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YOU'RE GOOD.[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
IT'S SIX O'CLOCK.I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021 ON A WELCOME EVERYONE.
UH, LET'S START WITH AN INVOCATION LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, RICH STEVE'S HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT ASKING FOR YOUR BLESSING AND GUIDANCE.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US WORK TOGETHER AND GOD, OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS AND THE SPIRIT OF FAIRNESS.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUARD OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO ENSURE THAT WE ALWAYS WORK FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO GROW IN PEACE AND UNDERSTAND THAT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
SO NEXT UP LET'S HAVE THE PLEDGES LED BY THESE YOUNG MEN RIGHT HERE.
I THINK WE'VE GOT SOMEONE VYING FOR YOUR JOB.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVED TO, UH, COUNCIL RECOGNITION, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT.
I DON'T NORMALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR PERSONAL AFFAIRS WHEN WE'RE IN THE CHAMBER, BUT YOU NOTICE COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
HE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HAD A HEALTH SCARE.
I THINK HE, HE OUT OF CONCERN, UH, FOR ANYONE WHO, WHO, UH, WAS CURIOUS TO WHERE HIS WHEREABOUTS WERE, HE HAD A HEALTH SCARE, HAD TO HAVE EMERGENCY SURGERY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
HE IS WELL ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.
UH, NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO SEE HIM AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT ALL OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO TO HIM.
UH, ALSO THOUGHTS GO OUT TO HIS WIFE, LYDIA, BECAUSE SHE'S PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO HAVE SOME THERAPY CAUSE HE'S BEEN HOME THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]
NEXT UP WITH THAT COUNCIL RECOGNITION, WE HAVE A FEW EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZE LET'S START WITH POLICE CHIEF, JEFF WILLIAMS. OKAY.MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, UH, APOLOGIZE, SERGEANT, OUR TOW CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
HE GOT CALLED AWAY AT THE LAST MINUTE.
SO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLIC RECOGNIZE HIM.
HE'S DONE 20 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF BEDFORD, STARTED OFF AS A PATROL OFFICER PROMOTED UP TO CORPORAL, EVENTUALLY MADE SERGEANT FOR A SHORT TIME, MOVED INTO OUR TRAINING AND RECRUITING SECTION.
UM, AND I THINK FOR ALMOST HIS ENTIRE CAREER, HE'S BEEN ON THE SWAT TEAM.
UM, AND, AND SERVING NOT ONLY BEDFORD NOW, BUT ALSO THE, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS OF GREG VINE ULAS AND UH, UM, HURST.
HE'S ALSO SERVES AS A ASSISTANT COMMANDER ON THE SWAT TEAM AND FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR.
UH, HE, HIS APOLOGIES TO YOU GUYS, BUT UH, HE HAD SOMETHING COME UP TO THE LAST MINUTE.
HE COULDN'T, HE COULDN'T GET OUT IT.
THANK YOU TO THE SERGEANT THEN.
NEXT UP FIRE CHIEF BILL WALKER.
YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE BILL WALKER.
I'M SURE HE APPRECIATES THAT VERY PLEASED.
UH, I HAD TO TAKE HIS PLACE TONIGHT.
SO, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANKS FOR HAVING US.
IT'S IT'S KIND OF AN HONOR NORMALLY TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.
I KNOW THAT ANYTIME YOU SAY GREAT QUALS THAT, UH, YOU SAY THAT NAME, YOU THINK OF RESCUE, UH, SWIFT WATER BOAT RESCUE HIGH-ANGLE RESCUE, WHATEVER, ALL THOSE THINGS TIED TOGETHER.
SO HE HAS 25 YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGH CERTIFICATIONS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE MANY OTHERS.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY, UH, ONE QUICK THING.
I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW, UH, THOSE THAT KNOW ME KNOW THAT IF YOU ASKED ME WHAT TIME IT IS, I'LL TEACH YOU TO BUILD A CLOCK, BUT I KIND OF KEEP IT NARROW.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH GREG, UH, FOR NUMEROUS YEARS AND KIND OF LEARN A LOT ABOUT A PERSON WHENEVER YOU SLEEP WITH THEM AND EAT WITH THEM.
AND YOU LIVE WITH THEM FOR A THIRD OF YOUR LIFE.
UH, I WILL SAY THIS, THAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE GREG'S AND EMPLOYEE.
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HE IS NEVER, AND I CAN'T SAY THIS FOR MYSELF, BUT HE NEVER COMPLAINS AND HE IS ALWAYS POSITIVE AND HE SINCERELY CARES ABOUT THE SERVICE THAT HE PROVIDES TO THE CITIZENS AND ABOUT HIS JOB.NEXT UP LET'S HAVE CITY MANAGER, JIMMY
WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU STOPPED.
SHE HAS BEEN HERE 15 YEARS AS OF NOVEMBER 2ND OF THIS MONTH OF THIS YEAR.
AND SHE STARTED OUT AS A PUBLIC SERVICES OFFICER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN WENT ON TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY IN THE, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN AROUND SEVEN YEARS, WELL, SEVEN YEARS AGO EARLIER THIS MONTH, SHE BECAME THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO JENNIFER AND I WORKED TOGETHER ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
I KNOW DON'T, DON'T MAKE FUN OF YOURSELF.
YEAH, NO, BUT I, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
AND UM, I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE IT HELPS WHENEVER THERE'S THINGS THAT COME ACROSS THAT, UH, TAPPING INTO YOUR EXPERTISE.
AND SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE STADIUM AND YOU'VE HELPED ME KIND OF GET ACCLIMATED A LOT OF ISSUES AND IT MEANS A LOT AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? OKAY.
NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM.
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
AN ITEM TO CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL BY CONSENT.SO I'LL GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER, JIMMY STEPHANOS.
AS THE MAYOR JUST INDICATED THE ONLY ITEM FOR YOUR UPROOT CON POSSIBLE APPROVAL ARE THE MINUTES FOR THE NOVEMBER 9TH REGULAR MEETING.
WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COLVER A SECOND FROM MIRROR PRO TIM SABLE.
LET'S DO A, UH, EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, SO THAT'S UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO.
[2. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to amend the Bedford Forum Planned Unit Development, providing for a detailed development plan for Lots DR1, ER, and FR1, Block 4, Bedford Forum, located to the west of 3737 Airport Freeway, Bedford, Texas, and consisting of 15.5 acres, to allow a 180,000 square foot warehouse distribution center. The property is generally located north of Airport Freeway (SH 183), south of Commerce Place Drive, and approximately 800 feet west of Reliance Parkway. (PZPUD-2021 50062) (Item was recommended by approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 5-0-0)]
NEW BUSINESS ITEM TWO, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BEDFORD FORUM PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING FOR A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR LOTS OF D R ONE E R AND F R ONE BLOCK FOR BEDFORD FORUM LOCATED TO THE WEST OF 37 37 AIRPORT FREEWAY, BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND CONSISTING OF 15.5 ACRES TO ALLOW A 180,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF AIRPORT FREEWAY, SOUTH OF COMMERCE PLACE DRIVE AND APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET WEST OF RELIANCE PARKWAY.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU PLANNING MANAGER WESTMORES.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, PROPERTY IS LOCATED AS THE MAYOR JUST SAID,
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NORTH OF AIRPORT FREEWAY, UH, WEST OF RELIANCE AND SOUTH OF COMMERCE PROPERTY IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL BEDFORD FORUM PUD THAT WAS APPROVED IN, UH, APPROXIMATELY 1970.THIS PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AND DOES COMPLY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF COMMERCIAL, UH, DESIGNATION, THE REQUESTS, NOT AS APPROVAL OF A DETAILED SITE PLAN FOR THE 15 ACRE TRACK IT'S PROPOSED FOR A LITTLE OVER 108,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER SURROUNDING USES ARE GOING TO BE TO THE EAST IS GOING TO BE AN AUTOMOTIVE SALES AND SERVICE USE WEST IS GOING TO BE OFFICE, UH, REHAB, A REHABILITATION CENTER, AND THEN OFFICE WAREHOUSE TO THE NORTH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF IDEAS.
AGAIN, THE USES THAT WE JUST DESCRIBED, UH, USED CAR OR CAR DEALERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE WEST, SORRY TO THE EAST OFFICE THREE HOUSE OFFICE WAREHOUSE TO THE NORTH.
AND THEN, UM, THE OFFICE AND REHABILITATION CENTER TO THE WEST.
AS YOU'LL KNOW, WE DO A PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, FOR ANY TYPE OF ZONING CHANGE.
WE DID POST A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.
WE ALSO PUBLISHED NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WE MAILED, UH, NINE NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE REQUESTS.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION COMMITTEE CONDUCTED THEIR PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO TONIGHT.
YOU'LL CONDUCT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE FINAL ACTION ON THE REQUEST TONIGHT.
THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU AS WELL.
WELL THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THIS EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPER COMMITTED INDUSTRIAL.
UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF, BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, THE FORUM BUSINESS CENTER, AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO ROB BALDWIN TO DISCUSS THE FINER POINTS OF THE PLANNING.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FORUM BUSINESS CENTER BECAUSE, UM, NOT ONLY IS IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING 75 TO 200 JOBS TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD, UM, AND NEARLY $500,000 A YEAR IN REAL ESTATE TAXES, BUT WE ALSO VIEW IT AS A IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE HOW WELL MODERN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE CAN INTEGRATE INTO A COMMUNITY.
SO OUR GOALS AND APPROACHING THIS PROJECT WERE TO MAKE IT A MODERN PRODUCT, MODERN LOOKING HIGH IMAGE, ALMOST OFFICE, FEEL ON THE EXTERIOR, UM, REALLY BRING THOUGHTFUL DESIGN TO THE PROJECT, NOT JUST A, YOU KNOW, WAREHOUSE BOX, UM, AND ADD CHARACTER TO THE AREA.
AND ULTIMATELY THE REASON FOR GOING THROUGH ALL THAT, NOT JUST DOING A SIMPLE BOX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS TO ATTRACT CLEAN USERS TO THE CITY AND TO THE PROJECT, UM, AND HOPEFULLY INSPIRE, YOU KNOW, SIMILARLY HIGH STANDARDS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE VICINITY.
UM, HERE AS WEST TOUCHED ON IS THE LOCATION IT'S JUST PAST RELIANCE.
UM, IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE WEST ON AIRPORT FREEWAY, UM, KINDA ZOOMING IN HERE, HERE'S THE 15.5 ACRES SITE IN CONTACTS WITH SOME OF THE SURROUNDING TENANTS.
WE DO HAVE SOME EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USERS NEARBY, UH, POLY COAT PRODUCTS, HORIZON AND SERVPRO.
AND THEN HERE'S SORT OF THE USES, UM, OF THE SURROUNDING SITE WEST TOUCHED ON AUTO AND COMMERCIAL TO THE EAST.
A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE USES ARE USES ALREADY IN PLACE.
AND THEN TO THE WEST, WE DO HAVE OFFICE AND MEDICAL USES, BUT THERE'S A IN THE FLOODPLAIN, THERE'S A DENSE TREE LINE THAT PROVIDES A NICE BUFFER BETWEEN THE SORT OF OUR USE.
AND THERE'S, UM, AS A NICE TRANSITION, THIS IS IN RENDERING AN ACTUAL RENDERING OF OUR BUILDING DESIGN.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, NEUTRAL COLORS, HIGH IMAGE, REALLY AN OFFICE BUILDING FEEL LIKE A SINGLE STORY OFFICE BUILDING WAS THE INTENT.
AND THEN LANDSCAPING WAS A PARTICULAR FOR US.
