[1. Call meeting to order.]
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AS THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF 2026.
I WANT TO OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENCE.
UH, TODAY IS JANUARY 13TH, 2026, AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE PASTOR JULIUS HARRIS WITH POINT OF LIGHT CHURCH COULD PLEASE COME ON UP.
AND MAYOR PROTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND, PLEASE.
JUST REAL QUICK, UM, MY NAME IS, UH, MINISTER CAMERON.
SWEET, UH, PASTOR JULIUS HARRIS COULD NOT MAKE IT OKAY.
UM, BUT I'M HERE FROM POINT OF FLIGHT CHURCH.
UH, JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH YOU GUYS AND TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, IF YOU GUYS, IF, IF WE ALL COULD JUST, UM, BOW OUR HEADS AND CLOSE OUR EYES.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GATHER TODAY AS WE STEP INTO A NEW SEASON, WE ASK FOR WISDOM, CLARITY, AND UNITY FOR OUR MAYOR, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL WHO LEAD GRANTING THEM DISCERNMENT AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL MAKE AND SHAPE THE YEAR AHEAD.
WE LIFT UP OUR FIRST, UH, RESPONDERS, THOSE SERVING THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
WE ASK FOR PROTECTION, STRENGTH, AND SOUND JUDGMENT AS THEY CARRY OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND FOR PEACE AND SAFETY FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
YOUR WORD REMINDS US IN PROVERBS 16 AND THREE, TO COMMIT OUR WORK TO THE LORD, AND OUR PLANS WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITH THAT IN MIND.
MAY INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS, AND COMPASSION GUIDE EVERY CONVERSATION AND DECISION MADE HERE TONIGHT.
AND MAY ALL THAT IS DONE REFLECT A GENUINE, UH, COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING OF THIS CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.
WE COMMIT THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND THIS ENTIRE YEAR INTO YOUR HANDS AND ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE OVER EVERY MOMENT.
I PRAY THIS PRAYER IN JESUS NAME.
LET'S BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG FLAG, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, AND NOT THE TEXAS FLAG I NOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
UH, AND, UH, MR. SWEET, THANKS FOR BEING AVAILABLE.
UH, I DID MENTION, UH, OPEN CARRY OF FIREARMS IS PROHIBITED WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UM, I WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE, UM, SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY TODAY.
OUR OWN VERY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER, DANIEL HADES.
SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY, PARTNER.
UM, SO, OH, YOU SAID YOU WANNA SING.
[a. Presentation of the 2025 Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP) Energy Conservation Award to the City of Cedar Hill.]
ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, PRESENTATION.UH, PRESENTATION OF THE 2025 TEXAS COALITION OF AFFORDABLE POWER TCAP, ENERGY CONSERVATION AWARD TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
COUNSEL, IF Y'ALL COULD JOIN ME DOWN AT THE FRONT PLEASE.
JUST REAL QUICK WHILE WE'RE GETTING READY.
I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT WHILE WE'RE, UM, MY NAME'S MARGARET SUMMARY.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE, UH, TEXAS COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE POWER.
JUST REAL BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS AWARD, UM, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AWARD SINCE 2021 AND HAVE BEEN PRESENTING IT TO ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
CEDAR HILL IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT HAS MADE, SO THE AWARD IS FOR, UM, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS THAT HAS MADE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND MEASURABLE IMPACT THROUGH A PROGRAM, CAMPAIGN OR STRATEGY TO REDUCE THEIR ORGANIZATION'S
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ENERGY CONSUMPTION.AND THIS YEAR WE'RE AWARDING IT TO CEDAR HILL FOR THEIR GROWING GREEN INITIATIVE.
SO DO, CAN I HAVE, UM, GIVE YOU THAT AND MAYOR, IF YOU WILL, CAN I READ REAL QUICKLY, I KNOW IT'S IN YOUR PACKET, BUT FOR THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CEDAR HILL HAS DONE.
UM, SO THE GROWING GREEN INITIATIVE IS A COLLABORATIVE ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CENTERED AROUND THE SHARED JUICE GOVERNMENTAL CENTER LAUNCHED IN 2011, THE PROJECT INTEGRATED SOLAR PHOTO PHOTO PANELS, A VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, ADVANCED ENERGY MONITORING SYSTEMS INTO DAILY OPERATION BY CONSOLIDATING THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICES INTO 117,000 SQUARE FOOT LEED GOLD CERTIFIED BUILDING CEDAR HILL, REDUCED DUPLICATE FACILITY ENERGY CONSUMPTION WHILE CREATING A HUB FOR SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION.
SO THAT'S A BRIEF ONE, JUST SO THE AUDIENCE KNOWS WHAT YOU ALL DID.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING A MEMBER OF TCAP.
UM, SO LITTLE FUN FACT, AND SHE DON'T KNOW I'M ABOUT TO SAY THIS, BUT AT ONCE A POINT A TIME, WE USED TO CALL AND SEE IF ANYBODY KNOWS THIS AT ONCE POINT A TIME.
WE USED TO CALL SOMEBODY THE GREEN LADY.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHO WE USED TO CALL THE GREEN LADY? MELISSA? SHE SAID UHHUH.
UM, SO SHE'S NOW OUR CITY MANAGER, BUT BACK THEN SHE WAS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
AND, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY HER JOB, HER CHARGE, UH, TO MAKE CITY HERE SUSTAINABLE.
WE CAN NOW, WE GETTING AWARDS NOW.
[b. Present a Proclamation designating January 22, 2026 as MLK Community Celebration and Peace March in Cedar Hill. ]
I'D LIKE TO READ THE NEXT ITEM.LET'S SEE IF MY EYES CAN, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN BLOW.
CAN YOU MAKE IT LARGER? I'LL TRY.
PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING JANUARY, 2020, SORRY.
AS MLK COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AND PEACE MARCH IN CEDAR HILL.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE? COME ON DOWN.
AM I SUPPOSED TO READ THIS FIRST? YES.
WHEREAS HUMANITARIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
WAS BORN ON JANUARY 15TH, 1929 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
AND DR. KING STOOD FOR PEACE, EQUAL RIGHTS, LOVE HUMAN DIGNITY AND SERVICE TO OTHERS, EVEN IN FACE OF ADVERSITY AND HATE.
DR. KING CHAMPIONED THE PASSAGE OF THE LANDMARK VOTERS RIGHT ACT OF 1964 AND CIVIL RIGHTS, UM, LEGISLATION IN 1965, AND BRAVELY LED COUNTLESS BOYCOTTS MARCHES AND SIT-INS AT SEGREGATED LUNCH COUNTERS.
AND ON AUGUST 28TH, 1963 AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC MORE THAN 250,000 PEOPLE OF MANY RACES AND LANGUAGES LISTEN INTENTLY TO THE MOVING AND ICONIC.
AND DR. KING SHARED WITH THE WORLD OF POWER OF LOVE IN THIS NOTABLE QUOTE, DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS, ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT.
HATE CANNOT DRIVE OUT HATE, ONLY LOVE CAN DO THAT.
AND DR. KING SPENT THIS LIFE FIGHTING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, JUSTICE, HUMANITY, AND ULTIMATELY HIS DREAM FOR THE WORLD.
AND MOK DAY, THE THIRD MONDAY OF EACH JANUARY BECAME A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN 1983 TO HONOR THE LEGACY
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OF DR. KING AND HIS LIFELONG ADVOCACY FOR JUSTICE.NOW, I, STEVE MASON, MAYOR OF CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, DO HERE TEXAS DEW, HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND AS, UH, 2026 AS MLK COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AND PEACE MARCH IN THE CITY TO HONOR THE LIFE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY.
THE EVENT WILL FEATURE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST JUDGE HATCHET AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND SPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY THE CEDAR HILL ISD CHOIR.
I HAVE HERE HAD MY, UH, SET MY HAND ON THE SEAL, THE CEDAR CEDAR OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED ON THE 13TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026.
SIGNED BY ME, STEVE MASON, MS. MIRANDA, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
UM, I STAND HERE TONIGHT WITH, OH, MY NAME, ISAND BELL.
HELLO EVERYONE, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I AM, UH, VERY HONORED TO SERVE AS YOUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR AT THE RAF HICKMAN LIBRARY.
JUST A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM, UH, THIS BUILDING.
SO I ALSO STAND HERE IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, OUR PARTNER, MR. BU.
HE IS A LOCAL HISTORIAN OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND HISTORY AS WELL AS AN EDUCATOR, AND WE INVITED HIM TO HELP RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION AS HE HAS PARTNERED WITH OUR CITY AND OUR LIBRARY ON A MULTITUDE OF PROJECTS, UH, AND ALSO BELIEFS IN THE DREAM AND THE LE LEGACY OF DR. KING AS WELL.
UH, WE DO INVITE YOU ALL TO COME OUT AND FELLOWSHIP WITH US, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO IT VERY, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL SYMBOLIC, UM, CELEBRATION HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
WE DON'T JUST GET OUT AND HAVE A PARADE AND THEN CALL IT A DAY.
WE ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER, WE BUILD COMMUNITY, WE HOLD HANDS.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A PEACE MARCH, WHICH WILL GO ON THE SIGNATURE TRAIL IN OUR BEAUTIFUL SIGNATURE PARK.
UM, WE ALSO ARE EXCITED TO BRING IN OUR, THE HONORABLE JUDGE HATCHET, WHO IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
SOME OF YOU ALL MAY KNOW HER FROM HER TELEVISION PROGRAM, JUDGE HATCHETT.
UM, BUT SHE IS SUPER EXCITED TO COME FOR THE FIRST TIME TO CEDAR HILL AND SHARE ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE GROWING UP IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND HELPING, UH, FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN RIGHTS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING HER AND OUR AMAZING CHOIR FROM OUR CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, WE'RE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SPECIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR CHURCH MEMBERS, UM, TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE.
WE WILL BE AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN, UH, LIBRARY.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.
LET HAVE Y'ALL STEP BACK JUST A BIT.
AND IF WE COULD PIVOT SO THAT NO ONE IS BEYOND THIS POINT, SO LET'S ALL KIND OF JUST DOWN A BIT MORE.
I ASSUME, CAN I HAVE YOU, WE GO 3, 2, 1 IN HOLD.
WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT SPEAKERS.
WHEN I SAY GREAT, UH, ICONIC SPEAKERS TO ATTEND TO ACTUALLY BE FEATURED AT OUR MLK EVENT, SO WE WELCOME YOU ALL THERE.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UM, TEXAS COALITION OF AFFORDABLE POWER, TCAP, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S EASY AND QUICK TO RECEIVE AN AWARD, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST TO KNOW THAT, UM, UH, MELISSA VALDEZ WAS ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK.
WE TALKING, THIS IS BACK IN 2006, 2007, SO JUST TALKING 20 YEARS AGO.
HERE IT IS RECEIVING SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY STARTED OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SMELL THE ROSES ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
[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. ]
NEXT ITEM IS THE CITIZENS FORUM.UM, THIS INCLUDES, I'M SORRY, CITIZENS FORUM GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY TOPIC THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UH, ITEMS THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE, UH, MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY, GOT IT.
