Nov 12, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

OUR GRACIOUS FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A CITY LIKE CEDAR HILL.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT, UH, WE HAVE A CITY THAT, UH, CAN CONDUCT BUSINESS, CAN DO THINGS, AND HONOR YOU IN THE PROCESS.

SO FATHER, WE JUST ASK FOR WISDOM.

A LOT OF, UH, BUDGETARY ITEMS ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT.

SOME ZONING THINGS ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSED, AND FATHER, THE COUNCIL JUST NEEDS YOUR WISDOM AND ALL THAT THEY DO.

FATHER, JUST, UH, BLESS THIS COUNCIL AND BLESS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF THE AMERICAN FLAG, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALL TO THE FLAG FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE TO ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE INDIVISIBLE.

IS A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATION, PRESENT GREAT IMPACT, SERVANT LEADER AWARD TO MR. LEONARD HOUSER.

AND YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED.

NEXT ITEM

[a. Present Great Impact Servant Leader Award to Leonard Howza.]

MR. HOUSER, ARE YOU HERE WITH US? PLEASE? COME ON DOWN, COUNSEL.

I'M GONNA COME DOWN FOR THIS ONE.

CITY COUNCIL, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS, UH, UH, INVOLVED IN THIS AWARD.

SO, MR. HAUSER HERE IS ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A MOMENT OUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A GREAT IMPACT.

WE STARTED DOING THESE PROBABLY ABOUT 2017, AND, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPE OF CHARACTER, UH, PRESENTATIONS.

UH, WE PROBABLY DO ABOUT ONE OR TWO OF THESE A YEAR.

AND, UH, ROUNDING OUT THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE MR. LEONARD HAUSER.

SO I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT YOU, BUT LEONARD HAUSER HAS CALLED CEDAR HILL HIS HOME SINCE 2005, WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE MOVED TO THE WATER FOR THOSE COMMUNITY.

THAT YEAR WAS A MILESTONE FOR LEONARD AS HE RETIRED FROM THE WW GRAINGER AND BUILT HIS RETIREMENT HOME HERE, WHICH HAS BEEN HIS SANCTUARY.

IN 2008, LEONARD JOINED THE WATERFORD OAKS PIT BOARD, AND SINCE 2010, HE HAS PROUDLY SERVED AS ITS PRESIDENT.

HIS DEDICATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CLEAR THROUGH MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, INCLUDING HOSTING EVENTS TO BOOST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ENHANCING LIGHTING ALONG THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WALKING TRAILS, MAINTAINING BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES, YEAR ROUND, INSTALLING SAFETY CAMERAS, AND ORGANIZING ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LIGHTING DISPLAYS.

LEONARD IMPACT GOES BEYOND WATER FOR OAKS.

HE REPRESENTS CEDAR HILL WITH PRIDE, AND HE WAS RECENTLY NAMED MR. JUNETEENTH FOR 2024.

THIS PAST JUNE, A WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.

HIS RETIREMENT HAS BEEN FILLED WITH PURPOSE, MARKED BY A DEEP COMMITMENT TO WATERFORD OAK AND THE CEDAR HILL COMMUNITY.

LEONARD HART FOR SERVICE REFLECTS THE SPIRIT THAT DEFINES OUR CITY, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AS A GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER.

MR. LEONARD HAUSER, I GOT SOMETHING WITH YOUR NAME ON IT.

I, VERY FEW.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR,

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I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY BOARD BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, NONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ACHIEVED WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY, CHARLOTTE, MY WIFE, MY, UH, FOUR KIDS, WENDY AND FRED, AND ROXANNE AND MICHAEL.

AND I LIKE MY TWO GRANDKIDS, EL L AND SKY FOR PUTTING UP WITH GRANDPA.

AND, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL FOR BEING WHAT IT IS, A VERY DISTINCT AND DIRECT AND VISIONARY TYPE CITY.

AND I'M PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF IT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THE, UH, HOUSE FAMILY, PLEASE COME DOWN AND THE BOARD AND, AND THE PIT BOARD.

ONE, TWO.

[a. Present a Proclamation designating November 20, 2024, as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day in Cedar Hill.]

NEXT IS PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 20TH, 2024.

WE ARE STILL IN PRESENTATIONS.

AS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GIS DAY IN CEDAR HILL.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE PROCLAMATION, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

WHERE IS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL? RECOGNIZE GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS ARE CRUCIAL TO OPERATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDING SECURITY AND SAFETY, STIMULATING ECONOMIC GROWTH.

AND WHEREAS TECHNOLOGY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND THE USE AND THE USE MANAGEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IS NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING BY LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

AND WHEREAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GIS TECHNOLOGIES, ALLOWS US TO SEE AND MODEL COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS AND PATTERNS TO MORE IN INTELLIGENTLY RES AND INTELLIGENT RESPOND.

AND WHEREAS THERE IS A NEED TO PROMOTE GIS AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TECHNICAL TRAINING TO USE THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL.

AND WHEREAS HAVING A DAY OF GIS ACTIVITIES OPEN TO STUDENTS, CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT LEADERS WILL HELP PROMOTE STEM EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES.

AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM RESEARCH INSTITUTE ESRI IS OBSERVING AND CELEBRATING THE 25TH INTER INTERNATIONAL GIS DAY.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE MASON, MAYOR OF CEDAR HI, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2024, AS GIS DAY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

AND I CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE USE AND APPLICATION OF GIS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT GIS MAKES EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH SAFETY PLANNING EFFORTS AND CONTINUED GROWTH AND WITNESS.

THEREFORE, I HAVE SET UPON MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR

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HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS DAY.

12TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024.

MAYOR STEVE MASON.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE.

MR. MAYOR COUNCILORS, UH, WELCOME EVERYONE.

I AM RASHID KHALIL.

I AM THE GIS COORDINATOR IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

I HAVE MARKED, UH, 18 YEARS AT THE CITY.

AND, UH, THIS, I THINK THIS WILL BE OUR 14TH GIS DAY.

UM, AS AS MENTIONED, UH, UM, UH, GIS, THE INTERNATIONAL GIS DAY WILL BE ON, UH, WEDNESDAY THE 20TH.

HOWEVER, UH, WE ARE HAVING OUR, UH, OPEN HOUSE ON TUESDAY THE 19TH, BECAUSE AS THE, IS, I WAS CALLED FOR A JURY DUTY.

SO, YEAH, GOT, WE GOTTA MOVE THINGS AROUND.

UM, WE DID MAKE A LITTLE, UH, PROMO VIDEO.

UM, I THINK IT'LL BE GOING OUT, UM, WITH OUR CITY AND ALSO WITH, UH, DESOTO AND MIDLOTHIAN, UH, THE THREE, UH, GIS PERSONNEL.

UH, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT DATES FOR GIS DAY AND ALL HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME KIND OF COLLABORATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES AND LOT OF DIFFERENT USES FOR, UH, SPATIAL INFORMATION, AND NOT JUST MAPS, BUT ALSO THE INFORMATION.

UM, WE, WE HAVE, UH, SOME OF, UH, CEDAR HILL'S FINEST IN THE BACK.

EVERYBODY USES THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY.

UM, YOU KNOW, RESPONDERS USE IT.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT USES IT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EMPTY STOREFRONTS HERE.

WHY DO WE HAVE EMPTY STOREFRONTS HERE? UM, SOMEBODY WANTS TO MOVE IN AND BUILD SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA USE NEW LAND? ARE WE GOING TO, UH, REHAB OLD LAND? THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT, THAT'S ALL THAT, UH, WE DO WITH, UH, GIS.

UH, I'M JUST IN PUBLIC WORKS.

I MOSTLY DEAL WITH UTILITIES, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS THERE TO, UH, HELP OUT AS NEEDED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO NOT SURE OF WHERE YOU'RE, UM, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING IN YOUR CAR, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO YOUR LOCATION, YOU ASK SOMEONE FOR THE ADDRESS OR YOU TRYING TO GO TO THAT RESTAURANT AND YOU PUT IT IN YOUR PHONE.

AND HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW DOES YOUR PHONE GET ALL THE UPDATED DATA? WELL, THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.

THAT'S GIS SO, UH, HE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE COOLEST THING TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED.

WE DO USE IT EVERY DAY.

SO NOVEMBER 20TH, VGIS DAY.

SO, UM, LET'S, UM, RECOGNIZE THAT DAY AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO DOES ALL THE WORK IN THE BACKGROUND.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM

[b. Badge Pinning and Oath of Office for Cedar Hill Fire Department Personnel.]

IS, WE'RE STILL IN PRESENTATION, SO BADGE PENDING AND OATH OF OFFICE FOR CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR FIRE CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING CHIEF.

THIS IS, UH, CHIEF O'NEILL'S WIFE, KASHA, AND KASHA WILL BE PINNING HIS BADGE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, MISS.

CITY MANAGER, MISS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MISS CITY SECRETARY.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO, PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU THIS EVENING.

IT'S A CELEBRATION, UH, THAT WE, WE ENJOY DOING ANYTIME WE GET PEOPLE CROSSING THIS THRESHOLD THAT THESE GENTLEMEN AND AND YOUNG LADY WILL BE CROSSING TONIGHT, UH, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.

UH, I BROUGHT CHIEF HARRISON AND CHIEF ALEXANDRA UP HERE WITH ME.

UH, I'M GONNA BRING UP CHIEF O'NEILL.

CHIEF O'NEILL IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, THE, THE RITE OF PASSAGE CROSSING THE THRESHOLD INTO THIS NEW POSITION.

AND, UH, IT'S, UH, A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO BE UP HERE DOING THIS.

BUT, UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO BRING THEM ALL UP ONE AT A TIME.

BUT CHIEF O'NEILL, UH, IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER EMS. AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, CHIEF O'NEILL'S OATH.

AND THEN CHIEF O'NEILL IS GOING TO GET PINNED BY HIS LOVELY WIFE, KASHA.

AND, UH, CHIEF O'NEILL HAS A BUNCH OF FAMILY HERE.

AND, UH, WELL, WE BROUGHT A FEW PEOPLE WITH US.

BUT, UH, I'M GONNA START WITH CHIEF O'NEILL'S ADMINISTRATION STATEMENT.

I, JASON O'NEILL, SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE OF THE OFFICE OF FIRE, CHIEF OF THE OFFICE OF ASSIST FIRE CHIEF FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

STATE OF TEXAS, BEST TO THE BEST, MY ABILITY, PROTECT, PRESERVE, PROTECT CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION UNITED STATES.

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DON'T GIVE HER ANY IDEAS.

CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF O'NEILL, MRS. O'NEILL, CONGRATULATIONS.

SO, I'VE GOT A, ANOTHER GROUP, I'M GONNA BRING THEM ALL UP AT THE SAME TIME.

UH, FIRST YOUNG MAN IS BRIAN HARRELL, ELLIOT WELCH, DANIEL WINTER, BLAKE BAILEY, JACOB GRANADOS, JEREMY GLOB, RICARDO CHAVEZ, JESSE WILLIFORD, KATE JOHNSON, SOPHIE PRIEST, AND RYAN GIFFORD.

UH, I'M GONNA CALL UP THEIR LOVED ONES ONE AT A TIME.

AND, UH, AND THEY WILL BE PINNED ONE AT A TIME BY, BY THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER.

UH, BUT I WANTED TO READ SOMETHING AHEAD OF TIME, UH, IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND TO THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS A SPECIAL OCCASION THAT CELEBRATES COMMITMENT OF, TO THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

EACH HONOREE HAS CHOSEN A SIGNIFICANT PERSON IN THEIR LIFE TO CONDUCT A OPINION AS A SYMBOL OF SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

AND, UH, GENTLEMEN AND YOUNG LADY, I WELCOME ALL OF YOU.

UH, THIS IS YOUR RITE OF PASSAGE.

THIS HAS BEEN A TRADITION WITH THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UPON BEING HIRED, WE SWORE YOU IN.

THIS IS YOUR NEXT STEP, UH, COUNCIL AND, AND, UH, MAYOR.

THIS GROUP OF, OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS IN, IN THEIR INITIAL YEAR.

PLUS SOME OF 'EM ARE, ARE A LITTLE BIT PAST A YEAR, BUT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, THROUGH A VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS IN FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, BOTH, BOTH ON THE FIRE SIDE AND ON THE EMS SIDE.

AND WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD THAT SHE, EACH ONE OF THEM HAS PASSED, UH, WITH FLYING COLORS.

UH, THE LAST ONE, I, I BELIEVE TOLD ME A LITTLE BIT AGO THAT HE FELT LIKE A HUNDRED POUND WEIGHT WAS TAKEN OFF HIS SHOULDERS.

AND, UH, THIS IS TRULY A RITE OF PASSAGE, BUT, AND THAT WAS JESSE THAT TOLD ME THAT JUST A, JUST A, JUST A BIT AGO .

SO, UH, BUT, UH, I'M EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE AMONGST ALL OF YOU.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD ON WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND, UH, WELCOME.

THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL RITE OF PASSAGE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE ALL GONNA DO GREAT THINGS TOGETHER.

UH, IF I COULD GET LAUREN HARRELL TO COME UP, THE WIFE OF BRIAN HARRELL AND LAUREN WILL BE PINNING BRIAN'S BADGE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

JUST STAY UP HERE WITH US, PLEASE.

CONGRATULATIONS, BRIAN.

IF I CAN GET MIRIAM MILIAN, PLEASE COME UP.

THIS IS ELLIOT'S FIANCE, AND SHE'S GONNA BE PINNING HIS BADGE.

I THINK ELLIOT TOLD HER.

JUST TAKE YOUR TIME.

JUST .

CONGRATULATIONS, ELLIOT.

IF I COULD GET MR. REAGAN WINTER, HE'S GONNA PIN DANIEL'S BADGE ON HIM.

AND MR. MR. WINTER IS, UH, DANIEL'S DAD.

PERFECT.

CONGRATULATIONS, DANIEL.

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IF I CAN GET KENNEDY BAILEY UP HERE.

KENNEDY IS THE WIFE OF OUR PARAMEDIC, UH, SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN BLAKE BAILEY, CONGRATULATIONS BLAKE.

IF I COULD PLEASE GET EILEEN GRANS WIFE OF JACOB GRANADOS.

JACOB IS A MAKEUP.

JACOB, WE MISSED JACOB ON THE LAST PENNY, BUT CONGRATULATIONS, JACOB, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THIS YOUNG MAN IS, IS VERY SPECIAL TO THE ENTIRE CITY.

HE'S A YOUNG MAN THAT CAME TO US FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

UH, JEREMY DID 15 YEARS, I BELIEVE, WITH, WITH, UH, THE WATER DEPARTMENT, AND HE'S NOW AMONGST US, AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIM.

JEREMY IS SOMEBODY THAT PERSEVERED AND, UH, WANTED TO JOIN US SO BAD THAT, UH, IT, IT TOOK HIM A COUPLE OF TRIES, BUT HE'S FINALLY AMONGST US.

AND JEREMY WILL BE HEADED TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL IN JANUARY.

BUT, UH, PENNY, PENNY, JEREMY IS HIS WIFE.

NICOLE.

NICOLE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? CONGRATULATIONS, JEREMY.

NEXT WE HAVE, UH, RICARDO RICKY CHAVEZ.

UH, HE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE, TAYLOR.

TAYLOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? RICKY IS ALSO OUR, UH, ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.

RICKY, CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT WE HAVE JESSE WILLIFORD, MINUS THE A HUNDRED POUND WEIGHT.

AND PINNING HIS BADGE ON HIM.

WOULD WILL BE HIS WIFE.

JESSICA.

JESSICA, WILL YOU PLEASE COME UP? YES.

CONGRATULATIONS, JESSE.

NEXT WE HAVE CADE JOHNSON.

CADE WILL HAVE HIS BADGE PINNED ON HIM BY HIS WIFE.

SARAH.

SARAH, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? CONGRATULATIONS, CADE.

NEXT WE HAVE SOPHIE PRIEST.

SOPHIE WILL HAVE HER BADGE PINNED ON HER BY HER DAD.

JOHN.

JOHN, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? CONGRATULATIONS, SOPHIE.

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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE RYAN GIFFORD.

RYAN WAS, UH, SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, SO HE ASKED ME IF I'D PINNED HIS BADGE ON HIM.

SO MAYOR, COUNCIL, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL LETTING US DO THIS IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE HAD OUR AWARDS BANQUET ON SATURDAY, BUT INSTEAD OF DOING IT AT, AT OUR AWARDS BANQUET, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A BIGGER CELEBRATION IF WE DID IT HERE IN FRONT OF, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO DO THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, CHIEF 3 1 2, .

