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AT 6:00. WE WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2022.
I HOPE EVERYONE SURVIVED THE STORMS THIS MORNING, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE.
LET'S START WITH AN INVOCATION.
WE WANT TO WELCOME OUR FRIEND PASTOR NOSA ONAIWU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE OF YOU.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ADVANCE.
AMEN, CAN WE ALL PRAY? OUR LORD, OUR FATHER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HAND OF MERCY.
THANK YOU FOR THE WHOLE OF THE 2022 THAT YOU HAVE SAVED US AND THE YEARS RUNNING TO AN END.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID.
BOTH OUR HEALTH, OUR FAMILIES.
THE BIBLE SAYS COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS AND NAME THEM ONE BY ONE.
TODAY, WE PRAY ALL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM TO HANDLE IT, TO ARRIVE ON A FRUITFUL RESULT, THAT YOU EQUALLY GIVE THEM ONE VOICE TO SPEAK, ONE VOICE TOGETHER AND MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD FOR ALL THOSE WHO BROUGHT ONE ISSUE OR THE OTHER TO DELIBERATE UPON FOR AND LET THEM LIVE HERE HAPPY, LET THE PURPOSE OF WHY THEY BROUGHT IT OH LORD GLORIFY YOUR NAME.
WE PRAY LORD FATHER FOR DIVINE INVESTORS, PEOPLE THAT WILL COME FROM DIFFERENT AREAS TO COME INTO THIS PLACE AS THEY COME OH GOD MAKE THE EYES OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SEE THEM AND BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE SPEAK TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD SHINE FORTH AND WHATEVER THING THAT MIGHT WORK AGAINST THIS CITY, WE COME AGAINST IT, WE PULL IT OFF AND WE DECLARE MAY IT EXCEL TO THE GLORY OF OUR FATHER. THANK YOU, PRECIOUS FATHER.
COUNCILMEMBER COGAN, WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, NOSA. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.
[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]
WE DO HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT, SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME POLICE CHIEF JEFF WILLIAMS TO THE DIAS COUNCIL RECOGNITION.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO INTRODUCE, OFFICER CHRISTIAN SANDOVAL TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
SO WE HAVE, I THINK, THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT AROUND.
AND CHRISTIAN IS ONE OF THE BEST OF THE BEST.
HE'S ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING OFFICERS THERE.
CHRISTIAN HAS BEEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AS A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HE'S ON OUR BICYCLE PATROL TEAM.
HE'S QUICKLY ABOUT TO RECEIVE HIS INTERMEDIATE POLICE OFFICER CERTIFICATION.
AND JUST A GOOD GUY RECENTLY ENGAGED TO HIS FIANCEE, CHELSEY AT A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND? WORLD. OKAY.
IT'S THE WATERED DOWN VERSION OF THE WORLD.
OH YEAH. AND HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.
HE'S A GOOD GUY TO HAVE AROUND AND KEEPS THE MORALE OF THE DEPARTMENT UP.
SO THE OTHERS ARE ANSWERING CALLS BUT OFFICER CHRISTIAN SANDOVAL.
THANK YOU, SIR. YOU'RE NOT DONE.
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. SO CRIME JUST WENT UP TREMENDOUSLY THE LAST 15 MINUTES BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS IN HERE.OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AMANDA.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR OPEN FORUM? YOU CAN HEAR A RUN DOWN THE HALLWAY.
AND THEN LET'S START WITH PRESENTATIONS.
[PRESENTATIONS]
NEXT UP, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE 2022 MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM.SO WE WANT TO WELCOME STREET AND DRAINAGE SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS TECHAU.
WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR.
MY CREWS WORK REALLY HARD, SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE SLIDES.
AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THEY GOT PICTURES OF YOU IN ACTION THIS YEAR.
WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE PICTURES LAST YEAR.
WELL, I'M GLAD I COULD HELP OUT.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAD 45 WEEKS OF TRAPPING THIS YEAR.
WE PUT OUT 172 GRAVITY TRAPS AND WE HAD TWO MOSQUITO POSITIVE MOSQUITO POOLS.
WE HAD NO HUMAN CASES IN BEDFORD.
SO WE LIKE TO KEEP THAT GOING AS LONG AS WE CAN.
SO TARRANT COUNTY HAD 45 WEEKS OF TRAPPING TOTAL THROUGHOUT ALL OF TARRANT COUNTY.
THEY HAD 39 POSITIVE MOSQUITO POOLS.
AND STORMWATER PERSONNEL WALKED AND TREATED 329,310 FEET OF CREEKS THIS SEASON.
WE HAD SIX HOME INSPECTIONS AND TWO SWIMMING POOL TREATMENTS.
SO WHATEVER LARVICIDE HAS ACTUALLY HATCHED, IT'LL BASICALLY STARVE OUT THEIR AIR.
YEAH, I KNOW. IT LOOKS KIND OF FUNNY, DOESN'T IT? YEAH, BUT YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
SO LARVICIDE THIS YEAR WE CHANGED.
I GUESS IT'D BE WORSE IF YOU HAD, LIKE, A GHOSTBUSTERS POWER PACK ON, RIGHT? THEN WE'D REALLY BE AFRAID. NOW WE HAVE ONE, BUT.
OH, WELL, WHEN HAVE YOU USE THAT? AS LEAST AS POSSIBLE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SO LARVICIDE, KIND OF CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.
THIS YEAR. WE STILL USE FOUR STAR, BUT VERA LUX HAS GONE AWAY.
SO THE NEW LARVICIDE TREATMENT WE'RE USING IS NATURAL G30.
IT'S STILL ONLY GOES AFTER THE LARVICIDE DOESN'T HURT ANY OF THE FISH, ANY OF THAT STUFF.
SO OF COURSE WE STARTED OUR HOT SPOT TREATMENTS IN FEBRUARY.
AND THEN ALL SAMPLES WERE TAKEN TO TARRANT COUNTY AND ANALYZED.
WE TURNED IN OUR SAMPLES ON TUESDAY AND USUALLY GOT THEM BACK BY WEDNESDAY.
