* 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. YEAH, [00:00:04] GETTING HIM TO GO TO ONE. [1. Call meeting to order.] TODAY IS APRIL 27TH, 2021. I HAVE 7:03 PM. THIS IS THE RUBIN SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE IN ATTENDANCE. WE ARE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, UH, ABIDING BY THOSE RULES. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO ARE JOINING US, UH, VIA THE WORLDWIDE WEB. UM, SO THE FACT I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAY IN, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN WILL FOLLOW BY THE APPLICATION. OH, OH, THE TEXAS TECH, OR IF A CHRIS BULLOCK WILL COME AND LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION, LET US BOW OUR HEADS, OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ANOTHER DAY AND FATHER, WE ASK YOU RIGHT NOW TO COME INTO THIS MEETING AND CLEAR EVERYBODY MINDS AND HEARTS, UH, LET THE BUSINESS BE CONDUCTED, UH, WITH, UH, UH, WITH CLARITY AND WITH, UH, AND WITH COOPERATION FATHER, I PRAY FOR THE LEADERS GATHERED HERE, UH, THAT YOU HAVE APPOINTED OVER THIS GREAT CITY. I SIT IN ON A HILL THAT YOU WILL PROTECT THEM AND BLESS THEIR HOMES AND BLESS THEIR HEALTH AND FATHER. WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE GATHERED IN ATTENDANCE, IN PERSON AND ON THE WEB THAT YOU WILL PROTECT THEM, KEEP THEM SAFE AND BLESSED ARE HOMES AS WELL. FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE YOUR LIGHT ON THIS GREAT CITY SO THAT WE CAN BE THE EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF THE NATION AND TO THE STATE, UH, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CITY AS ONE. WE THANK YOU. WE HONOR YOU THIS IN YOUR SON. JESUS' NAME. WE DO PRAY. AMEN. YEAH. IF EVERYONE WILL REMAIN STEADY, AS THE COLORS ARE RELIEVED. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YOU MAYBE SEE THEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION. I'M SORRY. I HAVE TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND. UM, I SEE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE HERE, UM, OUR, OUR FORMER MAYOR, MR. ROB, FRANKIE, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? UH, I TRY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, [00:05:01] OUR FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE, JEREMY WHITE SOUTH SOME HERE TOO. RIGHT? HOW ARE YOU, SIR? COOL. UM, ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT SEES, HUH? WELL, WE DON'T RECOGNIZE MR. PAT A SEC. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL CONTINUE [a. Present a proclamation designating May 9-15, 2021 as National Police Week in Cedar Hill.] ON. SO LET'S WE HAVE PRESENTATION PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY 9TH AND THE 15TH 2021 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN CEDAR HILL. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR COUNCIL LIMITS 30 DAYS BEFORE I READ THIS PROCLAMATION, I WANT TO PERSONALLY, OFFICER REMASTERS SERTA, THE SUPERVISOR THAT ASSISTED WAS LIEUTENANT HARDEN, AND THE DETECTIVES ASSIGNED WAS DETECTIVE SHAW AND DETECTIVE VALENCIA. AND THE REASON I'M SAYING I WANT TO PERSONALLY THINK THESE INDIVIDUALS, THE FRIDAY BEFORE EASTER, THE DANIEL FAMILY HAD A BIZARRE, MY HUSBAND WAS LOST. HE SUFFERS FROM ALL TIMES. WE DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS. IT WAS SUCH A TRAUMATIC EVENT. HIS SPINE WAS DEAD. THE TRACKER WAS DEAD AND WE COULD NOT FIND HIM ANYWHERE. SO I CALL OUR CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAME TO MY RESCUE. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THINK DETECTIVE SHAR, BECAUSE HE STAYED ON THE PHONE WITH US TO, TO A CLOCK A M IN THE MORNING. IT WAS SUCH A MIRACLE TO MY HUSBAND, ENDED UP IN CALVERT, TEXAS, A FEW MILES OUT OF WACO, BUT I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THEM BECAUSE THE RULE SAYS THAT YOU ARE TO WAIT 24 HOURS BEFORE YOU PUT A, AN EMERGENCY OUT, BUT, UH, IN THE BISHOP. BUT MY POLICE OFFICERS AT CEDAR HILL DID NOT WAIT 24 HOURS, BUT HE CAME TO OUR RESCUE THEN AND PUT THE NATIONAL, UH, LAST MINUTE OUT. AND WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CADBURY, TEXAS SAW MY HUSBAND DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN CALVERT, TEXAS, HE STOPPED HIM AND HE SAID, SEE, THE HILL IS LOOKING FOR YOU. THEY IMMEDIATELY CALL ME AND SAID, WE HAVE FOUND MR. DANIELS, MY FAMILY, WALTER, PERSONALLY, THANK THESE OFFICERS. YOU CAN'T MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT CEDAR HILL DOES NOT HAVE GOOD OFFICERS. YOU CAN, NOBODY CAN TELL ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE GOOD PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YOU COME TOO LATE TO TELL ME THAT OUR POLICES ARE NOT WORTHY OF THE PRAISE THAT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM. AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FROM THE DANIEL FAMILY. SO MUCH CHIEF. I THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UM, OKAY. THE PROCLAMATION OFFICE OF A MAYOR, WHEREAS THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 800,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE BETTER CADEN MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GRASS, NEARLY 60,000 ASSAULTS AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE REPORTED EACH YEAR RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY 17,000 INJURIES. AND BRAD, SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 1786, MORE THAN 24,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, INCLUDING OFFICER GRADED, LAMB OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WHEREAS THE NAMES OF THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF [00:10:01] THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND WHERE 62 NEW NAMES OF FALLEN HEROES FROM 2021 HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S MEMORIAL THIS SPRING, INCLUDING 346 OFFICERS KILLED IN 2020. AND WHEREAS THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED DURING THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. MEMORIAL FUNDS THAT A THIRD AND YOUR CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL ON THE EVENING OF MAY 13, 2021. AND WHEREAS THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IS PART OF NATIONAL POLICE SWEEP. THIS YEAR, NATIONAL BREAD, JOEL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, UM, WILL BE TAPED, WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 13, 2021. AND WHEREAS THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON MAY 10TH, 2021. AND LAST MAY 15 IS DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICER'S MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF OUR FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND US FLAGS SHOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF. NOW THERE, OUR STEVEN MASON MAY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TEXAS, DO HERE BY DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 9TH THROUGH 15TH, 2021 AS THE NATIONAL POLICE RAKE AND THE CENTER OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND PUBLICLY SALUTE THE SERVER, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION AND WITNESS WHEREBY I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CEDAR HILL TEXAS BE OFFERED THIS 27TH DAY OF APRIL, 2021 MAY STEVEN MASON. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DANIELS, AND A GREAT WORK TO DO YOUR DEPARTMENT CHIEF [b. Present a proclamation designating May 9-15, 2021 as National Economic Development Week in Cedar Hill. ] NEXT IS A PRESENTATION IS PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATED MAY 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH 2021 S NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN CEDAR HILL. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN MCCARTNEY. SO WOULD YOU HAVE SOME MORE FOLKS FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE? I BELIEVE I SAW RANDALL FROM THE CHAMBER HERE AS WELL. YOU MIGHT AS WELL COME ON DOWN FOR THIS. YEAH, I REALLY HATE FOLLOWING SHIRLEY'S A PROCLAMATION THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, JUST KIND OF, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF OFF TOPIC A LITTLE BIT, BUT KIND OF FOLLOWING WHAT SHIRLEY SAID. UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MANY CITIES, WHAT, UH, SHIRLEY SHARED, WHAT YOU SHARED WOULD, WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXCEPTION, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED HERE, UM, IT'S MERELY WHO WE ARE. IT'S WHAT MAKES CEDAR HILLS SPECIAL. AND, UH, SO TH YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE PROCLAMATION WAS ALMOST TO LET DOWN AFTER, AFTER YOUR, AFTER YOUR STORY THERE SURELY, UH, BUT, UH, UH, BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND I FEEL LIKE THE, UH, THE FEELING IS MUTUAL. SO THIS, THIS, UH, PROCLAMATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WE ALL KNOW IT IS THE ENGINE THAT DRIVES OUR ECONOMY AND CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE, IN THE CITY. AND, UH, WE, WE CERTAINLY, WE'VE SEEN SOME ACTIVITY ALONG THOSE LINES HERE RECENTLY WITH THE, WITH THE HILLWOOD ANNOUNCEMENT. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE THINGS HERE TO, TO DISCUSS IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UH, AND OUR FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT. SO HERE'S THIS PROCLAMATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UH, WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS THE LARGEST PROFESSIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SERVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS. AND WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITIES, MEMBERS AND PARTNERS THROUGH CONFERENCES, TRAINING COURSES, ADVISORY SERVICES, AND RESEARCH IN-DEPTH PUBLICATIONS, PUBLIC POLICY, ADVOCACY, AND INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE ACCREDITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM AND THE CERTIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER DESIGNATION. AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS PROMOTE ECONOMIC WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES BY CREATING, [00:15:01] RETAINING, AND EXPANDING JOBS THAT FACILITATE GROWTH, ENHANCE WEALTH, AND PROVIDE A STABLE TAX BASE. WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS STIMULATE AN INCUBATOR ENTREPRENEURISM IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE NEXT GENERATION OF NEW BUSINESSES, WHICH IS THE HALLMARK OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ARE ENGAGED IN A WIDE ARRAY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING RURAL AND URBAN LOCAL STATE PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE UNIVERSITIES, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS. AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY JOBS, DEVELOP VIBRANT COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR REGIONS. AND WHEREAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS WORK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS. NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 9TH FOR 15TH 2021 IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. AND REMIND INDIVIDUALS THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, WHICH SUPPORTS EXPANDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND WITNESS HERE, I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THIS 27TH DAY OF APRIL, 2021 SIGNED MAYOR STEVEN MASON, JERRY WHITE. SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T HAVE MEETINGS. UM, WHEN YOU WERE PRESIDENT, WHAT MUCH GOING ON? I AM SO HAPPY. UH, EVERYTHING WHEN YOU'RE DONE, IT'S AMAZING, AMAZING, SORRY FOR THE EMOTION, BUT IT'S BEEN A DRY SPELL AND, UM, IT'S CHANGED A LOT. I, YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN WE GOT THE PHILLIPS PROPERTY AND WE STOOD THERE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE KEPT WORKING ON THAT. PEOPLE SAID, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS, COME AND DO THAT. AND WE JUST WAITED AND, UM, YOU'LL SEE IT GOING ON THE COMPLETE STREETS. UH, STAFF LEWIS HAS BEEN THERE. ANDY, UH, RANDALL'S HAS COME INTO THE CHAMBER. WE WORKED WITH THE CHAMBER. SO WITH THE STAFF AND OUR FORMER, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPER, UM, OUR DIRECTOR THAT WE HAD WHEN KIM WAS HERE FOR THE YEAR, SHE WAS HERE, WE WERE MOVING SOME DIRT. UH, WE HAD A LOT OF PROJECTS. UM, THE EDC WORKED WITH THE, UH, CHAMBER AND GOT IN, UH, GOT IN 30 MEMBERS DUE TO A 70, SOME ODD MEMBERS GETTING, UH, LOANS FROM THE, UH, COUNTY AND THE FEDERAL GRANTS. SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD. AND THERE'S SOME INTERIM ECONOMIC LIMIT DIRECTOR, AND I WANT HIM TO SPEAK AS WELL OR THINGS TO MIND. YOU'RE WELCOME. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY ABOUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND SO IT'S VERY FITTING FOR US TO FOLLOW POLICE WEEK BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO ALL THAT WE DO WITHOUT THE WORK OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AND THE MANY YEARS OF LEADERSHIP THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US AND BLAZED THE MINI TRAILS FOR US TO BE WHERE WE ARE AND BLESSED IN CEDAR HILL. SO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD, WE JUST WANT TO DO YOU PROUD AND, UH, WE'LL GET THERE TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. HOLD IT UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN LAMOND FOR THAT. UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITIZENS FOR COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY, UH, CITIZENS FORM ONLINE NOR IN PERSON. SO WE MOVED TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. [a. Case No. CUP-328-2021 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in conjunction with a restaurant on property zoned Planned Development District No. 05-226, generally located on the south side of West Pleasant Run Road, northwest of Highway 67 with the approximate address being 305 West FM 1382, Suite 536 [Hillside Village]. Representative: Elizabeth Guillen Applicant: Muhamed Hadzovic, Mo’s Italia Express & Grill, LLC Property Owner: Margaret Thompson, Prep Hillside Real Estate, LLC] NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING, CASE NUMBER C U P THREE TWO EIGHT 2021. COME UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RESTAURANT ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN TO BETTERMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ZERO FIVE DASH TWO TWO SIX, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LIST. VISIT RUN NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 67 WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 305 WEST FM 1382, SUITE FIVE 36 REPRESENTATIVE ELIZABETH GUILLEN, APPLICATE, UH, MOHAMMED HAS SO VICK MOORE IT'S HIGHLY EXPERIENCED IN GRILL, LLC, PROPERTY OWNER, MARGARET THOMPSON PREP HILLSIDE REAL ESTATE, LLC. DO WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE HERE TODAY? [00:20:01] IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND JUST TO COUNCIL, YOU LOOK FAMILIAR WITHOUT A MASK. YOU'RE JUST KIDDING. COUNSEL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UM, MO IS, UM, HIS UNCLE JUST PASSED AWAY. SO HE APOLOGIZES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE WITH REGARDS TO THE APPLICATION ITSELF AND ON THE RESTAURANT SIDE OF THINGS. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF ALCOHOL OR ANYTHING, I'M HIS MANAGER FOR THE RESTAURANT IS HERE AS WELL. UH, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND THEN IF COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS I WILL, IF I ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO ANYONE LISTENING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER C U P THREE, TWO EIGHT 2021. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME UP. ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION IN THE, BY WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF CASE NUMBER C U P THREE, TWO EIGHT 2021. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION CASE NUMBER CUP THREE, TWO, EIGHT, 2021, NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH. I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL YOU HEARD FROM MS. ELIZABETH. SHE SAYS YOU ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, SO LET'S BE SURE TO GET THEM READY, CUSTOMER. HEY PAT, I JUST WANT TO WELCOME NO BACK AND APPROVED CASE NUMBER CUP THREE, TWO EIGHT TWO ZERO TWO ONE. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM CUSTOMER HAYDEN. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MCCURDY OUT OF FULLER. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, UH, EMOTION, ANIMUS, COUNSEL, AND AUDIENCE. UH, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE A NOTE FOR THE RECORD, BUT, UH, I THINK WE ARE DOWN ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. SO NOW THE SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT [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.] ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENTED SOME AGENDA ITEMS. UM, THANK YOU, ELIZABETH. YOU REPRESENTED, WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT LED MONO, BUT MOST , UH, INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE BILL. ANY COUNCIL AMENDMENT MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE MOVED FROM CONSENT? I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH A BRIEFING ALREADY, SO I'LL MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE SOME OF IT'S IN THE ITEM, A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH READINESS GROUP, LLC, FOR THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM PHASE TWO, ITEM B CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 21 DASH SIX TWO TWO. BUT OTHERWISE IS THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2023, SOLID WASTE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT ITEM C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ASK YOU TO IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO PROVIDE CERTAIN HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 ITEM D CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 21 THROUGH SIX 21 SUPPORTING AWARD OF THE FIRST RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH RESILIENCY PROGRAM. ITEM E CASE NUMBER F P THREE THREE SEVEN 2021. THE PROVEN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR LOTS OF ONE THROUGH FOUR DEPENDENT UPON LOOP ADDITION THAT THE VARIANCE TO SECTION 2022, 20 DASH 22 BEAM CHAPTER 20 SUPERVISION REGULATION ON PROPERTIES ZONE SF TWENTY-TWO. SO THE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL MINIMUM 22,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS DISTRICT LOCATED BETWEEN NORTH LOOP DRIVE AND SOUTH LOOP DRIVE. BUT THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING SIX, THREE SEVEN SOUTH, NO DRIVE APPLICANT, NO KEATON KEATON SURVEY, A COMPANY PROPERTY OWNER, TIM SEXTON, DEPENDABLE BUILDERS, LLC ITEM F CASE NUMBER SP THREE TWO TWO DASH TWO, TWO 21, AND A PROVEN A CAUSE OF PENNIES ON A COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION FOR A REVISED SITE PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONE. I INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF AMERICAN WAY, SOUTH OF MOUNT LEBANON ROAD WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING ONE FOUR, TWO ZERO AMERICAN WAY. APPLICANT JASON GRAY, GRAY BROTHERS, CUSTOM HOMES PROPERTY ON ADJACENT MEEK ACME TRUCK LINES. I DON'T G CAUSE THAT ARE PROVEN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH SEVEN ONE FIVE, WHICH ADOPTS THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE COUNCIL. THAT IS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. NOW I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, A THROUGH G I HAVE AN APPROVAL FROM, I HAVE A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER SAM. SO I HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER HAYDEN. HELLO, MARIE. GOOD EVENING. THIS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH SEVEN 15, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS WE'RE PILLING CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TEXAS ADOPTED THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AS THE NEW CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING, [00:25:01] ADDING AND DELETING SELECTIONS. I'M SORRY. SECTIONS OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDED FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING PRO PUBLICATION. HMM. THANK YOU, MARIE. WE DO HAVE MUCH OF A CUSTOMER OF SAM'S. WE DO HAVE A SECOND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNSEL, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE RIGHT HAND MOTION ANIMUS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. UH, [a. Presentation to Greg Patton.] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THIS ITEM A IS PRESENTATION TO MR. GREG PAT IS MR. GREG PATTON AND LINDA PATENT HERE TODAY. WE DO HAVE RESERVED SEATING FOR YOU. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME ON DOWN, I'M ALL DOWN IN GENERAL. UM, OKAY. CAN WE GET THIS MILAN UH, BEFORE WE, UH, GIVE ALL THE LOVE TO, UH, MR. GREG PATTON? UM, WE DO HAVE SOME, UM, PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS HERE AS WELL, AND I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME LOVE. SO MR. CHARLES RAY SIMS, IF HE CAN STAY IN OUR OR BE RECOGNIZED AND DR. GLENN CLARK, IF YOU COULD ALSO BE , YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG DEAL. UM, WE ONLY HAVE GIVEN AWAY A FEW OF THESE AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO JOIN US. UM, I THINK WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, BEGIN. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR PRESENTATION. UM, THIS YEAR, AT THIS MOMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. I HAVE TIED WITH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IS FOR ANYONE WHO SERVED TIRELESS HOURS AND DEDICATE THEIR LIFE, UH, TO OUR SERVICE OF WORK, TO, UM, THEIR SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. THIS YEAR'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IS FOR GREAT PAD. WELL, GREG AND I WERE AT EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TOGETHER. IT WAS 80 ISH, UH, COLLEGE THEN, AND HE WAS THERE AND I MET HIM IN A EDUCATION CLASS. HE NEEDED GRADE PIPES. AND SO HE WENT THROUGH THE CATALOG AND FOUND AN AUDIO VISUAL CLASS IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS A FOUR-HOUR COURSE, WHICH GAVE HIM AN A, AND HE KNEW HOW TO OPERATE ON THE MOVIE PROJECTORS AND THE TIGHT GROUP, ALL THAT. AND HE SAID, THAT'LL BE A WIZ. SO HE WENT OVER THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THAT SUMMER AND WALKED IN AND SAT BESIDE ME. AND THAT'S WHERE WE MET. YEAH. HE ALWAYS HAD, LIKE, WHEN HE WALKED INTO A ROOM, IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE ATTRACTED TO IN MOM AND I ARE MORE LIKE, KIND OF WE'RE IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE PEOPLE'S HEARTS, JODY. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW WE DID MEET. HE DID JOIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND I REALLY GOT TO KNOW HIM THROUGH THAT. AND I KNEW HE HAD BATTED ALONG. WE WERE AWARE OF RUN A NATURE, CRISPIER THEATER. AND I JUST DO THAT. IF YOU WERE ORIGINALLY MET GREG, I KNOW GREG IN A LOT OF WAYS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TIME WE SHARED, UM, A LOT OF IT WAS BECAUSE WE SERVED ON COUNCIL TOGETHER FROM 2000 THINGS LIKE 2000, 2008, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SERVING TOGETHER. BUT, UM, GREG'S BEEN FIXTURE IN THIS TOWN SINCE, BEFORE I WAS EVEN A PART OF THIS TOWN, MY GOODNESS WAY BACK FROM CHORUS, FIREFIGHTER VOLUNTEER, UM, HELPING JOE POOL WHEN, BEFORE JOE POOL WAS EVEN CALLED JOE POOL BEFORE THOSE EMAIL ON THE GROUND, UM, ALL THE WAY THROUGH WHENEVER THE CITY NEEDED SOMEBODY TO STEP UP FOR SOMETHING. GREG WAS THE KIND OF GUY THAT WOULD ALWAYS JUMP IN. UH, I'VE KNOWN GRAPE, [00:30:01] PEDEN GOING ON 21 YEARS FROM HIS TIME ON THE COUNCIL. WHEN HE FIRST GOT ELECTED, WE WHOM TO BECOME A BEST OF FRIENDS. WE HAD A GREAT CHANCE TO GOOD TIMES WHEN, UH, GRADE GOT ELECTED IN 2000, HE WAS DRIVING HOME AND HE ASKED ME, DID I, UH, DID I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT BEING MADE OF PROTEIN? AND I SAID, NO, NOT REALLY. HE SAID, WELL, YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT. SO I'VE KNOWN GREG PATTON FOR ALL OF MY 34 YEARS WITH THE CITY. UM, SO I GUESS I'VE KNOWN HIM IN MANY FORUMS. HE'S WAS A CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. UH, HE WAS VERY, HE WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS OUR VERY FIRST STORM SPOTTER, UH, HAM RADIO OPERATOR, UM, UH, COMMUNITY VISIONARY. HE SAW WHAT THE CITY COULD BE DECADES BEFORE IT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, AND THEN PLAYED REALLY, UM, AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF ROLES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT THE TALENT ACHIEVED IT. SO HE'S, UH, BUILT THE PILLARS ON WHICH THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY SITS ON TODAY. WELL, THEY CALL HIM PUDDLES. THAT'S HIS NICKNAME BECAUSE MIKE SAMS NAMED HIM THAT BECAUSE HE WAS THE WEATHER WATCHER FOR CHANNEL FIVE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. HE DID THAT. SO HE WAS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT COUGH IT, CHANNEL FIVE, WE'VE TALKED THE WAY THEY WATCH A GREG PET AND TODAY AND SOUTH, THAT'S WHAT COLLEEN IS. PUDDLES. PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN HIM A LONG TIME. UM, I JUST THINK HE'S A NATURAL SERVANT. UM, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMMUNITY OPERATE, IT NEEDS LEADERSHIP. YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO STEP OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. UM, FOR OTHER GROUPS, YOU KNOW, HE WAS, I SAID THAT WAS SOMETHING, HE WAS ALWAYS REALLY GOOD AT. HE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK LIKE WHEN HE WOULD GO SERVE ON JURY DUTY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET OUT OF JURY DUTY. HE'D ALWAYS COME BACK AND GO GUESS WHAT? I'M THE FOREMAN ON THE JURY? YOU. SO HE WAS ALWAYS SO EXCITED TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE BATON AND, AND BE THE LEADER IN THE GROUP. AND HE WOULD COME OUT HERE ON SATURDAY MORNING AND I WOULD SLEEP IN AND HE BECOME OUT HERE AND SIT IN MY DAD'S OFFICE AND WATCH ALL THESE OLD GUYS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. CAUSE MY DAD HAD THE OFFICE OPEN FROM NINE TO 12 ON SATURDAY. AND SO HE GOT TO MEET TURK, CANNADY, BROWNIE PETERS, A LOT OF CHARLES RAY, A LOT OF THE OLDER MEN THROUGH BY DAD. AND SO IN 1969, HE SAID HE WANTED TO GO TO THE INTEREST BUSINESS WITH MY FATHER. AND I SAID, YOU'RE CRAZY. THAT'S BUSINESS JUST CONSUMES YOU. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SMALL TOWN. I GREW UP THERE. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK. THEN. HE SAID, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. AND I SAID, WELL, OKAY, WE'LL TRY IT. SO WE MOVED HERE. HE STARTED IN 69 WITH MY DAD, AND THEN WE MOVED HERE IN 72. AND I REMEMBER HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO SELL THE HOUSE AND HE SOLD IT WITHIN A WEEK OR SO. AND NEXT THING WE KNOW WE WERE OUT HERE LOOKING FOR A HACER WAS ONLY TWO HOUSES IN CEDAR HILL THAT YOU COULD BUY THEM. AND THEY'RE RON, RANDY BROKE. AND SO WE PICKED OUT ONE OF THOSE AND BOUGHT IT. AND WHEN WE MOVED THAT DAY, HE DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF REFRIGERATOR. HE WAS SO GET OUT OF HERE SO FAST THAT HE DIDN'T CLEAN OUT THE REFRIGERATOR. HE JUST LOADED IT UP AND BROUGHT IT. ONE OF MY MEMORIES OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY WAS YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE LAKE JOE POOL PROJECT. YOU SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WORKING WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS TO BRING THE PROJECT TO ITS COMPLETION. I REMEMBER THE DAY THAT THE DAM WAS DEDICATED AND THEN AFTER THE CEREMONY, YOU AND I FLEW IN A MILITARY HELICOPTER, WHICH WAS PRETTY NEAT FOR A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP IN THE SUMMERS, WE WOULD TAKE ROAD TRIPS IN THE FAMILY, SUBURBAN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON ONE OF THOSE TRIPS WHERE YOU WERE TRAVELING DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON A FREEWAY. AND MY BROTHER JAY WAS IN THE BACK ROW PLAYING HIS LARGE BOOM BOX. THIS WAS BEFORE HEADPHONES WERE THE NORMAL. SO EVERYONE IN THE CAR COULD HEAR THE SONG AND HE WAS PLAYING VAN HALEN'S 1984, HIT HOT FOR TEACHER. THIS SONG HASN'T ETHIC DRUM ROLL IN THE BEGINNING OF IT. SO LET ME PLAY THAT FOR YOU REAL QUICK. [00:35:06] MY DAD HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT WAS. HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD BLOWN OUT A TIRE ON, SO WE QUICKLY PULLED OVER. AND WHEN HE REALIZED WHAT IT WAS, WE WERE ALL LAUGHING AGAIN. WE CONTINUED ON OUR ROAD TRIP AND NOT LONG AFTER THAT, MY DAD'S SAMSONITE SUITCASE THAT HE TIED ON THE TOP OF THE SUBURBAN FLEW OFF AND LANDED IN THE MEDIAN OF THE FREEWAY. HIS CLOTHES WENT EVERYWHERE. HE TURNED AROUND, WENT BACK TO RETRIEVE IT. AND I, AS A 15 YEAR OLD WAS SO EMBARRASSED. MY FATHER'S CLOTHES WERE OUT THERE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE, THANKS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR CEDAR HILL AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LIFETIME. HE'S A WONDERFUL GUY. THE MAIN THING THAT I THINK ABOUT WITH GREG WAS SQUIDWARD, WHICH WASHINGTON THEY SAY I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HE WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT HAD LOBBIED FOR YEARS FOR THE LIKE, AND MAYOR CHAR KENNEDY AND ARCHIE HALL. AND THE FOUR OF US WENT TO WASHINGTON, DC. NED GREG HAD WORKED ON THIS PROJECT FOR YEARS, BUT WHEN WE WENT TO LOBBY AND WE WERE THERE FOR THREE DAYS WHEN DROP IT, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME. THERE WAS JUST ONE PROBLEM THOUGH. YOU SAY THERE WERE FOUR OF US, ONE GIRL AND THREE BOYS, NOBODY WOULD SPEND THE NIGHT WITH ME CHARACTERIZE. GREG'S THE KIND OF GUY THAT STEPS UP AND LEANS IN WHEN OTHERS ARE WILLING TO STEP BACK AND MOVE AWAY. UM, SO HE CAN HAVE A REALLY STRONG PERSONALITY, BUT HE'S FUN. GREG'S ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC. LAUGHS ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING FUNNY AND EVEN THE MOST SERIOUS OF SITUATIONS ARE GOOD ALL AROUND PEOPLE. OKAY. UH, I WOULD DESCRIBE WHO A CHARACTER IS, A MAN OF THE INTERPRETER, THE MAN, HE BELIEVES IN WHAT HE BELIEVES IN. AND HE HAS A LOT OF FEAR OF HE'S HE'S HE'S A MAN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TO THE FED. HE SAID HE GOT YOUR BACK. HE HAS YOUR BACK. OH, GREG IS, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WARM, UH, IN GENUINE AND FUN. HE IS JUST A FUN GUY TO BE AROUND. UM, HE LOVES PEOPLE AND HIS, UM, ENTHUSIASM FOR THINGS ARE INFECTIOUS AND HE ATTRACTS PEOPLE TOO. HE HAS A LOVE FOR MANY THINGS, UH, TRAVEL THE TOWERS, THIS COMMUNITY. UM, AND HE IS, UM, VERY INSPIRATIONAL FOR THOSE AROUND HIM. HE'S UH, SOMEONE THAT, UH, ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO WANT TO DO GOOD THINGS. WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP, HE WAS CALLED MR. RHYTHM ON THE SCANS BECAUSE HE WAS A DRUMMER. HE STARTED IN THE VAN AND WHEN HE WAS IN SIXTH GRADE, BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO STAIR DROPPER IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND. SO HE DROPPED HE'D RIDE HIS BICYCLE FROM HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FEEL. AND THEY, HE JOINED THE BAND AND HIGH SCHOOL BAND WHEN HE WAS