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WHICH ONE TO WATCH, OKAY? THE TIME IS SIX O'CLOCK AND WE ARE BEGINNING OUR BRIEFING SESSION.
WORKING REGION SESSION IF YOU WILL. JUST FOR A NOTE. MR HARVEY HAS NOTIFIED AS HE IS ON THE WAY AND HE WILL BE HERE AND AS SOON AS HE CAN. ONE NOTE OF HOUSEKEEPING FOR EVERYONE, PLEASE. THERE ARE TWO THINGS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. THERE IS A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION AND THERE IS ALSO A RECOGNITION BY ME AND CHAMPIONS OF THE CITY. AND THOSE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING FOR THOSE TWO THINGS ARE COMING, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT. SO THEY'RE RANGING THEIR TIME AND THEIR SCHEDULED TO BE HERE SOMEWHERE AROUND SEVEN. SO AS WE GET INTO OUR AGENDA, WE SEE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION NEEDS TO BE PLACED END OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT WILL DO THAT DIFFERENCE TO OUR GUESTS THAT ARE COMING FROM SEVEN O'CLOCK IN MIND, TOO, THAT WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON TIME AND ALSO, AS HAGER HAS RECEIVED TOWARDS THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHETHER WE DO IT BUT IN BORDERS WE HAVEN'T OR WE NEED TO CHANGE THE ORDER IN PARTICULAR MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH THAT. OKAY? WORK SESSION AND BRIEFING TIME. WE GO. FIRST ITEM NUMBER 12, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MR BROWN PERCENT ISLANDS, PLEASE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE FIRST ITEM IS SENT AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. SO YOUR APPROVAL OF DRAFT CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL CALLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING TREATMENT ON MARCH 14TH 2023. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. OKAY CONCERN. AGENDA ITEM B. UH CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 TRAFFIC ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL SECTION 19-1. DEFINITIONS BY ADDING A DEFINITION OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 19 TRAFFIC ARTICLE SIX STOPPING STANDING AND PARKING ABOUT MENDING SECTION 19-115. STANDING APART. TRUCKS TRACTORS, TRAILERS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. SUCH A 19-116 PARKING AND OR PLACEMENT OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES, STORAGE UNIT CARGO CONTAINERS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON CITY STREETS, BUT ADDING SECTIONS B AND C PARENTS, SUBSECTION BEADS AND SUBSECTIONS. THE IN CHIEF DIGNITY IS HERE. HE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THIS IS AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY. AND IN OUR PACKET, THE CHANGES WERE HIGHLIGHTED. AND ANYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE BLOCKED OUT WAS SCRIPTED AS SUCH, AS IN TERMS OF THE KNOCKOUT. YOU KNOW, SATURDAY WAS IN YELLOW. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS HE WAS SICK. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO IT. AND AS I RECALL, ALL THOSE CHANGES HAVE INCORPORATED NOW FOR SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY. SO ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS CHIEF IN TERMS OF THIS, IF NOT, WE WILL PROCEED FURTHER.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CHIEF AND STAFF ALL OF THE STAFF AND ENFORCEMENT IN ORDINANCES WORKING ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INPUT ON THAT ONE. I KNOW THAT. PLANNING TO PUBLISH ONE TOGETHER AND THEN READING IT. ENFORCEMENT IS UP TO YOU ALL. THAT'S GOOD. APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. OKAY THANK YOU, CHIEF. YES, SIR. UH, AND THEN TO FORESEE. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ANNUAL PROCUREMENT OF SENIOR MALE PROGRAM SERVICES WITH VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS AMOUNT THERE THROUGH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE CORPORATE QUESTIONS AND AGREEMENT NUMBER 2 TO 1 TOWARD ZERO WITH AN ANNUAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE AMOUNT FOR $75,000. AND MR STEVENSON IS HERE. THE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THIS ISLAND IS WERE BEATING OUR SENIORS ARE SENIOR CENTER. INTERESTING GOT THERE LIKE THAT. NO, JUST THAT.
THIS PROGRAM IS ONE OF PERCENT, SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL GRANT THREE D TRIPLE A'S CITY HAS MADE HOLD.
AND WE'RE FEELING ABOUT APPROXIMATELY HARMONY THROUGH THAT. YOU KNOW HOW MANY SENIORS WE FEED THROUGH THE PROPERLY 15 TO 60 A DAY A DAY. THAT'S JUST HERE. JUST HERE. CORRECT A DOES MOST OF THE MIDDLE SERVICES IN THERE. AND I DO KNOW THAT ON WEDNESDAYS, I GUESS SERVICES. WE HAVE TWO MEALS OF SERVICE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR CITY, THE REC CENTER. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE
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TO HELP. SERVE THOSE MEALS OR COME IN AND HELP BEAUTIFUL STUDENT WING ON STARTED WITH COPELAND DRIVE THROUGH SORRY, CRUISING. IMPERSONALLY. OH IT IS GLAD I SAID SOMETHING IS ENDING . SO TO SERVE THAT YOU'VE GOT TO BE CERTIFIED AND ALL THE REST OF THE STUFF. SO NEVER MIND UNLESS YOU GET CERTIFIED AS A FOOD HANDLER. I GUESS THAT'S CORRECT, OK? OKAY EVERYTHING IS THAT UPDATE. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU, MR STEVENS. I APPRECIATE THAT. ALRIGHT OKAY. THE LAST CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ITEM 40. ABSOLUTELY. AND REQUESTS HAVE DAVID JONES APPLICANT REPRESENTING CHRIS CHESSON, CHANGE THEM CLOSE. VERY CLOSE, UM, OWNER FOR HIS ONLY CHANGE FOR D D DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TO L O OUR LOCAL OFFICE RETAIL DISTRICT. RICHARD F. HALL A BST 566 PG 080 P R 18 MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 609 AND 6 11 SOUTH MAIN STREET CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, IF YOU'RE CALLED MARRIAGE COUNSELOR, A PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON THIS ITEM ON THE LAST OF THE CULTURAL MEETING. YES UM, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM AND MR HAYDEN RIGHT HERE. THE ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN I HAD A QUESTION AS I REMEMBER. THAT WE APPROVED ZONING AT OUR LAST MEETING. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND I'M ONE OF MY WHY DO WE HAVE ANY GIFT? AND THE ANSWER WAS THE LAST TIME WE APPROVED. THE ZONING OF IT, AND NOW WE'RE APPROVING THE ORDINANCES THAT IMPLEMENT THE ZONING CHANGES APPROVED LAST TIME WHILE IT TO ME THAT AT ONCE UNDERSTOOD THE DETAILS OF IT.THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT AGAIN TONIGHT DOING THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY TIMES FROM THE COUNCIL WANTS TO ADD CONDITIONS. THANK KEEPS US FROM HAVING TO TRY TO MAKE THEM DRINK READING. SO IF YOU WANT SOMETHING OR ADD SOMETHING TO THE ZONING CASE, NEGATIVE THIS TIME TO GET A PROPERLY PREPARED OR NOT TRY AND DO IT ON THE FLY. RIGHT. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS INPUT ON THE SIDE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AH INTERIM CITY MANAGER BROWN. YES, SIR. I THINK THAT COMPOSED THE AGENDA EXCEPT AGENDA. AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO. I DON'T NUMBER TWO FOR OUR WORK SESSION. THAT'S THE CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. SO SEE YOU, SECRETARY JENNY WILLMAN CHANGES ON THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SOME BRIEF THINGS I WANTED TO KNOW. OBVIOUSLY THURSDAY THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY BEEN MOVED TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UM MONDAY, MAKE 15. THIS IS THE EARLIEST DATE THAT CANADA BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY ANTICIPATED THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTION WILL HAVE THE FINAL RESULTS FROM THE ELECTION AND THEN JUST BRIEFLY TOUCHING BACK ON THESE RECOMMENDED BUDGET DATES 27TH BECAUSE IT'S NEXT WEEK A WEEK FROM THIS THURSDAY IS THE TOWN HALL AT THE HOPKINS SENIOR CENTER. STARTING AT SIX PM AND HELPFUL AND THEN WE SENT OUT TO DO REQUEST TO THE COUNCIL. BETWEEN JUNE 8TH OF JUNE 15TH OR THE COUNCIL'S PRE BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER IT SOME POINT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT NOW. GOING FORWARD, THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY IS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY JULY 4TH. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEN HE DIDN'T SEND OUT A DUE TO REQUEST FOR CALENDAR PREFERENCES FOR THE 15TH IN JUNE, STILL SHOWING US AN COURSE SO THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE A DECISION YET. NOT YET. EVERYBODY VOTED. MAYBE NAMES IF YOU HAVEN'T YET VOTED, PLEASE VOTE PREFERENCES SO WE CAN SELECT YOU TO THE EIGHTH OR THE 15TH. PRETTY MUCH WORKSHOP. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT NAIL DOWN NOW. THAT'S THE FIRST THING I LOOKED AT. WHEN I SAW THE CALENDAR WAS LOOKING FOR THAT DATA TO SEE WHEN WE HAD LOCKED IT DOWN, SO WE STILL HAVE NOT YET ABOUT THAT. ALRIGHT OKAY. COMMENTS QUESTIONS WOMAN FROM GETTING THIS OUT. AUGUST AS WELL. IT IS IMPORTANT, THAT WAS PROMISE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, ANY OTHER THINGS ON THE CALENDAR? ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BRIEF PRESENTATIONS. PROPERTY UPDATE, LIEUTENANT. LORD. TRUE, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR.
AMERICA COUNCIL TONIGHT. I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THE UPDATES. SO THE BEST
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ENCOURAGE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT LAST MONTH. AS YOU ALL RECALL. THIS IS OUR CALENDAR THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHOW YOU ALL WERE BASICALLY ON TRACK RIGHT NOW. WE ARE IN THE SECTION RIGHT NOW. WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FOLLOWING AN APPLICATION FOR A ZONING CHANGE FOR THE TEXT AMENDMENT, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO PLAY SILLY FOLLOWED WITH THE PLAYING HIS AUDIENCE. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN COME THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. SO THAT WAY WE HEARD BY YOU ALL FOR YOUR ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATION. WE ALSO WANT EXCUSE ME DECISION ON THE PROPERTY. THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PREVIOUS MAJESTIC TOUCH. BASICALLY JUST A REMINDER. WE HAVE SOME FIVE WHICH, OF COURSE, WILL PREPARE THE CASE REPORT AND SEND NOTIFICATIONS OUTFITS, FEET, WHICH IS A STATE REQUIREMENT BY LAW HERE WITHIN THE CITY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. SEND FORM THOSE NEIGHBORS OF THE CHANGES THAT WILL BE OCCURRING AROUND THEM.NEXT WE WILL BE BASICALLY, UM, TAKING THAT TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, WHERE WE WILL BASICALLY GET THEIR RECOMMENDATION WHICH WILL COME TO THIS BODY AS STATED EARLIER, BUT THEY ALSO THE DECISION. ALRIGHT NEXT. UM WE'RE LOOKING AT JUNE FOR PLAYING A ZONING FOR THAT BEFORE PLAYING AND ZONING JUNE 2023 WHERE WE WILL AT THAT TIME, BASICALLY HAVE THAT TAX AMENDMENT AND EVERYTHING FOR PLAYING HIS AUDIENCE TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN, OF COURSE, JULY IS THE TIME FLYING THAT WE HAVE CAR LIENS ON PARK, BUT THAT DECISION AS STATED EARLIER ALL RIGHT. ROLL BACK. YES, SIR. WE'RE GONNA GET TO IT. DID YOU GET BIG? DO YOU HAVE ANY BETTER RANGE ON STEP FIVE OF APRIL. BEGINNING OF MAY, IS IT? IS IT LOOKING A LITTLE TIGHTER OR IF NOT, IT'S OKAY. YOU DON'T NEED SAME THING. BUT JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A LITTLE TIGHTER DATE THAT YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A MEETING FOR PANIC ZONING OF THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THAT POINT FOR THAT DIFFERENT TIME.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANKS. THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING . ALRIGHT JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW NO BASIS, WHEREAS THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, WE'RE TRYING TO BASICALLY GET IN TOUCH WITH ALL THE MEAT ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO BASICALLY MAKE THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT WAS OCCURRING. SO WE HAVE TALKED TO FIVE. KEEP VACAVILLE BEAUTIFUL, OF COURSE OF PLAYING THE ZONING COMMISSION, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE NEIGHBOR VITALITY COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE PARK OF RIVER CREATION OF ISRAEL. OF ALL OF THEM, THEY'RE AWARE AWAITING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THOSE BODIES AS WELL. THEY HAVE DEADLINES, NOR ANYTHING BACK.
