* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. COOL. [00:00:05] GOOD EVENING [1. Call meeting to order.] EVERYONE. TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2024. THIS IS THE LAST SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR FOR US. UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TODAY. I HAVE, UH, 7:00 PM I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING ORDER. I DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. UH, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND WITH THAT NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS INVOCATION. WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION FROM REVEREND CAMERON SWEET WITH, UH, POINT OF LIGHT CHURCH HERE IN CEDAR HILL. UM, IS THE REVEREND HERE WITH US? OKAY. SO I WOULD, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GO AHEAD AND APPOINT COUNCILMAN MALONE TO GIVE US THE IMPLICATION AND FOLLOWING THAT . OH, IS HE HERE? OH, I GUESS WE DO GOT SOME CHAPLAINS HERE, DON'T WE? ALRIGHT. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT, WELL, YOU OFF THE HOOK THERE, MR. MALONE. . YEAH. THERE WE GO. COME ON UP. PARTNER. FOLLOWING THE, FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, IF WE COULD HAVE OUR NEW, I DIDN'T WEAR MY HEARING AIDS THIS EVENING, , SO I DIDN'T HAVE YOU CALL ME. OH, YOU GONNA USE THE MIC OR JUST HAVE A PRAYER? UH, YOU CAN USE THE MIC IF YOU WANT. OKAY. YES, SIR. WELL, GIMME, GIMME ONE SECOND. UH, FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, WE WILL HAVE, UM, A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR MY NEW PLANNING DIRECTOR, MISS SWEAT SELF. YES. I'M ABOUT TO CALL YOU MS. BEST. IT'S IN MY HEAD. SO MISS SELF WILL GIVE US THE, UH, PLEDGE FOLLOWING. THAT WOULD BE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND AND, UH, WE'LL RECEIVE THE INVOCATION. MY MOST PRECIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER GOD, WE'RE HUMBLED IN YOUR PRESENCE THIS EVENING. FATHER, WE'RE HERE, UH, UH, IN A WONDERFUL CITY, IN A WONDERFUL STATE, IN A WONDERFUL NATION. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED. FATHER, WE PRAY. FATHER, ANYTHING WE CAN DO, SAY, OR BECOME INVOLVED IN THIS EVENING, UH, WORTH, VALUE, OR MERIT, BE TO YOUR GLORY, FATHER. AND WE PRAY THAT EVERYBODY'S HEART, MIND, AND SOUL WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICES OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE. AND IT IS IN JESUS CHRIST, PRECIOUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN PLEDGE. PLEDGE. I PLEDGE THIS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL HAVE [a. Swearing in of Citizens On Patrol volunteers to issue citations for disabled parking violations. ] A PRESENTATION. UH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. NEXT WILL BE A SWEARING IN OF CITIZEN AND PATROL VOLUNTEERS TO ISSUE A CITATION OF DISABLED PARKING VIOLATION. AND THIS WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR OWN CHIEF ELI REYES. GOOD EVENING, CHIEF EVENING MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. UH, IT'S A HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, TO HAVE THIS CEREMONY. AS YOU WILL ALL WILL RECALL, UH, EARLIER IN THIS YEAR, UM, WE HAD SEVERAL CITIZENS COME, UH, EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN ABOUT, UH, HANDICAP PARKING OR DISABLED PARKING, UH, AND ENFORCEMENT. AND THEN, UH, A CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN MAY. UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AUTHORIZE ME, UH, WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IN THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE AND GAVE US THE DIRECTION, UH, TO CREATE A, UH, DISABLED PARKING ENFORCEMENT TEAM. UM, AND FROM THAT, UH, WE USE UTILIZED OUR EXISTING VOLUNTEERS THROUGH OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL PROGRAM. UH, DETECTIVE BRECKENRIDGE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, GETTING THEM THE REQUIRED TRAINING, UH, THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IN THAT IS TO HAVE, UH, UH, SWEARING IN AND AN OATH OF OFFICE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING TODAY. AND SO, I'M, UH, HONORED TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR FIRST, UH, 10, UH, CITIZENS ON PATROL THAT WILL BE DOING OUR DISABLED PARKING ENFORCEMENT. AND IF YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP HERE, WE HAVE BILL GOODSON, WHO'S THEIR GROUP, GROUP LEADER. AND THEN WE HAVE MARVIN CARLISLE, BILL DAWSON, GORDON FURBUSH, BRUCE HOLMES, JOHN MARINOS, CHERYL MAYS, EARL MYERS, BILL PIERCE, AND KEN TETON. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE OATH OF OFFICE NOW. IF EVERYBODY WILL PLEASE RAISE [00:05:01] YOUR RIGHT HANDS AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, I STATE YOUR NAME. BILL PIERCE, GORDON FU. CHERYL MAY. BILL GOODSON BILL, AWESOME. ROOM TONE. JOHN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OFFICE OF DISABLED PARKING ENFORCEMENT, VOLUNTEER DISABLED OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, OF MY PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE, THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME, GOD. THAT'S IT. CONGRATULATIONS. YOUR, YOUR, YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL CEDAR HILL DISABLED ENFORCEMENT PARKING VOLUNTEER TEAM. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH REAL QUICK. OR LEFT. COULD YOU COME ON THIS SIDE? THAT, THAT I CAN SEE YOUR BIG SMILE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF RE, NEXT [b. Recognize the Cedar Hill Finance Department, recipients of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for Fiscal Year 2023 and Award of Financial Reporting Achievement. ] ITEM IS TO RECOGNIZE THE CEDAR HILL FINANCE DEPARTMENT, RECIPIENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, GFOA CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENTS FOR EXCELLENT AND FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR PHYSICAL YEAR 2023 AND AWARD OF FINANCIAL REPORTING ACHIEVEMENT. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY. I HAVE MY FINANCE DEPARTMENT. COME ON. FINANCE. COME ON GUYS. YOU GOT, YOU EARNED THIS. ARE YOU, SIR? GOOD. GOOD. ALRIGHT. UM, CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING BY THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, GFOA, FOR ITS ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 2023. THIS IS THE 30, 34TH YEAR IN A ROW. 34 YEARS. THAT'S A LONG TIME. THAT'S A LONG TIME THAT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL REPORT HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CERTIFICATE. THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION IN GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT BY A GOVERNMENT AND ITS MANAGEMENT. THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT HAS BEEN JUDGED BY AN IMPARTIAL PANEL TO MEET THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING DEMONSTRATING A CONSTRUCTIVE SPIRIT OF FULL DISCLOSURE TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE ITS FINANCIAL STORY AND MOTIVATE POTENTIAL USERS AND USER GROUPS TO ACTUALLY READ THE REPORT. RECEIVING THIS AWARD IS A TESTAMENT TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL'S, COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. ADDITIONALLY, THIS RECOGNITION CAN IMPROVE THE GOVERNMENT'S BOND RATING AND REDUCE BORROWING COSTS, WHICH IT HAS FURTHER BENEFITING OUR COMMUNITY. IT REFLECTS THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR ADHERENCE TO THE STRONGEST, HIGHEST STANDARDS IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE STAFF. UH, ON BEHALF OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS, FOR THIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FINANCE TEAM REAL QUICKLY. I HAVE, UH, CYNTHIA FRANKS WHO HANDLES OUR PAYROLL. UH, GREG PURVIS HANDLES PURCHASING. WE HAVE MARIANNE DE VILLA, WHO'S OUR ACCOUNTANT. TWO, WE HAVE VIENNA ESPINOZA, WHICH IS OUR ACCOUNTANT ONE. WE HAVE, UH, SUSAN SHIN, WHO'S OUR BUDGET ANALYST. AND GRACE STU IS OUR CONTROLLER. [00:10:01] AND I WOULD JUST SAY, LIKE, TO SAY THAT THE, UM, RECOGNITION OF THIS IS A, A TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION, UH, OF EXCELLENCE, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORT. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO THE COLLABORATION THAT THIS WHOLE TEAM WORKS WITH THE ENTIRE CITY. BECAUSE WITHOUT ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER, THIS WOULDN'T EVEN BE POSSIBLE. AND THIS REPORT IS, IS GROUNDED IN TRANSPARENCY. IT'S A, A REPORT OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES FINANCIALLY WITH THE CITY. AND SO IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE 34TH YEARS IN A ROW. SO, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. IF I COULD GET EVERYONE KIND OF WITHIN THE WIDTH OF MY HANDS. SO IF YOU'RE BEHIND THIS PODIUM, PLEASE MOVE SUICIDE. OKAY. LOSING ME . OKAY. AND THEN COULD I HAVE YOU, OR COULD WE ALL JUST KIND OF PIVOT TO THE, TO YOUR LEFT? EVERYONE SCOOT TO THE LEFT. FEW MORE STEPS. TO MORE STEPS. PERFECT. OKAY. 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. LEMME DO A LANDSCAPE. SORRY. 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. FOX. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCCURDY. THANK YOU. FINANCE. UH, NEXT ITEM IS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. [5. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 3pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ] NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS FORUM. THIS, UH, GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT ANY, ANY ITEMS THAT IS NOT ON THE, THE AGENDA COURSE COUNCIL CANNOT DELIBERATE, UH, BUT MAYBE COULD FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, WITH THE STAFF. SO I DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN, UH, WHO HAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK BEFORE US COUNCIL. AND THAT IS MS. MARY WHITE. AND HER TOPIC IS RECOGNITION OF LIBRARY STAFF. COME ON DOWN, MS. MARY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS MARY WHITE. I'M AT 1912 VALLEY DRIVE HERE IN CEDAR HILL. CAN YOU PULL THE MIC TO YOU? SURE. NO, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LIGHT. THAT'S THE LIGHT MICROPHONE. HOW ABOUT THIS? DOES THIS WORK BETTER? THERE WE GO. SO ON NOVEMBER 16TH, THE UH, FRIENDS OF TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER HELD OUR FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR WHICH MANY OF YOU CAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND AT THAT EVENT, WE HELD IT AT THE, IN HUMMINGBIRD ROOM OF THE FABULOUS NEW LIBRARY. AND