Feb 27, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Call meeting to order.]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

SORRY TO, UH, INTERRUPT THE FELLOWSHIP, BUT I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

IT IS 7 0 2.

THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024.

WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND ALL, UH, NOTICES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY POSTED.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL DO THE, UH, INVOCATION.

WE DO HAVE MR. TASHA WILLIAMS HERE WITH THANKSGIVING TABERNACLE BIBLE FELLOWSHIPS HERE IN CEDAR HILL AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

WE WILL HAVE MS. MIRANDA TO .

IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND, PLEASE, PLEASE BOW FOR A WORD OF PRAYER.

OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD, WE COME THIS EVENING TO PRAY ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO ARE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY IN THIS GREAT CITY.

WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THE MAYOR, CITY LEADERS AND CITY COUNCIL WISE AND DISCERNING HEARTS TO BE ABLE TO SKILLFULLY GOVERN THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.

PROVIDE THEM WITH INSIGHT THAT THEY MAY SOLVE PROBLEMS EFFICIENTLY, AND BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH RIGHT FROM WRONG.

MAY THEIR LEADERSHIP BRING ORDER, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY TO THIS COMMUNITY.

MAY THOSE WHO ARE IN THIS ESTEEMED OFFICE OF LEADERSHIP LEAD WITH COURAGE.

MAY THEY BE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ACT JUSTLY.

LOVE, MERCY, AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOU.

IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND IT, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL OUR TEXAS FLAG.

I FLAG I PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER POWER.

ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO ALL MAY BE SEATED.

NEXT

[a. Present a Proclamation designating the month of March 2024 as Women's History Month in Cedar Hill. ]

THE FIRST IS PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2024 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS PROCLAMATION, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

WHEREAS EACH YEAR DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE HONOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF VISIONARY WOMEN WHOSE IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SHAPED OUR WORLD AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE BREAK BARRIERS TO CREATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN.

AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY, WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE MADE BOWEL CONTRIBUTIONS OFTEN IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE AND UNDULY HARDSHIP.

COURAGEOUS WOMEN MARCHED FOR AND WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE CAMPAIGN FOR EQUITY LED EFFORTS DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT REPRESENTED THE UNITED STATES ON A GLOBAL STAGE IN THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, SHATTERED COUNTLESS BARRIERS AND EXPANDED THE POSSIBILITIES OF AMERICAN LIFE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CD HILL PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, CREATES EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND HONORS THE IMPACT AND ACHIEVEMENT OF WOMEN'S IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHERE THE CITY OF CITY HILL EARN THE LEGACY OF INSPIRING WOMEN AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO FARAY MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE YEAR ROUND THROUGH INITIATIVES INCLUDING SPOTLIGHT WOMEN, AUTHORS, PRESENTERS AND GUEST SPEAKERS AND PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WOMEN HISTORY MONTH ACTIVITIES AND HOSTING MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CERTIFICATION WORKSHOPS AND INFORMAL EVENTS.

WHEREAS WOMEN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS SERVING IN A MULTITUDE OF ROLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND IN ALL LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, THE LEGACY OF CITY HILL WOMEN CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND POLICY DECISIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM TO NAME A FEW.

AND WHEREAS WOMEN HISTORY MONTH BEGAN IN 1978 AS A LOCAL CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK IN SAN SANTA

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AND WHEREAS DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, LET US HONOR THE AC ACCOMPLISHED AND VISIONARY WOMEN WHO HAVE HELPED BUILD OUR COUNTRY, INCLUDING THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED.

AND LET US PAY TRIBUTE TO THE TRAILBLAZERS FROM THE RECENT AND DISTINCT PAST FOR DOING, FOR DARING TO ENVISION A FUTURE FOR WHICH NO PAST PRESET EXITED, AND FOR BUILDING A NATION OF ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES FOR ALL OF ITS WOMENS AND CH AND GIRLS.

NOW, THEREFORE, OUR STEVEN MASON MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH, 2024 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

IN WITNESS WHEREVER I HAVE HERE UNTIL SET MY HAND AND HAVE CALLED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO WILL FIX THIS 27TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024.

STEPHEN MASON.

WELL, ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN PLEASE STAND.

WOO.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

IF I HAD TO SING ABOUT IT, I WOULD SAY, UM, EVERY WOMAN, IT'S ALL IN ME.

Y'ALL KNOW THAT SONG, RIGHT? IF I HAD TO SPEAK ABOUT IT, I WOULD SAY, LIKE MAYA ANGELOU SAID, PHENOMENAL WOMAN.

THAT'S ME PHENOMENALLY.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL SAID, WOMEN, WE ARE PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

WOMEN'S HISTORY IS ALSO AMERICAN HISTORY AND REALLY NATIONAL HISTORY.

WE INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN US THE WHOLE MONTH OF MARCH.

WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING OUT, UM, BOOKMARKS AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH MEMENTOS AT THE LIBRARY.

WE ALSO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US ON YOUR PHONE OR MOBILE DEVICE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE'RE GONNA BE HIGHLIGHTING WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN PIONEERS ON, UH, WOMEN, UH, WILD WOMEN WEDNESDAYS, UH, WHICH IS REALLY WOMEN WHO HAVE CARVED AND PAVED THE WAY, UH, WOMEN OF YESTERDAY AS WELL AS TODAY.

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY AMAZING WOMEN AND, UH, EVERYONE CAN TAKE PART IN THIS CELEBRATION.

