EVERYBODY READY. GOOD EVENING.
[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
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THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IT'S TUESDAY, MARCH 8TH AT SIX P.M.
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR MEETING.
LET'S GET STARTED WITH A REGULAR SESSION WITH THE CALL TO ORDER AND AN INVOCATION WITH TOM RUSSELL FOREST RIDGE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
IS HE HERE? NOPE. OK, SO RICH STEVES, COUNCILMAN STEVES IS GOING TO DO A PRAYER FOR US AND LET'S ALL RISE TO STAND. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM AND SUPPORT AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING.
HELP US TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION.
ALLOW US TO GROW CLOSER AS A GROUP AND NURTURE THE BONDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AMEN. A PLEDGE FROM COUNCILMAN COGAN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OK? SO I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED RIGHT HERE WITH A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING
[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]
MARCH 8TH, 2022 AS TEXAS HEALTH HARRIS METHODIST HOSPITAL HURST EULESS BEDFORD APPRECIATION DAY.IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE HOSPITAL? OH HI. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AT THE MIC? YEAH, I'M FRAZIER HAMM, PRESIDENT AT TEXAS HEALTH H-E-B HOSPITAL, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING AND HONORING OUR HEALTH CARE TEAM AND ALL THAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH. AND THE SACRIFICE THEY'VE MADE TO CARE FOR THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS TODAY MARKS THE THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST COVID PATIENT. AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE FAR ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MOST RECENT SURGE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WHERE WE STARTED TWO YEARS AGO AND EVEN A YEAR AGO.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CITY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE DO THINK VERY HIGHLY OF OUR HOSPITAL.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE FINEST ONES IN THE AREA, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE HAD TO DO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
IT'S BEEN PRETTY DISTURBING WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES.
OH, WELL, IT'S UH, IT'S THE THIRTEEN HUNDRED BACK AT THE HOSPITAL THAT REALLY DID THE YEOMAN'S WORK OF REALLY SACRIFICING AND RUNNING AND ANSWERING THE CALL WHENEVER THOSE CAME ABOUT. AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THEM AND THE CONTINUED COMMITMENTS THEY'VE HAD.
AND DESPITE THE MANY THAT WE'VE HAD TO CARE FOR, THAT DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO BE AT THE HOSPITAL, WE UNDERSTAND.
BUT WE CONTINUE TO PERSEVERE AND PUSH THROUGH AND PURSUING AND ADVANCING THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO DO ALL ALONG.
SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND EFFORT.
AND AGAIN, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY MEANINGFUL AND IMPRESSIVE.
THANK YOU, FRASIER. LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
AM I SUPPOSED TO STAND? OK, I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WHEREAS TEXAS HEALTH HARRIS METHODIST HOSPITAL HURST EULESS BEDFORD HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IT SERVES SINCE 1973 DURING THE ONGOING COVID 19 WORLDWIDE HEALTH CRISIS, TEXAS HEALTH H-E-B CONTINUED ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WITH MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND COMPLEX CARE TREATMENT IN A SETTING CLOSER TO HOME. AND WHEREAS TEXAS HEALTH H-E-B WEATHERED FOUR SURGES DURING THE PANDEMIC, CARING FOR A FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN COVID 19 PATIENTS AND COUNTING PUSHING THE HOSPITAL TO CREATIVELY EXPAND ITS CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE RECORD VOLUMES OF INPATIENTS AND EMERGENCY VISITS.
AND WHEREAS MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES HAVE BEEN AMONG THE MOST PROMISING TREATMENTS FOR MILD TO MODERATE CASES OF COVID 19 AND TEXAS HEALTH, H-E-B ESTABLISHED A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CLINIC AND PROVIDED NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO INFUSIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS.
AND WHEREAS GETTING VACCINATED AGAINST COVID 19 CAN LOWER YOUR RISK OF GETTING AND SPREADING THE VIRUS AND HELP PREVENT SERIOUS ILLNESS AND DEATH.
MORE THAN FIFTY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY COVID 19 VACCINE DOSES WERE ADMINISTERED TO THE PUBLIC AT THE COMMUNITY CLINIC AT TEXAS HEALTH H-E-B.
WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO THE CARE PROVIDED BY DOCTORS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND REGISTERED NURSES, ANCILLARY SUPPORT WAS GIVEN BY ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES, YIELDING A 23 PERCENT INCREASE IN LAB TESTS, 17 PERCENT INCREASE IN RADIOLOGY EXAMS AND 18 PERCENT INCREASE IN MEDICATION ADMINISTERED
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COMPARED TO PRE-PANDEMIC SERVICES.AND WHEREAS ONE OF THE TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES PROMISED BEHAVIORS IS TO KEEP YOU AND ME SAFE, AS IT ALWAYS DOES.
TEXAS HEALTH H-E-B EQUIPPED STAFF WITH APPROXIMATELY WITH APPROPRIATE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, EXPERIENCING AN INCREASED USAGE OF TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN PERCENT IN GOWNS, ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT PERCENT IN N95 MASKS AND THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY THREE PERCENT IN FACE SHIELDS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.
VERY AMAZING. AND WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO EMPLOYEES PHYSICAL WELL-BEING, TEXAS HEALTH H-E-B, IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM STAFF FOR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, PROVIDED A RELAXATION ROOM, VOLUNTARY SELF CARE CHECK INS, FINANCIAL COUNSELING SERVICES, FOOD PANTRY AND REFRIGERATOR STAPLES AT THE COST IN THE HOSPITAL, CAFÉ AND SHOWERS BEFORE STAFF HEADED HOME TO THEIR LOVED ONES.
AND WHEREAS EVEN THOUGH THESE INDIVIDUALS WORKED EXTRA SHIFTS AND ENDURED LONG STRETCHES OF TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, THEY CONTINUED TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AND RECEIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
AND WHEREAS HEALTH CARE VOLUNTEERS ARE ORDINARY, PEOPLE CALLED UPON TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. AND WHEREAS WE, THE MAYORS OF CITY OF HURST, EULESS AND BEDFORD, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 8TH, 2022 AS TEXAS HEALTH HARRIS METHODIST HOSPITAL, H-E-B APPRECIATION DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. WE DO APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
[PRESENTATIONS]
WELL, THIS IS THE DELIGHTFUL TIME OF THE NIGHT.IT'S THE PRESENTATION OF OUR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL FIRST QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
HI, MARIA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.
TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU OUR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE CITY OF BEDFORD INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO CONTAINS FUNDS INVESTED IN DAILY OPERATIONS TO PREPARE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES AND FOR FUTURE MAINTENANCE NEEDS.
THE PORTFOLIO ALSO INCLUDES, EXCUSE ME, ALSO INCLUDES BOND PROCEEDS FOR SEVERAL MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, OUR PHASE NEXT PROJECT.
OUR TOTAL, EXCUSE ME, OUR TOTAL PORTFOLIO.
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2021 IS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND ELEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINE DOLLARS.
THAT'S COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE PREVIOUS QUARTER OF 2020, WHEREAS OUR PORTFOLIO WAS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLARS.
THAT EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN POINT TWO PERCENT DECREASE IN THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO. THIS DECREASE IS MAINLY DUE TO THE SPENDING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TOWARDS OUR PHASE NEXT PROJECT AND FOR A PURCHASE, A RECENT PURCHASE THAT IS OF LAND.
THE PORTFOLIO WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN OUR CASH, OF COURSE, WILL DWINDLE DOWN AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPEND FUNDS ON OUR PHASE NEXT PROJECT.
AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, THE CITY HAS SPENT APPROXIMATELY FORTY ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX DOLLARS ON OUR PHASE NEXT PROJECT AND FORTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS ON OUR BEDFORD PERFORMING PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 50 ALMOST A 60 PERCENT EXPENDITURE OF THAT $70 MILLION IN FUNDS THAT WE ISSUED IN BONDS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
THE CITY HAS EARNED ACTUALLY THREE POINT FIVE MILLION AND ACCUMULATED INTEREST IN OUR PHASE NEXT PROJECT OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM VALLEYVIEW.
TIM PINON AND TIM WILL GO OVER AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE PORTFOLIO AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF THE MARKET AS OF THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
I'M SURE, TIM, YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED THAT MICHAEL BOYTER IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
I KNOW. HE GIVES YOU SUCH A HARD TIME.
I KNOW, I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING.
I WAS AMAZED THAT THIS IS A DELIGHTFUL PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO, YEAH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT IS TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY TO THE COUNCIL AN OVERVIEW.
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YOU ALSO HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS, I'M SURE, THE DETAILED PRESENTATIONS, BUT WE'LL HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE.SO THE FIRST PAGE JUST REFLECTS THE PORTFOLIO BOOK VALUE AND ANNA-MARIA READ THROUGH SOME OF THESE. AND FOR ME, I KNOW I ALWAYS FIND THE VISUAL IS MUCH MORE HELPFUL THAN HEARING NUMBERS. SO I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THE VISUAL ALONG WITH WITH HAVING MARIA SHARE THE INFORMATION SO YOU CAN SEE THE DECREASE IN THE CITY FUNDS.
AND AS MARIA MENTIONED, THAT'S REALLY DUE TO THE PROJECTS BEING UNDER UNDERWAY AND SPENDING THOSE FUNDS AND ALSO THE LAND PURCHASE.
SO THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE CHANGE IN BOOK VALUE.
AND THEN THE SWIFT FUNDS IS ALSO KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY. AND SO THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE'LL BE SPENDING DOWN OVER TIME AS WELL. THIS IS A KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN ON THE PORTFOLIO OVER THE LAST QUARTER AND A COMPARING THAT TO THE THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHICH WAS REALLY THE YEAR END.
SO AGAIN, THE INTEREST RATES ARE REALLY REFLECTIVE OF WHERE INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN.
SO IT DID DECLINE A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
PART OF THAT IS SOME LONGER TERM INVESTMENTS THAT ROLLED OFF THAT WE'RE EARNING A HIGHER RATE. AND THEN JUST BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT NOW, THE CITY IS KIND OF IN A PERIOD OF SPENDING THOSE FUNDS. WE'RE NOT HAVING INVESTED A LOT OF THEM BACK OUT TO CAPTURE SOME HIGHER RATES AT THE MOMENT.
SO THAT'S REFLECTED IN THAT LOWER INTEREST RATE THERE, A LITTLE BIT OF A DECLINE THERE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE INTEREST EARNING FOR FISCAL YEAR TODAY, WHICH IS JUST ONE QUARTER.
SO THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO EARNED SEVENTY THOUSAND.
THE SWIFT FUNDS EARNED FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED IN THE TOTAL PORTFOLIO WAS SEVENTY SIX HUNDRED. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO WAS, SO FOR THE LAST QUARTER ENDING 12/31.
THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO EARNED TWENTY TWO BASIS POINTS, BUT AGAIN, VERY REFLECTIVE OF OR BETTER THAN KIND OF THE BENCHMARKS WHICH WE USE, WHICH ARE THE THREE MONTH TREASURY, THE SIX MONTH TREASURY AND TAX POOL, ALL OF WHICH ARE UNDER 10 BASIS POINTS.
