* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Call meeting to order.] [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING TO NOW THAT'S MARCH 23RD, 2021. THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF COUNCIL PRESENCE. UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. WE ARE STILL PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING. SO IF YOU ARE THAT THE DISCOUNTS ARE CHAMBER. WE DO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DO NOT HANG OUT IN THE BACK, UH, THAT DOES, BUT COMPLY WITH OUR RULES. UM, AND, UH, CHIEF HER'S, I THINK HAS A PASS. SO, UM, SO WITH THAT COUNCIL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS INVOCATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WITH PASTOR BIG TEXAN. IS HE HERE WITH US TODAY? IF NOT THEN, UH, IF EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND, I WILL LEAD US IN THE APPLICATION AND WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM MCCURDY TO LEAD US IN THE PHYSICAL DIGITS. THAT WASN'T A BIG TEXAN. OKAY. IF YOU WILL PLEASE JOIN ME HEAVENLY FATHER. THANKS FOR GIVING US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE ANOTHER DAY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO YOUR WORK WORK THAT IS PLEASING IT TO YOUR EYES. HEAVENLY FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GIVE US LEADERS, UH, THE DIRECTION FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO YOUR WORK. ALSO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE TO JOIN US TODAY. AND WE DO PRAY FOR THAT. TRAVELING GRACE, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK FOR THESE THINGS. WE DO NOT LIMIT THESE THINGS AND HAVE WE FATHER, WE PRAY. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME APPLIED TO THE STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, AND THE TEXAS FLAG TO THE STATE ONE AND INDIVISIBLE, THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED. [a. Present the Good Samaritan Award to Frank Serrata and Yolanda Ponce.] WE HAVE SOME GREAT DISTINCTIVE COUNTER PRESENTATIONS. UH, YOU WANNA START WITH A GOOD SAMARITAN, A WORLD WAR TWO, FRANK SERRATA AND YOLANDA PONCE. AND, UH, THIS WILL BE PRESENTED FROM CUSTOMER AMERICA. I CAN'T SEE IF YOU'RE HERE. I'M NOT WEARING MY GLASSES IS FRANK AND YOLANDA HERE. COME ON. OH, AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HAVE A GOOD SUMMARY OR AWARD FOR, UH, FRANK SERRATA AND YOLANDA POTS FROM, UH, DATED MARCH 23RD. AND THE PROCLAMATION READS FEBRUARY'S WINTER STORM WAS A DARK WEEK THROUGHOUT THE BEST SOUTHWEST, AND MORE WAYS THAN ONE. TEMPERATURES WERE LOW. POWER WAS OUT PIPES, BURST AND EMOTIONS WERE HIGH. AS CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS LOOKED FOR THE LIGHT RESIDENT, FRANK SERRATA AND FRANCE CRANKED UP THE GRILL WITH THE HELP OF DONATIONS. THEY KEPT THE FOOD COMING AS THE POWER REMAINED OUT IN SEVERAL CEDAR HILL NEIGHBORHOODS. MRS. SERRATA KEPT EVERYONE INFORMED ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE THAT IF THEY WERE OUT OF POWER OR WATER, HE WAS HANDING OUT PLATES TO THOSE WHO WERE STILL WITHOUT AND TOTAL. OVER 1300 RESIDENTS RECEIVED MEALS THAT WERE DELIVERED AND PREPARED WITH A LOT OF LOVE. WE DECIDED TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE ELECTRICITY AND HAVE NOT LOST POWER. AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WE KNOW HAVE NOT BEEN AS FORTUNATE AS US. MR. SERRATUS SAID, I ALWAYS COOK. I HAVE A CATERING BUSINESS CALLED EAT MY MEAT, BARBECUE. UM, YOU HAVE A WEBPAGE OR NOT, NOT YET. OKAY. FACEBOOK PAGE, FACEBOOK PAGE. YOU CAN FIND HIM ON FACEBOOK, BUT WE TOO HAVE BEEN GREATLY AFFECTED BY THIS PANDEMIC. HIS LOVE OF COOKING AND HELPING THE COMMUNITY IS EVIDENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT FRANK HAS FIRED UP THE GRILL FOR HIS COMMUNITY. HE PROVIDED MEALS THROUGHOUT THE STONE WOOD HEIGHTS, COMMUNITY WALKING SEPTEMBER, 2020, MR. SERRATA WHO MOVED TO CEDAR HILL FROM OAK CLIFF WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN CEDAR HILL, CERTAINLY KNOWS WHAT THE TERM GOOD NEIGHBOR IS ALL ABOUT. HE AND HIS WIFE YOLANDA HAVE CALLED CEDAR HILL HOME FOR 20 YEARS AND THE STONE WOOD HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, MR. AND MRS. SERRATA ARE TRULY DESERVING OF THIS HONOR THROUGH THE GOOD SAMARITAN RECOGNITION AWARD. THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW THEIR UNSELFISH EFFORTS MADE AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CEDAR HILL. AND THEY WERE AN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT SERVANT LEADER FOR ALL TO EMULATE. CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING A REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND CEDAR HILLS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER. AND THEN I HAVE THE MORE OFFICIAL WARD, [00:05:01] THE GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD TO FRANK SERRATA AND YOLANDA POTS FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS AND GENEROUS SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEED SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR. STEVEN MASON. IF YOU CAN GIVE MICHELLE THE CAMERA SHE'LL SHE'LL TAKE A PICTURE FOR YOU ALSO. OKAY. OH YES. AND THE END AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND UH, THANK YOU FOR BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. NEXT, [b. Present the Good Samaritan Award to Franchesca Alvarado.] UH, AGENDA ITEM IS PRESENTED GOOD SMITHS AND A WARRANT TO FRANCESCA. HOW THIS WILL BE PRESENTED FROM OUR MAYOR. T MS. IS FRANCESCA HERE WITH US. HEY, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD EVENING. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. GOOD. SEE YOU TO, UH, WAS NTT KIND OF AWARDS FOR FRANCESCA, HAVE A RAY OF AVALARA ALAN RADAR MRI. IT'S LIKE THE CITY, RIGHT? THE CITY HERE RELEVANT FRANCESCA ALVARADO WAS NOMINATED. WAS THIS AMERICAN WARRIOR PARKER EFFORT IN UNIFYING THE COMMUNITY AND THE MANCHESTER IN HER HOME ALONG HER THREE DAUGHTERS AGES NINE 40, THREE OF PASSIONATE BY SPREADING LOVE ALL OVERSEAS. THEY HAVE LIVED IN THE SOUTH HILL NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 2017. BRANDON, HER FAMILY STARTED A BLESSING BOX TO HELP PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY TAKE WHAT YOU NEED BE WITH THE KING. DID THE MODEL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD LESSON ABOUT UNFORTUNATELY THE ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD BEST AND BOTTLE WAS STOLEN IN JANUARY OF 2021. BUT THROUGH THE DISAPPOINTMENT, FRANCESCA USES AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH HER HERE. THEY CAN CALL UP AND MAKE SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE LOVE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. GETTING THROUGH BILL SUGGESTED MEGAN AND MY CHILDREN GET TO SEE THE GOODNESS OF GOD SAYS ST. JOSEPH COMMUNITY HAS STEPPED UP AND WE HAVE RECEIVED FOOD AND MONETARY DONATION BLESSING, WHICH HAS PULLED UP THE CEDAR HILLS COMMUNITY. SHE WAS ABLE TO REVEAL THAT JEFF IS TRULY DESERVING OF HIS OWN WITH A GOOD SAMARITAN RECOMMENDATION OF LAW