* 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. [00:00:05] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. [1. Call meeting to order.] UH, TODAY IT'S NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022. THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING, UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE VISITING, UH, VIA, UH, STREAM, UH, WELCOME FROM VIRTUAL WORLD. UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL. UH, I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I HAVE 7:12 PM UH, JUST WANNA NOTE THAT, UH, OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED, UH, IN THESE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION BY, UH, PASTOR JOSH PRINCE FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKERTY. AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE HERE SOON WHEN WE'LL GET TO THAT. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAY IN. THAT'S, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? I AM WELL. GOOD. WELL, LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU JUST TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK YOUR NAME TOGETHER TODAY IN HONOR OF, OF ALL THAT YOU ARE. FATHER, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE SOVEREIGN. GOD, WE, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU, UH, ARE ABOVE ALL GOD, WE, WE SUBMIT TO YOU TODAY IN ALL THINGS. AND LORD, ESPECIALLY OVER THIS MEETING, UH, FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE HONORED, UH, EVEN IN HANDLING THE BUSINESS. UH, FATHER, WE THANK YOU, GOD, AS WE GO INTO THIS WEEK, GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY AS A NATION TO HONOR OUR VETERANS. LORD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SO MANY WHO HAVE SERVED AND FOR SO MANY WHO HAVE GIVEN EVERY BIT OF THEIR, UH, LIFE TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY. LORD, WE THANK YOU AND, AND, UH, JUST PRAY THAT THEY WOULD FEEL HONORED, UH, GOD, THAT, THAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM, THAT WE WOULD LIFT THEM UP. GOD, WE WOULD RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THEM AND AS, UH, FOR THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. UH, LORD, MAY THEY FEEL HONORED TONIGHT IN THEIR RECOGNITION AS WELL. AND I THANK YOU FOR A CITY THAT TAKES THE TIME TO DO THAT. UH, LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THE LORD, JUST FOR THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN GOD FOR, UH, THE TIME SPENT IN REALLY WANTING TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY, UH, GROW AND BE BLESSED AND, AND BE PRODUCTIVE TO SEE JOBS AND, AND FAMILIES COME AND THRIVE HERE. LORD, I THANK YOU AS A DAD TO SEE A LIBRARY COMING TO BE THAT IS GOING TO BE JUST A, A GREAT PLACE TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT THIS CITY AND THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE IN THOSE REGARDS. LORD, OVER ALL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE HANDLED TONIGHT, MAY BE HANDLED WITH GRACE, MAY BE HANDLED IN THE PURSUIT OF UNITY. AND MAY YOU BE HONORED IN EVERY BIT OF IT. GOD, I PRAY OVER THIS COUNCIL FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND FOR THE BLESSINGS, UH, THAT, UM, GOD, YOU WOULD JUST POUR OUT UPON THEM. AND FINALLY, GOD, JUST PRAY OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY WAYS THAT THEY SERVE, JUST SEEING SOME TONIGHT WORKING A REC SCENE. GOD, I THANK YOU FOR THEIR ATTENTION. I THANK YOU FOR, UH, THEIR PROFESSIONALISM. I GOTTA THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVANT HEARTEDNESS. AND SO MAY THEY BE SAFE, AND MAY THEY BE BLESSED IN ALL THEY DO. FATHER, WE LOVE YOU. IT'S IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU FOR THAT RECORDING. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG WHEN IN INVISIBLE WITH P PROCEED TESTIFY TO ONE STATE, ONE INDIS. THANK YOU. YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED AT THE STATE ON THE RECORD THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. AND WE DO HAVE ONE ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SHELLY DANIELS WILL NOT BE JOINING US THIS EVENING. UM, SO [a. Present a Proclamation recognizing November 11, 2022 as Veterans Day in Cedar Hill. ] NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATIONS PRESENTED PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZED IN NOVEMBER 11TH, 2022, AS VETERANS DAY IN CEDAR HILL. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYTON. HELLO, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THIS, UH, DISTINCT HONOR, I GUESS, AND PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO, TO HONOR VETERANS TODAY. TODAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE GOT, WE ENJOY OUR FREEDOM TODAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE SACRIFICES OF OUR VETERANS IN THE PAST AND EVEN TODAY. SO, BUT LET ME ASK, UH, MAY I ASK THE PEOPLE THAT OUR VETERANS STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE WHO WE HAVE HERE? THESE ARE OUR VETERANS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. FOR SURE. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO GO AHEAD AND READ A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR FOR VETERANS DAY. YES. YOU GONNA HAVE, OH, YOU MAY HAVE SOMEONE TO COME TO. YES. COME DOWN. UH, [00:05:03] HOW YOU DOING? WELL, I'M GONNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION, AND THEN IF Y'ALL WANNA SAY ANYTHING AFTERWARDS, THAT'LL BE GOOD. SO, OKAY. SO PROCLAMATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, OR AS VETERANS DAY HAS BEEN, HAS ITS ORIGINS IN NOVEMBER THE 11TH, 1918 ARMAS, WHICH, WHICH BROUGHT WORLD WAR I TO A CONCLUSION. AND WHEREAS THE ALLIED VICTORY OF WORLD WAR I AFFIRMED THE STRENGTH OF OUR GREAT NATIONS ACTING TOGETHER FOR HIGH PURPOSES. AND WHEREAS THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES CAUSED THROUGH THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, THE DESIGNATION OF MAYOR, OR NOVEMBER THE 11TH AS THE FEDERAL LEGAL HOLIDAY, WHICH IN 1954 BECAME OFFICIALLY KNOWN THEREAFTER AS VETERANS DAY. AND WHEREAS VETERANS DAY HAS BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PART OF AMERICAN HERITAGE, AS WE RECOGNIZE THE MILLIONS OF OUR CITIZENS WHOSE MILITARY SERVICE HAS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON HISTORY. AND WHEREAS THE COURAGE, HONOR, SACRIFICE, AND DEDICATION THAT VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES HAVE DISPLAYED IN THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND DEMOCRACY ARE MOST WORTHY OF RECOGNITION. SO NOW, THEREFORE, STEVE MASON, OUR MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, DOES, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER THE 11TH, 2022 AS VETERANS DAY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE COURAGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED TO PRESERVE OUR PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND DEMOCRACY. AND HERE, WITNESS FEAR OF, I HAVE SET MY HAND ON AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIX THIS EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2020. THIS SAYS 21, IT'S 22 . THANK YOU, PHIL. MIKE IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR THIS HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS, THIS, UH, AWARD FOR ON BEHALF OF DAV AND THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND IN THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS. WE CAN, WE WILL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YES. YES. ON FRIDAY THE 11TH, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR SECOND ANNUAL RESOURCE FAIR AND CLAIMS CLINIC IS GONNA BE HELD AFTER CEDAR HILL RECREATION CENTER. AND LAST YEAR WE HAD 13 VENDORS. THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE 26 VENDORS. AND IT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT A VETERAN, YOU MAY KNOW A VETERAN. SO COME ON OUT AND, UM, AND SUPPORT US AND ALSO SUPPORT THE VETERANS THAT YOU MAY KNOW AND GET SOME RESOURCES TO HELP THEM OUT. AND WE HAVE SOME, UM, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS FROM, UM, VET VETERANS WHOSE, UM, SPOUSES PASSED THAT WERE IN WORLD WAR II. AND SO WE'RE HELPING THEM RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GONNA BE FILING INITIAL CLAIMS AS WELL. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE OR IF YOU NEED TO GET YOUR DISABILITY AND COMPENSATION CLAIMS FILED, UM, COME BY. WE HAVE FIVE SERVICE OFFICERS THAT WILL BE FILING THOSE CLAIMS. AND WE ALWAYS ALSO HAVE THE VBA THAT WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO YOUR RECORD TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE MISSED OR ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO FILE TO GO AHEAD AND EXPEDITE THAT. SO, AGAIN, COME OUT ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER THE 11TH. WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE FROM NINE TO ONE AT THE CEDAR HILL RECREATION CENTER. THANK YOU. I BOTH OF, SO. ALL RIGHT. A THERE WE GO. YOU WANNA OPEN THIS UP AND, RIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU, RAMONA. WE, I, YOU KNOW, IN CASE SOMEONE'S NOT FAMILIAR, YOU WANT TO, UH, INTRODUCE YOUR, THE CHAPTER YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT. WE ARE THE NEW CHAPTER FOR CEDAR HILL, THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS WE CHARTERED LAST YEAR. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS RECOGNIZE OUR AUXILIARY, THE AUXILIARY IS OUR SUPPORT SYSTEM. AND WE HAVE THE COMMANDER, MS. CASSANDRA, ROSS HAYNES, YOU, CASSANDRA, AND WE HAVE, THINK YOU'RE THE HISTORIAN, MISS CASSANDRA MOSS, MS. CASSANDRA MOSS. SHE'S THE MO, UM, THE, UM, THE HISTORIAN FOR THE DAV, AND THEY CHARTERED ON MAY THE 14TH OF THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE THE WHOLE GROUP. WE ARE THE, THE DAV IS THE, WE ARE THE PARENT ORGANIZATION, AND THE AUXILIARY IS RIGHT THERE WITH US TO SUPPORT. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UM, WITH THE AUXILIARY, IF THERE'S SOME COMPANIONSHIP THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IF THERE'S WORK THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN SOME OF THE VETERAN'S HOMES THAT THEY CANNOT DO, OR ERRANDS THAT NEED TO BE RUN, OUR AUXILIARY HELPS OUT WITH THAT. AND SO WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH EACH OTHER. SO, AND I THANK THE MAYOR. CAUSE THE MAYOR, HE WAS RIGHT THERE WITH ME WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED THIS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, HE WAS [00:10:01] RIGHT THERE WITH ME, AND WE PUSHED IT, AND WE GOT IT DONE FOR CEDAR HILL AND WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, UM, CHAPTER OF THE DAV. WE ARE THE ONES WHO, UM, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST AREA, ALONG WITH, UM, SOME OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE IN ARLINGTON. SO WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THAT AREA. SO THAT'S A PLUS FOR US. SO, YES. SO Y'ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THE DAV. UM, WE HAVE VETERANS HERE. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 2,500 VETERANS HERE IN CEDAR HILL. UH, SOME OF THEM MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BENEFITS AND THAT THEIR SERVICES AT THE VA THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF VETERANS WHO NEVER KNEW OUR WORLD WAR II AND OUR KOREAN AND VIETNAM VETERANS THAT NEVER KNEW THAT ONCE THEY LEFT THE WAR, THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO BE SEEN AT THE VA. SO THEY END UP HOMELESS, UM, THEY END UP, UM, HAVING LIMBS AMPUTATED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT GET MEDICAL TREATMENT, BUT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO IT. SO IT'S OUR JOB AS THE DAV TO FIND THESE VETERANS TO HELP THEM OUT SO THEY CAN GET THE BENEFITS THAT THEY EARNED BY GOING WAR AND SERVING THIS GREAT COUNTRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, RAMONA WEARS MEATY HAT. SHE ALSO SERVES OUR SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, I DO SEE JERRY WHITE IS HERE, A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. I SEE JAMIE MCCAIN IN THE BACK, A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, AND ALSO LATI HUGHES. HE SERVES ON A DE SOTO CITY COUNCIL. SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE. RIGHT. I THINK I NAMED EVERYBODY. I SEE. UH, [b. Present a Proclamation recognizing November 16, 2022, as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day in Cedar Hill.] NEXT ITEM ON THE PRESENT ON THE AGENDA IS, IS, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION PRESENTED PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZED IN NOVEMBER 16TH, 2022, AS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, GIS DAY AND CEDAR HILL. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER. DO I HAVE SOMEONE JOINING WITH ME TODAY? YOU, AGAIN. I'M READING A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. WHEREAS GEOGRAPHY HAS PLAYED THE DEFINING ROLE IN THE SETTLEMENT HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. AND THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE HISTORICAL RECORDS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL RECOGNIZES GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS ARE CRITICAL TO OPERATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDING SECURITY AND SAFETY AND STIMULATING ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND WHEREAS TECHNOLOGY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF, OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND THE USE AND THE USE MANAGEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IS NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING BY LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. AND WHEREAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS OR GS TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO SEE AND MODEL COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS AND PATTERNS MORE INTELLIGENTLY AND AND MORE INTELLIGENT INTELLIGENTLY RESPOND. AND WHEREAS THERE IS A NEED TO PROMOTE GIS AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TECHNICAL TRAINING TO USE THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL. AND WHEREAS HAVING A DAY OF GIS ACTIVITIES OPEN TO STUDENTS, CITIZENS, AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS WILL HELP PROMOTE STEM EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2022 AS GIS DAY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. AND I CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO THEMSELVES WITH THE USES AND APPLICATIONS OF GIS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION THAT GIS MAKES EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH SAFETY PLANNING EFFORTS AND CONTINUE GROWTH AND WITNESS WHERE OF, I HAVE UN HERE TO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED TO SEAL THE SEAL, THE SEAL OF THE CITY, OF CEDAR HILL OF TEXAS TO BE AFFIXES EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022. AND IS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR STEVEN MASON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GLOVER. AND THANK YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR AND REST OF THE COUNCIL, AND MR. PORTER AND MELISSA AND EVERYBODY ELSE. UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I GOTTA, UH, RECOGNIZE MY, UH, DEPARTMENT. SO ALL YOU, UH, PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE, UH, JUST STAND OR WAVE OR WHATEVER. I DON'T NEED TO MAKE YOU GET OUTTA YOUR CHAIR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO . AND SOMETHING NEW IS, UH, THIS [00:15:01] IS THE, UH, FIRST, UH, TIME I CAN, UH, INTRODUCE MY, UH, NEW FAMILY OVER HERE. UH, WE GOT MARRIED IN, UH, IN, UH, JUNE, SO HA DRAGGING EVERYBODY OUT FOR THIS. OKAY. UM, SO I HAVE JUST, UH, COMPLETED, UH, 16 YEARS FOR THE CITY. UH, STARTED START. SO I'M THE FIRST, I STARTED, UH, YEAR 17, AND I THINK THIS IS OUR 12TH OR 13TH GIS DAY. SO THE, AND EVEN DURING A PANDEMIC, UH, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON EITHER VIRTUAL OR, OR, OR PRERECORDED SOMETHING OR OTHER, OR SOME, SOMETIMES IT WAS EVEN, EVEN JUST A, UH, EMAILING OUT A DIGITAL SWAG BAG. UH, WE WERE GONNA HAVE ALL THESE ITEMS, UM, UH, WE ALL GOING TO HAVE OUR, UH, GLOBE STRESS BALLS. THOSE ARE COMING BACK. AND WE ALSO HAVE, PEOPLE DON'T REALLY USE KEYS A WHOLE LOT ANYMORE, BUT WE STILL GOT OUR KEY CHAINS HERE. AND, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF OTHER GIVEAWAYS AS WELL. UH, I BELIEVE OUR, UH, DRAWING IS GOING TO BE FOR A, UH, ONE OF THOSE, UH, MAGNETIC, UH, FLOATING GLOBES, YOU KNOW, SO, SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE SET UP OUT HERE IN THE FOR YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, UH, BONINI MARY'S FAVORITE. AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, GS, UH, NOT JUST MAPS, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S CONVEYED, UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHALLENGE FOR, UH, THE NEXT GIS DAY IS GOING TO BE NO MAPS, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE MAPS THAT WE NEED RIGHT HERE. UM, I DON'T KNOW, UM, WHOEVER I CAME AT A CERTAIN TIME TONIGHT, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THERE'S A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OUT THERE. SO THAT, THAT, THAT INVOLVES AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT GIS SYSTEMS. UH, SOMEBODY HAD TO, UH, UH, CALL 9 1 1. WHERE, WHERE DOES OUR 9 1 1 CALLS GO TO? UH, WE HAVE A, UH, COMMAND CENTER THAT WE SHARE WITH, UH, DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE, UH, THAT HAS TO GET ROUTED, THAT HAS TO, UH, INVOKE THE, UH, POLICE, THE POLICE HAVE TO DISPATCH OFFICERS. A FIRE TRUCK HAS TO COME, AND IF THEY NEEDED AN AMBULANCE, AMBULANCE WOULD COME. THAT'S JUST ONE SYSTEM. UH, IN PUBLIC QUIRKS, UH, WE ARE CONCERNED WITH A INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PROJECT COMING UP BEHIND THE BUILDING. WE GOT THIS, UH, LIBRARY THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOREVER. WHY WAS THAT SITE CHOSEN? THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL A GIS. SO, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, UM, IT WAS LIKE A REALLY HARD, UH, THING TO GET INTO, BUT NOW PEOPLE CARRIED AROUND ON THEIR PHONE AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IT. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I, UH, USE THIS EXAMPLE, UH, ALL THE TIME, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR DEVICES AND YOU PULL UP, YOU KNOW, THE APP FOR, UM, FOR YOUR MAPS, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A DESTINATION FOR POINT A TO POINT B, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU GET THAT INFORMATION FROM, FROM GIS? SO, UH, JUST TO KIND OF CONNECT THE DOTS, BUT, UH, WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT DAY AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO HERE IN CEDAR [c. Present Certificates of Recognition to the 2022 Country Day on the Hill Chairpersons and Committee.] HILL. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO THE 2022 COUNTRY DAY ON THE HILL CHEER PERSONS AND COMMITTEE. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY. DO YOU NEED SOME MUSIC, SIR? I WOULD JUST SAY, DR. RASHID, YOU SAID A LOT OF THINGS. I HEARD BUNS , SO WE, WE'LL HAVE THOSE OUT IN THE LOBBY. UM, IF I COULD HAVE THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE FOR THE COUNTRY DAY COMMITTEE FOLKS COME UP HERE AND JOIN ME UP HERE. I THINK, UH, I THINK WE ALL MISSED COUNTRY DAY IN, IN 20, IN 21, AND IT WAS, IT WAS CERTAINLY A, UH, BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO, TO BE BACK THIS YEAR. SO FOR 85 GENERATIONS CITY, THE FAMILIES OF CEDAR HILL FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HAVE GATHERED IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF OCTOBER TO ENJOY FOOD, FUN, MUSIC, AND FELLOWSHIP, CELEBRATING THE SMALL TOWN VALUES THAT MAKE OUR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER. THE EVENT WAS THE BIGGEST ANNUAL EVENT IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, THANKS TO THE FRIENDS OF COUNTRY DAY, AND AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK YEAR ROUND TO MAKE THIS EVENT SPECIAL. THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL DO NOT ERASE THE MONTHS OF HARD WORK AND EFFORT THAT GO INTO ORGANIZING SUCH A LARGE SKILL. EVENT WORK CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THIS REASON. WE RECOGNIZE THE 2022 FRIENDS OF COUNTRY DAY BOARD, AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO THE COUNTRY DAY, AND FOR THEIR SHINING EXAMPLE OF CEDAR [00:20:01] HILL'S DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER. SO, I THINK WE HAVE, THERE WE GO. CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION FOR, FOR ALL OF YOU AUDIENCE. SOMETHING THAT IT EVEN HAS YOUR NAMES ON ME. YEAH. WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? OH, YEAH. YEP. WELL, WE'LL SPEAK UP. I'LL SPEAK UP. THIS HAS BEEN, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LABOR OF LOVE FOR US, BUT, UH, THIS YEAR WAS ESPECIALLY, UM, SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE HAVE MISSED THE LAST TWO YEARS. UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN TOUGH. AND SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO THIS RECOGNITION AND THIS GROUP, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY BECAUSE YOU GUYS REALLY PITCHED IN TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN WITH THE PROMOTION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO, UM, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM. WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE STAFF MEETING IN THE MORNINGS. WE DO. UM, JUST AS A, A LITTLE THANK YOU FROM OUR GROUP. OH, AWESOME. COOKIES. OF COURSE. DON'T YOU? YEAH, NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, REALLY, I JUST WANNA SPECIFICALLY THANK MICHELLE, MICHELLE HERNANDEZ. I DON'T HAVEN'T SEEN HER HERE IN ALLISON BECAUSE THEY WORKED SO HARD. IN ADDITION TO THE WHOLE PARKS TEAM AND EVERYBODY TO REALLY MAKE PULL IT OFF, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO JUST CONTINUE TO PUT CEDAR HILL ON THE MAP AND, UM, BE FEATURED IN A NUMBER OF ARTICLES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE CITY STAFF REALLY CAME THROUGH. SO Y'ALL CAN ALL FIGHT OVER THE COOKIES, BUT WE GOT THAT FOR YOU. . I, I GOT TO WITNESS THE, UH, THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE FIRSTHAND THIS YEAR SINCE, SINCE MY LOVELY WIFE WAS THE, UH, THE TREASURER FOR COUNTRY DAY. UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS, IT'S, IT FELT LIKE FOR A WHILE THERE, IT WAS ALMOST EVERY MONDAY. I'VE GOT A COUNTRY DAY MEETING. THURSDAY, WAS IT THURSDAY? IT FELT LIKE A MONDAY. . SO, BUT, UH, I GOT TO WITNESS FIRSTHAND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT ALL OF YOU PUT IN. I WISH JESSICA HAD, WAS ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. I KNOW SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT, UM, PLEASE THANK HER FOR, FOR ALL OF US AS WELL. UM, TONIGHT ALSO HAS ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING FOR ME BECAUSE IT IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF OUR FIRST DATE. OH, YEAH. OR IF WE CALL IT OUR FIRST DAY ANNIVERSARY. SO NORMALLY WE WOULD BE COMMISERATING AND REMINISCING, UH, AT PREGO PASTA HOUSE IN DALLAS. SO, I'M SORRY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, HONEY. WE'LL, WE'LL DO IT ANOTHER NIGHT. OH, YOU . I . I, I, I KNOW THAT EMBARRASSES YOU WHEN I TALK ABOUT YOU, BUT . . THAT'S A GOOD MOMENT. OH. OH, THANK YOU. YOU CAN GO HOME NOW. VERY SMOOTH. COUNCIL MEMBER CURTY. [d. Present Certificates of Recognition to Citizens Leadership Academy Class of 2022.] NEXT ITEM IS PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, CLASS OF 2022. WANTED TO COME DOWN FOR THIS. UM, GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE CITIZEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. UH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN IDEA THAT CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UH, PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE MY TIME SERVING BACK IN 2010. UH, THE COUNCIL JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE ENGAGED, UH, CITIZENS TO BE INVOLVED, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE WITHIN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. UH, SO THIS GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY INITIATE OUR SECOND CLASS. AND, UM, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD LEARNED A LOT. UH, MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS. THEY DIDN'T KNOW A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD, UH, COME TO LEARN. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE SOMEWHAT KNEW, UH, YOU KNOW, TO OUR CITY. SO THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND, UH, IT WAS ABOUT, UH, HOW MANY MONTHS, MICHELLE? ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. ABOUT THREE MONTHS. YEAH. SO THERE'S THREE MONTHS OF, UH, LEAVING THEIR FAMILIES, UH, COMING TO MEET WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, DIFFERENT SECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND, UH, TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO TODAY WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS THEY JUST HAD A GRADUATION EARLIER TODAY. UH, SO I WANTED TO PERSONALLY GIVE THEM THEIR CERTIFICATE. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, UH, I DO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, I DON'T SEE BLANCA. IS BLANCA STILL HERE? BLANCA? HEY, THERE YOU ARE. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK BLANCA AND ALSO THANK LORRAINE. ALSO THANK MICHELLE, UH, TO HELP FACILITATE THIS CLASS [00:25:01] OF 2022. CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR THEM PLEASE? OKAY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE. SO I WANNA FIRST CALL ANGELA DAVIS. PLEASE. COME ON DOWN. CONNIE JONES. COURTNEY ATKINS. DEMETRI MCDONALD. DIANE MITCHELL, TOO. EDITH GARCIA. IS IT? GARCIA? GARCIA. SORRY ABOUT THAT. EDITH GARCIA. GABRIEL BREWER. NADIA ALLEN. NIKITA RUSSELL. OSCAR SANTOS IS ALSO PART OF THIS CLASS. RANITA. DOTY. DODY. YEAH. . RANITA. DODY. WHERE THE DODY FOLKS AT? THERE THEY ARE. SHARON, LARRY, SHERRY WALKER, AND STEPHANIE DOS, AND THEY CALL HER MISS JAZZY. CAN WE GET UP FOR THE LEADERSHIP CLASS? DID YOU GET US ALL IN HERE? . OKAY. PERFECT. ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY ANYTHING? LORRAINE, YOU GOOD? I'LL SAY, OH, GO AHEAD. YOU GUYS NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THIS CLASS. YOU'LL LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND OPERATIONS. IT IS VERY WELL WORTH YOUR TIME, . ALL [e. Presentation of the Environmental Planning Gold Award for the Cedar Hill Next Comprehensive Plan from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association.] RIGHT. UH, NEXT IS PRESENTATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING GOLD AWARD FOR THE CEDAR HILL. NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND, AND COUNCIL, AND ALL THE CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE. UM, MY NAME IS WENDY BONO, UM, WITH FRIA NICHOLS. UM, BUT I'M ALSO ON, UH, THE NATIONAL BOARD OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION. I HAVE BEEN A PAST CHAPTER PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IT IS ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT PLANNING PRO, UH, PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE AND AWARD THOSE. UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR AWESOME PLANNING STAFF, UH, YOUR COMMITTEE, THE MANY FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PLAN. UM, YOUR CEDAR HILL NEXT WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE PLANNING AWARD AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND IT COULD HAVE EASILY WON THAT CATEGORY. WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THAT PLAN THAT THE COMMITTEE SAW WAS THE FACT THAT YOU'VE CONCENTRATED SO MUCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, YOUR CITY IN A PARK OF PRESERVING YOUR 20% OPEN SPACE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WENT UP TO 25% OPEN SPACE. I THINK THAT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND A GREAT THING THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. IT'S EASY TO BLEND IN WITH THE NEIGHBORS AROUND YOU WITH ALL THE GROWTH IN THIS AREA, BUT TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT AREA AND SUSTAIN THAT, UM, YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF PLANNING. I KNOW I'VE BEEN, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ON SOME OF YOUR PAST PLANNING PROJECTS AND, AND SO, UM, I KNOW YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT HISTORY. YOUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB. I UNDERSTAND LA SARDA HAD TO TAKE A BIG LEAD AND GETTING THIS AND TAKING THIS PLAN AND REALLY PUTTING IT, UM, THROUGH THE EYES OF CEDAR HILL AND, AND GETTING SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE. SO, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS PLANNING ASSOCIATION, I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE CITY FOR ALL OF YOU, FOR ALL THE MANY CITIZENS THAT, UH, WORKED ON THIS PLAN AND TO LASANDRA FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DID ON IT. SO, TURN IT OVER TO THANK YOU, WENDY. SO THIS IS REALLY, UM, AN AWARD THAT IS REALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, WE PUT OUR