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WE DO HAVE A FULL FORM OF COUNSEL PRESENT.
AND, UM, UH, THIS IS OFFICIALLY THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING.
AND, UH, UH, THERE WAS THIS HAPPENING PROPERTY POSTED THIS, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS, UM, DOES NOT PERMIT, UM, OPEN CARRY.
AND IF YOU ARE STREAMING, WE WANTED TO SAY HELLO TO YOU AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I DO HAVE 7 0 4 INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY JOSH SPRINTS.
UH, FIRST BAPTIST STARTS TO CEDAR HILL AND FALL FROM THERE.
WE WILL HAVE NEIL BOLTON THAT WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS FLAG SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PLEASE STAND AND, UH, RECEIVE THE INVITATION.
I DO HAVE A BIO FOR YOU, MR. PRINCE.
UH, JOSH FRITZ IS A SENIOR PASTOR OF FPC CEDAR HILL.
HE CAME TO CEDAR HILL IN AUGUST, 2020, WITH THE HOPES OF SEEING THE CHURCH REVITALIZED TO A PLACE OF GREAT SPIRITUAL HEALTH GROWTH, AND INCREASED IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE CHURCH HAVE TAKEN THE SLOGAN.
WE LOVE 75, 100 FOR SEEKING TO CARE FOR SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CEDAR HILL.
JOSH AND HIS WIFE, JESSICA WILL CELEBRATE 13 YEARS OF MARRIAGE IN APRIL AND ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF CHECKS, JET AND JOVI.
HOW ARE YOU DOING THEIR CUSTOMERS? I WAS TOLD I COULD PREACH A SERMON, NOT JUST PRAY I'M SKIDDING DO AS A, AS A LEADER.
I WANT TO, I WANT TO JUST READ A PROVERBS THREE.
I JUST WANT TO READ PROVERBS THREE OVER.
THE DESIRE FOR WISDOM IS GREAT.
AMONGST LEADING PEOPLE, UH, SAYS THIS IN PROVERBS THREE, STARTING VERSE 13.
IT SAYS HAPPY AS A MAN WHO FINDS WISDOM AND WHO ACQUIRES UNDERSTANDING FOR SHE IS MORE PROFITABLE THAN SILVER AND HER REVENUE IS BETTER THAN GOLD.
SHE IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN JEWELS.
A DESIRE CAN EQUAL HER LONG LIFE IS IN HER RIGHT HAND IN HER LEFT RICHES AND HONOR, HER WAYS ARE PLEASANT AND ALL HER PAST PEACEFUL.
SHE'S A TREE OF LIFE TO THOSE WHO EMBRACE HER AND THOSE WHO HOLD ONTO HER ARE HAPPY.
Y'ALL LET'S PRAY TOGETHER, FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, LAUREN, FOR YOUR LOVING KINDNESS OVER US, THAT YOU SAW FIT THAT, UH, WHILE WE WERE A SCRIPTURE SAYS YET ENEMIES OF YOURS, AS WE WERE HOPELESSLY WANDERING A FATHER, YOU SENT, YOU WANT AN ONLY SON TO SAVE US, TO REDEEM US, TO GIVE US GRACE, TO GIVE US HOPE, TO GIVE US A ETERNAL FUTURE.
AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE SALVATION THAT COMES THROUGH CHRIST ALONE.
AND, UM, I THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL FOR THIS CITY, MAKING PRAYER A PRIORITY OF THIS MEETING.
UM, WE'RE MADE AIR BE BLESSING THAT COMES FROM, UH, THAT COMMITMENT.
UH, WHAT I PRAYED OVER A MAYOR MASON GOT I THANK YOU FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP.
I THANK YOU FOR HIS LOVE OF THE CITY.
I GOT FOR HIS GENUINE DESIRE TO SEE THE CITY THRIVE AND GROW AND, AND TO BE A BLESSING TO ITS PEOPLE.
UH, FATHER, I PRAY GOD FOR HIS WISDOM, AS WELL AS THE WISDOM OVER THIS COUNCIL AND LORD JESUS THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM UNITY AND THE DECISIONS THAT LIE BEFORE THEM.
I GOT YOU TO GIVE THEM PEACE AND YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A REST AS THEY NEED IT.
UM, LORD HELP THEM TO, UH, UNDERSTAND FULLY THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST PATHS TO GO ABOUT MEETING THOSE NEEDS.
UH, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, GOD, THAT THE MANY WAYS THAT THEY SERVE US, GOD, WE PRAY SAFETY OVER THEM AND WE PRAY PEACE AND UNITY FOR THEM AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND IT'LL BE, WE PRAY OVER OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THROUGHOUT TEXAS, WHO ARE, UH, ARE REELING FROM LOSS, WHETHER IT BE FROM, UH, THE TORNADO DAMAGE JUST YESTERDAY TO THE FIRES THAT BROKE OUT.
UM, GOD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE MOURNING LOSS.
AND WE PRAY THAT WE, AS A CITY WOULD UNDERSTAND WAYS THAT WE CAN SERVE OUR FELLOW MAN AND, AND BRING AND PROVIDE WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.
AND GOD, WE CONTINUE TO PRAY AS WELL WITH OUR HEARTS HEAVY FOR UKRAINE, WE PRAY FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE MOURNING.
WE PRAY FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE SEPARATED.
WE PRAY FOR, UH, CITIZENS THAT ARE SEEKING SAFETY AND LORD, WE PRAY ULTIMATELY FOR PEACE AND HUMILITY, SO THAT THAT MIGHT BE PERCEIVED OR PURSUED AND, AND GRASP FIND A LORD.
I JUST PRAY OVER TONIGHT'S MEETING.
I PRAY THAT IT WOULD BE HONORING TO YOU.
UM, GOD, THAT, THAT THE, THE CONVERSATION THAT HAD IS, IS USEFUL IN BUILDING ONE ANOTHER UP.
WE THANK YOU FOR TIME TO BE ABLE TO JUST SPEAK TO YOU AND HONOR YOU IN THIS MOMENT.
BUT THE SPRINTS, MR. NEIL BOLTON, A PARKS BOARD MEMBER OF CEDAR HILL, ALSO A CEDAR HILL ALIGNER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
ALRIGHT, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO
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THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[a. Present a Proclamation designating April 9, 2022 as Arbor Day in Cedar Hill. ]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION A PRESENT, UH, TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING APRIL 9TH, 2022 AS ARBOR DAY IN CEDAR HILL.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY A COUNSELOR IN MCCURDY, GOT TO GET HIS OUTFIT ON SO I, I KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF CITIES AROUND US THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED TREE CITY USA AND ALL, IF WE'VE EVER RECEIVED THAT DESIGNATION OR NOT, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED SOME DESIGNATIONS FOR BEING GREEN CITIES.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE TREE TREE COMMITTEE.
WHAT WILL YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT TREES.
WELL, WE HAVE POEMS ABOUT TREES.
WE HAD, THERE WAS LOTS OF THINGS ABOUT TREES, TREES THAT HAVE PROVIDED LOTS OF BENEFITS.
THEY GAVE US SHADE WHEN IT'S HOT, THEY FILTER THE AIR GREAT BARRIERS WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME ANNOYING NEIGHBORS.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY CREATE SOUND BARRIERS FOR, FOR HIGHWAYS.
AND SO TREES PROVIDE MANY BENEFITS.
UM, AND, UH, AS WE KNOW, FROM SOME OF OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR TREES AND OUR GREENERY IN THE CITY.
I THINK IT'S VERY FITTING THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING THE, THE ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION TODAY WHEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADOPTING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES INCREASING OPENING GREEN SPACE FROM 20% TO 25%.
SO THAT'S ALSO A BIG IMPROVEMENT AND, UH, AND ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS PRESERVING OUR GREEN SPACE.
SO LET ME, LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION HERE FROM, FROM THE MAYOR FOR ARBOR DAY.
WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS A NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY CELEBRATED OBSERVANCE THAT ENCOURAGES TREE PLANTING CARE AND PRESERVATION.
AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST CELEBRATED IN NEBRASKA IN 1872 WAS PASSED INTO LAW BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN 1890.
AND IT'S NOW CELEBRATED ANNUALLY THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
AND WHEREAS TREES CREATE A MOSAIC GREEN SPACE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITIES, IMPROVING PROPERTY VALUES AND AIR QUALITY, PROVIDING SHELTER FOR WILDLIFE SHADE, TO OUR COOL HOMES, TO COOL OUR HOMES.
AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS CELEBRATED TO ENCOURAGE THE PLANTING OF TREES THROUGHOUT CEDAR HILL FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC AND AESTHETIC BENEFITS.
THEY PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY WILL CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS THROUGH ITS LANDSCAPE AND TREE ORDINANCES AND ITS OFFICIAL ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE URBAN FOREST TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NEED TO PRESERVE IT.
NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON MAYOR, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH, 2022 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS FURTHER.
I ASKED ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WORK DILIGENTLY TO MAINTAIN THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE TO PROVIDE FOR ALL OF US.
AND WHEN DOES, WHERE HAVE I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE A SEAL THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THIS 22ND DAY OF MARCH, 2022.
WELL, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE FOR A CEDAR HILLS 13TH, UM, TREE CITY AWARD.
UM, JUST A LITTLE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT TREE CITY MEANS A TREE CITY USA PROGRAM HAS BEEN GREENING UP CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS AMERICA SINCE 1976.
IT IS A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT THAT PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK NECESSARY FOR COMMUNITIES TO MANAGE AND EXPAND THEIR PUBLIC TREES.
UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE HAVE TO DO TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THEY HAVE TO, UH, TO ACHIEVE TREE CITY USA STATUS, YOU HAVE TO MEET FOUR CORE STANDARDS OF SOUND, URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT, MAINTAINING A TREAT BOARD OR DEPARTMENT HAVING A COMMUNITY TREE ORDINANCE AND SPENDING AT LEAST $2 PER CAPITA ON URBAN FORESTRY AND CELEBRATING ARBOR DAY.
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AND I KNOW FOR A FACT WE SPEND MORE THAN $2.UM, AND SO JUST SO SOME OF THE WAYS WE CELEBRATE AND CEDAR HILL, UH, THE PARK AND RECREATION AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WILL BE CELEBRATING THE EARTH FEST ON APRIL 9TH, UH, FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE ALANY SIMS RECREATION CENTER.
UH, THAT IS THE RECOGNIZE, UH, EARTH DAY AND ALSO ARBOR DAY.
TELL THEM THAT YOUR VICE CHAIR OF, I AM VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND THE, UH, THREE CITY, TWO HATS, TWO HATS.
ALL RIGHT, PLEASE COME OUT APRIL 9TH.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAD THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS RIGHT NOW.
MA'AM I DON'T THINK WE HAD IT LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A FUNNY BIT AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, IT'D BE AT THE REC CENTER.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITIZENS FORM, UH, ANY SYSTEMS WISHING TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL? UM, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
UH, THE COUNCIL CANNOT SPEAK ON ANY ITEM THAT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND, UH, COUNSEL, I DON'T HAVE ANY ONLINE, UM, INQUIRIES AND I DON'T HAVE ANY IN-PERSON INQUIRIES.
[6. Bond Matters:]
SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEPS OF THE ITEM.ITEM SIX, A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ALL MATTERS INCIDENT IN RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SYRIA 2022, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022, DEZ 7 5 6, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS.
HELLO THERE, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU TONIGHT.
THIS FOR OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE VOTERS THROUGH BOND ELECTIONS, UM, THIS WILL COVER PROJECTS FOR ASPHALT AND CONCRETE REPAIR PROGRAM SIGNAL MOBILITY, MASTER PLAN, SIGNATURE PARK, AND OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
AND OUR LIBRARY FACILITY WE'VE TOTALLY 9 MILLION AND 50,000.
SO ALL THESE ITEMS WERE PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND APPROVED AND THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND TONIGHT I'M, I'M PLEASED TO HAVE MARTY SHU FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISERS TO PRESENT THE FINAL PRICING FOR YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MARTY SHU, HILLTOP SECURITIES ARE ALSO HERE WITH ME TONIGHT AS BOB DRANSFIELD WITH NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT.
HE REPRESENTS THE CITY AS YOUR BOND ATTORNEY.
SO HE'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWERING LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
THERE'S THREE SERIES OF BONDS.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A SALE SUMMARY.
THAT INCLUDES ALL THREE OF THEM, BUT YOU HAVE THEM AS SEPARATE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO OVER THE, ALL OF THEM TOGETHER.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, YOUR BONDS WERE SOLD THIS MORNING THROUGH A NEGOTIATED SALE WHERE, UH, TWO UNDERWRITERS, UM, BAIRD AND SAM CO WERE ENGAGED TO PRE-MARKET AND SELL YOUR BONDS TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT SALE METHOD FOR OUR CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, WHICH ARE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF VOLATILITY.
SO AS YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL AWARE WITH THE CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION, THE ECONOMY, WE ARE IN A PERIOD OF WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER INTEREST RATE OR RISING INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNDERWRITERS WERE ABLE TO LOCK IN A BID FOR YOUR BONDS WITH A PROPOSED TRUE INTEREST COST OF A 3.1, 1% ON YOUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND YOUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND A 2.18% FOR TRUE INTEREST COSTS ON YOUR TAX NOTES AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RATES.
SO YOUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND YOUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE AMORTIZED OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THEY'RE BEING AMORTIZED OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD TO PROVIDE EQUAL ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
AND THEN YOUR TAX NOTES HAVE A LOWER OR SHORTER MATURITY, AND THEY'RE BEING AMORTIZED OVER SEVEN YEARS.
SO HENCE WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE RATES.
SO ALL THAT BEING CONSIDERED WHILE WE ARE IN A RISING INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, WE THINK YOU SHOULD BE VERY PLEASED.
THOSE ARE STILL VERY LOW RATES, ESPECIALLY IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
UM, WE HAVE INCLUDED IN, IN THE PACKETS BEFORE YOU THE FULL SET OF NUMBERS FOR EACH OF THIS SERIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO IN TERMS OF DOLLARS OVER THE LIFE OF THE BONDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, TAB BEHIND TAB A ONE, WE HAVE THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
UH, TWO, WE HAVE THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND THREE, WE HAVE THE TAX NOTES AND NONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THESE, UH, FAVORABLE INTEREST RATES IS IN DIRECT RELATION
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TO THE CREDIT RATING OF THE CITY.SO THE CREDIT RATING OF THE CITY IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR OWN PERSONAL CREDIT RATINGS.
