TRIPS INTO CITY OF DESOTO.
WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 841 NOW.
THEY DO HAVE, UH, UH, MORE SERVICE CURRENTLY THAN, THAN CEDAR HILL, BUT IT WAS, WE BUILT, WE DIDN'T LAUNCH WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT WE HAVE THERE NOW, WE LAUNCHED SLOW AND THEN BUILD UPON THAT.
SO IN FIVE YEAR, OR YEAH, FIVE YEARS WHEN I'M STANDING HERE, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THOSE SAME NUMBERS, UH, AND SEE THAT INCREASE.
SO FROM THE START NOW STANDPOINT, UM, UH, SAME THING.
OCTOBER, WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF A, A JUMP.
WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING FROM OUR SERVICE AREA STANDPOINT, DECEMBER, OUR RIDERSHIP IN DECEMBER JUMPED ON STAR NOW.
SO WHAT I'M FIGURING IS, IS THOSE THAT DIDN'T TAKE THIS, THAT THEY WEREN'T HAVING TO PRE-PLAN THEIR TRIPS BECAUSE THEY HAD, THEY, UM, THEY, THEY SCHEDULED THEIR TRIPS BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO SCHOOL OR TO WORK.
SO THEN THEY'RE CALLING SAME DAY AND USING THAT SAME DAY SERVICE.
AND SO IT KIND OF FLIPPED A LITTLE BIT WHERE IT WENT DOWN INTO MAIN RESPONSE.
PLUS WE MADE THAT SWITCH WITH ADDING DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE TO THE, UM, TO THE ZONE.
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I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THAT RIDERSHIP, UH, WENT THERE AS WELL BECAUSE WHERE THEY WEREN'T HAVING TO NECESSARILY PRE-SCHEDULE, UM, THOSE TRIPS.AND THEN JUST IN COMPARISON, UM, WITH, UH, DESOTO, UM, WE LAUNCHED IN LATE 2021 WITH OUR STAR NOW SERVICE.
AND CURRENTLY WE'RE AVERAGING 983 TRIPS A MONTH THERE.
SO THERE IS, UM, DEFINITELY POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH.
WE ABSOLUTELY PREDICT THAT CEDAR HILL WILL SEE THAT SAME GROWTH.
YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION'S NOT, UM, YOU DON'T REALLY SEEK IT OUT UNTIL YOU NEED IT.
UM, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH STAR TRANSIT, I WAS IN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND I, WE HAD BEEN IN SOME OF THE AREAS FOR 40 YEARS AND I COULDN'T UNDER, OR, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN 40 YEARS.
AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE THAT DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICE.
IT'S 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T NEED IT.
AND SO, UM, OUR JOB AND MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OUT BRANDING AND DOING WHAT WE CAN SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY DOES NEED OUR SERVICES, THAT THEY KNOW WHO THEY CAN CALL SOME RIDER STATISTICS.
UM, JUST WE, UH, WE HAD 127, UH, TRIPS OR PEOPLE THAT HAD THEIR FIRST TIME TRIPS.
SO 127 PEOPLE USE THE SERVICE.
NOW WE HAD 146 RIDERS WITH THEIR FIRST TRIP, AND THEN WE'VE HAD 104.
THAT RIDE HAVE RIDDEN IT MORE THAN ONCE.
I TRIED TO PULL THE SAME INFORMATION FOR OUR DEMAND RESPONSE, BUT THE FILE WAS SO BIG IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN OUR CALL CENTER SOFTWARE.
UM, AND SO I HAD TO NOT DO THAT BECAUSE THEN THEY COULDN'T BOOK THEIR STRIPS.
SO, UM, BUT ALSO I PULLED SOME INFORMATION, I HAD TO PULL SOME INFORMATION FOR A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING FROM SEPTEMBER, AND THIS IS FROM A CALL CENTER STANDPOINT, FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, OUR CALL CENTER TOOK OVER 56,000 CALLS.
AND SO, I MEAN THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME WAS 41 SECONDS.
AND SO IMAGINE, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
NOW, IN THE MORNINGS, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, IF YOU CALL IT EIGHT O'CLOCK, YOUR WAIT TIME'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO BOOK THOSE TRIPS.
BUT FROM AN AVERAGE STANDPOINT, THAT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR.
AND THEN IN DECEMBER, STAR TRANSIT DID OVER 17,000 TRIPS FROM A, UH, IN ALL OF OUR SERVICE AREAS.
SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF, OF THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD THAT WE CAN INCLUDE YOU GUYS IN THOSE TRIP PURPOSE AND DESTINATIONS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A HIGHLIGHT OF WHERE PEOPLE WERE GOING AND WHY.
SO FROM A STAR NOW, SAME DAY SERVICE STANDPOINT, WHAT WE FOUND INTERESTING IS THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, YES, THEY'RE USING IT TO GO TO WALMART AND GOING SHOPPING, BUT THEY'RE USING IT TO GET TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
THEY'RE USING IT TO GET TO SCHOOL, THEY'RE USING IT TO GET TO WORK.
UM, THE LIBRARY EVEN HAD, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE USING IT TO GO TO THE LIBRARY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USING IT FOR EVERY DAY ITEMS AND EVERYDAY, UM, PURPOSES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
WE'RE HERE FOR THEM TO GET TO, TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FROM A DEMAND RESPONSE STANDPOINT.
THE TRIP PURPOSE SENIOR CENTER WAS NUMBER ONE.
UM, THEN WORK AND DIALYSIS AND MEDICAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY LAUNCHED TO ASSIST THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED.
AND CURRENTLY OUR AVERAGE RIDERSHIP IS ABOUT 90% ELDERLY DISABLED.
SO I THINK FROM THAT STANDPOINT AND THE GOAL THAT YOU GUYS WERE, WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT.
THAT'S MARKETING STRATEGIES, WHICH WANNA GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'VE, UM, DONE SO FAR.
UM, WE DID JOIN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING, UM, ON THE LAUNCH DAY.
WE'VE DONE FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM POST.
WE WILL BE DOING A PRESS RELEASE NEXT MONTH ANNOUNCING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER INE.
WE'VE DONE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
THAT PICTURE THERE IS FROM THE SENIOR CENTER EVENT THAT THEY HAD.
AND THEN THE ONE ON MY RIGHT WAS, UM, I ATTENDED, WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE SHIFT, UM, THE 18 PLUS ADULT TRANSITION PROGRAM WITH CEDAR HILL, ISD.
AND THEY PROVIDED ME THAT PICTURE.
THE KIDS, UH, WHEN WE GOT ON THE VEHICLE, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO FIRST? AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WERE ASKING US, SAID, OKAY, FIRST YOU TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU'RE LEAVING THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAD A WAY THAT THEY COULD BOOK IT ON THEIR PHONE.
A LOT OF 'EM BROUGHT THEIR PHONES OUT, STARTED PUTTING THE APP IN.
I SAID, MAKE SURE YOUR PARENTS KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD.
I SAID, SECOND THING IS PUT YOUR SEATBELT ON.
SO THEY HAD A, I HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME, UM, WITH THAT GROUP AND SHOWING THEM WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE, ARE, ARE HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT TO GO TO WORK ONCE THEY TRANSITION OUT OF THE SCHOOL.
SO, JUST ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE FOR THE, FOR THE AREA.
AND THEN JUST ONGOING EVENT THAT WILL BE AT SPONSOR, UM, CITY SPONSORED EVENTS AS WELL AS CHAMBER EVENTS.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MARKET THE SERVICES IN THIS AREA JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT WE'RE HERE.
SOCIAL MEDIA, THESE WERE THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
UM, WE HAD OVER 745 LINK ENGAGEMENTS.
THE CITY DID A SPECTACULAR JOB IN HELPING US SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT, UM, THE LAUNCH
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OF THIS EVENT.THEY SHARED OUR POST, THEY MADE THEIR OWN POSTS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT HELPED WITH THE SUCCESS IN, IN THE, IN THE LAUNCH, THE CEDAR, UM, THE RIBBON CUTTING.
WE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UM, WITH YOU GUYS, UM, AS WELL AS WITH DUNCANVILLE.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE AND WE WILL, UM, WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LOOK DOING AGAIN FOR SURE.
WE DID A MA DIRECT MAIL AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGN.
WE TARGETED TO THAT 60 PLUS VETERANS AND DISABLED RESIDENTS FROM BOTH CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE.
WE MAILED OUT OVER 4,937 POSTCARDS.
UM, WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN DID WAS NOT ONLY DID IT GET, UH, FROM A MALE STANDPOINT, IT ATTA IT ALSO KNEW IF SOMEONE HAD AN EMAIL.
AND SO THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO SEND EMAILS TO THEM AS WELL AND TIE THEM BACK.
SO THERE, THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TOUCHPOINT WITH THIS, UM, DIGITAL CAMPAIGN.
WE HAD 1800 VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE, WHICH COULD BE TIED BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN.
