[1. Call the meeting to order.]
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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.TODAY IS TUESDAY, JULY 28TH, 2026.
THIS IS A REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING WITH, UH, OF THE BRIEFING SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL THAT IS PRESENT.
I WANT TO OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING THE ORDER.
I HAVE 6 0 1 AND NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UM, ACTUALLY AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN MCCURDY, WE'RE GONNA REORIENTATE THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS TO GO TO THE END OF THE BRIEFING AGENDA.
AND I ACCEPT THAT COUNCILMAN MCCURDY'S EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE.
I GOT THE SENATE BILL, I ASSUME SO.
[3. Briefing on Senate Bill 785 (S.B. 785).]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE THE BRIEFING ON SENATE BILL 7 85 SB 7 85.MADAM SELF, HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL, MAYOR.
UH, TONIGHT'S BRIEFING IS ABOUT SENATE BILL 7 85, BUT FIRST WE WILL START WITH OUR VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES.
WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
OUR MISSION, UM, IS TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS AND CUSTOMERS, CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES.
OUR VALUES INCLUDE PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR INTEGRITY, AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
IN THE PURSUIT OF PREMIER, WE SEEK TO ACHIEVE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, A CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT, UH, VIBRANT PARKS, TRAILS AND NATURAL BEAUTY AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY, EXCELLENT, SAFE AND EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, STRONG AND DIVERSE ECONOMY, AND TEXAS SCHOOLS OF CHOICE.
AND SO, UH, TONIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME UPDATES RELATED TO THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM FOCUSES ON THE STATE'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS AROUND THE STATE.
SO, TEXAS SENATE BILL 7 85 WAS FROM THE 89TH LEGISLATURE AND REQUIRES MUNICIPALITIES WITH ZONING TO PROVIDE NEW HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING BY RIGHT.
AND AT LEAST ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR EQUIVALENT DISTRICT, UH, MUST SHOW THE ALLOWED AREAS ON THE ZONING MAP.
SO THAT JUST MEANS THAT THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF HOUSING MUST BE ALLOWED WITHOUT THE USE OF A CUP OR ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.
THIS ITEM TAKES EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026.
SO HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOMES ARE FACTORY BUILT.
THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED ON A PERMANENT, PERMANENT STEEL CHASSIS AND MEET THE CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS SET BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
EACH HOME BEARS A LABEL THAT STATES THAT IT'S HUD CERTIFIED AND IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL STANDARDS.
CURRENTLY, THE ZONING ORDINANCE ONLY ALLOWS SINGLE FAMILY INDUSTRIALIZED HOMES, THAT PARTICULAR TYPE IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE STATE, UH, WITH THE SENATE BILL.
INDUSTRIALIZED HOMES ARE DEFINED AS A RESIDENCE ON A TEMPORARY CHASSIS, AND THEY'RE GOVERNED BY STATE BUILDING CODES, NOT THE HUD FEDERAL STANDARDS.
AND SO JUST AS A VISUAL, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF HOMES THAT WOULD BE, UH, WHAT YOU WOULD SEE UNDER THE HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOME TYPE.
AND SO, UH, SOME OF THOSE, LIKE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM IN THE GRAY WITH THE SKIRTING AND THE, UM, STAIR PORCH ARE MAYBE WHAT YOU'VE TRADITIONALLY SEEN.
BUT THAT PRODUCT HAS DEFINITELY EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS AND INCLUDES, UH, GARAGES ENHANCED LANDSCAPING AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER AS A PART OF THE PROPOSAL WE HAVE BEFORE YOU.
SO, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, TO COMPLY WITH SENATE BILL 7 85.
THIS WOULD ALLOW NEW HUD CODE MANUFACTURE HOMES AS PERMITTED DWELLING UNITS WITHIN A NEW RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH WE WOULD IDENTIFY AS MANUFACTURED HOUSING OR MH.
AND IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THE RELATED ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF THIS TYPE OF HOUSING, THE SUBDIVISION OF ANY LOTS TRACKS OR PARCELS OF LAND, AND WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY REQUIRE FOR ANY TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IN ADDITION, STAFF RECOMMENDS INITIATING A REZONING FOR PROPERTIES AT 5 41 SIMMONS WAY.
UM, THAT PROPERTY IS ALSO LI LISTED AT TIMES UNDER 5 41 SIMMONS DRIVE.
AND THAT SITE, OR THOSE SITES ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH MANUFACTURED HOMES, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO REFLECT THIS DISTRICT ON A ZONING MAP, WHICH IS A PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SENATE BILL.
SO IN DOING OUR REVIEW OF HOW WE MIGHT, UH, RESPOND TO THE SENATE BILL AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT CITY MUST, CITIES MUST MEET, WE DID LOOK AT OUR PEER CITIES.
AND SO WE FOUND THAT CITIES LIKE DESOTO, GRAND PRAIRIE, MANSFIELD, AND MIDLOTHIAN ALL HAVE SOME TYPE OF REGULATION
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IN PLACE IN THE FORM OF A ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS, UM, HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOMES, MANUFACTURED HOMES, OR MOBILE HOMES OR THE LIKE.AND SO WE'VE LOOKED TO THOSE CITIES TO GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW CITIES HAVE ADDRESSED THIS TYPE OF HOUSING.
AND WE WILL BE USING THAT RESEARCH AS A PART OF WHAT WE WOULD USE TO DEVELOP THIS DISTRICT IF APPROVED FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE PROPOSING OR THE PROPERTIES WE ARE PROPOSING FOR CITY INITIATED REZONING AGAINST 5 41 SIMMONS WAY OR SIMMONS DRIVE.
THAT WOULD BE TWO PARCELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES, AND CURRENTLY THEY ARE ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE OR SFE IF APPROVED.
THIS WOULD BE A PROPOSAL TO TRANSITION THIS TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING OR AN MH DISTRICT.
WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HE HAS BEEN IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS DIRECTION IF SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL.
SO, AS NEXT STEPS, UM, WE, UH, PRESENT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THE CONSIDERATION OF AN AUTHORIZED HEARING TO DRAFT AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, TO ADD A MANUFACTURED HOUSING OR MH ZONING DISTRICT, AND TO ADD BOUNDARIES OF A MH DISTRICT, UH, TO THE ZONING MAP.
WE ALSO HAVE, BEFORE YOU, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF A CITY INITIATED REZONING TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR REZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 5 41 SIMMONS WAY OR SIMMONS DRIVE.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT AS DESCRIBED IN PROPERTY REZONING.
IF SUPPORTED, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH NOTIFICATION OF PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
THAT WOULD HAPPEN, UM, ON JULY 31ST.
ON AUGUST 1ST, A NEWSPAPER NOTIFICATION WOULD BE, UM, PUBLISHED AS WE WOULD WITH ANY ZONING CHANGE AND IF SUPPORTED, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH REVIEW AND ADOPTION BY OUR PLAN COMMISSION WITH A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 18TH.
AND THIS WOULD RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 25TH.
AGAIN, THIS ITEM TAKES EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER ONE.