PROGRAM. THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WOULD KNOW HER UNSELFISH MADE HIM WITH A TEAM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CDU. SHE CAN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT SERVANT LEADER ALL TO CONGRATULATION AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A REFLECTING ABOUT COMMUNITY VALUES AND SEE TO HEAR A DISTINCT CHARACTER WILL YOU ACCEPT FROM THE EFFORT IN GENERATION JONES SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEED PRESENTED BY THE CDC OF CDO CITY COUNCIL TO THE MOIST WINTER, A MAYOR MAKES CONGRATULATIONS. YOU STEAL MASCULINITY. THANK YOU. [c. Present Good Samaritan Awards to community partners for their support in response to Winter Storm Uri. ] THE NEXT ITEM IS PRESENTED GOOD. SAMANTHA WROTE TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN RESPONSE TO WINTER STORM URI. YEAH, THEY'RE UP THERE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR MASON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO DAY. IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER THAT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO IT WAS ZERO DEGREES OUTSIDE, UM, EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES FOLKS WHOSE PIPES BURST AND WERE WITHOUT WATER. UH, AND A LOT OF CEDAR HILL FOLKS HAVING A REALLY TOUGH TIME AND JUST LIKE WE DO EVERYTHING ELSE. THE COMMUNITY REALLY STEPPED UP TO SERVE. AND SO WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY, MANY BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, CONTRIBUTED AND SERVE THEIR NEIGHBORS DURING THAT TIME. BUT THE LIST OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT WE COMPILED WAS SO BIG. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO INVITE THEM ALL HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED SEATING. SO WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM HERE THIS EVENING, BUT ALSO NOTE THAT WE WILL BE DELIVERING THE GOOD SAMARITAN GIFTS TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY AT THEIR BUSINESS OR AT THEIR HOME OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. [00:10:01] ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAPPENED A FEW DAYS INTO THE EVENT WAS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS PIPES BURST AND THEY WERE WITHOUT WATER, SOME OF THEM FOR DAYS AT A TIME. AND SO WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS MOBILIZED TO HELP US DISTRIBUTE BOTTLED AND CANNED WATER TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, CEDAR HILL ISD HELPED US TRANSPORT THAT WATER, COSTCO AND LABO DEGAS, UM, DONATED PALLETS OF WATER, UH, HILL CITY HELPED US HOST A WATER DISTRIBUTION OF IT. SO WE COULD SEND FOLKS TO THE CHURCH, UM, TO GET THEIR WATER. UH, AND THEN SKYWARD ALSO HELPED TRANSPORT THOSE 10 PALLETS OF WATER, UM, TO THE CHURCH. AND THEN TO, UH, THE OTHER DISTRIBUTION POINTS, WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE STEP UP TO PROVIDE FOOD, UM, TO THE FOLKS THAT WERE AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH WE HAD OPENED AT A WARMING AS A WARMING STATION TO OUR STAFF WOULD, YOU KNOW, IS HERE 24 SEVEN RESPONDING TO THE EVENT AND TO FEED THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND THOSE WERE CEDAR HILL SHELLS SHARES COOKING WITH CARMEN COTTON PATCH, DICKS, UPTOWN CAFE EAT MY BEAT, BARBECUE, WHO YOU JUST HEARD FROM FLUFFY CHICKEN, UH, FRANCESCA ALVARADO WHO HAD HER BLESSING BOX, FRESHLY HE'LL CITY, NOTHING BUNDT CAKES, PANDA EXPRESS, AND PAPA JOHN'S. YOU SAW PROBABLY THE NEWS STORY OF PAPA. JOHN'S DELIVERING PIZZAS TO FOLKS THAT WERE IN THE HOTELS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO, UM, FIND A WARM PLACE TO STAY. UH, AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS THAT NEEDED SHELTER DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE WITHOUT POWER IN THOSE REALLY COLD TEMPERATURES. AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE OPENED THE LIBRARY AS A 24 SEVEN WARMING STATION, BUT WE ALSO HAD OTHER BUSINESSES AND CHURCHES IN THE COMMUNITY, OPENED THEIR DOORS TO FOLKS WHO NEEDED A WARM PLACE TO GO. UH, AND THOSE WERE CEDAR HILL ROLLER RINK, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH MULATTO. YOU MIGHT KNOW FORMALLY AS CRESCENT PLACE. AND THEY ACTUALLY STEPPED UP TO HOUSE FOLKS FROM A OTHER, ANOTHER ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY THAT HAD TO EVACUATE. SO WE NEEDED SOMEWHERE SPECIAL TO MOVE THOSE FOLKS TO, AND THEY STEPPED UP TO HELP US OUT MOUNT LEBANON BAPTIST IN CAMDEN, WHICH HELPS SHELTER, A FEW FAMILIES WHO NEEDED A PLACE TO GO NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, THE OFFICE WHO PROVIDED WORKSPACE FOR PEOPLE, UH, AND THEN THANKSGIVING TABERNACLE CHURCH, UH, AND THEN FINALLY JUST KIND OF MISCELLANEOUS PEOPLE, HELPING PEOPLE, UM, COMFORT INN AND SUITES PROVIDED HOTEL ROOMS TO, UM, FAMILIES AND STAFF, UM, WHO NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY. JONATHAN RIVERA IS A CEDAR HILL RESIDENT WHO DONATED FIREWOOD, UM, TO FOLKS IN NEED JUDGE PETTY, UM, DONATED COTS TO THE EOC FOR FOLKS WHO WERE SPENDING THE NIGHT HERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. UM, MATT AND JEN CHAPEL, YOU KNOW, THEM AS THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE CEDAR HILL AND FACEBOOK PAGE, THEY REALLY HELPED US IN REALLY QUICKLY DISSEMINATING INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, THE NORTH TEXAS JEEP CLUB MOBILIZED AND HELPED STRANDED MOTORIST WHERE WE USE FINANCIAL, DID A BLANKET DRIVE, UM, SEIZE THEM UP. PROPERTY SERVICE IS A COMPANY OUT OF MINNESOTA WHO CAME TO HELP CLEAR THE STREETS AND, UM, HELP AMPLIFY OUR PLOWING OPERATION. AND THEN FINALLY THE TEXAS BAPTIST MEN, UM, THEY BROUGHT THEIR SHOWER TRAILER AND THEIR LAUNDRY TRAILER OUT TO LEGACY APARTMENTS IN WILSON'S CROSSING FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO WERE WITHOUT WATER FOR, UM, A FEW DAYS. AND SO THEY ACTUALLY DID THEIR LAUNDRY ONSITE AND OFFERED SHOWER FACILITIES. AND SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. AND I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHERS NOT ON OUR LIST YET, UH, WHO STEPPED UP AND SERVE DURING THAT TIME. AND WE WILL BE SHARING THOSE STORIES AND, UM, HONORING THEM INDIVIDUALLY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, TELL YOU AND STAFF THANK YOU FOR, UH, RECOGNIZING THEM BECAUSE IT TOOK ALL OF US FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME A DISASTER, A NATURAL DISASTER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, UH, AND I'M ALISON, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WOULD SAY, UM, BUT PART OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT I DID SPEAK WITH, UH, KIM , UM, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED CEDAR HILL WAS STRONG FROM LAST YEAR PANDEMIC, UH, DISASTER. AND I THINK THIS KIND OF HAS THE MOMENTUM OF OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. SO IF WE CAN HAVE THAT TAGLINE, CEDAR HILL STRONG AND, UH, TELL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GET BACK TO THEM. GREEN HERE. [a. Present a proclamation designating the