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YOU GOOD, KATIE, GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING
[1. Call meeting to order.]
TO ORDER.GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TODAY IS DECEMBER 8TH, 2020.
AND THIS IS THE OFFICIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I DO HAVE A CORE OF, UH, CITY COUNCIL PRESENCE.
UH, WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE ONE OF OUR FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TODAY.
WHERE'D YOU GO? YOU STILL HERE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STREAMING IN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS WE WILL CONTINUE AND I'LL CALL THE MEETING ORDER.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION BY ADAM MCCAIN FROM A CHURCH ON THE HILL.
I SHOULD BE SAYING, UH, HILO CITY, UH, BEFORE YOU BEGAN, I HAVE A LITTLE BIO HERE, SOMETHING NEW I HAVE STARTED.
SO ADAM MCCAIN IS PASSING IT ABOUT ENRICHING THE LIVES OF PASTORS AND THEIR FAMILIES ON IMPACTING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
ADAM SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF CHRIST FOR THE NATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR SEVEN YEARS AND HAS TAUGHT AS AN ADJUNCT TEACHER THERE SINCE 2001 MORE RECENTLY, HE HAS TAKEN THE POSITION OF PROVOST AT CHRIST FOR THE NATIONS AS WELL.
IN ADDITION, ADAM PROVIDES MENTORSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT TO LOCAL PASTORS THROUGH GLOBAL MINISTRY NETWORK THAT HAS FOUNDED, BUT THAT HE FOUND IT WITH HIS WIFE, JAMIE, ADAM, AND JAMIE ARE FOUNDING AND LEADING PASTORS OF KEON CITY, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CHURCH ON THE HILL, SUCH AS LOCATED IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS WITH A SEPARATE SECOND CAMPUS IN MANSFIELD, TEXAS.
THE MCCAIN'S MAKE THEIR HOME IN CEDAR HILL WITH THEIR THREE, TWO ROOMS WHILE ADAM AND IS ENJOYING HIS THIRD DECADE.
SPEAKING AT CONFERENCES NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
AND YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT PLAYING GOLF, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU GOT THERE.
MY GOODNESS MERMAIDS, LET'S TAKE THAT ON THE ROAD.
THAT IT WAS A GREAT INTRODUCTION.
IF ANYONE WILL PLEASE, UH, STAY AT AND FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, WE'LL HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY ALL MEN.
I THANK YOU THAT I GET TO BE A PART OF A CITY WHERE OUR MAYOR AND OUR COUNCIL LOVES JESUS, LORD.
I THANK YOU THAT I GET TO BE A PART OF A FAMILY UNIT THAT CARES ABOUT ALL FOLKS AND LORD.
I SPEAK EPHESIANS ONE 17, THAT THEY WOULD WALK IN A SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE HURTING IN OUR MIDST.
THOSE THAT ARE FIGHTING OFF COVID LORD GOD.
I ASK YOU FOR HEALING AND POWER LORD.
I PRAY LORD GOD, THAT EVERY BIT THAT THEY DO TODAY THAT HAS SUCH AFFECTS FOR OUR FUTURE LORD GOD, THAT EVERY DECISION THAT THEY MAKE, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THEM, THAT YOU'D GIVE THEM WISDOM OR GOD, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD SEND SOME, FEEL YOUR HAND UPON THEIR LIVES.
LORD, I PRAY FOR EVERY ONE OF THE LEADERS OF OUR CITY, ALL THE WAY FROM OUR POLICE FORCE, ALL THE WAY TO OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.
EVERY ONE, LORD, GOD THAT SERVE THIS CITY.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER THEM, KEEP THEIR INTERESTS, PROTECTED, LORD GOD, WATCH OVER THEIR CHILDREN, WHERE WE PRAY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN.
DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, WE ASK YOU TO WATCH IT OVER ALL OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, LORD, IN ALL THOSE THAT ARE FIRST RESPONDERS, WE THANK YOU FOR THEM.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY IN JESUS NAME.
[a. Present Good Samaritan Award to Darrell Hanssen.]
NEXT ITEM IS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATION.ISN'T A GOOD SAMARITAN, A WAR TO DARYL HANSEN, AND I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YEAH, THIS GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD WE ESTABLISHED SEVERAL YEARS BACK WAS A COMMUNITY-BASED, UH, RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
SO CITIZENS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE SELFLESS KINDNESS THAT WOULD COME FROM, UH, SOME OF THEIR NEIGHBORS TRYING TO WORK AND ON BEHALF OF THEM TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY, GIVES AN I AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY, UH, BECAUSE OF ALL THESE ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT THEY'VE DONE TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS IN IT.
SO I GOTTA SAY THOUGH, BUT DARYL I'VE KNOWN FOR PROBABLY ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, 10 YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR LONGER 2020.
UM, AND IT ALL THE TIME THAT DARRELL AND I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OUT THERE THAT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
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CALL ME FROM TIME TO TIME TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.WHAT'S GOING ON WANTING TO KNOW HOW THINGS ARE COMING ALONG IN OUR CITY.
BUT HE HAD ALSO LET ME KNOW ABOUT THINGS THAT HELPED ME, UH, WORK WITH THE CITIZENS AND IMPROVE WHAT I DO FOR THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, POINTING OUT THINGS THAT MAYBE I WASN'T AWARE OF.
SO HE WAS MY EYES AND EARS OUT IN THE STREETS.
SO DARYL, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THAT IF I ASKED.
SO, SO IT'S TRULY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO GO AHEAD AND READ THIS.
SHE, HE WAS NOMINATED BY HIS NEIGHBOR, MARGIE JOHNSON.
DO YOU KNOW HER? I'M GOING TO PUT MY GLASSES ON HERE.
SO LET ME SEE, LET ME SEE HERE.
IT SAYS, UH, THEY'RE ALL HANSON, SHADY BROOK, UH, 2000 DECEMBER EIGHT, 2020.
DARYL HANSEN HAS CALLED, HAS CALLED CEDAR HILL HOME FOR 20 YEARS.
HIM AND HIS WIFE, MELINDA HAVE LIVED IN SANDY, BROOKE NEIGHBORHOOD, MARJORIE JOHNSON.
HIS NEIGHBOR NOMINATED HIM FOR THE GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD.
HE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CHAMPION IS WELL KNOWN ON THEIR STREETS, HILLSIDE DRIVE FOR HIS EVERYDAY ACTS OF KINDNESS FOR HIS FELLOW NEIGHBORS.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU WILL FIND MR. HANSON GOING FROM HOME TO HOME MOWING AND EDGING LAWNS THAT NEED TO BE MANICURED.
HE TAKES IT UPON HIMSELF TO RETRIEVE AND REPLACE OR REPLACE TRASH AND RECYCLE BINS FOR NEIGHBORS AS OCCUR AS A COURTEOUS GESTURE.
MR. HANSON IS THE NEIGHBOR WHO YOU CALL WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT OF TOWN FOR A FEW DAYS AND NEED AN EXTRA SET OF EYES ON YOUR HOME.
WOULD YOU COME? UH, AND SO HE WAS EVEN FEEDS YOUR PANTS.
AND WHILE YOU'RE AWAY, MARGIE SAID THAT LAST YEAR, HER SEVEN YEAR OLD GRANDSON HAD A FLAT TIRE ON HIS BIKE, MR. HANSON PURCHASED AND REPLACED THE TIRE.
SO HE COULD CONTINUE TO ENJOY HIS BIKE.
HE'S THE MOST KIND AND GENEROUS MAN THAT ANYONE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS A NEIGHBOR, MR. HANSON IS TRULY DESERVING OF THIS HONOR THROUGH THE GOOD SAMARITAN RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW HIS SELFLESS EFFORTS MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CEDAR HILL IS AN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT SERVANT LEADER FOR ALL OF US TO EMULATE.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND VALUES AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
I WISH I COULD SHAKE YOUR HAND
YOU DON'T HAVE TO IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT AIN'T 57.
YOU CALLED IN ON THE CARPET, BUT I GET TO THE, THAT IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HELP MY NEIGHBORS, MY COMMUNITY, AND I JUST HELP
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING A GOOD SAMARITAN.
[a. Presentation of Lifesaving Award to four members of the Cedar Hill Police Department.]
ITEM ON THE PRESENTATION.I'M SORRY, MASON, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
THE PRESENTATION FIRST NATION HAVE A LIFE SAVING AWARD TO, FOR MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S A HONOR TO BE UP HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU TO RECOGNIZE SOME MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, A COUPLE OF THESE AWARDS ARE, ARE ONE OF THEM IS OVER A YEAR, UH, COMMON AND ONE, SEVERAL MONTHS, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME UP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS IN PERSON IN A PUBLIC FORUM.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN DELAYING THE PRESENTATION OF THESE AWARDS, BUT I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE OFFICERS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
SO THE FIRST, UH, AWARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT, UM, IS TO OFFICER JAMES VALENTI.
YOU'LL COME UP HERE, UH, OFFICER BLENDING WITH YOUR FAMILY, OKAY.
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 30TH, 2020, OFFICER VALENTI RESPONDED TO BENDING OAK DRIVE IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS IN REFERENCE TO AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON, DISPATCH ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A FEMALE ON LOCATION REPORTED NOT TO BE BREATHING WITH CPR IN PROGRESS.
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OFFICER VALENTI ARRIVED IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES.WHEN HE ARRIVED ON SCENE, HE QUICKLY ASSESSED THE SITUATION.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WOMAN WAS CHOKING AND COULD NOT BREATHE.
THERE WAS SOME BLOOD AROUND HER MOUTH.
AND THE DAUGHTER HAD SAID THAT SHE HAD, THAT WAS FROM THE DAUGHTER TRYING TO REMOVE THE DISLODGE, THE ITEMS OF FOOD THAT WERE STOPPING HER FROM BREATHING OFFICER VALENTI ACTED QUICKLY AND DECISIVELY, AND WITH ASSISTANCE, MOVE THE FEMALE INTO A POSITION WHERE HE COULD CONDUCT THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER.
AS HE CONDUCTED THIS MANEUVER INSTANTLY, SHE COUGHED UP THE FOOD THAT SHE WAS CHOKING ON.
AND THEN SHE BEGAN TO BREATHE ON HER OWN.
MEDICS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE SHORTLY AFTER, AND SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSPORTED TO CHARLTON METHODIST FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.
WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DAUGHTER TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION, SHE MADE A STATEMENT THAT SAID, IF IT WASN'T FOR OFFICER VALENTI AND HIS ACTIONS, MY MOTHER WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE OFFICER VALENTI FOR YOUR SWIFT ACTIONS AND SAVING A HUMAN LIFE.