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ALRIGHT, SO WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING FOR CITIZEN'S FORM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE, UH, OH, CHIEF, OH, I THINK WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN.ANYTHING FOR OUR CHIEF TO COME DOWN TO SAY HELLO? ALL RIGHT.
AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? UM, HIS TOPIC IS, UH, CEDAR HILL SELF STORAGE ON CLOCK ROAD.
DID WE HAVE A CITIZEN HERE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK? YES.
CAN YOU PLEASE STAND UP? OH, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
SO NORMALLY YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A FORM, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A PASS TODAY.
IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US, UM, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND, UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF CEDAR HILL CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SAMUEL, I GO BY S3.
I'M A PROFESSIONAL BOXER HERE FROM THE LOCAL AREA.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M A PROFESSIONAL BOXER WITH AN UNDEFEATED RECORD.
I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT CEDAR HILL, UH, ON A GLOBAL LEVEL.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA JUST MAKE THINGS QUICK.
UH, I GOTTA HEAD BACK TO TRAINING IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.
UH, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? MY NAME IS SAMUEL ARNOLD.
HEY, MATE, DON'T, DON'T BE A STRANGER AND LET ME KNOW IF I CAN DO ANYTHING FOR YOU, OKAY? ALL RIGHT.
UH, THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SECTION FOUR CITIZENS FORUM.
[a. Case No. CUP-751-2025 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in conjunction with a restaurant (Eki Sushi), on property zoned Local Retail (LR) District, generally located west of Uptown Blvd., approximately 300 feet south from the intersection of Uptown Blvd. and W. FM 1382, with the address being 649 Uptown Blvd. [former Applebee’s]. Applicant: Meng Yang with Eki Sushi Property Owner: BNLL ZHU LLC]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARINGS.UM, CASE NUMBER CUP 7 5 1 2025, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
CUP FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT, IKI SUSHI ON PROPERTY ZONE.
LOCAL RETAIL LR DISTRICT, GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF UPTOWN BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET SOUTH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF UPTOWN BOULEVARD AND WEST FM 1382 WITH THE ADDRESS BEING 6 49 UPTOWN BOULEVARD.
THAT'S THE FORMER APPLEBEE'S APPLICANT MEAN YANG WITH EKI.
PROPERTY OWNER IS BNLL, ZOO, LLC.
DO WE HAVE A REP REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? DO WE HAVE A, IS THE APPLICANT HERE TODAY? OKAY, WELL IF IT'S OKAY, COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, UM, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 7 5 1 2025? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CUP 7 5 1 2025? I DON'T SEE ANYONE APPROACH.
I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL, UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER CUP 7 51 DASH 2025, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
I'M SORRY, YOU SAID YOU MOVE, MOVE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION? COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVE STAND.
UH, COUNSEL, IF IT'S ALRIGHT WITH YOU, I'D LIKE TO REORIENTATE THE AGENDA AND GO TO THE CONSENT.
ALRIGHT, EVERYTHING OKAY? WHO SECOND? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN? YES.
[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.]
ALL RIGHT.UH, THE CONSENT 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.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE MOVED? ALL RIGHT, I'LL CONTINUE.
CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 14TH THROUGH THE 15TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT AND DECEMBER 9TH, 2025, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 25 DASH THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF 108 40 108,448 WITH GRANTHAM AND ASSOCIATES
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IN INCORPORATED FOR THE SPRINGFIELD BASIN INFILTRATION AND INFO ANALYSIS.ITEM C, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF WATER UTILITY EQUIPMENT FROM HYDRO PRO SOLUTIONS.
ITEM D, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF WATER UTILITY EQUIPMENT FROM UH, CLARA TECHNOLOGIES.
ITEM E, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 2 6 7 77, WHICH SUPPORTS THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE LOCAL PARK GRANT TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER, 55 PLUS EXPANSION.
ITEM F, CASE NUMBER PP 7 55 2025 APPROVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENDING'S ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.
AN APPLICATION FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE BRANDENBURG EDITION LOTS, ONE THROUGH FOUR ON PROPERTY ZONE OT, RES OLD TOWN RESIDENTIAL SUBDISTRICT.
GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BRANDENBURG STREET AND RAMSEY STREET WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 5 1 6 BRANDENBURG STREET AND 100 RAMSEY STREET.
REPRESENTATIVE LUKE KEATON KEATON SURVEY AND COMPANY APPLICANT.
PROPERTY OWNER OZE ZUNIGA DOLPHIN CUSTOM HOMES INCORPORATED.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE.
I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO THE FLOOR IS OPEN APPROVE? YES, SIR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH F AS RED.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND PROTE GLOVER.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MO UNANIMOUS.
[b. Case No. CUP-723-2025 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Mini-Warehouse/Self-Storage on property zoned Local Retail (LR) District, generally located on the east side of the intersection of S. Clark Road and Cooper Street, with the address being 306 S. Clark Road. Applicant: Mason Newberry, Barefoot Landco LLC Property Owner: Elder D. Valentine, Omni Fellowship]
TO THE FINAL ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, CASE NUMBER CUP 7 2 3 2025.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
CUP FOR MANY WAREHOUSE SELF STORAGE ON PROPERTY ZONE, LOCAL RETAIL LR DISTRICT.
GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH CLARK ROAD AND COOPER STREET WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 3 0 6 SOUTH CLARK ROAD.
APPLICANT MASON NEWBERRY, BAREFOOT LAND COVE, A LLC, PROPERTY OWNER ELDER D VALENTINE OMNI FELLOWSHIP.
UM, UH, IS THE APPLICANT HERE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING? GOOD EVENING.
IF YOU COULD, UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
UM, SO I'M THE APPLICANT AND THE DEVELOPER, UH, FOR THIS PROPOSED, UH, STORAGE FACILITY ON CLARK ROAD.
UM, WE'RE, SO WE'RE PROPOSING, SO THE, THE LAND CURRENTLY IS VACANT.
IT'S ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE, THE CHURCH.
UM, ON THE, ON THE, THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE, THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IS 4.2 ACRES IN SIZE AND WE'RE PROPOSING A 91,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, SELF, SELF-STORAGE FACILITY.
AND SO THE KEY DIFFERENCE, UM, BETWEEN SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY RECOGNIZE JUST ACTUALLY DOWN THE STREET IS THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A CLASS, A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY.
UM, AND SO IT IS VERY INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO BE DONE THE CEDAR HILL WAY AND INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT BLENDED IN BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE BANQUET HALL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE RENT IN THE RENDERING, UM, AND ELEVATIONS THAT THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A SELF STORAGE FACILITY.
UM, AND IT WAS INTENTIONALLY DONE, UH, TO DO THAT.
SO IT HAS VARIOUS, UM, SIZES OF UNITS RANGING FROM FIVE BY FIVE UP TO, UH, 10 BY 30.
AND THE USERS OF, UH, SELF STORAGE, UM, ARE 10% OF ALL AMERICANS ACTUALLY USE SELF STORAGE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST RESIDENTS, BUT IT'S BUSINESSES AS WELL.
UM, SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS, UH, SOME OF THE CONDITIONS HERE, SO THE, THE USE PERMISSIONS.
SO STORAGE CURRENTLY IS A PERMITTED USE, UH, WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
SO THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE ULTIMATELY, UM, UH, UH, VOTING ON TODAY.
AND I, I HOPE, UH, I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THAT.
UM, WE DO CONFORM TO ALL OF THE CODE REQUIREMENTS, THE SETBACKS, THE LANDSCAPING.
JOSE HAS BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH BACK AND FORTH, BY THE WAY, VERY FAST.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
UM, WE'RE USING, UTILIZING MODERN MATERIALS.
WE WENT THROUGH EXTENSIVE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MET ALL OF THE MATERIALS.
AND AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LOOKS LIKE THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE SURROUNDED, IT FITS IN THIS AREA.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE FULLY SECURED.
SO THIS IS A FULLY GATED ACCESS.
UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME IT'S, THERE'S A GATE THERE AND IT'S HIGHLY SECURED AND WELL LIT.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP AT THE PNC WAS THERE WAS SOME SUGGESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO, UH, CREATING MORE SCREENING.
AND SO WE WENT BACK AND WORKED WITH JOSE TO PROVIDE MORE ADDITIONAL SCREENING THROUGH LANDSCAPING, BUT THEN ALSO THROUGH A, UH, A, A A WHITE FENCE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND, UM, THAT MATCHES UP TO THE FENCE THAT'S, UH, AT THE BANQUET CENTER.
SO AGAIN, THE COULD, THE, THE GOAL THERE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM NO ANGLE YOU WOULDN'T SEE A GARAGE DOOR.
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UM, A LANDSCAPE PLAN WAS, UH, IT WAS, IS WE, WE BE BEEFED UP THE LANDSCAPE PLAN MULTIPLE TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LOOKS VERY NICE FOR EVERYBODY.WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS AS A DEVELOPER AND IT JUST REALLY ISN'T CONDUCIVE IN BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL USES.
UM, SO, UM, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF, MANY OTHER MULTIPLE, SORRY, THERE'S MANY OTHER, UM, BY USE RIGHTS THAT COULD GO IN THERE, RIGHT? AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE TRAFFIC, SO A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HEAR TONIGHT OR THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD, UM, FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN FAVOR.
WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT AN ENTIRE BANK, UH, BOOKLET.
I, I PERSONALLY READ THEM ALL, AND WE'VE CREATED RESPONSES AND ADDRESSED ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS THROUGH THE DESIGN.
ONE OF THEM IS TRAFFIC AND NOISE AND GARBAGE AND, AND SECURITY, RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS AGAIN, WELL LIT, FULLY FENCED, FULLY GUARD, AND THERE'S CAMERAS ON EVERYTHING.
SO SECURITY IS NOT AN ISSUE IN A CLASS, A MODERN SELF STORAGE FACILITY THESE DAYS.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC NOISE, THERE'S A LOT OF PERMITTED USES THAT COULD JUST GO INTO THIS LOCATION.
AND THEN I GUARANTEE THAT THE OPPOSITION WOULD NOT, LIKE, THIS IS A VERY QUIET, LOW TRAFFIC USE THAT DOES NOT GENERATE GARBAGE.
WE ONLY HAVE GARBAGE, UH, FOR THE OFFICE.
THAT IS THE ONLY, UH, GARBAGE THAT WE CREATE.
UM, SO THERE'S LOTS OF, UH, BUY RIGHT USES, BIG BOX RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, FITNESS CENTERS.
YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE DEFINITELY GONNA BE MORE INTENSE THAN, UH, A QUIET SELF STORAGE FACILITY.
UM, I PERSONALLY USE SELF STORAGE, UM, NEARBY MY HOUSE AND IT BACKS ONTO RESIDENTIAL AND WE GO IN THERE, IT'S, IT'S APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SIZE, AND IT'S VERY RARELY DO YOU SEE TWO CARS IN THERE AT THE SAME TIME.
ON, AND OBVIOUSLY ON THE PEAK HOURS THERE, THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO, BUT IT'S VERY, IT'S, IT'S VERY QUIET USE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SITE DESIGN.