SO THE HIGHER YOUR CREDIT RATING IS THE LOWER THE INTEREST RATE.
WHEN YOU GO TO BUY A CAR OR A MORTGAGE PURCHASE, A HOME OR CREDIT CARDS, SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE CITY.
SO THE HIGHER YOUR CREDIT RATING, THE LOWER THE COST OF BORROWING IS WHEN YOU GO TO MARKET FOR YOUR BONDS.
UM, AND THE WAITING PROCESS IS PART OF THE NORMAL BOND ISSUANCE.
SO YOU DO APPLY FOR AND PURCHASE A RATING.
SO THE RATING AGENCIES COME IN AND THEY DO A FULL CREDIT ASSESSMENT ON THE CITY.
SO THEY PUT, UM, STAFF THROUGH A RIGOROUS ASSESSMENT, ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING AND THEY DO PREPARE, UH, TO OR REPORT.
UH, I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT STANDARD AND POOR'S, AND BOTH MOODY'S DID AFFIRM THE DOUBLE A RATING OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, IT'S AN EXCELLENT CREDIT RATING.
UH, I THINK IT'S A SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO CREDIT RATING NOTCHES HIGHER THAN YOU.
SO YOU ONLY HAVE ONE NOTCH TO GO TILL YOU GET TO A PERFECT SCORE.
YOU ARE AN ELITE CATEGORY OF WRITINGS.
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE NOTCH ABOVE YOU TILL YOU GET TO A PERFECT SCORE.
SO THERE'S TWO CATEGORIES ABOVE YOU.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THE, ON THE STRONG CREDIT RATINGS OF THE CITY DOES CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE LOW BORROWING RATES.
AND SO WE DID INCLUDE BEHIND THE TAB B THE FULL RATING WRITE-UPS FOR THE CITY.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THAT BOTH OF THEM HIGHLIGHT THE STABLE BUDGETARY PER PERFORMANCE, STRONG RESERVES AND THE VERY STRONG MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY.
SO ALL IN ALL, WE THINK YOU SHOULD BE VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.
THIS IS THE FINAL STEP OF THE BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS.
SO BY EFFECTIVELY ADOPTING THE ORDINANCES BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, YOU ARE SET, ACCEPTING THESE FINAL RATES AND LOCKING THESE INTO PLACE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE DEBT MOVING FORWARD.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
MAY I APPROACH THEM? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE FIRST ONE IS THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S 4.6 MILLION THERE IN THAT REFLECTED BACK TO A 2003 BOND ISSUE THAT, UH, FOR THE LIBRARIES, IT IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING, LET ME, I CAN ANSWER THAT REAL QUICKLY.
I THINK YOU ARE 100% CORRECT, BUT I WILL JUST CONFIRM THAT.
SO YOU HAVE FROM THE LIBRARY, IT'S YOUR PART OF YOUR 2003 AUTHORIZATION? 4.6 MILLION IS BEING USED.
SO YOU ARE USING UP THE REMAINING AUTHORIZATION THAT YOU HAVE LEFT.
YOU STILL HAVE 24.19, $5 MILLION IN AUTHORIZED ISSUANCE AVAILABLE FOR GEO BONDS ACROSS YOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES WITHIN, UM, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UH, LIBRARY DRAINAGE AND PARKS AND REC.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD RELATED TO THE TAX NOTES AND FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT, I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT TWIST.
AND INSTEAD OF WHY, WHY WERE THE WHY TEXTLESS? YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME, BUT COULDN'T, YOU USE SHORTER PERIOD OF TIMES ON THE CEO'S FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT YOU CAN, UM, YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN SO THAT YOU SIX TO ONE, HALF A DOZEN TO THE OTHER CEO'S AND TAX KNOWS BOTH HAVE A UNDERLYING SECURITY PLEDGE OF THE AVALARA TAXES.
UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM IS CEO'S REQUIRE A NOTICE PUBLICATION.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO WRAP IN YOUR EQUIPMENT, WE WOULD JUST KEEP IT NEST AND AMORTIZE SHORTLY.
THE GOAL IS YOU WANT TO AMORTIZE THE DEBT TO MATCH THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE ASSETS THAT YOU'RE BEING FINANCED.
SO TAX NOTES ARE A GREAT VEHICLE TO USE.
THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME COMPARABLE TO A CEO.
UM, THEY'RE JUST A SHORTER, THEY HAVE A MAXIMUM MATURITY OF SEVEN YEARS.
AND THEN SIGN, UNDERSTANDING THE RATE FOR THE TEXTBOOKS IS, IS IT LESS THAN FOR THE OTHER, SO, CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THIS PORTION.
UM, WE NEED A MOTION ON EACH OF THESE, OR WE NEED A MOTION FOR, FOR ALL THREE OR THESE INDIVIDUAL ORDINANCES.
UH, WE DO A SEPARATELY, RIGHT.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2, 2 DASH 7 5 6.
WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, UM, CASA, CAUSE THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 6, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SERIES 2022, SPECIFYING THE TERMS AND FEATURES OF SAID BONDS LIVING A CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID BONDS AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT, UNRELATED TO THE ISSUANCE SALE PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF SAID BONDS, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT SLASH REGISTRAR
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AGREEMENT AND THE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THANK YOU FOR THAT, MS. SERENE.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WE'LL WILL BE THIS COUNSELING.
YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE RATING THAT WAS DISPLAYED.
UH, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DIRECT, UH, UH, DIRECTION TOWARDS STAFF ON THIS.
SO, UH, JUST TO BE A BADGE OF HONOR, AND SHE SPENT HERSELF ON THE BACK.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, IS ITEM B BOND MATTERS.
CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT IN RELATED TO THE INSTRUMENTS AND SALE OF THE CITY OF CITY, OF TEXAS COMBINATION OF TAX AND REVENUES CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2022, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 7, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH AS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
DO THEY HAVE A SECOND, SECOND CUSTOMER GLOVER? ALRIGHT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 7 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUES CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS SERIES 2022, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION BY THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM TAX UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY.
IN A LIMITED PLEDGE OF THE CITY'S COMBINED WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM, PROVIDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE PAYMENT SECURITY SALE AND DELIVERY OF SAID CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT SLASH REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND THE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT PERTAINING THERE TOO, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS COUNSELING.
C CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 8 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TAX NOTES SERIES 2022 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND FIRE ENGINE AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED THERE TOO.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS COUNCIL? THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVED CITY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 2 DASH 7 5 8.
COUNSELOR MCCURDY HAS THE MOTION OF APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND PAYER TO, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 8.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TAX NOTES SERIES 2022, SPECIFYING THE TERMS AND FEATURES OF SUCH NOTES, LOVING A CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH NOTES AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT UNRELATED THERE TOO, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT SLASH REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND THE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU AGAIN, WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
ANY SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MARTY, UH, NEXT TIME YOU COME TO CEDAR HILL, JUST KEEP THAT GOOD LUCK INTEREST RATE COMING.
UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO HERE AT TOP AND ALSO THE COST OF YOUR A BANK.
UM, OUR GUESTS, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE PAPERS RAISED RIGHT HERE.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING CUSTOMER HAYDEN.
I'LL IF I PLEASE RAISE RIGHT HERE, MS. ANANYMOUS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE SAT AND WENT AND BORROWED $22 MILLION.
IT WAS APPROVED BY, BY OUR CITIZENS.
AND SO WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH ALL THE PLANS THAT, UH, THAT THEY HAVE, HAVE DIRECTED US TO DO, BUT WANT TO SAY THAT WE'VE DONE THAT WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE, SO GOOD JOB STAFF, RIGHT? WE'RE SAYING THAT.
[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-755 to amend Chapter 16, Article I, Section 16-3 of the Code of Ordinances relating to the enabling statute for the adoption of Comprehensive Plans.]
ALL RIGHT.UM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING LETTER, A CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 2 7 5 5 2 ADMIN CHAPTER 16, ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 16 DASH THREE OF THE CODE KNOWN AS RELATING TO THE ENABLING STATUTE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE COMPLAINT? MAYBE THE CHAPTER WELL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MANY PROTEINS? YOU HAVE A SECOND.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND CUSTOMER GOVERN? AND AGAIN, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022
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DASH 7 55, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 16, ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 16, DASH THREE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 99 DASH FOUR 18 RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS, REPEALING AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES.FINDING IN DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
COME ON COUNCIL, BUT TELL US THAT'S ON TOP OF THAT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? HOWEVER, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYONE TO LISTEN, TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION OF, UH, ON THIS NUMBER OF 2022 DASH 7, 5 5.
WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T MOVED IT YET.
WE CAN REMOVE THE MOTION AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, ANYONE IN FAVOR OPPOSITION? LET'S SEE ANYONE APPROACH OUR CLOSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNCIL METAL SECRETARY.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[b. Case No. Z-425-2022 - Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-753 for the 2022 Comprehensive Plan - Cedar Hill Next: Preserving the Past, Cultivating the Future.]
CASE NUMBER Z 4 2 5 DASH 2020 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 3 4, THE 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CEDAR HEAD NEXT, PRESERVING THE PAST, CULTIVATING THE FUTURE.I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE NUMBER Z 4 2 5, 2020, TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? YES MA'AM.
YOU DO HAVE FIVE MINUTES ACTUALLY.
AND PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND, UH, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
MY NAME IS KIM RIMMER, 6 0 3 LEMON STREET HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR STAFF.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, COME AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THIS IS A GOOD PLAN, NOT JUST BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO SIT ON THE, UM, COMMITTEE, BUT THE COMMITTEE DID WORK HARD, THE COMMITTEE, UM, KIND OF GROUND OUT SOME OF THE, UM, NOT SO, UH, WONDERFUL PARTS OF THIS.
WE PUT IN OTHER WONDERFUL PARTS.
WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO GET A PLAN THAT WOULD MAKE CEDAR HILL A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
UM, I DO HAVE, UH, UH, MY PRAYER IS THAT YOU FOLLOW THIS.
WHEN WE HAVE DEVELOPERS COME TO OUR CITY, UH, BUSINESSES THAT COME TO OUR CITY, PLEASE LET THIS BE A GUIDE FOR YOU.
UM, AND THE OTHER, UM, NOT REALLY HEARTBURN ISSUE, BUT A CONCERN.
WE KIND OF GAVE A WINK AND A NOD TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND CEDAR HILL AND ALSO TO REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BUILDING OUT, BUILDING OUT, BUILDING OUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
EVERYTHING'S NEW AND SHINY THAT MY HEART, BECAUSE I SIT ON NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD IS THAT WE'RE NOT FORGET OUR ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOME MAY NEED REVITALIZATION.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED MORE THAN JUST A WINK AND A NOD FOR THAT.
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, WE TALK ABOUT BUSINESS COMING WITH BUSINESS, COMING BUSINESS, COMING.
EVERYBODY THINKS APPLE, AMAZON, WHOMEVER, BUT REMEMBER IT WAS THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT KEPT THIS CITY GOING DURING A WINTER STORM AND A PANDEMIC.
THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY.
AND WE NEED TO GIVE THEM MORE THAN A WINK AND A NOD.
AND I, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA PASS THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND MY HEART WITH YOU.
ANYONE ELSE MISSING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION OF, UH, CASE NUMBER Z 4 2 5, 2022.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND NO ONE APPROACHING.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC AREA.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THE SITE YOU MAY LIKE TO MAKE A I'M SORRY.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME QUESTION.
WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER Z 4 2 5 2 0 0 2 2.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 3, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TO GUIDE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ADOPTING THE GREENWAY CORRIDOR PLAN REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2008 DASH 3 7 5, PROVIDING FOR REPEALING AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES.
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THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.UH, UH, ASSOCIATE IMAGINE AS A MARINE, UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND AND, UH, IT TOOK THREE YEARS TO DEVELOP THIS DOCUMENT.
SO, UM, I WANT TO KIND OF LET IT SIMMER FOR A MOMENT BEFORE WE JUST MAKE A QUICK MOTION.
UM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT US AS A BODY, A GOVERNMENT BODY ON THE COUNCIL, UM, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS BY OURSELVES.
UH, WE DO TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR COMMITTEES.
WE DO TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR BOYS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, AND BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT IS DONE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BE CELEBRATED.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO FAKE, YOU KNOW, STAFF, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, UH, THE COMP PLAN COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE BOUT TO GET A LOT OF WORK DONE WITH THE BOARDS OF COMMISSION WITH SOME ADOPTIONS THAT'S ABOUT TO COME FORWARD.
UH, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND KIND OF JUST CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE JOURNEY THAT WE HAD TRAVELED IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET HERE.
AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO TIP MY HAT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
UH, I WAS A PART OF THE 2008 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, AND I WAS NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AT THAT TIME.
I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, BUT, UM, BEING A PART OF THE 2008 PLAN, BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN STAFF, FOLLOW THAT PLAN COUNCIL, FOLLOW THAT PLAN ALONG WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, I CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW THINGS FELL IN FRUITION.
AND NOW HERE WE ARE SETTING THE FUTURE, UH, OF WHAT THE CITY OF CTO IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SET THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS, UH, THIS DOCUMENT, UH, ALIVE, UH, AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, PRIOR TO ME HAVING QUESTIONS COMING IN.
THANK YOU, MS. , COULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? SO I WANTED TO ECHO, UM, I LOVE THE COMMENTS THAT THE MAYOR MADE, BUT I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS YOU IN PARTICULAR.
UM, I WANT TO PERSONALLY EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THIS PROCESS.
THIS, UH, IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS ALMOST, UH, AND, UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN FINER LEADERSHIP, UH, IN, IN GUIDING THIS PROCESS TO, IN, IN MY, IN MIND.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN I'VE SEEN FINAL LEADERSHIP.
UH, AND IT WAS VERY DELIBERATE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AND YOU SHEPHERD THIS PROCESS, UM, AND, AND, AND OUTSTANDING IN AN EXCELLENT WAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TODAY THAT I EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION YOU FOR YOUR WORK OVER THE LAST, I MEAN, YOU TOOK THE REINS FROM THE PREVIOUS PLANNING DIRECTLY HANDED THE BATON OFF TO YOU, BUT NOW YOU ONLY, IF I COULD THINK OF IT AND I'M A BIG TRACK FAN, BUT IT WAS LIKE YOU WERE, UM, YOU SAYING BOLT GRABBING THE BATON AND YOU RAN, UH, AN INCREDIBLE LEG AND TOOK US OVER THE FINISH LINE.
AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU.
WELL, I CAN'T VERY WELL PUT THE, THE APPRECIATION BETTER FOR PLANNING DIRECTOR STRINGFIELD.
UM, YOU CERTAINLY PUT A LOT OF DEDICATION AND TIME INTO THIS IS IT.
AND PART OF MY COMMENTS ARE ABOUT THIS.
AND THEN, AND PART OF IT IS IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRETY OF OUR AGENDA, UH, THE SEASONING, AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ALL OF THIS IS A REFLECTION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY AND THE DEDICATION TO KEEPING THINGS MOVING FORWARD IN SPITE OF THE PANDEMIC, INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF JUST USING AN EXCUSE OF, OH, WELL, WE'VE GOT COVID, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
YOU ALL KEPT, KEPT EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD, KEPT EVERYONE ON TASK.
AND INSTEAD OF MAKING EXCUSES FOUND WAYS TO GET THINGS DONE.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE CAN EXPRESS THAT ENOUGH.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW PROBABLY ALL THE CITIZENS IN THIS ROOM, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT THE WORK THAT HAS GONE IN, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN AT OTHER MEETINGS AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE, UH, PARTICIPATED IN A LOT OF THIS PROCESS, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF, OF, OF ALL THE CITIZENS THAT, THAT MAY NOT HAVE ATTENDED THAT.
UH, SO YOU'LL WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, AND, AND THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST
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FEW YEARS, KEEP KEEPING YOU OUR CITY MOVING FORWARD, CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS.UM, AND, AND JUST, AND JUST GETTING THE JOB DONE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING BECAUSE MCCURDY, UH, CUSTOMER GLOVER, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU SAT DOWN DIRECTOR OF STRINGFELLOW.
I THINK THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
THESE RECEIVE FLOWERS OF WHAT SHOULD HAVE AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER KIRBY SAID, WHAT SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND WHAT DID STOP MANY MUNICIPALITIES DID NOT STOP US.
UM, NOT ONLY WERE YOU TO THRIVE THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME OF COVID AND HAVE THE WINTER STORM AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED.
SO WITH THE PLUM THAT YOU LED, THE TROOPS, YOU LED THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY, WE HAVE AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY, AND THAT, THAT TAKES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SKILL AND TAC TO DEAL WITH OUR ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE VERY, UM, DEMONSTRATIVE AND VERY VOCAL.
AND NOW I'M ONLY THAT YOU LEAD US, YOU PROVIDE THAT, THAT LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP, THAT CRAY, THAT THIS, THIS, UH, THIS PLAN, AND THIS IS, UH, A VERY GOOD PLAN.
I'M SH I'M CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GOING TO LEAD US TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS.
UM, I'M NOT SURE I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE GOT THIS DONE.
AND THEN IN THIS MANNER, IN THIS FASHION WITH ASTRA LEADERSHIP, UM, IF IT WERE ANOTHER LEADER, WE MIGHT STILL BE WAITING FOR THE FIRST ITERATION OF THIS DOCUMENT.
SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS WHO PUT THEIR TIME INTO IT.
UH, COVID IS ALMOST A DISTANT MEMORY, BUT WE CAN STILL REMEMBER THE TREPIDATION OF DO I EVEN GO OUT OF MY HOME AND OUR CITIZENS NOT ONLY DEALT WITH COVID, BUT THEY CAME OUT AND THEY PARTICIPATED.
THEY PARTICIPATED WHETHER IT WAS ALL MINE OR WHETHER IT WAS IN PERSON.
AND WE GOT TOGETHER AND NOT ONLY PUT TOGETHER A PLAN, WE PUT TOGETHER AN EXCELLENT PLAN.
SO I JUST WENT TO CONVEY MY APPRECIATION TO DIRECT THE STRING, FELL ON TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WHO WORKED ON THIS PLAN.
THEN THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOU THAT WE HERE WE'RE HERE TODAY AT THE POSITION TO RATIFY THIS, LIKE IT COMES FROM A GLOVER AND A CUSTOMER.
AND SO, AND TO THE COMMITTEE THOUGH, THAT WE'RE SEVERAL YEARS BACK, WE HAD THE OCCUR, THE NEWS ON THE SCENE ABOUT THINGS YOU CAME UP ALREADY TELLS US THAT CITIZENS OF ALL THAT LAST THING I SAID, THEN DID THE CITY AND CUSTOMER HAYDEN, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO BE A BROKEN RECORD HERE.
I DEFINITELY ECHO EVERYBODY SAID, BUT ONE PART THAT I WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN SHOT AT THAT.
UM, THIS WAS DONE IN SUCH, SUCH MAGNITUDE THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AS FAR AS HOW WE WERE PLANNING AND HOW WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, UM, THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE THIRD ONE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR MASTER PLAN, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND I DON'T KNOW, OR REMEMBER ANY OF THEM GOING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET THIS ONE.
AND SO THAT IN ITSELF, AND BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND GET THE WORD OUT MUCH MORE DETAILED THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE.
I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A TESTAMENT OF WHAT THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE.
SO, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, LASHONDRA AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON THIS, IT WAS TRULY A CHALLENGE, BUT IT WAS TRULY A CHALLENGE WORTH IT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COUNSEL, AND, UH, HOPE YOU, UH, ACCEPT OUR GRATITUDE FROM THE COUNCIL.
UH, WE DO HAVE THEM ALSO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
I BELIEVE HE WAS FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN TIM SAMS, UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION.
AND IN THIS, UM, I THINK IT MAKES IT OFFICIAL YOU'RE STIRRING FELLOW.
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WORK TO DO NOW.SO, UH, WE'RE I THINK WE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE, NEXT ITEM
[c. Case No. PD-407-2021 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a change in zoning from “LR” (Local Retail) District to “PD” (Planned Development) District for attached single-family residential (townhouses) generally located south of the southeast corner of West Wintergreen Road and Highway 67 with the approximate address being 1400 North J. Elmer Weaver Freeway. Applicants: Kyle Joyce, Jabez Development, LP Representative: Jason Frey, BGE, Inc. Property Owner: P.T. Swamy, Ganapathy LTD]
ON THE AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING CASE NUMBER PD 4 0 7, 2021, CAUSE A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CHARGE IN SONY, FROM LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICTS WITH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT FOUR ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSES GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD IN SIX IN HIGHWAY 67 WITH THE APARTMENT ADDRESS BEING 1400 NORTH J M OR WEAVER FREEWAY, UH, APPLICANTS, UH, KYLE JOYCE JABEZ DEVELOPMENT LP REPRESENTATIVE JASON FREE BGE INCORPORATED, PROPERTY OWNER PT.UH, SWEAR ME AGAIN, A PATH E L T D.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME.
YES, I'M BRUCE I'M DIRECTOR OF LAND ACQUISITION FOR HISTORY MAKER HOMES, UH, WHERE THE APPLICANT AND THE BUILDER OF THE PROPOSED TOWNHOMES.
UH, WE'VE HEARD A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT THE LAND PLAN.
I JUST WANT TO, AS WE START, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND ESPECIALLY LASHONDRA AND MARIA FOR THE INPUT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE LAST EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS IN THIS PROCESS OF COMING FOR YOU.
SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.
UH, THE, UH, WE'RE REPRESENTED TONIGHT ALSO WITH JASON FRY OR ENGINEER AND JIM BROWN.
WHO'S REPRESENTING THE SELLER.
HOLMES IS PROUD TO BE A THIRD GENERATION PRIVATE BUILDER.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS ABOUT 73 YEARS.
UH, WE'RE IN ABOUT 25 COMMUNITIES TODAY, BUILDING HOMES.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THE TOWNHOME BUSINESS ABOUT 10 OR 12 YEARS.
WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX DEVELOPMENTS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE METROPLEX WHERE WE'RE BUILDING TOWNHOMES AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE'RE PROUD TO BE A PART OF, OF THAT TOO.
UH, THIS PROCESS STARTED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AGO.
WE MET WITH STAFF ON A VERY INFORMAL BASIS, TOLD THEM WHAT WE WERE THINKING.
UH, MR. BROWN IS HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE'S HAD A LONG HISTORY HERE IN THE CITY AND HE HAD A RETAIL SITE THAT WAS JUST TOO BIG AND HE WAS NEEDING A, ANOTHER USE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS RETAIL IS VERY WELL LOCATED.
SO, UH, AND I'VE KNOWN JIM FOR, UH, 30 YEARS AS WELL.
SO WE SAID, HEY, LET'S TRY TO DO A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE MET WITH STAFF A COUPLE OF TIMES.
UH, I THINK WE'RE ON OUR EIGHTH RENDITION OF THE LAND PLAN.
UH, THEY GOT, UH, VERY GOOD INPUT, UH, ABOUT HOW WE DID OUR LAND PLAN, EVEN ON OUR PRODUCT.
UH, WE ADDED SOME STONE AND SOME VERY VARIOUS COLOR TO OUR, UH, PRODUCT, UH, AND WE'VE REVISED OUR SITE PLAN.
MANY TIMES THE, THESE UNITS ARE FOR SALE.
UH, AND THEY, WE HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING.
PARKING WAS A BIG ISSUE AS WE CAME UP, BUT I WANT TO ITERATE AND REITERATE.
WE HAVE TWO PARKING AND EACH IN THE GARAGE, WE HAVE TWO IN THE THEY'RE ALL REAR ENTRY.
SO THERE'S A 20 FOOT DRIVEWAY IN THE REAR.
AND SO THAT'S FOUR CARS AND THEN STAFF, UH, ASK US TO ADD SOME OFF STREET PARKING.
SO WE HAVE 44, I BELIEVE, ADDITIONAL PARKING SCATTERED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AS LASHONDRA MENTIONED, WE HAVE ABOUT NINE OVER NINE ACRES OF OPEN SPACE.
UH, ABOUT FIVE OF THAT IS ALONG THE CREEK.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED IN A VERY NATURAL STATE.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING WITH THE CITY'S APPROVAL, A, UH, TRAIL THAT NOT ONLY TIES INTO THE, UH, HOA TRAIL NEXT TO US, BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE TIE INTO THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN FOR THE TRAIL.
AS WE STARTED, THIS PROCESS SAID, YOU NEED TO MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS NEXT DOOR AT THE CREEKS HOA.
WE DID THAT IN THE FALL AND WE MET WITH THEM AND HAD ABOUT 35 PEOPLE, UH, AT OUR MEETING, VERY INFORMAL.
AND, UH, THEY SEEM TO BE THERE, MAYBE SOME OF THEM HERE TONIGHT, BUT, UH, THEY SEEM TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR TOWNHOME USE.
THEY ASK ABOUT A COUPLE OF LITTLE THINGS, UH, IN OUR PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD, OR WE HAVE ADDED TO OUR PLAN.
UH, AGAIN, OUR HOA W UH, WE'LL MAINTAIN
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NOT ONLY THE GROUNDS AND OF THE, UH, THE HOA AND THE AMENITIES THAT WE'RE ADDING, BUT THERE ARE ALSO, OUR HOA WILL TAKE CARE OF THEIR YARD AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR UNIT.SO THESE WILL BE HIGHLY MAINTAINED, UH, NOT ONLY THE AMENITIES.
AND YOU'VE MENTIONED THE DOG PARK, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DOG PARK AS WELL AS SOME SHADE STRUCTURES THAT ALL TIE INTO THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
AND, UH, ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME TOPO DOWN, UM, SOME PLACES SEVERE.
I WILL CALL IT ALONG THE CREEK.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOT DELINEATED, THE TRAIL SYSTEM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OUR SITE PLAN AND OUR PRELIMINARY PLAT, THAT THE TRAIL MAY MOVE A LITTLE BIT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TOPO, UH, OUR TOWNHOMES ARE WHAT WE CALL LOCK-IN LEAVE.
UH, AND OUR BUYERS THAT WE FOUND THAT BY OUR TOWNHOMES ARE EITHER YOUNG OR THEY'RE OLDER, WHERE THEY'RE NOT MOM AND DAD AND THREE KIDS AND TWO DOGS.
IT'S THE YOUNG TEACHER, UH, IT'S YOUNG POLICEMAN THAT MAYBE SINGLE OR JUST GOTTEN MARRIED, OR OUR BUYERS ARE SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN IN THE BIG HOME.
THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS WHERE THEY GO TO CHURCH.
THIS IS WHERE THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY.
THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO THIS IS OUR EMPTY NESTERS ARE ABOUT HALF OUR BUYERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE OTHER HALF.
I WILL POINT OUT TO YOUR COMMENT EARLIER.
WE THINK WE'LL START THESE HOMES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SECRET THAT BUILDING COSTS HAVE JUST GONE CRAZY AS LONG AS, ESPECIALLY WITH INFLATION IN THE BUILDING SIDE.
SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, AROUND 2 75 TO 300 ON THE LOW SIDE, AND PROBABLY UP TO THREE AND A QUARTER ON THE, ON THE HIGH SIDE.
SO TO YOUR COMMENT, UM, ON, UH, THE PRICING, AND AGAIN, UH, WE'RE BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, AND MADE A LOT OF CHANGES WITH STAFF AND MARIA AND ALICIA.
SHONDA HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE OTHER STAFF.
BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT WE WILL DO IS GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK UP.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS UP.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 4 0 7, 2021.
YOU DON'T WANT TO WISH THEM TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 4 0 7, 2021.
NOT SEEING ANY ANYONE APPROACH.
I WILL COALS THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER.
SO YOU SAID THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA, YOUR, YOUR TARGET PRICE IS ABOUT 2 75 TO TWO, ABOUT 3 25, BUT WHAT DO YOU ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS YOUR COST OF CONSTRUCTION PER, PER SQUARE FOOT? DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON THAT? I'M NOT ON THE BUILDING SIDE I'M, I'M ON THE LAND SIDE AND LAND KEEPS GOING UP TO, UH, BUT, UH, IT'S PROBABLY, UH, JUST THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT WAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
IT WAS 60 BUCKS A FOOT, I THINK TODAY WE'RE RUNNING WELL OVER A HUNDRED BUCKS A FOOT.