THERE WAS A FEW WEEKS THAT WE GOT THEM ON THURSDAY, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY WERE VERY GOOD THIS YEAR OF GETTING THOSE BACK TO US AS FAST AS POSSIBLE SO WE COULD REACT TO WHATEVER WE NEEDED TO.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO WHERE WERE THE POSITIVE TRAPS? ONE WAS AT BROOKSIDE.
YOU KNEW WE WERE GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION.
YOU CAN'T COME HERE AND DROP DOWN.
I KNOW A NUMBER TWO, AND I MESSED UP.
YEAH, IT WAS NEAR EULESS [INAUDIBLE].
STORMY JONES DIDN'T POP THIS YEAR.
WOW. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY POSITIVES AT STORMY JONES.
WE DID CUT BACK A LOT OF THAT GROWTH OUT THERE IN THAT CREEK.
AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ALL THOSE MOSQUITOES ARE COMING FROM.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR WE HAD THAT PRETTY GOOD RAIN TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEASON.
SO THE MOSQUITO POPULATION KIND OF WENT UP, BUT THAT WAS MORE CONTAINER BREEDERS, AEDES AEGYPTI AND THEN FLOODPLAIN MOSQUITOES, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE WATER THAT HIGH.
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AND THEY'RE JUST MOSTLY NUISANCE MOSQUITOES.THEY DON'T ACTUALLY CARRY ANY KIND OF DISEASE.
SO WE KNOW, NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT THEY'RE GOOD BITERS, THEY WEREN'T CARRYING ANYTHING.
SO WHEN DO YOU START BACK UP? WE START BACK UP IN APRIL.
OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR THAN YOU DID THIS YEAR? NO, I DON'T THINK THAT WE DID ANYTHING WORSE OFF THIS YEAR THAN WE'VE DONE IN PAST YEARS.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THOUGHTS? MAYOR PRO TEM SABLE.
BECAUSE I GOT LOTS OF CALLS ABOUT THINKING IT WAS WEST NILE AND THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS GOING TO BUT IF THEY WERE JUST BITERS, WHICH ISN'T GREAT, MAYBE IF WE PUT SOMETHING OUT PUBLICITY WISE THAT IT'S NOT A DANGEROUS.
BUT IT MIGHT HELP NOT GET SO MANY CALLS.
ANYONE ELSE. ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
LOOK RIGHT UP THERE ON YOUR LITTLE CAMEO PICTURE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO INVITE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CARYN RIGGS.
HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO, YES, THIS IS QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 OUR INVESTMENT REPORT.
SO AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022, COMPARED TO SEPTEMBER 30TH 21, IT DID DECREASE ABOUT 22, ALMOST 23%.
AND THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO THOSE LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TIM IN JUST A MINUTE.
HE'S GOING TO KIND OF GO OVER THE SPECIFICS OF OUR INVESTMENT REPORT.
AND THE ONE THING AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL TIM'S THUNDER, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT ANYWAYS.
AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER WE HAD SOME CD'S THAT WERE RENEWING OR COMING UP FOR RENEWAL AND WE WENT OUT INTO THE SECURITY MARKET AND WE WENT FROM A TWO POINT, I'M GOING TO FIB TO YOU BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE, BUT IT WAS A TWO POINT SOMETHING PERCENT CD AND WE WERE ABLE TO INVEST IT IN THE SECURITIES MARKET OVER 4%.
SO WE'LL SEE SOME INTEREST EARNINGS IN THE NEXT YEAR BASED ON THAT SECURITY.
SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TIM WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THANK YOU, MARY. SO TIM PINON FROM VALLEY VIEW.
WELCOME BACK, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK LOOK AT WHERE THE FUNDS ARE.
AND SO THAT'S REFLECTED IN THOSE OVERALL BALANCES IN THE CITY FUNDS AND THE SORT FUNDS A LITTLE BIT WAS SPENT THERE OVER THE COURSE OF THE 2022 FISCAL CALENDAR. AND TOTAL PORTFOLIO IS DOWN FROM 129.5 TO 100 MILLION.
SO AGAIN, REFLECTING THE NUMBERS CARYN MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE INTEREST RATES WERE AT THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR IN 2021 VERSUS MOST RECENTLY.
AND YOU SEE THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
THE CITY FUNDS WENT FROM EARNING 30 BASIS POINTS AND 21 TO 2.41% AS OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND SIMILAR NUMBERS IN THE SWIFT FUNDS AS WELL. THIS IS A QUICK LOOK AT YEAR TO YEAR AVERAGE QUARTER END COMPARISON.
BUT AGAIN, THE CITY FUNDS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHERE THEY WERE.
SAME FOR THE SWERVED SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER.
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WE LOOKED AT THAT EARLIER AND THEN FISCAL YEAR INTEREST.SO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN INTEREST EARNINGS THERE.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST KIND OF A LOOK AT THE QUARTERLY QUARTER TO QUARTER COMPARISON.
OVERALL, THE PORTFOLIO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM 100 AND ALMOST 105 MILLION TO ABOUT 100 MILLION.
SO AGAIN, NORMAL CASH FLOWS FOR THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING THE IMPACT OF THIS RISING INTEREST RATE.
AND THEN JUST THREE MONTHS LATER, IT'S AT 2.36%.
THAT'S THE IMPACT OF THE RISING INTEREST RATES ARE HAVING AND SO ALMOST DOUBLED THE ALMOST ALMOST HALF OF THE THE QUARTER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OVERALL CONTRIBUTED BY THE THIRD QUARTER OR THE FOURTH QUARTER, I'M SORRY.
AND THEN JUST KIND OF A QUICK LOOK AT WHERE THE CITY IS AGAINST THE BENCHMARKS AND WHEN YOU HAVE A RAPIDLY RISING INTEREST RATES, A LOT OF TIMES THE CITY'S RETURN IS GOING TO TRAIL A LITTLE BIT THOSE BENCHMARKS, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE SOME INVESTMENTS LIKE THE CDS KAREN WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE AT THAT LOWER RATE.
AND THEN ONCE THEY MATURE, THEN YOU DO REINVEST THOSE AT THE HIGHER RATES.
SO IT'S GOING TO LAG A LITTLE BIT WHEN RATES ARE RISING SO RAPIDLY AS THEY HAVE BEEN.
AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE FED FUNDS RATE WAS.
