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          OKAY. 
          YES. 
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OKAY. 
          IT'S SIX O'CLOCK. 
          WE WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL. 
          [CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
IT'S TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 2021. 
          WELCOME. 
          WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EXCITING EVENING TONIGHT. 
          UH, LET'S START WITH AN INVOCATION. 
          WANT TO WELCOME BISHOP NOSSA  FROM A RISE AND SHINE MINISTRIES. 
          I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE HERE. 
          THE LORD BLESS YOU. 
          AMEN. 
          LET'S PRAY OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR HAND UP MESSI. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE GRACE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN UNTO US TO KNOW YOU ARE THANK YOU FOR THE UNITY YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS AND TO DELIBERATE ON ISSUES THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERS WHO ARE PLEASED IN KEEP WHAT YOU SOUGHT TO DELIBERATE ON THIS MOTHER. 
          I PRAY LORD THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM WISDOM FOR MY BOSS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THE RIGHT FAITH. 
          NOW WE BRING GLORY TO YOUR NAME, NOT EVERYONE THAT CAME HERE WITH ONE ISSUE OR THE ORDER THAT HAD TO BE DISCUSSED APART. 
          WE'LL LIVE YOUR HAPPY KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT THE WILL OF OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN HAS PURVEYED. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THIS SCHOOLS. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WORK YOU'RE USING THEM TO DO WITH PRAYER, FOR SAFETY, UPON THEIR FAMILIES WHO PRINT FOR OUR TEACHERS, OUR LECTURERS EVER, WHEN A COMMUNITY, WE THANK YOU. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU BRING, THEY FIND THE VESSELS. 
          THE WE COME HERE TO ENHANCE THIS COMMUNITY AND BRING THE BEAUTY THAT WILL MAKE BEDFORD CITY. 
          ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITY IN THE NATION, ALONG WITH COMMON GUESTS, ANY FORM OF, AND THINGS THAT WILL COME UP, DESTRUCT THE PATTERN OF WHAT YOU HAVE SET FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE. 
          THEREFORE, WE LOOK AT OUR CALL UPON THE FOUR WAYS OF GOD TO LOOK AT THE FONDEST SORT OF BUFFERED, TO ALLOW US TO DO OUR WORK IN ACCORDANCE TO THE WAY YOU HAVE SET IT TO BE KNOWN BY HUMAN DESIGN, BUT BY YOUR OWN DESIGN, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THANK YOU PERSONS FATHER. 
          WE ARE OPEN HEAVEN. 
          THIS DIME. 
          I WILL THANKS THAT YOUR NAME WILL BE GLORIFIED. 
          THE END OF OUR METHANE IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY AND WE ALL SET TO GET A BIG, AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          REMEMBER KOGAN, WILL YOU LET US KNOW PLEDGES? THANK YOU. 
          NOSSA. 
          THANK YOU, MR. COGAN. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'VE GOT A FEW 
          [COUNCIL RECOGNITION]
ITEMS HERE UNDER COUNCIL RECOGNITION. 
          WHY DON'T WE START OFF WITH RECOGNITION OF THE WINNERS OF THE 2021 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT POSTER CONTEST. 
          AND, UH, WE GIVE YOU CHIEF JEFF WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          UM, I'VE GOT TWO, UH, TWO YOUNG INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR COMMUNITY HERE WITH US. 
          IF THEY WOULDN'T MIND COME UP IN BURKE AND SAW YOUR, WOULD YOU GUYS COME UP WITH ME? SO YOUR IS A DEPUTY POLICE OFFICER TODAY. 
          GAVE HIM THE BATON. 
          UM, SO THESE TWO YOUNG, UH, CITIZENS HERE, WE OPENED UP A COMPETITION FOR THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND SAID, HEY, WE'D LIKE FOR, FOR, FOR THE KIDS TO CONTRIBUTE AND GIVE BACK. 
          AND BOTH OF THEM, UH, TOOK OUT OF THEIR OWN TIME AND EMBER. 
          UH, SHE SAID THAT WHEN SHE SAW WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT, SHE KNEW IT WAS ALL ABOUT HER. 
          AND SHE TOOK AFTER THE PICTURE AND SHE DREW US THIS NICE LITTLE PICTURE HERE AND SAW YOUR DID THE SAME. 
          SO THESE WERE VOTED ON BY THE POLICE OFFICERS INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE KIDS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THESE TWO HERE WON THE COMPETITION. 
          SO SO THEY BOTH GET A CERTIFICATE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OUR APPRECIATION, FOR THE GOOD JOB THEY'VE DONE. 
          AND THEY ALSO BOTH GET A NICE LITTLE GIFT CARD. 
          OH MY GOSH. 
          WOW. 
          GIFT CARD FROM CHICK-FIL-A. 
          SO I JUST LIKE TO THANK THEM. 
          SO WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM. 
          THAT'D BE AWESOME IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT. 
          SO IT'S 
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OKAY. 
          CHIEF JUST SAID THOSE PICTURES IS GOING TO BE IN DISPLAY AT LEC, CORRECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT UP. 
          WE'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH FIFTH, 2021 AS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND ASKED JUDGE TIM MURPHY AND COURT MANAGER SAML TO COME DOWN. 
          SO GENTLEMEN, WELCOME. 
          SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURTS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING QUALITY IN THE LIFE OF TEXAS. 
          WHEREAS MORE PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OTHER TEXAS COURTS COMBINED AND PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS HOSTED AT BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT SINCE 1970. 
          WHEREAS STATE LAW AUTHORIZES A MUNICIPALITY TO EITHER APPOINT OR ELECT A MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR A TERM OF OFFICE. 
          THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT IS A STATE COURT AND ITS JUDGES ARE MEMBERS OF THE STATE JUDICIARY JUDICIARY. 
          WHEREAS THE PROCEDURES FOR THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATIONS ARE SET FORTH IN THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND OTHER LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS COMMITTED TO THE NOTION THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT AN INDEPENDENT FAIR AND COMPETENT JUDICIARY WILL INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAWS THAT GOVERNANCE AND THAT JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY. 
          WHEREAS BEDFORD MUNICIPAL JUDGES ARE NOT POLICYMAKERS FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, BUT ARE BOUND BY THE LAW AND THE CANNONS OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE DECISIONS INDEPENDENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTAIN PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS IN CRIMINAL CASES FOR ALL DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING INDIGENT DEFENDANTS, AND SUPPORTS THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT AND COMPLYING WITH SUCH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          NOW, THEREFORE I, MICHAEL BOYER MAYOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH FIFTH, 2021 IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS IN RECOGNITION OF THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JUSTICE OFFERED TO OUR CITIZENS BY THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK. 
          JUDGE. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OH, AND ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF WORDS. 
          SO YEAH, NO, I DON'T EVER LOSE THE CHANCE TO TALK. 
          SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND THE RECOGNITION. 
          UM, I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CLERKS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, MR. CAMPBELL IS OUR COURT MANAGER AND HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, ESPECIALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          WE'VE REALLY BEEN CHALLENGED WITH ALL THE RULES THAT HAVE COME DOWN FROM THE SUPREME COURT ABOUT HOW WE RUN COURT AND, AND KEEPING EVERYTHING GOING AND REALLY SHIFTING TO AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT IN THE BACK AGAIN, THEN BACK AND FORTH. 
          SO THEY'VE REALLY WORKED AS A TEAM WITH ME TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET THAT DONE. 
          UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE THERE THAT ARE WONDERFUL STAFF. 
          SO I INVITED OUR NEWEST, UH, CLARK. 
          UM, WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS, UH, TO COME OUT. 
          NO, THE STAFF WE HAD IS THERE. 
          EVERYONE'S BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WE REALLY WORK WELL TOGETHER. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE A FEW EMPLOYEES TO RECOGNIZE, UH, WHY DON'T WE START WITH THE POLICE CHIEF JEFF WILLIAMS. SO WE HAVE TWO FIVE-YEAR EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE ONE 30 YEAR EMPLOYEE TO RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, OFFICER HAS, IS THAT FOR THE FIVE-YEAR RECOGNITION, HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. 
          SOMETHING CAME UP AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEM. 
          WE'VE HAD TO POSTPONE THIS ONCE DUE TO COVID. 
          UM, SO HE'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT 
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FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          UH, HE ACTUALLY STARTED OFF AS A DISPATCHER. 
          UH, MAIN POLICE RECRUIT IS NOW A POLICE OFFICER. 
          UM, HE'S GOT THREE LETTERS OF COMMENDATION IN HIS FILE AND PERSONALLY, I'VE GOT TO KNOW AN ERIC OVER THE, OVER THE TIME HE'S BEEN HERE. 
          HE'S A, HE'S A GREAT GUY. 
          HE'S REALLY COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, UM, AGGRESSIVE OF GOING OUT AND CATCHING THE BAD GUYS AND, AND TAKING THEM OFF OUR STREETS AND MAKE SURE THE, UH, THE GOOD CITIZENS OF BEDFORD IS TAKEN CARE OF. 
          BUT, UH, HE, HE, UH, UH, SENDS HIS APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT THOUGH. 
          SO THANK YOU ERIC, FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT UP PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CHERYL TAYLOR, GOOD EVENING. 
          SCOTT HOLMES IS OUR WASTEWATER CREW LEADER AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL. 
          HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AT THE CITY OF BEDFORD IN OCTOBER OF 2016 AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER WITHIN 18 MONTHS, HE WAS PROMOTED TO A CREW LEADER IN THE WASTEWATER DIVISION FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          HE HAS BEEN THE PUBLIC WORKS LIAISON FOR SOME OF THE CITY'S LARGEST EVENTS. 
          HE'S A LEADER IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          HE'S RESPECTED BY HIS PEERS AND HE'S TRUSTED BY HIS SUPERVISORS. 
          HE'S AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS TRAINED MANY, MANY NEW MAINTENANCE WORKERS OVER THE YEARS. 
          HERE'S HIS GEAR SAY THAT HE HAS A GREAT ATTITUDE AND CAN ALWAYS BE COUNTED ON TO MAKE PEOPLE SMILE. 
          AND HE'S BEEN KNOWN TO BRIGHTON PUBLIC WORKS LUNCHEONS BY PLAYING HIS UKULELE BEFORE COMING TO BEDFORD, HE WORKED FOR THE, UM, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR TESTING AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE OFFICE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. 
          AND PRIOR TO THAT, HE SERVED AS A LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST FOR OVER 12 YEARS, DEVELOPING, DEVELOPING LIBRARY WEBSITES, HIS BROAD EXPERIENCE IN TRAINING AND DEVELOPING PEOPLE, MAKING A KEY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE CONTINUES TO WORK TO ADVANCE CAREER WITHIN, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, HE COMES TO WORK WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND ENJOYS THE CHALLENGES. 
          EACH DAY BRINGS IS A SHINING STAR. 
          AND WHEN YOU'RE VERY THANKFUL TO SCOTT FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY OF CHIEF AMERICAN COUNCIL TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE MARK WILLIAMS FOR HIS 38 YEAR RECOGNITION. 
          MARK GREW UP FIRST. 
          I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. 
          THERE WENT ON TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR A YEAR THIS YEAR, PRETTY HAPPY MOST MONDAY MORNING. 
          IF I FIND THAT FOR 1991, ALL THE WAY THROUGH ALL THE RANKS CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF DIVERSITY MEDICAL SERVICES. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDICAL SERVICES, THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUSINESS IS A TOUGHEST CLIMATE, BUT IT'S BEEN CRITICAL IN DEVELOPING OUR PROGRAM, UH, RECOGNIZED SEVERAL TIMES IN HIS CAREER. 
          HE'S BEEN A FIREFIGHTER. 
          THE OFFICER OF THE YEAR HE'S ALSO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF MERIT MEDICAL DIRECTORS AWARD. 
          HE SERVED ON NUMEROUS COMMITTEES COMMITTEE. 
          PREVIOUSLY WAS THE CHARTER MEMBER OF OUR FALSE ALARM GROUP WAS PUT INTO THAT PROGRAM. 
          CERTIFICATION MASTER FIREFIGHTER HAS THERE'S SOME TRAILS FINISHED AND FIRE SERVICES JUST GOT BACK FROM A WEEK OF THE NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY WITH MORE EDUCATION. 
          SO REALLY PUSH FORWARD AND FISHING AND PLAYING THE DRUMS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WITH THE CUSTOMERS HERE TONIGHT, SON CONNOR, 
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HOW OLD ARE YOU? YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT HE ALREADY LEFT? SO JOKE'S OVER HERE ALREADY WITH WAITED IT OUT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, THANK GOD FOR THAT. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE 
          [OPEN FORUM]
ON TO OPEN FORUM. 
          UM, MR. WELLS HAS INFORMED ME THAT WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM. 
          SO LET ME, UH, READ THIS DISCLAIMER REAL QUICK, UH, IN ORDER TO SPEAK, YOU'RE AN OPEN FORUM. 
          A PERSON MUST FIRST SIGN IN WITH CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE REGULAR SESSION BEING CALLED TO ORDER SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED UPON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGN IN ANY PERSON NOT SIGNING IN PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REGULAR SESSION SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK UNDER OPEN FORUM. 
          FURTHER OPEN FORUM IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES. 
          SHOULD SPEAKERS NOT USE THE ENTIRE 30 MINUTES? COUNCIL WILL PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA AT THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COUNCIL. 
          THE MAYOR MAY EXTEND THE TIME ALLOTTED FOR OPEN FORUM. 
          SO FIRST UP WE HAVE MR. ROGER GALLONS DEAN WELCOME ROGER UH, MAYOR BOYTER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I'M ROGER GALLON STEEN, AND I LIVE AT 4 0 1 3 FAIRMONT COURT IN FAIRMONT VILLAS. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO START OFF A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHICH ITEM I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          I THINK IT SHOULD BE ON THERE ITEM 11, BUT, UM, I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK A LITTLE BIT TIME, CAUSE I THINK IT PUTS EVERYTHING IN PERSPECTIVE. 
          I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD THE MAYOR SAY ABOUT GROWING UP IN HEARST AND UH, GROWING UP IN HURST, BEDFORD WAS THE PLACE TO GO. 
          UH, HE ADMIRED, IT HAD THE BEST HOMES, THE BEST CARS THAT'S WHERE YOU WANTED TO GO. 
          UM, IN MY SEVENTH CORPORATE MOVE, WE WERE MOVING HERE TO NORTH TEXAS AND, UM, WE WERE LOOKING PRIMARILY I WAS GOING TO BE WORKING IN LAS COLINAS AND WE WERE LOOKING PRIMARILY AT COLLEYVILLE AND, AND BEDFORD. 
          AND MY WIFE WHO'S USUALLY WRITES THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE CUTTING A HALF ACRE QUARTER ACRE OF GROUND THAT YOU USUALLY FOUND IN COLORADO WHEN IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES OUTSIDE. 
          BUT THEN OUR REALTOR SAID, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS. 
          AND SHE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEDFORD? DON'T YOU TELL ME? SHE SAID, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF IT. 
          I GET SELL IT ALL DAY LONG. 
          THAT'S LATE 89, EARLY 92 WEEKS AGO, A FRIEND OF MINE STOPPED OVER AND SIMILAR TO THE MAYOR. 
          HE GREW UP IN EULAS GRADUATE. 
          TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL THEN WENT TO UT. 
          THEN B WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL AND BECAME A DOCTOR PROMINENT IN THIS AREA. 
          AND IN BEDFORD AND HE RETIRED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
          HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF MY RETIRING INVESTMENT GROUP AND HE STOPPED OVER AT THE HOUSE JUST TO KIND OF SAY, HI, WE'RE FRIENDS. 
          AND WE GOT TALKING. 
          AND HE SAID, UH, ARE YOU AWARE THAT, UM, BEDFORD PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY OVER THERE ON, ON 1 57 AND THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THAT. 
          AND HE SAID, I HAD TWO FRIENDS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT ONE, A REALTOR. 
          AND YOU MENTIONED ANOTHER NAME DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME. 
          HE THEN SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, BEDFORD SHOULD HAVE BEEN COLLEYVILLE OR IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOUTH LAKE. 
          AND I WAS, I WAS KINDA STUNNED. 
          AND THEN HE SAID, UM, BUT YOU KIND OF BLOW IT WITH THE, WITH THE FOOTBALL PROPERTY. 
          YOU KNOW, THE CBD WAS WEIRD, DATING YOURSELF, I'M DATING MYSELF. 
          I W AND THEN IN ANYONE ON. 
          AND HE SAID, UM, I THINK IT WAS 85 OR 86. 
          HE AND HIS WIFE WERE LOOKING FOR A HOUSE AND THEY REALLY WANTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTH SIDE OF BEDFORD. 
          AND THEY FOUND IT WAS CHEAPER TO BUY A LOT IN COLLEYVILLE AND BUILD A HOUSE THAN PURCHASE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BEDFORD. 
          AND LET'S BE REAL HONEST, THIS BEDFORD WAS HERE. 
          SO WHAT THE MAYOR TELLS YOU IS EXACTLY NONE OF US WERE HERE AT THE TIME. 
          WHAT THERE, OUR REALTOR TOLD US WHAT MY FRIEND, THE RETIRED DOCTOR TOLD US, UNFORTUNATELY, AND WE HAVE TO BE CANDID. 
          WE'RE NOT THERE TODAY. 
