Sep 03, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Call meeting to order.]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THIS IS A SPECIAL CALL TO MEETING, RIGHT? NO, IT'S A REGULAR MEETING.

OKAY.

THIS IS A REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL.

TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024.

UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCILS PRESENT.

UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNCILMAN MCCURDY WILL JOIN US, UH, THIS, UH, EVENING.

I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

I DO HAVE 5:00 PM WANNA BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION FROM MS. SUSAN HUNTER FROM METRO CHURCH HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

GOOD EVENING.

COULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND WITH US, PLEASE? AND, UM, MR. GLOVER, IF YOU COULD LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AFTERWARDS, NOT QUESTION.

THANK YOU LORD AND RAMPART.

AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GRACE HEALING PROVISION AND PROTECTION.

YOU ARE JUST SO FAITHFUL TO US.

FORGIVE US WHERE WE FALL SHORT OF YOUR GLORY.

CHRIST IS THE FIRM FOUNDATION ON WHICH WE STAND.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE SERVANT LEADERS ON THE COUNCIL, EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD AND ALL EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS THAT YOU HAVE APPOINTED FOR THIS TIME.

MAY THEY BE BLESSED WITH IDEAS AND INNOVATION STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND DISCERN HOW TO CONNECT EFFECTIVELY WITH THE SERVANT'S HEART, WITH ONE ANOTHER IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE PRAY FOR HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS FOR ALL THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK, VISIT, AND SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO LIFT UP THE FAMILIES IN NEED.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU SHOW US WHERE THEY ARE, AND AS WE SEEK THEM OUT, MAY WE SERVE AS JESUS' HANDS AND FEET IN THEIR RELIEF.

WE PRAY THAT TONIGHT'S AGENDA WILL BE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED, DISCUSSED, AND IMPLEMENTED WITH THE WISDOM YOU HAVE GRANTED.

EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, IF ANY LACK WISDOM, MAY THEY ASK YOU FOR IT.

HELP US ALL BE SLOW TO SPEAK AND QUICK TO LISTEN.

WE PRAY THAT EVERY CITIZEN WHO VOICES THEIR CONCERNS WILL BE HEARD WITH A HEART OF UNDERSTANDING RATHER THAN MERELY RECEIVING A RESPONSE.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHO PROTECT AND SERVE WITH INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR HAND UP FOR PROTECTION UPON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, BOTH ON AND OFF DUTY.

MAY THEY PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD EACH AND EVERY DAY.

MAY WE ALL OBEY THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM IN EVERYTHING THAT WE SAY AND DO.

WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE SAVED TO SERVE IN HOPE, PEACE AND LOVE.

LET THE FAVOR OF THE LORD BE UP ON CEDAR HILL.

ESTABLISH THE WORK OF OUR HANDS HERE BY FAITH.

WE BELIEVE YOUR PROMISES ARE YES IN AMEN IN CHRIST JESUS.

MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME AND YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

WE LOVE AND TRUST YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, THE KING OF KINGS.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

PLEDGE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN AND TWO, THREE, WHICH SAME NATION, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL TEXAS FLAG I TO THE TEXAS STATE UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU.

YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED.

NEXT

[4. 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. ]

HERE'S COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.

NEW IS GONNA MAKE IT PARTNER.

UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS FORUM.

THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZEN TO SPEAK ABOUT WHATEVER TOPIC THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.

ANY ITEMS THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, UH, CANNOT BE DELIBERATED OR DISCUSSED ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, BUT, UH, DEPENDING UPON THE, THE, UH, NATURE OF THEIR SUBJECT MATTER, YOU MAY BE REFERRED TO, TO STAFF.

I DO HAVE ASSISTANCE FORM HERE IN, UH, UM, HERE BEFORE ME.

DO WE HAVE ANY ONLINE THAT WAS PRESENTED? SO COUNSEL, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ONLINE, UH, BUT PHIL BEWI, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE COME ON UP AND, UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT TAX AND SALES TAX.

GOT YOUR THEME MUSIC.

ALRIGHT.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

TRYING TO FIND THE X BUTTON.

THANK YOU FOR NOT TAKING MY THREE MINUTES AWAY.

WELL, YOU GOT GOT MORE THAN A HALF MINUTES LEFT.

