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[WORK SESSION - 6:30 PM]
THIS MEETING TO ORDER.THIS IS, UH, THE WORK SESSION AT 6:31 PM ON JUNE 9TH, 2025.
UH, WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO STREAM LIVE.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT LIVE STREAMING IS CONTINUOUS DURING BREAKS AND BETWEEN SESSIONS.
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE PRESENT, BE AWARE THAT YOUR, THAT MICROPHONES IN THE ROOM CAN CAPTURE BACKGROUND CONVERSATION AND BACKGROUND NOISE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONES FOR THE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US AND LET'S GET STARTED.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSS AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY, EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE BENEFITS, AND PAY STRUCTURE.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MS. CINDY BROWN WILL PRESENT THIS AGENDA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER EPPS, UM, BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE POLICE PAY, UM, AN INCREASE IN THE POLICE PAY.
AND HE DID NOT GIVE ME A TIME LIMIT.
SO WITH THIS ITEM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THE CHIEFS AND I HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND WITH REGARD TO GETTING THE SALARY UP OVER THE 70,000, WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER.
AND THAT'S SO THAT WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT LATERAL PAY.
UM, CHIEF HAS COME UP WITH HIS POLICY AND THE WAY THAT IT WILL WORK IS ANYBODY WHO, IF YOU HAVE A THREE YEAR OFFICER AND THEY COME TO WORK HERE, MEANING WE'RE NOT GONNA INVEST IN THEM TO SEND THEM TO THE ACADEMY, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY OF THAT.
THEY'RE ALREADY GONNA BE EXPERIENCED.
THEY WILL COME IN AT THE THREE OR THE FOUR LEVEL, DEPENDING ON THEIR EXPERIENCE.
SO THAT WILL PUT THEM OVER THE 70,000 UP TO THE 72,000, WHICH IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT PAY SCALE.
NOW THIS WILL CHANGE IN OCTOBER, AS IT ALWAYS DOES.
AND SO UNTIL THE BUDGET'S IN PLACE, WE'RE NOT GONNA REALLY, OR HAS BEEN PREPARED, WE'RE NOT REALLY GONNA KNOW WHERE THIS IS GONNA GO.
UM, WHAT THIS SHOWS YOU ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE THAT I JUST HANDED YOU IS THE LAST YEAR WHERE IT SAYS OLD ANNUAL, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS FOR 2324.
THEY RECEIVED A NINE TO A 12% INCREASE IN BETWEEN.
SO WE INCREASED THE STEP BY 9% AND THEN THEY WENT UP TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH GAVE THEM THE 12% INCREASE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR, BUT IN ORDER TO GET US OVER THAT 70 BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER, WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT THE LATERAL POLICY THAT WILL ALLOW CHIEF TO BRING THEM IN.
IT'S BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL GO TO THAT THREE OR THAT FOUR.
UM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, EPS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UM, UM, THE ACADEMY.
WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE ACADEMY IN JULY, AND SO THAT ONE WILL GO, THAT'LL BE THE LAST ONE.
AND BETWEEN NOW AND, AND OCTOBER, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER OCTOBER.
BUT RIGHT NOW, BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER, WE HAVE ONE COMING OUT IN JULY AND ONE GOING IN IN JULY.
I'D LIKE TO STILL SEEK THE CADETS PRIORITY.
IS TENURED OFFICERS COMING STILL LIKE TO SEE A PIPELINE CADETS? IF WE CAN, WE CAN.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN CADETS? YOU MEAN THE ONE'S GOING THROUGH THE OKAY.
THE ONES THAT'S GOING, YEAH, THE ONE'S GOING THROUGH THE CABINING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PAY SCALE UNDER POLICE OFFICER, YOU SEE THERE'S JUST SIX STEPS VERSUS SEVEN ON THE OTHERS.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UM, CITY MANAGER STALLINGS TOOK AWAY THAT FIRST STEP ON THE POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS THERE TO BEGIN WITH, WHICH WE HAD MOVED IT INTO A RECRUIT PAY OR CADET PAY, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
SO OUR IDEA THIS TIME IS IN THE NEW BUDGET, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS ONE TO WHATEVER IT GOES UP TO.
