Jun 08, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Call meeting to order.]

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FEEDING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER IT IS A 7:00 PM ON THE DOT A CHROME.

WELL, THE COUNCIL IS PRESENT, UH, FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HONORABLE MAYOR, STEVEN MASON, UH, IS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

HE SPENDS SOME TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, AND CERTAINLY WE ENCOURAGE THAT FOR THE RECORD.

WE ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO, UH, OPEN CARRY THROUGHOUT THE STATE, BUT IT IS STILL PROHIBITED IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UM, WE WILL HAVE AN INVOCATION, BUT BEFORE WE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU ABOUT THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO DO OUR INVOCATION.

OUR INVOCATION IS DONE TO MY, BY, UH, THE REVEREND KITSAP DURING THIS MISSING.

GIVE ME A MINUTE AND I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT MR. DIRTY.

IT'S QUITE AN HONOR FOR ME TO READ THIS.

DR.

EDSEL DERMIS IS THE FOUNDING PASTOR OF THANKS THANKSGIVING TABERNACLE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND PRESIDENT OF THE TAKING THE WORD TO THE WORLD MINISTRIES INC.

IN DALLAS, TEXAS, HE'S DONE POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN ISRAEL AND JORDAN.

IT'S BEEN BLESSED TO OBTAIN HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE AND A MASTER OF THEOLOGY DEGREE FROM BEVIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY HERE IN DALLAS, TEXAS, A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BIBLICAL STUDIES FROM ROBIN MONTE BIBLE INSTITUTE, GRADUATE STUDIES GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.

DURING THIS AS THE SON GRADUATE OF JOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK HAS BEEN A FIELD INSTRUCTOR FOR SEVERAL INTERNS FOR DALLAS, THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY CRIES FOR THE NATIONS BAPTIST INSTITUTE AND SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

HE'S ALSO BEEN A GUEST LECTURER, DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND BELLIS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY AS FOND OF TAKING THE WORD TO THE WORLD MINISTRIES.

HE HAS TRAINED AND MED STUDENTS AND MISSION TEAMS TO ANTIGUA GHANA, WEST AFRICA, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HAITI, JAMAICA MARTINIQUE, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA EASTERN EUROPE, CANADA, EAST AFRICA.

WOW.

DR.

DORIS HAS BEEN AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE OAKLAND BIBLE INSTITUTE NOW KINGDOM AGENDA BIBLE INSTITUTE IN DALLAS, TEXAS FOR 19 YEARS, PASTOR DEZ HAS LED THE WEEKLY TRANSFORMATION VISION PRAYER GROUP IN CEDAR ON FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY CEDAR HILL IS SO BLESSED, PRAYER IS THE FOUNDATION AND HE HAS BEEN LEADING THAT FOR 19 YEARS.

HE FREQ FREQUENTLY PRAISE AT THE SCENERY OR MIRROR PRAYER BREAKFAST, AND HAS ALSO BEEN A VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN FOR THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.

HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BRUTUS SAFE HOUSE.

AND HE'S ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF TRANSFORMATION.

THOSE IN CEDAR HILL, MY MOTHER'S HERE HAS RECEIVED LEADERSHIP AWARDS FROM INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, THE URBAN ALTERNATIVE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.

TUNA EVANS FROM DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ON THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.

CHUCK SMITH AND UH, FROM THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHURCH TABERNACLE CHURCH ON THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR JIM SYMBOLIC, SOME BIG HEAVYWEIGHTS.

BACKORDERS HIS WIFE, DR.

BEVERLY CEDAR HILL.

AND WE'RE SO BLESSED TONIGHT THAT HE HAS HIS MOTHER IN THE CROWD WITH US.

WOULD YOU STAND FOR THE OCCASION AND THEN YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY, OR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY ACCOUNTING ON THE CLIFF SHAW.

DR.

DURAN'S.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WHAT AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND THANKS FOR THE INVITATION TO, UH, LEAD OUR MOMENT IN PRAYER.

AND JUST AS I'M PRAYING THIS EVENING, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR IN HIS ABSENCE, AS WELL AS CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND HER UPSET AND ALL THE CHIEFS WHO ARE HERE ON LAST MONTH WAS MY DAD'S FUNERAL.

