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[1. Call the meeting to order.]
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.I HAVE 6:00 PM AND WE DO HAVE A, UH, KORN PRESENCE AT THE TIME.
UH, COUNSEL MS. SHIRLEY DANIELS, UH, APPEARS TO BE ABSENT.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND, UH, I'M SORRY.
OH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH,
[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]
SENIOR MANAGER REPORT AND WE'LL START WITH OUR VERY OWN SENIOR MANAGEMENT, MR. BARRY PORTER.MASON, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GOOD TO SEE YOU.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH JUST A NOTE OF APPRECIATION FROM THE STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK LAST WEEK IN THE WEEKS, LEADING UP TO IT, UH, GETTING READY AND PREPPING FOR THE ANNUAL STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT THAT WE HELD OVER THE WEEKEND.
WE KNOW THAT THAT TIMES ARE VALUABLE AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR DIRECTION AND CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND GUIDING US INTO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND YEARS OF OUR CITY'S COURSE, UH, ON ITS WAY OF REALIZING IT'S A DREAM OF BECOMING THE PREMIER CITY.
UM, ALSO JUST, UH, JUST TO NOTE OF, UH, OF SUPPORT FOR A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF OUR CITY FAMILY WHO HAD LOSSES IN THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND.
UM, WE'VE SENT THAT INFORMATION OUT TO, TO COUNCIL AND OUR CITY FAMILY, AND WE'LL DO AS WE ALWAYS DO IN TERMS OF, UH, SUPPORTING OUR OWN AND HELPING THEM, THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH, UH, THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
I'M GOING TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF CALENDAR ITEMS TONIGHT, IF I COULD, UH, BEGINNING NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH.
SO YOU HAVE, AFTER TODAY, THERE'S ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE REST OF 2020.
UH, BUT FOR A COUPLE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS, ONE OF WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH.
SO, UH, ON THAT DAY, WE'LL BE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING.
IT WILL BE, UM, A VIRTUAL AFFAIR, UH, TO UPDATE THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE, UH, PROGRESS BEING MADE IN THE DESIGN OF YOUR LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK PROJECT, OUR, UH, CITIZENS, UH, DESIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND FALL ON THAT PROJECT, UH, WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE IN THIS MEETING AS WELL TO, UH, BE ABLE TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHERE THEY'RE SITTING AND WHAT THE COURSE AHEAD WILL LOOK LIKE AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO, UH, CONCEPTS, UH, APPROVALS, AND THEN MOVING INTO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PROCESS, WHICH PUTS US IN A POSITION TO HAVE DESIGNS THAT WE CAN THEN GO OUT TO BID SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL OF 21.
SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG VERY NICELY.
UH, WE, UH, ALSO HAVE, UH, OUTFITTED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, TECHNICAL SUPPORT THAT WILL HOPEFULLY MAKE THAT MEETING A GOOD ONE AND AN EASIER ONE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE 17TH.
UH, JUST SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THAT PROCESS GOES, THE, UH, PARKS AND THE LIBRARY BOARDS WILL BOTH ALSO BE UPDATED ON THE STATUS OF THE DESIGN PROCESS LATER IN THE WEEK, UH, AT THEIR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS, WHICH, UH, JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON WEDNESDAY THE 18TH AND THURSDAY, THE 19TH.
SO BY THE END OF THE WEEK, EVERYONE WILL HAVE RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE STATUS AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON HOW THINGS HAVE PROGRESSED SO FAR.
AND THE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, IN THE MONTHS AHEAD AS DESIGN, UH, AS THE DESIGN PROCESS PROCEEDS, UM, IT'S NOT TOO EARLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UH, TO BE THINKING ABOUT, UH, HOLIDAY PLANS AND EVENTS, AND, UH, WANTED TO GET A COUPLE OF THEM ON YOUR CALENDAR ALREADY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LONG STANDING TRADITION OF BREAKING BREAD WITH OUR SENIORS COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATING ALL OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, UNDER, UH, THE COVID ENVIRONMENT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY DONE THAT, BUT WE WILL STILL CELEBRATE THEM AND WE WILL STILL BREAK BREAD.
WE'LL JUST DO IT IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO ON A THURSDAY, ON NOVEMBER THE 19TH, UH, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR ANNUAL SENIOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.
IT WILL BE HELD AT THE RECREATION CENTER, BUT IT WILL BE A DRIVE-THROUGH AFFAIR.
SO WE WILL BE SPINNING OFF SOME OF THE MEAL PROGRAMS THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IN, UH, TAKE, UH, THROUGH FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND DO A THANKSGIVING VERSION OF THAT.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS INVITED TO ASSIST US IN DISTRIBUTING MEALS ON THAT DAY, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE DAYS OF THE YEAR.
AND WHILE WE MAY BE WAVING AT FOLKS IN CARS, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO RECONNECT WITH SOME OF THE TREASURES OF OUR COMMUNITY
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ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY.AND AGAIN, UH, THE COUNCIL IS, UH, INVITED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT THAT IS THE 19TH.
AND WE'LL HAVE THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL, MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON TIMING AND WHAT'S YEAH, SIR, WE'LL PUT OUT CALENDAR INVITES ON ALL THESE, THESE ARE FRESH FOR US OUT OF THE INNOVATION GROUPS, HOPPER.
SO WE'RE A MOVING HEAD NOW, LOOKING AHEAD TO, UH, TO THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, WE'RE, UH, ALREADY KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF THAT.
UM, ON DECEMBER 1ST, WE ARE PLANNING ON CONTINUING, UH, TO HAVE OUR HOLIDAY ON THE HILL CELEBRATION.
AGAIN, THIS ONE WILL BE MODIFIED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP BOTH PARTICIPANTS, UH, AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC SAFE.
UH, THIS WILL BE A DRIVE THROUGH EVENT AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK.
THAT WILL BE STRUCTURALLY SIMILAR TO THE VERY SUCCESSFUL SCARE, UH, ON THE HILL EVENT THAT WE HAD FOR HALLOWEEN.
SO THAT'LL BE ON DECEMBER 1ST.
UM, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE COUNCIL IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS WELL.
I, UH, I WAS EXTREMELY SURPRISED AND HAPPY WITH HOW WELL THAT IS AND HOW MUCH YOU CAN STILL ENGAGE PEOPLE.
EVEN IF THEY'RE DRIVING BY SLOWLY, YOU CAN STILL GET A CHANCE TO, TO SEE FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW, AND, UH, EXPRESS YOUR APPRECIATION FOR THEM AND CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY THAT CAN TAKE PLACE DURING THAT, UH, THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED ON DECEMBER 3RD WITH THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, WE'LL BE DONE IN A WAY THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE SAFE, BUT STILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THIS ONE WILL BE A VIRTUAL AFFAIRS.