SO THEY WILL NOT COME IN AT THE SAME RATE AS THE OFFICER, THE OFFICER'S GONNA BE ON THE STREET DOING HIS WORK VERSUS THE, THE RECRUIT BEING IN SCHOOL AND HE'S BEING INVESTED, INVESTED IN FOR THAT ACADEMY ANYWAY.
SO THEY WILL START AT THE LEVEL ONE AND IT WILL BE MOVED UP A STEP AND IT WILL SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR AS A RECRUIT ONLY.
AND THEN THEY WILL GO TO 70 ONCE THEY GET GRADUATED OR WHATEVER THE STARTING SALARY IS.
SO WHEN WE SAY 70, WE, WE, 70 IS NOT THE REALLY YEAR THREE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO LATERAL, THEY'LL HAVE AN OPTION TO GO.
I MEAN, IT'S MAX THREE OR, OR NO, BETWEEN THE THREE AND FOUR FOUR DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY COME IN AT, WITH WHATEVER EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE.
SO THAT ALLOWS US TO BRING IN THAT EXPERIENCED OFFICER.
SO ARE WE SAYING THE EXPERIENCED, UH, OFFICER THAT HAS THREE TO FOUR YEARS WILL START AT, AT ABOUT 70,000?
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IT'LL BE EITHER THAT THREE, WHICH WILL EITHER BE 70,000 OR A FOUR, WHICH WILL BE 72 3 37.SO THE LATERAL PAY IS THREE TO FOUR YEARS IS MM.
AND THEN THE BREAK IN SERVICE, THEY CAN'T BE, THEY CAN'T HAVE A BREAK IN SERVICE MORE THAN 180 DAYS.
THAT WAY WE'RE ENSURED THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED, EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND, AND THEY'RE UP TO DATE ON EVERY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF THEY COME IN, A GUY COMES IN WITH THREE OR FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE, HE HAS TO START AT STEP ONE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GONNA HELP.
RIGHT? BRING THEM IN AT 70 TO 70.
GAIL AND I HAVE SAT DOWN BUDGET WISE, IT'S GONNA WORK JUST FINE BUDGET WISE, UM, FOR US TO START IT THIS WAY.
SO WE'RE GOOD WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE THE, ANY MAJOR CHANGES RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF THAT.
UM, I WAS ALSO ASKED, LOOK AT INCENTIVES, BENEFITS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
THEY'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO I'VE NOT DONE THAT YET.
UM, I'VE GOT SOME, BUT NOT ENOUGH.
WHAT I DID WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM, A RETENTION PROGRAM FOR THE DISPATCHERS, AND WHEN A COMMUNICATION TECH COMES ON, UM, THEY SIGN A RETENTION POLICY THAT IF THEY STAY FOR FIVE YEARS, THEY GET $5,000.
SO, UM, IN TALKING TO SOME OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, THE CHIEF, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, UM, SOME THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER DEAL, BETTER THAN A SIGN ON BONUS THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THEY HAD THE RETENTION AND THEY GOT EXTRA THROUGHOUT.
I'M NOT REAL SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU WITH WHATEVER I PULL FROM OTHER PLACES AS WELL TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE MOST COMMON IS.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME INPUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
HOW LONG DID YOU SAY THAT THE THE RETENTION PAY IS FIVE MONTHS.
THAT WAY IT'S SOMETHING ADDED IN FOR THEM.
THERE IS NOTHING TO PREVENT THE LATERAL POLICY.
UM, I TALKED TO OTHERS THAT MAY BE TAKING OVER LATER ON AND EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S GOOD.
I'M NOT SURE IF I, THIS GOES WITH THAT.
SO THIS THAT'S ATTACHED TO IT, IS IT STILL GONNA STAY THE SAME AS POLICE? RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW THE FIRE IS STILL THE SAME.
WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE FIRE AND I, AND I MAY HAVE TO DEFER TO COUNSEL ON THIS ONE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE YOU HAVE PARODY TO BREAK, THAT PARODY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT THAN JUST BREAKING THE PARODY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT HOUSTON ENDED UP IN A REALLY BIG LAWSUIT OVER DOING SO, AND IT WAS LIKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY HAD TO PAY BACK.
SO SHE'S SAYING YES, THAT IS THE CASE.
SO WHATEVER WE DO, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO IT WITH FAIRNESS.
AND, AND THAT WE DO IT CORRECTLY.
WHATEVER WE DO, THEY CIVIL SERVICE DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT MAY BE A QUESTION.
IF HOUSTON WAS CIVIL SERVICE, MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY PAY BACKED.
AND AGAIN, IF THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN PARODY, SO I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T BREAK IT, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
HOW TO SEPARATE THE TWO OUT AT THIS POINT.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY? GOOD? GOOD.
UH, MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UH, DOES CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REGULAR SESSION ITEMS BY GOOD.
AND WE GOT ANY QUESTIONS? MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
THE TIME IS 6:39 PM WE ARE ADJOURNED TO A REGULAR SESSION AT 7:00 PM CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS THE REGULAR SESSION AT 7:00 PM MONDAY, JUNE 9TH, 2025.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INDICATION OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
SERVE DUTY WISE DECISIONS, WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND A CITY.
PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY PROTECT US.
LOOKING OUT FOR US IN SPITE OF WHAT WE DO SOMETIME.
GUIDE US, DIRECT US TONIGHT, AND BE WITH, UH, DJ DANIEL AMEN.
IGI TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
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TIES THE STATUTE REQUIREMENTS AND THE DEMANDS FOR THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES AND RECOGNIZES COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL STATUTES.AND TO FULFILL THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE.
THE CITY IS ONE OUT OF 40 MUNICIPALITIES OUT OF 600 MEMBER CI UH, CITIES IN TEXAS TO EARN THIS RECOGNITION FOR 25 AND 26.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS AN INTRICATE PART OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, WHICH ADMINISTERS THE CITY ELECT.
UH, ELECTION PREPARES THE CITY'S COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA PACKAGE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT.
IT SERVES AS THE RECORD A MANAGEMENT OFFICER OVERSEES REQUEST FOR RECORD OF THANKS.
THE BOARD'S AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT PROCESS NUMBER, LOOK AT THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A BIG NAIL PUNCH.
I DO JUST WANNA SAY THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SUPPORT.
IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF INITIATIVES TO KIND OF PROVE, UM, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA AND MEETING THOSE STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT WILL BE THE MAYOR'S REPORT.
UH, THE CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HOSTING A RIBBON CUTTING TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME DO BELLY'S KITCHEN ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 AT 10:30 AM UH, AND SEVILLE FAMILY'S PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS THE NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES FOR ALL KIDS, INCLUDING TEENS.
AND THE NEXT TEEN NIGHT IS TAKING PLACE JUNE 23 AT 6:00 PM UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD.
UH, THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW EACH SPEAKER UP TO SIX MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, BUT STAFF MAY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION AS NEEDED.
OUR FIRST ONE UP IS JULIO TORRES.
STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PLEASE.
JOHN RICE ADDRESS, TWO 10 NORTH KAMAN STREET, SEVILLE, TEXAS.
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UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.I COME IN WITH KIND OF A LIGHT HEART.
UH, THIS WAS KIND OF A TOUGH MEETING BECAUSE WHEN I PUT THIS SHIRT ON, IT FIT A LOT LOOSER ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND NOW IT'S REALLY TIGHT.
UM, BUT WHAT I DO HAVE TO SAY IS, UH, I KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF JULIO.
SO YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB.
SO I LIVE ON, UM, WATER STREET AND Y'ALL PUT THOSE, I CAME BACK ONE DAY AND THERE WERE STRIPES DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THE WHITE LINES ON THE SIDE.
AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND I'M USED TO KIND OF HAVING THE STREETS TO MYSELF, BUT IT MAKES ME, UM, IT, IT MAKES ME DRIVE DIFFERENT, IT MAKES ME ACT DIFFERENT WHEN THERE'S STRIPES IN THE ISLAND.