YES YEAH, SOME OF THEM DO HAVE THEIR ALLIANCE. BUT WE'RE BEING WITH THEM. SO THAT WAY WE CAN CONFIRM THAT FOR THE NEXT ONE. YES. KEEP THIS ROLLING. YES ON THEM FOR GETTING INFORMATION. WE WERE ON PARK. YES, SIR. OKAY JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU ALL KNOW WE HAD TWO MEETINGS, SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS. WE TRIED TO DO THREE MEETINGS. UNFORTUNATELY DO SORT OF WEATHER. WE WERE LIMITED TO JUST TWO MEETINGS. SO THAT WAS ON MARCH THE 10TH OF THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH 23RD FOR THE NEXT MEETING. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THOSE ACTS OF MEETINGS THAT WE DID PROPER TAKING THEM. ALRIGHT JUST KIND OF A LITTLE STUFF WHERE WE'VE GONE SO FAR WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WERE GETTING INFORMATION BACK FROM MILL AS WELL AS ALSO THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS PERIOD WERE OF ASHLEY WAITING FOR U C D BECAUSE WE BASICALLY OUTSOURCED THAT UTD STAKEHOLDERS TO PROCESS THAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO US.
TWO SYSTEMS WITH THIS PROCESS TO HELP WITH THEIR TIGHT TIGHT TIMELINE, SO WE KNOW THAT INFORMATION TO COME BACK COURSE WAS, IRONICALLY, DURING THEIR SPRING BREAK, SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY TOOK THEIR TIME, SOME OF THEM DURING THE SPRING BREAK TO ACTUALLY COME AND HELP THEM TO CONDUCT THESE MEETINGS, SO I DO WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT OF APPRECIATION FOR THAT AS WELL. AND AGAIN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE BEING COMPLETED AND INPUT.
AS YOU ASKED EARLIER, MR MAYOR, WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND AGAIN I ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE STEPS 3 TO 7, BUT THIS IS JUST THE SLIDE. JUST KIND OF TAKE YOU ANY CLOSER TO IT. IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON IT? I VERBALIZED IT EARLIER. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE RIGHT NOW. YOU WANT A QUICK COMMENT? HOW'S THE RELATIONSHIP WITH UTD MASTER'S PROGRAM AND WHAT'S THAT? IN WHAT REGARD? GOOD I THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, IS THERE IS THERE OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THEM IN TERMS OF FINDING WHAT THEY'RE THINKING WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF STAFF, GIVING BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION? YES, YES. ANSWER QUESTIONS. DEFINITELY YESTERDAY AND ALSO TODAY BEFORE OTHER DURING OUR MEETINGS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS AFTER THE MEETING WHEN EVERYBODY LOVED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CAPTURING IT ACTUALLY TALKING. UNDERSTANDING OF THE OLD DYNAMIC OF THE MEETINGS AND ALL AND ALSO THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WILL RECEIVE VIA THE PRINT THAT WE RECEIVED. WE GUESS WE WERE ALL ABLE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONTEXT. AFTER THE MEETING. NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO PULL ALL THAT DATA TOGETHER AND THEN SHARE WITH US AND I HOPE TO HAVE REGARD I KNOW THIS IS PART OF THEIR CAPS. YES, MASTER'S PROGRAM. I DIDN'T. I THINK WE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE CHAIR OF THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT THAT'S WATCHING OVER DR HARRISON YESTERDAY. COLD BOARD. IS THE PLAN THEN, FOR ONCE THEY COMPLETE THEIR ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT. IT'S GOING TO HIM BEFORE IT COMES TO US, OR IS THERE GOING TO BE A JOINT MOVE? IT'S GONNA GO DOWN BECAUSE AGAIN IT IS A CAPSTONE. I SHOULD BE DOING THAT I WANT TO
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SAY ABOUT TWO DECADES AGO NOW TO TELL MY AGE. YES IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SHARE A HOUSE BECAUSE THIS IS HOW THEY LEARN TO BECOME BETTER PROFESSIONALS. THAT WAY. THERE'S NO ONE OF THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF IT IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THEY HAD TO GET THEIR TEETH WHEN THE WHOLE SOFTWARE SYSTEM OF THINGS SO THAT IS THERE'S A DIVIDE THEIR OWN PURPOSE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER. BUT THIS PART THIS IS MY OFFICIAL SLIDE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS CALL MR CONCERNS? YES, SIR. I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT EVERYTHING IS ON SCHEDULE. ZAKARIA CERTAIN DEADLINES. YES, SIR. I APPRECIATE BEING ON TOP OF THIS PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD. ON THIS AFTER THAT. WHAT'S THE SO THE STATUS OF THE TEXT REMEMBER? SO THAT THAT WILL NOT BE DRAFTED UNTIL AFTER WE THE DATA BACK FROM THE YES, THAT IS CORRECT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO UTILIZE SOME MEETINGS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETINGS AND ONE OF THE COMPONENT WAS FOR THE LAST PROPERTY ASPECT SO WE CAN GET A FEEL FOR WHAT EXACTLY THEY WANT THE COMMUNITY WANT THINGS TO BE, AND WE WANT TO CAPTURE THAT AND BRING THAT AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO. I THINK OUR SECOND MEETING AND AGAIN THAT'S ONE PLANNING ZONING AND ALSO YOU GUYS BODY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IT DOWN. AND BASICALLY GIVE YOUR STATEMENTS ON THIS WORLD. BUT WE BELIEVE NEED TO HAVE THAT AS A FOUNDATION SUPPORT FROM WHERE THE CONVERSATIONS START, AND SO WE'LL GET TO SEE THE DATA. BEFORE TEXAS WAS TRAPPED. YES.BECAUSE IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR YOU, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF COURSE, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PLAYING HIS OWN EXACTLY THAT QUESTION MORE ACCURATELY. THE KIND OF FOLLOWS AND WELL I WAS THINKING. ALSO, MR COATES IS THAT AS THEY PREPARE THEIR DATA MINISTERS REVIEWED BY THEIR DEPARTMENT CHAIR. PUBLIC CHAIRS LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF ITS APPLICABILITY AND ITS USABILITY FOR US AS A COUNCIL. THE STAFF LOOKS AT IT WHEN IT COMES TO US FOR THE USE OF THAT TEXT AMENDMENT, WHICH IS CRITICAL, MR MARGERA. UM OF THE U. T TEAM. INTERACTING DIRECTLY WITH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ACTING WITH NATHAN WARNER SINGER KLEINER. YES, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM THIS IS NOT AN INTERESTING SESSION. ABSOLUTE CONVERSATION LATER. 30 SESSIONS. IT'S NOT GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CONCLUDES OUR WORK SESSION BRIEFING TIME, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR HAGER.
DO WE HAVE ADEQUATE TIME? DO YOU BELIEVE TWO. EXECUTIVE SESSION CONCLUDED. BY THE TIME WE COME BACK UP, I SAID YES. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL THEN RECESS TIME STAMP ON THIS
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THESE GENTLEMEN. MAN. TIME OFFICIALLY SIGNED. PM.IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS, UH, WHICH ONE OF THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF CROSSROADS OF LIFE AND JUST YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SO FATHER . WE JUST THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, LORD THAT YOU GIVE US TO PRAY OVER EACH PERSON THAT'S HERE TONIGHT, LORD, AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING, FATHER. WE THANK YOU.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE JUST SELECTED THEM TO DO BUSINESS FATHER ON BEHALF OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. LORD, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO HELP THEM. GIVE THEM WISDOM. GIVE THEM GUIDANCE FATHER, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN BE AN EXAMPLE LORD, NOT JUST TO, UH, THE SURROUNDING AREAS, FATHER BUT THIS REGION AND THIS STATE FATHER THAT WE CAN JUST BE ALIKE. AND SHOW THEM FATHER. HOW COMMUNITY CAN BE DONE, FATHER AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO PRAY IN THE RIGHT BUSINESS IS THE RIGHT PEOPLE. JUST THE RIGHT THINGS INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
THE BILL DURING. AUDIO. AND SWAGGER.
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MIC CHECK 1234. 5678. WE ARE BACK ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO IRAN. NUMBER TWO ON OUR AGENDA PROCLAMATIONS IN PRESENTATIONS OF THE FIRST ITEM IS A[2.A. Proclamation in recognition of Earth Day in Duncanville 2023.]
PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF EARTH DAY AND DUNCANVILLE 2023 PRESENTING THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, KAREN CHERRY AND RECEIVING IT WILL BE MR TYLER AGGIE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND[00:30:04]
REC PARKS AND RECREATION.GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, DUNCANVILLE CITY OF CHAMPIONS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO FACE EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES, SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, RESOURCE SHORTAGES AND GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT OUR NATURE ENVIRONMENT PLAYS AND MAINTAINING A HEALTHY SORT OF SOCIETY AND STRONG ENVIRONMENT.
SORRY AND STRONG ECONOMY AND WHEREAS ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, INCOME OR GEOGRAPHY, HAVE THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT. ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY AND WHERE, AS WE ARE ALL CARETAKERS OF OUR PLANET AND HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHALLENGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION TO PRESERVE THE EARTH'S BEAUTY AND RESOURCES. AND WHEREAS EARTH DAY IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE GOAL OF INSPIRON MEANT INSPIRING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGING THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND APPRECIATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND WHERE AS A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL CAN BE ACHIEVED ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL THROUGH EDUCATION EFFORTS, PUBLIC POLICY AND IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH OF US TO SAFEGUARD OUR ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES. NOW THAT NOW THEREFORE, BARRY L.
GORDON MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, DOES HERE, BOB PROCLAIM. APRIL THE 22ND 2023 AS EARTH DAY AND DUNCANVILLE AND ENCOURAGES ALL BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO CELEBRATE THE EARTH THROUGH ONE'S OWN ACTION AND IN THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S ONGOING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHERRY. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION. AND
[2.B. Proclamation: Jewish American Heritage Month]
THIS PROCLAMATION IS IN RECOGNITION OF JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. AND RECEIVING THIS PARTICULAR PROCLAMATION IS DR JEFFREY FEINBERG. PROFESSOR OF HEBREW STUDIES AT THE DALLAS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. PROFESSOR FEINBERG. IN ANYONE ELSE WITH YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COME UP THERE MOST MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP WITH YOU. I KNOW THIS IS YOUR WIFE PAT. THIS GENTLEMAN. DIGESTIBLE. I SEE YOUR EMAIL IS A LOT YEAH. WELL, WE'RE HERE. SO WHEREAS IN 16 54.A SMALL SHIP CARRYING 23 JEWISH REFUGEES SAILED INTO THE PORTS OF PRESENT DAY NEW YORK CITY.