          WE'VE KIND OF COME DOWN THE HILL, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT. 
          AND I'VE SAID THIS TO SOMEBODY WHO PRIVATELY THAT WITH THIS MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL AND NEW CITY MANAGER AND NEW STAFF, THAT YOUR GOAL IS TO TAKE US FROM HERE AND BACK UP TO THERE. 
          SO I SAY THAT WITH, UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU TONIGHT. 
          AND AS I, AS THE MAYOR SAID, I ALWAYS TRY AND CHALLENGE YOU. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, NOT GOOD, THE BEST, CERTAINLY NOT MEDIOCRE, UH, I'M PRESIDENT OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. 
          AND WE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO REVISE OUR CCNRS, OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS PRIMARILY. 
          AND IT'S, UM, IT'S ABOUT AS MUCH FUN AS WATCHING PAINT DRY. 
          AND WE'VE SPENT OVER 300 MAN HOURS OF IT'S CORE GROUP OF, OF THE BOARD LOOKING AT VARIOUS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, DEED RESTRICTIONS, BE THEY IN BEDFORD OR COLLEYVILLE OR SOUTH LAKE OR LOS COLINAS OR FORT WORTH OR ARLINGTON. 
          WE ALSO LOOKED AT BEDFORD'S CODES TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING, UM, 
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OUR FLAG ORDINANCE, UH, THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER LOOKS SOMEWHAT WHAT, WHAT THE CITY IS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WE HAD IT ALL PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WOULD SAVE US MONEY. 
          AND WE FOUND A PROMINENT REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY DOWN IN FORT WORTH. 
          AND HE SAID, REALLY GOOD JOB. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. 
          AND THEN WE GOT TO, WE, WE HAD IN THERE, WHICH WE TOOK FROM A HOA IN ARLINGTON, A RESTRICTION ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          AND HE TOLD US, AND OUR SECRETARY WAS PLANNING ON BEING HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE HAD A MEDICAL PROCEDURE THAT WAS, SHE WASN'T SURE SHE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. 
          AND, UM, THAT THIS WAS CONTROVERSIAL AND HE KIND OF LEFT IT. 
          IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SURE IF THE LEGISLATURE WOULD DO ANYTHING WELL, THE LEGISLATURE MET AT, I THINK WE'LL LEAVE A REGULAR SESSION, TWO SPECIAL SESSIONS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT THEN THERE'S A, AN ISSUE STILL GOING ON, I BELIEVE IN, IN GRAPEVINE. 
          AND, UM, SO WE'VE KIND OF, WE'RE KIND OF SITTING ON IT. 
          SO BACK, I CAN'T REMEMBER, IT'S BEEN TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO. 
          I CALLED MRS. ROY AND ASKED IF I COULD MEET WITH HER. 
          AND SHE AGREED AND WE HAD A GREAT MEETING AND WE TALKED FOR PROBABLY TWO HOURS. 
          AND I STRESSED THE FACT THAT AS OUR ATTORNEY TOLD US, IF WE COULD MIRROR THE BEDFORD, UM, UH, RESTRICTIONS OR THE BEDFORD CODE, UH, WE WOULD BE MUCH BETTER OFF THE PROBLEM WAS BEDFORD DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. 
          AND NOW YOU'RE, YOU'VE DEVELOPED SOME THINGS. 
          AND, UM, SO I SPOKE TO MRS. ROY AGAIN, UM, I THINK I CAN'T REHEARSE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY AND SHE TALKED AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME SOMETHING COMING FORWARD. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I'M SPEAKING IN THIS FORUM AND NOT PERSONS TO BE HEARD. 
          CAUSE I COULDN'T GET ON FOR THAT. 
          AND, BUT I HAVE SOME CONCERN. 
          UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING DIRECTION FROM, FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HE'S TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR BEST INTEREST, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE ALL CITIZENS A BIT FRUIT. 
          AND, UM, I SEE THINGS HERE THAT I DIDN'T SEE WHEN I TALKED TO MRS. ROY THAT ARE MORE ENCOURAGING, BUT ARE WE BEING REALLY PROACTIVE OR MORE REACTIVE? WE'RE REQUIRING A PERMIT. 
          WE'RE REQUIRING A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          UM, WE'RE ASKING THEM FOR A PARKING PLAN, LOCAL CONTACT, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          UM, BUT IN OUR, WHAT WE WERE DRAWING UP, WE WERE PUTTING A, A TIMEFRAME ON IT. 
          WE CAME AT 12 MONTHS, WE COULD SHORTEN IT. 
          AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AND I DON'T EXPECT AN ANSWER NOW BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE APPROPRIATE FORUM. 
          BUT, UM, WHAT I SEE ON HERE IS WHAT YOU DEFINE AS 30 DAYS. 
          I'M NOT REALLY SURE. 
          AND I'M AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE MRS. ROY IS GOING TO BE ON AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WHICH I'LL STAY TUNED AND LISTEN TO IT. 
          BUT GOING BACK TO WHAT I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, YOU'RE HERE AND YOU WANT TO GET THERE. 
          YOU DON'T WANT GOOD. 
          YOU WANT THE BEST. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT'S ALL PART, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE GLAM PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, ARE THE PARK AND, UH, BEDFORD COMMONS AND THE 1 57, UM, YOU KNOW, THE STREETS, BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE 50 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASSES. 
          THIS IS SEVEN YARDS IN A CLOUD OF DUST, BUT YOU GET TO THE SAME SPOT, RIGHT? THIS IS THE BASICS. 
          AND, UM, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. 
          I DON'T, YOU KNOW, NEVER EVEN TOOK THE LSAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO ALL I'M SAYING IS, COULD YOU HAVE A MINIMUM TIME? UM, I THINK WE COULD LIVE AND WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT AT OUR HOA, BUT WE WOULD FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IF THE BEDFORD ORDINANCE WAS SIMILAR TO OURS. 
          I SEE SOME THINGS IN HERE. 
          WE ASKED FOR CONTACT INFORMATION ABOUT THE RENTER AND THE LEASEE WE ALLOW FOR LEASE BACK ARRANGEMENT. 
          WE HAD A SITUATION. 
          MOST OF OUR HOMES ARE NOW ALL SELLING FOR OVER $200 A SQUARE FOOT. 
          AND WE JUST HAD ONE SALE IN LESS THAN A WEEK. 
          AND THE LADY HAS NO PLACE TO GO AND THEY WANT TO CLOSE ON THE 30TH. 
          SO SHE'S HAVING TO LEASE IT BACK. 
          SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          BUT, UM, I TOOK A LOOK BECAUSE I ASKED MRS. ROY. 
          I SAID, UM, YOU KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE? AND SHE WAS, SHE WAS HONEST. 
          SHE SAID, I DON'T KNOW. 
          AND I WENT ON AND I JUST WENT AND I PLUGGED IN AS PICKED A DATE THE 6TH OF DECEMBER, I BELIEVE. 
          AND I PUT FOR SEVEN DAYS, I WANTED TO RENT A HOUSE IN BEDFORD IN 28, SEPARATE LISTINGS CAME UP. 
          THREE OF THEM WERE WITH A REALTOR WHO I HAPPEN TO KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW HIM REAL WELL. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS NONE OF THEM HAD ADDRESSES ON THEM. 
          THEY WERE JUST BEDFORD. 
          I KINDA THINK I KNOW WHERE A FEW MORE I'VE LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH, BUT, UM, AND THAT GETS INTO WHAT MRS. ROY TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A THIRD PARTY MONITOR THIS WHILE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU MONITOR A, AND MAYBE SHE WILL TELL US, BUT HOW YOU MONITOR A LOCATION. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS, 
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YOU KNOW, DO WE SEARCH AROUND LOOKING FOR THE PICTURE? AND I THINK SHE ALSO INDICATED TO ME THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN SOURCES, THE VRB OWES AND, AND, AND SO ON. 
          BUT I THINK THERE'S OTHER COMPANIES COMING INTO THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE LUCRATIVE, I MEAN, THEY WOULDN'T BE DOING IT. 
          SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS CAN WE PUT ANY TYPE OF TIMEFRAME ON THIS? LET'S SAY A MINIMUM OF THREE MONTHS, AND LET'S BE REAL HONEST. 
          YOU KNOW, I KNOW MR. COGAN REAL WELL, AND HE'S JUST PURCHASED A NEW HOUSE. 
          AND I SAW HIM OUT THERE CLEANING HIS POOL WITH HIS NET. 
          HE'S HAPPY. 
          AND HIS WIFE PROBABLY DECORATING THEM. 
          THIS LITTLE GIRLS FOUND PLACES TO HIDE AND JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME. 
          AND LET'S SAY ONE HAPPENED IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE ALL BAD BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, BUT LET'S SAY HE GOT A BAD ONE. 
          AND, UM, UH, I DON'T THINK HIS WIFE WOULD, UH, IF HE SAID BACK TO HIS WIFE, WELL, HONEY, THEY, UM, THEY, UH, BASICALLY CAME UP WITH, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAD A PLAN, THEY GOT A PERMIT. 
          UH, IT GETS CHECKED ONCE A YEAR. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO FLY IF IT'S A PROBLEM CHILD. 
          AND LET ME GIVE YOU, LET ME PULL THIS OUT AND PUT MY GLASSES BACK ON. 
          SO I CAN READ THIS REAL QUICK TO YOU. 
          HOMEOWNER CA THIS IS, THIS IS DATED OCTOBER 15TH, AND THIS IS IN DALLAS. 
          AND THIS IS FROM NBC FIVE. 
          HOMEOWNER CAPTURES ROWDY LATE NIGHT PARTIES AT AIRBNB NEXT DOOR PLEADS FOR HELP. 
          AND IT GOES ON AND IT SAYS RADY ROWDY, LATE NIGHT PARTY THAT TAKE OVER PART OF THEIR LAWN AND LEAVE TRASH. 
          THAT IS WHAT A NORTH TEXAS FAMILY SAYS. 
          THEY BRACE FOR EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF AN AIRBNB NEXT DOOR. 
          THIS CANNOT GO ON SET FAR NORTH DALLAS HOMEOWNER, DIANE RESCUE. 
          I GUESS THAT'S HOW IT SAID. 
          I DON'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE IN MY OWN HOME. 
          WHILE SOME COMMUNITIES REGULATE SHORT-TERM RENTALS, THE CITY OF DALLAS ONLY REQUIRES HOSTS TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY AND PAY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES. 
          AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE BRIEFED TO THE COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH, ACCORDING TO GO SPOKESPERSON. 
          NOW I CAN GO ON THE REST OF THE ARTICLE, BUT IT APPEARS THE PERMIT PROCESS AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DIDN'T WORK IN THAT CASE IN DALLAS. 
          BUT I THINK IF YOU WENT WITH A TIME LIMIT AND I'M SAYING, LET'S SAY THREE MONTHS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET REAL RENTERS. 
          YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO COME IN TO THE PARTY FOR THE WEEKEND. 
          AND, UM, IF ANYONE WANTS AN AIRBNB NEXT YEAR TO, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND RAISE THEIR HAND? DON'T BE BASHFUL. 
          I DON'T THINK SO. 
          AND, AND BE HONEST, THEY'RE NOT ALL GOING TO BE BAD, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN I READ THE LISTINGS AND ONE OF THEM DESCRIBED, THIS WAS IN BEDFORD. 
          IT SAID, QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THAT'S THIS WAS A REVIEW OF THE PERSON MOVING IN. 
          THE OTHER ONE SAID THEY ALLOWED DOGS AND I'M NOT. 
          I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CATS. 
          WE'VE HAD DOGS BEFORE, BUT DO YOU WANT TO BE NEXT TO IT? IF THEY LET THOSE DOGS OUT AND THEY'RE BARKING DOGS ALL NIGHT, AND THEN YOU'RE BEING REACTIVE INSTEAD OF PROACTIVE. 
          SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP BECAUSE IT APPEARS THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE ON HERE, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE THIS ORDINANCE AS, AS TOUGH AS YOU CAN MAKE IT. 
          I REALIZED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS RIGHTS, BUT WHEN THOSE RIGHTS START TO INFRINGE ON THEIR NEIGHBORS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, THEN I THINK YOU HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE. 
          AND I CREDIT, UM, THERE'S MORE HERE THAN WHAT, UH, MRS. ROY TOLD ME, BUT THIS WASN'T PUBLICIZED WHEN WE TALKED. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT ON ALL THESE ORDERS, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING ORDINANCES, BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND IT'S OBVIOUS. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS JUST SUPER, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN TWEAK THIS A LITTLE MORE, MAKE IT A LITTLE TOUGHER AND PUT A LITTLE TIME WOMEN IN IT AND, UM, AND SEE WHERE THAT GOES. 
          AND I THINK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS OF ME, IF NOT, I'LL LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE THE, YEAH. 
          SO ROGER, I'M JUST HEARING ONE ESSENTIAL COMMENT, WHICH IS YOUR CONCERN IS IF WE CAN ADDRESS THE TIME, THE MINIMUM TIME HERE, DO YOU MIND OUT OF THE ESSENCE OF TIME? DO YOU MIND IF WE COME BACK TO THIS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, I DON'T WANT NO PROBLEM. 
          Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING FOR MR. GOLDSTEIN FOR, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          APPRECIATE THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY TO RUN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT UP, MR. BOB COCHRAN, COUNSEL, MR. UH, ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          OH, ADDRESS, PLEASE, SIR. 
          OH, WHAT? OH, BOB COCHRAN, 2252 BEDFORD CIRCLE. 
          ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HAS HEARD THE MAYOR SAY IN REGARDS TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN BEDFORD, BEDFORD COMMONS AND THE PROJECT BY 
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THE LITTLE SCHOOL HOUSE, AND 1 57 HAS HEARD HIM SAY THAT HE WANTS BEDFORD TO BE A CIRCUS, SOMETHING GOING ON ALL THE TIME. 
          WELL, WE ALL KNOW IF YOU HAVE A SURFACE, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A REMATCH. 
          RINGMASTER HAS TO HAVE A HA. 
          SO I'M PRESENTED. 
          WELL, WHAT ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT MR. COCHRAN? I DON'T SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. 
          UH, IT WAS UNDER A, UH, NUMBER ONE, UH, LAST WEEK. 
          NO, THE MINUTES FROM LAST WEEK. 
          ALL RIGHT, I'LL PUT THAT DOWN THEN. 
          I TAKE IT. 
          YOU DIDN'T LIKE MY HAT SATURDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WILL NOT PUT DOWN ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOUR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE HAT. 
          I PROUDLY WILL WEAR THAT SOMETIME. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT UP, MR. JAKE TIPPIN NAME AND ADDRESS, SIR. 
          WELCOME. 
          HI, I'M JAKE PIPPIN, 28, 12 CLEAR METAL STREET. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS, BUT DON'T WEAR THE HAT PLEASE. 
          DON'T OKAY. 
          UM, UH, UH, UH, HUSBAND AND THE SON OF FORMER HEB TEACHERS AND A FATHER OF TWO FUTURE HEB STUDENTS AND A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR, UM, HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING SINGLE-FAMILY RENTAL, REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION. 
          UH, THIS IS A TOPIC NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. 
          AS I'VE SEEN TOO MANY NEIGHBORS COME AND GO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MS. LIZ STRUNG ALONG AND ULTIMATELY SUE FOR DAMAGES BY A PREDATORY LANDLORD, UH, WHO LETS HIS PROPERTY FALL INTO DISREPAIR AND REFUSES TO SPEND A DIME ON MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, THE PARTICULAR HOME I'M THINKING OF, UM, HAS A LEAKING ROOF, LEAKING WINDOWS, UH, ELECTRICAL WIRING, EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS AND NO RUNNING WATER IN THE KITCHEN AMONG OTHER ISSUES. 
          THE MOST RECENT TENANTS SET A THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL LIVING THERE. 
          UH, THAT FAMILY SAID THE HOUSE WASN'T FIT FOR A DOG, AND I WOULD TEND TO AGREE. 
          UH, THEY WERE RECENTLY EVICTED AFTER A LENGTHY BATTLE IN COURT AND ON THE, AND THIS IS JUST ONE SAD STORY. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY IT'S AN OUTLIER, BUT WHAT WOULD MOTIVATE A CRUEL LANDLORD TO DO OTHERWISE? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHY WOULD AN OUT-OF-TOWN BUSINESSMAN AS THIS LANDLORD IS WITH SEVERAL RENTER RENTAL PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STATE AS HE HAS. 
          UM, WHY WOULD HE SPEND A SINGLE DOLLAR TO MAINTAIN A RENT HOUSE? IF HIS HAND WASN'T FORCED IN THIS RENTAL MARKET, HE WOULDN'T NEED TO. 
          I ASKED THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY TO CONSIDER FORCING HIS HAND AND HAVING BEDFORD PROTECT HIS COMMUNITY JUST AS HURST WILL TAGO NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, CAPPELL LEWISVILLE, CARROLLTON, RICHARDSON, ROWLETT, AND DALLAS DO, UM, BY IMPLEMENTING THE REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION OF SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL PROPERTIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANKS, SIR. 
          DO YOU MIND IF I ASKED YOU ONE QUESTION, HAVE YOU TALKED TO CODE OR ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THOSE WE'VE BEEN, WE ALWAYS HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THIS GUY RECENTLY, OR HAS IT BEEN AWHILE? IT'S BEEN MONTHS AND THERE'S SOME FINES, BUT HE DID THE BARE MINIMUM TO, TO GET IT FIXED. 