AND OF COURSE, THE MAYOR PROBABLY TELL YOU THE SAME.
WE KIND OF, KIND OF, YEAH, EVERY KIND OF, KIND OF DO WHAT YOU WANT TO.
UM, BUT YOU GUYS DONE A GREAT JOB OF KIND OF DOING LITTLE THINGS AS YOU CAN TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER.
LIKE I SAW JUSTIN MOWING LIKE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO, DOWN WATER STREET.
I KNOW THAT WAS PAST FIVE O'CLOCK, BUT HE WAS HANDLING, TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
UM, SO IT JUST, I SAID THAT TO SAY THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH HIM A QUARTER.
AND UH, THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME THING THAT JULIO'S TALKING ABOUT.
UH, IF WE COULD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT TAKES, WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE OR HOW MUCH IT COSTS.
25, 30 $5, UH, TO DO SOME, THE YELLOW LINES DOWN THE MIDDLE, TWO YELLOW LINES AND MAYBE THE WHITE STRIPE.
IT JUST KIND OF HELPS US BEHAVE DIFFERENT AS WE DRIVE AND PARK.
UH, 'CAUSE IT IS KIND OF THE WILD, WILD WEST RIGHT THERE BEHIND THIS.
AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING THINGS BETTER WITH DOWNTOWN SEVILLE, THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.
AND IF THIS CAN, IF THIS WILL MAKE SENSE FOR US ALL, UM, FOR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE A KIND OF A SMALL STEP TO KIND OF HELP US.
I'VE BEEN A TENANT DOWN THERE FOR, MAN, 10 YEARS NOW, I GUESS IS HOW LONG I'VE BEEN A TENANT DOWN THERE.
AND, UH, AND I'M GOING ON HOPEFULLY 10 MORE OR LONGER THAN THAT.
UH, BUT IF WE COULD THINK ABOUT TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AND SEEING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE FOR US.
WE ALL GET ALONG BACK THERE, BUT SOME OF THE GUESTS THAT COME IN JUST DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE KINDLY TALK TO 'EM.
NOT ON MY END, UH, OR ANYTHING, BUT IT JUST KIND OF HELPS US BEHAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS WE DRIVE AND PARK ON THAT STREET.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR MY STAFF OR ANYONE THAT'S VISITING BACK DOWN THAT AREA AND AS WE GROW THE DOWNTOWN AREA, I THINK IT'LL JUST, IT LOOKS AMAZING TOO.
SO IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, IF YOU DON'T HAVEN'T, DRIVE DOWN WATER STREET.
I WELCOME YOU GUYS TO VISIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
TODD, IF YOU'LL COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
Y'ALL KNOW ME SO YOU KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING AND I CAN'T READ, SO SHE'S GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM HERE TODAY TO FORMALLY PRESENT SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC SAFETY AND RESIDENTIAL STREET UTILIZATION ON GLEN ROAD.
OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING A DEMONSTRABLE DECLINE IN QUALITY OF LIFE DUE TO THESE ESCALATING ISSUES, ESCALATING TRAFFIC AND SPEEDING ISSUES.
GLEN ROAD, A RESIDENTIAL THOROUGHFARE IS INCREASINGLY BEING USED AS A HIGH SPEED TRANSIT ROUTE, POSING CONSIDERABLE RISKS TO OUR RESIDENTS.
COMMON INCREASED SPEEDING VEHICLES ARE CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDING THE POSTED SPEED LIMITS, CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, AND CHILDREN.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS ACCIDENTS HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY IMPACTING THE SAFETY AND PEACE OF MIND OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CONSTANT FLOW OF HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC GENERATES SIGNIFICANT NOISE POLLUTION, DISRUPTING THE TRANQUILITY OF OUR HOMES.
RESIDENTIAL DISRUPTION RESIDENTS FIND IT CHALLENGING AND UNSAFE TO EXIT DRIVEWAYS OR WALK ALONG THE STREET DUE TO THE VOLUME AND SPEED OF VEHICLE IMPACT OF CORNERSTONE AC COMPANY OPERATIONS.
