Apr 09, 2024 City Council Briefing Session

[1. Call the meeting to order.]

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TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 9TH, 2024.

THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR THE BRIEFING SESSION.

WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.

UM, THIS IS A, UH, FULL CALL.

I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING THE ORDER.

IT IS 6:01 PM

[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]

HOW YOU DOING, MR. CITY MANAGER? I'M DOING WELL, MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HOPE YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A GOOD WEEK.

I WANT TO BEGIN WITH A NOTE OF THANKS TO OUR FOLKS IN PARKS AND IN THE LIBRARY AND IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND OUR PARTNERS AT AUDUBON FOR, UH, A GREAT ECLIPSE, UH, WATCH PARTY LAST NIGHT AT VALLEY RIDGE.

IT'S JUST KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS I'M LIKE, WELL, THAT'S WHAT A BIG DEAL.

IT'S FOUR MINUTES, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

IT IS DEFINITELY A COMMUNITY MOMENT THAT WAS WORTH SHARING WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND I WAS, UH, VERY PRIVILEGED TO, UH, TO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE ON THAT ON THAT DAY.

UM, COMMUNITY ACTUALLY CAME OUT IN, UH, IN PRETTY GOOD FORM.

OF COURSE, VALLEY RIDGE IS A, A BIG PARK, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO SPREAD OUT, BUT IT WAS A, A DELIGHTFUL DAY, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, EVERYONE WHO, UH, CONTRIBUTED, UH, TO MAKING THAT EVENT HAPPEN.

UH, QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

WE ARE IN BOARD APPLICATION SEASON, SO WE BEGAN ACCEPTING BOARD APPLICATIONS, SO APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR ADVISORY, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

YOUR EXTENDED LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, BEGAN BEING ACCEPTED THIS, UH, MONDAY, SO YESTERDAY, AND WE WILL GO THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY THE 17TH WILL BE THE DEADLINE.

SO AS YOU COME ACROSS, FOLKS WHO EXPRESS AN INTEREST OR YOU THINK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD, UH, BEING ON YOUR TEAM, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW TO, UH, CONSULT THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR CALL THE FRIENDLY, UH, CITY SECRETARY, AND WE'LL HELP WALK THEM THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

UM, I'M GONNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE CALENDAR BECAUSE, UM, I THINK SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF, UH, PRETTY GOOD WEEKENDS AND STUFF.

WELL, THAT'S ABOUT TO COME TO A, UH, TO AN END.

UH, WE ARE GETTING INTO THE BEGINNING OF, UH, BOTH BUSINESS AND, UH, ALSO, UH, ENGAGEMENT SEASON.

SO OUR CALENDARS ARE FILLING UP VERY RAPIDLY.

UH, SO BEGINNING REALLY NEXT WEEK AND THROUGH ALL OF MAY, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY TUESDAY IN MAY, BOTH COUNCIL MEETING, TUESDAYS AND OFF TUESDAYS ARE ALREADY SPOKEN FOR, UM, IN SOME SORT OF, UH, FORMAL COUNCIL ENGAGEMENT.

UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, TRADITIONAL SUMMER ENGAGEMENT THINGS, UH, SUCH AS THE MUSIC IN THE PARK.

UM, WE HAVE A, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD WALK SCHEDULED IN THAT, AND THEN A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.

SO I'M GONNA GO OVER THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE, WE COORDINATE WELL.

UM, THIS THURSDAY AP APRIL THE 11TH, FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30, THE, UH, CENTRAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HOSTING A CANDIDATE FORUM, UH, FOR THE MAY 4TH ELECTION.

IT'LL BE HELD FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30 AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

UH, BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.

ON SATURDAY, UH, APRIL 13TH, UH, CEDAR HILL WILL BE SORT OF PREEMPTIVELY HONORING EARTH DAY WITH A COMMUNITY-WIDE BEAUTIFICATION CELEBRATION, AND ALSO AN ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION.

I JUST SAW THE LETTER TODAY CONGRATULATING THE COMMUNITY ON ITS, UH, CONTINUED CERTIFICATION, UH, AS A TREE CITY.

SO WE WILL COME BACK AND, UH, CELEBRATE THAT ACHIEVEMENT, UH, IN A FUTURE TIME.

BUT, UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND TO, UM, BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND THAT, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE OCCUPY.

SO THAT'LL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY ON 13TH FROM EIGHT TO NOON.

UH, YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE, BUT IF YOU NEED US TO REGISTER FOR YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT A TEAM OR A GROUP OR JUST WANT TO COME OUT, UH, LET US KNOW AND WE WILL FACILITATE THAT REGISTRATION FOR YOU.

A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON, UH, SATURDAY.

UM, ON MONDAY, UH, APRIL 15TH, WHICH IS A REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, I BELIEVE THE, OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS, UH, WITH THE C-H-I-S-D BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UH, HAS INVITED THE COUNCIL TO ATTEND A PORTION OF THAT MEETING WHERE THEY WILL HOLD A RETIREMENT RECEPTION, UH, FOR OUTGOING TRUSTEES, UH, RIGS, UH, AND WESLEY.

UH, THEY HAVE BOTH SERVED THIS COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND ARE QUITE DESERVING OF THAT RECEPTION AND OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON FRIDAY, UH, APRIL THE 19TH.

UM, UH, AND THIS IS, COMES AS AN EXTENDED INVITATION, UH, FROM THE MAYOR.

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I BELIEVE WE PUT THAT ON, UH, YOUR CALENDAR.

IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE IN REGISTRATION, PLEASE LET BELINDA KNOW.

WE CAN DO THAT.

I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AZI HAS ALREADY SAID YES, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, UH, WE WILL DEFINITELY, UH, FACILITATE YOUR ATTENDANCE, UH, TO THAT EVENT.

UM, ON SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH, THAT IS OUR NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD WALK.