YOU REPRESENTED TODAY WITH THE LIFESAVING MEDAL.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE REALLY LEARNED TO APPRECIATE WITH THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THAT THE OFFICERS IN THIS DEPARTMENT ARE NOT CALL-TAKERS COMING FROM A LARGE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND SEEING THE WAY THAT A LOT OF LARGE CITIES WORK, UH, OFFICERS TEND TO GO FROM CALL TO CALL, UH, IN A HURRY TO GET TO THE NEXT CALL INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING ON THE CALL THAT THEY'RE ON ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITS OFFICERS, IS THAT THE OFFICERS HERE ARE NOT CALL-TAKERS THEY'RE PROBLEM SOLVERS AND OPS.
UH, CORPORAL NOVEON IS THE EPITOME OF THAT.
ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, UH, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2019 OFFICERS, BOTH MEN AND NO VAN WERE DISPATCHED TO THE HOLIDAY INN REGARDING THE MALE SUBJECT WHO WAS SUICIDAL.
THE MOTHER HAD CALLED SAYING THAT HE HAD USED HIS CREDIT CARD AND THAT HE HAD BEEN MAKING IDEATIONS OF SUICIDAL TYPE.
ALTHOUGH THE SUBJECT WAS NOT THERE AT THE HOTEL OFFICERS KNOW VAN AND BOAT, MEN SEARCHED ALL THE HOTELS IN THE AREA LOOKING FOR HIS CAR AND THEY WEREN'T UNABLE TO FIND THEM.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY EASY FOR OFFICER NOVI AND TO SIMPLY CLEAR THE CALL AND SAY, THE SUBJECT'S NOT HERE AND THEN TO GO ONTO THE NEXT CALL, BUT SHE DIDN'T GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION FROM THE MOTHER.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD PURCHASED A PLANE TICKET OFFICER NOVEON REACHED OUT TO THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT POLICE AND SPOKE WITH THE DISPATCHER AND OBTAINED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT SHOWED THAT THE SUBJECT HAD FLOWN TO LAS VEGAS OFFICER AND FOLLOWED UP AGAIN WITH LAS VEGAS DISPATCH TO TRY TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND OUT WHERE THIS YOUNG MAN HAD FLOWN TO AND WHERE HE WAS AT RELAYING THIS INFORMATION TO THE MOTHER.
THE MOTHER WAS THEN ABLE TO CONTACT THE LAS VEGAS METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE NEXT DAY OFFICER, NO VAN CONTACTED THE VICTIM'S MOTHER TO SEE IF ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE COULD DO AND HELP SAFEGUARD HER SON.
AND IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT SHE WAS INFORMED BY THE VICTIM'S MOTHER WHO WAS CRYING AND THAT HER SON HAD BEEN FOUND IN A HOTEL ROOM IN LAS VEGAS.
YEAH, CUT BOTH HIS WRISTS AND HAD A SELF-INFLICT STABLING.
HOWEVER, THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE HIS LIFE AND IT WAS DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF OFFICER'S NO TO ACTIONS.
SO IT WAS MY BELIEF THAT OFFICERS, NOBODY IN THE ACTIONS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HER NORMAL DUTIES AND EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS AND THE GRAND EFFORT TO PRESERVE THIS LIFE.
AND FOR THAT CORPORATE NOVELLA, YOU ARE AWARDED THE LIFESAVING METAL
THE NEXT AWARD IS FOR OFFICER BOB MEINZER AND OFFICER RIDER
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ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2020 AT NINE 15 OFFICER'S MIND, SIR.AND OFFICER RYDER RESPONDED TO AN ADDRESS ON BISHOP STREET AND CEDAR HILL, TEXAS IN REFERENCE TO A WELFARE CHECK, DISPATCH ADVISED THEY HAD RECEIVED A CALL FROM A YOUNG WOMAN WHO STATED TO CHECK THE WELFARE ON HER FRIEND WHO LIVED AT THAT ADDRESS BECAUSE HE IS MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT KILLING HIMSELF ON ARRIVAL.
OFFICER RYDER, MEINZER CONTACTED THE MOTHER AT THE RESIDENCE AND ADVISED HER OF THE CHECK AND THE REQUEST OFFICERS ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND WALKED UPSTAIRS TO THE BEDROOM WITH THE MOTHER UPON ENTERING THE ROOM.
OFFICERS HEARD A GURGLING SOUND COMING FROM THE CLOSET.
OFFICER MINDS ARE OPEN THE DOOR, THE CLOSET DOOR AND OBSERVED A BLACK MALE SUBJECT HANGING FROM A LEATHER BELT FROM A CROSSBAR.
HIS LEGS WERE BENT AND HIS EYES WERE CLOSED.
OFFICER MINES OR GRABBED THE SUBJECT AROUND HIS ARMS AND CHEST AND LIFTED HIM UP WHILE OFFICER RYDER CUT THE BELT WITH HIS KNIFE.
ONCE THE BELL WAS CUP CUT, OFFICER MINES ARE PLACED THE SUBJECT ON THE GROUND AND OFFICER RIDER REMOVED THEIR MAIN PIECE OF BELT.
AND OFFICER RIDER WAS ABLE TO WAKE UP THE SUBJECT AFTER ABOUT FIVE OR SIX SECONDS.
HE BEGAN BREATHING ON HIS OWN OFFICERS CALL FOR MEDICS WHO ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED THE SUBJECT TO CHARLESTON HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER EVALUATION, THESE EXTRA ORDINARY MEASURES AND THEIR QUICK RESPONSE RESULTED IN HIS LIFE BEING SAVED.
AND FOR THAT OFFICER MEINZER AND OFFICER RIDER, YOU ARE AWARDED THE LIFE METAL
I JUST WANTED TO SAY BRIEFLY THAT TWO OF THESE INCIDENTS INVOLVE PEOPLE WITH CRISIS.
AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ROLE OF POLICE OFFICERS AND THE ROLE THAT WE PLAY IN SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING CALLS WITH PEOPLE IN CRISIS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE BEST PEOPLE TO HANDLE THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, BUT IN BOTH OF THESE CASES, UM, WE RESPOND TO IT QUICKLY ACTED DECISIVELY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT LIVES WERE SAVED.
WHEN PEOPLE CALL NINE ONE ONE, WE GO, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHY OR WHO OR WHEN.
AND I'M THANKFUL THAT, UH, DALLAS COUNTY HAS RECOGNIZED THIS AND JUST RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE $10 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING.
AND SO JUST SO THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, UH, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY MANAGER, WORKING WITH THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITY MANAGERS AND CITIES, UH, WE HAVE ARE SUBMITTING A $3 MILLION GRANT FOR THE FOLLOW-UP WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THESE PEOPLE AND DEALING WITH CRISIS BECAUSE IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, ROLE THAT OUR SOCIETY NEEDS TO BE HELPING THESE PEOPLE OUT.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT THE BEST PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN HELP THESE PEOPLE.
AND I'M THANKFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE ACTIONS THAT WE DID IN THESE CASES TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE GRANT AND WE CAN FIND SOME BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR THEM.
SEE IF BEFORE YOU, UM, STEP AWAY, I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, UM, NUMBER ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE GIVE, UM, YOUR OFFICES, UM, YOU KNOW, MY BIGGEST GRATITUDE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY IS NOT EASY.
SO, SO PLEASE LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW THE COUNCIL REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS, UH, TO THE ONES TODAY THAT RECEIVED THE LIFE SAVINGS AWARD, UH, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU JUST TO REALLY JUST BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND NOT PANIC AND JUST REACT.
UH, CHIEF DID SHARE WITH ME, UH, THE LAST AWARD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DUST FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE A CALL AND HOW MUCH COMPOSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD AS YOU WALKED UP TO THE RESIDENT, UH, CHIEF, I DON'T THINK YOU PUT ON THE, ON YOUR NOTES THAT HE WAS AT NINE 30 AT NIGHT.
SO YOU JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING A CALL FROM A POLICE OFFICER AT NINE 30 AT NIGHT AS A PARENT.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THINKING, YOU KNOW, YOU MUST GOT THE WRONG HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON.
EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING'S GOOD IN MY HOUSE.
AND, UH, JUST FOR THE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO GET A CALL AND BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO SOMEONE'S PROPERTY, UM, AND SAY THE YOUNG MAN'S LIFE THAT REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES, THOSE ARE THAT THE STORIES THAT WE ACTUALLY GET OUT INTO THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO TIP MY HAT OFF TO YOU, BE ABLE TO SAVE THE YOUNG MAN'S LIFE.
THERE'S A GAP BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ACTUALLY ANSWERS THE CALL OF DUTY.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU'RE GONE, YOU'VE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT
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TO THE NEXT CASE.WELL, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT VICTIM AND CHIEF, WHAT YOU JUST TOLD THE COUNCIL TODAY IS, UH, WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE RESOURCES AND THINGS FOR DENIS COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH US.
SO THEY'RE CAN BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THESE VICTIMS TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU COULD, UH, THAT ARE, UH, FOR ALL THE WHOLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE PRAYING FOR THEM, AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY DO HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
AND AGAIN, UH, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, UH, WE'RE PIECE IT, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
SO A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH HER OWN RELATIVES AND, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN CALLED TO THE HOUSE THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, NO DEON RESPONDED TOOK CARE OF IT.
AND EVEN AFTER THAT, SHE DID THE FOLLOW UP ONCE THEY MADE SURE THAT THAT PERSON WAS OUT OF THAT SITUATION, SHE CAME BACK, MADE SURE THAT SHE GOT APPLES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS FOR THEM.
SO AGAIN, THEY JUST NOT TALKING TO TALK, THEY'RE WALKING THE WALK AND I THINK AS A CULTURAL TO SEE THE HILL AND WHERE YOU WERE DOING THE SEED OF YOUR WAY, AND I JUST WENT ON PUBLICLY, TAKE MY HEAD OFF TO YOU AND ALL THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT, JOE, IF YOU GOT THAT TONE, THANK YOU.
YOU MENTIONED A WHILE AGO WHERE YOU SAID THAT IT'S NOT EASY BEING A POLICE OFFICER IN THIS DAY AND TIME.
AND, UH, AND I, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, AND I WEAR THIS, UH, SUPPORT AND BLUE WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH BEING PROUD, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT, THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE ALWAYS SET THE EXAMPLE AND, UH, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND, AND OUR WHOLE DEPARTMENT.
