May 09, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

[1. Call meeting to order.]

TODAY IS MAY 9TH, 2023.

WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.

UH, JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AND ALSO TO NOTE, I DO WANNA CONGRATULATE, UM, OUR COUNCIL ELECT DAN HAYDEN FOR HIS REELECTION.

SO THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, SIR.

AND, UH, ALONG WITH THAT, I HAVE SEVEN OH SEVEN.

I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION FROM REVEREND ISAAC BREL WITH INTERNATIONAL CHARISMATIC CHURCH.

UH, CHARISMATIC CHURCH.

YES.

AND, UH, FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FROM CLIFFORD SHAW JR.

SO IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD , SIR.

YES SIR.

THE LEADERS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COVENANT.

I ALSO THANK YOU VERY MUCH BY FELLOW CITIZENS.

IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE, TO GIVE YOU THE WORD.

READ SOMETHING QUICKLY FROM TIMOTHY OT, FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER TWO, VERSE ONE AND TWO.

I ASSURE THEREFORE, THAT FIRST OF ALL, SUPPLICATION PRAYERS, INTERCESSION, THANKSGIVING BE MADE FOR ALL MEN, FOR KINGS, AND FOR ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY, THAT WE MAY LEAD A QUIET AND A PEACEABLE LIFE IN ALL GODLINESS AND HONESTY.

HEAVENLY FATHER, I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS SPECIAL MOMENT.

WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY AND ALL THE POWER AND ALL THE HONOR TONIGHT.

LORD, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERY LIFE THAT IS PRESENT HERE TO YOU.

BE THE GLORY TONIGHT, LORD, AS WE ARE ABOUT TO START THIS MEETING, LORD WILL RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE TO BE IN OUR MESS.

LORD, BRING US WITH YOUR UNDERSTANDING, KNOWLEDGE AND ABOVE ALL YOUR WISDOM, THE BIBLE SAYS, IS THE RIGHTEOUS RULE AND REIGN, THE PEOPLE REJOICE.

WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CITY HILL THAT YOU HAVE SET APART.

LORD, THE CITY WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE CITY, LORD, EVERYTHING THAT WE WILL SHARE RIGHT HERE, LET IT BE PRODUCTIVE AND ABOVE ALL, HELP US SO THAT WE CAN SERVE ONE ANOTHER IN THIS CITY.

WE PRAY ALL THIS JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

UM, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE REMAIN STANDING, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR COLORS.

AND THEN IF, UH, MR. SAL JR.

WILL LEAD US IN BOTH THE TEXAS AND AMERICAN FLAG.

YOU WANNA COME UP TO THE MIC? HOW YOU GUYS DOING? UH, WE'LL GET IT'S OKAY.

SORRY.

I PLEDGE JESUS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD FOR INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

FARRA.

Y'ALL READY FOR THE TEXAS? OKAY.

I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, UN STATE UNDERGRAD AND INVISIBLE AND INDIVISIBLE.

Y'ALL WERE A LITTLE SLOW.

THANK YOU.

YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED.

ALL RIGHT.

GOT A VERY SPECIAL DAY PLANNED FOR US TODAY.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE, UH, REST OF THE AGENDA.

NEXT ITEM IS,

[a. Recognize the Cedar Hill Economic Development Corporation, recipients in the Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC) annual Economic Excellence Recognition program in 2022 for its achievements in economic development.]

RECOGNIZE THE ECONOMIC GIVE ONE SECOND.

RECOGNIZE THE CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RECIPIENT IN TEXAS.

UH, ECONOMIC, UH, I'M SORRY.

HOLD ON.

MY SCREEN IS OFF.

UH, RECOGNIZE THE CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RECIPIENT IN THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, T E D C, ANNUAL ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION PROGRAM IN 2022 FOR ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR ED DIRECTOR.

HOW YOU DOING, MR. HENRY? I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING,

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IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY OF CEDAR HILL, UH, TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS A STATEWIDE MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ALL AROUND TEXAS.

THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TRAINING FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS LIKE THE CEDAR HILL EDC.

AND EACH YEAR, THE T TDC RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS WITH ITS ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD TO BE INCLUDED, YOUR PROGRAM MUST MEET SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM TRAINING TAKEN BY THE GOVERNING BOARD AND STAFF CERTIFICATIONS HELD PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

LONG STORY SHORT, THIS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WHO FOLLOW INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES AND DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.

THIS IS OUR 11TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.

ALL RIGHT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION TO YOU AND TO THE AUDIENCE THAT A COUPLE OF CEDAR HILL PROJECTS JUST RECENTLY WON AWARDS AT THE DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL'S BEST REAL ESTATE AWARDS BANQUET FOR 2022.

FIRST, THE COTTAGES AT WATERFORD WON FOR BEST BILL TO RENT DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN PRAT INDUSTRIES.

HILLWOOD.

YEAH.

CLAP.

AND THEN PRATT INDUSTRIES, HILLWOOD AND JLL WON FOR BEST INDUSTRIAL LEASE OF THE YEAR.

SO WE TOOK HOME TRITE CEDAR HILL, TOOK HOME TWO OF THE 20 AWARDS GIVEN FOR THE ENTIRE METROPLEX FOR BEST REAL ESTATE DEALS FOR LAST YEAR.

SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM HERE TONIGHT.

IT TAKES A BIG TEAM TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S OUR STAFF, IT'S OUR BOARD, BUT IT'S YOU, IT'S PLANNING, IT'S ADMINISTRATION, IT'S PARKS, IT'S THE CITIZENS.

AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE AUDIENCE AND YOU TO OUR TEAM TONIGHT.

THAT'S HERE.

WE'VE GOT, AND IF YOU WOULD COME DOWN WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, WE'VE GOT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, SEAN QUEN.

ALL RIGHT.

AND WE'VE GOT OUR IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT, MICHAEL LAMAN.

AND DID I MISS ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? DID ANYBODY COME IN AFTER I TURNED MY BACK? OKAY, NOW WE'VE GOT OUR STAFF EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, CHERYL VAUGHN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, LOUIS CASTILLO AND OUR MARKETING MANAGER, NAKA MABO.

RIGHT.

AND NOW PRESIDENT SEAN QUIL.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT.

GOOD EVENING.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO THANK ALL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT.

OUR MAYOR MASON AND OUR CITY MANAGERS HAVE WORKED WITH THIS BOARD.

UM, I FEEL LIKE WE GET A TON OF SUPPORT FROM YOU.

AND I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND SAY, WE APPRECIATE NOT ONLY YOUR SUPPORT, BUT THE EMPOWERMENT FOR US TO DO WHAT THE J THE, TO DO THE JOB OF THE EDC.

SO, UM, THIS BOARD, AND WHILE THEY'RE ALL NOT HERE, I TELL YOU WE'VE GOT A DEDICATED AND COMMITTED BOARD, AND THEY DEDICATE WAY MORE THAN ONE HOUR A MONTH TO, UM, THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CITY.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF SO VERY MUCH BECAUSE I PERSONALLY, UH, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO, UM, MY JOB AS PRESIDENT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, SEAN, COULD YOU AND HENRY COME BACK UP TO THE PODIUM? UM, I JUST JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, OUT OF ALL THE CITIES THAT, UH, ARE IN OUR REGION, OF ALL THE CITIES THAT, UH, HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE FACT THAT WE HAD TWO OF OUR PROJECTS THAT REALLY JUST GOT OPEN, UH, ONE IS STILL STILL LEASING, UH, THE FACT THAT THEY GOT THE, NOT ONLY NOMINATED, BUT ALSO RECEIVED THE AWARD AND IS ALSO PUT INTO THE DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL.

I MEAN, THAT IS, THAT IS HUGE.

MM-HMM.

, UH, SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS LIGHTLY AT ALL.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY, UH, PART OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, HENRY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM, AND THIS IS ALSO A BADGE OF HONOR.

SO PLEASE LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT CEDAR HILL, YOU KNOW, IS BEING RECOGNIZED AND WILL DO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NO WORRIES.

WE'RE DOING THAT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, TYPICALLY, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SHARE, UM, THE, UH, PROCLAMATIONS OR ANY OTHER PRESENTATION WITH THE HALL COUNCIL.

BUT SINCE, UH, CLIFFORD SHAW, UH, DECIDES THAT HE WANNA RETIRE EARLY, I FIGURE I'D GO AHEAD AND GIVE HIM ALL TO HIM .

SO, UH, SO NEXT ITEM ON THE, UH, AGENDA IS THE PRESENTER

[b. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 8-12, 2023 as National Economic Development Week in Cedar Hill.]

IT'LL BE PRESENTED BY YOUR VERY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER CLIFFS.

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YOU ARE QUITE WELCOME, SIR.

UH, THIS IS, I'M GOING, I'M GONNA DOODLE, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAY THE BEST FOR LAST.

THE FIRST ONE, NOT THAT I GOT ANYTHING AGAINST THE FIRST ONE, .

NO, JUST KIDDING.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE, UH, CITY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS THE LARGEST PROFESSION, PROFESSIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SERVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS.

AND WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENT IN DEVELOP, IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITIES, MEMBERS AND PARTNERS THROUGH CONFERENCES, TRAINING COURSES, ADVISORY SERVICE AND RESEARCH, IN DEPTH PUBLICATION, PUBLIC POLICY, ADVOCACY AND INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE CREDIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM, AND THE CERTIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DESIGNATION.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER PROMISE PROMOTES ECONOMIC WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE BY CREATING, RETAINING, AND EXPANDING JOBS THAT THE FACILITIES GROWTH ENHANCED WEALTH AND STRENGTHEN THE DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS STIMULATE AND INCUBATE ENTREPRENEURS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THIS NEXT GENERATION OF NEW BUSINESSES, WHICH IS THE HALLMARK OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMICAL DEVELOPERS ARE ENGAGED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING RURAL AND URBAN, LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, UNIVERSITY, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOP, TRACK AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY JOBS, DEVELOP ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITIES IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR REGION.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION SERVE THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL WITHIN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, AND WHEREAS THE CITY, CEDAR HILL EDC IS THE CREDIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY, CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL AND THE CEDAR HILL EDC HAVE RECENTLY ADOPTED A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, WHICH WAS SEVEN GOLD TO DEVELOP A TARGET BUSINESS ATTRACTION STRATEGY, DEVELOP KEY URGE IN CEDAR HILL TO EXCAVATE OUR GREEN SPACES, TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING BUSINESSES SUPPORT, TO ENHANCE TOURISM EFFORTS, TO DEVELOP CONSISTENT STORYTELLING, AND TO PURSUE ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

NOW THEREFORE, I STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY CLAIM, CLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 8TH THROUGH 12 23 23 AS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND REMIND INTERVENTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, WHICH SUPPORT EXPANDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND WITNESS WHERE OF I HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CALLED THE SEAL OF THE CITY, CITY HILL TO BE ASPIC WAS THIS NINTH DAY OF MAY 9TH, 2023.