HEART AND SOUL IN, UM, INTO THIS PROJECT, AND WE HAD SUCH A VERY, VERY DEDICATED COMMITTEE, AND I WANTED, THEY WERE HERE TONIGHT AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM. UM, Y'ALL, THIS PROJECT STARTED IN 2019. WE HAD C WE HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT SETBACKS, BUT, UM, THIS GROUP OF 25 PEOPLE REMAIN CONSISTENT AND DEDICATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO, UM, [00:30:01] COME UP HERE AND, AND GET A GROUP PICTURE, UM, AS WELL AS OUR WONDERFUL PLANNING STAFF, MARIA PENA, CATHERINE S , AND DEBORAH CONESS. AND ALSO, IN ADDITION TO STAFF, THERE WAS ALSO AN, UM, UNOFFICIAL, AND I THINK HE IS STILL HERE, OUR UNOFFICIAL COMMITTEE MEMBER, WHO WAS ALSO OUR FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR, WHO, WITHOUT HIM, A LOT OF THIS REALLY WOULD NOT, UM, HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. HE, HE REALLY GOT A LOT OF THESE CONCEPTS STARTED. UM, SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE AT LEAST RAISE YOUR HAND AND STEP UP TO TAKE A PICTURE AS WELL, MR. ROD, TYLER , AND ALSO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS. I'M ALSO ASKING THEM TO COME UP AS WELL AS THEY WERE ALSO A PART OF THIS. SOME OF THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, STEPPED INTO THE PROCESS LATER, BUT THEY HAD A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO. SO I THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK AS WELL. JUST CAN'T. OKAY. YOU THINK YOU'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE? COME ON, . SCRUNCH. YEAH, YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOU NEED THE S SCRUNCH ORANGES, YEAH'S A BETTER LOOK ONCE YOU THROW . YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT ALL. PAIN . ALL RIGHT. WOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AGAIN. UH, MISS STRINGFELLOW. UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HATE TO, TO TAKE TWO MINUTES OF, UM, OF, OF GLORY WHENEVER THIS HAS HAD A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS PUT INVOLVED A LOT OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. UM, AND IT JUST AMAZING. WE JUST ADOPTED THIS FIRST QUARTER THIS YEAR. AND, UH, IT WAS PUT UP AGAINST, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT I ASSUME HAS BEEN MORE THAN, UH, YOU KNOW, AGE MORE THAN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO, UH, THIS IS DEFINITELY A, A FEATHER IN THE CAP. UM, WE DID IT ONCE AGAIN. SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS EFFORT, SO, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. [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. ] UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS FORUMS THINK GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZENS TO MAY SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS THAT, UH, IS ON OR OFF THE COUNCIL AGENDA. IF IT'S NOT ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA, OF COURSE, COUNCIL, UH, CANNOT, UH, TAKE ACTION OR DELIBERATED BY AN ITEM. UH, BUT IT CAN BE MOVED, UH, TO STAFF, UH, IF APPROPRIATE. IF SO, THEREFORE, I DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS FOR THE CITIZEN'S FORUM. UH, COUNSEL ALLOWED ME TO ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DID HAVE, UM, ABOUT 14 ONLINE COMMENTS. SO THOSE ARE IN YOUR INBOX. SO PLEASE REVIEW THOSE ITEMS, UM, AT YOUR PLEASURE. AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH, UM, UH, CHRISTOPHER, UM, I CAN'T, UM, MAKE OUT YOUR LAST NAME. PER, PER YES. YES. COME ON NOW. CHRISTOPHER, UH, TOPIC IS, UH, THANKS. CEDAR HILL POLICE AND COMMUNITY TEAM ADVOCATE TO APPEAR, I'M SORRY, UH, ADVOCATE TO APPROVE THE NOS GRANT. GOOD EVENING. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU HAVE, IS IT THREE MINUTES? OKAY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. AND I'M GLAD, UH, LIEUTENANT SANDIFER IS IN HERE. HE'D PROBABLY BE BLUSHING. UH, COUNCILMAN HAYDEN, YOU INTRODUCED US TO THE POLICE AND COMMUNITY TEAM ABOUT A YEAR AGO. UH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING US AWARE OF THAT RESOURCE. UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE SERGEANT ADAMS FOR HALLOWEEN, AND WE GET HUNDREDS OF KIDS THAT COME THROUGH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF HALLOWEEN ON SLEEPY HOLLOW. UM, IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT. IF YOU MISSED IT, COME BACK NEXT YEAR. UH, IF, IF YOU DARE . IF YOU DARE. NO, IT'S VERY, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU PROVIDE. IT'S VERY SAFE AND INTERACTIVE EVENT, SO SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, UH, YOU CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION. UM, THEY HAVE A GREAT IMPACT. AND, UH, SO WE HAVE A GRANT UP FOR VOTE TONIGHT. I JUST ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT IT. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OH, I'M SORRY, YOUR, YEAH, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER PER, AND MY ADDRESS IS EIGHT 12 SLEEPY HOLLOW. THANK YOU. THANKS. [00:35:01] THANK YOU, CHRIS. UH, NEXT I HAVE, UH, CHRISTINA HAILEY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YES, SIR. UH, CHRISTINA HAILEY AT NINE 10 SLEEPY HOLLOW DRIVE IN CEDAR HILL. I'M HERE TO, UH, JUST SPEAK, UM, IN SUPPORT OF THE GRANT THAT CHRIS PERIC JUST REFERRED TO FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE SLEEPY HOLLOW, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT GRANT. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I'M FROM AUSTRALIA ORIGINALLY, AND MOVING TO CEDAR HILL WAS A VERY INTENTIONAL CHOICE. I WANTED TO BE AROUND A LOT OF SNAKES AND SPIDERS AND, UH, FOUND THEM IN SLEEPY HOLLOW. BUT, UM, REALLY IT WAS MORE ABOUT, UM, I LOVE THE CITY MOTTO OF BEING A CITY WITHIN A PARK. UM, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY PARK-LIKE. UH, WE HAVE SOME SIGNS THAT HAVE FALLEN APART, UH, AND TALKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT DID A SURVEY. PEOPLE, UM, WANTED TO SEE THE SIGNS RESTORED. AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE REASON THAT I THINK IS REALLY, THE SIGNS ARE REALLY GREAT, UM, AND SHOULD BE RESTORED. THEY'RE 42 YEARS OLD. THEY LOOK LIKE PARK SIGNS. THEY LOOK LIKE THE SIGNS YOU SEE AT THE STATE PARK OR THEN, UH, NATIONAL PARKS, UM, WHICH I THINK ARE AMERICA'S TREASURE. AND, UM, WE ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S LUCKY TO BE SO CLOSE TO A STATE PARK. AND WITH THE TRAILS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING IN, UM, IT'S JUST REALLY AWESOME. WE'VE BEEN HAVING SO MANY PEOPLE WALK DOWN OUR STREET THAT, UM, COME FROM THE PARKS AND THEN JUST KEEP WALKING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT'S JUST COOL TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY. AND, UM, I PROBABLY OUT OF TIME, BUT JUST AS A, A THEATER DESIGNER, THAT'S MY, UM, BACKGROUND. IT'S JUST REALLY COOL TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT SETS THE PLACE AND SETS THE SCENE. UM, AND I JUST THINK THAT IT, THEY, EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE FAIRLY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING AHEAD IF, IF SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, THANK YOU MS. HALEY. UH, DO A FEW MORE. UH, MATT CHAPEL. UH, COME ON DOWN. TOPIC IS APPROVAL OF MATCH GRANT REIMBURSEMENT FOR NEIGHBORS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. UH, NAME'S MATT CHAPEL. UH, ADDRESS IS 8 0 9 SLEEPY HOLLOW. UM, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A REPEAT TALK HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK, UH, IN FAVOR OF, UH, CONSIDERING APPROVING THE REQUEST FOR THE MATCHING GRANT REIMBURSEMENT. UH, WE, WE'D LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU ALL DO THAT. UM, AND IN SO DOING, I JUST WANTED TO HEAP A LITTLE BIT OF PRAISE ON, UH, ONE OF CEDAR HILL'S NEWEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. A LONG TIME COMING, UM, IT SEEMS. BUT, UM, SO, UM, I'M NOT PERSONALLY ON THE NEIGHBORS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW BOARD NASH. WE'RE GONNA CALL IT NASH. UH, BUT I KNOW EACH OF THE FOLKS ON THIS BOARD PERSONALLY, UH, EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, VOLUNTEERS SIGNIFICANT TIME AND EFFORT, UM, OUT OF, OUT OF THEIR HECTIC AND BUSY LIVES, UH, AND SCHEDULES FOR ONE SINGULAR DESIRE, UH, THAT DESIRES TO SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE ALL LOVE AND CALL HOME, WHICH IS SLEEPY HOLLOW. UM, I SAW A FEW, FEW OF YOU OUT THERE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, I WON'T NAME NAMES, UM, BESIDES SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND BECAUSE SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THEIR, THEIR ONE AND ONLY GOAL, I HAVE TO SAY, EVERY PROJECT THIS BOARD HAS TACKLED IN THE VERY SHORT LIFESPAN OF THIS BOARD, UH, HAS BEEN BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO GET ACROSS THAT THIS IS A BOARD THAT ACTS BASED ON FEEDBACK. THIS IS A BOARD THAT, THAT GETS, UM, INFORMATION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND RESPONDS TO IT. UM, IT, THESE PEOPLE WOULDN'T VOLUNTEER THE TIME THAT THEY DID, UH, SERVING THIS BOARD AND SERVING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IF IT, IF IT WASN'T FOR, UM, RESPONDING TO THAT FE TO THAT FEEDBACK. SO I JUST WANTED TO HEAP SOME PRAISE ON THIS BOARD AND, UM, JUST GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU ALL OF MY, UM, UH, MY REASONING FOR SUPPORTING, APPROVING THIS MATCHING GRANT. AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL DO THAT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANKS. THANK YOU. AND I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE. UH, LARRY SINS, PLEASE. COME ON DOWN. TOPIC IS SLEEPY HOLLOW GRANT REQUEST. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME'S LARRY SING BUSH. I'M, UH, 9 0 4 PEBBLE STONE COURT, CEDAR HILL. UH, I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE, UH, 1994. UH, I REMEMBER, UH, I WAS LIVING IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND I, UH, DROVE MY WIFE, UH, TO CEDAR HILL. AND WE HAD COLOS OVER HERE BY THE RAILROAD TRACK. AND, UH, [00:40:01] I, I SAID TO HER, UH, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN CEDAR HILL? CAUSE I HAD A LITTLE EYE ON A, ON A HOUSE OUT THERE, AND SHE SAID, I'LL NEVER LIVE IN CEDAR HILL. BUT THAT DIDN'T COME TRUE. BUT, UH, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT, UH, THAT I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO, UH, TABLE THIS BOAT ON, UH, ON THE SLEEPY HOLLOW, UH, UH, GRANT. UM, I'M NOT GONNA THROW ANY STONES AT ANYBODY, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT THE, UH, STATEMENTS THAT THE BOARD MADE, THE NO BOARD IN THEIR GRANT PROPOSAL, ALTHOUGH BEING SOMEWHAT TRUE, UM, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING AND A LITTLE BIT DECEPTIVE. UM, THEY BASE THEIR DECISION THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED TO HAVE THESE OLD SIGN DESIGN DESIGNS RESTORED ON THE FACT THAT THEY SENT OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE, UH, A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT THEY GOT BACK. UM, I RECEIVED INFORMATION ON THIS GRANT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD THAT THEY HAD, UH, THAT THEY HAD GIVEN THAT TO THAT, UH, THEY HAD 19 RESPONSES, 17 OF WHICH WANTED THE OLD SIGNS, AND TWO, THAT WANT, DIDN'T WANT THE OLD SIGNS AND WANTED NEW SIGN DESIGNS. AND UPON THAT, NOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 143 TO 186 HOMES IN IT, UH, DEPENDING UPON WHAT MAP YOU LI YOU LOOK AT, OR WHAT PERSON YOU TALK WITH AT THE CITY. NOW, IN THAT, UH, STATEMENT, THEY, THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT, UH, 80% OF THE PEOPLE THAT RETURNED THOSE QUESTIONNAIRES FAVORABLY WANTED THE OLD SIGNS RESTORED. WELL, 80% OF 19 IS NOWHERE NEAR A QUORUM OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT. SO I WENT OUT DOOR TO DOOR AND, UH, PRESENTED, UH, A PIECE OF PAPER THAT SHOWED AN OLD, SORRY, LARRY, WE HAVE THREE, THREE MINUTES IS UP. OKAY. AND LARRY, I'M SORRY, THREE MINUTES ARE UP A NUMBER. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS, UH, ALL I HAVE FOR CITIZEN'S FORUM. NEXT [a. Consider approving Resolution No. R22-671 declaring expectation to reimburse expenditures with proceeds of future debt.] ON THE AGENDA IS BOND MATTERS. CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 22 DASH 6 71, DECLARING EXPECTATIONS TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT. COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN. MAYOR, I MAKE APPROVAL OF THE BOND RESOLUTION. WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, WE DO HAVE A SECOND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THERAPY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOTION UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. [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.] UH, NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA. THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH THIS SINGLE VOTE. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS AND CONSIDERATION. UH, EARLIER DURING BRIEFING, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM B WAS PULLED. UH, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO BE PULLED? COUNSEL? IF NOT, I'LL CONTINUE WITH THE CONSENT. UH, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 25TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM C, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF EMS EQUIPMENT FROM STRYKER MEDICAL AND THE AMOUNT OF 228,705. ITEM D, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO CRESTWOOD PLACE SUBDIVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE 17,000. ITEM E, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A MASTER IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY PERTAINING TO TRANSPORTATION RELATED MAINTENANCE OF CITY DESIGNATED ROADWAYS. ITEM F, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A FIBER INTERNET CONNECTION SERVICE AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 122,500 WITH SPECTRUM ENTERPRISE. ITEM G, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH WEEX DESIGN INCORPORATED FOR BOND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AT CALF PAST PARK IN THE AMOUNT NOT [00:45:01] TO EXCEED 52,655. ITEM H. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH WORDLE DESIGN INCORPORATED FOR BOND RELATED IMPROVEMENT AT KINGSWOOD PARK IN AN, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 109,410. UH, COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ? WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN MCKERTY? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND FROM, UH, COUNCIL MCR. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? HONOR, FAITH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, [b. Consider approving a request for a matching grant reimbursement to the Neighbors of Sleepy Hollow.] COUNSEL. LAST ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS, UH, A POOLED ITEM FROM CONSENT. ITEM B, CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR A MATCHING GRANT REIMBURSEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? UH, FIRST OF ALL IS, UM, IS STACY OR, OR TIA IN HERE. OKAY. SORRY, I'M NOT WEARING MY, I'M NOT WEARING MY GLASSES. MY, MY, FOR SOME REASON TONIGHT, MY VISION IS NOT GOOD WITH OR WITHOUT 'EM. SO IT'S ONE, IT'S ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, I'M GONNA GUESS IT'S ALLERGIES . SO I CAN'T, I CAN'T SEE STO PODIUM. UM, SO IF YOU COULD EX EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE, THE MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM, I KNOW WE, WE'VE APPROVED SOME OF THESE BEFORE. UM, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR APPLYING FOR THE MATCHING GRANT? WHAT AND WHAT ARE WE BEING ASKED TO, TO APPROVE? SO THE MATCHING GRANT, WHICH WAS APPROVED, I BELIEVE IN 2016 BY CITY COUNCIL. IT'S AN 80 20 MATCH WHERE THE CITY WILL MATCH 80%. IT'S NOT REALLY A MATCH, BUT WE WILL PROVIDE 80% OF THE FUNDS. UM, AND THEN 20% BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 10% OF IT BEING VOLUNTEER HOURS. AND THE OTHER 10% WOULD BE A CASH, UM, INTO THE PROJECT. UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD CAN APPLY, UM, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS, UM, IT'S UP TO $2,500. AND THAT COULD BE AN UPFRONT, UM, GRANT PROVIDED BY THE CITY. AND THEN WE WOULD MONITOR THAT WITH RECEIPTS TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. UH, THE OTHER, UM, PORTION OF THE MATCHING GRANT IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT'S ALLOWED UP TO $500, AND THAT'S A REIMBURSEMENT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. OKAY. AND, AND WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO, TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS? UM, REALLY ANY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ANY ORGANIZED NEIGHBORHOOD. IT COULD BE AN HOA, IT COULD BE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IT COULD BE A CRIME WATCH. UM, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE, UH, SOME TYPE OF BANK ACCOUNT OR A PASS THROUGH ORGANIZATION TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS. OKAY. AND SO THE ORGANIZATION ON BEHALF OF SLEEPY HOLLOW THAT APPLIED FOR THIS COMPLIES WITH YES. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR THE GRANT? YES. UM, AND DO THEY HAVE, IS THIS A FORMAL ORGANIZATION OR AN INFORMAL ORGANIZATION? UM, IN THAT IS, IS IT AN ELECTED BODY THAT REPRESENTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR HOW ARE, HOW ARE THEY ORGANIZED? I AM, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF HOW THEY'RE ORGANIZED. I KNOW THEY HAVE A BOARD THAT, WHICH IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US. UM, I'M NOT SURE OF THEIR MEETINGS OR HOW THEY WERE ORGANIZED ON THE SPECIFICS. OKAY. I, I, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE SIGNS. I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT THE SIGNS AT THE ENTRIES TO SLEEPY HOLLOW FOR SOME TIME, AND THAT THEY'RE REALLY, I MEAN, THEY'RE AN EYESORE MM-HMM. , UM, AND THAT THEY'RE FALLING APART. AND THE, THE ONE THING THAT I HEARD FROM ALL OF THE, THE PARTIES, BOTH THE ONES WE WERE EMAILED ABOUT, UM, AS WELL AS EVERY PARTY THAT CAME UP HERE, IS THAT THEY ALL WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIGNS. YES. WHAT I DON'T HEAR IS THAT THERE IS A CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT THAT IS OR THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, I DON'T, I'M NOT HEARING A CLEAR MAJORITY ON, YOU KNOW, ON, ON WHAT THAT IS. AND, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE WE SHOULD TABLE THIS AND GIVE THE NEIGHBORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SEE IF THEY CAN GET TOGETHER AND MAYBE COLLECTIVELY COME UP WITH A PROPOSED SOLUTION. OR, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, HOW DOES THE, HOW DOES IT WORK MOVING FORWARD ONCE WE, IF WE APPROVE THE GRANT OR DON'T APPROVE THE GRANT? WELL, LET'S, LET'S SAY WE APPROVE IT, HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS? DO WE JUST GIVE THEM THAT GRANT MONEY OR THEY HAVE TO THEN GO AND, AND RAISE THE MONEY FOR WHATEVER THEY'RE WANTING TO DO, AND THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR, THEIR PROJECT FOR AN APPROVAL, A FINAL PROJECT PLAN FOR APPROVAL? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED, UM, THEIR BUDGET AND, UH, THEIR PLAN FOR, UM, RESTORATION OF THOSE SIGNS. UM, WE WOULD JUST MONITOR THE RECEIPTS AS THEY SPEND MONEY. WE, WELL, ACTUALLY, WE WOULD FIRST GIVE THEM, I BELIEVE THE BOARD APPROVED $1,500 UP FRONT. WE WOULD, UM, START GETTING THOSE RECEIPTS. ONCE THEY REACH [00:50:01] THAT THRESHOLD, THEN WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE REMAINING AS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE, UH, RESTORATION OF THE SIGNS UP TO $2,500. IF, UM, YOU DON'T APPROVE IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO BACK AND, UM, ASK THAT THEY TRY TO DO SOME OTHER NEGOTIATIONS OR SURVEY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, GOOD QUESTIONS. HEY, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR CAN THEY YEAH, I HAVE QUESTIONS AND SOME COMMENTS HERE. SO YOU GOT QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR OVERALL? YEAH, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, ON BOTH SIDES. BUT FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, UM, COUNCILMAN MCCARTY, THANK YOU FOR, FOR CALLING US THOSE, THE SAME, SAME CONCERNS AND, AND, UH, INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO KINDA ASK AND, AND GO THROUGH THIS AS WELL. I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ON WHEN WE USE THE TERM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WE HAVE THE NASH BOARD. AND SO I DID HAVE THE, THE PLEASURE OF, UH, VISITING WITH THEM, I GUESS ABOUT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AND, AND, UH, KNEW THAT THEY HAD SOME ASPIRATIONS TO GO AND IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT, BUT I, I WASN'T, THERE WASN'T HEAVILY ATTENDED, AT LEAST IN THAT PARTICULAR MEETING. THERE WAS ONLY LIKE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW LARGE THAT, UH, THEIR, THEIR BOARD OR THEIR, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS. UM, AND IN LIGHT OF, UH, SOMEBODY, LARRY THAT SPOKE UP EARLIER WITH REGARDS TO TRYING TO GET THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONSENSUS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO, I'M KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE FACT OF, UH, NOT HAVING A CONSENSUS IN THAT AS WELL. SO, BUT I WANNA, I WANNA SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE THOSE PICTURES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE TALK ABOUT NEW AND OLD. CAN WE LOOK AND SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT NEW AND OLD LOOKS LIKE? UH, AND LIKE AN OLD SIGN, A NEW SIGN? I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT THAT DESCRIPTION FITS. AND AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, I, I, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, CUZ UM, WANNA MAKE SURE WE KIND OF GET THIS IN ORDER. YEAH, I, I DID ASK THAT WE HAVE THE, UH, I GUESS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, UH, IS HE AVAILABLE? UH, PLEASE COME ON UP. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, WELL, WELL STAFF STAY CLOSE. MM-HMM. , UM, I GUESS KIND OF GET A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND THEN WE CAN ASK STAFF FOR ANY SUPPORT IF NECESSARY. UM, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE GRANT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR INTO THE DESIGN AND THAT'S NOT OUR CHARGE TONIGHT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. UH, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? YEAH. CHRISTOPHER HALEY. NINE 10 SLEEPY HOLLOW DRIVE. OKAY. PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. PROBLEM. I, I GUESS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE BOARD ITSELF, UH, CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE BOARD? HOW MANY MEMBERS ON THE BOARD, UH, DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, TERM LIMITS AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. I'M THE PRESIDENT. THEY HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER, AND A SECRETARY. SO WE ARE REGISTERED 5 0 1 C THREE, UH, AND WE ARE, UH, REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. WE'VE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES, YOU KNOW, DOTTED ALL THE, IS CROSSED ALL THE T'S IN MAKING SURE THIS ORGANIZATION WAS SET UP, UH, WELL AND CORRECTLY. UH, WE DO HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS. WE HAVE MINUTES. UH, WE HAVE OCCASIONAL PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE ALSO HOST LIKE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. UH, AS CHRIS SAID EARLIER, WE GOT THE POLICE, UH, TO COME FOR, UH, FOR HALLOWEEN. SO WE'RE DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS. WE HAVE AN EMAIL, WE CREATE AN EMAIL ACCOUNT, WE CREATE A FACEBOOK GROUP. UH, WE'VE PUT OUR NAMES, ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS, AND ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE'VE SENT OUT, WE'VE SENT OUT. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY FOR, UH, PROVIDING THESE RESOURCES. BUT WE'VE SENT OUT NUMEROUS, UH, MAILINGS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE DONE CHARITY DRIVES, UH, FOR BRIDGES UP THE STREET. ALL THIS IS VERY PUBLIC. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN REACH OUT TO US. AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE, THE ABILITY TO MAIL FROM THE CITY IS JUST WONDERFUL. CAUSE THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE WE REACH EVERYBODY ON THEIR TIMELINE. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BASES ARE COVERED THERE. SO, 1, 1, 1 QUESTION FOR ME THAT I, I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU. COUNCILMAN HAVEN. UH, I GUESS, UH, WITHIN, UM, I GUESS YOUR, YOU KNOW, SAY NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU ESTABLISHED BOUNDARIES OF, OF WHERE STEEP HOLLOW ENDS THERE. THERE ARE ESTABLISHED BOUNDARIES. WE'VE CHANGED THEM A LITTLE BIT TO INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE, UH, THAT ALSO DRIVE THROUGH THERE ALL THE TIME. SO, OKAY. BUT THE CITY HAS MAPS AND I'M SORRY, I JUST, I FORGOT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. WE DO HAVE, UM, TERM LIMITS. PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE BOARD. UH, WE ALWAYS ASK FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN THE BOARD, JOIN THE COMMITTEE. SO, UM, THERE'S PROCESSES IN PLACE FOR ALL THAT. I WORK IN NONPROFIT AFTER MANY YEARS, SO I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH BYLAWS AND MAKING SURE ALL THAT STUFF IS DONE. MY, MY QUESTION BEFORE I GIVE IT TO COUNCILS, HAYDEN, UH, HOW DO YOU INFORM THE MEMBERS OF THE HOA OR THE UNOFFICIAL YEAH. NOT, NOT AN HOA. SLEEPY WAS VERY CLEAR THAT SLEEPY HOLIDAY DID NOT WANT AN HOA, WHICH IS WHY WE AREN'T AN HOA. RIGHT. UH, AND WE'RE NOT A PI, WE'RE JUST VOLUNTEERS. THAT'S IT. HOW DO YOU INFORM THE MEMBERS? THROUGH [00:55:01] THE, THROUGH THE LETTERS THAT WE SEND OUT. WE'VE SENT OUT A NUMBER OF THEM NOW THROUGH THE CITY. UH, SO WE MAIL THEM TO EVERY, EVERY ADDRESS, UH, IN THE CITY. SAME THING'S. HARD COPY. YEAH. EVERYTHING'S HARD COPY. AND WE ALSO POST REGULAR CONTENT TO THE FACEBOOK GROUP. UM, AND THEN JUST TALKING TO PEOPLE. CAUSE WE'RE ALL OUT AND GOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CUSTOMER HAYDEN. THANK YOU, MARY. NO, I, I, UH, I WAS IMPRESSED IN THE VERY BEGINNING TOO EARLY AND, AND REMEMBERED THE FACT THAT YOU DID STRUCTURE, UH, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHICH HADN'T BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. AND SO THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GO FORWARD IN THIS CASE, TO BE ABLE TO, TO RECEIVE GRANT MONEY IN CIRCLES LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, MY MY CONCERN IS THOUGH, IS DO WE REALLY HAVE CONSENSUS OF THE MAJORITY? AND SO YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT FEELING THAT AT LEAST, UH, BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING. AND THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN ON THAT IS, IS IS I'M, I'M THINKING THAT WE LEAST GOTTA GO BACK AND KIND OF, KIND OF GET SOME CONSENSUS AND SOME NEGOTIATION ON TO SEE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO. AND THAT WE GOT A CONSENSUS OF THE, OF THE, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I, I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT, THAT POINT. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CONSENSUS. YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T, LET'S SAY WE MAIL EVERYBODY, PEOPLE CAN RESPOND. WE, WE'RE NOT AN HOA. NOBODY HAS TO VOTE. WE DON'T KNOCK ON PEOPLE'S DOORS. IF THEY WANT TO COME TALK TO US, THEY CAN, WE REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL. WELL, UM, WE HAVE HAD AN EXPERIENCE OF GREAT CONSENSUS. UM, THIS ALL BEGAN REALLY WHEN WE RESTORED THE SIGN THAT FELL, UH, AT 1382. THAT WASN'T OUR PLAN. UM, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT OPPORTUNITY BE FELL US LITERALLY. UM, AND WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO RESTORE THAT. AND PEOPLE LOVED IT. UM, PEOPLE WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE WRITING TO US, STOPPING BY CINDY MAKING DONATIONS, UM, IN SUPPORT OF IT. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY FEEDBACK TO THE CONTRARY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LARRY. UH, AND ONE OTHER VOTE. SO I'M AWARE THAT HE REPRESENTS THAT HE HAS A NUMBER OF VOTES. UM, I DIDN'T GET THAT SURVEY, SO HE DIDN'T COME TO MY HOUSE. UH, I DID SEND A SURVEY TO HIM. WE SENT A SURVEY TO EVERYBODY. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT LARRY HARASSING THEM, MAKING THEM FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE COMING TO THEIR DOOR, NOT LEAVING UNTIL THEY SAY YES. WE DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THE PROCESS AT THIS POINT IS CAPABLE OF BEING VERY CLEAR GOING FORWARD. WE DID TRY, UM, AND ALL THE FEEDBACK WE GOT WAS THAT MOST PEOPLE JUST WANT IT DONE, DONE WELL DONE QUICKLY. SO WE CAN MOVE ON. EVERYONE AGREES THE SIGNS NEED TO BE FIXED. WE'RE HERE TO FIX IT. WE HAVE A PLAN. WE'VE DONE IT ALREADY NOW, YOU KNOW, SO, AND WE DON'T HAVE PUSHBACK ON THIS. I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, HERE'S A SIGN, A THING WE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY DID, YOU KNOW, IN MY GARAGE, UM, WITH THE HELP OF A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS AND THEN, OH, THIS IS A DIFFERENT SIGN. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS A, I DON'T KNOW, PHOTOSHOP OR WHATEVER, THAT HASN'T BEEN BID, IT HASN'T BEEN COSTED. WHEN HE SAYS HE'S GOING AROUND GETTING VOTES, PEOPLE AREN'T INFORMED. THESE AREN'T INFORMED VOTES, RIGHT. WE PUT OUT A GRANT. WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE, THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN BID, THAT IT'S GONNA COST A LOT MORE, TAKE A LOT MORE TIME. AND SO I, I BELIEVE THAT WE DO HAVE CONSENSUS THAT EVERYONE WANTS SOMETHING DONE WELL QUICKLY, THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER. THAT ISN'T GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY. THAT'S NOT GONNA BECOME A CONTENTIOUS PROCESS. THIS HAS BECOME UNFORTUNATELY SO DIVISIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF PEOPLE COMING, GOING THROUGH WITH THEIR OWN CAMPAIGNS, NOT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT IT. UM, SO MOST OF US NEVER HEAR ABOUT ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, LARRY IS SAYING TO OTHER NEIGHBORS UNLESS SOMEBODY REPORTS IT TO US. IT'S A HUGE MESS TO BE QUITE HONEST. UH, AND WE JUST, WE THINK THAT THE BEST WAY FORWARD, UH, IS TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S WITHIN OUR REACH RIGHT NOW THAT EVERYBODY LIKES. I MEAN, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE PEOPLE, BUT EVERYONE ELSE WE KNOW OF DOES LIKE IT. AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE CONSENSUS. UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE'S GONNA BE VERY HAPPY, UH, TO HAVE THESE NEW SIGNS, UH, UP AND NO LONGER HAVE THE EYESORE THAT WE HAVE HAD. IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, 30 SOME ODD YEARS. UH, SO, AND I MEAN, I'M, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ALL OF THE DIFFICULTIES. THERE SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULTIES. AGAIN, IT'S A VOLUNTEER BOARD. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A PERSONAL CAMPAIGN OF THEIRS. LARRY HAS TOLD US BEFORE, HE IS HATED THESE SIGNS FOR 30 YEARS. LIKE, HE'S NOT TRYING TO DO THE WILL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE'S TRYING TO GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO HIS WILL. WE DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THIS FIXED. UM, AFTER WE GOT THE VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE SIGN THAT WE DID FIX THAT GOT US THINKING, LET'S JUST ASK EVERYBODY FIRST IF THEY WANT NEW SIGNS OR IF THEY WANT THESE SIGNS OR WHAT BEFORE WE GO DOWN THIS ROUTE. WE HAD SPENT A LONG TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS PROCESS IN A WAY THAT WOULD SATISFY LARRY, UM, AND REALIZE, WAIT, LET'S BACK UP. LET'S SEE WHAT PEOPLE PAUSE. [01:00:01] CAN WE PAUSE FOR A SECOND? SORRY. YES. UM, AND, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO HAVE A, A CLEAN MEETING. YES, I UNDERSTAND. I I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, I WANT INVOLVING ONE NAMES CUZ I'M NOT GONNA ALLOW THAT PERSON TO COME UP AND, AND DEFEND HIMSELF. UH, BUT UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NO, THAT'S PRETTY, I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE IS, I GUESS THE DISCREPANCY OR, OR, UH, THE ISSUE IS ONE DESIGN VERSUS ANOTHER DESIGN. IT'S NOT QUITE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PROPOSED DESIGN. IT'S EITHER THIS DESIGN OR WE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ENTIRELY AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE PROCESS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A DESIGN. SO THIS DESIGN, IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. THAT DESIGN HASN'T BID. WE WOULDN'T DO THAT. LIKE FOR STARTED, WE WOULDN'T FOIST A NEW DESIGN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF WE WERE GONNA DO A NEW SIGN, WE WOULD WANT A FAIR PROCESS WITH INPUT. UM, AND AGAIN, OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT THAT'S GONNA BE VERY DIVISIVE. WHEREAS THE SIGNS THAT WE HAVE EVERYONE MOVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THOSE SIGNS. SO IN SOME SENSE WE'VE ALL AGREED ON THOSE SIGNS. SO IT'S NOT JUST AS SIMPLE AS ONE. SO YOU'RE NOT CHANGING, YOU'RE NOT CHANGING THE SIGN AT ALL. YOU'RE JUST UPDATING IT. WE'RE RESTORING SIGNS. AS THEY'RE, YEAH, NO METAL SIGN, YOU KNOW, RESTORING IT. RIGHT? SO ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH LIKE A METAL SIGN. SO THAT ONE WILL BE, THAT ONE WILL BE ENTIRELY REBUILT. BUT, BUT YEAH, NO, NOTHING NEW. JUST THE SAME THING THAT, THAT HAS ALWAYS DEFINED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS? UH, I'M DONE. PULL TIM SIMS. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR. SO MY QUESTION IS FOR STAFF? YES. THANK YOU. HOLD ON. BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU GO, GLOVER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING WITH CAN I CAN WAIT. I'M NOT SURE WHO CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT MY QUESTION IS, HOW MANY HOMES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN SLEEPY HOLLOW? AND I RATHER FROM FROM STAFF, HOW MANY HOMES IS DESIGNATED IN CHRIS, IF YOU COULD JUST STAY CLOSE. . YEAH, RIGHT. . I WILL STAY RIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. UH, GO. BEFORE YOU GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED, LET'S GO. LET ME GO BACK TO CORT AND GO FROM THERE. PUN SIM. SO, UM, THE, THE NATURE OF THE GRANT, BY THE WAY, UM, AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, I LIVED ON 8 0 1 SLEEPY HOLLOW FOR NINE YEARS FROM 2000 TO 2009. AND SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SIGN CONCERNS. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR THE LONGEST AND WE HAD A SOLUTION, UM, YEARS AGO, BACK IN 2005. AND, UH, PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT IT. SO I'M THRILLED THAT THE CITY, UH, SLEEPY HOLLOW IS FINALLY AT A, A PLACE OF WANTING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT SIGN CUZ IT'S BEEN A, A CONCERN FOR A LONG TIME. WHAT I, THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, UH, STACY IS, UH, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE SIGN. UM, IS THERE A WAY FOR THE CITY TO APPROVE ITS MATCHING GRANT ON? CUZ I SUSPECT THAT SOMEWHERE THERE'S GONNA BE A SIGN AND THEN NOT ALLOCATE THE FUNDS UNTIL THEY HAVE REACHED A CONCLUSION AS TO WHAT THE SIGN LOOKS LIKE. IS THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING. IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE SOMETHING DEFINITIVE? THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK STAFF. DOES IT HAVE TO BE SOMETHING DEFINITIVE FOR THE MATCHING GRANT TO BE APPLIED, OR CAN THERE BE AN APPLICATION OF THE FUNDS FOR THEM TO RESOLVE LATER AS TO WHAT IT IS? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO. GREG. I DON'T KNOW IF IT PROCEDURALLY IF, IF WHAT THE STORY IS. WELL, I THINK, UM, YOU CAN APPROVE IT HERE AS SUBMITTED OR IF YOU WANNA APPROVE IT FOR, I MEAN, BASICALLY YOU'D BE DENYING IT FOR THEM TO, UM, COME BACK WITH A, AN AGREED DESIGN. I MEAN, THEY COULD STILL REAPPLY, UM, LATER DOWN THE ROAD. SO IT COULDN'T BE AN APPLICATION OF $2,500 TOWARD A SIGN. WE NEED SOMETHING SPECIFIC. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. I THINK YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. OKAY. I THINK YOU COULD DO IT EITHER WAY. GLOVER, HOW MANY HOMES ARE IN SLEEPY HOLLOW? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I'M SORRY. OKAY. YOU PROBABLY KNOW. I, I BELIEVE IT'S 183. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE ACCEPTING A GRANT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT COMMITTED TO, SO, UH, THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. I APPRECIATE IT. THE GRANT, AS WE SUBMITTED ALL THOSE LUMBER COSTS ARE CURRENT, I MEAN, ALL OF THE, THE SIGN MANUFACTURING, THE LETTERING, THAT'S ALL CURRENT. THE LABOR ESTIMATES ARE ACCURATE, SO I KNOW WHAT, WE KNOW WHAT THAT GRANT IS. WE'VE DONE THAT. I WOULD BE HEARING, ACCEPTING MONEY FROM THE CITY ON LIKE A OKAY. YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? GO, JUST, JUST AS A REAFFIRMATION, YOU'RE JUST RESTORING THE SIGNS, NOT CREATING NEW SIGNAGE, NEW VERBIAGE, NEW STONES. JUST MAKING THEM NICER THAN THEY CLEAN AND CLEANING. UH, WE'VE ALREADY POWER WASHED THE TWO OF 13 AND TWO. WE WERE GONNA, THE STONE BASES WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ALSO AT OREGON. AND SO YEAH, THIS IS RESTORATION AND CARE. THEY WERE JUST NEGLECTED FOR DECADES AND WE HOPE YOU CAN FIX [01:05:01] THEM UP AND TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEM. THANK YOU. UH, FINAL, WHERE IS CUSTOMER MCLARTY? UH, A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. ONE FOR, FOR FOR CHRIS AND, AND FOR STAFF. SO THE PART OF THIS GRANT PROCESS REQUIRES THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROVIDE PART OF THE FUNDS FOR, FOR THE PROJECT. UM, DO YOU, DO YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR PORTION OF THE FUNDS SECURED? YES. OKAY. AND, AND WHERE DID THOSE COME FROM? FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND NATIONS, MOST OF WHICH UNSOLICITED, UM, RESIDENTS SUPPORT INTEREST. WE GOT A LOT AFTER WE RESTORED THAT FIRST SIGN, WE GOT A NUMBER OF UNSOLICITED DONATIONS TO HELP KEEP UP THE WORK. MEANING PEOPLE WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, I, IF I HAD KNOWN I WOULD'VE HELPED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, UM, SO, SO WE, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, SO WE HAVE ENOUGH. HOW MANY HOMEOWNERS CONTRIBUTED? HOLD ON ONE SECOND. CAN CAN, CAN YOU GET THAT? IS HE TOO FAR FROM THE MIC? OKAY. CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MIC? WE, WE CAN'T, WE