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YOU GOOD? OKAY.[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
O'CLOCK.I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2021.
THANK YOU EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR COMING THIS EVENING.
IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL THE FRIENDLY FACES IN THE AUDIENCE.
I DO WANT TO SAY MAYOR PRO TEM SABLE AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALMOND DEROS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING SO WE WILL MANAGE TO GET THROUGH THE MEETING SOMEHOW.
UM, BUT WHY DON'T WE START OFF WITH AN INDICATION FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, RICH STEVES, PLEASE STAND HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT.
AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, HELP US ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION AND ALLOW US TO GROW CLOSER AS A GROUP AND NURTURE OUR BONDS.
WE ASKED THIS THE NAME HODGES TRICE, AMEN.
WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES? UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]
WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT.LET'S START WITH COUNCIL RECOGNITION.
WE DO HAVE ANY EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION TO GIVE OUT THIS EVENING.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER, WENDY HARTNETT, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL, AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT IS COMING TO OPRAH.
HE STARTED HIS CAREER IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SOON TRANSITIONED TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
HIS FLEXIBILITY ADAPT TO ADAPTABILITY AND PATIENTS MADE HIM THE PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR THAT POSITION.
AND HE HAS SINCE MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE SCOPE OF SENIOR PROGRAMS. HE IS NOT AFRAID TO GET HIS HANDS DIRTY, GET THE JOB DONE.
AND AS A FAN FAVOR FOR OUR SENIORS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, WHETHER HE'S MANNING THE GRILL, HELPING THE SENIORS TO THEIR CARS, OR JUST BREAKING DOWN TABLES, HE PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERA AND OPERATIONS OF THE SENIOR PROGRAMS. HE IS TRULY AN ASSET TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
HE'S HAPPILY MARRIED, UM, TO LORI AND HAS THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, RAILEY HUNTER AND PEYTON ON SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A FEW PARK ANIMATIONS THIS EVENING.
FIRST ONE TO START WITH A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER, 2021 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
AND SO I LIKE TO WELCOME POLICE CHIEF, JEFF WILLIAMS AND DEPUTY POLICE, CHIEF BOBBY WITH PINOT.
UM, LIKE YOU SAID, OCTOBER IS A NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
UH, IN THIS COUNTRY WE HAVE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE THAT ARE ABUSED BY A SPOUSE OR LOVED ONE EVERY MINUTE.
UM, ONE IN THREE WOMEN AND ONE IN FOUR WOMEN STAND THE CHANCE OF KIND OF VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE.
SO IN 1989, UM, OCTOBER WAS DESIGNATED AS THIS MONTH OF AWARENESS AND THE GOAL WAS TO UNITE THE, UH, EVERYONE TOGETHER SO WE CAN GET THE RESOURCES TO WE, UH, THAT, THAT THE VICTIMS NEED, AND ALSO GIVE THE VICTIMS OF VOICE.
THEY OFTEN ARE IN THE SILENT AREA THAT THEY DON'T GET RECOGNIZED AND WE GIVE THEM A PATH WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN BEDFORD.
WE HAVE TWO GROUPS THAT SERVE THE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE.
WE HAVE A CRIME VICTIM LIAISON, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH HER.
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UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION UNIT THAT, UM, UH, OFFICER HALL DAILY WORKS WITH THE VICTIMS HERE TO REACH OUT, TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE SERVICE.SO WE APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.
UH, AND, UM, THROUGH THIS MONTH, YOU'LL SEE SOME THINGS GOING OUT.
WE HAVE A, WE'RE GONNA PARTNER WITH A DA'S OFFICE, YOU'LL SEE SOME SIGNS AROUND TOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, SENTENCES ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT IN OUR COUNTY, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT TOLERATED AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT.
WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING AWARENESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WHEREAS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH WAS FIRST DECLARED IN 1989.
AND WHEREAS MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO THE EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA CAUSED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD AFFIRMS THAT SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS, SURVIVORS AND WITNESSES TO THE VIOLENCE BY OFFERING SUPPORT AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO PREVENT RECIDIVISM AND PROMOTE HEALING.
AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY IS ENCOURAGED TO WEAR PURPLE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 2021 TO SYMBOLIZE PEACE, COURAGE, AND SURVIVAL AND PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS.
NOW, THEREFORE LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I'M MICHAEL BOYTER MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2021 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND URGE ALL CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES TO INVEST IN THE POWER OF PREVENTION AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON.
SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.
YOU WANT TO DO THE NEXT ONE? YES, SIR.
ALSO OCTOBER IS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH, UH, STARTED BACK IN 1984 BY A PRESIDENT OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION.
UH, THE GOAL WAS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT CRIME PREVENTION AND PERSONAL SAFETY.
UM, OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THE COMMUNITIES OUT, UM, MAKE THEM SAFER, GET OUR CITIZENS MORE INVOLVED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO THEY KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO DO TO PROTECT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
SO OVER THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING OUT LOTS OF THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND THE OTHER, UH, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. SO THEY CAN FIND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE VITALITY OF THE CITY, IT DEPENDS ON HOW SAFE WE KEEP OUR HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS CRIME AND FEAR OF CRIME DESTROYS OUR TRUST IN OTHERS AND IN INSTITUTIONS THREATENING THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND WHEREAS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES MUST BE MADE AWARE OF WHAT THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT THEMSELVES THEIR FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS, AND COWORKERS FROM BEING HARMED BY DRUGS, VIOLENCE, AND OTHER CRIME.
AND WHEREAS CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVES MUST INCLUDE SELF PROTECTION AND SECURITY, BUT THEY MUST GO BEYOND THESE AND PROMOTE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO MAKE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER FOR ALL AGES AND DEVELOP POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WHEREAS ADULTS MUST INVEST TIME RESOURCES AND POLICY SUPPORT IN EFFECTIVE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR YOUTHS AND TEENS MUST BE ENGAGED IN DRIVING CRIME FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WHEREAS EFFECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS, EXCEL BECAUSE OF PARTNERSHIPS AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CIVIC GROUPS, SCHOOLS, FAITH COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, AND INDIVIDUALS, AS THEY HELP TO NURTURE COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND INSTILL PRIDE.
NOW, THEREFORE LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I'M MICHAEL BOYTER MAYOR, THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2021 AS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND URGE ALL CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES TO INVEST IN THE POWER OF PREVENTION AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON.
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HOW ABOUT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT? OCTOBER IS A VERY BUSY MONTH FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.SO, UH, OCTOBER 5TH IS THE, UH, THE KIND OF THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR CRIME PREVENTION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW OVER 15, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE REGISTERED, THAT WILL BE OUT.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A POLICE OFFICER'S PD, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, FIREFIGHTERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, ALL OUT, UH, GREETING THE PUBLIC.
SO THE GOAL IS I CHALLENGE EVERYBODY, GET OUT AND MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE AS IS ONCE YOU KNOW EVERYBODY AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A SAFER PLACE, SO, OKAY.
AND HERE'S THE PROCLAMATION, OR AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AMERICA'S NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME WAS INTRODUCED BY THE NASA ASSOCIATION OF TOWN.
WATCH A NONPROFIT CRIME PREVENTION ORGANIZATION IN 1983.
AND WHEREAS THE 38TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME IS A NATIONWIDE EVENT DESIGNED TO PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO HEIGHTEN CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION, AWARENESS GENERATE PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL ANTI-CRIME PROGRAMS, STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD, SPIRIT, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND SEND A MESSAGE TO CRIMINALS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ORGANIZED AND FIGHTING BACK.
AND WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 5TH NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS BEDFORD AND ACROSS TEXAS WILL TURN ON PORCH LIGHTS IN OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
NOW, THEREFORE LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I'M MICHAEL BOYTER MAYOR, THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 5TH, 2021 AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND URGE ALL CITIZENS OF BEDFORD TO SUPPORT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT BY HOSTING AND PARTICIPATING IN NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF BILL WALKER.
LET'S TALK ABOUT PRIOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK G.
SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 3RD THROUGH NINE, 2021 IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL THOSE LIVING IN AND VISITING OUR CITY.
AND WHEREAS FIRE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY AND HOMES ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT GREATEST RISK FROM FIRE AND WHEREAS SMOKE ALARMS DETECT SMOKE WELL BEFORE YOU CAN ALERTING YOU TO DANGER IN THE EVENT OF FIRE, IN WHICH YOU MAY JUST HAVE SECONDS TO ESCAPE SAFELY.
AND WHEREAS WORKING SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES BY PROVIDING EARLY WARNING OF FIRE.
SO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAN SAFELY ESCAPE.
AND WHEREAS BEDFORD RESIDENTS SHOULD BE SURE EVERYONE IN, IN THE HOME UNDERSTANDS THE SOUNDS OF THE ALARMS AND KNOWS HOW TO RESPOND.
AND WHEREAS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WHO HAVE PLANNED AND PRACTICE A HOME FIRE ESCAPE PLAN ARE MORE PREPARED AND WILL THEREFORE BE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE A FIRE.
AND WHEREAS BEDFORD RESIDENTS WILL MAKE SURE THEIR SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SENSORY OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
AND WHEREAS BEDFORD FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PUBLIC FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS BEDFORD RESIDENTS ARE RESPONSIVE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION MEASURES AND ARE ABLE TO TAKE PERSONAL STEPS TO INCREASE THEIR SAFETY FROM FIRE, ESPECIALLY IN THEIR HOMES.
AND WHEREAS THE 2021 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME LEARN THE SOUNDS OF FIRE SAFETY EFFECTIVELY SERVES TO REMIND US IT IS IMPORTANT TO LEARN THE DIFFERENT SOUNDS OF SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE.
