Aug 12, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL.

MY, UH, I THINK THERE WAS ONE THING MISSING UP ALSO.

MY CONCERN WAS NOISE VIOLATION.

UM, OKAY, I LIVE ON THE, WELL BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, WE ARE GONNA NEED YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

SURE.

MY NAME IS MARTHA HENDERSON.

I LIVE ON 1344 MILTON DRIVE IN CEDAR HILL.

I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2003.

NOW CEDAR HILL HAS SERVED ME WELL.

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OH, SORRY.

I GUESS THE MICROPHONE'S NOT CLOSE TO YOU.

LIKE TO GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS, UH, PRESENTATION PRESENTING PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING AUGUST 20TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZENS DAY AND THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 AS SENIOR CITIZEN SENIOR CENTER MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.

CEDAR HILL HAS SERVED ME WELL ANYTIME I NEED IT.

BUT NOW I HAVE A DILEMMA.

MY NEIGHBORS THINK IT'S AN EVENT CENTER IN THEIR HOME.

EVERY WEEKEND THERE'S A PARTY AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HEAR THE VIDEO AND I DON'T HAVE TO SAY MUCH ABOUT THAT ONE.

SO THIS IS THE VIDEO OF MY NEIGHBORS EVERY WEEKEND.

I'M JUST GONNA PLAY ONE SINCE I JUST HAD THREE MINUTES.

AND LEMME TURN THE VOLUME UP FOR YOU.

AND THIS IS JUST, THIS ONE WAS SUNDAY.

AND I GO THROUGH THIS EVERY WEEKEND, EVERY WEEKEND FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE SPOKE TO MY NEIGHBORS.

I HAVE RODE THE OWNER IN FLORIDA.

I RODE THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.

I HAVE NO RESOLVE NOW, THAT'S THAT ISSUE.

NOW PARKING, SINCE I JUST HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I LIVE ON A VERY CONGESTED STREET.

UM, NOW, UM, THE STREET IS SO SMALL AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALLEY DRIVEWAYS DON'T WANNA PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAY.

THEY WANNA PARK ON THE STREET.

SO NOW THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FRONT DRIVEWAYS CAN'T PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAY 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T GET OUT.

SO NOW THEY'RE PARKING IN THE STREET.

SO NOW YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH.

IF YOU GET THROUGH SOMEONE'S COMING, YOU HAVE TO BACK UP.

NOW I HAVE ONE PICTURE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE ONE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULDN'T EVEN COME DOWN AND GET MY HUSBAND WHEN I CALLED 9 1 1 A COUPLE YEARS AGO BEFORE HE PASSED.

SO IT'S GETTING SO BAD UNTIL I HAVE TO GO AROUND TO GET HOME.

AND I THINK THAT'S AN INCONVENIENCE FOR ME AND ANYONE ELSE THAT LIVES ON MIDDLETON.

AND ALSO FOR 9 1 1, BECAUSE IT IS JUST TO THE POINT WHERE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO AROUND THE CORNER TO GET TO MY HOUSE AND PARK ON THE STREET IF I WANNA GET OUT MY DRIVEWAY.

BECAUSE THE OVERSIZED TRUCKS I'VE CALLED ABOUT DUMB TRUCKS, HARSH TRAILERS, 13 WHEELERS, EVERYBODY SEEMS TO THINK THIS IS A PLACE TO PARK.

AND THEN NOW IT'S SO CONGESTED, I, EVERYONE HAS TO JUST ABOUT GO AROUND AND YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH UNLESS YOU BACK UP TO LET SOMEONE IN OR WHOEVER DECIDES TO BE COURTESY ENOUGH TO GO BACK.

SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.

BUT I REALLY NEED HELP WITH MY NEIGHBOR BECAUSE I CAN'T SLEEP.

I CAN'T ENJOY MY OWN BACKYARD.

MY PEACE IS GONE, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE.

SO THAT IS MY CONCERN.

SO I UNDERSTAND, UM, ITEMS THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE, UM, , BUT WE, BUT IT IS VALUABLE THAT YOU DO COME UP AND BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU.

UH, IF YOU COULD DO ME A FAVOR, IF YOU COULD JUST GO TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND, UH, IS STACY, CAN YOU MEET HER IN THE BACK THERE? SHE'S GONNA GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU.

AND BELIEVE ME, SHE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNCIL, UM, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HAVE A GOOD YES MA'AM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL.

I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE CITIZENS THAT I HAVE WISHING TO SPEAK TODAY.

SO I'D

[a. Present a Proclamation designating August 20, 2025 as National Senior Citizens Day and the month of September 2025 as Senior Center Month in Cedar Hill.]

UM, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE PRESENTED BY MAYOR PO TIM GLOVER.

IS IT ME OR YOU? I GOT SCARED THERE FOR A MOMENT.

WE HAD THE, UH, HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF PLAYING CHAIR VOLLEYBALL WITH OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SENIOR SENATE WHO, WHO WON BY THE WAY, WE WON .

YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SCORING.

SO THEY ARE A COMPETITIVE BUNCH.

BUT IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TOO, TO READ THIS PRO PROCLAMATION FROM OUR MAYOR.

WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH FOR THE UNITED STATES.

AND AUGUST 21ST IS THE NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZENS.

I DON'T LIKE THAT.

THE NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZENS DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, ACTIVE SENIORS MUCH BETTER HAVE ACHIEVED A LOT FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR COUNTRY.

THAT REMAINS TRUE TODAY AND GIVE, AND GIVES US AN, AND GIVES US AMPLE REASON THIS YEAR TO RESERVE A SPECIAL MONTH IN HONOR OF OUR ACTIVE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO MEAN SO MUCH TO OUR LAND.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS SENIOR

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ACTIVITY CENTER SERVES AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE PROVISIONS AND COORDINATION OF THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER ADULTS THROUGHOUT DALLAS COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS THROUGH THE ARRAY OF SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES, THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER EMPOWERS OLDER CITIZENS TO, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR OWN HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND THE HEALTH, HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS OF ALL AGES.

AND WHEREAS THE CEDAR HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER AFFIRMS THE DIGNITY, SELF-WORTH AND INDEPENDENCE OF OLDER PERSONS BY FACILITATING THEIR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS, TAPPING THEIR EXPERIENCES, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE, AND ENABLING THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH, FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER CENTER WILL BE SPONSORING A SENIOR INFORMATION AND WELLNESS EXPO AT THE EE SIMS CEDAR HILL RECREATION CENTER FOR ALL SENIORS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVEN NATE, STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST, 2025 AS SENIOR CITIZEN AND SEPTEMBER 20TH, SEPTEMBER, 2025 AS SENIOR CENTER MONTH AND CALL UPON ALL OUR CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL TO RECOGNIZE THIS SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND PARTICIPANTS, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF THE OLDER CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

A WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND I HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXES 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2025.

AND THEY'RE SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR STEVEN MASON.

I GUESS SO.

PROAM, CAN YOU GET THE MIC? THANK YOU.

HONORABLE MAYOR STEVE MASON, CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGER, MME. MELISSA VALDEZ C*****G AND HER ASSISTANT ALISON RE AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CEDAR HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, WE ONLY EXTEND OUR TEL APPRECIATION FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS DAY AND SENIOR CENTER MONTH.

WE WOULD LIKE FIRST TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW MAYOR, PRO TEM COUNCIL, UH, GREGORY GLOVER.

AND ALSO THANKS TO, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, ALLEN SIMS FOR HIS PAST SERVICE AS A, UH, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A YEAR AGO WE STOOD BEFORE YOU AND SHARED DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A DREAM SEVERAL OF OUR SENIORS HAD EXPERIENCED YOU.

OUR CITY LEADERS TOOK THAT AND CONTINUED THE PROCESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE DREAMS. OUR SENIORS BELIEVE IT IS NICE TO DREAM.

HOWEVER, FROM OUR PAST EXPERIENCES WE HAVE LEARNED, IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO MERELY DREAM.

YOU ARE SHOWING US THE PATH YOU'RE TAKING IN THE FULFILLMENT OF OUR DREAMS. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

WE LOOK AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER AND THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY AS A PREMIER VENUES FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

WE EXPECT AND ANTICIPATE NOTHING LESS FOR OUR NEW SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.

WHY DO WE SAY THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE WAY YOU, OUR LEADERS WORK.

WE APPRECIATE YOU MAYOR MASON AND MADAME CITY, UH, MANAGER FOR TAKING THE TIME TO APPEAR BEFORE OUR SENIORS AND LISTEN AND RESPOND TO OUR DREAMS, OUR CONCERNS.

PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT YOU HEAR US AND THAT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO US.

YOU'RE NOT JUST ERECTING A BUILDING, YOU'RE SEEKING INPUT AND ALLOWING ENGAGEMENT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE USING THE FACILITY.

WE APPRECIATE AND ENJOYED THE GREEN DOT EVENT THAT WE HAD THIS PAST, UH, THURSDAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

THE ATTENDANCE WAS BETTER THAN WE EXPECTED.

IN ADDITION TO SENIORS WHO REALLY, UH, REGULARLY ATTENDED CENTER.

THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO ATTENDED, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST NEW TO OUR CITY.

WE ARE GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE THAT PROCESS WITH THEM.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT GREEN DO EVENT THAT WAS COMING UP THIS COMING THURSDAY AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

WE EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THOSE WHO MISSED THE AUGUST 7TH DATE TO COME OUT AND PLACE YOUR DOTS ON

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YOUR PREFERENCES FOR THE NEW SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT OLD ENOUGH AND WILL NOT BE USING THE FACILITY, THINK AGAIN.

YOU HAVE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS WHO CAN USE THIS FACILITY NOW AND LISTEN YOU 40 YEAR OLDS.

THIS NEW SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER IS FOR YOU.

THE SENIORS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ADVOCATING FOR THIS NOW ARE DOING THIS FOR YOU.

SO PLEASE COME OUT AND LET THE CITY KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS.

UH, I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THEM, BUT WE'RE GONNA SAY THEM AGAIN.

AUGUST 20TH FROM 11 TO ONE.

OUR ANNUAL INFORMATION WELLNESS EXPO THAT WILL BE AT THE EE SIMS RECREATION CENTER BOX LUNCHES FROM JASON ELLIS WILL BE, WILL BE SERVED FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ATTEND ON SEPTEMBER 19TH FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM WE'RE HAVING A SOCK HOP AT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER OCTOBER 24TH FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM THE MONTH TO BASH AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

BE ASSURED, OUR SENIORS LOVE CEDAR HILL.

THANKS TO EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO THE SENIORS OF CEDAR HILL, IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT WE ACCEPT THIS, THESE PROCLAMATIONS, THE CEDAR HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, VALERIE MOSLEY, SUPERVISOR ANGELA HODGES, 55 PLUS PROGRAMMER.

THANK YOU VERY WELL AND THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE YOU DO ON OUR SENIOR SENATE.

ALRIGHT, NEXT,

[a. Case No. CUP-718-2025 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for School, Vocational on property zoned “LR” (Local Retail) District, within the Uptown Overlay, generally located southeast of the intersection of Uptown Boulevard and Pioneer Trail, with the approximate address being 329 N. J. Elmer Weaver Freeway, Suite 300 [the suite next to JCPenney]. Applicant: Antoinette Dixon with Opal Naomi Cosmetology Academy LLC Property Owner: Quang Le and Monique Bui with CV Cedar Hill Holdings LLC]

UM, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARING CASE NUMBER CUP 7 1 8 2025.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

CUP FOR A SCHOOL VOCATIONAL ON PROPERTY ZONE.

LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT WITHIN THE UPTOWN OVERLAY.

GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF UPTOWN BOULEVARD AND PIONEER TRAIL WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 3 2 9 NORTH J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY, SUITE 300, THE SUITE NEXT TO JC PENNEY.

APPLICANT ANTOINETTE DIXON WITH OPAL.

NAOMI COSMETOLOGY ACADEMY, LLC PROPERTY OWNER QUEEN LEE AND MONIQUE BOWIE WITH CV.

CEDAR HILL HOLDINGS.

LLC.

DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? ALL RIGHT, SOMEBODY'S HERE? YES.

OH, OH.

UH, DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING BEFORE? YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED.

YOU'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, NO PROBLEM.

SO, COUNSEL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE NUMBER CUP 7 1 8 2025.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 1 8 2025? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? ONE MORE TIME.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 1 8 2025? ALL RIGHT, I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMAN MCCURDY? YES, I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A, A A QUICK COMMENT.

UM, I AM VERY PLEASED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO FIND A PLACE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE YOUR SCHOOL, UM, THAT, UH, IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR CITY.

I I KNOW YOU MET SOME, UM, WHAT I FEEL MAY HAVE BEEN UNNECESSARY OPPOSITION, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM, FROM MYSELF AND SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WERE AT YOUR FIRST APPEARANCE, UH, THAT THAT WAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR SCHOOL.

IT WAS, IT WAS MORE TO DO ABOUT, UH, OUR DISPLEASURE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE MALL AND THE OPERATORS OF THE MALL.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR APPLICATION AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO ACCOMMODATE YOU HERE.

WELL, UM, HOPE YOU AIN'T SPEAK TOO SOON 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET.

NO, WE HADN'T VOTED YET.

, I, I, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA SPEAK IT INTO EXISTENCE.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

THAT, THAT, THAT'S FAIR.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, CUP 7 1 8 2 0 2 5.

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

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UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, UM, MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR NOT GIVING UP ON CEDAR HILL.

YOU CAME BEFORE COUNCIL ONCE BEFORE, UH, IT DID NOT GO IN YOUR FAVOR.

YOU DID NOT GIVE UP.

UM, YOU HAVE CALLED ME MULTIPLE TIMES, WHICH IS OKAY.

UH, BUT UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, YOU FOUND A PLACE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN BE ABLE TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH YOUR BUSINESS.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND IF THERE'S NO NOTHING ELSE.

COUNSEL ALL FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM

[b. ***The public hearing and consideration of this item was postponed from the July 22, 2025 City Council Meeting*** Case No. PD-682-2024 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a change in zoning from “SF-10” (Single-Family Residential - 10,000 square-foot lot minimum) District to “PD” (Planned Development) District for single-family residential, generally located at the terminus of Birkshire Lane with the approximate address being 1231 East Pleasant Run Road. Applicant and Property Owner: Tommy Winn Representative: Kofi Addo and Mike Clark, Winkelmann & Associates, Inc.]

ON THE AGENDA IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM WAS POSTPONED FROM THE JULY 22ND, 2025 COUNT CITY COUNCIL MEETING CASE NUMBER PD 6 8 2 2024, CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM SF 10, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUM DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE TERMINUS OF BERKSHIRE LANE WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1231 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD APPLICANT AND PROPERTY ONLY.

TOMMY WYNN.

UH, REPRESENTATIVE KOFI AOU AND MIKE CLARK WINKER, I'M SORRY, WINKLEMAN AND ASSOCIATE INCORPORATED.

UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLEASE, UH, SAY A FEW WORDS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

UH, MY NAME IS KOFI ADO, UH, WITH WINKLEMAN AND ASSOCIATES.

I'M REPRESENTING MR. WAYNE.

UH, ADDRESS 6 67 50 HILLCREST PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE TWO 15, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 3 0.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, DEVELOPMENT OR THE REASON FOR THE PD.

UH, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE SITE OR THE PROPERTY ZONED FOR US TO BUILD WHAT WE WANNA BUILD OUT THERE.

UH, BUT WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH REGARDS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE REALIZED THAT, UH, PART OF THE SUBDIVISION NEXT TO US HAD, UH, SMALLER WIDTHS TO THE LOTS AND THEN ANOTHER ONE HAD A BIGGER WIDTH TO THE LOT.

SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF GO IN BETWEEN JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THE SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN, UH, MEADOW VISTA AND WOOD CREEK, UH, SUBDIVISION, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, MEADOW VISTA IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, WHICH IS TO THE EAST.

AND THEN THE WOOD CREEK PART IS TO THE WEST.

UH, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS NOTHING THAT IS UNUSUAL.

UH, IT'S GONNA BE A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S GONNA BE MADE UP OF 84 UNITS.

AND AS PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ARE REQUESTING A 70 FOOT WIDE LOT AS OPPOSED TO AN 80 FOOT WIDE LOT THAT IF WE WANTED TO BUILD RIGHT NOW, WE CAN BUILD WITHOUT COMING TO SEE YOU.

UH, BUT WE REALIZED THAT WITH REGARDS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND US WANTING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS OUT THERE, WE WANTED TO COME AND WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE GET A PRODUCT THAT WAS COMPATIBLE WITH THE PLANS THAT THE CITY HAD FOR THAT AREA.

SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE PUTTING THE 84 UNITS OUT THERE.

UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO CONNECT BESHAR LANE TO, UM, MILLSTONE DRIVE OR UH, PAGEWOOD COURT.

UH, JUST BECAUSE THAT IS A COLLECTOR STREET THAT IS PART OF THE CITY MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLANS HAS TO BE CONNECTED ANYWAY.

SO WHETHER WE GO THROUGH THIS OR NOT, EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA BE CONNECTED.

UH, AS PART OF WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.

THE UNITS ARE GONNA BE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AND, UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, HAVE REAR DRIVE ENTRY, REAR ENTRY FOR MOST OF THEM.

WE ON THE FRONT, IF WE SHOULD GO WITH FRONT ENTRY, IT'S GONNA BE J SWING TYPE.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE TRADITIONAL FRONT ENTRY JUST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE STILL WANNA GO WITH WHAT IS OUT THERE.

SO AS YOU CAN TELL, WE ARE CONNECTING BERKSHIRE TO MILLSTONE DRIVE AND THEN WE HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT CONNECT.

UH, WE ALSO WORKING WITH A CITY WHERE WE HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT IS GONNA CONNECT TO, I BELIEVE THE CHURCH PROPERTY, UH, IN BETWEEN THE WOOD CREEK, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

UH, AND THEN THE NEW PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE THE ENCORE EASEMENT THAT IS THAT DIAGONAL TRIANGLE IN THERE.

THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY BUILDINGS IN THERE.

SO EVENTUALLY IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT NOW YOU'RE GONNA SEE NEW HOUSES AS OPPOSED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, A FORESTED AREA, NOTHING GOING THERE.

AND PLUS IT'S GONNA OPEN IT UP SO THAT IF YOU WANT TO GO FOR WALKS, IT'S STILL GONNA HAVE TRAILS THAT WILL CONNECT THROUGHOUT.

UH, THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD ARE GONNA BE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WORK WITH THE CITY WITH, WHICH IS WHAT IS IN THE PD.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANY DIFFERENT.

NOW, WHAT IS OUT'S PROBABLY GONNA LOOK BETTER? UH, WE GO WITH THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME OF THE ELEVATIONS THAT WE'RE SHOWING

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THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE MATERIALS.

AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR ELEVATION, I WANTED YOU TO SEE THE JSW TYPE I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS GOING INTO THE SIDE GARAGE.

IT'S NOT GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE FRONT, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE IN THOSE AREAS, AND THEN SOME OF THE TYPE OF BUILDINGS WE'RE GONNA BUILD.

IT'S THIS, ANOTHER VERSION OF THAT.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME.

I KNOW YOU ARE ALREADY ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING OUR DEVELOPMENT.

UH, I'LL LEAVE THAT OPEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.

AND THEN ALLOW COUNSEL TO BE ABLE TO DELIBERATE IT.

THANK YOU IF, IF YOU NEED TO BE.

ALRIGHT COUNSEL, I WANNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER PD 6 82 2024.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? ONE MORE TIME.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? THE CASE NUMBER PD 6 8 2 2024, NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH? I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 8 2 2024? PLEASE COME ON UP.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, WILLIAM.

SORRY.

WILLIAM HANNAH.

1451 BERKSHIRE LANE.

UH, BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS.

UM, THE TERMINUS WITH BERKSHIRE LANE WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1231 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD.

UM, I LIVE ON BERKSHIRE LANE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A TERMINATED LANE.

IT, IT'S, UH, TWO BLOCKS, WELL TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS LONG AND STOPS.

AND THERE IS A WOODED AREA AT THE END OF THE LANE.

