[1. Call meeting to order.]
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SCHEDULED MEETING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE A FULL QUO, A CITY COUNCIL'S PRESENT.
UH, DO WANT TO, UH, CAUTION EVERYONE THAT, UH, OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THESE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I HAVE 7 0 5, AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION.
SO, UH, IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND, UH, FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION WILL BE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FROM, UH, OUR OWN, UH, SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE, UH, BRIGGS.
SO, UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION FROM OUR OWN, UH, STEVE SCOTT.
WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, FATHER GOD, WE ARE SO THANKFUL, UH, TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY LIKE CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD, UH, LEAD US, GUIDE US, CHANGE US, MOLD US TO BE PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY, THAT OUR LOVE WOULD BE EVIDENT, UH, NOT JUST FOR YOU, BUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
FATHER, WE PRAY THAT OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS WOULD BE CLEAR, UH, THAT OUR BUSINESS WOULD BE SWIFT, UM, THAT OUR HEARTS AND, AND, UH, AGENDA, FATHER, WOULD BE FOCUSED ON YOUR PLAN.
WE PRAY FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT LEAD US.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE THAT WORK IN AND FOR OUR CITY.
FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE AND DIRECT EACH OF THEM, WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT US AS WE GO, AS WE LOVE, AS WE SERVE OTHERS, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US INTO A LIFE THAT BRINGS JOY, HAPPINESS, THE FULLEST PART OF LIFE TO EVERY MAN, EVERY WOMAN, EVERY CHILD.
FATHER, WE PRAY THAT, UM, YOU WOULD JUST, UH, GUIDE OUR HEARTS, OUR MOUTHS, UH, OUR MINDS TONIGHT FOR YOUR GLORY, UH, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING, LET'S SAY THE PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON EARTH, THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE RIGGS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION OF THE DAY AS WELL.
[a. Present Great Impact Servant Leader to Steve Scott.]
PLEASE OBLIGE ME AS I COME DOWN FRONT.UM, STEVE SCOTT, WOULD YOU MIND COME IN, PLEASE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE AGENDA, BUT, UM, I DIDN'T,
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO PRESENT A GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD TO MR. STEVE SCOTT.
CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR STEVE SCOTT? YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, SHOULD BE A MOVING MOMENT BECAUSE LITERALLY STEVE SCOTT DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY COMING TO BE HIGHLIGHTED TODAY.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT AND A SURPRISE.
SO, YES, IT IS VERY WELL WORTH IT.
MY FRIEND, UH, LAST WEEK WE HAD A MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST, AND HE CAME UP AND, AND, UH, AND PRAYED FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, WE ACTUALLY, UH, WENT IN HERE AND PRAYED FOR HIM.
SO, UH, STEVE SCOTT'S GONNA BE RETIRING, AND, UH, HIM AND HIS WIFE IS GONNA GO AND, AND, UH, THINK TRANSITION, AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GO AND GET A NEW HOME AND, AND NEW LOCATION AND YEP.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND PRAYED FOR HIM, UH, JUST, UH, JUST LAST THURSDAY.
WE PUT HIM ON THE CALENDAR FOR HIM TO GIVE US AN INVOCATION.
TODAY WE'RE DOING A SERVANT IMPACT AWARD FOR MR. STEVE SCOTT.
UH, IF YOU, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME COMING TO A COUNCIL MEETING AND SEEING, UH, SERVANT IMPACT AWARD.
THE COUNCIL STARTED THIS, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS JUST RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN A DISTINGUISHED, UH, UH, IMPACT, UH, SERVANT AWARD, OR, UH, HAS A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER AWARD, UH, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE HAVEN'T GIVEN MANY OF THESE AWAY, UH, BUT TODAY THIS IS FOR YOU.
SO I DO HAVE SOME LITERATURE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, READ AND, UH, GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
MRS. MISSION, CEDAR HILL BRINGS TOGETHER COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PROPERTY OWNERS, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED, UH, REHABILITATED THEIR HOMES AND BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SERVICES RANGE FROM TREE REMOVAL,
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FENCE REPAIR, BULK TRASH REMOVAL, PAINT AND CHIMNEY REPAIRS.STEVE'S LOVE THE KINGDOM WORK LED HIM TO CEDAR HILL, UH, SORRY, MISSION CEDAR HILL IN 2015.
STEVE SCOTT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING A TEAM THAT DIRECTLY GOES DOWN INTO THE COMMUNITY TO REHAB AND ENHANCE THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS IN CEDAR HILL MISSION, CEDAR HILL HAS BEEN A STRONG PARTNER AND ADVOCATE FOR ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN OUR SHARED GOALS.
SINCE 2003, OVER 97 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND OVER 37,000 HOURS AND OVER 37 HOURS OF VOLUNTEERS, SWEAT EQUITY HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN CEDAR HILL.
THE TOTAL VALUE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS EXCEED OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
STEVE WILL RETIRE AS THE MISSION MANAGER FOR MISSION CEDAR HILL ON APRIL 30TH, 2023.
HE AND HIS LOVELY, LOVELY WIFE, JAMIE, ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RELOCATING TO ARIZONA, HIS NATIVE LAMB, WHERE HE HAS BUILT A RETIREMENT OASIS AND SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY.
STEVE'S HEART FOR SERVICE EXEMPLIFIES THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF OUR CITY IS BUILT ON, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER.
WE DO HAVE A TROPHY HERE, 2023.
GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD PRESENTED TO STEVE SCOTT FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MAKING A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, YOU WANNA SAY A FEW? YEAH.
UH, MISSION CEDAR HILL WAS HERE A LONG TIME BEFORE I GOT HERE.
UH, IT STARTED BECAUSE YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT A NEIGHBOR AND YOU STEPPED UP AND, AND HELPED THAT NEIGHBOR.
I READ ABOUT IT ON THE WEBSITE WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PLUG IN, UH, BEFORE I MOVED TO SHEETER HILL.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY I PLUGGED INTO MISSION CEDAR HILL BECAUSE GOD HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED IT.
THE MAYOR SAID, REFLECT THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S YOUR CHARACTER.
WHEN, UH, WHEN PEOPLE WOULD SEE US, UH, WE WORKED ON A ON A LADY'S HOME TODAY, SHE CAN'T GET OUT AND, AND LOOK AT HER OWN HOUSE, HER NEIGHBOR CAME OVER AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE PROGRESS SO THAT HE COULD GO INSIDE AND SHOW HER THE PROGRESS ON HER HOUSE.
THAT'S WHO LIVES IN CEDAR HILL.
SO, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT HA WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, ALL THIS TIME.
LET ME ASK YOU REAL QUICK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND UP.
IF YOU'VE EVER WORKED A SINGLE DAY, A SINGLE HOUR WITH MISSION CEDAR HILL, WOULD YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND? YEAH.
SO, UH, THERE'S MY LOVELY BRIDE
UM, SO YOU GET TO KEEP DOING THAT.
DANNY SUTTON IS GONNA STEP IN AND, AND TAKE OVER, UH, AS THE, AS THE, UH, MISSIONS MANAGER, THE, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR MISSION CEDAR HILL.
LOVE HIM THE SAME WAY THAT YOU'VE LOVED ME, SERVE WITH HIM THE SAME WAY THAT YOU'VE SERVED WITH ME.
UH, I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK STACY AND ALL THE LADIES AND ALL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT HAVE MADE THIS SUCH A JOY.
UH, EVERYBODY THAT'S WORKED WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR SERVING ALONG, UH, SIDE US THIS YEAR.
ONE MORE COMMERCIAL, UH, THIS YEAR IS THE, THE, UH, YEAR OF THE VOLUNTEER.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A DONOR THAT IS WILLING TO DONATE $10 FOR EVERY VOLUNTEER HOUR.
SO IF FIVE OF US WORKED EIGHT HOURS, THAT'D BE 40 HOURS, THAT'D BE $400 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
SO NOT, YOU CAN'T JUST HELP US FIX A CHIMNEY OR MOW A YARD OR FIX A FENCE, YOU CAN HELP UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, HELP US MOW A YARD? UH, OUR BIG WEEK THIS YEAR IS JUNE 8, 9 10.
IT'S ALWAYS THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH, NINTH AND 10TH.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SIGN UP TOMORROW.
UH, I'LL PUT YOU TO WORK TOMORROW.
UM, WWW DOT MISSION CEDAR HILL, ALL ONE WORD.
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SO MUCH FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SERVE.[a. Presentation of Bird City Designation. ]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATIONS, UH, PRESENTATION OF BIRD CITY DESIGNATION.I AM NOT SURE THAT IT'S FAIR THAT I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE MAYOR UP HERE, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.
AND THANK YOU TO STEVE SCOTT, YOU NEED ME.
SO HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REDEVELOPMENT OF THE VIRGINIA WEAVER PLAYGROUND, AND SO WE'RE FOREVER INDEBTED TO HIM AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
UH, WITH THAT, I'M JUST VERY PLEASED AND EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE PRESENTATION, UH, ABOUT BIRD CITY, TEXAS.
THE BIRD CITY PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AUDUBON, TEXAS, TEXAS PARSON WILDLIFE THAT HELPS COMMUNITIES PROTECT BIRDS AND THEIR HABITATS.
AND CEDAR HILL, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE BIRDS AND WILDLIFE THRIVE.
UH, CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP IN PRESERVING NATURE AND OPEN SPACE, AND ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY MAKES CEDAR HILL A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE FOR PEOPLE AND FOR BIRDS.
IN FACT, JUST LAST WEEK, WE LEARNED THAT THERE'S A BREEDING PAIR OF GOLDEN CHI WOBBLER, WHICH IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES MAKING THEIR SUMMER HOME HERE AT DOGWOOD AUDUBON CENTER, CEDAR HILL.
THIS BIRD ONLY NEST IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY IN THE TOP OF HABITAT THAT WE ALL KNOW IS SPECIAL AND SHOULD BE PRESERVED.
SO THESE REASONS AND MANY OTHERS, IS WHY WE ARE ONE OF ONLY 10 CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ACHIEVE THE BIRD CITY DESIGNATION, CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE HABITAT OF NATURAL AREAS THAT MAKE CEDAR HILL SPECIAL WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS, CEDAR HILL STATE PARK, AND TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, DALLAS COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, AS WELL AS DOGWOOD CANYON AUDUBON CENTER.
THIS, UH, CERTIFICATION IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THEIR WORK AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES HERE THIS EVENING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL DOWN TO JOIN US.
WITH THAT MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, MS. CHLOE CRUMLEY, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER WITH AUDUBON, TEXAS.
UM, HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR CITY MANAGERS.
UM, AND AS SEAN MENTIONED, BIRD CITY, TEXAS IS A PROGRAM RUN BY AUDUBON, TEXAS AND TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
UM, IT IS A ONE OF A KIND PROGRAM THAT REALLY HELPS US TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE, UH, BIRD HABITAT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK AND RECREATE.
THERE ARE ONLY 10 COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS THUS FAR THAT HAVE QUALIFIED TO BE A BIRD CITY, AND CEDAR HILL IS ONE OF THOSE CITIES.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
I WANNA MAKE IT NOTE THAT BEING A BIRD CITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY MEANS THAT BIRDS ARE HERE TO HELP OUR ECOSYSTEM.
THEY HELP US TO BRING IN THE, UH, TOURISM ECONOMY.
WE KNOW ABOUT 1.8 BILLION IN WILDLIFE VIEWING COMES TO TEXAS JUST FOR BIRD WATCHING.
AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT BIRDS ARE A CALL TO ACTION.
THEY HELP, UM, THEIR SONG REMINDS US THAT THERE ARE PLACES IN WILD SPACES THAT WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE AND PROTECT AND DO THAT TOGETHER.
WE CAN COHABITATE, UH, WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL NATURAL SPACES AND OUR BIRDS.
AND SO WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE CEDAR HILL AS ONE OF THOSE PLACES, FROM YOUR NATIVE PLANT CELLS TO THE BALCONIES, UM, TO OUR, UH, WONDERFUL PARTNERS THAT ARE MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY PARTNERS AND THE CITIZENS WHO ARE HELPING TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE OF THIS PROGRAM AND TO HOW US TO SEE CEDAR HILL THRIVING AGAIN, WHERE BIRDS THRIVE, PEOPLE PROSPER, AND WE KNOW THAT'S POSSIBLE IN CEDAR HILL.
ONE, TWO, UM, BE BEFORE YOU GO.
UM, YOU KNOW, ALLOW ME TO SAY, UH, NUMBER ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR CORE COMPETENCIES HERE IN, IN CEDAR HILL IS FOR
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US TO, UH, EMBRACE OUR NATURAL BEAUTY.UH, AND JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE DESIGNATION REALLY IS, UH, VERY SPECIAL TO US.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING ALL THE WAY THIS WAY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND, AND RECEIVE THIS DESIGNATION.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO GET MANY, MANY MORE, UH, I, I KEEP HEARING ABOUT, WE HAVE, UH, SPECIAL BIRDS THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT YOU CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, UH, BUT, UH, BUT I KEEP GETTING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE CALLING ME SAYING THAT SIR IS A SPECIAL PLACE.
SO, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, UH, FOR COMING OVER THIS WAY TO US.
KNOW THAT, AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN TOO.
UM, NEXT ITEM ON THE, UH, AND COUNCIL YOU, I ASK, SO TO SAY, PLEASE STOP ME.
[b. Present a Proclamation designating the week of April 9-15, 2023 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Cedar Hill.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, PRESENTED PROCLAMATION.THERE'S OF APRIL 9TH THROUGH 15TH, 2023 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK IN CEDAR HILL.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY DAN HAY, AND, UH, MS. TAMARA IS HERE AS WELL.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE,
SO TODAY, TODAY IS WALK ON THE RED CARPET DAY.
SO WE HAD LITTLE MINI OSCARS THAT WE PRESENTED TO EVERYONE WHO DRESSED.
SO I KNOW THIS IS COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WE USUALLY WOULD NOT DRESS THIS PRETTY, UH, FOR COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, WE WANT TO STAY IN COSTUME BECAUSE WE WILL LEAVE HERE AND GO BACK TO THE NIGHT SHIFT AND ENTERTAIN THEM AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE PICTURES WITH THEM.
THOSE THAT CAME DRESSED FOR, UH, WALK RED CARPET DAY.
WELL, LEMME GO AHEAD AND READ A PROCLAMATION TO YOU LADIES.
SO I WASN'T, UH, BRIEFED ON THIS PART OF IT.
SEE, I WOULD'VE WORE MY COSTUME.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAJOR GOALS IS TO HAVE A SAFE, UH, YOU KNOW, A SAFE CITY.
BUT WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO READ THE, UH, NATIONAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS WEEK, UH, PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF OUR MAYOR TODAY.
SO, WHEREAS EMERGENCIES THAT REQUIRE POLICE, FIRE, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME.
AND WHEREAS WHEN EMERGENCIES OCCUR, THE PROP RESPONSE OF POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND PARAMEDICS IS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PRESERVATIONS OF PROPERTY.
AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO TELEPHONE THE SOUTHWEST, UH, REGIONAL FIRE COMMUNICATION CENTER.
WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATORS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATORS, EXCUSE ME, ARE THE SINGLE MOST VITAL LINK FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS BY MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES, BY RADIO, PROVIDING THE INFORMATION AND ENSURING SAFE THEIR SAFETY.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATORS OF THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER HAVE CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS.
AND WHEREAS EACH TELECOMMUNICATOR HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING, AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB IN THE PAST YEAR.
SO NOW, THEREFORE, OUR MAYOR, STEVE MASON, UH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES OF DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH 2023 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATORS WEEK FOR THE STAFF OF THE REGIONAL, UH, THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATORS CENTER, AND HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM KEEP THE F FOUR MENTIONED AND PARTICIPATING CITIES AND CITIZENS SAFE IN WHEREAS I HERE TOO, I HAVE SET MY HAND, HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS BE AFFIXED THIS 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023, SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR STEVE MASON.