UM, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, I ALREADY MENTIONED IT'S FULLY GATED.
THERE'S LOTS OF PARKING FOR VISITORS AND STAFF.
UM, AND THEN IN THE PACKAGE, YOU GUYS, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HAS THE PACKAGE WITH THE ELEVATIONS AND THE RENDERINGS, SO I WON'T GO OVER THAT WITH REGARDS TO OPERATIONS.
UM, THERE'LL BE STAFF ON SITE FROM EIGHT TILL FIVE AND THE GATE WOULD BE, UM, AVAILABLE TO BE OPEN FROM SIX TILL 10.
NOT BEFORE THAT OR NOT AFTER THAT.
UM, THERE'S NO DUMPSTERS, NO PUBLIC DUMPSTERS WHATSOEVER.
SO WE LOOK AFTER GARBAGE IN WITH JUST OUR OFFICE.
IT'LL, UM, OURSELF, THE REASON WE DO THAT IS INTENTIONALLY IF WE HAVE A DUMPSTER, PEOPLE WILL THROW GARBAGE AROUND IT, RIGHT? SO WE JUST AVOID THAT ALTOGETHER BY, BY THAT RESOLUTION.
SO, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ITE TRIP GENERATING, UH, MANUAL, THE 11TH EDITION, IT GENERATES AND PEAK HOURS, ONLY 14 TRIPS.
OKAY? AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO OTHER USES THAT ARE PERMITTED BY, RIGHT, THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN ANY OF THOSE.
UM, WE'VE, UM, OF COURSE LOOKED AT DEMAND.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ALWAYS COMES UP.
LIKE, DO WE ACTUALLY NEED STORAGE IN THIS AREA? 'CAUSE OFTEN YOU'LL SEE OTHER STORAGE FACILITIES IN, IN THE MARKET.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE DONE A STUDY AND SO WE FEEL, AND WE'RE CONFIDENT IN SPENDING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THIS AND, UH, THAT WE CAN LEASE IT UP.
UM, AGAIN, 10% OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS, UM, UTILIZE STORAGE, RIGHT? AND SO YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT THAT NUMBER IS WHEN THE, WITH THE CITY THIS LARGE, UM, THERE'S LOTS OF, UH, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, BENEFITS INCLUDING, UM, UM, IT, IT CREATES SOME JOBS.
OBVIOUSLY THE CONSTRUCTION THAT CAUGHT, UM, IS GONNA BE DONE LOCALLY.
IT ADDS TAX REVENUE FOR RIGHT NOW, THAT'S JUST A VACANT PIECE OF LAND, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR SOME TIME.
AND IF WE, UM, YOU KNOW, PUSH TO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL AND THAT IS THE ONLY, UH, PERMITTED USE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE, THEN THAT IT'S LIKELY THAT IT'S GONNA STAY VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, WHAT ELSE? UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT, UM, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
UM, YOU GUYS, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PACKAGE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT HAS OVER 60 SIGNATURES WITH LOCAL ADDRESSES.
I FEEL LIKE I GOT INUNDATED BY EMAILS THIS WEEK.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS DID AS WELL.
I SAW Y'ALL WERE CC'D ON IT AS WELL.
SO WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF SUPPORT.
PEOPLE WANT THIS AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S STORAGE.
I CAN, YOU KNOW, FULLY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT HAS A BAD WRAP RIGHT FROM THE LEGENDARY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OLDER FACILITIES AND YOU CAN SEE THEM JUST UP THE STREET, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THEM, YOU CAN SEE THE GARAGE DOORS, THEY'RE LEFT OPEN, THERE'S JUNKY CARS IN THERE SOMETIMES, AND IT, AND IT DOESN'T LEAVE A NICE TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU SEE THAT THIS IS NOT THAT, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE BY, BY THE PICTURES AND THE RENDERINGS AND WHEN THESE ARE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED.
SO I CAN TRUST, UH, YOU CAN TRUST IN THAT.
AND, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL WRAP UP MY PRESENTATION.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
ALRIGHT, THANKS FOR, UM, THE INTRODUCTION.
I, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO NEXT IS JUST GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF, IF, UH, COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP.
ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP.
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR THE, UM,
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PUBLIC HEARING.ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF CASE NUMBER CUP 7 2 3 2025? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME ON UP.
GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
MY NAME IS SAL JACKSON JUNIOR, AND I LIVE AT 26 0 8 BLACKSTONE DRIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING A UNIFIED COALITION OF CITY HILL RESIDENTS AND LEADERS.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE OUR TO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR COALITION MEMBERS PRESENT IN THE CHAMBER TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
I WAS GONNA JUST, IF YOU AGAINST THIS, RAISE YOUR HAND.
COUNSEL, WE HAVE PROVIDED EACH OF YOU A BINDER THAT SERVES AS OUR FORMAL RECORD OF OPPOSITION REGARDING THIS CUP.
TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME, WE HAVE ORGANIZED OUR PRESENTATION AS A GUIDED WALKTHROUGH THROUGH THE DATA AND EXPERT TESTIMONY CONTAINED IN THESE PAGES.
OUR EVIDENCE BEGINS ON PAGE FIVE, WHERE MS. CONSUELO AGUILAR WILL START WITH THE TESTIMONY FROM A SENIOR CITIZENS' PERSPECTIVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AREA.
THIS PROJECT IS A 90,000 PLUS SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S A MAJOR PROJECT, THAT'S NOT A MINI STORAGE, THAT'S MAJOR 650 PLUS UNITS, AND IT WOULD BE OPERATING 18 HOURS A DAY, 18 HOURS A DAY.
AS OUR SPEAKERS APPROACH THE PODIUM, THEY WILL REFERENCE SPECIFIC EXHIBITS IN YOUR BINDER TO GUIDE YOU YOUR REVIEW.
IF I CLOSE, YOU'LL FIND SOME MAPS, ECONOMIC TABLES AND PHOTOS ESTABLISHED IN THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE EXISTING STORAGE FACILITIES AND OCCASIONS PROPERTY.
WE ASK FOR, FOR YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG STARTING ON PAGE FIVE AS I INVITE, AS I INVITE OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I KNOW, SO
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS CONSUELO AGUILAR, BETTER KNOWN AS SHIRLEY.
I LIVE AT 8 33 WINDSWEPT DRIVE IN CEDAR HILL IN THE PARKWAY EDITION.
I SEE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING, CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE STREET, RIDING THEIR BIKES, ET CETERA, AS I MAKE MY WAY TO WORK NEXT DOOR TO, TO THE PROPOSED FACILITY.
UM, AND LIKE I SAY, I'M NERVOUS.
UM, UH, KIDS OUTSIDE ENJOYING THEIR WAY, UH, OUT PLAYING OUTDOORS IS A PLACE THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO WORK WHERE I HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS, NEXT DOOR TO THE PROPOSED FACILITY.
UM, WITH MY LIMITED ABILITIES, I STILL WORK.
I MANAGED TO GET IN AND OUTTA THE CAR WITH MUCH, UH, DURESS.
EVEN WALKING TO THE COMPANY, MAILBOX TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY.
UM, A STORAGE COMPLEX BRINGS INTENSE TRAFFIC, MOVING TRUCKS GOING FAST DOWN CLARK ROAD, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AT ALL OVER OF THE NIGHT.
THIS PROJECT WILL CHANGE MY DAILY ROUTINE IN LIFE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INCREASED NOISE, UH, LIGHTING, TRYING TO MAKE IT TO MY CARS AT NIGHT, UH, WITH THE FEAR OF UNEXPECTED VANDALS THAT MIGHT APPROACH ME WITH THE GATES OPEN, THAT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
UH, WITH THE APPLICANT PLAN TO LEAVE 40 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE COMPLETED EXPOSED AND WALL, THE WALL IS 20 FEET AWAY FROM OUR PROPERTY.
THAT MEANS I WILL SEE AND HEAR EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT RIGHT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE.
ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THE PROJECT, BUT NOT ONLY, UM, HAVE ON ME, BUT ANOTHER SENIORS LIVING IN THE, IN THE NEARBY COMMUNITY, THE NURSING HOME, THE RESIDENTS, THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT I SEE THAT ARE PLAYING IN THE STREET, MAKING ME TAKE A DETOUR IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I AM NOT AWARE OF.
WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING THROUGH THERE, UH, AND THE DISRUPTIONS THAT WOULD MAKE ME EXTREMELY NERVOUS.
CLARK ROAD IS ALSO IS ALREADY A VERY NARROW STREET WITH THE BIG
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CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS THAT COME AND GO.UH, TO ME THAT IS A VERY, THAT'S A HAZARD.
UM, AND, AND DRIVING WITH THOSE BIG TRUCKS AND 18 WHEELERS AND WHATEVER'S COMING IN MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS.
UM, SO I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO TO THE PROJECT AND PROTECT THE SENIOR, SENIOR CITIZEN POPULATIONS.
THIS PROJECT IS WRONG FOR OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY.
MEJA LEE, AND I LIVE AT 2 1 1 8 GRANDVIEW COURT IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
I WANT TO SPEAK CLEARLY ABOUT LAND USE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY ZONING DECISION.
THE CITY'S 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS SUBURBAN SINGLE FAMILY.
THAT MEANS HOMES, FAMILY, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTIVE USES NOT A 660 UNIT INDUSTRIAL STORAGE COMPLEX THAT MEANS HOMES, FAMILIES, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTIVE UNITS.
IT HAS BEEN PLAINLY STATED IN THIS REPORT THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS CORRIDOR IS ALREADY SATURATED WITH THREE EXISTING STORAGES ATTACHED.
YOU SHOULD HAVE A MAP SHOWING ONE OF THE STORAGES IS 0.01 MILES AWAY.
THE SECOND ONE IS 0.03 MILES AWAY, AND THE THIRD ONE IS 0.06 MILES AWAY, ALL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE PROPOSED SITE.
ADDING ANOTHER ONE IN THIS AREA DOES NOT SUPPORT THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE HERE, AND IT DOES NOT MATCH THE VISION THE CITY SET IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ADDING ANOTHER ONE DOES NOT DIVERSIFY USE.
IT DOES NOT SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND DOES NOT MATCH THE LONG-TERM VISION OF THIS AREA.
THERE ARE ALSO PRACTICAL CONCERNS.
STORAGE FACILITIES GENERATE TRAFFIC FROM PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT, ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS.
THEY BRING NOISE FROM ROLLING DOORS, LOADING AND UNLOADING, AND AFTER HOURS ACTIVITY, THEY ADD LIGHTING THAT SPILLS INTO NEARBY HOMES AND THEY DO NOT OFFER ANY PROPERTY VALUE IN ANY RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR.
THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT LAND USE AND IT DOES NOT MATCH THE CITY'S OWN PLAN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MYRTLE WALKER AND I LIVE AT 17 0 1 RUNNING RIVER DRIVE IN DESOTO, TEXAS.
I AM HERE TO FORMALLY OPPOSE KC CUP 7 23 20 25.
I AM A 45 YEAR RETIRED EDUCATOR WITH 28 OF THOSE YEARS SERVED AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL AND MAGNET AREA SPECIALIST.