month of March 2021 as Women's History Month in Cedar Hill. ] ALL RIGHT. WE'RE STILL IN PRESENTATION MODE. UH, NEXT ITEM ON A PRESENTATION, THEY SAID I'M GOING TO ATTEND THIS PRESENTATION TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2021 [00:15:01] AS WOMEN HISTORY MONTH IN CEDAR HILL. AND THIS WOULD BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS. THERE SHE IS. AND THEN EVERYONE, CAN I HAVE ALL THE LATEST STAND UP, PLEASE? ALL THE MESS. OKAY. IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU ALL, THAT WOULD NOT BE IN A MAN, SORRY TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, UH, CLASS EACH YEAR, WOMEN HISTORY MONTH OFFERS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHINE IN LIFE ON THE EXTRA ORDINARY LEGACY OF TRAILBLAZING AMERICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE BUILT, SHAPED AND IMPROVED UPON OUR NATION AND ROADS THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY. WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE MADE ALL CONTRIBUTIONS OFTEN IN THE FACE OF DISCRIMINATION AND UNDUE HARDSHIP, COURAGEOUS WOMEN MARCH FAR, AND WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INJUSTICE, SHOUTED, COUNTLESS BARRIERS, AND EXPANDED THE POSSIBILITIES OF AMERICAN LIFE. AND WHERE'S OUR HISTORY IS ALSO REPLACED WITH EXAMPLES OF THE UNFAILING, BRAVERY AND GRIT, UH, WOMEN IN AMERICA, PARTICULARLY IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND EMERGENCY WOMEN SERVED OUR NATION DURING WORLD WAR TWO LED ORGANIZATION AND LITIGATION EFFORTS DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND REPRESENTED THE UNITED STATES ON THE GLOBAL STAGE AND THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE, AND SECURITY, AND BRASS. OUR CURRENT MOMENT OF CRISIS WOMEN CONTINUE TO LEAD FROM BACKSEAT RESEARCHERS TO PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, TO THE COUNTLESS HERE, ORIGINS ON THE FRONT LINES. WOMEN ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO THE FEET. COVID 19 AND RAZ. AS WE CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND PROGRESS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS, WE MUST ALSO REFLECT ON THE EXTRA ORDINARY AND UNEQUAL BURDENS. THEY CONTINUE TO BEAR TODAY. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS BARRIERS THAT HAVE HELD BACK WOMEN, PARTICULARLY WOMEN OF COLOR, BUT GENERATIONS AND WARES DURING HISTORY MONTH, LET US HONOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHED AND VISIONARY WOMEN WHO HAVE HELPED BUILD OUR COUNTRY, INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED. AND LET US PAY TRIBUTE TO THE TRAILBLAZERS FROM THE RECENT AND DISTINCT PATHS, BUT DARREN, TO ENVISION A FUTURE FOR WHICH NO PAST PRESET, IT PREDECESSOR EXISTED AND FOR BUILDING A NATION OF ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES, BUT ALL OF IT'S WOMEN AND GIRLS NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY HILL, TEXAS, DO HEAR ABOUT PROCLAIM MARCH, 2021 AS IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HERE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. YAY. WHEN WITNESSES, WELL, I HAVE HERE, UM, TO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CEDAR CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE FIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH, 2021. STEVEN MASON MAYOR. THANK YOU LADIES. GREAT PRESENTATION COUNSEL, WOMAN. AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, TO YOU, TO YOU WOMEN, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR WHO NEXT [b. Present a proclamation designating the week of April 4-10, 2021 as National Library Week in Cedar Hill.] ITEM, UH, NEXT PERSON PRESENTATION ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DISNEY. THE WEEK OF APRIL 4TH THROUGH 10TH 2021 IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK IN CEDAR HILL. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? I HAVE SOME FRIENDS FROM THE LIBRARY WITH ME HERE, [00:20:02] WHEREAS LIBRARIES OF ALL TYPES ARE THE HEART OF THEIR CITIES, TOWNS, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES SERVING EVERYONE. AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES ARE ACCESSIBLE, INCLUSIVE PLACES THAT FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING AND COMMUNITY ALL ARE WELCOME. AND WHEREAS TODAY'S LIBRARIES AND THEIR SERVICES EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE FOUR WALLS OF A BUILDING ELEVATING INTO A VIRTUAL SPACE, AND EVERYONE IS WELCOMED TO USE THE RESOURCES. AND WHEREAS FOR PEOPLE LACKING BROADBAND BROADBAND AT HOME LIBRARIES PROVIDE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND WIFI, EVEN CHECKING OUT INTERNET HOTSPOTS, LAUNCHPADS TABLETS AND LAPTOPS. AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES STRIVE TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PROGRAMS THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL THAT ARE AS DIVERSE AS THE POPULATIONS THEY SERVE AND ENSURE EQUITY OF ACCESS FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE TO EXPLORE NEW WORLDS AND BECOME THE BEST, THEIR BEST SELVES THROUGH ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, MOST MULTIMEDIA CONTENT, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS. AND WHEREAS IN TIMES OF CRISIS, AS WE JUST SAW LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS, AND LIBRARY WORKERS PLAY IN THEM VALUABLE ROLE IN SUPPORTING THEIR COMMUNITIES, BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY OFTEN, OFTEN, OFTEN PIVOTING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE. AND WE'RE ASKED TO ADAPT TO OUR CHANGING WORLD. LIBRARIES ARE EXPANDING THE RESOURCES AND CONTINUING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR PATRONS. AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES ARE MY BRAINS ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTING THE FREE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS FOR ALL THE MOST TRUSTED PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES HAVE NON SERVED AS TRUSTED AND TREASURED INSTITUTIONS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF RACE ETHNIC AT THIS CITY, CREED ABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, OR SOCIAL SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY WORKERS ARE JOINING LIBRARY ARE JOINING LIBRARY SUPPORTERS AND ADVOCATES ACROSS THE NATION TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. AND NOW THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 4TH THROUGH 10TH, 2021 AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS. DURING THIS WEEK, I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO VISIT THE LIBRARY ONLINE, TO ACCESS RESOURCES AND SERVICES BECAUSE OF UW LIBRARIES, TRANSFORM LIVES AND COMMUNITIES AND WITNESS WHERE I HAVE AN HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AT THE CONSTANT SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH, 2021 AND SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR, STEVE STEVEN MASON THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GLOVER AND ALL OF THE COUNCIL. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE. UM, WE ARE WELCOME TO YOUR LIBRARY. UH, WE ARE OPEN. WE WANT TO SEE YOU. WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL CELEBRATING OUR LIBRARY MAP. ALSO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, STOP BY A BOOK BAG THAT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR, GRAB A GOODIE. WE BROUGHT SOME GIVEAWAYS FOR YOU, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, WELCOME TO YOUR LIBRARY, COME GET A FREE LIBRARY CARD. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALSO ON OUR FACEBOOK, FOLLOW US FOR OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS AND GIVEAWAYS. AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR DO NOT UNDENIABLE SUPPORT IN ALL OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. SO THANK YOU. AND THANKS TO OUR AMAZING LIBRARY TEAM. [c. Present a proclamation designating the week of April 11-17, 2021 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Cedar Hill.] NEXT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF APRIL 11 THROUGH 17 2021 S NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATION WEEKS IN CEDAR HILL. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBERS PROCLAMATION OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WHEREAS EMERGENCIES THAT REQUIRE POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SERVICES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME. AND WHEREAS WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THE PROPER RESPONSE OF POLICE [00:25:01] OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS IS CRITICAL FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO TELEPHONE THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL POLICE FIRE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS ARE THE FIRST OR REPEAT PUBLIC DISPATCHERS FOR THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES. WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS ARE THE SINGLE BIBLE LINK FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS BY MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES BY RADIO, PROVIDING THEM INFORMATION AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS OF THE SOFTWARES REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, SW RCC HAVE CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, A SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS. AND WHEREAS EACH DISPATCHER HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB IN THE PAST YEAR. NOW, THEREFORE I, STEPHEN BASIN MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES OF DESOTO INDUCTION VALE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 11TH THROUGH 17TH, 2021 IS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK WHERE THE STAFF OF SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER AND HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM, PROFESSIONALISM, KEEP THE AFOREMENTIONED CITIES PARTICIPATION IN CITIZENS, CITIES, AND CITIZENS SAFE IN WITNESS. WHERE OF I HAVE HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH, 2021, STEVEN MASON MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MAYOR HILL FOR ALWAYS EVERY YEAR, UH, REMEMBERING, UH, NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPEAKING, REMEMBERING TO, UM, UH, RECOGNIZE US FOR NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK. SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SAM WAS, WAS READING THESE WORDS. I'VE NEVER RANG SO TRUE LAST YEAR WHEN I STOOD HERE RECEIVING THIS PROCLAMATION WAS THE BEGINNING OF COVID-19. SO WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WERE WE GOING TO? WHAT WERE WE GETTING INTO THIS YEAR? LOOKING BACK, OH MY GOODNESS, THESE WORDS, THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE AN OSCAR. LIKE WE WILL TREAT THIS LIKE AN OSCAR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THIS PAST THEY'D BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, SOME, UH, GETTING SICK WITH COVID FAMILY MEMBERS WITH COVID FEMINISTS THAT DIED. I EVEN HAD A FAMILY MEMBER TO DIE. AND SO JUST LOOKING BACK AND THEY NEVER ONCE COMPLAINED COMING TO WORK, THEY CAME TO WORK, THEY CONTINUE TO TAKE THESE CALLS, YOU KNOW, CALLING UP THE CALL AT THE CALL, DISPATCH AT THE DISPATCH DISPATCH. AND SO WE WILL DEFINITELY, UM, THAT WAS A BAD MOVIE. SO AN OSCAR FOR A HORROR MOVIE. AND SO WE LOOK TO, UH, THE SEQUEL BEING A LITTLE BETTER. AND SO AS WE MOVE INTO THIS NEW YEAR WITH, YOU KNOW, THINGS CALL ME DOWN AND WE'RE HOPING WE'RE ON THE HOMESTRETCH WITH THIS COVID. AND SO JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING US AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OH, SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT A WORLD YOU IN NEXT YEAR. NEXT ITEM IS THE CITIZENS FORUM. THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK BEFORE A COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. UH WE'LL UH, WE CANNOT DELIBERATE, SO WE CAN'T SPEAK ON IT, BUT IT GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL COUNCIL. UH, I AM AWARE THAT, UH, THERE IS A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU ON TO THE CITY ONLINE, AND THAT IS ALREADY IN THE INBOX. AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY FOR TODAY. SO WE WE'RE ABOUT TO NEXT TO TONIGHT. [7. 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.] NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDE ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ACCOUNTS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THAT? CAUSE SOME AGENDA HEARING NONE. I WILL CONTINUE ITEM. HEY, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CONSIDERING AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, SMS, MANY LLC FOR ME SOUTH FIRST, SOUTHWEST ASSET MANAGEMENT. AND I'LL SEE SOME OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AS AN ARBITRARY CONSULTED ITEM C CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 21 DASH SIX ONE 90, WHICH CONTINUES IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM THAT THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY FOR 10 MILE CREEK REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM COUNCIL. THOSE ARE YOU'D SEND THE ITEMS ITEM A THROUGH C BEFORE IS OPEN [00:30:02] WHERE CONSENTING ITEMS A THROUGH C HAS READ. I DO HAVE A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER HAYDEN. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MERZ UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. [a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a construction contract with A & B Construction, LLC for the N. Joe Wilson Widening Project at U.S. Hwy 67.] NEXT ITEM IS THE REBEL AGENDA ITEM MAY CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH A AND B CONSTRUCTION LLC, FOR THE NERVES TO LISTEN WIDENING PROJECT AND US HIGHWAY 67. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? UH, CUSTOMER CREDIT? I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING THE, YOU KNOW, FINALLY GETTING THE, THE PIPELINE MOVED AND, AND GETTING MOVING FORWARD ON THE, ON THE REMAINDER OF THIS PROJECT. AND IT'S GONNA BRING SOME RELIEF TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE AND HOPEFULLY RELIEVE SOME OF THE CONGESTION THERE AT THE INTERSECTION. SO, BUT I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT COMING TO FRUITION. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. I ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS AS WELL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR EXECUTING CONTRACT WITH A AND B CONSTRUCTION FOR THE WIDENING OF NORTH JEWEL WILSON ROAD. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER MCGOVERN. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO STAFF, IS THIS THE LITTLE THINGS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PUBLIC TYPICALLY DON'T SEE IS HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THIS CONTRACT. AND IT WAS 10 BIDDERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, STAFF IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN CEDAR HILL. SO PLEASE GIVE THE WORD TO PROCUREMENT IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR THAT. UH, WHAT DO YOU HAVE EMOTIONAL TYPE OF CUSTOMER KEARNEY? WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER FAIR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND MOST UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL [b. Consider accepting the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and Single-Audit Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.] ITEM B. CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020. DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY BY OUR CITY COUNCIL? WE DO HAVE EVENING. WE DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU. UH, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT. YOU MIGHT YOUR MIND MOVING TO MAKE YOU YEAH, THANK YOU. IS THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER? OKAY. WE HAVE, UH, THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. UM, AND THIS IS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE FINANCE TEAM OF THE ORGANIZATION. UH, WE HAVE, UH, HAD THE ORGANIZATION OR THE FINANCIAL MATTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION AUDITED BY, UH, INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. THE FIRM'S NAME IS CROW. UH, THEY'VE BEEN ON, UH, ON THE TEAM FOR A WHILE NOW AND THEY HAVE DONE, UH, ANOTHER EXCELLENT JOB, UH, FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, UH, THIS YEAR. BUT BEFORE WE TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO CROW, UH, KEVIN SMITH WITH CROW AND HIS TEAM, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR FINANCE TEAM. IF I MAY. UH, YOU HAVE LAETITIA CARMEN, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. YOU HAVE ANYA PENTON, WHO WAS THE CONTROLLER, LAUREN MCCARTHY, WHO WAS THE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, GREG PURVIS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING IN THE ORGANIZATION, SUSAN SHANNON. SHE'S AN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, JOSE, AND I GUESS WHO'S THE REVENUE MANAGER AS WELL AS VON CULBERSON AND CYNTHIA FRANCS. I THINK SOME OF THESE TEAM MEMBERS ARE HERE TONIGHT, UH, ACTUALLY AS A SHOW OF SUPPORT, UH, FOR THEIR EFFORTS, UH, BEFORE THIS CITY COUNCIL. SO WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO, UH, KEN SMITH WITH CROW. HE WILL BE, UH, PRESENTING OR HIS TEAM MEMBER WILL BE PRESENTING SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID IN TERMS OF AUDITING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING. UH, THERE'S SEVERAL MEMBERS OF YOU THAT WERE ON THAT, UH, THAT CALL WITH US. UH, AND I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. UH, AND IF YOU, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT AS WELL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN AT THIS TIME. HELLO, KEVIN. HELLO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND AFTER THE CELEBRATION OF SUCH FINE CITIZENS, THIS SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNCAST, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO STRESS JUST HOW EXCITING I THINK THAT THIS NEWS IS. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SOME OF THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, WITH PREPARING THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. UH, BUT AS I'VE SAID LAST YEAR, WE HAD CONTINUED TO SEE PROGRESS. UH, WE SHARED WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AUDIT THAT, UM, IF THERE WAS EVER GOING TO BE A EUROPE SLIPPAGE, THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR WITH COVID-19 AND, AND WORKING REMOTE, ET CETERA. AND THEN, UM, AND THEN DURING THE AUDIT, WE ALSO TRANSITIONED TO A NE NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. I SAY [00:35:01] ALL THAT TO SAY THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST AUDITS THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL WENT THROUGH. UM, IN MY TIME IN SERVING THE CITY, WE HAD NO MATERIAL ADJUSTMENTS, WHETHER WAIVED OR POSTED, UH, WE HAD NO DEFICIENCIES, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, UH, THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED TO YOU. UH, WE CONDUCTED BOTH AN AUDIT OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, AS WELL AS YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL GRANTS. AND YOU RECEIVED UNMODIFIED OPINIONS ON EACH WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. UM, AGAIN, NO ADJUSTMENTS AND NO WEAKNESSES. SO ALL IN ALL, YOU KNOW, AUDITORS, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DESIGNED TO SPEAK TO IS KIND OF IN THE NEGATIVE TO POINT OUT DEFICIENCIES. WE HAD NONE. SO IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A WONDERFUL REPORT. UH, I COULDN'T COMMEND THE PEOPLE THAT PETER COMMENDED, UM, THE STAFF ANYMORE. UH, MY TEAM, I THINK WORKED REALLY WELL WITH THEM IN A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT. AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AT, IN MARCH ISSUING THIS AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MY ONLY OTHER CAVEAT, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, UM, LOTS OF GOOD QUESTIONS. UH, I KNOW THEY RECEIVE A MUCH MORE IN DEPTH DISCUSSION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING OR FULFILLING THEIR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT PROCESS, UM, IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WELL, THAT'S NOT A DOUBT AND THAT'S A GOODER, BUT IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE WITNESSED TONIGHT, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. IT IS GREAT. UH, I THINK, UH, CUSTOMER CREDIT GO, DID THAT LAST TIME? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN KIND OF BOILED, UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I'VE HEARD ALL THE REPORTS OF, OF FINANCIAL AUDITS YEARS, YOU KNOW, YEARS PAST, YOU KNOW, UM, MAYBE YOU USE A CLIFF CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS REFERENCE THERE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HEAR YOU GUYS GIVE THE, A GLOWING REPORT THAT IT'S ONE OF THE CLEANEST AUDITS THAT, UH, THAT YOU ALL HAVE EVER DONE, WHAT IT GIVES ME A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE, UM, IN, IN CONTINUING TO SERVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, THAT STAFF IS DOING A GOOD JOB AND THAT WE'RE REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY, UH, IN THE FASHION IN WHICH THEY DESERVE. SO, UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT UNDER THE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S SOMEWHAT, UM, UH, MELODRAMATIC BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ALL THE HARD WORK SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DONE IN YEARS PAST. AND, AND WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS WE'VE GOT THE SHIP ON COURSE AND WE'VE GOT TO KEEP IT ON THE PATH. AND SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR TO WHERE WE'RE DOING THAT CUSTOMER HAYDEN. THANK YOU. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO BE ON, ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. WHEN YOU COME ON, YOU ALSO SEE WHAT WENT ON THE YEAR PRIOR, YOU KIND OF GET UP IN THE END, BUT SO THE CITIZENS WILL KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL SOME YEARS BACK AND HE HAD, UH, UM, REQUESTED AND PUT TOGETHER FOR IT, THE DIRECTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO HAVE AN AUDIT COMMITTEE TO WHERE OUR AUDITORS ACTUALLY, UM, WORKED WITH US. UM, AND SO IT'S KIND OF A, IT'S KIND OF A ONE WAY STREET THIS WAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY. AND, UH, SO, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WE WERE CHARGED WITH, LIKE YOU SAID, THE MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION AND SO FORTH, SEE IF WE HAD AN INTERIOR WITNESS OR A WEAKNESSES, UH, DEFICIENCIES, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO AS THEY REPORT TO US, UH, AND IS THE GLARING REPORT ALREADY SAID, AND WHAT, WHAT, UH, COUNSELING OCCURRED? HE SAID, IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR THAT TYPE OF REPORT THIS LAST YEAR, IN SPITE OF ALL OF THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROTOCOLS FOR COVID AND ALL THAT. AND HAVING TO DO THINGS ON A, ON A, UH, A VIRTUAL TYPE PLATFORM AND EVEN CHANGED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HAVING A, UM, OUR FINANCIAL OFFICER LEAVING THERE TOWARD THE END, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD HAVE NORMALLY CREATED ALL KINDS OF HAVOC. SO WHILE I CAN REPORT TO THE CITIZENS AND THE CITY COUNCIL WITH MY TIME ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, IS THAT OUR STAFF WAS JUST, UH, IT PERFORMED EXTREMELY WELL. AND IN ALL OF THE BRIEFINGS THAT WE SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY EVEN INDICATED THINGS LIKE, UM, DID YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH STAFF? DID THEY, DID THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW ALONG AND COOPERATE CORRECTLY AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF, EVERYTHING IN THIS REPORT. AND I KNOW IT'S PUBLIC, UH, YOU'LL SEE A GIRL IN PORTAL, HOW STAFF PERFORMED, UH, IN, IN LIGHT OF ALL THIS. AND SO I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS THAT, THAT EVERYTHING THAT OUR AUDITORS HAVE SAID, UH, IS TRUE AND VERY AMAZING FOR OUR STAFF. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK CUSTOMER SIMS. THANK YOU. MA'AM UM, SO I JUST WANT TO ALSO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE, UM, TO THE STAFF, TO THE CITY MANAGER [00:40:01] AND HIS TEAM, UH, TO THOSE IN FINANCE, UM, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY WITH THE CITY AND I'VE SEEN, UH, AUDITS AND I'VE, UM, I DO KNOW A PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE WENT THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES AND, UM, IT'S JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL TO SEE THE TRANSITION AND HOW WE'VE GONE FROM HAVING EVERYTHING CONTAINED IN ONE PERSON TO, UM, IT'S SORT OF DIVERTED OFF TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVING INPUT. AND SO WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS BUILT A TEAM THAT'S DELIVERED A VERY, VERY STRONG PRODUCT AND THAT'S TO BE COMMENDED. I JUST WANTED TO SAY HATS OFF TO THE STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND TO OUR CITIZENS, THIS, WHAT THIS SAYS IS THAT, UH, YOU LIVE IN A CITY THAT THEIR FINANCIAL OPERATIONS ARE FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY ASPECT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, THANK YOU. BECAUSE WHAT I'M SAYING IS CUSTOMER HAYDEN FOR YOUR SERVICE TO SERVING ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ME TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY HEARING A LOT OF KUDOS AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF THANK YOU IS LET ME TELL YOU THINGS MOVE VERY FAST ON THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL. OKAY. AND, UH, WHERE THINGS MOVE FAST. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK HARD. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO SLOW DOWN AND SAY, THANK YOU. SO WHEN YOU HEAR THESE, THANK YOU IS UP HERE. IT REALLY IS COMING FROM A GENUINE PLACE. UM, SO AGAIN, I LIKE TO TIP MY HAT TO THE FINANCE TEAM. I SEE YOU IN THE BACK. UM, AND, UH, AND ALSO I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN YOU FIRST CAME ON, UM, AND, UH, WE KIND OF WENT BACK AND FORTH. WE WENT AND THEN A COUPLE OF ROUNDS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT FIRST COUPLE OF, UH, OF COMMITTEES, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS WITH HIGHEST ETHICAL VALUES, YOU CAME IN EVERY AUDIT EVERY YEAR WAS A BLANK CANVAS AND YOU CAME IN AND YOU AUDIT US AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO FOR US. SO THANK YOU. THE ONE THING I, I WAS FROM MISSING, NOT SINGING AGAIN. IT PROBABLY SOUNDS LIKE I'M BEING OVERLY COMPLIMENTARY. WE CONDUCTED OUR AUDIT AND THE CORN GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS. UM, THERE'S NO COMMA, THERE'S NO PARAGRAPH WITHIN AUDITING STANDARDS THAT SAYS, SHE'LL DO THIS, BUT NOT IN A PANDEMIC. SO WHEN WE SAY WE WORKED REMOTE, IT WAS STILL JUST AS EXTENSIVE AS AN AUDIT PROCESSES, AS IT IS CYBER HAS DONE OR EVER WILL BE. WE FOLLOW THE STANDARDS EACH YEAR. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, MR. MACK, MR. MAYOR, WE START WITH A BLANK SLATE. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY, WELL, WE TESTED THIS LAST YEAR. WE DON'T NEED TO TEST IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING REMOTE. IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY THOROUGH AUDIT. AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THINK SENIOR MANAGER, MICHELLE BAS ON THE ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. SHE WORKS VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH MANAGEMENT AND WORKING FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. UM, CUSTOMER SIMS. UH, WE'RE READY IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING AGAINST, OKAY. CUSTOMER SIMS. OKAY. UM, THE 20,020, THROW ME OFF. OKAY. A CUSTOMER, HAITI, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT IN. IT WAS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, [c. Conduct the second reading and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-722, a requested electric franchise agreement between Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC and the City of Cedar Hill, granting Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC and its successors and assigns an electric power franchise within the limits of the City of Cedar Hill.] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONDUCT A SECOND READING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 SEVEN 22 AND REQUEST IT AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ENCORE THAT YOU DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC, AND THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL GRANTING ENCORE DELIVERY THAT YOUR DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC, AND ITS SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS AND ELECTRIC POWER FRANCHISE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CDC HILL. UM, DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE TODAY, MARIE? YES. COME ON, COME ON NOW. UH, GOOD, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UM, UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE CAPTION, UH, THIS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 SEVEN 22, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO ENCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS AND POWER FOR ENTICED TO USE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE STREETS, ALLEYS, HALLWAYS, PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS, PUBLIC RELATION PUBLIC PROPERTY AT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION, THEREFORE PROVIDING FOR AWAITING ACCEPTANCE OF THE FRANCHISE, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL EXISTING FRANCHISE ORDINANCES TO ENCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC ITS PREDECESSORS AND ASSIGNS FUNDED THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE HAS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PROVIDING A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A CITY'S [00:45:01] FALSE PROFILE FOR PUBLICATION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOW, UH, WE DID, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TODAY WAS THE SECOND READING. SO MARIE JUST GAVE US A SECOND READING. SO CAPITOL, WE STILL HAVE ACTION TO TAKE TODAY. UM, BUT, UH, WE WILL DO THAT HERE SHORTLY. UH, MR. GOGAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TODAY? GOOD EVENING, BY THE WAY, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL STAFF, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, MY NAME IS KENNETH GAUVIN AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS AREA MANAGER FOR ONCOLOGY DELIVERY COMPANY. UH, WE'RE WE'VE RE PRESENTED TO YOU ARE THE NEW, UH, FRANCHISE FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. UH, THE CURRENT FRANCHISE EXPIRES AT THE END OF MARCH. UH, IT WAS A 20 YEAR FRANCHISE AND WE'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS NOW, THAT'S THE STANDARD FOR OUR FRANCHISES FOR OUR CITIES. UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS IN REGARDS TO A LONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE CITY. UH, WE'VE HAD OUR UPS AND WE'VE HAD OUR DOWNS. WE'VE HAD OUR CHALLENGES, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH AND WE'RE GETTING THROUGH, UM, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE RECENT WINTER STORMS WE'VE HAD HERE, UH, THE CHALLENGES IN REGARDS TO THE SYSTEM AND THE GRID THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TEXAS. BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ENCORE OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, UH, THE REST OF THE ELECTRIC GRID FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR LEGISLATION IN REGARDS TO LEGISLATORS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE CONCERNS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD DURING THE WINTER STORMS. THAT WAS SOMETHING WE'VE, WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. UH, THIS WAS FIVE TIMES WORSE THAN IT WAS BACK IN 2011 WHEN WE HAD THE LAST ICE STORM. UH, THERE WAS LITERALLY I'VE, I'VE TOLD THE STORY IN REGARDS TO, UH, ENCORE DELIVERS, UH, WE HAD NOTHING TO DELIVER AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THROUGHOUT THE STATE IN REGARDS TO THAT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THE DEPARTMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IN SERVING THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL. UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS, UH, IN REGARDS TO OUR FRANCHISE. UM, AND IF THERE'S AN ALBUM HERE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, IF I DON'T KNOW, ALSO HAVING THIS, UH, MACY LAMB, UH, WHO'S ON OUR REGULATORY GROUP FROM ENCORE WHO'S, UH, I DO, I'LL DO WHATEVER SHE TELLS ME TO SAY IN REGARDS TO OUR FRANCHISE. SO THAT'S, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET KNOW, CAUSE WE WERE SIMS CHANGES IN INSURANCE AND ALSO CHANGES IN VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. CORRECT. PERFECT. THAT WAS ONE OF THEM. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY ASKED FOR WHICH 1:00 AM I, WHAT AM I LIKE THAT? OH, YES, I, YES, THERE WERE ALSO A FEW CAVEATS THAT WERE SPECIFIED IN THIS, UH, IN THIS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING, UH, PROTECTING CITY PARKS, SPORTS FIELDS IN THE LIFE FROM INSTALLATION OF ENCORE, UM, UH, FACILITY OR FACILITIES. UM, AND, UH, AS MR. GOMEZ, UM, SAID, UM, LANGUAGE ON TO GIVE THE CITY OF VISIBILITY INTO ITS VISITATION, UH, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES, ALL THREE OF THESE. OH YES, YES. OUR MP AND, UM, I IN COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS, UH, THESE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'VE NOTED, UH, WERE INCLUDED, UH, AND THE, UH, CLEAN VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, HOLD ON A SECOND. AND SO, UM, UH, THOSE, UH, CHANGES THAT I ALLUDED TO ARE IN SECTION OF ONE B AND SECTION THREE . OH, UH, NO SIR, NO, SIR. WE ONLY INCLUDED, UH, THE, UH, THE CLEAN VERSION, UM, AND THE AGENDA PACKET. OKAY. THANK YOU, MARIA. SHE MIGHT HAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE. COME ON UP HERE. HOW ARE YOU? HI, GOOD MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I MAY SEE LAMB WITH ENCORE AND I WORKED ON THIS FRANCHISE WITH, UH, GREG AND MARIE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AND JUST KIND OF HIGH LEVEL, BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES IS INCORPORATES OUR STANDARD [00:50:01] FRANCHISE, WHICH INCORPORATES NEW STATE LAW, LOCAL LAW, AND ALSO THE MANY. SO WE HAD SEVERAL AMENDMENTS WITH THE CITY OVER THE PAST 20 SOMETHING YEARS, LIKE CHANGING THE FRANCHISE FROM ANNUAL TO QUARTERLY. SO TO INCORPORATE SOME CHANGES LIKE THAT. AND THEN THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS LIKE FACILITIES AND PARKS OR CITY HALL OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE WOULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT, UH, GETTING