YOU WANNA SAY MORE ANYMORE? UH, SURE, SURE.
MIKE IS YOURS? SURE WHO KNOW THIS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, YOU GUYS NEVER FORGET US.
I CAN'T SAY THAT, UH, FOR THE OTHER TWO, BUT SEE, HUG, DO NOT FORGET US DURING NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK.
SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
UH, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS I WAS HERE, I HAD, STANDING BESIDE MY SIDE, STANDING BY MY SIDE, UH, JENNIFER GARNER, WHO WAS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, JENNIFER, UH, LOST HER BOUT WITH CANCER, WITH CANCER IN JANUARY, AND SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US.
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HAVE KIMBERLY WOODS, WHO'S THE NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.UH, SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CENTER FOR 18 YEARS.
SO SHE BRINGS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
UH, HOWEVER, BEFORE JENNIFER, UH, PASSED AWAY, UH, SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY, UH, EVEN IN HER CHEMO CHAIR ON GETTING US KALIA ACCREDITED.
SO YOU NOW HAVE A KALIA ACCREDITED 9 1 1 CENTER.
SO WE ARE A SMALL, UH, CENTER, UH, HOWEVER, WE'RE DOING BIG THINGS.
AND JUST BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF I SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING, UH, UH, IN THE 9 1 1 CENTER.
SO NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
OKAY? YOU CALL, YOU USE YOUR PHONE FOR AN UBER, LYFT COMES RIGHT TO YOU, JUST LIKE THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU DIAL 9 1 1, YOU CAN'T, YOU DON'T KNOW MY EXACT LOCATION.
SO IF ANYONE IN HERE WERE TO DIAL 9 1 1 RIGHT NOW, POLICE, FIRE, WHOEVER WILL COME TO 2 85 UPTOWN, BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN THIS ROOM.
IF YOU'RE UPSTAIRS, THEY DO NOT KNOW.
SO SECONDS COUNT, RIGHT, 9 1 1.
SO NOW THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO FIND EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE WITH NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING TO.
UH, WE WILL KNOW YOUR EXACT LOCATION, UM, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET SERVICE TO YOU, HELP TO YOU, UH, EASIER, FASTER.
YOU CAN SEND VIDEO, PHOTO, UH, TEXTING 9 1 1, ALL OF IT.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE, UH, MODERNIZING 9 1 1.
IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY AND IT TAKES A LOT OF, UH, EFFORT AND, AND PLANNING, HOWEVER WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO I JUST DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, YOUR 9 1 1 CENTER IS WORKING FOR YOU.
THANK YOU MS. BELL FOR COMING.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO TO, UH, PROTECT OUR CITY.
[c. Present a Proclamation designating April 15, 2023 as Arbor Day in Cedar Hill. ]
UM, NEXT ITEM IS PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DESIGN LANDING APRIL 15TH, 2023 AS ARBOR DAY IN CEDAR HILL.THIS WILL BE LED BY ARIAN MARIK.
SO DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE, UH, RELATED TO ARBOR DAY? ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA PAUSE AND LET EVERYBODY, THIS IS OUR PARTS BOARD.
I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT MY READING GLASSES, SO, OH, OKAY.
I'LL BLOW A PRINT UP NEXT TIME.
WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS A NATIONAL AND LOCALLY CELEBRATED OBSERVANCE THAT ENCOURAGES TREE PLANNING, CARE, AND PRESERVATION.
AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST CELEBRATED IN NEBRASKA IN 1872, WAS PASSED INTO LAW BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN 1890 AND IS NOW CELEBRATED ANNUALLY THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
AND WHEREAS TREES CREATE A MOSAIC GREEN SPACE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES, IMPROVING PROPERTY VALUES, AIR QUALITY, PROVIDING SHELTER FOR WILDLIFE AND SHADE TO COOL OUR HOMES.
AND WHEREAS ORBI DAY IS CELEBRATED TO ENCOURAGE THE PLANNING OF TREES THROUGHOUT CEDAR HILL FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND AESTHETIC BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY WILL CONTINUE, I'LL REPEAT, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS THROUGH ITS LANDSCAPE AND TREE PRESERVATION, TREE ORDINANCES, AND ITS OFFICIAL ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE URBAN FOREST TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NEED TO PRESERVE IT.
IT NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY CLAIM SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2023 IS ARBOR DAY AND THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
FURTHER, I ASK ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WORK DILIGENTLY TO MAINTAIN THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE THEY PROVIDE FOR US.
ALL IN WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE HEARING TO, UH, SET MY HAND AND, AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023.
MAYOR STEVEN MASON, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RECEIVING THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR TREE CARE COMMITTEE, WHICH WE HAVE A COMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE REGULATIONS, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ALL THE BENEFITS OF BEING TREE CITY USA.
AND JUST TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THIS SATURDAY IS WHAT OUR CELEBRATION IS.
IT'S EARTH FEST ANN ARBOR DAY AT THE REC CENTER FROM 10 UNTIL TWO.
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BRING YOUR CHILDREN, THERE'LL BE FOOD AND EXHIBITS AND FREE TREES.YOU CAN HAVE TWO TREES IF YOU'LL AGREE TO PLANT THEM IN YOUR FRONT YARD.
AND IT'S PART OF WHAT WE GET BECAUSE WE HAVE A TREE CARE COMMITTEE.
[d. Present a Proclamation designating the week of April 16 – 22, 2023 as National Volunteer Week in Cedar Hill.]
UM, NEXT ITEM ON THE, UH, AGENDA IS PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DESIGNING THE WEEK OF APRIL 16TH THROUGH THE 22ND, 2023 AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER IN CEDAR HILL.THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY CAST MEMBER MCCURDY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA JOIN ME DOWN HERE TO, UH, TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION.
YOU KNOW, IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE OUR COUNCIL MEETING HAS A, HAS A THEME TO IT TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE STARTED WITH A RECOGNITION OF GREAT SERVICE TO THE CITY.
THEN, THEN, THEN WE HAD A PROCLAMATION ABOUT OUR GREEN SPACES.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY I GUESS ABOUT THE GREEN SPACES, BUT THE BIRDS AS A RESULT OF THE GREEN SPACES AND PARTLY WHAT MAKES THE CITY GREAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND NOW WE'RE BACK TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SERVANTHOOD AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT MAKES THIS CITY GREAT.
AND IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
IT'S NOT JUST THE, THE CITY ORGANIZED VOLUNTEERS OR, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT, UH, MISSIONS.
CEDAR HILL, OF COURSE, WAS STARTED BY ONE OF OUR CHURCHES.
AND OF COURSE, ALL PRO DADS, UM, WAS, WAS LARGELY HEADED BY, UH, JOHN MAYS AND, UH, SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WE JUST RECENTLY LOST.
BUT, UH, UH, VOLUNTEERISM IS PARTLY WHAT, UH, WHAT MAKES CEDAR HILL GREAT.
IF, IF, IF YOU VOLUNTEER ON ANY OF OUR BOARDS OR, OR COMMISSIONS, WOULD YOU JUST, WOULD YOU STAND UP REAL QUICK? JUST WHEREVER YOU'RE AT.
SO, AND, UH, I'M GONNA TRY TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION NOW.
WHEREAS CEDAR HILLS' DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER HAS HELPED SHAPED, HAS BEEN SHAPED BY OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AMONG MANY OTHERS.
AND WHEREAS CEDAR HILLS VOLUNTEERS ARE A DIVERSE SET OF SERVANT LEADERS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS, WHO SELFLESSLY GIVE THEIR TIME AND TALENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO FLOURISH.
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1974, AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE WHO DEDICATE COUNTLESS HOURS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1974, TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR VOLUNTEERS WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ENCOURAGE ALL AMERICANS TO GET INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEER AND SERVICE.
WHEREAS VOLUNTEERS ARE AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE AND ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR CITY, THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR ARE WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE KEY TO OUR ACCOMPLISHING OUR COLLECTIVE GOALS.
AND WHEREAS WE'RE STRONGER WORKING AS A TEAM THAN WE COULD EVER BE INDIVIDUALLY, THE CONNECTIONS CREATED THROUGH SERVICE BUILD COMMUNITIES AND COLLECTIVELY CHANGE THE WORLD, NOT ONLY FOR THIS GENERATION, BUT FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL SUPPORTS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ENCOURAGES ALL PEOPLE TO FIND, TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR PREMIER CITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVEN MASON MAYOR, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 16TH THROUGH APRIL 22ND, 2023 AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND HAVE, HAVE HERE TO SET FORTH WHERE OF, I HAVE MY HAND AND CAUSE OF SALE WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023.
WHAT YOU LIKE TO SAY? ANYTHING? GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD THEN, THEN I, I WILL TRUST.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
COUNSEL, UH, I
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AS TAD MENTIONED, UH, WE WERE STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, NINE YEARS AGO, UM, BY THE PERSON THAT WILL BE MOURNING THIS THIS WEEKEND.AND, UH, SO I, I HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW, AS, AS YOU ALL MAY AS WELL.
BUT I, I WILL SAY THAT WHAT SHE STARTED AND WHAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO NOW IS OPERA DADS.
UM, IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, WE WILL NEVER END HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
IT, IT'S, IT'S THAT IMPORTANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LIKE TO SAY WE LOVE WHAT WE DO, UH, AND I DO.
AND, UH, IT, IT, IT IS A LABOR OF LOVE.
BUT, UH, WE, WE ARE SEEING FRUITS OF WHAT WE DO.
AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A CITY THAT RECOGNIZES THE VOLUNTEERISM AND THE SPIRIT OF, OF COOPERATION AND HELP.
AND, UH, SO I'M, I'M, I'M EXCITED AND, AND HUMBLE FOR, FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
AND SO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, JERRY, LOVE YOU, MAN.
I WAS ASKED, UH, TO COME TONIGHT BECAUSE OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED COSO.
AND, UH, ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO OR MORE, UH, THERE WAS, UH, A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE HAVE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS, VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS, SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS TOWN THAT, UH, WE PLAN GOLF OUTINGS, WE HAVE, UH, UH, OUTINGS, WE HAVE GALAS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT EVENTS AT, UH, AND SO MANY WAYS, UH, END UP RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, UH, THAT WE TEND TO TAKE AND HAVE 'EM ON THE SAME WEEKENDS.
WE TEND TO HAVE 'EM IN THE SAME WEEKS, THE SAME MONTHS.
AND, UH, WE COMPETE FOR THE SAME RESOURCES, THE SAME PEOPLE, THE SAME, UH, UH, VENDORS, THE SAME, UH, UH, UH, PEOPLE.
AND, UH, OUT OF THAT CAME THE IDEA OF CSO, AND CSO STANDS FOR THE COUNCIL OF SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
THE IDEA BEHIND THAT WAS TO TAKE ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AGAIN, AND IT IS SO APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THESE ORGANIZATIONS, FOR THE MOST PART, ARE CON MADE UP OUT OF VOLUNTEERS.
AND, UH, TO BRING ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS INTO A, UH, A, A SINGLE, UH, CONVERSATION OF WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WHAT IS ON YOUR CALENDAR? AND TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER INTO ONE MAJOR CALENDAR.
SO WE'RE NO LONGER COMPETING FOR RESOURCES, NOT COMPETING FOR PEOPLE.
AND SO TODAY, WHERE THAT STARTED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO WITH A SINGLE CONVERSATION, IT'S, UH, NOW A, UH, AN ORGANIZATION OF 31 ORGANIZATIONS.
THE, THE, UH, ISD IS PART OF IT, THE CITY IS PART OF IT.
SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UH, THE, UH, CHURCHES ARE, ARE PART OF IT.
AND AGAIN, ALMOST ALL OF THE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ARE A PART OF IT.
AND SO, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERS TONIGHT, THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT ALL OF THESE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER, AND THERE ARE, THEY ARE FAR MORE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE OF THE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOW COORDINATING OUR ACTIVITY.
AND I'LL, I'LL SAY THIS, THAT WE HAVE DRAWN ATTENTION BECAUSE OTHER CITIES HAVE COME TO US AND SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? BECAUSE IT'S WORKING.
THANK YOU, JERRY, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
[e. Present a Proclamation designating April 22 through May 12 as Lights Out in Cedar Hill to support critical spring bird migration.]
ON THE AGENDA IS ONE MORE PRESENTATION PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING APRIL 22ND THROUGH MAY 12TH AS LIGHTS OUT IN CEDAR HILL TO SUPPORT CRITICAL SPRING BIRD MIGRATION.THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN GLOVER.
WELL, WE STARTED WITH BIRDS TONIGHT, AND WE ARE GOING TO END WITH BIRDS TONIGHT.
I'M HERE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, HOW YOU BEEN? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
WHEREAS TEXAS IS GLOBALLY IMPORTANT FOR BIRDS, APPROXIMATELY ONE OUTTA EVERY THREE BIRDS MIGRATING THROUGH THE US IN SPRING, AND ONE OUTTA EVERY FOUR BIRDS MIGRATING THROUGH THE US IN THE FALL.
OR NEARLY 2 BILLION BIRDS PASSED THROUGH TEXAS.
PROTECTING BIRDS IN TEXAS PROMOTES CONS, CONSERVATION OF BIRD POPULATIONS ACROSS THE AMERICAS, WHEREAS US BIRD POPULATIONS ARE DECLINING RAPIDLY WITH ONE OUTTA EVERY FOUR BIRDS LOST SINCE 1970.
LIGHT POLLUTION IN METRO AREAS ATTRACTS AND DISORIENT BIRDS CREATING HAZARDOUS
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CONDITIONS FOR MIGRATING BIRDS.TEXAS ESTIMATES THAT 1 BILLION US BIRD DEATHS OCCUR ANNUALLY FROM COLLISIONS WITH BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL JOINS THE LIGHTS OUT TEXAS INITIATIVE, A PARTNERSHIP LED BY THE CORNELL LAB OF ORTHOLOGY, TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE, DALLAS ZOO, THE PAROLE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE HOUSTON, OR THE BOND TEXAS BY NATURE AND MANY OTHERS IN DECLARING CRITICAL MIGRANT MIGRATORY PERIODS AS LIGHTS OUT IN CEDAR HILL.
WHEREAS BUILDING OWNERS, BUSINESSES, DEVELOPERS, AND HOMEOWNERS CAN HELP PROTECT MIGRATING BIRDS BY TURNING OFF ALL NON-ESSENTIAL NIGHTTIME LIGHTING ON BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES FROM 11:00 PM TO 6:00 AM EACH NIGHT, FROM APRIL 22ND THROUGH MAY, THROUGH MAY 12TH.
NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY APRIL 15TH, 2023 AS LIGHTS OUT TEXAS IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
FURTHERMORE, I ASK ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE LIGHTS OUT TEXAS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WORK DILIGENTLY TO MAINTAIN THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE THEY PROVIDE FOR US ALL.
AND WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE HERE, I HAVE HERE UNTO TWO, SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023, AND IS SIGNED BY THE LE MAYOR.
UH, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND JUST FOR, BECAUSE OF BIRD CITY, TEXAS, WHICH I AM, CAN I SAY THAT I'M SO PROUD OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL FOR TAKING ON THE INITIATIVE TO WANT TO BE PROACTIVE FOR BIRDS AND WILDLIFE AND GREEN SPACES, AND FILL OUT THAT DEAD GUM APPLICATION THAT IT'S QUITE LENGTHY, UH, AND SUCCEEDED AT BECOMING DESIGNATED AS BIRD CITY TICK, TEXAS, AND NOW ALSO HAVING A PROCLAMATION FOR LIGHTS OUT.
