Jun 27, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting

HONOR SECOND.

AND THEN FOLLOW THAT.

IF YOU WANNA SEE ANY REMARKS, GOOD EVENING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I'M MIRANDA KAY ZE.

I'M MIRANDA KAY ZEEN.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE TO THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL.

PLACE SIX OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL PLACE SIX FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.

UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO, UM, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S COMING OUT.

AND I'M, I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SERVE IN A CITY THAT I LOVE SO MUCH.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT 15 YEARS OF SERVICE AND I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.

SO, UM, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE STANDING HERE, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW, UH, GOOD.

AND AT HOME THAT IT FEELS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, MR. PORTER ASKED ME HOW DID IT FEEL? AND I SAID, IT'S WEIRD, BUT IT STILL FEELS JUST LIKE HOME.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HOW I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW.

NOW, I FIRST WANT TO JUST THANK, UM, EVERYONE THAT'S HERE.

UM, YOU'VE ALL HELPED ME IN YOUR, UM, IN YOUR OWN WAY TO THE, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU COULD, UM, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

UM, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

UM, I WAS TOLD TODAY, UM, ALSO BY MR. PORTER THAT IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, THAT, UM, I WAS THE FOURTH WOMAN, UM, TO BE ON CITY COUNCIL.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.

UM, BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, ALSO, UH, AND ALTHOUGH MS. DANIELS AND I DID NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING, I WANT TO, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JOIN ME IN HONORING HER AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, UM, TO BE.

UM, MY HUSBAND CAN TELL YOU, I USUALLY NEVER GET NERVOUS AND SPEAKING CUZ I ALWAYS HAVE STUFF TO SAY.

UM, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE, THE GRAVITY OF THE MOMENT.

UM, AND I AM JUST HONORED.

I REALLY AM HONORED TO BE HERE.

UM, I THINK THE THING THAT I WANT TO COMMUNICATE MOST IS THAT ME STANDING HERE REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.

UM, ONE, IT HAS TO DO WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED, UM, AND SUPPORTED.

UM, I WILL SAY A FEW NAMES AND I KNOW I'M GONNA GET A CALL LATER AND IT'S FINE.

I'M WILLING TO SUFFER THAT CONSEQUENCE CUZ I WILL FOR, I WILL FORGET, UM, SOMEONE.

BUT, UM, HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CLIFF SHAW, WHOSE, UM, SEAT THAT I WILL BE ASSUMING.

UM, WHEN I FIRST MET WITH CLIFF, I GAVE HIM THIS LONG SPEECH, AND IT WAS LONG.

AND I HAD DETAILS AND NOTES AND BULLET POINTS, AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING REALLY SMART AFTERWARDS BECAUSE WHEN HE SITS IN THAT CHAIR, HE SAYS SOME REALLY POIGNANT THINGS AND HE SAYS, OH, YEAH, YOU CAN DO THAT.

AND SO I JUST TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD AND, UM, DECIDED TO GO FOR IT.

UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL, TO MAYOR MASON.

UM, AND THEN JUST A FEW PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST SORT OF REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS PROCESS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE RUNOFF ELECTION.

LATOYA, UM, BO WEARS HERE.

JENNY, IF YOU GUYS WILL JUST LET ME GET THROUGH THE LIST AND THEN WE'LL JUST GET ONE CLAP TO SAME TIME.

I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOU, DANIELA.

UM, LATOYA, UM, JENNY MARTINEZ, UM, SHANITA CLEVELAND, ANDY FARMER, UM, ANISA MALONE.

AND Y'ALL FEEL FREE TO WAVE.

UM, GERALD MALONE.

UM, GREG AND LINDA PATTON.

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UH, Y SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MY FACE BEING PLASTERED OVER EVERYTHING.

SO, UH, Y'ALL CAN TAKE THAT UP WITH HER.

UM, UM, ELIZABETH, WHO ISN'T HERE, UM, ALSO ALAN AND GAIL SIMS, UM, WHO SUPPORTED IN A, A JUST A, A REALLY GOOD WAY, UH, OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THEM, UM, TO FRIEDA, UH, TO FRIDA TO YOLANDA, UH, TO DANISHA, UM, TO CAMILLE AND, UM, TO RAMONA AND TROY BACON, UM, WHO'VE JUST BEEN A GREAT SUPPORT.

AND ALSO TO ELENA AND DAVE, UH, ANDERSON.

UM, THEY WERE THE FIRST TO OPEN UP THEIR HOME TO ME AS SOON AS I SAID THAT I WOULD BE RUNNING.

UM, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT, AND THEY WERE THE FIRST TO SAY, OH, YOU CAN HAVE A, YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING GREET AT OUR HOME.

AND I WAS LIKE, I NEED TO HAVE MEET AND GREETS.

SO, UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.

AND, UH, ALSO THANK YOU, UM, TO JACE WAVE.

JACE, HE'S, HE'S STILL WEARING MY SHIRT.

YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF NOW, JACE .

BUT JACE WAS AT THE POLLS, UM, ALMOST EVERY DAY AND HE WAS SO COMMITTED AND I LOVE TO SEE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED AS WELL.

UM, JUST HERE, MY SISTER MARSHA IS HERE.

HEY MARSHA.

UH, AND HER HUSBAND XAVIER.

UM, AND LET'S SEE, MY, MY SISTER'S ERICA, PATRICIA, VALERIE AND SHARON, THEY'RE FROM MY GIRLFRIEND GROUP.