WE ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? WELL, I HAVE SOME.
WELL, PATTY, DID YOU WANNA GO FIRST OR YOU'RE GOOD? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. THANK YOU.
SO THE, WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS THE PROPERTY OWNER IS OKAY.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS? 'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THAT, THAT'S THAT WINDY EVERGREEN THERE OUT THERE ON THE SOUTHERN, AND THEY'RE PRETTY VOCAL.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE'VE HEARD FROM ANY OF THOSE NEIGHBORING, UH, FROM THE NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING THE, THE PROPOSED LOCATION.
WE HAVE NOT OUTREACHED TO ANY PROPERTY OWNERS, BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO GET APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL OKAY.
UH, BUT IF WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD DO A NOTIFICATION AS WE WOULD WITH ANY ZONING CHANGE AND ALLOW FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK WITH US.
I'M JUST, AND, AND I, I UNDERSTAND.
I I IF WE DO IT AND THEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, IF THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I JUST, IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT OUR, THOSE NEIGHBORS ARE ON THEIR, THEIR THOUGHTS.
ANYWAY, THAT'S, ANYWAY, THAT'S MINE.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN BUSH, UM, HI, ANGELA.
I, I'VE BEEN OUT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
I'M JUST WONDERING, CAN, CAN, OR WILL THIS DISTRICT JUST BE THE FIVE ACRES AND CAN IT BE THAT SMALL AND ARE THERE GONNA BE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE ISSUES OUT THERE? I KNOW IT'S, UH, EXTREMELY RURAL MM-HMM
AND SO THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN FOR ME.
SO THE SENATE BILL DOES NOT, UH, IDENTIFY, UH, SIZE FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT MUST BE REZONED AS A PART OF THIS OR BE IDENTIFIED ON THE MAP.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONSTRAINT.
UM, IF THE PROPERTY WERE BE TO BE IMPROVED, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCESSES.
THE EXISTING PROPERTIES WOULD RETAIN THEIR LEGAL NON-CONFORMING RIGHTS.
SO, UM, IF WE DON'T ADOPT, ADOPT THIS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS? WE'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS, AND WE WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SENATE BILL, SO THAT WOULD LEAVE US OPEN TO, UH, CHALLENGE ON THAT ISSUE.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT PUT US IN JEOPARDY FOR THAT.
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY IF MM-HMMIF WE DON'T ADOPT TO THIS ZONE A SPECIFIC ZONE? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SOMEONE COULD, UM, CHALLENGE THE CITY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE, AND SO THAT COULD BE A LEGAL CHALLENGE.
UM, IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION, UH, WE WOULD HAVE, I BELIEVE, 45 DAYS TO RESPOND, BUT SOMEONE COULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR HOOD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING, UH, AND WITHOUT GUIDANCE ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS PERHAPS COULD BE, UM, A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR THAT APPLICATION.
AND, AND THE PROPERTY, WHERE WE'RE, YOU SAID THE PROPERTY THAT WHERE WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS ZONING ALREADY HAS MANUFACTURED HOMES ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY? YES, SIR.
UH, QUICK TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY STRUCTURES COULD BE ON THAT PROPERTY? POTENTIALLY? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO INVESTIGATE.
ONCE WE'VE GOTTEN AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE WOULD CRAFT OUT THE REGULATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT.
WE'VE STARTED TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT I CAN MAKE NOTE TO INCLUDE THAT IN ANY PRESENTATION WE GIVE TO YOU, UH, IF THIS WERE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THE, WOULD THAT BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED, ROADS LEADING TO EACH STRUCTURE, OR WOULD THOSE THEN BE ROADS THAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR? SO IF THE PROPERTY WERE REDEVELOPED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS, AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEDICATE RIGHT OF WAY AND COMPLY WITH ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
AND SO, UH, THAT CONFIGURATION WOULD BE IDENTIFIED BY THE DEVELOPER.
SO I CAN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, UH, MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
I I HAD ONE MORE THAT JUST POPPED UP, AND IT IS, SO IF WE HAVE THIS ONE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE AS ASSIGNED, IS THIS ZONE, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PROPERTY OWNER, LET'S SAY THEY DO EXCESSIVE COSTS OR LEASING OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER IT WOULD WORK.
SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME AND LEASE A SPOT AND IT'S EXCESSIVE AND THERE ARE NO OTHER OPTIONS IN CEDAR HILL, IS THAT, HOW WOULD THAT BE WORKED OUT? WOULD IT BE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PRIVATE LAND OWNER, UM, THAT GETS TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR EXISTING PROPERTY? UM, THE WAY THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED NOW, THEY WOULD RETAIN THE RIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE 11, 11 UNITS.
UM, IF THEY WERE TO REDEVELOP, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE THE THREAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
SO IF I WANTED, IF I WANTED A MANUFACTURED HOME THERE AND I WENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE IN CEDAR HILL, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER SAYS, WELL, IF YOU WANT ON THIS PROPERTY, 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONLY PROPERTY IN CEDAR HILL, THEN I'M GONNA CHARGE YOU $5,000 A MONTH FOR THE LAND.
THAT'S AN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A STRETCH.
BUT WHAT IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY COULD DO BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE NOWHERE ELSE THAT WE COULD HAVE A MANUFACTURED HOME? I THINK I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE MEETING, THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN OFFER ANY, UH, GUIDANCE ON VALUE, LAND VALUE AND WHAT MIGHT BE CHARGED FOR PURCHASE OR FOR RENT.
THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T LOST BY DOING THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, WE NEED TO MM-HMM
BUT ARE WE LOSING IN ANY FUTURE RIGHTS, UM, IF WE, IF WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD WITH THIS ONE PROPERTY OWNER AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL, UM, ONCE THE ZONING IS THERE, DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE RIGHTS TO RECTIFY? SO THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO INITIATE, UM, UPDATES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UPDATES TO, UM, THE CITY, OF COURSE, THE CITY INITIATED REZONING PROCESS.
AND SO THOSE TOOLS WILL REMAIN AS A PART OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
UH, AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE WOULD DEFINE REGULATIONS, THOUGH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS MM-HMM
AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CONSIDER, UM, WHAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY FOR TODAY OKAY.
SO WE CAN ALSO, UM, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTROLS THERE.
UH, I, I THINK MOST OF THE QUESTIONS
UM, I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN BUSCHARD, UM, ASKED A QUESTION, UH, I GUESS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY.
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11 TRACKS COULD BE MADE OUTTA FIVE ACRES? NO.UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE ARE 11 UNITS THERE CURRENTLY? NO.
UM, THE FIVE ACRES WOULD HAVE TO BE SUBDIVIDED TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE NEW DISTRICT.
AND SO THOSE STANDARDS WOULD GUIDE HOW MANY UNITS COULD BE DEVELOPED AFTER, UM, IF THEY WERE TO REDEVELOP THE SITE.
UM, SO LET'S JUST SAY AN APPLICANT.