AND IT'S JUST AS WE'VE, WE LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT BIRDS AND HOW THEY BENEFIT US WITH OUR WELLBEING, OUR MENTAL WELLBEING, AND JUST GETTING US OUTSIDE AND JUST FINDING THAT RELAXATION OF JUST THE BIRD SONG, UH, IT AND THE SCIENCE THAT COMES BEHIND IT, LEARNING ABOUT THEIR MIGRATION AND HOW MOST BIRDS MIGRATE AT NIGHT, WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT THEY CAN DO IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE DISCOVERING THAT THE LIGHTS ARE JUST HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THESE BIRDS THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT USED TO THE HUMAN STRUCTURES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.
SO, UM, THANK YOU, CITY OF CEDAR HILL FOR TAKING THAT INITIATIVE TO WANT TO BE PROACTIVE FOR BIRDS AND WILDLIFE AS WELL IN ALL OUR GREEN SPACES.
AND SO I'M JUST, I'M VERY THANKFUL TO WORK FOR DOGWOOD CANYON AUDUBON CENTER, WHERE WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO PROTECT BIRDS IN THE PLACES THAT THEY NEED.
SO, UM, JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[6. 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 3pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, CITIZEN'S FORM.THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO DISCUSS ON ANY ITEM THAT THEY WANT TO DISCUSS.
UH, ITEMS THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, UH, MAY BE, UM, REFERRED TO A STAFF MEMBER OR PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
UH, NOW, I GUESS, LET ME QUALIFY.
THERE IS A LOT OF FORMS THAT WAS SUBMITTED TODAY.
UH, BUT IF THEY REFERENCE, UH, SANA WINERY, UH, THAT'S, WE GONNA ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THAT'LL BE NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
BUT AS FAR AS THE CITIZEN'S FORM, I ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM, UH, AND I BELIEVE, AND THE TOPIC IS TALK ON 4 17 21 FROM DEBORAH KOR.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT IS NOT DEALING WITH SANA.
IS THAT, IS THAT ACCURATE? SO, I WILL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT YOUR TOPIC.
GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL AND MAYOR.
DEBORAH KAHAN, 617 REDBUD COURT, CEDAR HILL.
I'M, UM, COMING TO YOU AGAIN TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE A TALK THAT'S COMING UP ON MONDAY ON THE 17TH OF APRIL, AND
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IT'S THIS FLYER THAT I PASSED OUT TO YOU LAST TIME.I'M HOPING THAT YOU ALL WILL SIGN UP AND COME TO THE, TO THE LECTURE.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY A LECTURE, IT'S, UM, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION WITH A SPECIALIST IN PAIN MANAGEMENT.
HE'S A SPECIALIST IN PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION AND PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND HAS A 30 YEAR PRACTICE IN DOING SO, HE HAS BEEN ASKED BY THE NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION TO DEVELOP A PAIN MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR THEM, AND HAS, UM, A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIBILITY IN THE PAIN COMMUNITY.
HE'S A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE, UH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
UH, HE'S A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE.
HE'S GIVEN NUMEROUS TALKS AND HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED ON NPR.
AND HE'S JUST A TERRIFIC SPEAKER.
SO IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST THAT YOU HAVE IN TALKING INFORMALLY WITH HIM, I'D REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP AND COME TO THE LECTURE.
IT'S AT THE SIMS REC CENTER ON MONDAY EVENING.
UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, SOME OF DR.
NAGLE'S BOOKS TO, TO RAFFLE AND SEVERAL BASKETS OF, UH, A SPA, A WELLNESS BASKET, AND A SORT OF GENTLEMAN'S BASKET WITH SOME, UH, BOTTLES OF WINE AND THINGS.
SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND, AND HEAR THAT TALK IF YOU CAN.
UM, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR CITIZENS FORM.
SO WITH THAT, I MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, COUNSEL, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME, I HAVE TO TAKE AN ADVANTAGE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, UH, ITEM B UP TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, KIND OF JUST MOVE IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
UH, SO THEREFORE, THE NEXT ITEM
[b. Case No. CUP-534-2023 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application to renew the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a winery with the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption and “indoor and outdoor commercial amusement” [Saviana Winery] on property zoned Old Town Corridor within the Uptown Overlay, and located on the south side of Cooper Street, west of Highway 67 with the approximate address being 316 Cooper Street. Applicant/Property Owner: Julie Denton, Saviana Winery]
ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 2023.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION TO RENEW THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, C U P FOR A WINERY WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION, AND INDOOR AND OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, UH, SANA WINERY ON A PROPERTY ZONE, OLD TOWN CORRIDOR WITHIN THE O UPTOWN OVERLAY.
AND LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COOPER STREET, WEST OF HIGHWAY 67, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING THREE 16 COOPER STREET, APPLICANT, PROPERTY OWNER JULIE DEATON, SALVI WINERY.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL BEFORE OR AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS, IS THAT YOUR DISCRETION? NO PRESSURE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU.
I'M, UH, I'M LOCATED AT 314 SHADY BROOK LANE, AND SABANA WINERY IS AT 316 COOPER STREET HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
THIS IS MY HUSBAND, JEFF BROWN.
AND HE'S ALSO MY PARTNER AT SABIAN WINERY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE GIVING YOU, UH, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR BUSINESS.
UM, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE COME IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE, BUT, UH, SO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD SOME OF THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU AND CEDAR HILL, UH, ABOUT OUR BUSINESS.
WE ARE THE EPITOME OF MOM AND POP STARTUPS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOLLOWING A DREAM OF OURS.
UM, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO SAVINA WAS.
UH, WE NAMED THE WINERY AFTER MY GREAT-AUNT.
UM, SHE WAS A CHILD OF THE DEPRESSION.
SHE LEARNED TO MAKE WINE FROM HER FATHER, CHARLES DENTON.
UM, PROBABLY DURING PROHIBITION, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW,
UM, AND SHE HAD A DREAM OF BRINGING HER FRIENDS AND FAMILIES AND NA AND NEIGHBORS TOGETHER OVER WINE, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE GIFT THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO GIVE.
UM, WHEN I WAS A CHILD IN THE SEVENTIES, UH, SHE WAS OLDER, UH, SHE WOULD, WOULD HAVE ME AND MY COUSINS GO OUT AND PICK FRUIT TO MAKE THE WINE THAT SHE WOULD SHARE WITH EVERYONE.
AND SHE NEVER WAS ABLE TO CHASE THAT DREAM OF OPENING A WINERY.
UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I CHOSE TO DO IN HER NAME.
UH, SO THIS IS, TO ME, A FAMILY ENDEAVOR.
UH, IT'S HEARTFELT IN, YOU KNOW, HONORING SOMEBODY WHO, HER GOAL WAS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND THAT'S
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WHAT SAVANA WINERY HERE IN CEDAR HILL.THAT IS OUR GOAL, IS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
UH, IT'S A PLACE WHERE CEDAR HILL CITIZENS CAN COME AND ENJOY A GOOD MEAL, GOOD WINE, AWARD-WINNING WINE.
UM, ENTERTAINMENT, UH, WE HAVE MUSIC ON OUR PATIO, OTHER EVENTS, UH, SIP AND PAINTS.
AND, UM, WE TRY TO BRING THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY OF CEDAR HILL TOGETHER, UH, AT OUR LOCATION.
UM, MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY BEYOND CEDAR HILL.
WE ARE, UH, WE ARE ACTIVE IN WINE FESTIVALS, SO THESE ARE HUGELY POPULAR.
UH, WE GO TO MIDLOTHIAN MANSFIELD, UH, GLEN ROSE CAPELLE, UH, AND EVEN GRAPEVINE'S GRAPE FEST, UH, WHICH IS HUGE.
AND EVERY TIME THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THOSE WINE FESTIVALS, WE TELL PEOPLE, YES, COME TO SAANA WINERY.
WE'RE IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, COME TO CEDAR HILL.
WE TELL EVERYBODY, AND WE, AND MAKE THAT IMITATION PERSONAL.
UH, WE HAVE JOINED THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION, TEXAS WINE AND GRAPE GROWERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS STATEWIDE, UH, NORTH TEXAS WINE WINERY ASSOCIATION.
AND WE PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE EVENTS.
AND WE TELL PEOPLE, COME TO CEDAR HILL EVERY TIME.
UH, WE ARE A TIER TWO GO TEXAN PARTNER.
THAT IS A PROGRAM PUT ON BY THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WE HAVE THAT STAMP ON OUR TEXAS WINE LABELS.
UH, WE PARTICIPATE AT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, SAM, GIVING OUT SAMPLES TO STATE FAIR PATRONS.
AND GUESS WHAT WE TELL THEM EVERY SINGLE TIME.
COME TO S WE'RE IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
EVERY TIME WE ARE INVITING PEOPLE IN, WE INVITE, UH, PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE, UH, ACROSS THE REGION, ACROSS TEXAS AND EVEN BEYOND TO COME TO CEDAR HILL.
UM, I KNOW THAT CEDAR HILL HAS USED SANA WINERY IN YOUR MARKETING MATERIALS.
UH, TEXAS MONTHLY HAD HAD OUR NAME ON AN AD THAT YOU USE TO BRING PEOPLE INTO CEDAR HILL.
WE WERE SO EXCITED AND SO THRILLED TO BE PART OF THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE HOPE THAT WE'RE BRINGING.
WE WANT YOU TO, TO SEE IT, AND WE THINK YOU DO.
UM, WE DO HAVE SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, FOR OUR LOCATION, UM, AND WHAT WE DO.
I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, THIS IS, AS I MENTIONED, THE THIRD TIME IN A LITTLE OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS THAT WE HAVE COME BEFORE YOU, UH, ASKING, CAN WE PLEASE RENEW THIS C U P? UM, TIL TO DATE, WE HAVE FOLLOWED EVERY SINGLE, UH, EVERY SINGLE, UH, LINE IN THE C P.
THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS INVOLVED, MANY OF WHICH THAT WE INHERITED FROM THE PREVIOUS OCCU OCCUPANT OF OUR LOCATION.
UM, TWO RESTAURANTS BEFORE US, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T BEHAVE SO WELL.
I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE HISTORY, BUT I KNOW THAT WE INHERITED THOSE LIMITATIONS.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE VIOLATED NOTHING ON THAT C U P.
WE FOLLOW IT TO A T EVERY SINGLE RULE, EVERY SINGLE REPORT.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A WARNING.
UM, WE, WE PASS ALL OUR HEALTH INSPECTIONS WITH FLYING COLORS.
AND ONE THING THAT I CAN SAY IS WE DILIGENTLY MONITOR SOUND.
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE MONITOR IT EVERY EVENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WITHIN THE RESTRICTIONS THAT CEDAR HILL IS SET OUT FOR US.
WE TELL THE MUSICIANS THE LIMITS, AND THEY KNOW IF THEY WANNA PLAY AT CEDAR IN CEDAR HILL, AT SAVIANO WINERY, THAT THEY HAVE TO OBEY THOSE LIMITS SOUND AS WELL AS TIME LIMITS.
AND I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UH, WE DO COMPETE WITH THE HIGHWAY A LITTLE BIT ON NOISE.
UM, THAT'S TO ME THE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE DEAL WITH AND WE MANAGE IT.
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SO AS FAR AS THE, THE MUSIC, UM, SOMETIMES THE HIGHWAY EVEN DROWNS OUT THE MUSIC.UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, A A, I HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE COUNCIL, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH ORDINANCES.
AND I KNOW IT PROBABLY WON'T BE RESOLVED TODAY, BUT I DO DO WANNA MENTION THAT WE ARE STUCK WITH A 51% FOOD TO ALCOHOL SALES RATIO, WHICH IS GREAT FOR RESTAURANTS, BUT FOR A WINERY, IT'S VERY RESTRICTIVE.
I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER THIS IN YOUR ORDINANCES.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SET UP FOR RESTAURANTS, FAMILIES COME IN TO RESTAURANTS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE MAYBE HAVING A DRINK.
IT'S VERY EASY TO, TO MAKE THAT RATIO, UH, WORK FOR THEM.
FOR US, IT'S A, IT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERYBODY WHO WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR IS GOING TO HAVE SOME WINE.
SO OUR, WE CAN MANAGE WITH PRICES LOW ON ALCOHOL, HIGH ON FOOD, BUT IT, IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A BURDEN FOR A BUSINESS LIKE OURS AND PERHAPS OTHER, UH, ALCOHOL RELATED BUSINESSES, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
UM, JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
BUT TODAY, I WOULD LIKE, UH, TO HUMBLY REQUEST THAT OUR C U P BE PASSED WITH, UH, WITH US STILL ALLOWED TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT ON OUR PATIO.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTION OF THE, OF THE TWO YEAR RENEWAL.
UM, I THINK THAT THE TWO YEAR RENEWAL HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A BURDEN ON A SMALL BUSINESS LIKE OURS, UH, ON MONEY AND TIME AND EFFORT.
UH, I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT WE HAVE THAT TWO YEAR RENEWAL, UH, ELIMINATED FROM OUR C U P MOVING FORWARD.
SORRY I WAS A LITTLE LONG-WINDED,
WELL, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, IF YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS, I'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK ON THAT.
UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE NOTE, UM, COUNSEL YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN YOUR INBOX, UM, ACCORDING TO, UH, THE NUMBERS I WAS GIVEN TO ME, UH, 46 LETTERS, UH, WRITTEN IN FAVOR OF, UH, THIS, UM, CASE NUMBER.
AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE THOSE RATIOS OUT BEFORE WE GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[a. Case No. Z-502-2022 - Continue the public hearing to April 25, 2023 for amendments to Chapter 23 entitled “Zoning” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cedar Hill, Texas, pertaining to industrial, storage, warehouse and distribution uses.]
LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 2023? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 2023? I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
CAUSE I WRITTEN OUTTA THE KITCHEN AND THEY'RE IN THE TRUCK.
I NEED TO GET BACK
BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, LITTLE FORMALITY.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU FOUR MINUTES, AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGERS.
NOW I AM A RESIDENT OF THE DESOTO, TEXAS.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS JUST FOR YOU TO ONLY ADDRESS COUNSEL.
SO YES, FROM THE DESOTO, TEXAS, BUT DON'T HATE ME FOR THAT.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON HALF OF SAVINA WINERY BECAUSE I AM A WIFE AND A MOTHER.
I MOVED TO DESOTO IN 2020 DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UH, BUT I'M ORIGINALLY FROM PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, SO I COME FROM A COMMUNITY ORIENTED CITY, A MOM AND POP ORIENTED CITY.
SO WHEN I MOVED HERE, I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO BELONG TO BE A PART OF.
I'M ALSO THE WIFE OF DISABLED VETERAN.
SO THAT HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND WE ALL
I JOINED AN ORGANIZATION OF MOMS OVER 2000 MOMS THAT CIRCLE, OH, SORRY, CIRCLE THIS TRI-CITY, WHICH IS CEDAR HILL, DESOTO, AND DUNCANVILLE.
BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES MIDLOTHIAN, MANSFIELD, GLEN HEIGHTS, RED OAK, LANCASTER, AND MANY OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ENJOY DOING IS GOING TO SAVI WINERY.
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UM, THE KARAOKE NIGHTS, OR WE JUST GO FOR A GET TOGETHER, A GATHERING TO GET AWAY FROM THE FAMILY.JUST, JUST TAKE A BREAK AND I THINK ALL CAN UNDERSTAND YOU LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK AND UNWIND AND THEN WIND DOWN
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT SAVIANO WINERY.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING THE LOCATION.
I'VE PARTICIPATED IN A COUPLE OF THE KARAOKE NIGHTS.
I KNOW THAT THEY ARE STRICT ON ENDING AT 9:00 PM THEY DO THE CLOSING TIME SONG, SO THAT MEANS IT'S OVER.
AND THEY TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW EVERY ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY COUNCIL, BY THE CITY.
SO I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THEM, HOPING THAT THEY CAN GET THE CUP RENEWAL AND THAT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN MAKE THOSE OTHER CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN NOTED.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS EMELDA MARTIN, AND I LIVE AT 3 25 SOUTH WATERFORD OAKS DRIVE.
AND, UH, I LIVE, CAN YOU PULL THE MIC? PREMIER SUBDIVISION.
