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[1. Call meeting to order.]
TODAY IS AUGUST 30, I'M SORRY, AUGUST 13TH, 2024.UH, THIS IS THIS COUNCIL REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMIT PERMITTED WITH THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.
I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I HAVE 7:01 PM AND WE WILL BEGIN.
WELL, BEFORE I DO THAT, UM, WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A FEW, UH, FACES IN HERE.
UH, UH, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR SENATOR WEST OFFICE, CALVIN BASS.
UH, ALSO WE HAVE OUR ALL VERY OWN SCHOOL TRUSTEE, DR. LESTER SINGLETON.
YOU HEAR SOMEWHERE, WELL, THERE HE IS BACK THERE IN THE BACK.
AND ALSO FORMER COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS IS HERE FROM CEDAR HILL.
IF WE COULD PLEASE GIVE HIM A WARM CEDAR HILL WELCOME.
TODAY IS, UH, HISTORY IN THE MAKING AS WE'LL BE SWEARING IN OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE PASTOR, UH, EDSEL DOERS WITH THANKSGIVING, TABERNACLE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP TO PLEASE COME DOWN, GIVE US INVOCATION, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, I WOULD LOVE FOR OUR NEW CITY MANAGER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND
PASTOR, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? BLESSING TO SEE YOU, MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.
LET'S GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER, AND I'M GONNA ASK THE HELP OF THE KING OF THE PROPHETS TO HELP US.
FATHER, YOU HAVE BEEN A REFUGE FOR THE POOR, A REFUGE FOR THE NEEDY IN TIME OF DISTRESS, A SHIELD FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
IN THE TIME OF STORM, WE TURN TO YOU FOR SURELY THIS GOD IS OUR GOD.
WE TRUSTED IN HIM AND HE SAVED US.
THIS IS THE LORD WE TRUSTED IN HIM.
LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN HIS SALVATION.
GOD MAKES SALVATION AND DELIVERANCE IT, DREAM PART, AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO, EVEN AS WE LOOK ONTO YOU, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH.
AND WE STOP AND CALL UP ON YOUR NAME.
THIS IS NOT JUST LABEL WE'RE THROWING UP IN THE AIR.
WE'RE CALLING UP ON THE MAKE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE RULER OF ALL THE RULERS OF EVERY REALM TO HELP US AND TO EXPRESS HIS VERY ESSENCE THROUGH OUR LIVES IN THIS REALM, TO BRING GLORY BACK TO HIMSELF.
WE COMMIT EVERYTHING TONIGHT THAT WILL BE DONE TO YOU AND NOT SIMPLY FOR TONIGHT, FOR THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO I JOINED MY REQUEST WITH THAT OF HEBREWS 13.
SO WE REMEMBER HIM WHEN THE GOD OF PEACE COVERED THE NEW CITY MANAGER AND GUIDE HER WITH WISDOM BEYOND HER YEARS AND TRAINING.
FATHER, WHEN THEY ARE MAKING DECISIONS, COUNCIL WITH THE MAYOR AT YOU NEED DIVINE INTERVENTION DOWNLOADED TO THEM BEFOREHAND.
SOMEWHERE I READ IN THE PSALM, AT TIMES YOU FEED YOUR CHILDREN EVEN WHILE THEY ARE SLEEPING.
EZEKIEL ASK, WOULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR AHEAD OF TIME SO I CAN KNOW WHAT TO TELL THEM? IMPART THAT LEVEL OF WISDOM TO THE CITY COUNCIL, TO THE MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROTECTION.
WE DON'T TAKE YOUR BLESSINGS FOR GRANTED.
SO WE OPEN OUR HEARTS AND OUR HOME HUMBLY BEFORE YOU AND SAY, LORD, CULTIVATE THIS CULTURE HERE SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL AT HOME AMONG YOUR PEOPLE.
BLESS US, WE PRAY, AND I WRAP IT UP, LORD, BY SAYING, MAY THE GOD OF PEACE GO THROUGH THE ETERNAL BLOOD OF THE COVENANT, BUT BACK FROM THE DEAD.
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD, THE GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE, OF THE SHIP.
MAY HE EQUIP YOU WITH EVERY GOOD THING FOR DOING HIS WILL.
AND MAY HE WORK IN US TO BRING PLEASURE TO HIMSELF, BOTH NOW AND FOREVERMORE.
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL BY TEXAS.
FLAG, INTEREST TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
[a. Administer Oath of Office to City Manager Melissa Valadez-Cummings. ]
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ITEM A ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO CITY MANAGER MELISSA VALDEZ.DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL BASICALLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL BASICALLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE OFFICE, CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY, CITY MANAGER, CEDAR AND WILL THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL THE BEST PRESERVE PROTECTING DEFENDANT, PRESERVE, PROTECTING THE DEFENDANT, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE OATH WAS GIVEN BY OUR MADAM SECRETARY GLENDA BERG.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR OFFICIALLY NEW OATH, CITY MANAGER, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FEW WORDS.
SO, UH, DID I APPROVE? CAN YOU, CAN YOU GET THE MICROPHONE? UM, WOW.
UM, I, I, I, I WROTE DOWN A FEW WORDS BECAUSE, UH, I KNEW I WOULD GET UP IN FRONT OF YOU AND BE A LITTLE BIT TONGUE TIED.
SO, UM, I HAVE SOME WORDS FOR BOTH THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, AND THE COMMUNITY.
UH, CEDAR HILL IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE WORLD.
THE PEOPLE, ALL OF YOU, THE PLACE, THIS FEELING YOU HAVE WHEN YOU'RE HERE, WE ALL FEEL IT.
WHEN I ARRIVED HERE 21 YEARS AGO, I FELL IN LOVE FIRST BECAUSE I SAW HOW MUCH ALAN SIMS LOVED IT, AND I WANTED THAT TOO.
THEN I EXPERIENCED IT FOR MYSELF, THE LOVE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE CARE AND THE BEAUTY.
I EXPERIENCED IT THROUGH MY OWN MAJOR LIFE EVENTS.
LIKE WHEN I HAD MY DAUGHTERS AMAYA AND ZOE.
WHEN I LOST MY DAD, WHEN I CELEBRATED MY 20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE CITY TO NAME A FEW PEOPLE IN CEDAR HILL, SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER.
AND YOU HAVE SHOWED UP FOR ME EVEN TODAY.
YOU SEE, IN GRAD SCHOOL, THEY TEACH YOU NOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE MOST PROFESSIONAL CITY MANAGERS HAVE TO CHANGE JOBS TO MOVE UP.
I FAILED THAT LESSON MISERABLY, BUT I HAVE TWO REASONS, AND THAT IS TWO MENTORS THAT PROVE THAT THAT LESSON WAS WRONG.
ALAN SIMS, WHO HIRED ME 21 YEARS AGO, AND GREG PORTER, WHO SERVED AS CITY MANAGER FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, THEY BOTH LOVE CEDAR HILL AND THEY MADE CEDAR HILL BETTER THAN HOW THEY FOUND IT.
AND I STAND ON THEIR AMAZING LEGACIES IN HOPES OF CREATING MY OWN.
MY LEGACY WILL BE ONE OF TEAMWORK AND EXCELLENCE, SERVING ONE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, HAND IN HAND, DEFINED BY YOU.
I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH TWO MAYORS AND AMAZING COUNCILS, AND IF YOU EVER QUESTION THAT, GO AND WATCH OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS JUST TO OUR NORTH OR EAST.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE HONOR OF CONTINUING TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU.
WE ARE KNOWN FOR DOING THE WORK TOGETHER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FACILITATING THE COMMUNITY'S FINGERPRINT ON OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL OUTLIVE ALL OF US.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER ALL OF THE CITIZENS' DESIRES IN ONCE AND PUT THEM TO PAPER DESIGN AND FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR ICONIC LIBRARY IN A PARK PROJECT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER.
AND OUR COLLECTED SUCCESS IS MEASURED BY THE SMILES, THE OOHS AND AHS AS PEOPLE WALK THROUGHOUT THEIR NEW FAVORITE PLACE AND THE AHA MOMENTS WHEN CITIZENS REALIZE THAT THIS IS ALL FOR THEM, THOSE EMOTIONS ARE WORTH GOLD TO ME AND TO YOUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH IT, WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
FIRST FEW DAYS ON THE JOB, I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED.
I'VE HAD TWO CITY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE NEW CITY MANAGERS TO THEIR CITIES.
AND WHILE THEY'RE FIGURING OUT WHERE THE
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BATHROOMS ARE, I KNOW WHERE THE BATHROOMS ARE.THEY'RE ALSO FIGURING OUT HOW TO HIRE AN AMAZING TEAM.
I AM ABLE TO CONTINUE THE WORK FORWARD BECAUSE I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM THAT REFLECTS THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST TEAM I'VE EVER, EVER WORKED WITH.
AND IF I COULD ASK EVERY EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS FOR THE CITY TO PLEASE STAND RIGHT NOW AND ACCEPT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THIS COMMUNITY IS SO BLESSED TO HAVE THESE AMAZING PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND I GET TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM.
OVER 20 YEARS WITH THE CITY, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH MANY COLLEAGUES, TEAMS, AND FACILITATE GROWTH IN CEDAR HILL.
AND AS A STRIVING ARTIST MYSELF, THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, AS OUR MICHAEL ANGELO, THE COMMUNITY INPUT WE RECEIVE WILL BE PUT INTO A PLAN.
AND WHAT I'M GOOD AT IS IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN.
CEDAR HILL IS BLESSED TO HAVE A MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT LISTENS TO ITS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MAKES DECISIONS FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR THE WHOLE, NOT JUSTICE.
THE TAPESTRY OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SO EXCITING AND BRIGHT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PAINTING OUR MICHELANGELO WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I JUST, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK MY KIDS.
WE HAVE INTEGRATED, UM, THE CEDAR HILL LIFE, UH, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL, AND THEY'RE PART OF EVERYTHING I DO.
AND EVERYTHING I DO IS FOR THEM.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE AND THE REAL AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AS A COMMUNITY.
IT'S AN HONOR, AND WE WILL DO AMAZING THINGS TOGETHER.
UM, COUNSEL, THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY OF YOU THAT MAY WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'M HAPPY THAT THIS IS A EASY
UH, I FEEL THAT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL, UH, PRIVILEGE, UM, TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MELISSA ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
UM, WE'VE WORKED IN DIFFERENT WAYS OVER THE YEARS, BUT, UH, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENT THING, UM, THAT'S BEEN HER MONIKER IS EXCELLENCE.
AND SO I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT NEW WAYS, UM, SHE CREATES, UM, TO SHOW EXCELLENCE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
UM, SHE'S, UH, SHE'S, SHE'S SWEET AND SHE'S SMILING, BUT SHE'S NO NONSENSE.
AND SO THAT'S THE THING THAT I, UH, THAT'S WHAT I APPRECIATE, UH, THE MOST, THE WAY THAT SHE GOES ABOUT, UM, ELEVATING THE CITY, BUT ALSO, UM, IN EACH, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THAT WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTACT AND ENCOUNTER THAT SHE HAS, SHE GIVES YOU THIS SENSE THAT YOU ALSO CAN BE BETTER.
AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THAT IN ACTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? LEMME SEE A FEW WORDS.
WELL, I'VE HAD THE HONOR AND THE PLEASURE TO ACTUALLY SEE MELISSA GROW UP SINCE, UH, SINCE 2021, I GUESS WHEN YOU CAME HERE.
UH, AND I JUST SAW HER CONTINUALLY CONTINUING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND TAKE ON MORE AND MORE TASKS.
UM, ONE THING ABOUT MELISSA NOW, AND WE'RE BLESSED AS A CITY TO HAVE, IS THAT SHE HAS GROWN UP IN OUR CULTURE THANKS TO ALAN SIMS, GREG PORTER AND OTHER, THE OTHER, UM, MAYORS LIKE, UH, ROB, FRANKIE, AND OUR MAYOR.
UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE.
YOU COULD TELL SHE LOVES THE CITY BY EVERYTHING SHE DOES, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT SHE WON'T TRY TO DO TO MAKE SOMEBODY HAPPY.
AND ANYTIME I'VE ASKED FOR ANYTHING OR WANTED ANYTHING, HIS IMMEDIATE RESPONSE, SHE'S ALWAYS THERE READY TO, TO, TO SEE AND, AND HELP ME OUT IN ANY OTHER WAY.
SO I'M EXTREMELY SI HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO, TO CALL
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YOU OUR CITY MANAGER AND, UH, MY BE MY FAVORITE CITY MANAGER.SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MELISSA.
IT'S GONNA BE GOOD WORKING FOR YOU.
