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OKAY.I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S TUESDAY, AUGUST 24TH, 2021.
I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A FEW MINUTES TOO LATE.
[INAUGURATION OF NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS]
THIS IS THE SPECIAL SESSION PORT PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INAUGURATION OF A NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL.
UH, SO DO I JUST HAND IT OVER TO YOU MICHAEL WELLS? RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ADMINISTER THE STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICER AND OATH OF OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR AND PRESENTATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION MAYOR.
CAN I, UM, CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC AROUND, UH, MICHAEL, CAUSE THEY CAN'T HEAR IT AT HOME SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR WHAT MICHAEL AND WHAT RICHARD SAYING.
SO THIS WILL BE THE STATEMENT OF ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICER.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED A PROMISE TO PAY CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE OR PROMISE ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR APPOINTMENT FOR THAT GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF VOTES THE ELECTION AT WHICH YOU WERE ELECTED? OR IS THERE A WAR TO SECURE YOUR APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION? WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE TO HELP YOU GUIDE THIS WAY.
AND THIS IS YOUR OATH OF OFFICE.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES? THE OFFICE ACCOUNTS MEMBER PLAYS FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.
THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
I AM SO USED TO LIKE SPREADING MY STUFF OVER HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE.
[Call to Order]
GO AHEAD AND DO A, A, A, A CALL TO ORDER.I SEE THAT WE HAVE JOE CARTWRIGHT IN THE AUDIENCE.
WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION DECISION? YEAH.
I FELT LIKE IN A, IN A WAY I GET TO JOIN EVERYBODY HERE.
JUST PRAYING A BLESSING OVER YOU, YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO, SO LET'S JUST DO THAT TOGETHER.
FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE OF GRACE WITH BOLDNESS AND CONFIDENCE.
LORD, WE FEAR YOU IN THE SENSE THAT WE KNOW YOU'RE THE ALMIGHTY GOD, THE KING OF EVERYTHING.
YOU'RE THE LORD OF THE MIGHTY ANGEL ARMIES.
AND THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS US COMFORT BECAUSE SOMEBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, EVERY DETAIL AND WE DON'T, BUT THE JOY IS WE CAN KNOW YOU.
SO THANK YOU FATHER, FOR EXTENDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR KIDS TO SPEAK TO YOU IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN LISTEN.
AND THAT'S BY SAYING HELP GOD, WE NEED YOUR HELP.
I PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR THIS COUNCIL.
I PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR OUR POLICE, CHIEF, OUR FIRE CHIEF, EVERYBODY THAT'S SERVING IN THE CITY.
THAT'S SERVING IN A WAY, LORD.
THEY GIVE A POUND OF FLESH TO DO WHAT THEY DO AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOUR EYES ARE UPON THEM.
YOUR LOVE BURNS RICH TOWARDS THEM.
YOU ARE ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT SUSTAINS THEM WHEN THEY THINK THEY JUST WANT TO HANG IT ALL UP AND QUIT SERVING IN THIS WAY.
SO LORD, WE DRAW STRENGTH FROM YOU TONIGHT AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE COME BECAUSE THERE IS BUSINESS TO BE DONE.
AND I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US PEOPLE THAT ARE GREAT AND PEOPLE THAT ARE BRIGHT, THEY ARE REFLECTION OF OUR CITY.
SO EVEN AS WE PROCEED IN THE COMING DAYS, I PRAY THAT YOUR WISDOM WOULD POUR OUT.
LORD, I ASK RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON RICH, AS HE ENTERS IN THIS NEW SEASON OF SERVICE, GOD, HE HAS BEEN A MAN OF SERVICE ALL OF HIS LIFE.
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GOD, THAT YOU WILL HONOR HIM, THAT YOU WILL GIVE HIM WISDOM DIRECTION.LORD, I PRAY FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THIS COUNCIL AND THIS MAYOR THAT WE LOVE AND THAT YOU LOVE MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT THEY WOULD WALK IN THE WAYS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, GODLINESS, AND HOLINESS, WITHOUT FEAR GOD THAT THEY WOULD SPEAK FORTH TRUTH AND WALK IN THE FULL LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT THAT MEANS.
AND I PRAY FOR THESE THINGS IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
[Council Recognition]
RECOGNITION.DO I SEE MARY LOUISE? MARY LOUISE HERE.
SO HOW ABOUT THAT WEATHER? IT'S NICE.
WE ARE BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION AT A 2020 CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC BOOK FROM TARRANT COUNTY CLERK, MARY LOUISE NICHOLSON.
IF MARY LOUISE ISN'T HERE IN THE NEXT 30 SECONDS, WE'LL MOVE ON.
APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING TONIGHT.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE A GOOD AUDIENCE.
WE COULD DO A SERVICE RECOGNITION.
HOWEVER THAT INDIVIDUAL IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING.
THAT'S A VERY INSTINCTIVE IDEA THOUGH.
SO GIVEN THAT MARY, LOUISE'S NOT HERE, WHY DON'T WE DO A RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD'S 25TH CONSECUTIVE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE JANINA JUUL WITH THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS TO PRESENT TO MEG JACOBI.
WELL, I AM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS OF TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
THIS HAS BETTER CALL, MORE COMMONLY CALLED GF AWAY.
DO YOU HAVE A WAY ESTABLISHED A DISTINCT WHICH BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD PROGRAM IN 1984 TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PREPARING BUDGETARY DOCUMENTS TO THE VERY HIGHEST QUALITY AND REFLECT BOTH GUIDANCE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON STATE AND LOCAL BUDGETING AND GF WAYS, BEST PRACTICES.
THIS IS THE 25TH YEAR CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD HAS RECEIVED THIS HONOR.
UM, THIS BUDGET, THE DOCUMENT BUDGET DOCUMENT IS EVALUATED BY THREE REVIEWERS, NOT WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ARE JUDGED ON 27 DIFFERENT CRITERIA, BUT IT'S WINNING AWARD PROVIDE DOCUMENTS.
THE JFK BELIEVES IS A STRONG POLICY DOCUMENT, FINANCIAL PLAN, OPERATIONAL GUIDE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO ITS USERS.
SO I'VE GOT TO SHARE SOME NUMBERS WITH YOU.
I SAW THERE WAS ABOUT 19,500 MEN CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, ONLY 1,158 OF THOSE RECEIVED THIS AWARD LAST YEAR.
SO THAT'S LESS THAN 6% NATIONWIDE RECEIVED THIS AWARD AND YOU'VE GOTTEN IT FOR THE 25TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR AS A PREPARE SUCH DOCUMENTS.
I KNOW THAT THE LONG HAUL I KNOW OF THE LONG HARD HOURS THAT THE STAFF GOES INTO, UM, PREPARING THE SEXUAL BUDGET DOCUMENT IN THE FINANCE OFFICE.
I CONGRATULATE THEM AND YOUR BUDGET AND FINANCE OFFICE, BUT ALSO CONGRATULATE THE CITY DIRECTORS, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU INVEST INTO THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL INTO THE BUDGET ITSELF AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS TO ME OR THE CITY SO MUCH.
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THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY JANINA COVERED IT SO WELL.UM, BUT YES, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
UM, AGAIN, AS JANINA SAID, THE STAFF AT ALL WORKS TOGETHER TO BRING THIS TOGETHER, BUT TO PUT OUT A PO A BUDGET DOCUMENT, UH, THAT THE CITIZENS CAN BE PROUD OF.
AND THAT HELPS CONVEY YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOUR VISION FOR THE CITY INTO AN OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT'S IMPLEMENTED BY THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO SINCE WE WIN THIS SO FREQUENTLY, SHOULDN'T THEY RENAME THIS THING LIKE THE BEDFORD BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD.
SEE IF THERE'S ANY, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE IT FOR QUITE A BIT, BUT THE GFA WEBSITE ACTUALLY WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY YEARS EACH MUNICIPALITY THAT'S RECEIVED IT ONLINE.
THAT'S THE MAIN PEOPLE WERE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY STATE.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY KUDOS TO MEG, MARIA, PAULA, EVERYONE IN FINANCE, KUDOS TO THE CITY MANAGER, KUDOS TO THE CITY.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT THINGS Y'ALL ARE DOING.
SO WE CAN'T BE MORE APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, LOOKING OUT FOR EVERYONE'S TAX MONEY AND, UH, AND, UH, KEEPING TRACK OF IT AS WELL.
DO YOU MIND IF WE, IF COUNCIL TAKES A PICTURE WITH YOU WITH THE AWARD? OKAY.
I SEE WE HAVE MARY LOUISE NICHOLSON, OUR COUNTY CLERK HERE THIS EVENING, AND YOU'RE HERE TO PRESENT US WITH A 2020 CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC BOOK.
I AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I HAVE A LITTLE SLIDESHOW RE SO WE WILL GET STARTED.
I'LL PUT THAT 2020 WAS A YEAR, UNLIKE ANYTHING IN HISTORY, THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC CHANGED EVERYTHING, HOW WE LIVED, HOW WE WORKED, HOW WE INTERACTED WITH EACH OTHER, HOW WE CONDUCTED DAILY BUSINESS IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR.
THE BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK WAS TO MEMORIALIZE THE EVENT ENDEMIC THROUGH AN ILLUSTRATED NARRATIVE.
AS THEY OCCURRED IN TARRANT COUNTY.
IT WAS A SIX MONTH PROJECT THAT BEGAN IN 2020, BUT IT OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF IN DECEMBER, 2020 FROM THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER COURTS AND THE COUNTY AUDITOR.
UM, MY TEAM HIRED A PROFESSIONAL WRITER.
WE USE TAYLOR'S SPECIALTY BOOKS LOCAL, AND WE CREATED 176 PAGE.
SO GOVERNOR ABBOTT WAS GRACIOUS, GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE.
JUDGE WHITLEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROLOGUE.
THE BOOK HAS ELECTED OFFICIALS, DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, AND THEIR STAFF TELLING THEIR STORY AND WHAT THEY DID THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC IS KEEPER OF THE RECORDS.
PART OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES TO GENERATE AND ARCHIVE RECORDS FOR TARON COUNTY.
AND TO ME, THIS PROJECT AND BOOK WAS NO EXCEPTION.
UM, WE SAW VALUE IN PUTTING, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT THE 1918 PANDEMIC IN THE BOOK.
UM, AND IT SEEMED A HUNDRED YEARS LATER.
IN SOME INSTANCES WE JUST REPEATED OURSELVES AND THE DECISIONS WE MADE AS PEOPLE, THE BOOK HAS A MEMORIUM PAGE IN IT, UM, TO SHARE WITH FUTURE GENERATIONS, JUST HOW MANY LIVES WERE LOST IN OUR 41 CITIES AND TERRAN COUNTY.
AT THE TIME OF PRINTING APRIL 8TH, 2021 IN TARON COUNTY, WE LOST MORE THAN 3000 MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS.
UM, DURING THAT TIME TO HONOR ALL THE LIVES THAT WE LOST IN TARON COUNTY, OUR COMMITTEE WAS DETERMINED TO PUT TOGETHER THIS BOOK AND HAND THIS HISTORY OVER TO THOSE WHO WOULD CHERISH IT AND REMEMBER IT, MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
UM, WE CAPTURED THIS TIME IN OUR LIVES AND WE PRE PRINTED A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOOKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN SWITCH, UM, THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO COUNTY EMPLOYEES, CITIZENS, LIBRARIES, UNIVERSITIES,
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AND HIGH SCHOOLS IS WHERE THE BOOK IS GOING.AND, UM, ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING THINGS WE FOUND OUT RECENTLY IS THAT WE SUBMITTED IT TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND THEY WROTE BACK AND THEY WANTED TWO BOOKS TO PUT IN THE CONGRESS.
SO IT IS HISTORY AND WE LIVED THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
AND, UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS BOOK FOR YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY TO HAVE, SO YOU CAN HAVE FOR YOUR, UH, CITIZENS OF BEDFORD AND, UM, OFFER IT TO DIRECTOR REDMOND.
SO THE COMMISSIONER COURT ACTUALLY PRINTED A SPECIAL RUN OF THESE BOOKS.
MY CONTRACT WAS TO DONATE TO THE UNIVERSITIES AND CITIES.
SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE A COUPLE OF BOOKS AND I'LL COMBINE PICK THEM UP IF Y'ALL WANT TO PURCHASE THEM, ANYBODY IT'S AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE.
SO COMMISSIONER COURT MADE AN INVESTMENT, BUT IT IS TRULY A PIECE OF HISTORY.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT AND, UM, CAUSE IT HAPPENED AND IT'S REAL AND IT'S STILL HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE DOING DOWN AT THE COUNTY AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
AND MR. WELLS, ANYONE SIGN UP FOR OPEN FORUM? OKAY.
[Presentations]
SO NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS THIRD QUARTER FINANCE REPORT, WHICH I PRESUME TO BE MEG JACOBI.IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR FOR OUR THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT.
SO THIS IS COVERING OUR EXPENSES AND REVENUES.
UM, THE THIRD QUARTER BEING APRIL THROUGH JUNE, OF COURSE, ALL THE NUMBERS WE'RE PRESENTING ARE CUMULATIVE, UM, THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO WE WILL TURN ON OUR CLICKER AND START WITH OUR GENERAL FUND.
AND SO HERE, YOU'VE GOT, UM, OUR REVENUES AND OF COURSE AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO GIVE YOU WHAT THE PROJECTION NUMBERS ARE FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOUR BOTTOM BAR IS WHAT OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET NUMBERS WERE.
THE MIDDLE BAR IS WHERE WE'RE PROJECTING TO END UP AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND OF COURSE THAT WILL STILL VARY, BUT, UM, THAT'S OUR BEST ANALYSIS AS WE GET THROUGH THIS, UH, POINT OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN THE TOP BAR GRAY BAR IS, UH, WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE AT THE END OF JUNE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE ESPECIALLY COMPARATIVE BUDGET.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS WE WERE DOING OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION, SALES TAX CONTINUES TO DO BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED.
SO YOU'RE SEEING A VERY NICE PROJECTION NUMBER THERE AND A NICE STUDY MARCH ON THE ACTUAL TOWARDS THAT.
UM, OF COURSE OUR FINAL SA SALES TAX NUMBERS.
WE WON'T SEE UNTIL WE HIT THE CAFFER BECAUSE WE COLLECTED TWO MONTHS BEHIND WHEN THE STATE RECEIVES IT AND SENDS IT DOWN TO US.
UM, BEYOND THAT OUR REVENUES ARE, ARE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT WHERE WE EXPECT, UM, WE'RE SEEING THOSE DECREASES ON THE PROJECTIONS FOR CHARGES FOR SERVICES, BUT SOME OF THOSE BUDGET NUMBERS WE LEFT WHOLE, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE RECREATION SIDE DAY CAMP, NOT KNOWING HOW THE SUMMER WAS GOING TO PROCEED.
UM, AND SO THAT'S PART OF YOUR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR BUDGET NUMBERS AND PROJECTION AND ACTUAL NUMBERS, UH, WHEN IT COMES FROM THE CHARGES FOR SERVICES SIDE, UM, AND THEN FINDS THE FORFEITURES IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S NOT MEETING BUDGETARY.
UM, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OUR MOST DEPENDENT REVENUE SOURCE.
IT'S, IT IS VERY MUCH FACTORED AND DEPENDENT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND OF COURSE TRAFFIC DIVISION LATELY HAS BEEN VERY MUCH, UH, SUPPORTING OUR PATROL DIVISION.
UM, AND SO THAT DOES IMPACT THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS AND TRYING TO KEEP OUR TRAVELING PUBLIC SAFE.
SO LOOKING LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, UM, YOU CAN SEE PRETTY MUCH EVERY CATEGORY WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, UM, FRANCHISE TAXES BEING ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS, UM, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AND WE'LL JUST KEEP WATCHING THAT AND TOURING UP OUR BUDGET NUMBERS AS WE MOVE ON.
SO AGAIN, UH, EXPENDITURES, THIS IS LOOKING AT ACTUAL VERSUS BUDGET AND OF COURSE THAT MIDDLE BAR IS THAT PROJECTION NUMBER.
UM, SO REALLY NOTHING OF NOTE, EVERYBODY'S TRUCKING ALONG WITH THEIR EXPENDITURES ABOUT WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BE AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S PACING WELL WITH BUDGET.
AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, PACING WELL WITH PROJECTIONS AND THEN YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND AGAIN, THE FLUCTUATIONS, THERE ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, FIRE, WE HAD THE CARES MONEY.
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OF THAT WAS PUSHING OFF.SO THERE'S VARIOUS REASONS FOR THE INCREASE YOU GENERALLY, UM, BASED ON THE BUDGETARY, WE DO EXPECT EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS TO BE OUTPACING THE PRIOR YEAR, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE BUDGET NUMBERS FELL.
SO AGAIN, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HERE, UM, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, EXPECT TO SEE MOVING INTO THE WATER AND SEWER FUND, UH, REVENUE THREE-YEAR HISTORY.
SO THAT TOP BAR, THE GRAY IS F Y 21.
UM, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS RATES GO UP.
SO REVENUES INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR, AGAIN, EXACTLY AS WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE ON THAT, MISCELLANEOUS DOES HAVE SOME OPERATING TRANSFERS.
THAT'S MORE ON AN ACCOUNTING BASIS, NOT TRUE CASH.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THINGS WE'RE AWARE OF.
UM, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE HAPPENING IN EACH FISCAL YEAR.
SO IT'S STARTING TO TREND OUT NORMALLY, UM, IN OUR CHARTING AND THEN EXPENDITURES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THROUGH YOUR HISTORY, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF NOTE, OF COURSE ENGINEERING, UM, IS A NEW DIVISION.
IT WAS SEPARATED OUT FROM ADMINISTRATION.
SO YOU'VE GOT NO HISTORY BEYOND THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT'S THE SPLIT BETWEEN THEM, THE ENGINEERING AND THE ENGINEER AND THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE.
AND JUST TOUCHING ON A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER FUNDS, UM, THIS IS REVENUE TO EXPENDITURES ON THE TOURISM FUND.
SO WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENT, UM, ON THE REVENUE SIDE WITH OUR HOTEL MOTEL TAX.
UM, THE HOTEL THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DELINQUENT HAS MADE PAYMENTS TOWARDS WHAT THEY STILL OWED US.
UM, AND SO WE'RE SEEING THAT IMPROVE AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS.
UM, OF COURSE THE HOTEL INDUSTRY BEING ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT, UM, FROM THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND THEN THE EXPENSE SIDE, UM, AGAIN WITH THE PANDEMIC NOT HAVING HAD OUR FESTIVALS, UM, YOU'RE SEEING THAT COME DOWN YEAR OVER YEAR, UM, UNTIL DECISIONS ARE MADE ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE FUTURE OF THOSE AND THEN STORMWATER FUND.
I DON'T, I WISH I HAD SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SAY IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE MOST STABLE.
AND OF COURSE WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS DURING BUDGET AND SOME OF THE UPCOMING FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS.
UM, AND SO WE'LL SEE A LITTLE CHANGE IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
I'LL HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SAY WHEN WE HIT THAT POINT.
AND OF COURSE FOR B UH, WITH ITS REVENUE BEING SALES TAX, AND JUST LIKE THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE SEEING THAT INCREASE ON THE REVENUE SIDE AS WELL.
SO THAT IS THE HIGH LEVEL, UH, THIRD QUARTER REPORT.
OF COURSE, IF YOU WANT MORE DETAIL AND ANALYSIS, IT'S IN THE AGENDA PACKET, IT IS ALSO POSTED ON THE WEBSITE UNDER THE FINANCE PAGE.
IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO JUST GO LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC DETAIL AND LOOK A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY AT THE NUMBERS.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY RIGHT.
GREAT MAG, UH, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR STAFF MR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STEVE? YES.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE FRANCHISE FEE.
YOU SAID IT WAS DOWN THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE STATE.
UM, THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN THE 86, THIS WAS THE 87TH.
SO THAT WAS THE, IN THE 86 LEGISLATURE.
THEY PASSED A RULING THAT THEY COMPANY HAS BOTH CABLE AND TELEPHONE SERVICES.
THEY ONLY HAVE TO PAY THE HIGHER OF THE TWO FRANCHISES AND NOT BOTH.
AND SO, UM, ALL OF THE CITIES IN TEXAS AS THEY DETERMINED WHICH ONE THEY WERE GOING TO PAY ON EACH INDIVIDUAL CITY HAS SEEN A DECREASE IN THEIR FRANCHISE RECEIPTS.
UH, SO ANYTHING STAND OUT TO YOU? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING'S TRACKING ONLINE.
NO, IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO COME UP WITH THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
CAUSE IT'S ALL PRETTY STANDARD.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY NORMAL OPERATING PACE.
IT'S NOT PANDEMIC CONCERNS THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH LAST YEAR, BUT THE ONE THING YOU WERE SAYING IN A PRIOR MEETING WAS, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL SEEING REALLY GOOD STRONG GROWTH WITH OUR SALES TAX REVENUE AND YES, THAT'S STILL PROJECTING.