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.

UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

AGENDA IS CITIZENS FORM.

THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT, I'M SORRY, THIS ALLOWS ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT ANY ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT.

UH, ITEMS THAT, UH, IS ON THE AGENDA, UH, OR IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

WE CANNOT DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS, BUT, UH, WE COULD BE REFERRED TO YOU TO A STAFF MEMBER.

SO I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ITEMS FOR A CITIZEN TO SPEAK, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ONLINE COUNSEL, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THAT.

SO, I'D LIKE TO GO TO MY NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO, UH,

[a. Case No. PD-616-2024 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a change in zoning from “LR” (Local Retail) District to “PD” (Planned Development) District to allow an “extended stay hotel/motel (residence hotel)” [LivSmart by Hilton] generally located on the northwest corner of North J Elmer Weaver Freeway and River Oaks Drive with the approximate address being 1210 Meadow Crest Lane. Applicant: Naresh Patel, Maverick Hospitality, LLC. Representative: Parit Patel, Maverick Hospitality, LLC. Property Owner: Mickey Fain.]

PUBLIC HEARING FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS CASE NUMBER PD 616 2024, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW AN EXTENDED STAY, HOTEL, MOTEL, RESIDENCE, HOTEL LIVES, UH, LIVES, I'M SORRY, LIVES SMART BY HILTON.

GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH J ALMA WEAVER FREEWAY AND RIVER OAKS DRIVE, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1210 MEADOW CREST LANE.

APPLICANT NORISH PATEL MAVERICK HOSPITALITY, LLC REPRESENTATIVE IS PARIS PATEL, MAVERICK HOSPITALITY, LLC AND PROPERTY OWNER MICKEY FE.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT ANYTHING TO THE COUNCIL? YES, PLEASE.

COME ON UP.

THE NEEDS FOR TRAVELERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO STAY FOR LONGER DURATIONS, UM, OFFERING KIND OF A, A, A BLEND OF A STYLISH, UH, FUNCTIONAL ACCOMMODATION WITH A FOCUS ON COMFORT AND PRACTICALITY, UH, THE BRAND KIND.

EVENING.

I BELIEVE I SENT IN A, UH, PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR A, UH, LIVE SMART SNO BY HILTON.

THERE IT GOES.

SO, UM, LIVE SMART STUDIO IS ACTUALLY THE NEWEST EDITION, UH, BY HILTON AND IS A MODERN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL CONCEPT, UM, THAT BRINGS IN THE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE OF A TRADITIONAL HOTEL, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY FOR A FULLY EQUIPPED RESIDENTIAL STYLE SPACE.

UM, IT'S DESIGNED TO MEET, UH, THE,

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A THE BRAND IS AIMING TO CREATE A HOME-LIKE ATMOSPHERE WHILE MAINTAINING THE PREMIUM SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY THAT HOTEN IS KNOWN FOR.

UM, THE AVERAGE ROOM SIZE FOR, UH, LIVE SMART STUDIO IS ACTUALLY 338 SQUARE FEET, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY 20% LARGER THAN, UH, NORMAL ROOMS. UM, HERE'S ACTUALLY A, UH, WHAT THE PROTOTYPE LOOKS LIKE FOR, UH, LIVE SMART STUDIOS.

OUR DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THREE STORIES TALL.

THIS IS FOUR STORIES HERE, BUT, UH, JUST TO GET A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

HERE'S, UH, A DEPICTION OF THE ROOM, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TOWARDS THE BATHROOM, BUT, UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CLOSET, UH, AMPLE AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR FOLKS TO WALK AROUND.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT MORE SPACE THAN A TRADITIONAL HOTEL ROOM.

HERE'S, UH, KIND OF THE VIEW AS YOU WALK IN.

THERE'S GONNA BE A, YOU KNOW, FULL-SIZED FRIDGE, UH, UH, DISHWASHER, MICROWAVE, UH, STOVE TOP BURNERS.

UH, AND THEN, UH, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE CORRIDOR, YOU KIND OF ENTER INTO THE, UH, THE LIVING SPACE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF AN AERIAL VIEW OF WHAT A ONE, UH, ONE BED ROOM WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN HERE'S, UH, AN AERIAL, UH, VIEW OF WHAT A TWO BED WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, THERE'S ALSO, UH, OF COURSE, UH, A DA COMPLIANT ROOMS AS WELL, WHICH, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, LARGER THAN THIS.

HERE'S ACTUALLY A DEPICTION OF WHAT THE LOBBY WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND GREAT LOOKING, UH, SPACE.

HILTON IS ACTUALLY SPENT, UH, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHENEVER THEY COME UP WITH A NEW CONCEPT.

UH, THEY'LL SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS NOT ONLY DOING, UM, AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT TRAVELERS LOOK FOR NOW, BUT ALSO, UH, GOING INTO THE DESIGN OF EACH HOTEL AND CREATING A PROTOTYPE THAT, UH, THAT IS KIND OF THE STANDARD TEMPLATE THAT'S USED ACROSS ANY OF THE NEW HOTELS.

HERE'S THE BREAKFAST AREA.

THERE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A GRAB AND GROW BREAKFAST, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY.

UH, THERE'S ALSO, UH, A MARKET WHERE FOLKS CAN BUY, UH, SNACKS FROM AS WELL, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

ON SITE, UH, GUEST LAUNDRY IS ALSO AVAILABLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE, THE DEPICTION THAT, UH, FROM THE PROTOTYPE, UM, THAT, THAT THERE IS, THERE'S ALSO A FITNESS CENTER, UH, ON SITE, AND THEN OUTDOOR SPACE, UH, FOR, UM, GRILLING AND KIND OF LIKE A PATIO.

UM, HOTELS HAVE KIND OF STAYED AWAY FROM, UH, SWIMMING POOLS AND GOING MORE TOWARDS THIS, UH, THROUGH THEIR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS.

OVER THE YEARS, UH, THE BRANDS HAVE REALIZED THAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR MORE OF A, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, COZIER EXPERIENCE WITH, WITH THIS OUTDOOR, UH, SPACE.

NOW.

UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ARE BENEFITS FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE THINK ARE VERY CRITICAL.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, WE THINK THIS DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA BRING MUCH NEEDED, UH, CRITICAL, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, TO THE AREA, PARTICULARLY THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS ARE SANITARY SEWER AND THE SWARM DRAINAGE.

UM, CURRENTLY ON SITE, UH, UM, AND OR ALSO THEIR SURROUNDING CITY, UH, SORRY, SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, UH, ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CITY PROVIDED, UH, SEWER SERVICES.

UM, THE CLOSEST CONNECTION CURRENTLY IS AT WINTERGREEN DRIVE, AND SO THAT'S ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LINEAR FEET THAT WE AS A DEVELOPER ARE LOOKING TO EXTEND THIS, THE, THE SANITARY SEWER LINE AT OUR COST, UM, TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT ALSO GIVES THE CITY AN OPTION TO EXTEND IT OUT TO THE NEARBY RESIDENCE RESIDENCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON SEPTIC, UH, UM, SEPTIC TANKS, UH, THEY USE SEPTIC TANKS FOR, FOR THEIR HOME.

UM, SO WITH, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THIS TO THE RESIDENCES NEARBY, UH, YOU CAN REMOVE THE RELIANCE ON THE SEPTIC TANKS, UH, WHICH WE THINK IS A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH, UM, THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS.

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UM, AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE STORMS DRAINAGE, UM, THIS SITE IS ACTUALLY NOT WITHIN THE FEMALE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN, BUT WHEN THERE IS A LOT OF RAINFALL, UM, YOU KIND OF ALMOST GET FLOOD LIKE IMPACT TO THE AREA.

AND, UH, A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS POOR DRAINAGE AND JUST TOPOGRAPHY.

WATER TENDS TO GO TO THE, THE LOWEST POINT.

AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE SURROUNDING AREA IS WHERE THAT, UH, IS RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE'RE HOPING TO SOLVE THAT BY IMPROVING, UH, THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND THEN ADDING ALSO, UM, A DRY, A DRIED DETENTION POND THAT WILL HELP WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, MITIGATING, UH, AND ESSENTIALLY ENSURING THAT THE, UH, WATER HAS A, UH, BETTER PATH TO, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT STICKING AROUND IN THE AREA.

AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS AREA UP AND FROM OUR SITE ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL, UM, WINTERGREEN, UH, THE WITH NO, UM, SANITARY SEWER SERVICES CURRENTLY, UM, WE THINK THAT'S BEEN A REASON WHY THIS AREA HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED MUCH FOR, UH, COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.

UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THIS DEVELOPMENT HELPS, UH, BRING THAT ABOUT.

WE'VE ACTUALLY LEARNED, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S, UH, CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS, UH, THAT Y'ALL MIGHT BE AWARE OF.

THERE'S A DEVELOPER THAT'S LOOKING TO DO A 182 UNIT, UH, AGE RESTRICTED MULTIFAMILY AND, UH, RETAIL RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF, UH, WINTERGREEN DRIVE IN, UH, 67.

UM, SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT THE CITY.

UM, NOW Y'ALL MIGHT BE THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY DO YOU THINK A HOTEL HERE IS, YOU KNOW, HOTEL DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY SO CLOSE TO A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, IS PROPER FOR THE AREA? AND, YOU KNOW, WE AGREE THAT'S A, THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION TO, TO ASK.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KIND OF POINT TO, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT ITSELF.

UM, IN, IN THE REPORT, YOU CAN SEE THE QUOTE THERE, UH, BUT, BUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE STAFF REPORTS CONSIDERS THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, SIMILAR TO MULTIFAMILY USE AND APPROPRIATE, AS LONG AS THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARDS IN PLACE TO MITIGATE, UH, ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE AREA.

UM, THE ADDITIONALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES ACROSS DFW, UM, INCLUDING WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF WHERE, UH, HOTEL IS NEARBY A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S ACTUALLY WORKED.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE BEST EXAMPLE HERE WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF IS THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES ON, UH, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 67 AND PLEASANT RU RUN ROAD.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS PRECEDENT, PRECEDENT WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF THAT A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS WOULD WORK.

UM, SO WE'RE HOPING, UH, THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THESE IMPACTS, UH, AND, AND BRING ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, UH, WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE THINK A HOTEL HERE, IT WOULD BE MORE, UH, MORE BENEFICIAL THAN A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

CURRENTLY, THE SITE IS ZONED FOR LOCAL RETAIL, SO ANYONE CAN COME IN AND BUY A RIGHT.

UH, THEY CAN PUT UP A RESTAURANT OR ANY KIND OF RETAIL USE, UH, ON SITE.

UM, NOW, WELL, THAT'S GREAT.

UM, WE THINK A HOTEL HERE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY, UH, TRAFFIC MAINLY, AND ALSO SECURITY.

SO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC FIRST.

UM, FOR, UH, A HOTEL, THE MAIN TIMES OF TRAFFIC ARE MAINLY DURING CHECK-IN.

SO ANYTIME BETWEEN 3:00 PM AND 10:00 PM IS USUALLY A CHECK-IN.

UM, AND THAT USUALLY WITH AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL, THAT KIND OF, UM, PUSHES MORE TOWARDS, UH, POST 5:00 PM UH, AS FAR AS TRAFFIC.

AND THEN WHEN FOLKS ARE CHECKING OUT, CLOSER TO NOON IS WHEN, UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, A LOT OF THE, THE TRAFFIC FOR, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE DRIVING, UH, FOR RESTAURANTS, UH, OR ANY RETAIL CONCEPTS, HONESTLY.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC CAN BE GOING ON ALL DAY LONG.

UM, SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY AS BENEFICIAL TO, UH, OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT THE RESIDENCES IN THE BACK WOULD, WOULD REALLY LIKE.

UH, WE THINK, UM, ALSO THE TRIPS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF POINTING TOWARDS THE TRIPS GENERATED.

UM,

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THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM, UH, THE, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS CALCULATION THAT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR EACH DEVELOPMENT.

UM, SO FOR A HOTEL OF THIS SIZE, UH, WE ACTUALLY GENERATE, UH, 1011 TRIPS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR 16,750 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND 105 ROOMS IS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP.

MEANWHILE, YOU KNOW, A RESTAURANT THAT'S ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET OR TWO RESTAURANTS THAT ARE 5,000 SQUARE FEET EACH, WHICH WOULD BE ADEQUATE, YOU KNOW, ON THIS SITE, YOU, YOU ACTUALLY SEE ABOUT 50% MORE TRAFFIC, UH, TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.

UM, SO NOT, NOT AS GREAT FOR, FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN, UM, OF COURSE, SAFETY AND SECURITY ARE THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WE THINK ABOUT FOR ANY HOTEL DEVELOPMENT.

UM, ONE, ONE THING THAT WE DID WAS WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, PRIOR, AND WE ACTUALLY GOT SOME PRETTY INTERESTING STATISTICS FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS, UH, THROUGH OCTOBER.

UH, SO LAST MONTH, SO THROUGH OC THE 12 MONTHS FROM OCTOBER, 2023 TO OCTOBER 20, UH, 2024, UH, THERE WERE 429 CASES THAT WERE REPORTED FOR CRIMES.

OF THOSE 429 CASES, ONLY 14 OF THOSE WERE RELATED TO HOTELS WITHIN THE CITY, AND ACTUALLY NONE OF THEM WERE RELATED TO ANY SEX CRIMES ITSELF.

UM, SO THAT, THAT KIND OF POINTS TO THE CASE THAT AS LONG AS THESE HOTELS ARE BEING MANAGED PROPERLY, AS LONG AS THERE ARE THE SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE, UM, THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN SAFE.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SECURITY MEASURES THAT, THAT GO ON AT HOTELS, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE, ONCE THEY'RE CHECKING IN, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ID, UM, AT THIS, KIND OF HELPS DETER ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT ARE, UH, THAT'S AN EASY WAY TO GET IDENTIFIED.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, THERE'S MANDATORY, UH, SEX TRAFFICKING TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED BY ALL HOTEL BRANDS NOW, UM, THAT IS REQUIRED EVERY SINGLE YEAR BY, UH, EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE TO IDENTIFY, UH, PATTERNS AND THEN ALSO IDENTIFY, UH, JUST, UH, JUST COMMON THINGS THAT GO ON IN SEX TRAFFICKING AND CHILD TRAFFICKING AND EVERY, UH, CRIME OF THAT NATURE.

AND SO THE HOTEL, THE HOTEL BRAINS ARE VERY AWARE THAT, UM, THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

THEY'RE VERY PROACTIVE AS FAR AS MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY HARSH, UH, PENALTIES FOR THE OPERATORS AND OWNERS, UM, IF ANY INCIDENT DOES HAPPEN.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE THINK THIS IS, UM, BENEFICIAL TO, UH, THE CITY AND THE, THE AREA IN GENERAL, UH, TO PREVENT ANY, UH, CRIMES OF THIS NATURE, OF COURSE.

UM, AND THAT, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD.

UM, BUT ARE THERE ANY, UH, OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE WON'T TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT.

WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN IF COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALRIGHT, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 1 6 2024? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME ON UP.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR POSITION, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

UH, YES, SIR.

MY NAME'S TIM BUSH.

I LIVE AT 3 0 2 LINK HAVEN DRIVE.

I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE, UH, 2000, MAY OF 2000.

UH, IT'S A NICE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT, UH, ONE ISSUE THAT WE DO HAVE, THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS FLOODING.

MY HOUSE IS FLOODED 14 TIMES SINCE I'VE LIVED THERE.

WE ARE JUST ABOVE THE GREEN SPACE.

THAT'S WHERE THE HOTEL IS PROPOSED.

UH, THAT GREEN SPACE IS APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM MY HOUSE.

I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING A BUNCH OF CONCRETE IN PLACE.

UH, ALL THE DUNCANVILLE RESIDENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LINK HAVEN DRIVE, THEY ARE LOWER THAN, THAN WHAT I AM.

AND I FLOOD.

I'M IN CONSTRUCTION, AND I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT MANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SOMETHING MANMADE, UH, IS SUPERIOR THAN MOTHER NATURE IN A GREEN SPACE WHEN IT COMES TO ALLEVIATING WATER.

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IN 2015, IT FLOOD, IT FLOODED SO BAD THAT THAT WHOLE SPACE, THE WHOLE ENTIRE AREA WAS UNDERWATER.