THAT THAT'S REALLY EMOTIONAL TO SEE, UH, IN HERE, UH, THE LIFESAVING EVENTS THAT WENT ON.
UH, WE WILL MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA.
[6. Citizens Forum: Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a speaker request form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 4pm on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
IS A CITIZENS' FORM.UH, CITIZENS GIVES A WELCOME OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO MAY ADDRESS ANY SUBJECT DURING THE CITIZENS FORUM PORTION OF THE AGENDA OF THIS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT ISSUES MAY BE REFERRED TO SEE THE STATUS OR PLACED ON THE FUTURE AGENDA.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, NOW WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, UH, FOR ANY COMMENTS THAT CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE C UH, SECRETARY'S OFFICE, UH, AND IT WILL BE, UH, SENT TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR YOUR PLEASURE.
I THINK WE DID HAVE ONE COMMENT AND COUNCIL.
I THINK YOU DO HAVE THAT, UH, IN YOUR INBOX AND, UH, I'LL AND, UH, ANY CITIZENS THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL HAS THREE MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SPEAK.
SO I DO HAVE ONE SYSTEMS FORM BEFORE ME.
AND, UH, THIS IS BEFORE SAY TO CLEVELAND, HER TOPIC IS MIDTOWN UPDATE AND, UM, I THINK IT'S CALDWELL MISSING FOUND PERSON CALDWELL, OH, JOANNE CALDWELL MISSING A FOUND PERSON TO CS AND 2020 FOR CITY COUNCIL PAY.
AND, UH, THE FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THAT PART, BUT YES, EXACTLY.
IT'S AN ORIGINAL IDEA HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY.
UH, SHANITA CLEVELAND, THREE 65 UPTOWN BOULEVARD, UH, THANKS TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE STREAMING.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND IT AFTER IT'S ALL OVER, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, UH, MOTOWN HAS DECIDED PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT NUMBER ONE.
CORPORATE HAS DECIDED TO GET RID OF THE ONLY COURTESY OFFICER, WHICH IS A CEDAR HILL POLICE OFFICER.
AGAIN, I AM NOT ANTI-POLICE, I'M NOT BACK FOR BLUE, BUT I AM NOT.
ANTI-POLICE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CRIME, SIX MONTHS, ONLY SIX MONTHS HOLDING TWO RECENT SHOOTINGS, A DRUG DEAL GONE BAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT DISTURBANCES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, CHRISTMAS IS COMING.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.
WE PAY WAY TOO MUCH OVER THERE FOR THAT CORPORATE GREED.
AND I'VE ASKED THE CITIZENS TO COPY YOU ON IT.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'VE GOTTEN A FEW, IF NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THEM.
I'VE BEEN WALKING IN, ORGANIZING IN MIDTOWN SECOND JORY AND CALDWELL.
I, THAT IS VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT ARE HELPING AND SAVING AND FINDING PEOPLE, JOY AND CALDWELL.
I WAS A LITTLE DISTURBED, BUT 22 YEAR OLD AFRICAN-AMERICAN
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YOUNG MAN THAT WAS FOUND DECEASED IN A POND ACROSS THE STREET, EVEN THOUGH THE COMMUNITY ACTIVATED SEARCH DOGS AND WENT PAST AND RIGHT PAST THAT PROPERTY, UH, OUR DOG SAY THAT HE HADN'T WALKED THERE AND HE WASN'T THERE UNLESS HE WAS UNDER WATER.THE PRESS RELEASE HAS TONS OF TONS OF HOLES IN IT.
WE BELIEVE THERE WAS SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER HERE, AND THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEARCH INTO FIND OUT WHAT IS INVOLVED AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED THAT SOMEONE HAS FOUND I ROUGHLY ACROSS THE STREET, WHEN THEY SAY THEY'VE DONE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE SEARCHES BY DOG AND BY DIVE TO BE FOUND ACROSS THE STREET.
AND YET THE ANSWER IS RIGHT IN THE TOWERS ON FEDERAL PROPERTY WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT TOO.
YES, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE PAID BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE USE IT AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO DO ANYTHING.
UH, WE'LL PROBABLY KEEP THE MAYOR AT A DOLLAR ON THE PROPOSITION, CAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
ALL THAT I'M SAYING IS I LOVE MY CITY, BUT THE DISPARITY THAT I SAW BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY, EVEN THE POLICE AND IMPEDING ON THE COMMUNITY, WANTING TO SEARCH.
WHEN I WITNESS OVER AT MIDTOWN A PHONE CALL FOR SUICIDE SUICIDAL PERSON.
AND BEFORE YOU KNEW A DPS ONE WAS IN THE AIR, BUT FOR JULIA CALDWELL, A MISSING PERSON REPORT WAS TAKEN.
THAT IS A PART OF THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST THAT I RECEIVED.
THAT IS A HUGE DISPARITY THAT HIS LIFE WAS NOT AS IMPORTANT TO DO A SEARCH RIGHT THEN TO MAYBE HELP SAVE JULIAN'S LIFE.
AND I WAS REALLY, REALLY DISGUSTED.
UM, THAT'S ALL THE FORMS I HAVE FOR CITIZENS FOR, UH, NEXT ITEM I HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARING
[a. Case No. Z-303-2020 - Conduct a public hearing and consider an application to change the zoning from “OT-Res” (Old Town Residential Sub-District) to “OT-Sq” (Old Town Square Sub-District), legally described as portions of Lots 6, 7 and 8, Block 4 of the Original Town Cedar Hill Addition, generally located on the west side of Houston Street and on the east side of Broad Street, south of Texas Street with the approximate address being 308 Houston Street. Applicant/Property Owner: Alice Walsh, Lavishing Tea Room, LLC]
CASE NUMBER Z THREE OH THREE 2020 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM OT RES ALL 10 RESIDENTIAL.SO DISTRICT TWO, OTS SQ, ALL TOWN SQUARE SUB DISTRICT.
THEY'RE GOING TO DESCRIBE AS PORTIONS OF LOT SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT BLOCK, FOUR OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN, CEDAR HILL EDITION, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOUSTON STREET ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROAD STREET, UH, SOUTH OF TEXAS STREET WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING THREE OH EIGHT HOUSTON STREET APPLICANT, PROPERTY OWNER OUT OF SQUASH LAVISH TEA ROOM, LLC.
UH, DO WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT ANYTHING FOR COUNCIL BEFORE WE GO PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU MUCH.
SO WITH THAT COUNCIL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER Z 300, THREE 2020, ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER Z 303 2020, NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF CASE NUMBER 300, THREE 2020, ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF CASE NUMBER Z 300, THREE 2020 MASS, ANYONE APPROACH, UH, CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, OKAY.
UH, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UH, COMING DOWN HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN OUR, OUR CITY.
UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF NERVES ARE THE SAME ABOUT THE PARKING SITUATIONS DOWN IN THAT AREA, THAT, THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE PARKING ARRANGEMENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
IN FACT, WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME SORT OF NEED AT A POINT IN THE FUTURE FOR, UH, AN EASEMENT OR SOMETHING TO ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE FUTURE CITY PARKING ALONG THE PART OF THAT PROPERTY, OR YOU'RE AWARE OF ALL OF THAT.
UM, WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT RIGHT NOW WITH LASHONDRA AND
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OKAY.UH, MS. MS. WASH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT WHILE SHE'S HERE? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MS. SIMS MARATHON, MORE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TRACE NUMBER Z THREE OH THREE 2020.
UM, UM, TO, UH, CONSIDER CHANGING APPLICATION FROM ZONING FROM OLD TOWN, RESIDENTIAL TO OLD TOWN SQUARE SUBDISTRICT, UM, DESCRIBED AS PORTIONS OF LOT SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT MARK FOR THE ORIGINAL TOWN SQUARE.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND CUSTOMER HAYDEN.
UH, ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL.
ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ANY OPPOSITION MOVES UNANIMOUS.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SECOND, UH, BUSINESS AT CEDAR HILL, UH, PUBLIC
[b. Case No. CUP-289-2020 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit on property zoned Old Town Square Sub-District within the Uptown Overlay, bounded by West Belt Line Road, South Broad Street, Cedar Street, and BNSF Railroad for a site plan; Conditional Use Permit for: restaurants, a microbrewery and a winery in conjunction with the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption; outdoor retail, sales, and display more than 20 feet from a building; attached and detached dwelling units; indoor commercial amusement limited to bowling and a cigar lounge; and a banquet facility; and a variance to the 300-foot distance requirement from an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption (Chapter 14) and/or on-premise consumption (Chapter 23) to a church. Applicant: David Farrell, Farrell Architects Representative: Kyle Ward, Jim Lake Company Property Owner: Jim Lake and Amanda Moreno-Lake, Lake Moreno Partners LLC]
HEARING ITEM B CASE NUMBER C U P TWO EIGHT NINE 2020.COME UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER, UH, AN APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ON PROPERTIES OWN OLD TOWN SQUARE SUB DISTRICT WITHIN UPTOWN OVERLAY ABOUT IT BY WEST BELTLINE ROAD, SOUTH BROAD STREET, CEDAR STREET AND BNSF RAILROAD FOR A SITE PLAN, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR RESTAURANT, A MICROBREWERY AND A WINERY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION, OUTDOOR RETAIL SALES AND DISPLAY MORE THAN 20 FEET FROM THE BUILDING ATTACHED AND DETACHED DWELLING UNITS, INDOOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, LIMITING, UH, SORRY, UH, OUTDOOR RETAIL SALES AND DISPLAY MORE THAN 20 FEET FROM THE BUILDING ATTACHED OR DETACHED DWELLING UNITS.
AND OUR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT ELIMINATES THAT WE'RE BOLDING AND CIGAR LOUNGE AND A BANQUET FACILITY AND A VARIANCE TO THE 300 FOOT DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT SELLS ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION, CHAPTER 14 AND OR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION CHAPTER 23 TO EIGHT CHURCH APPLICANT, DAVID FERRELL, FERRELL, ARCHITECTS, REPRESENTATIVE KYLE WARD, TIM, A COMPANY'S PROPERTY OWNER, TIM LAKE, AND AMANDA MARINA LAKE, UH, AND LAKE MARINO PARTNERS.
DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE WITH US TODAY? UH, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL? IF WE'RE GOING TO FLIP THE CAMERA, THE IMPRESSION THAT MARIA WOULD PRESENT? I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY, WELL, I GUESS WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, MAYBE YOU MAKE AN ALL RIGHT.