STEVEN MASON, MAY ALL, ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

ACTUALLY, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE STANDING OVER HERE, WASN'T I MADE? UH, WHICH IT, IT IS YOUR DAY, SIR.

WHICHEVER YOU WANT TO DO, TURN THE MIC ON, BUT I REALLY DON'T.

LET ME, UH, READ THE NEXT ITEM BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, SIR.

THE WHAT? LET ME READ THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

UH, PRESENT A PROCLAMATION

[c. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 15-21, 2023 as National Police Week in Cedar Hill.]

COUNCILWOMAN HAW.

THANK YOU.

AND I SAY THIS IS MY VERY GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE, POLICE OFFICERS, AND MY FATHER.

I, I LOVE YOU GUYS ALSO, .

I REALLY, REALLY DO.

, I'M JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND KINDA PROTECTORS.

THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.

HE A BIG BOY.

SO ALMOST 25 YEARS TOGETHER, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH.

BUT, UH, THIS IS A, UH, GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT, I MUST SAY OVER 25 YEARS, THAT I LEARNED TO REALLY RESPECT

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MY, EVEN MY SON, WE USED TO SAY ALL THE TIME, HE SAY, DADDY, THE POLICE IS HARASSING ME.

I'M LIKE, SON, LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT OUTTA ALL THE STUDENTS IN CEDAR HILL.

THEY PICKED CLIFFORD SHAW THAT THEY WANT TO HARASS .

IT DON'T WORK THAT WAY.

BUT NOW THAT HE'S A GROWN MAN, I THINK HE'LL TELL YOU HE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

SO, PROCLAMATION OFFICER OF THE MAYOR, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 800,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WHEREAS OVER 60,000 ASSAULTS AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE WERE REPORTED IN 2022, RESULTED IN 18,000 INJURED.

AND SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 18 17 86, MORE THAN 23,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, INCLUDING OFFICER GRE LAMB OF THE CITY HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE NAMES OF THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS FROM NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC AND WHEREAS 226 NEW NAMES OF FOLLOW HEROES FROM 2022 ARE BEING ADDED TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF MEMORIAL THIS SPRING.

THUS FAR IN 20 23, 34 OFFICERS HAVE DIED.

AND WHEREAS THE SERVICE AND NA AND SACRIFICED OF ALL OFFICERS KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL FARM, 35TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON THE EVENING OF MAY 13TH, 2022.

WHEREAS THE CITY HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON MAY 8TH, 2023.

AND WHEREAS MAY 15TH IS DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF, OF ALL FOLLOWING OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND US FLAGS HAVE BE FLOWN AT HALF MASS NOW, THEREFORE, AYE.

STEPHEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DUE HEREBY DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 15TH THROUGH 21ST 2023 AS NATIONAL POLICE SUITE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

I PUBLISHED THE LUTHER SERVICES LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN COMMUNITY ACROSS THE NATION.

AND WITNESS THAT WHERE OF I HAVE HERE ON TWO SAID, MY HAND HAVE CAUSED THE CIVIL OF THE CITY, CITY HILL, TEXAS TO BE FIXED THIS NINTH DAY OF MAY, 2023.

STEVEN MASON, MAYOR CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS NOT, UH, LOST UPON ME AS A CHIEF, UH, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND, UH, WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE, UH, CEDAR HILL AND IN A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY GENUINELY SUPPORTS THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO WORK FOR CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR THAT ALSO BACK THE BLUE.

UM, THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN A LOT OF CITIES.

AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, HEARTWARMING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO WORK IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT.

AND THE RESULTS, UH, ARE EVIDENT IN THE POLICING AND THE TYPE OF POLICING THAT OCCURS IN CEDAR HILL.

YOU KNOW, THIS COUNTRY, UH, HAS SEEN A LOT OF, UH, TRAGIC INCIDENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT CONTINUE TO WANT TO DO THIS JOB.

IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB TO PUT ON THIS BADGE TO RUN TOWARDS THAT GUNFIRE AND KNOW THAT ANY DAY AND ANY CALL THAT YOU CAN BE LAYING DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR THAT COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IS ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

UH, LAST NIGHT WE HAD OUR EVENT AT GRADY LAMB, UH, BUILDING TO HONOR THE 18 TEXAS POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY LAST YEAR, ALONG WITH OUR OWN GRADY LAMB, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON APRIL 11TH, UH, 33 YEARS AGO.

AND HIS FAMILY WAS THERE WITH US LAST NIGHT TO HONOR HIM, UM, THAT THOSE FALLEN OFFICERS WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

SO, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW, THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANKS TO THESE OFFICERS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT, AND WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.

THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NEXT ITEM

[5. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 3pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]

THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZEN TO SPEAK UP ON ANY ITEM THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, ITEMS THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, CAN BE REFERRED TO CITY STAFF OR BE ON THE FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA.

I DO HAVE TWO, UM, UH, CITIZENS FORUMS HERE BEFORE ME, COUNSEL, I DO ALSO WANT TO NOTIFY YOU THAT THERE IS ONE ONLINE COMMENT, SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE CHECK YOUR INBOX FOR THAT.

UH, SO THE FIRST, UM, CITIZEN I HAVE IS MR. CEDRIC BROWN, AND HIS TOPIC IS HILLSIDE PRIME STEAKHOUSE.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

HOW YOU GUYS DOING, UH, TODAY? MAYOR PRO, MAYOR PRO TE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, GLAD TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU ONCE AGAIN IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE GOT STARTED OUT HERE YEARS AGO, BUILDING HOMES OVER IN LAKE RIDGE.

DID QUITE WELL WITH THAT.

THEN I DECIDED TO BRING THE MAYWEATHER BOXING FITNESS GYM HERE TO THE CITY.

AND NOW WE'RE UP AND RUNNING AND REALLY GETTING READY TO LIFT THAT UP.

I ALSO, UH, DECIDED TO TAKE ON THE TURKEY LEG KING RESTAURANT, WHICH WE OPENED JANUARY THE FIFTH.

WE JUST DID A RIBBON CUT THAT YOU GUYS MISSED.

WELL, IT'S CAUSING ME NOT LETTING YOU NOT GUYS KNOW.

CAUSE I WANT TO SAVE YOU FOR THE GRAND FINALE, WHICH IS THE, UH, HILLSIDE PRIME STEAK AND SEAFOOD RESTAURANT.

WE ARE THE LARGEST, THE FIRST, THE BIGGEST AND THE ONLY STEAK AND SEAFOOD RESTAURANT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF TOWN.

AND IT'S RIGHT HERE ON THE HILL IN CEDAR HILL.

I'VE GIVING YOU GUYS A SPECIAL INVITATION TO OUR RIBBON CUTTING ON MAY THE 12TH, AT 12TH, AT AT, ON, ON 12TH, AT 3:00 PM CENTRAL TIME THAT SAYS FRIDAY.

AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING THERE.

WE DEFINITELY WANT YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE, CELEBRATE.

WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE INVITATION A COPY OF THE, UH, MENU ITSELF.

SO YOU CAN SEE NOW THE TYPE OF FOOD THAT WE'RE OFFERING THE CITIZEN HERE OF CEDAR HILL, AND PRETTY MUCH THE CITIZENS OF THE SOUTH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND YOUR SUPPORT.

EVEN WE HAD THE TOUGH TIMES AND THE CRITICISMS AND, AND, AND, AND ALL THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WAS ALL FOR OUR GOOD.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND I RESPECT THE COUNCIL FOR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND HELPING AND SUPPORTING ME AND MY TEAM TO ACTUALLY BRING THESE BUSINESSES, CEDAR HILL.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A THANK YOU, AND I PRAY THAT YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CELEBRATE WITH US ON FRIDAY.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND I HAVE ONE MORE, UH, CITIZEN THAT LIKES TO SPEAK, UH, AT DURING CITIZENS FORUM.

IT'S, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, KIMBERLY, IS IT DURHAM? SCOTT, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT LAST THAT THAT'S FINE.

PART OF YOUR LAST NAME.

COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME AND, AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS EARLIER, BUT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, MY NAME IS KIMBERLY DARWIN SCOTT.

I AM THE COMMITTEE, UH, CHAIR FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UM, COMMITTEE FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I WANTED TO INVITE YOU AND ALSO OUR, UM, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FORUM THAT'S BEING HELD ON SATURDAY AFTER THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, EVENT AT 1:00 PM IT'S BEING HOSTED BY THE CHAMBER.

WE WILL HAVE ACTUAL, UM, SEVEN HEALTH-MINDED BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY.

OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON, UM, CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND TO ALSO PROVIDE, UM, EXPOSURE, UM, AND RESOURCES AND NETWORKING TO OUR BUSINESSES.

WE'LL HAVE TWO GUEST SPEAKERS TO INCLUDE A MEDICAL PROVIDER.

WE'RE, UM, ALSO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH, UM, CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS, UM, FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH EVERY VENDOR.

WE'VE ALSO, UM, WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE BEGINNING.

THEY'VE GIVEN US RESOURCES, UM, AS FAR AS BAGS AND ALSO T-SHIRTS.

AND, UM, AGAIN, WE'VE HAVE, UM, 17 OF OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE HEALTH RELATED TO INCLUDE, UM, MAJOR HEALTH SYSTEMS AND A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, HEALTH BUSINESSES HERE.

SO, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IT'LL

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SO I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE'LL BE THERE AFTER THE FARMER'S MARKET.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YOU SAY 1:00 PM RIGHT? YES, 1:00 PM ALL RIGHT, PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

THANK.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL.

UH, NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT

[6. 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.]

THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.

UM, ANY, UH, ITEMS FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONSIDERED.

COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE, UH, TO BE REMOVED? NOT SEEING NONE.

