[1. Call the meeting to order.]
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Y'ALL SOUND LIKE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME OUT THERE.
THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING BRIEFING SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.
I WANT THE, UH, RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILWOMAN INE IS AWAY ON BUSINESS.
SO WE DO PRAY FOR HER TRAVELING, GRACE AND, UH, TRAVELING GRACE FOR HER RETURN.
I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations, including the June 2025 Police and Fire Monthly Snapshot and the June 2025 Financial Report. Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting Introduction of new CHISD Superintendent ]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS.GOOD EVENING, MADAM CITY MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE TO SERVE THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND I HAVE SEVERAL INTRODUCTIONS, BUT WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR NEW AMAZING DR.
MARIA GAMMEL, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I HAVE A FEW WORDS I WANNA SAY BEFORE SHE STEPS FORWARD.
MARIA GAMMEL BRINGS OVER TWO DECADES OF VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND A STRONG COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS TO HER ROLE AS SUPERINTENDENT OF CEDAR HILL ISD.
WITH MORE THAN 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, SHE HAS SERVED IN KEY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, INCLUDING CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, MOST RECENTLY CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER FOR EAGLE MOUNTAIN SAGINAW, ISD.
GAMMEL HOLDS A DOCTORATE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY FOR FROM DE QUINN UNIVERSITY, ALONG WITH ADVANCED DEGREES FROM SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH.
HER LEADERSHIP IS GROUNDED IN THE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES A FUTURE FOCUS, LIFE READY EDUCATION, ROOTED IN EQUITY, PURPOSE, AND OPPORTUNITY.
GAMMEL HAS LED TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVES THAT IMPROVED ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, EXPANDED EDUCATOR PIPELINES, AND STRENGTHENED EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
SHE HAS IMPLEMENTED INNOVATIVE COMPENSATION MODELS, SECURED UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND DEVELOPED STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS THAT PRODUCED MILLIONS IN COST SAVINGS WHILE SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF FAST-GROWING DISTRICTS.
GAMMEL EARNED SEVEN TEA DISTINCTIONS OVER THREE YEARS AND MAINTAINED AN A ACCOUNTABILITY RATING, EVEN CAMPUSES SERVING ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
HER FOCUS ON INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SYSTEMS THINKING HAS CONSISTENTLY DRIVEN STUDENT GROWTH, TEACHER DEVELOPMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS.
GAMMEL IS KNOWN FOR HER SERVANT LEADERSHIP STYLE, CENTERED ON TRUST, COLLABORATION, AND PURPOSE-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING.
SOUNDS LIKE SHE WAS MEANT FOR CEDAR HILL.
SHE LEADS WITH THE GUIDING BELIEF OF EVERY STUDENT, EVERY TIME, ALL THE TIME.
A PHILOSOPHY THAT SHAPES HER DAILY WORK AND REFLECTS HER COMMITMENT TO PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST IN EVERY DECISION.
AS THE FIRST FEMALE SUPERINTENDENT IN CEDAR HILL ISDS 121 YEAR HISTORY, SHE'S DEDICATED TO HONORING THE DISTRICT'S LEGACY, WHILE ADVANCING ITS MISSION TO DEVELOP RESILIENCE SCHOLARS WHO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY AND ARE EMPOWERED TO SERVE A PARENT OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN HERSELF AND A LONG LIFELONG LEARNER.
GAMMEL LEADS WITH EMPATHY, INTEGRITY, AND A CLEAR FOCUS ON CREATING MEANINGFUL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR EVERY STUDENT.
SHE IS HONORED TO SERVE THE CEDAR HILL LONGHORN COMMUNITY AND, AND IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING A FUTURE OF EXCELLENCE TOGETHER.
PLEASE JOIN ME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN WELCOMING OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR LIFE OF SERVICE READ OUT LIKE THAT, IT IS A REAL HUMBLING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU JUST LIVE LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR EVERY CHILD AND EVERY PERSON YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH.
AND SO TO BE HERE IS SUCH AN HONOR, AND I'M VERY HUMBLED TO BE HERE BECAUSE THAT MEANS GOD HAS TRUSTED ME WITH A FEW MORE PEOPLE TO TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES, TO GIVE AND TO SERVE.
AND I HAD NO IDEA JUST HOW MUCH OF A FOCUS THAT WAS FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL UNTIL I WENT TO A CHAMBER MEETING.
AND I SAW SOME OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING, AND I SAW SOME OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE IN THE PTA MEETING AND I SAID, THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY GOES TO WORK AND THEN GOES TO SERVE.
SO I KNOW I'M RIGHT WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
I'M CALLED TO SERVE THE NEXT GENERATION, AND I'M HONORED TO DO SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL AND THE WONDERFUL TEACHERS AND STAFF OF CEDAR HILL.
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I'M HONORED, AND MOSTLY I'M HUMBLED AND I'M AT YOUR SERVICE.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM SUPERINTENDENT? YES, IT IS.
UH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME TO BE ABLE TO COME TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
UH, I HAVE MET YOU ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS.
UH, SO IT'S GOOD TO FORMALLY MEET YOU FORMALLY.
I WANNA WELCOME YOU TO CEDAR HILL.
UH, YOU DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MEET AND GREETS COMING UP.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO INVITE US TO ANY OF THOSE? I WANT YOU ALL TO COME.
WE HAVE A MEET AND GREET THIS THURSDAY AT THE MADDOX FROM SIX O'CLOCK TO EIGHT O'CLOCK.
I AM GOING TO ATTEMPT TO BRING MY BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
THEY HAD BAND PRACTICE THIS WEEK AND LAST WEEK.
SO DR. WALKER TOLD ME THEY'RE GONNA EAT AND THEY'RE GONNA SLEEP AND THEY AREN'T GONNA DO ANYTHING ELSE.
I I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA GET THE BAND KIDS WITH ME, BUT I'LL BE THERE.
MY COLLEGE AGE KIDS WILL BE THERE.
AND I HOPE AS MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS POSSIBLY CAN WILL COME OUT TOO.
ANY ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL? ALRIGHT.
IF I CAN DO ANYTHING TO, TO HELP ASSIST AND SERVE IN YOUR AREAS OF SERVICE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
LOTS OF THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT DR.
GAMMEL, BUT ONE THING SHE'S GONNA BRING THE REALLY SUNSHINY WEATHER WITH HER, SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE DISTRICT.
I HAVE A FEW OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT, UH, I WANT TO INTRODUCE INTRODUCTIONS.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO MR. DAVID PARNELL.
DAVID BEGAN SERVING AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ON JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE ARMY.
AFTER 22 YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY AND 25 TOTAL YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE US ARMY AND TEXAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, HE RETIRED AS COMMANDER SERGEANT MAJOR IN E NINE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE CAN'T GET ANY HIGHER THAN THAT AT, AT HIS LEVEL, HAVING HELD LEADERSHIP ROLES ACROSS INFANTRY, ARMOR AND CALVARY UNITS.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, DAVID HELD A VARIETY OF LEADERSHIP INSTRUCTIONAL ROLES AND DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, AND KUWAIT.
HE IS A RECIPIENT OF MULTIPLE HONORS, INCLUDING THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN'S BADGE, THE ORDER OF ST.
BARBARA, AND THE ORDER OF THE HINS.
HE ALSO HOLDS A MASTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATION FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY'S BUSH SCHOOL.
DAVID AND HIS WIFE KRISTEN, LIVE NEAR WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS, WHERE THEY HOMESCHOOL THEIR FOUR CHILDREN.
HE IS ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH AND COMMUNITY INCLUDED AS A BOARD CANDIDATE FOR THE ELLIS COUNTY CHRISTIAN HOMESCHOOL ORGANIZATION.
DAVID IS COMMITTED TO A LIFE OF SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND FAITH, AND WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE HIM SERVE IN THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. DAVID PARNELL.
MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM INCREDIBLY HUMBLED TO BE HERE AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UH, AS I HAD A LIFE IN THE ARMY, THAT LIFE IS NOW OVER AS YOU IF YOU CAN'T TELL BY MY HAIRCUT.
