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[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.IT'S TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022.
I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE THIS EVENING.
LET'S START WITH AN INVOCATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.
[INVOCATION] DEAR GOD, WE COME TO YOU ASKING FOR YOUR BLESSING AND HELP.
AS WE GATHERED TOGETHER, WE PRAY FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND THE MANNERS AT HAND AND ASK THAT YOU INSPIRE OUR THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND DECISIONS AS WE SEEK TO WORK TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND HELP STRENGTHEN THE BONDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE JUST GOT SOME SOME NEWS AND THAT HE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THIS EVENING.
SO ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI.
[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]
SO NEXT UP, COUNCIL RECOGNITION.FIRST, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF A CHECK FROM THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS TO THE LIBRARY.
SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE DAIS OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR, MARIA REDBURN.
GOOD EVENING. SO TONIGHT'S A REALLY GREAT NIGHT.
OUR BEDFORD LIBRARY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING US FOR A LONG TIME, AND SINCE 2006, THEY'VE RAISED $216,000 FOR THE LIBRARY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DOLLAR BOOKS.
THEY PAID FOR A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR THAT.
AND THEY HELPED RECOGNIZE OUR VOLUNTEERS THROUGH LUNCHEONS AND GIFT CARDS THAT THEY GIVE AWAY.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT'S EXTRA TENDS TO COME FROM THEM.
SO ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF OUR FRIENDS UP TO THE DAIS.
COME ON UP. SO IS THE BANK GOING TO TAKE THAT BIG CHECK? CAN THEY RUN THAT THROUGH THEIR MACHINE? OH, OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] THIS IS PAM MINOR.
EXCELLENT. AND SHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON NOW.
ANNUALLY, WE GIVE THE LIBRARY $12,500.
WE ALSO HAVE THE PUMPKIN PATCH GOING ON, WHICH STARTED TODAY.
IT'S ABOUT 3,000 PUMPKINS, WHICH WE UNLOADED YESTERDAY AND IT WAS QUITE A FEAT.
BUT WE HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM STUDENTS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WAS REALLY APPRECIATED.
SO WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE AT IT.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].
SO, NO, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
YOU ALL DO SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB.
RAISING MONEY FOR THE LIBRARY.
THANK YOU. EVEN YOU, LAIRD [LAUGHTER].
AND LET'S WELCOME SERGEANT JOEY GAUGER.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF RED RIBBON WEEK.
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ABOUT SAY NO TO DRUGS AND TWO AS YOU KNOW, FENTANYL IS IS REAL.IT'S HERE. THE NARCOTICS DIVISION SEIZED OVER 1,000 FENTANYL PILLS IN A STORAGE.
WE CARRY NARCAN IN OUR POCKET.
SURE. SO LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION.
THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS THE RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL FAMILY PARTNERSHIP IN 1988 TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE A DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE AND INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG PREVENTION EFFORTS.
AND WHEREAS, CITIES ACROSS AMERICA HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG USE.
AND WHEREAS, THE HOPE IN WINNING THE WAR ON DRUGS LIES IN THE COMMITMENT AND DETERMINATION OF LOCAL LEADERS IN BOTH GOVERNMENT AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITIZENS OF BEDFORD.
AND WHEREAS, THE 2022 RED RIBBON THEME IS CELEBRATE LIFE LIVE DRUG FREE, CREATED BY EMILY KING, CHELSEA ABBOTT AND SALLY WICKER, STUDENTS AT WAYLAND COSHOCTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WAYLAND, NEW YORK.
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I MICHAEL BOYTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 23RD THROUGH THE 31ST 2022 AS NATIONAL RED RIBBON WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS, BUSINESSES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES, MEDIA, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO WEAR AND DISPLAY RED RIBBONS AND PARTICIPATE IN DRUG FREE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
JOINING THE REST OF THE STATE IN PROMOTING THE RED RIBBON CELEBRATION AND A DRUG FREE AMERICA.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].
GLAD I DON'T HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING TICKETS.
I HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ.
AND WHEREAS, MORE PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OTHER TEXAS COURTS COMBINED, AND PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.
AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD HAS HOSTED THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT SINCE 1970.
AND WHEREAS, STATE LAW AUTHORIZES A MUNICIPALITY TO EITHER APPOINT OR ELECT A MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR A TERM OF OFFICE, THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT IS A STATE COURT AND ITS JUDGES ARE MEMBERS OF THE STATE JUDICIARY.
AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS COMMITTED TO THE NOTION THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT AN INDEPENDENT, FAIR AND COMPETENT JUDICIARY WILL INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAWS THAT GOVERN US AND THAT JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY.
THAT'S A LOT TO SAY IN ONE SENTENCE.
WHEREAS, BEDFORD MUNICIPAL JUDGES ARE NOT POLICYMAKERS FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, BUT ARE BOUND BY THE LAW AND THE CANONS OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE DECISIONS INDEPENDENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.
AND WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTAIN PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS IN CRIMINAL CASES FOR ALL DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING INDIGENT, INDIGENT DEFENDANTS, AND SUPPORTS THE BEDFORD, THANKS I GOT IT RIGHT THERE, AND SUPPORTS THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT IN COMPLYING WITH SUCH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL BOYTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7TH THROUGH 11T, 2022 AS MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS? OH, YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THE MIGHT I SAY, BETTER HALF OF THE GOVERNMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
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I'M JUST THINKING OF THE 1970 THING.HAVE YOU BEEN HERE SINCE 1970? YOU HAVE, HAVEN'T YOU? 68, ACTUALLY.
NO. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CLERKS THAT WE HAVE.
WE'VE GOT GREAT MINDS WORKING TOGETHER, WORKING HARD.
SO BUT ALSO, WE HAVE VERY GOOD, OUR COURT MANAGERS HERE TODAY.
HE DOES A GREAT JOB MANAGING, KEEPING ME AT THE RIGHT PLACE, THE RIGHT TIME.
WELL, HE TRIES. IT'S A LOT TO ASK.
AND WE'VE GOT A COURT PROSECUTOR NOW THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST QUALIFIED THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S GREAT.
NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THOSE PROCLAMATIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR OPEN FORUM.
SO NEXT, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE UNDER PRESENTATIONS.
[PRESENTATIONS]
LET'S START WITH ITEM ONE PRESENTATION BY BRW ARCHITECTS ON THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.SO WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE TEAM HERE.
GOT THE WHOLE TEAM. ALMOST THE WHOLE TEAM.
MOST OF THE TEAM. MAYOR COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PRESENT.
TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR.
SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN CAN HELP TALK THROUGH A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT OUR COMMITTEE HAS DONE, VERY WORKED WITH US VERY JUDICIOUSLY AND VERY HELPFULLY HERE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
SO IT'S EXCITING. BUT LET'S GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ALSO ON WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW US THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, BRW ARCHITECTS.
[INAUDIBLE] THE TEAM WHO YOU SEE HERE MOST OF HERE TONIGHT, MYSELF, I THINK THAT'S THE SAME JACKET AS A MATTER OF FACT [LAUGHTER], THERE IS GREG REYNOLDS, THE PRINCIPAL HERE.
I LEFT. I LEFT THE TIE BEHIND.
ANYWAY. CHRIS SANO, WHO'S OUR LEAD DESIGNER ON THE PROJECT.
ANDREW EVERTSON, OUR PROJECT MANAGER, KIMBERLY OATES, WHO'S WITH US TONIGHT, [INAUDIBLE] WHO MANY OF YOU MET ON SOME OF THE BENCHMARK TOURS. JUST SWAP SHIRTS.
AND ONE GENTLEMAN WHO'S NOT WITH US TONIGHT WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO COME ANOTHER TIME.
DREW AND I WERE ACTUALLY WITH HIM YESTERDAY.
ANTHONY SHUE WHO IS OUR ACOUSTICIAN.
AND MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
KIM IS WITH A FIRM CALLED SCHULER SHOOK ASSOCIATES.
SCHULER SHOOK IS ONE OF THE PREEMINENT THEATER CONSULTING FIRMS IN THE COUNTRY.
HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN OVER 400 COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
WE'LL TOUCH ON A FEW OF THOSE TONIGHT SHOW YOU.
HERE'S THE 200 TEXAS COMMUNITIES SCATTERED AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SOME MORE RELEVANT PROJECTS AND WE'LL JUST RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE.
THIS IS UP AT UNT, UP IN DENTON, TEXAS, THEIR RECITAL HALL.
WE JUST FINISHED THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A HISTORIC THEATER OVER IN DALLAS AT ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN DALLAS.
DOWN IN HOUSTON, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY ARTS THEATERS.
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ANOTHER RECITAL HALL.THIS ONE'S ALSO DOWN IN KINGSVILLE, TEXAS.
MUSIC. ONE OF THE CHOIR HALL THAT WE COMPLETED RENOVATION THIS SPACE ORIGINALLY LOOKED LIKE A MIDDLE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM THAT NOW IS USED NOT ONLY FOR CHOIR RECITALS BUT ALSO CHOIR PRACTICE.
MUSIC REHEARSAL IS DOWN ON THE A&M CAMPUS IN COLLEGE STATION.
VERY INTERESTING SPACE, ACADEMIA.
DO YOU WANT TO HIT ON A COUPLE OF THESE FOR ME? YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS ONE THAN I DO.
AGAIN, A MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECORDING SESSIONS.
THIS IS MORE FOR PODCASTING, BUT A LOT OF THE SAME ACOUSTICAL CRITERIA APPLY TO THESE TYPES OF SPACES IN ADDITION TO THE AUDIO VISUAL TO GO INTO THESE TYPES OF PERFORMING ARTS SPACES.
A LOT OF THE SAME ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HERE.
MORE SPACES FOR THEATER, ARTS REHEARSALS, LIGHTING LABS, REHEARSAL SPACES FOR THEATER ARTS.
AGAIN, PROVIDING THOSE SPACES THAT SUPPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES, AND THEN ALL THE ANCILLARY SPACES THAT SUPPORT THE PERFORMING ARTS, WHETHER IT'S COSTUME SHOPS, GREEN ROOMS, SEEING SHOPS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS SPACES TO HOUSE EVENTS FOR IN THIS FACILITY.
SO THIS IS A FACILITY DOWN IN SOUTH SOUTH DALLAS.
ANOTHER FACILITY OVER IN SOUTH DALLAS AS WELL.
THIS IS OVER IN ARLINGTON, A BIG, LARGE PRE FUNCTION LOBBY THAT SUPPORTS THE BALLROOMS IN THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO ACTS AS AN EVENT SPACE AS WELL.
AND AS GREG MENTIONED, ANTHONY IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT.
A LOT OF THEIR WORK IS DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH KIRKEGAARD GOES BACK ABOUT FIVE YEARS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE.
KIRKEGAARD AND SCHULER SHOOK HAVE WORKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, BUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON IN MASSACHUSETTS NOTICE A LOT OF NATURAL LIGHT COMING INTO THE SPACE.
HELLO, I'M KIMBERLEY CORBETT OATES.
I AM A PARTNER WITH SCHULER SHOOK.
SCHULER SHOOK HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS ABOUT, I THINK FOR 35 YEARS NOW.
WE ARE AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FIRM.
WE HAVE FIVE OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALSO ONE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT WE WORK THROUGH PROJECTS ON PROJECTS.
FROM THE POINT OF SAYING, I HAVE AN IDEA, I WANT TO BUILD A PERFORMANCE SPACE THROUGH TO BRINGING THAT PROJECT ONLINE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION ALIGNS WITH THE INTENT OF THE DESIGN.
