May 10, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

THE NEXT ITEM IS TO, UH, PRESENT PROCLAMATIONS, UH, DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF MAY 9TH THROUGH THE 13TH, 2022 AS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEKEND, CEDAR HILL.

YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED.

[a. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 9-13, 2022 as National Economic Development Week in Cedar Hill. ]

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM SINCE THANK YOU, MAYOR CEDAR PROCLAMATION OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS THE LARGEST PROFESSIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SERVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS.

AND WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITIES, MEMBERS, PARTNERS, THROUGH CONFERENCES, TRAINING COURSES, ADVISORY SERVICES, AND RESEARCH IN-DEPTH PUBLICATIONS, PUBLIC POLICY, ADVOCACY, AND INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE ACCREDITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM AND THE CERTIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPER DESIGNATION.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS PROMOTE ECONOMIC WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE BY CREATING, RETURNING AND EXPANDING JOBS THAT FACILITATE GROWTH, ENHANCE WEALTH AND STRENGTHEN A DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ARE ENGAGED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING RURAL AND URBAN LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UNIVERSITIES, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY JOBS, DEVELOP VIBRANT COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR REGIONS.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS SERVE THE CITY OF CEDAR SEADRILL WITHIN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVEN BASIN MAYOR OF THE CITY CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 9TH, 13TH, MAY NINE THROUGH 1322 AS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

AND REMIND INDIVIDUALS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, WHICH SUPPORT EXPANDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE IN WITNESS WHERE I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THIS 10TH DAY OF MAY, 2022, I'LL PRESENT THIS TO OUR VERY OWN YEAH.

I'M ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, PAST PRESIDENT AND MICHAEL SHAUN ON THE WAY SHE JUST MISSED IT, JUST MISSED IT.

BUT ANYWAY, UH, CHERYL VAUGHN, LOUIS CASTILLO, OUR STAFF, UH, WE OWE A GREAT DEAL OF GRATITUDE TO THEM.

UH, IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING YEAR AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UH, GOT TO SHARON THE DESK AND, AND DO ALL THE TRAFFIC, UH, CONES AND DETOURS DOWNTOWN, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE ON THE PHILLIPS PROJECT.

SO THAT'S COMING ALONG.

BUT ANYWAY, WE APPRECIATE THIS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE PROJECTS FOR UM, THANK YOU.

PROTEOME NEXT ITEM

[b. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 15-21, 2022 as National Police Week in Cedar Hill.]

ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION.

THAT'S WHEN THE WEEK OF MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST, PLEASE, WE CONSIDER YOU GOOD EVENING.

UH, JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE MY FAVORITE TO SEE, TO HEAR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, MY FAVORITE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SEE THE HILLS.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF LEVITY THERE, A PROCLAMATION, ALL OF A SUDDEN MAYOR,

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I FEEL REAL SAFE.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 8,800,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WHEREAS OVER 60,000 ASSAULTS AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE REPORTED IN 2021 RESULTED IN OVER 18,000 INJURIES.

AND SINCE GRADS, SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 1786, MORE THAN 24,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND BEING KILLED IN ATLANTA DUTY, INCLUDING OFFICER GRADED, LAMB OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WHEREAS THE NAME OF THE DECK OF THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS.

SO ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND WE'RE AT 400 NEW NAMES FOR FALLEN HEROES FROM 2021 ARE BEING ADDED TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE MEMORIAL.

THIS BREED THUS FAR IN 20 23, 20 22, 83 OFFICERS HAVE DIED.

AND WHEREAS THE SERVICES SACRIFICED IF OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED DURING THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND 34TH AND YOUR CANDLE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON EVENING OF MAY 3RD, 2022, AND WE'RE ADS TO SEE THE HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON MAY 6, 22, 20 22.

MAKE YOUR TEAM IS DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICER'S MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR, OF ALL FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND US FLAGS SHOULD BE BLOWN THAT HAD STAFF NOW THEREFORE ASKED EVEN MASON MAY UPSET IF CEDAR HILL TEXAS DO YOUR BAD DESIGNATE.

WE COULD MAKE 15 TO 2122 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK INSTEAD OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

AND I PUBLISHED THE LEUKEMIA SERVICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND OUR CITY AND IN COMMUNITY ACROSS THE NATION AND WITNESS, THERE ARE FOUR CORE FOUR.

IF I HAVE HER ON TUESDAY, MY HANNAH HAVE CALLED THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE FIXED JUST DAY 20 DAY, TUESDAY, MAY, 2022.

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM FOR THIS SUPPORT AS WELL.

UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, MAY 16TH NEXT MONDAY IS, UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MEMORIAL AT THE GRADY LAMB, UH, BILLING AT SIX SEVENTIES BELTLINE STARTING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

WE WILL READ OFF THE NAMES OF THE TEXAS OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN 2021 AND HAVE A LITTLE CEREMONY FOR THAT.

AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE, UH, THAT EVENING.

ITEM IS A PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESTINY, AND THE WEEK OF MAY 15TH TO THE 21ST, UH, 2022 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK AS COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS WILL BE PRESENTING TOM JOHNSON.

THANK YOU CUSTOMER.

SO THANK YOU, CHIEF REESE.

[c. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 15 to 21, 2022 as National Public Works Week.]

ARE YOU AVAILABLE? COME ON DOWN MR. JOSLIN.

I HAD HIM ON SPEED DIAL.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND THIS, BEFORE I READ THIS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE MY SECOND DATE ELECTED, I STARTED BUGGING EACH ONE OF Y'ALL ABOUT MY RED LIGHT, AND I WANT TO THANK MR. JOHNSON FOR BEING PATIENT AND COMING THROUGH EVERY TIME I CALL HIM NATIONAL, WHEREAS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IS A CELEBRATION OF A 10 OF THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN NORTH AMERICA WHO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES AND SERVICES COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS PUBLIC WORKS.