SO IT'S VERY, UH, IS GONE UP IMMENSELY AND IT'S NOT ONE THING, UH, IT'S WINDOWS, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, LUMBER, YOU HEAR THAT, BUT EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP AND IT'S HARDER TO GET, UH, WE HAVE TO ORDER A BRICK.
AND WHEN DOES, AND THOSE THINGS NOW, SIX MONTHS OUT TO GET DELIVERY.
SO THAT'S SLOWING DOWN OUR BUILDING TIME AS WELL.
SO, UH, IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
UM, I'M JUST A STATEMENT AND A COMMENT I'M GLAD TO HEAR.
I HAD, I DID HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE EXIT ONTO WINTERGREEN, BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO MEDIATE THAT WITH THE RESIDENTS REGARDING THOSE HOMES THAT COME CLOSE TO THE EXIT, AS YOU EXIT INTO WINTERGREEN, THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO A SOLUTION WITH THE, WITH THE RESIDENTS.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND THE RESIDENTS FOR DOING THAT.
AND ALSO, I, I THINK THIS, THIS IS A GREAT PRODUCT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S ADDS ANOTHER LEVEL OF DIVERSITY TO OUR HOUSING STOCK.
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SOMETHING THAT I THINK OUR CITY WILL BENEFIT FROM.MY OTHER QUESTION, I THINK IS TOO, IT'S MORE SO TO STAFF, UM, MRS. GLOVER AND I WILL PROBABLY ONE DAY, UM, PARK AT THAT MINOR COLLECTOR AND THEN SEE WHICH ONE OF US GETS HOME FIRST.
UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, I, I PROMISE CHIEF THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN OUR SPEED LIMIT.
UM, THAT'S OF A FUNDING WAY OF SAYING I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT CURVE, UM, JUST IN OUR DAY AND JUST THE WAY DRIVING PATTERNS ARE.
UM, THAT'S A VERY ATTRACTIVE CURVE WHERE ANYONE WHO LIKES TO PUT THEIR FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR.
SO I, I HOPE AND PRAY THAT WE NEVER GET TO THAT POINT, BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT, THAT CURVE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT RESIDE IN THAT COMMUNITY.
SOMEONE WHO JUST WANTS TO AVOID THAT LIGHT, OR JUST TAKE A VERY FAST WHIP AROUND THE CORNER.
SO I DO THINK THAT AT SOME POINT WE MAY NEED TO, HOPEFULLY WE NEVER WILL, BUT WE MAY NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF MEDIARY ACTIONS FOR THIS, WHETHER IT IS, UM, THE HOA HAVING CAMERAS AT THE INTERSECTION SO WE CAN GET LICENSE PLATES OR SOMETHING TO THAT FACT.
BUT OVERALL, THIS IS A, A GREAT PRODUCT IN ADDITION TO OUR CITY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UM, I, I, I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S AWARE, BUT, UH, THAT CURVES IS SUPPOSED TO DIVIDE THE COMMERCIAL.
SO, SO I MEAN, AS SOON AS HE PUTS A COMMERCIAL THERE, THEN YEAH, I THINK IT KIND OF FIXED ITSELF.
UM, I DON'T SEE OAKLAND MARRIOTT PARTS OF YOUR QUESTION.
I, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, UM, I GUESS THE DOG PARK, CAN YOU KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE EXPECT AN HOA TO KIND OF MAINTAIN THAT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL HAVE SOME SHADE STRUCTURE, UH, OBVIOUSLY A FENCE AROUND IT AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, ITEMS TO PICK UP THE TRASH, UH, FROM THE DOGS.
BUT YES, IT WILL BE HOA MAINTAINED.
UM, I'VE BEEN HEARING, UM, SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY WANT A DOG PARK, UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE RULES AND REGULATION FOR THAT PART, BUT IS THERE LIKE AN EPA REGULATION? IS THERE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, UH, TO MAINTAIN A DOG PARK? NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT AND WE'VE PUT IN SOME, UH, BUT THEY'RE WILDLY POPULAR.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, AS FAR AS THE TOWNHOMES, ARE YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE FOR SALE ARE, WILL BE, UM, BUYER HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE ANY AMENITIES, OR YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE, UH, HAVING, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHICANA, UM, UH, SAME TYPE OF WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPGRADE SOME THINGS INSIDE THE HOUSE, UH, IN THEIR TOWN HALL, BUT THE EXTERIOR, BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE'VE DONE THE LAYOUT WITH STAFF'S APPROVAL, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE A THREE UNIT BUILDING.
THAT'LL HAVE SOME RED BRICK AND WHITE STONE, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WE'LL HAVE A TAN BRICK WITH WIDER STONE.
SO WE WERE ELIMINATING THE MONOTONY, UH, RULE.
SO WE WON'T HAVE THE WHOLE THING IN THE SAME COLOR PALETTE, SO TO SPEAK, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS ON EVERY BUILDING AND NONE OF THEM WILL BE WE'LL REPEAT IT, BUT MAYBE ON THE NEXT BLOCK AND STUFF.
SO, BUT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE SOME THINGS IN THE HOUSE ON THE INTERIOR.
SO NO, NO THREE CAR GARAGE OPTIONS THEY ARE GOING TO BE.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR A CUSTOMER? I HAD A FOLLOWUP QUESTION, UM, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THE, YOU KNOW, THE OWNERSHIP OF THESE YARD AND BE PLACING THEM UP PER CELL, ARE YOU GOING TO DO THINGS TO, TO MARKET THEM, TO INDIVIDUALS VERSUS, UM, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS, YOU KNOW, BUYING UP REAL ESTATE AND THEN CONVERTING IT TO RENTALS OR, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS BUYING, BUYING NEW BRAND NEW PROPERTIES AND CONVERTING THEM TO AIRBNBS.
AND, OR ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE PROVISIONS AGAINST SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN YOUR HOA DOCUMENTS? YES, WE WILL HAVE ON SHORT TERM RENTALS, UH, A PROHIBITION AGAINST SHORT-TERM RENTALS, AND WE ONLY SELL TO HOMEOWNERS NOW, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, SOMEBODY GETS TRANSFERRED FROM CEDAR HILL TO SAN ANTONIO AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE GONE FOR A YEAR.
YOU CAN LEGISLATE THAT ABILITY FOR THAT HOMEOWNER TO LEASE THEIR HOUSE FOR A YEAR OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT LEGALLY, IF YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT WE DON'T SELL TO INVESTORS.
UM, MAY I APPROACH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR STAFF, UM, AND I'M TRYING TO
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PROCESS, SO OUR RECENTLY ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOWS THIS AREA AS A REGIONAL CENTER, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.AND AS I IS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE REGIONAL CENTER INVOLVES RETAIL HOSPITAL, COMMERCIAL OFFICE, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
AND I WANT TO ASK, UM, KATIE, CAN YOU GO TO THE COMP PLAN SLIDE? I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU ALL THE AREA REAL QUICK, JUST SO YOU HAVE A, UM, THE COMP OR YOU, OR MY PRESENTATION.
AND THEN I CAN TALK TO, SO THAT THE DEVELOPER MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE BACKSIDE, WHICH I THINK THIS PARTICULAR USE IS GREAT FOR THE BACKSIDE, BUT THERE'S A PART OF IT.
THE DOG PARK, HOW MANY ACRES ARE INVOLVED ON THE DOG PARK? BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY, THERE'S A LITTLE TRIANGLE IN THERE.
UH, THAT'S RELATED TO THE DOG PART THAT HOW MANY ACRES IS THAT? AND THAT ACTUALLY BUTTS, UH, 67.
SO THAT'S NOT ON THE BACKSIDE.
AND I'M GONNA LET, UH, MARIA, CAN YOU COME AND ANSWER? DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION HANDY? I MEAN, TH THAT'S I HEARD, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT USE, CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WELL, I'VE GOT POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR THE FRONT SIDE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE BACKSIDE.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT USE FOR THE BACKSIDE, BUT WE'VE GOT A TRIANGLE THAT ACTUALLY BORDERS ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY TOUCHES HIGHWAY 67 AND IT'S A LITTLE TRIANGLE AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S IDENTIFIED AS A DARK PART.
HOW MANY ACRES WAS THAT? IS THAT WELL IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OVER A HALF AN ACRE.
I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, THE AMENITY AREA IN NUMBER FOUR, THAT'S IN THE CENTER IS ABOUT 0.5 ACRES.
SO THAT IS PROBABLY ABOUT 0.5, MAYBE JUST A LITTLE MORE.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY NOT AN ACRE.
UM, AND ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, SO IN LIGHT OF THIS BEING IN OUR RECENTLY ADOPTED COMP PLAN, BEING A REGIONAL CENTER SITE, THEY, UH, THE AREA THAT THAT'S ADJACENT TO HIGH SIXTIES HIGHWAY 67, HOW MUCH IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR A RETAIL, A REGIONAL CENTER? I MEAN, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT WHAT WE JUST ADOPTED? YES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THAT REGIONAL CENTER, UM, DESIGNATION IS SUPPORTIVE RETAIL OR RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND SO THAT REGIONAL CENTER AREA, UM, I DON'T HAVE A PORTER, BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE ON HOW WE, 67 TO THE NORTH.
SO WHAT'S THAT BROWN AREA, UM, YEARS.
SO THAT AREA, AND SO THIS, UM, RESIDENTIAL PORTION TAKES UP ABOUT, WE SAY 31 ACRES OF REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT UNTIL TALITY, IT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE OVERALL REGIONAL CENTER.
SO WE LOOK AT THIS AS, YOU KNOW, BEING SUPPORTIVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD HAPPEN ALONG THE REST OF THAT AREA OF HIGHWAY 67 AND THAT AREAS BETWEEN JOE WILSON AND OF COURSE THE CITY SIM CITY LIMIT LINE TWO WINTER GREEN, FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU DON'T FEEL THAT HAS IT, IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON A REGIONAL CENTER.
AND I THINK ACTUALLY IT'S, UM, IT PROVIDES THAT BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I MEAN, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS, NOT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS TO ELIMINATE RETAIL ZONING IN THE CITY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BELTLINE AND JOE WILSON.
THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT WE APPROVED FOR SOME, UH, SINGLE FAMILY, UH, I THINK RENTAL HOMES AND THAT WE TOOK RETAIL ZONING AWAY AND PUT IN, UH, A, A PD.
WE DID THE SAME ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, AND I HAD THIS CONCERN THAT WERE NICKELING AND DIMING.
SOME OF OUR KEY RETAIL SPOTS AWAY.
AND I JUST WANT US TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE ONCE IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE.
AND, UH, I WAS AROUND HERE A LONG TIME AGO, WHERE IN THE VERY BEGINNING WAY BACK WHEN THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE TOOK OUT A TON OF RETAIL ZONING AND JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE WELL, NICKEL AND DIME DIMING OUR WAY WITH REMOVAL OF RETAIL.
AND THAT'S A CONCERN FOR US FOR LATER DAY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, BUT YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
YOU DON'T THINK IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR REGIONAL POTENTIAL.
WE'LL GET A REGIONAL CENTER HERE.
I JUST WANT US TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORDS, NICKEL AND DIMING THE REMOVAL OF RETAIL ZONING IN OUR CITY.
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YOU.UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UM, UH, THING WE, UH, DELIBERATED LONG ENOUGH COUNCIL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION PROOF CASE NUMBER PD 4 0 7 2 0 2 1.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
UH, DO YOU HAVE A SECOND SECOND FROM CASTLE RECOVER? UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
I DIDN'T ASK YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU KNOW THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE? UH, IT'LL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO DO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PORTION AND THEN, UH, WE'LL BE BUILDING HOUSES OUT THERE.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR GETTING WITH THE JOINING COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH THEM.
[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.]
NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA.THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY, UH, IF IT CUTS WHATEVER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION, UH, WE WILL POOL CONSIDERED TO AN ITEM G UH, COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT FOR REMOVAL WITH, WITH NOT SEEING ANY I'LL CONTINUE CAUSE 17 ITEM A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH.
FIRST OF THOSE, 22 ONLY TO SEE THE COUNCIL MEETING OR PENDING IT'S ONLY COMMISSION MEETING AND MARCH 8TH, 2022 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I DON'T BE CAUSE THEN AUTHORIZING THE MAYDAY SKEETER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, THE TEXAS STANDARD CONSTRUCTION FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO SERVE A PARKER FIELD ELEVATED STORAGE TAKEOVER FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT AND 12 CENTS.
ITEM C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MEDA SQ THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH EA OUR TELECOMMUNICATION LLC FOR THE ELIMINATED STREET SIDE STREET NAMES SIGNED AT TEXAS TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 359,504 38 CENTS.
ITEM D CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST WHERE MATCHING GRANT REIMBURSEMENT TO THE SLEEPY HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, NEIGHBORS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW ITEM E CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TWO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 0 A MINUTE.
ONE DEFINITIONS ARE BIG CODE AND ORDINANCE AND TITLED CURFEW HOURS FOR MINORS.
I HAD AN ELF CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A MATE, I'M SORRY.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE.
A FIRE APPARATUS, A VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR REPAIRS FROM CITIZENS MARTINS AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 106,000 COUNCIL.
THOSE YOU COULD SEND IT TO THE ITEMS BEFORE IT'S OPEN WELL FOR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, UH, EV A THROUGH E EVERY, EXCEPT FOR THE A THROUGH F EXCEPT FOR THE REMOVAL OF ITEM NUMBER G.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR MAY PRO-TEAM TO HAVE A SECOND FROM A COUNSELOR MANHATTAN.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 59 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH SEVEN 50, PROVIDING A CORRECTED DEFINITION OF THE TERM MINOR, PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
UH, THIS IS CONSIDERED AGENDA ITEM.
SO COUNSEL, UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOOSE ANANYMOUS.
[g. Consider acceptance of 2021 Racial Profiling Analysis by Dr. Eric Fritsch with Justice Research Consultants, LLC.]
NEXT ITEM THAT HAS BEEN POOLED IS ITEM G CONSIDER A SENTENCE OF 2021 RACIAL PROFILE ANALYSIS BY DR.ERIC FISH, UH, WITH, UH, JUSTICE RESEARCH CONSULTANTS, LLC.
UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE IN THIS, OF COURSE.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING.