AN APPLICANT COMES UP, HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORKS? UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A STRUCTURE LIKE THE PICTURE THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN MM-HMM
UM, THAT KIND OF LOOKS MORE LIKE A MODULAR HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THOSE ELEVATIONS GET APPROVED BY BY YOU? OR DOES THAT, DOES COUNCILS STILL GET TO WEIGH IN ON THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE SENATE BILL DOES NOT ALLOW THE CITY TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS TYPE OF HOUSING.
AND SO IT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
THE, UH, DISTRICT STANDARDS WOULD GUIDE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ELEVATIONS, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GUIDE MATERIAL, UH, EXCEPT THROUGH THE PD PROCESS.
THAT'S BEEN SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'VE USED TO ADDRESS, UH, BUILDING MATERIAL, UM, ARTICULATION, ALL THESE ELEMENTS OF, UH, OF A BUILDING.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE, UH, DEVELOPED BY WRIGHT AND THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO MEET THE STANDARDS OR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE INDICATOR FOR US TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE? UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GONNA BE TRENDING WHERE THESE FIVE ACRES MAY GET ABSORBED QUICKLY, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL PARCELS, ANY ADDITIONAL PARCELS WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS, AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE FROM ONE ZONING DISTRICT TO THIS NEW DISTRICT.
WELL, I, I GUESS IN THIS CASE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE REACTING TO THE SENATE BILL, SO I'M ASSUMING WE WENT TO THIS PROPERTY OWNER, OR THIS PROPERTY OWNER CAME TO US, OR WE DID CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
IS THERE GONNA BE AN INDICATOR FOR US TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, OFFENSE AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE WE, WE WE'RE GETTING A CAPACITY AT SIMMONS WAY SIMMONS DRIVE.
UM, CAN WE LOOK AT SOME OTHER PROPERTIES OR, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO? I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT WOULD BE THE INDICATOR FOR US TO, TO MEET THE COMPLIANCE WHEN WE COME TO CAPACITY MM-HMM
UM, SO AS IT RELATES TO CAPACITY OR THE CITY'S DESIRE TO REZONE ADDITIONAL LAND, THAT'S UP TO THE CITY'S DISCRETION.
IF WE DECIDED THAT ADDITIONAL LAND WERE NEEDED FOR THIS CATEGORY, UM, IF A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WANTED TO DO SO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR PROCESSES FOR REVIEW, UM, AND APPROVALS TO, UH, REZONE ANY PROPERTY TO THIS NEW DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO WE'RE MEETING, WE'RE CHECKING THE BOX ON THE SENATE BILL, BUT IF ANY, IF ANY APPLICANT WANTS TO DO ONE NEXT TO MCCURDY'S HOUSE, UM, HOW WOULD THEY COULDN'T DO THAT? YEAH.
WELL, I'M JUST SAYING IF THEY TRY TO, TRY TO GET IT AT HER HOUSE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, WE WE'RE IDENTIFYING A ZONE AND WE COULD SEND PEOPLE THAT WAY.
BUT FOR ANY FUTURE APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WHERE WE JUST SAY IT'S NOT ZONED FOR THAT? OR, OR, OR HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO I WOULD SAY WE LOOK TO OUR ZONING FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR OTHER LONG RANGE PLANS TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S A REZONING, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH OUR, UH, CITY STAFF.
IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH PLAN COMMISSION, AND ALSO THROUGH CITY COUNCIL TO BE APPROVED.
AND SO IN THE SCENARIO THAT YOU PROVIDED, UH, IT WOULD GO THROUGH ALL OF THE, UH, PUBLIC, THE INTERNAL AND PUBLIC REVIEW THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE FOR ANY ZONING CHANGE THAT OCCURS IN THE CITY.
AND SO ALL INVOLVED WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
DO YOU REALLY OWN YOUR LAND NEXT TO YOURS? OH, YEAH.
WHEN ALL THOSE PEOPLE CAME UP HERE FROM LAKE RIDGE AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BUILD THIS BEHIND MY HOUSE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST BUY IT LIKE I DID? WHY DIDN'T YOU, ANYWAY, SORRY, I DIGRESS.
UM, MCCURDY ASKED A GREAT QUESTION, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS TODAY AND WE ARE INCOMPLIANT, UH, DOES THAT OPEN US UP FOR APPLICANTS TO TRY TO COME TO ANY OTHER PLACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY? SO THIS IS US BEING PROACTIVE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH TODAY, UM, WHAT WILL HAPPEN? OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS ADVISED US THAT IT COULD OPEN, UM, US UP TO APPLICATIONS IN ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR TO CHALLENGE A LEGAL CHALLENGE ON THIS, ON THIS SUBJECT.
I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
OH, COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES,
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GO AHEAD, PARTNER.SO THE UNITS THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW IS THAT ARE, IS THE OWNER, DID HE PLACE THESE UNITS AND HE'S RENTING THEM OUT, OR ARE THEY INDIVIDUALLY OWNED AND HE'S RENTING A SPACE? SO WE ASKED THAT QUESTION.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ARE ALL RENTAL.
UM, BUT I WILL DEFER TO OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL BECAUSE HE HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY.
SO CURRENTLY THAT PROPERTY, UH, WAS PURCHASED WITH THOSE UNITS ALREADY ON IT.
THE OWNER HAS NINE THAT HE OWNS, AND TWO OF THE UNITS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.
UM, HE'S BEEN TRYING TO BUY THOSE SO THAT HE WOULD HAVE CONTROL OF ALL THE UNITS, BUT CURRENTLY NINE OF THEM ARE OWNED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
UH, THEY RENT THE SPACE OUT AND OWN THE UNITS THEMSELVES.
SO ALSO FOR A TRADITIONAL MOBILE HOME PARK, DOES IT NORMALLY RENT THE SPACE IN OR OWN THE TRAILER AND THE SPACE AND THEY JUST CHARGE A FEE? OR DO THEY ALLOW PEOPLE TO MOVE IN TO THE PARK? SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE DEVELOPER.
THERE ARE BOTH COMBINATION OF, UH, UNITS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE DEVELOPER OR THE, UH, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, ONES THAT THEY LEASE OUT THE SPACE TO A INDIVIDUAL THAT OWNS THE, THE TRAILER OR THE MOBILE HOME.
UM, SO YOU WOULD PURCHASE A HOME AND HAVE IT DELIVERED TO A LOT THAT YOU'RE RENTING, JUST LIKE, UM, ANY OTHER, YOU, YOU'D BE RENTING, RENTING THE SPACE AND THE, AND THE PROPERTY FOR IT TO BE PLACED ON.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DICTATE THAT THIS IS LIKE ONLY RENTAL, WHEREAS IF THE OWNER WANTS TO EXPAND THIS, HE HAS TO BRING IN HIS OWN UNITS AND HE CAN ONLY DO IT AS A RENTAL? SO THE WAY THIS CURRENTLY IS AND, AND CREATING THE ZONING DISTRICT, UM, THAT PROPERTY IS LIMITED TO THE 11 UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON.