AND WHEREAS PUBLIC WORK SERVICE PROVIDED AND CEDAR HILL ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CITIZENS EVERYDAY LIVES.

AND AS IT IS THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND CHILDREN AND CEDAR HILL TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST

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AND WHEREAS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE DEDICATION AND PARTNERS OF CEDAR HILLS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO CONTINUALLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO ITS CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE RECENT WENT TO STORM EVENT.

AND WHEREAS PUBLIC WORK SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, DIVISION LEADERS, PROFESSIONALS, AND ADMINISTRATORS REPRESENTING CEDAR HILL, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND MUST DESIGN CONSTRUCT OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE TRANSPORTATION WATER SUPPLY SANITARY SEWER DRAIN IS COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND FLEET MAINTENANCE ESSENTIAL TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL.

NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON MAYOR, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEAR BACK BUT CRIME THE WEEK OF MAY 15 TO MAY 21ST, 2022 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS RATE IN THE CFC TO HEAL AND URGE ALL CITIZENS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS ARE CRANKED THEMSELVES WITH THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES, WHICH INVOLVED THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES MAKE EVERYDAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, COMPETENT QUALITY OF LIFE AND WITNESS WHEREOF.

I HEAR DO SET MY HAND AND HAS CALLED THE SEAL OF THE CITY STATE OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO BE A FIX THIS CHAIR THAT ON MAY, 2022, STEVEN MASON MAYOR HOLD ON.

UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE RECOGNITION.

UM, IT IS A SPECIAL WEEK.

UM, SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO STEP BACK AND KIND OF LOOK BACK OVER THE YEAR AND, UM, JUST CELEBRATE THE WORK THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES THAT THEY DO PROVIDE, UM, WATER, WATER, SANITARY, SEWER GIS.

WE HAVE THE ENGINEERING STAFF.

UM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, AS IT MENTIONED IN THE, THE WORK THAT WAS DONE DURING THE RECENT ICE STORM, THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT ARE STAYING UP ALL NIGHT, TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE STREETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR OUR CITIZENS.

UM, SO A REALLY GREAT WEEK, UH, FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, I'M HONORED TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION ON THEIR BEHALF.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[d. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 15 -21, 2022 as Emergency Medical Services Week in Cedar Hill.]

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DESIGNEE AND THE WEEK OF MAY 15TH TO THE 21ST AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MAKE IN CEDAR HILL MUST BE PRESENTED BY CASTLING MCCURDY, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN THE BUILDING? EVERYBODY READY? WE'RE READY.

NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON,

WHEREAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TEAMS ARE READY TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING CARE TO THOSE IN THE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WHEREAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES THE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY RATE OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY.

AND WHEREAS EMERGING MEDICAL SERVICES HAVE GROWN TO FILL A GAP BY PROVIDING IMPORTANT OUT OF HOSPITAL CARE, INCLUDING PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE, FOLLOW-UP CARE AND ACCESS TO TELEMEDICINE.

AND WHEREAS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM CONSISTS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, PREHOSPITAL NURSES, EMERGENCY NURSES, AND EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, TRAINED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER OUT OF HOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS.

AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TEAMS, WHETHER CAREER OR VOLUNTEER, ENGAGE IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TO ENHANCE THEIR LIFE SAVING SKILLS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE IN THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, PROVIDERS BY DESIGNATING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEAK.

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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST, 2022 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK WITH THE EMS STRONG THEME EMS WEEK, RISING TO THE CHALLENGE.

I ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THIS WEEK WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS, CEREMONIES, AND ACTIVITIES.

IT WITNESSED WHEREVER I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE CITY OF SILL AT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THE 10TH DAY OF MAY, 2022 SIGN STEVEN MASON UH, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MIKE HARRISON.

I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES IN AND THE CITIZENS AS WELL.

IT'S BEEN A, A CRAZY TWO YEARS FOR EVERYONE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

OF COURSE, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH HOW PROUD I AM OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CEDAR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE RESILIENCY THEY HAVE.

AND EVERY DAY THEY COME TO WORK READY TO TAKE CARE OF YOU GUYS IF YOU NEED US.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CUSTOMER MCCURDY,

[e. Present a Proclamation designating the month of May 2022 as Mental Health Awareness Month in Cedar Hill. ]

UH, FINAL PRESENTATION FOR TODAY IS PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF MAY, 2022 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER AND, UH, IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO, UH, OUR PLANNING IS ONLY COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, ANDERSON.

AND ALSO DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM DR.

LECTER OFFICE, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

THEY WERE PUSHED UNDER A RUG, THEY WERE TURNED INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

UM, IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT IN LIFE THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AND REFLECT THE POND, THE IMPACT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NOT JUST OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, BUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

WHEREAS SINCE 1949, THE MONTH OF MAY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN THE UNITED STATES TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS, AND BUSINESSES.

AND WE'RE ASKED ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS WILL EXPERIENCE A MENTAL ILLNESS IN A GIVEN YEAR.

LET'S JUST LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MOMENT.

AND WE'RE ASKED THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDING MENTAL HEALTH BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED AS A RESULT OF THE, OF THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC.

AND WE'RE ASKED FOR 2022, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS WILL AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE TOGETHER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOGNITION OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND INCREASE AWARENESS AS A MEANS TO ENHANCE MENTAL RESILIENCY.

NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY, 2022 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

AND WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THIS 10TH DAY OF MAY, 2022, AN ASSIGNED BY OUR MAYOR, STEVEN MASON.

