* 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. [1. Call the meeting to order.] [00:00:07] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY IS TUESDAY, JULY 14TH, 2026. UH, I WANT TO OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I HAVE 6:00 PM THIS IS THE, UH, REGULAR SCHEDULED BRIEFING SESSION. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. AND NEXT [2. Closed Session. ] ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CLOSED SESSION. SO, UM, CALL PURSUANT CLOSED SESSION IS CALLED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.0712 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THE MATTER IN WHICH THE ATTORNEY DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY TO THE CITY CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE PROVISION OF TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. COUNSEL, I HAVE 6 0 1 AND I WANNA OFFICIALLY MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION, [3. Reconvene in Open Session and consider any action needed as a result of the Closed Session. ] DR. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AND CONSIDER ANY ACTION NEEDED AS A RESULT OF CLOSED SESSION. COUNCIL, THE FLOOR IS OPEN. UH, SORRY. LET ME RECONVENE AT 6 43. ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION COUNSEL? OH, SORRY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, P PRESIDENT BERTHA MIDDLEBROOKS BE REMOVED FROM THE BOARD FOR THE CEDAR CREST PIT. WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. WE SECOND, UH, SECOND FROM PROTE PROTE GLOVER. UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOVE UNANIMOUS. UM, MOVE FORWARD, COUNSEL. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CD. OH, I'M SORRY. COULD I ASK FOR, UH, CLARIFICATION OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE? OH, OKAY. UH, COUNCILOR MALONE, THE EFFECTIVE DATE, EFFECTIVE DATE IS TODAY, JULY 14. JULY 14TH, 2 22 26. 2026. THANK YOU. PERFECT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, [4. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITY MANAGER REPORTS. UM, WE'LL, WELCOME CITY MANAGER OF VALEZ. GOOD EVENING. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT IS A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO SERVE THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL. UM, ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, I HAVE A FEW ITEMS FOR US TO GO OVER. AS USUAL, WANNA GO START WITH THE COUNCIL CALENDAR, IF I MAY, AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER THE AGENDA. UM, THE COUNCIL CALENDAR IS IN YOUR, UH, UH, FYI PACKET. UM, THERE'S LOTS ON THE CALENDAR, BUT I WON'T GO OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND OTHER, UH, ANCILLARY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WANNA TALK ABOUT THE NEXT, UH, COUNCIL AGENDA ON TUESDAY, JUNE, JULY 28TH, HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER TO KENNEDY ROOM ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH, 2026 AT 10:00 AM METHODIST SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER THAT IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS METHODIST CHARLTON WILL HAVE A CEREMONY IN THE RENAMING OF THE HOSPITAL THAT'S LOCATED AT 3,500 WEST WHEATLAND ROAD IN DALLAS, TEXAS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH, 2026. COUNSEL, WE'VE HAD, UH, THAT DOES REQUIRE RSVP. AND IF YOU, UH, WE HAVE YOURS, IF YOU HAVE NOT RSS VP FOR THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL GET YOU, UH, COVERED, RESERVED FOR THAT. UM, ANOTHER ITEM, UH, IS ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, AUGUST 4TH, UH, THAT IS BUDGET WEEK. AND THAT THAT IS A WORKSHOP, UH, FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM FOR THE SENIOR EDITION DESIGN UPDATE. COUNSEL, THIS IS BEFORE WE PUT ON THE AGENDA OUR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE WITH TURNER CONSTRUCTION. SO IT'S REALLY IMP THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT WORKSHOP. UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, FINAL DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATES AT THAT TIME, AND THAT IS ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2026 AT THE, UH, LOCATE LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. BUT WE'LL GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR AS SOON AS WE KNOW IT. YES, SIR. UM, YOU SAID FINAL DESIGN? YES. I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SEEING SOME TYPE OF, ARE WE GONNA HAVE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REVIEW PRIOR TO THIS MEETING? UM, WE DID THAT WITH THE JOINT WORKSHOP BETWEEN CDC AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL CHOSE THE GROUP, CHOSE THE BACK PORCH DESIGN, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING OFF OF THAT DESIGN, UM, TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. OKAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BEFORE THE WORKSHOP. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, MAYOR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH, UH, WE HAVE OUR FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP AT [00:05:01] THE RAF HICKMAN LIBRARY AT STARTING AT, UH, NOON. ACTUALLY, THIS SAYS 11:00 AM BUT WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT. UM, CITY SECRETARY, IF WE CAN CHANGE THAT TO NOON. UM, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, START THE OFFICIAL WORKSHOP AT 1:00 PM AT THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY. AND THEN AGAIN ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AT 6:00 PM CITY, UH, IN THE GO GOVERNMENT CENTER. ANY ADDITIONS OR QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? WE'RE GOOD, MADAME CITY MANAGER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WANNA GO OVER THE COUNCIL AGENDA REALLY QUICKLY. UM, WE HAVE AN INVOCATION BY PASTOR MATT WILKERSON FROM GALILEAN BAPTIST CHURCH OF CEDAR HILL, OF COURSE, OUR CITIZENS FORUM. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. FIRST ONE IS FOR ECKY SUSHI. UM, IF YOU MIGHT ANSWER, ASK YOURSELF, DIDN'T WE SEE THIS ALREADY? THE ANSWER IS YES. UH, THE APPLICANT APPLIED FOR THE CUP UNDER A DIFFERENT BUSINESS NAME IN THE PROCESS WHILE THEY WERE CHANGING THEIR BUSINESS NAME. OUR CODE DOES REQUIRE THEM TO GET ANOTHER CUP. SO THIS WAS ALREADY THE, THE, THE SAME OWNERSHIP, JUST DIFFERENT BUSINESS NAME AND COUNSEL DID APPROVE IT UNANIMOUSLY, BUT IT'S HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. THE SECOND CASE IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UM, TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FROM CHANGE IN ZONING FROM LR DISTRICT TO SF 10 RESIDENTIAL 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, UH, 10,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUMS DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT ON APPROXIMATELY 29.28 ACRES. UM, COUNSEL, UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL CONTINGENT ON SEVERAL ITEMS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF. THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE LET US KNOW THAT HE IS NOT IN, UH, LINE OR NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH ANY OF THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. IN LIGHT OF THAT, UM, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR WILL DO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, BASICALLY STATING THAT IF WE HAD KNOWN THAT HE WAS NOT IN LINE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD'VE RECOMMENDED DENIAL TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO TONIGHT, UM, IN OUR PRESENTATION, WE BILL, WE WILL, WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING DENIAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE CASE. UM, I DO KNOW THE APPLICANT IS WILL PLANNING TO BE HERE AND HE MAY HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL. STAFF CONDUCT PRESENTATIONS, UH, DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE CASE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING. AND SO, UH, AND DIRECTOR OURSELF WILL DO THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND THEN THE APPLICANT. AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS INCLUDING THE MINUTES. UM, SECOND ITEM B IS TO EX CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION CONTRACT. UT UH, UT AUSTIN, UH, REGIONAL SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER FOR NOCO CYBERSECURITY SERVICES. UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ABOUT ARCTIC WOLF AND THE EFFECTIVENESS AND OUR AMAZING IT DIRECTOR HAS FOUND THIS SOLUTION FOR NO COST TO CITIES. THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES THAT, UM, SIGN UP FOR THESE, UM, SERVICES IN WHICH WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO POTENTIAL ATTACKS, CYBERSECURITY ATTACKS. AND, UH, THIS SERVICE WILL BE REALLY, UH, GOOD AND RECOMMENDED BY OUR NEW IT DIRECTOR ITEM SEIZED TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH WEST TEXAS REBAR PLACERS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 160,919 FOR CAPRICORN STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS WAS IN YOUR CIP THAT YOU CONSIDERED, UH, AND WAS, UH, APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS YEAR. ITEM D IS ALSO ANOTHER ITEM FROM THE CUP. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH STOIC CIVIL CONSTRUCTION FOR A AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1.8 MILLION FOR ROBIN ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND SUMMIT PLACE REPAIR. UM, IF YOU RECALL, A FEW MONTHS AGO, A RESIDENT CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT SUMMIT PLACE REPAIR AND WANTING TO GET IT REPAIRED. WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A DESIGN CONSULTANT TO, FOR THE REPAIR OF SUMMIT PLACE, AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS TO GET THAT WORK DONE. ITEM E IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM FOR PERMITTING AND LAND MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR 10 YEARS AND, UM, THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT, UH, USE OF THAT SERVICE FOR, UH, PERMITTING AND ONLINE PERMITTING. WE DO, UH, PLAN TO DO WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING, SOME TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT ALL APPLICATIONS TO THE CITY CAN BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY FROM DEVELOP THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. ITEM F IS TO APPROVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION [00:10:01] APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR LAKE RIDGE VILLAGE TWO. THIS IS OFF OF VALLEY VIEW DRIVE AND LAKE SOUTH LAKE VIEW DRIVE. THE PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO SEPARATE THE LOTS, UH, AND, UH, IT WAS RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. ITEM G IS TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 26,007 90, PROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL COLLECTION SERVICES FOR UNPAID CLOSED UTILITY ACCOUNTS WITH LINEBARGER, GOGAN, BLAIR, AND SAMPSON. THIS ITEM IS CONSIDERED IN COURT WITH THE WRITTEN NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA POSTED WITH THE AGENDA MATERIALS. COUNSEL, UM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR WATER AND SEWER, UH, SERVICES ARE UTILIZED THROUGH AN WHAT WE CALL AN ENTERPRISE FUND. WATER AND SEWER SERVICES ARE SERVICE FEE ORIENTED SERVICES PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS. THEY'RE NOT PAID FOR THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES OR SALES TAX OR ANY OTHER REVENUE SOURCE. THEY'RE, IT'S JUST LIKE GOING AND BUYING GAS FROM THE GAS TANK, YOU KNOW, GAS STATION, YOU BUY IT AND YOU PAY FOR IT. WATER AND SEWER SERVICES VERY SIMILAR IN THAT NATURE. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A SERVICE WITH AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT HELPS US TO COLLECT UNPAID DEBTS TO THE CITY. SO WHEN A RESIDENT DOES NOT PAY THEIR WATER BILL AND THEY GET TURNED OFF AND THEY'RE, WE DON'T HAVE A COLLECTION AGENCY DOING THAT. AND SO I REALLY WANNA COMMEND ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, COLBY COLLINS AND OUR UTILITIES MANAGER, RHONDA, UH, PAUL FOR WORKING WITH LINEBARGER ON ESTABLISHING AN AGREEMENT IN WHICH THEY CAN DO THIS WORKFORCE. Y'ALL KNOW, LINEBARGER DOES EXCELLENT WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND COLLECTION OF UNPAID PROPERTY TAXES, AND WE'RE REALLY CONFIDENT IN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM, AND IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING. LAST ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING RELATED SERVICES AND GOODS FROM SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIES COUNSEL. WE DO HAVE, UH, A PURCHASE ORDER ESTABLISHED WITH THIS COMPANY THAT DOES HVAC WORK, AND WE'VE HAD SOME UN UM, PLANNED, UM, REPAIRS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO AT SEVERAL OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT HAVE CAUSED US TO GO OVER THAT ORIGINAL COUNCIL APPROVED PURCHASE ORDER. SO THAT'S UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, AND THAT COUNCIL IS YOUR AGENDA. THANK YOU, MADAM. CITY MANAGER. COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER GG, WAS THERE, UH, ANY CONSIDERATION OF PUTTING THAT OUT FOR A BID? UM, WE DID DISCUSS THAT AND, UM, BASED ON OUR HISTORY WITH LINEBARGER, WE FELT IT COULD, WAS DEFINED AS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED TO GO WITH THEM 'CAUSE OF THEIR COLLECTION RATE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UM, CITY COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE PULLED FOR RELATED DISCUSSIONS? CONSIDERATION? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MADAM. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL. COUNCIL. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN MCCURDY TO HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN INE. THAT'S A NON DEBATABLE MOTION. I HAVE 6 55. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. WE'LL RECONVENE AT 7:00 PM FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. * 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.