SO THIS IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING INFORMATION THAN THESE PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST EIGHT QUARTERS OR SO.
EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE THINGS REALLY ARE STARTING TO CHANGE AND EVEN WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR TO WHAT THE WHAT WE'RE HEARING OUT OF THE FED HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
SO THIS IS THE YIELD CURVE FROM 12/31 AND LET'S SEE IF I CAN SEE SO THE BLUE THAT'S ON THE ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE SIX MONTH TREASURY BILLS YOU SAW, IT WAS UNDER 10 BASIS POINTS.
I'M GOING TO JUMP TO THE NEXT ONE.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT A SIX MONTH DISCOUNT FROM UNDER 10 BASIS POINTS TO SIXTY FIVE BASIS POINTS, NINE MONTHS IS AT 80 BASIS POINTS.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE ONE YEAR, LET'S SEE WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S ABOUT PROBABLY ABOUT 30 BASIS POINTS ON THERE, STILL PRETTY LOW DOWN ON THE CURVE NOW THE ONE YEAR YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE PERCENT.
SO WE'RE SEEING PRETTY DRAMATIC INCREASES JUST FROM LAST DECEMBER.
SO THIS IS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
YOU'RE SEEING A BIG RATCHETING UP AND THE INTEREST RATES.
AND THEN IF YOU GO OUT EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND TWENTY FOUR MONTHS, THOSE RATES ARE HIGHER.
SO NOW THE TWO MONTH, I'M SORRY, THE TWO YEARS IS THAT ONE POINT FORTY FIVE PERCENT GOING BACK TO THE YIELD CURVE, THAT'S WHERE THE 10 YEAR WAS AT ABOUT ONE POINT FORTY FIVE PERCENT ON THAT SLIDE. NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TWO YEAR, THAT'S AT ABOUT A ONE POINT FORTY FIVE PERCENT.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME AS A NUMBERS GEEK ON THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CD RATES AT THE BANK AND VERSUS THE U.S.
TREASURY. SO BANKS, WE DO HAVE SOME BANKS THAT HAVE AN APPETITE GOING OUT TO A YEAR.
BUT ONCE YOU GET PAST A YEAR, THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO COMMIT FUNDS FOR LONGER THAN THAT. THEY'RE KIND OF PULLING BACK.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE TREASURIES BECOME A MORE ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE, LOOKING AT THE SWIFT FUNDS.
THE OTHER PROJECT FUNDS, CAN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE LONGER TERM RATES WITH SOME OF THE FUNDS TO GET A HIGHER RETURN FOR THE BALANCES THAT THE CITY HAS? A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, JUST KIND OF FROM THE OVERALL ECONOMY, THE PRODUCTION CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, BUT THINGS SEEM TO BE GRADUALLY GETTING BETTER THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
CONSUMER SPENDING HAS REALLY CONTINUED TO REMAIN STRONG.
HOUSING PRICES, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GOOD OR BAD.
LAST I SAW IT WAS AT ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, SO NEXT MONTH WOULD MAKE TEN STRAIGHT YEARS OF MONTH TO MONTH TO MONTH RISING HOUSE PRICES.
SO THAT'S IT'S TOUGH FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING TO GET INTO A HOME.
EMPLOYMENT STILL CONTINUES TO BE REBOUNDING, GETTING BACK TO A HEALTHY LEVEL.
ONE NOTE ON THAT IS WE HAVE 11 MILLION UNFILLED JOB OPENINGS RIGHT NOW.
AND TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE ON THAT, THAT'S NORMALLY A FIVE TO SIX MILLION.
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SO IT'S ABOUT STILL CONTINUES TO BE A LOT OF UNFILLED JOB OPENINGS.BUT UNEMPLOYMENT IS MODERATING, SO I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND THREE POINT THREE POINT EIGHT PERCENT. PRIOR TO COVID, IT WAS AT THREE POINT FIVE PERCENT.
SO WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO RETURNING TO PRE-COVID LEVELS IN THE ECONOMY.
AND THEN NOT ON HERE, OF COURSE, IS RUSSIA AND UKRAINE SITUATION.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF A WILD CARD.
EVERYBODY IS WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE ON THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THE OTHER THING IS INFLATION.
AND SO THAT IS IT'S RUNNING AROUND SEVEN POINT FIVE PERCENT.
I SAW THAT THE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX WAS UP NINE POINT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT.
AND OF COURSE, THAT'S GOING TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM TO US WHEN WE GO TO THE STORE AND AS WE'RE BUYING THINGS. SO EVENTUALLY THAT COULD BE HEADING OUR WAY.
WE DID HEAR AN ECONOMIST SPEAK LAST WEEK.
HE WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT INFLATION WOULD COME DOWN TO FOUR PERCENT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, SO I HOPE THAT HE IS HOPE THAT HE'S CORRECT, AND I'VE HEARD SEVERAL ECONOMISTS EXPRESS OPTIMISM. THEY DO THINK WE'RE KIND OF CRESTING RIGHT NOW.
IT IS GOING TO BEGIN TO DECLINE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE DO SEE THAT AGAIN HURTS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS.
CORE CPI IS UP SIX PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THEN SO WE SENT THESE SLIDES IN TO MICHAEL, I THINK, LAST WEEK.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST CHANGED REALLY RECENTLY.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HEARING ALL ALONG.
THE FED WAS SAYING WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE RATES PROBABLY FOUR TIMES IN 2022.
NOW THE LAST WEEK OR SO, WE'RE ALL OF A SUDDEN HEARING THEM SAY WE MAY RAISE IT SIX TO SEVEN TIMES RATHER THAN RAISING IT ABOUT ONE PERCENT, THEY'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY UP TO TWO PERCENT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR.
SO. SO WE'LL GET A GOOD READING ON THAT NEXT WEEK.
EVERYBODY IS EXPECTING THEM NEXT WEDNESDAY TO DO THE FIRST INCREASE, WHICH WOULD BE ZERO TO TWENTY FIVE PERCENT, IS THE FED FUNDS RANGE.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE EXPECTING TO GO TO TWENTY FIVE TO 50.
THEY TYPICALLY DO IT IN TWENTY FIVE BASIS POINT INCREMENTS.
WE'RE EXPECTING THAT NEXT WEEK, SO WE WILL SEE THE SHOCK I THINK WOULD BE AS IF THEY EITHER DIDN'T DO IT OR IF THEY RAISED IT FIFTY, IF THEY GOT REALLY AGGRESSIVE.
BUT I THINK EVERYONE IS COUNTING ON THEM TO DO THE FIRST INCREASE OF TWENTY FIVE BASIS POINTS. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE ECONOMY? HOW DOES THE STOCK MARKET REACT? HOW DO OTHER THINGS REACT? BUT IDEALLY THAT BEGINS TO KIND OF TAP THE BRAKES ON INFLATION, SLOW THINGS DOWN.
SO THE STRATEGY IS TO LADDER MATURITIES.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE FUNDS WE'VE GOT.
THE CITY HAS ABOUT HALF OF ITS PORTFOLIO BETWEEN SWERVED AND THEN THE BOND, THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. SO QUITE A BIT OF MONEY THAT'S THERE.
SOME OF IT WILL BE SPENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SOME OF IT WILL BE HERE FOR A WHILE.
SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING TO BE DETERMINED AND KIND OF PLAN AROUND THAT.
AND THEN, YEAH, THAT WAS JUST THE SECOND POINT.
JUST KIND OF ESTIMATE THAT CIP SPENDING AND THE LADDER APPROPRIATELY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. SO THAT'S IT FOR THIS QUARTER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING I CAN ANSWER ON THAT, TIM, JUST FOR REFERENCE.
SO ALL OF THESE POINTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE AS FAR AS THE FED TAKING AN INCREASE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING TO US THAT OUR INTEREST RATE SHOULD GO UP? YES. IF THE FED RAISES THE RATE? THEY SHOULD. SO THAT'LL AFFECT A COUPLE OF THINGS SO THAT RIGHT NOW THE CITY AND WELL, WE'VE BEEN KEEPING THE FUNDS FAIRLY SHORT BECAUSE IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF INCENTIVE TO GO OUT LONGER.
THE RATES WERE NOT A LOT HIGHER.
AND THEN IF THE RATES DID GO UP, YOU'RE KIND OF LOCKED INTO THOSE LOWER RATES.
SO THE CITY HAS KEPT ITS FUNDS IN SHORTER TERM.
AND NOW YOU'RE IN A POINT WITH THE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.
SO THAT ALSO KIND OF KEEPS YOU FROM GOING OUT TOO FAR.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS EVEN THAT FED FUNDS RATE HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON OVERNIGHT SHORT TERM RATES. SO THAT SHOULD RAISE THE RATES THE CITY IS GETTING EVEN ON THE SHORT TERM FUNDS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT GOOD EXPLANATION.
COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WAS PERFECT.
OH, ANYBODY IN OPEN FORUM? OH NO, TOO BAD.
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
OK, SO I GUESS WE'RE AT CONSIDER APPROVAL ITEMS BY CONSENT, AND THAT WOULD BE JIMMY.THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL, THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY, 27TH TOWN HALL MEETING AND THEN THE FEBRUARY 22ND REGULAR MEETING.
THE OTHER ITEM IS THE FIRST ONE IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GLOBAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT, DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND THE ENDO PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.
THESE ARE SIMILAR TO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT THAT THE COUNCIL RECENTLY CONTEMPLATED AND APPROVED. THIS IS BASICALLY, THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY BEDFORD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
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NATIONAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF OPIOIDS.AND THERE IS BASICALLY WE HAVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN WHICH A LOT OF OTHER ENTITIES ARE A PARTY TO.
AND SO THE FINAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY WILL GET IS DEPENDENT UPON THE AMOUNT OF PARTICIPANTS. BUT THAT MONEY IS VERY STRICT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR.
THE NEXT ITEM IS AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY.
IT'S VERY EXCITING. IT IS FOR HARDWOOD PAVING, BASICALLY, AND THAT IS TO COST NOT TO EXCEED 1.651 MILLION, AND THAT'S EXPECTED TO BEGIN MAY OR JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH TARRANT COUNTY, AS WE DO ANNUALLY FOR ASPHALT ROAD REPAIRS AND HARWOOD ROAD AND FOREST RIDGE DRIVE ARE BOTH PLANNED FOR THIS SUMMER.
AND THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF ASPHALT MILLING AND TRAFFIC CONTROL AND FUEL. AND THEN IN TURN, THE COUNTY WILL PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND LABOR AT A COST, IT'S AT A COST SAVINGS TO THE TAXPAYERS VERSUS THE CONTRACTOR BEING HIRED TO PERFORM THE SAME IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING AND VERY MUCH NEEDED.
NEXT IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR ASPHALT MILLING WITH TEXOP CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ASPHALT MILLING ON HARWOOD ROAD, FROM THE CITY LIMITS TO OAK VALLEY DRIVE AND FOREST RIDGE DRIVE FROM HARWOOD ROAD TO BEDFORD ROAD, AND WE'RE UTILIZING THE TARRANT COUNTY COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT.