PORTER IS WATCHING COUNCILOR HAYDEN
UM, I DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED TO SAY, BUT AS I REFLECT ON OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER, UM, I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF, UH, SERVING WITH YOU ALONG WITH TRUSTEE, UM, DR. SINGLETON AND COUNCIL MEMBER GERALD MALONE ON THE ORIGINATION OF THE BEAUTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BOARD.
AND WHEN I COUNT THE YEARS, IT'S BEEN QUITE, IT'S BEEN A DECADE OF WATCHING, NOT JUST YOU GROW, BUT OUR CITY GROW.
AND IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SEE YOU STEP INTO THIS.
UM, I KNEW THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD COME AND THAT WE ARE BETTER FOR THIS AS A CITY TO HAVE A HOMEGROWN CITY CO UH, A HOMEGROWN INDIVIDUAL STEP INTO THIS ROLE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET TO KNOW THE CITY.
THEY ALREADY KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE RESTROOMS, BUT YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE THINGS THAT ANOTHER CITY MANAGER WOULD TAKE ANOTHER DECADE TO KNOW.
SO WE'RE TRULY BLESSED BY THAT, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW INTO THIS POSITION.
I'M SURE THERE ARE GOING TO BE MOUNTAINS THAT WE HAVE YET TO CLIMB, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS LIBRARY HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE.
AND IF ANYTHING, THAT IS PROOF THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THIS ICONIC LIBRARY STARTED WITH A, A DREAM OF PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND THIS MANIFEST ITSELF, AND YOU WERE AN INTEGRAL PART OF SEEING THAT ICONIC STRUCTURE.
AND YOUR NAME IS ON THE, ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, ALONG WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL AND OTHER CITY AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
BUT YOUR BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS ARE IN THE CEMENT AND THE CEILING.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE WE COULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED SUCH AN, UH, ICONIC STRUCTURE WITHOUT YOU.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO YOUR, TO YOUR FAMILY.
I'VE WATCHED YOUR, YOUR CHILDREN GROW AND THEY'VE BECOME BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE, I'M SURE GOING TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOT, IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A ROLE MODEL TO THEM AND TO SO MANY OTHERS IN THE CITY.
I THINK OF FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND AND JUST LIKE GLOVER SAID, UM, FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN I FIRST GOT INVOLVED WITH THE CITY, YOU WERE THERE, UH, GUIDING ME THROUGH DIFFERENT PARTICULAR AVENUES THAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE CITY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE BOND COMMITTEE.
UM, YOU WERE THERE, UM, YOU WERE STILL HERE AS I AM AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL NOW.
AND THE CITY, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, BUT AS YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, YOU STILL PUT YOUR FOOTPRINTS THROUGH THE SAND OF THE CITY AS WE DEVELOPED IT OUT.
AND I THINK THAT THE BEST THING, LIKE GLOVER'S GLOVER SAID, COUNCILMAN GLOVER SAID, WAS, YOU'RE HOMEGROWN, YOU KNOW THE CITY IN AND OUT OF THE CITY.
YOU LOVE THE CITY, AND YOU WANT THE BEST FOR THE CITY.
YES, YOU ARE ATTENTIVE TO ALL OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I APPRECIATE THE CALLS, THE TEXAS THE CHECK AND SEE HOW WE'RE DOING.
UM, BUT YEAH, YOU ARE NO NONSENSE.
I APPRECIATE IT AND I RESPECT IT.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE FAMILY FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE YOUR MOTHER, 'CAUSE SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
SO IT'S, UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM THAT FOR THIS DAY.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH YOU, UM, KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, AND WHEN YOU CARE ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU'RE REALLY SENSITIVE AS TO WHOSE HANDS YOU PUT SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE.
YOU'RE WHEN YOU HAVE A, A, A BABY, SO YOU, YOU'RE CARE, YOU'RE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHO IS, UM, IN CHARGE OF SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY LOVE.
WELL, UH, YOU ARE IN CHARGE AND I'M THRILLED YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
AND THERE'S ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY AND, AND I I CAN GIVE YOU A DOZEN EXAMPLES, BUT MELISSA GETS IT DONE.
IF YOU ALL WANT TO KNOW, IF YOU WANNA SUM UP ANYTHING ABOUT SHE GETS IT DONE, AND YOU, WHEN YOU HAND IT OVER HER, IT'S GONNA BE DONE AND IT'S GONNA BE DONE WITH EXCELLENCE.
AND SO I'M THRILLED, MELISSA, THAT YOU ARE
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IN CHARGE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.
I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, UM, BUT I, I WILL SAY THIS, UH, IN THE LAST SIX YEARS I'VE GOTTEN TO TO KNOW YOU MUCH BETTER OTHER THAN JUST THE PERSON THAT WAS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST, UH, FIRST JOINED COUNCIL, UM, I, I BECAME AWARE SHORTLY AFTER, UM, MEETING YOU THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE A, A CITY MANAGER SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN WHERE YOU GET TO, TO STAY IN PLACE AND YOU GET TO GROW, UM, IN YOUR POSITION WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT, THAT, THAT YOU GAINED ALL THE EXPERIENCE THROUGH.
UH, SO, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I THINK THAT CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING CEDAR HILL A SPECIAL PLACE, MAKING IT THE PLACE THAT IT IS.
UM, AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I RAN FOR COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME THAT I RAN WAS I WANTED TO PRESERVE THE, THIS SPECIAL PLA HELPED TO PRESERVE THIS SPECIAL PLACE.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A, A KINDRED SPIRIT IN THAT, IN YOU.
AND, UH, SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH NEXT.
UM, CITY MANAGER, MELISSA VALDEZ CUMMINGS, UM, DURING OUR MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST, I, YOU KNOW, DID A, DID AN INTRODUCTION AND I SHARED THINGS ABOUT YOUR RESUME THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT I KNEW.
UM, AND I DON'T WANNA REALLY REPEAT THAT.
UH, BUT JUST, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, UM, YES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, I, I I WANNA SAY I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE CITY PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN 21 YEARS AGO, BUT I DO REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST CAME IN.
UM, BUT I WANT TO KIND OF CHANGE, UM, THE NARRATIVE FOR A SECOND.
EVERYONE KIND OF SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU, BUT LET ME TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SINCE AUGUST ONE.
UH, YOU JUST GOT SWORN IN ON AUGUST 13TH, BUT YOU KNOW, YOUR CONTRACT STARTED AUGUST ONE.
UH, AGAIN, HER CONTRACT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT 8:00 AM I HAD HER AT THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST AT SEVEN 30.
UM, THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST EVERY AUGUST, WE, UH, BRING IN OUR SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS FROM AROUND TO BE ABLE TO PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS, OUR DISTRICT, UH, THE SCHOLARS, THE, THE ADMINISTRATION.
UH, BUT BEFORE WE GOT TO PRAY FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, I INTRODUCED OUR, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER.
RIGHT AFTER THAT SHE RAN TO THE OFFICE, BUT I HAD A 10 O'CLOCK MEETING WITH DALLAS COUNTY AT THE REC CENTER.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, I HAD HER WORKING, UM, THAT VERY NEXT DAY.
AND CALVIN BASS IS HERE FROM SENATOR WEST OFFICE, BUT SHE HAD ANOTHER SEVEN 30 BREAKFAST THAT NEXT, THAT NEXT FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND.
AND IT WAS A PANEL OF CITY MANAGERS INTRODUCING HER TO THE REGION.
HOW, HOW PERFECT TIMING, UH, IS THAT, AND SENATOR WEST ASKED HER, WHY WOULD SOMEONE WANT TO MOVE? AND SHE WAS ASKING ALL THE CITY MANAGERS THAT, BUT WHY WOULD SOMEONE WANT TO GO MOVE TO CEDAR HILL IF YOU SAW THE PASSION IN HER EYES ABOUT WHY YOU WANNA COME TO CEDAR HILL? AND CEDAR MAGIC SAYS, OKAY, YOU GOT ONE MINUTE, BUT SHE SAYS, I GOT HOURS TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW I CAN BRAG ABOUT CEDAR HILL.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? AND THE PASSION THAT SHE GAVE ABOUT THAT.
AND JUST, SHE RAN OVER A LITTLE MORE THAN 60 SECONDS.
UM, BUT YOU JUST, YOU JUST KNEW HOW PROUD AS A COUNCIL WE WAS.
BUT LATER ON THAT DAY, JUST TO SHOW HOW, UM, HOW REAL IT GETS, UM, YOU WOULD THINK IN 21 YEARS SHE WOULD HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A BLUEPRINT OF HOW TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE CITY.
AND I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT CENTER WAS ON A LOCKDOWN,
AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO KNOW THAT WE MADE A GOOD DECISION ABOUT, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER.
UM, FAST FORWARD TO THIS MORNING, ANOTHER 7:30 AM BREAKFAST, UH, BUT IT WAS IN ADDISON, TEXAS, SO YEAH, SHE HAD TO GET UP A LITTLE EARLY TO GO TO THAT ONE.
AND I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YES, HER JOB IS TO BE THE FACE FOR THE CITY.
UH, SHE'S IN ADDISON THIS MORNING, UH, ALONG WITH ME.
IT WAS A MAYOR'S METROPLEX MAYOR'S EVENT, AND OTHER CITY MANAGERS AROUND THE REGION ALREADY KNEW WHO MELISSA CUMMINGS WAS.
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WENT UP TO HER, CONGRATULATED HER, AND THEY TOLD HER, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE, UH, IN THE CITY OF CITY HILL, WHICH MADE ME PROUD.SO SHE'S ALREADY A ROCKSTAR, EVERYONE, AND WE ALREADY KNEW THAT.
WE KNEW WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL, BUT SHE'S ALREADY A ROCKSTAR, UH, REGIONAL LEAGUE.
I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THIS, THE TRAIN IS MOVING, IT AIN'T SLOWING DOWN.
AND WE HAD SOME GREAT CITY MANAGERS IN OUR PAST, BUT JUST TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, THIS CITY IS 50,000 IN POPULATION.
THIS, SHE WILL BE THE FIRST CITY MANAGER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT POPULATION AND MORE MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, I WANNA PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, EVERYONE IS HERE IN THIS MEETING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO GET HER OATH.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO KEEP HER PRAYED UP, THE CITY PRAYED UP, SUPPORTING HER, BECAUSE AS THE CITY GROWS, WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR CITY MANAGER.
UM, LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THANK YOU TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HER DAUGHTERS FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT SHARING YOUR MOM WITH US.
I SEE HER BEST FRIEND IS ALSO HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU FOR TRAVELING THIS WAY TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE FOR THIS MOMENT.
AND WITH THAT, I, I, I'LL YIELD MY COMMENTS.
[b. Present a Proclamation designating Wednesday, August 21, 2024 as National Senior Citizens Day and the month of September 2024 as Senior Center Month in Cedar Hill. ]
WITH THAT, I'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.CONTINUE ON WITH THE PRESENTATIONS.
PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2024 AS NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZEN DAY AND THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2024 AS SENIOR CITIZEN, I'M SORRY, SENIOR CENTER MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, I WILL COME DOWN COUNSEL FOR THIS.
AND IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S GONNA MEET ME AT THE PODIUM? COME ON DOWN.
COME COME BE CLOSER TO THE MAYOR
WE GOT A CELEBRITY IN THE HOUSE IF YOU WANT.
HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD, GOOD FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH FOR THE UNITED STATES, AND AUGUST 21ST IS NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZEN DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES.
AND THROUGH AND THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, ACTIVE SENIORS HAVE ACHIEVED A LOT FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR COUNTRY.
THAT REMAINS TRUE TODAY AND GIVES US AMPLE REASONS THIS YEAR TO RESERVE A SPECIAL MONTH IN HONOR FOR OF OUR ACTIVE SENIORS WHO MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR LAND.
THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER SERVES AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER ADULTS THROUGHOUT DALLAS COUNTY.
THROUGH THE ARRAY OF SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES, THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER EMPOWERS OLDER CITIZENS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR OWN HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS OF ALL AGES.
WHEREAS THE SENIOR, WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL'S SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, AFFIRMS THE DIGNITY SELF-WORTH AND INDEPENDENCE OF OLDER PERSONS BY FACILITATING THEIR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS BY, UH, TAPPING THEIR EXPERIENCES, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND ENABLING THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER WILL BE SPONSORING A SENIOR INFORMATION AND WELLNESS EXPO AT THE ALLEN E SIMS, CEDAR HILL RECREATION CENTER FOR ALL SENIORS.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE MASON, MAYOR OF CEDAR OF CEDAR HILL DUBAI, UH, PROCLAIM AUGUST 21ST, 2024 AND SEPTEMBER, THE MONTH OF
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SEPTEMBER, 2024 AS SENIOR CITIZEN DAY AND SENIOR CITIZEN MONTH, AND CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL TO RECOGNIZE THE SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE PARTICIPANT STAFF VOLUNTEERS AT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF THE OLDER CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.I HAVE HERE SET MY HAND ON THE SEAL OF CEDAR HILL TO BE AFFIXED ON THE 13TH DAY OF AUGUST.