SO WE DID SOME DIGITAL ADS IN CONJUNCTION, UH, WITH THIS AS WELL.
SO WHAT, THAT'S THAT JUMP WE SAW IN OCTOBER.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT THIS, THIS HELPED WITH THAT.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
YOU WERE INDICATED IN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD, UH, DISCOUNT RATES FOR, UH, 60 PLUS AND SO FORTH, BUT IT SAID IN THERE QUALIFIED 60 PLUS.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO IF YOU'RE OVER 60 TO QUALIFY? TELL US YOUR BIRTHDAY, HUH? JUST GIVE US A BIRTHDAY.
OKAY, SO YEAH, SO THE QUALIFICATION REALLY COMES FROM THE, THE DISABILITY STANDPOINT.
THE, YEAH, SO, AND IF SOMEBODY CALLS US AND THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE USING A MOBILITY DEVICE, THAT'S QUALIFICATION FOR US.
I FIGURED I'D QUALIFY FOR THIS VERSUS THE EIGHT.
JUST WANTED, AND THAT'S WHY I TELL OUR STAFF, ONCE YOU'RE 60, YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE 60.
YOU KNOW, I WISH WE COULD GO BACKWARDS SOMETIMES.
I'M, I'M SURE THE CITIZENS NOW HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A 97% FAVORABLE RESPONSE.
UH, WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY, UM, COMMENTS FROM THOSE RESPONSE OR WAS THAT JUST A, A SURVEY BETWEEN ONE TO FIVE OR WHETHER, SO WAS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU RIDE, UM, THE SERVICE, THE STAR NOW SERVICE YOU HAVE, ONCE YOUR TRIP IS COMPLETED, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A REVIEW.
AND SO HONESTLY, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANY COMMENTS.
THE NINE, THE 3% I COULD TELL YOU WAS VEHICLE WAS LATE, YOU KNOW, DRIVER WAS, UM, LATE OR THOSE KINDS OF, THAT'S KIND OF THE, SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS OR THAT WE, OR THE WAIT TIME MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LONGER.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT A 27 MINUTE WAIT TIME FOR THAT SAME DAY SERVICE.
THE OTHER INTERESTING IS, UM, FROM AN APP USAGE STANDPOINT, RIGHT NOW IT'S 70 30, 70% ARE STILL CALLING US.
WHILE 30, 30% ARE, ARE U ACTUALLY USING THE APP, WE WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MA MORE SO TO GIVE THEM MORE CONTROL OVER BOOKING THOSE TRIPS.
AND I DID, LIKE, I WENT TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND WE SAT AND WE WORKED ON THE APP.
SO WE'RE JUST DOING SOME SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP THEM.
ALRIGHT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWS, UM, I GUESS THE, THE RIDERSHIP? YEAH.
UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT, WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS, WELL, WELL FIRST, UH, ALLOW ME TO BEGIN WITH, UM, HOW THIS TRANSPORTATION, HOW, HOW THIS MOBILITY PLAN CAME INTO PLAY.
SO IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM, UM, THE, UH, UH, THE SENIOR, SENIOR LABILITY STUDY.
I WAS GONNA SAY THE FOCUS GROUP.
UH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THERE, THERE WAS A, A DISCUSSION OR SAYING THE NEED OF OF CEDAR HILL WAS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND AND, UH, IN CEDAR HILL.
AND, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE TOO MUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS OUTSIDE OF EDUCATION, OUTSIDE OF TRYING TO GO TO WORK.
I WANT TO GO TO THE REC CENTER.
UH, SO I, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THE MAIN UTILIZATION OF, OF THE PLAN IS, UH, THE DESTINATION, UH, FOR, UM, SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BETTER THEMSELVES.
UH, I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT ON THE OTHER, UH, WINDOW, UH, THAT ONE OF THE HIGHEST USAGE, UH, IS THE SENIOR CENTER.
UH, SO COUNSEL, MY MESSAGE I GUESS TO YOU, UH, I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALWAYS ARE, ARE TRADITIONALLY, UH, HAVE, UM, UH, BUDGET FOR A PART-TIME DRIVER, UH, FOR OUR REC CENTER.
BUT I THINK THIS REALLY SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A HIGH DEMAND FOR US BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE FULL-TIME.
SO, UH, JUST FOR CONSIDERATION, I KNOW WE ARE KIND OF MONTHS AWAY BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, BUT IF YOU'RE CAN HELP REMIND ME WHEN
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WE GET TO THAT, UM, PROCESS, UH, BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED, UM, OR ADD ADDITIONAL STAR TRANSIT SERVICE.I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE BUSINESS AWAY FROM YOU.
NO, I'M JUST, I'M JUST KIDDING.
YES, BUT I, I, I JUST HEARD FROM SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR COMMUNITY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, THE, THE WAIT TIME, UH, FOR THE DRIVER TO BE ABLE TO PICK, PICK THEM UP TO TAKE 'EM BACK HOME, UH, IF THEY PICKING UP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FIVE MEMBERS, UH, THEY MIGHT, UH, TWO OF THEM MIGHT BE READY TO GO AFTER AN HOUR.
THE OTHER THREE IS READY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP HAVING FUN.
UH, BUT IF WE HAVE THAT BUS DRIVER, THAT MIGHT HELP, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME TIME.
I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE THIS AWAY.
I, I, I'M JUST KIDDING WITH YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR SIX MONTHS, THANK YOU FOR BEING FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO COME.
WE'RE NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
UH, BUT, UH, I, I DO WANT TO INVITE YOU TO A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT YOUR MARKETING PLAN.
UH, BUT WE WILL HAVE A CD WIDE BLOCK PARTY, UH, THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MARCH.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW, I, I'M JUST THROWING SOME SUGGESTIONS YOU COULD DO HOW YOU UNITED, BUT NO, I THINK I ALREADY HAVE THAT ON SCHEDULE.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN GET A BOOTH, BUT MAYBE JUST HAVING ONE OF YOUR VEHICLES ON SITE.
LET LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A TRANSIT SYSTEM, UH, ABSOLUTELY IN TOWN.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, UH, MOST OF MY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
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IS CITIZENS FORUM.THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE, UH, IN THE, UH, AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK TO COUNCIL, UH, ABOUT ANY TOPIC THAT YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, COUNCIL CANNOT DELIBERATE.
UH, BUT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN BE ABLE TO, UH, DISCUSS IT IN A, IN A, IN ANOTHER MATTER, MAYBE GET FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF.
UH, SO, UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW COMMENT, UH, UH, ASSISTANCE WHO DO WANNA SPEAK.
UH, WE DO HAVE A CLOCK FOR THREE MINUTES.
AND, UH, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH CEDRIC BROWN.
TOPIC IS UPDATE, UH, CLOSING OF BUSINESS IN CEDAR HILL MALL.
GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU ONCE YOU GIVING US HOMEWORK, MAN.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S
BUT, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.
UH, THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN A, A, A CHALLENGING YEAR, BUT A GREAT YEAR.
UH, AS YOU'LL SEE, I WAS ABLE TO OPEN UP THE MAYWEATHER BOXING AND FITNESS GYM, AND THAT'S ALL DUE TO A, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN BROKER BY THE NAME OF RYAN SMITH, WHO BASICALLY ADVOCATED TO GET ME TO THE MALL.
AND I CONVINCED THE MAYWEATHER TEAM TO ACTUALLY BRING THE GYM THERE.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR GIVING MAYWEATHER THE, UH, KEY TO THE CITY AND ALSO THE MAYWEATHER DAY.
AND, UH, I KNOW YOU HAD A MEMBERSHIP THERE, AND I DO WANNA APOLOGIZE TO YOU AS YOU SEE AROUND, I GUESS MARCH, NO ERA, NO HEAT, AND WE LOST QUITE A FEW MEMBERS.
SO MOVING ON FROM THAT, UH, I DID FUND THE, UH, PRICE GROUP, UH, TO ACTUALLY OPEN UP THE DJ STEAKHOUSE AND ALSO THE TURKEY LEG MACK.
AND AS WE UNDERSTAND, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
SO THAT CLOSED AROUND NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
BUT I HAPPENED TO BE THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE MAYWEATHER GYM.
I WAS ALSO THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE DJS AND ALSO THE, UH, UH, UH, TURKEY LEG MACK.
AND AS A CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, UH, AS HE, YOU KNOW, THE PRICES GOT LOCKED OUT.
IN NOVEMBER, I DECIDED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE TO TRY TO PROTECT MY INVESTMENT, AND I DECIDED TO ENTER INTO THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
AND I DID OPEN UP THE TURKEY LEG KING, JANUARY THE FIFTH.
I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR ATTENDING THE GRAND OPENING.
AND, UH, UH, I DID OPEN UP ALSO THE, UM, HILLSIDE PRIME STEAK AND SEAFOOD RESTAURANT THIS PAST MAY.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THAT ALSO.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT WAS A LOT ON TOP OF OTHER BUSINESSES THAT I RUN.