I'LL PRESENT THE 2021 DATA RACIAL PROFILE AND REPORT FOR THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WAS NOTED EARLIER.
WE'VE BEEN DOING YOUR REPORT FOR 17 YEARS NOW AND, UH, THE LAW HAS CHANGED OVER TIME.
AND SO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE FOUND REGARDING, UH, THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED FROM THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS CODE OF PROCEDURE.
WE HAVE WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE TEXAS RACIAL PROFILING LAW AND THAT LAW SPECIFIES THAT AN AGENCY MUST HAVE A POLICY PROHIBITING RACIAL PROFILING, THAT THEY MUST PROVIDE TRAINING TO OFFICERS.
IT MUST HAVE A COMPLAINT PROCESS.
THEY MUST PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE COMPLAINT PROCESS.
THEY MUST COLLECT DATA ON EACH TRAFFIC STOP, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THE AGENCY IS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW AND CEDAR HILL PD IS WHAT IS WHAT WE SPEND MOST OF THE TIME ON.
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AND WHAT MOST IS IN THE REPORT IS THE DATA ANALYSIS THAT'S DONE.THE ACTUALLY THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IS DONE WITHIN THE REPORT AS SPECIFIED BY THE KODACHROME PROCEDURE.
IT TELLS US LEGALLY, THIS IS THE TYPE OF ANALYSIS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE IS ASSESSING YOUR TRAFFIC DUMPS BY RACE ETHNICITY.
SO IN 2021, YOU HAD SLIGHTLY OVER 10,500 TRAFFIC STOPS.
AND THEN BELOW THAT THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN BY THE RACE OR ETHNICITY OF THE MOTORIST THAT WAS STOPPED.
WE THEN COMPARE THAT TO THE POPULATION.
THIS IS A REQUIREMENT NOW WITHIN THE LAW, IT'S A REQUIREMENT BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS T COLE.
THAT'S WHERE THIS REPORT, BESIDES GOING TO THE GOVERNING BODY, BESIDES GOING TO Y'ALL, THIS REPORT GOES TO TIKO AND THEY REQUIRED THAT THE STOPS BY RACE ETHNICITY IS AS COMPARED TO THE AGENCY'S POPULATION.
WE DO THE CITY POPULATION BY RACE, ETHNICITY, THE COUNTY POPULATION, AND THEN THE REGION POPULATION, WHICH IS THE 16 COUNTY.
AND SO WHAT'S REFLECTED HERE IS FOR EXAMPLE, 17% OF YOUR TRAFFIC STOPS WERE WHITE MOTORISTS.
AND ABOUT 17% OF YOUR CITY POPULATION IS WHITE RESIDENTS.
27% OF THE COUNTY IS WHITE RESIDENTS.
AND 43% OF THE REGION POPULATION IS WHITE RESIDENTS.
SO WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS A COMPARISON OF THE TRAFFIC STOP TOTAL TO RACE OF, UH, THE MOTORIST STOPPED.
I WOULD DO THAT FOR BLACK MOTORISTS, HISPANIC MOTORISTS AND ASIAN MOTORISTS.
WE ALSO COLLECT DATA ON AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA, NATIVE MOTORISTS, BUT THEY'RE USUALLY FOR A FEW IN NUMBER.
THE ISSUE WITH STOCK DATA, REALLY RESEARCHERS IN GENERAL ON RACIAL PROFILE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM STOP DATA.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT.
UM, FIRST IS WE DON'T THE POPULATION MEASURES.
THAT'S WHAT TICO REQUIRES US TO COMPARE THE DATA TO THE PROBLEM IS THAT'S THE BENCHMARK.
AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE DON'T HAVE A QUALITY BENCHMARK FOR TRAFFIC DATA FOR TRAFFIC STOP DATA.
SO WE, WHAT WE WOULD NEED, WHICH DOESN'T EXIST.
THAT'S THE MEAN IT DOESN'T EXIST FOR CEDAR HILL.
IT JUST DOESN'T EXIST IS A VALID MEASURE OF A DRIVING POPULATION.
AND SO THERE'S NO WAY TO COLLECT THAT.
AND SO WE ENDED UP USING CENSUS DATA, WHICH IS PROBLEMATIC FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
AND SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF MOVE AWAY FROM STOPPED DATA AND NOT, UM, SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT IN THE, IN THE REPORT.
BUT THE LARGER ISSUE IS, IS THE TERM THE DETERMINATION OF RACE ETHNICITY? IS IT EVER SINCE 1999 IN THIS STATE, EVERY TRAFFIC STOP THAT'S COMPLETED, THE OFFICER IDENTIFIES WHETHER OR NOT THEY KNEW THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THE PERSON PRIOR TO THE STOP AND IN YOUR, IN YOUR CASE IN 2021, IN 2.4% OF THE TIME.
SO 2.4% OF THOSE TRAFFIC STOPS THOSE TO OVER 10,000 TRAFFIC STOPS.
SO THE OFFICER KNOW THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THE PERSON PRIOR TO THE STOP AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHY THAT KIND OF, UH, IMPACTS THE INTERPRETED VALUE OF THE CHART THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU IS, IS THAT OUR, OUR LAW, OUR CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DOES DEFINE RACIAL PROFILING.
AND IT IS DEFINED AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIATED ACTION BASED ON A PERSON'S RACE OR ETHNICITY.
AND SO IF A LAW, A LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIATE ACTION IS A TRAFFIC STOP.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIATE ACTION.
WHEN OFFICER DOESN'T KNOW THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THE PERSON, PART OF THE STUFF, THEY CANNOT BY LEGAL DEFINITION, BE RACIALLY PROFILING.
AND SO WITH THOSE TWO ITEMS ON THE SLIDE, WE KIND OF MOVE AWAY FROM STOCK DATA AS RESEARCHERS, BECAUSE IT REALLY LACKS, INTERPRETED VALUE FOR US.
AND SO WHAT WE END UP FOCUSING ON IS WHAT WE CALL POST-OP OUTCOMES, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE OFFICERS APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND IDENTIFIED THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THE PERSON THAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE STOP.
SO ONE MORE THING ABOUT THAT 2.4%.
IT'S VERY CONSISTENT OVER TIME, NOT ONLY FOR YOUR AGENCY, BUT FOR THE STATE OVERALL, UH, WE, UH, WE CITE IN THE REPORT, A STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY ONE OF OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS THESIS IN WHICH, UH, COLLECTED INFORMATION ON OVER A THOUSAND AGENCIES THAT REPORTED IN 2015, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TIME RACE ETHNICITY WAS KNOWN AS 2.9%.
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COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.THEY PROVIDE RACIAL, THE RACIAL PROFILE AND REPORTS ONLINE AND IT'S EASILY DOWNLOADABLE INTO EXCEL.
SO I PULLED 2019 DATA BECAUSE 2020 DATA IS IMPACTED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC.
SO I USE 2019 DATA ABOUT THIRD TICKED OUT DPS BECAUSE THEY DO ABOUT 3 MILLION TRAFFIC STOPS A YEAR, TOOK OUT BPS, TOOK OUT ANY AGENCY THAT, THAT HAD FEWER THAN 50 TRAFFIC STOPS ENDED UP WITH OVER 1300 AGENCIES, 6.8 MILLION TRAFFIC STOPS, AND 3.5% OF THE TIME THEY KNEW THE RACE ETHNICITY.
SO IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT HISTORICALLY OVER TIME.
AND SO I ALSO FINALLY DID A ALSO JUST KIND OF DID LIKE WHAT'S THE NORM, OR DID A STANDARD DEVIATION.
SO THE NORM IS 0% TO ABOUT 7% OF THE TIME THAT THEY KNOW THE RACE ETHNICITY, AND THAT'S, UM, A STATEWIDE, UH, DATA ELEMENT.
SO THEN WHAT WE TURN TO IS REALLY THE, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE STOP.
AND SO THERE'S TWO ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE DONE.
ONE IS, WAS IT A CITATION ISSUED A WARNING ISSUE OR AN ARREST? AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS, WAS A SEARCH CONDUCTED, IF SO, WHAT TYPE OF SEARCH? AND SO THERE'S REALLY FOUR OUTCOMES TO A TRAFFIC STOP.
WE PUT THREE OF THEM ON THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT GETS A LITTLE FULL.
IF I PUT THE FOURTH ONE, YOU DO HAVE SOME WRITTEN WARNINGS OVER 60% OF YOUR STOPS RESULT IN A WARNING, NOT A CITATION, BUT WHAT'S PRESENTED THERE IS VERBAL WARNING, CITATION AND ARREST.
AND WHAT THIS, WHAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE WHAT ARE REFERRED TO AS COLUMN PERCENTAGES.
SO IT'S BASICALLY THE WAY TO READ IT IS, IS THAT OF THE WHITE MOTORISTS THAT WERE STOPPED 40% RECEIVED THE VERBAL WARNING OF THE BLACK MOTORISTS THAT WERE STOPPED 48% RECEIVED A VERBAL WARNING.
SO IT'S TAKING THE NUMBER OF VERBAL WARNINGS, UH, ISSUED TO BLACK MOTORISTS AND DIVIDING IT BY THE NUMBER OF STOPS, BUT BLACK MOTORISTS.
AND WHAT WE GENERALLY LOOK FOR HERE IS CONSISTENCY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE HERE ON THE VERBAL WARNINGS.
AND WITH THE CITATIONS ARRESTS, UH, ARE FEW IN NUMBER.
AND SO THE PERCENTAGES ARE INFLUENCED BY EITHER A SMALL NUMERATOR OR SMALL DENOMINATOR, BUT IT'S BRED THE SAME WAY OF THE STOPS OF WHITE MOTORISTS.
1% WERE ARRESTED OF THE STOPS OF BLACK MOTORS.
NO ASIAN MOTORISTS WERE ARRESTED.
AND 1.7% OF THIS SPANIC MOTORISTS WERE STOPPED OR ARRESTED.
THE CITY COLLECTS DATA ON THE REASON FOR THE ARREST.
AND MOST OF THE TIME IT'S AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT.
SO THE PERSON HAS AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT.
AND SO THE OFFICER MAKES AN ARREST.
THE OTHER REASON IS A VIOLATION OF THE PENAL CODE.
SO THE PERSON HAS COMMITTED A CRIME AND THE OFFICER HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO MAKE AN ARREST IN THAT ACCOUNTS.
AND THE TOTAL OF THAT IS 98.4%.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE ARRESTS.
THE THIRD ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED ON THE LAW IS A SEARCH ANALYSIS.
SO ROUGHLY 550 SEARCHES OUT OF THE 10,500 OR SO TRAFFIC STOPS.
IT MEANS 5.2% OF YOUR TRAFFIC STOPS ENDED IN A SEARCH RESULTED IN A SEARCH.
A SEARCH OCCURRED DURING THE STOP THAT IS ALMOST SPOT ON WITH THE STATE AVERAGE.
SO THAT SAME ANALYSIS I DID WITH THE 1300 AGENCIES, 6.8 MILLION STOPS FOR 2019.
THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE FOR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STOPS RESULT IN A SEARCH IS 5.5%.
SO YOU WERE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE STATE AVERAGE IS THE SEARCHES ON THE LEFT SIDE, THAT SHOW WHITE MOTORS, 1.9% BLACK MOTORS, 6.7%, HISPANIC MOTORISTS THREE POINT PERCENT AND ASIAN MOTORS.
1.4% IS RED THE SAME WAY AS THE WARNINGS AND CITATIONS AND ARRESTS.
SO OF THE WHITE MOTORISTS THAT WERE STOPPED, 1.9% WERE SEARCHED OF THE BLACK MOTORS THAT WERE STOPPED.
6.7% WERE SEARCHED OF THE SPANISH MOTORIST THAT WERE STOPPED.
YOU KNOW, THE ASIAN MOTORISTS THAT WERE STOPPED.
WE HAVE THE REASON FOR THE SEARCH, ALMOST ALL OF YOUR SEARCHES THAT ARE CONDUCTED BY CEDAR HILL POLICE OFFICERS ARE BASED ON PROBABLE CAUSE.
SO THE OFFICER HAS ARTICULABLE FACTS TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS EVIDENCE OF A CRIME, UH, EITHER ON THE MOTORIST OR INSIDE OF THE
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VEHICLE.AND THE OTHER REASON IS WHAT'S CALLED A SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST.
SO BASICALLY SOMEONE'S BEEN ARRESTED.
AND THEN THE OFFICER SEARCHES THE PERSON AREA OF IMMEDIATE CONTROL, AND PERHAPS THE VEHICLE, DEPENDING UPON THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE, ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS OF SEARCHES IS CONSENT SEARCHES, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONE THAT IS CLASSIFIED AS DISCRETIONARY, YOU KNOW, CONDUCTING A SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST IS A NON-DISCRETIONARY SEARCH.
IT'S KIND OF REQUIRED BY THE OFFICER TO CONDUCT THAT SEARCH.
SO CONSENT SEARCHES ARE OPPOSITE.
THEY'RE DISCRETIONARY, IT'S UP TO THE OFFICER TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO ASK SOMEONE FOR PERMISSION TO SEARCH THEIR VEHICLE.
AND YOU HAVE VERY FEW OF THEM, ONLY 18 OF THEM OUT OF OVER 10,500 TRAFFIC STOPS.
SO A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF YOUR SEARCHES ARE CONSENT SEARCHES, AND THEY'RE EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, UH, FOR TRAFFIC STOPS.
SO 0.1, 7% OF ALL TRAFFIC STOPS RESULTED IN A CONSENT SEARCH.
SO YOU'RE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THAT.
AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A LOT OF CONSENT SEARCHES DURING, UH, TRAFFIC STOPS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE DISCRETIONARY ONES.
AND THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHY ARE YOU ASKING THAT PERSON FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH? THE LAST THING THAT WE ASSESS ON THE SEARCHES IS WITH CONTRABAND DISCOVER.
SO WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO THE HIT RATE? SO DID WE FIND THAT THE POLICE FIND CONTRABAND AND IN ABOUT OF THE 548 SEARCHES CONTRABAND WAS FOUND 60% OF THE TIME, WHICH IS A HIGH HIT RATE.
SO YOU WERE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE, THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE ON A CONTRABAND HIT RATE.
AND MOST OF THE TIME THE CONTRABAND DISCOVERED IS, UH, DRUGS.
AND ACTUALLY THERE'S A NATIONAL STUDY THAT'S DONE.