AND, UH, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A LIFE COMMITTED TO THAT, AND IT WAS A LIFE THAT MY FAMILY WAS COMMITTED TO.
THAT REALLY DEFINED A LOT OF WHO I WAS.
AND IN THE TRANSITION PROCESS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO AS I JOKED WITH SOLDIERS OF WHEN I GROW UP, UH, I WAS TRYING TO REFLECT AND FIND THAT, AND I WAS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS AND DIFFERENT AREAS, AND I CAME ACROSS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
I, THAT'S WHAT I GOT MY MASTER'S DEGREE IN FROM TEXAS A AND M.
AND, UM, AND THEN I REALIZED THE WHY THAT WAS THERE, THAT I, THAT I WAS LEAVING BEHIND THE ARMY, WHICH WAS SERVICE.
AND THEN I WANTED TO BRING TO THE NEXT CAREER IN CEDAR HILL THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH STACEY AND MELISSA OPENED THAT UP AND OPENED MY EYES TO THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND TO TRUST, TO WORK WITH THE EMPLOYEES AND TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL.
I MET WITH THE, UM, WITH YOUR NEW APPOINTEE, UM, THAT'S A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UM, HE ACTUALLY CAME TO MY FIRST RTC MEETING WITH ME SERVING AS VICE CHAIR AND USUALLY PEOPLE COME TO RTC MEETING AND THEY KIND OF FALL ASLEEP IN THE MEETING.
AND HE WAS SO EXCITED AT THE END OF THE MEETING SAYING, I LOVE THIS STUFF.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK HE MIGHT, I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE
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PICKED A GOOD ONE.YEAH, WE'RE REALLY HONORED AND PROUD THAT, UH, WE HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM.
HE'S DOING GREAT WORK ALREADY, SO WE APPRECIATE HIM.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE TWO MORE INTRODUCTIONS, BUT I WON'T MAKE THEM STAND UP AND SPEAK TO YOU, BUT WE HAVE AN INTERN IN THE HOUSE.
UH, AMACHI IS A SENIOR AT UT AUSTIN IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLICY AND SHE'S INTERESTED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SHE'S ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE MAYOR'S TEAM COUNCIL AND GRADUATED FROM CEDAR HILL, ISD JOIN ME IN WELCOMING ARM TO THE TEAM.
SHE'S JOINING US TODAY ON, UH, SUMMER BREAK FROM COLLEGE.
SO THANK YOU ARM MARIACHI FOR BEING HERE.
AND THEN MY LAST INTRODUCTION IS JUANIMA MARTINEZ, PLEASE STAND AND WAVE.
SHE SERVES AS THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MESQUITE.
SHE'S BEEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR NINE YEARS AND WITH THE CITY OF MESQUITE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND SERVES AS THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND SHE IS SHADOWING ME TODAY.
SO JUST WANNA WELCOME JUANIMA TO THE CITY COUNCIL LEAGUE.
ALRIGHT, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THROUGH THOSE, I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS I WANT TO COVER WITH COUNCIL.
UM, REALLY QUICKLY ON THE COUNCIL CALENDAR HERE, UM, ON THURSDAY FROM SIX TO 7:30 PM WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD LEADERSHIP ROUND TABLE SERIES 2025.
THIS ONE IS CALLED DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
GAEL ANNOUNCED IS HER MEET AND GREET AT THE JOLYN MADDOX LEARNING CENTER IN HIGH POINT FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM UH, ON TUESDAY, UH, JULY 29TH.
NEXT TUESDAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL WORKSHOP ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS, UH, TRANSITIONING FROM THE 2017 BOND REFERENDUM IMPLEMENTATION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS ONE OF THE BIG ROCKS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE HAVE A WORKSHOP SCHEDULED NEXT TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY.
JUST A FEW MORE DATES, WANNA MENTION, ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 8TH IS THE CITY, UH, OF CEDAR HILL'S FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP FROM 12 TO 5:00 PM AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY, THE EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND THEN OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 12TH, HERE IN THE TURK KENNEDY ROOM, AS WELL AS TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH.
AND THEN ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH, WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR ADVISORY BOARD LEADERSHIP ROUND TABLE SERIES CALLED BOOKWORMS AND BEYOND AT THE RAF HICKMAN LIBRARY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING TO ADD ON THE AGENDA? I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE TGIF LEGISLATIVE SERIES, BUT THAT'S EVERY FRIDAY IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
THE ONLY THING ELSE I WANNA, UH, BEFORE I GO TO THE AGENDA I WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO IS ON THE AGENDA ARE THE, UM, LINKS IN BLUE, THE POLICE, FIRE AND FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT.
JUST WANNA POINT OUT A FEW THINGS ON THE POLICE SIDE.
ON, UH, 6 27 20 25 CEDAR PATROL SUPERVISORS RECEIVED A CALL FROM FLOWER MOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RESIDENT OF FLOWER MOUND REPORTED HER KROGER MEMBER'S ACCOUNT HAD BEEN COMPROMISED AND A FRAUDULENT ORDER FOR APPROXIMATELY $500 WAS PLACED AND SCHEDULED TO BE PICKED UP IN CEDAR AT 7:00 AM THE VICTIM'S KROGER ACCOUNT HAD HER DISCOVER CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT ATTACHED PATROL SUPERVISORS CONTACTED CID AND BEGAN SETTING UP SURVEILLANCE RIGHT AWAY.
WHILE CEDAR OFFICERS WERE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE, DETECTIVES BEGAN GATHERING INFORMATION FROM THE VICTIM AND KROGER'S LOSS PREVENTION.
THREE SUSPECTS ARRIVED AND PARKED IN THE DESIGNATED PARKING SPOT FOR THE PICKUP.
CEDAR HILL PATROL OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO DETAIN THE THREE SUSPECT SUSPECTS.
DURING THE CONTINUED INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THE THREE SUSPECT HAD JUST PARKED, PICKED UP ANOTHER FRAUDULENT ORDER AT THE KROGER AND DUNCANVILLE.
THE COMBINED EFFORT BETWEEN CEDAR HILL PATROL OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES RESULTED IN THE RECOVERY OF $1,000.
IN MERCHANDISE OBTAINED BY FRAUD, TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CREDIT CARD ABUSE, WHICH IS A STATE JAIL FELONY.
THIS IS CEDAR HILL WHERE CRIMINALS COME TO GET CAUGHT.
A $500 CHARGE ON CREDIT CARDS IN A LOT OF CITIES WOULD'VE BEEN OVERLOOKED.
UM, ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICE ACTIVITIES, OVER 5,781 RESPONSES WERE TAKING PLACE IN CEDAR HILL, AND MOST OF THOSE WERE DONE WITHIN SIX MINUTES.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF YOUR POLICE.
UH, B SHIFT CRUISE FROM TOWER TWO 11 ON JUNE 26TH AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 AM B SHIFT CRUISE, THIS IS FIRE FROM TOWER TWO 11.
A MEDIC TWO 11 RESPONDED TO A SEVERE MOTOR MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION.
UPON ARRIVAL, THEY FOUND ONE OCCUPANT TRAPPED INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND QUICKLY WENT TO WORK UTILIZING HYDRAULIC EXTRICATION TOOLS, WHICH OTHERWISE
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COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE JAWS OF LIFE TO REMOVE THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR.THIS PRECISE AND EFFICIENT EXTRICATION ALLOWED THE CREW TO RAPIDLY ACCESS THE PATIENT AND BEGIN PROVIDING CRITICAL CARE.
THE PATIENT WAS SAFELY REMOVED AND TRANSPORTED BY MEDIC TWO 11.
THEIR CALM, PROFESSIONALISM AND TEAMWORK IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS REFLECT THE HIGH LEVEL OF TRAINING AND READINESS.
OUR DEPARTMENT STRIVES FOR EVERY DAY.