NOW, THE OWNER CAN REMOVE A DILAPIDATED UNIT AND BRING IN ANOTHER ONE TO, UH, TO MAINTAIN THE 11.
IF THE ONE OF THE TENANTS LEAVE, HE CAN BUY A UNIT AND BRING ANOTHER UNIT IN.
AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T EXCEED THE 11.
IF HE'S WANTING TO CREATE A MOBILE HOME PARK, THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE REZONED.
AND THEN IT GETS INTO, UH, OR NOT REZONED, BUT, UH, PLATTED AND ENE, IT GETS INTO ARE WE DOING A MOBILE HOME PARK OR ARE WE DOING INDIVIDUAL MOBILE HOME LOTS THAT ARE INDIVIDUALLY OWNED? AND SO THE, WHEN, WHEN WE CREATE THIS DISTRICT IS REALLY GONNA DETECT, YOU KNOW, DICTATE WHETHER WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL LOTS OR WHETHER WE ALLOW FOR A MOBILE HOME PARK WITHIN THAT SAME AREA.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PLANNING AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TO GO ON OF WHAT WE WANT TO PRESENT.
UM, BECAUSE THIS BILL, THIS PROPERTY WILL STILL BE LAWFUL EXISTING NON-CONFORMING AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE CHANGED THE DISTRICT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
ONE CLARIFICATION I'LL MAKE IS THAT THE PROPOSAL IS NOT TO CREATE MOBILE HOME PARK, BUT TO HAVE, UM, MOBILE HOME, UM, AS A USE, THAT WOULD BE, UH, INDIVIDUALLY SUBDIVIDED.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE A PARK, IT WOULD BE INDIVIDUAL LOTS ON, AND NOT THAT WE CAN CONTROL RENTAL BEYOND THAT INITIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS WOULD BE AN OWNER PRODUCT THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED, UM, FOR INITIAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
AND COUNCILWOMAN OCK, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.
UH, DIRECTOR SELF, WOULD I HAVE TWO QUICKLY.
AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THEM WILL DEPEND ON HOW THE ORDINANCES IS ESTABLISHED, BUT, UM, WOULD THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL WITH THE CUP, UH, STILL BE IN PLACE IN OUTSIDE OF, AND IN ADDITION TO THIS PARTICULAR MH UH, ZONING, AND, UM, WOULD THE ORDINANCE, OR CAN THE ORDINANCE REQUIRE THAT ANYTHING THAT GOES IN THERE BE HUD CERTIFIED? SO TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, THIS AMENDMENT WILL NOT IMPACT THE CURRENT, UM, ALLOWANCE UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT BY CEP.
WE WILL REVIEW THAT AS A PART OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PROJECT.
UH, AND FOR YOUR SECOND QUESTION, UM, THIS, THE ALLOWED USE THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO SUPPORT WOULD BE HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOME.
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THANK YOU.WHAT IS OUR ACTION TONIGHT? WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT SPEAK TO BOTH OF THESE.
ONE WOULD BE AUTHORIZING THE, UH, CREATION OF THE MOBILE HOME.
UM, SORRY, HER CODE MANUFACTURED HOME, UH, HOUSING DISTRICT.
MH UH, THE SECOND WOULD BE TO INITIATE A CITY REZONING FOR 5 41 SIMMONS WAY OR SIMMONS DRIVE.
UH, THE TWO ACTION ITEMS ARE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA, HOWEVER, IT WILL REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 25TH, UH, BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT WAS WHEN WOULD THE FORMAL APPROVAL HAPPEN.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[4. Presentation on regional fire and EMS response.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION ON REGIONAL FIRE AND EMS RESPONSE.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, THIS WILL BE ANOTHER, UH, UM, ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND I WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME JUST TO, UH, GIVE YOU SOME BACK HISTORY ON OUR AWARD-WINNING INNOVATIVE REGIONAL RE RESPONSE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN OUR DUNCANVILLE, DESOTO AND CEDAR HILL.
AS ALWAYS, WE START OFF WITH OUR PURSUING PREMIER STATEMENTS.
AND WHAT REALLY STRIKES ME ON THIS ONE IS CEDAR HILL HAS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CITIES IN THE METROPLEX THAT OPERATE LIKE WE DO REGIONALLY.
AND ALSO THE CEDAR HILL IS SAFE.
WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE, SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
AND TO OUR MISSION, THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IS TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS AND CUSTOMERS, CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES, PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR, INTEGRITY, AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HIT ALL OF THOSE MARKS WITH THIS, UH, ILA THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
I WANNA TAKE YOU BACK A LITTLE BIT IN TIME AND GIVE YOU, UH, SOME HISTORY OF THIS AWARD-WINNING SYSTEM.
IT, IT CAME TO ME WHILE I WAS PUTTING THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT TOGETHER, THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY SITTING ON THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, IT WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING THIS AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM IN PLACE.
AND IT'S OUR VERY OWN COUNCIL.
AND MR. SIMS, IN 1999, THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER, UM, I BECAME A FIREFIGHTER HERE WITH THE CITY, UH, 9 1 1.
DISPATCH USED TO BE RUN OUT OF CEDAR HILL.
EACH CITY HAD THEIR OWN DISPATCH.
UH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEY MERGED THE DISPATCH CENTER INTO WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS S-W-R-C-C.
UH, IN 2001, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, ALAN SIMS AS COUNCIL, AS OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, WE BEGAN THE, THE AUTOMATIC GIG AGREEMENT THAT WE CURRENTLY RUN WITH THROUGH THIS DAY.
AND FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, WE'VE HAD THIS SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR, UH, TRI-CITIES OF DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE.
UH, TONIGHT, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS SIMPLY A REFRESH OF THIS, UH, OF THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN, UM, CONSISTENT, UM, FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
UH, ALL WE'VE REALLY DONE TO THE AGREEMENT IS UPDATE SOME LEGAL LANGUAGE AND BROUGHT IT CURRENT TO, UH, THE COUNSEL AND LEGAL COUNSEL.
UM, INFORMATION ON THE DOCUMENT, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE TWO KINDS OF HELP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, THERE'S MUTUAL AID AND THAT'S HELP THAT WE ASK FOR, AND THAT'S OUR NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENT.
UH, WHEN WE CALL, WE NEED THEM, WE REQUEST IT, AND THEY COME.
AND THAT'S INCIDENT BY INCIDENT.
AND OUR MUTUAL AID PARTNERS ARE CITIES LIKE GRAND PRAIRIE, MIDLOTHIAN, MANSFIELD, AND REALLY ANY DALLAS, ELLIS OR TARRANT COUNTY DEPARTMENT IN OUR REGION.
IF WE NEED SOMETHING FROM THEM, WE WOULD REACH OUT TO THEM UNDER THE MUTUAL AID.
AUTOMATIC AID IS WHAT, UH, WE'RE DISCUSSING IN THIS, UH, AGREEMENT.
AND THAT'S HELP THAT'S ALREADY ROLLING.
AND THIS IS THE CLOSEST UNIT DISPATCHED FROM THE FIRST ALARM AUTOMATICALLY.
