* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Call the meeting to order.] [00:00:05] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. TODAY IS AUGUST 23RD, 2022. THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULE BRIEFING SESSION. THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE JOINING US. IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY, WE WELCOME YOU AS WELL. UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, OPEN CARRY A FIREARM IS NOT PERMITTED AND THIS, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OR CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. I HAVE SIX 30 AND WE OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA [2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting] IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT. HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING VERY WELL MAYOR, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT A DIFFERENCE TWO WEEKS MAY COME. I THINK THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS LIKE 104 AND WE WERE LIKE, HEY, WE WISH IT WOULD RAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND, UH, TODAY IT'S CLOUDY, THE TEMPERATURES ARE VERY COMFORTABLE AND TOLERABLE AND WE JUST WENT THROUGH A RECORD RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS OF THE METROPLEX. AND, UH, ON THAT NOTE, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH JUST A, A NOTE OF APPRECIATION TO, UM, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR MAINTENANCE TEAMS WHO SPENT MOST OF YESTERDAY, UH, ADDRESSING THE, UH, HIGHER RATES OF RAINFALL THAT WE DID RECEIVE. AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO GET RAIN, BUT, UH, WE'D LIKE IT TO BE A LITTLE MORE, UH, SPREAD OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT. UM, IT REALLY WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT. ONE THAT WE'VE NOT SEEN REALLY IN QUITE SOME TIME, THERE'S STILL SOME DISCUSSION AND IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THE DATA, BUT THERE'S SOMEWHERE AROUND A 500 YEAR STORM, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. CERTAINLY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, EVEN HERE, WE WERE SEEING RAINFALL RATES IN THE TWO TO THREE INCH AN HOUR RATE. AND SO ONCE YOU GET TO THAT LEVEL OF RAIN, PRETTY MUCH ANY DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE TAXED. AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE LIKE MANY CITIES SAW, UM, A NUMBER OF ISSUES DURING THE LATE MORNING AND THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. UH, BUT, UH, BEING ON IN CEDAR HILL AND THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE METROPLEX HAS ITS ADVANTAGES, UH, UM, A LOT OF WAYS, BUT ONE OF, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IS IS THAT EVERYTHING KIND OF DRAINS OFF OF THIS AND DOES SO PRETTY QUICKLY. UM, BUT WE DID HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND SIX TO SEVEN INCHES PLUS BETWEEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY'S RAINFALL. UH, AND AGAIN, SOMEWHERE AROUND TWO AND THREE INCH IN OUR RAIN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, UM, WE HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND A DOZEN TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES AT VARIOUS PLACES AGAIN, WHERE THE RATE OF, UH, THE, THE RATE OF RAINFALL EXCEEDED THE ABILITY OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS TO TAKE IT. UM, THOSE GENERALLY WERE, UH, CLOSED AND OPENED UP WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS. UH, WE DID HAVE A MAJOR CLOSURE ON HIGHWAY 67 THAT, UH, TOOK PLACE FOR SEVERAL HOURS YESTERDAY. SOUTHBOUND THE NORTHBOUND TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER BETWEEN MOUNT LEBANON AND SIDWELL, UH, THAT EVENTUALLY THOUGH DID OPEN UP RIGHT BEFORE TIME TO, FOR SCHOOL TO LET OUT. SO WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE WITH THAT AS WELL. SO THE ONLY, UM, MAJOR DAMAGE TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE FOUND SO FAR WAS, UH, TWO RELATIVELY NEW IMPROVEMENTS DOWN AT DOT THOMAS. SO THAT, THAT CREEK THERE DIDN'T OVERFLOW, UM, IT'S BOUNDARIES FOR A BIT AND GOT UP INTO THE PARK AREAS. SO, UH, SEAN RAY AND HIS TEAM ARE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE TO THAT. AND WE D WE HAVE HAD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE. SO THIS IS RELATIVELY MINOR COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN MOST OTHER PLACES, UH, CERTAINLY TO OUR EAST, BUT THREE TO FIVE REPORTS OF, UH, RESIDENTS HAVING WATER, UH, INTO THE