* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Call the meeting to order.] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY IS JUNE 10TH, 2025. THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BRIEFING SESSION. I DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 6:00 PM [2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting] AND NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE BACK FROM VACATION. LAST WEEK I WAS IN HAWAII, AND I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, GIVING ME THE TIME OFF. IT WAS NOT EASY TO COME BACK. I WON'T LIE. I DID PERUSE LIKE ZILLOW AND, UH, AIN'T NOTHING AFFORDABLE THERE, SO DON'T QUESTION THAT. , IT'S LIKE THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR A 2000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE. UH, IT'S RIDICULOUS. BUT, UH, WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM, ALLISON, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ALLISON REAM, AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CHASTITY BENSON, AS WELL AS, UH, ASSISTANT TWO, COLBY COLLINS FOR HOLDING DOWN THE FORT AND ALL OF THE OTHER AMAZING PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THAT TIME OFF WITH THE FAMILY. SO APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. UM, BUT MONDAY CAME AND IT WAS LIKE, UH, COLD WATER ON A HOT DAY, , AND SO I HAVE RAMPED BACK UP AND TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS. UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT GOING ON. I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE CALENDAR WITH YOU REALLY QUICKLY, AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER THE AGENDA. UM, ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT, I HAVE DIRECTOR SEAN RAY. I'D LIKE TO COME UP IF YOU DON'T MIND. SEAN RAY, CAN YOU COME ON UP AND TALK ABOUT OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS COMING UP THIS WEEKEND? AND HE'S GOT A PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU EACH OF YOU RECEIVED. SO HAND IT OVER TO HIM. GOOD EVENING, DR. DIRECTOR RAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNSEL. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR, UH, LEADING US LAST FRIDAY IN THE RIBBON CUTTING OUT THERE ON THE 1382 TRAIL EXTENSION AND CELEBRATING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO THE EAST OR TO THE, UH, WEST AND NORTH. AND THIS WEEKEND WE GET TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR PARTNERS TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF US, WITH THE BEST SOUTHWEST JUNETEENTH. UH, THIS SATURDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK, THE GATES WILL OPEN AT GRIMES PARK, LOCATED AT 5 0 1 EAST WINTERGREEN ROAD, UH, FOR THE BEST SOUTHWEST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. UM, THEY WILL HAVE, UH, BANDS INCLUDING THE IN INTENSE BAND, UH, CHATTY CHRISTIE, AND THEN THEIR HEADLINER IS THE FUNK GROUP ZAP. SO IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN. THEY'LL HAVE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, UM, FOOD AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF FOR OUR COUNCIL. YOU ALL HAVE THE V IP PACKETS IN FRONT OF YOU. PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU MIGHT NEED FOR SATURDAY'S GONNA BE THIS FAN THAT DOUG, UH, DESOTO WAS GOING, THAT INCLUDED, UH, THEM, BUT FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, YOU ALL HAVE THIS LANYARD IN THERE ON THE BACK AS THE QR CODE YOU CAN SCAN FOR ALL THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION. UH, YOU'LL NEED TO SHOW THIS AS YOU GO INTO THE 5 0 1, UH, WINTERGREEN ENTRANCE TO ACCESS VIP PARKING, AND THEN THEY WILL SHUTTLE YOU TO THE VIP AREA. AND THEN FOR YOUR PLUS ONE, THEY HAVE THE VIP BRACELETS. THEY, UH, YOUR, UH, GUEST WILL NEED TO, UH, HAVE ON THE WHOLE TIME. UH, SO AGAIN, UM, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING, UH, NOT ONLY OUR COLLABORATION WITH, UH, OUR BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERS, BUT A TIME IN HISTORY WHERE, UH, ALL AMERICANS BECAME FREE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT OUTING, UH, WITH OUR FRIENDS IN DESOTO. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, UH, ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. UH, THANK YOU. OH, GO AHEAD. SORRY, MAYOR. IT, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST FOR ME, BUT, UM, AM I SUPPOSED TO BE INTRODUCING MY KING AND QUEEN? YES. AND THAT TAKES PLACE AT 7 27 20. YES. AND AS FAR AS THE BIO AND STUFF, WE HAVE THOSE TOGETHER FOR YOU. OKAY. WE WILL HAVE A PACKET FOR YOU THAT NIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ALL AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SATURDAY. LOOK FORWARD TO IT. OH, SORRY. DIRECTOR RAY. I'M SORRY, ANOTHER QUESTION. I'M SORRY. SO IT'S UNRELATED, UH, TO JUNETEENTH, BUT CAN YOU JUST GIVE A UPDATE ABOUT THE, UH, EVENT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT? I MEAN, THAT WAS, THE ATTENDANCE WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. SURE. THAT WAS AN PHENOMENAL EVENT. AND I MEAN, THEY, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN AN EVENT, UH, ONE OF OUR, UH, THINGS THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE THAT'S HAD THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY. SURE. UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS REFERRING TO LAST FRIDAY NIGHT'S MUSIC IN THE PARK AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK. UH, THIS IS A MUSIC SERIES WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE VARIOUS BANDS. UH, THIS PAST FRIDAY [00:05:01] NIGHT, WE HAD, UH, A MOTOWN COVER BAND COME OUT. AND, UM, IN REVIEWING ALL THE DATA AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO, WE HAD OVER 1500 PEOPLE ATTEND. UM, AND OVER 20% OF THOSE PEOPLE CAME FROM THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND, UH, IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT TIME AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. AND, UH, THANKS TO, UM, ALLISON ZARIA, SOPHIA AND THE MARKETING TEAM, I THINK THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF REALLY MARKETING IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A FREIGHT, A GREAT TIME, UH, NO HASSLES WITH ANYBODY. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED CONSIDERING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE SIZE OF THE CROWDS THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE ON THOSE FRIDAY NIGHTS. UM, BUT STAFF PULLED TOGETHER QUICKLY, UH, PUT TOGETHER A PARKING PLAN, AND WE GOT EVERYBODY IN AND OUT SAFELY. SO, UH, IT, IT WAS A REALLY FUN TIME. AND, UM, IF YOU WEREN'T ALL GONNA BE AT THE VIP EVENT FOR THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, I WOULD INVITE YOU OUT, UH, TO, FOR THE SANTANA COVER BAND. BUT NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN YOUR SCHEDULES ARE FREE, UH, WE'LL HAVE AN EIGHTIES COVER BAND, SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ALL JOIN US THEN. I, I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THE STAFF BECAUSE IT WASN'T OVER OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AND YOU ALL HANDLE IT EXTREMELY WELL. SO THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT STUFF. SPEAKING OF OVERWHELMING SUCCESS, I WANNA BRAG A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. UH, THIS WEEKEND, IN ADDITION TO THE SUCCESS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HAD THE KID FISH TOURNAMENT THAT ATTRACTED OVER 1500 KIDS AND PARTICIPANTS ON SATURDAY MORNING. AND THEN OVER THE WHOLE WEEKEND, THE LAGOON HAD OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE SWIPES IN THE LAGOON. AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO LIFE SAVING EVENTS FROM LIFEGUARDS AT OUR LAGOON. AND, UH, MAYOR WAS WITNESS TO IT. IT WAS REALLY FUN TO HEAR HIS ENCOUNTER WITH, UH, THE AMAZING SERVICE OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SO JUST, UH, DEFINITELY WANNA DOUBLE DOWN ON THE EXCELLENT WORK OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. YEAH, I WITNESSED ONLY ONE. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS TWO INCIDENTS, BUT, UM, IT, IT WAS REALLY AMAZING HOW THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PATRONS, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWED THE LIFEGUARD'S DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, GOT OUT THE WAY FIRE DEPARTMENT LITERALLY PULLED UP IN THE DRIVEWAY AND JUST KEPT ON ROLLING. THEY DIDN'T EVEN, THEY WASN'T EVEN NEEDED. SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE KID FISH. UM, WHO IS THERE SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT CAUGHT THE BIGGEST FISH? I DON'T THINK THEY'RE IN THE ROOM, BUT I THINK THAT A VERY GREAT PAL OF GRANDFATHER MIGHT BE IN THE ROOM. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. OH YEAH. OH REALLY? . WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. UPDATES. DID HE GET A TROPHY? AND AWESOME. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. THE APPLE. DON'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE NOW, DOES IT? AWESOME. UH, SPEAKING OF BRAGGING, I ALSO WANNA BRAG ON THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. I AGREE. SEAN, UH, DIRECTOR RAY MENTIONED THAT, AS YOU KNOW, WE NOW HAVE A, A COORDINATED COMMUNICATIONS TEAM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, REEM AND SOPHIA. UH, WE HIRED HER AS OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND WE'RE REALLY BOOSTING THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC AND THEY'RE FEELING WELL COMMUNICATED WITH, AND, AND IN RETURN WE'RE SEEING ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT. AND SO THOSE ARE ALL BIG WINS. THOSE ARE PART OF YOUR KEY PILLARS OF SUCCESS, OUR BIG ROCKS. AND SO JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE SUCCESS OF ALLISON AND THE TEAM AND ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE DO WITH THE CITIZENS. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, LOVE FEST. WE WILL END THAT PART, UH, BUT WE'LL START WITH THE, UH, UH, THE CALENDAR AHEAD STARTING TOMORROW. THE MAYOR AND I WERE AT THE MA METROPLEX MAYOR'S MEETING AND THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER MENTIONED THE, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITY SUMMIT TOMORROW STARTING AT 9:00 AM AT THE SHOPS AT REDBIRD, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS SPONSORING. AND I BELIEVE SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE CONFIRMED YOU WILL BE THERE. SO I'LL SEE YOU THERE ALONG WITH THE MAYOR. UM, ON THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH, UH, WE HAVE OUR FAMOUS, UH, KIDS LOVE THIS EVENT. IN ADDITION TO THE FISH TOURNAMENT, KIDS LOVE THE BIG MACHINES EXPO AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK FROM 10 TO ONE P PM ON THURSDAY. UH, WE BRING OUT ALL THE TRUCKS. WASTE MANAGEMENT COMES, UH, UH, THE DUMPSTERS AND, UH, GRABBERS AND ALL THE STUFF THAT CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE DO. THEY COME OUT AND, UH, KIDS GET TO CLIMB ON IT AND PLAY ON IT AND HONK THE HORN. POLICE FIRE, UH, PARKS AND WRECK PUBLIC WORKS. A LOT OF, UH, KIDS GET TO COME OUT AND INTERACT WITH THE EQUIPMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND IT'S REALLY REWARDING TO SEE THEIR SMILES. AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN. IT'LL BE HOT. COME ON OUT EARLY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. UH, [00:10:01] FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH, UH, WE HAVE OUR NEXT, UH, MUSIC IN THE PARK, MILAGRO BAND. AND THEN ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH, THAT IS OUR BEST SOUTHWEST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. OUR DIRECTOR A JUST GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT FROM FIVE TO 10:00 PM FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT IS AT GRIMES PARK IN, UH, DESOTO, TEXAS, THAT IS THE BEST SOUTHWEST, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE DO JOINTLY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, CEDAR HILL, DESOTO, DUNCANVILLE, AND LANCASTER. AND THAT, THAT IS ON SATURDAY JUNETEENTH, UM, FROM FIVE TO 10:00 PM TUESDAY, NEXT TUESDAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. WE WILL BE HOSTING BOARD AND COMMISSION INTERVIEWS AND OUR CITY SECRETARY IS READY TO GO FOR THOSE INTERVIEWS AND TO FILL THOSE IN THE EMPTY SPOTS THAT WILL BE IN THE THIRD FLOOR, ISD TRAINING ROOM HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, UH, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NEED THE FULL TWO DAYS OF