UM, WE WANTED TO GO ABOVE STANDARD, LOT OF TREES, A LOT OF GREENERY, UM, ALSO ON THE SORT OF BASE LANDSCAPING WE'RE GOING TO DO,
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NOT JUST SLAP A BUNCH OF GRASS IN.WE WANT TO DO SOME SORT OF LIKE GROUND COVER, CRUSHED GRANITE ROCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WITH SOME ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, SOMETHING HIGHER IMAGE TO BRING A NICE FIELD OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THE TRUCK COURT IS FULLY SCREENED WITH TREES, DENSE TREES.
SO YOU CAN'T SEE ANY OF THAT AS YOU PASS THROUGH.
UM, AND WE ALSO WANT TO USE SORT OF LOW WATER LANDSCAPING APPROACH.
UM, HERE'S SORT OF SOME, UM, SECTION VIEWS.
THE PLANNING STAFF ASKED US QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE SITES WOULD INTEGRATE TOGETHER TO THE EAST.
UM, THEY'LL SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE TOGETHER WITH A PLANTER BOX, A SMALL RETAINING WALL OF VARYING HEIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO AND A, A GUARD RAIL.
UM, AND I'LL HAND IT OFF TO ROB BALDWIN.
MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, ROB BALDWIN, 3 9 0 4 ELM STREET, SUITE B IN DALLAS.
UM, ROCCO DID A GREAT JOB OF SHOWING YOU WHERE IT IS, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
I'LL DO THE BORING ZONING PART BECAUSE I, I KIND OF FIND ZONING INTERESTING, BUT NO ONE ELSE DOES.
NONE OF THE KIDS FOLLOWED ME INTO THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
WE'RE AMENDING THE FOLLOW A GUY WITH THE NAME OF ROCCO.
UM, SO IT'S A CURRENTLY A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
UH, THE F THE BEDROOM FORUMS PD, UH, IT'S IDENTIFIED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES FOR BRINGING AN INDUSTRIAL USE IN THERE, BUT WE'RE UPDATING IT TO MODERN STANDARDS.
WE'RE MEETING THE OVERLAY DISTRICT TO HIGHWAY OVER OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
AND, UM, WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE BRINGING A VERY NICE PRODUCT INTO A SITE RIGHT NEXT TO THE HERTZ DEALERSHIP.
AS ROCCO POINTED OUT ON THE WEST SIDE, WE HAVE THE STRONG ROW OF TREES AND THAT IS DESIGNED SO THAT THE TRUCK COURT CAN NOT BE SEEN FROM ANYBODY HEADING WEST ON THE FREEWAY, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE THE, UM, THE HERTZ AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF ELEVATED THERE.
ANYWAY, THE HERTZ IS THERE, AND BY THE TIME YOU GET PAST IT, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE TRUCKS THROUGH THE SCREEN.
AND IF YOU'RE HEADING EAST ON FROM THE NORTH, IT'LL BE SCREENED BY BY TREES.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL.
WE'RE BRINGING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN THERE.
UM, MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 50 FEET.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A 50 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK ALONG ALL STREET FRONTAGE IS A MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE OF ONLY 30%.
SO A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO BE RETAINED IN OPEN SPACE.
WE'RE, WE'VE SUBMITTED A LANDSCAPE PLAN TO COMPLY, AND IT'S BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY STAFF AND A MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA, RATIO OF 0.04 TO ONE.
AND WE'RE MEETING ALL THE CITY CODES FOR PARKING.
SO, UM, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ENGINEER HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, UH, THE P AND Z DID A GREAT JOB OF GROWING US.
AND MEGAN HAS ANSWER QUESTIONS ON TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO REITERATE THAT, BUT THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
SO WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER KOVAR IS THIS, UM, BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.
ARE, DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC, UH, BUSINESS THAT WILL BE UTILIZING THIS WAREHOUSE IT'S SPECULATIVE RIGHT NOW, BUT SPECULATIVE WAREHOUSE DOES NOT LAST LONG IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX.
I'M WORKING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND THEY'RE USUALLY AT LEAST UP BEFORE YOU GET A CERTIFICATE ABOUT, FOR THE PUBLIC THAN I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU REITERATE YOUR TRAFFIC PLAN, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A CONCERN.
UH, JEFFREY, DO YOU SPEAK TO THAT? MAY I ASK A QUESTION WEST DON'T WE USUALLY HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THE P AND Z MEETING.
WE HAD A BACKLOG ON MINUTES FOR APPROVAL, SO THE MINUTES WERE NOT READY FOR THE PACKETS, NOT THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JEFF DOLAN WITH KIMLEY-HORN ON THE CIVIL ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT.
UNDERSTAND YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO TRAFFIC, BUT I'D ALSO BE HAPPY TO JUST TALK GENERALLY ABOUT HOW TRAFFIC WOULD WORK FOR THE PROPERTY, IF THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE FINE, JUST SO THAT IT'S ON RECORD AND THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF HOW IT WILL WORK.
UH, IS THERE A SITE PLAN WE COULD PULL UP BY CHANCE.
THIS GUY HERE, AND THEN IS THERE A POINTER BY CHANCE? PROBABLY NOT.
UM, SO THE WAY THE SITE IS ORIENTED ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, UM, TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN IS NORTH.
UH, SO COMMERCE PARK, UH, COMMERCE PLACE IS ON THE NORTH SIDE AND AIRPORT FREEWAY IS ON THE SOUTH OR THE LEFT SIDE
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OF THE SCREEN.SO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW IS THREE DRIVEWAYS TO THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S ONE TO THE WESTBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD ON AIRPORT FREEWAY, AND TWO DRIVEWAYS ARE PROPOSED ON COMMERCE PLACE.
SO ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THE WAY THAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE TRUCK TRAFFIC CIRCULATING, UH, THROUGH THE PROPERTY IS THAT, UH, TRAFFIC WOULD COME NORTH ON RELIANT, TAKE A LEFT ONTO COMMERCE PLACE AND BE HEADING KIND OF, UM, UPWARD ON THE SCREEN, JUST LIKE IS SHOWN THERE AND TAKE A LEFT INTO THIS DRIVEWAY HERE.
UM, THE, THE REASON FOR THAT IS JUST TRUCK DRIVERS PREFER TO ALWAYS, UM, ROUTE COUNTERCLOCKWISE THROUGH A SITE.
UM, THE REASON IS THEY CAN SEE CLEARLY OUT THE LEFT WINDOW OF THEIR CAB, BUT THEY CAN'T SEE OUT THE RIGHT WINDOW.
UM, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR DRIVERS TO BE OPERATING IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE.
SO WHAT IS THE HOURS OF OPERATION OF THESE FACILITY? SO, BECAUSE IT'S SPECULATIVE, WE WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T GUARANTEE WHAT HOURS WOULD BE.
UM, SO I WILL FOREWARN YOU THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRUCKS COMING INTO POLY COAT AND BEING THERE AT TWO, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND SITTING THERE WITH THEIR ENGINES RUNNING, YOU KNOW, UH, AND IT DISTURBS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO JUST BE AWARE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A WAY TO STACK THOSE VEHICLES OR THOSE TRUCKS IF THEY COME IN REAL EARLY.
AND, AND SO WHAT'S PLANNED RIGHT NOW IS THERE'S, UM, A NUMBER OF DOCK DOORS ALONG THE FULL LENGTH OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, TYPICALLY WHAT WE FIND IS THAT THERE'S OPEN DOCK DOORS AVAILABLE FOR A FACILITY LIKE THIS, WHERE THOSE TRUCKS WOULD BE PULLING IN FOR, FOR A DISTRIBUTION USE LIKE THIS.
UM, AND, AND REALLY, IT'S KIND OF THE LOGISTICS OF IT.
IF TRUCKS ARE JUST SITTING THERE, THEN PRODUCTS NOT MOVING IN THE BUSINESSES AND FOR NO, BUT SOMETIMES THEY COME IN REAL EARLY.
I'M JUST WANTING YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN A COMPLAINT THAT WE'VE HEARD HERE AT COUNCIL BEFORE, UM, BUILDINGS.
I GUESS FOLLOWING UP ON MAYOR PRO TEM SABLES QUESTION WEST, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT PNZ? ANY CONCERNS? SURE.
THE, UH, CONCERN WITH TRAFFIC DID COME UP, UM, AND IT WAS MAINLY TRACKING TRAFFIC CIRCULATION, UH, AND WE REQUIRED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DONE ON THIS PROJECT.
AND WHAT IT SHOWED IS THAT PRIMARILY AS, AS THE ENGINEER STATED, PRIMARILY TRAVIS COULD BE ACCESS FROM A RELIANCE ON TO COMMERCE OR FROM THE SERVICE ROAD.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT STAFF HAD WAS THAT THERE'S SOME MEDIANS THERE ON RELIANCE IN COMMERCE, AND IF THOSE NEEDED TO BE AMENDED OR MODIFIED IN ANY WAY, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THAT KIND OF STUFF? THE DEVELOPERS AGREED THAT IF THAT IS REQUIRED, THEN THEY WILL PAY THE COST OF ALL THOSE MODIFICATIONS.
SO IT WON'T COME BACK ON THE CITY.
UM, BUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEY, IT WASN'T COMPLETELY DECIDED THAT MODIFICATION WAS GOING TO BE REQUIRED OR NOT.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS.
I BELIEVE ANOTHER CONCERN WAS SOME LANDSCAPING THAT PNZ HAD.
AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS MAINLY JUST QUESTIONS AS FAR AS SCREENING, UH, FROM THE, UH, THE DOCS AND THAT COUNTY, UH, SUCH AS, SO YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT FROM THE AIRPORT FREEWAY.
UH, AND THE APPLICANT PROVIDED KIND OF A, AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THAT WOULD LOOK AND SATISFIED PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSIONS CONCERNS.
STEVE'S WEST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DRAINAGE IS THAT THAT'S A FLOODPLAIN RIGHT THERE.
ISN'T IT, THERE IS A, I, THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A FLOOD.
THERE MAY BE A FLOOD PLAIN DESIGNATION, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ON THAT, UH, WESTERN SIDE.
AND I MAY HAVE TO GET THEIR ENGINEER TO OF GIVE YOU DETAILS AS TO HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DRAIN THE SITE.
SO YOU HAVE THAT, YOU'VE HAD A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE.
HAVE YOU DONE IT DRAINAGE STUDY ON FROM OUR STANDPOINT? NO, BUT I CAN HAVE THE APPLICANT TALK TO YOU ABOUT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT ALSO CAME UP IN P AND Z AS WELL.
AGAIN, JEFF DOLAN WITH KINLEY HORNS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE AS A PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE IS WE'VE GOTTEN COPIES OF THE FLOODPLAIN FEMA FLOODPLAIN MODEL.
YOU ARE CORRECT TO THE CREEK ON WHAT WOULD BE THE PLAN NORTH OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IS A FEMA FLOODPLAIN THAT ULTIMATELY DRAINS, UM, UNDER, UM, AIRPORT FREEWAY CULVERTS THAT, THAT DRAIN UNDER THAT ROAD.
UM, WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THOSE FEMA MODELS UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE CALLED THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET OUR SITE AND OUR BUILDING ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION SO THAT WE WON'T BE FLOODED BY THE FLOODPLAIN.
AND THEN WHAT WE PLAN TO DO THROUGH THE ENGINEERING PROCESS, THE ENGINEERING REVIEW OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS OUR NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS IS, UH, PREPARE A DRAINAGE STUDY FOR THE CITY ENGINEERS TO REVIEW, UM, THAT WE WILL SHOW WE WILL NOT BE INCREASING PEAK FLOWS WITHIN THAT CREEK.
UM, SO THAT NO NEIGHBORS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THIS PROJECT, OR REALLY ANYWHERE WOULD HA HAVE ADVERSE IMPACTS FROM A DRAINAGE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PROJECT.
