Oct 25, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Call meeting to order.]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

TODAY IS OCTOBER 25TH, 2022.

THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN OPEN MEETING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US VIRTUALLY, IF YOU ARE HERE AS WELL, OUR WATCHING AS WELL.

WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.

AND, UH, ALSO WHEN I DO NOTE THAT OPEN CARE IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER.

SO AT THAT, I WILL OFFICIAL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

IT IS SEVEN 12 AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION FROM DR.

KEVA GREEN WITH, UH, FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

AND WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY OUR VERY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER, DANIEL HAYTON.

IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE RISE, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

GREEN.

GOOD EVENING.

LET US PRAY.

GRACIOUS GOD, AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE COME TO YOU FIRST.

LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, YOU ARE GRACIOUS TO US AND YOU CREATED EACH ONE OF US AND GIVEN US LIFE AND BREATH.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE POURED ON EACH OF US, AND YOU'VE CALLED US TO BE STEWARDS OF ALL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, OUR LIVES, OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NATION, AND OUR WORLD.

LORD, HELP US TO BE YOUR HANDS AND FEET, THAT WE MIGHT DO YOUR WILL IN ALL WAYS THAT WE MIGHT SERVE YOU AND BE RESPONSIBLE, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO NEED EXTRA ASSISTANCE.

LORD, HELP US TO CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED OR STRUGGLING OR GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES FOR THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH OR GRIEF, FINANCIAL ISSUES OR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

HELP US TO BE EXTRA SENSITIVE TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE AROUND US AND TO FIND WAYS TO LOVE AND SUPPORT THEM.

AND LORD, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE A VOICE, HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE TO SPEAK OUT FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY, THIS CEDAR HILL THAT'S BUILT ON PRAYER.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS FAITHFUL TO YOU, FOR OUR LEADERS THAT ARE BOLD IN THEIR FAITH, TO STAND UP FOR WHO YOU ARE AND TO DEPEND ON YOU FOR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR AND FOR EACH OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR, OUR, ALL OF OUR LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT, THAT THEY TURN TO YOU FOR YOUR DIRECTION AND THINGS.

AND TONIGHT FOR THIS MEETING, LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WOULD BE MIGHTY IN THIS ROOM FOR EACH OF THE PRESENTATIONS.

MAY THEY BE THINGS THAT HONOR YOU, LORD, FOR ALL THE DECISIONS.

MAY THEY BE THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ARE GUIDING.

AND MAY YOU DIRECT ALL THINGS FOR THE FUTURE GOOD OF CEDAR HILL.

AND MAY THOSE WHO SEE THIS CITY RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS A CITY THAT LEANS ON YOU AS OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.

SO WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS ON THE LOVE AND CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ON THE PROTECTION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMES, ON OUR, FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND RESPECT AND, AND PROTECTION FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FOR OUR EDUCATION TO BE EXCELLENT, FOR OUR BUSINESSES, TO BE PROFITABLE, AND FOR US TO CARE AND LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, ALL TO YOUR GLORY.

IN YOUR HOLY NAME, WE PRAY.

AND ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SAY AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU WILL, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING, PLEASE THE UNITED STATES OF AND TWO WHICH SPANS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY, JUSTICE ON OUR PLEDGE TO ON STATE UNDER GOD.

ON THANK YOU, YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED.

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[a. Recognize Clementine of Cedar Hill's Fire Department's Fire Station #212 as ASPCA Dog of the Year Award.]

RECOGNIZE CLEMENTINE OF CEDAR HILL'S FIRE DEPARTMENT'S FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO 12 AS A S PCA DOG OF THE YEAR AWARD.

AND I THINK YOU TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VIDEO.

WHEN HURRICANE IDAHO HIT TERRABONNE PARISH NEEDED TO MOVE THE ANIMALS OUTTA THEIR SHELTER TO MAKE ROOM FOR DISPLACED ANIMALS FROM THE STORM.

CLEMENTINE WAS ONE OF THOSE RIGHT OFF THE TRUCK.

WE TRIED A COUPLE TIMES TO FIND CLEMENTINE THE RIGHT FIT.

SHE'D BEEN PLACED AND BROUGHT BACK

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SO WHEN ROBERT CAME IN AND HE SAID, HEY, WE NEED A DOG FOR THE FIREHOUSE, SHE WAS MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT, THIS FIRE STATION IS THE BUSIEST STATION IN OUR CITY, AND WE RUN A LITTLE MORE OF THE SERIOUS CALLS OUT OF OUR STATION AS WELL.

WE SAID, OKAY, GREAT.

WE'LL TALK TO THE OTHER CREWS ABOUT IT.

ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, WE ENDED UP MAKING A CAR ACCIDENT CLOSE TO WHERE THE SHELTER WAS.

AND AFTER EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN CARE OF, WE LOADED BACK IN THE FIRE ENGINE.

I LOOKED AT BRIAN AND WE BOTH SMILED AT EACH OTHER, NOT A WORD WAS SAID.

AND WE DROVE TO THE SHELTER AND WE ADOPTED CLEMENTINE.