A NEW AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THESE ISSUES IS THE RECENT ESTABLISHMENT OF CORNERSTONE AC COMPANY AT THE INTERSECTION OF GLEN ROAD AND ROUTE 175.
WHILE WE WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES, THEIR OPERATIONAL PRACTICES ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET INCREASED COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.
WE OBSERVE A MARKED INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, INCLUDING LARGE TRUCKS AND VANS ASSOCIATED WITH CORNERSTONE AC COMPANY.
UTILIZING GLEN ROAD RESIDENTIAL STREET USAGE, THESE VEHICLES ARE FREQUENTLY OBSERVED, ACCESSING AND DIGRESSING THE BUSINESS VIA GLEN ROAD, RATHER THAN POTENTIALLY UTILIZING THE MAIN ARTERIAL ROAD ROUTE 175 FOR THEIR PRIMARY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE PRESENCE OF LARGER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FURTHER EXACERBATES THE EXISTING SPEEDING AND SAFETY ISSUES ON A STREET.
NOT DESIGNED FOR SUCH HEAVY COMMERCIAL USE.
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTIONS TO MITIGATE THESE PRESSING CONCERNS AND RESTORE SAFETY AND TRANQUILITY TO GLEN ROAD.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE COUNCIL'S IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND INTERVENTION.
WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT ENHANCED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT MEASURES ON GLEN ROAD, INCLUDING INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE AND POTENTIAL SPEED DETERRENTS.
WE REQUEST A COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC CALMING STUDY FOR GLEN ROAD TO EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS SUCH AS SPEED BOMBS, SIGNAGE, OR OTHER DESIGN MODIFICATIONS.
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THREE BUSINESS TRAFFIC REVIEW.WE ASK THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONAL TRAFFIC PATTERNS OF CORNERSTONE AC COMPANY, PARTICULARLY THEIR USE OF GLEN ROAD TO DETERMINE IF ALTERNATIVE ACCESS OR MITIGATION STRATEGIES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED TO REDUCE RESIDENTIAL IMPACT.
WE SEEK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTINUED DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNCIL AND RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO MONITOR PROGRESS AND ADDRESS ONGOING CONCERNS.
THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENTS ON GLEN ROAD ARE PARAMOUNT.
WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL SUPPORT AND DECISIVE ACTION WE CAN EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THESE CRITICAL ISSUES AND ENSURE OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET REMAINS A SAFE AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS URGENT MATTER.
AND TO ADD TO THAT, JUST TODAY WE'RE SITTING OUT THERE, WE HAVE OUR OWN TRASH TRUCKS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE AIN'T NO REASON FOR 'EM TRASH TRUCK TO BE ON MY ROAD TODAY.
THEY'RE NOT HAULING A LOAD THROUGH THERE, BUT THEY COME THROUGH THERE SO FAST AND THEY HIT THEIR TRUCK.
CAN'T BE ONE THAT COMES THROUGH THERE ALL THE TIME 'CAUSE THEY TOOK OUT A BRANCH GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, RIGHT BETWEEN MINE AND MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
AND THAT'S HANGING OUT OVER THE ROAD AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR TRASH TRUCKS.
THE ONGOING SPEEDING WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS EXTRA COMMERCIAL WORK OVER THERE.
UH, THE CORNERSTONE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE FEEL IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND WE REALLY WANNA TAKE AND MAKE SURE THE SPEEDING SITUATION.
WE'RE ALSO FACING THE SAME THING.
WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL ROAD BUT WE HAVE NO LINES.
SO IT'S JUST A FREE FOR ALL AND A COWBOY OUT THERE.
PEOPLE PARK IN THE ROAD, BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S COME FIVE 30, YOU COME OUT THERE AND FIND MY TRUCK PARKED IN THE ROAD.
'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.
IT'S LIKE WHAT? THREE, THREE TENTHS OF A MILE.
