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WANNA WELCOME YOU TO TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING, REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS JULY 11TH, 2023, AND WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.
UH, WE ARE CITY MANAGERS, UM, IS, UH, NOT, NOT WITH US TODAY.
WE DO PLAY FOR THEIR TRAVELING, GRACE, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING OUR GREG PORTER CITY MANAGER WILL BE REPORT BACK TO THE OFFICE IN THE MORNING.
AND THEN I THINK, UM, MELISSA CUMMINGS WILL BE HERE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING
[1. Call meeting to order.]
THE ORDER.I HAVE 7:00 PM I ALSO WANNA PLEASE NOTE THAT, UH, NO OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN, UH, THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION.
AND THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR VICTOR JACKSON.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE THE HONORS OF THE PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER, MS. MIRANDA AZI.
SO IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND AND PASTOR VIC JACKSON.
HOW ARE YOU? I'M WONDERFUL, MAYOR.
HOW YOU DOING? I'M DOING WELL.
I LIKE, I LIKE YOUR LIVING COAT.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME ONLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO COME.
IT'S NOTHING IN AND OF OURSELVES THAT HAVE GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT IN OUR LIVES.
FOR THAT, WE SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY.
THANK YOU FOR THESE LEADERS, LORD, CONTINUE TO BLESS THEM WITH WISDOM FROM ON HIGH, AND WE'LL BE CAREFUL TO GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE, THE GLORY AND THE HONOR.
PASTOR VICK, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, UM, DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL, YVETTE? AUGUST THE 12TH.
PLEASE JOIN ME ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND DUE STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN MUNICIPAL LIBERTY, JUSTICE, HONOR, ALLEGIANCE TO THE ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
[a. Present a Certificate of Appreciation to Mission Cedar Hill for community outreach projects completed in June 2023. ]
IS PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO MISSION CEDAR HILL FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2013.UH, GOOD EVENING, MAREN CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S BOTH A PLEASURE AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF CEDAR HILL'S BEST NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, LAST MONTH WE CELEBRATED THE 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF BIG WEEK, JUNE 8TH THROUGH THE 10TH.
UH, AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, I HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO TO RECAP SOME OF THE PROJECTS.
SO SINCE 2003, THESE NUMBERS HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW AND THE LIVES OF SO MANY HAVE BEEN BLESSED.
UM, IT'S VERY AMAZING TO SEE THESE VOLUNTEERS GET OUT THERE IN JUNE IN THE HEAT TO HELP SOMEONE'S GRANDPARENT, PARENT, BROTHER, OR SISTER, EVEN, UM, WHENEVER THEY'VE FALLEN ON HARD TIMES.
AND THIS MAY BE THEIR ONLY OPTION TO GET THEIR FENCE FIXED OR THEIR TRIM PAINTED.
AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT RESOURCE FOR OUR CITIZENS IS WHAT MAKES MISSION CEDAR HILLS VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, THANK YOU MISSION CEDAR HILL FROM THE BOTTOM OF SO MANY HEARTS.
AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP PASTOR
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SNOWDEN, UH, AMY MOR WARREN AND DANNY SUTTON.AND ANY ANYONE ELSE FROM MISSION CEDAR HILL.
WELL, PASTOR, THIS IS THE 22ND, 22ND, 22ND YEAR OF DOING MISSION CEDAR HILL.
UH, OF COURSE YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF HOURS TO DO THIS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU A LITTLE BIT AFTER I, UH, PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE, UH, BUT A CERTIFICATE OF, UH, APPRECIATION.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS AWARDED TO MISSION CEDAR HILL FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS AND GENEROUS, UH, SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CEDAR HILL THROUGH YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTS OF MISSION CEDAR HILL 2023 BIG WEEK, PRESENTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TUESDAY, JULY 11TH, 2023, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR STEVE MASON.
UH, MAYOR MASON, A CITY COUNCIL PERSONS, UH, STAFF, CITIZENS AND GUESTS.