.

OKAY, I'M, I'M TEASING.

I'M PHILLIP , 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.

I GUESS I'M GLAD I ADDRESS DOWN TODAY.

LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS DRESSED KIND OF CASUAL.

UM, I GOT A REPORT, UM, ON THE SALES TAX AND, UM, AND THIS REFERS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,

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SO WE WOULD HAVE REDUCED THE PROPERTY TAX.

THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER SAID HE'D LIKE TO KEEP THE TAXES ON THE, UM, PROPERTY, LIKE 40 TO 60 BUSINESS, 60 40 ON, UH, RESIDENTIAL.

BUT, UM, IT SHOWS YOU JUST GO LOOK DOWN.

AND I THINK FOR THIS YEAR, UM, THERE'S A DEFICIT OF THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE FOUR FIVE EIGHT NINE SEVEN THREE HUNDRED, THREE HUNDRED FORTY $5 AND 88 97 REDUCED AMOUNT OF SALES TAX.

AND, UM, THIS IS A CONCERN OF MINE BECAUSE I REMEMBER I USED TO BRING MY DAUGHTER UP HERE, NOT HERE, BUT IN THE OTHER COUNCIL MEETING OVER IN THE OLD CITY HALL.

AND SHE SAID, YEAH.

SHE SAYS, YEAH, DAD, THEY SAID THAT THESE WERE GONNA REDUCE OUR TAXES.

WELL, THE, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM SAID THAT THEY LOWERED THE TAX RATE 1 CENT, I BELIEVE, BUT HE DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.

AND, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT CONTINUALLY TO RISE.

AND WE'VE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE UP HERE, ALL THESE PIS HERE COMING, AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST PID, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THEY'VE GOT $3 MILLION COME 3.1 OR SAY $3.2 MILLION COMING IN THIS YEAR.

AND LAST YEAR THEY HAD 4.2 MIGHT NEED TO START LOOKING AT FUNDING THESE, UH, PIS THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO AROUND TO THESE COMMUNITIES AND LOOK AT 'EM, THEY HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT AND THERE'S REALLY NO REASON FOR THEM IF SOMEONE COMES IN HERE FROM OUTSIDE, JUST LIKE I DID.

AND, UM, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMS ALSO KINDA LIKE THAT.

HE CAME HERE TO CEDAR HILL BECAUSE HE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY AND I CONGRATULATE ON ON THAT.

AND HE'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY OUR FAMILY AND THE FORMER MAYOR, UH, UH, MY BROTHER.

UH, AND I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED THAT, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S NOT DOING WHAT THEY ARE, UH, SET OUT TO DO.

AND MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, WE NOTED.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, THAT IS ALL I HAVE HERE NOTED FROM THE CITIZENS' FORM.

SO I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

NEXT

[a. Conduct a public hearing regarding a 5-year plan, a budget for FYE 2025, and a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 1, otherwise known as High Pointe PID.]

EVERYTHING GOOD, UH, BUDGET AND TAX MATTERS.

UH, FIRST ITEM IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ITEM FIVE A CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A FIVE YEAR PLAN, A BUDGET FOR PHYSICAL YEAR 2025, AND A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HIGH POINT PERIOD.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT WANTS TO COME BEFORE US TODAY? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

UM, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, DOLORES SHAW, 1509 CHAPMAN STREET, HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

RUBY MARTIN, 1257 HIGH VIEW DRIVE, CEDAR HILL.

WE STAND.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WE STAND BEFORE YOU IN SUPPORT OF OUR BUDGET.

WE BELIEVE THAT IT DEMONSTRATES SOUND, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND, UH, SOUND JUDGMENT AND, UM, GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF THE FUNDS ENTRUSTED TO US.

WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING WITH, AND WE HAVE A NEW ONE THAT WE WILL BE VETTING.

SO WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE OUR BUDGET.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNSEL.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WISHED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT? NUMBER ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HIGH POINT PIT NUMBER ONE.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

UH, IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AND PHILLIP OW.

1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.

I SUPPORT THE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE PIT, BUT I DON'T SUPPORT THE WAY THAT'S FUNDED.