AND SO, UH, HAD ONE ISSUE, AND THAT WAS A LANDLORD ISSUE, BUT THE HILLSIDE PREP, UH, GROUP, UH, THEY SENT IN A, UH, UH, AC REPAIR COMPANY TO REPAIR THE AC AT THE GYM BACK IN MARCH.
UH, WELL, THEY SENT TO REPAIR THE AC FOR THE, UH, H AND M STORE.
SOMEBODY DECIDED TO GO WORK ON MY UNIT, CAUGHT IT ON FIRE, BURN UP THREE OF MY TREADMILLS, AND THE LANDLORD REFUSED TO, UH, PROVIDE US WITH AIR HEAT.
UH, BESIDE THAT, UH, OPEN UP THE TURKEY LEG KING, UH, IN DECEMBER, UH, I THINK DEEP BROWN DECEMBER THE 21ST, 22ND.
WELL, NO, IT WAS JANUARY THE FIFTH, BUT HAD TO CALL THE POLICE OUT BECAUSE A GUY WAS THERE.
THE PRICE GROUP GOT RID OF REENTRY TO TAKE THE
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PROPERTIES BACK FROM ME.SO THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
WE TOOK CARE OF THAT, GOT THAT OUT THE WAY.
SO I DID OPEN UP JANUARY THE FIFTH, AND I CRUISED RIGHT ALONG, BUT AS I DID FINISH MY CONSTRUCTION, I, THERE WAS A TENANT IMPROVEMENT ALLOWANCE THAT I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED OF $50,000, UH, FROM THE PRICE LEASE WHERE THE LANDLORD DIDN'T PAY ME THAT.
AND THEY DECIDED TO GO AHEAD ON AND ENCOURAGE ME TO GO AHEAD, GO FURTHER, AND THEY WOULD PAY ME.
ONCE I FINISHED WITH THE STEAKHOUSE, I DID FINISH THE STEAKHOUSE.
I WAS LOOKING FOR A TOTAL OF A HUNDRED, ABOUT $180,000, BUT IT WAS NEVER PAID.
THEY ABATED THE RENT DURING THIS PERIOD, AND THEY WAS GONNA APPLY THE 180,000 TO THE RENT, BUT INSIDE, I THINK, BUT THEY DECIDED TO DO A LOCKOUT.
DISCRIMINATORY, UH, DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES, BUSINESS PRACTICES, AND BASICALLY I'M NOW CLOSED ALL THREE LOCATIONS.
UH, WE'LL BE MOVING THE MAYWEATHER GYM TO SOUTHWEST CINEMA MALL.
UH, THE HILLSIDE PRIME IS ACTUALLY GOING TO LUBY'S, UH, IN DUNCANVILLE.
AND, UH, THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR LOCATION FOR THE TURKEY.
BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID DO, AND I WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND THE BROKERS ARE NOT BEING PAID, AND WE'RE ALL RIGHT.
THE, THE NEXT NAME IS DAVIS, MS. DAVIS.
UM, THE TOPIC IS, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS, UM, BUSINESS AND REGION.
GOOD EVENING ARE MAYOR, IT'S ESTHER DAVIS.
I GET, I DID GET MY EYES CHECKED TODAY.
UH, BASICALLY I AM A WRITER AND AT THE MOMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TACKLING AFTER THE 20, I'M SORRY, UH, DUE, DUE DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE RECORD, UH, CAN WE PAUSE THE TIME? OKAY.
CAN WE GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FIRST? SURE.
IT'S ESTHER, E-S-T-E-R DAVIS, 2204 MILMORE STREET.
I'M IN DALLAS, TEXAS, EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE ME PROBABLY ON TELEVISION AND, AND ON PODCAST, I'M ACTUALLY A WRITER.
SO I ENDED UP WRITING NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY.
I WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT MR. SECRETARY BROWN AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH HISTORY BUSINESSES.
WE ARE PROUD OF ALL OF OUR MINORITY BUSINESSES IN THIS REGION, BUT I ALSO WANNA SHARE WITH YOU JUST AS SOMETHING YOU ALREADY KNOW, SOMETHING I WROTE IN ONE OF THE COLUMNS THAT WAS SHARED IN ABOUT 12 PAPERS ACROSS THE SOUTH.
OH, I DIDN'T FORGET MY GLASSES.
OUR REGION IS GROWING SO FAST.
BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE THAT ALL MINORITY BUSINESS IS IMPORTANT BUSINESS.
SO THE THING THAT I WROTE ABOUT CEDAR HILL IS CEDAR HILL, TEXAS IS A BEAUTIFUL BEDROOM COMMUNITY, A FEW MILES OUTSIDE OF DALLAS.
IT IS ONE OF 28 SUBURBAN CITIES THAT MAKE UP DALLAS COUNTY.
ACCORDING TO 2020 CENSUS, THE MEDIUM INCOME IN CEDAR HILL WAS $77,000.
IN 2021, THERE WAS A RECORDED INCREASE TO $84,000 AS A MEDIUM INCOME FOR THE RESIDENTS.
THE RACIAL COMPOSITION IS CLOSELY WATCHED BY SEVERAL ENTITIES.
WE DO AN AWFUL LOT OF RESEARCH, WHICH MEANS I HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF OTHER ENTITIES FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TEXAS.
THAT'S EXCITING NEWS, BUT WHEN IT BECOMES DISMAL, NEWS IS NOT GREAT TO CONTINUE THE RACIAL COMPOSITION.
CEDAR HILL IS 52% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 32% WHITE.
TOTAL COMBINED IS 6% ASIAN, 3% NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS, WHICH IS A GROWING POPULATION, IS 21%.
AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN IS 11% THE AVERAGE AGE.
ALL OF THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF THIS TOWN, CEDAR HILL, IS 34 YEARS OLD.
THERE IS, YOU HAVE A POVERTY GRADE, A GREAT POVERTY RATE OF 9.4%.
YOU HAVE A SCALE ON THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT BY RACE IN CEDAR HILL.
AND THE ONLY REASON I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS REGION IS IMPORTANT TO OUR NATION.
WE'RE GROWING FASTER THAN THE REST OF THE STATES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESSES, NOT NEWS ABOUT CLOSING THE BUSINESS DOWN.
THE PRIME STEAKHOUSE WAS A BIG ITEM BECAUSE ALL OF THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT ARE FREELANCERS WROTE ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED, IT HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE BUYERS, AFRICAN AMERICAN
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MEN THAT PUT THE MONEY INTO IT, MADE THE INVESTMENT AND OPEN IT UP.SO WITHIN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT MR. BROWN WAS HERE, WE HAD INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO THE STEAKHOUSE.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE ANTI, WE KNOW WHAT OUR REGION IS.
I DIDN'T DO IT, BUT THE TIME IS UP.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE DATA AND WE ARE TAKING NOTE.
UM, ALRIGHT, UH, I BELIEVE THE NEXT IS ZACH THOMPSON.
AM I SAYING YOUR FIRST NAME CORRECTLY? IS THERE A THOMPSON HERE? OKAY.
IS IT, IS IT ZACH OR JACK OR, THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH.
CAN YOU GIVE US ZACH THOMPSON, UH, CEDAR HILL, 10 41 HAMPSHIRE LANE, LIKE MY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WALKS THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY DAY.
UM, BASICALLY, I JUST WANT TO ECHO, UH, THE SUPPORT, UH, BEEN IN CEDAR HILL ALMOST 30 YEARS, UH, ON PROPERTY, NOT ONLY IN CEDAR HILL, BUT IN DALLAS AND BUSINESS IS KEY.
UH, SO WHATEVER THE BACKSTORY IS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ENCOURAGE AFRICAN AMERICANS TO DO BUSINESS IN CEDAR HILL.
AND AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DIVERSITY ASPECT.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO DO BUSINESS, BUT SPECIFICALLY AFRICAN AMERICANS NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN THE 21ST CENTURY ON AN ECONOMIC PLAYING FIELD.
THAT'S GONNA BE A WIN-WIN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THAT.
UM, I, I SUPPORT CEDAR HILL, UH, ANYWHERE I CAN.
AND, AND I TELL YOU WHAT I'M ENCOURAGED ABOUT EVERY MORNING I SEE MY COUNCIL MEMBER WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, WE HAVE ONE MORE, MS. LARRY SMITH AND TOPIC IS CEDAR HILLS SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
LARRY SMITH, 1127 ROCKY BROOK, CEDAR HILL.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, HAS A BIG HOLE IN THE SIDE OF IT.
SO WE'VE ALL BEEN MOVED TO THE REC CENTER.
I BROUGHT SOME OF MY FRIENDS HERE TO SUPPORT ME.
COULD YOU GUYS WAVE OR SOMETHING TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW HOW WELL EVERYTHING'S GOING? WE'VE BEEN, WE JUST BOMBARDED THEM AT THE REC CENTER ONE DAY, RIGHT? RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
OUR BUILDING WAS, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN IT
WE'VE MET A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE, SENIORS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW.