AND WHEREAS THE SMALL BAND OF COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN WERE FLEEING OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION AND THEY FACED RESISTANCE FROM COLONY LEADERS. AND WHEREAS THEY BECAME THE FIRST JEWISH COMMUNITY PRESENCE ON AMERICAN SOIL. AND WHEREAS THEY EXPANDED THE FRONTIER OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS THAT WOULD HELP TO FIND THE BEDROCK. AMERICAN PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED. AND WHEREAS OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY JEWISH AMERICANS ARE PROUDLY SERVED OUR NATION IN UNIFORM. IN ELECTED OFFICE. AND ON THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURTS. WHEREAS . JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA'S CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, ARTISTIC AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE. AND WHEREAS JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE MARCHED MARCH PETITIONED
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AND BOARDED BUSSES TO DEMAND CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS FOR ALL FROM WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO VOTING RIGHTS TO WORKERS' RIGHTS. THEREFORE I VERY L. GORDON MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2025 AS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. WE ARE PLEASED AND PROUD TO DO THIS FOR US. FIND BOOK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. AS A BLESSING TO TANK AND FILL AND TO TEXAS AND TO THE UNITED STATES. BRIGHT WITH ME. RABBI STEVE KESSEL, OHIO, WHO HAS A CONGREGATION IN DUNCANVILLE. OF COURSE, PAT AND I ARE DUNCANVILLE RESIDENTS. WE TRAIN PEOPLE TO GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. TRANSLATE THE GOD , THE HERO SCRIPTURES AND THE GREEK SCRIPTURES. TWO. MAKE GOOD. UM PLEDGE MADE LONG AGO PIE. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. GO TO THE END OF THE WORLD. TO TELL EVERY NATION AND HE'S RISEN FROM THE GREAT IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF THE HISTORIC HERITAGE OF JEWISH PEOPLE. PRAYING FOR AND BLESSING. THE AMERICAN CITIZENRY. AND I DO THAT IS AN AMERICAN JEW. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'D LIKE TO IN A CITY COUNCIL AND. TO THE TO ALL YOU SITTING OUT THERE. SAY A BLESSING THE IRONIC BENEDICTION. I'LL SAY IT IN THE HEBREW AND THEN IN THE ENGLISH. YOU BETTER AFRICA HAD ON THAT. AH! YEAH I DON'T NIGHT PARNABY, LOCKERBIE COONEY CAT. AH SO I DON'T KNOW. HARD PART OF BABY HA. AH YES, A HIGH. AH SHOT. UM OH, THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU FOR HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU AND BE GRACIOUS UNTO YOU. THE LORD TURNED HIS FACE. TO YOU. GIVE YOU PEACE.PEACE THAT PASSES I UNDERSTAND. AND YOU WILL TAKE FRANCISCO. A FEW PHOTOS. HAVE TO TELL ME.
[2.C. Mayor Gordon will make a presentation honoring a Champion of the City at the City Council Meeting.]
KEYSHIA AND KEVIN BARRY HERE. KEISHA. KEVIN DIDN'T MAKE IT. HE'S BUSY. HE'S BUSY. YEAH YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHERE HE IS WHEN WE GET WELL, WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS THAT IT'S MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO DO. IS TO RECOGNIZE CHAMPIONS OF OUR CITY. AND ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAVE IS TO DO THIS TONIGHT AND TO RECOGNIZE LAKISHA AND KEVIN BERRY, COME OVER HERE.DUNCANVILLE RESIDENTS FOR 15 YEARS AND GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES KESHA AND KEVIN BERRY FOUNDED THE DUNCANVILLE TIGERS YOUTH ORGANIZATION IN 2013. A NONPROFIT TO SERVE. TRAIN. AND MENTOR, STUDENT ATHLETES AND ACADEMIC PURSUITS. WHILE THE ORGANIZATION WAS CONCEIVED TO HELP THEIR TWO SONS, BOTH GRADUATES OF DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IT NOW SERVES 200, PLUS FAMILIES AND OVER 600 STUDENTS IN THE DUNCANVILLE AREA. THE KEY ISSUE, AND KEVIN MANAGE ALL OPERATIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNDED PRIMARILY THEMSELVES.
THEIR MENTEES HAVE ACHIEVED LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION, FOOTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD AND CHEER AND COMPETING AND AIMING FOR THE STARS. AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ACADEMIC BOWLS. ASSISTED TODAY BY A STRONG GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS. THEY BOTH PROVIDE FREE TUTORING TO STUDENTS. ATHLETES 3 TO 5 TIMES WEEKLY. THEY'RE TWO PHONE GOAL IS TO MENTOR BRO, STUDENT
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ATHLETES AND VOLUNTEERS TO CONTINUE THEIR LEGACY. IN THEIR OWN WORDS. AS LONG AS THERE IS A NEED, WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO SERVE. FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN. AND SUBSTANTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE IMPACT ON OUR CITY. THE KEISHA AND KEVIN BERRY HEREBY RECOGNIZES CHAMPIONS OF THE CITY. AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. I ASKED OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME. CONGRATULATING THEM ON THIS MEMORABLE OCCASION.AND ALONG WITH THAT AS A MEDALLION FOR OUR CITY. AND TALK WITH YOU EARLIER ABOUT COMING TONIGHT. I KNOW YOU. IT'S LIKE YOU HAD TO JUGGLE SCHEDULES. SO TAKE A SECOND OR A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AND WORK. KEVIN IS RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. MAYOR GORDON.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING THIS TIME IN YOUR CEREMONY TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE US. WE APPRECIATE IT.
AS MAYOR GORDON STATED. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF PRACTICE TONIGHT. WE'RE OUR TRACK AND FIELD SEASON IS IN PROGRESS. UM WE COACH ABOUT, UM, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 50 KIDS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S WHERE KEVIN IS. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS COACH BARRY. HE'S THE GUY THAT YOU TYPICALLY WALK UP TO ANY PARK WHETHER IT'S READ OVER AT LAKESIDE. HE'S THE BALD GUY THAT'S TYPICALLY YELLING AT THE KIDS, BUT HE'S OVER HOLDING PRACTICE DOWN. AND AS SOON AS I'M DONE, I'LL HEAD BACK OVER TO HIM. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZE. YES. OKAY? NO DOUBT.
ALL RIGHT. IT IS AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE FOR US TO DO THAT FOR OUR FOLKS IN OUR CITY. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS CITIZENS INPUT. PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51.7 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC BUSINESS. POSTED AGENDA ITEM. HOWEVER THE ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DELIVERING AND ANY ISSUES NOT ON THE PUBLIC AGENDA, AND SUCH NON AGENDA ISSUES MAY BE REFERRED TO CITY STAFF FOR RESEARCH AND ANY FUTURE ACTION OR PERSONS ADDRESSING OR SUBJECT TO COUNCIL RULES. AND LIMITATIONS PERMITTED BY LAW. OUR CURRENT LIMITATIONS AND RULES THAT WE HAVE NUMBER ONE ME. UM WE NO LONGER READ OUT LOUD ANY CITIZENS INPUTS THAT ARE EMAILED TO US, HOWEVER, EACH OF US HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND THAT GOES INTO THE RECORD WE RECEIVED THOSE AND EACH OF US HAS ONE OF THOSE. WE'VE RECEIVED ONE THIS PARTICULAR WEEK, AND EACH OF US ON MEMBER CITY COUNCIL HAS THAT INPUT AND WE HAVE WILL HAVE READ IT AND BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. THE OTHER LIMITATION IS INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE HEARING PRESIDENT AND WISH TO SPEAK TO US DURING CITIZEN COMMON PERIOD OR LIMITED TO A TWO MINUTE TIMEFRAME. AND WHEN I CALL YOU FORWARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SO I HAVE ONE AND ONLY CARD HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, AND THAT IS HOMER FROM CANADA. MAYOR. OH, YEAH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TURNING OFF THE CITIZENS, THE AUDIO FOR THIS AS WELL.
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WE ARE BACK ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY JUST AS ONE NOTE OF HOUSEKEEPING ON THE AGENDA. YOU WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE WHERE IT SAYS TAKE ACTION NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT IS GOING TO BECOME ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA. WE'RE ADDING THAT AT THE VERY END OF OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT THE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING MAY BE ACTED UPON.[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
IN ONE MOTION, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REQUEST I JUST BE REMOVED FROM THE COULD SET THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE SO CITY SECRETARY PLEASE READ THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOR A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF DRAFT CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 14TH 2023. FOR BE CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 TRAFFIC ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL SECTION 19-1 DEFINITIONS BY ADDING A DEFINITION FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLES AMENDING CHAPTER 19 TRAFFIC ARTICLE SIX STOPPING STANDING AND PARKING BY AMENDING SECTION 19-115 STANDING OR PARKING OF TRUCKS. TRACTORS AND TRAILERS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. BY AMENDING SECTION 19-116 PARKING AND OR PLACEMENT OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES, STORAGE UNIT, CARGO CONTAINER OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ON CITY STREETS. BY ADDING SUBSECTIONS B AND C AND RE NUMBER CURRENT SUBSECTION B TO SUBSECTION D. C CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ANNUAL PROCUREMENT. A SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM SERVICES WERE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS IN THE UNIT AMOUNT BID THROUGH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT NUMBER 2 TO 140 WITH AN ANNUAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE AMOUNT OF $75,000 ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE REQUEST OF DAVID JONES APPLICANT REPRESENTING CHRIS JAY. JASON CHANGE IT OKAY, OWNER FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM DD DOWNTOWN DISTRICT L O OUR LOCAL OFFICE[00:50:01]
RETAIL DISTRICT ON RICHARD F. HAIL ABSTRACT. 5 66 PAGE 080 TRACKED 18 MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 609 AND 6 11 SOUTH MAIN STREET IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. THANK YOU. CHAIR LANTANA MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION IMPROVE. MOTION APPROVED BY COUNCILOR MCBURNETT THEIR SECOND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONTRERAS COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE THANK YOU UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I[5.A. Consider a resolution approving an incentive grant by the Duncanville Community & Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) to D Squared Catering, LLC, in the amount of $6,946.62 for qualified expenditures for a building located at 519 E. HWY. 67, Duncanville, TX 75116.]
DON'T NUMBER FIVE A CONSIDERED RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INCENTIVE GRANT BY THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, D. C E. D. C. TO D SQUARED CATERING LLC IN THE MATTER OF $6946.62. QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES FOR A BUILDING LOCATED AT 51 NINETIES HIGHWAY 67 DUNCANVILLE 75116. MR MANSELL , THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. TONIGHT. WE HAVE A SIGNAGE GRANT REQUEST FROM D SQUARED CATERING L C AND THE AMOUNT OF $6946.62 PER YEAR AGENDA PACKET. TONIGHT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ALSO IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST BID AMOUNT THAT THEY GOT FROM THEIR THREE BIDS PER OUR POLICY AND THE D C E. D. C APPROVED THIS UNANIMOUSLY. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN OPPORTUNITY AREA NUMBER ONE WHICH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEEK TO DO IN THIS AREA FOR THE COMPLAINT IS TO IDENTIFY NONCONFORMING PROPERTIES AND WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO RELOCATE TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THEY HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE FOR SOME OTHER INCENTIVES RELATED TO THE RELOCATION. IT WAS A BUSINESS RETENTION GRANT. TO KEEP THEM HERE RELATED TO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO BRING THE FACILITY INTO COMPLIANCE. THEY SUCCESSFULLY GOT THEIR CEO. UM AND NOW THE KIND OF CHERRY ON TOP IS THE SIGNAGE TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THEIR CATERING BUSINESS AT THIS LOCATION. UM ALSO IN YOUR PACKET . YOU SHOULD HAVE THE THREE BIDS, WHICH OUTLINE THE DIFFERENT SIGNS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE AS WELL. ALL OF THE SIGNS BEING PROPOSED ARE ARE LIT SIGNS . THEY'RE BACKLIT LED, AND SO THEY'LL THEY'LL REALLY POP THERE ON HIGHWAY 67. UM PER THEIR TAXABLE REVENUE FROM THEIR PROPERTY TAX AT THE LOCATION, IN ADDITION TO THEIR SALES TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY THEY GENERATE ABOUT $10,000 A YEAR TO THE CITY AND, UH, TAX AND SO TO RECOUP THIS GRANT WOULD TAKE US ABOUT 0.67 YEARS TO RECUPERATE, AND WE LOOK AT A RULE OF THUMB OF WITHIN 10 YEARS. AND SO THAT DEFINITELY MEANS THAT GUY LIGHT AS WELL. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. ROLL BACK ONE SLIDE. IF YOU WOULD I KNOW THAT THE OKAY, THE BUSINESS GENERATED IT WAS IN THEIR PRIOR LOCATION. THIS IS A NEW LOCATION FOR D SQUARED CORRECT AND THE PROPERTY TAX BUSINESS DOLLARS. REVENUES WERE IN THEIR OLD LOCATION. CORRECT CORRECT PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY TAX HERE IS THEIR NEW LOCATION. IS A NEW LOCATION IN ADDITION TO THE NEW, BUT BUT WE DON'T KNOW NEW REVENUES. I'M NOT ASKING THAT QUESTION. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE SALES TAX FOR THAT PARTICULAR NEXT TO LAST BULLET, THE 79 64 WAS IN THEIR OLD LOCATION. THAT IS CRAZY ESTIMATION OF FUTURE CORRECT SINCE THEY JUST OPENED AT THE NEW LOCATION, RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN CONTAINER MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE BY MR MCBURNETT SECOND BY MR KOONTZ COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU, NANA. PLEASE PROVED THANK YOU. ITEM FIVE B.