JUST TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN REGARDS TO MENTAL HEALTH, UM, MAYOR MASON, CITY COUNCIL, UM, CITY OFFICIALS, COUNTY OFFICIALS, UM, AND THE WONDERFUL RESIDENTS OF CEDAR HILL.

IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AS A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN.

AND I CAN'T EXPRESS TO YOU ENOUGH, UM, THE PAINS AND STRUGGLES THAT PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY DEAL WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

UM, JUST A FEW HOURS AGO TODAY, UH, COMMISSIONER JOHN WILEY PRICE AN HOUR AT THIS SAME EVENT WHERE OUR DALLAS COWBOYS QUARTERBACK, DAK PRESCOTT SHARED ABOUT HIS OWN BATTLE WITH DEPRESSION AND, UM, THE COMPLETED SUICIDE OF HIS BROTHER.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, PROBABLY 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS DID NOT OCCUR.

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THEY WERE IGNORED, BUT NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE RECOGNIZE MENTAL HEALTH.

I APPRECIATE HOW THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AS A 20 YEAR RESIDENT, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN A CITY THAT SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH OR WELLNESS OF ITS RESIDENTS.

AND SO MAY OR MAY SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION OF MENTAL HEALTH.

WE KNOW WHO THE BOSS IS AROUND HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MAYOR MASON AND COUNCIL FOR BRINGING AWARENESS TO SUCH A SENSITIVE BUT EVER SO PRESENT CHALLENGE IN OUR SOCIETY.

I AM ASHLEY BROOKS AND I'M GOING TO ASSIST IN ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM OF DR.

OLIVER AND TRUSTEE, DR.

KEISHA LANKFORD AND LANKFORD AVENUE COUNSELING AGENCY.

I HAVE A NOTE FROM TRUSTEE LANKFORD WHO REGRETS BEING ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE SHE'S AWAY ON BUSINESS BELIEVES THESE WORDS.

WE WORK REALLY HARD WITH HELPING PEOPLE GET THEIR LIVES BACK ON TRACK MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

WE OFTEN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SEEK SERVICES AND SUPPORT WITHOUT AGENCY.

WE PROVIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION, ANGER MANAGEMENT, LIFE SKILLS, THANK YOU FOR A CHANGE AND EVEN SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.

HOWEVER, WE OFTEN LIKE TO EMPOWER FAMILIES WITH ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, WITH THE 800 NUMBER THAT WERE PROVIDED SO MANY OPTIONS AND RESOURCES OF THE LOCAL SERVICES IN OUR AREA.

AS I AM A GRADUATE OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A RESIDENT IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST, I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH A NOTE THAT WAS LEFT BY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE PAST WEEK, WHO WAS ALSO A RESIDENT OF BEST SOUTHWEST BEFORE SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE.

MY MADE THIS DAY, BRING ME REST IN PEACE.

I HAVE FOUGHT THIS URGE SINCE MY EARLY TEENAGE YEARS, I GAVE THIS LIFE ALL THE FIGHT I'D HAD TO EVERYONE WHO HAS ENTERED MY LIFE.

I'M SO GRATEFUL.

AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THIS MAY FIND YOU.

I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HONESTLY THOUGHT THAT I WAS OKAY, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN FOR AWHILE.

I STRUGGLED SO MUCH THROUGH JUST THIS YEAR ALONE FROM COLBERT TO TEARING MY ACL, TO NEARLY FALLING, FAILING ALL OF MY CLASSES TO THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.

I PRAY YOU LEARN TO VOCALIZE YOUR FEELINGS AND GET HELP.

ALWAYS.

I FAILED AT THAT AND I'M AFRAID IT'S TOO LATE.

MOM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I PRAY, YOU KNOW, I'M AT RISK.

NOW YOU WOULD HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING TO SEE ME HAPPY.

YOU HAVE GIVEN EVERYTHING TO SEE ME HAPPY.

I'M HAPPY IN THE WATER WHERE EVERYTHING IS FEELING PEACEFUL.

I HAVE WRITTEN SO MANY SUICIDES NOTES IN MY LIFE, BUT FINALLY, I'VE REACHED MY END.

I HOPE THIS TEACHES EVERYONE TO CHECK ON YOUR STRONG FRIENDS.

VERY PRESENT, ALWAYS I'M CONTRADICTING MYSELF, BUT NEVER GIVE UP.

I KNOW THAT I'M LETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN, BUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO, BUT TRUTH IS I'VE ALREADY LAID DOWN SO MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND IT JUST FEELS UNBEARABLE.

I'VE LOST MY CONNECTION TO GOD.

THE DEVIL SEEMS TO HAVE WON, AND THAT IS OKAY.

I BLAME NO ONE FOR THIS.

I THINK EVERYONE FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE.

AND I'M SO, SO SORRY, BUT THINKING ABOUT HOW EVERYONE ELSE WOULD FEEL ABOUT MY DEATH IS NOT ENOUGH EITHER.

I'VE TRIED TO PLEASE AND MAKE EVERYONE ELSE HAPPY BY ENTIRE LIFE.

I'VE BEEN DEAD INSIDE FOR TOO LONG.

SO EVERYONE, I LOVE JUST REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT.

AND I PRAY YOU DON'T FIND GUILT IN MY SEAT.

PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND THAT THERE ARE FOUR MORE PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT YOU THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW.

AND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IN OUR SOCIETY.

BUT TOGETHER WE CAN OVERCOME BE KIND, BE GENTLE, BE COMPASSIONATE AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH AWARENESS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHECK ON YOUR STRONG FANS AND LOVED ONES.

WE'RE ALL WE GOT TRUSTEE, DR.

KEISHA LANKFORD.

THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.