BASICALLY, THIS IS TO RECEIVE AUTHORIZATION TO EXPEND FUNDS FOR THE ASPHALT MILLING WITH TEXOP CONSTRUCTION, AND AS MENTIONED, IT'LL BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH TARRANT COUNTY.
SO FOR PAVING OF HARWOOD ROAD AND FOREST RIDGE DRIVE.
NEXT IS BASICALLY IT'S AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2022 STREET IMPROVEMENT COSTS FOR USE, AND IT'S ADMINISTERING THE ESCROW PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER FIVE, WHICH IS SUBDIVISION STANDARDS AND CHAPTER SIX, WHICH IS PUBLIC SERVICES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES OF THE CITY'S CODIFIED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
THIS ITEM IS TO AMEND OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THE UPDATED PRICES TO ASSESS STREET STREET ESCROW.
SO BASICALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CAPTURING THE TRUE COST BASED ON INFLATIONARY MEASURES. AND MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M THRILLED ABOUT HARWOOD ROAD, LET ME JUST SAY THAT'S THE MOST THRILLING THING WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS.
I NEED A MOTION, I GUESS, OR QUESTION.
OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE TONIGHT.
WHEN I DECIDE, I'LL BE SURE AND LOOK BOTH WAYS.
OK, WE'VE GOT THE MOTION AND WE GOT THE SECOND.
[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]
OK. NEXT UP, PERSONS TO BE HEARD, IT'S TERESA COBURN WITH SIX STONES.GLAD TO SEE YOU, TERESA IN THIS TIME OF COVID.
WE DON'T SEE PEOPLE AS MUCH AS WE USED TO.
I LIVE AT 2060 NORMANDY DRIVE, HURST, TEXAS, AND I DO LIVE IN HURST.
BUT I'M ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM BEDFORD AND MY KIDS HAVE GONE TO BEDFORD SCHOOLS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO IN KEEPING THE ROADS NICE AND, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF SIX STONES MY EMPLOYER AND WE WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU AND THANK YOU AND I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S SO BELATED.
WE'RE THANKING YOU FOR THE DASHING FOR HOPE PARTICIPATION THAT YOU GUYS DID BACK IN DECEMBER, AND I IT'S COMPLETELY MY FAULT.
WE HAD A BOUT OF COVID COME RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF GETTING BACK ON MY FEET TO GET THINGS DONE.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT NIGHT OF HOPE.
IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, IS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS WHERE WE SUPPORT 3400 HEB ISD STUDENTS WITH CHRISTMAS DINNER AND PRESENTS FOR ALL THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18, WHETHER THEY'RE IN SCHOOL OR NOT.
AND THIS YEAR WE RAISED THROUGH DASHING FOR HOPE, WE RAISED ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT EQUATES TO SIXTEEN HUNDRED STUDENTS WHO WERE SPONSORED THROUGH THAT FUNDRAISER. SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT, AND IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO SERVE A COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS AWARE OF THAT.
SO WE WANTED TO COME AND THANK YOU.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FANCY THINGS THIS YEAR, SO WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE MEANINGFUL. SO I WENT AND SPOKE WITH THE ART TEACHER AT BELLAIRE ELEMENTARY, AND SHE HAD
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HER STUDENTS WRITE YOU GUYS A THANK YOU CARD.SO IT SAYS, THANKS BEDFORD, WE LOVE YOU.
AND INSIDE THE STUDENT MIKAYLA DOE, SHE WROTE TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR H-E-B ISD STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND I WILL BRING THAT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALMENDAREZ IN JUST A SECOND. YOU GUYS CAN PASS.
THAT'S VERY KIND OF THEM. WE APPRECIATE SIX STONES, IN FACT.
I KNOW WHEN ANYBODY SAYS TO ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SIX STONES IS, AND I SAID, WHERE ARE YOU BEEN? BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY FOREVER AND THERE'S HUGE SUPPORT.
YOU CAN'T HELP, LIKE TALK TO US ALL THAT'S LIVED HERE MORE THAN TEN YEARS THAT HASN'T PARTICIPATED IN SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE ALL PUT TOGETHER FOR US.
SO WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
YEAH, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT SIX STONES AND WHAT YOU DO FOR US, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND THANKING US.
THANK YOU, TERESA. OK, NEW BUSINESS,
[7. Public hearing and consider an ordinance for an extension of a Specific Use Permit (SUP) PZ-SUP- 2018-50060 for the Christian Life Tabernacle Church to allow additional time prior to the expiration of the SUP originally granted on March 10, 2020, per Section 5.3.C (Duration of Specific Use Permit) of the City of Bedford Zoning Ordinance. (PZ-SUP-EXT2-2018-50060) (Item was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 4-0-0)]
OK, I GUESS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR AN EXTENSION OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.SUP. PZ-SUP-201850060 FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE TABERNACLE CHURCH TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE SUP, ORIGINALLY GRANTED ON MARCH 10TH, 2020 PER SECTION 5.3(C) DURATION OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD ZONING ORDINANCE PZ-SUP-EXT-2018-50060.
ITEM WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO. HI WES, HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? GOOD. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS IS AN EXTENSION ON AN SUP.
COUNCIL'S ALREADY SEEN THIS ONCE BEFORE.
THEY WILL ACTUALLY SEE IT TWICE BEFORE ONCE FOR THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL AND THE EXTENSION JUST FOR BENEFIT OF EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC.
IN A REFRESHER, FOR COUNCIL PROPERTIES LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF CENTRAL DRIVE NORTH OF GETTYSBURG PLACE IN SOUTH OF NOTTINGHAM DRIVE.
AND THAT SHOULD NOT LOOK LIKE THAT, BUT I'LL READ IT REAL QUICKLY SO THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND IT. THE REQUEST SUMMARY IS PROPERTY ZONED R-15 CHURCH WAS APPROVED IN MARCH OF 2020 FOR AN EXPANSION OF ABOUT ELEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, AND A EXTENSION WAS PROVIDED TO THE CHURCH BACK IN MARCH OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE FOR ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A SECOND EXTENSION, EXTENDING THEIR SUP TO MARCH OF 2023.
THE JUST AS A RECAP OF WHAT THE SUP WAS FOR, IT WAS FOR A CHURCH ON RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTY ABOUT THREE AND A HALF ACRE SITE.
AGAIN, A LITTLE OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF THIRTY FEET.
PARKING PROPOSED IS 510 SPACES, AND THEN LANDSCAPING IS BEING PROVIDED ON THE PERIMETER AND ALONG CENTRAL DRIVE.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO PRIMARY DISCUSSION AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS THE HOLDUP OF THE PROJECT AND THAT WAS RELATED TO ENGINEERING PLANS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
BUILDING PERMIT IS UNDER REVIEW AS WE SPEAK, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANOTHER EXTENSION HAVING TO COME FORWARD. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL, I SEE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.
OK, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROJECT? DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH.
I GATHER NOT SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OK. RICH. I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL ISSUE? WHY COULDN'T IT GET.
THEY BRING IN SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS? IT WAS JUST A, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS FAR AS I THINK THEY MAY HAVE HAD A CHANGE IN ENGINEER ON THEIR SIDE.
AND SO THEY JUST HAD SOME ISSUES GETTING OUR MEETING, OUR STANDARDS ON PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS AS OF NOW.
AS OF NOW, THOSE HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCILMAN COGAN? I KNOW. WAIT, SO I KNOW YOU SAID AN APPLICANT HAS ALL THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW AND EVERYTHING'S, YOU KNOW, FOR SEEING TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT JUST PROCEDURALLY, HOW MANY TIMES CAN WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE TO EXTEND JUST INDEFINITELY? THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T GIVE A MAXIMUM.
SO YES, OR INDEFINITELY? IT CAME DOWN. SURE.
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THANKS. ANY OTHERS? OK, I GUESS WE MAKE A MOTION AND COUNCILMAN STEVES IS GOING TO GET THE MOTION.GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
PUT YOUR HAND UP AND WE'VE GOT A UNANIMOUS ONCE AGAIN.
OK, WE GOT ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL DO THIS ONE A LOT BETTER PUBLIC
[8. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone the property described as Lot 1A Block 1 The Oaks Addition, located at 1705 Airport Freeway #1809, Bedford, Texas 76021, from Planned Unit Development to Planned Unit Development/Specific Use Permit for a tattoo and piercing shop. (PZ-SUP-2022-50002) (Item was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 3-1-0)]
HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.DESCRIBED AS LOT 1A, BLOCK 1 THE OAKS EDITION LOCATED AT 1705 AIRPORT FREEWAY NO.
FROM PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT SLASH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A TATTOO AND PIERCING SHOP.PZ-SUP-2022-50002.
ITEM WAS RECOMMENDED BY APPROVAL OR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BY A VOTE OF 3-1-0.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS AN SUP FOR THE, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR SOME REASON I DID A BAD JOB.
SO I'LL READ THIS FOR COUNCIL'S BENEFIT AND THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN BEDFORD COMMONS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH MUST KNOW WELL. THE SHOPPING CENTER IS HAS A VARIETY OF USES CURRENTLY INSIDE.
IT CONSISTS OF RESTAURANT/BAR USES, EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES, FITNESS CENTERS, MARTIAL ART CLASSES AND A CARTER BLOOD CARE DONATION CENTER.
THE BEDFORD COMMONS PD REQUIREMENTS DO STATE THAT FOR A TATTOO PIERCING SHOP, A SUP IS REQUIRED. THUS THE REASON FOR TONIGHT'S APPLICATION.
SURROUNDING LAND USES TO THE NORTH.
YOU HAVE A BANK OFFICE BUILDING TO THE WEST, YOU HAVE MEDICAL OFFICE AND LABORATORY USE AND RESTAURANT USE FURTHER TO THE WEST AND THEN TO THE EAST.
YOU HAVE A MOTORCYCLE SALES AND SERVICE LOCATION.
CITY STAFF NOTIFIED PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN FOUR OR WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF THE SITE, PLACED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY AND PUBLISHED A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER REGARDING THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSES IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY THREE TO ONE.
THE BULK OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DEALT WITH THE OVERALL VISION FOR THE AREA AND WHAT BEDFORD COMMONS WAS REALLY WHAT THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OF BEDFORD COMMONS WAS.
AND SO THUS THE ONE VOTE IN OPPOSITION CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I DO KNOW THE APPLICANTS HERE AS WELL.
OK, COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MORRISON? OK, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TATTOO SHOP? I GUESS IT'S TATTOO PIERCING.
JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN GO FOR IT.
I LIVE IN WATAUGA, BUT AND I CURRENTLY OWN TWO TATTOO SHOPS.
ONE OF THEM IS IN FORT WORTH KELLER AREA, AND WE'VE BEEN OPEN SINCE 2013.
THE OTHER ONE'S CURRENTLY IN RICHLAND HILLS, WHICH I ALSO HAD TO GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THAT CITY AS WELL.
THAT LOCATION HASN'T BEEN AS GREAT AS FAR AS BUSINESS FOR TATTOOS.