SO STAY TUNED ON EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
UH, BUT WE WILL BE PROCEEDING WITH OUR HOLIDAY, A CELEBRATION.
NOW, THE, THE, THE DRIVE-THRU HOLIDAY IN THE, IN VALLEY RICH PARKER, WE'RE GOING TO DECORATE IT AND LIGHT IT UP AND HAVE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND STUFF.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S, UH, I, I THEY'VE, THEY, THEY SWORE ME TO SECRECY ON TELLING YOU EVERYTHING, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT WILL BE VERY FESTIVE AND, UH, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD WORK VERY SIMILAR.
WE HAD LOTS OF BLOW UP THINGS ON THE HALLOWEEN AND, UH, WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.
SO IT OUGHT TO BE, IT OUGHT TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
NOW DID, DID EVER WAS EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN LINE FOR HALLOWEEN, DID THEY, ARE THEY ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE PARK AND GET CANDY FOR THEIR KIDS? SO I BELIEVE THAT THE VERY LAST CAR THAT WE ATTENDED TO WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 O'CLOCK AND, UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAD A LONG LINE OF FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, GOT TOLD TO GO HOME.
SO I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY, CERTAINLY ANYBODY THAT WAS THERE, UH, IN THE, THE ORIGINAL SIX TO EIGHT TIMEFRAME WAS ACCOMMODATED TO BE SURE.
IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, HOLIDAY ON THE HILL EVENT AND THE VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, UH, OUR TOURISM DEPARTMENTS PLANNING ANOTHER COUPLE OF FUN THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE MONTH.
ONE WILL BE A DOWNTOWN SCAVENGER HUNT.
AND THEN THE FOURTH THING IS SOMETHING YOU'RE ALREADY BEGINNING TO SEE.
AND THAT'S A, AN ENHANCED, UH, HOLIDAY DECOR, UH, PRESENCE, BOTH IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND HERE ON UPTOWN BOULEVARD.
SO THAT'S IS ALREADY GOING UP WITH A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ALREADY BEGINNING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT RUSSELL AND THE TOURISM TEAM HAS IN STORE FOR US THIS YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR UTILITY BILLING MANAGER, RHONDA TREAT TO COME UP HERE AND GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF OUR, UH, PROGRESSING TOWARDS BRINGING OUR BILLS IN HOUSE.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO DO THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER.
SO SHE'S GOT A FEW THINGS TOO.
MAY I REMEMBER AS THE CITY COUNCIL, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
UM, I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A MUCH AWAITED UPDATE ON THE UTILITY BILLS.
SO I'M PLEASED TO COMMUNICATE OUR PROGRESS AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE NEW BILLS ARE INTENDED TO ROLL OUT ON JANUARY THE SEVENTH.
UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK IN THIS TRANSITION AND IN MY EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTATION AND A CHANGE OF THIS MAGNITUDE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS NOT THE BEST IDEA.
UM, SO THIS ROLLOUT DATE WILL ALLOW US TO COMMUNICATE THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AND TO LET OUR CITIZENS KNOW OF THE CHANGES AND HOW THEIR NEW BILLS ARE GONNA FUNCTION.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING A LETTER OUT BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER TO INFORM THE CITIZENS OF THIS CHANGE.
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BY SAYING, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WILLINGNESS TO IMPLEMENT THIS CHANGE.NO, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A PROCESS AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND PIECES OF THE PUZZLE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND ALLOWING US TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
AND I KNOW IT WILL BE A GREAT CHANGE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU NOW IS A BILL FORMAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE NEW BILL AND ALSO, UH, THE CURRENT BILL AS WELL.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
UM, AS YOU ARE PROBABLY WELL AWARE, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN ADDITION TO THE BILLING WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE HAD GOING THIS YEAR.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A TUMULTUOUS WOOD TO, TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND SO AS WE MAKE THIS, THIS TRANSITION, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PERIOD OF KIND OF FORBEARANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATING THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME HICCUPS IN THE TRANSITION OR, UH, HOW HOW'S, HOW'S IT GOING TO WORK IF YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS, YOU KNOW, GETTING A BILL THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD HAPPENS LAST TIME WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PEOPLE CLAIM, THEY WERE GETTING BILLS FOR LIKE MULTIPLE MONTHS OR WOULDN'T GET A BILL AND THEN THEY WOULD GET A BILL FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS.
AND SO, UM, WHAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF BE THE PROCESS HERE TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, CITIZENS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST CUTTING PEOPLE'S WATER OFF, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG CONCERN OF THEIRS.
SO THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE IS GOING TO BE TO THE BILL PRINT VENDOR.
UM, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE MEANING BILLING AND THEIR APPEAL.
BILL PRINT VENDOR SENDS OUT THE BILLING STATEMENTS TO THE CITIZENS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE MONTHLY BILLINGS ARE THE MULTIPLE BILLINGS, THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN CORRECTED.
UM, IT'S JUST A PROCESS OF GETTING EVERYTHING IMPLEMENTED FROM UNI BILLING.
SO THE TRANSITION FROM FATHOM TO MUNI BILLING, UH, WAS A PROCESS.
AND PART OF THAT WAS THERE WERE CUSTOMERS THAT HADN'T BEEN BILLED, UM, DURING THAT TRANSITION AND THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN ALLEVIATED.
SO THE CUSTOMER SHOULDN'T BE SEEING THAT WHAT THIS IS, IS A NEW TRANSITION TO A BILL PRINT VENDOR AND A CHANGE TO THE BILL FORMAT.
IS THIS GOING TO BE THE, IS THIS THE FINAL CHANGE WHERE WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL BE DOING THE BILLING AND EVERYTHING WILL NOW BE PROCESSED IN HOUSE, AND WE HAVE OUR OWN BILLING VENDOR, OR IS THERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER CHANGE AFTER THIS? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN KIND OF A MULTI-STEP PROCESS.
IT WOULD BE A MULTI-STEP PROCESS.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE CIS, SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY DO THE BILLING FOR US.
WE'RE CHANGING THE BILL PRINT VENDOR.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PARTICULAR IMPLEMENTATION IS.
THIS ONE, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
UM, I HAVE ONE LITTLE QUESTION AND IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, UH, OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS WHEN WE'VE HAD OUR PREVIOUS, UH, SERVICE, BUT ALWAYS ASKED TO SEE IF THEY COULDN'T DO, WHEN THEY DO THE BILLING AND YOU COME ON IT, TRY TO PAY YOUR BILL, THAT YOU CAN PICK A DATE VERSUS HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST REMEMBER TO GET IT ON A CERTAIN DATE.
YOU CAN'T DO IT AHEAD OF TIME.