93% OF THE CALLS THAT TAKE PLACE IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE RESPONDED TO WITHIN EIGHT MINUTES, AND THAT IS ABOUT 65% OF THE CITY'S BUDGET.
AS WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE BUDGET FOR 2026, THAT IS WHAT MOST OF THE RESOURCES GO TOWARDS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SECOND, THE FIRST PAGE, WE ARE, UM, ABOUT TWO THIRDS THROUGH THE YEAR, 88% OF REVENUES RECEIVED AND 66% OF EXPENDITURES.
SO WE'RE OPERATING WITHIN A BALANCED BUDGET WITHIN 20%.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE REPORTS? I JUST HAVE, UM, JUST ONE YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, TGI FRIDAY SERIES.
UH, IT'S EVERY FRIDAY COUNCIL LOVE FOR YOU TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ATTEND, YOU KNOW, AS MANY OF 'EM AS YOU CAN.
UH, THE CITY AND THE, UH, EDC BOTH HAVE A TABLE, BUT THE CEDAR HILL DAY IS THE 29TH.
SO THERE'S ANYONE THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO, TO ATTEND IS THE DAY THAT WE ARE SPONSORING AND, UH, LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
UM, WHEN I GET ONTO THE AGENDA, AND WE HAVE TWO REALLY GOOD PRESENTATIONS ON THE COMING UP AFTER ME.
FIRST IS AN UPDATE ON CEDAR HILL ROTARY CLUBS HEAD FOR THE HILLS BIKE RALLY.
UH, I AM A MEMBER OF ROTARY, A PROUD MEMBER.
I JUST GOT A APPOINTED TO THE BOARD, SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND IN THE LA YEARS AGO WE USED TO DO AN ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL AND THEY ARE NOW RESTARTING THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR, UH, ROTARY AGREEING TO DO THAT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT REPORT.
AND THEN, UH, OUR OWN ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, COLBY COLLINS, WILL DO A PRESENTATION ON THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AGENDA WISE, WE HAVE INVOCATION BY PASTOR PRINCE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, CEDAR HILL.
WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION ON DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF JULY, 2025 AS INDEPENDENT RETAIL MONTH.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S TWO ON THE AGENDA.
THE THE FIRST ONE, FOUR, UH, THE APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM SF 10 TO DISTRICT PD, UH, HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST 12TH.
THAT IS POSTED ON THE AGENDA AND EACH OF THOSE RESIDENTS, AND WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA, WERE ALSO NOTIFIED THAT THAT, UM, WOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL AUGUST 12TH.
ITEM B IS A CUP FOR, UH, SITE PLAN FOR DRONE DELIVERY FOR WALMART.
THEY, UH, ACTUALLY WENT IN WITH A ONE YEAR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WITH, UM, GENERATOR ELECTRIC SERVICE AND THEY WANT TO PUT IN PERMANENT POWER.
SO NO CHANGE IN THE SITE PLAN, OTHERWISE YOU'RE JUST GONNA PUT IN SOME PERMANENT POWER.
ACTUALLY, THE MAYOR AND I WERE SITTING IN HIS OFFICE TODAY AND SAW A DRONE FLY BY AND HE WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
UM, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE MINUTES.
UH, ITEM B IS TO APPROVE A MATCHING GRANT REIMBURSEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1070 $8 TO BEN CREEK HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION.
ITEM C IS TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BRANDON INDUSTRIES TO REPLACE MAILBOXES IN THE CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HIGH POINT PI IN THE AMOUNT OF $92,439.
THIS IS PHASE FOUR OF SIX OF THEIR PLAN TO REPLACE ALL OF THOSE MAILBOXES.
SO THEY'VE GOT TWO MORE PHASES AND THEY'RE CHIPPING AWAY AT THEM OVER TIME.
ITEM D IS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH LAND WORKS FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE FOR THE HIGH POINT PIT AS WELL.
AND ANOTHER ITEM FOR HIGH POINT PIT IS ITEM E TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT COMPANY FOR HOLIDAY LIGHTING WITHIN CEDAR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, ITEM F IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING AMER EXECUTE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR CITY MANAGER ME.
ITEM G IS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 25 0 1 FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE BAGOT BRANCH LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $160,000.
THIS IS FOR DESIGN FOR THAT LIFT STATION, AND IT WAS IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND THEN ITEM H IS TO PROVE RESOLUTION DENYING ENCORE'S RATE CHANGE APPLICATION.
THEY'RE PRO, THEY'RE UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING A 50% INCREASE IN STREETLIGHT TARIFFS, WHICH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY HURT OUR BUDGET.
SO WE ARE, UH, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF OC ENCORE CITY STEERING COMMITTEE, WE'RE, UH, RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF THAT RATE INCREASE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CLOSED CLOSED SESSIONS, PROJECT PARK AND PROJECT GAME CHANGER.
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ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA? QUESTIONS? ARE THERE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS? THANK YOU.UH, SO AS IT RELATES TO ENCORE, WHAT'S THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD? I KNOW WE, WE, WE DENY IT, BUT THEN CAN YOU SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL WHAT, WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE DENIAL? SO WE ARE A PART OF ABOUT 176 CITIES CALLED ENCORE CITY STEERING COMMITTEE.
WE GET TOGETHER, WE, WE COMBINE OUR RESOURCES TO BASICALLY, UM, NEGOTIATE WITH ENCORE ON THEIR PROPOSED RATE INCREASES.
AND THIS IMPACTS ALL RATE PAYERS, YOU, ME, ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN THE CITY ON THE ENCORE RATE TARIFFS.
AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH, UH, OCSC AND OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO COME TO A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT.
AND THAT SETTLEMENT WILL BE ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY ALL CITY COUNCILS OF THE OCSC CONGLOMERATE.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.
UH, THANK YOU MADAM CITY MAYOR.
[3. Update on Cedar Hill Rotary Club’s Head for the Hills Bike Rally.]
ON THE AGENDA IS UPDATE ON CEDAR HILL ROTARY CLUB HEAD FOR THE HILLS BIKE RALLY.NOW YEAH, JUST GO AND PASS IN JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T WANT ME TO POINT OUT THAT Y'ALL WAS EXITING.
MY NAME'S LARRY HORNER AND I'M A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CEDAR HILL ROTARY CLUB, AND I HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE BIKE RALLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
DENISE ROOT IS OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT AND SHE'S PASSING OUT T-SHIRTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE BIKE RALLY TO EACH OF YOU.
SO THIS YEAR WAS OUR 17TH ANNUAL BIKE RALLY.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT THAT LONG.
I WAS MUCH YOUNGER WHEN WE STARTED.
SO, UH, THIS YEAR WE WERE IMPACTED BY ANOTHER BIKE RALLY STARTING UP A FOR-PROFIT RALLY THAT STARTED IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
AND, UH, WE TRIED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT CHANGING THEIR DATES AND THEY WOULD NOT CHANGE THEIR DATES.
SO WE LOST A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PEOPLE THIS YEAR FROM THAT, FROM, UH, THAT COMPETING RALLY.
I THINK IT WAS A NEW RALLY THAT WAS APPEALING TO PEOPLE THAT WERE GONNA RIDE THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, BUT THEY ONLY HAD ONE ROUTE 20 MILES WHERE WE OFFER 20, 40 AND 60 MILES.
UH, AND, AND I THINK IT WAS JUST A NEW NEWNESS OF AN EVENT AND PEOPLE WANTING TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO RIDE AROUND DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND, UH, WITH THE STREETS CLOSED.
I'VE GIVEN YOU THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO WE HAD JUST OVER 700 RIDERS THIS YEAR.
UH, WE HAD EIGHT 50 LAST YEAR.
AND TO, SO YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, WE WERE CHARGING BASICALLY 60 BUCKS A RIDER, EVERY A HUNDRED IS $6,000.
SO IT DID IMPACT US FINANCIALLY.
WE STILL HAVE A SWEET SPOT OF AGE GROUP 36 TO 65, THAT'S MOST OF OUR RIDER.
IT'S MATURE ADULTS THAT ARE COMING TO CEDAR HILL AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM.
