Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, it is, uh, 7:00 pm.
like to call this meeting to order of the cedar hills city council. Um,
a quorum of the council is present. The agenda has been duly posted,
uh, like to make sure everyone know that concealed carry carrying of firearms
is prohibited in the council chamber. Um, tonight we will have,
uh, the invocation of by our very own pastor victor
jackson, that will be followed by the pledge of allegiance for the asce council member hayden. If
he would lead us in the pledge of allegiance, uh, pastor victor jackson
for 10 years, as faithfully and joyfully said, building the kingdom community
church, along with his wife, ramona and before planning,
uh, building the kingdom community, the church pastor vic worked in a variety of capacities,
farming and services. Uh, these are they church.
uh, pastor vic joined dallas first church and became the first african
american pastor of the nazarene denomination. Uh,
what a loving, I love you philosophy, pastor
vic has discovered that those who serve in ministry really grow in their relationship with god
as they serve him and others. Would you stand for the invocation?
thank you so much. Uh, pro tim
allen sams, and I want to pray in the absence of a mayor. Uh,
know what's going on with him, but I know he's not here. So I want to make sure I put him in my prayer.
let us pray. Heavenly father, we come only
because you have allowed us to come. It's nothing in and of ourselves
that have gotten us to this point in our lives. And for that we say, thank you.
we say, thank you that there are new mercies each and every day.
we thank you for this day. An opportunity to put a smile on your face,
to bring glory and honor to your name. I pray for these that are
in leadership father, that you would bless them and to give them
wisdom and unity, father god, to come together for the common
good of the city of cedar hill. I pray for our mayor in
his absence lord, that you would watch over him and protect him and his family.
and what I asked that you would be in the midst of this meeting,
that the love that you display for each and every one of us, we
will display that same love to each other,
father, god, we can agree to disagree, but father god let's agree to love.
even when we disagree. Father, I ask that you would bless this time
tonight. Bless those that are speaking. Uh, bless those
that are supporting somebody else here tonight. I don't know what I asked her when they
leave this place, father god, they were finding homes as they left them, protect
them on the highways and byways and father will be careful to give you all
the praise to glory and honor this in jesus name. We pray.
amen, man. Thank you very much. No,
one nation under god, indivisible with liberty
and justice for all.
this is one of the state one invisible.
well, we're certainly glad to have everyone here. As you may notice, the mayor is not
here. He was on a bagel unavailable to be here, but we all want to
make sure we keep him and his family in our prayers. Um, a couple of
things that I would say I'd like to, uh, make a special
note of, uh, we have professor angela phelps and her government and economics
class. Would you just worry about so everybody can know who you are, appreciate
those that have expressed interest in government. And we'll try to show you what
a good government looks like tonight. Um, moving on to
the agenda, the first item on the agenda is this citizens forum.
and we have tonight. Um, I have judith bakkens
yup. Judas june. You will have three minutes,
correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand the city limits residence
due to garage sales a year and we're supposed to obtain a permit.
I doubt that enforcement is a big priority, but it does provide
a tool to prevent folks from money and resale or retail business
out of their garages. Are there restrictions?
I'm assuming they are to what stores can be used for in cedar hill.
for example, could I make a residence
in a store or use it as a po motel?
but if I buy a house and as in any residential area, hoa
or not, I can use it as a motel, which is exactly what
a short-term rental is. These short-term rentals are analogous
to the so-called lemon socialism, where profits are privatized
and risks of socialized. The advantage of short-term rentals,
increased income are repaying individual property owners.
well, the downsides are born by the community as a whole,
a quiet sleepy neighborhood that all of a sudden has vacationers stands.
a good chance of losing its quiet, sleepy nature, the holiday
and needs, permits and licenses. And they pay a hotel tax to the
city as a cost of doing business. Does the city impose a motel
tax on these short-term rentals? If not, why not? Do
they need a permit, a license? And if not, why not? Are they
being used as bnbs bread in vec breakfast?
do you know if food is being served, they are
a bnb and should be required to meet the state's
requirements and because defied as a food establishment
and comply with those state regulations as well,
uh, those houses that do short term rentals, owner occupied,
do they have a homestead exemption? If they're not owner occupied,
do they have a homestead exemption? Anyway, the idea that
these so-called short-term rentals should be controlled by hos is quite
frankly ridiculous. The burden is tremendous. One
law firm, just one law firm, j patrick sutton has
filed 20 lawsuits against hos in 2021.