THIS ONE WILL BE HELD IN HIGH POINT, I BELIEVE, IN THE FIRST SUBDIVISIONS THAT YOU COME INTO HIGH POINT ON STRAUSS ROAD.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING OUR NEIGHBORS AND ENGAGING WITH THEM OUT THERE.

THAT'LL BE HELD FROM 11 TO ONE, AND THEY'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO MEET AT GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH THERE ON, UH, STRAUS ROAD.

UM, THEN, UH, THE, UH, FRIENDS OF THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER WILL BE HOSTING ON THAT SAME SATURDAY, UH, APRIL 20TH, A CAT'S COFFEE, DOGS AND DONUTS FUNDRAISER AT, UH, THE SHELTER FROM NINE TO 1130.

SO IT'S KIND OF A COME AND GO THING.

IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO BEFORE OR AFTER THE WALK, I'M SURE THEY'D BE, UM, HAPPY TO SEE YOU THERE.

THEN THE NEXT TUESDAY, APRIL THE 23RD, UH, IS OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING, BUT IT IS ALSO, UH, THE DATE THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING A BLESSING OF THE LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND SIGNATURE PARK, UH, THAT WILL OCCUR AT THE LIBRARY, UM, AND PARK PROJECT AT 8:00 AM ON THAT TUESDAY, APRIL THE 23RD.

AND ALL ARE WELCOME.

UH, MOVING ON TO, UM, THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH.

UM, THE FOLKS AT THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP WILL BE HOLDING, UH, THEIR ANNUAL RED SUMMIT, WHICH IS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE HELD AT, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE, CEDAR VALLEY BUILDING INN, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THEIR NEWEST FACILITY.

IS THAT, I BELIEVE THAT'S THEIR NEWEST FACILITY.

IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

UH, IT'LL BE HELD FROM 1:00 PM TO FOUR.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE REGISTERED FOR THAT, JUST LET US KNOW.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO FACILITATE IT.

ALSO, ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE 25TH, UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS A COOL PROGRAM.

UH, IT IS BUILT AS STRENGTHENING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S POSITIVE CHANGE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A COLLABORATION WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD AND THE FOLKS AT THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER.

SO THEY'LL BE HOSTING A WORKSHOP, UH, TO ASSIST, UH, RESIDENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ON BEST PRACTICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY PRACTICES FOR, UM, BEING A GOOD PET PARENT, ALSO, WHAT TO DO WITH WILDLIFE AND THE APPROPRIATE WAY OF BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT SAFELY AND FOR THE, THE GOOD OF THE WILDLIFE AS WELL.

AND SO THIS IS A REALLY COOL COLLABORATION THAT'S COME OUT OF YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT.

SO THAT'LL BE HELD FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE 25TH.

OF COURSE, SATURDAY, APRIL THE 27TH.

THERE'S A SMALL, LITTLE FAIR GOING ON NEXT DOOR.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT OR NOT, BUT WE'RE, WE WILL BE DOING THE PUBLIC GRAND OPENING OF THE LIBRARY AND THE PARK PROJECT THAT WILL GO FROM 10:00 AM TO THREE.

THERE IS A FULL SLATE OF ACTIV, I'M SORRY, NINE, SORRY, 9:00 AM TO THREE.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

AND THERE IS A FULL SLATE OF ACTIVITIES BOTH WITHIN THE LIBRARY AND OUT IN THE PARK.

IT PROMISES TO BE A GRAND BED DAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UNVEILING THE PROJECT TO THE PUBLIC ON THAT DAY, UH, AND ENJOY IT, BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET TO TUESDAY, WE'RE RIGHT BACK AT IT ON TUESDAY, APRIL THE 30TH.

UH, WE HAVE SCHEDULED A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, WHERE WE WILL JOINTLY UNDERTAKE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND THEN ALSO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, RELATED TO THE BALCONES RANCH, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT ON LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.

SO, UH, ALL THIS WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING IN REALLY KIND OF CULMINATES IN THAT DAY, WHERE IF WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THEN, THEN THE ACTUAL ACTIVITIES TO START, UM, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WILL BEGIN OCCURRING, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.

SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR US.

UM, OUR, UH, HR TEAM WILL BE HOSTING AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON ON WEDNESDAY, MAY THE FIRST.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA BE HELD AT THE RECREATION CENTER FROM 11 TO ONE, BUT WE'LL GET YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

UH, MAY 2ND IS THE CEDAR HILL NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.

UM, AS ALWAYS, THERE WILL BE A NOON PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

IT'S HOSTED BY HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S, UH, AN EVENING EVENT, UM, AT 7:00 PM AND THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE NEW TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY IN CEDAR HILL MUSEUM.

SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THAT DATE.

UH, THEN THE NEXT DAY, FRIDAY, MAY THE THIRD, UH, FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM WILL BE THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 50TH

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THAT'LL BE HELD AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

I BELIEVE CHIEF REESE PUT A FLYER OUT AT YOUR DESK, AND AS YOU NOTED, THEY HAVE THE ATTIRE PUT ON THERE AS CASUAL WITH NO HOLY JEANS.

SO I KNOW I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT WEARING HOLY JEANS ALL THE TIME.

SO FOR THIS EVENT, YOU CAN REFRAIN FROM IT, UH, UM, ON THE, SOME EVENTS YOU CAN WEAR HOLY JEANS.

WE'LL MAKE SURE WE PUT A SPECIAL COAT ON THERE FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

OKAY.

UH, I BELIEVE WE'VE MADE IT ALL THE WAY, UH, TO SATURDAY, MAY THE FOURTH.

THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF A PROGRAM STARTED BY OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

THIS IS BIENVENIDOS, UH, CEDAR HILL ARE OUR WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL TOUR.

SO THIS IS OUR WELCOMING OF NEW RESIDENTS.