UM, AND THE BIGGEST GROUP IS PEOPLE RIDING 60 MILES, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ALWAYS PROUD OF IS, IN THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE ONE OF DEMOGRAPHIC SOURCE.
HOW DID THEY LEARN ABOUT US? THE BIGGEST ONE IS REFERRAL FROM A FRIEND.
THAT MEANS WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN THE PAST TO PUTTING ON A GOOD BIKE RALLY AND THE PEOPLE WANT TO COME BACK.
WE TRY TO MAKE AN EXPERIENCE RED ROBIN EVERY YEAR.
RED ROBIN HAS COOKED FRESH HAMBURGERS FOR EVERY RIDER AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.
AND THEN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE HAD SOUTHERN ROOTS BREWING FROM WAXAHATCHEE COME UP AND PROVIDE A COUPLE OF BEERS FOR THE WRITERS WHO WANT THEM.
WE HAVE, UM, THE BIG TENT SET UP.
WE HAVE THE STAGE FROM THE CITY, WE'VE GOT CRAIG ROOT DJ SPINNING TUNES.
SO WE MAKE IT KIND OF A PARTY AND I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME BACK.
SO IT'S GREAT ON THE, YOU CAN SEE WE DRAW PEOPLE FROM THE SECOND PAGE.
WE DRAW PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS, ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS AND EVEN DOWN TO AUSTIN AND TYLER AND HOUSTON.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PAGE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS, WE HAD 11 PEOPLE FROM OUTTA STATE.
I MET ONE GUY THERE THAT HE SAID, I FOUND YOUR RA, I'M IN THE TOWN FOR BUSINESS FROM TENNESSEE.
I RENTED A BIKE AND HE CAME OUT AND RODE WITH US, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL.
THE FOURTH SHEET YOU HAVE THERE IS, IS OUR IN INCOME AND EXPENSE.
UH, WE GET RECEIPTS FROM ENTRANCE, WE GET RECEIPTS FROM SPONSORS, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME IN KIND SERVICES WHERE PEOPLE DONATE THINGS TO US.
AND I'VE BROKEN DOWN THE EXPENSES IN THE BIG CATEGORIES OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION,
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RIDER SAFETY, WHICH IS THE POLICE AND, UH, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PEOPLE.AND THEN THE RIDER EXPERIENCE, THAT'S THE TENT.
THE REST STOPS THE MUSIC, THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE RIDER.
WE DO HAVE REST STOP EVERY 10 MILES.
AND IT'S MANNED BY VOLUNTEERS.
SO THE RIDER HAVE SOME PLACE THEY CAN STOP WHEN THEY'RE TIRED.
WE HAVE PORTA-POTTIES OUT THERE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE RIDERS.
AND THEN OTHER EXPENSES, MAINLY IT'S THE LOGISTICS AND PLANNING.
THIS YEAR WE NETTED JUST OVER $11,000.
WE HAD CLOSE TO 20,000, BUT STILL TO DATE WE'VE NETTED ALMOST $370,000 FROM THE BIKE RALLY, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING FOR THIS LITTLE ROTARY CLUB IN CEDAR HILL, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS PRETTY GREAT.
AND THEN WHAT WE DO WITH THE MONEY AT THE LAST PAGE, OUR BIGGEST THING IS OUR COATS FOR KIDS PROJECT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE PROVIDE A BRAND NEW COAT TO KIDS IN NEED.
IN THE C-H-I-S-D ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE HAND OUT 350 TO 400 COATS EVERY YEAR.
TO DATE, WE'RE AT JUST UNDER 6,000 COATS COSTING ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE'VE, UH, SPENT PUTTING COATS ON THE KIDS.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE DO OTHER THINGS.
WE DO SOME INTERNATIONAL THINGS.
WE COORDINATE WITH ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ON THEIR MISSION TO ERADICATE POLIO.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ORPHANS WE'VE ADOPTED IN UGANDA WHERE WE PAY FOR THEIR SCHOOLING FOR TWO LITTLE GIRLS BECAUSE THE GIRLS' SCHOOLING IS NOT FREE.
THE BOYS' SCHOOLING IS FREE, BUT THE GIRLS' SCHOOLING IS NOT.
UH, AND THEN WE WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN CEDAR HILL, THE LIBRARY, THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
WE MISSION CEDAR HILL AUDUBON.
SO WE DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR THIS LITTLE CLUB IN CEDAR HILL.
AND SO WE'VE MADE A REAL IMPACT IN THE CITY, BUT WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT Y'ALL.
UH, YOU YOU PARTNERED WITH US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND YOU'VE BEEN WITH US EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN.
AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND WE HOPE THAT IT'LL BE A PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL CONTINUE.
UM, ALAN WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR HILL ROTARY CLUB.
CHAD IS A MEMBER OF OUR CLUB NOW.
MELISSA IS A MEMBER, UH, I THINK MICHELLE EBANKS IS, IS WANTING TO JOIN OUR CLUB.
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER ROTARY MEMBERS HERE.
SO WE DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR CEDAR HILL AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND FOR DOING THIS FOR US.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? IT'S GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT GOING.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY THAT LOOKS FORWARD TO IT EVERY YEAR.
DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR NEXT YEAR? DID YOU SAY THAT ALREADY? YES.
IT'LL BE THE THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.
I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WHATEVER THAT DATE IS, BUT IT'LL BE THE THIRD SATURDAY.
YEAH, WE TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM MOTHER'S DAY.
'CAUSE WE'RE AT HILLSIDE AND THAT'S A BIG SHOPPING WEEKEND, SO.
IT USED TO BE MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND FOR A LONG TIME, BUT YEAH.
DEALERS DIDN'T LIKE THAT VERY WELL.
SO
WELL YOU GOT STARTED BEFORE THEY OPENED, SO, YOU KNOW.
BUT, BUT WE'RE THERE TILL LIKE THREE O'CLOCK
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, I THINK YOU, UH, THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UM, LARRY, DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES WITH THE DALLAS CLUB NEXT YEAR? IS THEY GONNA, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE OR NOT.
UM, AND IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A FOR-PROFIT RIDE.
AND, YOU KNOW, CLOSING THE STREETS IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, WE THINK WE SPENT A LOT ON POLICE.
I'M SURE THEY SPENT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN WE DID FOR A 20 MILE RIDE.
UM, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT WAS A NEWNESS AND PEOPLE THINKING, OH, IT'LL BE FUN TO RIDE THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, BUT IF THEY REALLY WANT A SERIOUS RIDE, THEY'RE GONNA COME TO CEDAR HILL.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THAT IT, SORRY.
BUT EVEN AT THAT WITH, UH, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU PULLED IN, UH, ARE STILL REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S GOOD.
AND WE WE'RE, AND WE REALLY, WE'VE WE'RE NOW PROMOTING BASICALLY ELECTRONICALLY AND THEN SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE USED TO MAIL OUT POSTCARDS, WHICH WASN'T REALLY VERY EFFECTIVE.
UM, SO IT'S, UM, AND WE'RE ON, WE'RE ALREADY ON THE, ALL THE BIKE CLUBS CALENDARS FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND WE HAVE HIRED, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE LOGISTICS AND THE PLANNING FOR US ARE THE TRY NOW PEOPLE THAT PUT ON A, A TRIATHLON HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
SO THE CITY'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM AND THEY WORK VERY WELL WITH THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE ON GETTING EVERYTHING DONE AND CLOSE.
'CAUSE WE COULDN'T DO IT WITH 12, 15 PEOPLE ANYMORE.
THEY, AND THEY'RE REALLY VERY PROFESSIONAL.
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KEEPING GOING.IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A, UH, YOU KNOW, A BENEFIT FOR SEA HAROLD.
AND DON'T YOU LOVE THE PICTURE OF ALL THOSE RIDERS HA OVER THERE AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE? I REMEMBER BACK WHEN, UH, WHEN YOU CAME TO CITY COUNCIL AND WE, WHEN WE ELECTED AND, AND PROVIDED THE SEED MONEY TO GET STARTED AND MM-HMM
AND YOU'VE JUST, YOU'VE JUST BEEN, BEEN BLOSSOMED.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.