THERE'S NO PHONE CALL, NO REQUESTS.
AND OUR AUTOMATIC AID PARTNERS, PARTNERS ARE DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE.
AND THIS HAPPENS UNDER S-W-R-C-C.
THE TRI-CITY SYSTEM WORKS WITH US.
THREE CITIES IS ONE RESPONSE SYSTEM THAT, UH, GIVES US NINE STATIONS, A REGIONAL DISPATCH CENTER, AND PROTECTS APPROXIMATELY 145,000 RESIDENTS BETWEEN THE THREE CITIES.
SO WHEN A NINE ONE ONE CALL COMES IN TO THE DISPATCH CENTER, THE CLOSEST UNIT GOES REGARDLESS OF THE JURISDICTION.
AND THAT'S HOW THE AGREEMENT, UH, IS.
THAT'S THE BASIS OF THE ILA AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE.
THE NAME ON THE SIDE OF TRUCK DOES NOT MATTER, BUT HOW FAST IT ARRIVES DOES.
AND EVERY DAY THIS HAPPENS, IT'S A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
DESOTO, DUNCANVILLE AND CEDAR HILL ARE CONSTANTLY HELPING EACH OTHER.
WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP PROTECTS,
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MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT SAVES LIVES AND RESPONSE TIMES.THE CLOSEST UNIT ARRIVES SOONER.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CARDIAC ARREST.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WRECK.
AND FASTER ARRIVAL FOR EVERY CITIZEN, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE, IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE PREMISE OF THE AGREEMENT.
IT PROTECTS OUR ISO CLASS ONE RATING.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST FIRE PROTECTION THERE IS ACROSS THE NATION.
IT'S REFLECTED IN WHAT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES PAY TO ENSURE THE PROPERTY.
AND THE DEPTH OF OUR REGIONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT PLAYS IN PART TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE ISO ONE RADIO AND BEST PRACTICES.
WE TALKED ABOUT NFPA 1710 WHEN WE HAD OUR COUNCIL WORKSHOP.
AND THAT TALKING ABOUT WORKING STRUCTURE FIRE NEEDS APPROXIMATELY 16 FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE AND NO SINGLE CITY BETWEEN DUNCANVILLE, DESO, CEDAR HILL CAN PROVIDE THAT WITHOUT THE HELP OF EACH OTHER.
SO THIS NINE STATION SYSTEM ASSEMBLES ROUTINELY, AND THIS IS PART OF THE 2023 MATRIX ASSESSMENT WHERE IT IDENTIFIED THIS, UH, AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE AS A BEST PRACTICE THAT SHOULD CONTINUE.
WHAT THE 2026, UH, REFRESH CHANGES AND WHAT IT DOES NOT CARRIED FORWARD, UNCHANGED IS THE MISSION CLOSEST UNIT RESPONSE.
ALL THREE CITIES AGREED BY THIS.
THERE'S NO COST MODEL, NO CITY BILLS.
ANOTHER EACH PAYS ITS OWN WAY.
THIS IS BUILT INTO THE DOCUMENT WHERE WE DECIDE WHAT GETS DISPATCHED, HOW MUCH, AND THAT'S SET BY THE FIRE CHIEFS IN WRITTEN POLICY.
AND THEN THE FLEXIBILITY AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS ON ONE YEAR TERMS AS IT HAS, UH, FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
UH, UPDATED THIS, UH, GO AROUND, WE BROUGHT IT EFFECTIVE DATE, BROUGHT AS CURRENT, THE LEGAL LANGUAGE HAS BEEN MODERNIZED, REVIEWED BY ALL THREE CITY ATTORNEYS AND APPROVED THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGER, UH, LAUREN SANCHEZ.
THAT THAT, UH, POSITION WAS ADDED AFTER, UH, THIS AGREEMENT WAS MADE.
SO WE'VE MADE SURE IT INCLUDED THAT INTO PART OF THAT REGIONAL RESPONSE AND DECISION MAKING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE ADDRESSES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND LEGAL COUNSEL WHO REPORT TO HAS ALL BEEN UPDATED.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ADDING A COMPLETE RED LINE VERSION INTO THE DOCUMENT.
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED THAT, BUT IT WAS VERY MINIMAL.
IT WAS LITERALLY WORDS OF PARTIES AND CITIES.
UM, THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT, UH, UH, REMAINED UNCHANGED, UH, SNAPSHOT OF THE RECENT MATRIX PLANNING WORK AND SOME OF THE STUFF WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AT OUR, OUR RETREAT.
BUT, UH, DUNCANVILLE HAS A MATRIX PLAN.
DESOTO HAD A MATRIX PLAN IN CEDAR HILL, HAS A CONSULTANT, UH, MATRIX PLAN.
AND DUNCANVILLE IS IN THEIR FY 26 30 STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT CALLS FOR A THIRD FIRE STATION, AN ENGINE AND A MEDIC BY FFY 30.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL RECOMMENDATION TO STAND UP A PEAK TIME AMBULANCE OF THEIR OWN, UH, DESOTO.
THEIR MATRIX PLAN ADD FOR FOUR STATION.
AND IT'S PLANNED IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT BOLTON BOONE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO CALLS FOR A PEAK TIME EMS UNIT FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, AND THAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE AND SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, CEDAR HILL, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED, UH, WITH THE PEAK TIME AMBULANCE ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND THEN THE LONG-TERM EAST SIDE PLANNING THAT WILL CONTINUE UNDERWAY, UH, TO DETERMINE, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL STEPS WE TAKE ON THAT SIDE.
SO TONIGHT, UH, AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF, I'M RECOMMENDING, UH, TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT AS WRITTEN.
UH, WE KEEP THE SYSTEM WHOLE 25 YEARS OF THE CLOSEST UNIT RESPONSE AND 145,000 PEOPLE PROTECTED THE RESIDENTS, UH, UM, UM, UH, COUNT ON US.
THERE'S NO TERM BEYOND A YEAR.
UH, THERE'S NO DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS.
UH, PROTECT CEDAR HILL FIRST, AS STATED, THE FIRE CHIEF SET.
WHAT WHAT RESPONDS IN OUR NEW PEAK TIME AMBULANCE WHEN IMPLEMENTED, WILL SERVE CEDAR HILL AND CEDAR HILL ONLY.
UM, IT WILL NOT LEAVE OUR CITY LIMITS TO SUPPLEMENT PARTNER CALLS.
UH, WE'LL WRITE THIS INTO POLICY AND OUR PARTNERS, UH, AND DISPATCH.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT KEEPS THE CLOSEST UNIT COMING.
THIS, UH, IS WHAT, UH, ADDS TO SAVING LIVES, UM, REDUCES RESPONSE TIMES AND CONTINUES WITH THIS AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM THAT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT IN 2017, UM, FOR OUR INNOVATION, UH, AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SISTER CITIES.
ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THANKS FOR THE, UM, THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I HOPE WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE WE HAD A WHOLE LOT TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS AGO.
UM, I GUESS I CAN KICK IT OFF.