UM, AND STEVEN, STEVEN AND DENISE AND MEL ARE HERE.

THEY JUST SHOWED UP AND IT'S, I TRY AT WORK TO KEEP LIKE THE THINGS THAT I DO VOLUNTEER WISE SEPARATE FROM MY WORK STUFF, CUZ YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE WEIRD.

UM, BUT THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THEM, UM, COMING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, AND I THINK, UM, LET'S SEE.

I HAVE, UH, PAULA AND LASAGNA ARE HERE, VERY BIG SUPPORTS.

AND JAMIE MCCAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT SHE CAN MAKE IT TONIGHT, BUT HER ALSO.

UM, AND THEN I'M ALMOST FINISHED.

JIM AND BECKY HENNESSY AND BRIAN CARTER, ALL THREE PASTORS, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, PRAYED OVER ME AND LOVED ME.

MY TWO BFFS, MY BEST, BEST FRIENDS IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.

LAURA IS HERE, WAVE LAURA, AND THEN LOIS AT THE BACK WAVE LOIS THERE.

UM, HEY, THEY'VE BEEN MY SUPPORT FOR, FOR YEARS.

AND THEN, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S IT.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ELSE.

THAT NEIGHBORS FRIENDS WHO WALKED WITH ME, PRAYED FOR ME, WHO SHOWED UP FOR ME, WHO WHISPERED MY NAMES IN A GOOD WAY IN ROOMS WHEN I IN ROOMS, UH, WHEN I WASN'T THERE.

UM, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

AND LASTLY, I WILL SAY THIS, THAT, UM, THIS NOTION OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT IS WHAT I THINK WE'RE REALLY GOING AFTER AND COLLECTIVE IMPACT IS THIS.

IT'S KNOWING NOT ONLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT HAVING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE AND DOING THE RIGHT THINGS TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT WE ARE AFTER.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR CITY FLOURISHING, UM, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME FLOURISHING.

IT'S NOT EVEN JUST ABOUT OUR CITY FLOURISHING, BUT WE, IT'S WHEN WE CAN ALL TAKE PART IN THE PROCESS AND BE A PART OF OUR CITY IN A WAY THAT WE CAN ALL FLOURISH AND BE ELEVATED.

AND IF WE CAN THINK ON THAT, UM, I WOULD JUST REALLY JUST, UH, APPRECIATE SHAPE, APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR GRACE AS WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

NO, I JUST, I JUST, FIRST OF ALL, I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH YOU, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE AN AWESOME COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT WHAT I DO WANNA SAY IS, IS THAT I, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANYBODY WORK AS HARD AS YOU DID.

BEAUTIFULLY.

WELL SAID.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN ENE, UM, BEFORE, OKAY, HOLD ON.

SORRY.

I, I GIVE YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU THE MIC IN JUST A SECOND.

UH, BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL, UM, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.

ONE, I SEE OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE CARS SHERMAN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR HIM, PLEASE.

I THINK I SAW SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE RAMONA ROSS BACON.

ARE YOU STILL HERE? OKAY.

AND OH, HERE, OF COURSE.

UH, SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT GAIL SIMS. ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM? OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANY COUNSEL.

SO, MIRANDA ENE, DID YOU HAVE, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST ? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW.

UM, HE, HE HAS BEEN, UH, AMAZING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SO I WANNA THANK MY HUSBAND JAY.

UH, THEY KNOWS THAT, UH, I'M NOT, I WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE THE TYPE OF WOMAN THAT WHEN HE WALKS INTO A ROOM THAT I, YOU KNOW, STAND UP AND APPLAUD.

BUT HE ALWAYS KNOWS THAT MY HEART DOES EVERY TIME HE WALKS INTO A ROOM.

SO, THANK YOU.

WELL, THIS IS A MUSHY MOMENT, UH, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM ANY CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS? COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS TALKING TO YOU IN THE EARLY DAYS OF, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GONNA PUT YOUR HAT IN THE RING AND ALL THIS KINDA STUFF.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN YOU DECIDE TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING, YOU DO IT 110%.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOLKS, SOMEBODY ON HIS COUNCIL, SOMEBODY THAT WORKS, THE COMMITMENT SHE DID.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT NOTE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER, COUNCILWOMAN ONE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR STEPPING UP AND SERVING.

WE LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE, UM, THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS IN OUR 50,000, UH, UH, 50,000 POPULATION CITY SIT BACK AND TRUST, TRUST THE FACT THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST IN WHAT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.

AND THAT SAYS A LOT.

AND ON BEHALF OF THEM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR JOINING COUNCIL.

UM, ALSO, UH, I'M GLAD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, DAN WENT FIRST BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO GO AFTER YOUR SPEECH, WHICH WAS TREMENDOUS.

UM, BUT, UH, CITY MANAGER PORTER AND I WERE SPEAKING, I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL NOW FOR FIVE YEARS, AND THE ONLY PERSON I'VE SAT NEXT TO IS CLIFF SHAW.

AND, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY.

AND WITH CLIFF SHAW RETIRING, THERE'S A LOT MORE REAL ESTATE UP HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, AND I, AND I AM SURE, I AM SURE.

I MEAN, HE JUST, NEVERMIND.