NOW, THEREFORE LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I'M MICHAEL BOYD OR MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 3RD THROUGH NINTH, 2021 AS FIRE PREVENTION
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WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND URGE ALL THE PEOPLE OF BEDFORD TO LEARN THE SOUNDS OF FIRE SAFETY AND TO SUPPORT THE MANY PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES AND EFFORTS OF BEDFORD FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF WALKER, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PHOTO EVENT HERE, BUT THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO KNOW IF JIMMY WILL STAND IN FOR CHIEF WALKER.
THAT, UH, THAT'S IT FOR, UH, COUNCIL RECOGNITION.
[OPEN FORUM]
WE HAVE OPEN FORUM AND I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT SOMEONE WHO'S WILLING TO SPOIL THE FESTIVITIES TONIGHT WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN OPEN FORUM.I THOUGHT FOR SURE, YOU'D HAVE A SENIOR DANCE TO GO TO THE 1925 CHARLESTON DRIVE 7 6 0 2 2 SINCE 1973, ALL THE TIMER.
I JUST SPEAKING OF CRIME PREVENTION, I JUST GOT TO SCHEDULE THE DANCES.
THERE WAS A DANCE THAT HAD 101 PEOPLE ATTEND AND IT'S SO ASTONISHED.
THE CITY COUNCIL THAT FOUR OF THE MEMBERS CAME TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT DANCE.
NOW I SEE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND WE DON'T HAVE THE BAND THAT DREW 101.
DO YOU WANT TO PREVENT CRIME? DO YOU WANT TO FOLLOW A REPORT, TOM? CAUSE WE GOT CHIEF OUTSIDE.
PARDON? WE GOT THE CHIEF OUTSIDE.
IF YOU WANT FOLLOW THE REPORT, MISSING PERSONS REPORT THE MISSING PERSONS REPORT.
AND HE'S LAUGHING, TRYING TO CONFUSE ME.
I REMEMBER I GOT PICTURES OF THIS ONE AND THIS ONE DOUBT THEY'RE DOING THE BOOGIE AND THEN GO TO THE STAR TELEGRAM.
WE'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THE BED FOR BOOGIE EARS.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR OPEN FORUM.
[Presentation on the 6Stones Community Powered Revitalization Program.]
TO SOME PRESENTATIONS HERE.SO THIS EVENING WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UH, A PRESENTATION ON THE SIX STONES, COMMUNITY POWER TO REVITALIZE IT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE CPR DIRECTOR, MIKE CLOG AND 6,000 C O O THERESA GRADY.
WE'RE ALWAYS DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
UM, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MIKE PLUG.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU, BUT I'M, I DON'T THINK ANY OF, YOU KNOW, MIKE, HE TOOK OVER THE CPR PROGRAM BACK IN JANUARY.
SO HE'LL BE DOING THE MAJORITY OF THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL COME IN AT THE END AND JUST WRAP IT UP.
I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD 45 MINUTES.
[Update on the 2021 mosquito control program.]
NEXT UP.WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM.
THAT'S A GOOD SAYING, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.
UM, WHILE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ENJOY THE BIG KICKOFFS INTO 20 AND BEGINNING OF 21, W WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT.
SOME SOMETHING WAS GOING AROUND.
AND SO W WE DIDN'T DO THAT IN OCTOBER TWO WEEKS FROM FRIDAY.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG KICKOFF AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG KICKOFF.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH UNCLE SY FROM DYNASTY, HE WILL BE THERE AT THE KICKOFF.
SO JUST SAYING, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO MEET HIM, COME ON OUT.
UM, WE WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.
SO CPR IN THE FALL OF 20 AND SPRING OF 21, UH, OVERALL, WE HAD OVER 50 PROJECTS AND, AND THAT'S THAT'S, THOSE HOMES WERE, WERE CHANGED.
88 PEOPLE'S LIVES GOT ALTERED BY THE CPR PROGRAM.
THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN NORMAL, AND THAT GOES BACK TO COVID AND LESS PEOPLE.
AND THE ABILITY TO, TO NOT BE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY OUT THERE, EVEN WITH THAT NUMBER, BEING A LITTLE LOWER IN OCTOBER, WE'RE GOING TO HIT OUR 800TH HOUSE, 800 HOUSES SINCE WE HAVE STARTED THIS NOW JUST IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
UM, AND AM I TOO FAR AWAY FROM THIS? ARE YOU GOOD? OKAY, SORRY.
UM, I JUST CAME FROM LD BELL TALKING TO THE INTERACT GROUP, AND SO I HAD TO MOVE QUITE A BIT MORE TO KEEP THE HIGH SCHOOLERS LOOKING AT ME.
UM, SO WE HAD 16 HOMES IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, UH, THE FALL OF 20 AND SPRING OF 21 THAT'S WE HAD 11 DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WORKED HERE.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE GROUPS THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORKING, COMING INTO YOUR CITY AND WORKING.
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BUSINESSES, YOU'VE GOT CHURCHES.AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS TO, TO BRING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, WHETHER THEY'RE CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CITIES, KEEP THEM ALL TOGETHER AND, AND HAVE THEM WORK TOGETHER TO HELP, TO HELP THE CITY.
AS A, AS A WHOLE, THE ACTUAL BEDFORD BUSINESSES, WE HAD FREEDOM CHURCH, HEB, ROTARY, JERSEY MIKE'S KBKG,
THOSE BUSINESSES ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN BEDFORD.
AND WE'VE GOT
AND SO WHETHER IT'S THOMPSON GROUP SMITH, LAWN AND TREE REPUBLIC, THAT WORTH HOME DEPOT AND SUNBELT, THEY'RE ALL PROVIDING SOMETHING TO CPR AND GIVING US THAT HELP KELLY MOORE DONATES ALL OF THE PAINT.
AND SO WE'RE GETTING TOP QUALITY PAINT TO PUT ON THESE HOMES.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'S GOING TO LAST A LOT LONGER REPUBLIC SERVICES DONATED 12 ROLL OFFS.
THAT'S A LOT OF TRASH THAT WE GOT OUT OF, OUT OF BEDFORD, AND WE'LL JUST DUMPED IT DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, GOT IT OUT OF BEDFORD, WHICH IS HOPEFULLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, FOR TAKING THAT SMITH LAWN AND TREE.
UM, THEY DONATE THE TRASH PICKUP, AS WELL AS THE TREE WORK.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES.
I REALLY WANTED TO BRING YOU A VIDEO.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THIS DEVICE WORKING WHERE IT COMES DOWN AND PICKS UP BECAUSE EVEN I'M 50 YEAR OLD GUY, MAN, IT'S COOL TO WATCH.
IT JUST MAKES ME THINK I SHOULD RE RE-DECIDE MY CAREER AND BE ABLE TO DRIVE ONE OF THESE THINGS.
UM, I AM NOT GOING TO READ EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
UH, YOU GUYS CAN READ ALL OF, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
W W WE'RE DOING PAINTING, WE'RE DOING SIDING WORK.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT BEING DONE ON THE OUTSIDE OF A HOUSE, WE'RE DOING IT.
AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN, OUR VOLUNTEERS, THE PEOPLE THAT COME ALONGSIDE US, LOTS AND LOTS OF YARD CLEANUP.
SO IN THE 10 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN BEDFORD, THERE'S BEEN 138 HOMES THAT, THAT BOTTOM NUMBER OVER $900,000 RETAIL VALUE OF THE HOMES HAS, HAS BEEN FIXED THROUGH THE CPR PROGRAM HERE.
AND, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES, THE CHURCHES, EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER AND WORKS HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.
SO WHAT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IS THE, UH, 25 PER YEAR THAT COVERS THE, THE, THE RUNNING OF THE PROGRAM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE, NOT YET.
SO ONE OF THE CHURCHES THAT YOU SAW WAS FREEDOM CHURCH.
AND SO THEY WORKED ON THIS HOUSE, THAT HOUSE, THAT, THAT WAS A YELLOW PAINT.
AND, AND THE LITTLE LADY THAT LIVED THERE, SHE KIND OF LIKED HER YELLOW AND YELLOW IS A FINE COLOR.
I LIKE YELLOW, YOU'RE WEARING A YELLOW SHIRT.
UM, BUT HE WOULD TELL YOU IF SHE HAD A PROBLEM, BUT WHEN WE TALKED TO HER, WE SAID, HEY, KIM, CAN WE POSSIBLY CHANGE THAT A LITTLE BIT? AND SO WE CHANGED IT TO, TO A LIGHT GRAY COLOR, AND IT TOTALLY CHANGES THE ENTIRE LOOK OF THAT HOUSE.
THERE WAS ALSO, I DON'T HAVE THE PICTURES, HONESTLY, I COULDN'T GET ALL THE WAY INTO THE BACKYARD BECAUSE OF THE, THE OVERGROWTH THERE.
UM, WE HAD, UH, WE HAD A ROLL OFF THERE TO REMOVE ALL OF THE LEAVES BRUSH AND SUCH IN THE BACKYARD.
AND SO THIS HOUSE WE HAD, UM, STEPPING OUT FORT WORTH AND QUALIS CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO WE TOOK IT AND ACTUALLY PAINTED IT.
AND BESIDES THE PAINTING, WE DID SOFFIT FACIAL WORK.
WE DID TREE WORK AND LOT OF, A LOT OF SHRUB REMOVAL IN THE BACKYARD AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS THOSE POSTS.
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WE DECIDED TO WRAP THOSE IT'S, IT'S NOT VERY EXPENSIVE, SLIDE THEM IN W WE PRE-BUILD THEM AT, AT THE SHOP THERE.AND THEN THAT WAY OUR VOLUNTEERS CAN JUST SLIDE THEM ON THAT STAINED WOOD MAKES IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE APPEARANCE OF, OF THE HOUSE.
AND SO WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE THEM NOT ONLY SAFER, NOT ONLY LAST LONGER, BUT ALSO LOOK BETTER IS, IS, IS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ROLL.