IT'S A SMALL WORLD BECAUSE I KNOW SPRINT

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DON'T UM, AS I WAS SAYING IS, UM, THE PERSON WHO LEFT THAT NOTE, UM, I KNOW A RELATIVE OF THAT PERSON, BUT KNOWING THAT PERSON FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW CLOSE IT IS TO ACTUALLY HIT HOME FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

SO I THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TESTIMONY, UH, RIGHT HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR RECEIPT OF THE POCKET.

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

NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS FORUM.

THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZEN TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

UH, COAST COUNCIL CANNOT DELIBERATE ON ANY ACTION, UH, BUT IF IT IS ON THE AGENDA, OF COURSE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT DURING, UH, DURING THAT MOMENT, UH, THE FIRST, UH, PERSON TO, UM, COME BEFORE COUNCIL IS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MAYWEATHER BOXING REPRESENTATIVE.

HERE, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND ADDRESS.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN FRONT RUN.

THE FIRST SHOT HERE, PULL THE MICROPHONE.

I AM ESTHER DAVIS.

MY ADDRESS IS 2204 MILLIMOLAR STREET.

I'M IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AND THE COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT FOR THE BOXING GROUP.

AND THAT GROUP IS CALLED THE KINGDOM BOXING.

WE WERE HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR PACKETS THAT WE GAVE TO YOU.

I JUST CAME TONIGHT TO SAY THAT WE ARE ON SCHEDULE.

THINGS ARE HAPPENING A LOT FASTER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED FOR THE BOXING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK, WHICH IS MAY 14TH.

THAT'S A SATURDAY NIGHT, AND WE HAVE INVITED ALL OF YOU TO COME ON MAY 30TH.

WE HAVE CHRISTY MARTIN COMING IN CHRISTIE.

BARTON IS GOING TO COME IN EARLY CHRISTY.

MARTIN IS A BOXER AND NETFLIX JUST FINISHED A MOVIE ABOUT HER.

SHE WILL BE COMING IN TO VISIT WOMEN'S SHELTERS BECAUSE PART OF THE KINGDOM BOXING PROGRAM IS ABOUT MISSING GIRLS, ABUSED GIRLS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

THE SECOND GUEST THAT WE HAVE IN FOR THIS BOXING MATCH WILL BE ROY JONES JR.

AND HE CAN'T MAKE IT IN JULY.

SO I JUST CAME TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.

UH, THE MAYWEATHER GYM WILL OPEN JULY 20TH, 21ST, 22ND HERE IN YOUR GREAT CITY, CEDAR HILL.

AND THAT'S STILL AGAIN, ALL ON SCHEDULE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL HANG AROUND FOR A FEW MINUTES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

NEXT ITEM ON THE, UM, UH, I'M SORRY.

NEXT CITIZEN BE ABLE TO SPEAK IS, UM, FAIR BLENDER, WHICH, UH, HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT CITY OPERATIONS.

UH, ALSO COUNCIL, WE DID HAVE ONE SUBMITTED ONLINE.

UH, SO IF YOU COULD CHECK YOUR INBOX FOR THAT AND, UH, JUST ANY CONCERNS WITH STAFF AS APPROPRIATE.

GOOD EVENING.

CERTAINLY PLEASE GIVE US THE NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I THINK TO WHAT'S BEING PUT IN, WAS PUT AS BEING DONE WITH A GRANT WHILE THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON A GRANT.

YES.

UH, PHILLIP LAMBO IT'S BUT I GUESS BEFORE I START, I'D REALLY LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

MY BROTHER WORKED WITH HIM MARKETS POST OFFICE, AND THIS WAS BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER BECAME AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS GUY, JOHN WILEY PRICE WAS THE HARDEST WORKING MAN THAT HE EVER WORKED WITH.

AND I SIT AND I THINK EVEN TODAY AS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, HE'S ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING MEN DOWN THERE.

AND HE UNDERSTANDS MORE ABOUT, UH, GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND HOW IT SHOULD BE RAN.

THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.

I MEAN, I'M NOT GOVERNOR, THERE MAY BE AN OPENING IN FOUR YEARS.

UH, I'LL JUST GO BACK TO, I HAVE THREE ITEMS. THEY ALWAYS SAY, WHY DO YOU WRITE A 500 WORD COMPOSITION? AND YOU WRITE A 500 WORD COMPOSITION, SO YOU CAN COVER THREE ITEMS. I'VE GOT THREE ITEMS HERE, BUT BASICALLY A COMMENT WAS MADE DURING THE TIME OF, UM, Y'ALL ARE APPROVING THE BUDGET ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I'M POINTING GUN POINT TO IS HOUSE THE CITY CONTINUES TO THROW AWAY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE THERE AND YOU CAN GO ON BELTLINE ROAD.

THEY PUT IN THE AD BOND ISSUE AND THEY PUT IN BENCHES.

THOSE BENCHES AFTER A FEW YEARS WERE JUST THROWN AWAY AND THEY REPLACED THEM WITH SOME FLAT BENCHES.

AND THEN THERE'S A, UM, UH, UH, SIDEWALK THAT WAS PUT ON CLARK ROAD AND THAT'S BEING REPLACED.

I THINK IT WAS WITHIN 10 YEARS AND THAT'S BEING TAKEN OUT AND THROWN OUT.

AND THIS IS AN ITEM WHERE

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BUT THEN I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTY, UH, MASTER PLAN ON ROADS, YOU WILL FIND THAT CLARK ROAD WAS, IS DESIGNED TO BE A SIX LANE ROAD WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 35 MILES AN HOUR.

AND WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING THIS IN, WHEN IT'S GOING TO COME TIME TO PUT IN A, UH, A SIX LANE ROAD, UH, THE, THIS, UH, MONEY THAT WAS SPENT IS JUST BASICALLY GOING TO BE THROWN AWAY.

