Nov 09, 2021 City Council

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OKAY.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021.

UH, APPRECIATE EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY SMILING FACES.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE MEETING THIS EVENING.

SO WHY DON'T WE START WITH INVOCATION? I'D LIKE TO WELCOME FATHER B.

WELCOME BACK FATHER BE OKAY.

THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AMEN.

HEAVENLY FATHER.

YOU ARE THE SPIRIT OF LIFE AND SPIRIT OF LOVE.

SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY, SPIRIT OF JUSTICE.

WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO THE COMMUNITY OF BEDFORD'S AND ALL THOSE WHO LIVE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

LORD HELP THEM AS LATE AS TWO US FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE LEAD AND REMIND THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT ONLY LEADERS, BUT ALSO SERVANTS, THAT IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND US TO SELL THE COMMON GOOD OR FALL A LOT.

HELP THEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVE, EVERYONE IS A NEIGHBOR, OUR CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, THE POOR, THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY.

THOSE HAVE NO HOMES.

THOSE WHO ARE ILL IN BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT, THE STRANGERS AND IMMIGRANTS IN OUR MIDST, THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE MARGINS, THOSE WHO ARE ALONE, THOSE WHO ARE FORGOTTEN, GRANT THEM AND US, THE WISDOM AND THE COURAGE TO KNOW AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

GOOD AND TRUE MUDDY.

AND WE SPEAK OUT WHEN IT IS TIME TO SPEAK OUT AND LISTEN PATIENTLY AND RESPECTIVELY.

WHEN IT IS TIME TO LISTEN, MADDIE, AND WE ALWAYS BE GUIDED WITH THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AND COMMON GOODS BY THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE.

AND BY THE SPIRIT OF FLOW, WE MAKE THIS PRAYER IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO IS CREATED SOURCE OF ALL WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE LIVES, AND REIGNS FOREVER AND EVER.

AMEN.

AMEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER KOGAN.

WE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.

YEAH, IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THIS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.

AND IN THIS WHOLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU BY THE BE.

OKAY.

NEXT

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS UNDER COUNCIL RECOGNITION.

SO LET'S START FIRST WITH A PRESENTATION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMENDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IDA.

AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TONIGHT TO HAVE A TARA COLUMN FROM REPRESENTATIVE CAISSONS OFFICE UP IN A FIREHOUSE.

SO THIS IS, THIS WAS SPECIAL FOR ME.

YOU GUYS WANT TO COME IN.

I MEAN, IT IS FOR YOU UP HERE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU LOOK NICE TO HAVE IT.

UH, NO.

WHEREAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE IDA AND MEMBERS OF THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT, SELFISHLY, WE STEPPED FORWARD TO SUPPORT THEIR FELLOW FIRST RESPONDERS AND HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS AND STORM RAVAGED AREAS TO LOSING HIM.

HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FOUR STORM, UH, PORT CHON, LOUISIANA, AUGUST 9TH, 2021, BRINGING HIM TO 150 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM CAUSE FLASH FLOODING, LOUISIANA AND EXTREME WEATHER KNOCKED DOWN A POWER GRID.

MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE WERE BEDFORD, TEXAS.

THE WALKER RESPONDED TO THE STATE OF EMERGENCY BY CINDY WAS IMPACTED BY THIS BODY INTO TWO GROUPS AND TWO WEEK ROTATIONS, LIEUTENANT CHRIS OPERATOR, JUSTIN AND JOSH TURNER, LIEUTENANT DEREK

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THEY HELPED WITH CLEANUP EFFORTS, EMERGENCY CALLS AND THE BURDEN FOR LOCAL AGENCIES AND ASSISTANCE TO MOST INDIVIDUALS ON THE CALL ACTUALLY IS THE PROFILE OF THEIR FELLOW TOXINS.

NOW THEY'RE RESOLVED THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THIRD PAUL SESSION TENDENCIES DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR RENDERING AID TO MAKE EACH TO THEM BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE AND BE PREPARED.

BUT AN EXPRESSION OF HEARTBREAK OF THE TEXT IS BY SPEAKING FROM THE HOSTEL CLERK OF THE HOUSE AND JEFF JASON, HERE'S A FOLDER.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, TARA.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

OKAY.

NEXT UP RECOGNITION OF THE YOUNG AUTHORS WHO SHORT STORIES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE BEDFORD IS ALL RIGHT, AND WRITE A PATHOGEN.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LIBRARY, YOUTH SERVICES, SUPERVISOR, SARAH FEATHERSTONE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I MIGHT MOVE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.

THERE WE GO.

SO YES, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR LIBRARY, SHORT STORY CONTEST FOR CHILDREN IN TWEENS OR TEENS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR TWO DIFFERENT CONTESTS.

UM, BEDFORD IS ALL RIGHT, WHICH IS FOR CHILDREN AGES NINE TO 12 AND READ A PASSAGE FOR TEAMS 13 TO 18 UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST.

AND YOU CAN, UH, CHECK OUR EVENTS, CALENDAR AT THE LIBRARY ONLINE AND GET THE EMAILS THAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUBMIT TO.

AND SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WRITERS, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET THERE TO RECEIVE THEIR SUBMISSIONS.

UM, AND TONIGHT WE'RE HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE LAST YEAR'S WINNERS, UM, WHOSE WRITING WAS PUBLISHED IN TWO BOOKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO CHECK OUT AT THE LIBRARY.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I THINK I'M GOING TO START CALLING OUR WRITERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED.

I HAVE MCKAYLA BRANUM.

STAY CLOSE.

SO HANG OUT UP HERE.

WE'VE GOT DESTINED READ THERE YOU GO, DUSTIN.

