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          [1. Call the meeting to order.]
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          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2025. 
          THIS IS THE BRIEFING SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE DO HAVE A FULL QUO, FULL QUORUM OF COUNCIL PRESENCE. 
          SO I WANT TO OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          IT IS FIVE 30. 
          AND NEXT 
          [2. City Manager Reports: 	City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events 	City Operations, including Police Monthly Snapshot, Fire Monthly Snapshot, and Financial Report. 	Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITY MANAGER REPORTS. 
          GOOD EVENING, MADAM CITY MANAGER. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS TUESDAY EVENING AND EVERY DAY SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF CEDAR HILL. 
          IT'S AN HONOR, UH, TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. 
          UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND ON THE HORIZON FOR US AND THE WORK AHEAD. 
          AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE CALENDAR ITEMS FIRST. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED IN YOUR FYI PACKET TO INCLUDE THE POLICE AND FIRE AND THE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WE PRESENTED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING A MONTH AGO. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SATISFYING ALL OF COUNCIL'S QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND, UH, WE'LL GET ONTO OUR AMAZING PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS EVENING. 
          UM, I'LL START WITH THE CALENDAR. 
          UM, TODAY, OF COURSE, TONIGHT IS OUR COUNCIL MEETING ON, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE STARTED OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND, UM, ADMINISTRATION. 
          ALLISON REEM, A CM ALLISON REEM HAS KIND OF COORDINATED, UH, FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS FOR, UH, THE CITY, THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL. 
          AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT GIVES CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY DIFFERENT TYPES OF CUISINE. 
          UM, LAST WEEK I GOT BRISKET, FRIES, LOADED, BRISKET FRIES. 
          THEY WERE REALLY GOOD. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THE FIRST TIME WE HAD 'EM OUT WE HAD OVER 550 TICKETED CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD. 
          AND SO, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T JOINED US FOR FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS, IT'S GONNA BE EVERY THURSDAY, I THINK, FROM FIVE TO SEVEN AT THE SIGNATURE PARK RIGHT HERE AT THE LIBRARY IN A PARK. 
          AND, UH, YOU CAN ENJOY VARIOUS DIFFERENT FOODS. 
          YES. 
          HOW IS THAT ADVERTISED? I HAD PEOPLE FROM DALLAS DRIVING ALL THE WAY TO, TO THE LIBRARY. 
          DO YOU, DO WE KNOW? HOW DID WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH, WITH A GREAT QUESTION THERE. 
          WE PUSHED OUT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, AND THEN ALSO FOOD TRUCK LEAGUE. 
          DMW HAS A VERY LONG FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SO WE'RE PICKING UP SOME OF THEIR, UH, OVERLAPPING, UH, CUSTOMERS AS WELL. 
          WOW. 
          AND SO, UH, IF GOING OUT PRETTY FAR, THE REACH FOR THE D FW FOOD TRUCK LEAGUE IS PRETTY BROAD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. 
          YES, PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER AND SPENDING TIME IN OUR CITY FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS. 
          SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          A NEW WAY TO USE THE LIBRARY IN A PARK AND THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE THERE. 
          AND REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR, UH, PARKS DIRECTOR, PARTICULARLY SEAN RAY FOR COORDINATING IT. 
          IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO WATCH. 
          SO CONTINUE TO ENJOY US. 
          IT'S FUN. 
          YOU CAN GET YOUR FOOD, SPEND THE NIGHT, SPEND THE DAY IN THE PARK, BRING OUT YOUR BLANKET, AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN. 
          SO COME OUT, ENJOY US. 
          UM, NEXT ON THURSDAY NEXT. 
          CAN YOU BELIEVE NEXT WEEK IS APRIL? IT'S APRIL. 
          AND, UH, WE WANNA CELEBRATE OUR, UH, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ELI REYES. 
          IT'S HIS SIXTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE CITY. 
          I THINK HE'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          YES, HE WAS. 
          UH, THAT'S APRIL 1ST, RIGHT? LIKE APRIL. 
          APRIL 1ST. 
          APRIL FOOLS. 
          AND THAT'S NO FOOLS JOKE. 
          OKAY. 
          FOOL . 
          SO WE PUT UP WITH HIM FOR SIX YEARS. 
          NO, AND HE'S PUT UP WITH US. 
          NO, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. 
          CHIEF, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY. 
          WE'RE REALLY GLAD YOU'RE PART OF OUR TEAM. 
          UM, NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD, UM, CHAT HAS A PEOPLE IN ACTION FUNDRAISER GALA FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30 AT THE ALLEN A SIMS RECREATION CENTER. 
          UM, THAT NEXT DAY FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH, IS THE C-H-I-S-D EDUCATION FOUNDATION FIFTH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT. 
          UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T R SVP FOR THAT OR GUIDED TEAM TOGETHER, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU DO WANNA PARTICIPATE. 
          AND WE WILL GET YOU SET UP ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH. 
          THIS IS NEXT SATURDAY IS OUR NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD WALK. 
          UH, WE ARE MEETING AT PIONEER PARK, WHICH, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND A PARKING SPACE SPACE IN DOWNTOWN AT 10 30. 
          AND, UH, WE PLAN TO SPLIT UP AND DO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND GO HOUSE TO HOUSE AND ASK RESIDENTS HOW THEY HAVE ENJOYED CITY SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH IS OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THEN THURSDAY, THAT NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH IS THE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPRECIATION DINNER FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM ALL THE CITY'S BOARDS, UH, COMMISSIONS, VOLUNTEERS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, C-H-I-S-D BOARD, AND THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF ALL THE PIS. 
          SINCE YOU ARE, UH, LIAISONS TO YOUR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ONLY ARE INVITED TO, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR THE WHOLE BOARD. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE INVITED 
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THEM. 
          AND, UM, THAT, THAT EVENING FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM WE WILL GET TO HONOR THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, UH, MAYOR HAS GIVEN US DIRECTION THAT HE WANTS THE COUNCIL INVOLVED IN THAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND SO NEXT WEEK WE WILL GET WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ABOUT WHAT YOUR ROLE IS ON THAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UM, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED. 
          ON SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH, UH, IS CEDAR HILLS BEAUTIFICATION AND ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION FROM 7:30 AM TO NOON AT THE TRAFFICKING HIGMAN LIBRARY. 
          AND ON TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALL JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE C-H-I-S-D BOARD. 
          WE HAVE, UH, REALLY GOOD, UM, FACILITATORS FOR THE DISCUSSION. 
          FELICIA JOHNSON. 
          WE'LL BE FACILITATING OUR DISCUSSION, UH, IN THE THIRD FLOOR ISD TRAINING ROOM HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH, WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP. 
          I TOLD YOU THE CALENDAR WAS PACKED. 
          UM, SPECIAL COUNCIL WORKSHOP FOR THE WEST MIDTOWN PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ONE YEAR WORK PLAN. 
          UM, WE RECEIVED DIRECTION THAT YOU WANTED TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, THE ZONING EXERCISE TO IMPLEMENT THE NEXT PHASE, THE NEXT STEP FOR THE WEST MIDTOWN PLAN. 
          AND THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL WORKSHOP THAT WE NEED INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL ON CRITICAL PIECES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN. 
          AND SO, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. 
          WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SOLICIT YOUR INPUT BEFORE WE HAVE THAT, THAT WORKSHOP. 
          IT'LL BE A, IT'LL PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR US IN THE PLANNING TEAM. 
          I THINK THERE WAS ONE OTHER, COUNCILMAN, WAS I INCORRECT? OKAY. 
          SO, UH, OKAY. 
          WHAT, WHAT DAY IS IT AGAIN? THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH. 
          SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON THE WEST MIDTOWN PLAN. 
          THAT IS A THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY. 
          IT'S FOOD TRUCK THURSDAY. 
          FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT DAY IS FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH. 
          AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS FOR A GOOD FRIDAY, THE CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED ON THAT DAY. 
          AND THEN APRIL 22ND IS OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          I'LL GO OVER A FEW MORE THINGS. 
          UM, THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY MADE US AWARE OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP, RED SUMMIT. 
          AND SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE ON THAT THURSDAY FROM 11 TO ONE TRAFFIC HICKMAN LIBRARY. 
          AND THEN ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH, ANOTHER PROGRAM HOSTED BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IN TOURISM, UH, THE DOWNTOWN STREET DANCE FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. 
          SO HOPE YOU COME AND PUT ON YOUR DANCING SHOES AND YOUR BOOTS, AND WE'LL DO SOME SCOOTING. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GO BACK ON, UM, THE WEST MID TIME PLAN, UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEAR GOALS. 
          UH, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR THE LAST PROBABLY MAYBE TWO, THREE YEARS. 
          UH, SO IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME FOR THE APPLICANTS TO, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          SO TO SEE IT'S KIND OF A SCHEDULE THING, SO IT'D BE DIFFICULT FOR US, KIND OF RESCHEDULE IT. 
          SO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          SO, LY FEEDBACK, THAT IS A GREAT POINT, MAYOR. 
          AND ACTUALLY, WE'RE MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS I THINK ON APRIL 3RD WITH ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OF LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE INTERESTED, THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPERS, THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONGSIDE US. 
          AND SO IT IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR US AS A CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA IN THE CALENDAR? SO JUST, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, WHAT'S THE IMPACTS AS FAR AS SCHEDULE IF, AS FAR AS A POTENTIAL DELAY? I MEAN, WHAT I HEAR EVERYONE'S SAYING THAT IT'S TIME, IT'S VERY TIME SENSITIVE. 
          WHAT ARE THE DETAILS OF THAT TIME SENSITIVITY? SO THE CONSULTANT IS ON BOARD AND THEY WILL HAVE MET WITH ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, AND SO DELAYING THIS MEETING ON THE 17TH BY A WEEK OR WHATEVER WOULD JUST DELAY THE ADOPTION OF THE ZONING CODES THAT ULTIMATELY WOULD BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL, WHICH 
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IS PLANNED I THINK IN JUNE, CORRECT? YEAH, JUNE. 
          SO DRAFTING THOSE CODES AND ALL THAT IS JUST A LOT OF WORK. 
          UM, WE'D HAVE TO GET WITH THE CONSULTANT TO SEE IF HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE. 
          I DON'T THINK THE NEXT THURSDAY WE WERE AVAILABLE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I WASN'T OTHER, UH, THERE. 
          THE, THERE WAS CONFLICTS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE OTHER, THE OTHER DATES THAT WE LOOKED AT. 
          SO WE'RE HERE AT YOUR, IT'S YOUR DISCRETION. 
          JUST TRYING TO SEE IF, IF, HOW LONG IS IT ANTICIPATED THIS MEETING WOULD LAST? IT'LL BE A FULL TWO HOURS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, LET US KNOW IF, APOLOGIZE. 
          OH, NO WORRIES. 
          I'LL DO MY BEST TO SEE IF I CAN RESCHEDULE, BUT IN MY DAY JOB, I, I PLAN THAT SCHEDULE OUT AS FAR IN ADVANCE AS I CAN. 
          SO THIS IS A CONFLICT THAT'S BEEN THERE PRIOR TO THIS. 
          SO I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. 
          BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE, WHAT WE DO, IT'S COUNCIL, WHEN WE HAVE DAY JOBS, WE HAVE OTHER SCHEDULES THAT WE HAVE TO BALANCE. 
          AND AS MUCH AS I CAN, THEN I LOVE THE CITY. 
          I ALSO HAVE THESE OTHER COMMITMENTS, AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN MOVE THIS ONE AROUND. 
          WE UNDERSTAND IF, IF IT'S A DI DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL, WE CAN MOVE IT. 
          IT PROBABLY WOULD BE MAY. 
          AND WELL, AND, AND IF THERE IS A WAY TO CONTINUE THIS, AND THEN IF COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY AND I CAN MEET PRIOR TO OR AFTER, I'M NOT TRYING TO STOP THE, THE LOCOMOTIVE FROM LEAVING THE STATION, BUT IF I CAN GIVE INPUT PRIOR TO OR AFTER. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE, WE WILL DEFINITELY PREPARE AT YOUR, JUST YOUR SCHEDULE WHENEVER MM-HMM . 