UM, THIS IS A BILINGUAL PROGRAM, SO WHETHER YOU SPEAK SPANISH OR ENGLISH, OR A COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE, YOU'LL BE ACCOMMODATED FOR, UH, A WELCOMING TO YOUR, UH, NEWLY ADOPTED COMMUNITY, AND BE HOSTED A TOUR WHERE YOU GET ALL OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOUR COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER ON TUESDAY, MAY THE SEVENTH IS ANOTHER SPECIAL CALLED MEETING I WARNED YOU ABOUT MAY TUESDAYS.

UH, THIS ONE WILL BE OUR, UM, CIP WORKSHOP FOR STREETS, DRAINAGE, PARKS AND FACILITIES.

SO THIS IS WORKSHOP NUMBER ONE OF THE FOUR THAT WE WILL UNDERTAKE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ENDING 25 BUDGET.

UH, THEN ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 11TH, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS GOING.

UH, THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS TAKING PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, DOGWOOD CANYON IS HOSTING A WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY, UH, AT DOGWOOD CANYON, UH, FROM EIGHT 30 TO 11, AND THEN FROM NINE TO ONE.

IT IS, UH, THE 2024 OPENING SEASON OF THE FARMER'S MARKET IN DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL.

I'VE HEARD THAT THEY'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST THIS YEAR FROM VENDORS, AND SO IT PROMISES TO BE, UH, A BANNER YEAR.

I THINK THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING QUITE A BIT OF MOMENTUM OVER THE LAST TWO, AND SO I'M VERY INTERESTED AND ANXIOUS FOR THIS SEASON TO, UH, TO START.

SO THAT'S NINE TO ONE ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 11TH, WE HAVE OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN MAY ON TUESDAY, MAY THE 14TH, UH, ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 18TH, THE CEDAR HILL ROTARY CLUB, WE'LL BE HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL HEAD FOR THE HILLS BIKE RALLY.

SO THAT BRINGS SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE TO OUR CITY.

THEY HOST THAT AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE FOR THE KICKOFF, AND THAT BEGINS AT 8:00 AM UH, HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

ALSO ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 18TH, THE COUNCIL IS INVITED TO, UH, LUNCH, UH, WITH YOUR CURRENT CLASS OF THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY IN A MUSEUM BUILDING, UH, FROM 12 TO ONE ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 18TH.

AND IF YOU CAN ATTEND THAT, YOU'RE DEFINITELY WELCOME.

JUST LET US KNOW.

UH, TUESDAY, MAY 21ST IS A SECOND, UH, SPECIAL BUDGET WORKSHOP.

THIS ONE WILL BE TO LOOK AT THE WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND ALSO TO REVIEW THE RESULTS OF THIS YEAR'S, UH, WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY.

UH, AND THEN THURSDAY, MAY 23RD WILL BE, UM, THE GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR, UH, THE 2024 CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY CLASS.

UH, THEY'LL BE HELD FROM SEVEN 30 TO NINE AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

AND AS ALWAYS, THE COUNCIL IS INVITED TO COME AND CELEBRATE, UM, THESE, UM, NEWLY GRADUATED COMMUNITY STEWARDS, UH, TO, UH, CELEBRATE THEIR SERVICE.

AND, UH, FOR THE GRADUATION FROM THE PROGRAM.

ALSO, MAY 25TH, THAT'S A SATURDAY.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT DAY, SO MARK IT DOWN.

YOU COULD PROBABLY WEAR HOLY JEANS TO THIS COUNCILMAN GLOVER, IF YOU WANT.

THIS IS OPENING DAY FOR THE 2024 SEASON OF THE CEDAR HILL LAGOON.

SO WE ARE ALREADY GETTING PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

SO THAT SATURDAY, MAY 25TH WILL BE THE FIRST DAY.

SO, UH, MARK YOUR CALENDARS ACCORDINGLY.

UH, THEN I'M ALMOST DONE Y'ALL.

SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF OUR SUMMER ACTIVITY SERIES.

THIS WILL BE THE KID FISH TOURNAMENT, ALWAYS VERY POPULAR.

COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS HARDLY MISSES ONE OF THESE, THE FISHING TOURNAMENT AT VALLEY RIDGE.

SHE LIKES TO SAMPLE THEM A LITTLE BIT EARLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE CROP IS GOOD.

UH, THIS ONE WILL BE FROM 8:00 AM TO 1130.

THEY'RE AT THE FISHING PIER.

AND THEN ALL AROUND THE, UH, FISHING POND AT VALLEY RIDGE, UH, TUESDAY, JANUARY, UH, JUNE 4TH WILL BE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER BOARD AND COMMISSION SELECTIONS AND REAPPOINTMENTS.

THAT'S FROM SIX TO EIGHT.

WE ALWAYS MARK OFF THE, THE TUES THE WEDNESDAY AFTER THAT, TUESDAY THE FIFTH, JUST IN THE EVENT WE DON'T GET DONE.

UH, SO THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS.

UH, THEN THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH IS THE NEXT MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST AT SEVEN 30, AS ALWAYS AT THE ALL SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

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JUNE 3RD WOULD BE MESS OF HOLIDAY.

IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY, RIGHT? WE WILL PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR, SIR, YOU JUST DID THAT TO MESS WITH ME, .

I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT MY CALENDAR.

WE'LL DO THAT NOW.

WHERE'S THE PRAYER BREAKFAST GONNA BE? I'M SORRY? WHERE'S THE PRAYER BREAKFAST GONNA BE ON ON JUNE 6TH? UH, JUNE.

PRAYER.

IT SHOULD BE AT THE RECREATION CENTER.

WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT MOVING THAT.

YOU DON'T WANT, YOU DON'T WANT TO MOVE THAT OVER TO THE LIBRARY.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M GONNA, I DON'T WANNA CURTAIL MY CALENDAR STUFF NEXT TIME Y'ALL.