SO HOW DOES THE SPACE WORK FOR THE ARTISTS, FOR THE STAFF, AND FOR THE PUBLIC THAT COMES IN? ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE REALLY KEY IN A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
WE REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW YOU LIVE IN THAT SPACE.
THEN WE ALSO DO THE EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS DESIGN.
SO THESE ARE THE RIGGING SYSTEMS, THE LIGHTING, THE AUDIO VISUAL, THOSE ELEMENTS.
WE HELP WITH THE DOCUMENTS FOR THOSE THAT CAN THEN GO TO THE CONTRACTOR FOR CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE WORKED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR WORK HERE IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH.
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AS I MENTIONED, I'M IN THE DALLAS OFFICE, SO JUST DOWN THE ROAD, SOME PROJECTS THAT YOU MAY RECOGNIZE LOCALLY INCLUDE MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL, ORIGINALLY CALLED DALLAS CITY PERFORMANCE HALL AND THEN RENAMED A FEW YEARS AGO.WE ALSO JUST OPENED THE COPPELL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF ISD'S AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AROUND THE AREA AS WELL.
WE'VE ALSO WORKED ON SOME FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND PROGRAMING FOR PROJECTS YET TO COME IN THE AREA.
I WANTED TO SHOW A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME COMMUNITY SPACES THAT REALLY ARE DESIGNED TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT USERS AND HOW THOSE WORK.
SO ONE EXAMPLE I WANTED TO POINT TO WAS CRESTED BUTTE CENTER FOR THE ARTS.
THIS IS IN COLORADO, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THIS BUILDING BE ABLE TO HOST EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE MIGHT BE REALLY FLEXIBLE GALA TYPE THINGS WITH WITH TABLES AND FOOD BEING SERVED BUT ALSO TO HOST PERFORMANCES.
AND SOMETIMES THIS IS EVEN BRINGING IN SOME GUEST ARTISTS TO PERFORM FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
SO HERE THE SEATING IS BACK AND WE HAVE A LARGE FLAT FLOOR VENUE.
WHEN THAT COMES OUT, WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE A STAGE SPACE ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM THROUGH ADDING SOME CURTAINS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STAGE LIGHTING, FOR AV TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE USES.
THE WALTON ART CENTER IS IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
THIS IS THEIR SMALLER SECONDARY SPACE, THE STAR THEATER.
THIS IS USED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS.
IT'S ALSO USED FOR GALAS AND BANQUETS.
THEY USE THIS FOR A JAZZ SERIES FOR CABARET STYLE EVENTS WITH SOME MUSIC AND SOME TABLES, SOMETIMES HIGH TOPS AND ALSO FOR SOME DRAMA. AND THIS HAS A CATWALK SYSTEM OVERHEAD THAT ALLOWS THEM TO ADD IN SOME ELEMENTS LIKE CURTAINS WHEN NEEDED TO CREATE WINGS AND SECTIONS FOR THEATER IN PARTICULAR.
ALSO TO SUPPORT, OF COURSE, THE LIGHTING AND THE AV EQUIPMENT.
THIS WINDOW DOES HAVE GOOD BLACKOUT CAPABILITY.
AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S CRITICAL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERFORMING ARTS SPACES.
WE ARE SEEING A TREND THAT WE LIKE TO BRING NATURAL , NATURAL LIGHT INTO THESE SPACES.
IT REALLY HELPS TO ACTIVATE THEM.
AND THAT WORKS FOR SOME TYPES OF PERFORMANCES, PARTICULARLY MUSIC.
HAVING THAT LIGHT COMING IN CAN REALLY BRIGHTEN IT AND CONNECT THE AUDIENCE WITH THE OUTDOORS.
SO IN THIS VENUE WE DO THAT WITH BOTH SHADES ON THE WINDOW AND CURTAINS THAT CROSS IN FRONT OF IT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A FLAT FLOOR SPACE.
YOU MIGHT CALL IT A FLEXIBLE THEATER.
AND THEN ONE MORE I WANT TO SHOW WAS THE SEATTLE OPERA AT THE CENTER.
THIS IS A REHEARSAL AND INFORMAL PERFORMANCE SPACE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEATTLE OPERA.
SO THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE BIT LESS FLEXIBILITY THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR BEDFORD.
THANK YOU. MOVING INTO YOUR PROJECT.
THE SITE. WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL SITE AND THE PARK AROUND IT.
THE LIBRARY, OF COURSE, IS A PROMINENT COMPONENT AS WELL THERE AT THE AT THE PROPERTY.
PERFORMANCE VENUE [INAUDIBLE].
SURE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FLY THROUGH SOME OF THIS FAIRLY EFFICIENTLY, BUT WHEN WE DID THE STUDY, WE DID A VISIONING SESSION THROUGH A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS, VISIONING AND BENCHMARKING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PROJECT WANTED TO BECOME.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE PERFORMANCE SPACE ITSELF, THOUGH.
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SITE AS WELL? SO THE OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACES BECAME VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL AS KNOWING THIS WANTED TO BE THE CULTURAL ARTS IDENTITY OF BEDFORD.SO HOW CAN WE INJECT ART AND ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT? SO WE DEVELOPED KIND OF A CONCEPTUAL MASTERPLAN ABOUT COULD THIS SITE ENCOMPASS AND HANDLE MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE? JUST ENOUGH SO THAT WHERE WE START WITH THIS PROJECT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT WE WOULDN'T BE IMPEDING POTENTIAL FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN THROUGH OUR WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS BEYOND OUR SPECIFIC PROJECT ADJACENT TO THE OBS, OUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
BUT AGAIN, LOOKING AT WHAT IT COULD BECOME BEYOND JUST THAT OUTDOOR AREA, BUT LOOKING AT EVENT LAWNS, PICNIC, GROVE'S PLAZA SPACES THAT CAN REALLY HAVE THE INDOOR OUTDOOR CONNECTION THAT THROUGH THOSE VISIONING SESSIONS WE ALL DETERMINED WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WITH THE PLANS AS WE WE PRESENTED TO YOU THE LAST TIME WE HAD A PROGRAM OF ALL THE DIFFERENT SPACES THAT WERE GOING TO BE GOING INTO THE PERFORMING ARTS VENUE THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED. AND WITH THE SIZE OF EACH OF THOSE SPACES WERE HOW MUCH WE COULD AFFORD TO BUILD IN THE VARIOUS SPACES.
AND HERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LATER, MORE DEVELOPED DIAGRAMS OF SHOWING THE TO THE UPPER PART OF THE FLOOR PLAN IS WHAT WE CALL THOSE SUPPORT SPACES, THE BACK OF HOUSE SPACES THAT WE HAVE TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN PERFORMANCE AREA, WHICH IS THE LARGE BLUE BOX IN THE MIDDLE.
OUR OTHER SUPPORT SPACES THAT WE HAVE, THE RESTROOMS, THE SECONDARY LOBBY SPACE TO THE SOUTH IS SOME OF THE PRE FUNCTION SPACE AND THE LOWER PART OF THE PLAN WHERE THE LOBBY IS, THE CATERING AREAS ARE.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE MAIN BIG BOX IN THE MIDDLE WAS THE AREA FOR THE PERFORMANCE AREA.
AND AGAIN WE ALL BECAME VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING RETRACTABLE SEATS AND THOSE CAN BE FULLY RETRACTABLE OR PARTIALLY RETRACTABLE, WHATEVER THE CASE IS FOR HOWEVER MANY SEATS YOU NEED UP TO.
I BELIEVE WE WERE SEATING OVER 200 NOW IN THAT AREA.
WE ALSO EXTENDED THE STAGE AREA TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CROSSOVER ALONG THE BACK SIDE, BEING ABLE TO DRAW THE CURTAINS AND BEING ABLE TO BLACK OUT THE WINDOWS OR WE CAN OPEN IT UP AND HAVE A LARGE SPACE FOR MULTIPLE PERFORMERS, EITHER MUSICIANS OR THEATRICAL EITHER WAY.
SO THESE VIEWS ARE REALLY JUST FOR SCALE, THE PURPOSE OF SCALE.
WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY GOTTEN QUITE THIS FAR ALONG TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERIOR DESIGN, BUT LOOKING AT THE PERFORMANCE SPACE IN THOSE MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS WITH OUR RETRACTABLE SEATS EXTENDED IN A TYPE OF PERFORMANCE VERSUS PUSHED IN TO HAVE A FLAT FLOOR FOR A BANQUET.
AND THIS IS JUST THESE VIEWS ARE JUST TO KIND OF START TO SCALE OF THE SPACE AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL DESIGN SOLUTION, BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST KIND OF BETWEEN BACK, BACK AND FORTH HERE HOW THAT ROOM BECOMES FLEXIBLE BUT STILL SERVES BOTH FUNCTIONS.
IT SAYS, MOVING FORWARD TO REGAIN THE PAST.
AND WE IDENTIFIED WITH THAT, KNOWING THAT THIS IS A HISTORIC SITE.
AND THAT BECAME KIND OF THE LAUNCHING PAD FOR OUR EXTERIOR DESIGN.
WE LOOKED AT THE, I THINK SOME MATERIALITY OF THE OBS.
AND WE WANT TO INJECT THAT INTO THIS PROJECT.
BUT AGAIN, STILL HAVE A NEW AND MODERN ESTHETIC.
AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE VIEW FROM OLD BEDFORD ROAD, WE WANTED THE FORM TO BE VERY DYNAMIC.
WE WANTED TO HELP TO GRAB SOME ATTENTION.
WE ARE SET BACK FROM THE STREET A BIT, SO WE'VE GOT A DYNAMIC ROOF FORM.
WE'VE GOT THOSE MATERIALITY THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OF THE CLAY COLORED BRICK, SOME WOOD TONES, BUT ALSO HAVE A LOBBY THAT HAS A LOT OF GLASS AND AT NIGHT WILL GLOW AND BE A BEACON AND ATTRACT VISITORS TO THE SITE.
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SEEING THE BUILDING KIND OF OPEN UP TO THE EVENT LAWN WITH THE OBS BEYOND.AND HERE YOU'RE SEEING IT FROM A DIFFERENT VIEW.
SO THE EVENT LAWN IS KIND OF IN FRONT OF US.
THE THE HIGH ROOF OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HAS THAT STRONG HORIZONTAL LINE THAT STARTS TO RECALL THE THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE OBS, WHICH IS VERY RECTILINEAR.
BUT THERE IS THAT LOWER ROOFLINE THAT HELPS TO BRING DOWN THE SCALE FOR THE PEDESTRIAN AND ALSO SHADE THE GLASS, BUT STILL VERY OPEN TO THAT EVENT'S LAWN WHERE WE COULD OPEN UP AND HAVE THAT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN.
AND THEN AS WE ROTATE TOWARDS THE WEST, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE LIBRARY IS OFF THE PAGE TO THE LEFT.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF GRADE CHANGE THERE THAT GOES DOWN.
AND WE'RE WE'RE THERE'S A PROCESSION TO THAT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE COMING UP TO JUST THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
WE GET TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE AS WE ENTER A PERFORMANCE.
SO IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A THEATER AS YOU'RE ENTERING THE BUILDING FROM THIS SIDE.
AND THAT IS, I BELIEVE, THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
THAT BRINGS US THROUGH WHERE WE ARE.
AND NOW WE LAUNCH INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THE VARIOUS SCHEMES THAT CHRIS WAS SHOWING YOU THERE.
WE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND IDENTIFYING WHICH DIRECTION WE WANTED TO GO, AND THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT WE, I THINK VERY APPROPRIATELY AND EXCITINGLY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IN TERMS OF THE DYNAMIC SHAPE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT STAGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CRAIG. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS, OBSERVATIONS.