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1999, UM, THE POPULATION IN ALL THREE OF OUR CITIES WAS A LOT SMALLER.UM, THERE WAS A COMMENT, I'M JUST GONNA BE DRAMATIC.
THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT, UM, GETTING OUT OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO US ABOUT A SAFE WAY TO TRANSITION OUT OF A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
AND, AND I GUESS YOU COULD KIND OF JUST START THERE.
I MEAN, IS THIS GONNA BE A 12 MONTH PROCESS? CAN WE DO IT IN 30 DAYS? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SO, UH, FIRST I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, THE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE PROCESS IS NOT, UH, UH, THE FIRST ITEM I WOULD TAKE ON THE TABLE TO START, UH, TRYING TO TURN THIS AROUND.
UM, I THINK, UH, WITH THE OPTIONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED AND US PLACING THE, THE PEAK TIME AMBULANCE IN PLACE, CONTINUING TO GATHER THAT DATA, CONTINUING TO KEEP THAT AMBULANCE IN OUR CITY AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE CAN FIND OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND FIX THE IMBALANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.
UM, THOSE, THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UM, HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACE AT THIS LEVEL YET.
AND BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE FACING AND WHAT, UH, WE HEARD A FEW WEEKS AGO, IT'S TIME TO START THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
SO I, I REALLY THINK THAT WE CAN FIND, UM, AMICABLE WAYS TO KEEP THE SYSTEM WHOLE AS IS AND, UH, DETERMINE DIFFERENT WAYS OF THAT RESPONSE MODEL AS STATED IN, IN, IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
THE CHIEFS CAN WRITE WHAT THAT RESPONSE MODEL, UH, LOOKS LIKE, WHICH ACTUALLY GIVES ME THAT AUTHORITY TO PUT IN THAT OUR AMBULANCE IS NOT GONNA LEAVE OUR CITY.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE STEPS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE FIRST BEFORE I WOULD EVER CONSIDER, UH, JUST COMPLETELY PULLING OUT.
UM, AS STATED, WE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD STAND ON OUR OWN, UH, TWO FEET ALONE, AND I KNOW THAT THEY COULDN'T EITHER.
SO, WELL, THE REALITY IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW, CITY MANAGER, UM, YOU KNOW, CEDAR HILL IS ABOUT WHAT, 50, 55% BUILT OUT.
UM, SO WE STILL GOT A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD HERE IN OUR CITY.
DUNCANVILLE MAY BE AT ITS CAPACITY, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE DESOTO IS, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE AS MUCH LAND AS CEDAR HILL.
SO IF ANYONE WHO NEEDED HELP, UH, I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE US.
SO GETTING OUT OF THIS PROGRAM, UM, I DON'T THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE WISE.
I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, A COST.
I, I DON'T WANT TO PUT A COST ON, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S LIFE.
I MEAN, THERE'S A FIRE, UM, AND IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET,
UM, BUT I, I SEE ON HERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KIND OF HOLDS THEIR OWN COSTS, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD CHARGE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING OUR AID MORE.
UM, AND, UM, AND ANYWAY, YOU KIND OF CAN RESPOND TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE QUESTION WAS REALLY PHRASED, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT A COST.
ADDING A COST TO THE RESPONSE MODEL FOR, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I, I BELIEVE WHEN MR. SIMS WAS, UH, PUTTING THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER, HE NEVER ENVISIONED IT BEING A PROGRAM WHERE ONE, UH, CITY IS GIVING SO MUCH MORE THAN THE OTHERS.
UH, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT WORKING WITH THE, THE PARTNERS, WORKING WITH THE REGIONAL RESPONSE MODEL, WE CAN, UH, WORK WITH, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE OTHER CITIES AS WELL TO DETERMINE WHAT A SYSTEM LIKE THAT MIGHT, MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ON THE TABLE, BUT I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL STEPS WE COULD TAKE BEFORE THAT.
WELL, I, I THINK IF THERE'S A HIGH VOLUME IN THAT CITY, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THAT NEED.
THEY CAN'T CONTINUE TO KEEP RELYING ON OTHERS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE NEXT TO, IF YOU HAVE A HOSPITAL DISTRICT IN YOUR AREA, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PRETTY, UH, PRETTY EASY ASK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE.
I STIRRED UP SOME QUESTIONS SO WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN KINDA GET THOSE QUESTIONS GOING.
PRO TIM GLOVER, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU CHIEF.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
NOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE PREVIOUS WORKSHOP.
UM, I, I BELIEVE THE ENTIRETY OF COUNCIL KEEPS THE SAFETY OF EACH INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER IT'S CEDAR HILL, VILLE, DESOTO AS A PRIMARY DRIVER, WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE SAFE.
AND THIS SYSTEM, SEE THIS SYSTEM WAS INITIATED SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS COVERAGE.
AND WE'RE AT THAT POINT NOW WHERE THE INDICATORS AND MARKERS THAT YOU PRESENTED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS SHOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF PUSHING THE, THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM.
IF THE FIX REQUIRES THAT EACH CITY CAPITALIZE THE FIX, WHETHER IT IS INVESTING IN INDIVIDUAL STATIONS, UH, ADDITIONAL FIRE STA UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE PERSONNEL, HOW DO WE HOLD EACH CITY ACCOUNTABLE
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SO THAT, HOW DO WE CREATE A, AN AGREEMENT THAT HOLDS EACH CITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR PORTION, WHETHER THAT IS BUILDING UP A NEW FIRE STATION OR BUILDING UP THE, UM, THE PEAK TIME AMBULANCES.BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH A PEAK TIME.
IS THAT CORRECT OR RIGHT? WITH, WITH THE INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE DISCUSSED, WE, WE WILL BE THE FIRST ONE.
WE'LL BE THE FIRST ONE IN THIS MOVE.
AND AS I SHOWED IN BOTH OF THEIR PLANS, THEY BOTH SAID THE EXACT SAME THING.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY A GREAT PLACE TO START, RATHER THAN JUMPING STRAIGHT TO THE, YOU KNOW, THROWING A, A STATION ON THE GROUND AND THROWING PEOPLE AT IT.
UM, LET'S START TACKLING WHAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM.
AND THAT'S MEDICAL, MEDICAL RUNS.
AND AS, UH, MAYOR MASON STATED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT UP THERE IS WHAT'S CAUSING A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND PULLING THOSE RESOURCES, UH, TO THAT DIRECTION.
UH, THERE, THERE'S WAYS TO WORK WITH THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL.
AND I KNOW DESOTO FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND WAYS THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE MONEY TOO TO HELP THEM SUPPLEMENT A PROGRAM, JUST LIKE WE'RE STANDING UP AS WELL.
SO, AND, AND WITHOUT GETTING IN, IN, HOW DOES A HOSPITAL DISTRICT PULL RESOURCES FROM THE SURROUNDING CITIES? WELL, UH, AS YOU HAVE PATIENTS THAT ARE, IT'S NOT JUST HOSPITAL DISTRICT, IT'S YOUR NURSING HOMES, IT'S YOUR, UM, LONG-TERM CARE.