WE GOT OUR FIRST FED INCREASE IN MARCH, 25 BASIS POINTS IN MAY.
THEY INCREASED IT 50 BASIS POINTS.
INFLATION WAS STILL RUNNING VERY HIGH, SO THEY GOT MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE AND THEY BEGAN INCREASING IN 75 BASIS POINT JUMPS FOR APRIL, I'M SORRY FOR JUNE, JULY, SEPTEMBER AND AGAIN IN NOVEMBER FOUR CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS IN A ROW, 75 BASIS POINTS AT A TIME.
THAT'S 3% THAT THE RATES INCREASE.
SO WE WENT FROM BEING AT BASICALLY 0 TO 3.75 FASTER THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
AND SO THE TIMING OF THESE MEETINGS KIND OF TEND TO COME RIGHT BEFORE A FED MEETING.
SO TOMORROW EVERYBODY'S KIND OF WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THE FED GOING TO DO TOMORROW.
SO AND THE MARKET WILL DEFINITELY REACT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO TELL A SIGN OF, OKAY, WHAT IS THE FED THINK THE ECONOMY IS DOING? WHAT'S INFLATION DOING? IS INFLATION COMING UNDER CONTROL? SO TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING DAY TO WATCH IN THE MARKET.
YIELD CURVE HAS GOTTEN VERY INTERESTING.
BUT THAT'S NORMALLY THAT UPWARD SLOPING YIELD CURVE.
YOU SEE THE GREEN LINE IS WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF JUNE.
THE BLUE LINE IS WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COOL DOWN.
THAT GREEN LINE IS IS YOUR NOVEMBER AND IS EVEN MORE INVERTED, MORE CONCERN ABOUT THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF KEEPING RATES THIS HIGH.
AND SO ALSO, AS WE WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT AND IS WE ARE BEGINNING TO DO WITH THE CITY'S FUNDS, NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO BEGIN MOVING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS INTO THE ONE AND TWO YEAR TERM TO GO AHEAD AND LOCK UP THOSE RATES BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS TELLING US RATES ARE NOT GOING TO STAY HERE.
AND SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO LOCK INTO THOSE THOUGHTS.
YOU MIGHT GO GUYS MIGHT FIND THIS ONE INTERESTING.
THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE EXPECTING RATES TO DO IN THE COMING YEAR.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING UP TO JANUARY OF 2024.
AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT RATES THE FED INCREASES PEAKING AROUND MAY.
SO MAYBE GOT ABOUT SIX MORE MONTHS THAT THE FED WILL BE ABLE TO INCREASE.
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THE FED HAS TO BEGIN TO PULL BACK ON THOSE RATES.SO AGAIN, WE'VE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT.
SO THAT IS KIND OF THE QUICK REPORT OF THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO FOR THE QUARTER AND THE END OF THE YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, TIM. COUNCIL.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH, I KNOW I WAS READING RECENTLY THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT END OF THE YEAR BRINGING IT BACK 200 BASIS POINTS AND KIND OF SETTLING.
SO YEAH, THAT SEEMS TO MATCH YOUR GRADE.
YES. YEAH. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING.
ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD TIM, WE APPRECIATE IT.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
YES. THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL SLIDES.
THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. GOOD, GOOD.
I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. I APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE THE FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT.
SO WE WANT TO WELCOME BACK STRATEGIC SERVICES MANAGER MEG JACOBY.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BUT AS I ALWAYS SAY AT OUR FOURTH QUARTER, THESE ARE UNAUDITED FIGURES.
SO WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT FINAL LOOK BACK.
SO. STARTING OFF, OF COURSE, WITH OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO HERE'S OUR REVENUE PROJECTED AND BUDGET IN THIS GRAPH.
PROPERTY TAX IS ONE OF THOSE OUTLIERS.
A LOT OF THAT COMES DOWN TO REFUNDS.
SO OF COURSE THAT COMES BACK OFF OF US.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THOSE ARE NOT HITTING EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE SEEING ON PROJECTED.
SALES TAX CONTINUES TO BE EXCEEDED.
OUR PROJECTIONS, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO STAY ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, SO WE WERE HOPING THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE CASE WITH OUR PROJECTION NUMBERS AND WE WERE GLAD TO SEE THAT IT DID. IT CAME OUT, WHICH HELPED US WITH SOME OF THOSE OTHER OFFSETS WITH MAYBE OUR PROJECTIONS WEREN'T QUITE ON THE MARK AS MUCH AS WE MIGHT HAVE HOPED FOR.
SO FRANCHISE TAX CONTINUES TO COME UP IN THAT LAST QUARTER.
SO NOW WE'RE ALL CAUGHT UP AND NEXT YEAR WE WON'T HAVE THOSE SAME DISCUSSIONS.
SO THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO TRACK QUARTER OVER QUARTER MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN CHARGES FOR SERVICES AGAIN, VERY WELL COMING IN THERE.
AMBULANCE FEES BEING A BIG PART OF THAT.
AND THEN LOOKING AT FY 21 VERSUS 22.
AGAIN, REALLY NO SURPRISES HERE TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING THROUGH THE YEAR.
SALES TAX, 13% ABOVE LAST YEAR.
AND SO IT WILL BE ON PAR WITH WHERE WE EXPECT IT NEXT YEAR.
SEEING HERE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR THE ACTUALS AND THE YELLOW BAR THE GRAY BAR BEING ARE WHERE WE HAD PROJECTED WE WERE EXPECTING TO END UP YEAR END AND THEN COMPARED TO THE PURPLE BAR FOR BUDGET.
YEAH, I THINK SOMETHING GOT OFF ON HERE.
THE ACTUAL NUMBERS WERE A LOT CLOSER TO PROJECTION ON THOSE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
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NON DEPARTMENTAL.AND SO THAT CAN SOMETIMES HAVE SOME SOME DIFFERENCES YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND SO BEYOND THAT AND THEN POLICE AND FIRE, IF YOU REMEMBER WE DID USE SOME OF THAT CARES FUNDING FOR SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES LAST YEAR AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON IS LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON THAT POINT.
SO WE WERE SELLING WATER THIS YEAR.
SO THOSE COLLECTIONS WERE GOOD TO SEE.
