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HAS ANYONE SEEN MY COUNCIL MEMBER, TED MCCURDY? UH, THERE HE IS.
UH, IF YOU COULD DO THAT ON YOUR OWN TIME, SIR,
[1. Call meeting to order.]
I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.THIS IS OFFICIALLY OUR FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, FOR THE NEW YEAR.
UM, I WOULD, I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF COUNCIL, UH, PRESENT.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE TUNING IN VIRTUALLY WELCOME TO OUR C THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE NEW YEAR, UH, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
IN FIRST, WE WILL START OFF WITH OUR INVOCATION FROM OUR JIM HENNESSY OF TRINITY CHURCH.
AND WE'LL FOLLOW THAT WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY OUR NEW PARKS DIRECTOR.
UH, MR.
I KIND OF STARTED SOMETHING NEW, SO, UH, WE ALWAYS GET BLESSED BY HAVING, UH, PEOPLE TO COME AND GIVE US AN INVOCATION, BUT WE USUALLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND.
SO ALTHOUGH WE DO KNOW YOU, YOU ARE HERE IN LOCAL, UH, STILL LIKE TO READ A LITTLE BIO ABOUT YOU.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BECAME THE SENIOR PASTOR OF TRINITY CHURCH OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND NOVEMBER OF 1994.
PRIOR TO THAT, HE SERVED AS SENIOR PASTOR IN ST.
PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, AND LEEDS, ALABAMA.
HE IS A GRADUATE OF CENTRAL BIBLE COLLEGE SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI WITH OVER 37 YEARS OF PASTORAL MINISTRY.
TIM LEADS, TRUANCY MINISTRIES INTO ITS FINEST HOUR AS PRIMARY PRESENTER, UH, THE PREACHING TEACHING MINISTRY AND PRIMARY STEWARD OF CHARITIES, VISION, JIM, HAVING A VISION FOR THE LOCAL CHURCH TO IN PAC THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HELP FOR TRANSFORMATION, VISION CEDAR YOU ANSWERED, OR THE STEERING COMMITTEE, THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH HE HELPED FOUND IS A COALITION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT AND CHURCH HAS COMMITTED TO SEE GOD'S PRINCIPLES ENACTED INTO FIBER AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE COMMUNITY.
JIM AND BECKY MARRIED FOR 41 YEARS HAVE THREE CHILDREN.
THEY GRADUATED AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND TOOK THE UNIVERSITY IS CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF THE QUAKER VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA, RYAN, THE GRADUATE OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IN PRINCETON, THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND HIS WIFE TO THE STAFF AT THE CHURCH IN BALTIMORE.
KATIE IS A GRADUATE OF ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY IS CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE EXECUTIVE STAFF AT TRINITY CHURCH.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALL THAT APACHE.
I DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER ALL THAT.
IF YOU WILL, PLEASE LEAD US TO PLEASE STAY IN AND JOIN US AND EDIFICATION.
WE KNOW THAT THE WAY THINGS BEGIN SO OFTEN, UM, DETERMINE THE WAY THEY GO.
AND SO AS WE BEGIN A NEW YEAR, WE WANT TO BEGIN THIS YEAR.
FIRST OF ALL, WITH THANKSGIVING, YOU DID NOT ASK US TO BE THANKFUL FOR ALL THINGS, BUT YOU DID ASK US TO BE THANKFUL IN ALL THINGS.
AND WHILE WE GO ON RECORD, AS NOT BEING THANKFUL FOR THE DIFFICULTIES THAT PLAGUE OUR NATION AND COMING TO OUR CITY, WE WERE THANKFUL THAT IN THE DIFFICULTIES, THERE YOU ARE, YOU ARE OUR SAVIOR.
WE THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE NOT ASKED US TO FACE ANYTHING BY OURSELVES, BUT TO LEARN, TO RELY ON YOUR STRENGTH, YOUR WISDOM, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR LOVE LORD IS MY PERCEPTION THAT ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE MANTLES OF LEADERSHIP HAVE FELT THE WEARINESS, UM, THE ALONENESS, THE SECOND GUESSING THAT COMES WITH TRYING TO LEAD, UH, IN MY CASE, THE CHURCH, BUT IN MORE APPROPRIATELY TO LEAD THE CITY AND INTO GOODNESS INTO NEW LEVELS OF GOODNESS.