BUT, UM, THERE'S NO, BUT I, UH, I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE AND DO WELL FOR OUR CITY.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

UH, MAYOR PRO SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, SO, UH, IN ANOTHER CAPACITY, UH, WHEN I WAS CITY MANAGER, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH, UH, MIRANDA ENE WHEN SHE WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF, UH, UH, UPTOWN VILLAGE AT THAT TIME, NOW HILLSIDE VILLAGE.

UM, AND ALSO IN THE CAPACITY AT AS, UM, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF TRANSFORMATION VISION.

AND I ALWAYS FOUND HER TO BE EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL, UH, INCREDIBLY COMPETENT.

AND ONE THING I I LOVED ABOUT HER, IT WAS SHE HAD A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.

THAT'S THE EXPECTATION.

AND SO I'M THRILLED THAT SHE BRINGS THAT PROFESSIONALISM, THAT COMPETENCY, AND THAT STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE TO THE CITY.

AND I THINK THIS ENTIRE CITY WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM HER, UH, BEING ON THIS COUNCIL.

WELCOME ABOARD MS. ENE COUNCIL, LITTLE SHIRLEY DANIELS.

MIRANDA HAS BEEN, UH, AN ACQUAINTANCE OF MINE FOR OVER 50 YEARS, AND I HAVE SEEN HER PROGRESS.

UNBELIEVABLE COMING OUTTA A LITTLE COUNTRY, TOWN OF COMMERCE, SHE HAS REALLY EXCELLED.

SO I'M JUST ELATED TO HAVE ANOTHER FEMALE TO HANDLE THESE GUYS ON THE BOARD WITH ME.

SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS MIRANDA, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.

WELL, YOU WERE SO ELOQUENT IN, UH, IN, IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS.

UM, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO, UH, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO ADD TO IT AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM IT.

UH, SO I WILL JUST SAY, I, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

I, I, I, I ADMIRED THAT, YOU KNOW, I SAW BOTH YOU AND YOUR OPPONENT, UH, BERTHA MIDDLEBROOKS AS Y'ALL WERE RUNNING YOUR CAMPAIGNS.

I SAW BOTH OF YOU WERE OUT THERE WORKING EVERY DAY AND, AND, UM, SO I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU IN THE COMMUNITY AND HERE ON THE COUNCIL.

AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH.

WELL OFFICIALLY WELCOME ABOARD.

UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, WANTING TO SERVE, UH, IN AN ELECTED CAPACITY.

UM, I HAVE KNOWN, UM, COUNCILWOMAN AZI, UM, FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT I'VE, I'VE KNOWN HER THROUGH THE ACTS OF BEING A SERVANT LEADER.

UM, UH, IT PROBABLY GOES BACK TO MAYBE THE CHAMBER DAYS, MAYBE BEFORE THAT.

I MEAN, SHE SERVED ON THE CHAMBER, UM, NOT JUST SERVED ON THE CHAMBER, BUT SHE WAS AN EXECUTIVE MEMBER.

SHE, UH, WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST,

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UH, PERSON OF COLOR AS A FEMALE TO SERVE AS THE, UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, MENTIONED.

YOU MENTIONED TRANSFORMATION, VISION, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT HILLSIDE VILLAGE, SHE SERVED AS PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSIONER.

I MEAN, THE LIST PROBABLY GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

UM, BUT I THINK I WANT TO BRING THAT UP TO BE ABLE TO SHOW, UM, WE HAVE SOMEONE ON THE COUNCIL HERE THAT, UM, WHO LOVES THE CITY AND NOT HAS AN AGENDA.

I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, AND NOW SHE'S DOING IT IN THIS CAPACITY.

SO, UM, BUT I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CAPACITY IS, UH, SHE WILL LEAVE WITH HER HEART.

SO, UM, I'M, I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COUNCIL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

SO, YEAH.

SO WITH THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE AGENDA COUNCIL.

[a. Present a Proclamation designating the month of July 2023 as Park and Recreation Month in Cedar Hill. ]

ITEM IS A PRESENTATION PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF JULY, 2023 AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.

GUESS WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION? A VERY OWN COUNCILWOMAN.

MIRAND.

THE BLUE FOLDER THERE.

YEAH.

YES, THE BLUE FOLDER.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT? GET IN THE BACK.

HELLO.

IS THERE ANY DIRECTION ON WHICH WAY I'M SUPPOSED TO STAND? OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, I'M A PROCLAMATION THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

AND WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ENSURING THE HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF COMMUNITY AND REGION.

AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS BUILD HEALTH, ACTIVE, HEALTHY, ACTIVE COMMUNITIES THAT AID IN THE PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASE, PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED, AND ALSO IMPROVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS INCREASE A COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF LOCAL TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION.

AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHERE PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, PROTECT GROUNDWATER, PREVENT FLOODING, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE AIR WE BREATHE, PROVIDE VEGETATIVE BUFFERS TO DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE.

AND WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS, AND ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS.

AND WHEREAS THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION SOURCES, RESOURCES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY, 2023 AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE ON TWO, SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 27TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023.

SIGNED STEVEN MASON.

MAYOR, CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CAMPUS MEMBER AZI MAYOR COUNCIL.

UM, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS WHERE COMMUNITY GROWS, UH, VERY FITTING FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

UH, WE'RE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF GROWTH WITHIN YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM YOUR SENIOR SENATE, YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, YOUR, UH, PARK RECREATION CENTER, REC CENTER, SENIOR CENTER STAFF, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME OF OUR CAMPERS , OFTEN KNOWN AS YOUR FUTURE LIFE BAR.