AND I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT OUR CITY MANAGER IS NOW A MEMBER.
UH, ONE IDEA OF CONSIDERATION FOR OUR CITY MANAGER TO LEAD THE BIKE RALLY LA NEXT YEAR TO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
YOU JUST GOT, YOU JUST GOT VOLUNTEERED.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA ASK HER TO RIDE.
20 MILES MAYORS JUST COME AND BE PART OF THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[4. Presentation on the 89th Legislative Session.]
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION ON THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY KOBE COLLINS.
WHAT IS GOING ON, MARY? YOU ALL RIGHT? AND COUNSEL? SORRY.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE ONLY PRETTY PICTURE I GOT.
BUT, UM, SO AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS GOING ON.
AND SO, UH, IT'S A LOT OF BILLS OUT THERE.
WE'RE JUST GONNA TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND TOUCH ON THE ONES THAT APPLY TO US AS A CITY IN CEDAR HILL AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND HOW WE'RE PLANNING ON NAVIGATING THAT.
SO, STARTING FIRST WITH SOME INTRODUCTORY SLIDES.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, EVERYTHING WE DO IS ROOTED IN OUR MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES.
WITH OUR VALUES BEING PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS AND BEHAVIOR AND INTEGRITY AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
AND BY ALIGNING WITH THOSE VALUES, THAT HELPS US PURSUE EVERYTHING UNDER THE PURSUANT PREMIER UMBRELLA.
ALL OF THE CHARACTERISTICS YOU'VE SEEN ON THE SCREEN HERE.
AND ALSO, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU GUYS, UH, APPROVED THE FIVE YEAR SEA COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING IN COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH ALL OF THE LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND COMING INTO PLAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN, AS WELL AS THE, UH, PURSUANT PREMIER CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL.
SO, JUMPING INTO IT, UH, MAYOR, WE GOT A FEW SESSION, A FEW SECTIONS LINED UP, BUT BEFORE WE HIT THAT, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME NUMBERS.
9,014 BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS WERE FILED.
OF THAT 2,189, UH, BILLS WERE TRACKED, WHICH EQUATES TO ROUGHLY 24%.
AND OF THOSE 9,000 BILLS, 1,231 BILLS WERE PASSED.
AND OF THE TRACK BILLS, 262 BILLS WERE PASSED.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE SPLIT UP INTO SECTIONS, LAND USE, PUBLIC SAFETY, OPEN GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS AND FINANCE.
AND SO, UM, WE GOT A LOT OF BILLS TO TRY TO RUN THROUGH.
SO I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND MAKE, UH, THE, THE DIRECTORS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
SO, JUMPING INTO THE LAND USES, SO STARTING AT THE TOP HOUSE BILL 24 64 HOMEBASED BUSINESSES.
SO THIS BILL PROHIBITS CITIES FROM BANNING NO IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.
UH, AND THIS IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
SO HOME BASED BUSINESS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IS SOMEONE OPERATING IN THEIR BUSINESS FROM THEIR HOME.
NO IMPACT BUSINESS MEANS THAT IT, UH, DOES NOT AFFECT THE NATURAL CHARACTER OF THE PRIMARY USE WITH IT BEING A HOME.
SO NO SIGNAGE PROMOTING THE BUSINESS, NO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, UH, COMING TO THE HOME.
SO A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE A BOOKKEEPING BUSINESS THAT'S A LOW TO NO IMPACT BUSINESS.
AND SO, AGAIN, THIS BILL JUST STATES THAT IT PROHIBITS CITIES FROM BANNING NO IMPACT HOME BASE BUSINESSES, GOING DOWN TO HOUSE BILL 28 44, MOBILE FOOD VENDOR REGULATION, PREEMPTION.
SO THIS SPEAKS TO PRIMARILY LICENSING AND PERMITTING.
SO IF A MOBILE FOOD VENDOR HAS A STATE LICENSE OR FOOD MANUFACTURER'S PERMIT, WE CANNOT, AS A CITY, REQUIRE THEM TO ALSO GET A LOCAL PERMIT.
NOW, UH, WE DO ALLOW FOR FOOD TRUCKS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES.
BUT AGAIN, THIS BILL JUST MORE SO SPEAKS TO THE LICENSING AND PERMIT PROCESS OF IT.
HOUSE BILL 45 0 6, ELECTRONIC NOTICE FOR ZONING CHANGES.
SO CITIES MAY NOW SEND ZONING NOTICES BY EMAIL OR TEXT IF OPTED IN.
SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE, UM, UH, HAVE OUR NOTICES ONLINE OR THROUGH MAIL, THROUGH NEWSPAPER OR JUST VARIOUS AVENUES.
UH, THIS ISN'T TAKING AWAY ANYTHING, IT'S JUST ADDING ADDIT ADDITIONAL AVENUE.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO SET UP A SYSTEM SO
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IF RESIDENTS OPT IN, THEY CAN ALSO GET NOTIFIED THROUGH EMAIL AND TEXT AS WELL.SENATE A BILL 7 85 MANUFACTURED HOMES.
BILL OF NOTE, UH, THIS REQUIRES AT LEAST ONE ZONING DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOMES BY RIGHT.
AND SO I DO WANNA NOTE THIS DOESN'T COME INTO EFFECT TILL SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026.
HOWEVER, UH, WE STAFF ARE AWARE THAT, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW FOR HUD MANUFACTURED HOMES BY RIGHT.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING BETWEEN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO TALK THIS OUT.
AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T COME EFFECTIVE TILL, UH, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026, HOWEVER, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE KEEPING IN MIND.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE COUNSEL UPDATES ON THIS.
AND AS WE COME TO A DECISION ON WHICH ZONING DISTRICT WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL BE SURE TO UPDATE YOU GUYS AND LET YOU KNOW AS WELL GOING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM SENATE BILL 1883 IN RELATION TO IMPACT FEES.
CITY COUNCIL MUST APPROVE ANY ADOPTION INCREASE BY TWO THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE.
AND SO ONCE THAT FEE IS SET, FEES MAY NOT INCREASE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY JUST DID THIS LAST YEAR IN 2024, SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD FOR A FEW YEARS.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER BILL CHANGE THAT CAME INTO PLACE.
SENATE BILL 28 35, SINGLE STAIRWAY REGULATIONS.
SO THIS BILL STATES THAT IT ALLOWS FOR SIX STORY BUILDINGS, BUT THE SINGLE STAIRWAY UNDER STRICT CRITERIA.
THAT STRICT CRITERIA REALLY IS JUST AS LONG AS CERTAIN SAFETY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE.
UH, ONE CAN CONSTRUCT A SIX STORY BUILDING WITH A SINGLE STAIRWAY.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE GREATEST THING FOR US FROM AN AESTHETIC STANDPOINT.
AND ESSENTIALLY THIS BILL IS SAYING THAT PEOPLE CAN CONSTRUCT TALLER BUILDINGS WITH LESS STAIRS, ESSENTIALLY.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AS MORE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING ACROSS OUR CITY, WHETHER THROUGH MIDTOWN OR JUST ANYWHERE ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
SENATE BILL SEVEN 10 ONLINE MESSAGE BOARD.
THIS BILL AUTHORIZES ZONING BOARDS TO MESSAGE TO USE MESSAGE BOARDS FOR A COLLABORATION.
SO ZONING BOARDS THAT WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE YOUR P AND Z OR CBA, ANY OF THOSE BOARDS.
UH, THIS BOARD, THIS BILL AUTHORIZES ZONING BOARDS TO USE MESSAGE BOARDS FOR COLLABORATION.
IT DIDN'T REALLY SPECIFY WHAT TYPE OF MESSAGE BOARD WHEN I READ IT.
I THINK SOMETHING LIKE A MICROSOFT TEAMS AVENUE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT A MANDATORY BILL.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROCEED TO HOW WE'VE BEEN GOING, UH, OR BUSINESS AS USUAL, IF YOU WILL.