MAYOR, A PHOTO, CAN WE TAKE A PHOTO TOGETHER? YES.
WHERE DO YOU WANT THIS, MICHELLE? 1, 2, 3.
MS. LEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? OKAY.
HONORABLE MAYOR STEVE MASON, CITY COUNCIL AND OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, MS. VALDEZ CUMMINGS.
ON BEHALF OF THE CEDAR HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE SENIORS OF CEDAR HILL.
WE FEEL SO SPECIAL AND LOVED WHEN YOU AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS STAFF SERVE US AS.
UM, AT THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS DINNERS, YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO HAVE A DAY AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER TO SHOWCASE VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE ALL KINDS OF SUPPORT FOR US.
WE CALL THIS OUR SENIOR INFORMATION WELLNESS EXPO.
THIS YEAR IT WILL BE HELD AND ON AUGUST 21ST FROM 10 TO ONE, SENIORS LOVE TO CELEBRATE.
WE'RE ALWAYS CELEBRATING SOMETHING, WE EVEN DREAM OF THINGS TO CELEBRATE.
ONE DAY AT THE CENTER, SEVERAL PEOPLE BEGAN TO DREAM, AND IT SEEMS WE ALL HAD THE SAME DREAM.
SO MAYOR MASON CITY COUNCIL, WE ASKED, NOW THAT YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND DREAM WITH US, WE HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY OUR SENIORS WILL CELEBRATE THE GRAND OPENING OF A NEW FACILITY UP ON A HILL IN A PREMIER CITY CALLED CEDAR HILL.
WITH THE FACILITY, WE WILL NOT HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MORNINGS AND WONDER, HMM, WHAT DAY IS THIS? DO WE GO TO THREE 10 PARKVILLE ROAD OR DO WE GO TO 1740 MANSFIELD ROAD? WE'LL KNOW WE CAN GO TO THIS HUGE FACILITY WITH SPACE FOR ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES.
WE SO PASSIONATELY ENJOY THE CEDAR HILL.
SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER IS A PLACE WHERE SENIORS GATHER TO EXERCISE, COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, SHARE IDEAS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.
OUR LIFE EXPERIENCES HUGS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND COMRADERY.
AS WE DREAM, WE SEE A BIG BUILDING WITH HIGH CEILINGS, A SPECIAL DINING ROOM, KITCHEN WITH STOVE, CAPABLE FOR COOKING, A LARGE ROOM WITH SOUND SYSTEM FOR EXERCISING, GAME ROOM, COMFORTABLE LOUNGE AREA, CLASSROOMS FOR CRAFTS, A BEAUTIFUL FRONT DESK AREA SHOWING BEAUTIFUL SHADES OF GREEN HA A HALFWAY, A HALLWAY THAT GIVES ACCESS TO ROOMS. SO WE WILL NOT INTERRUPT CLASSES AS WE GO TO DIFFERENT AREAS.
WE WANT OUR SENIORS WHO ARE ON WALKERS AND IN WHEELCHAIRS TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY ACCESS DIFFERENT AREAS.
UNDERSTAND NOW, WE APPRECIATE THE FACILITY WE HAVE, AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A STANDING INVITATION TO VISIT US.
WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CHANCE, YOU'LL FIND THAT THURSDAYS WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO COME.
PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE MONTH THAT YOU'RE READY TO, UH, FOR ELECTION.
I KNOW FOR, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT SEVERAL OF YOU ARE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE SENIOR CENTER, THE SENIORS.
IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU TO SHOW UP IN PERSON SOME DAYS, SO OTHERS WILL KNOW YOU AS WELL.
PLEASE LET US EMPHASIZE OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE SENIORS.
MAYOR, CITY AS MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT, UM, STARTED COMING TO SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER VERY SLOWLY WALKING ON A WALKER THESE DAYS.
HE USES A CANE AND HE EVEN RUNS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER MEMBERS IS HERE TONIGHT.
AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HELP US CELEBRATE HER 104TH BIRTHDAY.
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THIS IS MS. CHARLENE NICKS.SHE'S ON THIS SCHOOL CHAIR NOW, BUT IF YOU SEE HER IN THE CLASSES, SHE'S REALLY A ACTIVE AND SHE'S VERY WITTY.
COUNSEL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK I HAD THAT SAME DREAM.
[c. Recognize recipients of the Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Presidential Volunteer Awards. ]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO, UH, RECOGNIZE RECIPIENTS OF THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY ALUMNI PRESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS.THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY INTERIM FIRE CHIEF RES AND OUR FIRE MARSHAL.
GOOD EVENING, MS. RENEE AND SISTER JOIN US.
I THINK SHE'S, UM, TALKING TO SOMEBODY FAMOUS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT EVENING, UH, MRS. CITY MANAGER AND MS. REEM, GOOD SEEING YOU UP THERE AS WELL.
UH, BUT, BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
UH, REGGIE ALEXANDER HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB STEWARDING THIS, THIS GROUP OF, OF VOLUNTEERS, UH, OF WHICH, UH, THE FIRST MAMA IS, IS PART OF AS, AS REGGIE CALLS ZER MAYOR MASON'S MOM, UH, PART OF CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.
SO, SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE NAMES OF, UH, THE RECIPIENTS OF, UH, THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL UP, UH, ANTOINETTE LYNN TTA FULLER, DAVID SCHOUP, GENEVIEVE EVERSLEY, PAUL KATHY SHARON LEARY IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING, AND CHERYL MAYS IS, IS ALSO UN UNABLE TO BE WITH US, I BELIEVE.
BUT, BUT THIS, UH, THIS GROUP OF, UH, OF VOLUNTEERS IS, HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB AND REGGIE'S LED THEM, UH, TO MANY FUNCTIONS.
REGGIE BY HIMSELF, UH, CAME UP WITH, UH, AN IDEA OF DELIVERING THANKSGIVING BASKETS, UH, TO, TO THE CITIZENS IN, IN NEED.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THEY WORKED ON THIS PAST SATURDAY.
THEY WERE AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY, UH, ASSISTING CHIEF ALEXANDER WITH, WITH THAT.
UH, BUT THEY VOLUNTEER AND HELP US WITH MANY, MANY EFFORTS.
UM, AND, AND IT'S BEEN STATED MANY TIMES.
NEVER QUESTIONED THE HEART OF A VOLUNTEER, BUT I THINK IT WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
BEST LIFE'S MOST PERSISTENT AND URGENT QUESTION, WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR OTHERS? AND THIS GROUP HAS DEFINITELY DONE A TON, A TON FOR OTHERS.
UM, AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF ALEXANDER AND HE'S GOING TO READ THE MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, CHIEF MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME BEFORE YOU TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M TRULY BLESSED TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
AS CHIEF RAY HAS SAID THIS GROUP, WELL, PART OF THIS GROUP THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, UM, THEY HELP US WITH BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY THANKSGIVING BASKETS, OUR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.
THEY, UH, HEAD UP OUR SMOKE ALARM PROGRAM WHERE WE GO OUT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE KNOCK ON DOORS AND WE ASK PEOPLE IF WE CAN CHECK THEIR SMOKE ALARMS. AND THERE'S MANY OTHER, UM, PROGRAMS THAT WE CALL THEM UP AND THEY'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO, UH, COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER.
AND SO, UM, IT'S MY EXTREME PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO READ THE CITATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THEIR THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
THE AMERICAN STORY BEGINS NOT ON ANY ONE OF US, NOT ON SOME OF US, BUT ON ALL OF US.
I CONGRATULATE YOU ON TAKING A, TAKING IT UPON YOURSELF TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PUBLIC GOOD.
AND I AM PROUD TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE PRESIDENT'S SERVICES AWARD AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR HOURS OF SERVICE
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TO THIS GREAT NATION.THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, THE AMERICAN STORY HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED BY THOSE WHO COMBINE AN OPTIMISM ABOUT WHAT CAN BE, WHAT CAN BE WITH THE RESILIENCE TO TURN THAT VISION INTO REALITY.
I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE IN RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND VOLUNTEER IN SERVICE OF COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE ONGOING WORK OF FORMING OUR MORE PERFECT NATION.
BY SHARING YOUR TIME AND PASSION, YOU ARE HELPING DISCOVER AND DELIVER SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES WE FACE.
SOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE ARE LIVING IN THE MOMENT THAT CALLS FOR HOPE.
LIGHT AND LOVE, HOPE FOR OUR FUTURES LIGHT TO SEE OUR WAY FORWARD AND LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
THROUGH YOUR SERVICE, YOU ARE PROVIDING ALL THREE.
ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, I EXTEND MY HEART WEALTH APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTARY LEADERSHIP, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO ANSWER THE CALL.
TO SERVE THE COUNTRY IS COUNTING ON YOU.
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JOE R BIDEN.
PLEASE GIVE THEM CHIEF RE WILL HELP ME HAND OUT THESE AWARDS.
ANTOINETTE LYNN GETS A BRONZE AWARD.
DANETTE FULLER RECEIVES A BRONZE AWARD.
DAVID CHUPE RECEIVES A SILVER AWARD.
THAT'S LIKE THE, THAT'S RIGHT.
GENEVIEVE EVERS EVERSLEY RECEIVES THE SILVER AWARD.
PAUL KATHY, WHO IS OUR CF AA PRESIDENT, RECEIVES A BRONZE AWARD.
SHARON LEARY, WHO IS NOT PRESENT TODAY, RECEIVED SILVER AND CHERYLN MAYS, WHO IS NOW SILVER, WHO'S NOT PRESENT TODAY, ALSO RECEIVES A SILVER AWARD.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THIS WONDERFUL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS.
HOLD ON, CHIEF, EVERYONE LOOK THIS WAY OVER HERE ON GET ON IN THERE.
[a. Case No. CUP-647-2024 – 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 “LR” (Local Retail) District, generally located on the northwest side of Highway 67, east of FM 1382, with the approximate address of 510 North J. Elmer Weaver Freeway, Suite 317 [Harold’s Chicken]. Applicant: Jacqueline Hicks, Harold’s Chicken Dallas, LLC. Property Owner: Kay Mead, RPI Cedar Hill, LTD.]
THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.UH, CASE NUMBER CUP 6 4 7 2024.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITION.
USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT AND DOOR IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT ON PROPERTY ZONE.
GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 67, EAST OF FM 1382 WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS OF FIVE 10 NORTH J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY, SUITE 3 1 7.
HAROLD CHICKEN, DALLAS, LLC, PROPERTY OWNER K MEAD.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? ALL RIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANYONE.
SO, UH, COUNSEL, IF IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION CASE NUMBER CUP 6 4 7 2024.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 4 7 2024? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR FAIR? NO.
UM, COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CUP 6 4 7 20 24.
UM, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INDOOR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RESTAURANT.
UM, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, PROTE, THIS IS APPROVAL IN, UH,
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CONCUR WITH PLANNING ZONING RECOMMENDATION? YES, SIR.WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[b. Case No. CUP-655-2024 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and a Site Plan for drone delivery of retail goods on a property zoned “LR” (Local Retail) District, within the Uptown Overlay, generally located on the west side of Uptown Boulevard, south side of West F.M. Road 1382 with the approximate address being 621 Uptown Boulevard. Applicant: Ian Bright with Wing Aviation, LLC. Property Owners: Walmart Stores Texas LLC.]
ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING CASE NUMBER CUP 6 55 2024.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, CUPA AND A SITE PLAN FOR A DRONE DELIVERY OF RETAIL GOODS ON A PROPERTY ZONE.
LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT WITHIN THE UPTOWN OVERLAY, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF UPTOWN BOULEVARD, SOUTH SIDE OF WEST S FM ROAD 1382 WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 6 2 1 UPTOWN BOULEVARD, APPLICANT IAN BRIGHT WITH WING AVIATION, LLC, PROPERTY OWNERS WALMART STORES, TEXAS, LLC.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND, UH, THE FOUR ZEROS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MASON.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR WALMART.
I'M BASED OUTTA SAN ANTONIO AT 1 6 5 0 3 NACODOCHES ROAD.
UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, MAYOR MASON AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. VALEZ CUMMINGS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST BRIEFLY INTRODUCE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, MARK BERGMAN, WHO'S ALSO HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF OUR ENGINEERING.
UH, SO THERE'S ANY, UH, TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THAT.
HE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS, UH, KIMLEY HORNE WHO'LL BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE ACTUAL LAND USE AND THE SITE PLAN.
AND THEN I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW CATHERINE VERY WELL WITH, UH, UH, WING, UH, WHO WILL BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS WHERE MOST OF THE QUESTIONS USUALLY COME IN.
UH, MY ROLE IS JUST TO TELL YOU WHAT IS WALMART UP TO.
