[0:05] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, it is, uh, 7:00 pm.
[0:10] like to call this meeting to order of the cedar hills city council. Um,
[0:14] a quorum of the council is present. The agenda has been duly posted,
[0:18] uh, like to make sure everyone know that concealed carry carrying of firearms
[0:23] is prohibited in the council chamber. Um, tonight we will have,
[0:28] uh, the invocation of by our very own pastor victor
[0:32] jackson, that will be followed by the pledge of allegiance for the asce council member hayden. If
[0:36] he would lead us in the pledge of allegiance, uh, pastor victor jackson
[0:40] for 10 years, as faithfully and joyfully said, building the kingdom community
[0:45] church, along with his wife, ramona and before planning,
[0:49] uh, building the kingdom community, the church pastor vic worked in a variety of capacities,
[0:53] farming and services. Uh, these are they church.
[0:58] uh, pastor vic joined dallas first church and became the first african
[1:02] american pastor of the nazarene denomination. Uh,
[1:06] what a loving, I love you philosophy, pastor
[1:10] vic has discovered that those who serve in ministry really grow in their relationship with god
[1:15] as they serve him and others. Would you stand for the invocation?
[1:24] thank you so much. Uh, pro tim
[1:29] allen sams, and I want to pray in the absence of a mayor. Uh,
[1:33] 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.
[1:38] let us pray. Heavenly father, we come only
[1:42] because you have allowed us to come. It's nothing in and of ourselves
[1:46] that have gotten us to this point in our lives. And for that we say, thank you.
[1:50] we say, thank you that there are new mercies each and every day.
[1:55] we thank you for this day. An opportunity to put a smile on your face,
[1:59] to bring glory and honor to your name. I pray for these that are
[2:03] in leadership father, that you would bless them and to give them
[2:08] wisdom and unity, father god, to come together for the common
[2:12] good of the city of cedar hill. I pray for our mayor in
[2:16] his absence lord, that you would watch over him and protect him and his family.
[2:21] and what I asked that you would be in the midst of this meeting,
[2:25] that the love that you display for each and every one of us, we
[2:29] will display that same love to each other,
[2:33] father, god, we can agree to disagree, but father god let's agree to love.
[2:38] even when we disagree. Father, I ask that you would bless this time
[2:42] tonight. Bless those that are speaking. Uh, bless those
[2:46] that are supporting somebody else here tonight. I don't know what I asked her when they
[2:50] leave this place, father god, they were finding homes as they left them, protect
[2:55] them on the highways and byways and father will be careful to give you all
[2:59] the praise to glory and honor this in jesus name. We pray.
[3:03] amen, man. Thank you very much. No,
[3:19] one nation under god, indivisible with liberty
[3:23] and justice for all.
[3:30] this is one of the state one invisible.
[3:41] well, we're certainly glad to have everyone here. As you may notice, the mayor is not
[3:45] here. He was on a bagel unavailable to be here, but we all want to
[3:49] make sure we keep him and his family in our prayers. Um, a couple of
[3:53] things that I would say I'd like to, uh, make a special
[3:57] note of, uh, we have professor angela phelps and her government and economics
[4:01] class. Would you just worry about so everybody can know who you are, appreciate
[4:06] those that have expressed interest in government. And we'll try to show you what
[4:10] a good government looks like tonight. Um, moving on to
[4:14] the agenda, the first item on the agenda is this citizens forum.
[4:18] and we have tonight. Um, I have judith bakkens
[4:23] yup. Judas june. You will have three minutes,
[4:33] correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand the city limits residence
[4:37] due to garage sales a year and we're supposed to obtain a permit.
[4:42] I doubt that enforcement is a big priority, but it does provide
[4:47] a tool to prevent folks from money and resale or retail business
[4:51] out of their garages. Are there restrictions?
[4:56] I'm assuming they are to what stores can be used for in cedar hill.
[5:01] for example, could I make a residence
[5:05] in a store or use it as a po motel?
[5:10] but if I buy a house and as in any residential area, hoa
[5:14] or not, I can use it as a motel, which is exactly what
[5:18] a short-term rental is. These short-term rentals are analogous
[5:23] to the so-called lemon socialism, where profits are privatized
[5:27] and risks of socialized. The advantage of short-term rentals,
[5:32] increased income are repaying individual property owners.
[5:36] well, the downsides are born by the community as a whole,
[5:41] a quiet sleepy neighborhood that all of a sudden has vacationers stands.
[5:45] a good chance of losing its quiet, sleepy nature, the holiday
[5:49] and needs, permits and licenses. And they pay a hotel tax to the
[5:54] city as a cost of doing business. Does the city impose a motel
[5:58] tax on these short-term rentals? If not, why not? Do
[6:02] they need a permit, a license? And if not, why not? Are they
[6:06] being used as bnbs bread in vec breakfast?
[6:10] do you know if food is being served, they are
[6:14] a bnb and should be required to meet the state's
[6:18] requirements and because defied as a food establishment
[6:22] and comply with those state regulations as well,
[6:27] uh, those houses that do short term rentals, owner occupied,
[6:32] do they have a homestead exemption? If they're not owner occupied,
[6:36] do they have a homestead exemption? Anyway, the idea that
[6:40] these so-called short-term rentals should be controlled by hos is quite
[6:44] frankly ridiculous. The burden is tremendous. One
[6:48] law firm, just one law firm, j patrick sutton has
[6:52] filed 20 lawsuits against hos in 2021.