AND THEY'RE DOING 80 MILES AN HOUR BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE OTHER END OF THE ROAD.
AND THIS IS, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN UP HERE COMING UP FOR EVERY TIME I COME UP HERE, BRING IT UP.
THANK YOU MR. LANNY MYERS, OUR OTHER ONES, UH, OUR OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, THIS IS LANNY, THIS IS MY NEIGHBORS.
UM, THEY'VE YIELDED OUR TIME TO ME TO COME TALK TO YOU GUYS AGAIN ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING OVER HERE IN OUR AREA.
I WAS GONNA DO IT AND LIKE SNOOP DOG VOICE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN CHANGE THE VOICE.
AND YOU GUYS CAN UNDERSTAND IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, RIGHT? I ALSO GOT MY NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ME AND OTHER ONES.
WE DO, WE TALK ABOUT THIS AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEAL THAT WE TALK THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
BUT THESE, UH, THIS MULTI-DWELLING SITUATION THAT WE HAVE, UM, JUST LAST NIGHT COUNTED 14 VEHICLES IN THE, IN THE PROPERTY.
19 INDIVIDUAL MEN ON THE PROPERTY.
NOW LEMME ASK YOU THIS NEXT DOOR, JUST RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
I COUNTED THE OTHER DAY, THREE DAYS AGO.
12 CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY, 17 FEMALES, WOMEN WITH NO CHILDREN, NO MEN, NOTHING JUST TO WOMEN.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THAT? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT MANY FEMALE? THIS THIS ISN'T MAKING SENSE AS FAR AS MULTI-DWELLING.
I MEAN, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
UH, AND I, I MEAN WE HAVE TO CHALLENGE, WE HAVE TO CHALLENGE OUR PIECE IN ORDER TO GET THE PIECE OVER THERE.
DUDE, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO CHALLENGE 'EM BACK.
THEY TURN THE MUSIC ON ON SO LOUD THEY PULL UP IN THERE.
'CAUSE YOU GOT LIKE 17 AND NOW YOU DEAL WITH ONE OF 'EM.
THEY'RE LIKE, OH NO, DON'T THAT.
THIS IS ME AND OKAY, I'LL BEHAVE BUT THEM OVER THERE.
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU'RE IN THE SAME HOUSE.
THIS IS, YOU PROMISED ME MAN, LIKE THIS COUNCIL.
WE ALL HAD THE SAME AGREEMENT WHEN WE MOVED HERE AND WE CAME HERE AND YOU GUYS WERE IN THE POSITION.
'CAUSE WE WERE PROMISED BY THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE.
THIS WAS A SINGLE DWELLING AREA AND I BOUGHT MY HOME IN MY AREA.
I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE SECURITY OF HAVING A SINGLE DWELLING AREA AND LIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET.
NOT, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE, I GOT 19 SERIOUSLY, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE PICTURES.
I'VE GOT PICTURES GUYS AND IS 19 MEN HOOPING AND HOLLERING OUT THERE TALKING TO MY DAUGHTERS THAT ARE 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTERS AND 25-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTERS.
MY WIFE THAT COMES ACROSS THERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M NOT THERE.
AND OF COURSE I'M COMING UP NOW.
SO NOW WHAT DO YOU HAVE? YOU GOT SOMEBODY HOLLERING AT MY KIDS ACROSS, OUT HERE, ACROSS THE STREET.
I'M GONNA GO OUT THERE GUYS, YOU KNOW WHO I AM.
I'M GONNA GO OUT THERE AND SAY SOMETHING TO 'EM, RIGHT? YOU WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
SO I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
WE WERE PROMISED WHEN I BOUGHT IN THIS AREA, THIS IS THE CITY OF SEVILLE.
WE, IT'S A SINGLE DWELLING AREA.
AND I, WE, NOBODY IN MY COMMUNITY SHOULD BE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS.
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ACCESS, TRAFFIC, THE ACCESS OF TRASH.I SIT THERE AND BE PAYING ATTENTION.
THEY GOT, THEY'RE RUNNING A KITCHEN OUTTA THIS PLACE TOO.