HOUSE. SO, UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELS HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING US SOME INFORMATION ON FOLKS THAT SHE'S BECOME AWARE OF AND OUR ENGINEERING TEAMS, THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM, KIND OF SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. AND THEN WE WILL BE, UH, BEING ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO THEM NOW THAT BOTH DALLAS COUNTY AND THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARED A DISASTER DECLARATIONS FOR THIS EVENT FROM YESTERDAY. UH, SO, UH, ALTHOUGH WE'VE, UH, WE FARED THAT VERY WELL. AND, UH, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE OUR, UH, OUR PERSONNEL FOR, UH, BEING OUT THERE IN IT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE SAFELY GOT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THAT. UH, ON ANOTHER NOTE, UH, THE, THE MAYOR ASKED ME JUST TO MENTION A LITTLE BIT ON, UH, THE FACT THAT, SO WE ARE SEEING ANOTHER VIRUS IN THE AREA, AH, SINCE COVID IT'S THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS, UH, SEVERAL CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN DALLAS COUNTY, UH, IS NOT NEARLY AS WIDESPREAD OR ANYTHING LIKE, UH, THE PANDEMIC THAT WE SAW WITH COVID AND YET IS STILL SOMETHING, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO BE MINDFUL OF. UH, IT IS SPREAD GENERALLY BY DIRECT CONTACT AND THROUGH RESPIRATORY MEANS, UH, THERE IS LIMITED TESTING AVAILABLE, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY THROUGH THE COUNTY'S PARKLAND HEALTH SYSTEM. SO IF TESTING IS NECESSARY, UH, IT'D BE A PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT THERE IS A VACCINE FOR THE VIRUS, BUT IT IS IN VERY SHORT SUPPLY. [00:05:01] AND SO FOLKS ONLY FOLKS WHO ARE IN, UH, IN HIGH-RISK CATEGORIES WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT AT THIS TIME. AND ALL OF THE RESPONSE IS BEING MANAGED BY DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH. AND SO WE HAVE RESOURCES ON OUR WEBPAGE THAT, UH, DIRECT FOLKS WHO HAVE CONCERNS OR INTERESTED IN THAT INFORMATION TO THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH, UH, INFORMATION WEBSITE WHERE THIS, UH, WHERE THESE RESOURCES CAN BE PROVIDED ON A HAPPIER NOTE, UH, AS YOU SAW BEFORE, THE BIG RAINS OF YESTERDAY WORK IS PROGRESSING VERY QUICKLY ON OUR LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK SITE, JUST NEXT DOOR. UM, ALYSSA HAS, UH, UH, MENTIONED THAT ACTUALLY, AS SOON AS IT DRIES UP, IT'D BE A GREAT TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THE SIDE. AS YOU CAN REALLY START TO SEE KIND OF WHERE THE TRAILS ARE GOING TO BE. YOU SEE THE PAD FOR THE BUILDING, KIND OF GET ASSIGNED A SENSE OF SIZE AND SCALE AND HOW THAT BUILDING WILL ADDRESS THE CREEK AND THE NATURE THAT'S AROUND IT. SO, UM, IF YOU JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOING THAT, WE, UH, WE MAY, UH, WE, WE MAY ORGANIZE A SINGLE TRIP FOR US TO DO THAT, OR WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MAKE SEVERAL AVAILABLE JUST DEPENDING ON AGAIN, THE, THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST THAT WE HAVE, BUT THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. SO BEING ABLE TO SEE IT AT THE VERY EARLY DIRT, UH, DIRT WORK STAGE WILL INCREASE YOUR APPRECIATION FOR IT. AS THINGS THEN START TO GO VERTICAL A LITTLE BIT LATER INTO THE YEAR. SO JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT AN INTEREST IN THAT AND WE WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. AND ON THAT NOTE, I WILL GO DIRECTLY TO OUR VERY QUICKLY, UM, BECOMING EXTREMELY BUSY, UH, LATE SUMMER AND FALL ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR. UM, OH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS JUST LIKE, UH, CAN, UH, CONDOLENCES TO OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, CARL SHERMAN, WHO, UH, RECENTLY, UH, LOST HIS MOM AND, UH, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY. UH, NOW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION ON HIM, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ARRANGEMENT INFORMATION AS WELL, UH, FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD LIKE IT ALL RIGHT ON THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST THE 25TH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING FROM FOUR 30 TO SIX. WE HAVE A, UH, A FORMAL MEET AND GREET OR WELCOME RECEPTION FOR OUR BRAND NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UH, HENRY FOURSOME. SO THIS WILL BE HELD HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, IN THE LOBBY, UH, FROM