I MEAN, WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS A VOLATILE REVENUE SOURCE, BUT WE SAID IT'S, IT'S THE ONE-TIME, WE'RE HAPPY.
WE HAVE A PRETTY DIVERSIFIED BOX STORE BASE, UM, FOR SALES TAX.
AND THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US GOOD NEWS LATER IN THE DISCUSSION.
I'M TRYING TO THINK WHICH ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO HERE TONIGHT.
WELL YOU'RE ONLY HALFWAY DONE.
WE HAVE, UH, ONE OTHER ITEM UNDER PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, BEDFORD COMMONS.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU JIMMY STEPHANOS I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED.
WE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, BEDFORD COMMONS, WE'RE AT THE FINISH LINE IN TERMS OF THE TERRORS STUFF.
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WE GO TO TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE NEXT WEEK AND THAT'LL, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, NEXT MONTH.AND THAT'LL BE THE FINAL INCREMENT OF THE REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE TOURS DISTRICT.
AND, UM, EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, MAYOR COUNCIL Y'ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE VISION FOR BEDFORD COMMENTS AND MOVING IT FORWARD, YOU KNOW? AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, AS I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU ALL, IS THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT GROUP THAT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
I WORKED WITH THEM IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, BUT THEY THEY'VE GOT SUCCESS STORIES ALL OVER THE WHOLE AREA OF, OF TAKING PLACES AND MAKING IT A PLACE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, HAVING THAT SENSE OF PLACE, THAT SENSE OF EXPERIENCE TO WHERE, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO ONE OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THAT THEY CREATE, IT'S, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE.
IT'S NOT JUST A GENERIC COOKIE CUTTER THAT YOU CAN FIND ANYWHERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT TO WHERE THE COUNCIL MAYOR Y'ALL WILL NEED TO PLEASE PICK A DEVELOPER THAT WE'LL PARTNER WITH TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHOEVER Y'ALL WANT, WE'LL MAKE IT WORK, BUT I AT LEAST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OLD TOWN DEVELOPMENT AND HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE.
UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THERE'S THREE GENTLEMEN.
ONE OF THEM IS IN FLORIDA, SO HE COULDN'T BE WITH US.
CHRIS GORDON, THE OTHER TWO, JUSTIN SPRINGFIELD AND LEVI HUTAN POST SPEAKING.
IF Y'ALL COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, GENTLEMEN, HEY GUYS, NO, DON'T DRESS UP.
RIGHT? CAUSE WE'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE DRESSED, A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND OF THE AUDIENCE NOTICED.
SO NO PRESSURE, NO PRESSURE IN 2005, MY PARTNER, CHRIS.
I DON'T KNOW BE DIFFERENT IF ANYTHING COMES OFF AS IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE FUNNY, I JUST PUT THE MONEY.
BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH YOU JUST A SECOND.
THE DETAILS, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE TODAY.
UM, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MICHAEL, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO HERE.
WE'RE SORT OF PUTTING TOGETHER TO START THE CONVERSATION FOR THE COMPETENCY OVER HERE IS BEDFORD SQUARE.
I SAW THE PROPOSAL ASKED FOR PERMISSION FOR THE PLACE, BUT ONE OF OUR FIRST PROJECTS WAS IN TEXAS.
AND IN 2005 WE MET JIMMY AND PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
THEY PUT UP A PROPOSAL AND WE STARTED TO LOOK AT IT.
I THOUGHT THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE, A CONTRACT TO BUY SOME PROPERTY IN THE DOWNTOWN.
GROWN-UP STARTED OFF THAT PROJECT WITH THAT SECOND LOCATION FOR A COMPANY AT THE TIME, OPENED IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FINANCIAL RECESSION, 2009, 2010 TIMEFRAME.
UH, WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH, UH, TACOS, AVOCADOS.
WE WENT ON ABOUT A PARTY, BARBECUE IN DOWNTOWN ROANOKE MUSIC VENUE THAT THEY'RE CALLING THE SHOP CHAPEL.
AND IT USED TO BE REALLY FULL OF TRASH WITH THE PARTNERS BEEN USED, RANDY ROGERS, WHO SAID TEXAS COUNTRY CIRCLES.
AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT FOR THE CITY OF DEBORAH SORTA KINDA KICK THINGS OFF, JUST AN AVALANCHE OF DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE IN THAT AREA.
SO FROM THERE, AFTER WE DID THAT, WE GOT SOME ATTENTION.
AND SO HE STARTED ASKING COMPANY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STUFF THAT THEY HAD.
AND WE WENT TO LEWIS AFTER THAT, UM, THE RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN LEWISVILLE
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NEXT TO CITY HALL, AND THEY REGISTERED A BIG INVESTMENT IN, UM, UH, UH, UH, THE BIG PLAZA DOWNTOWN WHEN WE WERE REALLY THE FIRST MAJOR DEVELOPMENT.YOU'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO THAT.
AND THAT'S TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION STUFF HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF ST.
AND WE DID, WE DEVELOPED A RESTAURANT ON CITY OWNED LAND.
THE RESTAURANT WAS CALLED THE MEDEA FROM SCRATCH.
IT'S A SORT OF A MEXICAN NEW MEXICAN COASTAL MEXICAN FUSION, REALLY, REALLY GREAT HIGH-END MEXICAN RESTAURANT.
AND WE COLLABORATED WITH THE CITY TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE.
UM, FROM THERE CURRENTLY RESIDE AND WE STARTED OFF WITH A CONCEPT CALLED BREADWINNERS.
THAT WAS, AND, AND, UH, AFTER THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF HOPE WITH HD SUPPLY.
AND WE BROUGHT HIM OUT AND SHOW HIM THE SITE.
AND HE HAD A REALLY BIG VISION FOR THAT, FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE SAFETY COUNCIL AND GET SOME, UM, UH, SOME ZONING COMMITMENTS AND TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A 25,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON THAT SITE THAT ACTUALLY HAS THREE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS IN THE BUILDING.
AND THEY ALL SHARE A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT COVERED OUTDOOR SPACE.
SO, AND THAT PROJECT, UH, IS CURRENTLY THE NUMBER ONE, UH, ALCOHOL SALES AND ALL OF, UH, ROANOKE, UH, TROPHY CLUB AND, UH, SOUTH LAKE AND GRAPEVINE IN THE ENTIRE AREA.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE, BUT, UH, UM, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO LEVI, TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT LEVI'S WITH AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM CALLED GFF, AND HE'S BEEN WITH US ON MOST OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND WE'D LIKE TO SORT OF WALK YOU INTO THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, HOW WE GOT THERE.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LEVI, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AT, UH, BEDFORD COMMONS, WHICH WE'RE CALLING BEDFORD SQUARE FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BECAUSE WE WANT TO DREAM THAT THIS PROJECT IS A TRULY PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHRIS AND JUSTIN, UM, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO I, I WORKED WITH THEM ON CHOPSHOP LIVE HD SUPPLY COMPANY AND BREADWINNERS, UM, AMONG A FEW OTHER PURSUITS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON TODAY.
UH, THIS BEING ONE OF THEM, UM, I WORK FOR GFF.
UM, WE HAVE OFFICES IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH AND AUSTIN.
UM, WE DO ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, LANDSCAPE AND INTERIORS.
UM, I'M IN THE ARCHITECTURE, UM, DIVISION OF OUR OFFICE.
MOSTLY I WORK ON ON RESTAURANTS, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I ALSO GET TO DO A MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR ME IS THAT I'M GETTING TO DO THIS SORT OF TWO THINGS THAT I REALLY LOVE TO DO WITHIN DESIGN.
UM, SO A MOCKINGBIRD DINER RIGHT NEXT TO LOVE FIELD AIRPORT IS A RESTAURANT THAT, UH, DESIGNED A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, WITH, UM, A GUY NAMED JACK PERKINS WHO DID SLOW BONE MAPLE AND MOTOR.
UM, WE AS A FIRM DID PRESS CAFE IN FORT WORTH ALONG THE RIVER THERE, WHICH IS A GREAT RESTAURANT WITH A LOT OF PUBLIC SPACE AND IT CONNECTS RIGHT INTO THIS, UH, TRAIL SYSTEM.
SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITY.
UM, AND THEN I JUST RECENTLY FINISHED, UM, WORKING ON A LITTLE SMALL CAFE CALLED DREAM CAFE, UM, ON MCKINNEY AVENUE IN UPTOWN DALLAS.
UH, THEY RELOCATED TO A NEW PROPERTY AND WAS ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR INTERIOR.
SO I DO ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS WHEN IT COMES TO RESTAURANTS AND THEN THE MASTER PLANNING, I THINK SOMETIMES I ENJOY EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THESE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO START AND THINK REALLY BIG AND HAVE BIG IDEAS FOR WHAT THINGS CAN BECOME.
AND SO LOOKING AT THEM FROM A VERY MACRO SCALE, SEEING THE BIG PICTURE AND IMAGINING HOW THESE SPACES AND BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE ALL CONNECT TOGETHER.
UM, SO ONE IS FOR, UH, A PARK IN A MEDICAL DISTRICT IN DALLAS, UM, WHERE WE BASICALLY CREATED AN INTERVENTION THROUGH THE PARK THAT WOULD CONNECT A NEW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXISTING HOSPITAL THAT THE TOP MASTER PLAN, UM, IS AN IDEA FOR AN ELEVATED TRAIL THAT CONNECTS TO THE TRINITY STRAND TRAIL, WHICH CONNECTS DALLAS ALL THE WAY TO FORT WORTH.
UM, SO THIS IS A DESIGN DISTRICT PROJECT IN DALLAS THAT WOULD TAKE AN EXISTING BLOCK AND THEN REALLY START TO BUILD ON THIS PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN IN THE BOTTOM, RIGHT, WAS A SCHEME THAT I DID FOR A TOP GOLF ON A LAKE IN HOUSTON.
UM, NOT INCREDIBLY RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S A NEAT, UM, TO JUST SHOW HOW MUCH WE CAN DO WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LAND TO REALLY CONNECT TO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT BEDFORD COMMENTS, UM, BEDFORD SQUARE, UH, THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED.
ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO SEE THIS ON YOUR SCREEN? OKAY.
THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE YELLOW DASH LINE.
UM, WE'RE STANDING TODAY WITHIN THE ZONE
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THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO THINK BIG AND THINK LONGTERM IN TERMS OF HOW THIS LITTLE AREA TURNS INTO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE GREAT.UM, SO L DON DODSON INTERSECTS THE PROPERTY THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
THERE'S AN EXISTING INSURANCE BUILDING, UM, TO THE SOUTH END, THAT'S CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAYS.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SOME NATURAL LAND UP TO THE NORTH WITH SOME GREAT TREES AND THERE'S GREAT TOPOGRAPHY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC HERE, SO IT'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, TRULY PEDESTRIAN.
UM, SO THIS IS THE OVERALL CONCEPT FOR THE MASTER PLAN.
UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A COMBINATION OF TOWNHOMES OFFICE SPACE, RESTAURANT, RETAIL SPACE, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME STREET PARKING, UM, AND THEN A LOT OF GREEN SPACE.
SO WE IMAGINE THAT THIS MASTER PLAN IS CENTERED AROUND A PUBLIC KIND OF SQUARE.
THAT IS REALLY MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, A GREEN SPACE FOR ACTIVITIES AND MOVIE NIGHTS AND CONCERTS THAT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT, UM, OFFICE AND RETAIL COMPONENTS FEED INTO.
AND WE IMAGINE THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE THINKING BIG, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS ALL GOING TO HAPPEN AT ONCE.
IT WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO BE A DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE PHASED, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO, UM, THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE RAMIFICATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, IF IN THE LONG-TERM THIS BUILDING THAT WE'RE SITTING IN TODAY WANTS TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, NEW YOU OFFICE SPACE OR NEW BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS OR ANYTHING CAN THAT ALL CENTER AROUND THE GREEN SPACE? SO DON'T, PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENDED THAT WE'RE SHOWING THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE STANDING ON TODAY, UM, AS BEING PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST TO THROW OUT THE BIGGEST IDEA AS POSSIBLE AND THINK ABOUT THE LONGTERM.
UM, WE ALSO DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, BY ANY MEANS THE FINEST SOLUTION, IT'S THE BEST THING THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH AND WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE PROCESS OF DOING DEVELOPMENT IN A CITY LIKE BEDFORD, JUST LIKE IN TROPHY CLUB OR RENAULT, YOU HAVE TO TAKE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WORK THAT INTO YOUR PLAN SO THAT THERE ARE OTHER VERSIONS OF THIS PLAN THAT WE CAN DEVELOP TOGETHER.
UM, I'LL LET YOU GUYS DIG INTO THE NUMBERS YOURSELVES, UM, AT A LATER DATE, BUT THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO TALK ABOUT SHARED PARKING AND HOW, IF WE DO MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, WE DON'T NEED AS MANY PARKING SPACES AS SORT OF LIKE THE OLD SCHOOL WAY OF DOING DEVELOPMENT, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SINGLE PARKING LOT FOR A SINGLE BUILDING, UM, THAT DOESN'T EVER GET USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT ONE PURPOSE, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE STREETS THAT, UM, ARE WALKABLE.
AND IF WE DO BIG PARKING LOTS, THAT'S GOING TO INTERFERE WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CREATE KIND OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THIS CHART JUST SHOWS HOW THE DIFFERENT USES THAT WE'VE PROGRAMMED IN OUR SKETCHES TRANSLATES INTO PARKING THROUGH A SORT OF SHARED PARKING ANALYSIS, UM, WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PERCENTAGES USED DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, AND THEN HOW THAT ALL UP.
UM, SO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, WE'RE JUST GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME IDEAS THAT, UM, REALLY DROVE THE WAY THAT WE'VE DESIGNED THIS MASTER PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE HEART OF IT, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY MUCH ACTIVITY-BASED, UM, THAT CREATES A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR THE RESTAURANTS AND THE OFFICE USERS THAT WOULD BE LOCATED HERE TO CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD.
PEOPLE DON'T REALLY WANT TO LEAVE.
AND, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT.
I DROVE OVER HERE TODAY FROM DALLAS AND, YOU KNOW, IF I WANTED TO, UM, LEAVE BEDFORD AND GO SOMEWHERE LIKE TROPHY CLUB OR TO THE STOCKYARDS IN FORT WORTH OR TO THE FARMER'S MARKET IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EASILY A 25 TO 30 MINUTE DRIVE.
WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THAT HERE IN BEDFORD WHERE PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO LEAVE TO GO FOR THAT SORT OF FARMER'S MARKET EXPERIENCE OR STOCKYARDS EXPERIENCE, WE CAN CREATE THESE, YOU KNOW, INDOOR OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACES HERE.
UM, SO WE IMAGINE IT BEING, YOU KNOW, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GATHER ON THE WEEKENDS, UM, AND YOU KNOW, A PLACE THAT YOU CAN USE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE CONCERTS OR FARMER'S MARKET, OR, UM, A MOVIE NIGHT, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO IN THE EVENINGS BECAUSE THE RESTAURANTS THAT CHRIS AND JUSTIN WOULD BRING INTO THIS PROJECT ARE GOING TO BE EXCELLENT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE RETAIL PART OF THIS AND THE RESTAURANTS, CHRIS AND JUSTIN ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO, TO BRING IN TENANTS THAT ARE DYNAMIC, THEY'RE CREATING RESTAURANTS THAT ARE UNIQUE.
THEY'RE NOT BY ANY MEANS CHAIN RESTAURANTS, THEY'RE BOUTIQUE.
UM, THEY HAVE GREAT MENUS AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN TROPHY CLUB WITH HG ANALYZE POPE, THAT RESTAURANT IS REALLY CENTERED AROUND ITS OWN LITTLE GREEN SPACE.
AND HE'S KIND OF TAKEN THREE OR FOUR OF HIS CONCEPTS THAT YOU WALK THROUGH THE GREEN SPACE FIRST AND THEN FILTER INTO THOSE DIFFERENT SPACES.
AND THEY ALL KIND OF COMMUNE IN THAT ONE BIG OUTDOOR AREA OR THE
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CHOP SHOP LIVE WHERE, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE DRAW THERE IS THAT YOU'VE GOT THIS GREAT MUSIC VENUE AND SORT OF WHAT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED A BACKYARD OF, OF ROANOKE AND MAIN STREET THERE.SO, UM, THAT'S THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS.
SO WHETHER IT'S BOWLING ALLEYS OR OUTDOOR COURTYARDS, UM, COOL RETAIL SPACES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, TRULY DYNAMIC.
AND PLEASE INTERRUPT ME AT ANY POINT, IF THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT A SPECIFIC SLIDE, I DON'T MEAN TO JUST STRICTLY SPEAK TO YOU.
UM, CHRIS AND JUSTIN ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO PURSUE COOL RETAIL SPACES.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT HAS A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.
SO YOU HAVE RESTAURANT RETAIL, OFFICE, RESIDENTIAL, ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN CREATE A REAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE RESTAURANTS, WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING OF BOUTIQUE ESTABLISHMENTS, ESTABLISHMENTS, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN A WAY THAT CELEBRATES THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITHIN BEDFORD, WHERE SOMEBODY LOCAL CAN OCCUPY THAT SPACE.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S TRULY UNIQUE.
UM, OFFICE SPACE, YOU KNOW, PART OF CENTERING AROUND THE SQUARES IS CREATING, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY, UM, OFFICE SPACE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT, UM, LEASING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY.
IF YOU LIVE IN BEDFORD, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE GEARED TOWARDS, UM, MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES OR COULD IT EVEN BE A COMBINATION OF THINGS SIMILAR TO WE WORK WHERE IT'S MORE BOUTIQUE TYPE OFFICE SPACE.
I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING BACK.
AT LEAST I CAN SPEAK TO THIS IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE NEVER GOING BACK TO THE SAME OFFICE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD BEFORE.
UM, PEOPLE ARE EMBRACING HYBRID WORK SCHEDULES, WORKING FROM HOME AS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE PERMANENTLY PART OF OUR LIVES.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BY CREATING OFFICE SPACES THAT ARE MUCH MORE ADAPTABLE TO THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE HEADED TOWARD.
SO THIS IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE IN THE WHOLE THING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS THAT WE TAKE LDN DOTS AND DRIVE, WHICH IS A BIG WIDE FOUR LANE ROAD THAT DOESN'T HONESTLY HAVE A TON OF TRAFFIC CONSIDERING HOW BIG IT IS.
AND WE TURN THAT INTO MORE OF A TRADITIONAL MAIN STREET, AS YOU KNOW, IN HOPES THAT MAYBE THIS INSPIRES OTHER PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE L DON DODSON AS A TWO LANE ROAD WITH A MEDIAN AND STREET PARKING, SO THAT IT ENCOURAGES, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST DRIVING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THERE'S THIS GREAT SCHOOL THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, BUT I DROVE BY IT ON THE WAY HERE.
THAT'S JUST A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM HERE.
AND LIKE, IN MY MIND, I THINK ONE DAY THERE'S A, THERE'S A FUTURE WHERE BEDFORD IS CONNECTED BY THESE GREAT, UM, SIDEWALKS AND BUILDINGS THAT COME RIGHT UP TO THE STREET AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC, BECAUSE YOU'VE INTRODUCED THIS MEDIAN AND THIS LANDSCAPING AND THESE, YOU KNOW, VERY NICE SIDEWALKS, THE TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN A LOT.
AND WE HAVE REALLY MORE OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, AN OLD SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL HERE.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL, OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.
UM, IN THE MIDDLE, WE IMAGINE THIS BEING KIND OF LIKE A SYNTHETIC TURF LAWN, UM, THAT CAN BE USED FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS BY ALL THE DIFFERENT TENANTS OR OFFICE USERS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY PLAY FLAG FOOTBALL HERE ON THE WEEKNIGHTS OR JUSTIN, AND I HAVE RECENTLY BECOME REALLY OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO CREATE A MINI FENWAY PARK IN ONE OF OUR PROJECTS.
UM, BUT THESE, THESE COOL WIFFLE BALL STADIUMS THAT YOU SEE COULD BE GREAT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST COMING TO THE RESTAURANTS TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
AND LIKE, IT KEEPS THEM THERE FOR HOURS, YOU KNOW, WHERE IF IT'S JUST A RESTAURANT BY ITSELF WITH THE PARKING LOT, THEY'RE GOING TO WALK IN THE DOOR, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEAL.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A NICE TIME, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IN ANY OF OUR PROJECTS IS LIKE, HOW LONG CAN WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE? AND THEY'RE STILL HAVING A GREAT TIME.
SO, UM, YOU CAN SET UP A, UH, MOVIE NIGHT.
UM, I REFERENCED THE MAGNOLIA IN WACO QUITE A BIT JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE TAKEN A GREEN SPACE AND THEY KEEP PEOPLE IN SORT OF A RETAIL EXPERIENCE FOR, FOR LONG HOURS.