IN SIXTH GRADE AND THE TIME HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS IN A STAGE BAND PLAYING DRUMS AND THEY CALLED HIM MR. RHYTHM ON THE SCANS. AND HE WAS ABLE TO GO TO HENDERSON COUNTY, JUNIOR COLLEGE FOR TWO YEARS ON A BAND SCHOLARSHIP. AND AFTER HE LEFT HERE, SUE COUNTY, EAST, TEXAS, WHAT DID TO APPLY FOR THEM. AND HE SAID, HE'D HAD ENOUGH, NO MORE BAND. SO, BUT I NEVER KNEW HIM THEN. SO ANYTIME WE RUN INTO SOMEBODY WHO'S OLD FRIENDS, THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO TELL ME HOW GOOD HE WAS ON THE DRUMS. WELL KIND OF FUNNY STORIES ABOUT FIRST TIME RUNNING, GREG'S USED TO SERVE HIM, BUT HE WAS NEVER USED TO RUNNING FOR OFFICE. SO I REMEMBER EARLY ON, HE GOT HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT NOT MUCH WAS HAPPENING. AND SO STEVE PHILLIPS WHO A LOT OF PEOPLE NEVER, UM, GOT A HOLD OF HIM ALMOST, UH, GOT AHOLD OF HIM BY THE YEAR AND SAID, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET UP AND WORK. YOU'VE GOT TO WIN THIS AND THAT BIGGER TO KICK IN THE REAR MOTIVATED GREG. AND HE GOT OUT AND DOOR KNOCK AND REALLY ENGAGED WITH PEOPLE AND FOUND OUT HE WAS HAVING FUN DOING IT. CAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF HIS CHARACTER BE WITH PEOPLE. SO GREAT JUMPED IN THERE. BUT WHEN A BOND, HIS MEMORIES WAS, UH, WE WERE SITTING IN A, UH, HE WAS HAVING BREAKFAST WITH ONE AND HE SAW THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN GUY SITTING AT A TABLE. WE GOT TO TELL THEM, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? TELL US ALABAMA [00:40:02] WHERE YOU GUYS SEE THE HE'S IN TEXAS. YEAH, YEAH. WE SEEM TO GET EASY, MAN. I WON'T DO IT WITH JIM. SO MAYBE LIKE, YEAH, HE SAID, YO, TALK TO EACH OTHER. I SEE HERE, WE ACTUALLY, WE JUST HAD A LOT OF FUN TIMES AS WE, UH, WENT AROUND TO DIFFERENT CONFERENCES. I REMEMBER DOING MY CEDAR HILL, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DAYS. I HAD NO ASPIRATION TO SERVE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. UM, AND, UH, IT WAS JUST NOT IN MY THOUGHT, BUT THROUGH EVERY MOMENT THAT I CAME ACROSS GREG, THAT HE, HE ALWAYS HAS SOME SORT OF A SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT. UH, HE KIND OF ALWAYS GAVE ME CLEAR DIRECTION OR ADVICE OR SOMETIMES IT WAS JUST THE SMILE AND THE WINK THAT HE WOULD GIVE TO ME. UH, I STILL CHERISH THAT, UH, TO THIS DAY. SO I WANT TO WISH YOU WELL, AND I THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU RECEIVING THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. HE'S GOT NINE LIVES. HE'S LIKE A CAT. CAUSE YOU KNOW, HE GOT HIT BY A CAR. UM, I GUESS THAT WAS, THAT HADN'T BEEN 10 YEARS AS HE WAS WALKING. HE WAS HIT AND I THINK HE FLEW 50 YARDS AND HE LAID ON HIS HEAD AND HE HAD BLEEDING ON HIS BRAIN. AND I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER GOING TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE CHAPLAIN CAME IN TO GREET MAMA. CAUSE I FIGURED, I HOPE I SURVIVE THAT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I SURVIVED IT. AND IT WAS PEOPLE SCARY TIME. AND UM, SO HE SURVIVED THAT AND THEN THE CANCER THING. I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. HE'S SEPARATE FOR CANCER FOR FOUR YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, YOU HAVE BEEN AN INVOLVED CITIZEN OF CEDAR HILL FOR OVER 50 YEARS. YOU ALWAYS DEMONSTRATED YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO ALL THINGS, WHETHER THEY BE CONCERNS, COMPLAINTS, OR COMPLIMENTS FROM OTHERS. WELL, I THINK EVERYTHING THAT WE SEE TODAY AND TAKE FOR GRANTED, UH, ARE THINGS THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF A GREG PATENT HADN'T BEEN INVOLVED. UM, THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A VIBRANT BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAVING, UH, BEING INVOLVED IN ONE OF THE OLDEST, UH, BUSINESSES IN TOWN, UH, PUT HIM IN A POSITION TO LEAD BY DOING, BUT ALSO TO LEAD THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHEN IT WAS GETTING STARTED. UH, WE CAN LOOK OUT OFF OF OUR, UH, OUR HIGH POINTS AND SEE JOE POOL LAKE THAT WASN'T HERE AND WOULDN'T BE HERE EXCEPT FOR THE VISIONARY LEADERS LIKE GREG THAT LOOKED OUT ACROSS THAT VALLEY AND SAW WHAT COULD BE, UM, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A, AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY, UH, THAT DOES STILL TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND STILL CARES ABOUT ITS SENIORS AND IS STILL WELCOMING TO NEWCOMERS IS REALLY PART OF THE CEDAR HILL WAY THAT GREG HAD A BIG HAND IN HELPING TO CREATE, OH, HE'S A GOOD GUY. WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS. AND HE VISITS BE REGULAR. AND I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH AT THE COMMAND AND PROJECT GRAD THAT I'M STARTING TO RICHARD'S YOU HAVE TO, YOU, I TOLD HER YOU WANTED TO CHEER AND THEN HE WON'T PUT A NAME ON HER BEING A GOOD FRIEND FOR A LONG TIME AFTER HE JOINED IT APART. UH, JUNE BECK, UH, I CAME TAKE A MOVE BECAUSE THERE BEEN PERSON FOOD FOR ALL THESE YEARS. I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SERVING. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE BEING YOUR FRIEND AND, UH, I LOVE YOU MY FRIEND AND CONTINUED IN LIVING AS YOU CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD IN LIFE. WELL, GREGORY, UM, GENERAL, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME TO GET, UH, WE WENT THROUGH THE TRENCHES THROUGH THE HIGHEST OF HIGHS, THE LOWEST OF LOWS THROUGH PERSONAL TRAGEDIES, THROUGH YOUR OWN TRAGEDIES AND ACCIDENTS AND ILLNESSES TO THE GREATEST OF FUN AND SEE SEEING OUR DREAMS, NOT PLANS COME TO FRUITION. UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY OTHER PEOPLE [00:45:01] I'D RATHER HAVE SPENT THOSE YEARS OF MY LIFE WITH THAN YOU AND, AND A FEW OTHERS. SO GOD BLESS YOU. MY BROTHER, I GREG I'M, UH, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO STILL BE AROUND FOR, UH, YOU TO WITNESS YOU RECEIVING THIS AWARD. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING, UH, THAT YOU GREATLY DESERVE. AND ONE THAT, UM, IS A REAL PRIVILEGE JUST TO BE ABLE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. UM, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN WELCOMING, UH, PAM AND I TO TOWN WHEN WE WERE SUPER YOUNG AND, AND SHOWING US WHAT IT IS, UM, WHAT IT IS TO REALLY COMMIT TO A COMMUNITY AND TO, UM, A TOWN AND TO PEOPLE. AND, UH, OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN MADE BETTER BY YOUR WORK AND BY YOUR EFFORTS AND BY YOUR EXAMPLE, AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE AS WELL. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND LINDA AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY FOR THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE TO MAKING CEDAR HILL, THE PLACE THAT WE ALL LOVE TODAY. SO MANY YEARS, SO MANY MEMORIES. CONGRATULATIONS, GREG, ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON GRADUATION GRADE. YOU'RE FINALLY WE STILL HAVE SOME MORE TO CELEBRATE AND OUR CITY MANAGER WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION. I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, HELLO. UM, IT'S A REAL HONOR TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE PATENTS WITH YOU TODAY. IF IT'S BEEN AWHILE FOR SOME OF YOU, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN BACK IN YOUR HOUSE, WELCOME BACK. AND, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR US AND IF YOU'RE NEW, WELCOME, WELCOME HOME. UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY, UH, WE HAVE A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE WHEN YOU'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING FOR THE SAME PLACE FOR OVER FIVE DECADES, YOU ACCUMULATE A BUNCH OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DEAL WITH SAY, SO WE HAVE A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS THAT WE WANT TO GIVE, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, WE DO TAKE A LOT OF THINGS FOR GRANTED. AND IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT, UH, THE SERVICE, UH, GREG AND HIS FAMILY HAD DONE, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY OUR LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THOSE FIVE DECADES OF WORK. AND GREG DIDN'T JUST LIKE STOP WHEN THE LAKE GOT BUILT, BUT HE ALSO SPENT THE NEXT 30 YEARS, 20 YEARS MAKING SURE THAT THE LAKE CONTINUED TO BE AN ASSET FOR GENERATIONS OF FUTURE CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS, AND A LOT OF WAYS THAT, UH, MOST OF US CANNOT APPRECIATE OR IMAGINE HE WORRIED AND WORRIED AND KEPT US FOCUSED ON IT UNTIL WE GOT THINGS DONE. AND SO GREG, BOTH FOR GETTING THE LAKE AND THEN TURNING THE LAKE INTO A TRUE ASSET FOR CEDAR HILL. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU TO THE PATENT FAMILY. ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS I REMEMBER IS GOING TO A CHAMBER GALA. I CAN'T REMEMBER. I THINK IT WAS AT SOMEONE'S HOUSE. UM, AND, UH, GREG'S KIDS, JAY IN PARTICULAR. AND I THINK LARRY WRITES KIDS WERE THE, UH, THEY, THEY THEY'D HANDLED THE CARS FOR US. SO THEY, THEY DID THAT, RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE IN THE SERVICE OF A SERVING FAMILY, THEN YOU GO AND YOU, YOU SERVE AS WELL. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME. AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW, I KNOW THOSE DAYS WAS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NIGHTS WHEN HE WAS GETTING YELLED AT, UM, AND YOU WERE SACRIFICING YOUR TIME. IT WAS FOR A REALLY GOOD COST AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SACRIFICE OF HIM AS WELL. AND THEN WHEN THE PATENT HAS BEEN A GREAT SERVANT IN HER OWN, RIGHT, SERVING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT MANY TIMES, UH, AND MANY OTHER THINGS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU TO THE PATENT FAMILY. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND PLEASE. RIGHT. SO OUR VERY FIRST PRESENTATION IS RELATED TO GREG LONGTIME SERVICE ON OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND ALSO ON OUR CAPITAL IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, LASHONDRA STRINGFELLOW, AND OUR FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR, ROD TYLER, TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE. [00:50:05] UH, HM. I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE. I DID. I READ IT ON THE AGENDA. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A ROAST AND I HAVE BEEN STUDYING. I MEAN, BUT NOW THAT I SEE IT'S NOT OKAY. I'LL I'LL, I'LL JUST, ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE SHOT HAS PUT TOGETHER A TIMELINE OF WHEN YOU WERE ON P AND Z MAJOR ITEMS THAT HAPPENED WHILE YOU WERE ON P AND Z. SO 82 TO 2008 OR 1982, I FORGOT. OKAY. THAT IS A LONG TIME. NOW, JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE REMINDER OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING POPULATION HERE, 68,000, EVERY TITLE, 6,850 PEOPLE. WHEN YOU RETIRED FROM THE PNC AND WENT ON TO CITY COUNCIL, IT WAS OVER HERE. IT WAS AROUND 32,000. AND THEN, UH, ON UP TO 2008, WE'RE UP IN 50,000. SO IT'S QUITE QUIET TIME HERE. ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT UP. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GO IN YOUR LIVING ROOM RIGHT OVER THE FIREPLACE. IT'LL LOOK RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE FRANK SHOP IF YOU NEED IT FRAME, BUT I DO WANT TO, I'LL GIVE YOU AN ASIDE. WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP YOU'VE HAD BEING ON PLANNING IS ONLY COMMISSION FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, BASICALLY IT'S QUITE A, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE, UH, TIME COMMITMENT AND PREPARATION. THEY MEET EVERY TWO, EVERY TWO WEEKS, JUST LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY REVIEW BASICALLY ALMOST ALL OF ITS OWNING A SITE PLAN. BASICALLY EVERY DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION GOES THROUGH THE PLAINTIFF ZONING COMMISSION. THEY LOOK AT IT WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY CODES AND THEN MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEY LOOK AT IT VERY CAREFUL YET IT TAKES QUITE A COMMITMENT AND QUITE A TIME. AND, UH, JUST ONE LITTLE SIDE STORY. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, STAFF WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND PREPARING THESE REPORTS, IT'S QUITE QUITE, TIME-CONSUMING, YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THAT GATHERING DATA, PUTTING IT TOGETHER. YOU'RE WRITING UP THESE REPORTS TRYING TO BE CLEAN, CLEAR, AND CONCISE. AND I REMEMBER ONE TIME WHEN WE HAD THESE PACKETS AND WE WOULD DELIVER THEM TO P AND Z AND THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING IN PORTER'S OFFICE. ONE TIME AFTER LABORING GETTING THAT REPORT PUT TOGETHER. AND THESE REPORTS, WE ENDED UP BEING IN EACH BIT AND GREAT WITH GREG CAME IN, GETTING READY FOR CITY COUNCIL. CAN'T HAD THAT MANILA ENVELOPE FULL OF THAT WITH THAT PACKET, UNOPENED CITY COUNCIL STARTS IN 30 MINUTES, DROPPED IT ON THE TABLE, SITS DOWN, SMILES AND SAYS, WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW? BUT ANYWAY, YOU WERE ALWAYS WELL PREPARED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS JUST UNTOUCHABLE IS YOUR CAPABILITY TO, TO CONNECT WITH THE GENERAL POPULATION AND YOU'D GO OUT, GET THEIR INFORMATION. PEOPLE WOULD COME TO YOU. IT WAS A VERY, IF YOU'RE A VERY GOOD ASSET FROM ALL THE PEOPLE I'VE DEALT WITH, YOU'VE BEEN THE MOST FUN, YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR. IT'S FUN. I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED IT ANYWAY, THIS ALL GOING UP IN MY LIVING ROOM AND WE'LL DO THE, WE'LL DO THE REST LATER. OKAY. SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY HERE. UH, SO I DID NOT HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MR. PATTON ON P AND Z, BUT I DID AS HE IS THE CHAIR OF OUR CAPTAIN HAPPY COMMITTEE. AND ONE THING I'LL SAY IS THAT, UM, THAT COMMITTEE MEETS TWICE A YEAR AND I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS LIKE REALLY NERVOUS, CAUSE I JUST, HADN'T HAD A LOT OF PRACTICE BY MYSELF DOING THAT MEETING. AND THE ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT MR. PATTON IS JUST THE, HIS MANNERISM. Y'ALL THE COLONISTS THAT HE HAD MADE ME FEEL CONFIDENT, MADE ME FEEL AT EASE. UM, AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT MEANT TO ME. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ANOTHER THING THAT I ALSO HAVE TO SAY, I AM A, UM, I LOVE PLANNING HISTORY AND GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE EIGHTIES AND CEDAR HILL, BECAUSE THAT DECADE WAS SO PIVOTAL TO, UM, CEDAR HILL BECOMING CEDAR HILL AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE, THAT GROUP OF COMMISSIONERS AND CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND COMMUNITY LEADERS REALLY DID SET THE STAGE. AND IT'S THE REASON WHY WE WERE DEVELOPING, UM, CONSCIOUSLY IN A MANNER THAT'S GOING TO PRESERVE OUR OPEN SPACE AND THE TREES THAT YOU SEE HERE AT CEDAR HILL. UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN A LOT OF CITIES, A LOT OF CITIES, YOU KNOW, EVERY FIVE OR SO YEARS, NEW COUNCILS [00:55:01] WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KICK OUT EVERYTHING THAT THE LAST COUNCIL DID WITH THIS GROUP DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF SETTING THAT VISION, THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO BUILD A BARN, AND THAT'S PART OF THE VALIDATION THAT YOU HELP THEM. OKAY. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS FROM THE CEDAR HILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND KAREN OR RITA AND DAN HAYDEN, I BELIEVE WILL BE PRESENTING. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. YOU CERTAINLY DESERVE IT. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR YOU AND LINDA FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM, WE'VE STRUGGLED TO FIND A HOME AND YOU HAVE CERTAINLY HELPED IN THAT ENDEAVOR. I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OH, I HAD GREG, I CALL HIM GENERAL, YOU KNOW, THE PUDDLES WAS THERE TOO, BUT, UH, WE ONLY CALL HIM GENERAL PATTON AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN. PATTON'S STARTING 2000 TO 2008. YOU KNOW, I CAN REMEMBER THAT TIME. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ALL THE STUFF THAT HE'S DONE PRIOR TO THAT. ALWAYS PUTTING HIS EFFORT INTO THE CITY AND BEING A SERVANT LEADER, JUST LIKE, UH, IT'S LIKE HE'S EXPANDED TODAY. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WENT THROUGH THAT, THAT CANDIDATES, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RUNNING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO GET ON THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, WHEN WE GOT THROUGH ALL THAT, IT WAS, HE WAS OUT RUNNING, HE WAS OUT VISITING EVERYBODY AND YOU DIDN'T REALIZE ALL THE KIND OF WORK WE HAD TO DO. THAT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY EXHAUSTING TO GO THROUGH. BUT AT THE END OF THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I LOOKED OVER AT GREG. IN FACT, WHEN HE WAS OVER AT HIS, UH, AT HIS HOUSE, WE WERE HAVING A LITTLE PARTY AFTERWARDS AND JIM ROTOR, THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS OVER THERE AND HE SAYS, DAMN, WE'RE COUNCILMAN. YOU KNOW, HE WAS SO EXCITED TO, TO GO FURTHER WITH THE CITY AND TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT HE DID, IT WAS JUST AWESOME. GREG, I TELL YOU, IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF YOU. AND, UH, AND SO THEY GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN AND PRESENT YOU WITH THIS BRICK. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INSTALL IT OR NOT, BUT IT'S PRETTY HEAVY. I HAVE ONE HERE. IT SAYS GREG PATTON, 2021 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT DEDICATED CITIZEN SINCE 1974, NOBODY DESERVES THIS MORE THAN YOU DO, GREG. SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT YOU THIS AND IT IS PRETTY HEAVY. ISN'T IT? YOU BET. THANK YOU, SIR. AND IT WAS AN AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO SERVE WITH YOU. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION COMES FROM THE CEDAR HERO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, RANDALL, CHASE RUSSELL REED, DR. GRAY. WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHAMBER. AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY YOUR SERVICE, UH, CLARK PATENT INSURANCE IS THE OLDEST CHAMBER MEMBER. 1969 IS WHEN, UH, THE, UH, THE OFFICIAL ROSTER SAYS THAT THE CLARK PATENT INSURANCE JOINED THE CHAMBER. AND, UH, THERE HAS BEEN AN IMPACT EVER SINCE YOU SERVED AS THE CHAMBER CHAIR IN 1999. AND, UH, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE CHAMBER, YOU, UH, YOU, YOU GREETED ME. I WENT OVER, SAW THE BARN ACROSS THE STREET. THE, UH, DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BARN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CEDAR HILL CHAMBER. [01:00:01] I, UH, WAS GOING THROUGH SOME OLD PHOTOS AND I FOUND A PICTURE OF CEDAR HILL TOWN SQUARE BEFORE THE, UH, THE, THE MAIN BUILDING THAT, THAT WHAT BABES IS. AND NOW THAT CITY HALL WAS EVEN BUILT. I'M TELLING YOU IT WAS STILL THE TIN ROOF BARN BACK THEN, BUT THE, UH, THE FUN THING WAS I WENT OVER AND WE WERE TALKING TO ONE DAY ABOUT A PAINTING. AND I SAID, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK TO THINK WE CAN DO SOME FUN MURAL ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING? AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT LIKE RAINBOWS AND KITTENS, AND AS LONG AS IT ABIDES BY ANY SIGN ORDINANCE, GO FOR IT. SO WHAT THAT TOLD ME WAS YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THE, UH, THE CITY AND HEART, UH, YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID THE BEST YOU COULD. YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ABIDED BY THE RULES, AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING YOU DID CONTINUE TO GROW OUR COMMUNITY. AND JUST REAL QUICK SHOW OF HANDS. IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM AND YOU WERE EITHER A PART OF THE CHAMBER, YOU HAVE BUSINESS AS A PART OF THE CHAMBER, UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SO THESE, EACH ONE OF THESE BUSINESSES REPRESENTS NOT ONLY AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS, BUT IT REPRESENTS FAMILIES. IT REPRESENTS KIDS. IT REPRESENTS EVERY DOLLAR THAT THEY BRING IN THAT TURNS AROUND FOR TAX REVENUE, AND IT REPRESENTS THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AS THE, AS THE CURRENT CHAIR AND YOUR NEIGHBOR. I WOULD LIKE TO PREVENT, PRESENT YOU WITH A LIFETIME MEMBER AND PLEASE DON'T BE A STRANGER. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS FROM THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT. AGAIN, I WANT YOU TO PICTURE SOMEBODY THAT GOES TO WASHINGTON AND AUSTIN TO TAKE CARE OF BIG THINGS. AND THEN IT COMES HOME TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT TO WATCH OVER US WHILE STORMS ARE ROLLING. CHIEF, RODNEY SMITH. YOU KNOW, I, I'M A MENTOR OF MINE USED TO SAY ALL I AM IO. I LIVE ETERNALLY IN THE RED. AND IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BEFORE YOU THAT LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR YOU. AND WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT IS TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT SACRIFICED AND LEFT THEIR FAMILIES AND WENT AND BUILD THIS ORGANIZATION. AND WE NOW ARE CLASS ONE ISL RATED FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION. AND IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A SHADOW BOX WITH OUR PATCH AND A CHALLENGE COIN, BUT ALSO WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CHALLENGE COIN THAT IS GOING TO BE REUSABLE THAT ANYTIME YOU NEED A RIDE, YOU LET US KNOW AT YOUR REAL USABLE COIN RIGHT THERE. NOW, IF YOU GET HIT BY A CAR, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH NINE ONE, ONE, DON'T TRY TO COIN, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LOVE YOU AND LOVE THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU BUILT. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MELISSA COMING, JOIN ME. UM, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE OF CEDAR HILL AND, UH, GREG PATTON'S, UH, COMMITMENT TO TOWN, BOTH OLD AND NEW. UM, YOU KNOW, GREG'S MANY THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT, UH, HE'S OUR UNOFFICIAL HISTORIAN OF TOWERS. UH, AND HE'S ALSO A BARN EFFICIENT AND AUTO, UH, FOR, UH, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, UH, THE, THE CORNER OF TEXAS AND HOUSTON STREET HAS, UH, HELD AN ICONIC STRUCTURE, UH, ACROSS FROM A SIMS DRIVE IN WHERE YOU COULD SIT ON THE BENCH AND WATCH AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. UH, AND THERE WAS TO WATCH, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT, UH, A LITTLE SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF, WE CALL IT PATENT'S BARN AND IT'S A LITTLE STRUCTURE AND THERE'S GREG PATTON FOR HIS MOST BELOVED STRUCTURE AND THE WHOLE, SO GREG, [01:05:13] CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH THEM WITHOUT THE MASK? SO ONE OF THE STORIES I'M GOING TO TELL OF GENERAL PATTON. I STARTED WITH THE CITY IN 2003. AND, UH, AS I GOT TO KNOW GENERAL, HE WOULD LOVE TO TELL ME HOW MANY INCHES OF RAIN WE'D GET AFTER A RAINSTORM. AND I, ONE DAY I ASKED HIM, I SAID, HOW DO YOU KNOW? AND HE SAID, WHAT HOT BUCKETS IN MY BACKYARD? AND I MEASURE IT. AND I'M THE ONE TO COMMUNICATE THAT DAVID FINFROCK AND GREG FIELDS. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO AMAZING. AND ONE DAY I SAID, GENERAL, WHENEVER YOU GO TO THOSE CONFERENCES THAT YOU LIKE TO GO, CAN YOU BRING BACK WHICH YOU HAVE, WHICH YOU'D GET FROM THAT INFORMATION FROM THAT CONFERENCE AND SHARE IT WITH ME BECAUSE I'M YOUNG. AND I JUST WANT TO LEARN EVERYTHING. AND ONE DAY HE HAD COME BACK FROM A NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE AND HE SAID, I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU. AND HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD GIRL, MELISSA. HE SAID, I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU. AND HE PULLED OUT THIS MAP, LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS OF THE WORLD AND SHOWED ME HOW THE SHIPPING CONTAINERS CAME FROM CHINA THROUGH THE SEAS, INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT LESSON THAT YOU TAUGHT ME, THAT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH CITY COUNCIL IS LIKE FAMILY. AND YOU, UH, TAUGHT US THAT IT WAS PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE THAT WAS A VALUE THAT WE EVEN TITLED. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO HERE I HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, OH, I LOVE YOU. I'M TELLING YOU WHEN HE RETIRED. I CRIED BECAUSE, UH, IT IS IF WE DO BECOME LIKE FAMILY AND, UH, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MENTORING ME AND BELIEVING IN ME AND SAYING HOW GREAT OF A GIRL I WAS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, WE'VE ALSO GOT YOU SOME CEDAR HILLS SWAG AS IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STUFF FOR YOUR LIVING ROOM. NOW YOU HAVE SOME TOWELS, SOME MUGS AND A PILLOW, JUST TO SHOW OUR LOVE TO YOU. UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CELEBRATE AND HAVE A RECEPTION FOR YOU, AND WE'RE VERY SORRY FOR THAT, BUT WE HAVE A CAKE THAT YOU'LL GET TO TAKE HOME MADE FROM JESSICA'S TEA GIFTS THAT YOU CAN CELEBRATE WITH YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS. TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. OH, YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR TURN, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, EVERYONE. UM, NOW IS THE TIME FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE SOME REMARKS, KNOW YOU SERVE WITH A COUPLE OF THEM. SO, UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNTY? UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT, THAT, UH, THAT MANY INTERACTIONS, BUT YOUR REPUTATION PROCEEDS ITSELF. AND I HEARD THE NAME AND, AND, AND REVIEWED ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND I JUST WOULDN'T SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE FAMILIES. I GET SO MANY PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY, I WANT TO GET INVOLVED. I WANT TO RUN FOR COUNCIL. I WANTED TO RUN FOR AN ELECTED POSITION. AND YOU'RE THE ESSENCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO GET INVOLVED. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE TOLD, YOU KNOW, NEED TO BE ASKED YOU JUST JUMP IN THERE. I THINK IT'S AMAZING THAT I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS. AND AS, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED, THAT'S A FAMILY EFFORT. THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS WHO AREN'T PAID MIKE YOURSELF TO COME OUT AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT OF WHO YOU ARE, THE ULTIMATE SERVANT AND THE SERVANT AND THE SERVANT LEADER. AND YOU'RE THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO, TO GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITIES. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND YOU ARE THE, YOU BLAZED THE TRAIL FOR SO MANY OF US TO FOLLOW, AND IT'S VERY LARGE FOOTSTEPS FOR US TO FOLLOW BEHIND. AND IF WE CAN DO WHAT YOU DID AND JUST THE HALF OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE, WE'VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. [01:10:02] WELL, UM, I ALSO WAS NOT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH YOU ON PLANNING AND ZONING OR, OR ON COUNCIL, BUT I SEE YOUR FINGERPRINTS EVERYWHERE. UM, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I START TALKING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, A FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN LAID IN THE PAST WHERE IT WAS WHEN WAS JOE POOL LAKE OR, OR CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN STREETS AND, AND, AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CITY, IT'S YOUR NAME ALWAYS COMES UP IS, OH YEAH. WELL, GREG PATTON WAS, WAS WORKING ON THAT. AND HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING, GETTING JOE POOL LAKE YOU'LL PUT IN AND, AND, AND GETTING THOSE WATER RIGHTS PURCHASED SO THAT, SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE LAKE OUT THERE WE'VE GOT TODAY. UM, AND YOU JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, YOUR, YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE, ARE ALL OVER THE CITY. AND THE LITTLE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT, THAT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME, UH, ALONG THE WAY HAVE REALLY MEANT A LOT, UM, WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING ALL IN ALL OF THAT WAS EVEN BEFORE I EVEN KNEW THE HISTORY, UH, OF, YOU KNOW, OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CITY AND, AND, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE MADE. UM, ER, I'VE OFTEN WONDERED HOW, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS, THIS CULTURE THAT WE HAVE IN CEDAR HILL NOW THAT WE CALL THE CEDAR HILL WAY, UH, THE WAY WE DO THINGS WITH COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND, YOU KNOW, STEPPING IN AND VOLUNTEERING, UM, MANY TIMES WITHOUT BEING ASKED, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE, I HAVE WONDERED MANY TIMES WHERE THAT CAME FROM, AND AGAIN, I SEE YOUR FINGERPRINTS. SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND JUST EXPRESS WHAT IT MEANS TO ME. CAUSE I'M GONNA SAM'S UH, MR. PATTON, UM, FIRST, UM, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND, UH, WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM, GENERAL PAT, AND I THINK ABOUT SOMETIMES IN LIFE, YOU FIND YOURSELF ON A JOURNEY AND THE LEVEL, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHICH, UH, HOW MUCH YOU ENJOY THE JOURNEY. IT'S, WHO'S ON THE JOURNEY WITH YOU. AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT PERSON PERSONALLY CHALLENGING, UH, IT CAN IMPACT THE JOURNEY. I WAS VERY, VERY FORTUNATE THAT, UH, WHEN MY JOURNEY COMING TO SAY TO HER, I HAD YOU AND, AND YOU HAD A WHOLE LOT TO DO WITH HOW MUCH I ENJOYED MY JOURNEY HERE. UM, I CAME TO CEDAR HILL IN 2000, THE CITY MANAGER, AND YOU WELCOMED ME, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T TOO THRILLED ABOUT HAVING A BLACK CITY MANAGER, BUT THAT WAS NEVER AN ISSUE WITH YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN DORMS. UH, ONE THING I'LL SAY ABOUT, UH, GREG PATTON IS A GREAT LOVE FOR THE CITY, A GREAT PASSION FOR THE CITY. UM, IT'S ALREADY BEEN SPOKE ABOUT YOUR INCREDIBLE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVE. UM, YOU WERE EXTREMELY COMPETENT, YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTOOD THIS STUFF. AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU GRABBED THE MULTITUDE OF THINGS RELATED TO BEING ON THE COUNCIL. YOU, YOU GRABBED IT, GRASP HAD A GOOD GRASP OF IT. YOU WERE COMPETENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE, UM, WELL RESPECTED. I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY IN THE CITY THAT WAS WELL MORE WELL-RESPECTED THAN GREG PATTON. AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU WERE FINE. WE MISS SPEC, WE HAVE FUN. AND, AND YOU HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE ENJOYMENT THAT I HAD, UH, IN THE CITY. AND I WILL SAY THIS, UH, YOU WERE SOMEONE THAT I TRUSTED, I TRUSTED YOU. AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY JOURNEY IN THE CITY, UH, A VERY, VERY SPECIAL ONE. AND I APPRECIATE THE YEARS AND I CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH RESPECT. HEY, THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, I WAS JUST SITTING HERE THINKING WHEN, WHEN I MET MR. GREG PATTON, UM, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T FORMALLY MEET HIM FOR