IT'S NOT OBVIOUSLY EVERY AGENCY, IT'S 35% ASHLAND.
SO IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE ISSUE IS, IS THAT YOU'RE DOING A SEARCH.
SO IS IT PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, EVIDENCE? ARE YOU FINDING CONTRABAND IN MOST CASES? THE ANSWER IS YES, WHICH IS A, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
THE LAST THING THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW IS JUST AN ASSESSMENT OF ANY RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINTS.
THERE WAS ONE COMPLAINT MADE BY A CITIZEN, A MOTORIST THAT ALLEGED THAT AN OFFICER, UH, ENGAGED IN RACIAL PROFILING, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT WENT THROUGH THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AND THE OFFICER WAS EXONERATED, UH, REGARDING THE COMPLAINT, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE, THE ALLEGATION OF RACIAL PROFILING DID NOT, DID NOT OCCUR.
CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PODCAST? YEAH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
IF YOU HAD 18, UH, THAT CONSENT, UH, THAT ALLOWED CONSENT TO SEARCH, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE OFFICERS ARE ASKING FOR THE CONSENT AND THEY SAY, NO, WHAT W W IS THAT CALCULATED IN THERE IN ANY WAY? THAT'S JUST NOT A SEARCH AND IT JUST COME IN THE STATISTICS, WE DON'T, WE DON'T COUNT IT IN THE STATISTICS BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT DATA TO BE COLLECTED.
BUT FROM, UH, FROM, UH, WHAT ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE OFFICER WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, NO, IS IT THAT NO, CANNOT BE USED AS AN ARTICULABLE FACT THEN LIKE JUSTIFY PROBABLE CAUSE OR THEN TO ARREST THE PERSON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF A PERSON SAYS, NO, USUALLY NO SEARCH OCCURS.
SO IF THE OFFICER DECIDED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT TO BE PROBABLE CAUSE THEN THEY WOULD DO THAT.
I'M GOING TO BE UNDER THAT STATISTIC.
SO AT THIS POINT IT WOULD JUST BE UNDER THE DISCRETION WHERE THEY WANTED TO, TO, UH, CONTINUE THE, YOU KNOW, THE REQUEST.
AND WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY ASSESS THE CONSENT SEARCHES IS USUALLY THE OFFICER HAS SOME LEVEL OF PROOF.
IT JUST IS NOT TO THE POINT OF PROBABLE CAUSE BY LAW, THEY DON'T NEED ANY LEVEL, BUT USUALLY THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING, THEY'VE GOT SOME ARTICULABLE FACTS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIATE A PROBABLE CAUSE.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING EVERY YEAR AND GIVING US THIS PERSON STATION.
I THINK OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT I HEARD, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE ON THE SEARCHES? UM, SO THE SEARCHES 6.7%.
THAT KIND OF STANDS OUT TO ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S THREE TIMES THAT OF WHITES DOUBLE, ALMOST DOUBLE OF THAT, OF HISPANICS.
AND THEN, BUT IT SAYS HERE IT'S BASED ON PROBABLE CAUSE.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, I MEAN, DOES ANY
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OF THAT, ANY OF, ANY OF WHAT YOU SPLAY IN ALL THE RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON THE, DOES IT ANY KIND OF RED FLAG COME UP ABOUT ANY OF THIS INFORMATION YOU JUST SHARED HERE NOW WHEN IT'S NOT, WHEN THE SEARCH IS BASED UPON PROBABLE CAUSE OR INCIDENT TO ARREST, UM, IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS A CONSENT SEARCH, UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT THAT SEPARATE ON THE SLIDE AND, AND, AND FOCUSED ON THAT.BUT, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS ARE EXPECTED AS PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES OUT ON THE STREET IS TO, UH, DEVELOP PROBABLE COST TO PERHAPS ARREST.
AND THAT REQUIRES PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED IN IT.
AND THE PERSON THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ARREST HAS DONE THAT, BUT THE SAME APPLIES TO SEARCHES IS THAT THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THERE'S EVIDENCE CONNECTED TO A CRIME.
AND IT'S IN THE LOCATION, WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO SEARCH, WHICH IN THIS CASE, IT'S A VEHICLE THEN THEY'RE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO DO SO.
SO TO, SO REALLY THAT FROM, FROM A SEARCH STANDPOINT, THAT IS A NON-DISCRETIONARY SEARCH BECAUSE THE OFFICER HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO DO SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL CUSTOM GLOVER? UH, THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATIONAL QUESTION.
DO YOU, DO YOU LOOK AT THE DATA FOR AGE AND GENDER OR IS IT JUST BY RACE? THERE IS A SMALL SECTION IN THE REPORT.
THAT'S NOW REQUIRED BY COLE ON GENDER, BUT IT IS, IT IS BASICALLY THE STOCK DATA ON GENDER AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT, THERE IS NO HOUR.
THERE IS NO DATA COLLECTION ON AGE.
UM, UH, I THINK CUSTOMER MCCURDY HAS A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF, BUT I HAVE ONE COME ON NANCY, SO, SO TWO QUESTIONS.
FIRST IS, IS, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS DATA THAT, THAT YOU FIND CONCERNING AND SECOND IS WHAT, WHAT WILL YOU AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THIS INFORMATION AND, YOU KNOW, UH, EFFECTIVELY USE IT IN THE DEPARTMENT? YEAH.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS LIKE, LIKE THE DOCTOR TALKED ABOUT WAS THE CONSENT SEARCHES, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOCUSED ON SINCE MY ARRIVAL HERE IS LIMITING THOSE CONSENT SEARCHES BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU GET INTO FISHING EXPEDITIONS AND THAT'S WHEN, UH, OFFICERS, UH, TEND TO, UM, BE USING OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN PROBABLE CAUSE OR, UH, INCIDENT TO ARREST A SEARCH.
AND SO YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST BE INDISCRIMINATELY, UH, PULLING PEOPLE OVER AND ASKING THEM TO SEARCH THEIR VEHICLE.
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU CONDUCT POLICE BUSINESS.
YOU WANT TO HAVE ARTICULABLE FACTS TO STATE WHY YOU SHOULD BE SEARCHING VEHICLES.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEARCHES, THE OFFICERS ARE CONDUCTING, IT IS USUALLY BASED ON AN ARREST OR INCIDENT TO ARREST OR PROBABLE CAUSE.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE TO ME SPEAK AT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
UM, AND, UH, I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF PEOPLE ARE IN CEDAR HILL PAST 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET STOPPED.
UM, YOU MIGHT NOT GET A CITATION AND THAT'S EVIDENT HERE BECAUSE 60% OF OUR STOPS DON'T RESULT IN A CITATION, BUT A LOT OF THOSE STOPS DO RESULT IN THE RECOVERY OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AND, UH, OR DWI, OR LIKE YOU'VE SEEN FIREARMS OVER 80 FIREARMS WERE RECOVERED OFF.
TRAFFIC STOPS THIS YEAR, WHERE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, UM, WITH POSSESSION OF DRUGS AND THEN THE ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARM.
AND THAT COMES AS A DIRECT RESULT OF OFFICERS CONDUCTING PROACTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE NOT DOING IS THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT THERE AND INDISCRIMINATELY JUST SEARCHING PEOPLE FOR NO REASON, IF YOU ALL RIGHT, THEY CAN SEE, UM, DOCTOR.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE THAT SEEING THIS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, UM, I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND, UM, THE DATA WAS NOT THIS EXTENSIVE.
SO, UH, I LIKE TO APPLY TO, FOR GOING BEYOND THE STANDARD, UH, OF PROVIDING INFORMATION, UH, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR, UH, INVESTIGATION THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, I ACTUALLY DO LIKE WHAT I SEE HERE, AS FAR AS THE RESULTS, UH, IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY BIAS, UH, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.
UM, SO HERE'S ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UH, FOR SOME OF THESE, FOR YOU TO CONSIDER MAYBE A FUTURE REPORTS, UH, AS YOU DO YOUR DATA IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS, MY QUESTION IS, UM, ARE THERE ANY DATA SHOWING, UH, RESULTS OF WHERE THE MOTORIST RESIDES? THERE, THERE IS THE ABILITY TO CAPTURE WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON IS A RESIDENT OR NOT, BUT FROM THE
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TEXAS COKER AND PROCEDURE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT'S, WHAT HAS TO BE COLLECTED, THAT IS NOT A VARIABLE THAT HAS TO BE COLLECTED.UM, IF, IF I WAS JUST A CHALLENGE, JUST A LITTLE MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION NOW IS HOW DO YOU ERASE IT? HOW DO YOU ERASE PROFILE? IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S DRIVING THE VEHICLE? AND IF THE DATA SHOWS THAT 80% OF THE VEHICLES ARE RESIDENTS OF CEDAR HILL, THEN POSSIBLY THAT THAT VEHICLE COULD BE IDENTIFIED AS, AS A RESIDENT AND YOU KNOW, WHO THE MOTOR IS, COULD BE.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT, I, AIN'T SAYING IT'S DONE HERE IN CEDAR HILL, BUT, UH, JUST IF, IF WE SEE MORE OF DALLAS RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHO'S, WHO'S GETTING IT, THEN YOU PROBABLY CAN'T IDENTIFY THAT.
BUT IF THE DATA IS MORE HEAVY TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AND, UM, AND THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USED AS PROFILE.
AND MAYBE JUST SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE.
WE DO TRACK WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON IS A RESIDENT OF CEDAR HILL BECAUSE CEDAR HILL ONLY HAS ONE ZIP CODE.
SO WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO OKAY.
IT'S JUST NOT REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS REPORT.
SO WE DON'T REALLY TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT.
AND I, WASN'T ASKING TO INVESTIGATE CEDAR HERE SPECIFICALLY BY THE SAYING AS THAT HAS RACIAL PROFILING.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT COULD BE SOMETHING AS AN INDICATOR.
THAT'S ALL, UH, WE DID INCLUDE THAT IN THE REPORT LAST YEAR.
UM, WE DID HAVE THE, THE RESIDENT VERSUS NON-RESIDENT, UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE WAS ANY VALUE IN IT, SO.
WELL, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU DOCTOR.
THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UH, THE FLOOR IS UPPER COUNCIL PROTEIN.
I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER G UH, CAN YOU LET ME PULL IT UP? YES.
UM, LET ME MAKE SURE I SAY THE RIGHT WORD CONSIDERED ACCEPTANCE OF 2021 RACIAL PROFILING ANALYSIS BY DR.
ERIC FRIDGE, THE JUSTICE RESEARCH CONSULTANTS.
I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WELL, YOU'RE BEGGING FOR YOUR TIME.
[a. Consider accepting the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and Single-Audit Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.]
ALL RIGHT NOW, TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, AND KNOW FINANCE DIRECTOR AND, UM, UH, PER CITY CHARTER.WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ANNUAL EXTERNAL AUDIT, UH, PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT FIRM AND WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH CROWE, LLP TO DO SO.
IT'S PROCESS BEGAN BACK IN AUGUST, UH, PLANNING WITH OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE AND GROW AS WELL.
AND I'M PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHERE AT THE COMPLETION OF A SUCCESSFUL AUDIT AND, UH, REPORT THIS YEAR.
UM, WE, UH, MET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AGAIN, BACK ON MARCH 3RD, UH, FOR A FINAL REVIEW OF THE REPORT AND ALSO, UH, TO RECEIVE THE RESULTS, UH, OF THE AUDIT FROM CROW.
AND SO HERE TODAY, I ALSO HAVE, UH, KEVIN SMITH AND MICHELLE, UM, FROM CRO TO PROVIDE THOSE, UM, FINAL AUDIT RESULTS.
AND WHILE HE'S COMING UP, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY A QUICK, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FINANCE STAFF MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND THEY PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK DEDICATION, LONG HOURS, AND, UM, WE'VE GOT LAUREN MCCARTY AND ALSO, UM, ANYA PINTON OUR CONTROLLER WHO, UH, LEADS US THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF JUST A SPECIAL THANKS TO THEM, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, SHE TOOK MOST OF MY PRESENTATION, A LOT OF GOOD NEWS SHARED TONIGHT, AND I WILL CONTINUE THAT STREAM.
UH, WE DID MEET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR ENGAGEMENT, UH, SHARED WITH THEM OUR RISK ASSESSMENT, OUR AUDIT PLAN STRATEGY, ET CETERA, UH, THEN HAVE MET WITH THEM APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO WITH OUR FINAL DRAFT.
UH, SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE ISSUED, I WOULD SAY THAT YOUR FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, UH, IT IS A VERY, UM, ROBUST DISCUSSION, UH, AS WE BEGAN BOTH THE PLANNING, AS WELL AS THE CONCLUSION, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING THEIR OVERSIGHT AND DUE DILIGENCE THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS.
UH, EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AS MS. PETTIS SAID, WE HAVE CONCLUDED OUR AUDIT.
WE HAVE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
IT MEANS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTED BY THE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF THE SYSTEM.
WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED A SINGLE AUDIT OR THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT.
UH, THERE WERE TWO MAJOR PROGRAMS THAT WE FOCUSED OUR AUDIT EFFORTS ON THIS YEAR.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE CARES ACT AS WELL AS THE DISASTER RELIEF, BOTH WERE LARGE DOLLAR FUNDINGS.
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AND COMPLIANCE THERE.NO FINDINGS WERE NOTED IN EITHER ASPECT AS PART OF CONDUCTING BOTH OF THOSE AUDITS.
WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO PREPARE OR ASSESS INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMMUNICATE ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES NOTED DURING OUR ENGAGEMENT.
AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT THERE WERE NONE IDENTIFIED.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF THE AUDIT.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I DON'T HAVE ANY KEVIN BOND, ANOTHER COUNTY UNRELATED TO KEVIN.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, I WAS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, PRIVILEGED TO BE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WITH AMERIPRO TIM AND, AND, UH, CANCELED MCCURDY OVER THERE.
AND THING I WANT TO SAY IS, IS THAT OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING TO, TO, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD AND BECOME MORE PREMIER THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY OUTSTANDING.
THE CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW THAT.
AND, AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAD CHANGED, UH, YOU KNOW, FINANCE DIRECTORS IN THE PROCESS, AND V I CAME IN, UH, FOLLOWING THAT, UH, THAT JUST SHOWS THAT TH THE STRENGTH OF THE TEAM THAT WAS IN THERE, UH, WAS REALLY SOLID.