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN GO UP TO, IF YOU GO TO SEVILLE ROAD AND, UH, RIGHT THERE ACROSS FROM THE A MEXICAN, THAT MEAT MARKET RIGHT THERE ON SEVILLE AND UH, BELTLINE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS WHERE ONE OF THEIR FOOD TRADERS IS.
THEY GOT FOOD TRADERS IN THE BACK THERE, PARKED THERE.
WE KNOW THAT THEY GOT FOOD TRADERS BACK THERE AND THEY'RE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WE WITNESS 'EM DUMPING STUFF IN THE DITCHES, POUR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE POURING IN THERE, BUT THEY'RE THERE ALL DAY LONG COOKING AND PREPARING FOOD AND TAKING IT OUT TO THESE PLACES.
SO HOW IS THIS BEING DONE? YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE RUNNING A KITCHEN, A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN OUT OF A HOUSE THAT'S GOT LIKE 19 GUYS LIVING THERE,
SO THERE'S MY SITUATION ON THAT.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. VIRGINIA MYERS.
HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY? I'M HERE FOR MY NEIGHBOR THAT, UH, LIVES IN GLEN ROAD.
WELL TOO, GUYS, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE'RE SERIOUS.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE BACK GOING AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME AT OUR NEIGHBORS TO, UH, GO OVER WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO WANNA BRING UP ONE GOOD POINT SINCE I GOT, HOW LONG DO I HAVE? 10 MINUTES.
I'M HERE TODAY, EXCUSE ME, REGARD HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS A PRESSING CONCERN.
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 0 9 GLEN, INCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL RESULTING IN TWO, TWO DRIVEWAYS.
A GARAGE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED, WHICH APPEARS TO BE INHABITED BY INDIVIDUALS.
THIS RESIDENCE HAS A CONSTANT INFLUX OF PEOPLE, TYPICALLY BETWEEN SIX TO 12 INDIVIDUALS, OFTEN MORE WITH NO WOMEN OR CHILDREN PRESENT THE OCCUPANTS.
SEEMINGLY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FREQUENTLY ENGAGE IN LOUD MUSIC AND GUNFIRE.
REJECTING MY FAMILY, PARTICULARLY MY DAUGHTERS AND WIVE HARASSING CAT CALLS.
GUYS, I ALREADY SAID THIS THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
I WILL GLADLY CONTINUE JUST TO GET PEOPLE COME UP, GIVE ME THEIR TIME.
I WILL USE THEIR TIME TO CONTINUE TO REPLAY IT, BUT ALL I'M DOING AT THAT POINT IS JUST KIND OF LIKE POKING AT IT.
YOU GUYS LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S ACTIVE HELP.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
YOU'VE CALLED ME BACK EVERY TIME YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO ME AND YOU HAVE DONE A LOT, CINDY, SO I DO APPRECIATE, AND IT DOESN'T COME UNKNOW KNOWLEDGE.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL LET THE REST OF THE TIME GO AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HEARING US OUT AND WE APPRECIATE THE QUICK AND, AND IF YOU GUYS CAN LOOK INTO IT, SEE THE ATTORNEY.
LIKE, THERE'S THIS, THIS, YOU'RE RUNNING A BUSINESS.
MOVING THE REGULAR AGENDA, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.
UH, DOES THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.
WE, UH, ACCEPT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, SECOND YOUR MOTION, SIR.
MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
UH, CITY ATTORNEY VICTORIA THOMAS WILL PRESENT THIS AND YOU'LL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HER IF YOU HAVE IT.
UM, THIS IS JUST, UH, AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CHANGE THE REGULAR MEETING DATES FROM THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS TO THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAYS.
AND THAT WOULD FACILITATE MY BEING ABLE TO BE HERE AS THE CITY ATTORNEY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SEND AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, THE, THE CHARTER SECTION THREE POINT 10 ALLOWS YOU TO SET THE MEETING DATE.
IT REQUIRES IT TO BE DONE BY ORDINANCE AND IT PROBABLY HAS BEEN DONE BY ORDINANCE IN THE PAST, BUT IT NEVER GOT CODIFIED.