I DO HAVE A SUPPLY STORE IN THERE FOR TATTOO SUPPLIES AND THAT BUSINESS IS GOING WELL.
SO MY PLAN IS TO TAKE THE ARTISTS THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE AT THAT LOCATION AND MOVE THEM TO THE BEDFORD LOCATION.
I DID PRINT OUT SOME PICTURES OF THE TYPE OF TATTOOS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE.
DOING IN THE SHOP JUST AS A VISUAL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK AT THEM.
ALL THE ARTISTS THAT I HAVE, A COUPLE OF THEM ARE HERE WITH ME RIGHT NOW AND ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF CLIENTS ARE HERE WITH US, TOO.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THE SHOPS THAT DOES 20 DOLLAR TATTOOS.
MY ARTISTS CHARGED ANYWHERE FROM $150-250 AN HOUR TO GET WORK DONE.
WE WON'T BE STAYING OPEN LATE.
WE KNOW WE'RE RIGHT THERE BY BARS, BUT WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN TATTOOING PEOPLE THAT ARE INTOXICATED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY DO HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON WAIVERS AND EVERYTHING SAYING THAT THEY WON'T GET TATTOOED IF THEY ARE INTOXICATED, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT.
I HAVE A REALLY GOOD REPUTATION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SINCE I'VE BEEN OPEN ALREADY FOR NINE YEARS, RAUL AND I ARE ON GOOD SPEAKING TERMS. I CAN EMAIL HIM ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE AND HE GETS RIGHT BACK TO ME.
I HAVE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS EVERY TIME HE'S COME IN TO INSPECT ANYTHING AT.
WE'RE VERY CLEAN, VERY PROFESSIONAL.
ONE OF MY ARTISTS WAS ACTUALLY ON TATTOO NIGHTMARES MIAMI, THE TV SHOW.
SO AND THE OTHER ARTISTS HAVE WON AWARDS FOR THEIR WORK.
IT'S HIGH END STUFF, AND I PLAN ON MAKING IT VERY CLASSY.
I'M NOT GOING TO, I'M GOING TO DO THINGS TO THE INSIDE TO MAKE IT VERY APPEALING AND VERY
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CLEAN AND CLASSY.IS THERE ANY ANYONE ELSE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK COME RIGHT UP TO THE MIC AND GIVE US YOUR NAME? ERIC COHERE, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING TONIGHT? PROBABLY AN ODD, ODD THING OVER A TATTOO THING, NOT TO TOO OFTEN COMES UP, I BET.
UM, I MEAN, I'VE TRAVELED A LOT, TATTOOED ALL OVER THE PLACE, 30 PLUS YEARS TATTOOING.
SOME OF YOU GUYS PROBABLY REMEMBER 30 YEARS AGO, SOME OF YOU WERE A LITTLE YOUNG FOR 30 YEARS AGO, BUT.
HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE. HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE.
SAY WHAT? UM, BUT IT'S CHANGED A LOT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD.
THERE'S A LOT OF BAD, BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY.
ONE OF THE OLDEST PEOPLE I'VE TATTOOED WAS 72.
SHE COMES IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
VERY, VERY ALMOST PUSHY, BUT NOT QUITE, JUST REAL POIGNANT.
SHE GOES, I WANT TO SEE YOUR ROSES.
I WANT TO SEE YOUR BUTTERFLIES.
I WAS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, OK, I SHOW HER, AND SHE GOES, I DON'T LIKE THESE ROSES.
LIKE, IS THIS FOR SOMEBODY? IS THIS? SHE'S LIKE, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU? AND I SAID, NO, MA'AM, LIKE, OH JEEZ, OK.
SHE'S BEEN THROUGH LIFE. SHE'S GOT IT DOWN.
AND UM, SO I ASK HER, LIKE, MAN, WHY YOU KNOW, HOW OLD ARE YOU? SEVENTY TWO. YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY UP THERE.
HE'S KILLING ME. THE TATTOO CHAIR CAN BE VERY CANDID, LET ME TELL YOU.
SO, SO WE'RE TALKING, SHE SAYS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE WANTED ONE FOR 30 YEARS.
MY FAMILY ALWAYS GAVE ME GUFF ABOUT IT, AND SHE'S LIKE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO WITHOUT HAVING IT. I FEEL LIKE I'VE WANTED ONE.
I'M GOING TO GET ONE. AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, GOOD FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD. LET'S GIVE YOU A GOOD TATTOO AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. YOU COULD HAVE WHAT YOU WANT.
AND SO IT WAS REAL, REAL EASY, REAL NICE.
SHE LEFT. UM, AND SO ABOUT THREE WEEKS LATER, THIS YOUNG GIRL COMES IN JUST TURNED 18.
SHE GOES, I TURNED 18, I WANT TO COME GET A TATTOO.
I SAID, OK, COOL, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? SHE SAID, WELL, THERE'S A YOUNG MAN HERE THAT MY GRANDMOTHER ROSE, TOLD ME TO GO TO.
SAID, YOU'RE A REALLY GOOD GUY AND I NEED TO COME SEE YOU.
AND I SAID, OH MAN, YEAH, I REMEMBER HER.
SHE'S KIND OF SASSY, RIGHT? SHE SAID, YEAH, THAT'S HER.
WE WANT TO BE THE KIND OF SHOP THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN.
THE GRANDMOTHERS CAN FEEL SAFE COMING TO AND WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY CAN SEND THEIR GRANDDAUGHTERS BACK TO.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S SUCH A RARE THING.
IT WAS SUCH A LIKE A PIECE OF MY TATTOO HISTORY THAT I ALWAYS CHERISH, LIKE IT'S ALWAYS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE WITH MY DAUGHTER, I LOVE ON HER.
AND BUT TO HAVE A GRANDMOTHER SEND ME HER GRANDDAUGHTER, I MEAN, THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT IS WE COUNSEL A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE SEAT. WE HEAR A LOT OF STORIES.
I PERSONALLY CAN TELL YOU THAT I PRAYED FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE SEAT.
THEY NEEDED THAT PRAYER AND THAT INTIMACY IN THAT CHAIR OF LETTING SOMEBODY TATTOO YOU ALLOWED THAT OPENING TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH THOSE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVES THE SAME, AND THAT'S OK.
I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE THEM BELIEVE THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES TATTOOING IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.
SOMETIMES, THERE'S REALLY GOOD, GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS? JUST STATE YOUR NAME.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TREY ENGLISH.
I WILL KEEP IT A LITTLE SHORTER THAN MY COWORKER HERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY STORIES TO TELL ABOUT AGE OR ANYTHING.
OH, I HAVE PLENTY. AND IT'S LIKE IF YOU COME DOWN TO THE GALLERY, WE'D LOVE TO SHARE SOME WITH YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR WORLD NOW, IT IS SO HARD FOR YOUNG ARTISTS TO MAKE THEIR MARK IN THE WORLD.
SO A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, I NEVER GOT THE OPTION TO BUT WENT TO ART SCHOOL ENDED UP WITH A WHOLE LOT OF DEBT. AND THEN UNLESS WE WANT TO BE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS.
WE REALLY ARE KIND OF OUT OF LUCK.
3-D ANIMATION, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE TAKING HOLD FOR THOSE THAT ACTUALLY JUST WANT TO CREATE. THIS IS REALLY THE BEST FIELD FOR US, AND WE LOVED SEEING THESE YOUNG ARTISTS COME INTO GOOD SHOPS, GOOD PLACES AND GOOD COMMUNITIES TO WORK.
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THERE ARE ENOUGH BAD ONES OUT THERE.WE JUST LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO BRING ANOTHER ONE INTO EXISTENCE.
HI. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY NAME'S ALANA BROWN.
I WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY JUST TO TELL MY EXPERIENCE GOING TO THEIR TATTOO SHOP.
MINE IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE PICTURES YOU WERE HANDED.
UM, WHAT HAPPENED WITH ME WAS.
JUST BABY DAMAGE FROM 20 YEARS AGO LEFT LIKE THE TYPE OF SCARRING THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN ATTACKED BY A BEAR THAT I LIVED WITH FOR 20 YEARS HAD AN 11 POUND BABY.
SO THAT'S WHAT DID THAT HAD TWINS, TOO, BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING AFTER THAT. SHE WHAT HAPPENED WAS ONE DAY, A FEW MONTHS BACK, I JUST LET MY HUSBAND KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ME? FINALLY, JUST BECAUSE I LOOKED INTO PROCEDURES, ALL OF WHICH WERE SUPER DANGEROUS AND SUPER COSTLY, AND YOU COULD YOU COULD DIE.
SO THEN WE WE JUST STARTED THINKING ABOUT TATTOOING, AND ONE DAY I JUST TOLD MY HUSBAND, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND HE WAS LIKE, ARE YOU SERIOUS? AND IT WAS LIKE CALLS CAT IMMEDIATELY.
AND THE SWEETEST THING HAD NEVER COMPLAINED IN 20 YEARS, BUT LIKE TO FINALLY KIND OF GET IT WHERE IT'S LIKE SUPER FUN, SOMETHING SUPER FUN INSTEAD OF SOMETHING SO SAD TO LOOK AT REALLY EXCITED HIM.
I WAS STILL JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AND I GET THERE AND CAT'S SUPER REASSURING BECAUSE I ACTUALLY KNEW HER THROUGH SOME FRIENDS AND SHE ALREADY KNEW I WAS DEATHLY AFRAID OF NEEDLES AND HAVE A FAINTING CONDITION.
SO LIKE, THAT'S NOT A GREAT COMBO.
LOW PAIN TOLERANCE, TOO, SO BUT IT ENDED UP SHE GAVE ME HER MOST GENTLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIGHT HANDED, SHE SAID, BECAUSE IT WAS IN SUCH A SENSITIVE AREA, PAIN WISE, IF YOU KNOW, TATTOOS. SO AND IT WAS MY FIRST ONE.
HE DID SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF MAKING ME FEEL COMFORTABLE, REALLY HEARING WHAT I WANTED PATIENT WITH ALL MY ANNOYING QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE WITH YOUR FIRST ONE, I'VE HEARD YOU CAN BE A NIGHTMARE AND I'VE ONLY BEEN THAT THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH. BUT HE'S BEEN SO NICE, SO PATIENT.
BUT BASICALLY THE END RESULT WAS.
WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I JUST GOT BACK ABOUT A WEEK AGO FROM A VACATION, WE TOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE FIVE YEARS AND EVERY DAY WHILE WE WERE THERE, AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE CAME UP TO US AND SAID, THAT IS THE BEST TATTOO I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND THEY WOULD STOP ME AND MAKE ME STAND THERE SO THEY COULD JUST SEE AND UM, SEVERAL OF THEM WHEN THEY SAID, WHO WAS IT THAT DID THAT, THEY ALREADY KNEW HIM.
THEY ALREADY KNEW THE NAME OF HER ARTIST FROM SEEING HIM ON DIFFERENT TV PROGRAMS OR JUST IF YOU KNOW, THE WORLD OF TATTOO AT ALL.