IF YOU KNOW A WOMAN, IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, IF YOU'RE CONNECTED TO A WOMAN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CELEBRATE HER EVERY DAY.

NOT JUST WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, BUT WE ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHT, UM, DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE SOME AMAZING WOMEN ALSO AS PART OF OUR VERY OWN CITY COUNCIL.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THE ENERGY, MISS, UH, MY DIRECTOR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, NO MORE CITIZENS FORMS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY.

THAT CUTOFF IS HAS PASSED.

UH, NEXT

[b. Present a Proclamation designating April 19 through May 7, 2024 as Lights Out in Cedar Hill to support critical spring bird migration.]

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GLOVER.

BEFORE YOU, UH, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

UH, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MS. UH, RACHEL LOCA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND IN, PLEASE.

UH, CAN WE PLEASE GIVE HER A WARM WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL'S? BEEN, UH, SHE IS OVER ONE OF THE MOST, UH, GREATEST ASSETS IN CEDAR HILL, WHICH IS THE CEDAR HILL STATE PARK.

AND, UH, SHE HAS BEEN IN THAT POSITION FOR SIX MONTHS NOW.

I CAN'T BELIEVE SIX MONTHS HAS ALREADY PASSED, UH, BUT SHE PREVIOUSLY WAS IN DANGERFIELD STATE PARK.

UH, SHE HAS ALREADY PARTNERED WITH THE CITY ON THE BRANDING INITIATIVES, THE TOURISM COMMITTEE, AND HAS ALREADY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST WANNA WELCOME YOU HERE IN INTERIOR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN GLOVER.

THANK YOU.

I THOUGHT I HAD THAT IN MY COUNCIL CONTRACT THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS OR MIRANDA, BUT APPARENTLY I NEED TO HAVE MY CONTRACT UPDATED.

TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME BIRDS WITH THE SAME ENERGY AS WE DO TO THE WOMEN WHO WE HONOR AND WE LOVE.

SO HERE I AM TODAY TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WHEREAS TEXAS IS GLOBALLY IMPORTANT FOR BIRDS, APPROXIMATELY

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IN THE FALL, NEARLY 2 BILLION BIRDS PASSED THROUGH TEXAS PROCLAIMING PROTECTING TEXAS BIRDS.

PROTECTING BIRDS IN TEXAS PROMOTES CONSERVATION BIRD POPULATIONS ACROSS THE AMERICAS, WHEREAS LIGHT POLLUTION IN METRO, IN METRO AREAS ATTRACTS AND DISORIENTS BIRDS CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR BIRDS, FOR MIGRATING BIRDS LIGHTS OUT.

TEXAS ESTIMATES THAT 1 BILLION US BIRD DEATHS OCCUR ANNUALLY FROM COLLISIONS WITH BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL JOINS THE LIGHTS OUT TEXAS INITIATIVE, A PARTNERSHIP LED BY THE CORNELL LAB OF OR ANTHOLOGY, TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE, DALLAS ZOO, THE PER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE, HOUSTON ORUBBA, TEXAS BY NATURE AND MANY OTHERS IN DECLARING CRITICAL MI MIGRATION PERIODS AS LIGHTS OUT IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

WHEREAS BUILDING OWNERS, BUSINESSES, DEVELOPERS, AND HOMEOWNERS CAN PROTECT MIGRATING BIRDS BY TURNING OFF ALL NON-ESSENTIAL NIGHTTIME LIGHTING ON BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES FROM 11:00 PM TO 6:00 AM EACH NIGHT BETWEEN APRIL 19TH AND MAY 7TH, 2024.

NOW, THEREFORE, I STEPHEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, MARCH 2ND, 2024 AS LIGHTS OUT TEXAS AND THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

FURTHER, I ASK ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE LIGHTS OUT IN TEXAS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WORK DILIGENTLY TO MAINTAIN THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE THEY PROVIDE FOR ALL OF US.

AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE AND TWO, SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 27TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024.

AND THEN SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR STEVEN MASON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR MAKING THIS VERY IMPORTANT STEP TO PROTECT BIRDS.

I DO WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE WOMEN'S MONTH, VERY IMPORTANT.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROCLAMATION.

YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE PROTECTING OUR WILDLIFE TOO, AS THEY PASS THROUGH THIS PART OF TEXAS, THEY'RE NURTURING THEIR YOUNG AND CARING FOR THE WILDLIFE THAT'S AROUND THEM.

THIS PROCLAMATION ALLOWS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TO NOT ONLY STEWARD THE WILDLIFE, BUT STEWARD HUMANS AS WELL IN COEXISTENCE OF THE WILDLIFE THAT IS PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.

I WANNA THANK ALL THE PARTNERS FOR LIGHTS OUT TEXAS THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO SAVE OF THE SAFE PASSAGE OF MIGRATING BIRDS, NOT JUST DURING THE SPRING, BUT ALSO FALL.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR LIGHTS OUT PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE STATE, YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD AT DOGWOOD CANYON, UM, AUDUBON CENTER THIS MARCH, THEY HAVE AN EXHIBIT CALLED LIGHTS OUT TEXAS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BIRDS THAT FLY THROUGH WILL ACCIDENTALLY HIT BUILDINGS AND ARE INJURED OR THEY'RE, UM, ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.

