* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] MADAM SECRETARY, YOU READY? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. [1. Call meeting to order.] I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING. I DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OPEN CARRY, BUT FIREARMS IS PROHIBITED WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. TODAY IS NOVEMBER 11TH, 2025. UM, I WANNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:06 PM NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS INVOCATION. REVEREND CAMERON, SWEET POINT OF LIGHT CHURCH. UH, ARE YOU WITH US? THERE YOU ARE. COME ON DOWN IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND. AND, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I GUESS, UH, COUNCILOR MALONE, DO YOU MIND, UH, LEADING US IN THE PLEASURE OF LEADERS? YES. THANK YOU. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR, UH, TO BE HERE TONIGHT, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SPECIAL DAY OF VETERANS DAY. UM, TO BE A CHILD OF A VETERAN. IT'S A TRUE BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO PRAY. UH, FOR THOSE TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY, UM, AS WE GO INTO PRAYER, UM, I'M JUST, AGAIN, THANKFUL AND I KNOW THAT WHATEVER GOD IS WANTING TO DO, HE'S GOING TO DO IT. AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE WITH THAT. SO IF EVERYBODY COULD JUST BOW YOUR HEADS AND CLOSE YOUR EYES AT THIS TIME. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE TODAY. FATHER GOD, WITH FULL UNITY. AND I THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL, FOR THE MAYOR, FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS, FOR THE STAFF, THE LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT'S HERE TO LISTEN OR TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I PRAY THAT GOD, THERE ARE AGREEMENTS. AND IF THERE'S DISAGREEMENTS THAT THERE IS, IT'S MOVED IN LOVE. AND SO, FATHER GOD, I JUST PRAY FOR DECENCY AND ORDER. I PRAY FOR FULL RESPECT TO COME THROUGH TONIGHT. AND OVERALL, FATHER GOD, I JUST THANK YOU, UH, FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT HAS PLACED THEIR HEARTS, HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES. UH, FATHER GOD AS VETERANS FOR THIS NATION, I PRAY THAT YOU COVER EACH AND EVERY FAMILY AND THOSE THAT MAY BE GRIEVING, LOST, UH, UH, SOLDIERS. I PRAY GOD FOR A SPECIAL PROTECTION AND BLESSING FOR THEIR LIVES AS WELL. I PRAY THAT YOU COVER EACH AND EVERY FAMILY AND RESIDENT OF RESIDENT OF, UH, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND JUST OVERALL, EVERY SECTOR, EVERY CATEGORY THAT WE CAN THINK OF. FATHER GOD, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU COVER IT TONIGHT. WE PRAY THIS PRAYER RIGHT NOW IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. EVERYONE. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF AMERICAN FLAG. FIRST, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD. NOW THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE IT NEEDS TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. YOU MAY ALL BE MAY BE SEATED. UM, NEXT ITEM ON [a. Present a Proclamation designating November 19, 2025, as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day in the City of Cedar Hill.] THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION PRESENTED PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025, AS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION DATE GIS IN CEDAR HILL, CEDAR OF CEDAR HILL. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN. SO MY GIS PEOPLE COMING UP HERE. UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO, UH, TO, UH, READ THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR FOR GIS DAY. WHEREAS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL RECOGNIZES GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS AS VITAL TOOLS FOR OPERATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY, PROMOTING SU SUSTAINABILITY AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY GROWTH. AND WHEREAS TECHNOLOGY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE CONTINUED ADVANCEMENT OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE USE OF MANAGEMENT AND SHARING OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION IN ESSENTIAL FOR EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING BY LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. AND WHEREAS GEO, UH, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GIS TECH TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO VISUALIZE, ANALYZE, AND INTERPRET COMPLEX, UH, SPECIAL, PRO SPECIAL DATA TO CREATE, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RELATIONSHIPS, PATTERNS AND TRENDS THAT IMPROVE OUR CITY SERVICES AND THE LIVES OF THE RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS THERE'S A NEED TO PROMOTE GIS AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TECHNICAL TRAINING TO ENSURE THIS TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO BE USED TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL. AND WHEREAS GIS DAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS, CITIZENS, AND CIVIC LEADERS TO EXPLORE HOW GIS SUPPORTS SMARTER COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPS AND INNOVATIVE INNOVATION ACROSS ALL CITIES AND ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND WHEREAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM RESEARCH INSTITUTE [00:05:01] AND G AND GLOBAL GIS COMMUNITY ARE CELEBRATING THE 26 INTERNATIONAL GIS DAY, UH, IN 2025. NOW, THEREFORE, OUR MAYOR, STEVE MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL DOES PRO DOES PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AS GIS DAY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, AND CALL UPON OUR CITIZENS, SCHOOLS, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTINUE AND CELEBRATE THE CON CONTRIBUTIONS THAT GIS MAKES EACH DAY TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO HERE IN WITNESS THEREOF, I HAVE SET MY, UH, SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, UH, 2025. SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR, STEVE MASON, AND WHO DO I TO OUR CITY, UH, COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGERS, AND BE ON BEHALF OF ALL THE GIS PROFESSIONALS HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU. GIS ALLOWS THE CITY TO MAKE DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS. SO WHETHER IT'S OUR EVERYDAY OPERATIONS, EMERGENCIES, OUR LONG RANGE OR STRATEGIC PLANNING, GIS PLAYS A ROLE. AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE MANY PROFESSIONALS THAT YOU SEE HERE TONIGHT THAT REPRESENT ONLY A FEW DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM POLICE, FIRE, CITY MANAGER'S, OFFICE PLANNING, DEPARTMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND I CAN GO ON. UH, THEY ARE THE PROFESSIONALS THAT DRIVE GIS HERE FOR OUR CITY AND MAINTAIN IMPORTANT DATA THAT HELPS US WITH ALL OF OUR DECISION MAKING. SO ON BEHALF OF THEM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. ON THE 19TH, WE WILL HAVE AN EVENT HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER BETWEEN 11 AND 2:00 PM THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OUR MANY GIS PROFESSIONALS, AS WELL AS LEARN ABOUT GIS, UH, HERE IN THE CITY. SO WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN I HAVE EVERYONE SHIFT THIS WAY? NO ONE BEYOND THIS POINT. ALRIGHT, WHO DO I PRESENT ALL OF THIS? NOT IN THE PICTURE. YOU WERE THERE. 