SO COMING UP OCTOBER 15TH AND 16TH, WE'VE GOT EIGHT HOUSES THAT ARE APPROVED IN BEDFORD AND, AND ONE THAT IS PENDING AND I LET THERESA FINISH THIS UP.
SO, UM, I KNOW YOU'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THE CPR PROGRAM, SO THAT'S THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST TWO MINUTES ON EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO AT SIX STONES.
SO OUR CORE PROGRAMS, OUR MAIN THING THAT WE HAVE IS THE NEW HOPE CENTER, WHICH IS A FOOD AND CLOTHING PANTRY.
IT'S OPEN FOUR DAYS A WEEK, DIFFERENT HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES.
IN AN AVERAGE YEAR, WE SEE ABOUT 18,000 RESIDENTS COME THROUGH THERE.
UH, LAST YEAR WE SAW 36,000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE NEW HOPE CENTER.
WE JUST HAVE THAT MUCH NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, FOR THE CPR OVERALL, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 70 PROJECTS A YEAR, UM, AFFECTS ABOUT 110 RESIDENTS THAT WOULD BE HURST, JULIUS, BEDFORD AND GRAPEVINE OPERATION BACK TO SCHOOL IS BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES, UM, CUSTOM MADE FOR THE HEB ISD, UM, CHILDREN THAT ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THAT.
WE SERVED 4,300 STUDENTS, UM, IN AUGUST FOR, UM, THAT EVENT.
LIGA IS OUR SOCCER FOR THE, AT RISK JUNIOR HIGH BOYS.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN FIVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND HEB, WE HAVE EIGHT TEAMS, IT'S 140 STUDENTS.
SO WHAT WE FOUND WITH THOSE BOYS IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL AND GOOD GRADES.
AND SO THE TEACHERS ARE STAYING SAYING THAT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC IS MORE ENGAGED IN SCHOOL.
THEY'RE STAYING IN SCHOOL INSTEAD OF DROPPING OUT AND THEIR GRADES HAVE GONE UP.
SO THAT'S A REALLY AWESOME PROGRAM.
NIGHT OF HOPE IS OUR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.
UM, CHRISTMAS GIFTS, CHRISTMAS DINNER, THAT'S ONLY FOR THE KIDS ON FREE LUNCH.
THAT'S, UM, GOING TO BE 3,300 STUDENTS AVERAGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THIS YEAR.
ALSO, UH, LAST YEAR WE ADDED THE MOMENTUM PROGRAM, WHICH IS A MENTORING PROGRAM, BASICALLY, UM, DESIGNED TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE NEW HOPE CENTER, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT OF THE POVERTY SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? SO IT'S EIGHT WEEKS OF CLASSES AND THEN FOUR MONTHS OF ONE-ON-ONE WITH A MENTOR.
UM, WE'RE BEGINNING OUR SIXTH COHORT OF THAT.
SO FAR WE HAVE 20, UM, MENTEES SIGNED UP TO START THE PROGRAM NEXT WEEK.
THAT'S FINANCIAL LITERACY ALL THE WAY FROM WHY DO YOU NEED GOOD CREDIT? UM, HOW DO YOU START A SAVINGS ACCOUNT? WHY YOU SHOULDN'T GET A PAYDAY LOAN UP TO, UM, HEALTH THINGS, CAREER PROGRESSION, RESUME CREATION, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF LIFE CHANGE COME FROM THAT.
THAT'S WHERE SIX STONES IS GOING, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN EMERGENCY RESCUE, AND WE'D LIKE TO BE MORE OF A RECOVERY AND RESTORATION.
AND THEN, UM, FOR AN OUTSOURCED MODEL OF RESALE, WE'VE JUST STARTED THAT, UM, SIX STONES RECEIVED 30% OF THE PROCEEDS FROM TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PICKING UP EXCESS THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED AT THE NEW HOPE CENTER AND SELLING THOSE IN RESALE STORES, GIVING US 30% OF THE PROCEEDS THAT MONEY'S GOING BACK INTO OUR NEW HOPE CENTER TO HELP US PAY THE BILLS THERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D LOVE TO ANSWER THEM IF WE CAN.
THANK YOU, MIKE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, COGAN THINKING, MAN.
UM, THERESA, I SAY THIS EVERY TIME, EVERY YEAR THAT YOU COME HERE, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DO FOR STUDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY IS JUST PHENOMENAL.
UM, COMING FROM A TEACHER, YOU KNOW, I'M HAVING MY STUDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, COME BACK TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH THEIR SUPPLIES, READY TO GO, READY TO LEARN.
UM, THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT BEHIND, THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP.
THEY'RE READY FROM DAY ONE, START LEARNING.
AND EVEN NOW WITH ALL THE GAPS THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, UH, THAT WE SEE THAT NOW.
SO I JUST WANT TO SEND MY GRATITUDE AS A TEACHER, UM, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THESE, UH, FOR THESE STUDENTS AND FOR MY STUDENTS.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION NOW, HAVE YOU STARTED THAT MOMENTUM PROGRAM? IS THAT SORRY, THAT LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE STARTING OUR SIXTH SET OF EIGHT CLASSES THAT WE DO WITH THEM.
HOW WELL HAS THAT BEEN RECEIVED? UH, IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED.
SO THE PROBLEM HAVE RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO FIND ENOUGH MENTORS WHO WANT TO DEVOTE TIME TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS WHO WANT TO GET OUT OF THE SITUATION.
RIGHT? SO, UM, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 12 MENTEES AND 12 MENTORS EACH TIME.
IT'S BEEN A LIMITED BY THE NUMBER OF MENTORS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TALK IN TO HELPING US.
UM, SO NOW THAT THE WORD'S GETTING OUT, WE'VE GOT TO CUT.
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WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED.AND I THINK WE DO HAVE 20 MENTORS ON 20 MENTEES THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THREE SETS A YEAR, UM, THREE SESSIONS A YEAR.
UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE CAN HANDLE RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I THINK IT'S A PHENOMENAL IDEA.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AHEAD LOOKING OUT TO THE FUTURE, HOW YOU CAN HELP THIS COMMUNITY OUT, HELP GET PEOPLE OUT FROM UNDER POVERTY, UM, AND, AND CATCH IT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT BECOMES MORE OF A PROBLEM.
SO THIS IS A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC IDEA.
I WANT TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
THEY DID A LOT OF TRAINING WITH US ON HOW TO DO SOME OF THAT.
AND SO THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL.
ANYONE ELSE I KNOW COVID IS PROBABLY IMPACTED YOU GUYS USED TO DO READING PROGRAMS AT THE SCHOOLS, I GUESS IT'S AFFECTED THAT.
SO THAT KIND OF PASSED TO THE CHURCHES AND A LOT OF THE CHURCHES THAT HAVE ADOPTED SCHOOLS ARE DOING THAT.
UH, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HANDLE THAT OUT OF SIX TIMES.
THERE WAS A TIME, A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE Y'ALL WERE VERY ACTIVE ACTUALLY WITH THE ISD, HELPING KIDS UP TO A CERTAIN AGE, DAN WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN ME, CAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD IN THE PAST.
WE, UH, APPRECIATE I BEING THE OLD MAN.
I KNOW, I REMEMBER STANDING WITH SCOTT SHEPPARD AND HIM TALKING ABOUT IDEAS FOR SIX DOWNS, UH, AND Y'ALL HAVE COME A LONG WAYS AND CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.
SO I GUESS WE JUST WANT, OH, COUNCIL MEMBER COBY.
YOU HAVE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
IT'S IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW Y'ALL ARE EVOLVING HERE.
REMEMBER CULVER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ESPECIALLY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL TRAINING, THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED PAYDAY LUNGS, UM, THAT'S A SORE SUBJECT WITH A LOT OF US ON COUNCIL.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S SO OVERLOOKED IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, WE USED TO HAVE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DATE ME, BUT HOME-EC, YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT TRAINING, YOU KNOW, ON HOUSEHOLD TRAINING, HOW TO BALANCE A CHECKBOOK, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE, BUT, UH, STILL IN THE COUNT, BUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
DO THEY HAVE HOME-EC NOW? THEY DON'T HAVE IT AT ALL.
CONSUMER SCIENCE REALLY COME ON.
THAT'S JUST A TERM FOR ALL RIGHT.
SO NEXT TIME WE GOT AN UPDATE ON 2021 MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM.
WE HAVE INTERIM STREET DRAINAGE, SUPERINTENDENT, CHRIS TO CAL CHRIS.
UM, THIS IS THE UPDATE FOR THE, FOR THE YEAR SO FAR.
UH, WE'LL RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
SO WE'VE HAD A 31 36 WEEKS OF TRAPPING SO FAR.
UH, WE'VE PUT OUT 175 GRAVID TRAPS NOW.
CAUSE YOUR FACE IS A LITTLE RED AND YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME SUN OR SOMETHING.
SO YOU MUST BE OUT THERE WORKING ON TRAPS.
ACTUALLY, THIS MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS.
OH, JUST TO CLEAR THAT I HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE FACES YOU TO TAKE THAT WAS A SOFTBALL.
24 BG SENT NO TRAPS AS FOR THE DAYTIME MOSQUITOES.
AND THEN, UH, WE'VE HAD HERE IN BEDFORD, THREE POSITIVE MOSQUITO POOLS.
THAT'S BECAUSE OTHER CITIES, MOSQUITOES ARE INVADING BEDFORD, RIGHT? COLLEYVILLE IS ACTUALLY, I'M ABOUT TO CRY RIGHT NOW FOR TARRANT COUNTY'S TRAP INFORMATION FOR 2020.
OF COURSE THERE'S 36 WEEKS OF TRAPPING.
THEY, UH, THEY HAD 3,253 TOTAL GRAVID TRAPS, UM, 704 BG SENTINEL TRAPS AND WE'VE HAD 27 POSITIVE MOSQUITO POOLS.