AND THEN WE USE THOSE BIRDS TO REALLY FOCUS DATA ON PROTECTING BIRDS BY SHUTTING LIGHTS OUT DURING THIS IMPORTANT MIGRATION.

SO AS A CERTIFIED BIRD CITY, CEDAR HILL IS NOW A GREAT EXAMPLE TO DFW METROPLEX AND THE REST OF THE STATE.

THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR PARTNERS ALL.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALSO, UM, JULIE, JULIE COLLINS.

HELLO.

I JUST WANNA SAY HELLO TO YOU.

I KNOW YOU, UM, HERE REPRESENTING DOGWOOD CANYON.

SO, UH, JUST WANNA SAY HELLO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HELLO .

ALRIGHT, UH,

[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 OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZENS TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY TOPIC THAT THEY WANT.

IF IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, OF COURSE COUNSEL CANNOT, UH, DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ABOUT IT.

UH, THE, UH, FIRST, UM, CITIZEN I HAVE IS MS. SONYA JENKINS.

AND, UH, HER TOPIC IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

UH, GIVE US, UH, OF COURSE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS,

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WELL, MY THREE MINUTES.

CAN'T START TALKING.

CAN YOU SECOND, UH, I THINK SOMEBODY MOVED THE MIC.

MOVE IT TO IT BACK.

OH, MARIE GOT IT.

THANK YOU, MARIE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS SONYA JENKINS.

MY ADDRESS IS 8 1 6 CLOVER HILL LANE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 7 5 1 0 4.

AND I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE QUESTION THAT I POSED THE OTHER NIGHT AT THE BLACK, UM, AT THE STATE OF THE CITY DINNER.

UM, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESPONSE THAT I GOT AND INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE, UM, PROACTIVE.

AND SO, AS MY TIME PERMITS, I'M GONNA COME TO THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU BLACK HISTORY FACTS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW CRITICAL, UH, RACE THEORY TO TAKE PLACE HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

SO MY BLACK HISTORY FACT TODAY IS IN 1936, JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS JESSE OWENS, WAS THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN FOUR MEDALS HE WANTED IN THE 100 METER, 200 METER, FOUR BY 100 LONG JUMP TRACK AND FIELD SUMMARY EVENTS.

A CRITICAL RACE THEORY BLUNDER IS THAT THE WORLD THINKS THAT HITLER WAS THE ONE THAT SNUGGED HIM IN FRONT OF.

UM, IT ACTUALLY WAS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

HE DID NOT INVITE HIM TO THE WHITE HOUSE, NOR DID HE ACKNOWLEDGE HIM WHEN HE CAME BACK HERE TO THE STATES.

SO FROM 1936 TO 1950, HE WORKED VERY MINIMUM JOBS AND IT MADE IT VERY HARD FOR HIM TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY.

THAT CHANGED FOR HIM.

IN 1950, HE BEGAN TO RECEIVE, UM, PUBLIC RELATION OPPORTUNITIES AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE A LIVING FOR HIS FAMILY TO ADD, UM, INSULT TO WHAT FRANKLIN, UH, DELLA NOR ROOSEVELT THOUGHT WAS INJURY TO HIM IN 1990, GEORGE BUSH HONORED HIM AND GAVE HIM THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

AND IT WAS DONE IN THE FRANKLIN ANO ROOSEVELT ROOM AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

I'LL CONTINUE TO ADD VALUE TO MY ANCESTORS' HERITAGE BECAUSE I'M STANDING ON SHOULDERS THAT HAD NOT, THEY DONE WHAT THEY DID IN THE 400 YEARS THAT THEY WERE MISTREATED IN THIS COUNTRY.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

I ATTENDED AN HBCU, WHICH IS CALLED A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY.

HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT UNIVERSITY, I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND OBTAIN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND GRADUATE, UM, IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

UM, CEDAR HILL SAYS THAT WE ARE A PLACE WHERE WE'RE ALL INCLUSIVE AND WE ARE DIVERSE.

I AM HOPING IN YEARS TO COME THAT WE WILL DO BETTER WITH THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND ACKNOWLEDGING WHERE 57% OF THE CITIZENS THAT'S IN THIS CITY ARE OF AFRICAN, UH, AMERICAN DESCENT AND HAVE A BETTER HONORING OF OUR ANCESTORS.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AND I DID GET YOUR MESSAGE.

I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS, UH, PHILLIP OW.

AND HIS TOPIC IS CITY GOVERNMENT, YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND, UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M PHILLIP BAITZ, 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

MY WIFE IS HERE WITH ME.

I BRING HER WITH ME BECAUSE WHEN OUR CHILDREN WERE YOUNG, THEY WOULD ALWAYS COME WITH ME TO THESE MEETINGS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD JUST ENJOY IT.

AND WHEN, SINCE THEN SHE SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T WE GO TO THESE MEETINGS? SO THAT'S WHY I COME, SHE'S A REAL BIG INFLUENCE ON ME, BUT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME.

I WENT TO A BOARD MEETING, I THINK IT WAS IN JANUARY.

IT WAS ABOUT THE SIGNS, AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS HURTING FOR A QUORUM.

AND SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE BOARD SAID THAT I SHOULD GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR IT.

WELL, I CHECKED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY AND WAS TOLD THAT, UM, THEY DIDN'T TAKE APPLICATIONS OR FIELD VACANCIES.