BUT THIS BILL DOES AUTHORIZE ZONING BOARDS TO USE IT.
AND ALSO WITH THIS ONE, IT'S KIND OF A FINE LINE OF HAVING A QUORUM ON THESE THINGS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND TOO.
HOUSE BILL 47 53, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY SUBSTITUTE.
SO THIS ONE IS JUST STATING THAT, UH, APPLICANTS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO SHOW THEIR ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.
THEY CAN PRO PROVIDE A DUPLICATE OR A COPY OR JUST SOME FORM OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SATISFIES THE CITY STANDARDS HOUSE BILL 24.
THIS IS ANOTHER INTERESTING ONE.
ZONING AMENDMENTS AND PROTESTS.
SO THIS RELATES TO ZONING CASES THAT HAS A RESIDENTIAL INCREASE.
AND THOSE ARE USUALLY THE CASES WHERE WE GET THE MOST, UH, OPPOSITION FOR THOSE CASES.
AND SO ORIGINALLY, UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROTEST THRESHOLD WAS 20%.
WITH THIS BILL COMING INTO EFFECT, THAT INCREASES FROM 20% TO 60%.
AND THEY ALSO REMOVED THE REQUIREMENT OF HAVING A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE FOR IT.
SO NOW AGAIN, IT KIND OF MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR THOSE PROTESTS TO COME IN PLACE.
SO AGAIN, THE CURRENT BILL BEFORE NINE ONE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025, 20% IS A PROTEST THRESHOLD REQUIREMENT.
NOW IT'S GONNA INCREASE TO 60% AND IT'S GONNA REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE BY CITY COUNCIL.
UH, GOING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM HOUSE BILL 2025 TAX RECEIPTS ON PLATS.
THIS ONE IS JUST SAYING THAT APPLICANT IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A TAX RECEIPT TO GET THEIR PLAT FILED.
NOW THEY'LL STILL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO PROVIDE IT, BUT UM, THEY DON'T NEED IT.
NEED TO PROVIDE IT IN ORDER TO GET THE PLAT FILED, UM, FROM THE JUMP.
HOUSE BILL OF 38 66 OUTDOOR STORAGE CONTAINERS AT COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.
SO THIS BILL ESSENTIALLY PROHIBITS, UH, RECYCLING FACILITIES WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, SPECIFICALLY 2000 SQUARE FEET OR SQUARE FEET, 2000 FEET, EXCUSE ME.
UH, SO FOR US, IT HELPS US, UM, MANAGE LOCATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL, UH, FACILITIES WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SENATE BILL 1341 MANUFACTURED HOMES.
THIS IS JUST UPDATING THE DEFINITION OF A MANUFACTURED HOME TO ALIGN WITH THE FEDERAL LAW SENATE BILL 1376 CODE ENFORCEMENT TRAINEE EXEMPTIONS.
SO THIS BILL STATES THAT A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN TRAINING CAN GO ON SITE VISITS OR OPERATE DUTIES BY THEMSELVES.
WE AS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT HERE WITH THE CITY, WE REQUIRE ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE.
WE ALSO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, UH, WHO CAN PROVIDE TRAINING TO THOSE INCOMING IN.
SO EVEN THOUGH THIS BILL STATES THAT ONE
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IN TRAINING CAN DO IT BY THEMSELVES, WE STILL ALSO HAVE OUR OWN PROCEDURES IN PLACE WHERE, WHERE WE'LL HELP, UH, AND INCOMING OFFICER WITH THEIR TRAINING.UH, SENATE BILL 3 0 4, EXPANDED MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL COURT JURISDICTION.
THIS EXPANDS MUNICIPAL COURT AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE HEALTH SAFETY AND NUISANCE ORDINANCES.
A FEW NOTES ON THIS ONE AS WELL.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE WARRANTS SIGNED BY THE JUDGE TO HELP REMOVE JUNK VEHICLES FROM A PROPERTY AFTER X AMOUNT OF DAYS.
WE ALSO CURRENTLY ENFORCE PUBLIC NUISANCE VIOLATIONS SOLELY THROUGH MUNICIPAL COURT AS CRIMINAL OFFENSES, TYPICALLY THROUGH CLASS C MISDEMEANORS RATHER THAN THROUGH CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK, UH, AS STAFF WITH OUR MUNICIPAL COURT, AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS BILL.
AND OTHER SIMILAR RELATED BILLS AS WELL.
HOUSE BILL 47 65, CODE ENFORCEMENT DEFINITION UPDATE.
THIS IS JUST UPDATING A DEFINITION TO ALIGN WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF LICENSING AND REGULATION.
AND GOING DOWN FOR THE LAST ONE FOR THIS SECTION, SENATE BILL 17, FOREIGN LAND OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS.
SO THIS ONE PROHIBITS INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES FROM BUYING OR ACQUIRING AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY IN TEXAS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND UPDATE BECAUSE, UH, THAT BILL, FROM WHAT I LAST READ, DIDN'T SPECIFY WHICH COUNTRIES THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING THAT COMES TO CEDAR HILL AS FAR AS ECONOMIC RELATED DEAL OR JUST ANYTHING LAND RELATED IN GENERAL, WE NOW HAVE TO CONSIDER, UH, WHERE THAT COMPANY, WHAT COUNTRY THAT COMPANY IS COMING FROM.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THAT ONE.
JUMPING OVER TO PUBLIC SAFETY, STARTING AT THE TOP HOUSE BILL 7 42, HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING.
SO NOW THIS BILL STATES THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL HOTELS.
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IS THAT THAT'S LIKELY GONNA REQUIRE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP THESE HOTELS WITH THESE TRAININGS AND WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH THEM TO HELP GET THAT GOING.
HOUSE BILL 44 64, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
THIS ONE STATES THAT WORKERS' COMP ELIGIBILITY FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORKERS DEPLOYED AS PART AS, AS PART OF TEXAS TASK FORCE ONE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A STATE EMERGENCY HAPPENED AND WE SENT OUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, TO GO HELP WITH A NATURAL DISASTER, WHETHER IT BE HURRICANE FLOODING OR JUST ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO PAY THOSE FIREFIGHTERS AS IF THEY WERE AT WORK.
WE CAN'T MAKE THEM USE ANY DAYS.
WE HAVE TO PAY 'EM AS IF THEY'RE STILL HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE HELPING WITH THE STATE DISASTER.
EMERGENCY HOUSE BILL 55 0 9, HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
THIS JUST STRENGTHENS PENALTIES FOR TRAFFICKING MANDATES TRAINING THAT KIND OF JUST GOES HAND IN HAND WITH HOUSE BILL 7 42 AT THE TOP.
SENATE BILL 3 0 5 UNLAWFUL VEHICLE PASSING.
UH, THIS ONE SPEAKS TO WHEN EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE COMING.
SO WE KNOW WHEN A POLICE VEHICLE FIRE, UH, AMBULANCE IS ON THE ROAD.
WE HAVE TO GET OUT THE WAY WHEN THEY HAVE THE SIRENS ON.
THIS BILL JUST ADDS ANIMAL CONTROL TO THE LIST.
SO OUR ANIMAL CONTROL VEHICLES DON'T HAVE SIRENS, BUT THEY HAVE LIGHTS.
SO NOW WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR LIGHTS ON, WE HAVE TO PULL OVER AS IF IT WAS A POLICE OFFICER OR AMBULANCE, OR A FIRE, UH, FIRE TRUCK COMING.
UH, SENATE BILL 7 67 FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT DATABASE.
THIS ONE STATES THAT WE MAY NEED TO DO AN AUDIT AND LOG EQUIPMENT INTO A DATABASE TO HELP TRACK QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF MATERIALS.
THIS DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING FOR US 'CAUSE BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY DO.
UH, NOW, HOWEVER, IT'S JUST A BILL THAT LEGALLY REQUIRES IT.
