Dec 13, 2022 City Council Briefing Session

YOU READY?

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[1. Call the meeting to order.]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU.

TODAY IS DECEMBER 13TH, 2022.

I HAVE 6:00 PM THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED BRIEFING SESSION.

THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS IS, UH, IS, UH, ABSENT AT THE MOMENT.

UH, SO I WOULD OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Presentation of 2022 Leadership Excellence Awards Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]

HOW YOU DOING, MISS? CITY MANAGER? I'M DOING VERY WELL, MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S, UH, GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING AND TO REFLECT ON THE, UH, AMAZING AND CONSEQUENTIAL YEAR THAT 2022 HAS BEEN.

NOW, THIS IS OUR, UH, FINAL REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING, UH, OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR.

AND, UH, WHEN I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF, NOW, WE'RE NOT EXACTLY DONE WITH ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO FOR THE YEAR.

WE DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP WORKSHOP THIS THURSDAY TO CONTINUE ON THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU, UH, STARTED ON DURING THE RETREAT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR AND, UM, A A LOT TO FEEL BLESSED ABOUT AND A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT AS WE GET READY TO PREPARE AND TO, UH, START 2023.

UH, JUST WANNA EXPRESS, UH, MY APPRECIATION FOR, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL, THE STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS AT DOWNTOWN FOR WHAT WAS AN AMAZING HOLIDAY ON THE HILL TO KICK OFF DECEMBER.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO RUN DOWNTOWN SINCE THAT TIME, BUT THE DECORATIONS AND ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES, UH, AND THEN THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS ALONG BROAD STREETE, UM, AND CEDAR HAVE BEEN VERY WELL UTILIZED BY THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN, IN, IN THE LAST MONTH, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT, LIKE, OFFICIAL PROGRAMMING.

SO I RARELY GO DOWN THERE, WHETHER THERE'S NOT FOUR OR FIVE OR 10 OR, YOU KNOW, 20 PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES STROLLING THE, THE, THE, UH, THE STREETS, AND, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT WHOLE PROCESS WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT.

OF COURSE, YOU'VE SEEN THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING WORK HAS STARTED IN EARNEST ON THE, UH, LAKE PHILLIPS BROAD STREET PROPERTIES.

SO THAT'S EXCITING TO GET TO SEE.

UM, ALSO, UM, YOU MAY RECALL THAT I HAVE MENTIONED IN A COUPLE OF MY UPDATES, UH, AND PROVIDED A LINK FOR, UM, A SURVEY THAT WE'RE ASKING, UH, FOR YOU TO PROVIDE US SOME SORT OF POST RETREAT GUIDANCE AND, UH, THOUGHTS, UH, THAT WILL HELP US REALLY FRAME UP THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN 2023 TO, UH, RESET OUR LONG TERM OBJECTIVES AND, UH, ALSO FRAME NEW BIG ROCKS FOR 2024.

SO, IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT SURVEY, THANK YOU.

IF YOU HAVEN'T, UH, I WILL SEND OUT ANOTHER LINK BY TEXT JUST IN CASE THAT'S AN EASIER FORMAT FOR YOU.

AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS US FRAME THE SECOND, UH, UH, WORKSHOP, UH, FROM THE RETREAT THAT WE PLAN TO DO PER YOUR GUIDANCE IN JANUARY, UH, IN TERMS OF FRAMING, WHERE WE GO IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES UNDER THE PREMIER STATEMENTS, AND AGAIN, THE SHORTER TERM BIG ROCKS THAT WILL RESULT FROM THAT.

SO, IF YOU HAVEN'T, PLEASE, AND I'LL MAKE SURE I PROVIDE THE, UH, THE LINK.

AGAIN, IF YOU'RE HAVING ANY QUESTIONS OR TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, UH, PLEASE BE SURE AND LET ME KNOW.

UM, ALSO, I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY REMISS IF I DID NOT, UM, OFFICIALLY AND THEN ALSO PERSONALLY EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO KATIE SINACOLA, OUR, UH, ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY WHO IS ATTENDING HER LAST, UH, CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SHE HAS, UH, SHE HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION MANAGING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.

SO I LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU GUYS, UH, TRAINED HER WELL AND, UH, SHE'S PREPARED TO GO AND TURN THEM INTO THE, UH, FINE ELECTED BODY THAT, UH, THAT CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL IS, AND WANNA EXPRESS MY JUST APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT, UH, SHE'S PUT IN.

SHE'S WORKED IN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS HERE, UH, AND MADE EVERY ONE OF THEM BETTER.

SO, KATIE, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR STEWARDSHIP AND FOR ALL THE TIME YOU'VE SPENT MAKING CEDAR HILL SUCH A GREAT PLACE.

ALL RIGHT, SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRANSITIONING AT THE VERY LAST PART OF THE YEAR.

SO I DID MENTION WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO, AND THEN WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO FILL IN WHAT WILL BE A VERY BUSY JANUARY, 2023.

UH, BUT TO FINISH OUT 2022 THIS WEDNESDAY, THAT WOULD BE TOMORROW, UH, IS THE, UH, EVER FAMOUS, UH, 55 PLUS SENIORS CHRISTMAS LUNCH.