INTERVIEWS, WE CANCELED THOSE INTERVIEWS AND WE SLID IN A WORKSHOP ON YOU COUNCIL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUCH AN AGGRESSIVE WORK PLAN, WE'RE WANTING TO REALLY MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON THE MIDTOWN WEST, UH, WEST MIDTOWN PLAN IMPLEMENTATION WITH A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, WE HAVE MET WITH YOU, UM, ONE-ON-ONE AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, UM, GOTTEN SOME INPUT FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT WE'RE GONNA, UH, WORK THAT THROUGH THE PLAN AND DELIVER, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY AND GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. NEXT THURSDAY IS JUNETEENTH. AND OVER THE LAST I THINK FIVE YEARS, THE CITY HAS HONORED THE, UH, CELEBRATION OF THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY OF JUNETEENTH FROM, UH, FOR THE CITY, THE CITY ALL CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED. AND THAT IS ALSO, UH, FOOD CHECK THURSDAY. SO DON'T MISS IT FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM IT WILL STILL GO ON HERE IN OUR SIGNATURE PARK ON TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH. THAT IS OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN, UH, I WANNA MENTION, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL'S BEEN INTERESTED IN THE PAST SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH IS OUR SECURE PAPER SHREDDING EVENT HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER NINE TO NOON. WE ARE DOING THESE EVERY OTHER MONTH NOW. UM, THEY'RE VERY POPULAR, SO WOULD ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT EARLY AND, UH, BRING YOUR SECURE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU NEED SHRED IN. WE'LL GET THOSE TAKEN CARE OF FOR YOU. ON FRIDAY, JULY 4TH CITY OFFICE ARE CLOSED FOR THE FOURTH INDEPENDENCE HOLIDAY. NOW WE DO NOT HAVE A MEETING ON TUESDAY, JULY 8TH. WE ONLY HAVE ONE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY, AND THAT IS TUESDAY, JULY 22ND. IT'S THE ONLY REGULAR MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. HOWEVER, ON TUESDAY, JULY 15TH, WE HAVE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKSHOP AT THE LIBRARY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT 6:00 PM ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS ON THE CALENDAR? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA. [3. Food Truck Pilot Program Ordinance Update.] UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE BRIEFING SESSION IS A FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE UPDATE. OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CHASTITY BENSON, IS HERE. IT'S BEEN A YEAR ALREADY. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PUT IN THOSE REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOOD TRUCKS. SO SHE'S GONNA COME AND GIVE YOU A REPORT ON HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT'S BEEN. UH, UH, IN THE REGULAR AGENDA, WE HAVE AN INVOCATION BY PASTOR JIM HENNESSY FROM TRINITY CHURCH. AND UNDER PRESENTATIONS WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATED JUNE 14TH AS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION DAY IN CEDAR HILL, AND THEN A BADGE PENDING AND ADMINISTERING OS OF OFFICE TO NEWLY PROMOTED FIRE PERSONNEL. UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE HAVE ONE FOR A NEW OLIVE GARDEN GOING WHERE THE CURRENT TGI FRIDAYS IS. UM, THE STAFF AND I HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE OFF RAMP AND TRAFFIC CROSSING SEVERAL LANES TO TURN RIGHT THERE TO GET TO THE RESTAURANT. AND BECAUSE THAT IS TEXTILE RIGHT AWAY, WE ARE GONNA COMMUNICATE OUR CONCERNS WITH THEM AND HOPEFULLY COME TO A SOLUTION. UM, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO EXPRESS OUR URGENCY WITH THEM AND TO TRY TO GET THEM TO THINK OF OPTIONS ON HOW TO ENSURE TRAFFIC SAFETY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE. UH, UNDER BUDGET AND TAX MATTERS. WE NEED TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 26TH BUDGET FOR THE CEDAR CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT. UM, AND THEN ITEM B IS TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR CCPD. UNDER ELECTION MATTERS, WE HAVE CONSIDER ELECTING A MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. WE HAVE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH VERTEX ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF 62,165 FOR WATER CUSTOMER PORTAL SYSTEM UPGRADES. THIS IS A CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, BUT, UH, IT IS AN UPGRADE TO PROVIDE LIVE CHAT OPTION FOR RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT BE WORKING AT THE SAME TIME AS THEY'RE TRYING TO PAY THEIR WATER BILL. UH, SO [00:15:01] WHAT THIS DOES IS THEY CAN CHAT AND, UH, ASK FOR WATER SHUT ONS OR SHUT OFF OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR ACCOUNT, LIVE CHAT. AND THEN IN, UH, HOURS THAT WE ARE CLOSED, IT WILL HAVE A CHAT BOT THAT WILL PROVIDE AUTOMATIC ANSWERS AND THEN ENCOURAGE 'EM TO CALL BACK DURING THE HOURS OF REGULAR SERVICE IF THEY NEED IT. SO THAT ITEM IS UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ITEM B IS TO AUTHORIZE A MAYOR TO EXECUTE A PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY THROUGH CDBG BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR THE SOMERSET SIDEWALK EXTENSION PROJECT. WE DISCUSSED THIS PROJECT WITH CITY COUNCIL DURING THE STREETS, CIP PRO PRO, UM, CIP, UH, MEETING. I THINK IT WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. UH, BUT I'VE BEEN ON VACATION, SO LOTS OF TIME SINCE THEN. UH, ITEM C IS AUTHORIZED THE PURCHASE OF PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE GEAR FROM CACO INDUSTRIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,000. THAT'S ALL FOR THE AGENDA. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? THANK YOU, MADAM CITY MANAGER. ARE THERE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, COUNCILWOMAN AZI, UM, I THINK WE, WE, UM, THIS WAS CLEARED UP FOR ME, BUT I WANTED TO JUST, UM, MAKE THIS THE SPECIAL REQUEST AND I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE UP THE TIME DURING THE REGULAR, THE REGULAR SESSION. UM, I LOVE THAT WE'RE UPGRADING, UM, FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE PURPOSES AND I THINK IT'S A, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOOD FEATURES TO HAVE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S WORKING. UM, AND IF WE COULD JUST KIND OF MAKE THAT A REGULAR THING, AT LEAST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRST TERM BECAUSE IT IS AN ONGOING COST. UM, AND IF WE SEE THAT IT ISN'T WORKING, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MARKET IT MORE AS A FEATURE, ABSOLUTELY, WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS? ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT TO BE PULLED FOR CONSIDERATION? COUNSEL, UH, MADAM CITY MANAGER, ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, SIDEWALK. UM, DID WE ENGAGE WITH THE ISD TO SEE IF THAT WAS THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY? UM, SIDEWALK, UM, RECOMMENDATION, I, I GUESS THIS IS NOT SAFE STREET, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE, UH, SAME THING, BUT, SO WE DID UTILIZE SAFE STREETS FUNDING FOR A LOT OF THE CONNECTIONS TO SCHOOLS, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARKING, THE BACK PARKING LOT ON THE, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO IT'S TO CONNECT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE BACKSIDE. IF YOU REMEMBER WE DID, UM, IF WE DID THE SIDEWALK I HAD VACATION TOO. MADAME CITY MATTRESS? YEAH. . YES. NO, I, I JUST, UM, IT SEEMED LIKE IT'S ON THE FOOTBALL SIDE OF THE, UM, I MEAN IT'S IN THE, IT, I MEAN IT'S ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I GUESS IT'S LIKE, I MEAN I GUESS IT'S ON THE CD RIGHT OF WAY, BUT I MEAN IT IS ADJACENT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED LIKE IT. YES SIR. MAYOR, YOU'RE CORRECT. IT IS ON THE BACKSIDE THERE. SO IT REALLY, UH, WHERE WE EXTENDED THE, UH, WALKING PATH FROM VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK TO THE NORTH, THIS IS JUST CONTINUING TO EXPAND IT UP TOWARD HALIFAX TO GIVE THOSE KIDS THAT DO USE, UTILIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY COMING OFF OF LIKE HALIFAX AND, UH, ALL THOSE OTHER STREETS TO BE ABLE TO STILL CONNECT ONTO THERE. AND SINCE THESE ARE, UH, CBD GRANT MONEY, THEY'RE VERY LIMITED IN WHERE THEY CAN BE APPLIED. AND SO THE INTENT OF THIS IS REALLY TO UTILIZE IT WHERE THE NEED IS MOST BASED ON THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, OKAY, COOL. I MEAN, I, I DON'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, I, I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, EXTENDING THAT FROM THE PARK. THANK YOU DIRECTOR RAY. UH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF, IF WE KNOW WHERE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITIES AS FAR AS AREAS THAT ARE NOT AS SAFE. UM, SO IF WE CAN KINDA GET THAT UPDATE. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. UH, BE HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M QUESTIONING THIS DISTRICT, 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS, THIS THOROUGHFARE HAS A DEAD END, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ACTUALLY TRAFFIC IS, IS THERE, BUT I MEAN, I MEAN, OF COURSE I DO DEFINITELY WANT THE CONNECTION FROM THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTIONS ON THAT. IT'S A VERY, VERY BUSY THOROUGHFARE RIGHT THERE FOR KIDS WALKING ANYWAYS. SURE, YEAH, SURE. YEAH, I, I KNOW THE KIDS ARE, ARE BUSY WALKING THROUGH THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, SO . ALRIGHT, COOL. WELL, UM, THAT'S ALL I GOT, MADAM. CITY MANAGER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE UPDATE. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CHASITY BENSON. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE. UM, AGAIN, [00:20:01] WE, UH, PRESENT EVERYTHING WITH OUR VISION. UH, OUR, WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. UH, IN OUR MISSION, WE ENSURE THAT OUR, UH, WE ARE PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS AND CUSTOMERS, CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES OF PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR AND INTEGRITY AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP. IN OUR PURSUIT OF PREMIER, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THROUGH THE LENS OF STRIVING FOR, UH, PREMIER DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, CLEAN, SAFE, VIBRANT PARKS, TRAILS IN NATURAL BEAUTY, STRONG AND DIVERSE ECONOMY, AND OF COURSE, AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY. UM, IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, OH, WELL, ACTUALLY IT WAS LONGER THAN A YEAR WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS. UM, BUT WE HAVE PROCEEDED TO BRIEF A COUNCIL IN JANUARY OF 2024 AND STAFF, UH, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PURSUE A FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE. UM, WE HELD A WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY WITH FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM ABOUT HOW THEY OPERATE, SOME THINGS THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT WITH, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE. UM, AND WE CRAFTED THAT ORDINANCE AND BROUGHT IT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IN APRIL OF 2024. THEN THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 1ST, AND ON JUNE 11TH, 2024, WE HAD OUR FIRST FOOD TRUCK REGISTER, UM, UNDER THAT ORDINANCE. SO, UM, THE, UM, WE DECIDED TO ESTABLISH THE ORDINANCE AS A PILOT PROGRAM AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FULLY ENCAPSULATE ALL OF THE REGULATIONS RELATED TO MOBILE FOOD VENDING WITHIN ONE ORDINANCE. SO IT INCLUDES NOT ONLY, UM, THE PROVISIONS OF, UM, WHERE THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE ALLOWED, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED THE DEFINITIONS. IT INCLUDED THE REGISTRATION INFORMATION, AND THAT GAVE THE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO SUNSET, UM, THE PROGRAM OR REPEAL IT IN HOLD, YOU COULD DO SO UNDER THAT ONE ORDINANCE. AND IT WAS THE FASTEST PATH FOR, UH, IMPLEMENTATION. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST ALLOW THEM IN THE CITY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND SO WE, UH, CRAFTED THE ORDINANCE BASED ON THE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH THAT WE CONDUCTED ON BEST PRACTICES AND HOW OTHER CITIES WERE REGULATING FOOD TRUCKS AND MOVED FORWARD WITH OUR, UH, MODIFICATION OF OUR EXISTING, UH, FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT ORDINANCE. AND THE PILOT PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO, UM, LOOK AT WHAT WAS WORK, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING, UM, AND IF THERE'S A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF MODIFYING THE ORDINANCE OR, UM, MAKING ANY REVISIONS, IT ALLOW, THE PILOT PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE MULTIPLE MODIFICATIONS TO OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CODE. UM, SO AS A REMINDER, WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WITH THE ORDINANCE IS THAT WE HAVE AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION, UH, FOR A FOOD TRUCK. UM, THIS REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE A DALLAS COUNTY PERMIT. SO IF YOU RECALL LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, NOT, NOT THE ONE THAT JUST ENDED ON SECOND, UH, THE, THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE 80 A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UM, THERE WAS A, UM, UH, LAW PASSED THAT, UM, INDICATED THAT IF THEY HAD A, UH, KIND OF REGIONALIZED, UM, HEALTH INSPECTIONS, SO IF THEY HAD A DALLAS COUNTY PERMIT, IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE IN ANY CITY WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY. SO WE COULDN'T REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A CEDAR HILL HEALTH INSPECTION IF THEY HAD A DALLAS COUNTY PERMIT. SO OUR REQUIREMENT FOR MOBILE FOOD VENDORS IS THAT THEY HAVE THEIR DALLAS COUNTY PERMIT. WE DID REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A FIRE INSPECTION, UH, WITH A CEDAR HILL, UM, FIRE MARSHAL, AND THEN THEY REGISTER THEIR MOBILE VENDING, UM, UNIT PLACEMENT IN CEDAR HILL. THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION, UM, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY SHORT FORM. UM, IT HAS THEIR PROPERTY OWNER AUTHORIZATION, SO WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING TO PARK THEIR FOOD TRUCK, THEY HAVE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DO SO. UM, THEIR SALES TAX INFORMATION, PROOF OF REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE, AND AGAIN, A COPY OF THEIR HEALTH PERMIT. UM, AS A REMINDER, WE ALSO DESIGNATED CERTAIN AREAS TO ENSURE THAT THE SITES THAT THE FOOD TRUCKS WERE LOCATING WERE APPROPRIATE FOR KIND OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. SO ESSENTIALLY OUR, OUR PRIMARY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR IS HIGHWAY 67, UM, BELT LINE. UM, IT'S ALLOWED WITHIN LOCAL RETAIL, INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL PARK UPTOWN OVERLAY DOWNTOWN. SO PRETTY PERMISSIVE WITH REGARD TO OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS. UM, THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM, DOES HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED, SO IT COULDN'T BE A VACANT LOT. UH, STILL DID HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF, UM, BUSINESS ON THE LOCATION. AND THEN WE DID MAKE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE ORDINANCE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. SO, UM, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH OUR FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS, BUT IF YOU'RE OPERATING UNDER A SPECIAL EVENT, SAY NATIONAL NIGHT OUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THIS ORDINANCE WOULDN'T APPLY FOR THOSE SPECIAL EVENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. SO, UM, SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE OF 2024, UM, THE CITY DOES HAVE A DESIGNATED PAGE ON THEIR WEBSITE. IT HAS, IT'S CALLED FOOD TRUCKS. UH, SO VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO FIND THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE REGISTRATION, UH, THE, UH, ORDINANCE [00:25:01] AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, SINCE THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN PLACE, WE'VE ONLY ACTUALLY HAD SIX REGISTER THROUGH, UM, OUR, UH, BUILDING INSPECTIONS PERMITTING TEAM, UM, AND THE REGISTERED PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATIONS. WE'VE HAD TWO IN DOWNTOWN, UH, ONE ON HIGHWAY 67 AND TWO ON SOUTH CLARK. UM, AND SO, UH, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM, UH, SOME OF THE OPERATORS IS, UM, THAT A LOT OF THE RETAIL CENTERS HAVE NOT, UH, GIVEN AUTHORIZATION FOR THEM TO LOCATE ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. UM, THEY MAY HAVE, UM, RESTAURANTS, THEY MAY HAVE OTHER LEASE, UH, COMMITMENTS THAT THEY CAN'T ALLOW FOR FOOD TRUCKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THOSE ARE PRIVATE ENTITIES, SO WE CAN'T TELL THEM THAT YOU HAVE TO ALLOW THE FOOD TRUCK TO LOCATE. UM, BUT THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM SOME OF THE OPERATORS. UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE OPERATORS HAVE ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY PREFER, PREFER, UM, TO BE ABLE TO STAY AT A LOCATION. NOW, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT NECESSARILY PROHIBITS THEM FROM COMING BACK DAY AFTER DAY. THERE IS A FOOD TRUCK THAT OPERATES OUT OF DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE IN THAT SAME LOCATION EVERY DAY. UM, AND SO IS THE PROPERTY OWNER AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZES THAT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PREVENT THAT. UM, BUT THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RELAYED THAT TO YOU ALL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'D HEARD FROM A FEW OF THE OPERATORS THAT HAVE REGISTERED. UM, WITH THAT THOUGH, UM, WE HAVE, UM, RECOGNIZED THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PROMOTE, UM, FOOD TRUCKS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY, UM, HAS INDICATED THAT, UM, THEY ENJOY. UM, SO WHAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM HAS DONE TO HELP TO ACTIVATE, UM, THE SIGNATURE PARK AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, LAUNCHED THE FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS. UM, AND SINCE, UM, MARCH, SINCE THEY BEGAN IN MARCH, UM, WE'VE SEEN OVER 3000 PEOPLE