SO COLLEYVILLE HAS HAD 12 WHEN I PUT THESE IN, WE'LL JUST TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.
UM, LIST HAS HAD SIX POSITIVES.
HURST HAS HAD SIX AND WE'VE HAD THREE.
WE TRY VERY HARD TO CONTINUE TO KEEP WINNING.
UM, SO BESIDES ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT THE STORMWATER CREWS DO BESIDES WEED EATING AND FLUMES, UM, CREEKS, UH, KEEPING DEBRIS OUT OF CREEKS, THINGS LIKE THAT, MOSQUITOES, AREN'T THE ONLY THING THAT THEY DO, BUT FOR TREATING OF MOSQUITOES, UH, THEY DID THE WALK FOR 429,552 FEET OF CREEKS AND TREAT THEM, UM, WE HAD SIX MOSQUITO INQUIRIES BY RESIDENTS FOR HOME INSPECTION REQUESTS AND FOR SWIMMING POOL TREATMENTS.
AND WE'LL ACTUALLY BE FIVE AFTER THIS WEEK.
WE HAVE ONE MORE, UH, THAT HAS BEEN ASKED TO, UH, TO, I GUESS IT'S BEEN PRETTY HARD TO GET THE POOL
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PUMP TO FIX YOUR POOL PUMPS.SO, UM, SO WE'VE BEEN TREATING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN USUAL THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND THEN LARVICIDING, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY HEARD THIS BEFORE.
UH FOUR-STAR THAT WE USE BESIDES RETROLUX FOUR-STAR ACTUALLY IS GOOD FOR TWO RAIN EVENTS, TWO LIGHT RAIN EVENTS, HEAVY RAIN EVENT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK OUT AND OH, FOUR, THREE LARVICIDE IF WE JUST DID THAT HOTSPOT TREATMENTS, WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY.
UM, AND OF COURSE IT STARTED IN APRIL WAS THE NORMAL DEMO NORMAL YEAR FOR US TO START ACTUAL TRAPPING.
AND THEN OUR TREATMENT OVERLAP.
WE NOW DO IT THE FIRST WEEK OF EACH MONTH BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH.
CAUSE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS LAND ON THE FIRST DAY.
SO WE MAKE SURE WITHIN THAT FIRST WEEK OF EACH MONTH THAT WE OVERLAP OUR, OUR TREATMENTS, UM, TARA COUNTY HAS DONE ALL OF OUR TESTING THIS YEAR IN HOUSE.
UM, TRAPPING BEGAN AGAIN ON APRIL 12TH.
WE USUALLY, WE GET THE SAMPLES IN EVERY TUESDAY.
WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE LATE SAMPLE THIS YEAR, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY GOOD.
THEY'VE BEEN USUALLY HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR, OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, WHICH HAS BEEN PERFECT.
AND THEN, UM, SOMEONE HAS ASKED ME IF THIS HAS BEEN A, UH, A BAD YEAR FOR MOSQUITOES, UH, TO SOME RESIDENTS.
UH, BUT WE ARE, I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT'S AN AVERAGE YEAR, BUT AS BELOW LAST YEAR, UH, FOR POSITIVE MOSQUITO POOLS.
UM, AND WE'RE NOWHERE CLOSE TO WHERE WE WERE IN 2012, SO THAT'S, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR Y'ALL GREAT.
THANK YOU, CHRIS COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE'S UM, LAST TIME YOU HEAR CHRIS, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT STORMY JONES PARK WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BREEDING GROUNDS FOR MOSQUITOES.
IS THAT STILL THE CASE? ACTUALLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE POSITIVE MOSQUITO AT STORMY JONES THIS YEAR.
THE POSITIVES CAME FROM A ONE FROM 1200 BLOCK OF CIRCLE, UM, ONE FROM BROWN TRAIL AND THEN ONE OVER BY BROOKSIDE DRIVE.
SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN SPREAD OUT THIS YEAR, NOT ONE CONGESTED AREA.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU'VE BEEN MAKING EXTRA EFFORT AT STORMY JONES? YES.
WELL, WE MAKE EFFORT, EXTRA EFFORT EVERYWHERE.
UM, BUT, BUT NO, I MEAN, WE DID CUT DOWN THE CREEK LINE AT STORMY JONES, UH, TO GET IT BACK TO DIRT INSTEAD OF BEING COMPLETELY OVERGROWN.
UM, AND WE TRY TO DO THAT EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW TO KEEP THAT WATER FROM STAYING STAGNANT.
UM, BUT NO, IT'S, IT'S DO OUR BEST ON EVERY PLACE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO IF, UH, SO A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT'S COMES UP ONCE A YEAR.
I GUESS WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE THIS CONVERSATION NOW.
SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ADULTS ASSIGNING? SO ADULTS SPREADING I'M AT THE TRUCKS WHERE THE KIDS RUN BEHIND IT AS IT SPRAYS.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN YEARS.
UM, ADULT NORMAL WHEN I WAS A KID AND EVERYBODY BACK THEN IS STILL, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TOURETTE'S, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEADACHES, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S GOOD.
SO WE USE ADULTICIDING HERE AS A LAST RESORT.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HIT A MOSQUITO IN FLIGHT FOR THE ADULT, DECIDE TO WORK AND TO DO THAT BETWEEN DUSK AND DAWN.
AND THEN YOU'RE HOPING THAT THE SIZE OF A SMALL DROPLET HITS THE BACK OF A MOSQUITO AT THE RIGHT TIME.
UM, YOU CAN SPRAY SPRAY FROM THE STREET AND TRY TO GET BACK TO HOUSES.
UM, THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT SPRAYING ACTUALLY WORKS THAT TERRON COUNTY WOULD, WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT AS TO DO AERIAL SPRAYING.
W W YOU HANDLED THIS QUESTION WAY BETTER THAN JERRY LAVERTY USED TO HANDLE THIS.
HE WOULD LIKE GET MAD, OH, I'M HERE TO GIVE OUT INFORMATION.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TREAT THEM AS THEY'RE LAURA, WE NEED HIM AS LORD.
IF WE, THE ONLY TIME WE EVER WANT TO GET, GET ADULT OUT IS WHEN WE, WE HAVE TOO MANY POSITIVE MOSQUITOES.
SO IF I GET A TRAP AND THEN I GET ANOTHER TRAP THAT THAT'S POSITIVE TWICE.
SO THEN WHEN WE ASSESS, AND IF IT SEEMS TO BE A PLACE THAT WE WOULD NEED, THAT WE WOULD THEN AERIALS, BUT WE'RE NOT HEROES.
WE WOULD DIDN'T SPRAY THE AREA.
HOW MUCH LONGER ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE TRAPS OUT? UH, WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS, UH, THESE NUMBERS HERE.
I, I, I DO I HAVE TO JUST SAY THIS, UH, PLEASE LET THE RECORD LABEL HAD 12,
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PERHAPS YOU'LL SAY, YEAH, I DID.UM, AND, UH, AND BEDFORD HAD THREE.
UM, AND SO I SAY THAT ONLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH, RIGHT.
UM, IN, IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, AND TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.
UM, AND SO WE, AS, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN PRECAUTIONS, WE'VE ALLOCATED FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN, THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE SAFE AND, AND FROM THE NUMBERS AGAIN.
AND I SAY THIS EVERY TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPROVING, AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE POOLS FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, AND OUR NEIGHBORS ON THE OTHER HAND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I MEAN, YOU CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB.
I THINK JERRY WOULD BE PROUD AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
NEXT UP, WE HAVE A ITEMS TO CONSIDER BY CONSENT, UH, CITY MANAGER JIMMY'S TO THOUGHT IT WAS THANK YOU, MAYOR.UM, TWO ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH, REGULAR MEETING.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE LIBRARY, PRINT, AND MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS, PRIMARILY USING THE TECH, THE STATE OF TEXAS SMART BY CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS VENDORS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $225,000.
THIS ITEM IS TO AUTHORIZE THE LIBRARY TO PURCHASE UP TO $225,000 IN PRINT AND MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS USING THE CENTRALIZED BIDDING AND DISCOUNTS FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS SMART BUY PROGRAM, FUNDING OF LIBRARY MATERIALS ABOVE THE BUDGET.
180 180 $6,900 WILL COME FROM GRANTS AND DONATIONS.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, JIMMY COUNSEL, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
HE PUT UP TWO FINGERS FOR YOU, SO LET'S VOTE.
THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE ZERO.
[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]
NEXT UP WE HAVE PERSONS TO BE HEARD.UH, WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO INVITE JAMIE WILEY.
JAMIE, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
IF YOU DON'T MIND GIVING US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS EVENING.
MY NAME'S JAMIE WILEY AND MY ADDRESS IS 29 0 5 MUSTANG DRIVE, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS.
I'M GETTING A TEXT FROM RICHARD NEWTON.
I TRIED TO LOOK ONLINE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPEAK.
AND ALL I SAW WAS JUST HORRIBLE ACTIVES AND DIFFERENT ONES.
SO I SAID, JUST COME IN AND BE MYSELF.
SO MY NAME WAS, AS I SAID, JAMIE WILEY, I'M THE OWNER AND CREATOR OF A NEW COMPANY CALLED BOUGIE BOOZY BEARS.
I AM THE FIRST IN THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE STATE, AND THE UNITED STATES OF MY CRIME TO THE POINT WHERE IT TOOK ME THREE MONTHS TO COME UP WITH THE RECIPE FOR MY COMPANY THAT IS CURRENTLY PATENT PENDING.
UM, AND I JUST RECENTLY SENT THAT INFORMATION OVER TO SHARK TANK BECAUSE I APPLIED FOR THEM.
UM, I STARTED BOUGIE BAYLOR'S ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
I WAS FORTUNATELY, UM, LAID OFF AT MY CORPORATE JOB, WHICH GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PURSUE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND I'M FIRST GENERATION.