GOT, SORRY. WE HAVE A AUDIO. I'M SORRY. I, UM, IF I REPEAT THE ANSWER, SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE TO REPEAT YOUR, YOUR PREVIOUS ANSWER. UH, SO YES, WE DO HAVE FUNDS IN BANK ACCOUNT TO COVER OUR, OUR PORTION OF THAT. THOSE FUNDS HAVE COME FROM DONATIONS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MOST OF THEM UNSOLICITED. UM, YOU KNOW, AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND WHEN WE'VE HAD PUBLIC, UH, MEETINGS, PEOPLE OFTEN WILL CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE. WE DID GET A MAJOR UPTICK IN DONATIONS AFTER WE RESTORED THAT FIRST SIGN OF PEOPLE AND JUST EVEN JUST DROPPING OFF CHECKS AND SAYING THANKS OR I WISH I COULD HAVE HELPED SOONER, LET ME KNOW NEXT TIME. THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YEAH, WE'RE NOT LIKE RICH, WE CAN'T AFFORD, YOU KNOW, NEW FANCY SIGNS, BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO COVER OUR, OUR CONTRIBUTION. YES. AND THE, THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION WAS HOW MANY, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN OUR TREASURER IS HERE? SHE MIGHT, NO, I MEAN, IT'S DOZENS I WOULD SAY. I MEAN, PART OF IT WE DON'T KEEP TRACK BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A TIP, KIND OF A TIP JAR AT LIKE NATIONAL LIGHT OUT AND THINGS LIKE THIS. OKAY. SO IF PEOPLE ASK FOR RECEIPTS, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE CREATED THE NONPROFIT IS SO PEOPLE COULD HAVE TAX WRITE OFFS, RIGHT? WHY NOT? RIGHT. GET THE TAX WRITE OFF. UM, SO SOME PEOPLE WILL HAVE THOSE, UH, ASK FOR THOSE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL JUST GIVE MONEY TO, YEAH. SO WHAT'D SHE SAY? UH, WE RECEIVED SEVERAL CHECKS THROUGH THE MAIL. UM, BUT NOTHING, UH, NOTHING IMPORTANT. YEAH. SEVERAL, SEVERAL CHECKS WHEN WE HOST, LIKE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. YEAH. UH, WE'LL HAVE A CONTAINER AVAILABLE. LIKE YOU MENTIONED, PEOPLE WILL DROP IN CASH, SO, RIGHT. THANKS. WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE A OF FUNDS LAST, UH, FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THAT WE RAISED THAT FOR THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR OUR OFFICE FOR HOME AS WELL, WHICH IS GREAT. THANK YOU. RIGHT? YOU YOU'RE DONE WITH WORDS. I'M DONE. ALL RIGHT. UM, I'M DONE WITH THE WORDS. . RIGHT? THANKS CHRIS. I, I WANNA GO AHEAD AND JUST, JUST, JUST WRAP IT UP. UM, THANK, THANK YOU, UM, STACY T FOR BEING AVAILABLE. UM, COUNSEL, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYONE TO COME UP AND SPEAK. I JUST WANNA DELIBERATE AMONGST US. COUNSEL, UM, COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, I, I, WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS HERE. UH, NUMBER ONE, WE GO AHEAD AND JUST APPROVE AS IS. NUMBER TWO, WE CAN JUST DENY IT. NUMBER THREE, WE CAN TABLE. UM, BUT, UH, HERE, HERE'S, HERE'S MY THING. UM, HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO MATCH A GRANT. GRANT. UM, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE ARE NO CHANGES. IT'S GONNA BE RESTORED JUST AS IS. IT'S GONNA BE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. UM, COUNCIL, YOU COULD, UM, KICK IT BACK AND SAY THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF A GRANT, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF WHY THE COUNCIL HAD THIS IDEA IN THE FIRST PLACE AS FAR AS TO ACTUALLY USE THIS AS A MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO UNITE OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE. SO, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY I FEEL LIKE THIS IS REALLY A SLAM DUNK, UH, AGENDA ITEM. HOWEVER, UH, I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY BEING USED WITH THE RIGHT INTENT. UM, SO PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE IF THE CITY IS GOING TO ACTUALLY USE PUBLIC FUNDS IN ORDER TO GO TOWARDS AN ITEM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BUYIN FROM THE COMMUNITY, AT LEAST MAJORITY. UM, BUT I DON'T LIKE GOING INTO IT, APPROVING IT, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE UNALIGNED ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE CHECKS ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. THAT'S KIND OF MY PERSPECTIVE. UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, IS JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER. SO IT SEEMS TO BE SOME TYPE OF MISCOMMUNICATION SOMEHOW. UH, I DON'T WANT THE CITY TO REALLY GET INVOLVED AND TRY TO HELP, TRY TO RESOLVE AND BE THE MIDDLE MAN. UH, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO BE NEIGHBORING. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF MY 2 CENTS COUNCIL. UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DELIBERATIONS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I, I, I HEAR YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, MCCARTY, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE, UH, DECEMBER 13TH MEETING AND LET THE NEIGHBORS GIVE THE NEIGHBORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND SEE IF THEY CAN HAVE A CON IF THERE IS A CONSENSUS, UM, TO EITHER MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EXISTING PROJECT OR COME UP [01:10:01] WITH A, WITH A DIFFERENT PROJECT. I, I, I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S A CONSENSUS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SCIENCE, WHICH I, WHICH I AM, I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU AGREE ON. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, KEEP IN MIND THAT, THAT YOUR SOURCE OF FUNDS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DONATE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, TO DEMAND FUNDS FROM ANYBODY. SO, UM, RESTORING THE EXISTING SIGNS MAY BE THE LIMIT OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO, BUT THAT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT YOU'VE GOT OUT THERE NOW. SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, THAT BEING SAID THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL THE DECEMBER 13TH COUNCIL MEETING. UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GIVE THE NEIGHBORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, RECONVENE AND COME TO A CONSENSUS ON, ON THE PROJECT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, I, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, UH, ONLY FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT, THAT, UH, I, I WANT, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE DELAYED ANY LONGER THAN, YOU KNOW, DECEMBER THIR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THEY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THING. I KNOW ALL THE NEIGHBORS, IT SOUNDS LIKE, WANTS TO HAVE THIS THING DONE, SO THERE'S NO SENSE IN DRAGGING IT OUT. BUT I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. SECOND IT THE TABLE BE MORE COMFORTABLE TO COME BACK WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME TYPE OF DIALOGUE AND A LITTLE BIT OF CONSENSUS. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO, UH, TO TABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 13TH. WE DO HAVE A SECOND ADDITIONAL QUESTION, COMMENTS, JUST THE COMMENT IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN DEFINE CONSENSUS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE 2, 3, 4 GROUPS REEVALUATING AND REDEFINING THAT I HAVE CONSENSUS AND YOU DON'T HAVE CONSENSUS. SURE. WHATEVER CONSENSUS IS WE JUST NEED TO DEFINE. SO I, I WOULD DEFINE THAT FOR YOU IF YOU COULD. UM, IN THE DECEMBER 13TH MEETING, I GUESS IT'S MORE FOR STACY, DECEMBER 13TH MEETING, UH, COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, LIKE TO SEE, UH, THE, I'M GONNA SAY PUBLIC NOTICE ON WHATEVER THE NOTIFICATION IS FOR THE NEXT MEETING, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, UM, AND THEN SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, UH, PROOF TALLY SOMETHING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT, UH, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF CONSENSUS. THAT'S, THAT'S JUST KIND OF MY, MY DEFINITION. SO I'M GONNA BE NOT HERE FOR A LOT AT THAT TIME. WE OUTTA TOWN, IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME FOR ME TO DO THAT. JUST OCCASIONALLY THAT'S RELEVANT. WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SAID WE WANT TO HAVE THIS ON DECEMBER 13TH MEETING. SO, SO ONE OTHER QUESTION. SO IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT VERSION, DOES THAT STILL NEED TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN? OR, OR WILL WE BE ABLE TO, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE JUST GETTING MY UNDERSTANDING. ALL THEY WANT IS JUST BUY IN IN CONSENSUS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ON BOTH SIDES, THEY DON'T WANT A DIFFERENT SIGN. THEY JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS TOLD. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S, THERE'S NO NEW DESIGN THAT'S EVEN BEING PROPOSED. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? WELL, YEAH, BUT I, OKAY. MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S NO NEW DESIGNS SHOULD BE PROPOSED. SO DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE, UM, A WHOLE MONTH IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULE AND SOME TYPE OF CONSENSUS AND DECISION GONNA BE MADE DECEMBER 13TH. WE DO HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR FOR YOU? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I'M SORRY. WE ARE TABLED. DO WE SEE ANY MOTIONS TABLED? OKAY. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTIONS UNANIMOUS. WE'LL SEE IT AGAIN IN DECEMBER 13TH. UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. HAVE MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. CUSTOMER. GLOVER. I HAVE 8 25. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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