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SO ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTION AND MAYOR PRO TEM SITE, UM, YEAH, UH, DEFINE A CLEAN, THEY CALLED IT A CLEAN USER BROCCO KERSEY COMMITTED INDUSTRIAL.SO TYPICALLY THESE TYPE OF BUILDINGS ARE USED FOR LOGISTICS USES, WHICH ARE SHIPPING PACKAGES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THESE BUILDINGS ARE USED FOR SHOWROOM SPACE, IMAGINE A LIGHTING STORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ALMOST LIKE THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, SHOWROOM THING LIKE THAT, NOT REALLY A RETAIL, BUT, UM, OTHER USERS MIGHT BE, UM, SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOCAL TENANT, LIKE A SERVPRO WHERE THEY HAVE SOME LIGHT EQUIPMENT THEY'RE STORING AND SENDING OUT INTO THE MARKET AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO, UM, DESIRE IN OUR PROJECT TO HAVE ANY SORT OF MANUFACTURING OR ANY SORT OF THING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S INSPIRED WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD INDUSTRIAL.
UM, YOU'VE GOT SOME, YOU'RE CALLING SOMETHING, A TRUCK COURT.
SO THE TRUCK COURT HOLDS TRUCKS ALL DAY.
SO ALL DAY AND OVERNIGHT, UM, GENERALLY THERE MAY BE TRAILERS THERE OVERNIGHT, THE TRUCK COMPONENT, UM, AND THE TRACTOR TRAILER COMPONENT GENERALLY DOESN'T STAY.
THEY MAY LEAVE TRAILERS OVERNIGHT TO, UM, UNLOAD THEM.
I'D SAY THIS TYPE OF BUILDING FROM A TRUCKING STANDPOINT IS GENERALLY A LIGHTER USE.
THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC ARE MORE OF WHAT YOU CALL A CROSS DOCK BUILDING WITH TRUCKS ON EACH SIDE, YOU SEE THEM NEAR DFW INTERNATIONAL.
THIS IS MORE KIND OF YOUR, YOUR HIGH-END TENANT, UM, THAT ISN'T REALLY USING IT FOR HEAVY, HEAVY DISTRIBUTION.
HOW MANY TENANTS ARE YOU HOPING TO GET? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? UM, DAILY, WE WOULD HAVE ONE TENANT, UM, BUT THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED FOR UP TO FOUR.
UM, SO 18 WHEELERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD OVERNIGHT.
SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO STAND BY THAT? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT ORDINANCE? SO IT IS AN ORDINANCE IN OUR CITY, CORRECT.
SO WEST WHERE YOU CLARIFY THAT THE, I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS THE, THE PARKING ORDINANCE THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT IS RELATED.
IF IT'S A USE THAT HAS HER CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR A TRUCKING FACILITY LIKE THIS, I BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARK OVERNIGHT IN THAT FACILITY, BUT IT HAD TO BE TIED TO THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
THEY COULDN'T OPEN THIS UP FOR, UM, ANYBODY TO RENT A SPACE TO PARK THERE.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TIED TO THEIR USE AND NOT ALLOWED STREET PARKING AND NO ALLOWED STREET PARKING.
THANK SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA PARK ON THE STREET? ABSOLUTELY.
HOW MANY TRUCKS ARE THERE? HEY, HEY MICROPHONE.
HOW MANY TRUCK BAYS ARE THERE? I BELIEVE THERE IS, UM, GEEZ, 52.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC HEARING? YOU'RE GOOD.
I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 29.
ANYONE WHO HAS OPINIONS OR COMPLAINTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THIS FEEL FREE TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE? I'M NOT SENSING THE ENERGY THAT I WAS EXPECTING TONIGHT.
BOB, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING? NO.
I'M GOING TO GOING ONCE GOING TWICE.
LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 29, UH, COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE PROCEED WEST.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY HERE? OKAY.
COUNSEL, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER, OR DID YOU, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER, ARMANDAREZ SORRY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
SO FROM THE BAY, IF SOMEBODY HAS SUCH STANDING IN THE BACK, CAN THEY LOOK DOWN INTO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS BACK BACKYARDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR WILL THERE BE ANY PRIVACY SCREENING WITH LANDSCAPING? UM, COULD YOU CLARIFY THE QUESTION, LOOK DOWN
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FROM THE BAY, RIGHT.SO IF I'M EVER ON TOP OF THE BUILDING, OR JUST, IF YOU'RE IN THE BAY, LIKE YOU'RE UNLOADING THE TRUCK, RIGHT.
WHICH IS GOING TO BE HIGHER FROM WHERE YOU'RE AT AT THE PAVEMENT.
IF YOU'RE STANDING THERE AND THERE ISN'T A TRUCK THAT'S UNLOADING, CAN YOU, ARE YOU HIGH ENOUGH TO SEE DOWN INTO ANYONE'S BACKYARD? TH THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE FACING ON THE BUILDING SIDE THAT HAS THE DOCK BAYS IS THE FLOOD PLAIN WITH THE DENSE TREELINE AND THE OFFICE AND MEDICAL USES ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE.
AND THE TREES ARE ACTUALLY VERY DENSE THERE.
SO REALLY THE ONLY THING YOU'LL SEE IS THE TREES EFFECTIVELY IN THE CREEK.
UM, YOU MAY, IF ANYTHING, SEE SOME OF THE BACKS OF, UM, THE OFFICE BUILDINGS THERE, UM, BUT NO HOUSING OR ANYTHING TO SPEAK OF OR BACKYARDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? GO AHEAD.
AND SECOND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, STEVE.
SO LET'S DO A VERBAL VOTE, EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SIX TO NOTHING.
IS THERE A, IS THERE A BREAK GROUND DATE ON THAT? NO, THEY STILL HAVE TO DO, UH, ENGINEERING.
[3. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone property legally described as Lot 1, Block 1 of Whisperwood Center Addition, located at 3600 Harwood Road, Bedford, Texas, from Heavy Commercial (H) within the Master Highway Corridor to Heavy Commercial (H) within the Master Highway Corridor/Specific Use Permit/Office Showroom, specific to Section 3.2.C(12)p of the City of Bedford Zoning Ordinance, allowing an office showroom use to operate. The property is generally located at the southeast corner of Harwood Road and State Highway 121. (PZ-SUP-2021-50079) (Item was recommended by approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 6-0-0)]
WE HAVE ITEM THREE.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE PROPERTY.
LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE BLOCK, ONE OF WHISPER WOODS CENTER ADDITION LOCATED AT 3,600 HARWOOD ROAD, BEDFORD, TEXAS FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL WITHIN THE MASTER HIGHWAY CORRIDOR TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL WITHIN THE MASTER HIGHWAY CORRIDOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OFFICE SHOWROOM SPECIFIC TO SECTION THREE DOT TWO DOT C 12 P OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD ZONING ORDINANCE.
ALLOWING AN OFFICE SHOWROOM USED TO OPERATE THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HARDWOOD ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY 1 21.
SO ONCE AGAIN, PLANNING MANAGER WEST MORRISON.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AS STATED THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3,600 HARWOOD ROAD, UH, JUST EAST OF ONE-TO-ONE HIGHWAY 1 21.
UM, SLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE SITE.
THE SITE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AS A WALMART, UH, RETAIL BIG BOX STORE BACK IN THE LATE EIGHTIES.
UH, SINCE THAT TIME IT'S BEEN A VARIOUS NUMBER OF USES THE APPLICANTS, UH, PROPOSING TO REDEVELOP THE SITE AS A, AN OFFICE SHOWROOM FOR THEIR, UH, ROCK ISLAND AUCTION COMPANY, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN AUCTIONS FOR HISTORIC FIREARMS AND, UH, MILITARY ITEMS, FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL, AND THE REQUEST DOES COMPLY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT SUP'S, THE ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINES THE USE AND THEN ESTABLISHES MINIMUM CONDITIONS FOR EACH USE.
IN THIS CASE, OFFICE SHOWROOMS ARE RESTRICTED TO NOT EXCEED 50% OF THEIR, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE CAN GO TO STORAGE.
THE APPLICANT HAS SAID THAT THEY'RE ONLY PLANNING TO UTILIZE 40% OF THE SITE AS STORAGE AND SHOWROOM SPACE SURROUNDING AREA TO THE NORTH.
YOU HAVE, UM, STRIPS IN RETAIL AND, UH, TWO DIFFERENT CHURCHES TO THE WEST.
YOU HAVE AGAIN, STRIPS AND A RETAIL.
AND THEN TO THE SOUTH, YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROPOSING TO MAKE ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE, TO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD TRIGGER ANY OTHER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OR REDESIGN AS JUST STATED THE USES SURROUNDING THE SITE, THE TWO CHURCHES TO THE NORTH STRIP, RECENT RETAIL CENTER TO THE NORTH, AND THEN ALSO TO THE WEST, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
WE SIT DOWN, WE POST US ON THE PROPERTY.
WE SEND OUT NOTICE TO, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONDUCTED THEIR PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEY RECOMMENDED A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
UM, THE TONIGHT YOU'LL CONDUCT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU'LL TAKE FINAL ACTION.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS AN SUP.
SO IF YOU SEE FIT, YOU CAN TIE CONDITIONS TO THESE OTHER SUP UM, UH, AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE, THE, UM, I, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE YOUR P AND Z MINUTES WERE NOT IN THIS PACKET AS WELL.
THIS MEETING HAPPENED JUST LAST WEEK, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET THOSE MINUTES IN PLACE FOR YOU.
SO WOULD YOU MIND DISCUSSING THEIR CONCERNS? OF COURSE, P AND Z, UH, HAD VERY LITTLE CONCERNS THERE.
UM, I THINK THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS CLARIFYING THE USE AS FAR AS EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
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ON THE SITE.UM, CONCERNS, QUESTIONS CAME UP, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, ARE THERE GOING TO BE AMMUNITION? THAT KIND OF THINGS? WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE COULD WE SOLD HERE? THE APPLICANT WENT INTO DETAIL AS TO WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO SELL AND HOW THEIR OPERATION WORKED, BUT THAT'S THE PRIMARY CONCERNS BEANS YET.
THE APPLICANTS HERE, AND I KNOW THEY'VE GOT A PRESENTATION AS WELL.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE EASY WAY OUT.
WELL, FORTUNATELY MOLLY CAN HEAR IT.
THERE'S ALMOST NO DESCRIBING THE EXCITEMENT.
WHEN THE ITEM YOU WANT COMES UP YOUR HEART POUNDS, YOUR STOMACH CREEPS INTO YOUR THROAT, BUT THEN THE THRILL OF VICTORY, EVERYTHING WE DO IS DESIGNED TO CREATE THAT EXCITEMENT, THAT ANTICIPATION WITH THESE EXTRAORDINARY OBJECTS, FROM OUR EXCEPTIONAL CATALOGS TO OUR MIDWEST HOSPITALITY, TO OUR INDUSTRY, BEST PRESENTATION AFTER ALL, THEY'RE NOT JUST COLLECTIVE FIREARMS. THERE ARE, THEY'RE AN INVESTMENT 1 BILLION, 275.
HISTORY LIVES AT ROCK ISLAND AUCTION.
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THAT.
SO AM I GOOD? NO, YOU HAVE TO, THIS IS A PROCESSOR.
I UNDERSTOOD, UNDERSTOOD KEVIN HOGAN, PRESIDENT OF ROCK OUT AN AUCTION COMPANY, UH, 1 0 7 1 5 TURKEY HOLLOW ROAD, TAYLOR RIDGE, ILLINOIS, AS I SAID LAST WEEK FOR NOW.
UM, SO I'M, I'M KEVIN HOGAN, PRESIDENT OF ROCK ISLAND AUCTION COMPANY.
AND I THINK IT TO DO THIS JUSTICE AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THE SITE FOR.
UH, IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR ME TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY AND KIND OF THE STORY OF ROCK ALLEN AUCTION COMPANY.