I GOT TO WORK ONE MORNING, AND FOR SOME REASON, ALL THE DOORS WERE CLOSED IN THE STATION.

AND I SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON? GO IN THERE.

AND THERE'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL, VERY VIBRANT, VERY ENERGETIC DOG RUNNING AROUND THE STATION TRYING TO HUG AND KISS ON EVERYBODY WHO WALKS IN THE DOOR.

FIREFIGHTERS LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS THE MACHO TOUGH GUYS.

WE DON'T WANT TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT OUR FEELINGS.

WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO LOSES A CHILD OR WHO LOSES A PARENT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK ABOUT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT STAYS ON YOUR MIND.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LOAD UP AND GO ON THE NEXT ONE.

SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE STRESS IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN.

NO MATTER HOW TOUGH YOU THINK YOU ARE, AND YOU HAVE A CUTE DOG IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU TURN REAL SOFT REAL QUICK.

SHE LOVES TO GO ON CALLS WITH US.

SHE'LL PUT HER FEET UP ON THE DASH.

SOMETIMES SHE'LL HOW WITH THE SIREN AS WE'RE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, SHE LOVES TO GO ON THE FIRE ENGINE.

CLEMENTINE'S TAUGHT US THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, THAT WE ALL NEED AN OUTLET.

CLEMENTINE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR ANIMAL RELOCATION PROGRAM WORKS.

CEDAR HILL FIRE STATION WAS CLEMENTINE'S FOURTH HOME FOLLOWING OUR DISASTER RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IDA.

SHE MADE THE PERFECT MATCH AND IS NOW THE BELOVED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG FOR THE CEDAR HILL FIREMAN.

WHEN WE COME BACK FROM A PEDIATRIC CALL OR ANY KIND OF STRESSFUL CALL AND YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND YOU CAN HEAR HER LITTLE PAUSE HITTING THE WOOD FLOOR TO CLICK, IT BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT.

WE GO THROUGH A LOT.

IF WE'RE RESCUING HER, SHE COULD RESCUE US.

WHERE IS CLEMENTINE ? THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

UH, I WAS ASKED TO COME DOWN AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE EXPERIENCE WITH ADOPTING CLEMENTINE.

UH, WHEN WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY, ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, UH, WE, WE GOT HER IN OCTOBER.

OUR THOUGHT WAS, IS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE THE FIRE STATION MORE LIKE A HOME, AND ALL OF US AT HOME HAD DOGS AND IT KIND OF CALMING AND STRESS RELIEF HAVING A DOG AT THE HOUSE.

SO THAT WAS OUR INITIAL THOUGHT.

SO WE DREW UP A BIG LETTER, TURNED IT INTO OUR ADMIN, TWO PAGES WORTH JUSTIFYING WHY WE WANTED AN ANIMAL AND WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO.

WE, WE WERE READY TO SCHMOOZE EVERYBODY WE NEEDED TO, TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT A DOG.

AND TURNS OUT, OUT THAT WASN'T NEEDED.

, THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID, NO PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL HELP Y'ALL, UH, GET YOU THE FUNDS TO BUILD A FENCE.

SO WE, WE STARTED THAT JOURNEY AND LIKE THE VIDEO HAD SAID, WE WENT BY THE SHELTER TO JUST TALK TO 'EM ABOUT MAYBE IF THEY HAD A DOG IN MIND, A DOG THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO PLACE, OR, OR A DOG THAT MAY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK.

AND THEY IMMEDIATELY, MS. MEEKS TOLD US ABOUT CLEMENTINE.

SO WE ENDED UP GETTING HER THAT DAY.

ACTUALLY.

UH, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HELPED US COME AND BUILD OUR FENCE.

THEY HELPED US DIG THE HOLES AND WE, WE ALL, THE FIREMEN WE PITCHED IN AND WE GOT THE FENCE BUILT FOR.

UM, AND THEN OUR THOUGHT ON THIS AS WELL WAS TO TRY TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER SO THAT MAYBE WE BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, PEOPLE WOULD COME UP AND ADOPT SOME OF THE DOGS, UH, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF PRESS FROM THAT, NEVER THINKING THAT IT WOULD GO AS FAR AS WHAT IT DID.

SO MISS MEEKS WAS FRIENDS WITH THE A S P C, A DIRECTOR OUT OF TARRANT DALLAS COUNTY AND INVITED HER TO COME DOWN TO TAKE SOME PICTURES FOR A PRESS RELEASE.

SO SHE CAME DOWN AND TOOK SOME PICTURES AND, AND

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AND THAT STORY ENDED UP MAKING IT TO NEW YORK CITY TO THE AS PCA'S NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE CONSIDERED FOR DOG OF THE YEAR.

SO THEY CAME DOWN AND, AND, UH, DID AN INTERVIEW WITH US AND, AND KIND OF SOLVE WHAT, WHERE CLEMENTINE LIVES AND, AND TALKED WITH EACH OF US.

AND THEN LO AND BEHOLD, SHE ENDS UP WINNING THAT.