[5.B. Consider approving a Grant of Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds from the 2022-23 Budget; and, authorizing the execution of a Grant Funding Agreement in an amount not to exceed $36,000 to Esposure, Inc.]
CONSIDER APPROVING A GRANT OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND TAX FUNDS FROM THE 2022 23 BUDGET. AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT FUNDING AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $36,000 TO EXPOSURE INCORPORATED. MR GUS GARCIA. DIRECTOR OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PRESENTING GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. AUGUSTIN GARCIA, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ELEMENT SERVICES.THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. BEFORE YOU IS AN APPLICATION GRANT FOR HOT TAX FUNDS FOR AN EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE NEXT MONTH. AH I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT E SPORTS. UH SOMEWHAT OF A MISNOMER. IT'S E SPORTS IS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ART, EDUCATION AND SPORTS. VIDEO GAMES ARE PACKAGES OF MANY FORMS OF ART IN THE FORM OF DESIGN, WRITING MUSIC, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER FIELDS CAMPUSES ACROSS AMERICA.
INCORPORATING THE SPORTS INTO THEIR EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM, GRAPHIC DESIGN, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION CODING, ETCETERA. THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES AT ANY SPORTS TO THE EXTRA CURRICULAR OFFERINGS. HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. THERE ARE OVER 1200 HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS AND OVER 170 COLLEGES. SPORTS TEAMS, MANY OF WHICH OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND REGARDING THIS GRANT
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AND 2020 AND 2022 EXPOSURE HOSTED THE FIRST TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JANUARY, 2023 EAST BOSSIER HOSTED THE UNIFIED PRO AMATEUR ASSOCIATION REGIONALS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE N B. A. U P A, UH, IS THE ACRONYM YOU'LL SEE IN A FEW MINUTES. MAY 5TH THROUGH 7 2023 WILL BE THE SECOND TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL. MIDDLE EAST SCHOOL E SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY EXPOSURE. I HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EAST BOSSIER, THE ACTUAL OWNERS NEXT TO ME STANDING NEXT TO ME. MR DANNY MARTIN. THE ATTENDANCE HAS DOUBLED. WITH 400 REGISTER'S BRINGING E SPORTS COMPETITIONS IN DUNCANVILLE HAS BEEN A MISSION OF EXPOSURE AND THE NATION IS TAKING NOTICE. EXPOSURE IS DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF PROFESSIONALS AND BY PROFESSIONALS, WE MEAN THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF GRAPHIC DESIGNERS, GAME DEVELOPERS AND PRODUCERS. IT'S NO LONGER JUST GAMING SEXUAL PRODUCTIONS, AND YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. THE BENEFITS OF DUNCAN FELT IN 2020 TO 40 HOTELS RESERVED AND USED IN JANUARY. 20 2360 HOTELS. ROOMS ARE RESERVED IN USED 60 ROOMS ARE RESERVED 150 PEOPLE FOR THE U. P A REGIONALS 250 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EVENT. 90% OF THE ATTENDEES DID NOT RESIDE IN TEXAS 100 ROOMS HAVE BEEN RESERVED 350 PEOPLE FOR THE TEXAS E SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS. 400 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EVENT ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE EVENT . 90% OF PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED FROM OUTSIDE OF DUNCANVILLE TRAVELING TEAMS ARE ASKED TO PURCHASE HOTELS IN DUNCANVILLE FOR A DISCOUNTED RATE, A TERM WE CALL STAY TO PLAY. SO THE GRANT EXPLANATION. APRIL 18 2023 COUNCIL MEETING OF THE TAXI SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS, A $36,000 GRANT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. 18,000 WE SPENT IN THE AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON MARKET. THESE ARE GOING TO BE FOR PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES, WHICH QUALIFIES UNDER THE HOT FUND EXPENDITURE PROGRAM. 18,000 WE SPENT ON PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS TO BE ADVERTISED AND GLOBAL ONLINE BROADCAST AS I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. THESE ARE PRODUCTIONS. MR MARTIN CAN PROBABLY TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. SO DO YOU WISH AH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE EVENTS HE'S HELD AT THE CENTER THERE OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK MR MARTIN. I'M FAMILIAR WITH DANNY AND WHAT HE DOES OVER AND YOU SPOKE JHER, IF ANY COUNCIL OF NOT BEING ABLE TO COME OVER THERE TO SEE THAT OPERATION AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ABOUT, REALLY INVITE YOU TO GO ON OVER THERE. UH, MR CHAIR.THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT YOUR PLACE, AND IT IS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SAME THING UP. VERY FAMILIAR WITH MR MARTIN IS OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN ON THE PLACE. THEY'RE ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO GO THERE AS WELL.
JUST THINK. WHAT IS OPERATIONS? IT'S ABOUT AND MAYOR. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU, MR MARK BURNETT. WE DO HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THEIR 2ND 2ND 2ND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHERRY BEFORE TAKING THE BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DANNY MARTIN FOR BRINGING EXPOSURE TO OUR CITY. IT'S A FANTASTIC IT'S A SUPERB OPERATION IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF IT AND MAKING IT A WHAT SHOULD WE SAY? PUTTING DUNCANVILLE ON THE MAP FOR EAST E SPORTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE GLOBE? FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO WE DO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR ALL THAT YOU FOR A CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
[5.C. Consider an Ordinance of the City of Duncanville, Texas, approving and adopting an increase in the exemption of appraised value of residence homesteads in the city from $30,000 to $35,000 of appraised value for an adult who is sixty-five years of age or older; an increase to the exemption of appraised value of residence homesteads in the city from $30,000 to $35,000 of appraised value for an adult who receives disability insurance benefits under Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability insurance; amending the Code of Ordinances by amending Chapter 18 "Taxation," Article I "In General," by amending subsection 18.4 tile from 'Reserved' to 'Levy of Property Tax' and adding language; by amending subsection 18.5 title from 'Reserved' to 'Residence Homestead Exemption for Senior Citizen' and adding language; and by amending subsection 18.6 title from 'Reserved' to 'Residence Homestead Exemption for Disabled' and adding language.]
ITEM. FIVE C. CONSIDERING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN INCREASE IN THE EXEMPTION OF APPRAISED VALUE OF RESIDENTS, HOMESTEADS AND THE CITY FROM 30,000 TO $35,000. APPRAISED VALUE FOR AN ADULT WHO WAS 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. AN INCREASE TO THE EXEMPTION OF APPRAISED VALUE OF RESIDENTS. HOMESTEADS IN THE CITY FROM 30,000 TO $35,000 OF APPRAISED VALUE FOR AN ADULT WHO RECEIVED DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS UNDER FEDERAL OLD AGE SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE. AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 18 TAXATION ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 18.4 TITLE FROM RESERVE TO LEVY OF PROPERTY TAX AND ADDING LANGUAGE BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 18.5 TITLE FROM RESERVE TO RESIDENTS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR SENIOR CITIZEN AND ADDING LANGUAGE AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 18.6. FROM RESERVE TO RESIDENTS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED AND ADDING LANGUAGE TURNING THIS OVER TO JENNIFER OBE, CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER. GOOD EVENING , MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO YES, KICKING OFF THE 23 24 BUDGET YEAR AND WHEN WE'RE PREPARING[01:00:02]
THE 22 23 BUDGET, UM WE HAD COMMITTED TO BRINGING THIS BACK TO YOU IN THIS TAX YEAR FOR 23 TO CONSIDER INCREASING THE SENIOR CITIZEN AND DISABLED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BY 5000. SO AS YOU'VE READ THE 30,000 TO 35,000 OF APPRAISED VALUE. UM THAT ESTIMATED IMPACT I CALCULATED BASED ON THE 22 CERTIFIED TAX VALUES TO CALCULATE THAT TO BE, UM ABOUT 109,000, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ON THE 22 VALUES. UM THE LAST YEAR THAT WE DID. A REVISION WAS IN 2018 WHEN WE BROUGHT IT FROM 26,400 UP TO 30,000. SO THAT IS PURPOSE NUMBER ONE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THEN NUMBER TWO, OF COURSE, IS ADDING THE LANGUAGE INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS IT IS NOT REFERENCED, UM ABOUT EXEMPTIONS IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCE, LANGUAGE CURRENTLY JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF DATES. THE REASON WHY THIS IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH YOU AT THIS TIME, UM THE STYLE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS A DEADLINE OF APRIL. 25TH IF WE WANT TO HAVE THIS, UM IN THEIR HANDS SO THEY CAN HAVE IT FOR THE PRELIMINARY E V. R, WHICH IS THE ESTIMATE OF VALUE REPORT THAT THEY RELEASE ON MAY 8TH. ADDITIONALLY THEY HAVE A DEADLINE OF JULY 3RD. IF IT'S NOT BY APRIL, 25TH FOR THE CERTIFIED ROLES TO HAVE THIS ORDINANCE FOR THEM TO MAKE THE CHANGES. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT? ON APRIL 13TH. WE HAD A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO GIVE US THEIR CALENDAR AS WELL AS WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING AND THEIR TRENDS. UM SO WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY VALUES. SO UM, THEY WERE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT ENTITIES WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN MARKET VALUE. AS MARKET REMAINS POSITIVE, MEANING THE SUPPLY OF HOMES ARE LOW, BUT THE SUPPLY IS STILL UP FROM 2022 ENTITIES. MARKET AND TAXABLE VALUES WILL INCREASE DUE TO 23 REAPPRAISAL EFFORTS AND CAPPED HOMESTEAD RECALCULATION. SO UM, FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE THERE REAPPRAISAL PLAN IS 71. RESIDENTIAL HOMES WILL BE REAPPRAISED THIS YEAR. AND COMMERCIAL REAPPRAISAL PLANS WILL BE 55% TO KIND OF GIVE YOU CONTEXT OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT WITH VALUES FOR THIS 2023 TAX HERE. UM I KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING UP FOLLOWING WITH THE LEGISLATION, THERE'S SORT CERTAINLY A LOT OF PROPERTY TAX . UM, CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AT THE STATE. UM MAINLY, UM, THE CITY IS MAINLY TARGETING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM WHAT I'VE READ IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, TRYING TO RELIEVE THE BURDEN ON RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS. BUT SOMETHING JUST TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IS ON THE MOVE CURRENTLY PASSED THE HOUSE AND IT'S IN THE STATE SENATE, UM AND NOT HAVE ANY CERTAINLY BEARING I THINK ON THE CITY, BUT , UM, THAT THEY ARE IMPOSING A 5% APPRAISAL CAP. RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 10. SO IF THAT IS PASSED BY THE SENATE THAT WILL GO TO THE VOTERS AND NOVEMBER OF 23. BUT JUST IN ALL CONTACTS WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY TAX WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR HARVEY. THANK YOU SO. IF THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE PASSES, THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THAT THE CITY WOULD CONTACT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND LET THEM KNOW HEY, BY THE WAY, THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED. AND THEY WILL REFLECTED IN THERE.PROPERTY TAX CALCULATIONS THAT THEY WILL BE DOING. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND IT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE BILLS THAT WILL COME OUT IN OCTOBER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL JUST FOR THE RECORD. I KNOW SOME OF US ARE OLDER THAN REST OF US AND MAYBE QUALIFIED, BUT IT'S AN ORDINANCE OF GENERAL APPLICATION THAT SPECIFIC APPLICATION. SO ALL THE MEMBERS THAT MAY OTHERWISE QUALIFIED FOR THIS EXEMPTION CAN VOTE. SAY THAT AGAIN, PLEASE. YOU TRAIL OVER HERE AT THE END. IF ANY OF YOU ARE OVER 65, YOU CAN STILL VOTE, OKAY? I WANTED TO MAKE SURE UH, ONE LAST QUESTION. THIS APPLIES TO THE APPRAISALS THAT ARE GOING TO DO WE WILL RECEIVE RESIDENTS ARE FOR PROPERTY TAXES IN 2023 OR NOT REFLECTED UNTIL 2024. IT WILL BE FOR THIS TAX YEAR 2023 AT THE END OF THIS YEAR THAT THEY'LL PAY JANUARY 1ST WHICH WILL AFFECT OUR BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE'RE ENTERING INTO AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND OF THE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS. MOTION OF PROOF. WESTERN TROOPS PROVED BY MR MCBURNETT SECOND BY MR HARVEY PLEASE VOTE. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX STAFF AND
[6.A. Receive the Police Department's Quarterly Report.]