          WE CAN, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT YOUR INPUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          THANK YOU CUSTOMER. 
          ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CALENDAR? I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, ALSO IN YOUR PACKET HERE, UM, IS THE, UH, QUARTERLY, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT, UM, MAYOR'S GIVEN US DIRECTION TO PROVIDE THESE QUARTERLY AND WE WILL DO THEM ON THE SAME AGENDA AS WE DO THE INVESTMENT QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORTS. 
          SO IT IS HERE, UM, IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE ARE AT SEVEN, OVER 70% OF REVENUE. 
          AND THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE, UM, PROPERTY TAXES WILL COME IN AND, UM, OTHER SOURCES JUST HAVEN'T AS OF YET THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE'RE AT 38%, WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE A COURT A THIRD THROUGH THE YEAR. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT? ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE OTHER MONTHLY SNAPSHOTS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, YOU ALL ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, UM, SEARCH WARRANTS. 
          MARY ASKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT ON HERE. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOX UNDERNEATH AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT DATA IS INCLUDED THERE. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO ADDED, UH, CITIZENS ON PATROL IN THE BOX TO THE LEFT OF THAT ACT, THAT, THAT BOX, UM, DISABLED PARKING VIOLATIONS. 
          IF YOU RECALL, UM, THE, THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ELI REYES, UM, SWORE IN SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS OF CP AAA TO ISSUE DISABLED PARKING VIOLATIONS. 
          AND THEY'VE ALREADY HAVE NINE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. 
          AND SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          AND THEY'RE, UH, DOING THAT DUTY AS THEY'VE BEEN SWORN IN TO DO ANY QUESTIONS ON PD. 
          IF NOT, WE HAVE THE FIRE MONTHLY SNAPSHOT AS WELL. 
          UM, WE ALSO WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO, UM, THE SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS THAT, UM, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ANY, UM, THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE HEROES AND HEROES OF OUR, OUR CITY, THE FIRE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GET TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY. 
          THERE WAS A, UM, THERE WAS A SPECIAL TRUCK THAT, UM, HAD A SEWER TANKER TRUCK THAT, UM, GOT THAT ROLLED OVER AND, UH, HE GOT STUCK AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO USE THE JAWS OF LIFE EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE HIM. 
          AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS A DIRTY JOB. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THEY GOT OUT OF THAT, THEY GOT HIM OUT SAFELY AND GOT HIM TAKEN CARE OF, DISPATCHED TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FIRE MONTHLY SNAPSHOT? COULD I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE POLICE? SURE. 
          UM, I SEE THAT, UM, THERE'S ONE SEARCH WARRANT, BUT 47 
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ARREST, ARREST WARRANT. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU DOING A, UH, TRAFFIC CITATION AND YOU FILE TO HAVE A A A WARRANT AT THAT TIME OR NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY A, AN ARREST WARRANT FOR A CASE THAT AN OFFICER TOOK A REPORT ON. 
          IT GETS ASSIGNED TO A DETECTIVE, A DETECTIVE DOES A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION, IDENTIFIES A SUSPECT, AND THEN ISSUES A WARRANT FOR THEIR ARREST. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT SO HE'S ISSUING IT OR, WE ACTUALLY APPREHENDED THEM, ISSUED THE WARRANT FOR ARREST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          SO IT'S NOT SAYING WE APPREHENDED THEM YET. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEARCH AND THE, THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS IS OFF THERE TO THE SIDE. 
          SO WE DID HAVE 60 TOTAL ARRESTS. 
          SOME OF THOSE ARE FOR WARRANTS. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          PERFECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO READ IT. 
          READ THE REPORT. 
          YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE ACTIVITY ON THIS, ON THE SEARCH WARRANT, ON THE ARREST WARRANT NEXT MONTH. 
          WE HAD A PRETTY BIG OPERATION GO DOWN, SO. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          LIKE IT'S WORKING CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SPEAKING OF POLICE, JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT WILL BE ON THE NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA APRIL 8TH. 
          AND I WILL SEND OUT THAT REPORT IN ADVANCE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU ON THAT REPORT IN ADVANCE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE REPORTS PROVIDED? FY PACKET, I THINK, UM, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON NATIONWIDE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS STATE IS HAVING ANY, UM, PROPOSED BILLS, UH, FOR, I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT, CHIEF, BUT, UH, THEY WANTED THE LOCAL OFFICERS TO KIND OF DO THE ICE, YOU KNOW, UH, ROLE. 
          SO AS YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE GETTING A REPORT ABOUT RACIAL PROFILING YET, YOU KNOW, THE STATE IS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO DO. 
          SO I GUESS IF YOU CAN JUST COMMUNICATE WITH HIM, UH, WHENEVER HE COMES UP TO, TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, IF HE COULD KIND OF JUST LET US KNOW, A, IS THIS, IS THIS A BILL THAT'S COMING UP? AND THEN, UH, B UM, I GUESS THEY'RE TAKING RACIAL PROFILING AWAY IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO BE ABLE TO DO AND KIND OF JUST GIVE US THAT REPORT. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS RACIAL PROFILING LOOK LIKE NOW IN THE MODERN TIME? SO, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M SAYING? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, , THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, MAYOR. 
          YES. 
          FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE QUEST FOR POLICE PRESENCE ON ICE RS ARE ONLY FOR THOSE, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY THAT HAVE, UM, CRIMINAL YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATION TWO YEARS AGO, UH, BEFORE THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY WANTED LOCAL OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO, AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY MORE FOCUSED ON BORDER CITIES, UH, THE BORDERS OF TEXAS, BUT IT WAS A BILL FOR THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY BRINGING THAT BILL BACK UP AGAIN, BUT IF SO, SINCE WE'RE GETTING A REPORT FROM A CONSULTANT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE LANDSCAPE? THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          WE WILL GIVE THAT, YES, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT REPORT BACK. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU MADAM. 
          CITY MANAGER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS COMING UP. 
          PRESENTATION ON PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE FOLLOWING BUILDING SAFETY CODES, AND I WON'T READ THEM. 
          UM, BUT, UM, EACH YEAR WE HAVE BUILDINGS. 
          THIS IS A CRITICAL PART OF CEDAR HILL, BEING A SAFE CITY, OF COURSE WE HAVE BUILDING INSPECTIONS, DEPARTMENT CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, AND WE HAVE A FIRE MARSHAL THAT REVIEWS THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES FOR OUR CITY. 
          AND THAT MAKES SURE THAT EVERYTHING BUILT IS TO INTERNATIONAL BUILDING STANDARDS. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A PROCESS WITH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS OUR INTERNAL BOARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THESE ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY. 
          AND IT'S PROPOSED TO YOU TONIGHT, UH, AS A BRIEFING, BUT WE WILL PUT IT BACK ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR YOUR ADOPTION AT A FUTURE MEETING. 
          WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR IF WE NEED NEED TO MEET ONE-ON-ONE, WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, THAT IS THAT PRESENTATION THEN. 
          UM, WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION ON THE 2025 CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY RESULTS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR, EVERY OTHER YEAR WE DO THIS. 
          IN FACT, THE LAST TIME WE DID IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO AND THEN 2016, AND WE'LL, WE'LL SHOW YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU I THINK GOT A BOOK. 
          AND, UM, OUR CONSULTANT, JASON MARDO WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THAT, ON THAT SAT CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY, REGULAR AGENDA, WE HAVE AN INVOCATION BY PASTOR MOUNT MATT WILKERSON FROM GALIUM BAPTIST CHURCH, BLESS YOU IN CEDAR HILL. 
          AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2025 IS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH IN CEDAR HILL. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE BOND MATTERS, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER R 25 750, 
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WHICH AUTHORIZES THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A SERIES 2025 COS IT'S $10 MILLION, NO MORE THAN $10 MILLION OF COS FOR WHICH THE CI THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED OUR BUDGET. 
          AND, UH, THESE ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. 
          CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES MINUTES, UH, RECEIVING THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 BY OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          ITEM C IS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT INCLUDING RECIPROCAL ACCESS, EASEMENT, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND SHARED PARKING WITH PREP GROUP LLC. 
          THIS IS THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TO ENSURE, UH, TOWN COMPANIES AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE MALL CAN BUILD THE MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY PROJECT THERE. 
          UM, AND, UH, THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY NEGOTIATED WITH ALL LEGAL COUNSEL ON THEIR PREP SIDE AND THE CITY SIDE. 
          AND JUST WANNA, UH, THANK CHASTITY BENSON, A CM CHASSY BENSON FOR ALL OF OUR HARD WORK ON THAT. 
          ITEM D IS CONSIDERED ACCEPTING THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CEDAR HILL CAPITAL IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          ITEM ITEM E IS CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A DESIGN SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FBMA ARCHITECTS FOR THE DESIGN OF A DOG PARK TO BE LOCATED AT THE PROPERTY OF TRINITY CHURCH. 
          UH, AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR ONE YEAR WORK PLAN, UH, WE, UH, SET A GOAL IN QUARTER, ACTUALLY QUARTER TWO TO HAVE A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH AN ARCHITECT. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING IT IN QUARTER ONE. 
          UM, AND THE, UH, COST FOR THAT IS $110,000. 
          UH, CASE. 
          UH, ITEM F IS, UH, UH, APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLOT FOR SERIAL VILLAGES WHERE CRUNCH FITNESS IS A PROPERTY OWNER IS INTERESTED IN, UM, SEPARATING OUT THE LOTS. 
          AND I THINK WE HAD SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AND HOPEFULLY WE'VE ANSWERED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN ANSWER THOSE. 
          UM, AND ITEM G IS AUTHORIZED AND MAYOR TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT, WHICH TRINITY CHURCH FOR A PUBLIC DOG PARK IS A 30 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT. 
          THE COST ASSOCIATED IS A DOLLAR A YEAR, BUT WE PAY 'EM UP FRONT FOR 30 YEARS. 
          WE'LL WRITE THEM A CHECK FOR $30. 
          AND THAT WAS ALSO A PART OF, UH, THE ONE YEAR WORK PLAN. 
          AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO, TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CHURCH WAS HAPPY WITH THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND THEY HAVE SINCE SIGNED THAT, UH, LEASE AGREEMENT. 
          SO IT JUST REQUIRES MAYOR'S SIGNATURE AND WE'LL GET OFF RUNNING WITH DESIGN THAT DESIGN. 
          BY THE WAY, UH, WE ANTICIPATE TO BE ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 MONTHS AND WE SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION 2026 AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS OTHER THAN THE CLOSED SESSIONS AND WE WILL DISCUSS THOSE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT TO BE PULLED? PRO TWO? YEAH, MERIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE, UM, BOTH THE ITEMS RELATED TO THE DOG PARK, UH, TO BE PULLED. 
          UM, I, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ALL, I I WAS APPOINTED, UH, TO THE TRINITY CHURCH BOARD ON FEBRUARY THE 23RD AND, UH, I DON'T RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION. 
          I'M NOT AN EMPLOYEE NOR MY WIFE RECEIVES ANY COMPENSATION. 
          BUT ON THE, UM, UH, ON THE ATTEMPT TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM BOTH OF THOSE. 
          SO, UM, YOU WILL LIKE TO PULL ITEMS E AND G MM-HMM . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          NOTHING ELSE FROM COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAY. 
          CITY MANAGER. 
          [3.  Presentation on proposed updates to the following building safety codes: 	2021 International Plumbing Code 	2021 International Mechanical Code 	2021 International Fuel Gas Code 	2020 National Electrical Code 	2021 International Energy Conservation Code 	2021 International Building Code 	2021 International Residential Code 	2021 International Fire Code]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRES PRESENTATION ON PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE FOLLOWING BUILDING SAFETY CODES 2021 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE 2021 INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE 2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CON CONSERVATION CODE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE 20 20 20 20 21 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE AND 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. 