AND SO WHAT I DO PRAY FOR THE CITY TONIGHT, I PRAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MS. MAYOR, I ASK IN JESUS' NAME THAT YOU WOULD INFUSE THEM WITH PEACEFUL GRACE, STRENGTH OR WISDOM THAT IS ORIGINATING IN HEAVEN, NOT IN THE EARTH.
I BLESSED THEM WITH TREMENDOUS AWARENESS OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS NOT RIGHT LORD BY FAITH, THROUGH THEIR DECISIONS.
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DESTINY OF CEDAR HILL TEXAS BE REALIZED.AND WE GIVE YOU THE PRICE FOR THAT IN JESUS NAME.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS OUR NEW PARK DIRECTOR SOUND RIGHT.
THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO JOIN ME IN HONORING THE AMERICAN FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, PLEASE DON'T WAIT FOR HONORING THE TEXAS FLAG, TEXAS FLAG.
[a. Present the Good Samaritan Award to David and Arnetta Hawkins.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, IS A CHARACTER PRESENTATION PRESENT A GOOD SAMARITAN, A LOYAL TO DAVID IN ARNETTA HAWKINS IS DAVID AND ANITA HERE.SO, UM, I'M ASSUMING, YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE? YES.
SO WE HAVE A GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD.
WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS BACK IN 2017 AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR, IF THAT MUCH.
UH, BUT IN THIS CASE YOU WAS NOMINATED BY OUR CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT? SO YOU MUST HAVE DID SOMETHING, RIGHT? SO LET'S SEE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU.
ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13TH IN EARLY MORNING HOURS, DAVID HAWKINS AND HIS WIFE ANNETTA SAW A POST ON NEXT DOOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT A MISSING PERSON, SHERMAN BATTERY.
HE HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING EARLIER THAT DAY BY A FAMILY MEMBER, DAVID AND ANNETTA ATTENDED THEIR VIRTUAL CHURCH SERVICE.
AND AFTERWARDS THEY DECIDE TO GO FOR A SUNDAY STROLL AND JUST DRIVE AROUND TOWN.
I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING A LOT OF THAT LATELY AS WELL.
SO THAT SURPRISED US AS THEY WERE LEAVING CEDAR HILL AND ANSWERING TO A DESOTO ON BELTLINE ROAD.
DAVID NOTICED THE GENTLEMAN WHO MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION FROM THE MISSING PERSON POST WITHOUT HESITATION.
DAVID MADE A U-TURN ON THE ROAD WHILE HIS WIFE PULLED UP THE NEXT DOOR, I'D HAVE TO VERIFY THAT DUTY OF THE GENTLEMAN, DAVID CALLED NINE ONE ONE AND SAID, WE THINK WE HAVE LOCATED THE MISSING PERSON.
NOT ONLY DID HAWKINS CALL THE DISPATCHER CENTER, BUT THEY ALSO PULLED OVER AND TALKED TO MS. DAUGHTER.
THEY'RE ALL THREE ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION ON THE PHONE, BUT THIS SPANS UNTIL THE POLICE ARRIVE.
NOW, COUNSEL ARRIVED ON THAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON, TURNED OUT TO BE MORE OF A PAIR OF GUARDIAN ANGELS AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
THANK YOU BOTH DAVID AND ANANDA FOR YOUR HELP IN HELPING OTHERS, DAVID AND ARMY IRAQ WAR VETERAN, AND HIS WIFE ARNETTA HAVE CALLED CEDAR HILL HOMES SINCE 2010 IN OCTOBER.
AND I LIVED IN HIDDEN BAKES NEIGHBORHOOD.
MR. AND MRS. HAWKINS ARE TRULY DESERVING OF THIS AWARD THROUGH THE GOOD SAMARITAN RECOGNITION AWARD PROGRAM.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW HOW THEIR UNSELFISH EFFORTS MAY DIFFERENCE IN CEDAR HILL.
THEY ARE AN EXAMPLE OF GRAY SERVANT LEADER FOR ALL TO EMULATE CONGRATULATION.
AND THANK YOU FOR REFLECTING OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
CAN WE GIVE IT UP?
AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A PEACE OFFERING AND I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS ACTUALLY FOR ME.
SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS PART, BUT, UH, THIS IS A LITTLE PEACE OFFER THAT WOULD BE GIVEN BOTH TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE.