          YOU CAN HANG AROUND TONIGHT. 
          SURE. 
          DO YOU MIND IF I GRAB YOU AND I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS? YES, PLEASE. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE YOU COMING. 
          OKAY. 
          6 33 COUNSEL. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PIPPIN OR? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 
          APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT 
          [CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
UP WE HAVE SOME ITEMS TO CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL BY CONSENT. 
          I GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER JIMMY'S TO THOUGHT WAS KYMERA. 
          WE HAVE SEVEN ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM, EXCUSE ME, IS THE OCTOBER 12 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR STATE OF COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO CERTIFY THE CHAPTER 59 ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT AS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 59.06 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES. 
          THIS ITEM IS TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 CHAPTER 59 ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW AND AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 
          THE REPORT REFLECTS $3,168 AND 94 CENTS IN REVENUE, $167 AND 85 CENTS AN INTEREST EARN AND $5,000 IN EXPENDITURES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO CERTIFY THE EQUITABLE SHARING AGREEMENT AND CERTIFICATION AS REQUIRED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
          THIS ITEM IS TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 EQUITY EQUITABLE SHARING AGREEMENT REPORT FOR COUNCIL, OR I'M SORRY TO COUNCIL FOR AUTHORIZATION PRIOR TO THE FINAL SUBMISSION, THE REPORT REFLECTS $2,300 AND 65 CENTS IN REVENUE, $27 IN INTEREST EARNED AND NO EXPENDITURES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER REV RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH KIRK CO INC, UTILIZING THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, HIS CONTRACT FOR PAVEMENT, CRACK AND JOINT SEALING 
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SERVICES THROUGH THE MASTER AND A LOCAL INTER LOCAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000 FOR THE 2022 CRACK AND JOINT SEALING PROGRAM. 
          THIS CITY'S STREET IMPROVEMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDES CRACK AND JOINT SEALING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING PAYMENT PAVEMENT. 
          SORRY, THIS PROCESS EXTENDS THE LENGTH OF TIME BEFORE MORE COSTLY MEASURES ARE NEEDED, SUCH AS MAIL AND OVERLAY OR RECLAMATION. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MANNING CONCRETE SIGN, UTILIZE IN THE CITY OF GREAT BONDS, ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR CONCRETE SERVICES THROUGH THE MASTER INTERNAL INTER LOCAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $550,000 FOR THE 2022 CONCRETE SIDEWALK, ACCESSIBILITY RAMPS, CONCRETE STREET PANELS, DRIVEWAY, AND CURB AND GUTTER RECONSTRUCTION AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS PROJECT. 
          THIS ITEM IS TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MANNING CONCRETE SIGN AND NOT TO EXCEED $550,000 FOR THE 2022 CONCRETE SIDEWALK, ACCESSIBILITY RAMPS, CONCRETE STREET PANELS, DRIVEWAY, AND CURB AND GUTTER RECONSTRUCTION AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, PROJECT MANNING CONCRETE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE 2021 CONCRETE PROGRAM AND IN BEDFORD AND THEY'RE UTILIZING THE CITY AND WE'RE UTILIZING I'M SORRY. 
          WE, THEY DID THAT SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION UTILIZING THE CITY OF GREEN BONDS CONTRACT THROUGH AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH STRIPE, A ZONE, INC, TO UTILIZE THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES CONTRACT. 
          THIS WILL BE THROUGH THE MASTER INTER LOCAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000 FOR THE 2022 PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES PROGRAM. 
          THIS ITEM IS TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STRIKE ZONE, INC. 
          IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 FOR THE 2022 PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM WOULD INCLUDE REMOVAL OF EXISTING PAVEMENT MARKINGS, SITE PREPARATION AND THERMOPLASTIC REFLECTORIZED PAVEMENT MARKINGS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AND THE FINAL LAST ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A TORO GRANDMASTER 3,202 WHEEL DRIVE MOWER IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,573 AND 14 CENTS AND A TORO 7,500 D SERIES 96 INCHES MOWER IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,772 AND 37 CENTS FOR A TOTAL PRICE OF $60,000, $360,345 51 CENTS THROUGH THE BUYBOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASE PROGRAM. 
          THIS ITEM IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A TORO GROUND MASTER 3,202 WHEEL DRIVE MOWER AND THE AMOUNT OF $24,573 AND 14 CENTS AND A TORO 7,500 D SERIES 96 INCH MOWER IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,772 AND 37 CENTS. 
          AND THE NEXT ITEM IS TO ELIMINATE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREATH NOW, ZACH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND, JIMMY, ON, ON THESE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENTS, WE DEAL DIRECT WITH THOSE VENDORS. 
          DO WE NOT? YES, SIR. 
          WE DO. 
          I JUST WANT TO VERIFY THAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DIRECTION. 
          I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE. 
          ASK FOR CONSENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S VOTE. 
          WE DOING OKAY. 
          EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU STAFF. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          WE'VE GOT NEW 
          [8. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas, amending Chapter 114 “Traffic and Vehicles” of the Code of Ordinances, to clarify requirements for parking and parking surfaces, and to clarify several points of law, with attendant additional changes; providing this ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing a penalty clause; and providing an effective date.]
BUSINESS UNDER ITEM EIGHT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND MANY CHAPTER ONE 14 TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING AND PARKING SERVICES. 
          AND TO CLARIFY SEVERAL POINTS OF LAW WITH ATTENDANT, ADDITIONAL CHANGES PROVIDING THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          AND WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, ANDREA ROY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, SETTLE IN. 
          WE'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS TO DISCUSS OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES FOR YOU. 
          UM, WE'RE GOING TO EASE INTO THINGS A LITTLE SLOWLY, SO WE'LL START OFF WITH A PARKING ORDINANCE, UH, MODIFICATIONS AND OKAY, HERE WE GO. 
          UM, SO AS WE HAVE KIND OF STARTED DIVING 
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INTO SOME OF THE ORDINANCES AND NOTICING SOME OF THE ISSUES, UM, OR PITFALLS THAT WE MAY BE RUNNING INTO WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES GROUP, WE'VE IDENTIFIED CERTAIN PORTIONS WITHIN THE PARKING LOTS THAT WE FEEL REALLY NEED TO BE CLARIFIED. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO SOME DEFINITIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED IN AMENDMENT AMENDED TO REALLY KIND OF MOVE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UM, AND REMOVE ANY AMBIGUITY ABOUT WHAT IS OR ISN'T PERMITTED IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          UM, IT'S FOR OUR, OUR PROTECTION AS WELL AS THOSE THAT MAY BE IN VIOLATION OR NOT KNOWING THAT THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          SO, UM, I'LL JUST DIVE IN AND KIND OF RUN THROUGH, UM, THE HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PARKING DOOR AND ITS CHANGES, UH, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO OUR ON-STREET PARKING, UH, TIMEFRAME. 
          SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE TYPICAL UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PARK UNLESS IT IS MARKED PROHIBITED. 
          YOU ARE PERMITTED TO PARK ON THE STREET FOR UP TO 72 HOURS. 
          UM, SO THIS DOES APPLY WITHIN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THAT BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS ESSENTIALLY IS WE WILL GET A COMPLAINT ABOUT A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A FEW DAYS. 
          UH, WE WILL GO TAG THE VEHICLE PD, WE'LL HAVE TO GO OUT AND CHECK BACK IN IT. 
          IT'S THE 72 HOUR TIMEFRAME IS NOT A GOOD CLEAN NUMBER FOR US TO WORK WITH. 
          IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE FINE FOR A FEW DAYS. 
          UM, INSTEAD OF THE POINT OF YOUR PERMITTED TO PARK ON OUR STREET AND OUR RIGHT OF WAY FOR TEMPORARY PURPOSES, WHILE YOU'RE HOME, YOU GO BACK TO WORK, YOU WERE MOVING THAT CAR IS NOT INTENDED TO BE LONG-TERM STORAGE OF ANY TYPES OF VEHICLES. 
          SO IN TALKING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LOOKING AT OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA, WE DID COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO SHIFT THAT 72 HOUR ON-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT DOWN TO 24 HOURS. 
          UM, PD IS, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          UM, THE, THE GROUP IS ON BOARD WITH KIND OF TACKLING THIS ENDEAVOR. 
          UM, WE KNOW IT WILL BE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMPY RIDE PROBABLY INITIALLY, BUT I THINK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY, IT WILL ALLEVIATE A LOT OF, UH, AMBIGUITY AS TO WHAT AND HOW LONG WE CAN DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          AND IT REALLY SENDS A VERY SIMPLE, CLEAR MESSAGE IF WE GO OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS THERE AT 6:00 PM, WE GO BACK THE NEXT DAY, IT'S THERE AT 6:00 PM. 
          AGAIN, WE'VE HIT OUR MARK AND IT'S JUST A GOOD, CLEAN, SIMPLE APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE. 
          AND IT'S ALSO EASY TO UNDERSTAND, NO ONE'S SITTING THERE FIGURING OUT HOW LONG 72 HOURS IS AND WHEN I HAVE TO GO BACK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT RECOMMENDATION REALLY ALONG THIS AS WELL. 
          UM, BASICALLY ANOTHER KIND OF COMPONENT OF IT IS THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SEPARATED OUT YOUR PASSENGER VEHICLES THAT ARE MADE FOR YOUR RESIDENTS, ET CETERA, VERSUS YOUR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, UM, GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEDFORD, THE WAY THAT WE ARE, UH, BUILT OUT, WE ARE NOT A COMMUNITY THAT HAS EXCESSIVE, UM, PARALLEL PARKING WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WE HAVE BASICALLY SAID THAT THERE REALLY IS NO REASON FOR A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TO BE PARKED ON THE STREET FOR REALLY ANY AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          UM, WE'RE A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY. 
          OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES HAVE PARKING FACILITIES OR, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE BUILDINGS HAVE PARKING LOTS. 
          UM, IF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE IS ON OUR STREET AND IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY, THERE REALLY SHOULD BE A REASON FOR THAT. 
          SO IT IS A, UM, IT'S A STEP TO MOVE. 
          THOSE, UM, TYPES OF USES TO THIS IS UNLOADING AND UNLOADING COMPONENT ONLY, UM, THAT WE ARE BEING SERVICED. 
          UM, AND THEN THE VEHICLE WILL BE GONE. 
          SO IT REALLY, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE INTENT IS TO CLEAN IT UP AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT COMMERCIAL CLASSIFIED VEHICLES WOULD NO LONGER BE PERMITTED TO PARK ON THE STREET. 
          UM, UNDER THIS NEW ORDINANCE, REGARDLESS OF THE TIMEFRAME WE'RE TAKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OUT OF THE ON STREET PARKING ALLOWANCES, OKAY. 
          STEPPING INTO THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR MOTOR VEHICLES. 
          UM, ANOTHER MINOR CHANGE THAT WE DID MAKE AGAIN FOR HELP FOR, FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES IS WE REALLY KIND OF SHORTENED AND SWEETENED UP THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DEFINITION. 
          SO IT'S SIMPLY STATED AS IT IS REALLY ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF A PASSENGER VEHICLE MOTORCYCLE, UM, OR PICKUP TRUCK. 
          SO WHEN YOU GET PAST THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND THE INTENT OF THAT VEHICLE IS THERE TO MOVE PRODUCT AND SERVICES AND NO LONGER PEOPLE, IT IS A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. 
          SO WE'VE ELIMINATED THE TONNAGE REQUIREMENTS AND GUESSING WHAT IS OR ISN'T WHEN YOU GET PAST THAT IT BECOMES A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. 
          AND SO AGAIN, JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, AGAIN, REALLY WOULDN'T BE PERMITTED TODAY, BUT CLEARLY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. 
          UM, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORDINANCE, ANOTHER CLARIFICATION THAT WE, UM, HAVE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE IS A, A BETTER DEFINITION OF WHAT AN ALL-WEATHER PARKING FACILITY IS. 
          UM, IT, IT IS EXPLAINED IN THE ORDINANCE, WE'VE TALKED TO OUR ATTORNEY, UM, IT IS ENFORCEABLE, BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME FOLKS GET REAL CREATIVE. 
          WHEN WE SAY THAT YOUR, YOUR BOAT, YOUR CAR, YOUR RV NEEDS TO BE PARKED ON A ALL-WEATHER SURFACE, SO IT CANNOT 
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BE PARKED IN THE GRASS. 
          AND SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE, THE IMAGE HERE SHOWS A BOAT ON A TRAILER THAT'S IN GRASS, BUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS PLACED PAVERS UNDER THE WHEELS AND THE HITCH, UM, KIND OF EQUIPMENT. 
          SO AGAIN, THAT IS A ALL WEATHER TYPE OF STRUCTURE, BUT IT IS NOT THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. 
          THE INTENT WAS THAT YOU HAVE A PAVED AREA, YOUR BOAT, CAR RV, ET CETERA, CAN BE DRIVEN ONTO THAT WILL STAY ON ILLEGAL SURFACE THE WHOLE TIME, AND IT SURROUNDS THE AREA. 
          SO, UM, ADDITIONALLY, BASICALLY THE, UM, THE COMPONENT HERE ALSO DOES, UM, OUTLINE THE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE. 
          THERE ARE CERTAIN RESIDENCES THAT WERE BUILT, UM, DURING A TIMEFRAME WHERE WE DID NOT REQUIRE, UH, DRIVEWAYS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'VE DONE A FULL AUDIT OF THOSE THAT WERE ON A LIST THAT HAD BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          AND WE DID A FULL AUDIT OF THOSE TO CONFIRM WHO INDEED STILL DID NOT HAVE PAVED PARKING, UH, WITHIN THOSE HOMES. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE A NEW LIST, UM, THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, OUTLINING THOSE EXEMPTIONS. 
          UM, ANOTHER TOPIC FOR ANOTHER TIME, WE WOULD LOVE TO, UM, DIG INTO THAT FURTHER AND PERHAPS COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF PROGRAM WHERE WE MAY ASSIST HOMEOWNERS, UM, IN PROVIDING SOME KIND OF RELIEF GRANT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, UH, FULL PAVE SURFACE, THAT'LL HANDLE TWO VEHICLES. 
          AND SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE MORE HOMEWORK TO DO TO PURSUE THAT, BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT EXEMPTION IN PLACE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF OFFER TO THOSE HOMEOWNERS, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE IN CONSTRUCTING A PAVED SURFACE FOR THEIR VEHICLES. 
          AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THESE ARE SOME PICTURES, UM, OF SITUATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR AGAIN, THE TOP LEFT, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON YOUR TOP LEFT WILL SHOW, UM, MORE OF THE ACTUAL PAVERS. 
          AND AGAIN, BUT THESE TOGETHER WE'LL CREATE A OFFICIAL, UM, CONCRETE PAVED SURFACE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT TALKING THE SPORADIC, THIS IS DESIGNED, THIS IS, UM, LAID OUT PROFESSIONALLY CONNECTED SO THAT YOU HAVE A FULL, UM, PAVED SURFACE EQUIVALENT TO A CONCRETE SLAB, UM, MOVING TO THE MIDDLE TOP AGAIN, STANDARD ASPHALT DRIVEWAY. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY ASPHALT OR CONCRETE IS PERMITTED IN THE DRIVEWAY. 
          UM, STAIN CONCRETE AS WELL, NOT AN ISSUE. 
          YOU FOLLOW THAT INTO THE GRAVEL AREA. 
          AND AGAIN, WE WILL NOT, GRAVEL IS NOT A PERMITTED ALL WEATHER PARKING FACILITIES, SO THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED, UM, NEITHER WOULD THE CRUSHED GRANITE COMPONENT. 
          SO THAT WOULD NOT BE PART OF, UM, MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND THEN ALSO THERE'S SOME CREATIVE ENGINEERING TYPE THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND THEY DO SERVE AS WONDERFUL ALTERNATIVES IN SOME PLACES, BUT THEY DO NOT TEND TO WORK WELL TO SERVE AS FULL-TIME PARKING FACILITIES. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE KIND OF THE GRASS CRETE, UM, AVENUE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A CONTINUED PARKING SPACE, WE WOULD NOT WANT TO ENTERTAIN THAT. 
          WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THOSE JUST DO NOT, UM, THEY NEVER REALLY COME IN THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO. 
          AND IT'S FINE WHEN IT'S VERY MINIMALLY USED, THE GRASS MAY GROW UP, BUT TYPICALLY THIS BECOMES MORE OF AN EYESORE THAN ANYTHING YOU WOULD REALLY WANT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT TO MIX ON THE RIGHT BOTTOM, RIGHT OF, UM, GRAVEL AND PAVERS. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED, UM, HERE IN BEDFORD. 
          UM, ANOTHER COMPONENT WE DID ADD, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, INDIVIDUALS HAVE, UH, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A COMPONENT THAT ENTAILS, UM, TRAVEL. 
          AND SO THERE'S PREP THERE'S CLEAN UP BEFORE AND AFTER. 
          UH, WE HAVE HEARD, THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS WITH RESIDENTS THAT HAVE THESE, WHERE THEY CAN PUT THEM. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY IF WE ARE SAYING NO MORE ON-STREET PARKING, THEY ARE GOING TO BE LIMITED. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF AN ANSWER TO ALLOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RV YEARS, UM, TO, UH, COME IN AND GET A PERMIT. 