          I SEE WHY THE CITY MANAGER DIDN'T WANNA READ ALL THOSE. 
          I SEE. 
          UM, STACEY GRAVES COMING UP. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THE CLICKER. 
          UM, IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR US ALWAYS TO BEGIN OUR PRESENTATIONS WITH THIS SLIDE THAT OUTLINES, UH, THE VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES AS A REMINDER OF OUR OVERALL PURPOSES. 
          UM, WHEN WORKING ANY KIND OF CITY PROGRAMMING OR AS WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, CODE ADOPTIONS AND OUR VISION IS, UH, WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE PURSUING PREMIER WITH CLEAN AND SAFE. 
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AND, UM, HERE'S A QUICK AGENDA OF WHAT WE'LL BE GOING OVER TONIGHT. 
          UH, FIRST WE'LL GO OVER WHY WE ADOPT BUILDING CODES AND THEN WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, UH, THROUGH COG AND THROUGH OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES. 
          AND THEN, UH, OUR BUILDING INSPECTION TEAM WILL GO OVER, UH, EACH INDIVIDUAL CODE AND THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OF THOSE CODES. 
          UH, FIRST I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR BUILDING INSPECTION TEAM. 
          UH, SO A PHOTOED HERE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IS SAMANTHA DEION. 
          SHE IS OUR PERMIT SPECIALIST. 
          JEREMY PECK IS OUR NEWEST BUILDING INSPECTOR. 
          GAIL LUX IS OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL. 
          ANDREW LIPSCOMB IS OUR ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL. 
          JOSH BARNES IS A BUILDING INSPECTOR AND HE'S ALSO HERE WITH US TONIGHT. 
          AND THEN ALEXIS SARTON IS OUR PLANS REVIEWER. 
          AND THEN TONIGHT, UH, GOING OVER THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION HERE IN A COUPLE SLIDES WILL BE GAIL LUX, ANDREW LIPSCOMB, AND OUR FIRE MARSHAL ALEXANDER WILL BE, WILL BE PRESENTING THOSE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CODE. 
          SO BUILDING CODES PLAY ACTUAL A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CEDAR HILL BY ADOPTING, ADOPTING, AND ENFORCING CURRENT INTERNATIONAL CODES. 
          WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS YOUR VISION AND OUR VISION OF MACON CEDAR HILL, A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND THE PRIMARY GOAL OF BUILDING CODES IS SAFETY. 
          UH, THESE CODES ENSURE THAT BUILDINGS ARE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED IN WAYS THAT KEEP EVERYONE INSIDE SAFE, WHETHER IT'S FROM NATURAL DISASTERS, FIRES, OR ANY OTHER HAZARDS. 
          ALSO, BY MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION, WE ENSURE THAT PROPERTIES RETAIN OR EVEN INCREASE IN THEIR VALUE. 
          UH, THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO SEE THEIR INVESTMENTS GROW. 
          UM, BUILDING CODES SET THE BASELINE FOR HOW BUILDINGS SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. 
          THEY CREATE A STANDARD, A UNIFORM STANDARD THAT ENSURES EVERY STRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S A NEW HOME OR COMMERCIAL BUILDING, MEETS ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND THEN ISO RATINGS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MANAGE RISKS AND RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES. 
          AND OF COURSE, THESE RATINGS DO AFFECT OUR INSURANCE COSTS. 
          HOMEOWNERS RELY ON THESE BUILDING CODES, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE HOME THAT THEY PURCHASE IS BUILT SAFELY AND THESE CODES WILL PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENTS. 
          AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT CEDAR HILL'S BUILDING CODES ALIGN WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SAFETY, CONSISTENCY AND COMPLIANCE ACROSS ALL AREAS OF CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND TO GO OVER THE PROCESS OF HOW THESE, UH, CODES ARE, UM, ACTUALLY RELEASED AND THEN ADOPTED, UH, NEW BUILDING CODES ARE RELEASED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OF COUNCIL EVERY THREE YEARS. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE 2018 I CODES. 
          UH, THOSE WERE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2021. 
          UH, THE NEW INTERNATIONAL CODES WERE RELEASED, UH, BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OF COUNCIL IN MARCH OF 2021. 
          UM, ONCE THEY'RE RELEASED BY THE ICC, OUR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THEN TAKE THOSE CODES AND THEY REVIEW AND THEN THEY PUBLISH, UH, RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS. 
          AND THEY DID THAT. 
          NOW IN OCTOBER OF 2021, UM, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ALSO, UH, UH, WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN BUILDING CODES AND FIRE CODES. 
          AND THIS IS REAL CRUCIAL FOR OVERALL SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPANCY. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE BUILDING APPEALS AND ADVISORY BOARD, UH, REVIEWS THE UPDATED CODES AND THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES. 
          UM, THEIR JOB IS REALLY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO ENSURE THE CODES ARE PRACTICAL AND COMPREHENSIVE FOR OUR CITY'S NEEDS. 
          AND THEN BASED ON THEIR REVIEW IN 2022 TO 2023 IS ABOUT HOW LONG THEY TOOK TO REVIEW THOSE, UM, THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE 2021 I CODES AS WELL AS THE 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE. 
          IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE BUILDING CODES ARE NOT RETROACTIVE. 
          UH, THIS MEANS THAT IT ONLY APPLIES TO NEW CONSTRUCTION OR IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO IF YOU OWN PROPERTY THAT WAS BUILT BEFORE THESE NO NEW CODES WERE ADOPTED, UH, THESE CHANGES WON'T APPLY UNLESS YOU'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY. 
          NOW WE WILL START WITH THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND ANDREW LIPSCOMB WILL BE GOING OVER THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. 
          SO I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL CODES. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE. 
          UM, THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS ADDRESSES WATER DISPENSERS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS BOTTLE FILLERS. 
          SO BECAUSE THESE ARE BECOMING MORE 
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PREVALENT, UM, THE CODE HAS CAUGHT UP WITH THEIR USE. 
          AND SO NOW WHEN YOU HAVE A BUSINESS THAT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE THREE OR MORE WATER FOUNTAINS AND WHICH TAKES QUITE A BIT, MOST BUSINESSES JUST HAVE TWO. 
          UM, THEN ANYTHING ABOVE THOSE TWO CAN BE DIVIDED OUT AND HALF OF THOSE CAN BE USED AS BOTTLE FILLERS. 
          SO THEY'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE BOTTLES, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UH, AND ALSO WATER COOLERS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          WE'RE HAVING A REFRIGERATOR WITH BOTTLED WATER AND TO GO WITH, UH, JUST THE BOTTLE FILLERS. 
          THE NEXT ITEM ADDRESSES WHAT ARE BECOMING QUITE COMMON, WHICH ARE STANDALONE BATHTUBS. 
          UM, AND THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE CODE IS KIND OF CATCHING UP WITH WHAT'S ALREADY IN USE. 
          SO NOW TUBS THAT DO NOT HAVE AN OVERFLOW DRAIN, UM, CAN BE UTILIZED AND THEY'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED IN THE CODE. 
          SO MOST OF THE STANDALONE TUBS THAT ARE FREESTANDING DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AROUND THEM. 
          JUST THE, UH, FAUCET TO FILL AND THE DRAIN, UH, DON'T REQUIRE A SEPARATE OVERFLOW DRAIN. 
          UH, NEXT ITEM ADDRESSES INDIVIDUAL TENANT WATER SHUTOFFS. 
          THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN COMMON PRACTICE IN CEDAR HILL, BUT AGAIN, THE CODE IS KIND OF CATCHING UP WITH IT SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A STRIP CENTER, EACH INDIVIDUAL TENANT REQUIRES THEIR OWN SHUTOFF VALVE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO TURN THE WATER OFF TO THE WHOLE BUILDING. 
          IT'S KIND OF COMMON SENSE, BUT, UM, AGAIN, CODE IS CATCHING UP WITH CURRENT PRACTICE. 
          UH, THE NEXT ITEM ADDRESSES PLUMBING VENTS COMING THROUGH A ROOF. 
          SO WITH SOLAR ARRAYS BECOMING QUITE POPULAR ON ROOFS, SOMETIMES THERE CAN BE, UH, COMPETITION FOR SPACE ON THE ROOF. 
          AND SOMETIMES BASED ON THE LAYOUT, THEY WANT TO COVER UP A PLUMBING PIPE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE THAT THERE IS AN OFFSET VENT THAT IS IN USE CURRENTLY. 
          BUT TO FURTHER ALLOW THE USE AND SPREAD OF THE SOLAR PANELS THEY HAVE, THE CODE HAS CHANGED SO THAT THE VENT ONLY NEEDS TO EXTEND THROUGH THE ROOF TWO INCHES INSTEAD OF SIX INCHES. 
          SO IT'S A LOT LESS SO THAT IT ACTUALLY CAN BE COVERED. 
          NOW OBVIOUSLY THE VENT CAN'T BE COMPLETELY COVERED UP. 
          IT STILL HAS TO BE FUNCTIONAL AND HAVE SOME, SOME AREA ABOVE IT SO THAT IT CAN STILL VENT. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE. 
          SO THE FIRST ITEM ADDRESSES MANICURE AND PEDICURE STATION EXHAUST SYSTEMS. SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IN PLACE, BUT THERE WAS NO REGULATION TO MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR THAT SYSTEM TO OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY WHILE THE SPACE IS BEING OCCUPIED. 
          SO NOW THE CODE IS IMPLEMENTED THIS REQUIREMENT SO THAT IT MORE THAN LIKELY WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE LIGHTING SYSTEM SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY GOES IN, IN THE MORNING TURNS, THE LIGHTS ON, THE EXHAUST SYSTEM COMES ON AND IT FUNCTIONS THE WHOLE TIME THE SPACE IS OCCUPIED. 
          SO JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS OPERATING THE ENTIRE TIME, UH, THE NEXT ITEM ADDRESSES EXHAUST DRYER DUCT TERMINATION LOCATION. 
          UM, AND IT'S KIND OF A CLARIFICATION SO THAT WHEN MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS DON'T SPECIFY WHERE THE DRYER DUCT EXHAUST HAS TO BE TERMINATED, THAT THE CODE THEN SAYS THAT IT HAS TO, UH, TERMINATE NO LESS THAN THREE FEET IN ANY DIRECTION FROM ANY OPENING IN THE SPACE, WHICH IS, AGAIN, KIND OF COMMON SENSE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE MOISTURE AND LINT INFILTRATION BACK INTO THE HOUSE. 
          NEXT ITEM IN THE MECHANICAL CODE, I WON'T READ ALL OF THIS TO YOU, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT ADDRESSES MACHINERY ROOMS THAT ARE LARGER THAN A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET IN AREA. 
          SO IN THE PAST, THEY MAY HAVE ONLY REQUIRED ONE EXIT. 
          SO IN, UH, TO MAKE IT SAFER, UH, THEY'VE INCREASED IT. 
          SO NOW THEY HAVE TO HAVE TWO EXITS. 
          UH, IF IT'S OVER A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, THE EXIT DOORWAYS HAVE TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE REQUIRED TO HAVE PANIC HARDWARE AUTOMATICALLY. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FUEL GAS CODE. 
          SO THIS ADDRESS CEILING COMPOUNDS THAT ARE USED ON THREADED LIKE GAS PIPING. 
          AND WHILE 
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THOSE HAVE GENERALLY BEEN USED, IT'S COMMON PRACTICE, THE CODE REALLY NEVER ADDRESSED IT. 
          SO IT'S JUST SAYING THAT NOW YOU, YOU'RE MANDATED TO USE THIS MATERIAL AND YOU IT HAS TO BE SPECIFIC FOR THE GAS THAT'S GONNA BE RUNNING THROUGH THE PIPING, SO IT'S COMPATIBLE. 