AMANDA, CAN YOU PULL THE MIC TO YOU? OH, YES.
I LIVE IN THE PREMIER SUBDIVISION OF, UH, WINDSOR PARK, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
UH, I'M, UH, HERE ON BEHALF OF SALANO, UH, WINERY AS WELL.
UM, I'VE BEEN GOING TO SAVINA ALMOST SINCE IT OPENED, AND, UH, WE BROUGHT A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS THERE, AND WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME.
IT WAS A NICE, WARM, COZY, SAFE PLACE TO GO TO.
AND, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, MCKAYLA, WORKED FOR JULIE FOR A WHILE, AND SHE WAS TEACHING HER, UM, HOW TO MAKE WINE BEFORE SHE HAD TO, UH, GO BACK HOME.
AND, UH, SO WHAT I DID IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, I WANTED TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY.
I COULDN'T WAIT ON MY KIDS TO GIVE ME A PARTY.
THEY LIVE, THEY LIVE IN OTHER CITIES ANYWAY, AND OUTTA STATE.
UH, BUT, UM, I, UH, BOOKED A PARTY ATSS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I'VE HAD MY BIRTHDAY PARTY THERE EVER SINCE.
AND, UH, I DON'T LIKE HUMMUS, BUT THERE'S IS THE BOMB.
THAT'S THE ONLY HUMMUS I EAT, PERIOD.
AND, UH, THE CHOCOLATE CAKE IS TO STIA WITH THE WINE.
SO WE WANT YOU TO CONSIDER EVERYTHING THAT JULIE HAS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF BUSINESSES ANYWAY.
AND WHY SHOULD WE LOSE SOMETHING THAT IS THIS GOOD AND WARM AND SAFE, UH, AND I REALLY WANT APPRECIATE IT.
IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER, UH, LIKE I SAID, EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS, UH, SUBMITTED.
AND I HAVE DRIVEN MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO WORK AND PICKED HER UP, AND I DO NOT HEAR MUSIC GOING DOWN THE STREET.
YOU BARELY CAN SEE THE CLUB IF THE, UH, I CALL IT CLUB, RESTAURANT, THE WINERY, AND THEN TURNING IN THE DRIVEWAY.
I PARK IN THE BACK TO WAIT FOR HER AND YOU DON'T HEAR THE MUSIC.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
WELL, MINE'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT BORING HERE,
WE'RE GONNA GET SOME DO DO SOME BACKGROUND AND THEN I'LL GO SIT DOWN.
I LIVE AT 10 40 SHERMAN AND FAR NORTH CEDAR HILL.
I'M ALSO A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL AREA.
I'VE BEEN RETIRED FOR FIVE YEARS.
PRIOR TO THAT, FOR THE PREVIOUS 20 YEARS, I WAS PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR CEDAR HILL.
SO WHEN I'M GONNA TAKE YOU BACK 20 YEARS OR NOW 25 YEARS WHEN I GOT HERE, I CAN LOOK AT THE OLD ZONING MAPS AND THE OLD PLANS.
AND IN THOSE OLD PLANS, YOU CAN SEE, UH, COOPER STREET IS SHOWN AS BEING ZONED LOCAL RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL ALL THE WAY UP.
SO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ALONG THOSE IN ALONG CO BOTH THAT SEGMENT OF COOPER STREET, THOSE ARE ALL LAWFUL EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USES.
AND WHAT THOSE WERE FOR IS BASICALLY IT'S WHEN YOU'RE TRANSITIONING FROM A RESIDENTIAL OR FROM ONE LAND USE TO ANOTHER LAND USE THROUGH ZONING, YOU, UH, YOU CAN ALLOW THE USE TO CONTINUE FOR AS LONG AS IT WANTS, BUT YOU CAN CHANGE THE ZONING THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS GET, CAN SELL THEIR PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE AS EITHER THE EXISTING LAND USE OR CAN SWITCH OVER TO THE OTHER LAND, THE NEW LAND USE.
SO THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THAT OPTION AS RIGHT NOW.
SO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG COOPER STREET ARE LAWFULLY EXISTING NON-CONFORMING OVER THOSE YEARS, OVER THOSE 20 YEARS, I'VE GONE THROUGH THREE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATES.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IDENTIFIES THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS AN AREA WE WANT TO GROW AND, UH, REALLY ENHANCE.
AND SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS COMES UP IS SOMETHING THAT IS VIBRANT, THAT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED, AND WE, WE
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WANT THAT VIBRANCY AND THAT UNIQUE CHARACTER.AND THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S RE REPLAYED EVERY SINGLE COMP PLAN THAT WE HAVE DONE.
AND SO, WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE S'S WINERY OR, OR SOME OF THE OTHER LAND USES, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR TO HELP KICKSTART.
AND THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE LIFEBLOOD FOR THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
THESE ARE THINGS THESE DRAW VISITORS IN, AND THEY ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.
THESE ARE LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
I MEAN, HOW GOOD CAN IT GIFT? ALL RIGHT, THE, UH, NOT A DEPART ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, WHEN THE, SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD TO COME BACK AND GET THAT RENEWAL FOR A C U P EVERY TWO YEARS, THAT IS, HAS A PARTLY PERSONAL OPINION PART, PARTLY PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT HAS A REAL CHILLING EFFECT ON FUTURE BUSINESSES IN YOUR DOWNTOWN.
THAT THESE USES HAVE TO COME IN AND GET APPROVAL FROM A BOARD THAT CAN CHANGE THEIR MIND AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
AND SO WHAT IT DOES, IT TENDS TO MAKE THOSE BUSINESSES NOT WANT TO MAKE THEIR INVESTMENT.
IT, IT, IT SO, OR NOT MAKE A BIG INVESTMENT.
AND THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE WANT SOMEONE TO INVEST AND REALLY BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK WHAT SHE'S, WHEN SHE ASKS YOU TO ELIMINATE THE RE-UPPING OF THE C U P EVERY FEW YEARS, I THINK THAT'S A WISE DECISION.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GLAD TO HELP YOU.
I LIVE AT 1336 SUNSET RIDGE CIRCLE IN THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE RIDGE AREA.
I'M ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER HERE, AS YOU WELL KNOW.
I OWN CAMP BAAL IN SECRET HILL AS WELL.
UM, I HAVE BEEN IN SECRET HERO FOR 23 YEARS.
UM, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.
I EAT AT THE SMALL BUS, SMALL RESTAURANTS.
I DON'T DRIVE TO DALLAS TO GO EAT.
UM, I USE THE SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, IN THE AREA FOR SHOPPING, UM, GROCERIES, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, UM, I BELIEVE IN THE VISION STATEMENT OF CEDAR HILL THAT DESCRIBES CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY WITH DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
UM, IT'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S WHY UNIQUE BUSINESSES COME TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND IN MY OPINION, SABANA WINERY EMBRACES THAT DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
UM, THE WINERY BRINGS IN PEOPLE TO THE CITY THAT PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE.
I KNOW I'VE BROUGHT IN PEOPLE FROM MANSFIELD, ARGYLE, UH, FLORIDA VISIT, AND I ALWAYS TAKE THEM TO THE WINERY BECAUSE IT IS SO SPECIAL.
UM, AS A WOMAN AND SMALL BUSINESS IN THE AREA, UM, FOR 14 YEARS, UM, I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT CEDAR HILLS HAS BEEN A SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY, UH, CITY AS WELL.
UM, SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES IS VITAL TO ANY COMMUNITY, UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE LOST SO MANY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, WITH MY BUSINESS, I HAVE SPECIFICALLY PARTNERED WITH SANA WINERY, UM, TO DO EVENTS EVERY MONTH CALLED WINE AND RAGS.
NOW THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WITH PETS, DOGS TO COME TO THE WINERY, SIT OUTSIDE OF THE PATIO, LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC, HAVE A GLASS OF WINE, TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE PETS, UM, HAVE GOOD CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AND WE HAVE NOTHING LIKE THAT IN THIS AREA.
SO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT I HAVE WITH JULIE IN DOING THAT HAS REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER, UM, AROUND PETS.
AND IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO BRING THEIR PET, THEIR DOG TO A PLACE THAT THEY CAN JUST GO OUT AND HANG OUT.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THIS COMMUNITY AT ALL.
UM, SO I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD EMBRACE WHAT THE, THE WINERY BRINGS TO OUR COM COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT APPROVING THIS, UH, C U P WILL CONTINUE TO SEND THE MESSAGE AT CEDAR HILL SUPPORTS ITS SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND BELIEVES IN ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
HI, MY NAME IS LEAH KEISHA CALHOUN.
I'M LOCATED AT 300 TREES DRIVE IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS IN THE FRONT OF A WHOLE PANEL, BUT HELLO, WELCOME,
UM, ONLY I, NOT ONLY SNA, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S WORTH LIKE SUPPORTING AND, UM, COMING HERE.
YES, I WILL DEFINITELY STAND UP FOR, UM, I MOVE TO
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CEDAR HILL.I'VE BEEN IN CEDAR HILL FOR LIKE THREE YEARS NOW.
UM, ORIGINALLY GREW UP IN LANCASTER AND, UM, RIGHT NOW STAYING WITH MY PARENTS BECAUSE JUST GOING THROUGH LIFE CHANGES AND SAVING MONEY, THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
BUT, UM, SONA HAS BEEN, UH, ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SAVINA EXISTED.
AND TO THINK THAT WE HAD A WINERY IN CEDAR HILL, THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE ME BEING A, BEING A FORMER CHEF, I LOVE WINE, LOVE COOKING WITH WINE.
SOMETIMES I EVEN PUT IT IN MY FOOD.
BUT, UM, I GOT INVITED TO SANA ON A TRIVIA NIGHT, AND I AM HORRIBLE AT TRIVIA, BUT FRIENDS INVITED ME OVER TO SANA ALL THE WAY FROM WALKS TO HATCHIE.
NOW, TO THINK THAT SOMEONE IN WALKS TO HATCHIE IS LIKE 30 MINUTES AWAY,
UM, ESPECIALLY DURING THE TIME OF COVID AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN WE DON'T, AND PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME WHEN WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PLACES TO GO TO OR COMMUNITY TO CONNECT WITH, UM, THEY CREATED A SAFE SPACE FOR THAT, FOR YOU TO COME OUT AND BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THAT WAS VERY, WE WELCOMING.
UM, I, I GOT TO KNOW NEW PEOPLE, GOT TO TASTE SOME GOOD WINE AND, UH, REALLY ENJOY MYSELF.
UM, I WORK FROM HOME, SO LIKE, IT'S NOTHING WE HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE, BUT IT WAS A WAY TO WIND DOWN, UM, WITH WINE
BUT, UH, I, I DO HOPE YOU TAKE IN CONSIDERATION INTO, UH, RENEWING THE C U P.
UM, I WOULD HATE TO HA UH, SEE A GREAT ESTABLISHMENT LIKE THIS, UH, WAY.
UM, I, I JUST HOPE THAT MORE ESTABLISHMENTS COME UP LIKE THIS THAT WOULD BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
RUSSELL REVE, 1806 WEST BELTLINE ROAD CITIZEN.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR SAVANA.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN NO VIOLATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE IN, IN MY PAST DONE A LOT OF WORK ON MEASURING SOUND.
UM, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
AND WHILE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, WE DID DO READINGS WHERE THE TRAFFIC NOISE WAS AT FIVE O'CLOCK LOUDER.
THEN, UH, DURING THE EVENT, ALSO, IF YOU GO DOWN TO SHORT STREET WHERE THERE CAN'T, WHERE SANA CANNOT BE HEARD, UM, YOU GET THE SAME DECIBEL READINGS.
AND THIS WAS DONE WITH PROFESSIONAL, UH, READINGS.
SO, UM, I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR THE THE FACT BECAUSE YOU HEAR A LOT OF SUPPORT HERE, BUT I WOULD ASK IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO STAND IN SUPPORT TO REALLY SHOW, GO AHEAD AND STAND NOW.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR.
I RESIDE AT SEVEN 12 B CREEK DRIVE IN WATERFORD HOAX.
I, UH, I WORK FOR A BANK, SO I'M VERY ATTUNED TO THE POWER OF MONEY AND HOW THAT CAN KEEP DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ALIVE.
WHEN MY WIFE AND I BUY A PIECE OF ART, WE DON'T GO TO HOBBY LOBBY TO GET IT FRAMED.
WE GO TO SLY CAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING FROM HOBBY LOBBY, PART OF THAT MONEY GOES TO OKLAHOMA CITY.
WHENEVER YOU PICK UP THE PHONE AND ASK FOR A DOMINO'S PIZZA, SOME OF THAT MONEY GOES TO ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.
I DON'T TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE SOME OF IT GOES TO DETROIT.
I TAKE MY CAR TO KRUGER'S THAT WAY ALL THE MONEY STAYS IN CEDAR HILL WHEN I GO BUY BEER.
I DON'T BUY A BUDWEISER AND I DON'T BUY A COBS, CUZ I DON'T WANT MY MONEY GOING TO ST.
LOUIS AND I DON'T WANT IT GO INTO BOULDER, COLORADO.
I WANT IT TO GO TO BRIAN SO IT CAN PAY FOR BRACES AND PIANO LESSONS.
WE NEED BE, WE NEED BUSINESSES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE LITTLE GUY.
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A COLLECTION OF PEOPLE, NOT CORPORATIONS.WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED ON BEING A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE AND HELPING EACH OTHER.
MY NAME IS LISA, AND I RESIDE AT 1135 GERMANY DRIVE AT WATERFORD OAKS SUBDIVISION AS WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT I'VE TRULY COME TO LOVE ABOUT CEDAR HILL, BESIDES THIS WONDERFUL AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY IS SAVIANO WINERY.
IN FACT, THAT IS WHY AS MANY OTHERS, I'M HERE TONIGHT.
I MOVED TO CEDAR HILL TWO YEARS AGO, AND AS SOON AS I DISCOVERED THIS UNIQUE GEM IN OUR CITY, I MADE IT MY MISSION TO SPREAD THE WORD TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
I DO THIS BECAUSE I ENJOY THE AMBIENCE OF THE WINERY, THE OCCASIONAL MUSIC ON THE PATIO, AND THE FRIENDLY SERVICE THAT THEY OFFER.
IN FACT, I'M SUCH A REGULAR THAT WHEN I WALK IN WITHOUT MY IN-LAWS, THEY ASK ME WHERE THEY AT
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT S WINERY BECAUSE I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SIMPLY PUT, I LIKE PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT I GET TO CALL HOME.
I WANT TO SEE YOU THRIVE LIKE MANY OF US HERE TONIGHT, TODAY, S WINERY IS A RISK OF CLOSING IN STORES.
SO I URGE YOU THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF PASSING THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AS IS SO THAT CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS LIKE ME CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY SAVINA WINERY AND PUT MONEY BACK INTO OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
SO I SENT ONE OF THE 46 LETTERS AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS GOT TO READ ANY OF THEM.
SO I'M HERE TO READ MY LETTER AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T JUST BE A READ AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH THE WHOLE DRIFT OF IT.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WHEN SNA WOULD, BEFORE THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS, AND WE HEARD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE A WINERY IN CEDAR HILL, WE WATCHED AND WATCHED AND WAITED AND WAITED FOR THEM TO OPEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY OPENED, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID SHUTTING DOWN PLACES, RIGHT? THERE'S A WOMAN HERE WHOSE PASSION, WHEN WE WERE FIRST WALKED IN THAT DOOR, THE PASSION SHOWED SHE LOVES WINE.
SHE LOVES TO SHARE THE STORY OF WINE.
SHE LOVES TO PROVIDE THE PLACE AND THE AMBIANCE FOR ENJOYING THAT WINE.
AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS WHAT WE NEED IN CEDAR HILL.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE IN SUPPORT OF HAVING SABANA CONTINUE PROVIDING CEDAR HILL WITH ENJOYABLE EVENTS.