UM, SO THIS TIME I PREPARED AN ORDINANCE AND, AND SET IT OUT SO THAT IT COULD BE CODIFIED.
SO IT'LL BE PUT INTO THE CODE.
UM, IT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT SAYS YOU KNOW THAT, THAT DESIGNATING THESE AS YOUR KIND OF DEFAULTS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR MEETING ON THAT DAY.
YOU CAN ALSO SCHEDULE SPECIAL MEETINGS ON OUR, UM, MAKEUP MEETINGS ON OTHER DAYS.
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FOR QUESTIONS A MOTION, I MOVE THE APPROVE AGENDA.ITEM NUMBER 11, SECOND, FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.
GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
CONSIDER SELECTING SELECTION OF MAYOR PROTO FOR THE 25 26 UH, YEAR.
UH, EACH YEAR WE ELECT A MAYOR PRO TEM AND UM, HE HAS PUT THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA.
EXCUSE ME, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
UH, HAROLD MCGILL AS MAYOR PRO TEM.
WE GOT A MOTION A SECOND FOR, UH, MR. HAROLD MCGILL FROM MAYOR PRO.
DOES CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST OR REPORTS? I WANNA RECOGNIZE PRISMA OUR NEW DALLAS ISD TRUSTEE FOR AREA FOUR FOR BEING HERE.
I GOTTA GO FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OH, FUTURE ITEMS. WAIT FOR THE, THIS IS NOT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WAIT, OKAY, I'LL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I WANT TO DO WHAT? UH, TODD MAN, WE'RE STILL ON THE OTHER HOLD ON.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE MOVING FROM 13.
DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. MR. EPPS, NOW WE'RE ON THIS BUDDY.
MR. GRIME, THIS IS YOUR TITLE.
I HAVE ONE THING I LIKE TO LOOK INTO TO WHERE WE CAN TRY TO PUT A STREET LIGHT AT, UH, OLD CVILLE ROAD AND UH, SIMONS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE OF THAT ONE, UH, SO FAR, UH, TO LOOK INTO CODE ENFORCEMENT CALLING THE POLICE STATION AND PUBLIC WORKS TO DEAL WITH THEIR STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF WANTS SARAH, SHE CAN LOOK UP.
I'VE GOT FROM GREEN, TWO CONTAINERS.
IT WAS TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
AND THEN TO PUT ON THE AGENDA TO GET WITH TODD AND HE SAID HE WANTS TO LOOK INTO DOING ARTWORK AT THE SKATE PARK.
HE WOULD SUPERVISE IT ON SATURDAYS, PUT UP BOARDS OR DECORATE THE PARK.
CATER TO KIND OF OUR LOOK INTO THAT OPERA HOUSE.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE ON, UH, A MORATORIUM ON ANY MORE PDR FIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN CITY RETURN INTO CITY, INTO AN R FIVE CITY.
MOST OF THOSE R FIVES TURNED INTO AT LEAST 60% OR MORE R FIVE HOMES, EVEN THOUGH THEY DO HAVE A MIXTURE OF SOME OF THE OTHER ZONING.
ALSO THE SETBACK FROM SIDEWALK TO THE, I GUESS WOULD BE THE FACE OF THE GARAGE AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE SPACE FOR FOUR VEHICLES TO BE PARKED PAST THE SIDEWALK SO THEY WON'T PARK IT IN THE STREETS.
AND I THINK THE ZONING SHOULD BE COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT IS CALLED OUT IN OUR ORDINANCE.
WHAT, UH, LIKE AN R ONE WOULD BE A A 60 BY ONE 20 PUTTING 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES ON 50 FOOT LOTS SQUARE FOOTAGE.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY, MR. HERNANDEZ.
UM, THIS IS FUTURE AGENDA FOR, IT MAY HAVE TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I'M LOOKING TO GO ADVISE ON STREET ABANDONMENT AND SALE OF THAT PROPERTY.
THEN THE ITEM NUMBER 15, IS EVERYBODY HAPPY? ALRIGHT,
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WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:26 PM.