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City manager previews West Midtown rezoning application, CIP contracts and May 29 open house
Summary
At the May 13 Cedar Hill city council briefing, the city manager outlined calendar events, said staff will submit a rezoning application in the West Midtown plan boundary and summarized multiple capital projects and grant applications, including a planned open house May 29.
At the May 13 Cedar Hill city council briefing the City Manager reviewed upcoming events and agenda items and said the city will submit a rezoning application for properties within the West Midtown Plan boundary, and will hold a public open house on May 29 at the Traphine Hickman Library to show potential illustrations and gather public input.
The manager described the May 29 event as an open house where residents can view renderings and learn about the council’s direction for West Midtown; the briefing noted the rezoning application was recommended by the city’s land-use attorney and follows prior Planning and Zoning Commission review.
The city manager outlined several consent and regular agenda items tied to the city’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and other projects: a contract with Spark Lighting for Highland South Park walking-path lighting for an amount not to exceed $106,000; a proposed construction contract with Texas Standard Construction for intersection improvements at Duncanville Road and Bear Creek Road for an amount not to exceed $723,408; a work authorization for engineering and design services for the Mount Lebanon waterline extension (amount not specified at briefing); a contract for engineering and design services for the Strauss Road Trail alignment feasibility study not to exceed $371,000 (in partnership with Dallas County); and two regular-agenda design contracts: a proposed design contract with Decker LLC for renovation of the former library (not to exceed $320,000) and an agreement with SmithGroup for architectural and engineering services for a new senior-center addition to the Allen E. Sims Recreation Center (not to exceed $992,000).
The manager also said the city would submit a grant application to the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority to continue lease support for automatic license-plate readers and mobile security-deterrent trailers and will apply to the regional Council of Governments (COG) for a solid-waste implementation grant to purchase a wood-chip grinder.
On the consent agenda the manager listed an annual update to the parks and recreation code (identified as ordinance number 2025-850 in the briefing) that will come before the council in a public hearing; a calendar of regular city council meetings for the next 12 months; and other routine items including a bridal plat for Old Town Estates, phase 1 at 900 Cedar View Drive (applicant Eric Richardson, Heritage Development Group). Councilor McCurdy asked that consent agenda items D (Old Town Estates bridal plat) and F (Spark Lighting Highland South Park lighting) be pulled for separate consideration; the manager noted audience member Mr. Hagerty would address the pulled item when it was considered.
Councilor McGlover used the briefing close to praise the city’s new farmers market, calling it “just fantastic,” and encouraged attendance. The briefing ended with a procedural motion to adjourn by Councilor McCurdy that was seconded by Councilwoman Azzin and recorded as unanimous; the council reconvened later that evening for the regular scheduled council meeting.