SO WHEN SHE WON, THEY INVITED US, UH, CLEMENTINE AND ME AND A GUEST TO GO TO NEW YORK CITY TO RECEIVE THE AWARDS AT THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET, WHICH I JUST GOT BACK FROM.

SO THE CITY WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME THE TIME OFF TO GO UP THERE, AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER WITH ME AS WELL.

SO WE WENT TO NEW YORK CITY AND ACCEPTED THE, THE DOG OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR CLEMENTINE.

AND WHILE WE WERE UP THERE, UH, WE WERE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE MAGAZINE AND PEOPLE MAGAZINE ARE ACTUALLY DOING A, A LITTLE STORY ON CLEMENTINE AS WELL.

SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S OUR STORY AND THAT'S THE JOURNEY.

AND, AND I JUST APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT STORY.

WE CAN ALL USE A GOOD FEEL GOOD STORY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SHARING THAT.

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[b. Recognize Bear Creek Homeowners' Association as the 2022 Premier Neighborhood Runner-up and the South Hills neighborhood as the 2022 Premier Neighborhood Award recipient.]

RECOGNIZE BEAR CREEK HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION AS THE 2022 PREMIER NEIGHBORHOOD RUNNER UP AND THE SOUTH HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE 2022 PREMIER NEIGHBORHOOD AWARD RECIPIENT.

HEY TIA.

HELLO.

GOOD EVENING.

MARIN CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD.

AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF REP OF PRESENTING THE 2022 PREMIER NEIGHBORHOOD AWARDS.

THE PREMIER NEIGHBORHOOD AWARDS ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S VISION STATEMENT OF CEDAR HILL.

BEING A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, AS WELL AS ALL THE VALUES OF PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR, AND INTEGRITY AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP.

TONIGHT'S PURSUING PREMIER STATEMENTS ARE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, CLEAN, SAFE, VIBRANT PARKS, TRAILS AND NATURAL BEAUTY ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND STRONG AND DIVERSE ECONOMY.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE 18TH YEAR THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTS THIS, UM, AND IS RECOGNIZING, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

ALTHOUGH MANY VIBRANT APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED, IT WAS DEFINITELY A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE TWO WINNERS.

THE FIRST NOMINATED WINNER IS GONNA BE THE RUNNER UP AND WILL RECEIVE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THE FIRST PLACE WILL RECEIVE $250 THAT GO BACK INTO BEAUTIFYING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THIS ISN'T JUST FOR THEM, IT'S TO MAKE AND IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

AT THIS TIME, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AS WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE 2022 PREMIER NEIGHBORHOOD AWARDS.

COMING IN AT RUNNER UP IS BEAR CREEK RANCH.

BEAR CREEK RANCH IS SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL TREES AND TUCKED AWAY AT THE CROSSING OF BEAR CREEK ROAD AND DUNCANVILLE ROAD AND FEATURES APPROXIMATELY 303 HOMES.

BEAR CREEK RANCH GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HOST EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR HOMEOWNERS AND COMMUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY.

THIS INCLUDES FOOD DRIVES BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS, AND HOSTING A VENDOR FAIR FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEIR AMERICAN FLAGS FLYS HIGH AND PROUD TO SHOW RESPECT FOR THE VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY FAMILIES WHO RESIDE IN THAT COMMUNITY.

BEAR CREEK RANCH HAS HAD MAJOR SUCCESS, SUCH AS INSTALLATION OF CAMERAS, WHICH ARE LICENSE PLATES READERS, UH, AT EACH ENTRANCE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT CEDAR HILL PD CAN ACCESS THEIR VERY OWN YARD OF THE MONTH PROGRAM, WHERE THE WINNER GETS A $50 GIFT CARD PLUS A YARD SIGN FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO SEE.

FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTS ARE INSTALLED TO PROVIDE A FESTIVE HOLIDAY PHOTO OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO REFLECT THE HAPPY PLACE THEY GET TO LIVE IN IT.

THIS YEAR'S FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRE THE PREMIER NEIGHBORHOOD AWARD LIES, UM, JUST OFF OF SOUTH CLARK ROAD IN A BEAUTIFULLY WOODED AREA ALONG RED OAK CREEK, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE PLANETS.

SOUTH HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD IS HOME TO NOT

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AND RECENTLY, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO, UM, HELP EACH OTHER REPLACE THEIR MAILBOXES AT EITHER LOW COST OR NO COST.

UH, SADLY, A RECENT NEIGHBOR LOST THEIR HOME DUE TO A FIRE AND NEIGHBORS CAME TOGETHER TO CHIP IN AND BY BASIC PERSONAL NEEDS, CLOTHING AND MONEY FOR THE FAMILY, NEIGHBORS CONTINUOUSLY STRIVE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF NEED WHILE ALSO PICKING UP LITTER ON THEIR MORNING OR AFTERNOON WALKS.

SOUTH HILLS IS A TRULY SPECIAL AND PREMIER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS SO DESERVING OF THIS AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS AND MANY THINGS TO THE BOTH OF YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME.

CAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS FROM SOUTH HILLS AND BEAR CREEK PLEASE COME UP? COME ON DOWN.