IT'S YOUR ASSISTED LIVING, IT'S YOUR DOCTOR VISITS.
I MEAN, EVEN OUR DOCTOR, UH, OFFICES HERE IN TOWN, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR US TO GET AN AMBULANCE REQUESTED TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE MEDICAL COMPLEX IN ONE AREA AND SICK INDIVIDUALS COMING TO BE TREATED, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
THEY GO IN THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE'S HIGH, THE DOCTOR CALLS THE PARAMEDICS, AND, AND WE SHOW UP AND TAKE THE PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT DRIVES IT WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG HOSPITAL DISTRICT WITH MEDICAL OFFICES.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. COUNCILOR SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE DID DISCUSS THIS, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THE COUNCIL CLEARLY COMMUNICATED OUR CONCERNS.
BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY CAPABLE CITY MANAGER AND FIRE CHIEF.
UH, AND FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE TO THE AGREEMENT.
I MEAN, WE GOT GOOD PEOPLE AND OUR CITY MANAGER, SHE TOLD ME SHE WANTS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS IN DEPTH WITH SOME, UH, GAPS.
THEY HAVE SOME GAP IN LEADERSHIP AT THESE OTHER CITIES, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
BUT I FEEL REAL CONFIDENT IN WHAT WE HAVE REPRESENTING US, AND WE'VE DONE OUR JOB AND EXPRESSING OUR CONCERNS.
AND SO THE SYSTEM WORKS BEST, BEST WHEN COUNSEL COMMUNICATES ITS CONCERNS, STAFF RESPONDS.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY POSITION ON THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAMS COUNCILMAN MCCURDY, YOU'RE ON DECK.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US EVER WANNA GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE, UH, AID IS WITHHELD WHEN, WHEN IT IS NEEDED AND, AND, AND CALLED FOR.
I, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T EVER WANT TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, TIED TO A DECISION THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEEDED WHEN THEY NEEDED IT BECAUSE OF A DECISION THAT, THAT, THAT WE MADE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND AS GOOD NEIGHBORS WHEN, WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOR NEEDS HELP YOU, YOU GIVE THEM HELP.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU KNOW WHEN, WHEN THEIR WATER GETS CUT OFF.
'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T PAY THE BILL THAT YOU LET 'EM HOOK UP TO YOUR METER AND, AND, AND USE THEIR WATER IN YOUR WATER IN THEIR HOUSE.
SO, I, I, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA, UH, I I TRUST THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO TAKE THE STEPS NEEDED TO, UH, TO RECTIFY THE, THE, THE CURRENT IMBALANCE.
AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S GOTTA BE A, A FAIRLY HOPEFULLY SIMPLE WAY TO, UH, RECTIFY THIS.
AND MAY MAYBE WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING MORE OUT OF THIS AND, UH, THAN, THAN NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BUT, UM, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SOLUTION.
I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE QUICK.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE YOU SAID IT TAKES A MINIMUM.
IF, IF WE STARTED RIGHT DATE RIGHT NOW TO DATE, IT WOULD TAKE A MINIMUM.
HOW LONG WAS IT WE'LL TAKE TO BUILD A NEW FIREHOUSE? UH, YOU APPROVED IT TODAY.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE TWO AND A HALF YEARS WITH PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING.
SO, SO THIS IS, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A QUICK PROCESS.
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UH, I, I TRUST THAT YOU ALL WILL GET WORKED OUT.UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR FOUNDING FATHERS FOR THIS, UH, AGREEMENT.
UM, I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ, I WAS THE ONE THAT, UH, READ THROUGH THE AGREEMENT.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT'S FOR A YEAR BECAUSE IT GIVES US, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE.
UM, MY THOUGHTS AREN'T ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAPABILITIES OR, OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
'CAUSE I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN SINS, BUT IT IS ABOUT, UM, THE COMMUNICATION PIECE OF WE KNOW WHAT THE, WE KNOW WHAT THE STATS ARE, WE KNOW WHAT OUR, HOW OUR CAPACITY IS LEANING.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NOW, IS JUST PRACTICAL.
GIVE ME TWO OR THREE THINGS TO SAY WHEN PEOPLE ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY IS THERE, WHERE IS, WHY IS THERE NOTHING CLOSE TO MY HOME? AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
AND ALONG THE WAY, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWER, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPS MORE MEAT AROUND THE BONE, BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW, I'D LIKE THE BONE.
UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE ARE ALL HAVING A SINGULAR MESSAGE.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THIS FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING AND ALIGNED, UH, ABOUT WHAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR EFFORTS ARE GOING TO BE TOWARD GETTING SOMETHING ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE.
UM, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM COUNCIL ESSENTIALLY IS WE DO HAVE AN AWARD-WINNING SYSTEM.
UH, HOWEVER, I THINK WE CAN STILL PUSH THE ENVELOPE TO BE EVEN MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CHIEF HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH SOME NEW, UH, PLAYERS THAT MAY WANT TO CUSTOMIZE, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, RUN THEIR DEPARTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR ENGINES.
UM, SO I, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS NOW.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME TO US, UH, DURING THAT WORKSHOP IN CASE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING, AND, UM, THE, UH, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THAT WAS HOW COULD WE BE ABLE TO DECREASE THE RESPONSE TIME? THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S WHAT SPURRED THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION.
UM, SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MEET THE COUNCIL'S, UH, VISION OBJECTIVE, UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE SAFE.
WE WANNA LIVE IN A SAFE, CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN, IN OUR VISION STATEMENT.
SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING THIS AGREEMENT, UH, LATER ON IN TODAY'S AGENDA.
THANKS FOR PRESENTATION AGAIN.
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations, including the June 2026 Police and Fire Monthly Snapshots and the June 2026 Financial Reports. Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
MADAM, CITY MANAGER, YOU ARE UP.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL COULD MOVE FAST ENOUGH.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE TONIGHT.
IT IS AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON THIS EVENING TO SERVE THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTERACTION ON BOTH OF THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, SENATE BILL 7 85 AND THE REGIONAL FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND TAKE YOUR DIRECTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL TO ENSURE OUR SYSTEM IS EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FOR ALL AREAS OF THE CITY AND ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA, I'LL GO THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, WE HAVE AN INVOCATION FROM JOHN MAYS THIS EVENING FROM TRINITY CHURCH.
Y'ALL KNOW, HE'S, UH, FATHER OF THE, UH, UH, ALL PRO DADS, UH, PROGRAM, ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS AMONGST OTHERS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIM DO THE INVOCATION TONIGHT CITIZENS FORUM.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A FEW ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA TO INCLUDE MINUTES, AND THEN A, A FINAL PLAT FOR BIG JOHN'S.
IT HAD NEVER BEEN PLATTED AND THEY WANNA PUT A NEW OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE SEEING GREAT SUCCESS IN THEIR BUSINESS.
AND THEN, UH, ITEM C AND D ARE WITH REGARDS TO THE MANUFACTURED HOME HOUSING ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S REALLY JUST, UM, AN, UH, INITIAL APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE US DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
THEN WE'LL BEGIN DRAFTING OF THOSE ORDINANCE.