FOUR 30 TO SIX. AND, UH, EVERYONE IS INVITED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A PRETTY GOOD CROWD. UH, HE WILL BE HERE WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS FAMILY. AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING THEM A, A WELCOME THE CEDAR HILL WAY AND WELCOMING THEIR FAMILY FORMERLY, UH, TO THE CEDAR HILL FAMILY. UM, ALSO THAT SAME NIGHT, UH, FROM SIX TO EIGHT 30, WE WILL BEGIN A CLASS, TWO OF THE CITIZEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. SO THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT WE PILOTED LAST YEAR. AGAIN, IT WAS A, UH, A COUNCIL PRIORITY, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO HAVE A CITIZENS ACADEMY, TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE CITY AND GIVING BACK AND LEARNING ABOUT HOW COMMUNITIES WORK AND BUILDING, UH, THE LEADERSHIP, UH, GENERATION HERE. AND SO WE WILL KICK THAT OFF, UH, ON THAT, UH, SO REACT TO THE WELCOMING RECEPTION IN THIS ROOM. WE WILL HAVE A CLASS, UH, UH, THE FIRST CLASS OF, UH, CLASS TWO FOR THE CITIZEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT, UM, MICHELLE AND ALLISON AND THEIR TEAM HAS PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR WAS EXCELLENT. WE RECEIVED EXCELLENT VIEWS. THEY EVEN HAD A REUNION, I THINK OVER THE SUMMER, THEY HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME THAT CLASS DID AND THEIR BONDING. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW CLASS AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY WILL MAKE TO THE CITY. ON FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK, AUGUST THE 26TH, FROM SEVEN 30 TO NINE 30 WILL BE THE FOURTH AND FINAL SESSION OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST SERIES, A THIS ONE BE HOSTED BY OUR NEIGHBORS IN DUNCANVILLE AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN. UH, THE THEME FOR THIS BREAKFAST IS HEALTHCARE. AND SO, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT A NUMBER OF THE, UM, LOCAL HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING OUR NEW, SOON TO BE PARTNERS WITH THR WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT BREAKFAST. AND SO AGAIN, IF YOU'VE NOT SIGNED UP, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE US A CALL, CONTACT US AND WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS, UM, FOR YOU THERE. UH, YES. HILTON GARDEN INN. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ON, UH, ON SATURDAY WE HAVE, UH, TWO BIG EVENTS. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, FROM NINE TO ONE, THE CEDAR HILL FARMER'S MARKET, UH, WILL BE, UH, HELD DOWNTOWN ON HOUSTON STREET. AGAIN, THEY'VE GOT A NUMBER OF VENDORS WHO ARE, DO OUR RESPECT AND OUR PATRONAGE IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THEY STUCK IT OUT THROUGH THREE MONTHS OF A HUNDRED DEGREE SATURDAYS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THEY'VE GOT SOME YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS IN THAT GROUP AS WELL. SO IF YOU HAVE TIME [00:10:01] SATURDAY MORNING, MAKE A VISIT DOWNTOWN AND, UH, VISIT THE FARMER'S MARKET. AND THEN, UM, A SPECIAL, UH, EFFORT WAS MADE BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO SECURE, UH, THE NEW MOVIE, UH, DEEP IN THE HEART. AND TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT TO OUR CITIZENS FREE OF CHARGE DOWN IN VALLEY RIDGE PARK AT OUR BEAUTIFUL AMPHITHEATER, SEEMS LIKE THE WEATHER'S CHANGED JUST RIGHT ON TIME TO MAKE THAT A VERY PLEASANT EVENT. SO THAT'LL BE HELD, UM, AT 8:00 PM FROM EIGHT TO 10:00 PM AT THE VALLEY RIDGE PARK AMPHITHEATER, UH, DEEPEN THE HEART WILL BE SHOWN THERE. WE'RE DOING IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE PARK AND, UH, THE, UH, DOGWOOD CANYON AUDUBON FOLKS ON MONDAY, AUGUST 29TH. SO WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WELCOMING CEDAR, HIS LATEST, A NEW BUSINESS THEM MAYWEATHER. JIM WILL BE HOSTING THEIR GRAND OPENING FROM THREE TO FIVE AT THEIR NEW LOCATION AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE. I KNOW REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAVE BEEN TO PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS TELLING YOU WHAT WAS COMING. SO, UH, THIS WILL BE THE BIG, THE BIG GRAND OPENING FOR THEIR NEWEST. AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE LARGEST FACILITY, UH, IN, UH, THE MAYWEATHER'S FLEET OF GYMS ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 30TH. THIS WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM. WE'LL HAVE A JOINT WORKSHOP WITH THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, UH, ON