THIS IS TO SAY, APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE TO THE LIBRARY STAFF. WE WERE THERE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD NOT HELP US WITH. IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD A NEED. SAMUEL CHRISTIAN, RACHEL, THEY WERE THERE TO HELP US FROM BEGINNING WHEN WE GOT THERE ON FRIDAY, HELPING TO SET UP TO SATURDAY WHEN WE WERE THERE, TO SATURDAY EVENING TO WHEN WE CLEANED UP. AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY DID. I THINK IT'S TOO OFTEN THAT WE, YOU ALL PROBABLY ONLY HEAR COMPLAINTS AND IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE TO HEAR ABSOLUTELY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE INCREDIBLE JOB THEY DID, AS WELL AS THE WHOLE LIBRARY STAFF. AND WHILE I'M AT IT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO THOSE FOLKS AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT, UM, DO WHAT I CALL ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR THE, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT WE RAISE MONEY FOR. SO THAT'LL BE ANOTHER TOPIC. I'LL COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THEM AND THE EXERCISE YARDS WE'RE BUILDING. BUT THANK YOU TO THE LIBRARY STAFF AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT HELPED, UH, WITH THAT 2017 BOND TO MAKE THAT LIBRARY. AND, UM, IT'S REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. ALRIGHT, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR AMAZING LIBRARY TEAM. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR CITIZENS FORUM. SO NEXT ITEM [a. Case No. CUP-668-2024 – Conduct a public hearing and consider approval of an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and a site plan for Multi-Family (Apartments) on property zoned “OT-Res” (Old Town Residential Sub-District), generally located on the south side of Texas Street and approximately two-hundred feet to the east of Main Street, with the approximate address being 402 & 404 Texas Street. Applicant: Norman Patten, Norman Patten & Associates. Representative: Brenda Arellano Property Owner: Mario & Rosa Acevedo, Infinity Drywall, LLC] ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARING. UM, CASE NUMBER CUP 6 6 8 2024. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, CUP AND A SITE PLAN FOR MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS ON PROPERTY ZONE OT, RES OLD TOWN RESIDENTIAL SUBDISTRICT. GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TEXAS STREET. AND APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET TO THE EAST OF MAIN STREET WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 4 0 2 AND 4 0 4 TEXAS STREET, APPLICANT NORMAN PATTON. UH, NORMAN PATTON ASSOCIATES REPRESENTATIVE BRENDA UHNO, ORNO, UH, PROPERTY OWNER, MARIO AND ROSA, UH, VEDO AND INFINITY DRYWALL, LLC. SO BEFORE I GO INTO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO CUSTOMER MCCURDY. YES. UH, MR. MAYOR, I [00:15:01] WILL BE, UH, RECUSING MYSELF FROM DELIBERATIONS AND VOTING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AS I OWN PROPERTY WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION ZONE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. MCCURDY. WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE, I'M SORRY, IS THERE ANY, DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND PRESENT TO US BEFORE WE GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING? MR. MR. PATTON, COME ON DOWN, PLEASE. FOR THE RECORD, GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. OKAY. NORMAN PATTON, FOUR 13 CEDAR STREET, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, EXCUSE ME. JUST, UH, UH, WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TELL YOU HOW, UH, THIS PROJECT CAME ABOUT AND, AND, UH, HOW IT FITS IN WITH THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT. IT'S AN INFILL TYPE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY, UH, AS A TOWNHOUSE PROJECT, BUT IT'S NOT CLASSIFIED THAT WAY. UH, SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE WAY IT, IT WAS DESIGNED. IT HAS, UM, TWO STORY LIVING WITH A GROUND LEVEL ENTRY FOR EACH UNIT. AND EACH UNIT ALSO HAS ONE ENCLOSED GARAGE PARKING SPACE. THERE'S ADDITIONAL, UH, PARKING ON THE SITE, UH, FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL PARKING AT THE FACILITY. THERE'S A, A, UH, PAVILION, AN OUTDOOR PAVILION FOR THE RESIDENTS TO USE FOR, UH, GET TOGETHERS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, THEY MAY DO, UH, DURING THE YEAR. SO, UH, IT'S A NICE LITTLE DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES UP A COUPLE OF LOTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT FITS IN REAL NICELY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS GONNA BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT TO DOWNTOWN. UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THE PACKET WITH, UH, ELEVATIONS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT ON IT. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UM, THINGS THAT CAME UP AT THE P AND Z MEETING THAT THEY RECOMMENDED AND WERE PERFECTLY WILLING TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO FINAL PLANS. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SURE. BEFORE WE GO INTO ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE GO AHEAD AND GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK UP. OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING YOUR, UH, THE CASE. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 6 8 2024. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 6 8 2024? I'LL ASK ONE FINAL TIME. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 6 6 8 2024? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH. I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? UH, YES I DO. OH, I'M SORRY. UM, I THINK IT'S COUNCILOR HAYDEN . HEY, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE NAMES UP HERE. I'M SORRY. OH, YES. UH, I'M INCOGNITO HERE THOUGH. . THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YEAH, I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YOU ALLUDED TO, AS FAR AS THEY MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN P AND Z AND YOU, UH, KIND OF ACCOMMODATED THAT, I DON'T THINK I REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THOSE DIFFERENCES WERE, UM, BASED ON THE ELEVATIONS INSTEAD OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. SO CAN YOU EX EXPLAIN, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT P AND Z HAD WERE, UH, MAYBE ADDING SOME SHUTTERS TO SOME OF THE WINDOW TREATMENTS, UH, ON THE ELEVATIONS AND, UH, AND THE INCORPORATION OF AWNINGS. UH, WHICH WE DO HAVE A, A COUPLE OF THOSE ON THE FRONT SIDE, BUT, UH, THEY COULD BE, UH, DONE IN A COUPLE OTHER AREAS TOO. AND, UH, SO THAT WAS WHAT THEY WERE SUGGESTING. SO, AND THAT WOULD BE ON THE, THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE NORTH SIDE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES. OKAY. YES. YEAH, I HAD A KIND OF DIFFICULTY OF KNOWING WHERE'S THE FRONT AND WHERE'S THE BACK, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND I GUESS THE FRONT WOULD BE YOUR INTEREST TO GET IN, BUT TO ME THE FRONTAGE IS THE FRONTAGE ON TEXAS, TEXAS ROAD. SO, RIGHT. AND THE BUILDINGS ARE VERY SIMILAR IN THE WAY THEY LOOK BECAUSE THE, THE UNITS ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME SIZE, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE, THE LAYOUT OF THE UNITS. BUT ON THE TEXAS STREET SIDE, UH, YOU HAVE ONE BUILDING THAT HAS SOME DOUBLE WINDOWS THAT FACE THE STREET AND THE OTHER ONE DOES NOT HAVE THAT. IT HAS SOME SMALLER WINDOWS BECAUSE OF THE FLOOR PLAN LAYOUT. SO EACH BUILDING FROM TEXAS STREET IS GONNA LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT. UM, THE BACK MAY BE MORE SIMILAR AND, AND THE [00:20:01] SIDES FACING EAST AND WEST MAY BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME 'CAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO ON A SMALL PROPERTY LIKE THAT. SO, SO ON THE, UH, I'M LOOKING AT A AND AND, AND A AND B NOW. SO ON, ON THE A UH, TEXAS STREET SIDE, YOU'VE GOT ONE TREE, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. UH, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THE, THE, UH, THE, I GUESS THE SPACE THERE? UH, IT'S NOT REALLY, UH, HIGHLIGHTED TO WHAT IT IS BECAUSE ON B YOU HAVE TWO TREES KIND OF BLOCKING THE, THE END OF THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING. SO, SO YOU'RE ONLY ABLE TO DO ONE TREE ON A, SO WHAT IS THAT, WHAT IS IN THAT VACANT SPACE? THAT, THAT'S, UH, AN AREA THAT'S RESERVED FOR SOME KIND OF SIGNAGE FOR THE PROPERTY. OKAY. OKAY. UH, THAT'S A LANDSCAPE AREA THAT WE, WE DESIGNATED FOR THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THERE'S ONLY ONE TREE ON THAT SIDE WAS TO NOT TAKE AWAY AND COVER THAT UP. UH, YEAH. AND THAT, THAT WAY THAT COULD BE PART OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GOING THERE. RIGHT. AND COVER WHAT THEY DID. SO HOW SI HOW, HOW BIG ARE THOSE TREES GONNA BE? IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TELL. UM, ARE THEY GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE A WHILE BEFORE IT GROWS UP? OR WHAT, WHAT WHAT IS THE SIZE OF CALIPERS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THERE? THE, THE SIZE OF WHAT? I'M SORRY. WHAT ARE THE CALIPERS UH, THE CALIPER SIZE OF THOSE TREES YOU'RE PUTTING IN? THEY WOULD ALL BE A MINIMUM THREE INCH. SO THEY'D BE PRETTY SMALL YEAH. TO START WITH, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY FAST GROWING TREES, FAST GROWING. OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL REALLY ENHANCE IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT SIDE OF IT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON TEXAS STREET. SO, BUT ANYWAY, IT SEEMS LIKE A, IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD, GOOD LITTLE DEVELOPMENT THERE, SO I APPRECIATE 'EM COMING TO CEDAR HILL. IT'S, IT'S VERY SIMILAR IN NATURE TO THE LILACS PROJECT. THAT'S A BLOCK OVER. YEAH. UH, SMALL, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, COMPACT AND THE LANDSCAPING WILL BE REALLY NICE. BUT THOSE TREES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NICE, UH, GOOD SOLID TREES, SO SHOULD LOOK REAL GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU NORTON. SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, CUSTOMER GLOVER? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. UM, I'D LIKE THE DESIGN, IS THIS GOING, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, THESE WOULD BE TOWNHOMES FOR SALE OR FOR RENTAL? WELL, ACTUALLY THEY WERE DESIGNED LIKE TOWN HOMES, BUT THEY'RE, THEY ARE, UH, THEY'RE CALLED APARTMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS SET UP. AND SO THEY WILL BE RENTALS. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. BUT IT, BUT THE DESIGN IS NOT LIKE A NORMAL APARTMENT RENTAL, THE WAY IT LOOKS FROM THE STREET. YOU WALK UP TO THE FRONT DOOR AND YOU HAVE YOUR OWN TWO STORY INDEPENDENT, UM, LIVING SPACE THERE WITH A GARAGE AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE A NORMAL APARTMENT. YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE ENCLOSED GARAGES ON APARTMENTS. SO, UH, IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT THEY ARE RENTALS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILOR? UM, OH, SO GO AHEAD. MOTION HERE. UH, SURE. UM, I ASK FOR MOTION HERE MOMENTARILY. UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UM, AND I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, UH, COMPREHENSIVELY YOU MENTIONED IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO LILAC. I'M, I'M STARTING TO SEE, UM, I GUESS THERE'S SOME INTEREST TO HAVING THOSE TYPE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, INFILL IN OUR DOWNTOWN. UM, DO YOU, ARE YOU AWARE IF THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, APPLICANT DEVELOPER, UH, HAS ANY OTHER INTEREST ANYWHERE AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA? UH, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THAT. OKAY. UH, I JUST, I MEAN, I, I KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO OF ITS KIND, THEN YOU KNOW, I, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S DOES IT, DOES IT REALLY HAVE A FLOW? BUT I MEAN, IF IT'S STARTING TO BE A TREND, I JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. BUT I GUESS YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT YEAH, WE HADN'T REALLY HAD ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WELL I'LL, I'LL BE INTERESTED TO DISCUSS MORE IF YOU HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. SO . OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WITH THAT, UH, PRO TIM, SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CASE NUMBER CUP 6 68 DASH 2024. I SECOND. I DO HAVE A MOTION AND I DO HAVE A SECOND. AND LET, AND LET ME CLARIFY, HOW MANY UNITS IS IT? THERE'S SIX UNITS. SIX UNITS. OKAY. PERFECT. ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UM, BEFORE I ASKED, UM, BEFORE I ASKED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR OFFICIAL APPROVAL, UM, COUNSEL FOR YOUR RECORDS, THERE WAS AN EMAIL, UH, SENT, UH, SOME, UH, EMAIL CONCERNS. SO YOU [00:25:01] DO HAVE ANOTHER CITIZEN THAT ADDRESS CONCERNS, UM, FROM MS. PRYOR. SO, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT ON THE RECORD. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND YOU. YOU'RE MITIGATED. YES, SIR. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK STAFF ADDRESSED HER HER QUESTION. SO. ALRIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND HONOR FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL RIGHT. MOVES DOWN TO MS. SIXTH, ZERO WITH ONE ABSTAIN. ALL THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. BEDDEN. AS, UM, AS OUR SECRETARY GETS OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. NEXT ITEM, MS. CONSENT [7. 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.] AGENDA. THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH THIS SINGLE VOTE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ARE, ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANNA PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT I'LL CONTINUE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2024 SPECIAL CALL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE NOVEMBER 22, 23, 2004 CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT. WELCOME BACK, COUNCIL MCCURDY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT TO BE PULLED FOR CONSIDERATION OR DISCUSSION? NOT BY ME. ALRIGHT, UH, CONTINUE. ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A DOCUMENT RELATED TO THE NATIONWIDE OPIOID SETTLEMENT WITH KROGER, TEXAS. ITEM C, CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 8 37, WHICH CHANGES THE ZONING FROM PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 2005 DASH 2 26, DISTRICT AND PD PLAN, DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 2018 DASH 6 59 DISTRICT TWO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOUR LOCAL RETAIL USES INCLUDING RESTAURANTS WITH ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION, COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, INDOOR OUTDOOR, AND MULTIFAMILY DUTY. LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD, WEST OF NORTH J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 700 NORTH J ELMORE WEAVER FREEWAY, HILLSIDE VILLAGE, APPLICANT AJ GLASS AND BRIAN ELIF. TOWN COMPANY, CITY OF CEDAR HILL PROPERTY OWNER PREP HILLSIDE REAL ESTATE, LLC, CITY OF CEDAR HILL. ITEM D, CONSIDER A PROVEN RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 7 37, WHICH ADOPTS A CHARITY CARE POLICY AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AMBULANCE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT PROGRAM. ITEM E, CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 8 38, WHICH ADOPTS AN AMENDED EX EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, 2024. ITEM F, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 