I HAVE SPENT DECADES EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS.
I CONSISTENTLY LOOK FOR LOCATIONS THAT OFFER AESTHETIC APPEAL, NATURAL BEAUTY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A SENSE OF SAFETY.
PLACES WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CHILDREN FEEL SERENE AND PEACEFUL.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS SURROUNDED BY HOMES, CHURCHES, AND FAMILIES.
IT IS A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN WALK AND PARENTS GATHER.
HOWEVER, THIS STORAGE PROJECT DOES NOT REFLECT THE VALUES WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN, THAT NEIGHBORS LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
THERE IS NO COMMUNITY CONNECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL STORAGE FACILITY.
THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENVISIONED THIS AREA FOR FAMILIES, NOT INDUSTRIAL USE.
AS AN EDUCATOR, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT PARENTS ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHO ENTERS THEIR CHILDREN'S SPACE.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THE AREAS WHERE THEIR CHILDREN WALK, PLAY, AND WORSHIP ARE SURROUNDED BY FAMILIAR FACES, NOT A CONSTANT FLOW OF STRANGERS.
A 660 UNIT STORAGE COMPLEX BRINGS PREDICTABLE, UNPREDICTABLE, HIGH TURNOVER ACTIVITY INTO THE HEART OF THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA.
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THIS DEVELOPMENT REPLACES FAMILIARITY WITH UNCERTAINTY.IT DISRUPTS THE CALM, FAMILY, FAMILY-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT THIS LAND WAS MEANT TO PROVIDE.
I ASK YOU TO HONOR THE VALUES OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE CITY'S LONG-TERM VISION AND THE SANCTITY OF THE LAND WHERE OUR FAMILIES LIVES AND WORSHIP.
GOOD EVENING TO, UH, MAYOR MASON AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE AT SIX 13 BEL CLAIRE TERRACE IN DESOTO, TEXAS.
AND I HAVE WORKED IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
UH, WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY OPPOSE CASE CUP DASH 7 23 DASH 2025.
NOW, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW CITIES ECONOMIES THRIVES ON ACTIVITY AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.
AND WHEN VISITORS COME FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS, THE WEDDINGS AND THE BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND THE ANNIVERSARY GATHERINGS, THEY ALSO SUPPORT THE RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, AND THE LOCAL SERVICES.
THIS HOW IS, HOW THE ECOSYSTEM THAT KEEPS OUR CITY THRIVING AND VIBRANT.
STORAGE FACILITIES, HOWEVER, CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEAD ZONE.
THEY OFFER NO COMMUNITY BENEFIT, GENERATE NO MEANINGFUL SALES TAX, AND PROVIDE ALMOST NO JOBS.
EVERY TIME WE APPROVE THESE LOCKED METAL BOXES, WE LOSE THE CHANCE TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES THAT BRING LIFE AND PRIDE TO CEDAR HILL.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO REJECT THIS PROJECT AND TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT THAT TRULY ENHANCES OUR ECONOMIC ENERGY.
YEAH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM ELIZABETH DUNCAN, A VOLUNTEER OF CEDAR HILL CITIZENS ON PATROL FOR MANY YEARS.
AND I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY NATHAN WILSON OF 61 22 SINGING HILLS DRIVE TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF THIS EVENING.
I'M A RETIRED SHERIFF SENIOR SERGEANT, DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY PROTECTION AND LEADERSHIP, FOCUSED ON TRAINING NEW OFFICERS AND DEVELOPING WELLNESS PROGRAMS. HAVING WORKED 40 YEARS IN SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, I AM WELL AWARE OF PUBLIC SAFETY RISKS THAT ARE CREATED BY UNATTENDED STORAGE FACILITIES.
IN 2026, I AM AWARE THE INDUSTRY IS MOVING TOWARD UNMANNED MODELS TO CUT COSTS, CREATING A SOFT TARGET FOR CRIME.
IN OUR VERY BACKYARDS, STATISTICS SHOW THAT NEARLY 75% OF URBAN FACILITIES REPORT THEFT AND BURGLARIES EVEN WHERE CAMERAS ARE PRESENT.
THESE SITES BECOME HIDDEN FOR UNAUTHORIZED HABITATION, ILLEGAL DRUGS, OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
THE RISK OUR LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO MONITOR 24 7.
THIS FACILITY WILL ACT AS A BEACON FOR TRANSIENT ACTIVITY WHERE OUR FAMILIES DWELL.
WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFETY TO BE A TICKING TIME BOMB.
FOR THESE REASONS, I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON KCUP 7 2 3 7 0 2 5.
THANK YOU NATHAN WILSON, BEING REPRESENTED BY ME, LIZ DUNCAN.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, MY NAME IS SAM JACKSON II.
I LIVE AT TWO 19 WHITE ROCK COURT IN NO VILLA, TEXAS AS A COACH AND EDUCATOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS PROMOTED THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH A YOUNG PERSON GROWS UP, DICTATES HOW THEY SEE THEIR OWN POTENTIAL TO THRIVE.
OUR YOUTH NEED A NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SIGNALS THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY BELIEVE IN THEM.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENVISION HOMES FOR THIS SITE REPRESENTING LIFE AND STABILITY.
TRANSITIONING THIS TO INDUSTRIAL STORAGE
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IGNORES THAT VISION.EVERY INDUSTRIAL WALL BUILT WHERE A HOME SHOULD BE ACTS AS A POTENTIAL AND PHYSICAL BARRIER TO A CHILD'S IMAGINATION.
WHEN WE PRIORITIZE THE STORAGE OF THINGS OVER THE CULTIVATION OF PEOPLE, WE SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
PLEASE HONOR THE COMMITMENT TO A FAMILY-CENTERED NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOTE NO TO CASE CUP DASH 7 2 3 2 0 2 5.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MARIO MAY, SENIOR COUNCILMAN.
I'M PASTOR WILLIAM EW, SENIOR OF THE CITY HILL BIBLE FELLOWSHIP, AND I HAVE BEEN PASTOR THERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
IT CHAPEL RIGHT NEXT TO THE VENUE THAT SERVES THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE IDEA OF SHARING A PROPERTY WITH 660 STORAGE UNITS IS A GRAVE CONCERN FOR OUR MINISTRY AND FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS WE OPPOSE THIS PROJECT.
FIRST OF ALL, OUR GATES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR WORSHIP, BEGINNING AT 8:30 AM ON SUNDAY MORNING.
ON SATURDAY EVENING, SATURDAYS FROM 11, UH, AM TO 3:00 PM AND ON SATURDAY EVENING FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM FOR CHOIR, REHEARSAL, WEDDING TEES, GRADUATIONS AND PHOTO SHOOTS AND OTHER SERVICES.
THIS FACILITY INTRODUCED A TRANSIENT POPULATION THAT CREATE TRESPASSING RISKS.
SECOND, THE LOUD NOISE FROM TALKING BLOWING OF HORNS ROLLING METAL GATES AND HEAVY TRUCKS COMING AND GOING WITH SHATTER THE QUIET SANCTITY OF OUR PRAYERS, FUNERALS, AND WORSHIP EXPERIENCE.
AND FINALLY, OUR PEAK HOURS WEEKEND, UH, MORNING WORSHIP AND EVENTS WILL CONFLICT WITH THE EXACT TIME WITH THE HIGH TRAFFIC STORAGE USE, CREATING A DANGEROUS BOTTLENECK FOR WORSHIPERS AND WEDDING GUESTS.
THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY BURDENED OUR RELIGIOUS EXERCISE AND OUR COMMUNITY LEGACY.
ON BEHALF OF CITY OBAMA FELLOWSHIP, MINISTRY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WILL RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON CASE CUP 7 23 DASH 2025.
HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS, UH, KENNETH MCKEE.
I LIVE ON 4 4 5 KENYA IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
UH, I'VE LIVED IN CEDAR HILL FOR 43 YEARS, SO I'VE SEEN, UM, ALL THE, UM, THE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CITY.
UM, MY MAIN CONCERN IS TRAFFIC AND, UM, 'CAUSE I LIVE ON KENYA, IT'S CONSTANTLY CARS EVERYWHERE.
UM, THE THING IS WITH THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, IT'S NOT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCT OVERNIGHT.
IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION.
WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PARK AT? WHERE THE TRUCK'S GONNA GO IS JUST GONNA CREATE MORE TRAFFIC THAT'S UNNECESSARY FOR THE, THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALREADY HAVE, LIKE I SAID, THREE WITHIN ONE MILE.
UM, THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE ONES OVER BY, BY LITTLE CAESARS, AND THERE'S THE ONES OVER BY WALMART.
SO THERE'S ABOUT, IT'S LIKE, I THINK SIX, BUT IT'S JUST TOO MANY.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T NEED, UM, THAT TYPE OF STUFF IN, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I HAVE A DAUGHTER, SHE'S SIX YEARS OLD AND, YOU KNOW, WE CONSTANTLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING RUN OVER BECAUSE PEOPLE GO 60 MILES PER HOUR DOWN CLARK ROAD.
UM, THE STORAGE FACILITY ON CLARK AND KENYA IS CONSTANTLY A MESS.
THERE'S CONSTANTLY TRASH EVERYWHERE.
THERE'S CONSTANTLY PEOPLE HANGING THERE ALL HOURS A NIGHT.
IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I, UH, I WA I WALKED THE BLOCK ON MATTERHORN AND KENYA.
I TALKED ABOUT SIX PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I HAD NOBODY THAT WAS, WAS IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, I WOULD, UM, ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HAN ARBUCKLE AND I'M RESIDING AT, UM, SEVEN 12 AMANDA AVENUE.
UM, I'M HONORED TO CLOSE ON BEHALF OF THIS COALITION.
UM, TONIGHT YOU'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, SENIOR CITIZENS, EDUCATORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND FAITH LEADERS.
WE SPEAK FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT OUR CONCLUSION IS UNIFIED.
THIS IS THE WRONG PROJECT IN THE WRONG PLACE.
AS WE'VE DETAILED IN OUR BINDER, THERE ARE MANY APPROPRIATE USES FOR THIS LAND THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, THE PROPOSAL IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
YOUR OWN DOCUMENTS CONFIRM THREE CRITICAL FACTS.
THIS PROJECT VIOLATES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH DESIGNATES THIS CORRIDOR AS SUBURBAN SINGLE FAMILY TO THE SATURATION.
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IS ALREADY SATURATED WITH STORAGE FACILITIES, INCLUDING ONE JUST A QUARTER MILE AWAY.ANOTHER ONE JUST DOES NOT DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY OR SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES.
AND THREE, THE INDUSTRIAL INTRUSION STAFF CONFIRMS THIS PROJECT FAILS TO ADD NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTIVE USES.
INSTEAD, IT PLACES A 91,000 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN A CORRIDOR WHERE CHILDREN WALK TO SCHOOL AND FAMILIES GATHERED TO WORSHIP.
THE APPLICANT CALLS THIS MANY, BUT THE FACTS SHOW FIVE MASSIVE BUILDINGS AND A FIRE LOAD THAT INCREASES SAFETY RISK.
THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING, FENCING, OR REFRIGERATION, WHICH STRICTLY WITH WHICH IS STRICTLY COSMETICS, CAN HIDE THE REALITY OF ROLLING DOORS, SECURITY LIGHTING, VANDALISM INTRUSION, OR HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC SPILLING INTO OUR BACKGROUNDS.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK IF YOU TO UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PROTECT THIS FAMILY CENTERED CORRIDOR.
MY NAME IS CELESTE WILLIAMS AND I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL NATURAL RESOURCES ATTORNEY.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 1 2 4 GRANDVIEW COURT, CEDAR HALL, TEXAS WITHIN THE VIEWS EDITION IN LAKE RIDGE.
I'D LIKE TO OPPOSE CASE NUMBER CUP 7 2 3 DASH 2 0 2 5.
I'D FIRST LIKE TO MENTION THAT CEDAR HILL HAS LAID OUT IN THEIR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAY THAT IT IS BLESSED WITH SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TOPOGRAPHY, SPECTACULAR VIEWS AND OPEN SPACES.
AS A RESULT, THE CITY BELIEVES IT NECESSARY TO SERVE AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THESE PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN, PROTECT, AND PRESERVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, STORAGE UNITS BRING ABOUT EFFECTS THAT IMPACT BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.
FIRST STORAGE UNITS REQUIRE AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND RESULT IN HIGH CARBON FOOTPRINT PER UNIT.
THE CITY WAS JUST AWARDED TONIGHT AN ENERGY CONSERVATION AWARD, AND THUS, THIS KEY FACT SHOULD NOT BE DISREGARDED.
SECOND, THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS ALSO BRING ABOUT EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF LIGHT POLLUTION THAT DISRUPTS BOTH THE NEARBY RESIDENTS AND LOCAL WILDLIFE.
CEDAR HILL HAS 200 BIRD SPECIES, INCLUDING MANY MIGRATORY BIRDS.
LIGHT POLLUTION CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT BIRDS, ESPECIALLY MIGRATORY THAT WILL BE LEFT DISORIENTED BY THE INCREASED AND CONSTANT LIGHT POLLUTION.
NOT ONLY ARE LOCAL WILDLIFE IMPACTED, BUT HUMANS FACE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES AS WELL, SUCH AS POOR SLEEP DISRUPTIONS TO OUR CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, HEADACHES, AND MORE.
THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY FACE THESE DISRUPTIONS FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT LIGHT POLLUTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE AT 26 17 BLACKSTONE DRIVE IN DALLAS, AND I'M A RETIRED TEACHER AND A RETIRED BUS DRIVER.
AND DURING MY TIME, I TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR 27 YEARS AND DROVE A BUS FOR 24 IN ADDITION TO, OKAY, NOW, UH, THE PROPOSED BUSINESS.
THERE ARE THREE OF THOSE BUILDINGS IN A TWO BLOCK AREA.
NOW, THE ENTERTAINMENT YVETTE CENTER THAT THE JACKSONS HAVE, I, I KNOW MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO IT AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE.
UH, IF YOU WERE PART OF AN EVENT, I WAS THERE DURING AN EVENT.
IT'S ABOVE AND THE COST, THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE ENJOYED THEMSELVES AND YOU GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY NOW, ADDING ANOTHER BUILDING THERE, WHICH IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO WHAT THE BACK OF THE AGENDA IS NOT CONDUCIVE WITH THESE STATEMENTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATEMENTS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE THEM, BUT I THINK MAYBE THE SECRETARY, BUT IT SAYS CEDAR HILL HAS DISTINCTIVE
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CHARACTER, SAFE, CLEAN, VIBRANT PARKS, NATURAL BEAUTY.YOU CAN GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE.
THAT STORAGE FACILITY, IT IS ONLY AN OVERSATURATION OF A BUSINESS THAT IS VERY HIGH PROFIT, BUT LOW EMPLOYEES.
SO THE ONE WHO IS PROFITING IS, IS THE C OWNER OF THE BUSINESS.
IT'S ALSO CAUSING DETERIORATION OF THE AREA.
YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH AND A, A VERY NICE, UH, EVENT CENTER.
YOU, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND FOR NORTH DALLAS TO TO, TO, UH, HAVE AN EVENT OF THAT MAGNITUDE.
AND I AM IMPLORING YOU TO VOTE NO TO KCUP 7 2 3 2 0 5 AND THIS FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 0 8 PONSETTO LANE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, CUP 7 23 DASH 2 0 2 5.
UM, WHILE I SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY, THE PLACEMENT OF THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHED CHARACTER AND ECONOMIC DIRECTION OF THAT IMMEDIATE AREA.
OUR VISION OF CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY, UH, IS TO RETAIN DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS WHAT MICHON'S, WHICH THE EVENT CENTER, UH, HAS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS WITH DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
IT EMBODIES, IT EMBODIES THE VALUE OF CEDAR HILL AND OUR COMMUNITY.
IF WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE CEDAR HILL A DESTINATION CITY, THAT IS WHAT ATIONS IS TO OUR CITY.
THERE ARE BUSINESSES ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM MANY PLACES.
IT PROVIDES A BOOSTER ECONOMY WITH HOTEL STAYS, SHOPPING AND DINING.
IT ALSO USES OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES TOWARDS EVENTS.
AND THIS IS A WIN FOR OUR CITY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETHING HAS TO GO HERE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH OUR VISION AND OUR VALUES.
SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS OUR 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU DESIGN THE STORAGE UNITS, IT'S STILL 660 UNITS.
YOU CAN CHANGE THE FENCING, YOU CAN BUFFER IT, YOU CAN DO HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT.
IT IS STILL 660 STORAGE UNITS.
IT WILL HAVE VERY, IT WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON OUR CITY AND MAY HARM, UM, A THRIVING BUSINESS THAT IS, THAT IS ALREADY DOING EXCELLENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR, WITH THAT SAID, THE ECONOMIC DE UM, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WOULD BE VERY LITTLE.
AND MY OTHER CONCERN IS IF WE HAVE OTHER INVESTORS THAT MAY BE LOOKING FOR UPSCALE BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, THIS MAY NOT BE, THIS WOULD AVOID THEM FROM MAYBE COMING TO THAT BUSINESS, UH, THAT AREA FOR, UM, ATTRACTING FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IN CONCLUSION, WE WOULD LIKE TO STRIVE TO ELEVATE CLARK ROAD, NOT SELL IT FOR REPETITIVE LAND USES TO DISTRACT FROM THE SCENERY AND THE INVESTMENTS OF CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
I URGE YOU TO DENY THIS PERMIT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER 7 2 3 2025.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 2 3 2025? I NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH.
I YOU JUST WANTED ME TO DO THE COUNTDOWN.
MY NAME IS DANA WATERS AND I OWN, UH, GIFTED MINDS ACADEMY AT ONE 10 KENYA.
I USED TO BE OAK TREE, OAK TREE ACADEMY, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
UM, I HAVE A STORAGE FACILITY THAT SITS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MY, UH, DAYCARE.
UM, SOMEONE TORE A BIG HOLE IN MY GATE JUST TO GET INTO THE STORAGE FACILITY TO BREAK IN, COME BACK THROUGH WITH THE ITEMS. UM, THE OWNER OF THE STORAGE FACILITY, UH, OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR UNIT CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME IF
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HE CAN LOOK AT MY CAMERAS BECAUSE THE STORAGE FACILITY CAMERAS WASN'T WORKING.UM, SO TO ME, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT NEEDED THERE.
IT'S THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF STORAGE FACILITIES ALREADY THERE.
UH, AND I FEEL LIKE IT JUST BRINGS UNWANTED ACTIVITY, UM, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME.
UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS COMING, PLAYING LOUD MUSIC, SITTING OUT, UH, DRINKING AND JUST DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
THAT'S REALLY NOT, UH, I DON'T FEEL LIKE SAFE OR, OR THE KIDS REALLY NEED TO SEE ALL OF THAT.
SO I, I'M REALLY, I'M, I'M, I'M OPPOSING THE, UH, STORAGE FACILITY.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 2 3 2025.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 2 3 2025 ONE FINAL CALL AND ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CUP 7 2 3 2025? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH.
I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CUP 7 2 3 2025? PLEASE COME ON DOWN.
GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ADDRESS IS 1700 STEWART STREET HERE IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I AM NOT ONLY A MEMBER OF OMNI FELLOWSHIP.
I'M DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE CHURCH.
UH, THE FORMER, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE CEDAR HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, WAS ON THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE THAT, UH, HAS DONE A NUMBER OF PLANS FOR CEDAR HILL.
UH, AND AS, AS, AS YOU KNOW, MY PASSION IS TO SEE CEDAR HILL GROW THE CEDAR HILL WAY, I WOULD NOT ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING THAT I FELT WAS A DISTRACTION OR, OR, OR WAS, UH, IN OPPOSITION TO THAT, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY.
BOY, IT'S BEEN PAINTED IN A REALLY NEGATIVE LIGHT.
AND, AND I WOULD ASSURE YOU THAT IF IF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT WERE NOT ALREADY ADDRESSED, I'D BE IN THE SAME BOAT THEY WERE.
BUT THE ADDRESSED CONCERNS HAVE BEEN MET.
THE CONCERN ABOUT CRIME, ABOUT HOURS OF OPERATIONS, ABOUT TRAFFIC, THOSE, THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN, UH, ADDRESSED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THEY, AND, AND I WAS PRESSING THEM HARDCORE AS WELL.
UM, I TOLD THEM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD CEDAR TREES PLANTED ON THAT PROPERTY.
I TOLD 'EM WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
I APPROACHED THE OCCASIONS AND ASKED THEM, WHAT ELSE COULD WE PUT ON THAT PROPERTY? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? I I, I WENT TO THEM BECAUSE I WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
THEY DID NOT GIVE ME A, AN OPPORTUNITY OR, OR, OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THAT PROPERTY.
WE ALL WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN OPEN LOT AS A NEXT DOOR.
OF COURSE, THAT'S, UH, BUT, BUT THAT THE REALITY IS CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S HOMES, WHETHER IT'S LIKE RETAIL, THERE'S GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTION.
WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS, UH, ITS RESIDENTS, THERE'LL BE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST PART OF WHAT HAPPENS AS A COMMUNITY GROWS.
THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL ALLOW THE CHURCH NOT ONLY TO, UH, PAY OFF A MAJOR PORTION OF OUR, UH, OUR DEBT.
IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO FUND CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, LAST THANKSGIVING, WE GAVE OVER 200 FULL FAMILY THANKSGIVING MEALS TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO EVEN MORE.
WE DID A, A GIANT, UH, EVENT FOR EASTER WHERE WE INVITED ALL THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT WITH BOUNCE HOUSES AND OPPORTUNITY JUST FOR FUN.
AND, UH, AND BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT IN A GREATER A ADVANCE BECAUSE WE DO STILL HAVE A LARGE PORTION OF LAND BEHIND OUR PROPERTY THAT WE ARE GONNA BE USING FOR THAT.