AND I THINK WHAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COMES IN

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AND I KNOW IN ONE OF THESE PS THERE'S A VETERAN, A RETIRED VETERAN HAS A MILITARY PENSION, AND HE SAID HE DOESN'T GET ANY RELIEF FROM THIS TAX, LIKE THE OTHER TAXES ON THROUGH THE COUNTY.

CAN YOU GIMME, CAN YOU GIMME ONE SECOND? UM, SECRETARY, CAN WE START THE CLOCK? THAT'S OKAY.

OKAY, I'M DONE.

OH, I'M SORRY, BUT I, I'VE, I'VE BEEN TRAINED.

THANK YOU.

OH, IT WASN'T ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

IF WE CAN CONTINUE THE CLOCK.

YES.

ALRIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PIT NUMBER ONE? YES, PLEASE.

COME ON DOWN.

AGAIN, THIS IS PIT NUMBER ONE.

GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

YES.

MY NAME IS AARON MCCLENDON.

I LIVE AT 6 0 3 STONEFIELD LANE.

UM, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE PID BOARD, UH, THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND I DO SUPPORT THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS WITH THAT.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

UM, AND A LOT OF PROJECTS, THE FUNDING FOR IT IS WHAT IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.

UH, IT HASN'T CHANGED, IS STILL 10 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUATION.

UM, ON YOUR, UH, PROPERTY TAXES, UH, THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT A DOLLAR PER EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS VALUATION.

SO IF YOU HAVE A $300,000 HOME, THAT'S LIKE $300 IN A YEAR.

BUT THE FUNDING HAS NOT CHANGED.

AND WE ARE BEING SUPER RESPONSIBLE IN TERMS OF HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY.

UH, WE ASK FOR INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS AND WE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY SAY AND TRY TO IMPLEMENT, UM, PROGRAMS THAT ARE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE PURPOSE OF THE PID UH, WHICH IS STATED IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE, UM, BYLAWS.

AND WE STAY WITHIN THAT.

AND THERE'S, WE HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY PARTIES AND THAT TYPE OF THING, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE, UH, FUNDING FOR OUR ORGANIZATION IS ABOUT.

SO I DO SUPPORT, UH, OUR CURRENT BUDGET AND THE ONE GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS PRINCESS BANKS.

I LIVE AT 200 HIGH POINT LANE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE IN FAVOR OF THE PI HIGH POINT PIT IN THE BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED, UH, TO YOU ON TODAY.

I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF HIGH POINT, UH, FOR 24 YEARS, AND I HAVE SEEN THE WORK THAT THE, THE PIT HAS DONE AND THE, THEY HAVE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE DONE VARIOUS PROJECTS AS WELL THAT HAS, UH, IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITY ON A POSITIVE MANNER.

THAT'S ALL.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT? UH, HIGH POINT.

NUMBER ONE.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH? I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 7:00 PM WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BUDGETS.

ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN DURING THIS HEARING.

UM, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.

ALL RIGHT, SO

[b. Conduct a public hearing regarding a 5-year plan, a budget for FYE 2025, and a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 2, otherwise known as Waterford Oaks PID. ]

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

YOU GOING TO, YOU'RE GONNA GET MR. HAUSER LATER, OR HAVE YOU, YOU GET, YOU GONNA GET HIM LATER? I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO SPEAK.

THEY PUT ME ON THE SPOT.

ALRIGHT.

BUT MY NAME IS CAROLYN MOODY AND I RESIDE AT 4 3 1 HAMAN UH, LANE.

UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT WATERFORD OAKS HAS DONE IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, AND WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IS LOOK AT WAYS OF CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THE BEAUTIFICATION AND THE SAFETY FEATURES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT THE BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED IS IN LINE TO

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AND, UM, I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THEM.

THANK YOU.

WELL, COUNSEL, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 OF THE APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, BETTER KNOWN AS WATER FOLKS, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OUR POSITION? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

PHILLIP OVITZ, 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.

I SUPPORT THE P'S PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT I OWN SUPPORT THE WAY IT'S BEEN, UH, BEING FUNDED.

UH, WHEN I LOOK AT, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S GIVEN AWAY IN TAX ABATEMENTS AND, UM, THAT, UH, I THINK THAT THE CITIZENS NEED TO GET A CHANCE TO TAKE IT.