I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

AND, AND I GUESS THE LAST THING THAT I'LL MENTION IS HAS ANY OF THE CITY COUNCILMAN BEEN ISSUED, UM, UNIFORMS LIKE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT? BECAUSE I BELIEVE ON JANUARY 12TH, I'VE WITNESSED A, UH, A PERSON THAT APPEARED TO BE A CITY COUNCIL PERSON THAT HAD A CODE ENFORCEMENT JACKET ON IT.

AND I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

AND IF THEY WERE, WHY WERE THEY, DID THEY PAY FOR IT? AND, UH, AS FAR AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE MIGHT NEED TO START LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE AS THE CITY REALLY PAID THE CITIZENS A DIVIDEND, BECAUSE THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATES HAVEN'T REALLY SHOWN ANY DECREASE OVER THE YEARS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, ALL, UM, CITIZENS FOR ASSISTANCE FOR OH, NO DISTRICT.

NEXT ITEM IS ELECTION MATTERS.

THANK YOU MUCH.

UH,

[6. Election Matters:]

UM, INSTALLATION OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR A PLACE THREE AND FIVE ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF ALEXA, THE MR. OFFERS A VOTE AND REMARKS BY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

UH, I DO HAVE A FORMAL COMMENT.

YEAH.

DO YOU HAVE IT? YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT.

ALRIGHT.

UM, SO, UH, JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR THE OPEN POSITIONS, WHERE ON A POST, UH, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THE TEXAS ELECTIONS CODE ON MARCH 8TH, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL ISSUED AN ORDER OF CANCELLATION FOR THE MAY 7TH, 2022 ELECTION DECLARING THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WERE CERTIFIED AS UNOPPOSED AND ELECTED TO OFFICE.

THAT INCLUDES MAYOR MASON, COUNCIL MEMBER PLAYS THREE ELENI SIMS, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLAYS FIVE, UH, GREGORY GLOVER.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK PLACE THREE IN PLACE FIVE TO PLEASE JOIN ME DOWN FRONT.

UH, BEFORE I CONTINUE ALLOW ME TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM THAT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.

UM, UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO START WITH A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE FROM A SCHOOL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.

UM, IN THE PAST, ANYONE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW I'M SCANNING THE ROOM.

UM, SO I DO SEE COMMISSIONER PRICE WITH DENNIS COUNTY AND, UH, ALSO STATE REPRESENTATIVE CARL SERMON.

WHO'S ALL WHO WAS ON VACATION.

I DID.

I KNOW THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO JOIN US WITH US TODAY.

DID I FORGET ANYONE COUNCIL AND, AND A TRUSTEE ELECT, UH, REELECT, UH, TRUSTEE GARCIA.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.

YES, MA'AM.

SHE MOVED MINE SINCE MY GIRLFRIEND PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

OKAY, BABY, GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

SO WITH THAT MADAM SECRETARY, I'LL PROBABLY PLACE THREE.

AND, UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO ORDER A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AND THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, THIS IS A CERTIFIED AT ANY SENSE, WAS DULY ELECTED FOR A PURPOSE OF MAY 7TH, 2022 ELECTION PURSUANT TO THE ORDER ISSUE ON MARCH 8TH, 2022, CANCELING THE ELECTION THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON MAY 7TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER POLICE THREE.

I WITNESSED THEREOF.

I HAVE HERE ON TO SIGN MY NAME AND IT CAUSED A SEAL ON THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TO BE FIXED ON THE 10TH DAY OF MAY, 2022 SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE MAYOR AND SIGNED BY ME, STEVE MASON.

SO IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO FORMALLY GIVE YOU THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTIONS TO GRADUATION AND, UM, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, I OFFER, IF YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY TO WHO WAS HERE, MY BELOVED WIFE, 49 YEARS,

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I ELENI SENTENCE.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR? I SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES AT CITY COUNCIL NUMBER PLACE TO RATE NUMBER THREE FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

SO HELP ME GO.

AND BY THE WAY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN ARE 6% HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER GROUP.

VERY WE'LL HAVE REMARKS.

IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT.

WE HAVE REMARKS AFTER WE DO THE CARS COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER, COME ON OVER HERE, SIR.

I DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU, SIR, CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY GREGORY GLOVER WAS DULY ELECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MAY 7TH, 2022 ELECTION PURSUANT TO THE ORDER ISSUED ON MARCH 8TH, 2022, CANCELING THE ELECTION THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON MAY 7TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACED FIVE, UH, IN WITNESS THEREOF.

I HAVE HERE ON TO SIGN MY NAME AND CAUSED A SCENE OF THE CDC HERE TO BE FIXED ON THIS DAY, THE TENT THEY HAVE MADE TO THAT 22 SIGNED BY ME, THE PRESIDING OFFICER, UH, STEVE MASON, I WILL OFFICIALLY CONGRATULATE YOU.

THANK YOU TO YOU, SIR.

AND I HAVE THE, UH, COO OF WHOEVER HOUSEHOLD WHO I COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT HER.

AND ONE OF THE FIVE IN TOTAL CHILDREN THAT I CALL MY YOUNGEST, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I GREGORY GLOVER DO SOLOMON SWEAR.

I GREGORY GLOVER DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WOULD FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTY THAT I WILL PAY FOR THAT.

I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE SPOT FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE, TEXAS, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILFORD AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO HELPING THEM SHOULD NOT BE IN THE MIDDLE AND APPARENTLY THERE WAS AN EVENT TODAY WITH, UH, DAK PRESCOTT.