THEY DON'T COME TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
WELL, THEY'RE AT THE REC CENTER
HOW DID WE KNOW THAT? WE DIDN'T KNOW.
UM, BUT BETWEEN ANGELA, VALERIE, OSCAR, AND THE REST OF THE STAFF THERE, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, 'CAUSE EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE NEGATIVE A LOT, AND WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WE'RE TAKING SOME NEW CLASSES THERE THAT ARE, UH, WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S YOUR CLASSES? YOGA LOTS.
WHO KNEW
WE, WE STILL WANT OUR BUILDING.
WE STILL WANNA GO BACK, BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW HARD THAT THEY'RE WORKING TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE US.
WE JUST CRASHED IN ON 'EM, BUT THEY'RE GIVING US, WE ASKED TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT ROOM FOR, UM, ZUMBA BECAUSE WE HAD A BIGGER CLASS AND THEY WORKED THAT OUT FOR US.
MOVED US DOWN THE HALL TO THE AEROBICS ROOM.
SO WE JUST WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO THAT STAFF BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN GREAT.
IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WORK WITH SENIORS, KINDA LIKE HERDING CATS,
BUT I JUST, THAT'S ALL I WANTED.
I JUST WANTED THE GUYS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF US THINK THINGS ARE GOING REALLY WELL, AND WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR COMING TODAY.
AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE UPDATE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE, UH, LIVABILITY STUDY WAS WE HAD, UH, SOME, UH, SENIORS GOING TO THE REC CENTERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR OWN CLASSES.
AND WE HAD SOME GOING TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT, ABOUT YOUR PROPOSED BUILDING.
SO, UH, JUST, UH, EVERYONE, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE TRY TO HAVE YOUR CITIZENS FORMS BEFORE THE START OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
IT IS MENTIONED ON THE FORM HERE.
UH, SO IF YOU DO HAVE ANY FU UH, COMMENTS, UH, PLEASE, UH, REMEMBER THAT FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE COUNCIL AGENDA AND I'LL GO TO PUBLIC HEARING.
[a. Case No. CUP-602-2023 - Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in conjunction with a restaurant on property zoned “LR” (Local Retail District), generally located on the south side of East Belt Line Road, east of Highway 67 with the approximate address being 104 W Belt Line Road. Representative: Rhonda Reed, Royal Fried Seafood and Grill, Applicant: Jerry K. Reed, Royal Fried Seafood and Grill, Property Owner: Coy Quine, TSCA 202 Limited Partnership]
SEVEN A CASE NUMBER CUP 6 0 2 2023, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERED APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT ON PROPERTY ZONER LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT.GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST BELTLINE ROAD, EAST OF HIGHWAY 67, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1 0 4 WEST BELTLINE ROAD.
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REED, UH, ROYAL, UH, ROYAL FRIED SEAFOOD AND GRILL, UH, APPLICANT.JERRY KAY REED, ROYAL FRIED SEAFOOD AND GRILL, PROPERTY OWNER, UH, COY QUEEN, UH, TSCA 2 0 2, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT.
DON'T WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU?
WELL, UM, MAYOR AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME.
UH, NAME IS, UH, JERRY REED AND, UH, 1 0 4, UH, WEST BELTLINE ROAD, UH, AND CEDAR HILL, RIGHT ROYAL FRY SEAFOOD AND GRILL.
AND, UH, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS PETITION TO THE BOARD TO, UM, SELL, UH, BEER AND WINE, UH, FOR A RESTAURANT.
SO I WANTED TO, UH, THIS IS MY WIFE AND, UM, WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL TELL YOU WHO ROYAL FRY SEAFOOD AND GRILL IS.
MY WIFE AND I, WE HAVE LIVED IN CEDAR HILL FOR 13 YEARS.
UM, OUR RESTAURANT IS HERE IN CEDAR HILL, SO WE'RE A LOCAL BUSINESS, OKAY.
OF MY FIVE EMPLOYEES, THREE OF MY EMPLOYEES ARE LIVE IN CEDAR HILL, SO THEIR LOCAL DOLLARS ARE ACTUALLY SPENT HERE IN CEDAR HILL, SO DEFINITELY A LOCAL BUSINESS.
WE'RE ALSO, UM, RATED, UH, 4.4 ON, UM, GOOGLE AND YELP.
UM, WE HAVE OFFER, UH, A VARIETY.
UM, WE OFFER DISCOUNTS, UH, TO OUR MILITARY FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE OFFER DISCOUNTS, UM, UM, TO, TO, TO OUR, UM, I'M SORRY, OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AS WELL.
WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN AROUND, UM, FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
UM, WE'VE GAINED POPULARITY OUR FIRST YEAR OUT.
UM, WE GROSSED OVER ABOUT 200,000 IN SALES, UM, FOR 2023.
UM, WE GROSSED ABOUT 330,000 IN SALES.
BUT, UM, THE SEAFOOD BUSINESS IS A TOUGH BUSINESS.
IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH BUSINESS.
BEING A LOCAL INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS IS TOUGH.
IT'S ALREADY TOUGH TO COMPETE, UM, WITH MY CATFISH CONNECTIONS AND MY FLUFFIES.
BUT THEN WHEN THE BIG NATION GUYS COME IN, RIGHT, YOUR CAPTAIN D'S, YOUR JUICY CRABS, THEIR BUYING POWER IS MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN OURS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS TRY TO LOOK AT WAYS TO, NUMBER ONE, SAVE COSTS, RIGHT? AND NUMBER TWO, OFFER OUR CUSTOMERS, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE APPLYING FOR THIS.
UM, WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES ON THE FOOD THAT WE SERVE.
WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, CATFISH, BUT NOT ONLY DO WE SELL FRIED CATFISH, WE ALSO DO GRILL.
HEALTHY FOODS, GRILLED SALMON, GRILLED, UM, SHRIMP.
SO WE, WE WERE OFFERING, UH, SEVERAL OTHER THINGS FOR OUR PEOPLE.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UM, WE ARE GONNA GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN IF COUNSEL HAVE QUESTIONS, WE MAY BRING YOU BACK UP.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 0 2 2023.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 0 2 2023? GOOD EVENING, SIR.
MY NAME IS LEONARD, LAST NAME IS HAL.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, LET ME JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW.
ALRIGHT? IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE FIVE.
OKAY? I JUST GONNA LET YOU KNOW.
AND, AND, AND IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME THAT JUST, AND YOU'LL CUT MY MIC OFF, RIGHT?
YOU'LL CUT THE MIC OFF, RIGHT? UH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE MIC.
MY NAME IS LEONARD, LAST NAME IS ZA, H-O-W-Z-A.
I'M AT 7 0 7 B CREEK DRIVE THAT'S IN CEDAR HILL.
AND I'M HERE TO AFFIRM AND SUPPORT THE APPROVAL OF THE LIQUOR, UH, PERMIT FOR, UH, ROYAL SEAFOOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A FORM THAT YOU FILL OUT THAT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOU GUYS READ AND WHATEVER, BUT YOU NEVER REALLY GET THE CHANCE OF THE TWO INDIVIDUALS OR THE INDIVIDUAL THEMSELVES.
JERRY AND RHONDA HAPPEN TO BE A GREAT NEIGHBOR, OKAY? THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED INVOLVEMENT AND WE DO GET INVOLVEMENT.
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NOT ONLY THAT, THEY'RE HIGH INTEGRITY AND THEY ARE HIGH CHARACTER PEOPLE.AND, UH, IF ANYBODY KNOW ME, IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO FIND BOTH OF THOSE ALL IN THE SAME WORDS.
BUT WHEN YOU FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE CAPABLE OF DOING IT, YOU, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT GET ACROSS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, BUT HOW THEY DO IT.
AND I'M SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT.
AND, UM, IF IT'S APPROVED BY YOUR COUNSEL, I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULD GO BY ALL OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROUD TO HAVE THEM, UH, BE PURSUED THIS PROP, THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PERMIT.
UH, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 0 2 2023? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 6 0 2 2023? ALL RIGHT, I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION
[7. Public Hearings.]
OF THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT OR, OR FOR ANYONE? COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY, I SEE, I SEE PRO TIM HERE, THEN CLEAR THE DECK.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY,
I JUST HAVE, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
OH, MR. REED, YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT, THAT YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE BEER AND WINE.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT TELLS ME WHETHER WE'RE DOING, UH, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, UH, OTHER THAN BEER AND WINE.
UM, SO CAN WE CONFIRM WHETHER WE'RE GONNA DO JUST BEER AND WINE OR ARE YOU LICENSED TO DO THE, UH, THE HARD LIQUOR AS WELL? UM, MY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, PLEASE COME UP HERE FOR THE, SO WE CAN, SO WE CAN CATCH ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE.
I JUST WANNA SAY I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT EITHER WAY.
UM, SIR, MY APPLICATION, THE CCP CUP 6 0 2, UH, 2023 ACTUALLY STATES BEER AND WINE.
