Jun 28, 2022 City Council

OKAY. JUST THE TERMS WASN'T SET UP.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

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IT'S JUNE 28, 6:00 PM AND WE'RE GOING TO START OUR REGULAR SESSION.

SO I'VE CALLED IT TO ORDER.

LET'S GO WITH OUR INVOCATION.

IS FATHER B HERE.

YAY! FATHER B, EVERYONE STAND, PLEASE.

SO GLAD TO BE HERE TO PRAY TOGETHER WITH YOU AND THE LORD BLESS ALL THE CITY OF BEDFORD THROUGH THIS HOLY PRAYER.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR GATHERING US TOGETHER ALONG WITH OUR PRO TEM MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE OF CITY BEDFORD.

I PRAY THAT YOU BLESS US IN THIS MEETING AND KEEP US, LORD, MAKE YOUR FACE SHINE ON US AND BE GRACIOUS TO US.

WE PRAY THAT WE FEEL YOUR PRESENCE DURING THIS MEETING BECAUSE YOU ARE WITH US WHEREVER WE GO AND WHATEVER WE DO.

WE PRAY THAT THIS MEETING FOCUSES UPON YOU AND YOUR PLANS FOR OUR CITY AS A BODY OF BELIEVERS.

LET OUR DELIBERATIONS ACTIONS IN THIS MEETING BE VALUABLE TO OUR AIM, WHICH IS TO BUILD UP AND EDIFY ONE ANOTHER.

ALMIGHTY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY LIKE MINDED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS HERE TO FULFILL TASKS FOR YOUR KINGDOM IN OUR CITY.

WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS US AS WE WALK IN YOUR RIGHTEOUS AND JUST WAYS.

AS WE DELIGHT IN YOUR LAW, WE PRAY THAT WE MEDITATE ON YOUR LAW DAY AND NIGHT, LET YOU LAW BE OUR GUIDE AND BE EVIDENT IN OUR MEETINGS AND IN OUR LIVES SO THAT WE CAN JOURNEY TOGETHER IN THIS WORLD AS ONE FAMILY OF GOD IN UNITY, LOVE, PEACE, JUSTICE AND PROSPERITY NOW AND FOREVER.

AMEN. AMEN.

MR. COGAN, THANK GOD.

THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION AND WE HAVE A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE CHIEF WALKER'S RUNNING AROUND THE CORNER.

SO WE'LL START WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. KNOW, YOU'RE PLAYING WITH ME.

YOU HAVE ME. THE MAYOR, COUNCIL CHIEF WILLIAMS IS AT SCHOOL.

OKAY, SAM HOUSTON. SO HE'S NOT WITH US TONIGHT.

OKAY. YOU'RE ME.

AND FIRST WE HAVE OFFICER DOORMAN, IF I CAN GET HIM TO COME IN HERE.

OFFICER JOSEPH DORMAN IS HE'S CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO OUR PATROL DIVISION.

HE'S BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS.

FIVE YEARS. HE'S DONE A LOT. HE'S A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR.

HE'S A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.

HE'S A MEMBER OF OUR HONOR GUARD.

HE'S A MEMBER OF OUR EOC DEPLOYMENT TEAM.

HE HAS RECEIVED ONE LIFESAVING AWARD AND ONE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT.

PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I THINK OFFICER DORMAN DOES IN HIS ACTIVITIES IS HE WORKS WITH THE EXPLORERS.

HE MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH ME ON THAT NECESSARILY, BUT HE'S IMPACTING KIDS LIVES WHEN HE'S WORKING WITH THEM.

AND IF THERE'S ONE THING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON OUR YOUNG ADULTS THAT ARE COMING UP, IT MAKES HIM A CHAMPION IN MY BOOK.

SO, OFFICER DORMAN, FOR FIVE YEARS WITH THE CITY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU, OFFICER.

I THINK THE EXPLORERS GROUP IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND YOU ARE, TOO. THANK YOU.

NEXT, I HAVE OFFICER JEFF PRUITT.

THEIR KEEPING THEIR KIDS IN THE HALLWAY FOR SOME REASON.

IT'S BEEN WITH US FOR 15 YEARS.

HE'S CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION, WORKING AS THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

HE STARTED AS A DETENTION OFFICER WITH US.

HE HOLDS A MASTERPIECE OFFICER LICENSE.

OVER 15 YEARS, HE HAS NUMEROUS LETTERS OF COMMENDATION.

HE HOLDS TWO LIFE SAVING AWARDS.

AND HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR CRASH TEAM.

OFFICER PRUITT VOLUNTARILY SIGNED UP FOR A JOB WHERE HE CRAWLS UNDER 18 WHEELERS EVERY DAY IN THE SUMMER HEAT IN TEXAS AND INSPECTS THEM.

VERY IMPORTANT JOB. VERY, I LIKE TO SAY THE TRAFFIC DIVISION IS THE BEST DIVISION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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BUT WE APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE, EVERYTHING HE'S DOING.

SO. OFFICER PRUITT, 15 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] AND LASTLY TONIGHT, I HAVE DISPATCHED SUPERVISOR AMY JAMES.

JUST TO GIVE A SPEECH TONIGHT.

RIGHT, AMY? MAYBE JAMES HAS 35 YEARS OF SERVICE IS A TESTAMENT IN AND OF ITSELF.

SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS A DISPATCH SUPERVISOR SINCE 2000.

SHE'S BEEN A VOICE AND THE HEART OF BEDFORD DISPATCH FOR 35 YEARS.

AND IT'S AMAZING. OVER A CAREER, SHE'S HAD NUMEROUS LETTERS OF COMMENDATION.

SHE'S BEEN NAMED THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR MORE TIMES THAN I COULD COUNT CIVILIAN SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR SEVEN TIMES.

SHE HOLDS A LIFE SAVING AWARD ALSO.

AMY JAMES HAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HEART.

SHE'S A HUGGER AND SHE'S A DEFINITION OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND AS A POLICE OFFICER, WHEN I [INAUDIBLE] UP ON THAT RADIO AND I HEAR HER ON THE OTHER SIDE, I KNOW THAT SHE'S THINKING ABOUT ME AND WHAT'S IN MY BEST INTEREST, AND SHE'S TAKING CARE OF ME. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT MEANS TO US.

SO. AMY JAMES, 35 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN UP HERE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS, AMY? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AFTER 35 YEARS, WE EXPECT A FEW WORDS.

OKAY, EVERYBODY, COME TAKE A PICTURE.

THERE'S NOT VERY MANY OF US.

FIRE CHIEF WALKER.

GOOD EVENING. WE'D LIKE TO CLAIM AMY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TOO, IF WE COULD.

BUT BECAUSE SHE CERTAINLY DISPATCHES US AND DOES A GREAT JOB.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE ZACH MEAGER FOR HIS FIVE YEARS.

ZACH'S A LOCAL GUY.

I GREW UP IN HURST, WENT TO L D BELL HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATE IN 2008, WENT TO THE TARRANT COUNTY FIRE ACADEMY IN 2015, NAVARRO COLLEGE PARAMEDIC SCHOOL IN 2015, AND THEN GOT HIRED HERE IN BEDFORD IN 2017.

HE'S A MEMBER OF OUR BOAT, SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAM.

HE'S A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER WITH US SINCE 2019 AND HE'S GOT CERTIFICATIONS.

MY GLASSES ON TO READ THESE ONES.

INTERMEDIATE FIREFIGHTER DRIVER OPERATOR.

FIRE INSTRUCTOR ONE AND FIRE OFFICER ONE.

SO HE'S BEEN REAL BUSY, A GREAT FIREFIGHTER FOR US.

FUN PERSON TO HAVE IN THE STATION AND DOES A GREAT JOB OUT THERE WITH THE PUBLIC.

ZACH LIKES FISHING AND I SAY HE'S ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR BEST YOUNG FIREFIGHTERS.

SO HAPPY TO HAVE ME HERE TODAY.

[APPLAUSE] THANKS VERY MUCH.

THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT.

PICTURE. PICTURE.

YOU.

OKAY. SO NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JULY 2022 AS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

AND I THINK WE HAVE HERE DON HENDERSON AND WENDY HARTNETT, MAYBE.

HERE THEY COME. OH, AND COURTNEY, COURTNEY'S WITH [INAUDIBLE] THE WHOLE TEAM'S

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WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS.

AND. WHEREAS, PARK AND RECREATION PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS, IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR PARKS.

AND. WHEREAS, PARK AND RECREATION PROMOTES TIME SPENT IN NATURE, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH BY INCREASING COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING AND ALLEVIATING ILLNESSES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS AND ALZHEIMER'S.

AND. WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGES PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES.

AND. WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASE THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION.

AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION IS ESSENTIAL AND ADAPTABLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES COMMUNITIES RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

WOW. DID YOU KNOW? I KNOW. AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND NATIONAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS.

AND. WHEREAS, THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I AM SABOL MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL CALL UPON CITIZENS AND ALL CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OBSERVE THE MONTH OF JULY 2022 AS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

THANK YOU. WELL, SOMEBODY FROM THE PARKS LIKE TO TALK.

TELL US ABOUT PARKS.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A NO.

I MEAN, WE JUST DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

OKAY. WELL COME SHAKE OUR HANDS.

OK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. LONG TIME NO SEE.

MOST OF THE YEAR TO GET YOU GUYS TO GO OUTSIDE.

A PICTURE PICTURE TO PICTURE.

OF COURSE YOU WOULD.

YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE.

NEXT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, AND I BET THIS IS THE ORIGINATION OF MARTY GREER'S IDEA.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S A PROCLAMATION CONCERNING THE MONTH OF JULY 20, 2022 AS NATIONAL MONARCH BUTTERFLY MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD. HI.

HOW ARE YOU? THE PROCLAMATION IS, WHEREAS THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY, DANAUS PLEXIPPUS, IS THE TEXAS STATE INSECT AND IS KNOWN AS AMBASSADOR OF THE AMERICAS FOR ITS AMAZING, MULTIGENERATIONAL MIGRATION ACROSS CANADA, THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

AND. WHEREAS, THOUSANDS OF MONARCHS TRAVEL THROUGH TEXAS ON THEIR FALL JOURNEY SOUTH TO MEXICO, FILLING THE BEDFORD SKIES AND GREEN SPACES WITH THEIR BRILLIANT ORANGE AND BLACK WINGS AS THEY SEARCH FOR NECTAR RICH FLOWERS.

AND. WHEREAS, THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES POPULATION HAS DECLINED MORE THAN 90% SINCE 1990S, AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED A COMMITMENT TO THEIR RECOVERY BY SIGNING THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION'S MAYORS MONARCH'S PLEDGE.

AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD POLLINATOR AMBASSADORS PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND NATIVE POLLINATOR HABITAT AND ENCOURAGE EVERY RESIDENT OF BEDFORD TO LEARN ABOUT MONARCHS AND TO HELP SUSTAIN THE MIGRATION BY PLANTING MILKWEED AND NATIVE NECTAR PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

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THANK YOU, MARTY. A FEW WORDS DID YOU SAY TO IT? OF COURSE.

HOW'S THAT? THANK YOU.

THIS IS FOR THE TEAM, BEDFORD BEAUTIFICATION AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME OUT WHEN WE PLANT.

WE STARTED THIS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WITH THE BOYS RANCH PARK DOING THE BRIDGES.

AND I THINK YOU ALL KNEW WHERE THE BRIDGES ARE PLANTING WILDFLOWERS BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES THAT CALLED AND SAID WE NEED TO SEE SOME WILDFLOWERS, SOME MILKWEED AT THE PARK. SO WE FELT THAT IT WAS THE BEST PLACE WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL AND SAID, WE WANT TO DO THIS.

AND IT WAS A TRYING THING BECAUSE EVERYBODY THINKS AT THE IN THE FALL WHEN THINGS DIE, YOU PULL EVERYTHING UP AND YOU START ALL OVER AGAIN IN THE SPRING.

BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT WITH MILKWEED.

YOU LET IT GO. IT'S LIKE THE BLUEBONNETS ALSO THEY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY HAVE A LITTLE POD.

THAT LITTLE POD OPENS UP AND THE SEEDS FLY AWAY.

AND SO IT REPROPAGATES ITSELF.

SO WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO TRY THIS AGAIN.

WE ALSO STARTED AT THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL, THE LITTLE PLOT IN FRONT OF THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.

YOU WILL SEE THAT IT LOOKS PRETTY BARE.

I DID SEND SOME PICTURES TO MOLLY, BUT SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE PLANTS WERE.

AND I SAID, WELL, THEY'RE SEEDS, SO THEY'RE GOING TO GROW.

WE DO HAVE SOME AT THE SENSORY GARDEN IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY, SO WE ARE GOING TO TRANSPLANT SOME OF THOSE.

AND IF YOU'VE NOTICED THAT LIBRARIES HAD THE LITTLE GARDEN THERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, I THINK, AND IT HAS GROWN OVER OUT OVER ITS BOUNDARIES.

SO PLANT WILDFLOWERS, PLANT MILKWEED ESPECIALLY AND ANY PROPAGATOR, ANY PLANT THAT THE BEES AND THE BUTTERFLIES LOVE THAT'S GOT FLOWERS ON IT. AND NECTAR LIKE LANTANA IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES HERE IN TEXAS.

ALSO ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF LITTLE FLOWERS, LITTLE BEADS OF NECTAR.

SO YOU ASKED ME TO SAY A WORD.

I'M SORRY. IT WAS MORE.

BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR THIS.

WE ALL APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE DON'S HELP IN DOING THIS.

WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.

AND IF IT WASN'T FOR HE AND HIS TEAM, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.

SO THANK YOU.

CONTINUE WATCHING.

WE'LL BE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE CITY.

SO. [APPLAUSE]

[PRESENTATIONS]

YES. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, MOLLY. THERE'S A LOT TO SAY TONIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS HIGH LEVEL FOR EVERYONE.

SO BACK LAST YEAR, IF YOU CAN REMEMBER, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR US FOR THE CITY TO HAVE.

WE NEEDED ONE BECAUSE THE LAST ONE THAT WAS DONE WAS IN 2014 AND IT WAS DONE BY THE UNT RESEARCH CENTER.

AND WITH THAT CAME GREAT RESULTS.

BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE HOW WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES.

SO WE NEEDED A COMPANY THAT COULD GIVE US GREAT RESULTS, STATISTICALLY VALID RESULTS, AND THAT ALSO WE COULD COMPARE OUR RESULTS TO OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

SO WE WENT WITH NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER, WHICH IS OWNED BY POLCO.

SO YOU'LL SEE NRC POLCO.

THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE FIRST SLIDE RIGHT HERE.

SO WHAT WE DID, WE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY JANUARY 27TH THROUGH MARCH 17TH.

IT WAS MAILED TO 27 HOUSEHOLDS RANDOMLY.

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THEY WERE GIVEN A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE SURVEY OR THEY WERE GIVEN A UNIQUE LINK TO WHICH THEY COULD FILL OUT THEIR RESULTS AND THOUGHTS ONLINE.

IT WAS. AND THEN LATER ON PART TWO, AFTER THE SURVEY FOR THAT CLOSED, THEN WE HAD AN OPEN SURVEY LINK THAT ANYONE COULD PARTICIPATE IN.

JUST LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE, AND NRC AND POLCO IS THE LARGEST WIDELY KNOWN COMPANY TO DO THIS.

THEY HAVE MORE THAN 30 MILLION RESONANT RESULTS IN THEIR DATABASE.

SO IF WE WERE GOING TO COMPARE IT TO ANYONE LIKE THIS IS THE COMPANY AND THE OUR RESULTS WERE COMPARED TO A BUNCH OF CITIES AND COUNTIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SOME OF THAT RESULTS WAS TAKEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

SO IT MIGHT HAVE SKEWED OUR RESULTS A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN THESE 95% CONFIDENT, IN FACT, OF THE RESULTS.

AND THEN THE RESPONSES WERE WEIGHED TO REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THESE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE USED FOR THAT AGE, SEX, ETHNICITY, HOUSING TYPE.

THAT MEANS HOMEOWNER OR RENTER AND THEN HOUSING, TENURE AND AREA OF THE CITY.

GOING BACK TO THIS, THIS IS A DIAGRAM OF WHERE ALL THE SURVEYS WERE MAILED.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT WAS WELL DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO THE COMMUNITY CENTER PURPOSE IS TO BASICALLY GAUGE THE LIVABILITY OF BEDFORD AND IT HAS TEN AREAS AND I I'LL JUST BRIEFLY I CAN ECONOMY MOBILITY, COMMUNITY DESIGN, UTILITIES, SAFETY, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, AND THEN INCLUSIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT.

NOW, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THE CITY DOES HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW THOSE RESULTS AND SOME OF THEM DON'T, AS YOU CAN TELL LATER ON.

SO THEN WE COMPARED THE DATA.

WELL, WE DIDN'T, BUT NCS AND POLCO DID.

AND THEN THEY WERE COMPARED TO THOSE NATIONAL RESULTS.

YOU CAN EITHER DO SIMILAR.

OUR DATA CAME BACK EITHER SIMILAR TO NATIONAL BENCHMARKS HIGHER OR LOWER.

SO IF IT WAS HIGHER, THEN IT SCORED TEN PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER AND THEN SIMILAR FOR LOWER.

AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A FACTOR WHERE IT SAYS MUCH HIGHER OR MUCH LOWER, AND WE DID SCORE A MUCH LOWER ON ONE OF THE FACTORS, BUT I'LL GET INTO THAT AT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL.

SO WE ALSO PAID FOR SOME REGIONAL BENCHMARKS AND WHAT THOSE ARE OR CITIES IN ARIZONA, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND UTAH OF SIMILAR SIZE.

SO WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE HOW WE COMPARED TO SIMILAR SIZED CITIES IN OUR REGION FOR MORE SPECIFIC BENCHMARKS.

AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE RESULTS.

SO THE FIRST AREA WE LOOKED AT WAS OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE.

I KEPT ALL OF THESE CIRCLE GRAPHS, THESE PIE GRAPHS, THE SAME COLORS FOR EACH RATING.

SO IF YOU WERE, IF A QUESTION WAS CONSIDERED POSITIVE.

THE PERSON ANSWERED GOOD OR EXCELLENT, AND IF IT WAS NOT, IT WAS EITHER POOR OR FAIR TO BE CONSIDERED.

RANKING WELL OR RANKING NOT WELL.

SO THIS IS OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE, WHICH IS MEASURING BEDFORD AS A PLACE TO LIVE AND ITS OVERALL IMAGE AND REPUTATION.

HERE'S GOVERNANCE.

IT'S MEASURING RESIDENTS OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT.

WE RANKED HIGHER ON THE QUESTION THE JOB BEDFORD GOVERNMENT DOES AT WELCOMING RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD.

ECONOMY. OBVIOUSLY, THE OVERALL ECONOMIC HEALTH OF BEDFORD AND THESE WERE ALL SIMILAR TO NATIONAL BENCHMARKS.

MOBILITY. WE CAN GET INTO THIS LATER.

WE HAD A STANDOUTS FOR BOTH GOOD REASONS AND THEN BAD REASONS.

HIGHER EASE OF TRAVEL BY CAR, EASE OF PUBLIC PARKING.

TRAFFIC FLOW ON MAJOR STREETS AND THEN LOWER OVERALL QUALITY OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND SNOW REMOVAL.

NOW WE DON'T REMOVE SNOW, SO I FEEL LIKE WE GET A PASS ON THAT ONE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITHIN THE PAST YEAR, AND WE ARE BLOWING AND GOING ON THAT WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS.

SO I EXPECT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE BASELINE FOR OUR RESULTS, I EXPECT THESE CHANGES TO REFLECT ALL THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE

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THEN WE GET INTO COMMUNITY DESIGN, ITS OVERALL DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF BEDFORD'S RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS.

NOT MUCH THAT WE CAN CHANGE THERE.

WE'RE KIND OF BUILT OUT.

SO ALL RESULTS WERE SIMILAR TO NATIONAL BENCHMARKS AND THEN SEE SAFETY.

SO THIS IS PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE, POLICE, HOW PEOPLE FEEL IN BEDFORD AND MOST RESULTS WERE SIMILAR TO NATIONAL BENCHMARKS.

WE DID RANK HIGHER IN ANIMAL CONTROL.

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE RANKED MUCH LOWER IS IN WATER RESOURCES.

SO WATER RESOURCES ARE LAKES, STREAMS, RIVERS.

WE CAN'T THINGS WE CAN'T CHANGE.

SO I GET WHY WE RANKED LOWER.

WE DON'T LIVE NEAR A LAKE.

WE DON'T LIVE NEAR AN OCEAN OR A RIVER.

SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME LOWER RANKINGS WITH THAT.

OTHERWISE EVERYTHING.

YEAH, MAYBE JIMMY CAN WORK ON THAT.

OVERALL QUALITY OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR BEDFORD WAS GOOD PARKS AND RECREATION, SO WE ALL RESULTS THERE WERE SIMILAR TO NATIONAL BENCHMARKS. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE EXCELLENT AND GOOD, FAIR OR POOR GO UP AND DOWN THROUGH EACH.

WE CAN ALL DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER WHEN WE HIT THE REGIONAL BENCHMARKS ARE OUR STATS POP OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS POP OUT.

HOW? LIKE HIGHER AND LOWER? YEAH. WE'LL START TO SEE SOME STANDOUTS.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES AND BEDFORD.

THIS IS LARGELY MEASURING HEALTH FACILITIES AVAILABLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CITY.

AND THE FACT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WISE, IF WE WERE NEEDING TO RECRUIT THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES, WE RANKED PRETTY HIGH IN THEM.

SO EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE PRETTY MUCH SATISFIED, ESPECIALLY WITH HAVING SUCH A GREAT HOSPITAL NEARBY.

YOU CAN TELL THEY HAVE RANKED HIGHER THAN NATIONAL BENCHMARKS AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DIRECTLY HAVE TO DO WITH OUR HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL OFFICES.

NEXT IS EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURES.

OVERALL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND BEDFORD.

MOST RESULTS WERE SIMILAR AND THEN HIGHER.

OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY RANKED THE HIGHEST.

MARIA DOES AN AMAZING JOB OVER THERE, HER AND HER STAFF, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT.

OK THE OTHER ADD ON THAT WE HAD WERE THE CUSTOM PUBLIC ART QUESTIONS, AND WE DID THREE OF THOSE AND WE DID HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TO GAUGE PUBLIC SENTIMENT ON THIS.

SO I'M ONLY GIVING YOU THE TOP THREE RESULTS OF THE SEVEN OR THE SIX OR SEVEN THAT WERE PRESENTED WITH EACH QUESTION.

I BELIEVE SIX WERE INCLUDED IN THIS FIRST ONE.

SO IT'S PLEASE RATE, HOW IMPORTANT, IF AT ALL, FOR THE BEDFORD PUBLIC ART PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING? AND THE NUMBER ONE RANKED THING THAT RESIDENTS SAID WAS IMPORTANT WAS TO CREATE A UNIQUE VISUAL IDENTITY FOR THE CITY AND THEN SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL ARTISTS, ART GROUPS AND THEN CITY EVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE CULTURE HISTORY OF BEDFORD.

I'M SURE EVERYONE CAN THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT CHRIS IS DOING RIGHT NOW AND PARKS AND REC TEAM ARE PUTTING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THESE THINGS.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, AS WE LOOK TO EXPAND PUBLIC ART, WHAT AREAS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THOSE PUBLIC ART PIECES IN? AND 90% SAID PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, MAJOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND MAJOR GATEWAYS TO THE CITY.