          WE MAKE SURE WE KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ENFORCES ALL OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS AWARE OF IT. 
          AND WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ABUSED. 
          SO WE WILL BASICALLY LIMIT THIS TO, UM, SEVEN DAYS AND THEY CAN NOT GET ONE. 
          UM, BUT EVERY 30 DAYS, SO WE'RE GOING TO SPACE IT OUT SO THAT THEY KIND OF NATURALLY CAN ONLY DO SO MANY PER YEAR. 
          AND AGAIN, WE DO HAVE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THERE. 
          THAT'S CLEAR THAT THESE MAY NOT BE OCCUPIED. 
          THIS IS CLEARLY AN ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREPPING AND CLEANING FOR OR AFTER A TRAVEL, A TRAVEL TRIP. 
          AND AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HERE, UM, WE ARE NOT TOUCHING ON THE PRIVATE SIDE OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, SO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, IF THEY CAN FIT IN YOUR DRIVEWAY AND DO NOT ENCROACH INTO THE SIDEWALK, THAT THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED TO STAY, UM, AS THEY ARE. 
          SO YOU COULD PARK THOSE IN THE, UM, THE DRIVEWAY, ANOTHER COMPONENT WE'VE ADDED. 
          UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE LIMITED OPTIONS FOR SOME OF THE LARGER TRACTOR TRAILER CALVES THAT MAY BE TRAVELING THROUGH 
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TOWN AND STAYING AT SOME OF OUR HOTELS. 
          SO WE DID FIND A PROGRAM. 
          I BELIEVE WE BORROWED IT FROM MESQUITE. 
          UM, THAT ACTUALLY HAS A PROGRAM AND APPLICATION IN PLACE WHERE IF YOUR HOTEL MOTELS ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING THAT CLIENTELE AND OFFERING PARKING FOR THAT TYPE OF GUEST, YOU CAN COME IN AND GET AN APPLICATION. 
          IT WOULD COME THROUGH COUNCIL. 
          IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FEE WOULD BE PAID. 
          AND BASICALLY WE WOULD ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE STRIPED IT APPROPRIATELY, THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM REQUIRED PARKING FOR PASSENGERS, AND THAT IT WOULD HAVE SOME SCREENING AND BUFFERING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THESE PERHAPS RIGHT NEXT TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S HOME AND OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY THAT. 
          SO JUST REALLY ANOTHER, UM, UH, OPTION FOR THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES MOVING THROUGH TOWN, BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO PLACE SOME RESTRICTIONS AND REALLY VIEW AND LOOK AT WHERE THEY ARE AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT JUST OUT THERE TAKING UP HALF THE PARKING LOT, UM, IN SOME OF THESE HOTELS AND MOTELS, AND ONE OTHER ONE WE ADDED KIND OF AT THE LAST MINUTE, UM, THE ISSUE HAS AROSE. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, FIRE AND PD ON THIS MATTER. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, ANOTHER CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE IS ABOUT 20 PAGES OF A VERY LONG CHART THAT OUTLINES, UM, BASICALLY ALL OF THE TRAFFIC, UM, SIGNALS, SIGNS, UH, RESTRICTIONS THAT EXIST WITHIN BEDFORD. 
          TYPICALLY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHY IT WASN'T, BUT IT IS THERE NOW. 
          AND SO IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE LIST THAT BASICALLY SAYS NO PARKING SIGNS CAN BE HERE AND HERE AND HERE. 
          AND IT WAS THE ORDINANCES THAT ALLOWED ALL THAT. 
          SO SINCE WE ADDED THAT CHART, WE WERE OPENING UP THE ORDINANCE. 
          THIS ISSUE HAS COME UP. 
          UM, FIRE AND PD HAVE ASKED US TO ADD NO PARKING ALONG THE WEST SIDE. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RED LINE WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL AREA THAT WOULD BE NO PARKING, UH, THERE ON TENNIS DRIVE. 
          FIRE IS JUST CONSTANTLY DEALING WITH THE FIRE HYDRANTS BEING PARKED IN FRONT OF, UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE'S GREAT CONCERNS THE WAY THAT THE SLIGHT CURVE IS ON TENNIS THERE, UM, EXITING THE APARTMENT COMPLEX DRIVEWAYS ARE QUITE DANGEROUS. 
          SO THIS IS ONE MORE THAT WE WOULD ADD TO THAT CHART AND PET IT UP THE BOTTOM THERE. 
          AND IT WOULD BE APPROVED VIA THIS ORDINANCE IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE OVERALL UPDATES WE HAVE ON THE PARKING ORDINANCE. 
          YOU'LL SEE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER RED LINES, BUT THEY WERE VERY MINOR. 
          UM, BUT I AM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, ANDREW. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER COLDER, ANDREA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE. 
          I DO HAVE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE HAD A GENTLEMAN COME BEFORE US SPEND SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHO WAS OUT JOGGING ONE AFTERNOON AND IT WAS DUSK. 
          AND HE RAN INTO THE TONGUE OF A, UH, TRAVEL TRAILER OR RV AND IT THREW HIM AND MINUTE CREATED QUITE A ISSUE FOR HIM. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW SEVERELY HURT HE WAS, BUT BROKE LEG SHORT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF WORDING THAT THE TONGUE ARE, THE TOWING MECHANISM ALSO HAS TO BE INSIDE THAT REQUIRED PARKING ZONE, UM, DRIVEWAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          I, OUR ORDINANCE, AS IT IS WRITTEN TODAY, SHOULD ADDRESS THAT ANY INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY IS PROHIBITED. 
          SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE JUST HADN'T CAUGHT AND ADDRESSED IT AND GOTTEN IT OUT OF THE WAY. 
          UM, BUT WITH THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, IT IS ABSOLUTELY IT ACTUALLY COVERS IT. 
          THERE SHOULD BE NO ENCROACHMENT INTO THAT, INTO THAT SIDEWALK. 
          IT SHOULD BE FREE AND CLEAR OF OBJECTS, PARTICULARLY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M NOT QUITE SO SURE THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THAT OR READ IT IN THAT WAY, BUT, UM, IF THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE ENFORCED, THAT'S GREAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          ANYONE ELSE? QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER ALMOND DURHAM. 
          SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT RECREATION VEHICLES. 
          SO, UM, MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY FOR ME, SO THEY WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE DRIVEWAYS CONSISTENTLY, PERHAPS MONTHS ON END SO LONG AS THEY ARE IN A DRIVEWAY. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? CORRECT. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THE, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ALLOWS THOSE TO BE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. 
          UM, AGAIN, AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT INOPERABLE, JUNKED AND TAGGED, UM, THEN THEY BECOME SOMETHING ELSE, BUT IF THEY ARE A USED AND THEY ARE CURRENT ON THEIR TAGS AND IT IS AN ACTIVE VEHICLE AND IT FITS IN THEIR DRIVEWAY THAT MAY STAY THERE PERMANENTLY UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE. 
          WHAT IF IT IS ON A ROUNDED CORNER THAT INVOLVES TRAFFIC, TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, AND IT'S HARD TO SEE AROUND. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT OBSTRUCTING VIEWS, DOES THAT VIOLATE ANYTHING OR IS THAT STILL PERMITTED? OH YEAH. 
          THAT'S NOT REALLY CERTAIN FOR YOU. 
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I MIGHT NEED TO, MOST CITY ORDINANCES PROVIDE FOR A PROHIBITION AGAINST OBSTRUCTING THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE. 
          SO I DON'T DOUBT THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING I'M NOT ABLE TO CITE IT, UM, RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO, TO IDENTIFY IT AND PROVIDE YOU THE SOURCE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I KNOW WE, WE DO HAVE THE VISIBILITY TO TRIANGLE, BUT I COULDN'T TELL YOU AGAIN, IF THIS SITUATION WOULD, WOULD FIT THAT OR NOT. 
          UM, IF IT IS OUTSIDE OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS MUCH WE COULD DO IF IT CREATES AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT AND APPLY THAT TRIANGLE OVER THERE AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SHOTS REMEMBER STEVE'S YES. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT THERE, BUT IT STARTED ABOUT GOING FROM 72 HOURS DOWN TO 24 HOURS. 
          SO QUICK. 
          I, I MEAN, IF SOMEONE PARKS THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE ON A FRIDAY AND WATCHES FOOTBALL ALL DAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THEY COULD COME OUT TO A TICKET, RIGHT? IS THAT TYPICALLY OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT GOING TO, THEY WOULD NOT TICKET. 
          THEY WOULD PUT A, PUT A STICKER ON IT INDICATING THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION IN EXISTENCE. 
          IT'S WHEN WE GO PAST THAT, THAT, THAT TYPICALLY MIGHT OCCUR. 
          SO OUR, OUR OFFICERS WILL TAG THEM AND I MAY NEED TO LET, UM, CHIEF WILLIAMS ADD TO THAT. 
          BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          THEY WILL NOT JUST FLAT TICKET. 
          UM, IT IS NOT OUR GOAL TO, YOU KNOW, TICKET AND TOW THE VEHICLES. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP THE STREETS FREE AND CLEAR. 
          SO THERE WOULD DEFINITELY BE AN ABSOLUTELY A WARNING ISSUE BEFORE ANY KIND OF TICKET WOULD OCCUR. 
          IS THAT THE ORDINANCE OF THE CITIES AROUND US, THEY'RE 24 HOURS. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE RANGING FROM 24 TO 48. 
          SOME HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS WHATSOEVER. 
          UM, BUT 24 TO 48 IS WHAT'S OCCURRING IN THE AREA. 
          AND WE WENT TO 24, CAUSE HE SAID, IT'S EASIER TO ENFORCE, OR THERE'S A NICE, CLEAN, EASY NUMBER TO ENFORCE. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF ON ILLEGAL ON-STREET PARKING OR CONTINUOUS ON STREET PARKING, WHERE INDIVIDUALS UNFORTUNATELY ARE USING OUR RIGHT OF WAY, UM, FOR THEIR STORAGE. 
          AND SO, AND BE LIKE THE HOMEOWNERS. 
          I MEAN, THE PERSON WHO HAS SAY THREE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN OFTEN THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'RE DRIVING AND IF THEY'RE NOT AS THAT, OKAY, IF THEY'RE MOVING THE VEHICLE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A TEENAGER, HE PARKS HIS CAR IN THE STREET, HE GOES TO SCHOOL AND HE COMES HOME, NOT A PROBLEM WHATSOEVER. 
          IT'S WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IDLE AND DOES NOT MOVE. 
          AND THAT'S WHEN THAT'S WHERE WE RUN INTO THE PROBLEMS AND THEN THE CARS BECOME THERE AND THEY SIT THERE FOR DAYS AND IT, AND IT KIND OF BECOMES A, A COMPLIANCE AND A MONITORING AND AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          I THINK FOR THAT. 
          SO I GUESS TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER, STEVE, SO THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL IN THE 24 HOUR CONCEPT. 
          NO, NO. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THESE ARE, UM, ORDINANCES ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC IN NATURE. 
          THEY'RE THEY WORK DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT WAYS IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, THIS REALLY IS OUR BEST PROPOSAL OF GOING FORWARD IF YOU WANT IT. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE, UH, WE ARE OPEN IF, UH, WE FEEL THAT THERE ARE OTHER CHANGES OR, OR, OR ALTERNATE, UM, STIPULATIONS AND THE BASE. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING CLEARLY, YOU'RE RESPONDING TO COUNSEL'S DESIRE TO START CLEANING UP SOME OF THESE ORDINANCES TO GET MORE, UM, TO GET IN A BETTER POSITION, TO KIND OF RAISE OUR STANDARDS WITH RESPECT TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE. 
          BUT ALSO IT ALSO FALLS IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH AT THE MOMENT THAT THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE ALSO SEEING OUT THERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND WE NEED TO SHORE THESE THINGS UP TO GIVE YOU MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE HERE. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I'M CURIOUS. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S. 
          CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE NOW? A VEHICLE'S BEEN THERE FOR 25 HOURS, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? UM, I'M GOING TO LET CHIEF WILLIAMS ANSWER THAT. 
          CAUSE AGAIN, MY KNOWLEDGE IS THAT WE WOULD ISSUE A WARNING. 
          WE WOULD GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE IT. 
          AND AT THAT POINT WE MAY EVEN GIVE THEM ANOTHER WARNING, UM, BEFORE WE MOVED TO CITATION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I'M GOING TO LET HIM FILL YOU IN A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          HEY, CHIEF, GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, SO THE WAY THAT TYPICALLY THIS, SO FORCEMENT DOES IS THAT THE OFFICERS WILL GET A COMPLAINT THAT COMES IN OR THEY'LL NOTICE A VIOLATION. 
          SO THEY'LL GO OUT AND THEY'LL TAG A VEHICLE IN THAT I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT THEY, BY SIX MONTHS, AND THE ONLY, THE MAIN COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET ON PASSENGER VEHICLES ARE PEOPLE THAT ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE RUNNING BUSINESSES OUT OF THEIR HOMES THAT WE CAN'T PROVE THAT MAY BE RUNNING A REPAIR BUSINESS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THEY'LL HAVE MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND THEY'RE JUST KIND OF SHIFTING THEM AROUND. 
          SO THE 24 HOURS ALLOWS US TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY TAKE THAT ENFORCEMENT ACTION A LITTLE QUICKER INSTEAD OF THE 72 HOURS. 
          BY THE TIME WE TAG IT, AFTER 72 HOURS, THEY'RE MOVING THE VEHICLES AROUND IN THE SHIFT AND THEY'LL PUT THEM IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR A LITTLE BIT AND OUR HANDS ARE TIED. 
          UM, AND WE, THEY PUT IT 
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BACK ON THE STREET. 
          WE START THE CLOCK. 
          THE MEAT OF THIS ORDINANCE, UH, FOR US IS REALLY THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN OUR MAJOR ISSUE IN TOWN HERE AS THE, HOW LONG PEOPLE CAN PARK THE CARS OUT THERE, WHAT THE REASON THEY'RE PARKING THEM THERE FOR. 
          SO, UH, WE, WE FULLY SUPPORT THE, IF THEY'RE NOT THERE DOING COMMERCE, IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF SERVICE TO A RESIDENT OR A HOME, UM, THERE'S NO NEED FOR THEM TO BE PARKING THERE ON THE STREETS. 
          AND SOME OF THIS TOO, I'M PRESUMING THIS IS RESPONSIVE TO SOME CHRONIC SITUATIONS TO WHERE WE HAVE REPEAT VIOLATORS WHO KNOW HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 72 HOUR RULE, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, WE'VE TAGGED THE SAME VEHICLES MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY'LL MOVE THEM, PUT THEM RIGHT BACK. 
          AND IN THE 72 HOUR LIMIT IT'S, I MEAN, THEY CAN PARK IT THERE FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND TAKE ACTION ON IT AND THEY MOVE IT AND THEN IT COMES BACK ONCE THEY BROKEN THAT TIMEFRAME AND THEY'RE BACK, OUR HANDS ARE TIED. 
          SO THIS IS NARROWING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY CAN PARK THE VEHICLES THERE. 
          DO YOU, AS WE MAKE THESE CHANGES, IS IT GOING TO IMPACT HOW YOU PUT PEOPLE ON THE STREET OBSERVING POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS? IT GIVES SOME FREEDOM TO OUR OFFICERS. 
          OUR OFFICERS ESSENTIALLY WORK 12 HOUR SHIFTS. 
          SO THEY'LL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING THREE OR FOUR DAYS AND THEY'RE OFF THREE OR FOUR DAYS. 
          A LOT OF TIMES THESE VIOLATIONS ARE OBSERVED BY THE OFFICER AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO TIME TO FOLLOW IT UP ONTO THEIR WORKWEEK, IT SETS UNTIL THE NEXT WEEK. 
          AND, AND, AND IT KIND OF TAKES OUR HANDS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THE ENFORCEMENT. 
          IT CAN ALWAYS BE PASSED TO THE OTHER OFFICERS, BUT IT'S, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL OFFICER THAT SAW THE VIOLATION FOLLOW UP WITH THE, WHAT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, AND TRIED TO TAKE SOME ACTION ABOUT GETTING IT REMOVED. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS, DOES IT HAVE TO BE A, UH, CERTIFIED OFFICER TO PUT A TAG ON THE VEHICLE SAYING THAT THAT VIOLATION, UM, AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE A CIVILIAN FORCE IN THE FIELD. 
          THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY OUT ATTACKING THESE VIOLATIONS. 
          THAT'S ON THE HORIZON. 
          UM, SO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF EXPAND YOUR CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH THESE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          A MAYOR PRO TEM, SEIBEL, CHIEF. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PEOPLE PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AND I'LL BET MONEY. 
          YOU CAN'T GET A FIRETRUCK DOWN THEM. 
          AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THIS DEAL, I MEAN, YOU'RE DEALING WITH TENNIS, BUT THERE'S OTHERS. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          AND SO AS THE PLAN TO INCREASE THAT WHERE YOU ONLY PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN HARDLY GET A CAR DONE THEM. 
          WE BE HONEST WITH YOU, UH, UH, CHIEF WALKER, AND I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THOSE YET. 