QUITE A WHILE. I'VE BEEN IN CEDAR HILLS SINCE 81 AND I HEARD HIS NAME, YOU KNOW, I HAD HEARD GREG PATTON. UM, I HAPPENED [01:15:01] TO BE IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS TOO. IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. AND I ACTUALLY MOVED INTO AN OFFICE OUT IN DUNCANVILLE AND, UH, GOT PRETTY HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE CHAMBER OUT THERE. AND EVERY TIME WE WOULD COME AND DO A, YOU KNOW, I'D GO TO THE CEDAR HILL CHAMBER OR WE'D DO THE BEST SOUTHWEST CHAMBER. UH, I'D ALWAYS COME IN AND SEE, UH, GREG PERFORMING, YOU KNOW, I SEE MY, EVERYBODY KNEW HIM, EVERYBODY MIGRATED IT TO MIGRATED TO HIM. AND I MEAN, TO ME, JUST LIKE JAY SAID, HE STUCK OUT IN THE CROWD AND IT WAS ALMOST KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GO OVER AND SAY HELLO TO HIM OR NOT. HE'S TOO, TOO HIGH PROFILE FOR ME, YOU KNOW, OR SO THAT'S HOW I FELT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY A BIG GUY, BIG STATURE GUY, UM, AND WERE LIKED AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW HIM AROUND. WELL THEN, THEN WHEN I GOT TO REALLY KNOW HIM, WHEN I MOVED OVER TO CEDAR HILL, MY INSURANCE AGENCY, IN FACT, IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM, I SAW HIM OUT THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, HE WAS IN THERE DIGGING THE, THE FOUNDATION FOR THE OFFICE THAT WE'RE IN NOW. AND IT WAS, I WAS GOING THROUGH THERE AND I PULLED IN AND THAT'S WHEN I REALLY STARTED TALKING TO HIM. YOU KNOW, WE KNEW EACH OTHER, DIDN'T GET TO SEE A WHOLE LOT, BUT, UH, HE SAYS, WELL, I'M BOOM, THIS BUILDING THAT YOU NEED TO MOVE OVER HERE. YOU KNOW? AND WHEN HE PLANTED THAT SEED IN MY, IN MY HEAD, UH, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT THAT WHOLE TIME, YOU KNOW, THINKING, MAN, I JUST REALLY NEED TO BE OVER THERE AND TO BE REALLY GOOD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH MR. GREG PATTON, HE'S IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS TOO AND, AND SO FORTH. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WHEN OUR RELATIONSHIP REALLY STARTED OFF. AND SO AS SOON AS HE OPENED THE DOORS, I WAS HIS FIRST, HIS FIRST, UH, TENANT IN THERE. AND I'M INSTILL THIS TENANT IN THERE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO GREG. AND I REMEMBER THAT TIME WHEN HE CAME INTO THE OFFICE AND HE SAYS, HERE, SIGN MY PETITION, YOU KNOW, AND I ALWAYS KNEW, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT DID ON PLANNING AND ZONING, YOU KNOW, HE WAS, YOU KNOW, HE, HE LIVED THAT, THAT PLANNING ZONING FOR A LONG TIME. AND, UH, SO FOR HIM TO WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, HE SAYS, WELL, SIGN MY PETITION IS THIS IN THE VERY, AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO THAT. YOU KNOW? AND, AND, UH, I'LL SUPPORT YOU. NEXT THING I KNOW IT WAS LIKE A WEEK BEFORE AND, UH, KEN MAYFIELD AND SMELL THE PEOPLE SAID, HEY, DAN, YOU NEED TO SIGN THE PETITION. YOU KNOW? SO THEN WE GOT OFF AND RUNNING TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW, THAT CAMPAIGNING PROCESS AND JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH MR. GREG PATTON TO ME WAS, WAS, AND IT WAS A BIG HELP TO ME. AND YEAH, I LOOKED UP TO HIM, YOU KNOW, HE, HE WAS WELL KNOWN MORE IN CEDAR HILL AT THAT TIME. AND, AND SO JUST TO HAVE, JUST TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS, BE ON THE COUNCIL WITH HIM AND HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS IN MY LIFE. IT HAS BEEN AWESOME. GREG, I LOOKED UP TO YOU, MAN, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. AND WHEN I SAY IT'S AN HONOR TO SIT HERE AND SERVE UP WITH YOU, I TRULY MEAN THAT. SO I LOVE YOU. AND LINDA, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL TWO ARE THE BEST COUPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, WITH HER INVOLVEMENT WITHIN THE CITY, WELL DESERVING OF THIS AWARD. THANK YOU. I DID FORGET TO SAY ALL ABOUT THEM. A LOT OF WORK YOU DID IN THE LIONS CLUB TOO, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S BEEN EVERYWHERE, GUYS HE'S BEEN EVERYWHERE. AND SO IN FACT, HE NOT ONLY WAS IN THE LIONS CLUB WHEN I WAS, BUT HE WAS THE FATHER AND FOUNDING OF THE ORIGINAL LION'S CLUB. SO THERE'S JUST, THERE'S NO END TO WHAT, WHAT A GREEK BAND. I DON'T THINK I WAS BORN YET THEN GREG, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. SEE THE HONORABLE IT IS PUDDLES PUDDLES. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT BOTH OF YOU AND LINDA WAS LIKE THE MOST ADORABLE COUPLE, ALWAYS DID, YOU KNOW, ME AND LINDA USED TO HAVE THIS THING EVERY TIME I SEE HER EYES. I'M LIKE THOSE EYES, THOSE JUST THOSE GREEN EYES I USED TO ALWAYS KINDA LIKE GREEN EYES. UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T WANT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING CLICHE, YOU KNOW, BY, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY GREAT MAN IS AN AMAZING WOMAN, SO I DON'T WANT LINDA TO LEAVE EMPTY HANDED. SO I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. UM, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT, UM, THIS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, UH, BACK IN 2015, 16, UH, THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TANGIBLE [01:20:01] MOMENT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP CEDAR HILL A COMMUNITY AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR TRAILBLAZERS, YOU KNOW, HAD LED THE PATH. AND, UM, HE JUST GIVES YOU TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT AND TO THINK BACK ON, UH, WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO JUST DID TIRELESS WORK OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS COMMUNITY. AND, UH, WE DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. AND THAT'S WHAT TONIGHT IS ALL ABOUT. SO TONIGHT IS A CELEBRATION. I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO READ IT. WHEREAS GREG PAT WAS BORN IN TERRELL, TEXAS ON AUGUST 19TH, 1942. GREG'S UNCLE INTRODUCED HIM TO CEDAR HILL TOWERS IN 1956 AT 16, GREG PUT TOGETHER HIS FIRST RADIO AND GOT HIS AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE, HAMS RADIO OPERATORS KNOWN AS W FIVE ECS, WHICH MEANS WE FIVE ENJOY CEDAR HILL DURING HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. HE AND HIS FRIENDS WILL CLIMB HOUSES AND POINT RADIO ANTENNAS TO CEDAR HILL TOWERS. AND AFTER GRADUATING FROM TARO HIGH SCHOOL, GREG ATTENDED HENDERSON COUNTY, JUNIOR COLLEGE ON A FULL BAND SCHOLARSHIP. HE TRANSFERRED TO EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO FINISH HIS BA IN ECONOMICS AND FINANCE. 1966, GREG MET LINDA AND AN AUDIO VISUAL CLASS IN COLLEGE. THEY WILL NOW HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 55 YEARS, THIS JUNE, AND HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF CEDAR HILL CHURCH OF CHRIST FOR 49 YEARS. GREG WORKED AT LTV AND SPENT HIS SATURDAY MORNINGS AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW INSURANCE OFFICE IN CEDAR HILL. GREG GOT TO KNOW SOME OF THE LOCALS AND REALLY LIKED THE SMALL TOWN IN 1969. HE DECIDED TO JOIN INSURANCE BUSINESS. WE NOW KNOWN AS TODAY, COCKPIT AND INSURANCE AND GREG LINDA MOVED TO CEDAR HILL IN 1972. GREG JOINED LION'S CLUB AND BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN CEDAR HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND AS PRESIDENT 1974 IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES, HE REPRESENTED CEDAR HILL IN AUSTIN AND DC AS CHAIRMAN OF THE LAKE VIEW PLANNING COUNCIL, RENAMED JOE POOL PLANNING COUNCIL IN 1986 AND 1986, WHEN JOE POOL LAKE IN POUNDED BEGAN, GREG WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER AND TREASURER OF THE CEDAR HILL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE RETIRED AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IN 1997. GREG ALSO SPENT 20 YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR THE, FOR THE CITY IN 1980, GREG JOINED THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND SERVED FOR 18 YEARS. HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE HE RETIRED IN THE YEAR 2000, GREG WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SERVED NINE YEARS. HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CAPITAL IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. HE IS STILL SIR, GREG AND LINDA ARE PARENTS TO JAY AND AMY PATTON. HOW YOU DOING MR. JAY KNOWN YOU FOR A VERY LONG TIME, UH, CEDAR HILL AND ZENY AND MARK FRONTS OF HOUSTON. THEY ARE GRANDPARENTS TO TWINS, JOHN AND MICHAEL SONAR OF HOUSTON AND ADRIEN JOSHUA PATTON OF CEDAR HILL. NOT ONLY AS GREG PET LOVED AND ADMIRED DEAR FRIENDS, HIS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER IS IN UNDENIABLE REASON WHY CEDAR HILL IS A PREMIER COMMUNITY AS IT IS TODAY. NOW, THEREFORE I ASKED STEVE MASON MAYOR OR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TEXAS DO HERE BY HONOR GREG PATTON WITH A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. NOW WITNESS HERE, ALL OF US HERE, SIT IN MY HEAD AND HAVE CAUSED THE SALE. THE CITY OF SYDNEY HAD TO BE A FIXED THIS 27TH DAY, APRIL, 2021 SIGNED BY ME, STEVE MASON. BEFORE I GIVE THAT, UM, I JUST WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER PERSONAL MOMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN GREG WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE CHAMBER AND I MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO, BUT EVERY TIME I SAW MR. PATTON, YOU KNOW, HE ALWAYS HAD THAT SMILE. UM, EVEN IF HE DIDN'T SAY MUCH, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS LIKE HIS, HIS SENSE OF SATISFACTION, YOU KNOW, HIS, YOU KNOW, THE WINK WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME TO KNOW THAT I'M DOING A GREAT JOB, SO I NEVER FORGOT THAT. JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. UM, BUT ALSO I GOT ON THE COUNCIL IN 2010. SO, YOU KNOW, HE [01:25:01] CAME OFF IN 2009 AND, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A ROOKIE ON THE COUNCIL, AND I'M KIND OF TELLING THEM MYSELF FOR MY YOUNGER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT, UH, I GOT INVITED TO THE BAR. NOW YOU JUST GOT TO KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING OR GO ON THE BAR AND STAY IN THE BAR, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, JUST FOR ME TO BE THERE WITH YOU AND BE A PRO TIM SHAW AND A FEW OTHERS, UH, THAT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO ME TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH WISDOM AND TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD OLD DAYS OR HEAR ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS. I STILL REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION. AND ALSO I GOT INVITED, YOU KNOW, TO THE CAVE, YOU KNOW, BACK AT YOUR HOME. UH, SO THOSE TIMES I STILL REMEMBER. SO I JUST, UH, JUST THOUGHT, I'LL BRING THAT UP. I KNOW I DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED. I DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED. SO LET'S DO THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY IS FOR THE DISTINCTIVE CARE TO WAR. IT'S MY HONOR, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO GENERAL FUND. I, UH, YEAH, WELL, I KNOW YOU HAVE THE MIC. I, UH, BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS, UH, THOSE DON'T DO GOOD. UH, I, I THOUGHT, I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT FOUR BULLET POINTS THAT GOT ME HERE. YOU GOT TO GET THROUGH THE FIRST ONE, MY SISTER'S HERE. AND, UH, OUR FATHER SERVED FOR 21 YEARS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SARAH THAT'S BOOK, NUMBER ONE, UH, THE LAKE, MY INTEREST IN THE LAKE BACK WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I GUESS THE JUNIOR HIGH, THERE WAS A BIG DROUGHT THAT CAME THROUGH, UH, THE WHOLE AREA. AND, UH, IN TERRELL, THEY THEY'D JUST HAD A LITTLE CUP THERE AND THAT LAKE WENT DRY. AND IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ANY KIND OF WATER SUPPLY AND IN THAT TOWN, TERRIBLE, UH, THEY WENT OUT AND FOUND A, UH, UH, AN OLD ABANDONED, WELL, I THINK IT WAS ALL WELL. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SELL A LOT OF WATER OUT OF IT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS IT WAS SALT WATER. AND SO, UM, IT HOME IN OUR HOME, WE COULDN'T DRINK THAT, BUT YOU COULD PAY, THEN IT, YOU COULD WASH YOUR CAR. THEY STARTED THING. BUT WHEN THEY HAD TO BRING WATER IN FROM, FROM DALLAS FOR US TO DRINK, AND IT STAYED ON MY MIND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. AND I SAID, THAT IS TERRIBLE. IF YOU GOT A CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE WATER. SO, UM, IT WAS ABOUT THAT TIME THAT THERE WAS A MAN, UH, IN, UH, WORKED FOR DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. I KNEW HIS NAME WAS HENRY GRAZER, LONG DECEASED, BUT HE LED THAT, UH, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND OTHERS TO, UH, START BUILDING LAKES IN THE AREA AND THE ONES THAT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHY IT WOULD BE A LAKE RAY HUBBARD AND THE CEDAR CREEK AND LAKE TO WALK HIM. AND MY FATHER AND I WERE, UH, LOVED TO GO OUT, WATCHING BILL LIKE TO WALK ANY. AND WE STILL HAVE A LAKE PIECE OF PROPERTY ON THERE. BUT WITH THAT GOT ME INTERESTED IN WATER RESOURCES. YOU GOT TO HAVE WATER IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A TOWN. AND THE OTHER ONE WAS, UH, MY LOVE FOR THESE TOWERS AND WHAT, WHAT THEY DID IN THE FOURTH BULLET WAS MEETING HER. SHE KIND OF TOLD THAT STORY. SHE STARTED OUT ON THE SCREEN, BUT I, I, I WAS, UH, I SAW HER, I STARTED THAT AUDIO VISUAL EDUCATION THING, AND I WENT OUT AND SAT BESIDE HER. I, I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT I THOUGHT SHE WAS A CUTE LITTLE DUMPLING. AND, UH, SO, UH, I GOT TO, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH HER AND MESSING WITH HER AND I SAID, I THINK YOUR NAME IS LINDA. I SAID, YEAH. AND I SAID, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE YOU'RE FROM. AND SHE SAID, OH, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. UH, SAID, IT'S A LITTLE TOWN. I SAID, WHERE IS IT? SHE SAID, IT'S CEDAR HILL. AND I JUST WENT BINGO. SO IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL I ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD TAKE ME TO CEDAR HILL AND HER PANTS LIVED DOWN HERE ON HOUSTON STREET, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GOATS. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THE GOATS ARE. ALL RIGHT. AND YOU CAN SIT ON HER PORCH AND LOOK AT THOSE TOWERS. AND I THOUGHT [01:30:01] THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING IN MY LIFE. IT WAS BETTER THAN THE 50 YARD LINE AT THE SUPER BOWL. SO, BUT ANYWAY, I ENDED UP TWO YEARS LATER, WE GOT MARRIED FIVE YEARS LATER, WE LIVED IN CEDAR HILL AND THIS HAS BEEN MORE FUN. AND BEING YOU GUYS, AND IT WAS JERRY AND JIM STRICKLAND, WE GOT INTO LOTS OF TROUBLE TOGETHER. AND, UH, AND, UH, WE JUST HAD A BLAST COMING THROUGH HERE. AND I DO WANT TO TELL, UH, I WAS OVER VISITING, UH, CHIEF SIMS TODAY. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS A FIREMAN. I WASN'T, I WASN'T ONE OF THE REAL GOOD FIREMAN. AND, UH, BUT I ENJOYED IT. BUT, BUT, UH, WE WENT TO THE RICHARDSON FIRE SCHOOL UP THERE. HE, THEY TOOK ME UP THERE AT THE TRAINING CENTER AND THEY SAID, NOW, ONE THING YOU GOT TO DO, UH, FIREMEN KNOW WHAT AN SCBA IS. THAT'S A, SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE MASK IN THE TANKS ON THE BACK. AND I DIDN'T LIKE EVEN LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY, THEY SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO INTO THAT SMOKEHOUSE AND GO IN THERE AND YOU GOT TO COME OUT THE OTHER END. WELL, I, I TRIED IT AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE IN THERE. AND SO I CAME OUT AND I WENT ON THAT TO HIM AND I SAID, DON'T EVER MAKE ME DO THAT AGAIN. SO, UH, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS ONE AND CHARLES RAY AND I HAD BEEN REAL GOOD BUDDIES, TRAIN RIDES TO CHICAGO. WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER. AND, UH, I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE THING FOR FORGET IT. THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE OUT THERE IN TV LAND THAT ARE WATCHING THIS. UH, MY GRANDSON, JOHN SIGNER, I THINK IS, IS IN HOUSTON WATCHING IT. AND I GOT THREE ADOPTIVE COUSINS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, AND MARGARET AND PAT ARE ON LINE. SO MICHAEL'S WATCHING MICHAEL THAT HE'S DOWN THERE IN HOUSTON TOO. SO, SO, SO, UH, ANYWAY, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT, UH, OH YEAH. ONE OTHER. I WAS, UH, WITH THE CANCER ISSUE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, TEXAS ONCOLOGY. I'LL GIVE THEM A PLUG. THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE, BUT I WAS, UH, IN FEBRUARY, I WENT TO, UH, DO A CHECKUP UP, UH, FOREST LANE AT MEDICAL CITY. AND I FINALLY GOT TO KNOW WHAT MY I'M GOING TO HIT ONCOLOGIST. HE, HE WAS RATHER QUIET, YOU KNOW, HE WOULDN'T TALK TO ME. I KIND OF TRIED TO GOOSE HIM AROUND. IT WOULD BE TO GET HIM TO TALK. HE WAS FROM, HE WAS FROM OREGON AND I KEPT TALKING ABOUT GOING ON DOWN THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND HE FINALLY GOT THE CHIT CHAT WITH ME A LITTLE BIT. AND, UH, AND I SAID, WELL, HOW AM I DOING? FIRST OF ALL, I ASKED HIM HOW HE WAS DOING. HE SAID, WELL, NOT MANY PEOPLE ASK THAT. AND I SAID, WELL, OKAY, WELL THEN HOW AM I DOING? HE SAID, YOU'RE A POSTER CHILD. SO IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID, CAN I LIVE TO BE 95? AND HE LOOKED AT ME WITH KIND OF A FRIENDLY HIS FACE. AND HE SAID, HOW ABOUT 85? UNLESS YOU GET RUN OVER BY A CAR. AND I SAID, WELL, I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. SO HE FINALLY GOT HIM LOOSENED UP A LITTLE BIT. AND UH, HE PUT HIS HAND ON MY BACK AND HE SAID, MR. PATTON, THIS JOB THAT I GOT, AIN'T EASY. HE SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF DOWNSIDE TO WHAT I DO IT, BUT HE SAID, YOU HAVE MADE THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND I SAID, WELL, I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE A MIRACLE WORKERS. AND SO ANYWAY, UH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. Y'ALL THIS IS, UH, THIS IS WHERE I, THAT'S WHERE I SAT FOR A WHILE RIGHT HERE. AND, UH, LAST THING I REMEMBER UP HERE LOOKING OUT THAT WINDOW SAW SNOW IN ONE TIME. AND I SAID, WHAT AM I DOING THIS FOR? AND, UH, BUT ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO HAND THIS BACK. THANK YOU, MR. PATTON. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT ONE LAST THING. WELL, THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS FOR EVERY HONOREE, THERE'S A THING I THINK FOR TRAFFICKING, THERE WAS A SONG FOR LOIS CANNADY, ALL HER BOYFRIENDS, UH, IN YOUR PACKAGES. WHEN YOU CAME IN IN THE BASKET, THERE WAS A TRAIN WHISTLE. AND IF YOU KNOW GREG AT ALL, AND HE IS ICONIC FOR HIS TRAIN WHISTLE, THIS OTHER THAN THE STAFF ALWAYS KNEW WHEN HE CAME IN TO CITY HALL. SO WE'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO TAKE IT OUT REAL QUICK. AND I'M TOLD THAT IF YOU DO IT, WHERE THE TRAINS FACING UP, IT SOUNDS BETTER NOT AS GOOD AS GREG, BUT BETTER. AND THEN WE'LL SEND A, WE'LL SEND IN GREG PATTON, CELEBRATE HIM PROPERLY. READY ON THE COUNT OF THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE. ALL RIGHT. MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, OH, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF OUR HIGHLIGHT FEATURES OF CEDAR HILL. UM, AND THAT'S JOE FROM LAKE AND MR. PAT, YOU MAY BE AWARE OF THIS, MAYBE NOT. [01:35:01] I'M NOT SURE. UM, BUT OUT OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN ORDER TO BRING JOE POOL TO CEDAR VIEW, I MEAN, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL FEATURE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING IT NOW, UH, THE LEGACIES TO COME WITH ENJOY IT DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK IT WAS, NOWHERE TO BRING IT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS REALLY PUBLICLY YET, CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT, BUT, UH, YOU ARE BE PROUD TO KNOW THAT, UH, OUR PERSON OF THE LAKE IS DEBT FREE. THERE IS NO MORE DEBT TO CEDAR HILL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART WORK. YOU GOT THE LAKE HERE NOW IS DEBT FREE. NOW WE ACTUALLY OWN 60. WELL, WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT OTHER TIME, I GUESS THE FACT THAT IT BRINGS US TO, UM, TO AN ADJOURNMENT AND, UM, AS MAYOR, I DON'T REALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO HAVE FOUR VOTES FOR MAJORITY OF THE THINGS THAT I DO. BUT ONE THING I HAVE CONTROL OF IS THE ADJOURNMENT. UM, SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS THIS, AND I NEED YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THIS. UH, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND INSTEAD OF ME HITTING THE GAVEL, I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO BLOW YOUR WHISTLE. AND THAT WOULD BE THE ADJOURNMENT. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, YOU READY? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOST OF THEM, CUSTOMER HAYDEN. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. * 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.