IT CREEPED UP WITHIN ABOUT 12 TO 15 FEET OF MY, UH, FRONT DOOR.

SO THAT WAS A REAL PROBLEM.

WE, WE HAD THE SUM PUMPS.

WE WERE BAILING THE WHOLE MONTH.

IT WAS, UH, IN JUNE OF 2015.

AND OFF AND ON, WHENEVER WE HAVE THE BIBLICAL HEAVY, HEAVY RAINS, THE WATER TOWERS JUST TO OUR NORTH, ALL THE WATER RUNS DOWN THE HILL FROM THE WEST.

IT RUNS DOWNHILL FROM THE SOUTH, AND IT JUST REALLY OVERWHELMS EVERYTHING IN THE AREA.

ANOTHER CONCERN I GOT IS THE AMOUNT OF LIGHTING.

WE GOT A NICE, QUIET, DARK NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE GOT ONE STREET LIGHT THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET THAT GIVES A SAMPLE LIGHTING.

A HOTEL'S GONNA HAVE LIGHTS ALL THE WAY AROUND 24 7.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT A THREE STORY BUILDING AS THREE STORY BUILDING'S GONNA HAVE A NICE VIEW INTO OUR HOMES, INTO OUR WINDOWS.

AND, UH, AND I JUST DON'T, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

AND, UH, WE WERE ALSO HERE FOR THE, UH, PLANNING OF THE BOARD PLANNING MEETING.

I WENT ACROSS AND SPOKE TO 'EM.

NOBODY WAS AWARE.

SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ALSO DONE THE SAME THING.

THEY'RE STILL NOT AWARE IF IT WASN'T FOR US GOING OVER THERE TELLING 'EM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REAL THRILLED WITH THE IDEA ALSO.

AND, BUT WE DID GET THIS LETTER.

WE DIDN'T GET THE MEETING THAT WAS SUGGESTED, BUT WE GOT THIS LETTER AND I JUST FOUND OUT THIS EVENING THAT NOT EVEN EVERYBODY ON THE DUNCANVILLE SIDE THAT HAS THE SEPTIC TANKS, NOT, NOT EVERYONE GOT THIS LETTER EITHER.

SO I JUST DON'T, I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE, UH, TO, TO, TO, TO APPROVE OR ACCEPT SUCH A PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I'M SORRY, DID YOU GIVE YOUR POSITION? YOU IN FAVOR? I AM AGAINST, YOU'RE AGAINST.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

10 TIMES? YES, I, I CUT IT.

I COULD HAVE PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER, BUT I NEEDED YOU TO SAY IT.

THEY'RE GONNA PUT A SEWER LINE ON THERE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER 6 1 6 2024.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 1 16 2024? GOOD EVENING, SIR.

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

STEVEN A. RIOS, THREE 10 LINCOLN CA.

WE ALL LIVE IN THE BORDERLINE OF DUNCAN VIEW AND CEDAR HILL.

NOW, I HEARD THIS GENTLEMAN SAID SOMETHING ABOUT CRIME RATES OVER THERE OR WHAT, WHATEVER CRIME THAT WE HAVE, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT LIKE SIX PROPERTIES OVER THERE ON THAT SIDE OF CEDAR HILL.

AND I'VE BEEN THERE ALMOST GONNA BE 30 YEARS NOW.

AND ONLY TWICE I SEE A CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICER PASS BY ONLY TWICE.

AND THAT'S DURING THE DAYTIME.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T SEE ANY, ANYBODY.

THEN AGAIN, THERE'S BIG CRIME THAT HAPPENED AT MY HOUSE WHEN THEY BROKE INTO MY BARN AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEY BROKE INTO MY TRUCK.

BUT WE HAVE ANIMALS THAT ARE BARKED TO LET ME KNOW SONNY'S BACK THERE, BUT I'M AFRAID THAT THEY BRING THAT PLACE OVER THERE.

IT IS GONNA CREATE MORE CRIME.

THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY FIVE OR SIX HOUSES OUT THERE THAT'S ON CEDAR HILL.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE GETS THE 400, WHATEVER CRIME THAT HE SAID, OR I'M HARDLY HEARING.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE READ DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH CRIME THERE.

WE WATCH OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING DOES HAPPEN.

THERE IS A LOT BEHIND MY HOUSE.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE DROP OFF STRAY DOGS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE THAT KICKED, KILLED ONE OF MY DOGS AND HE WAS A, THAT DOG WAS A FIGHTER.

I JUST DON'T WANT NOTHING START GETTING BIG.

JUST LIKE WHEN THEY STARTED SELLING BEER IN DUN DUNCANVILLE.

I NOTICE, I HEAR A LOT MORE SIRENS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST, I JUST DON'T WANT NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING.

YOU KNOW? I BOUGHT THAT PLACE FOR A REASON.

'CAUSE I BOUGHT IT.

IT WAS NICE, QUIET BEFORE COSTCO CAME ALONG BEFORE OR RIGHT ABOUT WHEN, UH, HOME DEPOT WAS BUILT.

EVERYTHING WAS NICE AS PEOPLE.

NOW IT'S GOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE TRAFFIC, MORE SMOKE.

I CAN'T EVEN GO OUTSIDE, DRINK A CUP OF COFFEE ANYMORE LIKE I USED TO ANYWAY.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SEE IF THEY COULD DO MORE PATROLLING, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN THERE OVER 30 YEARS AND I DON'T SEE A POLICE OFFICER TWICE.

WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THEM THAT I CALLED.

AND YET THAT ONE QUESTIONED ME ABOUT WHERE I LIVE AT.

I SAID, I LIVE HERE.

WANT TO SAY LIKE, ARE YOU SURE? I GO, YOU TELL SOME SHORT THIS IS MY HOUSE.

BUT ANYWAY, I JUST, I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET TOO MUCH OF THAT CRIME GOING OVER THERE.

AND, AND, AND ANOTHER THING I HEARD HIM SAY SOMETHING ABOUT

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OKAY? IF THEY'RE GONNA RUN BEHIND MY ALLEY, THAT MEANS THAT WE GOTTA CONNECT TO THAT.

AND THAT'S GONNA COST MONEY THESE DAYS.

HARDLY ANYBODY GOT MONEY.

WE, WE LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

AND SOME, SOME OF US ARE, ARE RETIRED.

IS THAT, UH, DID ARE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR AGAINST? I'M AGAINST.

YOU'RE AGAINST.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, AND, AND JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS DURING CITIZEN, DURING THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO COUNSEL.

WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DELIBERATE WITH YOU WHILE YOU'RE PRESENTING.

UM, ANYONE ELSE, UH, WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR.

OPPOSITION? YES, MA'AM.

COME ON UP.

HI, UH, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS SHARON BUSH.

UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS, UM, HOTEL COMING ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE.

I LIVE LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET.

UM, BEEN THERE 25 YEARS.

UM, I'M, FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE DUNCANVILLE SIDE WAS NOT AWARE, MADE AWARE OF THIS.

WE HAVE NINE HOUSES THAT ARE CEDAR HILL.

WE ARE LITERALLY THE BORDER.

SO ON MY SIDE OF LINK CAVEN DRIVE, WE'RE CEDAR HILL, LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET.

THOSE WITH A LINK, CAVEN ADDRESS ARE DUNCANVILLE.

THERE'S AT LEAST A HUNDRED HOUSES IN THIS SUBDIVISION THAT KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS.

AT THE PLANNING MEETING, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MAVERICK GROUP HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH BOTH CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE.

THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

MY HUSBAND AND OTHERS DID GO AROUND TO THE DUNCANVILLE NEIGHBORS WHO KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS.

THEY ALSO SAID AT THAT LAST MEETING THAT THIS WAS AREA IS ZONED FOR CEDAR HILL SCHOOLS.

THAT IS NOT CORRECT.

IT IS ZONED FOR DUNCANVILLE SCHOOLS.

AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A SCHOOL, RIVER OAKS.

YOU TAKE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER TO RIVER OAKS AND DOWN THE HILL YOU HAVE ALEXANDRA ELEMENTARY.

A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DUN IN, UH, DESOTO AND IN, UH, OTHER PARTS OF CEDAR HILL THAT ARE ZONED FOR DUNCANVILLE SCHOOLS.

THAT'S THEIR, THEIR PATH.

THAT'S HOW THEY GET TO THE SCHOOL.

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HOTEL THERE, UM, ALL KINDS OF TRAFFIC IN AND OUT.

AS, AS THEY SAID, IT'S A THREE STORY.

I HAVE A TWO STORY HOUSE.

THAT 10 FOOT FENCE IS NOT GONNA, THE PEOPLE ON THE THIRD FLOOR ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO MY DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM.

YOU KNOW.

UM, RIGHT NOW THE MOST THING I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS AN OCCASIONAL COYOTE THAT MIGHT COME ACROSS THE ROAD.

NOW I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHERS.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW IN AND OUT LIGHTING, SECURITY ISSUES.

AND, AND THEY WANNA PUT A LITTLE, LIKE A OUTDOOR AREA THAT'S LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE DUNCANVILLE SIDE, THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT EVEN AWARE AND THEY HAVE LITTLE CHILDREN THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OUTDOOR AREA THERE WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE OUT THERE SMOKING, WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE SMOKING.

THERE'LL BE ALL KINDS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ACTIVITIES, PARTIES AND THINGS.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE CHILDREN NEXT DOOR.

WE'RE A NICE LITTLE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WHILE NOBODY ELSE MAY CARE, OH, YOU'RE CEDAR HILL, YOU'RE DUNCANVILLE.

WE DON'T, WE LOOK AT ALL OF US AS ONE COMMUNITY.

AND THE FACT THAT NOT CEDAR HILL NOR MAVERICK REACHED OUT TO THAT DUNCAN MILL SIDE, I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.

AND I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO KNOW WHAT'S GONNA GO ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY THOUGH, TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT FOR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES.

I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO GROW IN THOSE THINGS, BUT APPROPRIATE BUSINESSES NEED TO BE THERE.

NOT AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND GO.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

YOU'RE IN AND OUT, PARTIES, NOISE, THE WHOLE THING.

IT'S A VERY QUIET, QUIET, SAFE AREA.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL, WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, WITH YOU.

MEETING, UH, CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? 3 0 0 3 0 2 LINK HAVEN DRIVE.

AND WHAT, WHICH CITY? I'M SORRY.

I'M, UH, WELL, OUR PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED IN CEDAR HILL.

BUT WE HAVE DUNCANVILLE MAILING ADDRESS.

GOT IT.

BUT YES, I AM, I AM IN CEDAR HILL.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? YES, MA'AM.

COME ON UP IN FAVOR OR OUR POSITION? YES.

COME ON UP.

YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

UM, AND WHAT POSITION? AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I AM AGAINST THE HOTEL.

I DON'T WANT IT BUILT.

AND I LIKE MS. BUSH.

WE ARE A COMMUNITY.

WE ALL HELP ONE ANOTHER.

WE WATCH OVER OUR HOUSES, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, AND I'M NOT, WE, WE HAVE A RECORD.

CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? YES, I LIVE AT, MY NAME'S SHA GARCIA.

I LIVE AT THREE 10 LINK HAVEN DRIVE.

THERE YOU GO.

AND, UH, I'M AGAINST THE HOTEL BUILT.

YOU KNOW, WELL, HOW WOULD I SAY IT? UM, HE'S GOT AN ILLNESS, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

BEING BUILT.

UH, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE HAVE.

'CAUSE WE DO WATCH OVER ONE ANOTHER.

AND LIKE MS. BUSH SAID, UH, THERE'S SCHOOLS AROUND THERE LIKE ALEXANDER BUILDING A HOTEL.

SOME OF THESE CHILDREN WALK HOME, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT FAR FROM THE SCHOOL, THEY LIVE AROUND THERE.

BUT STILL, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, BEING, UH, CARE FOR THESE CHILDREN, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S A, A LITTLE BOY THAT COMES ACROSS THE STREET.

HE'S GOT A,

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BUT WHEN THE BUS DROPS HIM OFF, I ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE, MAKE SURE HE GETS INTO HIS HOUSE.

OF COURSE THE PARENTS COME OUT, BUT, UH, I SEE FROM ACROSS THE STREET, I ALWAYS WATCH, MAKE SURE HE'S OKAY.

AND YOU NEVER KNOW.

NOWADAYS THE WAY THE WORLD'S CHANGING, IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER.

SO I FEEL SAFE WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND ME.

'CAUSE LIKE SHE SAID, OUR SIDE IS CEDAR HILL, ACROSS THE STREET IS DUNCANVILLE, BUT WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER AND WE WATCH OVER ONE ANOTHER.

SO YES, I'M AGAINST THE HOTEL BEING BUILT.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER 6 1 6 2024.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 1 6 2024? YES.

COME ON DOWN.

NIKKI PALACIOS, 12 0 1 MEADOW CREST LANE.

I EMAILED OUR LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO THE DEPARTMENT PLANNING DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING, SO I HOPE, UH, YOU RECEIVED IT.

BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I ARE AGAINST IT.

FOR UH, UH, I'D LIKE FOR THE RECORD BE NOTED THAT, UH, THERE WAS A, A WRITTEN, UH, FORMAL WRITTEN, UH, NOTIFICATION OF OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE NUMBER FOR MS. MARIANO AND NICHOLAS, UH, CIOS.

I THINK I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT, PALIUS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

PLEASE COME ON UP.

MY NAME'S BEN RODRIGUEZ.

I LIVE AT 1810 CREEK HAVEN DRIVE, WHICH WOULD BE DUNCANVILLE.

AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WE TALK IT ABOUT, IT'S A MIXTURE OF, LIKE SOMEONE MENTIONED HUNDREDS OF HOMES.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSES FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO $500,000 NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF WHAT THEY, THEY WERE PLANNING ON DOING WITH THIS PROPERTY.

AND I'M BASICALLY, I'M AGAINST IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE DONE ANY STUDIES OR Y'ALL, IS THIS ENDEAVOR GOING TO INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUES OF ALL THESE HOMES OR HOW MUCH MONEY WE SEE IT'S GONNA BE GENERATED TO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF IT'S ALL ONE WAY STREET JUST FOR THEIR BUSINESS, THEN IT DOESN'T BENEFIT US AT ALL.

IT DOESN'T BENEFIT US LIKE COSTCO, PAPS, BARBECUE, UH, STARBUCKS DOWN THE STREET.

SO UNTIL I GET MORE INFORMATION AS TO HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US.

'CAUSE MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS RETIREMENT.

UH, WE'RE ALL RETIRED AND WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING OR A BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO BRING DOWN THE PROPERTY VALUES THAT WE INVEST IT HEAVILY INTO.

SO BASICALLY I'M, I'M AGAINST IT UNTIL YOU CAN PROVE OTHERWISE THAT IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT.

IF IT'S NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE BENEFIT DUNCANVILLE.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE BENEFIT CEDAR HILL.

AND YOU ALREADY HAVE A HOTEL ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THERE.

SO WHY BUILD ANOTHER ONE? THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 1 16 2024.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 1 16 2024? GOOD EVENING.

HI.

NOT JUST FOR THE PARK.

I CAME LATE.

UM, I LIVE AT 2 2 6 VALLEY LANE IN DUNCANVILLE.

I AM AGAINST IT.

MY TWO DAUGHTERS ARE SITTING RIGHT THERE, THERE.

I DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S SAFE FOR NOT ONLY MY KIDS, BUT THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

'CAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW THE TRAFFIC.

THIS WILL BRING INTO OUR, UM, COMMUNITY.

I DO USE THAT LONG CURVE ROAD THAT YOU WANT TO BUILD THAT ON FOR OUR WALKS.

UM, WHERE I FEEL VERY SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WOULD NOT, UM, IT WOULD NOT MAKE ME FEEL SAFE IF THAT IS THERE.

'CAUSE AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS OR, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT REALLY GOOD ON THAT PART.

POSITIVE, BUT I'M AGAINST IT.

COULD YOU GIMME YOUR NAME PLEASE? ANNA LEE HERNANDEZ.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 1 6 2024.

ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION

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ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 1 6 2024 LAST REQUEST.

ANYONE WHO ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 1 6 2024.

NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL.

BEFORE I DO THAT, ALLOW ME TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE A LITTLE INFORMATION AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL.

SO PLEASE, UH, GIMME A SECOND.

COUNCIL NUMBER ONE, UH, THIS CASE WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

IT WAS DENIED, UH, BY THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

THEREFORE, IN ORDER FOR IT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SUPER MAJORITY COUNCIL.