THE OTHER OPTIONS WERE ALONG THE TRAILS, WHICH HAD A 75% APPROVAL RATING.

ART IN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS OUTSIDE OFFICES, SHOPPING CENTERS, HAD A 63% APPROVAL RATE, AND THEN SIDEWALKS, ALLEYWAYS, 61, AND THEN A NEIGHBORHOOD 56.

AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS HOW LIKELY, IF AT ALL, WOULD YOU TO BE PARTICIPATE IN THE FOLLOWING ART OPPORTUNITIES IN BEDFORD THE TOP THREE WHERE CULTURAL ARTS EVENTS AND FESTIVALS, WHICH WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THIS YEAR AND I'M SURE HAVE INCREASED WITH THE OPENING OF GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH, POP UP ART EXHIBITS AND EVENTS. I KNOW WE HAVE A GREAT ONE COMING UP IN JULY AND INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THOSE WERE THE HIGHEST RANKING.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE GET INTO REGIONALS.

SO I BOLDED THE ONES THAT THE CITY DID HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE RATING.

SO SOME OF THEM ARE BOLDED AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT.

ALL OF THESE ARE BOLDED.

SO WE RANKED HIGHER.

AND THEN I ALSO ADDED A COLUMN FOR THE RANK THAT WE PLACED OUT OF THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS THE LAST COLUMN THAT WAS ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION.

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LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERYTHING ON THERE, BUT.

AND THEN CLEANLINESS. A COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE ART WAS REALLY GOOD.

AND THEN. THERE'S SOME GOOD ONES THERE, ESPECIALLY BAD FOR GOVERNMENT ACTING AND BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND INFORMING RESIDENTS OF ISSUES FACING COMMUNITY.

I THOUGHT THOSE WERE GOOD.

THESE ARE REALLY GOOD ONES.

HIGHER, HIGHER, HIGHER ONES.

TWOS, THREES OUT OF PRETTY IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS OF CITIES.

QUALITY OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES.

ONE OUT OF 24.

GREAT JOB. OKAY.

SO THEN WE GO INTO WHAT DO ALL THESE NUMBERS MEAN? AND I WANT TO SAY WE HAD 154 I COUNTED THIS YESTERDAY, 154 QUESTIONS THAT CITIZENS HAD TO ASK.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF DATA.

SO OUR IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES ARE OBVIOUSLY ECONOMIC HEALTH.

IN BEDFORD, NINE OUT OF THE TEN RESPONDENTS SAID THAT IT WAS AN AREA OF PRIORITY AND THEY RANKED US DOING WELL IN IT.

THEY SAID NINE OUT OF TEN RANKED IT EXCELLENT OR GOOD.

AND THEN OUR BIG AREA IS IT.

70% SAID IT WAS ESSENTIAL OR VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO FOCUS ON OVER OVERALL QUALITY OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE DRIVE THE ROADS.

IT'S IN THE WORKS.

SO THIS NEXT GRAPH IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS.

SO IT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR POCKET.

SO RIGHT TO LEFT IS PERCEIVED IMPORTANCE BY THE COMMUNITY OF ALL THESE ISSUES.

SO YOU HAVE ECONOMY, UTILITIES, SAFETY, PARKS AND REC ALL REALLY HIGH IMPORTANCE.

AND THAT'S A 77% RATE OF PEOPLE RANKING THESE ITEMS IMPORTANT.

AND THEN TOP TO BOTTOM YOU HAVE PERCEIVED QUALITY.

SO IN THE UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT, YOU HAVE SAFETY AND SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE PERCEIVING IT REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL ON IT.

SO ALL THAT YOU CAN TELL NEAR THE 77%, WE HAVE MOBILITY DOWN THERE AND THAT'S RELATED TO THE QUALITY OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN MAKING IT A PRIORITY TO IMPROVE THE.

BUT IS THAT TROUBLE? IS THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR IS THAT REALLY JUST IT'S OUR ROADS.

IT'S THE STREETS ALONE.

IT IS OUR ROADS, CONDITION AND INCLUSIVITY, ENGAGEMENT.

SO DOWN THERE.

SO THIS KIND OF ILLUSTRATES WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN 2022.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN JIMMY WANTS TO DO THESE, WHAT, 2 TO 3 YEARS? TWO YEARS. SO THESE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE.

SO IT'S GOOD TO GET A BASELINE FOR WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW YOU WILL KEEP THIS IN MIND AS.

THINGS COME BEFORE YOU.

SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW IT'S A LOT IN NUMBERS ZONE PEOPLE OUT.

MOLLY, WHY WAS SNELL ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE? WAS IT ACTUALLY ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE? IT WAS SO JIMMY AND I REVIEWED ALL THE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE SENT IT OUT TO PEOPLE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME THINGS REMOVED, LIKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, BECAUSE THAT WASN'T THAT DIDN'T PERTAIN TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I DIDN'T WANT US TO SCORE LOW, BUT ON SOME OF THE THINGS, WE JUST COULDN'T GET THEM APPROVED.

AND I THINK THE ONLY ONE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH WAS THE SNOW REMOVAL THING.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE RANK PRETTY LOW WITH THAT.

HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS DID YOU ACTUALLY HAVE? WE HAD 320 AND THEY WERE ALL WEIGHTED AND THEY WERE ALL NON BIASED.

THAT'S THE GREAT THING IS EVERYBODY HAD AN EQUAL CHANCE OF RECEIVING THE SURVEY AND EVERYBODY ANSWERED IT TO THE BEST OF THEIR OPINIONS.

BASICALLY, MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE FELT REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT PARKS AND REC, BUT MAYBE LESS SO ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

SO IT ALL WAS EVENED OUT.

I ASKED SOME PRETTY IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS ABOUT WEIGHTING, SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE THAT VERY TECHNICAL EMAIL, I'M HAPPY TO FORWARD IT ON TO YOU.

AND YOU.

WAS THAT THE ONE THAT PEOPLE RECEIVED? TEXT. DID YOU TEXT ON THAT? NO, THAT'S OUR FLASH, FOLKS, BECAUSE I GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE ASKING ME IF THERE WAS IF THAT WAS LEGITIMATE.

IT IS IT IS LEGITIMATE AND STATISTICALLY VALID TO.

OKAY, THOSE ARE SO THIS IS OUR BIG ONE AND OUR FLASH VOTE ONE IS CUSTOMIZABLE 5 TO 6 QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN SEND OUT SIX

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AND IT'S JUST VERY FOCUSED AND VERY CUSTOMIZED BASED ON WHAT JIMMY AND I WOULD LIKE THOSE QUESTIONS TO BE SO VERY TARGETED.

THIS IS JUST BROAD BASE AND YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE.

SO YOUR ANTICIPATION OF HOW IS IT SUPPOSED TO IMPROVE THE CITY OR WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE GOAL OF DOING THIS IF WE DO IT AGAIN, WHAT'S THE IS IT JUST TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING AS A COMMUNITY OR AS A GOVERNMENT? IMAGINE MY GOAL, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE'S GOAL IS FOR US TO HAVE SOME HIGHER BENCHMARKS, HIGHER THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE BENCHMARKS.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING SIMILAR TO BENCHMARKS, BUT I'M COMPETITIVE AND I KNOW EVERYONE WANTS TO DO THE BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS, SO I'M SURE I'M LOOKING FOR US TO POP HIGHER ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS, ESPECIALLY THE TRANSPORTATION.

I KNOW WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO IMPROVE OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND OVER 60 NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, SO I'M HOPING THOSE RESULTS THAT WILL BE DONE WILL TAKE A BIG CHUNK OUT OF THEM IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE'LL REFLECT THAT ON OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY.

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE THE LIBRARY DID VERY WELL.

AND SO WHEN WE DO WELL AT SOMETHING, WE REALLY DO WELL.

AND THAT'S THAT'S A GOAL FOR US TO SET ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

WE MARK OURSELVES VERY HIGH.

SO YES. AND I'M HOPING THAT THOSE STAY HIGH.

THE THINGS THAT WERE HIGHER, I HOPE THEY STAY HIGH.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OKAY, MR. FARCO.

SO, MOLLY, WAS THIS A LEGITIMATE SAMPLE? YES, IT'S CONSIDERED STATISTICALLY VALID WITH LESS THAN 1% OF OUR RESIDENTS.

IT WAS YES, IT'S LESS THAN IT'S ABOUT 4% OF OUR SURVEY.

THEY RECEIVED THREE REMINDERS IN THE MAIL TO PLEASE RESPOND.

THEY WEIGH IT.

SO THEY LOOK AT THEY LOOK AT THE MOST RECENT.

THEY LOOKED AT THE 2019 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY ESTIMATES FOR ADULTS IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, ALONG WITH THE 2010 CENSUS DATA.

BECAUSE THE 2020 CENSUS DATA HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET, SO IT IS CONSIDERED STATISTICALLY VALID.

MR. COGAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

MOLLY, GREAT PRESENTATION.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT HERE TO DIGEST AND GO INTO.

IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY REFRESHING TO SEE US PERFORM SO WELL ON A LOT OF THESE REGIONALLY.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THERE NATIONALLY.

WITH THESE SURVEYS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE IN A LONG TIME.

SO THIS INFORMATION IS VERY PERTINENT.

AND A LOT OF TIMES WITH THESE SURVEYS, YOU FIND THAT YOU GET THE ANSWERS THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING WHERE WE'RE DEFICIENT IN.

AND SO THESE SURVEYS MEAN NOTHING UNLESS WE REALLY ACT ON THEM, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DIDN'T HIT ON, BUT I DID SEE IN THERE WAS THAT OUR VOLUNTEERING WAS LOWER.

SO, YES. SO THAT POSES THE QUESTION, IS IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES? IS IT COULD YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT THERE? IT COULD BE. I'M SURE IT'S A VARIETY OF THINGS.

WE ARE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING FULL TIME JOBS AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE RAISING FAMILY.

I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF WITH LITTLE ONES.

LITTLE ONES TAKE A LOT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD IMAGINE IS A COMBINATION OF KNOWING OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN ALSO HAVING THE TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

OKAY. THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIG THINGS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN OUR CITY THAT I DON'T THINK RESIDENTS KNOW MUCH ABOUT.

AND I THINK THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, MAYBE AN EASY ONE TO AT LEAST THE NEXT TIME AROUND, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, MAYBE WE CAN MOVE THAT UP TO MAYBE WE'RE IN THE SIMILAR CATEGORY NATIONALLY TO AGAIN HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS.

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE THING IS THAT MAKES OUR CITIES GREAT IS THAT WHEN WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A CITY AND HAVE RESIDENTS COME IN AND VOLUNTEER, IT JUST MAKES IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, CORRECT? EXACTLY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW THERE.

BUT MY LAST QUESTION IS, SO WHAT GOING FORWARD NOW? NOW, SINCE I MENTIONED WE CAN IMPROVE, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE HONING IN ON ON WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE? I WOULD IMAGINE OBVIOUSLY TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMY ARE GOING TO BE OUR BIG FACTORS COMING UP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEDFORD COMMONS, THE CHURCH WEST PROPERTY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON THAT.

I WOULD EXPECT OUR PARKS AND REC NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GREATLY IMPROVE WITH OUR GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH OPENING THIS FALL.

YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE COMPARABLE TO NATIONAL BENCHMARKS, THEY RANKED IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES APPROVAL RATING.

SO I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PARKLAND.

SO TONIGHT'S APPROVAL OF THE UPDATED PARKS AND REC MASTER MASTER PLAN IS INCREDIBLY TIMELY FOR THIS AND THAT

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AND I'M SURE MARIA IS GOING TO CONTINUE DOING HER GREAT JOB OVER AT THE LIBRARY.

AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I KNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A COMMUNICATION PIECE RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, BUT WE'RE DOING THE PAVEMENT THAT I'M NOT PUBLIC WORKS IS I DON'T I WOULDN'T DO A GREAT JOB BUT OUR PAVEMENT ANALYSIS IS GOING ON THIS WEEK SO WE'RE DOING A VIDEO ABOUT IT AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW THAT'S DONE TO HELP COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE RESIDENTS. AND I KNOW CHERYL AND HER TEAM ARE GOING TO BE UPDATING THE FIVE YEAR STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO ALL OF THOSE ARE FACTORS OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT SCORING WELL ON.

I CAN IMMEDIATELY POINT TO THINGS THAT I KNOW OF THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THOSE THINGS BETTER.

AND I KNOW THAT KRISSY FINDS THIS INFORMATION INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO AS SHE SHAPES HER PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM.

I MEAN, IT'S SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO ASK RESIDENTS EXACTLY THAT WAS THAT WAS ACTUALLY RANKED VERY HIGH IN A LOT OF VERY HIGH.

VERY HIGH, ACTUALLY. SO THAT IT MAKES IT VALIDATES WHAT WE'RE DOING, BASICALLY.

YES. SO, MOLLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NO PROBLEM. IT IT WAS REALLY FUN LOOKING AT ALL THESE NUMBERS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE DO NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

OK. NEXT UP, PRESENTATION ON THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR FISCAL SECOND QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 2022.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT MARIA JOYNER HERE.

HI, MARIA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU OUR SECOND QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.

THAT'S THE EXCUSE ME INVESTMENT REPORT.

I KNEW I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I JUST PUT OUR SECOND QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT.

IT'S OUR INVESTMENT REPORT.

AS OF THE END OF MARCH 31ST, 2022, OUR INVESTMENT REPORT WAS ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO OUR INVESTMENT COMMITTEE ON MAY 16TH.

THE COMMITTEE THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF OUR MAYOR, MAYOR MICHAEL PORTER.

IT'S MADE UP OF OUR CITY MANAGER, JIMMY STATHATOS, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

KAREN RIGGS, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

OUR CITY SECRETARY MICHAEL WELLS, AND OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER, KIM ROBINSON.

SO THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE DID REVIEW OUR SECOND QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT IN MAY.

OUR TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF OUR SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF THE END OF MARCH WAS $113,022,150, AND THAT COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

WE'RE ACTUALLY DOWN ABOUT 20.6% AS OF MARCH OF 2021.

OUR PORTFOLIO WAS ACTUALLY AT $142,343,985.

THE REASON OUR PORTFOLIO IS DOWN IS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE PURCHASED LAND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES AND WE'RE STARTING TO SPEND DOWN OR CLOSE OUT OUR PHASE NEXT PROJECT.

WITH ALL THE EXPENDITURES COMING IN RELATED TO OUR PHASE, NEXT PROJECT, WE'RE TAKING THAT PORTFOLIO DOWN AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN AS WE PROCEED WITH OUR OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AS OF MARCH 31ST, THE CITY ACTUALLY SPENT A TOTAL OF $47,804,827 ON OUR FACE NEXT PROJECT AND WE ALSO SPENT $54,298 ON OUR BEDFORD PERFORMING ARTS PROJECT.

WE ACTUALLY EARN FROM SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROJECT WE EARN.

THAT IS INTEREST EARNINGS ON THOSE PROJECTS OF ABOUT 3.5 MILLION.

TONIGHT, I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE WITH US A CONSULTANT WITH OUR INVESTMENT CONSULTING FIRM, VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING.

WE HAVE WITH US MR. TIM PINON.

MR. PINON WILL GIVE US AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF OUR PORTFOLIO.

THANK YOU, MARIA. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

SO IT'S IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE QUARTERLY UPDATE ON THE THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO.

AND MARIA TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.

I ALWAYS FIND IT HELPFUL TO SEE NUMBERS VISUALLY VERSUS IT'S HARD FOR ME.

I DON'T FOLLOW WELL JUST LISTENING TO NUMBERS BUT HERE THEY ARE VISUALLY.

AND AS MARIA MENTIONED, THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY BECAUSE THE CITY IS INVESTING IN SEVERAL PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING. THE CITY IS USING THOSE FUNDS TO ENHANCE THE CITY.

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AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HEARING THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT IS GOING UP AND SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE REFLECTED HERE.

SO THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO AVERAGE RETURN FOR THE CITY AT THE END OF 21 WAS 26 BASIS POINTS.

AND AT THE END OF MARCH, IT WAS AT 40 BASIS POINTS ON THE CITY'S FUNDS.

AND THEN THE SWERVED FUNDS.

YOU CAN SEE A SIGNIFICANT JUMP THERE.

AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT AND YOU CAN SEE WHY THAT HAPPENED.

BUT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE, AGAIN, REFLECTIVE OF THE CHANGES IN THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN THAT AFFECTS THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO JUMPING FROM 22 BASIS POINTS FOR THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO TO 57 BASIS POINTS AS OF THE END OF MARCH.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST A LOOK AT THE INTEREST EARNINGS.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT DOES WANT TO HAVE REPORTED TO THE COUNCILORS TO LET YOU GUYS SEE WHAT IS THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO EARNING IN INTEREST RATES.

AND SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE THERE.

AND THE ONE NOTE THERE IS THAT THERE WERE TWO QUARTERS INTO THIS YEAR.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE REALLY WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES.

YOU CAN BASICALLY DOUBLE THE QUARTER'S NUMBERS TO GET TO THE FISCAL YEAR.

THAT'S GOING TO START CHANGING NOW AS INTEREST RATES ARE GOING UP, BUT JUST KIND OF REFLECTIVE OF THE THE VERY FLAT INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT WE HAD UP UNTIL RECENTLY.

AND THEN HERE'S AGAIN A LOOK AT THE CITY'S OVERALL PORTFOLIO RETURN.

AND WE LIKE TO LOOK AT SOME BENCHMARKS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS DOING WELL.

HOW ARE WE PERFORMING? IT'S KIND OF A QUICK REPORT CARD.

SO THE CITY WAS AT 57 BASIS POINTS AT THE END OF MARCH.

THE THREE MONTH TREASURY WAS AT 31 BASIS POINTS.

THE SIX MONTH WAS AT 36 BASIS POINTS.

AND TAX POOL, WHICH IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF KIND OF LOCAL OR OVERNIGHT MONEY MARKET FUNDS.

IT WAS AT 15 BASIS POINTS AT THE END OF MARCH.

AND THEN THIS IS A LOOK AT THE YIELD CURVE.

AND SO THAT'S THIS KIND OF GIVES US A PICTURE OF WHERE THE RATES ARE OUT FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME.

THIS ONE GOES OUT TO TEN YEARS.

AND SO AT THE END OF MARCH AND THIS IS BEFORE THE FED STARTED TAKING AGGRESSIVE ACTION TO RAISE RATES, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THE OVERNIGHT RATES AND THE BLUE LINE IS AT THE END OF MARCH. AND THEN THE RED LINE TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE, IS WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO.

WELL, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE.

YOU CAN TELL THE BLUE LINE IN THAT OVERNIGHT RANGE IS UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT STILL, EVERYTHING IS UNDER 50 BASIS POINTS IN THAT OVERNIGHT RANGE.

BUT RATES ARE STARTING TO MOVE UP BECAUSE THE MARKET WAS ANTICIPATING, HEY, WE'RE SEEING THESE INFLATION NUMBERS OR SEEING THINGS GO UP, INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO GO UP.

AND SO THE YIELD CURVE STARTED TO SPIKE DRAMATICALLY FROM WHERE THE RED LINE WAS.

AT THE TWO YEAR AND THREE YEAR MARK, THAT BLUE LINE IS UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

THE RED LINE IS EVEN AT TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, YOU WERE UNDER 50 BASIS POINTS.

IF YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT THAT LONG AND NOW AT THE END OF MARCH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO AND ONE HALF BASIS POINTS, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE.

AND THEN JUST TO BRING IT A LITTLE MORE CURRENT TO THE END OF MAY, THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP EVEN HIGHER.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN LINE IS WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE JUST IN THREE MONTHS FROM THE GREEN LINE TO THE BLUE LINE, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE RATES THERE AND THAT OVERNIGHT RATE AT THE END OF MAY, WHEREAS BEFORE IT WAS BELOW 50 BASIS POINTS.

NOW IT'S UP AROUND 1% JUST ON THAT OVERNIGHT MONEY.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE CITY AS FAR AS THE RATES THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO EARN.

SO HERE'S A COUPLE OF LOOKS JUST AT THE NUMBERS.

AND THESE NUMBERS ARE AS OF JUNE 22ND.

SO FAIRLY RECENTLY, RECENTLY, THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED A WHOLE LOT SINCE THEN.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THIS SCREEN.

SOMETIMES WE WILL LOOK TO INVEST THE CITY'S MONEY IN CDS BECAUSE IN THE PAST THEY HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY MORE COMPETITIVE THAN THE TREASURY AGENCY RATES.

BUT AS BANKS BECAME INUNDATED WITH ALL THE STIMULUS MONEY, THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN APPETITE TO TAKE MORE DEPOSITS.

THEY HAD MORE THAN THEY WANTED, AND THEY HAD NO PLACE TO PUT THOSE DEPOSITS.

WELL, NOW THE INTEREST RATES ARE GOING UP.

DEPOSITS ARE LEAVING THE BANK IN PURSUING THESE RATES AT OTHER PLACES.

AND THAT'S TAKING SOME OF THAT PRESSURE OFF OF THE BANKS.

AND THE BANKS HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THEIR EXCESS DEPOSITS.

SO IT'S KIND OF HELPING THINGS BALANCE OUT IN THAT AREA.

SO THE CDS, I THINK THE INTERESTING THING IS YOU SEE A WIDE RANGE.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIX MONTH CD, IT'S BETWEEN 50 BASIS POINTS AND TO 35.

WELL, THAT'S A REALLY WIDE RANGE AND IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE VARYING DEGREES OF APPETITES DIFFERENT BANKS HAVE.

SOME BANKS DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN APPETITE AT ALL.

SOME ARE LIKE, YES, WE WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS, WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THEM.

AND SO WE LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF CDS AND TREASURIES AND WE'LL LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE ANY TIME THE CITY HAS MONEY TO.

PLACE AND WE'LL LOOK AT WHERE'S WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION FOR THE CITY.

SO HERE, JUST KIND OF A COUPLE OF QUICK HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FROM THE LAST QUARTER AND EVEN PAST THAT TO MORE CURRENT.

SO MAY 3RD WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE FED RAISING THE RATE.

SO IT WAS A 50 BASIS POINT INCREASE.

AND SO THE WINDOW IS 75 BASIS POINTS TO 1%.

THAT WAS WHERE IT WAS IN MAY.

EVERYONE FOR A LONG TIME THOUGHT, OKAY, THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE 50 BASIS POINTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SIGNALING. I SAID IN JUNE, WE'LL PROBABLY RAISE THEM ANOTHER 50 POINTS, 50 BASIS POINTS, BUT THEY STARTED THE INFLATION NUMBERS WERE COMING IN HIGHER AND

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SO THEY ENDED UP RAISING THEM 75 BASIS POINTS AND THEY SAID WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO RAISE IT 75 AGAIN IN JULY.

SO RATHER THAN 50 AND 50, AS WE'D BEEN HEARING, THEY'RE GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE AND THEY'RE GOING 75 AND 75.

AND SO THAT NEXT MEETING WILL HAPPEN AT THE END OF JULY NEXT MONTH.

SO RIGHT NOW EVERYONE'S EXPECTING 75.