WE DO, UH, URBAN CAMPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS FOR KIDS.
SO WE WOULD NOT WANT TO PUT ANYTHING THERE THAT WOULD INCREASE CRIME.
WE WOULD NOT WANNA PUT ANYTHING THERE THAT WOULD DETRACT FROM THE BEAUTY OF CEDAR HILL.
WE HOSTED A MULTIPLE EVENTS THERE.
THANK, UM, MOVING FORWARD, IF, IF ANYONE WHO'S SPEAKING, IF THEY CAN ONLY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE.
UM, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER CUP 7 2 3 2025? GOOD EVENING.
UH, MY NAME IS LA I LIVE IN CEDAR HILL AS WELL.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME FIRST, LAST NAME.
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LANA CHENDU.I'M ALSO THE PASTOR AT OMNI FELLOWSHIP.
UM, I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS, THIS, UH, STORAGE FACILITY.
UH, I THINK THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS ADDRESSED, I DO RESPECT THE CONCERNS.
UM, AS, AS MY COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND SAID THAT THIS CONSTRUCTION IS INEVITABLE.
UM, BUT THIS DOES ALLOW US AS A CHURCH TO DO WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO AND HAVE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE MET WITH THE BUILDERS AND THEY'VE ADDRESSED ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED.
UM, AND THEY ARE VALID CONCERNS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE DISMISSED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GOOD USE OF THE PROPERTY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE STORAGE FACILITY, BUT JUST THE NATURE OF THIS FACILITY, IT IS CLASS A.
I MEAN THE DESIGN, YOU DON'T EVEN SEE THE GARAGES.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE OPPOSITIONS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS A, A GOOD USE AND I DO A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CUP 7 2 3 2025? GOOD EVENING, SIR.
UM, I AM ALSO IN FAVOR OF THIS, AND I JUST WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU, UM, THE, THAT IT'S NOT JUST GOOD FOR THE CHURCH, IT'S GOOD FOR CEDAR HILL IN THAT RIGHT NOW THE CHURCH OWNS THE PROPERTY AND YOU RECEIVE NO PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
WHEN THAT TRANSFERS TO THE SELF STORAGE UNIT AND THE FACILITY, YOU'RE GONNA GET TAXES ON THAT PROPERTY FOR THE MARKET VALUE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR CEDAR HILL.
IT GOES FROM ZERO TO WHATEVER THE ASSESSED VALUE IS IF IT WERE RESIDENTIAL.
AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEW RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION OF ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER HOME.
SO HOWEVER MANY HOMES ARE ON THERE, IT WOULD BE A MUCH LESSER VALUE OF PROPERTY TAX COMING IN.
SO JUST FROM A CPA STANDPOINT,
UM, COMPARATIVELY FOR THE CITY.
WE ALSO, I ATTEND THE CHURCH LOT IS OUR PASTOR.
UM, AND WE COULD USE A FACILITY LIKE THAT FOR, WE USE A STORAGE UNIT DOWN ON 67.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT MOST OF THOSE STORAGE UNIT PLACES, THAT WOULD BE APPREHENSIVE TOO.
BUT WHEN YOU SAW THAT BUILDING, THIS IS CLASSY.
IT'S VERY DRESSY AND IT WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE FOR US TO HAVE THAT WE COULD MAKE USE OF IT RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
SO JUST SAYING, I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THE CUP 7 2 3 20 25 AND TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOME POSITIVE ASPECTS OF WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR CEDAR HILL, NOT JUST THE CHURCH, BUT WE COULD USE THAT REVENUE TO DEFINITELY POUR BACK INTO THE CITY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING US OUT.
ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CUP 7 2 3 2025? GOOD EVENING.
UM, I ALSO ATTEND, UH, OMNI FELLOWSHIP, UM, THE PRESIDENT OF TULSA THERAPY, LLC.
WE DO, UM, VARIOUS THERAPY SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, INCLUDING THIS COMMUTER, BUT ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, ME AND MY WIFE, WE RAISED OUR SEVEN DAUGHTERS IN CEDAR HILL.
UH, AND IF YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO GUARD AND BE VERY PROTECTIVE OF OUR GIRLS.
UM, I WOULD NOT BE WANTING TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH AND HAVE SOMETHING GO UP THAT I FELT THAT MY LITTLE GIRLS RUNNING AROUND WOULD BE UNSAFE.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS WELL DONE AND, UM, WOULD BE A NECESSITY.
I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO, NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO SHOP IN THE SAME PLACES.
I APPRECIATE HAVING SOMETHING, UH, THAT I CAN TAKE MY THINGS TO, UM, THAT I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT.
SO I LIKE TO SAY THAT LIKE, THIS IS A CLASS A, THAT'S MUCH BETTER FOR ME.
ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER CUP 7 2 3 2025? GOOD EVENING.
I'M THE, UH, THE FOUNDING PASTOR OF HYUNDAI FELLOWSHIP.
UH, I'M FROM OAK CLIFF, TEXAS.
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IN A PLACE CALLED THE BOTTOM WHERE THERE WERE NOT MANY GOOD CHURCHES.THAT WAS, THAT, THAT EXISTED TO HELP SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD, THAT WAS ONE ABOUT GIVING AND NOT TAKING.
ARMY HAS BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
ALL WE'VE DONE IS SERVE CEDAR HILL WITH THE SALE OF THIS LAND.
IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT IN WAYS THAT YOU CANNOT THINK OF.
WE'VE PAID RENT, WE FOUGHT AGAINST FAMILIES GOING TO PAWN SHOPS TO PA AND GET LOANS, PAWN LOANS AND TITLE LOANS.
AND WE PAID FOR THOSE THINGS WITH NO RED TAPE.
UH, CERTAINLY LAND WOULD ALLOW US TO PAY OFF OUR BUILDING AND TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND TO INVEST INTO CITY HILL IN A WAY THAT YOU CANNOT EVEN FATHOM.
SO MY PRAYER IS THAT YOU WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO LET THIS PERMIT GO THROUGH THAT MAY, THAT WE MAY CONTINUE SERVING AND LOVING THE CITY.
GOD HAS CALLED US TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MR. VALENTINE.
IF I COULD GET YOUR FIRST, LAST NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE SAY IT AGAIN.
IF I COULD GET YOUR FIRST, LAST NAME.
UH, AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
YES, MY NAME IS DEVON B VALENTINE.
UH, I LIVE AT 70 40 SURFSIDE LANE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CUP 7 2 3 2025.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 2 3 2025? FINAL CALL.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CUP 7 2 3 2025? ALL RIGHT.
SEE ANYONE APPROACH, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, MR. APPLICANT, IF YOU WANNA COME UP.
UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYONE WANNA DIE FIRST? ALRIGHT, PRO THE OTHER FLOOR.
UM, JUST SAY A QUICK QUESTION.
THE ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE RUNNING THE PROPOSED STORAGE UNIT IS BAREFOOT.
AND HOW MANY YEARS OF OPERATION DO YOU HAVE WITH STORAGE UNITS? UM, SO OUR OPERATING COMPANY IS BEEN IN STORAGE FOR 20 YEARS AND WE'VE BUILT, UH, TO OVER 28 FACILITIES.
AND YOU'RE BASED IN, UH, I LIVE IN FLORIDA.
WE HAVE FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? UH, COUNCILMAN MALONE.
DEFINITELY WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, UH, PRESENTING.
BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UH, JUST TO KIND OF CONFIRM THAT, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY.
YOU SAID THERE ARE NO OUTSIDE DUMPSTERS.
SO WHEN PEOPLE HAVE STORAGE UNITS AND THEY HAVE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO CLEAN OUT, IS THE UM, EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAUL OUT THEIR OWN TRASH OR ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR OFFICE? SO THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR OWN TRASH.
AND FROM OUR EXPERIENCE OPERATING THESE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IF YOU PUT A DUMPSTER, WHAT THEY'LL DO, EVEN THOUGH IF IT'S LABELED DO NOT USE, IT'S JUST FOR THE OFFICE, THEY WILL STILL LEAVE IT THERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DO NOT LEAVE A DUMPSTER ON SITE.
AND SO, AND THIS IS THE WAY IT IS, EVEN LIKE ALL THE ONES THAT I USE PERSONALLY CLOSE TO MY HOME, IS THAT YOU TAKE YOUR GARBAGE WITH YOU AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE LANDFILL IF YOU'RE DUMP THROWING THINGS OUT.
SO FOR A RENTER THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT POLICY, I GUESS YOU BASICALLY MAINTAIN AND CLEAN UP WHAT THEY MAY LEAVE OR DUMP.
AND, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S FINES ASSOCIATED.
SO THE, THERE, THE, UH, ENTIRE FACILITY HAS GOT CAMERAS.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT, WE WOULD KNOW WHO IT WAS AND WHICH UNIT WAS RESPONSIBLE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT KIND OF STAFFING DO YOU HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING YOUR DAYS OF OPERATION? YEAH.
SO, UH, DURING LEASE UP, THERE'LL BE THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE.
AND THEN ONCE THE BUILDING IS, IS FULLY STABILIZED, IT GOES DOWN TO TWO.
AND SO THESE WON'T BE, UM, FULLY VIRTUAL.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEBODY THERE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF EIGHT AND FIVE AND THERE WON'T BE ANY OF THAT BUDDY THERE ON AFTER HOURS.
UH, THERE WON'T BE ANYBODY, BUT IT'S FULLY GATED.
SO EVEN DURING HOURS THAT NOBODY CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE THROUGH THE GATE.
UH, AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CASE DURING
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HOURS AND AFTER, UM, THE HOURS IN BETWEEN SIX AND 10.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COUNCILOR MCCURDY? THERE HE GOES.
UM, DO YOU CONDUCT REGULAR INSPECTIONS OF THE UNITS INSIDE THE UNITS? YEAH.
UM, IT DEPENDS ON, WELL, THE, WE COULDN'T TECHNICALLY DO THAT BECAUSE WE WOULD BE, UNLESS THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT THEY WERE STORING TIRES OR CHEMICALS THAT, UM, ARE PROHIBITED AS PER THE LEASE.
IF THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN, BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO JUST GO IN AND ENTER ANYBODY'S LOCK.
SO DO YOU MONITOR, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE UNITS AS THEY'RE PUTTING, PUTTING MATERIALS INTO THE UNITS AT ALL TIMES? YEAH, SO THE, AGAIN, THE FACILITY IS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH CAMERAS.
SO THERE, IF THERE WAS A CONCERN OR A COMPLAINT OR ONE OF THE STAFF SAW IT ON A CAMERA, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT THAT WAY.
BUT, BUT ARE, ARE YOU, SO YOU'RE JUST WATCHING ON THE CAMERAS, YOU'RE NOT LIKE GOING TO INSPECT THE UNITS WHEN THEY, I MEAN THE, THE STAFF THEMSELVES GO AROUND AND DO MAINTENANCE MM-HMM
BUT, BUT AGAIN, MOST PEOPLE AREN'T THERE WHEN, YOU KNOW, AT ANY GIVEN POINT.
SO IT'S VERY QUIET USE FOR THAT.
SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA OFTEN GET A TON AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST WALK AROUND AND INSPECT ALL OF THE UNITS WHILE THEY'RE ALL OPEN.
IT'S NOT LIKE EVEN A THIRD OF THE PEOPLE ARE A QUARTER OR 10% ARE THERE WHILE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, AT ANY GIVEN POINT.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST, TO WALK BY AND DO AN INSPECTION CONTINUOUSLY ON THE ENTIRE FACILITY IS NOT, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE REALISTIC.
SO, SO I MEAN, UNLESS SOMEBODY YOU WERE INFORMED BY SOMEBODY WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY HAD STORED, YOU KNOW, CHEMICALS IN, IN, IN ONE OF THE UNITS, HOW ARE YOU GONNA KNOW? I MEAN, WE HAVE STAFF THERE, UH, DURING THE, THE WORKING HOURS MM-HMM
AND SO IF IN THE, THERE'S A CAMERA OR THE SORT, THERE'S A, UM, A SCREEN BIGGER THAN THIS, MORE LIKE A TV THAT HAS A VIEW OF ALL OF THE THINGS.
AND IF THERE WAS A CONCERN, WE'D ADDRESS IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE PEOPLE DRINKING AND SMOKING AND HANGING OUT AND, AND OR WORKING OUT OF THEIR STORAGE UNITS.
I, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S A CONCERN THAT WE'VE HEARD.
THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE IN THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES.
THESE ARE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED.
SO YOU COULD IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT IN YOUR HOUSE OR YOUR BACKYARD? UM, THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE USED TO SEEING.
YEAH, I I'M, I I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY PUTS A BUCKET, FIVE GALLON BUCKET FULL OF, UH, RAGS THAT ARE SOAKED IN IN ETHER.
YOU KNOW, IN, IN ONE OF THE STORAGE UNITS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE A PAINTER AND SO THEY'VE STORED, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT PAINT THINNER AND LACQUER THINNER AND, AND ETHER AND THEY, THEY, THEY PUT IT INTO THE STORAGE BUILDING, BUT THEY CARRY IT IN IN FIVE GALLON BUCKETS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE WHAT'S IN THOSE BUCKETS UNLESS YOU'RE PHYSICALLY OVER THERE LOOKING AT IT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE THAT ON A CAMERA.
AND, AND SO, AND, AND SO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO REGULARLY INSPECT THE UNITS, YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE NO IDEA THAT, THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE, ARE, ARE IN THERE.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AN UNREGULATED, UH, HAZARD.
IF, IF YOU'RE NOT INSPECTING 'EM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I MEAN, IT'S PERSONAL PRO PROPERTY.
IT'S SIMILAR TO IF WE, IF THE, YOU KNOW, A DEVELOPER WENT IN THERE AND, AND BUILT 30 HOUSES OR, YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T DO THAT, BUT THERE'S NOT THAT MANY SPACE.
BUT THERE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR OWN GARAGES AND COULD PUT WHAT THEY WANT IN THOSE GARAGES.
THERE'S A, SOME, A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONTROL, RIGHT.
LIKE, YOU COULD, UM, PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT IN YOUR GARAGE UNLESS YOUR NEIGHBOR SAW SOMETHING AND MAYBE THEY COMPLAINED TO BYLAW.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE APPLICANT? ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE ANY, UH, FINAL WORDS YOU WANNA ADDRESS? UM, NO, I THINK I'M GOOD.
I WOULD, UH, JUST REMIND THAT, UH, WE DID GO IN FRONT OF THE P AND Z AND SO A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE DID HERE AGAIN TONIGHT WERE ADDRESSED AGAIN THROUGH JUST SOME, SOME OTHER CHANGES, UM, BETWEEN THE P AND Z APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDED, THEY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT AND AWARE OF THE CONCERNS AND, UM, AS THE CHURCH SAID, WE ARE DEFINITELY, UM, A GOOD NEIGHBOR, RIGHT? AND THAT'S OUR INTENTION.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, AND WE DO, WE'D ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
AND IF THERE'S OTHER CONCERNS, UM, LIKE MR. MCCURDY HAS BROUGHT UP AND THERE'S A WAYS THAT MAYBE YOU FEEL THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, CON ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS, I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL EARS AND VERY COLLABORATIVE TO WORK WITH.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, UH, DELIBERATION COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN AZI? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR, UM, YOUR COMMENTS.
I, I, I FEEL LIKE THE COMMENTS WERE VERY, UM,
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MEANINGFUL AND IT WAS ALSO APPRECIATED THAT THINGS WERE DONE IN SUCH AN ORDERLY FASHION.UM, LET ME START BY SAYING THAT, UM, I'VE DONE A, A GOOD AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND, UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THE STORAGE FACILITY IN PARTICULARLY THIS ONE MAY BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A BAD REP.
SO I, I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE COLLABORATION IN WHICH YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE, UM, THIS, UM, BUILDING THAT IS REALLY, UH, PART OF THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND THE SERVICES, THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT IT HAS PROVIDED.
UM, SO, UH, YOU, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE GOING BACK AND FORTH SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW I, UM, THOUGHT, THOUGHT THIS, UM, THROUGH, UM, I'M ALSO AWARE OF WHAT SELLING THIS LAND WOULD ENABLE THE OMNI FELLOWSHIP CHURCH TO BE ABLE TO DO IN SERVING MORE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO HERE WE HAVE, UM, THESE TWO, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT ARE ALL WANTING TO CONTINUE TO DO MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT, AS I SEE IT, ABOUT THOSE BUSINESSES IN, IN THAT WAY, FOR ME IT IS ABOUT, UM, WHAT I SEE AS MY CHARGE HERE.
UM, I'VE, I'VE WALKED, UM, I, I TOLD MS. JACKSON EARLIER, I COULD NOT GET ONTO YOUR PROPERTY.
SO IT'S, IT IS GATED, IT IS, UH, AND I, I LOVE THE SECURITY OF THAT, BUT I WALKED ALL AROUND THE PROPERTY.
I WAS ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LAND NEXT DOOR JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WASN'T SOMETHING THAT I WAS MISSING.
UM, I DO THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME CHANGES, SOME, SOME CHANGES BECAUSE OF A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD CAUSE, UH, SUCH A SEVERE, UM, DETRIMENT.
UM, FROM THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.
WITH THAT SAID, MY CHARGE HERE IS TO LOOK AT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT I AM PARTICULARLY PARTIAL TO THE COMP PLAN AS IT IS WRITTEN.
IT WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THAT PLAN TO BE AS WE ALL WERE, BUT ME.
SO I WAS A CITIZEN LIAISON AT THAT TIME TO HELP THE COMP PLAN, UM, TO, TO, TO ADVANCE FORWARD.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME WAS BEING ABLE TO HEAR CITIZEN COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED AND WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS BEST FOR THAT AREA.
I'M COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT WHAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WANTED, WHICH IS REPRESENTED IN THE COMP PLAN, IS WHAT IS CARRIED OUT.
AND SO FOR ME, UNLESS THERE IS, UM, AN OVERWHELMING REASON TO CHANGE THE ZONING, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR ME TO DO BECAUSE IT IS WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT THEY AGREE WITH US ON.
AND WHAT IS THERE, WHAT SHOULD BE THERE, UM, IS MORE, UM, RESIDENTIAL.
SO I WILL JUST SAY THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A BAD DEVELOPMENT.
AND A PART OF WHAT WE ARE TO CONSIDER IS WHAT IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THAT LAND.
UH, I'M NOT ONE TO SAY THERE'S NOTHING, UM, SOMETHING THERE IS BETTER THAN NOTHING THERE.
I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING BETTER THAT THE LAND COULD BE USED FOR.
UM, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A DETRIMENT TO, TO EITHER OF THE BUILDINGS OR SURROUNDING MAYBE A, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A BIG CHANGE FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, I DON'T LIKE THAT THERE IS A PROLI PROLIFERATION, PROLIFERATION OF, UM, BUILDINGS ALREADY THERE.
AND SO THAT HAS HELPED SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT, UM, IS STORAGE, STORAGE UNITS, STORAGE FACILITIES.
THEY DO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCEPTION, BUT WE ALSO, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS.
AND SO AS WE GROW AND WE HAVE MORE DEVELOPMENTS OF RESIDENTIAL, WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO PUT THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED? SO AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST THE STORAGE FACILITY, I'M AGAINST IT IN THIS LOCATION BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY, UH, A SATURATION THERE.
SO, UM, AND YOU KNOW, AS COUNSEL, I WOULD JUST KIND OF GIVE US THAT KIND OF, THAT THOUGHT OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO STORE THINGS SOMEWHERE, SO AS WE GROW AND WE TALK ABOUT DENSITY AND ALL THOSE THINGS, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, FOR THAT REASON, MAYOR, UM, I WOULD, UM, NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THAT FACILITY.
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MIRANDA SAID IT VERY ELOQUENTLY.YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY LIKE HER COMMENTS.
UM, I TOO LOOK AT IT FROM A STANDPOINT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROJECT OVER THERE LOOKED PRETTY COOL AND, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT BETTER LEAD A BETTER DESIGN THAT I'VE SEEN IN, IN A LOT OF STORAGE FACILITIES.
BUT, UH, BUT I LOOK AT IT, ONE THING THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT, ABOUT MITIGATION, AND WE, WE ADDRESSED THE ISSUES THAT ALL EVERYBODY HAD.
THERE WASN'T ONE THING THAT THE APPLICANT SAID WAS ADDRESSED WAS THE FACT OF THE COMP PLAN.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, THE TRASH ISSUES, THE SECURITY ISSUES, WE ADDRESSED ALL OF THOSE, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE ANY MORE THAN ANY OTHER FACIL, UH, PROJECT THAT'S GONNA GO IN THERE.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT ANYWAY, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE THINK IS THE CULTURE OF THAT AREA, WHAT WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL TO BE, THE COMP PLAN THAT WE TRY TO FOLLOW, AND I LOOK AT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS HERE, AND IT TELLS US THAT THIS DOES NOT FOLLOW THE COMP PLAN.
AND SO WE DIDN'T PUT THAT COMP PLAN IN JUST TO, TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO IT AT THIS POINT.
UH, SO EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH HAS, YOU KNOW, HAS SOME OTHER REASONS THAT THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE AND, AND SELL THE PROPERTY, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT OUR DECISION HERE, EVEN THOUGH I FEEL WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO, AND I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AS A WHOLE, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION WHAT'S GOOD FOR ALL THE CITIZENS AND WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE CI CITIZENS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I, I, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE COMP PLAN, BUT I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT COMING FORWARD.
MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE IN THE CITY THAT YOU MAY WANNA LOOK AT, BUT, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE KIND WORDS.
IN FACT, I'M SUPER, SUPER HAPPY WITH EVERYBODY'S, UH, UH, THE WAY THEY APPROACHED THE CITY COUNCIL AND HOW IT WAS, IT WAS VERY WELL DONE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
IT HELPS ONE SIDE AND NOT THE OTHER.
BUT, UH, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. UH, THANK YOU, MERRICK.