UM, NUMBER TWO, FOR, UM, EVERYONE WHO IS HERE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, WE ARE CONSIDERING A ZONING CHANGE.

THEREFORE, UM, THIS IS NOT TO DISCOURAGE ANY TYPE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT, THAT THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS PROPERTY.

UH, IT IS ZONE LOCAL RETAIL.

SO IN FUTURE, IF IT IS ZONE LOCAL RETAIL, IT WILL NOT COME BEFORE COUNCIL IF IT MEETS THE ZONING.

UH, AND IF IT MEETS THE NEEDS AND GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS, THERE WILL BE A DEVELOPMENT THERE.

AND COUNCIL OBVIOUSLY, UH, CANNOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

THE FACT THAT IT'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COULD PUT US IN POSITION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR ISSUES.

UM, NOW ALSO, THIS PROPERTY APPEARS TO BE, UM, VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY LIMITS OF BOTH DUNCANVILLE AND CEDAR HILL.

UM, THE ONLY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT THAT CEDAR HILL'S OBLIGATED TO DO IS TO NOTIFY WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS OF CEDAR OF THE CEDAR HILL CITY LINE.

SO IF YOU ARE IN DUNCANVILLE, UM, YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN A NOTIFICATION FROM THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL JUST AS IF A DEVELOPMENT WAS GOING ON IN DUNCANVILLE AND THERE WAS ADJACENT TOWARDS CEDAR HILL.

DUNCANVILLE WILL NOT SEND A NOTIFICATION TO OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF JUST STANDARD PRACTICE, UH, FROM CITIES.

HOWEVER, I DO LOVE THE FACT THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE INVITE DUNCANVILLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS JUST LIKE WE INVITE OUR CITIZENS.

SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT.

UM, THOSE ARE A FEW, UH, FRAMEWORK COUNSEL THAT I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO TEASE UP BEFORE I OPENING UP TO COUNCIL.

UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? THE FLOOR IS OPEN, COUNCILWOMAN AZI.

UM, YEAH, A FEW, A FEW, UM, COMMENTS.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ALSO, UM, FROM THE GENTLEMAN THAT PRESENTED.

IT'S PROBABLY IN OUR NOTES, BUT I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION.

SURE.

ARE YOU, UH, REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER? THE OWNER? UH, FUTURE OPERATOR? DEVELOPER AND OWNER.

DEVELOPER AND OWNER.

UM, SO WAS, WAS THERE ANY CON CONSIDERATION ON YOUR PART TO, UM, TALK TO THE RESIDENTS? WE, WE DID SEND OUT, UH, A LETTER TO RESIDENTS WITH, UM, WITHIN BOTH CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE.

SO WE USED DOUBLE THE RADIUS THAT'S REQUIRED, UM, BY, BY THE CITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE USED AS FAR AS OUR NOTIFICATION.

SO YOU, YOU JUST SENT OUT NOTIFICATION? MM-HMM.

, UH, TO THEM.

UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROCESS? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU USE TO DETERMINE, UM, USUALLY THERE'S LIKE A, A LIST, A CHECKLIST.

ARE ALREADY IN THE MARKET.

, YOU KNOW, I NEED THIS MANY PEOPLE AND A DEMOGRAPHIC OR WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS AND WHAT DID YOU USE TO DETERMINE THAT THIS WAS A GOOD SITE? YEAH.

UH, FOR THE, THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE LOOK AT IS, UH, TRENDS AS FAR AS, UH, WHERE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A METROPLEX OR A CITY.

UM, AND WITH THAT, WE ALSO TAKE, TEND TO LOOK AT, UM, FOR, PARTICULARLY FOR EXTENDED STAY HOTELS, UH, YOU TRY TO LOOK FOR MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S BEEN A TON OF, UH, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON IN NOT ONLY CEDAR HILL, BUT JUST THE SOUTHERN PART OF DFW, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE SOUTH OF 20.

UM, AND THAT'S A, A BIG, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS AS FAR AS, UH, UH, DETERMINING, UM, WHETHER AND EXTENDED STAY, UH, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY FACTOR, BUT ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT WE TAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT.

UM, AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT THING WE'LL LOOK AT IS, UM, OF COURSE, HOW MANY HOTELS

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UM, IF WE DETERMINE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN NEED STILL THERE, UM, AFTER TAKING A LOOK AT HOW THE, THE HOTELS ARE PER THE EXISTING HOTELS ARE PERFORMING, WHAT'S NOT THERE, UH, AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOTELS THAT ARE, THAT ARE POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE, UH, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING IF, IF THIS IS EVEN ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR, FOR ANY DEVELOPER TO TAKE ON.

AND, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT STEP THAT WE GO FROM THERE.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, WE GO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO EXECUTE OUR PLAN.

AND THEN ARE THERE OTHER, I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND A LOT OF INFORMATION ON EXISTING, UM, THIS CONCEPT.

I SAW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME QUEUED UP.

YEAH, THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE'S NOT ACTUALLY NOT ANY OPEN YET, BUT THERE ARE SOME IN DEVELOPMENT STILL, UH, BUT NONE THAT ARE OPERATING RIGHT NOW.

UM, I THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE AS FAR AS YOUR QUESTIONS, UH, QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

UM, JUST ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, MAYOR.

UM, I DO LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN OF IT.

I HAVE A LITTLE ISSUE WITH THE LOCATION.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT CONCEPT FOR HILTON, WHICH ALSO LENDS SOME CREDIBILITY TO A DEVELOPMENT JUST BY THE FACT THAT IT'S A HILTON PROPERTY.

UM, WHERE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN IS JUST THE FACT THAT, UM, I, I HONE IN ON PHRASES LIKE LOWER MIDDLE.

UM, WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY LOWER MIDDLE ANYMORE, LOWER MIDDLE, UM, IN CEDAR HILL.

I THINK WE HAVE SOME LOWER, LOWER, UM, ALREADY AND WE HAVE SOME LOWER MIDDLE, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE NEED.

UM, AND THEN THE, THE TERMINOLOGY USED, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED STAY TO ME, IN MY MIND, TRANSLATES INTO MORE SHORT TERM RENTALS.

I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY.

AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT, UM, I WOULDN'T BE IN SUPPORT OF.

SO, UM, I DO HEAR THE, UH, CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS AND I, YOU KNOW, TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

BUT FOR ME IT IS, IS MOSTLY DUE TO, UM, THE, THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, UM, THE, THE WHOLE THOUGHT OF SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THEN THE SORT OF THE, THE RANKING OF THE LOWER MIDDLE, UM, FOR THIS CONCEPT.

THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN AZI.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY? YES.

SO BEFORE YOU BEGIN, COUNCILWOMAN THANK YOU COUNCILOR MCCURDY.

UM, I BELIEVE WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE INFORMATION ON THE, ON THE APPLICATION, YOU HAVE A LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH, WITH HILTON FOR THE LYFT SMART BRAND.

WHAT PERIOD OF TIME IS THAT LICENSING FOR THAT LICENSING AGREEMENT? WOULD IT BE FOR 20 YEARS? FOR 20 YEARS, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS AT THE, AT THE END OF THAT 20 YEARS? HOW DO WE, HOW WOULD WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, WE APPROVE A HILTON AND WE END UP WITH A MAGNUSSON? YEAH.

UM, AT THAT POINT, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE OWNER.

UM, THE, AT THE END OF THE 20 YEARS, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE BRANDS WILL SAY IS YOU HAVE TO RENEW YOUR LICENSE.

IF, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE OWNER, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT, UH, RENEW THE LICENSE WITH HILTON.

THEY MIGHT DECIDE TO GO WITH A DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, BRAND.

UH, BUT, UH, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT WORKS, UNFORTUNATELY.

THE BRANDS DO TEND TO LOOK AT, UH, PERFORMANCE THOUGH, AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY WILL, IF THE PER, IF THE PROPERTY'S PERFORMING PRETTY WELL, UM, THE BRAND WILL KIND OF NUDGE THE OWNERS, UH, TO, TO CONTINUE STAYING WITHIN, UH, THAT THE BRAND WITH THE BRAND.

THE, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS JUST A, A, A COMMENT.

I, I NOTED IN YOUR, IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU, YOU EQUATED THIS TO A CLASS B MULTIFAMILY.

I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE NOT APPROVING ANY CLASS B MULTIFAMILY EITHER.

SO, UH, JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.

JUST A A QUICK QUESTION.

IF YOU CAN ELABORATE MORE ON THE CLIENTELE THAT YOU EXPECT WITH AN EXTENDED STAY.

, UH, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO TEXAS, I STAYED IN THE, IN, IN THE RESIDENCE INN IN ARLINGTON.

WHILE WE SECURED OUR HOME.

UM, I TYPICALLY ASSOCIATE AN EXTENDED STAY WITH A LARGE HOSPITAL COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR WEEKS FOR THERAPY OR FOR A LARGE, UM, CORPORATE CAMPUS WHERE THERE'S CONSTANTLY INDIVIDUALS COMING IN FOR WEEKS ON WEEKS OF TRAINING.

WE DON'T HAVE EITHER

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ONE OF THOSE HERE.

SO WHAT CLIENTELE WOULD YOU BE DIRECTING THIS, THIS PROPERTY OR THIS PRODUCT TO? CORRECT? UM, THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY, UH, WHILE, UH, I AGREE THERE'S NO LARGE CORPORATE CAMPUSES OR A LARGE HOSPITAL, UM, THERE ARE STILL OTHER BUSINESSES THAT STILL, UH, HAVE A NEED FOR EXTENDED, EXTENDED STAY.

THIS PRODUCT IS VERY SIMILAR TO RESIDENCE AND AS, AS YOU MENTIONED.

UM, AND SO, UH, IT'S GEARED MORE TOWARDS BUSINESSES.

IT'S GEARED, UH, TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CONSULTANTS WHO ARE TRAVELING HERE, UH, FOR FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THOSE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES THAT ARE IN OR AROUND, UH, THE CITY.

UM, AND, AND, AND THE LIKE.

ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL COUNCILOR HAYDEN? YES, MAYOR.

UM, OF COURSE, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY ALREADY ALLUDED TO ONE QUESTION THAT I WAS GONNA ASK, AND THAT WAS REGARDS TO THE B AND HOW YOU, UH, YOU RATED THIS TYPE OF, OF, UH, UH, PROJECT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE FACTORS OF, UH, WHAT IT TAKES TO DO A ZONING CHANGE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE AREA THAT YOU'RE IN, EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR, YOUR PRODUCT LOOKS PRETTY INVITING.

UM, I, I DIDN'T LIKE THE, THE LEVEL OF, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING THE CLASS B, BUT I ALSO LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT ARE, THAT WE LOOK AT TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF IT'S GOOD FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

AND IN, IN MY MIND, AND ALL THE FACTORS SEEM TO POINT AGAINST A WAY TO HAVING, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IN THAT LOCATION.

SO, UH, SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA ARTICULATE THAT AND SAY THAT I'M, I DON'T THINK CEDAR HILL IS REALLY READY FOR, FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL, ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA.

SO, MM-HMM, .

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR COMING FROM COUNCIL? UM, NOT SAYING NONE, UM, YOU KNOW, MY 2 CENTS BEFORE I OPENING UP TO COUNCIL FOR A MOTION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, UM, WE JUST ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECENTLY, MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK AND PROVIDED SOME VISION OF, OF WHAT WE WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WE, I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAD PICTURED, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONCEPT HERE.

UM, IT IS THE ENTRANCE COMING INTO OUR CITY.

UH, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF LANDSCAPING, UH, PARTNERING WITH TDO, SO WE KIND OF HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHWAY SIDE OF IT.

UH, I THINK WE KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF USE.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY NOT YET.

I KIND OF WANNA SEE IF WE ACTUALLY KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SPUR SOME TYPE OF INTEREST, UH, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO CHANGE THE ZONE.

THAT'S JUST FOR ME, UH, MY, MY 2 CENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THAT ENTRANCE.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE I STAND ON IT.

UH, I JUST WANNA PROVIDE MY STANCE BEFORE I, BEFORE I PLACE MY VOTE.

SO THANK YOU.

SO WITH THAT COUNSEL, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.

MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

DIDN'T SEE YOU READY TO ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.

NO, I GUESS I SKIPPED THE PROTEIN.

I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT.

SORRY, I WAS GONNA MAKE THE MOTION, BUT SORRY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

UH, MARY, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY CASE NUMBER PD 6 1 6 2 0 2 4 SECOND.

I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS YOUR MOTION? I'M SORRY TO, TO DENY.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR DENIAL AND WE, AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

CASE NUMBER CUP 6 81 2024.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, ALL OF THE, UH, FAVOR FOR DENIAL.

YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, UH, UNANIM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.

MAYBE LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.

UH, THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR THAT WORK.

UH, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, UH,

[b. Case No. CUP-681-2024 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for “commercial amusement other than listed (indoors)” on property zoned Planned Development District No. 05-226, generally located south of East Pleasant Run Road, northwest of Highway 67, with the approximate address being 305 West FM 1382, Suite 418 [Hillside Village]. Applicant: Rick Dopps with Kids Empire. Property Owner: Prep Hillside Real Estate LLC/Prep Property Group LLC]

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITION USE PERMIT CUP FOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, UH, OTHER THAN LISTED INDOORS ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN, DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT NUMBER 0 5 2 2 6.

JUNIOR, LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD, NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 67, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 3 0 5 WEST FM 1382.

SUITE 4 1 8, HILLSIDE VILLAGE APPLICANT RICK DOS WITH, UH, KIDS EMPIRE PROPERTY OWNER PREP, HILLSIDE REAL ESTATE, LLC, PREP PROPERTY GROUP, LLC.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? YES.

DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT ANYTHING TO COUNCIL? UM, GOOD EVENING.

HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY? DOING GOOD.

WELL, UM, JUST, UH, I REPRESENT, UH, KIDS EMPIRE.

WE ARE THE ARCHITECT AND DESIGN ARCHITECT FOR, FOR KIDS EMPIRE.

UM, AGAIN, IT'S A INDOOR, UH,

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FACILITY FOR KIDS.

IT KIND OF FITS IN WITH THE, OF OUR ENVIRONMENT OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.

UH, WE BELIEVE WE'VE DEVELOPED ALL ACROSS, UH, UNITED STATES WITH THESE CONCEPTS AND THEY'VE DONE VERY WELL.

UH, THEY'RE SAFEGUARDED.

WE DO HAVE STUFF IN PLACE FOR KIDS.

THEY CAN'T EXIT OUTTA THE BUILDINGS.

I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS.

UH, AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, I WOULD HEAR TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, APPROVALS PRIOR, BUT AGAIN, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS NEEDED FOR MYSELF AND KIDS EMPIRE.

SOUNDS GREAT.

WELL, WHAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AND BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS WE ASK YOU COME BACK UP.

ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? QUESTION TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 6 81 2024.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? I SEE SOMEONE COMING DOWN.

GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR POSITION? UH, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LLOYD SILVA.

5 9 0 5 EAST GALBRATH ROAD, CINCINNATI, OHIO.

UH, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT FOUR.

UM, WE'RE THE OWNER OF HILLSIDE VILLAGE, SO, UH, I JUST AT LEAST WANT TO COME UP AND, UH, GIVE MY SUPPORT FOR THE, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE USE TO HAVE THEM, UH, JOIN, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND HOPEFULLY WHAT'S TO COME HERE IN THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

YOU JUST LIVE ACROSS THE STREET? YES, .

WE DO HAVE A, A SUPPORT, UM, THAT JUST CAME UP.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 81 2024? ANYONE THAT WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 81 2024.

LAST REQUEST.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 81 2024.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH.

I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT? UH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

UH OH, I'M KIND OF FAMILIAR.

I'M SORRY.

I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR CONCEPT.

UM, IS THIS REALLY MORE FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES AS A GROUP OR CAN YOU JUST BRING ONE FAMILY AND JUST HAVE A COUPLE KIDS? I MEAN, WHAT'S IT, WHAT'S IT REALLY, UH, DESIGNED FOR? IT IS CATERED FOR, LIKE YOU SAID, FAMILY EVENTS, BUT, UH, THERE IS, IT IS OPEN TYPICALLY WHEN MOST SHOPPING CENTERS OPEN BETWEEN 10 AND 9:00 PM SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THEY ALSO OFFER SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON, UH, AREAS OFFER LITTLE CLASSES FOR SMALLER ONES THAT ARE NOT IN SCHOOLS.