SO I LOVE WHERE THE CONCEPT IS GOING NOW.
I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING UNIQUE AND YOU'RE BLENDING THAT INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING NOW WE'RE LOOKING.
SO WHEN YOU USE A RETRACTABLE SEATS, HOW MANY SEATS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AT THIS POINT? THERE'S 239 [INAUDIBLE] 209.
SO HOW MANY SQUARE FOOT IS THE PERFORMING SPORT? THE PERFORMANCE? THE ROOM ITSELF IS 4,600 SQUARE FEET.
THE ENTIRE BUILDING ITSELF IS AROUND 12,045.
THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] SQUARE FOOT JUST FOR SUPPORT OF THE PERFORMANCE SPACE? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD CONSULTANTS WHO'VE COME THROUGH HERE IN THE PAST AND THEY HAD INDICATED THAT THERE'S A SWEET SPOT WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF SEATS IN A FACILITY LIKE THIS, AND THEY RECOMMENDED TO US SOMEWHERE IN A 200 TO 300 RANGE.
IS MY MEMORY CORRECT ON THAT, THAT THEY RECOMMENDED GIVING OUR PROXIMITY TO OTHER CENTERS AROUND US, GIVEN THE OTHER USES AROUND US, THAT THEY BELIEVE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SPACE THAT WOULD HAVE 203 SEATS? CORRECT. IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, IS THAT AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR US TO LOOK? SHOULD WE STILL BELIEVE THAT THIS IS OUR SWEET SPOT? I THINK THAT IS WHERE I THINK WE ARE IN.
KIM, DO YOU WANT TO COME SPEAK TO THAT? CAN WE GET A RESPECTABLE RETURN ON A 200 SEAT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT WE CAN HAVE MIXED USES? YEAH, IT ABSOLUTELY DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NO [INAUDIBLE]. NOT FROM BROADWAY.
IN ANY CASE, THEY WON'T GET THE LOCAL PRODUCTIONS, NOTWITHSTANDING THE LOCAL CATS.
I UNDERSTAND IT CLOSED ON BROADWAY.
I'LL STOP THERE. I'LL STOP THERE.
OKAY. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MUSIC, ARTISTS, GROUPS LIKE THAT, CERTAINLY THAT COULD BE A REALLY GOOD SIZE FOR A COMMUNITY LOCATED WHERE BEDFORD.
SO IT'S IT'S BASED ON Y'ALL'S EXPERIENCE AND ESPECIALLY HERE LOCALLY, IT'S FAIR THAT YOU COULD SEE A PERFORMANCE CENTER THAT CAN BE MUSICALLY DRIVEN HERE AND THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE. THAT WOULD BE.
OR IN DEMAND? ABSOLUTELY, MAYOR.
AND I THINK WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN WHAT YOU HAVE ENVISIONED FOR THIS IS NOT ONLY BEING ABLE TO DO THE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES OF A VARIETY OF SCALES, WHETHER THAT'S JUST THE SOLOIST OR THE OR OR A SIGNIFICANT ENSEMBLE, WHETHER IT'S A THEATER PRODUCTION OF SOME TYPE AND BEING ABLE TO BE SET UP FOR THAT, WHETHER IT'S A LECTURE OR SERIES OF SOME TYPE
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THAT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN THE SAME VENUE.AND DEPENDING ON HOW MANY SEATS YOU COULD, YOU COULD HAVE IT SET UP FOR 100 SEATS, YOU COULD HAVE IT SET UP FOR 200 SEATS ALL IN THE SEATING SEATING THAT WE ARE CONFIGURING HERE. SO I THINK A LOT OF DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES THAT YOU HAVE IN FLEXIBILITY.
SO WITH 209 POTENTIAL SEATS HERE, DID WE SEE SLIDES THAT THAT MIRRORED 200 SEATS? THE EXAMPLE I SHOWED FROM WALTON IS ABOUT 250.
SO THAT ROOM IS SIZED PRETTY SIMILARLY TO HEAR THE CRESCENT VIEW EXAMPLES A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
THAT ALSO, OF COURSE, IS A RESORT COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF MARKET SATURATION AROUND IT.
WOULD A FACILITY WITH MORE SEATS SELL MORE TICKETS IN A VACUUM? YES. IF YOU HAVE MORE SEATS, YOU COULD SELL MORE TICKETS.
SO NOW EVERYONE STARTS LOSING SOME SALES.
SO YOU REALLY WANT TO FIND THAT POINT THAT IS SUSTAINABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE FOR THAT.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RIGHT SIZE THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES.
SO BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, WE BELIEVE YOU BELIEVE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT.
WE'RE IN THE RIGHT SIZE WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD FOR THE VISION, FOR THE SPACE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT THAT GOES INTO ANY KIND OF PRODUCTION THAT HAPPENS IN THERE.
DRESSING ROOMS, MAKE UP ROOMS, GREEN ROOMS, THE RESTROOMS THAT GO WITH IT ALL, THAT TYPE OF SPACE.
AND THEN WHENEVER YOU HAVE AN AUDIENCE OF 200 OR IF YOU PULLED ALL THE SEATS BACK AND PUT THE CHAIRS DOWN ON THE FLOOR, YOU COULD HAVE AS MANY AS 300 AND 350 SEATS IN THAT [INAUDIBLE]. SURE. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, THEN THERE HAS TO BE A SPACE FOR THOSE FOLKS TO REST AND WAIT.
AND BEFORE THEY GO IN, YOU COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A SPACE WHERE YOU HAD A FUNCTION GOING ON INSIDE WITHOUT THE BLEACHER, WITHOUT WE CALL THEM BLEACHERS, BUT WITHOUT THE RETRACTABLE SEATS TO BE IN PLACE.
SO IS THAT JUST A COMMONLY KNOWN RATIO, TWO AND A HALF TO ONE? [INAUDIBLE] AND NOW THAT'S THAT'S HIGHLY VARIABLE DEPENDING ON THE DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF USAGE. EXACTLY.
SO WITH THE CONCEPT THAT YOU THREW UP THERE, IS THAT EXPANDABLE? YES. GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAD, WE PLACED THE BUILDING IN A POSITION.
WE DID IT TWO WAYS, ONE TO WHERE IT HAS A RELATIONSHIP, BOTH TO THE OBS AS WELL AS TO THE LIBRARY.
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE WINDOWS TO THE OUTSIDE OF IT, IT WOULDN'T IMPEDE WITH THAT.
NO. THAT SITE, LET'S SEE, DID THAT TO US.
THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS HAS A NO, IT WOULDN'T SHOW UP ANYWAY.
BUT YES, HERE YOU DO SEE OUR PERFORMING ARTS VENUE.
IT IS SLID A LITTLE BIT [INAUDIBLE].
RIGHT. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS HERE? YOU SAY YOU'RE AT 100%.
WHAT WE CALL SCHEMATIC DESIGN SCHEMATIC.
WE'RE FURTHER DEVELOPING THAT AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
AND SO FROM HERE WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE'LL LAUNCH INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WHICH ARE KIND OF THE FINAL DOCUMENTS WE'RE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTING THE BUILDING WITH, AND THAT'LL GO ON FOR ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS INTO THE 4 TO 5 MONTHS INTO THE SPRING.
HOPEFULLY LOOK FOR CONSTRUCTION.
LATTER PART OF THE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
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EXPENSIVE TO CARRY AROUND ALL THE EQUIPMENT.IS THIS IS THIS SPACE GOING TO HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY? IS THAT IN THE THINKING? I MEAN, I THINK I EVEN WENT WHAT WAS IT? I WENT TO THE MOTOWN THING OVER IN DALLAS AND THEY USED ALL PROJECTION.
SO THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO STAGE.
AND FOR ME, THEATERGOER, I THINK THAT'S SAD, BUT I GET IT.
IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO HAUL THAT STUFF AROUND.
SO IS THAT PART OF THE THINKING THAT WE COULD PROJECT THINGS ON THE WALL? AND I THINK KRISSI'S EVEN DONE A FEW THINGS WHERE SHE PROJECTS THINGS AND DOES A TOUR, SORT OF LIKE THE THE THOSE THAT VAN GOGH.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE REALLY SEEING IS THIS DESIRE TO CREATE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES AND REALLY BRING THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE AUDIENCE SO THAT YOU'RE MOVING SOMEWHERE LIKE THE VAN GOGH EXHIBIT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE TO ALLOW THAT.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT ON DAY ONE WHEN THE BUILDING OPENS, WE WILL NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THE PROJECTORS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND CREATE VAN GOGH.
BUT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL PATHWAYS AND THE CONNECTION POINTS TO BRING IN THAT EQUIPMENT AND BE ABLE TO USE IT AND MOVE IT AROUND THE SPACE AS A AS A PARTICULAR PRODUCTION MAY NEED.
BUT SO SHE HAD ALL THESE HUNDREDS OF KIDS EVERYWHERE.
HOW MANY HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD YOU ACTUALLY PUT IN THE GREEN ROOMS? LIKE IF YOU HAD AN ORCHESTRA, HOW MANY WOULD IT HOUSE? I WOULD GUESS YOU COULD PUT 60 TO 70 PEOPLE IN THE SPACE AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS SO THEY COULD JUST SCATTERED ACROSS THE ROOMS, ACROSS THE VARIOUS ROOMS, NOT JUST IN THE GREEN ROOM ITSELF, BUT IF THEY WERE IN SOME OF THE DRESSING ROOMS, THE GREEN ROOMS AND OTHER SPACES THAT WE HAVE BACK THERE.
YES, THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS 60 OR 70 PEOPLE BACK THERE THAT COULD WAIT THEIR TURN OR WHATEVER.
IF THERE ARE CHILDREN, WE TEND TO PUT MORE CHILDREN IN.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, STILL, [INAUDIBLE] BUT THAT CAN WORK.
SO ACOUSTICS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY BIG THING.
BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU THINK IT WILL BE.
IT WILL BE DESIGNED TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL BE EXCELLENT SOUND.
OH, I DON'T THINK THAT I KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT'S SO VARIABLE IN SO MANY PLACES ARE JUST NOT SOME OF THE PROJECTS, SOME OF THE ONES THAT THE GENTLEMAN THAT WE SHOWED HERE, ANTHONY, SO THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED A FEW PROJECTS WITH AND YOU GO INTO THE ROOMS AND IT WAS INTERESTING YESTERDAY ANDREW AND I WERE UP AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SPEAKING TO SOME OF THE PROFESSORS, AND SOME OF THEM SAID, WELL, THEY WENT TO SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND THEN HAD A CHANCE TO GO BACK AS PROFESSIONALS NOW AND ACTUALLY PLAY IN SOME OF THE HALLS THAT WE HAVE CONVERTED FOR THEM.
AND YET THEY CAME IN AND THEY SAID, WELL, THIS IS JUST LIKE I'M DOWN AT THE MEYERSON PLAYING.
AND SO, YES, THAT WAS A NICE COMPLIMENT.
IT'S A LOT EASIER TO DO IT FROM DAY ONE RATHER THAN COMING BACK AS WE'RE HAVING TO DO UP IN LUBBOCK RIGHT NOW AND TAKING AN OLD BUILDING THAT WAS NOT DONE WELL TO BEGIN WITH AND TRY TO FIX IT.
SO WE MENTIONED DRAPERY BLACKOUT DRAPERY.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A FUNNELING AREA FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THE STAGE.
ESSENTIALLY THAT CURTAIN IS CREATING THAT FORCE.
CRAIG, IF I MAY, PLEASE, ON THE ACOUSTICS.
