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GOOD EVENING[1. Call meeting to order.]
EVERYONE.TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2025.
I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I HAVE 7:00 PM THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
ALL NOTICES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY POSTED.
WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENCE, AND WITH THAT, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION.
IT'LL BE, UH, DELIVERED BY MAYOR POT TIM SIMS, AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE GIVEN FROM OUR OWN COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND, PLEASE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND FOR ALL OF YOUR MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US.
WE THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOU HAVE NOT ADDRESSED US OR DEALT WITH US ACCORDING TO OUR FAULTS OR OUR FAILURES OR OUR SINS, BUT BASED ON THE INCREDIBLE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE FOR US.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT IT'S RECORDED IN YOUR WORD, THAT THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE, AND WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS UPON OUR LIFE.
WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, THIS INCREDIBLE CITY.
WE THANK YOU THAT IT'S A CITY ON THE HILL, AND ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, LORD, THE CITY ON THE HILL CANNOT BE HID.
AND YOU SAID TO US, TO LET OUR LIGHT SO SHINE, THAT MEN MIGHT SEE OUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOU.
WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT, UH, YOU HAVE GIVEN US LEADERS AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND OUR STAFF.
WE PRAY TONIGHT FOR YOUR GREAT WISDOM AND DIRECTION UPON US.
HELP US, LORD, THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND EVERYTHING WE SAY GLORIFY YOU.
AND AS A RECORD THAT IT'S RECORDED, LET THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF OUR HEART BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT, OH LORD, OUR STRENGTH AND OUR REDEEMER.
AND WE ASK IT IN THE NAME OF CHRIST OUR LORD.
IF Y'ALL JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, ALLEGIANCE OF THE AMERICAN FLAG, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS FLAG, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS STANDS ONE MISSION UNDER GOD, LIBERTY, ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
A P PLEDGE TODAY, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
COUNCIL, WE ARE GONNA DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT JUST FOR TODAY.
[4. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations, including Police and Fire Monthly Snapshots and Financials Report Update on Regional CARES Team Conduct a briefing to discuss items on the agenda]
WE WILL HAVE A CITY MANAGER REPORT DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETING.GOOD EVENING, MADAM CITY MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF BEING BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA WORK, THE MARATHON FIVE TO SEVEN WORKSHOP, AND OF COURSE, YOUR WORK THIS EVENING.
ON THE BEHALF OF THE, THE AMAZING CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.
AS A CITIZEN MYSELF, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I WON'T DO MY NORMAL, UH, REVIEW OF THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY IN IT, BUT I DO WANNA COVER A FEW THINGS ON THE COUNCIL CALENDAR REALLY QUICK, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, ON THURSDAY, THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH, WE HAVE, UH, THE BEST SOUTHWEST RED SUMMIT, BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP, RED SUMMIT FROM 11 TO ONE AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK CHAD MCCURDY BECAUSE, UH, HE WILL BE A BIG PART OF THAT AND WAS A BIG PART OF IT LAST YEAR.
AND OUR OWN VERY OWN MAYOR WILL GIVE A WELCOME TO THE GROUP.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MAYOR DOING THAT.
ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH, UH, WE HAVE OUR NEXT COMMUNITY SECURE PAPER SHREDDING EVENT.
OF COURSE, IT'S A VERY POPULAR BI-MONTHLY, UM, UH, BY EVERY OTHER MONTH EVENT FROM NINE TO 12:00 PM HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING LOT AT, AT, AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
AND FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM THAT EVENING.
THIS SATURDAY IS OUR FIRST EVER DOWNTOWN STREET DANCE.
COME OUT, PUT ON YOUR BOOTS, SCOOTS.
I THINK COUNCILWOMAN INE CHALLENGED YOU TO A DANCE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
I SWEAR, I, I SWEAR I HEARD THAT SHE, SHE NO BETTER TO DO THAT.
I, I, I, I RECALL IT VERY VIVIDLY.
I THOUGHT SHE CHALLENGED THE CITY MANAGER
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
PUT ON YOUR BOOTS AND COME OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME THURSDAY.
AND, AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN GLOVER WILL BE DOING THE WELCOME THAT DAY, SO OH, WONDERFUL.
THURSDAY MAY 1ST IS OUR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DINNER.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME DAY AS NATIONAL CEDAR HILLS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
SO IF YOU DO GET TIME AFTER YOU SAY A PRAYER, COME ON OVER HERE TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, BACK PATIO, WEATHER PERMITTING.
UH, WE WILL HAVE AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCH.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US.
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YOU DO JOIN US, PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW SO I CAN KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YOU.AND THEN THAT EVENING, OF COURSE, OUR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AT, UH, EVENT FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY.
THE NEXT DAY, FRIDAY, MAY 2ND, UH, THE CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HA HAS THEIR FIFTH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT.
THIS WAS A RESCHEDULED EVENT FROM, UH, APRIL 4TH.
AND IT'S AT THE GOLF CLUB OF DALLAS, UH, AT REDBIRD LANE FROM EIGHT TO NOON ON THAT FRIDAY.
AND THEN 1101 CEDAR HILL SHARES HAS A GRAND OPENING OF THEIR NEW AUXILIARY BUILDING FOR THE FOOD PANTRY.
SO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL JOIN US IN THAT GRAND OPENING ON SATURDAY MAY 3RD.
THE NEXT DAY WE HAVE OUR NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD WALK AND STORE IT DOWNTOWN.
THIS, AGAIN, WAS ALSO RESCHEDULED FROM APRIL 5TH, AND THAT IS AT 10:30 AM AGAIN, WE'RE JUST MEETING AT PIONEER PARK, THAT'S OUR MEETUP LOCATION.
WANNA INVITE EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TO JOIN US.
WE'LL BE WALKING DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL AND, UH, JUST ASKING THEM HOW THEIR SERVICES ARE WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL ON TUESDAY, MAY 6TH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WORKSHOP AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM TUESDAY, MAY 6TH ON, UH, SATURDAY, MAY 10TH.
THERE IS AN ITEM ON YOUR, UH, CALENDAR AT THE TOP FROM 10 TO THREE, THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WALK THAT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED UNTIL OCTOBER.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT TO YOU.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BIRD WALK INSTEAD OF MENTAL HEALTH, WE'LL BE WALKING WITH BIRDS, UH, FROM EIGHT 30 TO 10, MEETING UP AT 18 46, 8 18 46 COFFEE SHOP.
AND THEN ON THURSDAY, MAY 13TH IS OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
SATURDAY MAY 17TH IS, UH, THE HEAD FOR THE HILLS BIKE RALLY FROM EIGHT TO NOON.
AND, AND THEN OUR NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP IS ON TUESDAY, MAY 20TH, FOUR STREETS, FACILITIES, PARKS, CIP WORKSHOP.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COUNCIL CALENDAR? ALRIGHT, MAY 6TH.
UH, THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS ON YOUR AGENDA, THE, UM, THE NOTICE OF THE MEETING, WE HAVE NOW PUT LINKS, UH, FOR THE POLICE FIRE AND MONTHLY FOR FINANCIAL PERFORMA ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA.
UH, WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING IT IN THE COUNCIL'S FY PACKET, BUT IT IS LINKED, SO FOR THE PUBLIC THAT HAS ANY INTEREST IN LOOKING AT THE MONTHLY SNAPSHOT FOR POLICE AND THE MONTHLY SNAPSHOT FOR FIRE, IT IS FULLY ON EVERY COUNCIL AGENDA GOING FORWARD.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE POLICE OR FIRE OR FINANCIAL REPORT? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, I WILL TURN IT OVER.
AND I THINK THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS FOR CHIEF ELI REYES TO COME UP TO DO AN UPDATE ON THE CARES TEAM UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU MADAM, CITY MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UH, TODAY I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH, AN UPDATE FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE, UH, AND CARES TEAM.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ALWAYS START OUT WITH OUR VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES OF OUR CITY.
UH, THE VISION WHERE WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
AND THE MISSION OF THE CEDAR HILL IS TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS AND CUSTOMERS, CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES, THOSE VALUES BEING PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR AND INTEGRITY AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
AND I THINK THAT OUR RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PRO PROVIDE TIES DIRECTLY INTO ALL OF THESE THAT ARE LISTED HERE, AS WELL AS MANY OF YOUR PURSUING PREMIER STATEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
IN ADDITION, UH, TO THAT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE WAS TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS THERE RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, UH, THAT I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON AS WELL.
UH, ONE OF THEM BEING TO ENHANCE AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND TOOLS.
AND THE SECOND ONE BEING AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS TO PRESENT TO YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE FORTHCOMING AS FAR AS THE, UH, ENHANCING AWARENESS, UH, OUR, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, PAC TEAM, ALONG WITH OUR, UH, OFFICER ROLLINS FROM THE CARES TEAM IS WORKING WITH, UH, ZERIAH FROM CITY ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A, A WEBSITE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE PAGE WITH A LIST OF ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH, UH, WITH LINKS AND, UH, NUMBERS FOR PEOPLE
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TO CALL.UM, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE UP AND RUNNING HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND THEN OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS CAN LINK TO THAT.
AS FAR AS THE UPDATES WITH THE CARES TEAM GOES.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANNA FOCUS ON TODAY ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA BE CHANGING OUR RESPONSE, UH, FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOLLOW UP CALLS IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
SO, AS YOU RECALL, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, DALLAS COUNTY, UH, GAVE A GRANT TO THE CITY OF DESOTO TO START UP A, UH, REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE TEAM KNOWN AS THE CARES TEAM.
RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOW IT HAS BENEFITED CEDAR HILL.
UH, AND WE'VE HAD ONE FULL-TIME OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE, THE UNIT OVER THERE.
UM, AND THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS, UH, THAT HAVE SERVED THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES PER MONTH, UM, IS AVERAGING, UH, MOST RECENTLY ABOUT 10 A MONTH OR 63 CONTACTS.
A CONTACT WOULD CONSIST OF A PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL OR SOME TYPE OF FOLLOW UP LIKE THAT.
YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE LAST QUARTER STATS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, HOW THE THREE CITIES WERE USING THE SERVICES.
UM, DUNCANVILLE AND CEDAR HILL WERE REALLY THE MINORITY.
UH, DESOTO IS USING MOST OF THE SERVICES THAT THE CARES TEAM PROVIDED.
UM, THE GRANT FUNDING FOR THE CARES TEAM RAN OUT, UH, LAST YEAR.
AND SO WE HAD UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH, UH, TO FIND ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING IN WHICH NO ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE.
AND SO, UH, DUNCANVILLE, UH, WAS THE FIRST CITY, UH, TO MAKE THE DECISION TO, UH, PULL OUT OF THE CARES TEAM.
UH, AND THEN, UM, BASED ON THE STATISTICS AND THE, THE COST, IT WAS GONNA BE COST PROHIBITIVE FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM JUST DUE TO ALL OF THE OVERHEAD COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UM, AND SO WORKING WITH OFFICER ROLLINS AND TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AND HOW COULD WE REPLICATE THOSE SERVICES AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE IN OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION DOES NOT GO, UH, WITHOUT ANY TYPES OF SERVICES.
SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE WORKFLOW LOOKS LIKE NOW.
UM, AN A PAL IS A, A PEACE OFFICER, UH, COMMITMENT WITHOUT A WARRANT.
UM, USUALLY SOMEONE CALLS THERE IN CRISIS, A POLICE OFFICER RESPONDS, AND THAT PERSON IS TAKEN INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
UM, BEFORE THE CARES TEAM WAS DEVELOPED, UM, THE OFFICER WROTE A REPORT, UM, THEY TOOK HIM TO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY, AND THEN THAT WAS THE END OF IT.
THERE WAS NO FOLLOW UP THAT HAPPENED.
UM, WITH THE CARES TEAM, THERE'S IMMEDIATE FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT WAS DONE BY OFFICER ROLLINS FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, AND WITH THAT CAME ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER RESOURCES THAT THE CARES TEAM HAD WITH THE GRANT FUNDING THAT THEY WERE ALLOCATED WITH SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE ABILITY TO HELP THEM, UH, TRANSPORT THEM TO THEIR, THEIR APPOINTMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR FOLLOW-UPS AND, AND, UH, ADDITIONAL CARE THAT THEY NEED.
AND THAT'S A, THERE'S ANOTHER, SOME MORE LIST HERE OF THE STUFF THAT, THAT SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE, UM, FOR THOSE CLIENTS.
UM, AND SO NOW THAT WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE, UH, IN-HOUSE, UH, THE WORKFLOW IS GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO WHERE WE GET THE REPORT AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE A, A, UH, A FOLLOW UP.
BUT THE FOLLOW UP IS GONNA BE DONE BY OUR CRIME VICTIMS, UH, LIAISON JESSICA KDE.
AND SO, UH, HER AND OFFICER ROLLINS ARE GONNA ENSURE THAT WE DO A FOLLOW UP WITH THAT PERSON WHO WAS A, UM, AND THAT'LL BE KIND OF THE SAME PROCESS.
WE JUST WON'T HAVE THE BREADTH OF SERVICES THAT, UM, THE CARES TEAM CURRENTLY HAS WITH AN ONSITE SOCIAL WORKER.