SO IT KIND OF HELPS THE COMMUNITY WITH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU HAVE, UH, GYMNASTICS, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE STREET HERE, IT'S MORE GEARED TOWARDS THE SMALLER KIDS.

UM, AND IT, IT'S JUST A PLACE FOR WHEN, WHEN SHOPPING GOES AROUND, THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE, THERE'S SOMETHING TO DO BESIDE THE KIDS.

'CAUSE YOU CAN'T WALK AROUND ALL DAY LONG.

SO IT IS, IT IS MORPHED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE PARTIES ATMOSPHERE.

BUT AGAIN, IT IS OPEN AND THERE ARE ACTIVITIES WITH KIDS, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SO THERE'S PARENTS THAT TAKE THEIR KIDS JUST, UH, JUST WHEN THEY'RE SHOPPING, JUST KIND OF HANG OUT.

UH, THEY HAVE DEALS DURING THE DAYTIME OBVIOUSLY, BUT YES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN ALL DAY INTERIOR, JUST TRAMPOLINE, JUST KIND OF JUMPING AROUND EVERYWHERE.

JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND, KIND ENVIRONMENT.

AND I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION, UH, THE NOTES THAT I READ SAID IT'S NOT A, A DAYCARE, SO CORRECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTROL, UH, PARENTS JUST GONNA MAKE ONE QUICK STOP ACROSS THE, THE STREET TO OR RUN RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO, TO GO SHOP? WHY THE KIDS ARE PLAYING? HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT? YEAH, AND THEN THEY, THEY SAY THAT FOR A REASON WE'RE NOT AT DAYCARE.

IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS ASSUME, HEY, WELL KIDS PRIOR YOU DROP KIDS OFF.

THERE'S PROBABLY, THERE IS, THERE IS A CONTROLLER ACCESS EGRESS THAT ARE THERE BETWEEN DOORS.

THERE'S NOT WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, A KID CAN JUST RUN OUT OR A PARENT CAN RUN OUT.

THERE'S, THERE IS SUPERVISION THAT'S IN THERE IN THE FRONT AREA.

THERE'S LOCKED LITTLE GATES THAT KIND OF CONTROL WHEN A PARENT AND A KID GOES OUT.

SO IF A PARENT WALKING IN AND OUT AND THERE'S A KID WALKING OUT, THERE IS CONTROL ACCESS THERE AS WELL AS THE LATE EGRESS THAT ARE IN THE BACK AREA TO PREVENT STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENING FROM, FROM KIDS, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF WALKING AROUND, WALKING OUT BY THEIR OWNS.

ALRIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD.

UH, COUNCILOR GLOVER.

IS THIS THE SAME CONCEPT AS IN WINDWOOD AND DALLAS E EXACTLY, YES.

IT'S THE SAME.

IT'S THE SAME, SAME COMPANY.

OKAY, COOL.

I, UM, READ THE REVIEWS ONLINE.

THE MAJORITY, THE REVIEWS ARE, ARE GREAT.

UM, I JUST HAD, UH, TWO QUESTIONS.

HOW DO YOU, THIS IS A CONCEPT FOR UP TO THE AGE OF 12.

12.

THEY DO HAVE AN AREA THAT IS MORE TOWARDS THE, UH, OLDER TEENS, ADULTS THAT CAN GO INTO THOSE AREAS.

HOW DO YOU POLICE THE OLDER BROTHER, THE OLDER SISTER WHO IS THERE AND WANTS TO PARTAKE AND, AND OLDER KIDS CAN PARTAKE IN THIS? IT'S MORE GEARED TOWARDS SMALLER KIDS BECAUSE IT'S SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE THERE, SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE VOTER CARS THAT THEY HAVE THERE.

SOME OF THE, THE PLAY AREA SLIDES ARE GEAR MORE TOWARDS SMALLER KIDS.

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UH, SO IT'S ADULTS AND TEENAGER CAN GO INTO THOSE AREAS, BUT MOST OF THE SPACES ARE SMALL, CONDENSED THAT IT FITS.

AGAIN, THERE'S LIKE LITTLE DANCE PLACES WHERE SMALLER KIDS WILL ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES IN AN AREA THAT'S, AGAIN, OLDER OR OLDER TEENAGERS CANNOT REALLY FIT INTO.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT, IT JUST, IT'S KIND OF GEARED TOWARD THAT.

AGAIN, THEY DO ENCOURAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WENT TO THEIR, MY NIECE'S BIRTHDAY.

THEY WERE LITTLE ABOUT 15, 16, 17-YEAR-OLD OUTSIDE THAT STILL HAD FUN, BUT THEY WERE NOT, THEY COULDN'T DO ALL THEIR EVENTS BECAUSE THEY, IT WAS MORE GEARED TO SMALLER KIDS.

SO IS THERE A P OTHER THAN A POLICY? IS THERE SOMEONE SAYING YOU'RE 16, THERE'S NOT A POLICY SAYING, HEY, HERE'S, HERE'S AGE RESTRIC, YOU CAN'T GET ON THIS THING.

IT'S, IT'S MORE TOWARDS A FIT.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NETS AND SOME OF THE NET IN THERE.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIT LIKE SAME LIKE, YOU KNOW, CHUCK E.

CHEESE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE LITTLE AREAS, YOU, YOUR OLDER KIDS ARE NOT BENEFIT FIT TO IT.

JUST LIKE MCDONALD'S AND THE PLAYGROUNDS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TRY TO GO IN THERE.

SOME OF 'EM, THEY HAVE KIDS IN PRIOR.

THEY'RE LITTLE SMALLER.

AND, AND ONE LAST THING IS WITH SOME CHUCK E CHEESE ALCOHOL THEY SERVED.

ARE THERE, WILL THERE BE PLANS IF APPROVED TO HAVE ALCOHOL SERVED? NO.

UH, THEY ARE VERY STRONGLY AGAINST, UH, ALCOHOL SERVED AND THEY ALSO STRONGLY AGAINST, UH, HAVING, UH, FOOD THERE.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN CONCEPTS IS THEY'RE JUST SNACKS.

THEY DON'T WANNA HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, FOOD, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GREASING, INTERCEPTS, STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT KIND OF JUST INTER CERTAIN.

SO THEY'RE MORE TOWARDS SNACKS, WATERS, STUFF LIKE THAT.

THEY WILL ALLOW PIZZAS OUT THERE.

BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY DO NOT WANT TO EVER GET INTO A BUSINESS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS INTO ANY ALCOHOL SALES, MORE OR LESS FOOD SALES.

CAN I GET YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? MY NAME IS POLO PADILLA.

YOU COPY THAT MATTER.

UH, I MEAN SECRETARY, UH, PROTE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? COMMENT, YES.

MAYOR.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I, UM, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED YOUR RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION HE WAS REFERRING TO.

THE PORTION I HAVE HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT IS A, IS A PARENT COMING AND, AND DROPPING OFF A CHILD AND THEN GOING SHOPPING.

AND I HEARD YOU SAY YOU HAVE CONTROLLED ACCESS FOR THE CHILD, BUT HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? 'CAUSE I, I READ YOUR, THE INFORMATION THAT SAYS THAT THE PARENT IS REQUIRED TO BE THERE THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT PARENT, DROPPING THE KID OFF AND THEN WANNA GO SOMEWHERE IN THE NA UH, IN THE SHOPPING CENTER AND DO SOME SHOPPING? I MEAN, AND SO YOU HAVE A, A CHILD THERE.

I KNOW YOU HAVE SECURITY AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE, BUT HOW, HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THAT REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THE PARENT THERE AT ALL TIMES? YEAH, AND, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE.

THEY CAN SHOP RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND LEAVE A KID INSIDE THE STORE.

SO I, SO THERE IS, THERE IS TWO, THREE PEOPLE EVERY TIME IN FRONT.

THERE IS ALSO, UH, TYPICALLY A PERSON ON THE FLOOR THAT KIND OF LOOKS, AGAIN DURING THE, DURING THE DAYTIME THERE'S LESS, UH, OCCUPANTS ON THERE.

SO IT'S EASY CONTROL WHEN IT GETS A LARGER ACCENTS OF IT, A PARENT COULD, COULD WALK OUT AND LEAVE THEIR KID THERE.

AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A SYSTEM WHERE LIKE CHUCK CHEESE, WHERE THEY STAMP YOUR HAND AND ALL THAT.

THEY DO HAVE, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN CANNOT WALK OUT.

KIND OF LIKE CHUCK CHEESE HAS WHERE YOU STAMP THEIR HAND A PARENT, AGAIN, KIDS POWERS NOT, NOT SAYING RESPONSIBILITY OF IT, BUT AGAIN, IT IS HARD TO POLICE ANY STORE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE KIDS.

SO THEY DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT KIND OF, KIND OF WALKS THE AREAS OF THE PLAYGROUND AREA.

THERE IS PEOPLE IN PLACE IN FRONT THAT IF ANYBODY COMES OUT, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW YOU SAID I DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE KIDS, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S GEAR FOR THE GEAR TOWARDS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN'T POLICE THE WHOLE SYSTEM.

UH, BUT THEY ARE, THEY DO HAVE PEOPLE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO OVERSEE, UH, EVERYBODY.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IS IT A HUNDRED PERCENT PROOF? THERE'S NOT REALLY, NO.

JUST TO CLARIFY.

SO YOU'VE GOT A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PARENT HAS TO BE THERE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A WAY OF ENFORCING IT? CORRECT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

COUNCILOR HAYDEN.

YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO GET MY MY HEAD AROUND THAT AS WELL.

UM, IF, IF A, A PARENT, ACCORDING TO THE NARRATIVE, YOU KNOW, THE PARENT HAS TO BE THERE.

IF THE PARENT HAS A 6-YEAR-OLD AND THEY GO IN THERE AND DROP THAT 6-YEAR-OLD OFF AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA DECIDE AND GO SHOPPING, THEY COULD BE GONE SEVERAL HOURS.

WHO'S IN CHARGE OF WHO WATCHES THE CHILD? WELL, AND, AND, AND THERE THERE IS, THERE IS A, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU WALK IN, THERE IS A, A, A LIST OF RULES IN, IN CRITERIA KIND OF LIKE YOU DO WITH, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL PUMP IT

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SO THERE'S A LIST AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU MUST CRY ABOUT THIS LIST.

YOU SIGN UP AFFIDAVIT.

AGAIN, IT'S, IT, IT IS RULES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT ARE SHOWN, UH, TO POLICE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, 24 7 WHILE THEY'RE IN THERE.

THERE THERE IS, THERE IS AREAS FOR MORE PROTECTED KIDS.

UH, IF THE KIDS, AGAIN, SEE THEM BY THEMSELVES, THEN SOMEBODY WOULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT.

'CAUSE AGAIN, THERE IS PEOPLE ON THE FLOORS AND IN THE FRONT, YOU KNOW, CONTROLLING ALL THESE AREAS.

FOR US TO SEE A, A LADY NOT KNOWING, MAYBE SHE HAS A SECOND PARENT THAT'S THERE, THAT'S THE DIFFICULT PART OF IT.

AND THERE IS NOT A POLICY BESIDES THE RULES THAT WE ENFORCE WHEN YOU WALK IN AND SIGN THE AGREEMENTS THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR.

BUT THAT STILL LEAVES YOU WITH A LOT OF LIABILITY THERE WHEN PEOPLE WALK OUT.

I'M TRYING TO COMPARE, I USED TO TAKE, UM, MY GRANDKIDS OVER TO THE, TO THE, UH, ALTITUDE OR YES, SIR.

WHATEVER THE THING.

AND SO I NEVER WOULD LEAVE.

UH, BUT, BUT YOU COULD.

SO, UH, BUT YOU COULD, YOU COULD LEAVE IN THOSE ALTITUDE PLACES, BUT I COULD HAVE WALKED OUT.

YES, YOU COULD.

YES, YOU COULD WATCH OUT, PUMP IT UP, BUT THEN I'M LEAVING SOMEBODY THERE THAT NOBODY'S GONNA, IT SEEMS TO ME YOU CREATE, YOU WOULD HAVE AND CREATE SOME LIABILITY ISSUES ON YOUR PART.

I KNOW YOU GOT RULES AND YOU GOT THAT, BUT I'M NOT REAL CONVINCED THE CONTROLS ARE THERE.

I MEAN, I LIKE THE CONCEPT AND SEEING WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO, AND I THINK WE NEED MORE PLACES IN THE CITY FOR OUR KIDS TO GO TO AND FOR OUR, UH, FOR THEIR PARENTS TO TAKE 'EM TO.

BUT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE NARRATIVE IS, UH, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A PARENT WITH YOU AND YET THE PARENT CAN LEAVE ALL THE TIME.

I JUST, I THINK Y'ALL HAVE A PROBLEM IN THAT EVEN THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

I UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, AND AGAIN, A PARENT CAN LEAVE A KID AT MCDONALD'S AT THE PLAYGROUND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY TO POLICE THAT.

THERE IS OPTIONS TO KEEP KIDS SAFE, APPARENTLY.

LEAVE A KID.

WE CAN'T POLICE A PARENT.

YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST.

OBVIOUSLY THERE IS WHERE A KID CAN NEVER EXIT.

THERE IS PLACES IN, IN SET FOR CONTROL THAT THEY CAN'T GO ON THERE.

A A PARENT CAN WALK OUT AND LEAVE THEIR KIDS.

YEAH, THEY CAN DO THAT ANYWHERE.

BUT THERE IS OPTIONS WHERE THERE IS RULES WHERE IF YOU SEE A KID WALKING OUT BY THEMSELVES OR TRYING TO ACCESS OUTSIDE, THEY, THEY CAN'T PASS A CERTAIN BOARD.

THERE'S A, THERE'S A VEGETABLE AREA THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS ACCESS IS CONTROLLED, CONTROLLED BY TWO PEOPLE THAT SIT AT THE DESK AND WATCH PEOPLE IN AND OUT.

CAN IT KEEP UP WITH AIR AT ALL TIME? NO, BUT THEY CAN CONTROL WHEN SOMEBODY GOES IN AND OUT AND SEE IF THEY'RE AN ADULT OR A KID.

YEAH, I NOTICED THAT ON THERE AS FAR AS THEM BEING ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT.

BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED IF, IF THEY GET HURT OR THEY'RE INVOLVED IN SOME ACTIVITIES, I KNOW IT WOULD'VE SCARED ME TO DEATH TO LEAVE MY, MY GRANDKIDS OVER THERE AT THE ALTITUDE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE JUMPING AROUND AND THE OLDER KIDS JUMPING AROUND.

SO IT WOULD SEEM TO ME, OF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY THE PARENTS SIDE OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LEAVING THEIR, THEIR KIDS.

THEY'VE GOT SOME, SOME RESPONSIBILITY THERE AS WELL.

SO, BUT NO, I LIKE THE CONCEPT AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, , WHAT'S GONNA REALLY HAPPEN AND, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP AS A DAYCARE.

UH, SO YES.

AND, AND, AND, AND THEY, AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE MENTIONED.

IT'S THEY DO TO A POINT TO IT.

THE WEBSITE MENTIONS IT.

WE, WE STRONGLY IN, IN OUR MEMOS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE AGREE.

WE, WE DO STRONGLY SAY THAT'S WHY IT'S, IT'S OUT THERE.

WE'RE NOT A DAYCARE BECAUSE IT IT, IT WILL HAPPEN.

I MEAN, I HOPE NOT IT WON'T HAPPEN.

BUT AGAIN, CONTROL THE PARENT, WHAT THEIR KIDS DO.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN'T POLICE PARENT 'CAUSE THEY COULD BE A SECOND PARENT THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS WATCHING A KID.

WE CAN'T SAY, HEY, YOU CAN'T EXIT A BUILDING WITHOUT A KID, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT IT, THERE IS SPACES FOR US TO TRY TO KEEP A KID SAFE INSIDE THE INSIDE THE SURE, SURE.

AND THIS IS A UNIQUE CONCEPT, BUT IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A SHOPPING CENTER.

WHICH, WHAT'S THAT, DO THE OTHER LOCATIONS RIGHT NEXT TO SHOPPING CENTER? MOST OF THEM, MOST OF 'EM ARE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH WITH WINDWOOD MALL.

ANY ISSUES AND PLANTS? NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF WHEN IT WAS, IT, IT'S WHEN THEY HAD, IT'S IT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA.

IT'S BEEN VERY GREAT.