UH, I BELIEVE THERE IS NO LANDSCAPING AT THAT AREA.

IT'S JUST THE WOODS.

THERE'S A NATURAL LOOKING HEDGES ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE NATURAL AREA.

UM, OUR CITY PRIDES ITSELF ON THE NATURAL BEAUTY THAT CITIZENS ENJOY AROUND EACH NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR EACH PLANNING OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

I BELIEVE ALSO, IF THE ADDRESS IS SUCH A NEIGHBORHOOD, IS TO BE ON EAST PLEASANT RUN, THEN THEY'LL HAVE AN ENTRANCE THAT GOES INTO OUR STREET.

THEY'LL HAVE TO GO RIGHT ACROSS THAT WOODED AREA.

THEY'LL HAVE TO DIVIDE THE WOODED AREA.

UH, IT'LL DIVIDE THE GREEN SPACE.

I PROPOSE THAT IT STAYS, IT IS, THAT'S, UM, I CONSIDER IT A NEGATIVE FOR THE R ESTABLISHED MEADOW, VISTA HOMEOWNERS.

THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

NO PROBLEM.

ANYONE ELSE? OH, HEY, GOOD EVENING.

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

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

MY NAME IS THERESA ROBERSON.

I RESIDE AT 1003 PAGEWOOD COURT, CEDAR HILL.

I'M SPEAKING IN A POLL TO THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, HERITAGE ON THE HILL, GAINING ACCESS BASICALLY FROM MY FRONT DOOR THAT IT, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE, THE, UH, WOOD CREEK BOULEVARD IS ALMOST PROBABLY HALF A MILE LONG AND IT DEAD ENDS BASICALLY INTO MY STREET.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

THERE'S A HIGH AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THERE.

NOW.

WE'VE HAD, UM, INCIDENTS WHERE ONE NEIGHBOR GOT HIT BY BASICALLY A HIT AND RUN.

HE WAS WALKING HIS DOG, HE GOT HIT, THE PERSON LEFT AND HE WAS IN BAD SHAPE FOR SOME TIME THEIR CHILDREN PLAYING ALONG THAT STREET.

THAT, THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED THE EXTRA TRAFFIC.

WE DON'T NEED THE EXTRA POTENTIAL FOR, FOR CRIME AND UNKNOWN PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'VE GOT A CITY PARK THAT IS RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT WOODY CREEK AND, UM, JOE WILSON.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE COMING TO THE PARK THAT LEAVE TRASH AND ALL MANNER OF PARAPHERNALIA THERE THAT OUR CHILDREN DON'T NEED TO SEE.

UM, THIS, THIS JUST ADDS TO IT AND THEREFORE I'M OPPOSED.

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MY NAME IS LINDA MIMS AND I LIVE AT 1137 ESSEC DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 7 5 1 0 4.

AS, UH, MY, UH, HOUSE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT'S REAR ENTRY, IT DEADS RIGHT INTO THE WOODS.

AND I AM SPEAKING, I I'M GONNA JUST SAY OPPOSED.

HOWEVER, I DO HAVE MIXED, UH, FEELINGS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING WILL BE BUILT AT SOME POINT.

SOMETHING WILL BE BUILT AND IT'S NOT GONNA ALWAYS BE THE WOODS.

MY CONCERN, TWO CONCERNS IS ONE, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE RIGHT DEAD INTO THE WOODS, UH, TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THE ANIMALS? AND I'M SURE YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE THAT, UH, BEFORE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THEY WENT IN AND THEY STARTED TO, TO DEMOLISH ALL OF THE WOODS.

AND I'M TALKING SNAKES.

UH, I FOUND OUT THAT, UH, FOXES DON'T LOOK PRETTY LIKE IN, IN THE STORE BECAUSE THERE'S FOX, THERE'S POSSUMS, THERE'S UH, THERE'S RACCOONS.

I HAVE PICTURES OF RACCOONS.

THERE'S ALL KIND OF THINGS OUT THERE.

BUT IF WE TAKE THE, UH, THE ANIMALS HOME, THOSE ANIMALS ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.

AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO PUT SOME RESTRICTIONS SO THAT, UH, THEY DO RELOCATE OR THEY DO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THOSE OF US, PARTICULARLY THOSE PEOPLE ON ESSIC THAT WE LIVE.

THEY SAID 200 FEET, I'M 10 FEET.

UM, AND THEY SAID THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A, A BRICK WALL.

AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT KIND OF BRICK WALL, 'CAUSE ONE BRICK WALL TO ME MAY LOOK DIFFERENT FROM WHAT A BRICK WALL LOOKS TO, TO, UH, A WALL LOOKS TO YOU.

SO, UH, I WANT THOSE THINGS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

AND OF COURSE, UM, TRAFFIC AND EVERYONE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC, BUT TO GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, 'CAUSE I HAVE REAR ENTRY, I HAVE TO GO, IT'S FOUR HOUSES DOWN TO BROOKSHIRE.

AND I PROMISE YOU AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.

AND SO, UH, WHAT TYPE OF, UM, STREETLIGHTS OR WHATEVER, WHAT'S IS THERE GONNA BE? AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY SAY, WELL, AT AN ALLEY YOU CAN'T PUT A LIGHT.

BUT IF THE ALLEY GOES INTO THAT, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LIGHT.

I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LIGHT UP AT, UH, OF COURSE DUNCANVILLE AND, AND BROOKSHIRE AND I'M SURE BROOKS SHARE.

I'M SURE Y'ALL WILL PROBABLY DO THAT.

AND, UM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

I LIVE AT, UH, MY NAME IS MICHAEL BALDWIN.

I LIVE AT 1117 ESSEX DRIVE, JUST DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS.

UM, MY CONCERN IS, UH, BASICALLY THE SAME.

UH, MY, ONE OF MY, UH, ENJOYMENTS WAS THAT THERE WERE NO HOUSES BEHIND ME.

IT WAS A WOODED LOT.

UM, I HAD THE NATURE OUT THERE, I COULD LOOK OUT.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING.

BACK BEHIND ME.

THOUGHT IT WAS OWNED BY THE CHURCH, WAS ONE OF MY REASONS FOR MOVING THERE.

BUT COME TO FIND OUT IT WASN'T.

UM, I KNOW CEDAR HILL DOES PRIDE ITSELF ON GREEN SPACES AND, UH, PARKS AND AREAS OVER THERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WITH MEADOW VISTA IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, THERE'S NO WALKING PARK OWNED BY THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE THAT I I I'M WITH, WITH EVERYONE ELSE, THAT WE REALIZE THAT, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.

UH, COULD THERE NOT BE A BUFFER ZONE TO SAVE SOME OF THAT AREA BEHIND OUR HOUSE ON ESSEX DRIVE TO, UH, SAY 50 50 YARDS.

ANYTHING THAT COULD BE IN THAT FRONT THAT WOULD RUN UP TO WHERE THE CHURCH PROPERTY IS.

AND THAT'S WHERE, UH, THEIR TRACK AND ALL THAT STARTS.

UM, IF ANYTHING COULD BE THOUGHT OF IN THAT AREA TO PROVIDE A PARK, UH, BENCHES, ANY OUTDOOR RECREATION AREA THAT WE COULD ENJOY, I THINK THE CLOSEST THING THAT WE HAVE IS ALL THE WAY UP ON, UH, OAK PARK OR SOMETHING UP BY THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE OFF OF PLEASANT RUN IN THAT.

SO NOTHING REALLY FOR US IN THAT AREA, BUT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, A GREEN BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN OUR HOUSE.

THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE UP FOUR TO FIVE HOUSES TO CREATE THAT, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT IT WOULD BE OUT OF THE QUESTION.

IT WOULD, IT WOULD MAKE THE PEOPLE ON ESSEX, UM, ENJOY STILL WHAT WE HAVE, PROVIDE A GREEN SPACE FOR THE, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN.

AND I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH, IF THAT WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR EVERYONE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YES SIR.

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MY NAME IS WANDA WOODS AND I LIVE AT THE CORNER OF MILLSTONE PAGEWOOD 10 15.

AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN STATED ALREADY.

HOWEVER, COMING FROM JOE WILSON ALL, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO STONE TO TURN TO GET TO PAGEWOOD, THAT'S A PRETTY LONG DRIVE.

AND TO ME, THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY COULD COME IN IF THEY WANTED TO GAIN ACCESS, WHY CAN'T THEY COME IN OFF OF THE SERVICE ROAD? MM-HMM .

WHY CAN'T THEY PUT A A STOP SIGN THERE? THEY COULD COME IN RIGHT OFF THE SERVICE ROAD, WHICH WOULD BE JUST STRAIGHT INTO WHATEVER THEIR BUILDING THERE.

AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS THAT PLAY BASKETBALL OUT IN THE STREET.

THE KIDS THAT PLAY, WE HAVE KIDS PLAYING EVERYWHERE AROUND THERE.

AND MY THING, LIKE THEY SAY, WE HAVE THE ANIMALS TOO, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA RUN ALL THOSE ANIMALS.

AND I'M TIRED OF KILLING SNAKES AND, AND COYOTES.

AND NOW I HAVE, UH, OP DEALERS COMING DOWN.

THEY DIG UP YOUR YARD, THEY'RE GONNA RUN EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THAT IN THE AREA IN THEIR OWN HABITAT.

IT'S GONNA COME TO OUR YARDS TRYING TO GET IN AND FIND A NEW HOME.

WE CAN'T HANDLE IT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH.

EVERY ANIMAL OUT THERE BECAUSE THE COYOTES THINK THEY CAN WALK AROUND AND THEY DO.

THEY WALK AROUND WHEN THEY GET READY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY PICK UP YOUR LITTLE ANIMALS, YOUR LITTLE DOGS AND THINGS AND TAKE 'EM OFF.

WE JUST DON'T NEED IT.

I HOPE THEY CAN FIND A DIFFERENT WAY.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

COUNCILMAN? UH, MY NAME IS PAUL JOHNSON.

I'M A RESIDENCE AT, UM, 1109 ESSENCE, UH, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

UM, ME AND MY LOVELY WIFE, WE'VE BEEN HERE ON THIS, UH, ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW.

UM, HAVE A 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THAT WE ARE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND, UH, WE STRONGLY OPPOSE AGAINST THIS, UM, THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT, BUT WE KNOW THAT SOMETIME IT'S, SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT AREA.

BUT WE REALLY LOVE THE GREENERY AROUND THE AREA.

UM, WE SEE THE KIDS ENJOYING THE, UH, THE SPACES IN THE AREA.

JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON OTHER PEOPLE'S, UM, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, UM, THE SECURITY OF THE, UH, WE DON'T WANT THE, THE TRAFFIC.

IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE COMING THROUGH THERE.

UM, LIKE I SAID, UM, JUST A FEW, FEW SECONDS AGO, UH, WE SEE KIDS PLAYING ALL AROUND THERE AND UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY, MY, MY LOVELY DAUGHTER TO KEEP, CONTINUE TO PLAY AROUND IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH TRAFFIC.

UM, THAT'S ALL MY TIME.

I LIVE AT 10 17 H CHARLENE.

I HAVE, UM, LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE DECEMBER OF 1993.

UM, MY HOUSE WAS THE FIFTH HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO I AM THE LONGEST HOMEOWNER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I COULD SAY.

AND UM, SO WHAT I AM OPPOSED TO IS THE STREETS COMING IN FROM BERKSHIRE TO WOODED CREEK AND THAT BEING THE PASS THROUGH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND THE, ALL THE CARS PASSING THROUGH FROM DUNCANVILLE ROAD TO JOE WILSON AND HOW FAST THEY'LL GO THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF THERE'S UM, STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'LL COME THROUGH AND ZIGZAG.

I'M NOT ON THAT END, I'M ON THE OTHER END.

BUT UM, IT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED A DIFFERENT ENTRANCE IN OR OUT OF THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WERE HOME, UM, WHENEVER ALL THE HOUSES WERE BEING BUILT AND UM, AND THE LITTLE BOY WAS KILLED ON BELTON FROM THE CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS.

AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER ENTRANCE AND EXIT BUILT BECAUSE ALL OF THE STREETS IT'S GOING TO TAKE AND THE TIME AND THEN THE HOUSES ITSELF.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST ASKING FOR ANOTHER EXIT OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING WE WERE CONCERNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT BEING BUILT.

GOOD EVENING SIR.

EVENING CAESAR RO 1 0 1 4 WOODY CREEK DRIVE CEDAR HILL.

UH, WANTED TO BRING A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO ATTENTION.

I BROUGHT THEM IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING AS WELL.

UH, SPOKEN TO, OF COURSE, WHITTY CREEK IS AN HOA SPOKEN TO SEVERAL UM, OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND I KNOW I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF TODAY,

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WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED AND OF COURSE SOMEONE'S GONNA BE BUILDING OR SOMETHING THERE.

BUT OUR MAIN CONCERNS REALLY ARE JUST THE RISE OF CRIME THAT WILL BRING ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ENTRANCE THROUGH WOODED CREEK.

UM, SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY BASICALLY SECLUDED NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ONLY PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE KNOW WHAT'S THERE.

OPENING UP THAT AVENUE WAS GONNA OPEN UP A THRESHOLD TO CONNECTING TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, CONNECTING DUNCANVILLE ROAD TO PLEASANT TO JOE WILSON AS WELL.

NOT JUST INCLUDING THE CRIME BUT UP FORCE THE TRAFFIC.

UM, IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, I DID SPECIFY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A TRAFFIC, UM, STUDY.

AND WHAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THAT THERE WAS NONE NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DATA FROM 2002 2007 SUFFICE THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC AS IT IS.

SO IT WOULDN'T SURPASS THAT 1000 THRESHOLD OF TRAFFIC FOR COMMUTERS.

UH, WITH THAT SAID, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING UPDATED AND I NEVER SAW ANYBODY GO OUT THERE AND DO A TRAFFIC STUDY.

AND IF YOU'RE OUT THERE YOU CAN REALIZE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT HAPPENS ON, NOT JUST ON WOODY CREEK BUT ALSO ON BERKSHIRE.

WITH THAT, UM, OPENING UP THAT AVENUE, I REALLY WOULD'VE LIKED TO REQUEST FROM THE BUILDER IF THEY COULD PURCHASE A SECTOR FROM TRINITY CHURCH WHERE THEIR PARKING LOT IS SO THEY CAN HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO PLEASANT RUN IF POSSIBLE, THEN LET THAT BE THE MAIN AVENUE AND CORRIDOR FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

OR IF POSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY OPEN UP AN UH, THRESHOLD TO 67 SERVICE ROAD JUST TO AVOID THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND EXIT, EITHER BE WOODED CREEK OR THE BERKSHIRE LANE THAT THEY'RE MENTIONING.

UM, YEAH, ULTIMATELY I'M JUST CONCERNED WHEN I MOVED INTO WOODED CREEK, NOT JUST THE GREENERY AND THE FORESTRY, BUT IT WAS SIMPLY MORE THE SERENITY OF THAT SECLUDED AREA.

AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA OPEN UP A FLOODGATE TO JOINING DUNCANVILLE ROAD TO JOE, TO JOE WILSON AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES WITH IT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO JUST KEEP INTO CONSIDERATION, IF ANYTHING, I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSING THE ZONING CHANGES REALLY MORE OF JUST TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT THIS IS GONNA BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE TRAFFIC TO ABOUT TWO NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE COST OF ONE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

GOOD EVENING MS. BROOKS.

GOOD EVENING, HOW ARE YOU? UM, MY NAME IS BARBARA BROOKINS HILL AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED, UH, ON ESS SES DRIVE 10 45 SES DRIVE FOR 25 YEARS.

THE REASON WE BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY IS 'CAUSE WE LOVE THE PEACE AND QUIET.

SO I DO HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH MY NEIGHBOR MIKE IS I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE, UM, A GREEN AREA THERE.

'CAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TEENAGERS.

WE ALREADY HAVE TEENAGERS THAT HANG OUT THE BACK OF TRINITY.

THEY POP FAR CRACKERS.

THEY HAVE, UM, WHO KNOWS, WHO KNOWS WHAT DOWN THERE.

BUT UM, WE SEE 'EM ALL THE TIME ON OUR CAMERAS.

SO I THINK ALSO, UH, THE TRAFFIC JUST GETTING ON DUNCANVILLE ROAD IS A NIGHTMARE.

SO IF YOU GO THERE, UH, COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S OKAY LEAVING.

THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONCEPT.

SO YOU CAN'T GET OUT MEADOW VISTA BECAUSE SCHOOL IS, UH, GETTING OUT TRINITY, BETSY COLEMAN AND THEN ALSO ON BERKSHIRE GOING LEFT OR RIGHT IS IT'S A DANGER.

I DUNNO HOW MANY ACCIDENTS I'VE SEEN THERE.

SO IF THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LIGHT THERE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY CONGESTED.

SO WE JUST WANT TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS, KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE AND OURSELVES AND WE DON'T WANT THE WILD ANIMALS.

'CAUSE I HAVE SEEN A COUNTIES EVEN HAD A NEIGHBOR THAT SAID HE SAW A BOBCAT AND I DON'T, I DON'T DOUBT IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE RABBITS RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT BRINGS THE COYOTES AND SO JUST SAW THOSE SAME CONCERNS.

UH, MY NAME IS PAUL ESTRADA.

I LIVE AT 10 36 ESSO DRIVE.

UH, I WANNA REITERATE ALL THAT'S BEEN SAID.

UH, I WANT TO POINT OUT TWO CONCERNS.

THE, UM, AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC, UH, IF POSSIBLE I WANT TO, UH, AGREE WITH THOSE WHO SAY THAT WE NEED, THAT NEW NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS AN ACCESS TO 67 SERVICE ROAD, THAT THAT WOULD ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA OCCUR.

UM, AND IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WE NEED A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON DUNCANVILLE ROAD AND BROOKSHIRE 'CAUSE THAT, THAT IS A CONGESTED AREA ANYWAY DURING THE, THE MORNING AND EVENING HOURS.

IT'S A DIFFICULT ROAD TO GET ON FROM THERE.

SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER PUT IN A A LIGHT THERE.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY HAVING ACCESS TO THAT NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FROM THE SERVICE ROAD AND ALL THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ANIMALS.

AND

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GOOD EVENING PARTNER.

MY NAME IS MELVIN JAMES.

I LIVE AT 10 24 RAVINE TRIO.

AS OF, UH, APRIL, WE HAD OUR HOA MEETING AND WE HAD THE UH, YOUNG MAN, THE POLICE OFFICER CAME IN, GIVE US A COMPLETE STUDY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE HAD NO HOME INVASION.

WE ARE NOT MISSING ANY CHILDREN.

WE HAD NO CRIME.

IT GIVES US A GRADE OF, UM, A COMMUNITY THAT WAS VERY SAFE TO LIVE IN.

I MYSELF, LIVING ON THE BACK STREET ON RAVINE TRAIL, I'VE TAKEN A RIDE AROUND TRUE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S ONLY THREE WAYS TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OFF OF BENGAN PARKER AND WOODY CREEK.

SO WE PRACTICALLY CAN KNOW WHO IS IN, IN OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW YOU ARE OPENING UP OUR BACK DOOR ON THE BACKSIDE BY EXTENDING PAIGE OVER INTO BRECHER, GOING THROUGH THE WOODS.

NOW BACK THERE ON THAT END, THERE IS A CREEK AND I'M LOOK WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THAT CREEK TO RUN SOME OTHER WAY, YOU KNOW, AND AS EVERYONE HAS STOOD UP HERE AND SAID, GOING THROUGH THE WOODS WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, GONNA BRING ON ALL TYPES OF PROBLEMS. SO I'M OPPOSED ON THIS BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S COMING IN.

EVERYBODY'S SPEAKING ABOUT PLEASANT RUN AND DUNCANVILLE ROAD.

DUNCANVILLE IS THE ONE WAY PLEASANT, WIDER.

OUR STREET, WOODED CREEK IS WIDER.

SO IF ANY CONSTRUCTION HEAVY EQUIPMENT IS GONNA COME TRUE ON WOODED CREEK TO GET INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT'S GONNA REALLY DAMAGE OUR WOODED CREEK DRIVE.