UM, SO WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1993, UM, BY MY FATHER, PAT, UH, HE'S UH, CURRENTLY OUR CEO, UM, DAD WAS A SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR TO KEEP, TO KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.
UH, DAD NEVER GRADUATED COLLEGE, WENT TO THE NAVY, UM, RAN A NUCLEAR REACTOR ON A SUBMARINE, GOT OUT OF THE SUBURB, GOT OUT OF THE SUBMARINE SERVICE, UH, STARTED A SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL GAS STATIONS, GOT INTO VIDEO STORES, THE BE KIND REWIND TYPE THING, AND THEN FOUND HIMSELF, UM, IN THE AUCTION BUSINESS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A REAL SUCCESS STORY.
IT'S THE, IT'S REALLY THE AMERICAN DREAM.
SO DAD STARTED THE COMPANY IN 1993, UM, NINE YEARS LATER, NINE SHORT YEARS LATER, WE BECAME NUMBER ONE IN OUR FIELD.
NOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IN 1993, WE WERE IN AN 800 SQUARE FOOT GARAGE.
UM, SO IT, IT VERY MUCH IS THAT A AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY IN 2001, UH, WE, WE MOVED FROM THAT 800 SQUARE FOOT GARAGE INTO A 24,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, UM, IN MOLINE, ILLINOIS.
AND THIS IS MARKED OUR 19TH CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND EVERYONE FIREARMS AUCTION HOUSE IN THE WORLD.
UH, WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE PLAN ON HANGING ON TO FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
THERE'S THE, UH, OUR CURRENT BUILDING NOW IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.
UM, THIS YEAR IN 2021, WE SURPASSED OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN SALES.
UH, SO IT TOOK 28 YEARS, BUT WE'VE HIT THE, THE, THE BILLION DOLLAR MARK.
UM, THIS CHART'S REALLY INTERESTING, AS I SAID, IN 2001, WE MOVED FROM THAT 800 SQUARE FOOT GARAGE, UM, INTO THAT 24,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY IN 2008, UH, WE ADDED ON TO THAT FACILITY, UH, APPROXIMATELY 3000 SQUARE FEET.
WE MOVED AGAIN IN 2011, FROM 26, 20 7,000 FEET TO 86,000
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SQUARE FEET.SO YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH CHART HERE.
UM, AND THEN IN 2021, WE'RE ANTICIPATING, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO $110 MILLION IN SALES.
UM, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE OUR GROWTH.
UM, IT'S BEEN METEORIC, UH, MORE OR LESS.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ANTICIPATE HAPPENING, UH, HERE AS WELL.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS, AS I SAID, WE HIT THE BILLION DOLLAR CLUB THIS YEAR, BUT 10% OF THAT WAS THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS PRETTY FANTASTIC.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
UM, SO WE HOLD THREE TYPES OF AUCTIONS.
UH, WE DO OUR PREMIERE FIREARMS AUCTIONS.
THESE ARE THE FLAGSHIP OF ANTI-GLOBAL FIREARMS IN THE WORLD.
SO WE HOLD THESE THREE TIMES A YEAR.
WE HOLD THEM IN, UH, SEPTEMBER, DECEMBER AND OUR SPRING SALE FLUCTUATES IN BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY.
OTHER THREE-DAY AUCTION EVENTS.
WE SET THE WORLD RECORD THIS YEAR FOR, UH, A SINGLE FIREARMS AUCTION.
WE DID $30 MILLION IN THREE DAYS, AND OUR MAY, 2021 SALE.
WE FOLLOWED THAT UP IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE SECOND LARGEST GROSSING FIREARMS AUCTION EVER HELD, UM, JUST UNDER 25 MILLION.
AND WE HAVE ONE MORE SALE THIS YEAR TO CLOSE IT OUT, UH, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY BE NEXT WEEKEND.
UH, WE ALSO DO WHAT WE CALL OUR SPORTY AND COLLECTOR FIREARM SALES.
WE'RE DOING THESE THREE TIMES A YEAR.
UH, THESE ARE ANYWHERE FROM THREE-DAY EVENTS TO FOUR DAY EVENTS, UM, AGAIN, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, SO YOU CAN, WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS TO BID.
YOU CAN COME IN PERSON AND RAISE YOUR CARD.
UH, YOU CAN BID ON THE TELEPHONE.
YOU CAN BID THROUGH SEAL BETTER.
WE HAVE OUR OWN, UH, LIVE HOSTING PLATFORM, WHICH WE, WE BUILT OURSELF.
AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR ARMS AND ACCESSORIES DAY SALES.
THESE ARE SINGLE DAY SALES, TYPICALLY A THOUSAND LOTS.
WE JUST HAD ONE LAST WEEK AND WE DID JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN SALES.
SO IT'S THREE DIFFERENT AUCTION VENUES.
AND SPEAKING TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, UM, W W WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A, UH, A SH, UH, OPEN FLOOR WHERE YOU CAN COME IN AND BUY AMMUNITION OR RELOADING EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE STRICTLY SELL AT AUCTION.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME FOR US? UM, THIS IS OUR CURRENT FACILITY RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT'S AS I MENTIONED, 85, 80 6,000 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS OUR 18,000 SQUARE FOOT PREVIEW HALL.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, DOING THE THREE TYPES OF MIRROR AUCTIONS THAT WE DO, AND THE THREE TYPES OF SPORTING AND COLLECTOR SALES.
SO THIS, THIS ALWAYS ROTATES OUR PREVIEW HALL, ALWAYS ROTATES.
UM, IT'S BEEN CALLED A ROTATING MUSEUM, WHICH IT, WHICH IT IS.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS STUFF IN PERSON.
YOU HAVE TO PRESS YOUR FACE UP AGAINST MUSEUM GLASS, UM, AND YOU CAN ALL SEE THE PRESENTATION, THE QUALITY THAT WE PUT INTO IT.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S SEVERAL CANNONS IN THERE.
THERE'S A 12 POUND, 1841 TO POLIAN CANON.
THAT'S A BIG CANNON, AND IT'S, IT'S A BIG SPACE.
UM, BUT PRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR MOTTOES ALONG WITH HISTORY LIVES HERE.
AND I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
UM, STATE OF THE ART AUCTION HALL, THIS IS OUR, YOU SAW IT IN THE VIDEO, BUT THIS IS OUR AUCTION HALL.
UH, AS IT IS TODAY, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THE CROWD, YOU CAN SEE THE AUCTION, UH, PODIUM, AND THEN THESE PEOPLE ALONG THE WALL HERE.
UH, THESE ARE OUR TELEPHONE BITTERS REPRESENTING PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
SO WE ARE INTERNATIONAL IF WE HAD 20 SO FAR THIS YEAR IN 2021, WE'VE HAD 26 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE, UM, IN OUR AUCTIONS.
UH, HERE'S OUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT NOW.
SO WE'RE SOCIAL MEDIA AND BIG TECH, BUT 30,000 FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK, YOU CAN SEE 56,000 FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM.
AND, UH, PROBABLY OUR MAIN FOCUS IS YOUTUBE.
OVER 9.2 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE 46,000 SUBSCRIBERS.
WE'VE POSTED 946 VIDEOS, NEARLY 600,000 HOURS OF WATCH TIME.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHEN WE SAY PRESENTATION'S IMPORTANT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR VIDEOS TO SEE WE'RE WE'RE OVERACHIEVERS.
UH, THAT'S THAT'S, THAT'S WHO WE ARE.
SO SOME, SOME INTERESTING THINGS THAT WE'VE SOLD.
UM, SO ACTUALLY THIS IS, THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE OBJECT THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE EVER SOLD IN THIS KIND OF LIVES TO WHEN WE SAY HISTORY LIVES HERE, BUT THE MOST EXPENSIVE OBJECT THAT WE'VE EVER SOLD, ACTUALLY IT WASN'T A FIREARM OR A SWORD.
I WAS A, IT WAS A PIECE OF CHAIN MAIL SHIRT.
SO THE, THE BACKGROUND WAS ALWAYS LIKE TELLING PEOPLE, LIKE HEARING IS THAT THIS THE SHIRT WAS DISCOVERED, UH, IN SAN FRANCISCO, IT'S A VERY WEALTHY FAMILY CASH, RICH ASSET, RICH CASH POOR THAN THEY NEEDED TO SELL.
UM, AND, AND THEY, THEY HAD THIS SHIRT.
UM, WE TOOK IT ON CONSIGNMENT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT.
UH, ACTUALLY WHEN WE PULLED IT OUT OF THE CLOSET, THERE, IT WAS ON, IT WAS IN A GARBAGE CAN ON A PEDESTAL MOUNTAIN, HAD A LEONARD SKINNER, T-SHIRT UNDERNEATH IT.
AND THAT'S HOW WE DISCOVERED THIS PIECE.
AND THEN, UM, THROUGH RESEARCH AND THROUGH, THROUGH CONTACTS, WE, WE FOUND ITS HISTORY WAS PRESENTED TO THE SALT AND OF EGYPT AND APPROXIMATELY 1450, UM, WHEN THE TURKS SACKED EGYPT, THEY CAPTURED THIS SHIRT, IT WAS A PARADE SHIRT OF ARMOR.
UM, AND THEY, THEY PUT, UH, THEY PUT A PROOF MARK ON IT AND IT WAS ON DISPLAY.
IT IS STAND BULL FOR A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YEARS AS A KIND OF A WAR TROPHY.
UM, BUT WE DISCOVERED THE PIECE THAT IT'S NOW RESIDES IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, UH, 2015 AND NAMED IT THEIR ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR.
SO RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE ARMS AND ARMOR DEPARTMENT, UM, AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE THE SHIRT THAT WE SOLD HERE FOR 2.3.
UM, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, OUR 26TH PRESIDENT, THIS WAS A FACTORY IN GRAVE, COLT
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SINGLE-ACTION ARMY.UM, WE ALSO KIND OF DISCOVERED THIS GUN AS WELL.
UM, BUT IT WAS PRESENTED TO HIM APPROXIMATELY LIKE 11 DAYS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT, UH, WHEN HE WAS ON HIS THIRD CAMPAIGN TO, TO, TO BE PRESENT THE UNITED STATES.
UH, BUT IT, HER RIGHT TO IN FACTORY, IN GRAVY, IT WAS HIS 54TH BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, THAT BROUGHT 1.4, $6 MILLION, ALEXANDER HAMPTON, A PAIR OF HIS HOLSTER PISTOLS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO HIM ON HIS WEDDING DAY, UH, BY HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.
THESE ARE THE PISTOLS THAT HE CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE REVOLUTION.
WE SOLD THOSE FOR 1.15 LAST YEAR, THE END OF LAST YEAR.
UM, AND JOHN WAYNE, WE JUST SOLD THIS IN OUR SPORTING AND COLLECTOR SALE.
UH, THIS WAS JOHN WAYNE'S FAVORITE PISTOL.
HE USED IT AND TRUE GRIT, ROOSTER COGBURN EXTREMELY WELL-DOCUMENTED.
ANNIE OAKLEY, UH, HER PRESENTATION FACTORY IN GRAVE, GOLDEN PLATINUM INLAID, UH, 1893, MARLON, WE SOLD THAT LAST YEAR FOR 460,000.
AND THEN THIS WAS THE FORMER WORLD RECORD.
SO THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS JUST NAMED, UM, THE WALKER, THE OFFICIAL REVOLVER OF TEXAS, UM, THEY WERE ISSUED TO THE FIRST MOUNTED TEXAS RIFLES, WHICH WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THE TEXAS RANGERS.
UM, AND THIS WAS A CIVILIAN EXAMPLE.
SO THEY MAKE, THEY MADE 1000, THEY SOLD THEM THE TEXAS REPUBLIC, AND THEY MADE A HUNDRED CIVILIAN EXAMPLES.