IT'LL BE HELD FROM 11 TO ONE 30 AT THE, UH, ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

UH, COUNCIL, AS ALWAYS IS INVITED TO ATTEND AND, UH, HAVE DINNER OR SERVE AT YOUR PLEASURE.

IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH OUR, UH, SENIOR TREASURERS IN OUR CITY.

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SO THAT IS TOMORROW FROM 11 TO ONE 30.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE, JUST COME A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AND WE CAN DEFINITELY ACCOMMODATE YOU FOR THAT.

I'M SORRY, 11 TO ONE 30.

YES, SIR.

UH, ON THURSDAY, UH, DECEMBER 15TH FROM 1130 TO 1230, UH, THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP WILL BE, UM, UH, DOING THEIR PASSING OF THE GAL, UH, THE GAVEL CELEBRATION AT, UH, THOR AND TREE GOLF CLUB.

AND ON THAT NOTE, I'D LIKE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY AND, UH, THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE LEADING AS CHAIR OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP FOR ALL OF 2022.

THIS WILL BE HIS OFFICIAL LAST MEETING AS WELL.

AND THE HANDING OVER TO THE GAVEL, WHICH I'M SURE IS A, IS, IS SOMETHING HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, TO, UH, TO WHO, WHOEVER HIS SUCCESSOR ACTUALLY IS.

SO, THANK YOU, CHAD, AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING YOUR SERVICE AND THE PASSING OF THE GAVEL.

YOU'RE MOST WELCOME ON, UH, FRIDAY, I'M SORRY, SIX TO 8:00 PM SORRY, WE'RE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH IS THE, UH, RETREAT, FOLLOW UP WORKSHOP NUMBER ONE.

THAT'S THE ONE WE WERE JUST MENTIONING, UH, FROM SIX TO EIGHT.

THIS ONE IS GONNA BE AT, UH, A PLACE THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT HAVE IT BEEN IN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WE'RE, WE'RE TURNING TO THE FOURTH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, UH, FOR, FOR THAT WORKSHOP.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU THERE.

SO JUST GO UP ONE MORE FLIGHT AND THAT CONFERENCE ROOM IS, UH, NEXT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

SO YOU, YOU'LL FIT RIGHT BACK IN, AND I'M SURE IT'LL FEEL LIKE HOME WHEN YOU GET THERE.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH IS FROM ONE TO FIVE.

CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON IS HOSTING HER FINAL ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AT HER OFFICES AT 1825 MARKET STREET IN DALLAS.

SO THIS WILL BE HER LAST AND FINAL, I THINK, OFFICIAL ACT TO BE FOR, UH, THE CONGRESS CHANGES IN JANUARY.

WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON AND FOR ALL HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO CEDAR HILL AND TO OUR DISTRICT.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23RD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26TH.

THE OFFICE IS, UH, WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.

UH, ALSO MONDAY, JANUARY THE SECOND.

THE FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING OF 2023.

UH, IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 10TH.

THAT'S QUICKLY FOLLOWED UP, UH, ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 13TH WITH THE RESCHEDULED DOWNTOWN CELEBRATION.

SO THIS WILL BE THE FORMAL RIBBON CUTTING ON THE DOWNTOWN STREETS PROJECT PHASE ONE, AND A GROUNDBREAKING CELEBRATION FOR THE LAKES PHILLIPS, UH, BROAD STREET PROPERTIES, AND THEN A GENERAL RECEPTION, UH, WITH OUR MERCHANTS AND FRIENDS DOWNTOWN.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

UH, ON, UH, MONDAY, JANUARY 16TH, THE CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY.

AND THEN ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH, THIS IS, UH, WE'LL BE GETTING RIGHT BACK INTO WORK MODE, UM, AND PLANNING MODE.

UH, WE HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNCIL TO GET AN ONSITE WALKTHROUGH OF TWO OF YOUR MAJOR BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.

UH, THE FIRST ONE WILL BE A WALKTHROUGH OF THE LAGOON, UH, SWIMMING POOL SITE AT, UH, VIRGINIA WEAVER.

THAT WILL BE FROM THREE 30 TO FOUR 30.

UH, FROM FOUR 30 TO FIVE 30, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A WALKTHROUGH ON THE IMPROVEMENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK SITE.

AND THEN FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM WE WILL BE GATHERING FOR OUR SECOND FOLLOW UP, UH, WORKSHOP, UH, RELATED TO, UH, YOUR PLANNING DURING, UH, THE RETREAT.

SO PLAN ON A FULL AFTERNOON, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE ALL THREE OF THOSE.

WE ARE GRATEFUL IF YOU WANNA MAKE ONE AND, UH, MAYBE NOT THE OTHER.

I'M SURE WE'LL FIND A WAY OF BEING ABLE TO GET YOU BACK, BUT THE BOTH PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY DEVELOPING AND PROGRESSING VERY RAPIDLY, AND IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE.

SO I THINK THERE, IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR A CHANCE TO, UH, TO DO THAT ON SATURDAY.

JANUARY 21ST IS OUR, UH, FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD WALK OF THE YEAR, AND, UH, WILL INCLUDE, UH, THE WINDING HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO A PORTION OF HIGHLANDS NORTH.

SO, UH, THAT WILL BE 1130 TO ONE, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE WINTER SCHEDULE, SO WE START A LITTLE BIT LATER HOPING IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER.

UM, AND ALSO WE'LL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE'LL BE GATHERING AND STUFF, UH, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT.

