* 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. [00:00:03] GOOD [1. Call the meeting to order.] EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2026. THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED BRIEFING SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS, I HAVE A 6:00 PM AND I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING THE ORDER. WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. NEXT ITEM [2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting] ON THE AGENDA IS CITY G, CITY MANAGER REPORT. MADAM CITY MANAGER, GOOD EVENING TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? IT'S A DIFFERENT MIC. IS IT ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT'S A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE TO SERVE THE CITY THIS EVENING. UM, I HAVE A LOT OF UPDATES FOR YOU 'CAUSE IT'S THE LAST TIME WE HAD A MEETING WAS A MONTH AGO, SO WE HAVE LOTS TO UPDATE YOU ON. AND, UH, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE COUNCIL CALENDAR. ACTUALLY, FIRST I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO AN AMAZING NEW MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, MR. NEIL BOLTON HAS BEEN HIRED AS OUR DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. AND BEFORE HE COMES UP, I'M, I'M GONNA SURPRISE HIM HERE. I WANNA SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT HIM. I'M SORRY. FIX THE MICROPHONE, . OKAY. MOVE IT THAT WAY. ASK THE IT DIRECTOR. . OKAY. NEIL, COME ON OUT. IS THE IT DIRECTOR HERE, . NEIL BOLTON GRADUATED FROM CEDAR HILL HIGH SCHOOL. UH, HE SERVED THE CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR 27 YEARS, WITH 10 OF THOSE YEARS AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY. HE WAS ALSO FORT WORTH, ISD, SENIOR TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. AND THE BEST PART ABOUT NEIL IS HE LOVES THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. IN FACT, SERVES IN SEVERAL CAPACITIES IN THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON THE LIONS CLUB, THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE FOOD PANTRY BOARD, THE PARKS BOARD, THE CEDAR HILL MUSEUM BOARD, AND THE CEDAR HILL ACTION TEAM CHAT. SO I AM VERY, VERY PLEASED THAT HE ACCEPTED THE CITY'S OFFER TO BE OUR IT DIRECTOR. AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO OUR NEW IT DIRECTOR, NEIL BOLTON. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. I, I KNOW MOST OF YOU PRETTY WELL, BUT IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. I'M SO EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. UM, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, MELISSA HERE FOR HIRING ME HERE. UM, IT'S, I'M JUST OVERJOYED TO BE HERE AND CAN'T WAIT TO HELP SERVE THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, MR. BOLTON, UH, EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMAN, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO SAY OFFICIALLY WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL, THE CITY SIDE. UH, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS BUILDING VERY WELL AS YOU WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, SOMETIME AGO, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, WELCOME. I KNOW YOU SERVED, UH, OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, I GUESS IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, YOU KNOW, ONCE BEFORE. UH, THANK YOU FOR APPLYING. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THIS WASN'T JUST OFFERED TO YOU. YOU DID HAVE TO APPLY. YOU DID THE INTERVIEW, YOU HAD TO WORK FOR IT. UH, BUT WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. AND, UH, OFFICIALLY WELCOME. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNSEL WANNA SAY ANYTHING? NO, I'M JUST GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. WELCOME BACK. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PARTNER. THANK YOU NEIL, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. EVERY DAY HE COMES IN, I'M THANKFUL THAT HE'S HERE. SO THANK YOU NEIL, FOR BEING ON OUR TEAM. UM, TO GO OVER THE CALENDAR, I HAVE A FEW THINGS. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO GO OVER THE CALENDAR THIS THURSDAY IS OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION APPRECIATION PARTY IN THE PARK. WE'RE HOPING THAT THE RAIN DOESN'T RAIN IT OUT, RIGHT? MAYOR, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE RAIN DOESN'T RAIN, RAIN, WE GET RAINED OUT ON THURSDAY. UM, BUT I DO WANNA MENTION THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD BAND. IT'S A MOTOWN BAND. AND SO THE INTENT IS FOR US TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND CELEBRATE THE SERVICE, NOT JUST THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT YOU AS OUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO WE WANT YOU TO CELEBRATE AS WELL. HOWEVER, THERE'S GONNA BE ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED FROM YOU. AND WE HAVE CUE CARDS THAT Y'ALL WILL COME UP ON THE STAGE WITH ME. UM, THE MAYOR HAS A WORK ENGAGEMENT THAT HE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND. SO, UH, WE WILL GET UP ON THE STAGE TOGETHER. SO IF IT DOES RAIN, THEN MAYBE IT'S A DELAY AND I'LL JOIN Y'ALL. BUT YES, BUT WE'RE PLANNING FOR, AS MAYOR, I TOLD HIM IT WAS, WE WILL HAVE A PLAN B, AND HE SAID, NO, IT'S PLAN A. I CAN'T BE THERE. SO OUR PLAN A IS I'LL PULL, UM, Y'ALL ALL UP ON THE STAGE WITH US AND WE WILL HAVE SOME CUE [00:05:01] CARDS FOR YOU TO ANNOUNCE SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET BACK TO PARTYING AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. SO, UH, BE PREPARED FOR THAT. UM, AND, AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, SINCE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF MY IDEA COUNCIL, WE GOT A BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY IN THE PARK. UH, I WANTED OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION TO FEEL APPRECIATED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. UH, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THEY WERE JUST GONNA COME TO A, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A STANDARD, YOU KNOW, DINNER AND THEN COUNCIL'S ON STAGE. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF BE OUTDOORS, ENJOY ONE OF OUR AMENITIES, AND, UH, JUST KIND OF MAKE IT MORE FESTIVE, MORE FUN. SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF IT. SO, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, IN, INDULGE INTO JUST ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF WORTH OF WORK AND THEN TURN THE RADIO UP DJ AND PLAY THE BAND AND ENJOY ONE ANOTHER. SO THAT'S THE INTENT. I LIKE IT. WELL, MARY, WE WILL MISS YOU AND IT'S HARD TO HAVE A PARTY WITHOUT YOU, BUT WE'LL SEND YOU PICTURES AND VIDEOS, SO WE WILL MISS YOU. ALSO THE, THIS WEEK, THERE'S A FEW OTHER EVENTS. ON FRIDAY IS THE CEDAR HILL SENIOR SENATE SNEAKER BALL. SO PUT ON YOUR BEST BALL GOWNS AND SNEAKERS AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE CITY FROM SIX 30 TO NINE 30 AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER. THEN AGAIN, ON SATURDAY, WE HAVE A BIG DAY, THE CEDAR HILL BEAUTIFICATION AND ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION WITH MOST OF THE PRESENTATION STARTING AROUND 10:00 AM IF YOU REMEMBER MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE RECEIVED LEAD SILVER FOR THE LIBRARY BUILDING. AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL AT THIS EVENT AROUND 10:00 AM SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. UH, WE'LL HAVE AN UNVEILING OF THE LEAD CERTIFIED DECAL ON THE BUILDING, AND A FEW WORDS FROM THAT ORGANIZATION ON, UM, NEXT TUESDAY. IT'S ANOTHER BIG DAY. WE WILL, UM, HAVE OUR TOUR OF, UH, BIG CEDAR LODGE IN MISSOURI. AND, UM, TRACY, UM, WOOD IS GONNA BE CORRALLING EVERYBODY AND FOR THAT EVENT, SO OUR FLIGHT, IT LEAVES AT 7:30 AM WE'LL NEED TO BE AT THE AIRPORT BY FIVE 30. WEAR YOUR SHOES, BRING YOUR CARRY-ON BAG. 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T CHECK ANY BAGS. SO IF YOU NEED TO, UM, PLAN AHEAD SO YOU DON'T HAVE MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF OUNCES ON ANYTHING. BUT, UH, WE HAVE A CARRY-ON BAG. AND SO JUST OVERNIGHT, WE'LL BE BACK THE NEXT DAY. SO WEAR YOUR TENNIS SHOES AND CEDAR HILL LOGO SHIRTS AND WE'LL, WE WILL, UM, GET TO SEE THAT PROPERTY AND IT, AS MOST OF COMPREHENSION IS POSSIBLE. SO WE'LL SEND OUT A NO BEFORE YOU GO EMAIL TO ALL COUNCIL, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PREPARED AND READY FOR THAT. ON SATURDAY, THIS IS NEXT SATURDAY, WE HAVE A VIP RECEPTION, UH, FOR THE CEDAR HILL MUSEUM. THAT'S FOR THE COUNCIL ONLY. AND THEN FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM THAT SAME DAY, WE HAVE THE SECOND ANNUAL MOTOWN STREET DANCE, UH, IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. WE CLOSE THE STREET BEHIND BABES AND, UH, HAVE A REALLY GOOD BAND AND, UH, GET TO PARTY IN THE STREET WITH THE COMMUNITY. ON MONDAY, APRIL 27TH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL, SPECIAL JOINT COUNCIL IN C-H-I-S-D BOARD MEETING, UH, ON THE, IN THE THIRD FLOOR TRAINING ROOM HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR, WE, IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD A JOINT MEETING AND WE'RE DOING THIS EVERY SIX MONTHS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING WITH THE BOARD ABOUT SOME OF THEIR CHALLENGES. UM, AS A DISTRICT, UM, WE WILL NOT BE PREPARED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BUDGET 'CAUSE THAT IS NOT ADOPTED BY THEM UNTIL JUNE. UM, AND OURS IS NEED NOT ADOPTED UNTIL OCTOBER, BUT WE WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER ONCE THEY ADOPT THEIR BUDGET. AND, UH, THIS, BUT THIS IS A PRECURSOR FOR THAT. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES TO THE BUDGET AT THIS WORK JOINT WORKSHOP ON TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH IS OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, IN WHICH WE WILL HONOR OUR 26TH YEAR PUBLIC SERVANT COUNCILMAN DAN HAYDEN, UH, WITH THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE PUT IN A LOT OF PREPARATION FOR THAT AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO HONORING HIM AND MAKING IT ALL ABOUT HIM AND MAKING HIM UNCOMFORTABLE. 'CAUSE HE DOES NOT LIKE THE SPOTLIGHT . WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP MAKE IT GOOD AND AND PLEASANT FOR YOU, YOU LET US KNOW. COUNCILMAN HAYDEN. ON TUESDAY, MAY 5TH, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON RIGHT HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER FROM 1130 TO ONE. OUR STAFF REALLY LOVE WHEN THE COUNCIL JOINS US FOR THAT. IT'S REALLY CASUAL. YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT WHEN YOU SHOW UP, EVERYBODY KNOWS. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THAT SAME EVENING, TUESDAY, MAY 5TH AT 6:00 PM IS OUR FIRST CIP WORKSHOP ON STREETS, DRAINAGE, FACILITIES, AND PARKS. AND THEN ON THURSDAY, MAY 7TH AT, AT 7:00 PM IT'S THE MAYOR'S NATIONAL CEDAR HILLS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER THAT IS AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REALLY GREAT EVENING [00:10:02] FRIDAY, MAY 8TH IS THE ANNUAL HEROES DANCE AND LUAU PARTY AT THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT AT FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30 EVERY YEAR WE GET TO INVITE, UM, THE SPECIAL NEEDS ORGANIZATIONS AND STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT AND HAVE A LAL PARTY WITH THEM. WE'RE IN THE BAY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT'S A LOT OF FUN. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO JOIN US ON THAT DAY, FRIDAY, MAY 8TH, PLEASE DO, IT'S A LOT OF FUN. FRI ON MONDAY, MAY 8TH IS FOR AT 6:30 PM IS THE ANNUAL POLICE MEMORIAL AT THE GRADY LAMB BUILDING FROM SIX 30 TO 8:00 PM AND THEN ON TUESDAY, MAY 12TH, WE HAVE OUR LEGACY DOG PARK GROUNDBREAKING AT TRINITY CHURCH FROM 10 30 TO NOON. AND THEN THAT EVENING WE HAVE A CITY COU OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THE RECEPTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS PLACES TWO AND SIX, WHICH PLACE SIX IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED AND PLACE TWO, UH, EARLY VOTING STARTS ON MONDAY, ON TUESDAY. MONDAY EVEN MONDAY. ON MONDAY, SORRY, 20TH MONDAY. YES, FEB, APRIL 20TH. ALRIGHT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE COUNCIL CALENDAR. UM, I DID WANNA MAKE A MENTION OF A FEW OTHER WORKSHOPS ON THE HORIZON, UM, AND I SENT IT IN MY COUNCIL UPDATE ON JUNE 23RD. WE WILL HAVE, IN LIEU OF A BRIEFING SESSION, WE WILL HAVE A FINAL REVIEW OF THE SENIOR WING AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER ON JUNE 23RD. ON JUNE 30TH, WE PLAN A WORKSHOP, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WORK PLAN. THE COUNCIL ASKS US TO INCLUDE A WORKSHOP ON PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, AND WE WILL HAVE THAT ON JUNE 30TH, ON JULY 7TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKSHOP ON JULY 21ST IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS WORKSHOP THAT WE, UH, COUNCIL REQUESTED WE FACILITATE. AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 7TH. AND THEN, UH, OUR NEXT JOINT MEETING WITH THE ISD IS PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 3RD. ANY ADDITIONS OR QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? NOPE. OKAY. AWESOME. OKAY, IF WE CAN GO THROUGH THE AGENDA. UH, WE DO HAVE A REALLY GREAT, UH, PRESENTATION ANNUALLY. WE DO A RACIAL PROFILING ANALYSIS, UH, BY DR. ERIC FR WITH JUSTICE RESEARCH RESEARCH CONSULTANTS, LLC. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PRESENTATION DR. FR HERE SHORTLY. AND THEN ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, WE HAVE, UH, INVOCATION BY PASTOR LANGSFORD FROM CORNERSTONE BIBLE CHURCH AND SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS, I'M SURE MAYOR HAS GIVEN EACH OF YOU A TASK FOR ONE OF THESE. UM, WE HAVE, UM, THREE AMAZING PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT WE GET TO, UH, DO A SWEARING IN AND BADGE P OF OUR NEW ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, COLIN SCHNAT, OUR NEW POLICE CAPTAIN LEANNE HARTMAN, AND NEWLY APPOINTED FIRE ASSISTANT CHIEF BRENT VALA. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM IN THEIR NEW PROMOTED POSITIONS AND APPOINTED POSITION FOR BRENT VALLEY. BRENT HAS ALREADY MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN JUST THE FEW SHORT WEEKS HE'S BEEN IN CEDAR HILL. HE CAME FROM, UH, MANY, MANY YEARS OF FIRE SERVICE, BUT ALSO SERVED AS CITY MANAGER IN KEEN TEXAS AND WE'RE REALLY HONORED TO HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM AS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. THEN WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN CEDAR HILL FROM MAY 11TH THROUGH THE 16TH. UM, APRIL 12TH THROUGH 18TH IS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY. TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK. APRIL 18TH IS ARBOR DAY AND CEDAR HILL. APRIL 19TH THROUGH 25TH IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK APRIL 26. 2026 IS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH IN CEDAR HILL. AND, UH, PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 4TH THROUGH EIGHTH IS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK. MAY 9TH IS WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY AND THE MONTH OF MAY AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IN CEDAR HILL. SO WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE A-A-A-A-A ROOM FULL OF INDIVIDUALS. UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT RECOGNITION FROM THE COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC HEARING SIDE, WE HAVE A CUP APPLICATION FOR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR, UH, THE APPLICANT, SUNNY TIE. AND THEN ITEM B IS A CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION 20 26 871, WHICH, UH, AMENDS ARTICLE 15, UH, CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE CEDAR CODE OF ORDINANCE BY PROVIDING YOUTH STANDARDS OF CARE IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO FOR US HAVING A SUMMER CAMP AND WE PRESENT IT AND DO A PUBLIC HEARING ANNUALLY. SO THAT'S FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THEN WE HAVE BOND MATTERS. WANTED TO TALK THROUGH THAT AT 6.8 MILLION OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER. AND I WANTED TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS WITH YOU. WE, UM, IN THE FINANCE [00:15:01] DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AN AUDIT AND A RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS ON HAND FOR, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY ISSUED DEBT FOR. AND, UM, COME TO FIND OUT, WE FOUND AN ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION THAT CAN BE USED ON SOME CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A NEW LINE ITEM AT THE TOP TITLED FACILITIES AND COUNCIL HAS, UM, EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR US TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LIBRARY AND THE PARK AND WEST MIDTOWN AREA. AND SO THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AMOUNT WHICH WE ARE PROPOSING TO INTENT TO ISSUE COS FOR. AND WE'RE HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT, THAT THAT ITEM AS WELL AS THE REST OF TOTAL 6.8 MILLION FOR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. ARE YOU ENTERTAINING ANY COMMENTS AT THE MOMENT? SURE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU, UH, MADAM CITY MANAGER, UH, HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. SO, I, I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN THE ONLY ONE, BUT OUR LIBRARY IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. THE ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT IS IT'S PARKING AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING YOU HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD TO PUT SOME MONEY ASIDE TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM. SO I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSIVENESS AND LISTENING TO AT LEAST THIS ONE PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBER. I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING LIKE CRAZY THAT, THAT THE PARKING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND YOU TOOK THE LEAD AND I, AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. UM, I GUESS IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, TO SAY THAT WE NEED MORE, UH, PARKING FOR ONE OF OUR FACILITIES HERE IN OUR CITY. SO, UM, SO YEAH, I, I, I, YOU KNOW, THINK OF THAT COUNCILOR SIMS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, I'LL, AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THE AGENDA, I'LL ASK ABOUT THE CONSENT ITEMS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ON CONSENT, WE HAVE APPROVING THE MINUTES, THE PURCHASE OF 13 PANOFF SONIC TOUGHBOOKS FOR POLICE PATROL VEHICLES ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2025 RACIAL PROFILING REPORT DONE BY DR. ERIC FR. HERE IN A MOMENT YOU'LL RECEIVE THAT PRESENTATION. ITEM D IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING ACCORDANCE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDATION APPLICATION FOR A SITE PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONED INDUSTRIAL ON THE WEST SIDE OF AMERICAN WAY, IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AMERICAN WAY FREEDOM WAY, WITH THE ADDRESS BEING 1535 AMERICAN WAY. ITEM E IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH TSB ENERGY COP COOPERATIVE. THIS IS TYPICAL WHAT WE DO, UH, JOIN OTHER COOPERATIVES WITH OTHER CITIES AND WE PIGGYBACK ON THEM TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY. ITEM F IS TO AWARD FUNDING FOR THE 2026 CEDAR HILL GREEN AWARDS TO CONNECTING CEDAR WITH BUILDING KINGDOM CHURCH AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BEAUTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BOARD. THIS IS, UH, PASTOR VICTOR JACKSON'S SECOND YEAR APPLYING FOR THAT AWARD, AND HE RECEIVED IT THIS YEAR AND HE'S GONNA BE, UH, SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR WHEN HE GETS THAT. IT'S A $3,000 SCHOLARSHIP ACTUALLY, UM, PROVIDED BY WASTE MANAGEMENT, UM, TO THE CITY FOR US TO ENCOURAGE BEAUTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THE BEST BOARD, UM, IS REWARD IS RECOMMENDING AWARDING THAT TO HIS CHURCH. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. SO CON SEND, WHEN IT'S VOTED ON, SEND HIM A TEXT IF YOU, IF YOU'RE, UH, SO INTERESTED. ITEM G IS ACCEPTING THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CAPITAL IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ITEM H IS TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO NATIONAL OPIOID SIX, REMNANT DEFENDANT SETTLEMENT ITEM I IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION R 26 7 85 WITH AUTHORIZES SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION FOR MOTOR MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY FOR THE LEASE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS, MOBILE SECURITY DETERRENCE TRAILERS, AND A DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER. I'D LIKE TO, UM, BRING ELI, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. ELI FORWARD TO KIND OF GO THROUGH, IS HE HERE? GO OVER THOSE FOR YOUR INFORMATION. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, MAYOR COUNCIL. SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION GRANT FOR A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, UH, TO INCLUDE OUR LICENSE PLATE READERS. UH, CURRENTLY USING THE FLOCK SYSTEM. WE DO HAVE 33 CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE CITY DOES PAY FOR 11 OF THOSE. FIVE OF THOSE ARE GRANT FUNDED. THROUGH THIS SAME GRANT. WE ALSO HAVE TWO OF THE LARGE TOWERS THAT YOU PROBABLY SEE IN THE PARKING LOTS. SOMETIMES THEY'RE AT THE MALL, SOMETIMES THEY'RE AT THE GYM, PARKING LOTS. UM, SO THOSE TOWERS ARE ALSO FUNDED THROUGH THIS GRANT. THE NEW ITEM THAT [00:20:01] WE'RE GONNA BE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR THROUGH THIS GRANT IS THE DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER. UH, WE DID START A DRONE PROGRAM IN THE CITY A FEW YEARS AGO. UM, THOSE DRONES ARE LOCATED IN VEHICLES THAT PATROL OFFICERS ARE, ARE DRIVING AROUND THE CITY. AND WHEN WE HAVE AN INCIDENT, UH, IN WHICH WE NEED TO UTILIZE THE DRONE, IF THAT OFFICER IS ON SHIFT OR ON DUTY, WE'RE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE DRONE FROM OUT OF THE BACK OF THE CAR AND THEN USE THAT TO SUPPORT IN SEARCHING FOR SUSPECTS OR MISSING PERSONS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHAT THE DRONE OF FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM IS, IS ACTUALLY A DRONE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE TOP OF THIS BUILDING THAT WOULD SELF DISPATCH WHEN IT'S DISPATCH WHEN WE RECEIVE CERTAIN TYPES OF 9 1 1 CALLS. SO IF WE RECEIVED A NINE ONE ONE CALL FOR A MISSING PERSON OR ENDANGERED PERSON, OR WE RECEIVED A NINE ONE ONE CALL FOR A ROBBERY THAT'S OCCURRING, THE DRONE WOULD SELF DISPATCH AND FLY TO THAT LOCATION AUTONOMOUSLY, UH, WITH A DRONE OPERATOR THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT FROM WHEREVER THEY WERE WITH A RESPONSE TIME ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OF APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. UM, OUR SUR A LOT OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES ARE ALREADY USING THOSE PROGRAMS. SO THIS GRANT WOULD ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ADD THAT INTO OUR TOOL OF OUR FORCE MULTIPLIERS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN? THANK YOU. NO, CHIEF. THANK YOU. UM, ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, NOT THE DRONES, BUT THE TOWERS AND EVERYTHING, UM, WE'RE LEASING THEM. CORRECT. SO WE LEASE 'EM OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. SO THEY TAKE CARE OF 'EM WITH REGARDS TO MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY OWN THEM. SO AT THE END OF THAT, WHAT FIVE YEAR BASIS, THEN WE KIND OF RE REGROUP AND RIGHT. WE DO HAVE PRICING LOCKED IN THROUGH A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. HOWEVER, THE GRANT, THE, THE CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS BECAUSE WE ARE REQUESTING GRANT FUNDING. IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT FUNDING, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY YEAH. TO OPT OUT BECAUSE THEN THE CITY, IT WOULD BE STUCK WITH FINANCING THE FULL AMOUNT OF THAT. THESE GRANTS DO PAY FOR 80% OF THE COST OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THEN THE CITY BUDGETS FOR THE OTHER 20%. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. GREAT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE CHIEF. REALLY WANNA COMMEND, UH, CHIEF REYES FOR THE APPLICATION OF GRANT FUNDING IS, UH, WE ARE ALWAYS CONSTRAINED FOR RESOURCES, SO THANK YOU CHIEF. AND WE ARE WHERE CRIMINALS COME TO GET CAUGHT. THEY COME IN CEDAR HILL, THEY GONNA GET THAT DRONE AS A OFFICER. UM, THE OTHER LAST ITEM IS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM FOR THE CONTRACT FOR AN AGREEMENT WITH WARWICK'S DESIGN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CEDAR LEGACY DOG PARK. THIS IS AS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN. IT WAS A HIGH PRIORITY IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND IT WAS IN OUR WORK PLAN. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DELIVER ON A PROJECT THAT WE CAN BEGIN, UH, CONSTRUCTION HERE VERY SOON. DO WANNA KIND OF GO THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED THE DOG PARK. TYPICALLY IN MOST CITIES, THEY HAVE TO BUY THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE A LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENT WITH TRINITY CHURCH FOR THREE AND A HALF ACRES AT $0 A YEAR. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARK, UH, DIDN'T COST THE CITIZENS ANY MONEY FOR BUYING THE PROPERTY. HOWEVER, THERE'S COST TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY FOR A DOG PARK AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY TWO LARGE DOG PARKS AND TWO SMALL DOG PARKS SO THAT THE, UH, LAND CAN RECUPERATE WITH DOGS, YOU KNOW, PLAYING ON IT. AND SO YOU CAN SWITCH 'EM OFF. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA MENTION IS THAT THE COST OF CONCRETE IS EXPENSIVE AND THIS PROJECT INCLUDES A FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK FROM PLEASANT RUN ALL THE WAY TO THE DOG PARK AND IN FRONT OF THE DOG PARK. IT ALSO INCLUDES A STRIP, A ONE FOOT STRIP ALONG THE FENCING PERIMETER TO ENSURE THE FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS FROM THEY DON'T ESCAPE FROM UNDERNEATH THE FENCE. AND SO THAT COST OF THAT CONCRETE IS, IS EXPENSIVE. UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES 20 SOLAR LIGHTS THAT WERE REQUESTED BY THE CHURCH LEADERSHIP AND THE CITY COUNCIL. AND SO WE DID INTEGRATE THOSE INTO THE, THE SITE PLAN TO COVERED PATIOS WITH LIGHTING IS ALSO INTEGRATED. EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE THIS, UM, RENDERING IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THE, THE, THE COVERED PATIOS ARE IN PINK, UH, ALSO INCLUDES ELECTRICAL FOR IRRIGATION PAVILION AND THE PAVILION LIGHTING, UM, AS WELL. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT INCLUDES THE LEGACY DOG PARK SIGN, WHICH WILL TAKE, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED AT, AT THE, AT THE CORNER THERE AT PLEASANT RUN. UM, IF YOU APPROVE THIS CONTRACT, WE PLAN TO HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING ON MAY 12TH AT 10:30 AM AND LUNCH AFTERWARDS WITH THE, UH, TRINITY CHURCH LEADERSHIP. THEY INVITED THE COUNCIL FOR LUNCH AFTERWARDS. [00:25:01] SO ANY QUESTIONS, THAT IS YOUR CALL COUNCIL SESSION. WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION, BUT THAT IS YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ABOUT THE AGENDA? I JUST, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON COUNCIL HAYDEN, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YOU MENTIONED IT AND I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR IT ALL. YOU, YOU, YOU'VE GOT TWO TOO LARGE AND TOO SMALL. WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT? YES, SO, UM, WHEN DOG PARKS GET A LOT OF USE, IT'S HARD FOR THAT GRASS TO GROW BACK AND RECOVER. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT, AND SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN CLOSE DOWN LIKE ONE WEEK, YOU CAN USE ONE SIDE WHILE THE OTHER SIDE RECOVERS AND THEN VICE VERSA. OKAY. WELL THAT MAKES SENSE. I JUST COULDN'T HEAR THAT. GOOD QUESTION. WELL, I'M SURE THE CITIZENS WILL BE EXCITED WITH THIS DOG PARK. YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, UH, COUNSEL ON THE CONSENT, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? COUNCILOR MCCURDY? I WAS GOING TO, UH, TO PULL AGENDA ITEM I SO THAT, UH, WE COULD HAVE THE, THE CHIEF ADDRESS, THE, THE, UH, CURRENT DRONE PROGRAM IN THE NEW DRILL PROGRAM, BUT I THINK HE KIND OF DID THAT THEN HERE IN THE BRIEFING SESSION. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY NOW. ALRIGHT, IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, LET ME KNOW. ANY, UH, ANYBODY, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WANNA PULL ITEMS FROM CONSENT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM SEAT. THE MAD. THANK YOU COUNCIL. NEXT ITEM [3. Presentation of 2025 Racial Profiling Analysis by Dr. Eric Fritsch with Justice Research Consultants, LLC.] ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION OF 2025, A RACIAL PROFILING ANALYSIS BY DR. ERIC FRITZ WITH JUSTICE RESEARCH CONSULTANTS LLC. HOW YOU DOING CHIEF? GREAT MAYOR COUNSEL. UM, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE, UH, TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IN OUR COMMUNITY ON OUR RACIAL PROFILE AND ANALYSIS. UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH DR. ERIC FRITCH AND HIS TEAM TO DO OUR ANALYSIS AND, UH, DO THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL. UM, AND SO I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN I'LL INTRODUCE, UH, DR. FRI AS ALWAYS IN CEDAR HILL, WE START OFF WITH OUR VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES THAT WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. THE MISSION OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL IS TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS AND CUSTOMERS, CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES. PURSUING PREMIER, MANY OF THESE, UH, PREMIER STATEMENTS FALL UNDER, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING THE SAFE, ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND EXCELLENT, SAFE AND EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE. ALSO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ITS OWN MISSION, VISION, AND VALUE STATEMENT, UM, THE COMPASSIONATE, HONEST, PROFESSIONAL AND DEDICATED CHPD CORE VALUES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR RACIAL PROFILING POLICY, THERE'S A CLEAR POLICY OUTLINED IN OUR POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT BIAS OR RACIAL, UH, PROFILING. UH, THERE'S STRICT, THERE'S IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. UM, AND WITH THAT ALSO, WE ARE AN ACCREDITED AGENCY THROUGH THE STATE, UH, TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION FOR TEXAS BEST PRACTICES. AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW CERTAIN TYPES OF TRAINING, UH, TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, UM, WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. THERE ARE TWO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAMS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING THE OFFICERS. ONE OF THEM IS GONNA BE THE ICAT TRAINING, WHICH IS THE INTEGRATING COMMUNICATION AND TACTICS, WHICH IS THE DEESCALATION AND RACIAL PROFILING PROGRAM. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THE ACTIVE BYSTANDER SHIP FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH ALSO KNOWN AS THE ABLE PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THOSE PROGRAMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. DR. ERIC FRITZ, UH, WILL NOW COME UP AND GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE, THE COMPLETE RACIAL PROFILE ANALYSIS. AND, UH, YOU CAN BE WELCOME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FROM HIM OR FROM ME, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, UH, WHEN HE'S DONE. SO, DR. FR GREEN, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M GONNA PRESENT, UH, YOUR REPORT BASED ON, UH, 2025 CALENDAR YEAR TRAFFIC STOPS. UM, BEFORE I DO, JUST KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK REAL QUICK, WE, UH, IT'S NOW BEEN 25 YEARS THAT TEXAS HAS WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE TEXAS RACIAL PROFILING LAW. AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT REQUIRES THAT EVERY TRAFFIC STOP OFFICERS HAVE TO COLLECT CERTAIN DATA ON THAT TRAFFIC STOP. THE LIST OF THINGS THAT HAVE, UH, HAVE TO BE COLLECTED HAS EXPANDED OVER THE YEARS. SO IT INCLUDES OBVIOUSLY, RACE TO ETHNICITY OF THE MOTORIST. IT INCLUDES GENDER, IT INCLUDES THE REASON FOR THE STOP, IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE SEARCHES AND WHETHER OR NOT A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED. IF SO, WHAT TYPE OF SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED. IT INCLUDES THE OUTCOME OF THE STOP. SO WAS A CITATION, GIVEN A WARNING, AN ARREST WAS MADE, WHY WAS AN ARREST MADE? SO THERE'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF OF VARIABLES THAT EACH, UM, OFFICER COLLECTS ON EVERY TRAFFIC STOP. UH, WE RECEIVED THE AGGREGATE DATA FROM, UH, CEDAR HILL PD AND DO AN ANALYSIS OF, UH, [00:30:01] THAT DATA, KIND OF HEAR ME SAY TWO DIFFERENT, UM, ENTITIES. UH, ONE IS OUR CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. THAT'S WHERE OUR TEXAS RACIAL PROFILE AND LAW SITS. UM, IT BASICALLY ESTABLISHES THE DATA COLLECTION STANDARDS AND THEN POLICY STANDARDS AS THE CHIEF. IT JUST, UH, MENTIONED IT ALSO, UH, DICTATES THE ANALYSIS THAT IS PERFORMED. SO THE CODE OF COURT PROCEDURE REFERS TO A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE STRUCTURE OUR REPORTS. IT'S ALSO THE WAY THAT WE STRUCTURE, UH, THE PRESENTATIONS. AND THEN YOU ALSO HEAR ME MENTION T COLES, OUR TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT'S OUR, BASICALLY OUR LICENSING AND TRAINING, UH, BOARD IN THIS STATE. THEY'RE, UH, GIVEN, UH, BASICALLY PERMISSION, UM, IN THE LAW TO THEN SET THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. SO THEY HAVE A MUST SAY IN HOW THIS IS STRUCTURED AS WELL. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT IT IS THAT, UH, WE DO. UH, THIS IS, THIS PRESENTATION IS BASED UPON ALL THE TRAFFIC STOPS THAT OCCURRED IN A CALENDAR YEAR 2025. THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE MAKE SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW. SO THE CODE OF COURT PROCEDURE SPECIFIES THAT EACH AGENCY MUST, AND THEN HAS A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS. SO A POLICY PROHIBITING RO PROFILING. THERE MUST BE TRAINING AND EDUCATION ON RACIAL PROFILING. THE CHIEF'S ALREADY MENTIONED. THOSE TWO THINGS MUST BE A COMPLAINT PROCESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, UH, REGARDING THE COMPLAINT PROCESS. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE COLLECTION OF RACIAL PROFILING DATA. SO CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH THE LAW. WHAT WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME DOING IS LOOKING AT THE DATA, WHICH IS WHAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU. AND THAT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED BY OUR CODE OF CURRENT PROCEDURE. SO FIRST COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IS BASICALLY, UH, IN THE, IN THE CODE OF PROCEDURE. BASICALLY SAYS, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC STOPS AND COMPARE IT TO, UM, THE RACIAL ETHNIC BREAK BREAKDOWN OF THE MOTORISTS. AND SO IN 2025, YOU HAD 7,602 STOPS. AND THEN THIS IS THE RACIAL ETH, UH, ETHNIC BREAKDOWN OF THOSE MOTORISTS WHO WERE STOPPED IN 2025. THE T COLE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, THEN WANTS THE, THE CITIES TO COMPARE THAT DATA TO BASICALLY THEIR POPULATION. AND SO WE USE, UH, WHEN WE DO, UM, AGENCIES IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX, WE DO THREE DIFFERENT, UH, METRICS. WE DO THE CITY POPULATION, WE DO THE COUNTY POPULATION THAT'S IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY. WE DO MULTIPLE COUNTIES. AND THEN WE DO THE REGION POPULATION, WHICH IS YOUR 16 COUNTY, UH, POPULATION IN THE DFW AREA. UM, WE STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO, CHIEF REYES GOT THIS DATA FOR US. IT'S CITY DRIVER'S LICENSE DATA. SO IT'S BASICALLY THE RACIAL ETHNIC BREAKDOWN OF, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE CITY DRIVER DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF, UH, CEDAR HILL. WE, UH, PRODUCED THIS, THIS CHART, UM, TALK THROUGH THIS CHART. UM, LOOKING AT DISPARITIES, WHAT WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT ARE THE CHALLENGES WITH THIS. UM, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, A GOOD MEASURE OF OUR DRIVING POPULATION. SO ONE THING THAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS CONSISTENCY OVER TIME IN STOP RATES. AND THAT'S WHAT'S PRESENTED ON THIS, UM, CHART HERE. IT'S BASICALLY YOUR LAST FIVE YEARS, WE GO BACK FURTHER, BUT I THINK FIVE YEARS IS, IS REASONABLE. AND YOU SEE A GREAT DEAL OF CONSISTENCY IN BASICALLY THE STOP ACTIVITY THAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 17% OF YOUR STOPS ARE WHITE MOTORISTS. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 62 AND 64% ARE BLACK MOTORISTS. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 17 AND 19% ARE HISPANIC MOTORISTS. AND THEN ABOUT 1% ARE ASIAN MOTORISTS. LESS THAN 1% ARE AMERICAN INDIAN MOTORISTS. WE ALSO, UM, TALK THROUGH THE ISSUES WITH, UM, THE STOP DATA PART. PART OF THE ISSUE IS, AS I MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD MEASURE OF THE DRIVING POPULATION. UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE PULL THE, THE DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT THAT MAKES SENSE. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WHEN WE'RE IN A BIG METROPOLITAN AREA LIKE THIS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, BEING STOPPED AREN'T NECESSARILY RESIDENTS. UM, IN 20 25, 60 2% OF THE STOPS MOTORISTS WHO WERE STOPPED, WERE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. SO, CITY DOESN'T REALLY WORK WELL. THE, THE DRIVER'S LICENSE POPULATION DOESN'T WORK WELL. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE COUNTY THERE, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A GOOD MEASURE OF WHO'S ACTUALLY DRIVING IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND, UH, WHAT THAT PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION LOOKS LIKE. WE USE CENSUS DATA, BUT IT IS PROBLEMATIC AS AN INDICATOR OF THE DRIVING POPULATION. THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT WE DON'T, UH, CEDAR HILL POLICE OFFICERS DON'T REALLY KNOW THE NE UH, RACE OR ETHNICITY OF THE DRIVER PRIOR TO THE STOP. THIS HAS BEEN COLLECTED SINCE 1999 IN THIS STATE, IT WAS ADDED AS A VARIABLE. UM, IN THE RACE PROPHY DATA COLLECTION, [00:35:01] UH, STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS USUALLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO POINT A HALF AND 4%. UM, HERE IT'S 1.7%. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS 1.7% OF THE TIME, THE OFFICER KNOWS THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THE PERSON PRIOR TO THE STOP. UM, THERE CAN'T REALLY BE A RACIAL PROFILING, UM, ANALYSIS OR RACIAL PROFILING CLAIM IF THE PERSON DOESN'T KNOW THE RACE ETHNICITY PRIOR TO THE STOP. AND SO WE DON'T SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE STOP DATA EXCEPT FOR THE CHALLENGES WITH THE STOP DATA. WHAT WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT ARE THE POST STOP OUTCOMES. SO THE OFFICERS STOP THE VEHICLE, GENERALLY DOESN'T KNOW THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THE, THE PERSON STOPPED, THEN APPROACHES THE VEHICLE, IDENTIFIES THE MOTORIST, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS. AND SO THAT FEEDS INTO THE FUTURE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. SO TWO MORE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS THAT ARE SPECIFIED IN THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. ONE IS WHAT ARE THE TRAFFIC STOP OUTCOMES? SO DOES THE PERSON GET A WRITTEN WARNING CITATION OR IS ARRESTED? THOSE ARE THE THREE PRIMARY OUTCOMES. WHAT WE LOOK FOR IS WE LOOK FOR CONSISTENCY IN ACTION. SO WHAT THIS IS, THIS CHART IS SAYING IN THE WRITTEN WARNING SIDE IS THAT OF THE WHITE MOTORIST THAT WERE STOPPED, 69% RECEIVED A WRITTEN WARNING. BLACK MOTORIST STOPPED 66% RECEIVED A WRITTEN WARNING, ET CETERA. AND WHAT WE LOOK FOR IS WE LOOK FOR CONSISTENCY IN ACTION ON THE PART OF THE OFFICERS. AND SO YOU SEE THAT ON WRITTEN WARNINGS. YOU SEE THAT ON THE CITATION, UH, SIDE, AND YOU SEE SOME DISPARITY ON THE ARREST SIDE. UH, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WHY PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED. SO 62% OF THE TIME PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 2025. IT'S 'CAUSE THEY HAD AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT. AND THEN, UH, 31% OF THE TIME, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER 90% OF IT COMBINED. BUT 31% OF THE TIME IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE PENAL CODE. SO THE OFFICER HAD, UM, PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE PERSON COMMITTED A CRIME AND MADE AN ARREST. SO AFTER WE DO THE, THAT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, WE LOOK AT SEARCHES. SO A SUBSET OF THE STOPS, ALL STOPS HAVE AN OUTCOME IN THE SENSE THAT THERE'S A WARNING OF A CITATION ON ARREST. BUT THERE'S A SUBSET OF THEM THAT, UH, INVOLVE A SEARCH THAT WAS 6.1% OF YOUR, UM, TRAFFIC STOPS IN 2025. SAME TYPE OF ANALYSIS THAT IS DONE. UM, OF THE WHITE MOTORS THAT WERE STOPPED, 2.6% OF THEM WERE SICK SEARCHED OF THE BLACK MOTORS WERE STOPPED. 7.8%, UH, WERE SEARCHED. THE HISPANIC MOTORIST 3.7% AND THE ASIAN MOTORIST 1.1% SIMILAR TO THE ARREST. WE KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE SEARCHED. SO WHY PEOPLE ARE BEING SEARCHED IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IS MOST OF THE TIME IT'S PROBABLE COST. SO WHAT THAT MEANS FROM A MOTOR TRAFFIC STOP STANDPOINT IS THAT THE OFFICER HAS, UH, PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE OF THE CRIME INSIDE THAT VEHICLE AND THEN CONDUCTS A SEARCH OF IT. AND A THIRD OF THEM ALSO SEARCHES INCIDENT TO ARREST. THAT'S A REQUIRED ELEMENT AS PART OF AN ARREST. AND SO YOU GET SOME BLEED OVER FROM THE PRIOR ANALYSIS. IF THERE'S DISPARITY IN ARREST RATES BY RACE ETHNICITY, THEN THERE'S LIKELY TO BE, UH, DISPARITIES ON THE SEARCH SIDE, UM, WITH CERTAIN RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUPS BEING SEARCHED. INCIDENT TO ARREST. UM, MORE FREQUENTLY. WHAT WE SPEND, UM, SPECIAL ATTENTION ON IS CONSENT SEARCHES. THAT'S FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT, THAT IS WHERE, THAT IS THE SEARCH THAT IS WAS MOST CONCERNING REGARDING RACIAL PROFILING RESEARCH. AND BASICALLY YOU DON'T DO CONSENT SEARCHES IN THE CITY, CITY HILL. THREE OF THE 461 SEARCHES WERE BASED ON CONSENT. THAT'S WHERE AN OFFICER'S ASKING FOR A PERSON, UH, PERMISSION TO SEARCH THEIR, UH, VEHICLE. IT'S VERY RARE HERE, UH, STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 1% OF ALL STOPS. UH, INVOLVE A CONSENT SEARCH. YOU'RE AT 0.04%. UM, ON CONSENT SEARCH. THE LAST THING WE LOOK AT ON SEARCHES IS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE HIT RATE. SO THE OFFICERS HAVE CONDUCTED 461 SEARCHES. UM, HOW LIKELY ARE THEY TO, UH, FIND EVIDENCE? AND YOUR HIT RATE IS 62% IN 2025, CONTRABAND WAS DISCOVERED IN 62%. OF ALL THE SEARCHES THAT WERE CONDUCTED STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 44%. SO YOUR OFFICERS, WHAT WE SEE THIS AS IS THE OFFICERS ARE USING, UM, THE, THE TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE UNDER THE LAW, THEN CONDUCT SEARCHES THAT ARE PROVIDING, UH, FRUITS OF THE CRIME AND EVIDENCE OF CRIME. UH, WHAT IS MOST COMMONLY DISCOVERED 75% OF THE TIME IT IS DRUGS OR WHAT'S MOST COMMONLY, UM, DISCOVERED. THAT'S THE THIRD ANALYSIS. SO THE COOCH PROCEDURE HAS THREE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS THAT ARE SPECIFIED. THE LAST ANALYSIS THAT, THAT THE CODE PROCEDURE REQUIRES IS LOOKING AT YOUR RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINTS. AND IN 2025 YOU DID NOT HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS ALLEGING THAT A PEACE OFFICER EMPLOYED BY THE AGENCY [00:40:01] ENGAGED IN RACIAL PROFILING. THAT'S A SUMMATION OF THE REPORT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, DR. RIDGE. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? JUST HAVE A COMMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. AIDEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA, A LOT OF STUFF YOU'VE GOT TO PUT IN THERE. YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME. THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME TOWARD THE END, ESPECIALLY IN THIS, IS THIS IS RACIAL PROFILING AND WE'RE HAVING TO FOLLOW THROUGH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO SHOW THAT WE'RE NOT. SO THE END, THE END RESULT TO ME WAS AT THE END WE'D HAD NO COMPLAINTS. SO JUST, JUST, UH, WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT. SO WE HAVE, IT'S A GOOD INDICATOR OUR OFFICERS ARE, ARE FOLLOWING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. IT'S A VERY GOOD INDICATOR. YES. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY. SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS EARLIER COUNCIL, BUT, ALL RIGHT. I GUESS YOUR PRESENTATION MUST HAVE SOLVED IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WELL, I GUESS I GUESS BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, IS THERE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE REPORT, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER TRENDS THAT OTHER CITIES MIGHT BE DOING? LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IN 25 YEARS AGO, IT MIGHT BE IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, I KNOW POLICING OR DIFFERENT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, INTENT, UM, BACK THEN, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IN TODAY'S TIME. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IS, IS RACIAL PROFILE STILL RELEVANT, YOU KNOW, FOR TODAY'S TIME? CAN YOU SEE US STILL DOING THIS REPORT FOR THE NEXT FIVE, 10 YEARS? UM, AND IS IT STILL RELEVANT? I GUESS IT'S ESSENTIALLY MY QUESTION. YES. SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT MUCH MOVEMENT ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE TO REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING. UH, BILLS ARE, BILLS ARE ENACTED EVERY SESSION. MOST OF THEM ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOME KIND OF STATEWIDE ANALYSIS. SO IT'S JUST BASICALLY TAKING AGGREGATE DATA AND DOING SOME KIND OF ANALYSIS ON IT. I'M ACTUALLY SITTING, UM, RIGHT NOW AT ENDING, UM, IN MAY, BUT I'M SITTING ON AN ADVISORY BOARD FOR T COLE AND BASICALLY IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S A BUNCH OF, OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, EXECUTIVES AND, AND ME, UM, I'M THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT'S ON THE COMMITTEE. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY, UM, NOT CHANGING THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS, BUT IMPROVING THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS AND BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THE DATA THAT WE, THAT EACH OFFICER'S COLLECTING ON EVERY STOP IS AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE. AND SO THAT'S GOING ON AS WELL. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO TRENDS, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M SURE IT'LL STILL BE HERE IN FIVE AND 10 YEARS. OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW. UH, LOOKS LIKE I HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK. UM, YES, AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS FOR A LOT OF YEARS. AND WHAT I TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS THAT, UH, I THINK IT'S JUST VERY, A EXTREMELY SMALL PERCENTAGE. WHAT'S LIKE 2% WHERE THEY KNOW THAT THE RACE OF THE, UH, DRIVER BEFORE THEY STOP, IS IT, WAS IT, WAS THAT THE RIGHT NUMBER? 2.7%? 1.7 UNDER 2%? YES. SO WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT KNOWING THAT, WITHOUT KNOWING IN ADVANCE, I MEAN, THAT INDICATES TO ME THAT THERE IS NO PROFILING. THE ONLY AREA OF CONCERN FOR ME, AND, AND I'VE GOT TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GRAB, IS THAT THE REST NUMBERS OR HIGH. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE REST NUMBERS ARE BASED ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS OR, UH, PROBABLE CAUSE. BUT THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT AFTER EVERYTHING, I LOOK AT EVERYTHING, THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT I WAS LIKE, OH, WHY ARE WE ARRESTING SO MANY? AND, UH, HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND? I, I, I MEAN MOST, MOST OF THE TIME, I DON'T WANNA SAY ALL THE TIME 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT, UM, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS IN THE STATE, BUT ALMOST ALL THE TIME WHEN SOMEONE HAS AN UNDERSTANDING WARRANT, THEY'RE GONNA GET ARRESTED. IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT REALLY A DISCRETIONARY DECISION BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THE JUDGE HAS TOLD THE POLICE TO FIND THIS PERSON AND ARREST THEM AND BRING IT TO ME. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. OKAY. AND WITH TWO THIRDS OF YOUR ARRESTS BEING OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING. THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF DISCRETION IN THAT, UM, DECISION. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. OH, OKAY. . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BUD FIT. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. YES, SIR, YOU TOO. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, UH, CHIEF, ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES OUR, UH, THAT ITEM. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDAS TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILOR MCCURDY AND SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN UH, MIRANDA AZI. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION UNANIMOUS. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6 45. WE'LL RECONVENE AT 7:00 PM FOR THE REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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