AND I THINK THAT'S SORT OF THE GOAL HERE.
UM, THE HUB
AND JUST LIKE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE HEAT, BUT PEOPLE DESPITE THE HEAT STILL WANT TO SPEND TIME OUTDOORS.
UM, ONE IDEA I HAVE IS SORT OF THIS MULTI-USE SHED STRUCTURE THAT GOES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT DURING THE WEEK.
IT'S NICE COVERED PARKING FOR THE OFFICE USERS, BUT ON THE WEEKEND THAT REALLY EXTENDS FROM THE GREEN SPACE AND BECOMES THIS FARMER'S MARKET, OR JUST A PLACE FOR VENDORS TO SET UP.
AND IT'S MORE OF KIND OF THE, IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD.
SO I LIVE IN THE FARMER'S MARKET IN DALLAS.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT IS THAT IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR OWN BRICK AND MORTAR STORE, YET A GREAT PLACE TO START IS IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS, WHERE, YOU KNOW, AFTER A FEW YEARS YOU BUILT
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A LOYAL CUSTOMER BASE, UM, THAT YOU CAN START TO MAKE A MOVE INTO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE NEXT STEP.UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT SORT OF ENVIRONMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, FARMERS OR PEOPLE THAT ARE SELLING CRAPS, TEA, COFFEE, ALL KINDS OF STUFF, BUT IT'S JUST AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE SHED RESTRUCTURE THAT JUST COMES IN AND HAS MULTIPLE USES, UM, IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE AS MUCH OF THE PARKING AWAY FROM PARKING LOTS AND OFF OF THE STREET AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK WE COULD DO A NICE, SMALL SHARED COMMUNAL PARKING GARAGE THAT SORT OF TUCKS AWAY NICELY WITHIN THE TALENT HOUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO IN A MINUTE, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING COOL WITH THE FACADE AND INTRODUCE EVEN MORE LANDSCAPING AND PLANTING.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE LONG RUN AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS IN A FEW SLIDES, BUT THE IDEA THAT, THAT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT JUST A PARKING GARAGE ON THE ROOF OF THAT.
YOU CAN CREATE EVEN MORE SPACE FOR SOMETHING LIKE A POOL THAT CAN BE SHARED BY THIS LITTLE COMMUNITY, UM, AS, AS JUST ANOTHER AMENITY FOR THE PEOPLE, THE TOWNHOMES THAT SURROUND THIS.
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE RIGHT TYPE OF DESIGN FOR TOWNHOMES, THAT, UM, WHETHER WE REFERENCE THE TOWNHOMES AT SOUTH LAKE CENTER OR THE TOWNHOMES IN ROANOKE, OR EVEN WHERE I LIVE, THERE'S SOME GREAT TOWNHOMES THAT YOU'LL SEE UP IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT REALLY MAKE IT A COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR IS MORE LIKE BROWNSTONES, BUT TO REALLY MAKE THIS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE EXIST ALL THE TIME, IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, STOP BEING USED AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE EVENING.
IT'S, IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND THEY CAN WALK INTO THE CENTER PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, CALL THIS THEIR HOME.
THERE'S A EXISTING FEMA FLOODPLAIN.
UM, THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT I THINK WE CAN TAKE AND TURN INTO A REALLY NICE NATURAL AMENITY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE OR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING, UM, AS A, AS A SORT OF STRATEGY TO PUT DIFFERENT AMENITIES IN DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND TO BREAK IT UP SO THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, THERE'S SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING.
IT'S PRETTY COVERED IN TREES TODAY.
YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU DRIVE BY THE SUN ON YOUR WAY OUT TODAY, IT'S PRETTY CROWDED.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT, YOU COULD DO START CUTTING OUT THE HACKBERRIES OR WHATEVER EXISTS DOWN THERE TO LIKE KIND OF OPEN THIS UP AS A PLACE PEOPLE COULD OCCUPY.
AND THEN THE IDEA IS TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, TO HIT HOME, HOW MUCH OF THIS, WE WANT TO BE A PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE CONNECTING, YOU KNOW, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH SIDE WITH KIND OF A COOL WALKING TRAIL THAT CONNECTS YOU FROM THE, UM, SORT OF LITTLE FLOODPLAIN PARK THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO A GREEN SPACE, KIND OF LIKE A SOUTH LAWN.
UM, THAT'S ON THE EDGE OF WHERE THE, THE, UM, THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT IS, BUT ALSO LIKE JUST SORT OF NESTING ITSELF WITHIN WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO, TO HAVE TOWNHOMES.
AND THEN THAT TAKES YOU LITERALLY RIGHT THROUGH THE SQUARE AND RIGHT ACROSS L DON DODSON DRIVE, WHICH AT THIS POINT IS SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWED DOWN.
AND THEN I WAS REFERENCING THE IDEA THAT WE COULD DO A POOL.
UM, BUT THIS DIAGRAM ON THE SCREEN JUST SHOWS HOW THOSE SORT OF THREE NATURAL AMENITIES, UM, WOULD CONNECT THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT SO THAT YOU'RE REALLY CREATING, UM, KIND OF A CONSTANT STREAM OF, OF THINGS TO DO THROUGH THE SPACE.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US PRESENT TODAY.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVEN'T YET.
IF SOMEONE WERE TO ASK YOU, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU DO REALLY GOOD? WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER? I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE HAVE HAVE EXCELLED AT IN THE PAST, AND WE HAS BECOME SORT OF OUR CORE COMPETENCY IS WE FIND A DESTINATION TYPE OWNER, OCCUPIED BUSINESSES IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND BRING THEM OUT TO SUBURBIAN, MAKE THEM WORK IN ORDER TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, THE REALLY COOL SENSE OF THE LOCALLY OWNED, UH, ENTERTAINMENT OR DINING OR OTHER TYPE OF VENUE THAT PEOPLE THAT CREATES A DESTINATION WE DID EARLY ON, WE DID A LICENSE PLATE STUDY IN ROANOKE AND ROANOKE WAS A, AT THAT TIME, THE RESTAURANTS WERE DRAWN FROM A 25 MILE RADIUS.
TWENTY-FIVE MILES MIGHT NOT SOUND THAT BIG UNTIL YOU GO AND DRIVE IT.
AND TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS BE THAT SUCCESSFUL AND IS CONTINUING TO BUILD ON ITSELF AND CONTINUE TO BE, AND THAT MAY, THAT CIRCUMFERENCE MAY HAVE EVEN EXPANDED, BUT YOU HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT HERE.
CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE METROPLEX, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR, YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT 50,000 PEOPLE HERE IN BEDFORD, BUT YOU'RE ALSO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE THAT WE CAN DRAW FROM, WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT JUST BECOMES A MATTER OF
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BRINGING IN GREAT OPERATORS AND GREAT CONCEPTS IN ORDER TO CREATE A GREAT PLACE.DO YOU BELIEVE THERE'S ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING UNIQUE HERE? SOMETHING EXCITING HERE? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN A PRODUCT OF OUR DEMOGRAPHIC ABOUT OUR DISPOSABLE INCOME LEVEL IN AND AROUND THIS AREA.
THAT, THAT LIMITED WHAT WE COULD DO HERE.
SO YOU TELLING US, YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING EXCITING HAPPEN HERE WHEN ROANOKE HAD A POPULATION OF 6,000 AND, UH, UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY DOORS GOT SLAMMED IN MY FACE.
I MEAN, I, I GOT, I GOT LAUGHED AT, I MEAN, SO EVERYWHERE WE'VE GONE, PEOPLE TOLD US IT COULDN'T BE DONE.
UM, BUT IF YOU FIND THE RIGHT, IF YOU FIND THE RIGHT CONCEPT AND THE RIGHT OPERATOR AND CREATE GOOD DESIGN, CREATE ENOUGH GRAVITY TO, I MEAN, THAT, ANOTHER THING THAT YOU GOT TO REALIZE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT WHEN WE FIRST DID, WE FIRST DID OUR VERY FIRST RESTAURANT BACK IN 2009, GOT THAT THING OPEN.
SO I WENT AND LOOKED FOR STAR LIVING FOR FURNITURE STORES OR SOMETHING TO PUT BESIDE IT.
AND AT THE TIME JASON BOTTLES OVER THERE ARE TWISTED.
ROOT GOES, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH A FURNITURE STORE HERE? AND GO GET, 'EM GO GET A PIZZA PLACE OR A BARBECUE JOINT.
HE GOES, NOBODY GOES TO A FURNITURE STORE.
I WANT TO BE AROUND STUFF THAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN.
AND THE THAT'S HOW BIG OF A MARKET WE HAVE HERE.
SO ANYTHING THAT YOU, ANYTHING THAT YOU BRING IN THAT BRINGS MORE PEOPLE TO THE AREA JUST CREATES MORE, MORE GRAVITY IN, IN THE AREA AND INCREASES THE POPULARITY OF THE AREA.
IT BRINGS, IT BRINGS IT AND HELPS EVERYBODY AND RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL SHIPS.
AT LEAST THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.
SO YOU SURE YOU'RE A GEN X-ER? YES.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, RISING.
THIS IS, I MEAN, AT NEW BOWLING ALLEY MAY BE FUN.
BUT WE HAD TWO BOWLING ALLEYS HAVE A VAULT.
WHAT'S THAT BOWLING ALLEY YOU CAN DRINK.
I WASN'T GOING THAT DIRECTION, BUT YES, I'VE HEARD ALLEGEDLY, UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
I WAS PRETTY CONVINCED WHEN I LED OFF BY GETTING THE NAME WRONG AND OFFENDED IN THE MIRROR.
WE WEREN'T GOING TO GO ANYWHERE, BUT JUST THE IDEA TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IS WITHIN OUR GRASPS WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGEMENT OR, UH, OUR COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR.
AND IT'S SUPER, SUPER EXCITING.
SO I APPRECIATE WHEN, AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO, WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT WE HAD IN MIND.
NOTHING IS EVER NOTHING WE'VE EVER EMBARKED ON HIS.
LOOK THE SAME FROM THE BEGINNING AS IT, AS IT DID AT THE END IT'S IT'S WITH IT'S DUE TO A COMPANY, A BIG EFFORT, EVERYTHING WE'VE EVER DONE HAS BEEN A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
SO THIS CITY HAS A TON OF INPUT.
THE OPERATORS THAT WE BRING IN TO THE DEVELOPMENT ALWAYS HAVE A TON OF INPUT THERE.
THEIR IDEAS ARE USUALLY BETTER THAN OURS.
SO WE REALLY LIKED TO LISTEN TO THOSE GUYS AND CREATE THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE THERE.
MA'AM UM, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
UH, THIS OBVIOUSLY GOT ME EXCITED.
I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THOUGH, FOR YOU.
UM, SO FIRST OFF FOR PHASE ONE FOR THE TOWNHOMES, UM, NOW THE TOTALITY SAID 300 UNITS, BUT FOR PHASE ONE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO THE, UH, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? I DON'T THINK SO.
WELL, THE 300, JUST THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY FOR PHASE ONE.
SO THAT'S ALL PHASE TWO, EVERYTHING.
SO FOR PHASE ONE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, UH, THE NORTHERN SECTION THERE OF TOWNHOMES.
WHAT, WHAT HAVE WE GOT FOR THE COUNT THERE? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION THAT I WISH I COULD ANSWER.
UM, NOW THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL, OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING'S HYPOTHETICAL.
I KNOW NOTHING IS SET IN STONE, BUT I JUST WANT SOME SORT OF IDEA OTHER THAN IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT WOULD GO IN AND TOTAL.
IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED.
UM, AND FOR THE PROPOSED KIND OF GREEN SPACE, HOW BIG ARE WE THINKING ON THIS? SO WHEN I DID THE DESIGN ORIGINALLY, I LITERALLY BASED IT ON THE IDEA THAT IT'S SIZE OF AN INTERMURAL FOOTBALL FIELD.
SO, UM, I THINK IT SHOULD BE ABOUT 60 YARDS, UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, NORTH SOUTH IN TERMS OF THE GREEN SPACE.
BUT I THINK WHEN YOU START TO FACTOR IN THAT IS, I MEAN, DOES THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? YEAH.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED SOME KIND OF CONCEPT OF HOW BIG IT IS AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT ADAPTABLE FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, JUST WANTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SIZE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
I DIDN'T WANT SOMETHING TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE.
NO, I THINK IT IT'S GOING TO FEEL BIG.
I MEAN, IF ANYTHING, IT COULD BE TOO BIG.
UM, I, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS SOMEWHAT VACUOUS RIGHT.
IN THE MIDDLE THAT PEOPLE DON'T USE, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR THOUGHT IS THAT LIKE, THIS REALLY DOES GET USED FOR INTERMURAL SPORTS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD COME ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEIR KIDS CAN PLAY SPORTS WHILE THEY HANG OUT AT THE RESTAURANTS OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR WORK.
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JUST TO SAY THAT THE GREEN GREENSPACE IS JUST THAT FIELD.I THINK ISN'T KIND OF THE WHOLE STORY.
CAUSE THERE'S, GREENSPACE NORTHVILLE, DON DODSON, L DON DODSON BECOMING A TWO LANE ROAD WITH STREET PARKING, THE FARMER'S MARKET PIECES, PLUS THE TRAIL THAT'S LEADING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
I MEAN, SO THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF SPACE THERE.
ANOTHER THING, UH, I'M A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT OPERA SPACE, UM, GIVEN THE CLIMATE WE'RE IN, GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, UM, AND ATTRACTING TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT FILLED.
CAN YOU SELL ME ON THAT? BECAUSE QUITE, QUITE HONESTLY, I, I'M SITTING UP HERE KIND OF SKEPTICAL GIVEN THE, UM, EVEN THE PANDEMIC, YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS.
I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO END UP HAPPENING IS THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS CRAZY SHIFT WHERE PEOPLE LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE COMPANY DOWN HERE TO THE SOUTH, THAT'S A BIG BUILDING.
AND LET'S SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ONLY A THIRD OR HALF OF THE PEOPLE WERE STILL WORKING THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO START LOOKING ELSEWHERE FOR SOMETHING SMALLER.
SO IF THEY CAN'T FIND IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? I THINK IF WE START TO RETHINK WHAT THOSE OFFICE SPACES ARE, THAT THEY'RE NOT TRADITIONAL, THEY'RE MORE LIKE A MAIN STREET OFFICE SPACE FROM, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO USE THE TERM, BUT FROM THE DAYS OF OLD, UM, THAT PEOPLE MAY FIND THAT MORE INTERESTING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEN THROW ON TOP OF THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST AN OFFICE SPACE THAT YOU DROVE THROUGH FROM THE HIGHWAY ON, ON WHAT, 83 TO GET, YOU KNOW, 45 MINUTES IN THE MORNING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES IN BEDFORD WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HERE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEY CAN WORK HERE INSTEAD.
YOU KNOW, WHY WOULDN'T THAT? SO I, I UNDERSTAND THE SKEPTICAL SKEPTICISM.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OFFICE CLIENTS IN OUR OFFICE THAT ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT PULLING THE TRIGGER ON BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DESIGNED.
AND I THINK IN MY MIND, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY'RE BIG, YOU KNOW, UM, THESE ARE NOT BIG, THEY'RE SMALL, THE RIGHT BALANCE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
LEVI, YOU SAID SOMETHING WHEN WE MET ABOUT THE OFFICE SPACE AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID? YEAH.
YOU SAID THAT WOULD BE THE KIND OF SPACE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO WORK OUT OF.
I LIVE IN THE FARMER'S MARKET AND DALLAS AND I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO WORK THERE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WALK 45 MINUTES TO UPTOWN AND UPTOWN IS STILL A GREAT PEDESTRIAN NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IF I COULD DO IT, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE AND THEN HAVE ALL THESE AMENITIES SURROUNDING ME THAT I COULD, YOU KNOW, SPILL OUT TO ON THE WEEKENDS OR ON THE WEEKNIGHTS, I WOULD LOVE THAT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER HAS REMINDED ME IN THE PAST, WE HAD A DEVELOPER COME FOR COUNCIL AND LAID OUT AN IDEA, A VISION FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.
AND THE VERY LAST QUESTION WE ASKED THAT DEVELOPER WAS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIVE HERE? WOULD YOU WORK HERE? AND THAT GUY SAID, NO, HE'D LIVE HERE.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT MAYBE ONE OF THE FLAWS THAT I HAVE IS THAT I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO LIVE IN.
AND THIS IS THE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I THINK ME AND, YOU KNOW, HEAVEN FORBID THE MILLENNIALS WANT, YOU KNOW, HEY, NOW WATCH IT, WATCH IT NOW.
SO AM I, SO, UH, NO, I, I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU AND MY SKEPTICISM CAME FROM THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE AROUND AROUND BEDFORD, WE DO HAVE SOME EMPTY SHOPPING CENTERS AND RETAIL SPACES.
AND, UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT THE CLIMATE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME, BUT I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT.
IF YOU CREATE THE RIGHT SPACE FOR THIS, UH, PEOPLE, LIKE YOU SAID, WELL, WANT TO WORK THERE THAT WANT TO BE THERE, BE AROUND THIS AREA, UH, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY SPEND TIME THERE.
SO, UM, GIVEN IT ALL COMES DOWN TO BALANCE, I THINK, UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO TRY AND TRY AND WORK OUT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND I LIKE THE DIRECTION THIS IS GOING, THIS IS DEFINITELY BY FAR THE BEST WE'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
THANK YOU, MR. COGAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
I THINK FOR ME, THAT ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT THAT YOU BRING, WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT THIS IS FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEDFORD AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.
AND WE WANT TO DRAW, UH, FROM THOSE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOWCASE THE CENTER.
BEDFORD IS THE CENTER OF THE METROPLEX.
WE SAID STRATEGICALLY BETWEEN DALLAS FORT WORTH, YOU LOSE BEDFORD.
AND THERE IS NOTHING, NOTHING WITHIN A CLOSE RADIUS THAT BRINGS THE EXCITEMENT THAT THIS PROJECT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF BRINGING FOR THE CITY.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, I'M A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TOWNHOUSES, AND I KNOW THAT'S JUST, UH, A NUMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE THROWING OUT THERE AT US, BUT IT'S LIVE, WORK, UH, RECREATE AND, UM, WALKABLE ENJOYABLE.
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AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO CORRECT, TO CONNECT A LOT OF PIECES OF SEVERAL PIECES OF PROPERTY HERE WITHIN THE CITY THAT EACH ONE ON ITS OWN MERIT BRINGS A LOT TO THIS CITY, BUT CONNECTING THEM WALKABLE, UH, ENTERTAINMENT, LIVING WISE, I THINK WE JUST, WE'RE ABOUT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE MAP THAT NO OTHER COMMUNITY HAS.AND, UM, YEAH, THE DRESS NEXT.
THANK YOU FOR NOT WEARING PATTERNED PANTS THOUGH.
ANYONE ELSE? MAYOR PRO TEM STABLE.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, IDEAS.
UM, YOU HAVE PUT EVERYTHING SORT OF IN THE CENTRAL PART OF IT AND YOU PUT THE HOUSING ON THE EXTERIOR AND IT SEEMS IN THE PAST, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD WE NEED TO PROBABLY PUT THE RETAIL IN THE MOST OR THE RETAIL OR THE RESTAURANTS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEN HAVE THE RESIDENTS ON THE INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF FOREST RIDGE AND THE MAJOR ROADS LIKE BEDFORD ROAD.
AND YOU'VE DONE JUST THE OPPOSITE AND THAT THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT I NOTICED YOU SAID THIS WAS LIKE A COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO A DESTINATION.
SO HOW DID, HOW DID THOSE TWO THINGS GO TOGETHER? SURE.
UM, I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF THE FIRST QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SPREADING THINGS AROUND THE EDGE AND THEN PUTTING, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF SLEEPY RESIDENTIAL PART IN THE MIDDLE, I THINK THE REASON THAT I DON'T LIKE THAT PERSONALLY IS BECAUSE IT BECOMES SUCH A GREATER DISTANCE TO WALK, TO CONNECT EACH PIECE.
AND SO IF WE ACTUALLY DO THE OPPOSITE THINK DIFFERENTLY INPUT, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE, UM, THOSE THINGS HAVE THEIR OWN SORT OF SYNERGY BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER.
UM, AND REMIND ME FOR A SECOND QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S A COMMUNITY AND A DESTINATION.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A THING THAT WE KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS AND WOULD, THEY WILL ALWAYS SAY THAT THEY'LL FIND SOMETHING FOR A COMMUNITY, BASICALLY THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES AROUND, BUT THEN WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE ASPIRATIONS FOR THIS TO BE SORT OF A DESTINATION WHERE PEOPLE COME IN FROM OTHER CITIES.