AND DID I HEAR THAT YOU HAVE FORMER TEACHER HERE TONIGHT WHO IS STILL A WRITING MENTOR FOR YOU AND WHAT IS HER NAME? JENELLE.

FRANCO.

SO LET'S GIVE A APPLAUSE FOR HER TOO.

AND WE HAVE NOLLIE BAY CONAN.

WE'VE GOT HANNAH VARGAS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, ANGELICA WELDON, CAROLINE LLOYD GOT DANIELLE YOUNG RELATIONSHIPS CAN STAND UP THERE WITH THEM.

WE'VE GOT LOOSENED TO LUXE AND LAST

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CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

OKAY.

SO LET'S GET COUNCIL TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH EVERYONE.

YOU DON'T MIND .

THERE YOU GO.

I WILL SAY THAT I NEVER GOT ANY ARTICLES PUBLISHED AS A YOUNG MAN EITHER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S INDICATIVE OF THE STATE OF WRITING OR ANY OF THESE, YOUR KIDS.

NO, NO.

GOOD JOB DAN.

OH, WELL AGAIN, WITH MAKING EXCUSES LIKE THAT, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? ALL RIGHT.

SO NEXT UP WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF THE WINNERS OF THE MUSICAL COLLABORATION COMMUNITY ART SHOW, AND WE HAVE EVENTS MANAGER, WENDY HARTNETT, WENDY, HEY, SORRY.

THERE WAS A CROWN IN THE HALLWAY.

UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO ANNOUNCE THE AWARDS FOR OUR, UM, FIRST EVER, UM, GUITAR ART SHOW THAT WE HAD WITH THE MUSICAL COLLABORATION ABOUT A MONTH AGO NOW, UM, WE WERE EXCITED TO GET 56 GUITARS BACK AND WE HAD 150, UM, VOTES, BLIND VOTES FOR THOSE GUITARS.

SO, UM, WE HAD THREE, FOUR DIFFERENT WINNERS.

I AM NOT SURE I'M SEEING AFTERWARDS TOO, IF YOU ARE WHENEVER, BECAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE TREAT AS WELL.

UM, SO I'M NOT SURE IT IS, UM, HOPE PULLIAM WAS HERE FOR THAT ONE, THE BEST USE OF COLOR OH, LOOK AT THAT.

AND UM, BEST USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS WAS IVAN.

ZESTER BELIEVES WILL COME OFF, BUT WE'VE DONE BEST IN THE BACK ON WHERE YOU WANT TO GO HAVE A STAND OVER THERE BY LEVEL.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB.

UM, THIS DESIGN WAS CARRYING GRIZZLE BY THE WAY.

ALL THAT IS PRETTY AND, UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS, UM, ABIGAIL ALL STEP FOUR BEST BAND TRIBUTE.

IS THAT IF I'M MISTAKEN, THAT ZZ TOP, IS THAT RIGHT? OH, OKAY.

AND WE, WE, WE, WE EXCITED THAT WE GOT SO MANY ENTRIES AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE MID-CITY IS MONTESSORI FOR THEY, ALL OF THEIR KIDS PRESENTED A GUITAR.

SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ALL THE WINNERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO AGAIN, WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THAT.

THIS IS A EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, SOME OF OUR NEW CULTURE ART AND CULTURE MANAGER IS ENGAGED WITH.

AND, UH, I LOVE THE STUFF THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT OF THIS.

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YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

OKAY.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MISSION CENTRAL ON THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

UH, I BELIEVE HERE THIS EVENING IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CATHERINE HOLLANDS AND TREASURE FORD WITH MISSION CENTRAL.

WELCOME LADIES.

APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL READ IT REAL QUICK.

THIS IS A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS MISSION CENTRAL WAS FOUNDED IN 1996 WHEN THE CARING MEMBERS AND STAFF OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF HURST, TEXAS WERE DRAWN TO ADDRESS THE GROWING NEEDS OF FAMILIES WHO WERE AT THE POVERTY LEVEL IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS THEY BECAME AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 2003.

AND WHEREAS THE ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN AND EVOLVED AND NOW SERVES THOUSANDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE HEARST ULOUS BEDFORD AREA EACH YEAR.

AND WHEREAS THEIR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE IN THE NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND WHEREAS THEIR CORE VALUES ARE COMPASSION, OPEN-MINDEDNESS RESPECT AND EMPOWERMENT.

AND WHEREAS THEIR PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, THE CAREER CENTER, THE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY, THE VILLAGE PANTRY, THE VILLAGE LIBRARY, THE COAT OF MANY COLORS RESALE SHOP AND THE MIS MISSION CENTRAL THRIFT STORE.

WHEREAS MISSION CENTRAL IS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF SERVING THE HERSHEY PLUS BEDFORD COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE I, MICHAEL BOYTER MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MISSION CENTRAL FOR THEIR COMPASSIONATE WORK AND SERVING THOSE IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WISH THEM MANY MORE YEARS OF SUCCESS.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PROCLAMATION AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY FOR THE WORK WE DO, UM, ABOUT 20% OF THE RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD DON'T MAKE A LIVING WAGE.

SO IT'S MISSION CENTRAL'S HONOR TO SERVE THESE HARDWORKING FAMILIES WHO ARE DOING THEIR VERY BEST, BUT CAN'T QUITE MAKE, MAKE ENDS MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS.

UM, AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND WE THANK YOU.

AND WE THANK TOO.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE COAT OF MANY COLORS, WHICH IS HOUSED RIGHT HERE IN BEDFORD.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE COAT OF MANY COLORS AS THAT THOSE FUNDS HELP SUPPORT THE WORK WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY.

NOW WE HAVE OPEN FORUM.

NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM.

SO WHY

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

UH, THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 26TH, 2021 REGULAR MEETING.

UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE GLOBAL OPIOIDS, SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTS AND ADOPTING THE TEXAS TERM SHEET.