AND AS EVERYONE HAS SAID, THERE'S OUR CHILDREN THAT'S OUT THERE PLAYING ON THE STREETS, BASKETBALL, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE DOING.

BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION COMING THROUGH IF THIS DEVELOPMENT COME IN.

AND ALSO, LIKE I'M SAYING, THERE IS A SMALL CREEK BACK THERE BETWEEN PAGE AND MY STREET RAVINE.

SO I'M OPPOSING THE, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

GOOD EVENING SIR.

I'M LAUREL DAVIS LIVE AT 10 46 SOFA LANE AND I'M OPPOSED, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THINGS HAPPEN, THINGS CHANGE.

BUT BEING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, JOE WILSON IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH AND THEY JUST BUILT ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

IT'S TOO MANY CARS THERE AND THERE'S NO LIGHT.

I'VE SEEN ACCIDENTS.

MY BACK IS RIGHT UP AGAINST DUNCANVILLE ROAD.

I'VE SEEN AND HEARD ACCIDENTS.

THEY NEED A EXTRA WAY ACCESS TO 67, UNLESS THAT'S DONE FIRST, I DON'T SEE A WAY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CAN COME IN AND BE PRODUCTIVE OTHER THAN BRINGING IN WELL HAVING ALL THE ANIMALS ESCAPE AND BRINGING IN OTHER CRIME AND OTHER PEOPLE AND MAKING IT NOT SAFE FOR OUR KIDS TO RIDE AROUND AND RUN AROUND ON THE STREETS.

IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM OVER THERE.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S NONCHALANT.

I'M NICOLE FRANCIS, LIVE AT 10 38 HOLLOW CREEK.

I'M HERE TO OPPOSE NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, UM, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID THAT I WANNA SAY AS AS WELL.

UM, I JUST NEED ANOTHER AVENUE AGAIN.

WE HAVE SAID IT, UH, OVER AND OVER.

UM, I WANNA ADDRESS THE DEVELOPER.

WHEN YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT, DID WE CONSIDER TRINITY? DID WE CONSIDER 67? DID WE CONSIDER ANY OTHER OPTION? BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE ALREADY THAT EVERYTHING IS APPROVED.

EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH, YOU KNOW, HEY, IT'S COMING.

IT SEEMS LIKE NOBODY'S LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, MAYOR, YOU DON'T LIVE TOO FAR FROM THE AREA AS WELL.

YOU NEED TO BE CONSIDERATE OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING.

WHAT WE'RE THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO GO BACK, LOOK AT THE DRAWINGS, LET'S SIT BACK DOWN AND RETHINK HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS.

YOU'RE AFFECTING COMMUNITIES.

WHEN I MOVED FROM UP NORTH TO MOVE DOWN SOUTH, I DIDN'T CONSIDER OPENING UP, LOOKING AT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I PICKED MY NEIGHBORHOOD BEING A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH FOR A REASON.

AND NOW YOU WANNA OPEN IT UP AND JUST SAY, HEY EVERYBODY JUST COME ON IN.

THIS WHAT WE WANNA DO.

YOU TOLD US YOU WERE GONNA GET US SOME TRAFFIC STUDIES.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN A TRUCK, A CAR, HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY.

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I'M RIDING ALL THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO HOW ARE YOU GONNA DETERMINE THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT NEEDED WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING IN A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

WE ALREADY HAVE 200 AND SOMETHING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN THAT'S OUR MAIN ENTRANCE.

SO YOU'RE GONNA SAY, OH, NO STUDY IS NEEDED.

I'M LIKE, COME ON PEOPLE, LET'S RETHINK HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE TABLE.

LET'S SIT DOWN AND RETHINK THIS.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING AS THE COMMUNITY.

IF WE CAN JUST GET A TRUE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE AFFECTING FAMILIES OPENING UP STREETS.

LET'S JUST BE THOUGHTFUL AND MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK, APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD EVENING ALL.

I'M MELVIN ROBERSON 1 0 0 3 PAGEWOOD COURT AND I PICKED MY LOT WHEN THEY BUILT THAT COMMUNITY AND I LIKED IT.

IT'S BACK IN THE BACK.

IT'S ONLY FOUR HOUSES IN THAT CUL-DE-SAC AND THIS STREET THAT'S PROPOSED IS STRAIGHT OUT MY FRONT DOOR.

AND I'M SAYING NO, I DON'T CARE FOR THE TRAFFIC IN THAT DEAD SPACE IN THERE.

WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT JUST PARK BACK THERE AND CHILL OUT ALREADY AND I THINK IT'LL BE A LOT MORE THAT 'CAUSE IT'S STILL GONNA BE A WASTE FROM THAT COMMUNITY.

SO IF THEY CAN CONSIDER 67 OR ANOTHER ROUTE, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

MY NAME'S BRITTANY BRADY.

I'M AT 10 23 RAVINE TRAIL.

UM, I ORIGINALLY WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT AFTER ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS MENTIONED, UM, THAT THERE WAS A DEATH WITH PREVIOUS CONSTRUCTION, I FELT COMPELLED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN, SPECIFICALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

EVERY TIME I DRIVE INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M RIGHT.

UM, AT I'M RIGHT OFF OF WOODY CREEK, SO THAT MAIN THOROUGHFARE THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO OPEN UP.

UM, I KNOW MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE MENTIONED THAT MANY OF THE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING BASKETBALL AND DOING OTHER ACTIVITIES.

WHENEVER YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S A SAFETY CONCERN.

WE PICKED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE WANTED A SAFE PLACE FOR MY SON TO GROW UP.

I HAVE A 7-YEAR-OLD WHO IS A PROUD CEDAR HILL RESIDENT.

I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS WHEN MAKING THIS DECISION.

I IMAGINE THAT THE, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND INSIGHT THAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE UPLIFTED.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY REASONABLE REQUEST AS CITIZENS OF THIS AREA AND I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPER TO CONSIDER A DIFFERENT, UH, ENTRY POINT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT IT'S QUITE A LONG ROUTE.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO EASILY ACCESS THE SERVICE ROAD.

IT'S EASIER TO GET TO THE HIGHWAY, EASIER TO GET TO WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS AND UH, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

MY NAME IS CAROLINE QUAY.

I LIVE AT 10 19 PARKWOOD DRIVE IN CEDAR HILL.

UM, I OPPOSED A NEW DEVELOPMENT AND I HOPE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR, UM, CONSIDER OUR CONCERNS.

ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT? I'M SORRY, UH, PD 6 8 2 2024.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

HI MAYOR.

COUNSEL, I HAVE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU.

I LOVE CEDAR HILL.

I BOUGHT MY SECOND HOUSE HERE NOW.

I'M NOW FROM SHADY BROOK, WHICH IS CROSSED THE WAY.

AND I BOUGHT MY HOUSE ON SOUTHWESTERN DRIVE.

SO IT WAS A LITTLE ALARMING TO HEAR ABOUT CONSTRUCTION TRUCK TRUCKS MAYBE COMING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND GROW MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO FIND A HOUSE THAT I REALLY LIKED.

UM, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE RIDGE AREA.

ALTHOUGH I I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE CONSTRUCTION TRUCK TRUCKS COMING THROUGH, UM, ALREADY ESTABLISHED SUBDIVISION.

IF YOU COULD CONSIDER ANOTHER LOCATION OR ANOTHER STREET FOR THEM TO COME IN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, I KNOW YOU, BUT COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? .

UM, CORINA ANTHONY.

AND I'M LOCATED AT 9 23 SOUTHWESTERN DRIVE AND I LOVE CEDAR HILL.

17 YEARS.

SO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT LET'S JUST BE MINDFUL OF, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS AND PEOPLE COMING THROUGH.

ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO PD 6 8 2 2024.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION?

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COME ON DOWN.

JOYCE BOLDMAN 10 13 ESSETT DRIVE.

I AGREE WITH ALL THE OPPOSITION THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT I ON BERKSHIRE, WHEN THEY SAY AND PUT A LIGHT RIGHT AT DUNCANVILLE ROAD, BERKSHIRE IS A TWO LANE THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS ALREADY PARK THEIR CAR, WHICH NOW IS A ONE LANE.

SO IF WE ARE MAKING A WAY TO GET INTO A NEW COMMUNITY COMING OFF OF DUNCANVILLE ROAD COMING INTO THERE, THAT'S GONNA BE SO CONGESTED.

A STOPLIGHT ON A TWO LANE STREET.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS BECAUSE TRAFFIC GOING OUT IN THE MORNING, PEOPLE TRYING TO GO TO WORK AND COMING HOME IN THE EVENING, PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HOME, THAT'S GONNA BE CRAZY.

IT'S ALREADY CRAZY ALREADY WITH THE STOPLIGHT AT PLEASANT RUN, WHICH SOMETIME WE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE ALL THE PEOPLE GOING BACK AND FORTH, UH, OF COURSE THE ANIMALS AND EVERYTHING, BUT THE MAIN THING IS THE STREET AND HAVING ALL THAT TRAFFIC, IT'S JUST, TO ME A STOPLIGHT IS NOT GONNA STOP THE TRAFFIC.

IT'S GONNA MAKE MORE TRAFFIC IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH PEOPLE GOING INTO ANOTHER COMMUNITY TOO.

SO WE'RE JOINING ANOTHER COMMUNITY TRYING TO GET THROUGH.

AND OF COURSE THE PEOPLE WHO TRYING TO GET THROUGH, WHEN THEY SEE THAT THAT STREET IS CROWDED, THEY'RE GONNA TURN DOWN SUFFOLK, THEY'RE GONNA TURN DOWN EXIT.

SO THEY'LL SAY WE WILL GO OVER TO MEADOW VISTA AND TRY TO GO OUT THERE 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE TWO EXIT.

BUT STILL IT'S THE SAME THING.

AND KIDS, LIKE THEY SAID, PLAN, THEY COMING DOWN.

EVERYONE'S NOT PATIENT.

ALRIGHT, SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT, THAT DO NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME FOR A TWO LANE, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T, I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL NOT LET ANY, UM, THE TRUCKS AND THINGS COME THROUGH THERE 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS, BUT THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.

JULIAN, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, COUNCILWOMAN AZI.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO PD 6 8 2 2024.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO PD 6 8 2 2024? LAST CALL.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO PD 6 8 2 2024? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO FIRST OF ALL COME OUT TONIGHT.

UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD.

UM, THIS IS VERY VALUABLE.

THE FACT THAT YOU ACTUALLY TOOK TIME OUT TO BE ABLE TO COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS.

THOSE ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS, UM, YOU KNOW, IS UM, IS NOTED TOWARDS US AND IS IMPORTANT TO US.

UM, I'M, I, I MADE SOME NOTES AND YOU KNOW, I WILL, YOU KNOW, GET TO THAT PROBABLY LATER ON DURING THE DELIBERATION.

UH, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE ABOUT WHAT IS THE CHARGE TONIGHT.

UH, THE CHARGE OF THE COUNCIL IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER A ZONING CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

UM, ALLOW ME TO BE ABLE TO, TO COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS PROPERTY OWNER HAS, YOU KNOW, OWN THIS PROPERTY PROBABLY FOR ABOUT 30 PLUS YEARS.

UH, SO ESSENTIALLY HE IS GRANDFATHER.

I'M SAYING HE, BUT THE COMPANY OR THE PROPERTY OWNER IS GRANDFATHER.

SO ESSENTIALLY THIS UM, SUBDIVISION, THIS DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS ALREADY APPROVED MANY YEARS AGO.

ALRIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY APPROVED AS SINGLE FAMILY SF 10.

THEY CAME BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL, RIGHT? THE DEVELOPER CAME, IS COMING TO US NOW BECAUSE HE SAYS, HEY, I CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE WIDER LOTS.

THE ONLY WAY HE CAN GET WIDER LOTS IS IF HE HAS TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT REQUEST.

THEREFORE, THIS COUNCIL, WE UPDATED OUR RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS IN 2022, I BELIEVE IN 2022, I BELIEVE.

SO IN 2022, WE UPDATED OUR STANDARDS.

SO ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT, ANY NEW APPLICANT WHO COMES TOWARDS CEDAR HILL HAS TO BE ABLE TO NOW COMPLY WITH OUR CURRENT STANDARD AND REGULATION.

SO THIS DEVELOPER WAS, WAS LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING BECAUSE THEY CAME PRIOR TOWARDS US UPDATING OUR STANDARD.

BUT NOW THAT HE'S COMING UP HERE AND ASKING TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE HIS SLOTS, STAFF HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO CUSTOMIZE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

AND IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO CALL THAT

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A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, UPDATE WHAT HE WANTS, BUT NOW HE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH ABOUT 50 OTHER THINGS.

AND I'M JUST THROWING A NUMBER OUT, BUT A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF OTHER THINGS, LIKE SUCH AS HE'S NOW GOTTA HAVE OPEN SPACE ON HIS PROPERTY, HE'S NOW GOTTA BE ABLE TO HAVE A LANDSCAPING PLAN, HE'S NOW GOTTA HAVE TREE PRESERVATION PLAN, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

SO IN A SENSE, THIS IS AN ENHANCEMENT OF WHAT WAS ALREADY PROPOSED.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M JUST GIVING A LITTLE CONTEXT.

IF COUNSEL DENIES THIS TONIGHT, IT WILL NOT BE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL STANDARDS THAT WAS APPROVED BACK 20, 30 YEARS AGO.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, IF YOU'RE ASKING US TO DENY THIS TONIGHT, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE STANDARDS.

IT'LL GO BACK TO SMALLER LOTS.

IT WILL PROBABLY BE A LOWER STANDARD OF A PRODUCT THAN WHAT HE IS TRYING TO PRESENT AND PROVIDE TODAY.

SO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY AN ENHANCEMENT AND WE HEARD SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL WILL DELIBERATE AND ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.

IF NOT, I'LL TRY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME THINGS THAT I MADE NOTE OF TONIGHT.

SO THAT IS SOMEWHAT OUR CHARGE.

I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE CONTEXT, UH, TO THAT.

AND WITH THAT COUNCIL, UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, I, I'LL I'LL START.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT.

UM, SO FOR TRANSPARENCY, I'M A A WOODED CREEK, UH, ESTATES RESIDENT.

UM, I HAVE BEEN, I DON'T KNOW, 15 YEARS.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER.

AND, UH, I AM ACTUALLY ON WOODED CREEK ROAD.

SO THE, THE MAIN ROAD THAT WOULD, UM, WHERE YOU HAVE TO COME IN OFF OF, OF JOE WILSON, ALL THE WAY DOWN WOODED CREEK TO GET TO THE BACKSIDE TO WHERE THE STREET WILL CONNECT.

SO, UM, WHEN I SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, MUCH OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UM, IT'S TRUE BECAUSE I'M ALSO A RESIDENT AND I LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, UM, SO, UM, WITH THAT I WANNA TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

COUNCILWOMAN .

SO THE PROCESS, THE PROCESS, WHEN SOMETHING COMES BEFORE US, IT STARTS OUT WITH US, JUST OURSELVES, JUST FAMILIARIZING OURSELVES WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN YOU ALL KNOW YOU GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEY'RE FOCUSED ON A SPECIFIC THING, PLANNING AND ZONING.

THEY'RE FOCUSING ONLY ON CODES, UM, WHAT THE ZONING IS.

AND THEY ARE LIMITED TO WHAT THEY CONSIDER, WHAT THEY CAN CONSIDER.

WE LISTEN TO, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING'S RECOMMENDATION.

UM, WE LISTEN TO ALL THE PIECES THAT WE'VE HEARD AND THEN WE GO BACK AGAIN WITH, WITH WHAT WE KNOW AND TRY TO MAKE IT, MAKE IT ALL WORK.

THE IMPORTANT FILTER THAT WE HAVE NOW IS CODES THAT WE, WE HAVE LAWS AND CODES.

THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY NON-NEGOTIABLES.

IF THERE IS A CODE THAT SAYS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF A CERTAIN SIZE HAS TO HAVE AN EGRESS, THAT'S A WAY IN.

AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A WAY OUT.

WE CAN'T JUST, WE, WE CANNOT SAY WE ONLY WANT THE ONE ROAD.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT A REQUEST FOR TONIGHT, BUT I'M, I'M TRYING TO BE CLEAR IN MY, IN MY STATEMENT, THAT WE HAVE, UM, FILTERS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE FOR US.

UM, I WILL SAY, UM, TO OUR MAYOR'S POINT, THAT OUR ABILITY, UM, THE, THE, THE OWNER OWNS THE LAND, AND IN ESSENCE, BECAUSE, UM, AS MAYOR EXPLAINED, HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS WITH THE LAND UNDER THE EXISTING CODE.

SO WHAT WE GET THE BENEFIT OF IS BEING ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON, UM, HE GETS A LITTLE WIDER PRODUCT.

THAT'S IT.

BUT WE GET THE ABILITY TO ADD MANY MORE RESTRICTIONS ON.

SO I DON'T WANT TO, UM, SPEAK FOR MY FELLOW COUNCILMEN HERE, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, UM, FOR THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT, IT IS TRULY THE PLANNING.

WHAT WE CAN DISCUSS IS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, AND YOUR CONCERNS ARE VERY VALID.

UM, WE HEAR THEM.

SO IF ANYTHING IS SAID TONIGHT THAT THAT MAKES YOU FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING MINIMIZED, UM, THAT IS NOT OUR INTENT, BUT WE HAVE TO SORT OF ADDRESS THEM HEAD ON.

UM, SOMETHING THAT HAS JUST COME THROUGH.

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UM, I WANT, I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE NOT PROCEEDING IN A NONCHALANT MANNER.

IT'S, IT'S JUST REALLY NOT AT THE HEART OF HOW WE ARE AS A COUNCIL.

BUT ALSO THAT, ALTHOUGH THE, THE PLANNING AND ZONINGS GUIDELINE SAYS THAT ONLY IF A HOUSING, YOU KNOW, ONLY IF THERE WERE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOUSES, COULD WE GET A TRAFFIC STUDY, THAT'S NOT THE LIMITATION OF THE COUNCIL.

SO WE DID ASK FOR, UM, A TRAFFIC STUDY, AND THE DEVELOPER DID PROVIDE US WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

UM, FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY, DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THIS THAT YOU WERE ON, UM, THE TRAFFIC STUDY DIDN'T GIVE US ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE, UM, WERE GIVEN TO BEGIN WITH, EXCEPT FOR CHARTS TO PROVE WHAT THEY SAID.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MORNING.

THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE AFTERNOON AT RUSH HOUR.

IT'S A VERY DETAILED, I THINK IT WAS 27 PAGE REPORT.

SO, UM, WE, WE WENT THROUGH, WENT, WENT THROUGH THE REPORT.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW IS IDENTIFY YOUR, YOUR MAIN CONCERNS, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THEM.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THEM ALL.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH OF IT.

SO WE, WE WANNA LOOK AT THIS AS PRIORITIZATION.

UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT, THAT WOULD BE, WOULD BE THE TRAFFIC.

THE TRAFFIC.

UM, AND SO WE, WE DID GET THE TRAFFIC STUDY, AND AS I SAID, THE, THE, THE RESULTS WERE ALMOST, UM, THE NUMBERS WERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER, BUT ALMOST THE SAME AS, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WE ORIGINALLY GOT.

UM, THIS BEFORE YOU GO TO YOUR NEXT SUBJECT, THE REASON WHY THE MEETING WAS POSTPONED FROM JULY 22ND TO TODAY IS BECAUSE WE DID ASK FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY.

AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS POSTPONED, BY THE WAY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYOR, UM, FOR HAVING THAT DONE.

UM, SO WE HAVE, WHAT WE HAVE IS, AND YOU ALL KNOW, TWO, TWO SUBDIVISIONS AND SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN.

I HATE TO USE THAT TERM, BUT THERE IS A SMALLER SUBDIVISION.

AND I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT TOO, THAT THIS IS A 84 HOME SUBDIVISION.

BOTH, UH, THE MEADOW VISTA AND THE WHITT CREEK SUBDIVISIONS ARE ALMOST THREE TIMES.