SO THERE'S, GET A PICTURE OVER HERE FIRST, WE'LL DO.

SO FIRST I SEE THAT IT GOT IT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AGAIN.

AND, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR PRESENTATION FOR OUR TWO WINNERS.

UH, BACK ON THE SCREEN HERE, I'LL GO BY THIS.

ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT ITEM

[c. Present Good Samaritan Certificate to Chauncey Bivins.]

RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, MAN.

GOOD PAUSES FOR ME, RIGHT , HOW ARE YOU DOING? ALL RIGHT, , I'M STAYING OVER HERE.

YOU KNOW, UH, WE JUST STARTED DO GIVING OUT, UH, GOOD SAMARITAN AWARDS IN 2017.

UH, SO WE ONLY GAVE OUT A FEW.

I THINK WE PROBABLY DO MAYBE ONE OR TWO A YEAR.

UH, SO YOU WERE JUST VERY FEW OF THE ONES WHO'S BEEN RECOGNIZED FROM OUR CITY, UH, TO BE A GOOD SAMARITAN.

UH, THE REASON WHY WE STARTED THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH GOOD, UM, I GUESS GOOD SERVICE ACTS THAT GO ON THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

SO MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT, UH, YOU ALL APPRECIATED.

AND GENERALLY HOW IT WORKS.

YOU DON'T GET APPOINTED BY SOMEONE IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S SOMEONE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE HOW SPECIAL YOU ARE.

SO IT IS MY DISTINCT DONOR TO BE ABLE TO, UH, INTRODUCE OUR GOOD SAMARITAN.

SO I DO HAVE A FEW WORDS THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, AND LET'S SEE WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT YOU.

WALK THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OF THE LOCAL WALMART SUPER SOON AND THE FRIENDLY VOICE YOU HEAR FIRST IS THAT OF CHAUNCEY BIBBS.

? YES, SIR.

YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY CUZ I WAS JUST TALKING TO TRUSTEE AND SHE TURNED AROUND.

SHE'S LIKE, I KNOW THAT VOICE.

SO BIVINS STARTED WORKING AT WALMART JUST FIVE YEARS AGO.

HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GREETER AND FELT LED TO SERVE.

HE RETIRED FROM THE CADILLAC BUSINESS AS A TOP SALESMAN AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, A POST ON LOCAL FACEBOOK GROUP, PRAISE BIVINS AND HIS SUPER NICE ENTHUSIASTIC GREETER, WHICH DREW OVER 90 COMMENTS AND ENCOURAGE A LOCAL NEIGHBOR TO SUBMIT HIS NAME FOR THE RECOGNITION.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT THE ABSOLUTE THAT THEY LOVE ABSOLUTE LOVE CHAUNCEY.

HE REMEMBERS MOST OF ALL OUR NAMES.

HE ALWAYS HAS

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CHAUNCEY BIVINS IS A BELOVED FIXTURE AND HAS MADE A LOCAL TRIP TO WALMART EXTRA SPECIAL.

HE IS A HOMETOWN HERO WHO HAS ALWAYS POSITIVE, FRIENDLY, AND A RELATIONSHIP BUILDER.

IF THE WORLD HAD MORE CHANCES, IT'LL BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE.

CHAUNCEY AND HIS WIFE OF 49 YEARS, WOW.

SOIE HEY, SOIE, HAVE LIVED IN THE HIGH PORT NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1986 AND HAVE THREE ADULT CHILDREN WHO ALL GRADUATED FROM THE C H I S D.

WANNA KICK A SHOUT OUT TO MY HOMIE SU CJ? HOW YOU DOING, SIR? WE USED TO PLAY VAL BALL BACK IN THE DAY.

YEAH, I USED TO PLAY BALL TOO.

TENNESSEE BIVINS IS A TRULY IS TRULY DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.

THROUGH THE GOOD SAMARIO RECOGNITION AWARD PROGRAM, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW HOW HIS AWESOME ATTITUDE AND KIND AND WELCOMING DEMEANOR MADE AND, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

IN CEDAR HILL, HE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT SERVANT LEADER FOR ALL TO EMULATE.

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.

LET'S GIVE ONE .

THANK YOU MUCH.

THANK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, .

WE DO HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU.

UH, I ALSO DO HAVE A PLAQUE.

SO THIS DIDN'T ALWAYS, UH, BE, I GUESS REMIND YOU, UH, WHEREVER YOU PUT THIS IN YOUR SPECIAL PLACE.

BUT IT SAYS, GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD AWARD TO CHAUNCEY BIVINS FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS AND GENERAL SERVICE TO THOSE IN THESE PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 2022.

SIGNED BY ME, STEVE MASON, TAKE A PHOTO WITH ME.

OH, SHE IT, I DON'T YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GRAB HER.

CAN YOU GRAB YOUR PHONE? SHE'LL TAKE A PICTURE AT YOUR PHONE TOO.

OH, OKAY.

THAT WORK.

ONE, TWO MORE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL, YOU LIKE THIS, THIS WHAT THEY SAY AT BEST.