AND I THINK AT THE LAST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF EVIDENCE OF IT WAS AT, UM, WHEN WALMART CAME HERE AND, UH, Y'ALL REDUCED THEIR PARKING AND JUSTIFIED IT THROUGH CITY STAFF.

BUT YET THE CITY, THE TAXES HERE, UH, CONTINUED TO GO.

AND IF SOMEONE HAS A $300,000 HOUSE, WELL YOU JUST, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY PAID, THAT'S LIKE DOUBLE BECAUSE THEY WOULD GET THE SERVICES IF THE CITY WAS FUNDING 'EM THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THAT MONEY TO SPEND AND THEY WOULD STILL HAVE THE SERVICE.

AND I THINK THAT THESE, UH, PS THEY HAVE A REAL LISTENING TO THE, UM, CITIZENS IN THEIR AREA, WHICH MAY CALL FOR ONE DAY THAT WE HAVE, UM, ELECTIONS WHERE WE ELECT BY DISTRICTS AS OPPOSED WHERE YOU CAN SPEAK TO A COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE TO YOU, NOT TO THE MINORITY OF THE MAJORITY PEOPLE THROUGH THE CITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO THE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, ALSO KNOWN AS WATERFORD OAKS BID? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH I'LL ALLOW, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND WITH THIS HEARING WILL BE CONTINUED AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPARATE SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 7:00 PM WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.

ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN TONIGHT AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THAT MEETING.

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN DURING THIS HEARING, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.

NEXT

[c. Conduct a public hearing regarding a 5-year plan, a budget for FYE 2025, and a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 3, otherwise known as Winding Hollow PID. ]

UH, I'M SORRY, IS, UH, CONSIDER CON CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A FIVE YEAR PLAN, A BUDGET, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, AND A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WINDING HOLLOW.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

HELLO, JENNIFER HUTCHINSON, 10 74 MAGNOLIA LANE.

UM, I AM COMING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF OUR BUDGET FOR WINDING HOLLOW PIT.

UM, THIS BUDGET WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE OUR ONGOING PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT WE HAVE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR US TO CONTINUE THOSE RESOURCES.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, JAMES BRIGGS 10 56 MAGNOLIA LANE, UH, 24 YEAR, UH, MEMBER OF THE, UH, WIND, WIND AND HOLLOW, UH, PIT, UH, AREA.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET OF THE PUBLIC CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

PHILLIP .

IT'S 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.

I SUPPORT THE PI'S, UH, PROPOSAL THAT THEY PUT FORWARD, BUT I DON'T SUPPORT THE WAY THAT IT'S FUNDED.

AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT IS, UH, JUST DOWN THE ROAD, THERE'S A SHOPPING CENTER THERE THAT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S MET THE, THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THESE PIS HAVE DONE.

AND, UH, THERE'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS POURED INTO THESE PROJECTS THAT PROJECT.

AND THEN THERE'S A PROJECT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY THAT ALSO GOT, I THINK, AROUND 1,000,004.

AND IF WE CAN FUND THESE, UH, PROJECTS WHERE

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AND IF SOMEONE HAS A $300,000 HOUSE, WELL AGAIN, THEY WOULD BE SAVING, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT MUCH MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON THE WEEKEND OR THE DAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? HELLO AGAIN, SIR.

YES, SIR.

UH, AGAIN, JAMES BRIGGS 10 56 MAGNOLIA LANE.

UH, I LIKE TO SAY, UH, I LIKE TO COMMEND THE, THE CITY AND I APPEAR FOR THE STELLAR WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, SINCE BEING A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, I HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN CHANGE.

I HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.

I HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN UPKEEP AND THAT'S A BIG PLUS IN MY BOOK.

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I'M A MILITARY VET, I LIKE THINGS DRESSED RIGHT, DRESS, AND I LIKE THINGS DONE RIGHT.

OKAY.

AND I THINK PI THREE IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH GREAT LEADERSHIP AND, UH, AND OUR PI BOARD.

AGAIN, THANK YOU DO NOTED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT? NUMBER THREE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I SEE ANYONE APPROACH.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ECHO WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.

THIS HEARING WILL BE CONTINUED ON AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 7:00 PM WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE PID BUDGETS.

ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THAT MEETING.

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN, WE DO VALUE YOUR INPUT.

THANK YOU.