UM, BUT OUR JESSICA IS OUR, UH, VICTIM SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY, AND SHE HAS A LOT OF THE SAME CREDENTIALS THAT THOSE SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE.
UM, AND SO SHE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF THAT FOLLOW UP AND PHONE CALLS AND HELPING COORDINATE THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.
UM, ALSO WITH THAT, UM, OFFICER ROLLINS WILL WORK WITH THE OFFICERS IN OUR PAC TEAM TO GET THEM, UH, TRAINED UP, UH, FOR, TO BECOME MENTAL HEALTH PEACE OFFICERS AND ANY ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT THEY NEED, UH, TO ASSIST WITH THOSE FOLLOW UPS THAT REQUIRE AN IN-PERSON RESPONSE.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE DONE OVER THE TELEPHONE OR THROUGH EMAIL.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM THERE WHERE, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION TO OUR PACT OFFICERS AND PACT TEAM ASSISTING WITH THOSE IN-PERSON FOLLOW UPS.
IF, IF THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO EMAILS OR THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO PHONE CALLS, THEN AN AN OFFICER WOULD GO TO THE HOME, KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND TRY TO MAKE CONTACT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT OUR, OUR PACT OFFICERS WILL, WILL GO THROUGH IS THE MENTAL HEALTH PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATION, UM, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL 40 HOUR
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TRAINING CLASS FOR THAT.THE ICAT INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS AND TACTICS AND THE ACTIVE BYSTANDER SIT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ALONG WITH MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING.
AND THIS IS, UH, GOING TO BE OCCURRING IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, IS WHEN THAT TRANSITION IS TAKING PLACE.
SO OFFICER ROLLINS WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT, HE'LL BE ASSIGNED TO DAY SHIFT PATROL, UH, AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ABOUT 10 A PILES A MONTH THAT WE HAVE.
SO HE WILL DO THOSE AS IN ADDITION TO HIS PATROL DUTIES WHILE HE TRAINS OUR PACT OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE FOLLOW UPS.
SO, AND THEN WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? I MEAN, PRESENTATION, UM, I HAVE SEVERAL CHIEF, UM, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT WE WAS DOING A, UM, I GUESS FROM THE CARRIAGES TEAM BECAUSE, UM, IF OUR REGION IS SAFER, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT'LL MAKE US SAFER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DUNCANVILLE IS GONNA BE DOING AND OR, OR DESOTO.
SO, UM, IN THE FUTURE OR NEAR FUTURE, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO PLEASE GIMME SOME FEEDBACK TO LET ME KNOW.
ARE THEY STILL CONTINUING ANYTHING FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH? YEAH, SO DUNCANVILLE IS GONNA HAVE A PROCESS SIMILAR TO OURS.
WITH USING THEIR, UTILIZING THEIR VICTIM SERVICES COORDINATOR AND AN OFFICE OR TO DO THE FOLLOW UPS.
UM, THE, THE FOURTH QUARTER STATISTICS THAT YOU JUST PROVIDED MM-HMM
UM, UM, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE LIKE MONTHLY? I MEAN, I'M, I'M ASSUMING IT'S IN A SINGLE DIGIT.
IT'S ABOUT 10 A MONTH, TEN EIGHT POUNDS A MONTH.
UM, AND SO ABOUT A, WE'D AVERAGE BETWEEN 110 AND 120 A YEAR.
UM, SO ABOUT 10 A MONTH, SO THAT'S BE 10 FOLLOW UPS, UH, A MONTH.
THAT, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION IS, SO ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE DOING, SO AFTER WE MAKE THAT ONE FOLLOW UP AND THEN ASSIST WITH THE TREATMENT, UH, DO THEY DO MULTIPLE FOLLOW UPS WITH THAT SAME YEAH.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL CONTINUE AND THAT, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS HERE AS FAR AS, UH, WHERE IT SAYS 10 CASES PER MONTH, 63 CONTACTS.
SO THAT ONE CASE MAY HAVE SIX CONTACTS THAT MONTH.
AND SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAYERS THAT THAT OCCUR.
UM, AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE, THE MINORS? UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S A PARENT THERE, WE STILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE, WITH THE MINOR, WE FOLLOW UP WITH THE PARENT.
HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT'S BOTH.
YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PARENT'S PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO, UH, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO JUST INTERACT WITH THE MINOR WITHOUT THE, A PARENT OR ADULT BEING PRESENT.
UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, CHIEF, I, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW MENTAL HEALTH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR ALL LIFE'S, YOU KNOW, PARTS OF LIFE.
UM, SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE ARE CONTINUING THIS PROCESS.
THE, THE CEDAR HILL, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMIZED VERSION.
UM, SO IF YOU JUST KIND OF JUST GIVE US A REPORT A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR, THEY KNOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF.
AND UM, I'M SORRY, CHIEF, YOU SAID THERE'S A KICKOFF MAY 1ST, UH, FIRST WEEK OF MAY.
ALRIGHT, UM, UH, COUNSEL, UM, CITY MANAGER DIDN'T GO OVER THE AGENDA ITEM, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT, PLEASE JUST PAY ATTENTION WHEN WE GET TO CONSENT ITEMS SINCE WE DIDN'T GO OVER IT OVER BRIEFING.
[a. Present a Proclamation designating the month of April 2025 as National Safe Digging Month in Cedar Hill.]
ITEM IS GONNA BE, UH, PRESENTATIONS.I'M GONNA ALLOW THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO PRESIDE OVER PRESENTATIONS AND I'LL BE BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PUSH A BUTTON?
SO GOOD EVENING, THE PRESENTATION.
A PRESENT, A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2025 AS NATIONAL SAFE DIGGING MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.
AND THAT WILL BE DONE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD MCCURDY.
MR. HERNANDEZ, A LITTLE PROCLAMATION FOR YOU.
I'M REALLY RESISTING THE, UH, CHEAP JOKES.
UM, OKAY, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THIS.
WHEREAS NATIONAL SAFE DIGGING MONTH IS OBSERVED IN APRIL TO REMIND HOMEOWNERS, CONTRACTORS AND ANY PROFESSIONAL EXCAVATOR TO KEEP COMMUNITIES SAFE BY CALLING 8 1 1 BEFORE ANY DIGGING PROJECT.
DIGGING WITHOUT KNOWING THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITIES CAN RESULT IN DISRUPTIONS TO
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CRITICAL SERVICES, SERIOUS INJURIES AND COSTLY REPAIRS TO UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES.IT IS SIMPLE AND EASY TO MAKE A FREE REQUEST ONLINE OR OVER THE PHONE BEFORE DIGGING.
TO HELP COMMUNITIES MAINTAIN ESSENTIAL UTILITY SERVICES, PROMOTE SAFETY AND REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACCIDENTALLY DIGGING INTO BURIED UTILITY LINES.
AND WHEREAS THE CALL 8 1 1 SERVICE IS FREE, SAFE AND REQUIRED BY LAW, AND WHEREAS AS PART OF THE NATIONAL SAFE DIGGING MONTH, ATMOS ENERGY ASKS EVERYONE TO BECOME A SAFETY AMBASSADOR BY TAKING THE ATMOS ENERGY, CALL 8 1 1 PLEDGE@ATMOSENERGY.COM SLASH CALL 8 1 1 PLEDGE.
AND WHEREAS HOMEOWNERS ARE FURTHER ENCOURAGED TO TAKE A FEW PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES WHEN PLANNING ANY DIGGING PROJECT THIS SPRING, IF WORK IS SCHEDULED FOR AN UPCOMING WEEKEND, MAKE A FREE 8 1 1 REQUEST ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY PROVIDING AMPLE TIME FOR YOUR APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF LINES TO BE MARKED.
CONFIRM THAT ALL LINES HAVE BEEN MARKED.
CONSIDER MOVING THE LOCATION OF YOUR PROJECT IF IT IS NEAR UTILITY LINE MARKINGS.
AND IF A CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN HIRED TO CONFIRM THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS CONTACTED 8 1 1, DO NOT ALLOW WORK TO BEGIN IF THE LINES ARE NOT MARKED, AND PLEASE VISIT 8 1 1 BEFORE YOU DIG.COM FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION.
AND WHEREAS WITH AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND EXPANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PIPELINE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM EXCAVATION REMAINS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF OUTSIDE NATURAL GAS LEAKS.
AND WHEREAS EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS 8 1 1 A FEW DAYS BEFORE DIGGING IS CONNECTED TO A LOCAL NOTIFICATION CENTER THAT WILL TAKE THE CALLER'S INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATE IT TO LOCAL UTILITY COMPANIES.
PROFESSIONAL LOCATORS WILL THEN VISIT THE DIG SITE TO MARK THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES WITH SPRAY PAINT FLAGS OR BOTH.
AND WHEREAS ALL PARTIES AGREE THAT SAFE DIGGING IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, CALL 8 1 1 BEFORE YOU DIG.
NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF APRIL AS NATIONAL SAFE DIGGING MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
AND WHEN IS AWARE OF, I HAVE HERE TO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SILL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 2025.
NOW I ACTUALLY HAVE, WHEN MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEY WERE PUTTING HIS FENCE IN AND THEY DUG, DUG UP THE ELECTRICAL MAIN UTILITY LINE, UM, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND UH, THEY HAPPENED TO BE WORKING LEG AT NIGHT AND IT WAS, IT WAS ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION AND THE POWER WENT OUT TO THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS TWO DAYS BEFORE WE GOT OUR POWER BACK.
ALRIGHT, WELL, MICROPHONE'S ALL YOURS.
I'LL NEVER PASSED UP A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
YOU GONNA TALK TO COUNCIL OR YOU WANNA TALK TO EVERYBODY ELSE? YOU KNOW WHAT? BOTH, I JUST WANT SAY, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME UP AND HAVE A FEW WORDS.
UH, SO ATMOS ENERGY'S MISSION BUSINESS, YOU GOTTA TALK INTO THE MIC SO THEY GET IT ON THE RECORD TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SAFE AND RELIABLE GAS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, UH, IN CEDAR HILL BEING ONE OF THE BEST.
RIGHT? AND SO, UH, WE IMPLORING YOU ANYTIME YOU HAVE A PROJECT, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, IF YOU'RE JUST DIGGING IN THE GARDEN OR IF YOU GOT SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE ALLEY, MAKE SURE YOU CALL 8 1 1 A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET THOSE LINE LOCATIONS ON THE GROUND.
NOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS A COMPANY THAT WE PARTNER WITH, TEXAS 8 1 1 IS GONNA COME OUT.
THEY'RE GONNA PUT SOME, SOME PAINT ON THE GROUND THAT'S GONNA INDICATE WHERE THE GAS LINES OR ELECTRIC LINES, WATER LINES, WATER, SEWER, TELEPHONE, CABLE, ALL THAT'S GONNA BE LOCATED.
YOU DON'T WANT TO HIT THOSE LINES, OKAY? THIS SERVICE IS FREE.
YOU HAVE TO CALL TEXAS EIGHT OR EIGHT ONE ONE IN ORDER TO GET THOSE LINES LOCATED BECAUSE IF YOU DAMAGE THOSE LINES, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE REPAIRS.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT FREE, THAT PART'S NOT FREE, RIGHT? AND SO THOSE, THOSE CALLS CAN'T GET, CAN'T GET EXPENSIVE.
BUT, BUT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHEN YOU CALL 8 1 1, YOU'RE ACTUALLY PROTECTING YOURSELF, UH, FROM ANY HURT, HARM OR DANGER AND YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND WE ALL WANNA LIVE IN A SAFE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING WORSE THAN COMING HOME IN THE EVENING AND NOT HAVING HOT WATER OR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ON MY TELEVISION SET AND WATCH, YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE SPORTS ARE SITCOMS. UH, IT HAPPENS AND A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES FOLKS ARE OUT THERE WORKING CARELESSLY.
TELEPHONE LINES ARE GETTING CUT, CABLE LINES ARE GETTING CUT, UH, GAS LINES, ELECTRIC LINES, IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
MATTER OF FACT, AT ATMOS ENERGY RIGHT NOW, WE PROBABLY GOT
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ABOUT 15, UH, ALERTS RIGHT NOW OF CUT LINES.ALL, ALL OF THEM ARE FOLKS WHO DID NOT CALL IN LOCATES.
UM, AND WE MAY GET ABOUT 30, 40 A DAY JUST DEPENDING ON, ON THE DAY.
SO, UH, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR HEARING ME OUT.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE CALLING 8 1 1 ANYTIME YOU START ANY PROJECT THAT REQUIRES DIGGING.
[b. Present a Proclamation designating the month of May 2025 as Building Safety Month in Cedar Hill. ]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, PRESENT PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MAY, 2025 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.AND THAT WILL BE DONE BY OUR OWN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GERALD MALONE PROCLAMATION BY THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS IS COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING THAT OUR GROUP AND STRENGTH DEPENDS ON THE SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL ROLE.
OUR HOMES, BUILDINGS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAY BOTH IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE.
AND WHEREAS OUR CONFIDENCE AND RESILIENCE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT MAKE UP OUR COMMUNITY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE DEVOTION OF VIGILANT GUARDIANS, BUILDING SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION OFFICIALS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, BUILDERS, TRADESPEOPLE, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, LABORERS, PLUMBERS, AND OTHERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHO WORK YEAR ROUND TO ENSURE SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.
AND WHEREAS THESE GUARDIANS ARE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, A NONPROFIT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER LOCAL, STATE, TERRITORIAL TRIBAL FEDERAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN BUILT ENVIRONMENTS TO CREATE, IMPLEMENT THE HIGHEST QUALITY CODES AND STANDARDS TO PROTECT US IN BUILDINGS WHERE WE LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND PLAY.
WHEREAS THESE MODERN BUILDING CODES STANDARDS INCLUDE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HAZARDS SUCH AS HURRICANES, STORMS, TORNADOES, WILDLAND FIRES, FLOODS, AND EARTHQUAKES.
AND WHEREAS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IS SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CRITICAL ROLE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, LARGELY UNKNOWN PROTECTORS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR CODE OFFICIALS WHO ASSURE US THE SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR PROSPERITY.
AND WHEREAS GAME ON THE THEME FOR BUILDING SAFETY MONTH 2025 ENCOURAGES US ALL TO GET INVOLVED IN RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY ON A PERSONAL, LOCAL, GLOBAL SCALE.
AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR IN OBSERVATION OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE BUILDING SAFETY, RELIANCE AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO ALL OF US LOCAL BY LOCAL AND STATE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE PREVENTION DEPARTMENTS IN PROTECTING LIVES AND PROPERTY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY, 2025 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
ACCORDINGLY, I ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN AS WE PARTICIPATING, PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING SAFETY MONTH ACTIVITIES AND WITNESS, THEREFORE, I HAVE SET HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 2025.
UM, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY, OUR STAFF HERE THAT REALLY, UH, WORK HARD FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
WE HAVE ANDREW LIPSCOMB, OUR ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL, ALEXIS SARTON, OUR PLANS EXAMINER AND COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL INSPECTOR, JOSH BARNES, OUR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING INSPECTOR, AND JEREMY PECK, OUR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL INSPECTOR.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY OUR PERMIT TECH IS SICK TODAY, SO SAMANTHA DEION WAS NOT ABLE TO, UH, JOIN US TONIGHT, BUT WE REALLY WORK HARD TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS EVEN THOUGH WE GOT FIRE AND POLICE WHO GET ALL OF THE SPOTLIGHT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
BUILDING INSPECTIONS REALLY, UM, IS THE HEART OF INSPECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE ENTERTAIN AND THEN WE GO INTO EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT
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WHEN YOU WALK IN A BUILDING, THE BUILDING'S NOT GONNA COLLAPSE.IF WE HAVE A HEAVY WIND LIKE WE DID A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THAT THE BUILDING DOESN'T FALL OVER AND WE REALLY STRIVE HARD TO ENFORCE THE CODES THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED.
UM, ON MAY 22ND, WE'RE ALSO HAVING A WORKSHOP, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ADVISORY BOARD, UM, ON THE THIRD FLOOR, UH, FROM SIX TO EIGHT, IT'S A, UH, ROUND TABLE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT BUILDING PERMITS, BUILDING SAFETY.
UM, THE TOPIC IS THIS OLD HOUSE, SO, UH, PLEASE COME AND JOIN US FOR THAT.
NO ONE PASSES THIS, SO WE PLEASE THANK YOU.
OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL INTRODUCED HIS TEAM, BUT I DON'T THINK HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF.
I'M GONNA ASK Y'ALL TO HOLD AT FIRST, UM, HOLD.
THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM FOR READING THE PRESENTATIONS FOR ME.
[6. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 3pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS FORUM, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.THIS IN THIS, UH, GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO BE ABLE TO COME UP BEFORE COUNCIL, BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ANY TOPIC THAT THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT, ITEMS THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, UM, WE WILL DISCUSS LATER ON, BUT ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, UH, WE CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE.
SO, MADAM SIX, MADAM SECRETARY, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR PUBLIC FORUM.
UH, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY SUBMITTED ONLINE.
SO, UH, COUNSEL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IN WHICH OUR CITY MANAGER IS GONNA ALLOW THE MAYOR AND THE CITY SECRETARY TO ACTUALLY GET SOME WORK DONE.
YOU READY TO DO THIS? ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE
[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-840, which repeals Ordinance No. 2021-745 and replaces it with Ordinance No. 2025-840, adopting the 2020 National Electrical Code with amendments.]
A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THE FIRST ONE, UH, ITEM SEVEN A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH EIGHT 40, WHICH REPEALS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 45 AND REPLACES IT WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH EIGHT 40, ADOPTING THE 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE WITH AMENDMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? ALRIGHT, NOT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH EIGHT 40? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST LAST TIME? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH? I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCILOR MCCURDY MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH 8 4 0.
COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE, CAN WE GO A LITTLE QUICKER THAN THAT? MADAM SECRETARY? SEE, WE CAN TEASE YOU NOW ABOUT THIS BUTTON.
I HAVE TO GO STAND DOWN IN FRONT.
THE RED LIGHTS AREN'T COMING UP.
YEAH, IT GONNA HAVE TO, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO COME GET THAT ONE.
OH, YOU ARE? YOU LIVE NOW, BELINDA? YEAH.
HOW'D YOU DO THAT? ALLISON, WALK UP.
NO, IT'S NOT, OH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT HOT.
YOU WANNA COME TO MALONE WHILE HE WORK ON YOURS? ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILOR MALONE, YOU WANT TO TURN YOUR MIC OFF AND CITY MANAGER? YOU WANNA TURN YOUR MIC OFF? HE'S, HE'S TRYING, BUT IT'S NOT COMING OFF.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 4 0, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION FOUR DASH 81 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE,
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SORRY.CAN YOU PUSH, I THOUGHT IT SAID MELISSA ON MINES.
THIS IS THE IS THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 84, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION EIGHT FOUR DASH 81 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 45 AND ADOPTING THE 2020 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE IN PLACE THEREOF PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THE FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[b. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-841, which repeals Ordinance No. 2021-744 and replaces it with Ordinance No. 2025-841, adopting the 2021 International Fuel Gas Code with amendments.]
B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 4 1, WHICH REPEALS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 44 AND REPLACES IT WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 41, ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE WITH AMENDMENTS.ARE THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH.
I WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 41? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST LAST TIME? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST? ALL RIGHT, NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MAYOR, WE, UH, APPROVE, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 8 4 1.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER MADAM SECRETARY, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 41, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE 20 SECTIONS FOUR DASH 4 21 THROUGH FOUR DASH 4 22 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, REPLACING SAME WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ALL HAVE YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THANK YOU COUNSEL ITEM C, CONDUCT
[c. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-842, which repeals Ordinance No. 2021-748 and replaces it with Ordinance No. 2025-842, adopting the 2021 International Residential Code with amendments. ]
A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 4 2, WHICH REPEALS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 48 AND REPLACES IT WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 42, ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE WITH AMENDMENTS FOR ANYONE WHO IS WATCHING.WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS BASICALLY UPDATING OUR ORDINANCES, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
COUNCIL DID GET A BRIEFING ON THIS, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO, TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO.
SO THIS JUST GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY ADOPT THESE ITEMS. SO, UH, COUNSEL THE, UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, ASK FOR, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
ANYONE WISHED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 42? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 42? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNSEL THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE, UM, ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH 8 4 2.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AH, SORRY, MADAM SECRETARY, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 42, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE 17 SECTIONS FOUR DASH 3 51 THROUGH FOUR DASH 3 52 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR
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PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
ALL FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MO UNANIMOUS.
[d. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-843, which repeals Ordinance No. 2021-747 and replaces it with Ordinance No. 2025-843, adopting the 2021 International Building Code with amendments. ]
ITEM, UH, ITEM D, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 43, WHICH REPEALS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 47 AND REPLACES IT WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 43 ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE WITH AMENDMENTS.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH.
COUNSEL, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO IN PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 43.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 43 1 LAST TIME? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 43? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF PUBLIC HEARING AND MAYOR PRO TIM? YES, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF OR, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 43.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE MADAM SECRETARY, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 43, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ARTICLE FOUR SECTIONS FOUR DASH SIX ONE THROUGH FOUR DASH SIX TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR, TEXAS, AND THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE THEREOF PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
SECRETARY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
NEXT ITEM IS E CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 44, WHICH REPEALS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 43 AND REPLACES IT WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 5 8 44 ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE WITH AMENDMENTS.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH.
I'LL GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 44? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE ORDINANCE NORBERG 2025 DASH 8 44? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 44? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER? YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH 8 4 4.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL? I'M SORRY, MADAM SECRETARY,
[e. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-844, which repeals Ordinance No. 2021-743 and replaces it with Ordinance No. 2025-844, adopting the 2021 International Mechanical Code with amendments.]
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 44, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE SIX SECTIONS FOUR DASH 1 0 1 AND FOUR DASH 1 0 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AND REPLACING SAME WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[f. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-845, approving and adopting the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code with amendments.]
ITEM IS F CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION ORDINANCE ADOPT OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 45 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE WITH AMENDMENTS.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? UH, FOR THIS ITEM? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH, I'LL GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 45? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 5 8 45? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 45? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH, I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION
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OF THE PUBLIC HEARING APPROACH.M SIMS. MAYOR I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER, UH, 2025 DASH 8 45.
SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM PROM SIMS. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
ANY UH, MADAM SECRETARY? THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 45, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE 23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
UM, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, ARE WE APPROVING 2025 AND 2021? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? SO CAN YOU, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE DIDN'T REPEAL 2021? MAYOR, YOU'RE REPEALING 2021 DASH THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL ORDINANCE FOR AND REPLACING WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 45.
IT, IT DOESN'T SAY REPEAL ON THE ITEM.
THAT'S, WE ARE REPEALING IT THOUGH.
MY, THIS IS, THIS IS A NEW ONE? YES.
OKAY, SO WE ARE ADOPTING 25 AND 21.
NO, IT'S THE, OH THE ORDINANCE IS 25 BUT IT IS THE 2021.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
ALRIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE RIGHT HAND
[g. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-846, which repeals Ordinance No. 2021-746 and replaces it with Ordinance No. 2025-846, adopting the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code with amendments.]
IS G.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 46, WHICH REPEALS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 46 AND REPLACES IT WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 46, ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE WITH AMENDMENTS.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH.
I'LL GO IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 46? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 46? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 46? ALRIGHT, I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH 8 46.
SECOND, COUNCILMAN MALONEY, MAD SECRETARY, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 46, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE 19 SECTIONS FOUR DASH FOUR ONE THROUGH FOUR DASH FOUR TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AND REPLACING SAME WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
UH, THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNSEL? WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
ALL THE FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MO UNANIMOUS.
[h. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-847, which repeals Ordinance No. 2021-742 and replaces it with Ordinance No. 2025-847, adopting the 2021 International Plumbing Code with amendments. ]
H.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 47, WHICH REPEALS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 42 AND REPLACES IT WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 47, ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE WITH AMENDMENTS.
ANYONE HERE WHICH CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I'LL MOVE INTO PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 47? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 47? ONE MORE TIME? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 47? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH, I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCILOR MCCURDY MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION THAT'LL BE APPROVED.
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DASH 8 4 7.DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.
SECOND, COUNCILWOMAN MADAM SECRETARY, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 4 7, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2020 21 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE SEVEN SECTIONS FOUR DASH 16 THROUGH FOUR DASH SEVEN OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AND REPLACING SAME WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[i. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-849, which repeals Ordinance No. 2021-715 and replaces it with Ordinance No. 2025-849, adopting the 2021 International Fire Code.]
ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM I CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 5 8 49, WHICH REPEALS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH SEVEN 15 AND REPLACES IT WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 49 ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL MOVE INTO PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 49? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 49? ONE FINAL TIME? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO 2025 DASH 8 49? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAYOR APPROACH.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 49.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN MADAM SECRETARY, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 49, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
REPEALING CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AS THE NEW CHAPTER SIX, ARTICLE TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING, ADDING AND DELETING SECTIONS OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
YOU SEE OUR BATTLE SECRETARY, SHE ROCKED IT,
ALL RIGHT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES UNANIMOUS.
COUNSEL, WE STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING? WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.
[j. Case No. CUP-703-2025 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in conjunction with a restaurant, on property zoned Local Retail (LR) District, generally located northwest of Highway 67, with the approximate address being 1427 N. J. Elmer Weaver Fwy., Suites 100 and 200. Applicant: Tony Fernandez with Veracruz Cafe, Property Owner: Ashok Kumar with1421 Elmer Frwy LLC]
J CASE NUMBER CUP 7 0 3 DASH SEVEN 2025.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, CUP FOR THE SALE AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT ON PROPERTY ZONE, LOCAL RETAIL LR DISTRICT GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 67 WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1 4 2 7 NORTH J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY, SUITE 100 AND 200, APPLICANT TONY FERNANDEZ WITH VERACRUZ CAFE, PROPERTY OWNER, UH, ASHOK KUMAR WITH 1 4 2 1 ELMER FREEWAY, LLC DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? YES MA'AM.
YOU NOT REQUIRED TO COME DOWN? WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT ANYTHING TO COUNSEL YOU? YOU GOOD? YES.
UNLESS COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, UH, COUNSEL, I WANNA GO AHEAD AND GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING, UH, CASE NUMBER CUP 7 0 3 2025.
ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 0 3 DASH 2025? ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 7 0 3 2025? ONE MORE TIME.
ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 7 0 3 2025? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL, I'LL MOVE FOR ANY DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATION.
COUNCILOR MCCURDY? UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DISCUSS ON THIS.
I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD AN ALCOHOL PERMIT FOR A WHILE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST RELATED TO THE EXPANSION OF THE RESTAURANT, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
COUNCILOR MAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY DATE? NO, THAT'S, UH, UM, I'M JUST TELLING THANK YOU FOR EXPANDING IN CEDAR HILL AND STAY IN.
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LOVE THE RESTAURANT.SO, AND IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS, I I WILL MAKE, WELL I THINK THEY GOT SAMPLES.
DID Y'ALL HAVE SAMPLES TODAY?
OH, DID YOU BRING SAMPLES? I MEAN THAT WOULD HELP BEEN AROUND FOR 21 YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING IN CEDAR HILL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING IN CEDAR HILL BUSINESS.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, COUNCIL MCCURDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE HONORS? YES.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER CUP 7 0 3 DASH 2025 AND I'LL SECOND WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, OH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ON THIS
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MO UNANIMOUS.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS, WON'T BE BY AFTER THE MEETING.
WE GOT A LATE MEETING TONIGHT.
OUR CITY MANAGER'S MAKING US WORK.
[k. Case No. CUP 704-2025 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for School, Vocational 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 108 [Hillside Village]. Applicant: Antoinette Dixon with Opal Naomi Cosmetology Academy LLC, Property Owner: Prep Hillside Real Estate LLC/Prep Property Group LLC]
IS CASE NUMBER CUP 7 0 4 2025.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERING APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
CUP FOR SCHOOL, VOCATIONAL ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ZERO FIVE DASH 2 26.
GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST RUNNER ROAD, NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 67 WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 3 0 5 WEST F FAM.
1382, SUITE 1 0 8, HILLSIDE VILLAGE, APPLICANT ANTOINETTE DIXON AND OPAL NAOMI COSMETOLOGY ACADEMY.
LLC PROPERTY OWNER PREP, HILLSIDE REAL ESTATE, LLC, PREP PROPERTY GROUP, LLC.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE THAT'D LIKE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL? NOT AT THIS TIME.
YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO, BUT I COULD GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN IF COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE MAY ASK YOU TO COME UP.
ALRIGHT, SO LEMME GO AHEAD AND GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CUP 7 0 4 DASH 2025? ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 7 0 4 2025? ONE MORE TIME? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 7 0 4 2025? ALL RIGHT.
NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DELIBERATION? I COUNCILOR HAYDEN? YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AND UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO CEDAR HILL.
DO YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO COME UP? NO, THEY HAVE TO.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR COMING TO CEDAR HILL SINCE I'M A SALON OWNER AND I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET THERE.
SO, BUT MY QUESTION IS THE 20 ONLY 20 STUDENTS A MONTH, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING? OR WHAT DO YOU, WHAT IS THE CAPABILITY BEYOND THAT? I'M SORRY.
THIS IS, THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.
CAN YOU MIND COMING UP? YES, I'M, YEAH, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO RECORD YOUR AUDIO ON THE, UM, ON OUR RECORDS.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AND, AND THE MICROPHONE'S ON YOUR LEFT SIDE.
YEAH, SO THE QUESTION WAS WHEN IN, IN THE PROCESS YOU INDICATED 2020 PER SEMESTER IS, ARE YOU CAPPING THAT OR CAN YOU GO HIGHER OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE REASON WE WE CAN GO HIGHER THAN THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A QUICK ROTATION BECAUSE YEAH, WE WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING STUDENTS COMING IN AND GOING OUT MM-HMM
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S LIKE 15 TO 20 STUDENTS, BUT ACTUALLY PER MONTH IS PROBABLY GONNA END UP BEING LIKE 30 TO 40.
BECAUSE ONCE YOU START ROTATING 'EM OUT AND BRING THEM IN.
SO JUST STARTING OUT AT THAT, SO MM-HMM
SO IT'S GONNA BE BEAT OUT OGLES, HUH? OH YEAH.
WELL THANKS FOR COMING TO CEDAR HILL.
I DIDN'T DO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR CON CONSIDERING, UM, CEDAR HILL.
UM, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, BUSINESSES.
SO I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE.
UM, I WILL SAY, UH, FOR ME, I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT KIND OF LIKE WHAT IS OUR, WHAT IS OUR JOB HERE WHEN THERE IS A CUP? AND IT IS, AND THIS IS, THIS IS MY INTERPRETATION,
SO I, I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THIS DIFFERENT USE THAT YOU HADN'T INITIALLY INTENDED MM-HMM
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TO HEAR FROM YOU, UM, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE TO US, UM, THAT WILL HELP US TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE SHOULD CONSIDER THIS USE THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WOULD ORDINARILY APPROVE FOR THIS SITE.AND I WILL, UM, I WILL TELL YOU A COUPLE THINGS THAT MAY HELP TO GUIDE.
UM, ONE IS, UM, THERE IS A, NOT THE SAME USE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SALON SUITES IS, IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU'RE EDUCATING AND THEY ARE DOING THE WORK.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT PART, BUT, UM, WE WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SEE AS THE KIND OF THE, I GUESS HOW THE TWO WORK SYNERGISTICALLY, I GUESS MM-HMM
UM, AND JUST REALLY TO HELP US TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE OF HOW, WHAT YOU SEE AS SUCCESS AT THIS SITE AND WHAT YOU ADD TO THE CENT, THE CENTER.
DO YOU WANNA ANSWER? UM, I THOUGHT YOU WAS GONNA END THAT ONE.
UM, HI, MY NAME IS TRACY THOMAS.
I'M HER CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL, IN WHICH I HAVE OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN OPERATION, HELPING BUSINESSES GROW, HELPING BUSINESSES TO MARKET THEIR BUSINESS AND TO MAKE ADDITIONAL MONEY.
UM, WITH THE SITE ACROSS THE STREET AND THE SCHOOL ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY ACTUALLY ARE CERTIFIED WOMEN.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CERTIFYING NOT ONLY STYLISTS, UH, NAIL TECHS, UH, SKIN, UM, MANICURES, PEDICURES, WE ARE, WE'RE HELPING CERTIFY THESE WOMEN AND NOT ONLY ARE WE CERTIFYING THEM, BUT WE ARE ALSO TEACHING THEM HOW TO RUN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
SO THEY MIGHT, WE MIGHT COME IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PHOENIX TO SEND, WHEN THOSE WOMEN ARE CERTIFIED, THEY MIGHT WANT TO GO AND RENT A BOOTH FROM PHOENIX TO RUN THEIR BUSINESSES.
SO WE'RE EDUCATING THEM NOT ONLY JUST FOR THE SCHOOL PURPOSES AND GETTING THEM CERTIFICATION IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, AND SUCH AS BARBERING.
ALSO, WE ARE DOING BARBERING TO GET THEM EDUCATED IN THAT AREA AND CERTIFY THEM.
WE'RE ALSO TEACHING THEM HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS SUCCESSFULLY, HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MONEY, HOW TO MANAGE YOUR STUDENT, YOUR, IF YOU WANNA HAVE STUDENTS OR YOUR STAFF.
WE ARE TEACHING YOU ALL THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS, THAT WILL MAKE OTHER BUSINESSES GROW, MAKE YOUR BUSINESS GROW.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE CAN ALSO USE SOME OF THE STYLISTS AND, AND THE SPECIALTIES THAT PHOENIX HAS TO COME OVER AND TEACH CLASSES TO OUR STUDENTS.
UH, THAT WAS VERY, UH, VERY HELPFUL.
SO, UM, THE, THIS IS MORE OF JUST, UH, ONE LAST COMMENT OF KIND OF WHERE I'M, WHERE I'M THINKING IS, UM, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED, UM, AND, AND WOULD BE VERY WELCOMED IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, THIS MALL MM-HMM
WAS, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S PLANNED AND IT MEANS THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT COME THERE, THAT WORK THERE, UM, UM, THAT SHOP THERE, THE THINGS THAT ARE THERE, THE, THE TENANTS THAT ARE THERE ARE, SHOULD POUR INTO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING THERE.
THEY SHOULD, UM, SUPPORT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT USE THE SPACE.
AND THAT IS WHERE I, I'M STRUGGLING.
UM, I SEE THE BENEFIT OF YOUR SERVICES.
UM, BUT WITH THIS BEING A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PLANNED SO THAT THE TENANTS THAT ARE THERE POUR BACK INTO THE PEOPLE THAT USE IT, UM, ON A MAJORITY BASIS IS WHERE I'M STRUGGLING.
WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, AS FAR AS MARKETING, WE ARE GOING TO SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, BECAUSE NOW THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN TEXAS ARE NOW OFFERING COSMETOLOGY TO THEIR JUNIORS AND SENIORS IN THE SCHOOL.
SO, WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, THEY'RE SAYING IF THEY CAN GET OUTTA SCHOOL WITH 500 CREDITS, YOU CAN NOW GO TO AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL WHERE WE ARE OFFERING FINANCIAL AID, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND ANYTHING THEY NEED TO COME TO THAT SCHOOL.
SO WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE CHURCHES, TO OTHER BUSINESS.
ALSO, WE ARE, UM, WORKING WITH TEXAS WORKFORCE.
SO BY BRINGING ALL THESE PEOPLE IN, THEY'RE BRING, WE ARE BRINGING THEM THERE TO EAT.
WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO EAT THERE, MIGHT WANNA SHOP THERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE THEIR CARS OUT OF THE AREA TO GO DO OTHER LITTLE THINGS LIKE, EAT, OKAY, WE CAN EAT HERE, WE CAN GO SIT IN THE SQUARE, WE CAN EAT AND COME BACK TO SCHOOL AND TEACH.
SO YOU GOT STUDENTS, WE GOT COLLEGE STUDENTS, WE GOT CHURCH, WE GOT OTHER BUSINESSES.
WE BRINGING IN A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT CULTURE.
SO WE ARE NOT ONLY JUST REACHING OUT TO GIRLS, WE'RE REACHING OUT TO MEN, WOMEN, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, FRESH OUTTA SCHOOL THAT DON'T WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
SO WE ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF EVERYTHING TO SAY,
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I CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN GO TO COLLEGE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I LOVE.SO I, WE, AND, AND TONY, WE ARE GOING TO THE SCHOOLS TO SPEAK TO.
WE SETTING UP APPOINTMENTS WITH SCHOOL.
WE ASKING THE CHURCH CAN WE COME IN ON CAREER DAY.
UM, MY CHURCH LOVE EMPLOYMENT DAYS AND HIRING.
SO, UM, WE'RE DOING THAT AND WE ARE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE THAT WANNA DO IT, BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET FINANCIAL AID.
SO WE'RE ALSO TEACHING YOU HOW TO DO THAT TOO.
SO WE'LL BE BRINGING IN A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE OF DIVERSE CULTURES.
'CAUSE WE ARE GOING OUT TO BRING PEOPLE IN.
WE, I LOVE CEDAR HILL, BY THE WAY.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, WE ARE GOING OUTSIDE TO BRING PEOPLE IN.
THEY MAY WANNA COME IN AND SEE CEDAR HILL FOR ITSELF AND WANNA MOVE HERE.
SO WE'RE REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
COUNCILMAN GLOVER? YES, THANK YOU MA'AM.
AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR APPLYING AND I KNOW HOW CHALLENGING IT IS TO START AN ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY.
UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND MM-HMM
UM, SO THIS IS NOT, THIS IS MORE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND MORE EDUCATIONAL THAN IT IS A SALON.
AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN BUSINESS? I'VE BEEN DOING HAIR FOR 25 YEARS.
I HAD MY OWN SALON FOR FIVE YEARS.
UM, I WAS ASSISTANT MANAGER FOR, UM, KEVIN BEAUTY SPA OUT IN IRVING MALL FOR FOUR YEARS.
ONCE I FINISHED BEAUTY SCHOOL, I WENT BACK TO THE BEAUTY SCHOOL AND I TAUGHT, I INSTRUCTED FOR FOUR YEARS.
AND, UM, I WAS A MANAGER AT, UM, SUPER CUTS FOR THREE YEARS.
SO I'VE BEEN BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS PLUS.
SO IS THIS A NEW CONCEPT FOR YOU? HAVE YOU, IS THIS THIS ENTITY? THIS IS A NEW, HAVING A SCHOOL FOR MYSELF IS NEW, BUT BEING AN INSTRUCTOR AND THE STRUCTURE OF HAVING A SCHOOL, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT BECAUSE I USED TO BE AN INSTRUCTOR MYSELF.
AND, AND WHAT DOES YOUR LONG TERM VISION FOR THE SCHOOL TO GROW FRANCHISE OUT?
WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING ON FRANCHISING ALSO.
MAKING IT BIGGER, BIGGER SPACE.
GROW, MAKE MONEY, BRING MONEY TO CEDAR HILL.
AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, AS COUNCIL, WE ARE TASKED WITH VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN NA SAID, REVIEWING THIS BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FROM PLANNING AND ZONING MM-HMM
AND ONE OF OUR CHALLENGE, OUR CHARGES IS THE COMPATIBILITY.
AND WHILE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT CONCEPT, AND I IT MAKES SENSE, YOU HAVE TO TRAIN.
NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE AND NOT EVERYONE, UM, TAKES A PARTICULAR CAREER PATH.
SO TO HAVE THIS AVAILABLE IS EXCELLENT, BUT I'M TASKED WITH LOOKING AT IN PLACEMENT.
AND HOW DOES THIS FIT WITHIN THE GENERAL SCOPE OF THE MALL AND THE MALL? THE CONCEPT IS TO OFFER AN, AN EXPERIENCE THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MALLS.
AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT THIS FITS AT THIS LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY COMPATIBLE WITH A DILLARDS OR A BARNES AND NOBLES OR ANY OF THE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS.
NUMBER ONE, WE, YOU, YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF, YOU HAVE, CUS YOU HAVE BARBERSHOPS THERE, YOU HAVE BEAUTY SALONS THERE, YOU HAVE NAIL TECHNICIANS THERE, YOU HAVE MANICURE THERE.
THESE ARE PLACES THAT COULD BE JOB PLACEMENTS FOR THE STUDENTS.
AND THOSE COMPANIES ARE ALSO LOOKING TO GROW.
BARNES AND NOBLE IS A PLACE THAT WE WILL BE USING BECAUSE THEY DO SELL OUR PRODUCT, OUR BOOKS.
SO WE DO NEED BARNES AND NOBLES BECAUSE WE NEED THEIR BOOKS FOR ALL THE INCOMING STUDENTS.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO STOP AT 20 STUDENTS.
SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVER A HUNDRED OR MORE STUDENTS WITH MONEY COMING IN THROUGH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND THEREFORE, SO IT WORKS BECAUSE YOU GOT MORE BEAUTY, BEAUTY SALONS AND STORES WITH HAIR PRODUCTS ALTER THAT.
MY STUDENTS WILL BE BUYING TO DO THINGS FOR THEIR CLIENT'S, FACE THEIR SKIN.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SKIN TEXTURE, WE ARE LOOKING AT HAIR TEXTURE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT HELPING PEOPLE GROW THEIR HAIR.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE THAT HAVE MEDICAL CONDITIONS WITH THEIR HAIR THAT NEED THESE ASSISTANCE.
SO WE GETTING THESE WOMEN CERTIFIED TO HELP THESE DIFFERENT, VARIOUS PEOPLE.
AND SEE, THEN WE ARE ALSO REACHING THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMES TO THE CENTER BECAUSE WE'RE OFFERING SERVICES.
WE NEED MODELS, WE NEED, WE NEED, ONCE OUR STUDENTS REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL IN SCHOOL, WE GOTTA HAVE PEOPLE TO COME IN THAT THEY CAN WORK ON.
SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE THAT, THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN COMING IN AND LETTING SOMEBODY WORK
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ON THEIR HAIR.AND WITH NO COMPETITION TO THE SALES THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CENTER.
THE, WHEN THE MALL WAS CREATED, IT WAS CREATED FOR A UPSCALE EXPERIENCE FOR SALES AND FOR RETAIL.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE CHARGE OF THE MALL.
UM, THEY'RE, THE VICTORIA'S SECRET IS APPARENTLY ONE OF THE LARGER OR VICTORIA'S SECRETS IN THE REGION GENERATING DOLLARS FOR, UH, FOR, FOR SALES AND FOR REVENUE FOR VICTORIA SECRETS AND SALES TAX.
SO YOUR, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT YOUR CONCEPT IS EXCELLENT.
I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE CONCEPT.
IT IS, THIS IS MORE VOCATIONAL THAN IT IS RETAIL.
AND THE MALL NEEDS TO BE RETAIL AND HAVE THOSE RETAIL EXPERIENCES IN ORDER FOR THE MALL TO GROW.
AND THERE'S A CHALLENGE WITH, I BELIEVE THERE'S 17 VACANCIES AT THE MALL RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE EXISTING RETAIL, UM, CLIENT, THE EXISTING RETAIL COMPANIES TO BRING RETAIL INTO THE MALL.
SO WHILE THE CONCEPT IS GREAT AND WE, ANY COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT, THE MALL IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR RETAIL.
AND THIS IS MORE VOCATIONAL THAN IT IS RETAIL.
IF WE GET MORE VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, THEN THERE'S NOT, THERE'S LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RETAIL.
AND JUST BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE THAT, THAT CONSTANTLY LIKE ON A DAILY BASIS ASKING, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THIS WITH MY SKIN? YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT WANNA COME IN AND SHOP.
YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY VAIN.
THEY WANNA SHOP, THEY WANNA LOOK GOOD TO SHOP.
I WANT MY SKIN TO LOOK THIS WAY 'CAUSE I GOTTA GO TO THIS FUNCTION.
CAN YOU HELP ME DO THIS FOR MY HAIR? CAN YOU DO THIS? CAN YOU DO THAT? BECAUSE THEY WANNA GO SHOPPING.
SO MEANWHILE YOU GOT ALL THESE GIRLS, MEN COMING INTO THIS SCHOOL, BUT GUESS WHAT THEY GONNA DO IN THEY PART-TIME? THEY GONNA SHOP.
THEY GONNA SHOP AND THEY GONNA SHOP.
I'M HEADING ACROSS THE STREET TO VICTORIA'S SECRET.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT THEY, THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE DO.
SO WE, YOU ARE OPENING EYES TO STUDENTS AND PEOPLE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE OVER 500 OR MORE STUDENTS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO THE MONEY THAT IT BRINGS IN ALSO GONNA BRING MONEY TO THE CENTER BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE WANNA SHOP FOR SHOES, FOR CLOTHES, FOR SOMETHING THAT LOOK GOOD WITH THEIR FACE.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HUMAN NATURE DO.
SO WHAT THEY GONNA DO, THEY GONNA SHOP.
I COME OUT THE STORE WITH MY NEW HAIR.
I WENT OVER HERE TO THE SCHOOL AND THEY HELPED ME DO THIS.
SO I'M TELLING HER TO GO ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE THERE'S A STYLIST THAT CAN HELP YOU NOW TO GET THAT LOOK ALTOGETHER.
IT'S GONNA WHERE THE STORES OUT.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, LIKE THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT SHE WANTED TO DO BUSINESS IN CEDAR HILL.
SO THAT, THAT MAKES ME EXCITED.
WHAT I'M LITTLE CONCERNED IS I HAPPEN TO BE, HISTORICALLY I WAS THE CITY MANAGER WHEN THIS SHOPPING CENTER WAS, UH, DEVELOPED.
AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS A UPSCALE RETAIL CENTER, UH, WITH SPECIFIC PLANS THAT WERE COMMUNICATED TO, TO NOT BE A DISCOUNT LOCATION.
UH, THERE, THERE WAS JUST, UH, DISCOUNT RETAILERS WERE ASKED TO GO OTHER PLACES, BUT IT WAS INTENDED TO STAY A LOCATION.
AND THIS MAY NOT BE DIRECTED YOU, BUT I'M A LITTLE DI DISAPPOINTED IN THE, UM, APPROACH OF, UH, HILLSIDE VILLAGE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S SHIFTED AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WISH THAT IS, GETS COMMUNICATED TO THE OWNERS OR WHOEVER'S RUNNING THAT.
'CAUSE THEY SEEM TO HAVE SHIFTED AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT.
AND PART OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS TO LOOK AT ITS POTENTIAL LONG-TERM IMPACTS.
AND I'M, UH, FOR THE RECORD, THE CITY IS INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BRING IN, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, SHOPPERS.
AND I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE THAT THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT WILL BE INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO I, I LOVE THE CONCEPT AND I WANT YOU TO COME TO CEDAR HILL.
I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE BEST LOCATION FOR IT.
AND I'M, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED NOT
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WITH YOU, BUT THE, THE MANAGEMENT AND THE OWNERS OF HILLSIDE VILLAGE AND THE APPROACH THAT THEY'RE TAKING, UH, AS, AS IT RELATES TO HILLSIDE VILLAGE.AND I WISH THAT GETS COMMUNICATED TO THEM, BUT I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
IN CEDAR HILL, THERE IS NO COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL.
BUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THEY'RE TEACHING COSMETOLOGY.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WHEN THE STUDENTS GRADUATE THAT WANNA PARTICIPATE IN SCHOLARSHIP IN THE COSMETOLOGY, THEY WILL HAVE TO LEAVE OUTTA CEDAR HILL IN WHICH ARLINGTON HAS THREE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PROSPERING AND BRINGING MONEY INTO THOSE CENTERS.
IN WHICH ONE OF THE CENTERS, ONE OF THE SCHOOLS AS PALM MITCHELL THAT'S LOCATED INSIDE HIGHLAND HILLS, WHERE THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF RESTAURANTS AND A WHOLE LOT OF SHOPPING STORES, AND THEY HAVE RENEWED THEIR CONTRACTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY BRINGING IN MORE STUDENTS AND MORE PEOPLE INTO THE VILLAGE.
AND THEN OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THEY HAVE OVAL, THEY HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN THERE.
AND THAT'S ALSO A RETAIL CENTER.
SO MOST OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE EXISTING ARE BRINGING IN MORE BUSINESS.
CEDAR HILL HAS NO SCHOOL HERE, BUT YOU HAVE STUDENTS IN EACH ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOW IN COSMETOLOGY, AND NOW THEY HAVE TO LEAVE CEDAR HILL IN WHICH THEY MIGHT GO TO ARLINGTON OR DALLAS OR DUNCANVILLE TO GO TO SCHOOL.
AND DUNCANVILLE GOT SUCH A SCHOOL THAT'S BELOW STANDARD, BUT THEY DON'T WANT, THE KIDS MAY NOT WANNA GO FAR FROM HOME.
I WANT TO CLARIFY, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE SCHOOL UHHUH, IT'S JUST THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, THIS LOCATION THAT'S, I, I'M, I WANT TO BE CLEAR IN MY COMMUNICATE, I AM THRILLED THAT YOU WANTED TO COME HERE AND LOCATE YOUR BUSINESS.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE BEST LOCATION FOR IT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, ANTOINETTE, I'M SORRY, CAN I GET YOUR NAME AGAIN? TRACY.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THAT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.
YOU WANT TO, UM, COME HERE TO, TO CEDAR HILL.
UM, COUPLE QUESTIONS, JUST, JUST SO I, I WOULD KNOW, UM, THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS, IS IT DIFFERENT FOR THE DIFFERENT TRADES? FOR EXAMPLE, IS BARBARA DIFFERENT FROM BEAUTICIAN? YES.
SO, SO YOU DON'T KNOW, I GUESS FOR BARBARA TAKES MAYBE 300 HOURS, MAYBE LIKE TWO MONTHS.
THE BEAUT, IT'S COSMETOLOGY, WHAT, 3, 3, 3 TO SIX MONTHS? OR YOUR NAIL TEXTURE IS JUST ONE MONTH.
JUST ONE MONTH OF CERTIFICATION.
UH, SAME THING FOR THE MANICURES.
THE PER THE SKIN PERSON, THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS GONNA, IT IS A CONSTANT ROTATION.
BARBERS, BARBERS DON'T NEED AS MANY HOURS.
SO LIKE, YOU GOT GUYS NOW JUST, YOU GOT SHOPS OVER IN THE CENTER NOW BARBERSHOPS, SO, OKAY.
IT'S, ALL OF 'EM ARE DIFFERENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT LONG.
IT'S NOT LIKE A YEAR PROCESS OR TWO YEAR PROCESS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF A, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD IS REQUIREMENT, BUT IS THERE ANY TYPE OF REQUIREMENT FOR A STUDENT TO BE ABLE TO COME TO YOUR CLASS FOR, LIKE, DO THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DRESS LIKE A BARBER? DO THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW? YEAH, WE HAVE 'EM DRESSING IN UNIFORMS AS A STUDENT TO COME IN.
CUT UP JEANS AND TIE, TIE UP, TIE UP STRAIGHT.
WE TEACH 'EM HOW TO BE PROFESSIONALS OF YOUR BUSINESS.
UM, I THINK I HAD ANOTHER ONE.
I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN, BUT, UM, IF, IF I COULD ASK, UM, MS. RENEE TIMS TO COME UP, PLEASE.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR HER.
HEY, UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UH, FOR YOU.
UM, SO, UM, LIKE A, A FEW OF US HERE, UM, I, I, AND I, AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BRING MY, UM, MY, MY, UM, LITTLE PIECE, UH, OFFERING THAT I RECEIVED, BUT I THINK IT WAS 2006, UM, I ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR NOW HILLSIDE VILLAGE.
UM, SO I, I, I STILL REMEMBER THAT THAT EVENT, HOW EXCITED, UH, EVERYONE WAS TO BE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING.
NOW, NOW, PRIOR TO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LITTLE UPWARD ABOUT HAVING THE DEVELOPMENT.
YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT THOSE DAYS AND TIMES.
UM, BUT I JUST REMEMBER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LEVEL OF, UH, OF OF EQUALITY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD FOR THE VISION, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO, TO HAVE IN THE CENTER.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DOESN'T MEET THAT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.
BUT I, I THINK JUST OVERALL IN GENERAL, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, UM, TO MEET WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THE PREP, UH, GROUP AND, AND MAYBE PUT IN A CART BEFORE THE HORSE BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PHASE TWO, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, I THINK COUNCIL WAS ASKED TO, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF PIVOT AWAY FROM.
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I THINK WE HAVE SUPPORTED, YOU KNOW, THAT REQUEST.BUT, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE JUST SAT DOWN AND, AND HAD SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT IS THE FORECAST OF, OF NOW AFTER WE HAVE THIS INVESTMENT.
UH, KIND OF JUST WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT RIGHT NOW.
BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN MAYBE HAVE SOME SORT OF A, A, A MEETING, UH, WITH, WITH YOUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME COMMENTS TO OH, IN, IN RESPONSE TO SOME, I'M NOT SAYING THINGS I'VE HEARD, AND I'M SAYING LET'S NOT VOTE TONIGHT.
LET'S NOT SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU PROPOSING TONIGHT.
BUT I, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU ARE OPEN TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH US TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THESE TOPICS.
'CAUSE I, I THINK THE OVERALL DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL HAS NOTHING REALLY, HAS NOT, NOT HALF OF IT HAS NOTHING REALLY TO DO WITH THE APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
I THINK A LOT OF IT IS WE JUST DON'T KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THE FORECAST IS FOR, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE CENTERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, PREP CORPORATE OFFICES IN OHIO, BUT MAYBE THAT COULD BE ARRANGED AND IF NOT, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET ON THEIR BEHALF.
UM, HILLSIDE IS OUR FOCUS IS RETAIL, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, UM, A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE 2019 AND BEFORE THAT RETAIL HAS STRUGGLED.
BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL LOIS OUTRIGHT, NOW PROB, THAT ARE SIGNED, UM, ABOUT 35,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WE HA THAT ARE ALL RETAIL AND NATIONAL RETAIL.
SO OF COURSE THAT IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CENTERS, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THERE ARE TENANTS IN THE CENTER THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT GO TO, UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RETAIL OR EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE A RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, THEIR HOURS ARE DIFFERENT OR MAYBE IT'S A NEED YOU DON'T HAVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ACADEMY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY IS GONNA BE ATTENDING OR, YOU KNOW, GO TO THEIR SCHOOL, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL TENANTS, LET'S SAY, OR ORTHODONTIST THAT'S IN THE CENTER.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA GO UNLESS YOU HAVE CRICKET TEETH OR, YOU KNOW, A PRETEEN.
SO, SO WE DO HAVE A VARIETY AND THAT'S OUR GOAL AS WELL TO, UM, ATTRACT DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO THE SHOPPING CENTER.
BUT OF, OF COURSE, OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS RETAIL AS IT HAS BEEN FROM DAY ONE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK IT JUST, I MEAN, UH, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE ORIGINAL ONES WHO WAS AROUND, I THINK HALF THE COUNCIL PROBABLY IS NOT AWARE, UH, OF KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR, UH, WHAT YOUR BRAND WILL REPRESENT.
SO I THINK IT JUST MIGHT BE TIME FOR US JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER, SO.
SO I THINK THAT MAY HELP COUNCIL WITH SOME EASINESS, UH, FOR US BE ABLE MAKE DECISION THAT LOVE.
AND WE WILL BE SELLING HAIR PRODUCTS.
UM, HAIR FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT'S INTERESTED.
SO THERE WILL BE RETAIL GOING ON THERE YEAH.
WE GOT CREAMS AND STUFF THAT'S COMING IN TO SELL FOR YOUR SKINCARE.
TRACY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'RE QUESTIONING YOUR PRODUCT.
I DON'T THINK WE ARE, UH, QUESTIONING WELL, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT ALSO WE WILL BE DOING THAT AS WELL.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES, UM, UH, CASES COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THE BACKGROUND STORY.
UH, WE JUST HAVE JUST THE BLACK AND WHITE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF US.
THE SURFACE WHEN YOU GOT ALL THIS GOOD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HILLSIDE IS, I MEAN, WE, WE LITERALLY HAD A FIVE, FIVE O'CLOCK WORKSHOP TODAY TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS REGION RIGHT HERE, OUR UPTOWN, MIDTOWN, UH, AREA.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE VERY BIG PROPONENT OF IT.
SO, UH, WE JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT OUR FUTURE PLANS ARE MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, FOR YOU IN THE CENTER.
UH, SO IT'S KIND OF MORE OF A BROAD, UH, SCENARIO AS COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION OF THIS CASE PERSONALLY.
UH, I THINK IT'S ALSO GOOD THAT YOU ACTUALLY HEAR THESE CONVERSATIONS FROM COUNCIL ASSUMING, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT DECISION IS GONNA COME FROM THIS TODAY IF IT WAS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
HOPEFULLY YOU'D BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW PREMIER CEDAR HILL WANTS YOUR BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM AND THRIVE.
SO I HOPE YOU KIND OF, KIND OF GET THAT MESSAGE TONIGHT.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S IT FOR ME.
RE RENEE TIMS, UH, CUSTOMER HAYDEN
YEAH, I, OH, SORRY, I CUT YOUR MIC OFF.
I DID, I WAS JUST KINDA CURIOUS ON, SINCE YOU LOVE CEDAR HILL AND YOU INDICATED THAT, OH, I USED TO LIVE IN CEDAR HILL.
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UM, SO WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE AND UH, AND WHY THIS PARTICULAR SPOT? HAVE YOU LOOKED ANYWHERE ELSE IN CEDAR HILL? OH YEAH.WE LOOKED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
ACTUALLY LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE CRUNCH FITNESS OVER THERE.
AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE WISEMAN LADIES SHOWED US THIS SPOT.
AND SO WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS SPOT BECAUSE IT HAD IT, IT WAS THE CENTER, IT WAS A BEAUTY SHOP OR SOMETHING AT FIRST.
SO A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE NEEDED WAS ALREADY IN PLACE TO WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT'S WHY IT CHOSE THAT BECAUSE IT HAD SOME INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY IN THERE AND THE LOCATION.
AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT, OKAY, THEY DON WANT TO GO EAT NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO DRIVE OFF TO EAT AND ALL THIS OTHER KIND OF STUFF, YOU KNOW? ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, I THINK WE KIND OF WENT AROUND AND ROUND ON THIS, SO, UM, UM, ARE WE READY TO MAKE A MOTION OR WELL, YES.
YOU GOT MORE COMMENTS? WELL, NO TO, OH, SORRY TO, I, I THINK YOU ACCURATELY PUT THE PIN ON THE DONKEY ABOUT THE CART BEING BEFORE THE HORSE.
AND I WOULD BE OPEN TO US TABLING THIS UNTIL WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PREP GROUP TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS FITS IN THE, NOT JUST THE PLACEMENT FOR TODAY, BUT THE PLACEMENT FOR TOMORROW AND NEXT YEAR.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DOLLARS INVESTED IN THIS PROPERTY AS A PROPERTY OWNER AND THEN WITH FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO, BECAUSE AS, AS EVERYONE HAS MENTIONED, THE CONCEPT IS EXCELLENT AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS FIT IN PLACEMENT.
SO I, IF WE CAN TABLE THIS AND POSSIBLY HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PREP GROUP FIRST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS FITS.
IS THIS A ONE OFF OR IS THIS THE FIRST OF MULTIPLE? WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT, COUNSEL.
I PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK ANTOINETTE AND TRACY HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH UNDERSTOOD
UH, UH, I THINK RENEE, UH, GAVE US HER COMMITMENT THAT SHE WOULD TRY OUR BEST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING.
I I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD BE DOING THE, THE APPLICANT JUSTICE BY, BY TABLING THIS.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME, UM, ON NUMBER ONE.
IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO GET MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR BUSINESS AND KNOW ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS GONNA BE THE LOCATION OR NOT.
AND, AND THEN NUMBER TWO, I, I DON'T THINK THAT ALLOWING MORE TIME, YOU KNOW, TABLING THIS IS, IS GOING TO, UM, CHANGE WHETHER OR NOT WE VIEW THIS AS BEING A, A FIT WITHIN THE MALL.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE IS THAT THIS KIND OF TREND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOW SEEING WITH MORE SERVICE ORIENTED BUSINESSES MOVING INTO MALL SPACE, THAT THERE WAS TAX INCENTIVES PUT IN PLACE.
THERE, THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A REASON WHY THE MALL WAS, WAS BUILT AND IT WAS FOR, FOR FOR RETAIL SALES AND, AND RETAIL SALES THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
AND, AND NOT TO SAY THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOUR STUDENTS WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T SHOP AT THE MALL, BUT THAT'S NOT THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE MALL.
YOU'RE NOT BRINGING TRAFFIC TO THE MALL THAT, THAT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY COMING TO TO SHOP.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO BUILD ON.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT TABLING IT IS GOING IS GOING TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES.
SO ON THE FLOOR COUNSEL, UH, IS A CUP, UH, FOR A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL TO BE HERE AT AT HILLSIDE.
UH, I DO WANNA ALSO INFORM EVERYONE THAT THE PREVIOUS TENANT AT THIS SPECIFIC SUITE, UH, WAS A BEAUTY SALON, I BELIEVE.
RIGHT? MASSAGE WAS AVEDA MASSAGE AND BOOT BEAUTY.
WELL, AND, AND I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER TENANTS AT THE MALL AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS AND THEY'RE NOT, BECAUSE THEY VIEW IT AS BEING COMPETITION FOR THEIR BUSINESSES NOT COMPLIMENTARY TO THEIR BUSINESSES.
AND, AND SO THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE CONTINUATION OF BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL SERVICE BUSINESSES TO, TO THE MALL.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S COMPETING WITH WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY TRYING TO DO.
SO YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CONVERSATIONS YOU NEED TO HAVE WITH SOME OF YOUR EXISTING TENANTS AS WELL.
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? WHAT YOU JUST SAID IN THE BEGINNING, SOME OF, I, I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE EXISTING TENANTS THERE AND THEY VIEW THIS, THIS TREND OF BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL SALONS AND, AND, AND BRINGING IN THE SCHOOL.
THEY VIEW THEM AS BEING COMPETITION FOR WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO.
THAT, THAT YOU WERE, YOU WERE BRINGING IN COMPETITION, YOU KNOW, FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING THERE IN, IN THE MALL PROVIDING, PROVIDING SIMILAR, SAME SERVICES.
HOW THEY WOULD BE COMPETITION.
WELL, AND, AND AS I SAID, YOU, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR OTHER TENANTS THAT ARE PROVIDING SALON SERVICES AND BARBER SERVICES AND MASSAGE SERVICES AND THE NAIL SALONS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU, THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE VIEWING THIS AS
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COMPETITION.I KNOW SOME STEREOTYPICAL SCHOOLS DO PROVIDE SERVICE A LOT.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, OF SALON SERVICES.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT, BUT A FEW DAYS A MONTH TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, UM, I THINK WE KIND OF WENT AROUND WITH THIS, UH, CUSTOMER HAYDEN.
UM, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS AND I WELCOME YOU TO CEDAR HILL HOPING THAT YOU WOULD CHOOSE CEDAR HILL AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT, UH, I CONCUR WITH THE REST OF THE COUNSEL.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, DENY THIS CASE.
I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR DENIAL OF CUP 7 0 4 2025.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE, UH, ALSO HAVE A SECOND.
UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR FOR DENIAL.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
UM, WE'LL TRY AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOMEONE ELSE FOR THAT SPEAK.
[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.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT.CONSENT AGENDA IS, INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
A COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT? UH, ITEM D.
ANY OTHER ITEMS? COUNSEL? PROTEIN? YES.
ANY OTHER ITEMS BE PULLED FROM CASSETTE? ALRIGHT, I'LL, UH, GOT IT.
I'LL, UH, GO AHEAD AND READ THE OTHER ITEMS. UH, ON THE CONSENT.
CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF APRIL 8TH, 2025, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE APRIL 15TH, 2025 SPECIAL CALLED JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CEDAR HILL, ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ITEM B, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 25 DASH 7 5 3, WHICH SUPPORTS THE SUBMISSION OF A APPLICATION FOR BIRD CITY DESIGNATION.
AND ITEM E CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT C-H-I-S-D, RENEWING THE LEASE OF THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE CEDAR HILL GOVERNMENT CENTER.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE READ THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS READ.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AND WE DO HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE A VOTE FOR COUNCILWOMAN AZI.
[c. Consider authorizing the purchase of emergency repair services for a sanitary sewer main in the amount of $745,000.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE, UH, AGENDA IS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM C, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF EMERGENCY REPAIRS FOR A SANITARY SEWER MAIN IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVERAL HUNDRED $45,000.MAYOR PROTE SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO, UM, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE, UH, EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICE FOR SAN SANITARY SEWER REMAIN IN THE AMOUNT OF $745,000.
AND, UH, THIS PARTICULARS, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS 'CAUSE IT'S ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
I WOULD MAKE A NOTE THAT IT, IT WAS UNBUDGETED.
AND I ASKED STAFF, I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO IDENTIFY THE EXTENT AND SCOPE OF THE CAST IRON PIPE IN THE CITY.
AND SHE RESPONDED THAT THERE'S BEEN A MASTER PLAN, UH, THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE DISCUSSION OF IT, UH, IN, IN A MEETING IN MAY.
I THINK WE HAVE A WATER AND SEWER WORKSHOP ON, ON TUESDAY, MAY 6TH.
AND, AND WHAT, WHAT I, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, UM, HISTORICALLY, AND THIS GOES BACK 15 YEARS, BUT THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, THE CITY SET ASIDE $3 MILLION A YEAR TO ADDRESS THE WATER AND SEWER, UH, MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL NEEDS OF THE CITY.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE UPPED THAT TO 4 MILLION.
BUT IN ORDER TO GET AHEAD OF, UH, THE VOLUME OF, UM, WATER AND SEWER NEEDS, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STEPPING THAT UP SO WE CAN STAY AHEAD OF THIS.
UM, I KNOW THESE WATER AND SEWER SITUATIONS, IF THEY, THEY HAPPEN ALL OVER THE METROPLEX AND SO IT'S JUST, I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A A,
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A SCOPE OF, UH, HOW, HOW PREVALENT THIS IS IN OUR CITY.BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL AWARE THAT IN MAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STEPPING UP.
'CAUSE THIS IS A ALMOST A $750,000 UNBUDGETED EXPENSE AND WE'VE GOTTA ADDRESS THESE TYPES OF THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, NUMBER ONE, I WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN MCCURDY 'CAUSE HE RECOGNIZED WATER RUNOFF FROM A MANHOLE THAT IS IN FRONT OF THE JACK INBOX THAT THIS, UH, IS RESULTED IN.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.
BUT SECONDLY, THANKFULLY THE CITY IS NOT THAT OLD AND THE CAST IRON PIPES THAT THIS, THIS IS A CAST IRON PIPE.
THERE ARE NOT MANY OF THOSE, BUT WE DO HAVE A FULL, UM, FULL MASTER PLAN WITH ALL THE CAST IRON PIPES THAT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED.
AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT WITH THE COUNCIL ON MAY 6TH.
OKAY, MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO ADD.
AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, I I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, AU WE DO, I'M SORRY.
WE DO HAVE A COMMENT BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION CUSTOMER CURDY.
I I HAVE ONE COMMENT NOW, I I CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR, FOR LOCATING THIS.
THE CREDIT GOES TO MY DAUGHTER.
SO SHE, SHE CALLED ME AND SHE SAID, DAD, THERE'S WATER COMING OUT OF THE GROUND IN FRONT OF JACK IN THE BOXES COMING OUT OF THE MANHOLE.
WHAT SHOULD I DO? SO I, I TOLD HER THANK HER FOR, FOR LETTING ME KNOW, AND I, I, I CALLED THE CITY MANAGER AND LET HER KNOW.
SO A AVERY GETS THE CREDIT FOR THAT, NOT ME.
YOU'RE MAKING US SPEND $750,000
THAT'S WHAT TEENAGE DAUGHTERS ARE FOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL PRO TIM? I, UH, MAYOR, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES FOR SANITARY SEWER REMAIN IN THE AMOUNT OF $745,000.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER, HAYDEN, ANY ANYTHING ADDITIONAL? COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVOR RAISE RIGHT HAND MOVES DUS.
THANK YOU, UH, PRO TIM FOR BREAKING THAT DOWN FOR US.
[d. Consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-848, which repeals Article XIV, Section 4-302 of the Cedar Hill Code of Ordinances related to fences in residential areas. ]
CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM D, CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 5 8 48.WHICH REPEALS ARTICLE IS THAT? 14? NO, 16.
3 0 2 OF THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO FENCES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
I THINK SOMEBODY JUST WANT THE SECRETARY TO READ ANOTHER ORDINANCE AGAIN.
SO ON THE, IN, IN THIS ORDINANCE, ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS, UH, NUMBER SIX, IT WOULD CHANGE THE HEIGHT OF DECORATIVE FENCES IN THE FRONT YARDS FROM THREE FEET TO FOUR FEET.
WELL, IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, IT'S NUMBER SIX.
ON THE, ON THE NOW ON THE LIST LISTED IT IS NUMBER FIVE.
SO IN, IN THE LIST, IN THE, UM, UH, AGENDA ITEM, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO OFF THE AGENDA ITEM OR YOU WANT ME TO GO OFF THE ORDINANCE? OKAY.
I, I CAN DO EITHER ONE OR I CAN DO BOTH.
UH, SO IT, IT INCREASES THE HEIGHT OF ORNAMENTAL FENCES IN, IN FRONT YARDS FROM THREE FEET TO FOUR FEET.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO STRIKE THAT AND, AND KEEP IT AT THREE FEET.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FENCES IN, IN, IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES.
IT DOES REQUIRE THEM TO GO GET A VARIANCE TO, TO BEGIN WITH.
UM, AND, AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, SO I STRIKE STRIKING THAT ONE LIGHT ITEM.
SO, UH, IT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, SO I I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CHARGE.
UM, THE FENCE IS MAXIMUM HEIGHT AT FOUR.
SO IT'S JUST NOT MANDATING ANYONE TO MOVE FROM THREE TO FOUR.
THIS IS THE PREFERENCE, RIGHT? SO, SO THE, THE STATEMENT OR THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS WAS THAT THE, THEY CURRENTLY, THEY GET, UM, APPLICATIONS FOR VARIANCE, PEOPLE WANTING TO PUT IN TALLER FENCES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ADJUST FROM THREE TO FOUR FEET.
AND IF WE ADJUST TO FOUR FEET, THEY'RE JUST GONNA APPLY FOR VARIANCE TO ADJUST FROM FOUR TO SIX FEET.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT BASED UPON PRIOR CASES THAT WE HAVE HEARD AND, AND YOU KNOW, IN, IN THESE CHAMBERS THAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO, TO ENCOURAGE, UM, PEOPLE TO PLACE FENCES IN THE FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES ON THE FRONT YARDS ANYWAY.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT, THAT HAVING THIS AMENDMENT IN HERE SENDS THE RIGHT MESSAGE THAT, UH, FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT WOULD, MY UNDERSTANDING IT WOULD NEVER COME TO THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE THAT'S
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THE CHARGE OF THE BUILDING APPEARS ADVISORY BOARD.SO I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING THE BOARD IS ASKING THE COUNCIL TO SAY, HEY, WE GETTING A, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING UP TO US ASKING US TO MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT.
UH, SO, UM, SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A TREND COUNCIL, WOULD YOU CONSIDER GOING UP TO FOUR FEET? UM, SO IF YOU'RE SAYING, IF YOU'RE GONNA SAY NO, THEN UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO FIX THE CHALLENGE OF THE BOARD, WHICH IS OKAY, BUT RIGHT.
IT WOULD NEVER COME TO THIS CHAMBER.
IT WOULD ALWAYS GO TO THAT TO THE SAME, IT GOES TO BUILDING APPEAL AND ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE YES.
THEY THEY STILL GONNA BE GETTING THE REQUEST SO THAT, SO IT'S NOT GONNA FIX, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONCERN.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE, UH, A VARIANCE.
SO DO YOU STILL WANT
I, I JUST, I DON'T WANT TO, TO RAISE THE, UM, ALLOWABLE FENCE HEIGHTS FROM THREE TO FOUR FEET BECAUSE I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE WANT FENCES IN FRONT YARDS TO BEGIN WITH.
UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU READ THE ORDINANCE, IT'S FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORNAMENTAL FENCES.
AND, AND AT AT THE POINT WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STARTING TO GET INTO FOUR FEET, ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW IT'S NOT BECOMING ORNAMENTAL, IT'S BECOMING MORE OF A SECURITY TYPE FENCE.
UM, AND I WOULD JUST PREFER TO KEEP IT AT THREE FEET.
UH, GAIL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? WOULD YOU MIND, CAN YOU, CAN YOU KINDA GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND?
SO THE, THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST TO FOUR FEET WAS, UH, ONE OF 'EM WAS IS THAT MOST OF THE ORNAMENTAL FENCES THAT YOU BUY WR IRON FENCES AT HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S, THOSE COME PRE, PRE-MADE AT FOUR FEET.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WAS, IS THAT, UH, IN THE, FOR A BARRIER AROUND A YARD FOR A POOL, THE MINIMUM BARRIER IS FOUR FEET HIGH.
SO FOUR A POOL FENCE, UM, TO, FOR A YARD TO BE SURROUNDED TO MEET A POOL BARRIER REQUIREMENT REQUIRES TO BE FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT.
BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WAS, IS THAT, UM, WHEN PEOPLE BOUGHT THE WR IRON DECORATIVE FENCES FROM HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEN CUT THAT FENCE TO MAKE IT TO THREE FEET.
UH, GENERALLY IT WAS, THAT WAS HALF OF, UH, WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN A VEHICLE, IT DOESN'T OBSTRUCT THE VIEW GOING TO, UH, TO A YARD FOR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING IN THE YARD.
AND THE BOARD FELT THAT BECAUSE OF THOSE PARAMETERS, THAT GOING TO A FOUR FOOT FENCE.
UH, AND, UH, THE FOREFOOT FENCE IS FOR ANY ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS, UH, NOT SINGLE FAMILY OR NOT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE OR RURAL RESIDENTIAL IN THOSE DISTRICTS, THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR UP TO A EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
BUT THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW, UH, THEM TO CHANGE THE DECORATIVE, THE DECORATIVE FENCING, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE ON NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD FOR THE LARGER ACRES TO WHERE IT ALLOWS THEM TO PUT A DECORATIVE STONE BASE WITH ABOVE THAT FOUR FOOT STILL WOULD BE THE 50% SEE-THROUGH.
UM, SO THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT WE WERE GETTING FROM THAT WAS COMING TO THE BOARD FOR THEM TO CONSIDER.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO REALLY MAKE IT UNIFORM AND MORE CLEAR ON WHAT A DECORATIVE FENCE WAS FOR ONE, NOT ALLOWING FOR CHICKEN WIRE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE VINYL, THE VINYL CHAIN LINK OR CHAIN LINK FENCE, UM, TO REALLY DR TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE AS IT'S WRITTEN, BUT ALSO, UM, ALLOW FOR, UH, HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE NOT IN A PRE UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU'RE IN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT HAS RESTRICTIONS SUCH AS IN LAKERIDGE, MOST OF THEIR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR FENCING PAST THE FRONT FACADE OF THE HOUSE.
SO EVEN IF THEY'RE ON A GREATER THAN AN ACRE, THE ORDINANCE, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTS THEM.
SO THIS ORDINANCE ONLY RE, UH, DOES FOR STRAIGHT ZONING AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE.
SO THE PREFAB FENCES AT HOME DEPOT DID THAT, LIKE RECENTLY CHANGE OVER THE LAST, SO GENERALLY THEY'RE FOUR.
GENERALLY THEY'RE FOUR FOOT, SIX FOOT OR EIGHT FOOT IS THE PREFAB THAT COMES FROM A, UH, MANUFACTURER, FROM A, FROM MAN MANUFACTURER.
AND IF, IF COUNSEL DECIDES TO KEEP IT AT THREE FEET, UH, WHAT, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BOARD WHICH JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP
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SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE KIND OF, UH, LIMITED THOSE RESIDENTS, NOT ALLOWING THEM A SIX OR AN EIGHT FOOT, UM, IN THE FRONT YARD ON THE SMALLER LOTS.
UM, ALLOWING THEM TO GO WITH A FOUR FOOT TO MEET THE, AND, AND THE VARIANCE, THE STANDARD, THE VARIANCE PROCESS.
WHAT IS THAT? SO THE, THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR VARIANCE PAY $150 AND THEY, UH, ARE SCHEDULED FOR A MEETING.
GENERALLY, IF THEY GET THE ORDINANCE OR THE APPLICATION IN BY THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH, THEY WOULD BE ON THE THIRD MONDAY, UH, MEETING FOR THAT MONTH.
I, I GUESS I, I GUESS I'M SAYING, UH, IT WOULD BE LIKE CASE BY CASE.
AND, AND WE, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEEM PREJUDICE THAT THIS PERSON GETS IT IN THIS ONE DOES IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIX.
AND, AND THE BOARD TRIES TO BE VERY COGNITIVE OF THAT TOO, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, NOT, NOT SELECTING, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY, BECAUSE OF THE CASES THAT HAVE COME IN, UM, THEY'VE ASKED AND THEY CHARGED ME TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AND BRING TO THE, TO CITY COUNCIL, TO THE FOREFOOT BECAUSE OF, UH, THE STANDARD WITHIN THE BUILDING MATERIALS THAT ARE CREATED, UH, FROM THE LOCAL, UH, SUPPLIERS.
SUPPLIERS AND EVEN, UH, PRIVATE SUPPLIERS THAT, UM, GENERALLY THE FOREFOOT WAS TYPICAL.
COUNCILOR HAYDEN? YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
I, I DIDN'T, UM, REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE FOREFOOT, BUT NOW THAT IT'S BROUGHT TO LIGHT, I REMEMBER IN THE, IN THE LAKERIDGE THAT, I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, THAT WE HAD A CASE HERE THAT THEY WANTED FRONT YARD FENCES AND, AND WE WEREN'T, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED.