THANK YOU.

YES'.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS ALL.

SO THE, THE, THE

[d. Present Certificate of Achievement to Christian Cravens.]

YOU, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTIAN TO MEET YOU.

VERY NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

STAND RIGHT OVER HERE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE.

CAUSE I'M, I NEED TO TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE FOR JUST A SECOND AND THEN I, I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

SO WE'RE GONNA PRESENT TO YOU THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT.

YOU'RE 11 YEARS OLD.

YES, SIR.

I DON'T THINK I WAS YOUR THAT BIG WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD.

UH, MAYBE, MAYBE 14, 15.

YOU GOT SOME STRENGTH IN THERE.

I THINK 11 YEAR OLD, HUH? CHRISTIAN CRAVENS.

YOU COMPETED IN THE UNITED STATES TRACK AND FIELD.

JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

WOW.

COMPETING IN THE SHOP.

PUT IN THE DISCUS CATEGORIES.

YOU'RE A SIXTH GRADER AT TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

TWO TIME ALL AMERICAN AND TWO TIME GOLD MEDALIST.

WOW.

YOU'RE A SUPER ATHLETE AND A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION IN WHAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND YOUR ROAD TO THE OLYMPICS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

, THAT'S NICE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

CHANGE THIS .

THAT'S MY WOW.

I PODCAST THE, I COULD YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OH, YEAH, PLEASE SAY IF YOU

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AND I ALSO ALSO, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITH MY CO WITHOUT MY COACH, COACH MARY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MARITON.

[e. Present a Proclamation designating the month of October 2022 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Cedar Hill.]

WELL, IT'S BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

COME ON, GIVE IT UP.

I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

UH, I ALSO WANNA DO NOTE THAT IN OUT OF SOLIDARITY, THE COUNCIL IS WEARING A PEN, UH, TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AWARENESS AS WELL.

UM, IF WE COULD HAVE MS. JOSLYN PLEASE COME UP, MS. JOSLYN.

UM, I GUESS THE COUNCIL HAVE GOT TO KNOW HER OVER THE LAST, UH, I GUESS COUPLE YEARS.

SHE'S REALLY STEPPED UP AND, UH, WANTED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE HER NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND, UH, SEE IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, LEAD THE CHARGE AND HER LEADERSHIP THERE.

AND, UM, WE WAS AT COUNTRY DAY AND, UH, SHE MENTIONED OF, UM, OF, OF, UH, GUESS AN ACHIEVEMENT, I GUESS, OR A BARRIER THAT SHE HAD, UH, JUST ACCOMPLISHED.

AND I SAID, THIS STORY JUST CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, KEPT A SECRET.

SO, UH, SHE HAS A TESTIMONY AND, UH, I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR AND I'M SURE THE COUNCIL CAN'T EITHER.

BUT BEFORE I LET YOU SAY A FEW WORDS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, HAVE TO HAVE PROCLAMATION.

I'D LIKE TO READ OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISEASE.

WHEREAS BREAST CANCER STRIKES ALL PEOPLE, WE MUST RISE AWARENESS OF THIS DISEASE IN ITS SYMPTOM SO WE CAN MORE EASILY IDENTIFY IT IN MORE EFFECTIVELY TREATED BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER AMONG WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER THAN SKIN CANCER.

AND MILLIONS OF WOMEN ARE SURVIVING THE DISEASE.

THANKS.

IN PART OF EARLY DETECTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN TREATMENT THIS OCTOBER, WE RECOGNIZE BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS, THOSE BATTLING THE DISEASE, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO ARE TIRELESSLY SOURCE OF LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, RESEARCHERS WORKING TO FIND A CURE OF THIS DEADLY DISEASE.

AS WE DISPLAY PINK RIBBONS AND WEAR PINK CLOTHING TO WEAR, TO RAISE THE AWARENESS, WE ALSO SUPPORT THOSE COURAGEOUSLY FIGHTING BREAST CANCER AND HONOR THE LIVES OF LOSS OF THE TO THE DISEASE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE MASON, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2022 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

THIS PROVIDES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE ALL THE CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER DEATHS THROUGH INCREASED EDUCATION AND REGULAR SCREENING.

IN WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE HERE ON TWO SET MY HAND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL, THE CITY OF CITY OF TEXAS TO BE A FIX ON THIS DAY, 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022.

SIGNED BY ME, STEVE MASON .

WANNA GET A PHONE? ALL RIGHT.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

UM, SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, I MADE A RESOLUTION TO GET MORE INVOLVED WITH MY COMMUNITY, WITH MY KIDS AND WITH CHRIST.

AND, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT JOURNEY WAS GOING TO COME AHEAD OF ME.

UM, BUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS KIND OF PLAYED A PART IN THE DIAGNOSIS THAT I WOULD GET IN JULY.

UH, SO I STARTED, UH, I RAN FOR HOA, UM, GOT ON THE BOARD OF THE HOA, STARTED KIND OF GETTING MORE INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, COMING MORE TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

UM, JOINED THE 52 WEEKS WITH PRAYER AT FRIENDSHIP WEST, UH, DOING THAT.