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BOARD REPORTS RECEIVED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S QUARTERLY REPORT. CHIEF SLOVENIA FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT UH, ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. FIRST QUARTER REPORT FROM THIS YEAR. UM FIRST, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT AS I TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE AN ACCREDITED DEPARTMENT BY THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION , AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A STRANGER. STRINGENT, UM NUMBER OVER 168. ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH BOTH THROUGH OUR POLICY AND OUR PRACTICE, SO LEGIS SHOWS THAT ARE FOLKS THAT WORKED VERY HARD TO ATTAIN THAT AND KEEP THAT LEVEL WHERE IT IS. STAFFING AND PERSONNEL. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OFFICERS THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAINING. WE'VE GOT AN OFFICER THAT'S CURRENTLY IN FIELD TRAINING. AND, UH, SHE SEEMS TO BE PROGRESSING VERY WELL. AND UH, JESSICA LETTERMAN RECRUIT PAUL BASARA. AS YOU MIGHT SEE, JUST GRADUATED THE BASIC POLICE ACADEMY LAST FRIDAY. AND HE'S DOING WELL. HE'S GRANDSON OF A 42. YEAR RETIREE OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM. WE'VE GOT TWO RECRUITS ASHLEY GARCIA AND ROCIO VAZQUEZ AND THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ACADEMY.
AND WE ARE PLANNING A CIVIL SERVICE ENTRY EXAM TEST FOR MAY 20TH. SOME MORE STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN SERVICE TRAINING FOR SEVERAL OF OUR SUPERVISORS THERE IS LISTED UH, FBI LEADER PROGRAM IS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE FIVE FBI PUTS TOGETHER AND IT'S VERY GOOD TRAINING AND IT KEEPS OUR SUPERVISORY STAFF ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF WHAT LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND SO FORTH. REGIONAL CARE TEAM. AS YOU KNOW AMBROSIO HERNANDEZ AS PART OF THAT REGIONAL CARE TEAM THAT DOESN'T EXCELLENT JOB FOR US. UM THIS QUARTER. THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS. UM AND AGAIN NUMBERS CAN'T. EXPLAIN THE CONNECTIONS HE MAKES AND THOSE. THE WAYS THAT WE MINIMIZE OUR OUR STAFF. HAVE TO GO OUT AND REPEAT CALLS. UM AND WE KEEP THAT IN CHECK BY THIS TEAM. AND ALLOWING US TO MAYBE REDUCED THAT THE EMERGENCY APPREHENSIVE THAT OUR PATROL FUNCTION HAS TO FOLLOW UP. AND SO HE DOES A GOOD JOB THERE. UM PATROL ACTIVITY IN COMPARISON AT A GLANCE. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE THE SAME QUARTER FOR 23 22 CALLS FOR SERVICE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. UM AND. THE CITATIONS THERE'S HAS BEEN REQUESTED OR THE I'M SORRY. THE TRAFFIC STOPS. HAVE ALSO INCREASED AND THEN THE TOP FIVE DECIDED VIOLATIONS OR AT THE BOTTOM, AS REQUESTED. FMR FR IS BASICALLY AN INSURANCE CITATION.
I KNOW THAT WAS ASKED LAST TIME. AND SPEEDING. NO DRIVER'S LICENSE, EXPERIENCE EXPIRED REGISTRATION AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE AND VALID. CITIZEN PATROL, AIRBNB REPORT CARDS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE QUARTER. AH DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT ARE LISTED THERE. JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH. AND UH, PASS RATES GOING UP, AT LEAST WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT. WE CAN'T. TELL OUR CITIZENS ENOUGH OR ASKED FOR THEIR HELP TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE HEIGHT OR TAKE THEIR BELONGINGS WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING THE VEHICLES UNATTENDED. SO UM, APPARENTLY, WE'RE GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT, AT LEAST WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT AND MONITORING THAT. DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY NUMBER OF USE FORCE INCIDENTS OVER THE PERIOD WITH SIX AND ALTHOUGH ALL OF THEM WERE WITHIN POLICY UNLAWFUL NUMBER OF VEHICLE PURSUIT WITH TWO THEY WERE WITHIN OUR POLICY AND GUIDELINES
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NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. WE HAD ONE POLICY VIOLATION, WHICH WAS SUSTAINED. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER MICHELLE AREAS, UH, IS VERY HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS AREA OF OUR DEPARTMENT. BUT SHE NEEDS HELP, AND ALL OF OUR PEOPLE SHOULD BE AMBASSADORS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE GOT ONE IN THE BACK. DOES A GOOD JOB IN HELPING WITH THAT WORKING? WE CAN AND SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE FIXTURE HERE AND JUST GET OUT OF THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. THERE'S OUR NEIGHBORS GROUP A OFFENSES FOR THE QUARTER. AH! STAYED PRETTY STEADY WERE DOWN SLIGHTLY. IF YOU KIND OF LOOK THROUGH THAT. GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS. IF YOU WOULD TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN. WHAT THE CLEARED COLUMN ACTUALLY INDICATES FOR US. SO CLEAR CAN BE DONE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. WE HAVE CLEARED MEANS IF WE'VE INVESTIGATING AN OFFENSE. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AN ARREST OR IN SOME OTHER WAY. WE KNOW THE SUSPECT. BUT BECAUSE OF SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, WE EITHER, UM. MAYBE THEY ARE NO LONGER UM, WITH US. MAYBE THERE'S PROSECUTORIAL. UM.DISCRETION THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO PROSECUTE A CASE OR THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH AN EXCEPTIONAL CLEARANCE MAY TAKE PLACE. CLEARANCE IS A GOOD THING THROUGH WHICH WE CAN AFFIRMATIVELY SAY WE KNOW WHO DID THIS EITHER PUT THEM IN JAIL OR FOR WHATEVER OTHER REASON WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH. MAYBE A MAYBE A VICTIM WHO FOUGHT, UM. MAYBE I DON'T WANT TO PROSECUTE AFTER I REPORTED SOMETHING, SO THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. OKAY, MR HARVEY, PLEASE. THANK YOU. CHIEF. UH PIGGYBACKING ON A QUESTION ABOUT THE CLEARANCE RATES. AH THAT'S USUALLY A FUNCTION IS HANDLED BY THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION, RIGHT? IN MANY CASES, CERTAINLY, UM, THERE THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHEN OUR PATROL OFFICERS GO OUT AND THEY ANSWER A CALL, INVESTIGATE PRELIMINARILY AND THEY CAN MAKE AN ARREST THERE ON THE SCENE, AND THAT IS A CLEARANCE. BUT IN MANY WAYS, PEOPLE THINK OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION OF CLARIN CASES YESTERDAY. AND GOING BACK TO ONE OF YOUR FIRST SLIDES. I NOTICED THAT OFFICER LUNA NOTWITHSTANDING, YOUR FORCE APPEARS TO BE GETTING YOUNGER. WE'RE ALWAYS GETTING YOUNGER, I THINK, OKAY, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT NEEDED RESPONSE. BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE, UM YOU MENTIONED THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS AND SO UH, WHEN IS THE NEXT AROUND OF ACCREDITATIONS SCHEDULED? AND, UH, HOW DO YOU ALL GO? ABOUT RAMPING UP FOR IT. SO FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ONGOING PROCESS. EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE TO SUBMIT, UM PROVES THAT WE'RE STILL IN COMPLIANCE. EVERY FOUR YEARS, WE WILL ACTUALLY GET AN ASSESSOR TO COME TO OUR LOCATION TO OUR DEPARTMENT. AND WILL EVALUATE EVERYTHING THAT WE SAY WE'RE DOING BY POLICY AND EVALUATE IF THAT'S BEING CARRIED OUT TO THE EXTENT THEY CAN, FOR THEIR TYPICALLY HERE FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS AND THEN EVALUATE UP THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS THROUGH WATCHING HOW WE TAKE CALLS AND AGAIN. JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WE'RE SAYING. WE ARE. UM WE I HAD ONE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, SO I THINK WE'RE STILL TWO YEARS OUT FOR THE FOUR YEAR RE CERTIFICATION RE RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO HERE'S A SLIDE. NOW YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'VE GOT POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON IN THE PAST AND NOTICED THE SOTO WHEN WE CHECKED ON THIS AND PREPARATION FOR THIS REPORT, UM AND THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF REASONS. UM YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY SAW SOMETHING THEY NEEDED TO TAKE A LOOK AT BEFORE IT CAME OUT AND GOT APPROVED THROUGH THROUGH THE NIGHT OVERSIGHT. BUT THE SOTO HAD NOT REPORTED THEIR MARCH NUMBERS AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT SHOWING UP THERE. UM PRETTY WELL IN LINE. UM WITH KIND OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
NORMALLY WE DROPPED OFF QUITE A BIT AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN FEBRUARY. UM YOU KNOW, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR THAT. SOMETIMES GRAHAM GOES UP GOES DOWN AND YOU JUST DON'T HAVE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF A LOT OF TALK, UM, OVER THE LAST DURING THIS
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PERIOD. AND THE DALLAS UH. POLICE DEPARTMENT THEY MENTIONED , UM THEY'RE VIOLENT CRIME HAS GONE DOWN AND THEY WERE MEASURING THAT AND THEY CAN THEY'RE VIOLENT CRIME CONSISTED OF HOMICIDES. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, AND I BELIEVE IT IS ROBBERIES AND I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT AT OURS AS WELL. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING. UH YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT A GROUP OF OFFICERS TOGETHER AND CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE MEASURING ON. THERE WAS A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION ON THAT. OURS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS OF BY AND LARGE GOING DOWN, UM, STEADILY. AND OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE WERE DOWN OVER 13% IN THOSE AREAS WHEN YOU TAKE THEM CUMULATIVELY. UM ONE MOMENT, MR HARVEY, PLEASE GO AHEAD. OKAY SO, CHIEF, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I PERSONALLY REALLY APPRECIATE. THIS SCHEDULE BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A SET OF CONTEXT. I THINK IN TERMS OF HOW WE COMPARE TO THE CITIES AROUND US. SO UM, I JUST THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT, UH, ILLUSTRATION AND IT REALLY COMMUNICATES A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE. THANKS, SIR. SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET BACK AND WHO A COUPLE OF Y'ALL HAD. DESIRE TO CHANGE UP WHO ARE COMPARING TO WITH MOTOR VEHICLES HOUSE AND ONCE WE KIND OF GOT BACK ON, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET READY FOR THIS REPORT TONIGHT. THIS SITE WAS DOWN AND THEN WE WERE UP AGAINST THE DEADLINE TO GET THIS TO YOU GUYS. UM, IT MAY VERY WELL BE UP. YOU KNOW, TOMORROW SOMETIMES IT GOES DOWN FROM MAINTENANCE, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING DOES WITH THE COMPUTER. AND JUST TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND GIVE THAT TO YOU ALL WILL WILL WORK OUT AND GET THAT AS BEST WE CAN FOR EVERY QUARTERLY REPORT AS WE HAVE SO, MR BROWN WE'D EXPECT WHEN THAT GOES THROUGH THE GIVE IT TO US.THANK YOU, OKAY. SO HERE'S A BREAKDOWN AND, UM, I WAS TOLD, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE IT. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF STREETS. WE HAVE ALIGNED THIS MAP AND THE SUBSEQUENT MAPS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE SLIDES. TO WHAT THE SAME. MOST RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO SO THERE ARE MAJOR CRIMES THAT WE REPORT ON AND TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF SECONDS. LOOK AT THAT. THIS IS FOR JANUARY. CHIEF ANGULAR ROLL BACK TO THE NEIGHBORS LISTING UM. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A CITIZEN ALLEGING SOME INDIVIDUALS WERE HAVING INTERCOURSE IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. WHERE DOES THAT FALL? UM SO THESE ARE PART OF THE OFFENSE. HE SAID. HE DID CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY DIDN'T WITNESS IT, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING LOOKING AT THAT LIST.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WOULD THAT FALL? YOU HAVE TO KNOW MORE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IT COULD VERY WELL FALL UNDER 11 OR 36. IT POTENTIALLY COULD FALL UNDER 40 JUST WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MORE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR A SPECIFIC INCIDENT. UM, AND THEN, AND THEN WE'RE ASSUMING UM, IF SOMEBODY CALLED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING TO MAKE, WANTED TO REPORT SOMETHING, OR THEY WERE STILL THERE WHEN WE GOT THERE. UM SO POTENTIALLY ONE OF THOSE THREE IS THE BEST AND TRAINING GET. THEY DID SAY THAT THE IT WAS NOT OCCURRING WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOWED UP, SO IT'S STILL MAKE IT HARD FOR OUR LAW FOR A POLICE OFFICER TO DETERMINE WHERE THAT FALLS, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IT. SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S FEBRUARY FOR THE SAME OFFENSES.