AND BOY, THE CITY SHOW OUT, AND THEN SURE.

AND YOU GUYS TEND TO DO MODEL OF A SERIAL WAY.

SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

LET'S GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER.

THE BASIC FOR MY PRAYER THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM SECOND SAMUEL CHAPTER FIVE.

THE LORD IS SAYING THERE'S A NEW SHIFT THAT'S TAKING PLACE IS JUST LIKE DAVID HIMSELF.

WHEN THE TWO KING OF ISRAEL, DAVID WAS LEADING, HE JUST BEEN ANOINTED.

AND THE PHILISTINE LEARNED THAT DAVID NOW HAS BECOME KING OF THE NATION.

THEY WENT OUT TO ATTACK AND DAVID CALL UPON THE LORD FOR WISDOM.

THE MUD GUIDED HIM JUST AS IT IS RECORDED IN SECOND SAMUEL CHAPTER FIVE VERSE 24, LORD, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT, THE SWAT, AS HE WAS GIVEN TO DAVID TO SHIFT AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING, GOD,

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SO I PRAY FOR THE CITY.

LEADERS FOR ME ARE MISSING, IS IN ABSENCE DOWN TO THE NEWEST LEADER, APPOINTED IN THE CITY THAT YOUR SPIRIT WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE THEM.

YOU GIVE THE PRECISE INSTRUCTION.

AS SOON AS YOU HEAR THE SONG OF MARCHING IN THE TOP OF THE BOWEL, SOME TREES MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE THAT WILL MEAN THE LORD HAS GONE OUT IN FRONT OF YOU SO THAT YOU CAN BE VICTORIOUS OVER THE ENEMIES, THE PHILISTINES ARMY, WOULD YOU SHOW OUR LEADERS HERE, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT WHEN TO DO IT.

AND THEN WHEN NOT TO DO IT, WOULD YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM AND GUIDANCE BEYOND THE EXPERIENCES? I PRAY IN THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR FOR FRESH ANOINTING, FRESH WISDOM, FRESH POWER.

I PRAY THAT THE RAIN HAD BEEN FALLING UP ON THIS METROPLEX.

A NEW, FRESH POWER FROM ABOVE WILL FALL UPON THEM.

NOT SIMPLY WHEN THEY ARE DOING CITY WORK.

THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE HUSBANDS AND WIVES AND CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

IN SOME CASES THAT THE FRUIT OF YOUR BLESSING WILL PERMEATE NOT ONLY IN THEIR LIVES, BUT THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILY AND THE CITY AT LARGE, I PREFER GENERATIONAL BLESSINGS.

THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR DO FOR US IN CEDAR HILL, WHAT WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

AND DOES I PRAY FOR OUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF OBEDIENCE ON THE PART OF EACH LEADER, WHEN THE HEAP OF VOICE OF THE SPIRIT LEADING THEM, THEY WILL YIELD AND DOES VICTORY WILL BE THERE AS ROD? WHAT DO I SAY? BUT THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THIS PLACE.

THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THIS REGION.

WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC AND WE ARE BREATHING BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT US ALIVE.

SO WE GIVE OUR LIVES BACK TO USE US AS A SUMMIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BRING GLORY TO THE KING.

DAVEY WAS UNDER AUTHORITY AND DOES, HE WAS ABLE TO EXERT GRIP AUTHORITY AND LEADERSHIP, KEEP OUR LEADERS UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY.

SO WHEN DOES SPEAK, WHEN DO MOVE, WHEN THEY ACT AUTHORITY WILL BE EXERTED, I WILL BRING GLORY TO YOUR NAME, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

TEXAS STATE.

YOU MAY BE SEATED ONCE AGAIN.

I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION OF DR.

DORIS FOR, UH, YOUR PRO TONIGHT AND ALSO FOR YOUR MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AND, UH, GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE A LARGER FUNERAL TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

[a. Recognize Cedar Hill residents Rayven Thurmon and Brendon Walker, recipients of the 2021 Waste Management Scholarships.]

AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO RECOGNIZE SAVING HER RIB RESIDENTS.

UM, REVEREND THURMAN AND BRENDAN WALKER.

WE SAPIENS OF THE 2021 WASTE MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER GLOVER.