ONE OTHER POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IS WE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE TYPES OF USERS IN THE SPACE AND THE ROOM ACOUSTIC THAT YOU WANT FOR A SPOKEN WORD EVENT IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE ACOUSTIC THAT YOU WANT FOR AN INSTRUMENTAL EVENT.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING YOU SAID? A SPOKEN WORD. SO IF YOU HAD A LECTURE OR A PLAY FOR THAT MATTER.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING AS A DESIGN TEAM IS WHAT TYPE OF SYSTEM WE CAN PUT IN TO ALLOW THAT ROOM ACOUSTIC TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF EVENT IS IN THERE.
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SOUND AND TAKE THAT OUT WHEN WE WANT THE SOUND TO LINGER IN THE ROOM MORE AND CREATE THAT KIND OF REVERBERATION.SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND IS A KEY COMPONENT TO THIS.
AND WITH THESE SYSTEMS, WOULD WE WOULD WE HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH TECH THEATER GUY WORKING FOR US OR COULD SOMEBODY COULD BRING THEIR APPLE COMPUTER IN AND PLUG IN AND GO? IF IF WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A PUSH BUTTON.
THERE'S ALSO MANUAL SYSTEMS. SO THIS WE'RE STILL EXPLORING EXACTLY WHAT SYSTEM IS RIGHT FOR THIS FACILITY.
SO IT'S VERY CLEAR HOW TO ADJUST THOSE, AND IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO FURTHER REFINE AS YOU LIVE INTO THE SPACE AND AS THE GROUPS LIVE INTO THE SPACE. THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING AND VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.
THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. SO I'M CURIOUS, KIM.
BASED AGAIN ON YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.
AND WITH THE SIZE OF THIS FACILITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT ARE THE BEST USES OF THAT PERFORMANCE SPACE? I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT SPACE TO THINK OF AS A COMMUNITY LIVING ROOM.
AND YOU REALLY WANT IT BOTH WAYS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT MUSIC IS WELL SUITED FOR THIS ROOM.
I THINK THAT YOU'LL FIND THAT THIS ALSO CAN WORK WELL FOR CULTURAL PERFORMANCES OF VARIOUS KINDS.
AND I THINK THAT YOU COULD DO SOME DRAMA HERE AS WELL.
NOW, THIS IS THIS IS NOT A PROSCENIUM STAGE.
YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU STAGE THOSE DRAMA PRODUCTIONS, BUT IT CERTAINLY CAN BE DONE AND WE ARE CERTAINLY PLANNING ON THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE USES.
BEING ABLE TO BRING IN CURTAINS TO CREATE THE PROPER STAGE SPACE.
THIS CAN ALSO FUNCTION A BIT AS A HIGHER END, WHEN I SAY, BLACK BOX, BUT REALLY MORE FLEXIBLE THEATER THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PLAY WITH THE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE AUDIENCE AND THE PERFORMER.
SO WHILE THE RETRACTABLE SEATING SYSTEM IS REALLY SET UP FOR WHAT WE CALL END STAGE PERFORMANCE AT ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM AND THE AUDIENCE AT THE OTHER, WHEN YOU PULL THAT OUT, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO LOCATE SEATS ANYWHERE IN THERE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR DRAMA PRODUCTION IN THAT WAY.
SO WITH ALL IN, NOT TO LOOK AT THIS EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE PROJECTS YOU ALL HAVE WORKED ON, BUT GIVEN THE FOOTPRINT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THE SIZE, IN THE SCOPE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
WHAT'S THE MOST COMPARABLE FACILITY YOU CAN THINK OF IN THE AREA? SIZE SCOPE, USAGE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PROJECT YOU ALL WORKED ON.
WE SAID WE VISITED COPPELL AND WE ALSO VISITED THE PARISH SCHOOL.
WALTON THEATER IS JUST IDEAL FOR THE SAME TYPE OF THING.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS SOMETHING THAT IS FAIRLY UNIQUE, BUT I THINK IT GIVES YOU EVEN GREATER FLEXIBILITY, AS KIM SAID, FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCTIONS THAT YOU CAN HAVE HERE ON SITE.
ANOTHER SPACE THAT COMES TO MIND ON A SMALLER SCALE WOULD BE THE KESSLER THEATER IN DALLAS.
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IT'S KIND OF WHERE THIS CONVERSATION BEGAN, ACTUALLY.KESSLER YEAH, THAT'S SMALLER THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT ONLY SEATS 175 TO 150 SOMETHING AND NOT NOT QUITE.
WELL, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY FLEXIBLE STILL.
YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE KESSLER.
GREAT QUESTION. I CAN GET THE ANSWER FOR THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
AND SO REALLY, REALLY EXCITED THE WAY THIS PROJECT IS GOING.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND HOW WE GOT TO THAT, SO I KNOW THE IDEA WAS TO MATCH THE ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS ON SITE, OUR LIBRARY AND THE OBS WITH THE CLAY AND TERRACOTTA.
YOU WANT TO COME TALK TO THAT? SURE. THAT WAS OUR FIRST TAKE AT IT, THINKING THAT WE WANTED IT TO FEEL VERY MUCH LIKE A CAMPUS AND KNOWING THAT THIS. IT'S INTERESTING, AS WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE OBS, WHAT IT INTENTIONALLY ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDED FOR AS CLASSROOMS WHICH IS WHAT IT IS TODAY AND THE LIBRARY'S FUNCTION VERSUS THE PERFORMING ARTS FUNCTIONS ALL VERY DIFFERENT.
SO ARCHITECTURALLY IT SHOULDN'T LOOK THE SAME, BUT CAN THE MATERIALITY HELP TIE IT TOGETHER AS A CAMPUS? AND THAT WAS OUR APPROACH.
BUT IT IS IT'S I THINK, NEGOTIABLE FOR SURE.
YEAH. FLUID. I FOR ME, YOU KNOW, FIRST I, I ENJOYED YOU OBVIOUSLY I LIKE THE STRUCTURE.
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT BLEND INTO THE REST OF THE AREAS.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE. ARE YOU SAYING THE DESIGN, THE COLOR SCHEME? I DON'T WANT IT TO BLEND IN TOO MUCH WITH THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
THIS THE SCHEME, THE WAY IT LOOKS.
JUST THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
SURE. YEAH. SO HAVING THOSE OPTIONS PRESENTED TO US I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID AT THEIR LAST MEETING IS WE BROUGHT A LOT OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS TO THE TABLE AND SHOWED THE BACK WALL INSIDE THE THE LOBBY SPACE. WE'RE LOOKING AT A POLISHED OR HONED LIMESTONE MATERIAL, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY NICE AND GREAT, JUST INCREDIBLE AMBIANCE IN THERE.
OTHER AREAS AROUND THE PERIMETER MIGHT BE A ZINC MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE.
SO VERY RICH MATERIALS, VERY UNIQUE.
THE AMOUNT OF GLASS THAT YOU HEAR THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE FRONT, IF YOU'RE ALONG OLD BEDFORD ROAD OR EVEN ON FOREST RIDGE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LANTERN THAT'S GOING TO BE SEEN IN THE EVENINGS BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT EMANATING THROUGH THAT GLASS.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS EXACTLY CORRECT, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT FROM A VARIETY, WHETHER IT'S THE MATERIALS OR WHETHER IT'S THE LIGHTING I JUST SEE FROM THE ROOF AND I SEE THOSE WALLS AND THEN THE ELEVATOR RIGHT OVER THERE, IT LOOKS VERY, VERY, ALMOST TOO SIMILAR, IN MY OPINION, OF OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS.
MAYBE THAT'S MY OWN OPINION, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS IF IF WE CAN JUST SO WE CAN REALLY MAKE IT JUST REALLY KIND OF I DON'T KNOW HOW THE WHERE IT IS.
JUST GIVE IT A PUNCH. RIGHT? JUST MAKE IT EXCITING.
SO BUT THAT'S MY ONLY CRITIQUE.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. COGAN. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO SENT ME A THING OF A PERFORMANCE HALL IN SWITZERLAND.
OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO AN EGG.
I WANT TO DO AN EGG. I DON'T THINK IT HAS.
BUT IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY DID WITH THE INSIDE.
YEAH, THE INSIDE. IT'S ALL YELLOW, SO NO EGGS.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS HERE AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL HAVE DONE.
LOOKS LIKE YOU ALL ARE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME EXCITING CONCEPTS.
WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LET'S. WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
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ITEM TWO PRESENTATION OF RESULTS OF THE FOREST DRIVE GEOMORPHIC CHANNEL ASSESSMENT BETWEEN FOREST DRIVE AND CUMMINGS DRIVE.MAYOR AS CHERYL IS MOVING FORWARD, CAN I SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS? YES, SIR, PLEASE. WE HAVE NOT BECAUSE WE WANTED THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO SEE THE PRESENTATION FIRST.
WE HAVEN'T SHARED THIS DOCUMENT WITH THE REST OF WOODS, BUT AFTERWARDS WE'LL SHARE IT WITH THEM BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME DELIVERABLES OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY CAN DO ON THEIR PRIVATE DRAINAGE AREAS TO HELP MITIGATE ANY FUTURE PROBLEMS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. CHERYL, GOOD EVENING.
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A GEOMORPHIC ASSESSMENT STUDY OF THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF LITTLE BEAR CREEK [INAUDIBLE]. WE ALREADY HAVE A CHERYL DRIVE CHERYL AVENUE.
[INAUDIBLE] SO THIS IS IN THE RUSTIC WOODS ADDITION BETWEEN FOREST DRIVE AND CUMMINGS DRIVE.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE UPSTREAM CHANNEL.
SO NOW LET ME INTRODUCE THE AUTHORS OF THE REPORT.
STEPHEN NORAIR IS A PROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTIST WITH FREESE NICHOLS.
VERY GOOD. GENTLEMEN. WELCOME.
THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU, CHERYL.
WHAT IS A GEO? WHAT IS A PROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTIST? SO THE ACTUAL TERM FOR MY POSITION IS FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGIST.
BUT THAT'S WAY TOO MANY WORDS.
ARE THERE A LOT OF SCIENTISTS WITH THIS TITLE? IT IS A GROWING FIELD, ESPECIALLY AS WATER RESOURCES BECOME MORE AND MORE OF AN ISSUE IN OUR WORLD? THANKS FOR BEING HERE. SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THIS STREAM EROSION ASSESSMENT.
HE WILL ANSWER ANY ENGINEERING QUESTIONS AT THE END SHOULD THEY ARISE.
SO THE STUDY AREA FOR THIS EROSION ASSESSMENT WAS RIGHT HERE IN BEDFORD.
FOREST DRIVE AND CUMMINGS DRIVER IN THE NORTHEAST OF THE CITY.
THANK YOU. GOT A MASTER'S DEGREE [INAUDIBLE].
SO THE STUDY AREA IS THE NATURAL STREAM BETWEEN FOREST DRIVE TO CUMMINGS DRIVE.
THE STREAM FLOWS FROM FOREST DRIVE NORTH TOWARDS CUMMINGS DRIVE.
THIS STREAM IS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT AND JURISDICTION OF THE HOA.
HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT PART OF OUR STUDY AREA.
DURING THIS ASSESSMENT, WE WALKED THE STREAM.
WE DID A MAPPING EXERCISE CALLED B HIGH BANK EROSION HAZARD INDEX, WHICH LOOKS AT THE DIFFERENT VARIABLES AND FACTORS ON THE STREAM BANK TO GIVE AN IDEA OF THE EROSION POTENTIAL ALONG THAT STREAM.