SO NO ONE IN MY, MY FAMILY HAS EVER STARTED A BUSINESS UNTIL ME.
SO EVERYTHING STARTS WITH ME STARTED OFF.
I STARTED OFF WITH 20 FLAVORS.
AND AS OF THIS WEEKEND, I'VE MADE OVER 650,000 BARRELS BY HAND MYSELF.
AND ONCE YOU GET THESE BEARS, THE BEARS ARE YOUR TYPICAL SQUARE EXERCISE, REGULAR GUMMY BEAR.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOUGIE BARRELS, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S SUCH A NEW PROCESS.
I GET ASKED THE TYPICAL QUESTIONS.
ARE THEY INFUSED? NO, THEY ARE NOT, NO, NO ONE SITS THERE WITH A NEEDLE AND INJECT ALCOHOL INTO MY BEARS.
THEY ARE NOT SOAKED IN ALCOHOL, LIKE AT THE, WHAT IS THAT LITTLE HUT THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO GO TO? I ACTUALLY MAKE EVERY SINGLE BEAR BY HAND IT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S PATENT PENDING AND I'M OVER 650,000
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BEARS MADE THE BEARS ARE THE SAME EXACT SIZE AS YOUR REGULAR TYPICAL GUMMY BEAR.UM, TABC COMMISSION OF TEXAS AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS ME AS A CON AS A CONFECTION.
UM, I CAN CHOOSE WHO TO SELL TO ANYONE.
I'M A MOTHER, UM, AS I WAS WATCHING OR LISTENING, UH, MY FAMILY HAS ACTUALLY USED SOME OF THE PROCESSES FROM HOPE AND GRACE.
UM, NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT, I WILL BE THERE.
I DECIDED THAT, UM, THIS IS A COMPANY FOR PROFIT FOR ME, BUT I ALSO WANTED SOMETHING FOR THE CHILDREN.
WHEN I'M SELLING AT THE FARMER'S MARKETS.
THEY HAD A FIT WHEN THEY SEE PARENTS HAVING A GOOD TIME WITHOUT THEM.
SO I DO GOURMET COTTON CANDY, 15 FLAVORS, AND I WILL BE IN DOWNTOWN IN GRAPEVINE, FOUR NIGHTS.
HOW WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A SUB HUB FOR CHILDREN.
AND I MEAN, MY CHILD WENT THERE FOR SIX MONTHS, FOR SIX YEARS.
AND WITHOUT THEM AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT THEY PROVIDE, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK MY CORPORATE JOB THAT WAS IN GRAPEVINE ALSO.
SO I CHOOSE TO ONLY SELL TO CHILDREN, TO ADULTS.
MY 14 YEAR OLD CAN WALK INTO ANY GROCERY STORE AND BUY A BOTTLE OF PEPPERMINT EXTRACT, THOSE 45% ALCOHOL.
I CHOOSE TO WHO I DECIDE TO SELL TO.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I FOUND A DECIDED I NEED TO GET OUT OF MY HOME BECAUSE I HAD IS GETTING OVERWHELMING.
IF SOMEONE COMES AND ASKS ME, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD POSSIBLY GIVE SOME BEARS TO A COMMUNITY LIKE FOR OUTREACH AND THEY'RE DOING AN AUCTION, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
SO I THOUGHT A LOCATION THAT'S ACTUALLY IN BEDFORD, UM, THAT 2,700 PIVOTS WALKED IN AND IT WAS MEANT TO BE, IT HAS OVER $80,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT.
IT HAS EVERYTHING I COULD POSSIBLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE BEARS, SELL BEARS AND ALSO DO, UM, MYSELF.
SO AT THIS POINT I'M ASKING FOR A TWO YEAR VARIANCE BECAUSE I'M NEW, NO ONE HAS EVER KNOWN WHAT IT IS.
I BRING ON ALL QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE COMPANY IS CONCERNED, BUT I SIGNED IT TO YOUR LEASE AFTER GETTING MY LETTER OF OCCUPANCY.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT LETTER WAS PULLED, BUT THANKFULLY I GOT SENT ME TO THIS LOCATION BECAUSE THE LANDLORD AND HE'S HERE TODAY HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL THAT I HAVE NOT HAD TO PAY THE RENT, WHICH WOULD HAVE JUST DEVASTATED ME AND WIPED ME OUT.
AND THEN MY DAUGHTER AT CHARLTON PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PROTESTED.
ALSO IF I WASN'T ABLE TO PAY FOR HER COLLEGE TUITION, UM, THE COMPANY IS ACTUALLY GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PAY FOR HER SCHOOL AND KEEP HER IN SCHOOL, KEEP MY HOME AND EXCEL OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE COMMUNITY IS THE MAIN THING.
I, I LOVE GREAT, FINE, BUT MY GIRLS HAVE GRADUATED AND IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GRADUATE ONTO SOMETHING NEW.
AND WHEN I DECIDED TO PICK BELFORT, I DIDN'T WANT SOUTH LAKE.
UM, I WANTED SOMEBODY THAT WAS GOING TO APPRECIATE NEW, INNOVATIVE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON HERE IN BEDFORD.
I KNOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE BEDFORD COMMENTS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO BE A PART OF.
I WANT BEDFORD TO SAY WE HAD HER FIRST, ESPECIALLY IF I CAN WATCH THE SHARK TANK.
UM, THAT'S MY GOAL IS LIKE I PUT MY MIND TO IT.
IT'S ONLY BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF AND IT'S BEEN GREAT.
BUT, UM, IN ORDER FOR ME TO PROCEED, THIS LOCATION IS NICHE FOR ME.
I CANNOT AFFORD TO BE AT A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT AND THEN HAVE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL, AT THAT POINT, SEND ME ELSEWHERE.
AND NOW THAT I KNOW THERE WAS GOING TO BE BROWN SHOWS, I'M VERY EXCITED.
SO NOW I'M NOT LO NO LONGER LOOKING AT THE ONES THAT ARE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I WANT TO WORK AND LIVE IN THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT I'VE BEEN IN AND GRAY FARM FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AND I LOVE THEM, BUT IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO, UM, WITH THAT, THIS IS, THIS IS ED, THIS IS MY PLEA TO YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW THE PROCESS IS, DEFINITELY LET ME KNOW.
BUT I'M CURIOUS, ARE YOU ASKING ANYTHING OF US TONIGHT? YES.
FOR A VARIANCE FOR THE PROPERTY AT 2,700 TICKETS, I'VE SIGNED A TWO YEAR LEASE AT THE PROPERTY.
SO AS MY, MY, UH, MY OFFERED TO AT LEAST DO A TWO YEAR VARIANCE SO THAT I CAN MOVE INTO THAT PROPERTY AT THE TIME.
AND THEN IN TWO YEARS, COME BACK WITH YOU, SEE HOW THINGS ARE AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE ONE OTHER INDIVIDUALS SIGNED
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UP TO SPEAK WITH LJ CLEAVER FROM FOUR-WAY INVESTMENTS, SIR.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, ADDRESS IS 1229 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD, SUITE 1 32 TO SO TEXAS 7 5 1 1 5.
UM, I'M WITH, FOR WIND INVESTMENTS, OUR COMPANY, UH, HANDLES THE MANAGEMENT LEASING FOR THE KEY FAMILY TRUST.
THEY OWN THE PROPERTY AT 2,700 TIBBITS.
UM, MOST PEOPLE THEY JUST HEAR ADDRESS AND THEY DON'T ASSOCIATE THE BUILDING OR KNOW WHERE IT IS.
SO I'M GOING TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, KIND OF INVOLVED THE OLD SUBWAY BEHIND THE HOSPITAL IS ANYBODY ATE THERE? RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S THAT'S A PROPERTY THAT I I'M UP HERE REPRESENTING TODAY.
UH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, IT'S A FIVE BUILDING COMPLEX AND PRIZE OF APPROXIMATELY 25,000 SQUARE FEET AND IT'S OWN SERVICE COMMERCIAL.
UM, MOST OF THE TENANTS THERE ARE KIND OF STANDARD, UH, OFFICE AND MEDICAL USES.
UM, OF COURSE WE DID HAVE SUBWAY THERE.
UM, 20, 20 COVID HIT, UM, SUBWAY WAS STRUGGLING THERE.
THEY SAID WE JUST WANT TO SHUT IT DOWN.
UM, CORPORATE DECIDED NOT TO RENEW THE LEASE.
UH, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE SINCE THEN TO LEASE A RESTAURANT.
UM, MOST, YOU KNOW, ENTREPRENEURS OR RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE TERRIFIED RIGHT NOW OF OPENING A NEW BUSINESS.
UH, NUMBERS ARE STILL DOWN RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, JAMIE CAME TO ME AND SHE SAID, UH, I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS SPACE.
I MET HER, SHE WALKED IN HER MOM.
SO THE NEWS FROM THERE, I MEAN, SHE LEAVES IT AS A WHIRLWIND.
UM, SHE APPLIED FOR HER CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
UH, OBVIOUSLY SHE ALREADY KIND OF TOLD YOU WHAT SHE DOES.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY UPON APPLYING FOR HER, UH, CEO, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING DOES NOT HAVE A USE THAT SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES.
UM, SHE WANTS TO MANUFACTURER, UH, PACKAGES DISTRIBUTED AND DO LOCAL SELLS THERE, UH, ALSO TO E-COMMERCE AS WELL.
SO I THINK THE BIGGEST KICKER WAS THE E-COMMERCE PART, UH, BECAUSE NOTHING REALLY FIT THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAD.
UM, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ON THE LAST PNZ MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED HER TO BE CLASSIFIED UNDER CANDY AND CONFECTIONARY, UH, CONFECTIONARY MANUFACTURING, PACKAGING FACILITY.