I MEAN, LIKE YOU HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE IN FOR 25 MILE RADIUS AND YOU HAVE SAID, IT'S A COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S BOTH BECAUSE WHAT CHRIS AND JUSTIN DO ARE THEY BRING THE OPERATORS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WANTING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR A LONG TIME IN HG, IN, IN TROPHY CLUB, WE HAD TO FIGHT EVERYTHING, NOT TO HAVE THAT LEAK EARLY TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY WERE COMING IN TOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE GETTING SO EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HG IN THEIR BACKYARD.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM MY STANDPOINT AS A DESIGNER, I WANT TO CREATE THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT CHRIS AND JUSTIN'S YOU IS THEY WANT TO CREATE THE DESTINATION BY BRINGING THE COOL BARBECUE PEOPLE OR THE, UM, THE HUNTER GATHERER TYPE PALEO MENU OR THE PRO THAT'S GENERATION X, PALEO.
OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY A V IN CASE THOSE ON THE MENU AT A, AT HTA, HOW CAN YOU HAVE HOW'D YOU LIKE IT, BUT A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I'D LIKE TO OFFER TO, UH, REGARDS TO THE, YOUR REMARKS IS, I DON'T KNOW WHO TOLD YOU THAT.
UM, BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN A LOT, WHAT I'VE SEEN A LOT, A LOT HAPPENS A LOT IN COMMUNITIES IS YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS COME IN AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL THROW SOME RETAIL AND TO GET THEIR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DONE.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN ON THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY, BEING THE DESTINATION, IF YOU THINK ABOUT PLACES LIKE, UH, LIKE DOWNTOWN GRAPEVINE OR DOWNTOWN ROANOKE, YOU'RE DOWNTOWN GRAPEVINE.
SO IT IS A DESTINATION IT'S GOT, IT'S GOT GREAT WOLF LODGE, SCOTT GAYLORD.
IT THAT, THAT, THAT DOWNTOWN GREAT MIND DIDN'T COME BECAUSE OF GAYLORD AND GREAT WOLF.
THEY CAME BECAUSE OF DOWNTOWN GRAPEVINE BECAUSE THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY WAS THERE BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES WERE ON THE INTERIOR AND THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND IT WASN'T AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO CREATE IS IT IS AN AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE.
AND, AND YOUR POINT ABOUT PUTTING THE LIVING ON THE OUTSIDE IS, UH, UH, UH, WELL, MY, MY POINT ABOUT PUTTING ON THE OUTSIDE, LIKE WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, UH, UM, A CITY BROUGHT IN A GUY FROM THE, UH, I THINK THE TEXAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY OR WHATEVER, TO SORT OF TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING DOWNTOWNS AND WHAT THAT'S LIKE AND HOW, AND, AND CREATING A SENSE OF SPACE AND CREATING A SERIES OF STOREFRONTS.
AND THAT'S, HE SAID HE MADE SOME COMMENT THAT JUST STAY WITH ME FOREVER.
LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, 1800 YEARS
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OF EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT TAUGHT US.AND YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS PEOPLE, PEOPLE WORK IN THE MIDDLE AND THEY LIVE IN THE SURROUNDINGS WHERE THEY LIVE ABOVE THEIR STORES, BUT THAT THAT'S WHAT WORKS AND THAT'S WHAT CREATES A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND A SENSE OF SPACE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER OLANDER.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT HASN'T BEEN ASKED.
SO HOW LONG WOULD THE DURATION BE PER PHASE AND THEN THE PROJECT FROM START TO FINISH? UM, I HAVE NO IDEA THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS.
UM, WE HAVEN'T, I MEAN, IN THE FRONT END OF THE PROJECT TAKES A LONG TIME TO, TO, TO GET THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED THAT TAKES, I MEAN, THAT'S TAKEN AS MUCH AS A YEAR BEFORE AND OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE WORKED WITH.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU START, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU START WORKING ON WELL, WHILE YOU'RE WORKING ON THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, IF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE CHOSEN DEVELOPER.
WE IMMEDIATELY START TALKING TO TENANTS, TAKING THESE RENDERINGS OUT, TALKING TO GUYS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN COMING HERE SO THAT WE CAN SORT OF GET THE, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL TENANTS SIGNED UP, GET THOSE, GET THOSE LISA SIGNED.
THAT TAKES THAT'S A LONG PROCESS.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS A COMMITMENT.
AND CHRIS, CHRIS AND I DON'T THIS W WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT A VOLUME DEVELOPER.
WE DON'T DO A LOT OF, OF, OF DEALS, BUT THE DEALS THAT WE DO DO TEND TO BE LIKE THIS, AND THAT'S ALL WE FOCUS ON AND THAT'S ALL WE DO.
SO I'M REALLY RELUCTANT TO COMMIT TO A TIMELINE.
UM, AGAIN, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
YOU MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER PANDEMIC, YOU MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, GREAT RECESSION, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BORROWING HARD, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO THIS.
AND IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE CHOSEN FOR THE PROJECT, WE WILL FINISH IT.
I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE WAY THAT THIS IS SEQUENCED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO LOGISTICAL REASON THAT YOU CAN'T DO PHASE ONE, RIGHT.
IT'S SORT OF DESIGNED THAT WAY BECAUSE THAT LAND IS I THINK, AVAILABLE IN SOME WAYS.
I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP WITH SOME PARKING FOR AN OFFICE TENANT THERE TO THE SOUTH.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE PHASE TWO, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG-TERM IS THIS? I THINK THAT IN A LOT OF WAYS, DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THE CITY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY? DO THEY WANT TO EXCLUDE IT FROM THIS? DO THEY WANT TO INCLUDE IT? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WITH PRIVATE COMPANY AND THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, JUST IN TERMS OF, DO THEY WANT TO ALSO BE PART OF THIS IN SOME WAY? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO ANSWER THE PHASE TWO PART OF IT.
I THINK THE PHASE ONE IS, YOU KNOW, MORE WITH JUSTIN'S DESCRIBING, THERE'S A LOT OF TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT OPERATORS.
I MEAN, THERE'S CIVIL INVOLVED TO REDO A STREET AND, UM, ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE GROUND UP, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO IN AND CHANGE THE FINISH THAT IT BE GROUND UP CONSTRUCTION.
SO YOU CAN GET ON THAT TAKE IN A YEAR.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A COMMITMENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWHILE AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE AROUND FOR AWHILE.
WELL, I GUESS WE'LL WAIT AND SEE.
I, I, I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING WANTING TO MAKE PEOPLE PROUD OF THIS CITY.
THIS PROJECT IS VERY CLOSE TO PEOPLE'S HEARTS, GOOD OR BAD, HAPPY OR UNHAPPY WITH IT.
THIS IS, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR US.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A HIGH DEGREE OF NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT.
UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I NEVER LIKED WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED THIS CONVERSATION IN 2011 OR 2012, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BIG BOX RETAIL.
YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THAT GOING NOW? THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION TO GO.
THEN IT MORPHED INTO HOW MUCH MULTI-FAMILY CAN WE STICK INTO THIS THING? WELL, WE DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.
SO PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROJECT, AT LEAST DURING MY TENURE HERE AS MAYOR IS WE WANT SOMETHING SPECIAL.
WE WANT SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN THIS AREA.
THAT'S GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO COME HERE BECAUSE THERE'S A WOW TO IT.
AND THE NEAT THING IS WE'VE GOT A COUNCIL, WE'VE GOT AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S WILLING TO THINK BIG RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT JUST SETTLING FOR MEDIOCRITY.
AND SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE OF ICE, WHEN I SEE THIS, I SEE AN INTEGRATION OF BEDFORD COMMONS WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL, WITH THE LIBRARY WITH GENERATIONS PARK, I SEE AN ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE ON BEDFORD ROAD, WHERE WE'RE ACTIVATING THAT CORRIDOR AND CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES TO COME THERE.
I MEAN, I'M SEEING US LIGHTING UP THE STREETS IN THIS TOWN AND TURNING THE TOWN, THE ENTIRE TOWN INTO A DESTINATION.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE TAKING CONTROL OF OUR FUTURE BY PURCHASING OTHER PROPERTIES SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE THE FATE OF THOSE PROPERTIES SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE AND SAY YES TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO DO SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT TO DO.
SO THIS IS ABOUT DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL.
MY FEELING WITH YOU GUYS, AFTER MEETING WITH YOU ALL, AND IT, DESPITE HOW YOU DRESSED JUSTIN, BUT MY FEELING, MY FEELING
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IS YOU GUYS CAN HELP GET US THERE.I MEAN, THAT'S MY FEELING, BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE UNIQUE.
IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE THE SAME OLD THING.
AND I FULLY, WHENEVER I HEARD THE OTHER PEOPLE USED TO COME TO US AND SAY, NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT A THREE MILE RADIUS OR A FIVE MILE RACE.
I NEVER BELIEVED THAT IN MY HEART THAT WE DID SOMETHING SPECIAL AND UNIQUE THAT PEOPLE WOULD FROM ALL OVER, JUST LOOK AT RESTAURANTS, I WILL DRIVE ALL OVER THE METROPLEX TO GO TO A GREAT RESTAURANT.
IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE NEXT DOOR.
SO THEN THE ISSUE IS WHO CAN BRING US THAT, THAT SPECIALNESS, WHO CAN BRING US THOSE UNIQUE OPERATORS, MAYBE EVEN AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SIDE, LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF AN INCUBATOR ON THE WEEKENDS WITH THE MARKET, WITH FOOD TRUCKS OR WHATEVER, WHO CAN BRING US THAT THAT'S, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, I THINK WE'RE SITTING ON A HUGE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DO SOMETHING FANTASTIC.
AND, UM, IN MY MIND, YOU GUYS MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET US THERE.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, JIMMY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO, SIR.
I, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST KNOW WE ALL WANT TO GET GOING AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL LIKE I'M FORCING THEM.
I THINK A LOT OF IT IS I, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO BIG PROJECTS IN COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S BEDFORD FLOWER MOUND, RUN-OUT FILL IN THE BLANK.
THERE'S A LOT OF CREDIBILITY AT STAKE.
THERE'S CREDIBILITY TO THE RESIDENTS, TO, UH, THE NEIGHBORING CITIES TO YOURSELVES.
AND BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS I'VE HAD, WHEN THAT CREDIBILITY WAS ON THE LINE, THAT'S WHY I FELT LIKE THE LEAST WE COULD DO IS GET THEM IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TO SEE WHAT YOU THOUGHT.
AND THEN WE CAN TALK LATER ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND, UM, SEE WHAT Y'ALL THINK.
UM, SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYONE ON THE SPOT, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I, I'M JUST EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD REGARDLESS.
UNLESS WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING HERE TO NICE TO MEET EVERYBODY.
SORRY TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME, GENTLEMEN.
LET'S GET ONTO THE MEAT OF THE MEETING HERE TONIGHT.
[Consider Approval of Items by Consent]
APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT, JIMMY STEPHANOS.THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL.
THE FA OF THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST 10TH, 2021 REGULAR MEETING.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF, AND I'M GOING TO READ IT BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S SOME LEGAL EASE INVOLVED AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYTHING OUT.
UM, CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT WITH THE ATMOS CITY STEERING COMMITTEE AND ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION, MID TEXT DIVISION REGARDING THE COMPANY'S 2021 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM, FILING DECLARING EXISTING RATES TO BE UNREASONABLE.
IT'S IT ADOPTS TARIFFS THAT REFLECT RATE ADJUSTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, FINDING THE RATES TO BE SET BY THE ATTACHED SETTLEMENT TARIFFS TO BE JUST IN REASONABLE AND IN THE PUBLIC INTERESTS, APPROVING AN ATTACHED EXHIBIT, ESTABLISHING A BENCHMARK FOR PENSIONS AND RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS APPROVING AN ATTACHED EXHIBIT REGARDING AMORTIZATION OF REGULATORY LIABILITY REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO REIMBURSE THE ATMOS CITY STEERING COMMITTEES, REASONABLE RATE, MAKING EXPENSES, DETERMINING THAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEANS ACT ADOPTING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND REQUIRING DELIBERATE THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COMPANY AND THE COMMITTEES LEGAL COUNSEL.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, BEDFORD IS PART OF A COALITION OF MANY OTHER CITIES.
SO WE HAVE ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
SO THIS IS WHAT WAS, UH, JOINTLY NEGOTIATED.
UH, THE CITY OF BEDFORD AS MENTIONED PARTICIPATES IN THAT STEERING COMMITTEE.
AND IT WILL ALWAYS HANDLE MATTERS THAT RELATED TO RATE REVIEW AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH ATMOS SYNERGY, THE MID TEXT DIVISION, THIS ITEM APPROVES THE SETTLEMENT WITH THE COMPANY AS PART OF THE APPROVED RATE REVIEW MECHANISM PROCESS FOR THE RIGHT REQUEST THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY FILED ON OR AROUND APRIL 1ST, 2021.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING THE RIGHT-AWAY KNOWN AS A PORTION OF DOUG RIPPERS DRIVE.
IT IS VERY 1.046 ACRES, AND THIS IS BEING DONE OR REQUESTED DUE TO THE REDESIGN AND RENOVATION OF THE BEDFORD BOYS RANCH INTO GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH.
SO BASICALLY THE CITY ITSELF IS REQUESTING THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC ROADWAY THAT IS KNOWN AS DOUG RIVERS DRIVE.
IT RUNS THROUGH GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH, AND IT CONNECTS HARWOOD ROAD TO FOREST FRINGE DRIVE.
THIS PORTION OF DEG RIVERS DRIVE WILL BE RELOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW LAYOUT OF THE PARK, BUT FIRST MUST BE ABANDONED IN ORDER TO BE REESTABLISHED IN THE NEW LOCATION, WHICH WILL OCCUR THROUGH A REPLAT OF THE ENTIRE PARK.
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO BAIN THE RIGHT AWAY, KNOWN AS THE PORTION OF, LET ME SEE, I'M SORRY, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, TO CONSIDER AN ABANDONED, UH, AN ORDINANCE TO BAN THE RIGHT-AWAY KNOWN AS LAKEVIEW
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DRIVE.I HAD THE SAME DOG RIVERS DRIVE OUT THEM TWICE.
UH, WITHIN THE BOUND, IT'S TWO ABANDONED IT WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH, DUE TO THE REDESIGN IN RENOVATION, A BEDFORD BOYS RANCH INTO THE GENERATION PART AT BOYS RANCH.
THE CITY ITSELF IS REQUESTING THE ABANDONMENT OF LAKEVIEW DRIVE RIGHT AWAY WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH.
THE SUBJECT LAKE VIEW DRIVE RIGHT AWAY MUST BE ABANDONED IN ORDER TO RE-ESTABLISH NEW RIGHTS AWAY WITHIN THE PARK, THROUGH A REPLY OF THE ENTIRE PARK.
AND FINALLY, THERE IS THE FINAL ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF BAIN.
THE RIGHT-AWAY KNOWN AS SHADY LANE.
AND, AND I APOLOGIZE, THE LAKE VIEW ITEM IS 0.6, 3, 3 8 ACRES, BUT THE SHADY LANE PORTION WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH IS REQUESTED TO BE ABANDONED DUE TO THE REDESIGN IN RENOVATION OF BEDFORD BOYS RANCH INTO GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH.
THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS AGAIN REQUESTING THIS OURSELF, UH, TO HAVE THE ABANDONMENT OF THE SHADY LANE RIGHT AWAY, THAT RUNS ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH.
THE SUBJECT SHADY LANE RIGHT AWAY IS NOT WITHIN AN EXISTING DEVELOP ROADWAY WITHIN THE PARK, BUT ONLY RIGHT AWAY.
AND IT MUST BE ABANDONED IN ORDER TO RE-ESTABLISH NEW RIGHTS OF WAY WITHIN THE PARK, THROUGH A REPLANT OF THE ENTIRE PARK AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL CONSENT ITEMS. OKAY.
THANK YOU, MR. STOVALL, DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR, OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS FOR CONSENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER KOVAR.
SECOND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
HAVEN'T SEEN THIS FOR A WHILE, BUT WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO VOTE.
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NEXT STEP.WE HAVE A UNDER PERSONS TO BE HEARD.
UM, MR. DANIEL BENNETT, MR. BENNETT.
UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND GIVING US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO DISCUSS ZERO WHITE, WHITE SETTLEMENT, TEXAS.
UH, I'M HERE TO DISCUSS TURN AN APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT BY JANE NELSON TO THE, TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND I HAVE A THREE MINUTE PRESENTATION.
I LIKE TO READ, UH, MR. WELL, I HAVE THE LETTER, RIGHT? YES.
IN JANUARY OF 2020, THE TAD BOARD MEMBER RICHARD DE HOP REQUESTED FROM TAD STAFF, THE NUMBER OF PROTESTS HEARD BY THE ARB FOR THE YEARS OF 2013, THROUGH 2019.
YOU ALSO GATHERED THE SAME INFORMATION FROM FOUR OTHER LARGER PRISON'S DISTRICTS.
MR. DIAZ THEN PRESENTED THIS COMPARISON TO THE FINDING AIRED BY SENATOR NELSON, THE 25TH OF 2020.
THIS PRESENTATION AS AN INVITED GUESTS TO THE PANEL PROMPTED SENATOR NELSON TO SEND A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TERROR APPRAISAL DISTRICT ON WELL IT'S DATED 30 APRIL, 2020.
THE LETTER REQUESTS INVESTIGATING THE SOFTWARE USED BY THE DISTRICT IS PLAYING A ROLE IN INCREASED NUMBER OF PROTESTS IN RELATION TO OTHER MAJOR METROPOLITAN COUNTIES.
THIS LETTER WAS SUPPRESSED BY THE DISTRICT BY NOT DISTRIBUTING THE LETTER TO EACH BOARD MEMBER, WHICH WAS RECEIVED ON MAY 11TH BY THE DISTRICT.
NO MEMBER SAW THIS LETTER UNTIL IT WAS SLIPPED INTO THEIR AGENDA PACKET FOR THE JUNE 5TH MEETING, THE, THE AGENDA PACKET ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC WAS DEVOID OF THE LETTER.
DURING THE JUNE 5TH MEETING, THE LENDER WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE DISCUSSED ON THE AGENDA THOUGH.
THIS ACTION ITEM WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AUDIT SERVICES, TO INVESTIGATE THE SOFTWARE, THIS PARTICULAR ACTION ITEM PASS THREE TO TWO.
THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING JUST FELL APART.
SO HERE, HERE WE HAVE SOFTWARE THAT HAD AN AUDIT DONE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
SAY BACK IN 2016, THAT WAS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD.
WE NEVER HAD A FUNCTIONAL AUDIT EVER.
SO THIS THREE, TWO VOTE WAS TO GET SOME RFPS, TO GET SOMEONE, TO GET A SOFTWARE ENGINEER, TO DO HIGH FUNCTIONAL AUDIT, SOME FIRM OR INDIVIDUAL, WHOEVER WANTED TO CONTRACT, BUT THIS IS WHERE IT ALL FELL APART.
SOON AFTER THIS MEETING ON JUNE 5TH, TWO MEMBERS ASKED TO BE RECALLED, WHICH EVERY POLITICIAN OR ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL.
NO, THAT WAS WHAT I RECALL IS HE SENT A LETTER TO THE
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RESPECT OF VOTING BLOCK TO BE RECALLED.JOHN MOLINEUX WAS THE THIRD YES VOTE.
AND THAT ACTION ITEM AND MICHAEL DONALD WAS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
I SUED THE DISTRICT, EACH BOARD MEMBER AND EIGHT TAXI UNITS FOR THE MISUSE OF THE RECALLED STATUTE IN THE 96 DISTRICT COURT IN FORT WORTH.
SO THE TAXING ENTITIES COULD CONTROL THE PROCESS.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU HAVE FOUR ENTITIES AND I CAN GO BACK AND TELL YOU, REMIND YOU HOW THE ELECTION WORKS, THERE'S 5,000 VOTES IN YOUR REPORT, YOUR APPROPRIATED SHARE BASED ON YOUR AGGREGATE VALUE, BASED ON YOUR CERTIFIED ROLES, DIVIDED BY THE COUNTY MULTIPLIED BY 5,000.
WELL, IF YOU VOTED FOR A PERSON AND THEN ARLINGTON ISD IS LIKE 23, THIS IS 23 NOW.
WELL THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE I THINK USS 24, 25.
IF YOU HAD VOTED FOR ONE PERSON WHO HAS TO BE RECALLED AND ARLINGTON ISD VOTERS FOR THAT SAME PERSON, THEY HAVE 435.
YOUR, IF YOU WANTED TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY RECALL ELECTION, WELL, ARLINGTON ISD WINS.
YOUR GUY DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE.
THEY SUPPLANT THAT PERSON, JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER.
NOW THESE GUYS HAD JUST QUIT, WALKED OFF INTO THE SUNSET.
THEN BEDFORD COULD HAVE NOMINATED SOMEBODY AND THAT NOMINATION THEN WOULD HAVE WENT TO THE THREE EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS, VOTING BOARD MEMBERS FOR VETTING AND CHOICE.