24 DASH OH ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF 198,202 WITH URBAN ENGINEERS GROUP FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CANYON VIEW COURT, CAPRICORN STREET AND ROBIN ROAD, OUTFALL DRAINAGE AND EROSION CONTROL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. ITEM G, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 DASH 7 36, WHICH SUPPORTS THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR A BODY-WORN CAMERA. BWC GRANT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE TEXAS OF GOVERNOR FOR FUNDING OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS FOR 81 PERSONNEL FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. ITEM H CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR EXECUTING AGREEMENT WITH ETC INSTITUTE. TO CONDUCT THE 2025 COMMUNITY SURVEY ITEM, I CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND TOWN LAND COMPANY LLC. COUPLE MORE. ITEM J, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 DASH 7 34, WHICH AUTHORIZES PARTICIPATION IN PROJECT BLUE ZONE DISTRICT 1 0 9 AND K. CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 DASH 7 38, WHICH DECLARES AN EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT. SO WITH THAT COUNSEL, THE FLOOR IS OPEN. MAYOR, WE MOVE THAT I WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH K IS READ. SECOND, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND. UM, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, MADAM CITY MANAGER, AS IT RELATES TO THE ETC SURVEY, HOW QUICK WILL WE EXPECT, UH, RESULTS? IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS FROM THE TIME WE IMPLEMENT THE SURVEY TO GETTING THE RESULTS BACK. SO PROBABLY AROUND MARCH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . MS. RE? YES, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 8 37. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2001 DASH 64 AS AMENDED, CHANGING THE ZONING MAP DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY. GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD AND WEST OF NORTH J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS THREE R ONE, THREE R TWO, AND PART OF LOT TWO R BLOCK, A UPTOWN VILLAGE AT CEDAR HILL EDITION, APPROXIMATELY 12.0119 ACRES OF LAND, CEDAR HILL, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS FROM PD PLAN, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 2005 DASH 2 26 AND PD PLAN, DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 2018 DASH 6 54 TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LOCAL RETAIL USES, INCLUDING RESTAURANT WITH ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION, COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, INDOOR OUTDOOR LOT TWO AND MULTIFAMILY USES LOT ONE INCORPORATING [00:30:01] A CONCEPT PLAN LOTS ONE AND TWO, A PD SITE PLAN FOR MULTIFAMILY LOT ONE INCLUDING LANDSCAPE PLAN AND ELEVATION PLAN, ADOPTING SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. THIS IS ALSO NUMBER, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 8 38, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, ADOPTING A REVISED 2023 2024 OPERATING FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AS SET OUT IN SUCH BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT. THANK YOU. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. UM, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. WE DO HAVE A SECOND. UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOTION UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU COUNSEL. UM, MIKE, BEFORE I CONTINUE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, UH, I WANNA DEFER TO MS. BENSON. UM, PROAM HAD, UH, MADE A MOTION. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT WE ARE CONCURRING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDATION. OKAY? YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MR. PATTON? NORM PATTON, DID YOU UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION? YES, YOU DID. OKAY. ALRIGHT, PERFECT. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. NEXT ITEM [a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Transportation, and Disposal Contract Amendment for residential, commercial and industrial trash and recycling collection services with Waste Management (WM).] ON THE AGENDA IS REGULAR AGENDA. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT. WM, UH, COUNSEL, WE HAD SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, UH, TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THIS CONTRACT. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, COUNCILOR HAYDEN, UH, THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS, UH, IS TO, UH, SAY IT'S GLAD TO SEE MR. STEVE KELLER HERE IN, IN, UH, REPRESENTING OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SO APPRECIATE HAVING HIM WITH THAT. I, UH, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, UH, AUTHORIZING TO EXECUTE THE MUNICIPAL WASTE SOLID, UH, COLLECTION WITH, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT. WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. COUNCIL OF MCCURDY. UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? UM, I, I WOULD JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT, YOU WOULD NOT, NOT THE, NOT THE COMPANY, JUST THE TERM WASTE MANAGEMENT. UM, YOU WOULD THINK THAT, UH, I WOULDN'T ANYONE WOULD SAY HOW SATISFIED THEY ARE ABOUT THE SERVICES, BUT I REALLY AM VERY SATISFIED OF HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU DO YOUR SERVICES. ALSO, ALL OF THE, UM, I GUESS AMENITIES THAT GOES ALONG WITH PROVIDING YOUR SERVICE. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, LAST DECADE. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL, IF NOT ALL FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND MOVE UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU COUNSEL. NEXT ITEM ON [b. Consider adopting Ordinance No. 2024-836 which provides for new monthly rates for residential, commercial, and industrial solid waste and recycling collection services with Waste Management (WM), effective February 1, 2025.] THE AGENDA, CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO 2024 DASH 8 36, WHICH PROVIDES FOR NEW MONTHLY RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLE COLLECTION SERVICES WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT WM, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1ST, 2025. COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILOR HAYDEN? YES, MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THIS. I WANNA, UH, ACTUALLY THANK THE COUNCIL. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, UH, ALWAYS IN THIS CITY WANTED TO HEAR ONE OF OUR PREMIER STATEMENTS AND THAT IS A CLEAN CITY. AND SO, UH, WE DID HAVE SOME DELIBERATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THAT AND, AND STAFF'S GONNA GO FORWARD WITH, UH, TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A, UH, UH, A A PLAN TO GO, YOU KNOW, TO CLEAN OUR CITY. PART OF THIS, UH, UM, AGENDA ITEM HERE DOES REFLECT SOME ADDITIONAL FEES TO BE ABLE TO HELP RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO HELP SOME OF THE CLEANUP. SO, UH, APPRECIATE THAT COUNSEL AND, AND, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH THAT. MAYOR, IF I COULD ADD TO, UH, I DID HAVE A DISCUSSION IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR, UH, ENHANCE OR ADDITIONAL CLEANUP, UH, OF, UH, AREAS IN OUR CITY. UH, I, I DID TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT, UH, DURING THE PEAK SEASON OF, UH, APRIL, MAY AND JUNE WHEN THINGS ARE REALLY, REALLY WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF RAIN, THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL MOWING ON HIGHWAY 67. AND, AND I BELIEVE THE CITY MANAGER CONCURRED WITH THAT. SO, SO IN ADDITION TO, IN THESE, UH, HAVING, PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL CLEANUP OF LITTER, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS DEDICATED TO SOME, UH, ENHANCED MOWING SERVICES DURING THE PEAK PERIODS. THANK YOU. YES. SO THE PLAN IS WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN AND SOMETIME HOPEFULLY IN FEBRUARY AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT MOBILIZED. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MADAM [00:35:01] CITY MANAGER. UM, ALRIGHT, UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH 8 36. SECOND, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILOR HAYDEN? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? FROM MAYOR POTO, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 8 36 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SERIAL TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER NINE. ARTICLE THREE SECTIONS NINE DASH 55 AND NINE DASH 57 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AND REPLACING SAME WITH NEW RESIDENTIAL RATES PER RECYCLING AND GARBAGE COLLECTION IN AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND NEW RATES AND CHARGES FOR COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION AND TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. THANK YOU MS. REEN. AGAIN, THIS IS A HUGE CONTRACT THAT COULD IN, UH, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. UH, SO COUNSEL THE FLOOR IS, I'M SORRY, WE DO HAVE MOTION. HAVE A SECOND. AND ALL FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALRIGHT. MOTION UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU MR. KELLER. UH, YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS AFTER WE MADE THE VOTE? YES. , UH, STEVE KELLER, WASTE MANAGEMENT. I KNOW BETTER THAN SAY ANYTHING WHILE Y'ALL ARE MAKING YOUR DECISIONS. I JUST WANNA COME UP AND SAY ON THE RECORD AT CEDAR HILL IS STILL MY FAVORITE CITY AND IT'S THE TRUTH. Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE SOMETHING UNIQUE HERE. I WORK WITH CITIES ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS. THIS IS TRULY A PREMIER CITY. IT IS TRULY A UNIQUE PLACE AND I LOVE COMING BACK. I, I, I WISH I WAS STILL WORKING WITH YOU GUYS LIKE I HAD FOR ALL THOSE YEARS. RYAN IS VERY WELL, YOU KNOW HOW GOOD HE IS AND EVERYTHING AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I GET TO BE HERE TONIGHT ON THIS NIGHT AND, UH, I'M AT THE END OF MY CAREER. YOU KNOW, I WON'T BE AROUND FOR THE NEXT GOAL ROUND. SO Y'ALL REMEMBER TO BE NICE TO RYAN IN FIVE MORE YEARS. OKAY? EXACTLY. AND I ALSO WANNA SAY WELL DONE ON THIS YOUNG LADY RIGHT HERE AS YOUR CITY MANAGER. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT SHE DID WHEN SHE CAME TO CEDAR HILL WAS WORK ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SIDE. AND I WORKED CLOSE WITH, WITH HER FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE Y'ALL EVER PUT IT OUT FOR AN RFP. AND, UH, SHE IS THE REAL DEAL AND Y'ALL ARE LUCKY TO HAVE HER. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK HERE. IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME. THANK YOU MR. KELLER. YOU ALREADY GOT THE CONTRACT. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ALL THAT. I KNOW SHE SCARES ME TOO. I'LL GET TO SAY THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOLKS. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, UM, C REGULAR AGENDA ITEM [c. Consider adopting Resolution No. R24- 739, which approves a Development Agreement with Town Land Company, LLC., as recommended by the TIF/TIRZ Zone #1 Board of Directors.] C, CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 DASH 7 39, WHICH APPROVES A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH TOWN LAND COMPANY LLC AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TIF TURS ZONE NUMBER ONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UM, COUNCIL, AGAIN, THIS IS A MONUMENTAL MOMENT. UM, IT'S ANOTHER HEAVY LIFTING. THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT IS THE FIRST OF HOPEFULLY MANY. UM, SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, CONSIDER THIS ITEM TONIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? COUNSEL? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UM, I'D LIKE THIS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER R TWO FOUR DASH 7 3 4, WHICH WILL APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH TOWN TOWNLAND COMPANY LLC AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TIFF TUR ZONE, TUR ZONE NUMBER ONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. COULD YOU, UM, RE UH, RESTATE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE MORE TIME, SIR? DID I, OKAY, LET ME REDO THAT AGAIN. UH, MR. AM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE US TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 DASH DASH 7 39, WHICH APPROVES A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH TOWN LAND COMPANY LLC AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TIFF AND TURS ZONE NUMBER ONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. YES SIR. WE DO HAVE A MOTION. , DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? UH, WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MCCURDY. UM, LOOK, I I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO, AND, AND LET ME CLARIFY. SHE SAYS SHE HASN'T, UH, DID HER CHRISTMAS LIST, SO I JUST WANNA, UM, YOU KNOW, SAY THIS, BUT SHE SAYS SHE, UH, SO OUR CITY MANAGER, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU KUDOS AND KEEP ME IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR LIST. BUT I WANNA GIVE YOU KUDOS BECAUSE DOING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE TIFF TURS, THERE'S SO MANY HANDS ON THE DOCUMENT, LEGAL YOURSELF, UH, THE DEVELOPER, THEIR LEGAL TEAM, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS THING HAS BEEN WRAPPED UP TIGHT. IT HAS BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR QUITE SOME TIME. UM, I'M, I'M ANXIOUS AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT. UH, I KNOW WHAT THE IMPLICATION, UM, OF THIS TYPE OF, UH, PROJECT BUT COULD BE ABLE TO HAVE TOWARDS OUR PARTNERS AT, UH, HILLSIDE VILLAGE. SO, UM, I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONSIDERATION. SO, UH, GREAT, GREAT WORK MS. PHANTOM, CITY MANAGER. SO COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE SECOND. ANY [00:40:01] ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, UM, ALL IN FAVOR RAISE RIGHT HAND MO UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. MAD SECRETARY. WE GOOD? OKAY. FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA [d. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Town Land Company, LLC.] IS CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH TOWN LAND COMPANY LLC COUNSEL. WE DO OWN PROPERTY IN THE HILLSIDE, UH, VILLAGE AREA AND, UM, THAT'S WHERE THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS PROPERTY AT. SO WITH THAT, WE DON'T WANT TO, UH, BE THE LANDLORDS OF THE PROPERTY, SO WE WANNA RELEASE IT SO THEY CAN GO AND DO THEIR DUTY. THAT'S THE CHARGE FOR THIS ITEM RIGHT HERE TONIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, APPROVAL OF AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SELL AGREEMENT WITH TOWNLAND COMPANY LLC. SECOND, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR PROTE. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN. UM, ALRIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOVE UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THIS IS, UH, KIND OF A BIG DEAL WE JUST DID TONIGHT. SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINAL PRODUCT. SO, UH, APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. LET'S GO TO WORK. ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, NO FURTHER BUSINESS. SO THE FINAL ITEM IS TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILOR MCCURDY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. COUNCILOR GLOVER. . UH, THAT'S NONE THE FAVORABLE MOTION. SO ALL THE PAPERS RAISED YOUR RIGHT HAND. I HAVE 7 41. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU COUNCIL AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.