AND I FEEL LIKE JUST FROM HEARING HER SPEAK ON IT, A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE AMOUNT OF HUMBLE I'M HEARING COME OUT OF HER, LIKE HER SHOP IS LIKE, NO, NONE I'VE EVER SEEN.
I DID A LOT OF HOMEWORK ON THIS, ESPECIALLY EVEN LIKE SCARRING COVERING.
THERE'S JUST THE BEST THERE IS.
I DON'T EVEN THINK SHE KNOWS, BUT THEY'RE ALL IN SOME WAY.
THEY'RE MEDICALLY FRAGILE OR SPECIAL NEEDS.
AND SO I WAS ALWAYS AT THE SCHOOL.
HALF OF MY KID'S TEACHERS HAVE BEEN TATTOOED BY HER SHOP.
HALF OF OUR, PRINCIPAL WAS, OUR VICE PRINCIPAL WAS.
THE WHOLE TOWN KNOWS HER OR KNOWS OF HER WORK AND.
SHE EVEN, UM, ONE OF MY SECOND GRADE, MY SONS, THEY'RE TWINS, SECOND GRADE TEACHER.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE WITH THEM, WITH THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS, HER WHEN I WAS VOLUNTEERING IN HER CLASSROOM. SHE WAS MARRIED AT THE TIME.
UM, BUT THEN LATER ON, THANK GOODNESS, GOT DIVORCED AND THEN MET THE MOST INCREDIBLE HUMAN EVER WHO THEN SIX MONTHS LATER DIED, WHO SHE THEN HAD.
I JUST SAW. ALL I DID WAS SEE ONLINE THE TATTOO AND I KNEW WHERE IT WAS FROM.
SO HER PLACE HAD TATTOOED HIS QUOTE FROM A LETTER HE HAD WRITTEN HER BEFORE HE DIED.
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AND THAT'S THE KIND OF WORK THEY DO ALL THE TIME.I'VE JUST HEARD ABOUT THROUGH LIVING IN THE TOWN, SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER? YES. TO STATE YOUR NAME.
SURE, WILL STEVE CARRA, MAYOR, PRO TEM COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR SEEING US AND LISTENING TO THIS. I JUST WANT TO COME IN AND TALK.
I'VE BEEN GETTING I'M AN OLD RETIRED GI.
OK, SO I'VE BEEN GETTING INK SINCE 1995.
OK. AND FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, I'VE BEEN GOING TO AND FOLLOWING THE ART, TWO ARTISTS THAT YOU HAVE HERE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THEY DO IS ART.
I MEAN, I HAVE THE FIRST 60 YEARS OF MY LIFE TATTOOED FROM HERE ACROSS AND DOWN.
OK, IT'S NOT FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY, BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.
BUT THE THREE WORDS I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS IS CHARACTER, COMMUNITY AND CONCERN, BECAUSE THAT IS THE KIND OF ATTITUDE AND THE TYPE OF VALUES THAT I'VE SEEN FROM BOTH OF THESE TWO GENTLEMEN IN THE BACK AS THEY'VE MOVED AROUND THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS SHOPS AND ALSO FROM CAT.
HE HAS A PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD FOLLOWING FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
HE IS VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN THE PERSONAL LIFE, TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE OUT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER FROM WHATEVER WALK OF LIFE THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH OR WHATEVER KIND OF HARDSHIPS THEY'VE BEEN THERE.
AND THAT BUILDS INTO IT A VERY SMALL LEVEL IN A BUILDING BLOCKS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND YOU WATCH THAT CONTINUOUSLY, CONTINUOUSLY, CONTINUOUSLY AND THAT FEEDS INTO THE COMPASSION PIECE OF IT AS WELL.
I'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE THROUGH THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, QUITE FRANKLY, NOT BE VERY KIND TO SOME OF THE FOLKS THERE.
AND THAT COMPASSION, THEY'LL JUST LOVE THEM TO DEATH.
I MEAN, IT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE DO NOT DO FLASH TYPE WORK.
YOU KNOW, THE KIND WHERE YOU'RE GOING IN YOUR HALF DRUNK AND YOU PICK OUT SOMETHING OFF, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME THREE ALPHA.
LET'S GO WITH THAT. THEY DO ART, WHICH MEANS YOU BRING IN YOUR CONCEPTS.
YOU MAY BE LITTLE PIECES. I'M NOT AN ARTIST, SO YOU BRING THAT STUFF TOGETHER.
PUT IT IN AND GO HERE, THIS IS WHAT I WANT.
IT IS VERY HIGH END TYPE STUFF, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO EITHER.
FOR OTHER PEOPLE, IT'S COSMETICS AND I'VE HAD A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THEM ALL THE WAY AROUND IN ALL FACETS OF LIFE.
I'VE HAD THEM OVER TO MY HOUSE TO BLESS MY HOUSE AND DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL.
SO VERY TIGHT AND I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T REGRET IT FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT BECAUSE I THINK YOU'LL GET A GREAT ADDITION.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHERS? OK, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT STOOD AT THE MIC TODAY? OK. COUNCILMAN STEVES? I GUESS, MR. MORRISON, WE NEED YOU BACK.
THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BEDFORD COMMONS ARE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OK, SO WE'RE? THIS ISN'T BY RIGHT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THIS HAS TO BE AS SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITHIN THAT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; RIGHT? RIGHT. WITHIN THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, THERE'S A SCHEDULE OF USES JUST LIKE THERE IS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO TATTOO PIERCING SHOPS, IT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE BEDFORD COMMONS.
I MEAN, THAT'S IF ANDREA CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW? RIGHT. AND IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, I KNOW ANDREA, I'LL RUN UP AND MOVE ME ALL THE WAY.
BUT THE THIS IS A DIFFERENT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, SO BEDFORD COMMONS TAKES UP A LARGE PORTION OF, I FORGET EXACTLY HOW MANY ACRES, BUT THIS IS AN ALREADY DEVELOPED PORTION.
I THINK THE PART THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON IS THE UNDEVELOPED PORTION.
AND AGAIN, IF I'VE SAID SOMETHING WRONG, SOMEBODY WILL CORRECT ME.
EXTENDS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 183? IS THAT CORRECT? YES. BEDFORD COMMONS GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 183.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? COUNCILWOMAN CULVER DID YOU WANT TO? SO WES, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BEDFORD WITHIN OUR CODES; IS THERE AN AREA TO WHERE A TATTOO PARLOR IS ALLOWED WITHOUT AN SUP? NO, MA'AM. TATTOO PARLORS ARE NOT ALLOWED AT ALL IN BEDFORD? UNLESS THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
UNLESS THEY HAVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
SO AS COUNCILMAN STEVES WAS MENTIONING, THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL AREA THAT WE HAVE DESIGNATED FOR OUR BEDFORD COMMONS AND.
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WITH THE INTENT OF THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PUT FORTH IN THE PAST, I THINK THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY STILL DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A TATTOO PARLOR.UM. SPECIAL USE PERMITS, FROM MY OPINION, I'M NOT A FAN, YOU EITHER CHANGE THE CODE TO WHERE YOU ALLOW IT SO THAT YOU DON'T SET A PRECEDENT AND THEN CONTINUALLY HAVE SUPS POPPING UP THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK WE'VE TAKEN THAT STANCE ON OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE WANTED TO COME INTO THE CITY. SO MY FEELING TOWARDS THIS IS THAT I'M NOT, I'M NOT AGAINST YOUR BUSINESS, AND I'M SURE IT'S DONE IN THE BEST HIGH END WAY AND THAT YOU WOULD MAKE IT CLASSY, AS YOU SAID, BUT I DO NOT THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THE BEDFORD COMMONS AREA.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CULVER.
COUNCILMAN ALMENDAREZ? OKAY. IT'S FINE.
I GOT A. SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW MANY TATTOO ESTABLISHMENTS DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE HERE IN BEDFORD? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY IN BEDFORD, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE AREN'T ANY.
BUT JUST WHEN I DID A REAL QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH, NOTHING SCIENTIFIC, OBVIOUSLY, BUT NONE POPPED UP. THERE AREN'T ANY.
OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI? ALL RIGHT. SO I HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS CONCERNING THIS TOPIC.
AND SO WHAT KEPT GETTING BROUGHT UP IS WHAT KIND OF TATTOO PARLOR IS IT? YOU KNOW, IS IT? I GUESS IT WAS THE TERM FLASH.
I GUESS THE POINT TO A, YOU KNOW, YOU WANDER IN AFTER A FEW TOO MANY AND YOU GET SOMETHING ON YOUR FACE OR SOMETHING AND AND PEOPLE WERE AGAINST THAT, BUT THEY SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO LISTEN TO THE APPLICANT, YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT KIND OF WORK THEY DO.
AND WHILE SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT AGREE OR EVEN HAVE TATTOOS, I DO NOT HAVE ANY.
MY BROTHER IS COVERED IN THEM.
AND IF IT'S DONE IN A, THERE IS A HIGH END MARKET FOR TATTOOS AND WHEN DONE, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS A BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF A FRIEND WHO PASSED AWAY ON HER ARM.
AND IT IT COSTS MORE THAN MY FIRST CAR.
I MEAN, IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY.
SO I MEAN, AS LONG AS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE OF INVOLVED THAN IT'S A HIGH END AND IT'S NOT, I GUESS WHAT YOU'D CONSIDER A LOW CLASS ESTABLISHMENT, AND BY HEARING THE APPLICANT AND THE VARIOUS PEOPLE HAVE COME UP AND SPOKE, IT'S GOING TO BE YES FOR ME. COUNCILWOMAN CULVER? IF I COULD REMIND COUNCIL, THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE WORK THAT THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE CAN PROVIDE.
I HAVE NO DOUBT FROM LISTENING TO THEM THAT THE QUALITY OF THEIR WORK IS GREAT.
I'M NOT AGAINST TATTOOS, I DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT I'M NOT AGAINST THEM.
THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT IS THIS THE PROPER USE FOR THE PROPERTY? IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUSINESS, NOR THE QUALITY OF THE BUSINESS.
THINK ABOUT THE BEDFORD COMMONS.
THINK ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE USE OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE BEDFORD COMMONS IS.
IT'S ABOUT THE USE OF THE LAND.
COUNCILMAN COGAN? I'M TRYING TO GET THE BUTTON HERE.
YOU KNOW, GOSH, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A TATTOO.
DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT I ALWAYS WANTED ONE, BUT I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND WHAT I WANT AND WHERE I WANT IT. SO I'LL PROBABLY STILL BE WAITING FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS, BUT WHO KNOWS? BUT BUT I WILL SAY THIS, IT'S CLEAR FROM THE DRAWINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ILLUSTRATED, THIS IS NOT, AS IT WAS MENTIONED, A FLASH SHOP.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY HIGH END.
THE QUALITY OF WORK LOOKS PHENOMENAL.
I MEAN, THAT IS, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU GUYS ARE ARTISTS AND WHAT YOU PRODUCE.
AND SO YOU KNOW, THAT BEING SAID, I LIKE HAVING A QUALITY ESTABLISHMENT HERE IN BEDFORD.
THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS THE RIGHT SPOT FOR IT RIGHT HERE IN BEDFORD COMMONS? SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN CULVER'S STATEMENT THAT FOR A VISION FOR THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION, THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST SPOT.
NOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT A CLASSY ESTABLISHMENT IN THIS CITY? NOT AT ALL.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS BASED ON EXACTLY WHERE IT IS IN OUR VISION FOR THIS, THIS
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LOCATION FOR OUR CITY.SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SAYING IT'S A NO FOR ANY OTHER PLACE IN BEDFORD, BUT MAYBE HERE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION.
ANYBODY ELSE? OK, I GUESS ANYBODY AND NO MORE QUESTIONS.
OK, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.
OK. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. COUNCILMAN STEVES SECONDED.
AND LET'S ALL VOTE YAY OR NAY? IT'LL BE YES.
OK, SO IT'S 6-1, 5-1, I'M SORRY.
OK. SORRY, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO COME TO US.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT YOUR ARTWORK IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S JUST NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR US, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
[9. Consider a resolution accepting the report from the independent auditor and the audited financial statements and the single audit report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 and providing an effective date.]
GOING RIGHT ALONG NOW, WE GOT A CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE REPORT.YEAH, AND THERE CONSIDER A REPORT FROM THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR AND THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.
TONIGHT BEFORE YOU, WE ARE PRESENTING OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.
OUR REPORT IS DERIVED FROM AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT BY A QUALIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT DESIGNATED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR SECTION 2.20 OF THE CITY CHARTER.
THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATES, EXCUSE ME, QUALIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS WHO AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR MAKE AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FROM CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND ONCE THAT AUDIT IS COMPLETED, THEY ARE SUBMITTED.
EXCUSE ME, THEIR REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY MANAGER.
ON FEBRUARY 18, 2022, JENNIFER RIPKE, OUR AUDIT PARTNER WITH WEAVER AND TIDWELL, PRESENTED THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF MAYOR MICHAEL BOYTER, MAYOR PRO TEM AMY SABOL AND COUNCIL MEMBER RUTH CULVER.
THE STAFF PRESENT AT THIS AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING WITH CITY MANAGER JIMMY STATHATOS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE MARIA JOYNER, AND OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTANT KIMBERLY ROBISON.
IN THE MEETING, WEAVER PRESENTED THE CITY OF BEDFORD FINANCIAL POSITION WITH RESPECT TO PHYSICAL HIGHLIGHTS, NET POSITION, BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS AND OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE.
WE WERE CONDUCTED THE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOTH AUDITING STANDARDS AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE.
IN SUMMARY, WE WERE FOUND THAT THE CITIES THAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS WITHOUT ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS AND THE SINGLE AUDIT CONDUCTED OVER OUR CARES FUNDS COMPLIED WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY.
THE CITY RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON BOTH OUR AUDIT AND OUR SINGLE AUDIT.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF OPINION THAT THE AUDITORS ARE ALLOWED TO GIVE THE CITY, SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT OPINION REPORT.
THIS ACTUALLY MARKS THE FIFTH YEAR WITH THIS AUDIT FIRM.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO GO OUT FOR RFP FOR NEW AUDITORS.
HOWEVER, WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH WEAVER AND TIDWELL.
I'M VERY PLEASED TONIGHT TO HAVE WITH YOU, SARA DEMPSEY, AN AUDIT PARTNER.
SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF OUR AUDIT AND GIVE YOU JUST A FEW MORE DETAILS TO GIVE YOU MORE IN DEPTH AS TO THEIR PROCESS IN REVIEWING OUR BOOKS.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, PRO TEM, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE GOT TO SEE AS WELL. SO I'LL GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
YOU KNOW, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS VERY DETAILED, SO I DON'T THINK IT'LL TAKE THAT LONG.
AN INTRODUCTION, I'LL GO THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS AND THEN THE AUDIT RESULTS.
THERE ARE SOME REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE DID HAVE WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, SO I'LL GO OVER THOSE PRETTY QUICKLY.
SINCE THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN HEARD.
AND THEN I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU CAN INTERRUPT ME ANY TIME DURING THE PRESENTATION.
SO, JENNIFER RIPKA IS YOUR AUDIT PARTNER, I'M THE QUALITY CONTROL REVIEWER, SO SARAH DEMPSEY OFF TO THE SIDE, THAT'S ME.
YOU HAVE THAT SINGLE AUDIT REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, THE SMALLER REPORT, AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE QUALITY CONTROL REVIEW.
THE CITY HAS SPENT MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF FEDERAL MONEY,
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AND SO THAT'S WHAT INITIATES THAT SINGLE AUDIT AND THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDING IS WHAT WAS EXPENDED OVER THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.GOING THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HOW IT WORKS, WE COME OUT DURING INTERIM, WHICH IS BEFORE YEAR END, AND THAT'S WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT THE CITY HAS.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY GIVE AN OPINION ON CONTROLS, BUT WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OPERATING AS DESIGNED.
SO WE COME OUT IN AUGUST FOR THAT AND THEN WE COME BACK IN DECEMBER AND THAT'S AFTER THIS, THIS 9/30/21 YEAR END.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BALANCES.
SO THAT'S WHEN THE CITY PROVIDES US WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND WE GO THROUGH AND WE AUDIT THOSE BALANCES, WE'LL GET CONFIRMATIONS FROM THIRD PARTIES, WE'LL LOOK AT INVOICES, RECEIPTS AND THAT'S REALLY THE THE MEAT OF OUR OF OUR FIELD WORK.
AND THEN WE DO THE PRESENTATIONS AS WELL.
SO, AS MARIA MENTIONED, THERE ARE AUDITING STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH, WE'VE GOT GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND THEN THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE.
IT'S A RISK BASED APPROACH, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE COME OUT AND WE SAY, WHERE ARE THE RISKS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COULD BE MATERIALLY MISSTATED? THE GRANT EXPENDITURES IS A GOOD PLACE TO START FOR THIS YEAR.
THE ARPA MONEY ALSO CAME IN DURING THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR.
SO LOOKING AT CASH RECEIPTS, THE UTILITY FUND, ANY SORT OF COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS OR NEW TRANSACTIONS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
SO WE GO THROUGH AND WE TEST CONTROLS, WE TEST THE DISBURSEMENTS, WE TEST RECEIPTS, WE TEST THE BID PROCESS, WE GO THROUGH THAT WE DO THE SUBSTANTIVE TESTING OF THE VACCINE AND THEN THE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED.
SO THAT'S THE LARGE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND I WILL NOT READ THAT TO YOU TONIGHT.
IT'S ON PAGE THREE AND THAT'S WHERE WE GO THROUGH AND WE SAY WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DURING THE AUDIT AND WHAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
SO GOING THROUGH THE RESULTS, AS MARIA MENTIONED, THERE IS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THERE WERE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES. SO THAT WOULD BE IF WE WENT THROUGH THE AUDIT FOUND A MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT. WHAT CAUSED IT, WE WOULD BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND THERE WERE NO NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUES NOTED DURING THE COURSE OF OUR TESTING.
FOR THE FEDERAL AWARDS, THE THE SINGLE AUDIT, WHICH WAS DONE OVER THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES THERE AS WELL.
NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES TO REPORT TO YOU.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE FEDERAL MONEY MONEY IS BEING SPENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.
IT SAYS HERE THAT THE CITY IS NOT LOW RISK, SO I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED OR, YOU KNOW, A FINDING THAT WAS IN THE PAST.
YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A SINGLE AUDIT EVERY TWO YEARS TO GET THAT LOW RISK STATUS.
SO SO THAT'S THE REASON IT SAYS NOT LOW RISK.
SOME OF OUR AUDIT RESULTS, WE DO AN ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OVER UTILITY BILLING, THE RECEIPTS, THE REVENUE RECOGNITION, THAT PROCESS IS VERY MATERIAL TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. NO ITEMS WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THAT.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL REPORTING AND CASH DISBURSEMENTS, LOOKING AT JOURNAL ENTRIES AND USUAL ITEMS. WE USE DATA ANALYTICS TO PULL OUT TRANSACTIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DISBURSEMENTS BY THE CITY THAT DATA ANALYTICS SOFTWARE HELPS US PINPOINT ANY UNUSUAL ITEMS. AND THEN FOR THE AUDITOR COMMUNICATION, SOME TO POINT OUT WOULD BE THAT THERE ARE ESTIMATES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE NET PENSION LIABILITY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE THERE ARE THOSE ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS WITHIN THAT ESTIMATE THAT MAKE IT FLUCTUATE YEAR TO YEAR. AND THEN THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, SO LOOKING AT THIS LARGE REPORT, SOME OF THE BEST PLACES TO LOOK ARE THE MDNA, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT YEAR VERSUS PRIOR YEAR ANALYSIS.
DEFINITELY A GREAT READ TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR, WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND WHAT CAUSED THOSE CHANGES.
SO FOR THIS YEAR, FUND BALANCE FOR YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, SO THAT'S YOUR GENERAL FUND, YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND AND YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS, AND THEN ALL THOSE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE CONSIDERED OTHER NON-MAJOR ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR ALL OF THOSE COMBINED WITH SEVENTY FOUR MILLION.
AND THEN THE BREAKOUT IS UP THERE FOR YOU.
IT'S ABOUT TWENTY ONE MILLION IN YOUR GENERAL FUND, ONE MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE, ABOUT FOUR MILLION IN YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
FORTY FOUR MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND THEN ALL THOSE OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS IS FOUR MILLION.
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THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS REPORTED A DECREASE OF NINETEEN POINT SIX MILLION IN THE MAJORITY OF THAT DECREASE IS YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.AND AS WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER, THAT'S THE SPENDING OF THAT BOND MONEY.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT CAPTURED THAT LARGE DECREASE IN YOUR FUND BALANCE.
FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUND, SO THIS IS YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUND AND YOUR STORM WATER UTILITY FUNDS.
YOUR ENDING NET POSITION WAS ABOUT 40 MILLION FOR YOUR WATER AND SEWER AND THEN SEVEN POINT ONE FOR YOUR STORM WATER UTILITY.
NET POSITION DID INCREASE IN YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS BY ABOUT $1 MILLION.
SO THE GOVERNMENT WIDE THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT YOU MAY NOTICE, LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COMPARING THEM TO PRIOR YEAR IS THAT NET PENSION LIABILITY AND THE CHANGE IN BENEFITS, THE WAY THAT THE STANDARDS WORK.
THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE HAD TO BE A PENSION EXPENSE IN THE YEAR THAT IT WAS INCURRED.
SO THAT'S WHY IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUNDS, YOU MIGHT SEE AN INCREASE IN THE EXPENSES THERE.
IT'S THAT PENSION CHANGE THAT WAS ABOUT 17 MILLION OF THE 19 MILLION DOLLAR CHANGE.