IT IS AN HONOR AND IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF MISSION CEDAR HILL TAKING CARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S COMMUN, IT'S FAITH-BASED, CHRIST-CENTERED COMMUNITY RESTORATION.
INDIVIDUALS WHOSE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PROPERTIES FALL OUT OF CODE COMPLIANCE WILL GO OUT AND FIX UP THEIR PROPERTIES.
UH, I WANNA SAY A SPECIAL WORD OF THANK YOU, UH, TO DANNY SUTTON.
HE'S OUR NEW MISSION MANAGER, UH, TO AMY MOORE.
AND SHE'S OUR NEW, SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE AT THE CHURCH, BUT SHE'S OUR NEW ADMIN FOR MISSION CEDAR HILL.
UH, MANY OF YOU WORKED, MANY OF YOU HAVE SUPPORTED, UH, MISSION.
CEDAR HILL IS AN OUTREACH OF TRANSFORMATION VISION, UH, WITHIN OUR CITY.
I WANNA SAY A SPECIAL WORD OF APPRECIATION, UH, TO OUR POLICE FORCE.
THE PAC TEAM, UH, UH, CHIEF REESE WAS THERE WORKING HARD, WORKING OVERTIME.
UH, YOU GUYS WORKED THREE DAYS ON ONE PROJECT.
WANNA SAY ALSO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CHIEF SMITH.
UH, NOW THEY ONLY WORK ONE DAY.
IN FACT, THEY ONLY WORK FOR TWO HOURS.
BUT IF YOU SAW THE PICTURE, THEY HAD, UH, C SHIFT, AND THERE THEY ARE.
AND I'M THINKING, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA DO THIS? WELL, THEY SHOWED UP AT EIGHT 15 ON FRIDAY MORNING, AND BY 10 15, NOT ONLY WAS THE FENCE TOTALLY PUT UP, GATE BUILT, ALL THE DEBRIS HAULED OFF, IT WAS TOTALLY DONE.
SO GIVE IT UP FOR OUR POLICE FORCE AND OUR FIRE FORCE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE CERTIFIED WITH THE CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO ALL OF THOSE SERVICE HOURS THAT THOSE STUDENTS NEED, THEY CAN COME AND, AND VOLUNTEER WITH MISSION CEDAR HILL, AND WE ARE GLAD TO DO IT.
ONE LAST LITTLE WORD, UH, MATTHEW CHAPTER FIVE, VERSES 14 THROUGH 16.
UH, JESUS SAID, YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
A CITY ON A HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN.
NO ONE LIGHTS A LAMP AND PLACES IT UNDER A BOWL, BUT UPON A STAND THAT IT MIGHT GIVE LIGHT INTO THE ENTIRE HOUSE.
EVEN SO, LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE PEOPLE THAT WHEN THEY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS, THAT WILL GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN.
THANK YOU CEDAR HILL, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
[b. Recognize Cedar Hill residents Demi Omotoso and Amber Jones, recipients of the 2023 Waste Management Scholarship.]
ON THE AGENDA IS TO RECOGNIZE, UH, CEDAR HILL RESIDENCE, DIMI UHSO.AND EDWARD JONES, RECIPIENT OF THE 2023 WASTE MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP, MR. RYAN FRASIER.
UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
RYAN FRAZIER, WASTE MANAGEMENT.
UM, YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM ME.
I, I'VE GOT THE DISTINCT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THESE TWO DESERVING CANDIDATES, UM,
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THE ON TOSO AND AMBER JONES.AND SO JUST MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, WE'LL CALL 'EM UP HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS WILL ALL LOOK GREAT IN THIS PHOTO OFF IF YOU WANT TO JOIN.
BUT, UM, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT'S BEEN DOING THIS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR 18 YEARS, AND THAT'S AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
AND SO, JUST AS WE'VE HAD A STRONG PARTNERSHIP, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR HONOR TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT INVEST IN US.