          UH, NEXT ITEM ADDRESSES, UH, PROTECTION AGAINST CORROSION FOR MAINLY GAS, STEEL, GAS PIPE, SO THAT NOW IF IT'S INSTALLED, LIKE WE HAVE A VERY ACIDIC SOIL HERE IN NORTH TEXAS SO THAT IF IT'S IN INSTALLED IN THAT ENVIRONMENT OR IN MO HEAVY MOISTURE AREAS, THAT IT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A PROTECTIVE COATING ON IT. 
          UH, THE NEXT ITEM ADDRESSES SHUT OFF VALVES. 
          UH, THE PICTURE THAT'S SHOWN IS, UH, CSST, WHICH IS CORRUGATED STAINLESS STEEL TUBING. 
          SO THAT'S A FLEXIBLE GAS PIPING THAT'S RUN GENERALLY UP THROUGH ATTICS. 
          UM, SO THE CODE REQUIRES THE GAS PIPING ITSELF TO BE SECURED, BUT NOW THEY'VE ADDED A SPECIFIC ITEM THAT ADDRESSES THE SHUTOFF VALVE ITSELF AND THAT IT HAS TO HAVE ITS OWN SECURE, UH, MEANS INSTALLED AGAINST SOMETHING RIGID, SUCH AS THE, UH, FRAMING ON THE HOUSE. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE. 
          UH, FIRST ITEM IS ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS. 
          THAT PROTECTION IS NOW APPLIED TO, UH, BRANCH CIRCUITS IN THE KITCHEN AND LAUNDRY AREAS. 
          SO WE'LL PROBABLY WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO THE ENTIRE HOUSE BEING PROTECTED BY OUR FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS, KIND OF LIKE THE GFCI FOR GROUND FAULT PROTECTION THAT YOU SEE IN THE WET AREAS. 
          BUT THIS ALSO, THIS GIVES EXTRA PROTECTION FOR, UH, AGAINST FIRES OR SHOCK WHEN A SPECIFIC APPLIANCE HAS A FAULTY CORD. 
          THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT'S, UH, WHERE THE CORD IS GONNA ARC AND THIS ELECTRONIC MEANS PICKS IT UP. 
          THE NEXT ITEM ADDRESSES, UH, GARAGE BRANCH CIRCUITS, UH, FOUR GARAGES ATTACHED TO A HOUSE. 
          THERE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE, UH, OUTLETS AND A CERTAIN NUMBER DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF GARAGE SPACES. 
          SO NOW THIS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO DETACHED GARAGES WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE, IF YOU HAVE A DETACHED GARAGE, IT HAS TO HAVE POWER RUN TO IT. 
          BUT THIS SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THEY HAVE A, HAVE A A 20 AMP CIRCUIT THAT'S GONNA COVER OUTLETS IN THAT DETACHED GARAGE. 
          AGAIN, COMING BACK TO THE ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS, THIS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO GUEST ROOMS, GUEST SUITES, PATIENT SLEEPING ROOMS, AND NURSING HOMES AND LIMITED CARE FACILITIES. 
          SO AGAIN, IT IS JUST AN EXPANSION OF THE ARC FAULT CIRCUIT PROTECTION NOW FOR 15 AND 20 AMP BRANCH CIRCUITS INSIDE THOSE ROOMS. THE NEXT ONE, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THESE RECENTLY, THEY'RE BECOMING MORE PREVALENT. 
          UH, PEOPLE DON'T REALLY LIKE TO SEE OUTLETS ON THEIR ISLANDS. 
          AND SO NOW THESE ARE POP-UP RECEPTACLES AND COUNTERTOPS AND THIS IS KIND OF JUST AN EXPANSION OF THE USE OF THOSE AND KIND OF SOME THINGS IN THE CODE APPLY TO THE SALE OF THINGS. 
          AND SO BASICALLY IT JUST SAYS THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ITEM THAT'S REQUIRED TO PROVIDE GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTION PROTECTION, THAT THAT ASSEMBLY SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE LISTED AS A GFI RECEPTACLE AND SPECIFICALLY FOR COUNTERTOP APPLICATIONS. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF JUST EXPANDING WHAT'S ALREADY ALLOWED. 
          THE NEXT ITEM'S GONNA BE FROM THE ENERGY CODE. 
          SO THIS ADDRESSES MIXED AND, EXCUSE ME, MIXED USE, UH, BUILDINGS. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, UH, PORTIONS IN ONE BUILDING, NOW THE CODE SAYS THAT EACH ONE IS GONNA BE LOOKED AT SEPARATELY FOR THE ENERGY CODE. 
          SO, WHICH, UH, WHICH WILL HELP, UM, THE NEXT ITEM FOR PROTECTION OF PIPING INSULATION. 
          UM, THIS MAINLY APPLIES TO YOUR AIR CONDITIONING LINES BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE UNIT THAT'S OUTSIDE. 
          SO THOSE PIPES, UM, NOW HAVE TO BE BETTER PROTECTED AND MAINLY FOR UV LIGHT BECAUSE OVER TIME THE FOAM INSULATION DRIES OUT AND FALLS OFF AND THEN YOU HAVE NO INSULATION ON THERE. 
          SO, AND THE LAST ITEM COVERS POOLS AND SPAS. 
          SO ANY NEW POOL OR SPA IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A VAPOR RETARDANT COVER OR SOME OTHER APPROVED VAPOR RETARDANT MEANS THE, THE EXCEPTION AND WHAT THE CODE 
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IS DRIVING HERE IS FOR HEATERS. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE A POOL HEATER RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GENERALLY EITHER GAS OR ELECTRIC. 
          THEY WANT TO GET AWAY FROM ELECTRIC HEATERS 'CAUSE THEY USE SO MUCH ENERGY. 
          SO NOW THEY'RE PUSHING. 
          AND THE EXCEPTION HERE ALLOWS FOR NO COVER IF YOU USE A HEAT PUMP AS A HEATER. 
          SO, AND THOSE ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR. 
          SO, UM, INSTEAD OF JUST ELECTRIC, THEY CAN GO TO A HEAT PUMP OR GAS. 
          AND I THINK GAIL'S GONNA COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING CODE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. 
          THE, FOR THE POOL, THAT WAS JUST FOR HEATED POOLS, IF SOMEONE YES, IT JUST APPLIES TO HEATED POOLS, YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND, AND ONLY NEW POOLS. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA BE RETROACTIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THIS EVENING, I'M GONNA GO OVER THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE. 
          SO AS MORE BUSINESSES, UH, START TO DO BREWERIES AND WINERIES, THE CODE IS CAUGHT UP TO, UH, CLASS CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION FROM A H OCCUPANCY OF HAZARD TO ALLOW FOR DISTILLED, UH, BREWERIES AND, UH, DISTILLED SPIRITS TO BE CLASSIFIED BASED ON THE FIRE CODE. 
          AND SO IT'S TAKEN IT OUT OF THE BUILDING CODE IN RELATION TO THE TYPE AND CHANGED THE CLASSIFICATION FROM A HAZARD TO A, UH, ONE THAT'S COMPARABLE WITHIN THE FIRE CODE. 
          BASED ON THE FIRE OF, UH, CAPABILITIES OF THE SPIRITS, WE'RE SEEING MORE PUZZLE ROOMS, MORE, UH, PLACES THAT ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, THE CODE NOW ADDRESSES THE EGRESS OUT OF PUZZLE ROOMS. UM, THE NORMAL EGRESS REQUIREMENT IS, IS A DOOR CAN'T MATCH THE WALL THAT IT'S EXISTING. 
          THE, UH, CODE NOW ADDRESSES ALLOWING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IN PUZZLE ROOMS AS LONG AS THEY MEET OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY IN CASE OF A FIRE OR A FIRE ALARM GOING ON. 
          THE CODE ALSO IS NOW ADDRESSING THE USE OF OCCUPIED ROOF SPACES SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE AT THE LIBRARY. 
          UM, GENERALLY IT WOULD'VE BEEN THAT THE OCCUPANT LOAD OF THAT ROOF WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN OCCUPANT LOAD OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING. 
          UM, THIS NOW ALLOWS FOR THAT OCCUPANT LOAD NOT TO BE REQUIRED OR THAT FLOOR SPACE OR THAT THAT DECK SPACE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUILDING HEIGHT. 
          UM, HERE IN CEDAR HILL, ONCE A BUILDING GOES OVER 55 FEET AND HAS A FLOOR AREA, WE REQUIRE IT TO MEET THE HIGH RISE STANDARD. 
          THIS HERE WOULD ALLOW FOR A BUILDING TO HAVE A COVERED OR HAVE A OCCUPIED ROOF'S SURFACE AND NOT MEET THE, THE HIGH RISE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CONTINUOUS OCCUPIED SPACE. 
          NEXT, UH, THEY, THE CODE ADDRESSES LOCKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES WITH, UH, MANY SCHOOLS CHANGING THEIR LOCKING SYSTEMS, ALLOWING FOR, UH, SECURITY LOCKS TO BE PLACED ON CLASSROOM DOORS FOR THE SECURITY OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF. 
          UM, THE CODE NOW ADDRESSES THAT, UH, THE, THE REMOTE THAT ALLOWS FOR REMOTE LOCKING OR UNLOCKING OF A ROOM, UM, AS LONG AS IT IS A MONITORED AND MAINTAINED, UH, CONSTANT MONITORING OF THAT, UH, LOCKING SYSTEM. 
          SO TO MAKE IT MORE SAFE FOR SAFER, IF A, UH, SOMEONE INTRUDES A BUILDING, THE PRINCIPAL CAN HIT THE EMERGENCY LOCKING AND LOCK ALL THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THAT SPACE, UH, TO PROTECT THE STUDENTS OR EACH INDIVIDUAL ROOM. 
          NEXT, THE CODE ADDRESS TO PRIVACY OF PUBLIC RESTROOMS. UM, TO PROTECT THE, THE OCCUPANTS, THEY NOW, UH, ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A WALK PATH, UM, THAT IS, UH, IS SECURE. 
          SO YOU CAN'T JUST WALK BY AND SEE INTO A LADIES OR MEN'S RESTROOM. 
          IT MUST BE THAT THERE'S AN ALCOVE PRIOR TO THAT TO PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SPACE AS PASSERSBY GO AND, UH, NOT, UH, INTRUDE ON YOUR PRIVACY IN PUBLIC RESTROOMS. THE NEXT IS THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. 
          SO, UH, IN THE DEFINITIONS, THEY HAVE CHANGED THE DEFINITIONS FOR, UH, EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS AND GRADE FLOOR LEVEL. 
          THIS REALLY GAVE US A CLARIFICATION AS FAR AS WHERE TO MEASURE FOR GRADE, UH, GRADE LEVEL, 
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WHETHER IT'S BELOW GRADE OR ABOVE GRADE. 
          UM, THAT ALSO REFLECTS THE ISSUE OF WITH A WINDOW BEING WITHIN A DISTANCE OF THE OUTSIDE GRADE FOR, UH, EMERGENCY EGRESS, WHETHER A LADDER WOULD BE REQUIRED OR PROTECTION FROM WINDOWS SILL OR WINDOWS OPENING IF THE GRADE OUTSIDE IS GREATER THAN 44 INCHES. 
          SO IT GIVE US A MORE CLARIFICATION ON HOW TO MEASURE THOSE REQUIREMENTS. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, COME AROUND IS INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINERS. 
          UM, THE CODE REALLY DIDN'T ADDRESS UTILIZING A SHIPPING CONTAINER AS A BUILDING. 
          THEY HAVE NOW PUT, UH, SPECIFICATIONS INTO BUILDING CODE FOR INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINERS TO BE USED AS STRUCTURES SUCH AS TINY HOUSES OR EVEN, UH, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS TO GIVE MORE OF A, UH, CREA CREATIVITY FOR THE USE OF THOSE SYSTEMS. NOW THE, THE CODE HAS MADE MORE SP, UH, CLEAR, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRE SEPARATION FOR TOWNHOUSE TOWNHOUSES THAT ARE BEING BUILT. 
          THEY'VE GIVEN THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO ALLOW FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATION BETWEEN UNITS TO PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IF ONE UNIT CATCHES ON FIRE, THAT IT DOESN'T SPREAD TO ANOTHER UNIT. 