AND THAT THE CITY IS IN GREAT SHAPE WITH REGARDS TO THE CAPABILITY OF HANDLING THE FINANCES, EVEN IF WE LOSE ONE TEAM MEMBER AND SO FORTH.
SO, SO TO ME, I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH, WITH THE PROCESS, VERY WELL, SUB COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING, UM, I JUST WANT THEM TO SOLICIT FROM YOU, UH, SOMETHING YOU HAD MADE, YOU MADE A COMMENT, YOU KNOW, UNSOLICITED IN OUR, IN OUR LAST AUDIT MEETING THAT I BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT THIS WAS THE CLEANEST OR ONE OF THE CLEANEST AUDITS THAT, UH, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE EVER SEEN FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
BUT I WOULD ALSO COMPARE IT TO, AUDITOR'S ALWAYS ONLY, WE REALLY ONLY KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TO THE NEGATIVES, BUT, UM, YOUR FINANCE STAFF IS TOP-NOTCH, UM, THEY WORKED VERY HARD, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ENGAGEMENT.
UH, I WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS A VERY QUALITY AUDIT, UM, OKAY.
IF I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, BUT, UH, THEY WERE PROTEST, SO DON'T GO TOO FAR, BUT QUESTION STAFF, IT WASN'T FOR YOU, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL UNDERSTOOD ITS ROLE IN THIS PROCESS.
SO, UM, WE HAD, UM, GET A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
WE HAD, UH, A, UH, AN OUTSTANDING FINANCE DIRECTOR WHO WAS LIKE THE LONE RANGER THAT DID EVERYTHING.
AND I REMEMBER DOING THE AUDIT PROCESS.
HE WAS, HE, UM, I HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, BUT, UH, WHEN THE AUDIT WAS GOING ON, HE WAS LIKE, DON'T TALK TO ME, LEAVE ME ALONE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE WAS A LONE RANGER, BUT, AND DURING THAT TIME, WE WERE GROWING AS A CITY AND EVERY YEAR WE WERE ADDING POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, AND WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO ADD THE STAFF THAT WAS NECESSARY TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHERE WE EVENTUALLY GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE BROUGHT IN ADDITIONAL STAFF, PEOPLE THAT, UH, HELPED THIS PROCESS.
AND SO WHAT WE SEE TODAY IS A RESULT OF COUNCIL ACTIONS OF ABOUT PROVIDING THE RESOURCES THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT NEEDED TO PRODUCE THE PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
NOW WE STAND HERE TODAY AND WE SAY, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING AUDIT AND IT'S GREAT IN, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE COUNCIL'S ACTIVITIES OVER THE YEARS TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES, TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD MAKE.
WELL, UM, I HAVE A NOT SO PRETTY FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
UM, KEVIN, UM, SO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE MET, I DO, I WAS NOT SITTING IN THIS SEAT, BUT I WANT TO KEEP IT REAL WITH EVERYBODY IN HERE.
DURING THAT TIME, WHEN WE TRANSITIONED FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR THAT PRO-TEAM SIM SAID, TALKED ABOUT, HE WAS THE LONE RANGER.
AND, UH, PART OF THE CHALLENGE FROM THE AUDIT FROM THE OUTSIDE WAS THERE'S NO SUCCESSION PLAN.
YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO HIM, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOUR WHOLE, YOU KNOW, COUNTING OFF, UH, DEPARTMENT WOULD FAIL.
AND MY REPLIES SITTING UP HERE ON THIS, DIET'S NOT IN THIS SEAT, BUT IN ANOTHER, IN, IN, IN, IN, IN MY PREVIOUS SEAT, I SAY, WELL, YOU, YOU'RE THE NEW AUDITOR YOU JUST TRYING TO, SO WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR MONEY WORTH? AND HE SAID, RIGHT THERE AND SAID, NO, MR. COUNCILMAN, THAT IS NOT ACCURATE.
AND THESE ARE DEFICIENCIES THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
AND FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SIT HERE TODAY IN THIS SEAT, HEARING FROM OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY, AND DAN HAYDEN TO HAVE THIS SAME AUDITOR TO SAY, THIS IS ACTUALLY A CLEAN SEAT.
THERE'S NO NEGATIVES ON THIS THAT REALLY WARMS MY HEART.
SO I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNBIASED OPINION EVERY SINGLE YEAR.YOU COME IN TO GET YOUR AUDIT.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSELOR.
AND I WANTED TO KEEP IT REAL BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE JUST DO ONE COON BY Y'ALL'S.
THESE ARE REAL CELEBRATORY MOMENTS.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A TEEN, SOME GREAT MILESTONES TODAY, COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE IN THE LAST AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING, I MADE THE COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, SINCE I'VE JOINED THE COUNCIL, THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN THE NORM IS THAT, IS THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR.
WE WE'VE, WE'VE, WE, WE HAVE HAD, UM, CLEAN FINANCIAL REPORTS WITHOUT THESE PROBLEMS. AND, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL DID AND STAFF DID, UH, TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF EXPECTATIONS NOW FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS ANGLE, FOR THE ATRIAL REPORT, I, I EXPECT TO GET A CLEAN REPORT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IF I HEAR, IF I HEARD OF A DEFICIENCY, I WOULD BE REALLY, I WOULD BE REALLY CONCERNED NOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WE'VE GOT A DEFICIENCY.
WE W WE RUN IT, WE RUN A CLEAN OPERATION AROUND HERE.
UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, TO, TO THE PREVIOUS MEMBERS OF, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER AND THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WORKED ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO GETTING US HERE, UH, CAUSE I'VE DEALT WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHERE YOU DON'T GET CLEAN FINANCIAL REPORTS.
THEN I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO GET THINGS CLEANED UP INTO RIGHT.
IT W W I, I UNDERSTAND IT WAS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS, BUT THIS IS MY EXPECTATION THOUGH.
SO, UH, MICHELLE AND I DEBATED TODAY, BUT WHEN WE WERE PREPARING FOR OUR REMARKS, DO WE LOOK IN THE PAST OR DO WE MOVE FORWARD? AND I OPTED TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, MAYOR PROTIUM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID IS ACCURATE.
THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY THAT'S CONSISTENT FROM DAY ONE, I HAVE HAD THE EAR OF MANAGEMENT AS TO WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHY IT SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT HE HAD THE EAR OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
IT IS A COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT FROM THOSE OF YOU SITTING AT THE DIOCESE ALL THE WAY TO THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN WRITING THAT SHIP.
SO, UM, COUNCIL GOTTA REMIND ME THE FLOOR IS OPEN OR WE ALREADY GOT A MOTION.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.
BUT YOUR COUNSELOR MCCURDY, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? AND YOU HAVE SECOND FROM CUSTOMER HAYDEN, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL.
UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND ON A FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE ARE KEEPING ENEMIES.
[b. Case No. SP-403-2021 – Consider and take action on an application for a site plan for the city's new Library, Signature Park and Trail on property zoned “LR” (Local Retail District) within the Uptown Overlay, generally located on the north and south side of Pioneer Trail, west of Uptown Boulevard. Representative: Melissa Valadez-Cummings, Deputy City Manager Applicant and Property Owner: City of Cedar Hill]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER SP 4 0 3, 2021.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN APPLICATION FOR A SITE PLAN FOR THE CITY, NEW LIBRARIES, SIGNATURE PARK AND TRAIL ON PROPERTY ZONE, LR, LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT, BUT THEN UPTOWN OVERLAY GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF PERINATAL TRAIL, UH, WEST OF, UH, UPTOWN BOULEVARD, REPRESENTATIVE MELISSA VALDEZ, CUMMINGS, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER, CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PRESENTATION ON THIS? SO CAN I HAVE DIRECTOR SHAWN READY TO COME DOWN PLEASE? BUT YOU NEED THE QUESTIONS ABOUT MISCONCE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE A SITE PLAN.
MY LENSES IS MORE CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL.
SO AS TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE LANDSCAPING AND THE, THE TREE MITIGATION, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU KINDA, YOU KNOW, HELPED ME SEE WHAT TO EXPECT, UH, MY DESIRES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN AS MUCH OF OUR NATURAL BEAUTY AS POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE DESIGNS IN PLACE, SO HELP ME, HELP ME FEEL COMFORTABLE AND IN WEST TO COME IN THE FORECAST.
SO WE'LL START WITH YOUR SECOND QUESTION FIRST.
UH, MS. STRINGFELLOW DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING THE TREE MITIGATION FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, THERE, THERE WON'T BE ANY, THAT'D BE JUST BECAUSE OF HER DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB OF STEWARDING WHAT WE'RE HAVING WITHIN THE LAND AND FOR THE LANDSCAPING PLAN THAT WE HAVEN'T STARTED PICKING OUT THE EXACT PLANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO LOOK LIKE IT BELONGS THAT WE'RE USING TEXAS NATIVES EXCLUSIVELY AND THE DESIGN FIRM THAT WE, UH, PICKED OUT WITH THE GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMITTEE.
UM, THEY'RE VERY ENTRENCHED IN MAKING SURE OF USING, UH, DESIGN THAT ARE NATIVE TO THE LAND THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY BELONG AND NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PUT IN AND LOOKS OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS EXISTING THERE TODAY.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE PLANTING PLANS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, IT'LL BE THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE
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TEAM TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUILDING LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HERE AS WELL AS BLENDS INTO THE LAND OUTDOORS IN INDOORS OUT, BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE AND JUST MAKING SURE IT FITS SEAMLESSLY.NOW THE TRAIL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PARALLEL TRAIL, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
ARE WE PLANNING ON JUST KEEPING IT MORE NATURAL OR IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME, SOME PLANTING ON THAT SIDE? OUR INTENT RIGHT NOW IS TO REALLY FOLLOW THAT TRA SEWER LINE THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO WE HAVE THAT EXISTING SCAR ON THE LAND FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
UM, SO IMPACTING OF IT, THE EXISTING TREES AND GRASS AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THERE IS GOING TO BE MINIMUM.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KIND OF READING IT RIGHT NOW TO GO BACK TO THE TREATMENT OF HAITIAN TOWARDS THE, UH, THE SIGNATURE POCKET.
SO, UH, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU'RE SAYING THE PLAN IS TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, MANY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE HILL ROAD PARKING LOT.
WE'VE SHIFTED THAT OVER TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE A LARGE TREE THAT'S THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK WITH THE EXISTING TREES THAT ARE, UH, PROTECTED.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, DO A LOT.
ARE ANY OF THAT TREATMENT LOCATION ORDERED WITHIN THAT PLAN? IS THERE ANY WAY, IF THERE ARE ANY TREES TO BE REMOVED, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN RECLAIM THEM AND MAYBE USE THEM FOR ELABORATE? SO THAT WAS SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MILLING WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITHIN THE BUILDING.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY DEFINITIVELY THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING PICKED YET.
UM, BUT WE'RE CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT BE SIGNAGE WITHIN THE BUILDING, UM, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, UH, PANELING A LOT OF LAW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO REALLY, UM, PAY HOMAGE TO THE LAND AS IT SITS TODAY.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNCIL.
UM, WE, UH, HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS CONCEPT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
FINALLY, IT'S HERE TO ACCEPT THE SITE PLAN.
WHAT DID IT SAY? THE MOTION MAKE IT MERIT, MAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, CASE NUMBER, UH, SP 4, 3 20 21, UM, APPLICATION FOR SITE PLAN FOR THE CITY'S NEW LIBRARY, SIGNATURE PARK AND TRAIL ON PROPERTY ZONE, LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT, OR WITHIN THE UPTOWN OVERLAY.
UH, AND ALSO LIKE TO SAY THIS KUDOS TO THE STAFF OF LISSA, CUMMINS FOR GUIDANCE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND ONE.
CUSTOMER MAY HATE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL, IT'S TIME TO GET EXCITED.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AND COMING.
ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES, DENNIS.
[c. Consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-752, which changes the zoning from “LR” (Local Retail) District to “PD” (Planned Development) District for attached, single-family residential on approximately 7.06 acres, generally located on the southwest corner of West Parkerville Road and South Clark Road with the approximate address being 935 South Clark Road. Applicants: Keith DeVoe, DeVoe Land Consultants Property Owner: Allan D. Gersten]
LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING IS CONSIDERED ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 2, WHICH CHANGES THE ZONING FROM LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT, UH, TO A PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR A TEST SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON APPROXIMATELY 7.06 ACRES.JIMMY LOCATED SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST BARBOURVILLE ROAD AND SOUTH CARP ROAD WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BE AT 9 3 5 SELF CLARK ROAD, UH, ADVOCATE, UH, KEITH, THE VOLE D DEVAUL MAN CONSULTANTS, PROPERTY OWNER ALLEN D GERSTEN.
DO WE HAVE, UH, UH, APPLICANT HERE WITH US THIS EVENING? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, SIR? YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANT IT TO.
IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING YOU UP.
UH, THERE IS, UH, THE ADVOCATE, UH, UH, DOES IT HAVE A PRESENTATION? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, PLEASE.
CAN YOU, UH, UH, SO WHENEVER YOU DON'T TURN ON YOUR MIC, THE PEOPLE WHO STREAMING CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SO IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR MIC ON, OH, THANK YOU.
UH, WHAT ARE THE GOING RATES OF THESE CONDOS THAT YOU BILLING AT? UM, PARKVILLE AND CLARK ROAD WAS THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION, THE GOING RATE CONDOS, RIGHT? CONSTRUCTION, TOWN HOMES, CONDOS, WHATEVER THE GOING RATE FOR THE PRICE, THE PRICE FOR THE WHAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO 20, HOW MUCH? 220,200 POUNDS.
CAUSE IT EARLY, I THINK SOMEONE HAD SAID 300 BOUNCE IN THE MORNING.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT VERY WELL COULD THIS MARKET IS JUST CRAZY, BUT I'M VERY CONSERVATIVE.
I JUST RATHER STAY CONSERVATIVE.
WE'RE ALL TRYING TO MAKE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MARGIN THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY COMPANY MAKE OR OUR CLIENT IN THIS CASE.
UH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU LOAD IT BECAUSE THE AREA THAT YOU'RE IN
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BILL IN, IN, IN, UM, UM, I'M SURE MANY OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA ON A SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, RIGHT.I'M SURE THAT AREA MANY WOULD WANT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
BUT I REMEMBER IT WAS THE GOING RATE WAS 300,000.