AND SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT AND WHAT WE'RE SELLING IS FACTORED UPON THE WEATHER.
SO AND THEN EXPENDITURES BASED ON THE WATER WE'RE SEEING, YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THAT BECAUSE A BULK OF THE EXPENSES IN THE WATER DISTRIBUTION, OF COURSE, IS WHAT WE'RE PAYING TO THE TREE RIVER AUTHORITY FOR THE WATER PURCHASE.
SO FOR SELLING MORE, WE'RE ALSO BUYING MORE.
AND THEN THE QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE TOURISM FUND THAT WON OUR REVENUES.
IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE RECORD NUMBERS THERE IN A HOTEL MOTEL COLLECTION.
WE DO HAVE ONE HOTEL THAT DOES STILL OWE ONE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THAT QUARTER.
AND SO WE'RE JUST WE'LL KEEP FOLLOWING UP AND WORKING THROUGH THAT.
BUT THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOOKING VERY GOOD.
AND OF COURSE, THE EXPENSES WE'VE HAD SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES WITH THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL COURSE.
STORMWATER FUND. STORMWATER FEES ARE DOING WHAT WE EXPECTED THEM TO DO.
CONTINUE TO SEE GOOD NUMBERS THERE.
SO WHICH IS BUILDING FUND BALANCE FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND THOSE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS ENACTING ON OUR STREETS PROGRAMS. SO THAT IS THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO CAN NUMBERS CONTINUE TO BE STRONG? ABSOLUTELY. COUNSEL.
YOU JUST WOWED US WITH THOSE NUMBERS AND WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO I LIKE WHEN I CAN COME IN AND HAVE JUST REALLY EASY NUMBERS TO GIVE YOU.
WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OH, AND RICH STEVES IS GOING TO RUIN IT HERE AT THE END.
JUST ABOUT THE RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S A 20%, RIGHT? WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT. IT IS, YES.
WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE MADE.
YES. AND I DOUBLE CHECK THOSE NUMBERS TONIGHT.
ONCE YOU DISCOUNT IT OUT, THAT ONE TIME PURCHASE, WHICH WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED PART OF OUR RESERVE REQUIREMENT AMOUNT, WE ARE AT WE'RE AT OUR 20% MARK, WHICH IS ALSO THEN OUR STARTING POINT FOR FY 23.
SO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY IN LINE AND IN TARGET WITH WHAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. HE THOUGHT HE HAD YOU, BUT NO, I CHECKED THAT ONE BEFORE I CAME UP TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MEG. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
AND NEXT UP, WE HAVE SOME ITEMS TO CONSIDER BY CONSENT.SO I'LL GIVE YOU A CITY MANAGER, JIMMY STATHATOS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I'VE GOT SEVERAL ITEMS TONIGHT.
THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE THE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 8TH AND NOVEMBER 15TH.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING.
CHAPTER 118, SUBTITLE UTILITIES ARTICLE SIX, CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM SECTIONS 186 ONE 90.11 90.101 90.11 AND ONE 90.12 OF THE BEDFORD CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS PARTIALLY A CLEANUP ITEM.
IT'S INCLUDES SECTIONS 525, FIVE, 43 AND 544 OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD CODE OF ORDINANCES.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT'S ALL THE REQUIRED LANGUAGE FOR WHEN YOU DO AN UPDATE ORDINANCE.
THIS THIS ITEM DEALS WITH, AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A CLEANUP AND IT'S CORRECTING OR UPDATING SOME OUTDATED LANGUAGE, BUT IT ALSO IMPLEMENTS NEW PRACTICES REGARDING LIQUID WASTE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS, FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING OF GOODS, PRODUCTS AND OR SERVICES.
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THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.IT ALLOWS US TO PIGGYBACK ON TO ANOTHER TAXING ENTITY'S PURCHASING POWER, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO IT WILL ALLOW US TO BEGIN USING THE CITY OF ARLINGTON.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING OF GOODS, PRODUCTS AND OR SERVICES.
WE CAN PIGGYBACK ON THOSE BENEFITS, IF YOU WILL.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO REJECT ALL PROPOSALS RELATIVE TO THE PROJECT. 2022-17 FOR A PARKS WIFI SYSTEM.
AND THIS ITEM WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SECURING WIFI FOR PARKS AND SOME PUBLIC AREAS AS A START.
BUT WE WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK OUT AND MASSAGE THE SCOPE, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE OFFICIALLY HAVE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL REJECT THE PROPOSALS BECAUSE IF NOT, IF YOU WILL, THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, ELECTING TO USE A QUOTE UNQUOTE STANDARD ALLOWANCE UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ALSO CALLED ARPA.
YOU'LL PROBABLY HEARD US USE THAT TERM CORONAVIRUS, STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.
IT'S THE PROGRAM FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REPLACE LOST PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUE.
SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO USE THE FUNDS FOR WHATEVER THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DEEM FIT.
SO ALL FUNDS WILL STILL BE EXPLICITLY APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY.
I MAY HAVE BLACKED OUT WHILE YOU WERE TALKING.
DID YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NETWORK SWITCHES? NO, THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD MAYBE THAT WAS ME, BUT I KNOW I WAS TESTING, YOU KNOW.
I'M SO GLAD. I THINK LEVI WOULD BE VERY UPSET WITH ME.
I GOT ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE WI FI.
I SAW THE CITY ATTORNEY GET NERVOUS, SO.
YEAH. YES. CONSIDER RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. GOOD CATCH MAYOR FOR REAL, I APPRECIATE.
I'M TOTALLY STUNTED CONTACT BECAUSE I FIGURED I BLACKED OUT.
CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO PURCHASE NETWORK SWITCHES FROM GTS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES PURCHASING COOPERATIVE, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $151,627.82.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, JIMMY, ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, YOU DID TALK ABOUT BY REJECTING ALL THE PROPOSALS, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE SCOPE.
I NOTICED THAT THE BIDS WERE QUITE A WIDE RANGE.
SO WE'RE NEARING THE SCOPE, JUST TO BE MORE SPECIFIC OR.