UH, AND SO, UH, WE REALLY ARE A COMMUNITY THAT CARES ABOUT OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.

AND WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL CELEBRATIONS

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THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JULY.

WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN JOIN US, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE PARKS.

THEY ARE IN THE TRAILS.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

ON THE AGENDA OF CITIZENS FORM.

THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCILWOMAN.

UM, SO JULY IS PARK AND REC MONTH, SO PLEASE GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING FUN IN THE MONTH OF JULY.

NEXT ITEM

[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. ]

THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZENS TO DISCUSS ON ANY SUBJECT MATTER ITEMS THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

UH, COULD BE PUT ON THE FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA OR COULD BE, UM, UH, DISCUSSED, UH, WITH CITY STAFF.

UM, SO FIRST I HAVE, UM, MS. ELAINE COOK, THE TOPIC IS PRESENTING TO LIBRARY MI LANE.

ARE YOU STILL HERE? OKAY.

OH, OKAY.

THERE YOU ARE.

WE'RE NOT BUGGING YOU TO LIBRARY .

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ELAINE COOK, AND I LIVE AT TWO EIGHT.

BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, YOU JUST, UH, WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE COME AFTER YOU.

WE, BUT WE, WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, UH, SPEAK.

YES.

I WON'T, IT PROBABLY WON'T TAKE THREE MINUTES.

AMAZING.

PERFECT.

MY NAME'S ELAINE COOK.

I LIVE AT 2 8 18 SANTARA DRIVE HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

AND I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS THE PRESS CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE CORRECTION.

THE LEGAL NAME IS ZULA B WILEY LIBRARY FRIENDS, THAT'S OUR IRS NAME.

I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.

UM, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL MAYOR, UM, CITY STAFF, AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT HAVE SUPPORTED THE LIBRARY.

SO MUCH OF HER SO MANY YEARS.

AND TONIGHT I NEED THE LIBRARY STAFF UP HERE, THAT'S HERE, .

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE BEEN THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY IS THE 5 0 1 C THREE THAT CAN ACTUALLY RAISE MONEY TO DO THE THINGS THAT GENERAL PUBLIC CAN'T AND OR SHOULDN'T DO.

AND WE HAVE A NEAT SURPRISE, WHICH IS NOT A SURPRISE TO THEM.

IT'S A SURPRISE TO THE COMMUNITY.

, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A CEREMONIAL CHECK OF $15,000 TO PAY FOR AN INTERACTIVE STEM WALL IN THE NEW BUILDING, ALL SO WE CAN GET PICTURES.

DID YOU GET ONE? I'M COMING, .

SORRY.

HE ACTUALLY GOT THE CHECK THE CASH IN THE CHECK.

AND IF YOU WANT, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DONATE TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME.

AND BY THE WAY, UNLESS I'M SERIOUSLY MISTAKEN, NO MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR SCHOOL BOARD IS CURRENTLY PAID UP ON THEIR DUES.

I, YEAH.

UM, I, I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD DUES, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, UM, NEWS FLASH.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PRESENTING, UH, $15,000 FROM THE FRIENDS.

THAT'S, THAT'S AMAZING.

NEXT IS, UM, SHANITA CLEVELAND.

AND THE TOPIC IS ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL.

GOOD EVENING.

HOW YOU DOING? THOSE ARE MY THREE MINUTES.

YEAH, LEMME JUST GET IT PASS, PLEASE.

YOU SAID WHAT NOW? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

NO, NO, YOU DID IT.

ALSO, THANK YOU GUYS.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS SHANITA LASE CLEVELAND, TO BE EXACT.

UH, I AM A RESIDENT OF SUNNY SOUTH DALLAS.

UH, THAT IS QUEEN CITY, A VERY PROUD MEMBER, MEMBER OF QUEEN CITY, WHERE JUANITA KRAFT LIVED, THE AMERICAN ACTIVIST AND POLITICIAN, FORMER DALLAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND SO, YES, THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY STRIDES IN CEDAR HILL.

I DEFINITELY AGREE.

WHEN I LIVED HERE FOR 12 YEARS, UH, WHEN IT CAME TO ELECTIONS, ELECTIONS DO MATTER.

IN FACT, UH, THERE WAS SOME VOTER SUPPRESSION AND LAKE RIDGE, UH, SOME PEOPLE WERE CHEATING.

NOW I'M GONNA TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO THERE.

WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF GO UP AND DOWN, BUT WE'RE GONNA END ON A GREAT NOTE.

POSITIVITY IS NUMBER

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ONE.

SO WHEN I WAS HERE, THERE WAS VOTER SUPPRESSION.

WE HAVE TO ADMIT THE TRUTH AT SOME POINT, BUT THANK GOD THAT GOD FORGIVES AND THAT WE CAN MOVE ON AND GO ON WITH OUR LIVES AND DO POSITIVE THINGS IN LIFE FOR WE'RE ALL DONE SOMETHING WRONG.

WE'RE ALL IMPERFECT, BUT PERFECTLY MADE TO DO THE WORK OF THE CREATOR.

AND SO, WITH THAT SAID, I WAS OUT AT THE POLL PLACE.

YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND TERM LIMITS.

I DO.

DALLAS HAS THEM DISTRICTS, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE TERM LIMITS UP.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON IT.

I MAY HAVE TO GO OUT TOWN FOR THE LAWYER OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.

I'VE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT CEDAR HILL.