SERVED, UM, AN AVERAGE OF 255 PEOPLE ATTENDING PER EVENT. UM, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE, THE FOOD TRUCK LEAGUE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE A FOOD TRUCK BROKER THAT THEY HAVE, UM, FOOD TRUCKS THAT, UM, THEY WORK WITH AND HELP TO, UH, SECURE THEM FOR THE FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS. IT'S BEEN A WILDLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. UH, I, I PERSONALLY ENJOY IT. I KNOW THURSDAYS I DON'T HAVE TO COOK. UM, AND SO I GO TO THE FOOD TRUCK AND MAKE MY ROUNDS. UM, AND SO IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UTILIZE THAT. AND AGAIN, THROUGH FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS OR EVENTS LIKE THAT, UM, THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THE FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE THAT'S MORE RELATED TO TRUCKS ON A TUESDAY THAT WANT TO PARK IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, AT PARK, AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE. IF HILLSIDE VILLAGE AUTHORIZED THAT ACTIVITY, THAN THEY COULD DO THAT WITHOUT A SPECIAL EVENT. SO, UM, WE, UM, ENJOY FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS. IT WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE SUMMER, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT IT BRINGS TO THE PARK. UM, SO THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WAS RELAT A REGULATIONS RELATED TO FOOD TRUCKS THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. UM, THERE'S ALSO LEGISLATION, UM, RELATED TO FOOD TRUCKS. UM, SO MOBILE FOOD VENDORS, HOUSE BILL 28 44, UM, DOES ADDRESS REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD VENDORS, UM, AND, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE RELATED TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES IN THAT LEGISLATION. THERE IS A LOCAL PREEMPTION, UM, THAT SAYS, AND IT'S VERY BROAD. IT SAYS THE CHAPTER PREEMPTS A LOCAL AUTHOR'S POWER TO PROHIBIT OR REGULATE MOBILE FOOD VENDORS IN A MANNER THAT CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER. UM, SO WHAT WE ARE DOING, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S BEEN SENT TO THE GOVERNOR. HE HAS NOT SIGNED THIS YET. UM, I, AS OF THIS MORNING, I HADN'T CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE'D BEEN ANY ACTIVITY ON IT, BUT, UM, SO IF THE GOVERNOR DOES SIGN THIS INTO LAW, UM, WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT OUR ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY, UH, ELEMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE THAT ARE IN CONFLICT WITH, UH, THIS CHAPTER OF, UM, STATE LEGISLATION. SO WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS ASIDE FROM JUST, UM, UH, RELYING ON THE STATE, UH, LOCAL PREEMPTION IF WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS THERE. BUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT, WE COULD DO THAT AT THAT TIME AS WELL. SO, UM, I, WE DID NOT SET A, UM, SUNSET PROVISION IN THE ORDINANCE. AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS, THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED FOR THE ORDINANCE TO STAY, REMAIN IN EFFECT, THERE WAS NO END DATE. SO THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED FROM YOU ALL. UM, WE CAN JUST ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE. HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN SEE MORE ACTIVITY RELATED TO, UM, THE FOOD TRUCKS. WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FREQUENCY AND LOCATION OF ANY NEW REGISTRATIONS, PROCESS EVALUATION, UM, ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT THERE MAY BE WITH ENFORCEMENT OR VIOLATIONS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD WITH REGARD TO ENFORCEMENT IS LOOKING AT THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION. SO WE DO, UM, RUN THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION ON A A CALENDAR [00:30:01] YEAR, UM, BUT THEIR DALLAS COUNTY REGISTRATION IS NOT BASED ON THE CALENDAR YEAR, SO IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OFF WITH THAT. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS THAT WE MIGHT TWEAK WITH REGARD TO REGISTRATION DATE BEING TIED MORE TO THEIR, UH, PERMIT DATE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO MAKE IT EASIER IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS RELATED TO THAT. BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR. UH, WE WILL TRACK THE FINAL STATE LEGISLATION, UH, AND BRING FORTH ANY AMENDMENTS AS NECESSARY. UM, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED RELATED TO WANTING TO HAVE LIKE A FIXED LOCATION, LIKE A FOOD PARK OR FOOD TRUCK YARD, UM, THOSE WILL BE CONSIDERED AS, YOU KNOW, PERMANENT LAND USES. AND REALLY THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO BE CONSIDERED WITH ANY FUTURE TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE UNDERGOING A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ZONING ORDINANCE REWRITE. UM, AND SO, UM, NEW LAND USES LIKE FOOD TRUCK PARKS OR ANY OTHER LAND, NEW LAND USES COULD BE CONSIDERED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE REGULATION WITH REGARD TO, UM, THINGS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE A MORE PERMANENT TYPE OF LOCATION, WHETHER IT BE, UH, PRIVATELY OWNED OR UM, OR OTHERWISE. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE SINCE WE ARE A YEAR OUT OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE. AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. GREAT, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WE DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE. THANK YOU CHELSEA, FOR THE UPDATE. I HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING FIRE INSPECTIONS OF EACH VEHICLE. DO WE HAVE A WAY, IF BY CHANCE THEY SEE ANY TYPE OF HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY CAN, UH, SUBMIT THOSE TO SOMEONE IN THE CITY SO THAT THE CITY CAN, HAS A WAY TO KIND OF CONTACT DALLAS AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE, WE'VE SPOTTED SOMETHING THAT MAY BE AN ISSUE. MAYBE WE NEED TO RE UHIN INSPECT THIS TRUCK. I'M NOT CERTAIN OF THAT. IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK WITH OUR FIRE MARSHAL. I THINK IT WOULD BE REGARDING, IT'D BE, THEY'D BE LIMITED IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY COULD CONSIDER IN THEIR INSPECTIONS, BUT IF THEY NOTICE SOMETHING THAT'S AN OBVIOUS VIOLATION, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, I'M TALKING ABOUT AN OBVIOUS VIOLATION THAT THEY NOTICE AS THEY'RE DOING THEIR FIRE INSPECTION. MM-HMM . JUST SOMETHING THAT JUST REALLY STICKS OUT AS A, A MAJOR HEALTH VIOLATION. OKAY. I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH OUR FIRE MARSHAL IN TERMS OF THAT AND WHAT THEIR, UM, NOTICE TO DALLAS COUNTY OR TO OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, SIR. YES, SIR. THE FIRST ONE THOUGH, IS GONNA TAILOR OFF OF, UH, COUNCILMAN MALONE. WE HAVE A, AN INSPECTOR THAT GOES AROUND AND SEES ALL OF OUR RESTAURANTS HERE IN CEDAR HILL. IS HE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT THESE FOOD TRUCKS AS WELL? NOT UNDER THE STATE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED THE LICENSE. SO IF THEY HAVE A DALLAS COUNTY PERMIT, THE DALLAS COUNTY PERMIT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KIND POLICE THAT. YEAH. UM, IT, THIS, UH, PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, I, I DROVE BY, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TIMES AND NOTICED THE DIFFERENT TRUCKS AND STUFF OUT THERE. MM-HMM . IS THAT THE ONLY LOCATION THAT'S, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IN HERE ONE ON 67 TOO MM-HMM . SO THAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, OR WERE THEY ALL RIGHT THERE BY THE, THE, UH, LIBRARY? SO THE FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS WAS THE SPECIAL EVENT THAT IS HOSTED, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOOD, UH, FOOD TRUCK LEAGUE AND PARKS AND REC, UM, THE INDEPENDENT LOCATIONS. LIKE THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF DOWNTOWN AND ONE ON HIGHWAY 67, THOSE HAVE BEEN UNDER, UH, THE FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN WORKING WITH THAT PROP, THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THEY ALLOWED THE TRUCK TO LOCATE ON THEIR PROPERTY. SO I SEE ONE UP THERE BY SIMS DRIVE IN YES. THAT'S ONE OF THE LOCATIONS. MM-HMM . SO, UH, OKAY. WELL JUST, JUST CURIOUS. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN OZZIE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I ALSO LOVE THE FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS, NOT BECAUSE I WASN'T GONNA COOK EITHER WAY, , BUT, UM, I JUST, I JUST LOVE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. UM, I KNOW THAT AS IT STANDS, WE, UH, INTRODUCED THIS AS A PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY THINK WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. UH, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE WAITING ON HOUSE BILL, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS HUGE PROJECT WITH THIS, THE UNIFIED CODE. IS THE THOUGHT THAT AFTER WE'RE WE'RE DONE WITH ALL OF THAT, THAT WE WILL COME BACK AND MAKE THIS PERMANENT? OR IS THERE SOME BENEFIT FOR LEAVING IT OPEN-ENDED? UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THERE IS SOME BENEFIT TO LEAVING IT OPEN-ENDED. QUITE HONESTLY, THE WAY THAT WE CRAFTED THE ORDINANCE, IF WE WERE TO MAKE IT PERMANENT, THE THING WE WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE TITLE PILOT PROGRAM. UH, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PUT A SUNSET CLAUSE AND WE DIDN'T, AND WE COULD ALSO TWEAK ANY OF THE REGULATIONS THAT WE NEEDED TO, TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT I BROUGHT UP, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION. UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD WARRANT, OBVIOUSLY TO WAIT UNTIL WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATION AND THEN MAKE SOME PROGRESS WITH REGARD TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND HOW WE MIGHT ADDRESS THEM IN THAT WAY, UM, IN, ON A MORE PERMANENT LAND USE PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN WE COULD REVISIT [00:35:01] IT AT THAT TIME. SO MAYBE I COME BACK IN, IN ANOTHER YEAR AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE UPDATE. WE HAVE SIX MORE REGISTERED TRUCKS AND WE'RE SEEING MORE SUCCESS WITH THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. TIM SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO BASED ON THE PILOT PROGRAM MM-HMM . UM, SO IT, WHAT WOULD YOU IDENTIFY AS A RED FLAG FOR THE COUNCIL? OR, OR ARE THERE ANY RED FLAGS THAT, THAT THE, I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST RED FLAG. 'CAUSE YOU IDENTIFIED SOME CONCERNS, BUT MM-HMM . UM, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY WANT US TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO, OR YOU'RE JUST COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THINGS HAVE GONE? WHAT I, WHAT I HEARD FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SEEM TO BE PRETTY COMFORTABLE AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY, ANY MAJOR RED FLAGS? NO, WE'RE NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH THE PROGRAM. WE THINK IT'S WORKING WELL. I THINK THE, THE, IT'S NOT A RED FLAG, BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE OPERATORS IS I THINK THEY'VE, THEY'VE STRUGGLED WITH GETTING, UH, PROPERTY OWNER AUTHORIZATION, BUT THAT IS A PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, YES. PRIVATE ENTITY. AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT. SO WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES THAT HAVE RISEN TO RED FLAG STATUS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UM, I ALSO ENJOY FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS. I WON'T TALK ABOUT MEAT COOKING, BUT, UM, I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. I KNOW IT'S FROM, IT'S PRIVATE DATA, BUT HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY SALES DATA FROM THOSE SIX PERMANENT TRUCKS? ARE THEY SUCCESSFUL? IS IT, ARE THEY MAKING MONEY? I, I AM NOT SURE ON THE SALES DATA, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE IN DOWNTOWN THAT LOCATES PRETTY MUCH ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY'RE DOING WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCATING THERE. THE OTHER LOCATIONS, THE ONE ON HIGHWAY, UH, 67 WAS A SHORT STINT. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE BEEN BACK TO THAT LOCATION. UM, AND THEN THERE WERE, THE OTHER TWO WERE ON SOUTH CLARK. I'VE NOT BEEN BY THERE TO WITNESS, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN THEY'VE BEEN ON THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT I WOULD ASSUME AT LEAST ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN, HAS SEEN SOME SUCCESS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LOCATING THERE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. AND, AND ONE FINAL QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY UNEXPLORED OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE PERMANENT PARK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR FOR FOOD TRUCKS? YOU KNOW, I THINK THE FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS HAS BEEN PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF HOW TO, UM, ALLOW FOR, UM, FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS THAT, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS UNDER THE FOOD TRUCK LEAK, SO THERE ARE CERTAINLY THOSE TRUCKS THAT OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT COMPANY. BUT, UM, THOSE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES, ANY OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE HAD FLETCHER'S CORN DOGS AT THE SUMMER READING KICKOFF. I ALSO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF FLETCHER'S , UM, FOOD TRUCK. BUT, UH, YEAH, SO THOSE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES, WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW THAT. AND, UM, I THINK AS PART OF, UH, TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ZEN'S POINT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS MAYBE, UH, REVISIT SOME OF THE OPERATORS THAT WE INITIALLY MET WITH WHEN WE CRAFTED THE ORDINANCE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM, YOU KNOW, IF OR IF THEY'RE FINDING, UH, ANY OTHER CHALLENGES. AND MAYBE AGAIN, TO PUSH THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THEM AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LOCATE IN CEDAR HILL. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY. YES. THANK YOU. UM, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MM-HMM . AS WE ALL KNOW, THE STATE LOVES TO, TO PREEMPT. UM, THE FACT THAT THE, THAT THE, UH, LEGISLATURE PASSED THIS BILL IS PRETTY GOOD INDICATION THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PROBABLY GOING TO, TO SIGN IT BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO. UM, HAVE, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT WHAT'S IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IN THEIR, THEIR ORDINANCES THERE OR, OR THE STATE LAW MM-HMM . THAT IS GONNA REQUIRE REVISION OF OUR ORDINANCE. SO ONE THING IN PARTICULAR IS RELATED TO, IT REMOVES THE LOCAL, UM, ABILITY TO REGULATE HOURS OF OPERATION. UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE HOURS OF OPERATION IN OUR ORDINANCE, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MODIFY. UM, AND THERE'S A STATEMENT IN THERE WITH REGARD TO FIRE, LOCAL FIRE INSPECTIONS. IT DOES INDICATE THAT YOU CAN HAVE THEM, UM, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WHICH OURS ARE, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, ARE KIND OF WORDED DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF THE WAY THAT THEY WANT THE INSPECTIONS TO BE CONDUCTED. SO THOSE ARE JUST THE TWO OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT EXIST IN THAT BILL. OKAY. AND, AND, AND JUST ONE FINAL COMMENT. I, YOU KNOW, HAVING, HAVING BEEN TO, TO A NUMBER OF THE, THE FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS, I'VE HAD POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM BOTH THE PEOPLE ATTENDING AS WELL AS THE, THE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS. UH, ONE GENTLEMAN SAYING THAT HE, HE LIVES, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE OF MILES FROM, UH, FROM THE LIBRARY. AND, UH, SO HE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BASICALLY DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND, AND SET UP HIS OPERATION. I LOVE IT BEING ON JUST HAVING IT ON ON THURSDAYS THERE BECAUSE IT REALLY MAKES IT MORE OF AN EVENT. YES. RATHER THAN, I THINK IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE IT EVERY DAY, PEOPLE KINDA START TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. MM-HMM . HAVING IT ONCE A WEEK KIND OF MAKES IT AN EVENT. SO I, I LOVE THE WAY YOU'RE DOING IT SO FAR. MM-HMM . UM, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. [00:40:03] UM, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A, UM, VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PROGRAM. UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU CREDIT, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BENSON, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR. UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING, UH, I GUESS LISTENING TO THE COUNCIL AND KIND OF GIVE DIRECTION. UM, IT WAS YOUR IDEA TO BE ABLE TO DO A PILOT PROGRAM, UH, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A ORDINANCE THAT WE KIND OF JUST PERMANENTLY, UH, UH, DEAL WITH. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR PATIENCE IN THAT AND THEN STILL DELIVERING A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. UH, I GUESS, UM, YOU KNOW, MY ONLY, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMENT IS, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK FOR, I GUESS, SOME LAND USE THAT IT'LL BE A GOOD, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, THE NEXT LEVEL OF, UH, OF ANOTHER TYPE OF VENTURE WITH, UH, FOOD TRUCK VENDORS. AND, UM, I GUESS THAT MIGHT BE A CONVERSATION YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE WITH HENRY. UH, NO PRESSURE. UM, AND, UM, I GUESS THAT'S ALL I GOT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU. WELL, COUNSEL, I GUESS WE, UH, GOT THROUGH THIS AGENDA PRETTY QUICKLY SO YOU GOT SOME EXTRA TIME. SO FINAL ITEM ON THIS AGENDA. THE BRIEFING SESSION, UH, IS TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. I DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER, MALONE NONE. MOTION. ALL A FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6 41. WE ARE, WE RECONVENED AT 7:00 PM FOR THE REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.