WELL, CANDIDLY, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE PROCESS TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED AND BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE FINISH LINE IS WHEN WE HIRED THE NEW PARKS DIRECTOR. AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO PUT HIS FINGERS ON IT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE FINAL SCOPE HAS BEEN THE NEW SCOPE HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT QUESTION.
THANKS. VERY GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? K COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MAKING A MOTION? WELCOME BACK. WELL, THANK YOU.
A LONG TIME. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OK.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SABLE.
LET'S VOTE. IT'S BEST JUST TO GET RIGHT BACK ON.
MOLLY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY THING IS BROKEN.
THAT'S OKAY. I CAN CONTROL YOUR VOLUME, SIR.
THE THING'S NOT IN THE WINDOW.
OH, OKAY. WELL, YOU VOTED YES ANYWAY.
SOMEHOW YOU MANAGED TO VOTE YES, SO THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
SEVEN 0, SO THANK YOU COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, STAFF. THANK YOU, JIMMY.
NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE PERSONS TO BE HEARD.
[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]
WE WANT TO WELCOME MR. TOM COLBERT.WELCOME BACK TO THE DAIS, SIR.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IF I SPEAK OVER HERE, EVERYBODY HERE CAN HEAR ME.
BUT THE PEOPLE BACK HERE CAN'T HEAR ME.
YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S WHAT THIS THING IS FOR.
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WILL YOU ACCEPT? ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS.BEFORE, I WOULD SEND A TRANSFER, THE BANK WOULD TAKE IT, WRITE A CHECK, PUT IT IN AN ENVELOPE, MAIL IT, AND GO TO THE POST OFFICE AND COME BACK OVER HERE.
I MEAN, THIS MEETING YOU DID 2.6 MILLION LAST MEETING.
OH, YOU'RE NOT SPENDING AS FAST.
I UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE WELCOME, TOM.
YES, SIR. YEAH. BY THE TIME THE PAYMENT GOT BACK, I WAS GETTING A DISCONNECTION NOTICE.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, WASN'T IT? THAT WAS, SIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA, TOM? WE HAVE PAYMENT PLANS.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN WE CAN HAVE DANCES IN THE NEW BOYS RANCH? YOU NOTICE I DIDN'T CALL IT GENERATIONS PARK? YES, BECAUSE MY GENERATION IS FEELING LEFT OUT OF THAT PARK.
SO WHAT'S THE LATEST? THE FIRST DANCE IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY.
THE FIRST DANCE AT GENERATION'S PARK CENTER IN FEBRUARY AT BOYS RANCH.
THE GRAND OPENING IS JANUARY 21ST.
SO YOU WILL BE THE FIRST BIG EVENT ONCE IT'S OPEN.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF US OLD FOLKS MIGHT BE DEAD BY THEN.
OUCH. YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE, TOM.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE. I MEAN, I'VE EVEN GOT SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SPONSOR A DANCE.
BUT WE CAN'T GET THE DATE SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
REMEMBER, I KNOW WHERE YOUR OFFICE IS.
I CAN FIND YOU. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS DRAG, DRAG, DRAG, DRAG.
THANKS, TOM. I APPRECIATE YOU AND MAYOR ON THE RECORD, I WILL SPONSOR THE FIRST DANCE AT THE.
YOU HAVE THE MAYOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND COUNCILWOMAN GAGLIARDI WOULD LIKE THE FIRST DANCE..
YOU GOT THREE MONTHS TO SAVE UP FOR IT.
THANK YOU, TOM. GUYS, TAKE ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS.
I KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEXT INDIVIDUAL, THE GODFATHER, SAL CARUSO.
WELCOME BACK, SIR. GLAD TO BE HERE.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
OK. I WANT TO TITLE THIS AS MY PRESENTATION AS A RUNAWAY TRAIN.
WE CAN MAKE IT THE POLAR EXPRESS.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO BACK FOR A LITTLE BIT TO THE BEGINNING OF PHASE ONE.
PHASE NEX OF THE PARK PROJECT.
ALWAYS GOOD TO LOOK AT THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ANY MISTAKES THAT MIGHT COME FROM THE FIRST ONE.
AND ALSO FOR YOU CAN WATCH OUT FOR A RUNAWAY TRAIN.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE WAS A FULL COURT PRESS TO GET THE BOND PASSED AND WE DIDN'T HAVE OPERATIONAL COSTS, PREDICTIONS, REVENUE PROJECTIONS, WHO WAS GOING TO RUN OR MANAGE THE THE PARK? PROMISES WERE MADE, MADE NOT TO BE KEPT.
THERE WAS A RUSH, A HURRY, HURRY, BEFORE CONSTRUCTION COSTS RISE.
AND WE HAVE TO GET THIS PASSED.
RUNAWAY TRAIN. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
I DON'T LIKE TO GO BACK TO MUCH, BUT JUST ENOUGH THAT I THINK JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.
NOW TO THE PRESENT WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, I FEEL SOME OF THE SAME.
LET'S GET THIS DONE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.
I SEE SOME SIMILARITIES AND I'LL GO INTO THAT WITH THE PROJECT FROM 2017.
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ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO, THERE WAS AN AMBITIOUS LIST OF NEEDS FOR THE CITY, NEW CITY HALL, NEW FIREHOUSE, TRAINING CENTER, ANIMAL SHELTER AND SENIOR CENTER ALL NEEDED.AND THAT TRAIN LEFT THE STATION AT 2017 $5.5 MILLION.
UNBEKNOWNST TO MANY OF THE TAXPAYERS HERE IN BEDFORD IN 2017.
WE SAID IT AGAIN UNBEKNOWNST TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN THIS CITY.
THE LANGUAGE WAS PUT IN THERE AND I'LL GO OVER ALL THAT.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO.
NOW THEY WANT. NOW THE PROJECT NEEDS $4.5 MILLION TO FINISH A TEN $10 MILLION BUDGET.
I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME DETAILS.
SAYS AFTER MONTHS OF GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND AREA ART GROUPS.
WAS THERE A TOWN HALL TO GO OVER THIS PROJECT WITH RESIDENTS? LIKE THERE WAS A SCENE. THERE WAS.
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. FLOORPLAN PLAN.
THE BUILDING IS A PROPOSED 14,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
THE NEW SENIOR CENTER WILL BE, IF THAT'S PASSED, IS 6000 SQUARE FOOT.