I'LL BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC AREA, UH, LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANYONE, WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER CUP TWO EIGHT, NINE, 20, 20, ANYBODY LISTENED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER CUP TWO EIGHT, NINE, 2020.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ALANINE.
I FORGOT TO SAY I RAN OUT OF TIME, BUT I THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH FOR, UH, STANDING YOUR OWN GROUND AND ASKING A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS.
UH, UH, ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER CUP TWO EIGHT, NINE, 2020.
LET'S SEE YOU ONE APPROACH, UH, CLOSE THAT PORTION AND ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF CASE NUMBER CUP TWO EIGHT, NINE, 2020, ANYBODY SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF CASE NUMBER CUP TWO EIGHT, NINE, 2020, NOT SENDING ANY ONE APPROACH, UH, CLOSE THAT PORTION, UH, OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, COME IN QUESTION, MAYOR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ON THIS COUNCIL WHEN YOUR THING OR WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA ALMOST BACK IN THE EARLY 20TH, 2020.
UM, AND I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM WAS WHERE THIS CITY MANAGER, ALAN SIMS, A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH DOWN THERE.
SO THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME THAT I WANT TO RELATE TO THE CITIZENS THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S THAT'S, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE PASSING IT TODAY, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE EVENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE A MOTION IS BEING TAKEN, UH, IS LISSANDRA STILL WITH US? I'M STILL HERE.
UM, BUT MY, MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY MORE TO YOU.
UM, AS A STILL, I GUESS I JUST NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE 300 FOOT, UH, DISTANCE.
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SET A PARAMETER BECAUSE I JUST DON'T REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST LEAVING A VARIANCE OPEN, UM, OPEN LIKE THAT.
I'M GOING TO, OKAY, SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE LAYOUT
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OF THE PROPERTY.SO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BASICALLY HANDLE LAKE MORENO GROUP IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE NICE ENOUGH AND THE VISUAL SPACES EMBEDDING EACH TENANT, THEY WILL LIKE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK.
UM, EACH TIME A RESTAURANT COMES IN, UM, ALSO THEY'RE UNSURE EXACTLY WHERE ALL THOSE DOORS WILL BE.
SO THAT'S WHY BEFORE THEY INVEST A LOT OF MONEY INTO THE CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE TO GET THIS ALCOHOL VARIANCE, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE MAP, UM, THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN 300 FEET AT ALL, SO IT WON'T MATTER WHERE THEY COULD BOARD THE, JUST THE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, GREEN, AND YELLOW, UM, WERE AREAS THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THAT 300 FEET WHERE A VARIANTS WILL BE NEEDED.
UM, I GUESS MY, I GUESS SO HERE, SO HERE'S, HERE'S HOW I SAY IT.
UM, CAN THEY TRY TO MEET THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DISTANCE AS CLOSER TO 300 FEET? I GUESS I REALLY WOULD HATE TO JUST HAVE A VARIANCE AND IT'S LIKE LITERALLY 10 FEET AWAY, I GUESS.
I GUESS THAT'S REALLY MORE OF MY CONCERN IS I'M NOT REALLY JUST TRYING TO BE CREATIVE AND TRYING TO MEET THE 300 FEET.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M ASKING? I DO, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT WE'VE LEARNED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN ANALYTICAL QUESTION TOO, BECAUSE, UM, EITHER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE WAY PAV MEASURES DISTANCE, IF YOU THROW THAT OUT THE WINDOW, I MEAN, EITHER WAY YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET.
AND SO THE WAY WE LOOKED AT IT IS IF THE DIFFERENCE IS SIMPLY, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL CAN SEE MY SCREEN AT THIS POINT OR NOT, BUT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? OKAY.
SO WHERE I, YOU SEE THE LITTLE ARROW POINTING, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S NO KILLER HERE.
SO IF THERE IS THE DOOR HERE AND I HAVE A RICH RENT AND MISSING AREA, UM, IS IT THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IF I HAVE A DOOR IN THE GREEN AREA, JUST SO HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, IF IT HERE I'M MAYBE 301 FEET, BUT IF THE DOORS ON THE GREEN SIDE, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE TWO 99, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET, THE BUILDINGS ARE NEAR REGARDLESS.
SO WHEN WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, ON STAFF, IN, UH, WE WERE FINE WITH THE VARIANCE.
SO, SO BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING THE OPTICS OF IT, UH, IT MAY MEET THE REQUIREMENT, BUT IT STILL MAY LOOK EVEN CLOSER IF, AND EVEN IF IT IS 300 FEET.
UH, SO I GUESS YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOMATO, TOMATO TYPE OF THING.
I GOT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
MY QUESTION KIND OF FOLLOWS FALLS ALONG WITH THE, UH, THE MAYOR'S QUESTION.
UM, SO THESE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE IN HERE, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS OWNING IS ONLY GOING TO PERTAIN TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
OH, ACTUALLY ACTUALLY COUNSEL THEM ACCORDINGLY.
THIS ALCOHOL BERENS WOULD ONLY PERTAIN TO THE LAKE'S POVERTY.
SO IT IS, UM, YOU, THIS IS NOT SHOWING THE ENTIRE LINK.
UM, I CAN GET A BETTER MAP, BUT BASICALLY IT IS PERTAINING TO THIS ENTIRE, UM, I GUESS FOR LIKE A LITTLE BIT, YEAH, THIS, THIS BOUNDARY KIND OF GOES OFF THE PAGE HERE, BUT IT'S ONLY PERTAINING TO THIS PARCEL IN THIS PROJECT.
SO, UH, AND I GUESS MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT, IS THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COULDN'T BE TAKEN AND APPLIED TO ZONING AND ANOTHER COMMERCIAL AREA WITHIN THE CITY, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO SELL ALCOHOL IN, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I, I VIEW THIS AS BEING A VERY UNIQUE PROJECT AND SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT DIFFERENTLY, UM, THAN, THAN OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE RESERVING OUR RIGHTS TO, UH, TO RESTRICT THE PROXIMITY OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION TO, TO OTHER, UH, CHURCHES OR PLACES OF WORSHIP.
SO, UM, WE ARE ONLY OKAY WITH IT IN THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, THAT'S MEANT, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE WALKABLE, UM, ENVIRONMENTS YOU HAVE MIXED USES THAT ARE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY.
AND SO, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COOL TO BEAT THAT REQUIREMENT AND TO HAVE RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE ANY TYPE OF ALCOHOL, UM, WITHOUT THAT VARIANCE,
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UM, IN THIS INSTANCE, AND IT FRIGHTENED NOW A LOT OF RESTAURANTS, UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE SYDNEY RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T GIVE ABILITY TO SERVE ALCOHOL.UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT PUTS US IN A SITUATION WHERE, AND THAT'S WHY, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE CITIES THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WORK HARD, UH, BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT, UM, TO HAVE THESE RESTAURANTS WHEN YOU HAVE THAT 300 FOOT DISTANCE REQUIREMENT.
WELL, LET'S SAY TWO, IS IT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TABC, TOTALLY GIVE CITY'S DISCRETION TO VARY THIS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY VARIES IT, UM, IT'S TOTALLY UP TO CABC, YOU KNOW, VISIT, CARA WILL ONLY, THE ONLY THING THEY BOOKER ABOUT THOUGH IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW HOW THEY MEASURE THE DISTANCE.
AND FINALLY, THE, UH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, KNOW IF I REMEMBER RIGHT FROM THE BRIEFING ON THIS PROJECT, THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR RESTAURANTS IN THE, IN THIS GROUPING OF BUILDINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS I, AS I RECALL FROM PRIOR AGENDAS, IT, IT'S PRETTY COMMON THAT EACH OF THOSE RESTAURANTS IS GOING TO NEED AN INDIVIDUAL CUP AS WELL, WHICH WOULD IT WOULDN'T THAT ISN'T THAT USUALLY THE CASE.
AND WOULDN'T THAT GIVE US ANOTHER CHANCE TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANT WITH WHAT APPLICANT IS ASKING, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST IS FOR THE CUP, UM, FOR ALCOHOL RESTAURANTS WILL APPLY TO THE WHOLE SITE.
AND SO THAT COULD BE TWO OR THREE AND THEY WOULD NOT COME BACK BEFORE P AND D OR COUNCIL, IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE IT THE WAY THEY'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT.
SO THIS IS A BLANKET APPROVAL AND NO FURTHER APPROVALS WOULD NEED TO BE NEEDED FOR ANY OF THOSE RESTAURANTS.
NOW, ONE THING THOUGH THAT THEY BOTH STILL HAVE TO DO, UM, THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO BRING IN A FLOOR PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOWING EXACTLY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE THOSE SPACES.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING SURE IT IS A RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, AND NOT A CLUB OR A BAR.
SO WHEN IT WAS STILL HAVE TO DO THAT BEFORE, UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN A SEAL.
THANK YOU, CUSTOMER MCCURDY, CUSTOMER SIMS. THANK YOU, MIRROR.
UM, I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, HAYDEN, UM, UM, FOR A LOT OF YEARS, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A DESIRE TO, UM, HAVE THE DOWNTOWN AREA BE REALLY VIBRANT AND THERE'S BEEN SOME ACTIVITY.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE OLD CITY HALL WAS THERE.
UM, AND WE HAD A PLAN TO MOVE FROM THAT LOCATION TO THE NEW CITY.
SO THIS BUILDING WHERE WE ARE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED THAT THAT DOWNTOWN WAS GOING TO DIE BECAUSE THE, THIS, UH, CITY HALL WAS A, SUCH A DRIVER OF TRAFFIC TO DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN AT THAT TIME BABES CAME IN AND THEN SAM'S PIZZA.
AND, UH, BUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, UH, STAGNATION.
AND SO NOW WE SEE A LITTLE BIT ACTIVITY, THE, UH, LAVISHING TEA ROOM, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THEM COMING AND THEN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IT'S, UH, FOR ME, IT'S JUST VERY EXCITING.
IT'S THRILLING TO SEE THE KIND OF ACTIVITY THAT'S COMING IN HERE, AND THIS IS, UH, HAPPENING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT I'M THROUGH THAT.
IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL.
WE GOT SOME MOMENTUM IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCIL, IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION MAYOR LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CDP TWO EIGHT NINE TWO ZERO ZERO.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT SECOND? OKAY.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION ANIMUS.
THANK YOU, LETS YOU OFF EASY TODAY.