NOW, WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION TO YOU GUYS, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR HERE SHORTLY, UM, SHE WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO GO INTO AN INDUSTRIAL ZONING, UM, WHICH IS NOT WHAT OUR BUILDING IS, YOU KNOW, DON'T AS ITS SERVICE COMMERCIAL.
SO THERE ALONE, SHE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO INTO OUR PROPERTY.
UM, SO THE, THE ODDS AND LIKELIHOOD OF HER FINDING AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TWO TO 4,000 SQUARE FEET WITH A KITCHEN, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO IF YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, BASICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ME WITH HAVING TO RELIGHT A SPOT.
THAT'S BEEN HARD TO, YOU KNOW, LEASE BASICALLY PUT UNDUE HARDSHIP ON HER, OF HAVING TO FIND A LOCATION THAT MAY SUIT HER.
AND IF SHE DOES FIND SOMETHING I CAN GUARANTEE LANDLORD'S NOT GONNA PUT 60 TO $80,000 INTO IT.
SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO PUT HER SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY AND THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF MONEY FOR IT.
SO WITH ALL THIS BEING SAID, I MEAN, SHE IS GOING TO BE MORE OF A SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION, MORE OF A BOUTIQUE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OLD SUBWAY SPACE ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FEET.
OBVIOUSLY SHE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH IN THAT SPACE.
UM, SO SHE WANTS TO KEEP IT SMALL START THERE.
AND OF COURSE HE ASKED FOR THE VARIANCE.
SO, UH, I'M HERE AS WELL TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ASK YOU TO SEE THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE SITUATION, AND WORK WITH US.
UM, HOPEFULLY SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAYBE DO A, AMEND A CURRENT AMENDMENT OR A ZONING THAT'S THAT WILL FIT HER OR ALLOW HER TO, ESPECIALLY AS PERMANENT OR SOMETHING, BUT I'M URGING YOU TONIGHT WHEN YOU HEAR THIS CASE TO DENY IT.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF YOU APPROVE IT, SHE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO IN MY BUILDING.
AND ALMOST LIKELY SHE WON'T FIND ON THE BUILDING THAT WORKS.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I TAKE HER INTO ALL OF OUR TENANTS, OUR PROPERTY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOOD QUALITY TENANTS.
THEY ENHANCE THE BUSINESS STRUCTURE OF CITY OF BEDFORD.
AND OBVIOUSLY SHE IS SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING.
SO WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED TO HAVE HER.
SO WE'RE HOPEFULLY, UM, HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND GET STARTED.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY, COUNSEL.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR THE MAIN, THE MAIN EVENT HERE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT.[4. Public hearing and consider an ordinance amending Section 6.4 entitled “Board of Adjustment: Procedure” and Section 6.5 entitled “The Board of Adjustment: Powers and Duties” of the City of Bedford Zoning Ordinance, to allow Building and Standards Commission members to serve as Alternates on the Board of Adjustment, to revise the timeframe for the Board to receive appeals, and to clarify public notice requirements. (PZ-ZONING AMEND-2021-50068)]
ON TO NEW BUSINESS.ITEM FOUR, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6.4 ENTITLED BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE AND SECTION 6.5 TITLED THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEMBERS TO SERVE AS ALTERNATES ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO REVISE THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE BOARD TO RECEIVE APPEALS AND TO CLARIFY PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, TONIGHT WE ARE DOING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS THAT ORDINANCE REGULATES, UH, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, THEIR POWERS, DUTIES AND PROCEDURES.
UM, TONIGHT'S AMENDMENT IS THREE PARTS.
ONE IS TO PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY AND, UH, NAMING ALTERNATES RIGHT NOW.
THE ONLY WAY THAT ALTERNATES ARE NAMED ARE BY APPOINTMENT THROUGH THE COUNCIL AND, UM, THE, UH, OTHER COMMISSIONS SUCH AS BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY CAN PULL FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
ZONING BOARD ADJUSTMENT CANNOT PULL FROM BUILDING STANDARDS.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE TONIGHT'S AMENDMENT.
THE SECOND ONE IS TO AMEND THE TIMEFRAME FOR APPEALS TO BE MADE OF DECISION.
RIGHT NOW, OUR ORDINANCE SAYS 60 DAYS, WE'RE JUST TYING THAT IN WITH A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH STIPULATES 20 DAYS.
AND THEN THE LAST AMENDMENT IS TO CLEAR UP THE LANGUAGE AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR VARIANCES.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S AN INCORRECT REFERENCE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE REFERENCES TO A DIFFERENT SECTION.
IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS ARE.
SO WE'RE JUST SPILLING THAT OUT AND WE'RE MIRRORING THAT OF A ZONING CHANGE, A PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENT.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUIP PLANNING AND ZONING DID, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CHANGE.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, UH, JUST REAL QUICK.
I MEAN, I, THIS IS, THIS IS FANTASTIC.
YOU'VE COME BACK PRETTY QUICK AND YOU'RE DOING STUFF AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT CAUSE IN THE PAST THAT WASN'T THE CASE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WEREN'T DOING STUFF.
I THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD JOB, I THINK.
MR. GAGLIARDI QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER.
HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT THE PRACTICE OF IT.
HOW DO YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONTACT? AND ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, WHEN YOU NEED ONE OF THE ALTERNATES, HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK OUT PRACTICALITY? SURE.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY BEFORE WE SCHEDULE MEETING THESE MEETINGS, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND BUILDING STANDARDS, DON'T MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS, SUCH AS THE COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
SO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IS WE'VE ALWAYS KIND OF PULLED THE MEMBERS, UH, BEFORE THE MEETINGS SCHEDULED.
AND SO WE'LL DO THE SAME THING IF WE GET INTO THE POLLING SITUATION AND WE REALIZE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A FORUM, THE NUMBERS THAT WE NEED, WE'LL START GOING DOWN THE LIST, BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION YOU'LL MEAN WON'T BE KEEP PULLING THE SAME.
IT'S JUST LIKE ON THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS, I THINK MAYBE A MONTH OR SO AGO, THEY HAD TO PULL SOME MEMBERS FROM ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND DO IT AGAIN, NOT TOO LONG AGO AFTER THAT.
AND THEY JUST ROTATE IT FOR THE MEMBERS THAT WAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE COUNCIL, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.
APOLOGIES FOR THE PUBLIC HERE.
THAT'S WHERE IT SAYS PUBLIC HEARING.
SO LET'S, UH, OPEN, OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HAS ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS OR CHEST LOOKING AT THAT'S BEEN
[5. Consider an ordinance amending the City of Bedford Code of Ordinance Appendix A – Schedule of Fees, by updating fees imposed by the City; containin]
POSTED BY THE CITY CONTAINING SURFACES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.THIS AS PART OF OUR NORMAL ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS
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IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BECOME THE NEXT MEETING.THAT WILL BE THE FINAL ONE FOR YOU FOR THE VISUAL.
WE JUST SEND IT OUT TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY LOOK AT THAT OUR FEE IS MAKING SURE THAT THE COST OF THE SERVICES THEY'RE PROVIDING RESPECT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, IF THERE'S BEEN CHANGES IN STATE LAW AND GETTING THOSE UPDATED.
UM, SO NOT ANYTHING REAL SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, IF THEY HAVE TO ABATE THE VIOLATION UNDER THE DISCOVERY COSTS OF ACCOMPLISHING THAT, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE BILLING DEPARTMENT UPDATED LANGUAGE AND THEIR TABLES TO MAKE IT EASIER.
AS WE CAME OVER TO THE OPENGOV LIBRARY RELATED TO THE LIBRARY, THINGS THAT CHANGED AS THEY HAVE COME AND JUST PLEASE CLEAN BABY.
IT'S ONE THING TO CLEAN A SMALL LIBRARY.
THINGS LIKE CAKE IS A CANOPY IS BROUGHT BACK IN CONDITION THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED.
UM, SO THEY'VE ADDED A FEW TVS.
THEY'RE ALL BEDFORD SCHOOL HAS BEEN REVISED.
UM, STILL LEAVING SOME FEES IN THERE FOR RENTALS, BUT THOSE WOULD BE SECONDARY TO ANY SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES WITH ONSTAGE AND RECREATION CLEANED UP THE PAVILION FEES.
UM, AND THEN JUST KIND OF STANDARDIZED ALL OF THEIR PRICES THROUGHOUT ALL OF THEIR CLASSES.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE.
I HATE TO PUT THIS OFF ON NEW MAG, BUT LIKE WHAT THINGS ARE $20 AND WHAT THINGS ARE $50 TO BE CLAIMED? YOU SAID THE CANOPY AND ALL, BUT I MEAN, WELL, IT'S, IT'S ONE CLEANING FEE.
UM, SO THE CLEANING FEE IS A STANDARD $20 NOW.
AND SO PART OF IT IS TO DISSUADE PEOPLE FROM RETURNING THE ITEMS IN AN UNCLEAN MANNER, SO THAT STAFF HAS TO TAKE THE TIME TO CLEAN THEM.
UM, BUT THEN THEY HAVE A REPROGRAMMING FEE, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ROKU'S.
UM, AND I DO HAVE LIBRARY STUFF HERE IF, UM, SEE CYNTHIA MISSPEAKING, ANYTHING CYNTHIA GOT ANTSY THERE.
WELL, MARY, I THOUGHT, I'M SORRY.
YOU WOULD LIKE SOMETHING IN THERE.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, OUR LIBRARY OF THINGS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE STARTED, IT WAS JUST RIGHT WHEN COVID HIT.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD IS ITEMS ARE RETURNED DIRTY.
WE ONLY HAD A $5 CLEANING FEE.
AND SO IT REALLY WASN'T ENOUGH TO DISSUADE PEOPLE FROM RETURNING THE ITEM DIRTY.
I HAD TO TAKE CANOPY, TED, SET IT UP MYSELF AND HOSE IT OFF.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO CLEAN IT.
COUNSEL GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]
SIX.I'LL TELL YOU I A WITH COUNSEL'S PERMISSION.