[6:57] he argues that his client's rights are being taken away by amendments
[7:02] to constructive too restrictive covenants. How
[7:07] many other firms have, or will file similar lawsuits
[7:11] regardless of how these lawsuits turn out. And it will probably take years.
[7:16] it is possible that individual hos are going to have to pony
[7:20] up a lot of money to defend their position, win or lose
[7:24] while airbnb and other such corporations consider lawsuits
[7:29] and advertising during football playoffs, just the cost of doing business.
[7:34] there are over a dozen associations in cedar hill.
[8:05] thank you. So as, um, since it's not on the agenda
[8:09] where we're unable to discuss, but I'd like to defer this to the city manager
[8:13] and his staff to, uh, respond back to you if that's okay. Thank you.
[8:18] um, we, is there anyone else that would like to speak, uh,
[8:22] citizen forms we did for the record did not have any online comments received,
[8:28] uh, very much
[8:34] moving on to the balance of the agenda. The next slide on defendant
[8:38] as a public hearing and that particular public hearing has been postponed. So
[8:42] if anyone was here tonight to speak in regards to the public, hearing
[8:47] that public hearing on the juvenile curfew arts, it has been
[8:51] postponed to february the eighth. The
[8:55] next item on the agenda, um, is a consent agenda.
[9:02] consent agenda includes routine items that may be act upon with a single vote.
[9:07] any council member may remove items from the consent agenda for separate discussion
[9:11] and consideration. Are there any items from the council they want it to be,
[9:15] uh, removed from, uh, uh, from a consent agenda.
[9:23] if not, I'm gonna
[9:27] buy reading glasses. First item consent, agenda item, a
[9:31] consider approving the minutes of the december 10th, 1120 21 city councils
[9:36] to cheap strategic plan in detroit and the january, january the 11th, 2020
[9:40] city council meeting item b, case number fp dash four
[9:44] 11 dash 2021 approved in accordance with the planning and zoning commission
[9:48] recommendation and application for a final plan for the high meadows
[9:53] industrial part lots 15 dash
[9:57] that 15 being a
[10:01] report of lots, 15 or dash one and 16 on
[10:05] property zone, industrial park district located on the west side
[10:10] of edgefield way, south and mount lebanon road with an approximate address
[10:14] being 14, 10 x edgefield way representative
[10:18] steven bough, applicant, andy buffington, buffington cedar
[10:22] economic development corporation property on the sean quilt in cedar hill economic
[10:27] development corporation. I had them number c consider resolution
[10:31] a 22 dash 6 45 or proven special specific
[10:36] project specific agreement psa with dallas county for street stipend services
[10:41] to the council. Those are your consented items. I would entertain a motion for the consent
[10:46] agenda. Make a motion to approve the consent agenda is read.
[10:50] we have a motion by council member mccurdy
[10:55] second by council member hayden,
[10:59] further discussion all those in favor signify by raising your hand.
[11:04] those opposed same time it's unanimous.
[11:10] that is the close of our regular. Uh, we have no items
[11:14] on the regular agenda. The next item on the, um, is a closed
[11:18] session, a closed section call pursuant to section a five
[11:22] 5000000.71 and two of the texas government
[11:27] code consultation with the city's attorney on pending litigation and
[11:31] settlement offer on all matters in which the attorney's duty of confidentiality
[11:35] to the city under the texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct of the state
[11:39] bar of texas, currently conflicts with the texas open meeting act
[11:43] and that's city of cedar hill v lockwood properties. Number b closed section
[11:48] carl pursuant to section 5, 5, 5 points 0 7 1 2
[11:52] consultation with attorney and 5 5 1 dash zero seven to
[11:57] deliberation regarding real property of the texas local government pole consultation
[12:01] with city attorney. On the matter in which the city attorney's duty of confidentiality
[12:05] to the city, clearly conflicts with the texans texas open meeting act,
[12:10] um, and open, uh, and deliberation regarding the purchase of rural
[12:14] property were assessed. The deliberation and open meeting would have a detrimental effect
[12:18] on the position of the city in negotiation with a third person regarding the following
[12:22] medic property acquisition for road, a project and item
[12:26] number c closed session pursuant to the provisions of chapter 5, 5, 1
[12:31] of the texas government code in accordance with authority contained in section 5, 5, 1
[12:35] 0.071 and 5.5 1.087
[12:40] consultation with attorney received legal advice regarding the master development agreement
[12:44] with taj hospitality management. We are now,
[12:48] uh, it is now seven 12. We
[12:53] will, um, um, uh, recess
[12:57] into executive session and we'll reconvene as soon. It's it's over
[13:02] very short meetings tonight for those who came to visit. Um,
[13:06] and you're more than welcome to come back and visit us again. But we are now recessed into executive
[13:10] session.
[13:17] it is now eight 12. We will, we will reconvene from executive session.
[13:21] please note that no action was taken. Uh, and so the next
[13:25] item, uh, no action was taken in the executive section. Uh,
[13:30] the next item on the agenda is a german.
[13:34] it's not the bible we have now adjourned a 12:00 pm.