WE'LL HAVE TO POST IT ON THE PROPERTY AND IN THE OFFICIAL CITY NEWSPAPER, NOTIFY ALL OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
AND THEN THAT'LL COME BACK TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 25TH.
AND THEN ITEM E IS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN UPDATED ILA BETWEEN CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE REGARDING REGIONAL FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
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AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CLOSED SESSIONS, WHICH ARE ON YOUR AGENDA AS PROJECT ADVENTURE AND HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER.ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? BARELY LIGHTS, NO QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE CALENDAR REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, AND BEFORE I GO TO THE CALENDAR, ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR, UM, IN, ON YOUR AGENDA, OPEN FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AS WELL AS THE, THE POLICE AND FIRE MONTHLY SNAPSHOTS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE AND THE CITY'S FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR JUNE OF 2026.
UM, AND IF, UH, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE, YOU CAN LET US KNOW.
IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
UM, ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, THIS IS NEXT, ACTUALLY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MENTION TOMORROW IS A CEREMONY RENAMING METHODIST SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER FROM AT 10:00 AM AND IT IS AT, UH, THE FORMERLY KNOWN AS, UH, CHARLTON METHODIST HOSPITAL.
THEY HAVE RENAMED IT TO BE IN LINE WITH HOW OTHER, UM, METHODIST HOSPITALS ARE NAMED METHODIST CENTRAL.
UM, AND SO THIS ONE IS GONNA BE RENAMED AS METHODIST SOUTHWEST.
SO COME OUT AND ENJOY, JOIN US FOR THAT.
UM, ON NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, WE HAVE THE LAST CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP BEFORE WE GET TO GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICING WITH TURNER CONSTRUCTION ON THE SENIOR EDITION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVIDING YOU GUYS A FINAL UPDATE ON NUMBERS, WHERE WE ARE ON THE DESIGN, FINAL DESIGN, AND THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED AND GETTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEW YEAR.
SO THIS, WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
NEXT THURSDAY IS THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER FROM SEVEN 30 TO NINE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, NEXT WEEK IS BUDGET WEEK.
WE HAVE SCHEDULED BUDGET MEETINGS ONE-ON-ONE WITH EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER LEADING UP TO THE WORKSHOP, UM, NEXT FRIDAY.
BUT THAT MORNING WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST ON AUGUST 7TH, THE FIRST BEST SOUTHWEST TGIF BREAKFAST SERIES AND THAT CEDAR HILLS DAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING AWAY OUR, OUR, UH, GARB AND, UM, THE MAYOR'S WORKED WITH THE BEST SOUTHWEST TEAM ON SCHEDULING THAT DAY OUT.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU THERE AT THE NEWLY NAMED METHODIST SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER.
THEN THAT BUDGET, OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL BEGIN AT 1:00 PM WITH LUNCH SERVED AT AT NOON.
AND THEN OF COURSE AFTER THAT WE HAVE A COUNCIL DINNER AT 5:00 PM AT VIA BRAZIL.
IF WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR RSVPS, PLEASE JUST LET US KNOW.
WE WILL GET THAT, THAT, THAT THOSE SEATS NEXT, THAT FOLLOWING TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH IS, UM, CHIEF STAGNER STARTS ON MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, BUT WE'LL DO A SWEARING IN ON THAT EVENING AT 7:00 PM BUT HE WILL ALSO HAVE A MEET AND GREET FOR THE COMMUNITY FROM FIVE TO 6:00 PM ON TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 11TH.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL MEETING WITH HIM.
UH, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T START TILL AUGUST 3RD, HE'S WORKING ALREADY.
AND, UM, FACT HE'S MEETING WITH A SHIFT.
I MET WITH HIM TO TONIGHT AT SHIFT, A SHIFT AND JUST KIND OF GETTING TO KNOW THEM, UM, LAYING OUT KIND OF HIS OBJECTIVES AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM STARTING TUESDAY.
AUGUST 18TH IS ANOTHER WORKSHOP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE EDC.
AND THEN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH IS A SENIOR INFORMATION AND WELLNESS EXPO.
I KNOW EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER NORMALLY LIKES TO GO TO THAT.
THEN ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND, THIS IS A NEW ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WE'VE OFFICIALLY, UM, LINED UP ALL OF THE SITE PREP FOR A PHILLIPS PROPERTY CELEBRATION IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
FROM NINE TO 11, IT'LL BE A REALLY GREAT EVENT FOR DOWNTOWN.
WE'LL HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING WITH THE, UM, PARK THAT'S BEING ACTIVATED AND REALLY PUSHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER TO COME IN AND DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THAT WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.
THE OBJECTIVE THERE IS TO REALLY SHOW THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN.
WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
ANY ADDITIONS OR QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? ANY QUESTIONS ON CALENDAR? COUNSEL? UM, YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, BUT, UM, REGION 13 DINNER.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY RSVPS ON THAT? YES.
HOW MANY COUNCILS? I BELIEVE EVERYONE BUT COUNCIL MEMBER.
DOES, UM, HAS, HAS ANYBODY EVER BEEN TO REGION 13 DINNER? IS THIS THE FIRST ONE? FIRST? OH WOW.
YEAH, I KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOU, I KNOW
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YOU BIT TOO BIG.UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M, HAVE YOU BEEN TO ONE BEFORE? YES.
WOULD YOU MIND KIND OF LETTING COUNCIL KNOW WHAT IS REGION 13 DINNER? UM, WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING, OH, I CAN, OH, I CAN DO IT, BUT, UH, WELL, SO JUST ESSENTIALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SO TML HAS WHAT THEY CALL REGIONS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO OUR CHAIRMAN IS NOW.
HE USED TO BE THE LANCASTER COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT, UM, I THINK LAST YEAR THERE WAS A, A, A VOTE AND I DON'T THINK HE, UM, I DON'T THINK HE WANTED, BUT EITHER THE CASE, UH, IT'S USUALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY BEEN HARD FOR, FOR ME TO TRY TO ATTEND IT.
UH, HE SEEN THAT THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCAL.
I, THAT'S WHY I SIGNED UP FOR IT.
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY THERE'S DIFFERENT THEMES.
ULTIMATELY IT'S FOR OUR REGION TO KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAMARADERIE AND JUST FOR US TO KIND OF GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
UH, THERE'S KIND BEEN A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, NEW, NEW POSITIONS JUST, JUST LIKE OUR COUNCIL.
SO I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KINDA GET TOGETHER.
BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET, TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY A STRONG AGENDA AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF JUST FELLOWSHIP AMONGST OUR NEIGHBORS.
I MEAN, DID I MISS ANYTHING? YOU'RE SPOT ON.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE.
IS THAT IT? ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.
UM, MADAM SECRETARY, DID YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? NO.
UM, THAT'S THE LAST THING ON THE AGENDA.
UH, I ENTERTAIN ANY MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN? I DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.