YES, MA'AM.

YEAH.

SO TYPICALLY, I KNOW THE LIBRARY HAS A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS RELATED TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ANYTHING ON THE CALENDAR JUST YET AS THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING INTO THEIR NEW BUILDING, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT SAME PROGRAM WILL OCCUR.

WE'LL LOOK OUT FOR IT AND, UH, ADVISE.

YES, MA'AM.

YES.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA.

I'VE USED MY 15 MINUTES ALREADY.

WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS FOR TONIGHT, UH, ONE FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE CEDAR HILL, ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT GEL SIMS IS HERE, UM, TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

AND THE SECOND ONE WILL BE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF RICHARD DAVIS, WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT, UH, A PROPOSED, UH, FEE RELATED TO COST RECOVERY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF COMMERCIAL HAZARDOUS INCIDENT RESPONSES.

UH, THEN YOUR, UM, REGULAR AGENDA WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO CONSENT, UH, ON TONIGHT WE HAVE FOUR PROCLAMATION, UH, FOUR PRESENTATIONS.

THE FIRST ONE IS A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF APRIL 14TH THROUGH 20TH IS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

SECOND ONE IS PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING APRIL 9TH AS ARBOR DAY HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

UH, THIRD PRESENTATION IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE HUNDRED AND 70TH HUNDRED AND 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF SENIOR HILL, UH, WHICH THEY WILL BE CELEBRATING VERY SHORTLY.

AND THEN FINALLY, SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD OF, THIS WILL BE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR FINANCE TEAM TO THE COUNCIL, UH, FORMALLY PRESENTING THEM WITH THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 AND 24.

UH, THEN ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, ANOTHER BIG FINANCE ITEM AND A, AND THE RESULT OF SOME GREAT TEAMWORK BY BOTH THE TEAM AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

AND THAT WILL BE THE FORMAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2023.

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE, UH, UH, AUDITORS WILL BE PRESENT TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE REPORT, AND THE COMMITTEE WILL BE AVAILABLE AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE GOT.

HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT.

FIRST ONE IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, AND THEN ALSO, UM, A FINAL PLAT FOR AN ADDITION OF PROPERTY ON IN THE BROOKVIEW SUBDIVISION.

WE HAVE ONE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT TO DISCUSS A LITIGATION MATTER, AND THAT IS THE AGENDA.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE, UM, THERE IS A, UH, QUESTION THAT WAS SENT TO COUNCIL ABOUT, UH, ITEM B.

YES.

JUST REAL QUICKLY, GO OVER THAT REAL QUICK.

UM, I GUESS THE CONCERNS WAS, IT WAS ABOUT A GATE, BUT I, I THINK, I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR CHARGE FOR TONIGHT, BUT, CORRECT.

SO THE, THE WAY WE UNDERSTOOD THE COMMENT CHASSIS'S HERE, IF WE NEED TO GET INTO DETAIL, WAS, UM, IT WAS A, IT WAS COMMENT ORIGINALLY REALLY DIRECTED FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, WHICH WAS CONSIDERING, CONSIDERING A VARIANCE RELATED TO THE PLAT.

SO THEY ARE THE PURING BODY FOR THE, CONSIDERING THOSE KINDS OF VARIANCES.

AND SO THE, THE CONCERN IS NOT AN ITEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THE PLAT ITSELF.

ALRIGHT, I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

[3. Presentation from Cedar Hill ISD Board of Trustee President Gayle Sims. ]

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GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE BOND.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, BACK IN FEBRUARY, UH, ON FEBRUARY 12TH, THE UH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES DID APPROVE TO PUT A 282, UH, MILLION DOLLARS BOND ON THE BO ON THE, UH, UH, UH, MAY 4TH BALLOT, UH, THERE WILL BE TWO PROPOSITIONS ON THERE, PROPOSITION A AND PROPOSITION B WILL BE ON THAT BALLOT.

DO I JUST HIT THE RETURN? OH, YES.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THERE WE GO.

ALRIGHT.

UH, THERE WILL BE PROPOSITION A AND PROPOSITION B, BOTH WILL BE PUT ON THE BALLOT PROPOSITION A WILL, FOCUSING ON, UH, OUR FACILITIES AND SAFETY AND SECURITY UPGRADES AND A NEW TRANSPORTATION FACILITY.

AND BUSES, PROPOSITION B WILL BE FOR TECHNOLOGY TO BRING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR TEACHERS INTO THE 20, OUR DISTRICT, BASICALLY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY ON, UH, YES, YES.

21ST CENTURY.

OKAY.

THAT ALWAYS CONFUSES ME.

ALRIGHT, UM, AND INTO THE 21ST CENTURY PROPOSITION.

A AS YOU CAN SEE IS $278.5 MILLION, UH, FOR THAT.

AND THEN PROPOSITION B WILL BE 3.9 MILLION.

I WILL EXPLAIN LATER WHY WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS FOR THIS, UH, BOND.

THESE ARE OUR CAMPUSES.

EVERY LAST ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES WILL BE TOUCHED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER THROUGH THIS, UH, THROUGH THE BOND.

UH, EACH OF THE CLASSROOMS ARE TO RECEIVE PHYSICAL TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR OUR TEACHERS.

SO THERE WILL BE ACADEMIC SUCCESS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, UNLESS OUR CHILDREN ARE UP TO DATE ON WHAT IS GOING ON AND THEY ARE COMFORTABLE, SAFE, AND SECURE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ALL THERE SO THAT THERE WILL BE ACADEMIC SUCCESS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

I WANNA TALK ABOUT PROPOSITION A REAL QUICKLY.

2 78 $0.5 MILLION.

THESE ARE THE THREE MAIN THINGS THAT WILL OUR PROPOSITION A WILL COVER.

I WANT TO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE MIDDLE, I WANT TO SAY ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES IS SAFETY AND SECURITY.

WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, WHEN THEY COME IN, WHEN OUR STAFF, WHEN THEY COME IN ON ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES, THAT THEY FEEL SAFE AND THEY FEEL SECURE.

OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT ONE, WHEN WE ARE SAFE, WHEN WE ARE SECURE, THAT LOWERS OUR STRESS LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND THE SAME THING APPLIES TO OUR CHILDREN AS WELL.

WE ALSO WANT TO ADD REPAIRING OUR AGING BUILDINGS, UPDATING ROOFS, OUR HVA SYSTEM.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND THEN OF COURSE, A DA COMPLIANT, UH, FOR ANY MAJOR, UH, ANYONE WHO KNOWS YOU DO ANY MAJOR RENOVATIONS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE A DA COMPLIANT, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO THAT.

A PART OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT THEY ARE COOL WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

THEY ARE NOT HOT WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO AIR CONDITIONING.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WARM WHEN THE HEAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON.

AND INSTEAD OF, AND INSTEAD OF US CONTINUING TO BANDAID THESE SITUATIONS, THAT IS WHY WE ARE CALLING FOR THE BOND.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT HAVING TO MOVE THEIR DESK, SHIFT THEIR DESK, WHICH THEY HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW.

IF WE HAVE A HEAVY RAIN BECAUSE OUR ROOFS ARE LEAKING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE WITH, UH, THE, OUR, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY ADDING BULLET RESISTANT FRAMES.

WE ALSO WANT TO, LIKE I SAID, A DA AND THEN OF COURSE, UPGRADING OUR CAMERAS AND OUR BURGLAR SYSTEMS. OUR CAMERAS ARE KIND OF HIDDEN IN DIFFERENT PLACES, AND I GUESS YOU WOULD KNOW THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY IN OUR, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOL, THOSE KIDS KNOW WHERE THOSE CAMERAS

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WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE THEM EVERYWHERE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, DELIVERING, UH, 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOMS. UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, MOST OF ALL WITH, UH, UM, STARTING WITH, UM, FURNITURE.

MOST OF US, I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF YOU'RE A LOT YOUNGER THAN ME GOING TO SCHOOL.

YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU HAD A DESK AND A CHAIR, AND YOU HAD THAT LITTLE AREA IN THERE WHERE YOU PUT YOUR BOOKS AND WHAT YOUR, WHATEVER YOU HAD.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE STILL, UH, WORKING WITH.

NOW.

OUR KIDS DON'T HAVE COMFORTABLE PLACES TO SIT, COMFORTABLE PLACES TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTION.

OUR TEACHERS HAVE TO, A LOT OF THE INSTRUCTION IS DONE WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE CLASS.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS AND BE ABLE TO REARRANGE IT TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THERE IN THE CLASSROOM, AS WELL AS ALLOWING THE STUDENTS THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL, UH, THEIR COMFORT SO THAT THEY CAN STAY FOCUSED AND STAY ENGAGED IN EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM.

OUR 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOMS, AS YOU CAN SEE, REQUIRE A LOT OF RENOVATIONS AND A LOT OF UPDATING WITHIN THOSE.

UH, THE BOMB PACKAGE WILL, UH, FUNDS WILL SUPPORT AND EXPAND CAREER AND TECHNICAL, UH, EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE ALREADY HAVE PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE A WAITING LIST ON OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL.

WE HAVE A WAITING LIST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE, UH, CLASSROOMS ARE NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR THOSE STUDENT STUDENTS.

SO WE HAVE A WAITING, WE HAVE WAITING LIST.

ONE IS OUR WELDING PROGRAM WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING CERTIFICATIONS AND WALKING OUT WITH THOSE CERTIFICATIONS.

BUT WE CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE THAN WHAT THAT CLASSROOM HOLDS RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR SCHOOL CHOICES.

UH, WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR TEACHERS, WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE, UH, CHOICE.

PART OF YOUR PREMIER STATEMENT SAYS THAT WE WILL BE TEXAS SCHOOLS OF CHOICE, AND WE WANT TO DO THAT.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OFFERING THOSE PROGRAMS THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE WANTING TO DO.

I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THE STORY.

I WAS, UH, WATCHING MY GRANDKIDS, MY GRANDSONS ONE DAY, AND THEY WERE DIGGING IN THE YARD, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE DIGGING FOR FOSSILS THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ARCHEOLOGISTS WHEN THEY GROW UP.

NOW, THEY MAY NOT BE, BUT UNDERSTAND THEY ARE THINKING WHAT IT IS, JUST LIKE WE USED TO DREAM.

AND WE ARE LISTENING AND HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY SO THAT WE WILL KNOW WHAT PROGRAMS WE NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN AND TO ATTRACT THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT BACK TO, UH, OUR DISTRICT AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS THERE AND THOSE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE BOND THAT WILL HELP TO FINANCE THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COLLEGIATE PROGRAM AND OUR MONTESSORI PROGRAMS AND OUR, UH, FINE ARTS PROGRAM AT HIGH POINT.

AND THEN SAFETY AND SECURITY, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR PRIORITY TO BE, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF AS WELL AS OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE AND SECURE.

WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR, THEY KNOW THAT SOMEONE IS NOT GONNA COME IN THERE AND HURT THEM.

YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING HERE, AS WELL AS ADDING BULLET RESISTANT FRAMES.

UH, WHEN THEY WALK IN UTILIZING, UH, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY FOR WEAPONS SCREENING, SCREENING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING EVERYTHING THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED SO THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND SECURE.

AND AS I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, SO THAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN SIT THERE, THEY CAN LISTEN TO THE TEACHER, THEY CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AS, AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS BECOMES A PRIORITY FOR THEM AS WELL.

WE DON'T WANT THEM, EVERY TIME THEY HEAR SOMETHING, THEY'RE JUMPING, THEY'RE LOOKING.