SEATING WILL BE, AT BEST, 264.
THE POST STATES THAT THIS FACILITY WILL BE AN ECONOMIC BOOST TO THE AREA.
I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS THAT A FEW ARE GOING TO BUY.
I DON'T SEE SEATS AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS, LET ALONE FOLKS FROM OTHER CITIES.
SO I QUESTION THAT ECONOMIC BOOST.
AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DETAILS.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DETAILS, ANY PROJECTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT YET.
AND KEEP IN MIND, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE PIPELINE SINCE 2017.
AND WHAT THE OPERATIONAL COST, WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE AND WHO'S GOING TO RUN.
THE CENTER. NEXT LINE WAS PARKING.
PARKING WILL BE EXPANDED, IT SAYS, TO WHERE? THE LIBRARY. GREENSPACE WILL END.
TREES MAY BE DESTROYED FOR PARKING LOT.
HOW WILL ATTENDEES GET TO THE CENTER IN BAD WEATHER? 110 DEGREE WEATHER.
SO HOW ARE THE FOLKS WHO IF THERE'S A BAD WEATHER PARKED IN THE LIBRARY AREA, GOING TO GET FROM THE LIBRARY TO THE CENTER? I GOT MORE ON THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
THE MEASURE ON THE BALLOT STATED THE ISSUANCE OF THE AUTOMATIC BOND OF 70 MILLION GENERAL OBLIGATION FUNDS FOR PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS. INCLUDING BALL FIELD, AQUATIC CENTER AND MULTIPURPOSE EVENT FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENT AND OTHER RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING WAS TO BE THE ONE IN THE PARK.
NOW, EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE IN THAT ONE BUILDING.
THAT'S WHAT WAS SOLD TO US AS RESIDENTS.
AGAIN, NOTHING AT ALL IN THE LANGUAGE OF AN OUTSIDE STANDALONE ARTS CENTER.
WHAT WE HEARD WAS I WENT OVER THE MINUTES OF THAT AUGUST 15TH MEETING, NOT 2017, AND THERE WAS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT ART'S VERY CHAOTIC. THE WHOLE THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY, VERY CHAOTIC, THE WHOLE MEETING, AND NO ONE KNEW ANYTHING.
WHICH MEETING? AUGUST 15TH, 2017.
I MEAN, THAT WAS THE CITY COUNCILMAN.
AGAIN, NO LANGUAGE OF AN OUTSIDE STANDALONE ART CENTER.
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A 14,000 SQUARE FOOT.PARK SAVINGS FROM BEING UNDER BUDGET.
WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE WOULD BE THE INTEREST THAT WAS MADE.
PLEASE, LET ME JUST CONTINUE HER, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
OH, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU IF YOU WERE ASKING RHETORICALLY.
OKAY. WELL, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS 3.4 MILLION WE MADE ON INTEREST IN THE BOND.
IT WAS SITTING IN THERE. RIGHT.
SO YEAH, THERE WERE ACTUAL SAVINGS BECAUSE OF ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION RELATED CHANGES.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, WHICH YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT OR GENERAL FUND MONEY.
SO WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE MONEY FROM.
SO I RECEIVE EMAILS FROM THE DALLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND WHEN I OPEN IT UP, THEIR TITLE IS AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AT&T HAS A NAME AND WRITES LIKE COWBOYS STADIUM, STADIUM AND THE GLOBE LIFE FOR THE RANGERS.
WHY CAN'T THIS? WHY CAN'T THE ART CENTER MAYBE GET A CORPORATE SPONSOR? AND PRIVATE OWNERSHIPS.
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THE 4.5 COMING FROM THE CITY? WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN FIVE AND ONE HALF MILLION.
MAYBE THE RESIDENTS WHO PUSHED FOR THIS.
MAYBE THEY CAN OPEN UP THEIR CHECKBOOKS.
AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME FROM THE CITY.
THE 4.5 MILLION CORPORATE SPONSOR, THEY CAN COMPANY COULD TAKE THAT.
A GOOD STEP. AND THEN ANOTHER LINE ITEM, THEY HAVE NEXT STEPS IN JANUARY.
IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE BY WINTER 2024.
SO YOU'RE SO GO FROM NOW YEAR AND A HALF.
WE GOT ALL THE PLANES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE PARKING FIGURED OUT YET.
SO IN THESE THEY HAD QUESTIONS.
AND THE CITY ANSWERED SOME OF THEM, DIDN'T.
BUT HAVE THERE BEEN PROJECTED OPERATIONAL COSTS? HAVEN'T SEEN IT. HAVE THESE BEEN PROJECTED REVENUE FIGURES? HAVEN'T SEEN IT. WHO WILL RUN THIS FACILITY? NOW, THE CITY SAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RUN IT.
AND MAYOR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AT YOUR MORNING'S OF THE MAYOR, YOU SAID THAT AN OUTSIDE FIRM.
YEAH. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL.
I THINK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS IN COUNCIL AS WE PREPARE TO DECIDE ON WHETHER TO GO ON THIS, GO FORWARD ON THIS OR NOT. SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT THE OPERATIONS.
ARE WE NOT ALSO GOING TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE.
WHAT SOME OF THE THE COST PROJECTIONS ARE, THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OF OPERATING THE CENTER.
YES, SIR. CAN I GO OVER SOME OF THOSE? BECAUSE YEAH, WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS THE CITY WOULD RUN IT.
BUT IN MARCH THE COUNCIL WILL SET THE MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE PROJECT.
AND SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, THAT'S A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH THE CENTER.
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AND SO UNTIL WE KNOW THE COST AND THE FINAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, ALL WE CAN DO NOW IS LOOK AT OTHER FACILITIES IN TERMS OF A PRO FORMA AND SEE HOW MUCH THEY GENERATE PER FOOT OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THEN LOOK AT THEIR STAFF COSTS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING.BUT THE FINAL SQUARE FOOTAGE HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR AND THE ARCHITECT HAVE TO MAP OUT THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. AND SOME OF THE CONVERSATION I BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE BEEN HAVING IS OUR CAPACITY FOR US TO TAKE ON MANAGING THE FACILITY.