SO JUST BEER AND WINE? YES, SIR.
I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM EITHER WAY.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF KNOW AND EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
GLAD YOU'RE IN CEDAR HILL AND GONNA CONTINUE GOING.
SO NOW, NOW MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT THE OWNER OF JUST ONE BUSINESS IN, IN CEDAR HILL.
YOU ALSO OWN A COUPLE OF OTHER BUSINESSES? UH, WELL, YEAH.
I, I, I ALSO, UH, CO-OWN, UH, ROYAL BURGERS OKAY.
UM, AND UH, THAT WAS A VENTURE THAT, UH, WE STARTED, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, MARCH.
AND UH, SO THAT IS ALSO A VERY GROWING BUSINESS AS WELL.
NOW YOU MAY, WE WE'RE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF ROYAL FAMILY, WHICH IS INCLUDES ROYAL'S CHICKEN.
ROYAL'S SIFU, WHO I'M THE OWNER OF WESLEY CATHOLIC IS THE OWNER OF ROYAL'S CHICKEN.
AND THEN I'M CO-OWNER WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAW OF ROYALS BURGERS.
SO THAT'S THE ROYAL FAMILY HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF, IF, IF THEY'RE PLANNING ON APPLYING FOR, FOR ALCOHOL PERMITS FOR THE OTHER BUSINESSES AS WELL, OR THE CHICKEN PLACE NOT, UM, THE BURGER PLAYS MAYBE LATER ON WE MAY, WE MAY TEND TO DO THAT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY DOING, THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, GOING PRETTY WELL.
BUT IT, IT, WE'RE JUST STARTING, WE USUALLY LET IT LET THINGS HAPPEN FOR ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND, UM, THE FLOW OF THINGS BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT NEXT DECISION LIKE THAT.
AND, AND YOUR PLAN IS STRICTLY TO HAVE ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION OR? YES, SIR.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.
I JUST WANT, WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR OPENING YOUR BUSINESS IN, IN CEDAR HILL, AND I ACTUALLY, UH, WENT OVER AND HAD SOME OF YOUR CATFISH YESTERDAY.
IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, REALLY TASTY.
THANK I CONDUCTED SOME REFILL RESEARCH.
SO, YES, WE ACTUALLY, UM, DID A, UM, A CATERING JOB FOR AT T AND IRVING TODAY FOR OVER 30 PEOPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE.
WELL, I, I CAN FORESEE MAYBE SOME CATFISH BEFORE ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
HEY, JUST, JUST GIVE US A CALL, NOT THIS ONE JUST FOR THE
OH, UH, WELL JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK YOU AS PART OF A, A NATIONAL DAY OUT OR SOMETHING TO DO WITH, WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
NOW I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER ROYALS LIKE INDIAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IS THAT WE'RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THAT.
WELL, UH, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS,
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COMMENTS, COUNSEL THE FLOOR'S OPEN.MAYOR, I'D LIKE HOW MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, CASE NUMBER CUP 6 0 2 20 23.
AND THAT'S THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, UH, FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, MAYOR PRO TO SIMS AND A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UH, THANK YOU AND WE WISH YOU LUCK, SIR.
[b. Case No. Z-610-2023 - Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-802, amending Chapter 23, Article 2, Section 2.3.4 entitled “Zoning Ordinance”, of the Cedar Hill Code of Ordinances, to reauthorize existing fees for zoning applications and site plans, repealing and replacing the Public Hearing Signage Fee and amending Chapter 20, Section 20-5 entitled “Subdivision Regulations”, of the Cedar Hill Code of Ordinances, to reauthorize existing application fees for plats.]
AGENDA, UH, IS, UH, CASE NUMBER Z SIX 10 2023.I JUST WANNA CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, UH, IT DOES MENTION CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, COUNSEL.
UH, THE ORDINANCE IS ALSO WITHIN THE CONSENT.
SO IF, IF THE CONSENT'S NOT BEING PULLED OR IF THERE'S NOT ANY PROBLEMS, IF THE PUBLIC HEARING SEEMS SOMEHOW IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, THEN WE'LL ADJUST AT THAT TIME.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST ASKING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL START OVER.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER, UH, UH, LET ME SEE.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO REAUTHORIZE EXISTING FEES FOR ZONING APPLICATION INSIGHT PLANS, REPEALING AND REPLACING THE PUBLIC HEARING SIGNAGE FEE AND AMENDING CHAPTER 20, SECTION 20 DASH FIVE ENTITLED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS OF THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REAUTHORIZE EXISTING APPLICATION FEE.
YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, I'M OKAY.
HOW YOU DOING? DIRECTOR BENSON, JUST WANTED TO, UM, MENTION THAT TODAY IS JUST REAUTHORIZING THE FEES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RECENT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, UM, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO MODIFY THE PUBLIC HEARING SIGNAGE FEE FROM $50 TO $75 DUE TO THE INCREASE IN, UH, THE SIGN MANUFACTURER'S COST.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTER INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER Z SIX 10 2023? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER Z SIX 10 2023? ALL RIGHT.
NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF FOR NOT, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE
[8. Consent Agenda. The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.]
CONSENT AGENDA.UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDE INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
UH, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ITEM B IS TO BE PULLED.
ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS FROM CONSENT TO BE PULLED? COUNSEL.
ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 12TH, 2023 FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM C, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH WORX DESIGN INCORPORATED FOR BOND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LAGOON AT VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 70,000 ITEM D, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASES RELATED TO THE LAGOON AT VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 80,000 FROM SUNBELT POOLS.
ITEM E, CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 4 8 0 2, UH, FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 23.
ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2.3 0.4 ENTITLED ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE PRO PROCESSING FEES FOR ZONING APPLICATION AND SITE PLANS TO REAUTHORIZE EXISTING FEES TO REPEAL AND REPLACE PUBLIC HEARING SIGNAGE FEE.
AND AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 20, SECTION 20 DASH FIVE ENTITLED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS OF THE CODE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PERTAINING TO THE APPLICATION FEES PLANS TWO REAUTHORIZED FEES.
UM, ITEM F, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF EMS MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM BOND BOUND TREE MEDICAL, ANY AMOUNT OF 105 $60, I'M SORRY, $105,060.
ITEM G, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING TO MAYOR EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY GROUP TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS SYSTEMS IN WATERFORD OAK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE N AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000.
UH, ITEM H CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MADE SECURITY FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY GROUP TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS IN HIGH POINT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $87,500.
ITEM I CASE NUMBER FP SIX 11 2024 APPROVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT REPL FOR THE 10 MILE CREEK ESTATES ON PROPERTY ZONE SFE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, ONE ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE DISTRICT LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD, SOUTH OF NORTH JO ROAD, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1 5 5 6
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AND 1 5 6 0 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD, APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER K WHITMORE, REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN CONNERY AND LISA STER, CBG SURVEYING TEXAS LLC.THOSE ARE YOUR CONSIDERED AGENDA ITEMS. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS A, UH, C THROUGH I, UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE APPROVAL.
DO DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 8 0 2, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CURRENT CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2.3 0.4, PROCESSING FEE, AND CHAPTER 20, SECTION 20 DASH FIVE, FILING FEES OF THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES AND REPEALING CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2.3 0.4, PUBLIC HEARING SIGNAGE FEE REPLACING PUBLIC HEARING SIGNAGE FEE WITH NEW PROVISIONS, CHANGING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
UM, UH, MR. SEAN RAY, DIRECTOR PUBLIC OF UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, USING, UH, THOSE FUNDS FOR OUR, FOR OUR LAGOON.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF PARKS PROJECTS AND IF WE HAD, UH, EXTRA AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU PUT IT IN THOSE PARK PROJECTS.
UH, BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT, UH, WE DID CHOOSE SOME ADDITIONAL SAFE STRUCTURES, UH, FOR THE LAGOON.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE TOOK A AN OFFICIAL VOTE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND MO UNANIMOUS.
[b. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a 5-year agreement with Flock Safety Group, for an amount not to exceed $87,500, to provide a public safety camera system.]
ITEM THAT'S BEEN PULLED FROM CONSENT COUNSEL.IT READS CONSIDER AUTHORIZATION, I'M SORRY.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY GROUP FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 87,500 TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERA SYSTEM.
WE DID HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.
MCCURDY, I DIDN'T, NOT SO MUCH HAVE A, A QUESTION.
WELL, I GUESS I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
SO I, I, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I ALSO, I THOUGHT THAT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS, IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT IT MERITED DISCUSSION OUTSIDE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITSELF.
IN, IN THAT THE, THE, WE'VE HAD THESE FLOCK CAMERAS.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, CHIEF CAN, YOU CAN PROVIDE US INFORMATION ON HOW LONG WE'VE HAD 'EM AND THE IMPACT THAT, THAT THEY'VE HAD, THE CRIMES THAT HAVE DIRECTLY BEEN RESOLVED AS A RESULT OF HAVING THE FLOCK CAMERAS IN PLACE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MCCURDY MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME UP HERE TO KIND OF, UH, EXPLAIN TO YOU GUYS OR SHARE, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN, UH, CEDAR HILL OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
UM, THE SUCCESS STORIES THAT WE HAVE ARE, ARE DOZENS OF THEM.