I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH, BUT I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THAT FRESHNESS AND NEWNESS IS WHAT WE NEED OVER TIME.

THAT THE EARTH IS EVER EVOLVING.

AND SO ARE WE AS PEOPLE.

AND OUR IDEAS ARE EVOLVING.

TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING.

WE CANNOT STAY WHERE WE WERE.

WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

I CAN ALSO SAY I'M SO HAPPY FOR THE CHIEF WHEN I, BEFORE I LEFT, WE ARE GOOD FRIENDS.

I CALL HIM MY FRIEND LIKE I DO THE MAYOR OF DALLAS.

HE CALLS ME HIS FRIEND.

HE ALSO TELLS ME TO KEEP IT REAL 100 ALL THE TIME.

AND I WILL DO THAT FOR THE LIGHT FOR THE CREATOR.

I BELIEVE IN GOD.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD TAKE HIM IN AND OUT OF THINGS AND DO WHAT WE WANT SOMETIMES.

AND THEN SIT AT THE PEW ON THE, ON THE FRONT.

DO YOU REALLY THINK HE MIGHT BE SAVED? I'M JUST SAYING, THINK ABOUT IT.

WE MUST BE NICE EVEN WITH THE ARREST.

I BELIEVE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHIRLEY DAVIS HAS BEEN SAYING IT FOR A LONG TIME, THAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, 50% ARRESTS IN BLACKS, 60%, WE SHOULD REFLECT THAT ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE CULTURE.

THAT'S HOW YOU CONNECT WITH THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN YOU TALK PREMIER CITY, THINK ABOUT GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO BEAUTIFUL.

DID YOU SEE THAT INDOOR EPIC CENTER, INDOOR PARK, SKATING PARK, IT LOOKS LIKE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS THE COWBOY STADIUM.

ONE TIME I TOLD SOMEBODY I WAS LIKE, OH, BY EPIC CENTER TO COWBOY.

I CAN SEE IT.

BUT IT WAS THE SKATING DOME.

SO WONDERFUL.

DALLAS CAN LEARN A LOT FROM CEDAR HILL, BUT CEDAR HILL CAN LEARN A LOT FROM GRAND PRAIRIE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

UH, I GO BACK THE REST OF MY TIME.

FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO CHANGE SOME DIAPERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

NEXT IS, UH, MR. WEST POOL.

UH, NEW PARK AND RAIL.

I THINK IT'S YOUR TOPIC.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

HOW Y'ALL DOING? IT'S A CHAIR RIGHT THERE TO BE CAREFUL.

NOW, , I KNEW I'D HIT THAT SOONER OR LATER.

UH, NO.

I HAVE NOT BEEN DRINKING A LONG TIME AGO.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, CAN YOU PULL, CONGRATULATIONS.

CAN YOU PUT A MAKEUP TO YOU? OH, I, I'M SORRY.

AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, SIR.

YEAH.

WELL, TO THE NEW CONGRATULATIONS, I, UH, MR. HAYDEN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ON AND ON, ISN'T IT? , BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU TOO.

UM, I, UH, NOT GONNA BE VERY LONG HERE.

I, UM, THE NEW PARK IS, UH, I, I'M SOME LAND NEXT TO THAT.

AND I WAS OUT THERE LOOKING, UH, WHEN THE RAINS STOPPED, UM, THE OTHER DAY.

AND, UH, PROGRESS HAS COME ALONG PRETTY GOOD.

UM, SO THE CITY MANAGER HAS GOT 'EM ROLLING PRETTY GOOD.

UM, THE, UH, THE BRIDGE, THERE'S A BRIDGE OUT THERE THAT GOES ACROSS THE CREEK, AND YES, I WENT OVER THERE TO LOOK AT IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ME IN OFFICERS.

SO ANYWAY, I, UM, IT'S A NEAT BRIDGE IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

IT'S, UH, AND IT'S NOT EVEN PAINTED YET.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D SEE ON A, UH, MAGAZINE IN NEW ENGLAND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE BUCOLIC SETTINGS WITH THE BRIDGE AND ALL THESE TALL TREES.

AND SO, ANYWAY, BUT I COULD GO ON LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT ANYWAY, THE, WHAT I, WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, IS TWO THINGS.

UM, AT THE PARK, YOU, UH, MONTHS AGO, UH, I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE STAFF AND, UH, UM, WE HAD SOME BATHROOMS THAT WERE GONNA BE, UH, BY THAT PARKING LOT.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BATHROOMS AT CRAWFORD PARK.

I THINK THERE'S TWO, Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

UM, I GUESS LAKERIDGE HAS BATHROOMS IN THEIR PARK, RIGHT? UH, I'M, I'M SURMISING THAT IT PROBABLY DOES, FOLKS, YOU DON'T BUILD THE BIGGEST PARK IN TOWN OR ANYWHERE AROUND HERE.

AND WITH ALL THAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON WITH, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY PEOPLE PARK AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH,

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THEY NEED AND DESERVE A CLOSED IN BATHROOM FOR THEIR KIDS AND FOR THEM TO USE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE OVER TO CRAWFORD PARK.

NOW, THAT BRINGS ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE TUNNEL.

IF WE'RE GONNA NOT HAVE BATHROOMS IN THE BIG BRAND NEW PARK, WHICH THAT SHOCKS ME, THAT WE WOULDN'T, THEN WE DEFINITELY WOULD NEED A WIDER THAN, UH, TUNNEL TO GO UNDER THE DR, UH, THE RAILROAD SO THAT WE CAN GO TO THE TWO BATHROOMS IN CRAWFORD PARK.