[c. Case No. CUP-280-2020 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit for an “adult day care” on property zoned “OT-Corr” (Old Town Corridor) Sub-District within the Uptown Overlay, and located on the south side of Cooper Street, east of Houston Street with the approximate address being 412 Cooper Street. Applicant: Kevin DeStefano, DeStefano Remodeling Property Owner: Sarah Moor, CH Old Town LLC]
NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM C CASE NUMBER C U P TWO, LATE ZERO 2020.COULD NOT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERED AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR AN ADULT DAYCARE ON PROPERTIES, OWN OT CORP, ALL THE 10 CORRIDOR OR SUB DISTRICT WITHIN THE UPTOWN OVERLAY AND LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COOPER STREET EAST HOUSTON STREET WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING FOUR ONE TWO COOPER STREET APPLICANT.
KEVIN DESTEFFANO JUST THE FINAL REMODELING AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
SARAH MOORE, UH, C H O TOWN, LLC.
DO WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE HERE WITH US TODAY? YES, SIR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT ANYTHING TO THE COUNCIL? OKAY.
UH, COUNSEL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE
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NUMBER C U P TWO EIGHT ZERO 2020.ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, NOT SEEING ANY ONE APPROACH I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF CASE NUMBER C U P TWO EIGHT ZERO 2020.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF A PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNSEL.
UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.
MAY I MOVE? WE APPROVE CDP TWO EIGHT ZERO TWO ZERO TWO ZERO.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION AND IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MOTION, RIGHT?
IS THAT TYPICALLY THE MODEL, THE BUSINESS MODEL BRIAN'S HOPE, WHICH IS THE TENANT IN THE BUILDING.
THEY WILL PICK UP THE CLIENTS IN THE BIG, IN THE MORNING.
THEY'LL SPEND THE DAY THERE AND THEN THEY RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO I GUESS THERE'S A QUESTION ON DIFFERENT, UH, APPLICATION ABOUT, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, OF DIFFERENT TIME THAT HOURS BEING DROPPED OFF PICKS UP.
SO I GUESS WE WON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S ONE VEHICLE UNTIL THEY PICK UP IN THE MORNING AND THEY TAKE HOME IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER HAYDEN, AND I THINK YOU HAD A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER CURRY.
I'M SORRY, A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER SIMS. UM, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION ENEMAS.
[d. Case No. Z-304-2020 – Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2020-719 to amend Chapter 23 entitled “Zoning” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cedar Hill, Texas, pertaining to parking requirements for the Old Town Square Sub-District.]
ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS, UH, ITEM D CASE NUMBER Z THREE OH FOUR 2020 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2027 ONE NINE TWO A MEN CHAPTER 23, UH, ENTITLED ZONING OF THE CODE AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PERTAINING TO PERMANENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OLD TOWN SQUARE SUB DISTRICT.UH, DO WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE HERE OR IS THAT MORE STAFF? ANYTHING FROM STAFF WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE SOUNDBAR RADIO, RIGHT? UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED, UH, COUNSEL WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, SO ANYBODY LISTENING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER ZERO THREE OH FOUR, 2020, ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER Z 300 FOR 2020.
MATT SEEN A LOT OF PROTEIN, SO I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF CASE NUMBER Z THREE OH FOUR, 2020, ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN A POSITION OF CASE NUMBER IS C 300 FOR 2020.
THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL, WE DID HEAR FROM BRIEFING ABOUT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, ALAN? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ASK ME? OKAY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER Z C Z THREE ZERO FOUR 2020.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL AND MCGOVERN.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 BY SEVEN 19, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADMITTING TETRA THREE 23, ENTITLED ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PERTAINING TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ALTAMONT DISTRICT, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR A PUBLICATION.
YOU MARIE, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MCCURDY AND WE HAVE A SECOND PHONE CUSTOMER WITH GLOVER ALL IN FAVOR.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION.
[8. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.]
ITEM IS CARCINOGENIC CARCINOGEN.IT INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, COUNSEL, DO YOU, ARE THERE, ARE YOU ANYBODY AWARE OF ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE, THE AGENDA? UH, OKAY.
UH, COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO PULL, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM LETTER F WHAT, LET ME READ AS FOLLOWED BEFORE I ASKED FOR MOTION, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, A CASE NUMBER SP TWO NINE, FOUR 2020 APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION FOR A REVISED SITE PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONE, SF 10 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT MINIMUM 10,000 SQUARE FOOT, LOTS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD STRAUSS ROAD, NORTH OF WEST FM 1382 ROAD WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING IN TWO 65 WEST PLEASANT, ONE ROW APPLICANT, GALEN LANE,
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G H L A PROPERTY OWNER, MIKE SIMMONS FOR HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH ITEM B CASE NUMBER MP3 THREE, ONE 2020 APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENDING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR THE FAITH TEMPLE EDITION ON A PROPERTY, A ZONE LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EAST PLEASANT, ONE ROAD, NORTH JOLISSA AND ROLE WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING EIGHT OH THREE EAST PLEASANT ONE, A ROAD ADVOCATE REPRESENTATIVE JAMES WALLACE, COCK SR FAITH, TEMPLE SDA CHURCH, PROPERTY OWNERS, STEVEN BROOKS, SOUTHWEST REGION CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST, UH, ITEM C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION SUPPLIES FOR THE SITE WORM MANSCAPE SUPPLY IN THE AMOUNT OF 93,000 ITEM D CONSIDER THE AUTHORIZATION CONSENT AUTHORIZATION, THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE USE OF CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FROM AUSTIN TURF AND TRACTOR, JOHN DEERE IN THE AMOUNT OF 75,000 ITEM E CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE BYLAWS OF THE CITY OF PEEL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UH, UH, PID NUMBER FIVE IN CEDAR CREST, SUBDIVISION COUNCIL.THOSE ARE YOUR CONSIDERATION ITEMS. A THROUGH E WAS OPEN MOTION.
WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. AQB WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER HAYDEN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SAM'S UH, ON THE FAVORITE PIECE OF HIS RIGHT HAND MOTION ANALYSTS.
DID YOU, DID YOU VOTE, UH, PROTEIN? YEAH.
[f. Consider approving Resolution No. R20-611 supporting award of the continuation of the Victims of Crime Act Grant.]
AN ITEM, A LETTER F WAS PULLED, CONSIDER A PROVEN RESOLUTION NUMBER R 20 DASH SIX ONE ONE SUPPORTING A WORD OF CONTINUATION OF THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT GRANT.UM, I, UM, IF YOU KNOW ME, I AM A BIG PROPONENT FOR, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND, UH, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, COUNCIL.
UH, SIMPLY I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, I GUESS, SPEAK TO UT IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME DOWN.
BUT, UH, I, I THINK, UM, ORIGINALLY HE WAS GONNA DO A, UM, A, UH, END OF THE YEAR, UH, STATS REPORT FOR THE COUNCIL TODAY, BUT IT WAS, I THINK, UH, POSTPONE FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, IT, YOU KNOW, FOR, I GUESS FOR FUTURE, COULD WE GET LIKE, UH, SOME TYPE OF, UH, UPDATES, UH, FROM A GUEST WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS? OH, YOU GOT, YOU GOT SOMETHING ON THAT.
AND HE DONATES OVER THERE, COUNSEL.
UH, I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON, UH, THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
THESE NUMBERS REFLECT PROBABLY THE LAST NINE MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, THERE'S BEEN EIGHT, 1,896 INDIVIDUALS TRAINED IN THE SCIENCE OF TRAUMA AND, UH, HOW TO COPE WITH TRAUMA.
A LOT OF THAT TRAINING HAS BEEN AMONG THE LEADERSHIP ON HOW TO SPOT IT AND HOW TO, UH, AROUND OUR PEOPLE, INTO PROGRAMS. WHEN WE SEE, UH, THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR TROOPS, UM, THERE HAS BEEN ABOUT 662 HOURS OF TRAINING ON THE SCIENCE OF TRAUMA AND RESILIENCY.
UH, THERE'S BEEN ABOUT, UM, 78 PERSONNEL THAT'S PARTICIPATED DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, WE DON'T GET REALLY INTO THE WEEDS CAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE DISCOURAGED FROM, FROM SEEKING HELP, BUT, UH, SUDDENLY PERSONNEL AND ABOUT 630 HOURS OF THERAPY.
UM, AND THAT'S FROM PROFESSIONAL THERAPIST.
UH, THERE'S ALSO BEEN ABOUT 653 PERSONNEL THAT'S PARTICIPATED IN THE PEER TO PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS. SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, AND CHIEF, WELL, ONE THING, AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, AND YOU CAN TELL ME AT A LATER DATE, UH, BUT I KNOW CEDAR HILL, WE, UM, SUBMIT THE GRANT.
UH, AND I KNOW WE HAVE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH, I BELIEVE NINE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, OR NOT IN OTHER CITIES, BUT I JUST REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR OUR OWN TO BE, TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, ARE WE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT? AND IF SO, A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN JUST A SMALL PERCENTAGE.
SO I'M REALLY MORE CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING CARE OF MY OWN.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHY I PULLED ITEMS. I THINK, UM, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT TAKE, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMS. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID EARLY ON, WE DID TESTIMONIALS AND A LOT OF THE TESTIMONIALS WERE PEOPLE IN OUR SYSTEM SAYING IT'S OKAY TO SEEK THE HELP.
AND THAT REALLY ENCOURAGED AND HELPED PEOPLE TO, UM, TO REALLY HAVE BUY-IN.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF VIDEOS THAT WERE PRODUCED.
UM, I, MYSELF EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THE, TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE WAY WE COPED IN THE PAST
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VERSUS THE WAY WE SHOULD'VE PROBABLY, UM, BEEN TREATED FOR, FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAUMA THAT WE SEE OUT THERE.SO I THINK THE PROGRAM IS OVERALL SUCCESS AND A LOT OF THAT IS, UH, STANDING UP FRONT AND TELLING OUR STORIES.
I, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF WHILE YOU SIT HERE? ALL RIGHT.
WELL THANK YOU FOR STILL REACHING OUT AND GET IT GATHERING MORE RESOURCES IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF ALL.
UH, UH, COUNSEL, UM, UH, CARCINOGEN ITEM, UH, THAT OUR F HAS BEEN PULLED.
UM, MY QUESTIONS ARE ACTUALLY COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, SO, UM, I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION MAYOR MOTION TO APPROVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE REQUEST FOR THE UPDATE, BECAUSE THAT REALLY HELPED THEM SO FORTH.
SO HOW SECOND DAY? UH, WE DO IT A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
IF YOU DO HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER HAYDEN, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, LOSE UNANIMOUS.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
IF, UH, YOU NEED ANYTHING? JUST GET MY ATTENTION.
SO A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM F F UH HUH.