HE HAD A NONPROFIT AND APPARENTLY OUR COMMISSIONER WAS THERE ALONG WITH ANOTHER MAYOR FROM BALL SPRINGS WHO TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS EVENT.

SO IT IS MY HONOR FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO, UH, WELCOME, UH, COMMISSIONER PRICE.

AND I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD DO ME A FAVOR, UH, UH, PROVIDING ME THE CERTIFICATE COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND ALL ATTENDEES.

UH, I CONSIDERED A PRIVILEGE JUST TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

IT WAS THE YOUNG LADY SAID EARLIER, AND IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE ME ONE POINT OF PRIVILEGE, THE WHOLE ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH, I DON'T THINK WE STILL REALLY CAN QUITE GRASP WHAT'S GOING ON.

I CHAIR A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR DALLAS COUNTY.

THAT'S A SIX COUNTY REGION, AND WE RECENTLY PUBLISHED A REPORT ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND IT TALKED ABOUT SUICIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT DID IT IN TERMS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS HISPANICS, ASIAN AND ANGLOS, I GUESS WHAT WAS MOST TROUBLING? MR. MAYOR WAS THE FACT THAT IN ALL OF THE INCIDENTS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, AS YOUNG AS 12 YEARS OF AGE AND MALIN TRUSTEE, I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH IT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I HAVE NOT CHARGED MY COMMITTEE.

WE'RE GOING INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THIS AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

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AND THEY'VE GOT TO COME BACK.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TODAY, BUT PRIMARILY THE AGE IS 19 TO 29 AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, 19 YEARS OF AGE TO 29 AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, PRIMARILY ANGLO 50 UPWARDS, HISPANICS AND ASIANS ALL DIFFERENTLY.

AND THAT REPORT IS AVAILABLE AND I'M GOING TO PUBLISH IT.

AND I TOLD DOC TODAY I WOULD SHARE IT WITH HIM.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS A REAL ISSUE.

AND I HOPE WE WILL BEGIN TO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY AND BEGAN TO DEAL WITH IT IN OUR SCHOOLS.

UH, AND IF YOU SAW THE 60 MINUTES PIECE ON SUNDAY, WHERE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN MILWAUKEE, THE FIFTH LARGEST IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT THEY ARE NOW BEGINNING TO PUT PEDIATRICS IN THE SCHOOLS TO DEAL WITH THE WHOLE ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH.

AND SO MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

UH, I JUST, I'M JUST GLAD TO BE HERE.

I JOINED THE METROPLEX MAYORS, ALL 40 OF THEM AS THEY WELCOME YOU TO THE NEW LEADERSHIP.

AND THIS CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION IS IN THE, AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

THIS IS THE CERTIFY, BUT STEVEN MACE WAS DULY ELECTED FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAY 7TH, 2022 ELECTION PURSUANT TO THE ORDER ISSUED ON MARCH 8TH, 2022 COUNSELING, A LITTLE LECTURE THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON MAY 7, 20, 22.

AND THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL SAID, YOU HAVE PROVEN YOURSELF AND THEREFORE YOU GET ANOTHER TERM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, STEVEN MASON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

STEVE MASON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THE DUTIES, FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES AT THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES.

UH, SAM, MARK ANDRES.

OH, LOOK AT THE BABY.

THERE YOU GO.

WELL, I'VE USED TO LOOK BACK ON PICTURES, UH, IN MAY, 2019, WHEN I, UM, YOU KNOW, WON THE ELECTION IN 2019, I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE GIRLS IN OUR FAMILY, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT, UH, BUT, UH, THAT'S MY FAMILY.

IT'S THE COUNCIL.

THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY, IF YOU WEAR IT'S OBLIGATION WITH, UH, UH, PLACE 300 SINCE, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL FOR THE CONFIDENCE, THE TRUST THEY PLACED IN ME TO, UH, GIVE ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, I DO THIS BECAUSE OF MY

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LOVE FOR THE CITY AND, UH, I, I HOPE THEY RECOGNIZE, UH, BY THIS, THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THE LOVE THAT I HAVE FOR THE CITY.

ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE MAYOR, UH, AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

UH, I'M ACTUALLY THRILLED TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND, UM, UH, I BELIEVE WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF FULFILLING THE CITY'S VISION OF BEING A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN THE SAFE, CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.

UM, ALSO, UH, THANK THE STAFF.

UM, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING STAFF THAT DOES A GREAT JOB THEN AND, AND HELPS TO MAKE US LOOK GOOD.

AND THEN LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST I'M GOING TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE FOR HER SUPPORT THAT, UH, ENABLES ME TO DO THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SORRY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, MAYOR PRETEND TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT MY MOUTH.

SO I'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

UH, LET ME FIRST THANK MY LOVELY PARTNER IN CRIME, MY RIDE, OR DIE.

MY LOVELY BRI, THEY DEAN.

I COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.

AND ALSO THANK MY FAMILY, MY YOUNGEST CHILD, SOPHIA, MY OLDEST CHILD, MELISSA, MY SON, JOE, MY DAUGHTER, GABRIELLA, AND MY OTHER DAUGHTER DESTINY, WITHOUT THEM, I COULD NOT DO THIS JOB AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM.

UM, I MAY NOT, UH, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THANK OUR FAMILY.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FIRST.

AND, UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY STAFF.

I HAD THIS JOB LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN EASY JOB AND SOME DAYS IT IS AND OTHERS, OTHER DAYS, IT'S NOT.

UM, AND THERE'S ONLY WITH THE, THE W WE ARE, WE ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR CITY MEMBERS.

THEY MAKE THIS JOB MUCH EASIER THAN, UM, THAN IT IS IN OTHER PLACES.