          AND ALSO AS WE GET MORE PEOPLE GETTING SOLAR PANELS ON THEIR ROOFS, THE CODE NOW HAS ADDED SOLAR SHINGLES TO THE CODE TO ALLOW FOR, UH, A DISCONNECT OF THOSE SOLAR SHINGLES TO ALLOW FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO SHUT THAT SYSTEM OFF TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND PENETRATE THE ROOF AND PREVENT ELECTRICITY, UH, ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN THEY'RE FIGHT, FIGHTING A FIRE FOR, UH, SOLAR PANELS THAT ARE AND SOLAR SHINGLES THAT ARE ON THE ROOF. 
          AND IT ALSO ADDRESS THE SAME THING WITH THE SOLAR SHINGLES FOR RESIDENTS GETTING OUT OF A SECOND STORY THROUGH A EGRESS AND A PATHWAY TO GET OFF OF THAT, OUT OF THAT, UH, RESIDENCE IF THEY'RE STUCK TO THE SECOND FLOOR. 
          AND ALSO FIREFIGHTERS ACCESS INTO THE BUILDING FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION. 
          AND NOW REGGIE ALEXANDRA WILL GO OVER THE 2021 FIRE CODE. 
          GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. 
          GLAD YOU CAME BACK FOR MY PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          YES, SIR, OF COURSE. 
          UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY MANAGERS, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO, UH, APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND DO A PRESENTATION. 
          TODAY I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CORE FUNCTIONS. 
          WE'RE FOCUSING ON FIRE PREVENTION WHERE WE LOOK TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH PROACTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING FIRE CODE, ADOPTION ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION INSPECTIONS, AND CONSTRUCTION PLAN REVIEW. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IN COMPARISON TO OUR SURVEY CITIES, MOST OF OUR CITIES HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. 
          WE HAVE DUNCANVILLE, WHO'S STILL IN THE 2015 CEDAR HILL AND BEDFORD. 
          IN THE 18, UH, THE 24 CODE HAS BEEN, IS, UH, PENDING AND WAITING FOR COG APPROVAL. 
          SO OUR PROCESS IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE BUILDING, UH, BUILDING CODE PROCESS. 
          I AM A MEMBER OF THE COGS FIRE ADVISORY BOARD. 
          SO WHENEVER A NEW CODE COMES OUT, WE TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO REVIEW ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND WE COMPARE THEM WITH, UH, COG AMENDMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS SESSION. 
          AND WE GET TOGETHER AND WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES, UH, THAT WE SEE, SOME OF THE TRENDS WE SEE IN THE METROPLEX. 
          SO I CONFER WITH THE BUILDING, UH, BUILDING OFFICIAL BECAUSE SOME OF OUR CODES OVERLAP SUCH AS SPRINKLERS AND EGRESS, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER SECTIONS THAT OVERLAP AND THOSE SECTIONS HAVE TO BE THE SAME. 
          SO WE LOOK AT LOCAL ORDINANCE ADDITIONS AND WE ALSO TAKE A MINUTE TO REVIEW OUR FEE SCHEDULES, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, ARTIFICIAL VEGETATION SPRINKLE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, STORAGE FACILITIES, PROVISIONS, PROVISIONS FOR EMERGENCY, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS FOR PARKING GARAGES, ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEM RES, UH, REVISIONS, DISTILLERY SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS, ESCAPE ROOMS, PROVIDE PROVISIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES, AND 
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ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NEW SECTION FOR VIRTUAL INSPECTIONS. 
          SO THE FIRST SECTION, ARTIFICIAL VEGETATION ON ROOFS, WHEREVER THERE'S, UH, ARTIFICIAL VEGETATION THAT EXCEEDS SIX FEET IN HEIGHT AND FIVE FEET TO A BUILDING. 
          THE EXCEPTION IS, UH, ANY DECORATIONS THAT'S MORE THAN 30 FEET AWAY FROM A BUILDING. 
          NEXT SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STORAGE AND MANUFACTURE OF UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE AND MATTRESSES. 
          UH, THIS IS A UPDATED SECTION. 
          UH, THERE'S ALREADY THE SAME ALREADY REQUIREMENTS IN THE SECTIONS FOR FURNITURE MATTRESSES, BUT THIS ONE, UH, HAS AN EXCEPTION FOR SINGLE, UH, SINGLE STORAGE, SELF STORAGE FACILITIES. 
          SO IF YOU CAN ACCESS THAT STORAGE FACILITY FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO BE SPRINKLED, BUT ANY OTHER, UH, SELF STORAGE FACILITY HAS TO BE SPRINKLED. 
          EMERGENCY RESPONDER COMMUNICATIONS. 
          THIS SECTION HAS BEEN REVISED JUST TO, UH, INCREASE THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH SECTIONS FOR, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WHEN THE PRATT BUILDING WAS BUILT, ONE OF OUR LAST THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO BEFORE WE PASSED THE INSPECTION, UH, WE TOOK OUR, UH, HANDHELD RADIOS AND WE HAD TO COMMUNICATE. 
          SO THAT'S A MILLION SQUARE FEET. 
          SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BY RADIO FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. 
          SO OUR NEW SYSTEM, UH, THAT CHIEF REYES, UH, WAS A PIONEER OF, UM, HE WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNI TO THE, UH, FIREFIGHTERS FROM HIS OFFICE. 
          SO THEY WERE IN THAT BUILDING ON BOTH SIDES. 
          AND THE RADIO COMMUNICATION WAS, UH, EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAR. 
          SO IF THAT, IF THAT, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          LITTLE REYES , RAFAEL REYES, THAT'S MY BOSS. 
          SO, UM, SO, UM, IT JUST SHOWS HOW WELL THAT RADIO SYSTEM WORKS. 
          IF IT DID, IF WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS, THEN THIS SECTION GIVES US PROVISIONS TO REQUIRE A BOOSTER OR SOME OTHER, UH, SOME OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT'LL MAKE THAT SYSTEM, UH, WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY. 
          OPEN, OPEN GARAGES. 
          SO, UH, FOR OPEN GARAGES, KIND OF SIMPLE. 
          UH, IF IT'S OVER 48,000 SQUARE FEET, IT HAS TO BE SPRINKLED. 
          AND WE HAVE NO OPEN GARAGES HERE. 
          UH, NOT YET. 
          IT'S COMING. 
          I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LIBRARY AT ONE TIME. 
          YES. 
          SO, UM, THIS SECTION TALKS ABOUT ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, SAME THING. 
          UH, IT JUST BEEFS UP SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR LARGE SCALE TESTS REQUIRES FOR, UH, UL TESTING, UH, MITIGATION OF TECHNOLOGIES. 
          'CAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'LL BE TWO DIFFERENT ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS NEXT TO EACH OTHER. 
          AND SO IT GIVES PROVISIONS THAT THOSE SYSTEMS BE TESTED, UM, SO THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY INTERFERENCE. 
          SO THEY DON'T CAUSE ANY, UH, ANY HAZARDS. 
          UH, FIRE HAZARDS AS A BUILDING OFFICIAL, UH, ALLUDED TO IN HIS PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS A NEW SECTION FOR THE STILL SPIRITS AND WINES. 
          SO THE SECTION, UH, THE CODE, THE COUNCIL DOESN'T REALLY GIVE US SPECIFIC GUIDELINES. 
          IT JUST SAYS IF YOU HAVE BULK STORAGE THAT, UH, THESE FACILITIES HAVE TO BE SPRINKLED. 
          UH, CHIEF, I'M SORRY. 
          YES, IF YOU COULD, MARSHALL, IF YOU COULD, UM, YOU KEEP SAYING COUNCIL JUST IN CASE SOMEONE'S LISTEN. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          YOU JUST SAY COG OR THE, THE, THE INTERNATIONAL, WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, FIRE CODE FIRE COUNCIL. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY, GOT IT. 
          SO YEAH, SO THERE'S NO SPECIFIC LIMITS ON THE BULK STORAGE. 
          UH, WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF DEEM WHAT'S NECESSARY, WHAT WE FEEL NECESSARY AS BULK STORAGE FOR THIS SECTION. 
          PUZZLE ROOMS, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER. 
          UH, THERE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPRINKLE SYSTEM, SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM, EXIT ILLUMINATION. 
          AND THIS ALSO APPLIES TO TEMPORARY OPERATIONS. 
          SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SET UP A TEMPORARY ESCAPE ROOM, UH, SOMEWHERE, UH, FOR AN EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, IT HAS TO BE SPRINKLED UNLESS THE EXCEPTION IS, IF IT'S LESS THAN A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR THE TRAVEL DISTANCE IS LESS THAN 50 FEET TO THE NEAREST EXIT. 
          THIS SECTION HERE HAS ALSO BEEN UPDATED, UM, AND IT GIVES THE, UH, IT GIVES, PUTS MORE RESPONSIBILITY 
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ON THE OWNER OF OR DEVELOPER OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE. 
          SO THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT A FIRE SAFETY PLAN AND ALSO SELECT A, UH, SAFETY DIRECTOR. 
          AND THAT ALL HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. 
          AND ALSO THE FIRE MARSHAL RESOURCE A IS A NEW SECTION IN THE BACK OF THE FIRE CODE AND IT ALLOWS FOR VIRTUAL INSPECTIONS. 
          SO WE STARTED UTILIZING THIS PROCESS DURING COVID. 
          UM, WE WEREN'T HAVING A LOT OF CONTACT WITH PEOPLE, SO WE STARTED USING OUR CELL PHONES, FACETIME, UH, SKYPE, GOOGLE, GOOGLE MEET. 
          AND SO IT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET UP TO DATE, UH, INSPECTION IMPROVEMENTS FROM A CONTRACTOR, UH, THROUGH OUR MEDIA DEVICES. 
          THIS LAST SECTION IS, UH, A LOCAL AMENDMENT REVISION. 
          SO DURING OUR LAST CODE ADOPTION, UM, COUNCIL APPROVED THE, UH, USE OF A, WHAT WE CALL A SOURCE CONNECTION. 
          SO THIS IS A FIRE HYDRANT CONNECTION THAT ALLOWS OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO TAKE THE, THE LARGE DIAMETER HOSE, THE FIVE INCH HOSE, THEY CAN TAKE IT AND HOOK IT UP DIRECTLY TO A HYDRANT. 
          AND THERE'S SOME VERBIAGE. 
          WE HAVE A NEW, UH, WE HAVE A NEW VENDOR, A LOCAL VENDOR IN TOWN WHO USES THE SAME SIMILAR PRODUCT. 
          SO WE EDITED THE CODE A LITTLE BIT, REVISED IT A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, UH, LOCAL VENDOR, UH, COULD USE THIS PRODUCT IN OUR CITY. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY FIRE CODE PRESENTATION. 
          I KNOW THIS STUFF IS A LITTLE BIT DRY SOMETIMES, BUT, UH, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, ACTUALLY, THE, THE, THE LAST SLIDE WAS, UH, ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO, YOU PROBABLY ANSWERED MY QUESTION. 
          ESSENTIALLY MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, CEDAR HILL WE'RE, UH, THIS INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE. 
          SO I MEAN, EVERY MUNICIPALITY OF PUBLIC, UH, AGENCY IS PROBABLY REFERRING TO THIS. 
          UH, HOWEVER OUR CITY IS, IS, UH, EMERGING. 
          IT'S GROWING. 
          YES, WE HAVE A NEW, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED ABOUT PRATT MILLION SQUARE FEET. 
          UM, NOW WE DO HAVE AN APPARATUS IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS WHO THEY, I, YOU KNOW, MAKE A, THEY CAN, UM, THEY CAN REACH, YOU KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS. 
          BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS, AND I THINK THIS LAST SLIDE I ANSWERED IT, UH, THERE IS AN INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY CODE. 
          IT'S PRETTY MUCH GENERIC. 
          IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE MOST AGENCIES, UH, BUT TO CUSTOMIZE IT TO MEET CEDAR HILL NEEDS AND THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY TYPE OF AMENDMENTS OR ANYTHING YOU'D RECOMMEND, OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF? YOU PROBABLY ALREADY ANSWERED MY QUESTION 'CAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CUSTOMIZED, UH, THE FIRE HYDRANTS, BUT YES. 
          UM, BUT NOT JUST ON YOUR FIRE SIDE, BUT ALSO ON THE, ON THE BUILDING SIDE IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF OR, UM, THE, THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING ALSO DO INCLUDE SOME AMENDMENTS. 
          UH, THAT'S SUCH MY QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          THIS, THIS WAS THE MAIN ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BECAUSE IN FROM THE 18 TO THE 21, THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF, UH, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, UH, THAT PERTAINED TO, UH, THE NORTH, NORTH TEXAS AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SO, BUT THIS WAS THE, UH, THE MAIN LOCAL AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND AS FAR AS ANY TYPE OF RESOURCES THAT, UM, OR DEPARTMENTS' NEEDS THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS IN ORDER TO DO THE INSPECTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT COUNSEL MAY BE AWARE OF? NO, SIR. 
          NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, STACY, ANYTHING ON YOUR END? OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, WE DO HAVE, UH, OH, YOU GOT MORE STEPS LEFT. 
          OKAY. 
          I SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          I, I'M BACK. 
          . 
          UH, JUST NEXT STEPS. 
          SO, UH, CITY COUNCIL, YOU'LL RECEIVE ALL THESE ORDINANCES FOR REVIEW. 
          UM, IT'LL BE ON THEN NOT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT, UH, APRIL 22ND. 
          THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE DOES REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING AND RESIDENTIAL CODES. 
          SO WE WILL CONDUCT THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THAT TIME. 
          AND THEN, UH, ALL ORDINANCES WILL BE ON THAT COUNCIL AGENDA FOR APPROVAL. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT OR OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS AFTER YOU RECEIVE THOSE ORDINANCES, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW PROTE TYPICALLY LIKES TO SEE RED LINE VERSIONS, BUT, OH BOY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU ALREADY, I I DON'T KNOW IF WE, DID WE HAVE THOSE IN RED LINE? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK SO. 
          SO I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE EXPLAINED ARE THE CHANGES. 
          AND SO TYPICALLY WHEN I, I DO LIKE RED LINE VERSIONS, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED THEM, SO YES. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I DON'T NEED THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          I'M READY. 
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GOOD JOB. 
          WE DO HAVE ANOTHER 
          [4.  Presentation of the 2025 Community Satisfaction Survey results.]
PRESENTATION COUNSEL PRESENTATION OF THE 2025 COMMUNITY SATISFACTION SURVEY RESULTS AND I SEE MS. VINCENT COMING UP. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          HI. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE, UM, JASON MURDO WITH ETC INSTITUTE WHO'LL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THE CITIZEN, UH, SATISFACTION SURVEY. 
          UH, ETC HAS, UH, WORKED WITH THE CITY SINCE 2016 EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          WE ISSUE THIS SURVEY OUT, UM, OUR LAST SURVEY WAS ACTUALLY SENT OUT IN 2022, SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK THROUGH, UH, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF CEDAR HILL AND WHAT HE'S SEEN TRENDING, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR CEDAR HILL BUT NATIONALLY. 
          UM, AND SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JASON. 
          AND JASON LITERALLY JUST GOT OFF THE PLANE, HIS FLIGHT WAS DELAYED AND HE MADE IT JUST IN TIME. 
          I SAID, WE HAVE BUILDING CODES RIGHT BEFORE YOU, SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU JASON. 
          YEAH, JUST IN TIME. 
          CLOSE CALL. 
          YEAH, GOOD EVENING. 
          THANKS. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. 
          MY NAME'S JASON MARDO. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH AT ETC INSTITUTE AND WE ARE A MARKETING RESEARCH FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN CONDUCTING COMMUNITY SURVEYS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
          AND WE JUST FINISHED FOR THE FIFTH TIME CONDUCTING A COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. 
          SO TODAY I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH THE KEY FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY. 
          I DUNNO IF THIS IS, IS IT THIS THERE? IT'S, UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT ETC INSTITUTE. 
          WE'RE A NATIONAL LEADER IN PROVIDING MARKET RESEARCH FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND IN THE LAST 10 YEARS ALONE, WE'VE CONDUCTED SURVEYS IN MORE THAN A THOUSAND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF SURVEYS FOR CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE SPECIALIZE IN. 
          THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'LL GO THROUGH TODAY. 
          I'LL GO OVER THE PURPOSE AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SURVEY. 
          I'LL WALK THROUGH THE KEY FINDINGS, GIVE A SUMMARY OF OUR MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SURVEY, AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. 
          SO THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS TO CONDUCT A SURVEY LIKE THIS. 
          ONE IS TO GET AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF HOW SATISFIED RESIDENTS ARE WITH MAJOR CITY SERVICES AND TO DETERMINE WHAT RESIDENTS ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ON THIS YEAR'S SURVEY ARE THE SAME ONES WE'VE ASKED IN THE PAST SO THAT WE CAN MEASURE TRENDS OVER TIME. 
          ALTHOUGH EACH TIME WE CONDUCT A SURVEY, WE DO REVIEW THE PREVIOUS SURVEY AND MAKE A A FEW TWEAKS HERE AND THERE. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THIS SURVEY IS TO MEASURE TRENDS FROM PREVIOUS SURVEYS AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO COMPARE YOUR RESULTS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          SO I MENTIONED THIS IS THE FIFTH COMMUNITY SURVEY WE'VE CONDUCTED FOR THE CITY OF, UH, CEDAR HILL. 
          THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS IN 2022, THE FIRST ONE BACK IN 2016. 
          THE SURVEY WAS ADMINISTERED BY A COMBINATION OF MAIL AND ONLINE TO RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 401 COMPLETED SURVEYS. 
          OUR GOAL WAS TO GET TO 400. 
          SO WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. 
          AND THE RESULTS OF THE 401 SURVEYS AT THE 95% LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE HAS A MARGIN THERE OF PLUS OR MINUS 4.9%. 
          ESSENTIALLY, THIS MEANS THAT IF WE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY THE SAME WAY A HUNDRED TIMES 95 TIMES, THE RESULTS WOULD BE PLUS OR MINUS 4.9% FROM WHAT WE'RE REPORTING. 
          SO EVEN FOR A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY LIKE THIS, THE RESULTS ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS SMALL. 
          SO HERE WE HAVE A MAP OF THE CITY. 
          THE RED DOTS ARE HOUSEHOLDS THAT COMPLETED A SURVEY. 
          SO WE HAD A GOOD DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THE AREAS WITHOUT DOTS ARE MOSTLY NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          UM, AND THE RED DOTS ARE THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT COMPLETED A SURVEY. 
          AND AS WE WERE ADMINISTERING THE SURVEY, WE MADE SURE THAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS REFLECT THE ACTUAL POPULATION OF THE CITY. 
          SO WE ESPECIALLY PAID ATTENTION TO KEY DEMOGRAPHIC AREAS SUCH AS AGE, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER. 
          SO HERE'S WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE SURVEY. 
          WE FOUND THAT RESIDENTS HAVE A POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. 
          79% OF RESPONDENTS ARE EITHER VERY SATISFIED OR SATISFIED WITH CEDAR HILL AS A PLACE TO LIVE. 
          AND THAT'S COMPARED TO ONLY 8% WHO ARE DISSATISFIED. 
          WE ALSO FOUND THAT SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES IS MUCH HIGHER IN CEDAR HILL THAN OTHER CITIES. 
          CEDAR HILL RATES ABOVE THE US AVERAGE AND 54 OUT OF THE 58 AREAS THAT WE COMPARED. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES 51 AREAS WHERE YOUR RATINGS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE US AVERAGE. 
          WE'LL LOOK AT THIS IN MORE DETAIL IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF AREAS I I DID WANT TO POINT OUT. 
          THE ONE IS THAT SATISFACTION WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICE RATES 33 PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE THE US AVERAGE. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE YOU RATE THE FARTHEST ABOVE THE US AVERAGE. 
          AND ANOTHER ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE YOU RATE THE FARTHEST ABOVE THE US AVERAGE IS COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC. 
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OVERALL, THE SATISFACTION RATINGS, UH, REMAIN HIGH AND THEY'RE SIMILAR THIS YEAR OVERALL AS THEY WERE TO THE LAST SURVEY IN 2022. 
          AND THE TOP OVERALL PRIORITIES ARE TRAFFIC FLOW AND CONGESTION, MAINTENANCE OF CITY, STREETS, BUILDINGS, AND FACILITIES AND ENFORCING CODES AND ORDINANCES. 
          SO FIRST WE'LL LOOK AT SOME GENERAL PERCEPTIONS OUR RESIDENTS HAVE OF THE CITY. 
          HERE WE ASK RESIDENTS TO RATE THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF CEDAR HILL IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE DARK BLUE ARE THOSE WHO ARE VERY SATISFIED. 
          LIGHT BLUE, SATISFIED GRAY IS NEUTRAL AND WE INTERPRET NEUTRAL AS AVERAGE. 
          WE'RE MEETING EXPECTATIONS. 
          IT'S A RATING OF A THREE AND A FIVE POINT SCALE, SO IT'S NOT, NOT A BAD RATING. 
          AND THEN THE PINK ARE THOSE WHO ARE DISSATISFIED OR VERY DISSATISFIED. 
          SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE BLUE THAN THE RISK PINKS. 
          THE POSITIVE RATINGS OVERALL FAR OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVE. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THIS CHART, UM, MOST RESPONDENTS GAVE VERY HIGH RATINGS TO CEDAR HILL AS A PLACE TO LIVE TO THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN CEDAR HILL AND TO CEDAR HILL AS A WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. 
          THE ONE AREA YOU CAN SEE THAT DID HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF DISSATISFACTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART ARE CEDAR HILL AS AN ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION. 
          AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS SURVEYS. 
          THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST QUESTION ON THE SURVEY. 
          AND HERE WE ASK RESIDENTS TO RATE HOW SATISFIED THEY ARE WITH MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES. 
          SO HERE WE ASK RESIDENTS TO RATE THESE AREAS AT THE BIG PICTURE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL. 
          AND THEN LATER ON IN THE SURVEY WE ASKED ABOUT SOME MORE SPECIFIC AREAS WITHIN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES. 
          SO AGAIN, THE BLUE OR THE POSITIVE RATINGS, THE GRAY ARE AVERAGE THREE ON THE FIVE POINT SCALE. 
          THE PINK ARE THOSE WHO ARE DISSATISFIED. 
          AND OVERALL THE POSITIVE RATINGS FAR OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVE. 
          THE LOWEST RATED AREA WAS ENFORCING CODES AND ORDINANCES. 
          BUT EVEN FOR THAT YOU HAD 50% WHO WERE SATISFIED COMPARED TO 23% DISSATISFIED. 
          A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE ASK THIS QUESTION, THERE'LL BE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE AREAS THAT HAVE A, A MORE DISSATISFIED RESIDENTS AND SATISFIED. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S NOT THE CASE FOR ANY OF THESE SERVICES. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THIS CHART, THE HIGHEST RATED AREAS ARE PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND RECREATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          SO HERE AGAIN, WE HAVE A MAP OF THE CITY AND WHAT WE DID HERE IS BROKE THE RESULTS OUT BY CENSUS BLOCK GROUP, WHICH ARE WHAT THOSE BLACK LINES SHOW THE BOUNDARIES OF. 
          SO THIS TELLS US IF RESIDENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY OR RATE SERVICES DIFFERENTLY. 
          THIS MAP SHOWS HOW RESIDENTS FEEL ABOUT CEDAR HILL AS A PLACE TO LIVE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE MAP IS BLUE AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW AREAS IN DARK BLUE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING. 
          SO THIS TELLS US THAT RESIDENTS IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY, UH, ARE SATISFIED WITH CEDAR HILL AS A PLACE TO LIVE. 
          SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES IS MUCH HIGHER IN CEDAR HILL THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          CEDAR HILL RATES ABOVE THE US AVERAGE IN 54 OF THE 58 AREAS THAT WE COMPARED, AND THAT INCLUDES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN 51 OF THOSE AREAS. 
          AND BY SIGNIFICANT WE MEAN 5% OR MORE ABOVE THE US AVERAGE. 
          AND THEN CEDAR HILL ALSO RATES ABOVE THE TEXAS AVERAGE IN 53 OF THOSE AREAS AND SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN 51 AS WELL. 
          SO FOR THESE NEXT FEW CHARTS, THE DARK BLUE LINE OR CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS WHO ARE EITHER VERY SATISFIED OR SATISFIED, THE LIGHT BLUE OR THE SATISFACTION RATINGS FOR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE GRAY BAR ARE THE SATISFACTION RATINGS FOR RESIDENTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE US. 
          AND THIS IS BASED ON A NATIONAL SURVEY THAT ETC INSTITUTE CONDUCTS EVERY ONE TO TWO YEARS WITH ABOUT 10,000 RANDOMLY SELECTED RESIDENTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          SO THIS FIRST CHARGE FOR PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE CHART, YOU CAN SEE CEDAR HILL RATES MUCH HIGHER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES AS A PLACE TO LIVE, AS A WELCOMING COMMUNITY OF PE FOR PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. 
          AND ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO THE OVERALL IMAGE OF THE CITY, THIS CHART IS FOR MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES. 
          AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT CEDAR HILL RATE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN BOTH THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL AVERAGE IN ALL NINE AREAS. 
          UH, A COUPLE OF THE AREAS THAT ESPECIALLY STAND OUT ARE CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDED BY CITY EMPLOYEES AND THEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, BUT CEDAR HILL ALSO RATES MUCH HIGHER THAN OTHER CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER AND SEWER, UH, STREETS, BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, TRAFFIC FLOW, AND THEN ENFORCING CODES AND ORDINANCES. 
          THESE COMPARISONS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR MAINTENANCE SERVICES. 
          SO CEDAR HILL RATES SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE US AVERAGE AND SIX OUT OF THESE EIGHT AREAS. 
          THE TWO AREAS THAT RATE A LITTLE BIT LOWER ARE STREET LIGHTING AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY, WHICH ON THE SURVEY WE DESCRIBED 
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AS AVAILABILITY OF SIDEWALKS. 
          NOW, THOSE AREAS DIDN'T HAVE BAD RATINGS, BUT THEY'RE JUST MORE ON PAR WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          WHEREAS THE OTHER SIX AREAS, UH, WHICH INCLUDE CONDITIONS OF MAJOR STREETS AS AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, UH, RATE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE TEXAS AND NATIONAL AVERAGE HERE IN COMPARISONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND IN ALL 13 AREAS, CEDAR HILL RATES SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE US AVERAGE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THIS INCLUDES A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES RELATED TO POLICE, FIRE AND EMS. AND THEN HERE WE ASK HOW SAFE RESIDENTS FEEL IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS FEEL SAFER THAN RESIDENTS DO IN OTHER CITIES IN ALL OF THESE AREAS. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND ROW DOWN, 78% OF CEDAR HILL RESPONDED TO SAY, OVERALL THEY FEEL SAFE IN THE CITY. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE TEXAS AVERAGE IS ONLY AT 58%, NATIONAL AVERAGE 66%. 
          AND THEN HERE ARE COMPARISONS FOR COMMUNICATION. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT CEDAR HILL RATES SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE TEXAS AND US AVERAGE AND FOUR OUT OF THESE FIVE AREAS. 
          SO WE ALSO COMPARED THESE RESULTS TO PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          OVERALL, THE SATISFACTION RATINGS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE THE RESULTS WERE VERY, VERY POSITIVE TWO YEARS AGO. 
          AND MOST CITIES THAT WE'VE SURVEYED HAVE HAD AN OVERALL DECREASE IN SATISFACTION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN OF THE YEAR. 
          RATINGS HAVE BEEN VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY WERE IN 2022. 
          NOW THIS CHART SHOWS SOME OF THE AREAS THAT HAD AMONG THE BIGGEST INCREASES AND DECREASES IN SATISFACTION SINCE 2022. 
          MOST OF THE BIGGEST INCREASES WERE RELATED TO THE LIBRARY, UH, THE AMOUNT OF SPACE IN THE LIBRARY, QUALITY OF THE CONDITION OF LIBRARY FACILITIES, THE QUALITY OF COMPUTERS, MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AT THE LIBRARY, THE AVAILABILITY OF COMPUTERS AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AT THE LIBRARY IN THE QUALITY AND CONDITION OF SWIMMING POOLS. 
          THE AREAS WITH THE BIGGEST DECREASES IN SATISFACTION SINCE 2022 ARE EFFORTS TO REMOVE DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES, EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY ABANDONED AND UNSECURED PROPERTIES, UH, OVERALL QUALITY OF LOCAL SCHOOLS. 
          THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF CEDAR HILL IN THE QUALITY OF THE CITY'S MY CEDAR HILL MOBILE APP. 
          SO NOW WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT TOP PRIORITIES. 
          WE SAW EARLIER HOW SATISFIED RESIDENTS ARE WITH MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES. 
          AS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, WE ASK WHICH OF THESE SERVICES SHOULD RECEIVE THE MOST EMPHASIS FROM CITY LEADERS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS? SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOP TWO PRIORITIES ARE MAINTENANCE OF CITY, STREETS, BUILDINGS, AND FACILITIES, AND THEN TRAFFIC FLOW. 
          THE NEXT HIGHEST PRIORITIES ARE ENFORCING CODES AND ORDINANCES, AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CALL THE IMPORTANT SATISFACTION RATING. 
          AND THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE USE TO HELP COMMUNITIES SET PRIORITIES AND DETERMINE WHICH AREAS THEY SHOULD FOCUS ON OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          AND THIS ANALYSIS IS BASED ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA. 
          FIRST, WE ASK RESIDENTS HOW SATISFIED THE R RISK SERVICES. 
          THEN WE ASK WHICH SERVICES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO EMPHASIZE. 
          SO THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THAT THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE A COMBINATION OF LOW LEVELS OF SATISFACTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ARE RATED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT SHOULD BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES TO FOCUS ON. 
          SO THE AREAS IN PINK ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AREAS IN YELLOW. 
          THE NEXT LEVEL OF PRIORITY AREAS IN GREEN ARE MORE OF A MIDDLE LEVEL PRIORITY. 
          AND THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE AREAS IN GREEN DON'T NEED ANY ATTENTION, BUT MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO AREAS IN PINK AND YELLOW WOULD IMPACT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. 
          SO THIS FIRST CHART IS FOR MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE TOP OVERALL PRIORITY IS TRAFFIC FLOW AND CONGESTION. 
          THE NEXT HIGHEST PRIORITIES ARE MAINTENANCE OF CITY STREETS, BUILDINGS, AND FACILITIES AND ENFORCING COS AND ORDINANCES. 
          THIS TABLE FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON MAINTENANCE SERVICES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE TOP OVERALL PRIORITY IS TRAFFIC FLOW ON MAJOR CITY STREETS. 
          UH, THE NEXT TWO PRIORITIES, WHICH JUST BARELY MISSED FALLING INTO THAT YELLOW SEC SECTION, ARE THE TIMING OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON CITY STREETS AND THEN ADEQUACY OF STREET LIGHTING. 
          THEN WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES, THE TOP TWO PRIORITIES ARE VISIBILITY OF POLICE AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND EFFORTS TO PREVENT CRIME. 
          SO JUST A QUICK RECAP. 
          WE SAW THAT RESIDENCE HAVE A POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THAT IN THE REPORT, BUT ONE OF THE AREAS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT IS THAT 79% OF RESPONSE WERE SATISFIED WITH CEDAR HILL AS A PLACE TO LIVE. 
          ONLY 8% WERE DISSATISFIED. 
          WE SAW THAT SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES IS MUCH HIGHER IN CEDAR HILL THAN OTHER CITIES. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THAT AS WELL, BUT A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          THE SATISFACTION RATINGS, UH, REMAINED HIGH JUST LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN IN 
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PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          AND OVERALL THEY'RE SIMILAR TO YOUR PREVIOUS SURVEYS. 
          AND THE TOP OVERALL PRIORITIES ARE TRAFFIC FLOW AND CONGESTION, MAINTENANCE OF CITY STREETS, BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND ENFORCING CODES AND ORDINANCES. 
          SO THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAD. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THE RESULTS OVERALL ARE VERY, VERY POSITIVE AND JUST LIKE PREVIOUS YEARS, CEDAR HILL RATES MUCH HIGHER THAN THE US AVERAGE IN MOST OF THESE AREAS THAT WE SURVEY. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          YES, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH. 
          COUNCILOR MCCURDY, YOU ON THE FLOOR? UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, AND AND MY QUESTION I GUESS IS MORE FOR, FOR STAFF. 
          I SAW THE THE, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR FROM THE SURVEY IS TRAFFIC FLOW IN MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, GIVEN THAT TXDOT STILL KIND OF MANAGES 1382, HOW MUCH CONTROL DO WE HAVE OVER THAT? 'CAUSE MOST OF, MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT TRAFFIC INGESTION AND FLOW PERTAIN TO 1382. 
          UH, YES, COUNCILMAN, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, THESE ARE THE EXACT SAME THREE AREAS IN THE LAST SURVEYS THAT CITIZENS HAVE SAID WE SHOULD WORK ON. 
          AND WE ASK THAT SAME QUESTION EVERY YEAR, BUT TO YOUR POINT, UM, MOST OF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT WE SEE ON 1382 AND BELTLINE ARE MAINTAINED AND MANAGED BY TXDOT IN WHICH THOSE LIGHTS AND HOW TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          THEY, UH, WE HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH TXDOT, BUT THEY ARE MAINTAINED AND MANAGED BY TXDOT. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, ACTUALLY THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY ONLY QUESTION. 
          UM, IN YOUR SURVEY YOU SAY CITY STREETS, BUT UH, IS THERE A WAY TO DECIPHER IF IT'S CITY, STREETS OR TEXTILE ON STREETS? WE DO TRY TO, WE DO JUST SAY MAJOR CITY STREETS, SO, UM, SOME RESIDENTS MAYBE DON'T KNOW WHICH ARE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY AND WHICH ARE, UM, THAT MAP I SHOWED THAT BROKE THE RESULTS OUT FOR OUR RESIDENTS FEEL, FEEL ABOUT CITY CEDAR HILL AS A, AS A PLACE TO LIVE. 
          WE CREATED A MAP LIKE THAT FOR EVERY QUESTION ON A SURVEY ASKED ON A FIVE POINT SCALE, INCLUDING HOW RESIDENTS FEEL ABOUT MAJOR CITY STREETS AS WELL AS, UM, SIDEWALKS AND NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. 
          SO THAT MIGHT GIVE A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT PARTS OF THE CITY RESIDENTS ARE THE MOST AND LEAST SATISFIED WITH WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE, THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          SO, UH, IF YOU HAD TO GIVE, UM, I GUESS YOUR INSIGHT ON WHY THE, I THINK EASTERN SIDE OF CEDAR HILL IS MORE, UM, VERY SATISFIED THAN THE REST OF THE CITY. 
          YEAH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. 
          UM, THOSE MAPS PROBABLY WOULD TELL US A LOT. 
          THE ONES THAT WHERE WE CREATED FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY, I HAVEN'T LOOKED CLOSELY ENOUGH TO SEE IF THERE'S ONE OR TWO PARTICULAR AREAS OR IF THAT'S JUST MORE GENERAL, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT SERVICES. 
          UM, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK MORE INTO THAT TO SEE WHAT THE REASONS MIGHT BE AND THE RESULTS ARE POSITIVE EVERYWHERE. 