DO YOU MIND IF WE, UH, CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE, UM, LET'S GO TO CLOSED SESSION AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE.ZERO ONE OR THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM 6 5, 5, 1 0.071, WHICH THAT IS NOWHERE IN MY PACKET.
HOW AM I GOING TO KNOW THAT? OKAY, LET'S DO THAT.
WE JUST HAD A QUICK CONVERSATION BACK IN EXECUTIVE.
[6. Consider a resolution allowing the classification of Specialty Candy Manufacturing, Packaging and Retail to be classified under the category of “Candy and Confectionery Manufacturing and Packaging Facility” specific to Chapter 3. Permitted Uses, Section 3.3 Classification of New and Unlisted Uses of the City of Bedford Zoning Ordinance. (PZ-ZONING CLASS-2021-5001) (Item recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 4-0-0)]
WE'RE OUT NOW TO DISCUSS ITEM SIX, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION, ALLOWING THE CLASSIFICATION OF SPECIALTY CANDY, MANUFACTURING, PACKAGING, AND RETAIL, TO BE CLASSIFIED UNDER THE CATEGORY OF CANDY AND CONFECTIONARY MANUFACTURING AND PACKAGING FACILITY SPECIFIC TO CHAPTER THREE, PERMITTED USES SECTION THREE DOT THREE CLASSIFICATION OF NEW AND UNLISTED USES OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD ZONING ORDINANCE.AND I GIVE YOU A DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
ANDREW, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL.
WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE ITEM HERE.
SO, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A SIMILAR REQUEST TO, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU.
NOT THAT LONG AGO WHEN WE HAD, UM, SEVERAL BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN SELLING CBD OIL BASED PRODUCTS.
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IT WAS ONE OF THOSE, IT WAS A NEWER USE.WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A GREAT CATEGORY FOR IT.
SO WE WENT THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS AND IN DETERMINING WHERE IT FIT BEST.
UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE DON'T HAVE MULTIPLE BUSINESSES.
WE DO HAVE ONE SPECIFIC BUSINESS THAT'S COME BEFORE, UH, BEFORE US THAT IS INTERESTED IN LOCATING HERE IN BEDFORD.
SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE, UM, THE BUSINESS IS CURRENTLY A HOME-BASED BUSINESS, MAKING ALCOHOL INFUSED GUMMY BEARS.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY SOLD AT LOCAL FARMER'S MARKETS.
UM, THE BUSINESS MANUFACTURERS ABOUT A HALF, A MILLION GUMMY BEARS IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THEY ARE WORKING, LOOKING TO GROW THE BUSINESS TO ABOUT 40,000 GET BEERS A MONTH.
UM, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF DESCRIBING WHAT IT IS TO, TO GET AN IDEA, UM, BECOMING BEER IS COMPARED TO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A JELLO SHOT, BUT IT'S REALLY MORE LIKE A JELLY BEAN TYPE OF THING.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, I CAN'T GET INTO DETAILS AND I'M SURE YOU NOTICED THAT THE, UM, BUSINESS OWNER DIDN'T EITHER BECAUSE SHE DOES HAVE A PATENT PENDING ON HOW SHE IS MAKING THESE GUMMY BEARS.
SO, UM, THE, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE BUSINESS ITSELF IS INTERESTED IN LOCATING WITHIN THE SERVICE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF OUTLINE THE PROCESS WHEN WE HAVE A NEW AND ENLISTED USE, COME BEFORE US, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE NEED TO RUN THROUGH IN ORDER TO FIND THAT THE BEST CATEGORY FOR IT AND WHERE THAT MIGHT FIT.
UM, AND DOES IT WARRANT AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, UH, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES? SO ESSENTIALLY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, UH, REFERENCES BACK TO P AND Z SEEKING AN INTERPRETATION AS TO WHICH CLASSIFICATION IT MOST APPROPRIATELY FITS.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE, ESSENTIALLY WE DO LOOK AT THE, THE, UM, THE, THE VARIABLES OF THE PRODUCT OF THE BUSINESS, UM, SHIPPING NOISE FILMS, UM, EMPLOYMENT, STORAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS IN ORDER TO BEST, YOU KNOW, SEE WHICH CLASSIFICATION WITHIN OUR ZONING CATEGORIES, IT WOULD BEST FIT.
SO MOVING ON THEN AFTER THAT, WE GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEN BASICALLY, UM, UH, MOVE IT ON UP TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR, UM, INTERPRETATION AS WELL.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
SO WHEN LOOKING AT THAT USE AND KIND OF OUTLINING THE COMPONENTS OF THE BUSINESS THAT IS BEFORE US AND MAKING THIS DECISION, WE LOOKED AT TWO SEPARATE CATEGORIES.
ONE CATEGORY IS MORE OF A RETAIL COMPONENT, WHICH IS A BAKERY AND CONFECTIONARY SHOP.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A LISTED, UM, USE WITHIN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND THEN ALSO A CANDY AND CONFECTIONARY MANUFACTURER AND PACKAGING FACILITY.
SO BASICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE USES HERE, THE BAKERY AND CONFECTIONARY SHOP, WHICH DOES ALLOW THIS TYPE OF USE, UM, BY RIGHT WITHIN OUR SERVICE, LIKE COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, TALKS ABOUT OFFERING FOR SALE PRODUCTS, BAKED ON PREMISE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT DOES SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT PRODUCTION OF OFF-PREMISE SALES IS PROHIBITED.
SO A BUSINESS THAT'S DOING ANY OUTSIDE SALES, NOT RETAIL RIGHT IN THE STORE WOULD NOT FIT INTO THIS CATEGORY.
SO THIS IS WHERE THEN STAFF AND THE P AND Z LANDED ON THE NEXT CATEGORY, WHICH IS THE CANDY AND CONFECTIONARY MANUFACTURING AND PACKAGING FACILITY, WHERE WE FELT THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS ALIGNED MOST CLOSELY WITH THEM WITH THIS DEFINITION.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A FACILITIES FOR THE AND PACKAGING OF CANDY AND CONFECTIONARY PRODUCTS.
SO BASICALLY AGAIN, THIS IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE'VE LANDED.
UM, THIS WAS RECOMMENDED, UH, FOR APPROVAL, UM, WITHIN THIS DISTRICT FOR THIS USE TO FALL WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR LAST MEETING AS WELL.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HERE AS A, UM, A SNAPSHOT OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, YOU CAN SEE THE RETAIL COMPONENT ALLOWS THAT WITHIN THOSE THREE DISTRICTS, AND THEN MORE ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE, WHICH IS, AGAIN, THE OFF-PREMISE SALES ARE OCCURRING.
UM, IT IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN OUR INDUSTRIAL SECTION.
SO AGAIN, UM, YOUR OPTIONS THIS EVENING, UM, IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE, YOU WOULD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN PREPARED FOR YOU THAT BASICALLY CONFIRMS, UM, THE PNCS DECISION OF RECOMMENDING THIS USE, BE CLASSIFIED AS THIS USE AND WOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, IF YOU ARE TO DENY IT, YOU, UM, HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS HERE.
UM, AND THIS IS WHERE ALL NEED BRENDA, MAYBE PERHAPS JUMP IN AND, AND OUTLINE THOSE OPTIONS.
BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN, UH, RECOMMEND THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO P AND Z, IF YOU WANT US TO EXPLORE, UM, OTHER DEFINITIONS OR PLACES WHERE THIS BUSINESS MIGHT FALL AGAIN, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND US BACK TO, TO JUST SIMPLY DO MORE RESEARCH, RIGHT, MR. MEREDITH, AND JUST, JUST TO DOVETAIL ON THAT, UH, AND FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE, REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF TONIGHT'S VOTE, COUNSEL DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TONIGHT TO APPROVE AND SUP AND LAND USE VARIANCES ARE UNLAWFUL IN TEXAS THAT CAN'T EVER BE APPROVED.
SO IF YOU WERE TO AGREE WITH STAFF AND P AND CS INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE,
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YOUR ONLY RECOURSE WOULD BE TO REQUEST THAT STAFF BRING A TEXTUAL AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE NOTICES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED THAT TEXTUAL AMENDMENT COULD THERE BE TO EXTRACT THIS USE AND DECIDE THAT IT IS A WHOLLY NEW USE AND NOT A COMPONENT OF EITHER OF THE TWO USES THAT ANDREA MENTIONED, OR IF WE AGREE THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF USE, THAT IS THE MANUFACTURING USE, YOU COULD EXPAND THE ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN WHICH THIS USE WOULD BE PERMITTED EITHER BY RIGHT OR BY SUP IF THAT ACTION WERE TAKEN, THEN AN SUP COULD BE SOUGHT.ANYONE INTERESTED MAKING A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLASSIFY THE USE AS A CANDY AND CONFECTIONARY MANUFACTURING AND PACKAGING FACILITY AS LISTED IN SECTION 3.2 POINT C 14, SPECIFIED TO CHAPTER THREE PERMITTED USE SECTION 3.3 CLASSIFICATION OF DOING AND UNLISTED USES OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD SEVEN.
SO A MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS FIVE TO ZERO AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT.
[7. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase 65 Taser 7 devices and related accessories from Axon Enterprise, Inc., in the amount of $201,847.39]
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE 65 TASER, SEVEN DEVICES AND RELATED ACCESSORIES FROM EXXON ENTERPRISE INC.IN THE AMOUNT OF $201,847 AND 39 CENTS.
UM, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS A, THE REQUEST TO PURCHASE A SIXTY-FIVE TASERS THAT WILL OUTFIT THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE TASER DEVICE.