SO ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND LOG IN AT ANY TIME IN THAT MONTH AND GO AHEAD AND PICK A DATE THAT WE WANT TO ACCESS PAYMENT, OR ARE WE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO ONLY HAVE THE OPTION GOING IN WHEN WE, WHEN WE MAKE THE PAYMENT AT THAT TIME, YOU MEAN AS FAR AS PAYING THE, PAYING THE CHARGES, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU GO IN TO GO AND TRY TO PAY YOUR BILL, UH, USUALLY MINE IS DUE SOMEWHERE AROUND 17, 18, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT ON THE FIRST I MAY BE OVER THERE, UH, PROCESSING BILLS TO BE PAID ON THOSE DATES.
AND, UH, SO IN, IN MY TIMELINE, I TRY TO DO IT EARLY ENOUGH TO WHERE I'M JUST PICKING THE DATES FOR WHAT ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE, BE A DEBIT, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT ON THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT, UH, BILL PAY.
SO I GOT TO REMEMBER TO SAY, OKAY, I GOT TO LOG IN AND PAY ON, OR BEFORE THAT DATE.
UM, SO I JUST TRY TO TIME IT WHERE I CAN DO ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I PICKED CERTAIN DATES KNOWING, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU'RE GETTING REVENUE IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO PICK A DATE, I THINK IS THE TERM, YES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY IT THAT AT ANY TIME.
WE NEED PAID ANY TIME, BUT CAN YOU GO ONLINE TO PAY AND PICK A DATE FOR, FOR A FUTURE DATE AS FAR AS LIKE A DRAFT OR JUST, WHICH IS WHAT I ALWAYS GO IN AND, AND, UH, UM, SET UP THE PAYMENT.
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COURSE, WHEN YOU GO AHEAD AND PUSH PAYMENT, THEY AUTOMATICALLY DRAW IT OUT.SO SINCE I'M DOING MULTIPLE ONES, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIKE SAY ON THE FIRST, UH, PROCESS THE PAYMENT, BUT NOT READY TO COME OUT FOR THAT FIRST.
I WANT TO PICK THE DATE MAYBE ON THE 15TH OR, OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME AHEAD OF TIME AROUND THE DATE FOR THAT MATTER.
THAT'S THE QUESTION I WAS ASKING, OH, AS FAR AS THE FUTURE DATE, YOU CAN SET IT UP FOR THE DRAFT, BUT AS FAR AS PAYING IT ON A FUTURE DATE, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON LIKE YOUR BILL PAY SERVICE.
LIKE IF YOU PAY IT THROUGH YOUR BANK, BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY AT ANY TIME.
YEAH, NO, I NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE.
I WILL ALWAYS DO IT RIGHT WHEN YOU WANT A PROCESS.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT DONE NOW, EVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON THIS AUTOMATED DEAL, BUT, UH, HEY, IF YOU CAN'T, IT CAN'T, YOU KNOW, BUT APPRECIATE IT.
SO I'M GOING TO SHARE THE, AH, SO WHILE, UH, RHONDA IS HANDING THAT OUT, SUPPLEMENT HER INFORMATION JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, COUNSELING AND MCCARTY, UH, BACK TO THE QUESTION OF WHAT WE SHOW FORBEARANCE.
IF THERE ARE SOME UNFORESEEN ISSUES WITH THE ROLL-OUTS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS PROCESS CHANGE, THE ANSWER IS YES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE SOWN AN ABUNDANCE OF FORBEARANCE OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, TO BE ABLE TO SHOW DEFERENCE TO THE CUSTOMERS, PUTTING UP AS WE WORK ON A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT WITH THE PROCESSES, UH, AS FAR AS THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING TOWARDS BRINGING EVERYTHING IN HOUSE, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MOST FRONT FACING CUSTOMER COMPONENT.
SO THIS IS THE ONE WHERE THE BILLS ORIGINATE FROM CEDAR HILL AND YOU SEND THEM TO CEDAR HILL AND THEY'RE PROCESSED IN CEDAR HILL.
SO EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL BE SUBSEQUENT, UH, THINGS THAT WE WILL DO PROCESS-WISE FOR THE CUSTOMER, THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANGES ONCE THIS BILL GOES OUT AND IS ORIGINATING FROM CEDAR HILL AND PROCESSED THAT WAY.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS, UM, ALYSSA, UM,
SO, UM, ARE WE HAVING TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO, TO PROCESS THE, THE UTILITY PAYMENTS? OKAY.
WELL, I THINK WE HAVE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT COMPONENT OF THIS PROCESS CHANGE.
AND W WHAT DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A HANDLE YET ON WHAT YOU EXPECT TO BE THE NET COST IMPACT TO AS FAR AS EXPENSE TO THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS CHANGE IS, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY THIS COULD SAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT OF THE OUTSOURCED BILLING SERVICES THAT WE WERE USING.
DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A GRASP YET ON KIND OF THE BULK OF BALLPARK, MAYBE ON HOW MUCH THAT SAVINGS MIGHT BE? SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT THE MOMENT.
I WOULD SAY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REALIZE ONCE WE'VE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE PROCESS, BUT I KNOW THESE INITIAL ONES DO NOT REQUIRE US TO ADD SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS, UM, INTO THE CURRENT PERSONNEL THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AT PLAY FOR THE PROCESSING.
LAST THING, I'M SORRY, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON IT? BUT YEAH, THE, THE, THE BILLS ARE CLEARLY A LOT EASIER TO READ AND ACTUALLY APPROXIMATE SOME PREVIOUS ONES I THOUGHT WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO I APPRECIATE THE DESIGN THAT WENT INTO, UH, INTO MAKING THOSE MUCH MORE CUSTOMER AND USER-FRIENDLY AND THE ONES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UH, LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE, AS YOU KNOW, OUR SOLID WASTE SERVICES OFTEN IN IS, UH, OFTEN IMPACTED BY THE HOLIDAYS.
UH, SO A THANKSGIVING WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT'S A THURSDAY, UH, WE WILL DO OUR TRADITIONAL MAKEUP DAY.
SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOUR REGULAR TRASH DAY IS A THURSDAY, THEN IT WILL BE THE NEXT DAY.
AND IF YOUR REGULAR DAY IS FRIDAY ON THAT WEEK, THEN YOUR REGULAR DAY WILL BE SATURDAY.
SO WE'LL BE SENDING OUT THE USUAL INFORMATION.
WE'VE BEEN USING THE SAME PATTERN FOR, UM, REPLACEMENT HOLIDAY PICKUPS
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FOR ANOTHER NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.AND THAT SET HAS GONE VERY SMOOTHLY, BUT IT'S THAT TIME TO BE PUTTING THAT OUT.
SO IF YOU'RE GETTING ANY INQUIRIES, UM, FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE PLAN.
UM, MOVING ON, WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR BRIEFING TONIGHT.
ONE IS AN UPDATE, UH, FROM OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF RAPHAEL RAYEZ ON THE STATUS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM PROJECT.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE FROM OUR OWN MURRAY WATSON WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, CARES ACT PROGRAMS THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER AND FALL, UH, MOVING TO A QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING A GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD TO OUR GOOD FRIEND MIDDLEBROOKS.