THEY WILL KNOW THAT THEY

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WE WANT TO PROVIDE A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY AND NEW BUSES.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IS 21.8 MILLION THAT WE ARE DOING PURCHASING BUSES AND THEN BUILD, UH, HAVING A FACILITY RIGHT NOW.

WE RENT THE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE.

AND A PART OF THAT, PART OF OUR REASONING FOR DOING THAT IS WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, FUEL TRUCKS COME IN TO DO OUR BUSES.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR OUR DRIVERS TO PARK.

WE HAVE TO PROVIDE AND DO ANY UPGRADES, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED ON THIS FACILITY.

AND OUR, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS DECIDED TO INCREASE OUR MONTHLY RENT FROM 12,000 TO $24,000 A MONTH.

THAT IS MONEY THAT'S GOING TO A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT.

THAT MONEY'S NOT EVEN STAYING HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

SO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF NOT OF ONE THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE.

TWO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BUSES THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE ON, AGAIN, I'M TALKING ABOUT SAFETY, THAT THEY ARE SAFE.

WE HAD A, UH, PARENT SEND A PICTURE IN OF THE TIRES ON ONE OF OUR TRUCK, UH, BUSES.

AND THEY WERE IN SERIOUS NEED OF REPLACING.

OUR, UH, BUSES ARE ABOUT 17.

THEY'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 17 YEARS OLD, AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THE TOP 11 AT 11 YEARS.

AND WE ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NEW BUSES AND BEGIN A REPLACEMENT PLAN SO THAT WE CAN, UH, REDO AND START GETTING NEWER BUSES, BETTER BUSES, AND THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, THE DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, HAVING SECURITY CAMERAS SO THAT OUR BUSES STAY SAFE, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF BAY SO THAT THEY CAN DO BUS REPAIRS.

AND THEN MOST OF ALL, MORE PARKING FOR THE STAFF.

THE STAFF CANNOT PARK AT THE, UH, FACILITY THAT WE HAVE.

UH, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, A SPOT.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IT.

THAT'S PROP A.

PROP B IS TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE UPTODATE STUFF, UH, SO THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN DO THIS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS DONE ON SHORT TERM BONDS TO BE PAID OFF IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

UH, BY LAW WE HAVE PROPOSITION B BECAUSE BY LAW WE HAVE TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT, UH, FROM THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON PROP A.

UH, THOSE HAVE TO BE SEPARATED OUT BY LAW.

AND SO WE ARE DOING THAT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, SHORT TERM BONDS THAT WE WILL BE PAYING OFF IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UH, 2020 WHEN THE, UH, PANDEMIC HIT.

WE BOUGHT CHROMEBOOKS.

WE WENT ONE-ON-ONE, ONE-TO-ONE WITH CHROMEBOOKS.

UH, THAT'S WHEN WE DID IT.

WE ARE NOW IN 2024 GOING INTO 2025.

AND ALL OF US KNOW HOW QUICKLY TECHNOLOGY CHANGES.

WE ARE NEEDING TO UPGRADE THOSE, UH, CHROMEBOOKS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

UH, TEACHER DEVICES, LAPTOPS.

OUR TEACHERS RIGHT NOW, WHEN THEY'RE, UH, PROVIDING INSTRUCTION, THEY'RE DOING IT WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MOVE ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE.

WE WANNA PROVIDE THOSE STATIONS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT THEY ARE FACING THE STUDENTS.

THEY ARE LOOKING AT.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN LOOK AND YOU CAN SEE WHEN A KID OR SOMEONE HAS GONE OFF AND THEY'RE NOT HEARING ANYTHING.

WE WANT OUR, UH, AS THE TEACHERS ARE PROVIDING THAT INSTRUCTION TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHEN SOMEBODY'S NOT GETTING IT.

AGAIN, WE'RE

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AND JUST REAL QUICKLY, AS I WRAP UP JUST TO LOOK AT THE TAX IMPACT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT A HALF CENT TAX INCREASE, UH, FOR THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SAYING, OH, THAT WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE.

THIS IS STUFF WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR STAFF AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS, WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO WHAT IT IS, IS, UH, A HALF CENT TAX INCREASE, UH, TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY BOTH OF THE, UH, PROPOSITIONS.

JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT, YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR A, A HOMEOWNER WITH $325,000 OF $325,000 HOME, IT'S AN INCREASE OF $10 ANNUALLY.

THAT IS WHAT IT WOULD BE.

AS YOU KNOW, UH, IN NOVEMBER, UH, WE PASSED THE VADER.

AND I, AGAIN, I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR DOING THAT.

OUR TEACHERS THANK YOU AS WELL.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WENT FROM 40 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

AND FOR ANYONE OVER 65, THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION EXEMPTION IS $110,000 PLUS YOUR, UH, THE TAX THAT YOU RECEIVE, THAT YOU ARE PAYING TO THE DISTRICT THAT, UH, THAT YOU'RE PAYING TO THE DISTRICT THAT IS FROZEN.

YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IF IT GOES UP AGAIN, YOU WILL NOT SEE THAT INCREASE.

UH, IT WILL ALWAYS STAY THERE.

IT, AND YOU WOULD ENJOY, I I GUESS NOT TOO MANY OF YOU THERE.

THE MAYOR PRO ATTENDS THERE.

UH, THEY WILL ENJOY, UH, THAT TAX INCREASE THAT, UH, IF THEY WON'T ENJOY ANYTHING THAT GOES DOWN BELOW WHERE IT WAS FROZEN, STAY ENGAGED ON C CHD.NET/BOND.

WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED.

WE HAVE PEOPLE ASK US QUESTIONS AND WE WILL PUT 'EM ON THERE AND WE WILL GIVE THE ANSWER.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND DON'T SEE IT ON THERE, ANY ONE OF THE TRUSTEES AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND TO BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.