THE THIRD FLOOR TRAINING ROOM HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. UH, THIS WILL BE TO RECEIVE ACTUALLY TWO CONCEPTUAL PRESENTATIONS ON, UH, POTENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING IN TO CEDAR HILL. UH, AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT WORKSHOP WE'LL JUST, UH, CONSIST OF EACH OF THOSE DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT STYLE AND CONCEPT. IT WILL NOT BE REVIEWED OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION. THAT WILL BE A FORMAL PROCESS THAT WILL COME LATER, UH, THROUGH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL. BUT THIS IS INTENDED TO HELP US ALSO FINISH THIS PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR FUTURE PLAN DEVELOPMENT. SO IT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE TOUR, AS WELL AS THE SINGLE FAMILY MARKET EXPERT THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY TO HELP US COME UP WITH THAT A SINGLE FAMILY SCORECARD. AND SO AGAIN, WE WILL BE SEEING TWO POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN, UH, CEDAR HILL AT THE CONCEPTUAL LEVEL PRESENTED ON THAT NIGHT ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31ST, FROM EIGHT TO 4:00 PM. UH, THERE'LL BE A COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE. THIS ONE WILL BE HOSTED BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AT FIRE STATION 2 11, 12, 12 WEST BELTLINE ROAD. ANYBODY, A CITIZEN COUNCIL STAFF, OR WELCOME, AND IN FACT, ENCOURAGED, UH, TO GO AND GIVE BLOOD ON THAT DAY IS A BLOOD SUPPLY IS STILL IN, UM, IN SHORT SUPPLY AND HIGHLY NEEDED IN OUR AREA. LET'S SEE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH IS A LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. SO THE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF, UH, OF THAT HOLIDAY DURING THAT DAY. AND THEN ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER SIX, AND NOW WE GET INTO SEPTEMBER, THEN WE HAVE, UH, NOTHING BUT WALL-TO-WALL EVENTS. SO THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT KICKOFF MEETINGS. SO THIS IS THE MEETING THAT INCLUDES THE BLOCK CAPTAINS FOR ALL OF OUR CRIME WATCHES AND HOS THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING EVENTS ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. UH, THEY MEET AT THE GRADY LAND BUILDING. THEY GET INSTRUCTIONS FROM, UH, UH, CHIEF RAYEZ AND THE PACK TEAM, AND ESSENTIALLY, UH, PREPARE FOR, UH, ANOTHER BIG NATIONAL NIGHT OUT HERE IN CEDAR HILL. UH, I, I BELIEVE, UH, THAT THE IN AND OUT BURGER TRAILER IS GOING TO BE PRESENT AGAIN, WHICH ALWAYS MAKES FOR GOOD TURNOUT. THE CITY SECRETARY IS GOING TO POST THAT. SO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL IS WELCOME. AND THE FACT ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND IS THAT IS A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD OF FOLKS THAT SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME DURING THE YEAR, ENGAGING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HELPING TO KEEP CEREAL SAFE. SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO THAT DAY THURSDAY, UM, SEPTEMBER 8TH IS THE KICKOFF FOR THE NEXT CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY. SO, UM, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST IS SINCE POLICE ACADEMY, UH, CLASS WE'VE HAD SINCE COVID STARTED. SO WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEW CLASS AND BEING ABLE TO GET BACK TO THAT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, NOT ONLY IN ENGAGING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT REALLY CREATING FUTURE LEADERS AND FUTURE VOLUNTEERS, UH, FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, OVER THE YEARS. AND WE LOOK VERY MUCH FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO THAT. SO ANY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT, JUST LET US KNOW, AND WE'LL, WE'LL JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE NUMBERS THERE, BUT IT'LL BE A GOOD CLASS. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SERVING WITH THEM. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 10TH IS OUR NEXT SECURE PAPER SHREDDING EVENT. IT WILL BE HELD HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, IN THE PARKING LOT FROM NINE TO 12 IN, DO YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT? WHOMEVER KNOW THAT, JUST SHOW UP FROM NINE TO 12. OKAY. WELL, IF YOU DO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, UH, TO SIGN UP, WE'LL [00:15:01] LET, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW, UM, NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER THE 13TH AND JUST ANOTHER, UH, COUPLE OF DAYS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RUN PAST YOU SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 17TH WILL BE OUR, UH, LATIN FEST. OUR VERY FIRST ONE WILL BE HELD AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK FROM 2:00 PM TO NINE. UH, HAD AN UPDATE ON THE PREPARATIONS FOR THAT TODAY, AND THINGS ARE COMING ALONG VERY NICELY. YOU GOT A GOOD GROUP OF VENDORS, A VERY IMPRESSIVE LIST OF SPONSORS OF LOCAL SEASONAL BUSINESSES AND, UH, A GOOD ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY SPECIAL EVENING IN ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, CELEBRATING, UM, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 24TH IS OUR NEXT BIG NEIGHBORHOOD WALK. THIS ONE WILL BE HELD IN WINDSOR PARK AND WE'LL MEET AT THE PARK 200 LAKESIDE DRIVE. AND SO WE'LL MAKE THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION THEN, UH, THEN, UH, SEPTEMBER THE 27TH IS OUR SECOND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE, OF THE MONTH. AND THAT ONE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WILL BE, UM, BE ISSUING OUR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, UH, TO CAROLYN MICKEY ON THAT EVENING. SO THAT ONE WILL COME WITH A RECEPTION AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, UH, THROUGH THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER CITY MANAGER ON SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH? THERE WAS A FYI UT SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER AT RED BIRD. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A RIBBON CUTTING TYPE OF THING. I THINK IT'S A RIBBON CUTTING YESTERDAY THAT JUST CAME IN TODAY. I THINK WE, IF IT'S NOT, IT WILL BE SHORTLY PUT ON YOUR FYI CALENDAR. I DO NOT KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY MORE FORMALITY THAN JUST GETTING THE INVITATION TO ATTEND, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THE RIBBON CUTTING OR MAYBE THEY'RE UT SOUTHWESTERN CENTER. THAT'S IT? ALRIGHTY. SO A QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE HAVE INVOCATION BY DAVID BRADLEY WITH US, YOUR HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH, THE 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK AND SEE YOUR HILL. I BELIEVE THAT'S PRESENTED BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. UH, ALSO A PROCLAMATION IN RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH, YEAR IN CEDAR HILL. UM, ALSO WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING, UH, OLIVIA DYER AND DEBRA OIL AWAY AS RECIPIENTS OF THE 2022 WASTE MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS. OUR PARTNERS WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT ARE HERE TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, OFFICIALLY AWARD THE, THIS YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO THESE TWO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS. UH, AND THEN FINALLY A SPECIAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE FOR, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ABLE TO SERVE WITH FIRST RESPONDERS. UH, CHIEF RAYEZ WILL, UM, UH, BE PROVIDING THE LIFESAVING AWARD TO OFFICER JOHN MORRISON, UH, FOR A LIFESAVING, UH, EFFORT THAT HE MADE, UH, FOR A RESIDENT EARLIER THIS YEAR, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE STORY AND THEN CELEBRATING HIS, UH, HIS HEROIC EFFORTS, UH, UNDER WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, TONIGHT RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST ONE IS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR THE, UH, SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ASSOCIATED WITH A RESTAURANT. UH, THE RESTAURANT IS HAROLD'S CHICKEN, WHICH IS A CHAIN OUT OF CHICAGO, I BELIEVE. AND THEY WILL BE OCCUPYING THE SPACE THAT WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY FUZZY'S TACOS THERE. AND THE KROGER CENTER. SECOND ITEM IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ELECTRICAL GENERATION PLANT ON A PROPERTY THAT'S JUST OFF OF NORTH JOEL WILSON ROAD, UH, NEAR HIGHWAY 67. UM, WHAT, WHAT THIS IS, ARE A SET OF GENERATORS THAT, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY POWER INTO THE GRID. SHOULD THERE BE A GRID PROBLEM? SO, UM, THEY'VE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPATIBLE WITH THE AREAS WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL IN THAT. UM, BUT THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT, UH, THEIR, THEIR PRESENCE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A GOOD THING, UH, SHOULD ADDITIONAL ELECTRICITY BE NEEDED TO GRID. UH, THE FINAL CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, IS RELATED TO A, UM, A PERMIT FOR MANY WAREHOUSE IN SELF STORAGE UNITS ON AN EXISTING, UM, MINI WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITY THAT EXISTS ON BELTLINE ROAD. ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND ALL THROUGH YOUR THREE RECEIVED, UH, THE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS RELATED TO BUDGET AND TAX MATTERS. THIS BEGINS THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING OUR COMPREHENSIVE BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2023. THE OTHER TWO ACTIONS REQUIRED [00:20:01] AT THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. THE FIRST ONE IS TO ACCEPT THE 2022 CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS PROVIDED BY BOTH DALLAS AND THE ELLIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICTS. A SECOND ITEM IS TO CONSIDER POST TAX RATE, UH, TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. AND THEN TO, UH, RECORD A RECORD VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. AGAIN, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR IS 6 5 7, WHICH IS 4 CENTS LOWER THAN THE EXISTING TAX RATE, UH, AT 69. UM, IT'S FOLLOWING THAT WE CAN HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, HAVE A FEW ITEMS ON THAT CLEANING THE MINUTES OF JULY 15TH AND JULY 30TH, UH, TO IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH, THE FIRST ONE ADDRESSES, UH, GENERAL, UH, HEALTHCARE SERVICES. SO THIS WOULD BE TESTING AND KNOCK RELATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY DO A COUPLE OF CLINICS IN THE CITY. THE SECOND ONE IS A SPECIFIC AGREEMENT RELATED, UH, TO COUNTY SERVICES FOR MOSQUITO TREATMENTS, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT BECOMES NECESSARY IN THE NEXT YEAR. WE DID HAVE A QUESTION OF WHY AREN'T THEY COMBINED. THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT UNITS OF DALLAS COUNTY ACTUALLY PROCESSES THESE SERVICES. SO THEY LIKE THEIR PEAS AND CARROTS SEPARATE. SO WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE AGREEMENTS FOR THAT. UH, THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE OUR CONTRACT. WE'VE HAD THIS CONTRACT, UH, ANNUALLY FOR SOME TIME AND, UH, THIS YEAR, IF THERE'S A GOOD THING TO DROUGHT, IT'S THAT YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY MOSQUITOES. AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO, UH, ANY TREATMENTS THIS LAST YEAR. UH, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, CONSIDER A FINAL PLAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION ON, UH, PROPERTIES, UH, NEAR THE COALS IN KIMCO CENTER. SO THIS IS, UH, THE RETAIL CENTER WHERE KOHL'S IS LOCATED. THEY'RE SUBDIVIDING THAT INTO LOTS, UH, BUT OTHERWISE MAKING NO CHANGES TO THE SITE THAT ALSO RECEIVED PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSIONS, RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL, UH, DEMEANING AS A RESOLUTION APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE ATMOS CITIES STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION, UM, FOR, UH, THEIR RATE REQUESTS. AS YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, UH, HAVE APPLIED FOR RATE THE CITIES, GET TOGETHER, DENY THE RATE, AND THEN WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE STATE, UH, TO GET A REASONABLE RATE OUT OF THEM AND SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR CUSTOMERS RESIDENTS. UM, SO THIS IS THERE. THE RECOMMENDED SETTLEMENT FROM THE STERI, THE CITY STEERING COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES THAT, UH, ITEM F IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM OF THE NIGHT TO CONSENT IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF FIRE PROTECTION, BUCKER GEAR, UH, FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, FROM CASCO INDUSTRIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,790. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA, ANY ITEMS TO BE POOLED FROM CONSENT? THEY GIVE ME A CITY MANAGER I'LL WALK WELL, THAT TAKE, THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY. EVERYONE, UH, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A MOTION COUNCILOR MCCURRY? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? THAT IS A NON DEBATABLE MOTION. ALL THE PAPERS RAISE RIGHT HAND MOVES UNANIMOUS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. I HAVE 6 53 WE'LL RE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:00 PM. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.