UH, SECOND REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING OF, UH, OF JANUARY WILL BE JANUARY 24TH.

AND THEN ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 26TH, WE WILL BE, UH, THE STATE OF THE CITY.

SO AS WE, I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS UPDATE, WE ARE REFORMATTING THE ENTIRE STATE OF THE CITY FOR AN EVENING EVENT, UH, AND FOR A, UM, BROADER, UH, GROUP OF

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WE REALLY WANT A BIG CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH AS THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING AROUND.

SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT, UH, AS WE GO.

SO THAT WILL BE JANUARY 26TH, SIX TO 8:00 PM AT THE, UH, ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

UH, ONE OF THE GREAT PLEASURES OF BEING CITY MANAGER IS YOU GET TO RECOGNIZE, UH, MODEL WORK.

UH, THERE WAS A PROGRAM CALLED THE LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD, CREATED BY MY PREDECESSOR ALAN SIMS, WHEN HE WAS CITY MANAGER, UM, IN WHICH HE RECOGNIZED OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND THE MODELING OF BOTH SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP, THE CEDAR HILL WAY.

AND IT'S A, UM, IT IS AN AWARD GIVEN BY THE CITY MANAGER, SOMETHING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, BUT HAVEN'T DONE IN A WHILE.

SO WE GOT INTO COVID AND SO FORTH, AND WE'VE BEEN, OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN BUSY CRANKING OUT STUFF AND MAKING SURE PROJECTS GET DONE AND RESPONDING TO THE CRISIS OF THE DAY, BUT THAT GREAT LEADERSHIP WORK HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THAT.

SO I'M GONNA BE CATCHING UP ON SOME OF THOSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH.

AND I INTENDED TO GIVE TWO TONIGHT, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE ONE AND, UH, I WILL CATCH YOU UP ON THE OTHER.

BUT THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR, BOBBY SPENCE.

BOBBY, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HOOKING? THERE YOU ARE.

OH, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

AND YOUR TEAM IS HERE AS WELL.

SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOBBY.

SO BOBBY HAS SERVED THE CITY FOR FOUR YEARS, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE'S HATCHED HERE BECAUSE SHE FITS US REALLY SO WELL.

UM, SHE, UH, SHE REALLY ENTERED THE COURT IN A TIME OF REBUILDING.

SO THEY WERE IN A TIME OF A GREAT CHANGE.

THE, THE STAFF WAS TURNING OVER, THEY HAD VACANT SPOTS, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A SYSTEM THAT REALLY NEEDED TO BE REVAMPED.

AND SO SHE GRABBED THAT REALLY WITH BOTH HANDS AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO WORK TEACHING, NOT JUST DOING THE WORK, BUT TEACHING OTHERS HOW TO DO THAT AND REALLY BUILDING A SOLID TEAM.

SO AGAIN, SHE CAME INTO AN AREA WHERE THE ONLY PERSON THAT WAS CERTIFIED IN THE, IN THE, IN THE COURT, CLERICAL WORK IS, UH, VERY SPECIFIC.

IT REQUIRES A LOT OF TRAINING.

IN FACT, THERE WERE THREE LEVELS OF CERTIFICATION, AND SHE WAS OUR ONE CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE WHEN, WHEN WE HIRED HER.

AND NOW I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, NEARLY EVERY SINGLE, UH, CLERK IN THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT JUST CERTIFIED.

MANY OF THEM HAVE ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONS, AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE AT OR VERY NEAR TO HAVING THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATION LEVEL THAT A MUNICIPAL COURT PERSONNEL STAFF CAN HAVE.

AND THAT'S ALL DUE TO THE WORK THAT BOBBY HAS DONE.

UH, SHE'S ESTABLISHED A VERY STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR JUDGE TEAM, JUDGE PETTY IN PARTICULAR, WHICH IS REALLY VERY IMPORTANT.

THAT TEAM IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, UM, UH, RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE THEY ARE MANAGING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TO ACTUALLY WORK IN SYNC.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, SHE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN INSERTING THE COURT INTO COMMUNITY LIFE .

AND SO THE COURT'S PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, HAVE TAKEN A WHOLE DIFFERENT TURN UNDER HER LEADERSHIP.

UM, I'D ALSO BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH C O V I D, THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS WENT THROUGH AN UNPRECEDENTED PERIOD WHERE THERE WAS NO BOOK FOR MANAGING COURT SERVICES IN A PANDEMIC.

AND SO ALL THE COURTS WERE LEFT LARGELY WITH TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR THEMSELVES.

AND BOBBY'S WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON, UH, TECHNOLOGY WORK VERY CAREFULLY WITH THE JUDGES TO KEEP HER TEAM ON BOARD WORK WITH THE PUBLIC, BECOME AS ALWAYS CUSTOMERCENTRIC AND ACCESSIBLE, UM, HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS LED US NOW TO A COURT THAT REALLY KIND OF LEADS IN THE STATE.

AND THAT'S ALL BECAUSE OF HER.

AND THEN REALLY FINALLY, IT'S ABOUT HOW BOBBY LEADS, SHE LEADS WITH JOY, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DO.

SO HER FAVORITE WORD IS EVERYBODY .

SHE'S FABULOUS.

AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS, IS SHE, HER POSITIVITY AND OPTIMISM ACTUALLY IS A BRIGHT LIGHT IN WHAT CAN OFTEN BE SOME DARK, DIVISIVE WORLD.

AND SO ALL OF US HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE ENERGY THAT SHE BRINGS INTO THE ROOM.

AND SO FOR THAT, AND FOR MANY OTHER REASONS, I AWARD BOBBY SPENCE,

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU KNOW, , I'M NOT REALLY GREAT AT ALL THIS , BUT THIS IS AMAZING.

I HAD NO IDEA.

I'M SUPER, UM, SURPRISED , SUPER SHOCKED AND VERY BLESSED AND FORTUNATE TO BE HERE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S NOT ANY ACCIDENTS.

I THINK EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

AND IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO GET HERE, , BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.

AND I LOVE IT.

AND I THANK YOU EVERY DAY FOR ALLOWING ME JUST TO SERVE HERE, SERVE ALONG WITH YOU, SERVE WITH ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

I LOVE WHAT I DO, AND I HOPE I CAN CONTINUE DOING IT FOR QUITE A FEW MORE YEARS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU ARE MOST WELCOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT, .

THANK YOU.

I'M A LITTLE OVERWHELMED.

I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT.

.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, BUDDY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW, NOW MOVING ON TO BUSINESS.

WE HAVE TWO ITEMS IN, UH, BRIEFING TODAY.

ONE'S IN A VERY IMPORTANT ONE RELATED TO POTENTIAL CODE AMENDMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL USES, UH, IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THIS IS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS FOR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN WHICH YOU, UH, ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

ROGER'S HERE TO WORK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT STAFF HAS, UH, TO PREPARE US FOR OUR FUTURE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN.

ALSO, THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION ON THE RECENT CITYWIDE CLEAN CEDAR HILL EVENT, WHICH HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED A GREAT INTEREST IN, AND IS GONNA PLAY A BIG PART IN KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN AND GROW OUR, UH, SUSTAINABILITY GENE.

AND ALSO JUST KEEPING THIS VERY BEAUTIFUL PLACE CLEAN AND PRETTY.

UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT AND THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, INCLUDING ONE PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A VARIETY STORE.

THAT ITEM HAS GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHERE IT DID RECEIVE ITS RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, APPROVAL.

UH, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION, UH, TONIGHT FROM, UH, CHIEF ELI REYES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, PROVIDING THE MEDAL OF VALOR AWARDS TO THREE OF CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, FINEST.

UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA, AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS UNDER REGULAR, INCLUDING AN ITEM THAT WE HAD, UH, CONSIDERED AT THE L AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING, UH, THE MATCHING GRANT REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FOR THE SLEEPY HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE STORY RELATED TO THE NEXT ITEM, THE DALLAS COUNTY MUNICIPAL RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM THAT IS A NEW GRANT PROVIDED BY DALLAS COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM THAT, AS YOU KNOW, CEDAR HILL PIONEERED WITH THE COUNCIL SUPPORT.

UM, THAT PROGRAM HAS GONE THROUGH A BIT OF CHANGES IN TERMS OF HOW THE STATE WAS FUNDING IT FOR US AND THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS, UH, THAT, UH, OUR FIRE CHIEF AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE, UH, CREATED WITH THE COUNTY.

AND WORKING WITH THEM THROUGH COVID WAS ABLE TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, NOT JUST FOR CEDAR HILL, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

UM, ALSO TWO BIG ITEMS THAT ARE ALONG THE PATH FOR US, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BUILD YOUR TWO KIND OF MARKY BOND PROJECTS.

FIRST ONE ARE, UH, FIXTURES, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT RELATED TO THE LAGOON AT VIRGINIA WEAVER.

AND THE SECOND ONE IS F F AND E ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND SIGNATURE PARK PROJECT.

ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? AND IF NOT, THAT IS MY REPORT.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

NEXT ITEM

[3. Briefing on potential code amendments for industrial uses in the Zoning Ordinance.]

HELLO THERE.

PLAINTIFF DIRECTOR.

HELLO, HELLO, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

CAN I I TO USE THIS OR Y'ALL WILL FLIP FOR ME? I CAN USE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO BE BRIEFING YOU ALL ON INDUSTRIAL USES.

SO I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW I WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN JANUARY WITH FOOD TRUCKS.

UM, BUT WE'RE DOING INDUSTRIAL USES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW INDUSTRIAL, UM, USES ARE THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THOSE INDUSTRIAL USES.

SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH TALKING ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF WAREHOUSES.

SO TRADITIONAL WAREHOUSES, UM, HAVE REALLY CHANGED AND WHAT HAS CHANGED THOSE, OR IS ONLINE SHOPPING AND E-COMMERCE.

SO IT HAS DECREASED BRICK AND MORTAR STORE SPACE, AND IT'S INCREASED THE NEED FOR STORAGE FACILITIES.

AND NOT ONLY HAS IT INCREASED THE NEED FOR STORAGE FACILITIES, BUT THE NEED FOR HAVING THESE STORAGE FACILITIES, UM, NEAR OUR MAJOR POPULATION

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SO THIS IS A PICTURE FROM, FROM DALLAS, FROM INTERSTATE 20, ACTUALLY.

SO THIS PICTURE IS, UM, WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO AVOID.

AND THIS WAS A CONCERN, UM, WHEN WE STARTED SEEING SOME INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, UM, BE ERECTED, UM, ON 67 AND EVEN COME FOR SITE PLAN.