BUT I MEAN, ISN'T SOME OF THIS CONVERSATION GO HAND IN HAND WITH US BRINGING BACK THE MUSIC FESTIVAL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS WELL? WELL, A LOT OF THAT WILL BE AND AGAIN, A LOT OF IT IS ORGANICALLY, YOU KNOW, BUT A LOT OF THAT WILL BE THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
BUT WE THINK AND AGAIN, ULTIMATELY IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT'S THE MOST I DON'T WANT TO BUY.
I JUST THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
BUT TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, THAT'S STILL NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED.
OKAY, GOOD. AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR, THE CONVERSATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED MORE OF BEFORE WE GIVE THEM A $4.5 MILLION.
YES. WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
NO. SURE. SO PARKING IS AN ISSUE AND MUST BE RESOLVED BEFORE CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS THE KNOCK ME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO A RESIDENT SPOKE WITH SO THE RESIDENT ANSWERED AND SAID THAT HE SPOKE WITH A BRW REPRESENTATIVE.
AND WE SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE MONEY WISE.
IS THAT AN ANSWER? IT'S NOT AN ACCURATE ANSWER.
I MEAN, I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE VERACITY OF WHAT YOU'VE SHARED, BUT NO, THE PARKING HAS TO BE IT'S JUST LIKE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT, THE PARKING PLAN HAS TO BE APPROVED BEFORE WE CAN ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT, EVEN ON OUR OWN PROJECTS.
SO THERE WAS SOMETHING EVIDENTLY LOST IN TRANSLATION BETWEEN IN THAT CONVERSATION.
OH, THIS IS COMING FROM A RESIDENT WHO TALKED TO A BRW REPRESENTATIVE.
I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING WHATEVER.
IF THE BRW REPRESENTATIVE IN FACT SAID THAT, WHICH I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT, THEY DID.
YES, SIR. BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
YEAH, WE I HOPE WE'RE NOT THERE.
I AGREE 100%. I'M JUST I'M JUST RELAYING WHAT WHAT WAS TOLD.
NO, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW. AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE MATTER OF FACTLY THE WAY IT WAS ANSWERED.
I MEAN, IT SAID AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE STUCK WITH.
PARKING IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THIS.
YEAH. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST IF THE BAD WEATHER AND YOU'RE 110 DEGREES OR POURING RAIN AND YOU'RE GOING TO GETTING ALL DRESSED UP THAT COME TO THESE CENTER AND THEN HAVE THE MARCHING THROUGH THE DEATH MARCH TO GET TO IT.
YEAH. YOU DON'T WANT TO PARK AND THEN WALK.
THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. WE DO HAVE A GOLF CART.
YEAH. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE ART CENTER.
I REALLY DON'T. I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS OVER THE YEARS, AND I LOVE THE ARTS.
MY FAMILY DOES, AND I JUST HAVE TO SEE IT DONE PROPERLY SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS.
OF TAX. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FROM TAXPAYER MONEY.
YOU FOLKS ARE CHARGED WITH BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT MONEY.
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HE THINK ABOUT THAT.I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID, I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS HAPPENING.
SO THERE WAS YOU TALK ABOUT LOST IN TRANSLATION.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT WAS LOST.
I KNEW BECAUSE I KEEP MY EARS TO THE GROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T.
AND NOW IT'S LIKE BUYER'S REMORSE IF THEY DID VOTE FOR A FAVOR OF IT.
BECAUSE I SAW THE CHAOTIC, THE WHOLE THE WHOLE THING.
YOU BET. AS OPPOSED TO WHAT HAPPENED 2017.
I HAVE TRUST AND FAITH WITH JIMMY AND HIS TEAM.
JUST PROVIDE HIM WITH A PROPER DIRECTION.
IN CLOSING, I HOPE I WASN'T EBENEZER SCROOGE.
I KNOW YOU DON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE EBENEZER SCROOGE.
NO, I THINK THESE ARE VALID POINTS.
I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR COUNCIL, BUT YEAH, THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS HERE.
WE'RE STILL IN THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS.
THERE'S STILL CONVERSATIONS HERE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TO HAVE.
AND BUT THERE'S STILL DETAILS TO WORK OUT TO.
SO, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU.
THESE ARE SERIOUS QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED ANSWERED.
YEAH. THAT'S ALL I WAS LOOKING FOR.
THE CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT.
AND THEN EVEN WE CAN ALWAYS BE MORE TRANSPARENT.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE LESSON THAT WE HAVE FROM THE PAST.
SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING I SUSPECT EVERYONE ELSE DOES TOO.
AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING ON A NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES IN THE CITY.
CARUSO, BEDFORD COMMONS WOULD BE.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS. SORRY WE MISSED YOU THE OTHER DAY.
WE HAD A GOOD MEETING THE OTHER DAY.
YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO GET A TOOTH EXTRACTED.
I DON'T KNOW WHY. IF I CAME, I WOULDN'T BEEN ABLE TO TALK.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
APPRECIATE YOU. YEAH, I HEARD IT WAS.
I HEARD IT WAS PRETTY. IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT MEETING, ACTUALLY.
SO I'M GLAD IT WAS MOVED TO THE LIBRARY.
YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO GO WRONG.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT NAILED DOWN.
OKAY. WE DID HAVE ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD ASKED TO SPEAK TO HIM IN PERSON, AS WE HEARD.
HOWEVER, SHE'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TONIGHT, SO SHE WILL RESCHEDULE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, LET'S MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
[10. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to purchase and install traffic signal equipment upgrades from Paradigm Traffic Systems, through the Buyboard Purchasing Cooperative, in an estimated amount of $660,500.]
WE HAVE ITEM TEN.CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT UPGRADES FROM PARADIGM TRAFFIC SYSTEMS THROUGH THE BUY BOARD PURCHASING COOPERATIVE IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $660,500.
SO WE GIVE YOU PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHERYL TAYLOR.
GOOD EVENING. CITY OF BEDFORD OWNS AND MAINTAINS 27 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY.
IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, THE NEW SIGNAL CAMERA INSTALLATION WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE SUMMERTIME.
SO THE EXISTING SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE THIS.
THE NEW SYSTEM WILL LOOK LIKE THIS.