THAT'S REALLY MY, MY ROLE AND WHAT WE'RE UP TO IS WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
UM, OUR CUSTOMER'S WAY OF SHOPPING ARE CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY.
UH, JUST AS I'VE, IN THE SHORT TIME I'VE BEEN HERE LISTENING, IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS GROWING VERY RAPIDLY.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE EVOLVING YOUNG FAMILIES IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMUNITIES AND EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT WAY TO SHOP.
SO I, I OFTEN USE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES FROM MY LIFE TO ADD SOME TECHNICOLOR TO WHAT WALMART IS EXPERIENCING.
UM, I GREW UP IN THE NINETIES AND I WASN'T VERY GOOD AT SPORTS, BUT I LIKED LOOKING REALLY GOOD WHEN I PLAYED.
AND I USED TO USE THIS CATALOG CALLED EAST BAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT, BUT IT USED TO TAKE ABOUT TWO TO FOUR WEEKS TO GET THAT.
AND WE USED TO BE OKAY WITH, WITH THOSE DELIVERY TIMES, RIGHT? WE WOULD ORDER FROM A CATALOG AND YOU'D BE TOTALLY FINE WITH IT.
ARRIVING WEEKS LATER, UM, THERE WAS SOME DISRUPTION IN THE MARKET, AND THEN WE STARTED GETTING USED TO A COUPLE OF DAYS DELIVERY, THEN OVERNIGHT DELIVERY.
AND NOW YOU CAN GET THINGS DELIVERED PRETTY QUICKLY ON THE SAME DAY.
AND THE THING IS NO DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR GROCERIES.
UH, IN MY HOUSEHOLD, MY WIFE, UH, IS THE MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY PERSON, LIKES TO ORDER EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING SHOWS UP AT THE DOOR WAY MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WE NEEDED TO, AND IN BIGGER QUANTITIES THAN WE PROBABLY NEED.
UH, I HAVE A PICKUP TRUCK AND I LIKE TO FEEL THAT I'M AT LEAST SOMEWHAT SELF-SUFFICIENT.
I HARDLY EVER DEVIATE FROM WHAT I ORDER.
AND I JUST TAKE MY PICKUP TRUCK TO WALMART AND I HAVE MY GROCERIES LOADED, AND THEN I GET BACK HOME.
AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
AND EVERY TIME I TALK TO MY MOTHER, SHE'S AT WALMART TALKING TO THE PHARMACIST ABOUT SOMETHING.
UM, AND THOSE ARE BASICALLY THE, THE, THE METHODS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH IT, IT, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS ARE EXPECTING NOW THAT THEIR GROCERIES CAN BE DELIVERED, UH, WITHIN 30 MINUTES, WHICH IS WHAT A DRONE CAN DO.
AND I WON'T STEAL CATHERINE'S THUNDER.
SHE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
YOU WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES TO HAVE, UH, THIS TECHNOLOGY.
I MEAN, DRONE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT NEW, BUT THE CONSUMER APPLICATION, UM, IS, IS NEW.
UM, WE HAVE DESIGNATED THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH REGION AS OUR INNOVATION HUB.
SO ANY TECHNOLOGY WE WANT TO EVENTUALLY ROLL OUT TO THE REST OF OUR STORES FIRST, WE PILOT IT HERE.
SO I WILL, FOR EXAMPLE, ME IN SAN ANTONIO, I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THIS TECHNOLOGY.
I I CAN'T GET MY GROCERIES DELIVERED BY DRONE UNLESS HOPEFULLY, UH, THIS MARKET ADOPTS IT.
SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT YOU'LL LIKE IT, THAT YOU'LL USE IT, UH, OVER AND OVER AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN ROLL IT OUT TO THE REST OF OUR STORES.
SO I'M GONNA STICK AROUND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR WALMART, BUT, UH, MAYOR, I DUNNO WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO BRING UP KLEEM HORTON.
THEY CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ENGINEERING ASPECT OF IT.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME IS JUAN RA AND I WORK WITH KIMBERLY HORNE.
I'LL BE THE CIVIL ENGINEER OF RECORD.
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VIRGINIA PLACE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.SO, UH, CATHERINE PUT OUR SITE PLAN UP ON THE SCREEN HERE, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
OUR SITE IS OUR, OUR NEST SETUP WILL BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STORE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY TAKING UP 39 SPACES AND PLAN TO PUT 18 NESTS WITH A CONEX AND A, A, UM, GENERATOR HERE ON THE SITE.
UH, KIND OF GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW WHY WE PICKED THIS LOCATION.
UH, WE WANTED TO BE CLOSE TO THE PICKUP, UM, SPACES.
UH, OUR, UH, MEMBERS WILL BE USING THAT DOOR TO, UM, LOAD, UH, THE DRONES AS WELL AS, UM, WE WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T ON TOP OF ANY EASEMENTS AND AWAY FROM ANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, UH, THE REASONING WHY THE SITE WAS LOCATED THERE.
AND YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE SITE? I CAN ANSWER IT FOR Y'ALL.
I'LL PASS IT ON TO, UH, CATHERINE WITH WING.
UH, MY NAME IS CATHERINE LOVETT.
I LIVE AT 28 0 1 LIVE OAK STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK WITH YOU ALL AGAIN.
I'M THE LOCAL POLICY AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR WING DRONE DELIVERY.
UM, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
AND I'LL BOUNCE BACK JUST SO WE CAN, UM, PLAY THIS VIDEO FOR YOU.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH WALMART HERE IN THE DFW METROPLEX TO PROVIDE DRONE DELIVERY TO RESIDENTS.
AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, THIS IS OUR FRISCO STORE, UM, WHERE WE SET UP THE NEST.
THE NEST, AS YOU SAW IN THAT FIRST PANE OF THE VIDEO, IS LOCATED IDEALLY NEAR THE CURBSIDE PICKUP.
SO IT ALLOWS FOR A SEAMLESS PROCESS FOR WALMART'S TEAM JUST AS THEY'RE FILLING THOSE CURBSIDE PICKUP ORDERS.
THEY CAN DO THE SAME USING THE DRONE.
UM, CUSTOMERS ARE ABLE TO ORDER ONLINE THROUGH AN APP.
UM, AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE BASED ON STORE LOCATION.
UM, HERE YOU'LL SEE THE DRONE.
ONCE IT GETS LOADED WITH THE PACKAGE, IT CLIMBS TO AN ALTITUDE OF 200 FEET AND TAKES OFF AT A CRUISING SPEED OF 65 MILES AN HOUR.
SO AS MENTIONED FROM STORE TO DOOR, UM, CUSTOMERS ARE GUARANTEED THEY'RE DELIVERING 30 MINUTES OR LESS DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION.
MOST PEOPLE ARE GETTING IT WITHIN ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
WE DELIVER IN A RADIUS OF, UH, ONE WAY UP TO SIX MILES.
UM, AND WHEN WE'RE LAUNCHING OPERATIONS AT A NEW STORE, I ALWAYS LET, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE WILL SCALE UP TO THAT SIX MILES.
SO WHEN WE LAUNCH A NEW SITE, WE WON'T START AT THE FULL SIX MILES.
WE'LL TYPICALLY START AT ABOUT A FOUR MILE RADIUS AND THEN SCALE UP.
THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT OPERATIONS ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY, THAT THE DRONES ARE BEING SET UP PROPERLY, THEY'RE FOLLOWING THEIR PROPER PROGRAMMING.
UM, WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT GIVES US TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT CUSTOMERS AND RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THE SERVICE.
UM, AND SO THAT ALLOWS US TO ENSURE THAT AGAIN, THE OPERATIONS ARE MOVING SMOOTHLY BEFORE WE MOVE OUT TO THAT MAXIMUM RADIUS OF SIX MILES.
JUMPING AHEAD, UM, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO, UM, SHARE AS WELL THAT WING IS FEDERALLY REGULATED.
SO WE ARE A PART 1 35 AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
UM, WE ARE HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS THAT, THAT ARE HERE IN THE DFW METROPLEX.
UM, WE ALSO GO THROUGH RIGOROUS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND, UM, CERTIFICATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DRONES AND OUR OPERATIONS REMAIN SAFE HERE IN THE DFW METROPLEX, BUT ALSO IN OTHER SITES THAT WE OPERATE IN THE US.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, AS WELL FOR OUR OPERATIONS CENTER, WE HAVE THAT BASED IN CAPEL, TEXAS.
SO WE HAVE A TEAM OF FLIGHT OPERATORS, WE CALL THEM PILOTS IN COMMAND.
THEY ALSO ARE PART 1 0 7 PILOTS.
SO THEY ARE REGULATED AND CERTIFIED THROUGH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE OVERSEEING ALL OF OUR DRONE OPERATIONS, BOTH HERE IN DFW AND IN OUR OTHER LOCATIONS.
UM, THIS ENSURES THAT IN THE EVENT OF ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY OR INCIDENT, THE DRONES ARE KEPT SAFELY AND ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK WITH THE PILOT AT ALL TIMES.
UM, FOR WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, UM, FOR OUR DRONES, AND I CAN SHOW YOU JUST A LITTLE VISUAL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
THE DRONES HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH SAFETY IN MIND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AT WING.
UM, SO EVEN THE DESIGN OF THE DRONES AS YOU SEE HERE, UM, IT ONLY WEIGHS ABOUT 11 POUNDS.
THE DRONES THEMSELVES ARE LITERALLY MADE OUTTA STYROFOAM, RECYCLED PLASTIC, UM, AND THEY CARRY THAT PAYLOAD OF 2.6 POUNDS ON THE TOP OF THE DRONE.
YOU SEE, WE HAVE 12 PROPELLERS.
THAT IS A SAFETY REDUNDANCY THAT'S BEEN BUILT IN.
SO IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH ONE PROPELLER, THE DRONE IS ABLE TO STILL STAY IN THE AIR.
THE SAME FOR THOSE FRONT FACING, UM, PROPELLERS.
THERE'S FOUR ACROSS THE FRONT THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT FOUR PROPULSION.
ONCE IT RE REACHES ITS CRUISING ALTITUDE AND IT ALLOWS IT TO GET TO THAT 65 MILES AN HOUR SPEED FOR OPERATIONS ACROSS THE DFW FOR ALL THE CITIES THAT WE'RE OPERATING
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IN, WHICH INCLUDES FRISCO, LEWISVILLE, TWO STORES IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, FORT WORTH, ARLINGTON.AND AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO, WE ARE NOW IN MANSFIELD.
UM, WE ONLY OPERATE FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.
OUR DRONES ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH CAMERAS, UM, SORRY, NOT CAMERAS, UM, LIGHTS ON THEM SO THEY CANNOT SEE AT NIGHT BASICALLY.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE DRONES ARE ONLY OPERATING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.
WHEN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME COMES AND IT STARTS GETTING DARK EARLIER, WE SHIFT THOSE HOURS TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT WE ARE COMPLYING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE DRONES ARE NOT FLYING AT NIGHT.
WE ALSO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIVACY FROM RES RESIDENTS.
AND WHEN WE GO INTO COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE VERY, UM, CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT, WE WANT TO ENSURE RESIDENTS IN KNOWING THAT THERE IS NO LIVE FEED ON OUR DRONES.
SO SIMILAR TO THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS THAT ARE AT DFW AND LEFT FIELD AIRPORTS WHO ARE MONITORING THE AIRSPACE WHERE THE PLANES ARE MOVING THROUGH THE DFW METROPLEX, OUR OPERATORS ARE DOING THE SAME.
THEY CAN SEE ON A MAP WHERE THE DRONES ARE OPERATING AND MOVING, BUT THEY CANNOT SEE ANY FEED OR ANY VIDEO FROM THE DRONES IN COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE IN.
UM, WE ALSO MAKE SURE AS WELL THAT UM, WE ARE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH LOCAL SERVICES SUCH AS THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN EACH CITY WHERE WE OPERATE.
WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF CONNECTING WITH YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE IN CEDAR HILL AND, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE, UM, THAT OUR DRONES ARE OPERATING IN THE NEARBY AREA SUCH AS MANSFIELD.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IF WE WERE TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONS HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, FOR THE, THE NETWORK, UH, PROCESS, UM, AGAIN, OUR DRONES ARE FULLY AUTONOMOUS, SO WE GET THAT QUESTION A LOT ON HOW THE DRONES GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
UM, SO WHEN CUSTOMERS PUT IN THEIR ADDRESS LOCATION, THE DRONES ARE USING GPS COORDINATES TO BUILD OUT ITS FLIGHT PLAN AND PATH TO AND FROM EACH CUSTOMER'S ADDRESS OR WHAT WE CALL A MISSION.
UM, ONCE THE DRONE HAS BUILT OUT ITS MISSION PLAN, IT THEN IS ABLE TO DO, AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, GET THE PACKAGE LOADED AND THEN HEAD OFF TO EACH CUSTOMER'S LOCATION AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO AND ALSO IN, IN, IN PAYING.