AND OTHER FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS IS THE BUDGET, SO THE BUDGET HAD A FAVORABLE VARIANCE, YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT ONE POINT SIX MILLION WAS DUE TO BETTER THAN EXPECTED SALES TAX REVENUE AND THAT CARES FUNDING AND THEN YOUR EXPENDITURES WERE UNDER BUDGET BY NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE THOUSAND. SO JUST CONSCIENTIOUS SPENDING AND SAVINGS ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT WE GO THROUGH WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT THE TAX LEVY, THE TAX COLLECTIONS AND THEN THAT NET TAXABLE VALUE SO THAT YOU CAN COMPARE ALL THREE AND SEE HOW THEY'RE INCREASING AS WELL.
SO THAT IS THE PRESENTATION, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? MS. ALMENDAREZ? SO YOU SAID THAT WE WERE NOT LOW RISK, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE AN AUDIT EVERY TWO YEARS? HAVE WE NOT HAD AN AUDIT EVERY TWO YEARS? IT'S THIS PARTICULAR SINGLE AUDIT, AND I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT.
SO YOU ONLY HAVE A SINGLE AUDIT WHEN YOU EXPEND MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD TO SPEND THAT IN THE PAST, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE A SINGLE AUDIT.
SO IT'S REALLY PARTICULAR TO THE TESTING OF THE GRANTS.
COUNCILMAN STEVES? I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR? WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CITY JUST NORTH OF US, GRAPEVINE? I AM VERY. YOU'RE NOT THE AUDITORS FOR THEM, ARE YOU? WE'RE NOT THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR, BUT WE CAME IN AND DID THE INVESTIGATION AFTER YOU ALL CAUGHT IT. SO WE'RE VERY YEAH.
SO WE HAVE CONTROLS IN PLACE TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT FROM HAPPENING IN THIS CITY? YES. AND THE TESTING THAT WE DO WOULD SEE THAT BECAUSE WE USE THOSE DATA ANALYTICS, SO P CARDS ARE TESTED.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE FOCUS ON EVERYWHERE WE GO BECAUSE THE DISBURSEMENTS OUT OF A CITY ARE SO, YOU KNOW, MEDIA ATTENTION, CITIZEN ATTENTION AND SO ESPECIALLY A P CARD OR CREDIT CARD.
WE ALWAYS LOOK TO THE CONTROLS OVER THOSE PROCESSES.
ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. ANYBODY.
OK? SO WHY DO WE DO AN AUDIT? YOU'RE REQUIRED TO BY THE STATE.
SO ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE REQUIRED TO GET AN AUDIT.
IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 180 DAYS OF YEAR END.
SO, YOU KNOW, MARCH 31ST AND AND THAT'S REALLY IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT.
AND SO WHO USES OUR AUDIT? LIKE WHAT WOULD IT BE USED FOR? IS IT SUBMITTED TO SOMEBODY FOR? SURE. YOUR BONDHOLDERS, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR BOND RATING? THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THE FOCUS IS AND WHO WE KNOW WILL BE A READER ASIDE FROM DEFINITELY YOUR CITIZENS, THE GUARANTORS, THE GRANTING AGENCIES, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE YOUR SINGLE AUDIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING EXPENDED PROPERLY.
SO THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF USERS' BANKS.
I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH YOUR CHART WITH THE RETIREMENT AND THEN YOU TIED IT INTO WATER AND SEWER.
OH, OK. SO THE PENSION EXPENSE WENT UP ABOUT 17 MILLION THIS YEAR, AND TWO MILLION OF THAT IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUND.
SO THAT LARGE INCREASE IN THE PENSION EXPENSE, A PIECE OF IT DOES GO TO WATER AND SEWER.
IT'S ALLOCATED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.
I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT THAT YOU SAID, IT SOUNDED LIKE ALL OF IT CAME OUT OF WATER.
COULD THAT ALSO BE BECAUSE WE HAD SEVERAL RETIREMENTS?
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YES. AND IT COULD BE ALSO BECAUSE WE INCREASED THE RETIREMENT FUND RIGHT OF SERVICE.IT WAS ONE OF THOSE CHANGES THAT HAS TO GET ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, WELL, I HAVE TO THANK EVERYONE.
I'M JUST THE QUALITY CONTROL REVIEWER.
BUT TO NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS TO BRING TO YOU IS UNUSUAL.
AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S HARD WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT'S AN ALL YEAR PROCESS FOR THIS ONE PERIOD OF TIME FOR AN AUDIT.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
DEFINITELY THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING VERY WELL FOR US.
I'M VERY PROUD. VERY PROUD OF THEM.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SARAH.
NUMBER 10, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE UPGRADE SOFTWARE.
THANK YOU ALL. OK, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO I A SECOND? COUNCILMAN ALMENDAREZ AND EVERYBODY IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR LITTLE HAND.
GOING ON TO NUMBER 10, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE
[10. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase upgraded software to improve command, response, ease of use, and safety while responding to calls for service, from Tablet Command and the required interface with Central Square in the amount of $74,201.13.]
UPGRADED SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE COMMAND RESPONSE, EASE OF USE AND SAFETY, WHILE RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM TABLET COMMAND AND THE REQUIRED INTERFACE WITH CENTRAL SQUARE AND THE AMOUNT OF SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWO HUNDRED ONE DOLLARS AND 13 CENTS AND ITS FIRE CHIEF WALKER.THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
WE ARE PLEASED TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE PUT TOGETHER A TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE AND THEY'VE DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC PLAN REALLY IDENTIFYING THE MOST CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED EARLY ON AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR US. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USES THE SAME CAD SYSTEM AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND MOST CADS, ANYWHERE YOU GO TEND TO BE A LITTLE MORE POLICE CENTRIC.
THERE WERE A LOT MORE CALLS, AND THEY KIND OF DOMINATE THAT SPACE.
THE CAD SYSTEM WORKS VERY WELL.
IT'S A NEW CAD SYSTEM, IT'S A GOOD CAD SYSTEM.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM THERE WHERE THE CHALLENGE IS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S BEEN THE SAME EVERY PLACE I'VE BEEN IS THE INTERFACE.
WE'RE ON OUR MOBILE DATA COMPUTER AND WE GET ON OUR FIRE ENGINE, WHAT WE NEED AND HOW WE OPERATE. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HOW PD DOES.
AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE FIRE SERVICE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL MOVE TO A DIFFERENT INTERFACE AND TABLET COMMAND, IN OUR ESTIMATION, IS THE BEST FIT FOR US.
TABLET COMMAND HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE AND WE'VE ABLE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT USE IT. AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT INTERFACE.
SO WHAT IT IS, IT'S A CLOUD BASED INTERFACE, AND CENTRAL SQUARE WILL BUILD THE INTERFACE WITH IT. IT'S A TWO WAY INTERFACE.
IT ACTUALLY WILL PUSH INFORMATION WE'LL PROBABLY GET ON OUR IPHONES AND TABLETS FASTER THAN IT WILL ACTUALLY GET IT TO THE STATIONS.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S A DIFFERENT SCREEN WHEN IT RUNS ON IPAD.
SO WE CURRENTLY USE PANASONIC TOUGH BOOKS.
THEY COST ABOUT THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS APIECE.
IPADS RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SO IN THE LONG RUN, THERE'S THERE'S SOME UPSIDE TO IT ALSO.
BUT WITH THE SYSTEM, YOU GET A IMMEDIATELY YOU CAN GET CALL ROUTING.
IN ADDITION TO THE CALL ROUTING, WE HAVE LIVE IN THE ENGINE.
RESPONDING TO THE CALL, YOU CAN SEE HIM SO YOU HAVE LIVE ABILITY TO SEE EACH OTHER.
AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S EXPERIENCED A COUPLE OF FIRE ENGINES COLLIDING IN AN INTERSECTION IN MY PAST LIFE, THAT'S A PRETTY NICE THING SO WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO DO ALL THIS FROM NOT CHANGING THE SCREENS, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR REAL CHALLENGES WITH THE EXISTING SYSTEM.
IF YOU WANT TO GET CALL ROUTING AND YOU HAVE TO GO IN AND START TYPING, WHERE YOU'RE AT, WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND IT'LL COME UP, BUT IT'S NOT PRACTICAL FOR US.
IF YOU'VE EVER WRITTEN DOWN THE STREET AND THE FIRE ENGINE GOING CODE THREE, YOU'RE BOUNCING AND MOVING. AND SO THIS SYSTEM HAS MUCH LARGER BUTTONS, AND IT JUST GIVES US OUR EN ROUTE ON SCENE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU CAN ADD A TOUCH OF A BUTTON TO PULL UP OUR PRE INCIDENT PLANS.
SO IF WE PULL UP TO A BUILDING OR A STRUCTURE, WE CAN PULL UP THOSE PLANS AND LET US KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE STRUCTURE HAS ANY INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY ANY GIS INFORMATION, ANY THAT TYPE OF THINGS, IT BECOMES ACCESSIBLE TO US.
AGAIN, THAT'S VERY HARD TO DO TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM, AND IT'S MULTIPLE TASKS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN. WHEN YOU ARRIVE ON SCENE, THEN IT ALSO HAS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO MANAGE OUR CALLS. SO RIGHT NOW, YOU SEE IN THE BACK OF THE SUBURBAN, WE'VE GOT A BIG BOARD OUT WITH A DRY ERASER AND WE'RE SEEING WHO PEOPLE ARE READY AND WHO'S ON SCENE AND WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN DIFFERENT SPOTS WITH TABLET COMMAND.
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WE IMPORT THAT SAME TEMPLATE, BUT NOW IT'S ON AN IPAD.SO AS A FIRE ENGINE COMES ON SCENE, THEY APPEAR ON OUR IPAD AS AVAILABLE ON SCENE, AND WE JUST DRAG AND DROP THEM INTO THE ASSIGNMENT THEY HAVE.
SO FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES, IT'S BETTER.
IT ALLOWS US TO USE A LITTLE BIT LESS RADIO TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SAY I'M ON SCENE IN A HECTIC INCIDENT, YOU'RE GOING TO APPEAR IN THE BATTALION CHIEF IS IN COMMAND OF THE INCIDENT, GOING TO BE ABLE TO START GIVING ASSIGNMENTS.
SO IT DOES A LOT OF THINGS FOR US THAT ARE THAT ARE REALLY OUTSTANDING AND KIND OF TAKES US TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT IN.
IT'S GOING TO PUSH US AT THIS POINT TO REALLY ALL TABLETS.
WE WERE USING THE TOUGH BOOKS AS OUR PATIENT CARE REPORTS ALSO, WE'VE MOVED TO IPADS FOR THAT. AND SO IT'S, IT KIND OF FITS RIGHT INTO THE SYSTEM THAT WE'VE KIND OF CHANGED TO IN OUR TECHNOLOGY USE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC ABOUT IT.
I WISH I COULD SHOW YOU THE DEMO BECAUSE YOU SEE THE TWO NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
IT REALLY IS DEMONSTRATIVE OF WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
THANKS, CHIEF. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OK. COUNCILMAN CULVER? WALKER, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN BEDFORD.