UM, THE SIZE OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS MY MATH, RIGHT? IT'S ALMOST, ALMOST THREE TIMES.

SO, UM, AGAIN, NOT TO MINIMIZE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING OF THIS.

UM, WHEN YOU SEE IT ON PAPER, IT DOES LOOK MASSIVE.

THIS IS, THIS IS, UM, 84 HOMES AND BOTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR, UM, TRIPLE IN, IN THAT SIZE.

SO, UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAINTENANCE.

THAT WAS A POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.

UM, THIS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY AN HOA, UM, SIMILAR.

AND, AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT MEADOW VISTA, BUT WOODA CREEK HAS AN HOA SO MAINTAINED, BUT THE STREETS ARE, UH, THROUGHOUT WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY.

SO IF THERE ARE MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT ARISE, THAT WOULD BE A CITY RESPONSIBILITY TO TO, TO HANDLE THAT, UM, CRIME THERE.

UM, SOME OF YOU WERE HERE EARLIER FOR THE, UM, FOR THE CHIEFS, UM, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S REPORT, AND THERE IS JUST NO CREDIBLE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CITY THAT SUGGESTS THAT HAVING ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO HAVE MORE CRIME.

UM, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.

AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE SAME THING HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT, THAT, UM, IT'S, UM, IT'S, I WILL SAY IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FEAR AND ANXIETY THAT I, YOU KNOW, THAT I HAVE AS A RESIDENT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT THE, THE TRUTH OF IT, AND IT'S NOT WHAT THE DATA SUPPORTS.

SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.

UM, SO FOR ME, UM, IS IT GONNA BE DIFFERENT BEING ON WOODED CREEK? YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT.

UM, IT'S GONNA BE A CHANGE THAT I'M GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO DEAL WITH.

AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A CON AN AN INCONVENIENCE.

UM, BUT THE LAW SAYS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, NEEDS TO COME.

AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN SHIFT OUR FOCUS, UH, ON THE POINTS THAT ARE SORT OF LEFT ON THE TABLE AND TRY TO MITIGATE THOSE TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.

UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT.

CREEK ESTATES, AND TWO OTHER MEAN COMMUNITIES THAT SURROUND THIS QUADRANT OF, OF, OF PROPERTY.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, NEXT WE HEAR FROM PRO TIM GLOVER.

THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN AZI.

I THINK SHE'S HAS TOUCHED ON MANY OF THE SAME POINTS THAT, THAT I HAVE HAD.

AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT SO ELOQUENTLY.

WHEN I MOVED TO ME VISTA ESTATES IN 2008, ENTERING ME VISTA ESTATES, YOU SEE THAT GUARDRAIL AND THIS NOT BEING MY FIRST HOME, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS COMING.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY LIFE IS.

UM, I THINK THE MAYORS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS PROPERTY, THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO DEVELOPED THE MOTHER VISTA ESTATES, WOOD

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UM, I HAVE FRIENDS IN, IN, IN WOODIE CREEK ESTATES.

THOSE ARE AMAZING HOMES, AND HAVING NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS IN METHOD VISA ESTATES, THOSE ARE ALSO AMAZING HOMES.

WE HAVE TWO AMAZING COMMUNITIES THAT DEFINE OUR CITY.

I TOO SHARE MANY OF YOUR CONCERNS AND, AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THOSE TO LIGHT.

THE, THE TRAFFIC IS PROBABLY MY MAIN CONCERN OF HOW WE ARE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GROW AS A CITY? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GROW WHEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO TEXAS, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, COMING TO NORTHERN TEXAS AND REALIZING THAT THEY DON'T WANNA LIVE IN MCKINNEY.

THEY DON'T WANNA LIVE IN PROSPER.

THEY WANNA LIVE, THEY WANT WHAT WE HAVE.

SO HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN TODAY SAY, I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH A, A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

I'LL JUST BUILD ON 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.

HE CAN DO THAT BY RIGHT.

AND WE LOSE THAT AMOUNT OF CONTROL TO SHAPE THIS COMMUNITY SO THAT IT MIRRORS BOTH COMMUNITIES.

UM, I, I SHARE IN YOUR PASSION BECAUSE YOU'VE COME TO ME, VISTA ESTATES FOR THE SAME REASON I DID, WHICH IS IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

IT IS THAT HIDDEN GEM ALONG WITH WOODEN CREEK ESTATES THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW ABOUT.

IT'S A GOOD THING THAT IT'S ONLY 84 HOMES.

IT'S LESS THAN IF IT WERE A, IT'S 84 HOMES.

BUT THAT DOES NOT MITIGATE THE CHALLENGES OF BUILDING A STREET THAT WILL CONNECT JOE WILSON, WHICH IS A, AN ACTIVE ROADWAY IN THE MORNING AND THE EVENING AND DUNCANVILLE ROAD, WHICH IS GOING TO BE MORE ACTIVE AS MORE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS SOUTH OF US.

WE ALREADY SEE THE DEVELOPMENT IN DE SOTO ACROSS THE STREET.

AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS IS APPROVED AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPED AS BY RIGHT EXISTING, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STREETS AND OUR COMMUNITIES REMAIN AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, AND EQUALLY AS SAFE.

THIS NEW COMMUNITY SHOULD BE EQUALLY AS SAFE AS BOTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT CAN GIVE US THE TOOLS TO MAINTAIN THAT.

I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE US THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OR A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE MONITOR THIS TRAFFIC.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE AND DEFINE THESE ROADS BECAUSE THIS ROAD HAS YET TO BE BUILT.

SO WE CAN DEFINE THAT.

I'M LOOKING AT THIS PATHWAY AT, AT GOOGLE MAPS RIGHT NOW, AND YES, I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT.

THERE'S NO STAGING FOR CONSTRUCTION.

UH, WHEN THE DEVELOPER HAD CLEARED SOME ROADS, THERE WERE VEHICLES THAT HAD STAGED ON BERKSHIRE.

AND AS, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED, WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING IN THE MORNING AND YOU'RE TRYING, SCHOOLS HAVE JUST OPENED.

67 IS BACK TO BEING CROWDED.

SO EVERYONE'S TRYING TO GET OUT TO GET TO 67, AND IF THERE'S CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE PRETTY.

SO I'M LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS, AND THERE MIGHT BE A WAY FOR A TEMPORARY ROAD FOR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES TO KEEP CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES OFF OF BOTH COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE CURRENTLY A STAGING PLACE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT GETS BUILT.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE AND DEFINE WHAT CEDAR HILL IS GOING TO BE.

AND I ENCOURAGE US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAVE A DEVELOPER WHO'S WILLING, AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, IT'S 10 THOU.

WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

IF WE SAY NO TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, IT BECOMES THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT OF 10,000 SQUARE FOOT HOMES.

AND ANYTHING CAN BE BUILT.

I WOULD EX I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF CONTROL.

AND IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ASSURE YOU AND ME, BECAUSE I LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND COUNCILWOMAN LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY, THAT WE ARE STILL SAFE.

AND THAT OUR, AND I'M CONFIDENT IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER IN INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE REMAIN A SAFE FROM TRAFFIC, AND THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE ABLE

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TO PLAY.

AND I TRUST IN OUR STAFF, AND I TRUST IN OUR COUNCIL TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

I'M CLEAR ON A COUPLE THINGS.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

TIM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COUNCILOR MCCURDY? YES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO THE, THE EXISTING, UH, ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY IS SF 10, CORRECT.

WHICH MEANS IT CAN BE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AND THE DEVELOPER WANTS SLIGHTLY, UH, SMALLER LOTS.

UM, OUR ZONING REQUIRES TWO POINTS OF ACCESS, WHICH IS WHY YOU, IT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE CONNECTED TO, TO BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS.

CORRECT.

AND, AND, UM, IF, IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THE, THE ZONING CHANGE, WHICH GIVES THEM A FEW MORE HOUSES, WHAT, WHAT, HOW, HOW MANY ADDITIONAL HOUSES DO, OR IS IT ADDING BY, UH, 14, 14, 14 ADDITIONAL HOUSES BY, BY U USING THE SMALLER ZONING RATHER THAN, OR USING THE PD RATHER THAN USING THE SF 10.

BUT IF, IF, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE DENIED THIS, UM, IF WE DO DENY THIS, UH, THAT'S NOT GONNA STOP THE CON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPERTY FROM BEING DEVELOPED BECAUSE IT IS ZONED SF 10 STATE LAW SAYS THAT THEY CAN BUILD THAT BY, RIGHT.

SO THEY COULD, WITHOUT IT, WE COULD DENY THIS TONIGHT AND WITHOUT EVER COMING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL, THEY CAN APPLY FOR A PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

WE, WE ARE, UM, COMPELLED BY LAW TO GRANT THAT, THAT RIGHT TO, TO CONSTRUCT AND THEY CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.

SO I, I THINK WHAT, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ZEEN AND, AND, AND, AND GLOVER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM GLOVER ARE, ARE POINTING TO IS THAT, UM, IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE EXISTING COMMUNITIES.

IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO, TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER WITHIN THE, THE PD ZONING REQUEST, UM, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE OF YOUR CONCERNS AND ADDRESS MORE OF THEM, THEM THAN IF WE SIMPLY DENY THIS AND THEY CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING.

UH, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP THIS.

SO THIS IS NOT A VOTE ON STOPPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PD OR WHETHER THE, THE DEVELOPER CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EXISTING ZONING.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT BEING SAID, I, I SHARE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.

AND WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT, AT THE MAP, IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS A ALMOST A STRAIGHT SHOT FROM, FROM HAMPSHIRE LANE GOING DOWN WOODED CREEK, WHICH IS GONNA TAKE YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY TO JOE WILSON.

SO YOU'RE CONNECTING DUNCANVILLE ROAD TO JOE WILSON THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, WHI WHICH I SHARE AIR, I SHARE THAT CONCERN.

AND I, I, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, TO HEAR SOME MORE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, MITIGATION PLANS, UM, HOW, HOW YOU PLAN TO, UH, MANAGE TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE THE PROBLEM.

AND, AND, AND EVEN WITH THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, IT'S NOT THE TRAFFIC IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

IT'S THE, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE FRUSTRATED ON DUNCANVILLE ROAD, 'CAUSE TRAFFIC BACKS UP OVER THERE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

THEY ARE GONNA TRY TO GET TO JOE WILSON OR, OR VICE VERSA.

AND THEY'RE GONNA BLOW THROUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WITH, WITH, WITH NO CONCERN TO THE CHILDREN THAT MIGHT BE PLAYING THERE.

UM, AND, AND THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, OF COURSE, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS SOME WAY TO, TO ADD A, AN ACCESS ROAD FOR CONSTRUCTION.

BUT I DEFINITELY THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR, UM, THOUGHTS AROUND WHAT, WHAT CAN BE DONE OR WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE, UM, TO, UH, TO SLOW THE, THE, THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS, IT ALMOST LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BE, WOULD BE BETTER SERVED IF YOU CONNECTED IT TO SOUTHWESTERN RATHER THAN TO WOODY CREEK, BECAUSE AT LEAST THAT CUTS OFF THE, THE DIRECT FLOW OF TRAFFIC GOING TO JOE WILSON.

ESPECIALLY WHEN DUNCANVILLE ROAD, UH, GOES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UH, I'M JUST AFRAID THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INVITING THIS TO BECOME A THOROUGHFARE.

SO I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, GOING THROUGH THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALRIGHT.

UM, DO YOU WANT TO GET A, GET A REPORT RIGHT NOW, OR YOU WANT TO, UH, JUST BEFORE WE MAKE A VOTE, YOU WANT TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT? UH, I, I CAN WAIT UNTIL WE'RE READY TO, UNTIL WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

UM, 'CAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE MAY HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AS, OKAY.

ROGER THAT.

COUNCILMAN SIMS. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, IF THE CHASSIS, I WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE

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SO I, IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID THAT THERE'S AN EXISTING ZONING ON THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? CORRECT.

MM-HMM .

SO A DENIAL DOESN'T STOP THE, UH, STOP THIS PROJECT FROM GOING FORWARD.

CORRECT.

THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY, 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.

AND SO THE PD, UM, IS FOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S FOR A LOT WIDTH OF 70 FEET VERSUS 80 FEET.

BUT THE LOT AREA IS STILL 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR EACH LOT.

UNDER THE PD AS WELL.

SO THEY, THEY CAN STILL PROCEED WITH 80 FOOT LOTS INSTEAD OF 70, BUT MM-HMM .

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I, I HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE.

UH, THERE'S A STATE LAW THAT SAYS THEY CAN COME THROUGH AND BUILD THIS PROJECT WITH ANY MATERIAL THAT'S IN OUR ZONING CODE, ANY MATERIAL.

SO UNDER THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE REQUIRING THEM TO PUT IN BRICK AND STONE.

BUT IF THEY, IF WE DENY IT, THEY CAN COME TECHNICALLY CORRECT IN ANY MATERIAL.

ANY WOULD, IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT THIS COULD BE BUILT A LOT CHEAPER.

IS AM, AM I, IF I'M CORRECT, IF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CORRECT ME, BUT YES.

SO IN 2019, THE STATE LEGISLATURE PREEMPTED CITIES FROM REGULATING BUILDING MATERIALS.

UM, AND SO THROUGH A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPER CAN CONSENT TO MASONRY REQUIREMENTS, OTHER DESIGN STANDARDS, DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS.

THERE WAS MENTION ABOUT THE JSW GARAGES OR THE REAR ENTRY GARAGES.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE CAN MANDATE UNDER A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

WE CANNOT MANDATE THAT UNDER OUR EXISTING ZONING REGULATION.

SO THEY COULD, AND ACTUALLY, THE, THE STATE LAW ALLOWS FOR ANY BUILDING MATERIAL THAT'S ALLOWED BY THE BUILDING CODE, NOT EVEN BY A ZONING ORDINANCE.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE BUILDING CODE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE BUILDING.

INE UH, ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE EXISTING ORDINANCES, UM, AND, AND RULES THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED.

SO, TECHNICALLY A DENIAL IN, UM, THEY COULD END UP WITH A, A LOT LESSER PRODUCT, CHEAPER HOMES.

AND, AND I, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

'CAUSE WHAT, AS THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER THIS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE REQUIRING THEM, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED IN THE VERY BEGINNING, TO SIGNIFICANTLY RAISE THE STANDARDS WITH STONE AND BRICK AND, I MEAN, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTENED TO.

SO ONE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE, UH, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO BE CLEAR.

I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT SAFETY, UM, THE TWO REQUIREMENTS THROUGH ENTRANCE EXITS.

IS IT, AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT'S A FIRE SAFETY ISSUE? YES, SIR.

THAT'S PART OF THE FIRE CODE.

SO IT REQUIRES THERE TO BE TWO POINTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS.

UM, IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 30 LOTS, SO REGARDLESS OF THE PD, THERE WOULD HAVE TO STILL BE TWO POINTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS.

UM, BECAUSE OF PROPERTY, THE PROJECT IS MORE THAN 30 LOTS.

AND, AND SO THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE, AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THIS IS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ISSUE? YES, SIR.

SO THE INTENT OF THAT REQUIREMENT IS REALLY SUCH THAT IF ONE OF THE ENTRIES IS, UM, BLOCKED, EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES CAN HAVE ANOTHER POINT TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHEN I HEAR FIRE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL CONS, MEDICAL SERVICES, SAFETY, IT, IT BOILS DOWN TO WHAT I CAMPAIGNED WHEN I FIRST RAN PUBLIC SAFETY AND FROM, AND, UH, I THINK IN THE VERY BEGINNING, I THINK IT WAS THE PUB DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY SAYS, WE SPEND TWO THIRDS OF OUR BUDGET ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO HAVING THIS IS A, IS CRITICAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CITY'S HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, HOW DO WE GET TO, UH, MITIGATING SOME OF THE CONCERNS? HOW, IN WHAT PROCESS DO WE DISCUSS THAT TONIGHT? SEE WHAT KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS, MODIFICATIONS CAN BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT, THAT THE RESIDENTS MENTIONED TONIGHT? I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE NOTED WERE, UM, CONCERNS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, VEHICLES, TRUCK CONSTRUCTION ROUTES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SHOULD THE DEVELOPMENT BE APPROVED OR REGARDLESS IF THE PDS APPROVED TONIGHT, JUST CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, WE COULD WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IN TERMS OF, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION ROUTING AND ALL OF THAT, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY THE PROPERTY IS LANDLOCKED, SO THERE'LL BE SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THAT.

SO, SO IS IT, IS NOT SO MUCH, DO WE DO IT THIS TONIGHT, MAKE THOSE, UH, REQUESTS TONIGHT AND PUT THEM ON THE RECORD? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S WORKED OUT WITH THE STAFF AT A LATTER DATE? YOU CERTAINLY COULD NOTE IT.

THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE CONDITIONS OF THE PD, BECAUSE THE, THE PD ITSELF IS JUST GONNA BE THE ZONING.

WE CAN CERTAINLY, WE, WE'VE HEARD ALL OF THAT.

UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO IN DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.

I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT WITH REGARD TO THE, THE CONNECTION OF THE, THE TWO STREETS THERE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN

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SO IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE CODE THAT REQUIRES THE TWO POINTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, WE ALSO HAVE THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2022 AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT SHOWED THIS AS A COLLECTOR.

THERE WAS A CONNECTION SHOWN FOR THESE ROADWAYS.

IN FACT, BERKSHIRE AND WOODED CREEK ESTATES ARE ACTUALLY, WERE DESIGNED AS COLLECTOR ROADWAYS.

SO THERE WAS ALWAYS THAT CONTEMPLATION THAT THERE WOULD BE THE, THE CONNECTION, UM, OF THE, OF THE TWO OR AFFAIRS.

AND THEN ALSO OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REQUIRES, UM, THAT STREETS, UH, BE IN LINE AND CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING STREETS AND ADJOINING DEVELOPMENTS.

IT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT DEAD END STREETS SHALL BE AVOIDED EXCEPT WHEN PLANNED FOR FUTURE EXTENSION.

SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE CONTEMPLATION UNDER THE EXISTING ORDINANCES THAT WOULD APPLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT REGARDLESS OF THE PD, UM, ALSO REQUIRE THE CONNECTION POINT.

THEN, THEN I WOULD JUST, FOR ME, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY THE RESIDENTS, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE INCORPORATED IN ANYTHING THAT GOES FORWARD.

AND YOU MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL TONIGHT, BUT I WANT THEM TO DO EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE TO TRY TO MEDICATE THE, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED TONIGHT.

UNDERSTOOD.

UM, MS. BENSON, UM, GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT, OZZIE? IS THAT OKAY? ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, CAN YOU PUSH YOUR BUTTON ONE MORE TIME, SIR? THERE YOU GO.

YOU GOT THE FLOOR.

GO IN WHEN THEY'RE USED TO SEEING THE, THE, UH, VACANT PROPERTY AND THE, AND THE, UH, MOUNTAIN LIONS OR THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RABBITS AND THE, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT.

WE KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SIT UP HERE AND SOMETHING COMES LIKE THIS, I HAVE A TENDENCY TO JUMP OUT IN THE, IN THE VERY FRONT OF IT.

UM, AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO, UH, REPRESENT THE CITIZENS FOR CEDAR HILL FOR A LONG TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JOTTED DOWN ALL THESE SAME THINGS.

UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH, WITH SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS', UH, COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY COUNCILMAN, UH, MIRANDA INE, UM, AND ALAN SIMS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO RELATE TO, TO THE CITIZENS ON, ON, ON HOW AND WHY WE MAKE DECISIONS UP HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THINGS THAT I HEARD HERE AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC AND THE CRIME AND THE PROPERTY VALUES, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SEE WHERE THE PROPERTY VALUES WOULD BE HEARD HERE.

WHEN A, WHEN A SUBDIVISION'S COMING IN THAT'S GONNA BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN THE ONE THAT'S OVER ON THE EAST SIDE, TO ME, THAT WOULD KIND OF INCREASE YOUR PROPERTY VALUES.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, MAYBE HAVING A, A TRAFFIC LIGHT, I CAN ASSURE YOU WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE DO HERE, UH, IF THERE'S A NEED FOR ONE, THERE'S GONNA BE ONE PUT UP.

SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS, UH, UH, COME ALONG AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMES ALONG.

I AGREE WITH, UH, WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN SIMS ABOUT, LET'S TRY TO MITIGATE WHAT WE CAN WITH REGARDS TO SOME OF THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT, THAT SOME OF Y'ALL HAD.

BUT I GOTTA, I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT THERE'S BEEN MANY TIMES UP HERE WHERE WE'VE LISTENED TO, TO THE CA TO THE CITIZENS LIKE WE DID TODAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M EMOTIONAL HERE IN YOU.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT AND THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS, HEY, WE JUST DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO BE THERE.

I'VE BEEN HAPPY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN EMPTY, BUT IT SOME POINT IN TIME, SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE.

AND SO YOU, YOU GIVE US THE CHARGE TO MAKE A DECISION.

WHAT'S GOOD FOR ALL IN, IN, IN THE CITY IN CEDAR HILL.

SO WHEN, WHEN I REFLECT BACK TO THE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I'M JUST GONNA MISSION ONE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHEN FUEL CITY, WHEN WE HAD ALL THIS, UH, PEOPLE COMING IN AND DIDN'T WANT THE FUEL CITY, WE HAD CRIME, WE HAD TRAFFIC, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT GONNA DO? WELL, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO COME IN AND DO A, UH, A, UH, A CAR WASH.

THEY HAD TO COME TO CITY, AND THEN IT HAD TO BE A CONDITIONAL USE, HAD TO BE A CUP.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF MITIGATE ALL OF THEIR CONCERNS, HAVE THE BUFFERS FARTHER BACK THAN WHAT THEY WERE, TOOK CARE OF.

ALL THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, DIDN'T HAVE THE CRIME THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.

NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL THOSE NEIGHBORS BACK THERE SAY, WOW, THIS THING'S, THIS THING IS, IS GOOD, IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT.

SO WE'RE CHARGED WITH THAT UP HERE TO MAKE THE DECISION WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU GUYS.

AND, UH, AND KNOWING, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONCERNS, BUT WE MAKE THE DECISIONS.

WE HOPE THAT WITH THE PD COMING IN LIKE THIS, WE HAVE A LOT MORE CONTROLS OF WHAT KIND OF PRODUCT AND HOW IT'S GONNA BE, UH, HOW IT'S GONNA REFLECT YOUR COMMUNITIES OVER THERE.

SO, SO I THINK THE MAYOR ARTICULATED GREAT.

EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING AND IF WE DO SOMETHING.

SO, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE, YOU'VE HEARD THAT.

I KNOW IT'S NOT, UH, EVERYBODY TO BE HAPPY ABOUT HAVING A DEVELOPMENT

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I HAVE IT BEHIND MY HOUSE TOO, AND I SEE ALL THAT.

BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME WHERE I'M AT, SAME THING'S GONNA HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW? SO, UH, SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, YOUR COUNSEL IS, IS, UH, HEARING WHAT YOU SAY, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT WHATEVER DECISION WE VOTE FOR TONIGHT FOR ME AS FAR AS SUPPORTING THE PD IS THE BEST SITUATION FOR, FOR YOU GUYS OUT THERE.

IF, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR HAYDEN.

I WANNA ADDRESS SOME COMMENTS THAT I HEARD, UH, EARLIER TODAY.

UM, BEFORE I DO, I, I, I JUST WANT TO POINT THIS OUT 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF, IF EVERYONE PARTICIPATED, UH, AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING, BUT, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, AN ITEM, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, AT THE CORNER OF, UH, JOE WILSON AND PLEASANT RUN THERE, THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A FUEL STATION.

WELL, THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE ZONING, I THINK IT WAS ON FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND THEY WANTED TO CHANGE IT TO, TO HAVE A FUEL STATION.

WOODY CREEK CAME OUT, COUNCIL HEARD YOU, WE AGREED WITH YOU, WE DENIED IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY WAS THERE AND THEY HEARD THAT, BUT I JUST WANNA REMIND PEOPLE WHO CAME FOR THERE AS IT RELATES TO THE ANIMALS, UM, THAT, UH, MAY BE DISTURBING THEIR HABITAT.

UM, IF THEY HAVE THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GONNA BE DISTURBING THE HABITAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, UNPLEASANT RUN.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TRI-C ANIMAL SHELTER.

SO, UH, WE DO HAVE ANIMAL ER SERVICES OVER THERE.

UM, SO IF WE CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING STAFF WHERE THEY CAN WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD WATCH OUT FOR THAT.

UM, ALSO EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, TRINITY CHURCH, YOU ASKED ABOUT, UH, THE, UM, ACCESS FROM TRINITY.

UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, TRINITY DONATED SOME LAND, UH, TO THE CITY TO HAVE A CITY PARK.

I BELIEVE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS OF RIGHT NOW.

THEREFORE, THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE OUT TO MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, ANY OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS COMING OUTTA TRINITY.

UH, SO, SO CEDAR HILL'S GONNA HAVE ITS FIRST DOG PARK.

IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE ADJACENT, UH, TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BE ABLE TO ASK SOME SORT OF A AMENITY, UH, TO WHERE YOU ARE, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, SERVICE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PERMANENT ROAD, UH, COMING TO THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, PLANNING AND ZONING HAS HAD AN APPLICANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A MIXED USE ALONG THAT, UM, UH, SERVICE ROAD THERE.

I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF IT YET.

I DON'T KNOW.

UH, BUT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT THAT, UM, ON THAT OPTION.

SO BOTH SIDES THAT WAS PROPOSED TONIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION.

UH, BUT, UH, IT'S LOOKING TO BE DEVELOPED, UH, SOONER THAN LATER.

UM, A LADY, SOMEONE CAME UP AND TALKED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I SUPPORT THE SUBDIVISION, BUT I DON'T THINK I SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

UH, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

UH, THE COUNCIL DID ASK FOR A, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, FOLLOWING THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, RECOMMENDATION.

UH, WE RECEIVED THE RESULTS FROM THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

IT, IT MENTIONED THAT, UH, IT WILL HAVE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, A TICK, UH, UP OF, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, SUGGESTIONS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO WARRANT, UH, A, A CHANGE OR CONCERN OF THE ANY EXISTING, UM, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT DID HAVE A HIGH VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, AND IT DID CAUSE FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO BE ABLE TO GO ON THE CORNER, UH, OF ANY INTERSECTION, UH, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THAT REPORT.

SO IT CAN'T JUST BE A COUNCIL MEMBER SAY, HEY, I WANNA PUT A STREETLIGHT UP THERE.

THERE ACTUALLY IS A PROCESS THAT EVEN WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP.

SO EVEN THE MAYOR CAN'T SAY, I WANT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THAT LOCATION.

I GOTTA BE ABLE TO HAVE DATA TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.

UM, DOUGLASVILLE ROAD.

UM, THE COUNTY IS TALKING TO BOTH CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO ABOUT WIDENING DUNCANVILLE ROAD.

UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, UH, BUT I WOULD THINK WITHIN THE, MAYBE THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX YEARS, UH, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING IN DESIGN, UH, FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT FUNDED, BUT IT IS ON DALLAS COUNTY WINDOW, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HELP TRY TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC, UM, IN THAT AREA.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE CRIME ANALYSIS THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, AS YOU HEARD, CEDAR HILL IS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES AROUND THIS, UH, REGION.

UM, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY IN MY LEADERSHIP.

UM, IF ANYTHING, WE GONNA CONTINUE TO KEEP HAVING A DECREASE OF, OF CRIME RATE IN OUR CITY.

UH, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT.

UH, AM I RIGHT, CHIEF? YES, SIR.

CITY, OUR CITY, AND OUR CITIZENS, UM, I THINK IS JUST A GREAT THING.

UM, SO I TALKED ABOUT ACCESS ROADS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ANIMALS, DOG PARKS.

UM, SOMEONE SAYS, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING TO ME.

TRUST ME, I'M LISTENING.

UH, I'M LISTENING AND I'LL ALWAYS LISTEN.

UH, SO, UH, I DO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT I WROTE DOWN, UH, THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TONIGHT

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THAT MENTIONED.

UH, HOPEFULLY THIS DOES SHOW THAT I AM LISTENING TO YOU TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR NEEDS AND CONCERNS IF I DIDN'T ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE HEAR FROM YOU AFTERWARDS IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO TO BE ABLE TO MAKE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, UH, WHERE YOU RESIDE, UH, WE'LL WORK HARD TO BE ABLE TO DO SO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'LL, I'LL MAKE THIS REALLY QUICK.

UH, THERE IS ONE THING THAT I, THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD.

I WAS WAITING FOR YOUR LIST.

MY ORIGINAL, UH, ASK WAS GOING TO BE THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING ALL THESE THINGS AND WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING YOU THAT WE HEAR YOU, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CAPTURED EVERYTHING.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL MAKING OUR OWN NOTES, BUT, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE ROLE, UH, I THINK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD, UH, CAPTURE.

AND WHAT THAT DOES FROM, FROM MY, UM, MINDSET IS THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE THIS LIST, AND WE CAN'T SAY THAT WE, UM, HAVE HEARD YOU IF WE DON'T HAVE A POINT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A, A GOOD LIST DEVELOPED.

AND, UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD, HEARD SAID IS, YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE, UM, SOMEONE MENTIONED IT EARLIER FROM THE AUDIENCE ACTUALLY, THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO HOUSING STOCK, UM, AT LEAST OF THIS QUALITY RIGHT NOW, UH, AVAILABLE IN CEDAR HILL.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A KEY DRIVER OF HOW OUR ECONOMY GROWS, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW, SALES TAX, IT ALL, IT, IT'S ALL THERE TOGETHER.

SO IT'S A KEY DRIVER.

AND, UM, IT, I, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY HERE IS FOR US TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT, SMART DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER THE SERVICES THAT WE ALL ENJOY.

UM, SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I WANTED TO ADD THAT POINT.

'CAUSE I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LOW HOUSING STOCK, UM, IS A, UH, A KEY THING FOR US ALL TO CONSIDER AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.

COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ZINE, UM, COUNCILMAN MALONE, DO YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS? YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT, UM, TO DEFINITELY VOICE YOUR CONCERNS.

UM, AND ALSO, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF.

UM, I WANNA THANK THIS COUNCIL, AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL ARE VERY, VERY IN TUNED AND VERY MUCH ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS.

UM, IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST COMING IN AND MAKING A DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING MORE HOUSES.

UM, WE TRY TO PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

WE TRY TO LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE AND WE LOOK THROUGH IT AND GO OVER IT AND CUT IT AND LOOK AT IT TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE WE MAKE A CUT.

BUT ALSO, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE SAME PLACE THAT Y'ALL ARE SITTING ACTUALLY TWICE, UM, WHEN I MOVED TO CEDAR HILL.

SO I'M KIND OF A RURAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENT OF CEDAR HILL.

UM, BEAR CREEK ESTATES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ZONED AS A RANCHETTE COMMUNITY, UM, WHICH WOULD BE TWO ACRE LODGE, 2,500 SQUARE FOOT LIVING.

UM, I CAME BEFORE COUNCIL WHEN IT WAS AT BABES, UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS BACK IN EARLY 2000 WHEN, UH, BEAR CREEK RANCH CAME ABOUT, MYSELF AND SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS.

AND WE SAT THERE AND WE FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY KIND OF ABANDONED US AND DIDN'T WANNA LISTEN TO US.

AND MY WHOLE DREAM OF MOVING OUT INTO CEDAR HILL AND, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT CEDAR HILL WAS AND THE THINGS THAT MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS CITY WAS THAT SPACE.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, UM, BEAR CREEK RANCH HAS CAME ONLINE.

IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

I'M GLAD WE HAVE IT THERE.

INSTEAD OF WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT JUST CAME ONLINE, AND I CAME IN WITH SOME RESIDENTS, AND THIS WAS BEFORE I CAME ON COUNCIL.

I WASN'T ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME WITH SOME RESIDENTS, AND WE TRIED TO, UM, ADDISON HILLS IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY 65 ACRES, I THINK, WITH 235 HOUSES POSSIBLY ON IT.

AND SO, UM, WE CAME TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY.

AND I WILL SAY THAT BOTH BEAR CREEK RANCH AND ADDISON HILLS ARE VERY NICE COMMUNITIES.

I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT THEY ARE COMING.

UM, AND LOOKING AT THIS ONE, I, I DEFINITELY HEAR YOUR CONCERNS.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS, UH, AND THEY ARE HEARTFELT.

TRUST ME, THEY ARE HEARTFELT BECAUSE I'VE SAT WHERE YOU'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT 84 HOUSES AND THE FACT THAT THE CITY STILL HAS CONTROL TO REALLY, REALLY, UM, PRESS THE TALENTS OF THE BUILDER AND THE, THE LANDOWNER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A TOPNOTCH QUALITY PRODUCT THAT IS COMING TO OUR

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AND I'M GLAD THAT EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL HAS DEFINITELY EXPRESSED CONCERNS IN TRYING TO PUT IN SAFETY FEATURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PREEXISTING COMMUNITIES ARE NOT DISTURBED, BUT YET ENHANCED BY WHAT THIS PRODUCT WILL BRING.

ALRIGHT.

UM, CAN I, COULD YOU COME UP? CAN I, YES, SIR.

UM, SO, UM, 84 HOMES BEING PROPOSED, UM, WE TOOK A TRAFFIC STUDY.

IT, IT'S ACTUALLY UNDER THE THRESHOLD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ADD TO, YOU KNOW, MORE CAPACITY TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE REPORT DIDN'T TELL ME WAS, I GUESS THE SCHEDULE, UH, FOR POTENTIAL BUILD OUT.

SO IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 84 HOMES, IS IT GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GONNA BUILD 84 HOMES IN, IN SIX MONTHS? ARE YOU GONNA BUILD 12 MONTHS, UH, FIVE YEARS? UH, WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE? UM, I HOW MANY? THREE, MAYBE TWO TO THREE YEARS.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE STARTED TO, OKAY.

UH, IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT TWO TO THREE YEARS.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE STARTED IMMEDIATELY.

AND, UH, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IT DEPENDS ON THE, THE NEED IN THE INDUSTRY.

IF IT'S NEEDED RIGHT NOW, IT, IT COULD BE, UH, UH, EXPEDITED, BUT, OKAY.

THE INTENT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF A LOT OF WORK THAT IS INVOLVED, UH, SOMEBODY MENTIONED ABOUT THE CREEK AND ALL THAT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ENVIRONMENTALLY WE, WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TRAILS AND EVERYTHING.

SO, UH, IT, IT'S GONNA BE A, A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE DO IT WELL AND WORK WITH THE CITY STUFF.

PERFECT.

YEAH, THAT, THAT WAS REALLY MY MAIN QUESTION FROM THE REPORT THAT RECEIVED.

I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU A ANSWER.

UH, YEAH, I THINK I GOT, I HAD GLOVER FIRST, AND THEN I CAN GET YOU SIM UH, CUSTOMER GLOVER.

YOU HAVE PRO GLOVER, YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? YES.

JUST ONE THING, UH, REAL QUICK, I WANNA THANK THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME OUT WHO ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY THE INDIVIDUALS ON ESSEX.

AND I KNOW OF A NEIGHBOR WHOSE SIDE YARD IS ZERO LOT LIE TO THIS PROPERTY.

AND I WOULD JUST WANT THIS NOTED THAT REGARDLESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THAT WE TAKE EXTRAORDINARY CARE OF THAT AREA REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S SF 10 OR THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE THE NINE HOMES ON ESSEX WILL HAVE A ALLEYWAY, BUT THAT ONE HOME ON, ON, ON HAMPSHIRE, IT'S THEIR SIDE YARD.

AND SO IF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LEAVE THEIR TRUCK THERE RUNNING AND PLAY MUSIC AND DECIDE TO HAVE LUNCH, THAT'S SOMEONE'S HOME.

YEAH.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER'S DONE, WE TAKE EXTRAORDINARY CARE OR THE BUILDER, IT TAKES EXTRAORDINARY CARE TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS AND THEY SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

UH, BEFORE YOU GO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SAMS, SORRY.

SORRY.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, UH, UH, HEAR, UH, FROM THE DEVELOPER AND YOU A COMMITMENT.

I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH STAFF AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME REQUIREMENTS, BUT I WANT TO HEAR FROM A COMMITMENT FROM THE DEVELOPER AND YOU THAT YOU WILL DO EVERYTHING WITHIN YOUR POWER TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT FROM THE RESIDENTS.

UH, I CAN SPEAK UNLESS HE WANTS TO SPEAK HIMSELF, BUT I CAN SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF THAT THAT IS WHAT WE DO AS PART OF, UH, OUR FIRM WINKELMAN, WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING ALL ACROSS THE, UH, NORTH TEXAS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS, AND, UH, WORK WITH THE CITY AND EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE HEARD TODAY, UH, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

THAT'S ALL I NEED TO HEAR.

UM, I GUESS, I GUESS ONE MORE THING AS I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, UM, YOU, YOU'RE HERE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE ZONING.

UH, TYPICALLY THE PROCESS FOR A DEVELOPER, UM, AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IT AS A DEVELOPER, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A MAYOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE STAGING SITE, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION SITE PLAN AND ALL THAT, UH, WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT NOW OR YOU HAVE TO, UH, APPLY FOR THAT A LITTLE LATER? WHICH FOR THE CONSTRUCTION? UH, YEAH, I GUESS MY QUESTION REALLY MORE IS FOR THE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION ROAD IN ORDER TO GET IN AND OUT THE, OF THE JOB SITE.

OH, I DUNNO IF THERE'S A TEMPORARY ROAD THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO YEAH.

THAT WILL HAPPEN LATER.

UH, YEAH, WE JUST TYPICALLY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE IT THIS EARLY.

EXACTLY.

UH, I, I'LL JUST ASK STAFF, UH, IF THIS, REGARDLESS WHENEVER YOU DEVELOP YEAH.

WHICHEVER YOU HAVE SF 10 OR A PD, UH, IF WE COULD WORK WITH ENGINEERING TO SEE IF WE COULD TRY TO AVOID THE SUBDIVISIONS THE BEST WE CAN.

UH, BUT I KNOW THOSE ARE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEY MAY NOT WANT YOU ON THEIR, ON THEIR, ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC ACCESS AND, AND LIKE YEAH, WE ALWAYS, EVEN IF WE DON'T GO THROUGH A CITY COUNCIL OR PD CHANGES, WE ALWAYS WORK WITH CITIES.

NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THINGS DONE SO THAT WE DON'T DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, UH, NOBODY WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE AN ISSUE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THEN MOVE IN, IT DOESN'T WORK OUT WELL.

UH, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE.

AND SO WHATEVER WE

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SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY AND THEN, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE HEARD TODAY OURSELVES, WILL, WE, WE'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF THAT.

SURE.

TYPICALLY, WHENEVER YOU GO THROUGH P AND Z, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, TWO WEEKS LATER YOU SEE COUNCIL, UH, YOU HEARD FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, NOT ME DIRECTLY, UH, THAT I WANTED A TRAFFIC STUDY.

UM, YOU COULD HAVE JUST SAID, OH, YOU GONNA MAKE ME DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK, I GOTTA WAIT EVEN LONGER.

UM, AND YOU COULD HAVE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? FORGET, I DON'T NEED A PDM, YOU'RE GONNA BILL WHAT I ALREADY HAVE.

THE FACT THAT YOU WAS PATIENT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THAT GOES A LONG WAY.

UH, SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING, GIVING US ENOUGH DATA FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A MORE INTELLIGENT DECISION.

YEAH.

AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE ALL THAT WITHOUT STAFF'S HELP TOO.

I MEAN, THIS PROCESS STARTED OVER TWO YEARS AGO.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PRODUCT.

SO, UM, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BRINGING THE BEST TO CEDAR HERE, AND THAT'S OUR PLAN, SO.

ANY OPPOSITION VOTE EVERYBODY.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, UH, WE KIND OF WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS DEAL.