I WANT TO THANK OUR CITIZENS FOR HAVING THE CONFIDENCE IN ME TO CONTINUE AND TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THEM AND REPRESENT THEIR WISHES FOR THE CITY.

THERE'S NO OTHER CITY AROUND THE LIVING OF THE CITY.

I'D RATHER BE A MEMBER OF A COUNCIL AND WE HAVE GREAT THINGS.

WE HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS IN THE CITY, AND WE HAVE GREAT THINGS YET TO DO SO.

THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME AS A STEWARD FOR YOU AND HEARING YOUR VOICE AND REPRESENTING YOUR VOICE WITH COUNCIL, WITH OUR STAFF AND BEING HERE.

I LOVE THE CITY AND I LOVE YOU ALL.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A GREAT THREE YEARS, THREE YEARS REPRESENTING YOU.

SO I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, FOR OUR, OUR, OUR WORK, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE TABLE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE, BUT WHENEVER WE ADJOURN, UH, WE STILL AS ONE.

WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE FROM THE MASON HOME.

UH, EARLIER TODAY, UH, I TEXTED MY WIFE AND SHE ASKED WHAT TIME SHOULD C COME TONIGHT? AND I TEXTED SIX 50 BECAUSE, AND, UM, IN THE CP WORLD.

AND IF YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS, UM, SAY SIX 50, YOU MIGHT BE ON TIME.

WELL, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I SAID, IT'S PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SAID SEVEN.

CAUSE I GUESS MY WIFE SAW THE SIXTH.

I WAS CAME IN AT SIX O'CLOCK.

SO OF COURSE NOW MY, MY, MY, MY TWO YOUNG BABIES, YOU KNOW, IT KINDA GOT A LITTLE TIRED OF JUST SITTING STILL.

SO, UH, BUT HOPEFULLY ONE DAY THEY WILL SEE THIS VIDEO CAUSE WE ARE LIVE STREAM.

AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE MY FAMILY.

UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY MY WIFE, SHE REALLY HOLDS IT DOWN.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY SUPPORTIVE TEAM, UM, YOU KNOW, MY, YOU KNOW, MY SONS, EVERYONE, UH, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT.

UM, IT, UM, I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S, UH, IT'S HARD TO LEAVE HOME AT TIMES WHENEVER YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILY AT HOME AND YOU, YOU LEAVE TO GO TO WORK.

I'M SURE ALL OF YOU PARENTS OUT THERE UNDERSTAND, UH, BUT, UM, TO COME AND DO THE JOB, UH, IN A, IN A PLACE LIKE CEDAR HILL, UH, REALLY MAKES IT WORTHWHILE.

UM, I, I GUESS I'LL SAY CUSTOMARILY, WHENEVER I GO AND SPEAK TO US ABOUT ANYWHERE, NOT JUST IN CEDAR HILL.

AND I INTRODUCED MYSELF AS THE MAYOR CITY HILL, I USUALLY ALWAYS SAY I AM HUMBLED AND PROUD TO BE THE MAYOR OF CEDAR HILL, UH, BECAUSE THIS JOB IS VERY HUMBLING.

UM, I WANT TO THANK THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY THAT WE DO HAVE HERE IN CEDAR HILL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT REALLY DOES HELP SET THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT CDU.

WELL, YEAH, IT IS A DISTINCT AS, UH, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, SEE THEM JUST ADMITTED IT IS, IS A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, BUT WE DO HAVE HERE AT, SEE HERE, YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT, ON WHY THAT, UH, THINGS DOES HAVE A HALO, UH, OVER OUR CITY.

UH, SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I GET REMINDED ALL THE TIME AND I DO FEEL, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR PRAYERS, UH, NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT ALSO MY FAMILY.

I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL.

UM, JUST BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ON A POLES, THAT'S NOT NO GOODWILL.

AND I'M JUST MY PART.

IT TAKES OUR GOVERNING BODY IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM IN ORDER TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR CITIZENS.

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AND, UH, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, STAFF, YOU KNOW, ALSO FOR DOING YOUR JOB, I MEAN, IT'S THEIR JOB TO TRY TO MAKE THE COUNCIL LOOK GOOD.

YOU THE ONES WHO OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, DO THE WORK WE GIVE THE DIRECTION, BUT YOU, UH, YOU CARRY IT OUT.

UH, SO I DON'T TAKE YOU FOR GRANTED AND I DO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

SO I WANT TO KNOW, SAY A BIG, BOLD, THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

AND, UM, I AM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE COMING UP AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, MAY 14TH.

UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, A, UM, UH, A, UH, AN EVENT, UH, FOR A GROUNDBREAKING AND IT'S GOING TO BE A VIRGINIA.

WE HAVE A PARK, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FELLOWSHIP.

SO BRING THE COMMUNITY OUT, BRING YOUR FAMILY OUT.

WE WILL HAVE FOOD, WE WILL HAVE MUSIC AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GROUNDBREAKING FOR OUR NEW CITY POOL.

UH, SO IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, AGAIN, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY BREAK BREAD AND CONTINUE WHAT WE DO HERE AND SEE TO HEAR THE CASE IS SO SPECIAL.

SO WITH THAT, UH, COUNCIL, I OPEN IT UP TO ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL.

THAT'S GOOD.

UH, AND, UH, YOU ACTUALLY RAN THE BEST RACES.

THERE IS NO OPPONENTS.

SO, BUT, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, CEDAR HILL AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TERM LIMITS, I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME CITIZENS WOULD DECIDE TERM LIMITS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND OTHER CITIES, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, A CITY COUNCIL PERSON RUNNING AGAINST, RUNNING FOR MAYOR THAT WE DO IN OTHER CITIES.

SO I LIKE TO THINK THAT THAT GOES BACK TO THE LEGACY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT IN CEDAR HILL.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU JOB WELL DONE FOR ALL THREE OF YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE.