NUMBER FIVE, THE DRONES NEVER LAND WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT A RESIDENCE HOME, SO THEY WILL LOWER FROM THAT 200 FOOT CRUISING ALTITUDE TO ABOUT 20, 25 FEET WHERE IT HOVERS AND IT GENTLY LOWERS THE PACKAGE DOWN TO THE GROUND FOR THE CUSTOMER TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR ORDER.
CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE APP ARE ALSO ABLE TO SELECT THEIR, WHAT WE CALL DELIVERY ZONE OR LOCATION FOR WHERE THE PACKAGE IS DELIVERED.
CURRENTLY, WE ARE ONLY DELIVERING TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE DO NOT PROVIDE DELIVERY RIGHT NOW FOR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO DO SO IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, FOR THOSE, FOR THE DELIVERY ZONE AS WELL.
WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY, ELIGIBILITY FOR DELIVERY.
UM, WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS WING.COM, AND WE HAVE AN ADDRESS CHECKER THAT IS THERE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO USE TO DETERMINE IF YOUR ADDRESS IS ELIGIBLE FOR DELIVERY.
UM, AND FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE FOR CEDAR HILL PENDING APPROVAL.
UM, AND, AND FINAL PERMITTING PROCESS.
UM, AGAIN, THIS WAS THE SITE PLAN, UM, AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SPECS AND, UM, CAN JUMP AHEAD.
AND THIS IS JUST A VISUAL OF WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE.
WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PADS THAT ARE INSIDE OF THE NEST.
SO THOSE PADS ARE USED FOR CHARGING THE DRONES DURING OPERATING HOURS.
UM, WE KEEP THE DRONES LOCKED UP INSIDE OF THE STORAGE UNIT OVERNIGHT.
AND THEN DURING THE DAY, AGAIN, DURING THAT 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM WINDOW, THE DRONES ARE SEATED ON THEIR PADS.
YOU'LL SEE THE QR CODES YOU USE TO HELP THE DRONES IDENTIFY THEIR HOME BASE, SO TO SPEAK, SO THEY KNOW WHICH PAD TO RETURN TO AND CHARGE ON DURING OPERATING HOURS.
SO I'LL PAUSE THERE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, UM, FOR THOSE THAT DO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US HOLISTICALLY, THEY CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US@HOWDYATWING.COM.
THAT INFORMATION, THAT EMAIL ADDRESS GOES DIRECTLY TO MY TEAM AS WELL AS OTHERS WITHIN THE COMPANY.
AND THEN AGAIN, WING.COM IS OUR WEBSITE WITH THE ADDRESS CHECKER WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO ONE, CHECK THEIR ADDRESS, AND TWO, IF THEY WANT TO SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS GO INTO A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN IF COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE MAY BRING YOU BACK UP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 5 5 DASH 2024? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 5 5 2024? GOOD EVENING, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME.
GOOD EVENING ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
PARDON? GIVE PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
I'M PHILLIP B'S 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
UH, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, UH,
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UH, MELISSA VALDEZ CUMMINGS.UH, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT FUTURE HERE AND GOOD LUCK.
AND ALSO I WENT TO TEXAS A AND M AND STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY BATHROOMS IN HERE.
THERE ARE RESTROOMS AND I, THIS ONE INSTRUCTOR HAD A DEAL ON, ON, UM, LOOKING UP WORDS AND HE WAS IN ARCHITECTURE, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING LIGHT.
BUT, UM, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE UP PARKING SPACES.
IS THAT CORRECT? THEY'RE GONNA ELIMINATE PARKING SPACES AND USE THAT FOR THAT.
I I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION.
I MEAN, THAT'S FROM THE, I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION WHEN THEY COME UP.
ARE Y'ALL USING PARKING SPACES? THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL THAT, UM, AT ONE TIME IN, UH, BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO CITY, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT CHIEF, UM, SENT ME A LETTER AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS GONNA MAKE SURE THAT I FOLLOWED THE CODE TO THE T AND I DID.
BUT RIGHT AFTER THAT, THERE WERE THINGS THAT I COULDN'T DO THAT OTHER BUILDERS WERE DOING AND GETTING AWAY WITH.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE GONNA START TAKING PARKING SPACES AWAY WITH THE GROWTH OF THE CITY, IF WALMART WANTS TO TAKE AND, UH, BUILD AN AIRPORT OUT THERE, THEY NEED TO PURCHASE SOME LANDS AND BUILD AN AIRPORT.
AT ONE POINT CEDAR HILL DID HAVE AN AIRPORT, AND I THINK THEY HAD A DRAG RACE, UH, UH, UH, STADIUM.
SO, BUT IF, UM, IF THEY'RE GONNA TAKE PARKING SPACES, WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK, START EXAMINING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHO WE'RE DOING IT FOR.
DO YOU HAVE A POSITION FOR OR AGAINST, IF THEY'RE TAKING UP PARKING SPACES THAT ARE EXISTING THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED ALREADY, UH, FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 5 5 2024.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER C 6 55, 2024? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN AZI, MAYOR, UM, WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, BEING OPEN TO THIS AND, UM, I KNOW IF THERE WAS A TEAM THAT, YOU KNOW, WENT TO THE SITE.
SO I FEEL THAT FROM THE COUNCIL'S END, UM, AND ALSO WITH STAFF THAT WE'VE DONE THE, THE DUE DILIGENCE NECESSARY.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, BECAUSE AS WE, UM, COME CLOSER TO, UM, THE END OF THIS AND MAKING A DECISION, UM, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, I'M SURE THAT WALMART HAS, UM, A COMMUNICATION VEHICLE ON HOW THEY, YOU KNOW, GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS, UM, IS HAPPENING.
UM, I WANT TO TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS AREN'T, UM, SURPRISED WHEN THEY START TO SEE, UH, DRONE ACTIVITY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, UH, A, A PLAN, UM, THAT'S SOMEHOW SYNCHRONIZED WITH WHAT WALMART IS DOING.
UM, JUST ON OUR SIDE, WE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNICATION.
AND I ALSO WANT TO GET CONFIRMATION.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE NOISE, UM, AND WE WERE SATISFIED, BUT I CAN'T SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER WHAT THE ANSWER WAS.
SO I WOULD LIKE, UM, JUST CLARIFICATION ON, UM, NOISE WITH THE DRONES.
UM, WE CAN, I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN DELIBERATE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN.
SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT, RIGHT NOW? YES.
DE CAN CAN WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE COME UP PLEASE? UM, I THINK YOUR, YOUR FIRST QUESTION IS HOW TO MARKET IT.
AND ALSO IS THERE A NOISE ORDINANCE FOR THE DRONES? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, SO TO ADDRESS YOUR, DO I NEED TO GIVE MY NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN? I'M SORRY.
DO I NEED TO GIVE MY NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN? N NEGATIVE, GO AHEAD.
UM, SO FOR THE QUESTION REGARDING, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH, UM, SO WE HAVE A TWO-TIERED PROCESS.
SO WE, UM, WILL WORK WITH THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WHAT, THROUGH WHATEVER CHANNELS BE THAT A NEWSLETTER, UM, COMMUNITY PAGES SUCH AS LIKE YOUR FACEBOOK PAGES OR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO SEND IT OUT FROM THE CITY SIDE.
UM, WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND OUT MAILERS IN THE MAIL DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE IN THAT SIX MILE RADIUS FROM THE STORE SO THAT EVERYONE RECEIVES THAT PRIOR TO SERVICE LAUNCH.
AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY EFFECTIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE GET THAT IN HAND.
AND IT, ON THAT MAILER, IT HAS SOME OF THOSE FAQS ABOUT SAFETY, PRIVACY, NOISE.
AND THEN IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
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SO SHOULD SOMEONE WANT TO REACH OUT AND ASK QUESTIONS, THEY HAVE THAT EMAIL ADDRESS THAT I SHARED WHERE THEY CAN CONTACT US.UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE LIKE TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WELL AS ENGAGING AT EVENTS.
UM, WE WERE JUST IN CEDAR HILL ON SATURDAY AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, WHICH WAS GREAT AND HAD A GREAT TIME THERE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS HERE IN CEDAR HILL, AND WE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS WELL.
TYPICALLY, FOR THOSE, WE LIKE TO BRING A DRONE OUT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT IN PERSON.
ALSO, ASK US QUESTIONS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE, THE PROCESS HOLISTICALLY, UM, JUST TO, AGAIN, ASSUAGE ANY CONCERNS, UM, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF ANYONE HAS FEEDBACK THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH US, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT.
SO, UM, THAT'S OUR PROCESS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE OTHER CITIES THAT I SHARED FROM FRISCO DOWN TO MANSFIELD.
UM, AND WE FOUND THAT IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE AND, AND CUSTOMERS AND RESIDENTS FEELING ONE, THAT THEY'VE BEEN INFORMED, UM, AND TWO, THAT THEY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH US FACE TO FACE.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE QUESTION FOR NOISE, UM, YES.
SO WE WORK THROUGH THAT WITH JOSUE AND THE CITY PLANNER TEAM TO REVIEW THE, THE CITY ORDINANCE FOR SOUND AND FOR, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR LIKE SOUND DECALS WITHIN THAT, UM, PROPERTY AREA.
AND SO WE DO, UM, MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
UM, LASTLY, UM, IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, WHEN, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE, UM, FOR ALL THE ACT THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY LEADING UP TO LAUNCH AND WHATEVER ELSE? UM, SO THAT TYPICALLY DEPENDS ON WHEN THE PERMIT IS FINALIZED, UM, AND HOW QUICKLY THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS CAN MOVE.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT LIKE DATE OR TIMEFRAME ON THAT.
IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHEN THOSE FINAL PIECES COME INTO FRUITION.
AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF BACKFILL AND BUILD OUT WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE.
AND WE CAN DEFINITELY, WE TYPICALLY STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY, UM, FROM THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS, UM, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UH, STAYING ABREAST OF THOSE UPDATES.
IS THERE A TYPICAL TIMELINE? SO FROM, UH, ING EVERY, EVERY CITY AND PROCESS HAS BEEN DIFFERENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN WITH CONSTRUCTION.
I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON CONSTRUCTION.
BUT I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHAT IS PLANNED DOESN'T ALWAYS GO TO PLAN.
BUT WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE IN COMMUNICATION.
I BELIEVE YOU, UM, HAD A TEAM FOR THE LIBRARY AT GRAND OPENING? UH, I, I FELT LIKE YOU WAS AT SOME EVENT.
WAS THAT IN AUGUST? I, THERE'S NO, NO, IT WAS APRIL.
SO I THINK WE WERE THERE FOR THAT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A, A GREAT TEAM THAT I OVERSEE FOR OUR EVENTS.
AND SO, UM, WHILE I AM ONE, I TRY TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
SO, BUT, UM, WE'VE DONE, UM, A FEW, I THINK THERE WAS A FESTIVAL JUNETEENTH AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY STAYING CONNECTED AND ALSO REALLY EXCITED THAT MADE SOME GREAT CONTACTS DURING THE BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY.
I, I WOULD'VE IMAGINE THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE THAN JUST MARKETING, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE SOME EDUCATION LEARNING CURVE THAT'S GONNA GO IN PART OF THIS.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, STAY ENGAGED.
WE'VE BEEN CONNECTED WITH, IF WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY.
AND ALSO WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM THAT SUPPORTS THE HOAS.
SO LIKE WE LOVE TO DO HOA MEETINGS AND COME OUT AS WELL.
AND THEN I KNOW FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU ALL OFTEN WILL MEET WITH YOUR RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND HOLD MEETINGS ON A MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY BASIS.
SO IF THERE'S AN INTEREST FOR THAT AS WELL, WE LOVE TO DO THOSE.
AND AGAIN, MY TEAM CAN COME OUT, INCLUDING MYSELF AND OFFER A PRESENTATION.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IS IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW THAT FOR SOME, UM, I'VE HEARD PHRASES LIKE, OH, THE JETSONS, SO, AND THEN SOME PEOPLE CALL IT SCIENCE FICTION.
UM, AND WE, WE REMIND PEOPLE, NO, IT'S ACTUALLY REAL.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN REAL LIFE.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO DO THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU ALL HERE ON THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGER FOR CEDAR HILL, UM, AND HER TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONNECTING TO YOUR COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AS WELL.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE THE SENIOR CITIZEN EVENT COMING UP ON THE 21ST, AND SO WE ARE SIGNED UP AND WE'LL BE THERE FOR THAT AS WELL.
WE STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I'LL JUST, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FOR YOU, BUT STAY CLOSE.
UH, A QUESTION ABOUT THE SOUND AND IF YOU CAN PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOU, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ME.
