[1. Call the meeting to order.]
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TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 28TH, 2024.
THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED, UH, BRIEFING SESSION.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.
I DO ANTICIPATE HIM TO COME AND JOIN US HERE SHORTLY.
I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING THE ORDER.
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Update on City's Handicap Parking Regulations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS.HOW YOU DOING, MR. CITY MANAGER? I'M DOING WELL.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND, UH, BOTH CHIEF REYES, UH, HAVE BEEN BUSY ALL MORNING MONITORING THE, UH, IMPACTS FROM, UH, THE EARLY MORNING, UH, WINDSTORM, UH, THAT WE HAD IN OUR AREA.
UH, WE DID HAVE A NUMBER OF TREES DOWN IN BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
UM, MOST OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
UM, HAD A COUPLE OF STRUCTURES WHO, UH, HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE REPORTED, NOTHING MAJOR, UH, AND STILL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND 4,000, UH, CUSTOMERS OUT OF POWER IN SPORADIC PLACES AROUND THE CITY, LARGELY IN THE SOUTHERN, SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CITY.
SO WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT SITUATION, UH, WITH ENCORE, UH, AND AMONGST THE FOLKS ON OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
AND WE WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT UNTIL EVERYONE IS RESTORED.
UM, ALSO, WHEN YOU CAME TO YOUR, UH, DIOCESE TODAY AND SET IT IN YOUR SEAT, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED A VERY SIZABLE PACKET THERE.
AND, UH, A WHITE BINDER THAT IS YOUR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS, UH, PACKET WITH, UH, ALL OF THE 36 OR 38 APPLICANTS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
YOU HAVE VERY ROBUST AND A VERY ENGAGED FOR VERY ROBUST YEAR AND A VERY ENGAGED COMMUNITY LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
SO YOU HAVE ABOUT A WEEK TO GO THROUGH THAT PACKET AGAIN.
WE WILL BE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY AND NEXT WEDNESDAY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF READING.
YES, SIR, FOR THE RECORD, UH, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THESE GETTING TO THIS EARLY AND GIVING US PLENTY OF TIME TO GO OVER 'EM, SO THANK YOU.
NORMALLY WE DON'T GET 'EM TILL FRIDAY, SO A FEW EXTRA DAYS IS SINCERELY APPRECIATED.
UH, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY CORRALLED ALL THAT AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THAT, UH, TO YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW.
AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND PASS THEM ALONG, UH, TO OUR EXCELLENT CITY SECRETARY.
UM, I WANNA GO AHEAD AND GO TO CALENDAR, UM, IF I COULD, I PROMISED YOU JUNE WAS GONNA BE BUSY, AND SO NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT I'M MAKING GOOD ON MY PROMISE.
UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS OF, UH, OF MAY LEFT TO GO, UH, ON THIS NEXT THURSDAY, UH, MAY THE 30TH FROM SIX 30 TO 8:00 PM WILL BE THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST MWBE AND LOCAL BUSINESS WORKSHOP.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT CEDAR HILL STARTED WITH ITS NEIGHBORS, UH, REALLY SEVERAL YEARS AGO NOW, AND IT HAS, UH, STEADILY GROWN.
UH, THIS, THIS, UH, QUARTER'S INSTALLMENT, UH, WILL BE HELD IN THE CITY OF DESOTO IN THEIR COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AGAIN FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT ON THAT THURSDAY, MAY 30TH.
SO ALL, UH, LOCAL AND MWBE, UM, BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS, NOT JUST WITH CEDAR HILL, BUT ANYWHERE IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST COMMUNITIES, UH, CAN GET BOTH INFORMATION ON PROJECTS AND HOW TO, UH, SIGN UP, UH, FOR THOSE AT THAT EVENT.
UM, THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST BEGINS THE, UM, THE THE SUMMER SPECIAL EVENT, UM, PROCESS FOR US.
WE HAVE TWO BIGGIES ON THE SAME DAY.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST, UH, FROM EIGHT TO 1130 IS OUR ANNUAL KID FISH TOURNAMENT THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE FISH AND PIER AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK.
YOU CAN SIGN UP AND REGISTER ONLINE FOR THAT.
UH, AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, FROM 3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM UH, THE FOLKS AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY, UH, WILL BE KICKING OFF THEIR ANNUAL SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
AND SO, UH, BOTH PROGRAMS ARE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED, VERY HEAVILY UTILIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO YOU KINDA GET A TWOFER ON SATURDAY.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED IT ALREADY.
NEXT TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH, AND WEDNESDAY JUNE 5TH, WE WILL HAVE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS, UH, TO REVIEW BOARD AND COMMISSION, UH, APPLICANTS, AND ALSO TO MAKE SELECTIONS TO BOARD AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, THURSDAY, UH, JUNE THE SIXTH IS THE NEXT MAYOR'S PRO BREAKFAST AT 7:30 AM AT THE ALLEN SIMMONS RECREATION CENTER.