THIS IS THE FINEST KNOWN SPECIMEN, UM, THAT SURVIVES TODAY.
WE SOLD THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR 1.8, 4 MILLION.
AND THEN THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS KIND OF, THIS, THIS SHOULD GO DOWN AS THE MOST HISTORIC AND, UH, IMPORTANT SET THAT WE'VE EVER SOLD.
THIS WILL BE SELLING THIS NEXT FRIDAY.
SO A WEEK FROM FRIDAY, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A GARNITURE OF ARMS. IT WAS MADE BY THE WHAT'S RECOGNIZED IS THAT THE FINEST GUN MAKER OF ALL TIME, NICHOLAS
AND IT WAS PRESENTED TO THEN GENERAL NAPOLEON BONAPARTE IN 1797 BY THE FRENCH COUNCIL, UM, FOR HIS SUCCESSFUL DEFEAT OF THE SARDINIANS.
SO, AS IT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE HE BECAME FIRST COUNCIL AND LATER EMPEROR THE SWORD, AND IT'S VERY WELL-DOCUMENTED AS THE ONE THAT HE CARRIED WHEN HE STORM ST CLOUD AND DECLARED HIMSELF FIRST COUNCIL IT'S IMMENSELY HISTORIC AS COLLECTORS AS AN AUCTION HOUSE.
WE CONSTANTLY FIGHT WITH MUSEUMS. WE BELIEVE STUFF SHOULD STAY IN PRIVATE IN PRIVATE HANDS, BUT THIS IS ONE PIECE THAT I CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, JOINING THAT SHIRT, UM, ON DISPLAY FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY.
UH, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SELLING THAT.
SO AS HISTORY LIVES HERE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT RULE HEADQUARTERS, RIGHT? AS IT SITS IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING TO THE NORTH THAT'S R R THAT'S THE BUILDING THAT WE PURCHASED IN 2011, IT'S 86,000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, AND THEN WE PURCHASED THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH IN 2018, WHICH IS 64,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, AS ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION SPACE.
UM, WE'RE 155 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, AND THIS IS SOME, SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR, OUR CURRENT FACILITY.
UM, HERE'S OUR PRODUCTION AREA OR PRODUCTION AREA.
UM, AS I'VE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PREVIEW HALL ITSELF.
YOU'LL SEE THE COLT SINGLE ACTION, WHICH IS HANGING ON THE, ON THE BOARD UP THERE THAT WAS, UH, BOB DALTON'S FACTORY ENGRAVED SINGLE ACTION THAT WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN OFF HIS BODY AFTER THE FAILED COFFEE BILL RAID, UM, EXTREMELY WELL-DOCUMENTED I THINK THAT DID 350,000.
UM, AGAIN, SOME, SOME MORE PHOTOS HERE OF, OF THE QUALITY OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE MAKE.
AND THIS CHANGES SIX TIMES A YEAR.
AGAIN, OUR AUCTION HALL, THOSE, THE FILM BITTERS, UM, I JUST GOT IT.
SO THE SITE IS, IT SAYS TO BE CLEAR, UH, WE ARE INTERESTED ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON THE 89,000 SQUARE FOOT, BIG BOX LOCATION, UM, BETWEEN, AND IT'S AN 11 ACRE PROPERTY.
THE STRIP MALL WAS INCLUDED ON THE PURCHASE FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE IT'S 47,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS NOT ONLY A REDEVELOPMENT, BUT A TOTAL REVITALIZATION, UM, OF, OF THE PROPERTY AS IT SITS.
IT'S, UM, IT'S PRETTY ROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, DRIVING PAST IT, YOU BROUGHT UP THE WE'VE SEEN TRUCKS PARKED.
THERE WE GO THROUGH THE INSIDE.
IT WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND STORM MAGEDDON.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS CALL IT DOWN HERE IN ILLINOIS, WE CALL IT A REGULAR FEBRUARY AFTERNOON, BUT THE BUILDING WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AS, AS WAS, AS WAS THE STRIP MALL.
UM, BUT WE SEE IT AS WE SEE IT AS A, AS A, AS A REAL OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOS HERE, AGAIN, AS IT SITS.
SO BETWEEN THE 89,000 SQUARE FEET AND THE 47,500 SQUARE FEET, THAT IS THE STRIP MALL, APPROXIMATELY 12% OF THAT PROPERTY IS LEASED RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S PRE COVID, UM, AGAIN WITH THE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT KIND OF SITS IN DISREPAIR.
UM, HERE'S THE EXTERIOR, THE INTERIOR, YOU CAN SEE SIGNS OF VAGRANTS, BROKEN GLASS, BEER BOTTLES, UM, GRAFFITI HERE'S PART OF THE STRIP MALL ITSELF.
UM, AGAIN, YOU HAD THE WATER MAIN BREAK, UH, MOLD, EVERYTHING,
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UM, AS IT SITS.SO WE, WE, WE, AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST A REDEVELOPMENT, BUT A REVITALIZATION.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE OUTSIDE.
UM, THE PARKING LOT, START WITH THE PARKING LOT.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
UH, ONE, YOU SHOULD SEE OUR INSURANCE BILL, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE $50 MILLION WORTH OF INVENTORY SITTING IN A LOCATION, SECURITY'S OUR UTMOST CONCERN, LET ALONE DEAL IN FIREARMS. UM, WE'VE HAD ZERO ACCIDENTS OVER 28 YEARS.
WE'VE HAD ONE GUN STOLEN THAT WAS 18 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS RECOVERED.
WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL TRACK RECORD AND WE SOLD, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 700,000 FIREARMS. UH, SO SECURITY'S BIG FOR US, BUT WE START WITH THE PARKING LOT AND, AND THE PARKING LOT NEEDS ATTENTION, LANDSCAPING NEEDS ATTENTION.
UM, I HAVE SOME RENDERINGS HERE.
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO TELEGRAPH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR SECURITY.
IT'S GOING TO BE, IT INVOLVES KIND OF THE SAME PLAYBOOK THAT WE HAVE NOW, A LOT OF VIDEO CAMERAS, UH, UM, HARDENING THE BUILDING FROM THE EXTERIOR AND ALSO ON THE INTERIOR, UH, KEY CARD ACCESS, UM, FULL DOORS AND GOOD LIGHTING.
UM, BUT HERE'S THE, THE TRUCK PORT, AS IT SITS TO THE NORTH OF THE BUILDING.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT, BUT HERE'S KIND OF THE RENDERING WE HAVE FOR THE EXTERIOR INTERIOR.
IT'S IT'S, THE RENDERINGS ARE ROUGH.
WE JUST, WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE WE REALLY DIVE IN AND THE STRIP MALL AS IT SITS AND ASKED ME ANTICIPATE IT.
UM, WE SEE AS A TREMENDOUS VALUE ADD TO, TO WHAT WE DO, UH, BECAUSE WE BRING IN PEOPLE FROM NOT ONLY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND WE SEE CBC, THE STRIP MALL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT VALUE, NOT ONLY TO OUR BUSINESS, UH, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY OF BEDFORD AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE ROOF INSPECTED.
I THINK IT WAS, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, $680,000 ROOF REPAIR LOAN ON THE BUILDING ITSELF.
WE'RE COMMITTED, UM, OUR COMMITMENTS.
IT'S, IT'S AN, IT'S A BIGGER COMMITMENT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS PROJECT.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO ATTRACT TENANTS FOR BUSINESS.
IT'S EVALUATED TO BEDFORD, UM, OF, OF THE FOUR EXISTING TENANTS THAT BUILDING.
SO WHY NOT ALSO LET THEM ENJOY THE BEST? SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ANYBODY OUT OR DO ANYTHING AGAINST EDWARD FROM THE MIDWEST.
SO WHY NOT LET THEM WHERE THE BEST OF THE TWO? UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, AS I SAID, LAST TIME WE WERE BIG.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT HERE.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WORK THEIR WAY TO THE MICROPHONE.
I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD LOOK FOR PEOPLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH OLD SHOPPING CENTERS.
AND YOU THINK FROM, AGAIN, A TYPICAL AFTERNOON, BEDFORD, UH, THIS LOOKS LIKE THE MOST EXCITING PHASE IS UP AND RUNNING A LOT MORE PEOPLE NATIONWIDE AND WORLDWIDE, UH, CONGRATULATE THE MAYOR AND ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNCIL.
I KNOW THE MAYOR TOLD US AT ONE POINT NOT DISCUSSING NAMES OR BUSINESS THAT WE OUT OF BOB PUMP ALL MY MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR AND HE TAKES NOTES AND HE PUTS
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IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.SO IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, HE CATCHES IT AND PUTS IT OUT THERE.
TEASING THIS THING FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
AND YOU WORK THROUGH THE COUNTRY.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL ENOUGH.
KEVIN SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING MOVED TO HERE BECAUSE WHEN THE WORK HAS GOT TO BE DONE AND WHATNOT, I WASN'T LOOKING FOR NEXT WEEK.
UH, AND EXCEPT FOR CHICK-FIL-A THE LITTLE QUARTER, DID YOU DECIDE THAT, HEY, WHY NOT? CHICK-FIL-A DID IT IN THREE MONTHS.
AND YOU KNOW, HOW EXCITED EVERYBODY IS, UH, FOR THAT TO OPEN.
SO I WANT TO WELCOME YOU GUYS AND TELL YOU YOU'VE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND YOU'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS AMBASSADOR AMBASSADOR, BOB COCHRAN.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
IF YOU DON'T MIND GIVING US YOUR NAME, SIR.
UH, MY NAME IS MY NAME IS WAYNE MCNEIL.
I LIVE AT 1100 BADGER VIEW VINE ARLINGTON, TEXAS.
I OWN THE GENERATION X COMICS.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THAT HAS BEEN THE, I TELL YOU IT, THAT CENTER HAS BEEN THE WORST.
WE HAVE THRIVED IN A DUNG HILL.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
IT'S IT IS THE BEST THING I CAN IMAGINE.
WHO WANTS TO FOLLOW THAT, SIR? PLEASE.
WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US YOUR NAME? IT'S PAUL MARSH, RON RON'S CORNER TAVERN THERE FOR ALMOST A DECADE.
I GREW UP IN THIS AREA, TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL, US JUNIOR HIGH.
UH, NO ONE EVEN KNOWS ABOUT THAT, THAT WHOLE AREA RIGHT THERE ANYMORE ACROSS THE PAPA.
THAT REALLY NEEDS THE DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THEM MISSING LIKE REALLY NICE GENTLEMEN.
AND I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA FOR BEDFORD.
I'D JUST LIKE TO PUT THE PROMOTION BEHIND HIM.
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK, COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU DON'T MIND AND GIVE US YOUR NAME PLEASE.
MY NAME IS VICTORIA TAYLOR, SORRY.
UM, UM, MY TROOP IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS IN THE OTHER ROOM, BUT WE WERE WONDERING HOW MANY JOBS WERE GOING TO BE OFFERED AT THIS BUSINESS.
KEVIN, KEVIN THAT'S, VICTORIA, VICTORIA.
UM, ONE THAT I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO RIGHT NOW AS WE SIT, UM, OUR GOAL RIGHT HERE IS, IS ONE TO GET THE BUILDING OPERATIONAL WE'RE A YEAR AWAY FROM THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS SITTING IN ILLINOIS.
IT'S HARD TO JUST PICK IT UP AND SAY, LET'S MOVE IT ALL DOWN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE-YEAR TRANSITION PLAN, UM, MORE OR LESS.
SO IT'S HARD TO SAY, UM, TO START, UM, HOW MANY JOBS WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL BE WE'RE AGAIN, WE'RE 155 FULL-TIME RIGHT NOW.
UM, OUR, OUR GOAL IS, IS TO ESTABLISH THIS AS OUR, IS OUR HEADQUARTERS DOWN HERE.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY THE SAME IF NOT SIMILAR.