UH, THE BIGGEST IMPACT THAT WE'VE HAD, I, I WILL SAY, IS IN SOLVING, UH, TWO MURDER CASES THAT WE HAD IN CEDAR HILL.
AND HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE FLOCK CAMERAS, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF DETECTIVES, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO SOLVE THOSE TWO MURDERS.
UH, I HAVE DOZENS OF EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE OVER THE LAST COUP COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS INVOLVING MISSING PERSONS STOLEN VEHICLES, ROBBERY SUSPECT VEHICLES.
UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE AS A RESOURCE FOR OUR OFFICERS IS DEFINITELY HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME AND CRIME IN GENERAL.
UH, JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU, WE DID START WITH, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF FLOCK CAMERAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON THE CITY SIDE.
WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE OUR, OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR PIDS AND SOME OF OUR HOAS.
UM, AND SO AT THIS TIME, OVERALL IN THE CITY, UH, THE CITY HAS SEVEN CAMERAS THAT WE PAY FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, AND THE PIS HAVE, BETWEEN THE FIVE PIS, THEY HAVE 22 CAMERAS THAT THEY FUND OUT OF THEIR BUDGETS.
AND THEN OUR HOAS ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 14 CAMERAS THAT THEY FUND AND PAY FOR.
AND FOR US, THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE THAT GIVES US A TOTAL OF 43 CAMERAS IN THE CITY, UH, WHEREAS THE CITY AND THE TAXPAYERS ARE ONLY PAYING FOR SEVEN OF THOSE.
UM, BUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT A FORCE MULTIPLIER, I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT CEDAR HILL IN THE DFW METROPLEX, WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO ANOTHER 1,600 CAMERAS.
UH, AND THAT DATA AVAILABLE, UH, TO ACCESS REGIONALLY.
WE HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO 162 OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE FLOCK CAMERAS, UM, WITH OVER 3000 DIFFERENT CAMERAS.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A FORCE MULTIPLIER AND THE ABILITY TO IMPACT CRIME AND VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR CITY, AND I THINK THAT THE FLOCK SAFETY SYSTEM IS LEADING THE WAY, AND I'M, I'M THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT, UH, TO CONTINUE ON WITH THIS PROGRAM.
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THE, THE, THE ONE, UM, OTHER QUESTION I HAVE WAS, UH, ANYTIME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC CAMERAS OR CAMERAS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, OF COURSE YOU, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY.UM, THEIR, THEIR PERSONAL PRIVACY.
UM, HOW IS THE DATA COLLECTED AND, AND SHARED AND WHO HAS ACCESS TO IT AND HOW LONG IS IT STORED? YEAH, SO WE, WE HAVE THE DATA FOR 30 DAYS.
UM, SO TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WE JUST RAN A, A A 30 DAY REPORT, UM, WITH OUR CAMERAS IN CEDAR HILL.
WE HAD OVER 2 MILLION, UM, PICTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE TAKEN OF JUST IN CEDAR HILL CAMERAS.
SO 2 MILLION HITS THAT WE HAD, BUT IT'S ONLY STORED FOR 30 DAYS.
UH, IT'S ONLY USED FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE.
ANYTIME SOMEONE GOES IN AND CHECKS THE LICENSE PLATE, THERE'S AN AUDIT TRAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THEY HAVE TO PUT THE REASON WHY THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR THAT PLATE.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE SOME CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT BEING ABUSED.
AND IT'S ONLY AIMING FOR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
ALL OF THE CAMERAS ARE ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN ME HAVING AN OFFICER THERE WRITING DOWN LICENSE PLATES OR TAKING PICTURES OF THEM THEMSELVES.
IT'S JUST USING TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT FOR US.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION? ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ITEM B? ALRIGHT, WELL I, I WILL THEN MAKE A, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY GROUP FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $87,500 TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERA SYSTEM.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
YEAH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF ANYONE'S READING THE SUMMARY, UH, AS I WAS STUDYING MY NOTES, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS CLEAR.
UH, BUT, UM, THE MOTION ON THE, THE APPROVAL IS FOR THE YEARLY COST, UH, WILL BE 17,500 OVER FIVE YEARS OR AT ONE TIME, UH, COST FOR 87,500.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, UH, CLEAR FOR ANYONE WHO'S READING THE SUMMARY.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY, UM, WE DO HAVE A REGULAR AGENDA COUNCIL.
WE DID, UH, A LOT OF BUSINESS, BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOMETHING SPECIAL, UH, THAT'S GOING ON HERE TODAY.
UH, A NEW EMPLOYEE I GUESS WE CAN SAY.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER, UH, UH, THIS NEXT ITEM CONSIDER ADOPTION OF, OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
UH, AM I OFF? I THOUGHT WE WAS DOING A NO, WE JUST HAD REGULAR ITEM.
YEAH, WE ALREADY DID THE SWEARING IN.
YOU WERE NOT HERE FOR THAT PART, UNFORTUNATELY.
WHAT? NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SWEARING IN PART.
CHIEF DAVIS IS SWEARING, THAT'S AFTER THIS ONE.
OH, IT'S JUST NOT ON THE AGENDA.
[a. Consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-803 amending Chapter 6, Article IV, Sections 6-72 and 6-73 of the Cedar Hill Code of Ordinances providing for updated definitions and ambulance service charges. ]
CONSIDER THE ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 8 0 3 AMENDING.CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION SIX DASH 72 AND SIX, UH, 73 OF THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR UPDATED DEFINITIONS AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I FIRST WANNA START OFF BY PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGING OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF CHIEF DAVIS AND WELCOME HIM AND HIS WIFE, UH, DEBBIE TO THE CEDAR HILL FAMILY.
UH, WHAT I BROUGHT FOR YOU TONIGHT IS A RECOMMENDATION ON AMBULANCE FEE SCHEDULE.
I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME THAT WE RATED OUR FEE SCHEDULES FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES WAS BACK WHEN MAYOR PRO TEM WAS ACTUALLY OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, BACK IN 2012.
SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE, 12 YEARS SINCE WE'VE CHANGED THAT.
AND I, I THINK EVERYBODY REALIZES A LOT'S HAPPENED IN THE ECONOMY AS WELL SINCE THEN.
AND, UH, TO BE IN LINE WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE REGION AND AREA, THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE START OFF ALWAYS WITH OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES.
AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS, UH, IS PART OF OUR VISION OF KEEPING OUR CITIZENS SAFE, OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICES AND OUR VALUES OF STEWARDSHIP OF THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE.
PURSUING PREMIER EMS MAINTAINS THAT WE ARE A SAFE, UM, ENVIRONMENT.
SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH, UH, EMS FEE SCHEDULES, UH, IN TEXAS EMS FEE SCHEDULES ARE SET BY THE MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, 2012 WAS THE LAST TIME OURS WAS SET.
UM, THE GOVERNMENT PAYERS MEDICARE,
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MEDICAID ONLY PAY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY.IT'S A SET FEE SCHEDULE THAT THEY, UH, SET OUT, UH, EVERY YEAR.
AND THEY PUBLISH THAT ON THE CMS WEBSITE.
AND FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE AS FAR AS MED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS WHAT WE GET REIMBURSED.
SO CURRENTLY WE MIGHT HAVE A BILL OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EMS TRANSPORT AND WE MIGHT SEE $300 BACK FROM, FROM CMS. SO THAT'S ALL WE CAN GET, UM, BASED ON THOSE FEES THAT WERE SET.
UM, THEY PAY AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL PAYERS BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT OUR FEES ARE BASED ON.
SO GENERALLY WE CAN HIT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 80% RETURN ON THE FEES ONCE WE BILL THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE PAYERS.
AND BY PRESENTING THIS, WE'RE GONNA INCREASE OUR OUTDATED FEE SCHEDULE.
IT'S GONNA INCREASE REVENUE INTO THE EMS BUDGET.
I WANNA KIND OF GO OVER OUR EMS FEE SCHEDULE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, OUR CURRENT FEE SCHEDULE LISTED OUT AS A LSE, MEANING EMERGENCY, A LS TWO, B-L-S-A-L-S, DISPOSABLE SUPPLIES, BLS, DISPOSABLE SUPPLIES, OXYGEN, UH, MILEAGE CHARGE, AND A TRANSPORT, UH, TREATMENT, NO TRANSPORT FEE.
UH, ON THIS FEE SCHEDULE WE HAVE A RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT DISTINCTION.
SO WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE FEE SCHEDULES.
SO IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT THAT IS CONSIDERED CEDAR HILL, DESOTO, AND DUNCANVILLE 'CAUSE WE ALL KEEP OUR RATES THE SAME.
SO THAT'S THE FEE SCHEDULE YOU WOULD BE CHARGED IF YOU WERE NON-RESIDENT, YOU WOULD ADOPT THIS OTHER FEE SCHEDULE.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING BASED ON OUR SISTER CITIES AND IN OUR REGION, MOST HAVE, UH, ABANDONED THE TWO RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT DISTINCTION AND THEY'VE GONE WITH JUST A SET FEE.
ONE, THIS, UH, SIMPLIFIES BILLING SERVICES DOESN'T, UH, ADD ALL THE CONFUSION OF RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT.
UH, BUT IT DID PROVIDE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WERE PAYING A LESSER FEE.
AND I WANT YOU TONIGHT AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING, UH, ON THIS PROPOSAL TO UNDERSTAND ONE THING THAT AS WE MAKE THESE RATE, UH, CHANGE PROPOSAL, THAT THE RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT DISTINCTION, EVEN THOUGH WE USE THAT PRIOR CHANGES WITH THIS BECAUSE OF A SENATE BILL THAT WAS JUST ENACTED.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE RAISE THESE FEES, WE ARE NOT GOING AFTER THE RESIDENT OR THE THE PATIENT.
WE ARE TRYING TO OBTAIN THE MONEY THAT WE CAN FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND MAKE THEM PAY ACCORDING TO THE FEE SCHEDULES THAT WE SET.
I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, UH, IS QUITE WACKY AND AT TIMES HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT, THAT HAS BEEN IN THIS, IN THE TEXAS EMS SCHEDULE IS WHETHER WE'RE IN NETWORK OR OUT OF NETWORK FOR AN AMBULANCE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT DOESN'T WORK WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1, YOU'RE JUST GONNA GET THE CLOSEST AMBULANCE AND THAT'S A GAME THAT THEY'VE PLAYED.
BUT THE NEW LEGISLATION HAS, UH, CUT THAT TO WHERE THAT YOU CAN'T USE THAT LOOPHOLE ANYMORE.
SO IT PUTS US ON A, UH, UH, A MORE EVEN PLAYING FIELD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REIMBURSED FOR THE, FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE BY INCREASING THIS FEE SCHEDULE.
UH, LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA THAT WE'VE HAD, WE CONSERVATIVELY WOULD ADD ABOUT A $45,000, UH, INTO OUR ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
UM, YEARLY, WE BRING BACK ABOUT $1.1 MILLION BACK IN.
UH, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF THAT THAT WE DO NOT RECOVER AS A FIRE BASED EMS SERVICE.
UH, WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING MONEY.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY FIRE BASED DMS SERVICE THAT DOES MAKE MONEY.
WE ARE SIMPLY THERE TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZEN, PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE GET IN RETURN.
ONE OF THE PLANS I HAVE FOR FUTURE, AND I'LL BRING IT TO YOU LATER, THIS, UH, SPRING IS SWITCHING BILLING COMPANIES TO ALSO ASSIST WITH THAT COMPARISON DATA WITH, UH, THROUGH, AT ABOUT FIVE OF OUR SURVEY CITIES, I DID DO THE SURVEY ON ALL 11 AND WE ARE COMPLETELY IN LINE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS BASED ON, UM, THESE CITIES, DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE ARE SISTER CITIES THAT WE CONSIDER EVERYBODY RESIDENTS, NO MATTER WHAT CITY YOU'RE IN, HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR FEE SCHEDULE TO THE EXACT SAME THING.
SO THIS KEEPS IN LINE WITH THAT SENATE BILL 24 76 WAS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE THE LEGISLATURE HAS MADE THE REFORM SO THAT BILLING COMPANIES CAN NO LONGER
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USE LOOPHOLES TO NOT, UM, REIMBURSE EMS IN THE PAST THEY WOULD PASS THESE EXPENDITURES ONTO THE PATIENT THEMSELVES.AND BY DOING THIS, WE NOW GET THE MONEY BACK FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
AND, UH, AS FAR AS RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT DISTINCTION, THE BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL WILL SIMPLY BE THAT NO BALANCE BILLING.
WE WILL ACCEPT WHATEVER THE INSURANCE PAYS AND THAT'S IT.
IF THEY DON'T PAY ANYTHING ELSE, THAT'S FINE, WE'LL MOVE ON.
UH, AND THAT'S THE BENEFIT THAT OUR RESIDENTS WILL SEE.
CURRENTLY WE'RE ABOUT 28% BEHIND.
AS WE, UH, COMPARE OURSELVES WITH THE OTHER CITIES, WE'VE GOT THIS DATA FROM OVER 200 DMS AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, EVERYTHING I'VE PRESENTED TONIGHT AND THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU IS IN LINE WITH THOSE STANDARDS.
UH, IMPLEMENTING THIS, UH, WILL HELP US CAPTURE THAT MONEY FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
AGAIN, MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT GOING AFTER THE PATIENT.
THIS IS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE MONEY THAT'S PAID, UM, BY THEM.
SO, UH, UPON ADOPTION OF THIS, UH, SHOULD YOU DO TONIGHT, WE CAN IM, UH, IMPLEMENT THIS IMMEDIATELY.
SO I KNOW Y'ALL HAD THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND I KNOW WHEN YOU'RE RAISING FEES, UH, IT'S ALWAYS A, A SCARY THING, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WE'RE NOT PASSING THAT ON TO OUR OUR CITIZENS.
WELL CHIEF THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, PRESENTATION.
UH, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT COUNCILMAN HAYDEN, YOU WANNA THANK YOU MAYOR.
YEAH, THESE WERE IN MY DISCUSSION WITH, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
THESE WERE QUESTIONS I HAD WITH REGARDS TO BALANCED BILLING, BUT YEAH, IN THE PAST, PRIOR TO 23, WERE YOU BALANCED BILLING AT THAT POINT? YES.
WE STILL, UH, PARTICIPATED IN BALANCE BILLING UNLESS IT WAS MEDICARE OR MEDICAID.
UM, THERE WAS BALANCED BILLING.
BUT, UH, AT THIS POINT, BY RAISING THE RATE, OF COURSE THE PERCENTAGE MEDICARE IS GONNA PAY, IT'S PROBABLY STILL SAY THE SAME, BUT BY RAISING YOUR RATES, YOU'LL CAPITAL CAPITALIZE MORE ON, ON THE SOME REVENUE.
UM, SO THOSE, THE 28% YOU WERE MAKING REFERENCE TO HERE AND BEING BEHIND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PRIVATE, PRIVATE PAY IS DIFFERENT THAN THE INSURANCE AND THAT, SO IS THAT 28% OF BASED ON WHAT PRIVATE PAY IS NOT RESPONDING? 2020 8% WAS BASED ON ALL THE CATEGORIES OF THE TYPE OF TRANSPORT.
WHETHER IT WAS THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, UH, MEANING THAT WOULD BE SOMEBODY MAYBE IN A CPR SITUATION VERSUS A BASIC LIFE SUPPORT TRANSPORT WOULD UH, BE SOMEBODY MAYBE WITH JUST A BREATHING DIFFICULTY.
SO DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF CARE PROVIDED AND THE SUPPLIES THAT WE USE WHILE WE'RE INSIDE THE AMBULANCE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PATIENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S BASED ON, ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
WELL CHIEF, Y'ALL DESERVE EVERYTHING WE CAN GET OVER THERE.
I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE SERVICE THAT Y'ALL DO PROVIDE AND YEAH, IT'S BEEN LONG TIME COMING TO RAISE THESE FEES.
I REALIZE IT WAS THAT LONG AGO.
ANYWAY, SO I WAS STILL BACK IN.
I WAS ALMOST THINKING BACK IN THE $750 DAYS, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, WE'RE CLOSE.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT AND, AND I'M GLAD UH, WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH IT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I FIGURED THE EXPERT OF INSURANCE WILL PROBABLY THERE YOU GO.
BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, UH, PLEASE BREAK IT DOWN FOR ME.
UH, MY, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, AFTER AN INCIDENT, ROUGHLY ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME WOULD IT TAKE TO BE ABLE TO BILL IT TO THE INSURANCE? SO WE HAVE MANDATED TIMES FOR MEDICARE MEDICAID, AND THAT'S WITHIN THE 30 DAY PERIOD.
UM, USUALLY EVERYTHING GETS THROUGH OUR BILLING COMPANY, OUR THIRD PARTY BILLING WITHIN THAT 30 DAY PERIOD REGARDLESS.
AND THEN IS BILLED BACK AND THEN THEY HAVE THAT TIME TO RESPOND.
AS FAR AS INSURANCE COMPANIES, I THINK THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS TO RESPOND OR SO.
UM, IF ANY RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT GETS TO AN ACCIDENT, THE MEDICARE MEDICAID ARE, ARE THEY PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF INSURANCE OR HOW, HOW SO MEDICARE, MEDICAID, THE, THE WAY THAT, UM, WE ARE SUPPLEMENTED ON THE BACKSIDE OF, UH, NOT DOING THE BALANCE BILLING IS THROUGH THE CHARITY CARE PROGRAM.