UM, AT THE TIME THEY CAME IN, YOU KNOW, AS SPEC BUILDINGS CUZ THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE GOING TO OCCUPY THOSE BUILDINGS.

UM, AND SO AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO MANAGE EXACTLY, UM, WHAT GOES THERE AND THEN HOW THAT TRAFFIC IS MANAGED.

SO, UM, REAL QUICKLY I WANNA GO THROUGH HOW THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STORAGE BUILDINGS, UM, ARE BEING CLASSIFIED.

SO YOUR WAREHOUSE IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR TYPICAL TRADITIONAL STORAGE SPACE WHERE THE ONLY THING THAT'S HAPPENING THERE IS STORAGE OF MATERIALS.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT STORAGE HERE, TYPICALLY LONGER THAN THREE MONTHS, HAS NO IMMEDIATE DESTINATION.

AND THE TRIPS HERE ARE THE LOWEST, UM, AT 0.23 TRIPS PER 1000 SQUARE FEET.

AND THAT'S FOR WEEKDAY PM PEAK HOUR.

SO THEN WE GO TO OUR DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.

SO OUR DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND FULFILLMENT CENTERS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN YOU START STEPPING UP IN TERMS OF THE ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE.

UM, THOSE WORK, THOSE STORAGE BUILDINGS AS WELL AS THE ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THEM.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS THESE REALLY ARE OUR WASTE STATIONS WHERE PRODUCTS ARE STORED AND THEN LATER, UM, RE REDISTRIBUTED.

UM, AND TYPICALLY THOSE ARE GONNA GO TO FULFILLMENT CENTERS OR THEY'RE GONNA GO TO OTHER RETAIL OUTLETS.

AND THE STORAGE TIMEFRAME HERE CAN REALLY VARY.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A DAY, 24 HOURS, UM, TO TYPICALLY UP TO THREE MONTHS, BUT TYPICALLY IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THAT WEEK TIMEFRAME AND TRIPS GENERATED HERE, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 0.71 TRIPS, SO YOU SEE THAT'S LIKE THREE TIMES OF WHAT A TYPICAL WAREHOUSE IS.

AND THEN YOUR OTHER TYPE OF FACILITY.

HERE'S FULFILLMENT CENTERS.

THESE ARE TYPICALLY, UM, YOUR AMAZON'S, THAT'S THE ONE THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD RECOGNIZE.

SO AMAZON BUILDINGS, UM, TYPICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE BUILDINGS ARE THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE COMING TO THAT FACILITY ARE ALSO GOING OUT, BUT THEY'RE GOING OUT TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION.

TYPICALLY, OF COURSE, THAT FINAL DESTINATION IS GOING TO BE, UM, YOUR HOUSE OR YOUR BUSINESS.

UM, AND THIS IS A GRAPHIC THAT WE FOUND ONLINE THAT GIVES, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU A PICTURE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH FULFILLMENT CENTERS AND HOW THOSE VARY, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE USED INTERCHANGEABLY.

YOU MAY HAVE A BUSINESS THAT CAN DO BOTH IN THE SAME PLACE, BUT TYPICALLY YOU'LL HAVE A DISTRIBUTION CENTER WHICH FUNCTIONS ONE WAY IN A FULFILLMENT CENTER THAT FUNCTIONS ANOTHER WAY.

AND SO THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING UP MANUFACTURING FACILITIES HERE, BECAUSE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, THEY HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR PRODUCTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.

UM, AND THEIR TRAFFIC ACTUALLY IS MORE CAN'T DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF WORKERS THEY HAVE, THE TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE MORE SIMILAR, UM, TO WAREHOUSES.

AND SO WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING MANUFACTURING FACILITIES AS A DISTRIBUTION CENTER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE POINTED OUT THE DIFFERENCE THERE.

AND SO NOW WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN CEDAR HILL, UM, AS IT RELATES TO WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE LAND IN OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTY, AND THEN WHAT THE ZONING LOOKS LIKE.

SO CURRENTLY WE, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.

UM, ONE IS JUST INDUSTRIAL WHERE WE HAVE OUR MOST INTENSE LAND USES.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT.

AN INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT IS OUR, UM, LESSER, UM, INTENSE USES.

AND MOST OF THESE LAND USES DO REQUIRE A C U P, AND THAT'S FOR THE MOST PART OUR EDC BUSINESS PARK.

AND SO THIS IS A MAP I'M SHOWING YOU THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT STATUS OF THOSE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.

SO ONE THING, UM, I WILL POINT OUT IS THAT IN TERMS OF ACTUAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT PROPERTY, AGAIN, THAT'S OUR MOST INTENSE, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 99 ACRES LEFT, WHICH IS NOT A LOT, BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT.

THAT IS, UM, ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF FUTURE LOOP NINE AND HIGHWAY 67.

AND THE REST OF IT, UM, IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND 1.1 MILLION OF THAT IS, UM, HAS ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS LIGHT MANUFACTURING AND, AND ASSEMBLY.

UM, AND THAT'S PRATT INDUSTRIES.

AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER 2.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET, UM, THAT'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY THREE DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS,

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UM, THEY'RE CON CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, BUT THEY HAVE NOT SPECIFIED A USE.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT, UM, WHICH IS THE MOST UNDEVELOPED ACREAGE, AND THAT'S 382 ACRES.