YOU WOULD HAVE HAD AT LEAST A CHANCE WITH THE EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT OPPORTUNITY IS WHAT HAPPENED.
I SUED TO PROTECT THE SMALL ENTITIES I SUED TO PROTECT BEDFORD.
UM, THIS VACUUM IN LEADERSHIP MORE BY THE CHIEF APPRAISER, MR. LAW, MR. LAW IGNORED REQUEST BY TWO EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS FOR AN IMMEDIATE MEETING.
SO THAT CHA SO A CHARITY MAY BE APPOINTED.
THESE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WERE MR.
AND THEY WERE JOINED BY A MAJORITY OF TAXING ENTITIES TO NO AVAIL.
NOW MAYOR JACOB AND LAKESIDE SPEARHEADED THAT HE SENT OUT A BLAST, EMAIL OUT AND PEOPLE RESPONDED AND THEY SAID, YEAH, WE WANT TO HAVE A MEETING.
WE WANT TO RESPOND TO THE LETTER.
WELL, TO THIS DAY, SENATOR NELSON'S LETTER HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE TAB.
VOD 16 MONTHS HAS PASSED THIS, IN MY OPINION IS BY DESIGN.
THIS IS THE ARROGANCE PORSCHE TO MR. LAW.
AND TO THE CURRENT BLD CHAIRPERSON, CATHERINE WILDMAN.
I COULD EXPAND UPON THAT, BUT I THINK IT'D BE NEEDLESS.
AND I THINK YOU GET THE MESSAGE.
NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOUSE BILL, UM, 9 88.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN I RAN IN 2017, THE ENTITIES THAT MEET THE MOST OFTEN USUALLY HAVE THE MORE VOTES COMMISSIONER'S COURT, 500.
I MEAN EVERY WEEK BEDFORD MEETS TWICE A WEEK.
SOME ENTITIES MEET ONCE A MONTH.
SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE CANCELED THEIR MEETING AND NOT HAVE A MEETING.
WELL, WHEN I RAN, I SAW WHAT THE COMMISSIONER COURT HAD DONE IN THE PAST.
THEY WAITED TO BE THE VERY LAST ENTITY TO VOTE IN A CYCLE.
YOU CAN PUT YOUR BALLOT ON OCTOBER 1ST.
YOU CAN CATCH BACK IN OCTOBER, THEY CAST THEIR BALLOT DECEMBER 7TH, AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE HAS VOTED.
AND THEN GK MAINTENANCE WOULD CALL DOWN THE TAD, ASK WHERE ALL THE VOTES WERE, MR. LAW, OR WHOMEVER WOULD TELL.
WE GO BACK TO JUDGE WHITLEY AND SAY, WELL, WE HAVE TWO, TWO PEOPLE.
ONE GUY ALREADY HAS ENOUGH VOTES.
THIS GUY ONLY HAS TWO AND 34 VOTES.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE OUR VOTES TO THIS GUY TO GET HIM ON BOARD.
NOW, IF THEY HADN'T DONE THAT, WHO KNOWS HOW THE HUSH AND IT TURNED OUT, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO VOTE ON A WEDNESDAY? IF YOU KNEW THE NUMBERS ON TUESDAY, THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
WELL, I TOOK THIS INFORMATION.
I PUT IT, I PROPAGATED IT TO SOME MEDIUM ENTITIES.
THEY HAD ABOUT 180 TO 160 VOTES.
AND THEY TABLED THEIR VOTE WHEN I RAN PAST THE COMMISSIONERS VOTE.
SO I KNEW WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS WERE GOING TO DO.
THEY WERE GOING TO TABLE THEIR VOTE PASSED.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT GK DID.
HE SAYS, DON'T KNOW, NO VOTES ARE IN, UH, I SUGGEST YOU TABLE AT A TABLE.
SO THAT KRAUSS FELLA, HANCOCK AND GENTLEMEN NAMED CHANDLER CROUCH, HE'S A REALTOR.
HE'S FOUGHT 20,000 ARB PROTESTS FOR FREE FOR PEOPLE.
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UH, I MET WITH MATT KRAUSS.I MET WITH CHANDLER CROUCH AND HOUSE BILL, UH, 9 88 STOPS THIS ABUSE.
AND I'M GOING TO READ YOU THE LEGISLATION.
IT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
AND IF YOU WANT ME TO GO LOOK FOR IT, YOURSELF, 6 0 3 OF THE TAX CODE, SUBSECTION K AND K ONE.
THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ESTABLISHED IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF 20,000 OR MORE THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH TAXING UNIT ENTITLED TO CAST AT LEAST 5% OF THE TOTAL VOTES MUST DETERMINE ITS VOTE BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT THE FIRST OR SECOND OPEN MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY THAT IS HELD AFTER THE DATE.
THE CHIEF APPRAISER DELIVERS THE BALLOT TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR THE GOVERNING BODY.
THE GOVERNING BODY MUST SUBMIT ITS VOTES TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER, NOT LATER THAN THE THIRD DAY, FOLLOWING THE RESOLUTION ADOPTION.
SO EXAMPLE JEFF LAW SENDS OUT THAT BY OCTOBER 1ST, IF THERE'S AN OCTOBER 2ND MEETING FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA AND VOTE, THAT'S FINE.
IF THEY DON'T VOTE THEIR 540 VOTES, IT GOES IN THE TRASH.
NOW, IF THEY VOTE ON THE NIGHT, THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR BALLOT TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER NO LATER THAN THE 12TH.
NOW THERE'S NO CHAIN OF CUSTODY FOR HIM.
I WAS DOWN BEFORE THE, UH, WHAT IS IT MEANS COMMITTEE.
I ASKED HIM TO CRAFT FOR LEGISLATION, FOR CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF THE BALLOTS AND A NOMINATION PROCESS.
CAUSE THERE'S NO REPERCUSSIONS AND THERE'S NO WAY TO VET.
UM, I WON'T GET INTO THAT, BUT, UM, THERE WE GO.
SO THE RECALL PROVISION WAS ABUSED AND THAT WAS THE FIRST RECALL EVER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE HISTORY OF ALL THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AND THE FIRST TIME IT WAS USED, IT WAS ABUSED.
AND WHO ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN? THE DISTRICT WHO HAS THE DISTRICT, JEFF LAW.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND HERE.
YOU ARE NOT ASKING ANYTHING OF US THIS EVENING.
YOU'RE JUST HERE TO REPORT THIS TO IT'S JUST INFORMATION.
I WILL SAY ONE THING HE'S UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE USED TO PEOPLE ASKING US FOR THINGS SO, WELL, I'LL JUST GO.
THAT WAS KIND OF EXTEMPORANEOUS THE SB 98, BUT YES, SIR, FOR THIS WHOLE TIME, THERE'S BEEN AN ATTORNEY DOWN THE TAD, HER NAME'S CATHERINE OLER.
SHE MAKES $32,370 PER MONTH WHEN SHE WALKS IN THE DOOR, ARE THEY HIRING? SO HE'S THE HIGHEST PAID ATTORNEY IN TARRANT COUNTY ON A GOVERNANCE, ON A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION STATE OF TEXAS.
WELL, THE WAY THEY CRAFTED THE, THE, THE, I GUESS IS A BETTER WORD TO SAY THAT THIS CONTRACT OR LETTER OF AGREEMENT IS GOOD IS BECAUSE SHE DOES A MULTITUDE OF TASKS.
NOW SHE'S A SOLE PRACTITIONER.
USUALLY WHEN YOU HIRE AN, A LAW FIRM, YOU MAY HAVE EIGHT DISCIPLINES WITHIN THAT LAW FIRM, DIFFERENT AREAS OF LAW, BUT NOT HER AND THE ONLY PERSON TO OKAY, THAT CONTRACT AND SIGNED.
IT WAS NEVER, IT WAS NEVER GIVEN TO THE BOARD FOR AN ACTION ITEM TO APPOINT HER TO ANYTHING.
NOW THIS IS WHERE YOU ALL GOT IT, GOT IT IN THE SHOES.
BACK IN 2015, WHEN THAT SOFTWARE WENT LIVE, YOU HAD NO REPRESENTATION AT ALL.
WHO WAS THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THAT BOARD IN 2015, CATHERINE ODOR, THERE WAS, THERE WAS NO DESIGNATION.
THERE'S NO LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR IT.
EVERY YEAR YOU WOULD PASS THAT BUDGET.
AND THERE'S NO LINE ITEM FOR GENERAL COUNCIL.
THE OUTCOME FOR THE DISTRICT CAN NOT BE THE SAME FOR THE OUTCOME.
THOSE DIRECTORS ARE SITTING THERE TO PROTECT YOU.
JEFF LAW IS COMMISSIONED TO RUN THE DISTRICT.
YOU'VE HAD NO REPRESENTATION AT ANY BOARD MEETING EVER FAR AS I KNOW NOW, THEY FOUGHT FOR THAT LINE ITEM.
THEY NEED TO PUT OUT RFPS AND IT NEEDS TO HAVE NO CONFLICT, NO CONFLICTING CROSSOVERS BETWEEN CURRENT REPRESENTATION OF ANY FIRM THAT NEEDS OUTSIDE.
IS THAT CONSIDERED A PR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT.
AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN RFP FOR THAT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, TELL US T O S E IF THEY WANTED TO USE THEIR SERVICES, I GUESS YOU WOULD PUT AN RFP OUT TO TELL THEM YOU'D BE ONLY REPRESENTING THE BOARD.
HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE PER HOUR
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OR PER MEETING? AND THEN THEY WOULD CHOOSE.BUT RIGHT NOW THE BOARD HAS NEVER, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE NEVER HAD ANY REPRESENTATION AND NEITHER HAVE YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.
OH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY THOUGH, THAT HOUSE BILL 9 88 HAS CORRECTED THIS? UH, IT'S A 32 PAGE BILL.
IT'S CORRECTED THE VOTING PATTERN THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE HISTORY OF REAL QUICK.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS A SEPARATE BILL.
24 0 3 WAS PUT ON THE STATE CALENDAR BY CHARLIE GEREN WHERE A DIED.
IT DOESN'T GO TO THE FLOOR FOR ABOUT NINA THREE READINGS.
SO WHAT MATT KRAUSS DID, HE TOOK THAT LANGUAGE OVER TO A, A BILL THAT HAD, UH, SPONSORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE THAT WENT OUT OF THE HOUSE ON UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
I THINK THEY, UM, THEY, THEY PASS IT.
THEY CAN JUST PUSH THE BILL OVER TO THE SENATE.
AND THEN THAT BILL EXPANDED FROM FOUR PAGES TO 32 PAGES.
MATT CROUSE GOT HIS LANGUAGE SLIPPED INTO THAT BILL.
SO WHEN THE SENATE PASSED IT, IT CAME BACK TO THE HOUSE AND IT WAS ALREADY PASSED ONCE THEY PASS IT, SEND IT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.
LET'S SEE, I WAS HANDING THIS TO YOU.
I JUST PRINTED THIS OFF AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO.
IT'S JUST, ALL RIGHT, MR. BENNETT, WE APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.
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NEW BUSINESS ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE.THE REZONE LOT, A THREE BLOCK TWO SEVEN STONE GATE EDITION BEDFORD LOCATED AT 1320 BROWN TRAIL, BUT FOR TEXAS FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, DOG KENNEL SPECIFIC TO SECTION DOT TWO DOT C NINE N OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD ZONING ORDINANCE, ALLOWING FOR, FOR FRIENDS, DFW TO OPERATE A DOG GROOMING DAYCARE BOARDING BUSINESS.
THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN TRAIL BETWEEN BEDFORD ROAD AND GOLD HAWK LANE.
AND WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, ANDREA ROY, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, JUST WANTED TO REAL QUICK, UH, BEFORE WE JUMPED INTO BUSINESS, UH, RELATED TO THIS ITEM, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE TO YOU WEST MORRISON, WHO IS OUR NEW NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MANAGER.
HE'S BEEN WITH US NOW FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER A MONTH AND JUMPED IN WITH BOTH FEET AND WE ARE KEEPING HIM VERY BUSY.
SO, UM, ALONG THOSE LINES, THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS THE TORCH OVER TO WES AND LET HIM BRING YOU THESE COUPLE OF ITEMS. THANKS.
NO PRESSURE, BUT WE EXPECT PERFECTION.
UM, YOUR CASE TONIGHT IS FOR AN SUP TO ALLOW FOR A DOG GROOMING DAYCARE AND KINDLE BUSINESS.
UM, LOCATION IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1320, UH, BEDFORD ROAD.
UM, THE, UH, SURROUNDING LAND LAND USE IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
UH, YOU HAVE TO THE NORTH, YOU HAVE LIGHT COMMERCIAL WITH A, UM, UH, LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING WITH AN OFFICE USE.
SO THE SOUTH, AGAIN, UNLIKE COMMERCIAL ZONING WITH ANOTHER OFFICE USE TO THE EAST, YOU HAVE MULTIFAMILY WITH DEVELOPED AS A TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING USE.
AND THEN TO THE WEST IS HEAVY COMMERCIAL WITH OFFICE AND RETAIL USES.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED LIGHT COMMERCIAL, UM, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND.
THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED IN 1996, APPROXIMATELY 1900 SQUARE FEET, UH, SQUARE FOOT BUILDING COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH EIGHT PARKING SPACES.
THE, AGAIN, THE PROPOSED USE IS A PET GROOMING DAYCARE BOARDING FACILITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE GROOMING USE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
WHAT TRIGGERED THE SUP REQUIREMENT WAS THE BOARDING ASPECT OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, AS I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF SITE PLANS ARE REQUIRED AS AN SUP SUBMITTAL.
THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN.
THIS, UH, JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN CYCLING THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LAST WEEK, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT THE, UH, UH, THE SITE'S NOT REALLY CHANGING MUCH AS BEING PROPOSED.
THERE'S, UH, EIGHT PARKING SPACES, THE 1900 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING GRASSY AREA TO THE REAR OF THE SITE.
AND THEN THERE IS A, I BELIEVE IT'S A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL TO THE SEPARATING, THE SITE TO THE, UH, THE MULTI-FAMILIES THE ZONING ORDINANCE SPECIFIES THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR DOG BOARDING, DOG KENNELS.
UM, ONE IS THAT NO OUTDOOR BOARDING OF ANIMALS MAY BE PERMITTED.
UM, IF IT'S ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTY, THE APPLICANTS NOT PROPOSING ANY OUTDOOR BOARDING OR OUTDOOR KENNELS.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THAT THE OUTDOOR EXERCISE AREA
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MAY NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTY.IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY TYPE OF DEVIATION FROM THIS.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK BACK TO THE CYCLING, THERE IS ENOUGH DISTANCE TO MEET THE 50 FOOT REQUIREMENT AS IT SETS.
UM, AND ONE THING I WOULD SAY THAT YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT, IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO DO DOES NOT PROHIBIT THE APPLICANT TO COME IN AND ASK FOR A VARIANCE IN THE FUTURE FROM THAT 50 FOOT SETBACK.
SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE REQUEST, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN COME BACK AND REQUEST OF ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IN THE FUTURE.
AS WITH ANYTHING ON SPECIAL USE PERMITS, YOU CAN ALWAYS PLACE CONDITIONS AND PLANNING.
ZONING COMMISSION TOOK THE LIBERTY OF PLACE OF SUGGESTING A CONDITION ON THIS.
UM, STAFF PROVIDED JUST SOME IDEAS OF POSSIBLE CONDITIONS.
ONE LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS ALLOWED ONSITE AT ONE TIME.
THE OTHER ONE WAS TO LIMIT THE, UH, HOURS OF OUTDOOR EXERCISE AREA.
THE JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, AND I'LL COVER THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TOOK THE LIBERTY TO, UH, ADD A CONDITION IN THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD LIMIT THE OUTDOOR AREA.
AFTER EIGHT 30, THERE MUST BE A, A SUPERVISED PERSON IN THE BACKYARD OR IN THE EXERCISE AREA TO REDUCE ANY TYPE OF NOISE THAT MAY COME FROM THE ANIMALS.
IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE OUT THERE AT THAT HOUR, AGAIN, JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE SITE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO WHAT THE, UH, SITE LOOKS LIKE IN THE AREA, TO THE EXERCISE AREA, TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
SOME GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT AS TO WHAT'S THE SURROUNDING AREA LOOKS LIKE AS WELL AS Y'ALL, I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE AWARE.
WE A STATE LAW IN OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE REQUIRES US TO DO A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR ANY TYPE OF SUP REQUIREMENT THAT INVOLVES A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND SIGN ON THE POSTING OF THE SUN ON THE PROPERTY AND A, UM, WITHIN 200 FEET, WE MAIL EACH PROPERTY OWNER A NOTICE, UH, SUMMARIZING THE REQUEST.
WE MAILED 11 PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE BACK AT THIS POINT IN TIME TONIGHT, YOU'RE CONDUCTING YOUR SECOND.
THIS WILL BE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING LIST, REQUEST PLANNING AND ZONING CONDITION COMMISSION CONDUCTED THERE'S LAST WEEK.
UM, YOU'VE GOT, UH, SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT.
TAKE ACTION, WHICH IS TO APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR A TABLE OR DENIED IF SO NEEDED PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL SEVEN TO ZERO WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE, UM, ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AFTER EIGHT 30, BE SUPERVISED BY AN EMPLOYEE.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.
SO PLANNING IS ONLY, ONLY HAD THAT ONE RECOMMENDATION.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN, UH, FOR PUBLIC HEARING HERE.
ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING ALSO? WE DO, UH, WE DO RECIPES.
WHAT ELSE DO WE DO? NOTHING ELSE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALL RUSH AT ONCE? NO.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
WHAT ARE THE HOURS AND DAYS OF OPERATION? IF I CAN, I'D LIKE TO DEFLECT THAT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, SIR.
IF YOU DON'T MIND GIVING US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME UP.
UH, MARK STORE 27 0 7 SILVER LEAF COURT, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, IF WE HAVE DOGS THERE 24 HOURS AND ARE, ARE DOING A KENNEL, WE MAY HAVE PEOPLE STAYING WITH THEM OVERNIGHT IN.
AND SO OUR INTENT IS NOT TO EVERY NIGHT.
UM, HAVE SOMEBODY LEAVE AND HAVE IT VACANT WHILE ALL DOGS ARE THERE.
UM, IF WE JUST HAVE ONE OR TWO, WE MAY JUST MONITOR THEM BY CAMERA.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THERE AS FAR AS BUSINESS HOURS.
ONE OF OUR THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE IT A, SOMETHING WHERE SOMEBODY CAN DROP THEIR DOG OFF ON THE WAY TO WORK.
THEY PICK THEM UP ON THE WAY HOME.
SO WE'RE THINKING IN THE SEVEN TO 7:00 AM TO MAYBE 8:00 PM.
SO IT'S A LITTLE LONGER HOURS, BUT, UH, IT'S MAINLY TO SERVICE THE WORKING COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT, BUT NOT TYPICALLY LATE NIGHTS, LIKE NINE 10, THEN IT IS ACTUALLY 24 HOURS.
IF WE'RE KEEPING DOGS, THERE'S 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND THEN WE KNOW IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY DOGS IN THERE, WE WON'T HAVE EMPLOYEES THERE, BUT YEAH, IT POTENTIALLY.
WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE? DO YOU REMEMBER W IT WAS A VACANT, IT WAS A MINISTRY OF SOME SORT, AND ACTUALLY THE HOUSE WAS BUILT MUCH EARLIER THAN
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THE DATE THAT WAS GIVEN ON THE PRESENTATION, I THINK IS IN THE 1970S.THEY REMODELED IT FROM A HOUSE TO A, A BUSINESS, A MINISTRY, WESLEY MINISTRIES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE THAT DATE, THE RE THE REMODEL HEALTH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER? STEVE'S YES.
RIGHT NOW THE EXERCISE AREA DOESN'T HAVE A FENCE AROUND IT, RIGHT? NO, IT DOESN'T WORK IN THE FUTURE.
WOULD, DO YOU HAVE A TYPE OF, YEAH.
SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PROPERTY, SO WHAT WE WERE THINKING TOO, IS THAT THE BAT THAT BACKDOOR HAS IS A DOOR.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT A COUPLE OF PENS, SOME FOR LARGE DOGS, SOME SMALL DOGS.
WE, WE INTEND TO KEEP THEM PENNED AT ALL TIME.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM RUN LOOSE IN THE BACKYARD.
SO WE'LL KEEP THEM BEYOND THAT 50 FOOT LINE WITHOUT ACTUALLY BUILDING A PERMANENT FENCE AT 50 FOOT LINE, BECAUSE THERE'LL BE, THEY'LL ALWAYS BE PENNED IN SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN BRING THEM IN, BRING THEM OUT.
AND THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE PICTURE ABOUT 15 FEET OR SO AS CONCRETE.