AND MARCH. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT. THANK YOU ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? THANK YOU, CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE SORRY, MR CONTRERAS. AFTER BEFORE.
WELL, UM, I. I THINK THAT'S ATTRIBUTED MOSTLY TO OUR OFFICERS, SELF INITIATED ACTIVITY. UM IN MAINLY, MOST ATTRIBUTABLE TO EXTRA PATROLS. WE GET A LOT. I MEAN, WE LOOK AT
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THIS MAP AND WE ALERT OUR OFFICERS. HEY, LISTEN. WE'RE HAVING ISSUES UP IN THIS AREA.WE'RE HAVING ISSUES UP IN THIS AREA, AND OFFICERS UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGH THEIR TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE OF BEING ON THE STREETS. UH, THEY KNOW TYPICAL PROBLEM LOCATIONS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, SO I THINK A LOT OF THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO JUST OUR OFFICERS. YOU KNOW, MAKING THOSE EXTRA PATROLS AND DOCUMENTING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE COULD GET A REPORT LATER. IT MAY HELP US ON, UH, OBVIOUSLY MAKE HIT SOMEBODY IN THE ACT OF SOMETHING, BUT IT MAY HELP US AND INVESTIGATING SOMETHING IF WE CAN KIND OF TIGHTEN THAT WINDOW OF WHEN SOMETHING MAY HAVE OCCURRED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? THANK YOU, CHIEF.
APPRECIATE IT. AND ALWAYS, I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. WE SO MUCH APPRECIATE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM VERY, VERY TOP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THOSE OFFICERS ON THE BEAT. AND WE SEE OUR PATROL CARS IN NEIGHBORHOODS. WE SEE OUR PATROL CARDS AROUND OUR SHOPPING AREAS , AND WE THANK ALL OF OUR OFFICERS FOR ALL THAT THEY DO AND PUTTING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY EVERY DAY. THEY DO A GREAT JOB, DON'T THEY? WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL. WE BEGAN TO ITEM
[6.B. Fire Department Quarterly Update for the second quarter of the current fiscal year.]
NUMBER SIX B FIRE DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORTING UPDATE THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR CHIEF ROADIE CHIEF FLORES. YOURS, SIR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MAYOR, CITY MANAGER. UH WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME DOWN, DO OUR QUARTER UPROAR. WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR STAFFING. WE HAVE A NEW HIRE. HIS NAME IS MASON QUINN. HE STARTED ON FEBRUARY THE 26TH OF THIS YEAR. AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH ORIENTATION IN TRAINING WITH OUR PEOPLE. HE'S ALREADY A BASIC CERTIFIED E N T AND FIREFIGHTERS , SO WE JUST GOT TO GET HIM, UM, WHERE HE'S UP TO SNUFF ON THE WAY WE DO THINGS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. SO HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WEEK OUT HIM AND STAFFING SO QUICK QUESTION SINCE HE'S ALREADY CERTIFIED. WHERE DID HE GET THAT? HE WENT TO AN ACADEMY ON HIS OWN. REALLY, UH, WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE ACADEMY WENT TO THE M T AND EVERYTHING PAID HIS OWN MONEY. AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE HIRE IS YOU EITHER HAVE TO BE A CERTIFIED, UH, FIREFIGHTER OR A CERTIFIED PARAMEDIC OR BOTH. AND HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE CERTIFIED, UH APART PATTERNS AND WILLS LATER, WHEN WE GET HIM, ALL ORIENTED, THEN WE'LL SEND HIM TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL. THERE YOU GO. OKAY.THANK YOU. CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES THAT WE'RE FIXING TO TRY AND GET THOSE FILLED BEFORE WE CAN DO THAT. WE HAVE TO GIVE A CIVIL SERVICE INTEREST EXAM AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH HR TO GET THAT SCHEDULE SO WE CAN START THE PROCESS. TRY TO GET THOSE THREE POSITIONS FIELD. THE WHOLE ON APRIL. THE 28TH. WE INTEND TO GIVE A ENGINEER PROMOTIONAL EXAM , UH, TO FEEL ONE OF OUR DRIVERS POSITION WHO HAS VACATED THAT POSITION. AND THERE'S THE REASON WHY WE DO WE HAVE ENGINEER STEVE BLANCHARD. WHO WAS PROMOTED TO FIRE MARSHAL ON FRIDAY, MARCH THE 31ST OF 2023. AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE FIREFIGHTER DAVID CARPENTER. WHO WILL BE PROMOTED TO DEPUTY FAR MARSHAL ON MONDAY , APRIL 24TH 2023. THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT IS INITIALLY WE HAD OUR FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION. IT WAS JUST DOWN TO AN INTERIM FIRE MARSHAL. SO WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF INSPECTIONS DONE. SO NOW WE'LL HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN THAT DIVISION. OF COURSE, MR CARPENTER WILL HAVE TO GO TO INSPECTOR SCHOOL AND THEN WE CAN GO IN THERE. WE CAN START EMPHASIZING INSPECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S A BIG DEAL OF MY BOOKS, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DEVELOPING MY PEOPLE. MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF STANDARDS POLICIES THAT NEED TO BE, UH, ENFORCED. SO WE DO A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT. I ATTENDED A TEACH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE BACK JANUARY NIGHT, THE JANUARY 11TH. WE ALSO HAD OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, LACEY FREEMAN. WHO ATTENDED A THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATIONS FIRE ADMINISTRATION CONFERENCE AT COLLEGE STATION ON THE 23RD TO THE 25TH OF JANUARY IN MY ASSISTANT CHIEF GREG CHASE , HE ATTENDED THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEF ASSOCIATIONS, SECOND IN COMMAND. CONFERENCE IN COLLEGE STATION ON JANUARY 23RD THROUGH THE 25TH. MOVING ALONG MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEXAPRO , WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT HELPS US WITH OUR POLICIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING
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BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY MEET FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL GUIDELINES, MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW THE LAW ACCORDING TO WHAT THOSE ARE STATED FOR OUR POLICIES. WE ALSO, UH I ATTENDED A TEXAS FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE THAT WAS IN WACO. THAT WAS MARCH. THE 20TH FOOD, THE 23RD. AND THEN OUR NEW FIRE MARSHAL. HE ATTENDED THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, ASSOCIATION OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS SEMINAR, UH, DANCE AND MARKETS MARCH 17TH MARCH 27TH THROUGH THE 31ST. TALK ABOUT EMERGING MANAGEMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. VERY ONES AWARE , LAUREN SANCHEZ, SHE'S OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS COORDINATOR TOP OF THE GAME. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SHE IS VERY WELL TRAINED AND VERY WELL ORIENTED TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT . SO WE DO HAD A TRAINING SESSION WITH THE CITY DIRECTORS.AND WE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE YELLOW SEA. AND THEY BROUGHT IN THEIR, UM, THIS PHONES AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT IN THEIR COMPUTERS AND WE MADE SURE THAT THEY COULD ALL UH, MAKE A PHONE CALL OUT OF R E. O C OR RECEIVED A PHONE CALL IN THE UFC. AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR COMPUTERS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE TO WHATEVER CONNECTIVITY WE NEED, WHETHER IT BE THE CITY NETWORK OR THE WEBSITES THAT THEY COULD HELP, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR, UH, TAKING CARE OF ANY KIND OF AOC EMERGENCY THAT WE HAVE LAURA ALSO BEEN TAKING DOING CHILD SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ON PAPER WITH AN ACH. SHE HELD A JOINT SAFETY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAINING WITH R P D. IN ALL OF OUR DUNCANVILLE CHURCHES, WHICH WAS VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE. SHE ALSO WENT TO VILLAGE TECH AS, UM, POP THEIR STAFF. CPR. JUST A MOMENT ON THAT. MR HARVEY HAD A COMMENT, SIR. YES SIR. EXCUSE ME , CHIEF. HOW OFTEN THE DO YOU ALL DO THOSE? I MAY BE USING THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY TABLETOP EXERCISES. WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SIMULATE AND EMERGENCY AND. OPEN UP THE E E. O C AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT TO DO. AND WHEN. HOW OFTEN DO YOU ALL DO THAT? COUNCILMAN HARVEY. WE USED TO DO THAT EVERY MONTH. AND THEN A LITTLE LOW PROBLEM CAME UP CALLED COVID 19. AND WE HAD TO SEPARATE OR PEOPLE WE DIDN'T WANT THEM ALL IN THE INSANE ROOM. SO WE KIND OF SLOWED DOWN A LOT OF OUR OR EXERCISES AND TABLE JOBS, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THAT BACK UP. AND START DOING THEM MONTHLY. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING TIME. IN BETWEEN ALL THE OTHER LITTLE, UH , PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE GOING AND WE NEED TO GET IT. IT'S TO DO WITH OUR VARSITY STAFF AGAIN , BUT WE TRIED TO DO IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS DOWN THERE. THE L C. YOU'RE WELCOME. UM DUNCAN BILLS ALL, UM, ALSO HAD A CHAMPIONSHIP PARADES.
EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF, AND, UH, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. SHE WENT IN THERE AND SHE DID THE EVENT ACTION PLAN FOR THAT EVENT. AND SHE ALSO HELPS STAFF THAT THE EVENT THERE YOU GO ABOUT FAMILIAR WITH . SHE HAS BIG TIME ON THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR SUMMIT PUMP STATION GENERATOR. AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. UH, THAT'S THAT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WATER SUPPLY HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. SHE ALSO, UH, WHEN SHE WAS PRESIDENT , THE FIELDHOUSE SHOOTING THAT WE HAD. SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR CHILD, RICKY UNIFICATION AND FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER, AND SHE TAUGHT THAT CLASS AT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS. IT WAS VERY, VERY WELL RECEIVED. SHE ALSO DID SOME RIKU FICATION CENTER SET UP TRAINING.
WITH OUR PD SUPERVISORS AND RECREATION STAFF ON FEBRUARY 23RD AND SHE ALSO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING A SECOND REUNIFICATION SENATOR KIT FOR STORAGE AT THE RECREATION STANDARDS, SO SHE HAD IT WITH HER AND WE ALSO HAVE THE RECREATION CENTER SO SOMEBODY CAN GO IN THERE. THEY'VE HAD THE TRAINING THAT YOU THINK THAT KID AND GO IN THERE AND START SETTING EVERYTHING UP FOR RE REUNIFICATION. THE WIND TOOK A CLASS I'D NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE , AND SHE IT WAS CALLED THE COMPLEX COORDINATED ATTACK COURSE. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH MULTIPLE EVENTS OCCURRING AT ONE TIME, SUCH AS LIKE A 911 WHERE THEY WERE ALL THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THAT THE PENTAGON AND IN THE ATTACK THAT HAPPENED IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THE PLANE DROPPED. UH THAT'S WHAT THAT HAD TO DO WITH IT. I NEVER KNEW THEY HAD ONE. SO I WAS HAPPY THAT SHE
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WENT TO THAT AND HAS AN IDEA HOW THAT HOW THAT'S WORKED. SHE ALSO IS OUR PLAN ADMINISTRATORS. SHE GOES IN THERE AND SHE MAKES SURE THAT ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS ARE ALL UP TO DATE, AND SHE WENT IN THERE AND SHE WROTE A PLAN FOR A REGIONAL , WHICH IS OUR LANCASTER SODA, CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER. WHICH I THINK WILL BE A VALUABLE PLAYING THE FUTURE IN CASE WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF EVENT THAT WOULD CALL FOR THAT TYPE OF A PLAN TO BE INSTITUTED. WE ALSO DID A REGIONAL MEDICALLY FRAGILE POPULATION. WELLNESS CHECK PLAN , WHICH IS WE KNOW IS STEER. AND WE DISCOVERED YESTERDAY THAT THEY HAVE 30 PEOPLE WHO WERE ENROLLED. IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND 18 OF THOSE DID NOT RESPOND, SO WE DID GET SOME RESPONSE FROM A STEER, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ASSIST THESE INDIVIDUALS. IF WE HAVE A POWER ALLINGER, AND THEY NEED ELECTRICITY FOR CERTAIN MEDICALLY DEVICES OR SOMETHING.THEY NEED EVACUATION OF THE HOUSE OR SOMETHING. I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. YES, SIR.
LET ME JUST INTERJECT SOMETHING , CHIEF. UM AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS. BUT WHEN WE OUR FORMER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. I CAN'T RECALL HER NAME AT THE MOMENT. TANYA HUNTER. SHE WAS BASICALLY RANKED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FROM WHAT I HEARD IN HER PERSONALLY LIKE IN THE TOP FIVE OF THE ENTIRE STATE.
AND I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE REPLACE SOMEBODY OF THAT CALIBER? WITH MY PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH MS SANCHEZ DURING PUBLIC EVENTS AND ALSO DURING ACTUAL EMERGENCIES WHEN I'VE BEEN ON SITE WITH HER I WANTED TO SAY THAT I FEEL SHE IS MOST FAVORABLY FILLED THOSE VERY BIG SHOES. AND IF YOU COULD PASS IT ON FOR ME PERSONALLY AS THIS AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. BUT FROM MY OBSERVATIONS, INTERACTION WITH HER. WE HAVE GOT THE BEST AGAIN. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE MY COUNTERPARTS OVER AND CEDAR HILL AND SODA AND LANCASTER. FULLY AGREE WITH YOU. WE GOT ANOTHER WINNER WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE HER AND HOPE WE CAN KEEP HER BECAUSE SHE'S DOING AND OUTSTANDING JOB WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIDE OF EVERYTHING, AND ESPECIALLY ON THE TRAINING, SHE GOES OUT AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS CHURCHES REC CENTER. ALL THAT, UM HAVE TRAINING OF WHAT THE TOP TRAIN THEY NEED, OR SHE WINDS UP GETTING THE TRAINING FOR THEM OR ORGANIZING. AND THEN SHE'S BEEN WRITING A LOT OF GRANDSONS. SHE SHE'S ON TOP OF IT, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. PASS IT ON. THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EMERGENCY WARNING SIRENS. UH, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT IN A WHILE. YEAH HERE LATELY. WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD STORMS COME THROUGH, AND, UH BEGINNING A LOT OF CALLS AND ENQUIRING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY SIRENS. THAT A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. THE SIRENS ONE THING WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS IS AN OUTDOOR WARNING SIREN SYSTEM. AH IT'S MANUALLY OPERATED. WE HAVE APPS ON OUR PHONE. THAT WILL GO IN THERE. I CAN SET THAT OFF WITH MY AUNT, MY ASSISTANT CHIEF AND CORDS LOWERING CAN SET THE SIRENS OFF WITH AN APP ON OUR PHONE. WE ALSO HAVE A SECONDARY, UH, SET OFF POINT OVER THERE AT SWR CC, WHICH IS OUR DISPATCH CENTER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PRIMARY WHICH IS DOWN IN, UM, STATION TO 71 HOURS. STATION TO 72 MARIO SEE WHERE WE CAN SIT OUT THOSE SIRENS. THOSE SIRENS ARE SET OFF WITH CRITERIA. WE DON'T WANT THE CRY WOLF WITH THOSE SIRENS. THEIR INTENTION IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE PARKS.
GET PEOPLE YOU KNOW OUT OF SCHOOL YARDS AND HAVE THEM SEEK SHELTER. AND THEN, UH, TURN TO TV RADIO. WHATEVER TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON. AH SOME OF THE CRITERIA FOR THAT IS, UH, A TORNADO WARNING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO AFFECT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AH SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. WE ARE SET THE SIRENS OFF MYSELF TWICE. THE FIRST TIME WAS BECAUSE I WAS GETTING CONFIRMED. UH UM MESSAGES THAT THERE WERE 80 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT THAT WAS COMING IN. SO IF YOU READ DOWN, IT SAYS DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. WE HAD HIM AT 80 AND THEY WERE CONFIRMED ALONG THAT FRONT. SO THE INITIALLY WE SET THE SIRENS OFF TO INDICATE THEY NEED TO TAKE COVER BECAUSE THE 80 MILE AN HOUR WINDS, AND THEN
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WE ALSO GOT A POLYGON FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE INCLUDED DUNCANVILLE IN THEIR POLYGON FOR A TORNADO WARNING. JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU'RE THERE'S DIFFERENCES IN THE STORMS THAT YOU HAD TO LOOK AT. TORNADO IS USUALLY A FINAL THAT HAS TOUCHED THE GROUND. IT'S DOING DAMAGE. UH FUNNEL IS CIRCULATION THAT'S COMING DOWN OUT OF THE CLOUD BUT HAS NOT QUITE REACHED THE GROUND YET AND THEN, UH, CIRCULATION UP THERE IN THE CLOUD, SO YOU'LL SEE THE RADARS. THEY'LL SAY, HEY, WE HAVE CIRCULATION IN THE CLOUD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN OF A TORNADO. SO WE HAVE TO MONITOR ALL THAT WE LISTEN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER CHAT SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET AS IMPORTANT DATA AS WE CAN. TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT FIRING OFF THOSE SIRENS. IT. ALSO. USUALLY IT'S A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MORNING. IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH WINDS OVER 70. MILES AN HOUR. IS YOUR FAMILIAR HURRICANE CATEGORY ONE WINDS ARE 74 MILES AN HOUR, SO THAT'S GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO HURRICANE STRENGTH. UH, STORM. ALSO IT'S THE QUARTER DIAMETER HAIL WELL, THAT'S USUALLY A SOURCE. A ER WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. AND ALSO OTHER EMERGENCIES. THERE ARE DIRECTED BY THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS WITH THAT WOULD BE WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU HAVE A MAJOR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL LIKE, SAY OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS, OR YOU MAY HAVE A VAPOR, TOXIC VAPOR CLOUD THAT'S COMING ACROSS , GUIDED BY THE WINDS IN DUNCANVILLE, SO WE WANT TO SET THE SIRENS OFF TO GET PEOPLE TO TAKE SHELTER. THESE SIRENS USUALLY ARE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY. THE ONLY THING I NOTICED IS WHEN THE WINDS BLOWING 80 MILES AN HOUR. THEY HAVE A TENDENCY THAT SOUND HAS A TENDENCY TO FOLLOW WITH THE WIND . SO UH UM IT'S AN INDICATION TO GET OUT AND GET IN AND SEE COVER. UM WE REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE. USUALLY EVERYBODY HAS A CELL PHONE NOWADAYS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF WEATHER APP THAT YOU CAN MONITOR THE WEATHER AND USUALLY, I'LL SEND YOU NOTIFICATIONS. UM WITH A CAVIAR THAT YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES THEY'LL DO A THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DALLAS COUNTY. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS DALLAS COUNTY. IT GOES WAY TO THE NORTH AND THAT STORM MAYBE GOING ACROSS THE NORTH SIDE OF, UH, OF DALLAS COUNTY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER WHY ARE SOUNDS NOT GOING OFF BECAUSE THERE'S A THUNDERSTORM MORNING. WELL WE MAY HAVE BLUE SKIES ABOVE. SO WHY WOULD I WANT TO SET OFF A SIREN YOU KNOW, WITH WITH BLUE SKIES ABOVE ME, SO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT MAY UM, KNOWS WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A STORM COMING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY HEAVY AN APP WITH NOTIFICATIONS THAT WILL LET YOU KNOW THEY'LL IRRITATE YOU. I'LL TELL YOU THEY WILL IRRITATE YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP, YOU BETTER TURN YOUR RINGER DOWN BECAUSE YOU'LL HEAR A NOTIFICATION EVERY FIVE MINUTES.IT'S IRRITATING, BUT, UH, SOMEBODY MY POSITION I'VE GOTTA MONITOR AS WELL. LET'S DO IT ALL THAT LONG JUST TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE DECISIONS, WHETHER SEND THEM SUCH THEM SIRENS OFF. UM ALSO, THERE'S A PROCEDURE WE GO THROUGH. WHEN I GET READY TO SET THOSE SIRENS OFF. I'LL NOTIFY THE CITY MANAGER. I'M GOING TO DO IT GENERALLY, I'LL WATCH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO CATCH IT 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT GETS TO THE WESTERN, UH UM, BORDER OF THE TOWN, SO THAT GIVES PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET COVER AND GET OUT OF THE APPROACHING STORM. ONCE I CONTACT CITY MANAGER THAT CITY MAJOR USUALLY CONTACTS. UH, THE COUNCIL LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO SET THE SIRENS OFF AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE GOING TO SET THE SIRENS OFF. THEY WILL GO IN THERE AND WE'LL DO A EVER BRIDGE MESSAGE OUT TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP. FOREVER BRIDGE SO THEY CAN GET NOTIFICATION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME TYPE OF STORM COMING AND WHAT IT IS. WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS BRIEF AS WE CAN. SO PEOPLE CAN TURN THE THEIR FAVORITE TV CHANNEL AND SEE WHAT THE WHAT THE D V. WHAT THE DETAILS ARE SO THERE IS A PROCESS YOU KNOW Y'ALL BEEN A PART OF THAT PROCESS, SO IT WORKS WELL, EVERYBODY GETS INFORMED AND YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD NOTIFICATION FOR THE COMMUNITY. MR CONTRERAS? JUST MOMENTS. YES SIR. ON THIS SCREEN, SO THE DIFFERENT COLORED LINES THAT RADIATE OUT FROM THE CELL TOWERS FROM THE SIRENS. UM, THAT JUST KIND OF REPRESENT. HOW FAR OUT THEY REACH BEYOND SOME OF THEM, OBVIOUSLY, BEYOND OUR CITY LIMITS? YES SIR. WHAT IT IS, IS THOSE INSIDE THOSE PURPLE LINES. IS A YOU GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DB FROM THEM SIRENS AS YOU GO OUT THE YELLOW HAS YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS A REDUCED DB AND THEN AS