AND WE ALSO MAPPED AN EROSION HAZARD ZONE, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM PROBABLE AREA THAT EROSION MIGHT OCCUR IN THE FUTURE THERE. ALL OF THE PHOTOS THAT WE TOOK OF THE STREAM ARE GEO REFERENCED WITH GPS.
AND WITH THAT I WILL START TALKING ABOUT THE RESULTS THAT WE SAW WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE.
BUT BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO VERY GENERALLY GO OVER WHAT CAUSES STREAM EROSION.
WITHIN A WATERSHED YOU CAN THINK OF A NATURAL WATERSHED THAT STILL HAS FOREST AND PRAIRIE.
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FASTER AND IN GREATER FORCE.SO A STREAM IS SIZED TO THE AMOUNT OF FLOW IT GETS.
AND THAT OCCURS THROUGH EROSION.
SO THE MOST DOWNSTREAM SECTION OF THIS ASSESSMENT WAS STARTING AT CUMMINGS DRIVE IS I, I CREATED A STATIONING ALONG HERE SO WE HAVE A REFERENCE TO TALK ABOUT.
SO BETWEEN [INAUDIBLE] CUMMINGS DRIVE AND STATION 1800, WE DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF STREAM EROSION.
THERE WAS SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF EROSION, BUT THIS AREA WAS GENERALLY STABLE.
THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS AT THIS AREA THAT WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME WHOLESALE EROSION OR ANY FUTURE CHANGES THAT PRESENT A SERIOUS ISSUE.
MOVING UPSTREAM THE CHANNEL LOOKS LIKE IN THE PAST, INSTABILITIES HAD MIGRATED THROUGH THIS AREA.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME SOME LASTING ADJUSTMENTS.
WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE IT DID LOOK LIKE IN THE PAST SOMEONE HAD ATTEMPTED TO PROTECT THIS BANK, BUT THAT BANK PROTECTION, THOSE BANK PROTECTION MEASURES WERE FAILING WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE.
THE NEXT SECTION IS JUST JUST UPSTREAM OF CREEKSIDE COURT AND GOING UPSTREAM.
I TOOK I SHOWED I'M SHOWING THIS PHOTO ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE INSTABILITIES THAT'S MIGRATING UP THROUGH THE WATERSHED.
IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE MINI WATERFALL, JUST LIKE HOW NIAGARA FALLS IS MIGRATING.
I'M SORRY. JUST LIKE HOW NIAGARA FALLS IS MIGRATING EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN ONCE IT'S DOWN, CUT VERTICALLY, IT WILL WIDEN.
SO JUST UPSTREAM OF THIS, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
IT LOOKS REALLY STABLE RIGHT THERE.
BUT AT THE DOWNSTREAM EXTENT WE HAVE ON THOSE INSTABILITIES THAT MIGHT BE MIGRATING ITS WAY THROUGH AT THIS LOCATION, WE DID SEE BEDROCK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STREAM, BUT WITHOUT FURTHER TESTING, WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER THAT BEDROCK IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO RESIST EROSION OR RESIST THAT INSTABILITY MIGRATING UP THROUGH THE STREAM.
AT THE UPPER END OF THE WATERSHED.
THIS IS WHEN WE START SEEING THE REAL ISSUES.
THERE WERE A LOT OF INSTABILITIES OBSERVED THROUGH THIS AREA TO THE POINT WHERE THE INSTABILITIES A LOT OF TIMES HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE WATERSHED AND NOW THE STREAMS ARE STARTING TO WIDEN AND GET A LOT OF STREAM BANK EROSION.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS OF CONCERNS THAT WE SAW WAS AN EXPOSED SEWER LINE.
FURTHER UPSTREAM IN THE FINAL SECTION.
WE SAW ANOTHER EXPOSED SEWER LINE AND THEN SO THAT WAS AN AREA OF CONCERN.
AND THEN FOREST DRIVE ITSELF WAS AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR US BECAUSE WE STARTED TO SEE THOSE INSTABILITIES STARTING TO MIGRATE THROUGH UPSTREAM AND GIVEN ENOUGH TIME, THEY'LL EVENTUALLY REACH FOREST DRIVE AND COULD IMPACT FOREST DRIVE FROM A FUNCTIONALITY PERSPECTIVE.
SO TO SUMMARIZE THE STREAM EROSION ASSESSMENT, THE UPSTREAM AREAS ARE CURRENTLY UNSTABLE.
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RECEIVING FROM THE WATERSHED.THAT UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE STREAM IS UNSTABLE IN THIS AREA.
THE ONLY THING THAT IT MIGHT AFFECT IS THE RATE AT WHICH THOSE ADJUSTMENTS OCCUR.
IT'S STILL GOING TO BE UNSTABLE REGARDLESS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT BEING PUT TOGETHER.
WITHOUT CONTINUED MONITORING, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SAY HOW FAST THAT PROCESS WILL TAKE.
AND IT'S ALSO REALLY HARD TO SAY THE EXTENT OF WHAT EROSION COULD OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.
WE CHOSE THESE ALTERNATIVES BASED ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITY LOCATIONS, WHERE IF EROSION WERE TO CAUSE AN IMPACT, WE WANTED TO MITIGATE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF RISK.
THIS ENDED UP BEING AT FOUR LOCATIONS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THE FIRST AREA IS THAT UNDERCUT BANK AT CREEKSIDE COURT.
AND CURRENTLY OUR PROPOSAL IS TO ARMOR THE BOTTOM OF THE STREAM WITH ROCK RIP WRAP.
AND THEN FOR THE ACTUAL STREAM BANK THAT IS ERODING, LAY BACK THE SLOPES AND ADD A [INAUDIBLE] BANK PROTECTION WHICH IS MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTH.
SO SCOUR CAN'T UNDERMINE THAT STREAM BANK ANYMORE.
AT THE FIRST SEWER LINE CROSSING.
WHAT WE PROPOSE IS SO THIS IS THIS IS UPSTREAM LOOKING AT THE SEWER LINE CROSSING, AND THEN THE OTHER PHOTO IS IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM LOOKING AT THE EROSION THAT'S COMING UP THROUGH ABOUT TO HIT THAT SEWER LINE.
SO WHAT WE PROPOSE FOR THIS SOLUTION IS TAKING THAT PIPE AND ENCASING IT IN CONCRETE, BUT HAVING THAT CONCRETE BE FLUSH WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE CHANNEL.
THE CONCRETE WILL ALSO DOING THAT.
AGAIN, CONCRETE WILL ALSO CUT DOWN INTO THE BED OF THE STREAM.
THAT'S ALSO SUPPLEMENTED WITH ROCK WRAP PROTECTION ON THE ON THE CHANNEL BOTTOM.
THIS IS THE OTHER EXPOSED SEWER LINE THAT WE OBSERVED AT STATION 450.
AND SO THAT EROSION IS MOVING ON ITS WAY UP TOWARDS THE TOWARDS FOREST DRIVE.
SO FOR THIS ONE, WE HAVE PROPOSED EXCAVATING THE CHANNEL TO A DEPTH OF THE EXPECTED DOWN CUTTING OR EROSION AND THEN FILLING THAT BACK UP WITH ROCK RIP WRAP SO THAT AS THAT INSTABILITY MIGRATES UP INTO THE ROCK RIP WRAP, IT'S IT'S HALTED BY THAT MORE RESISTANT STONE COMPARED TO THE EXISTING MATERIAL.
FOR THE CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES WE DEVELOPED FOUR.
IN THE REPORT, WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED 12 OR 11 DISCRETE LOCATIONS.
IT'S IT'S A SYSTEM WIDE PROCESS.
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JUST THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE ALTERNATIVES WERE SUGGESTED.UM, AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. WE APPRECIATE THAT STEPHEN.
COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR THESE GENTLEMEN? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE. I DO.
THANK YOU. SO THIS STUDY WAS DONE WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE TEN ACRES THAT ARE GOING TO DRAIN INTO THE CHANNEL, INTO THE CREEK. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE EROSION RIGHT NOW.
SO IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
WE DID DO A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AS THAT WAS.
HOW IT'S BEING CHANNELED INTO THE CREEK.
IT WOULD PROBABLY JUST EXPEDITE THE EXISTING INSTABILITIES FROM OCCURRING.
AND THERE WERE TWO SEWER LINES THAT RAN ACROSS.
YES, SIR. AND THEY MAY BE PROBLEMATIC IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND THEN THE REST IS HISTORY.
WHAT ABOUT FOREST DRIVE? YOU HAD MENTIONED THE CULVERT THERE.
COULD THAT POSSIBLY IS THAT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL WATER FLOW INTO IT? I WOULD ASSUME CURRENTLY.
BUT AS THOSE INSTABILITIES MOVE UP, THOSE INSTABILITIES COULD IMPACT FOREST DRIVE.
SO UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS, FOREST DRIVE IN THE FUTURE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY EROSION REGARDLESS OF THE NEW FLOW FROM THE I MEAN.
I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE ANALYSIS AND THE CAPACITY OF THE CULVERT UNDER FOREST DRIVE IN RELATION TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING UPSTREAM, THAT WASN'T PART OF OUR SCOPE. SO WE DIDN'T ANNOUNCE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN TAKE IT OR NOT.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, MAYBE CHERYL COULD ANSWER THIS.
WHERE'S THE TIE IN? WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE? IS IT GOING TO BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF FOREST OR IS IT GOING TO.
ARE WE GOING TO TEAR UP FOREST AND.
WHERE IS IT GOING TO TIE IN THIS PROJECT? SO DURING THE DRC PROCESS, THE INITIAL DESIGN SHOWED TYING INTO THE CULVERT UNDERNEATH FOREST DRIVE.
WE ARE STILL REVIEWING THE CIVIL PLANS.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE CIVIL PLANS WITH THE WHAT THE DEVELOPER AND THE [INAUDIBLE].
THAT'S CORRECT. SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU'RE SAYING, ON THE WEST SIDE.
THIS PHOTO IS NOT POINTED NORTH.
SO SO IT WOULD COME IT WOULD COME DOWN FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF WHERE THE DETENTION POND IS, IS GOING TO BE RUN ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY THERE AND THEN COME DOWN FOREST TO TIE IN RIGHT THERE.
WHEN WOULD THE PLANS BE FINALIZED ON THIS? I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS AT THIS POINT WITH THE DESIGN ENGINEER, AND WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER CIVIL SET WHERE THEY HAVE NOT ADDRESSED ALL OF OUR COMMENTS AGAIN.
THE CITY MANAGER HAD HAD MENTIONED THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PROPERTY.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE TO THAT.
I JUST. THEN WE HAVE THE TWO SEWER LINES RUNNING BACK BACK THERE.
I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE CITY HAS TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY.
DO YOU MIND IF I INTERRUPT? SO WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, WHEN THE GENTLEMAN CAME HERE FROM [INAUDIBLE] THEY TALKED ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE RETENTION POND IS TO SLOW THE FLOW RATE OF OF WATER GETTING INTO THIS.
WHATEVER THIS TRIBUTARY OR WHATEVER, SLOWING THE FLOW RATE HELPS REDUCE THE POTENTIAL EROSION.
DOWNSTREAM. STEVE, IS THAT A CORRECT WAY TO LOOK AT THAT? GENERALLY, IF WE DO NOTHING, IT'S STILL GOING TO ERODE, CORRECT? THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO CHANGE THAT SHORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
IT'S STILL GOING TO ERODE IF WE DO NOTHING AT THIS POINT.
[INAUDIBLE] SO ONE WAY TO HELP REDUCE THAT TO TO SLOW THAT
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DETERIORATION IS WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.IT'S JUST CAPTURING THAT WATER, SLOWING THE RATE THAT IT'S MOVING INTO THAT TRIBUTARY.