UM, WHEN WE VISITED THE LOCATION IN LEWISVILLE, THE LAUNCHING PAD WAS IN THE FRONT OF THE STORE IN THE MIDDLE OF PARKING.
THIS IS ALONGSIDE THE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS MUCH CLOSER TO THE, UM, UPTOWN EYE ASSOCIATES, THE KARATE, UH, THE TEXAS BLACK BELT, AND THEN IT'S ALSO VERY CLOSE TO THE APARTMENTS.
THE NOISE FROM THE NOISE DECIBEL LEVEL FROM THE GENERATORS, AT LEAST WHEN WE WERE THERE, WAS FOR ME, OFF-PUTTING.
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AND DID WE MEASURE THAT FROM A CITY STANDPOINT OF THE DECIBELS OF THE GENERATOR AS OPPOSED TO THE SOUND LEVELS OF THE DRONES? AND IF THAT IS A SOUND THAT WILL PERMEATE INTO THE MULTIFAMILY OR INTO THE OTHER, UM, NON WALMART STRUCTURES? UM, YES.SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THAT VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CITY PLANNER WHO WAS REVIEWING, UM, THE INITIAL SUP APP CUP APPLICATION.
UM, AND SO THE, ALL OF THOSE DO STILL FALL WITHIN THOSE LIMITS, UH, FOR, OR THE RESTRICTED LIMITS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE FOR SOUND DECIBELS, UM, FOR THE GENERATOR AS WELL AS FOR THE DRONES.
WE, I OFTEN LET PEOPLE KNOW, UM, FOR THOSE THAT ARE MAYBE ACROSS THE STREET AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OR THOSE DRIVING BY, UM, THE SOUND BLENDS IN VERY NATURALLY INTO THE, THE NORMAL, UM, HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF A WALMART PARKING LOT.
MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING INTO THE PARKING LOT DON'T REALIZE IT'S THERE UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ISSUES OR COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE OPERATING.
NOW REGARDING NOISE FROM THE GENERATORS, IS YOUR, IN ANY OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS, IS THE GENERATOR CLOSE TO NON WALMART LOCATIONS LIKE THIS? YEP.
SO MOST OF THE WALMART LOCATIONS, AND I'M, I CAN DEFINITELY SHARE WITH OUR WALMART TEAM IF NEEDED, UM, ARE WITHIN, UM, MULTI-USE PROPERTIES.
SO SOME ARE SITTING NEXT TO, UM, LIKE A LOWE'S OR OTHER EATERIES.
THERE'S CHICK-FIL-AS, AND MCDONALD'S DEPENDING ON THE CITY THAT WE'RE IN.
SO A LOT OF THEM ARE IN VERY, YOU KNOW, HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS THAT HAVE BUSINESS AND TRAFFIC AND THOROUGHFARE GOING THROUGH.
UM, AND AGAIN, MOST PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T SEE IT UNTIL THEY GET UP ON IT OR THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IT.
UM, AND THE SOUND AGAIN, BLENDS IN NO DIFFERENT THAN A PASSING, YOU KNOW, CAR ON THE ROAD.
IF, IF FOR SOME REASON IT'S DISTURBING TO THE MULTIFAMILY AND TO THE OTHER LOCATION, IS THERE A, A REMEDY CAN THE, THE FENCING, THE SOUNDPROOF SO THAT THE GENERATOR DOES NOT, OR MUFFLES THE NOISE OF THE GENERATOR AS OPPOSED TO THE CHAIN LINK FENCE? UM, SO IT, IT'S NOT A CHAIN LINK FENCE, IT'S AN R WATCH FENCE, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION IF IT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT.
UM, SO FOR SOUNDPROOFING WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DO THAT, SO WE COULD DEFINITELY CHAT WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT KIMLEY HORN TO IDENTIFY IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN.
UM, I WOULD SAY THOUGH THAT TYPICALLY, UM, AND I KNOW FOR THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS THIS, FOR THIS TO BE A ONE YEAR PILOT, UM, TO SEE HOW, UM, AGAIN, IT ADOPTED, UH, HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CEDAR HILL AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO LOOK AT SHORE POWER AS AN OPTION WITH WALMART MM-HMM.
WELL, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE AND VISIT THE LOCATION AND, UH, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH IT AND I COULD SEE THAT, THAT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, UH, WALMART, UH, CUSTOMERS WOULD PROBABLY WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT, THAT OPTION OVER THERE.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE COMING OVER HERE TO KIND OF SEE.
I DIDN'T SEE OR HEAR WELL, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY, ANY NOISE ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO THE DRONES THEMSELVES.
UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE GENERATOR, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I SAW WAS IF WE WERE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO IT AND WE WANTED TO MAKE A CONVERSATION, YOU COULD HEAR THAT I CAME IN FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE, UH, OF THE PARKING LOT WHEN WE PARKED IN THE WRONG SPOT TO GET OVER THERE.
AND I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH, UH, ACTIVITY WITH REGARDS TO THAT.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THE DISTANCE THAT WE HAVE HERE TOWARD THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND BEING DURING THE DAYTIME ASPECT OF IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SEE PERSONALLY FROM A, A NOISE STANDPOINT THAT THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S GLUED THAT YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH P AND Z AND WORKED WITH THE CITY AS FAR AS THE DECIBEL AND SO FORTH ON THAT.
SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO KIND OF BRING UP, AND I KNOW YOU'VE ANSWERED THIS BEFORE, AT LEAST FOR ME, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS TO KNOW, IS, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE A, A TREE CITY, USA AND A BIRD CITY, UH, EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY CONCERNED WITH, UH, HOW THEY WOULD OPERATE AROUND TREES OR EVEN POTENTIALLY BIRDS AND COLLISION WITH BIRDS.
SO PLEASE GIVE US YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
UM, SO WE ARE DEFINITELY AWARE THAT CEDAR HILL HAS A VERY UNIQUE MIGRATORY BIRD POPULATION HERE.
UM, ALL OF OUR DRONES, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SAFETY REDUNDANCIES.
ONE OF THEM IS OUR A DSB SOFTWARE, WHICH SUPPORTS WHAT WE CALL AVOID AND DETECT.
SO THE DRONES ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND COMMUNICATE USING, UM, RADAR SIGNAL WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT ARE IN THE AREA, BUT ALSO IT HELPS TO SUPPORT, TO AVOID AND DETECT ANY AERIAL WILDLIFE.
UM, SO THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO MAKE
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SURE THAT FOR EVERY CITY THAT WE'RE OPERATING HERE IN THE METROPLEX, UM, AS WELL AS IN OUR OTHER LOCATIONS, WE ALSO OPERATE IN AUSTRALIA, IRELAND, AND FINLAND.AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, CHRISTIANSBURG VIRGINIA IS ANOTHER CITY THAT WE OPERATE IN HERE IN THE US.
UM, AND SO FOR ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY MAJOR INCIDENTS WITH BIRDS OR AERIAL WILDLIFE.
AND, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT SAFETY RECORD OF MAKING SURE THAT, AGAIN, UM, THE DRONES ARE USING THAT SOFTWARE TO AVOID AND DETECT ANY AERIAL WILDLIFE.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ALSO HAVE OUR PILOTS IN COMMAND.
SO IF THERE WAS AN ERROR MESSAGE OR I'M, I'M NOT SURE OF THE ACTUAL CODING, BUT THERE'S, THEY CAN, THE DRONES CAN COMMUNICATE BACK TO THEIR PILOT IN COMMAND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY MAYBE NEED TO LOWER ALTITUDE OR RAISE ALTITUDE, AND THE DRONES ARE ABLE TO DO THAT IN REAL TIME AUTONOMOUSLY.
THEY'RE ABLE TO DO KIND OF REAL TIME ASSESSMENT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT EXPLANATION AND UH, I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE, I CONSIDERING AND WANT TO BRING IT TO CEDAR HILL.
SO, UM, I HAVE, I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A SITE, BUT I DO APPRECIATE COUNSEL DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE TO, UH, UH, TO, UH, TO LOOK MORE AND INVESTIGATE.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE US A MOMENT.
UM, DIRECTOR VINCENT, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP.
UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE, UM, I LOOKED AT THE RATIO FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE AND PARKING AREA.
UH, THERE'S A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT A SIT FROM A CITIZEN, UM, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT 40 PARKING SPACES THAT WILL BE TAKEN UP.
UM, COULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO THE, UM, APPLICANT ACTUALLY WENT BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, IN JULY TO RECEIVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, WHICH IS ALLOWED UNDER THE CODE, UH, TO, UH, HAVE A REDUCTION OF 39 PARKING SPACES.
SO THEY'RE REMOVING 39 PARKING SPACES, LEAVING 950, UH, PARKING SPACES ON THE SITE.
UM, THE WALMART CONDUCTED A, A PARKING DEMAND ANALYSIS AND SAID THAT THEY, THE DEMAND IS ACTUALLY, OR 832 SPACES, BUT THEY HAVE 950 PARKING SPACES REMAINING.
THE RATIO IS ONE PER 200 SQUARE FEET, BUT BASED ON, UH, THE ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO GRANT THAT SPECIAL EXCEPTION UP TO 25% AND THEY'RE PROPOSING, OR THEY WERE, UH, APPROVED FOR 9% REDUCTION OF THE 39 SPACES.
AND ALSO, IF I COULD, UM, SURE.
THERE WAS ALSO A CONDITION RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION TO COUNCILMAN GLOVER'S POINT.
UM, UH, CONDITION SEVEN IS IN THE EVENT OF THE OPERATION, THE OPERATION OF THE USE EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM NOISE LEVEL STIPULATED BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE OPERATION THE OPERATOR SHALL TAKE ON NECESSARY NOISE ATTENUATION MEASURES TO REDUCE THE NOTICE LEVEL.
SO JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THAT WAS A CONDITION OF THE COMMISSION.
UH, AND, AND, BUT TO CLARIFY, I GUESS THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE GENERATOR.
IS THAT, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE GENERATOR? YEAH, IT'S THE TOTAL, UH, NOISE LEVEL, YES, SIR.
ALRIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? UM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE JUST COME UP, UM, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CLARIFY, UM, YOU ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS ONLY GOOD FOR ONE YEAR.
IS THAT TYPICALLY STANDARD? DOES, DOES OTHER CITIES TYPICALLY DO THAT OR, UM, WE HAVE IN OTHER CITIES DONE, UH, ONE YEAR SUP OR SOME CITIES DO IT AS A CUP.
UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO, AGAIN, SEE AS IVAN MENTIONED, HOW ARE RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS ADOPTING TO THIS.
THIS ALSO HELPS US TO ASSESS, UM, GOING BACK TO COUNCILMAN GLOVER'S QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO ADJUST OPERATIONS AND HOW WE CAN SCALE.
SO WE WERE AWARE OF THAT CONDITION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE, UM, DEFINITELY ARE OPEN TO THAT.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT THE NOISE.
UM, LET'S JUST SAY A, AFTER THIS YEAR, IT'S A HIGH DEMAND.
YOU WANT TO ADD MORE CAPACITY.
UH, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN AS IT RELATES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, NOISE AND, AND GENERATORS? COULD, COULD YOU KIND OF INFORM? YEAH.
SO IF, IF THE SERVICE DOES WELL AS WE HOPE AND AND RESIDENTS HERE IN CEDAR HILL REALLY ADOPT TO IT, UM, THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH WALMART AND CAN WE HORN TO SEE HOW WE WOULD NEED TO ADJUST THE NEST? UM, THE GREAT THING ABOUT OUR OPERATIONS IS THAT THEY'RE SCALABLE.
SO AS AN EXAMPLE, IN AUSTRALIA WE WORK WITH MALLS.
SO WE HAVE OPERATIONS THAT WE CAN SET UP ON THE ROOF OF A MALL WHERE WE HAVE OVER 30 PADS AND 30 DRONES THAT ARE OPERATING AT ONE TIME TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT TO DO THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK IN.
THAT'S REQUIRES DIFFERENT PERMITS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
SO WE WOULD THEN COME BACK TO YOU ALL AT THE END OF THAT YEAR TO SEE HOW WE COULD ASSESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THAT DEMAND, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL CITY ORDINANCE AND PERMITTING POLICIES.
I THINK ONE MY FINAL QUESTION IS, UM, INCLEMENT WEATHER, UM, IF IT'S RAIN OR
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YOU KNOW, SNOW OR WHATEVER, UH, ARE THERE, ARE THERE OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, CEASE OR CAN WE STILL USE THE, THEUM, WE WILL NOT OPERATE IN THUNDERSTORMS OR ANY KIND OF HEAVY INCLEMENT WEATHER, SAME AS WELL FOR SNOW.
SO IF THERE IS, UM, LIKE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WHEN WE DROP BELOW, UM, 'CAUSE THAT DOES AFFECT THE PADS AND THEIR ABILITY TO CHARGE THE DRONES, WE WOULD PAUSE OPERATIONS.