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1. GREAT JOB COUNCIL MEMBER. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM [b. Presentation for the Fall 2025 Citizen's Leadership Academy.] IS, UH, WITHIN PRESENTATIONS, PRES PRESENTATION FOR THE FALL 2025 CITIZEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. MR. COLBY COLLINS. GOOD EVENING. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL COLBY COLLINS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. AND THIS IS SOPHIA EMAN, COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER. IT'S GREAT TO SEE Y ALLALL ON AND HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WHAT SHE JUST SAID, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU GUYS THIS EVENING. WE'RE HONORED AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK BEFORE YOU GUYS, UH, THIS EVENING TO, UH, WELL, LEMME BACKTRACK. HONORED TO SPEAK ABOUT ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, BUT EXCITED BECAUSE AGAIN, WE BACK BEFORE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS THAT HAS COME THROUGH THE CITY THAT IS THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. AND SO, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO WE WERE BEFORE YOU GUYS, WE WERE GETTING READY TO OPEN UP THE APPLICATIONS AND WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, HOW AMAZING THIS PROGRAM WAS. AND AT THE TIME, THOSE WERE JUST WORDS HONESTLY. BUT NOW WE GOT THE NUMBERS AND INFORMATION TO BACK IT UP, HOW AMAZING THIS IS. SO IN THIS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, WE'RE GONNA SPEAK ON, UH, TELL YOU ABOUT THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, WHAT THEY LEARNED. AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL ALSO GET A CHANCE, UH, FOR COUNCIL TO HIGHLIGHT AND ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THIS ACADEMY AS WELL. AND SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE, UH, WE START OFF EVERY PRESENTATION WITH OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES. WITH OUR VALUES BEING PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS AND BEHAVIOR AND INTEGRITY. AND BY ACHIEVING THOSE VALUES, THAT ALLOWS US TO PURSUE ALL OF ALL OF THE CHARACTERISTICS UNDER THE PURSUING PREMIER UMBRELLA, BEING DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, CLEAN, SAFE, VIBRANT PARTS, ENGAGED COMMUNITY, EXCELLENT, SAFE AND EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, STRONG AND DIVERSE ECONOMY, AND BEING A PART OF TEXAS SCHOOLS OF CHOICE. SO GETTING INTO OUR PRESENTATION, AS YOU SEE FROM THE TITLE OF THE SLIDE, WE STARTING OFF WITH A BANG RECORD BREAKING CLASS, WE HAD OVER 30 APPLICANTS APPLY, UH, FOR THIS TO BE A PART OF THIS ACADEMY. ACTUALLY, WE HAD TO CUT OFF THE APPLICATION WINDOW JUST A LITTLE BIT EARLY 'CAUSE WE HAD SO MANY APPLICANTS APPLYING. OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 25 PEOPLE. UH, WE ARE GETTING 25 GRADUATES BEFORE YOU GUYS THIS EVENING. WE ACTUALLY STARTED WITH 27, HOWEVER, TWO DROPPED OFF DUE TO LIFE SITUATIONS. AND WE ARE GRADUATING WITH 25 GRADUATES. WE DO WANT TO NOTE OUT, NOTE THAT OF THOSE 25 GRADUATES, WE HAVE FIVE [00:10:01] COUPLES COMING FROM THE SAME HOUSEHOLD. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MOM AND DAUGHTER COMING FROM THE SAME HOUSEHOLD. SO SOPHIA AND I LIKE TO JOKE THAT WE NOT JUST CHANGING INDIVIDUALS, WE CHANGING ONE HOUSEHOLD AT A TIME. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROUD OF. AND ONE INTERESTING NOTE AS WELL. WE HAD SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER CITY APPLY TO BE A PART OF THIS. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO CALL 'EM AND OBVIOUSLY LET 'EM KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT TO BE A PART OF THIS CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. BUT AGAIN, THAT JUST SPEAKS TO HOW AMAZING WE'RE DOING THINGS HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. WE GOT PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES WILLING TO COME AND BE A PART OF THIS. YES. SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, OUR WONDERFUL CLASS HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERACTING WITH A LOT OF CITY AND DEPARTMENT LEADERS. THEY HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT SESSIONS, THEY GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR LOVELY CITY MANAGER. UM, DURING THE FIRST SESSION, SHE DID A PRESENTATION THAT COVERED OUR CITY OVERVIEW AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP. OUR GROUP ALSO GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY GOT HANDS ON WITH, UH, FIRE AND POLICE, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT. THEY SPENT TIME WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENTS, OUR LIBRARY AND PLANNING TEAMS, PARKS AND RECREATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM. AND THEN A NOTABLE GROUP THAT THEY GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH THIS CLASS SESSION WAS C-H-I-S-D, WHICH THIS WAS A FIRST TIME INCLUSION FOR THEM, UM, IN THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. AND WE KNOW THAT ONE OF COUNCIL'S BIG ROCKS IS COMMUNICATION AND UNDER THAT STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ISD. SO THAT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY AND THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THEIR CLASS AS WELL. UM, SO WE WERE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR OUR CLASS TO GET TO SPEND TIME WITH SO MANY AWESOME LEADERS AND LEARN THE INNER WORKINGS OF OUR CITY. SO, AS SOPHIA MENTIONED, AS YOU GUYS SEE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE DIFFERENT IMAGES FROM ALL OF OUR CLASSES STARTING AT THE TOP LEFT. THAT WAS AN IMAGE FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CLASS WHERE THEY GOT A CHANCE TO LEARN FROM HOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, DO THEIR JOBS AS FAR AS KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE. ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES, UH, JUST IN THE STATE PERIOD, NOT JUST IN THIS AREA. UM, AND ALSO IN THAT PARTICULAR PHOTO, THEY GOT A CHANCE, UH, TO LEARN FROM FIREFIGHTERS. THE ACTIVITY THEY WOULD GO THROUGH AS FAR AS IF SOMEONE WERE TRAPPED UNDER A VEHICLE, THE STEPS THEY WOULD DO TO HELP GET A PERSON FROM UNDER THAT VEHICLE. UM, DON'T WORRY, THEY STILL KNOW TO CALL 9 1 1 FIRST, BUT THEY DID LEARN THAT ACTIVITY. UH, GOING ACROSS THEY GET DID GET A CHANCE TO TOUR OUR AWARD-WINNING LIBRARY. UM, WE ALWAYS SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TO THE LIBRARY, BUT IF YOU HADN'T GOTTEN A TOUR OF THE LIBRARY, THEN YOU HAVEN'T TRULY BEEN TO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE IT'S A LOT TO SEE JUST PAST THAT, UH, MAIN LEVEL THAT YOU WALK INTO. UH, GOING ACROSS. THEY ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO LEARN FROM OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, AMAZING PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UM, ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES WAS IF THEY GOT A CHANCE TO OPEN UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO GO THROUGH TO OPEN UP THAT, UH, BUSINESS? WHAT PERMITS TO APPLY FOR? ONE OF THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS OUR CLASS TOOK WAS ALWAYS REACH OUT TO THE CITY BEFORE BUYING ANY PIECE OF LAND. SO EVERYONE KNOWS NOT TO DO THAT. RIGHT. GOOD. SEE WE GOT 'EM. ALRIGHT. UH, AND SOPHIA MENTIONED, UH, C-H-I-S-D. THIS WAS THEIR FIRST TIME DOING IT AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB. UH, THE LAST IMAGE AT THE TOP RIGHT. AND THEN THE FIRST IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, UH, THE STUDENT ORCHESTRA PLAYED, UM, WHILE WE ATE DINNER FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. I'VE NEVER FELT SO AMAZING WHILE EATING PANDA EXPRESS IN MY LIFE, BUT THEY MADE US FEEL AMAZING WHILE LISTENING TO THEM. WE ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER? AND THAT WAS, UM, HUMBLING TO SAY THE LEAST FOR A LOT OF US. 'CAUSE WE LEARNED THAT WE ARE INDEED NOT SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER AND ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO WRAP IT UP AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, UH, THIS PAST SATURDAY WITH OUR, UH, TOUR OF THE CITY WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AND SO THAT WAS AMAZING JUST FOR THE, UH, STUDENTS IN THIS CLASS, PARTICIPANTS IN THIS CLASS TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS IN HOW OUR DEPARTMENTS OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YEAH. SO AS Y'ALL CAN SEE, THIS WAS NOT JUST A LECTURE BASED EXPERIENCE. OUR CLASS REALLY GOT HANDS ON AND GOT TO GET INVOLVED IN OUR CITY, WHICH WAS AMAZING. AND ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY GOT TO DO THAT WAS FOR THEIR CLASS PROJECT. SO AS MANY OF US KNOW, THERE WAS A TRAGIC TORNADO THAT CAME THROUGH CEDAR HILL IN THE 18 HUNDREDS. AND, UM, THERE WERE VICTIMS, THERE WERE LIVES LOST. AND FOR A WHILE THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION OF HOW TO HONOR THOSE VICTIMS. AND THE CLASS GOT TO SERVE AS A FOCUS GROUP AND HAD MR. MA MAR MARRE YEAH. MARRE MR. MARRE. YEAH. UM, HISTORICAL EXPERT COME IN AND SHARE THE CONTEXT OF, UM, WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT SITUATION. AND OUR WONDERFUL PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, SEAN AND LIBRARY DIRECTOR RAN BELL CAME IN AND EXPLAINED TO THEM SOME DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS OF HOW TO HONOR THAT SITUATION IN THE CLASS. UM, ONE THING THAT WE LOVE ABOUT THEM IS THEY'RE SO HONEST AND ENGAGING. THEY GAVE THEIR HONEST FEEDBACK, WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATED, BOTH IN PERSON AND IN A POST FOCUS GROUP SURVEY. SO NOW WE HAVE THAT, UM, FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR CITY TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD FOR THAT IMPORTANT PROJECT. SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. SO IT'S ONE THING HEARING HOW AMAZING THIS CLASS IS FROM US, BUT IT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING. LEARNING, GETTING YOU, GIVING YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO LEARN [00:15:01] HOW AMAZING IT IS FROM TWO OF OUR, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN THIS CLASS. SO WE WANT TO CALL UP THOSE TWO JUST RIGHT NOW. MR. LOWELL, WHERE ARE YOU AND SANDRA, BOTH OF YOU GUYS COME UP. UH, THEY'RE JUST GONNA GIVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO ONE MINUTE OF THEIR TESTIMONIAL AND SPEAK TO WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED DURING THEIR TIME IN THIS CLASS. HI EVERYBODY. UM, MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE CLASS WAS TRULY AMAZING. UM, FOR EACH SESSION WAS NOT ONLY INFORMATIVE, BUT IT WAS TRULY, GENUINELY ENJOYABLE. AND THAT'S THANKS TO BOTH KOBE AND SOPHIA. UM, THEY MADE LEARNING FUN ABOUT, AND THEN THEY ALSO, OH, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE I'M TALKING IN FRONT OF . OH MY GOSH, YOU DOING GREAT, BUT Y'ALL REALLY MADE THE LEARNING ABOUT CEDAR HILL. VERY, VERY FUN. AND, UM, I GOT STUCK AGAIN. DANG IT. I APOLOGIZE. UM, . OH MY GOODNESS. I'M SO SORRY. UM, I APOLOGIZE. SO AMAZING. SPEECHLESS. I KNOW. EXACTLY, EXACTLY. UM, I APOLOGIZE. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE THING YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE CLASS? UM, I ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE WITH HOW COMMUNITY CENTERED A LOT OF THE INITIATIVES WERE THAT CEDAR HILL DOES. UM, I LOVE THE PASSION THAT LEADERSHIP HAS HERE. UM, MEETING THE DIFFERENT LEADERSHIPS FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IS WHAT REALLY WON ME OVER, AND I REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO INVEST MORE OF MY TIME, UM, WORKING WITH CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND POSSIBLY APPLYING TO BOARDS AND THEN VOLUNTEERING WITH, UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL. UM, I REALLY JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING INITIATIVES LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT'S INITIATIVES LIKE THIS THAT NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN THIS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, BUT IT REALLY PROMOTES OUR, UM, JUST PROMOTES CIVIC INVOLVEMENT. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING ME OUT. . SHE DID AMAZING. ALL RIGHT. HELLO. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, I GUESS DEVELOPING THIS CLASS. REALLY ENJOYED IT. THE LEADERSHIP OF CEDAR HILL, I REALLY ENJOYED THEM. NOT ONLY DID THEY SPEND ALL DAY AT WORK, THEY CAME AND TALKED TO US. THEY WERE ENTHUSIASTIC, THEY WERE VERY PATIENT IN ANSWERING ALL OUR QUESTIONS. AND THEY STAYED LONG TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS AND REALLY ENJOYED THIS PROGRAM. BUT I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO KOBE AND SOPHIA. THEY SAID THIS THEIR FIRST TIME. WE WOULDN'T KNOW. I MEAN, THEY DID EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS. I'M A STICKLER FOR TIME. SO ME AND MY WIFE, WE WOULD COME 15 MINUTES EARLY AND THEY WERE READY, READY TO BRING US ON. AND THEY DID EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS. AND THEY MADE US, THEY HAD ONE ACTIVITY, THEY DID EVERY CLASS FOR US TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. THEY SAID, WE CAN'T SIT AT THE SAME TABLE OR THE SAME PLACE EVERY TIME. WE HAD TO SIT BY SOMEBODY NEW. THEN KOBE HAD THIS QUESTION HE WOULD ASK EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME NAMED TWO THINGS ABOUT SOMEONE IN YOUR CLASS THAT YOU HAVE NOT MET THE PREVIOUS TIME. SO THAT GOT US, UM, TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. WE HAVE A CRUISE THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA GO ON AND WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARTY THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA GO ON. AND ONE DAY OUR NAMES ARE GONNA BE UP HERE, , BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN THE SPIRIT TO WHERE WE WANT TO GIVE BACK TO CEDAR HILL. AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DO. 'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE KEEPING CDO. GREAT. THANK YOU. WELL, THAT WAS JUST AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT. UM, AND IN CONCLUSION, LOOKING AHEAD AT WHAT THIS AWESOME CLASS HAS ACHIEVED AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACHIEVING IN THE FUTURE. SO WE SENT OUT A ANONYMOUS SURVEY, SO THERE WAS NO PRESSURE TO GIVE US ONLY THE BEST ANSWERS TO OUR CLASS TO SEE THEIR INTEREST IN STAYING INVOLVED WITH THE CITY AFTER. AND WE HAD 22 OUT OF OUR 25 GRADUATES FILL THAT OUT AND 100 PER CENT. I HAVE THE RECEIPTS TO BACK THIS UP. 100% OF THOSE WHO FILLED OUT THE SURVEY SAID THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN EITHER JOINING A BOARD OR COMMISSION, BECOMING A VOLUNTEER, OR JUST OVERALL BEING MORE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED WITH CITY INITIATIVES. SO WE WERE, YEAH, SO SO HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. THAT'S THERE SAID GROUND APPLAUSE. AND THEN YOU KIND OF GOT A LITTLE PREVIEW, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS CLASS IS NOT ONLY ENGAGED WITH OUR CITY, BUT ALSO WITH EACH OTHER. THEY SERIOUSLY DO HAVE A CRUISE THAT THEY'RE PLANNING. WE HAVE A GROUPME. UM, THERE'S HOLIDAY PARTIES, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, INVITES THAT HAVE BEEN FLOWN OUT. AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL CLASS WHO WAS WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH US AND OUR AWESOME CITY AND EACH OTHER. SO IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. SO MAYOR COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AS WE TOUCHED ON. UM, AGAIN, WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER CLASS. THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME WORKING TOGETHER AND LEADING THIS CLASS, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT COMING INTO IT. BUT AS YOU GUYS SAW, THOSE WERE JUST TWO OF THE 25 THAT WE DEALT WITH. AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON [00:20:01] HAD THE SAME ATTITUDE, SAME MINDSET, WILLINGNESS TO LEARN EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY CAME INTO THE CLASSROOM. AND SO WE JUST GOT THROUGH TELLING THEM, UH, OUTSIDE A MINUTE AGO, THAT'S WHAT MADE OUR JOBS EASY. THEY WERE THANKING US. WE HAD TO THANK THEM BACK IN RETURN BECAUSE IT'S, UH, HAVING THAT MINDSET OF WANTING TO BE HERE AND WANTING TO LEARN AND WANTING, WANTING TO BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. EVERYTHING THAT WE JUST ADDED AS FAR AS THEM GOING ON CRUISES, US HAVING HOLIDAY PARTIES, THAT'S ALL A PLUS. AND, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP AND AMAZING CLASS. SO AGAIN, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND WE CAN STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. COME ON. CLAP. I KNOW, I SEE YOUR CLAP. . YEAH, THERE. IT'S GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL COUNCILOR MCCURDY? I I DON'T REALLY HAVE A A A QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR DEVOTING YOUR TIME TO THIS, TO THIS PROJECT. I, I REMEMBER, UM, WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE, THE COUNCIL, UM, I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH, I BELIEVE I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT, UH, MAYOR MASON AND, AND CITY MANAGER PORTER, ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAD A LOT OF CITIZENS THAT WERE CURIOUS ABOUT THE CITY, BUT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY WORKED. AND, UM, AND WE KIND OF ALL CONCURRED THAT, THAT THIS WOULD BE A, A GREAT PROJECT, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN COME UP WITH THE IDEAS AND KIND OF SET SOME DIRECTION AND YOU GUYS MAKE ALL THE MAGIC HAPPEN. UM, AND SO FOR THAT, UH, I, I THANK YOU, UM, AND APPRECIATE ALL, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT, THAT ALL OF THE STAFF PUT INTO THIS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY. MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR, UH, THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AS WELL AND, UH, MAYBE HAVE, HAVE HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARTY OR FORUM OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOME SORT OF A WAY TO, UH, TO GATHER ALL OF THE, THE CLASSES TOGETHER, UM, SO THAT THEY COULD ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. UM, YOU KNOW, I I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE OF THE GRADUATES FROM CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ARE, ARE APPLYING FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IMPETUSES OF, OF, OF THE IDEA OF THIS WAS THAT BY EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THE CITY WORKS AND HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS, THAT, UH, THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE MORE OF A DESIRE TO GET INVOLVED. SO, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN. APPRECIATE YOU. YEAH. THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP PRO, TIM GLOVER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, UM, NO QUESTIONS AS AN OBSERVATION. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL ENJOYED THIS, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS WORTHWHILE. WOULD THAT BE CORRECT? OKAY. AND, AND TO COLBY AND SOPHIA, UM, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND TAKING THE INITIATIVE AND CRAFTING THIS. IF THIS IS LIKE LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS OR BEST SOUTHWEST, Y'ALL ARE THE INAUGURAL CLASS, CLASS NUMBER ONE, SO, WE'LL, WE'LL HEAR, GO AHEAD. WELL, WELL YOU'LL, Y'ALL HAVE SET THE BAR HIGH, SO THE NEXT CLASS THAT COMES IN, WE EXPECT Y'ALL, WE, THEY HAVE TO EXCEED YOU. AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD. UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND GIVING BACK TO OUR CITY. UM, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE LOOK AROUND AND WONDER WHERE THE NEXT GENERATION IS COMING FROM, WHO'S GOING TO DO THE NEXT INITIATIVE. WE'VE DONE, UM, WE ARE PLANNING FOR NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT FOR THE NEXT DECADE AND DECADE AFTER THAT. SO IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT THE CITY WILL BE LEFT IN GREAT HANDS WITH ALL OF Y'ALL COMING IN TO DO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND POSSIBLY ELECTED POSITIONS BECAUSE MAMA SAID I CAN'T DO THIS FOREVER. SO, UM, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COLBY AND SOPHIA, GREAT JOB. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST, I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF AND I JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE BY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. APPRECIATE THE STAFF FOR ALL OF ITS, UH, ENGAGEMENT. BUT I HAVE SAID, AND PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS TI MULTIPLE TIMES, THE STRENGTH OF THIS CITY IS, IS, IS BEYOND WHAT'S UP HERE. IT'S THE LEVEL OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. AND THEN, SO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE JUST SHOWN IS, IS IS THAT THAT'S TRUE. THAT YOU ALL ARE WHAT MAKES THIS CITY STRONG AND SPECIAL. AND SO THE, I I SEE A TON OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, A TON OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THAT'S TO ME, WHAT MAKES CEDARVILLE SPECIAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL JUST WANNA ECHO AGAIN. UM, SOPHIA COLBY, THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS, UH, THIS MOMENT HERE. UM, I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS, UM, I'M, I'M, IT WARMS MY HEART TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT YOU ACTUALLY DID ENJOY THIS CLASS. UM, ULTIMATELY THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS SO THAT YOU CAN, A, LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CITY, BUT B UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE [00:25:01] TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF A SUPPLY CHAIN FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED AND, AND BE ENGAGED. UM, THE FACT THAT THE RESULTS TURNED OUT THAT YOU WANT TO EITHER SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE COMMISSION, STAY INVOLVED, STAY ENGAGED, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE OBJECTIVE WAS MET, YOU KNOW, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. UH, SO I, I'M GLAD THAT, UH, YOU, UH, SERVED THIS PROGRAM. I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, WISHING TO BE ABLE TO STAY INVOLVED. UH, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BE ABLE TO HELP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GUIDE THE CITY INTO ITS, YOU KNOW, NEXT LEVEL OF ENHANCEMENT. UH, THIS WEEKEND I WAS SPEAKING TO THE, UM, THE CITIZENS ON PATROL. THEY HAD THEIR GRADUATION THIS WEEKEND AND I TOLD THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY MAKES OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, MOVE IS, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUNTEERS, WE'RE COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE DON'T GET PAID, WE'RE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL. UH, I HAVE A MAYOR, TEAM COUNCIL. THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND BE ENGAGED AS WELL. UH, SAME THING THAT YOU ARE OFFERING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU'RE CHARGE IS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET ENGAGED. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE GET, YOU KNOW, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL FROM VOLUNTEERS JUST LIKE YOURSELF. SO, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE OBJECTIVE IS MET MISSION, YOU KNOW, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. UH, SOPHIA COLBY, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK Y'ALL. ALRIGHT, MAYOR COUNCIL, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, WE ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE CLASS UP TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME AND, UH, HAVE COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGE 'EM AS FAR AS GRADUATING OFFICIALLY FROM THIS CLASS, IF THAT'S OKAY. YES SIR. LET'S DO IT. ALRIGHT, COME ON EVERYONE, COME ON DOWN. ACT LIKE YOU'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE. COME ON. OKAY. COME, COME ON UP HERE. THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN FACE TOWARDS US. ALRIGHT, SO AS EVERYONE'S COMING UP, SOPHIA AND I WILL READ OFF A FEW THINGS. SO, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CLASS OF 2025, A DEDICATED GROUP OF 25 RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM. FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER, PARTICIPANTS TOOK PART IN SEVEN INTERACTIVE SESSIONS WITH VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND LEADERS EXPLORING HOW EACH AREA WORKS TOGETHER TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGH THESE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES, PARTICIPANTS GAINED VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE INNER WORKINGS OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND BUILT STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND WITH OUR STAFF, THEY LEAVE THE PROGRAM AS INFORMED AND ENGAGED ADVOCATES FOR CEDAR HILL READY TO STAY CONNECTED, SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, AND CONTINUE MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR CITY. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS EVENING. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF YOU, UM, COULD WE DOUBLE UP THIS ROW JUST A BIT MORE AND TRY TO GET NO MORE THAN LET, LET'S LET THIS BE THE CUTOFF RIGHT HERE. SO IF EVERYONE BEYOND MY HAND COULD COME JUST A BIT MORE AND WE CAN, WE CAN COME OUT AS LOW. OKAY. THREE ROWS? YES, LET'S DO THREE ROWS. OKAY. OKAY. SO THIS WOULD BE JUST LIKE LAST TIME. I'LL COUNT DOWN FROM THREE. AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE BE STILL 3, 3, 2, 1. HOPE. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE 2025 CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT [5. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 3pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ] ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS FORUM. THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHATEVER TOPIC THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT. UM, I DO HAVE, UM, I GUESS ONE IN PERSON AND ONE ONLINE COUNSEL. I THINK THE 1 0 9, UH, SPAN OF SECRETARY SENT IT OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK. UH, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, ALYSSA PATTERSON TO BE ABLE TO COME UP. AND HER TOPIC IS SUPPORT REQUEST FOR, OH, UM, CITY COUNCIL, CITY HILL RESIDENT, AND I AM RUNNING FOR JUDGE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WELL, GREETINGS. GOOD EVENING. I'M ELISA, UH, PATTERSON. I'M A BORN AND RAISED CEDAR HILL RESIDENT, A PROUD GRADUATE OF CEDAR HILL HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2007. UM, THANK YOU [00:30:01] SO MUCH, MAYOR MASON AND THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. UH, MAYOR MASON GREW UP WITH MY BROTHER. UM, I GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WITH MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, AND THEN I WENT OFF TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA BOOMER SOONER, UH, FOR LAW SCHOOL. AND I GRADUATED IN 2014, CAME BACK TO DALLAS AND STARTED SERVING THE COMMUNITY. UM, I CLERKED FOR THE DALLAS COURT OF APPEALS FOR TWO TERMS FOR CHIEF JUSTICE CAROLYN WRIGHT. I WORKED AS A PROSECUTOR FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. UM, MAJORITY OF MY CAREER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS HAVE BEEN PROSECUTING SOME OF THE VIOLENT CRIMES, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE STATE. I WORKED DOWN IN TRAVIS COUNTY AND WORKED AT THE CAPITOL AS A PROSECUTOR. UM, MY CAMPAIGN, I'M RUNNING FOR CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, COURT NUMBER FIVE IN DALLAS COUNTY. AND WHAT I STAND FOR IS FAIRNESS, COMPASSION, AND EFFICIENCY. AND THAT'S THE PRINCIPLES OF WHO I AM AND MY CAMPAIGN. AND WHAT I WANNA SAY IS, IF I'M ELECTED, SOME OF THE PLANS I HAVE, I THINK EVERYBODY SAW IN THE NEWS THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL WAS AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY OVER 7,100, UH, SUSPECTS OR DEFENDANTS WERE IN JAIL CUSTODY. SO ONE OF MY MAIN PLANS IF ELECTED, IS TO RESOLVE CASES QUICKLY, SWIFTLY, AND TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE BACKLOGS AND THE DALLAS COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTS. ONE OF MY OTHER PLANS IS TO TAKE OLD CASES. YOU MAY HEAR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM DOESN'T MOVE TOO FAST, THAT PEOPLE ARE UPSET, THEIR CASES DON'T GET HEARD AND GET TO TRIAL. ONE OF MY PLANS WILL BE TO SET OLD CASES FOR TRIAL AND GET THEM MOVING. ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT, THAT I'VE SEEN DAY TO DAY AS A PROSECUTOR, UM, YOUNG DEFENDANTS, YOUNG ADULTS THAT ENTER THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. NOW, THIS COURT IS A FELONY COURT. IT GOES FROM STATE JAIL FELONIES, WHICH THAT IS THE LOWEST FELONY RANGE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FROM SIX MONTHS TO TWO YEARS IN THE STATE JAIL UP UNTIL FIRST DEGREE, UH, CAPITAL MURDER, WHICH COULD BE LIFE, UM, IN JAIL, IN PRISON, AND UP TO DEATH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO MY COURT WOULD HEAR A FULL RANGE OF FELONIES, SO FROM DRUGS, ROBBERIES UNTIL THE MOST HEINOUS CRIME IN SOCIETY, CAPITAL MURDER. AND SO WHAT I'VE SEEN IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF YOUNG OFFENDERS. SO MY KEY PROGRAM THAT I FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT IN MY CAMPAIGN IS A YOUTHFUL FIRST TIME OFFENDER PROGRAM. AND THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, UM, FOR AGES 17 TO 25 ON CERTAIN FELONY CRIMES, UM, TO GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE TO REVIEW THEIR BACKGROUND AND HOPEFULLY RESOLVE CASES. MS. MS. PATTERSON, I'M SORRY, I I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT YOU HAD THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, SO, SO YOUR YOUR TIME IS ACTUALLY UP. UM, IT, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I, I I WISH YOU MORE SUCCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR PURSUIT, YOU KNOW, FOR JUDGE. UM, YOU ARE A C HILL GRADUATE. I DO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. UM, I GREW UP WITH YOUR BROTHER, BUT HE WAS AN UNDERCLASSMAN. HE WAS ON JV WHEN I WAS ON VARSITY, SO I USED TO BAW ON HIM FOR, FOR THE RECORD. YOU COULD TELL HIM I SAID THAT. UH, BUT I WISH YOU MORE SUCCESS AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AROUND MORE AND WISH YOUR SUCCESS. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'M ASKING FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND CEDAR HILL. I SUPPORT ME AND I CAN'T WAIT TO REPRESENT THE CITY IN DALLAS COUNTY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. APPROACH. THANK ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU ALL. WONDERFUL COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. SURE, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR MAKING TIME. SO I'LL PASS IT DOWN. ALRIGHT, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS [a. Case No. PD-745-2025 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application to reinstate the right to submit a site plan on approximately 11.996 acres zoned Planned Development District No. 2023-778, generally located west of North Cannady Drive at the terminus of the Showcase Drive, with the approximate address being 400 Showcase Drive. Applicant and Property Owner: Murari Venkataramana Reddy, Representative: Christopher H. Blevins; Braid, Hampton & Brown.] FORUM. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, IS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING CASE NUMBER PD 7 45 2025. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION TO REINSTATE THE RIGHT TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN ON APPROXIMATELY 11.996 ACRES ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 20 2023 DASH 7 78. GENERALLY LOCATED WEST ON NORTH KENNEDY DRIVE AT THE TERMINUS OF SHOWCASE DRIVE WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 400 SHOWCASE DRIVE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER, UH, MA MARRI V READY, UH, REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTOPHER H OBLIVIOUS BRAID HAMPTON ANN BROWN, HOW YOU DOING MA'AM? DIRECTOR? I'M DOING GREAT. HOW ARE YOU? DOING WELL, THANK YOU. UH, TONIGHT'S ZONING CASE IS PD 7 45. I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. UM, MS. SELF? YES SIR. UH, MADAM SECRETARY, DID I, DID I ASK FOR HER ADDRESS? DID YOU HAVE HER ADDRESS? Y YEAH. OKAY. I JUST WANTED MAKE, DO WE NEED IT FOR THE RECORD OR ARE YOU GOOD WITH THIS? OKAY. ALRIGHT. SORRY, I MEANT TO MS. PATTERSON, I'M SORRY, I MEANT TO GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. I JUST SKIPPED ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, FORMALITY. SO ANYWAY, I GOT YOUR STUFF ON RECORD HERE, SO, ALRIGHT. SORRY MS. SELF. NO PROBLEM. WELL, GOOD EVENING, [00:35:01] MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, TONIGHT'S ZONING CASE IS PD 7 45 2 20 25 AND IT IS TO REINSTATE A SITE PLAN SUBMITTAL FOR PD NUMBER 20 23 7 78. AS A REMINDER, THE SITE IS LOCATED GENERALLY AT THE WEST OF NORTH KENNEDY DRIVE AT THE TERMINANCE OF SHOWCASE DRIVE WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 400 SHOWCASE DRIVE. THE REQUEST IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION TO REINSTATE THE RIGHT TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY. THE RIGHT TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN FOR THIS PD HAS EXPIRED THAT, UH, TIMELINE WAS ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF APPROVAL. AS A REMINDER OF HISTORY, THIS WAS ADOPTED IN MARCH 28TH, 2023. UM, THE EXPIRATION OF THIS RIGHT TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN WAS MARCH 28TH, 2024. AND SO THE APPLICANT IS BEFORE YOU WITH THIS REQUEST. THE DEVELOPMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES AND IT'S FOR 63 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. IT IS A SITE THAT HAS LIMITED VISIBILITY, LIMITED ACCESS, AND SO IT WAS DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT PER THE PD STANDARDS. THE FACTORS THAT WE CONSIDER INCLUDE WHETHER THE PD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHETHER THE USES ARE AUTHORIZED IN THE PD DISTRICT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING AND PLANNED LAND USES ADJACENT TO THE SITE. WHETHER THERE ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES TO JUSTIFY THE FAILURE TO SUBMIT A, A DEVELOPMENT PLANNER OR SITE PLAN DURING THE APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD AND WHETHER REZONING THE PROPERTY TO ANOTHER CLASSIFICATION CONSTITUTES CONFISCATION OF A VESTED PROPERTY RIGHT. OR DEPRIVES THE OWNER OF THE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE USE OF THE LAND. FOR THESE CONSIDERATIONS. WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS SITE CONTINUES TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPOSED PD DEVELOPMENT AND THE APPLICANT DID SHARE THAT FINANCIAL AND MARKET CONDITIONS, UH, WERE A PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH MOVING FORWARD. WITHIN THE ONE YEAR TIMEFRAME. THIS, UH, REQUEST WAS PROPERLY NOTIFIED AND AS OF 5:00 PM TODAY, WE RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR ZERO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION. OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE RIGHT TO REINSTATE, UH, A SITE PLAN FOR THIS APPLICATION NOT TO EXCEED ONE YEAR. THE APPLICANT READY MOARI AND THE REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTOPHER H. BLEVINS WERE INVITED TO BE A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF IN ATTENDANCE. AT THIS TIME I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALRIGHT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN. THANK YOU. UH, WAS IS THERE ANY IDEA ABOUT, OR OR DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY IDEA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE GO ONE YEAR, DO THEY, DO YOU EXPECT SOME, SOME ACTIVITY HERE WITHIN THAT YEAR? YES, DURING OUR PLAN COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT DID CONVEY THAT THE ONE YEAR WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM. YEAH. 'CAUSE I COULD REMEMBER IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE HAD EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION AND MARK, YOU KNOW, ISSUES DID THAT. BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THEY WERE, THEY WERE READY TO MOVE FORWARD PRETTY QUICK. THEY DID CONVEY THAT THEY WERE OKAY. THANKS. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF, IF I, IF COUNSEL HAD ANY QUESTIONS, SO, OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANGELA SILL? ALRIGHT, UH, I THINK I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 7 4 5 2025? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 7 4 5 2025. ONE FINAL TIME? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 7 4 5 2025? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH. I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UM, IF, IF ONE OF YOU COULD COME UP. I, I, I KNOW I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR GOOD EVENING? UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS BLEVINS. I'M WITH BAIRD HAMPTON BROWN, ENGINEERS AT 17 3 30 PRESTON ROAD IN DALLAS, TEXAS. OKAY, BEAUTIFUL. I GUESS, UH, SIMPSON, MY, MY QUESTION IS, UM, IS IT REALLY DUE TO ECONOMICS THAT YOU'RE WAITING FOR JUST THE RIGHT TIME TO ECONOMICS? THE MARKET CONDITIONS BACK IN 2324 AND, UH, PART OF THAT CAUSED THE DELAY OF THE CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL JUST THIS PAST SUMMER? SO HE'S THE OWNER NOW, HE'S WORKING WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPER ALSO THAT IS WORKING ON PRELIMINARY PLANS NOW IS READY TO MAKE A SUBMITTAL AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE, UH, RIGHT TO SUBMIT BACK. OKAY. UH, I ASSUME I, I [00:40:01] GUESS, I GUESS IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, SO WE, UM, GOT THE CHANGE OF ZONING AND THEN IT TOOK A YEAR TO JUST TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY. IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED OR, MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, SIR COUNCILOR SIMS. SO IS THERE ANY CHANGE IN THE PRO PRODUCT THAT, THAT NO SIR. WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY CHANGES AT ALL TO ANYTHING, JUST THE RIGHT TO RESUBMIT THE SITE PLAN. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, PERFECT. AND YOU FEEL ONE YEAR IS, IS GOOD ENOUGH? ABSOLUTELY, YES. OKAY. AND, AND, AND I GUESS JUST FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, YOU'RE SAYING ONE YEAR TO SUBMIT THE SITE PLAN NOT ONE YEAR FOR DEVELOPMENT? CORRECT? I BELIEVE THE SITE PLAN WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, RIGHT. SOON AFTER. OKAY, PERFECT. SOUNDS GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILOR HAYDEN. UH, MAYOR, I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER PD 7 4 5 DASH 2025. UM, WHEN YOU SAY APPROVAL, IS THAT PER UM, PZ RECOMMENDATION? YEAH. SUBJECT TO P AND T'S RECOMMENDATION? YES, SIR. OKAY. IS THAT THAT GOOD WITH YOU? ALRIGHT. YEAH. ALRIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN INE. ALRIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ALL IN FAITH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALRIGHT, MOVE UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO UH, YOUR SUBMISSION. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, [7. Consent Agenda. The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ROUTINE AS MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH ONE SINGLE VOTE. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE REMOVED? NO ITEMS. I'LL CONTINUE. CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 28TH, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, I GUESS RECUSING ME FROM THAT ONE ITEM. I I WASN'T IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT MEETING FOR THE MINUTES, ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT WITH TOWN LAND COMPANY LLC. ITEM C. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH, UH, CAPCO CONCRETE, UH, STRUCTURES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 342,642 FOR CANYON VIEW COURT AND HIDDEN CANYON LOOP DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT. ITEM D, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 25 DASH 7 72 WITH WHICH AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM TIPS, COOPERATIVE JOB ORDER CONTRACT FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND AUTHORIZE AND AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASE OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF 540,000, UH, FROM G TWO CONTRACTORS. ITEM E CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT FROM ROLEX DESIGN AND INCORPORATED FOR USE THROUGHOUT CEDAR HILLS PARK SYSTEM FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 295,000. ITEM F CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CONVERT CON, I'M SORRY, CONVERGENT. CONVERGENT LLC FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FIRE MONITORING PANEL OF THE CEDAR HILL GOVERNMENT CENTER. ITEM G, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF CUSS ION SERIES BATTERY TOOLS AND MAINTENANCE FROM FIRE SUPPLY INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF 155,713 ITEM H. UH, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE FROM FRONTLINE MOBILE HEALTH IN THE AMOUNT OF 75,150 FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT FISCALS ITEM I CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MERIT EXECUTING AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF 30,457 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES. ITEM J AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF RADIO SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FROM MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,034 ITEM K AUTHORIZED, I'M SORRY, CONSIDER APPROVING THE PURCHASE IN MARKETING AND MEDIA RELATIONS SERVICES FROM K STRATEGIES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 92,000. AND ITEM A, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 25 7 71 WITH AUTHORIZES THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF TEXAS GOVERNOR TO ASSIST THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH BULLET RESISTED COMPONENTS, BALLISTIC DOOR PANELS. COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSIDERATION ITEMS. THE FLOOR IS OPEN. OH, COUNCIL, OH, I'M SORRY. UH, I'M SORRY COUNSEL, HOLD ON A SECOND. UH, MADAM CITY MANAGER. YES, MAYOR. UH, WITH REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER A, UM, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THE MINUTES, YOU'D HAVE TO PULL THAT AGENDA ITEM SEPARATELY, BUT YOU CAN ALSO VOTE ON THE MINUTES BECAUSE IT DOES SHOW THAT YOU ARE ABSENT. OH, OKAY. YEAH, EVEN BETTER. YEAH, I COULD DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. UH, COUNCILLOR GLOVER. SO WE WE'RE GOOD BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH ILL. THANK YOU AS READ THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. WE DO [00:45:01] HAVE A, UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. SECOND. COUNCILWOMAN NAZE. UM, I'M SORRY. COUNCILOR MALONE. YOU HAD YOUR THAT'S WHAT I WAS. OH, YOU WAS TRYING TO SECOND THAT? YEAH. MY APOLOGIES. . THAT GOOD? ALRIGHT. MIRANDAS CLICK ON THE TRIGGER. SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALRIGHT, MOVE UNANIM MISTAKE COUNSEL. THANK YOU FOR POINT FOR CLARIFICATION. UM, MADAM CITY MANAGER. UH, [a. Case No. FP-746-2025 - Consider approving, in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation, an application for a final plat for M & M Addition, Lot 1, Block 1 and a variance to Section 20-22(b), Chapter 20 – Subdivision Regulations on property zoned “SF-E” (Single-Family Residential Estate – 1-acre lot minimum) and described as being 1.182 acres of land out of the James Hughes Survey, Abstract No. 539, generally located on the east side of Mobley Road, with the address being 948 Mobley Road. Applicant: Francisco Javier Mireles & Marisela Munoz, Property Owner: Marisela Munoz Revocable Trust. ] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS REGULAR AGENDA CASE NUMBER FP 7 4 6 2025. CONSIDER APPROVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR M AND M EDITION LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE AND VARIANCE TO SECTION 20 DASH 22 B. CHAPTER 20. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ON PROPERTY ZONE SFE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, ONE ACRE LOT MINIMUM, AND DESCRIBED AS BEING 1.182 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE JAMES HUGHES SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 5 3 9 JURY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MOBY ROAD WITH THE ADDRESS VIA 9 48 MOBLEY ROAD. APPLICANT FRANCISCO, JAVIER MES, UH, AND MARCELLO MUNOZ. PROPERTY OWNER MARCELLO MUNOZ. REVO UH, VO REVOCABLE. REVOCABLE. THANK YOU. TRUST. UH, DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE WITH US? NO. NO APPLICANT. ALRIGHT, UM, COUNSEL, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM? IF NOT THE FLOOR IS OPEN. COUNCILOR HAYDEN. MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'LL APPROVE CA UH, UH, APPROVE CASE NUMBER FP 7 4 6 2 0 2 5. SECOND WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE, WE HEARD YOU THAT TIME. PARTNER, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, LET ME VERIFY, UH, IF THERE IS ANY SPECIAL ACTIONS FROM COUNCIL. OKAY. FROM P AND Z. OKAY. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ALRIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU COUNSEL. FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND FOR COUNCILWOMAN ZENNI. THAT'S NON DEB FAVORABLE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I HAVE 7 53. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.