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

COUNCIL MEMBER HAY.

SO MAYOR, DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

UH, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO RE APPROVE CASE NUMBER PD 6 82 DASH 2 0 4, WHICH IS CONSIDER AN APPLICATION CHANGE FROM ZONING SF 10, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 10,000 SQUARE FOOT TO A PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RE, UH, FA SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT, MOVE, MOVE UNANIM.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING ABLE TO COME OUT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DO OUR PARTS FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR, UH, CONCERNS ARE MET AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.

ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BUDGET AND TAX MATTERS.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, NEXT

[a. Consider accepting the certified appraisal rolls for Tax Year 2025 as submitted by the Dallas and Ellis County Chief Appraisers.]

CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLES FOR TAX YEAR 2025, AS SUBMITTED BY THE DALLAS AND ELLIS COUNTY CHIEF APPRAISERS COUNSEL.

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM.

THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

HE OWNS A, HE OWNS A RENTAL PROPERTY OFF OF 1382.

I GOTTA CLOSE ALL MY EXTRA WINDOW SO I CAN BACK THE ATTEND.

OH, NO PROBLEM.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

UH, PRO TWO, WE ARE ON SEVEN A, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLES FOR TAX YEAR 2025, AS SUBMITTED BY THE DALLAS AND ELLIS COUNTY CHIEF APPRAISERS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND TO COUNCILOR MALONE.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR APPRECIATE RIGHT HERE, MO UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

NEXT ITEM,

[b. Discuss and consider a proposed property tax rate, set a public hearing date for the budget and tax rate, and set date to adopt the budget and a tax rate.]

BUDGET AND TAX MATTER SEVEN B, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE AND SET DATE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND A TAX RATE.

UH, COUNSEL, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

ARE YOU STILL, OH, SORRY.

PRO TIM GLOVER? YES.

UM, MAYOR, THANK YOU.

I MOVED TO SET A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE TAX YEAR 2025 AT 0.6 3 6 4 4 9 PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUATION.

ALSO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE PROPOSED FINANCIAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET ON AUGUST 26TH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM AND FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025.

AND SET THE DATE TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND FY 26 BUDGET ON THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.

COUNCILOR MCG GLOVER, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

COUNCIL, I HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL.

VOTE.

SO, COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE VOTE A OR NAY? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN VOTE YAY OR NAY.

NAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SEAL.

OH, SORRY.

WELL, DO WE NEED THE MICROPHONES ON? JUST SPEAK LOUDLY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.

YAY OR NAY? YAY.

THE AGENDA IS CONSENT AGENDA.

COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. YAY OR NAY? YAY.

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[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.]

THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.

ANY COUNCILMAN MAY, MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

COUNSEL, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL ITEM NUMBER LETTER C.

UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT? IF NOT, I'LL CONTINUE.

UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 15TH, 2025, AND THE JULY 29TH, 2025 SPECIAL CALL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE JULY 22ND, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM B, CONSIDER A ACCEPTANCE OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

2024 ANNUAL REPORT.

ITEM D RECEIVED THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025.

ITEM E CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE CORPORATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE CITIES OF DESOTO, DOUGLASVILLE, AND LANCASTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,087 AND EIGHT 5 CENTS FOR THE REGIONAL EMS TRAINING OFFICER.

ITEM F CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 25 DASH ONE WITH URBAN ENGINEERS GROUP FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF 162,000 195 TO ADDRESS THE SUMMIT PLACE REPAIRS.

COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MAYOR, MOVE.

WE APPROVE.

UH, CONSENT.

UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS READ.

AGENDA ITEM C, CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT 2024 ANNUAL REPORT CHIEF, THE GOOD CHIEF.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.

UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

PRO TIM GLOVER.

ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

UH, MO UNANIMOUS WITH, UH, I GUESS ONE ABSTENTION.

COUNCILLOR MCCURDY.

IS THAT OKAY? IF YOU WANT US TO WAIT UNTIL MCCURDY COMES BACK, WE CAN DO THAT.

NO, I THINK HE JUST TOOK A FIVE MINUTE NO, I SAID AS READ I SAY WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO NEXT ITEM ON CONSENT IS TO PULL FROM ITEM C, CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT 2024.

DID YOU MIND IF WE MOVE, MOVE ON WITHOUT YOU ON CONSENT? SURE.

OR DO YOU WANT YOUR VOTE COUNT? OH, I, I SUPPORT? YES.

ALRIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE CONSENT FROM ALL 7, 7 0.

THANK YOU COUNCILOR MCCURDY.

ALRIGHT, CONSENT

[c. Consider acceptance of the Cedar Hill Fire Department's 2024 Annual Report.]

GOOD EVENING REYES.

INITIALLY, I THANK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT TONIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

MAYOR, INITIALLY MY PLAN WAS TO COME UP HERE AND SAY GOOD EARLY EVENING, BUT I'LL, I'LL CHANGE THAT TO GOOD NIGHT.

CREATE WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AS THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL, UH, MRS. SECRETARY, MRS. CITY MANAGER, MISS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PRESENT ON THE 2024, UH, CITY OF CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT.

WE TIE OUR, OUR MISSION AND VISION AND VALUES, UH, CLOSELY TO, TO WHAT THE CITY HAS AND THE MISSION OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT IS TO PROTECT LIVES PROPERTY THROUGH COMPASSIONATE, PROFESSIONAL, EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

OUR VISION IS TO BE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR THE CARE AND SERVICE WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN OUR VALUES ARE RICH, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, COURAGE, AND HONOR.

UH, LITTLE BIT ON, ON THE CITY OF CITY, CEDAR HILL, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO, I, I, BEFORE I FORGET, I I, I HAD EVEN ASKED, UH, CHIEF ALEXANDRA, IF I FORGET THIS, PLEASE REMIND ME, BUT I, I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I MENTIONED THIS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, UM, MUSEUM AND, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING THERE ON THE HISTORY OF, OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE'RE CLOSELY TIED TO THE, UH, CITY.

WE'VE, WE HAVE BEEN SINCE 1941.

THERE WERE 11 ORIGINAL MEMBERS, UH, THAT FOUNDED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 84 YEARS AGO, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD TO, TO STILL BE TIED TO, TO THE CITY.

UH, I'M GONNA ASK CHIEF HARRISON TO COME UP.

CHIEF HARRISON HAS AN EXTENSIVE, UH, BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEDGE ON, ON THE HISTORY, AND I'M GONNA ASK CHIEF HARRISON TO COME UP AND SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ON THE HISTORY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, I'M JUST GONNA HIT SOME HIGH POINTS ABOUT SOME OF OUR HISTORY.

UM, THERE'S A LOT TO IT, AND AS HE MENTIONED ALREADY, CHIEF REYES SAID, WE ESTABLISHED IN MAY OF 1941.

SO, UH, RIGHT THERE DURING, UH, WORLD WAR, I WAS ALREADY, UH, GOING ALONG AND, UH, PEARL HARBOR HAD NOT OCCURRED YET.

BUT, UH, THE SMALL COMMUNITY HERE OF 11 MEMBERS DECIDED TO

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UH, FROM 1941 TO 2001, VOLUNTEER MEMBERS IN THIS COMMUNITY PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION.

THEY RESPONDED TO CALLS, UH, SERVING, SERVING ALONGSIDE OUR CAREER STAFF WHEN THEY WERE IMPLEMENTED.

UH, ONE THING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WAS, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INTO OUR ORGANIZATION, WHICH OCCURRED IN 1964.

UM, WE BECAME THE FIRST AMBULANCE SERVICE WITHIN 100 MILES OF THIS LOCATION, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UH, TODAY AND CONTINUE TO HONOR.

UH, ONCE, UH, WE BECAME A PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE HIRED JOE MOBLEY IN THE EARLY YEAR OF 1981.

AND THE WAY HE BECAME OUR FIRST PAID FIRE, UH, FIGHTER WAS THE FACT THAT HE WAS OUR STAFF MECHANIC.

HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT KNEW HOW TO WORK ON THE FIRE TRUCKS.

AND SO WHEN THE CALL WOULD COME IN, HE WOULD ALSO JUMP ON THE FIRE TRUCK AND BEING PAID TO GO TO THE CALL.

SO THAT'S THE PAID FIRST PAID FIREFIGHTER.

UM, IN 1985, WE OFFICIALLY, UM, HIRED A FIRE CHIEF, OUR FIRST FIRE CHIEF, CHARLES RAY SIMS, WHO STATION, UH, ONE IS DEDICATED TO, UM, HE WAS A LONG SERVING VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBER.

AND, UH, HE WAS, UM, APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME TO LEAD THE NOW COMBINATION DEPARTMENT OF PAID AND VOLUNTEER.

AS I STATED, IN 2001, UH, WE FORMALLY RETIRED THE VOLUNTEER SIDE OF OUR DEPARTMENT, AND THERE IS A MONUMENT AT FIRE STATION ONE WITH, UH, VOLUNTEER BELL THAT SITS OUT IN FRONT IN MEMORY OF THEIR SERVICE OF 50 YEARS TO THIS, UH, COMMUNITY.

UM, BEFORE I CAME OVER HERE, UM, ONE THING I LOOKED UP IS WE HAVE A, A RETIREE WALL AT FIRE STATION ONE.

IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE, COME BY AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THE HELMET SHIELDS, UM, AT THE ENTRANCE.

AND I NEVER REALLY COUNTED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

AND I GOT HERE IN 98, AND SINCE THEN I'VE WORKED, UH, WITH, UH, WE'VE HAD 36 PAID FIREFIGHTERS RETIRE FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE A, UH, SWORN STAFF OF 72.

SO, UH, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF, UM, HISTORY WALK OUT THE DOOR, UM, IN THOSE YEARS.

SOME HAVE PASSED ON SINCE THEN, INCLUDING OUR FIRST FIRE CHIEF CHARLES RAY SIMS. UM, AND I'VE JUST HAD THE HONOR TO WORK ALONG EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 36 PEOPLE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHARLES RAY SIMS. BUT I DID GET TO VISIT WITH HIM MANY TIMES.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY.

THANKS, CHIEF.

THANK YOU, HARRISON.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO, A LITTLE BIT ON, UH, UH, ONE OF THE, I'LL CALL HIM THE GRANDFATHER OF, OF THE FIRE SERVICE OF THE MODERN DAY FIRE SERVICE.

HIS NAME IS ALAN BRUNO SINI.

ALAN BRUNO SINI HAD A, HAD A TON OF WORK ON CUSTOMER SERVICE.

UH, HIS QUOTE IS, PREVENT HARM, SURVIVE, AND THEN BE NICE, UH, BE BE NICE IS THE ONE THAT, UH, THAT REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY, THESE, UH, THESE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT WE HAVE WORKING FOR US, THAT, UH, THEY KNOW THAT THE CITIZEN IS NUMBER ONE.

THEY KNOW THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL HAS REALLY TIGHT KNIT FAMILY VALUES, AND WE FEEL LIKE, UH, WE'RE PART OF THE, UH, FAMILY OF, OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE NICE TO, TO ALL OF OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS.

UH, UH, ALAN BRUNO ALSO COINED A TERM TAKING CARE OF MRS. SMITH.

AND, UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY.

UH, OUR, UH, OUR DAILY GOAL IS, IS TO TAKE CARE OF MR. AND MRS. SMITH.

AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THIS COUNCIL'S, UH, INITIATIVES AND, AND THAT MR AND MRS. SMITH ARE ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF.

THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL.

I TELL MY PEOPLE, MR. AND MRS. SMITH, OUR NUMBER ONE, YOU GUYS ARE ONE A, UH, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF MR. AND MRS. SMITH.

AND I, I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, THE, THE TEACHINGS OF ALAN BRUNO ARE, ARE GONNA BE CARRIED ON FOR, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME HERE WITH, WITH CEDAR HILL FIRE.

UH, I WAS GONNA TAKE A SHOT AT CHIEF LAFFERTY, BUT HE LEFT.

I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, THAT LA FRANCE WAS, UH, WAS PUT IN SERVICE WHEN, UH, CHIEF LAFFERTY FIRST STARTED HERE WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

BUT, UH, HE, HE HAD TO, HE HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY.

SO, UH, I TOLD HIM I WAS GONNA SAY THAT ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'RE MOST PROUD OF IS, UH, IN, IN 2020, WE WERE GIVEN THE, THE DESIGNATION, ISO ONE ONE.

UH, THIS IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS, ALLOWED US TO RECEIVE THAT ISO ONE DE DESIGNATION, UH, WHICH MEANS, UH, OUR PROPERTY PROTECTION CLASS IS, IS THE BEST THAT THE FIRE SERVICE CAN OFFER.

UH, WE'VE, UH, WE, WE PUT A TON INTO TRAINING.

WE'VE PUT A TON INTO RESOURCES.

WE'VE PUT A TON INTO OUR, UH, COMMUNICATION

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SYSTEM AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, UH, DEDICATED $2.4 MILLION A FEW YEARS BACK.

AND, AND I'M, UH, REALLY GRATEFUL TO SAY THAT IN 2024, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT, THAT RADIO SYSTEM THAT, UH, THAT WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON.

SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR, UH, FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024, WAS THE COMPLETION OF, OF THAT RADIO SYSTEM, UH, ISO ONE AS, UH, AS I, I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, UH, WHAT IT DOES FOR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR BUSINESSES IN CEDAR HILL, IT, UH, GIVES US, GIVES US LOWER INSURANCE RATES, AND, UH, WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT ISO ONE DESIGNATION.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TAKE CARE OF.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT WE KNOW WE CAN'T TAKE A STEP BACK FROM.

AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF.

BUT, UH, WE WANTED TO THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO GET THAT DESIGNATION OF ISO.

UH, NUMBER ONE, OUR CORE SERVICES INCLUDE FIRE SUPPRESSION, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, UH, INCLUDES ABOUT 68% OF WHAT WE DO IN, IN THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO, UH, A LS IS, IS IS THE, THE CORE OF, UH, OF, OF WHAT WE DO.

UH, WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, OUR, OUR T FMIS UNITS AND, UH, OUR INTRASTATE, UH, RESOURCES THAT, THAT HAVE GONE ACROSS THE, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND, AND ACROSS STATE LINES TO TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED.

UH, WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THOSE, UH, WILDLAND RESOURCES.

AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, CHIEF HARRISON AND, AND MATT BAKER TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE.

UH, OUR TECHNICAL RESCUE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE ABOUT, UH, UH, PROBABLY THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE EXPANDED ON WITH, UH, THE SPECIAL RESCUE UNIT AND THE RESOURCES THAT THAT BRINGS.

AND, UH, NOT ONLY TO OUR AREA, BUT UH, TO, TO OUR, UH, UH, OUR TRI-CITY PARTNERSHIP WITH DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE.

UH, REGGIE AND TAMMY DO AN EXTREMELY GOOD JOB OF, UH, PREVENTION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

UH, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING OUR HOURS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND, UH, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY OUTREACH HOURS ARE, UH, UH, HIGHER THAN, THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN, IN THE HISTORY OF, OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THE LAST BULLET POINT THERE IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER MITIGATION.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN AS AN EMERGENCY MANAGER AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE TRACK, UH, TRACK THE RIGHT WAY AND THAT WE'RE COVERED, UH, DISASTER MANAGEMENT WISE, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A, AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND AS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.

I'M GONNA PASS THINGS OVER, UH, BACK TO CHIEF HARRISON.

UH, THEN WE'LL HAVE MOT BAKER COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE ABOUT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EMS. CHIEF O'NEILL IS, IS SUFFERING RIGHT NOW.

HE'S IN ORLANDO.

UH, BUT, UH, MOT BAKER WILL BE, UH, WILL BE HERE TO SPEAK IN HIS PLACE.

THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA BRING UP CHIEF ALEXANDER AND, AND, AND TAMMY COOPER, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK UP.

BUT I'M GONNA PASS THINGS OVER TO CHIEF HARRISON.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

AND WHEN HE SAYS, CHIEF, UH, O'NEILL IS SUFFERING, HE'S AT A, UH, AT A TRAINING CONFERENCE.

SO, UM, GONNA BRING SOME STUFF BACK TO US.

IT'S AT, IT IS AT DISNEY.

AT DISNEY, YES.

A TRAINING CONFERENCE AT DISNEY.

YEP, I GOT IT.

UH, LET ME, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL SLIDE, SEEING THAT, UH, I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER THE OPERATIONS.

UM, IN, IN 2024, WE RESPONDED TO 8,308 CALLS FOR, UH, SERVICE.

AND THAT NUMBER REFLECTS INDIVIDUAL 9 1 1 UNIQUE CALLS WHERE WE GOT A CALL, WE WENT OUT AND RESPONDED TO IT.

UH, BUT WHEN WE RES WE RESPOND, WE OFTEN SEND MORE THAN ONE, UH, SIM SINGLE UNIT, AND THAT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF CALL RESPONSE.

FOR INSTANCE, A STRUCTURE FIRE WOULD RE, UM, WOULD SEND FIVE DIFFERENT TRUCKS.

UM, A MEDICAL CALL MIGHT SEND JUST AN AMBULANCE, A HEART ATTACK MIGHT SEND AN ENGINE IN AN AMBULANCE.

SO WHEN WE PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, UH, WE COUNT EVERY UNIT THAT RESPONDED.

WE HAVE THE, UM, 12,164 TOTAL UNIT RESPONSES.

SO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE THERE.

AND THE, THE DISTINCTION REALLY MATTERS, UM, IN THIS NUMBER IS BECAUSE IT REFLECTS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE YOU UNIQUE UNIT RESPONSES, AND THE TOTAL CALLS UNIT RESPONSES ARE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

AND THAT'S THE OPERATIONAL TEMPO THAT THESE GUYS ARE DEALING WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY.

UM, THAT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE NUMBERS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TYPE OF CALLS THAT WE, UH, WE MAKE AS CHIEF, UH, REYES SAID, GENERALLY THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 70% IS GONNA BE MEDICAL RELATED CALLS, AND THAT'S, UH, INDICATED BY, UM, OUR BAR CHART THERE.

THE REST OF THE CALLS ARE THE NATIONAL FIRE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM.

THESE ARE AVERAGE OF THE CALL TYPES THAT WE RUN WITHIN OUR CITY, UH, TOTALING THE 8,308

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CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THEY CAN RELATE FROM ANYTHING FROM SERVICE CALLS, A GOOD INTENT CALL, AN ALL HAZARD TYPE CALL, FIRE CALLS, UM, AND THESE GUYS HAVE TO BE READY AROUND THE CLOCK TO RESPOND TO THESE INCIDENTS.

MOVING ON TO HOW OPERATIONS, UH, TAKES CARE AND GETS READY FOR THESE UNIQUE CALLS FOR SERVICE.

UM, EACH FIREFIGHTER ON SHIFT TRAINED MORE THAN 20 HOURS, UM, EVERY MONTH COVERING EVERYTHING FROM THE EMS AND THE FIRE SUPPRESSION.

THIS LEVEL OF COMMITMENT IS HOW THEY STAY READY, UH, TO STAY SHARP AND CURRENT AND BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE INCIDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN.

OUR TRAINING PROGRAM, AS CHIEF, UH, RES WAS SAYING, MEETS, UM, THE ISO INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICES RATING, AND THAT'S HOW WE MAINTAIN THAT CLASS ONE RATING IS BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING THAT WE PUT IN EVERY SINGLE MONTH, UM, WE MEET ALL TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS AND EXCEED THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR PARAMEDIC, THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EMTS.

IN ADDITION TO THE EMS AND FIRE TRAINING, AS HE SPOKE OF, WE HAVE THE, UH, SPECIALTY RESCUE VEHICLE, WHICH REQUIRES, UM, SEVERAL PEOPLE TO BE SPECIALIZED IN ADVANCED SKILL SETS LIKE ROPE RESCUE, UH, MINOR HAZMAT CALLS, WILD LAND FIREFIGHTING, THE HEAVY VEHICLE EXTRICATION AND, AND DRIVER DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE BIG ONE IS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

THESE GUYS HAVE GOTTA BE READY 24 7, 365.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE VOLUME, IT'S ABOUT BEING READY FOR COMPLEXITY.