HOUSE BILL 52 38 DISRUPTING A MEETING, DIS CRIMINALIZES DISRUPTIONS DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.
SO THE BILL JUST, UH, SPECIFIED HACKING INTO A SYSTEM.
IT DIDN'T REALLY GO INTO ANY MORE DETAIL PAST THAT.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO HACK INTO A SYSTEM, UH, AND MESS WITH OUR BRIEFING MEETING NOW, OR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT IS NOW A CRIMINAL DISRUPTION OR CAN BE CRIMINAL DISRUPTION, HOUSE BILL 33 SCHOOL EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
SO, UH, EVERYONE REMEMBERS, I'M SURE A FEW YEARS AGO THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT HAPPENED.
UH, ANY BODY WITH THE ACTIVE SHOOTER.
AND SO THIS BILL KIND OF HELPS STRENGTHENS PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO FOR US, THAT REQUIRES OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH, UM, THE ISD TO MAKE SURE THOSE PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE AND HOPEFULLY MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HAPPENS HERE IN OUR CITY HOUSE.
BILL 1105 TUITION EXEMPTION FOR A PARAMEDICS.
SO THIS ONE IS, IS JUST STATING THAT, UM, ESSENTIALLY A PARAMEDIC COULD GET FREE COLLEGE OR FREE TUITION FOR COLLEGE AS LONG AS THEY ARE ENROLLED IN ONE OF ONE OR MORE COURSES, UH, FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES CURRICULUM.
AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY A PARAMEDIC, UH, AT A CITY HOUSE BILL 2217 POLICE VEHICLE PROTECTION GRANT.
THIS IS A GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP EQUIP, UH, POLICE VEHICLES WITH BULLET RESTRAINT COMPONENTS.
OKAY, SO THAT WAS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, JUMPING INTO OPEN GOVERNMENT
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HOUSE BILL 1522 OPEN MEETINGS.NOTICE THIS IS ANOTHER BIG BILL.
SO THIS ADDS A NEW OPEN MEETINGS ACT POSTING REQUIREMENTS.
SO CURRENTLY THE REQUIREMENT IS 7 72 HOURS IS NOW GOING FROM 72 HOURS TO THREE BUSINESS DAYS.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT, UM, COUNCIL AS FAR AS WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS.
UH, I GUESS A GOOD THING FOR YOU GUYS, YOU'LL GET YOUR PACKET ON WEDNESDAYS.
WELL, ONCE IT'S COMING TO, ONCE THIS COMES INTO EFFECT, OPPOSED TO FRIDAY EVENING, IT HAS TO BE THREE FULL BUSINESS DAYS.
SO FOR A TUESDAY MEETING, WE HAVE TO GET THE AGENDA OUT BY WEDNESDAY, END OF BUSINESS DAY.
AND SO THAT'LL BE THE MAJOR CHANGE, UH, REGARDING THAT.
THE BIG THING FOR THAT BILL IS JUST FOR US INTERNALLY, WE HAVE TO ADJUST OUR PROCESSES IN ORDER TO GET EVERYTHING BACK TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IN ORDER TO GET THE AGENDA OUT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UH, JUMPING DOWN TO THE VERY LAST BILL, SENATE BILL 2145 PIT AND TS MEETINGS BY TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE.
THIS BILL ESSENTIALLY STATES THAT AS LONG AS ONE MEMBER OF THE PIT ORTS BOARD IS THERE, EVERYONE ELSE CAN MEET, UH, ELECTRONICALLY, ESSENTIALLY.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT BILL ISN'T MANDATORY, IT'S OPTIONAL.
SO WE CAN AGAIN, STILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE HOW WE'VE BEEN GOING.
BUT, UH, THIS BILL PROVIDES THAT OPTION.
UH, THE THREE BILLS IN THE MIDDLE HOUSE BILL TH 37 11 HOUSE BILL, 42 14 HOUSE BILL, 42 19.
THOSE ALL KIND OF SPEAK TO, UH, INCREASING TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY AMONGST CITIES AND THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AMONGST OTHER OFFICES AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
THIS NEXT SLIDE, UH, THIS KIND OF RELATES TO TRAININGS AND PROCEDURES, HOUSE BILL 35 12.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS NOT JUST LIMITED THE CITY COUNCIL TO UNDERGO AI AWARENESS TRAINING.
SO I THINK COUNCIL, YOU GUYS ALREADY DO CYBERSECURITY TRAINING.
SO NOW UH, YOU'LL HAVE TO DO AI TRAINING AS WELL.
HOUSE BILL 53 31 SECURITY INCIDENT NOTIFICATIONS REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES AND AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS AFTER A CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT INVOLVING SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO REVIEW THE DEPLOYMENT AND USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM AND PROVIDE THE REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES.
ALRIGHT, WE ALMOST TOWARDS THE END, I PROMISE, UH, ELECTIONS SENATE BILL, THIS ONE JUST HAS TWO ITEMS. UH, SENATE BILL 5 0 6 VALID PROPOSITIONS AND, AND PETITIONS THAT STATES THAT PETITION SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO PETITION SUBMITTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
THIS APPLIES ONLY TO VALID PROPOSITIONS AND PETITIONS, NOT THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES.
SO YOU SEE THESE TWO SUB POINTS HERE.
UH, SO THIS BILL SPEAKS TO TWO DIFFERENT PORTIONS.
PROPOSITION RELATED COMES INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025.
PETITION RELATED COMES INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
THIS IS OPTIONAL, BUT THIS ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS CITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THEIR ELECTION DATE FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT MANDATORY, THIS IS OPTIONAL.
BUT ALSO WE DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY TO ELECTIONS THAT OCCURRED IN I NUMBER OF YEARS AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, GOING DOWN TO OUR LAST SECTION, FINANCE SENATE BILL 1173, COMPETITIVE BIDDING THRESHOLD.
THIS RAISE RAISES THE BIDDING THRESHOLD FOR CITIES FROM 50,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO ESSENTIALLY THIS JUST ALLOWS US, UH, TO BUY MORE WITHOUT A FORMAL BIDDING PROCESS.
SO THAT'S GOOD HOUSE BILL 1922 CONSTRUCTION LIABILITY LIABILITY CLAIM.
UH, THIS BILL ESSENTIALLY JUST ALTERS HOW BUILDERS ARE, THEY'RE HOLDING THE BUILDERS MORE ACCOUNTABLE OR CONTRACTORS OR WHOEVER THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
MORE ACCOUNTABLE SENATE BILL 10 25 TAX ELECTIONS.
THE BIG THING WITH THIS ONE STATES THAT, UH, ON A PROPOSITION WE HAVE TO PUT THIS AS A TAX AND INCREASE IN ALL CAPS AT THE TOP OF A PROPOSITION.
SO THAT'LL BE THE BIG CHANGE WITH THAT ONE.
SENATE BILL 1453 TAX RATE CALCULATION.
THIS DEFINES CURRENT DEBT SERVICE AS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT THE CITY NEEDS TO PAY ON ITS EXISTING DEBT FOR THE YEAR PRINCIPAL.
AND INTEREST ALSO ANY DEBT, UH, TAX HIGHER THAN WHAT'S NEEDED WILL NEED A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE.
AND LASTLY, HOUSE BILL 35 26 TAX RATE CALCULATION.
THIS MORE SO SPEAKS TO TRANSPARENCY.
SO WE MUST PROVIDE AS A CE TRANSPARENCY REPORTS FOR BOND ELECTIONS 20 DAYS BEFORE THE BOND ELECTION WITHIN 20 DAYS AFTER THE BOND ELECTION.
AND ANNUALLY, ANNUALLY BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
THIS HELPS RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM COST OF VOTER APPROVAL BONDS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL OF THE SECTIONS WE DO WANT TO NOTE.
THERE WAS A SPECIAL SESSION, UM, AND A FEW NOTES, A HUNDRED BILLS PRE-FILED ALREADY.