BUT I GUESS IF WE'VE LEARNED ANYTHING, IT'S LIKE THAT CAN CHANGE BECAUSE IT CHANGED THE LAST TIME FROM WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS WAS FAIRLY CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT IS STARTING TO MODERATE MEANING THERE'S IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM BULLET POINT THERE, THERE'S 11.4 MILLION JOB OPENINGS, BUT ONLY 5.7 MILLION JOB SEEKERS.

SO WE'VE GOT A MISMATCH THERE.

BUT WITH THE ECONOMY THERE, JUST IT'S GETTING PULLED IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

YOU'VE GOT THE INFLATION RATE, THE HIGH COST OF FUEL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS PULLING THINGS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

AND SO THERE IS SOME EASING ON THE DEMAND FOR JOBS.

I THINK COMPANIES MAY BEGIN PULLING BACK A LITTLE BIT JUST TO SEE WHERE THINGS ARE.

THE OTHER BIG DRIVER IN THE ECONOMY IS HOUSING, AND OBVIOUSLY SHELTER IS KIND OF ONE OF YOUR BASIC NEEDS.

AND SO THAT MEDIAN PRICE OF HOUSING THIS YEAR, WE HIT TEN YEARS, WE'RE A MONTH OVER MONTH FOR TEN.

FOR FOUR, TEN YEARS THE RATE HAS GONE UP OR THE COST OF AN AVERAGE, THE MEDIAN PRICE HAS GONE UP TEN YEARS.

AND SO JUST YEAR TO YEAR, IT'S UP ALMOST 20%.

AND SO THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET INTO A HOME ARE FEELING THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPACTING THAT IS THE INTEREST RATES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE GREAT.

IF YOU'VE GOT MONEY TO INVEST, NOT SO GREAT IF YOU'RE BORROWING TO BUY A HOUSE.

SO WHEREAS THE 30 YEAR RATE WAS AROUND 3% NOT TOO LONG AGO, JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, IT HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY TO FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT.

SO THAT THAT PUTS A BIG IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF HOUSE SOMEONE CAN PURCHASE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO PUT DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON ON HOME SALES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IN APRIL, NEW HOME SALES FELL 16.6% AND HOME SALES HAVE DECLINED NOW THREE MONTHS IN A ROW.

SO YOU'VE GOT AVERAGE PRICE IS STILL GOING UP, BUT SALES NUMBERS COMING DOWN.

SO IT COULD BE KIND OF AT A TURNING POINT ON THAT.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE [INAUDIBLE] RETURN WAS HIGHER.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WHAT WE DID TO TAKE STEPS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

SO THE YIELD CURVE IS STEEPER.

SO IF YOU GO OUT FURTHER AND YOU INVEST LONGER, YOU CAN GET A HIGHER RETURN THAN JUST KEEPING IT OVERNIGHT.

SO AT THE IN MARCH, WHAT WE DID WAS WE HAD $20 MILLION IN THE [INAUDIBLE] FUNDS A CITY DID AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE NEEDED RIGHT AWAY.

SO LET'S PUT THOSE OUT LONGER.

SO WE LADDERED IT FOR THREE MONTHS AND THEN TO JULY, TO OCTOBER AND APRIL.

SO IN JULY WE'LL HAVE 5 MILLION THAT'S MATURING.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK OR ANY OF THOSE FUNDS NEEDED.

AND THE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT NEEDED, WE CAN THEN PUT OUT EITHER FOR A YEAR OR TWO YEARS AT THE HIGHER RATES.

AND SO AT THAT POINT WE CAN BEGIN LADDERING AND BUILDING THAT LADDER.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT IS IT.

SO ARE THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER? ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, MARIA.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. MICHAEL, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN OPEN FORUM.

TOO BAD. NOW WE CONSIDER APPROVAL ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

WE'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS. FIRST OFF, WE HAVE THE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 14TH REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH HALFF & ASSOCIATES.

IT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HALFF ASSOCIATES IN A REDUCED AMOUNT OF $111,733.14 FOR THE SURVEY.

ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPE SERVICES FOR THE PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS OF A COMMUNITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OR PERFORMING ARTS THEATER ON THE SIDE OF THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL. THIS ITEM WILL AMEND THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH HALFF ASSOCIATES THAT WAS ENTERED INTO ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 27, 2018, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,897,500 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOYS RANCH PARK PHASE NEXT DOOR. OUT PHASE NEXT.

OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ART AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY AT OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.

THE NEXT ITEM IS.

THIS IS THE 47TH YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE'VE DONE THIS.

IT'S CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE 47TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

SOME OF Y'ALL MIGHT KNOW AS CDBG TO MCLENNAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE WALTER STREET PAVING IMPROVEMENTS AND THE STRETCHES FROM BEDFORD COURSE

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THE AWARD OF THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS, AS MENTIONED, THE 47TH YEAR IN A ROW, AND WE AWARDED THE TARRANT COUNTY CDBG GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $162,617 FROM TARRANT COUNTY.

AND THEN THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMAINING $298,638.

THAT CONCLUDES CONSENT ITEMS UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS. OKAY, THEN WE NEED A MOTION.

A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MR. COGAN AND THEN SECONDED BY MR. FARCO. LET'S ALL VOTE AND WE CAN USE OUR EQUIPMENT NOW.

IT'S UNANIMOUS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING.

IT'S HARD TO READ THAT. OKAY.

[4. Consider an ordinance approving a project and financing plan for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Bedford, Texas; making various findings related to such plan.]

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.

WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING AS A FOLLOW UP FROM OUR EARLIER MEETING WITH THE TOUR'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHERE THE GROUP DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN. SO THE TERZ BOARD ESSENTIALLY IS MADE UP OF OUR COUNCIL AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNTY AND THE COLLEGE DISTRICT WHO ARE ALL PARTICIPATING IN THE TIRZ ON THE FINANCIAL BASIS.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS WHEN THE TIRZ WAS CREATED, A PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN, A COMPANY THAT GENERALLY GIVING US AN OUTLINE OF HOW WE WOULD PROCEED AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.

SO NOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE MOTIONS, WE ARE NOW COMING BACK WITH A FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN FOR YOUR FORMAL APPROVAL.

SO AS WAS STATED DURING OUR MEETING, I WILL NOT DO A FULL REPEAT, I PROMISE OF YOUR PRIOR PRESENTATION, BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS DOES GIVE US A ROADMAP TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BEDFORD COMMONS DEVELOPMENT AND THEN ALSO OUTLINES THE TERM OF THE TIRZ AS WELL AS ESTIMATE.

SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY AS WE DO DIVE INTO THE PROJECT AND LOOK AT EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE THINGS.

IT'S VERY, VERY COMMON AS WE'VE DONE ESTIMATES THAT ARE NOW TWO YEARS OLD ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, FOR US TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE AMENDED ESTIMATES AND AMENDED COSTS AS THINGS ACTUALLY BECOME REAL ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO YOU WILL YOU WILL HEAR FROM ME AGAIN ON THESE THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND AGAIN, ESSENTIALLY, THERE ARE NO CHANGES FROM THE PRELIMINARY PLAN TO THE FINAL PLAN.

WE HAVE JUST UPDATED THE NUMBERS THAT OCCURRED IN THOSE TWO YEARS FROM WHEN IT WAS CREATED UNTIL NOW.

AND ESSENTIALLY ALL THE PROPERTIES ARE THE SAME.

THE ESTIMATES REMAIN.

SO THERE REALLY ARE NO CHANGES.

THIS IS JUST OUR OUR NEXT STEP AND OUR FORMAL PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD.

AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW, THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES THAT DO MAKE UP OUR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE.

AGAIN, THE POINT IS TO PULL IN SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE FELT WERE RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THOSE WERE REDEVELOPING IN ORDER TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT REVENUE, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, ADMINISTRATION COSTS AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CENTER, WHICH IS KNOWN AS BEDFORD COMMONS.

AGAIN, THERE ARE TEN ZONES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING.

THIS IS THE TIRZ CONCEPT PLAN.

AGAIN, THIS IS OUR GUIDING OUR GUIDING LIGHT, ESSENTIALLY FOR THE TIRZ MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL OPERATE WITHIN THIS CONCEPT PLAN.

THESE ARE THE ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENTS TO OCCUR WITH THEIR YEARS, ULTIMATELY PROVIDING US AN ESTIMATED ABOUT $110 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL TAX VALUE FROM WHICH TO USE OUR PORTIONS TO TO HELP FUND THINGS WITHIN THE TIRZ.

AGAIN, THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN ORDER TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS ON OR ABOUT 23 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THESE ARE THE OUTLINE PROJECTS THAT WE DO FEEL ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.

HERE AT BEDFORD COMMONS, THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE DO.

FILLER WILL BE NEEDED.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY WHERE WHEN WE COME BACK AND WE GET A CURRENT ESTIMATE, THESE NUMBERS WILL BE WILL BE TWEAKED AND MODIFIED AS WE GO ALONG.

AND AGAIN, THESE THIS IS WHERE THE TIRZ REVENUE COMES FROM.

WE CREATED A BASE YEAR OF 2020 WHEN IT WAS CREATED.

SO ANY ADDITIONAL GROWTH IN PROPERTY VALUES BEYOND 2020, 75% OF THE CITY'S PORTION AND 50% OF THE COUNTIES AND THE COLLEGE DISTRICTS WILL GO BACK INTO THAT TIRZ FUND AND HELP US PAY FOR THOSE PROJECT COSTS THAT WE'VE LAID OUT.

AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT FINANCING PLAN.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO JIMMY AND TO YOU, WE'RE JUST SO PLEASED BECAUSE THIS WILL GET EVERYTHING STARTED AND WE'VE HAD PAST CITY

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BUT I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU BOTH BECAUSE IT'S REALLY MOVED US FORWARD AND IT'S REALLY A GOOD JOB.

WE'RE JUST SO PLEASED.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY EXCITING.

WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? MR. COGAN ONCE AGAIN.

AND A SECOND SECOND, MR. STEVES. OKAY.

LET'S ALL VOTE.

NO, NO, NO.

IT'S UNANIMOUS. WITH THE GOOD JOB, MR. COGAN, GOOD JOB.

DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN. OKAY.

THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYONE.

[5. Consider a resolution adopting the City of Bedford 2022 Parks and Trails Master Plan.]

AND IS THAT JIMMY OR IS IT GOING TO BE MR. SIMS? I GUESS IT'S MR. SIMS BECAUSE HE'S COMING TO THE MIC.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MR. SIMMS. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? VERY WELL. GOOD, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS DENNIS SIMS, AND I'M WITH DUNCAN SIMS STOFFELS.

AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE USE TO UPDATE YOUR 2016 PARK AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.

LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE UPDATE MEANS ON THAT.

YOUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS PREPARED IN 2016, AND IT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.

THE REASON THAT YOU SUBMIT IT TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, THEY REVIEW IT AND ACCEPT IT, AND THEN THEY USE THAT DOCUMENT IN SCORING GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE.

IT'S UP TO YOU TO DO THAT.

SO IT IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT TO KEEP ON FILE WITH THEM.

YOUR ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN IN 2016 IS GOOD FOR TEN YEARS.

HOWEVER, THEY WANT TO SEE AN UPDATE IN FIVE AND THEY JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

IF YOUR PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED, LOOK AT SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND IT'S NOT A NEW MASTER PLAN, IT'S AN UPDATE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND WHAT WE DID THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS AND WHAT THEY LIKE TO SEE, QUITE FRANKLY, IS THEY LIKE TO SEE PUBLIC INPUT.

AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD PUBLIC INPUT SECTION TO THIS PLAN.

WE HAD THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD WHERE WE HAD BOARDS WHERE CITIZENS OUTLINED WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THEIR PARK SYSTEM, WHAT THEY USE IN THEIR PARK SYSTEM, AND WHICH PARK PARKS THEY USED.

IF YOU SEE A COUPLE OF COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WERE AT ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS AND FROM THAT WE TOOK THE BOARDS OVER TO THE LIBRARY FOYER AND THEY STAYED THERE FOR EIGHT DAYS.