UM, AND SAME FOR THOSE LIKE TORNADO WARNING DAYS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF WE'RE SEEING THOSE TYPE OF INCIDENTS, INCLEMENT WEATHER IN THE AREA, OUR TEAM MONITORS THAT THROUGH THE WEATHER SERVICE AND ALSO STAYS IN CONTACT WITH THE REGIONAL AIRPORTS THAT ARE HERE IN DFW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNING OUR OPERATIONS WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE MAKE SURE THAT CUSTOMERS ARE NOTIFIED IF OPERATIONS ARE PAUSED THROUGH THE APP.
UH, I DID HAVE ONE MORE, SORRY.
YEAH,
SO I MEAN, WE LITERALLY HAVE, UM, KIDS WHO WILL HAVE BEEN ORDERING CANDY ALL SUMMER.
SO LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO ORDER A STICK OF STARBURST YEAH.
AND HAVE IT DELIVERED, I'LL JUST SAY, JUST TO BE COOL, I JUST WANNA ORDER A PACK OF GUM JUST TO SEE IT.
LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO DO IT, THAT HAPPENS.
OR EVEN LIKE, PEOPLE ORDER SMALL THINGS LIKE ZYRTEC, LIKE A BOX OF ZYRTEC, WHICH DOES NOT WEIGH A LOT AND IT'S SUPER LIGHT.
BUT IF IT FITS IN THE PACKAGE AND IT STAYS UNDER THAT 2.6 POUND PAY LIMIT, WE CAN GET IT TO YOU.
UM, SO LIKE IF YOU WANTED A ROTISSERIE CHICKEN, YOU DIDN'T WANNA COOK THIS EVENING WHEN YOU GOT HOME, YOU COULD HAVE THAT DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME.
YOU COULD ORDER IT WHILE YOU'RE HERE AND IT'LL BE SITTING WAITING FOR YOU IN YOUR DRIVEWAY WHEN YOU PULLED IN.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I GOT COUNSEL.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'M SORRY.
I, UM, DID WE GET CLARIFICATION? I GUESS I KNOW THAT WE HAD THIS FOR ONE YEAR.
UM, WITH EVERYTHING GOING SMOOTH, YOU KNOW, I'M OPTIMISTIC, YOU KNOW, SO IF EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTH AT THE END OF ONE YEAR, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS MAJOR PROCESS AGAIN TO RENEW? OR IS THERE KIND OF SOME KIND OF SHORTCUT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, HEY, THINGS ARE GOING WELL, WE CAN JUST GONNA PROGRESS FORWARD.
HOW DO WE HANDLE THE RENEWAL? SO THEY WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT A RENEWAL APPLICATION AND WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH FEE ASSOCIATED.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL PRO TEMP, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
UM, MY SON IS A SENIOR MANAGER WITH WALMART AND I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, MALONE? SO JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.
SO IF THEY DO THE RENEWAL AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE CAN MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RENEWAL IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM, CORRECT? CORRECT.
COUNCILOR HAYDEN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? NO, THAT'S FINISHED THERE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? IF NOT THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
I, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER CUP 6 55 DASH 2024.
WE DO DO HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? I THINK THE QUESTION EARLIER WAS ABOUT PARKING SPACES, BUT IT, IT APPEARS THAT THEY WILL COMPLY, UH, WITH THE PARKING, UH, ORDINANCE.
UM, SO WITH THAT WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[6. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 3pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS FORM.GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, PARTNERING WITH YOU.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS FORM.
THIS ALLOWS ANY CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO COME UP BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ANY SUBJECT MATTER THAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
UM, AND ANY ITEMS THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE.
UM, I DO HAVE A FEW CITIZENS WHO WANNA SPEAK BEFORE US TODAY.
UH, KAREN MCINNIS, ARE YOU HERE WITH US? COME ON DOWN.
UH, THE, UH, SUBJECT MATTER IS CHAT CHAD CLARA, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS CLARA AND, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS CLARA MCGINNIS AND I LIVE AT 9 28 BLACKROCK BLACK WALNUT TRAILS IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
AND MAYOR C MASON CITY COUNCILMAN.
AND TO MELISSA CUMMINS VALDEZ.
WHAT I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON, THAT WE ARE SO EXCITED.
CHAD CITY HILL ACTION TEAM, AND THAT'S WHO I'M REPRESENTING TONIGHT.
CEDAR HILL ACTION TEAM IS DOING SOME WONDERFUL THINGS
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IN CEDAR HILL AND IN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.CHAD IS GRATEFUL TO YOU, MAYOR STEVE MASON, TO CONNECT US WITH AT T AND COME TO CAS TO HELP US TO IDENTIFY KIDS IN CEDAR HILL THAT DON'T HAVE WORKING LAPTOPS.
SO THEY ARE GOING TO START ISSUING TWO KIDS IN CEDAR HILL THAT DOESN'T HAVE A WORKING LAPTOP, A LAPTOP, A BACKPACK FIELD WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
AND THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH AT THE ALLEN EAST SIMS RECREATION CENTER WHERE THEY WILL DISTRIBUTE THESE LAPTOPS.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OR YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND THIS IS YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION FOR YOU TO COME BY AND JUST TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, TALK TO THE KIDS.
'CAUSE THIS'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING, EXCITING EVENT THAT DAY FOR CEDAR HILL AND OUR KIDS.
SO FEEL FREE TO COME BY AND SAY HELLO TO THE KIDS.
AND I ALSO JUST PERSONALLY JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT THAT YOU ALWAYS CONTINUES TO GIVE CHAT.
AND YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION IS TO NOURISH AND TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS, AND YOU HELP US TO DO THAT.
AND SO WE ARE JUST GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
MAYOR, CAN YOU GIVE US THE DATE AGAIN? SAY IT AGAIN? CAN YOU GIVE US THE DATE OF YOUR EVENT? WHAT TIME? THE WHAT SIR? THE DATE? I DIDN'T, CAN YOU GIVE US THE DATE OF YOUR, OH, I'M SORRY.
SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH AND IT'S FROM NINE UNTIL 10.
ARE YOU GONNA BE THERE, MAYOR? I AM PLANNING TO BE THERE.
OH, YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR CALENDAR? IT'S ON MY CALENDAR, YEAH.
I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO BE THERE AS WELL.
WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE ARE IN COMPETITION NOW.
THE, UH, MAYOR INTRODUCED ME TO LISA FROM AT T THIS AFTERNOON AND SHE TOLD US CEDAR HILL IS RUNNING NUMBER ONE FOR GETTING MORE APPLICATIONS IN TO GET THE LAPTOPS AT ANY OTHER CITY.
AND SO NOW WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP GOING BECAUSE WE WANT, IT'S NOT A COMPETITION, BUT IT IS NOW SINCE THEY TOLD ME THAT WE ARE RUNNING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE WINNERS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.
YES, THANK YOU CLARA, FOR BEING A, A VESSEL TO HELP OTHERS.
NEXT, UH, CITIZEN, WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY IS SCOTT, IS IT ROSA? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.
HIS TOPIC IS NOISE AT THE SMOKING JACKET LOUNGE.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 1324 ELISE HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UH, YOU GOT, YOU GOT THREE MINUTES.
OKAY, SIR, YOU GOT THREE MINUTES.
UH, AND THANK YOU MINISTER MAYOR, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE TIME AND THE FORUM FOR US TO, UH, SHARE OUR GRIEVANCES HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
UH, SO FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO YEARS, THE RESIDENTS OF WINTER HEAVEN ESTATES HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A NOISE ISSUE STEMMING FROM THE SMOKING JACKET, CIGAR LOUNGE AT 1435, HIGHWAY 67, SUITE 100.
EVERY SUNDAY, ROUGHLY 2:00 PM THE MUSIC STARTS AND THIS CONTINUES UNTIL 10 30 TO 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
ADDITIONALLY, MORE MUSIC IS BLASTED FROM VEHICLES FROM HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE IN ATTENDANCE, WHO DEEM IT APPROPRIATE TO PLAY THEIR MUSIC AS LOUD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN WHEN LEAVING THE LOCATION.
HUNDREDS OF PARKED CARS AT THE COURTYARD, UH, ON THE HIGHWAY 67 RAMP WINTER GREEN ROAD, INCLUDING A PRIVATE LOT BEHIND THE BUSINESS.
RECENTLY, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAD PLANNED A GRADUATION PARTY FOR A FAMILY MEMBER AT THEIR HOME, WHICH WAS RUINED BY THE LEVEL OF MUSIC FROM THE BUSINESS.
I TOO HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES.
UH, MY MOTHER AND FATHER WHO LIVE OUTTA STATE HAVE COME INTO TOWN FOR FATHER'S DAY.
AND THE NOISE LEVEL WAS SO HIGH THAT THEY RAN US OFF OUR PORCH, UH, WHERE WE WERE BARBECUING AND PLANNING TO EAT, AND THEN FORCE US TO RETREAT INTO OUR HOME, UH, WHERE WE COULD STILL, UNFORTUNATELY STILL HEAR THE MUSIC.
UM, THIS IS JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS BEHAVIOR'S BEEN AFFECTING THE, UH, PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE WEEKLY IMPOSITION THAT THE WE, THAT WE MUST, UH, ENDURE EVERY SUNDAY.
I'M NOT RETIRED, NOR ARE MOST PEOPLE THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SUNDAY NIGHT IS, IS A WORK NIGHT.
UH, WE'RE UP EARLY, UH, MONDAY MORNINGS AND HEADED TO WORK, UH, 15 HOMES, TWO HOTELS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SMOKING JACKET, THE CIGAR LOUNGE, AND TWO OTHER RESTAURANTS WHERE THE PATRONS HAVE NOW, UH, UH, HAVE NOWHERE TO PARK AND ARE AFFECTED EVERY SUNDAY BY THE CIGAR LOUNGE.
COUNTLESS CALLS TO THE POLICE AND THE HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES, UH, WITH ISSUES STEMMING FROM THE LOUD MUSIC AND THE DJS, THE CROWD, UH, AND THE PARKING ALL TO NO AVAIL, NO RESOLUTION, NO CONSENSUS ON WHAT, UH, IS APPROPRIATE OR WAS ZONED FOR THAT AREA.
JUST STEADFAST SUNDAY BEATING OF EIGHT PLUS HOURS OF LOUD MUSIC, A DJ SCREAMING AND UTTER INCONVENIENCE.
WE ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT TO LIMIT THE BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, AND THEIR MONEY MAKING ABILITY.
WE SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO BE INCONVENIENCED BECAUSE OF IT.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT I WANT FOR THAT BUSINESS THAN TO MAKE ITS MONEY.
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THEY PAY US NOTHING YET WE MUST SUFFER.WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE INCONVENIENCED NOT JUST A NOW, BUT UH, IT'S NOT JUST A NOW AND THEN ISSUE.
IT IS LITERALLY A WEEKLY ISSUE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY OUR WEEKENDS WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITHOUT UNWELCOME AND UNLAWFUL NOISE COMING FROM THE CIGAR LOUNGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THIS CONCLUDES MY STATEMENT PENDING ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
AGAIN, WE CAN'T DELIBERATE OUR, UH, HAVE DIALOGUE WITH YOU.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE ANOTHER CITIZEN WE WANNA SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
UH, AND, UH, THAT IS TERRY BROOKS.
UH, SHE, HER TOPIC IS NOISE, NOISE, UH, A NUISANCE AT WINTER GREEN ESTATES.
GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY ADDRESS IS 1340 ELISE STREET.
I AM A NEIGHBOR ON THE SAME STREET.
UM, SO BASICALLY I'M HERE TO ECHO SOME OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS I'M GONNA READ FROM EMAIL SO I CAN, UM, COMMUNICATE SUCCINCTLY.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, CITY MANAGER.
UM, SCOTT HAS ACT, UH, HAS ACCURATELY CAPTURED THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE LACK THE ABILITY TO ENJOY OUR HOMES THAT WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO ATTAIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE EVENTS ARE ALSO HELD ON WEEKLY, ON THURSDAY NIGHTS, THAT MIRROR THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE FOR SUNDAY NIGHTS.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO THE SMOKING JACKET.
UM, I'VE GONE OVER THERE TO OBSERVE AND IT APPEARS TO BE THAT THEY MAY BE PARTNERED WITH THE VE CRUZ RESTAURANT.
I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT I DO NOT KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN.
REGARDLESS, WE'VE GROWN TIRED OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF WEEKLY INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR LIVING SPACES AND THE ABILITY TO ENJOY OUR HOMES.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CITY COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UH, MIRANDA NEIL
IRONICALLY, SUNDAY, THE MUSIC WAS VERY LOW, UM, AND, UM,
SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS BASICALLY WE SIT OUTSIDE.