CAUSE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER ARE 26 ONE ONE SUPPORTING A WORD OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT GRANT.
SO NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO THE ROVER AGENDA ITEM,
[a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a construction contract with Aleksander Omega, LLC, for the Hickerson Street Sanitary Sewer and Street Rehabilitation Project.]
A CASETA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH ALEX, ALEX SANDER OR MEGA LLC FOR THE HEXION STREET, SENATOR A SEWER AND STREET.WE HAVE ANNOTATION PROJECT COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT THE FLOOR IS OPEN, MAY APPROVE THE CONTRACT.
YES, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER GLOVER.
A FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS.
OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME WOMAN DANIELS.
[b. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract with Whirlix Design Inc. in the amount of $212,418.15 for the play structure, supplies & equipment at Windsor Park.]
BE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH, UH, WHERE LICKS WERE ALIX DESIGN INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND TWELVE.IT WAS A TOTAL OF $12,418 AND 15 CENTS FOR THE PLAY STRUCTURE, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND WINDSOR PARK.
HEY SEAN, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY, SIR? AND YOU BROUGHT A VIDEO? YES.
UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE WINDSOR PARK LAWN PROJECT.
UM, THIS, UH, YEAR HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING WITH COVID AND, UH, THOUGH YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS SLIDE IN GREAT DETAIL.
THE ONE THAT, UH, STANDS OUT MORE NOW THAN EVER IS, ARE PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, UH, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE ON A LOT OF THE BOND PROJECTS.
UH, THIS MAP IS NOTHING NEW TO THIS, UH, COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE TAKEN A SLIGHT DELAY IN THE CRAWFORD, UH, TO ALIGN IT WITH THE POOL PROJECT.
AND WE HOPE TO HAVE DOT THOMAS PUBLIC INPUT BEGAN AS EARLY AS THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, IF NOT SOONER.
SO HISTORICALLY, UH, WHERE WE ARE, UH, 2017, THE VOTERS OVERWHELMED WHEN YOU'RE APPROVED BOND INITIATIVE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS.
UM, TODAY WE'VE, UH, DATED SIX PARKS THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM AND ARE DESIGNING A, UH, BEAUTIFUL, UH, LIBRARY IN THE PARK.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL BONE GLOVER FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND VISION THERE.
UM, IN JULY OF 2020, WE WORKED WITH STACY GRAVES AND MICHELLE EBANKS TO ENGAGE THE WATERFORD.
I'M SORRY, THE WINDSOR PARK, UH, PIT TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN AN UPDATE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
WE WENT BACK TO THE BOARD IN SEPTEMBER OF 20 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIT THE, UH, AND WE DID, UH, WE'RE PROUD TO SAY OCTOBER 20, THE PARKS BOARD REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED, UH, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS, WE ALWAYS REFER BACK TO THESE THE 2012 MASTER PLAN.
I INDICATED LANDSCAPING IRRIGATION UPDATES, SHADE FOR THE PLAYGROUND AND STANDARDIZATION OF PARK SIGNS WITH THE HELP OF ALISON RAIN.
UM, WE CONDUCTED A SURVEY, UM, AUGUST 31ST THROUGH OCTOBER 2ND.
THIS SURVEY INCLUDED A MALE AUTHOR OF OVER 500 POSTCARDS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS SIX IN-PERSON,
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UM, AS ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND INTERVIEWING OUR PARK USERS.DURING THIS TIME WE HAD 97 COMPLETED SURVEYS.
THIS IS OUR HIGHEST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO, UM, THE EXTRA EFFORT REALLY PAID OFF AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE PANDEMIC, UH, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE TO HIT ALL THOSE MARKS.
70% OF THE RESPONDENTS USE THE PARK FREQUENTLY OR OCCASIONALLY, AND MAINLY FOR EXERCISE, UH, BRINGING THEIR KIDS OUT TO PLAY LEADER, TO RELAX DOG WALKING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE GOT TO THE ADVENT FUNCTION, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE JUST LET IT RIDE.
SO, UM, SO THE WINDSOR, OUR SURVEY RESULTS PART MENTIONS WERE SHADE WHERE NUMBER ONE, TRAIL LIGHTING, UPDATED PLAYGROUND LIGHTING GIVES EVO AND LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, I DO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE WINDSOR PARK PID, UH, REQUESTED VINYL FENCING ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE PARK FARC VENTURES WAS SHADE, TRENT LIGHTING AND LIGHTING OF THE GAZEBO, UM, OF THOSE 97 RE UM, PEOPLE RESPONDING TO OUR SURVEY, UH, 57% CHOSE THIS PLAYGROUND THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, UM, W THIS WAS ALSO YOUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS, FIRST CHOICE OF WHAT WE SENT TO THEM.
UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BIG LAND, MELISSA.
UH, AND, UH, WE DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PLAYGROUND IS ACCESSIBLE, UH, EXCEEDS THE NATIONAL STANDARDS OF MINIMUMS FOR ACCESSIBILITY, AND WE WILL ALSO BE USING A DIFFERENT, UM, FALL PROTECTION ON THIS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE LIKE AN ARTIFICIAL TURF.
SO IT'LL BE, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE GRASS IT'LL PERFORM LIKE, UH, ATHLETIC FIELDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND ONE OF THE BIG, UH, THINGS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS, IF IT'S DAMAGED, UH, DUE TO VANDALISM OR, UM, ACTIVE NATURE, YOU CAN EASILY JUST CUT OUT A SMALL PIECE AND REPLACE IT WITHOUT HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE PIECE OF RUBBER.
UM, AS THE MASTER PLAN INDICATED THEY WERE FOR A SHADE FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
UH, WE TOOK A UNIQUE APPROACH ON THIS ONE INSTEAD OF THE LARGE HIP STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE SEEN ON A LOT OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, THIS HAS THREE DIFFERENT SALE TYPES, AND THIS WILL GIVE YOU SHADE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIGH NOON, WHICH MOST PEOPLE WHEN THE SHADE IS MOST NEEDED, AREN'T UTILIZING THE PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TOTAL PROJECT.
UH, THE TOTAL PROJECT WITH THE 3% CONTINGENCY IS 262,000, EXCUSE ME, $262,000.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE TRIAL LIGHTING, THE VINYL FENCING, AS WELL AS THE GAZYVA LIGHTING AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE WINDSOR PARK PIT FOR $36,000.
SO THEY WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, SO NEXT STEPS, UH, FOR YOU ALL IS CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.
UH, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR CONSIDERATION, WE HOPE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN FEBRUARY.
AND THOUGH IT MAY BE A LITTLE LOFTY GOAL TO HAVE A PARTY IN THE PARK IN THE SPRING.
UH, WE WILL DO SOME TYPE OF WAY TO CELEBRATE THIS ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED.
UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO GO SEE THE GAME, SO, UH, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, DO YOU KNOW THE SCORE BY I DO, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
MA'AM I WAS LOOKING AT THAT DESIGN.
SO THAT'S THE DESIGN OF THAT PARK THAT, THAT, UH, YOU GOT FEEDBACK FROM, FROM EVERYBODY.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY A COOL, COOL DESIGN.
UM, AND I, THE ONE THING I WAS POINTING LOOKING AT TOO, IS THE SHADE STRUCTURE.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF A LITTLE CONCERNED OR DISAPPOINTED THAT SOME OF THE OTHER STRUCTURES THAT WE HAD SAY SHADE WISE, JUST REALLY DIDN'T KINDA SHADE, THE MAIN AREAS, UM, COMPARED TO WHEN I SEE SOME OTHER CITIES AND STUFF AROUND, OR HOW BIG THE SHADES COVER THE WHOLE THING.
SO SEE, IN THIS PARTICULAR PARK AND IN THE SHADE THAT YOU HAVE IN HERE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP IT FROM ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OF THAT SUN.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT.
THAT'S A PRETTY COOL STRUCTURE IN THERE.
SO I SEE THAT WE, WHEN WE DO ALL THESE, UH, UM, UH, SEMINARS FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK, OH, WE'RE GOING TO DO, UH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL THAT THEY CAME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM,
IT'S THE, UH, HIGH IMPACT POLYURETHANE, UH, ALUMINUM, THE HARD FASTENERS.
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MANUFACTURER OF THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE HAVE AT CATH BASHER PARK.UM, THE MAIN MEASURE IS LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES, UM, AND THEY, UM, DO REALLY GOOD WORK OR WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE OVER FIVE YEARS OLD, INSTILLING VERY GOOD SHAPE.
UM, AND SO THESE WILL BE THE SAME MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE ON THE MAJORITY OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS TODAY.
MY ONE CONCERN IS WITH, IS WITH THE, THE SHADE.
I, I, I HEARD WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT IT'S DESIGNED SO THAT IT GETS SHADE ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EXCEPT FOR NOON, WHICH YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EXPECT THAT ANYBODY WOULD BE USING THE PLAYGROUND AT THAT TIME, ANY, IN ANY EVENT.
BUT MY CONCERN IS HOW LONG IS IT THE EQUIPMENT'S GOING TO GET HOT AND THE KIDS AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH IT.
AND SO WHAT, AT WHAT POINT IS IT GOING TO BE IN SHADE AGAIN? AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THE MATERIALS TO, TO COOL BACK DOWN TO A POINT WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO BURN THE KIDS WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY TOUCH IT, THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU A, UH, AN EXACT TIME OF HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE THE COAL BACK DOWN TO BE COOL TO THE TOUCH.
UM, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SIGNAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, PLAY EQUIPMENT MAY BE HOT DURING SUMMER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THIS DESIGN WAS REALLY, UH, THE MOST ECONOMICAL DESIGN THAT WE COULD GET TO STAY WITHIN OUR OVERALL OPERATING BUDGET.
UH, THE LARGE HIP STRUCTURE WAS JUST TOO COST PROHIBITIVE BECAUSE THE PLAY STRUCTURE WAS SO MASSIVE.
AND I PUT THEM SHOP, UH, UM, THE STAFF, UH, WE DID FROM THE STAFF.
AND THEN WE, UH, PART OF THE SURVEY, THEY DID HAVE A AREA THAT THEY COULD FILL OUT FOR THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITHIN THE PARK AND OF THOSE 97 APPLICANTS, THE THINGS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT OR, UH, THE SHADE STRUCTURES FOR THE PLAYGROUND, UH, ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, UH, AND THEN SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO FACILITATE AT THIS TIME IS, UH, FILLING IN THE POND, THE RETENTION POND THERE.