UH, ALSO OUR PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING VETERAN'S DAY HERE IN SECRET, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF SOMETHING.
THAT'S A VERY CEDAR HILL STORY ABOUT HOW WE ALL COME TOGETHER TO HELP PEOPLE WITH KNEE.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY HEARING ABOUT THAT STORY AND ALL THE PLAYERS COMMUNITY-WISE THAT CAME TO PLAY, UH, TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THAT ONE INSTANCE ALSO, THERE'LL BE A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 18TH AS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS DAY.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, NONE OF US BE ABLE TO ARE ABLE TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT D NOW WITHOUT REALLY GOOD MAPS, THEN HAVING THAT CAPABILITY IN HOUSE IS, UH, BEEN A MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT FOR US.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT'S ASSOCIATED WITH A PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, ZONING, UH, RELATED TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY OFF OF JOE WILSON ROAD AND EAST BELTLINE.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM LOCAL RETAIL TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND DETACHED ATTACHED TO DETACHED DWELLING UNITS.
BESIDE THEM DID GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND AS I SAID, THEY'RE BELIEVED THE AFRICAN WILL BE PRESENT TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, JUST ANOTHER NOTE, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, VERIFIED THAT THEY DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
THAT'S SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER, UH, THE SUPER MAJORITY REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER AN APPROVE THE REQUEST.
SO WE, UM, MINIMUM OF SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO APPROVE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, MOVING ON, WE DO HAVE ELECTION MATTERS, WHICH ARE, I'M SORRY, SORRY, IT'LL BE FIVE AS CUSTOMER DATA IS THAT, SO WE WILL, UH, MAKE SURE WHERE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT ROLE ON THAT AND LET YOU KNOW, SIR, THAT WAS GOOD.
UH, WE DO HAVE ELECTION SCHNEIDER'S TONIGHT.
IT'S UNUSUAL FOR US TO DO THAT IN NOVEMBER, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAY ELECTIONS WERE PUSHED BASED ON, BASED ON COVID.
UH, WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE UP FOR ELECTION.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE WITH YOU AND BENEFIT FROM YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TONIGHT, ISSUANCES OF THE CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION ADMINISTERING THOSE OF OFFICE, AND, AND THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REMARKS TO BE MADE BY THOSE WHO'VE BEEN ELECTED.
AND FOR THOSE WHO WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH THEM, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER, UM, ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT IF NOT, WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS ON REGULAR AGENDA.
ONE IS A, A MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, PRIORITIES OF THE LAST YEAR.
AND THAT WAS THE SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM, UH, STACY GRAVES AND HER CREW AND YOUR CITIZENS COMMITTEE WORKED HARD FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, PUTTING THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER.
THIS ORDINANCE REPRESENTS THE INPUT RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE, THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD THAT MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO DO IT.
AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM ON REGULAR AGENDA, UH, IS TO CONSIDER AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CEDAR HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, TO PROVIDE THEM WITH $180,000 OF CORE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF, FUNDS CARES, ACT FUNDS TO HELP SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR MISSION OF HELPING OUR CEDAR HILL ISD STUDENTS WITH DISTANCE LEARNING.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT, AND MAYBE THE PEOPLE THAT IS JUST A QUESTION REGARDING, UH, RICK ITEM B, UM, YOU SAID DISTANCE LEARNING.
IS THERE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT WHAT THIS PARTICULAR MY NEIGHBOR I'M GOING TO ASK DURING THE RIVER? SO BE PREPARED.
I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM I THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, MR. CD MANAGER.
[3. Update on the Public Safety Radio System Project.]
THE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM PROJECT, UH, CHIEF RES EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IN LATE JULY, UH, BUT THIS IS AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH, WITH THE RADIO SYSTEM.
OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD.
UH, WE HAVE LIMITED OPERABILITY WHERE WE'RE KIND OF ON AN ISLAND OUT HERE ON OUR, ON OUR OWN, UH, IT'S A PARTNER OWN SYSTEM.
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY HAVING SOME ISSUES ISSUES WITH COVERAGE, INTEROPERABILITY, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, MUTUAL AID POLICE DEPARTMENT PURSUITS, UH, ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS.
UH, WE HAD A SCARE IN DUNCANVILLE WHERE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARTNERS, UH, COMING IN FROM CITY OF DALLAS AND OTHER OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
SO WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD OUR CHALLENGES.
UH, OF COURSE WATCHED SITUATIONS WHERE ON DIFFERENT SYSTEM, THEN OUR PARTNERS ARE, UH, NATURAL DISASTERS.
WHEN WE GET DEPLOYED OUR RADIO SYSTEM, ISN'T COMPATIBLE WITH, UH, THAT OF THE RESPONDING AGENCIES OR RESPONDING JURISDICTIONS, WHERE WE GO OUT TO, UH, THE PROJECT 25 OR 25 SYSTEM.
IT'S A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, IT'S A REQUIREMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE OBJECTIVES ARE, UH, INTEROPERABILITY.
AND ONCE WE MOVE TO THE SYSTEM, WE'LL EVER HAVE INTEROPERABILITY WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AND WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE METROPLEX, I'LL SHOW YOU A MAP HERE SHORTLY OF, UH, WHAT THAT COVERAGE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE PRICE COMPETITION.
WE WE'VE DEFINITELY LEVERAGED THAT IN, IN OUR FAVOR AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN BY THAT SHORTLY.
THIS IS GOING TO MAKE A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR US.
IT'S GOING TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR, OUR PARTNERS IN OUR, UH, NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, UH, OUR PARTNERS, UH, ON THE PD SIDE.
UH, THEY NEED THAT ENCRYPTION CAPABILITY AS WELL.
UH, JUST FOR SAFETY SITUATIONS, UH, THE DALLAS
AND THEY'LL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE BAND SPACE FOR, FOR ALL OF US TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO JOIN THAT SYSTEM.
THERE'S 29 TOWERS, UH, IN, IN DALLAS COUNTY.
LUCKILY, UH, SIX OF THEM WILL BE SOUTH OF
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GOOD COVERAGE, UH, BECAUSE OF THOSE TOWERS THAT ARE IN PLACE, UH, WE'RE GONNA, THIS IS GONNA BE, IT WAS SUSTAINABILITY AND SECURITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, I MENTIONED THE COVERAGE.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SQUARE.
THERE THAT'S A GAS COUNTY, THE SQUIGGLY LINES THAT ARE THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT THE YELLOW, UH, THE YELLOW THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THAT MAP IS, UH, JUST THE DALLAS SYSTEM AND THE COVERAGE THAT THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE.
SO WHEN YOU PAIR THAT WITH THE FORT WORTH SYSTEM, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE COVERAGE FROM FAR WEST OF THE METROPLEX, UH, TO, TO FAR EAST OF THE METROPLEX.