UH, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, UH, ENJOY THAT.
AND, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, UM, THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR POSTING ENOUGH INFORMATION, OWNING THESE DOORS OUT, UH, TO MAKE THAT EVEN
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POSSIBLE FOR US TO FIND, FIND MR. DOCTOR SAID, MY WIFE AND I WERE JUST GOING ON OUR LITTLE STROLL TO JUST COMMUNICATE WITH NEEDS OTHER, YOU KNOW, SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH THESE UP AND, UH, LOW AND BEHOLD IS WE STUMBLED UP ON HIM AND PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE POLICE AND OPERATED AS, UM, WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT IF HE, UH, IF WE STAY WITH THEM UNTIL THEY ARRIVE.AND, UH, I REMEMBER HER SAYING THAT SHE HAD THAT HE HAS SOME MENTAL ISSUES AND DO I FEEL SAFE TALKING TO HIM? I SAID, MA'AM, I'VE BEEN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN.
I PROMISE YOU, MY MENTAL ISSUES IS GREATER THAN HE IS.
SO, UH, BUT WE PULLED OVER AND LET HIM SIT IN THE VEHICLE AND WARM UP.
AND WE JUST HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH HIM UNTIL THE POLICE ARRIVED.
SO I'D LIKE TO, AGAIN, THANK CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR POSTING ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FIND THIS THE DOG.
IT WAS MONITORED DUE TO BOTH MY WIFE AND USE MY DATE NIGHT WILL TAKE A PICTURE WITH ME AND JUST
[5. 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 3pm on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS FOR, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY, I KNOW WE DID HAVE ONE ONLINE AND THAT WAS FORWARDED EARLIER TO USE THE COUNCIL.SO IF YOU WOULD LET, PLEASE IN YOUR OWN TIME, IF YOU COULD REFER TO THAT AND FORWARD ANY QUESTIONS TO STAFF THAT YOU MAY HAVE,
[6. 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.]
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSUMER AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE BOWL.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A HAS BEEN POOLED FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO PULL ON NOVEMBER TWO.
SO JUST, UH, THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 10TH.
JUST, UH, JUST FOR THE MINUTES WITH THE REGULAR MEETING NUMBER MAY 10TH.
UH, ANY OTHER ITEMS COUNCIL NEED TO BE MOVED IF NOT, I'LL MOVE FORWARD AND READ THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. UH, ITEM A CASSANDRA APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 6TH THROUGH SEVENTH 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL, STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT, THE NOVEMBER 17TH, 2020 SPECIAL CALLED MEETING CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE DECEMBER 8TH, 2020 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I DON'T BE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE WORK AUTHORIZATION.
NUMBER SIX, WITH PARTICULAR COACH CONSULTING ENGINEER'S INCORPORATED FOR THE DOWNTOWN COMPLETE STREETS PHASE TWO PROJECT ITEM C CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER R 21 DASH SIX ONE TWO.
WE'RE SUPPORTING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION OR A SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
STEP GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TXDOT FOR A REIMBURSEMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERTIME EXPENSES, ITEM B
THOSE ARE YOUR CONSIDERED DENIED ITEMS. THE FLOOR IS OPEN
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR HAYDEN.
WE HAVE A SECOND SET UP FROM CUSTOMER GLOVER.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, IF NOT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND IT IS MOVED UNANIMOUS.
UH, YES, YOU DIDN'T MISTAKE IT.
[7. Closed Session.]
NEXT ITEM IS COLE SESSION CALL SESSION CALLED PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE 51.087 TO THE TEXACO MCCOLL DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HERE, THE CITY AND THE CITY HERE, CABANA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, C H E D C HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT TO THE CITY AND C H E C H E D C SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR[00:15:01]
THE TERRITORIAL CEDAR HILL.AND WITH WHICH THE CD N C H E D C ARE CONDUCTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVES TO THE BUSINESS PROSPECT PROJECT ON THE MAP.
SO COUNSEL, I HAVE SEVEN 28 ON MY TIME, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, GO TO CLOSED SESSION DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES.
WE WILL NOT MEET IN A COUNCIL BRIEFING SESSION.
WE'LL BE MEETING IN THE MULTI PURPOSE ROOM.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, COLE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
THEY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN, SO WE DID NOT, UM, UH, BEGIN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE WILL RECONVENE, BUT, UH, JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE DID NOT BEGIN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN WHO DID FILL OUT A FORM AND DID SUBMIT IT ON TIME.