THIS ITEM IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BEDFORD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF OPIOIDS.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING THE RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS PORTIONS OF PLAZA, PARKWAY AND BASE STREET, WHICH ARE LOCATED ADJACENT TO 1850 CENTRAL DRIVE.

AND IT'S DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF THE PROPERTY TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CHICK-FIL-A RESTAURANT.

THE CITY IS REQUESTING THE ABANDONMENT OF THESE PORTIONS, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW CHICK-FIL-A RESTAURANT.

SO BASICALLY THIS RIGHT AWAY WILL BE WRAPPED INTO THEIR FOOTPRINT.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC, TO SERVICE AND MAINTAIN THE CITY'S HVAC MECHANICAL MONITORING AND BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND 13 FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $399,243.

AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT FOR ALL FIVE YEARS COMBINED.

THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT, THE ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A NEW SERVICE CONTRACT WITH SIEMENS, FOR THE HVAC MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE 13 CITY FACILITIES.

THAT IS ALL.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, JIMMY.

ON THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT, WHAT IS THE PAYOUT ON THAT? IT I'LL DEFER TO THE MAYOR IF THAT'S OKAY.

THE CITY I'M GOING TO PAY OUT $94,000 OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? 18 YEARS.

OKAY.

IT OVER 18 YEARS.

IS THERE ANY SPECIFICS WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE HAVE TO DISPOSE OF YES.

IT'S TO, UH, COMBAT THE OPIOID CRISIS.

SO ANY POLICE,

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SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE THAT? IF YOU DON'T APPROVE THAT, THEN YOU WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SETTLEMENT.

USUALLY THE OPTION WOULD BE TO SUE OURSELVES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE WOULD HAVE TO FILE SUIT US OURSELVES AGAINST THE THREE, UM, COMPANIES THAT PHARMACEUTICALS.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, ANY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALMOND.

DORIS, ARE WE DOING VERBALS? ARE WE UP? I'M NOT UP.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

AND YOU WANT TO POST, OKAY.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO.

SO I GUESS I NEED TO BRING IT UP.

WAS THAT THE DEAL? OKAY, SO THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU STAFF.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE

[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT UNDER PERSONS TO BE HEARD.

UH, FIRST WE'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. MARK CULTURE.

MR. CULTURE.

WELCOME, PLEASE.

WELCOME MARK.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US.

WE WERE, WE PAINTED, SO WE GOT A BUILDING PERMIT TO DO SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE BUILDING OF 1833 AIRPORT FREEWAY, WHERE WE'D OWNED THE BUSINESS BIG SHOT SPORTS CAFE FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS.

AND THEY SAID WE NEED A, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SAID WHEN YOU DID, UM, FOR, WE NEEDED A BUILDING PERMIT FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE BUILDING, COSMETIC CHANGES WEREN'T NECESSARILY NECESSARY, YOU KNOW, WERE NEEDED FOR A BUILDING PERMIT.

UM, SO WHEN I APPLIED FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT ISLAND, WE PUT DOWN THAT WE WERE CHANGING WINDOWS INTO GARAGE DOORS.

I DIDN'T PUT DOWN THAT WE WERE PAINTING AS WELL.

WE DISCUSSED IT, BUT IT WASN'T IN WRITING, WHICH IS MY FAULT.

WE GOT RON'S CORNER TAVERN, NEXT DOOR.

WE'D GOT BIG.

WE HAD BIG SHOTS.

WE'VE CLOSED DOWN BIG SHOTS.

WE PURCHASED, UH, THE BUILDING, THE OLD POSADAS BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF FOREST RIDGE RIGHT HERE IN THE HIGHWAY.

AND I TOOK, I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES OF WHAT THAT BUILDING WAS.

AND ANOTHER BUILDING JUST DOWN THE STREET THAT ARE BRIGHT COAT.

I MEAN, BESIDES BUILT-IN, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT THEY WERE VERY BRIGHT AND NEON COLORS AND THEN THERE'S AN AMAX INSURANCE BUILDING DOWN THE STREET.

THAT'S ALSO BRIGHT COLORS.

YES.

WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

AND WE WERE UNAWARE, WHICH I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG.

WE WERE JUST NOT AWARE OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE COLORS OF THE BUILDING.

WE, THE BUILDING HAD BEEN GREEN PRIOR TO, UM, AS PAINTING IT.

UM, WE WERE TRYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD FROM LOTS OF NEIGHBORS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE DRIVEN BY IT, YOU KNOW, LOVE IT, IT DRAWS ATTENTION.

IT, YOU KNOW, IT WILL IT'LL DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, TO THE, THE NEW BUSINESS, UH, WHICH WE'RE YET TO OPEN.

WE'RE WAITING.

UM, UNTIL WE GET APPROVAL EITHER TO, TO KEEP COLORS, MODIFIES SLIGHTLY, SOME, SOME SORT OF WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO, TO, YOU KNOW, BE COMPLIANT.

SURE, SURE.

INSPECTOR TOLD US TO COME HERE AND TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY WAY.

SO WHAT YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY ASKING FOR IS FOR US TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME WORK AUTHORIZATION TO KEEP THE COLORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BUILDING.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ESSENTIALLY? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE WANTING US TO PAY ATTENTION HERE? WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER FOR 13 YEARS THERE WITH, WITH BIG SHOTS AND NOW WE'RE A BUSY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A PROPERTY.

WHAT DO Y'ALL MIND IF I ASKED ANDREW ROY TO COME UP AND KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE BASIS BEHIND YOU ALSO, ANDREA, ARE YOU STILL IN THE BACK THERE, ANDREW? I'M SORRY.

SO I GUESS THESE GENTLEMEN ARE COMING TO US FOR SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF A VARIANCE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR SCHEME ON THE OUTSIDE.