ANTS, OF COURSE, THE WINE,
IT'S A PERFECT PLACE TO ENJOY A RELAXING AFTERNOON OR EVENING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
I HAVE INVITED A FRIEND FROM OUT OF TOWN, FAR NORTH DALLAS, UH, IN LOUISVILLE.
SHE, SHE IS HELPING SPREAD THE WORD OF SANA, UM, AS RESIDENTS OF CEDAR HILL FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
UM, 96, I BELIEVE, UH, WE FIND THAT SAVANA IS EXACTLY WHAT THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT CEDAR HILL HAS NEEDED FOR YEARS.
UH, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD TO TRA TRAVEL TO NEIGHBORING CITIES TO EXPERIENCE THIS ATMOSPHERE THAT SNA HAS BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW WE'RE ABLE TO STAY IN CEDAR HILL AND GIVE BACK TO OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THAT ALREADY BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT? DO WE STILL HAVE THAT TASTE OF CEDAR HILL? WE NEED TO GET THAT BACK IF IT'S NOT HERE.
UM, SO IT'S THE FOOD, THE MUSIC, THE SHOPPING, AND THE MEETING OF THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WE'VE
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OBSERVED.UM, SNA BEING CONSIDERATE AND RESPECTFUL FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHECKING THE DECIBEL LEVEL LEVELS, ASKING US, HOW DOES IT SOUND? UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALWAYS KEEPING THEIR LIVE MUSIC AT A REASONABLE VOLUME.
EVENTS ARE NOT ROWDY, THEY'RE NOT LOUD, THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
UM, THE, NO, THE NOISE FROM THE THE HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM OR THE HIGHWAY ROAD NOISE CAN BE MUCH MORE BOTHERSOME.
AGAIN, WE'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE, UM, THAN ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN AT AT SNA.
SO ALSO, SANA SEEMS MUCH LESS CON INTRUSIVE THAN THE CONSTANT ACTIVITY IN TRAFFIC AT THE FAST FOOD PLACE AND THE GAS STATION JUST THAT ARE NEARBY.
SO SANA IS THE TYPE OF BUSINESS WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT.
I'M, I'M SORRY, OUR TIME IS UP.
CLASS, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT I SEE IN SAVI, WI SAVINA WINERY IS CLASS.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 20 23? GOOD EVENING, SIR.
UH, VICTOR MANUEL ACUPUNCTURIST OUT OF, UH, GARLAND.
MY ADDRESS IN GARLAND IS 6 0 8.
JOHN GLENN, ONE OF MY CLIENTS IS HERE, UM, IN CEDAR HILL AT THREE 14 SHADY, SHADY GLEN.
UM, AND I HAD THE HONOR IN 2020, UH, WHEN I GRADUATED ACUPUNCTURE SCHOOL AFTER FOUR YEARS OF COMING HERE TO CEDAR HILL, TO SANA WINERY TO CELEBRATE MY GRADUATION.
AND IT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAME IN FROM MCKINNEY TO AUSTIN AND EVERY PLACE IN BETWEEN.
AND WE FILLED UP THE WINERY AND HAD AN AMAZING TIME.
AND THEY RECOGNIZED THE QUALITY OF THE CITY THAT YOU HAVE GROWN HERE, AND THEY RECOGNIZED WHAT YOU HAVE BUILT AND KEEPING THAT QUALITY AND KEEPING THAT LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND AMAZING, JUST AMAZING QUALITY OF WINE IS WHAT CEDAR HILL, I BELIEVE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
UM, WHEN I HAVE MEETINGS IN THE SOUTH DALLAS AREA, I LOVE TO BRING PEOPLE TO SVI BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE HOW AWESOME IT IS AND IT'S A, IT'S A HIDDEN GEM AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE A MORE POWERFUL AND, AND MORE, UM, APPRECIATED GEM IN, UH, THE DALLAS FOR AREA.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
SOUNDS LIKE I GOT THE AUTO, THE VI THE VOLUME CORRECT.
MY NAME IS JOEL ANTHONY GRAY, UH, A NATIVE OF DALLAS.
I LIVE AT 7,405 WILD VALLEY DRIVE.
I RUN A PRIVATE CONSULTING COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN ENVIRONMENTAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.
UH, SO WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING IS GO OUT AND I DO SURVEYS, ALL TYPES, PHOTOMETRIC, ELECTROMAGNETIC SOUND SURVEYS AND SO FORTH.
SOME, UH, A NUMBER OF MY SURVEYS INVOLVE DANGEROUS CHEMICALS, DANGEROUS AGENTS.
UH, SO I'M VERY WELL VERSED THAT THE DECISIONS THAT I AND THE TERMIN DETERMINATIONS THAT I MAKE FROM MY CLIENTS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE OR DEATH FOR SOME OTHER WORKERS.
AND SO FAR, I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH YOUR ORDINANCE ON NOISE AND IT'S WELL-WRITTEN.
I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND IT CLEARLY.
WHAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS WHY THERE'S A COMPLAINT AGAINST SANA WINERY.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CITATION ISSUED, NO WARNINGS ISSUED.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY DATA PRODUCED THAT IS SHOWN THAT IT HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION OF ITS C U P.
AND SO I WOULD ASK, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WHO'S THE BUZZKILL?
HOW ARE YOU, MR. MAYOR? COUNSEL, UH, CITY MANAGER? UH, I'M BERTHA MIDDLEBROOKS, 1221 NUTTING STREET, CEDAR CREST.
UH, I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.
UH, MY EXPERIENCE AT, UH, THE WINERY, THERE'S A GROUP OF US THAT WE WORK OUT TOGETHER AT THE RECREATION CENTER, AND WE DECIDED, UH, LET'S GET TOGETHER OUTSIDE THE GYM AND GO AND HAVE A
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MEET AND GREET, SOCIALIZE AT THE WINERY.AND SO WE DECIDED TO DO THAT EVERY MONTH ON A THURSDAY.
THIS CONSISTS OF RETIRED COLONELS, RETIRED PILOTS, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, EVEN JUDGES, ATTORNEYS AND SO FORTH.
AND I JUST SPOKE WITH THEM TONIGHT.
I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THEM, BUT I JUST SPOKE WITH THEM.
WE HAVE A GROUP CHAT THAT WE TALK AT LEAST, UH, ONCE A WEEK, AND WE GO THERE TO THE WINERY AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME.
I NEVER HEARD ANY, UH, BAD LANGUAGE.
UH, THE STAFF THERE IS WONDERFUL.
UH, SO WE NEED TO KEEP OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE VACANT BUILDINGS.
UH, WE NEED THEM, SO PLEASE RENEW THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BECAUSE IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, YOU SHOULD GO.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS, IS AWESOME.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 DASH 2023.
HELLO, COUNSEL, KEN PRYOR, 3 0 2 SOUTH MAIN STREET, TWO OR THREE BLOCKS FROM SVI.
IN THE ORIGINAL AGENDA FOR THE FIRST T A B C REQUEST, THE STAFF WROTE CONCERNS OF SOUNDS BASED ON A DIFFERENT BUSINESS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SAVINA.
AND SO THEY WERE JUDGED BY THAT.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN JUDGED BY DIFFERENT BUSINESS OR PREVIOUS OCCUPATION, BUT I TRIED TO CONSIDER YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IN NOT KNOWING THE STATUS OF THIS PROPERTY DUE TO PAST HISTORY AND UNDERSTOOD.
SO I THOUGHT, BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH ALL RESPECT TO OUR FELLOW BOARDS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, I HAD CONCERNS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE STAFF HAD PROVIDED MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OF THE PREVIOUS TESTING THAT HAD BEEN DONE AND THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO POLICE REPORTS.
WE ALSO HAVE AN, AN ORDINANCE THAT ASKED SAVINA TO BE QUIETER THAN THE HIGHWAY.
THEY SIT BELOW ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.
I LISTENED TO THE SPEAKERS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND I ACCEPT THAT, AND I LISTENED TO THE BAND PRACTICE IN EARLY MORNINGS, AND I ACCEPT THAT.
AND I LISTENED TO THE HIGHWAY AND I ACCEPT THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD SANA FROM MY HOME.
AND SO HERE WE ARE EVALUATING TB, T A B C AGAIN.
AND GUESS WHAT? THE AGENDA WORDING WRITTEN BY STAFF ADDRESSES SOUND ISSUES THAT ONLY EXISTED BY PREVIOUS BUSINESS AND IS UNFOUNDED CURRENTLY BASED ON ZERO POLICE REPORTS AND THE DECIBEL COUNT.
I WOULD ASK Y'ALL TO CONSIDER THESE THINGS SO THAT WE DO NOT LOSE ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS.
I AM A, UH, CITIZEN IN MANSFIELD, TEXAS, WHO WORKS WITH SANA WINERY.
I AM A, UH, CO-FOUNDER OF LYRICS AND SPIRITS, THE CHARACTER OF THE HOST OF SAVINA WINERY, AND A MEMBER OF BRUCE AND BRAND TRIVIA'S TRIVIA THERE AT THE WINERY.
I HAVE BEEN ACTIVE WITH THEM SINCE, UH, DECEMBER, 2021, HOSTING TRIVIA AND SINCE JANUARY OF 2022, HOSTING KARAOKE.
UM, I, EVERY SINGLE TIME I AM THERE AS A HOST, I MONITOR MY DECIBEL LEVELS VERY CAREFULLY, NOT BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO PERSONALLY, I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE MUCH NO THAN IT IS, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TOLD TO ME, HAD TO BE DONE BY BOTH THE OWNER AND HER EVENTS MANAGER, WHO WAS MY WIFE.
SO I HAD TO LISTEN TO THE EVENTS MANAGER, OF COURSE.
SO, UM, DURING THE TIME I HAD BEEN THERE, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIKE KARAOKE, AS MANY OF YOU MAY NOT INHERIT IN THIS GROUP.
AND MANY PEOPLE IN HERE MAY NOT LIKE KARAOKE.
SO THEY HAVE GONE INSIDE TO EAT THEIR DINNER AND DRINK THEIR WINE.
IF THEY COMPLAIN THE NOISE VOLUME IS TOO LOUD FROM THE OUTSIDE AND HAS REACHING THE INSIDE OF THAT BUILDING.
NOT ONCE HAS SOMEBODY LEFT BECAUSE THEY WERE ANNOYED BY WHAT'S GOING ON, ON THE OUTSIDE AFFECTING THE INSIDE.
I PERSONALLY HAVE GONE INSIDE TO WORK WITH JULIE, UH, IN HER KITCHEN AND, AND HELP HER OUT THERE.
AND NOT ONCE, WHETHER WAS THERE A BAND GOING OR A TRIVIA GOING, OR A CARRY GOING WHERE I COULD HEAR FROM HER KITCHEN WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE.
EVEN FROM WALKING OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN TO THROW AWAY TRASH.
YOU GET TO BE AT A CERTAIN DISTANCE.
UM, OUR GROUP HAS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CEDAR HILL WHO LIVES IN MANSFIELD, ARLINGTON, DUNCANVILLE, MIDLOTHIAN, EVEN HILLSBOROUGH AND FORT WORTH, WHO ARE TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, UH, WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, SOME WORK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS NURSES.
AND THEY BRING IN THEIR PEOPLE TO COME HERE BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A PLACE THAT HAS COMMUNITY, A PLACE THAT REACHES OUT.
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IT'S NOT EVEN JUST, UM, TRIVIA AND KARAOKE.IT IS THE VARIOUS, UH, CIGAR GROUPS THAT COME AND IT'S VARIOUS THINGS THAT BRING A PLACE OF COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT THE SAME OLD RESTAURANTS OVER AND OVER WHERE YOU GO IN, YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER PERSON.
THEY, THEY THROW YOU IN THERE.
BUT IT'S A PLACE THAT IS TRYING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY AND WE NEED MORE THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I USED TO LIVE IN A CITY IN FLORIDA THAT SALT IS LIKE, THIS IS AS A THREAT AND THEY SHUT THEM DOWN.
AND THAT ENTIRE CITY NOW HAS WHERE THIS MOVING OUT IN DROVES.
AND CEDAR HILL IS DOING AWESOME THINGS.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS YOU MADE ARE AWESOME, BUT YOU NEED SMALL BUSINESSES.
YOU NEED COMMUNITY TO KEEP THOSE THINGS GOING.
THAT'S WHAT SANA WINERY IS TRYING TO HELP BRING.
UH, I ALSO RESIDE IN MANSFIELD AND I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR JULIE FOR ABOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS.
MY FIRST DAY WAS ACTUALLY THE GENTLEMAN'S GRADUATION PARTY, UM, WHICH WAS HECK OF A WAY TO START TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUT I HAD BEEN THERE THROUGH TRIVIA NIGHTS, THROUGH KARAOKE NIGHTS, THROUGH WAG AND WINES, THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT ARTISTS PERFORMING HERE ON THE PATIO ON FRIDAY NIGHTS AND SATURDAY NIGHTS.
AND NEVER ONCE DO THEY GET LOUD ENOUGH TO WHERE I CAN'T EVEN, I CAN SPEAK WITH MY GUEST.
THAT IS HOW I KNOW THAT THOSE DECIBEL LEVELS CAN'T BE THAT LOUD.
CUZ IF I CAN HEAR THEM AND THEY CAN HEAR ME, THEN WE'RE DOING OUR JOB AND WE'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE GROUP HERE.
THESE ARE ALL REGULARS THAT ARE BEHIND ME.
I KNOW WHAT THEY ENJOY DOING WITH US HERE.
AND I WOULD HATE FOR TO SEE THIS END.
I MEAN, THIS IS ALSO MY LIVELIHOOD.
I AM THE SUPERVISOR, AS MY HUSBAND DID SAY, AND IT'S A COMMUNITY WE USED TO LIVE IN DUNCANVILLE, WHICH IS HOW I FOUND, UM, SAVINA WINERY.
I ALSO FOUND HER THROUGH SCARBOROUGH RENAISSANCE FAIR, WHICH IS ALSO JUST LOCAL.
I, AS THE OTHER GENTLEMAN SAID, I PREFER TO EAT LOCAL, TO SHOP LOCAL, TO BE LOCAL.
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE A HUGE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE THAT WE KEEP THIS AROUND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 2023? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH.
I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 2023? COME ON DOWN, I'M GETTING A WALLET.
I LIVE AT THREE 13 COOPER STREET HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THE WINERY.
UH, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE TASTING ROOM.
I HAVE NO ISSUES AT ALL WITH THE MUSIC, EXCEPT THAT OUTSIDE THAT IT IS AMPLIFIED AND THEN WE CAN HEAR IT IN OUR HOUSE.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER RESIDENT ON THE STREET THAT LIVES BY, UH, UH, LISA'S CHICKEN.
THEY, I THINK, HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT, UH, THAT THE, UH, NOISE THEY CAN HEAR IN THEIR HOUSE, UH, THE 63 DECIBELS.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT IN THE LAST WEEK, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE LAST P AND Z MEETING, THAT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THE, UH, DECIBELS CANNOT BE MEASURED CORRECTLY, UH, CAUSE OF OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE.
IS THE MUSIC UP? IS THE MUSIC DOWN WHEN THE POLICE GET THERE? IS ARE THEY ON BREAK? SO THAT PRESENTS A MEASUREMENT ISSUE AND CAUSE OF THAT, THE, UH, P NZ DECIDED IT ALSO PRESENTS AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.
SINCE IT CAN'T BE MEASURED CORRECTLY.
UH, I HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
HAVE MUSIC OUTSIDE, BUT NOT AMPLIFIED.
SUGGESTION TWO IS IF THEY WANT THE AMPLIFIED MUSIC, HAVE IT INSIDE.
UH, IN THE TWO ROOMS, IT SEATS, I BELIEVE, 28, UH, OUTSIDE WHERE THE, UH, ENTERTAINER PLAYS IT SEATS 32.
SO YOU HAVE A NET DIFFERENCE OF FOUR.
MY THIRD SUGGESTION IS ENCLOSE THE PATIO.