AND THEN IT GOES TO GRASS THAT 15, THE 50 FOOT MARK GIVES US THE CONCRETE PLUS ABOUT 15 OR 20 FOOT OF GRASS.
AND THEN DID THE REST WOULD JUST BE OPEN GRASS, UM, BUT ENOUGH TO PUT SOME RUNS BACK THERE SO WE CAN LET THEM OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS CLEAN THEM UP FROM INSIDE.
SO IF THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR A 50 FOOT VARIANCE THERE, AND YOU'RE STATING THAT THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD COME BACK AND ASK FOR A VARIANCE, IF THIS IS APPROVED, COULD WE PLACE IN THE APPROVAL THAT THEY CANNOT COME BACK AND ASK FOR THAT, THAT IT'S, IT'S, UH, THE 50 FOOT AND THAT'S IT.
I MAY HAVE TO INDRA MAY NEED SOME GUIDANCE.
DO YOU, YOU TALKED TO BRENT ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ANSWER FOR THAT? SORRY.
IF, IF YOU, I IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A STIPULATION LIKE THAT, IT WOULD BE PART OF THE SGP STIPULATION.
SO YOU WOULD LIMIT, YOU COULD DO THAT DISTANCE.
I WILL TEXT BRYNN WHILE WE'RE TALKING, JUST TO CONFIRM THAT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO IT.
SO THAT MAKES ME HAVE TWO FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS FOR MARK THEN.
DUDE, DO YOU MIND COMING BACK? I'M SORRY.
SO ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING'S REQUEST, UH, ABOUT THE AFTER EIGHT 30? YEAH.
ON WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BE A COUPLE OF BY HUMANS.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IF WE MADE THE 50 FOOT VARIANCE EMBEDDED IN THE SUV? I MEAN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW IT.
I WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE TO BUILD THE PERMANENT FENCE, BUT, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU PUT THE STIPULATION IN, I, I DON'T HAVE INTENT RIGHT NOW TO GO AND ASK FOR A VARIANCE.
UM, I, I CAN'T, THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM THERE TO, TO WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE REASON FOR THE 50 FOOT IS, IS NOISE.
I MEAN, SO THAT WOULD BE THE ISSUE IF THERE WERE, IF THERE WAS NOISE OR BARKING OR WHATEVER, IF WE WANTED TO PUT SOME OTHER STIPULATION THERE THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE NOT NOISE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NICE TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD SAYS.
DID THAT BUY YOU ENOUGH TIME, ANDREW? HOW DOES COUNCIL FEEL ABOUT 50 FOOT VARIANCE? WE LIKE IT.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? ARE YOU GOING TO DO A FIRST, WELL, YOU'LL DO A SECOND.
SO, JIMMY, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? I'M FEELING GREAT.
JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY VERY, VERY LATE TODAY HAD A FAMILY MEMBER.
I DON'T WANT TO LIKE SHARE EVERYTHING, BUT THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THICKNESS.
IF SOMEONE'S SICK IN THE FAMILY IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO MARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES IN BEDFORD? YOU KNOW, SO THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST BUSINESS IF APPROVED.
SO WE CANNOT RESTRICT THAT, UM, WITHIN THE SUP STEP, THAT WAS ACTUALLY A PRODUCTIVE USE OF TIME.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WE, WE CAN'T, IT'S, IT'S AN ALLOWABLE THING.
UM, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK THE VARIANCE.
UM, SO WE EITHER NEED TO FIND OTHER STUFF THAT IT'S ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP THE PUPPIES QUIET.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY PRESSING, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE
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LEGGED CREATURE, A COMPANY.CAN WE, DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND ONE COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI LET'S VOTE.
WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION, SEVEN TO ZERO IN FAVOR.
PLEASE KEEP THOSE DOGS QUIET AFTER EIGHT 30.
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ITEM EIGHT.WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN EARNEST REZONE LOT EIGHT AND N P T SEVEN.
BLOCK SIX BELL HURST EDITION LOCATED AT 1220 BROWN TRAIL.
BUT FOR TEXAS FROM OUR 7,500 S P TO P U D S, THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BROWN TRAIL AND GAY STREET.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS A PROPERTY FOR 1220 POUNDS STREET BROWN TRAIL NAMES RIGHT HERE SOON.
UM, SURROUNDING AREA IS, UH, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED TO THE NORTH SERVICE COMMERCIAL WITH A REAL ESTATE OFFICE TO THE, UH, SOUTH IS OUR 7,500 WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES EAST, UH, IS AGAIN OUR 7,500 WITH SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES.
AND THEN TO THE WEST IS MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPED WITH A TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE PROPERTY WAS, UH, ORIGINALLY ZONED OUR 7,500 DEVELOPED BACK IN THE, UH, LATE SIXTIES WITH A SINGLE FAMILY STORY HELM, A 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, IN 1976, THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED TO FROM THE A THREE TO, UH, A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ONLY.
UM, AND, UH, THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING TO REASON THIS TO A PLAIN UNIT DEVELOPMENT SERVICE COMMERCIAL IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE SERVICE COMMERCIAL IS ONE OF OUR MOST RESTRICTIVE, UM, UH, COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AS A PART OF A PD REQUIREMENT.
A PLAN DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, REQUIRED.
AND THIS WAS A HEAVILY DISCUSSED TOPIC AT THE P AND Z MEETING.
IS THAT THE SITE, AS IT STANDS TODAY, IS HOW IT CAN DEVELOP OUR IS WHAT IT'S DEVELOPED AS IF THEY CHANGE.
IF THEY COME BACK AND PROPOSE TO ADD ON, ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING, WHATEVER IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO WHAT THEY HAVE TODAY IS WHAT THEY HAVE.
THEY, THEY CAN'T CHANGE UNLESS THEY COME BACK THROUGH A PLANNING AND ZONING PROCESS.
AGAIN, UM, AGAIN, PREDOMINANTLY OUR MOST RESTRICTIVE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT IS THE SERVICE COMMERCIAL, UM, RETAIL, FOOD BEVERAGE, PERSONAL SERVICES, UH, VERY SMALL ATTEND TO BE A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT, VERY SMALL, UM, ALMOST A, A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TYPE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THE, UH, IT ALSO DOES NOT ALLOW OUTDOOR STORAGE OR OUTDOOR DISPLAY.
SO THAT'S USUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, IT'S A HOT TOPIC.
WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, THE CONCERT PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT IS RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, OUR COMMERCIAL FUTURE LAND USE.
IT'S ALSO, UM, NOTATED THAT IT'S IN THE COMMERCIAL FOCUS AREA.
SO IT'S, IT GIVES IT, IT LENDS ITSELF TO STILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON THE SITE.
JUST SOME PICTURES FOR REFERENCE TO THE SITE.
THIS IS THE SITE AS IT SITS TODAY, AGAIN, THE 1500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING A MASONARY SIX FOOT MASONRY FENCE SURROUNDING THE SITE, UH, BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND APPROXIMATELY A TOP EIGHT PARK.
KEEP SPEAKING 10 PARKING SPACES ON THE SITE, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT CONTEXT ON THE SURROUNDING, UH, AREA AND THE DEVELOPMENT MULT LIKE WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED MULTIFAMILY AND OFFICE TO THE NORTH AND TO THE WEST SINGLE-FAMILY TO THE EAST END TO THE SOUTH.
AGAIN, WE DID OUR PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
IN THIS CASE, WE MAILED OUT 18 PROPERTY, NOTICE A PROPERTY OWNER NOTICES, AND WE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE BACK IN FAVOR.
OREGON'S THE REQUEST TONIGHT YOU'RE CONDUCTING YOUR PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU'RE TAKING ACTION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM SIX TO ONE VOTE.
AND I BELIEVE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE APPLICANT IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
CAN I ASK IF I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I'LL DO SO NOW.
WELL, SO WERE THERE ANY ISSUES OF CONCERN THAT PLANNING AND ZONING? I THINK HE'S ON COMMISSION.
THE, THE CON MAY, I GUESS TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, REALLY BESIDES THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND MAKING SURE IT COULDN'T REDEVELOP INTO SOMETHING ELSE, UM, WAS THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN SERVICE COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND THEY REALLY, THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED WITH THE RESTAURANTS AND THE EATING ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, BUT WHAT IT BOILED DOWN TO WAS THE PARKING IS WHAT IT IS.
AND IF THEY CAN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH THEY CAN'T, UNLESS THEY COME BACK THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THEY FELT
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COMFORTABLE ENOUGH MOVING FORWARD.WE'RE TO COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEARING NOW LET'S OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT SEVEN 40.
ANYONE WHO HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS SUBJECT IS MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WEST.
ANY FURTHER THOUGHTS? ANYONE HAVE ANY PARTICULAR COURSES OF ACTION ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER KOGAN.
SO WHAT PROMPTED THIS CHANGE IN THE FIRST PLACE? SURE.
THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER IS ATTEMPTING TO, HE'S GOT TO LEASE SPACES IN THERE.
HE'S OFF OCCUPYING ONE, AND HE'S REALLY RUNNING INTO A, A MARKETING ISSUE AS TO, SINCE THAT ORIGINAL SPECIAL PERMIT WAS APPROVED FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ONLY.
UM, HE'S HAD SOME OTHER PEOPLE COME TO HIM THAT MAY WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF SPECIALTY RETAIL OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WOULD NOT FIT INTO THAT PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USE.
SO HE JUST WANTED MORE MARKETABILITY OF HIS LEASE SPACE.
UM, WITH THAT MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER KOGAN, A MOTION TO APPROVE AGAIN.
WE HAVE A SECOND WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS, STEVE LET'S VOTE AND THEY BEAT YOU OUT.
ROB, WHERE YOU WANT NINE ON THAT, SANDY.
I DIDN'T SEE OUR I'LL START WATCHING.
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ALL RIGHT.ITEM NINE, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 2021, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS.
AND WE HAVE FINANCE DIRECTOR, MARIA JOINER, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A CULMINATION OF A VERY LONG PROCESS TO IMPROVE THE STREETS THROUGHOUT BEDFORD.
WELL, YOU'RE VERY PLEASED TO BRING THIS ITEM TODAY.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME WHEN YOU SAY THAT? OR ARE YOU JUST, THAT'S JUST THE GENERAL STATE.
I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF COUNSELING HERE, ESPECIALLY FROM SEPTEMBER.
AND ACTUALLY IN JUNE, THAT IS JUNE 15TH, 2021.
IT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BY THE FOUR B BOARD TO ISSUE THESE BONDS.
WE ARE ACTUALLY TONIGHT, IF THESE ITEMS, THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT ITEM, IF THEY'RE APPROVED, WE ARE APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF 6.2 MILLION IN BONDS TO IMPROVE THE STREETS IN BEDFORD.
THE BONDS ARE ACTUALLY SUPPORTED BY OUR QUARTERS A QUARTER FOR B CELLS TEXTS.
SO WE'RE NOT USING OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, PROPERTY TAX TO PAY FOR THESE BONDS FOR THE DEBT SERVICE ON THESE BONDS GOING FORWARD.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT THE FOUR B SALES TAX WILL PAY THE DEBT, THE TEAM, PARDON ME? WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE BONDS.
WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE OTHER RESIDENTS GOING TO HAVE THEIR TAXES INCREASED FOR THEM.
NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO COME OUT WITH PRODUCT PROPERTY TAX IS GOING TO COME FROM, I GOT IT.
YOU'RE YOU'RE MORPHING INTO CLIFF IN YOUR LANGUAGE AND YOUR SPEED.
UM, ALSO BASED ON THE REALLY GOOD INTEREST RATES THAT THE CITY RECEIVED, UH, LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THE ACTUAL RESERVES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN FOUR B ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
WE THOUGHT THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, WHAT ACTUALLY AVERAGE ABOUT 690,000 PER YEAR, OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
AND BASED ON THE LOWER INTEREST RATES THAT WE RECEIVE, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY WANT TO PAYING ABOUT 670,000 PER YEAR.
SO WE WERE ESTIMATING THEIR FUND BALANCE IN OUR FOUR B FUND.
WOULD IT RANGE FROM THE 10 YEAR PERIOD FROM ABOUT 2.5 MILLION ALL THE WAY UP TO 5.8 MILLION.
THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US OVER THAT PERIOD, MAYBE ANOTHER $200,000 IN THAT RESERVE.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IS WE CAN TAKE THOSE RESERVES.
AND AFTER WE IMPROVE THE THOROUGHFARES, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN, WE CAN ALSO USE THOSE RESERVES TO MAKE ANY RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SHOULD THE FOUR B BOARD DECIDE TO DO THAT? THE FIRST ITEM TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY AN AGENDA ITEM FOR 2.1 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
THOSE BONDS WERE ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED IN 2001, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY ISSUING THOSE.
THEY WEREN'T ISSUED WHEN THEY WERE AUTHORIZED IN 2001.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ISSUING THOSE BONDS TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CLEARING THEM OFF THE BOOKS.
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THIS TONIGHT, SHOULD YOU APPROVE IT? WE'LL BE ISSUING THE GEO BONDS.AND THE SECOND ITEM IS FOR ACTUAL, UH, CO BONDS THAT WILL BE ISSUING.
WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES, ADAM LAND CART.
AND HE'S GOING TO TELL US ABOUT THE EXCELLENT RATES THAT WE RECEIVE FRIDAY AND HOW THOSE RATES ARE GOING TO HELP US GOING FORWARD WITH THIS BUNCH.
IT'S JUST A FUN, SETTLED DOCUMENT THAT WE JUST SEE.
I'LL WAIT A SECOND FOR EVERYONE TO GET A PACKET IN FRONT OF HIM.
HE, HE IS ACTUALLY, UH, HAD ANOTHER MEETING TONIGHT, SO, OH, WAIT.
SO WE NO LONGER TAKE PRIORITY FOR HIM.
SO YOU JUST
SO IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, UH, MARIA DID A GREAT JOB.
UH, INTRODUCING THE ITEM, I JUST HAVE THE BID RESULTS.
SO, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TURN TO THE FIRST TAB HERE.
UM, AS MARIA SAID, THE FIRST ITEM HERE IS THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
UH, WE TOOK BIDS ON FRIDAY, LAST FRIDAY AT 10:00 AM.
UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, EIGHT BIDS, UH, FROM, UH, BANKS, UH, IN, FROM REGIONAL AND NATIONAL BANKS.
UH, THE WINNING BID CAME IN FROM AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.
UH, THE INTEREST RATE ON THOSE BIDS ON THOSE, ON THAT, ON THE BONDS CAME IN AT 1.03%, UH, $8,116 WERE SOME ADDITIONAL FEES THAT THEY WERE CHARGING FOR THEIR BANK COUNCIL, UH, TEXAS MACK FEE, WHICH IS A STANDARD FEE THAT EVERYONE CHARGES AND THEN PAYING IT.
IS THIS THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK HERE IN TEXAS? YES, THAT'S INTERESTING.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE TOLL TOTAL TIC CAME IN AT, AT 1.107%.
SO ALL IN, UH, TO KIND OF PUT THE TOTAL RATE INTO PERSPECTIVE, WE WERE KIND OF PROJECTING, UH, THE RATE ON THE BONDS, UH, FOR THIS TEN-YEAR DEBT TO COME IN AROUND 1.3%.
SO IT CAME IN BETTER THAN PERSPECTIVE, BETTER THAN EXPECTED, AS YOU CAN SEE THE BIDS KIND OF RANGED ALL THE WAY FROM 1.1 TO 1.6 AND IN OUR PROJECTION WAS KIND OF RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE SU UH, AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, UH, MORE THAN KIND OF PAID UP FOR THESE BONDS.
THEY WERE REALLY AGGRESSIVE AS YOU CAN SEE, CAUSE THE COVER BID KIND OF CAME IN AT 1.2, 2%.
SO, UH, WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.
THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE ABLE TO SHOOT TEN-YEAR DEBT AT ONE POINT 100% IS, IS GREAT IN OUR OPINION.
SO, UH, IF YOU TURN PAST THE BID TABULATION, UH, HERE'S THE DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR THE 2.165 MILLION AS MARINA PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, UH, IT'S ABOUT $227,230,000 A YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE YEAR THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, FROM, UH, YEAR 20, 22 TO 2031.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO I NEED TO SET THIS UP FOR WHILE WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION OR DO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE? WE KNOW.
WAS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER? DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER? ARMANDAREZ LET'S VOTE.
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10.UM, CEO'S THIS TIME? SO, UH, IT WAS FOR A 4 MILLION, $150,000 A CEO'S BEING ISSUED AGAIN FOR A STREET AND PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSES.
UM, THOSE BONDS ARE BEING ISSUED OR AMORTIZED OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
UH, WE HAVE THE SAME PLAYERS, PRETTY MUCH SUBMIT BIDS, UM, UH, ON THESE BONDS.
UH, WE RECEIVED EIGHT BIDS AGAIN, UH, SINCE THE TERM OF BOTH THAT YOU AND SIERRA WERE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE BIDS CAME IN EXACTLY THE SAME AS FAR AS THE RATES, UH, AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, AGAIN, ONE AT 1.03%.
UH, THEY HAD ABOUT $8,000 IN FEES.
AGAIN, UH, THIS TIME THE TIC WAS JUST A TAD LOWER AT 1.07%.
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE, UH, WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE HIGHER PAR AMOUNT, UH, WITH THE, THE, THE SAME AMOUNT OF ISSUANCE COST, IT JUST IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE TIC OVERALL, BUT OVERALL, STILL GREAT RESULTS.
UH, I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE BIT AGAIN, UM, CAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, BUT, UH
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AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK WAS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE.AND, UH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT TO YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND WEAR THESE BONDS.
AND AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS ISSUANCE, UH, THE DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE IS ON THE PAGE RIGHT BEHIND THERE.
UH, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE IS AROUND $435,000 A YEAR.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN A MOTION TOO? WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COALITION TO APPROVE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI LET'S VOTE OKAY.
ONCE AGAIN, UNANIMOUS VOTE TO APPROVE.
SO THIS IS A VOTE TO FIX ALL THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN THE CITY AND TO DO IT IN A TIMELY ECONOMICAL FASHION, AND STILL HAVE MONEY LEFTOVER TO PICK RESIDENTIAL STREETS AS WELL.
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ITEM 11, UH, WE'RE GOING TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR OF 20 21, 20 22 BUDGET TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021 AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.AND WE HAVE MEG JACOBI ON THE BACK HALF OF HER ASSIGNMENT TONIGHT.
WAS THAT NOT TIM? NO, THIS IS 11.
THIS IS 11 TWO BONDS TO BONDS.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MARIN COUNCIL.
SO, UH, JUST, I THINK OUR, UH, AGENDA ITEM UP HERE ON YOUR COMPUTER JUST DID NOT GET UPDATED.
UM, BUT WE WOULD RECOMMEND A 6:00 PM HEARING FOR THE BUDGET.
NO, THIS IS, THIS IS SIMPLY CALLING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, SO IT WILL OF COURSE BE PUT INTO THE NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT THEY ARE WELCOME TO COME AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, AND SO WE WOULD, UH, SCHEDULE THAT FOR SEPTEMBER 7TH AT 6:00 PM.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING ON THE FOURTH.
SO ALL WE ARE DOING IS SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SEVENTH, CORRECT.
DO WE WANT TO DO THAT OR WE DON'T WANT TO DECLINE TO PROVE TO YOU THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLARDI WANTS TO GO STRAIGHT TO MOTION TO APPROVE.
THE SECOND ONE COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER LET'S VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT LIVELY DISCUSSION.
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CONSIDER PROPOSED TAX RATE AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IF REQUIRED.SO, UM, THIS IS CALLING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THE, JUST A COUPLE OF REMINDERS FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THE BUDGET OR LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENTS, UH, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH IS THE RIGHT THAT WOULD BRING IN EFFECTIVELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS THE PRIOR YEAR IS 0.5 4 9 3 1 9 PER $100 VALUATION.
UH, WHAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE DOING TONIGHT IS SETTING THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE THAT THEY WILL CONSIDER ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.
UM, THIS IS NOT THE RATE YOU'RE ADOPTING.
THIS IS SIMPLY THE HIGHEST RATE YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO CONSIDER, UM, GIVEN OUR TIMELINE OF EVENTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TAX CODE, IT CAN BE NO HIGHER THAN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS 0.5 5 2 6 9 1 PER $100 EVALUATION.
UH, THE PER TAX RATE THAT STAFF HAD PROPOSED AND INCORPORATED REVENUE NUMBERS INTO THE PROPOSED, UH, 20 21, 20 22 BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, UM, IS 0.5, FIVE, TWO PER $100 VALUATION, WHICH IS A 3% DECREASE FROM THE CURRENT RATE OF 0.5, SIX, NINE.
UM, AND IT IS BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE AS CALCULATED BASED ON THE VALUES AND CERTIFIED ROLE.
AND SO, UH, COUNSEL'S MOTION TONIGHT WOULD BE, WOULD NEED TO SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE YOU WILL CONSIDER.