WE DO HAVE TWO MORE THAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

THE NEXT

[d. Conduct a public hearing regarding a 5-year plan, a budget for FYE 2025, and a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 4, otherwise known as Windsor Park PID. ]

NUMBER FOUR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WINDSOR PARK PI.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

DENISE ORTIZ, 10 42 WATERVIEW DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, PRESENT OUR BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

WE HAVE BEEN FISCAL FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IN PLANNING OUR BUDGET OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

UM, OUR BUDGET IS IN LINE WITH WHAT IS REQUIRED OF OUR P TO DO, UM, REGARDING COMMON AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO PUT THAT FORTH TO YOU GUYS.

AND THIS IS CAROLYN WALKER, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY.

MY NAME IS CAROLYN WALKER, EIGHT 13 APPLEWOOD DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

AND I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, BUDGET FOR 2025 FOR PIT NUMBER FOUR.

UH, THE PIT HAS DONE GREAT WORK DURING THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN IN, UM, ORDER, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE DO.

WE DO ADJUST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND KNOWING THAT THE COMMUNITIES WILL WORK TO TOWARD, UM, PREMIER COMMUNITY, WHICH MEANS WE WILL HAVE A COMM PREMIER CITY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

WE'RE WORKING ART, DOING DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, NOT ONLY FOR THE AESTHETICS OF IT, BUT ALSO FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE OUR BUDGET.

THANK YOU.

YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR? IT IS BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER.

, MAYBE WE'LL DROP HANDLES .

UM, PHILIP WILLAMETTE, 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.

UM, I SUPPORT THE PID THAT JUST SPOKE, BUT I DON'T SUPPORT THE WAY IT'S FUNDED.

AND IT GOES BACK TO DURING THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION.

WE WERE IN A, UH, RECESSION AND, UM, THEY WERE WONDERING WHAT TO DO.

AND I THINK ON A TELEPHONE TAX, THEY CUT THE, THE TAX LIKE A HALF A CENT, AND THAT LITTLE BITTY HALF CENT JUST SPURRED THE ECONOMY.

AND WHEN WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HERE, AND YOU LOOK AT THE REDUCED SALES TAX OVER THIS PAST YEAR, EVIDENTLY SOMEONE'S NOT DOING SOMETHING OR PEOPLE AREN'T, DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SHOP.

BUT IF THE, THESE WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OR THAT TAX PEOPLE WOULD HAVE, WHAT, $150,

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AND I THINK THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO START LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE WE GIVE TAX INCENTIVES TO OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT HOW ABOUT GIVING SOME TAX INCENTIVE TO THESE PEOPLE HERE THAT WORK HARD IN THEIR COMMUNITY? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

DULY NOTED.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR? I'LL REPEAT ONE MORE TIME.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR? ALRIGHT, I'LL ECHO MY STATEMENT EARLIER.

THIS HEARING WILL BE CONTINUED TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 7:00 PM WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE P PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BUDGET.

ANYONE HERE WHO HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A SPEAK, UH, AT THAT SEPTEMBER 10TH MEETING.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN, WE DO VALUE YOUR INPUT.

UM, AND ALSO IF YOU HAVE SPOKEN TONIGHT, UM, YOU, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AGAIN AT THE SEPTEMBER 10TH MEETING.

SO WITH THAT

[e. Conduct a public hearing regarding a 5-year plan, a budget for FYE 2025, and a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 5, otherwise known as Cedar Crest PID. ]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A FIVE YEAR PLAN, A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2025, AND A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

NUMBER FIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CEDAR CREST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M BERTHA MIDDLEBROOKS, 1221 NUTTING STREET.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

UH, I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF OUR BUDGET, UH, CEDAR CREST BUDGET.

UH, ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO SOME FOLKS.

UH, WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A CARING COMMUNITY WHO ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR US, WHICH IS CEDAR CREST.

UM, CEDAR CREST IS THE BEST.

WE CANNOT SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ENTRUSTING US TO BE A VOICE AND A GOOD STEWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL PRAYING FOR THE DAILY AND PRAYING FOR YOU DAILY AND YOUR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR US.

ALSO, UH, I RECEIVED A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, A LOT OF TEXT MESSAGE, AND MY FAVORITE FACE TO FACE FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THERE, AND THEY LOVE THE FLAGS.