WELL, MR. MAYOR JUST WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TOUCH ON, ON SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN GLOVER SAID.

HE SAID THIS, YOU KNOW, SOME DAYS IT'S EASY AND SOME DAYS IT'S HARD.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR MYSELF AND, AND MOST OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE DAYS THAT IT'S HARD, OR THE DAYS WHEN WE HAVE CITIZENS TELLING US THAT WE DIDN'T DO SOMETHING RIGHT, OR THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL, UM, BECAUSE HAVING, HAVING WORKED WITH, UH, WITH ALL OF YOU FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, I KNOW HOW HARD WE ALL WORK ON TRYING TO MAKE THIS THE BEST CITY POSSIBLE.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE MAY DISAGREE FROM TIME TO TIME ON HOW WE DO THINGS, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL, WHICH IS BUILDING THE BEST CEDAR HILL POSSIBLE, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, UH, AND, AND ALL THE OTHER FAMILIES WITHIN THE CITY.

AND, AND SO SOME DAYS IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY TELLING US THAT THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL FOR THEM, OR THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY SOMETHING'S BEING DONE, UH, BECAUSE WE WANT TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE BUILDING THE BEST CITY POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.

AND, AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE HARDEST THING, UH, FOR ME ABOUT, ABOUT THIS JOB IS THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T GONE WELL FOR SOMEONE, AND IT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY BRING RESOLUTION FOR THEM RIGHT AWAY, OR SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY GET THEM RESOLUTION FOR THEIR PROBLEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE BUILT AND SAYING WHAT WE ARE BUILDING THE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO DO, UH, THE GROUNDBREAKING ON THE POOL NEXT WEEK.

AND HOPEFULLY THE LIBRARY WILL BE GETTING THAT APPROVED.

AND WE BREAKING GROUND ON THAT SOON.

AND, UM, JUST SEEING THE GREAT THINGS THAT WERE BEING DONE IN THE CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ATTRIBUTE TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AS MAYOR MR. MAYOR.

AND, UM, AND I JUST APPRECIATE WORKING WITH THE, WITH COUNCILMAN GLOVER AND MAYOR PRO TIM SIMS, UH, AND, AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THIS COUNCIL.

AND, UH, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

CAUSE WHEN DANIEL'S, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALL CAME BACK ON BOARD.

CAUSE WE WERE LIKE THREATENING EVERYBODY.

NOW YOU'RE NOT RUNNING CAUSE NO, DON'T SIT HERE, BUT BECAUSE WE WERE READY TO HIT THE STREETS.

SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT I'M ABLE TO WORK WITH THE GROUP THAT WAS ALREADY HERE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE NO CHAIRS THROWN AT EACH OTHER AND BEATING ON TABLES AT EACH OTHER.

AND I'M JUST REALLY GLAD THAT THE COUNCIL,

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UM, GETS ALONG.

WE GET ALONG AND WE ARE CONCERNED.

THAT'S WHAT REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION.

THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT EACH AND EVERY EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYBODY AND UH, THEIR FEELINGS AND, UH, IT JUST MAKES THE WORLD BETTER.

WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT CARES ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT AN ISSUE.

AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE DON'T AGREE.

NO, NO, MAYBE WE DISAGREE, BUT WE DON'T DISAGREE TO AGREE.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT A FIGHTING SITUATION THAT I SEE SOME COUNCILS DO.

SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT, UM, THAT YOU ALL ARE BACK AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL THAT.

WE SCARED THE FUCK, NOT THE RONIT GIFTS.

WELL, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR THEIR CANDOR AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS EARLIER, SO FORGIVE ME, BUT COUNCILMAN DANIELSON MISSED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU AND GLAD YOU'RE BACK.

SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.

AND NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

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

CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS AND MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

I ASKED DURING THE BRIEFING SESSION, UH, THE UNITED WAS TO BE REMOVED AND, UH, UH, I HEARD SILENCE.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 19TH, 2022 SPECIAL CALL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND APRIL 26TH, 2022, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ITEM B RECEIVE QUARTERLY, UH, INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31ST 22 ITEMS C UH, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER ARE 22, 6 50, WHICH SUPPORTS THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR A SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

A STEP GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TXDOT FOR A REIMBURSEMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ITEM D CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 22 DASH 6 5 2, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE THE SECOND SATURDAY IN MAY, 2022 AS A WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY IN CEDAR HILL COUNCIL.

THOSE CONSIDERED TONIGHT ITEMS. MAY I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH D DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND TO HAVE A SECOND OF COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GLOVER ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES UNANIMOUS.

FINAL

[a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract with Turner Construction Company for construction services for The Lagoon at Virginia Weaver Park and consider authorizing a 4% contingency for the project. ]

ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

UH, REGULAR AGENDA.

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH TANIKA STRUCTURE COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE LAGOON AT VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A 4% CONTINGENCY FOR THE PROJECT.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? DO YOU, UH, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY, OR YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO JUST, JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY.

PERFECT.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? IF NOT THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IF THEY WANTED THE 4%, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK.

I THINK THERE, THERE THERE'S CONTINGENCY ON THE CONTINGENCY.

THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR 4%.

SORRY.

SO I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT IT'S ABOUT TIME.

IF NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT? IT IS ANOTHER LEGACY PROJECT COUNCIL.

WE IT'S BEEN BEEN LONG TIME COMING COUNCIL MCCURDY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE LAGUNA JR.

VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A 4% CONTINGENCY FOR THE PROJECT.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GROUNDBREAKING ON SATURDAY.

UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION IS A COUNSEL OF A BIRD HERE? UH, APOLOGIZE.