FEMALE, UH, W WE DO OUR BEST, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR SEAN RAY? OH, I WILL SAY THIS BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION.
UH, WHAT I, WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT ALL OF OUR PARTS IN CEDAR HILL, OR AT LEAST THE NEW PARKS AND THAT WE ARE, UM, EITHER REPLACING A NEW PARKS IS THAT THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
THEY ALL HAVE ITS OWN CULTURE.
AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY PUBLIC INPUT, UH, ON IT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, THAT SHOULD BE REALLY TANGIBLE AND, AND EMPATHETIC TO US NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORT THAT YOU DO IN ORDER TO TRY TO DO THAT.
AND I ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IT.
WE DO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE WINDSOR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM, THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE YOU THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS AND THE PRODUCT THAT WE ENDED UP WITH.
AND THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL.
SO KEVIN WALK US DOWN AND TALK TO US TODAY.
YOU WASN'T, YOU WAS A FAN OF SPEAKING TODAY.
THAT'S NOT A SPEECH YOU GOT YET.
MY NAME IS CAROLYN ANN WALKER.
I LIVE AT EIGHT 13 APPLEWOODS DRIVE CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
I AM REPRESENTING THE BOARD OF THE WINDSOR PARK, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT B PIT NUMBER FOUR, AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE WINTER PARK, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE HONORABLES STEVEN MAYER.
UH, STEVEN MASON AND CITY COUNCIL IS A BLESSING TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF AUTHORIZATION, TO EXECUTE AND CONTACT CONTRACT WITH THE WORLD.
REALLY DESIGN INC FOR THE PLACE STRUCTURE, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AT WINDSOR PARK.
A NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT JUST A GROUP OF HOUSES IN A SPECIFIC AREA.
WE CAN NOT MERELY DESIGNATE AN AREA AND CALL IT A PARK.
IT MUST BE ATTRACTIVE WITH VISUAL MAGNETICS FAVOR
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FLAVOR.WHEN KIDS SEE IT, THEY WANT TO GO THERE AND THE PARENTS WILL WANT TO TAKE THEM THERE.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS BECOME NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORS GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND BECOME FRIENDS.
THE PARK IS TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR CHILDREN TO RUN, TO PLAY AND EXPLORE.
THE PARK HAS A WAY OF MAKING POSITIVE IMPACT ON GROWING CHILDREN.
IT IS A PLACE WHERE ADULTS CAN ENGAGE IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ORANGE TO SIT AND RELAX.
IT IS A PLACE TO LEAVE STRESS AND GO BACK HOME WITH A MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD LIFE.
WINDSOR PARK IS A CRUCIAL PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEREFORE WE'LL STAND IN FAVOR OF THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT WITH WELLS WILLICK'S DESIGN INCORPORATED FOR THE PLAY STRUCTURE, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.
UH, THERE WAS NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SUNRAY? SEE, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE IMPROVEMENTS ON DESIGNATED FOR WINDSOR PARK.
WHAT DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SIM? SO WE HAVE A SECOND.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MAYOR PROTEIN.
YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[c. Consider authorizing city staff to proceed to the schematic design phase on the Premier Library and Signature Park bond project based on concept designs presented to City Council. ]
IS ITEM C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF TO PROCEED TO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE OF THE PREMIER LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK BOND PROJECT BASED ON CONCEPT DESIGNS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER HAS A COMMENT, UM, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, I DID LEAVE TWO ITEMS ON EACH OF YOUR DESKS, UH, FOR US TO TALK THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, I WON'T GO OVER THE WHOLE AGENDA FROM NOVEMBER 17TH, BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS TIMELINE HERE ON EACH OF YOUR SEATS.
OF COURSE, THE FIRST BLUE BOX IS THE CONCEPT DESIGN, WHICH WE HAVE JUST WRAPPED UP.
UH, TODAY IS THE FIRST PURPLE BOX WITH THE ARROW, UM, WHICH WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, AUTHORIZING TO PROCEED TO A SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE IN THAT PHASE IS WHEN THE ARCHITECTS, UH, THE LANDSCAPE AND THE DESIGN ARCHITECTS TAKE THE CONCEPT DESIGNS ESTABLISHED AND TAKE THEM TO STEP FURTHER, UM, ENGINEERING AS WELL AS FLOOR PLANS, ELEVATIONS, SEX AND DRAWINGS AND FULL DIMENSIONS WILL BE, WILL TAKE PLACE AT THAT TIME.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL, THIS IS A VERY NEAR AND DEAR PROJECT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE INPUT POINTS, UM, FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU, UH, PRO UH, PROMOTED THE CITIZENS DESIGN COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE'VE DETERMINED THOSE INPUT POINTS TO BE THE SECOND PURPLE BOX, WHICH ARE, UH, PROPOSED AT 30%, UH, CONCEPT DESIGN 60% CONCEPT DESIGN 95 AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, WHICH THROUGHOUT THOSE ENTIRE POINTS, WE WILL HAVE HONE IN ON THE TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
WE'LL CHECK IN WITH COUNCIL, WE'LL HELP, WE'LL DO VIII IF NECESSARY.
AND THEN, UM, AT THAT POINT, UM, IN JULY TIMEFRAME, WE WILL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE THAT TAKES SIX, SEVEN TO EIGHT MONTHS.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT AT THE END OF 2021, UM, WE SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO BID THE PROJECT OUT OR AT THE BEGINNING, SORRY, AT THE END OF 2021 OR AT THE BEGINNING OF 2022.
SO THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 2021, WE WILL BE UPDATING THE PUBLIC.
WE WILL BE SEEKING INPUT FROM OUR CITIZENS DESIGN COMMITTEE AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ONE THAT WE ALL STAY IN CLOSE LOCK AND STEP THAT'S.
THE FIRST PART THAT I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE.
THE SECOND ITEM IS JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS, UM, HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN, ENTERPRISE BUSINESSES.
I ALSO LEFT YOU A SHEET, BUT IT WAS WHITE AND IT'S JUST A SELF SPREADSHEET.
UM, THE COUNCIL SET A GOAL OF 24, 20% MWB PARTICIPATION.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO DATE WE'RE AT A LITTLE BIT UNDER 50% TO THAT GOAL.
UM, AFTER WE ONLY AUTHORIZED, UH, CONCEPT DESIGN THROUGH TELE, THEY ARE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, THEY ARE WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS.
WE WILL NEED ANOTHER CONTRACT IN JANUARY AUTHORIZED, UM, TO GET THEM TO MOVE TO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE OF WHICH WE ESTIMATE THAT TO BE A LITTLE
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BIT UNDER 600,000, THAT WOULD TAKE US TO A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT UNDER 60% TO OUR GOAL.HOWEVER, THAT'S JUST THE FORMAL OFFICIAL CITY COUNCIL GOAL THAT YOU SET FOR US.
AND WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE BIDDING OUT THROUGH NTS NCTR CA AND, UM, REACHING OUT TO OTHER CONSTRUCTION VENDORS.
UM, WE MIGHT EVEN DO A VENDOR FAIR TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO, UH, OTHER WBE AND HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED FIRMS. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING, WE, WE HOPE TO FIND A FIRM TO DO CONSTRUCTION, AND IT MAY BE EVEN GREATER THAN THE 20% OFFICIAL GOAL THAT YOU SET FOR US ON THIS PROJECT, BUT JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THAT, WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE WILL, WE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OVER 60% TO OUR GOAL.
AND I HAVE NO, UM, UH, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WILL MEET AND EXCEED THAT GOAL THAT YOU'VE SET FOR US.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, UH, UH, EXPEDIENT UPDATE, UH, COUNSEL, IF WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER IT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION AND HONESTLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF HAS HAD A, UM, A JOINT MEETING ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, DOING A WORKSHOP.
SO IT SHOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGES FROM THAT.
THE MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED WITH A SYSTEMATIC DESIGN.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON FLORIDA.
WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND CUSTOMER MCGOVERN, UH, ON A FAVORITE PIECE RAISE RIGHT HAND MOTION ANIMUS.
[d. Consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2020-717 authorizing the issuance of City of Cedar Hill, Texas General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2021 and resolving other matters incident and related thereto.]
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM D CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 DASH SEVEN ONE SEVEN, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2021, AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED THERE TOO.ARE THERE ANY UPDATES? UH, I MEAN, ANY EVENING, I BELIEVE THAT'S ME AM.
I ARE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ON BOARD IN LONDON, HILLTOP SECURITIES, AND I'M HERE.
WE HAVE, UH, WE DID, UH, WE TOOK BEDS ON TWO ISSUES THIS MORNING AND WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THESE.
THE FIRST ONE, UH, WAS A REFUNDING ISSUE.
THE SECOND ONE WAS A NEW MONEY ISSUE.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO OUR TALK ABOUT FIRST IS THE BOND MARKET AND INTEREST RATES.
UH, WE HAVE A FABULOUS BOND MARKET AND INTEREST RATES, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.
UH, OUR U S GOVERNMENT RATES ARE RIGHT.
THEY'RE POUNDING OFF A 0%, UH, STILL POSITIVE.
IF YOU GO TO THE EUROPEAN UNION, WE'RE AT ABOUT HALF A PERCENT NEGATIVE.
YEAH, VERY LOW DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING ANYWHERE.
WE'VE GOT GOOD DEMAND FOR TAX EXEMPT BONDS OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY FOR QUALITY CREDITS AND CEDAR HILL QUALIFIES AS A QUALITY CREDIT.
THERE'S TWO STEPS AWAY FROM BEING A AAA CREDIT, A SOLID AA THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE STEPPING IN AND PAYING UP FOR THOSE ALL DAY LONG.
SO THIS CITY'S DONE A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT.
FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT SHOWS IN THE WRITING.
AND IT'S GOING TO SHOW IN WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
AND IF IT'S OKAY, I'LL JUST HANDLE BOTH AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THERE.
THE FIRST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS.
AND WE TOOK BIDS ON THAT, AND THIS IS THE, I'VE GOT THE CLICKER DONUT.
THIS IS THE FIRST PAGE OF THE PRESENTATION AND WE RECEIVED QUITE A NUMBER OF BIDS.
UH, IT, IT, LET ME, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS.
WE'RE DOING COMPETITIVE BANK PLACEMENTS.
SO WE GO OUT AND JUST DISTRIBUTE A TERM SHEET AND BASICALLY PUT THE POTENTIAL BIDDER BANKS.
THEY'RE SOPHISTICATED INVESTORS IN CHARGE OF DOING THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE.