he argues that his client's rights are being taken away by amendments
to constructive too restrictive covenants. How
many other firms have, or will file similar lawsuits
regardless of how these lawsuits turn out. And it will probably take years.
it is possible that individual hos are going to have to pony
up a lot of money to defend their position, win or lose
while airbnb and other such corporations consider lawsuits
and advertising during football playoffs, just the cost of doing business.
there are over a dozen associations in cedar hill.
thank you. So as, um, since it's not on the agenda
where we're unable to discuss, but I'd like to defer this to the city manager
and his staff to, uh, respond back to you if that's okay. Thank you.
um, we, is there anyone else that would like to speak, uh,
citizen forms we did for the record did not have any online comments received,
uh, very much
moving on to the balance of the agenda. The next slide on defendant
as a public hearing and that particular public hearing has been postponed. So
if anyone was here tonight to speak in regards to the public, hearing
that public hearing on the juvenile curfew arts, it has been
postponed to february the eighth. The
next item on the agenda, um, is a consent agenda.
consent agenda includes routine items that may be act upon with a single vote.
any council member may remove items from the consent agenda for separate discussion
and consideration. Are there any items from the council they want it to be,
uh, removed from, uh, uh, from a consent agenda.
if not, I'm gonna
buy reading glasses. First item consent, agenda item, a
consider approving the minutes of the december 10th, 1120 21 city councils
to cheap strategic plan in detroit and the january, january the 11th, 2020
city council meeting item b, case number fp dash four
11 dash 2021 approved in accordance with the planning and zoning commission
recommendation and application for a final plan for the high meadows
industrial part lots 15 dash
that 15 being a
report of lots, 15 or dash one and 16 on
property zone, industrial park district located on the west side
of edgefield way, south and mount lebanon road with an approximate address
being 14, 10 x edgefield way representative
steven bough, applicant, andy buffington, buffington cedar
economic development corporation property on the sean quilt in cedar hill economic
development corporation. I had them number c consider resolution
a 22 dash 6 45 or proven special specific
project specific agreement psa with dallas county for street stipend services
to the council. Those are your consented items. I would entertain a motion for the consent
agenda. Make a motion to approve the consent agenda is read.
we have a motion by council member mccurdy
second by council member hayden,
further discussion all those in favor signify by raising your hand.
those opposed same time it's unanimous.
that is the close of our regular. Uh, we have no items
on the regular agenda. The next item on the, um, is a closed
session, a closed section call pursuant to section a five
5000000.71 and two of the texas government
code consultation with the city's attorney on pending litigation and
settlement offer on all matters in which the attorney's duty of confidentiality
to the city under the texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct of the state
bar of texas, currently conflicts with the texas open meeting act
and that's city of cedar hill v lockwood properties. Number b closed section
carl pursuant to section 5, 5, 5 points 0 7 1 2
consultation with attorney and 5 5 1 dash zero seven to
deliberation regarding real property of the texas local government pole consultation
with city attorney. On the matter in which the city attorney's duty of confidentiality
to the city, clearly conflicts with the texans texas open meeting act,
um, and open, uh, and deliberation regarding the purchase of rural
property were assessed. The deliberation and open meeting would have a detrimental effect
on the position of the city in negotiation with a third person regarding the following
medic property acquisition for road, a project and item
number c closed session pursuant to the provisions of chapter 5, 5, 1
of the texas government code in accordance with authority contained in section 5, 5, 1
0.071 and 5.5 1.087
consultation with attorney received legal advice regarding the master development agreement
with taj hospitality management. We are now,
uh, it is now seven 12. We
will, um, um, uh, recess
into executive session and we'll reconvene as soon. It's it's over
very short meetings tonight for those who came to visit. Um,
and you're more than welcome to come back and visit us again. But we are now recessed into executive
session.
it is now eight 12. We will, we will reconvene from executive session.
please note that no action was taken. Uh, and so the next
item, uh, no action was taken in the executive section. Uh,
the next item on the agenda is a german.
it's not the bible we have now adjourned a 12:00 pm.