WELL, I'M CONCERNED THAT Y'ALL HAVE BOARDS THAT MAKE DECISIONS THAT IT'S NOT COMPLETE.

ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SAYS, WELL, WE NEED SOMEONE ELSE UP HERE BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO RESIGN.

THAT'S A REAL CONCERN TO ME.

THE TOURISM YOU CALL, Y'ALL WORRIED ABOUT TOURISM, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT'S, UH, HAPPENING.

UH, NEXT IT'S GONNA BE THE, UH, WELL, I'LL KNOW TWO WEEKS BEFORE IT HAPPENS BECAUSE AT THE LAST ECLIPSE, TWO WEEKS BEFORE IT HAPPENED, MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO GO TO FALL CITY, NEBRASKA TO, UH, V UH, VIEW THE ECLIPSE.

AND WHEN WE WENT, WE WERE PREPARED WITH A TENT, WHICH WE STILL HAVE IN THE HOUSE AS OUR GOLDEN PARACHUTE FOR PLACES TO STAY.

AND WE STAYED IN THE FINEST HOTELS AROUND ON

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AND THEN AFTER THE ECLIPSE WAS OVER, WE STAYED ON THE SQUARE OF FALL CITY, NEBRASKA, ONE OF THE FINEST HOTELS THAT WAS BEING RENOVATED.

AND, BUT WHEN I CALLED THE TOURIST NUMBER, IT WENT TO VOICEMAIL AND SAID THAT SOMEONE WOULD CALL YOU BACK WITHIN 20, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY.

WELL, 24 HOUR LATER, NO ONE CALLED ME.

I CALLED IT BACK.

I GOT THE SAME MESSAGE.

SO I CALLED CITY HALL AND THEY SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THAT POSITION THAT CONCERNS ME.

AND THE LAST THING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WHEN I CAME TO CEDAR HILL, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE WERE REQUIRED TO PUT IN A BUILDING AND PUT IN A BUSINESS WERE QUITE HIGH.

AND WE, MY BROTHER AND I, PUT 'EM IN AND MATCHED 'EM ALL.

AND THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT WE RAN INTO WAS WHEN THE CITY DECLARED OUR PROPERTY ECONOMICALLY BLIGHTED.

WE WERE PREPARED DURING THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION TO, UH, PUT IN A BUILD OUT OUR BUILDING COMPLETELY.

BUT WHEN THIS PROGRAM WENT IN, OUR FINANCING FINANCIER TOLD US THAT WITH THIS SHOPPING CENTER GOING IN, YOU JUST MIGHT AS WELL QUIT.

AND THERE'S NO NEED TO PUT IT IN.

AND I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WHEN THE, THEY SAY AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THE STAFF SAYS, BUT WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHO WE WANT.

AND THIS, I FEEL LIKE ISN'T RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS FORUM PORTION, THE COUNCIL, THERE'S ALSO NO ONLINE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS AS WELL.

SO YOU DO NOT NEED TO SEEK YOU EMAIL FOR THAT.

[a. Case No. CUP-615-2024 - Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit for a “banquet facility” on property zoned “LR” (Local Retail District) within the Uptown Overlay, generally located on the northwest side of J. Elmer Weaver Freeway (Highway 67), south of Uptown Boulevard and west of Clancy Nolan Drive, with the approximate address being 329 N. Highway 67, Suite 100/105. Applicant: Reginald Simmons, Elite 360 Rentals, LLC Property Owner: Quang Le, CV Cedar Hill Holdings, LLC]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

AND FOR A BANQUET FACILITY ON PROPERTY ZONE, LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT WITHIN THE UPTOWN OVERLAY.

GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY, HIGHWAY 67, SOUTH OF UPTOWN BOULEVARD AND WEST OF CLANCY NOLAN DRIVE, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 3 2 9 NORTH HIGHWAY 67, SUITE ONE HUNDRED AND ONE OH FIVE.

APPLICANT REGINALD SIMMONS ELITE 360 RENTALS.

LLC PROPERTY OWNER, UM, QUA LEE, UH, CV, CEDAR HILL HOLDINGS, LLC.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE COUNCIL AND PRESENT ANYTHING? PLEASE COME ON UP.

GOOD EVENING, YOU PLEASE GIVE US, UH, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS REGINALD SIMMONS.

ADDRESS, 1 8 2 0 BIG SPRING, BIG SPRING DRIVE, FORNEY, TEXAS 7 5 1 2 6.

UM, I'M GONNA FIRST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR, UM, OUR, UM, OUR FLEX SPACE, UM, WHICH IS PROPOSED LOCATION, UM, AS REFERENCED, UM, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT FOR YEARS NOW.

UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE, UM, BEEN MONITORING AND WATCHING THE BUILDING.

WE SEEN THE SWITCH HANDS A COUPLE OF TIMES.

UH, THIS LAST TIME WE, UH, DECIDED TO STEP IN AND TAKE A LEASE OUT ON IT AND, UH, CONTINUE ON WITH ONE OF OUR DREAMS WAS JUST, UH, OPENING UP A FLEX SPACE IN, UH, CEDAR HILL.

UM, WE, WE ARE IN FORNEY, BUT WE HAVE, UH, GREAT TIES TO CEDAR HILL.

LONG TIME RESIDENCE BEFORE MOVING TO FORNEY, AND WE HAVE LOTS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS STILL IN THE AREA.