AND THEN, UM, MY KIDS ARE IN ALL TYPES OF ACTIVITIES NOW, SO I WAS JUST BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.

UM, SO BUSY.

UH, LIKE LAST OCTOBER, I, I MISSED MY MAMMOGRAM.

UM, HAD I GONE TO THE MAMMOGRAM, MAY, I MAY HAVE FOUND OUT A LOT SOONER ABOUT MY DIAGNOSIS, BUT LO AND BEHOLD, UM, BECAUSE I STARTED GETTING MYSELF MORE INVOLVED IN A WORD WHEN I GOT THE DIAGNOSIS, IT WASN'T SUCH A, UH, SHOCKER.

YOU, I MEAN, OF COURSE IT'S, IT'S HARD TO HEAR, BUT I WAS MORE PREPARED FOR IT.

UM, SOMETIMES YOU THINK WHEN YOU GET

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UM, BUT THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE BECAUSE GOD SAYS YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION.

AND SO THIS IS MINE.

UM, BUT I HAVE SO, SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM MY COMMUNITY.

UM, I HAVE SOME OF MY FELLOW HOA, UH, BOARD MEMBERS HERE.

I HAVE MY SOS HERE THAT ARE SUPPORTING ME.

UM, AND MY PARENTS ARE HERE, UH, MY KIDS.

AND IN LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, MY HUSBAND IS HERE SUPPORTING ME.

SO WHEN I GO TO MY, UH, CHEMO TREATMENTS, UH, SOMEONE DIFFERENT COMES WITH ME EVERY TIME, UH, MY FRIENDS CREATED A SIGN UP AND THEY, THEY SAY, WHO WOULD YOU THIS TIME? LIKE, YOU GOT 16 DIFFERENT FRIENDS.

I HAVE TO HAVE 16 ROUNDS OF CHEMO.

YOU HAVE 16 DIFFERENT FRIENDS THAT ARE DONE COME.

I SAY, YES, I DO.

UH, SO I MEAN, AND WHEN I LOOK AT MY PHONE, UM, I'M GETTING WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM EVERYBODY.

SO THE MINUTE I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING DOWN, I, I DON'T GET OPPORTUNITY TO GET DOWN BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S SENDING ME A MESSAGE OR A MESSENGER TEXT, A CALL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

UM, I JUST HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT, AND I KNOW THAT'S THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD.

UM, SO I'M SO GRATEFUL.

I'M SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.

I I HAVE MY, UM, I CALL HER MY SISTER WIVES, THE MEGA WIVES THAT, UH, THAT ARE HERE.

THEY'RE ALSO HERE SUPPORTING ME.

AND THEN, UM, MY, UM, I, I CALL HER MY GUARDIAN ANGEL.

MISS, UH, CHRISTIE, UM, UM, CHRISTY HELP YOU ON MIAMI, SHARON, BUT, UH, SHE ACTUALLY IS JUST HAD HER VICTORY PARTY WITH BREAST CANCER, SO SHE HAS BEEN WALKING ME THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH.

SO I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU, CHRISTY, AND WE, WE WORK TOGETHER.

SO I HAVE SUPPORT AT WORK.

SO, UM, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL AND, UM, YOU ALL WILL HEAR MORE FROM ME BECAUSE I'M GONNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GET THEIR MAMMOGRAMS, THAT THEY'RE DOING, THEIR SELF CHECKS, UM, THAT, UM, WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF OUR HEALTH.

SO, THANK YOU.

UH, DO WE HIT, ARE WE PRESENTING THE BALLOONS? OH, WE COULD DO THAT.

COME ON.

BRING IT UP.

UH, THIS IS ALSO FOR YOU.

OH, I GUESS HE WANTS ME TO BE IN IT TOO.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT

[f. Present a Proclamation designating the week of November 7-11, 2022 as Municipal Court Week in Cedar Hill.]

UH, TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7TH THROUGH 11TH 2022 AS MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK IN CEDAR HILL.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR MAYOR PAUL TIM SIMS. THANK YOU MAYOR MUNICIPAL COURT.

HI, .

YES.

PROCLAMATION, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURT PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS MORE PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OF THE TEXAS COURTS COMBINED AND PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC'S PER EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND WHEREAS STATE LAW AUTHORIZES A MUNICIPALITY TO EITHER APPOINT OR ELECT MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR A TERM OF OFFICE, THE CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT AS A STATE COURT, AND ITS JUDGES OR MEMBERS OF THE STATE JUDICIARY.

AND WHEREAS THE PROCEDURES OF THE CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATIONS ARE SET FORTH IN THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND OTHER LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IS COMMITTED TO THE NOTION THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT AN INDEPENDENT, FAIR AND COMPETENT JUDICIARY WILL INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAWS THAT GOVERN US AND THAT JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL SHOULD APPLY, SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY.