IS THAT VALID? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO WHAT IS THE CITY? WHAT IS THE MASTER HIGHWAY CORRIDOR SAY WITH RESPECT TO THEIR? SO THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS STRUCTURED IS THAT, UH, THE VIBRANT COLORS ARE ACTUALLY A PROHIBITED, UM, FEATURE IN THE MASTER HIGHWAY CORRIDOR.

SO UNFORTUNATELY A VARIANCE IS NOT AN OPTION, UM, TO ACTUALLY BE REQUESTED.

WE CAN'T VARY FROM, FROM SOMETHING THAT'S PROHIBITED.

SO IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE COLORS, WE WOULD NEED TO GO IN AND AMEND THE MASTER HIGHWAY CORRIDOR TO ALLOW THOSE COLORS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.

SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS LIKE TO AMEND THE MHC? ESSENTIALLY? IT WOULD BE PUBLIC HEARING A VOTE BEFORE YOU ALL PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, PUBLIC NOTICE,

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OKAY.

DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE CURRENT MASTER HIGHWAY CORRIDOR LANGUAGE HAS BEEN IN PLACE? UM, 20.

I WANT TO THINK 20 17 20.

SO THERE'S OTHER PROPERTIES HERE THAT HAVE BRIGHT COLORS.

IS THERE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND THOSE PROPERTIES? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MOST OF THOSE WERE IN PLACE BEFORE THE MASTER HYPER-LOCAL SO THEY WERE GRANDFATHERED IN, CORRECT? CORRECT.

YOU, WE MIGHT WANT TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK WITH BRIAN TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER AVENUE FOR SOME VARIANCE OR EXCEPTION THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T COVERED.

UM, JUST TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO SPELL OUT THAT THE COLORS, UM, IF WE DO MODIFY THE ORDINANCE THAT, AND THAT WAY IT WOULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE CASE BY CASE, INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING THE WHOLE ORDINANCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPTION BRAND FOR US TO KNOW.

I TH THERE'S ESSENTIALLY TWO OPTIONS, EITHER YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION THAT THESE COLORS ARE NOT EARTH TONE, THAT THAT COULD BE APPEALED TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT COULD FIND BY SUPER MAJORITY VOTE THAT THE COLORS ON THE BUILDING ARE IN FACT EARTH TONES, UM, OR ALTERNATIVELY IT WOULD REQUIRE A TEXTUAL AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH IS PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE P AND Z AND COUNCIL.

UM, AND THEN WE WOULD CHANGE THE RULE ESSENTIALLY FOR EVERYONE WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.

SO IN OUR ORDINANCES, DO WE DEFINE WHAT AN EARTH TONE IS? WE DO.

THESE ARE NOT IT.

I TAKE IT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC.

OKAY.

SO I'M HEARING HERE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE A VARIANCE IN THIS SITUATION.

IS THAT VALID? OKAY.

I GUESS THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS THIS COUNCIL HAVE A DESIRE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THE MASTER HIGHWAY CORRIDOR TO ALLOW THESE FOLKS TO RETAIN THESE COLORS.

YEAH.

I DON'T GET THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE ANY DESIRE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU, GENTLEMEN.

I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, I'LL TELL YOU I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN WE AMENDED THIS.

AND, UH, THERE WERE SOME ESTABLISHMENTS THAT EXISTED IN OUR CITY.

THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE MADE THE CHANGES THAT WE DID.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT IMPACTS YOU GUYS AND I HATE IT THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU TODAY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE CLEARLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, TRYING MUTED IT WITH A, LIKE, IF IT COMES DOWN TO, WITH WHERE INSTALLED.

SO ARE WE GIVE ROY THAT AUTHORITY TO WORK WITH YOU ON QUESTIONS SUCH AS THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO TRY AND DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ANDREA THAT SHE, SHE WILL TALK WITH YOU AND WORK WITH YOU AS MUCH AS SHE CAN.

UH, SO JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE SOME ALTERATIONS.

UH, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS PICKING BEDFORD FOR YOUR BUSINESSES THOUGH, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL CAN HELP YOU TONIGHT.

OKAY.

WE'LL WORK WITH THAT.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING I CAN DO, FEEL FREE TO CALL ME, BUT I'M ALWAYS GOING TO WALK YOU BACK TO ANDREA.

SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

OKAY.

NEXT UP.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL IT'S TRICIA EVANS.

MS. EVANS.

WELCOME.

APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

I MEAN, COUNCIL AND MAYOR, I WANTED TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS PROPERTY.

THAT'S AT 2101 PIPELINE BEDFORD.

UM, I LIVE AT 8 0 4 MCCURRY AVENUE, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS, UM, BUSINESS.

IT'S, UM, A SMALL STRIP MALL, BUT THERE'S THE LAUNDROMAT THERE.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON DRIVE.

THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO US.

UM, THERE'S NO TRASH RECEPTACLE OUTSIDE.

SO WHEN THE PATRONS COME TO USE THE BUSINESS, THEY ALL SIT OUTSIDE IN THEIR CARS.

THEY ALSO LEAVE THEIR TRASH, UM, WHICH BLOWS INTO MY YARD AND MY TWO NEIGHBORS YARDS.

IT'S VERY ANNOYING AND IT'S ALL KINDS OF TRASH.

IT'S, UM, FOOD WRAPPERS, UM, DRINKS, CIGARETTE CONTAINERS, UM, BOXES.

WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU BEHIND THE BUILDING? ON THE SIDE? I LIVE ON MCCURRY AND IT IS JUST DUE EAST.

YES.

UM, SO I'M CONSTANTLY HAVING TO PICK UP THE TRASH FROM MY YARD, FROM MY NEIGHBOR'S YARDS.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL KIND OF LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, BUT IT COLLECTS IT BETWEEN OUR HOUSES.