AND THEN OUR THIRD BIG SUMMER EVENT, UH, OF THE, OF THE SEASON WILL BE AT 10:00 AM IN OUR BIG MACHINES EXPO.
THAT WILL BE HELD AGAIN AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK, 2 28 50 PARK RIDGE DRIVE.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE, UH, THE DEPARTMENTS BRING THEIR BIG EQUIPMENT, UH, FIRE TRUCKS AND, UM, MOTORCYCLES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO FORTH.
AND THE, THE KIDS GET TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, IS UTILIZED BY ALL THE, UH, PROFESSIONS AND THE FOLKS THAT, UH, SERVE, SERVE THE CITY.
UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
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UH, FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH WILL BE THE VERY FIRST, UH, INSTALLMENT OF MUSIC IN THE PARK EVERY FRIDAY IN, UH, JUNE.THAT WILL BE HELD AT 8:00 PM AT THE VALLEY RIDGE PARK AMPHITHEATER.
UH, AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK ON SATURDAY JUNE 8TH.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE.
UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD WALK, UH, THAT WILL BE HELD IN THE HIGH POINT SUBDIVISION.
UH, IT DUE TO POPULAR REQUESTS, IT HAS BEEN MOVED A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE DAY NOW THAT WE'RE APPROACHING SUMMER.
UH, SO YOU CAN SHOW UP AROUND 10.
WE WILL START THE TOUR, UH, THE, THE WALK AT 10 30 AND EXPECT TO BE DONE AROUND NOON.
SO WE WILL, UM, GATHER AT GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH AT NINE 15 OLD STRAUSS, UH, FOR THAT.
ALSO ON THE SAME DAY, UH, THE NEXT CEDAR HILL FARMER'S MARKET, UH, WILL BE DOWNTOWN FROM NINE TO 1:00 PM AND THE CITY WILL BE ALSO HOSTING A COMMUNITY PAPER SHREDDING EVENT HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER FROM NINE TO NOON, AGAIN ON SATURDAY, JUNE THE EIGHTH.
UH, MOVING ON, UH, JUNE THE 11TH, UH, THIS WILL BE TUESDAY.
UH, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE ITS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WILL ALSO BE WEARING, UH, A DIFFERENT HAT AS IT, UH, TAKES UP THE, UH, BUDGET FOR THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT, THAT'LL BE AN EARLY START, UH, FOR OUR, UH, COUNCIL ACTIVITIES, THAT WILL BE FIVE 30 TO SIX WILL BE THE CCPD MEETING.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR REGULAR BRIEFING AND REGULAR MEETING AT, UH, AT 6:00 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH IS THE BEST SOUTHWEST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
OF COURSE, WE ARE HOSTING IT THIS YEAR.
UH, FESTIVITIES BEGIN AT 5:00 PM AND WE'LL RUN THROUGH 10:00 PM AGAIN AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
WE'LL SEND YOU ADDITIONAL LOGISTICAL INFORMATION AS WE GET CLOSER.
UH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19TH IS JUNETEENTH, UH, PROPER AND CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THAT HOLIDAY.
AND, UH, THAT'S AS FAR ON THE CALENDAR AS I WILL GO.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR FOR TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS ARE A EASY GROUP.
UH, QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE, UH, AGENDA.
WE HAVE ONE BRIEFING ITEM TONIGHT.
UH, CHIEF RES, UH, THE POLICE VERSION WILL BE HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE CITY'S HANDICAP PARKING REGULATIONS THAT IS RELATED TO TWO ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
UH, ON YOUR REGULAR AGENDA, YOU HAVE INVOCATION BY DR.
UH, DAVID BRADLEY WITH CEDAR HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH.
YOU HAVE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATIONS, A PRESENTATION TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SHIRLEY DANIELS, AND ALSO THE RECOGNITION OF, UH, TWO RECIPIENTS OF THE 2024 WASTE MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS.
UH, SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, INCLUDING A PRO A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH AS CLEAN AIR ACTION DAY HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
AND A SPECIAL RE, UH, PRESENTATION, RECOGNIZING THE LIBRARY AND THE PARK PROJECT TEAM.
UM, WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 24, 8 0 8, WHICH ADOPTS, UM, YOUTH STANDARDS OF CARE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, DOES PLACE ON, UH, MUNICIPALITIES THAT HOLD, UM, UH, SUMMER CAMP TYPE EVENTS.
AND SO, UM, NO CHANGES FROM THIS STANDARD OF CARE, UH, DOCUMENT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT IT'S REQUIRED TO BE ADOPTED ANNUALLY.
UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, INCLUDING MINUTES.
ALSO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE POLICE CHIEF TO SELECT AND APPOINT QUALIFIED PERSONS TO ENFORCE THE CITY'S DISABLED PARKING REGULATIONS.