UH, I I LIVE DOWN THE STREET FROM THERE.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO PROBLEMS. UM, I, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP CEDAR HILL WHEN THEY HAD OUTDOOR AREAS WHEN THE FIRST SHOPPING CENTER CAME OUT HERE WITH THE LITTLE ITALIAN RESTAURANT.

SO IT IS NEEDED HERE.

UH OH.

SO IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING NEEDED THERE.

UH, AND WE'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS OF, IF ANYONE'S, I, WE DO A LOT OF 'EM ACROSS, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

UH, AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS. AGAIN, SITUATIONS HAPPENED OBVIOUSLY.

RIGHT.

BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, UM, ISSUES LIKE, OR ONGOING THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS CONCERN ABOUT PARENTS LEAVING SOMEBODY BEHIND.

SO CAN PARENTS COME IN AND BOOK A PARTY A BIRTHDAY PARTY? YES.

SO THAT'S KIND OF MORE WHAT I'M SEEING THAT PLACE FOR.

OH, IT'S, YEAH.

AND THAT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG THING, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST LIKE URBAN AIR AND ALL THIS STUFF.

IT, IT'S, IT'S ABLE TO, AND I, I DIDN'T REALLY IN REVIEWS.

I KNOW COUNCILMAN GLOVER KIND OF REALLY GOES OVER THAT.

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING IN ON THAT.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT TURNED ABOUT.

SO I LIKE THE CONCEPT.

JUST WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.

CITY MANAGER OF VALEZ.

JUST, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE I, UM, UM, CLARIFY THAT, UM, YOU'RE SPEAKING ON BACK, YOU'RE THE ARCHITECT, CORRECT?

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I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, I, I SHARED THAT.

UM, AND THIS IS A, UH, A ZONING CASE, UM, WHICH THEY'RE ASKING FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THAT, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT HAS REASONABLY MEDICATED ANY POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THIS USE AT THIS LOCATION.

SO JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT.

YES, THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER.

UM, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.

IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM KIDS EMPIRE HERE? THERE, THERE IS NOT, BUT I, I DO ALL THE, NOT, NOT JUST THIS LOCATION.

I, I DO A LOT OF THEIR ENTITLEMENT PLANNING.

I ACTUALLY DID THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR WALMART'S IN 2009, 2008 HERE.

UH, SO THAT'S WHAT I TYPICALLY DO.

I, I USED WORK WITH LAND USE ATTORNEYS FOR CS SIGNED VARIANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO NOT, NOT ONLY I'M JUST ST THE ARCHITECT OF IT, BUT I'VE ALSO, I DO, UH, STUFF LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL, SPECIAL CONDITION, SPECIAL USE CONDITIONS, CONDITIONAL USE, UH, VARIANCES.

SO I'M VERY VERSED IN, IN IN KIDS CONCEPT ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE I'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS GONNA BE HERE, UNFORTUNATELY GOT STUCK ON A, ON A PLANE.

SO HE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME, BECAUSE AGAIN, I ACTUALLY HAD FAMILY IN CEDAR HILL.

HE UNDERSTOOD, HE KNEW THAT.

SO HE ASKED ME TO COME HERE, REPRESENT KIDS EMPIRES AGAIN, BECAUSE I WORKED WITH THEM FOR ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS ON, ON THEIR CONCEPTS.

I MEAN, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT THEY WERE REALLY ABOUT COMPANY POLICY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THESE OR NOT, SINCE YOU'RE NOT, NOT, I WOULD, I WOULD DO MY BEST, BUT IF, IF, SO YOU HAVE, YOU SAY YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING AT A FRONT DESK THERE, TYPICALLY, IT, IT DEPENDS ON IF IT'S A WEEKEND, IT'S USUALLY MORE.

BUT TYPICALLY DURING THE DAYTIME, TWO OR THREE PEOPLE.

SO YOU'RE, THEY'RE CHARGING FOR ADMITTANCE INTO, INTO THE FACILITY.

AND, AND SO WHAT WOULD BE THE POLICY IF AN ADULT CAME IN WITH A CHILD WHEN THEY GO IN AND THE ADULT THEN ATTEMPTS TO LEAVE AFTER, AFTER BRINGING THE CHILD IN, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE POLICY WHEN, BEFORE THEY OPEN THE GATE UP? SO WHEN THE, WHEN A PARENT COMES IN WITH A KID, THERE, THERE IS A, A MISSION FEE THERE.

UH, THERE IS USUALLY TYPICALLY, UH, EXTRA CONTROL GATES.

SO THEY, THEY GO IN, UH, AND LET'S SAY IT'S A RANDOM TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE O'CLOCK.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE.

SO IF, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EMPLOYEES THAT SEE PEOPLE WALK IN, IF THEY SEE A LADY OR A GENTLEMAN WALK IN WITH, WITH A PAIR OF KIDS AND LITERALLY FIVE, 10 LATER TRYING TO WALK OUT, THEY HAVE CONTROL OF THE GATE.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO OPEN THE GATE.

THEY CAN ALWAYS ASK, HEY, IS THAT YOUR CHILDREN? ARE YOU LEAVING THERE? SO A PARENT JUST CAN'T WALK OUT.

UH, THERE IS GATES THERE.

AGAIN, IT'S, IT IS HARD TO CONTROL WHEN YOU, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, ON A WEEKEND WITH 50 OR 60 PEOPLE AND ADULTS AND KIDS ARE RUNNING IN AND OUT.

UH, WELL, I'M SORRY.

WELL, WELL NOT RUNNING IN OUT, BUT RUNNING AROUND, UH, IT'S HARD TO PLEASE LIKE, HEY, WHAT PARENT GOES TO WHAT KID? BUT IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THEY, THEY, THEY WILL SEE THEY PARENTS WITH THE KID AND THEY, A PARENT JUST CAN'T WALK OUT.

UH, JUST OPEN A DOOR AND WALK OUT.

THERE IS, THERE IS A GATES THAT EVEN THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

AND IN, IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DISCOVER A CHILD THAT HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE FACILITY AND THERE'S NOT AN ADULT THERE, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR POLICY? I THINK, WELL, I, I ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THIS, UH, JUST RECENTLY IN FORT WORTH.

UH, I WAS IN A, IN THE ISSUE WITH, WITH THAT, WITH A, WITH A KID THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND.

THEY, THEY CALLED US AND BASICALLY THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS ALWAYS CALL THE FIRE MARSHAL.

USUALLY HE, THEY'RE USUALLY THE FIRST PEOPLE WE CALL, UH, FOR STUFF LIKE THAT.

UM, AND JUST THIS, I JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE, IN, IN THE FACILITY IN THAT AREA.

WHEN IT, WHEN IT HAPPENED, WE WERE JUST DOING A, A, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY JUST A MAINTENANCE THING FOR THEM.

AND A, A KID DID BEHIND, SO FIRST THING THEY DID WHEN WE WERE THERE WAS CALLED FIRE MARSHAL, AND THEY CAME OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.

AGAIN, IT WAS A SHOPPING CENTER, SO THERE'S A LOT OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THAT AREA.

UM, AND AGAIN, AT THAT POINT, ONCE THEY CALLED IT, I SEEN THE KIDS PUT 'EM ASIDE.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE FACT, UH, BUT I WAS THERE WHEN DEXY CALLED, UH, ABOUT A KID, JUST BEY BEING THERE.

THE MOTHER LITERALLY WAS STILL THERE.

THEY JUST DIDN'T REALIZE IT.

I THINK SHE WAS OUTSIDE OR WHATEVER.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT I SEEN HER COMING IN MAYBE A FEW MINUTES LATER.

UH, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE PROTOCOL WOULD MAYBE BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE ME, ALLOW ME TO INTERJECT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, I ASKED A QUESTION AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

HOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT.

YOUR RESPONSE ESSENTIALLY WAS, WE HAVE A POLICY.

PARENTS CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO YOU, IT IS UP TO THE OPERATOR IF THEY'D BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR BUSINESS THAT WAY.

IT'S NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE IF SOMEBODY IS A GOOD PARENT, BAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

PULL OUT THE POLICY, WHAT IS NUMBER 25? WHAT DOES PAGE 25 SAY ABOUT THE POLICY ABOUT PARENTS LEAVING THEIR KIDS? I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR CHARGE HERE.

THAT'S, THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, THE OWNER OF HILLSIDE VILLAGE FLEW ALL THE WAY TO HIT TO FROM OHIO, AND HE SAID HE'S IN FAVOR OF THIS CONCEPT.

I THINK HE'S AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME QUESTIONS THAT, THAT RAISE SOME CONCERNS.

BUT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN INTO THE WEEDS, ASKING HIM TO BE ABLE TO

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COUNSEL, THIS IS A ZONING CASE FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SAFETY CONCERNS, I THINK HE ADDRESSED THE ONE.

I I I JUST FELT LIKE IT'S THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKING THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR APPLICANT AND JUST PLEASE ASK THE QUESTION.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ZONING CASE FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

THIS IS NOT A CASE ABOUT THEIR POLICIES ABOUT HOW THEY OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS.

SO IF WE COULD KIND OF JUST STAY ON TRACK ON THAT, COUNSEL, AND WE, WE'LL GO ON FROM THERE.

COUNCIL COUNCILOR MCCURDY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

UM, UH, GETTING TO MY, TO MY POINT WITH MY QUESTIONS WAS THAT YOU DO HAVE A POLICY, UH, ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND THAT WOULD THEN, AND THAT WAS THE POINT OF, OF MY QUESTIONS, THAT YOU DO HAVE A POLICY TO, TO ADDRESS THIS.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, NOT TO TO, TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT IN YOUR FACILITY THAN SOMEBODY DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF AT MCDONALD'S, GIVING THEM $10 TO BUY A HAPPY MEAL AND TELL 'EM TO GO PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND WHILE I GO TO WALMART OR TARGET AND GO SHOPPING.

SO Y YES SIR.

YOU, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE MEANS AND ABILITY TO, TO, TO MONITOR IT.

AND SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE POINT OF MY QUESTIONS AND, AND KIND OF WHERE I WAS, WAS GOING WITH IT.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.

LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL, MIRANDA ZINE, I THINK SHE WAS NEXT.

MAYOR, YOU HOPPED IN RIGHT BEFORE I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BRING US HOME.

OH, OKAY.

I'M YOU DID THAT, SO THANK YOU.

SORRY, .

UM, MY, MY NOTE JUST SAID THAT, UM, I, I'M VAGUELY, WELL, I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THE KIDS EMPIRE CONCEPT.

THEY'RE VERY, UM, MUCH SO SOUGHT AFTER, AND ESPECIALLY IN RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS, THEY'RE PROVEN CONCEPT, UM, THEY DO REALLY WELL.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW LOCATIONS AND I'M SURE THAT THROUGH THESE LOCATIONS THEY HAVE SUFFICIENTLY MITIGATED THE RISK, UH, AS FAR AS THE SAFETY OF THE, UH, THE CHILDREN.

BUT I THINK FOR US, JUST KNOWING THAT THEY ARE A, UH, A PROVEN AND WELL SOUGHT OFF, UH, CONCEPT, UM, IS GOOD FOR ME.

UM, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MALL MANAGEMENT, AND THIS WOULD BE THE LEAST OF YOUR CONCERNS REGARDING PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR KIDS.

UH, THEY LEAVE THEM AT FOUNTAINS, THEY LEAVE THEM IN CARS, THEY LEAVE THEM, THEY LEAVE THEM.

SO, UH, AT LEAST THEY WOULD BE LEAVING THEM IN A SAFE CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT AG AGREE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, UH, IT IS A VALID QUESTION, BUT YOU ANSWERED IT MORE THAN ONCE, SO APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCILMAN, UH, UM, GLOVER? YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MY QUESTION WAS THE PROCEDURAL QUESTION, IF THIS COULD BE APPROVED WITH A PROVISION OF CREATING OR REFLECTING SOME HIGHER HEIGHTENED POLICY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING, THAT WAS JUST MY QUESTION.

IF WE COULD, IF THIS WOULD BE A, IF THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE COULD APPROVE PROVIDING THAT THEY PROVIDE ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE, MY CONCERN IS THAT AN OUNCE OF CONCERN OUTWEIGHS A POUND OF, OF, OF, OF CURE.

AND IF WE DON'T EVER WANT ANY CHILD LEFT, WE DON'T EVER WANT TO HAVE THAT REPORT ON ANY NEWS STATION.

SO IF THERE'S JUST A WAY, I THINK THE CONCEPT IS GREAT.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS ASKED, BEEN ASKING US FOR THIS, THIS FITS A, A A SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T QUITE HAVE ANYTHING.

SO THIS WILL GO WORK WITH, THIS WILL WORK WELL WITH SO MANY ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT IF THERE WAS JUST SOME WAY, IF WE COULD APPROVE THIS WITH THIS, IS THAT POSSIBLE? OR IS IT JUST, YEAH, SO IT'S A LAND USE, UM, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST THAT I THINK THEIR BUSINESS POLICY REALLY DOESN'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN LAYER ON TOP, UM, THE BUSINESS POLICY.

HOWEVER, I THINK LLOYD SVA, UM, THE OWNER REPRESENTATIVE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE BACK TO KIDS EMPIRE TO REALLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S CONCERN AND WHERE IT CAME FROM AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE KIDS EMPIRE AS A, AS A BUSINESS REALLY WORK TOGETHER WELL AND ENSURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AND, AND, AND WE UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONCERNS AT ALL AND THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

I WILL BRING THIS TO KIDS EMPIRE AS WELL.

I KNOW THEY TRY TO ADD, YOU KNOW, POLICE OUTSIDE.

UH, AGAIN, IT, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR THING, LIKE I SAID, IS MAKE SURE THE KIDS INSIDE THEY CANNOT EXIT.

BUT AGAIN, THERE IS ROOM IMPROVEMENTS AND I'LL BRING INTO CONSIDERATION WITH KIDS POWER WHEN I TALK TO 'EM TOMORROW.

UM, I'M ASKING FOR A FRIEND.

UM, DO YOU HAVE MEMBERSHIPS ON THIS? ME DO.

AND I, YEAH, I MEAN, I HAVE A FOUR AND A 5-YEAR-OLD, BUT I'M ASKING FOR A FRIEND.

, A COUPLE OF FRIENDS.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES.

UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CUP 6 81 DASH

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20 0 2 4.

SECOND.

SECOND, UH, I THINK I HEARD COUNCILMAN HAYDEN FOR THE SECOND.

UM, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS CONCEPT.

IT SEEMS PRETTY COOL.

UM, I LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, UM, INTEREST IS HERE IN CEDAR HILL AT, AT HILLSIDE OF VILLAGE.

SO, UH, YOU MAY SEE ME, YOU KNOW, THERE PRETTY FREQUENTLY, SO.

OH YEAH.

YES SIR.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

SO ANYWAY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND HONOR FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MO.

SO, YEAH, WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING ALL THE WAY TO CEDAR HILL.

ITEM IS, UH, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

I'M SURE THE WEATHER IS PROBABLY BETTER DOWN HERE ANYWAY.

BUT, UH, NEXT, UH,

[c. Case No. PD-676-2024 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a change in zoning from “PD” (Planned Development No. 2005-226) District and “PD” (Planned Development No. 2018-659) District to “PD” (Planned Development) District for Local Retail Uses including restaurant with on-premise consumption, commercial amusement (indoor/outdoor) and multi-family, generally located south of East Pleasant Run Road, west of North J Elmer Weaver Freeway with the approximate address being 700 North J Elmer Weaver Freeway [Hillside Village]. Applicant: AJ Glass and Brian Alef, Town Companies; City of Cedar Hill Property Owner: Prep Hillside Real Estate, LLC; City of Cedar Hill]

CASE NUMBER PD 6 7 6 2024.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 2005 DASH 2 2 6.

DISTRICT AND PD PLAN, DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 2018 6 5 9 DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LOCAL RETAIL USES, INCLUDING RESTAURANT WITH ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION, COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, INDOOR, OUTDOOR, AND MULTIFAMILY.

GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST SPENCER RUN ROAD, WEST OF NORTH J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 700 NORTH J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY, HILLSIDE VILLAGE, APPLICANT, AJ GLASS.

AND BRIAN A LEAF TOWN COMPANY, CITY OF CEDAR HILL, UH, PROPERTY OWNER PREP HILLSIDE REAL ESTATE, LLC, CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT ANYTHING TO COUNCIL? I WILL.

PLEASE.

COME ON DOWN.

YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

AJ GLASS.

UH, 60 60 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE SEVEN 70, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 6.

ALRIGHT, YOU GOT THE GOOD EVENING.

UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR PROPOSAL TONIGHT FOR THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE, UH, URBAN LIVING AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

MY NAME IS AJ GLASS.

I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR TOWN COMPANIES.

UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSONAL ANECDOTE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT ON AND OFF FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.

UM, IN 2019, I INITIALLY CONTACTED PREP PROPERTY GROUP ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITHIN HILLSIDE VILLAGE THAT WOULD CREATE A VIBRANT MIXED USE ATMOSPHERE AND BE AN ENHANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER.

UH, IT TOOK A COUPLE MORE YEARS TO HAVE THAT MATERIALIZE AND, UH, CERTAINLY BUGGED, UH, PREP PROPERTY GROUP FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT THEY FINALLY CALLED BACK.

AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT WE BELIEVE IS THE FINAL PLAN AS THERE'S BEEN MANY ITERATIONS, UH, BUT A PLAN THAT BENEFITS THE, UH, HILLSIDE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER ALONG WITH THE FUTURE CITY OCCUPANT.

UH, THAT IS A PART OF THIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHICH WE WILL TERM AS PHASE TWO AND FOR THE FUTURE RESIDENTS, UH, THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE HERE AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE.

THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PANDEMIC IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT TOO.

THAT COULD HAVE OCCURRED.

YEAH, THAT, THAT MIGHT HAVE STOPPED THINGS INITIALLY.

PERFECT.

THESE ELEVATIONS DO CONFORM TO THE PD ORDINANCE.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TOWN COMPANIES.

UH, WE ARE A VERTICALLY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

WE ARE BASED OUT OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

OUR DEVELOPMENT SPAN ALL THROUGHOUT DFW.

UH, WE HAVE BETWEEN OUR LEADERSHIP OVER 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND OVER 10,000 UNITS OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE ALONG WITH OTHER ASSET CLASSES.

I WANNA SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF OUR PROJECTS, HOPEFULLY TO GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE, UH, STANDARD OF DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY THAT WE BUILD TO.

ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU CAN SEE A RENDERING OF THE 1906 PROJECT IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE FINISHED PROJECT PRODUCT.

UH, BELOW THAT WE HAVE THE COAL PARK, UH, 541 UNIT, UH, FOUR STORY WRAP PRODUCT IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, WHICH IS NEAR THE CRAIG RANCH DEVELOPMENT.

ON THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE BURNETT LOFTS IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

UH, THIS IS IN THE BISHOP ARTS DISTRICT.

IT IS 87 UNITS IN A TOWN HOME.

UH, THE PROJECT APPEARS TO BE FOUR STORIES, BUT IT IS A THREE STORY PRODUCT WITH, UH, THIRD STORY, UH, LOFT UNITS.

AND WE IMPLEMENTED THE LOFT UNITS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DALLAS SKYLINE, PRIMARILY FOR THE NORTH FACING UNITS.

BELOW THAT, WE HAVE THE RENDERING ON THE LEFT OF FERGUSON FLATS TO THE RIGHT, THE FINISHED PRODUCT.

THIS IS ALSO IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

UH, WE'LL SHORTLY BE LEASING THAT PRODUCT IN THE NEXT MONTH.

I MIGHT HAVE DOUBLE TAPPED THAT.

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NOPE.

UH, ABOVE WE HAVE THE CAMBRIDGE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SISTER DEVELOPMENT TO THE LAST PROJECT I SHOWED YOU.

FERGUSON FLATS.

THE CAMBRIDGE IS 42 UNITS.

IT IS NEARLY THE SAME.

IT MAY APPEAR TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE EXTERIOR.

IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT, BUT THE LAYOUT AND FLOOR PLANS WERE VERY SIMILAR.

UH, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING THAT OUR THIRD FLOOR UNITS HAVE ROOFTOP TERRACES TO AGAIN, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DALLAS SKYLINE.

AND BELOW IT, WE HAVE A PROJECT IN DENTON CALLED THE BRAY.

IT'S 105 UNITS, UH, CLASS A LUXURY DEVELOPMENT IN THE RAZOR RANCH, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

WE EXPECT TO BE LEASING THAT PRODUCT IN Q3 OF NEXT YEAR.

AND WE HAVE HILLSIDE VILLAGE, WHICH WE HOPE TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE EARLIER SLIDES, AND WE HOPE TO BE WORKING ON AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

BUT OUR, OUR VISION FOR HILLSIDE VILLAGE IS TO CREATE AND DEVELOP A LUXURY, UH, HIGH QUALITY CLASS.

A DEVELOPMENT, A DEVELOPMENT THAT ENRICHES HILLSIDE VILLAGE, AND A DEVELOPMENT THAT CREATES A VIBRANT MIXED USE ATMOSPHERE FOR HILLSIDE VILLAGE TO BENEFIT THE FUTURE TENANTS, TO BENEFIT THE LEASING ACTIVITIES FOR THE FUTURE OF HILLSIDE VILLAGE.

AND TO BENEFIT, UH, PHASE TWO OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, BEING THE CITY, UH, FUTURE OCCUPANT ENTERTAINMENT OCCUPANT.

SO I'M SHOWING A AERIAL, CALL IT 5,000 FEET HIGH OF THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER WITH OUR, UH, CONCEPT PLAN FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OVERLAID.

UM, I SHOW THIS TO GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN ATMOSPHERE THAT WE WANT TO CREATE TO BE CONDUCIVE WITH THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE DO THAT THROUGH TRAFFIC FLOW.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ROAD, OUR SHARED ACCESS THAT BISECTS THE TRACT BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IS DIRECTLY, UH, IN LINE WITH THE ACCESS, THE SOUTHEASTERN ACCESS OF HILLSIDE VILLAGE.

UH, THIS IS TO BENEFIT ONE, IT'S PRACTICAL, BUT ALSO TO BENEFIT THE VEHICULAR FLOW.

UH, FROM THIS LOCATION, FROM THIS AREA OF THE SHOPPING CENTER, UH, WE HAVE, UH, EXPANDED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, UH, BETWEEN THE SHOPPING CENTER AND BETWEEN THE BISECTING SHARED ACCESS, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, INCORPORATE WALKABILITY FOR THE RESIDENTS, FOR FUTURE SHOPPERS AND, UH, FOR PHASE TWO AS WELL.

AND WE WILL INCORPORATE A LARGE AMOUNT OR HEAVY LANDSCAPING TO CREATE A, UH, PEDESTRIAN AND URBAN CANOPY ALONG THESE WALKWAYS AND ALONG THE STREETS.

UM, WE HAVE FOUR STORY BUILDINGS, FOUR, FOUR STORY BUILDINGS.

THIS PRODUCT MORE RESEMBLES A WRAP PRODUCT THAN IT DOES A GARDEN PRODUCT.

TO GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OR AN EXAMPLE, THE JANE, WHICH IS ALSO 300 UNITS, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE, UH, IS I BELIEVE IT IS 13, UH, BUILDINGS.

IN, IN THIS SCENARIO.

WE HAVE FOUR BUILDINGS HERE, FOUR STORY BUILDINGS AND A, UH, PARKING, UH, GARAGE OR A TWO STORY PARKING STRUCTURE IN THE CENTER.

AND THE BUILDINGS WRAP AROUND THAT PARKING STRUCTURE.

IN MOST CASES, YOU CAN SEE IT DOES FRONT, UM, THE BISECTING SHARED ACCESS, BUT WE WILL SHOW YOU AN ELEVATION LATER OF THAT AREA THAT IT'S FRONTING A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

HERE WE HAVE THE, UH, SITE PLAN.

UH, THE SITE PLAN HAS APPROXIMATELY 300 UNITS, UH, THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

IT IS CLASS A LUXURY UNITS.

THERE IS NO AFFORDABLE OR ATTAINABLE COMPONENT, UH, TO THIS PRODUCT.

IT WILL ALL BE, UH, MARKET UNITS AND MARKET RENT.

UH, THE, AS I MENTIONED, BUILDINGS, THE FOUR BUILDINGS CLOSELY FRONT THE STREET AND FIRE LANES TO CREATE THAT URBAN ATMOSPHERE.

THE FOUR STORIES, AS PEDESTRIANS AND RESIDENTS WALK PAST THIS ON THE WALKWAY, WILL GET A FEELING FOR THAT URBAN, YOU KNOW, UH, CORE UPTOWN DOWNTOWN TYPE OF FEEL.

UH, THESE BUILDINGS WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THE LEASING OFFICE WITH THE AMENITIES, UH, MEANING THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A STANDALONE AMENITY OR CLUB LEA LEASING OFFICE.

THIS IS CONVENIENCE AND TYPICALLY WHAT YOU SEE IN HIGHER END LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS.

UH, WE ARE TARGETING A 25% TWO BEDROOM AND 75% ONE BEDROOM UNIT MIX.

UH, WE WILL NOT PROPOSE, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

UM, WE EXPECT THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND RENTERS WILL BE, UM, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OR EMPTY NESTERS.

UH, WE DON'T FORESEE A LOT OF FAMILIES RENTING HERE.

THERE MAY BE A FEW, BUT TYPICALLY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THREE BEDROOM UNITS, AND THAT IS NOT A PART OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF PHOTOS, UH, THE ELEVATIONS, THE PRELIMINARY ELEVATIONS FOR THESE BUILDINGS.

UM, THE BUILDING DESIGN IS MEANT TO CONFORM AND BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING AND SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE.

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UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MASONRY REQUIREMENT BEING 50% MINIMUM, UH, UNRESTRICTED MATERIAL.

UH, THESE ELEVATIONS ARE AT OR EXCEED THE 50%.

THE FOUR STORY BUILDINGS WILL HAVE ELEVATOR SERVICE.

UH, THE PARKING STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT ON THESE ELEVATIONS.

UM, THIS IS ONLY A CONCEPTUAL, UH, RENDERING OR CONCEPTUAL ELEVATION OF THE, UH, MURAL.

BUT WE DO INTEND TO HAVE A ARTISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT MURAL ON THE PARKING GARAGE THAT DOES FRONT, UM, THE MAIN SPINE ROAD.

AND WE WILL HAVE TOP OF MARKET AMENITIES AT THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AND TO GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES OF THOSE AMENITIES.

ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE THE PROJECT AMENITIES.

WE HAVE A, AN EXAMPLE, AND THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES FROM OUR DEVELOPMENTS OF THE FITNESS CENTER, WHICH WILL BE SUITED FOR 300 UNITS AND APPROXIMATELY 400 TO 450 RESIDENTS, UH, LUXURY, UH, RESORT STYLE POOL AND POOL DECK.

ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF PROGRAMMED OPEN SPACE IN A COURTYARD.

THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO US.

AND WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTS, UH, THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR FOR THEM LEASING AGAIN AND FOR PAYING PREMIUM RENT IS THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY BUILD IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE ARE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT CREATING AN AREA AND PROGRAMMING OPEN SPACE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND TO BE SOCIAL.

WE WILL ALSO INCORPORATE COWORKING SPACE.

UH, WE, ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT YOU CAN SEE A PHOTO OF AN EXAMPLE OF BOOTHS AND COWORKING BOOTHS.

UM, WE ALSO WILL INCORPORATE THE, UH, CONFERENCE CENTERS AND SMALL OFFICES FOR RESIDENTS THAT NEED A LITTLE MORE QUIET ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

YOU HAVE UNIT BUILDING AND INTERIOR EXAMPLES.

YOU CAN SEE A FINISHED UNIT OF ONE OF OUR PRODUCTS.

UH, WE HAVE STONE COUNTERTOPS, UM, HIGH QUALITY CABINETS AND FLOOR VINYL, UH, STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

I'M GONNA KIND OF SHIFT AROUND HERE, BUT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE INTERIOR AMENITIES AND PRIVATE AMENITIES THAT WE TRY TO INCORPORATE IN OUR UNITS.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS A UNIT THAT OPENS UP TO A MUD BENCH WHERE RESIDENTS CAN PUT THEIR BRIEFCASE DOWN, PUT THEIR SHOES IN, HANG THEIR COAT.

UH, WE ALSO, WHEN WE HAVE SPACE AND THE CAPABILITY TO DO IT, WE'LL INCORPORATE AN ADD, UH, UNIT DESKS BUILT IN DESKS.

UH, THERE'S QUITE AN INFLOW OF WORK FROM HOME RESIDENTS THESE DAYS AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT AND, UH, ADDS AN ADVANTAGE TO HAVE THOSE TYPE OF AMENITIES.

AND WE HAVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE CUSTOM FEEL THAT WE LIKE TO BUILD INTO OUR DEVELOPMENTS, UH, WITH THE CORRIDOR AND UNIT ENTRIES THERE, UH, SPECIFIC PAINT AND THEME IN THIS EXAMPLE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT THEME FOR EVERY FLOOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE PAINT COLOR ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.

UH, JUST A A CUSTOM EXAMPLE FOR THE NAIL AND PARCEL ROOM.

UH, WHERE WE LIKE, I GUESS WE HAVE, WELL, IT'S A CUSTOM, UM, WALLPAPER THAT WE'VE ADDED.

SO TO TOUCH ON PHASE TWO, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ADDING ENTITLEMENTS AND ZONING TO THE, UH, CITY PROPERTY OR CITY PORTION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR DIFFERENT USES LIKE THE OUTDOOR AND INDOOR AMUSEMENT, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY AN ENTERTAINMENT USE.

WE ARE ALSO, UH, NOT REQUIRING OR THE ENTITLEMENTS WILL ALLOW THE USER TO NOT BE REQUIRED TO GET A CUP FOR ALCOHOL AND LIQUOR SALES.

THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS ARE MEANT TO BE FLEXIBLE.

WE WANNA LEAVE AS MUCH DISCRETION AS POSSIBLE TO THE CITY SO THAT THEY CAN FIND THE HIGHEST AND BEST USER.

WE DON'T WANT TO SET ANY HURDLES IN THAT REGARD, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE STANDARDS THAT WILL REQUIRE A QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOMETHING THAT CONFORMS AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AS FAR AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WILL BUILD THE SHARED ACCESS ROAD.

WE WILL BUILD THE PARKING ON THE SHARED ACCESS ROAD.

THE PARKING ON THE CITY SIDE WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE FUTURE CITY LAND OCCUPANT.

UH, THE UTILITIES WILL SERVICE THE, UH, CITY OCCUPANT AS WELL.

UH, WE WILL STUB OUT WATER SEWER.

UH, WE WILL HAVE DRAINAGE ON THE SPINE ROAD OR SHARED ACCESS FOR SHEET FLOW COMING OFF THE CITY SIDE.

AND WE ELECTRICAL LIGHTING, FRANCHISE UTILITIES WILL ALSO BE INCORPORATED.

SIGNAGE, UM, PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR SAFETY, ALL SORTS OF ASPECTS.

IT'S A LARGE SCOPE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT IT DOES IS IT CREATES A DEVELOPABLE LOT FOR THE FUTURE ENTER ENTERTAINMENT USER TO COME IN AND SAVE UPWARDS

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OF A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT BECOMES A MUCH MORE MARKETABLE SITE FOR THE CITY.

AND LASTLY, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BETWEEN THE PHASE TWO AND PHASE ONE, THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE ENTERTAINMENT IS THE USES BEING, UH, SYNONYMOUS.

THE USES BEING, UM, SYMBIOTIC IS THE TERM I USED HERE BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO THE RESIDENTIAL, IT CERTAINLY BENEFITS OFF THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL OR ENTERTAINMENT USE NEXT TO IT.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MARKET TO FUTURE RESIDENTS.

IT CREATES A BETTER LIFESTYLE FOR RESIDENTS BEING ABLE TO WALK TO AN ENTERTAINMENT USE.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S A VERY ATTRACTIVE USE.

RESIDENTIAL IS, UH, HIGH TO A ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMERCIAL USER.

THIS IS A VERY MARKETABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT USER.

UM, EVERY COMMERCIAL OR ENTERTAINMENT SMALL BUSINESS IS TAKING A RISK, COMING TO A NEW LOCATION.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE A HIGH DENSITY ADDED USE RIGHT NEXT TO IT, IT GIVES THEM CONFIDENCE ABOUT HAVING BUILT IN NEIGHBORING FUTURE PATRONS.

SORRY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, COUNSEL, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING UP THE APPLICANT.

SO ARE THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 7 6 2024? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 7 6 2024? YOU'RE MAKING THIS TRIP.