CITY RELATED ITEMS INCLUDE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, TAXPAYER FUND LOBBYISTS, REVISIONING REVISING, SORRY, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS DISASTER AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT HILL, UH, HILL COUNTRY FLOODS, POTENTIAL CONCERNS, 20% DEBT CAP.
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SPENDING CAP TIED TO POPULATION GROWTH LIMITS ON COS AND TAX NOTES AND SUPER MAJORITY APPROVAL OF TAX RATE ELECTIONS.AND ALSO WE WANNA NOTE THE GOVERNOR PRIMARY IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH, 2026, GOING BACK TO THAT 20%.
UM, SO OUR CURRENT DEBT RATIO IS 29%.
SO IF WE HAVE TO COME BACK DOWN TO 20%, THAT'S NOT ONLY GONNA AFFECT US, BUT IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH, WHETHER THAT'S ENGINEERING FIRMS, UH, CONTRACT FIRMS, OR JUST ANYBODY.
IT'S GONNA AFFECT THEIR WORK AS WELL IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN THAT 20% DEBT CAP.
SO IN ORDER TO TRY TO HELP PREVENT THIS, OUR IDEAS FOR OUR OUTREACH, UM, ALL OF OUR MAYORS FROM SURROUNDING CITIES, ALL, ALL OF OUR CITY MANAGERS FROM SURROUNDING CITIES REACH OUT DIRECTORS, REACH OUT TO REGIONAL AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, EDC BOARD, UH, CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, PARKS BOARD CDC, GETTING THEIR HELP AS WELL.
TALK TO SURROUNDING CITIES SUCH AS MIDLOTHIAN, GRAND PRAIRIE AND MANSFIELD.
THEY ALL HAVE HIGHER DEBT RATIOS THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
ALSO REACH OUT TO OUR CONTRACTORS AND PARTNERS TO HELP REACH OUT TO IN ORDER TO KIND OF HELP, UH, HELP US IN IN THIS SITUATION.
SO LOOKING AHEAD, MANY OF THESE NEW STATE LAWS, AS YOU GUYS SAW GOING TO EFFECT SEPTEMBER ONE.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES LINED IN PLACE.
ANY FUTURE UPDATES FOR ORDINANCES THAT NEED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR STAFF IMPLEMENTATION AND GUIDANCE TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
I CAN STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DIRECTORS CAN STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UH, I, I KNOW YOU TRIED TO GET IT, YOU KNOW, ALL SQUEEZED IN FOR THE BRIEFING.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? UH, PRO TIM SIMS. I'M SORRY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. THERE YOU GO.
THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE WAS COVERED.
IT WAS, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT, UH, SPECIAL SESSION ONGOING RIGHT NOW AND I WONDER IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER IF WE COULD HAVE A, AN UPDATE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE SOME TIME.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THE BILLS YOU MENTIONED, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, WE DON'T HAVE TIME IN THIS FORMAT.
I WONDERED IF, IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE A POTENTIAL WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING SO WE COULD ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT ON SOME OF THE BILLS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT REALLY IMPACT THIS CITY.
AND, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WE COULD HAVE AFTER THE, AFTER THE, UH, SPECIAL SESSION, IF WE COULD HAVE POTENTIAL WORKSHOP.
THIS IS UP TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, BUT I JUST THROWING IT OFF THERE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE NEEDED.
UM, SO I, I BELIEVE MAJORITY OF THE, I GUESS 90% OF THE PRESENTATION ARE BILLS THAT ARE BASICALLY WILL BE CONSIDERED LAW HERE PRETTY SOON.
UH, SO THAT FIRST PART, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO MEET, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS IT RELATES TO THE SPECIAL SESSION.
OBVIOUSLY THE GOVERNOR, HE CAN KEEP CALLING SPECIAL SESSIONS UP UNTIL NEXT SESSION.
SO I DON'T, IF YOU WANNA WAIT AFTER THE SPECIAL SESSION, HE MAY CALL ANOTHER ONE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I I'M OPEN TO IT.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE THAT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT.
SO I I HAVE A FEW, UH, UH, MR. COLLINS, IF YOU DON'T MIND THE 28 35.
I'M JUST NOT, UM, THAT'S THE SIX STORY BUILDING ONE.
SO ARE YOU SAYING UP TO SIX STORIES OR, OKAY, SO UP THIS COULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MULTI, UH, MULTIFAMILY, YOU KNOW, BUILDING AND YOU ONLY SAYING ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING CAN ONLY HAVE STAIRS.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
BUT I'M SAYING, BUT I'M SAYING THAT THAT'S THE MINIMUM STANDARD.
I MEAN, WE CAN PUT MULTIPLE STAIRS ON OUR DESIGN.
WELL, YEAH, WE, WE CAN, WE STILL HAVE SOME SENSE OF CONTROL TO WORK AROUND THAT, BUT JUST AS FAR AS THAT BILL ONE CAN, IT'S ESSENTIALLY SAYING IT'LL ALLOW US TO SIX STORIES WITH IT WILL ALLOW, BUT WE COULD STILL YEAH.
WE, WE STILL HAVE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN TRY TO WORK AROUND IT.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO YOUR BALD DAY, YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THIS, BUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU SAID OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CAN WORK WITH THE ISD.
WE ALSO HAVE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, ACADEMY AND CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SO THEY ALSO WORK WITH THIS SCHOOL, CORRECT.
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, YES, SIR.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT WASN'T JUST LIMITED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS DEBT CAP.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO THEY HAD WHAT'S CALLED A REVENUE CAP.
UH, THAT, THAT LIMITED OUR ABILITIES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REVENUES FOR US CITIES, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SERVICES.
BUT NOW WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A, NOW THEY'RE PROPOSING A DEBT CAP, UH, WHICH, UH, OBVIOUSLY IS EM BOLDED
UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS BOTH ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE AND ALSO ON THE, I GUESS, BUSINESS COMMUNITY SIDE.
UH, I DO SEE OUR CHAMBER PRESIDENT IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, BUT I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT AT TIMES, WHENEVER THERE WAS SOMETHING,
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UH, PROPOSED LIKE THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE, UM, A CONSORTIUM OF, UH, THE BEST SOUTHWEST AND ALL THE CITIES.SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THERE IS SOME, SOME CONVERSATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING ON FOR THIS EFFORT, UH, BECAUSE THIS CAN REALLY IMPACT, UH, OUR CITIES, UH, IMMEDIATELY OVERNIGHT, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UH, MAINTAIN SERVICES.
SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS DURING SPECIAL SESSION, UH, AS THIS BILL BEING CONSIDERED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I KNOW IT'S A LOT, SO
BUT, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS, UH, I'M SURE HE WOULD LIKE TO HELP UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THESE BILLS.
SO, UH, MAYBE WE CAN TALK OFFLINE, COLBY AND, AND SEE HOW WE CAN SEE WHEN'S THE RIGHT APPROPRIATE TIME FOR US TO, UH, BE ABLE TO HAVE, I DON'T WANNA HAVE MULTIPLE WORK SET WORK WORKSHOP SESSIONS, BUT, OKAY.
I, IF IT'S JUST ME, I MEAN, IF IT'S JUST ME, WE'LL FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY, BUT NO, SAME WAY.
NO, I, I, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO HAVE A, A WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN GO OVER THIS AND, AND TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF ALL THE LEGISLATION, UH, PASSED IN THIS SESSION.
UM, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIPS, TGIF BREAKFAST MAY ALSO COVER SOME OF THIS AS WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THOSE BREAKFAST, THEY'RE, THEY'RE USUALLY PRETTY BENEFICIAL.
UM, THERE'S GOING, YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE START ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
WE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, BRIEFING SESSION, WE'LL GO TILL 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT, SO, UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED A WORKSHOP ON THIS, PLEASE.
SO WE DO HAVE INTEREST, BUT MAYBE WE WANNA WAIT TILL AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST.
UH, I THINK THAT'S, UH, ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
ALRIGHT COUNSEL, UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THE BRIEFING SESSION.
UH, LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN.
I DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO I HAVE SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
UH, THAT IS A NON DEBATABLE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE RIGHT HAND.