UM, CURRENTLY THE DEPARTMENT HAS 24 TASERS THAT ARE SHARED AMONGST ALL THE OFFICERS, UM, APPROACHING THE END OF OUR BUDGET YEAR.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD WAS A GREAT DEAL OF SALARY SAVINGS DUE TO A POSITIONS THAT WERE NOT FILLED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE, UH, LOOKING TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OUTFIT ALL OF OUR OFFICERS WITH A TASER DEVICE, UM, THAT THAT WILL MAKE THEM BETTER PREPARE FOR THEM, FOR THE DUTIES THEY COULD HAVE.
UM, THE TASER SEVEN IS A AS THE NEWEST OF THE TASER DEVICES FOR, FROM AXON, UH, INTEGRATES WITH THE BODY CAMERAS AND THE IN-CAR CAMERAS AND ACTIVATES IT.
IF, IF AN OFFICER HAS TO PULL THAT TASTER, IT TURNS ALL THOSE EQUIPMENTS ON.
UM, SO WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET ALL THE DATA BACK.
SO, UM, UH, THE TASER SENDS OUT TWO PROBES, UH, ON THEIR FIRST DEPLOYMENT.
UM, THE NEW TASER WAX, THEY HAVE A SECOND ABILITY TO SHOOT A SECOND SET OF PROBE.
SO IF THE FIRST SET DO NOT WORK, THEY CAN GET THE SECOND SET TO HAVE MORE EFFECTIVE.
OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL HARM TO OUR OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT THIS TASER DOES.
UM, IT ALSO COMES WITH A WARNING ARC.
UM, SO BEFORE THAT DEPLOYMENT COMES IN, AN OFFICER CAN SIT THERE AND GIVE THE SPARK ON THAT WARNING.
AND IT, IT DOES VERY WELL IN DEESCALATE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE, ARE UNCOOPERATIVE.
AND IT ALSO HAS A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WHERE THE CURRENT ONES WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE BATTERY EVER SO OFTEN.
AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, FOR YOU TO APPROVE, UH, THE PURCHASE OF THE, FOR THE TASERS, FOR THE OFFICERS.
UM, IT'S IT'S RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ALLAH SALARY SAVINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE.
SO THIS IS IN THE 20, 20, 20 21 BUDGET.
MA'AM UM, CHIEF, THE QUESTIONS HERE.
UM, SO, UH, FOR OUR TEASERS THAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE THE TWO PROBE CAPABILITIES FOR THESE NEW ONES.
YOU JUST HAVE THE ONE PROBE RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE ONES THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE NOW ARE JUST A ONE-SHOT.
SO THE PLAN IS THOSE WITH PURCHASE OF THESE WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH TO OUTFIT EVERY SINGLE OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE ONE SHOTS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES OR DETECTIVES THAT AREN'T OUT ON THE STREETS AS MUCH, AND GET THE 65 TO THE FRONTLINE PERSONNEL THAT ARE OUT DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THESE, WITH THESE TASERS, NO FAILURES OR ANYTHING WE'RE JUST UPDATING, UM, AND BRINGING IT UP TO LINE.
UH, THE ONLY ISSUE WE HAVE IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
UM, SO OCCASIONALLY THERE'S OFFICERS THAT ARE HAVING TO GO OUT, UH, THAT DO NOT HAVE ONE AVAILABLE TO OKAY.
UM, I THINK, I THINK ALL OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE OUT THERE PATROLLING OUT THERE ON THE STREETS, THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT LESS LETHAL OPTION AVAILABLE, AT LEAST ALL OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE, AGAIN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING THE NEED FOR THIS.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I'M NOTICING IS THAT, UM, DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE ACCESS, THE X I'M SORRY, THE
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EXXON, UM, TASER, OR IS IT A DIFFERENT BRAND IT'S AXON TASER.IT'S, IT'S KIND OF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, BUT THESE WON'T THE ONES THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE OUTFITTING WITH WILL NOT INTEGRATE WITH THE CAMERAS.
WE'LL UM, WE'RE, UH, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THERE IS WE HAD TO CHANGE THE BATTERIES OUT ON THE ONES THAT WE HAVE.
SO THE AXON CAMERAS ARE THAT THAT ORDER IS ON THE WAY, SO THEY'RE NOT THE CAMERAS AREN'T HERE YET.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALREADY ORDERED THE BATTERIES.
UH, THEY WERE, I THINK THEY WERE ABOUT $80 A PIECE FOR THE ONES THAT WE HAVE TO SWITCH THOSE OUT.
WELL, IT'LL ACTUALLY TURN THE CAMERAS ON.
SO, SO YEAH, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
WE'RE OUTFITTING OUR OFFICERS GETTING THAT SECOND PRONG AVAILABILITY.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SEEING US AS A DEPARTMENT, JUST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'RE STARTING TO REALLY BECOME, UM, GOSH, UH, JUST A MODERN POLICE FORCE, UM, TO PUT IT, TO PUT IT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE UPDATING OUR, OUR SIDEARMS, UH, TO OBVIOUSLY QUALITY STANDARDS.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE BODY CAMERAS, UH, FOR OFFICERS.
AND NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKING, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT, UH, THE TASERS AND THE CAPABILITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS INTEGRATED TO THE POINT WHERE IF AN OFFICER WERE TO REACH FOR THAT TASER BODY, CAMERA'S GONNA COME ON.
NOT ONLY FOR THEM BEFORE OFFICERS AROUND THEM, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND SO THIS IS SHOWING US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HAVING A MODERN POLICE FORCE, UM, AND, AND MAKES US A TOP TOP-NOTCH DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT OTHERS CAN LOOK TO.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU AGAIN, COMING TO US WITH THIS, UM, AND SEEING THE NEED.
AND, UH, OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE WORKING WITH DEPUTY CHIEF ALPENA, NOW, DEPUTY CHIEF MURPHREE IS TO EQUIP WITH, TO GET THE OFFICERS, ALL THE EQUIPMENT.
THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR JOBS, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING THERE.
WE'RE GOING THERE AT A VERY FAST PACE.
UM, COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US GETTING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.
SO I, AND I HOPE IT'S CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL WANTS THAT AS WELL.
AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING EYE TO EYE THERE.
NO PITY IS APPRECIATIVE OF COUNCIL MEMBER KOGAN, VOLUNTEERING TO BE A TEST SUBJECT FOR THE NEW
UM, SO THE, THE, ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET WITH THIS PACKAGE IS ACTUALLY A TASER SHOOT US TASER SUIT.
SO BEFORE WOULD SHOOT A STATIONARY TARGET WITH THIS ONE, WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT SOMEONE IN A HAT AND ACTUALLY SEE.
SO IF SOMEONE LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, WE BE HAPPEN TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CODY, HEY, REMEMBER, STEVE'S THE QUESTION WAS ALONG THE LINE OF TRAINING.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO SEND FIVE OFFICES OFF TO BE TRAINED, AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND IT'S GONNA BE LIKE, TRAIN THE TRAINER.
HOW LONG DO YOU SEE YOU'RE TAKING THE TRAIN TO HOLD FORCE IN THIS? IS THERE MUCH OF A LEARNING CURVE IT'S SIMILAR TO THE OLD ONE, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT FOLLOWS RIGHT ALONG WITH THE, WITH THE OLD TASER, JUST THE, HOW THE, THE WEAPON ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, ONCE WE GET THE MASTER TRAINERS TRAINED AND THERE'S, THERE'S THESE COURSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ALL THE TIME.
SO I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO TAKE US MORE THAN A MONTH TO GET SOMEONE INTO THE TRAINING.
AND THEN IT'S JUST WAITING ON THE EQUIPMENT.
AND THEN, UH, THE, THE TRAINING FOR THAT, AND WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE THE ENTIRE FORCE, THE ONES THAT WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH THE TASERS TRAINED WITHIN, WITHIN A FEW WEEKS MONTH AT THE MOST.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE A QUICK IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, AND, UH, WHAT THIS ONE DOES ALSO, UH, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE, WE'RE ENTERING INTO A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM WHERE WE'RE PAYING THEM UP FRONT.
SO ALL THE TRAINING CARTRIDGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST WHERE WE WERE PURCHASING THEM.
NOW WE'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL GIVE US THE TRAINING.
CARTER'S IS WE CAN TRAIN MORE OFTEN.
THANK YOU, CHIEF AND COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
COUNSEL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE MOTION APPROVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO.
ITEM EIGHT, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, COUNCIL, ANYTHING.
[9. City Manager/Staff Reports]
CITY MANAGER, STAFF REPORTS.I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS FIRST OFF.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, KRISSY ODIN AND REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT THE ART EVENT THIS WEEKEND.
IT'S A CHALK ART CAR CONTEST AND IT'S THE FIRST ONE FOR BEDFORD.
AND IT IS THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2ND AT HARRIS RILES PARK.
AND FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT DON'T KNOW IS 2,700 CUMMINGS DRIVE AND IT BEGINS AT 11:00 AM.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN AND THERE'LL BE A FOOD TRUCK OUT THERE.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ARTISTIC ABILITIES, I THINK IT WILL BE A COOL SCENE IN A NEAT EVENT.
SO WATERPROOF CHALK, CORRECT? DON'T JINX US.
DON'T NO, NO CHALK FOR ANYONE OVER 75.
UM, WE DO HAVE A BACKUP RAIN EVENT RAIN DAY, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED IT.
SO, UM, THE ONLY OTHER ITEM IS, UM, MOLLY FOX COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND MYSELF ARE FINALIZING EVERYTHING FOR THE EMPLOYEE, THE CITIZEN SURVEY.
SO THAT'LL BE TAKING PLACE THIS FALL, VERY EXCITED
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TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.AND SO, UM, WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH MORE DETAILS AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]
STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE ITEMS TO DISCUSS IN CLOSED SESSION AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE.ZERO ZERO, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ITEMS RELEVANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 DOT OH 7 2 5 5, 1 DOT OH EIGHT, SEVEN AND 5 5, 1 DOT OH SEVEN ONE.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK MOTION TO ADJOURN.