RIGHT. THEY ARE PROVIDING THE DETENTION AT THIS POINT, THE OUTFALL OF THE DETENTION.
AS COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE SAYS, IT COMES THROUGH A PIPE THAT TRAVELS TO FOREST DRIVE.
AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW THEY NEED TO TIE IT INTO THE CULVERT ITSELF.
DIRECT INTO IT AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO A BIGGER PROBLEM.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF TYING IT IN THERE? TYING IT INTO THE CULVERT ALLOWS IT TO STAY UNDERGROUND, WHEREAS IF THEY JUST TIE IT INTO THE LARGE OPEN CULVERT, IT'S LIKE A [INAUDIBLE] AND IT'S OPEN.
SO AS THAT WATER IS DISCHARGED INTO THERE.
IT'S OPEN, NOT DRIVING OVER STREAMS OF WATER, ESSENTIALLY.
DID YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? JUST ASK THE GENTLEMAN YOU HAD HAD SHAKING YOUR HEAD WHEN WE ASKED IF THE IT WOULD THE DETENTION POND WOULD ELIMINATE THE EROSION OR SLOW DOWN THERE.
THAT'S NOT A TRUE STATEMENT, RIGHT? I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEIR DESIGN, BUT TYPICALLY, FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, THE REASON WE ADD DETENTION IS BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN LAND USE.
AND BUT AS WE ALL ARE AS WE ALL ARE PRIVY TO THE BUDGETS, TYPICALLY A DETENTION POND THE SIZE IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHERE YOU GO BACK TO EXISTING CONDITION PEAK FLOWS.
BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT THE DESIGN ENGINEER ON THAT PARTICULAR DESIGN.
I DON'T REMEMBER. I HAVEN'T SLEPT AT A HOLIDAY INN, SO I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IT WAS. I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT.
[INAUDIBLE] I HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS.
THE SOONER YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
COUNCIL MEMBER. FARGO, YOU'RE ALSO SAYING THAT THERE'S SOME PRECAUTIONS THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS COULD TAKE THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING OTHER THAN THE FOUR AREAS, OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS YOU HAVE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SO OUR ALTERNATIVES ONLY LOOKED AT THOSE SPECIFIC FOUR LOCATIONS.
THE ALTERNATIVES ONLY LOOKED AT THE FOUR LOCATIONS.
THOSE WERE THE FOUR THAT WE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT OTHER MEASURES COULDN'T BE TAKEN, BUT THERE ARE PERMITTING CONSIDERATIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN, INCLUDING FEMA AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR PERMITTING, BECAUSE IT'S AGAINST FEDERAL LAW TO JUST GO IN AND DIG OUT WATERS OF THE US.
SO, YES, THERE COULD BE OR THERE DEFINITELY ARE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE.
BUT THIS STUDY DID NOT LOOK INTO WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE.
SO COULD YOU PLANT TREES? YOU KNOW, LIKE TREES THAT LIKE WATER? I LOVE THAT YOU ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE TREES REDUCE EROSION REALLY NICELY IN THIS SITUATION.
SO TECHNICALLY, IF I OWNED A HOME OVER THERE.
ANY, ANY, ANY REMEDY THAT I WOULD HAVE WOULD BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. SEE, THAT'S THE REASON I WAS GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TREES.
BECAUSE IF YOU COULD PLANT VEGETATION OR DO SOMETHING SIMPLE AS A HOMEOWNER TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE EROSION OR NOT NECESSARILY THE EROSION, BUT MAYBE KEEP IT FROM GETTING WORSE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT TECHNICALLY I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS AS A RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU. OK I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS.
YOU'RE RECOMMENDING FOUR FOUR THINGS THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT WE COULD ADDRESS.
THE INTENTION OF THAT IS ANY ONE OF THEM WOULD BE HELPFUL OR WOULD IT REQUIRE ALL FOUR OF THEM TO BE HELPFUL TO REDUCE THE EROSION? EACH ONE OF THEM WOULD BE HELPFUL INDIVIDUALLY.
THEY WOULD HELP THE DETERIORATION.
OR THE ACCUMULATION OF WATER THAT WOULD LEAD TO FURTHER EROSION OR EXPEDITED EROSION OF WHATEVER.
SO THEY THEY WOULD ALL HELP PREVENT EROSION UPSTREAM OF THAT LOCATION.
THAT BEING SAID, OF THAT SECOND QUADRANT FROM 5 TO 14 OR 8 TO 14.
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UPSTREAM WITH THE SEWER LINE CROSSING'S EROSION WOULD BE REDUCED UPSTREAM OF THE SEWER LINE CROSSING.SO ALTERNATIVE ONE DOING THAT WOULD HELP REDUCE THE REDUCE AT THE ALTERNATIVE TO SITE.
OR YOU'RE SAYING OVER OVER TIME.
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER INSTABILITIES THAT WERE OBSERVED THAT.
PROTECTING HERE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HELP PREVENT EROSION AT, WHAT, 1000 FEET UPSTREAM FOR DECADES.
BUT THERE ARE INSTABILITIES OBSERVED IN IN MANY THROUGHOUT THE UPPER PART OF THE WATERSHED SO . [INAUDIBLE] CHERYL, THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR ALTERNATIVE TO WORK.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SEWER PIPE THAT'S EXPOSED AND THEY TALK ABOUT ENCASING THAT IN CONCRETE WOULD HELP TO REDUCE WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. IF WE WERE TO DECIDE TO DO THAT WORK, WOULD THAT BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY OR THE RESIDENTS RESPONSIBILITY? THAT COULD BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT'S A SEWER PIPE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THAT ACTION TO PROTECT OUR.
SO ALTERNATE NUMBER THREE WAS ALSO ANOTHER SEWER PIPE.
THAT WOULD BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
YES, SIR. ALTERNATE NUMBER FOUR, WHERE WE'RE TALKING OVER ABOUT FOREST DRIVE.
YOU CAN SEE I HAD PART OF IT IN THAT PICTURE OVER THERE.
OH, NO. YOU NEED TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER.
IT'S TOWARDS THE BACK OF THEIR SLIDES.
ALL RIGHT THERE, THE FOREST DRIVE.
THAT'S BASICALLY FOREST DRIVE ON IT'S BASICALLY EITHER SIDE.
THEY SAID THAT IT'S JUST EXCLUSIVELY THE EAST SIDE.
WHOSE PROPERTY IS THAT RIGHT THERE IN GREEN? THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE CHANNEL ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THAT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHT THERE.
PORTION MAYBE CLOSEST TO FOREST DRIVE, MAYBE WITHIN CITY RIGHT OF WAY, BUT IT IS WITHIN THE CHANNEL.
WHICH WAY WOULD THE TIE IN BE? IT WOULD BE COMING ACROSS FAST DRIVE.
IT WOULD. IT WOULDN'T COME INTO.
IT WOULDN'T COME INTO THAT PORTION WHERE THE THE POINTER IS.
IT WOULD FOLLOW THAT YELLOW LINE.
OK IT WOULD FOLLOW THE YELLOW LINE AND TIE IN.
THE YELLOW LINE IS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROUTE.
THE TRAIL IS ON THE CHURCH PROPERTY, ON THE WEST SIDE.
OKAY. SO IT WOULD GENERALLY FOLLOW THE TREE LINE.
AND THERE'S WHICH IS ALONG THE STREET, WHICH IS ALONG THAT.
IT'S CURRENTLY WIDE OPEN AT THIS POINT.
YOU SET UP TO SEE IF THERE'S AN EASEMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE INCREASING THE FLOW.
YOU'RE INCREASING THE FLOW INTO THAT ONE SPOT RIGHT THERE, ISN'T IT? WOULDN'T THAT BE CORRECT IF YOU'RE DRAINING OFF THE TEN ACRES OF RIGHT INTO THAT SPOT RIGHT THERE? GENERALLY IN A WATERSHED, ALL OF THE WATER CONTINUES TO GO IN THE DIRECTION IT'S GOING.
WHEN THEY PIPE IT, IT JUST GETS THERE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
SO VOLUME WISE, IT I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE.
BUT IT'S ACROSS A GRASS FIELD RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THE TEN ACRES ARE JUST A FIELD AND YOU'RE PUTTING 60 OR 55 HOUSES THERE, PAVING IT, AND THEN CHANNELING THE THE DRAINAGE INTO THAT ONE SPOT RIGHT THERE.
SORRY. I SEE A LOT OF A LOT OF ISSUES FROM THIS.
THAT'S ALL. GRANICUS-EXTERNAL GENTLEMEN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS.
IF THE CITY WERE TO ENGAGE IN CONCRETING THOSE SEWER PIPES [INAUDIBLE].
THAT WOULD REDUCE THAT WOULD REDUCE THE RATE OF EROSION IN THAT CREEK.
IT WOULD PREVENT INSTABILITIES FROM MIGRATING UPSTREAM OF THAT POINT.
SO ANY INSTABILITIES THAT ARE UPSTREAM OF THAT POINT WOULD CONTINUE MIGRATING.
SO THERE WOULD BE REDUCED DOWN CUTTING.
AND THEN REDUCED WIDENING FOLLOWING THAT.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS HERE, CHERYL? WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH RUSTIC WOODS TO GO OVER WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED.WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? DO YOU.
WHATEVER DIRECTION I'M SORRY, WHATEVER DIRECTION COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE.
WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT IT AS PART OF A LARGER DISCUSSION AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
SO I'M CURIOUS, GENTLEMEN AND CHERYL, THE EROSION THAT YOU OBSERVED IN THAT CREEK, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR THAT TO OCCUR? OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? NOT REALLY POSSIBLE TO SAY WITHOUT MONITORING CONTINUOUSLY.
NOT KNOWING THE WATER FLOWS, NOT KNOWING ALL THAT.
IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, THOUGH, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
I WOULD GUESS OVER LIKE IF I WAS GOING TO SHOOT FROM THE HIP [INAUDIBLE] DON'T HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE.
I WOULD I WOULD SAY PROBABLY OVER THE LAST 5 TO 10 YEARS.
THANKS FOR THE GREAT NEWS, GUYS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING HERE AND JUST BRINGING SUNSHINE TO OUR MEETING.
THE DOWNSTREAM AREA LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
SO WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF WORK HERE.
CHERYL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM US? YOU'RE JUST. NO, WE JUST BRINGING CHEER.
WE'RE JUST BRINGING CHEER. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK HERE.
I THINK COUNCIL WOULD AGREE ON THIS.
AND OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE WE'RE DETERMINED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THIS SITUATION.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING US.
OKAY. SO THAT BEING SAID, JIMMY STATHATOS HAS BEEN TOO QUIET THIS EVENING.
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
SO NEXT UP, WE HAVE ITEMS BY CONSENT.GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER JIMMY STATHATOS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL GOT SEVERAL ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER 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 TO RATIFY THE PAYMENT FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN UPDATE.
THIS IS FOR $35,500, AND THIS IS FOR THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE THAT WAS DONE THAT ENABLED THE CITY TO APPLY FOR THE $750,000 PARK GRANT.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION [INAUDIBLE] 23 GRANT APPLICATION FOR RIFLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION.
AND SHOULD THE GRANT BE AWARDED? THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASE OF RIFLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR.
AND THERE'S NOT A MATCH FOR THIS GRANT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, FINDING THAT ONCOR DELIVERY ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC'S ONCOR APPLICATION TO CHANGE RATES WITHIN THE CITY SHOULD BE DENIED FINDING THAT THE CITY'S REASONABLE RATE CASE EXPENSES SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY THE COMPANY AND FINDING THAT THE MEET AT THAT THE MEETING THAT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION HAS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
REQUIRE NOTICE OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COMPANY AND LEGAL COUNSEL.
THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CLEARGOV FOR BUDGETING AND CAPITAL PLANNING SOFTWARE. AND SO BASICALLY IN THE PAST WE'VE USED DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK FROM CLEARGOV SINCE 2021, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO REALLY UP OUR GAME, IF YOU WILL. AND SO IN THIS WILL WE WILL HAVE THIS AGREEMENT FOR THREE YEARS AND THE ANNUAL AMOUNT FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION IS $26,400.
THE FIRST YEAR WILL BE PRORATED TO $25,300 SINCE THE FISCAL YEAR HAS ALREADY BEGUN.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE WRITTEN POLICY FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIMARY DEPOSITARY BANK SERVICES TO DESIGNATE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER THE FINANCE DIVISION AS THE DESIGNATED OFFER.
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I MEAN, I'M SORRY, AS A DESIGNATED OFFICER FOR REQUESTING, RECEIVING, REVIEWING AND PRESENTING TO THE CITY COUNCIL BANK DEPOSITORY APPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND FOR PERFORMING OTHER DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 105 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.THE NEXT ITEM IS ONE OF A COUPLE OF PURCHASING INITIATIVES.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PURCHASING COOPERATIVES THAT WE'VE ENTERED INTO RECENTLY AND AND HISTORICALLY THAT WILL ENABLE OUR RESIDENTS TO SAVE TAX DOLLARS BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY SKILL BENEFITS OF PIGGYBACKING ON OTHER PURCHASING COOPERATIVES.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH ESC REGION 19 PURCHASING, WHO HAS A DBA OF ALLIED STATES COOPERATIVE.
THIS IS ALSO A PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.
IT'S A NATIONAL ONE, AND THEY ALSO COMPETITIVELY BID AND AWARD CONTRACTS TO LOCAL.
AND AGAIN, THIS WILL ENABLE US TO SAVE MONEY.
AND THIS COMPLIES WITH CHAPTER 791, WHICH ENABLES US TO TAKE THIS ACTION.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE RATIFICATION OF PAYMENT TO GRA-TEX UTILITIES FOR EMERGENCY EROSION REPAIR IN THE AMOUNT OF $99,980. THIS IS THE ITEM THAT COUNCILMEMBER STEVES REFERRED TO A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
BASICALLY, WE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WAS CONTACTED ABOUT A SINKHOLE ALONG A CREEK CHANNEL.
SO IT'S IDENTICAL BASICALLY TO THE ISSUE THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT.
THE NEXT AND FINAL ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF MR. RONNIE WATKINS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO THE BEDFORD TAX REINVESTMENT ZONE KNOWN AS TIRZ.
NUMBER ONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SORRY. SO UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JIMMY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, JIMMY, I HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
SO FOR THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR THE CAPITAL PLANNING SOFTWARE, WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES? KAREN, DO YOU MIND COMING UP AND TALKING ABOUT CLEARGOV.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYTHING OUT.
SHE WAS MORE OF THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS ASKED WHAT THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THIS AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE.
YES. SO SORRY. I WAS DISTRACTED BACK THERE.
SO THIS IS GOING TO DO THE FULL SUITE OF THEIR BUDGET SOFTWARE.
SO RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE BUDGET SALARIES AND WAGES AND BENEFITS, WE DO THAT ON AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO REALLY EXPAND OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
SO RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, YOU COULD SEE THE VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL CAPITAL REQUESTS THAT WERE IN THERE WITH TAKING IN THE NEW PIECE OF THIS SOFTWARE. WE WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY DRAFT AND HAVE A FULL FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
SO YOU'VE GOT MEG STANDING BEHIND YOU.
I'M LOOKING TO SEE SOME JUMPING JACKS OR SOMETHING OUT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, COUNCIL? WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.
WE HAVE A SECOND. COUNCILMEMBER COGAN.
MOTION CLOSED. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT AS A YES.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SIX ZERO.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.
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THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WORKING THE BUYING POWER SCENARIO HERE AND TRYING TO SAVE US SOME MONEY.SO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT.
[13. Public hearing and consider an ordinance providing for the expansion of the boundaries of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One (TIRZ #1), City of Bedford, Texas; providing severability; and providing an effective date.]
ONE TO NUMBER ONE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.NOW, DAVID, YOU WANT US TO MOVE THIS TO THE VERY BACK OF THE MEETING, IS THAT RIGHT? I'M MORE THAN HAPPY. I LEARNED SO MUCH.
LET'S INVITE OUR JACK OF ALL TRADES, ANDREW ROY TO THE MICROPHONE AND MR. DAVID PETTIT. HOW ABOUT THAT? I'M SIMPLY HERE TO INTRODUCE DAVID.
[INAUDIBLE] WE WENT THROUGH THIS.
BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE ARE OPENING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER 311.
AND IT'S CALLED AN AMENDMENT TO THE CREATION ORDINANCE.
YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.
IT'S BASICALLY TAKING INCREMENT THAT'S GENERATED.
SO IT'S NOT EXISTING TAXES, BUT IT'S ANY NEW TAXES COMING INTO A FUND TO SPECIFIC ZONES AND THE CITY HAS TWO PARTNERS.
TARRANT COUNTY AND ALSO TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE, THAT ALSO IS CONTRIBUTING THEIR ADDITIONAL INCREMENTAL TAXES, 50% OF THOSE TO HELP PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE OVERALL ZONE. NOW, THIS CAN PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE CITY STAFF AND LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE.
YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE.
AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THE IMPETUS OF NOT ONLY BEDFORD COMMONS TO BE ASPIRATIONAL, BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT THE OTHER AREAS THAT COULD HELP FUND THIS.
AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED.
WE'RE JUST AMENDING THE BOUNDARY.
WE'RE NOT AMENDING THE TERM, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE TIF BOARD.
THE CITY PARTICIPATION IS GOING TO STAY AT 75%.
ONCE WE HAVE APPROVED THIS, THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE GOING TO THE ADDITIONAL TAXING JURISDICTIONS, SEE IF THEY'RE OKAY ABOUT ADDING THOSE PROPERTIES IN AND INCREASING THEIR PARTICIPATION.
SO THIS WAS CREATED IN OCTOBER 27TH OF 2020.
IT'S A 30 YEAR TERM EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31, 2050.
SO FOR EVERY $1 THAT'S GENERATED $0.75 GOES INTO THE TIF FUND, $0.25 GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND 50% OF THE COUNTY'S INCREMENT AND 50% OF TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE'S INCREMENT.
THIS IS FOR REAL PROPERTY ONLY IS GOING INTO THE TIF.
WE HAD 57.11 ACRES OF TEN NON CONTIGUOUS AREAS, WE CALL THEM ADZS.
THAT WAS A MADE UP WORD BY YOURS TRULY, LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BEDFORD.
AND THE BEDFORD COMMONS IS LOCATED IN ADZ #1.
SO THIS IS A MAP AND I THINK IT WAS A REAL GAME CHANGER.
AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT INSTEAD OF DOING ONE LARGE AREA BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE UPS AND DOWNS WITH PROPERTY VALUES, PARTICULARLY INCOME PRODUCING PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCLUDE TWO NEW AREAS IN ADZ #11, WHICH IS THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ADZ #12.
WE DO NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTIONS FOR THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT AS DISCUSSED IN THE TIF BOARD MEETING, THIS JUST GIVES US OPTIONS NOT ONLY FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY BUT ALSO IF WE WANTED TO USE TIF INCREMENT TO IMPROVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NO RECOMMENDATION TO SELL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON THAT.
[INAUDIBLE] AND THEN THE CITY HAS PURCHASED, AS MARY HAD POINTED OUT, A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON INDUSTRIAL 183.
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THE CITY HAS PURCHASED THAT AND THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD OCCUR THERE.AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN.
THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPER AND ONCE AGAIN, BY BEING WITHIN A TIF, YOU CAN DO A DIRECT SALE OF THIS PROPERTY TO THE DEVELOPER OR ARRANGE IT HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO, RATHER THAN JUST GOING THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL CHAPTER 272 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO PUBLIC BIDDING AND TAKE THE HIGHEST BIDDER SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE MOST QUALIFIED HERE.
AND SO THIS TIF, THERE'S SEVEN EXCEPTIONS TO [INAUDIBLE], AND BEING IN A TIF IS ONE OF THOSE.
SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, WHILE IT'S STILL PRELIMINARY, PRODUCES $37 MILLION WORTH OF TAXABLE VALUE REAL PROPERTY INCREMENT, BUT IT ALSO PRODUCES $18 WORTH OF ANNUAL SALES.
SO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE TERM THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS PARTICIPATING IN AT 75%.
WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE COUNTY PARTICIPATE AT 50% AND ALSO TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE.
SO OVERALL TAXES GENERATED THROUGH THAT 30 YEAR TERM IS $152 MILLION.
THE CURRENT TIF PROPOSED TIF PARTICIPATION.
TONIGHT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE BOUNDARY AND WE WOULD COME BACK WITH THIS IS REALLY THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN WHICH IS AN EXHIBIT BUT $28.9 MILLION LEAVING A NET BENEFIT OF $123 MILLION TO THE TAXING JURISDICTIONS.
SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IN MY PRO FORMA BECAUSE THIS IS OVER 30 YEARS, WE TOOK THESE DEVELOPMENT ASSUMPTIONS AND ONCE AGAIN THESE ARE ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW ALL THOSE 12 WELL, ALL THOSE 11, BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENT ASSUMPTIONS ON THE FIRE STATION, THAT WAS JUST TO PROVIDE SOME OPTIONS FOR THE CITY.
2% WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT COULD WE POTENTIALLY LOOK AT A 3% OR A 4%, WHICH HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL INFLATION SINCE 1960, AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE APPROVING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WHEN YOU APPROVE THE FINAL AMENDED PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST AMENDING THE BOUNDARY.
AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PETTIT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO THIS WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED TO A PUBLIC HEARING.
NOTHING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:44.
WE INVITE ANYONE WITH COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR RECIPES TO COME ON UP.
SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS IN TWO YEARS MR. PETTIT [INAUDIBLE].
SOME OF US HAVE SHOWN THE AGE [INAUDIBLE] . HE LOOKED WAY TOO YOUNG TO HAVE A SCIENTIST TITLE AFFILIATED WITH HIM.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER SIGN OF AGE THAT EVERYONE LOOKS YOUNG [INAUDIBLE].
AN INTERESTING CHOICE IN ATTIRE THIS EVENING.
[INAUDIBLE] YEAH, YOU LOOK KIND OF KIND OF SICILIAN.
OK SINCE NO ONE'S COMING UP LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S 7:45 OK COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DESIRE.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.
A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN A SECOND FOR MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL.
LET'S VOTE. SORRY TO KEEP YOU.
MAYOR PRO TEM CRASHED A COMPUTER THAT IS SIX ZERO.
COUNCIL THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU, MR. PETTIT. AGAIN, YOU CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE AND A WONDERFUL STAFF.
SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
[14. Consider an ordinance amending Section 86-9 “Alcoholic Beverages” of Chapter 86 “Parks and Recreation” of the Code of Ordinances, City of Bedford, Texas by revising the City facilities that can sell or consume alcohol within those buildings.]
BY REVISING THE CITY FOR FACILITIES THAT CAN SELL OR CONSUME ALCOHOL WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS.AND ONCE AGAIN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.