AND WHEREAS CEDAR HILL MUNICIPAL JUDGES ARE NOT POLICY MAKERS FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, BUT ARE BOUND BY THE LAW AND THE CANNONS OF JUDICIAL CONTE CONDUCT, AND ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE DECISIONS INDEPENDENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTAIN PROCEDURAL

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NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7TH THROUGH THE 11TH 2022 AS MUNICIPAL COURT, WE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, IN RECOGNITION OF THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JUSTICE OFFERED TO OUR CITIZENS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF CEDAR HILL.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEARING TWO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TO BE AFFIX THIS 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022.

SIGNED, STEPHEN MASON, MAYOR, I WILL PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE AND TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK WE DO.

AND THEN THIS COURT, I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM.

UH, WE'VE, WE JUST WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD AND IT'S EXCITING THAT WE GET TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY DO AND CELEBRATE THEM A LITTLE BIT.

I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON THE WEEK OF COURT WEEK.

SO ON UM, THE SEVENTH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MUFFINS WITH OUR MARSHALS.

SO WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND VISIT WITH US AT ABOUT SEVEN, OR I'M SORRY, WHAT'LL BE SEVEN.

IT'LL BE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

WE'LL HAVE SOME MUFFINS AND COFFEE OUT HERE IN THE LOBBY, AND YOU CAN COME MEET OUR MARSHALS AND GET TO KNOW THEM.

UM, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A SCAVENGER HUNT.

WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING THAT OUT TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO KIND OF HELP INTRODUCE 'EM TO OUR NEW WEBSITE.

WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL NEW, UM, THINGS ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE WANNA INTRODUCE EVERYBODY TO THAT.

AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE FOR EACH DAY, BUT I'M EXCITED AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE WITH A GREAT EVENING.

CAN YOU GIVE US THAT DATE AGAIN? I'M SORRY.

THE MUFFINS.

NOVEMBER 7TH.

NOVEMBER 7TH.

LOVE THE COCONUT.

GOT IT.

UH, ASKING FOR A FRIEND.

, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU.

OH, I SEE THE CHIEF COMING UP HERE.

NEXT ITEM

[g. Presentation by Cedar Hill Police Chief Ely Reyes of Lifesaving Awards to seven members of the Cedar Hill Police Department.]

HEY, CHIEF, THANK YOU, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME OF OUR OFFICERS, UH, HONORED HERE IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM.

UM, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS LESS THAN A MONTH AGO THAT WE HAD AN OFFICER UP HERE RECEIVING A LIFESAVING AWARD.

UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME SHIFT, UH, THAT, THAT I, UH, INTRODUCED TO YOU GUYS LAST TIME, ALONG WITH SEVERAL, UH, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE BACK HERE.

UM, I KNOW THAT I HAD DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THIS VIDEO, UH, TO MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.

UM, THE WORDS THAT I'M ABOUT TO READ CANNOT REALLY PUT INTO, UH, REPLACE THE ACTIONS THAT THESE OFFICERS TOOK, BUT I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO TRY.

ON NOVEMBER, ON SEPTEMBER 3RD AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 AM SERGEANT PRITCHETT, CORPORAL HERRON, AN OFFICER MORRISON PRAZA PENA MORRISON CARTER RESPONDED TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT AT NEW CLARK AND FM 1382.

DISPATCH ADVISED THAT A VEHICLE WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE BUSHES AND WAS NOW ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND OBSERVED A BLACK SUV ON ITS SIDE IN THE TREELINE ABOUT 50 FEET OFF THE ROADWAY.

THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE AND OFFICERS WENT UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF ANYONE WAS STILL INSIDE WITH NO HESITATION AND NO REGARD FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.

OFFICERS APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED A BLACK MALE INSIDE THE FRONT SEAT NOT MOVING WITH NO OTHER WAY TO MAKE ENTRY INTO THE VEHICLE.

BECAUSE OF THE POSITION OF THE VEHICLE AND ENCROACHING FLAMES, OFFICERS MORRISON AND PRAZA BROKE THE GLASS IN THE SUNROOF AND WERE ABLE TO PULL THE DRIVER OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

DUE TO THE NUMBER OF TREES, MUD AND SMALL CULVERT WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED, THE DRIVER HAD TO BE PASSED UP THE HILL FROM OFFICERS MORRISON AND PRAZA TO OFFICER CARTER, TO OFFICER PENA AND TO CORPORAL HERRON.

THE OCCUPANT WAS THEN PASSED OVER A LARGE BROKEN TREE TRUNK TO OFFICER MORRISON AND PRITCHETT, THE SERGEANT PRITCHETT, WHERE HE WAS CARRIED TO THE ROADWAY WHERE MEDICS WERE ABLE TO TREAT HIM WHILE OFFICERS WERE PULLING THE DRIVER OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

THEY OBSERVED MULTIPLE FIREARMS INSIDE THE VEHICLE, AND AS THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE DRIVER TO A SAFE LOCATION, YOU CAN HEAR GUNSHOTS GOING OFF INSIDE THE VEHICLE AS A FIRE MOVE CLOSER, MAKING THE SITUATION EVEN MORE DANGEROUS FOR THE OFFICERS.

THE C FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FLAMES OUT BEFORE IT SPREAD ANY FURTHER.