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TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THAT THAT WOULD SOLVE ALL THE NOISE PROBLEMS THAT IT CREATES, PARTICULARLY FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE COOPER STREET SIDE, UH, THE FOOTBALL GAMES.I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
THEY HAVE HOME GAMES MAYBE THREE TIMES A MONTH, AND THEY HAVE MUSIC DURING THE, THE, UH, HALFTIME FOR MAYBE 20 MINUTES AT THE WINERY.
THEY HAVE MUSIC THAT'S FOR THREE HOURS.
THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN LISTENING TO AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
UH, SO THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS THAT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT AGAIN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE WINERY.
LOVE TO HAVE IT IN, IN THE, IN THE TOWN.
IT HELPS THE PROPERTY VALUES ON THE STREET.
IT IS THE OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND THAT, UH, WE HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH.
SO I, UH, CORDIALLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER PROVING THE C U P FOR THE WINERY, BUT DECLINING HAVING, UH, OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 2023? GOOD EVENING, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, I LIVE AT THREE 20 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
I'VE BEEN A PRESIDENT OF CEDAR HILL SINCE 1996.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA POINT OUT, I'M SORRY, SORRY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? GARY MOON.
UM, BUT ANYWAYS, THE ISSUE BEFORE US ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SAVANA IS A WELL-LIKED AND CONTRIBUTING BUSINESS TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UM, BUT THE ISSUE IS WHETHER, WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ADJACENT RESIDENCE THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.
UM, I'M GONNA READ SOME FROM SOME PREPARED REMARKS SINCE I HAVE SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
UH, BUT I'M OPPOSED TO THE CONTINUED ALLOWANCE OF OUTSIDE AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
UH, AT THE PRIOR C U P UH, MEETING THAT THEY HAD.
THEY MADE EXPLICIT ASSURANCES TO EVERYONE, UM, THAT THEY HAVE FAILED TO KEEP SINCE THEN.
AND ALTHOUGH I'VE SHARED VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS AT THE P AND Z BOARDING BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THEY'RE ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S PACKET, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE OF THE WAY THEY'VE DESCRIBED THEIR BUSINESS IN THE PAST VERSUS HOW IT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN.
ONE, THAT THE NATURE OF THEIR BUSINESS BEING A WINERY WOULD NOT CAUSE SOUND LEVELS OF A NATURE THAT NEED TO BE MONITORED.
TWO, THAT THE VIBE THEY'RE GOING FOR IS LOW-KEY JAZZ, A LOW VIBE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT AND TALK, IS NOT WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
THREE, THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE AMPLIFIED MUSIC IN A WAY THAT IT DOESN'T GO OUT TO THE STREET BY ONLY POSITIONING A SMALL SPEAKER, WHICH I PROVIDED YOU GUYS HANDOUTS, THAT SHOWS WHAT THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE SPEAKERS ARE THAT THEY HAVE, THAT THEY USE WHEN THEY HAVE MUSIC OVER THERE.
IF THEY'D HAVE KEPT THEIR PROMISES, I WOULDN'T BE UP HERE.
TONIGHT'S SPEAKING, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
NOW, ONE OF THEIR TALKING POINTS HAS BEEN THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CITED IN NEARLY TWO YEARS.
WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE ONLY CALLED TO MAKE NOISE COMPLAINTS THREE TIMES IN THOSE ENTIRE TWO YEARS.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LACKS ANY MEANS OF MEASURING DECIBEL LEVELS FOR ENFORCEMENT WHEN WE'VE CALLED.
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN CITED DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVEN'T HAD VIOLATIONS.
WE ALL SEE PEOPLE GOING 80 PLUS UP AND DOWN 67 ALL THE TIME THAT MAYBE DON'T GET PULLED OVER, BUT THEY'RE STILL GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE LAW.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THEIR ONGOING NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRIOR C P AND WHY THEY CAN'T BE DEPENDENT ON FOR SELF-MONITORING IS THE FACT THAT THEY ADVERTISE AND PROMOTE A DANCE FLOOR, A CLEAR RED LINE VIOLATION OF THEIR CURRENT C U P THAT ONLY CONTRIBUTES TO AN ATMOSPHERE, NOT CONDUCIVE TO KEEPING MUSIC AT A REASONABLE LEVEL.
THIS IS STRAIGHT, AND I PROVIDED IN THE PAPERWORK THAT WE PASSED OUT STRAIGHT FROM THEIR, UH, ONE OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
IT SAYS, ENJOY THE MUSIC ON THE PATIO WITH THE DYLAN'S TALENT BAND.
WE'LL HAVE A DANCE FLOOR OPEN AND THE WINE OF FLOWING.
UH, I ALSO PLAYED VIDEO CLIPS LAST WEEK OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING FOLKS DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY, ALONG WITH VERY LOUD MUSIC, UH, THAT'S PLAYED BY DJ ON THEIR KARAOKE NIGHTS.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT FITS THE IDEAS THAT MOST PEOPLE NOR THIS COUNCIL HAS OF WHEN A WINERY COMES TO MIND.
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE C P BE DENIED AND UNLESS THE OUTSIDE AMPLIFIED MUSIC ALLOWANCES REMOVED.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 20 23? ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 2023? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, UH, WE'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, ALLOW ME TO SAY THIS, COUNSEL, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR, UH, ANY DELIBERATIONS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.
UM, NUMBER ONE, UM, IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, REFRESHING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY
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COME TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, FOR SUCH CAUSE.UM, SO I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THE OPPOSITION TO BE ABLE TO BE HEARD, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE COUNSEL THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THERE'S SOME SORT OF A COMPROMISE.
UM, COUNSEL JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT THE PUBLIC RECORD OUT FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, THIS, UH, WAS PRESENTED TO P AND Z LAST WEEK.
UH, IT WHAT DID NOT RECEIVE MAJORITY DENIAL NOR, UH, APPROVAL.
SO THEREFORE, UH, THE CHARGE FOR US TODAY IN ORDER TO BE A MOVE FORWARD, IT WOULD TAKE A SUPER MAJORITY.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT FOR THE COUNCIL OR ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR DELIBERATIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? COUNCIL MCCURDY? YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THE, THE CASE WAS NOT APPROVED BY, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD ASSUME THAT PROBABLY MOST OF US REACHED OUT TO, UH, TO OUR STAFF TO TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
WHY DIDN'T IT PASS? IS THERE INFORMATION THAT, THAT SOMEHOW DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE, INTO THE PACKET? UM, I BELIEVE WE ALL SAW THAT THE POLICE REPORTS FROM, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD, THAT HAD ACTUALLY ACTUALLY TRANSPIRED AT, AT THAT ADDRESS.
BUT I ALSO, YOU KNOW, TOOK IT UPON MYSELF.
I MET WITH MR. MOON AND I, AND I MET WITH, UH, WITH MS. DENTON.
AND, UH, AND THEN I ALSO WENT AROUND AND, UH, TOOK SOME SOUND MEASUREMENTS ON, ON MY OWN, UM, JUST KIND OF RANDOMLY DIFFERENT PLACES, JUST TO SEE YOU WHAT SOUND LEVELS ARE AS COMPARED TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THEIR, IN THEIR C U P.
AND SO WHAT I DETERMINED WAS THAT, UH, AT LUNCHTIME INSIDE OF, UH, PDOS, THE, UH, THE SOUND LEVEL WAS 81 DECIBELS.
WELL, THAT'S EIGHT DECIBELS HIGHER THAN WHAT'S PERMITTED FOR, UH, SAVINA WINERY IN THEIR C U P FOR MUSIC.
UM, I ALSO PARKED NEXT TO, UH, TO SAVIANO WINERY AND TOOK SOME, JUST SOME, UH, SOUND LEVEL SAMPLINGS OF THE, THE AMBIENT NOISE THERE, UH, OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN, WHEN THE WINERY WASN'T OPEN.
THE AMBIENT NOISE OF THE HIGHWAY WAS 75 DECIBELS.
WELL, THAT'S ALSO IN EXCESS OF THE, OF THE C P, WHICH IT ALSO EXPLAINED WHY THE POLICE CAN'T TAKE MEASUREMENTS OF WHAT THE SOUND LEVEL IS CUZ IT'S ALREADY HIGHER THAN WHAT'S, THAN WHAT SHE'S PERMITTED TO HAVE.
UM, I WENT BACK SEVERAL OTHER TIMES, UH, AND, AND TOOK MEASUREMENTS, BOTH WHEN THEY WERE OPEN AND WHEN THEY WERE CLOSED.
AND, AND THE AMBIENT NOISE WAS IN THAT ALLEYWAY NEXT TO THEIR ESTABLISHMENT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE SAME.
IT WAS ABOUT BETWEEN 70 AND 75 DUST.
WELL, DEPENDING ON IF THERE WAS CARS GOING BY THIS LAST, UH, SATURDAY, UM, I, I WENT AND SAT ON THE PATIO.
I CAME INTO THE BACK CAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THERE.
UM, BUT MY WIFE AND I SAT THERE, THERE AND WE CARRIED ON A CONVERSATION AT OUR TABLE.
WE ALSO NOTICED THAT IF, IF SOMEBODY WAS TALKING ACROSS THE PATIO, I COULDN'T HEAR 'EM.
AND THERE WAS TIMES WHEN, UM, THE TRAFFIC GOING BY ON THE HIGHWAY ACTUALLY DROWNED OUT THE MUSIC, EVEN WITH AMPLIFIED SOUND.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THERE ALSO WAS ALSO, UH, SOME, UH, SOME YOUNG MEN DRIVING AROUND, RACING AROUND THE AREA ON, ON FOUR WHEELERS AND, AND POLARIS'S.
AND, AND, UH, THEY WERE ALSO QUITE LOUD THAT DROWNED OUT BOTH THE HIGHWAY MUSIC AND THE MUSICIAN.
UM, AND, AND THEN, UH, ONE OF 'EM HAD BIG SPEAKERS MOUNTED ON HIS FOUR-WHEELER WITH MUSIC BLARING ON IT.
AND OF COURSE, EVERY TIME HE CAME BY, I COULDN'T, COULDN'T HEAR THE, COULDN'T HEAR THE MUSIC, COULDN'T HEAR THE HIGHWAY, COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BUT HIS MUSIC.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WERE RACING UP AND DOWN COOPER STREET.
UM, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE MAKING NOISE OVER THERE THAT I THINK OTHER THAN SAVINA WINERY.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE, LOOKED OVER THE POLICE REPORTS, I NOTED THAT, UH, I, I GUESS ONE OF THE TIMES THAT, UH, MR. MOON CONTACTED THE, THE POLICE, THE OFFICER SHOWED UP AND DETERMINED THAT THE NOISE WAS ACTUALLY COMING FROM HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WAS THE SOURCE OF THE LOUD MUSIC, NOT, UM, NOT SAVINA WINERY.
SO I, I DON'T DOUBT THAT, THAT THEY'RE HEARING LOUD MUSIC.
AND, AND, AND I SAW THE VIDEO OF, UH, OF, OF KARAOKE.
AND WHEN I SPOKE TO JULIE, JULIE SAID THAT, THAT YOU DON'T INTEND TO DO KARAOKE ANYMORE, I BELIEVE IS IS THAT CORRECT? SO, UM, I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW THAT WAS, THAT WAS THAT LOUD.
AND THOSE WERE NOT THE NORMAL SPEAKERS THAT, THAT I BELIEVE THAT YOU USE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE WANT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE KARAOKE.
UM, HOW OFTEN DID YOU DO THAT? SO
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WE'RE A SMALL BUSINESS AND WE HAVE TO TRY DIFFERENT THINGS TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE DOOR.WE DON'T HAVE, THERE'S NO, UH, WALKABILITY IN OUR AREA THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST COME BY.
SO WE WERE TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, IT WASN'T AS POPULAR AS I AS I'D HOPED.
AND, UM, THE PERSON THAT RAN THE KARAOKE, UM, MR. J OVER THERE THAT SPOKE, UM, HE HAS HIS OWN SETUP.
SO HE HAD STRICT RULES AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE SETTING IS.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU PUT UP A, A SPEAKER AND IT'S, IT BLASTS OUT.
UM, WE ARE VERY STRICT ABOUT, UH, SOUND LEVELS AND THEY GET MEASURED.
I HAVE A VIDEO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.
SO WE, WE TEST THE SOUND EVERY TIME.
EVERYBODY WHO PERFORMS THERE, WHETHER IT'S KARAOKE, UH, MUSICIAN, THEY HAVE THE RULES.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY INCENTIVE TO HAVE SUPER LOUD MUSIC.
I WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT, ENJOY A MEAL, ENJOY SOME WINE, SOME MUSIC AND CONVERSATION.
UH, IT'S NOT A CONCERT HALL AND IT'S NOT MY INTENT FOR IT TO BE A CONCERT HALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE DO MONITOR THE, THE SOUND.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT, IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION.
UM, JUST SOME PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS.
YOU SAID THAT YOUR MIX OF ALCOHOL AND FOOD RIGHT NOW IS 50.
IT'S 51% FOOD, 49% ALCOHOL BY SALES.
SO THE CITY REQUIREMENT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE, UM, THAT WE, UH, MEASURE OUR ALCOHOL SALES BY DOLLAR.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT WORKS FOR RESTAURANTS AND SO ON.
UM, FOR THE STATE, FOR THE TTB, WHICH IS OUR FEDERAL, UH, UH, MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION FOR ALCOHOL, EVERYTHING'S BY VOL, BY VOLUME.
SO GALLONS, UM, THAT'S A TRUE MEASURE OF HOW MUCH IS SOLD.
AND WITH THE, MY POINT WITH THE 51% WAS, UH, THAT'S AN APPLICATION FOR RESTAURANTS, I BELIEVE.
AND I GUESS WE WERE THE CLOSEST THING.
AND WE DO, UH, WE DO HAVE TO FILL OUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, UH, PAPERWORK TO RUN AS A RESTAURANT SINCE WE DO OFFER FOOD.
THE, MY CHALLENGE ON THAT WAS, UH, A RESTAURANT HAS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, UH, FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, GRANDMA, THE KIDS, THEY GO OUT, THEY'RE THERE FOR A MEAL.
UM, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY DRINKS, MAYBE NOT AT A WINERY, 99% AT LEAST WHO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR, THEY'RE THERE TO DRINK AND WE DO OFFER FOOD.
UM, BUT TO MEET THAT, UM, THAT NUMBER, AND WE DO MEET IT, WE DO THE REPORT EVERY YEAR, BUT I HAVE TO MANAGE MY MENU PRICES SO THAT I CAN GET THAT RATIO.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IF I SOLD, YOU KNOW, IF I CHANGED THE VALUE OF, OR THE COST, IT COULD CHANGE THAT RATIO AND PUT ME OUT OF, UM, OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
SO I JUST ASKED THAT MAYBE IT BE REVIEWED, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR A BUSINESS LIKE MINE.
IT'S PROBABLY A CHALLENGE FOR THE BREWERY AS WELL.
UM, AND, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WISH THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER AS WE ARE NOT STRICTLY A RESTAURANT.
AND IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT WOULD THAT RATIO BE?
I, I KNOW JUST FAR AS, UH, POINT OF REFERENCE, JUST AS, YOU KNOW, FOR ON-PREMISE.
UM, I MEAN, EVEN 60 40 WOULD BE BETTER.
I MEAN, IT, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE ACCURATE BECAUSE IT IS JUST ON PRE PREMISE.
IT DOESN'T COUNT THE OFF-PREMISE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THE 51 IS, IS HARD FOR US AS A SMALL BUSINESS.
SO, UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY, UM, I AM ABSOLUTELY
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THRILLED, UH, AT THE SUPPORT, UH, THAT YOU GENERATED AND, UM,AND, UM, I WANT TO, I WANT YOU TO BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
I, I JUST AS A SMALL BUSINESS AND I DO INTEND TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF YOUR C P TONIGHT.