ANYONE ELSE GOING ONCE GOING TWICE.
LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 59.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? EASY CROWD.
WHAT IS YOUR DESIRE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALMOND, DORIS, EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AND EVERYONE THERE, GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO BEDFORD.
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
[4. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone property legally described as Lot 35 of the JR Murphy Subdivision, commonly known as 2513 Bedford Road, Bedford, Texas, and consisting of 0.489 acres, from Single-Family Residential Detached – 15,000 (R-15) to Single-Family Residential Detached – 9,000 (R-9) to allow two single-family lots. The property is generally located at the northwestern corner of Murphy Drive and Bedford Road. (PZ-PUD-2021-50083) (Item was recommended by approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 6-0-0)]
MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR.IT'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE PROPERTY.
LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 35 OF THE JR MURPHY SUBDIVISION, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2 5 1 3 BEDFORD ROAD THAT PROTECTS US AND CONSISTING OF 0.489 ACRES FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL DETACHED OUR 15 TO SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL DETACHED OUR NINE TO ALLOW TO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF MURPHY DRIVE IN BEDFORD ROAD, WEST
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MORRISON.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS ESSAY.
THIS IS A STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST FOR OUR NINE.
UH, PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AR 15, WHICH IS A MINIMUM 15,000 SQUARE FOOT.
LANDY SAYS IGNATION IS COMMERCIAL.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PAST CASES ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, TO THAT I I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH, UH, BUT NEITHER MADE IT PASS P AND Z.
ONE WAS A RECOMMENDED DENIAL FOR P AND Z AND THE OTHER ONE WAS WITHDRAWN AT PNZ.
UM, THE, UH, PROPERTY IS 21,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE, WHICH DOES IF APPROVED WOULD LIMIT ITSELF TO, UH, TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DETACHED JUICES, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS STRAIGHT ZONING.
WE DON'T GET TO, TO SEE A SITE PLAN, A DETAILED CYCLING LIKE YOU WOULD WITH A PUD OR SUP.
SO WHAT I, WHAT I DID TO KIND OF GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO WHAT COULD BE ALLOWED AND WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE.
UM, I JUST KIND OF PUT TOGETHER SOME LOT DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COUNCIL'S BENEFIT AND THE PUBLIC PUBLIC'S UP THAT, UM, AS STATED IF APPROVED THE MINIMUM LOT AREA WOULD BE 9,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT.
THEY'VE GOT 21,000 SQUARE FEET TO WORK WITH.
SO, UH, FOR CONTEXT, I JUST DREW THE YELLOW LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT AND SAID EACH LOT WAS GOING TO BE 10,000, ROUGHLY 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, SETBACKS ARE WHAT THEY ARE, UH, THEY'RE 20 FEET, UH, FRONT YARD, FIVE FEET SIDE AND 20 FEET IN THE REAR POINT.
UH, JUST TO NOTE IS THAT THE, THOSE ARE THE SAME SETBACKS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE CONDITION, UH, EXISTING ZONING OF OUR 15.
SO REALLY THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THE MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE IN OUR NINE IS 1500 AS COMPARED TO THE
SO THERE'S A 500 SQUARE FOOT DIFFERENCE IN MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE, SOMETHING THAT WAS A POINT OF CONVERSATION AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS HOW WILL THE, UH, LOT'S FACE? HOW WILL THE HOUSES FACE AND HOW, WHAT WILL BE THE ACCESS POINTS? OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS STIPULATE THAT, UM, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS MAY ONLY ACCESS IN FRONT ONTO NON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
SO THAT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE WILL HOLD THEM TO DURING THE PLANNING AND THE PERMITTING STAGE.
AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO FRONT AND, UH, ACCESS OFF OF MURPHY DRIVE.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REQUIRES REQUIRES BASED ON DRIVEWAY SEPARATION, UM, DRIVEWAYS MAY NOT BE CLOSER THAN 25 FEET TO AN INTERSECTION, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE 25 FEET FROM THE BEDFORD ROAD MURPHY DRIVE INTERSECTION, UM, AND THEN DRIVE APPROACHES.
THEY MUST BE AT LEAST 10 FEET WIDE AT THE APPROACH.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THAT THEY CAN NOT BE MORE THAN 20 FEET WIDE.
THERE IS NOT AS A SEPARATION REQUIREMENT BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS.
SO IF, IF THEY DESIRED, THEY COULD HAVE BOTH RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE SURROUNDING USES, UM, SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTH, UH, RELIGIOUS FACILITY TO THE EAST SINGLE FAMILY, MULTIFAMILY TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN AN OFFICE AND ANOTHER RELIGIOUS FACILITY TO THE WEST.
AGAIN, JUST SOME ADJOINING, UH, BLOCK AND STREET CONTEXT PICTURES FOR YOU.
WE, UM, AS ALWAYS, WE DO A PUBLIC NOTICE, WE PLACED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.
WE NOTIFIED 14 ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST PLANNING AND ZONING CONDITION.
UH, COMMISSION CONDUCTED THEIR PUBLIC HEARING LAST WEEK, RECOMMENDED A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THEIR MINUTES WITH YOU, BUT THE MAJOR POINT OF, UH, CONVERSATION WAS ACCESS.
AND THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
UM, AS I STATED, EARLY ON FUTURE AND STAGNATION IS COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA.
UM, THE, THE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION, ULTIMATELY THEIR CONVERSATION DECIDED THAT IT MAY NOT BE A MORE REALISTIC USE OF COMMERCIAL IN THIS PARTICULAR LOT.
SO THEY VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.
UM, TONIGHT YOU'RE GONNA CONDUCT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, MAKE FINAL RECOMMENDATION.
I APOLOGIZE THAT SHOULD NOT SAY APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT ADD CONDITIONS TO A STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST.
SO IT'S JUST RE APPROVE OR DENY IT ON.
ARE YOUR OPTIONS OR TAKE DIRECTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
THANK YOU WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
IS THIS THE SAME, UM, GROUP MOVING THIS FORWARD THAT DID IN 2018? NO, MA'AM I BELIEVE IT'S THE PROPERTY HAS SOLD SINCE THEN.
UM, I KINDA HATE TO TAKE IT OUT OF A COMMERCIAL, UH, SETTING, BUT I SERVED ON P AND Z DURING THE TIME THAT THIS CAME FORWARD.
AND, UM, I THINK ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2012 IT'S COME UP AND DIED AWAY AND CAME UP AND DIED AWAY.
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IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.AND I THINK ONE OTHER TIME THEY WANTED TO PUT UP A COUPLE SACK IN THERE AND PUT 14 HOMES IN THERE.
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, NO WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST COULDN'T ACCOMMODATE IT.
THE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT.
AND AS LONG AS THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE DRIVEWAY IS SET BACK FROM, UH, THE MAIN INTERSECTION, UH, I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD USE FOR THAT PROPERTY.
THANK YOU, MS. KOLBER COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE'S SO THE DRIVEWAY AS IT'S RIGHT NOW IS ON BEDFORD ROAD.
SO, SO WHAT WERE THEY PROPOSING WOULD BE TWO HOUSES.
IT'S GOING TO FACE MURPHY, RIGHT? WHAT ABOUT THE SIDEWALK THERE? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
CAUSE ON MURPHY, YOU HAVE SIDEWALKS HALFWAY DOWN.
IT'S JUST A HODGEPODGE OF SIDEWALKS.
I I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.
THE, I DIDN'T, I MEANT TO PUT THAT IN THE SLIDE AND I DID NOT, THERE WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT OF SIDEWALKS ALONG MURPHY.
SO A FOUR FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK ALONG MURPHY ON THESE TWO PROPOSAL LIGHTS.
WHEN THEY COME IN FOR PLANTING, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD ENSURE HAPPENED.
UM, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO OTHER LOTS AS THEY'VE DEVELOPED.
THEY MAY HAVE RECEIVED A VARIANCE FROM THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
BUT, UM, UNLESS THEY RECEIVE A VARIANCE FROM PLAYING ZONING COMMISSION ON THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE SIDEWALK IN ON THESE TWO LOTS COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
IF, IF THIS IS REZONED FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL, COULD THEY COME BACK AND THEN ASK FOR IT TO BE REZONED ONCE THERE'S SOMETHING BUILT THERE TO BRING IT BACK TO COMMERCIAL, ESPECIALLY THAT FIRST LOT THAT'S FACING ON HEARTWOOD.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS THEM FROM ASKING ANYBODY TO ASK HIM FOR A REZONING.
UH, AGAIN, IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AND BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO, TO MAKE THAT DECISION IN BRITAIN.
IF I SAID SOMETHING WRONG THERE, PLEASE.
THERE'S SOME COTTAGE IN THERE'S COTTAGE INDUSTRIES RIGHT IN THERE TOO.
A COUPLE OF SMALL BUILDINGS THAT, UM, YEAH, NO, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO WEIGH IN IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE, BUT, UH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS APPLY FOR A ZONING CHANGE.
AND, AND ADDITIONALLY, IF, IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT REMAINS RESIDENTIAL, WE CAN ALWAYS AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND CHANGE THAT TO RESIDENTIAL.
I'M GOING TO MAYOR PRO TIPS, ALWAYS THE LAST ONE HERE.
SO UP THE ROAD, A PIECE ON MURPHY, THEY'RE BUILDING A PRETTY LARGE, LARGE HOME.
AND THAT WOULD BE AN
AND SO RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM, THIS IS, UH, THE MARTIN METHODIST CHURCH AND THAT PROPERTY HAS LAID VACANT FOR AWHILE.
THERE'S NOTHING BEEN GOING ON THERE FOR YEARS.
AND THEN THE HOUSES BEHIND HIM ARE ALL, THEY'RE ALL UPFRONT, BUT THEY'VE GOT DEEP PROPERTIES.
AND I'M, I'M NOT IN MY POSITIVE.
SO, AND TYPICALLY DON'T WE SEE SOMETHING DON'T WHEN YOU BRING IT BEFORE US, DON'T YOU TYPICALLY HAVE SOME SORT OF LIKE AN IDEA OF WHERE THE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE, AS OPPOSED TO YOU JUST COMING UP WITH A LITTLE PLAN TYPICALLY IN, AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR MONTHS, SO MY HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE, ISN'T GREAT, BUT IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.
EVEN LOOKING BACK IN PAST, WE DON'T DO A LOT OF STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST HERE IN BEDFORD AND WITH A STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST THEY'VE THEY CAN PROVIDE US A DETAILED SITE PLAN, BUT I CAN'T TIE THAT'S A STRAIGHT ZONING MEANS THEY JUST HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT I LAID OUT THERE.
THEY, UM, IF THEY WERE DOING A PUD, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, YOU'D SEE A DETAILED SITE PLAN THAT YOU JUST SAW TONIGHT WITH THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ONLY FOR THESE TWO LOTS.
SO THIS IS A STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST.
SO THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
AND WE WON'T SEE THEM ANYMORE.
IF WE GIVE THEM PERMISSION TONIGHT, THAT IS CORRECT.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THIS STAGE IS THEY'LL GO THROUGH PLANNING PROCESS AND THEN THEY'LL GO TO BUILDING PERMIT.
SO IT'LL ALL BE STAFF APPROVALS AT THIS POINT.
ANYONE ELSE COME AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT SEVEN 10? I'M ASSUMING THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TOO.
Y'ALL IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
COUNSEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.
WOULD YOU MIND STATING YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS
I LIVE AT 53 56 ELMDALE WITH TAGO, TEXAS 7 6 1 3 7.
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WITH TARGETS.WE'LL LET YOU IN TODAY ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME I WANT TO, I AM MOVING TO BED FOR, I GREW UP IN BEDFORD, TEXAS SINCE 1984.