UM, IT'S DISGUSTING.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE ARE CITY ORDINANCES AGAINST ME HAVING TRASH ALL OVER MY YARD.

SO, UM, WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN.

AND SO WE WOULD EXPECT, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES TO DO THE SAME.

UM, THERE'S ALSO LATE NIGHT NOISE

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THEY HAVE THEIR CAR STEREOS UP THERE DRINKING ALCOHOL.

UM, THERE'S ALSO MARIJUANA SMELLS, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE CHILDREN.

UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN, UM, ALSO THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS.

I'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEN STAND AND WATCH ME AS I'M OUTSIDE WITH MY CHILD.

UM, MY HUSBAND WORKS AT NIGHT, SO I DON'T REALLY FEEL THAT SAFE IN MY HOUSE.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO RECENTLY OF LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A HOMELESS PERSON THAT WAS, UM, CAMPED OUT BEHIND THE BUILDING.

UM, ALONG MCCURRY TO PIPELINE.

THERE'S AN OPEN SPACE BEHIND THE BUILDING THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY FROM STREET TO STREET.

AND, UM, WE JUST, I MEAN, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE AND THERE'S TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH THAT'S RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S TONS OF KIDS THAT WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

SO THAT'S A CONCERN FOR PARENTS.

SURE.

SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAN THE CITY COUNCIL DO TO HELP ME? FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO DO IS TURN AROUND, MEET WEST MORRISON, GET TO KNOW MR. MORRISON.

WELL, I'M SURE HE'S TAKING NOTES DURING THIS CONVERSATION.

UH, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REPORT ANY OF THESE CODES, UM, ONTO THE BEDFORD WEBSITE? UM, AND, BUT IT'S JUST A REOCCURRING ISSUE.

YEAH.

OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS HERE.

I MEAN, COUNCIL RESPECTS THAT AND APPRECIATES THAT AND WE DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF STUFF IN OUR YARDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

MR. MORRISON IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CAN MAKE THE MOST IMMEDIATE IMPACT TO HELP RESOLVE THOSE, THOSE OCCURRENCES.

BUT, UM, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE, FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A CALL.

I WILL POINT YOU BACK TO MR. MORRISON.

AND, UH, BUT, UH, NO, DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT HIM CAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING A VERY DELIBERATE EFFORT TO CLEAN THINGS UP IN THE CITY AND, UH, MR. MORRISON IS CHARGED WITH THAT, WITH THAT AFFAIR.

SO YEAH, WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, RIGHT? YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DO YOU LIKE THE WAY THAT I TAKE CALLS AND GIVE THEM BACK? ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

LET'S DO NEW BUSINESS.

[6. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone Lot 4, Block 1 of Bedford Town Center Addition, located at 2248 Central Drive, Bedford, Texas, from Heavy Commercial in the Central Business District Overlay (H/CBD) to Heavy Commercial/Central Business District/Specific Use Permit/Tobacco Products Store, specific to Section 3.2.C(7)x, Tobacco Products Store, allowing for Vapor Maven to operate a smoke shop. The property is generally located at the southeast corner of Bedford Road and Central Drive. (PZ-SUP-2021-067) (Item recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 3-2-0)]

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BEDFORD ROAD AND CENTRAL DRIVE.

AND I GIVE YOU A PROJECT MANAGER WEST MORRISON.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR EARS WERE RINGING.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AND IN THE BEDFORD TOWN CENTER, UH, SUBDIVISION, IT IS A SUP REQUEST FOR AS ALREADY STATED A, UM, UH, TOBACCO PRODUCT STORE, UH, SPECIFICALLY A VAPOR MAVEN STORE, THE WHICH CLASSIFIES UNDER OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AS A, UM, TOBACCO PRODUCT STORE, WHICH REQUIRES AN SUV.

SORRY, I'M PROBABLY REPEATING MYSELF RIGHT NOW.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE, UH, HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

UM, AND THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO LEASE APPROXIMATELY 1600 SQUARE FEET WITHIN THAT EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF IDEA SURROUNDING AREAS, WE'VE GOT PREDOMINANTLY RETAIL, BIG BOX RETAIL TO THE EAST FAST-FOOD TO THE NORTH.

UM, WE HAVE A RESTAURANT AND OFFICE SPACE WITHIN THE EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER AND THEN OFFICE AND, UH, PERSONAL SERVICE USES ACROSS THE STREET ON CENTRAL DRIVE.

UM, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID CONDUCT THEIR PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF THREE TO TWO.

UM, WE DID ALSO NOTIFY EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY AND WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE BACK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST TONIGHT.

YOU'LL JUST BE CONDUCTING YOUR PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKING FINAL DECISION ON APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION.

I DO NOT.

I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL, SO THEY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC HEARING? NO, IT'S UP TO YOU.

IT'S YOUR THING.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SAY SOMETHING.

OKAY.

WELL GREAT.

OKAY.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING? NONE.

OKAY.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP ORDERING AT SIX 30 FOR ANYONE WILLING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM.

FEEL FREE.

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YOU, YOU DON'T TAKE IT.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

HI EVERYONE.

HI MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ALEX.

I'M A REPRESENTATIVE FOR VAPOR MAVEN.

UH, WE JUST REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY BEING IN THE AREA.

UM, WE DO OTHER, WE HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE JUST OPENED UP BURLESON AND JOSHUA.

WE HAVE SOME ALREADY IN GRANBURY WEATHERFORD.

UM, WE'RE PRETTY WELL-KNOWN VAPE COMPANY.

WE ARE THE THIRD LARGEST GROWING VAPE COMPANY IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE ARE HOPING TO OPEN ANOTHER LOCATION HERE TO GET TO OUR GOAL OF 200, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UH, WE DO OFFER SEVERAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE, NOT JUST VAPING PRODUCTS.