OUR NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING IN PERSON WILL BE TUESDAY, APRIL 30TH AT THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, TO DISCUSS THE BOND, ONE THING I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS ON PROPOSITION A AS WELL, THAT IS WHAT PROPOSITION A WILL BE.

PLEASE SEE, IT DOES SAY THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

THE SAME THING ON PROP B.

THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

IT'S NOT A DOUBLE WHAMMY BECAUSE IT, IT'S ALL THE SAME, BUT IT'S NOT A DOUBLE WHAMMY.

THEY'RE THE VOTING LOCATIONS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR EARLY VOTING FOR ELECTION DAY.

AND THAT'S IT.

QUESTIONS.

WELL, THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUSTEE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, I THINK YOU PRETTY MUCH TOUCHED, UH, EVERYTHING THAT, THAT I HAD.

THANK YOU FOR THE BALLOT LANGUAGE.

THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SEE.

UH, AS IT RELATES TO YOUR FLEET, UH, YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA REPLACE SEVEN PER YEAR, 21 BUSES, I GUESS.

MM-HMM.

.

UH, HOW, HOW MANY, UH, DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR INVENTORY RIGHT NOW? I'M SORRY.

HOW MANY? ONE, HOW MANY BUSES DO YOU HAVE IN THE INVENTORY? UH, OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

IS IS IT MORE THAN 50 OR? I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT MANY.

OKAY.

50.

WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE INCLUDING THE, THE YELLOW BUSES, UM, WE HAVE BUSES FOR OUR, UH, SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.

OKAY.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THOSE ARE THE SMALLER BUSES.

WE HAVE THOSE AS WELL.

BUT THE, BUT THE 21 IS ABOUT MORE THAN HALF OF, OF, YES.

OF, OF THE, THE BIG BUSES.

21? YES.

OKAY.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD.

MAYBE THE ROUTE BUSES.

THE YELLOW BUSES.

UHHUH.

.

OKAY.

GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL ? NO.

OKAY.

? I, I, I WAS

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OKAY.

.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THIS REALLY MEANS A LOT.

THANK YOU.

I WILL BE HAVING TO LEAVE BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING AN ALL DISTRICT PTA MEETING TONIGHT.

OKAY.

AND I PROMISED THEM THAT I WOULD BE THERE, UH, IN CASE THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS AREN'T ASKING ME.

WELL, WE WISH, WE WISH YOU LUCK IN, UH, THIS, UH, BOND.

THANK YOU.

ALL I CAN SAY IS VOTE.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

JUST FOR THE CLARIFICATION, SHE CAN'T TELL US HOW TO VOTE.

SHE'S JUST TELLING US TO VOTE.

THANK YOU.

IS THAT RIGHT? THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

[4. Briefing on proposed fees related to hazardous material incident response. ]

NEXT ITEM ON THE BRIEFING SESSION IS, UH, BRIEFING ON PROPOSED FEES RELATED TO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INCIDENT, UH, RESPONSE.

I BELIEVE THIS IS FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF DAVIS.

SURE.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

MY NAME IS RICHARD DAVIS AND I'M YOUR FIRE CHIEF.

TODAY, I'M HERE TO, UH, TALK TO YOU ABOUT HARRISON MATERIAL COST RECOVERY ORDINANCE.

THERE WE GO.

SO, VISION, VISION OF CEDAR HILL.

DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND, UH, BUSINESSES FLOURISH.

MISSION DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS CUSTOMERS, CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND IT'S CORE TO THE VALUES THEMSELVES.

UH, THESE ARE THE FOUR AMAZING PRINCIPLES WHICH GUIDE US, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

AND THEN OUR PURSUING PREMIER, I SEE THESE AT EIGHT DISTINCTIVE PILLARS THAT UPHOLD US TOGETHER.

EXCUSE ME.

SO WHY SHOULD WE IMPLEMENT A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL COST RECOVERY ORDINANCE? LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

WHAT IS A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL COST RECOVERY ORDINANCE? FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL? IT'S A SUBSTANCE THAT POSES RISK TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.

EXPLANATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL THAT IT CAUSES HARM AND ASSOCIATED CAUSE.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL EVENT.

THIS, UH, TRACTOR TRAILER, UH, YOU CAN TELL BY THE PLACARD HAS A, UH, A CORROSIVE, UH, UH, DE MARKINGS ON IT.

SO IT'S CORROSIVE MATERIAL.

CORROSIVE MATERIAL IS THE KIND THAT BURNS.

YOU, BURNS YOUR VEHICLE, BURNS YOUR, UH, CLOTHES, DESTROYS JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IT PRACTICALLY TOUCHES.

AND SO A LOT OF CASES, YOU COULD HAVE CORROSIVE MATERIAL WAREHOUSES, YOU COULD HAVE CORROSIVE MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION AS DEPICTED IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE.

AND THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSES.

UH, WE HAVE THE AWARENESS LEVEL, UH, WHICH IS BASICALLY RECOGNITION.

SAY YOU GO IN, YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU RECOGNIZE THERE'S SOME HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

YOU CALL THE NINE ONE ONE SYSTEM.

AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL, WHICH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CERTIFIED TO DO.

CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CERTIFIED TO DO.

WE GO IN, WE TAKE A, UH, DEFENSIVE ACTIONS, THE DEFENSIVE POSTURE TO ENSURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE AND EVERYBODY GETS OUT.

THEN YOU HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE TACTICAL LEVEL.

IT'S MORE OFFENSIVE.

YOU GO IN, YOU ACTUALLY TRY TO MITIGATE THE SITUATION.

YOU WEAR THOSE TYPES OF ENCAPSULATED SUITS THAT YOU GUYS PROBABLY SEEN ON TV WHERE YOU HAVE THE, UH, UH, UH, SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS UNTIL KIND LIKE A BUBBLE ENVIRONMENT.

SO YOU GO IN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THE SITUATION THAT WAY.