AND THIS IS IF APPROVED, UH, HOMECOMING AND ACTUALLY, UH, WENT TO TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE TWO LOTS ARE FROM MY BROTHER AND I TO BUILD OUR PERSONAL HOMES.
AND, UH, WE, WE GREW UP HERE IN THE MID CITIES AREA AND UH, OUR CHILDREN GREW UP IN THE MID CITY AREA AND WE'RE KIND OF ALMOST EMPTY NESTERS, ALMOST EMPTY NESTERS AND WANTED TO COME BACK CLOSER.
AND MY SON ACTUALLY WENT TO THE SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET, UH, THE BAPTIST SCHOOL.
AND SO WHEN WE FOUND THIS PROPERTY IN 2018, IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS MEANT TO BE, AND I BOUGHT IT SIGHT UNSEEN AND JUST WENT AFTER IT ON THE SAME DAY THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING FORECLOSED.
AND WE TOOK IT OUT OF FORECLOSURE AND PAID, UH, PAID TO CLOSE IT THAT DAY.
UH, I DID NOT KNOW THE FUTURE USE OF THIS PROPERTY WAS A COMMERCIAL, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT DIDN'T IMPACT ME MUCH BECAUSE I WAS A REAL ESTATE BROKER BEEN FOR 22 YEARS, SPECIALIZING IN COMMERCIAL.
I WORKED FOR THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL BANK IN THE U S AS THE HEAD OF THEIR NATIONAL LENDING TEAM.
NOW I HAVE, I'M GETTING TO A POINT.
I KNOW I CAN SELL THIS PROPERTY AS A COMMERCIAL.
IF IT WAS THE APPROPRIATE PROPERTY, I'VE WENT THROUGH MY SKILLSET TO GET ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I COULD TO GET INTO A COMMERCIAL, UH, BUILDING HERE, OFFERING FREE RENT FOR A YEAR, BUILT A SUIT WE DON'T DO.
IF YOU WILL BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
AND IN 2018, THE, UH, MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WAS ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS IN CONTRACT FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THEY WANTED TO PUT A SPEC COMMERCIAL UP AND IT WAS A DECLINE AND THAT'S WHEN THEY BACKED OFF.
AND WE CAME INTO THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE DID FILE FOR A SAME, SAME PROCESS RIGHT HERE TO BUILD, UH, TWO HOMES AT THAT TIME.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE CITY DID DECIDE, NO, WE WANT TO GIVE IT MORE TIME TO SEE IF IT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL WHERE THE, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I'VE GONE THROUGH FOUR BROKERS, UH, TO MARKET THIS PROPERTY AS COMMERCIAL, NOBODY HAS TAKEN IT CHAMPIONS REAL ESTATE.
ONE OF THE LARGEST OFFICE, JIM KELLY WAS HERE LAST WEEK, UH, GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF A TESTIMONY, UH, LACEY MALANI SHE'S WITH, UH, REMAX.
AND SHE WAS WITH KELLER WILLIAMS PRIOR TO THAT COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? BRETT HARLAN HE'S WITH REMAX COMMERCIAL.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS TO THAT LOT.
SO THESE ARE ALL OFFICE RETAIL SPACE USE TYPE OF BROKERS THAT I GAVE THEM FULL RANGE TO DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE I KNOW IF I CAN GET A COMMERCIAL TENANT IN THERE, MY CAP RATE ON THIS THING WOULD BE AMAZING AND I COULD MAKE GOOD MONEY, BUT THAT WASN'T THE INTENT FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND WE GAVE IT A SHOT SINCE 2018, BUT WE WOULD HUMBLY REQUEST THAT YOU LET US PROCEED WITH BUILDING A HOUSE AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY ON WHEREVER THE DRIVEWAY NEEDS TO BE.
HE MAKES A PRETTY GOOD NEIGHBOR.
UH, I'VE KNOWN HIM ALL MY LIFE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, W WE DO INTEND TO BUILD TWO TRADITIONAL HOMES, RIGHT THERE, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, TWO DRIVEWAYS CONNECTED AND, UH, POTENTIALLY OUR RETIREMENT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT YOU VOUCHING FOR HIM, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT.
BUT THIS HOPEFULLY IS THE EASIEST CASE OF THE NIGHT.
I I'M LOOKING AT MO MULTI-NATIONAL, UH, YOU KNOW, WAREHOUSES COMING IN.
THIS IS TWO SIMPLE HOMES WE'D LIKE TO LIVE HERE.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO RETIRE AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I DO KNOW SOME OF THE BACKSTORIES, SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER IS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KOGAN AND EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO.
[5. Consider a resolution of the City of Bedford, Texas approving the American Rescue Plan Act Appropriation Plan; and recognizing and appropriating expenditures within the Fiscal Year 2022 Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Budget.]
UP, UH, ITEM FIVE, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN APPROACH.AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION PLAN AND RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET, CITY MANAGER.
JIMMY'S THOUGHT IT WAS THE MAYOR.
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YOU, COUNCIL.UM, AS PREVIOUS PREVIOUSLY STATED, WILL ROUTINELY BRING ARPA REQUESTS, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, UH, REQUEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE, UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT REQUESTS THAT EQUAL A TOTAL OF 2.19, $3 MILLION.
AND SO THE FIRST REQUEST IS FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL IN THE PAST AND THE, THE PRICE HAS GONE UP JUST LIKE THE PRICE FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION SEEMS TO HAVE GONE UP, BUT THE CURRENT PRICE TO REPAIR THE ROOF IS $617,000.
DURING SOME OF THE RECENT RAIN EVENTS, WE'RE REMINDED HOW BAD THE ROOF IS AND CONDITION WISE.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE ITEMS, AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK THE CHIEF TO COME FORWARD, ESPECIALLY ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG ITEM.
UM, ANYWAY, AND HE CAN DISCUSS ANY OF THE THREE.
THE OTHER, THE NEXT ITEM IS INTERIOR UPDATES AND AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, AND THAT'S A MILLION DOLLAR, 1,000,050 $9,000.
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER IS OVER 20 YEARS OLD AND A LOT HAS CHANGED WITH IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY SPACE REQUIREMENTS, UM, WALLPAPER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO THIS REALLY WILL UPDATE IT, NOT JUST FROM AN AESTHETIC STANDPOINT, BUT WE'LL ALSO UPDATE IT AND IN TERMS OF FUNCTIONALITY AND THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR THE REPLACEMENT FURNITURE AGAIN, UM, I THINK THEY'RE TIRED OF USING BEAN BAGS.
AND SO THIS IS NOW ALL KIDDING ASIDE.
THIS WILL BE ERGONOMICALLY, CORRECT.
IT WILL NOT REQUIRE DUCT TAPE.
THE FOURTH ITEM THAT THE CHIEF WAS DUCT TAPE BILL GOING DOWN.
I WONDERED THAT LATELY YOU WIN.
UM, THE FOURTH ITEM IS BASICALLY A HIGH POWERED SEWER CLEANER.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE CITY IN TERMS OF PROTECTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S FOR $150,000.
UM, CHIEF, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND AT LEAST TOUCH ON THE INTERIOR UPDATES? I THINK YOU HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
UM, SO WHEN I FIRST CAME, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE, AT THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE AND KIND OF, IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1999.
UH, IT SERVED THE DEPARTMENT WELL, UM, AND WE KIND OF LOOKED AT IT OF WHAT SHOULD WE DO.
UM, A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS AROUND US ARE GOING FOR BRAND NEW BUILDINGS AND LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO WE LOOKED AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS BUILDING AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF IT SUITS OUR NEEDS PRETTY WELL.
AND, UH, BENFORD'S KIND OF GROWN TO IT'S ABOUT MAX CAPACITY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET BIGGER, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ADDING MORE EMPLOYEES.
WE ACTUALLY DOWNSIZE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
LAST YEAR TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, IT'S WORKING OUT WELL FOR US.
SO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS BUILDING WORKS, UH, IF WE WERE TO GO BUILD THIS BRAND NEW BUILDING TODAY, IF WE THE SAME SIZE BUILDING ABOUT $45 MILLION TO BUILD THAT BETWEEN 44, 40 MILLION, $45 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CITIZENS TO BE GOOD SHEPHERDS OF THE, OF THE TAX DOLLARS.
SO WE WANTED TO DO WE THINK THIS WILL LIST FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 15, 20, 30 YEARS.
UM, AND WE WANT TO TRY TO GIVE IT A LITTLE UP, UP, UH, LOOK, KEEP YOURSELF, I'M GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH.
SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE HAVE IS OUR ROOF, THE ROOF ON THE BUILDING IS ORIGINAL ROOF.
UM, AND I'VE GOT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE COMPANY THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A BID ON THIS, UH, TO, TO, UH, TO REPLACE IT.
EVERY TIME WE GET A HEAVY RAIN, WE MOVED BUCKETS AROUND INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND YOU'LL KIND OF GO, GO ALONG AND YOU SEE, WE'LL GO ALONG AND YOU CAN START SEEING THE, UH, THE WATER DAMAGE ON THE ROOF.
THIS IS KIND OF THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
WHEN YOU FIRST OFFICERS HAVE TO BUY THEIR OWN BUCKETS, THAT WE HAVE THE BUCKETS, WE HAVE THEIR OWN BUCKETS, WE HAVE A SHARED BUCKET PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE KEY, UH, THE, THE INTERIOR.
SO WE WANT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE PROUD OF THAT, THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN THEY COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WANT THEM TO BE PROUD OF THEIR, OF THE, OF THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO WANT TO CREATE A ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S IT'S SAFE, UM, AND OUR OFFICERS CAN, CAN FUNCTION.
SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT MOVING BUCKETS.
THEY HAVE, UH, AN ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN WORK IN AND BE MORE CREATIVE, HOW TO PROBLEM SOLVE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY'S PROBLEMS. SO WHAT KIND OF GOES SCROLL THROUGH, UH, THE TOP LEFT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WATER DAMAGE COMING THROUGH THE BUILDING, AND THIS IS KIND OF THROUGHOUT WHERE IT'S COMING DOWN, THE WALLS, WALLPAPER'S FALLING OFF THE WALLS.
UM, THE CHAIR ON THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? IT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR BETTER CHAIRS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TRAINING ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THE TRAINING ROOM ON THE BOTTOM, LEFT ON THE CHAIR.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS, AND I DON'T WANT TO REALLY WANT TO COMMENT.
SO, UM, WE RECENTLY GOT A, UH, A, UH, A FINGERPRINTING DEVICE, SO WE CAN, UH, FINGERPRINT OUR NEW EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF OUR CITIZENS THAT COME IN AND WE REALLY HAVE NO PLACE TO PUT IT.
SO IT'S KINDA JUST PUSHED UP AGAINST THE WALL.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE, UH, THERE'S NOR NORMAL CHAIRS, MORE WATER DAMAGE.
UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES IN THE BUILDING.
YOU CAN SIT IN ONE PLACE AND LOOK ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT FLOORING TYPES ALL WITHIN ABOUT 10 FEET.
UM, IT'S TRIP HAZARDS, WHERE THESE CARPETS
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ARE COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING TO FRAY AND JUST, JUST, JUST FALLING APART.SO, UM, THIS IS SOME OF THE NICER WORKSPACES.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE STORAGE AREA THAT WE HAVE TOP RIGHT THERE, AND THEN THE, IN THE MIDDLE WE'VE RAN OUT OF STORAGE SPACE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, SO SOME OF THIS ADVANCEMENT WILL WE'LL BRING IN AND MAKE IT A LITTLE GUILT, A LITTLE BIT MORE PROFESSIONAL FOR EVERYBODY BREAK ROOM, UM, GOOD SIZE FACILITY, NOT USABLE.