AND SO, UM, EACH YEAR, WASTE MANAGEMENT GIVES TWO, $2,000 SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND A SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO THE ZULA B LIBRARY.
UH, THEY REALLY HELP COORDINATE AND SPEARHEAD THE SELECTION PROCESS OF THESE CANDIDATES.
UM, AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES ARE, ARE SUPER IMPRESSIVE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, DEMI IS HEADING OFF TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO STUDY PSYCHOLOGY.
UH, DEMI HOPES TO BECOME A COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST, UH, WHICH WILL ENABLE HER TO BE A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THOSE IN NEED WHILE CHANGING THE WAY WE AS HUMANS UNDERSTAND OUR MINDS.
AND AMBER IS OFF TO TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY IN SAN MARCO TO EARN A DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, AND EVENTUALLY SHE BECOME TO BECOME A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
AMBER ENJOYS NATURE ART, READING AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE.
AND I DID FORGET TO MENTION DEMI.
UM, SHE, UH, LET'S SEE, SHE SEVERAL PROGRAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL, GEAR UP, STUDENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, AND MAYOR, YOUR OWN TEAM COUNCIL.
SO, UM, LET'S GIVE IT UP TO THESE TWO DESERVING INDIVIDUALS.
COUNSEL, WOULD YOU MIND COMING DOWN FOR A PHOTO WALK FOR THIS? ALL RIGHT.
MR. FRASER, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN, UH, PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS HERE IN CEDAR HILL? EIGHT 18 YEARS, UH, SINCE THE START OF THE CONTRACT.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE AND DESIRE IS THAT EVERY YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN THAT'S WON THIS AWARD BECOMES A FUTURE GARBAGE MAN.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO, TO MEET THE CANDIDATES AND, AND HEAR STORIES ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO.
IT'S ALWAYS, EACH YEAR I FEEL LIKE IT GETS MORE AND MORE IMPRESSIVE WHAT, WHAT THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO GO DO IN COLLEGE.
SO I, I WISH THEM NOTHING BUT THE BEST, AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BOOMERANG BACK TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
THANK YOU FOR PRESSURE DOING THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR CONTINUED, UH, SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH THEY, WITH ONE SINGLE VOTE.
UM, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, CS FORM.
[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. ]
S FORM.THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ACI TO COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT ANY TOPIC THAT THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT.
UH, ITEMS THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, COUNSEL CANNOT, UH, DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS, UH, BUT, UH, COULD BE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERED FOR A LATER CONVERSATION OR, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
OR ALSO, UM, MAYBE STAFF COULD ALSO CONNECT WITH YOU TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNSEL, I DO HAVE ONE ITEM, UH, ONE, UH, FORM PRESENTED TO TODAY.
AND DO I HAVE ANY ONLINE? THERE WAS NO ONLINE, UH, UH, SUBMITTED FORMS. COUNSEL, SO THEREFORE, UH, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, UH, PHILLIP LEIC, AND HIS TOPIC IS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND, UH, GOOD EVENING TO YOU, SIR.
COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD?
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UH, GOOD EVENING.I'M PHILLIP OWOW, LIVE AT 1130 NORTH SIERRA ROAD.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND I GUESS I'M HERE MORE SO TO TALK ABOUT EQUAL ENFORCEMENT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I'VE GOT A DEAL POSTED ON MY DOOR.
IT'S GOT 2 0 7 SOUTH CLARK ROAD, BUT ON THE ADDRESS IT HAD TWO 11 SOUTH CLARK ROAD.
SO EITHER THIS IS FOR SOMEONE ELSE OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MADE A MISTAKE.
IT SAID SECTION NINE, UH, NINE DASH 6 0 6.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A, UH, AN OPERABLE CAR PARKED THERE.
WELL, I CHECKED AT TWO 11 AND I DIDN'T FIND ANY CAR THAT WAS PARKED ON A, UH, UH, ON THE GRASS OR IN INOPERABLE OR UNLICENSED ONE.