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YOU GO OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OR LESS DB, AND THEN YOU GET OUT THERE INTO THE RECORD, JUST ADDING TO THE CITY LIMITS AT THAT POINT, BUT IT'S A REDUCED DB AS IT TRAVELS OUT AWAY FROM THOSE SIRENS, PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT IN THAT AREA. THEY CAN KIND OF TELL WHEN IT'S COMING OUT OF DUNCANVILLE VERSUS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE IN THERE. NECK OF THE WOODS AND CEDAR HILLS, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE REACHED PRETTY FAR OUT. UM I REALLY ASKED THAT BECAUSE THEN THE QUESTION REALLY IS HOW MUCH DO WE COORDINATE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS? BEIT DALLAS CEDAR HILL, JUST SO TO OR YEAH. UM. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S THEY'D BE GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION YOU'RE GETTING. IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY, MAYBE SETTING THEIR ALARMS OFF. AT THE SAME TIME AS WE ARE IS THAT IS THAT HAPPENING? DID I DO WHEN IT TAPS, STORMS ARE COMING IN CEREAL WILL OPEN UP THERE. YOU'LL SEE I OPENED UP OUR YOSI UNTIL WHAT THEY CALL LEVEL THREE MONITORING AND JUST THE SAME WAY AND WE'RE ON RADIO CONTACT OR PHONE CONTACT. AND IF ONE OF US MAKES THE DECISION, GENERAL WILL LOOK MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE BLUE SKIES ABOVE US. ALL THREE OF THE CITIES WILL GENERALLY SET IT OFF AT THE SAME TIME, UH, DALLAS WILL SIT THERE IS OFF. HE AND A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS ARE HEARING DALLAS IS SIRENS BEING SET OFF BECAUSE YOU THEY MAY HAVE A STORM COMING THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT ALL THEIR SIRENS SOUND AT ONE TIME THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROBABLY HEARING HERE IN OUR TOWNS IS OVER TO THE WEST. AND TO THE NORTH. WE MAY BE HEARING DALLAS SIREN, SO YEAH, THEY DO OVERLAP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE CITY IN A THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM IS SET OFF MANUALLY. SOMEBODY LITERALLY HAS TO PUSH THE BUTTONS TO MAKE THESE SIRENS GO OFF. THEY WON'T GO OFF ACCIDENTALLY AND THE SAYS SAMUEL MAY HAVE REMEMBERED YEARS AGO THEY GOT HACKED. I THINK WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT LITTLE PROBLEM. SO UH, GENERALLY, THERE'S VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO SET THOSE SIRENS OFF. THIS SYSTEM HERE IS AUTOMATIC. IT IS A IT'S IN SIX OF OUR PARKS. THE ARMSTRONG, ALEXANDER HARRINGTON , LAKESIDE AND LIONS PARK ALONG WITH RED BIRD. AND THESE WHAT? THESE THINGS ARE LIKE LIGHTNING PREDICTION SYSTEM. SO THEY'RE IN THE PARKS AND WHAT THEY DO, IS THEY THEY READ YOUR STATIC CHARGES IN THE AIR. AND THEY COULD DO THAT UP TO 15 MILES AWAY. AND IF THEY READ THAT THERE'S ENOUGH, AND THEY DETECT A LIGHTNING STRIKE WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS OF DUNCANVILLE. THEN THESE WILL GO OFF.AUTOMATICALLY. AND THEY'LL SOUND A SIREN FOR 15 SECONDS. AND THERE'S A STROBE LIGHT, YOU KNOW, AFFILIATED WITH THAT, TOO. ONCE THEY DO NOT RECEIVE THE CHARGE ANYMORE, AND THEY HAVEN'T DETECTED ANY, UH, LIGHTNING IN THE AREA. THEN YOU'LL HEAR 35 SECONDS HORN BLAST INDICATING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAR TO GO BACK OUT ON THE BALL FIELD OR SOMETHING IN PLAY. UH BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, WHATEVER YOU'RE PLAYING, SO, UH, IT'S A VERY GOOD SYSTEM. IT'S RELIABLE , AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE MIX THESE SIRENS UP WITH OUR COMMUNITY ALERT SIRENS IN THESE LIGHTNING DETECTION, BUT THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE THINGS, ONES, AUTOMATIC ONES, MANUAL. WELL, LOOK AT OUR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. SOME OF OUR CALLS WOULDN'T LIKE THE DOLL.
ATTENTION TO AURIEMMA S, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE. UH DURING THIS QUARTER, WE HAD 1265. CALLS FOR SERVICE. SO RMS SYSTEM RUNS PROBABLY ABOUT 69 TO 74% OF OUR TOTAL CALLS. SO, UM THAT'S BEEN INCREASING HERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE'RE KIND OF SEEING IT LEVEL OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF E. M S CALLS IN THE CITY. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, CHIEF, MR COONS. UH, IT'S A. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES, AND I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT STAFFING SO WE HAVE 33 VACANCIES, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND HOW MANY SO ON SO THEY WORK 24 HOUR SHIFTS RIGHT SO ON ANY GIVEN SHIFT HOW MANY MEDICS DO WE HAVE? AND HOW MANY FIREFIGHTERS DO WE HAVE ON ANY GIVEN SHIFT? OUR MINIMUM STAFFING IS FIVE AT EACH
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STATION. WITH A WHAT WE CALL OUR INCIDENT COMMANDERS OR BATTALION CHIEF. SO GENERALLY WANT TO KEEP AT LEAST TWO PARAMEDICS TO BE ABLE TO RIDE THOSE AMBULANCES. AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP A PARAMEDIC ON THAT FIRE APPARATUS. REASON FOR THAT IS THE, UM AMBULANCES CAN GO ON MEDICAL CALLS. IF THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR DISTRICT. WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL DISPATCH A FIRE APPARATUS WITH ANOTHER PARAMEDIC , AND WE CALL THEM PARAMEDIC ENGINES SO THEY CAN GO IN THERE AND THEY CAN INITIATE, UM OR START CARE UNTIL WE CAN GET ANOTHER AMBULANCE FROM EITHER ANOTHER CITY OR ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS TO COME IN THERE AND TRANSPORT GENERALLY WE HAVE FOUR PARAMEDICS ASSIGNED PER SHIFT PER STATION. IF THEY'RE NOT, YOU DON'T WANT VACATION OR SICK OR ON A HOLIDAY, SO IT JUST GIVEN GIVEN THE DEMANDS ON THE DEPARTMENT IF WE WERE TO LET'S SAY WE'RE TO FILL THOSE THREE VACANCIES. WOULD. WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH? I GUESS IS WHAT I'M WHAT? I'M TRYING TO ASK, UH, AS FAR AS MEETING THE DEMANDS ON THE ON THE DEPARTMENT NO. OKAY THOSE THREE VACANCIES WILL GET ME JUST UP. THE LEVEL. BECAUSE I'M STILL GONNA HAVE TO SEE IT.THOSE THREE VACANCIES TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL. SO WHILE THEY'RE GOING TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL I GET NOTHING OUT OF THEM WHILE THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL, SO I HAD TO BACKFILL WITH OTHER PARAMEDICS TO WRITE IT UNTIL THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL AND COME BACK IN AND THEY CAN COUNT AND STAFFING. BUT WE'RE ALWAYS SHORT . WE HAVE VACANCIES ALL THE TIME , AND WE REALLY NEED TO INCREASE OUR STAFFING. PROBABLY BY ABOUT SIX TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN EFFECTIVE STAFFING TO, YOU KNOW, MAN, THE AMBULANCES WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PERMIT SCHOOL OR ANY OTHER KIND OF TRAINING. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MR CONTRERAS. WE'VE NEVER HAD A DEPUTY FAR, MARSHAL.
WE JUST HAD THAT POSITION APPROVED IN OCTOBER. AND WE, UH ACCORDING TO CIVIL SERVICE RULES, YOU GOTTA GIVE 90 DAYS BEFORE YOU CAN TEST WELL. THAT WAS IN THE DECEMBER BEGINNING OF JANUARY. THEN WE HAD A TEST, BUT NOBODY PASSED THE TEST. SO WE HAD WITH THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO GET ANOTHER TEST SCHEDULE, SO WE JUST HAD SOMEONE PASS THAT EXAM AND WE'RE GOINGTF APRIL. YEAH. AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE FARM MARSHALL HAS TO CARRY ON HIS SHOULDERS. THIS IS HUGE THAT WE GOT GOT HIM. THIS KIND OF QUALIFIED HEALTH. THANK YOU. I THINK THE COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION ALLOWS MY FIRE MARSHAL TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY DO HIS JOB. IN MY DEPUTY CAN GO OUT AND DO INSPECTIONS. AND THEN IF THERE'S A REASON WHY THE FIRE MARSHALS OUT OF TOWN, THEN HE CAN COME UP THERE AND FILL IN. SO WE'RE NOT EVER OUT OF A FIRE MARSHAL. THAT'S A VERY DEMANDING POSITION AND VERY POSITION THAT WE REALLY DO NEED. THANKS AGAIN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF AND AGAIN ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL. WE ARE PROUD. OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR E M T THROUGH THE ENTIRE STAFF AND OUR GRATITUDE TO ALL OF THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO. AND BEING IN THE BEST CITY. IN THE TEXAS AND HAVING THE BEST FIREFIGHTER DEPARTMENT WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP . WE DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH CONVEY THAT TO MY GUYS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. DITTO TO MY ASSISTANT CHIEF. I WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW I HAVE THE BEST ASSISTANT CHIEF AND GREG CHASE. OUT OF THE THREE OR FOUR CITIES. NOW THAT IS MY OPINION, BUT I'VE GOT SOME BACKS IT EYES. USED TO PROVE THAT SO YOU ALL CAN BE PROUD THAT YOU ALL HAVE THAT ASSISTANT CHIEF THAT WE DO HAVE. I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS HIM EVERYTHING, BUT HE'S ALREADY DONE THAT BY HIMSELF. YEAH I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF HIM BECAUSE HE DOES AND EXCELLENT JOB. HE'S VERY, VERY UH, SOCIABLE IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND, UH, HE NETWORKS VERY WELL WITH OUR OTHER CITIES, SO I'M PROUD TO HAVE YOU AND WE ARE AS WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
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THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TO DO. ALRIGHT FOLKS. UH WE AS I SAID EARLIER, WE ARE CREATING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL READ THAT CITY COUNCIL CHECK CONVENIENT TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51.0 71 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF FORMER CITY MANAGER POTENTIAL OR THREATEN LITIGATION IF ANY, AND ACTION IS NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.[01:50:04]
THAT COMPLETES OUR BUSINESS* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.