WE OFFER, YOU KNOW, CANDLES, UM, CBD TO HELP WITH PETS, YOUR PARENTS, YOUR FRIENDS, UH, WE JUST KINDA WANT TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 36 COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS? STEVE, APPROXIMATELY? HOW MANY OF THESE DO WE HAVE IN BEDFORD? WE DID A SURVEY NOT TOO LONG AGO AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE ABOUT EIGHT OR SO FROM WHAT MISTAKEN.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

WHAT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.

YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOTION TO DENY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.

WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.

STEVE'S UH, LET'S VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, EVERYONE IN FAVOR TO DENY.

AYE.

OKAY.

ANYONE OPPOSED? SO THAT IS A UNANIMOUS 6 0 2.

DENY THE APPLICATION.

I'M SORRY, ALEX.

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU STAFF.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL ITEM SEVEN.

[7. Consider a resolution accepting the nomination by the Bedford Library Foundation to rename the Low Vision Room at the Bedford Public Library the Patricia Dreyer Low Vision Room.]

PATRICIA DRIER, LOW VISION ROOM.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LIBRARY DIRECTOR, MARIA REDBURN GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT A NOMINATION BY THE BEDFORD LIBRARY FOUNDATION, UH, FOR THE LOW VISION ROOM, UM, TO BE NAMED RENAMED IN HONOR OF PATRICIA DRYER.

UM, ALSO KNOWN AS PAT, THE LIBRARY LADY, UM, IN, IN, UH, JULY 14TH, 2009 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE POLICY FOR RENAMING NAMING AND RENAMING OR DEDICATING CITY FACILITIES AND PROPERTIES.

THIS POLICY PROVIDED A FORMAL PROCESS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, EVALUATE PROPOSALS FOR NAMING, UH, RENAMING OR DEDICATING CITY FACILITIES AND PROPERTY.

SO THE TWO THINGS THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER ARE ONE THAT THE PERSONAL THE PERSON ORGANIZATION HAS MADE AN EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

UM, EITHER DONATING OR CONTRIBUTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO THE CONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION, REVINATE RE RENOVATION FOR A MACHINE OF A NEWER CURRENT CITY FACILITY, OR HAS PROVIDED DIRECT, UM, INSIGNIFICANT VOLUNTEER SERVICES, BENEFITING THE PUBLIC, UH, AS A LOCAL OR COMMUNITY LEADER.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT PAT DRYER FELL BOTH THOSE CATEGORIES.

UM, SHE STARTED VOLUNTEERING FOR THE LIBRARY IN 2007.

SHE LENT HER, UM, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD SO THAT WE COULD ESTABLISH, UM, THE FOUNDATION.

AND THIS WAS AT THE BEHEST OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME.

UH, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE POSITIONED TO RAISE MONEY AND THEY FELT A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS MORE ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS AND NAMING RIGHTS SHOULD BE FORMED.

AND SHE MET THAT CHALLENGE AND SHE RECRUITED SO MANY PEOPLE TO COME AND WORK WITH US.

I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH HER, UM, SHE WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO GET, GET MONEY IN.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO ASK THESE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, FOR GIFT CARDS AND SPONSORSHIPS.

AND SHE WOULD DRAG ME AND, YOU KNOW, SHE GOT ME WHERE I COULD ASK SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, SHE'S LIKE, WHAT'S THE WORST THING THEY'RE GONNA DO.

THEY'RE GONNA SAY NO, YOU KNOW, THAT NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED.

AND SO, UM, SHE DRAGGED ME ALONG AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER A WHILE I COULD DO IT BY MYSELF, BUT SHE TAUGHT ME A VALUABLE SKILL AND SHE TAUGHT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO SERVED ON THE FOUNDATION, THAT SKILL.

UM, AND THEN SHE WENT ON AND TOOK HER EFFORTS TO DFW, UM, ARTS, ARTS, DFW.

AND THANKS, AMY.

SHE, SHE GAVE ME A LITTLE SIGNAL.

UM, BUT DURING HER TIME IN THE FOUNDATION, UH, THE FOUNDATION HAS RAISED CLOSE TO $300,000.

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SHE DID THAT OUR FIRST YEAR WE RAISED $800.

SO THAT SHOWS YOU THE IMPACT THAT SHE MADE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS THE TRAIN PICKED UP SPEED, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO DO MORE AND ACCOMPLISH MORE IN THE CITY HAS BENEFITED GREATLY FOR THAT.

UM, I'VE GOT, UH, MARGARET HALL, UM, WHO'S ON THE FOUNDATION AND YVONNE GARCIA HERE.

SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, THE FOUNDATION DID DO A MOTION AND, UM, TO APPROVE THE NOMINATION TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU.

OKAY.

OKAY.

COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER, CULVER COUNCIL MEMBER KOGAN.

THANK YOU.

THAT IS THE MOST WAS THE MOST TENACIOUS WOMAN.

AND FOR, YES, SHE DID NOT WANT TO CROSS HER.

AND IF SHE WAS YOUR ADVOCATE, SHE WAS A WARRIOR.

I I'M TELLING YOU WHEN SHE WOULD CALL AND SAY, YOU GOT THAT ENVELOPE IN THE MAIL.

WHEN DO I EXPECT IT? AND I GO, OH, UM, SEND THE MAIL.

RIGHT? I DIDN'T GET THAT ENVELOP IN THE MAIL.

RUTH, WHEN IS THAT ENVELOPE COMING? SHE WAS JUST PRECIOUS.

SHE WAS, THANK YOU, BRUCE.

UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND IS A D THIS LETTER WHO WAS HERE, UH, BY, BY CORELESS OUR WALL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD.