UH, AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE US COVERAGE ALL THE WAY AROUND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRICING.
AND, AND I, I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT WE'VE LEVERAGED, UH, THE, THE
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, WORKING WITH MOTOROLA, AND IF YOU SEE THE ITEMS THERE IN RED, UH, W WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY BRING THE PRICE DOWN BY ABOUT $5 MILLION.
UH, SO THE REGIONAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING CEDAR HILL, DESOTO, DUNCANVILLE, AND LANCASTER, UH, THERE'S ABOUT A 7.98, $8 MILLION, UH, COST THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER FOR CEDAR HILL UNDER THIS OPTION THAT WE SEE HERE, IT'S ABOUT 1.9 MILLION.
NOW THIS OPTION THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, IT COMES WITH A ONE-YEAR SYSTEM UPGRADE AGREEMENT AND MAINTENANCE COSTS.
UH, SO, SO THAT FIRST YEAR WAS INCLUDED.
UH, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER OPTION.
IF WE GO, WE GO WITH THE, IF YOU LOOK AT YEARS TWO THROUGH SEVEN, WE INCLUDE THAT IN OUR PRICING.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ANOTHER $400,000 IN DISCOUNTS, UH, AND THAT'LL BRING OUR PRICING TO ABOUT 9.3, FOUR, 4 MILLION REGIONALLY AMONGST ALL FOUR CITIES.
AND THE PRICE FOR CEDAR HILL WOULD BE ABOUT 2.1, $901 MILLION, BUT THAT'LL COVER US FOR SEVEN YEARS, UH, MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, SYSTEM UPGRADES.
AND WE'LL BE IN REALLY, REALLY GOOD SHAPE FOR A LONG TIME TO COME AS WE MOVE
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FORWARD.SO ASSOCIATED COSTS, UH, USING THAT SEVEN YEARS OF MAINTENANCE AND THAT SYSTEM UPGRADE AGREEMENT ALONG WITH OUR FIRE STATION LEARNING OPTIONS.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET THAT 2.191 A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THEN OUR ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO, TO DALLAS IS AROUND $84,000 AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THOSE NUMBERS HAVE COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
I BELIEVE THE FIRST TIME WE BRIEFED, WE WERE ABOUT $2.3 MILLION, AND WE'VE LEVERAGED, UH, THE, THE PRICE IN OUR FAVOR, BUT ABLE TO BRING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, THE TIMELINE TO THE
UH, WE'RE DOING THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT, CURRENTLY.
UH, WE WE'VE ALREADY BRIEFED OUR PARTNERS, PD AND FD REGIONALLY.
EVERYBODY'S UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UH, THE 20, 21, UH, TIMELINE, WE LOOK TO, UH, GET OUR EQUIPMENT STARTING SOMETIME IN 2021.
AND THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON, UH, SIGNING THE CONTRACTS AND FUNDING AND, AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT, UH, WE LOOK TO START GETTING OUR EQUIPMENT IN 2021, HOPEFULLY WITH AN INSTALL STARTING IN, IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, UH, DALLAS IS LOOKING TO GO LIVE WITH THEIR SYSTEM IN DECEMBER OF 2021.
THEY THINK THERE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ON SUBSCRIBERS IN MARCH OF 2022.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED TO JUMP ON IT AT THAT TIME, IF WE'RE, UH, IF WE'RE READY TO START TESTING, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO START TESTING IN THE SUMMER.
I'M SORRY, IN THE WINTER OF 2021 TO EARLY 20, 22.
AND, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT THE TIMELINE AT THAT POINT TO SEE WHEN WE'RE READY TO JUMP ON THE, ON THE DALLAS SYSTEM AS A SUBSCRIBER'S POSSIBLE GOAL LIVE DATE, OR FOR US HERE REGIONALLY, MAY, JUNE, JULY 20, 22, SOONER, SOONER, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE THAT'S STEPS FOR, FOR COUNCIL.
UH, WE'VE GOT AN MOU THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, CURRENTLY THAT MOU IS, UH, IN, IN DALLAS LEGAL, BUT WE'RE WAITING TO GET THAT MOU.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT SOON AND PRESENT IT TO OUR LEGAL, AND THEN PRESENT IT TO YOU ALL AND GET IT SIGNED.
UH, WE COULD GET THAT SIGN IN EARLY 20, 21.
UH, WE'VE GOT A MOTOROLA CONTRACT THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE, UH, WE BARGAIN BACK AND FORTH.
AND I THINK WE'VE, UH, WE'VE LEVERAGED SOME THINGS IN OUR FAVOR IN THAT CONTRACT.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS BEING, UH, OUR, UH, OUR WARRANTY ON THE RADIO SYSTEM AND ALL OUR EQUIPMENT WILL NOT START UNTIL, UNTIL WE GO LIVE WITH THE DALLAS SYSTEM.
SO WE DON'T GO LIVE UNTIL JULY OF 20, 22.
THAT'S WHEN OUR WARRANTY STARTS.
AND, UH, THAT'S SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE WITH MOTOROLA.
AND, UH, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER, OTHER SMALL PIECES, UH, THEY'VE WORKED REALLY, REALLY WELL WITH US.
UH, SO WE WILL HAVE THAT CONTRACT AND A NOTICE TO PROCEED.
AND WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT SIGN HOPEFULLY EARLY 20, 21, AND THEN FUND THE SYSTEM SOMETIME IN 2021.
UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION, CHIEF RES I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THRILLED I AM THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
UM, ONE THING WE DO KNOW ABOUT EMERGENCIES, UM, THERE ARE SPECIFIC ONES THAT JUST DON'T STOP AT THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF ANYONE SAY THAT THEY CAN FLOW INTO MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS.
AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS OUR INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
AND SO THIS SOLVES THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A, UH, SOME KIND OF A MAJOR EMERGENCY AND DON'T HAVE AN ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER CITIES, THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
AND SO THIS, THIS SOLVES THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE LEAD AND GETTING US TO THE POINT WHERE IN THE EVENT, SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE WILL HAVE AN ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH FSAD.
SO I JUST WANT TO HATS OFF TO YOU.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION ABOUT LANCASTER IS COMING ON BOARD BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS AT ONE TIME THAT THEY MAY NOT BE COMING, BUT THEY'VE DECIDED TO COME ON BOARD.
SO, UH, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE STILL GONNA MAINTAIN THEIR OWN DISPATCH CENTER, BUT THEY WILL BE PART OF THE, OF THE REGIONAL PRICING THROUGH THE MOTOROLA CONTRACT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT, UH, I I'VE, UH, I'VE, I'VE MADE MY OPINION WILL KNOW, NOT I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO BE PART OF S WRCC, UH, THAT'S UH, THAT THAT DECISION IS GOING TO BE UP TO THEM, BUT WE'D LOVE FOR THEM TO BE PART OF STB RCC AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE ON THE, YES, CHEAPER IS LIKE, THANK YOU FOR THE
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PRESENTATION.I KNOW THE, UH, NEW EMERGENCY RADIO SERVICES.
IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I STARTED TALKING TO, UH, TO OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT, CORRECT, AFTER I GOT ON COUNCIL.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS, THIS COMING TO FRUITION.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME INTEROPERABILITY ISSUES WITH, WITH OTHER CITIES SURROUNDING US, BUT WE ALSO, I BELIEVE HAVE SOME COVERAGE ISSUES THAT AREN'T REALLY WITH OUR EXISTING SYSTEM AND CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY.
UM, OR ARE WE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING KIND OF IN THE INTERIM TO, TO CIRCUMVENT THAT? I BELIEVE I TALKED TO SOME OF THE OFFICERS THAT SAID THAT THEY WERE JUST HAVING TO USE PERSONAL CELL PHONES AND THINGS, AND SOME MARRIAGE, BECAUSE THE RADIO SIMPLY DON'T WORK IN SOME AREAS.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE WE'RE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES WITH, WITH THE RADIO SYSTEM.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET SOME OF THIS
I THINK, UH, ONCE WE HAVE SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT AND DALLAS GOES LIVE WITH THEIR SYSTEM, BOUNCING OFF SOME OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE AND IRVING, UH, SITES, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET REAL GOOD COVERAGE AS WE START TO OBTAIN SOME OF OUR RADIO EQUIPMENT.
I KNOW FOR, UH, PROBABLY FOR A FEW MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BOTH SYSTEMS IN ALL OF OUR VEHICLES.
AND, AND, AND I THINK, UH, AT THAT POINT, ONCE WE'RE TESTING, WE MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THAT
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? UH, CHIEF, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, I GUESS IN THE PRESENTATION YOU MENTIONED, I GUESS, A FEW DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AS FAR AS THE ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR.
IS THAT FOR A COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IT A LATER TIME, OR ARE YOU GOING TO PROPOSE? IT IS, IT IS FOR ACCOUNTS THAT WE CONSIDERED AT A LATER TIME.
UH, AND THE NEXT IS, UH, KIND OF FOLLOW UP ON CUSTOMER MCCURDY, UH, THE INVENTORY, UH, WHAT, WELL, TWO THINGS, I DON'T KNOW THE LINGO, SO FORGIVE ME.
UH, BUT, UH, BUT IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRESENTATION YOU SHOWED A WALKIE-TALKIE, SO I GUESS THAT'S GOING TO BE A RADIO, BUT, UH, THERE'S ALSO LIKE A SHOULDER, UH, UH, RADIO AS WELL.
IS THAT PART OF THE
SO, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE ACCESSORIES, UH, UH, TH THE SHOULDER, UH, MIKE, THAT YOU SAW CONNECTS TO A PORTABLE RADIO THAT SOMEBODY HAS ON, ON THEIR SIDE.
SO IT, UH, IT DOES GIVE US SOME, SOME MORE LEVERAGE ON SOME OF THE ACCESSORIES WITH THIS B 25 SYSTEM.
SO IT'S THE SAME RADIO, IT'S JUST A, AN EXTENDED MICROPHONE ON THAT RADIO THAT YOU SAW.
AND I GUESS FOR THE, UH, INVENTORY, ARE WE GOING TO AVERAGE ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE WE USUALLY HAVE BOTH, UH, POLICE FIRE, AND MAYBE SOME, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AS WELL.
SO THEREFORE WE ONLY ASK HIM FOR ONE SET OF INVENTORY AND WE JUST KEEP IT UP THAT WAY, OR HOW DO YOU THINK OF IT? SO, UH, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN AN INVENTORY FROM, FROM THE PD SIDE AND FROM THE FIRESIDE AND, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GATHERED SOME NUMBERS AND WE THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO, TO MATCH OUR RADIOS TO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
SO, SO THERE'LL BE TWO CACHES, UH, ONE WITH PD, ONE WITH FIRE, BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE AN EXTRA CASH IN OUR ELC, UH, IF, FOR TIMES OF DISASTER.
SO WE WILL HAVE, HAVE A FEW EXTRAS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME? YEP.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I GOT, SIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME.
AND, UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR KEEPING US CUTTING EDGE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO GOOD WORK OUT HERE TO COME GET HERE.
[4. Update on CARES Act Programs.]
UH, LAST NIGHT AFTER THE BRIEFING SESSION IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UPDATE ON CARES ACT PROGRAM.AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, UH, MARY ELLEN, MARIE MONTHS.
IT IS A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO ADDRESS YOU THIS EVENING, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR CARES ACT PROGRAM.
WHY? SO AS ALWAYS, WE BEGAN WITH OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES THAT GUIDE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, AND THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS MULTIPLE, UH, CITY COUNCIL, PREMIER STATEMENTS, INCLUDING CEDAR HILL IS SAFE.
CEDAR HILL HAS A STRONGER DIVERSE ECONOMY AND CEDAR HILL HAS AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
AS YOU RECALL, IN JUNE, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED MAYOR MASON TO EXECUTE AN ILA WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO RECEIVE CARE TO CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS THAT WERE PASSED THERE FROM THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO DALLAS COUNTY, I'M HERE TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, UM, TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
APPROXIMATELY $2.6 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL BASED ON OUR POPULATION ESTIMATES, UM, FOR NECESSARY EXPENDITURES INCURRED, UH, BETWEEN MARCH 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AT CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
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OUR EFFORTS ON THREE CATEGORIES, UH, DISASTER RESPONSE, MITIGATION, RESIDENT ASSISTANCE, AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.SO, UH, WHEN WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS, WE ANTICIPATED, UM, EXPENSES FOR DIRECT RESPONSE AND MITIGATION TO INCLUDE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMS EXPENSES, PPE AND CLEANING AND DISINFECTION SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, OH FOUR BUSTED IN ASSISTANCE.
WE WERE ANTICIPATING FOOD ASSISTANCE, BUT MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
AND, UM, THE CEDAR HILL STRONG, UH, GRANT AND LOAN PROGRAM, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
BUT SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE EXPANDED, UH, EXPANDED IN THESE CATEGORIES TO BE INNOVATIVE AND RESPONSIVE, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS EVER-CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AS WHITES TO DISASTER RESPONSE AND MITIGATION.
UM, WE, UH, PPE HAS INCLUDED, UH, GLOVES, SANITIZERS, MASS, AND, UH, DISINFECTS, DISINFECTION, SPRAYERS, AND GLASS, UH, AROUND, UM, AROUND ALL CITY FACILITIES.
UH, WE'VE ALSO, UM, WE'VE ALSO, UH, SPREAD COVID, UH, COMMUNICATIONS FOR, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS, UM, SUCH AS, UH, STAY SMART, STAY SIX FEET APART AND OTHER AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISEMENTS.