HAPPY TO BE HERE TOO. SO WHERE'S THE FUNDING FOR THIS COMING FROM? THE INITIAL FUNDING IS THE REQUEST IS FROM ARPA FUNDS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND THEN WE'LL ABSORB ANY ONGOING COSTS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET BECAUSE THERE'S ONGOING MAINTENANCE FOR BOTH ON THE CAD SIDE AND FOR THE PROGRAM.
ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. THANK YOU.
OK. COUNCILMAN COGAN? THANK YOU, SO FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE THAT WE WERE GOING TO INCORPORATE INTO THE BUDGET FOR THOSE ONGOING COSTS? YEAH, IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
IT'S I THINK 31 THOUSAND THE SECOND YEAR IN THAT IN THAT VICINITY FOR GOING FORWARD, IT'LL BE IN? IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL COME TO YOU IN THE BUDGET AND SAY, LOOK FOR SUPPORT FOR THAT THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM BEING SOMEWHERE AROUND THIRTY ONE THIRTY IN THAT.
APPROXIMATELY THERE IS ABOUT SIX THOUSAND ON THE CAT END.
AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE IS FOR THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.
OKAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, SEEING HERE THAT WE APPROVE HERE TONIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, HOW SOON WILL WE BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE IT? AND ALSO, WHAT'S THE TRAINING GOING TO BE LIKE? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH THE NEW SYSTEM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS TRAINED ON IT. SO WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE? IT'S INCLUDED WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THEM IS THE TRAINING, AND THE TRAINING IS PRETTY SIMPLE. IT'S A VERY INTUITIVE PROGRAM.
IT'S IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE THE USE OF AN IPAD IS.
THERE'S THERE'S ONLY SO MANY THINGS WE ACTUALLY DO WITH IT.
IT DOES A FEW THINGS REALLY, REALLY WELL AND IT IS A MUCH SIMPLER SCREEN AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS. I WOULD ANTICIPATE WITHIN A FEW MONTHS WE'D BE UP AND RUNNING THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE CAT INTERFACE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE HARDEST PART AND THAT WE'RE RELYING ON CENTRAL SQUARE TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONE PART OF IT, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF IT'S PRETTY EASY.
AND ACTUALLY, THEY WANT THEY WOULD LIKE THEY'VE ASKED US IF THEY IF WE WOULD BE WILLING TO BE A DEMONSTRATION AT THE FIRE RESCUE INTERNATIONAL EVENT GOING ON THIS YEAR AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IN TEXAS BEING BEING USED.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT'S IN AUGUST.
SO I THINK THEIR GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS THING UP AND RUNNING AND ALLOW US TO BE THAT EXAMPLE DOWN THERE. SO THAT'LL BE GREAT.
YEAH. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ON MY LIST OF THINGS, BUT UH, I THINK YOU'VE COVERED IT ALL. APPRECIATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE.
THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN ALMENDAREZ? I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO BECAUSE IT'S NEW SOFTWARE; ARE THERE ANY LIMITATIONS ON HOW MANY TICKETS THAT CAN BE ISSUED AND HOW MANY MAINTENANCE HOURS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE SOFTWARE TEAM TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? IF, AS FAR AS TICKETS, YOU MEAN AS FAR AS LIKE HELP DESK TYPE OF TICKETING TYPE THING.
THERE ARE ISSUES. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUPPORT AND IT COMES WITH EACH CONTRACT YEARS FOR MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF IT. I, YOU KNOW, I'VE I'VE USED IT IN PREVIOUS PLACES AND IN TALKING TO FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T REALLY COME ACROSS A LOT OF CHALLENGES THERE.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH THE CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THE CAT INTERFACE.
THAT'S THE MORE TECHNICAL PART OF THIS.
IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROGRAM THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T A WHOLE LOT, HAVEN'T SEEN OR HEARD OF ANY ISSUES WITH ON THAT END.
BUT WITHOUT LOOKING PULLING THE CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME, I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW THAT'S WORDED IN THERE. SO THERE'S NOT A CAP OF HOURS THAT YOU THINK OF? THERE IS NOT I KNOW THERE'S NOT A CAP OF HOURS.
I MEAN, I DON'T ANTICIPATE A LOT OF CHALLENGES ON THAT END, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING I COULD LOOK AT THE CONTRACT AND GET A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU AFTER THIS.
OR YOU CAN ASK THEM IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THE DEMO.
YEAH, I HOPE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF HOURS INVOLVED.
QUITE FRANKLY, THAT WOULD BE AN AMAZING DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THIS.
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IT'S JUST TELECOMM HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME.AND YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT STARTED IN CALIFORNIA, IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, PROBABLY ABOUT ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO, IT HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT WHERE THEY HAD ISSUES MANAGING THE INCIDENT, KEEPING CONTROL OF WHO WAS WHERE.
AND THIS WAS RIGHT AS IPADS CAME OUT.
AND SOME OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE COMING AROUND AND THEY WORKED IN A LONG TIME AND I DIDN'T WANT IT FIVE YEARS AGO, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
IT HAS EVOLVED INTO A REALLY STRONG APPLICATION, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND IN PARTICULAR WITH APPLICATIONS IS THERE'S LESS PROBLEMS THAN WITH MORE TRADITIONAL SOFTWARE. THEY PUSH OUT ANY UPDATED APPLICATIONS THAT WE NEED, AND WITH OUR IPADS, THEY'RE ALL WE CONTROL OUR IPADS THROUGH IT, AND WE'VE KEPT IT AS PART OF THIS REVIEW OF THE PRODUCT. AND SO THE IT DIRECTOR IS IN SUPPORT OF IT, AND WE'VE HAD THEM AT THE DEMOS AND LOOKING AT THE TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD SAY IS PART OF OUR TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO ENSURE WE'RE IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT.
AND LEVI HAS BEEN AWESOME AND SUPER SUPPORTIVE, AND WE WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD IF HE WASN'T ALSO ON BOARD AFTER REVIEWING THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM.
OK, AND JUST MY LAST QUESTION, AS THE VERSIONS ARE ENHANCING, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS US TO BE UPGRADED TO THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OR IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE CONTRACT, UNLIKE SOME OF THE MORE LEGACY STYLE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS WITH THESE APPLICATIONS? ANY UPDATE THEY PUSH OUT, YOU GET, THERE'S NEVER A HEY, YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO BUY SOME NEW VERSION OF IT, WHICH WHICH CERTAINLY WOULD TELL US TO HAVE ANOTHER OLDER TYPE OF PROGRAMS. THAT WAS AN ISSUE. THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. CHIEF I'VE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO YOU HAVE A NON-APPLE PRODUCT THAT YOU USE AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO USE AN IPAD, TOO.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE FAMILIAR WITH USING AT ALL TIMES? WE REALLY WON'T USE THE TOUGH BOOKS ANYMORE.
SO THEY WILL BE PUT TO, I GUESS, TO PASTURE? WE'LL DONATE THEM BACK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A FARM TERM, I'M SO SORRY.
WE'LL GIVE THEM BACK TO CHIEF WILLIAMS, BUT YEAH, OK.
AND IF, UM, SHOULD THIS HELP THE RESPONSE TIME? SO IT IT DOES IN THE SENSE THAT THE CALL ROUTING WE CAN ACTUALLY USE CALL ROUTING NOW, WHICH WE DIDN'T USE BEFORE, BECAUSE HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO USE.
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE GOING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE MAP.
AND SO EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S MAPS AND YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING. IN THIS SITUATION, WE DON'T HAVE TO STOP AND LOOK AT THE MAP.
AND THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WITH WITH MOST USERS THAT IT DOES ACTUALLY PUSH OUT THE INFORMATION A LITTLE QUICKER.
SO YOU MIGHT GET THE CALL A LITTLE QUICKER AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP AND LOOK AT A MAP.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT CERTAINLY ISN'T WORSE HOW DRAMATIC THE IMPROVEMENT IS.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT BUT IT'S A POSITIVE FOR US.
JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS YOUR CALL TIME AVERAGE? THE AVERAGE. SO OVERALL FOR EMERGENCY.
SO JUST FOR 911 EMERGENCY CALLS.
OUR TOTAL COMBINED RESPONSE TIME FOR FIRE AND EMS IS FOUR MINUTES AND 19 SECONDS.
VERY GOOD. UM, I GUESS ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY QUESTIONS? NO, ALL GOOD. WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? SHE GOT IT. COUNCILWOMAN ALMENDAREZ.
WE GOT A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN COGAN.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
HE'S GOT HIS EQUIPMENT, THANK YOU, CHIEF.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER 11, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRPERSON TO THE PARKS AND
[11. Discussion and action on appointing a chairperson to the Parks and Trails Master Plan Committee.]
TRAIL MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE.OK, WE MET, I THINK IT WAS LAST TUESDAY OR MONDAY.
I CAN'T REMEMBER. AND JIMMY DECIDED THAT IT WASN'T.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE LEADER OF THE PACK.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE EXPLAINING EVERYTHING HE PREFERRED FOR SOMEBODY TO BE THE CHAIR.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
RUTH RUTH STEPPED DOWN BECAUSE SHE'S STEPPING OFF A COUNCIL AND I REPLACED HER.
ROBERT GAGLIARDI, TO THE PARKS.
YOU SHOULD GET A GAVEL AND IT BANGS VERY NICELY.
HE WAS OK. AND ROB GAGLIARDI HAS DECIDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ROB AS CHAIR.
ANY SECONDS? OK, EVERYBODY RAISE THEIR HAND IN FAVOR.
OK? MR. GAGLIARDI, WE'LL EXPECT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THIS FOR US.
YOU'RE IN CHARGE WITH THE GAVEL.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.
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OK? CITY MANAGER?[13. City Manager/Staff Reports]
YES. MA'AM, I HAVE JUST THREE QUICK ONES.THE FIRST ONE. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, KAREN RIGGS.
SHE COMES TO US FROM GRAND PRAIRIE MOST RECENTLY, AND SHE'S GOING TO DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB. AND I'M SO, SO, SO VERY EXCITED.
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE TEAM.
SO WELL, KAREN, DO YOU WANT TO STEP UP AT THE MIC AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? CAN'T WAIT TO DO THAT.
NO, I NEED TO HAVE A SPEECH PREPARED.
HI, KAREN RIGGS, I'M SO GLAD TO BE HERE.
I LIVE IN DENTON, SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMUTE, BUT IT'S NOT BAD.
BEEN HERE TWO DAYS NOW AND I'M LOVING IT SO FAR.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
THE ONLY OTHER TWO ITEMS ARE WE HAVE WE ADVERTISED TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE RFP, FOR A GENERATION CENTER OVERSIGHT OR MANAGEMENT, POTENTIALLY.
AND SO THAT WILL BE ADVERTISED ANOTHER TIME, BUT THAT'S ALREADY OUT IN THE MARKET, IF YOU WILL. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DISTRIBUTING.
WE'RE GOING TO PUBLISH THE RFP FOR BEDFORD COMMONS TO MARRY UP WITH A DEVELOPER IN THE GOAL. AND I THINK IT WILL HAPPEN IS TO HAVE BOTH OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE APRIL 26TH AGENDA AT THE LATEST.
OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE GOT SOMEBODY READY TO ADJOURN US.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.