RIGHT? AND THEN YOU COULD COME RIGHT BACK FROM THAT PARK INTO THE NEW PARK.

YOU NEED THE BATHROOMS BACK.

I KNOW IT WAS A BUDGET ITEM THAT GOT CUT.

PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T, DON'T TAKE THE PICTURE AND MAKE THE BRIDGE HERE AND A ROW OF PORTLETS.

PLEASE DON'T DO.

YEAH, YEAH.

THAT'S OUR TIME.

UH, COULD YOU GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? YOUR, YOUR ADDRESS.

COULD YOU GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? SIX 50 EAST.

ALRIGHT.

AND YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR THE, YOU SAID THE PARK AT THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? THE PARK AT THE LIBRARY.

I HEAR WHERE ARE YOU? IF YOU'RE GOOD CHRISTIAN, AND THEY SAY THEY'RE CHRISTIANS.

WELL, WHAT TIME IS UP? I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY FOR MY RECORDS.

OKAY, SURE.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE, BUT, OKAY.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED SURE.

UH, NEXT I BELIEVE IT IS LYNETTE SHARP AND, UH, STEADFAST COLT.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD.

GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

HI, LYNETTE SHARP, 65,004 FIVE HIGHLAND LONG TERRACE, WAGA, TEXAS.

I LOVE YOUR TOWN.

CEDAR HILL.

CEDAR HILL FEELS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CITIES THAT WE'VE MARCHED AND PROTESTED IN AGAINST THIS CULT AND AGAINST FOR OTHER CAUSES.

SO I HAVE HOPE.

BUT A COUPLE OF FRIENDS REMINDED ME THAT IT ALWAYS STARTS OUT THIS WAY.

THE POLICE ARE NICE, THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE NICE, AND CHURCHES AND TOWN ALWAYS SAY, WE'RE WITH YOU.

GREAT JOB.

FEW PEOPLE SHOW UP AT FIRST AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEND US WATER, WHICH WE APPRECIATE.

BUT WHAT WE REALLY HOPE FOR IS THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL JOIN US AND TAKE A STAND AGAINST THIS DEATH CULT.

BUT MANY CEDAR HILL'S HAVE REACHED OUT TO US.

THEY WANNA REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

THEY'RE SCARED.

THEY WORRY IF THEY TAKE A STAND.

THEIR BUSINESSES WILL SUFFER, THEIR FAMILIES WILL BECOME TARGETS.

VALID CONCERNS.

BUT SOME ARE EVEN AFRAID TO PUT SIGNS IN THE YARD SAYING THAT THE COLT'S NOT WELCOME.

AND THE COLT HAS BOUGHT THAT BUILDING.

SO WHAT CAN BE DONE? I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS.

ALL I HAVE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOT, TIRED, AND HAVE PERSONAL STRUGGLES.

I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THEY'RE GONNA KEEP COMING BACK HERE FOR THAT LONG.

BESIDES, I THINK WE HAVE MANY BIGGER FISH TO FRY.

THERE'S A GENOCIDE COMING RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS HAVE HIJACKED CHRISTIANITY HOLDING OUR COUNTRY HOSTAGE.

THERE'S NO LONGER TALK OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE.

CHRISTIANS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR HATE.

NOW.

THEY WANNA ERADICATE LGBTQ PLUS.

THEY WANNA BAN WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE.

THEY WANNA BAN BOOKS THAT ACCURATELY TEACH HISTORY.

THEY WANNA DO AWAY WITH INCLUSIVENESS AND DIVERSITY.

THEY SAID THERE'S NO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE LIKE ME WHO WILL NEVER BOW TO A CHRISTIAN GOD? I THINK WORLD WAR II GERMANY TELLS EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN IT'S TIME TO HIDE L G LGBTQ PEOPLE FROM DEAF SQUADS.

WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN THEY TRY TO TAKE AWAY WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE? WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN THEY ONCE AGAIN IMPRISON JEWISH PEOPLE? WHAT WILL YOU DO DECIDE NOW BECAUSE THEY WON'T STOP UNLESS WE MAKE THEM STOP.

TAKE A STAND NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

THE POINT.

FIRST THEY CAME BY PASTOR MARTIN NEW MULLER.

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE COMMUNIST.

I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A COMMUNIST.

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE SOCIAL STOP WAS NOT, I DID NOT SPEAK UP CAUSE I WAS NOT A SOCIALIST THAT THEY CAME FOR THE TRADE UNIONIST.

I DID NOT SPEAK UP BECAUSE I WAS NOT A TRADE UNIONIST.

THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS.

I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A JEW.

THEN THEY CAME FOR ME AND THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO SPEAK OUT FOR ME.

IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT I SAY THIS TO A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITY.

WHITE PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY WHITE WOMEN, HAVE STAYED SILENT WHILE WHITE MEN SUBJUGATED EVERY OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL WAS NEVER TRUE.

CAN'T WE UNITE AND MAKE IT TRUE? I KNOW WE CAN.

PLEASE JOIN US YOU GUYS.

STEVEN ANDERSON IS COMING TO THIS CALL JULY 12TH.

HE IS BANNED FROM 30 COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF HIS HATE SPEECH, HIS HATE RHETORIC.

HE'LL BE HERE IN YOUR TOWN.