          THAT'D BE SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT I KNOW ONE STREET IN PARTICULAR, THERE DROVE DOWN LAST WEEK THAT IT WAS VERY, VERY NARROW THAT, UH, IT'S AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE STREETS WERE APART AND SINGLE CAR GARAGE IS SINGLE DRIVEWAYS. 
          SO PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PARK ON THE STREETS. 
          I DON'T SEE ANY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ONE OF THE LARGE, UH, FIRETRUCKS DOWN THAT ROOM. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I REMEMBER COGAN THINKING, MAN. 
          UM, SO IF WE PASS THESE ORDINANCE, UH, TO HERE TONIGHT, WHAT DOES TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST? OKAY. 
          THIS ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, THEN IT'S EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WITH THAT, UM, FOR, UH, TENNIS DRIVE, UM, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A BIG PROBLEM. 
          IF, IF INDEED WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE HERE TONIGHT AND WE'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. 
          CAUSE I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKING ON THAT STREET HAVE TO DO WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ACROSS THE WAY. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO NOTIFY THEM IMMEDIATELY OF THE CHANGE AND YEAH, ANY, ANYTIME WE CHANGE AN ORDINANCE OR LAW LIKE THIS, WE'LL ALWAYS TAKE, FIRST OF ALL, JUST A SOCIAL MEDIA BLITZ TO TRY TO INFORM EVERYBODY THE CHANGES. 
          UM, WE'LL MAKE CONTACT WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER THERE. 
          UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH ONE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES OVER THERE, THEY STARTED CHARGING THEIR RESIDENTS TO PARK IN THE PARKING LOT. 
          SO THEY'VE NOW MOVED OUT TO THE STREET. 
          SO WE'RE, THEY'VE CREATED THIS OWN PROBLEM FOR THEMSELVES. 
          SO WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET IT, GET IT FIXED. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM. 
          EVERYONE KNOWS ANYTIME AN ORDINANCE CHANGED OR NEW LAWS CREATED, WE ALWAYS TAKE A GRACE PERIOD. 
          WE'RE RARE FOR EDUCATING. 
          WE'RE NOT COMING RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND JUST, UM, TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND WRITING CITATIONS AND COSTING OUR CITIZENS MONEY. 
          WE WOULD DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY ISSUING WARNINGS, TALKING TO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT OUT THERE TO EDUCATE EVERYBODY. 
          WHAT, WHAT THE CHANGE IS. 
          IT'S INTERESTING TO KNOW THAT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS THE ONE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH CAUSED THIS ENTIRE, UH, UNSAFE CONDITION, UM, BY DOING THAT. 
          SO, UM, WELL, I'M GLAD THAT WE CAN TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH. 
          JUST FIGURED THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES. 
          AND AS YOU STATED, AND THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY THE ISSUE. 
          SO THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, MR. KENT. 
          ANYONE ELSE? MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          SALEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M THE PREACHER OF A CHURCH AND I HAVE A BOAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I PUT MY BOAT ON THE GROUNDS OF THE CHURCH. 
          OKAY. 
          IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CHURCH. 
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IS THAT LEGAL? OKAY. 
          THIS IS HER PERFECT. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          THAT WOULD BE NOW. 
          IT IS NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I CAN'T JUST START BECAUSE I WORK THERE NOW, NOW THE VEHICLES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMERCIAL USES HAVE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. 
          SO IF THE CHURCH HAS A SMALL PASSENGER VAN WITH THEIR LOGO ON IT AND IT'S THERE, THAT'S FINE. 
          BUT YOUR PERSONAL RV IS NOT CONNECTED WITH OUR OPERATIONS AND COULD NOT BE STORED THERE EVEN IF WHICH WE DO RUN INTO A LOT, EVEN IF THEY WOULD GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DO SO, UM, AND HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT, OUR, OUR RULE PRETTY MUCH TRUMPS THAT. 
          AND THAT IS AGAINST THE ORDINANCE. 
          AND YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWING, UM, HOTELS TO APPLY FOR PERMITS, NOT SHOPPING CENTERS LIKE ALBERTSONS AND KROGER AND ALL THOSE. 
          THEY IT'S ONLY HOTELS, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CHURCHES AROUND HERE THAT DRIVE TANKS AND BOATS ON STAGE. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME EXCEPTIONS. 
          THAT SOUNDS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? OKAY. 
          WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THIS ITEM AS WRITTEN FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI SECOND FROM JUST A LITTLE LATE, UH, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ARMANDAREZ ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          THAT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          THANK YOU, ANDREA. 
          YOU'RE OFF TO A GREAT START HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM NINE. 
          LET'S 
          [9. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas, amending Article IX “Abandoned and Junked Motor Vehicles” of Chapter 114 “Traffic and Vehicles” of the Code of Ordinances, to reflect changes in State Law; providing this ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing a penalty; and providing an effective date.]
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS AMENDING ARTICLE NINE, ABANDONED AND JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLES OF CHAPTER ONE, ONE FOR TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REFLECT CHANGES IN STATE LAW. 
          PROVIDING THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          UM, THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY VERY CLEAN. 
          UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE, UM, AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE ORDINANCES AND WE'VE BROUGHT ON OUR NEW LAW FIRM, UM, TOASTS, AS WE WERE, UH, ASKING THEM FOR SOME INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON CERTAIN THINGS, THEY TOOK A LOOK AND REALIZE THAT THE ORDINANCE DID NOT, UH, GO INSIDE WITH STATE LAWS. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY ALL THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED ARE SIMPLY A MIRROR OF THE NEW STATE LAW. 
          SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A, WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE. 
          WE ARE NOT, UM, FROM A ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE REALLY NOT LOOKING TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT IS NOT WHAT'S BEFORE YOU, THESE ARE MIRRORS FOR THE STATE LAW, WHICH REALLY ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE. 
          YOU KNOW, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE OBVIOUSLY WE DO HAVE TO FOLLOW STATE LAWS. 
          SO WHAT BECOMES A JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE? WE HAVE TO FOLLOW WHAT IS LAID OUT BY THE STATE. 
          SO I THINK I PRETTY MUCH BUTCHERED THAT, BUT IF BRANDON, UM, NEEDS TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT, UM, I'M SURE HE'S HAPPY TO DO WHAT IS A JUNK A MOTOR VEHICLE. 
          UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY QUITE A DEFINITION AND, UM, THERE'S SEVERAL KINDS OF THIS OR THIS IN ORDER TO DO SO, BUT, UH, TO DEFINE IT, BUT THE STATE DOES DEFINE IT IN ESSENTIALLY IT'S A VEHICLE THAT IS INOPERABLE UNTAGGED, UM, AND HASN'T BEEN MOVED FOR CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, IN, IN CERTAIN PLACES. 
          SO TIMES VARY BASED ON WHETHER IT'S PARKED IN THE, OR WHETHER IT'S PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY AGAIN, BUT BOTH OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, MIRROR, UM, STABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST ON THE STREET, IT'S ALSO IN A DRIVEWAY OR BLOCKS OR WHATEVER. 
          CORRECT. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, AS A SIDEBAR, LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT THIS HAS DONE, UM, AND THEN DISCUSSING WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT STAFF, IT HAS BROUGHT SOME ISSUES TO LIGHT AS FAR AS INTERPRETATIONS WITHIN THE GIANT MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE. 
          AND SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THROUGH THIS, AS IT DID BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          AND SO WE DO FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A UNIVERSAL UNDERSTANDING NOW AMONG THOSE ENFORCING IT, WHAT IS CONSIDERED A JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE AND WHAT IS NOT? UM, SO THERE IS, YOU KNOW, ANY SENTENCE CAN HAVE INTERPRETATION TO IT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE CLEAR NOW. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE OUR INSPECTORS THAT ARE OUT ENFORCING IT, UM, ARE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME RESULTS WITH, WITH THAT. 
          WOULD IT BE IMPROPER FOR ME TO ASK HOW LONG WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LANGUAGE? I DON'T THINK THIS ONE'S TOO WELL. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I MEAN, TH THE DIFFICULTY IS EVERY FEW YEARS, THE LEGISLATURE CHANGES A MINOR ASPECT OF THE RULE, AND THEN ALL THE CITIES TAKE TIME TO GET, I WAS GOING TO PUT IT IN THE SAME BOX THAT HAS THE, THE HOLSTERS THAT DON'T FIT THE GUN AND THE PLASTIC FIRE HELMET. 
          YEAH. 
          I DON'T THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE 1969 ORDINANCES THAT WE CAME ACROSS. 
          I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE, A LITTLE CLOSER ON THAT. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S ALL HE GOT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MAYOR PRO TEMP TABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE AN RV THAT I HAVE NOT MOVED FROM A PREACHER IN A CHURCH. 
          I HAVE ALL THESE EXAMPLES I CAN GIVE. 
          UM, SO I HAVE AN RV AND IT SAT THERE FOR FOUR YEARS AND NEVER MOVED TIRES ARE ALL FLAT. 
          IS THAT A JUNK VEHICLE? YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, IF I HAVE A TRAILER THAT'S NOT HITCHED UP 
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TO ANYTHING, IS THAT A JUNK VEHICLE? IF IT NEVER MOVES? UM, IF IT'S TAGGED, IS IT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR IS IT ON THE STREET? PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AS THE RV THAT THEY MAY BE THERE, IF THEY ARE UTILIZED AND IN GOOD CONDITION, IT'S, IT'S WHEN THINGS START TO DETERIORATE THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, IF THEY'RE FULLY, I'M SORRY, IF THEY'RE FULLY SCREENED, YOU CAN HAVE A JUNK VEHICLE INSIDE AN ENCLOSURE AND IT CAN BE FALLING APART. 
          IT'S IT'S THE, THE ASPECT OF BEING VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC IS WHAT ALSO ADDS TO IT BEING A JUNKED VEHICLE. 
          SO IF MY RV, IF I HAD PUT A CANVAS ON TOP OF MY RV, A BLUE, BEAUTIFUL BLUE CANVAS, AND IT'S NOT SHIELDED, IS THAT JOHN? IT IS. 
          AND THAT I WILL SAY HAS BEEN SOME OF THE DISCREPANCIES, UM, THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE YOU COVER IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE ISSUE GOES AWAY. 
          UM, SO IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO LET ME PIGGYBACK THAT. 
          I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TRUMP YOU WITH THIS, WE HAVE A TRAILER THAT WE HAVE A TRAILER WITH A, WITH A NECK ON IT, BUT PART OF THE TRAILER IS IN DISREPAIR AND IT SITS STILL AND IT'S NOT MOVED. 
          THAT'S A JUNK. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          NEIGHBORS WILL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR IN THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER CHALLENGE TO MS. ROY? WE CANNOT ADJOURN YET MR. GAGLIARDI, BUT I WILL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER. 
          LET'S VOTE EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AND YOU WANT TO POST, OKAY. 
          THAT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANDREA ITEM 10, 
          [10. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas, amending Chapter 42, “Courts” of the Code of Ordinances, by amending Section 42-67 relative to the jurisdiction of the Municipality and authorizing the Municipal Court to issue search warrants for the purpose of investigating nuisances and to issue seizure warrants for the purpose of removing offending property; providing this ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances; providing a penalty clause; providing a savings clause; providing a severability clause; and establishing an effective date.]
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 42 COURTS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 42 DASH SIX SEVEN, RELATIVE TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL COURT TO ISSUE SEARCH WARRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING NUISANCES AND TO ISSUE SEIZURE WARRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVING OFFENDING PROPERTY, PROVIDING THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, PROVIDING SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          ANDREA, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          DOES IT NOT MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU FOR ME TO READ ALL THAT FOR YOU? YOU JUST HAVE TO GET MOMENTUM. 
          IS THE THING TURN TO OUR ATTORNEY TO FIND A WAY TO ABBREVIATE OR BRYNN COULD READ THESE IN THE FUTURE. 
          W LET'S DRAW OUT OF A HAT, YOU KNOW, TAKE  THAT'S RIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, ANDREW. 
          SURE. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, THESE REALLY ARE ALIGNMENTS TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS. 
          AND IT REALLY JUST IS HERE TO CLARIFY, UM, CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE MUNICIPAL COURT CAN ISSUE SEARCH WARRANTS AND SEIZURE WARRANTS. 
          IT GIVES US EXTRA PROTECTION TO BASICALLY SAY WE ARE PERMITTED TO GO ON THE PROPERTY AND WE ARE PERMITTED TO DO THE FORCE TO BATEMANS THAT WE MAY OFTEN NEED TO DO. 
          SO IT JUST GIVES US THAT EXTRA LEVEL OF, UM, COVERAGE IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE. 
          IT WAS KIND OF EVEN HANGING OUT HERE WHEN I FIRST STARTED, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS. 
          UM, IT REALLY PROVIDES, UM, WHAT WE NEED SO THAT THERE ARE NO ISSUES REALLY. 
          UM, THIS CAME ABOUT THROUGH A, UM, ISSUE WHERE WE HAD A RESIDENT WHO, UM, ESSENTIALLY WAS STORING, UM, EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS IN THE FRONT YARD, IN THE REAR YARD. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THAT SEARCH WARRANT TO GO IN THE BACK AND THEN IN ORDER TO ADDRESS AND ACTUALLY ABATE WHAT'S IN THE BACK YARD, THIS WILL GIVE US A LITTLE MORE COVERAGE. 
          AND SO I WOULD ALSO ALLOW BRAND IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN AND KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE, CERTAINLY. 
          SO THERE WAS A RECENT CHANGE IN THE LAW. 
          IT MAKES IT, UH, AMBIGUOUS WHETHER THE CITY HAS TO AFFIRMATIVELY AFFIRMATIVELY DECLARE THE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION OF YOUR MUNICIPAL COURT TO ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE SEARCH WARRANTS. 
          IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO DO THAT, STAFF CAN ALWAYS DRIVE TO THE JP COURT AND THEY HAVE INHERENT AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THOSE WARRANTS. 
          THIS IS JUST A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE SO THAT WE CAN GO TO OUR OWN MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. 
          AND IT'S CLEAR THAT HE HAS THE AUTHORITY. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          COUNSEL. 
          WE'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER, STEVE. 
          YES. 
          UH, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE? I MEAN, THAT YOU WOULD BRING TO GET THE SEARCH WARRANT, HOW AND HOW ARE WE GONNA PREVENT LIKE NEIGHBORS FROM WEAPONIZING THAT AGAINST EACH OTHER? YOU KNOW, CAUSE NEIGHBORS FIGHT. 
          SO HOW DO WE, SO I'LL TAKE A STAB AND YOU CAN JUMP IN IF YOU NEED TO, TO SAVE ME HERE. 
          UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ALWAYS NEED ACTUAL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COMPLAINING AND SAYING, MY NEIGHBOR IS STORING ALL THIS STUFF. 
          UH, WE REALLY NEED TO BE GIVEN PERMISSION TO GET IN THEIR BACKYARD IN ORDER TO SEE, UH, WHAT IS 
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ACTUALLY OCCURRING AND THEY NEED, THEY WOULD NEED TO GRANT US THAT THEY CAN SHOW US PICTURES. 
          THOSE CAN ALWAYS BE A LITTLE SUSPECT. 
          WE CAN USE GOOGLE TO SEE A LOT OF TIMES, SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG. 
          IT ACTUALLY DOES SHOW UP ON GOOGLE EARTH AND WE CAN SEE THAT, BUT WE WOULD REALLY NEED PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 
          UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, MY STAFF, MYSELF, NO ONE WOULD EVEN GO TO OUR JUDGE AND ASK SUCH A THING BASED ON A VERBAL, UM, ISSUE. 
          SO WE WOULD NEED PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 
          AND WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY OCCURRING RIGHT NOW WHERE HOMEOWNERS RESIDENTS ARE SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT'S CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN, OR THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE WITNESSING. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE SAID, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU, BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO DOCUMENT IT. 
          I'M AFRAID THAT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE LIGHT THAT WE'RE SEEING. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET THAT EVIDENCE IS FOR YOU TO PROVIDE US SOME PHOTOGRAPHS, UM, YOU KNOW, DATE STAMPED, ET CETERA, OR AGAIN, IF WE WITNESS IT OURSELVES. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY, I SEE NO WAY THAT ANYTHING LIKE THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN. 
          OUR STAFF WOULDN'T DO IT. 
          OUR JUDGE WOULD NEVER DO IT. 
          NO, WE HAVE TO SEE PHYSICAL, ACTUAL EVIDENCE. 
          I WOULD IMAGINE THE JUDGE WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT AS WELL BEFORE HE ISSUES CORRECT ON THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANKS SIR. 
          NO OTHER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COLDER. 
          WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          UH, I'LL GIVE A SECOND TO ACCOUNTS. 
          REMEMBER STEVE'S, UH, LET'S VOTE EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          ONCE AGAIN, YOU NOW. 
          THANK YOU, ANDREW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL ITEM 
          [11. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas, amending Chapter 26, “Businesses” of the Code of Ordinances, to create a definition and define the standards and review process for short-term rentals; amending Appendix A, “Fee Schedule,” providing for administrative fees associated with permitting and inspection of short-term rental properties; providing this ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances; providing a severability clause; providing a penalty for violation; providing a savings clause; and providing an effective date.]
11. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 26. 
          SOME BUSINESSES HAVE THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CREATE A DEFINITION AND DEFINE THE STANDARDS AND REVIEW PROCESS FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS, AMENDING APPENDIX A FEE SCHEDULE PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH PERMITTING AND INSPECTION OF SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES. 