I HAVE MR. BRENDAN WALKER AND MS. RAVEN THORNTON.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY? IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THE 2021 WAISTBAND SMITH SCHOLARSHIP.

I'M REMINDED THAT APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS AND MAY FLOWERS BRING JUNE GRADUATIONS AND JUNE GRADUATIONS BRING SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS.

SO WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE SCHOLARSHIP ON BEHALF OF WASTE MANAGEMENT.

THE FIRST ONE IS IT'S A BRENDAN BRENDAN WALKER IS A GRADUATE FROM CEDAR HILL HIGH SCHOOL.

HE PLANS TO ATTEND HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.

THIS FALL.

HE IS MAJORING IN LEGAL STUDIES WITH HOPES OF BECOMING AN OIL GAS ATTORNEY.

REMEMBER ME, HE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF MISSION CEDAR HILL, AND IS ALSO A MUSICIAN.

NEXT UP IS MS. RAVEN THURMAN.

RAVEN IS GRADUATE.

AND I SAID, RAVEN, RAVEN IS GRADUATING FROM NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THIS PLANNING TO ATTEND LANGSTON UNIVERSITY AND LICENSED IN OKLAHOMA.

SHE'S PLANNING TO STUDY BROADCAST BROAD CAST STRUNG WITH THEM WITH A GOAL OF BECOMING A FILM PRODUCER.

SHE IS ON CEDAR ON OUR CEDAR

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SHE WAS ALSO A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, OUR ITEMS HERE.

THIS ONE'S FOR BRENDAN.

THIS ONE'S FOR WRITTEN WELL, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT AND, UH, UH, AT ALL.

IT'S ALWAYS SPECIAL WHEN THEY COME AND BRING MONEY AND GIVE MONEY TO OUR SCHOLARS.

THANK YOU.

WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

[b. Present a proclamation designating June 12, 2021 as Women Veterans Day in Cedar Hill. ]

BRAND-NEW HAYDEN.

I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF VETERANS IN OUR MISLEAD, A SHIPMENT FROM THE PARA UTILITY BILLING AND MICHELLE E. BANKS, UH, WHO WILL ALSO, WHO ARE ALSO VETERANS AND WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT, UH, OTHER THAN THESE YOUNG VETERANS COMING DOWN, YOU KNOW, UNTIL I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE ASKED TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION FOR THE WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY AND REALIZE HOW FAR BACK THAT WOMEN HAVE BEEN DEFENDING THIS COUNTRY TOO.

AND SO IT'S REALLY AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR FOR THE WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY.

SO CEDAR HILL SALUTES AND REMEMBERS THE MANY AMERICAN FEMALE VETERANS WHO HAVE COURAGEOUSLY HONORABLY SERVED IN THE MILITARY ON BEHALF OF OUR NATION.

AND WHEREAS WOMEN HAVE FINALLY BEEN PART OF THE UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES SINCE THE INCEPTION OF ARMY NURSE CORPS IN 1901, BUT AT PROUDLY SERVED ALONGSIDE AND SUPPORTED OUR NATION'S MILITARY SINCE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OR AS JUNE 9TH, 2017, THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE OFF OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED JUNE 12TH AS WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT.

AND WHEREAS THIS DAY WE COMMUNICATE COMMEMORATE THE FEARLESS SERVICE OF WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION IN THE ARMED FORCES.

AND WE HONOR OUR FEMALE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THEIR REMARKABLE SACRIFICES AND OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATION.

THEREFORE, STEVE MASON, MAYOR CITY HERE, CITY OF CEDAR HILL DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 12TH, 2021 IS ROMANS VETERANS DAY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE COURAGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF GENERATIONS, OF AMERICAN SERVICE WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE PROUDLY SERVED OUR GREAT STATE AND NATION DURING THEIR PART TO PROTECT OUR LAND PEOPLE, FREEDOMS AND LEGACY.

SO I HADN'T WRITTEN A STAR UP, I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND I'VE CAUSED THE STEEL OR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE, 2021.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LEAH.

I'M ACTUALLY A WOMAN, UH, PART OF THE WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY PROGRAM.

UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS PROGRAM FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW WITH THE CITY, AND I THINK THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY, UM, FOR ALLOWING US TO HAPPEN FOR THE WOMEN VETERANS, UM, I ACTUALLY WAS A PART OF THE ARMY FROM 2000 TO 2004.

I STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY AND 2009.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

UM, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

IF WE COULD HAVE ALL THE WOMEN VETERANS IN THE AUDIENCE, JUST TO PLEASE STAND ALL THE WOMEN VETERANS

[c. Present a proclamation designating June 19, 2021 as Juneteenth Celebration Day in Cedar Hill.]

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I THINK WE ALSO HAVE A SUR WELCOME SHANDRA JOHNSON AND SEAN RAY.

THAT WILL BE A PART OF THIS.

WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP, PLEASE? WE HAVE THE PARTS BOARD HERE, PROCLAMATION OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WHEREAS PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ON JANUARY THE FIRST 1863.

AND WHEREAS ALL THE RUMORS OF FREEDOM FOR THE SLAVES WERE WIDESPREAD.

ACTUAL EMANCIPATION DID NOT COME UNTIL THE CIVIL WAR ENDED TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER WHEN GENERAL GARDEN GRANGER ROPED INTO GALVESTON, TEXAS ISSUE IN GENERAL, AUTUMN, NUMBER THREE ON JUNE 19, 1865.

AND WHEREAS AS THE NEWS SPREAD THOUSAND FLOODED THE STREETS OF GALVESTON REJOICING IN THEIR NEW FUN, FREEDOM, AND CELEBRATING WITH SONG, DANCE AND PRAYERS CREATING THE DAY.

WE NOW CELEBRATE AS JUNE 10TH TO COMMEMORATE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FREEDOM AND RISE TODAY, THE SAME CELEBRATIONS OR OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER THE PAST, RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY AND REINFORCE OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL RECOGNIZES THAT THE BURST COMMUNITY FOUNDED ON SHARED VALUES AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS OUR STRIP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IS PLEASED TO JOIN WITH THE CITIZENS OF DARKIN BILL, THE SOTO AND LANCASTER IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH AND RECOGNITION OF OUR RICH DIVERSITY.

NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON MAYOR, THE CEDAR SET OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEAR ABOUT PAUL CRANE, JUNE 19TH TO 2021 AS JUNE TEEN CELEBRATION DAY IN THE CENTER OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

I URGE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY, TO RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH OF A RICH CULTURE AND EXPERIENCED THEM.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE.

THIS CELEBRATION OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE HISTORY OF AN IMPORTANT PART OF AMERICAN SOCIETY AND HELPS UNIFY OUR CITY AND OUR NATION AS A WHOLE, THE 2021 BUS SOUTHWEST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, THE JUNE, 1920 21 IN DESOTO, TEXAS, PLEASE VISIT CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.COM SPECIAL EVENT, AND LOOK FOR THE BEST SOUTHWEST JOAN TINK CELEBRATION FOR MORE DETAILS AND WEIGHTLESS.

WELL, I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HEAD AND HAVE CALLED THE SEAL OF THE CITY, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED IT THIS EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE, 2021, STEVEN MASON, MAYOR

[5. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 4pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]

THAT'S NOT MISSING.

THE GENDER ISSUES MAY BE REFERRED TO CITY.

STAFF ARE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

UM, THERE WERE NO ONLINE COMMENTS RECEIVED, BUT I HAVE, UH, RECEIVED FORMS FROM, UH, ELIZABETH.

AND, UH, UM, IF YOU WOULD COME, YOU HAVE ELIZABETH SHE'D COME AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

MY NAME'S ELIZABETH 1338 MINUTE DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 75 ONE

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AND TODAY I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF REESE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS AND ZOLA B WILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT AN EVENT THAT WE ARE HOSTING HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

SO WE HAVE OUR PARADIGM SHIFT, UM, BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT TRINITY CHURCH IN CEDAR HILL.

COVID REALLY IMPACTED BUSINESSES IN A NEGATIVE WAY, AND WE WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO THIS YEAR WE'RE HOSTING OUR FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON DRIVING UNDER PRESSURE, AND IT'S DEFINING THE FOUR CS OF A DIAMOND.

THE CUT REPRESENTS THE STRUCTURE OF A DIAMOND.