AND THERE ARE PICTURES IN YOUR MASTER PLAN SHOWING HOW THOSE WERE USED.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK A LITTLE ROUGH.

BUT ACTUALLY, TO ME, THAT'S REALLY OUTSTANDING.

HOW THEY WERE USED, HOW THE PEOPLE VOTED ON IT, HOW THEY USE THOSE BOARDS.

WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IT AND WE'RE GETTING COMMENTS FROM THEM.

SO THEY LOOK ROUGH.

BUT TO ME IT WAS, I GUESS, ARTS AND THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER AND IT LOOKED GREAT TO ME AND WE TOOK THAT INFORMATION OFF OF THOSE BOARDS AND WE SUMMARIZED IT AND PUT IT INTO THE UPDATE.

WE ALSO FROM THERE, WE HAD A FLASH POINT THAT I BELIEVE MOLLY ORCHESTRATED FOR FLASH VOTE AND THAT INFORMATION IS IN THERE.

WHEN WE HAD FIVE QUESTIONS AND GOSH, IT WAS ONLY ONLINE FOR FIVE DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO WE I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED AND INTERESTED TO SEE THAT INFORMATION.

WELL, WE'VE GOT THE BEST COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT EVER.

I THINK YOU DO. I MEAN, I WAS NOTICING ONE OF THE COMMENTS ON MOLLY'S PRESENTATION THAT SHE HAD LIKE 320 RESPONSES.

AND THEN ON ONE OF THESE COMMENTS WE HAD 312.

SO SOMEONE WAS TALKING ABOUT STATISTICALLY VALID.

I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF GETTING IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD ON TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO ANYWAY, WE IN INTERVIEWS, WE TOOK THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC INPUT, SAT DOWN WITH STAFF AND ALSO TALK TO THEM AND GOT THEIR NEEDS AND WHAT THEY NEEDED.

AND IN YOUR REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ALSO ANALYZED EACH INDIVIDUAL PARK FOR NEEDS.

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DON AND I SPENT THE BETTER PART OF A MORNING AND A LITTLE BIT MORE TOURING THE PARKS, GOING TO EACH ONE OF THEM AND LOOKING AT THEM.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK THOSE ITEMS, PUT THEM IN THERE FOR NEEDS FOR THOSE PARKS, AND THEN I ASSIGNED THE VALUES ON IT FOR CONSTRUCTION. OUR FARM IS PARK RECREATION.

THAT'S ALL WE DO. SO WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE OF WHAT THOSE THINGS COST.

SO IT'S KIND OF TWOFOLD HERE.

IT'S KIND OF SHORT TERM TO WHERE WE'VE OUTLINED THE COST FOR EACH PARK.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE OF THE PROGRAM OR AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT, YOU SAW A MASTER LIST OR A PRIORITY LIST.

SO IT'S KIND OF SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM NEEDS, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

I MENTIONED THAT THE 2016 PLAN IS GOOD FOR TEN YEARS TO 2026.

THEY WANT TO SEE AN UPDATE IN FIVE.

HOWEVER, FOUR, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO THE WHOLE THING.

SO THOSE ARE THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING HERE.

I'VE COVERED ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW OF THESE BULLET POINTS, JUST TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED.

ONCE THIS IS APPROVED.

WE'LL SUBMIT IT BACK TO AUSTIN.

AND YOU'RE GOOD FOR FOUR MORE YEARS.

WE ADDRESSED ALL THE BULLET POINTS ON HERE THAT THEY REQUIRE AS FAR AS THE JURISDICTIONAL AREA, WHICH IS THE ENTIRE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SINCE WE ARE CHANGING THE PRIORITY LIST AT THE END, THEY REQUIRE RESOLUTION FROM THIS BODY TO ACCEPT THAT.

AND WHILE WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THIS UPDATE.

AND WE AS AGAIN, WE WILL SUBMIT THIS TO AUSTIN.

THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE COMMENTS ON IT.

IF THEY HAVE COMMENTS, THEN WE WILL IMMEDIATELY TAKE CARE OF THOSE.

AND HERE ARE THE BOARDS THAT WERE WELL USED.

THIS INFORMATION IS IN YOUR UPDATE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE THE PRIORITY OF THOSE WITH HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS HAVING 54 VOTES.

AND IN OPEN SPACE PLAYGROUNDS IN THIS CASE, AND TENNIS COURTS.

AND YOU LOOK AT THE TOP FIVE, BUT THEN IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN AS TO HOW YOUR CITIZENS VOTED ON THESE NEEDS.

THIS IS WHAT AMENITIES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN AGAIN? HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS, THAT IS, I'VE PROBABLY DONE 30 OR 40 MASTER PLANS AND I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE ONE WHERE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS WERE NOT THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN ANY COMMUNITY.

AND THE SCRIBBLE BOARD, I MEAN, THIS THESE ARE THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN EITHER IN YOUR CITY OR IN THE PARK OR RECREATION SYSTEM.

THIS IS THE FINAL PRIORITY LIST I MENTIONED.

AND THEY WILL USE THIS PRIORITY LIST WHEN WE SUBMIT THIS AND IT'S APPROVED.

AND WHEN YOU MAKE A GRANT APPLICATION, THEY WILL USE THIS PRIORITY LIST AS PART OF THE SCORING CRITERIA.

SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON THAT YOU'RE UPDATING THIS UPDATE TONIGHT.

PROBABLY ABOUT A THREE OR FOUR MONTH PROCESS ON THIS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS FAR.

I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROCESS OR THE RESULTS.

SO IN A NUTSHELL, MR. SIMPSON, WE HAD THIS DONE BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEEK GRANTS.

YES, MA'AM. AND IN ORDER TO GET GRANTS THROUGH ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANY, WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THIS MASTER PLAN.

IN ORDER TO GET GRANTS TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS THEIR CRITERIA.

BUT CAN WE USE IT FOR OTHER GRANTS? YOU POSSIBLY COULD IF THERE WERE OTHER GRANTS.

IT MEETS THE NEEDS ANALYSIS PROCESS THAT WE USED.

I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

IT WAS A PROCESS THAT THESE WERE THE RESULTS BASED ON WHAT THE PUBLIC WAS TELLING US AND THEN BASED ON YOUR NEEDS.

SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER GRANT OUT THERE, I WOULD CERTAINLY THINK THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO TRY TO APPLY FOR IT.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR MR. SIMS UH MR. STEVES. ONCE, ASSUMING WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT AND ONCE YOU SUBMIT IT, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO HEAR SOMETHING BACK FROM AUSTIN? TWO OR THREE WEEKS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAYBE.

MAYBE TWO WEEKS. IN THIS CASE, YOU MENTIONED IF THEY WANTED TO CHANGE IT OR THERE'S A REQUIREMENT, THE CHANGES HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE US OR.

I DON'T THINK SO, NO IF THEY HAVE CHANGES MOST TIME THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES.

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SO. NO, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE I WOULD SAY THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE WITHIN A WEEK BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE THAT'S CHANGED.

THE GRANTS DO AUGUST 1ST, AUGUST 1ST, 30 DAYS, AND I WILL BE BACK HERE IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

MAYOR PRO TEM, MAY I SPEAK TO THAT? SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WORKING BECAUSE THERE ARE ALSO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE ON THIS LIST OR THAT WE GOT THROUGH THE FLASH VOTES, FOR EXAMPLE, MOLLY POINTED OUT.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL AND SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE THE COMPONENTS THAT WE WANT TO RECOMMEND FOR A GRANT, BECAUSE THE HIGHER THEY THEY ARE, THE MORE POINTS WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL WANT.

THE PROBLEM, SAY PROBLEM.

THE CHALLENGE IS THAT YOU CAN'T GET A GRANT AND USE IT AT DIFFERENT PARKS.

EVERYTHING HAS TO BE USED AT THE SAME PARK.

AND SO AND YOU CAN GET UP TO $750,000.

OBVIOUSLY, WE MATCH THAT.

AND SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT IN MIND AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THINGS LIKE TENNIS COURTS.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY ONLY TWO PLACES WHERE YOU CAN PUT A DECENT AMOUNT OF TENNIS COURTS, GENERATIONS AT MEADOW PARK THAT WE DON'T OWN.

AND SO ANYWAY, WE'LL COME BACK AND IT WON'T BE SURPRISED.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AHEAD OF TIME.

WE WON'T BRING IT IN AT THE DEADLINE AND SAY, HURRY, VOTE ON THIS.

BUT JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE CHRONOLOGY.

THANKS, DENNIS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. COGAN THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

YOU MENTIONED THE PROCESS.

SO ME, I'M ALL ABOUT MAKING THINGS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE AND TAKING A LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES, SEE IF ANYTHING THAT WAS DONE THAT SHOULD BE DONE DIFFERENTLY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS THERE? WAS IT PRETTY SMOOTH PROCESS? THIS IS AN EASY ASSESSMENT.

IT WAS A PRETTY SMOOTH PROCESS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING BACK THERE, GETTING READY TO MAKE MY PRESENTATION.

I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THIS.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT YOUR OTHER PRIORITY LIST WAS, BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT.

I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THIS PROCESS DID, WHAT THE NEW RESULTS WERE GOING TO BE.

SO IT'S A PROCESS.

AND THEN WE RECYCLED BACK THROUGH AND I DID THESE RESULTS, AND THEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THEM AGAIN.

AND THIS PROCESS IS FAIRLY SIMPLE.

I THINK WHERE YOU GET INTO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE WILL BE THE NEXT STEP THAT JIMMY'S TALKING ABOUT.

GOTCHA, GOTCHA.

SO AS FAR AS YOUR OBSERVATIONS, THIS IS THIS WENT SMOOTHLY AS COULD BE KIND OF TEXTBOOK AND..

IT DID. SO OKAY.

SO NO RECOMMENDATIONS. AND GOING FORWARD, IF IN FOUR YEARS WHEN WE HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN ..

IN FOUR YEARS, YOU'LL DO A BRAND NEW AND IT'LL BE A DOCUMENT THIS THICK AND OH, FANTASTIC.

THIS IS JUST ALL WE NEEDED FOR THE UPDATE.

GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. COULD YOU SEE ANY I ASSUME YOU LOOKED AT OUR 2016.

I DID. SO HAD THE PRIORITIES CHANGED MUCH? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. I DON'T REMEMBER.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN LOOK. YOU DIDN'T.

I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.

I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO KIND OF SKEW WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO.

I KIND OF WANTED A FRESH APPROACH TO IT AND WHAT THIS DOCUMENT WAS GOING TO TELL US.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MISUNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I GUESS WE NEED A MOTION TO DO THE RESOLUTION.

I'M NOT TAKING THIS ONE. I MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

OKAY, MR. FARCO FIRST AND MR. STEVE SECOND, AND LET'S VOTE.

AGAIN, IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MR. SIMS. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

AND I'LL SHOOT SHOOT YOUR EMAIL TOMORROW.

OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF BEDFORD'S PURCHASING POLICY, WHICH WAS QUITE A READ, MISS RIGGS.

[6. Consider a resolution approving the City of Bedford’s Purchasing Policy.]

OH, HOW EXCITING. NICE TO SEE YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. IS THIS BLAKE WILLIAMS? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO PURCHASING AGENTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

SO WITH THIS PURCHASING POLICY, WE OBVIOUSLY WE STREAMLINED IT.

WE MADE IT MUCH EASIER TO READ, MUCH EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.

THE BIGGEST CHANGE, THOUGH, IS REALLY IN TWO AREAS.

AND THE FIRST CHANGE RELATES TO THE CENTRALIZATION OF THE PURCHASING PROCESSES.

SO WITH THIS POLICY ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF PROCUREMENT, WHETHER THAT'S FORMAL SOLICITATIONS, QUOTES, ANYTHING RELATED TO THE PURCHASING PROCESS WILL NOW BE CENTRALIZED THROUGH FINANCE AND IN ME SPECIFICALLY.

