* 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. BUT, UH, [00:00:01] LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. [1. Call meeting to order.] IT IS, TODAY IS MAY 25TH, 2021. I HAVE SEVEN 14. THIS IS OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE DO HAVE A FORM OF COUNCIL PRESENT. UH, ALL MEDICINES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY POSTED. I REALLY LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UH, OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED IN THESE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION WITH JERRY GORDON FOR FIRST BAPTIST, THEY WILL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH THE PLANS FROM OUR VERY OWN DUTY. BEFORE YOU GET STARTED THERE. MR. WOODEN, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOU. UH, JERRY WOODEN, PRESENTLY, UH, PRINCE ON THE, ON THE PASTORAL STAFF. UH, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN CEDAR HERE HAS BEEN SERVING IN THE CAPACITY FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS IN REARED HERE IN THE DALLAS AREA AND GRADUATED FROM CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL WAY BACK IN TWO LONG ARKANSAS FOR OVER 15 YEARS, UH, BEFORE COMING BACK. AND NOW HE IS HERE WITH HIS WIFE, DEBBIE AND HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 46 YEARS AND HAD FOUR CHILDREN AND SEVEN GRANDKIDS. NO, SIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE BLESS US WITH YOUR WORDS? MY PRIVILEGE FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT AND IT'S JUST BEEN GOOD TO BE IN HERE AND SEE THESE PEOPLE AND LORD, WE ARE COMMUNITY. WE ARE CITY. AND WHEN I THINK OF YOUR CREATION OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE, THERE'S THREE VERY IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS. ONE IS THE FAMILY. THE SECOND WAS GOVERNMENT. THE THIRD, THE CHURCH AND GOVERNMENT IS SO IMPORTANT. LORD, TONIGHT, I PRAY FOR WHAT WILL BE GOING ON AT THIS MEETING THAT WILL AFFECT THE IMMEDIATE AND THAT WHICH WILL AFFECT THE FUTURE WORLD. LEADERSHIP IS, IS A WEIGHTY THING. DECISIONS WILL BE MADE TONIGHT THAT AFFECT HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF LIVES. LORD, WE ASK FOR WISDOM AND WE ASKED FOR DIRECTION AND WE PRAY THAT IRON SHARPENS IRON, AND WILL THERE BE DISAGREEMENTS, BUT LITTLE BIT IT'LL HOLD ITSELF OUT TO BE TO THE BENEFIT. MOST OF ALL OF HOW YOU WANT TO DIRECT AND THAT WE FOLLOW THAT. I THANK YOU FOR EACH PERSON THAT'S IN HERE. THE LORD, AS I CLOSE, I JUST WANT TO PRAY A SPECIAL BLESSING ON EACH ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR LIVES, THEIR HOMES, THEIR CHILDREN. IF THEY'RE LIKE ME, GRANDCHILDREN, AND LORD THAT THIS PLACE CEDAR HILL, IT CAN BE JUST A JOYOUS, SAFE PLACE, A LIGHT ON A HILL WHERE WE HAVE JOY IS CITIZENS LIVING TOGETHER UNDER YOUR PROTECTION AND GOD, THAT'S WHAT PRAY IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. THANK YOU DOING SO IF HE WASN'T HERE DURING THE BRIEFING, YOU KNOW HOW A PASSING IT, DO YOU WORRY IF HE DOES PRESENTATIONS? I LOVE CEDAR HILL. PLEASE GIVE US UNCLE, SIR. WELL, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN THE TEXAS PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR WISHES THINGS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE SPRAWL HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE. AND IT IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL Y'ALL MAY BE SEATED. NEXT ITEM IS A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATION, PRESENT [a. Present Good Samaritan award to Carey Bradshaw. ] GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD TO CARRIE BRADSHAW. IT WAS TO BE PRESENTED BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBER. COME ON DOWN. ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT TO STAND OVER HERE SO EVERYBODY CAN, EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR SMILING FACE. SO MR. CARRIE BRADSHAW IS A PHENOMENAL VOLUNTEER AND A HUGE ASSET TO THE STAFF AND ANIMALS AT TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER STARTING IN 2015, THIS YOUNG MAN HAS COMPLETED 2,700 PLUS HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE WITH NO STOPPING INSIGHT LOGGING AT LEAST 40 PLUS HOURS A MONTH. GARY HAS RARELY SKIPPED A DAY OF SERVICE AND HELPS WITH A SMILE. HE ABSOLUTELY LOVES ANIMALS. AND WITHOUT QUESTION WILL HELP HOLD A YOUNG KITTEN OR PUPPY DURING DAILY CARE. CARRIE IS ONE OF MANY CORE VOLUNTEERS THAT MAKE UP THE BACKBONE OF THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER. AND WITHOUT HIS CONTINUOUS EFFORT AND SUPPORT THE SHELTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE MANY THINGS THEY DO TODAY TO HELP SAVE ANIMALS LIVES. WHEN I ASKED WHY HE ENJOYS VOLUNTEERING AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER, CARRIE SAID, I JUST LOVE TO HELP OUT AND BE KIND TO ANIMALS WITH THE SUPPORT OF HIS FAMILY. CARRIE IS MORE THAN JUST A VOLUNTEER. [00:05:01] HE IS A PART OF THE STAFF FAMILY AS WELL. CARRIE CARRIE IS TRULY DESERVING OF THIS HONOR AND FOR THE GOOD SAMARITAN RECOGNITION AWARD PROGRAM, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW HOW UNSELFISH EFFORTS HAVE MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CEDAR HILL CARRIES IS AN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT SERVANT LEADER FOR ALL TO EMULATE. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, CARRIE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER. GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD HERE. THANK YOU. WE'LL GET SOME, GET SOME PICTURES AND WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE TOKEN GET A NEW HAT. DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU FOR ALL EACH YOU DO. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. UM, NEXT IS PRESENTATION, [b. Present Good Samaritan award to Jacqueline Ivy.] UH, PRESENT GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD TO JACQUELYN. IVY IS, UH, MS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I'VE BEEN FASCINATED, BUT MY WIFE WATCHES, SO SHE'S KNOWS THAT I WRAPPED MY MATH. SO THAT WAS FOR HER ACTUALLY. UM, SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WE HAVE TO PASS A BUDGET AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS. UH, BUT NO, IT WAS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO START OFF AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HANDLE, UH, HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S UNSELFISH WORK. SO, UH, IF, IF YOU ALL WERE KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, FOLLOW ALONG AND, AND, UH, JOIN ME, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND COUNT TO THREE. OKAY. SO ONE, TWO, THREE YEAH. EXPECT THAT THEY DIDN'T PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA. WELL, YOU ARE ACTUALLY HERE FOR A GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD AND I THOUGHT I'D TAKE ADVANTAGE AS YOUR BIRTHDAY WAS THAT THURSDAY, IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH. SO I GET YOUR FAMILY HERE, SO I'LL FIGURE IT OUT. THIS EXTENDED THE FAMILY AFFAIR, BUT A TICKETING QUEUE. BUT JACKIE IVY HAS CALLED CEDAR IN HER HOME FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SHE HAS LIVED IN CEDAR HILL, CEDAR CREST FOR NEIGHBORHOOD. HER NEIGHBORHOOD NOMINATED HER FOR THE GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD BECAUSE SHE IS CONSTANTLY HELPING HER NEIGHBOR'S WITHOUT HESITATION. SHE ALWAYS GO OUT OF HER WAY TO MAKE OTHERS FEEL INCLUDED. SHE MAY, SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ENCOURAGING OTHERS IN HER COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED IN THE MINI ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. JACQUELYN CONSISTENTLY DRAWS OTHERS IN AND HIS FRIEND TO ALL SHE IS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE A CRIME WATCH COORDINATOR. CO-CHAIR THE CD, CHRIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE NEWEST PEED IN THE CITY, THE CITIZENS ON PATROL. SHE IS ALSO AN ADVOCATE TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS TO GET OUT AND VOTE AND CAN BE SEEN WORKING THE POLLS DURING THE ELECTION. JACLYN IS TRULY DESERVING OF HIS HONOR THROUGH THE GOOD SAMARITAN RECOGNITION AWARD PROGRAM, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WITH NO HER UNSELFISH EFFORTS HAS BEEN MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CEDAR HILL. SEE AS AN EXAMPLE OF A SERVANT LEADER FOR ALL TO EMULATE. CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REFLECTIONS OF, UH, OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER. YOU KNOW, UM, YOU JUST HEARD, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF, JUST TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO OUT THAT [00:10:01] WE DO THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND, UM, WE JUST HAD A POLICE COMMUNITY WALK, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND, BUT PRIOR TO THAT, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN CEDAR CREST. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS BLESSED TO BE IN JACKIE'S GROUP, ALONG WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR POLICE CHIEF. AND JUST TELL YOU ONE FUNNY STORY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND WE'RE ASKING CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY VALLEY SERVICE, WHAT IS IT THAT WE COULD DO FOR YOU AND, YOU KNOW, DO MORE IN, IN CEDAR HILL. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING TO JACKIE TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE, TO POLICE CHIEF AND OTHERS WENT ON AND, UH, JACKIE'S PHONE STARTED RINGING AND THE POLICE CHIEF'S KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, TWO HOUSES DOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ENDED UP CATCHING UP WITH THEM AND, UH, I SAY EXACTLY WAS ANYONE HOME. AND SHE SAYS, MY HUSBAND'S HOME. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE AIN'T ANSWERED THE DOOR AROUND PARE. APPARENTLY THE POLICE CHIEF WAS KNOCKING ON HER DOOR AND FIRST THE RING, HER PHONE CALLS OUT. SO, BUT, UH, IT WAS A DELIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW HARD YOU WORKED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY KNOWS, YOU KNOW, THIS SMILING FACE AND ALL THAT SEE DOES. SO IT'S WELL DESERVING TO BE HALF OF GOOD SAMARITAN IN YOU. SO THIS CERTIFICATE READS GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD AWARDED TO THE JACQUELINE IVY FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS AND GENEROUS SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEEDS PRESENTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, TUESDAY, MAY 25TH, 2021 SIGNED BY ME, STEVE MANN. YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO SAY A WORD. WELL, I JUST LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE CITY THEN, AND I'D BE SAYING BAN AND SEE THE HILL 20, ALMOST 40 YEARS. BUT, UH, LIKE I SAY, UH, JUST WORKING IN THE, IN THE CITY, GETTING INVOLVED IS WHAT I DO, UH, ABOUT 45 YEARS AGO, I JOINED THIS PINK AND GREEN ORGANIZATION AND PART OF OUR MOTTO AND I PLAY IS TO BE OF SERVICE TO MANKIND 45 YEARS AGO. AND NOW I'M ABLE TO GET EVEN MORE INVOLVED IN BEING A SERVICE TO MANKIND. SO I, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BEING A CITIZEN AND LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE BIRTHDAY SONG. SHE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY CITIZENS WISHES, UM, SO TO SPEAK, HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL CANNOT, UH, ACT ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. UH, COUNCIL, YOU HAVE, UH, HE WAS GIVEN ANYTHING. HE WAS GIVING, UH, AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY FOR ANYTHING THAT, BUT I'LL SKIP A THING. OH, SORRY. LET ME GO BACK. THERE WERE ABOUT, I WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT IT IN THE ALL QUIET. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. WE DO HAVE SOME MORE PRESENTATIONS PRESENT FROM [a. Presentation from the Cedar Hill Chapter of Disabled American Veterans.] THE CEDAR HILL CHAPTER, UH, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. I'M SORRY. I KNOW THIS PERSON IS VERY EAGER TO GET A PRESENT TENSE. SO, UH, DO WE, UH, UH, ARE TRUSTEE AVAILABLE? YES, SHE IS. CHIRSTY ROSS BANK. AND HOW ARE YOU, HOW THIS TEASING, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SKIP OVER HERE. NO, HELLO EVERYONE. UH, AND I AM WITH THE DISABLED VETERANS. UM, WHAT OUR MISSION IS, WE ARE DEDICATED TO A SINGLE PURPOSE OF EMPOWERING VETERANS TO LEAD HIGH QUALITY LIVES, GOOD RESPECT AND DIGNITY. WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS BY ENSURING THAT VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THE FULL RANGE OF BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND WE FIGHT FOR THEM FOR THEIR ANSWERS OF THE AMERICAN FAMILY, THROUGH CATHERINE, GOING TO LOBBY ON CAPITOL HILL, WHICH I WILL BE DOING IN JANUARY AND, UH, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE GREAT SACRIFICE, THE NEEDS OF THE VETERANS, TRANSITIONING BACK TO CIVIL CIVILIAN LIFE. BEFORE I, UM, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT. I LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE OFFICERS. WE WERE CHARTERED JANUARY OF, UM, JANUARY 28TH OF THIS YEAR. AND IT WAS A LONG PROCESS. UM, WHEN I STARTED BACK IN 2018, THE, UM, TO ASSIST VETERANS HERE IN SEE OR HEAL WHEN I WAS WORKING AT THE REC CENTER. SO I ASKED MY BOSS BJ'S, UH, STEVENSON, IF WE COULD START HOLDING CLAIMANT'S CLINICS, THE REC CENTER. SO HE WENT AND BROUGHT IT TO HIS BOSS AND THEY APPROVED IT. SO WE STARTED DOING VETERAN'S CLAIMS CLINICS RIGHT THERE AT THE REC CENTER. THEN WE [00:15:01] BECAME WHOLE. SO WE STARTED GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE WOULD GO TO GRAND PRAIRIE. WE WILL GO TO THE SOTO APARTMENT WITH THE SOLOS PITCHER WAS COMMITTED. UH, WHEN THE UNCLE MAYOR ALLEN WAS THERE, SHE HAD CALLED US BECAUSE WE WERE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAN GO OUT AND DO CLAIMS. UM, AND I'M NOT BRAGGING ON US. YOU KNOW, OUR SUCCESS RATE IS, UM, IS PHENOMENAL. SO WE WILL GO TO DIFFERENT CITIES AND WE WOULD DO IT EVERY DAY. IT STARTED OUT ONCE A MONTH, THEN IT BECAME LIKE ONCE A WEEK, THIS JORDAN TO WHERE WE WERE GOING TO EVERY DAY, WE BRANCHED OUT FROM THE REC CENTER WAS GOING TO DOING IT OVER HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. THEN WE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WANTED US TO DO A PLAN FOR THEM, THAT WE WERE BLESSED WITH PASTOR VICTOR JACKSON, WHEN HE TOLD US THAT WE WOULD COME TO, UM, BE KCC. AND WE COULD DO ALL THE LADIES STUDENTS OVER THERE. THANK YOU, PASTOR RICK. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. I MET PASTOR BIG THAT IN 2012, WHEN WE WERE AT THE DEADLINE'S CENTER, WHEN I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOOSTER CLUB FOR THE, UH, POLICE HOSTEL, WE WERE OVER THERE MONITORING THE STUDENTS, DOING THE PSHT, AND THAT'S WHEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS. AND SO WE'VE BEEN GOING STRONG, FIGHTING FOR THE COMMUNITY EVER SINCE. UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE OFFICERS FOR THIS CHAPTER. OUR SERGEANT AT ARMS IS LARRY, THE ROPE NAVY VETERAN. WE HAVE, UM, OFFICER OF THE DAY WHO WAS ABLE TO, HE, HE WASN'T ABLE TO COME HERE. HE'S ARMY. WE HAVE JUDGE ADVOCATE WHO WILL CT? WELL HE'S AIR FORCE RETIRED. WE HAVE BENEFITS PROTECTING TERRORIST, POSITIVE SET UP THERE. WE HAVE OUR ADJUTANT MADE THE BASEMENT AND THE TREASURER, HER SON THERE'LL BE SMITH. OUR COMMANDER IS COMMANDER RAY JOHNSON. HE'S BEEN DOING THESE CLAIMS CLINICS AND HELPING US SET UP, UM, CHAPTERS FOR 42 YEARS. WE HAVE, UM, UH, BY C UH, SENIOR VICE COMMANDER. THERE WERE PARENTS WHO RETIRED AIR FORCE. WE HAVE, UM, SECOND JUNIOR BIAS. I MEAN, FIRST JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER OFF VACANCY. WE HAVE THE SECOND JUNIOR VICE FIELD SENTENCE, THIRD JUNIOR VICE SHAWLS. AND WE HAVE FOUR JUNIOR BIAS MORNING, UM, MARTINEZ. AND WE HAVE, UM, THE CHAPLAIN WHO IS JOHNNY CALHOUN. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, I WILL SAY FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S KINDA HARD FOR A WOMAN BEING IN THE MILITARY BECAUSE WE, WE HAD IT HARD. AND SO WHEN THESE MEN EMBRACED US AND BROUGHT US IN FOR GREAT, AND HE'S THE ONE WHO BROUGHT US IN TO THIS CHAPTER TO HELP OUT WITH THE BEDROOMS, TO HELP OUT WITH THE FEMALE WOMEN ISSUES. UM, WE TOOK IT BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A, UM, UH, AREA THAT WE NEEDED TO HELP WITH. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOMELESS WOMEN, VETERANS IS THE RISE IS RISING BIG TIME BECAUSE THE WOMEN BEDROOMS THEY DID THROUGH MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA. SO THEY FEAR OF GOING TO THE VA. SO WHAT WE DO, THE THREE OF US, THEY ARE NOT BECAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE VICTORS OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA. SO WE HAVE STARTED A SUPPORT GROUP FOR THESE WOMEN, WITH THE PTSD, WE'RE ESTABLISHING A PTSD SUPPORT GROUP TO HELP THE VETERANS BECAUSE ANYTIME A VETERAN, WE GET THE WORD THAT A VETERAN HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE, OR A VETERAN HAS COMMITTED A CRIME BECAUSE OF PTSD. IT DOES SOMETHING TO US. SO WE'RE DOING THE SUPPORT GROUPS SO WE CAN HELP. WE CAN HAVE CHEAP BREAKS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A VETERAN GET SHOT OR TO END THEIR LIFE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY HELP WHEN WE, UM, WE HAVE SOME ESTABLISHED, SOME INITIATIVES. CAN YOU PUSH THE SECOND ONE, PLEASE? THE, UM, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS, IF YOU, UM, IF YOU CAN SEE IT, UM, WE HAVE THE DESOTO VETERANS COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A ONE-YEAR WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT AND, UH, OPERATION HOME WORK FOR TWO YEARS. WE WERE GATHERING OF OUR RESOURCES BECAUSE THE DAV, WE HAVE, WE ARE LIMITED IN SOME THINGS WE CAN DO, BUT WE CAN REFER THEM OUT TO THE RESOURCES. RECENTLY, WE HAD A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS GETTING, UM, VIOLATION CODE VIOLATIONS. SO WHEN THEY CONTACTED ME, SO I PUT HER IN CONTACT WITH THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT. THE WOMAN WARRIOR PROJECT GOT WENT HOME, UM, UH, OPERATION HOMEFRONT, AND THEY APPROVED HER AND THEY PROVIDED OVER $15,000 WORTH OF HELP ON HER HOUSE TO GET HER HOUSE COMPLETED AND OTHER KINDS OF COMPLIANCE. SO THESE [00:20:01] ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO. AND, UM, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE HERE. UM, IN CEDAR HILL, CEDAR HILL, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE PREMIER DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHAPTER BECAUSE OUR JURISDICTION GOES TO DESOTA DUNCANVILLE, GLEN HEIGHTS, LANCASTER RED OAK, WATSAHACHEE THE GLOW WITHIN THE MANSFIELD. SO THERE'S NOT ANOTHER DAV KID, THAT KID THAT CAN COME IN TO OUR CHAPTER. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PREMIER, UH, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS SERIOUSLY AND HEAL US ABOUT MAYOR MASON. UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE OTHER, UM, PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IS KAPPA LAMBDA PI MILITARY FRATERNITY. AND I HAVE WITH ME HERE, BROTHER DANIEL AND BROTHER BRADSHAW, DEFINITELY SAYING THESE TWO BROTHERS ARE WITH THE, UM, CAPITOL, UH, CAPITOL OF COVID MILITARY FRATERNITY. THEY ARE ALSO THERE TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR MILITARY BROTHERS TO BRING THEM ALONG WITH US, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE LEAVE NO MAN OR WOMAN BEHIND. SO I THINK OUTCOME IS IMPORTANT. UH, I AM ALSO A KAPPA KAPPA EPSILON STOP MILITARY SORORITY. SO THE FRATERNITY IS OUR BROTHERS. SO I, I KNOW THAT, UM, I'M TAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. UM, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME INITIATIVES WE HAVE IN DIFFERENT PHASES. CAN YOU TURN TO THE THINGS PLEASE? THE PHASE ONE, I'M GOING TO BE DOING QUARTERLY IN RESOURCE CLAIMS, CLINIC AND PASSING PEOPLE ALLOW US TO COME BACK TO THIS CHURCH TO DO THESE. WE'RE GOING TO NEW COMPENSATION, PATIENT ASSISTANCE, UM, MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA, SUPPORT GROUPS, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SUPPORT GROUP ADOPTION OF THE CHI S D A A, UM, AIR FORCE ROTC FOR YOU, ERIC OR PEOPLE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED, BUT WE'LL TAKE AIR FORCE. WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE CEDAR HEAL VETERANS REGISTRY AND WHAT THIS IS, WE ARE GOING TO GO AND CANVAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO WE CAN GET A LIST AND GO TO THE BEDROOM THAT'S NEAR TO CEDAR HILL SO WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND SEE IF THEY NEEDED ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF 80 SISTERS, WE ARE HERE TO BE READILY, READILY AVAILABLE FOR THEM. I'M GOING TO DO THE HOLIDAY FOOD GIVEAWAY DURING THANKSGIVING TIMEFRAME. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AT TOY DRIVE. AND THERE WERE ONE WHO MENTIONED THAT AWARENESS PROGRAM. SO, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS FREE OF CHARGE. WE HAVE FREE SERVICES, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME FUNDING. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DONATE TO THE CEDAR HILL CHAPTER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, WE WERE WELCOMING. AND I, UM, I HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL CONSIDER US WHEN Y'ALL GOING TO Y'ALL DELIBERATION FOR THE, UM, THESE TWO BUILDINGS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE, UM, AVAILABLE, BECAUSE ONE THING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED IS A BEDROOM RESOURCE CENTER HERE IN CEDAR HILL. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, TRUSTEE BACON. UM, I'LL TELL YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT, UM, RAMONA ROSS BACON HAS BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTING AND TRYING TO DO WHATEVER SHE CAN TO HELP OUT WITH DISABLED VETERANS. UM, SO FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS THIS, THE FIRST PERSON I'M EVEN PASSING ABOUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY SPECIAL. UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, IF THERE WAS MORE THAN JUST RIGHT NEXT DOOR, YOU COULDN'T NOT HAVE ONE HERE IN CEDAR HILL. SO I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO BE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD AND BE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER. UM, SINCE WE ARE APPROACHING, UM, MEMORIAL DAY, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF YOU SERVED IN SOME FORM OF MILITARY, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED THEY CAN OFFER YOUR SERVICE. UH, BEFORE I CONTINUE, UH, I'VE BEEN WANTING TO RECOGNIZE, UH, CELLO, STEVE RAMONA, ROSS BACON, UH, CHESTY, GAIL SAMS, AND ALSO A TRUSTEE, UH, ROACH DAVIS. OKAY. AND DO I ALSO SEE, UM, UM, YES, DR. LANKFORD, THANK YOU. UH, ALSO TRUSTEE LANKFORD IS HERE AND DID I MISS ANY OTHER SCHOOL TRUSTEES SAY SUPERINTENDENT, HUDSON IS HERE AND ALSO, UM, UH, MR. SEABROOK'S FROM DENNIS COTTAGE. UH, SO I DO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE WITH US, UH, AND, UM, PLEASE BE NICE TO DR. SEABROOKS. HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO, TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS A LITTLE INSIDE JOKE, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. YOU SAID HE'S GOING TO BE HERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE CHAPTER, [00:25:01] UH, HERE IN CEDAR HILL AND, UH, WE'LL LOOK TO FIND WAYS TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER IN AND SEE THAT THIS BECOMES A SUCCESS. NEXT [b. Presentation by the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP) in recognition of 20 years of partnership.] ITEM ON PRESENTATION IS PRES PRESENTATION BY THE TEXAS COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE POWER TCHP AND RECOGNITION OF 20 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP. I KNOW THERE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARGARET SUMMERY. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE TEXAS COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE POWER. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MORE MINUTES TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU AND PRESENT THIS AWARD. UM, 20 YEARS AGO, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL PASSED A RESOLUTION TO JOIN WITH OTHER CITIES TO FORM THE CITY'S AGGREGATION POWER PROJECT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING CITIES SAVE MONEY WITH THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS FAST FORWARD. AND IN 2011, THE CITY'S AGGREGATION POWER PROJECT MERGED WITH A GROUP CALLED THE SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATION PROJECT WITH THE SAME PURPOSE TO FIND ENERGY SAVINGS FOR ITS MEMBERS. AND IN TURN SAVE TAX DOLLARS WITH 168 MEMBERS WHERE THE LARGEST ORGANIZATION OF OUR KIND IN TEXAS, AS WE BEGIN OUR 20TH YEAR, WE WANT TO THANK OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS, THOSE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FROM THE START AND WHO CONTINUE TO BE LEADERS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MYSELF. I WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE POWER. YEAH, I'M OKAY IF YOU'RE OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I GOT TO DO THIS PART ALREADY, BUT I'LL DO IT AGAIN. UH, NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS FORUM AND PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, COUNCIL, YOU DID RECEIVE AN ONLINE COMMENT EARLY TODAY. SO IF YOU WILL PLEASE CHECK THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC FORUM COMMENTS WHO PRESENTED IN TODAY'S MEETING. SO I'M ON FORWARD WITH THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS A PUBLIC [a. Cases No. Z-319-2021 and CUP-320-2021 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a change in zoning from “LR” (Local Retail District) to “NS” (Neighborhood Service District) and a Conditional Use Permit for an “orphanage” on approximately 1.5 acres generally located at the northwest corner of Texas Plume Road and Mt. Lebanon Road with the approximate address being 1595 Mt. Lebanon Road. Applicant: David Hargrove Property Owner: Trinity Church of the Assemblies of God] HEARING CASE, UH, CASE NUMBER Z THREE ONE NINE 2021 AND C U P THREE 20 2021, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM LR LOCAL RETAIL TO NS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE DISTRICT, AND A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR AN ORPHANAGE AND APPROXIMATELY 1.5 ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF TEXAS AND MOUNT LEBANON ROAD. LET THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING ONE FIVE, NINE, FIVE MOUNTAIN LEBANON ROAD, APPLICANT, DAVID HARGROVE, PROPERTY OWNER, CHARLIE CHURCH OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD. DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TODAY? DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE A PUBLIC HEARING OR, UH, SURE. UH, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR MASON HERE, PRO TIM SIMS COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SORRY. UH, I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ROLL THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD WITH, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR ARE WE JUST TAKING IT OFF, OFF THE CUFF? DID YOU, DID YOU SUBMIT A PRESENTATION IN ADVANCE? WE DID. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, KATIE? OKAY. UM, UM, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WITH LASHONDRA THAT SHE WOULD GO UNDER HERE. OH, OKAY. OH, OKAY. WELL WITH THAT SAID, UM, UM, THIS, THIS IS, OR THIS IS A REALLY, UM, BIG ENDEAVOR THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING TONIGHT AND I VALUE EACH OF YOUR TIME AND I SURE DON'T WANT TO WASTE IT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT ZONING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SLIDE BY SLIDE, UH, WAS THE INFORMATIVE PART OF THE PRESENTATION. UM, I THINK WE COULD, IT'S ON A LOT OF EMAILS ANYWAY. I'M JUST NOT TRYING TO WASTE ANYBODY'S TIME. UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON ME, UH, I'LL MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT. UH, OUR REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, UH, IN THE CAUSE THAT WE ARE CHAMPIONING, UM, IS A NOBLE COST AND ASKED FOR, AND WE COVERED, UM, YOUR, YOUR HELP IN CHAMPIONING THIS CAUSE AND PROVIDING A SAFE HAVEN IN A HOME FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE LITERALLY NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. UM, I'VE APPEARED BEFORE COUNCILS, NUMEROUS TIMES AND MEETING ON LAND DEALS, UH, [00:30:01] THAT ENRICH CITIES AND ARE PROFITABLE. ENDEAVORS ARE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CATEGORY AND I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE. AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE HAVE WITNESSES HERE TONIGHT WHO HAVE KNOWN ME MY WHOLE LIFE, UH, LIKE TRINITY, UM, AND MY WIFE, WE BOTH GRADUATED FROM TRINITY CHURCH, OUR TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. UM, AND SHE AND I HAVE BEEN IN THIS SPACE FOR 15 YEARS, CHAMPIONING THE CAUSE OF THE ORPHAN. AND, UH, WE WERE PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO, UH, DISCUSS, UH, A ZONING CHANGE FROM LOCAL RETAIL, UM, TO NOTE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE DISTRICT. AND THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS, UH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS HOPE MANSION. SURE. YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT. UM, I GUESS ANOTHER THING I WANT TO ADDRESS IS LAST WEEK, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A VERY, UM, WHAT I THOUGHT VERY PROFITABLE AND GOOD MEETING. IT WAS JUST ME. AND, UM, WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION. MY PARTNER, JASON, WHO I WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO HERE IN A SECOND WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE HE IS AN ATTORNEY AND HE WAS LITERALLY DEFENDING CHILDREN IN COURT. UH, SO ANOTHER THING IS I HAVE, I NEED TO ADDRESS A MISSTEP THAT OCCURRED AFTER THAT CASE. UM, NO, NO FEEDBACK WAS GIVEN AFTER THE THREE TO THREE VOTE. AND SO I MADE A POOR JUDGMENT TO CONTACT THE CHAIRMAN THE NEXT DAY. AND HE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO INFORM ME, UM, WHY HE VOTED NO. AND, UH, I APPRECIATED THAT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT INTRUSION, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WAS AN INTRUSION. UM, SO THE TRUTH OF IT IS IF IT WERE JUST ME ASKING THIS REQUEST AND ALL OF WHAT WE WERE UNDERTAKING TO DO WAS ON MY SHOULDERS ALONE. UH, I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO VOTE AGAINST ME, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AND WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST AND A CLOUD OF WITNESSES HERE TODAY, UM, THAT ARE VERY SKILLED IN THIS AREA. UH, THEY KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT AND, UH, WE WERE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. AND THE ONE WITH THE VISION, THE PASSION AND THE EXPERTISE, UH, I WANT TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO HIM. HIS NAME IS JASON ALLEN, JASON FOURS YEAR. I'M GOING TO HUNT DOWN THAT PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO GOOD. UM, GOOD EVENING. AS DAVID TOLD YOU, MY NAME IS JASON ALLEN AND I AM AN ATTORNEY. I HAVE OFFICE IN THE LOSS OF HATCHI AS WELL AS ONE AND OTHER DALLAS AREA. AND PRIOR TO ME GOING OUT ON MY OWN AND PRACTICING, I WAS A PROSECUTOR FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. I STARTED OUT IN A POTTER COUNTY AMARILLO, AND THEN I ENDED UP IN ELLIS COUNTY CAUSE I AM FROM THE AREA. I'M NOT FROM CEDAR HILL, I'M FROM DUNCANVILLE, PLEASE DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST ME. AND I GRADUATED FROM DUNCANVILLE CITY OF CHAMPIONS, BUT THIS IS A PREMIERE CITY. AND, UH, WHILE I, UH, I'M NOT FROM HERE, I, UM, LIVE OVER IN GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT I DO PAY SO MUCH TAXES TO CEDAR HILL ISD. SO, BUT I PAY CITY TAXES TO GRANDPARENTS, BUT, UM, I, UM, ALONG WITH DAVID, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK ON A CASE TOGETHER. UM, I DO A LOT OF, UH, JUVENILE LAW AS WELL AS A CPS CASES, ADOPTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND WE WERE, UM, ABLE TO WORK ON A CASE. AND, UH, THAT WAS A VERY TRYING CASE. AND DURING THAT CASE, UH, DAVID BECAME, UH, INTIMATELY AWARE OF THE NEED OF PLACEMENTS WITHIN WHAT I CALL WHAT IS CALLED REGION THREE, CEDAR HILL, DALLAS, UM, LANCASTER, UM, DUNCANVILLE, UH, MANSFIELD, DIFFERENT CITIES LIKE THAT. ARLINGTON THEY'RE IN WHAT'S CALLED REGION THREE OF CPS, WHICH IS UNDER THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, UM, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UM, REGION. AND WITHIN THAT REGION, THERE'S VERY LITTLE, UM, RTCS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY, WHAT'S CALLED GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS AND RTC STANDS FOR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS. AND THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO GET STUCK ON WHAT TREATMENT, WHAT ARE THE CHILDREN GETTING TREATMENT FOR, BUT THE REALLY A GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATION. AND, UM, THERE THERE'S VERY LITTLE OF THOSE WITHIN REGION THREE. SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING CAUSE I WAS IN COURT TILL ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND THE CLIENT, ONE OF THE THREE CLIENTS THAT I WAS REPRESENTING. HE'S CURRENTLY IN A CPS OFFICE. HE'S BEEN RESIDING THERE SINCE THURSDAY. THERE'S NO PLACE FOR HIM TO GO. SO HE'S SLEEPING IN A CPS OFFICE AND, UH, HE'S A 14 YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN WHO DESERVES A FAMILY WHO DESERVES LOVE LIKE ANY CHILD AND HE HAS NO PLACE TO GO. SO WHAT I TRY TO FOCUS ON SINCE I'VE HAD THE ABILITY IS TO REALLY FOCUS [00:35:01] ON MAKING AN IMPACT. I THINK THAT SOMETIMES A LOT OF US, WE FOCUS ON OUR INTENTIONS AND AS AN ATTORNEY, I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A CHANGE AND I HAD REALLY GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE TYPE OF IMPACT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE. AND SO BY BEING ABLE TO OPEN UP A GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF DAVID, AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, OTHERS, UM, I WOULD BE ABLE TO FULFILL THAT. AND I, UM, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF A FRATERNITY. I'M A MEMBER OF A FRATERNITY AND I CAN, UM, RELATE TO, UM, MS. IVY, WHEN SHE STATES ABOUT SERVICE FOR ALL MANKIND. THAT'S MY FRATERNITY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED. AND THAT'S A PLEASURE I TOOK IN WHEN DID I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY? SO, AND THEN I GUESS JUST A LITTLE BIT, I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS, SO I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT, UH, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND. I WENT TO BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. I ACTUALLY PICKED BAYLOR BECAUSE IT HAD A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM WHERE I COULD GET MY BACHELOR'S IN SOCIAL WORK AGAIN AND GET A MASTER'S DEGREE, UM, IN SOCIAL WORK. BUT MY MOM, SHE'S A SOCIAL WORKER AND SHE WAS LIKE, SON, YOU'RE GOING TO GET FRUSTRATED. SO, UH, YOU NEED TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL AND I WAS THREATENED. SO I ENDED UP GOING TO LAW SCHOOL AND I AM HAPPY WITH THAT DECISION, BUT ULTIMATELY I'M A SOCIAL WORKER AT HEART. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO FULFILL THAT, UM, OPPORTUNITY AND I WOULD NEED YOU ALL TO OBVIOUSLY PASS THAT, UM, VARIANCE OR ORDINANCE CHANGE. AND I WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO I MADE NOTE THAT YOU, UM, FROM, FROM DUNCANVILLE AND YOU CHOOSE THE BIG 12 SCHOOLS THAT WE DIDN'T GO TO. SO IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THE SPENDING AT THIS MOMENT, THEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LAURIE KIND OF ORDERED MY STEPS AND THAT'S THAT. AND I WAS JUST, I WENT TO CHICAGO FOR LAW SCHOOL. SO I'VE BEEN KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND THEN FROM CHICAGO, I MOVED TO AMARILLO AND I LEARNED THAT AMARILLO IS ACTUALLY THE WINDY CITY, NOT CHICAGO. SO, BUT WE, I KNOW THAT FOR SURE. MY SISTER CAME OUT AND THERE WAS TUMBLEWEEDS AND SHE WAS LIKE, THERE WAS ACTUAL TIME OF WEEKS AND NOW SHE'S IN THE LUBBOCK. SHE WORKS FOR A TEXAS, RIGHT. ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, LOOPING IT BACK UP. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, START THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, AND IF THERE'S ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE, UH, IF I MAY SAY A FEW WORDS. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE WHISTLING BEACON OPPOSITION, UH, PLEASE, UH, PRESENT THE PODIUM IN OR LISTEN TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, UH, FOR A CASE NUMBER 2021 EIGHT THREE TWO ZERO 2021. YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. COME ON UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH CITY COUNCIL THERE. UM, I'LL MAKE THIS VERY BRIEF. I DID NOT READ IT. CAN WE GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? I'M SORRY. HE HAS PIERCE 27 OH FOUR CRISPY HOAX COVE. CEDAR HILL SEVEN ONE OH FIVE. UM, YEAH, I JUST GOT THIS ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK AND IT LOOKED AT THE AGENDA. AND IF THAT'S THE FOREST, SO I COULDN'T RESPOND TO BY AN EMAIL OR I WOULD'VE, CAUSE I DON'T WANNA WASTE YOUR TIME, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THERE THAT I HAD WONDERED ABOUT. WE HAD AN INCIDENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, IT'S BEEN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO THAT 26 35 WELLS COURT, WHERE WE HAD A FOSTER HOME THERE, WHICH CREATES MINUTES UPROAR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR. IT FINALLY GOT RESOLVED AND THEY DID SHUT THE HOUSE DOWN AND LEAVE IT TO THE RESIDENTS. BUT THE WORDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE ARE STATED HERE. I'M NOT TOO SURE. I'M SURE THAT GENTLEMAN COULD EXPLAIN TO ME REAL QUICKLY, WHAT WHAT'S HE OFFERING EACH? WHAT IS THAT COMPARED TO, UH, OTHER SORTS OF PLACES TO TAKE CARE OF HOMELESS? SO I WASTED YOUR TIME. I JUST WANT TO GET THE DEFINITION ROBOT AND ORPHANAGES AND HOW WE SHOULD PERCEIVE THAT HALFWAY HOUSE OR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER. AND THAT'S ALL SURE WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE WILL ASK THEM TO POSE THE QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. UH, YOU KNOW, ON A MISSION TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER ZERO THREE ONE NINE 2021 AND C U P THREE TWO ZERO 2021. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION AND BILL, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN A POSITION YOU JUST NEED CLARIFICATION. IS THAT ACCURATE? I WAS ASKING YOU NOT NECESSARILY AN OPPOSITION. YOU JUST WANT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SUPPOSED TO SPEAK IN A POSITION IF FROM THAT, UH, CARLOS, THAT PORTION OF THE PROTOCOL, YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO SPEAK BENEFIT OF CASE NUMBERS, C THREE ONE NINE 2021 AND C U P THREE TWO ZERO 2021. YOU KNOW WHAT? I LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, [00:40:01] TENNESSEE PASTOR AT TRINITY CHURCH. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. AND LADIES FOR GIVING ME A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO THIS. UM, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN ANY OF US INTENDED MY RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT COMPLICATION. UM, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY PROBABLY HAD TO DO WITH OUR CONVERSATION WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT TRINITY CHURCH'S INVOLVEMENT, UM, WITH THIS, UM, TREATMENT CENTER AND THIS ORPHANAGE. AND, UM, I THINK I INDICATED TO YOU AT THAT TIME THAT OUR, THAT OUR INVOLVEMENT WOULD BE MINIMAL INVOLVEMENT FOR ME AT THAT TIME MINT, UH, PAY THE BILLS. AND, UM, WE WERE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT CARRYING THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT FACILITY ANYMORE AS A CHURCH. UM, I'VE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO REALLY CLARIFY THAT, UM, TRINITY CHURCH WILL BE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE MINISTRY TO THESE CHILDREN. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE OR NOT IN YOUR, IN YOUR OPINIONS, BUT I, UM, HAVE SO APPRECIATED FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS, THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT TRINITY CHURCH HAS HAD WITH THE CITY. UM, WE, WE HAVE AS A CALLING AS A CHURCH TO BE HELPFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE VARIOUS, UH, PARTICIPATIONS THAT WE SPONSOR, UH, FOR GIVEN FELONS IS A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING MINISTRY THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 14 YEARS, WHERE WE PROVIDE HOUSING FOR, UM, PRISONERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HOUSING AS THEY ESCAPE. I THINK THIS IS NOT, THIS IS A LITTLE MORE SEVERE THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, INSPIRE SCHOOL MINISTRIES IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF AS WELL THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN. IN FACT, MY WIFE, I THINK IS, UM, TONIGHT WITH, UH, WITH THE GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM AS THEY CELEBRATE THEIR, THEIR, UH, AWARDS BANQUET, UM, HOW IT MANSION WAS A 10 YEAR ENDEAVOR THAT WAS LED BY TRINITY CHURCH. WE, UM, FRANKLY LOST A BIT OF OUR MOMENTUM WHEN MAYOR FRANKIE RESIGNED FROM DIRECTING THAT BOARD. UM, WE, WE FAIL FEMINISM, FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES. AND SO, UH, WE RECENTLY CLOSED THAT, BUT I DO THINK THE 10 YEARS OF MINISTRY AT HOPE MANSION WAS SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY, UM, MOTHERS AND BABIES THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED AND HELPED AND RESCUED. UM, I ALSO WOULD JUST MENTION THAT TRINITY CHURCH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRIDGET SAFE HOUSE. UM, THE DIRECTOR ATTENDS OUR CHURCH. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN FOSTER CARE MINISTRY FOR MANY YEARS. WE BOTH TRAIN AND SUPPORT FOSTER SYSTEMS. UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY THIS WITHOUT IT SOUNDING SELF-SERVING, BUT THE TRUTH IS I FEEL LIKE OUR CHURCH CARRIES STRENGTH FOR THIS SORT OF THING IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, I MEAN, JUST, JUST LAST NIGHT, WE, UM, WE HAD ABOUT 300 YOUNG ADULTS, UM, WORSHIPING OUT A SERVICE AT THE END OF THIS WORSHIP SERVICE. UM, A GENTLEMAN CAME AND SAID, PASTOR, PRAY FOR ME. UM, I NEED TO TURN MYSELF IN. THERE ARE WARRANTS OUT FOR ME, PLEASE PRAY THAT I WILL BE EFFECTIVE AS I SERVE MY TIME. UM, RIGHT AFTER THAT A YOUNG LADY CAME HERE, UM, HAD, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT HURT. SHE WAS OPPRESSED BY, BY DARK POWER. SHE WAS DEMONIZED AND ASKED FOR PRAYER. WE, WE PRAYED, SHE RECEIVED PEACE AND WENT TO HER CAR AND BROUGHT THEM A CACHE OF DRUGS. I VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF, UM, DRUGS. I THINK I SAW THE PICTURE OF IT UP THERE WHEN, WHEN CHIEF WAS MAKING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, SIMPLY ASK, YOU KNOW, DO I, DO I, DO I FLUSH? THESE ARE OUR TURN THEM IN. AND, UM, I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH A REMINDER THAT PRO JAMES CHAPTER ONE VERSE 27 SAYS PURE AND UNDEFILED RELIGION MEANS CARING FOR ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN DISTRESS AND NOT TO BE CORRUPTED BY THE WORLD. UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, ONE OF THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THAT WE CELEBRATE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FAITH, COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT. AND I PLEDGE TO USE THAT TRINITY WILL BE VERY, VERY INVOLVED. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VISION FOR THESE, UM, THESE CHILDREN WHO MIGHT BE LOCATED IN THE FACILITY. UM, I HOPE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT OURSELVES AS A FAITH COMMUNITY. I DO BELIEVE THE ESSENCE OF FAITH IS TO HELP PEOPLE AND TO LOVE PEOPLE. OUR VISION FOR THESE, THESE CHILDREN ARE SIMPLY TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE LOVE OF JESUS, TO, UH, HELP THEM WITH THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND REHABILITATIONS ALSO TO, UM, PROVIDE PERSONAL MENTORSHIP FOR THESE CHILDREN. AND THEN, UM, WE RECENTLY HAVE HIRED PASTOR WILL JACKSON TO, UM, [00:45:01] REALLY FOCUS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PASTOR. YOU DON'T WANT TO WISH WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER Z THREE ONE NINE 2021 AND C U P C U P THREE TWO ZERO 2021. YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHT FOR THE TIMER? SO TELL ME WHERE IT IS. I THINK IT'S BEHIND THE MONITOR HOUSE. NO, IT'S NOT ON THE SCREEN. YOU WANT TO CLOSE THAT? I THINK IT'S BEHIND THE, THE CASE THERE. I WAS STILL LOOKING ON THIS SCREEN. I WAS JUST HERE. IT WAS, IF YOU CAN'T MOVE IT, JUST CLOSE THE CLOSE THE MONITOR, MARIE. OH, A STATIONARY. OH, SORRY. THAT, THAT PERFECT. WOULD YOU ALSO ASK HER TO BRING THE MIC OVER A LITTLE CLOSER? YEAH. HOW'S THAT? OKAY. MY NAME IS REBECCA GINGERY. UM, YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? YES. UM, MY ADDRESS IS SIX 22 CARDINAL DRIVE AND OLD VILLA, TEXAS. UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I PERSONALLY KNOW JASON ALLEN AND DAVID HARGROVE. UM, I, UM, I HAVE BEEN A, UM, CASA VOLUNTEER AND A CASA SUPERVISOR FOR 16 YEARS. UM, IN ELLIS COUNTY, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN AND SEEING WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY PASSION THEY HAVE FOR HELPING KIDS THAT ARE IN FOSTER CARE. UM, THROUGHOUT THOSE 16 YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE SEEN SOME MOST HEARTBREAKING STORIES, UM, OF CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS RIGHTS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED. THEY HAVE NO FAMILY. THEY OFTEN HAVE NO WHERE TO GO. AND AFTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR, THERE'S SUCH A SHORTAGE OF PLACEMENTS FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE IN FOSTER CARE. AND I KNOW IT'S EVEN BEEN ON THE NEWS. A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE SPENDING THE NIGHT AND CPS OFFICES BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO. I KNOW THAT THERE'S NO QUICK FIX FOR THAT. UM, BUT UH, THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE A VISION. THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR PROVIDING A PLACE FOR THESE CHILDREN AND WHERE THEY WILL BE SAFE, WHERE THEY WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY, UM, AND WHERE THEY HAVE HOPE OF FINDING A PERMANENT HOME. UM, I CANNOT THINK OF, UH, TWO PEOPLE WHOSE EXPERIENCE MAKES THEM MORE QUALIFIED, UH, TO ONE AN ESTABLISHMENT LIKE THIS. UM, THEIR, UM, EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE. THEY'VE SEEN THE WORST OF THE WORST OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE KIDDOS. AND I KNOW THAT JASON, ESPECIALLY, UM, CERTAINLY HE HAS A HEART FOR HELPING KIDS. AND THAT'S WHY HE, UM, UH, DOES WORK FOR CPS. HE DOESN'T GET PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THAT. UH, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, UM, HE DOES IT BECAUSE HE CARES AND I'M, UH, WORKING PERSONALLY WITH HIM ON A CASE RIGHT NOW THAT HAS BEEN SIX YEARS LONG. UM, WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN WHO, UM, AT 15 YEARS OLD, HE'S BEEN WITHOUT HIS FAMILY FOR SIX YEARS. UM, HE WANTS TO BE ADOPTED. UM, HE HAS HAD A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING A PLACE WHERE HE FITS IN, WHERE HE FEELS LIKE HE'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FAMILY, WHERE, UM, HE IS LOVED. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT SETTING CAN PROVIDE THOSE THINGS FOR THESE KIDS IN FOSTER CARE AND THEY DESPERATELY NEED IT. UM, IN THE 16 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CASA, I'VE SEEN CHILDREN PLACED IN FACILITIES AS FAR AWAY AS CORPUS CHRISTI. UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE IN HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, AND AUSTIN. IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEIR ATTORNEYS, THEIR CASA VOLUNTEERS, OR CASEWORKERS TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM, TO EVEN CHECK ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY. I KNOW WITH THE CASE THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, THIS YOUNG MAN FINALLY GOT MOVED TO THIS AREA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS. UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY, WELL, BECAUSE OF COVID, WE COULDN'T ACTUALLY SEE HIM FACE TO FACE. UNFORTUNATELY, [00:50:01] HE MOVED HERE ON, UH, MARCH THE FIFTH AND, UM, THEN THE LOCKDOWN STARTED, I BELIEVE ON THE 10TH OF MARCH. SO AT LEAST WE HAVE HIM CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM, UM, TO TRY TO DO THINGS, TO MAKE HIS LIFE EASIER WHILE HE'S IN FOSTER CARE WHILE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FAMILY FOR HIM. AND THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ALL OF THESE KIDS IS TO FIND THEM A FAMILY, GIVE THEM A SAFE PLACE TO BE UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THE APPLICATION FOR THE ZONING CHANGE. SO THAT JUST AS THE PASTOR SIT IN THE PRAYER, CEDAR HILL CAN BE A BEACON OF LIGHT. I'VE SEEN ALL OF THE EXTRAORDINARY VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE COME HERE TONIGHT AND BEEN HONORED AND, UM, KUDOS TO CEDAR HILL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND THAT YOUR CITIZENS ARE DOING. AND I THINK THIS IS ONE MORE WAY THAT WE CAN HELP MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BEACON OF LIGHT AND MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR SOME KIDS WHO REALLY NEED IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, ANY INNOVATION TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER 2021 AND CUP THREE, TWO ZERO 2021. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? YES MA'AM. HI, MY NAME IS ROSEMARY AND MARIE'S, UH, LIVE AT 1305 OVERLOOK CIRCLE HERE IN CEDAR HILL. I WASN'T PREPARED TO COME UP, BUT I, I FELT AN URGE TO COME UP BECAUSE I HIGHLY SUPPORT, UM, ORPHANS AND FOSTER CARE CHILDREN. UM, UH, PART OF WHAT I ALWAYS SAY IS I WANT TO BE A PART OF CHANGE. UH, TRINITY CHURCH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF CHANGE AND HERE IN CEDAR HILL, UM, I FALL IN LOVE WITH CEDAR HILL BECAUSE CEDAR HILL HAS A SERVANT HEART. CEDAR HILL, UH, WANTS TO BE A PART OF CHANGE. I KNOW. AND AS A BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN CEDAR HILL, I COMMIT TO HELPING, UM, NOT ONLY TRAIN, BUT PROVIDE INTERNSHIPS FOR THESE CHILDREN. WE'LL TALK TO THEM ABOUT OPENING UP A ORPHANAGE. THESE ARE, UM, HOMELESS CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ASKING TO OPEN UP AN ORPHANAGE AND BRING KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SERVICING OUR CHILDREN. AND SO I AM IN FAVOR AND I HOPE YOU WILL BE TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE? LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER Z THREE, ONE NINE. GOOD EVENING. EVEN COUNCIL MAYOR, RON CRAIG, 12 AND SEVEN, MR. MINERAL DRIVE MIDLOTHIAN. I FORMALLY LIVED IN CEDAR HILL. SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THE FINE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE MR. ALLEN HAD CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THIS PROGRAM. UH, I'VE BEEN WITH DALLAS CASA FOR 25 YEARS. I'M A CASEWORK SUPERVISOR, AND I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER CARE, THROUGH DALLAS COUNTY. ALL THE CASES THAT I WORKED WITH FOR THE 25 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE ARE PLACED OUT OF REGION. I TRAVELED TO SOME OF THE PLACES, THE INFORMER OF THE COST OF WORK AND FRIENDLY, TALKED ABOUT. I'VE BEEN TO EVERY CORNER OF THIS STATE AND JUST ABOUT TO EVER CITY AND TUSSLE, TEXAS. THERE WAS A FOSTER HOME THERE I HAD WITH SEVERAL FOSTER HOMES IN CEDAR HILL OVER THE YEARS. THERE'S SOME FINE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE TAKEN THESE CHILDREN INTO THEIR HOMES. NOT FOR MONETARY REASONS. I CAN PROMISE YOU BECAUSE FOSTER PARENTS DON'T GET THAT MUCH MONEY IN REIMBURSEMENT. UH, I DO SUPPORT ANY TIME WE CAN GET A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM ANYWHERE BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN ARE COMING INTO CARE AT RECORD RATES NOWADAYS. AND THEY'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CPS HOUSING. THESE CHILDREN THEY'RE SLEEPING IN CPS OFFICES. CPS CASE WORKERS HAVE TO ROTATE SHIFTS, WHICH TAKES THEM AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY TIME TO BE THERE 24 SEVEN TO TAKE CARE OF THESE CHILDREN THEY'RE EVEN PLACING SOME OF THEM IN HOTELS NOW BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO KEEP AN EYE THAT CPS OFFICES, DALLAS COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IS RUN INTO A HOUSING SITUATION. WE WOULD GET PROBABLY AN AVERAGE OF 25 CASES A WEEK IN DALLAS COUNTY. NOW, UH, IN FACT, I WAS IN HOUSTON, MARCH THE 13TH, 2020, WHEN THEY SHUT THAT CITY DOWN, I WAS SEEING 14 CHILDREN DOWN THERE THAT I HAVE PLACED HER IN VARIOUS PLACEMENTS. I WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND I KNOW EVERYONE AT COSTS. IT FEELS THE SAME WAY I DO THAT. THESE GENTLEMEN AND, AND THIS PROGRAM CAN GET STARTED. WE NEED SAFE, SECURE PLACES SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE CARE THAT THESE CHILDREN NEED. THEY'RE NOT IN THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD WISH TO ME, THEY'RE HERE THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. A LOT OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE NUMEROUS ISSUES GOING ON AND WHAT WE CAN DO [00:55:01] AS ADULTS TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE IS TO PROTECT THESE CHILDREN AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GET ON MY SOAP BOX. YOU HAVE GOODIE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DANNY MCELROY. I LIVE IN OAK VILLA SIX OH EIGHT GREEN MEADOWS LINE. I AM A CASA VOLUNTEER IN ELLIS COUNTY RIGHT NOW. I HAVE A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL. SHE SENT TERRIBLE BECAUSE SHE TRIED TO COMMIT SIX. SUDDENLY SHE WILL COME OUT AND SHE WILL MOVE INTO A CPS OFFICE. I'VE HAD THIS CASE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. SHE HAS NO FAMILY. SHE HAS NO ONE, NO ONE. WHAT THESE GENTLEMEN ARE TRYING TO DO IS NOT DEGRADE HER CITY. THEY ARE TRYING TO BRING SOME STABILITY IN THE LIVES OF THESE CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN SO ABUSED. MY GIRL HAS BEEN EMOTIONALLY ABUSED. SHE HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY ABUSED. SHE WAS A BEAT WITH AN ELECTRICAL CORD. SHE HAS BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED. THESE KIDS NEED LOVE. THEY NEED A HOME ATMOSPHERE, A GROUP HOME WHERE THERE ARE OTHER CHILDREN AROUND WHERE THERE ARE ADULTS CONSTANTLY THAT CARE. MY KIDDO HAS BEEN TO LEVEL LAND, TEXAS. I HAVE BEEN TO LIVE A LAND TEXAS WITH HER. I WOULD HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE AREA WHERE SHE IS. THESE GENTLEMEN ARE OFFERING THAT FOR THESE KIDS THAT ARE LOCAL. THESE KIDS DIDN'T ASK TO BE IN THIS POSITION. AS YOU HAVE HEARD, THEIR PARENTS ARE JUST NOT CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF THEM. THEY NEED SECURITY. YOU CAN GIVE THEM THAT SECURITY WITH A YES VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER ZERO THREE ONE NINE TWO ONE 21. 2021. ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? LEAVE ME NOW. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR CASTLE. AND MY NAME WAS WILLIAM JACKSON. UM, I LIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. DO YOU NEED MY ADDRESS AS WELL? OKAY. AND IT'S FIVE, SIX 20 MARGARITA DRIVE. YES, MA'AM. UH, AS YOU KNOW, UM, I'M THE OUTREACH PASTOR THAT RECENTLY JUST GOT HIRED FOR THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUSLY BEFORE I WAS ACTUALLY HIRED HERE, I WAS WORKING AT A LEVEL FIVE, UM, RESIDENTIAL CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. AND WHY DID I MATTER? THAT MATTERS BECAUSE I WAS THERE FOR A YEAR TO RECEIVE PERSPECTIVE AND GOT TO BE CLOSE TO THE KIDS AND GOT TO ACTUALLY HEAR THEIR HEARTS AND HEAR THEIR PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I FELT LIKE ONE THING WOULD CHANGE IN A BRUISE OF CHANGES. IT'S KIND OF TWO PEOPLE AGREEING OR TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE VISION AS WELL THAT THESE GUYS HAVE ALSO CAME UP WITH FOR, FOR THIS, UH, THE HOPE MENTIONED AS WELL. AND I GOT TO, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET, TO SEE THE BOTH PERSPECTIVES. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE THE BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS. AND BEFORE WE CAN START WITH CHANGE, THEY ALWAYS SAY WE SHOULD CHANGE OURSELF, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A ENVIRONMENT OR INEXPERIENCED OR A PLACE FOR US TO CHANGE. SO I JUST WANT TO BE IN AGREEMENT, NOT ONLY WITH THE BOARD AS WELL, BUT ALSO WITH YOU GUYS, IT'S LIKE, WHERE'S YOUR, WE WANT TO CREATE AN EXPERIENCE AND CREATE A SPACE FOR THESE KIDS THAT HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO FOR THESE KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN SITUATIONS, JUST TELL ABOUT HIM. SO WE JUST WANT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT NOT ONLY SAVES FUTURE GENERATIONS, BUT THE GENERATION THAT WE'RE SITTING IN RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [01:00:02] ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER ZERO THREE ONE NINE 2021 AND CUP THREE 20. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BRUCE BINKLEY RESIDE 1704 CEDAR COVE. UH, AND YOU'RE IN CEDAR HILL. OH, WHERE ARE THE CHANGES THAT CAN TAKE PLACE IN CHILDREN'S LIVES? WHEN THEY HAVE A SAFE PLACE? MY WIFE AND I STARTED A MINISTRY 25 YEARS AGO CALLED NEW NAME SOCIETY, WHERE WE, UH, HAD THE VISION OF HELPING THE POOR, THAT WEATHERS IN THE ORPHANS FOR PRIMARILY WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, JAMES ONE 27, WHICH PASTOR HENNESSY MENTIONED EARLIER. AND THAT BECAME KIND OF OUR MANTRA SPIRIT. I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT, THEN. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE. BUT OVER THE COURSE, THERE WAS 25 YEARS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRAVEL TO A LOT OF COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, A LOT OF CITIES OUTSIDE OF CEDAR HILL AND HELP TO START HOMES FOR ORPHANED KIDS. AND, UH, IT'S BEEN SAID, THESE CHILDREN DON'T CHOOSE TO BE ORPHANS. THEY'RE MADE TO BE ORPHANS AND THE IRRESPONSIBLE ADULTS AND A LOT OF SITUATIONS, BUT IT'S NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO ALL OF THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAVE IT OVER THOSE YEARS. AND WE'VE GOT HOMELESS FOR BOYS. WE'VE GOT HOMELESS FOR GIRLS IN CAMBODIA, WHERE WE'D RESCUE GIRLS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY FOR TRAFFICKED TO BE TRAFFICKED, RESCUE BARS AND DENYING VIETNAM WITH THE POTENTIAL OF BEING TRAFFICKED. WE GIVE THEM EDUCATION. WE GIVE THEM A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND WE GIVE THEM LOVE AND LOVE IS IT'S ONE OF THOSE NEEDED. AND THE BEST WAY TO SHOW SOMEONE LOVE IS TO HELP THEM IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. AND, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YES, OR WHATEVER YOUR PROCEDURE IS TO GET THIS HOME OPEN OPENED UP HERE. THERE ARE CHILDREN OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE MOST OF MY WORK OVERSEAS. I'VE, HAVEN'T DONE IT IN JERUSALEM OR IN SUMERIA, BUT I'VE DONE IT IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE WORLD, BUT DRAW THE SAME SITUATION, CHILDREN, CHILDREN, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY NEED A CHANCE, THEY NEED A BREAK. AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE'VE GOT KIDS WHO HAVE ORPHANED AND ARE NOW GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SOME MANY GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY. WE'VE GOT KIDS THAT ARE GETTING MARRIED, TEACHING. THEY'RE DOING THINGS THAT THEY NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR PEOPLE GIVING THEM A BREAK. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE THESE CHILDREN A BREAK, GIVE THEM A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND HELP US TO LOAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER Z THREE WINDOW 2021. EVEN WHEN THIS WAS MISSPEAK IN FAVOR TWO Z THREE, 100 2021 AND C U P THREE 2021. LET'S SEE ANY WOULD APPROACH. I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. COMMENTS. I GOT SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I HAVE COMMENTS AS WELL. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, UH, IN THE VERY BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF INVOLVEMENT DID TRINITY HAVE IN THIS PROJECT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME. UM, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT ANYTHING TRINITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH IN THIS CITY, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, IT HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HE LOOKED BACK AT THE 10 YEARS THAT WE HAD HOPE MANSION, YOU KNOW? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DEFINITION BETWEEN WHAT WE DID FOR THE FEMALES AND HOPE MANSION VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER HERE. IF WE CALL IT ORPHANAGE FOR THE MALES. BUT TO ME, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH 12 YEAR OLDS TO 17 YEAR OLDS, THERE'S A LOT CAN CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE AND WILL, THEY'VE GOT THE SUPPORT OF, OF TRINITY AND THE PASTOR. AND, UH, ALL OF THAT, I FEEL THAT THAT'S WHAT THESE KIDS NEED. AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE A SUCCESS RATIO ABOUT 30, BUT I KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE SUCCESS RATIO PROBABLY OF ALL OF ALGEBRA WOMEN'S OVER THE OTHER, BUT JUST HAVING A SUCCESS RATIO, UH, IS AS MUCH FOR ME IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. UM, OKAY. AND, UH, FROM, UH, FROM THE QUESTION STANDPOINT AND AN INVOLVEMENT FROM TRINITY, I CAN SEE AND HEAR WHAT, WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT IN THAT, WHICH WAS MUCH MORE THAN, THAN WHAT I THOUGHT. AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE, UH, UM, THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING [01:05:01] TO, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED IN THERE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SCHOOLS, UH, THE STUDENTS I'M GOING TO SEE HERE, Y'ALL ISD, SOME GOING TO TRINITY, IS THERE SOME KIND OF MECHANISM TO KNOW WHAT THAT SPERM IS GOING TO BE, UH, AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK OUT, HOW, HOW TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE AND SO FORTH WITH REGARDS TO THAT? UH, THOSE WERE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AS WELL. UH, AND THEN THE DEFINITION I THINK IS, UH, UH, ONE, WHEN A MEMBER REQUESTED WAS GIVE ME YOUR DEFINITION OF, OF THE ORPHANAGE, UH, VERSUS, UH, HER, THE, UM, FOSTER CARE AND STUFF. TO ME IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE FOSTER CARE IN SOMEBODY'S HOME BEING BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE STAFFING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AND THE TRAINING YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE. SO, BUT JUST UNDERSTANDING THOSE DEFINITIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO. AND I THINK FOR THE CITIZENS, UM, SOME COMMENTS WERE MADE EARLIER, AS FAR AS THE TYPE OF KIDS THAT, THAT, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE SAVED AND SAW, UH, SUCCESS STORIES AND SO FORTH. I THINK SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM TIME TO TIME HAS OVER, OR THE CONCERNS WERE THAT I'LL LEAVE, THAT CORNER WAS COMING IN HERE. UH, YOU KNOW, TO ME, IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A 12 YEAR OLD CRIMINAL, BUT MAYBE BECAUSE OF THEIR, THEIR SITUATION AND BEING ABUSED AND SO FORTH, UH, THOSE THINGS MAY HAVE HAPPENED. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND TO THE MECHANISM OF HOW TO, TO DEAL WITH THAT. AND, UH, AND WHAT DO WE EXPECT THE TYPE OF KIDS IN THERE. ARE WE EXPECTING CRIMINALS IN THERE OR ARE WE EXPECTING, UH, JUST KIDS THAT, HEY, NEED HELP AND NEED GUIDANCE? UM, GOT A LOT MORE I CAN SAY, BUT I THINK THAT JUST KIND OF, THAT KIND OF ARTICULATES IT OUT. UH, UM, I'M DEFINITELY IN MY MIND SUPPORTIVE OF THE INITIATIVE THAT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL DAVID, UH, UH, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT HE DID AND APOLOGIZE FOR. WASN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE, BUT PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES. UM, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION, AND I HOPE YOU'RE ADDING THESE UP, WAS IN THERE. IT SAID THAT, UH, THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, TO, UH, TO RUN THIS, THIS, UH, THIS ORPHANAGES THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE A LICENSE, AND AT THIS POINT THERE'S NOT A LICENSE THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMMODATED FROM THAT. HOW LONG DOES HE TAKE TO GET THAT? AND DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO PRATT, TO, UH, TO PASS AN ORDINANCE, UH, TO CHANGE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT THAT LICENSE IS GOING TO BE IN EFFECT? UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE END, JUST ENDING IT UP IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE PIECE OF THE PROPERTY OVER THERE. THAT'S IN A BIG OLD AREA OF THE ZONING. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RETAIL. AND SO MY FIRST REACTION IS TO SEE WHAT ARE WE AFFECTING ON THAT SIDE OF IT, BUT IN, IN, IN THE COURSE OF WHAT I SEE THE AREA THAT THEY HAVE, UH, AND THE FACT THAT IT'D BE GOING TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, IF FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS BEING OPTIMISTIC. BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THEY WAS NOT ABLE TO KEEP THIS THING GOING, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL HOPE MANSION HAD TO STOP DOWN AFTER, UH, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS BEING NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, CERTAINLY DOESN'T AFFECT OUR CITY AND STAFFING BASED ON THE STAFF REPORT OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY OVER THERE, AND THAT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON CEDAR HILL. SO THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS ON THAT, UH, OVERALL JUST ANSWERING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND SOMEBODY CAN, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, I'M DEFINITELY RECENT IN SUPPORT OF IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. I CAN, UM, ANSWER THE FIRST, FIRST QUESTION THAT WAS POSED ABOUT THE ORPHANAGE. AND SO THE ORPHANAGE LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED BY A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND THAT'S, WHO'S GOING TO LICENSE THE FACILITY. AND SO THAT'S JUST THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY REQUIRE. AND IF YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH CPS, THERE'S A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY. THERE'S A LOT OF THIS IS JUST THE WAY IT IS, AND THERE'S NO MOVING AROUND. I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT I WOULD WISH THAT SOME OF THE MAKERS OF THE RULES WOULD KIND OF COME DOWN AND SPEND TWO WEEKS WITH ME. AND I THINK THAT THEY MIGHT CHANGE SOME THINGS, BUT IT'S JUST A LANGUAGE. IT REALLY IS JUST A WORD. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO KIND OF GET OVER THAT WORD, SAME WAY. WE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER, WHERE REALLY THE WORD SHOULD BE GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATION. SO, SO THIS OPERATING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE AND DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE THE CONCEPT THAT I HEARD EARLIER A BIT HO AN ORFORD, AN ORPHAN, I DON'T KNOW, FINANCIAL, BUT A FOSTER HOME. YEAH. YES, BECAUSE OF A FOSTER HOME, YOU CAN GET, UM, LICENSED THROUGH A PRIVATE AGENCY OR THROUGH A CPS. IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER, YOU GET THAT PHONE CALL, THIS CHILD CAN'T GO HOME FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEN YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET LICENSED [01:10:01] THROUGH CPS SO THAT YOU COULD TAKE THE CHILD AND THIS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS MUCH A HUGE CUT ABOVE OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ON SUNDAY. THERE'LL BE AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE HEALTH AND TEAM SERVICES COMING IN, RANDOMLY DOING CHECKS. THERE'S ALSO A POLICY AND PROCEDURES THAT HAS TO BE FORMULATED. YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A, UM, CHILDCARE ADMINISTRATOR ON STAFF. AND THAT PERSON HAS TO, UH, AT LEAST HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND THEN HAVE SOME YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UH, EITHER IN A FACILITY OR WITH DIRECT SUPERVISION OF CHILDREN. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINED IN DIFFERENT THINGS AND IN MY MINDSET, UM, CAUSE I HAVE VISITED SEVERAL, UM, ROTC, SEVERAL OF THESE FACILITIES AND, UH, WHAT REALLY KINDA GOT ME GOING WAS ONE THAT I WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY, REALLY UNHAPPY WITH. AND TO KNOW THAT I HAD TO LEAVE THE CHILD THERE AND TO SAY ALL I'M I'M DOING MY JOB. IT WAS AWFUL. SO, UM, IF I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN ONE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE THAT'S GONNA DISAPPOINT CEDAR HILL. IT'S NOT ONE THAT'S GOING TO DISAPPOINT MYSELF. UM, IF I DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I'LL NAME IT AFTER MY GRANDMOTHER, GRANDPARENTS, AND, UM, WON'T, WON'T THEIR, THEIR LEGACY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES. AND THEN ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF CHILDREN. SO, UH, I WILL BE IN THE POSITION AS WELL AS POTENTIAL ADMINISTRATOR TO SELECT CHILDREN TO SAY YES TO THIS CHILD OR NO, DEPENDING ON CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. SO WE'RE WELL AWARE OF CERTAIN ISSUES. AND SO DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF, UH, SPECIALIZATION THAT YOU HAVE WITHIN THE FACILITY, THEN YOU'RE NOT EVEN ABLE TO TAKE SOME CHILDREN THAT ARE LABELED AS SPECIALIZED OR WHO'S LABELED AS, UM, INTENSIVE CARE. SO YEAH. WHAT EDUCATIONAL ASPECT THAT THEY WOULD GO TO AND WHAT, WHAT SCHOOLS CORRECT. AND IN THE CONVERSATIONS, VERY BRIEF CONVERSATIONS THAT DAVID DAVIS HAD MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH TRAINING AND I HAVE BECAUSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP, BUT IF THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE THAT'S EVEN A CONCERN, I BELIEVE THAT TRINITY IS GOING TO STEP UP AND I HOPE I'M NOT OVERSTEPPING BY SAYING THAT, BUT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND ALSO THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY LICENSING PROCESS STARTED BECAUSE BEFORE YOU CAN START THE LICENSING PROCESS. YEAH. THIS, AND THIS IS KIND OF THE BIGGEST ONES, SORT, THE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE HOMES AND THE SCHOOLS, UH, HOW'S THAT GOING TO BE HANDLED, THAT'D BE PROVIDED BY, UM, THE FACILITY WAS PROVIDING THAT. SO THEY WOULDN'T. OKAY. YES. AND I GUESS TO CLARIFY, UH, ORPHANAGE, THAT'S MORE OF A LAND USE TERM, NOT, UH, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO OPERATE CORRECTLY. SORRY IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, NEXT WE HAVE A CUSTOMER MCCURDY. OKAY. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL ARE PROPOSING TO DO FOR, FOR THE CHILDREN. UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT RUN EFFECT THAT RUN PROPERLY AND EFFECTIVELY THAT YOU COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE, A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF A LOT OF CHILDREN. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE EXPERIENCED ONE OF THESE SAME FACILITIES OPERATED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS NOT OPERATED PROPERLY. AND THEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STAFFED AT A FOUR TO ONE RATIO. SOMETIMES IT WAS SOMETIMES IT WASN'T. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SUPERVISED AROUND THE CLOCK. A LOT OF TIMES SUPERVISION MEANT THERE WAS SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE WHILE THE KIDS WERE RUNNING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WERE SMOKING MARIJUANA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WERE STILL IN KIDS' BICYCLES, STARING AT PEOPLE'S WINDOWS, INTIMIDATING PEOPLE IN THE PARKING, ON THE PLAYGROUND. AND SO, YOU KNOW, PASTOR HENNESSY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I CALLED YOU AND ASKED WHAT IS TRINITY'S INVOLVEMENT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS, IN THIS OPERATION AND, YOU KNOW, MR. ARTHUR, I'M SURE YOU CAN APPRECIATE WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEARD THAT, THAT YOU WENT TO CHAIRMAN DEDE'S HOUSE AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST DROP THROUGH MY MIND WAS ALL GREAT. HERE WE GO AGAIN. AND SO I AM, YOU KNOW, DEEPLY INTERESTED IN WHAT TRINITY'S LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IS GOING TO BE IN THE OPERATION OF THE FACILITY, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO ANSWER, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH ONE IS, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING TO THE CHILDREN CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTENSITY, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS THAT COME IN, YOU'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE A BOARD, WHAT'S THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD GOING TO BE, OR IS IT JUST ONE PERSON MAKING, MAKING THE DECISIONS AND, AND RUNNING THIS? UM, WHAT ABOUT THE, THE KIDS AS THEY [01:15:01] AGE OUT? CAUSE WHEN THEY TURN 18, YOU KNOW, THE STATE JUST TURNS OFF THE SPIGOT, BUT THE NEEDS OF THAT CHILD DON'T END AT 18 IT'S, IT'S ONLY JUST BEGINNING. AND SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT CHILD WHEN THEY TURN 18. UM, AND, UH, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO, TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE. OKAY. SO, UM, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TOO FAR AHEAD OF MYSELF, BUT I DO HAVE AN IDEA OF THE BOARD. I KIND OF DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT MYSELF IF THINGS DON'T HAPPEN. THAT'S JUST KINDA HOW MY MIND WORKS, BUT I DO HAVE AN IDEA OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE ON THE BOARD. AND THERE'LL BE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, EXPERIENCED AND PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED. UM, ALSO AS FAR AS I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE HOME, WHEN CHILDREN ARE PLACED THROUGH CPS, CPS HANDLES THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HANDLE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH ME. AND I'M KIND OF THE, THE, UH, THE PERSON YOU KIND OF, DON'T LIKE TO SEE MY NAME KIND OF POPPING UP ON YOUR PHONE. BUT IF YOU HAVE A CASE WITH ME, BECAUSE I'M KIND OF REALLY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST HOW I AM. SO IF A CHILD IS GOING TO BE IN THE, UM, FACILITY, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW RULES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELD TO A HIGH STANDARD, AS WELL AS THE WORKER. IT WON'T BE A TYPE OF FACILITY WHERE YOU HAVE A CHILD HERE THAT YOU DON'T SEE YOUR CHILD. YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CHILD. SO, I MEAN, I KNOW ME SAYING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE FACILITY, THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIDS OUT SMOKING MARIJUANA, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT I CAN SAY THAT THAT WON'T OCCUR. AND, UM, THERE'S THE WAY, THE WAY THE PROPERTIES SITUATED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GATE, UM, AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO KIND OF PLAN ON, MAYBE PLACING SOME OTHER THINGS TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT OUT AND ABOUT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT BEING, BEING AN, UM, AN ISSUE. SO, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT TRINITY'S LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN, IN THE OPERATION OF, OF BUILDING UP OUR ADDITIONAL THAT, YES, PLEASE. YEP. SO WE, WE HAVE A VISION TO PARTICIPATE ON A DAILY LEVEL. I THINK I MENTIONED THIS AT THE VERY END. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PERSONAL MENTORS FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE, UM, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER THAT'S AT OUR SCHOOL OR WHETHER THAT'S PERSONAL, UM, TUTORING WITH THE KIDS. UH, WE HAVE A HUGE VOLUNTEER BASE AND WE WILL, TRINITY'S LIAISON WILL BE PASTOR, PASTOR WHEEL AS WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED. SO, UM, I AM, UM, I AM NOT DAVID'S PASTOR, BUT I AM HIS OVERSEER. AND, UM, I WILL, I WILL, WE WILL PARTICIPATE TO THE LEVEL THAT WE ARE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A SUCCESS. OKAY. WELL, YOU, YOU HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN NEED OF FACILITIES. I, I, I, I KNOW VERY WELL, UM, ABOUT THAT. AND I KNOW THE STATE OF TEXAS IS DESPERATE TO FIND HOMES FOR THESE CHILDREN, UH, THAT ALSO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UH, EMOTIONAL TRAUMA. THEY HAVE A LOT OF SPIRITUAL TRAUMA AND THEY HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH IMPULSE CONTROL. AND SO MR. HARGROVE, YOU, YOU CAN APPRECIATE MY CONCERN WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU SHOWED UP AT CHAIRMAN DEEDS HOUSE, UM, WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE. HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SUPERVISING THE, THE, THE PEOPLE WITH, WITH IMPULSE CONTROL. AND SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU OWNING THAT. UM, AND, UH, THE, UH, PASTOR HENNESSY IN, IN YOUR, YOUR INVOLVEMENT GIVES ME, UH, CERTAINLY GIVES ME MORE, MORE COMFORT. UM, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST OFF, IF YOU ARE A CONCERT VOLUNTEER OR MANAGER, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE CASA VOLUNTEERS GIVE OF THEIR TIME AND YOUR BIBLE TO, TO THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN WITHIN THE CPS SYSTEM. UH, LET ME JUST FIRST SAY I AM A FOSTER PARENT. UM, WE DECIDED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO BECOME PART OF THIS, TO BE PART OF A SOLUTION. AND SO I, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE OVERWHELMING NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN. UM, CBRE HILL IS A PLACE OF VOLUNTEERS, OUR, OUR, OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR BOARD MEMBERS, ALL VOLUNTEERS. UM, MIKE, MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU RESPOND WHEN THINGS DON'T GO YOUR WAY? UM, [01:20:02] I FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY FOR VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY MUST BE PROTECTED TO SHOW UP AT A COMMISSIONER'S DOOR, GOES BEYOND MEETING SOMEONE PARKING LOT. THAT MEANS YOU ACQUIRE THEIR INFORMATION. UM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF THAT'S A LINE THAT ONCE YOU CROSS THAT. SO REFLECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL, I'M STILL TRYING TO DEBATE THAT. AND IF THAT IS A REFLECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL, HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THE DAY TO DAY RUNNING OF THIS FACILITY? UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE STRUGGLE OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE, YOU AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER KIRBY MENTIONED THE, THEIR CHALLENGES WITH DEALING WITH LIMITATIONS, AND THAT'S JUST NOT A GOOD REFLECTION OF JUDGMENT, AND I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO REPORT THAT THESE BECOME PUBLIC MINUTES. THAT'S THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL WHO WANTS TO OPEN UP A FILL IN THE BLANK AND GETS TURNED DOWN. DOES THAT INDIVIDUAL GOING FINE, ARE VOLUNTEERS AND CONFRONT THEM AT THEIR HOUSE. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN UNPLEASANT SITUATION THAT WOULD HAVE SCARRED THE CITY. SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE I STAND, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A STRONG REFLECTION, BUT I DO SEE THE NEED FOR HAVING CHILDREN AND TAKING CARE OF THEM. AND I THINK OUR CONCERT WORKERS FOR ALL THAT THEY DO. UM, SOME, SOME OF MY CONCERNS ARE THE SEPARATION OF AGES 12 AND 17. YOU HAVE TWO FLOORS IN THE FACILITY ON THE THIRD FLOOR, THERE'S A ONE, ONE STAFF MEMBER. AND IF THOSE ARE BUNK BEDS, I'M COUNTING MAYBE SIX OR EIGHT BUNK BEDS. AND THE STAFF IS AT ONE END OF THE FACILITY AS A FOSTER PARENT, THERE ARE NIGHTS WHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO RUB THEIR BACK. AND HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN WHEN THERE IS A STAFF MEMBER ON ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, K SEVER IN ONE ROOM WHO MAY, I DON'T KNOW, FROM YOUR REPORT, IF THEY ARE 12 AND 13, THE 12, 13, 15, 16 IN THE SAME ROOM. THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, THE NIGHT TONIGHT, OPERATIONS OF THIS FACILITY. UM, AND, AND THAT'S JUST A VERY MUCH CONCERNED THAT I HAVE. UM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO EXCEED THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF THE STATE? WE IN YOUR REPORT MENTIONED NEEDING THOSE MINIMUM STANDARDS, BUT HOW YOU ENVISIONED EXCEEDING THOSE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF THE STATE, LIKE THE FURTHER ONE RATIO? UH, YES, I THINK FOR THE QUESTION. SO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE I'VE KIND OF WHERE THE IDEA OF HAVING A FACILITY AS WE COME TO REALITY IS AS I TRAVEL, THERE'S DIFFERENT WORKERS THAT I KIND OF NOTICED. THEY REALLY HAVE A COMMITMENT, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS FOR NOT DOING IT FOR MONEY. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TRUE COMMITMENT AND PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR AWHILE. AND SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU AT WITH IT? YOU KNOW? AND I'M LIKE STILL KIND OF WORKING ON THINGS. SO I ENVISIONED HAVING PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY SHOWN A COMMITMENT WHO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHO THIS IS TRULY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. AND THEN ALSO PEOPLE WHO, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T GET PAID, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY THEY'RE WHAT I FEEL IS THEIR WORTH WHEN THEY DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S OKAY. I FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE THE WORK IN THAT AREA. I HAVE NOT, AGAIN, I, HAVEN'T GOT TO RIFF AHEAD OF MYSELF AS FAR AS LAYING OUT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. CAUSE THAT IS A VERY TIME-INTENSIVE, UM, THING. BUT I, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT, THAT REALLY, THAT FAR JUST YET, BECAUSE THE ACTUAL MINIMUM STANDARDS, I THINK THAT THE BOOKLET IS ABOUT 157 PAGES. I'VE GLANCED, I'VE LOOKED AND BECAUSE IT WAS CATEGORIZED PRETTY WELL, BUT I HAVE NOT JUST WROTE MY OWN. UM, I HAVE A LAW SCHOOL BUDDY HE'S AT ATLANTA. HE DOES, UM, DRAFTING AND CONTRACTUAL STUFF. AND HE AND I, WE PLAN ON KIND OF GETTING IN THE WEEDS WITH THAT. BUT, UM, AS FAR AS STAFFING, MY VISION IS THAT WHILE THERE WOULD BE A PLACE FOR THEM TO RESIDE, THAT'S NOT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE. THEY WILL BE MONITORING AND UP BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS, KIND OF, WHEN I WORKED AT A HOTEL, IT WOULD BE, THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE UP FROM 11 UNTIL, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S EIGHT AND THAT'D BE WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE ODDEST SHIFT. AND YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE UP AND ALSO SEPARATING THE CHILDREN. CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. I'VE HAD KIDS THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN WITH THE OLDER CHILDREN AND THAT KIND OF CAN CREATE A PROBLEM. SO THAT'D BE HANDLED AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, CUSTOMER MICHELLE. MM. SO IS GOOD. [01:25:01] I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, CASA AND CPS. MY DAUGHTER USED TO WORK FOR CPS, SO I'M VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL EVERYTHING. YEAH. I'M FAMILIAR WITH ALL THAT MINE AND I WON'T BE TO HOST A DELL PHONE GOING TO THE GUY'S DOOR. THAT'S BEEN SCOPED. MIKE, MY OWN QUESTION IS WHO WILL HIRE THE STAFF? YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUPERVISOR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NURSE WHO'S GOING TO HIRE THEM. AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO COME FROM? THE, THE, I VISION, THE, UH, CHILDCARE ADMINISTRATOR, THE PERSON WHO HAS TO BE LICENSED THROUGH THE STATE AND WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE. UM, AND THEN ALSO MYSELF, I'LL BE INTIMATELY INVOLVED AS WELL. AND THEN I ENVISIONED THE BOARD ALSO HAVING, UM, SOME SAY AS WELL, I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT FAR. I, UM, I HAVE PEOPLE IN MIND, DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, THAT I'VE WORKED WITH. UM, BUT I HAVEN'T JUST WENT TO THEM AND SAID, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU WILLING UNTIL THE, UM, OKAY. AND YOU ALSO, YOU SEE IT, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNSELOR. SO THESE KIDS, UH, FROM 12 TO 17, WILL THEY ALL BE ATTENDING TRINITY? OH, THEY BE IN C H I S G. AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE AN ISSUE NOW WITH PERFORMANCE IN SUPPORT IS THE KEY IS GRACE AND WHATEVER. AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME, AND I'M, I KNOW I MOVED WAS THE HORROR STORY OF KIDS IN CPS. CAUSE MY DAUGHTER HAD TO PRESENT CAUSE SHE TOOK IT HOME WITH HER, BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE, WHO IS GOING TO BE THE COUNSELOR, IF THEY ARE BEHIND IN THEIR GRADES, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT TRINITY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A CEDAR HILL. WHO'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OKAY. TRYING TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED. SO I DO KNOW THAT, UH, WE, ONCE, WHEN WE MET AT THE HOUSE, WE DID TALK ABOUT TRINITY. SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS ASSISTING WITH, UM, TUTORING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THAT'S JUST BEEN A VERY CURSORY, UH, THOUGHT. BUT, UM, MORE THAN LIKELY BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S A SPACE THAT I ENVISIONED HAVING A, A PERSON WHO PROBABLY ONCE WAS A LIKE AT HOME, LIKE THAT, THAT TEACHING, THAT MADE HAVE BEEN THAT'S THE RETIRED AND THEN HAVE THEM HELP WITH THE STUDENTS THERE JUST TO KIND OF GET THEM CAUGHT UP. AND THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THEY, THEY NEED TO CATCH UP. BUT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IF THEY WERE THERE? UM, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING, I KNOW THESE KEY AS A FEDERAL MEDICS EXPERIENCE, THE CAST VOLUNTEERS TALKED ABOUT THE SEXUAL, ALL OF THEM HAS BEEN ABUSED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT FROM THE ACADEMIC POINT, SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE BEHIND AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? IS THERE A PLAN TO MY PLAN FIRST? IT, YES, I, UM, I, UH, CEDAR HILL ISD OFFICER LIVES IN MY AREA AND I SPOKE WITH HIM AND HE GAVE ME A CONTACT, UH, MR. UH, PATRICK PACE. AND I BELIEVE HE'S OVER, HE'S OVER AT, UH, CEDAR HILL ISD. AND I THINK HE'S OVER THE AAP AND HE DOES, HE HANDLES SOME OF THAT. AND MY PLAN IS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM. AND PART OF THE LICENSING PROCESS IS KIND OF HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE FLESHED OUT UP TO THIS POINT. YOU GUYS HAVE NOT TALKED TO C H I S D ABOUT THIS, NOT YET. WELL, YOU WERE SENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT WE HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH SUPERINTENDENT, UH, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GRAHAM, UM, TO START THAT CONVERSATION, WE'VE INDICATED OUR, AND HAVE LIKE, AGAIN, IT'S THIS CHICKEN OR THE EGG THING IT'S UH, DO YOU HIRE BOARD MEMBERS WITH, WITHOUT A HOME? UM, THESE ARE THINGS WE VERY MUCH INTEND TO THOROUGHLY GO THROUGH. UM, AND IT SEEMS TONIGHT, I JUST, THERE'S SO MANY ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM FOR ME. UH, I AM JUST IN A LOSS AND, UM, I CAN'T APOLOGIZE MORE. UM, I'VE BEEN A PART OF SOME THINGS IN MY LIFE, BUT THIS, UH, IS SOMETHING I'M MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF. AND THE IDEA THAT MY ACTIONS ARE THE CHIEF STUMBLING BLOCK, UM, IT, IT HITS VERY HARD. AND, UM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, WE TAKE ALL OF THIS VERY SERIOUSLY AND IT SEEMS, UM, I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE THE STAFF REPORT THERE IN FRONT, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE [01:30:01] IT HERE. UH, WE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF. UH, FOR SIX MONTHS, THE PAST SIX MONTHS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS AND THEY PUT TOGETHER A GREAT STAFF REPORT AND THEY ALL, UM, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. UM, AND, AND THEY ADDRESSED SEVERAL OF THE CONCERNS. UM, BUT THAT'S THE WORD CONCERN. THAT'S THE WORD OF THE NIGHT? UM, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS AND LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND CONVINCE YOU, UM, I KNOW FULL WELL, IT IS Y'ALL'S DUTY TO PROTECT THE CITY AND THERE'S NOT A SINGLE ONE IN THIS ROOM, UM, THAT DOESN'T CHAMPION THE CAUSE OF THE ORPHAN. WE KNOW THAT, UM, THIS IS ABOUT, CAN WE DO IT? CAN WE KEEP THEM SAFE? AND A GUY THAT GOES AND KNOCKS ON THE DOOR, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT THAT. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. UM, AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD CARE TO KNOW, UM, I WOULD NOT CALL IT A CONFRONTATION AND ON MY HONOR, IT WAS A CORDIAL CONVERSATION. UM, AND HE DID, I THANKED HIM PROFUSELY FOR SHARING HIS, UM, CONCERNS. AND THAT'S THE WORD I GO BACK TO. I STOOD HERE FOR ONE HOUR A WEEK AGO, JUST ME AND 10 OTHER PEOPLE. THERE WAS NOT ONE CONCERN VOICED IN THAT MEETING. NOT ONE, THERE WAS QUESTIONS, BUT NOT CONCERNS. SO IN REGARDS TO DUE DILIGENCE FOR THIS MEETING, UH, IT SEEMED RIGHT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM, BECAUSE WE SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE THAT FEEDBACK. AND, UH, CHAIRMAN DEEDS PROVIDED VERY LOGICAL FEEDBACK. UM, WHERE WAS JASON? JASON WAS IN COURT. I'M NOT THE GUY ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS, THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, AND THAT'S ALL HE GOT. SO WITH WHAT HE HAD TO GO ON AND WHERE WAS TRINITY, THEY WEREN'T THERE. UM, I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY HE WOULD DO THAT AND FOR HIM TO END AND SAY, UM, I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ALL THIS BEFORE. AND HE SAID, I WISH YOU LUCK. AND THAT'S HOW WE LEFT IT. UM, I HAVE NO ANIMOSITY TOWARDS HIM. UM, WE SIMPLY WERE NOT ABLE TO REACH HIM ON THE PHONE AND I MADE A MISTAKE AND SHOWING UP AND I DID APOLOGIZE TO HIM ONSITE FOR THE INTRUSION. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG MISSTEP AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. AND, UM, WE NEED TO CONVINCE YOU THAT WE CAN DO THIS. AND WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL HERE, WHO SPOKE TO OUR COMPETENCY, OUR CHARACTER, UM, WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. AND I JUST SUBMIT TO YOU, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE'RE HERE. WE WANT TO WORK WITH Y'ALL. AND IF THERE'S ANY HESITATIONS, EXACTLY HOW I WORKED WITH BOTH NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THIS BUILDING, THEY HAD HESITATIONS VALID ONES. THEY'RE THE ONES MOST EFFECTIVE FOR THEM TO WRITE LETTERS OF APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT. WE HAD TO ANSWER EVERY SINGLE QUESTION AND WE DID. AND THAT'S MY COMMITMENT TO YOU TONIGHT. UM, AS LONG AS IT TAKES. AND, UM, IF IT SEEMS FITTING TO, UM, POSTPONE THIS SO I CAN CONTINUE TO TALK, UM, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE COULD, UH, REMAND BACK TO P AND Z. THERE WAS A MISSING CHAIRPERSON. UH, UM, THESE, THESE ARE JUST IDEAS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HERE. AND JASON DOESN'T EITHER. AND, UM, TRINITY VERY MUCH DOES HAVE OUR BACK. I LOVE THIS SCHOOL. I LOVE THIS CHURCH. WE HAVE PARTNERED TOGETHER. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER. AND, UM, I JUST, WE WANT TO CAST ASIDE ANY DOUBTS YOU MAY HAVE, WHAT, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU, MIRROR. UM, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UM, UH, RESERVE SOME OF MY COMMENTS. UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT. UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT OPERATIONS AND WILL THOSE QUESTIONS BE ADDRESSED IN THE LICENSING PROCESS? YES, SIR. SO ONE OF THE CONDITIONS AND I'M LOOKING AT THEM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL IS THAT, UM, PRIOR TO THE OPERATING AND THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE FOX, SEE, BEFORE YOU GET TO OPEN YOUR DOOR, THE OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF STATE LICENSES. SO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS [01:35:01] THAT ARE BEING ASKED TODAY ARE GOING TO BE RESOLVED WHEN YOU GET YOUR LICENSE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THERE IS. UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I, I WOULD SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT, AND I BE UPFRONT, I DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE DAVID AND I DON'T KNOW JASON, BUT I'VE BEEN KNOWN TRINITY. AND, UM, I'M, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH TRINITY AND I'VE HEARD FROM TRINITY AND THEY SAID THEY WILL BE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. AND, AND I'M LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, THAT GIVES ME A HIGH LEVEL OF COMFORT. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, NOTHING AGAINST YOU BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW YOU AND I, YOU MIGHT BE THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD, BUT I DO KNOW TRINITY AND MY SUPPORT FOR THIS WAS BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE OF TRINITY AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, FOR THE 21 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. THE LAST THING THAT I, I WILL SAY IS THAT THE LAST STIPULATION THAT BEFORE US, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS FOR ONE YEAR. AND SO WE GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS AND OBSERVE THIS OPERATIONS FOR YEAR. AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, WE CAN SAY GOODBYE, BUT I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS A 20 HAIR PLAN OR A 10 YEAR PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS, THIS IS ONE YEAR WE GET TO LOOK AT AND OBSERVE YOUR OPERATIONS. YES, SIR. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION. IF THERE IS A MOTION. UM, WELL, MS, MR. HARGROVE, UH, THIS, A COUPLE OF, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN, UM, LIKE TO MAY ATTEND IS FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO GET ACTION TODAY. THE FACT THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW THE SCHEDULE, BUT, UH, IF, IF YOU COME IN BEFORE US TODAY, AFTER A P AND Z, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A TABLE, YOU'D HAVE TO START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER AGAIN. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT, WANT TO TRY TO AVOID THAT. UM, UH, MY, MY OPERATION QUESTION IS, UH, WHAT IS THE AGE GROUP THAT, UH, WILL BE WITHIN THIS LOCATION? WE'RE TARGETING 12 TO 17. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION, ONCE THEY REACHED THE AGE OF 17, UH, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP FOR THEM? IS THERE A, IS THERE A SYSTEMIC PROCESS FOR THEM TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL OR I'LL LET JASON HANDLE THAT? OKAY. YES. MA'AM, UM, CPS, THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND SO THEY HAVE A MECHANISM THAT THEY FACILITATE AND, UM, THEY DO THAT ALSO, UM, JUST ME TRYING TO KIND OF MEET, GO BEYOND THE MINIMUM STANDARDS. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S CURRENTLY OPENING UP A TRANSITIONAL HOME IN THE DALLAS AREA. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF HE'S AHEAD OF ME, BUT I PLAN TO PARTNER WITH HIM. OKAY. UH, JUST, JUST A COMFORT LEVEL FOR ME. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE A PROGRAM WHERE WE HELP EMPOWER, UM, BUT I DON'T LIKE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE HITTING THE WALL AND ONCE THEY HIT 17, YOU KNOW, YOU KINDA JUST, YOU KNOW, SAY HELLO AND, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU'RE 17 NOW WE CAN'T HELP YOU ANYMORE. THAT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO IF YOU DO HAVE THAT TRANSITION PLAN AND I TRUST THE CHILD PROBABLY DO, THEN I JUST HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THAT. YEAH. AND THEN ALSO I PLAN ON KIND OF HAVING SOME PEOPLE ALREADY KIND OF SET TO YES. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO, YEAH. I WOULD HOPE ON THEIR 16TH ARE 62 AND A HALF BIRTHDAY. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A PLAN TO TRANSITION NOW. UM, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME CONDITIONS BEFORE I GET TO THE CONDITIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, MISS MR. HARPER, BUT I SENSE YOUR PASSION, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS. AND, AND, AND ONE THING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR YOUNG MEN INTO A POSITION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. UH, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SENSE A ROLE MODEL. AND, UH, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING YOU AND, UH, SEEING SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST NEVER HAVE HEARD BEFORE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GO INTO AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL, YOU KNOW, DOOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN COME OFF OF THE LOCAL CERNY. AND, UH, SO I HOPE YOU KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE. AND SO IT'S AN ASPECT OF CONCERN. UH, IT REALLY COMES FORWARD. SO IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS ARE THE CONCERNS OF OUR COUNCIL TO HELP, TO TRY TO PROTECT OUR APPOINTED OFFICIALS. THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT CAME FROM. THERE'S NO JUDGMENT OR ANYTHING ON YOU. SO, YES, SIR. I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE RESTRICTIONS, UH, I JUST WANT TO NAME A, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THESE AND IF IT'S OKAY, IF YOU COULD JUST TELL ME IF YOU WERE IN AGREEMENT. AND THEN AFTER THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION. UH, BUT THE ORPHANAGE, UH, SOUTHEAST SUBJECT TO THE, UH, PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND FOUR PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED, CORRECT. UH, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHILDREN SERVED. SO NOT EXCEED 30, CORRECT. UH, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SO I WANT TO BE ABOUT IT FOR BOTH FOR DAVID HARDWELL AND JASON ALLEN, CORRECT? YES. UH, PRIOR TO OPERATING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CUP, UH, THE OPERATOR, UH, PROVE, UH, PROOF OF STATE LICENSEE. [01:40:02] OKAY. AND, UH, ALSO THIS, UH, CUP SALAD EXPIRING IN ONE YEAR, BUT THOSE ARE THE FIVE CONDITIONS THAT WAS PROPOSED TO US. MY ONLY QUESTION ABOUT THE CUP FOR ONE YEAR, HOW LONG TYPICALLY DOES IT TAKE TO GET A STATE STATE LICENSE? SO LICENSING BETWEEN LIKE 21 AND 28 DAYS, THEY HAVE TO MOVE TO LIQUID. THEY HAVE TO, OKAY. SO SIX MONTHS WILL BE A SIX MONTH PROCESS. THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THEY'RE GOING TO KNOCK HIM. THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO UL. OKAY. WE'LL, WE'LL GET AT LEAST THREE FOURTHS OF THAT YEAR IN OPERATIONS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE. OKAY. ESSENTIALLY, IF I MAY ALSO SPEAK TO THAT, UH, AS WE UNDERSTAND THESE TYPE OF HOMES, THE BIGGEST HURDLE IS THE ZONING MEETING. UM, THE LICENSING, THE NEED IS THERE. UM, BUT WE HAVE TO ASK YOU ALL TO DELIBERATE, UM, ON AN OBVIOUS, GOOD PUBLIC, GOOD, BUT THERE'S ALSO, UM, STRINGS ATTACHED AND IT'S A LEVEL OF TRUST WITH WHO'S OPERATING IT. SO, UH, WE OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S NOT THE LICENSING. THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF THESE POPPING UP. AND IN FACT, YOU DON'T SEE ANY OF THEM POPPING UP. AND THAT IS, THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS. FAIR ENOUGH. I'LL SAY FOR ME, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR 12 YEARS. I DON'T FEEL LIKE 12 YEARS. UH, BUT I DO REMEMBER THE TIME I WAS LIVING IN CEDAR HILL, WHEN HOPE MANSION, YOU KNOW, WAS, WAS BROUGHT. AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE COUNCIL, AT THAT TIME, YOU HAD TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING TO BE ABLE TO GO AND CHANGE, YOU KNOW, A ZONING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE NOT, WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH. UM, SO HERE WE ARE, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING TO US. AND FOR ME, I'LL JUST BE HONEST IF TRINITY, WASN'T COMING IN TO TRY TO GIVE YOU THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PROBABLY BE, YOU KNOW, 50 50 ON THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CONFIDENCE OF, OF, UH, ME, UH, WHAT I HAVE WITH TRINITY AND ALSO, UH, THAT THE CUP IS FOR ONE YEAR AND WE CAN BE ABLE TO EVALUATE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU PERFORM, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I'M IN FAVOR TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW I FEEL. UH, I KIND OF GAVE YOU MY, YOU KNOW, EXPECTATIONS IN THE HALL AND I'LL HOLD YOU TO THAT. SO THAT, THAT'S HOW I FEEL. UH, COUNSEL, UM, CUSTOMER HAYDEN. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NOW, MAYOR, I'M READY TO MAKE MOTION WHENEVER FINISHED OUR COMMENTS, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. WHAT WAS OPEN, MAN? I CAN MAKE A MOTION, UH, PRIOR TO DOING THIS THOUGH. I, I, UM, ARTICULATED A COUPLE, UH, THE, UH, CONDITIONS OF MAYOR READ OUT THE CONDITIONS AND ARE THE CONDITIONS AREN'T RECOMMENDATIONS FROM P AND Z SINCE IT DIDN'T PASS, BUT AS A COUNCIL, UH, WE CAN MAKE MOTIONS TO APPROVE OR DISPROVE. BUT IN THIS CASE, I WANT, IF I CAN MOTION, I'M SORRY, SORRY. DAN. A GOOD POINT FOR THE PUBLIC NOTICE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT DID NOT FAIL P AND Z, BUT IT ALSO DIDN'T APPROVE AT P AND Z. SO THEREFORE WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY COUNCIL. SO AT LEAST SIX VOLTS HAS TO BE CARRIED ON FOR THIS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO EXACTLY. AND SO SINCE IT DID NOT, UH, PASS WHATEVER THE TERM TERMINOLOGY WOULD BE THERE IS, IS THAT THERE'S NOT, THERE WASN'T ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE ABLE TO, TO AGREE WITH P AND Z. SO WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE MAYOR HAD TO LAY IT OUT THERE. SO NOW THE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THE ORPHANAGES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE ATTACHED SITE PLAN. UH, AND, AND FOR A PLAN, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHILDREN SERVED SHALL NOT EXCEED 30. THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT SHALL ONLY BE VALID FOR DAVID HARGROVE AND JASON ALLEN, UH, PRIOR TO OPERATING IN THE, THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THE OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF STATE LICENSING AND THE CUP SHOW EXPIRED IN ONE YEAR. ONE QUESTION WAS STAFF FIRST ON THAT ONCE WE APPROVE THIS, OR IF IT DOES APPROVED, UM, WHEN DOES THAT, UH, CUP START? SINCE HE'S GOT 28 DAYS, HE'S GOT TO GET A LICENSE. W WHAT IS THE, UH, THE PROTOCOL FOR THAT? I BELIEVE WE WOULD, WE WOULD PROBABLY DO IT AS OF THE DATE OF THE VOTE TONIGHT. UM, WE WILL LOOK AND SEE IF IT SHOULD BE BASED ON THE DATE OF THE LICENSE IF YOU PREFER. SO IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT A DATA LICENSE, DATE OF LICENSE, DATE OF LICENSE, IF THAT CAN BE IN THE MOTION, I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT FOR THE DATE OF LICENSE. HE SAID, HE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE VOLT TONIGHT. OKAY. WELL, I HEARD THAT PART. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO ANYWAY, I MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE A CASE NUMBER ZERO THREE ONE NINE ZERO TWO ONE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS THAT WE MIGHT AT A SECOND. WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR OF THAT INCLUDES THE CONDITIONS. AND WE'LL VERIFY IF THE CLOCK STARTS TONIGHT. I THINK IT DOES. IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO ME, THAT DOES, THAT'S FINE, [01:45:01] BUT WE VERIFY THAT, BUT, UH, THE CONDITIONS ON THE FLOOR, UH, THE MOTIONS FOR APPROVAL, UH, AND THE SECOND FORM, UH, MAY APPOINT TIM SIMMS, UM, ON THE FEDERAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND BEFORE WE VOTE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO VOTE NO ON THIS, BUT I AM NOT READY TO VOTE YES. ON THIS. OR DO YOU ABSTAIN? SO I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN. YES. UH, AND ALSO THEY HAVE TO BE IF D WANTS TO LICENSE, UH, JUST AS APPROVED AND THE LICENSE IS GRANTED, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN THEN? UM, I MEAN, HE'S IN SEATED HERE AND HOW MANY AND IS IN TRINITY IS TOO. WE COULD CERTAINLY ADD THAT. I WOULD BE ALL FOR THAT AS WELL. WE GET AN UPDATE WITHIN A YEAR AS TO HOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUST WAIT A YEAR. UH, I WOULD PRESUME THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BEFORE US TO BE ABLE TO RE-ISSUE ANOTHER CUP SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE QUESTIONS. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCIL, BECAUSE YES, I DO HAVE A COMMENT. I CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN MUCKER. THE, I AM THE KNEE FOR THIS FOR CHILDREN IS SO GREAT. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE WRONG, UM, DECISION. UM, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT, THE TRINITY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST THE SUPPORT HERE TONIGHT. SOMETHING WOVEN INTO, I HAVE AN APPLICANT AND I HAVE AN OWNER. I, I WOULD RATHER TABLE THIS MOTION IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE, AND I KNOW WHAT TRINITY DOES AND WHAT HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND WHAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO IN OUR, IN OUR CITY, IN THE FUTURE. BUT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS AN APPLICANT AND THAT'S DAVID HARBOROUGH. AND I AM, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE COST SUFFER BECAUSE OF THE APPLICANT. AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE APPLICANT BENEFIT IT'S BECAUSE OF ACTIONS. SO, SO, SO NOW I MADE A MAKE SURE I CLARIFY COUNSEL. UM, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ABSTAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE SIX TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR THAT'S A B IF YOU TABLE THIS, NO NEW, MORE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE DO HAVE A CUP THAT'S GOOD FOR ANOTHER 300 DAYS, UH, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM AND BE ABLE TO PROVE THEMSELVES, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SO REGULATED, NOT, NOT FROM CITY STANDARDS, FROM STATE STANDARDS. SO THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING CHECKED ON, ON A RIVER OR ARE, ARE A RANDOM BASIS. UM, AND BOTH DAVID MARLBORO AND JASON ALLEN WILL BE ON THE PERMIT. SO IF ONE OF THEM DECIDES TO SAY, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THIS CUP IS EXPIRED. SO I THINK WE PUT SOME STRIDES, STIPULATIONS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS ON THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, CUP. UM, SO, UH, I MEAN, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SMALLER STARTER STRATEGICALLY GOING TO BE IN ON THAT ONE, BUT WE GOTTA HAVE SIX TO MOVE FORWARD. EVEN IF YOU ABSTAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD FAIL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR BEFORE WE DO MAKE A MOTION. WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL, AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL, FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CUSTODY. AND THE ONLY COMMENT IS, IS JUST REMEMBER YOU GOT ONE YEAR AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO, AND NOTHING MORE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SUCCEED UNLESS THEY MOVE FORWARD. AND YOU GOT ONE YEAR TO SEE HOW IT GOES. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A, I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO PASS. ALRIGHT. SO NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONSOLE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND ALL THE POLLS AND ONE I'M STITCHING. ALL RIGHT, ALREADY, THIS DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. CAN WE CLARIFY? UM, BUT THERE'S A RULE THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF, UM, DENY WITH PREJUDICE, OR CAN WE MAKE AN EXCEPTION, DENY A PART FROM PREJUDICE? UM, MOST OF IT WAS ON THE FLOOR. IT HAD FAILED. I MEAN, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL, WHAT I RECOMMEND IS FOR YOU TO JUST MEET WITH A P PLANNING, ZONING, SEE HOW YOU CAN BE ABLE TO, UM, COME BACK AND REAPPLY AND, UH, TRY TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT MAY STILL BE OPEN. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ADDRESSING YOUR CONCERNS THOROUGH THOROUGHLY, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, GET ON THE RIGHT PAGE. NEXT [b. Conduct a public hearing and consider approval of Resolution No. R21-626 which adopts Tax Abatement Guidelines and Criteria.] ITEM. UH, STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION [01:50:01] NUMBER R 21 SIX TWO SIX, WHICH ADOPTS TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY PRESENTING ON THIS STAFF? NOPE. OKAY. ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION OF SIX, TWO, SIX. YOU'RE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION OF OUR 2166. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. UM, UM, MICHAEL AMMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. UH, ANDY BUFFINGTON, UM, IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT WE WISH TO, UH, SPEAK IN FAVOR OF IT. UH, YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION POSED FROM, UM, THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM IN THAT, UH, WE WANTED TO USE THE TAX ABATEMENT, AS I THOUGHT WAS CONSIDERED WITHIN THE DOCUMENT. IT'S LIKE TOOL TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. BUT THIS EVENING I WANTED TO INTRODUCE, UH, AUSTIN REYNOLDS VICE-PRESIDENT OF HILLWOOD, WHO WE HAVE KNOWN. AND MR. PORTER HAS BEEN INVOLVED AS, UM, YOU HAVE WHEN WE MET, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THIS HAS GONE ON SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF LAST YEAR. SO I LIKED TO INTRODUCE AUSTIN RENTALS TO SPEAK AS WELL. OKAY. WELL, GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, SORRY. YEAH. SO YOU CAN'T SPEAK ON THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO PUBLIC HEARING, YOU DO VOTE IN FAVOR OF YES. HE SPOKE IN FAVOR. LET ME SEE. ARE THERE ANY, ANY ANYBODY ELSE MISSING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR RISK OR OPPOSITION OF RESOLUTION OR 21 DASH SIX, TWO SIX IN FAVOR OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT. HOW YOU DOING MR. REYNOLDS? WONDERFUL. PLEASE. COME ON UP. DO I NEED TO SAY NAME, ADDRESS, OR, OKAY. AUSTIN REYNOLDS WITH HILLWOOD 3000 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD. UH, DALLAS, TEXAS. UM, YEAH, I'M REALLY ONLY HERE TONIGHT TO SAY, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, WE ENGAGED ON THIS PROJECT ALMOST A YEAR AGO NOW. UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT STARTED WITH THE EDC WITH KIM AND ANDY AND, UH, LASHONDRA STRINGFELLOW AND PLANNING AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND YOUR CITY MANAGER, MR. PORTER. AND, UH, THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN TERRIFIC. WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE'VE BEEN EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD NOTHING ELSE OVER RECOVERED AND THEN IT JUST SAY WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HERE AND EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THIS TO FRUITION. SO, UM, JUST SORT OF AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT. I THINK WE'RE PLANNING TO BREAK GROUND IN JULY AND, UH, WE'LL DELIVER THE TWO BUILDINGS, UM, SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. SO EXCITING. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SEE YOU'RE HERE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, ARE WITH ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU HAVE BEEN, UH, BRIEFLY HAS SEVERAL MEETINGS ON THIS. SO I ENTERTAIN THE MOTION BEFORE, UH, APPROVAL MIRAMAR MOVE ON APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER ARE 21 SIX TWO SIX. WE DO HAVE A MOTION. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. KUZMIN MCCURDY FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION ANISE. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. AND PLEASE NOTE THAT, UH, ALAN CMES, MAPLE, TIM SAMS DID NOT VOTE ON THAT. THANK YOU MUCH. NEXT [c. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-725 designating approximately 118.815-acre tract or tracts of land for commercial-industrial tax abatement within the City of Cedar Hill.] ITEM IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 28 21 BY SEVEN 25 DOZEN EIGHT, APPROXIMATELY ONE, ONE 8.815 ACRE TRACK AND TRACKS OF LAND, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. UH, GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNSEL ARE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, UH, OF, UH, OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, THE SEVEN TO FIVE IN ONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAITH. YES, SIR. YES, I WILL SPEAK UM, THAT ITEM AND I WON'T BRING ANYONE ELSE UP AFTER, BUT I, I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF IT. AND YOU WERE AT MR. MCMULLEN AND MICHAEL AMMAN, PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC BELMONT CORPORATES. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE, UH, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION OF WITNESS NUMBER 2021 SEVEN TWO FIVE COUNSEL? THE FLOOR IS OPEN. MR. MAYOR I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH SEVEN 26. WE DO HAVE THE MOTION DOING SECOND, SECOND, SECOND PHONE. CAUSE ON THE SHOW. HEY MARIE. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS AUGUST NUMBER 2021 TO SEVEN 25 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DESIGNATED AN APPROXIMATELY 118.81 PIPE, UH, APRIL TRACK OR TRACKS OF LAND SITUATED ON THE H ROBINSON SURVEY AS CHECK NUMBER 12, 18 AND H ROBINSON SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 1364 CITY OF CEDAR HILL, DALLAS ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, A SEXCAPADE, BUT REINVESTMENT. [01:55:01] SO NUMBER 11 FOR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT, BUT THEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DALLAS AND ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF AND MATTERS RELATED THERE TO PROVIDING US A MOBILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING OVER PILLOW CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF DATE. THANK YOU, MARIE. WE DO HAVE A, MOSTLY FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY, BUT DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER SEAN? UH, BEFORE, UH, I TAKE A RECORD. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO, UH, PROBABLY MORE ON A, I GUESS I CAN START WITH YOU AUSTIN. UH, BUT NOT AS STAFF. UM, THIS IS LONG OVERDUE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, UPDATE THIS ORDINANCE. I MEAN, THIS ORDINANCE HAS PROBABLY MANTA AT 30 YEARS OLD, SO ANYWAY, IT TOOK, IT TOOK TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO CUT THE FIRST BIT OF IT, UPDATE THIS. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A BIG DAY TO NIGHT COUNCIL. SO, UH, IF YOU WERE TO ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE WRITING AND MOST ANONYMOUS. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE NOTE THAT MAY HAVE FELT TIM, DID I GO TO THIS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AGAIN, FOR ME, INTEREST TO CEDAR IS, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I HAD TO GET OUT OF THAT PAGE. YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, SO, UH, COUNSEL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, BEFORE I GO TO CONSENT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP OUR PARKS DIRECTOR IF HE COULD COME DOWN AND HE DID TABLE THIS FROM THE BRIEFING AGENDA. AND, UH, IF A DIRECTOR, A SHOT READY TO COME DOWN AND GIVE US AN UPDATE, UH, PARKS AND BOND PROJECTS, I WAS TRYING TO SAY THE BEST FOR LAST, BUT THE NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. UH, AND I'LL HAVE AS MUCH ENTHUSIASM AS DUTY THEN I AM AT THE TIME WHEN I WAS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BUT THE COFFEE HAS WORE OFF. SO PLEASE BEAR WITH, UM, TONIGHT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING, UM, ALKYLATED BOND AND PREMEDS. UH, IT WAS FROM OUR 2017 BOND SALE. AS THE MAP ON THE SCREEN SHOWS WITH, UH, HAVE YOU LEARNED COMPONENT PROJECTS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECTS ARE PLANNING PROJECTS IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITIES. SO OUR COMPLETED PROJECTS INCLUDE THE VIRGINIA WEAVER PLAYGROUND. THAT WAS A COMMUNITY BUILD AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT TO OUR COMMUNITY, THE BRADFORD PARK IMPROVEMENTS. SHE WAS WORRIED LIBERTY LONGHORN, AS WELL AS CAT PASTURE AND THE SENIOR CENTER AND PRE-MED WHICH TRULY HAVING OUR GRAND REOPENING ON JUNE 25TH AT 10:00 AM THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE INVITED TO AND WE HOPE YOU CAN ATTEND. UM, ALSO, UH, I'LL LET OUR PRIOR BOARD MEMBER, TIFFANY ALLEN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT WINDSOR PARK. HI, I'M TIFFANY ALLEN WITH THE CEDAR HILL PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. WELCOME TO WINDSOR PARK IN 2017 VOTERS APPROVED FUNDING TO UPGRADE AND REINVEST IN NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. THIS YEAR, THE CITY RENOVATED WINDSOR PARK LOCATED AT 200 LAKESIDE DRIVE. COME EXPLORE THE NEW PLAYGROUND. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN TEXAS, GATHER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE UPDATED PAVILION, OR TAKE A ROCK AROUND WINDSOR PARK POND. THE PARK ALSO HAS NEW BENCHES AND LIGHTING A NEW ROUTER FOUNTAIN FOR HUMAN AND CANINE VISITORS IN ENHANCED LANDSCAPING. THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS PARK WERE FUNDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WINDSOR PARK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, VISIT THEATER HERO, TX DOT TOM FORD SLASH PARKS OR MORE ON WINDSOR PARK AND THE OTHER 32 PARKS IN CEDAR HILL. SO THAT WAS THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, WHICH WE GREATLY APPRECIATED THE PARTY IN THE PARK. UH, IT WAS GREAT TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, VISITING WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND SEEING NEIGHBORS, UH, RECONNECT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AS WE EMERGED FROM COVID, WE CONTINUED TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, BEING A VERY ACTIVE AREA FOR EVERYONE TO ENGAGE IN. AND THESE, UH, EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UH, CONTINUED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. UM, OUR ONGOING PROJECTS INCLUDE THE CREEKS. UH, WE MILL HILL GREEN BELT, UH, WITH THE HELP OF TOM AND HIS CREW. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE WALKING TRAIL AS WELL AS SOMEBODY RUNS YOUR CONTROL MEASURES ALONG THE CREEK. UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR, UH, IMPROVED LIGHTING IN THE AREA, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. UH, OUTDOOR COMMUNITY POOL IS STILL, UH, VERY ACTIVE AND IS BEING REVIEWED BY THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR OUR $750,000 GRANT THAT SHONDA AND HER TEAM, UH, WERE ABLE TO SECURE FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. AND WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING AND THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. UH, THIS PROJECT [02:00:01] NEEDS A LITTLE INTRODUCTION FROM ME, BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK FORWARD, UH, WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE EXCITED AND MORE AND MORE COMMUNITY INPUT. UM, WHAT THE SIGNATURE PARK AND TRAIL THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE SMALL LITTLE LIBRARY IN HERE AND A FEW, UH, YEARS. UM, SO WE CONTINUE TO, UH, CONNECT THE CITY BY SERVING AND THEY'RE IN THE PARK HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. THE LIBRARY ARE CONNECTING OUR DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS TO UPTOWN MIDTOWN AND BEYOND. UM, UH, GREAT POINT OF INTEREST FOR TONIGHT IS OUR DOT THOMAS BOND IMPROVEMENTS. UM, IN 2017 OF VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED THE BOND INITIATIVE, UM, WORKING WITH ALISON RAIN, THE MICHELLE EBANKS, WE ENGAGED IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY, AND THEN IN FEBRUARY SNOWBIRD HIT. AND WE HAD TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE DOT THOMAS PROJECT, UH, IN APRIL. SO THE STAFF REVIEWED, UH, JUST THE LAST WEEK, UH, MARILYN LITTLE WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE PARKS BOARD, REVIEWED THE PROJECT. AND, UH, TONIGHT, UH, CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REVIEWING. AND, UH, THERE'LL BE MORE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION LATER THIS EVENING. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND OUR 2012 MASTER PLAN SO THAT WE NEEDED A MILLION DOLLARS TO UPDATE THIS PARK. UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. SO WE AGAIN BEGAN TO LEAN ON OUR CITIZENS, UM, WITHIN A MILE TO THE PLANET STREET, SOUTH HILLS SUBDIVISION AS, AS CEDAR TRAILS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN RESPONSES FROM 95, UH, RESIDENTS, THE TOP RESPONSE OF WHY THEY USE DOT THOMAS WAS FOR EXERCISE AND 75% IDENTIFIED AS USING THE PARK FREQUENTLY. OUR OCCASIONALLY WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE CEDAR HILL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION TO IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS AS THERE'S TWO BASEBALL FIELDS THAT ARE USED PRIMARILY AS PRACTICE, BUT ALSO FOR TERMINAL OVERFLOW. SO THE RANKING, THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, UH, UPDATED PLAY FEATURES, LANDSCAPING AND PRE MONTHS, AND THEN THE WRITING REQUESTS WERE IMPROVEMENT TO THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND RESTROOMS. AND JUST ON A WEIRD CAPTURE. UM, IT WAS DOG PARK. A LOT OF PEOPLE WROTE IN DOG PARK ON THIS ONE. UM, SO, UH, 68% OF THE USERS, UH, SELECTED THIS LAYOUT. THAT INCLUDES A ZIP LINE SWINGS EXERCISE STATION. AND WE'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE ZIP LINE HAS AN ALL ABILITIES, UH, COMPONENT THAT WILL ALLOW THOSE WITH THE MOBILITY TO ASK, TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER AND STILL HAVE THE SAME SENSATION, UH, AS A CHILD HANGING OR SWINGING ON THE OTHER ZIP LINES. UM, WELL, AS WE WILL BE DOING RESTROOM RENOVATIONS AND LANDSCAPING DATES, UH, THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEPARTURE FROM THE PLAYGROUND THAT IS AT DOT THOMAS. UM, BUT WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS TO LIBERTY PARK, ABOUT 500 YARDS AWAY, UH, WE FELT THAT OUR, THE CITIZENS RESPONDED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOTS OF SWINGS AND EXERCISE IN THIS AREA. AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT WE REPRESENTED FOR THEM. UM, FOR THE BUDGET OF THIS, WE HAVE $220,000, UH, UPDATED PLAY FEATURES, AN EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, UH, RESTROOM RENOVATIONS WIZ FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WILL BE, UM, AWARDED TO A LOCAL, UH, MWB VENDOR, UH, LANDSCAPING, PERMITS, DRINKING FOUNTAIN. AND WHEN I MOVE, IT HAS A 3% CONTINGENCY. SO IT MIXED UP, IT WAS CANCELED CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. WE HAVE THOSE PAID DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION STARTING WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. AND THEN PROJECT COMPLETION IN THE FALL WITH THE PARTY OF THE PARK. OUR FUTURE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE CRAWFORD PARK MASTER PLAN, BEAR CREEK PARK, RAMSEY PARK IMPROVEMENTS, THE CRAWFORD PARK UPDATES AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE ASTRO PLAN, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR OUTDOOR POOL. UH, I WAS AS BRIEF AS I COULD AND RESPECT FOR YOU ALL'S TIME. AND AT THIS TIME I'LL TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? UH, NO, UH, APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE CUSTOMIZED AS TO YES, SIR. IN MY UNDERSTANDING THEY CAME FROM, UH, OUR COMMUNITY. YES. SORRY. GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. ALL [8. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.] RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES [02:05:01] ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH ANY SINGLE VOTE. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION. ARE THERE ITEMS TO MOUTH COUNCIL, NUMBER OF ALL, UH, CASSETTES IN ITEM A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF MAY 4TH, 2021 SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE MAYOR 1130, 21 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CONSIDER ABOUT, UH, ITEM B, CONSIDER ADOPTING A CALENDAR OF WEBER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. ITEM C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH WERNICKE'S DESIGN INCORPORATED FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THE PLAY STRUCTURE SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT AT DON THOMAS PARK IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TO TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT ITEM D CASSETTE AUTHOR HAS AN IMAGE OF SKEW THAT CONTRACT WITH ALEX. I MAY GO FOR THE RENOVATION OF RESTROOM FACILITIES AT THOMAS PARK. YOU MAY AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING 69,350 ITEM E CONSIDER IF THERE IS AN AMANDA IS KEY TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH WE FIXED BRAINS TO SEE FOR THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM, PHASE TWO, COUNSELOR BELLS, OR THEIR CUSTOMERS IN THE ITEMS, THE FOURS UP IT. MAY I MOVE FOR APPROVE OF CONSENT ITEMS, PAY THROUGH E WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. WE DO HAVE A SECOND, UH, FROM CUSTOMER AND GRAMMAR. ALL THE THERAPIES ARE IS RIGHT IN. ALRIGHT, MOTION ADAMS. PLEASE NOTE THAT KATHLEEN MCCURDY STEPPED UP. NEXT ITEM IS VERBAL AGENDA. ITEM EIGHT, [a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a Right of Way License Agreement with Lake Moreno Partnership LLC to allow outdoor patio dining along Broad Street.] CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A MATTER OF SKIING RIGHT AWAY LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH LAKE MIRANDA OR PARTNERSHIP, LLC, TO ALLOW OUTDOOR PATIO DINING AMONG THE BRUSH STREET COUNSELOR. WITH ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS? NOPE. I DON'T LIKE TO MAKE A MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. WE'LL DO ANOTHER MOTION FOR APPROVAL DURING THE SECOND. THE SECOND ONE, THE PROTEIN, PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE'S A UPS ABSTAIN FROM CUSTOMER MCCARTNEY. AUTOFAIR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION ITEMS. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. I DON'T BE CONSIDERED [b. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a construction contract with Durable Specialties for a Signal Light at Wintergreen Road and New Clark Road in an amount not to exceed $356,040.] OUT THERE AS AN ENEMY TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH DURABLE SPECIALTIES FOR A SIGNAL AT WINTER GREEN WORLD IN NEW CROP VARIETY. AND THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED THREE WITHIN A 56,000 COST. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON US CUSTOMER WOMEN DANNY'S WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE HONORS? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT BECAUSE DOING IT, UM, WORK HOURS, IT IS JUST REALLY MIND BOGGLING BECAUSE I EVEN ALMOST GOT HIT. SO WHAT I DO, I JUST STOP LETTING EVERYBODY GO BY. UH, CAUSE I CAN'T, IT'S LIKE READING EACH OTHER'S MINE WHOSE TIME TO GO FIRST. SO IT'S GONE. WE DON'T HAVE A PARTY AT THE LIGHT TURNED ON. OKAY. BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS SO EXCITED TO KNOW THAT WE GET AN, A LIGHT THERE AND WE WON'T HAVE TO READ EACH OTHER'S MIND ANYMORE. SO HIGH POINT IS GOING TO HAVE THE BAND WILL HAVE DRUMS AND EVERYTHING. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR GETTING THE PROPER, UH, FONDANT. AND I BURST OUT IN UNDERSTAND. I WAS UPSET BECAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DONE THIS IN OCTOBER. RIGHT. BUT AFTER YOU EXPLAINED TO ME HOW THE FUNDING WAS, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. THANK YOU. MAKE A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT, UM, WE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MALE TO EXIT CUTE, A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH DOABLE SPECIAL TESTS FOR A SIGNAL LIGHT AT ONE, A GREEN ROAD AND NEW CLARK ROAD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $356,000 TO CLARIFY MOTION FOR PRISON PRO A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, KATHERINE TO HAYDEN, PLEASE RAISE HER HAND. WHERE'S DENNIS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, [c. Consider affirming the purchase of three properties located in the FM 1382 corridor (generally known as the Singleton Properties) by the Cedar Hill Community Development Corporation.] ITEM C CONSIDER FORMING THE PURCHASE OF THREE PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE FM 32, 1382 CORRIDOR MILITARY LOCATED GENERALLY KNOWN AS SINGLETON PROPERTIES BY THE CEDAR HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, UH, CORPORATION. I'M SORRY, LET ME START IT OVER. CONSIDERING AFFIRMING THE PURCHASE OF THREE PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE CORRIDOR. IT'S ONLY ANY KNOWN AS THE SINGLETON PROPERTIES BY THE CIVIL HERE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UH, YES. UH, METRO TEAM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FOR THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU, UH, STATE THE, UM, UH, THE APPRAISED RETAIL VALUE OF THIS SITE WAS TO GROW, UH, IT'S FULL FOR RETAILS ON WHAT THE VALUE WOULD BE. [02:10:06] WE DID AN ASSESSMENT OF COMPS FOR LOCAL RETAILS ON PROPERTY, AND IF IT WAS TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, WITH THAT ZONING, THE, UH, EXPECTED VALUE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN EXCESS OF 3 MILLION. OKAY. BASED ON THE COMMENTS FROM OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT THE RETAIL VALUE BEING OVER 3000, THE PURCHASE PRICE BEFORE US IS 1.8885 MILLION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IN FAVOR OF AFFIRMING THE PURCHASE OF THREE PROPERTIES LOCATED ON FM 1382 QUARTER THREE, KNOWN AS A SINGLETON PROPERTIES. WE DO HAVE A MERCIFUL APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER HAYDEN AUTOFAIR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION. ANAMIS THANK YOU. NEXT [10. Closed Session. ] ITEM IS CLOSED SESSION. CALL US TO ANSWER YOUR CALL PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE FIVE 1.074 IT'S IN THE MADDIX CD MANAGER REVIEW COUNCIL WILL HAVE NINE 25. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE FOR CLOSED SESSION. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NINE 52 OH 30 MINUTES AND A NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DOING THE COEFFICIENT THAT THE RECONVENE IN AN OPENING SESSION AND CONSIDERING THE ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED SESSION, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO RETURN MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER MCRAE, DEAR SECRETARY, HER COUSIN, MICHELLE, UH, NINE A BAG OF EMOTION OR A THERAPIST RATIO. WE ARE A GENERAL COUNSEL. IT IS NINE 53. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK TODAY, COUNSEL. * 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.