WELL, IT DOESN'T TAKE THEM LONG ON A AA RATED CREDIT TO DO THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE, BUT WE PUT THOSE AFTER BIDS.
WE TOOK THEM BACK THIS MORNING AND THE BEST BID WAS KEY GOVERNMENT FINANCE AT A 0.8, 4%.
NOW THOSE ARE TAX EXEMPT RATES.
WHAT THESE BANKS ARE DOING IS THEY'RE PUTTING THESE BONDS INTO THEIR COMMERCIAL LOAN PORTFOLIO.
THE POINT BEING IS THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH QUALITY COMMERCIAL LOAN.
THEY'VE GOT MORE MONEY THAN THEY HAVE LOANS.
AND SO THEY'RE THERE SUPPORTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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IT'S A HIGH QUALITY LOAN, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD IN YOUR COMMERCIAL LOAN PORTFOLIO TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY CREDITS THERE.SO THAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON BOTH OF THESE.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WERE REFUNDING AND THE INTEREST RATES THAT WE WERE REFUNDING.
AND IT WASN'T LONG AGO, 2011, 2012.
THESE WERE GREAT INTEREST RATES, INTEREST RATES IN THE TAX EXEMPT MARKET PEAKED IN, IN, UH, 1981 AT 13%.
SO THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF CREDITS WERE PAYING AND A LOT OF ISSUERS WERE PAYING IN THOSE DAYS.
SO SINCE THEN, IT'S JUST BEEN A STEADY MARCH DOWN TO TODAY.
THESE REITS HAVE JUST GRADUALLY BEEN FALLING AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S STILL FALLING.
THE, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER FROM MATH, WHAT WE CALL IT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE AND THE AVERAGE OF THE RATES ARE STILL FALLING.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING RIDE ON THIS TYPE OF STUFF, BUT WE REFUNDED THEM.
WE DID NOT EXTEND THE DEBT IN ANY MANNER.
IT'S A STRAIGHT DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR DEBT SERVICE TO DEBT SERVICE, UH, REFUNDING THE, WE SAVED TOTAL, UH, NET DEBT, SERVICE SAVINGS, $676,000.
AND WE'VE GOT A NUMBER DOWN THERE, UH, $85,000 A YEAR, BUT YOU SEE THE 7.74% NUMBER, AND THAT'S THE SAVINGS AS A PERCENT OF THE REFUNDED BONDS.
SO WE JUST, THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY THAT WE HAVE TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT BRINGS YOUR, YOUR FUTURE COMMITMENT TO PAY DEBT DOWN.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE TAX NOTE.
WE ACTUALLY DID A COMPETITIVE BANK PLACEMENT FOR TAX NOTES, AND WE GOT MAYBE ONE OR TWO BIDS FEWER THAN WE HAVE, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF BITS.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF THING.
THEY'RE A FAIRLY NEW PLAYER IN OUR BUSINESS.
AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THEM STEPPING UP AS THEY, AS THEY DO AS THEY DID ON THE CLICKER ARNA.
IT'S MY, AND THEN THIS IS THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE TAX NOTES THAT WE HAVE.
BUT BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS HAVE COME IN WITH THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THE, OF THE TRANSACTION.
AND WE CAN RECOMMEND THAT TO THE CITY FOR ITS CONSIDERATION, BOTH ISSUES.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AMANDA, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OH, OKAY.
SO AM I CORRECT? I'VE NEVER SEEN INTEREST RATES THIS LOW.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THIS, THESE, THESE RATES ARE SHOCKINGLY LOW.
UM, I'M NOT IN THE OFFICE, BUT I'VE GOT RECORDS GOING BACK 50 YEARS.
AND I THINK WE'RE BEYOND 50 YEAR LOWS.
WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UPDATING US AND, AND, UH, I GUESS BASICALLY WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE ACTUALLY LEVERAGE THE BANKS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A, I GUESS, A SAFE, YOU KNOW, UH, I GUESS LOW RISK OF, UH, WHAT WE CALL A SALES, UH, MORE OF A LOW RISK OF ASSET, I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT THAT.
WHERE HAS IT BEEN RECORD? HOW FAR ARE THEY BOOKS? SO THEY GOT THE LIQUID THAT THEY JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PORTFOLIO.
AND I GUESS, UH, YOU LEVERAGED THAT AND THAT'S HOW HE'S ABLE TO GET IT.
AND THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW PHENOMENON FOR THE, YEAH.
IT APPEARS TO BE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SMALLER BANKS HAVE GOT IT FIGURED OUT.
I WAS CURIOUS, UM, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THE SIZE OF A CITY, OR I GUESS THE RATING IS REALLY WHAT'S KEY, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR SIZE OF A CITY, I MEAN, WE MAY REGROW IN THAT POPULATION, BUT COMPARED TO
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MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, AN INNER CITY OR, YOU KNOW, BIG, MAJOR METROPOLITAN, AND THAT DOESN'T DO ANYBODY TO COMPARE PORTFOLIOS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE OR THAT HASN'T REALLY NECESSARILY WELL BEING A SUBURBAN CITY.UM, YOU'VE GOT WEALTH LEVELS THAT TYPICALLY EXCEED YOUR, UH, URBAN CORES.
SO THE INVESTORS TAKE NOTE OF THAT.
AND LIKE I SAY, THE INVESTORS ALSO SEE THEY READ THE PAPERS EVERY DAY, UH, JUST LIKE WE DO, AND THEY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
NOBODY EVER READS ABOUT ANYTHING BAD IN CEDAR HILL.
SO IT, THERE'S NO QUESTION, UH, AN INVESTOR IS GOING TO LIKE WHAT HE SEES.
WELL, YOU'VE BEEN SERVING ON CITY FOR A LONG TIME AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.
MAKE A MOTION IF YOU ALLOW ME, SIR.
FOR THE ADOPTION OF URBAN'S NUMBER 2027 SEVEN SEVEN ONE SEVEN, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2021.
WE HAVE A MOST OF THEM CUSTOMERS SIMS. THEY HAVE A SECOND.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 DASH SEVEN 17.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING FUND BONDS SERIES 2021 SPECIFIED THE TERMS AND FEATURES OF SET BONDS, LOVING THE CONTINUING TO WRITE ANNUAL AVALARA TAX FOR THE PAYMENT, UPSET BONDS AND RESOLVING ALL OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT OF RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE SALE PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF SAID BONDS, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND ESCROW AGREEMENT AND A PURCHASE LETTER AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WE DO HAVE IMMERSIVE CUSTOMER SAMS AND THE SECOND CUSTOMER CUPBOARD, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION ANIMUS.
AND IF, IF YOU WOULD, UH, OBLIGED ME, BUT LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALAN DICKERSON, UH, AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
YOU, UH, HAD DEFINITELY MADE A MARK HERE IN CEDAR HILL AND, UH, I'M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THIS WITHOUT BEING EMOTIONAL, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME IN DURING A TIME WHERE, UH, THINGS WAS, WAS, WAS, UH, PRETTY TIGHT AND, UH, WE REALLY NEEDED SOME TRUE LEADERSHIP AND YOU CAME RIGHT ON IN AND YOU HELPED DEVELOP, UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, JUST WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AND MOST IMPORTANT, WHENEVER I CAME ON THIS COUNCIL, UH, WE HAD A PREVIOUS FINANCE DIRECTOR WHO WAS A ROCKSTAR IN THE FINANCE WORLD.
I JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
SO, SO THE FACT THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TALK MORE DOWN TOWARDS OUR LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT AND, AND GET COUNSEL PREPARED, ANYTHING RELATING TO FINANCE, UH, IS, IS HIGHLY VALUED.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, OKAY, I'VE ENJOYED MY TIME HERE.
YOU ENJOY IT EVERY TIME I, SIR, ONE EMOTION, I'M AN E THERE WERE TWO OF THEM BOND MATTERS.
UH, YEAH, I GOT, UH, UH, WE DID, WE DID, WE DID THE UNANIMOUS.
[e. Consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2020-718 authorizing the issuance of City of Cedar Hill, Texas Notes Series 2021 for the acquisition of public safety equipment and resolving other matters incident and related thereto.]
I GOT A CALL IT FIRST.I GOTTA, I GOTTA, I GOTTA, I GOTTA INTRODUCE THE ITEM NUMBER 27 ONE EIGHT, OTHERWISE.
AND THE ISSUE IS, UH, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS NOTES, THE SERIES 2021 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED THERE TOO.
I WAS TRYING TO CONNECT EMOTIONALLY.
I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF HERE, BUT THAT IS THE ITEM A MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2027 18 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS THERE'S 2021 ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
WE DO HAVE THE MOST MOTION DO HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MCCURDY, MARIE, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 DESK SEVEN 18 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TEXTS NOTES SERIES 2021, SPECIFYING THE TERMS AND FEATURES OF SAID NOTES, LOVING GOD, CONTINUING TO WRITE THE ANNUAL AVALARA TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID NOTES AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT, UNRELATED TO THE ISSUANCE SALE PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF SAID NOTES, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND A PURCHASE LETTER AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I WAS TRYING TO HAVE A MOMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOSTLY WE HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOONS UNANIMOUS.
UH, STAFF HAS, UH, UH, REQUESTED TO TABLE ITEM F, SO THAT WILL BE TABLED FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA.
SO THAT MOVES TO THE NEXT ITEM AGENDA,
[10. Closed Session:]
WHICH IS CALLED A SESSION.UH, CONSENSUS HAS CALLED PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, 1.08, SEVEN
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OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT OF COLD DISCUSSING OUR DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL CITY AND THE CITY HERE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, C H E D C HAS RECEIVED A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE CITY AND C H E D C SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF CEDAR HILL AND WITHIN WHICH THE CITY AND THE CAS EDC ARE CONDUCTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS AND ARE TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVES TO BUSINESS ASPECT PROJECT ON THE MAP.SO COUNCIL WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, GO TO CLOSED SESSION.
I HAVE THE TIME AT EIGHT 39 AND WE'LL GO TO OH, WELL, YEAH, THANKS VERY MUCH.
NO, ACTUALLY I HAVE ONE MATTER OF BUSINESS.
UH
AND, UH, MR. MAYOR, I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM VOTING ON THIS MATTER.
I MOVED THE, WE APPROVED CASE NUMBER Z 304 DASH TWO ZERO TWO ZERO.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
THE MERCIFUL CUSTOMER HATE IN A SECOND.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY, COUNCIL.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN DELAY? THE SECOND ARE WE GOT, HAVE A BUDGET? IT'S IT'S NOT DEBATABLE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR.
I HAVE NOT 11 TURN GREAT WORK.