AT THE TIME THAT I SAW THIS, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WAS THERE.
BUT THE, TODAY IN THE MAIL, I'VE GOT A LETTER FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT.
DO Y'ALL HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKING ON SATURDAY? UH, YEAH.
UM, THEY'RE PROBABLY OUT DOING CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT, OKAY.
IT HAD A PICTURE IN THERE, BUT IT DIDN'T SHOW ANY CARS PARKED WHERE A CAR WAS PARKED DURING THIS INITIAL INSPECTION.
THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED TRASH, BUT THEY'VE BEEN REMOVED TO HAUL GRASS FENCE.
AND THEN IT SAYS, UM, OUTSIDE STORAGE.
IT SAYS, STATES THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO ALLOW OUTSIDE STORAGE OUTSIDE OF THE ENCLOSED STRUCTURE FOR CONTINUANCE PERIODS IN EXCESS OF SEVEN DAYS.
I BELIEVE A FEW MONTHS AGO, OR A YEAR OR SO AGO, Y'ALL HAD A LARGE RETAILER UP HERE THAT BASICALLY HAD THAT ALL THE TIME.
THEY EVEN HAD IT OUT IN THEIR PARKING LOT AND Y'ALL ALLOWED IT.
AND I THINK THE COUNCILMAN OVER HERE, ONE OF THE MOST RECENT ELECTED ONES, MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT THEIR, UH, HOW THEY OPERATED.
WELL, THOSE WERE CODE VIOLATIONS AND Y'ALL DIDN'T ENFORCE 'EM, BUT YET CODE ENFORCEMENT COMES DOWN AND ENFORCES ON ME.
I WAS AT, UH, ALBERTSON'S, UH, YESTERDAY, AND THEY HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE, JUST LIKE IT SAYS RIGHT HERE.
AND YOU ARE NOT ENFORCING THAT.
I'VE GONE TO KROGER'S TODAY AND THEY HAVE THE SAME THING.
THEY HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS.
AND I'M JUST REAL CONCERNED THAT YA ARE NOT EQUALLY ENFORCING THE CODE.
ENFORCING ARE USING IT TO BENEFIT, WHICH ARE, AND ON THIS PROPERTY, BACK IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED AS ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AREA SO THAT, UH, VINEYARDS COULD COME IN AND, AND CREATE A LARGE SHOPPING CENTER.
WELL, I THINK IT TOOK 17 YEARS FOR IT TO FILL UP.
AND AT THAT TIME THAT, UH, THEY GAVE THIS, WE WERE PREPARED TO BUILD OUR, UH, THAT TIME IS UP.
WELL, WE, WE DO, WE WILL MAKE NOTE OF THIS AND WE WILL MAKE NOTE OF IT IF YOU'D LIKE FOR CONCERNED ABOUT.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE FROM THE CITIZEN'S FORM COUNSEL.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[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.]
AGENDA INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE AN ITEM, UH, FROM THE CONSENT FOR CONSIDERATION.
I COUNSEL ONCE AGAIN, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT, NOT HEARING NONE.
UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 23RD, 2023, JUNE, 2013, 2023, AND JUNE 27TH, 2023, REGULAR CD MEETING AND JUNE 20TH, 2023 SPECIAL CALLED COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTERS FOR THE NEW LIBRARY FROM C D W FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 56,000 ITEM C, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH THE START IN SALES CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SOMERSET DRIVE AND MATTERHORN STREET SIDEWALK AND ADA RAMP IMPROVEMENT PROJECT COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ.
I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UM, UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY, UH, OTHER ITEMS THAT WE CAN, UM, UH, TO DISCUSS? BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
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FIRST COUNCIL MEETING.WE JUST CAN'T LET HER, UH, GET OFF LIKE THAT.
ANYTHING COUNCIL? WELL, WITH THAT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, I DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.