AND BECAUSE THE RATE WE ARE PROPOSING WOULD WE EXPECT TO BE ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
WE WILL NEED TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN FOR SEPTEMBER 7TH, AT 6:00 PM.
UH, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE FINAL TAX RATE ON THE 14TH, I BREATHE.
I PROMISE I BREATHE THROUGH THAT.
COUNSEL, WE NEED TO SET A MAX TAX RATE.
I, AND I WILL KNOW WHATEVER RATE YOU SET IS WHAT WILL BE PUBLISHED AS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ACROSS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING 5, 5, 2.
WE HAVE A FIRST TO APPROVE THE SET, THE MAX TAX RATE AT 0.552 FROM MAYOR PRO TEM STABLE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER? STEVE LET'S VOTE.
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I'M HERE FOR YOU, AMY, OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO.SO I WANT TO REITERATE, COUNCIL HAS JUST SET THE MAX TAX RATE AT 5, 5 2, WHICH IS LOWERING OUR TAX RATE FOR THE COMING BUDGET YEAR.
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WE'RE ITEM 13, IS THAT CORRECT? I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THE, UH, ON THE BUDGET PROCESS.UH, I WANT TO BE COMPLIMENTARY OF STAFF.
UH, EVERYONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE WERE GIVEN THE MATERIALS TO CONSIDER THIS YEAR'S BUDGET ON AUGUST 2ND.
CORRECT? SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THIS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW.
THE HEB ISD GAVE THEIR BUDGET PACKET TO THEIR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THEY'VE HAD THREE DAYS, WHEREAS WE'VE HAD THREE WEEKS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR ACCOMMODATING US.
UH, AND YOU REALLY GAVE US A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS WITH YOU.
ITEM 13, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE A PROPOSED CHANGE, OR THERE WAS STEEL AND FREEMAN INC FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A FENCE AND CONCRETE FLUME ALONG THE BERM ON THE WEST SIDE OF GENERATIONS PARK.
SO A PROJECT MANAGER, GARY JOHNSON ALMOST CALLED YOUR PROJECT DIRECTOR.
UH, I HAVE HALF AN ASSOCIATES DENNIS HAR HERE TO KIND OF EXPLAIN ON THE, ON THE DRAINAGE AND ON THE, ON THE FENCE, YOU HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF OPTIONS, THREE OPTIONS THERE THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AND JUST, AND THERE'LL BE OF A STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND I WILL COVER COVER THOSE BRIEFLY AFTER HE DOES HIS PRESENTATION ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, DENNIS.
UM, ON JULY 27TH, YOU ASKED US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS, UH, AREA BASED ON, UH, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT.
SO, UH, WHAT I DID WAS WE, WE DID SOME ANALYSIS.
SEE, UH, THE AREA WE'RE TALKING FOR FOR ANYBODY THAT HASN'T IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
THIS IS ON THE WEST SIDE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S THERE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.
UH, THE FIRST SLIDE YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND SIMILAR PRESENTATION IS THIS IS WHERE WE WERE WITH OUR ORIGINAL DESIGN.
WE WERE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ALONG THAT WEST BERM.
UH, AND ON THE 27TH, WE FOUND OUT THAT, UH, EVEN BEFORE CONSTRUCTION, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES OUT THERE.
SO WE TOOK A LOOK, UH, WHO WERE COMING WITH THIS EVENING IS THAT IS A, UH, MODIFIED DESIGN.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES IS A, UH, SEVEN FOOT FOOT CONCRETE FLUME, WHICH WILL, UH, UH, HAVE THE, UH, OUTFALL AT THE LAKE.
AND IT'LL CARRY ALL THE WAY UP, UH, JUST TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF THE NORTHERN MOST PROPERTY.
UH, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO SHOWING AN EIGHT FOOT SCREEN FENCE, UH, SHOWN THERE IN BLUE IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THE, ON THE SCREENS HERE TONIGHT, BUT IN YOUR PACKET, IT'S BLUE LINES AND I'VE GOT A BUTTER SLIDE COMING UP.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU, UH, AN IDEA OF THE TYPICAL SECTION THAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FENCE ON THE LIFT, WHICH IS THE EXISTING PROPERTIES FENCE.
OUR CONCRETE GLOOM WILL BE RIGHT AT SEVEN FEET OFF THE FENCE.
THE BOTTLE OF FLOOD WILL BE A MINIMUM OF ONE FOOT BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE EXISTING FENCE.
OH, THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE WILL BE SET JUST OFF OF THE CHRISTOPHER BYRNE AND IT'S A BROKEN FENCE.
SO WE HAVE ALTERNATING HUNDRED FOOT AND 50 FOOT SECTION.
SO IT PROVIDES THE ALL PREMIUM THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS THE MAINTENANCE CREWS TO GET AROUND THE FENCE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE 700 FOOT FENCE TO TOUCH ON THE DRAIN.
NOW WE'RE ASKED TO LOOK TO LOOK AT THIS ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPRESS RIGHT AFTER WE GET THROUGH WITH PRODUCTION.
WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER FUTURE CONDITIONS BECAUSE THE BLUE AREA IS ON THIS DRAWING IS AN UNDEVELOPED FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND A HALF ACRE TRACT THAT YOU HAVEN'T BUILT IN THE FUTURE.
CURRENTLY, THIS TRACT DOES NOT DRAIN THROUGH THE PARK ITSELF OR THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY DRAINAGE RIVERS.
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PORTION OF THE PROPERTY NEED DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO THE SHADE AND INTERNATIONAL PARK IN THE FUTURE.ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT CODE, YOU'D BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN EXISTING PATTERNS AND NOT INCREASE YOUR DISCHARGES WITHIN THIS PATTERN.
SO IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND WATER.
AND THE ONLY OUTFALL THAT YOU HAVE, THAT'S NOT FULLY DEVELOPED IS THE CHANNEL THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN ORDER TO DO THIS EXERCISE PROPERLY.
IN OUR OPINION, WHAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THIS FUTURE CONDITIONING, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE COUNTING FLAT DRAIN.
IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU DO DEVELOP THIS NUMBER ONE, IF YOU'RE SPENDING THE MONEY, NOW YOU HAVE THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE FOR THE FUTURE MEANT THAT WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.
EXACTLY MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS.
AND IF YOU GUYS, YOU ALREADY HAD THAT CONSTRUCTED IN YOUR CONSTRUCTION, LOTS SMALLER.
SO WHAT WE DID, WE LOOKED AT THE, THE A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT, EVERY DIFFERENT POST NEXT WEEK.
CAN WE GET THROUGH WITH THE CONSTRUCTION? AND ACCORDING TO OUR ANALYSIS, THE, THE A HUNDRED YEAR OLD WOULD BE MAINTAINED IN THAT HUNGRY CHANNEL.
ONCE WE COULD GET OFF THE STREET, IT WOULD INTO THE PORT AWAY FROM THE PRISON.
AND SHORTER IS THE MOST COMMON.
GEORGE IS MAINTAINED SHORTAGES TO THE STREET AND CONVEYING ADDITIONAL DISCHARGE TO THIS CHANNEL.
AND WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO PAINT WITHIN THE TOTAL CHANNEL, BUT STILL MAINTAIN A DISTANCE OF ABOUT SIX INCHES BELOW THE BOTTOM.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT, ASSUMING THAT THAT PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THE CENTER TO THE SOUTH, ABOUT 75%, THAT THAT'S A REAL CONSERVATIVE, UH, PROPERTY BASED ON, BASED ON GEOGRAPHY AND POSSIBLE.
AND IN THE LAST, UH, CONDITION WITH THAT WAS JUST A CHECK.
IF FOR SOME REASON, WE HAD TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY, ALL THE WATER DOWN AND NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE DISTRICT RATES, WHICH YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT THIS GENERAL COMBINATION WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT AND KEEP YOUR FLOW WITHIN THE PARK, CORRECT? MEANING THAT IT WILL BE BELOW THE FENCE A HUNDRED YEARS IN A HUNDRED, 100 AND 300.
AND BELOW NEXT, THIS IS THE FENCE ITSELF.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINES A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THE LANDSCAPING SHOWN IS WHAT IS A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
THIS IS JUST THE FENCE ADDED TO THIS.
WE LOOKED AND HAD THE CONTRACTOR PRICING OPTIONS FOR THE FENCE.
ONE WAS THE CONCRETE SUPERIOR CONCRETE FANS MADE BUSTER SUPERIOR CALLED BOARD ON THE BOARD.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAD RECOMMENDED THIS FENCE, LOOK INTO IT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS THE WOOD FENCE WITH THE DOG EAR PICKETS.
IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A RISK NEUTRAL STYLE FENCE.
IT'S A LOWER CAPITAL COSTS, BUT IT'S EASIER TO MAINTAIN.
UH, AND THIS EIGHT FOOT ON TOP OF THE BERM WOULD PROVIDE YOU SCREENING, UH, OF NOT ONLY THE PART, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING.
AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE TREES, UH, UH, THE BIGGEST MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE SCREENED FROM THE, FROM THE RESIDENTIAL'S RESIDENTIAL, UH, AREAS TO THE WEST.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE THAT COUNSEL QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STEVE.
YOU HAD, WELL, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE WHICH FENCE LASTS THE LONGEST.
YOU PUT UP TWO UP THERE, UM, UH, UH, FOR DEAR ABILITY, UH, YOUR ABILITY, YOUR CONCRETE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DURABLE.
UH, HOWEVER IT IS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO, UH, VANDALISM.
IT'S HARDER TO CLEAN IF IT DOES GET TAGGED WHERE IF YOU HAVE, UH, THE CEDAR FENCE,
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IT'S STILL A 15 TO 20 YEAR FENCE.UH, BUT IF IT'S MAINTAINED PROPERLY STAYING WITH THE CORRECT STAIN, IT'S EASIER TO, UH, CLEAN IF THERE'S ANY VANDALISM.
AND IT'S ALSO EASIER TO REPLACE BECAUSE THE CITY CAN DO THAT WITH THEIR OWN FORCES, RATHER THAN HAVING THE QUESTION OF CONTRACTOR COME IN AND OKAY.
MY SECOND QUESTION WAS YOU HAD MENTIONED THE TREES NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IRRIGATION.
ARE THEY GOING TO BE, SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF AND MAKE SURE THEY GROW.
IF THEY DIE, WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THEM WITH ANOTHER CAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS WHOLE THING.
UH, THE TREES THAT ARE SHOWN ON HERE, THE DESIGN INCLUDES IRRIGATION FOR THE TREES.
UH, WE HAVE A BUBBLER SYSTEM TO EACH TREE TO SUPPLY IT WITH WATER, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ROTOR HEAD FOR THE TURF AROUND THE TREES.
SO ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS MONEY HERE AND HOW WE PAY FOR THIS? UH, YES, SIR.
UH, SO, BUT BETWEEN THE CONCRETE FENCE AND THE WOOD FENCE, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN LIGHT SOUND REDUCTION AT ALL? LIKE, ARE WE DOING BOARD ON BOARD, ON THE CEDAR? ARE WE JUST DOING, UH, YEAH.
WELL, THE PICKETS WILL BE, UH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OVERLAPPED.
THEY'LL JUST BE SIDE BY SIDE AND NAIL.
SO HEIGHT-WISE WOULD, WOULD THEY HAVE BEEN THE SAME HEIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE SOUND REDUCTION AT ALL? I DON'T KNOW TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH ON THAT ONE.
WE, WE WEREN'T, WE WERE LOOKING AT MORE OF VIEW ABATEMENT RATHER THAN NOISE ABATEMENT.
AND GENERALLY, I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK GENERALLY ON THE NOISE.
UH, GENERALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A BERM, THE BERM AND THE TREES ARE GOING TO ABSORB MORE NOISE THAN THE FENCE.
WELL, THE CONCRETE WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ECHO WITH THE WOOD FENCE.
WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE ECHO.
THE GAPS IN THE FENCE ARE GONNA ALLOW NOISE THROUGH.
SO YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE RELYING MORE ON YOUR TREES AND YOUR BURN FOR NOISE REDUCTION THAN YOU ARE ON THE FENCE.
COUNCIL MEMBER OF POVER, MY DEALINGS WITH CEDAR FENCES ARE REALLY FOUR CEDAR FENCES THAT I'VE HAD ANY DEALINGS WITH, HAVE A TENDENCY TO SHRINK.
UM, THEY WARP, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU SAID WITH THE CORRECT STAINING AND I'M NOT A STAIN OR PAINT SPECIALIST.
HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT I HAVE A TREATED WOOD FENCE, UM, THAT IS NOW COATED WITH A RUBBERIZED STAIN.
IT'S NOT A PAINT, IT'S A STAIN.
UM, AND IT'S A BOARD OVER BOARD LAPPING TYPE FENCE.
AND EVEN THAT WITH THIS TEXAS HEAT, UH, HAS EXPERIENCED SOME TRAUMA.
AND WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THE MASONARY CONCRETE TYPE FENCING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT WAS HAVING A AREA TO WHERE WE COULD DISPATCH MURALS AND ART TO ADD, UH, SOME INTEREST TO THE PARK.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THE LE THE VERTICAL, UH, WOULD LIKE FENCING OF MASONARY WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF ARTWORK ON IT.
I THINK WE OWE THAT TO THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE BEHIND THAT PARK.
THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT IS A MASONARY FENCE.
I WOULD, I AM GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE THAT SUPPORT THE CITIZENS THAT CAME TO US AND ASK FOR THAT.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I THINK BY THE TIME YOU DO THE MAINTENANCE ON A CEDAR FENCE, WE'VE NOT INCLUDED THAT INTO OUR COST.
I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, WHAT TYPE OF PAIN OR STAYING IT IS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON USING, BUT I THINK OVER THE YEARS, IT'S GOING TO THE COST IS PROBABLY GOING TO EVEN ITSELF OUT THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN.
WE HAVE A CONCRETE MASONARY FENCE AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S 21 YEARS OLD, AND WE'VE HAD ONE INCIDENT HERE IN THE LAST, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, WHO ARE IT HAD PARTIAL PORTIONS OF IT HAD BEEN PAINTED FOR SOME REASON, AND THAT PAINT PEELED OFF.
SO WE HAD IT, UH, SPRAYED, CLEANED, POWER WASHED, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, KIND OF REFURBISHED, BUT I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE GO WITH A CONCRETE MASONARY TYPE FENCING AND ONE THAT CAN HAVE ARTWORK DISPLAYED ON IT.
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VERY GOOD.THANK YOU FOR THAT, MS. CULVER, I JUST, HI, SORRY.
UM, BUT WITH THE CONCRETE FENCE, CAN'T WE PUT SOME SORT OF PAINT ON IT, UH, TO REPEL GRAPHY, IF THAT WERE TO BE AN ISSUE.
IF YOU SO CHOOSE, YOU COULD, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS OR HOW MUCH THAT MIGHT COST US? NO, MA'AM I DON'T.
HAVE YOU WORKED WITH THAT BEFORE? UH, NOT DIRECTLY.
I THINK, UM, I THINK THE CONCRETE FENCE WOULD BE BETTER.
IT WOULD BE A BETTER IDEA, MORE SOLID, LONGER LASTING.
THANK YOU, MS. ISLANDERS, MAYOR PRO TEM SEIBEL.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THIS TOP DOWN LOOK AND THE BLUE LINES ARE THE FENCE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES MA'AM.
SO THEY SEEM TO BE LIKE UP THERE UP AND BACK.
SO WOULD THAT BE THE SITUATION IF IT WAS ALSO A CONCRETE FENCE? AND SO YOU'RE LEAVING A LITTLE GAPS IN THE FENCE FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO WALK THROUGH.
WE'RE LEAVING THE GAPS IN THE FENCE, MAINLY FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES.
SO, UH, MOWING CREWS, WEED EATERS, UH, WHENEVER YOU'RE OUT THERE MOWING THE GRASS, MAINTAINING THE TREES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND TO GET TO ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, AND IT WILL ALSO ALLOW, UH, THE NEIGHBORS TO WALK THROUGH IF, IF THEY SO CHOOSE, UH, IT JUST PROVIDES GREATER ACCESS ON EITHER SIDE WHILE STILL PROVIDING THE SCREENING THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
AND THE FLUME IS LIKE THE LITTLE, THE GRAY LINE THAT'S NEAR THE HOUSES.
AND, UM, THAT'S JUST A SOLID CONCRETE CANAL.
AND I WOULD ASSUME NOT TOO ATTRACTIVE, JUST A GUTTER, A BIG GUTTER.
IT'S GOING TO BE SEVEN FOOT FROM BACK TO BACK SIX FEET ON THE INSIDE.
UH, SO IT'LL LOOK LIKE A TOTAL WAY.
AND SO THERE'D BE NO CAMOUFLAGE OF THAT UNLESS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FENCE.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YES, MA'AM IT, IT, IT IS IT SET AT THE LOWEST POINT, SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT DIRECTLY, UH, OVERHEAD.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT IF YOU'RE LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN ON IT, BUT, UH, THE GRASS, UH, TREES AND THE BURN WE'LL WE'LL COVER THAT.
AND THE TREES ARE ON THE PARK SIDE AS OPPOSED TO THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
MA'AM, THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE SHOWING IT NOW.
AND IT COULD BE REVERSED IF, IF THEY WANTED TO REALLY PUT ART ON THE, UH, THE SIDES.
MA'AM, WE'RE JUST SHOWING IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, CURRENT DESIGN TO MINIMIZE THE CHANGES AT THIS POINT, BUT WE COULD, IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES, WE COULD, UH, MOVE THE TREES TO EITHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
AND THE, THE CONCRETE WALL BASICALLY IS TO BLOCK THE VIEW OF THE BUILDING AND, UM, THE COST OF THE CONCRETE.
WELL, WHAT WOULD IT BE? UM, IF YOU, IF YOU USED A WOOD FENCE AND YOU PAID FOR MORE EXPENSIVE TREES, WOULD THAT BE ADVANTAGEOUS? LIKE INSTEAD OF BUYING LIKE A 20 FOOT TREE, WHAT ABOUT A 40 FOOT TREE? SO YOU'D GET YOUR START RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
YOU, YOU COULD INVEST THAT WAY.
YOU CAN INVEST IN MORE TREES, UH, IF YOU WANT IT TO, TO PROVIDE A DENSER SCREEN, UH, AND, AND MIX THOSE WITH TALLER TREES.
AND WHAT ARE THE TREES THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING RIGHT NOW? THOSE TREES WHEN PLANTED ARE GOING TO BE A 12 FOOT OR TALLER OR EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS? UH, I THINK THERE IT'S A MIX OF BOTH, BUT, UH, THE BIGGER, UH, SPACE TAKING TREES ARE MORE EVERGREEN AND THEY WOULD GROW TO WHAT HEIGHT DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? UH, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN 25 AND 40 FEET.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 20 YEARS 20, CAUSE THEY'RE NOT JUNK TREES, I ASSUME THEY'RE NOT JUST TREES.
UH, SO THERE'LL BE A SLOWER GROWING TREE.
THE OTHER QUESTION, MR. JOHNSON.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, UM, THE CEDAR OPPOSITE IN THE, UH, CAUSE THE CEDAR OPTION, WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL A NO STRIP SO THAT MAINTENANCE CREWS COULD GET MOWERS AND WEED EATERS AND NOT BE DAMAGING THE FENCE.
SO THE, THE NET DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FENCE WITH WOOD FENCE, WITH THE MOST DRIP AND THE CONCRETE FENCE IS ABOUT $74,500 IS WHAT THE PRICE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY WHATEVER THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL IS.
I WOULD THINK DENNIS THAT THE, UM, WHATEVER
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THE PATTERN IS, WHETHER IT'S A BOARD ON BOARD PATTERN OR A DIFFERENT PATTERN, THE PRICE IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR.SO, SO WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT PATTERNS, LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT CAN HAVE ARTWORK.
UM, AND, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'LL CHANGE THE PRICE OF THE CONCRETE FENCE.
IT'S ALL HOW THEY, THEY POUR IT IN WHAT BOLD AND SAY USE.
SO TH THAT SHOULDN'T CHANGE THE PRICE OF THE FENCE AT ALL.
UM, BUT THE FENCE WAS WITH PRIDE, A LITTLE BIT OF SOUND PROTECTIONS WHERE THE BERM HE'S RIDING THE TREES, BUT IT W IT WILL DEFLECT SOUND UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, UM, EITHER, EITHER ONE OF THE FENCES WOOD CONCRETE, PROBABLY JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN, THAN THE WOOD FENCE, IN MY OPINION.
SO HOW ARE WE ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS? THIS WILL COME OUT OF CONTINGENCY ON THE OWNER'S BETTERMENT IN THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, WE CURRENTLY ARE AT ABOUT 715,000 WHEN I LOOKED TODAY.
UH, BUT WE HAVE SOME MONEY COMING BACK FROM STILL FREEMAN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DRILL PIERS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER RIDERS IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT 150,000.