UM, THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN UP, WE'VE ALSO, UH, HAD A NUMBER OF INNOVATIONS FOR OUR CITIZENS TO EXCESS CITY SERVICES OF VIRTUALLY OF WHICH INCLUDES THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UP FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
I PADS, UH, LAPTOPS, UH, AND, UH, AND WE'RE WORKING ON A VIRTUAL COURT AS WELL.
UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THIS PANDEMIC, UH, AND THERE ARE, UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE ALSO ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT TO HELP, UM, REDUCE THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDING INFECTION RESISTANT, BUNKER GEAR, THEY SHELTER MASK, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, UH, TELL THE DEUCE THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
UH, AND FOR THAT ALL PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES ARE THAT WE'LL SPEND APPROXIMATELY A $1 MILLION.
AND IT DOES ASK THE RESPONSE AND MITIGATION EXPENSES, UH, FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER, AS IT RELATES TO RESIDENT ASSISTANCE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS TO PROVIDE RENT MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, UM, TO QUALIFY CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS.
AND AS OF NOVEMBER SIX, APPROXIMATELY $162,000 HAS BEEN SPENT, UH, BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS IN CONSULTATION WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS, WE'RE EXPECTING TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY $300,000 AND RESIDENT ASSISTANCE.
AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT IS OFFERED THROUGH DALLAS COUNTY EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AT THE OCTOBER 27 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION TO AWARD $142,000 IN CAROUSEL FUNDS TO CEDAR HILL SHALES TO SUPPORT FOOD PANTRY OPERATIONS THAT HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN PATRONS.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, WE ARE PLANNING A WORKFORCE SUMMIT TO BE HELD AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER AS PART OF OUR CEDAR HILL STRONG WINTER WORKSHOP SERIES TO ENGAGE, EMPOWER AND EMPLOY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
AND THIS EVENT WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON UPDATING YOUR RESUME, EFFECTIVE JOB SOURCE, UH, SEARCH STRATEGIES, INTERVIEW SKILLS, AND OTHER SKILLS THAT ARE VITAL AND BENEFICIAL TO TODAY'S MARKETPLACE, INCLUDING HOW TO BRING YOUR ENERGY TO A VIRTUAL INTERVIEW.
OH, WE'LL ALSO HELP FACILITATE CONNECTIONS TO RESOURCES SUCH AS THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED, UH, AFTER THE SUMMIT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UM, DURING REGULAR, DURING YOUR REGULAR MEETING, THERE'S AN ITEM FOR AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, BUT THE CEDAR HILL ISD TO FACILITATE A DISTANCE LEARNING FOR OUR SCHOLARS, UM, THROUGH, UH, THROUGH, UH, FROM BOOKS.
AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING SPINNING, UH, $637,000 AND RESIDENT ASSISTANCE.
AGAIN, BASED ON OUR PRELIMINARY PROJECTIONS, FINALLY MOVING ONTO BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
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OUR CEDAR HILL STRONG GRANT AND LOAN PROGRAM HAS AWARDED THE 69 LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, APPROXIMATELY $800,000 IN GRANTS AND LOANS.UM, WE'VE, UH, OUR ADC TEAM HAS ALSO WORKED DILIGENTLY TO PROMOTE OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
IF YOU RECALL, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, THEY PLAY SCIENCE FOR OUR LOCAL, SMALL, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AS WELL AS OUR RESTAURANTS THAT WERE OPEN FOR TAKEOUT AND DELIVERY.
UH, OR IF, UM, IF YOU HAVE TIME, BE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, UH, TO BE THE STORIES OF THE IMPACT THAT THE CEDAR HILLS TRIBE PROGRAM HAS HAD ON OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND, UM, MOVING FINALLY TO LOCAL BUSINESS, UH, SMALL BUSINESS TRAINING AND SUPPORT, UH, AGAIN, AS PART OF THE CEDAR POST-STORM WORKSHOP SERIES AND NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, UH, ADC IS PLANNING.
THIS IS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES TO RECOVER AND BECOME MORE RESILIENT IN OUR EVER CHANGING WORLD AND TOPICS FOR THAT WILL INCLUDE BUILDING A, MANAGING A WEBSITE, UH, PIVOTING TO ONLINE SALES AND THIS AND BUSINESS PLANNING.
IT IS ALSO PARTNER WITH THE CEDAR HALL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO OFFER ADDITIONAL SERVICES, TO SUPPORT OUR BULK SMALL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING ONE-ON-ONE BUSINESS RESOURCE COUNSELING, TRAINING AND PROMOTION.
UH, AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, UM, UH, TONIGHT'S COUNCIL AGENDA, YOU HAVE AN ITEM IN THEIR LOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, TO PROVIDE CARE FUNDS TO CEDAR HAWAIIANS D TO SUPPORT.
THIS IS WANTING FOR US FOR OUR SCHOLARS.
OH, WE ARE WORKING ON EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT WITH CEDAR HILL SHERIFFS TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS, AND WE'RE, UH, FACILITATING ALL FINAL PROGRAMS AND ACQUIRING ITEMS TO SUPPORT THE COUNSELORS THREE FOCUS AREAS AND PREPARING OUR FINAL REPORTS TO DALLAS COUNTY.
SO THIS INCLUDES MY, I CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
UM, SO THAT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IT'S WAS THAT DONE THROUGH SOME SORT OF A GRANT APPLICATION, OR I KNOW WE SAID AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT.
UM, I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE CHROMEBOOKS.
IS THAT, IS THAT THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR? BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS WITH SO MANY KIDS LEARNING FROM HOME IS DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET TO BEGIN WITH, BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE PART OF IT.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIMITED VISIBILITY INTO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, WITH SPECIFICALLY WITH THE DISTRICT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS IS RELATING TO, TO DISTANCE LEARNING, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, WE MET, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
COUNCILMAN MCCURDY, ALTHOUGH WE MET WITH, UH, CEDAR HILL ISD, UM, AT, UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR PRIMARY ASK FROM THE CITY WAS SUPPORT, UH, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE CHROMEBOOKS, UM, TO HELP FACILITATE, UH, THAT DISTANCE LEARNING TO PROVIDE, UH, EIGHT, UM, A DEVICE TO, UH, EACH OF OUR SCHOLARS.
AND I, AS WELL TO YOUR QUESTION, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, THE INTERNET ACCESS, UM, THEY'RE, UM, THEY ARE ALSO, UH, THEY'RE ALSO, UH, WORK, UH, WORKING INTERNALLY ON, UM, ON, UH, HOTSPOTS AND, UH, AND OTHER ITEMS TO, UH, TO FURTHER SUPPORT OF THE DISTANCE LEARNING EFFORTS.
AND SOMEWHAT UNRELATED TO CARE.