UH, WOULD YOU GUYS MIND IF I READ IT PLEASE, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT, IT'S ALL ABOUT, UH, PAT DRYER.

SO IT'S HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN 2009, THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL ASKED THE LIBRARY TO FORM A FOUNDATION THAT WOULD BE TASKED WITH RAISING MONEY.

FOR THE NEW BUILDING.

THE BEDFORD LIBRARY FOUNDATION WAS A RESULT OF ONE PERSON'S DRIVE TO ENHANCE AND SUPPORT THE CITY OF BEDFORD SHINING STAR.

THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY, PADRE STEPPED UP AND LET HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER BE USED ON THE IRS 5 0 1 C3 PAPERWORK.

SHE ATTENDED COUNTLESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETINGS TO RECRUIT THE PEOPLE, WILLING TO WRITE THE BYLAWS AND SERVE ON THE FOUNDING BOARD.

THE BEDFORD LIBRARY FOUNDATION WOULD, UH, WOULD LIKE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE PATRICK AS THE SPIRIT BEHIND THE FOUNDATION AND ITS MANY, UH, FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND SUPPORT THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY.

WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD ARE STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF RENAMING, THE LOW VISION ROOM AT THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY TO THE PATRICIA DRYER, LOW VISION ROOM, AND HONOR PAT'S CONTINUED SUPPORT OF BEDFORD, THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY DOING SO WOULD RECOGNIZE HER AS A DRIVING FORCE AND SUPPORT BOTH THE LOW VISION COMMUNITY AND HER ENDLESS SUPPORT LIBRARIES, FINANCIAL STABILITY, AND CONTINUED INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

THE INITIAL CAMP CAPITAL CAMPAIGN RAISED $71,000, WHICH WAS USED TO REPLACE 42 AGING COMPUTERS, UH, WITHIN CLIENTS OVER THE PAST NINE YEARS, THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS SUCCESSFULLY RAISED FUNDS CLOSE TO $300,000.

AS WAS MENTIONED.

THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY, FOUNDATION EVENTS, MARDI GRAS, GALA, AND CASINO NIGHT, A BED FOR CHRISTMAS BEER IN BRONX, IN NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY.

THEY RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO ALL OF THEM, BUT WE CAN GET THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, UH, APPLE AND THIN CLIENT COMPUTERS, ART HANGING GALLERY, UH, CHILDREN'S AREA WINDOW SEATS, CHRISTMAS TREES, AND DECORATION, UH, DRIVE A DOORBELL FOR, UH, FURNITURE FOR THE ATRIUM WIRELESS STORE, COUNTER WIFI EXTENDED FOR LIBRARY GREENSPACE AND PARKING SPRING MAKEOVER FURNITURE SMART TABLE FOR THE CHILDREN'S AREA, WHICH MY DAUGHTER LOVES.

UH, SHE LOVES PLAYING ON THAT, UM, PLAY WAY, AUDIO BOOK COLLECTION, MANY MORE.

AND ONE THING I'LL SAY, UM, ABOUT PAT, I, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BLESSINGS OF RUNNING FOR A POSITION AS LOCAL, LIKE THIS, UH, IS YOU GET TO MEET SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

UM, BUT IT ALSO COMES WITH A TRADE-OFF BECAUSE YOU HAVE MOMENTS LIKE THESE WHEN YOU BECOME FRIENDS WITH THESE PEOPLE.

AND THEN, UH, EVENTUALLY YOU HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE AS THEY LEAVE THIS EARTH.

AND SO THERE'S, THIS WAS A TOUGH ONE.

I KNOW IT'S GETTING TO ME TOO, BUT, UH, I'LL NEVER FORGET.

SHE, SHE LOVES, SHE LOVES THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SHE LOVED OUR LIBRARY.

UM, CAN JUST RENAME THE LIBRARY.

IS THAT I'M JUST KIDDING.

I'M ONLY KIDDING.

SHE WOULDN'T WANT THAT ANYWAYS.

UM, WELL I WILL SAY THIS, I WILL, I'LL NEVER FORGET.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'D ALWAYS GO TO THE SAME MASS, UH, AND, AND IT WAS EVENING MASS AND, UH, SHE'D ALWAYS SIT KIND OF CLOSE TO THAT AWAY, UM, AND RIGHT UP FRONT AND IT WAS ALWAYS VERY TABOO PROBABLY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECAUSE I'D GO UP AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE VERY SOMBER GOING UP TO GET YOU RECEIVED COMMUNION.

I'D GO OVER TO PAT AND JUST GIVE HER A NICE BIG HUG AND START TALKING.

UM, AND, UH, AND I'M GONNA MISS THAT.

I'LL BE HONEST.

I'M GONNA MISS HER SPIRIT, BUT, UH, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT HER SPIRIT IS GOING TO LIVE ON TO THIS LIBRARY.

SO I'M GOING TO THANK THE FOUNDATION AND, UM, AND THANK, THANK EVERY EVERYONE THAT'S MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

AND IF NO ONE AND,

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AND, AND SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD, LET ME DO THIS OFFICIALLY.

I WANT TO SAY ONE THING FOR YOU TO DO THAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY AMY? SHE, UH, CAME DFW BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT NECESSARY TO SEPARATE OR SEPARATE HERSELF FROM THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE WAS A POWERHOUSE AT THE FOUNDATION.

AND SO SHE FELT PART, STEVE W WOULD BE THE GREAT BREAK THAT SHE NEEDED, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE REALLY BABIES AND SHE WOULD COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND SHE'D GO, OH DEAR GOD.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A NEW ORGANIZATION, YOU'RE JUST LIKE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE TOLD HER, WELL, WE MADE ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SHE GOES, WELL, THAT'S NOT TOO BAD BECAUSE SHE BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU GUYS HAD WAS ABOUT 800.