SO THAT MAINLY INCLUDES, UM, PROPERTY THAT IS OF COURSE ALONG LU NINE AND SOUTH OF LU NINE.

AND THE HUNDRED ACRES OF THAT IS ALSO TOWER PROPERTY, WHICH WE KNOW COULD GO EITHER WAY AT ANY DAY.

SO IN TERMS OF OUR LAND USE CHART CURRENTLY, THESE ARE THE LAND USES THAT WE IDENTIFY.

WE DO NOT IDENTIFY, UM, IN OUR LAND USE CHART DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, BUT WE DO IDENTIFY WAREHOUSES AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING, WHICH IS WHILE WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, MAKING SOME OF THOSE CHANGES.

WE DO HAVE, UM, THESE VARIOUS DEFINITIONS IN OUR, IN OUR CODE, BUT, UM, AS I SAID, DISTRIBUTION CENTER, WE DO NOT HAVE IT IN THE LAND USE CHART, ALTHOUGH WE DO DEFINE IT.

SO GENERALLY THIS IS WHAT OTHER CDS ARE DOING.

SO THESE ARE THE, WE LOOKED AT ABOUT 13, I BELIEVE IT WAS 13 OR 14 CITIES IN THE METROPLEX TO SEE IF THEY EVEN IDENTIFY DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND HOW THEY'RE HANDLING THEM.

SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THREE QUARTERS OF THEM DO LIST DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.

HOWEVER, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY DISTINGUISH THOSE FROM WAREHOUSES.

NOW MAYBE SOME OF THOSE HAVE NOT HAD THE NEED TO DO THAT.

HOWEVER, UM, YOU CAN SEE IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE A DISTINCTION, UM, THAT'S THE SOTO AND MIDLOTHIAN AS WELL, UM, AS GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND THEN WE ALSO FOUND THAT MIDLOTHIAN AND ETTE ARE THE TWO CITIES OF THE ONES THAT WE SURVEYED.

NOW THOSE 13 THAT WE SURVEYED THAT ACTUALLY DO REQUIRE AN S U FOR THESE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS THAT ARE IN THEIR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.

AND SO NOW WE WANNA GET TO, TO FIXING IT.

SO WHY DO WE WANNA FIX IT? WELL, THAT PICTURE THAT I SHOWED YOU ALL AT THE BEGINNING, THAT IS THE MAIN REASON WHY WE WANNA MAKE THAT CHANGE.

THE OTHER REASON IS, UM, IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE ACTUALLY DID IDENTIFY, UM, THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN TERMS OF THESE INDUSTRIAL USES.

SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF, UM, THE STEPS THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

UM, AND NOW I WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANNA MAKE THE CHANGE.

SO THE FIRST ONE REALLY IS SOMEWHAT MORE OF A CLEANUP IN TERMS OF JUST REDEFINING, UM, WAREHOUSE.

WE'RE GONNA AMEND THAT DEFINITION, BUT WE ALSO REALIZE THAT WAREHOUSE WAS PERMITTED BY WRITING COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.

HOWEVER, WE WOULD, UM, LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT C U P BECAUSE WHERE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMERCIAL IS ON HIGHWAY 67, THAT'S NEXT TO LOCAL RETAIL.

THAT'S AN AREA THAT YOU IDENTIFIED IN THE COMP PLAN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TRY TO, UM, CLEAN UP ALONG HIGHWAY 67.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT A C U P.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SPECIFICALLY THE USES FOR DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND FULFILLMENT CENTER.

UM, WE'RE GONNA DEFINE THOSE, BUT THEN ALSO REQUIRE A C U P FOR THOSE.

AND THEN WE'D ALSO, LIKE WE WANNA DO FOR WAREHOUSE, CLEAN UP, UM, LIGHT MANUFACTURING FOR COMMERCIAL AND REQUIRE THAT TO BE A C U P N COMMERCIAL AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE THE DEFINITIONS AND WE CAN EMAIL THESE TO Y'ALL.

I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR THE POINTS.

WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WAREHOUSES, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND FULFILLMENT CENTERS, BUT I'LL EMAIL THIS TO YOU ALL AND EVERYONE WILL HAVE IT AHEAD OF TIME AS WELL.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE C U P, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, UM, ADD SOME REGULATIONS SO WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN FOR A C U P, THEY KNOW THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR FOR THE C U P.

SO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS WELL AS SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU ALL WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

AND OF COURSE, WE STILL HAVE OUR STANDARD C U P CRITERIA, SO, UM, WE USE THESE FOR EVERY C U P THAT COMES THROUGH.

SO WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER.

AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH, UM, THIS PROCESS AND THINKING THROUGH WHAT THE REVISIONS NEEDED TO BE, WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ABOUT THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ONGOING.

YOU KNOW, WOULD THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT A C U P IF THEY WANTED A DISTRIBUTION CENTER? SO, UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME, UM, ADVISEMENT FROM CITY ATTORNEY AND THOSE, UM, BUILDINGS WOULD NOT BE VESTED.

SO IF THEY DID WANT TO DO DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU FOR C U P.