IS THAT KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINE? I WOULD HOPE THAT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, THE DESIGN AND THE LAYOUT FOR THE NEW LIBRARY AND EVERYTHING THAT, UH, WE WOULD ALSO INCLUDE LIKE AREAS MAYBE EXTERIOR TO THE LIBRARY, SINCE THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW CITY CENTER PARK, OR MAYBE WE COULD COVER THE PARK WITH WIFI, PRESENT ALTERNATIVES FOR, FOR STUDENTS THAT MAY BE TRYING TO LEARN VIRTUALLY OR WHATEVER, WHERE THEY, THEY CAN COME AND USE THOSE, UH, THOSE DEVICES, YOU KNOW, EITHER OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY IN THE LIBRARY OR EVEN IN THE PARK ITSELF.
I WILL JUST MENTION THAT, UM, IN THE PROGRAMMING, IT WAS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, AND IT WAS A KEY PART OF OUR PROGRAMMING BOTH INTERNALLY AND THE LIBRARY, BUT ALSO EXTERNALLY IN THE PARK.
ABSOLUTELY MIXES CAUSE WOMAN SHOW DANIELS ON PUSH TOO, IS, HAS ALL THE FAMILIES HAS
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BEEN SERVED WITH THE HOUSE, UH, EARLIER.UH, QUESTION COUNCIL, COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS.
UM, WE ARE, WE'RE STILL ROLLING.
NOW MOVE IT UP JUST SO I CAN HEAR.
YEAH, I THINK FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCIL MCDANIELS, WE ARE US ACCEPTING, UH, APPLICATIONS THROUGH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS, UH, THROUGH NOVEMBER 15TH, UH, FOR, UH, FOR US, UH, FOR OUR CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS, UH, WHO ARE IN NEED, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, EXTENSIVE, UH, EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND HELPING THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, DUE TO, UM, DUE TO THE TIMELINE THAT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT HAS PUT ON, UM, THE USE OF A CARES ACT FUNDS, UM, WE'RE ACCEPTING THE APPLICATIONS THROUGH NOVEMBER 15TH, UH, SO THAT ALL, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN EXPEND THE FUNDS, UH, BY NOVEMBER THE 30TH.
THE REASON I ASKED BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT SOME FAMILIES THAT HOT CHIPS, AND I SEE WE GIVEN THE DISTRICT 108 OR 5,000.
SO IT, TO ME, IT WOULD BE NO INVOICE TO GIVE THE DISTRICT MONEY AND WHEN THE KIDS NEED A PLACE TO STAY.
SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED, UH, WHAT IS YOUR UPDATE ON PROVIDING HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR THESE FAMILIES? OKAY.
UH, WELL, UH, WELL, MA'AM AS, UH, UM, AS OF THIS PAST FRIDAY, APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED, SORRY, APPROXIMATELY $162,000, UM, HAD, UM, HAS BEEN SPENT TOWARDS OUR RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS, UH, WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS, WE ANTICIPATE THAT NUMBER WILL BE A $300,000 BY NOVEMBER 30TH.
AND, UH, AND WE'RE ALSO, SO WE SERVICE, WHAT ARE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVED IN, SEE THE HEAD? UM, I WILL HAVE, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FAMILIES THAT ARE SERVED THROUGH DALLAS COUNTY'S EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
UH, BUT I'LL GET THAT, UM, NUMBER FOUR, YOU CANCEL MCDANIELS.
SO HAVE WE SERVED ANY FRIENDS? YES.
MA'AM SO THE, UH, SO THE FUNDING, UH, THAT, UH, THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED HAS BEEN OKAY.
UM, HAS, UH, HAS, UH, HAS APPROX, UM, I'LL GET YOU THE, UH, THE FINAL NUMBER ON THERE WITH THE, UH, AVERAGE PER CLIENT IS, UH, JUST UNDER, JUST OVER $3,200, UH, PER CLIENT.
ARE MY 3,200 PER CLIENT? YES, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SERVED 20%, 50%.
UH, AND AGAIN, UH, CANCEL WEDNESDAY.
I WILL, I'LL GIVE WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTIES, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO GET THAT TOTAL COMBINED NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED TO DATE.
SO HAVE WE SERVED IN, UH, YES.
MA'AM SO, UH, SO FOR US TO SERVE, UM, SO, SO THE, UH, THE FAMILIES AND, UH, WITH THE, WITH THAT, UH, BUT THE NUMBER OF, UH, FUNDS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED SPENT THOSE HAVE BEEN FUN THAT FUNNY HAS GONE DIRECTLY TO SEED OR HELP FAMILIES IN NEED THAT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS.
THAT KIND OF PROVED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, HAD WE STARTED SERVING ANY OF THOSE FAMILIES? UH, YES, MA'AM.
AND, BUT I DO NEED THE PERCENTAGE BEFORE I HAVE RIP MY ISSUE.
THE KIDS NEED SOMEWHERE TO STAY BEFORE THEY CAN LEARN.
ARE YOU GONNA PAY 185,000 FOOT VIRTUAL LEARNING MATERIAL? I'M REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WAY OF BEING THEM BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE TO LEAVE? YES, I, YES.
MA'AM UM, COUNSELOR DAMON JONES.
I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT, UH, SO FAR THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM HAS SERVED EVERYONE WHO HAS APPLIED THAT THIS COMPLETED THE PROGRAM.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN THE 60 TO 70 FAMILY RANGE AT THIS POINT.
AND REMEMBER, THAT'S JUST THE CEDAR HILL VERSION.
THE DALLAS COUNTY VERSION ALSO DOES COVER FAMILIES THAT ARE FROM CEDAR HILL.
SO WE GET WEEKLY UPDATES ON THOSE
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AND AS THEY ARE PROCESSED AND THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, THEY'RE GOING RIGHT OUT THE DOOR.UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MARIA, I JUST WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY, AND I WANT TO TIP MY HAT OFF TO YOU.
UM, ABOUT JUNE WAS WHEN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CARES ACT MONEY, UH, WAS GIVEN OUT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, A CITY HERE DID RECEIVE THEIRS.
AND WE HAD LITERALLY SIX MONTHS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM, UH, GO OUT FOR BIDS, TO BE ABLE, IDENTIFY WHO THE MONEY BE ABLE TO BE ALLOCATED TO, UM, AND, AND MANY OTHER DIFFERENT FACTORS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A PART.
UH, BUT YOU LED A LOT OF THOSE EFFORTS IN ORDER FOR, UH, THE IMPACT WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TO BE ABLE TO BE SERVED IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD THE NUCLEUS AND, UH, VERY PROUD OF YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
AND, UH, COUNSEL, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE BRIEFING SESSION.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
YOU HAVE A SECOND TO HAVE A SECOND CUSTOMER MADE A NON-DEBATABLE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT SIX, THREE TO SIX COUNSEL.
WE WILL MOVE OR FOR THE REGULAR.