AND THEN THE SPECIAL LEVEL, UM, UH, ITEM, SPECIAL LEVEL, UM, UM, HAZARD TO RESPONSES.

THAT'S WHEN YOU USE ROBOTICS AND WHATNOT TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO MITIGATE CERTAIN SITUATIONS THAT COME ABOUT.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL RELIEF.

COST RECOVERY ALLEVIATES FINANCIAL BURDEN TO THE COMMUNITIES.

TAXPAYERS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, ARE NOT SOLELY RESPONSIBLE.

WHEN WE ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INCIDENTS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND FAIRNESS, THIS ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE COULD UPHOLD RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FINANCIALLY LIABLE.

IT ALSO ENSURES FAIRNESS BY SHIFTING ACCOUNT THE COST AWAY FROM THE TAXPAYERS TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCIDENT.

SO HERE IS A, A, A COST THAT FROM, THAT'S FROM AN ACTUAL EVENT, WHICH I WAS ACTUALLY, UM, THERE HAD, THIS WAS AT A, UH, A FIRE THAT, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY GOT INVOLVED WITH.

AND SO YOU NOTICE ON THIS, UH, UH, UM, FIREFIGHTERS TURNOUTS THAT IS TAR IS COVERED ALL OVER HIS, UH, HIS, UH, TURNOUTS.

SO TAR IS A SUBSTANCE, OF COURSE, YOU CANNOT GET OUT.

TAR IS FLAMMABLE.

SO BECAUSE WE CANNOT GET THAT TAR OUT OF THIS, UH, PERSON'S, UH, TURNOUTS, THAT MEANS THEY'RE USELESS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIGHT FIRE WITH THE FLAMMABLE MATERIAL ON YOUR TURNOUTS BECAUSE YOU'LL BURN REALLY QUICKLY.

YOU BECOME A DANGER TO YOURSELF AND TO YOUR CREW.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, UM, LEMME GO BACK TO THAT.

IN THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT, WE HAD A TOTAL OF ROUGHLY ABOUT $140,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE FROM EQUIPMENT.

THIS INCLUDES

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WHO PAYS FOR THAT? IS IT TAXPAYER OR IS IT THE PERSON, THE PARTS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT? SO LET'S TAKE A RESPONSIBLE APPROACH.

THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL SITUATIONS.

ONLY COMMERCIAL SITUATIONS HAVE A CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO RELEASE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

COMMERCIAL ENTITIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE INSURANCE POLICIES THAT COVER THEM.

IN PARTICULAR CASE THAT I HAD, UH, UM, TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, THAT RESPONSIBLE PARTY DID HAVE THE INSURANCE TO COVER THE COST RECOVERY FOR US TO GET OUR, OUR REIMBURSEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, WE NEEDED TO, UH, GET BACK IN SERVICE.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS A COST OF A TYPICAL HAZARDOUS MATERIAL EVENT THAT GO BACK.

OKAY.

SO THIS CURVE, THE SAFE PRACTICE ES COMPANY TO ADOPT SAFER HOUNDING PROPOSAL DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES, REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OFS SEVERITY IN THE, UH, FUTURE INCIDENTS.

I MUST HAVE SKIPPED SOMETHING WHERE YOU AT.

NOPE.

SORRY ABOUT, OH, OKAY.

THERE IT IS.

OKAY.

RESPONSE APPROACH.

YES, I TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE.

PRACTICES.

SO SOMEBODY MAY ASK ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THE FIRE CODE? YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE NEED A, A HAZARDOUS COST RECOVERY, UM, ORDINANCE WHEN WE HAVE THE FIRE CODE, FIRE CODE ONLY PROVIDES REGULATIONS, HAZARD MATERIALS AS IT RELATES TO STORAGE, HANDLING, AND USE.

AS IT STANDS, IT DOES NOT, UH, REGULATE HAZARDOUS TO COST RECOVERY.

SO I CAN HAVE A WAREHOUSE FULL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND HAVE IT STORED, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A FIRE, WE WOULD RESPOND.

IF THERE'S NOT A COST RECOVERY ORDINANCE ATTACHED TO IT, WE COULD NOT GET REIMBURSED.

THE CITY COULD NOT GET REIMBURSED FOR ALL THE DAMAGE THAT THAT WOULD CAUSE FROM THAT PARTICULAR HAZARDOUS EVENT.

THE OTHER THING WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, UH, COST RECOVERY, IS THAT YOU'RE JUST NOT LOOKING AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PUBLIC WORKS.

YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ANY CITY ENTITY THAT COULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT EVENT FOR CLEANUP.

BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF IT DESTROYS OUR EQUIPMENT, IT'LL ALSO DESTROY THE POLICE EQUIPMENT, PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT, ANYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.

SO THE HAZARDS TRUE COST FOR COVERAGE DOESN'T NOT ONLY COVER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT CALL COVERS ALL CITY ENTITIES THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.

SO, NEW CITY DIRECTIVE COST SECURITY ORDINANCE TYPICALLY IMPLEMENTED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UH, TO RECOVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED RESPONDING TO IMAGINING CLEANUP, HAZARDOUS INCIDENTS, MITIGATION RATES, FIRE CHIEF OR DESIGNABLE REFLECT REASONABLE COSTS ON RESPONDING TO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

I KNOW IN SOME CASES YOU'LL SEE A MENU, A PLETHORA OF ITEMS THAT GO FROM ANYWHERE FROM 6,000 TO 400, UH, $400.

WE AS A, UH, UH, UM, AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT ONLY PROPOSE BILLING FOR THE ITEMS TO BE RECOVERED.

THIS IS NOT A COST MAKING SCHEME, IT'S JUST A RECOVERY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED IN PARTICULAR EVENT.

SO THERE'S NO, UH, EXTRA, UM, UH, CUSHION, IF YOU WILL, TO BE SERVED BACK TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BACK TO THE CITY.