WE SHOULD GET BACK INTO OUR BETTERMENT ACCOUNT, BRINGING THAT UP TO 8 58, 6 AGAIN, UH, AND THEN AS THIS ONE SHOWS THE, WITH THE CONCRETE OPTION, IT'S A HUNDRED AND, UM, 182,000, I BELIEVE WITH THE MOST STRIP AND THE, UM, AND THE CONCRETE FLUME.
SO, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON OUR OWNER BETTERMENT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING THIS RIGHT.
THE FLUME, WE BELIEVE IT DESIGNED WITH A FUTURE IMPACT AND CONSIDERATION HERE IT'S BEEN DESIGNED.
SO TO ACCOMMODATE ANY 100 YEAR EVENT, WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY VISIBLE TO THE RESIDENTS FROM THEIR YARD, UM, BECAUSE IT'S COVERED BY GRASS AND THE BERM WAS WHAT YOU SAID.
THE FENCE CAN BE EITHER CEDAR OR MASONRY, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO HAVE FOLIAGE.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TREES AND WHATNOT THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT A CONCRETE OR MASONRY FENCE WITH THE FOLIAGE WOULD BE BETTER SOUND WISE THAN THE CEDAR WOOD AND THE TREES MAYBE SLIGHTLY, SLIGHTLY BETTER.
BUT YOU BELIEVE THAT BOTH WILL HELP WITH NOISE REDUCTION.
UH, IT WILL ALSO OBSCURE THE GENERATION, THE, THE CENTER AS WELL WITH THAT INTENTION AS WELL.
THERE IS A PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOING THE TWO, BUT WE HAVE IT IN CONTINGENCY.
WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO THIS.
IT WILL NOT INCREASE THE COST OF THE OVERALL PROJECT.
THAT'S CORRECT, UH, FROM WHAT'S ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THEN THE QUESTION THAT COUNCIL IS PARTICULARS HERE, YOU BROUGHT UP SEVERAL OPTIONS IN YOUR QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, I GUESS, DO WE NEED TO TALK THROUGH THOSE CONDITIONS OR HAVE YOU ALREADY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HERE HERE'S MY DEAL.
UM, WHEN WE VOTED FOR THIS PUPPY, UM, WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR THAT BUILDING TO BE THERE.
AND, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF 2017 THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT THING WAS EVEN GOING TO BE THERE.
IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, IN A WAY THERE'S SORT OF A, UM, WE KIND OF OWE IT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING THAT BIG BUILDING OVER THERE, IF THEY PREFER THE MASONARY, MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE THEM THE MASONARY, EVEN THOUGH WE PROBABLY CAN'T SEE SOUND ADVANTAGE AS FAR AS NOW, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT THEY PREFER, I THINK PROBABLY IN THAT WE SOLD THEM SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T DO, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT.
UM, THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
UM, I'D RATHER SEE THE TREES ON THEIR SIDE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT I DON'T REALLY, I DON'T HAVE A GREAT DESIRE TO LOOK AT A CONCRETE FENCE.
YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER SEE TREES AND PRETTY, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION AND PLUS THE BUREAU.
BUT I DO THINK THAT IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT, WE'VE KIND OF MESSED WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT TO THAT END COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY HAD HAD, UH, VOICED ITS OPINION THAT WE DID WANT TO ACCOMMODATE THE RESIDENTS ON SHADY LAKE, THAT WE DID WANT SOME SORT OF FENCING THERE.
THE ISSUE WAS THE TIMING OF THE CONVERSATION NOW IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO COME BACK TO THIS CONVERSATION.
WE STILL WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL THE RESIDENTS ON SHADY LAKE.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU TO MR. WALTERS FOR ALL THE RESEARCH THAT HE'S DONE AND ALL THE WORKING WITH STAFF AND WITH COUNCIL ON WHAT THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OVER THERE ARE.
AND ALSO ENSURING THAT, THAT, UH, WE MAKE SMART DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THAT IN THE FLUME AREA AS WELL.
SO I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE PROBABLY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS OVER ON SHADY LAKE.
THE GENERAL OPINION THAT I HAVE GOTTEN IS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE CONCRETE OR THE MASONRY WALL.
I BELIEVE THAT'S STILL BE TRUE UNLESS SOMEONE SHAKES HER HEAD IN THE AUDIENCE AND SAYS OTHERWISE.
UH, AND I WOULD IMAGINE Y'ALL WOULD PROBABLY HAD THOSE SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
UH, SO THE ONLY THING THAT I'M HEARING DIFFERENT IN THIS CONVERSATION IS THE PLACEMENT OF THE TREES ON WHICH SIDE OF THE FENCE IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S JUST ME AND THE TEXTURE OF THE CONCRETE.
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SO IT CAN, IT COULD ACCOMMODATE ANY ARTWORK, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.IT'S A LITTLE TWIST ON OUR CONVERSATION, BUT IN GENERAL, OUR CONVERSATION IS WE WANT TO COME BACK AND WE WANT TO UPHOLD OUR DECISION A FEW MONTHS AGO TO PUT A FENCE UP AND MAKE A MOTION.
TREES, TREES, WHICH SIDE TREES ON RESIDENT'S SIDE? YES.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IS THAT A QUESTION OR IS THAT A SECOND, SECOND ONE COUNCIL MEMBER? ARMANDAREZ LET'S VOTE.
SO WE'RE GOING FOR OPTION THREE TREES ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU STAFF VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU TO STILL FREEMAN, THANK YOU TO ALL THE RESIDENTS ON SHADY LAKE FOR ALL THEIR COOPERATION IN LAKE VIEW.
AND THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S COOPERATION AND, AND HELP WITH THIS AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, THAT WE'RE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND WE'RE WILLING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
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14, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE A PROPOSED CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,644 AND 50 CENTS WITH STEEL AND FREEMAN INC.TO INCLUDE IN THEIR SCOPE OF WORK, A COMPUTER CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC CARD ACCESS AND SECURITY SYSTEM, GARY JOHNSON.
SO, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONE OF MY PREDECESSORS, THERE WAS TWO, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE HAD, UM, THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO, UH, DO THIS SYSTEM IN THE BUILDING SEPARATELY FROM THE PRODUCTION, UH, OF THE BUILDING INSTALLING THE, THE, UH, DOOR ACCESS AND SECURITY SYSTEM.
AND, AND THIS WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE CAMERAS.
UM, MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THE, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR DO AS MUCH WORK AS POSSIBLE.
IT ALL COMES UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.
THERE'S NO FINGER POINTING DOWN THE ROAD THAT NO, THIS WAS THEM.
AND, AND AS WE, WE HAD OUR CURRENT VENDOR THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS ON OUR CARD ACCESS SYSTEM, GIVE US A QUOTE ON THIS.
IT CAME IN A LITTLE OVER $200,000.
UM, SO I ASKED STEEL FRAME AND I SAID, WOULD YOU GET SOME BIDS ON THIS AND SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT YOU COULD DO IT THROUGH, THROUGH YOUR CONTRACT? UH, CONDOMS, A SCALE.
THEY, THEY DO A LOT OF PROJECTS.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF SUBCONTRACTORS AND THEY CAME IN WITH THIS PRICE AT $80,000.
UM, THIS IS NOT COMING AT A CONTINGENCY.
THIS WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING THIS WILL COME OUT OF, UM, THE BOND FUNDS THAT, THAT ARE CURRENTLY STILL MONEY'S AVAILABLE IN THERE.
UM, THAT IS WHERE OUR FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT THAT'S WHERE THIS WAS BUDGETED TO COME OUT OF.
SO IT WAS NOT INCREASING THE PRICE OF THE PROJECT IS STILL COMING OUT OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED.
UM, AND THE BONDS WERE SOLD TO DO THIS, TO DO THIS PROJECT.
SO IT WILL CHANGE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
AND THE CONTRACT WAS STILL FRAMING BY RAISING IT BY THE $80,000 MARK, BUT IT WON'T BE CHANGING THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S JUST BRINGING IT WITHIN THE UMBRELLA OF THE OVERALL CON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
A MOTION TO APPROVE AMERICA TABLE.
WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND ONE COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK FURTHER.
COUNCILOR GAGLIARDI WOULD PREFER THAT WE TALK FURTHER.
WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND LET'S VOTE.
ROB IS DELIRIOUS AT THIS POINT NICELY, SO THAT, UH, IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
HOW IS THE PROJECT PROGRESSING? ARE WE STILL ON TIME? YES, SIR.
ARE WE STILL UNDER BUDGET? YES, SIR.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH DOCUMENT WORKS FOR MANAGED PRINT SERVICES, CLIFF BLACKWELL.SORRY TO KEEP YOU FOR THE LAST ITEM.
THANK YOU, CLIFF EVENING, MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, KIMBERLY IS MY BACKUP.
UM, THIS ITEM IS TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH DOCUMENT WORKS FOR MANAGED PRINT SERVICES, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF 36 DEVICES WITH NEW COPIERS AND PRINTERS.
UM, THIS PROCESS IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, UH, TO DO AN ASSESSMENT FOR ITS PRINTING CAPABILITIES.
UM, WE TYPICALLY INVITE A COMPANY TO COME IN, MEET WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, UH, WALK AROUND, LOOK AT THE VOLUME THAT WE'RE PRINTING IN ALL OF OUR PRINTING DEVICES.
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WHETHER IT'S A DESKTOP PRINTER OR A COPIER, AND TYPICALLY IS VERY COMMON FOR US TO DO SOME SORT OF LEASE, UH, FOR THE COPIER IN THE SHARE IT USES OF THOSE DEVICES.USUALLY WHEN THEY DO THAT TYPE OF ASSESSMENT, THEY ALSO LOOK AT THE COST LONG-TERM COSTS RELATED TO DESKTOP PRINTING DEVICES, AS WELL AS THE COST OF GOING OVER YOUR ALLOWANCE IN YOUR COPIERS.
AND SO WHEN WE DID THIS PROCESS BACK IN 2017, UH, THE COMPANY THAT WE WENT WITH WAS A DOCUMENTATION, WHICH HAS SINCE CHANGED THEIR NAME TO OBO, UM, CA THE CITY DID A 63 OR 60 MONTH LEASE, UH, WITH THEM WITH APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $8,000 A MONTH IN TERMS OF COSTS.
UH, SINCE THAT TIME, UM, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF CHANGES, UH, WITH RESPECT TO OUR PRINTING CAPABILITIES, OUR VOLUMES.
SO IT ACTUALLY WARRANTS US TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN, THAT EXISTING LEASE AGREEMENT EXPIRES IN APRIL OF 2022.
SO WHETHER WE DO IT NOW OR LATER, WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT THIS TYPE OF PROCESS.
SO WHAT BETTER TIME TO DO IT THAN NOW? SO THUS DOCUMENT WORKS, UH, VIA KIMBERLY BRAWL, WHO HAS HAD SOME HISTORY WITH THE CITY.
SHE'S WORKED WITH US BEFORE ON OTHER PROJECTS.
UH, SHE APPROACHED US TO SAY, HEY, UH, WOULD YOU ALLOW ME TO TAKE AN ASSESSMENT? THE ASSESSMENT LASTED APPROXIMATELY WHAT SIX MONTHS.
I MEAN, IT SEEMED LIKE, EXCUSE ME, WOW, THIS PROCESS IS WENT ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, SHE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH OUR IT MANAGER OF THAT TIME.
UH, THEY MET WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UH, LOOKED AT SOME OF THEIR PRINTING NEEDS.
AND USUALLY WITHIN THIS PROCESS, UM, IT'S NOT JUST THE IT DEPARTMENT OR KIMBERLY'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT'S ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO, TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED THIS MANY PRINTING DEVICES WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION, OR THEY MAY WANT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THIS, THIS ASSESSMENT ACTUALLY LOOKED AT OUR FAX MACHINES, DESKTOP PRINTERS, AND COPIERS, AND DETERMINED THAT.
WELL, IF YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A NEW LEASE AGREEMENT FOR SOME NEW COPIERS, WE CAN ACTUALLY GIVE YOU PRINTING CAPABILITIES.
WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT PAPER CUT SERVICES ON THERE, WHICH IS THE SERVICE IN WHICH YOU DON'T NECESSARILY PRINT A DEVICE.
UH, YOU GET A WHERE YOU GO TO YOUR PARTICULAR DEVICE, SAY IF SOMEONE IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF A BUILDING, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND YOUR PRINT JOB TO A DIFFERENT SIDE.
YOU CAN JUST WALK TO THE PRINTER, PUNCH IN A CODE, OR SWIPE YOUR CARD, TAKE A REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU PRINT IT.
AND IF YOU SEE YOU MADE SOME MISTAKES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRINT A DOCUMENT.
YOU CAN COMPLETELY DISREGARD THAT DOCUMENT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BURN AS MANY TREES.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE ADDRESSING, UH, AND PROVING OUR TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE ALSO ARE ADDRESSING, UM, EFFICIENCIES IN TERMS OF OUR PRODUCTIVITY, UM, AND SAVING A FEW TREES IN THE PROCESS.
SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE DID THE ASSESSMENT.
OUR IT DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY SHRUNK SINCE THAT TIME PERIOD.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY REBUILDING OUR IT DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A 60 MONTH LEASE WITH DOCUMENT WORKS.
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS REPLACE OUR EXISTING COPIES ABOUT 36 OF THEM AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING REMOVING SOME OF OUR DESKTOP PRINTERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY NEEDED, UH, BECAUSE OF DUPLICATION OR BECAUSE OF LOW VOLUME.
UM, AND THIS IS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEPARTMENTS, IN ADDITION, REMOVING ALL OF OUR FAX MACHINES, UH, BECAUSE THE COPIES THAT WE'RE REMOVING, THE ACTUAL FAX MACHINE FAX MACHINE, THOSE THINGS DID EXIST, BOYS AND GIRLS.
AND SO BECAUSE WE'RE AT IT AND THE TYPEWRITERS TOO, WE GET RID OF THOSE AS WELL.
SO, UM, SELECTRIC TYPE, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY $8,300 A MONTH.
THAT IS WELL WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
AS YOU GUYS HAVE SPOKEN WITH MEG ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $103,000 ALREADY ALLOCATED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF COSTS AS WELL WITHIN THAT LINE ITEM, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT SAVING FUTURE DOLLARS WITH THESE TYPES OF CHANGES.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL BECAUSE WE UNANIMOUSLY HAVE ONE QUESTION.
ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY DEVICES COMING BACK TO US THAT WOULD REQUIRE A DOCTORATE IN PHYSICS IN ORDER TO OPERATE? NO, NOT OKAY.
IS THAT ELEPHANT GOING AWAY? YES.
SO I THINK YOU HAD US AT HELLO.
ARE WE SELLING IT? IT'S BEING TRANSFERRED TO NASA AS WE SPEAK.
WE'RE RETURNING IT TO A DRY FILM.
COUNSEL, ANY THOUGHTS? UH, I HEARD, UH, MOST APPROVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COLVER A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI LET'S VOTE.
[02:40:01]
OKAY.UH, I THINK THERE IS ONE MORE ITEM HERE.
[Item 16]
16.WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS TO ESTABLISH A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, APPOINT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, ESTABLISH THEIR DUTIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE COMMISSION AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU CITY SECRETARY MICHAEL WOLF'S GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
AS YOU MENTIONED THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO ESTABLISH A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN POINT 17 OF THE CHARTER AND AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION ON JULY THE 13TH.
THIS ITEM IS ALSO THE NAME, THE 15 MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE CHAIRPERSON.
UH, THE DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION AS STATED IN SECTION 11 POINT 17 ARE AS FOLLOWS, INQUIRING INTO THE OPERATION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND DETERMINED WHETHER ANY SUCH PROVISIONS REQUIRE REVISION, PROPOSED ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAY DEEM DESIRABLE TO HELP ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND STATE LAW PROPOSE.
IF IT DEEMS DESIRABLE AMENDMENTS TO THIS CHURCH APPROVED THE EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF THE CHARTER TO CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FINALLY REPORT ITS FINDINGS AND PRESENT ITS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
IF ANY, TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE RESOLUTION ARE PRACTICALLY THE SAME AS THOSE THAT WERE IN FRONT OF THE 2013, UM, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE ONE IN 20 2007.
AND IN BOTH OF THOSE YEARS, KALISPELL MEMBERS SELECTED TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHILE THE MAYOR SELECTED THREE.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE CHAIR COUNCIL AS A WHOLE WE'LL SELECT THE CHAIR.
WILL WE DO THAT TONIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO I JUST LOOK AT THIS REAL SIMPLE, LET'S JUST GO DOWN THE LINE AND I'LL WAIT TILL THE END.
IF THERE'S ANY DUPLICATION, WE'LL HAMMER IT OUT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER ARMANDAREZ, MY NOMINATIONS ARE TREASURE FORD AND MICHELLE DAWKINS.
MY NOMINATIONS ARE ROY MORGAN AND SHENANDOAH.
MY NOMINATIONS ARE TOM BROWN, SHANAHAN AND JESSE OWENS MARTIN AT THE SAY MY, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MARIANNE CALLAWAY AND DARCY MCWHORTER, TONY AND TONY KEPPRA RING AND RUSTY SORTER.
ROB, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE TRACY MADWELL AND RICHARD SPENCER.
I'M GOING TO NOMINATE MARTY GEAR.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE TONY KEPPRA READING CHAIR, PLEASE.
I THINK TONY IS A GOOD CHOICE.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE? UM, I'M SORRY.
ANY OTHER POSSIBILITIES? OKAY.
SO LET'S UH, ARE WE JUST GOING TO HAVE LIKE A WWF WRESTLING MATCH BETWEEN THE TWO CAGE MATCH? OKAY.
SO, UH, COMPREHEND OR MICHELLE MICHELLE COMPREHEND THREE, TWO, COME ON DAN.
I THINK THAT MAYBE THE PEOPLE THAT NOMINATED IT SHOULD GIVE A LITTLE, LITTLE, LITTLE LIPS OR TONY SHOULD BE OKAY.
YOU WANT TO START WITH TONY? I'LL START WITH TONY AND THIS.
SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE SAID, UH, THAT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD FOR, FOR HER.
BUT TONY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS.
WE WANT SOMEONE THAT HAS DONE THAT.
SO HAS MICHELLE, UM, HERE I AM.
WHAT DO I DO? MICHELLE IS WITHDRAWING.
DAN, TONY, TONY IS, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? SINCE SOME OF US HAVE THE FOUR TO, TO, TO DO THE DECIDING VOTE, MICHELLE, I THINK YOU'RE AWESOME.
I LOVE YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO GO WITH TONY COPPERY.
SO, BUT YOU ARE, YOU'RE THE MAN, YOU'RE THE WOMAN.
[02:45:01]
YOU'RE THE WOMAN.SO WHO DO YOU WANT TO CHIME IN NOW? SURE.
UH, THEN I WILL GO WITH TONY, TONY COPPER.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, SO WE HAVE 15 MEMBERS.
DID YOU RECORD ALL THOSE? AND THEN WE HAVE A CHAIR THAT WE'VE SELECTED.
I MIGHT BE REACHING OUT TO ME ALL ABOUT THE NAME.
OH, WHY DON'T WE VOTE ON THIS 15 MEMBERS PLUS A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE NAUSEA APPROVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COLVER SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ABSTAIN.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING SO GOOD TONIGHT, ROB.
COUNCIL MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.
[City Manager/Staff Reports]
MANAGER, STAFF REPORTS, JUST TWO QUICK THINGS.UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS, FIRST OF ALL, JUST REMINDER THAT IT MAY OR IN COUNCIL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET WITH THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO LET US KNOW, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET US KNOW, BUT IF YOU WANT TO LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME IN CASE WE NEED TO, UM, NARROW DOWN THE PRICE, THE COST.
AND THEN SECOND OF ALL, WE'VE RECEIVED OUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS.
AND SO WE WILL DEVELOP A PROCESS WITH SOME IDEAS TO COME FORWARD.
BASICALLY, THOSE ARE THE CODE FUNDS THAT WERE GIVEN TO EACH CITY.
UM, IT'S BASED ON POPULATION BEDFORD RECEIVES, UH, RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER $6 MILLION THIS YEAR OR RECEIVE ANOTHER $6 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
AND IT HAS TO BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THERE'S IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S WHAT IT IS, BUT WE'LL COME BACK.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THAT WAS FORTHCOMING.
BUT I HAVE TO HAVE A SIREN ON IT FOR IT TO QUALIFY.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, JIMMY.
[Executive Session]
HAVE A COUPLE OF REAL QUICK ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE LET'S, UH, CONVENE REAL QUICKLY AND, AND, UH, COME BACK AND CLOSE.UH, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE.ZERO SEVEN TWO TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5 1 0 7 4 TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER, EMPLOYEE EVALUATION OF CITY MANAGER.
WE JUST RETURNED FROM AN EXECUTIVE.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ACTION TO TAKE OUT OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.