UH, WE'VE ALSO ALSO BEGAN TALKING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT'S IN THAT SUITE, UM, ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER, COLLABORATING TOGETHER, AND ALSO, UM, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER, UH, REPRESENT AND, UM, THE GROWTH OF CEDAR HILL.

AS FAR AS THE SPACING, UM, MON MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, UH, DURING THE DAY, WE ARE, UM, WILLING TO USE IT FOR, UH, GROUPS, NONPROFITS, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED A SPACE TO MEET, UM, FOR TRAINING, SEMINARS, UH, ANYTHING THAT THEY MIGHT NEED A, A SPACE FOR, UH, FOR MONDAY, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AND ON ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, UH, THE WEEKEND DAYS, UH, IT'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR, UM, MILESTONE CELEBRATIONS, YOUR, UH, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, YOUR RETIREMENT PARTIES, UM, THINGS OF, THINGS OF THAT.

SHORT BABY SHOWERS, THINGS OF THE SORT.

UM, WE, WE JUST EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.

LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN VESTED IN CEDAR HILL FOR A WHILE BEFORE WE MOVE TO FORNEY, UM, WE'RE READY TO GET BACK AND DO SOME WORK HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH THE FORMALITY OF THE PUBLIC

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THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 1 15 2024? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP SIX 15 2024? ALL RIGHT.

NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MAYOR PROTE? MAYOR THERE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE CITY, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL? WE DO THINK HAVE A QUESTION.

COMMENT? YES.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

UH, CUSTOMER GLOVER, YOU GOT THE FLOOR? YES.

HOW ARE YOU? YES.

YES.

JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE CONCEPT OF USING THAT FLEX MEETING SPACE, LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES ARE LOOKING FOR A, A PLACE TO MEET OUTSIDE OF THEIR OFFICE SPACE.

UM, YOU MENTIONED, MY QUESTION IS JUST REGARDING THE ACTIVITIES ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, UH, SPECIFICALLY IF THERE IS ALCOHOL BEING SERVED, WILL YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF SECURITY PRESENT WHEN ALCOHOL IS BEING SERVED? UH, YES.

WE WILL BE, THERE WILL BE AN EVENT HOST AT EVERY EVENT ON THE EVENINGS AND THE WEEKEND DAYS.

AND IF ALCOHOL IS INVOLVED, WE'LL HAVE SECURITY AS WELL.

THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, P AND Z'S RECOMMENDATIONS, THE SEVEN ITEMS THAT, UH, YES, SIR.

AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU CONCUR WITH THAT? YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

COUNCIL, MCC, YOU HAVE A QUESTION TO COMMENT? YES.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH, UH, WITH, WITH MINORS, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZING EVENTS AND, AND GOING IN AND TAKING OVER VENUES.

UM, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE YOU INTENDING TO, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU RENT TO THOSE TYPES, UH, THOSE TYPE OF CUSTOMERS WHERE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MAYBE HAVE A BUNCH OF MINORS THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION? HOW, HOW WOULD YOU GOVERN THAT? UM, NO, WE WOULDN'T BE OPEN FOR ANY MINORS WITHOUT PARENTS SUPERVISION.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, INQUIRY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCIL? ALRIGHT.

THE FLOOR IS OPEN VOTE MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CASE NUMBER CUP 6 1 5 20 24, UH, ALONG WITH THE STIPULATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

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

UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THAT, THAT ITEM DID GET APPROVED, BUT MS. VINCENT, UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT ALCOHOL.

YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE, BUT, UH, WOULD HE HAVE TO GET A SEPARATE PERMIT FOR IF SOMEONE TO ALCOHOL OR, OR IS IT ALREADY WITHIN THIS CUP? OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING UP HERE.

OKAY.

SO FOR CLARIFICATION, THEY WOULD NOT BE AS A EVENT CENTER BE ABLE TO SELL ALCOHOL, BUT IF THEY HAVE A CATERER WHO HAS A-T-A-B-C LICENSE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL ALCOHOL OR THEY COULD ALSO HAVE EVENTS THAT HAVE BYOB.

SO THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE APPLICANT'S PURVIEW TO UNDERSTAND LIKE HOW HE WANTS TO RENT THE FACILITY.

OKAY.

SOUNDS GREAT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS OUR DIRECTOR, UH, OF PLANNING MS. BENSON.

UH, SO ESSENTIALLY, I GUESS CUSTOMER GLOVER.

I GUESS THAT WOULD BE SOME, SOME LIABILITY THERE.

IF HE WAS TO SUB OUT THE TABC AND I GUESS THAT WOULD BE HIS CALL, BUT I GUESS HE SAID HE'LL HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO, TO GOVERN THAT, SO.

ALRIGHT.

UH, ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT

[b. Case No. CUP-617-2024 - Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit for “commercial amusement, indoor” in conjunction with a restaurant on property zoned Planned Development District No. 05-226, generally located on the south side of West Pleasant Run Road, northwest of Highway 67 with the approximate address being 305 West FM 1382, Suite 316 [Hillside Village]. Applicant: Tony Vong, Crab N Bar Representative: Vinh Le, Crab N Bar Property Owner: Renee Tims, Prep Hillside Estate, LLC]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITION USE PERMIT FOR COMMER, UH, COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INDOOR IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT ON, UH, PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

DISTRICT NUMBER ZERO FIVE DASH 2 26.

GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST PLEASANT, ONE ROAD NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 6 7 3.