WELL WORTH IT, AREN'T YOU? GOOD EVENING.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

LLOYD SILVA 5 9 0 5 EAST GALBRATH, CINCINNATI, OHIO, UH, OWNERS OF HILLSIDE VILLAGE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO IN FAVOR A HUNDRED PERCENT IN FAVOR AND REINFORCE, UM, AJ'S LAST POINT IN TERMS OF HAVING SUCH A, WE'RE COMPLIMENTARY TO EACH OTHER, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

UM, I ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED THIS SIMILAR CONCEPT JUST SOUTH OF BOSTON IN A LITTLE TOWN WHERE WE BOUGHT 'EM ALL REDEVELOPED IT.

I PARTNERED UP WITH A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPER AND THEY JUST FINISHED THEIR 300 HIGH END ALL MARKET.

AND WE'RE SEEING THAT SYMBIOTIC USE IN TERMS OF THOSE RESIDENTS OF THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY USING, WE'RE VERY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRIC.

WE'VE GOT FOUR RESTAURANTS.

WE HAVE A CINEMA, THEY'RE ALL USING THAT KIND OF THING.

SO, AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE SEEN IT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BEYOND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I ALSO BUY SHOPPING CENTERS AND WHEN I'M LOOKING FOR SHOPPING CENTERS, I'M LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THAT MIXED USE COMPONENT JUST BECAUSE THEY WORK SO WELL WITH EACH OTHER.

UM, AND JUST FROM A TOWN PROPERTY STANDPOINT, UM, I TOOK THIS PROJECT TO A LOT OF OTHER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPERS AND THIS ISN'T, YOU KNOW, RIGHT DOWN THE ALLEY.

EASY, STRAIGHT UP.

I'VE GOT, I HAD A LOT OF NO THANKS KIND OF THING.

UM, TOWN HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY CREATIVE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE GENUINE, THEY'RE TRANSPARENT, THEY'VE DONE WHAT THEY SAY THEY WERE GONNA DO.

UM, WHICH FOR ME IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN I'M PARTNERING UP WITH A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPER TO GET THIS DONE.

SO WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR IT, WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT.

WHEN WE BOUGHT HILLSIDE, WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS GONNA BE THERE.

WE WERE HOPING IT WAS ALREADY THERE.

BUT AS YOU SAID, THERE'S THIS LITTLE PANDEMIC THAT KIND OF DELAYED A LOT OF OUR PLANS.

UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO KIND OF GET THAT 10 ACRES DEVELOPED AND, AND, AND GETS SOME EXCITEMENT IN THAT AREA.

SO THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LLOYD.

ANYONE ELSE LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 76 2024? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 76 2024? LAST REQUEST.

ANYONE ON WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 7 6 2024? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH.

I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO THE COUNCIL.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? UM, COUNCILWOMAN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I HAD COMMENTS YEAH.

OR COMMENT.

SORRY.

YES, GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE HE WASN'T MAKING A MOTION, BUT GO AHEAD.

NO, YES, I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION.

YOU'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT HERE TONIGHT ABOUT MIXED USE AND HOW YOU KNOW IT IS THE WAY TO GO.

UM, WELL, IT'S MORE, IT'S MORE COMMENTS.

SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE, UH, THE PRODUCT.

AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO, UM, TO CEDAR HILL.

UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME NOW ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE, UM, AND THIS IS HIGH PRIORITY, UM, FOR THE CITY, UM, TO BALANCE OUT THE, THE PROPERTY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING SOMETHING ON THAT END.

AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT, UM, WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO.

UM,

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BUT ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID IS THE REASON, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TRUE MIXED USE IS THAT AS THE MARKETS CHANGE, YOU WILL HAVE, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ONE USE OR ONE TYPE WILL DO BETTER THAN THE OTHER TYPE.

AND SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A MIX OF USES.

SO WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES IN, IN, IN RETAIL, THEN YOU HAVE MULTIFAMILY OR YOU HAVE OFFICE.

SO, UM, JUST FOR THAT REASON, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PROJECT AND VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY THAT IS, UM, VERY, UM, HEAVILY WEIGHTED, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FROM COUNCILWOMAN HAIN.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.

UM, I HAVE SOMETHING AND MY QUESTIONS TO YOU, AND I HOPE I'M IN ALIGNED WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.

UM, BUT IT, IT, I'M JUST GOING OVER THE MINUTES OF P AND Z AND I GUESS THERE ARE FIVE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

WAS THAT ALSO INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF P AND Z? OKAY.

UM, SO I GUESS JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M JUST GONNA NAME THESE FIVE THINGS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT.

BUT, UM, NUMBER ONE, MODIFY THE SIGNAGE PROVISION, UH, TO PROHIBIT ROOFTOP MOUNTED SIGNS VISUALLY, NOT IN, NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE AS AESTHETIC OF HILLSIDE VILLAGE AND NOT, UM, HIGHLY VISIBLE.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU GOOD WITH THAT? WE ARE NOT, AND THAT IS THE ONLY ITEM WE ARE, UH, RESPONDING TO THE REQUEST FOR.

NUMBER TWO, MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHT OF THE DWELLING SHOULD, SHALL BE NINE FEET EXCEPT FOR THE FOURTH FLOOR UNITS, FOURTH FLOOR UNITS WHERE WE ARE CAPABLE OF, UM, HAVING A VAULTED CEILING.

AND WE WILL INCORPORATE THOSE, UH, OTHERWISE TO, TO 12 FEET, CORRECT? YEAH.

OTHERWISE, NINE FOOT MINIMUM.

PERFECT.

NUMBER THREE COMPACT SPACES, UH, ON THE INTERIOR ONLY, NOT ON THE STREET.

AND NUMBER FOUR TREES SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF THREE INCH CALIPERS.

AGREED.

NUMBER FIVE.

RETAINING WALLS SHALL MATCH THE MATERIALS USED IN THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT.

AGREED.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, THE SIGNAGE, UM, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT ONE.

SURE.

IF I CAN UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE A BUILDING, THE EASTERNMOST BUILDING THAT FACES HIGHWAY 67 AND IT SITS PERCHED UP ON THE SITE.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN EXISTING RIDGE THAT DROPS ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 14 FEET, SO IT IS THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE SITE.

UH, WITH FOUR STORIES.

WE BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE VISIBILITY TO HIGHWAY 67 IF WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING A ROOFTOP SIGN.

UH, THAT'S WHY WE'VE REQUESTED IN THE PD OR THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'VE WRITTEN HAS LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS FOR A ROOFTOP SIGN.

UH, WE'VE ADJUSTED THAT WITH THE REQUEST FROM STAFF.

UH, ORIGINALLY WE WANTED TO DO POTENTIALLY DO IT ON THE 67 FACING AND FM 1382 FACING BUILDINGS.

UH, WE'VE NOW AGREED THAT WE WOULD ONLY PROPOSE FOR THIS TO BE ON THE 67 EASTERN FACING BUILDING AND STAFF'S REQUEST KIND OF ELABORATES THAT THERE MAY NOT BE VISIBILITY OR THEY DON'T THINK WE CAN GET VISIBILITY.

AND WE AGREE THAT IF WE CAN'T GET VISIBILITY, WE WOULDN'T SPEND MONEY ON A ROOFTOP SIGN.

UM, WE SIMPLY WOULDN'T DO IT.

BUT WE DO BELIEVE, UH, WITH THE ELEVATION THAT WE HAVE AND WITH THE FOUR STORY BUILDING, IT WOULD BE A GREAT MARKETING OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT VISIBILITY FROM 67, NOT ONLY FOR OUR PROJECT, BUT ALSO FOR, UH, HILLSIDE VILLAGE, ALMOST ACTING AS A BEACON, UH, VISIBLE ABOVE THE TREE LINE.

SO AM I HEARING THE COMPROMISE IS FOR YOU TO HAVE A FREE STANDING SIGN ON THE HIGHWAY ON 67? WHAT DO WE SAY STAFF? NO.

WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AND UNDERSTAND.

CAN, CAN YOU? NO, CAN YOU, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M GONNA OPEN THIS TO THE FLOOR.

SO, HEY, MS. PENA, UH, MS. UH, MARIA PENA, UH, THE COMPROMISE WAS THAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO ONE SIGN, UH, ON THE ELEVATION SIDE FACING THE HIGHWAY.

UM, AS IF, IF THEY SEE THAT, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT THE ELEVATION WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO IT, UM, INSTEAD OF, UM, WHAT BELIEVE THE, THE SECTIONS THAT YOU WERE READING WERE FROM THE STAFF REPORT.

SO, UH, BASED ON, UM, AT, WITH THE, WITH THE P AND Z, IT WAS JUST MODIFIED SLIGHTLY TO ONLY ALLOW FOR THAT ONE, UH, FACING HIGHWAY 67, I GUESS.

SO ARE WE NOT GONNA KNOW, UM, THE ELEVATION UNTIL IT'S BUILT? I MEAN, I DON'T, I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING.

SO WE ARE NOT, HE, HE'S SAYING HE'S NOT GONNA PAY FOR IT UNTIL HE ACTUALLY GOES AFTER IT'S BUILT AND THEN HE'S GONNA ACTUALLY SEE IF IT'S WORTH PUTTING IT UP.

IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING OR NO? OKAY.

NO.

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IF THE VISIBILITY WILL BE THERE, WE WILL BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS, DURING THE DESIGN PHASES.

IF IT IS THERE, THEN WE WILL DESIGN A ROOFTOP SIGN THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED.

GOTCHA.

UM, YEAH.

SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL COME BACK FOR THAT APPROVAL? CORRECT.

ALRIGHT COUNSEL, ARE WE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT NOW? OKAY.

SO I GUESS DO THE ITEMS TWO THROUGH FIVE, WE STILL NEED THAT TO BE PART OF THE MOTION TONIGHT.

SO, UH, MET, UH, MEADOW CITY MANAGER.

UM, JUST WANNA BRING COUNSEL'S ATTENTION TO THE SUMMARY PAGE ON THE, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING AND ZONING DID CHANGE TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR BETWEEN THE MINUTES AND WHEN THEY MADE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.

OH, OKAY.

SORRY.

SUBJECT TO THE REVISED CONDITIONS.

AND THOSE ARE ALL THERE, UM, THAT INCLUDE THE CHANGE TO THE ROOFTOP SIGNAGE, UM, TO YOUR ALSO OTHER QUESTION, MAYOR.

UM, WITH REGARDS TO, UH, OFFSITE SIGNAGE OFF OF HIGHWAY 67, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PD LANGUAGE THROUGH ADDS SOME ADDITIONAL BLADES TO THAT SIGN.

UM, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH PREP GROUP ABOUT ADDING TWO BLADES THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT USE AND, UM, THE MULTIFAMILY.

IS THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR OR CLEAR AS MUD COUNSEL ? WELL, FROM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT IS BASED ON THE COMPROMISE IN WHAT'S BEEN SAID AFTER THAT, THEN IF WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, WE APPROVE AS RECOMMENDATION.

THAT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR.

COUNCILOR HAYDEN .

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT? A COMMENT, OH, SORRY.

COUNCILOR GLOVER.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, WELL YOU HAVE A SIGN SO THAT YOUR RESIDENTS DON'T GO AND LEAVE THEIR KIDS AT THAT PARK.

AND THEN JUST JOKES.

THIS IS JUST JOKES, JUST JOKES.

UM, I, I DID WANNA STATE THAT YOU, AS WE APPROACH AT, AS WE END THIS YEAR, WE MOVE INTO 2025, A QUARTER OF THIS CENTURY IS ALREADY GONE.

AND AS HOUSING CHANGES AND PEOPLE GROW AND, AND WANT DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CLASS A MULTIFAMILY HERE AND NEAR THE MALL.

THAT MAY NOT BE MY CHOICE AT MY AGE OR IT MAY NOT BE MY CHOICE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, BUT IT'S MY SON'S CHOICE AND IT'S FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A HOME, BUT ALSO NOT A CLASS B OR C APARTMENT.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER CLASS OF HOUSING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR YOUNGER RESIDENTS, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT GOES WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT GOES WITH SHOPPING AND THAT IS MORE URBAN AND LESS APARTMENT.

SO, UH, I'D LOVE THE DESIGN AND JUST WANTED TO PUT MY SUPPORT THERE.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MR. COUNCIL? ALRIGHT.

IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER 6 7 6 DASH 24 WITH THE, UH, ZONING, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.

SECOND, DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR MALONE.

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

MO UNANIMOUS.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU TO CEDAR HILL.

I THINK, I THINK THE FIVE YEARS BEEN WELL WORTH IT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

YES, IT'S WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.

NEXT IS

[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.]

THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THIS MAY BE, UH, THIS MAY INCLUDE ROUTINE ITEMS, MAY BE ACTED THE BOND WITH A SINGLE VOTE.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM CONSENT FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

COUNCIL, UH, PROM SIMS, A POLICE PULLED ITEM J.

AND AIR CONDITIONING RELATED SERVICES AND GOOD FROM BRAND COMPANIES.

AND I PULLED ITEM C TO BE CONSIDERED AT A FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA.

UH, ANY OTHER ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT? COUNSEL, NOT HEARING ANYONE.

I'LL CONTINUE.

ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING MIN THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 22ND, 2024, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH GRAND GRANNY CUS FORMERLY SWAG PRODUCTIONS LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF 65,262 38 CENTS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING LIVE VIDEO STREAMING SERVICES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM D, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 80,866 WITH CHRISTMAS DECOR BY LONE STAR ELECTRIC TO INSTALL HOLIDAY DECORATIONS IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, ON AND ON CITY FACILITIES.

ITEM E, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 2 4 7 3 0, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY.

M-V-C-P-A, UH, FOR THE LEASE OF MOBILE SECURITY DETERRENT TRAILERS.

ITEM F, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF HEATING VENTILATORS, VENTILATION

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LLC CONSIDER AUTHORIZING, I'M SORRY, ITEM G, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MADE EXECUTE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, N-C-T-C-O-G FOR THE SPATIAL DATA COOPERATIVE PROGRAM.

SDCP FOR A PHYSICAL, UH, YEAR 2025.

ITEM H CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MADE EXECUTE AND IN AN AGREEMENT WITH SIMPLE VIEW FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 32,500 FOR A NEW TOURISM WEBSITE.

ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 2 4 7 3 3, WHICH ADOPTS AN INVESTMENT POLICY FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 2, 2, 5 6 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.

COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR AGENDA ITEMS. THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE.

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS READ.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

BEEN PULLED, RECEIVE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MO.

UNANIMOUS.

UH, ITEM J HAS

[j. Receive Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ending September 30, 2024]

MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO, UM, CALL ATTENTION SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT WITH THIS, UH, QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE, ACTUALLY IT'S THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND, UH, FIRST I WANT TO APPLAUD THE ENTIRE MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE.

I DON'T HAVE THEIR NAMES OR ELSE I'D READ THEM ALL, BUT I'D LIKE TO APPLAUD THOSE MEMBERS FOR, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.

AND FOR, FIRST I WANNA SAY IT'S EXHIBITED AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL OF SOUND, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

THE INVESTMENT GENERATED OVER THIS PERIOD, UH, WAS IN THE TUNE OF $7.1 MILLION, $7.1 MILLION.

AND THAT INVESTMENT INCOME IS THE EQUIVALENT OF OVER 10 CENTS.

I'LL REPEAT OVER 10 CENTS ON THE TAX RATE.

SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE WE DO INVESTMENTS AND THOSE INVESTMENTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFITED OUR CITY TO THE TUNE OF 10 OVER 10 CENTS OF TAX ON THE TAX RATE.

AND I, I, I DON'T WANNA MINIMIZE THAT.

THAT'S WHY I PULLED IT, THAT IT, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT THAT, UM, A LOT OF, UM, BENEFIT IS ACCRUED TO THE CITY FROM THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE, UH, TO THE TUNE OF 10 CENTS ON THE TAX RATE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE ON THE PART OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE AND ITS BENEFIT TO OUR CITIZENS DUTY.

NOTED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRO, TIM.

AND WITH THAT, I, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BEFORE YOU MAKE BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, FLOOR IS OPEN.

UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2024.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

PRO TIM'S.

VERY IMPORTANT.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL.

[9. Closed Session. ]

ITEM IS CLOSED SESSION.

CLOSED SECTION CALL PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NEGOTIATIONS, DISCUSSING, OR DELIBERATIONS REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STATE OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR TERRITORY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

AND WITH THE, AND WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVES TO THE BUSINESS PROSPECT, PROJECT VAN ZANT AND PROJECT BRIAN COUNCIL, I HAVE NINE 15 AND I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.