WHAT I WANT TO DO THOUGH IS TO FIND OUT, I DID SEE A VIDEO THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY IN THIS AUDIENCE DIDN'T SEE, AND IT WAS A LITTLE DISTURBING THAT, UM, THAT THERE WAS SOME VOLUME PICKED UP ON A RING DOORBELL THAT WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING.
AND I THINK IT WAS A RESULT FROM SOME KARAOKE.
AND SO DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT? YEAH.
IT REALLY WASN'T AS SUCCESSFUL AS I'D HOPED.
SO IF YOU, IF WE PROVE THIS TONIGHT WITH THE ABSENCE OF THE CARRY, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? I, I'D BE OKAY WITH, NO, I, I'M REALLY SERIOUS CUZ I WANT YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
BUT I, WHAT I DID SEE, I WISH SOME OTHERS HAD SEEN, CUZ IT, IT, IT SHOWED ME THAT, OH, THIS IS A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE IF I HEARD THIS.
UM, AND IT WAS PICKED UP PRETTY, PRETTY STRONGLY ON A, A RING DOORBELL.
SO IS THERE, MAYBE I, I'LL THROW THIS OUT TO YOU.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT? UM, MONITORING THE SOUND? UH, IF, IF ONE, IF A SONG GOT AWAY FROM US, I, I THINK IT WAS, UH, WHAT WAS IT? SWEET CAROLINE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING IS SINGING A LOT
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENS.
UM, BUT, UH, SO I DON'T, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING WE STOPPED THE KARAOKE, BUT MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THERE'S A WAY NOT TO HAVE SWEET CAROLINE
I MEAN, THE VOLUME WENT UP QUITE A BIT ON THAT ONE, AND I THINK THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY MADE ARE VERY LEGITIMATE.
THAT WE HAVE SOME REAL SERIOUS SOUND ISSUES FROM THE HIGHWAY, UM, THAT EXCEED WHAT'S IN YOUR C P.
SO THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES, AND I, I, I WANT TO DO IT, BUT I JUST, I THINK THAT WHAT I SAW WAS A LITTLE DISTURBING.
AND, UM, I, I WANT TO FIND OUT HOW YOU, WE CAN HAVE YOUR BUSINESS TO BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
NOT MARGINALLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE, WITH WITHOUT HAVING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO WHAT I I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT.
WELL, RIGHT NOW, KARAOKE IS NOT ON OUR SCHEDULE.
THANK YOU PRO CUSTOMER, HAYDEN.
UM, YEAH, I'M, I'M NOT FOR TAKING IT ALL AWAY EITHER, BUT, UM, MONITORING IT, YOU KNOW, CUZ I DID LISTEN, I'VE SEEN A LONG MYSELF FOR A WHILE.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL SAD THE FACT THAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS FOR TWO YEARS ON A TWO YEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, A TWO YEAR, UH, COMEBACK, SO TO SPEAK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GRANT A CCEP, GENERALLY WE DON'T PUT IT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
AND, AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, IF, AND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU DON'T ADHERE TO THOSE, UH, THOSE REQUIREMENTS, WE CAN REVOKE THE C P.
SO I'M NOT IN FAVOR AS WE GO FORWARD HERE, I'M IN FAVOR FOR, FOR APPROVING YOU GUYS.
UM, AND I, AND I DON'T WANT THE HAVING TO COME BACK BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE CONTROL IF THAT, IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT GETS OUTTA HAND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE DRIVEN BY THAT NUMEROUS TIMES AND I'M JUST REALLY SURPRISED I'M TAKEN BACK, REALLY, OF HOW SUCCESSFUL YOU SEEM TO BE BECAUSE MAYBE I'M NOT GOING BY THE RIGHT TIME, BUT I'M NOT SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY OVER THERE AND TO SEE WHAT'S ALL COMING OUT.
OF COURSE, I'M NOT A WINE DRINKER, SO THAT'S WHY I'VE NEVER POPPED IN TO DRINK WINE.
MY WIFE IS, I, I KIND OF KEEP HER OUT OF THAT, YOU KNOW,
T I I GOT CEDAR A BOTTLE, MAN.
BUT, UH, SO NO, I I, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING BACK AND WANTING TO STAY WITH CEDAR HILL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE ALL IT, SHOOT, LIKE YOU SAID, 43 SOMETHING, UH, UH, LETTERS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN HERE, A LOT OF OUT-OF-TOWNERS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE IN CEDAR HILL IS A, IS A DESTINATIONS CITY.
AND, AND WE GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND
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YOU'RE DOING IT.SO IF YOU CAN CONTROL THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE, JUST CONTINUE THAT FROM, FROM MY STANDPOINT, THE ONLY THING I DO WANNA MAKE AT LEAST CLEAR IN THE, IN YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION CURRENTLY AND IN WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE IS TO SAY THE SAME.
UH, WHERE WE HAVE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IS FROM, UH, UH, LET'S SEE IF I CAN READ MY NOTES.
11 TO 10 AND THEN 12 TO NINE ON SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
SO ON THE SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, IT SHOWS TO BE 12 NINE.
BUT IN THE STAFF REPORT, NOT THE, NOT THE, UH, THE AGENDA ITEM HERE THAT SHOWS THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND SUBJECT TO, BUT IN THE STAFF REPORT SHOWS, UM, THAT IT WAS 12 TO EIGHT AS FAR AS, UH, SUNDAY, UM, THE SUNDAY AND TH YOU KNOW, THOSE THREE DAYS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE, WE DO WANT TO KEEP FOR A TW FOR THE SAME HOURS OF OPERATION.
YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE RESTAURANTS AND THAT DO SERVE ALCOHOL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO, TO ALL HOURS.
BUT FOR NINE O'CLOCK OR 10 O'CLOCK ON THE WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, SHOOT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE, PEOPLE ARE STILL UP AND GOING, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S 12 TO NINE INSTEAD OF 12 TO EIGHT ON THOSE THREE DAYS.
PARDON? NINE O'CLOCK IS, YEAH.
AND THAT WAS, BUT I WAS JUST READING THE STAFF REPORT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT THAT WAS CORRECTED IN THAT SIDE BOARD.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, NO, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU'RE CEDAR HILL.
UH, AND, UH, I'M GONNA VOTE FOR IT.
I DO WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT SOME THAT WE DON'T SEEM VERY BUSY A LOT OF TIMES.
THE, THE REAL TIME, THE, THE DAYS THAT KEEP US AFLOAT ARE THE DAYS WHEN WE OFFER THE EVENTS.
OKAY? SO THE MUSIC ON THE PATIO SIP AND PAINTS, WINE AND RAGS.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT BRING PEOPLE IN THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEBODY GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE AND SITTING, GETTING A BOTTLE OF WINE SITTING ON THEIR OWN PATIO.
WE TRY TO OFFER SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THAT'S WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN ARE THE EVENTS.
SO IF YOU GO BY AND NOTHING'S GOING ON, IT'S USUALLY PRETTY DEAD.
AND SO WITHOUT THOSE EVENTS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN.
AND I READ YOUR, YOUR NARRATIVE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT YOU DOING THOSE THINGS TO TRY TO KEEP IT GOING.
AND, AND I'M ALL FOR DOING WHATEVER YOU DO TO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
YOU KNOW, THE TIME, THE ONE BEFORE THAT WE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE, TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNINGS, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALL KINDS OF ISSUES THERE.
AND ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT AND WHAT WAS GOING, YOU HAVEN'T BROKEN ANY ORDINANCES.
YOU'VE BEEN TRYING YOUR BEST, BEST TO MAKE THAT SUCCESSFUL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? FAIR ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW, UM, I, I WOULD, I I WOULD JUST WANNA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, UM, COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY.
I MEAN, DURING OUR STRATEGIC RETREATS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, CEDAR HILLS PRO BUSINESS, I MEAN, WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
UM, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE, UH, TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT WITHIN CEDAR HILL.
WE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
UM, SO, UH, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A WINERY AND IT'S CUSTOM TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WANT TO TRY TO MAKE IT, UH, IT'S NOT, UH, I GUESS THE, UM, I GUESS THE TRADITIONAL, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF WINERY, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO TRY TO MAKE IT YOUR OWN, YOU WANT TO CUSTOMIZE IT TO THE COMMUNITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, UM, THE, UH, ORIGINAL INTENT, UH, AND, AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK A COUPLE YEARS, UM, THE, THE TEMPORARY C U P HAD NOTHING TO TO DO WITH YOU.
UH, I THINK COUNCIL JUST ESSENTIALLY JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO RESPECT THE COMMUNITY, UH, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME BAD OPERATORS PRIOR, UM, AND THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
SO COUNCIL JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SEE YOU AGAIN.
NOT THAT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO BABYSIT YOU.
UH, WE JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT ON HOW HAS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN TO YOU.
UM, SO COUNSEL, IF, IF, IF THIS DOES DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, I DO NOT WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A TIME RESTRICTION ON IT.
UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND CONDUCT YOUR BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AS A TRADITIONAL C P QUESTION COMING.
YEAH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, PARDON ME, SAY IN CLOSING THAT, UH, I THINK WHAT HAS MADE ME FELT, UH, REALLY GREAT TONIGHT IS THE, UH, OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM OUR FELLOW CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS AND OUR PATRONS.
I THINK THAT IT, I, I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD FEEL AS GOOD AS IT DOES.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
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ENJOY WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE OFFER.YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU, THAT'S WHY I DO WHAT I DO.
UM, I, I LOVE THE COMMUNITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UH, THIS IS KIND OF HOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
I MEAN, I GREW UP HERE, UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK YOU SHOULD PROBABLY JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST SMELL THE ROSES, CUZ THIS IS WHAT CEDAR HILL IS.
SO WITH THAT, COUNSEL, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR, UH, FINAL COMMENTS OR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVED CASE NUMBER C U P 5 34 DASH 2023 WITH STAFF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY RESTRICTION ON SOUND.
UM, WOULD ASK THAT YOU BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
UH, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT FOR RENEWAL.
I THINK THAT THE, THE APPLICANT HAS, HAS PAID THE PRICE ENOUGH ALREADY, UM, WITH THIS THERE BEING YOUR THIRD APPEARANCE BEFORE US.
UH, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER ADD, UNLESS, UH, SOMEBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL'S GONNA OBJECT THAT WE REBATE THE APPLICATION FEE FOR THE CCEP P FOR $550 THAT, THAT THEY FILED, THAT THEY PAID.
SO $550, WHICH MEANS A LOT TO A SMALL BUSINESS.
THIS IS THEIR, THIS IS BEING, THIS IS THEIR THIRD APPLICATION.
SO THERE WAS NO APPLICATION FEE.
OH, WELL, I, I I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY, THAT THEY WERE CHARGED THE APPLICATION FEE.
HAVE YOU GUYS NOT BEEN CHARGED? NOPE.
DO WE NOT GET THE BILL? NO, THEY HAVEN'T.
UM, UH, TO, TO CLARIFY YOUR MOTION, YOU SAID NO RESTRICTION ON SOUND.
NO RESTRICTION, NO RESTRICTION ON SOUND OTHER THAN CITY ORDINANCE.
WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR HAYDEN.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SIR? JUST DON'T REFER, UH, TIME BACK
JUST YOUR, THEIR COMMITMENT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND, AND, AND YOUR C P CAN BE, YOU KNOW, RECALLED IF, IF, IF THERE DOES BECOME A PROBLEM.
IF YOU WAS TO GET RECORDED, UH, UH, THAT WILL BE THE ONE.
BUT, UH, I GUESS TO CLARIFY, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE DOING AWAY WITH KARAOKE.
I DO KNOW BEING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, YOU GOTTA KIND OF PIVOT, YOU KNOW, TOWARD US A TIME.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE NOT BEING RESTRICTED FROM DOING KARAOKE.
IT'S JUST YOU JUST DECIDED YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT AT THIS TIME.
BUT 10 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU JUST DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT AGAIN.
I'M ASSUMING PRO WE'RE GONNA LAY, ALLOW THE OPERATOR TO, TO I THINK WE OKAY.
IT'S OFF THE SCHEDULE FOR NOW.
WE DON'T YEAH, WE, WE CAN BAND THAT SONG.
YOU, YOU CAN PUT A SIGN UP THERE.
SO WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A EMOTIONAL CUSTOMER.
WE HAVE A SECOND CUSTOMER, BUT HEY, NO FAPE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AND, UM, ALSO TO CLARIFY, UM, TO, UM, TO RANDY GARY MOON, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY, LETTING KNOW HOW, HOW IT'S BEEN HARD.
I, I THINK THE OPERATOR UNDERSTANDS TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO MONITOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OUTSIDE NOISE.
SO WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP MONITORING THAT.
UH, PRO TIM, THAT WORK FOR YOU, SIR? YES.
UH, GET BACK TO MY CALENDAR HERE.
SO WE STILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, UM, GO TO CASE NUMBER Z 5 0 2 2022.
CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO APRIL 25TH, 2023 FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 23 IN ENTITLED ZONING OF THE CODE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PERTAINING TO INDUSTRIAL STORAGE WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION USES.
OH, MAYOR, IF I MAY, OH, OKAY, I'M SORRY.
UH, SO THE, THE STAFF REQUEST IS TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO APRIL 25TH.
HOWEVER, UH, I HAVE ASKED, UH, LASHONDA SHREEN FELLOW AND TOM JOHNSON TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.
IN THE PREPARATION FOR BRINGING THE ORDINANCE AND ADDITIONAL CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS BEFORE YOU ON THE 25TH, IF YOU DON'T.
GOOD EVENING, MS. STRINGFELLOW.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO BE BRIEF, GIVEN THE HOUR.
DO MY BEST TO BE BRIEF, GIVEN THE HOUR, UM, SINCE TOM AND I BOTH HAVE TO PRESENT.
SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UM, TONIGHT IS WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS OF THESE INDUSTRIAL CODE AMENDMENTS.
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AND ALSO YOU HEARD OUR CITY MANAGER REFERENCE, UM, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.SO WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN DECEMBER, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING IS WE WOULD, UM, HOPE TO, UM, CONCLUDE IT ON APRIL 25TH.
SO TONIGHT, AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THOSE CODE AMENDMENTS.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR THAT IS BECAUSE ON APRIL 25TH, UM, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR, UM, SOME IN, FOR SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, AND I'M GONNA SPEED THROUGH THIS HERE A LITTLE BIT FOR THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE ONES THAT ARE CROSSHATCHED, THE YELLOW CROSSHATCH, THOSE ARE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, ARE THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE FIRST ONE, UM, IS THE NORTHERN MOST ONE, UH, THAT IS KBC.
THE SECOND ONE, UM, CONSISTS OF TWO BUILDINGS OF 630,000 SQUARE FEET.
THIRD ONE IS 238,000 SQUARE FEET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MOUNT LEBANON.
AND THEN THE FINAL ONE, UM, IS TWO OF THREE BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY HILLWOOD.
NOW, ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU IS THAT, UM, THE CUS WOULD BE FOR THE REQUESTED USES.
LET'S SEE IF I'M GONNA PICK ME GO UP HERE.
SO WHAT WOULD BE FOR THE REQUESTED USES OF DISTRIBUTION AND FULFILLMENT CENTERS? HOWEVER, ONE THING THAT I NEED TO POINT OUT TO YOU IS THAT THEY ARE NOT CERTAIN.
THEY BEING THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY'RE NOT CERTAIN THAT IT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTION AND FULFILLMENT CENTERS.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, THEY STILL WOULD LIKE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MARKET IT.
AND IF, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE USERS THAT HAPPENS TO OCCUPY ONE OF THOSE SPACES, THEN UM, THEY WOULD HAVE THE C U P THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF REQUESTED THEY DO IS TO, UM, UPDATE THEIR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FROM WHAT WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED WITH THEIR APPLICATION.
AND, UM, TOM JOHNSON, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, IS GOING TO, UM, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, UM, WHAT THOSE TIAS SAID AND, UM, WHAT THE CITY IS COMFORTABLE WITH IN TERMS OF GOING FORWARD.
IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE CUS FOR THOSE USES AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
ME, SIR? UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AS LASHON POINTED OUT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, WITH ALL THREE OF THE, UH, DEVELOPERS ALONG 67.
UM, THEY DID ALL SUBMIT TIAS FOR THEIR PROJECT AND IN FACT, UM, THEY WENT AS FAR AS LOOKING AT, UM, A BASELINE, WHICH IS WHAT, UM, THE WAREHOUSE TRIP GENERATIONS ARE FOR.
BUT THEY ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH A SCENARIO WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DOUBLED AND THEY ACTUALLY TRIPLED THE AMOUNT OF TRIP GENERATIONS TO FIND OUT.
THE NUMBER ONE WAS, UH, THE IMPACT TO THE FRONTAGE ROADS AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF THOSE FAGE ROADS.
SECOND THING WAS, UM, THEY ALSO LOOKED AT QUEUING.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS THAT THERE NO TRUCKS WERE QUEUING INTO THE FRONTAGE ROADS THAT ALL THE QUEUING HAD TO BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEN WHEN THEY DID THAT, THEY ALSO ASSESSED, UM, THE CIRCULATION PATTERNS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENTS AND WHICH WAY THEY WOULD ACTUALLY ENTER AND EXIT THE PROPERTIES.
AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT, UM, ON THEIR BASELINE WAS THAT THERE WAS REALLY NO IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE NEEDED EXCEPT THE RIGHT TURN LANES, THE DECELERATION LANES THAT WE HAD ASKED THEM TO PUT IN.
UM, BUT IN THEIR, WHEN THEY DID THE SCENARIOS, THEY WENT TO TRIPLING UP THEIR TRIP GENERATIONS.
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS POINTED OUT WAS THAT ON MOCKINGBIRD LANE, ON MOCKINGBIRD LANE ON MOUNT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM ON MOUNT MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
YEAH, WHERE'S THAT, WHERE'S THAT ONE
AND IN FACT, UM, THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE DOING WITH HILLWOOD HILLWOOD IS GETTING READY TO ADD ANOTHER LANE TO MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
UM, WHEN THEY'RE DONE ADDING THAT LANE, THAT WHOLE ROADWAY IS GOING TO BE RETRIED AND WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THE RIGHT TURN LANE WITH THAT PROJECT.
SO WE'VE KIND OF MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THERE FOR THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK THEY'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ASKED 'EM TO DO.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE C U P REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND YOU SEE WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPERS COMING IN,
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UM, THEY HAVE MET THAT.UM, AND OUR C P REQUIREMENT ALSO REQUIRES THAT IF THEY COME IN WITH A HIGHER USE, A HIGHER TRIP GENERATIONS THAT THE TIAS DO NEED TO BE MODIFIED.
AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO THE STREET, UH, TO THE FRONTAGE ROADS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO DISCUSSED, LASHONDRA AND I, UM, IT'D BE, WE HAVE ANOTHER INITIATIVE GOING ON THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO BRIEF YOU ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE THREE DEVELOPERS, BUT WE GOT A WHOLE CORRIDOR THAT'S GETTING DEVELOPED AND GETTING DEVELOPED PRETTY FAST.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE THEM VERY LONG TO FIND TENANTS FOR THESE BUILDINGS.
IN FACT, HILLWOOD HAS GOT TWO OF THEIR BUILDINGS FILLED UP ALREADY.
UM, SO I'M GONNA TAKE YOU BACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
I HAD KIMLEY HORN DO A WARRANT STUDY FOR TIDWELL IN 67, AND WHEN IT CAME BACK, IT MET THE FOUR HOUR WARRANT FOR SIGNAL LINE.
SO I, I APPROACHED TEXTILE ABOUT THE NEED FOR TED.
WELL, UM, WE ALL BEEN DOWN THERE AT FOUR OR FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING AND SOMETIMES, UM, THE BACKUP IS GETTING ONTO THE RAMP, GETTING DOWN TO THE MAIN LANE.
SO IT HASN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR YET, BUT THERE'S A CONCERN THERE.
UM, MY REQUEST TO TEXTILE WAS TO CONSIDER PUTTING SIGNAL LIGHT THERE AS A SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENT.
UM, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT DIDN'T, UH, THEY ONLY INSTALLED SIGNAL LIGHTS ON AN EIGHT HOUR WARRANT AND NOT A FOUR HOUR WARRANT, WHICH CAME AS A SURPRISE TO ME, UM, BECAUSE IT DOES MEET ONE OF THE WARRANTS.
HOWEVER, UM, I APPROACHED THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT AN INITIATIVE THAT WE COULD TAKE AT THIS POINT WAS TO STUDY THE CORRIDOR AS A WHOLE, TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH, TAKE ALL THESE TIAS FROM, UM, HILLWOOD, KBC STREAM, AND EVEN THE HOSPITAL THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UH, AT TED WELL, UM, AND MODEL IT.
UM, THE REASON I'M TRYING TO DO THAT IS TEXT DOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO DOG TEXT DOT TONIGHT, BUT THEY ARE REACTIVE.
UH, THEY GOTTA SEE THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD THAT.
UM, SO THE MODEL THAT, UH, KIMBERLY HORN IS PREPARING FOR ME, FOR US, UM, MY INTENT IS TO USE THAT MODEL TO SHOW HOW BAD IT'S GOING TO GET.
NOT NOT ONLY AT WHAT WOULD POSSIBLY AT MOUNT LEBANON ROAD AND THEN SEE IF I CAN GET, UM, SOME MY, AN APPROACH TO SOME SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH COULD BE SIGNALIZATION.
UM, IT COULD BE AN ADDED RAMP, UM, IT COULD BE RAMP REVERSALS.
UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT, BUT I'M ASKING KIM NEW LEE HORN TO LOOK AT THAT THROUGH THEIR MODEL.
WE TAKE THAT MODEL, WE'LL GO MEET WITH THE DISTRICT ENGINEER WHEN IT'S COMPLETE, AND I THINK THAT'LL HAPPEN SOMETIME BY THE END OF MAY.
UH, MAYBE JUNE, AND THEN START PITCHING, UM, THE NEED TO, UH, FUND SOME OF THE SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS, BUT ALSO THE LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS IS, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD BRIDGE IS JUST GEOMETRICALLY NOT RIGHT.
UM, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE REDONE.
UM, IT NEEDS THE U-TURN LANES LIKE WE'VE ENJOYED ON 1382 AND 67 AND, UM, AT BELT LINE 67.
SO THAT'S OUR INITIATIVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, KIMLEY HORN'S WORKING ON THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S SORT OF A, UM, A BACKGROUND TO, UH, ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THE, UH, TI WILL BRIDGE.
WE'LL SEE THIS AGAIN, UH, AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
[8. 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.]
IS CONSENT.THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ANY ITEM THAT MAY BE USED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, I HAVE REMOVED, UH, ITEM D AND ITEM I.
UM, SO I, UH, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WE PULLED FROM THE CASSETTE? UH, HEARING NONE, UH, CONTINUE ITEM A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 14TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, ITEM B, UM, I'LL KEEP GOING.
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, ACT LARA TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE, AMI SYSTEM SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE.
UH, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAM BETWEEN MISSION CEDAR HILL AND THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER THREE 80 ITEM E CONSIDER OF ACCEPTS OF THE 2022 RACIAL PROFILING, UH, ANALYSIS BY DR.
ERIC FITZ WITH JUSTICE RESEARCH CONSULTANTS LLC.
ITEM F, CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CEDAR HILL CAPITAL IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ITEM G, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR EXECUTE A CHAPTER THREE 80 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND LAKE MORENO PARTNERS,
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L L C.CONSIDER AUTHORIZE ON THE PURCHASE OF BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES FROM SAFE BUILT TEXAS L L C AND ITEM J CONSIDER APPROVING THE MU THE IS IT MURAL OR ARE YOUR MURAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR A HISTORIC DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL COUNCIL.
THOSE ARE YOUR ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS READ.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM, UH, PROTE SIMS. UH, JUST WANTED TO CHECK ONE THING, COUNSEL.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UM, WE, WE ARE GOOD TO MOVE WITHOUT MCCURDY.
IT MOVES, UH, SIX 60 COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MCCURDY STEPPED OUT FOR A SECOND.
[d. Consider designating Juneteenth as an observed City holiday in Cedar Hill. ]
WOULD LIKE TO PULL UP THE ITEM D FOR CONSIDERED DESIGNATED JUNETEENTH AS AN OBSERVED CITY HOLIDAY IN CEDAR HILL.I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM FROM CONSENT AGENDA.
BECAUSE OF THE MOMENTOUS OCCASION OF THE HOLIDAY, I DID NOT WANT IT TO BE BURIED INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS IN THE WORLD SEES THAT CEDAR HILL, A COMMUNITY OF DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TOGETHER AND LIVE TOGETHER, WORK AND PLAY TOGETHER, ARE RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY.
UM, JUNETEENTH IS A HOLIDAY THAT STARTED HERE IN TEXAS, AND I WOULD NOT WANT THE LIVES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY SLAVERY TO GO UNRECOGNIZED AND, AND NOT HAVE THE DESIGNATION AS RECEIVED BY, UH, AS ALLOCATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAKING THIS A, A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
UM, THIS IS AN, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR, OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY, OF OUR CITY, AND ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US NOT TO FORGET OUR HISTORY.
SO MUCH OF WHAT'S GOING ON NOW IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE US, IS THE ERADICATION OF THINGS THAT HAVE GONE OUR HISTORY, JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE FEEL BAD.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE, WE OWN, WE RECOGNIZE, WE ALSO CELEBRATE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT POINT OF OUR HISTORY TO WHERE WE ARE NOW AS A COUNTRY.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IN CELEBRATING THE JUNETEENTH, WILL THIS BE A CLOSE DAY FOR EMPLOYEES? OKAY.
NOW, A QUESTION ON WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES ARE WE GOING TO HAVE? UH, SO WE DID HAVE A, UH, PRESENTATION DURING BRIEFING, BUT YOU, YOU WASN'T HERE TO SEE IT.
UM, BUT, UH, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, THIS WILL BE A DAY OF OBSERVANCE.
UH, BUT I, I DO THINK THAT WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE OR BE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, SOME TYPE OF CELEBRATION FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S FINALIZED YET, BUT, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON IT, AND WE'RE GONNA TOTALLY, WE'RE WORKING ON, OH, OKAY.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY.
THIS IS, UM, THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ARE USING THIS DAY FOR OBSERVANCE.
UH, BUT THE JUNETEENTH IS NOT USED TO BE AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION.
WE'RE JUST GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF US REPRESENTING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE, THE INTENT IS NOT TO BE AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION THIS TIME.
IT WILL JUST BE TO CELEBRATE OUR OBSERVANCE FOR THE FIRM.
SO IT WON'T BE A DAY THAT THEY CLOSE.
THIS YEAR IT'LL BE AN OBSERVANCE DATE.
SO YES, THAT WILL BE, THAT'LL BE A HOLIDAY.
BUT YOU JUST SAID IT WON'T BE YES, WE'RE NOT GOING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OP LEE NOT ON, NOT ON THE SAME DAY THAT WE ARE OUT.
WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE THAT FOR A DAY IN JUNETEENTH TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DATE IS.
RIGHT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT WOULD NOT BE ANNUAL EVERY DAY.
I'M JUST BEING TRANSPARENT THAT THE PLAN IS NOT TO PROGRAM AN ANNUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM FOR JUNETEENTH.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT Y'ALL WANT THE CITY WILL NOT BE CLOSED EVERY YEAR? THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.
I'M SAYING TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE JUNETEENTH AS AN OBSERVANCE DAY.
SO YES, WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING THAT DAY.
THE CITY OFFICERS WILL BE CLOSED EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR AFTER THEIR HOUSE.
IT IS, AND IT IS A HOLIDAY, BUT WHAT ARE YOU SAYING WILL NOT BE OPAL LEE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE OPAL LEE HERE THIS JUNE.
YEAH, I HEARD THAT PART CELEBRATION.
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THAT PART.I I DON'T WANT TO MISCOMMUNICATE UHHUH.
WE WILL NOT BE HAVING A CELEBRATION EVERY SINGLE YEAR OKAY.
BUT THE HOLIDAY, THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO I HOPE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CRYSTAL CLEAR.
SO WHERE ARE WE ABOUT OUR SECRETARY? YOU TAKE A VOTE MOTION? I HAVEN'T MADE THE MOTION.
DO WE, DO WE, DID WE VOTE ON THIS ALREADY? YES.
I'D LIKE TO THEN, BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION, JUST, UH, TO GO BACK, I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I SAW THE MIGRATION OF MAR DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY, AND I'VE BEEN NOT HERE AT THE CITY.
I REMEMBER BEING ASKED, ARE YOU TAKING THE DAY OFF? AND MY REPLY WAS ALWAYS, WELL, ARE YOU TAKING THE DAY OFF? AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT ONLY THE BLACK PEOPLE IN MY ORGANIZATION TOOK THE DAY OFF, AND IT WASN'T RECOGNIZED.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ALSO RECOGNIZED BY EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN ATTACHMENT.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A DAY OF SERVICE.
IT'S GONNA BE A DAY FOR PEOPLE TO COMMEMORATE AND, AND, AND, AND COMMEMORATE THE MOMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT WE ALSO NEED TO JUST, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DAYS OF SERVICE, WE PUT ON MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, AND WE HAVE A DAY OF SERVICE, WE CAN PICK ANY DAY OTHER THAN ONE OF OUR HOLIDAYS, AND WE CAN DO THAT AS A COMMUNITY AND SAY, THIS IS OUR DAY OF SERVICE.
AND IF WE GIVE THAT DAY OFF FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MAYOR, THAT WE DESIGNATE JUNETEENTH AS THAT WE DESIGNATE JUNETEENTH AS AN OBSERVED TO THE HOLIDAY AND THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM CUSTOMER GLOVER.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER HAYDEN.
UH, UM, MADAM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS? OKAY, PERFECT.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UH, MOTION TO CARRIE UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCILOR MCCURDY, YOU HAVE STEPPED OUT.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO BE COUNTED AS A VOTE FOR THE CONSENT? SO WE HAVE SEVEN OH, ON THAT
MCCURDY WILL, DOES WANNA BE COUNTED FOR IT FOR IT.
NOW TO GO BACK TOWARDS THE OTHER ITEM.
SO, UH, CASE NUMBER Z 5 0 2 2022.
CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO APRIL 25TH, 2023 FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 23 ENTITLED ZONING OF THE CODE ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, PERTAINING TO INDUSTRIAL STORAGE, WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION, UH, USES COUNSEL.
I NEED A MOTION TO BE ABLE TO POSTPONE THE MEETING TO APRIL 25TH.
MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE CASE NUMBER Z 5 0 2 DASH 2 22 UNTIL THE APRIL 25TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING? WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BASHAU? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MO UNANIMOUS COUNCIL.
I THINK WE DID A GOOD DAY'S WORK.
[i. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with North Star Place Branding + Marketing for branding and marketing services.]
UH, I'M SORRY.COUNCIL
UH, I ASKED, UH, CITY STAFF IF WE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH.
UH, THEY, THEY'RE GONNA BE ENGAGING IN SOME, TO SOME STAKEHOLDERS.
SO I JUST WANNA PUT A FACE WITH THE NAME AND TO BE ABLE TO, UH, WELCOME THIS TOWARDS CEDAR HILL.
SO I ASK FOR THAT TO BE, UH, POSTPONED TO A LATER, A LATER MEETING.
DO I NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE THAT? UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID? I'M JUST GONNA ASK FOR IT TO BE MOVED TO A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S A GOOD DAY'S WORK.
THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR YOUR, UH, DILIGENCE, UH, TODAY, FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I ENTERTAINED THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MCCURY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND VOTE.
THERE IS NON DEBATABLE MOTION.