THERE ARE SEVEN OF US, AND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, REASONS FOR SUPPORT OR DENIAL.
AND, AND MY ISSUE IS THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY.
AND, UM, IN 2000, THIS CITY'S ESTABLISHED A VISION AND THEY CRAFTED IT, AND IT SAID TO BE THIS PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PLACE WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE, CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
NOW, PRIOR TO 2000, THERE WERE THREE FACILITIES, SELF STEWARDS, FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VISION FOR THAT COUNCIL WAS BACK THEN.
UH, BUT THERE ARE THREE IN THE AREA.
AND FOR ME, ANOTHER SELF STORAGE FACILITY IN THIS AREA IS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT THIS DIVISION THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED.
NOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHY THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS PUT SO MANY IN ONE AREA, BUT FOR ME, ANOTHER SELF STORAGE FACILITY IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE VISION THAT I HAVE FOR THE CITY.
NOW, UM, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO WHAT WAS PROPOSED.
AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY LEADER AND I TOLD HIM THAT I WASN'T IN FAVOR OF IT.
AND I, HE ASKED ME WHY, AND I SAID, IT'S THE WRONG LOCATION.
AND SO IF THERE WAS SOMEPLACE ELSE THAT THIS FACILITY COULD GO, I WOULD BE SUPPORTED.
BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT HAVING THE VISION THAT WE HAVE BY ADDING ANOTHER SELF STORAGE FACILITY.
IT, IT JUST DOESN'T TRACK WITH MY VISION THAT I SEE FOR THE CITY.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M NOT IN SUPPORT AND I WON'T VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.
UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING TO OUT TONIGHT AND SPEAKING AND FOR WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS ON BOTH SIDES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY ANYTHING ANY MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN, UM, THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SPOKE.
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I DO WANNA REFERENCE MS. AGUILAR, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN YOUR SPOT.
I'VE BEEN STANDING AT THE DI AND SPEAKING, AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET, BEING ELEVATED UP HERE CAN BE VERY INTIMIDATING.
SO YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN, COME AND SPEAK.
UM, I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH, AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT LOOKING FACILITY.
IT'S VERY CLEAN, WELL LAID OUT, BUT WE'RE A POPULATION OF 50,000.
WE ARE SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY.
I'M JUST NOT QUITE SURE HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH.
I'VE USED A STORAGE FACILITY IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE MOVED AND WHILE WE WERE WAITING ON THE HOME TO BE BUILT, WE'VE NEVER USED ONE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
AND, AND TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS, THAT I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IS GONNA GO, THIS IS GONNA BE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER STORAGE FACILITY.
AND THEN WHETHER WE SAY FOR THE NEXT ONE WHEN WE'VE APPROVED THIS ONE.
SO I I, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES RIGHT NOW THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY.
UM, I, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A BETTER USE FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE THAT CORRIDOR BECOME MORE COMMERCIAL, MORE INDUSTRIAL.
THERE ARE EXCELLENT COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND I, I, FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF IT AS A MAN OF FAITH, I KNOW GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU, AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY AND MINISTER IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
PASTOR VALENTINE, YOU'RE DOING AMAZING WORK.
I, I, I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A PATH FOR YOU AND OMNI FELLOWSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO STAY STRONG.
UM, BUT FOR THIS ITEM, I CAN'T SEE MYSELF BEING IN FAVOR OF THIS.
ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MCCURDY, I'M NOT GONNA REHASH WHAT, UM, WHAT ALL, ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, HAVE ALREADY SAID.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, NUMEROUS REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE, THE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UM, ESPECIALLY AT, YOU KNOW, AT THIS, AT THIS LOCATION.
UH, I DO APPRECIATE THE, THE WAY EVERYBODY HAS CONDUCTED THEMSELVES THROUGH THIS HEARING AND THE PRESENTATIONS ON, ON BOTH SIDES.
I JUST WANTED TO, TO, UH, TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THAT.
I, I DO WANT TO ADD, YOU KNOW, ONE THING, AND THAT IS THAT THERE, THERE SHOULD NOT BE AN EXPECTATION THAT THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU OWN A PROPERTY, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT ECONOMIC BENEFIT FROM THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO SOMETHING WILL EVENTUALLY GO ON THIS PROPERTY AS LONG AS YOU HAVE AN OWNER THAT IS WANTING TO SELL IT OR, OR, OR TO DEVELOP IT.
THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN ENSURE THAT A PROPERTY STAYS VACANT IS TO BUY THE PROPERTY AND SIT ON IT YOURSELF.
UM, AND SO IF, YOU KNOW, IF THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT THERE WOULD NEVER BE, THAT THERE WILL NOT EVER BE A DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY, UM, YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UH, CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.
UM, SO COUNSEL, THIS IS A, UH, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, REQUEST.
ALLOW ME TO GIVE MCC A COUPLE OF MY 2 CENTS.
MCCURDY, THANKS FOR, UH, SETTING THE EXPECTATION.
UM, I WOULD IMAGINE THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE SOME EXPECTATION TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE PROPERTY.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE IT WILL BE DEVELOPED ONE DAY.
SO THANKS FOR, FOR SAYING THAT.
YOU KNOW, LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT, UM, I GUESS FOR MY LENS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO CEDAR HILL, YOU KNOW, BACK IN MY DAY, UH, YOU KNOW, JONES STREET WAS, WAS WHERE I, WHERE, WHERE I RESIDE.
UH, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT JONES STREET IS, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY RIGHT BEHIND OCCASIONS.
UH, I USED TO WALK TO SCHOOL, SO I, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA, THAT ROUTE VERY WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, FAST FORWARD TO WHEN I BECAME A, A COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, 2010, I BECAME OUR COUNCIL.
I WAS, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS A ROOKIE.
I WAS TRYING TO LEARN WITH MY PEERS, UH, UP HERE ON THE COUNCIL, WE HAD SOME, SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE, UH, DECISIONS LIKE, UH, DO WE BUILD AND THEN THEY'LL COME, OR DO WE WAIT TILL THEY COME AND THEN WE WILL BUILD, WE AS THE CITY, UM, THE CITY MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ALONG THAT CLARK CORRIDOR.
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I'VE BEEN LIVING IN CEDAR HILL SINCE THE NINETIES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT CORRIDOR ALONG CLARK ROAD, AND, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS CORRIDOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT NEEDED SOME NEEDED A, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SHOT IN THE ARM.
UM, AND INSTEAD OF US GOING OUT TO THE RESIDENCE AND GOING HOUSE BY HOUSE, UH, THE CITY TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND, AND MAKE THAT INVESTMENT.
IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF RISKY, ESPECIALLY FOR ME NOT KNOWING, NOT SEEING HOW THIS WORKS, RIGHT? UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WE TOOK CLARK ROAD, WE PUT AN INVESTMENT.
UH, NOW YOU GOT RETAINING WALLS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN OTHER PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS.
UM, WE, WE WIDENED THE SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A TRAIL.
THAT TRAIL NOW CONNECTS TO OTHER TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE, UH, CITY.
AND, UH, THEN AFTER THAT, THEN WE STARTED SEEING THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP UP WITH THE INVESTMENT WITH THE CITY.
I MEAN, THE DOMINO EFFECT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WORKED.
AND IT WAS GOOD FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, OVER 10 YEARS AGO.
UM, SO NOW LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR ABOUT THE, I HEARD, HEARD SOMEBODY TALK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT A DOCUMENT THAT WAS DRIVEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT ARCHITECT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ESSENTIALLY, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL APPOINT MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY, RIGHT? IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 50 TO 70, UH, RESIDENTS THAT SITS ON THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE OUTLOOK OF THE CITY GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS? IT'S ESSENTIALLY A ROADMAP OF WHAT WE WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE.
SO YOU TAKE A CONSENSUS OF ABOUT 50 TO 70, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
NOW, I SET ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, COMMITTEE BACK IN 2008.
AND FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE DECISIONS THAT WE MADE IN 2008, IT'S AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT IN 2026 TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT PLAN TO SAY, WOW, THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN 2008, WE ACTUALLY HAD DEVELOPED, AND IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE THE PLAN.
IT'S RIGHT UPSTAIRS IF YOU WANNA SEE IT.
UM, BUT, UH, THERE WAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE THAT WAS ORGANIZED RIGHT AFTER COVID, UH, 2021, I BELIEVE.
THEN IT WAS AN ADOPTED IN 2022.
THAT SAME COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, IT ACTUALLY WON A NATIONAL AWARD, RIGHT? UH, YOU SAW, YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION HERE TODAY ABOUT THE OPEN SPACE, UM, A PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YOU WOULD THINK COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S BORING.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A NICE DEVELOPED BOOK THAT ACTUALLY GOT RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY ABOUT NOT ONLY HOW WE PUT OUR BOOK TOGETHER, BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT GROWTH AND, UH, EXPANSION THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, BUT STILL DO THAT WITH OPEN GREEN SPACE THAT WE'RE GONNA RETAIN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
UH, A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT.
OBVIOUSLY RE RECOGNIZED AN AWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY ALONG WITH THE CLARK ROAD, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, OF STORAGE FACILITIES.
ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE THIS, THIS AREA, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING THAT KIND OF COMPLIMENTS TO THE ROADMAP THAT WAS SET FORTH IN THE 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MY POSITION, YOU KNOW, ON, ON WHERE I SIT ON THAT.
UM, UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF MY 2 CENTS.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND START TO TAKE ACTION.
WHEN I SAY LAWS, YOU KNOW, EVEN US ON A LOCAL LEVEL, WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY LAWS.
SO THEREFORE, UM, THE STATE LEGISLATOR HAD CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF THINGS, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, NOW THIS DID PASS P AND Z, RIGHT? SO IT DID PASS P AND Z.
UM, HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH OPPOSITION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, IN ORDER FOR THIS TO PASS, IN ORDER FOR US TO APPROVE THIS, IT HAS TO HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY.
OKAY? SO IN ORDER FOR IT TO PASS, IT HAS TO HAVE THREE FOURTHS VOTE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE SCENARIO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
OKAY? SO THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, TAKE ACTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
UM, WELL, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOVE THAT WE, UH, DENY CASE NUMBER TWO OR 7, 2 3, UH, 2 0 2 5.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
AND I'M SORRY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR DENIAL.
AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ZEEN.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AND ALLOW ME TO SAY, I THINK YOUR DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING COOL.
I'D LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN CEDAR HILL.
SO PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP ON CEDAR HILL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE,
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UM, YOU KNOW, PASTOR, UH, AGAIN, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR STEWARDSHIP AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE HERE IN CEDAR HILL.WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU COULD BE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING, TO BE ABLE TO COMPLIMENT YOUR NEEDS, YOUR DESIRES, AND STILL, UH, YOU KNOW, MEET YOUR GOALS TO, AND STILL ACCOMPLISH THEM HERE IN CEDAR HILL AS WELL.
SO, THANK YOU, UH, WITH THAT COUNSEL.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE BUSINESS FOR TONIGHT.
UH, FINAL ACTION IS TO ADJOURN.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO WE HAVE SECOND? SECOND, M MALONE.