DO YOU HAVE ONE? AND HOW CAN YOU BUILD IT? THE VISION IS THE CLARITY OF A DIAMOND AND THE COLOR IS THE CULTURE.

DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION EVEN HAVE A CULTURE? AND THE FOURTH C WILL BE A CARROT, WHICH IS REPRESENTING THE BANKABILITY AND THE CASHFLOW OF AN ORGANIZATION.

UNFORTUNATELY, BUSINESSES DIDN'T HAVE THAT.

AND SO I DO HAVE THESE, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD HAND THEM OUT, UM, FORMAL INVITATIONS FOR YOU GUYS, BUT WE DO WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT WE WERE UP TO CEDAR HILL.

THIS IS OUR CITY, THIS IS OUR PLACE, AND WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP BUILD AND STEWARD LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, FEEL FREE TO PASS THOSE OUT.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO PARTNER WITH RUIZ FINANCIAL AID.

UM, THIS, UH, THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN SO WELL RECEIVED AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING IT BACK IN PERSON THIS YEAR, UH, WITH OUR, OUR PARTNERS AND THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK AT CITIZEN FORUM IS CAMERON RIVER.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL KIM RIMMER, SIX OH THREE LEMON STREET AND CEDAR HILL.

I WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU, UM, TONIGHT AND JUST, UH, EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND THANKS.

UH, SOME OF MY BOARD MEMBERS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD WERE GIVEN NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS USA, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONALS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF DERRY, VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE, TO COME TOGETHER, TO BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES.

WE WERE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER YOU KNOW, IT OR NOT, Y'ALL APPROVED THAT FOR US, WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE IT WAS BY ZOOM AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

WE PICKED UP SOME INTERESTING POINTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE IN SOME OF OUR UPCOMING PROJECTS.

AND IT WAS ALSO AFFIRMING TO SEE THAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF AFFIRMING TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE REMISS AND ENJOY THAT OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT THANKING YOU FOR PROVIDING IT.

AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK STACY GRAVES, LEAH CARTER, AND MICHELLE EBANKS FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

SO JUST THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE GREAT THINGS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD IN THE FUTURE.

SURE.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE STRENGTH OF THE CITY IS THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ON OUR SERVE ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THANK YOU.

[6. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.]

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING, ANY PARTICULAR ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SAY, MAN, I READ THAT FIRST ITEM PAY, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE MAY, 1820 21 SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN THE MAY 25TH, 2021, THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING BE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, BUT CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, C H I S D RENEWING THE LEASE OF THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE CEDAR HILL GOVERNMENT CENTER.

I HAVE HIM SAY, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 21 DAYS SIX 27, WHICH SUPPORTS THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR A HIRING PROGRAM GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, COMMA OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES COPS, THEY CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF MICRO SURFACINGS SERVICES FROM VIKING CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $174,427 AND 52 CENTS.

ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE FIRST RESPONDER WAS THAT THE UNC PROGRAM PEDAL, IF CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LANCASTER FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST RESPONDENT RESILIENCY PROGRAM ITEM G CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DESOTA FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST RESPONDER RESILIENT PROGRAM COUNCIL THAT ARE, THOSE

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YOU TAKE THE EMOTION, A MAYOR PROTEIN, AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RED.

WE HAVE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY, IS THERE A SECOND, SAY SOMETHING ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER, BILL AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION OR THOSE THAT SIGNIFY APPROVAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR WELLBEING, RIGHT? NOT A RESOLUTION ORDINANCE, A FAVORITE POLICE VERSION, DRIVING THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

IT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WELL, WE HAVE MOVED THROUGH OUR AGENDA AND THE COUNCIL WAS VERY KIND TO ME, UH, FOR, UH, GIVING ME A LIGHT AGENDA AND SUBSTITUTING FOR OUR FANTASTIC MAYOR.

I WANT TO, UH, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF, BELINDA AND KATIE FOR HELPING GUIDE ME THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

IT'S NOT AS EASY AS YOU THINK IT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING ME IN THIS PROCESS.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A GENTLEMAN, EITHER ENTERTAIN AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

EMOTION FOR JOURNALS ARE SECOND.

IT'S NOT THE BATTLE.

ALL THOSE FAVORABLE AT HAND ARE ADJOURN.