          BUT YEAH, THAT EASTERN SIDE, THE RESULTS WERE A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT HIGHER. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A FEW MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, COUNCILOR GLOVER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION AND THAT'S AMAZING THAT WE CAN CANVAS OUR CITY RESIDENTS AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL AS WE GO FORWARD AND, AND GOVERN OUR CITY. 
          UM, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS, AND THIS ALSO RELATES TO SPEED. 
          IT SAYS THE FLOW. 
          DOES THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WE THINK OF ACCESS OF BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE LIGHT AND THROUGH CEDAR HILL, BUT IS THERE A FOCUS ON MEASURES TO REDUCE THE SPEED? IS THAT, WAS THAT PART OF THE OUTPUT? UM, WE DIDN'T ASK ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, I MEAN THE CLOSEST THING WOULD PROBABLY BE JUST GENERAL TRAFFIC FLOW, TIMING OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON CITY STREETS. 
          UH, IT'S PROBABLY THE CLOSEST WE CAME TO ASKING. 
          SO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE, UM, SINCE THERE WAS NOT A QUESTION OF DO YOU FEEL THAT THE SPEED IS EXCESSIVE IN OUR CITY, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO MAKE THAT AS A A POINT OF REFERENCE, THEY MAY HAVE USED THAT QUESTION FOR THAT JUST EX EXTRAPOLATING THE DATA, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THERE WAS A CHANCE ALSO AT THE END OF THE SURVEY FOR SOME OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          UM, I DON'T REMEMBER. 
          A LOT OF THEM WERE JUST REALLY KIND OF JUST REINFORCED WHAT WE SAW IN THE SURVEY, BUT THERE WAS A CHANCE THERE FOR RESPONDENTS TO GET MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. 
          SO, AND, AND, AND ONE THING I JUST ALSO WANTED TO CALL OUT ON PAGE 30, UH, WHEN CANVASSING OUR SENIORS OR INDIVIDUALS OVER THE AGE OF 50, NOT SENIORS, UM, WHAT RATE, WHAT RANKED 
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HIGH WAS, WERE THERE FITNESS FOR SENIORS OVER THE AGE OF 50? AND I GUESS AS WE GO FORWARD AS A CITY, WE'LL NEED A FACILITY TO HOUSE THOSE WATER TYPE, UH, FITNESS ACTIVITIES. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR LAGOON IS SEASONAL AND THERE'S NOT AVAILABLE SPACE FOR OUR SENIORS TO HAVE WATER AEROBICS IN THE, IN THE WINTERTIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, PAUL, TIM SIMMONS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND UH, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE, UH, THE LEVEL OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM OUR CITIZENS. 
          UM, BUT I DID NOTICE SOMETHING AND YOU SAID THEY WERE, UH, THE SAME, BUT I SAW A CHART THAT SHOWED THAT FROM, UH, I THINK IT WAS, UH, THE LAST TWO SURVEYS, THE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE IN THE PAST. 
          AND WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? YEAH, WELL THE OVERALL, IF YOU GO BACK TO 2016, WHICH IS THE FIRST YEAR WE CONDUCTED A SURVEY, WHICH IS IN THE REPORT, THE SATISFACTION RATINGS ARE DOWN COMPARED TO THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S BEEN A TREND NATIONWIDE, REALLY EVERYWHERE. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT 20 THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 2022, OVERALL THE LEVEL OF SATISFACTION IS SIMILAR. 
          I MEAN, SOME AREAS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER, SOME A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT LOWER. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL SATISFACTION FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY, UM, THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR THIS YEAR TO A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, A LOT OF THE INCREASES WERE RELATED TO THE LIBRARY. 
          A LOT OF THE DECREASES WERE RELATED TO MORE SOME CODE ENFORCEMENT, SOME SCHOOL RELATED. 
          THOSE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE AMONG THE BIGGEST CHANGES FROM THE LAST SURVEY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, COUNCIL AZI. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, I HAVE MORE OF A, I THINK MORE OF A, A COMMENT. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UH, KUDOS TO, UM, POLICE AND FIRE FOR CONSISTENTLY, UM, UH, IMPROVING. 
          UM, IT'S JUST, UH, CLEAR THAT THE EFFORT THAT WE SEE THEM PUT IN IS, IS REALLY SHOWING IN OUR CITIZENS, UM, ARE APPRECIATIVE OF IT AS WELL. 
          SO I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, THE, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY, IT'S JUST MORE OF A, A GENERAL STATEMENT, AND THAT IS I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME MARKER OF WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE AND CERTAINLY FEEDBACK FROM OUR CITIZENS IS A KEY MARKER. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO USE, UM, STATE AND EVEN NATIONAL, UM, MARKERS AS WELL. 
          BUT I WOULD JUST, AND THIS IS MORE FOR, UH, COUNCIL, UM, IS JUST TO MAYBE SOMEHOW SET OUR OWN, UH, THRESHOLD OF WHAT WE WANT THESE NUMBERS TO LOOK LIKE AND BACK INTO HOW WE CAN, HOW WE CAN DO THAT. 
          BECAUSE IF WE, WE, UM, IF WE CONSISTENTLY ARE USING THE SURVEY AND THE SURVEY SAYS A THING AND THEN WE RUN AFTER THE THING, UM, BUT WE STILL SEE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE SLIPPING OVERALL. 
          I MEAN, THE NUMBERS, WHEN YOU COMPARE THEM, THEY'RE SLIPPING EVEN IF IT'S SLIGHTLY. 
          AND I'D SAY WHAT WE COULD CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO DO IS TO, TO LOOK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD THAT WE WANT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT THE CITIZEN SAYS, WHAT DO WE WANT THOSE NUMBERS TO LOOK LIKE? UM, AND IF THEY'RE BETTER THAN TEXAS, FINE. 
          IF THEY'RE BETTER THAN THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNTRY, FINE, BUT WHAT IS IT ACCORDING TO OUR PREMIER STATEMENTS THAT WE CAN DO TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO, UM, PUT THOSE NUMBERS, IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S 80% FOR ME, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WHERE MAYBE THAT'S ACCEPTABLE, BUT LIKE IN AN AREA LIKE CUSTOMER SERVICE, A 75% RATING ISN'T ACCEPTABLE TO ME, EVEN IF IT'S INCREASING. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S JUST MORE OF A, JUST A GENERAL OBSERVATION ON MY PART. 
          THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILOR HAYDEN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, WELL I THINK BY DOING THE SURVEYS IT KINDA GIVES STAFF AND ALL OF US, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR, TO KINDA KNOW WHAT AREAS TO WORK ON TO TRY TO IMPROVE IN IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES AND THE POLICE AND FIRE ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE THE ONE TO, TO TAKE THE LEAD. 
          UM, I DIDN'T KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT THE POLICE WAS ONE POINT AHEAD OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT , BUT, UH, BUT OUTSIDE THAT, NO, I, I I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE DO THESE SURVEYS, SO IT KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHICH DIRECTIONS THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          YEAH, SURE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN HAYDEN. 
          UM, I GUESS TO FOLLOW UP ON, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, I, I THINK THIS 
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FIRST STARTED OUT BY SAYING WHAT IS THE PULSE? UM, AND WHEN WE STARTED GOING OUT AND DOING THESE SURVEYS, I THINK SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE AWAY TODAY IS, UM, WE'RE NOT USING THE SAME EXACT AUDIENCE. 
          UH, IT IS A RANDOM SURVEY AND UH, JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET AN OVERALL GENERAL, UH, PERSPECTIVE FOR ME, UM, AND I'M JUST ONE VOICE, BUT FOR ME TO SEE THAT WE ARE, UH, STAYING CONSISTENT OVERALL, BUT ALSO WE ARE ABOVE BOTH STATE AND NATIONAL IN JUST ABOUT EVERY CATEGORY. 
          UM, TO ME THAT SEEMS LIKE, UM, OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS, IS UM, I DUNNO, OVERACHIEVING I GUESS. 
          UM, SO ONE QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, UM, IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THE LOWEST THING ON THERE IS ENTERTAINMENT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC WITH TRYING TO, UH, GAUGE THAT QUESTION. 
          IT'S EASY TO SAY, YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENTERTAINMENT HERE, BUT UH, IS THE TARGET AUDIENCE, UM, SENIORS, IS IT TEENAGERS, RIGHT? IS IT JUST ADULTS IN GENERAL? SO, UH, I I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER WHEN IT COMES TO ENTERTAINMENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE, UH, I MEAN WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PLAY HERE IN OUR AREAS, BUT, UM, SOMETHING THAT MAYBE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COULD BE TARGETING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT IS IT THAT, UH, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING OUT FOR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD, UH, DIG A LITTLE DEEPER ON AND, AND RUN SOME CROSS TABS TO SEE WHAT THE RESULTS WERE FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, UM, FOR THAT QUESTION IN PARTICULAR TO SEE IF IT IS, IF, IF THE RESULTS FOR THAT QUESTION YOU CHANGED BASED ON AGE OR, OR GENDER OR INCOME LEVELS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED QUITE A BIT IN THE OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS. 
          UM, A LOT OF IT WAS MENTIONED RESTAURANTS. 
          SOME PEOPLE JUST SAID FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT WEREN'T SUPER SPECIFIC, BUT IT WAS KIND OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED, SO. 
          SURE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          COOL. 
          UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR COUNCIL? UH, COUNCILOR MCCURDY, YOU PUSH A BUTTON? YES SIR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW, NOW I'M ON. 
          SO I WAS NOTICING WHEN I WAS, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE RESULTS BY NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WE HAD A MUCH LARGER NUMBER OF DISSATISFIED, DISSATISFIED RATINGS FROM ONE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          HMM. 
          AND DID, DID YOU SEE ANYTHING IN THE DATA THAT YOU THOUGHT MIGHT BE DRIVING THAT OR, OR YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN DRILL DOWN SOME MORE ON YOU? 'CAUSE MY, MY GUESS IS, IS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIFIC THAT IS DRIVING THE RESULTS IN THAT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS THEN MAYBE SKEWING THE RESULTS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK CLOSER INTO TO SEE IF IT'S, TO SEE IF THAT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, IF IT HAS LOWER RATINGS FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY IN ALL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OR IF IT'S SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC, LIKE IF IT'S RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SECTION ON THE SURVEY ABOUT MAINTENANCE, THERE'S ONE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ASK KIND OF ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          UM, SO WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF IT IS JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST GENERALLY DISSATISFIED ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THAT AREA OR IF IT'S SOMETHING MORE, UH, PARTICULAR. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I WOULD, I'M ALSO WITH THE, I SECOND THE, THE MAYOR'S NOTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT SPECIFIC ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS AND VENUES ARE, ARE CITIZENS LOOKING FOR. 
          I NOTICED A, A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN, UM, THE DISSATISFACTION WITH ENTERTAINMENT AND THEN THE OVERALL RATING OF THE SATISFACTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF, OF ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          THEY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALMOST DIRECTLY CORRELATED WITH WAS WHO WAS, WHO WAS THE LEAST SATISFIED WITH ENTERTAINMENT AND, AND WHO WAS THE LEAST SATISFIED WITH, WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          UM, SO, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET MORE ENTERTAINMENT HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT WE COULD HAVE OUR EDC OR, OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN PARKS DEPARTMENT WORKING ON TO PROVIDE. 
          SO I, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR ON THAT. 
          I DIDN'T SEE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL PART, SO  IT WASN'T IN MY NOTES. 
          YEAH, RIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IS THAT ALL COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          HOPE YOU DIDN'T TRAVEL TOO FAR AWAY TO BE ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY, BUT, UH, NO, NOT, I, I, OUR COMPANY'S IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA, SO OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          NOT SUPER FAR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, PERFECT. 
          THANKS EVERYONE. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, BRIEFING SESSION TODAY. 
          NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS TO ADJOURN. 
          MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          SECOND COUNCILWOMAN ZE NON DEBATEABLE MOTION COUNCIL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          I HAVE 6 59. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, COUNCIL? Y'ALL WANNA GO RIGHT INTO IT? . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL RECONVENE AT, UH, SEVEN 10. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE.
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