AND I WILL CONTINUE.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 28TH, 2023, APRIL 11TH, 2023, AND APRIL 25TH, 2023, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZED, MADE, EXECUTED INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE CITY OF DESOTO TO PARTNER IN A CRISIS ASSESSMENT AND RESOURCE ENGAGEMENT CARE TEAM ITEM C.

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE CITY OF DESOTO AS A SUB-RECIPIENT FOR THE NEW DIRECTORS PUBLIC SAFETY GRANT.

ITEM D, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND CITY OF MANSFIELD, AND THE CITY OF MAYOR, RENEWING THE JOE POOL LAKE WATERSHED PROTECTION PLAN.

AGREEMENT.

ITEM E, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE IN LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, CITY OF DES SOTO, CITY OF VILLE, AND THE CITY OF LANCASTER.

TO PARTNER IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.

ITEM F RECEIVED A QUARTERLY, UH, INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING IN MARCH 31ST, 2023.

COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR PERCENTAGE AND ITEMS. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, UH, MOTION.

WILL WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS? UH, A THROUGH F IS READ.

SECOND.

DO HAVE A MOTION? WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION, COMMENTS, HONOR, FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.

UH, THE

[a. Present Clifford R. Shaw with the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award.]

LET'S GIVE IT UP.

WOO.

SO, UM, EVERYBODY JUST RELAX.

I'M GETTING UP.

EVERYBODY CAN SIT BACK.

YES, I'M BACK.

DOES IT WORK? OH, THERE, IT'S ALRIGHT.

WHO IS THIS CHAIR FOR? OH, IS HE SUPPOSED TO COME DOWN? ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.

ALL RIGHTY.

THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF 2023, I'M SORRY.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR 2023.

SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UH, BACK IN 2016, UH, THE COUNCIL WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE DO HERE IN CITY HILL.

TRY TO MAINTAIN, UH, THE CULTURE, UH, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE OR THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

UH, IN THIS CASE, WE ARE GONNA RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WITHIN WHAT'S CALLED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

UH, THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IS AN AWARD THAT HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN OUT OF TOO MANY PEOPLE OF DISTINCTION.

UH, BUT TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE RECOGNIZING MR. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW, WHO HAS SERVED 25 YEARS ON THE COUNCIL.

BUT PRIOR TO THAT, HE WAS ALSO ENGAGED IN, UH, BEING A COACH, UH, BEING INVOLVED WITH, UH, YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS AND MANY OTHER THINGS.

SO TONIGHT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A PROGRAM FOR YOU TODAY, AND I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH A VIDEO.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A FEW OF CLIFF SHAW'S.

CLOSE FRIENDS, I GOT SOME.

YES, YOU DO.

SO GO AND CUE, CUE THE VIDEO.

I REMEMBER TRAVELING A LOT WITH CLIFF.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD SAY YOU'RE FROM CEDAR HILL.

YOU, YOU, YOU WORK WITH, UH, YOU WORK WITH GREG PATTON AND SHAW AS A YOUNG CITY

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I KIND OF FELT SPECIAL JUST HANGING AROUND WITH CLIFF.

HE'S A PEOPLES PERSON, YOU KNOW, HE CAN TALK TO ANYBODY.

INVARIABLY EVERYONE KNEW CLIFF.

HE'S VERY WARM AND HE CAN BRING PEOPLE IN.

I WOULD DESCRIBE CLIFF IN ONE WORD, IS LOYAL.

THERE'S A LOT I COULD ADD TO IT, BUT HE IS A LOYAL FRIEND.

WHAT'S INTERESTING WITH, WITH CLIFF, HE CAME IN AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY WAS GO UNDERGOING A LOT OF CHANGE.

IT WAS A CONTENTIOUS TIME RIGHT THERE, BUT I THINK, UH, CLIFFORD SHAW AND SOME OTHERS CALMED COOL.

THE TEMPERATURE DOWN CLIFF CAME IN WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND HAD SOME CONCERNS AND JUST DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THE CITY REAL WELL.

BUT THEN CLIFF STARTED LEARNING ABOUT THE CITY, LEARNING WHO OUR STAFF WAS, LEARNING THE PRIORITIES WE HAD.

AND, AND HE REALLY JUST BOUGHT IN THE WHOLE VISION AND, AND CREATING THE VISION FOR THE CITY.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS CLIFF WAS VERY INVOLVED IN.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE AROUND IT WAS A SMALL CITY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANTED TO BE WHEN WE GREW UP.

AND HE WAS THERE WHEN IT GREW UP.

AND WE GOT A LOT DONE AROUND HERE IN 25 YEARS WORKING TOGETHER.

MY YEARS ON COUNCIL FROM 2004 TO 2010.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WITH SOME OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF CEDAR HILL, WE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES AND CLIFF WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF EACH ONE.

CLIFF HAS BEEN, UH, A SUPER CRITICAL BRIDGE FROM THE GOVERNMENT CENTER THAT WE'RE IN NOW TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE SPORTS AND REC CENTER AS WELL AS, UH, VALLEY RIDGE PARK.

ANYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, PROVIDING A PLACE FOR KIDS TO PLAY WAS RIGHT UP HIS ALLEY.