I CAN'T HEAR MY TELEVISION INSIDE OF MY HOME.
I CAN HEAR THE DJ, I CAN HEAR THE INSTRUCTIONS.
I KNOW WHEN THE RAFFLE IS GONNA START.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE DOING.
SITTING OUTSIDE, YOU CAN'T ENJOY YOUR PATIO SITTING INSIDE.
I CAN'T HEAR MY TV IN MY BEDROOM.
AND AGAIN, IT RANGES FROM ABOUT TWO 30.
SOMETIMES IT START AT THREE AND IT GOES UP UNTIL 11, 11 30.
SO WANTED TO SHARE THOSE CONCERNS AGAIN.
WE DON'T WANT IMPACT THAT BUSINESS NEGATIVELY, BUT IT'S IMPACTING OUR ABILITIES TO ENJOY HOMES.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE MORE, UH, PHILLIP LEDGE.
AND GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M PHILLIP
UM, I'M HERE TO HELP Y'ALL TODAY.
I WENT TO PAY MY WATER BILL AT A QUARTER TO FIVE THE OTHER DAY.
AND THERE WAS A LADY AHEAD OF ME AND SHE SAID THEY WOULDN'T TAKE HER MONEY.
WELL, WHEN I GOT THERE, I SAW ONE OF THE CLERKS TAKING HER MONEY TRAY BACK THERE TO THE BACK AND, UH, THE OTHER CLERK DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY THERE TO TAKE THE MONEY.
WELL, THEY HAVE, SHE SAYS, WELL, YOU CAN GO OVER AND PAY THE, THE KIOSK.
WELL, THE LADY SAYS, I DON'T WANT TO PAY THE KIOSK.
AND I DIDN'T WANNA PAY THE KIOSK EITHER, BUT, UH, IN REALITY THAT'S A 6.6 AND A QUARTER PERCENT.
WHEN YOU TAKE A HALF HOUR OFF OF A EIGHT HOUR DAY, THAT'S SIX POINTS.
YOU CAN HAVE A 6%, SIX AND A QUARTER PERCENT TAX CUT OR A CUT IN PAYROLL SIMPLY BY, IF THEY'RE QUITTING WORK AT FOUR 30, WELL THEN, AND THEY'RE NOT TAKING MONEY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU GET 6%, SIX AND A QUARTER PERCENT.
AND, UM, UH, ALSO, UH, ALL OF THIS, THIS DOESN'T JUST GO THROUGH THE CLERKS, IT GOES THROUGH, YOU CAN SAVE SIX AND A QUARTER PERCENT FOR THEIR STAFF BECAUSE ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS CAME OUT AND SPOKE TO ME AND TOLD ME IN UNCERTAIN TERMS, WELL, THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU GO LOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHEN YOU SEE A FIRE DEPARTMENT GO AND THEY GO OUTSIDE THE CITY, WELL ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT'S LESS PROTECTION THAT WE HAVE THERE.
AND EVEN WHEN A FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT COMES IN, THAT'S LESS PROTECTION THAT THAT CITY HAS.
SO I TELL PEOPLE SOMETIMES THE TAXES ARE HIGH, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE HIGH ENOUGH.
I'M CONCERNED THAT, UM, HOW THEY, UH, UM, UM,
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YOU KNOW, UH, JUST PASS, PASS OUT OTHER ITEMS. BUT BACK TO THE, UH, THE WATER BILL.I'M NOT ONLY ASKING TO CUT THE WATER BILLS, I MEAN CUT THE TAX, CUT THE PAYROLL, BUT I'M OFFERING A, UH, 8% INCREASE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE WATER BILL, IT SAYS THE PREVIOUS READ DATE, IT SAYS 5 26 24, AND IT SAYS DATE DUE 8 3 24.
WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TIME, THAT'S OVER A MONTH.
AND RIGHT THERE, YOU'RE LOSING, UM, UH, 8% A YEAR BY NOT COLLECTING THAT REVENUE.
AND UH, ALSO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE CHANGED A DUE DATE TO THE THIRD.
WELL, THEY HAD THEY AHEAD OF ME.
WELL, UM, IT ALWAYS USED TO BE ON THE FIFTH.
IT WAS ON THE FIFTH BECAUSE HISTORICALLY SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES, UH, CHECKS WERE SENT OUT AND THAT ELIMINATED.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PORTION OF THE, UH, PUBLIC CITIZEN FORUM.
[a. Consider accepting the 2024 certified tax rolls as submitted by the Dallas and Ellis County Chief Appraisers.]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BUDGET AND TAX MATTERS.ITEM A, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE 2024 CERTIFIED TAX ROLES AS SUBMITTED BY THE DALLAS AND ELLIS COUNTY CHIEF APPRAISALS.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
UH, CONSIDER ACCEPTING, UH, THE 2024 CERTIFIED TAX ROLL AND SUBMITTED BY THE DALLAS COUNTY COUNTY APPRAISERS.
SECOND, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MO UNANIMOUS.
[b. Discuss and consider a proposed property tax rate, set a public hearing date for the budget and tax rate, and set date to adopt the budget and a tax rate.]
NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE.SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE, AND SET A DATE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND A TAX RATE.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? PRO TIM? MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE OR SET A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE TAX YEAR 20 24 25 AT 63 64 55 PER HUNDRED DOLLARS OF VALUATION.
BY THE WAY, THAT'S A, A CENT LESS.
WE'VE LOWERED THE TAX RATE ASCENT.
UH, IT'S ALSO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE PROPOSED 25 BUDGET ON AUGUST THE 27TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER THE 10TH, 2024.
AND SET THE DATE TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND FISCAL 25 BUDGET.
UH, UH, ON THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ON SEPTEMBER THE 10TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM SECOND, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND, UH, COUNSEL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AZI.
DO YOU VOTE YAY OR NAY FOR ITEM SEVEN B? YES.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER, DO YOU VOTE YAY OR NAY FOR ITEM SEVEN B? YAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY, UH, DO YOU VOTE YAY OR NAY FOR ITEM SEVEN B? YAY.
MAYOR MASON, I VOTE YAY FOR ITEM SEVEN B.
MAYOR PROTE, DO YOU VOTE YAY OR NAY FOR ITEM SEVEN B? YAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DAN HAYDEN, DO YOU VOTE YAY OR NAY FOR ITEM SEVEN B? YAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE, DO YOU VOTE YAY OR NAY FOR ITEM SEVEN B? YAY.
AND I DID, I VOTED UP TO YOU, SIR.
UM, MADAM SECRETARY, ARE WE GOOD? WE GOT 'EM ALL.
[8. 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.]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT AGENDA.UH, THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
UH, ANY ITEMS, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT CAN'T BE REMOVED BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER? UM, FOR ANY SEPARATE DISCUSSION AS CONSIDERATION, I DO HAVE ITEM D THAT IS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA ACCOUNT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO BE REMOVED? ALL RIGHT, I'LL CONTINUE.
ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF JULY 9TH, 2024 RIVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE JULY 16TH, 2024 SPECIAL CALLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM B, UH, CONSIDER REAPPOINTING DR. MICHAEL MARSHALL, MD AS THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY OF
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THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.ITEM C, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 DASH SEVEN THREE, WHICH AWARDS A PRIMARY DEPOSITORY SERVICES CONTRACT TO WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, AND ARE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE CONTRACT.
UH, OKAY, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
SO COUNSEL, WE WILL PULL ITEM C AND D FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM E CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CASE STRATEGIES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 221,500 FOR MARKETING AND MEDIA RELATIONS SERVICES.
ITEM F, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BRAND INDUSTRIES, UH, TO REPLACE CLUSTER MAILBOXES IN THE HIGH POINT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 80,892.
UH, ITEM G, RECEIVE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 DASH 715, WHICH APPROVES A REVISED FUNDING PLAN FOR THE ALLOCATION AND EXPENDITURE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
ARPA FUNDS ITEM I CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER R 24 DASH SEVEN 16, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO COMMUNITY ORIENTATED, UH, POLICING SERVICES, COPS, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT PROGRAMS, INVITATIONAL SOLICITATIONS.
THE SECOND TO PURCHASE TWO SQUAD CARS AND THREE LAPTOP COMPUTERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION.
WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. A-B-E-F-G-H-I AS READ.
WE DO HAVE, UH, AGENDA ITEMS. A, B, E, FGH.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UH, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER R 24 DASH SEVEN THREE, WHICH AWARDS A PRIMARY DEPOSITORY SERVICE CONTRACT TO WELLS FARGO BANK IN A AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE CONTRACT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY, UH, I'M ABSTAINING FROM THE VOTE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF MCCURDY WILL ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM ALAN SIMS. WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HAYDEN.
UH, ALL OUR FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES SIX OH WITH ONE ABSTENTION COUNCILOR MCCURDY.
ITEM D, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A PRIMARY DEPOSITORY BANK CONTRACT WITH WELLS FARGO'S BANK NA FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, WITH THE OPTION FOR THREE ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
COUNCILMAN MCCURDY, I'M ABSTAINING FROM ITEM D THERE.
UH, COUNCILOR MCCURDY WILL ABSTAIN.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THIS ITEM? MAYOR, WE MOVE, UH, APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS. D UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
D AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILLOR MALONE.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND ITEMS. MOVE 6 0 1.
COUNSEL, I WILL PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, USE MY AUTHORITY TO GO TO PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ONE AND I THINK JACQUELINE HICKS IS HERE.
WOULD YOU MIND PLEASE COMING DOWN PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, MS. HICKS.
NOT LITERALLY, BUT NOT LITERALLY.
BUT
UH, WELL LOOK, UM, YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, COUNCIL DID, UH, CONSIDER YOUR ITEM AND IT DID MOVE FORWARD.
I SAW YOU AS IN THE AUDIENCE, SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO COME UP UP.
THANK YOU THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU DID.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES WITH, UM, ALL OF OUR ITEMS EXCEPT A CLOSED SESSION.
SO COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME, I MARK THE MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION CALL CLOSED SECTIONS CALLED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087
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OF THE TEXAS, UH, EXCUSE ME.HELLO, CAN YOU GET MS. HICKS FOR ME? CAN ONE OF Y'ALL GET MS. HICKS? I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA HANG OUT.
[a. Closed Session called pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code: Deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations. Discussion or deliberation regarding commercial or financial information that the City of Cedar Hill ("City") has received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of Cedar Hill and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations; and/or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to the business prospect. Project Game Changer]
CLOSED SECTION, CLOSED SECTION CALLED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NEGOTIATIONS, DISCUSSION, OR DELIBERATIONS REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STATE OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF CEDAR HILL IN WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO THE BUSINESS PROSPECT.THE SUBJECT MATTER IS PROJECT GAME CHANGER.
COUNSEL, I HAVE 8 47 AT THIS TIME.
WE MOVE TO CLOSE SESSION SECOND.
[10. Reconvene into Open Session and consider any action to be taken as a result of the Closed Session. ]
TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND CONSIDER ANY ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED SESSION.UH, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO MAYOR POIN, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.
I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE AT 9:51 PM INTO OPEN SESSION AND CONSIDER ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF CLOSED SESSION.
UH, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE FLOOR TO MAYOR PROTE SIMS. THANK YOU MAYOR.
JUST, UH, WANT TO DIRECT STAFF TO DECLARE, UM, A DEFAULT ON THE EDC AGREEMENTS AND ALSO THREE 80 AGREEMENTS.
AND ALSO TO DIRECT STAFF TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING PROPERTY, THE PHILLIPS PROPERTY, AND ALSO, UH, AUTHORIZE THE STAFF TO EXPLORE IF IT IS A, IF IT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE DIRECTION TO BE GIVEN TOWARDS STAFF.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? CITY MANAGER.
JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT IN THE EVENT IT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, YOU'RE DIRECTING STAFF TO TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO ENSURE IT'S SAFE AND SECURE FOR THE PUBLIC.
I MEAN, THAT'S A PART OF THEIR NORMAL STAFF REQUIREMENT.
I MEAN, THAT'S A, A NORMAL STAFF OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE CITY.
SO THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF YOUR, UH, EXISTING AUTHORITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT, WELL WITH THAT, UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I DO HAVE A MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GLOVER AND SECOND COUNCILWOMAN INE.
UH, WAIT A MINUTE, COUNSEL, BEFORE WE VOTE.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, YOU NEED CLARIFICATION ON WHO MADE THE SECOND MOTION FOR THE, UM, WHAT'S THE FOR WING? OH, YES, YES.
WHO, WHO MADE THE SECOND MOTION FOR WING? WAS IT ZE? DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER? I ABSTAIN.
SO, I MEAN, I, COUNCILMAN GLOVER.
COUNCILMAN GLOVER IS SECOND FOR WING.
OKAY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THAT'S A NON DEBATEABLE MOTION.
ALL FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.