APPROXIMATE ADDRESS VIA 3 0 5 WEST FM 1382, SUITE THREE 16 HILLSIDE APPLICANT.

TOTAL V UH, CRAB AND BAR REPRESENTED HAS LEE CRAB AND BAR PROPERTY OWNER RENEE TIMS PREP, HILLSIDE ESTATE, LLC.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? I DON'T.

FIRST I HAVE A PRESENTATION.

NO PROBLEMS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 6 1 7 2024? ANYONE WISH HERE

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I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCILOR? UR, I, I NOTICED ON THE, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, CONDITIONS THAT WERE, THAT WERE PLACED ON THIS, IT SAID THAT KARAOKE AREA SHALL NOT HAVE OPERATIONAL HOURS OUTSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT.

AND, AND CURRENTLY YOUR RESTAURANT HOURS ARE 10:00 PM WOULD YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH US JUST STATING THAT KARAOKE WILL NOT BE CARRIED PAST 10:00 PM UM, I MEAN, THE, THE PLAN WAS TO GO TILL MIDNIGHT, UM, TO TRY TO BRING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE AND NOT INTERRUPT THE RESTAURANT PORTION OF IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY DINING, SO WE WANTED TO MOVE IT A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT LATER SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE THE FAMILIES TIME TO GO HOME, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND, AND HAVE, UH, MORE OF THAT TYPE OF, OF YOU, YOU REALIZE THAT THE CONDITIONS ON HERE WOULD PROHIBIT THAT? WELL, UM, I, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WHEN I CAME LAST TIME.

YES, WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

IT SAYS NUMBER AUTUMN, FOUR KARAOKE AREA SHALL NOT HAVE OPERATIONAL HOURS OUTSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT AND SHALL OPERATE AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE OVERALL BUSINESS.

OH, UH, I I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.

UM, I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN LIMIT IT.

THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT WE, WE WERE GOING FOR.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, IF WE CAN AMEND THAT OR IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND, AND AMEND IT LATER, OR IF, I MEAN, WE WANT TO DO KARAOKE, SO, SO WE WILL STICK TO THAT IF WE HAVE TO.

SO YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO REMOVE THIS TABLE FROM CONSIDERATION? I MEAN, WITH THIS ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION? THE, THE WHOLE PERMIT OR THE, NO, NO, I, I, IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, THEN WE'LL LIMIT IT TO 10 O'CLOCK.

OH, OKAY.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

CAN WE AMEND IT LATER? CAN WE COME BACK AND AMEND THAT LATER? OR, UH, I MEAN, YOU CAN TRY, BUT YOU PROBABLY WANNA JUST GO WITH STAFF FIRST, BUT, UH, BUT IF WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT, THIS IS THE CONDITIONS.

I MEAN, UNLESS COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO BE ABLE TO AMEND THAT NOW.

UH, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION, OF COURSE IS, UH, TO CONCUR WITH P AND Z RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO YEAH, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY SEEN FIRST ROUND OF THIS ALREADY.

'CAUSE MY, I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE AHEAD.

OKAY.

MAY MAYBE YOU DIDN'T ATTEND THE PZI DON'T KNOW.

YEAH.

YEAH.

OKAY.

JUST, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT OPTION, THAT'S WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN THE COUNCIL.

SO, UH, SURE.

CUSTOMER HATE.

SO WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR INTENT? THAT UNDERSTANDING IS YOUR MIC ON, UH OH, OKAY.

WHAT WAS YOUR INTENT AS FAR AS TIMEFRAME ON THE PERIOD? UH, WE WANTED TO RUN AT EIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.

UH, USUALLY OUR CROWD STARTS DYING DOWN AROUND EIGHT O'CLOCK.

UM, SO EIGHT TO MIDNIGHT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DRAW SOME MORE REVENUE IN, IN FOR THAT.

UM, I MEAN, EVERYTHING WE DO IN THERE WON'T AFFECT ANYBODY OUTSIDE.

YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM OUTSIDE.

IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, SOME MUSIC IN, IN INSIDE OF OUR BUILDING.

THERE'S NO CONNECTING BUILDINGS, UH, CONNECTED BUILDINGS.

UH, IT REALLY SHOULDN'T AFFECT ANYTHING, YOU KNOW.

BUT YEAH, I WENT IN THERE.

IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY ELABORATE I THOUGHT.

BUT I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THERE AS FAR AS, OH, THANK YOU.

REMODEL AND EVERYTHING.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNSEL WOULD, WOULD ENTERTAIN TONIGHT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON THAT OR AMENDMENT IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.

UM, UH, JUST BRING IT UP FOR DELIBERATION.

SURE.

UM, SO ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN THE KITCHEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR ARE YOU PLAYING CLOSE THE KITCHEN AT 10 FOR, UH, FRIED FOODS? SO, SO OUR MAIN COOK WILL GO HOME, BUT OUR FRI WE HAVE FRIED SPECIALS UNTIL MIDNIGHT, LIKE THE CATFISH, UM, FRIED SHRIMP, THAT KINDA STUFF.

AND IS THAT EVERY NIGHT OR IS THAT ONLY ON THE WEEKEND? OH, NO, IT'S, IT'S JUST, RIGHT NOW IT'S OUR, OUR, UH, SLOWEST DAY TUESDAY.

YEAH.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROPOSING ON TUESDAY, SO LIKE WEEKENDS WE DON'T NEED ANY, ANY HELP REALLY.