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THE NEW CENTER AT GENERATIONS PARK AS WELL AS RE CODIFYING STATEMENTS ABOUT ALLOWING THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AT OBS.SO IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN ADD THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO THIS LIST? I WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO SMUGGLE THAT IN BUT [INAUDIBLE].
OKAY. SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE Y BEING THE OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY.
SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF BE STEP ONE OF THAT PROCESS BY US ALLOWING THE THE ALCOHOL COMPONENT, THE Y WILL TAKE IT TO THEIR BOARD ON THE 20TH, I BELIEVE, OF OCTOBER, AT WHICH POINT THEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FORMULATE A POLICY ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HANDLE THAT.
DO THEY HAVE THIS ARRANGEMENT AT OTHER FACILITIES? I KNOW THERE IS.
THERE IS ONE WHERE THEY DO HAVE THIS ARRANGEMENT.
AND SO WE WE ATTEMPTED TO GET THAT RENTAL POLICY, AS, YOU KNOW, AS KIND OF A GUIDE BEFORE TONIGHT.
BUT I THINK WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AND PROBABLY BUILD OFF OF IT IN THE POLICY.
YES, SIR. ANDREA, WE HAVE SOMETHING WHERE THEY HAVE TO BUY AN ADDITIONAL PERMIT IF THEY WANT ALCOHOL OR REQUIRE AN OFFICER THERE IF THEY'RE PURCHASING A CONSUMING ALCOHOL AT THE EVENT.
THOSE ARE THOSE ARE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WOULD BECOME PRESENT WITHIN THE POLICY.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] HOW MANY BUTTONS ARE YOU HAVING TO HIT TO VOTE? THAT IS SIX ZERO.
THANK YOU, ANDREA. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
[15. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with McAdams in an amount not to exceed $180,000 for preliminary engineering services related to the Bedford Commons District property.]
FOR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING SERVICES RELATED TO THE BEDFORD COMMONS DISTRICT PROPERTY.COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO ENTER INTO A DIRECT CONTRACT WITH MCADAMS ENGINEERING.
THIS CAME ABOUT WHEN OLD TOWN DEVELOPMENT STARTED MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PROJECT AND AS WE WERE DISCUSSING, POTENTIAL INCENTIVES TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS TO KICK START THE PROJECT.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS DIRECTLY CONTRACT WITH THE ENGINEER OF OUR CHOICE, WHERE IF WE HAD STEPPED BACK AND LET THE THE, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPER WORK THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ENGINEER OF THEIR CHOICE AND THEY WOULD HAVE RUN THAT CONTRACT.
SO THIS ALLOWS US SOME CONTROL WITH THE WITH AN ENGINEER CHOSEN AND ALSO ALLOWS US TO CREATE A GREAT FOUNDATION WITH A GROUP THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WORKING WITH, AND WE FEEL LIKE IT GIVES US A GREAT START FROM WHICH SO MANY OTHER THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DESIGNED AND BUILT IN BEDFORD COMMONS.
SO MCADAMS WAS THE CHOSEN ENGINEER.
IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO BE THE DIRECT CONTRACT ON THE THE CONTRACT.
WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH A THIRD PARTY.
SO AGAIN, THE RESULTS WILL BE WHAT WE EXPECT.
SO IT ALSO ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO WE OWN THESE DOCUMENTS.
SO AGAIN, MOST INSTANCES WHERE YOU HAVE A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WORKING ON A PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE ON OUR PROPERTY, THEY OWN THE ENGINEERING WORK PRODUCT THAT'S PRODUCED OUT OF THE CONSULTANT. IN THIS CASE, WE OWN IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HATE TO SAY IT, BUT GOODNESS, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN.
BUT IF OLD TOWN DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT PROCEED OR WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, WE OWN THOSE DOCUMENTS AND WE CAN START FRESH VERY EASILY AND WORK WITH ANOTHER GROUP AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN OUR POCKET AND READY TO GO.
SO AGAIN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING OUT OF THIS? THIS IS A FULL PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORK.
SO IT IS A BASED ON THEIR FINDINGS, WE'LL HAVE TO GO FARTHER OR THE DEVELOPER WILL GO FARTHER.
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AND WHEN IF WE APPROVE THIS, WHEN WILL THEY BEGIN? WE WILL MEET WITH THEM.BUT THAT WE'RE HOPING WILL HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL MODIFY THE CONTRACT, FIRM IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE LEFT SOME THINGS OPEN BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION FIRST.
AND SO ONCE WE DO THAT, WE WILL SIGN IT AND THEY WILL GO, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THEM TO PRODUCE THE DOCUMENTS? WE DON'T HAVE A SET DATE ON THAT YET.
I THINK THEY HAVE TO GET IN AND KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH FIRST.
SO I THINK THEY'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH US.
WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH THEM.
OKAY, VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? WE HAVE A MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL COMING IN AT THE LAST MINUTE WITH A QUESTION.
YES, MA'AM. I WAS MAKING A MOTION.
OH A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL.
LET'S VOTE. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY, SO THAT'S SIX ZERO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU, ANDREA.
AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, JIMMY, FOR THAT.
[16. 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 to purchase two-years of Fire policy training publications and procedure manuals with Lexipol, LLC through the Sourcewell Cooperative Contract in the amount of $43,681.]
APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET TO PURCHASE TWO YEARS OF FIRE POLICY TRAINING PUBLICATIONS AND PROCEDURE MANUALS WITH LEXIPOL LLC THROUGH THE SOURCE WELL COOPERATIVE CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $43,681.THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL.
BASICALLY, THIS WILL PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT CONSTANTLY UPDATES OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICIES.
AND SO AND THEY THEY WORK WITH AGENCY OR DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE NATION.
AND SO IT ALLOW US TO KIND OF STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE, BUT IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE OUR POLICIES ARE STANDARDIZED BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE FIREFIGHTERS THAT COME FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME CONSISTENCY, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE MAIN BENEFIT TO THIS.
BUT ANNUALLY, THE PRICE WILL BE A LOT MORE NEGLIGIBLE.
THAT'S GREAT COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS MOTION TO APPROVE.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU, STAFF.
[17. 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 to purchase five sets of body armor from Municipal Emergency Services (MES) for the fire investigators, in the amount of $10,630.70.]
FISCAL YEAR 2022 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET TO PURCHASE FIVE SETS OF BODY ARMOR FOR MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE FIRE INVESTIGATORS IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,630.70. JIMMY STATHATOS.MAYOR. YOU NAILED IT. IT'S THAT'S THE COST.
$10,630.70. AND BASICALLY THE BODY ARMOR IS EITHER ON THE BRINK OF EXPIRING OR AS RECENTLY EXPIRED.
AND SO THIS IS GREATLY NEEDED TO HELP KEEP OUR STAFF SAFE.
THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN, A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.
LET'S VOTE. OK ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S SIX ZERO.
SO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, JIMMY.
[18. Consider a resolution appointing the chairpersons to Bedford’s Citizen Boards and Commissions.]
MICHAEL WELLS.TAKE IT AWAY, MICHAEL. YES, SIR.
AS PART OF THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE BOARDS COMMISSIONS, THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPOINT THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD, THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD, THE CULTURAL ARTS ADVISORY BOARD, THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.
SO NOW IT'S KIND OF YOU'RE JUST GO DOWN THE LINE HERE.
YES, SIR. START WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
WHO'S THE LIAISON? ANIMAL CONTROL.
WE JUST LIKE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DR.
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REID. COUNCIL OBJECTIONS, BEAUTIFICATION.SO [INAUDIBLE] IS STEPPING DOWN.
SHE'S BEEN THE LONGTIME CHAIR.
SO WE HAVE SOME CHOICES TO MAKE.
ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS? THEY'RE BOTH EXTREMELY CAPABLE.
MICHELLE, DID YOU TALK TO EITHER ONE OF THEM? I DID TALK TO PATTY.
SHE YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T REALLY SEEM OPEN TO IT, BUT SHE DID HAVE.
SHE SHE RECOMMENDED KAREN BECAUSE SHE WASN'T THERE.
THAT'S USUALLY THE SECRETARY IF YOU'RE NOT THERE.
WELL, I THINK MAYBE KAREN, IF SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT, I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
BUT HOW ABOUT KAREN? I THINK KAREN. KAREN'S A GREAT CHOICE.
ALL RIGHT. KAREN JACOBSON, CONGRATULATIONS FOR NOT BEING THEIR CULTURAL ARTS ADVISORY BOARD.
I HAVE TALKED TO SUSAN KAUFMAN.
SHE'S HEAVILY INVOLVED IN [INAUDIBLE].
SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT SUSAN KAUFMAN SERVICE OUR CHAIR.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? OK SUSAN KAUFMAN LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
LET'S WORK WITH LONG TERM CHAIRPERSON MARGARET CARROLL.
AND SHE RECOMMENDED A LONG TIME MEMBER, JANET [INAUDIBLE], TO BE THE CHAIRPERSON.
AND I SPOKE TO JANET TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS ON BOARD.
YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED JANET'S GOING TO BE OUT OF CONTROL? SHE MIGHT.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO JANET? JANET IS A GREAT CHOICE.
I HAD I HAD SPOKEN TO HEATHER AND SHE'S WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
BUT SHE EXPRESSED INTEREST AND SHE HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS AND BACKGROUND AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT, I THINK WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE TO ORGANIZING SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE DOING. HEATHER LOPEZ [INAUDIBLE] ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? WE GOT A THUMBS UP.
WOW. THAT WAS A VERY ENERGETIC THUMBS UP.
THAT LOOKS LIKE A GO. DID WE MISS ANYBODY? NO, SIR. AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU IN CHARGE OF THE GROUP, RIGHT? THE ENTIRE GROUP. THE ENTIRE GROUP? YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE NEED TO. WE NEED ACTUALLY.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CHOICES.
[INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO, A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THAT'S SIX ZERO.
THANK YOU, STAFF. THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.
[19. Mayor/Council Member Reports]
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.YES. I JUST LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE ANIMAL CONTROL BOARD WILL HAVE THEIR ADOPTION TRAILER OUT AT THE OPEN HOUSE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 2. SO THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF ANIMALS TO ADOPT AT THE OPEN HOUSE.
[20. City Manager/Staff Reports]
[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU, MAYOR.THANK YOU COUNCIL. A FEW THINGS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A COUNCILMAN, A TRADITIONAL COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 25TH.
WE'RE HAVING THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
SORRY. AND SO, ANYWAY, IT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO SHARE THEIR VISION, THEIR LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM GOALS, AND WORK WITH THE STAFF TO HELP BRING THOSE GOALS INTO IMPLEMENTATION.
ON OCTOBER 22ND FROM 3 TO 9 AT THE LIBRARY WILL BE BEERBRATS AND MORE.
AND THEN THAT NIGHT, IT'S CALLED A BEDFORD HAUNTING.
IT'S GOING TO BE OCTOBER THAT OCTOBER 29TH AS WELL, FROM 7 TO 10 AT OBS.
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AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COOL.ANYONE THAT HAS SEEN LIKE THE IMMERSIVE EVENT THAT KRISSI DID WITH THE PROJECTION, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY ANYTHING AND LET ME JUST SAY IT'S GOING TO BE SUPER COOL INVOLVING OBS AND ANYWAY, WE'VE GOT A GREAT, GREAT SET OF EVENTS TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE . OH YES. BEDFORD HAUNTING.
OH NICE. WELL PLAYED, WELL PLAYED.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SO WE WILL RETURN MOMENTARILY.WE JUST CONVENED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE HAVE NO ACTION SO COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.