AND IN 2024, OUR TEAM SHOWED ONCE AGAIN THAT WE EXCEEDED THE CALL.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MATT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, PROUD TO BE HERE TO DISCUSS EMS. UH, AND I DO WANT TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT AT THE POLICE, AND I'M GLAD THEY GOT TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS LAST YEAR, BUT THIS WAS OUR 60 YEAR PROVIDING EMS SERVICE FOR THE CITY, AND BEING THE FIRST IN DALLAS COUNTY TO DO, IT'S KIND OF PROUD FOR A MOMENT FOR US.

UM, AS YOU SEE IN THE SLIDE, WE HAD A 6% INCREASE IN CALLS FOR SERVICE.

AND, AND ONE THING THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THERE IS ACTUALLY HOW MANY PATIENT CONTACTS WE MEET, BECAUSE NOT EVERY CALL JUST HAS ONE PATIENT.

WE GO TO REX, THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS 39 FROM A BUS, BUS WRECK, OR JUST ONE PERSON.

SO WE, WE MAKE A LOT OF CONTACTS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE.

UM, AWARD-WINNING AND SETTING THE STANDARD IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS WANNA DO.

UH, WE HAD ANOTHER MISSION LIFELINE GOLD STANDARD FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND THAT'S HOW WE PROVIDE CARE IN HEART ATTACKS AND CARDIAC ARREST.

UM, WE PARTICIPATE IN THE CARDIAC ARREST REGISTRY TO ENHANCE SURVIVAL, AND WE'VE BEEN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ON SOME OF OUR CARE THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO OUR CITIZENS THAT HAVE GOT TO COME BEFORE YOU AND COUNCIL FOR OUR LIFESAVING AWARDS, THAT THESE REPORTS GO NATIONALLY AND CEDAR HILL IS RECOGNIZED.

UM, ONE OF OUR BEST THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL IS OUR FIRST RESPONDER RESILIENCY PROGRAM.

UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU, ESPECIALLY AS THE UNION PRESIDENT, HOW MANY LIVES THAT THIS HAS SAVED, AND WE HAVE OVER A 20% UTILIZATION RATE FROM OUR MEMBERS THAT GO TO THE PROGRAM, ALONG WITH ALL THE MEMBERS THAT ARE PEER SUPPORT THAT DON'T ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY DO THE PROGRAM.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THE CONTINUED, UH, INVESTMENT IN THAT.

UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CEDAR HILL AND BEYOND, AS WE TOUCHED ABOUT TMI AND WILD LAND.

UH, THE ABUS, UM, THE ABUS PROGRAM WAS SENT LAST YEAR ON, ON JULY 4TH.

THE HURRICANE BARREL WAS DEPLOYED FOR OVER TWO WEEKS, UH, AND TOUCHED A LOT OF TEXANS DOWN IN HOUSTON.

WE'VE BOLSTERED OUR WILDLAND PARAMEDIC UNIT, WHICH IS OUR GATOR, AS YOU SEE IN THE SLIDE.

WE SEND TWO PARAMEDICS, UH, WITH THAT SO THAT THEY CAN PROTECT THE RESPONDERS THAT ARE ON THE WILDFIRES.

UH, WE PARTICIPATE IN NIC TRACK AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TASK FORCE, AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT OUR STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE REGION.

UH, SO APPRECIATE ALL THE INVESTMENT THAT Y'ALL CONTINUE TO DO FOR US.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME BEFORE YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE DO FOR THE CITY AND WITH THE CITY AND OUR PARTNERS IN, UH, IN CEDAR HILL.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, 2023, WE HAD THIS HUGE EXPLOSION OF WAREHOUSES.

AND, UM, AFTER ALL THE WAREHOUSES WAS BUILT, NOT, NOT LITERALLY FIGURATIVELY, NOT, NOT LITERALLY, BUT, UH, AN EXPLOSION OF GROWTH IN, IN WAREHOUSES.

AND SO,

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UH, AS 23 ROLLED OUT AND 24 ROLLED IN, UH, THE WAREHOUSES SLOWED DOWN.

THEY, THEY STOPPED BUILDING THEM.

BUT WITH THAT, UM, WE HAD TO MOVE BUSINESSES INTO THE WAREHOUSES AND ALSO EXPERIENCE A LOT MORE BUSINESSES INTO THE CITY.

SO IN 24, UH, WE EXPERIENCED AT LEAST 60 OR MORE COS NEW, NEW BUSINESSES OPENING UP IN, IN CEDAR HILL.

AND A LITTLE BIT LATER, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT OUR FIRST DUE PROGRAM.

AND WITH OUR FIRST DUE PROGRAM, WE PURCHASED A NEW INSPECTION PROGRAM.

AND SO WITH THAT NEW INSPECTION PROGRAM, IT HAS INCREASED OUR PRODUCTIVITY.

UH, IT'S ACTUALLY INCREASED THE MORALE OF OUR, UM, FIREFIGHTERS WHO DO INSPECTIONS.

SO THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE EAGER TO GO OUT AND DO INSPECTIONS WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING.

UH, IT'S IMPROVED, UH, MYSELF AND TAMMY'S PRODUCTION AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM THAT, THAT DOES A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE WERE USING BEFORE.

UM, WITH THAT PROGRAM, UH, WE'VE DONE OVER 1100 MORE INSPECTIONS, UH, IN 24 THAN THAT, WHAT WE DID IN 23.

AND SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT GROWTH.

AND KEEP IN MIND, OUR FIRST DUE PROGRAM STARTED OCTOBER OF 24.

SO IF WE WOULD'VE HAD IT SOONER, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PRODUCE MORE INSPECTIONS.

BUT WITH THAT PROGRAM, WE'RE ABLE TO PRE-PLAN, UH, BUILDINGS BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS GET THERE, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT HAZARDS, UH, THAT EXISTS WITH BUILDINGS ON THEIR WAY TO A FIRE, SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY PULL IT UP AND SEE ON THEIR WAY WHAT THE HAZARDS ARE.

UM, MOVING ON TO INVESTIGATIONS AND PROPERTY LOSS.

IN 2024, WE HAD 19 INVESTIGATIONS, FIRE INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY CALLED OUT TO, AND ONLY ONE JUVENILE FIRE SETTER IN, IN INSPECT, UH, INVESTIGATION.

AND THAT WAS, UH, I THINK, CAN, I THINK I REMEMBER IT WAS A JUVENILE PLAN WITH FIREWORKS AT HOME, AND HE SET HIS WHOLE HOUSE ON FIRE.

UH, BUT IN 24, WE HAD $450,000 IN PROPERTY LOSS, UH, MOVING ON TO PLAN, REVIEW AND PERMITS.

IN 2024, WE PROCESSED 111 PERMITS AND GENERATED OVER $15,000 OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY.

UH, COMPARED TO 23 WHEN WE HAD THE WAREHOUSES COME IN.

UH, THOSE PERMITS GENERATED OVER $38,000.

AND, UH, BEFORE I GO INTO OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE OUR CHAPLAIN, UH, DR.

KIVA GREEN.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF COM COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE CITIZENS, BUT DR. GREEN ACTUALLY TIES INTO OUR RESILIENCY PROGRAM, AND SHE REACHES OUT TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

SHE REACHES OUT TO THEIR FAMILIES.

SHE ALSO REACHES OUT TO OUR CITIZEN FIRE ACADEMY FAMILY AS WELL, SO THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICES OF, UH, OUR CHAPLAIN PROGRAM.

NEXT IS OUR EL AND FRIENDS PROGRAM.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, OUR CITY MANAGER ASKED ME TO REVIVE EL AND FRIENDS, AND ELFIN FRIENDS IS OUR CHRISTMAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH WHERE WE PUT, UH, CHRISTMAS TREES TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

AND, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

I WANTED TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO SERGEANT NIAN.

SHE'S GONE, BUT IN 24, SHE HELPED US.

SHE HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY IN PUTTING TOGETHER THAT PROGRAM.

UH, AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ISD CHAT, UH, ATIONS AND SOME OTHER VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, LIEUTENANT SANFORD, YOU STILL HERE SLEEPING? WAKE UP.

IN THE ALLEN EAST SIMS REC CENTER LAST YEAR.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOU AND THE PACK UNIT, UH, WHO HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY.

WE SERVICE OVER 150 FAMILIES FOR CHRISTMAS, AND THAT WAS CLOSE TO ALMOST 800 TOYS, UH, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT TO COMMUNITY, UH, TO THE CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO HE WAS SHOUT, SHOUT OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ALL OF MY YEARS OF WORKING IN PUBLIC SERVICE, THIS CITY HAS BEEN THE BEST PARTNERSHIP WITH FIRE AND POLICE.

UH, WE WORK REALLY, REALLY WELL TOGETHER, AND SO WE'RE REALLY BLESSED ABOUT THAT.

AND, UH, SO THE OTHER PROGRAM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS OUR, UH, CFA CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.

UM, THEIR TREMENDOUS HELP WITH OUR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK PROGRAMS. UH, WE HAD A PROGRAM AT THE LIBRARY, THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER

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AND EVERY DAY WE DID THAT, WE HAD OVER 90 PARTICIPANTS COMING OUT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ON FIRE SAFETY FOR, FOR THAT WEEK.

AND SO, CHIEF TOLD ME I ONLY HAD TWO SLIDES, AND I WANTED TO SAVE ONE SLIDE FOR A VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT I'M GONNA INVITE, UH, INSPECTOR COOPER TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, WELL, FIRST, LIKE TO SAY, I HAVE NOT STAYED UP THIS LATE ON A SCHOOL NIGHT IN FOREVER, , I'M NOT, I'M USUALLY IN BED.

UM, MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU STRIKE THAT FROM THE RECORD? ? SO BEAR WITH ME.

UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT MEETING.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT THIS EVENING.

UH, SO THE LIFE JACKET PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM WE ACTUALLY STARTED TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT STARTED AT THE NEED REQUEST OF OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE PARK.

AND THEY REACHED OUT AND SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING INCIDENTS OF DROWNINGS AND NEAR DROWNINGS AS WE CAPTURE THAT DATA AND WE RESPOND.

AND SO THIS AFFECTS OUR EMS, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITIZENS.

AND THEY CAME TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND SO CHIEF RES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A, AN AMAZING CHIEF AND WOULD SEND ME TO TRAINING AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO I BELIEVE THE YEAR BEFORE I ATTENDED THE NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY, AND THE PROGRAM WAS COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION.

AND I MET WITH FIREFIGHTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS IN THEIR CITIES, THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT THEY WERE DOING TO MAKE IT SAFE.

AND ONE FIREFIGHTER TALKED ABOUT DROWNINGS.

THEY HAD A, UH, A LARGE AMOUNT OF DROWNINGS AT A PARTICULAR LAKE.

AND SO HE DECIDED TO TAKE HIS OLD LIFE JACKETS AND HIS BUDDY'S LIFE JACKETS, AND THEY HUNG THEM ON A TREE AT THE LAKE.

AND SO PEOPLE STARTED USING THOSE LIFE JACKETS, AND IT TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED THE INCIDENTS OF DROWNINGS AND NEAR DROWNINGS.

AND I REMEMBERED THAT, AND I SAID, HUH, WHY DON'T WE DO A LIFE JACKET, UH, STATION AT THE STATE PARK? SO WE BEGUN THE PROCESS OF, UH, TRYING TO GET THAT ESTABLISHED, AND ONE OF THE HURDLES WAS GETTING PERMISSION FROM THE STATE PARK THROUGH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

SO TO DIG A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND, YOU HAVE TO GET THEIR PERMISSION.

AND SO THAT PROCESS TOOK ABOUT A YEAR, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT UPFRONT.

I SAID, OKAY, WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO TEMPORARY? AND SO THEY GAVE US PERMISSION TO PUT IN A TEMPORARY LIFE JACKET STATION AND ACTUALLY WENT DOWN TO THE SERVICE CENTER, AND WE USED THE, AN OLD, UH, STORAGE COMPARTMENT FROM ONE OF THE PD SUVS.

AND WE SAT IT UPSIDE DOWN AND WE PUT LADDERS ON IT.

AND I COLLECTED A FEW LIFE JACKETS, AND WE JUST PLACED IT AT THE STATE PARK TO HAVE SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY.

UH, ONCE WE GOT THE GREEN TAPE, I PARTNERED WITH, UM, HOME DEPOT ATLAS SIGNS, BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY, NO BUDGET, YOU KNOW, NO MONEY .

SO EVERYTHING IS FREE.

SO YOU RELY ON YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, YOUR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS.

AND I'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS OF MAINTAINING THESE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.

AND SO I WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND I SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

UH, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A LIFE JACKET STATION.

I ASKED THE FIRE GUYS TO GIMME A LIST OF MATERIAL BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF MY LANE.

I SAID, JUST TYPE IT UP FOR ME.

I'LL TAKE THE LETTER.

AND SO HOME DEPOT AGREED TO GIVE US ALL THE MATERIALS, SO WE HAVE THE BUILDING MATERIALS.

I SAID, WELL, NEXT WE NEED A SIGN.

SO I WENT TO ATLAS SIGNS IN CEDAR HILL AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

WENT TO GOOGLE, GOT AN IDEA, AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, EXCITED.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL HELP OUT.

SO WE HAVE THE SIGN, WE HAVE THE MATERIAL, AND NOW I NEED SOMEONE TO BUILD IT.

SO I LOADED, UH, ON A FIRE ENGINE, ACTUALLY, THAT PICTURE, WE WENT OUT AND I BROUGHT EVERYTHING BACK TO STATION ONE, AND CAPTAIN LANDERS WAS THERE THAT DAY.

I SAID, CAPTAIN LANDERS, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED BUILT, BECAUSE WE HAVE PERMISSION, UH, FROM THE STATE PARK TO PUT THIS IN PLACE, AND WE WANNA HAVE IT WITHIN A TWO WEEK WINDOW.

I TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK.

AND THEY HAD IT BUILT, AND THEY WERE LOADING IT UP ON THE TRUCK, WE'RE READY TO GO NOW.

AND I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY.

SO LET ME CALL THE STATE PARK.

LET ME MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT THERE, UH, TODAY.

AND WE ACTUALLY DID.

SO EVERYTHING WORKED OUT AMAZING.

AND WHAT I WAS DOING PREVIOUSLY WAS DOING A CAMPAIGN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HAVE PEOPLE TO DONATE LIFE JACKETS, UH, TO ALL OF OUR STATIONS.

SO AS THEY WERE DONATING THOSE LIFE JACKETS, WE WERE COLLECTING THEM, AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE 'EM DOWN TO THE STATE PARK.

AND WE RECENTLY HAD A COMPANY TO DROP OFF OVER A HUNDRED LIFE JACKETS.

SO WE HAVE PLENTY.

AND SO WE TAKE THESE, UH, LIFE JACKETS TO THE STATE PARK, HANG THEM THERE.

UH, SOME RETURN 'EM AFTER USING SOME DON'T, BUT IT'S OKAY.

IF YOU TAKE THE LIFE JACKET, YOU NEED IT.

IF YOU NEED IT, YOU'LL USE IT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE THIS DRIVE.

UM, BUT THIS PROGRAM WAS TRULY A PARTNERSHIP WITH HOME DEPOT, UH, THE STATE PARK AANS, UH, AND THE GENIUSNESS OF THE GUYS THAT I WORK WITH, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SKILL

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TO BUILD.

I SAID, I'M GONNA GO GETTER.

I CAN GO GET WHAT YOU NEED.

UH, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IT IN PLACE.

SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM, UH, SO FAR THIS, UH, SWIMMING AND BOATING SEASON.

WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY INCIDENTS ON THE STATE PARKS HIGH.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE AND, AND BUILD AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, UH, TO DO THE SAME THAT SERVICE THE, THE LAKE.

VERY GOOD.

SIDE, EVEN IF WE DON'T BRING THEM INTO THE EOC, UH, I ALWAYS HAVE A TEXT THREAD GOING WITH AT LEAST THREE OF THOSE CERT MEMBERS.

YEAH, VERY INNOVATIVE.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HER, EXTREMELY PROUD OF TAMMY AND, AND THE INITIATIVE SHE TOOK ON, ON THIS PROGRAM AND PARTNERING WITH MS. LAKA AT THE, AT THE STATE PARK AND, AND THE WAY EVERYTHING MATERIALIZED, UH, WHAT TAMMY SAID WAS SPOT ON AS FAR AS, UH, YOU PUT A SHOVEL ON THE GROUND AT, AT THE STATE PARK, YOU NEED THE PERMISSION OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS COMING UP WITH THAT TEMPORARY SOLUTION.

AND THEN THAT PERMANENT, UH, SIGN ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND, UH, SIDE IS, IS, UH, IS TWO YEARS OF WORK.

BUT LIKE TAMMY SAID, WE HADN'T HAD A, HAD A DROWNING, UH, THIS YEAR.

SO IT, IT, IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE.

AND THAT'S HOW WE PLAN ON TYING IN WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BEING PART OF THE CEDAR HILL FAMILY, UH, THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE THIS AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIDE, UH, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER TOLD ME IS, UH, YOU NEED TO BE THE COORDINATING POINT FOR CITY RESOURCES ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIDE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE TAKEN, UH, SERIOUSLY AND TAKEN A LOT OF PRIDE IN.

UH, OUR BIG FOUR, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR BIG FOUR, WE'VE GOT PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PD AND FIRE, UH, SEAN RAY, WHO I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR.

UH, I'VE CALLED SEAN MANY TIMES, UH, WHEN WE HAVE A STORM OVER THE WEEKEND, AND, AND I'M LIKE, HEY, SEAN, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS ONE.

HE SAYS, I TELL ME WHAT TIME YOU WANT ME AT THE EOC AND, AND, AND I'LL MEET YOU THERE.

AND SO SEAN AND SEAN AND I HAVE SAT AND BABYSITTED THE WEATHER, UH, PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR TIMES OVER, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

AND, AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS ABOUT IT EXCEPT FOR MELISSA, BECAUSE I KEEP HER, UH, APPRAISED OF, OF WHEN THAT STUFF IS HAPPENING.

BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE COORDINATE WITH, UH, PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, PD, AND, AND, AND FIRE, UH, AND, AND THAT'S GONNA BE OUR, OUR CORE BIG, BIG FOUR WHEN WE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

UH, ONE OF THE INCIDENTS THAT I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT, WE HAD A, UH, STORM OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND LAST YEAR.

UH, IT HAPPENED, UH, EARLY MORNING ON TUESDAY MORNING, ACTUALLY.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF STORMS ROLLED THROUGH.

UH, THE FIRST ONE ROLLED THROUGH ON, ON MONDAY.

THE NEXT ONE ROLLED THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

UH, AND, AND KNOWING, KNOWING, UH, HOW SEVERE THAT STORM WAS, AND WE, WE ANTICIPATED A, A TON OF DEBRIS ON THE ROADS.

WELL, BY EIGHT O'CLOCK, UH, SEAN AND HIS CREWS, THEY HAD ALL THIS, ALL THE ROADS CLEAR, SO NOBODY EVEN KNEW THAT, UH, THERE WAS A TON OF DEBRIS THAT THAT, THAT THEY GOT RID OF.

BUT, UH, I'M JUST EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND, AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS AND, AND HAVING THE RESPONSE THAT I GET FROM, UH, FROM CHRIS AND, AND CRAIG OVER IN, IN PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND, UH, THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS WITH, WITH PD AND ELI AND, AND THEN SEAN.

UM, I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.

AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE THE SAME WAY.

UH, IF, IF I'M GONE, CHIEF HARRISON AND CHIEF O'NEILL KNOW, UH, KNOW THE PLAN AND, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT A, A, A PLAYBOOK ON THE CALLS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE AND, AND WHAT THEY NEED TO SET UP AHEAD OF TIME.

SO COORDINATION AMONG CITY DEPARTMENTS IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THAT, UH, CITY MANAGER'S BRIEFING PAGE JUST TO LET, UH, MELISSA KNOW THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT LINED UP.

THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND, UH, UH, MY, MY OUTLOOK IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE GETS ALL THE INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME AND DOESN'T GET ASKED A QUESTION THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS MY, UH, MY, UH, MY INTENT IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE HAS THAT, THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.

AND SAME THING WITH, UH, CHASTITY AND ALLISON.

IF, IF MELISSA'S GONE, I, I, I STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM, UH, DURING ALL THOSE SEVERE WEATHER TIMES AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

UH, OUR OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS IS A, IS A, A PROGRAM THAT, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO, TO, TO ADDRESS.

WE'VE GOT A SYSTEM OF, UH, SIRENS THAT ARE PAST THE, THE 20 YEAR MARK.

AND, AND THE, THE AGE, UH, REPLACEMENT AGE FOR THOSE TYPES OF SIREN SYSTEMS IS 20 TO 30 YEARS.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, THAT WE KNEW NEED TO ADDRESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

UH, WE'VE GOT A GRANT THAT WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM.

HOPEFULLY WE GET THAT GRANT TO REPLACE THE, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

UH, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO AS FAR AS THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS GO.

UH, OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RE RESPONSE TEAMS IS SOMEBODY THAT, UH, I ALSO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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UH, I ISSUE 'EM A RADIO AND I TELL 'EM, HEY, JUST PLEASE BE ON STANDBY BETWEEN THESE HOURS.

AND, AND, UH, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN RESPONSIVE.

AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE THOSE WITH THOSE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO CHERISH AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UH, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY KNOWS, UH, OUR REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS COORDINATOR, LAUREN SANCHEZ, DOES A GREAT JOB FOR US.

UH, SHE KEEPS, UH, UH, SHE KEEPS US, KEEPS US ON OUR TOES, AND KEEPS US IN PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS FAR AS CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT PLANS WITH THE, WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS GRANTS.

UH, SHE HELPS US WITH TRAINING AND, UH, AND OTHER EM PLANS.

BUT LAUREN IS A RESOURCE THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD TO, TO HAVE, AND, AND, UH, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HER AROUND FOR A LONG TIME IN, IN, IN THE FUTURE.

WE JUST APPROVED TO RENEW HER CONTRACT.

CORRECT.

UH, SO WE, WE, UH, WE ACTUALLY TURNED HER PART-TIMER INTO A FULL-TIMER, UH, LAST YEAR.

UH, BUT SHE'S NOT UNDER CONTRACT, BUT WE, WE NEED TO GET HER .

WE, IT'S SOMEBODY THAT WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HOLD ONTO BECAUSE SHE'S, UH, SHE'S DONE TREMENDOUS WORK FOR ALL OF US, AND, AND SHE'S VERY TALENTED.

THAT THEY INPUT INTO THE SYSTEM, AND THAT'LL COME UP DIRECTLY ON OUR MDTS.

UM, SHE'S, SHE'S HIGHLY RESPECTED IN THE REGION AS WELL.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, LITTLE BIT ON, ON CALLS FOR SERVICE CHIEF HARRISON.

TALKED ABOUT CALLS FOR SERVICE.

AND, UH, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL UNIT RESPONSES FOR 2024, WE'RE AT 12,164 TOTAL UNIT RESPONSES AND 83 0 8 CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, FOR, FOR THE YEAR, UH, ON THE CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THAT'S A 26% INCREASE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 2020 NUMBERS, UH, WE, WE'VE INCREASED OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE BY 26%, UH, IN TO, TO 2024.

UH, THE ANTICIPATED, UH, PROJECTIONS FOR, UH, THE END OF, OF FY 24 25, WE'RE GONNA BE AT 80 TO 8,800 CALLS FOR SERVICE.

IS, IS THE ANTICIPATED PROJECTION.

UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER ASKED ME ABOUT, UH, WAS THAT UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER NUMBER, THE 49% ON, UH, PROMPT SERVICE FOR CALLS, IF YOU SEE THE DECREASE, UH, THERE'S A REASON FOR THE DECREASE.

AND, AND, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE MORE CALLS FOR SERVICE AND YOU HAVE UNITS OUTTA SERVICE, UM, WE HAVE ONE STATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 67, AND IF WE HAVE RESOURCES COMING FROM THE WEST SIDE OF 67 TO COVER THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, IT, IT, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, TO GET THERE TO, TO THOSE LOCATIONS ON THE EAST SIDE.

THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, WHERE THAT PERCENTAGE IS, UH, IS DECREASED IS BECAUSE OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE, ARE GETTING BUSIER JUST LIKE WE ARE.

THEY'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT IN INCREASE IN CALLS FOR SERVICE AS WELL.

UH, AND THERE'S TIMES WHERE OUR UNITS ARE RUNNING INTO THEIR CITY AND, AND VICE VERSA, UH, EVERY SINGLE DAY AT, AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER, WE GO TO WHAT WE CALL LEVEL ZERO, WHICH WHICH MEANS WE'RE OUTTA AMBULANCES AT, AT ONE POINT OF THE DAY.

AND, AND THAT INCREASES RESPONSE TIMES AS WELL.

SO, UH, AS WE, UH, AS THE CITY GROWS, AS THE CALLS FOR SERVICE AND THE, THAT DEMAND KEEPS GOING UP, I, UH, I ANTICIPATE THAT, THAT OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE GONNA, ARE GONNA ELONGATE AND, AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

MAYOR, WHEN, WHEN, UH, CHIEF REYES AND I MET WITH YOU BACK, UH, IN FEBRUARY, ACTUALLY IT WAS LAST YEAR, UH, THE PODCAST CAME OUT IN FEBRUARY, BUT I, I HAD MENTIONED A PROGRAM TO YOU CALLED COMMUNITY CONNECT, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE AN EXTREME, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF, OF OUR FUTURE, NOT ONLY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

UH, COMMUNITY CONNECT IS A, IS A PROGRAM THAT'S A RISK REDUCTION TOOL FOR THE CITY.

IT'S A PROGRAM WHERE, UH, PEOPLE CAN CUE OUR CODE INTO OUR SYSTEM, OR HYPERLINK INTO OUR SYSTEM, PROVIDE US INFORMATION ON, UH, ACCESS AND FUNCTIONAL NEEDS, UH, PEOPLE THAT MAY BE LIVING IN THE RESIDENCES, UH, KEY LOCATIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS, THE, THE NUMBER OF PETS THAT THEY HAVE, ET CETERA.

THAT THE, THE INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN UPLOAD INTO COMMUNITY CONNECT IS, IS LIMITLESS.

UH, IT'S ALSO A GREAT TOOL FOR OUR BUSINESS IN, IN CEDAR HILL.

THEY CAN, UH, FRONT LOAD US WITH INFORMATION ON HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, ALSO ON LOCATIONS FOR THEIR KEYS, ON THEIR FIRE SYSTEMS, ON THEIR, UH, GAS SERVICE SHUTOFF, ELECTRICAL SERVICE SHUTOFF.

AND IT'S GONNA GREATLY IMPROVE OUR RESPONSES BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE FRONT LOADED WITH THAT, THAT INFORMATION

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SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THIS OUT.

UH, WE'VE, UH, WE STARTED WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, AND MICHELLE EBANKS IS PARTNERING WITH US, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, GETTING THIS QR CODE OUT TO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.

AND WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THAT HAVE REGISTERED ALREADY, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S AN ACTUAL LIVE, UH, QR CODE THAT ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES TO REGISTER WITH COMMUNITY CONNECT AND CEDAR HILL FIRE AND FRONT LOTUS WITH THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WHEN WE RESPOND, WE'RE BETTER RESPONDERS FOR, FOR THE CITY AND, AND FOR THE CITIZENS.

AND, AND IT'S JUST PART OF, UH, PART OF BEING GOOD, GOOD, UH, TEAM PLAYERS AND PARTNERS AND, AND PART OF BEING A GOOD FAMILY.

UH, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE GREAT THINGS THAT THIS, UH, THIS PROGRAM PROGRAM'S GONNA BRING IN THE FUTURE.

UH, IN THE FUTURE, WE MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO SOPHIA AND, AND PARTNER WITH HER AS FAR AS, UH, PUSHING THIS INFORMATION OUT.

UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL BUILDING THIS OUT.

WE'VE GOT A NEW, UH, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED NOW, AND THIS IS GONNA TIE IN WITH THAT COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT OUR CITIZENS AND BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE, HAVE ENTERED.

AND, AND IT'S, I'M, I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT COMMUNITY CONNECT AND WHAT IT'S GONNA DO FOR, FOR, UH, THIS FAMILY OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, JUST LIKE OUR, OUR PARTNERS IN, IN BLUE.

UH, WE, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET, AND, AND, UH, I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED AT, AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.

UH, WE HAD OUR AWARDS BANQUET, UH, LAST NOVEMBER.

UH, WE'LL BE DOING THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT TO A SPRINGTIME AWARDS BANQUET.

SO, UH, COMING, UH, THIS MARCH WILL BE OUR, OUR AWARDS BANQUET FOR, FOR 25.

UH, BUT IT'LL BE MARCH OF OF 26, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE AND EXTEND ALL THOSE INVITATIONS TO YOU.

UH, BUT OUR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WAS, UH, IS SOMEBODY THAT JUST GRADUATED FROM PARAMEDIC SCHOOL.

UH, WE HAD THREE FINAL EMTS THAT, UH, THAT WE NEEDED TO GET TRAINED UP.

WE ARE NOW COMPLETELY FULLY STAFFED, UH, WITH FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.

UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, WE MADE OUR LAST, UH, JOB OFFERS THIS PAST WEEK.

SO, UH, WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO, TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR, FOR THE, UH, FUNDING THAT, THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED US TO BECOME FULLY STAFFED.

AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE, SINCE, UH, OR I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN EVEN SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN FULLY STAFFED IN IN 20 YEARS.

MIKE, YOU, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

YOU, YOU'D KNOW MORE, MORE THAN ME.

I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS, BUT I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR CEDAR HILL FIRE.

UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, OUR MINIMUM STAFFING NUMBERS 19, BUT BEING FULLY STAFFED IS GONNA GIVE US, UH, SOME FLEXIBILITY TO STAFF MAYBE, UH, UH, A PEAK TIME, UH, UNIT FROM, FROM TIME TO TIME, AS LONG AS STAFFING ALLOWS, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO USE OVERTIME TO, TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO GENERATING SOME NUMBERS AND, AND SHOWING YOU WHAT, UH, A POSSIBLE PEAK TIME UNIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF 67 CAN DO FOR OUR UNIT UTILIZATION RATES AND, AND REDUCE THOSE, THOSE RESPONSE TIMES.

BUT WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THAT FLEXIBILITY HERE.

MOVING INTO FY 26.

UH, BARRING, I DON'T HAVE A MASS EXODUS OF, OF, OF PERSONNEL , SO LET'S ALL KNOCK ON WOOD PIECE .

SO, UH, RICARDO CHAVEZ IS ONE OF OUR LAST GRADUATING EMTS.

UH, JEREMIAH TURMAN WAS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN, UH, OUR VERY OWN, UH, MATT BAKER WAS, WAS OUR, OUR PARAMEDIC OF THE YEAR.

AND, UH, THREE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD TO HAVE AS PART OF THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT FAMILY.

UH, CAPTAIN DARRELL WOLF IS SOMEBODY THAT OVERSEES OUR WILDLAND PROGRAM AND IS, IS INVOLVED IN, UH, HAS HIS HAND IN IN MANY THINGS, AND HIS FINGERPRINTS ON, ON MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT DARRELL WOLF WAS OUR CAPTAIN OR COMPANY OFFICER OF THE YEAR, AND THEN JOHN DENISON, UH, WAS AWARDED THE, THE FIRE CHIEF'S AWARD.

AND, AND, UH, I, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF AWARDING THAT TO ONE PERSON, UH, EVERY, EVERY YEAR.

AND I CHOSE JOHN DENISON JUST BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HE TOUCHES AND ALL OF HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAMS WITH WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S, UH, WHETHER IT'S WITH, UH, OUR DRONE PROGRAM OR OUR FACILITIES.

UH, JOHN DENISON WAS KNEE DEEP IN, IN THE, UH, REFRESH, UH, PROGRAM FOR STATION TWO 12 ON, ON SOUTH CLARK.

AND, AND THAT'S WHY I CHOSE JD.

UH, THAT, THAT PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM ILLUSTRATES, UH, WHO WE ARE.

UH, WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE, HAVE BEEN, UH, MESHED WITH, WITH OUR CITIZENS AND, AND OUR, UH, OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES.

BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THE FUTURE, TO A REALLY BRIGHT

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FUTURE AND, AND CONTINUE TO, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BE A, A FAMILY ORIENTED ORGANIZATION.

UH, MY THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT I, I COME UP HERE WITH, WITH A TON OF GRATITUDE, UH, THE GRATITUDE OF, OF BEING ABLE TO BE THE FIRE CHIEF AND, AND BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE GOOD WORK THAT, THAT MY PEOPLE TO DO, UH, THE GRATITUDE, UH, TO, TO MELISSA FOR HAVING THE TRUST IN ME AND, AND LETTING ME TAKE THE REINS OF, OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND, AND PUSH US FORWARD AND THE GRATITUDE TO, TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ALL THE RESOURCES THAT, THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE.

UM, THAT, THAT LA FRANCE, THAT 1924 LA FRANCE, UH, I IS, UH, IT'S NOT ONLY A VEHICLE, BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY PIECE THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF, UH, AS, AS THE ENTIRE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, UH, THE, THE SMILES THAT IT BRINGS TO, TO CHILDREN THAT ARE, UH, IN, IN THEIR INFANCY TO, TO OUR SENIORS, UH, THE SMILES THAT I'VE SEEN ON, ON THEIR FACES, UM, MAKES IT WORTH THE REFRESH THAT THAT WAS DONE TO THAT, THAT APPARATUS.

AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, I, I'M JUST EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR EVERYTHING THAT, THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL HAS PROVIDED, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND MYSELF PERSONALLY.

BUT WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

CHIEF.

UM, UH, I KNOW IT'S ON MY CALENDAR, BUT WHAT DATE IS THE MUSEUM IN LA FRANCE? IT, IT'S THIS SATURDAY.

I'LL TRY MY BEST TO BE THERE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED, ONE OF THE SLIDES YOU MENTIONED, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT THE CALL VOLUMES ARE GOING UP.

AND SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

ARE WE STILL DOING THE FIRE BOUNDARY DROPS WITH THE AREA? WE ARE WITH OUR ADJACENT CITIES? YES, SIR.

SO WHAT DOES, AND, UH, TWO PIECES OF THIS, ARE THEY RESPONDING IN OUR CITY AND WHAT, WHAT EXTENT ARE THEY THERE, THEM RESPONDING IN OUR CITY IS HELPING TO KEEP OUR CALL VOLUMES DOWN OR OUR RESPONSE TIMES DOWN? GREAT QUESTION.

COUNCILMAN SIMS. SO, UH, ONE OF THE REPORTS THAT I'VE BEEN GENERATING FOR THE CITY MANAGER IS ON, UH, RESPONSES FROM US PROVIDING AUTOMATIC AID AND MUTUAL AID.

AND I WILL SAY THAT WE PROVIDE MORE THAN WE GET.

WE PROBABLY PROVIDE TWICE AS MUCH AUTOMATIC AID TO OUR PARTNER CITIES IN DUNCANVILLE AND DESOTO THAN WE GET BACK IN IN RETURN.

DOES THAT ANSWER WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT? WELL, I, IT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR, OUR GENEROSITY IS, UH, CREATING A SITUATION WHERE IT'S GONNA LEAD TO OUR CALL VOLUME.

I MEAN, OUR RESPONSE TIMES GOING UP, IT, IT, IT, IT ADDS TO IT.

I I, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THAT'S PART OF THE, OKAY.

PART OF OUR RESPONSE TIMES, UH, INCREASING.

I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT.

SO, YEAH, SO, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, WE HAVE FOUR FIRE STATIONS.

DUNCANVILLE HAS TWO, AND DESOTO HAS THREE.

UH, BOTH OF THOSE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE RUNNING MORE COST FOR SERVICE THAN WHAT WE ARE.

HENCE THE, UH, TWICE, TWICE THE AMOUNT OF AUTOMATIC AID THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE, THEN, THEN WE GET IN RETURN.

UM, I, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE WE'RE STRONGER AS A NINE STATION FIRE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD.

UH, BUT, BUT WE DO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN AN AUTOMATIC AID THAN, THAN WE GET.

I WASN'T AWARE.

UM, DUNCANVILLE ONLY HAS TWO FIRE STATIONS, CORRECT? I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.

SO NOW, WHEN WE PROVIDE AID TO, TO OTHER CITIES, ARE WE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF, UM, OF WHAT IT COSTS TO DISPATCH A, A UNIT OUT THERE? NO, SIR.

NO, SIR.

WE, WE, UH, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS AND, AND IT'S AN AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT THAT, UH, THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T BILL EACH OTHER FOR COST FOR SERVICE.

UH, ONE THING WE DO GET, IF WE RUN INTO DUNCANVILLE OR DESOTA WITH ONE OF OUR MEDIC UNITS, WE ARE ABLE TO BILL FOR THAT, FOR THAT CALL.

WOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS MIGHT HAVE SAID WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, BUT YOU, YOU USED THE TERM LEVEL ZERO.

WE NEED, UH, ANOTHER UNIT RESPONSE, AND THAT'S WHEN WE, UH, SWITCH FROM AUTOMATIC AID TO MUTUAL AID.

UH, AND YOU SAYING WE, WE, WE DO THAT, WE AT LEVEL ZERO EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WE, WE HIT THAT MARK AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.

WOW.

WE HIT THAT MARK, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, TRI-CITY WISE, WE, WE GO LEVEL ZERO AT ONE POINT DURING THE DAY.

AND, UH, AND A LOT OF TIMES, UH, A 10TH CALL COMES IN WHERE

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AND WE MAY BE GETTING A UNIT FROM, UH, MIDLOTHIAN DALLAS OR, OR GRAND PRAIRIE.

UM, THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR REPORT.

UM, MADAM CITY MANAGER, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT KNOWING THAT DATA, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE A NEED, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR CITY.

UM, I UNDERSTAND DUNCANVILLE IS BUILT OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, BUT CEDAR HILL, I THINK PER SQUARE MILE, UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MASS.

SO, UH, SEEING THAT OUR CURRENT STATE, UM, WE ONLY, I DON'T KNOW, 40, 55% BUILT OUT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK DURING OUR CITY COUNCIL RETREAT, IT IS DEFINITELY WARRANTED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT, ABOUT THIS.

SO, YEAH.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? UM, MADAM SECRETARY, ANYTHING ELSE, CHIEF? NO.

AND, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, CAN WE GET TAMMY A PILLOW OR SOMETHING? I MEAN, HAVE TO CARRY HER OUT.

UM, DID, DID Y'ALL BRING A STRETCHER? I MEAN, OVER THE SHOULDER? HEY, UH, UH, CHIEF REYES, YOU GOTTA, UM, YOU GOTTA HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR FIRE MARSHAL.

HE CAN'T, HE FIRE MARSHAL.

CAN'T USE THE WORD EXPLOSION IN, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A BRIEFING LIKE THAT.

, I'LL TALK WITH THE MAYOR.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR.

MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD AT NINE 15, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN HAD TO DEPART FROM THE MEETING TODAY.

UH, COUNSEL, WE HAVE, UM, UH, PRETTY MUCH CAME TOWARDS THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

WE DO HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM THAT IS STILL OPEN, AND THAT'S UNDER OUR CONSENT.

WE PULLED CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM C, LETTER C, CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE FIRE, CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.

WE JUST HEARD FROM OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? COUNSEL? UH, COUNCILOR MCCURDY? UH, I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION.

SORRY.

I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION.

FLOOR IS OPEN.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, WE ACCEPT THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT'S 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN AZI.

ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION UNANIMOUS.

SIX OH.

AND UM, NEXT ITEM ON A AGENDA TO ADJOURN.

MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE DO HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER INE THE BIRTHDAY GIRL.

THAT'S AN NON DEBATABLE MOTION.

ALL IF FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I HAVE 9 53.

COUNSEL, WE ARE ADJOURNED.