SO THIS IS TO DRAW IN A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE DURING OUR SLOWEST DAY, WHICH RIGHT NOW, SO SO YOU WOULDN'T DO KARAOKE ON THE WEEKENDS? NO.

NO.

LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY BUSY ON WEEKENDS.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BOOST SOME SALES DURING THE WEEK WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S SLOW.

OKAY.

SO, UH, I, I THINK I KIND OF HAVE A A A I SEE YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOUR HANDCUFF GLOVER.

JUST CURIOUS.

WE HAVE A KIND OF A HILL HILLSIDE EXPERT HERE, , BUT, UM, I GUESS THERE'S NO BUSINESSES OPEN AFTER 10 O'CLOCK, UH, AT HILLSIDE.

RIGHT.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD, FROM, FROM WHAT I RECALL, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, RIZZO'S RESTAURANT MIGHT BE, YEAH, I THINK THEY'VE TILL 11, I THINK.

YEAH, MAY MAYOR, IF I, IF I MAY.

SURE.

UM, GIVEN THAT I HAVE SUCH A HIGH REGARD FOR PLANNING AND ZONING IN THE PROCESS THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, SERVING TO US AS AN ADVISORY ARM, UM,

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UM, I APPRECIATE THE, THE QUESTION ABOUT THE INTENT.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT HERE.

UM, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME CLARITY.

I CAN'T GUIDE YOU OR ADVISE YOU ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO TONIGHT, BUT I WILL JUST SAY WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD, I WOULD JUST NEED MORE INFORMATION.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS FOR ME.

WHAT, WHAT'S THE CLARITY THAT, UM, THE, THE CLARITY IS RIGHT NOW THE LANGUAGE IS 10 O'CLOCK, UH, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU NEED BEYOND 10 O'CLOCK? NO, I, AT 10 O AT AT 10 O'CLOCK ARE YOU ONLY SERVING FOOD? ARE YOU SERVING ALCOHOL? MM-HMM.

, THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER SYSTEM OF THINGS TO CONSIDER IF THERE'S ALCOHOL BEING SERVED AT THAT AT THAT TIME.

I HAVE ALL, ALL THOSE ANSWERS.

IF IT'S REQUIRED THAT I STOP AT 10 O'CLOCK, THEN WE CAN STOP AT 10 O'CLOCK.

LIKE, LIKE IF WE CAN'T GO FOR IT FURTHER THAN THAT.

'CAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF EVENT.

'CAUSE WE'RE STRUGGLING AND WE'RE TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE IN.

BUT IF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO TO 12 O'CLOCK, THEN BY ALL MEANS I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT.

BUT THERE'S NO, LIKE, IF YOU WANT 10 O'CLOCK, WE'LL DO AT 10 O'CLOCK.

I KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS.

WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING FRIED FOOD TILL 12 O'CLOCK.

UM, AND, BUT IF IT'S 10 O'CLOCK, IT'LL BE 10 O'CLOCK.

ALRIGHT.

UH, COUNCIL GLOVER.

YES.

JUST CLARIFICATION, I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO GENERATE BUSINESS ON THE DOWN HOUR AND WE, WE, WE AS COUNCIL SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES TO HELP YOU SUPPORT YOUR INITIATIVES TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

MY QUESTION IS, SO YOU'RE CURRENTLY CLOSED AT 10 OR YOU'RE GOING TILL 12 ON TUESDAYS, YOU'RE OPERATING HOUSE? WE WOULD AT 10, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO TILL 12.

OKAY.

SO YOUR, SO YOUR REQUEST IS KARAOKE, WHICH CONTINUES PAST CLOSING FROM 10 TILL 12 IF POSSIBLE.

YES.

AND YOU WOULD SERVE ALCOHOL AND CORRECT.

THE KITCHEN WOULD BE OPEN.

YEAH, EVERYTHING WOULD BE NORMAL.

EVERYTHING WOULD BE NORMAL EXCEPT WE'D HAVE KARAOKE UNTIL, OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

12.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, COUNCILMAN HAYDEN.

YEAH, ANOTHER COMMENT ON THAT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THE, THE CONCERNS HERE IS WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY ABOUT, UH, KARAOKE AND, AND HOW IT GETS OUTTA HAND AND THEY'RE OUTSIDE AND IT'S CREATING A LOT OF ISSUES.

BUT THOSE, THOSE, UH, THOSE ISSUES ARE NEAR SUBDIVISIONS AND, AND RESIDENTIAL, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE ON THE FREEWAY, UM, IN THE FRONT OF A RETAIL, YOU KNOW, SHOPPING CENTER.

UM, I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY ISSUES THERE THAT IT WOULD CREATE NOISE PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S INDOORS AND IN LIGHT OF WHERE YOU'RE AT.

UM, I THINK THE, UH, PREVIOUS, UM, UM, BUSINESS THAT WAS IN THERE BEFORE PROBABLY BE WENT BEYOND 10 O'CLOCK, IF I RECALL.

I'M, I'M NOT SURE.

BUT, UH, BUT ANYWAY, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE THINGS OUT AS FAR AS THE COUNCIL, UM, KNOWING THAT, THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY SENSITIVE TO KARAOKE AND WHAT IT KIND OF DRAWS, YOU KNOW, LATER ON.

SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT FOR CONSIDERATION IF COUNCIL'S OPEN FOR THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION COMING? NO.

UH OH.