UM, THE ICE MACHINE THAT WE HAVE IN THERE SO LOUD THAT NOBODY CAN ACTUALLY EAT THEIR LUNCH IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO LOUD.
SO PEOPLE EAT IN THEIR OFFICES.
WE WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
THIS IS A TEAM WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND KIND OF A COMMUNAL PLACE, OUR BRIEFING ROOM KIND OF DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT'S OUR CURRENT BODY CAMERA SET UP.
IS THIS SET UP ON A TABLE? WE HAVE THOSE, WE LACKED STORAGE AND WE LIKE PLACES FOR STUFF.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT IS, IS A PLACE FOR US TO KIND OF PUT SOME OF THE STUFF OR THE DAMAGE ON THE CEILINGS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT KIND OF THROUGHOUT JUST THE WEAR AND TEAR OR OF OUR FINE CHAIRS.
SO I KIND OF KIND OF FAST FORWARD.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE SEEING MORE OF THE STORAGE AREAS, BATHROOMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT HAS ALL HAPPENED SINCE YOU STARTED WORKING AT BEDFORD? NO, WATER'S COME THROUGH THE SIEMENS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, SO WHAT KIND OF TOURED AROUND AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE SOME OF THE REMODELS HERE LATELY.
SO IT KIND OF GOT SOME CONCEPTUAL IDEAS.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE FURNITURE COMPANIES TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO, UM, KIND OF THE LAYOUTS TO MAKE IT MORE INVITING.
SO I KIND OF SCROLLED THROUGH THESE QUICKLY, UM, SOME OF THE FURNITURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE, THE DESK ON THE BOTTOM, IT'S KINDA, THIS IS CONCEPTUAL LOOK.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY THE NEWEST THING.
SO IF YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES SITTING AT THE DESK WORKING ALL DAY LONG, LIKE, LIKE I DO, AND OTHERS DO, UM, THEY CAN STAND AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN THE BACK AND IT'S MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE IT KEEPS THEM AT THE DESK LONGER.
THEY'RE NOT WALKING AWAY AND WALK FROM THE DESK.
SOME OF THE BULLPEN AREAS, UM, KIND OF ON THE BOTTOM LEFT THERE, WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL SOME KIND OF POP-UP MEETING PLACES.
WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY TWO MEETING PLACES IN THE ENTIRE PD.
WE'RE A GROUP EMPLOYEES OR CITIZENS CAN SIT DOWN.
SO WE'LL BE INSTALLING SOME DESKS.
WE'RE JUST HAVE SOME LITTLE, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE PERSON MEETING AREAS, UM, BACK TO THE STORAGE, UH, SINCE 1999, WHEN WE MOVED INTO THAT BUILDING, UM, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
UM, THERE'S BODY CAMERAS, THERE'S TASERS.
THE OFFICERS ARE HAVING TO HAVE A HEAVY BODY ARMOR AND HELMETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THEY HAVE NOW.
AND WE HAVE NO PLACES TO STORE THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA INSTALL SOME REUSE, SOME AREA, TAKE OUR, OUR CURRENT FITNESS WORKOUT ROOM, MAKE THAT KIND OF AN EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREA AND KIND OF MOVE THAT FITNESS AREA OVER.
SO ALL THIS REMODEL AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, THE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESSENTIALLY SPLITTING THE TWO SITES, WE HAVE THE JAIL SIDE AND WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH YOU LIST NOW.
SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT USING THAT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TOUCHING THAT IN THIS REMODEL.
THIS IS GOING TO TOUCH EVERYTHING.
AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MINUS THE LOCKER ROOMS, UM, AND THAT'LL BE ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
IT'S, IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO REDO A LOCKER ROOM.
SO WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM JUST A GOOD WORKSPACE THAT THEY COULD WORK IN FOR NOW.
SO ON THAT, I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING.
UH, C MANAGERS TO OF THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE CLARIFICATION THAT PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PERIMETER FENCE SECURITY FOR THE, FOR THE FACILITY, UM, THAT IS NOT INCLUDED.
THAT'S ALREADY, YOU ALREADY HAVE FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR THAT, BUT THE CHIEF HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN.
THAT'LL BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME POSITIVE IMPACT, BUT HE SAVED AROUND $200,000 AND THAT CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY.
IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOUBLE-DIPPING OR ANYTHING, SO, OKAY.
AND THAT'S ALL COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, ARMANDAREZ MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER? STEVE'S UH, LET'S VOTE EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE'RE SORRY, BUT, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY NEAT OVER THERE PRETTY SOON.
SO, MR.
SO WILL YOU BE COMING BACK SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH ANOTHER ROUND? UH, YES, SIR.
WE ARE, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ABOUT LANDSCAPING, BEAUTIFICATION, UM, JUST OTHER CAPITAL ITEMS. SO JUST FOR, UH, THE AUDIENCE, WILL YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE ARPA FUNDS ARE? BASICALLY IT'S AN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND IT WAS PART OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WERE GIVEN TO ENTITIES, COUNTY, STATE, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THROUGH THE COVID EFFORTS, IF YOU WILL.
AND IT'S TO HELP OFFSET REVENUE THAT WAS LOST BECAUSE OF BUSINESSES THAT WERE EITHER CLOSED OR CURTAILED, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TOURISM INDUSTRY IN TERMS OF LOST REVENUE THAT THE CITY RECEIVED, NOT THE PRIVATE BUSINESSES, BUT
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THE CITY RECEIVED, WHETHER IT'S A DECREASE IN SALES TAX, HOTEL MOTEL, OR WHAT HAVE YOU.AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF OTHER AREAS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, BROADBAND.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE WORKING ON TO BRING FORWARD.
AND IT HELPS, UH, CITIES BASICALLY AFFORD THESE CRITICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT BE POSSIBLE.
AND SO THE CITY OF BEDFORD RECEIVED A $6.2 MILLION ALLOCATION THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER 6.2 MILLION GIVE OR TAKE.
AND SO, AND THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE SPENT, I BELIEVE BY DECEMBER 20, 25.
BUT, UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING FORWARD DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
SOME THINGS WE'RE GETTING BIDS ON SOME THINGS LIKE THE BROADBAND, OUR IT DIRECTORS WORKING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROVIDERS AND COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE WE COME FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL BE FINANCIALLY EFFICIENT, BUT LOGISTICALLY IT'LL MEET THE COUNCIL'S EXPECTATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHY, AND WE PROBABLY WON'T COME MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GET ARPA FATIGUE, BUT ANYWAY, SORRY.
[6. Discussion and receive Council direction on Boards and Commissions.]
SIX, UH, DISCUSSION RECEIVED COUNCIL DIRECTION ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.SO THIS ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, BECAUSE BACK IN JUNE, UH, JUNE 1ST COUNCIL HAD A WORK SESSION WHERE WE DISCUSS SOME STRATEGIC ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO, UM, FOCUS ON OVER THE NEXT YEAR, TWO YEARS.
AND ONE OF THE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED WAS TAKING A LOOK AT OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, TAKING A STEP BACK RE-IMAGINING THOSE BOARDS, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, THEIR GOALS, AND THEN JUST KIND OF MAKING IT MORE MODERN WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY.
SO THIS ITEM IS HERE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF TIME FOR US TO ADDRESS THIS.
UM, I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AS A COUNCIL HERE IN THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'VE SPUN OFF LITTLE SUBCOMMITTEES TO KIND OF TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS AND HELP ADVANCE IT FOR, FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AGAIN.
UH, UNLESS COUNCIL HAS ANOTHER IDEA.
I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO MAYBE SPIN OFF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE AND SOMEONE WHO COULD PUT SOME EFFORT INTO THIS.
AND, AND, UM, MAYBE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND KIND OF MOVE THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL THOUGHT IS.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, COUNCIL MEMBER, COLVER, LOUDLY VOLUNTEERS, TO BE A PART OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IN QUIET.
UM, LET ME TELL YOU THERE'S NO PAY AND, UH, BUT THE REWARD IS FANTASTIC.
SO IF ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED IN MAYBE MAYOR PRO TEM TO DO THAT, UM, IN FACT, I'VE BEEN LOOKING OVER THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THAT WAS A LOOK OF CURIOSITY, COUNCIL MEMBER, STEVE.
SO I THINK THESE, UH, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS GOOD.
I TIMEFRAME, I DON'T KNOW, TWO MONTHS, MONTH AND A HALF.
UH, BUT I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE WANTING TO VOLUNTEER.
THEY'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING FOR US TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO REPURPOSE THESE THINGS.
SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO DO THIS, SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS VOLUNTEERING.
DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? NO, SIR.
AND WE HAND YOU OVER TO JIMMY GOING FORWARD.
[7. Mayor/Council Member Reports]
SEVEN, MAYOR COUNCILMEN REPORTS.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SAY MOLLY HAS GIVEN ME A LIST? NO.
UPCOMING EVENTS, NOVEMBER 23RD IS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WHY DID YOU PUT THIS ON THERE? OKAY.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST FROM SIX TO EIGHT IS GOING TO BE A HOLIDAY SIP AND SKETCH.
THE CITY IS TEAMING UP WITH TURNING POINT BEER FOR AN EVENING OF FESTIVE ART MARKING.
THERE WILL BE A VARIETY OF HOLIDAY INSPIRED, STILL LIFE SET UP AT TABLES AROUND THE BREWERY.
ARTISTS WILL GET THE CHANCE TO MOVE FROM STATION TO STATION AND SKETCH OUT FESTIVE OBJECTS.
TICKETS ARE $12 FOR THOSE 21 AND OVER AND $6 FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER 21.
EACH PARTICIPANT WILL RECEIVE A SKETCHBOOK DRAWING PENCIL, GOODIE BAG, AND TWO DRINK TICKETS UNLESS YOU'RE UNDER 21 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, OUTDOOR MOVIE IN THE PARK ELF FROM FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30.
THIS IS GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.
BEDFORD PARKINSON RECREATION WILL SHOW THE MOVIE ELF UNDER THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
PREREGISTRATION IS REQUESTED AS THERE'S LIMITED SPACE SEATING FOR THE MOVIE WILL BEGIN AT 5:30 PM WITH PLANS FOR THE MOVIE TO START AROUND SIX 15 AND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, FROM FIVE TO EIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING.
AS WE KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON AT THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, THERE'LL BE FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, INCLUDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, A CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY AREA, HOLIDAY MARKET, AND PHOTOS WITH SANTA THE EVENT WILL BE TOPPED OFF WITH US LIGHTING THE CITY OF BEDFORD TREE AT 6:30 PM.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE CITY MANAGER
[8. City Manager/Staff Reports]
REPORTS.UM, I WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE MAYOR
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AND COUNCIL FOR NOT ONLY THEIR SUPPORT ABOUT THE OPERA PROJECTS, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.I THINK IT'S, IT'S HAVING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.
WE ARE DOWN TO TWO POLICE OFFICER OPENINGS WHEN I STARTED IT WAS 17.
AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT, NO DOUBT HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.
AND ALSO WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD, UH, I THINK THREE OPENINGS AND THERE WERE 120 CANDIDATES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, BUZZ, ESPECIALLY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ABOUT BEDFORD.
UM, WE'RE RAMPING UP FOR THIS ISN'T SURVEY.
WE'RE REVIEWING THE FINAL QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL? SO WE HAVE
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
A REAL QUICK ITEM TO DISCUSS AN EXECUTIVE.SO WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE AND CLOSE SESSION AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE.ZERO ZERO ONE, OR THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS, UH, AN ITEM RELATED TO SECTION 500 ONE.ZERO SEVEN TWO IT'S 7 31.
WE JUST HAD EXECUTIVE THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE THIS EVENING.
MAYOR PRO TEM SABLE WAS MAKING A MOTION TO ADJOURN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
ARMANDAREZ EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.