ALSO, ANOTHER THING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO, WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT, UM, EITHER SOMETIME IN 2023 OR 2024, ONCE WE HAVE A FINALIZATION FOR THE LOOP NINE ALIGNMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UM, AN

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SO LAST WEEK, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, LOOKED AT THIS PARTICULAR, UM, PRESENTATION AS WELL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO STRESS, UM, WHICH HAS, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN WAS THE, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY FOR DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.

AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, REALLY LIKED THE C U P IDEA AS WELL, AND STRESSED THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE TRAFFIC, UM, IMPACT ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN THEY ALSO NOTED, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR STAFF IN THE CITY TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE WITH TEXT DOT.

AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS, UM, CURRENTLY THE PATH THAT WE WERE PROPOSED IN ORDER TO GET THIS APPROVED.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE BRIEFING YOU, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE THE ACTUAL FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING WITH P N Z ON THE 17TH AND THEN BRING THIS BACK TO YOU ON JANUARY 24TH.

AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ANY FEEDBACK OR COMMENTS THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE FOR US TO INCORPORATE? WELL, LET ME BEGIN WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, UH, UPDATING, UH, THIS CHART.

I I THINK THIS REALLY REFLECTS ON, UM, THE COUNCIL'S VISION.

UM, THE COMPARISON ON THE, I BELIEVE DISTRIBUTION CENTER, UM, WITH THE, UM, BIG TRUCKS ON THE, ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITING TO GET IN IDLING.

UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT EXAMPLE AND WHERE WE ARE IN CEDAR HILL, WHICH I THINK IT'D BE A, UH, EVEN BIGGER DETRIMENT, IS THAT, UH, SERVICE ROAD IS ALONG A HIGHWAY WITH FOUR OR FIVE LANES VERSUS WE ONLY HAVE TWO LANES.

UH, SO IF IT DOES, UM, EGRESS ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THEN I MEAN THE CONGESTION OF BOTTLENECK WILL BE EVEN, UH, A BIGGER DETRIMENT.

SO, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT LOOP NINE, IF YOU DO PUT IT ON THAT SIDE, UH, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT, UM, DESIGN WILL BE ON THE SERVICE ROLES.

AND SO THERE WILL NOT BE A HIGHWAY, UH, ON THAT.

SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S LAND TO YOU SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

UH, BUT, UM, IF, IF I, I SEE YOU GOT IT MORE FOCUSED ON LOOP NINE, BUT I THINK THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SERVICE ROADS VERSUS, UH, A HIGHWAY.

SO JUST MY FEEDBACK, BUT I, I DO LIKE, UH, WHAT YOU PROPOSED.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL TO, TO GET YOUR PRESENTATION, CUZ MM-HMM , YOU WENT THROUGH SOME OF IT AND I'LL READ KIND OF SLOW, SO I, I MISSED SOME OF THE INFORMATION.

SO YES SIR.

IF I COULD, UM, JUST REVIEW IT AT, AT A LITTLE DIFFERENT SLOWER PACE, I COULD PROBABLY GRASP IT.

YES, SIR, I WOULD DEFINITELY DO.

YEAH.

DITTO.

COULD YOU GO TO THE PAGE WHERE, UH, I THINK YOU HAD, UM, FOUR DEFINITIONS.

I THINK THIS MIGHT BE FULFILLMENT SYMBOL.

YES.

LET SEE, I'M THINKING I, I I COULD KIND OF READ A LITTLE FAST.

SO, UH, I THINK THE THIRD ONE ON THERE, SORRY.

UH, THE, THE PROPOSED ONES, RIGHT? NEXT ONE? YEAH, I I READ IT, I READ IT REAL QUICK.

DO YOU HAVE ONE MORE? UM, YEAH, THAT ONE, UH, I, I I I, I READ THE OTHER THREE, BUT THE NUMBER THREE, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND DELINEATE LOADING BOX ON THE SITE PLAN.

WHAT, WHAT DO YOU SAY IN THERE? YES, AND SO ON THE, I'M TRYING TO THINK IF IF IT'S ON, NO, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF IT.

SO WHENEVER THE, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS COME IN ON THE SIDES, UM, WELL, USUALLY WE SAY THE SIZE ARE THE REARS, THEY WILL, UM, HAVE LOADING DOCKS WHERE THE TRUCKS WILL COME IN AND LOAD ALL THEIR PRODUCTS.

AND SO WHERE THEY PUT THOSE LOADING DOCKS, UM, FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, IS REALLY STRATEGIC, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH STACKING LANES IN ORDER TO GET TO THOSE LOADING DOCKS.

ALSO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD.

CAUSE IF THEY'RE TOO CLOSE, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STACKING TO LOOP AROUND THE BUILDING SO THAT YOU CAN, UM, PREVENT STACKING ON THE, THE ROADWAYS.

SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE WANNA LOOK AT THIS.

SO I I, I GUESS, UM, THE LOADING DOCKS, THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY IS POSSIBLE.

IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

RIGHT.

I I'M OKAY WITH THAT UNLESS THEY ARE ABLE TO, YEAH, IT DEPENDS ON SOMEHOW LOOP THE BUILDING POSITIONING OF THE, THE, OF THE FLOOR PLAN.

I GET IT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

NO, I, I, I LIKE WHERE YOU'RE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION.

SO YES, IF YOU CAN SEND IT TO HIM FOR COUNSEL TO KIND OF DO A DEEP DIVE, THAT'D BE GREAT.