SO MY ROLE IN THIS POLICY AND IN THIS PROCESS IS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, TO SIT WITH DEPARTMENTS, TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. MY GOAL BASED ON THIS POLICY AND WHAT THIS POLICY IS GOING TO IMPLEMENT IS A MUCH MORE CONSISTENT PROCESS.

IT'S GOING TO IMPLEMENT A FAIR, TRANSPARENT, EQUITABLE PROCESS ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF PROCUREMENT.

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SO THAT'S KEY AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS STATE LAW, LOCAL LAW, FEDERAL LAW, JUST TO KEEP THINGS CONSISTENT.

THE OTHER BIG CHANGE TO THE POLICY IS ON THE PROCUREMENT CARD SIDE.

ON THE P CARD SIDE, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING INTERNAL CONTROLS ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST ON P CARDS, BUT ACROSS ALL PROCUREMENT PROCESSES WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF REVIEW ON PROCUREMENT CARD PURCHASES.

WE'VE ESTABLISHED SORT OF PUNITIVE MEASURES FOR VIOLATIONS OF PROCUREMENT CARD POLICY.

WE HAVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING PURCHASES, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE LEGALLY, MAKE SURE THAT PURCHASES ARE VALID PURCHASES, QUESTIONING ANYTHING THAT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS, ESSENTIALLY MAKING IT MORE A RESPONSIVE DOCUMENT AS OPPOSED TO REACTIVE DOCUMENT TO WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS ON THE FRONT END.

AND WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THESE MEASURES AS PART OF THIS POLICY JUST TO ENSURE, AGAIN, THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE LEGALLY AND DONE WITH COMPLIANCE TO STATE AND FEDERAL LAW AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, LOCAL POLICY.

SO THAT WILL BE MY RESPONSIBILITY AS FAR AS THIS POLICY GOES.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY SOME OF THE CHANGES.

IT'S A MUCH SHORTER POLICY.

BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UM. WELL, I NOTICED THE ETHICS ORDINANCE HAD CHANGED QUITE A BIT, AND THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THE ETHICS ORDINANCE JUST TO JUST SAY I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING RIDICULOUS, LIKE JUST APPROVE THE MAYOR'S EXPENSES OR SOMETHING.

SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE WILL ACTUALLY BE ACHIEVING WATCHING OUT FOR ETHICS.

SO I WE'VE BEEN WANTING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

I AGREE THAT IF YOU CENTRALIZE THE EXPENSES AND HOW IT'S ALL DONE, THEN YOU GET A BETTER, MUCH BETTER RATE AND IT'S A MUCH BETTER WAY OF TAKING CARE OF OUR FINANCES.

SO I'M SO GLAD ABOUT THAT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILLIAMS? I THINK WE'RE ALL GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WE'RE GLAD WE'VE GOT A NEW ORDINANCE, AND I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY READY FOR A MOTION.

MR. STATHATOS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, MA'AM. I JUST.

I'M EXCITED BLAKE'S HERE AS WELL, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL HAD DONE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DELINEATED, BUT WE HAD A LOT MORE P CARDS IN CIRCULATION THAN WE NEEDED, AND THEY GREATLY CLAMP DOWN ON THAT, AS WELL AS THE SPENDING LIMITS AND EVERYTHING.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL HAVE DONE.

AND THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU. SO I NEED A MOTION.

HOW ABOUT MR. STEVES GIVE US A MOTION SINCE THERE'S SO FEW OF US UP HERE.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

OKAY. FIRST BY MR. STEVES AND SECOND BY MR. COGAN. AND WE'LL ALL VOTE.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. WILLIAMS, AND WELCOME TO BEDFORD.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

LAST OK, THIS IS CHERYL.

[7. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an interlocal agreement between the City of Bedford and the City of Euless for the design of intersection improvements at SH 121 and Cheek Sparger Road between Rio Grande Boulevard and FM 157 (Industrial Boulevard) in an amount not to exceed $205,000.]

IS THAT CORRECT, MA'AM? THAT IS CORRECT.

GOOD EVENING. OKAY.

SO THE LIMITS OF THIS PROJECT IS ALONG CHEEK SPARGER FROM EAST OF RIO GRANDE TO MID CITY'S BOULEVARD, JUST EAST OF INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD.

THIS CONCEPT PLAN, I BELIEVE, IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, AND THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF SIDEWALKS ACROSS THE FRONTAGE ROADS OF STATE HIGHWAY 121 ADA RAMPS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS FOR CROSSWALKS, SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIANS AND ADDITIONAL EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LEFT TURN LANE CAPACITY IN EACH DIRECTION. A MAJORITY OF THE WORK WILL BE WITHIN THE TXDOT START RIGHT AWAY AND NO ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY IS ANTICIPATED FOR EITHER CITY FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

IN DISCUSSIONS WITH TXDOT.

IF THE LOCAL AGENCIES COVERED THE COST OF THE DESIGN, TEXTILE HAS AGREED TO COVER THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT $2 MILLION, AS THIS IS A CITY OF EULESS INITIATED PROJECT, THEY ARE TAKING THE LEAD ON THE DESIGN AND COORDINATION WITH TXDOT.

SO ULA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE AGREEMENT AT THEIR JUNE 14TH MEETING.

THE AGREEMENT IS ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND IF APPROVED, THE DESIGN WILL BEGIN THIS SUMMER, WITH CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN THE SPRING WITH

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FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN, WHICH BEDFORD SHARE IS $205,000 WILL BE PAID FROM THE SERIES 2021 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND.

THAT WAS SHORT AND SWEET. SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT? WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT? THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS ACROSS THE FRONTAGE ROAD SO THAT PEDESTRIANS CAN CAN CROSS SAFELY.

OKAY, THAT WAS EASY.

SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL JUST HUMAN TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM.

IS THAT THE DEAL? BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO CROSS OVER BEFORE THE SHOPPING CENTERS OVER THERE.

IS THAT THE DEAL? YES.

OKAY. THIS ALSO DOES ADD CAPACITY IN THE LEFT TURN LANE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE NICE. I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, IF YOU EVER DRIVE THROUGH THERE, YOU'RE ALWAYS WAITING.

RIGHT. SO I WAS ABOUT TO ASK YOU WHO CONTROLS THE LIGHTS? TXDOT. BECAUSE THIS IS LONG OVERDUE.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR YEARS.

YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT FOR US.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL.

AND I THINK WE NEED A MOTION AND I THINK MR. STEVES HAS MADE THE MOTION AND MR. FARCO A SECOND.

SO LET'S ALL VOTE. UNANIMOUS.

THANKS, CHERYL. THANK YOU.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. 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.]

OKAY. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION PLAN AND RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET.

MR. STATHATOS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. AND I'VE ASKED GARY JOHNSON, PROJECT MANAGER, TO COME IN, IN CASE YOU ALL ASK ANY HARD QUESTIONS.

BUT BASICALLY THIS WILL BURY THE UTILITY LINES GENERALLY AT THE CORNER OF FORREST RIDGE AND HARWOOD.

THE TOTAL COST FOR ALL THE UTILITY PROVIDERS IS $520,000.

YOU KNOW, DEREGULATION IS GREAT FOR THE MOST PART FOR CONSUMERS, BUT FOR CITIES AND SCHOOLS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

MOST OF THESE COSTS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSORBED BY THE UTILITY PROVIDERS OR THE ONCOR, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT THAT ALL CHANGED.

SO THAT BEING SAID, IT'S TAKEN ALMOST A YEAR JUST TO GET ESTIMATES, QUITE FRANKLY.

AND SO HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL DEFINITELY BEAUTIFY THE AREA AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GARY.

ESTHETICALLY, IF MONEY WASN'T AN ISSUE TO ME IT'S A GRAND SLAM BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO DRESS UP THAT AREA.

AND OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO, I THINK IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.

THE ONLY REASON THAT I'VE RECOMMENDED THAT WE NOT DO THIS IS BECAUSE OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE COULD USE THE ARPA FUNDS ON.

I'M NOT SAYING THIS WOULDN'T BE A GOOD PURCHASE, I'M JUST GIVING MY RECOMMENDATION BASED ON OTHER POTENTIAL PRIORITIES.

BUT GARY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? I KNOW IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.

GARY'S BEEN WORKING LIKE CRAZY JUST TO GET THE INFO.

IT'S GOING TO, THIS WOULD BURY THE LINES JUST BETWEEN 100, 150 FEET TO THE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST.

SO IT'S NOT DOING IT AROUND THE WHOLE PARK.

THAT WAS JUST TO CLEAN UP THAT CORNER AT FOREST RIDGE AND HARWOOD WHERE WE WE COULD CONSIDER PUTTING UP THE MAIN MONUMENT SIGN.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A SIGN THERE, YOU YOU YOU WILL HAVE A BETTER VIEW INTO THE PARK.

THEY BLOCK THAT VIEW AND WE PUT SMALLER SIGNS AT THE HARWOOD ENTRANCE AND THE FOREST RIDGE ENTRANCE FOR FORESTRY BEING THE MAIN ENTRANCE, WE'D HAVE A BIGGER SIGN AND A LITTLE SMALLER SIGN. WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR THERE? BUT IT'S STRICTLY A COUNCIL DECISION.

IF IF YOU WANT TO SPEND THE FUNDS TO DO THAT, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BURY LINES A FAIRLY SHORT DISTANCE.

AND I'M SHOCKED AT, QUITE FRANKLY, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THAT IT CAME BACK TO TO BE.

BUT BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A COUNCIL DECISION ON WHAT THEY THINK THE PRIORITY IS.

SO I DROVE BY THERE ON THE WAY HOME, ON THE WAY HERE, AND I SAT AT THAT STOPLIGHT.

SO THERE'S A POOL RIGHT ON THE MEDIAN, A BIG ONE THAT HAS BIG WIRES, AND THEN THERE'S CABLE GOING WEST, AND THEN THERE'S ONE INSIDE, SORT OF LIKE THE INSIDE THE PARK AREA.

SO BUT THE BIG POLE GOT MOVED OR JUST THE ONE INSIDE.

SO IT WOULD TAKE FIRST OFF, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT STANDARD.

IT WILL GET MOVED ABOUT TEN FEET TO THE SOUTH.

THAT'S AS MUCH AS WE CAN MOVE IT SO WE CAN KIND OF GET IT OUT OF THAT SIGHT LINE RIGHT ON THE CORNER.

AND THAT'S JUST A TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLE.

AND THAT COST WAS ABOUT 50,000 TO DO THAT.

BUT ALL OF THE OVERHEAD LINES AND POLES AT THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THAT INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE WERE WHERE THE NEW PARK IS.

ALL OF THOSE WILL GO AWAY FOR 100 TO 150 FEET EACH DIRECTION.

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ALL THE ALL THE POLES WILL DISAPPEAR.

AND IT'LL BE THAT YOU WON'T SEE ANYTHING THERE, RIGHT THERE ON THAT CORNER.

AND IT TAKES IT, LIKE I SAID, BETWEEN 100, 150 FEET, DEPENDING ON THE FINAL DESIGN OF WHAT THEY'LL CLEARED OFF THAT CORNER.

SO IF IT'S ONLY LIKE 150 FEET.

SO, SO THEY GO UNDERGROUND AND THEN THE THE LINES POP BACK UP TO GO UP AND ACROSS.

YES. BUT YOU BUT WE WOULD GET RID OF THE BIG POLE AND THE SECONDARY POLE BEHIND IT.

IF YOU'RE, IF I'M SITTING ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER COMING SOUTH TO THE CITY HALL.

DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO POLES RIGHT THERE? AND I WOULD GET RID OF THE BIG ONE WITH THE ELECTRICAL WIRES AND THE CABLE AND THEN THE ONE THAT'S JUST INSIDE THE PARK.