UM, DID ASSISTANT SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SHE LEFT IT ON THE, ON THE TABLE, BUT WE DO HAVE IT NOW.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, CALL FOR NANCY DIRECT.
AND, UH, IF YOU COULD, UM, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND I GUESS YOUR ADDRESS AND, UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
UM, FOR THIS I DIDN'T, I DID SIGN UP, I THINK, I DIDN'T KNOW.
MAYBE IT DIDN'T GET THERE AND I'M GOING TO WISH EVERYONE THERE A HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR.
I, UM, I, I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF.
I KNOW I HAVE THE THREE MINUTES, BUT THERE'S NOBODY FOLLOWING ME.
SO IF I DON'T OVER YOU CAN I, I I'VE, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, ONE OF MY STUDENTS BACK EAST, JUST AS WE WERE ABOUT TO ASSEMBLE THE CLASS OVER THE PA SYSTEM, CAME THE NAME OF ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN MY CLASS.
AND EVERYBODY LAUGHED IF HE WAS TO REPORT TO THE DEAN'S OFFICE AND EVERYBODY LAUGHED BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT CERTAINLY WASN'T A COURTESY CALL.
AND I SAID TO THEM, ONE OF MY SHOOTINGS, HE GETS, HE ALWAYS GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION.
AND SO I TOOK A MOMENT AND I SAID, BUT WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF ATTENTION HE'S GETTING.
IS THIS THE KIND OF ATTENTION? AND SHE SAID TO ME, BUT IT'S STILL ATTENTION.
SO SINCE THAT TIME, SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT A PRACTICE THAT WHEN SOMEBODY IS DOING SOMETHING GOOD THAT NOT ONLY BENEFITS THEMSELVES, BUT BENEFITS OTHERS, THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR IT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS DONE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
I SEE THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
SO THE PURPOSE OF MY THREE MINUTES TONIGHT IS TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE.
AND I KNOW YOU CAN TELL ME BECAUSE I'M STILL ACCORDING TO MY NEIGHBORS OR NEW KARMA.
UM, LAST THE END OF THE SUMMER, THAT WE'RE, I'M TOLD ABOUT 300 PEOPLE WHO GATHERED AT THE PARKING LOT AT WALMART.
AND THEN THEY MARCHED TO THE CEDAR HILL, BE ABLE TO THING HERE AND MOMMA RANG AND TO ONE OF THE GROUPS OR THE SIDE OF ME, ONE OF MY STUDENTS WAS A STUDENTS AT MOUNTAIN VIEW SET, MR. RAMP, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE REAL PLAN IS? AND I SAID, NO, WHAT IS THE REAL PLAN WE'RE GOING TO CAUSE SOME TROUBLE AFTER THIS IS OVER? AND I SAID, OH MY GOODNESS, THAT SHOULDN'T BE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND SHE SAID, I CAN'T TELL YOU, I'VE TOLD YOU TOO MUCH AS IT IS, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO BE SAFE AND BE CAREFUL MY POINT FOR EVEN MENTIONING, THIS IS MANY OF YOU AND SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHERE THEY ARE TOO MANY OF YOU HEARD I'M NEW MAYOR, MR. MASON.
AND I KNEW CHIEF OF POLICE, CHIEF RAY HAS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THE IMPRESSIONS THAT WERE MADE.
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ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONE IN DALLAS, WARREN PARK? I KNOW THAT ONE, BUT, UM, AND WHEN I GOT DOWN THAT WAY,[00:25:32]
YEAH.YOU KNOW, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR THREE MINUTES.
I APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORDS YOU SAID ABOUT US.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE FOR CLOSED SESSION AND BEING ACROSS THE HALL.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I HAVE EIGHT, 18.
THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN IN THE CHORAL SESSION COUNSEL WITH THAT.
UM, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO A JURY.
THE MOTION FOR CUSTOMER AND MACQUARIE.
YOU DO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND FROM CUSTOMER.
YOU SAID THE BIRTHDAY BOY A SECOND.
SO CASTLEMAN HAYDEN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
KASAMA HAYDEN NON-DEPENDENT, BUT MOST OF THE COUNCIL, SO ON THE FACE RAISE RIGHT HAND AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.