WHILE MEDICS WERE TREATING THE DRIVER, HE STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO FEEL ANYTHING AT ALL FROM HIS CHEST DOWN.

HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE QUICK RESPONSE OF THE ENTIRE SHIFT, RECOGNITION OF THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION AND IMMEDIATE ACTION WAS OUTSTANDING WORK.

THIS TEAM EFFORT THAT RESULTED IN THE REMOVAL OF A SUBJECT FROM A CLEARLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION, ANY FAILURE TO ACT OR DELAY IN ACTION COULD HAVE LED TO A VERY DIFFERENT OUTCOME BASED ON THESE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES

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ALL RIGHT, HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GET A BIGGER ROOM.

, THANK YOU AGAIN.

I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS HERE PUBLICLY.

YOU KNOW, ANY OF THESE OFFICERS IS JUST GONNA TELL YOU, YOU THAT THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOBS, BUT WE SIGNED UP TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

IT'S NOT FIREFIGHTERS AND THEY CAN HAVE THAT FIRE STUFF ALL DAY LONG, SO.

WELL, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.

UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING GOOD CARE OF OUR CITY WHILE WE ARE SLEEPING, YOU GUYS OUT THERE PROTECTING US.

UH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

YOU DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOU COULD JUST, UH, AWARDED THEM OR APPLAUDED THEM AND PRIVATE IN YOUR OWN MEETINGS, BUT YOU BROUGHT HERE TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT CUZ WE NEED TO KNOW AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, NEXT ITEM

[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. ]

THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZEN TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY ITEM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO FILL.

IF THIS, IF IT IS AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, OF COURSE COUNCIL CAN'T DELIBERATE ABOUT THAT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN FORWARD IT TO ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANOTHER CITY STAFF MEMBER APPROPRIATELY.

UH, BEFORE I CALL FOR A CITIZEN, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE CAR MORGAN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAY, BE RECOGNIZED.

I USED TO DO THAT IN THE BEGINNING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME.

I STILL SEE YOU AS KARMA MYSELF.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY CITIZENS COMMENTS, SO I'LL MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITEM.

NEXT ITEM

[a. Case No. PD-SP-494-2022 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Planned Development-Site Plan on property zoned Planned Development District No. 2022-752 [Cedar Hill Townhomes], generally located on the southwest corner of West Parkerville Road and South Clark Road with the approximate address being 935 South Clark Road. Applicant and Property Owner: Yagnesh Jayswal, Nostra Homes CH LLC Representative: Reece Flanagan, Flanagan Land Solutions, LLC]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

DISTRICT NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 52 CEDAR HILL TOWN HOMES GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST PARKER MILL ROAD AND SOUTH CLARK ROAD WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 9 35 SOUTH CLARK ROAD.

APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER, YA GUESS JAYS WALL NOSTRIL, HOLMES C H LLC, REPRESENTATIVE REESE, UH, FLANIGAN FIGAN LAND SOLUTIONS LLC.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH TODAY? YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE I GO TO PUBLIC HEARING? JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO DO PUBLIC HEARING FIRST AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE BRING YOU UP.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD S P 4 94 2022.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD S P 4 94 2022? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I BET YOU WAS LUCKY WHEN EVERYBODY STARTED LEAVING DURING THAT PUBLIC HEARING, DIDN'T YOU? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP, PLEASE.

UH, PRO SIMS, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

ARE, ARE THESE NEW OWNERS, UH, TO THE, TO THIS PROJECT? YES.

THESE WILL BE FOR SALE, NOT FOR GRANT.

NO, I MEAN PROPERTY OWNER.

THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER.

ARE YOU I'M CIVIL ENGINEER.

PROPERTY OWNER RIGHT HERE.

I MEAN, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, THIS WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS PREVIOUSLY AND I'M SEEING SOME DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

UH, IS THIS A A A NEW PROPERTY OWNER? I MEAN, YES.

OKAY.

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I'M GLAD YOU TOOK OVER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, WHILE YOU UP HERE, UH, I THINK WHAT PROM IS ALLUDING TO IS THERE ARE SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH, I GUESS, HOME VALUE OF, OF WHAT THE PROPERTIES MAY BE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

DO YOU HAVE A TARGET OF, AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PROFESSIONAL MEMORY, THESE ARE HOMES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BUILD FOR SALE, OR ARE THESE GONNA BE YES, SIR.

OKAY.

SO YOU SELL, IT'LL BE FOR SALE.

WHAT, WHAT IS THE TARGET, UH, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO PER, PER DOOR? WE'RE KEEPING AROUND LOWER 300.

OKAY.

IS THAT PER DOOR OR PER UNIT? NO, PER UNIT.

OKAY.

SO PER UNIT.

SO, SO, SO, SO SOMEONE CAN PURCHASE, UH, 300,000, THEY GONNA HAVE TWO DOORS? NO, IT WOULD BE, UH, PER DOOR, PER UNIT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

PER, SO IT'LL BE TWO HOUSES PER BUILDING.

PER PER BUILDING.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, COOL.

SO 300.