AGAIN, THAT'LL BE THE TOPIC OF, UH, CHIEF REYES', UH, BRIEFING IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UH, YOU'LL RECALL WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CITIZENS AT, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND, UH, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS EXPRESSING SOME CONCERN OVER HANDICAP PARKING.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A, A TIMELY ITEM.
UH, ITEM C IS CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT, UH, TO TF HARPER AND ASSOCIATES FOR PARK RELATED IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKVILLE PARK.
ITEM D IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH, UM, ADDS TO, UH, THE RATE OF PAY FOR, UH, CITIZEN TO OUR PARTICIPATING IN MUNICIPAL COURT JURY DUTY.
UM, ITEM E IS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH ROAD BRIDGE SOLUTIONS, UM, FOR A BRIDGE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AT US 67 BELTLINE ROAD AND US 67 AND 1382 BRIDGES.
ITEM F IS CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, UH, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH LEYS DESIGN FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO WILDWOOD PARK, UH, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1 63.
UH, JUST AS AN UPDATE, UH, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT DID RECEIVE SOME STORM DAMAGE TODAY WAS WILDWOOD PARK.
AND IN FACT, THE VERY STRUCTURE THAT YOU ARE AWARDING A BID TO REPLACE TONIGHT WAS, UH, WAS ON THAT LIST.
SO WE'LL HAVE A QUICK RESPONSE TO BEING ABLE TO, UM, GET A REPLACEMENT
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TO THAT.UM, ITEM G IS CONSIDERED AUTHORIZED TO MAYOR EXECUTE CONTRACT FOR BOND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AT, UH, CRAWFORD PARK.
AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM H IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE THREE, UH, RELATED TO, UM, UH, THE CODE AND PROVIDING FOR STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR DISABLED PARKING SPACES AND SIGNAGE.
UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, AND THAT'S TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT, UH, FOR EMPLOYMENT.
UH, FOR INCOMING CITY MANAGER, MELISSA VALEZ CUMMINGS.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANNERS, AND THAT IS THE AGENDA.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? COUNCILOR MCCURDY? THERE WAS A COUPLE THINGS YOU MISSED ON THE CALENDAR.
AH, ONE BEING THIS FRIDAY, THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT HAPPENING, THE 31ST, WHICH IS THE LIONS CLUB ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS HAPPENING AT THE, UH, DALLAS GOLF OR GOLF CLUB OF DALLAS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, JUNE 6TH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH IS BIG WEEK FOR MISSION CEDAR HILL.
WE'LL PUT BOTH ON THE CALENDAR.
ANY OTHER ITEMS ON THE CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, MAYOR, THAT'S MY REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
I JUST WANTED TO BRIEF YOU GUYS, UH, ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT ARE ON TODAY'S AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, ONE OF THEM BEING AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE FOR HANDICAP PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
AND THE, THE FINE AMOUNT, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS INCREASED THE MINIMUM FINE AMOUNT FROM $200 TO $500.
SO WE'RE AMENDING OUR ORDINANCE TO COINCIDE WITH THE CORRECT FINE AMOUNT.
THE SECOND THING IS A RESOLUTION, UH, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE POLICE CHIEF TO APPOINT CERTAIN PERSONS TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE HANDICAP PARKING VIOLATIONS.
SO THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE DOES PERMIT THAT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION CAN APPOINT PERSONS TO ENFORCE HANDICAP UH, PARKING VIOLATIONS HISTORICALLY IN CEDAR HILL.
OUR, UH, POLICE AND COMMUNITY TEAM, OUR PAC TEAM HAS VOLUNTEERS THROUGH OUR COOPS, OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL, UH, PRE COVID.
UH, THOSE CITIZENS DID GO OUT TO PARKING LOTS, AND WHEN THEY DID OBSERVE A VIOLATION, THEY WOULD TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE VEHICLE, UH, WRITE A CITATION, COME BACK, SHOW IT TO AN OFFICER, OFFICER WOULD VERIFY THE VIOLATION, UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD MAIL CERTIFIED MAIL A CITATION TO THE VIOLATOR.
UM, YOU CAN, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A LOT OF LOGISTICAL ISSUES THAT, THAT HAPPEN WITH THAT, WITH THIS NEW RESOLUTION, WHAT IT'LL DO IS IT'LL ACTUALLY ALLOW OUR COP PS TO ACTUALLY JUST ISSUE THE CITATION, LEAVE IT ON THE WINDSHIELD, AND THEN GO AWAY.
UM, THERE WILL BE TRAINING INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR COP PS AND OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE SAFE, UH, AND NON-CONFRONTATIONAL, UH, MANNER.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S, UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE.
AND IN SPEAKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, THIS WAS THE BEST ROUTE THAT WE FELT WAS AVAILABLE FOR US.
SO I BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL? ALRIGHT.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM BRIEFING SESSION.
COUNCILOR, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION TO ADJOURN? I DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
COUNCIL WILL AT 7:00 PM FOR THE REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.