THE PERMISSION AT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WAS ADDED, UM, AND SOME JOINT USE AGREEMENT, LANGUAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SHARE OUR POLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WITH OTHER UTILITIES THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, WE TELL THEM, BUT THEY NEED TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE CITY AS WELL. AND THAT IF YOU WANT TO GET, UH, THAT INFORMATION FROM US, WE WILL DO THAT. SO JUST SOME KIND OF HIGH LEVEL THINGS LIKE THAT TO KIND OF JUST BRING IT UP TO, UM, TO TODAY'S LAWS AND, AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE CITY'S CONCERNS. SO, OKAY. UM, SO JUST, JUST CURIOUS IF SOMETHING COMES OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE OR IT CAUSES AN AMENDMENT, DOES THAT BRING YOU TO COME BACK BEFORE US, OR ARE WE PRETTY MUCH LOCKED INTO THIS FOR 20 YEARS? THE, THIS FRANCHISE REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE FRANCHISE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND ENCORE, UM, DEFINING OUR OPERATIONS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO. AND IT ALSO DETAILS OUT THAT THE TAXES THAT WE PAID THE CITY, SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ADDRESS ANYTHING ABOUT SERVICE, RELIABILITY, OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOUR, THE FRANCHISES ARE MORE JUST ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. FAIR ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNSEL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MUCH. AND, UH, IF I MAY ADD, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MR. GOVAN, YOU'VE BEEN, UH, REPRESENTING ENCORE FOR, I DON'T KNOW, AT LEAST I'M TELLING YOU FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I DO APPRECIATE YOU, YOU ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR THE CALL, UH, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, PHONE CITY, GOVERNMENT, BUT ANY RESIDENTS, UH, THAT MAY NEED YOUR SERVICE. YOU'VE ALWAYS COOKED THE RESPONSE. SO I DO APPRECIATE, UH, YOU'VE BEEN THE SAME 20 YEARS AGO TO THE CURRENT, SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, EXPEDIENT RESPONSE. SO, ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO ECHO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS KIM'S BEEN, KEN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US, HE'S RESPONDED TO MY CALLS, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME IN A VERY QUICK, QUICK MANNER, EVEN WHEN HE'S REALLY TIED UP AND HE'S GOT TOO MANY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT, THAT SERVICE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU, KENNETH. UM, I'M SORRY, YOUR NAME WAS MARY LOU MACY. MACY LAMB. THAT'S THE FIRST AND LAST NAME OR? YEAH, FIRST IT'S BASICALLY LIKE THE DEPARTMENT STORE. GOT IT, GOT IT. SORRY, I JUST MAKE IT, UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD FORWARD MAYBE A RED LINE VERSION OF THE CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE SO WE CAN DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL YEAH. I'LL WORK WITH MARIE AND WE'LL YEAH. CAUSE THERE'S QUITE A FEW, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK AT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE FOR HISTORY, WE'VE HAD A FRANCHISE WITH CEDAR HILLS SINCE 1939, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LETTER OF A LANDOWNER IN THE 1920S GRANTING US ACCESS. SO WE'VE HAD A, LIKE A HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY WITH CEDAR HILLS. PRETTY COOL. YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, UH, YOU HEARD THE PRESENTATION, UM, THE, ANOTHER FURTHER COMMENTS WE, UM, ENTERTAIN THE MOTION FLOOR. THE FLOOR IS OPEN AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING FOR AN ADOPTION COUNSELOR OR MOVING, WE APPROVED THE ORDINANCE. YOU SAID MOVE FORWARD. PROVEN. YES, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND SET OF CUSTOMER GLOVER? UH, THIS IS ON THIS NUMBER 2021 BY SEVEN 22, AN ORDINANCE AT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, GRANTED TO ENCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS AND ELECTRIC POWER FRANCHISE. SEE YOU AS THE PRESIDENT OF FUTURE STREETS, ALLEYS HIGHWAYS, AND PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS, PUBLIC WAYS IN PUBLIC PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION, THEREFORE PROVIDING FOR WOMEN ACCEPTANCE OF THIS FRANCHISE, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL EXISTING FRANCHISE ORDINANCES, ENCORE, ELECTRIC, DELIBERATE, LLC, ITS PREDECESSORS, AND ASSIGNS BY ABOUT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED AND OPEN IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PROVIDING A SEVER ABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS COSTS, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MARIE. IF YOU DO HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HAITI, DO YOU HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER GLOVER? UH, ANY ADDITIONAL CREDIT QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, IF NOT, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND MOVES UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. [9. Closed Session. ] [00:55:01] THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT SESSION. WAS THIS CALL SESSION CALL SESSION CALL PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, 5.072. NOW THAT SENTENCE GOVERNMENT CALL DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ENLISTED LIBERATION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE CITY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A THIRD PERSON, THEN OCCURRENCE PROJECT FARMHOUSE, PROJECT ROLE BOLT IN PROJECT GAME-CHANGER CONCESSION. ALSO ALSO OF COURSE, ACTUALLY CALLED PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, 1.087. NOW THE TESTS COMINCO ONE TO DISCUSS OTHER LIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT BODY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE GOVERNMENT BODY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STATE OR EXPAND IN A NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENT BODY AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS OR TO, TO THE LIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR THE INCENTIVE OF TWO, A BUSINESS PROSPECT DESCRIBED BY A SUBDIVISION THAT INCLUDES PROJECT GAME-CHANGER PROJECT CROSSROADS PROJECT ON THE MAP PROJECT FRONT STORE COUNCIL. I HAVE SEVEN 56 AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN COLD SESSION COUNSEL. WE ARE, WE RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AND CONSIDER ANY ACTION NEEDED AS A RESULT OF THIS. AND THERE WAS NO ACTION. OH, I'M SORRY. YES, WE RECONVENE AT 9:11 PM. UH, THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING CLOSED SESSION. SO THEREFORE COUNCIL, THEY STARTED HIM ON THE AGENDA IS FOR AGENDA. OKAY. NO, DON'T ALL GO AT ONCE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND COUNSEL. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. YEAH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.