BUT, UH, I, I THINK YOU'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO THANK YOU.

AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY PROBABLY KNOWS THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD A PLAN, UH, PREVIOUSLY, BUT THINGS HAVE EVOLVED.

UH, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THINGS LIKE FULFILLMENT CENTERS BACK THEN.

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UH, SO I LIKE THAT YOU'RE KIND OF TOUCHING ON THE THINGS THAT KIND OF REFLECT ON WHO WE TRYING TO IDENTIFY AS.

SO APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU A LOT, ANDREW.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT

[4. Presentation on Clean Cedar Hill event.]

MR. DEWEY VU.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

I FEEL SPECIAL ABOUT THIS ONE.

I DO.

IT'S SPECIAL.

IT'S QUITE, QUITE AN OPPORTUNITY, .

BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT BECAUSE CLEAN CEDAR HILL, CLEAN CEDAR HILL REALLY IS A REFLECTION.

IT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR, OF, OF REALLY OUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP, RIGHT? CLEAN CEDAR HILL IS YOUR EMPOWERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, OF OUR COMMUNITY'S DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, BECAUSE WE DO ENVISION CEDAR HILL TO HAVE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, TO LOVE A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, TO BE STEWARDS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE ARE OUR COMMUNITY VALUES.

VALUES THAT CREATE PROGRAMS, AMAZING PROGRAMS, AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE BID FOR LITTER.

THROUGH BID FOR LITTER, YOU EMPOWER THE INDIVIDUAL WHERE A SINGLE PERSON, A SINGLE PIECE OF LITTER, CAN MAKE AN IMPACT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.

WHERE THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE CREATED ADOPT CEDAR HILL.

THROUGH ADOPT CEDAR HILL, WE EMPOWERED LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WHERE NONPROFITS AND BUSINESSES CAN REFLECT ON OUR SHARED VALUES, WHERE WE'RE THROUGH OUR VALUES.

WE CREATED CLEAN CEDAR HILL.

WE'RE ON A BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY, A BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22ND.

MANY OF YOU WERE THERE.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

YOU EMPOWERED OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.

BREAKFAST SHIRTS, GRABBERS HATS, SAFETY VESTS, GLOVES, BAGS, EMPOWERMENT.

YOU EMPOWERED OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT EMPOWERMENT ENGAGED OUR COMMUNITY, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, SCOUT TROOPS, OUR SCHOOLS, THEY WERE READY FOR THAT LEADERSHIP, READY FOR THAT EMPOWERMENT.

YOU EMPOWERED OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOWCASE THAT DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, THAT CHARACTER OF STEWARDSHIP TO OUR VALUES.

FROM YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LIKE BEST BOARD, NAV BOARD TO LOCAL FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, CHARACTER THAT EXISTS IN ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THAT OUR COMMUNITY VALUES ARE NOT JUST WORDS.

THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE ACTIONS, VALUES AND ACTIONS THAT CREATE FUTURE LEADERS.

LOOK AT OUR FUTURE LEADERS, RIGHT THERE.

FUTURE LEADERS, THEY'RE EMPOWERED BECAUSE OF YOU.

THEY'RE ACTIONS THAT REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP.

THAT ALL OF US MUST DO OUR PART TO KEEP OUR ENVIRONMENT SAFE, CLEAN, VIBRANT, BEAUTIFUL.

31 GROUPS, 254 VOLUNTEERS, THREE SPONSORS, TWO PARTNERS, 13 STREETS, 10 NEIGHBORHOODS, EIGHT PARKS, AND TWO VERY, VERY FULL 30 YARD ROLL OFFS TO KEEP CEDAR HILL.

BEAUTIFUL.

THAT'S EMPOWERMENT.

THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY VALUES REFLECTING BACK IN ACTION.

AND OUR COMMUNITY HAD A GREAT TIME DOING IT.

THEY DID.

THEY HAD A GREAT TIME, AND THEY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM TO BE EMPOWERED.

SO LET'S DO IT AGAIN.

LET'S SHOWCASE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

LET'S EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY.

LET'S GET THEM ENGAGED.

SO I INVITE YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, OUR, I INVITE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO GET UP, GET OUT, GET EMPOWERED, SPRING, FALL, LET'S CLEAN CEDAR HILL AGAIN.

AND THAT, AND WITH THAT, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S IT.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT CLEAN CEDAR HILL, AND I HOPE YOU'RE EXCITED, TOO.

LET'S DO IT.

LET'S DO IT.

LET'S DO IT, .

WELL, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE ENTHUSIASM.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, SO I'LL JUST PUT IT ON OUR CALENDAR AND, AND, UH, WE GO GET IT DONE.

I EXPECT ALL OF YOU ON THE CITY MANAGER'S BIRTHDAY.

THERE YOU GO.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, UH, I DIDN'T ASK, BUT ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA

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JUST TO KINDA LOOK AT WHAT WE DO HAVE LEFT AND TO TRY TO IDENTIFY AND TRY TO, TO WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS.

I THINK, I THINK, UH, UH, YOUR WORK IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS.

UH, WITH THAT COUNSEL, THERE ARE NO OTHER FURTHER, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR ADJOURNMENT.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, IN A SECOND NON DEBATE, A MOTION? I FAITH YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I HAVE SIX 40.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

WE'LL RECONVENE AT SEVEN.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.