UH, THE CITY WAS GOING THROUGH UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH WITH UPTOWN VILLAGE, UH, AND CLIFF WAS THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

KIND OF GROWING FROM SMALL AND RURAL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY WHITE TO THIS, THIS RICH, MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY THAT USES THAT AS A STRENGTH, AS SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED NO MATTER IF IT WAS A CONTRACT, UH, NO MATTER IF IT WAS HIRING PRACTICES, UH, EVEN APPOINTMENTS ON THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, HE ALWAYS SPOKE ABOUT, UM, DIVERSITY THAT ACTUALLY CHANGED MY LENSES, UH, AS I MOVED FORWARD AND, AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, TOUGH DECISIONS.

CLIFF WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO FIND COMMON GROUND WORK TOGETHER AND BE A NATURAL CONSENSUS BUILDER.

IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE GOT ALONG SO WELL.

AND I THINK IN LARGE PART THAT SPIRIT OF, OF WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH OTHERS CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH THAT CEDAR HILL EXPERIENCED.

WE JUST TALKED ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, LOVING PEOPLE, AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND, AND THEN ALL THE DIFFERENCES WENT AWAY.

CUZ CLIFF ALWAYS KNOWS A LASTING RELATIONSHIP IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN, UH, ANY ISSUE.

CAUSE THE ISSUES COME AND GO.

UM, YOU MIGHT AS WELL SIT HERE, KICK OFF YOUR SHOES.

IT'S GONNA BE A MINUTE.

HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE 25 YEARS? YOU HAVE A TON OF PEOPLE COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT YOU.

SO, UM, I DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE A SENIOR, SO I'M GOING TO REFER TO YOU AS CLIFFORD SHAW SR.

FROM NOW ON.

UM, BEFORE I BEGIN, , BEFORE I BEGAN, I JUST WENT TO, UH, SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU.

ONE OF MY CLIFF SHAW STORIES.

I HAD JUST BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CITY.

I THOUGHT I WAS DOING SOMETHING.

I WAS ON THE BEST SPORT, I WAS BEING INVOLVED.

AND I WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY ONE DAY AND I HEAR THERE'S A BOOMING VOICE, SAY YOUNG MAN, WHEN YOU GONNA RUN FOR COUNCIL? AND I, I THOUGHT THAT VOICE WAS REFERENCING SOMEONE ELSE CUZ I WAS NOT INTENDING TO RUN FOR COUNCIL.

AND IT TURNED AROUND, IT WAS CLIFFORD SHAW.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT.

IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS ON MY RADAR.

BUT WHEN CLIFFORD SHAW LOOKS AT YOU AND ASKS YOU A QUESTION, YOU RESPOND.

AND MY RESPONSE THEN WAS, I'M NOT SURE.

AND HE WAS BASICALLY SAID, WELL, YOU GOTTA GET SURE.

SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME TO GET SURE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A FEW SPEAKERS COMING UP.

THE FIRST ONE IS GONNA BE COLIN PACKER FROM CARL SHERMAN'S OFFICE WITH A PROCLAMATION.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN WISHES HE COULD BE HERE, BUT OF COURSE IT'S AN AUSTIN.

BUT I WANNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION, UH, FROM OUR OFFICE AND FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UH, WHEREAS CLIFFORD A SHAW IS CONCLUDING HIS DEDICATED SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL IN MAY, 2023.

AND WHEREAS CLIFFORD SHAW FIRST JOINED THE COUNCIL IN 1998 AS THE PLACE SIX REPRESENTATIVE, HE HAS SINCE HELPED GUIDE THE CITY THROUGH A PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH

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THROUGHOUT HIS TIME IN OFFICE, HE'S WORKED TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY'S FOCUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION AND CHAMPION PARKS, RECREATION, AND OPEN SPACE AMONG AS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

HE PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NUMBER OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, INCLUDING VALLEY RIDGE PARK, ALLEN E SIMS, CEDAR HILL RECREATION CENTER, AND THE CEDAR HILL GOVERNMENT CENTER.

AND WHEREAS A COMMITTED CHAMPION OF HIS COMMUNITY, MR. SHAW IS A LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HE HELPED FOUND THE ORGANIZATION DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY IN CEDAR HILL, WHICH ASSISTED IN ELECTING CEDAR HILL'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COUNCIL MEMBER IN 1995.

AND WHEREAS MR. SHAW HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FROM PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY, AND WORKS AS A, UH, AS A SYSTEM ENGINEER FOR DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

LOCKHEED MARTIN, HE'S THE PROUD FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN, LA CATHERINE, LA CANDACE, AND CLIFFORD, ALL OF WHOM GRADUATED FROM SCHOOLS IN THE CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND WHEREAS CLIFFORD SHAW HAS MADE MANY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CEDAR HILL COMMUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF HIS TENURE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND HE HAS EARNED THE ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT CLIFFORD ARSHA BE CONGRATULATED ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT HE BE EXTENDED SINCERE, BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE.

AND THAT IS SIGNED CARL O. SHERMAN, STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 1 0 9.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SOMEONE, WHEN YOU ARE A DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUAL IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE ANOTHER DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUAL COME UP TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. GREG PATTON.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NEXT? JOHN JOHN GONNA TAKE A ROAD TRIP.

LET'S DO IT.

, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT I HAD A DISTINCT PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THIS BOARD AND SITTING RIGHT THERE FOR, FOR NINE YEARS.