SO I WANNA THANK THE, UH, MASONIC LODGE 1384, POSTING THE COLORS.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

JACQUELINE IVY, 1318 NEWTON DRIVE.

UH, I'M SPEAKING IN FOR, IN FAVOR OF OUR BUDGET.

UH, WE'VE BEEN FISCALLY SOUND, UH, SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE ALLOWED US TO, TO BECOME A PEER AND APPROVED OUR PEER AND APPROVED OUR BUDGETS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

UH, WE TRIED TO DO THE CORRECT THING WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND I, AS BERTHA SAID, THE COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED IT AND ARE OVERJOYED WITH THE WORK THAT WE, UH, PROVIDED.

SO I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? WHY IS EVERYBODY LOOKING THIS WAY? WHENEVER I, UH, , GOOD EVENING, PHILIP , 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.

I DON'T WANT MY EDUCATION TO FALL.

I DID HAVE ONE SPEECH CLASS AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS THE ENGLISH CLASS IS WHY DO YOU WRITE A 500 WORD COMPOSITION? AND THE REASON YOU DO IS THAT IS TO GIVE A SPEECH.

YOU WRITE IT ABOUT THREE THINGS, AND THEN YOU COVER ALL THREE THINGS AND WRAP IT UP.

BUT, UM, AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE PIDI, I BELIEVE THAT THEY DO GREAT WORK.

BUT WHEN OUTSIDERS COME IN AND, UM, UH, AND WE GIVE THEM TAX INCENTIVES TO DO IT, WE NEED TO GIVE INCENTIVES FOR THE PEOPLE.

JUST GIVE THEM RELIEF TO WHERE THEY CAN, UH, HAVE A BETTER COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE MONEY AND, AND THEY SEE TO IT THAT, UH, THE GRASS IS CUT, THE TREES ARE TRIMMED, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T TRIM THE CREPE MYRTLES AS MUCH AS THEY DO SO.

BUT, UM, I THINK THAT SOMEHOW WITH

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THANK YOU.

AND THANK Y'ALL FOR SERVING.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE? I'LL REPEAT ONE MORE TIME.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT IN DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE? ALL RIGHT.

THIS HEARING WILL BE CONTINUED TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 7:00 PM WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BUDGETS.

ANYONE WHO, ANYONE HERE WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT WILL, UH, GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK IF HE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN, WE DO, UM, VALUE YOUR INPUT.

UH, IF HE DID SPEAK TONIGHT, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO SPEAK AGAIN AT THE SEPTEMBER 10TH MEETING.

SO WITH THAT COUNSEL, UH, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, THERE IS, UM, SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.

I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOUR MONEY, UH, MR. DIRECTOR.

UH, BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS ON HOW PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FUNDS MAYOR PROTO.

YES.

JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ARE AUTHORIZED BY STATE STATUTES, AND THE MECHANISM FOR FUNDING IS DEFINED BY STATE STATUTE.

IT'S VERY CLEAR.

AND, SORRY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE JUST TO PULL THOSE STATE STATUTES.

IT'S VERY CLEAR AS FAR AS THE FUNDING MECHANISMS, UH, THERE IS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT'S LEVIED BY THE MEMBERS WITHIN THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

IT'S LEVIED UPON THEMSELVES TO PAY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS OR SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, THAT WOULD ONLY BE, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, THEY DO HAVE FUNDS, BUT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY, UH, DEFINED AS TO WHAT THEY CAN BE SPENT FOR.

AND SO THEY, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE USE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO, TO FUND, UH, A P THAT'S A, THAT'S NOT ALLOWED IN STATE STATUTE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MAYOR PROTI.

UM, I THINK THAT WAS, UM, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT, UH, OTHER THAN, UH, SUPPORT.

I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE HERE WHO DID PRESENT TONIGHT, UH, REPRESENTING THEIR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, UH, THANK YOU AND YOUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET.

UH, I KNOW THAT DOES TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME.

UH, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A FIVE YEAR PLAN.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

UH, AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE IT OUT AND THEN COUNCIL WILL, UM, WILL MAKE A, UH, WILL TAKE ACTION.

SO WITH THAT, I LEAVE ANYTHING ELSE OUT.

OKAY.

SO WITH THAT NEXT, LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? THAT IS A NON-DEBATABLE MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I HAVE 5 33 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU .