May 13, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

I'D LET US BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE TO OUR AMERICAN FIGHT AND THEN TO OUR, OUR PLEDGE AMERICA.

AND FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE, AND FOR THE TEXAS, THE FLAG ALLEGEDLY TO BE TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

THE AGENDA IS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATION.

YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED.

WE DO HAVE A SERIES OF, UH, PRESENTATIONS THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH.

UH, BUT, BUT, BUT BEFORE I DO COUNCIL, IF YOU EXCUSE MY PRIVILEGE, BUT, UH, I THINK I HEARD A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE IS HERE IS, UH, CITY MANAGER GREG PORTER IN THE ROOM.

HUH? THERE HE IS.

WHAT YOU HIDE IN THE BACK.

YOU CAN'T HIDE.

WE GONNA FIND YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND.

UH, LET'S, LET'S CONTINUE EVERYONE.

UH, NEXT ITEM ON

[a. Present the Great Impact Servant Leader Award to Gayle Sims.]

PRESENT THE GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD TO MS. GAIL SIMS. COME ON DOWN AND MEET ME UP FRONT.

SWITCH PLACES.

UM, SO, UH, WE STARTED, UH, RECOGNIZING A FEW INFLUENCE PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO MADE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

UH, PROBABLY ABOUT LESS THAN 10 YEARS AGO, UH, A MEMBER OF OUR CITY COUNCIL JUST SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, WE JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEM, UH, DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE A GOOD FRIEND.

UH, SOMEONE IF YOU KNOW THIS PERSON, SHE LOVES CEDAR HILL DEARLY.

AMEN.

AND SHE IS, HUH? I SAID AMEN.

OH, .

AMEN.

AND, UH, SHE JUST WANTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT HER IMPRINT ON IN, IN ANY KIND OF WAY THAT SHE CAN.

SO I JUST WANT TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE HER.

I ACTUALLY DID WRITE A FEW THINGS DOWN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ALSO A LOT MORE THINGS THAT, UH, I WANNA BE ABLE TO PUT ON HERE.

SO PLEASE DO NOT LIMIT, UH, THE CONTENT THAT I HAVE ON HERE, BUT HONESTLY, JUST KNOW THAT THIS CAME FROM THE HEART.

BOARD PRESIDENT CEDAR HILL, ISD PASSED A $282 MILLION BOND.

SO, GAIL SIMS IS A DEDICATED LEADER WITH A PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

ORIGINALLY FROM KANSAS, SHE MADE CEDAR HILL HER HOME FOR 25 YEARS.

UH, GAIL HAS SERVED ON THE CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES SINCE 2017, WORKING TIRELESSLY TO SUPPORT STUDENT TEACHERS AND THE FUTURE OF CEDAR HILL SCHOOLS.

DURING HER TENURE AS

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THE DISTRICT'S FIRST BOND IN 12 YEARS, AS WELL AS A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION, KNOWN AS THE VADER.

GAIL IS PASSIONATE ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CEDAR HILL, ISD SCARLET SENIOR PROGRAM AND CEDAR HILL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

NOW, GAIL ALSO SERVED WHILE SHE WAS ON TRUSTEE, SHE ALSO SERVED, UH, ON THE CEDAR HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD, KNOWN AS THE CDC, WHICH WAS, WHICH HAS FUNDED SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BY KUNI TRAIL SOUTH CLAUDE ROAD TRAIL, THE SIGNATURE PARK, THE OPERATION OF ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER AND VALLEY RIDGE PARK, AND THE EXPANSION OF THE CITY PARK LAND AND OPEN SPACE ASSETS.

GAIL HAS A, HAS BEEN A LAWYER MEMBER OF TRINITY CHURCH IN CEDAR HILL FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, AND SHE FAITHFULLY SERVES AS A PRAYER INTERCESSOR WITH TRANSFORMATION VISION EVERY TUESDAY MORNING FOR HOW MANY YEARS? OKAY.

FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT.

EVERY TUESDAY MORNING WE HAVE A PRAYER GROUP, AND GAIL HAS, HAS BEEN A PART OF THAT.

SHE SUPPORTS THE INSPIRE YOUNG WOMEN PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES MENTORSHIP TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND SERVE AS A MENTOR TO NUMEROUS YOUNG WOMEN.

GAIL EXEMPLIFIES THE ESSENCE OF A GREAT SERVANT LEADER SETTING AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE FOR US ALL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ACCEPTING OUR GREAT SERVICE IMPACT LEADER AWARD.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SHE SAYS SHE'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR MASON, CITY COUNCIL.

MADAM CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AWARD.

I AM VERY HONORED AND MOST OF ALL HUMBLED TO RECEIVE THIS.

CEDAR HILL IS MY HOME.

IT IS MY HOME, AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN I WANT TO DO, THAN TO BE A PART OF MAKING SURE CEDAR HILL STAYS PREMIER AND CONTINUES TO GROW.

PREMIER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY FAMILY IS HERE AS A PART OF THIS.

AND IT, LIKE I SAID, I I AM JUST SO HUMBLED TO RECEIVE THIS.

THANK, BEFORE YOU GO, I HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS TO SAY, BUT BEFORE I DO, WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BOUQUET.

LOOK, I, OUT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT, UH, GAIL HAS DONE, I JUST WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY, I APPRECIATE YOU.

UM, USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE SERVE ON A BOARD, THEY HAVE A CALLING, RIGHT? AND THEIR CALLING IS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE.

AND THEN THEY HAVE A MISSION.

AND THEIR MISSION IS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE TASK ON THE BOARD.

WELL, SOMETIMES AS LEADERS, YOU GOTTA GO A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY AND, UH, GAIL, UH, HAS DONE THAT.

SO, AS MAYOR, UH, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT I WANT, I MEAN, IT'S IN MY CITY.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE INPUT.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

AND EVERY TIME I CALLED MIGUEL, SHE ANSWERED THE PHONE.

EVERY TIME I WANTED TO HAVE A MEETING, SHE WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I FELT LIKE WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE, UH, TENURE DURING YOUR SCHOOL, UH, TIME.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO ANSWER MY CALL WHENEVER YOU REACHED OUT.

WELL, I PRAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I PRAY THAT CONNECTION CONTINUES BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE A REALLY PREMIER CITY WITHOUT HAVING A PREMIER SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.

AND THAT CONNECTION NEEDS TO CONTINUE.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD GAIL, UH, DECIDED TO RETIRE FROM SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEE, AND I THINK YOUR RECEPTION WILL BE NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONDAY.

NEXT MONDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

NOT THAT SHE'S KEEPING TIME, RIGHT.

FIVE O'CLOCK CEDAR HILL HIGH SCHOOL.

CEDAR HIGH SCHOOL, .

WELL, IF WE COULD PLEASE GIVE IT UP AGAIN.

FORGIVE.

YOU GO, UH, I DO NOT WANNA MISS THE OPPORTUNITY.

IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS, DON'T FEEL PRESSURE.

UH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK THE MIC.

SO YOU HAVE, SO THIS IS A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM UP HERE, SO TURN ME OFF.

ALRIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN.

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UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

I, I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT WANT TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO CELEBRATE GAIL.

'CAUSE SHE'S CERTAINLY SOMEONE THAT DESERVES TO BE CELEBRATED.

UM, I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET GAIL, AND AFTER I'VE BEEN AROUND HER A FEW TIMES, I ALWAYS THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WOW, SHE'S JUST LIKE THIS QUIET STORM, RIGHT? SHE'S LIKE THIS QUIET STORM.

'CAUSE YOU COULD TELL THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD I WOULD USE NOW IS THUNDERSTORM BECAUSE IT'S SO, IT'S SO IMPACTFUL.

BUT I FEEL LIKE AFTER GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND THE, AND THE POWER, AND, UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA SPEAK ON, UH, THE WISDOM.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW HOW FUNNY GAIL IS.

SHE'S HILARIOUS.

AND, UM, SHE KIND OF GETS MY HUMOR.

UM, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE, ESPECIALLY THE, THE, UH, WISE COUNSEL AND CONVERSATIONS.

I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ME OUT OF MY PETTINESS INTO MY WISDOM AGES.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND JUST TAKING THE TIME.

THAT'S THE OTHER THING OF JUST BEING PRESENT.

I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT ALL I'LL HAVE TO DO IS MAKE A PHONE CALL TO GAIL.

UM, AND SHE WILL BE, UH, ABSOLUTELY PRESENT AND AVAILABLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR CITY.

COUNCILMAN SIMS. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR FOR THIS.

I WANTED TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THAT, UH, SOME VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE TO GAIL ARE HERE.

UH, GAIL'S SISTER IS HERE, AND GAIL'S SISTER HAPPENED TO BE MARRIED TO MY BROTHER, TWO BROTHERS, MARRIED TWO SISTERS.

SO WITH GAIL'S SISTER, MY BROTHER, PLEASE STAND UP.

AND ALSO, UH, OUR YOUNGEST SON AND MY DAUGHTER IN LOVE, UH, AJ AND MELLY SIMS ARE HERE.

WOULD YOU STAND UP? AND THEY'RE, MY GRANDSONS ARE RICKY AND ERIC AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER, UH, UH, AND, UM, MY NEPHEW, BENJAMIN DAVID SIMS. AND, AND THEN THERE'S ELLA, CHRISTINA.

THEY'RE HERE.

WOULD YOU STAND, PLEASE? I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FAMILY MEMBERS ARE HERE.

AND, AND THE LAST THING I WILL SAY, UM, MARY, UH, IT IS BEEN MY PLEASURE.

I REFER TO GAIL, NOT MY WIFE, BUT SHE'S MY GIRLFRIEND OF 52 YEARS.

AND SO WE MET, AND I MARRIED HER WHEN SHE WAS 10, YOU KNOW, .

BUT, BUT THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND OF 52 YEARS.

AND SHE CAME DOWN HERE WHEN I CAME DOWN HERE TO ACCEPT THE CITY MANAGER JOBS.

AND I'M THRILLED I KNOW HER.

UH, WELL.

SO I THINK IT'S VERY DESERVED.

COUNCILMAN GLOVER.

UH, I, WHEN Y'ALL LOOK BACK, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON LIFE AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE TIMES YOU FIRST MET SOMEONE, I REMEMBER FIRST MEETING YOU AND YOUR WONDERFUL HUSBAND WHEN I FIRST MOVED BACK TO CEDAR HILL AND STARTED ATTENDING TRINITY CHURCH AND WATCHING YOU AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM JUST IMPACT THE PRAYER SERVICE WAS JUST AMAZING.

AND THEN TO SEE, AS I BECAME MORE INVOLVED WITH CITY TO, UM, SEE YOU AND ALL THE THINGS YOU WERE DOING, YOU'RE NOT ONLY A DEDICATED SERVANT, BUT YOU'RE PASSIONATE.

AND HAVING THE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS DURING, UM, THE MY FIRST ELECTION, I WAS ABLE TO GET THAT INSIGHT.

AND AS COUNCILWOMAN INE HAS SAID, YOU'RE VERY FUNNY AND VERY INSIGHTFUL.

AND I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS THE LACK OF A BETTER WORD, WRATH OF WHEN YOU BECOME VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING AND DETERMINED.

AND I, YOU HAVE NO IDEA, .

AND, AND SEEING THAT, AND KNOWING THAT OUR CHILDREN WERE IN, ARE IN THE BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF YOUR STEWARDSHIP AND YOUR PASSION FOR OUR CHILDREN.

YOU MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR EVERY TIME I TALK TO YOU.

AND IT'S ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND HOW AMAZING THEY ARE.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A TIRELESS PROMOTER OF THE GREATNESS OF OUR CHILDREN IN OUR CITY.

THAT SITS UP HERE ON THIS D KNOWS HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE AT TIMES TO CONTINUE TO DO THE JOB AND TO, TO DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WELL, I'M, I'M GONNA USE THE MAYOR'S MICROPHONE SO I DON'T HAVE TO OPERATE THIS THING ANYMORE, .

UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO, I, I KNOW THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT YOU, UH, GAIL.

UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THAT I, I, I THANK GOD FOR, FOR BOTH OF YOU, ALAN, YOU, YOU AND GAIL, BUT GAIL AT THIS TIME FOR YOU FOR COMING TO, TO CEDAR HILL, FOR FOLLOWING GOD'S CALLING, FOR BEING OBEDIENT, FOR BEING WILLING TO SERVE.

MM-HMM .

UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY

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UM, EVEN THOUGH YOU, YOU MAY FACE, YOU KNOW, SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE OPPOSITION OR, OR, OR CHALLENGES THAT, THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN CREATE THAT, THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH.

UM, AND, AND THE WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO, TO SERVE IN, IN THAT ROLE.

AND I'M JUST, I'M THANKFUL FOR, FOR YOU, FOR YOUR WILLING TO SERVE FOR BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU, UM, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR BEING OBEDIENT TO, TO GOD'S CALL ON YOUR LIFE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, DAN FIGURED OUT HOW TO WORK THAT YET.

WHO'S GREEN? UH, J GERALD GERALD'S GOT IT RIGHT NOW.

I JUST KIND OF WANNA ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING.

UM, ALSO, JUST THE FIRST TIME THAT I KIND OF GOT INVOLVED WITH THE CITY.

I MEAN, MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WAS, UH, WITH YOUR HUSBAND AND THEN LATER ON KNOWING THAT HE HAD SUCH A LOVELY WIFE.

UM, AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT YOUR HANDS TO IN YOUR MIND AND YOU'RE DETERMINED ABOUT.

BUT THE THING THAT I REALLY LIKED THE MOST ABOUT THE FACT THAT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOUR SPIRITUALITY AND YOUR FAITH IN GOD, IT STOOD OUT AMONGST EVERYONE THAT WAS UP THERE.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING MY PASTOR SAID.

THERE HAS TO ALWAYS BE GODLY LEADERSHIP IN LEADERSHIP.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STAYING IN THE GAP FOR THAT.

AND ALSO, I KNOW YOU JUST KIND OF WENT THROUGH SOME THINGS, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I KNOW WITH YOUR SPIRITUALITY, IT JUST KIND OF BOUNCED OFF.

I MEAN, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH IF ANYONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE.

ALL RIGHT, DAN, NOW YOU'RE LIFE.

I DUNNO, I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING FIRST TIME WE MET, UH, IT, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS, I GUESS, AND, AND, UH, THROUGH SERENITY CHURCH AND SO FORTH.

AND YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING GODLY AND SPIRITUAL.

YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU MET, YOU AND ALAN BOTH WERE SO INSTRUMENTAL IN ME AND DARLA, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE COMING THROUGH, UH, WHEN WE OPENED OUR FIRST BUSINESS, YOU, YOU ALL CAME AND PRAYED OVER THE DOORS FOR US.

MM-HMM .

UH, WHEN WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH, WITH OUR FATHER-IN-LAW.

AND WE, WE'D COME TO THE, THE CHURCH THERE SPECIAL PRAYERS AND YOU ALL PRAYED OVER.

PARDON? YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR, AGAIN.

HAVE WE LOST? LOST? I LOST YOU.

ANYWAY, UM, I'M STILL READ.

SO THIS IMPACT SERVANT LEADERSHIP AWARD IS TRULY DESERVED BY YOU.

YOU KNOW, I SAW YOU GROW INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU STEPPED FORWARD.

I, I GOTTA THANK YOU A LOT TOO FOR WHAT YOU DID BACK IN 2017 WHEN YOU HAD TO RUN AND, AND YOU SUPPORTED ME OUT THERE.

UH, ABSOLUTELY DURING THE ELECTION PROCESS, UH, WE'RE TRULY BLESSED IN CITY TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE YOURSELF COMMIT AND WANT TO COMMIT YOUR TALENTS.

AND, AND, UH, I JUST APPRECIATE YOU AND ALLEN SO MUCH.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO CEDAR HILL.

ALRIGHT, SO AS MAYOR, I HAVE THE LAST LAUGH.

Y'ALL ALL KNOW, HUH? LAST LAUGH.

UH, AS, AS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, GAY SIMS IS FROM KANSAS.

UM, WE KIND OF HAD THIS LITTLE BANTER SOMETIME AROUND JANUARY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, SEEMED LIKE THOSE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE SHOWING UP HOMIES.

SO I HAVE THIS HERE THAT SAYS, GAIL SIMS GREAT IMPACT SERVICE LEADER AWARD, WILL NOW ACCEPT THAT SHE IS NOW A DALLAS COWBOY FAN.

I'M SERIOUS.

FOR THE 2025 GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD PRESENTED TO GAIL SIMS FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MAKING A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM CEDAR HILL.

CONGRATULATIONS GUEST.

I GET A PICTURE, VICKY? YES.

AND THEN CAN I GET ONE WITH THE FAMILY, PLEASE? SURE.

COME ON UP.

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FAMILY .

IT'S THAT THUNDERSTORM.

I'LL PUT THIS IN THE BOX.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP, MAYORAL SCHOLARSHIP.

EXCUSE ME.

OH, GAIL, I GOT, OH, THERE YOU GO.

[a. Presentation of the Best Southwest Partnership Mayoral Scholarship.]

MAY I PLEASE HAVE, ARE YOU NOT COMING? I'M OKAY.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE AMANDA AND MR. LV DYER THE THIRD, PLEASE.

COME ON UP HERE.

COME ON.

THEY BRING BIG CHECKS.

SO, UM, THIS IS PRETTY COOL.

THIS IS, UM, NOT A, WELL, I GUESS, UH, I SEE CHAD MCCURDY IS HERE.

SO THERE'S A AFFILIATION, A COALITION, UH, HERE IN OUR REGION CALLED THE BEST SOUTHWEST.

UH, THIS ORGANIZATION, UH, YOU KNOW, DOES, BRINGS CITIES TOGETHER.

I THINK IT'S 13 CITIES, 10, 10 CITIES, 10 CITIES WITHIN OUR REGION, AND WE ACTUALLY GET TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER.

UH, I DO SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR THE BEST.

SOUTHWEST CHAD MCCURDY IS ACTUALLY, UH, SERVES ON THE BOARD, BUT HE'S ALSO THE EDUCATION CHAIR.

SO HE'S ACTUALLY HERE IN THE DUAL ROLE.

UH, AND OF COURSE, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS AMANDA.

AND, UH, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THIS CHECK IS BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, A SCHOLARSHIP FROM, UH, METHODIST CHARLTON, UH, WHO IS, UH, PRESENTING IT.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD INTRO.

THOUGHT YOU WERE TELLING ME SOMETHING ELSE.

SO, UH, THANK YOU, UH, ANDREW FOR, FOR BEING HERE REPRESENTING METHODIST CHARLTON.

AND I DO HAVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

SO THIS YEAR, MR. LB DI II HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE 2025 RECIPIENT OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP, MAYORAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR LV? UH, LB IS A GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AND PLANS TO ATTEND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN AGRICULTURE WITH A FOCUS ON AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS.

HE ASPIRES TO BECOME AN AGRICULTURE IN FOOD SCIENTIST.

ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? AIMING TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN FARMING THROUGH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.

HE IS ESPECIALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT INCREASING MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY IN DEVELOPING, UH, CREATIVE AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES.

HIS VISION INCLUDES WORKING FOR A LEADING FOOD PROCESSING COMPANY TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTS SUCH AS BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING.

DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

AND ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES IN THE INDUSTRY.

LVS DEDICATION TO SCIENCE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND INCLUSION MAKES HIM REMARKABLE YOUNG LEADER.

AND WE ARE PROUD TO HONOR HIM WITH THIS SCHOLARSHIP.

AND I AM ESPECIALLY PROUD BECAUSE HE ALSO SERVES BY MAYOR TEAM COUNCIL.

SO AGAIN, , CAN WE GIVE IT UP? ALRIGHT.

LB, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UH, YES.

OH, YEAH.

COME ON.

HERE'S MY, YEAH, I HOLD THIS.

CAN I HOLD THE BIG CHECK? ? UH, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I'M, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I'M LIKE HONORED, UH, FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP AS IT IT'LL LIKE TRULY HELP MY EDUCATION, UM, MY PASSIONS, LIKE FOR WHAT I WANNA DO AND MY LIFE.

UH, JUST SEEING THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE REALLY INVESTED IN ME TO LIKE, HAVE A EDUCATION AND LIKE DO GREAT THINGS REALLY PUSHES ME TO LIKE, TRY MY BEST IN SCHOOL AND LIKE, JUST ANYTHING THAT I DO.

BUT THAT WOULD BE EVERYTHING THAT I SAY.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME GOODIES FOR YOU.

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AND, UH, ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? HUH? ANDREW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

YOU HAVE A GREAT NAME, YOU'RE ALREADY DOING AMAZING THINGS.

AND ON BEHALF OF METHODIST CHARLTON, WE WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS AT TEXAS STATE AND IN YOUR CAREER AS AN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SCIENTIST.

BE BEFORE YOU GO, DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY WHO IS HERE? YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM? I HAVE MY MOM, LATOYA.

YOU WANT PLEASE COME UP.

TOYA? NO.

CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH, WITH MOM? YOU WANT, YOU WANNA HOLD THE CHECK OR IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, GET IN THERE.

PROUD OF YOU, PARTNER.

PRESENTATION IS PRESENTED, PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 18TH THROUGH 24, UH, 2025 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

THANKS FOR, APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

DIDN'T MESS UP YOUR MIC.

I KNOW.

WHAT YOU DOING OVER HERE? ALRIGHT, FIGURE THIS OUT.

ALRIGHT, NEXT, UM,

[b. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 18 - 24, 2025, as National Public Works Week.]

AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARN.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND DO WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HERE? COME ON DOWN.

OH, WE HAVE A FEW.

YEAH, WE HAVE A FEW.

HELLO.

HEY ALL.

WE GOT A LITTLE GROUP HERE TODAY.

UM, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WHEREAS PUBLIC NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IS A CELEBRATION OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN NORTH AMERICA WHO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS PUBLIC WORKS.

AND WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES PROVIDED IN CEDAR HILL ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CITIZENS' EVERYDAY LIVES.

AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST FOR CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS, AND CHILDREN IN CEDAR HILL TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND WHEREAS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE DEDICATION AND IMPORTANCE OF CEDAR HILL'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO CONTINUALLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO ITS CITIZENS THROUGHOUT SIGNIFICANT STORM EVENTS.

AND WHEREAS, UH, AND THIS IS THE PART THAT I ENJOYED READING THE MOST PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, DIVISION LEADERS, PROFESSIONALS AND ADMINISTRATORS REPRESENTING CEDAR HILL, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND MUST DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN THE TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, SANITARY SEWER SERVICE, DRAINAGE COLLECTION SYSTEMS, AND THE FLEET MAINTENANCE ESSENTIAL TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL.

NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 18TH THROUGH MAY 24TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES, WHICH INVOLVE THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HERE ON TWO, SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED.

THIS 13TH DAY OF MAY, 2025 SIGNED STEVEN MA MASON MAYOR.

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AS WE ALL REALLY EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR THIS HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE WITH COMMITMENT, PROFESSIONALISM, AND PRIDE IN THEIR JOBS.

UM, THEY REALLY ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS, UH, THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCLUDE OUR STREETS, DRAINAGE, WATER, SEWER, OUR SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND THEY ALSO MAINTAIN OUR CITY FLEET AND EQUIPMENT.

THEY ARE REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE APPRECIATION.

SO CAN I HAVE EVERYONE WHO'S ON THIS SIDE MOVE TO THIS SIDE PLEASE.

AND IF YOU NEED TO KIND OF DOUBLE UP IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER.

KEEP COMING.

NO ONE BEHIND THIS PODIUM.

AH, ROBERT.

THE PRESENT ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH THE 17TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN CEDAR HILL.

COUNT FROM THREE.

AND IF YOU COULD JUST HOLD YOUR POSE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

THANK YOU MS. GRAVES.

NEXT ITEM ON

[c. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 11-17, 2025, as National Police Week in Cedar Hill.]

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MAYOR PAUL TIM SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IT'S MY PLEASURE, UH, TO PRESENT THIS, UH, CHIEF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS? WE'LL BRING ALL THE GOOD LOOKING ONES OUT.

S I'M GONNA WAIT.

YOU GUYS CAN ALL COME.

THEY'LL GET THEIR AWARD LATER.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT THAT.

COME ON.

SALUTE THE SERVICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDARVILLE, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 13TH DAY OF MAY, 2025.

SO, PROCLAMATION, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WHEREAS THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 800,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT, OF WHICH A FEW OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT.

WHEREAS OVER 66,000 ASSAULTS AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SIRS WERE REPORTED RESULTING IN OVER 22,000 INJURIES.

AND WHEREAS SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED LOSS OF LIFE IN 1786, MORE THAN 26,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN OFFICER, GRADY LAMB OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WHEREAS THE NAMES OF THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC AND WHEREAS 147 NEW NAMES OF FALLEN HEROES FROM 2024 ARE BEING ADDED TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL THIS SPRING.

THUS FAR IN 20 25, 17 OFFICERS HAVE DIED, AND WHEREAS THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED DURING THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S MEMORIAL FUND.

37TH ANNUAL CAN ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON THE EVENING OF MAY 13TH, 2025.

YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO IT TO COME.

AND WHEREAS THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL VIGIL ON MAY THE 15TH, 2025, AND WHEREAS MAY 15TH IS DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF ALL FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND US FLAGS WILL BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF NOW.

THEREFORE, I, STEPHEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEREBY DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH 17TH 2025 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

I PUBLICLY

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SIGNED STEVEN MASON, MAYOR, CHIEF, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, PRO TEM, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE RECOGNITION FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.

YOU KNOW, TEXAS LEADS THE NATION, UH, FOR THE STATE AND OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN CEDAR HILL THAT WE'VE ONLY LOST ONE OFFICER IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

UM, THE, THE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO KEEP THIS CITY SAFE IS, IS SECOND TO NONE.

UM, AND THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY MAKE FOR THEIR FAMILY TO LEAVE THEM AT NIGHT SO THAT THEY CAN PROTECT OUR CITY AND MAINTAIN THAT CEDAR HILL IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE SAFEST CITY IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST, IS BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK AND THE SACRIFICE AND THE WILLINGNESS OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO DO THAT DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

SO THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THEM AND THEIR EFFORTS, AND WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED OFFICERS IN OUR CITY.

[d. Presentation of Superior Service Awards to Detective Andrew Rhoden and Regional Emergency Management Coordinator Lauren Sanchez and presentation of Life Savings Awards to Corporal Cerda, Officer Pedraza, Officer Hale, and Officer Covarrubio.]

PRESENTATION OF SUPERIOR SERVICE AWARD TO DETECTIVE ANDREW RODIN AND REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR LAUREN SANCHEZ.

AND PRESENTATION OF LIFESAVING AWARD TO CORPORAL SERTA.

OFFICER PERZA, OFFICER HALE AND OFFICER RO BAO.

GO.

RUBIO COVER.

OF SUPERIOR SERVICE, WHILE COORDINATING REGIONAL ACTIVE ATTACK TRAINING EXERCISE, THEY DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY SERVICE AND EXHIBITED ACTIONS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR POSITIONS EXPECTED DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

GOBAR RUBIO, YOU GOT IT CHIEF.

GOOD STUFF.

WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON? CHIEF ? THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY, VERY BLESSED AND FORTUNATE TO WORK IN A CITY THAT REALLY APPRECIATES, UM, THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, OFFICERS AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT THEY MAKE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO SERVE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT HAS ALWAYS MADE PUBLIC SAFETY A PRIORITY.

UM, AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZING, UH, TWO FOLKS WITH A CERTIFICATE OF SUPERIOR SERVICE.

IF YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER IN MAY OF 2023, UH, WE HAD A HORRIFIC INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT THE ALLEN OUTDOOR MALL, UH, THAT INVOLVED, UH, UH, ACTIVE ATTACK WHERE SEVERAL, UH, MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY WERE KILLED.

UM, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, UM, ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES, ANDREW RODIN, UH, HAD TOOK THE CHARGE OF TRYING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD DO, UH, TO PREPARE HERE IN CEDAR HILL BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN OUTDOOR MALL AND IT'S A DESTINATION FOR OUR OUR REGION.

AND SO HIM AND OUR REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR REALLY WENT THROUGH A LENGTHY PROCESS OF SEVERAL MONTHS WORKING WITH THE MALL, TRYING TO COORDINATE AN EVENT THAT WE COULD HAVE OUT THERE WHERE WE COULD TRAIN FOR THIS TYPE OF SCENARIO TO HAPPEN IN CEDAR HILL.

AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF THAT COORDINATION THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP, UH, CONTINUED TO PLAN, IDENTIFIED, UH, OUR OWN VALLEY RIDGE PARK, UH, AS A, A PLACE WHERE WE COULD DO THIS TRAINING.

UM, AND THEN, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO FRUITION THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY, BRINGING TOGETHER REALLY A COLLABORATION OF ALL THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES POLICE, FIRE, EMS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS.

UM, THE WORK THAT WENT, WENT INTO THIS, UM, IS JUST AMAZING, UH, TO SEE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND WATCH, UH, WHAT WAS GOING ON AND JUST THE COORDINATION OF THE EFFORTS AND THE VOLUNTEERS AND, UH, THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND THE TRAINING.

AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S SECOND TO NONE.

AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE, UH, OUR REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR AND, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS LIKE DETECTIVE RODIN WHO ARE WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S REALLY IN, IN OUTSIDE THE COURSE OF THEIR EXPECTED DUTIES TO MAKE AN EVENT LIKE THIS HAPPEN SO THAT OUR REGION CAN BE TRAINED AND PREPARED IN IF GOD FORBIDDING WE EVER DO HAVE AN ATTACK LIKE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

AND SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM, UH, FOR THAT.

SO THIS CERTIFICATE

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SO FOR THEIR ACTIONS, DETECTIVE ANDREW RODIN AND LAUREN SANCHEZ ARE AWARDED THE SUPERIOR CERTIFICATE, UH, CERTIFICATE OF SUPERIOR SERVICE.

IN, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THAT, UH, I HAD, I HAVE A COUPLE FRIENDS AT OUR ALERT TRAINING CENTER, WHICH IS THE TRAINING, UH, FACILITY THAT TRAINS ALL OFFICERS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING FOR ACTIVE ATTACKS.

AND I HAVE ONE OF THEIR CHALLENGE COINS FOR EACH OF YOU.

SO, I DUNNO, , THERE YOU GO.

HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HE GOT A GOOD PICTURE.

I THANK YOU.

SO ON ON MARCH 14TH, 2025, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING ON MEANDERING DRIVE.

OFFICER HALE WAS THE FIRST ON SCENE AND FOUND A WOMAN LYING IN THE ENTRYWAY COVERED IN BLOOD AND UNRESPONSIVE.

HE CHECKED FOR A PULSE IN FINDING NONE.

HE BEGAN CPR OFFICER COVA RUBIO ARRIVED NEXT AND NOTICED MOST OF THE BLOOD WAS NEAR HER UPPER LEGS.

HE CUT OPEN HER PANT LEG AND FOUND TWO GUNSHOT WOUNDS ON HER UPPER THIGH.

HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED TWO TOURNIQUETS TO HER RIGHT LEG.

OFFICER PRAZA THEN ARRIVED AND DISCOVERED ANOTHER BULLET IN HER LEFT LEG AND APPLIED TWO MORE TOURNIQUETS.

CORPORAL CERTA THEN ARRIVED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND USED A QUICK CLOT GAUZE ON THE WOUNDS TO CONTROL BLEEDING.

ALL FOUR OFFICERS WORKED TOGETHER CALMLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO SAVE HER LIFE.

THEIR SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTIONS WERE CRUCIAL AS SHE WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED WITHOUT THEM FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

CORPORAL SERTA, OFFICER PEDROZA HALE AND COVA RUBIO ARE AWARDED THE LIFESAVING MEDAL.

[e. Presentation of Unit Citations Awards to members of the Cedar Hill Fire Department.]

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION OF UNIT CITATION AWARDS TO MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY CHIEF HARRISON.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

UH, IT'S IT'S GREAT MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT WE LOVE TO CELEBRATE OUR PEOPLE.

AND TONIGHT I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR OF RECOGNIZING A GROUP OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT EXEMPLIFY OUR CORE VALUES, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, COURAGE, AND HONOR DURING A HIGHLY COMPLEX AND DANGEROUS RESCUE OPERATION.

THESE INDIVIDUALS, UH, EXCEEDED, UM, THE EXPECTATIONS THAT, UH, WE SET FORTH EVERY DAY, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

UH, BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE DETAILS, UH, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY CALLING THE INDIVIDUALS FORWARD THAT WERE PART OF THIS RESCUE.

UH, THESE INDIVIDUALS PERFORMED UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS, DEMONSTRATED TEAMWORK, COMPOSURE, AND TECHNICAL PRECISION.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS COME DOWN.

BATTALION CHIEF CHAD RICHARDSON, CAPTAIN CORY LANDERS, CAPTAIN ROBERT BURLESON.

CAPTAIN PATRICK THOMAS,

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ENGINEER ADAM WHITNEY, ENGINEER CURTIS GREENBERG.

FIREFIGHTER, GRANT DIXON, WHO'S NOT WITH US TONIGHT.

FIREFIGHTER THOMAS BORTH, FIREFIGHTER AUGUSTINE PEREZ, FIREFIGHTER BRIAN HARRELL AND OUR PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER, JACK BERGER, WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT.

HE'S IN, UH, FIRE ACADEMY AT THE MOMENT.

UM, LEMME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INCIDENT THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE INVOLVED IN ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025.

ENGINE TWO 12, MEDIC TWO 12, AND RESCUE TWO 11 AND BATTALION TWO 10 WERE DISPATCHED TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT INVOLVING A ROLLED OVER TANKER TRUCK WITH A VICTIM PINNED BENEATH THE CAB, UH, ROLLED OVER ON AND THE PERSON WAS TRAPPED TO THE GROUND.

THEY HAD SERIOUS INJURIES, UH, WORKING AS A WELL-OILED MACHINE.

THESE CREWS EXECUTED A HIGHLY TECHNICAL EXTRICATION UTILIZING OUR HYDRAULIC SPREADERS, OUR STABILIZATION, STABILIZATION STRUTS, OR CRIBBING AND AIRBAGS WORKING IN TANDEM.

THEY STABILIZED AND LIFTED THE VEHICLE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PROVIDING PATIENT CARE TO THIS INDIVIDUAL.

THE SUCCESSFUL LIFT OF THE VEHICLE ULTIMATELY FREED THE PATIENT'S PINNED LIMBS, ALLOWING FOR A SAFE AND RAPID TRANSPORT TO METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER IN DALLAS.

I WANNA READ THE OFFICIAL UNIT CITATION THAT EACH OF THEM WILL BE RECEIVING TONIGHT.

ON THE UNIT CITATION, YOUR UNIT THAT YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO IS SPECIFICALLY, UM, ASSIGNED ON THE CERTIFICATE.

HERE'S THE OVERALL UNIT CITATION IN RECOGNITION OF EXCEPTIONAL TEAMWORK, TECHNICAL SKILL, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY DURING A COMPLEX VEHICLE EXTRICATION.

ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025, THE MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE HEREBY AWARDED THE UNIT CITATION.

FACED WITH A CRITICAL ENTRAPMENT INVOLVING A ROLLED TANKER TRUCK.

THIS TEAM IMPLEMENTED A COORDINATED RESCUE OPERATION USING ADVANCED STABILIZATION AND EXTRICATION TOOLS UNDER HIGHLY CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, THEIR ACTIONS RESULTED IN THE SUCCESSFUL REMOVAL AND TREATMENT OF THE SEVERELY PINNED PATIENT, REFLECTING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND PROFESSIONALISM, COURAGE AND SERVICE OF THE CEDAR L FIRE DEPARTMENT.

GIVE ME A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE GUYS, PLEASE.

CHIEF REYES IS GONNA HELP ME HAND OUT THE, UH, UNIT CITATIONS.

ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR GREAT FIREFIGHTER.

NOW IF YOU INDULGE ME FOR ONE MORE.

UH, THIS INDIVIDUAL, UM, IS ON, UH, IS STANDING UP HERE WITH US TODAY, AND IT, UH, WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THEM AND WHAT THEY'VE ADDED TO OUR ORGANIZATION.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE CAPTAIN CORY LANDERS.

HIS LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON DEPARTMENT'S TECHNICAL RESCUE PROGRAM.

CAPTAIN LAND SERVES WITH BOTH FEMA, TEXAS TASK FORCE ONE AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, TEXAS TASK FORCE TWO.

HIS DEDICATION TO TRAINING HAS ENSURED THAT THE CREWS ARE NOT ONLY QUALIFIED, BUT TRULY PREPARED FOR SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS.

AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST SITUATION THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED WHERE THE SKILLS THAT HE'S BROUGHT TO OUR DEPARTMENT TO TRAIN OUR PERSONNEL HAVE ENDED IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WHERE WE SUCCESSFULLY SAVED PEOPLE.

I WANNA READ THE UNIT CITATION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING.

THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL CITATION, NOT A UNIT CITATION TO CAPTAIN LANDERS.

IT READS IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNICAL RESCUE OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND AS A MEMBER OF TEXAS TASK FORCE ONE AND TEXAS TASK FORCE TWO.

YOUR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND DEDICATION HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF, SORRY, SIR.

PREPAREDNESS AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

YOUR ROLE AS THE BACKBONE OF OUR TECHNICAL RESCUE PROGRAM IS ENSURE THE CEDAR HILL FIRE PERSONNEL ARE NOT ONLY HIGHLY TRAINED, BUT CONSISTENTLY RESPONSE READY FOR THE MOST COMPLEX AND DEMANDING INCIDENTS.

THE SUCCESSFUL EXTRICATION PERFORMED ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025

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IS ONE OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE YOUR INFLUENCE HAS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO LIFESAVING OUTCOMES.

YOUR ABILITY TO INSTILL CONFIDENCE, COMPETENCE, AND CRITICAL SKILLS IN OUR TEAMS STANDS AS A MODEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP.

WITH THE FULL RESPECT AND GRATITUDE OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT, HERE IS YOUR INDIVIDUAL CITATION.

UM, BEFORE WE GET, UH, OFF OF, UH, THE, UM, AREA UP HERE, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN.

MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY LEADERSHIP FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THESE THAT ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE, OUR EQUIPMENT, AND OUR TRAINING SO THAT WE CAN SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, WE ARE PROUD TO REPRESENT CEDAR HILL AND WE'LL STAND READY FOR THE NEXT CALL.

UH, READ ITEM G FIRST AND THEN I WOULD DO ITEM F.

ALRIGHT, JUST A ALL RIGHT.

AGAIN, SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

SO, COUNSEL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO,

[g. Recognize the Cedar Hill Economic Development Corporation, recipients in the Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC) annual Economic Excellence Recognition program in 2024, for its achievements in economic development.]

RECOGNIZE THE CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RECIPIENTS IN THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, TEDC, ANNUAL ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION PROGRAM IN 2024 FOR ITS ACHIEVEMENT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I SEE, UM, OUR, OUR ECONOMIC DIRECTOR HERE.

WOULD YOU MIND IF I READ THE NEXT AGENDA, PLEASE?

[f. Present a Proclamation designating the week of May 11-17, 2025, as National Economic Development Week in Cedar Hill.]

UH, ITEM F PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DAY TODAY, THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH THE 17TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN CEDAR HILL.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS THE LARGEST PROFESSIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SERVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS.

AND WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITIES, MEMBERS AND PARTNERS THROUGH CONFERENCES, TRAINING, ADVISORY SERVICES, AND RESEARCH IN-DEPTH PUBLICATIONS, ADVOCACY AND INITIATIVES, INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE ACCREDITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM, AND THE CERTIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEVELOPER DESIGNATION.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS PROMOTE ECONOMIC WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE BY CREATING AND RETAINING JOBS THAT FACILITATE GROWTH AND DIVERSITY OF THE ECONOMY.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS TO STIMULATE AND INCUBATE ENTREPRENEUR, I KNEW WHAT THAT ONE WAS, NOT GONNA WORK.

ENTREPRENEURISM IN ORDER TO HELP ESTABLISH THE NEXT GENERATION OF NEW BUSINESSES, WHICH IS THE HALLMARK OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ARE ENGAGED IN THE VARIETY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING RURAL AND URBAN, LOCAL AND STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UNIVERSITIES, AND THE VARIETY OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPER DEVELOPERS ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY JOBS, DEVELOP VIBRANT COMMUNITIES, AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEIR REGIONS.

AND WHEREAS THE CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SERVES THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL WITHIN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS AN ACCREDITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC, LET'S GO BACK, WHEREAS THE CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL AND THE CEDAR HILL

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EDC HAVE ADOPTED AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WITH SEVEN GOALS TO TARGET DEVELOP, TO DEVELOP A TARGET BUSINESS ATTRACTION STRATEGY, TO DEVELOP KEY AREAS IN CEDAR HILL, TO ACTIVATE OUR GREEN SPACE, TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING BUSINESS SUPPORT, TO ENHANCE OUR TOURISM EFFORTS, TO DEVELOP CONSISTENT STORYTELLING AND TO PURSUE ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

NOW THEREFORE, I STEPHEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH 17TH 2025 AS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND REMIND INDIVIDUALS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, SUPPORTING, EXPANDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 13TH DAY OF MAY, 2025.

AND IT'S SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR, STEVE MASON.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GLOVER.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE CHANCE FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

THE SENIOR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AS A RECIPIENT OF ITS ANNUAL ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD.

THIS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MEET A DESIRED THRESHOLD OF PROFESSIONALISM AND BEST PRACTICES.

RECIPIENTS QUALIFY FOR RECOGNITION BASED UPON TRAINING BY THE GOVERNING BOARD AND STAFF, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS HELD BY THE STAFF, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES, AND THE OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS RECEIVED THIS RECOGNITION FROM TDC FOR 13 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

I'D LIKE FOR OUR TEAM TO COME UP.

WE'VE GOT THREE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT, TONY JAMES, VANESSA ALONZO, MICHAEL LAMONT.

WE'VE GOT CHERYL VAUGHN FROM OUR TEAM.

AND REALLY THAT'S SELLING OURSELVES SHORT BECAUSE THE TEAM IS EVERYBODY.

THE TEAM IS THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC WORKS AND TOURISM AND COMMUNICATIONS.

IT, IT TAKES ALL OF US TO DO THIS.

THERE ARE 562 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN TEXAS.

ONLY 71 OF THOSE RECEIVED THE 2024 ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD, INCLUDING THE CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THERE ARE NEARLY 11,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

ONLY 67 OF THOSE ARE ACCREDITED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, INCLUDING CEDAR HILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR MISSION OVERLAPS WITH YOURS IS TO BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS, FOR BUSINESS, FOR VISITORS.

WE DO THAT BY ATTRACTING BUSINESS, BY SUPPORTING EXISTING BUSINESS, BY BUILDING A CITY THAT ATTRACTS MORE VISITORS, MORE INVESTMENT, MORE RESIDENTS, AND BY TELLING THE STORY IN A COMPELLING WAY TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

AND SO THIS RECOGNITION IS FOR ALL OF US.

WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE SIX OF US ARE JUST HONORED TO BE PART OF THE TEAM.

THE FIVE OF US AND GLOVER ARE HONORED TO BE PART OF THE TEAM.

WE DIDN'T SAY COUNTY WAS A STRONG SUIT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU MR. FLORIS.

ENTREPRENEURIAL, ENTREPRENEURIAL HENRY, AND TO THE EDC BOARD.

THANK YOU AGAIN, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ANOTHER AWARD FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

AWESOME.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'M SORRY.

NO, NO, NO.

WE ARE IN PUBLIC.

NO, WE ARE IN CITIZENS FORUM.

I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M SKIPPING AROUND.

UH, WE'RE DONE WITH PRESENTATIONS NOW.

NEXT ITEM IS

[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. ]

CITIZENS FORUM.

THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE, OH, I'M SORRY.

UH, THIS ALLOWS CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT WHATEVER THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT.

ITEMS THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, COUNCIL CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE.

I DO HAVE A FEW MEMBERS TO THAT THEY WISH TO SPEAK.

AND FIRST, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH VANESSA ALONSO.

UH, SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

HER TOPIC IS FARMER'S MARKET.

UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

ALL RIGHTY.

MY NAME IS VANESSA ALONZO.

I'M REPRESENTED IN THE CEDAR HILL CHAMBER AT 300 HOUSTON STREET, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 7 5 1 0 4.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.

MAYOR, UH, MELISSA.

UM, I AM SUPER EXCITED AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CHAMBER.

UM, THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE KICKED OFF OUR OPENING DAY FOR CEDAR HILL FARMER'S MARKET.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS REPRESENTED ON SATURDAY.

I SAW A FEW OF YOU FACES WANNA SEE ALL OF YOU THERE COMING UP.

BUT SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE, UH, THIS PARTNERSHIP AND THIS COLLABORATION.

AND I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK ON IT FOR A COUPLE MINUTES.

SO, UM, IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, WE HAD OVER 50 BUSINESSES AND

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SO, UM, THAT GROWTH IN THE TIME, THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR OF DOING THE FARMER'S MARKET, HAS NEARLY TRIPLED IN FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT'S A, A SUPER EXCITING NUMBER FOR US.

AND, AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT THE CITY SUPPORT.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN REALLY HELPING ME GET THIS YEAR'S LAUNCH STARTED.

SO, UH, WE WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR HARD WORK AT THIS EVENT.

THIS WAS OUR FIRST MARKET IN OUR NEW LOCATION ON CEDAR STREET.

SO WE ARE NO LONGER BEHIND OUR BUILDING.

WE ARE, UH, FRONT ROW AND CENTER ON CEDAR STREET IN BETWEEN BABES AND THE BARBERSHOP.

SO, UM, THAT'S EASY TO SPOT WHEN YOU COME, COME CHECK US OUT.

AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THE NEW LOCATION, WE FACED SOME CHALLENGES ON, UH, SATURDAY MORNING AND BRIGHT AND EARLY AT 6:00 AM UH, PARKS WHERE THE DEPARTMENT THAT MET ME AND, AND GREETED ME AND WITH EVERY CHALLENGE, UH, THEY ADAPTED, THEY ADAPTED AND, UM, WERE FLEXIBLE IN A WAY THAT WAS, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN HELPING ME GET THE, UH, EVENT TO, TO THE SUCCESS POINT THAT, THAT IT WAS.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY THE STAFF THAT WAS ABLE TO STAY WITH US, UH, THROUGH THE EVENT.

WE ALSO WANTED TO, UH, ME PERSONALLY, I WANTED TO THANK MICHELLE EBANKS, ALLISON REAM AND SEAN RAY.

WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS LEADING UP TO, UH, THE FARMER'S MARKET.

AND THAT WAS DETRIMENTAL IN US GETTING EVERYTHING, LOGISTICS, EVERYTHING, UM, TO PLANNING FROM WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN THE DAY OF WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN BEFORE GETTING ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER.

UM, WE JUST ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP AND EXCITED TO WATCH IT GROW.

MICHELLE, I HAVE TO DO A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MICHELLE.

SHE NOT ONLY CREATED A BACKDROP, SHE ORGANIZED, UH, THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US AND THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY.

UM, AND AT ONE POINT IN TIME I LOOKED OVER AND SHE WAS HELPING A VENDOR UNLOAD SO THAT WAY WE COULD STAY ON SCHEDULE AND, AND, AND REALLY GET THE EVENT STARTED ON A, IN A TIMELY MANNER.

AND, UM, THAT SUPPORT, WE ARE A SMALL TEAM HERE AT CHAMBER.

UM, AND SO THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, YOUR CITY STAFF, YOUR DEPARTMENTS, IS SO SPECIAL FOR US, BUT IT'S ALSO A NECESSITY FOR US TO GET ON.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S, YOU SEE US SECOND AND FOURTH SATURDAYS UNTIL OCTOBER.

UH, I, I, I SEE THAT YOU HAD, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GLOVER TO ALREADY GIVE YOU SOME LOVE EARLIER TODAY.

UM, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO EXTEND, UH, I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH CIS FORUM, BUT YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO COME UP HERE.

AND THE FACT THAT YOU SHOWED SOME GRATITUDE, THAT GOES A LONG WAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UH, NEXT IS, UH, YEAH, YOU CAN CLAP.

UH, NEXT, UH, I HAVE THOMAS HAGERTY, BUT IF YOU WANNA HOLD OFF FOR THE AGENDA ITEM.

IS THAT OKAY? DO YOU HAVE TIME? YES, WE, WE, WE ARE ABOUT TO APPROACH IT REAL SOON.

AND, UH, LAST I HAVE IS I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, FELICIA TRIMBLE.

AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? YES.

THAT OKAY? WELL YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, BUT I KNOW YOU PROBABLY GOT A MINUTE LEFT AND I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WANT ANSWERS.

PLEASE COME ON UP.

UH, YOUR TOPIC IS DISMANTLED DRAINAGE IN THE ALLEY.

UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

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

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS FELICIA TRIMBLE.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M AT 1532, UH, BOCHER DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 7 5 1 0 4.

UM, I, I HATE TO COME BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY WITH, UH, A COMPLAINT, BUT I'M ALSO HERE WITH A COMPLAINT AND ALSO LOOKING FOR ANSWERS BECAUSE I'VE COME BEFORE YOU ALL, BEFORE IT WAS A DIFFERENT PANEL.

I SEE SOME NEW FACES, BUT, UM, I AM LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE RETENTION POND IN THE, UM, HIGH POINT, PHASE TWO IN CEDAR HILL, RIGHT BEHIND THE RAILROAD TRACK THAT RUNS, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH CEDAR HILL, THROUGH DILLARD'S, THE MALL, ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UH, DUNCANVILLE AREA.

BUT ANYWAY, THERE HAS BEEN SOME ISSUES GOING ON THERE WHERE IT APPEARS THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DISMANTLE, WELL, NOT TRYING, HAS DISMANTLED PART OF THE ALLEY WHERE THE WATER, THE DRAINAGE, WHERE THE WATER WILL RUN FROM ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I MEAN FROM ALL OF THE HOUSES WHERE, UH, MAYBE THE WATER FROM THEIR, UM, SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR JUST THE RAIN WHERE IT WOULD TRICKLE DOWN THROUGH THE ALLEY.

THEY HAVE DISMANTLED IT.

AND I HAVE PICTURES HERE TO SHOW YOU ALL BECAUSE IT'S CAUSING A MAJOR BACKUP OF WATER, UH, OH, OF WATER AT THE ALLEY WHERE MY HOUSE IS.

AND ALL OF IT BACKS UP AT MY HOUSE AND SNAKES COME THROUGH MY HOUSE, UH, WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS BACKUP IS THERE.

SO IF I COULD SHOW YOU GUYS SOME OF THESE PICTURES, IS

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I CAN'T GUARANTEE ANSWERS, BUT YES, I WILL, I WILL HAVE A STAFF MEMBER TO ENGAGE WITH YOU IF YOU JUST WANT TO KIND OF MEET TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

WELL, UH, A STAFF MEMBER SPOKE WITH ME BEFORE.

WHEN I CAME BEFORE YOU GUYS, AND HE ACTUALLY TRIED TO PUT THE BLAME ON THE RAILROAD TRACK OKAY.

ON THE RAILROAD SYSTEM.

THE RAILROAD SYSTEM.

I TALKED WITH THEM AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THEY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING ANYTHING.

TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE DISMANTLING OF THAT.

SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND THEY'VE TRIED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO COVER THIS UP.

I MEAN, THEY PLANTED FRESH GRASS ON THE MANTLE, UH, TO, TO STOP THE WATER FROM GOING THROUGH.

THEY'VE, UM, PUT A, A NUMBER OF WEEDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF OUR HOA THE WHITE FENCE THAT SEPARATES US FROM THE RAILROAD TRACK.

IT'S A TON OF WEEDS THAT THEY'VE PLANTED BACK THERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PROJECT IS GOING ON WHERE THERE'S NO WATER OR THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO PREVENT WATER FROM TRAVELING BACK THERE.

BUT IT'S JUST NOT A THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY GONNA MESS UP.

YEAH, I, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO DISMISS YOU, BUT PLEASE, STACEY, IF YOU DON'T MIND TO KEEP WITH IT, IF YOU COULD JUST WAIT IN THE BACK, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.

UM, THEREFORE, UH, WHENEVER WE HAVE A, UM, AND THIS IS COUNCILMAN'S, UH, INITIATIVE WHEN SHE JOINED COUNCIL, BUT WHENEVER WE HAVE ASSISTANCE FORM WITH AN ISSUE, THE STAFF DO, DO GIVE US A REPORT BACK.

SO IF YOU JUST GIVE US ONE MORE CHANCE TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU MS. FELICIA.

UH, THAT IS ALL FOR CITIZEN'S FORM.

I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANYTHING ONLINE.

MADAM SECRETARY, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO IT, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YEP.

IS A PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH EIGHT 50, WHICH AMENDS CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE CEDAR HILL CODE OF ORDINANCE BY PROVIDING FOR YOUTH STANDARDS OF CARE IN THE PARK AND RECREATION.

SO, UH, NEXT ITEM

[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-850, which amends Chapter 15, Article VIII of the Cedar Hill Code of Ordinances by providing for Youth Standards of Care in the Parks and Recreation.]

UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY PRESENTING? OKAY, COUNSEL, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE INTO A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH EIGHT 50? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? ONE MORE TIME? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH EIGHT 50? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNSEL, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS OTHER THAN, UH, THIS IS KIND OF A, A NORMAL THING WE HAVE TO DO EACH YEAR TO SET THIS UP IN THE SUMMER.

I NOTICED THERE'S NOT ANY CHANGES AT THAT POINT, SO I'D LIKE A MOTION WE MAKE THAT WE APPROVE.

PREVENTION AUTHORITY M-V-P-C-A FOR THE LEASE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS, A LPR AND MOBILE SECURITY DETERRENCE TRAILERS.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN FOR APPROVAL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION.

AND A SECOND MADAM OF SECRETARY.

THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 5 8 50, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, PROVIDING NEW DEFINITIONS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO YOUTH STANDARDS OF CARE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.

THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

AND A SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

NEXT ITEM, MS. CONSENT

[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.]

AGENDA.

COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT? UH, COUNCILOR MCCURDY? YES, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS D AND F FROM CONSENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WANNA PULL ITEMS FROM CONSENT? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO READ CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A ONE SINGLE VOTE.

UH, ANY ITEMS CAN BE PULLED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF APRIL 22ND, 2025, SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

ITEM B, CONSIDER ADOPTING A CALENDAR OF REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

ITEM C, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 25 DASH 7 54, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE SUBMISSION OF A CONTINUATION GRANT APPLICATION TO THE MOTOR VEHICLES CRIME

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ITEM E CONSIDER AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR REZONING OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE WEST MIDTOWN PLAN BOUNDARY.

AND ITEM G RECEIVED THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2025.

ITEM H CONSIDER, UH, ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER R 25 DASH 7 55, WHICH APPROVES THE AUTHOR AUTHORIZES THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FY 2006 FY 2007 SOLID WASTE INFORMATION GRANT CONSIDER OH, SORRY.

ITEM A I CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MADE EXECUTED AGREEMENT WITH BRANDON INDUSTRIES TO REPLACE MAILBOXES IN THE HIGH POINT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $172,344.

ITEM J.

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SQA CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH TEXAS STANDARD CONSTRUCTION LTD FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION OF DOUGLASVILLE ROAD AND BEAR CREEK ROAD FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $723,408.

ITEM K.

UH, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR SQA WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 25 DASH OH TWO WITH KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $216,800 FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR MOUNT LEBANON WATER LINE EXTENSION AND ITEM I CONSIDER AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 2 25 DASH OH THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF 3,370 1,400 WITH KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR STRASS ROAD TRAIL ALIGNMENT VISIBILITY STUDY.

COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. PRO SIMS. THANK YOU MAYOR.

I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH C, E, AND G THROUGH I SECOND.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? I'M SORRY.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

ALRIGHT, I'LL FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

IS D, CASE NUMBER FP 7 0 6 DASH 2025.

COUNSEL BUSH DUS.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM

[d. Case No. FP-706-2025 – Approve, in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation, an application for a final plat for the Old Town Estates Addition Phase 1 on property zoned Old Town Residential Sub-District, generally located on the northwest corner of Cedarview Drive and Houston Street, with the approximate address being 900 Cedarview Drive. Applicant: Eric Richardson, Heritage Development Group Corporation Property Owner: Eric Richardson, Heritage Development Group Corporation]

APPROVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, UH, AND APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR THE OLD TOWN ESTATE'S EDITION.

PHASE ONE ON PROPERTY ZONE OLD TOWN RESIDENTIAL SUBDISTRICT.

GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CEDAR VIEW DRIVE AND HOUSTON STREET WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 900 CEDAR VIEW DRIVE APPLICANT.

ERIC RICHARDSON, HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT GROUP CORPORATION PROPERTY OWNERS ERIC RICHARDSON, UH, HERITAGE, UH, DEVELOPMENT GROUP CORPORATION.

UM, DO WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE HERE WITH US THERE TODAY? YOU MIND PLEASE COMING DOWN? UM, COUNCIL MCCURDY? YEAH, I, I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

I WAS CURIOUS.

UM, NOW YOU'RE ONLY PLANNING PART OF THE PROPERTY WHERE, WHY DID YOU DECIDE NOT TO PLA THE WHOLE THING AT THIS TIME? YOU MEAN THE WHOLE 20 ACRES? YES.

UH, BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED AND WORKING WITH PLANNING THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY EXPRESSED SEVERAL VARIATIONS OF A ROAD THAT WOULD RUN THROUGH THAT PROPERTY AND ASK US TO PHASE THE PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO DEVELOPING IT AS ONE TRACK.

AND SO WE OBLIGED.

I'M SORRY, MCCARTY, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, CAN I PLEASE GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? MY NAME IS FELICIA RICHARDSON.

I LIVE AT 29 52 PINEHURST LANE IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 7 5 1 0 4.

AND, AND, AND THIS REALLY ISN'T RELATED TO THIS 'CAUSE THIS IS LARGELY ADMINISTERIAL, UH, FUNCTION THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I'M JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, WHAT SIZE HOMES ARE YOU GONNA PUT ON THESE LOTS? UM, THE, OR ARE YOU, ARE YOU PLANNING ON BUILDING THEM YOURSELVES? ARE YOU BRINGING IN A BUILDER? YES, SIR.

WE ARE A DEVELOPER AND BUILDER.

SO IT IS ALL UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.

SO Y'ALL ARE GONNA BUILD AT ALL YOURSELVES? YES, SIR.

AND, AND WHAT SIZE HOMES DO YOU PLAN ON BUILDING ON THESE LOTS? UM, THE MINIMUM IS BETWEEN 1600 UP TO 2,800 SQUARE FEET.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN AZI.

SO THAT'S JUST MY REQUEST FROM STAFF IS I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE DILIGENT AND YOU'RE ALWAYS DOING YOUR WORK BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE COMMENTS, BUT JUST, UH, TO KEEP A, YOU KNOW, A CLOSE, A CLOSE EYE.

UM, THIS IS JUST, IT WAS AN OBSERVATION AND I WANTED TO MAKE, TO MAKE IT FOR PUBLIC RECORD.

UM, HAVING BEEN ON PLANNING AND ZONING AND NOW ON COUNCIL, I CAN'T SAY THAT I REMEMBER A TIME WHERE I'VE SEEN SO MANY COMMENTS, UM, REFLECTED BACK FROM STAFF.

AND SO BEING, YOU KNOW, A, A CAREER ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE, THAT USUALLY STANDS OUT AS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE, UM, WATCHED CLOSELY.

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'CAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY COMMENTS AND, UH, FEEDBACK ON THE, UM, THE, THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS SENT TO US.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION IS, IS FLOWING AND WE'RE ON TOP OF ALL AND ANY ISSUES.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE JUST, YOU KNOW, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO THAT'S MY, MY ONLY COMMENT.

UM, COUNCILWOMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.

I JUST, I HAD A QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THE SIZE OF THE HOUSES.

MM-HMM .

IT INDICATED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1,620 800.

SO OF THE 45, UH, HOUSES, WHAT, HOW MANY, OR WHAT'S THE PORTION OF IT IS THE SMALLER HOUSES? UM, ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE JUST WHERE THEY CORNER.

UH, MOST OF THE SMALLER HOUSES ARE ON THOSE CORNERS THAT WE OPENED THAT ROADWAY TO ACCOMMODATE THE FIRE TRUCKS.

SO THE, THE IT I'M LOOKING AT MAYBE, UM, BETWEEN FOUR TO FIVE IN THERE, THE REST OF THEM WOULD RUN THE GAMUT OF 25, 2800 SQUARE FEET.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PRO SIMS, THANK YOU.

JUST TO FOLLOW UP.

SO ANY, UM, THE, THE TWO THINGS, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A TREND THAT WHEN WE BRING IN DEVELOPMENTS WITH SMALLER HOMES THAT THERE ARE, UH, INTERNAL AMENITIES.

ARE THERE ANY THINGS LIKE THAT PLANNED FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SUBDIVISION? THERE ARE, AND THEY WOULD'VE BEEN PHASED IN WITH PHASE ONE.

HOWEVER, WE WERE STILL IN LIMBO WITH WAITING ON THE CITY TO DECIDE IF THEY WERE GOING TO RUN THE RUN.

THE, UM, STREET A EITHER PERPENDICULAR ADJACENT ACROSS, WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE RUNNING THAT STREET.

AND THAT AMENITY WOULD'VE SIT BETWEEN PHASES ONE AND PHASES TWO.

SO WHAT PARTICULAR AMENITY WAS PROPOSED? UH, WE'LL HAVE A CLUBHOUSE.

UM, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER GREEN AREA, A WALKING, UM, WE'LL HAVE A WALKING TRAIL THROUGH THERE TOO.

SEVERAL COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, WHERE WE ACTUALLY PAUSED DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LEVEL OF STANDARD OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH INCLUDED AMENITY PACKAGE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

AND THEN LAST QUESTION, HOME VALUES, I'M SORRY, THE HOME VALUES.

UM, THE TOP END WOULD BE ABOUT 4 75.

MID RANGE IS 3 99 IN THERE.

1600 FOR 4 75.

UM, YES SIR, WITH THE AMENITIES THAT AND WITH THE LEAD, UM, ENGINEERING AND, UM, THE WAY THAT WE ARE, WE ARE DOING THE, THE HOA AND TAKING CARE OF THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S ABOUT TWO OTHER AMENITIES THAT I HAVE.

THEY'VE ESCAPED ME AT THIS JUNCTION.

I'M SO SORRY.

THE, THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THAT MM-HMM .

1600, UH, AT FOUR SEVEN, THAT'S ALMOST $300 A SQUARE FOOT.

AND MOST OF THE HOMES, THOSE WILL RANGE, WE WILL PROBABLY FALL LESS THAN OKAY.

BUT, UM, WE HAVE SEEN SOME GO FOR 300 IN THE OLD TOWN AREA AND THOSE HOUSES ARE REFURBISHED.

THESE ARE BRAND NEW HOUSES.

UM, THEY'LL HAVE, AS I SAID, UH, LEAD ENGINEERING.

UM, WE ARE ALSO EMPLOYING WITH TEXAS HEAT, DIFFERENT TYPE A DIFFERENT ME, I'M SORRY, A DIFFERENT METHOD OF, UM, INSTALLATION PANELS.

THE FIRE PROTECTION THERE, THE ROADWAY, UH, GOES INTO A SAFETY SITUATION WHERE WE'RE HAVING REAR PARKING.

SO IT PROMOTES WALKING IN THE, UM, IN THE COMMON AREAS AND NOT BLOCKED BACK WITH A BUNCH OF CARS.

SO THAT WITH THE AMENITIES SHOULD PRICE THE HOUSE A LITTLE HIGHER WHILE STAYING IN A MEDIUM INCOME RANGE SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A, UM, A GOOD PRODUCT FOR, UM, OUR REGULAR PEOPLE LIKE UME TEACHERS, DEVELOPERS, SOME WHO WANNA LIVE IN A, UM, IN A, UM, CUSTOMED FIELD HOME.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU PRO TIM.

UH, SO I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A FINAL PLAT, UM MM-HMM .

COUNCIL WENT THROUGH A, UH, RIGOROUS PROCESS.

UH, I THINK, UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY COUNCILMAN GLOVER

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SO WE WANTED THE STREET SCAPES, WE WANTED, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WAS ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER THE SIZE OF THE LOT, IT DOESN'T MATTER THE SIZE OF THE HOME.

UH, WE, WE STILL WANT HIGHER QUALITY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE KIND OF CLEARLY COMMUNICATE WELL, YOU ALL DID.

WE WENT THROUGH THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE PORTIONS, AND SO MANY OF THOSE ELEMENTS WEREN'T JUST CONSIDERED, BUT THEY WERE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL PHASE.

SO THIS IS A OLD TOWN ESTATE WALKING NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WITH THOSE, SOME OF THOSE FEATURES, THOSE ARE EVEN MORE, UM, UH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE EVEN, WELL, IT'S COST EFFECTIVE FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE A WALKING CITY THAT BECAUSE THEY'LL BRING RESIDENTS.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT SETS THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASIDE FROM WHAT IS WHAT WE KNOW AS THE OLD TOWN AND STATES AND DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL AS IT IS.

SO YOU WON'T HAVE CUSTOM, UH, MINIMALIST MODERN HOUSES.

YOU'LL STILL HAVE THAT OLD TOWN ESTATE FEEL, AND THOSE AESTHETICS ARE HIGHER END THAN JUST BUILDING A REGULAR, UM, PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, PRESENTING WITH US HERE TODAY.

UM, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

I DO UNDERSTAND THIS IS KIND OF MORE ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL, UH, DELIBERATING, UH, COUNCILOR MCCURDY.

ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER FP 7 0 6 DASH 2 0 25, COUNCIL NAZI, I SECOND.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION UNANIM.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR DEVELOPMENT.

HAVE ONE MORE ITEM FROM CONSENT.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, WE DO

[f. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract with Spark Lighting, LLC for Highlands South Park walking path lighting for an amount not to exceed $106,000.]

UH, LET ME, ITEM F ALRIGHT.

CONSIDER OR THROW IN THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SPARK LIGHTING LLC FOR HOT AND SOUTH PARK WALKING PATH LIGHTING FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 106,000.

COUNSEL, I PULLED THIS ITEM, UH, LAST WEEK.

UH, THERE WAS A, UM, A CRIME WATCH MEETING IN, UH, HOT AND SOUTH.

UM, I DID, UH, PRESENT TO THEM THAT DURING OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WE WAS GONNA BE, UH, PROPOSING TO, UH, HAVE A, A CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING AROUND THEIR PARK.

BUT THOMAS HAGGERTY, HE, UH, PROPOSED THIS, UH, I GUESS 12, 18 MONTHS AGO.

AND, UH, I THOUGHT MAYBE HE WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

JUST A FEW WORDS.

MR. HAGGERTY, UM, WOULD YOU MIND PLEASE COME ON UP.

PLEASE, SIR, THE OPERATIVE WORD IS FEW WORDS.

MR. HAGGERTY.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

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

GOOD EVENING.

YO, EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS THOMAS HERGAN.

I'M AT 4 28 C DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, HERE IN THE CITY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE MAYOR, TO THE CITY COUNCILORS, AND TO THE CITY MANAGER AND EVERYBODY ON THE UMBRELLA THAT WE REALLY NEED THOSE LIKES.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT AND GETTING IT APPROVED FOR US.

AND WE'LL BE BACK FOR SOME MORE UPGRADES, , BUT WE, WE'LL JUST RIDE ON THIS ONE RIGHT NOW, BEING HONEST.

, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR, YOU DON'T WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT YOUR PUTT PUTT YOU'RE GONNA DEVELOP IN HERE.

OH YEAH, WE GOT, WE GOT A BAD PUTT PUTT COMING IN, UH, ON THAT UPGRADE.

IT IS GOING TO BE WITH THE MAYOR.

HE GONNA BE OUT THERE WITH US, PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU PARTNER.

I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A MOMENT TO MR. HAGGERTY.

EVERYBODY KNOW, EVERYBODY UP HERE KNOWS MR. HAGGERTY IS YES, SIR.

VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HIGHLAND SOUTH.

THANK CAST MEMBER GLOVER CUSTOMER MCC.

AND, UM, BECAUSE HE COMES UP HERE AND HE'S PRETTY PERSISTENT.

HE PRETTY MUCH EVENTUALLY, EVENTUALLY, UH, GETS WHAT HE ASKED FOR.

SO, UH, COUNSEL, THAT'S ALL I WANTED.

UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY CONSIDERATION.

UM, SORRY.

CONSUMER MCCURDY, CUSTOMER GLOVER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT WITH SPARK LIGHTING LLC FOR HIGHLAND SOUTH WALKING PATH LIGHTING FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $106,000.

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I SECOND.

OH, I'M SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

AND A SECOND I FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO MR. HAGERTY.

THANK YOU FOR LEADERSHIP.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a design contract with Dekker, LLC for future renovations of the former library for an amount not to exceed $320,000.]

WE DO HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A DESIGN CONTRACT FOR A DECKER LLC FOR THE FUTURE RENOVATIONS OF THE FORMER LIBRARY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $320,000.

UH, PRO SIMS, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SAY? UH, NO.

IF, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, UM, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH, UH, DECKER LLC.

SECOND.

SECOND, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND THE SECOND COUNCILLOR MALONE.

UM, BEFORE, UH, I ASK FOR A MOTION COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT THERE'S NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT THIS ONE.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHTFORWARD.

UH, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT.

UH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING, UH, AT THIS LOCATION, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE PROUD OF, AND, AND ALSO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR, UH, CITY MANAGER.

UH, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION UNANIMOUS.

ONE MORE ITEM.

[b. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement for professional architectural and engineering services with SmithGroup for a new Senior Center addition to the Alan E. Sims Recreation Center for an amount not to exceed $992,000.]

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH SMITH GROUP FOR A NEW SENIOR CENTER EDITION TO THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $992,000.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TODAY.

IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

UH, AGAIN, COUNSEL, THIS IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL.

UM, I'M SORRY, MS. WALKER? UH, YEAH, BUT, UH, THIS IS FOR SMITH GROUP.

UH, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, CAROLYN'S GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS, SO IF IT DON'T GET APPROVED, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH HER.

I PUT IT THAT WAY.

, THAT'S WHY SHE'S HERE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS FOR THE ADDITION OF OUR, UH, SENIOR CENTER FOR THE, UH, DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES.

SO, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE COUNCILOR MCG, GLOVER AND COUNCILOR HAD THEIR HAND UP.

NO, THAT WAS FROM LAST TIME.

SO, UH, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AUTHORIZE YOU TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH SMITH ROOF FOR A SE, A NEW SENIOR CENTER EDITION TO THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $992,000.

ALRIGHT, SECOND.

AND WE HAVE A PROUD SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN .

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH, SHE, SHE SAID IT VERY LOUDLY AND PROUDLY.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ADDITIONAL? COUNSEL? ALRIGHT.

IT'S AN EXCITING DAY.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

COUNCIL.

SO DOES MS. WALKER WANT A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THIS.

UH, DO YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE VOTE FOR THIS? SHE'S WATCHING.

SO LET'S RAISE, MAKE SURE WE RAISE OUR HANDS.

UH, VERY HIGH COUNCIL.

SHE'S TAKING PICTURES.

UH, ALL THE FAVORS.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.