THE LAST TIME YOU OBVIOUSLY SINGLE FAMILY WHERE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY.
THE THING THAT I, I REMEMBER, UM, LISTENING EARLIER THIS EVENING IS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET INTO THE HOMEOWNERSHIP AND CAMP BECAUSE THE PRICES ARE TOO HIGH.
WE GOT HOMES THAT ARE GOING FOR THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WOULD YOU RATHER FOR THEM TO BE, UH, OCCUPIED OR UNOCCUPIED OWNER ENTREPRENEUR, YOU WROTE FROM THE STATE ON OCCUPIED PERSONALLY, THAT'S FOR ME, YOU RATHER BE IN SOME HOMES AT PARK OF BILL AND CLARK AND SEE THEM STAY ON OCCUPIED OWNER, OCCUPIED OWNER, OCCUPIED, OCCUPIED OWNER.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE, UH, SOME BIG INVESTOR COME IN AND BUY THEM ALL UP AND THEN RENT THEM OUT.
UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO CONTROL.
I'VE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE BEFORE AND HOS AND ALL THE CONTRACTS IN THE WORLD.
IT'S GONNA DEVELOP A SNUCK IN THE LAST VERY LONG OR BE MAINTAINED CORRECTLY.
AND YOU HAVE HAPPY HOMEOWNERS.
WHEN YOU HAVE HOMEOWNERS, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WORKED HARD TO BUY THAT HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, MY CASE ABOUT CONDOS AND TOWNHOMES, THEY WORK HARD TO BUY THEM.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE, TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
YOU KNOW, THE OLDER SECTOR IS GREAT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE VERY LOW MAINTENANCE.
AND, UH, SO I THINK EVERYBODY, THE YOUNG SECTOR AND THE OLDER SECTOR, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY COMES OUT OF WINTER, BUT EVERYBODY, THAT'S WHY I'M SO CARRIED AWAY ON OUR LANDSCAPING, THAT IT GETS DONE PROFESSIONALLY IN THE FRONT.
WE HAVE CCNRS AND YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT? YOU KNOW, SO, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS AGAINST THAT, BUT I'M, I'M NOT AGAINST THAT ANYMORE.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK 10 YEARS LATER, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, ALL OF YOU, I WANT TO COME BACK 10 YEARS LATER.
IT'S JUST AS BEAUTIFUL THEN AS IT IS NOW.
WELL, IS, UH, WHAT'S HER NAME AND EDITS FOR THE RECORD? PARDON ME? WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? UH, MY NAME IS KEITH DIVO.
AND OUR ADDRESS IS 59 54 BROADWAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 1 0 1.
SO YOU'RE, UH, YOU'RE ON THE LAND SIDE.
DO YOU DO ANYTHING WITH THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AT ALL? UM, BOTH REALLY MOSTLY ON THE LAND SIDE, AS FAR AS FINDING THE LAND DEVELOPING, I DON'T, UH, YEARS AND YEARS AGO, I USED TO BUY HOMES AND FIX THEM UP AND ALL THAT.
BUT, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE BUILDER, ARE YOU, ARE YOU OVER BUILDING IT? ARE YOU ON THE LAND SIDE, OVER BUILDING IT AS WELL? OKAY.
I DO ALL THE DIRT, THE PROPERTY, THE DIRT, AND THEN GO VERTICAL.
YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME DEVELOPMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON THE AREA.
I MIGHT JUST BUY THE LAND, DO THE ENGINEERING, THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN SELL OFF THE GROOMED OFF LOTS TO BUILDERS.
JUST DEPENDS, BUT VERY, NOT VERY OFTEN IN A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.
I HAVE SOME REAL, UM, DISCOMFORT WITH THE COMMUNICATION AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE MARKETING AND THE PRICE OF THESE PRODUCTS.
SO AT OUR LAST MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER, HAYDEN AND I SPOKE TO YOU ORIGINALLY, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PRICE OF THESE PARTICULAR HOMES WAS GOING TO BE 3 25 PLUS AN UP TO THREE 40.
AND THEN WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW, I ASKED YOU DURING THE MEETING, YOU DROPPED IT DOWN 50,000.
AND THEN NOW WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELS ASKED YOU DROPPED IT DOWN ANOTHER 50,000.
SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS IT CAUSE I'M, UH, IT'S GONE UP A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY AND I, I I'M, I'M DOING THE EXACT SAME DEVELOPMENT ON MY PROPERTY DOWN IN BELFORD, AND THOSE ARE GONE FOR TWO 20, FOR SOME REASON, I JUST WENT TO 20.
UM, BUT TO BACK OUT OF THAT TWO, BUT GO TO THAT 300, 3 20, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST KIND OF STILL THE MARKET IS CHANGING DRAMATICALLY.
AND SO JUST TO KIND OF, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A REAL ISSUE ABOUT
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WHAT THE PRICE IS GOING TO BE JUST A GENERALIZATION.SO LAST TIME I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU, I ANSWERED THAT AS ABOUT 3, 3 20, YOU KNOW, UM, BECAUSE REALLY RIGHT NOW, BY THE TIME WE STARTED GOING VERTICAL ON THIS, UH, IT'LL BE NEXT YEAR AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE MARKET.
SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE HARD TO TELL, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A FAVORABLE PRICE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S COMPARED TO OTHER PEOPLE, UM, MR. BELL, IF I COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A COUNCIL MEETING, THIS MEETING IS, YOU KNOW, ON RECORD, UH, COUNSEL WILL BE HAVING MINUTES FOR THIS, UH, TO PROVE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN THE MINUTES IS GOING TO REFLECT, UH, YOU SAYING THE PROPERTY WAS X.
AND THEN YOU ALSO SAID IT WAS Y COUNCIL'S MAKING A DECISION TODAY TO TRY TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE, IS GOING TO BE.
SO IF YOU CAN KIND OF JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEFINITIVE I'M AWARE THERE THERE'S A MARKET ANALYSIS THAT MAY BE TRENDING.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, LAST COUNCIL MEETING JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU SAID IT WAS 320,000.
NOW YOU SAY IT'S TWO 20,000, THAT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND POUND A DIFFERENCE.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S NOT MARKET DRIVEN.
SO, UH, WHAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, PROP PRODUCT ARE YOU GONNA PUT ON THIS PROPERTY? I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE ASKING.
I'LL BE COMFORTABLE TO STICK AT 3 23 KNOW.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CONSERVATIVE.
SO, UH, FOR THE RECORD IS THREE 20 COUNCIL TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
SO, UH, WE WILL KEEP IN MIND THREE 20 AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, TH THE, UH, THE QUESTION FOR ME IS, UM, SINCE WE'RE BEEN ERRATIC ON, ON WHAT THE PRICE POINTS WERE, I THINK THE MAJOR THING TO ME IS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION TO MAKE A ZONING CHANGE AND BASED ON WHAT WAS PRESENTING TO US, BUT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE OTHER GROUP THAT WAS HERE, UH, PERTAINING TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND THAT IN THE QUALITY AND WHAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO BUILD, UM, THAT'S WHERE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY KIND OF FALL BACK ON IN THE TYPE OF PRODUCT THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT THERE, THE PRICE POINT.
I KIND OF UNDERSTAND FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DICTATED, BUT IN THIS PROCESS HERE, IF WE MAKE A, UH, YOU KNOW, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE CHANGE, UM, I'M EXPECTING, AND STAFF, I GUESS, CAN, CAN CONFIRM TO ME THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US AND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FEATURES AND REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THERE.
AND AS LONG AS THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE, I THINK I'M OKAY.
IS THAT OKAY TO, UM, EARLIER YOU, HAVEN'T GIVEN A COMMENT TO THE MANAGER, UM, DO YOU HAVE YOUR MIC ON, DO YOU HAVE YOUR MIC ON MR. CITY MANAGER? HOW IS THAT? UH, I'LL SAY, I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN.
SO IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED TONIGHT, UH, THEN THE NEXT STEP IS THE SITE PLAN ITSELF.
THE SITE PLAN WILL INCLUDE, UH, THE DETAILS OF THE ACTUAL PRODUCT ITSELF, ALONG WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND PRICE POINTS AND WHAT MAKES THAT UP AS YOU HAVE IN PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT.
SO A WORK, THE STAFF WILL BE TAKING NOTES ON YOUR EXPECTATIONS, ON THE PRODUCT AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CD MANAGER, UM, YOU KNOW, EARLIER I HEARD, I THINK IT WAS ON MAYOR PRO TEM.
HE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, CHANGING DEVELOPMENT FROM RETAIL AND, AND LOSING THAT RETAIL SPACE.
UM, SO TONIGHT IT'S KIND OF CRITICAL THAT WE ALL KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING TONIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IF WE DO APPROVE THIS TODAY AND CHANGED THE ZONING, UH, TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN WE DON'T GO FORWARD WITH A SITE PLAN AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD.
AREN'T WE LOCKED IN TO THIS BEING THE PD, AND IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM, FROM A LOCAL RETAIL.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS THAT ACCURATE? I HAVE A GLARE.
JUST SO THAT I'M ON THE MICROPHONE.
AND SO THE ZONING WAS STILL BE THERE.
ANOTHER DEVELOPER COULD COME IN ZONE PD OR DEVELOP ACCORDING TO THE PD ZONING OR A REASON FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I THINK THE EXPECTATION IS THREE
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20.SO WHENEVER YOU COME BACK, IF IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE COUNSEL'S EXPECTATIONS.
MA'AM IF WE, UH, ZONE IT AS A PD AND HE, THEY DON'T WANT TO MEET THE PRICE OR STANDARD, SOMEBODY ELSE CAN COME IN AND, AND BILL ANYWAY.
I MEAN, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BOAT ON THEM TO BILL.
IS THAT WHAT SHE'S SAYING? WE, WE CHANGING THE ZONING TONIGHT, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND VOTE FOR HIM TO BUILD.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THE STANDARDS THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE WOULD BE FOR ANYBODY, THAT'S WHY WE'RE VERY PARTICULAR WITH THE STANDARDS.
JUST KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS DEVELOPER WERE TO SELL TO SOMEONE ELSE, THEY WOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS THAT YOU'RE APPROVING HERE TONIGHT.
I MEAN, I MEAN, THEY CAN BUILD HOMES ON THIS PROPERTY CAUSE WE CHANGING THE, UH, PD TO THE PD, BUT I'M ASKING THAT WE HAVE TO A BOAT ON THIS COMPANY TO BUILD.
SO NO, YOU'RE JUST VOTING ON THE STANDARDS AND THE ZONE I'M SAYING IN THE WEEK, WHEN THEY COME BACK AND TELL US, THIS IS WHAT WE GONNA DO.
SO THIS IS THE PRICE WE GOING TO CHARGE THE SINGLE FAMILY MEMBERS AND WE HAVE THE BOAT ON THAT.
YOU SEE IT? SO THEY'LL COME BACK WITH A SITE PLAN AND THE SITE PLAN, WE'LL GET A, GIVE MORE DETAILS.
AND BY THEN, I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS IN TERMS OF PRICING, PROBABLY MORE SPECIFICITY AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE SIDE PLAN, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL HAVE DONE THE NUMBERS FOR THE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
CAUSE THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT FOR THEM TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH EACH HOUSE IS TOO.
SO Y'ALL TECHNICALLY ARE NOT VOTING ON THE PRICE.
I GUESS YOU ALL ARE VOTING ON THE SITE PLAN ITSELF, VOTE ON THE SITE PLAN.
SO WE DON'T LIKE THE SITE PLAN.
AND THE SIDE PLAN HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PD.
AND SO IF THE SITE PLANS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE PD, THEN YOU ALL WOULD DENY IT.
SO THE, THE PD IS CHANGING IT FROM, DOES THE ZONING, WE CHANGING THE ZONING THERE? YES.
SO WHEN HE COME BACK WITH THE SITE PLAN, THEN WE'LL BOLT ON THE SITE PLAN.
MA'AM WITH THE COST AND EVERYTHING.
HE'LL HAVE THE CALLS, BUT TECHNICALLY Y'ALL, AREN'T VOTING ON THE COST.
SO, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE FOREST TODAY, COUNSEL IS IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED LOCAL RETAIL, UH, WHERE I'M LOOKING TO, UH, THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO CHANGE IT FROM LOCAL RETAIL TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
ONCE HE GOES THROUGH A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, HIS TEAM WOULD GET TOGETHER AND THEY HAD PUT TOGETHER A SITE PLAN TO PRESENT TO STAFF, TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THAT.
HE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT PRODUCT HE CAN GIVE TO US AFTER HE GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A CYCLING.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S MIGHT BE TOO PRELIMINARY FOR HIM TO GIVE US THE NUMBERS, BUT HE UNDERSTANDS OUR EXPECTATION IS RIGHT AROUND THREE AND THREE, $320,000.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNSEL, UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN IT WAS OPEN FOR US, UH, APPROVAL OR DENIAL.
I HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION COUNCIL.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
UM, AND MINE'S BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT HAS INTENT ON THIS.
UH, I UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT YOUR AREA.
YOU'RE JUST DOING THE BUILDING AND I'M, I'M TAKING MIKE MY VOTE BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT I GOT FOR WHAT THE, UH, THE REQUEST WAS AND, AND THE PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US.
SO, UH, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER, UH, 2 0 2, 2 DASH 7 5 2.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 5 2, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2001 DASH 64 AS AMENDED BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST PARKER BELL ROAD IN SOUTH PARK ROAD, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT 14 OF THE HENRY JUAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1, 5, 5 TO PAGE 275 FROM
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LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO THE PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INCORPORATING A CONCEPT PLAN, ESTABLISHING SPECIFIC STANDARDS, ADOPTING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, ACCEPTING A CONSENT AGREEMENT FROM THE OWNER, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAY, PROVIDING PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HAYDEN.
WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, SO, UH, I'LL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL.
UH, WE DO HAVE MOTION A SECOND ON THE FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSITION? I BELIEVE IT'S SIX ONE, UH, MELISSA FORWARD.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU, SO WE JUST GET TO SITE PLAN.
YEAH, NO, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS SUCH AN ISSUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THERE.
AND THEY A VERY STEPH THANK YOU.
UH, ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA TODAY.
UM, MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
I DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AS CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
I DO HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GILBERT, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.