SO IS THIS, IS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM SIX RELATIVE TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY OUTSIDE OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENTS? OR LIKE, SO, UM, THE ITEM, ITEM NUMBER SIX FOR THE DECORATIVE FENCE WITHIN PAST THE FRONT FACADE IS ONLY ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT RESTRICTED THROUGH OTHER MEANS SUCH AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, THERE ARE, MOST OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS HAVE A RESTRICTION WRITTEN IN THE, IN THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT NO FENCE CAN GO PAST THE FRONT FACADE.
SO THIS ORDINANCE CANNOT SUPERSEDE THAT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S ONLY FOR STRAIGHT ZONING AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL AND SFP.
WELL, UM, I GUESS COUNCILMAN, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR YOU STILL FEEL THE SAME? I MEAN, I STILL FEEL THE SAME.
I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE YARDS IN, YOU KNOW, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE FENCES AROUND, AROUND THE FRONT YARD, UM, AT ALL.
UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT, IT, IT STARTS TO LOOK TACKY.
UM, AND, BUT, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND BETTER WHY YOU WANTED TO GO FROM, FROM THREE FEET TO FOUR FEET.
UH, WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT COMPLETELY RESOLVES MY, MY, MY ISSUE WITH, WITH FENCES AROUND THE FRONT YARD IN THE FRONT YARDS.
WELL, IF I REMEMBER, UNLESS IT'S ALLOWED BY, BY THE, BY THE ZONING, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ALLOW FENCES AROUND FRONT YARDS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT LAKE RIDGE ONE WAS DIFFERENT.
'CAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UH, THEY WANTED THE ACTUAL GATE IN FRONT OF THE DRIVEWAY.
BUT ANYWAY, COUNCILOR GLOVER AND THEN COUNSEL, LET'S, LET'S MAKE A DECISION.
SO CURRENTLY WHEN THAT, WHEN THE REQUEST COMES IN FOR A FOUR FOOT FENCE, IT BASED OFF OF THE, THE OFF OF EACH INDIVIDUAL IN, UH, INCIDENT THERE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY GO WITH THAT FOUR FOOT REQUEST BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SO IN THE PAST.
SO IF WE LIMIT, SO BY GOING FROM THREE TO FOUR, THIS JUST REMOVES THE VARIANCE AND THEN REDUCES THE COST FOR THE HOMEOWNER AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUST ADJUSTMENT? THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT THEY DO MAKE A 36 INCH ORNAMENTAL FENCE.
THEY MAY NOT CARRY IT AT HOME DEPOT, BUT IT IS MADE.
SO, UM, DID, UM, I'M SORRY, DID, DID YOU HAVE A MOTION ALREADY? OR WE STILL NEED A MOTION? YOU HAVEN'T MADE A MOTION YET, RIGHT? I HAVE NOT MADE A MOTION YET.
COUNCILWOMAN AZI, I, I'VE LIKE LISTENED AND LISTENED AND I STILL DON'T GET IT
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UM, SO IN A REGULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, A REGULAR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, IF I'M WALKING DOWN THE STREET, DOES THIS ALLOW FOR THERE TO BE A ROW OF 20 HOUSES AND FIVE OF THEM COULD JUST HAVE FENCES DOWN THEIR, THEIR FRONT OF THEIR POP PROPERTY LINE, EXTENDED PAST THE FRONT FACADE OF THEIR HOMES.
IT ALLOWS FOR THAT RIGHT NOW TO THREE FEET.
AND WE'RE SAYING WE WILL ALLOW IT TO FOUR FEET.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UNLESS IT IS IN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A FENCE RESTRICTION WRITTEN IN WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BOARD, OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, UM, HOW PREVALENT IS THIS REQUEST? ARE WE TALKING 50 REQUESTS A YEAR? LIKE HOW PREVALENT IS THIS? SO BELIEVE IT, I DID A, UH, PULL BACK OF HOW MANY VARIANCES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.
AND, UM, THERE HAS BEEN THREE, UH, VARIANCES FROM 19 TO 22 THAT THE BOARD HAD APPROVED.
MANY OF THE OWNERS AFTER THE BOARD, I HAVE HAD BROUGHT IT TO THE BOARD THAT WE HAD MANY REQUESTS THAT I WANTED TO READDRESS THE FENCE ORDINANCE.
'CAUSE ORIGINALLY THE FENCE REQUIREMENTS WERE IN THE ZONING CODE AND NOT IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCE.
AND IT, UH, WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE ZONING CODE AND PUT IN TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH THEN PUT IT UNDER THE BUILDING ADVISORY APPEAL BOARD.
BEFORE THAT IT WAS IN THE, UH, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS PERVY BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE ZONING CODE.
UM, BUT WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN, IT WAS WRITTEN, WRITTEN VERY JUMBLED MM-HMM
AND IT WASN'T FLOWING PROPERLY.
AND SO WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM HOMEOWNERS TO HAVE FENCES IN LOCATIONS THAT WEREN'T ALLOWED.
AND SO AFTER TALKING TO IT OVER WITH THE BOARD AND EXPLAINING TO THEM, AND THEN THEM RECEIVING SEVERAL REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES, THEY SAID WE SHOULD RE-LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE AND REWRITE IT SO THAT IT'S MORE SPECIFIC AND CLEAR OF WHERE A FENCE CAN BE, WHAT TYPE OF FENCE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING FOR A PERMIT.
AND SO THEN MY FOLLOW UP IS FOR THE NUMBER, UH, THE THREE OR FOUR SO THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE THREE OR FOUR YEAR PERIOD, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF HOW MANY WERE ACTUALLY REQUESTED? ABOUT 25.
IN, SO IN A THREE OR FOUR YEAR PERIOD, QUITE A FEW.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE TOLD, UH, WE STAFF HAD DIRECTED THEM THAT, LOOK, WAIT TILL WE REWRITE IT SO IT'S MORE CLEAR AND SEE WHAT CITY COUNCIL, SEE HOW CITY COUNCIL FEELS ABOUT, BECAUSE THEY ALL WANTED FOUR FOOT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GO SIX FOOT OR EIGHT FOOT IN BECAUSE THEIR LOT DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THE ONE ACRE.
SO, UM, THEY, THEY DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE WITH SPENDING $150 FOR THE, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
AND THEY WANTED TO REALLY FOLLOW THE RULES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED THROUGH THE ORDINANCE PROCESS.
AND I, UM, I CAN ASSUME THAT THE, THAT ANY, UM, SUGGESTION OF A CHANGE LIKE THIS HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH.
UM, LIKE ARE THERE ANY SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS FROM THE POLICE OR FIRE? SO IT, AS FAR AS THE, THE FENCING, UM, HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE THERE.
THE FENCING DOES NOT BLOCK DRIVEWAYS OR ENTRANCE ONTO THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND, UM, THE HEIGHT, UH, IS A GENERAL HEIGHT TO BE VISIBLE STILL FROM A EMERGENCY VEHICLE FROM OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY.
UM, MADAM CITY MANAGER, JUST WANNA CLARIFY AND YOU CAN, UM, ARGUE WITH ME.
WHAT, WHAT PERCENT DO YOU THINK OF HOMES IN CEDAR HILL ARE WITHIN A PD? JUST AN ESTIMATE? PROBABLY ABOUT 40.
ABOUT 45% OF THE HOMES RIGHT NOW ARE WITHIN PDS, BUT EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING IS A PD.
AND SO, AND UM, IT'S REALLY IN THE UNDEVELOPED AREAS REALLY THAT ARE NOT IN, UM, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC PD.
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AREAS THAT ARE SF SEVEN, SF 8.5, UM, SF 22.SO WE HAVE VERY SMALL POCKETS OF THOSE AREAS THAT, UM, OF THE CITY THAT AREN'T IN A PD WHERE THESE WOULD APPLY.
'CAUSE MOST OF OUR, LIKE I SAID, GENERALLY MOST OF OUR PDS HAVE SPECIFIC WRITING THAT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THE FRONT FENCE.
AND, AND ONE LAST QUESTION JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY IS, UM, A LOT OF THE STRAIGHT ZONING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN MANDATORY HOAS.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND LOTS OF THEM CAN PROHIBIT FRONT FENCING, CORRECT? CORRECT.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT.
AND IN, AND IN MANY CASES, THAT IS A HOA OR A, UM, CNR RESTRICTION WITHIN, UH, THOSE, THOSE LOCALITIES, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN A PD.
UM, I, I HOPE, UH, WE KIND OF MUDDY THE WATERS A LITTLE MORE, UM, AS MUD, AS CLEAR AS, BUT OKAY.
WELL, UH, I, I, I THINK FOR ME COUNSEL, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK BUILDING A APPEAL, THEY MEET, WHAT, FOUR TIMES A YEAR? GENERALLY AT MOST AS NEEDED AT MOST EIGHT.
UM, YEAH, UNLESS I'M DOING CODE, UNLESS I'M DOING A CODE CODE ADOPTION, CORRECT.
AND THEN I'M MAKING 'EM MEET ME TWICE A MONTH.
UH, SO I, I GUESS FOR ME, I MEAN, IF WE MAKE A STAND TONIGHT, COUNSEL, TO JUST KEEP IT AT THREE, WE SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE.
UH, SO IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANY VARIANCES TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
COUNSEL, I'M, I'M, I'M OPEN TO YOUR PLEASURE.
UM, MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UM, ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH 8 4 8 AND MAINTAIN THE ORNAMENTAL FENCE HEIGHT AT THREE FEET.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THAT WAS AN AMENDMENT TO FOUR FOOT.
HE'S, HE'S KEEPING IT AT THREE FEET.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT AT THREE FEET.
THAT, THAT WAS THE MOTION THAT I MADE.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
UM, OH, AND WE HAVE A SECOND FOR COUNCILOR MALONE.
ANYTHING ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
UM, ANY OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT.
SO IT MOVES FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF.
OH, WE DO NEED ANOTHER MOTION.
SO, SO THREE WAS FOR THE AMENDMENT AND FOUR WAS IN OPPOSITION OF THE AMENDMENT.
SO IF I HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN FOR MOTION, FOR APPROVAL? YES.
ALRIGHT, SO, SO THAT FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD, COUNSEL.
UH, SO THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANOTHER MOTION.
SO MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 8 4 8 AS WRITTEN AS AS, UH, RECOMMENDED.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL.
UH, SO WE'RE DOING E WE'RE DOING DEED, RIGHT? YEAH, WE OKAY.
WE'RE DOING D AREN'T WE? WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR CUSTOMER HAYDEN.
OH, AND WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MAYOR PRO TE QUESTION.
SO WE ARE APPROVING IT TO GIVE, GET IT UP TO FOUR FEET, MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT TO HAVE FOUR FEET.
AND THE BOARD CAN MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THE VARIANCE TO APPROVE IT.
IT'LL BE A BE A POLICY SET FROM COUNCIL, BUT THEY WILL STILL APPROVE IT.
THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD.
THEY WON'T PUT OH, THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD.
NO, THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD.
WE'RE MAKING A POLICY FOR MAXIMUM HEIGHT AT FOUR FEET.
NOW, RIGHT? NOT MAXIMUM HEIGHT THREE.
THANKS FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL AS RECOMMENDED FROM STAFF.
WE DO HAVE A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, MADAM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
SO ALL IN FAVOR FOR THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR AS, UH, AS RECOMMENDED FROM STAFF.
ALL IN FAVOR IS RAISE RIGHT HAND.
HUH? WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND MAN OF
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SECRETARY.THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 8 48.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
AMENDING THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCE ARE ORDINANCES.
ARTICLE 14, SECTION FOUR DASH 3 0 2, BY CHANGING THE REGULATIONS FOR THE PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION OF FENCES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CO CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WOULD YOU MIND DOING THAT ONE MORE TIME? I, I'M, I'M TEASING.
ARE WE GOOD GENTLEMEN? WE GOOD? ALRIGHT.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ANY OPPOSITION? HOW DID YOU VOTE? I'M SORRY.
ARE YOU VOTING FIRST? I'M ABSTAINED.
SO WE HAVE FIVE FOR APPROVAL, ONE FOR OPPOSITION, AND ONE ABSTAIN.
ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT, SIR? ALRIGHT, ARE WE READY? CITY MANAGER.
[9. Closed Session.]
COUNSEL, THAT TAKES US TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS CLOSED SESSION.CLOSED SESSION CALLED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NEGOTIATIONS, DISCUSSION, OR DELIBERATIONS REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY OF THE CITY, HILL CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY, OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF CEDAR HILL AND WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO THE BUSINESS PROSPECT.
THIS IS PROJECT VACATION COUNSEL, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION.
I HAVE 9 0 2 AND WE'RE IN CLOSED SESSION.
[10. Reconvene into Open Session and consider any action needed as a result of the Closed Session. ]
I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE AT 9 29 INTO OPEN SESSION AND CONSIDER ANY ACTION NEEDED AS A RESULT OF CLOSED SESSION.THERE WAS NO ACTION DURING TAKING DURING THE, UH, CLOSED SESSION.
THEREFORE, NEXT ITEM ON A AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN.
SECOND, I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.
I DO HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN INE.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
9 29 COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.