SO WE PARTICIPATE THAT IN EVERY YEAR AND WE CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY TO MEET ALL THOSE, UH, CENTERS FOR MEDICAID AND MEDICARE REQUIREMENTS TO SHOW THEM HOW MANY BILLS THAT WE HAVE NOT BALANCED BILLED AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE WRITTEN OFF BECAUSE WE'RE JUST NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF DESTROYING PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY AN AMBULANCE BILL.
UH, I THINK LAST YEAR WE WERE, UH, WE GOT ABOUT 150,000 BACK.
I THINK PRIOR YEAR IT WAS 450,000.
IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE MEDICARE MEDICAID'S AT, HOW MUCH MONEY'S IN THE POT, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM TO RECOUP SOME OF
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THOSE LOSSES THAT WE JUST LET GO.UM, DOES THE RESIDENT, NON-RESIDENT BE NOTIFIED WHENEVER IT'S PAID OR, OR THEY DON'T THROUGH THROUGH THEIR BILLING COMPANY OR, OR THROUGH THE, THE INSURANCE? I, I, I, I'M NOT SURE.
I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING THE BILLS OR THEY PROBABLY DON'T REALLY CARE.
IF, IF WE'RE JUST BILLING THE INSURANCE AND OUR, OUR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BILLING COMPANY ARE, WE DON'T BALANCE BILL, YOU JUST GET WHAT YOU CAN FROM THE INSURANCE AND THAT'S IT.
THEN ALL THEY GET IS A STATEMENT THAT PAY IN FULL.
UM, AND I GUESS THE LAST, UM, QUESTION I HAVE, UM, AND THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO MY EARLY YEARS WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, BUT UM, IS THERE SOMEONE AUDITING OR IS THERE A QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR WHICH CATEGORIES BEING BILLED AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO BE BILLED FOR THE SITUATION? WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THAT? YEAH, THAT, THAT FALLS UNDER THE THIRD PARTY BILLING THAT WE CONTRACT WITH.
ALL OF THAT IS WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACTS.
FOR MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S BILLED CORRECTLY AND TAKEN CARE OF.
CHIEF, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE COUNCILOR HAYES.
CHIEF, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE, UH, I GUESS Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN MY WIFE ONCE OR TWICE.
UM, I DON'T EVER RECALL PROVIDING ANY INFORMATION, UH, MEDICAL INFORMATION.
UM, HOW DO YOU ALL CAPTURE THE, UH, THE PATIENT'S INSURANCE AT THAT TIME AND, AND IF SO, IN THE MEDICARE WORLD, UH, YOU OBVIOUSLY BILL PRIMARY TO MEC AND UH, MEDICARE AND THEN SUPPLEMENT IF THEY HAVE THE SECONDARY.
HOW IS THAT HANDLED? SO WE PERSONALLY, WHEN WE'RE TAKING CARE OF YOU AS A PATIENT, WE DO NOT ASK FOR ANY INSURANCE INFORMATION.
UH, THAT'S DONE ON THE BACKSIDE.
GENERALLY AFTER THE TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL, UM, THE, THE PATIENT NUMBER THAT YOU'RE ASSIGNED THERE BECOMES RECORD BECAUSE WE TRANSPORTED YOU.
SO OUR BUILDING COMPANY THEN HAS ACCESS, THEY WORK THROUGH THE HOSPITAL.
SO THEY GATHER THE REST OF THE INFORMATION.
ALRIGHT, I THINK WE GOT ONE MORE COUNCILWOMAN AZI.
UH, I'M STILL IN THE ZONE WHERE I CAN SAY THIS AS A NEW COUNCIL PERSON.
SO WITH SO MANY VARIABLES WITH THE REIMBURSEMENTS SURE.
HOW DO YOU BUDGET THIS
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT MAKING MONEY ON, ON THAT SIDE.
SO, UM, WHEN WE'RE, FOR INSTANCE, LET'S SAY WE'RE BILLING, RIGHT? SO WE'RE BILLING WITH A BILLING COMPANY, WE MIGHT SAY THAT THE NET REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM, FROM THAT, THEY MAY GET 10% OFF THE TOP.
SO THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF OUR BILLING AND THEY JUST TAKE THAT MONEY.
SO WE WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY MONEY UP FRONT.
THAT'S JUST HANDLED IN THE BACKSIDE.
UM, AS FAR AS BUDGETING, WE, WE KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE GETTING AN IN AT LEAST 1.1 MILLION.
SO WE KEEP THAT WITHIN OUR MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT FIGURE IN, UM, ALL THE AMBULANCE, ALL THE AMBULANCE SUPPLIES, ALL THE, THE SALARIES AND ALL THAT.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD FAR EXCEED PROBABLY WHAT THAT 1.1 MILLION IS.
SO, UM, IF YOU WANTED HARD NUMBERS, WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, GET WITH THE BILLING COMPANY AND EVERYTHING, AND I COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE ALL OF THAT, BUT NOT NECESSARY TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, CHIEF, UH, I, I DO HAVE ONE LAST THING.
UM, I KNOW WE GOT A NEW APPARATUS.
UM, I THINK BELIEVE WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH DUNCANVILLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DECIDE WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE LEAD WHENEVER, UH, SOMETHING HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY? ON THE HIGHWAY? SO THE, THE WAY THAT THE PROGRAM WAS SET UP FOR THE BLOCKER TRUCK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING.
UM, IS THAT THEY WOULD TAKE IT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN IT WILL ROTATE TO US FOR THE FINAL SIX MONTHS.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PROVIDING ALL THE COVERAGE AND RESPONSE, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S A VERY BUSY VEHICLE.
UM, SO WHEN IT BECOMES OUR TURN, I BELIEVE JULY 1ST, UH, WE'LL PROVIDE THE STAFFING TO COVER IT FROM THERE.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO, UH, OFFICIALLY ON CAMERA AND LIVE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.
UH, RECOGNIZE OUR, OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF.
SO IF HE WOULD PLEASE, UH, COME UP TO THE FRONT.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT, I GUESS DO WE NEED TO ADOPT THAT ORDINANCE? OH, I, I, WE GOT ADOPT ORDINANCE.
I WAS JUST SAYING MY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER IS ON THAT.
YOU WERE JUST, YOU WERE JUST EXCITED ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN SIT THAT ONE MORE TIME.
SO, SO MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH 8 0 3.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILOR MCGOVERN.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 8 0 3, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PROVIDING, UH, ADMITTING CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION SIX DASH SEVEN TWO AND SIX DASH 73
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OF THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING REVISED DEFINITIONS AND UPDATED AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARGES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UH, FOR, UH, TO ADOPT.
UH, ALL FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
SO CHIEF, I HAVE GOT YOU TO DO ABOUT THREE LUNGES, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, 10 MINUTES.
I THINK NOW WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO COME UP OFFICIALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, UH, OUR CHIEF HAS BEEN, UH, SWORN IN ALREADY.
I THINK HE'S BEEN, UH, IN, HAS IT BEEN ABOUT SEVEN DAYS YET? YES, SIR.
UH, BUT WE WANNA KIND OF OFFICIALLY DO IT, UH, BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
UH, AND WE ARE, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE EVENT.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE IN SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACTUALLY COME OUT.
FEBRUARY 10TH, 11 TO ONE? YES.
LIKE WE DID OUR CHIEF, OUR POLICE CHIEF.
NO, I, I, I KNOW CHIEF RIDGE DID THE APRIL 1ST THING.
I DIDN'T WANT TO STEP IN INTO THAT ONE.
SO, UH, WHO'S GONNA DO THE HONORS? OH, I, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU JUST GONNA DO ANOTHER.
SO WE JUST GONNA DO A RECEPTION FORM.
MARY, I THINK WE HAVE A QUICK RECEPTION IN BETWEEN NOW AND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND WE WANNA GET A PICTURE WITH THE COUNCIL AND OUR OKAY, PERFECT.
ALRIGHT, SO COUNSEL, WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO CODE SESSION, BUT BEFORE WE GO TO CODE SESSION, UM, YOU WANT US OUT HERE IN THE, UH, LOBBY AREA AND IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A, A PICTURE WITH THE CHIEF AND, UH, I GUESS BREAK BREAD ESSENTIALLY, BREAK CAKE, UH, HAVE SOME CAKE WITH THE CHIEF AND THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR CLOSED SESSION.
[10. Closed Session.]
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE IN THE CLOSED SESSION.AND LET'S TRY TO DO IT AND, AND GET STARTED WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.
[11. Reconvene in Open Session and consider any action to be taken as a result of the Closed Session.]
LIKE TO RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION AND CONSIDER ANY ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF CLOSED SESSION.UH, THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING THE CLOSED SESSION.
SO COUNSEL, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN.
I DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE SECOND, SECOND COUNCILWOMAN
MOTION EVERYBODY PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.