AND SO SHE FOUND NO DIFFICULTY WITH THAT.

UM, BUT SHE SAID WHAT SHE THOUGHT.

AND, UH, SHE STUCK BY HER GUNS AND, UH, SHE VOLUNTEERED WHEN SHE PROBABLY WASN'T EVEN CAPABLE, BUT, BUT I GOT, SHE WAS GONNA MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND, UM, WE APPRECIATED HER STEPPING UP WHENEVER SHE POSSIBLY COULD, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS WITH US FOR JUST A VERY SHORT TIME, SHE WAS, UM, APPRECIATED.

AND WE ALL, UM, WE ALL JUST FELT THE WORLD BEFORE HER.

AND WE THOUGHT WE KNEW THAT WE HAD A WINNER WHEN SHE DECIDED TO COME TO US.

WE, WE KNEW THE OTHER PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD HER, BUT SHE CAME TO US.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.

SHE LOVED THE ARTS.

YEAH, SHE DID.

SHE REALLY DID.

SHE WAS ARTS AND THE SANTA.

YUP.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

I, UM, I, I'VE BEEN BLESSED.

I'VE, I'VE KNOWN PAT FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND, UM, SINCE I FIRST STARTED COMING AROUND TOWN AND GETTING INVOLVED AND, UM, I'VE BEEN BLESSED THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW SOME OF HER REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS AND, UM, PAT WAS A PAIN IN THE NECK AND I TOLD HER SON THIS THE OTHER DAY, SHE WAS, UH, SHE WAS A BULLDOG.

SHE Y'ALL ARRIVED.

SHE LOVED THAT LIBRARY.

SHE LOVED THIS CITY.

UM, SHE WOULD CALL AND CALL AND CALL AND STAY ON YOU, UM, TO RAISE A NICKEL, TO, TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF SOMETHING, JUST TO GET YOU ON BOARD.

AND, AND IT WAS PAINFULLY ENDEARING.

I'LL SAY MAYBE THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT.

UM, IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT THE LIBRARY GOING FORWARD WITHOUT PAT AROUND.

I MEAN, I, I FIND MYSELF STRUGGLING WITH THAT.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THERE, SO SHE'S, SHE'S LEFT, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, GOOD, UM, UH, LEADERS TO, TO CONTINUE FORWARD.

SO SHE JUST, UM, SHE'S ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUILDING A GREAT LIBRARY AND MAKING SURE THAT IT CONTINUED TO BE A GREAT LIBRARY.

UH, I I'M, I'M JUST HONORED TO HAVE HAD HER IN MY WORLD.

UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO HONOR HER.

THE OTHER THING TO DO IS LET'S KEEP MAINTAINING A GREAT LIBRARY.

UM, BUT I, I JUST, UM, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THINKING OF HER NOT BEING A PART OF IT.

SO MR. COGAN, LIKE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION BY THE BED FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY TO RENAME THE LOW VISION ROOM AT THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY TO THE PATRICIA DRYER, LOW VISION ROOM.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MAYOR PRO TEM SABLE, EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, ANYONE OPPOSED? SO THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU STAFF.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MARIA.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THE DRYER FAMILY.

UH, MARGARET.

YEAH.

UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE.

NEXT STEP ITEM EIGHT.

[8. Consider a resolution approving the construction of a Nancy Lieberman Foundation ‘Dream Court’ at Central Park and the installation of a concrete slab in the amount of $56,780.]

AND TONIGHT WE HAVE PARKS SUPERINTENDENT, DON HENDERSON DID ANY OF MY ACCOUNTS.

HOW ARE Y'ALL THIS EVENING? GOOD.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND AND, UM, ACKNOWLEDGED TO THE PARK PARK AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, UH, DONNA HANSON'S HERE TONIGHT AND THEN, UH, LOPEZ OF ALERT.

WELL THAT, THAT RIGHT.

WELCOME.

IT'S ANNUAL.

AND SEE IF I CAN GET TO THIS.

THE NANCY LUBIN FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE MISSION TO PROVIDE A HEALTHY, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS TO BUILD THEIR SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE.

SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES IN THE FUTURE.

NANCY LIEBERMAN IS DEDICATED TO EXPANDING

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THEY SITE WILL NEED TO BE PREPARED WITH A CONCRETE SLAB AT THE COST OF THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $56,780.

THE DREAM COURT IS MADE OF TILES THAT WILL MOUNT ON TOP OF THAT SAME EVENT.

AND THAT WILL BE PLACED, UH, OVER THE SLAB OF COURSE, PROVIDED BY THE NAZI LUBIN FOUNDATION.

THE CITY OF BEDFORD WAS CHOSEN AS A DREAM COURT SITE THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COLLEYVILLE COVENANT CHURCH.

AND, UM, I HAVE A PICTURE HERE.

I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T BRING ELECTRONIC COUNSELORS LIKE THE BASKETBALL COURT.

I CAN HAND THIS TO YOU.

OH GOODNESS.

THAT'S THAT'S ENCOURAGING.

CAUSE THERE WAS A TIME WHERE THAT'S ALL WE COULD AFFORD.

AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, I DID HAVE THE, UH, AS FOR THE B TO B TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE KEY ON BOTH BOTH KEYS.

SO WE HAD TO PAY A LITTLE EXTRA FOR THAT, BUT IT WASN'T.

SO YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE COLLEYVILLE COVENANT TO THANK FOR THIS.

YES, DON, WHAT, UM, WHY THAT LOCATION? WELL, ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO PUT IT AT SWAMI JONES PARK, BUT THEN WE STARTED GETTING INTO GRADING ISSUES, WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO COST A LOT MORE MONEY.