WHEN I CAME, CAME ON BOARD, I KNEW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE, BUT I DIDN'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH HERE.

AND SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE I GOT GOT TO MEET OR MET A LOT OF THEM AND I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO APPROACH THEM.

CLIFFORD, UH, WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW HIM REAL WELL.

I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REALLY, REALLY TEAM UP WITH HIM.

ONE THING I I I LEARNED REAL QUICK, WE HAD A COMMON THREAD AND IT WAS JAZZ MUSIC.

AND, UH, I, I I WENT OUT AND BOUGHT HIM, UH, A RICK BRAUN, UH, VIDEO, UH, CD AND IT HAD A SONG ON THERE, GRAZING IN THE GRASS, YOU REMEMBER? YES, SIR.

AND WE COULD GET IN, WE COULD PLAY THAT THING PRETTY LOUD.

AND, BUT WE WERE, AT THAT TIME, THE CITY WAS INVOLVED IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IN THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE WITH THE, THE, UH, LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE.

AND, UH, WE, UH, DECIDED WE WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT.

SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD START GOING TO SOME OF THESE SEMINARS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND, AND ALSO WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

WE, WE LIKE TO GO TO THE CONVENTIONS AND FIND OUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE DOING.

SO THEY WERE GONNA HAVE A, UH, A LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE, UH, MEETING IN WICHITA, KANSAS.

AND SO I, I, I TOLD CLIFF, I SAID, WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T WE GET TOGETHER AND GO UP THERE? I SAID, I THINK INSTEAD OF US FLYING UP THERE, I THINK MAYBE THE CITY WILL RENT A CAR.

SO, UH, WE WENT AND GOT THE CAR AND I PICKED CLIFFORD UP AND GOT TAKEN OFF ON I 35 NORTH.

AND HE SAID, NO, YOU NEED TO BE ON 2 87.

AND I SAID, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WICHITA FALLS? WE'RE GOING TO WICHITA, KANSAS, .

SO IT, IT KIND, IT KIND OF BLEW HIS MIND A LITTLE BIT.

BUT, BUT ANYWAY, WE, I WAS NAVIGATING THAT.

HE WAS DOING THE TALKING, SO THAT SEEMED TO WORK OUT PRETTY GOOD.

SO, SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT UP, WENT THROUGH OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA CITY Y Y'ALL KNOW WHERE WICHITA, KANSAS IS, WHICH I'M NOT REAL FAMILIAR WITH.

BUT WE GOT UP THERE AND GOT INTO THE HOTEL AND, AND HAD OUR, OUR LITTLE MEETING.

AND THAT, THAT EVENING THEY HAD A LITTLE HAPPY HOUR GOING ON.

AND SO CLIFFORD AND I GOT IN THERE AND WE MET SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN THERE THAT WERE, THEY SEEMED LIKE PRETTY GOOD GUYS.

AND WE BROKE THE ICE WITH THEM.

AND I'M GONNA PAUSE RIGHT THERE BECAUSE WE MET A, A GUY IN THERE.

HE

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AND HE WAS FROM OII, FLORIDA.

AND THAT IS A SUBURB OF ORLANDO IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN DOWN THERE AT THE DISNEY WORLD AND ALL THAT.

SO WE MET A GUY BY THE NAME OF RUSTY JOHNSON, AND HE WAS THE MAYOR OF AKO IN THIS TOWN.

IT'S A TOWN OF ABOUT THIS SIZE.

AND WE GOT THE, OF THE NINE YEARS THAT I WAS ON THERE, AND WE WERE, BEFORE THE COVID CAME IN AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF GOING ON, WE WOULD, UH, TRAVEL AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE THREE OF US WOULD, UH, MEET UP SOMEWHERE AND WE GOT ALONG REAL WELL.

SO, UH, WHAT I'M TELLING YOU THIS ABOUT IS THAT I, I GOT IN TOUCH WITH RUSTY JOHNSON AND CO THE OTHER DAY, AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, CLIFFORD IS GOING TO BE GETTING AN AWARD ON THE NINTH OF, UH, THE MONTH.

AND SO HE, UH, HE SAID, I'D LIKE TO DO A PROCLAMATION.

AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'D BE PRETTY COOL .

SO, UH, .

SO ANYWAY, UH, I GOT THE PROCLAMATION HERE, BUT IT WAS DELIVERED BY HIM AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIM.

HE CAME IN FROM, YEAH, RUSTY GOT ON A PLANE WITH HIS WIFE.

MARILYN, WOULD YOU STAND A MINUTE, PLEASE? OR AWAY? AND, UH, SO, SO THAT CAME ALL THE WAY FROM A COY FLORIDA ON A BIG OLD AIRPLANE .

SO, SO THEY ARE HERE NOW.

AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, READ THE, UH, THE PROCLAMATION THAT HE, HE SENT IT SAYS, CLIFFORD ARSHA RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FROM PRAIRIEVIEW A AND M AND WORKS, UH, AS A SYSTEMS ENGINEER FOR D C M A LOCKHEED MARTIN.

HE'S ACTUALLY RETIRED, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

HE, UH, HIS THREE CHILDREN WHO HE COACHED IN YOUTH SPORTS ARE ALSO CEDAR HILL I SD GRADUATES.