          PROVIDING THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A FELONY FOR VIOLATION, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          ANDREW, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS, UM, AS A RESULT OF SOME RECENT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE GROUP REGARDING SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAT ARE OCCURRING AS WELL AS A RESULT OF SOME, UH, LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN PASSED DOWN RECENTLY AND SOME COURT CASES THAT HAVE COME TO, UH, TO FRUITION. 
          UM, SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH PROPOSING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROGRAM, UH, TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING. 
          SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE STIPULATIONS, UM, ESSENTIALLY HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING THE RENTAL PERMIT, BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RENT OUT YOUR HOME, ESSENTIALLY. 
          UM, YOU WOULD NEED TO COME TO US AND, AND GAIN PERMISSION. 
          UM, THE RENTAL TIMEFRAME IS SET UP FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A QUESTION REGARDING THE TIMEFRAME, BUT WHAT THIS LESS THAN 30 DAYS DOES IS IT PUT THE, IT PUTS THIS RENTAL INTO A SHORT-TERM RENTAL CATEGORY VERSUS A LONG-TERM RENTAL CATEGORY, WHICH IS A VERY DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          LONG-TERM RENTAL, I'VE GOT A TENANT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY RENTING A HOME AND THIS IS THEIR HOME, THEIR DOMICILE, I'VE GOT A VACATION OR STAYING FOR TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS. 
          IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          SO THIS ORDINANCE IS SET UP AND UNFORTUNATELY I UNDERSTAND THE TIME CONCERNS, BUT THIS LESS THAN 30 DAYS IS WHAT MAKES THIS WHAT IT IS. 
          AND WE'RE ADDRESSING SHORT-TERM RENTALS OF HOMES. 
          UM, AGAIN, WHAT WE DO IS WE'VE GOT SOME STIPULATIONS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE SITE IS COMPATIBLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          WE ARE ASKING FOR PARKING PLANS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE KNOW EXISTS WITHIN THESE TYPE OF USES, UM, SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UM, UH, BASICALLY, UM, PROVIDE, UM, SITUATIONS FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL PARKING IF NEEDED. 
          UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR CONTACTS AND THEN ALSO INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO WE WILL LIMIT THE OCCUPANCY THE WAY WE HAVE DRAFTED THE ORDINANCE. 
          IT ALLOWS TWO RESIDENTS PER BEDROOM PLUS AN ADDITIONAL TWO. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE, UM, ALLOWING TWO PER BEDROOM AND THEN TWO MORE WITH A MAX OF 12. 
          SO THIS DOES AGAIN, ALIGN WITH SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA THAT HAVE ADOPTED THESE TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS. 
          UM, A PERMIT THROUGH US ALSO ENSURES THAT WE ARE RECEIVING AND THEY'RE REGISTERED TO PAY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING SOME FROM RANDOM PLACES HERE AND THERE. 
          OTHERS, WE DON'T KNOW THIS AGAIN, WE'LL GET THE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE. 
          SO WE ARE GETTING THAT AND TRACKING IT. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT ALSO MAKES SURE WITH THE, UM, INSPECTIONS DONE BY, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUILDING OFFICIAL FIRE MARSHALL, THAT BASIC LIFE SAFETY ISSUES ARE MET WITHIN THE HOMES. 
          UM, IT WILL REQUIRE AN ANNUAL FIRE INSPECTION REPEAT INSPECTIONS, AND ANY TIME THERE'S A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP, IT WILL BE REINSPECTED AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, UM, THERE ARE STIPULATIONS THAT WE'VE ADDED IF THE PROPERTY DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS, THERE ARE PENALTIES AND THERE ARE, UM, UH, STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE THEN TO ADDRESS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1ST, 2022, 
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WHICH WILL ALLOW US A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO KIND OF GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW, UM, GET THE, UH, PROCESS PUT IN PLACE ON IT, ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THINGS. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS IS OCCURRING. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ADDED SOME LANGUAGE THAT ADDRESSES, UM, EXISTING SHORT-TERM RENTALS, UM, AS IT WAS ALLUDED TO, WE WOULD LIKELY CONSIDER A THIRD PARTY TO ASSIST US. 
          AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TIME TO GET WITH THAT THIRD PARTY, GET THEM UNDER CONTRACT, AND THEN ALSO ALLOW THEM TIME TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING, UM, THE EXISTING FACILITIES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THE JANUARY ONE EFFECTIVE DATE, WE WOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER 60 DAYS FOR THE EXISTING SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, OR THE USE WOULD NEED TO BE DISCONTINUED IF THEY DO NOT, UM, FOLLOW THOSE, UH, NEW PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE, UH, WE HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, UM, AS FAR AS, UH, UM, UH, ADDRESSING SHORT TERM RENTALS. 
          IT IS, UM, SOMETHING, A LOT OF THEM ARE ADDRESSING THESE DAYS AND OUR REQUIREMENTS AND STIPULATIONS THAT WE PUT IN THERE ARE GENERALLY IN LINE WITH MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED, UM, POLICIES. 
          AGAIN, WE DID LOOK AT, UM, THE LEGALITIES OF SOME OF THIS, AND I WILL LET BRYNN TOUCH ON SOME OF THAT, THAT, AGAIN, I'M BEING VERY CAUTIOUS TO ALLOW THE USE WITHOUT RESTRICTING HOMEOWNER RIGHTS, UM, WHILE ALSO PROTECTING OTHER HOMEOWNER RIGHTS, UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL, UH, WITH REGARD TO HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE REALLY IS NO WAY FOR US, UM, TO MIRROR OUR REQUIREMENTS OR ADDRESS ANY SEPARATE HOA REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY EXIST REGARDING SHORT TERM RENTALS. 
          SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE A LIST OF OUR ACTIVE HOS. 
          WE ARE HAPPY TO COMMUNICATE AND SHARE WITH THEM AS WE HAVE PERMITS COMING THROUGH AND LET THEM KNOW HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          UM, BUT WE CANNOT BE PUT IN A POSITION TO REVIEW THEIR HOA DOCUMENTS AND SAY, YES, YOU MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS IN YOUR HOA. 
          WE, WE HAVE TO COMPLETELY PEEL THOSE TWO ISSUES APART AND LET THE HOA ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES IN THE CITY, ADDRESS OUR PERMIT. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO SHARING AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A PUBLISHED LIST OF THESE FACILITIES. 
          THESE, THESE HOMES THAT EXIST ARE OUT THERE AND EASY FOR CERTAIN HOS, IF THEY WISH TO BE AWARE AND, AND MONITOR THOSE AGAIN, THE OVERSIGHT OF THE PROGRAM WOULD BE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OBVIOUSLY THE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE, UM, IN ORDER TO INSPECT THE LIFE SAFETY MATTERS THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT. 
          AND THEN I ALSO TOUCHED ON A THIRD, A THIRD PARTY GROUP. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY A NEW INDUSTRY THAT HAS COME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THESE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          UM, MOST COMMUNITIES, IF REALLY NOT ALL THAT HAVEN'T EVER TO, YOU KNOW, JUMP INTO THIS, UM, UTILIZE A THIRD PARTY TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. 
          SO AGAIN, THE INSPECTIONS, ET CETERA, THE PERMITS ARE OURS, BUT THE TRACKING, THE FINDING THE FOLLOWUP, THE TIMING WOULD REALLY BE HANDLED BY A THIRD PARTY GROUP. 
          AND SO ESSENTIALLY THAT GROUP, UM, ASSISTS US. 
          THEY ARE IN TUNE, THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LARGE WEBSITES. 
          UM, THEY ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT ADDRESSES. 
          THEY ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN ADDRESSES SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED. 
          WE COULDN'T GIVE A NUMBER BECAUSE THERE REALLY IS JUST NOT A WAY TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW WITHOUT SPENDING AN EXHAUSTIVE AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          IF WE GET SOMEBODY IN HERE AND WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THIS GROUP WOULD BE ABLE TO GET US A GOOD, HARD NUMBER AS TO HOW MANY OF THESE DO ACTUALLY EXIST. 
          AND THEN WE CAN REALLY START TRACKING AND STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, UM, JUST AS A NOTE, BECAUSE WE WERE JUST IN CODE CHANGES TONIGHT, UM, AS A RESULT OF THIS, ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE DO DECIDE TO ADOPT A SHORT-TERM POLICY, WE WILL NEED TO FOLLOW UP AND COME BACK WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGE TO DEFINE WHERE THIS PARTICULAR NEW USE LIES AND WHAT ZONES IT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN. 
          SO IT WOULD BE OUR INTENTION TO MOVE FORWARD AND ALLOW IT WITHIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, BUT PROHIBITED WITHIN ANY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICTS THAT EXIST, WHETHER IT BE A STRAIGHT MULTIFAMILY OR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, WE JUST, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT AN ENDEAVOR THAT REALLY TRANSLATES OVER TO THAT. 
          AND SO WE WOULD PROHIBIT IT WITHIN MULTIFAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS. 
          AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, AGAIN, WE HAVE GLANCED AT SOME OTHER, UM, COMMUNITIES. 
          THEY ALL ARE HANDLING THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY ONE OF THOSE, THERE'S NOT A WRITTEN RULE AT THIS TIME. 
          WE ARE PROBABLY, UM, FOLLOWING THE MORE, UM, RESTRICTIVE IN REGULATING AND REALLY LOOKING AT THEM. 
          CERTAIN COMMUNITIES ARE SIMPLY WORRIED ABOUT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          UM, OTHER PROPERTIES JUST WANT TO KNOW THEY EXIST AGAIN. 
          DALLAS IS REALLY JUST ABOUT, HEY, WE KNOW YOU'RE HERE. 
          UM, THAT IS NOT OUR INTENTION. 
          OUR INTENTION IS TO LOOK AT THEM, MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPATIBLE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          AND WE CAN MONITOR IT FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, A HOT TAX PURPOSE AS WELL AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE. 
          UM, 
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SO THAT WE DON'T JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THESE TYPES OF USES. 
          SO I THINK I AM DONE TALKING AND I AM HERE FOR QUESTIONS A LOT TO ABSORB. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE WE START ASKING QUESTIONS? I THINK ANDREA WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE. 
          I'LL ECHO WHAT SHE SAID THAT ESSENTIALLY A SHORT-TERM RENTAL IS SOMETHING UNDER THE UNDER 30 DAYS, BECAUSE YOU CAN ESTABLISH RESIDENCY IF YOU STAY FOR LONGER THAN 30 DAYS, THAT IS A LEASE. 
          IT REQUIRES EVICTION IF FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT, ET CETERA. 
          SO WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GOVERN THESE WITH A MINIMUM THREE MONTH RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT OR STAY REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TANTAMOUNT TO A BAN ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          AND I WOULD ADVISE AGAINST ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS KIND OF ANSWERING THE PREMISE THAT MR. GAP GALLONS DEAN PUT OUT THERE IS SETTING AT MINIMUM. 
          THIS IS WHY WE'RE ADDRESSING A 30 DAY PERIOD INSTEAD OF CORRECT, MINIMUM OF THREE WEEK THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE UNDER THE LAW, A ANYTHING OVER 30 DAYS IS ESSENTIALLY A RENTAL, A LONG-TERM RENTAL AND NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW THAT WELL THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND WE WOULD REGULATE THAT AS A LONG-TERM RENTAL AND ANYTHING OVER 30 DAYS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COLLECT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          UH, LET ME ASK YOU A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION HERE. 
          WHY DON'T WE JUST BAN IT ALL TOGETHER? THE REASON WHY I RECOMMEND AGAINST THAT IS BECAUSE THE VARIOUS COURTS OF APPEALS OPINIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO DATE SO FAR, UH, HAVE ALL UNIVERSALLY HELD THAT THE RIGHT TO LEASE PROPERTY IS AN INHERENT RIGHT WITH RESIDENTIAL HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL COMMON LAW, RIGHT IN THE BUNDLE OF STICKS OF RIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          AND THAT WHILE WE HAVE A RATIONAL BASIS FOR REGULATING THEM, A PROHIBITION COULD REACH A LEVEL WHERE IT'S TANTAMOUNT TO A TAKING OF PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT PROVIDING JUST COMPENSATION IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
          NOW, I WANT TO QUALIFY THAT AND SAY, UNLIKE WITH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, WHERE THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS ESTABLISHED THE LAW STATEWIDE, WE STILL HAVE COMPETING COURTS OF APPEALS OPINIONS, UH, THAT ARE ALL FAIRLY NEGATIVE, FRANKLY, IN TERMS OF CITY REGULATION. 
          UH, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A TEXAS SUPREME COURT CASE YET. 
          SO WHY DO HOS HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE MORE STRICT THAN THE CITY  ARE NOT REGULATORY IN NATURE, BUT THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE A SET OF CCRS, THEY REPRESENT A COMMUNITY AGREEMENT BY CONTRACT, UM, TO BEHAVE OR RESTRAIN BEHAVIOR IN A CERTAIN WAY. 
          UH, WHEN WE ADOPT REGULATIONS, THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT TELLING PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WHAT TO DO, BUT THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE IS NOT A COMMERCIAL USE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE HOME IS OWNED BY A CORPORATION, THEY'VE SAID, THIS IS AN INHERENT RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          AND THEREFORE YOU CANNOT ENFORCE A RESTRICTION IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN A CCR THAT SAYS YOU MAY ONLY USE YOUR HOME FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. 
          YOU CAN'T THEN DECLARE THAT THE USE OF THE HOME AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL IS SOMEHOW COMMERCIAL IN NATURE. 
          THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 
          IT IS AN INHERENTLY RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          AND SO NOW HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ARE MEETING WITH THEIR VARIOUS ATTORNEYS TO TRY TO DECIDE HOW TO ADD SOMETHING TO THEIR CCRS, THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS SHORT-TERM RENTALS, UH, NOT WITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT IT'S STILL A RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          SO, WHEREAS THIS IN A COURT RIGHT NOW, ARE THERE STILL ACTIONS OUT THERE THAT HAVE YET TO BE DETERMINED? THERE ARE, THERE ARE, UH, THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. 
          UM, THE SECOND QUARTER OF APPEALS JUST ISSUED AN OPINION THAT WAS RATHER INCREMENTAL TO THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE AND REMANDED IT BACK TO THE DISTRICT COURT FOR FURTHER LITIGATION. 
          THE CITY OF IRVINE HOPED THAT THEY COULD CHALLENGE THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT TO TRY AND DO GRAPEVINE ESTABLISHED AN ABSOLUTE BAN, ESSENTIALLY DECLARED THAT BECAUSE THE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS SILENT ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE THAT THEREFORE IT WAS PROHIBITED BECAUSE WE RECALL IN ORDER TO DO ANYTHING IN LAND USE TERMS, THE ZONE HAS TO SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZE IT. 
          AND THE COURTS SAID THAT THE DEFINITION OF SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL IN GRAPEVINE ARE CONTEMPLATED RIGHT LEASE THE PROPERTY WAS IRRELEVANT THAT IT DIDN'T USE THE WORD SHORT-TERM RENTAL. 
          I AM NOT. 
          UM, LET ME ASK YOU THIS ONE QUESTION IN, SO ANDREA, YOU'RE SAYING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET COMPLIANCE. 
          WE ARE TALKING TO FOR 
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PRACTICE, WE'RE APPLYING CODES TO STANDARD TO THESE SHORT-TERM RENTALS GOING FORWARD, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM INTO THE SYSTEM AND THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CITIES. 
          WELL, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S THE MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, BUT I WOULD SAY IN ADDITION TO REGISTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION PROCESS, IN ADDITION TO THE COLLECTION OF FUNDS, WE ALSO HAVE A PROVISION. 
          SO REPEAT VIOLATIONS, DON'T SIMPLY GET IGNORED, OR THEY'RE NOT DEALT WITH BY THE COURTS. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROCESS TO REVOKE OR SUSPEND THE OPERATOR'S LICENSE ISSUE TO TRY TO PUT THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS OUT OF BUSINESS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TEETH TEETH THAN IT IS AS WELL. 
          NOT JUST THE EXPERIENCES WHERE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING THE FALL UNDER OUR CAPACITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT MR. PITTMAN'S DESCRIPTION WAS MORE ALONG FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. 
          THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THESE HOMES OR RESIDENCES, THEY TO US FOR WHAT IS THE PERMIT, BOTH OF THESE ORDINANCES DO CONTAIN WITH LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS, REPEAT VIOLATOR SENTENCE OR NON-COMPLIANCE. 
          SO THEY CAN'T LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO REVOKE THEIR PERMIT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A BUSINESS, WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A HOME THE WEEKEND, THEY'RE PARTYING, THEY'RE PHRASING ALL THAT IN. 
          I CAN GO OFF AND DO NOTHING PREVENTATIVE AND DOES HAVING THAT PERMANENT. 
          IT'S NOT JUST A STANFORD RESIDENT. 
          THAT'S TAPPING, WE'RE STARTING TO DOCUMENTATION AT THAT POINT. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT THE LEVERAGE. 
          IF THERE IS CONTINUED TO BE ISSUES, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO, WE HAVE THE LIBERTY TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH AS PEOPLE ARE DELIBERATELY NOT COMPLIANT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I HAVE TO GET QUESTIONS COUNTS. 
          REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS THE QUESTION WOULD A VIOLATION BE TIED TO THE ACTUAL OR TO THE, TO THE HOME WE TIED TO THE HOMEOWNERS RESPONSIBLE, UM, AND LESS BRAND. 
          I THINK YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD. 
          YES, YES. 
          YEP. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I MEAN, IF THERE'S HOMEOWNER FOR A MONTH AND THEN THEY SELL IT AND THEN THERE'S A NEW HOMEOWNER, BUT IT'S THE SAME HOUSE POTENTIALLY IN THE SAME FAMILY. 
          I MEAN, HOW SO WE'RE, WE'RE RE MUST RENEW AND REISSUE THE PERMIT WITH EVERY CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE. 
          SO THERE ARE CERTAIN OWNERS THAT RUN THESE VERY WELL. 
          THEY HAVE CLEAR RESTRICTIONS, IT'S NOT THEIR GOAL TO HAVE PARTIES. 
          AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS THAT JUST THROW IT OUT THERE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DO TEND TO ATTRACT THAT TYPE OF, UM, TENANT OR GUEST. 
          AND SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, THE PERMIT COULD BE REVOKED AND THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO, TO RUN THAT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER COVID. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO I KNOW OUR PLAN IS TO, UH, HIRE A THIRD PARTY TO KIND OF FACILITATE ALL OF THIS. 
          SO THAT ALSO INCLUDES COLLECTION OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          UM, AND SO THE FEES I'M ASSUMING WILL COME OUT OF THAT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THIS SERVICE, ESSENTIALLY, THEY GET A PORTION OF, OF THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, WE ARE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR COMPANIES THAT JUST SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA AND I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO US, WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM AND, AND JUST KIND OF, WE CAN, THAT WAY WE CAN INTERVIEW THE VARIOUS GROUPS AND SEE WHICH ONE WORKS BEST FOR US, BUT YES, THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY RECEIVE A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS. 
          YEAH. 
          BEFORE WE PICK ON ONE TO SAY, HOW MANY IS IN BEDFORD? HOW MANY IS A BEDFORD? EMMY'S A BEDFORD AND PICK THE ONE THAT KNOWS THE MOST IN THERE. 
          YEP. 
          YEP. 
          THOSE FIRMS DON'T HAPPEN TO BE AIRBNB AND BRBO OR ANYTHING. 
          THEY DO NOT KNOW. 
          THESE ARE FARMS THAT REALLY, UM, SOME OF THE FOLKS HAVE LESS LEFT MUNICIPALITIES TO GO DO THIS AS SOME OF THEM ARE FROM THE HOSPITALITY SIDE COMBINED WITH MUNICIPALITIES. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY LEGITIMATE MAYOR PRO TEM STABLE, UM, JUST A THOUGHT, BUT SHE'S A PREACHER AND SHE HAS A BOAT, BUT, UM, COULD YOU LIMIT THE NUMBER OF AIRBNBS WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS? NOW WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE. 
          MAYBE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY HOMES. 
          THAT THAT'S WHAT WE DID, AND IT MAY NOT BE LEGAL TO DO SO, BUT IT IS A THOUGHT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT MAJOR INVESTORS COMING IN AND BUYING UP ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TURN INTO MELLON INTO AIRBNBS, 
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THEN COULD YOU MAKE A RADIUS OF LIKE, SAY SO MANY MILES, YOU CAN'T HAVE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR ATTORNEY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I MEAN, THAT, THAT POSSIBLY, I MEAN, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITH UTTER CLARITY BECAUSE THERE IS NO STATUTE AND AS THE CERTAINTY OF IT. 
          YEAH. 
          I KNOW. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, I DON'T WANT TO UNDERWRITE THIS. 
          UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OBVIOUSLY MAKES SENSE FROM A RATIONAL BASIS PERSPECTIVE, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER A COURT WOULD SEE THAT AS THE DEPRIVATION OF ANY REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BY THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE SUDDEN, SUDDENLY FIND THEMSELVES UNABLE TO OPERATE AN AIRBNB, BECAUSE THREE NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET, BEAT THEM TO IT. 
          UM, AND SO THAT THERE IS SOME RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS THAT IF, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, WE COULD, WE COULD TEST THE WATERS. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS, IS THERE ANY WAY ON THE WEEKENDS? OKAY. 
          NOT NECESSARILY WEEKENDS, BUT IF I WAS TO BRING 12 OF MY FRIENDS, I HAVE FRIENDS TO BRING 12 OF MY FRIENDS. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOTELS ALWAYS GET YOUR LICENSE NUMBER AND ALL THAT, COULD WE REQUIRE THEM TO GIVE US LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS AND ALL THAT SO THAT WE CAN CHECK ON THESE PEOPLE ONCE THEY HIT TOWN AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD KEEP THE, NE'ER DO WELLS A LITTLE BIT AWAY. 
          I'M TRYING TO THINK FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO BECAUSE THE FREQUENCY, AGAIN, A LONG-TERM RENTAL, I'VE GOT OWNERS THAT ARE THERE, THESE ARE THEIR, THEIR PLATES. 
          BUT IF WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE OVER EVERY FEW SO DAYS THAT THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE COULD REQUIRE ALL OF THE GUESTS TO PROVIDE THEIR LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS, ALL OF THE ACTUAL GUESTS THAT PLAN ON STAYING THERE, IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE VISITORS OVER AT MIGHT BE LOGISTICALLY DIFFICULT TO KEEP TRACK OF ANY FRIENDS THAT COME VISIT FOR A FEW HOURS TO USE THE POOL, ET CETERA. 
          I MEAN, I, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT LEGALLY. 
          IT'S, IT'S REALLY MORE OF A PRACTICAL CONCERN CAN'T BUT ISN'T IT ILLEGAL TO RUN THEIR PLATE THROUGH TABLETS UNLESS THERE'S PROBABLE CAUSE OR SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, OR YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING DOING A BACKGROUND CHECK ON THEM. 
          YOU'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF I'M A, IF I'M A CRIMINAL AFTER I PARKED MY BOAT IN THE CHURCH, UM, I WOULDN'T BE RENTING. 
          I JUST WOULDN'T BE RENTING IF I THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE COLLECTING MY DRIVERS, IF MY PLATES. 
          SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH REQUIRING THAT THE PLATES BE PROVIDED THE RUNNING OF THE BACKGROUND, CHECK ON EVERYONE. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO IF WE FEEL LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A DETERRENT IN AND OF ITSELF, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AS SEPARATE OF PASTOR SABLES COMMENT, UM, AS WRITTEN, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE, UM, THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE TO TAKE US TO COURT OVER? UH, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CITY COULD BE SUED, BUT FRANKLY THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS THE OPERATION. 
          THAT'S WHERE, UH, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SOME MINIMUM STANDARDS IN THE PROPERTIES THAT PEOPLE AREN'T IN HAZARD OR HEALTH HAZARD, WHERE, UH, ENSURING THAT THEY CONTRIBUTE THEIR FAIR PORTION TO THE CITY. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND HOTEL MILITARY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY HOTEL MOTEL TAX. 
          AND THE ONE GOOD THING OUT OF THE SECOND COURT OF APPEALS OPINION INVOLVING GRAPEVINE WAS THAT THEY DID FIND THAT THERE IS A RATIONAL BASIS AND A GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE BEHIND REGULATING AIRBNBS. 
          IT'S THE, IT'S THE COMPLETE PROHIBITION THAT THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH. 
          SO THIS THIRD PARTY COMPANY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING WHAT THEY'RE RENTING OUT, HOW MUCH THEY'RE GETTING, DETERMINING WHAT THAT TAX AND THAT THE TAXES ARE PAID PROPERLY. 
          YES. 
          MONITORING THAT. 
          YES. 
          UM, THAT'S FASCINATING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'LL SAY AS WELL, OFTEN THESE, THE HOSTS, THE AIRBNBS, THE VBR VRB OWES, UH, AS AN EFFORT TO SECURE PERMISSION FROM CITIES, UH, SOME OF THESE COMPANIES HAVE AGREED TO COLLECT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR YOU, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          THEY'RE KIND OF A DATA SERVICE FOR THEM. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A, UH, WE APPROVED THIS, THIS GOES IN EFFECT JANUARY ONE, WE GIVE THE 60 DAY GRACE PERIOD TO ROLL THIS OUT TO EVERYONE. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY THAT JUST REFUSES TO COMPLY? WE BEGIN ISSUING CITATIONS. 
          THAT'S ALWAYS STEP ONE. 
          CIVIL ENFORCEMENT IS STEP TWO. 
          AND IF THEY IGNORE THE CITATIONS, THEN 
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THAT CAN GO TO LIENS. 
          UH, NO. 
          SO THE, THOSE WOULD BE MUNICIPAL COURT CITATIONS, AND THOSE WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO A LIEN, BUT THEN WE WOULD, WE COULD CONSIDER FILING SUIT, UM, AND THEN REDUCE IT TO JUDGMENT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO IF IT IS A CHRONIC OF CHRONIC OFFENDER, WE CAN ATTACH THAT TO THE PROPERTY. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLMAN, DORIS, WITH THIS ADDRESS, THE ISSUE WITH HOTELS WHO HAVE EXTENDED STAYS, NO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK SEPARATELY AND ADDRESS THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. 
          COUNSEL, WHAT'S YOUR DESIRE? TIM SEIBERT WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KENT. 
          UH, ALL RIGHT. 
          LET'S VOTE EVERYONE IN FAVOR. 
          SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          THAT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          THANK YOU, ANDREA. 
          THANK YOU STAFF. 
          THANK YOU, COUNSEL. 
          UM, THE NEXT ONE, ANDREW. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THEN I'LL SAVE MY KUDOS TILL AFTER THIS ONE. 
          ITEM 12, 
          [12. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas, amending Chapter 22, “Buildings and Building Regulations” of the Code of Ordinances, to create a definition and define the standards and review process for a single-family rental registration and inspection program; amending Appendix A, “Fee Schedule,” providing administrative fees associated with permitting and inspection of single-family rental dwellings; providing this ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances; providing a severability clause; providing a penalty for violation; providing a savings clause; and providing an effective date.]
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 22 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CREATE A DEFINITION AND DEFINE THE STANDARDS AND REVIEW PROCESS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION PROGRAM, AMENDING APPENDIX A FEE SCHEDULE, PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH PERMITTING AND INSPECTION OF SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL DWELLINGS. 
          PROVIDING THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          ANDREW ROY, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          SO AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS, UM, AGAIN, THAT APPLIED TO INDIVIDUALS RENTING THEIR HOME FOR 30 DAYS OR LESS. 
          UM, SO NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, RENTAL REGISTRATION FOR ACTUAL LONG-TERM RENTALS. 
          SO THIS WILL APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS THAT LEASE THEIR HOME OUT, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, 12 MONTHS AT A TIME TO A FAMILY THAT REALLY THERE, THIS IS THEIR HOME, THIS IS THEIR HOME THEY'RE DOMICILED. 
          THEY RESIDE THERE. 
          SO THE RESTRICTIONS AND ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THESE TYPES OF RESIDENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE SHORT TERM RENTALS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO YOU IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY BEDFORD AS WE AGE, A LOT OF THE HOMES HAVE BEEN CONVERTED OVER TO, UM, TO RENTAL HOMES. 
          AND, UM, THOSE TEND TO BE, UH, THE ONES THAT WE REALLY STRUGGLE WITH FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, A MINIMUM HOUSING PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND WE HAVE AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD OFTENTIMES. 
          AND SO THIS BEING PUT IN PLACE WILL ALLOW US TO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AT A MINIMUM, WE WILL KNOW WHAT IS RENTED. 
          WE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH A LANDLORD. 
          WE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH A TENANT AND THAT WILL MAKE OUR LIFE EASIER ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THINGS. 
          SO ALL THOSE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE EXIST WITHIN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, AS FAR AS CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THOSE STILL ALL EXIST WITH THIS AS HAVE NOT GONE AWAY. 
          THIS JUST MAKES IT EVEN EASIER FOR US TO KEEP THE HOMES UP TO STANDARD. 
          BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED AGAIN, WE CAN REVOKE THAT PERMIT JUST LIKE WITH THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS, IF WE DO HAVE A CHRONIC OFFENDERS. 
          SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND KIND OF LIST OUT SOME OF THE, UM, COMPONENTS OF THE POLICY. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOU MUST REQUIRE, UM, YOU MUST OBTAIN A PERMIT FROM THE CITY TO RENT OUT YOUR HOME. 
          UH, WE'RE GIVING THEM 30 DAYS WHEN THE HOME SELLS. 
          SO IF IT IS AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY, THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO COME TO US TO, UM, TO REGISTER THE HOME AND RENEW THEIR PERMITS. 
          UM, THE PERMIT WILL HAVE ALLIES TO PROVIDE STIPULATIONS. 
          AGAIN, OWNER INFORMATION. 
          WE ARE REQUIRING A LOCAL CONTACT. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ABSENTEE LANDLORDS. 
          SO THIS WILL REQUIRE A LOCAL CONTACT, UM, FOR ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH ON A MORE IMMEDIATE BASIS. 
          WE'VE GOT SOMEONE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET AHOLD OF AND COULD COME TO THE PROPERTY IF NEED BE. 
          AND AGAIN, WE WILL ALSO INSPECT THE PROPERTY AND THESE WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO ANNUAL INSPECTIONS. 
          WE WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT THE HOME, UH, CARRIES PROPER SMOKE DETECTORS AND OR CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS. 
          UM, IF GAS IS PRESENT AND AGAIN, WE WILL INSPECT, REPEAT AND INSPECT AGAIN WHEN THE PROPERTY CHANGES OWNERSHIP. 
          SO AGAIN, THERE ARE POLICIES ESTABLISHED IF THEY DO NOT COMPLY WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE TOWARD REVOKING THE PERMIT, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER, UM, CODE REQUIREMENTS THAT EXIST, UM, FOR MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS AND REALLY THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODES THAT ARE ADOPTED HERE IN THE CITY. 
          THIS ALSO HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY ONE IN ORDER TO US, IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE SOME TIME, UM, TO REALLY DO A MEDIA BLITZ ON THIS, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET, UM, SOME ATTENTION. 
          UM, THESE MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARDER FOR US TO IDENTIFY. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY ANYTIME YOU WROTE AN ORDINANCE, WE WILL BE MOVING TOWARD FULL COMPLIANCE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THIS ONE'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME WITHIN THE SHORT THAN THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ONE MIGHT TAKE IN ORDER TO GET EVERYBODY INTO FULL COMPLIANCE. 
          AND AGAIN, WE ARE PROVIDING 60 DAYS FOR THAT, UM, WITH THE INTENTION OF AIMING FOR THAT MOST DEFINITELY. 
          AND THAT IS 
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INCLUDED IN HERE. 
          AND AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UM, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION HERE IN BEDFORD. 
          UM, SINCE I THINK AT LEAST 2012, UM, THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN OLD ORDINANCE THAT I FOUND THAT WAS DRAFTED, NEVER ADOPTED, UM, AND, UH, DISCUSSIONS THAT OCCURRED ABOUT IT. 
          DID YOU SEE AMY SABLES BASELINE FROM THAT DYESS RIGHT THERE? I THINK THE ORDINANCE MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF, OF THE SABLE SPEAKING. 
          THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE DRAFTED. 
          YES, YES, YES. 
          YEAH. 
          AMY SABLE HATED ME BACK THEN TOO. 
          WAS IT BEFORE, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS BACK THEN BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL. 
          THANK GOD. 
          SO I, I WILL TELL YOU A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE 2012. 
          INITIALLY THE RESEARCH THAT WAS CONDUCTED DID SHOW THAT MANY COMMUNITIES HAD NOT JUMPED INTO THIS POOL OF REGULATING THEIR RENTAL HOMES. 
          YET SINCE THAT TIME, WE ARE REALLY NOW KIND OF THE OUTLIER AND IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR US TO JUMP IN THERE WITH EVERYONE ELSE THAT IS ADDRESSING THESE, UM, RENTAL HOMES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL COMPONENT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STAY SEPARATE FROM THE HOS. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO LIST THE ADDRESSES THAT ARE RENTED. 
          IF HOS NEED TO CHECK CONFIRM, THERE SHOULD BE A PUBLIC LIST, UH, PUBLISHED SO THAT, UM, THEY CAN SEE WHO IS RENTAL PROPERTY IN WHICH ONE IS NOT, AGAIN, THIS WILL, UM, BE RUN OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PRIMARILY LINE WITH BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS THE INSPECTIONS AND THE ISSUANCE OF THE PERMITS. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THE, THE REAL REASON AND THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS IS TO, UM, JUST THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE'VE DISCUSSED. 
          UM, A LOT OF THESE HOMES DO FALL INTO DISREPAIR. 
          IT IS UNFORTUNATE. 
          YOU DO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN CONDITIONS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE ON SOME OF THESE MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS AND CODE VIOLATIONS, BUT WE CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE. 
          AND IF YOU DO HAVE TENANTS THAT ARE LIVING IN CONDITIONS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE, UM, WE REALLY WILL BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD HANDLE ON THIS. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE, UM, QUITE AN IMPROVEMENT WITHIN, UM, KIND OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, AS WELL AS STAYING ON TOP OF, UM, GENERAL HOME MAINTENANCE, UM, WITH, WITH THE HOMES, AS FAR AS, UM, EVERYTHING FROM EVERYTHING TO HIGHWAYS, GRASS, PAINTING, ET CETERA. 
          UH, THESE ARE INCOME PRODUCING PIECES OF PROPERTY. 
          AND SO, UH, WE NEED TO REALLY, UM, PUT THESE FOLKS TO TASK, UH, FOR MEETING OUR STANDARDS, UM, HERE IN THE CITY. 
          SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND, UH, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          SO IS, IS IT WORTH REITERATING SOMETHING YOU SIT ON ITEM 11, THAT WE'RE GOING FROM A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE NOTHING IN OUR BOOK OF ORDINANCES TO NOW PUTTING SOMETHING IN PLACE TO CREATE SOME STANDARDS HERE, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          AND AGAIN, THE MINIMUM STANDARDS WITH OUR CODE ORDINANCE, OUR CODE REQUIREMENTS AND OUR BUILDING CODE EXISTS, BUT THIS WILL, AGAIN, IT WILL, IT WILL SHINE THE LIGHT ON THE RENTAL HOMES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MEETING THAT WITH THAT REGULATION OF THE PERMIT. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          STEVE'S WHAT ABOUT A SITUATION WHERE I SELL MY HOME TO YOU AND THEN YOU RENT IT TO ME UNTIL I FIND A NEW HOME. 
          UM, AND IT GOES OVER 60 DAYS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, I, IT WOULD NOT BE MY INTENTION TO DO THAT. 
          NO, IT WOULD NOT. 
          THAT IS A, A LEASE BACK WOULDN'T THAT WOULDN'T BE, I WOULD NOT, NO, I WOULD NOT INTERPRET IT, THAT THIS WOULD, UM, WOULD, WOULD PLAY INTO THAT SITUATION. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, ALLMAN DIRKS, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS IF THEY ARE NOT COMPLIANT SIMILAR TO YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SAME, SAME THING. 
          WE WILL, WE WILL DO ENFORCEMENT, UH, WITH STANDARD CODE VIOLATIONS AND IT WILL BE MONITORED AND TRACKED A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE WE HAVE A, YOU'D HAVE A FLAG BASICALLY ON YOUR PROPERTY NOW SAYING THIS IS A RENTAL HOME. 
          AND WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO TRACK AND MONITOR MOVING TOWARD A PERMANENT REVOCATION. 
          AND AGAIN, CITATIONS, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY ESTABLISHING THOSE STANDARDS IN THIS ITEM IN PARTICULAR. 
          SO IF IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO JUST PAY OFF A CITATION, CAN WE DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY TO KIND OF MAKE IT MORE SERIOUS AND MAKE THEM TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY? I THINK WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES AND I'M, I MAY LET BRAND JUMP IN ON THIS, BUT MY GOAL WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE CITATIONS CAN GET VERY ANNOYING AFTER A WHILE, AND THEN WE WOULD STOP AND WE WOULD MOVE TOWARD FILING SUIT ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS AS WELL. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          IF IT'S A CHRONIC ABUSER AND THEY JUST HAVE THE MEANS TO PAY THE WINDOW FUND ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEN WE WOULD VISIT IN CLOSED SESSION AND DISCUSS CONTENT AND CONTEMPLATE FILING SUIT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANDREW MAYOR PRO TEM SABLE 
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AS MR. PIPPIN WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO IT'S A RENTAL YOU'D GO IN AND INSPECT IT. 
          YOU SEE THE ELECTRICITY IS NOT WORKING. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE THINGS HE DESCRIBED. 
          SO YOU WOULD JUST SAY, NOBODY'S MOVING IN HERE. 
          WE W WE WOULD NOT ISSUE THE PERMIT, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO, THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS IS US WORKING WITH WATER BILLING AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHECKS THAT WILL EXIST TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS WATER TURNED ON IN THE, ON THE PROPERTY. 
          THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A, A HUGE FACTOR. 
          UM, AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE MINIMUM HOUSING CODE. 
          AND I I'D MENTIONED TO YOU, BUT I THINK MAYBE YOU TOOK IT BY BRAND, BUT SEE, THAT'S THE REASON I SORTA THINK ESCROW SHOULD BE TAKEN SO THAT WHEN THE, THE RENTER HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO CAUSE ANY OF THIS, BUT IT'S NOT BEING IMPROVED BY THE LANDLORD. 
          THEN I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT AN END TO THE SLUMLORDS UNLESS YOU START, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GOTTA HAVE SOME CONS CONSEQUENCES, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          ANDREA AND I DID VISIT ABOUT THAT. 
          I HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT ADJUDICATING PRIVATE DISPUTES THAT ARE GOVERNED BY THE RENTAL AGREEMENT. 
          UM, THERE'S AN OBLIGATION TO PAY RENT. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE WITHHOLDING RENT FROM THE LANDLORD, GIVEN THE LANDLORD, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVICT THE TENANT FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'RE HOLDING IT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S PREFERABLE TO GO THROUGH OUR MINIMUM STAY. 
          I MEAN, WE ALSO HAVE SUBSTANDARD BUILDING REGULATIONS. 
          UM, I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN CLOSE THE HOUSE FOR OCCUPANCY OF ANY KIND, UM, PURSUE CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT, UH, CIVIL PENALTIES, UM, INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN DISTRICT COURT. 
          THOSE ARE REALLY THE BEST AVENUES IN MY OPINION TO GO BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'LL FIND, WE MAY FIND OURSELVES IN DISPUTES OVER AS THE ESCROW AGENT HOLDING THIS MONEY. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A NUISANCE SITUATION IN THE HOUSE, BUT IT DOESN'T RISE TO A CODE VIOLATION. 
          UM, THE TENANT CLAIMS THAT THE CARPET IS DIRTY, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIVIL MATTER THAT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR ORDINANCES. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I DO, I AGREE WITH MR. PIPPIN. 
          I WANT THESE PEOPLE PROTECTED MOST, MOST OF ALL, I JUST IT'S PITIFUL. 
          I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NEIGHBOR, TO ME THAT GOT ME GOING ON THIS. 
          AND, UM, I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. 
          IT WAS JUST TRAGIC AND NOBODY DID A THING FROM THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAD MENTAL ILLNESS. 
          IT WAS JUST TERRIBLE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU HANDLE IT, BUT JUST, I HOPE THAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES, UH, TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          I'M CURIOUS TO GO WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT. 
          IF WE HAD A THIRD PARTY FIRM, THAT'S GOING TO BE MONITORING ALL THIS AND IDENTIFY WOULD THEY ONLY FOR THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE COMPLETELY MANAGED WITHIN, WITHIN CITY STAFF, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          THERE ARE RENTER. 
          UM, TH THERE ARE RENTER PROTECTION AVENUES OUT THERE THAT DO EXIST. 
          AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SHARING, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES WITH SOMEONE WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          UM, BUT THERE IS SOME ASSISTANCE FOR RENTERS. 
          RENTERS DO HAVE RIGHTS, UH, WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN TEXAS AND EVERYWHERE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME PLACE FOR THEM TO TURN FOR SOME OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT I THINK AS BEING PUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT COULD BE A REALLY, REALLY STICKY SITUATION. 
          I ALWAYS SAY, IF A HOUSE CAN'T BE SOLD, THEY'LL RENT IT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT. 
          IS THERE A WAY WE CAN STEP UP, UM, MARKETING ABOUT RENTER'S RIGHTS? SURE. 
          THERE'S A WAY WE CAN IMPROVE HOW WE, HOW WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET AWARENESS OUT THERE. 
          SURE. 
          IT'S, IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF, AGAIN, KIND OF ANNOUNCING THE RESOURCES AND MAKING THEM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND PUBLISHING THEM. 
          IT IS IT, NONE OF IT'S A SECRET IT'S OUT THERE, BUT YES, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT INTO A LITTLE BIT CLEANER, UM, DOCUMENT OR MESSAGE, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KOVAR FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          SO THERE HAS TO BE CERTAIN STANDARDS, CORRECT. 
          THIS, THESE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER FOR A BUSINESS TO GO IN AND OCCUPY THAT SPACE. 
          CAN WE NOT DEVELOP SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES FOR OUR RENTALS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BASIC NECESSITIES, ELECTRICITY, WATER. 
          I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CLEAN CARPET, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, A MINIMAL STANDARD THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MET IN ORDER TO GET AN OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE SO THAT SOMEONE CAN LIVE IN THAT PROPERTY. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND OTHERWISE THAT'S POOLED. 
          AND UNTIL IT'S MET, 
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NO ONE CAN LIVE THERE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THIS WILL, WE'LL DO IT. 
          THIS APPLIES THE MINIMUM STANDARDS. 
          WE LOOK AND EVALUATE AT THE MINIMUM STANDARDS. 
          SO WITHIN THE LANGUAGE HERE, WE DEFER TO MINIMUM HOUSING CODE AND THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, AND THOSE CODES GOVERN YOUR MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IT'S A HABITABLE PLACE, HABITABLE DWELLING UNIT. 
          SO AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE WATER, YOU'RE NOT MEETING MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS. 
          IF YOU DO NOT HAVE HEAT ELECTRICITY, YOU'RE NOT MEETING THOSE. 
          SO THOSE ARE REALLY BY, BY REFERENCING THOSE THAT IS A BUILT-IN KIND OF FLOOR AS HOW THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, SO ALL OF THIS INJURY, OR WE'RE TAKING ON A GREAT DEAL OF, UH, RESPONSIBILITY AND ADDITIONAL EFFORT EFFORT. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO HOW ARE WE, I MEAN, UNDERSTAND HIRING OUT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. 
          I'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE COME ACROSS OUR DESK OF PEOPLE ADVERTISING, YOU KNOW, HEY, COUNCIL PERSON, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE DO XYZ WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADDITIONAL PARKING ORDINANCES AND NOW WITH THE RENTAL ORDINANCES, ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO NEED SOME MORE HELP? IT'S VERY POSSIBLE. 
          I THINK I, AND I HOPE I DID. 
          I PUT WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT HERE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL NEED ANOTHER FULL-TIME INDIVIDUAL TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THIS. 
          UM, OUR, OUR BUILDING INSPECTION STAFF IS CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT FOLKS THAT ARE INSPECTING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AS THINGS CHANGE. 
          WE'VE GOT THOSE INSPECTING MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR CODE FOLKS INSPECTING ON THE CODE SIDE. 
          SO SOME OF THIS CAN NATURALLY BE ABSORBED WITHIN THOSE DUTIES. 
          UM, HOWEVER, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEMAND IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          SO I MOST DEFINITELY WOULD SAY IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL NEED ANOTHER FTE TO COVER THIS. 
          UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO ASK FOR IT QUITE YET BECAUSE I THINK WE WILL EASE INTO THIS AND IT WILL ROLL OUT AND WE WILL KNOW VERY QUICKLY, UM, IF WE DO NEED THAT OR IF WE CAN ABSORB SOME OF THESE THINGS AND SOMEONE ON WEARING PLASTIC HATS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI. 
          UH, SO IS THERE A PLACE LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, FOR, UH, WHAT WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER, CAN THE TENANT, UH, COME TO THE CITY AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS, WE HAVE SOME SUBSTANDARD ISSUES. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          IF WE'RE, IF WE ARE NOT MEETING MINIMUM HOUSING CODE, THE COMPLAINANT CAN BE ANYONE. 
          I MEAN, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING RESTRICTING THEM FROM DOING THAT. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S NO REASON THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS. 
          NOW, AGAIN, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REGULATE ALL OF THAT, BUT IF IT'S IN VIOLATION OF, AND IN GROSS NEGLECT, LIKE THAT WAS GOING ON, THAT WOULD, WE CAN TRIGGER THE GENDER REDACTION. 
          AND IT CAN LET US IN THE DWELLING. 
          WE DON'T NEED THE ADMINISTRATIVE SEARCH WARRANT, WHICH FACILITATES ENFORCEMENT LAST. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. 
          THIS IS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NICE SHIRT, ROB. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. 
          COUNSEL, WHAT'S YOUR DESIGN. 
          I WAS DRAGGING THIS OUT, WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK. 
          I AM SO, SO I MAKING THE MOTION FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL HALLMARK AFTER 10 YEARS OF WANTING THIS STUPID THING AND A LOT OF THERAPY TOO. 
          UH, SO I HEARD A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER. 
          LET'S VOTE EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT'S UNANIMOUS AGAIN. 
          I DO WANT TO, UH, SAY ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU STAFF. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL. 
          BUT, UH, CLEARLY ANDREA, YOU AND YOUR TEAM PUT IN A LOT OF WORK HERE TO BRING ALL THESE ITEMS HERE TONIGHT. 
          UH, SOME OF THIS WAS VERY EXTENSIVE IN THE BACKGROUND WITH RESPECT TO THE SPECIFICITY OF WHERE THESE ORDINANCES APPLY. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THESE ARE ISSUES VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO US. 
          UH, SOME OF US LONGER THAN OTHERS. 
          UH, BUT CLEARLY, UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THAT, UH, COUNCIL AND STAFF ARE WORKING TO RAISE THE STANDARDS IN THIS CITY AND THAT WE HAVE HIGHER EXPECTATIONS THAN WE'VE MET THUS FAR, BUT I LOVE THE THOUGHT THAT WE'RE KIND OF MAKING PROGRESS GOING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU FOR ENSURING THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE RESIDENTS OR TENANTS, OR WHAT THANK YOU FOR INSURANCE THAT ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS NOW TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH NOT ONLY OUR CODE, BUT WITH ALSO STATE LAW AND BRINGING THOSE THINGS, MODERNIZING THOSE CODES, BRINGING US UP TO THE APPROPRIATE LEVELS. 
          AND, UM, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE EFFORT TO GET US HERE TONIGHT. 
          VERY WELCOME. 
          I JUST, I JUST HAVE TO SAY, UM, THIS WOULD NOT BE IN FRONT OF YOU EITHER WITHOUT THE HELP OF OUR, OUR, UH, ATTORNEY, UH, BRENT HAS WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS, UM, MUCH OF IT ON DEMAND, UM, UH, TO GET THESE, TO GET THESE 
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IN FRONT OF YOU, SCREAMING IN SOME SUBJECTS AND VERY MUCH WILLING TO DO SO, UM, AGAIN AND ALL IN THE EFFORT OF, OF MOVING FORWARD. 
          BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT PLEASE EXPECT TO SEE SOME MODIFICATIONS COMING FORWARD TO YOU. 
          WE ARE GOING TO LOOK INTO SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS. 
          SO WHILE THIS GETS US STARTED, UM, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 
          SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FINE TUNE THIS AS WE MOVE ALONG. 
          BUT, UM, WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT, WELL, WE, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          FOLKS, 
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UH, ITEM 13, MAYOR COUNCIL, MEMBER OF PORTS. 
          DO ANY OF Y'ALL. 
          I GOT A LIST, BUT I DID. 
          I W I DON'T WANT TO SUPERSEDE ANY THAT Y'ALL HAVE, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE WITH LIBRARY. 
          SOME ARE WITH OTHER FUNCTIONS. 
          SO REAL QUICK, I'M DOING THIS MOLLY, SINCE YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS, I'M GOING TO DO THIS FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 6 30 COMMUNITY FAIRS COMMISSION AND RESIDENTIAL OUTREACH IS GOING TO BE AT MOVIE TAVERN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, A LIBRARY HALLOWEEN BASH FROM FIVE O'CLOCK TO EIGHT O'CLOCK SATURDAY, NOVEMBER SIX, HARRIS, WHERE I WAS PARKED, CHALK IT UP. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM FROM 12 TO THREE, NOVEMBER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BUSINESS, MEET AND GREET AT THE MOVIE TAVERN 7:30 AM, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT THE LIBRARY, SENIOR THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE AT NOON. 
          MOLLY WANTS ME TO LET EVERYONE KNOW SIGNAL BOX. 
          UH, CONTEST IS STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS UNTIL OCTOBER 29TH. 
          SHE ALSO SAID FOR EVERYONE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIP IN SKETCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH TURNING POINT, UH, BREWERY, WHERE, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28TH AT SIX O'CLOCK. 
          UM, THERE'S GONNA BE FOOD TRUCKS, SNACKS, COSTUMES ARE NOT REQUIRED. 
          SHE TOLD ME TO SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY, AND TODAY IS NATIONAL PUMPKIN DAY. 
          UH, GO DOWN TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SELL PUMPKINS AND TILL SUNDAY DID I GET IT? ALL RIGHT, NEXT TIME YOU CAN DO THIS, MOLLY. 
          OKAY. 
          WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO CONVENE 
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REAL QUICKLY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UH, MR. SMITH, THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, SIR. 
          YOU COVERED IT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN A CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE.ZERO ZERO ONE AT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ON THEM RELATED TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 DOT OH 7 2 5 BY ONE DOT OH 8 7 5 5 1 0 7 1. 
          IT'S 8 0 2. 
          GOOD MICHAEL. 
          OKAY. 
          I'VE GOT 8 37. 
          WE JUST A CONVENIENT EXECUTIVE. 
          WE HAVE NO ACTION TO TAKE. 
          ANYONE ELSE SHOULD MAKE IT A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          WE HAVE MOTION AND DURHAM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI. 
          SECOND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ARMANDAREZ EVERYONE IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOLKS. 
          UH, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
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