THAT WOULD BE. YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? I'M TRYING TO TRY TO VISUALIZE IT, BECAUSE I THINK IF IT'S JUST THE INSIDE PULL, IT'S NOT WORTH IT BECAUSE WE STILL GOT TO LOOK AT THE BIG UGLY POLE IN FRONT OF IT. THE POLES ON THAT CORNER THAT THE PARK IS LOCATED ON, ALL WOULD GO AWAY.

ALL GOES AWAY.

STUFF ACROSS THE INTERSECTION DOES NOT.

YEAH, YEAH. SOME OF IT HAS TO GO UNDER THERE.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION.

BUT THE OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THE VIEW OF THE PARK WAS TO TAKE TAKE THIS.

SO THE ESTIMATES WE HAVE WOULD WOULD REMOVE EVERYTHING ON THAT CORNER AT LEAST 100 FEET IN GOING WEST AND GOING SOUTH.

SO THAT AS YOU SIT THERE AND LOOK LOOKED AT THE PARK, ALL THAT WOULD BE CLEANED UP RIGHT THERE, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE VERY FAR DOWN THE ROAD WHERE THEY'RE BACK UP OVERHEAD AND THEY'LL STILL BE OVERHEAD AT FOREST RIDGE AND AT HARWOOD ENTRANCE.

YEAH. AND SO THE 542,000 WOULD BE SPENT WHERE IF WE DIDN'T DO THIS.

THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE COUNCIL.

THERE'S A LOT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.

BUT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT ARE LIKE A GRANT, A MATCHING GRANT FOR PARKS, FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

THERE'S JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, WHATEVER.

BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL, SO.

OKAY, I THINK WE GOT IT.

QUESTION. YES, SIR.

GARY, DO YOU THINK IT'S A TIMING ISSUE NOW THAT IT'S JUST SO EXPENSIVE THAT JUST BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST RAISE THE PRICING RIGHT NOW DUE TO DUE TO A LACK OF WORKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO TAKE CARE OF IT WHILE WE'RE REDOING THE PARK AND EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD JUST PUT OFF FOR A WHILE AND SEE IF THAT PRICE TO TO DO THIS PROJECT GOES DOWN LATER.

YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PRICE WILL CHANGE MUCH THE UTILITY COMPANIES AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID THEY THEY THEY CAN JUST PRETTY MUCH CHARGE WHAT THEY WANT TO CHARGE FOR DOING IT AND THAT'S THAT'S IN THEIR BALLPARK.

BUT IT CERTAINLY I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD CHANGE.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON INFLATION.

I MEAN, AS WE COME THROUGH THE YEAR, HOW MUCH INFLATION DO WE HAVE? THEIR COSTS GO UP, THEIR LABOR COSTS, THEIR MATERIAL COSTS, MATERIALS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS ON SOME OF THE FIBER FIBER OPTIC CABLES THAT THE THAT SPECTRUM AND AT&T HAS TO BURY THAT THAT STUFF IS IS WENT UP IN PRICE IN VERY, VERY SHORT SUPPLY.

SO THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR SUPPLIES.

YOU KNOW THIS IF WE GAVE THEM THE GO AHEAD THIS IN MY MIND WOULD TAKE A MINIMUM OF TEN MONTHS TO 10 TO 12 MONTHS, AND IT MIGHT BE 18 TO 18 TO 20 MONTHS FOR WE GOT IT DONE BECAUSE OF THE SHORT SUPPLY OF SOME OF THE MATERIALS.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO BORE UNDER HARWOOD OR ARE THEY GOING TO RIP IT UP AGAIN? BORE.

SO OR HAVE THAT PROBLEM.

YEAH, THEY'LL BORE UNDER THE ROAD.

WE WON'T HAVE TO TEAR UP THE ROAD.

GARY JUST AS A SIDE.

THEY HAVE PUT UP NEW POLES AND THEN THERE'S THE LEANING POLES RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

THEY PLAN ON GETTING RID OF THOSE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT.

THE WHENEVER I'VE TALKED TO THE UTILITY COMPANIES ABOUT LEANING POLES, [INAUDIBLE] TO SAY IT'S STILL SAFE, IT'S OKAY.

WE DON'T NEED TO JUST BECAUSE IT'S LEANING A LITTLE BIT, WE DON'T NEED TO REPLACE IT.

WELL, IT'S NOT EVEN THE POLE THEY PUT UP, BUT THERE'S A THE NEW POLE AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS A LEANING LITTLE POLE THAT THEY USED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAD THAT HAD TO WORK FOR MONTHS TO GET THAT DOWN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT DO THEY NOT JUST REMOVE THAT OR CAN'T WE MAKE THEM REMOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THE PARK? THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR FOR CHERYL IN HER BAILIWICK, BECAUSE IF THIS WAS APPROVED, THIS WOULD BE HANDED OFF TO HER.

I JUST DID ALL THE RESEARCH BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF THE PARK PROJECT.

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ANSWER ON ON WHAT WE CAN TRY TO GET THEM TO DO AND NOT GET THEM TO DO.

YOU WERE SAYING THE MAIN ENTRY IS STILL GOING TO HAVE THE POLES IN FRONT OF IT AND THE WIRES IN FRONT OF IT.

YEAH. SO WE DO.

YEAH. DAN YEAH.

UNLESS WE, UNLESS WE PAID ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL MONEY TO GO DOWN TO THAT.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, I WOULD SAY YOU JUST WANT TO BURY IT ALL THE WAY FROM THE INTERSECTION OF FOREST RIDGE AND HARWOOD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THAT ENTRANCE.

HOW MANY MILLIONS WOULD THAT TAKE.

I DON'T WANT TO VENTURE A GUESS, ALTHOUGH DOWN THERE IT LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE WE GOT WE GOT THEM RAISED UP IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT THERE AT THAT MAIN ENTRANCE OFF FOREST RIDGE IN LINCOLNSHIRE.

NOW THAT THAT'S THE INTERSECTION AND WE GOT THOSE RAISED AND THEY'RE PRETTY NEAT AND PRETTY CLEAN LOOKING RIGHT THERE.

SO THEY DON'T LOOK AS BAD AS THE ONES DONE AT THE HARWOOD AND FOREST RIDGE.

BUT YES, THIS PROJECT WILL BE, CHERYL WILL PICK THIS UP IF YOU GUYS DECIDED TO DO IT, THAT WOULD BE HER HER BAILIWICK THERE.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL? ANY THOUGHTS? I THINK WE'RE ALL JUST STRUGGLING WITH THIS BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I DROVE BY THERE.

I THOUGHT, THAT IS SO UGLY ON THAT CORNER, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE SHOULD PUT A SIGN UP THERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO UGLY.

YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH GOING ON.

YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE.

AND THAT'S WHY OUR DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN IF THE WIRES ARE GOING TO STAY THE WAY THEY ARE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IS A LOT OF MONEY, THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE A MONUMENT SIGN AT FOREST RIDGE AND THEN A SMALLER ONE AT THE HARWOOD ENTRANCE FOR THE PARK.

UH. MR. FARCO, YOU GOT ANYTHING? MAYOR PRO TEM. YEAH, THIS IS, IT'S REAL UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE ESTHETICALLY IT WOULD IF WE WERE ABLE TO AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, WE COULD BURY ALL THOSE LINES AND IT WOULD BE VERY ESTHETICALLY PLEASING.

BUT SPENDING HALF A MILLION FOR 150 FEET IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, IT'S JUST IT'S NOT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IN MY MY OPINION. SO FOR ME, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND IF EVERYONE'S IN AGREEMENT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOTION TO DENY THIS REQUEST.

SECOND, EVERYBODY VOTE.

SO ARE WE VOTING YES TO DENY OR NO..

MY MOTION WAS TO DENY.

SO IT'S YES TO DENY. YES.

PEOPLE DON'T USUALLY ASK THAT OUT LOUD..

YOU KNOW I'M A SIMPLE MAN, BETTER TO ASK AND BE RIGHT THAN..

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

OKAY, THERE IS NO QUESTION, I GUESS.

NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

SO THANK YOU, GARY.

NOW OKAY, I GUESS THIS WOULD BE JIMMY STATHATOS DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

[9. Discussion and action regarding the appointment of the Mayor Pro Tem and Board and Commission Liaisons.]

AND THAT'S JIMMY. MICHAEL? YES, MA'AM. EXCUSE ME, SIR.

YES, EVERY YEAR, USUALLY AFTER THE ELECTIONS, WE GO THROUGH AND DECIDE ON WHERE THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE STAFF OR THE COUNSEL LIAISONS TO VARIOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS THE NEW MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO HERE'S A LIST OF THE CURRENT MEMBERS.

YOU SEE THE VACANCIES WITH MS. CULVER AND AFTER SHE HAS LEFT THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS MS. ALMENDAREZ. AND SO IT'S UP TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHICH APPOINTMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE.

OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT THREE MISSING.

I WONDER IF WE SHOULD DELAY THIS.

ANYBODY WANT TO DELAY IT? I WOULD. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DELAY THIS UNTIL WE HAVE.

I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

SO I THINK AND USUALLY YOU GET YOU DON'T GET THE APPOINTMENT YOU WANT WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE, SO..

IT'S IT KIND OF WORKS FOR ME.

SO IT'S KIND OF A GOOD DEAL I THINK.

A DIFFICULTY IS THAT THE PEOPLE AREN'T HERE ALREADY WERE ON BOARDS.

THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THOUGH, RIGHT.

TYPICALLY, I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS PARKS HAS GONE WITHOUT AND I'VE TALKED WITH PEOPLE IN THE PARKS BOARD.

THEY HAVE GONE WITHOUT A PERSON FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND NOW I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT MEETING, I BELIEVE, IN THE MONTH OF JULY.

I'M SORRY, SIR. YOU FINISH.

I WAS JUST GOING TO. I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO.

I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW THE MAYOR HAD ATTENDED BECAUSE THERE WAS A VACANCY AND THEN I ATTENDED THE LAST TWO MEETINGS IN HIS ABSENCE.

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BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY HAVEN'T HAD A PERMANENT LIAISON, SO.

BUT IF WE COULD DO IT NEXT MEETING, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

WOULDN'T IT? OKAY, I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE MAYOR PRO TEM.

SECOND. AYE.

ALL IN FAVOR. WE MISSED A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIGN EVERYTHING TO MR. BOYTER AND MR. GAGLIARDI.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

OKAY. OKAY.

OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY.

AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END, FOLKS.

RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

I DON'T THINK COUNCIL HAS ANY REPORTS.

BUT HOW ABOUT YOU, JIMMY?

[11. City Manager/Staff Reports]

IT'S ON, OBVIOUSLY, JULY 4TH.

WELL, NOT OBVIOUSLY, BUT OURS IS ON JULY 4TH.

AND IT'S FROM 5 TO 9:30 P.M.

AND IT'S BY IN FRONT OF THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED FUNDS TO HAVE THE FIREWORKS ACTUALLY GO UP 200 FEET HIGHER THAN WELL LAST YEAR.

THEY ALSO DID. SO THIS WILL BE THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, BECAUSE IF THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO COME TO THE EVENT, BUT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE FIREWORKS.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE'LL BE TAKING POSSESSION OF MOST OF GENERATION'S PARK AFTER 4TH OF JULY, PROBABLY LIKE MAYBE EVEN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. BUT ANYWAY, SO THEN NEXT WEEK, WE'LL HAVE A PLAN TO TO HAVE IT AT GENERATIONS PARK.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MR. STATHATOS. AND THERE IS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING, SO I GUESS.

GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADJOURN WITHOUT MR. GAGLIARDI. OKAY.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? CAN WE HANDLE IT? I NEED A MOTION.

MR. COGAN AND A SECOND BY MR. STEVES. AND I WOULD ASSUME IT'S A UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.