OKAY.

UH, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN NAZI.

I, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, UH, OF HILLSIDE VILLAGE, BUT I, UM, UH, I DO KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUE AS THE, THE GUIDELINES STAND DOWN FOR THERE TO BE, UH, OPENING PAST THE TIME.

THEY, THEY SET MINIMUM HOURS OF OPERATION AND YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN DURING A CERTAIN TIME, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS OPEN EARLIER OR EXTEND IT LATER, UH, ACCORDING TO HOW YOU PLEASE.

OKAY.

AND JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE BLESSING FROM THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

THEY ACTUALLY SAID WE COULD STAY OPEN TO ONE IF IT WAS OKAY.

THEY SAID THERE WAS A 1:00 AM THING MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

UH, WELL, SHE DIDN'T PUT THAT STIPULATION ON IT, BUT YEAH.

OKAY.

SO, ALRIGHT.

UM, CITY MANAGER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? JUST THAT IF THERE ARE ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT THE, UM, THE KARAOKE TIMEFRAME SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SURVEY TIMEFRAME AND NOT PIECES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? NO.

UM, WELL I GUESS BEFORE THE MOTION, UH, AGAIN, I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE TONIGHT.

UH, I KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

ARE YOU STILL PLANNING ON SERVING THE MENU AT MIDNIGHT? YES.

LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, THE FRIED FOODS WILL BE TILL MIDNIGHT.

OKAY.

CORRECT.

AND ALCOHOL, CORRECT? YEAH, IT'D BE BUSINESS AS USUAL UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UM, AND THEN ALL THE OTHER ITEMS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, UH,

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OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

COUNCILOR MCCURDY, HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS? UM, WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST THAT, UH, I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CASE, APPROVE THE CUP, UH, WITH JUST THE, THE ONE CAVEAT THAT ANY ALTERATION TO HOURS OF OPERATION, UH, GO BACK THROUGH, UH, FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS THAT WE, IT'S ESSENTIALLY APPROVED AS IT AS IT IS WRITTEN.

SO IT WOULD BE 12:12 PM TO 10:00 PM UH, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN APPLY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, AN ALTERATION TO IT, AN AMENDMENT TO IT TO EXTEND THAT.

BUT I, I THINK THAT IT WOULD, SHOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL REVIEW.

UM, I MEAN, WE ARE, WE ARE THE COUNCIL.

I, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, IF HE WAS TO MODIFY IT, THAT IT'S SUBJECT TO A LETTER FROM THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY SAYING THAT THEY DO APPROVE FOR IT TO BE, I CAN SEND THAT TO YOU.

I'LL BE, I MIGHT BE OKAY WITH THAT.

BUT, UM, AS FAR AS JUST PUTTING IT BACK ON STAFF, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT, THEN WE CAN APPROVE AS, AS IS.

BUT, UM, I JUST, I JUST HAVE A LITTLE RESERVATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT SAYING YOUR WORD IS NOT GONE, BUT I HAVE IT IN MY EMAILS.

I CAN, I CAN FORWARD IT TO YOU AND I GET TO MY CHAIR.

OKAY.

BUT YEAH, I JUST, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM, FROM SURE, SURE, SURE.

FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO, YEAH.

UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BE, I'LL, I'LL LAY MY, ALL MY CARDS ON THE TABLE HERE.

OKAY.

UM, I, I LOOKED AT THE, AT THE APPLICATION, I LOOKED AT THE CASE, IT SAYS THE CURRENT RESTAURANT'S OPERATING HOURS ARE 12:00 PM TO 10:00 PM UH, PER THE APPLICANT.

THE CP IS APPROVED KARAOKE WOULD BE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS ON TUESDAYS.

AND THEN AS I GOT TO NUMBER FOUR, KARAOKE AREA SHALL NOT, I HAVE OPERATING HOURS OUTSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT AND SHALL OPERATE AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE OVERALL BUSINESS.

AND WHEN I, I LOOKED AT THOSE TWO THINGS, I WAS LIKE, THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA DO IS CHANGE THEIR OPERATING HOURS.

AND SO, I MEAN THAT WAS, THAT WAS JUST MY, MY REACTION.

IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S KIND OF A, A BACKHANDED WAY.

AND I, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT GOT EXTENDING THE KARAOKE, I MEAN, THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY REACTION TO IT.

AND I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT GOT THERE.

'CAUSE WHEN I FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION, I'M PRETTY SURE I PUT, UH, TILL MIDNIGHT.

UH, I DEFINITELY WOULD BECAUSE OUR WHOLE PLAN, LIKE THE REASON I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD TO HAVE AN, I HAVE ONE OF THESE, SO I, I PROMOTED FOR IT AND THEN FOUND OUT, OH HEY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I PUT, I THOUGHT I PUT IN THERE TILL MIDNIGHT, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT, YOU KNOW, GOT IN THERE, BUT FAIR ENOUGH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THERE IS NO, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, CUSTOM GLOVER.

I'M SORRY.

YES.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF.

SO WAS THE REQUEST 2:10 PM OR 12 AND WE DECIDED TO DO 10, OR WAS THE REQUEST 10 AND WAS INTENDED TO BE 12? SO I DON'T HAVE THE, THE CURRENT APPLICATION ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT WAS JUST INTENDED, I THINK FOR THE OPERATING HOURS, WHATEVER THOSE OPERATING HOURS OF THE RESTAURANT WERE.