AND WHEREAS CLIFFORD SHAW HELPED TO FOUND AN ORGANIZATION DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY IN CEDAR HILL, WHICH WORKED TO ELECT THE CITY'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COUNCIL MEMBER IN 1995, WHEREAS HE WAS ELECTED TO THE CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL PLACE SIX IN 1998 AND HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR 25 YEARS.

CLE SHAW IS PASSIONATE ABOUT IN, UH, ENSURING THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN CEDAR HILL AND IS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AND OPEN SPACES.

WHEREAS HE, HE LOVES HIS FAMILY.

HE LOVES PLAYING GOLF AND RIDING A BICYCLE.

THAT'S THE NEW PROBLEM.

HADN'T HAD A MAJOR CRASH THOUGH, OKAY.

WHEREAS, UH, THE CITY OF MCCOY, FLORIDA, MAYOR RUSTY JOHNSON, MET CLIFFORD SHAW AT A CONFERENCE OVER 20 YEARS AGO AND HAS CONTINUED TO ENJOY THEIR FRIENDSHIP EVER SINCE.

THEREFORE, LET IT BE THAT I, RUSTY JOHNSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCCOY FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY DEEM IT AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO EXTEND HIS PROCLAMATION, THIS PROCLAMATION TO CLIFFORD SHAW ON HIS OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AND SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES FOR HIS LONG AWAITED RETIREMENT.

UH, HEREBY, UH, GIVE THE CITY, UH, THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF OKO, FLORIDA TO BE AFFIXED UPON THIS DOCUMENT ON THE NINTH DAY OF MAY, 2023.

UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

THAT'S FINE.

GET THROUGH IT.

THIS GUY RIGHT HERE HAS BECOME ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS, AND WE HAVE HAD SOME TALKS, HAVEN'T WE? WE HAVE SOME SENSITIVE TALKS ABOUT THIS.

SENSITIVE YEAH, WE HAVE.

AND YOU'RE A GREAT GUY AND YOU'VE ALWAYS THERE BEEN FOR ME IN THIS CITY AND BACK ALLEY.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT RETIREMENT AND I HOPE YOU DO SOME GRAZING IN THE GRASS.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, GREG.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

YOU GO.

THANK COUNCIL MCGOVERN.

AM I HOT? COUNCIL MCGOVERN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF, IF I COULD JUST INTERRUPT JUST FOR ONE QUICK SECOND.

UH, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM AND FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS.

IF YOU ARE COMPLETE, JUST STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED ELECTED OFFICIALS.

BE STAND.

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COUNCIL MAYOR JOHNSON, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YOU TRAVEL ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA.

YES, I WILL.

UH, I, I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO HEAR TOO MUCH ABOUT POLITICIANS TALKING, AND I TRY NOT TO DO TOO MUCH OF THAT.

I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF A POLITICIAN, BUT, UH, I CONSIDER BEING IN, IN POLITICS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR CITIZENS.

AND WHEN I MET CLIFFORD AND, UH, MR. MR. UH, PATTON THERE, I ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THERE.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE DRINKING FAT TIRE BEER.

AND I SAID, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS FAT TIRE? I COULDN'T GET IT BETWEEN FAT TIRE AND FLAT TIRE, SO IT DIDN'T MATTER TO ME, .

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OVER THE YEARS I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE 37 YEARS, JUST GOT REELECTED.

SO IT'S GOT TO BE A HABIT OF, I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, AND TWO OF THE ONES THAT STICK IN MY, IN MY FAVOR IS THESE TWO YOUNG MEN HERE AND THESE TWO GENTLEMEN.

AND IT WAS A PLEASURE KNOWING 'EM, AND IT'S A PLEASURE KNOWING CEDAR HILL.

CEDAR HILL IS KIND LIKE OAK COY TO ME.

I ALSO HAVE A SISTER THAT LIVES IN BURLESON AND A SISTER LIVES UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TEXAS.

BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICK, I HAD TO COME OUT HERE FOR A COUPLE REASONS, BUT THE MAIN THING, I WAS THE AS SISTERS.

BUT JUST TALK TO CLIFFORD REAL QUICK AND SAY THAT IT TRULY WAS A PLEASURE MEETING YOU, EVEN THOUGH WE MET SOMETIMES IN THE BAR.

YES.

, WE WERE DOING GOVERNMENT STUDIES OF HOW MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T GO TO CLASS .

SO I I, ONE OF THE THINGS IS A BIG PART OF OUR LIFE AND THIS DAY AND TIME IS DIVERSITY.

AND I WANNA SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK.

THE DIVERSITY PART CAME UPON, AND WE WERE IN A CITY THAT HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THAT'S GONE BY THE WAYSIDE.

AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I MET THAT ALSO SHOWED ME THE DIVERSITY WAS YOU, CLIFFORD.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, AND IT'S A PART OF MY LIFE I'LL NEVER FORGET.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR DISTINGUISHED EMPLOYEES WHO HAS SERVED OUR CITY SO WELL FOR THE PAST, I WON'T MENTION HOW MANY YEARS.

UM, NEXT UP IS CODE ENFORCEMENT IS STACEY GRAVES.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

HI.

I JUST WANNA SAY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WANTS TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR TEAM.

ACTUALLY, YOU AND I HAVE SERVED, AND I'LL SAY IT OVER 25 YEARS TOGETHER.