YOU HAVE TO JOIN US, YOU HAVE TO STAND WITH US.

THERE ARE GOOD CHRISTIANS.

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HOW CAN WE TELL THE DIFFERENCE? IF YOU DON'T STAND WITH US, THIS IS YOUR TOWN.

YOU HAVE TO SHUT THESE PEOPLE DOWN.

STAND AGAINST ME.

AND THE FINAL, UH, CITIZENS FORM I HAVE IS UH, HONOR GREEN AND TOPIC IS PROCESS PARLIAMENTARY TRAINING OF THE BOARD.

GOOD EVENING AND PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR STEVEN MASON, PROTI SIMS. CONGRATULATIONS MS. MIRANDA AND TO ALL OF YOU ON OUR BOARD.

I STAND BEFORE YOU SIMPLY BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SOME THINGS AND HEARD SOME THINGS.

WE ARE A PREMIER CITY.

I EXPECT BETTER OF OUR BOARD, THE SEVEN OF YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PART OF YOUR TRAINING, BUT OBVIOUSLY I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU DO GO THROUGH PROCESSES WITH A CERTIFIED PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR YOUR MEETINGS SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE ARE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF ROBERT RULES THAT ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED BY OUR BOARD.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE OUR BOARD DO.

EXCELLENT.

WE ARE A PREMIER CITY AND I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU TO KNOW WHAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ABIDING BY THEM AND THAT YOU ARE FOLLOWING THOSE PROCESSES.

AS A MEMBER OF A VERY STRONG ORGANIZATION OF OVER 700,000 AND I REPRESENT OVER 5,000, THAT IS ONE OF OUR DUES AND DON'TS.

AND AS A COUNCIL IN MY PREMIER CITY, I WANT TO SEE YOU DO SUPERB AND EXCELLENT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION.

WE ALL KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, SOMETHING THAT DALLAS COUNTY DOES NOT DO, BUT WE DO MAILINGS IN OUR MAILINGS IN OUR WATER BILLS.

LET'S INFORM OUR CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL WHENEVER ELECTION IS NOT JUST FOR THAT DATE BUT FOR THE YEAR.

LET'S GIVE THEM A CALENDAR SO THEY'LL KNOW WHAT TIMEFRAME ELECTIONS ARE COMING.

THEY WILL KNOW WHAT A NONPARTISAN RACE IS.

THEY WILL KNOW WHAT PARTISAN RACES ARE.

THEY WILL KNOW THOSE DATES THAT WILL BE ON THE CALENDAR.

THEY WON'T HAVE TO GUESS.

THEY WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE RUNOFF.

THEY WILL KNOW THAT IT WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS AFTER THE ELECTION IF ANYONE DOES NOT GATHER 50% OF THE VOTES.

SO I JUST WANT US TO BE A PREMIER CITY, TO EDUCATE NOT ONLY OUR BOARD, BUT TO EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A PARLIAMENTARIAN, A CERTIFIED PARLIAMENTARIAN THAT WORKS WITH OUR BOARDS, THERE ARE THOSE OUT THERE THAT ARE CERTIFIED THAT CAN WORK WITH OUR BOARD.

BEFORE YOU GO, CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? SURE.

MY NAME IS ANNA CORRINE GREEN.

1524 SUMMERS DRIVE A CITIZEN OF CEDAR HILL FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT.

THANK VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, CI'S FORM.

[7. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.]

UH, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE PULLED FROM COUNSEL? IF NOT, I'LL CONTINUE.

CONSENT CONCLUDES.

ROUTINE ITEMS MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH THE SINGLE VOTE.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

ITEM A, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF UP TO $75,000 FOR ADULT READING MATERIAL FROM BRODART COMPANY.

ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF UP TO 75,000 FOR CHILDREN'S READING MATERIALS FROM CHILDREN'S PLUS ITEM C, CASE NUMBER FP 5 61 2023 APPROVING.

THE COURSE OF THE PLANNING IS ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR THE BROOKVIEW ADDITION.

LOT SIX R BLOCK ONE ON PROPERTY ZONE S F E SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE WITH A MINIMUM ONE ACRE LOTS LOCATED, EXCUSE ME, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WENDY LANE, EAST OF TAR ROAD WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING SEVEN 10 WENDY LANE, APPLICANT PROPERTY OWNER THADDEUS HASI AND DEANNA, UH, ERNO.

UM, OI HASI.

UH, ITEM D, CASE NUMBER SP 56 OH 2023.

APPROVEMENT COURT WITH PENDING ZONING COMMISSION ON APPLICATION FOR A SITE PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONE.

LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT UNIT LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST LINE, UH, EAST BELTLINE ROAD, WEST OF WATER FOR OAK DRIVE WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 8 0 2 EAST BELTLINE ROAD REPRESENTATIVES STEVE ALFORD, S C A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES APPLICANT.

ROGER, UH, PLEASE FORGIVE ME ON THIS NAME.

UH, KIN ANI, UH, DOLLARS AND SITS, UM, PROPERTY OWNER MICHAEL HORN, SARATOGA FAMILY TRUST ITEM E, CONSIDERED ACCEPTANCE OF CITY OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT 2 22 ANNUAL REPORT.

ITEM F, CONSIDER THE ADOPTION.

CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 3 7 83, WHICH ABANDONS AND CONVEYS

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RIGHT AWAY ALONE WITH THE ADJACENT TO NORTH JOE WILSON ROAD WITH THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER COUNSEL.

THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS HERE I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH F.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

MARIE, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH 7 83.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND CONVEYING A RIGHT OF WAY ALONG ADJACENT TO NOR JOE WILSON ROAD TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU MARIE.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVOR BE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND MOVES, UM, APPROVED.

NEXT ITEM IS THE REGULAR AGENDA.

[a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with InfoSend, Inc. for water bill printing services. ]

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH INFO SIN INCORPORATED FOR WATER BILL PRINTING SERVICES.

COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM.

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? I'M DOING FANTASTIC.

CARRY ON.

YOU GOT A PRESENTATION? A VERY BRIEF ONE.

UM, FIRST CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK.

IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU.

UM, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UM, REGARDING, UH, PROPOSED NEW BILL PRINT VENDOR.

SO OUR VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS, WHICH THE FOUNDATION OF OUR VALUES.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL TO OUR CITIZENS, UM, AND ENCOURAGE AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY, WE MUST REVIEW OUR PROCESSES AND EFFICIENCY IN OUR SERVICE.

AND SO OUR CURRENT BILL PRINT VENDOR IS OUT OF MICHIGAN.

AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN WE GET INTO WONDER MONTHS, WE STARTED RECEIVING COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT THE TIME THAT IT TOOK FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THEIR BILL.

UM, SO WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, UM, CAME THROUGH THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, UH, TO PREVENT THE MAIL DELAYS AND IMPROVE OUR SERVICE TIME.

SO INFO SEND IS THE COMPANY THAT, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING AND THEY CURRENTLY WORK WITH SEVERAL OTHER CITIES.

SO, UH, THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE, THE C CITY OF GRANBERRY AND MESQUITE.

UM, I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE BILL FORMAT FOR YOU TO SEE.

UH, BUT THAT LEVEL, UH, WILL NOT CHANGE, BUT OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE WILL.

AND SO OUR NEW MAIL LOCATION WOULD BE LOCATED IN CARROLLTON.

AND SO THIS WOULD GREATLY IMPROVE, UH, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE CITIZENS.

AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? UH, SO, UH, UH, UH, I GUESS, UM, I GUESS THE ONLY CHANGE WOULD BE WHERE THE MAIL'S COMING FROM OTHER THAN THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, THE, THE BILL FORMAT IS SET TO JUST TO STAY MOSTLY THE SAME.

THERE'D JUST BE A LITTLE PRINTING DIFFERENCE.

SO THE FONT WILL BE DIFFERENT, BUT YEAH, JUST THE FONT A LITTLE BIT, BUT ALL RIGHT.

DEFINITELY THE SERVICE WILL BE GREATER.

WELL, GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL? THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

THANK YOU, RHONDA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE MERIT EXECUTING AGREEMENT WITH, UH, UH, INFO SAN NICK.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU,

[b. Consider approving Resolution No. R23-683, which approves and adopts the policies and hourly rental rates for the future library event spaces, such as the Multipurpose Meeting Room, Rooftop Deck, and Warming Kitchen, per City Council's direction on April 18, 2023.]

COUNSEL.

LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 23 DASH 6 83, WHICH APPROVES AND ADOPTS THE POLICIES AND HOURLY RENTAL RATES FOR THE FUTURE LIBRARY EVENT SPACE, SUCH AS THE MULTIPURPOSE COMMITTEE ROOM, ROOFTOP DECK, AND WARMING KITCHEN PER CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIONS ON APRIL 18TH, 2023.

COUNCIL, YOU DID SEE A BRIEFING ON THIS AGAIN TODAY.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION R.

ESPECIALLY OUR ASSISTANT, FIRE CHIEF REYES OVER THERE IN THE CORNERS, VERY HIDING.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR PRO TIMM.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM, UH, THE NEW ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER.

ENE, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

ALL FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOVES UNANIMOUS.

BEFORE I ADJOURN, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO YIELD TO THE CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, UH, NEGLECTED TO REPORT ON A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM.

I AM VERY HAPPY, UH, AND, AND PROUD AND PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT HAS CONVEYED ITS REGIONAL COOPERATION AWARD TO THE CITIES OF CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE AND DESOTO FOR THE RECENT COMPLETION OF THE REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM.

SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BRING AND SOMETHING THAT OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORKED VERY HARD TO IMPLEMENT,

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HE'S VERY MUCH ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH THIS AWARD.

AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, WE LOVE THE REPORT FROM THE CD MANAGER'S OFFICE, SO WE'LL KEEP IT COMING.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.

UH, CHIEF REYES.

UM, ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, ANY FINAL COMMENTS, COUNSEL? CAPTAIN MCCURDY.

I JUST HAVE ONE.

UM, THAT IS, THIS IS THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE, UH, JULY 4TH, WHICH MEANS IT'S ALSO THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY.

SO I JUST WANNA WISH HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I KNOW SHE'S WA WATCHING AT HOME AND SHE WOULD BE TERRIBLY HORRIFIED IF SHE WAS SITTING HERE IN PERSON THAT I WOULD MENTIONING HER.

UM, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ARE YOU GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY TO HAVE A HAPPY FOURTH OR ? YOU'LL HAVE A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.

STAY, STAY SAFE.

LOOK, NO FIREWORKS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

THERE YOU GO.

, WE, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR CUSTOMER MCCURDY.

DO, DO WE HAVE A SECOND FORM CLOVER? SECOND.