IT'LL BE TWO COMPONENTS THAT'LL DO THE SAME THING AS THE FOUR COMPONENTS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, AS WELL AS ALLOW US TO ADJUSTED DETECTION ZONES AND COMMUNICATE BACK TO OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
IN MOST CASES, OR IN MANY CASES, IT'LL BE ABLE TO TELL OUR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS [INAUDIBLE] WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT THEY CAN BE PREPARED WITH ALL OF THE COMPONENTS THEY NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION.
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SO THE FUNDING FOR THIS ITEM IS FROM THE 2021 THOROUGHFARE BOND AND IT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $660,500. SO WHY ARE WE UPGRADING? WHY ARE WE UPGRADING? BECAUSE THE OLD ONES ARE OLD AND ARE BEING DISCONTINUED AND WE NEED NEW ONES.OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS KIND OF AN UPGRADE? THEY WERE INSTALLED IN 2012.
AND I WAS I BELIEVE THAT UPGRADE BETWEEN 2012 AND NOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TIME FRAME ON IT WAS TO GO FROM DIGITAL TO CELLULAR AND SHORT OF THAT, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN OTHER UPGRADES TO THE CAMERA SYSTEMS. AND SO WITH THIS WE WILL BE ABLE TO BETTER PROGRAM THE INTERACTION BETWEEN LIGHTS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND IT WILL ALSO COLLECT OUR TRAFFIC DATA SO WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS COMING THROUGH THE CITY.
WILL IT ASSIST OUR EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES AND GETTING THROUGH LIGHTS? YES, IT WILL.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE INTERESTED IN MAKING A MOTION? HEY, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.
DID RON PASS OUT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE.
THE POINT. THANK YOU, ROB, FOR VOTING YES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, CHERYL.
[11. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to purchase Miracle Recreation playground equipment from We Build Fun, Inc., through the Buyboard purchasing cooperative, in an estimated amount of $211,624.55.]
INC THROUGH THE BUYBOARD PURCHASING COOPERATIVE IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $211,624.55.AND LET'S WELCOME OUR NEWEST DIRECTOR, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR MARK LONG.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
TOM AT THE AT THE TOWN HALL I WAS I WAS ACCUSED OF BEING TOO LOUD IN THE MIC.
DIFFERENCE IS I CAN CONTROL THE VOLUME.
YEAH. YOU TRIED TO CONTROL IT ON ME THE OTHER DAY SO BUT I APPRECIATE I WILL TRY TO.
SO I ALREADY RAN COUNCILMAN FARCO OFF.
SO OF COURSE THIS ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT CENTRAL PARK.
AND I TALKED TO DON HENDERSON TODAY, WHO IS OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT.
AND HE ALWAYS REFERS TO HIM BEING HERE FOR 40 YEARS AND HE FORGETS A LOT OF THINGS.
SO I TEXTED HIM JUST A MINUTE AGO.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S SICK TODAY.
HE COULDN'T BE HERE, BUT HE SAID HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE EARLY NINETIES.
I LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENT THAN I DID NOW.
TRUST ME, THE MAN FORGOT MORE THAN WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THE BUSINESS.
BUT WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS, IF APPROVED TONIGHT, OUR AVERAGE LENGTH OF AGE OF ANY PLAYGROUND IN THE CITY IS BETWEEN SEVEN AND NINE YEARS OLD.
SO IN MY OPINION, THAT IS A REALLY NEW SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TO PLAYGROUND, AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
BUT I HAVE THIS 30 SOMETHING YEAR OLD PLAYGROUND THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE BE ADDRESSED.
SO WE TYPICALLY OR I TYPICALLY THE INDUSTRY TYPICALLY LIKES YOU TO START LOOKING AT AT REPLACEMENT OF PLAYGROUNDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 YEARS. I PERSONALLY WOULD START LOOKING AT 13 YEARS AND JUST DETERMINING KIND OF WEAR AND TEAR THE MAINTENANCE WE DID ON THOSE PLAYGROUNDS AND JUST OVERALL USE.
SO I'M NOT SAYING I'M GOING TO BE BACK HERE IN TWO YEARS SAYING I NEED ANOTHER BIG ONE.
SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU, AMANDA, FOR PULLING THAT UP.
OF COURSE, EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING.
I DON'T SEE A LOT OF A LOT OF MOISTURE ON THE GROUND.
WELL, THAT'S ABOUT AS CLOSE AS I COULD GET ON THE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A PUDDLE.
SO AND I COULDN'T REALLY WALK AROUND IT.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY ADDRESS THE COLOR OF IT.
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I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON THE DYESS WHO SUPPORT A PARTICULAR SEC TEAM, AND THE ONLY THING I CAN DETERMINE I'M OFFENDED FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU'RE SAYING HE'S BACK.
SO WHILE THIS YOU ARE CONSIDERED.
WELL, THIS IS A FUNCTIONAL OBVIOUSLY THE EQUIPMENT ITSELF IS VERY OUTDATED.
THE INDUSTRY HAS COME SO FAR WITH JUST COLOR PALETTES AND AMENITIES WITHIN THAT.
AGAIN, THERE'S NOT MUCH COLOR TO THAT.
AND IT'S REALLY OUR GOAL FROM A SENSORY STANDPOINT TO CREATE THAT PLAY AND TO CREATE THE SENSES AND TO MAKE ALL THOSE THOSE THINGS POP TO ME.
BUT THE EQUIPMENT LOOKS REALLY TIRED AND WE WANT TO ELEVATE THIS PLAYGROUND TO THE OTHER SEVEN THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OUR INVENTORY, WHICH ARE IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION AND REALLY, I WOULD SAY BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
AND I THINK THEY DID THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE DID CONTACT WE BUILD FUN INC THERE OUT OF RICHARDSON, THEIR DESIGN COMPANY.
THEY DESIGN PLAYGROUNDS ALL OVER TEXAS ALL OVER THE SOUTH HERE EXCUSE ME.
AND THEY ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER OF MIRACLE RECREATION EQUIPMENT.
AND WE REQUESTED THAT THEY PROVIDE US A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT.
WE COULD TAKE TO THE PARK BOARD AND ULTIMATELY WE COULD COME TO YOU FOR ULTIMATE APPROVAL.
AND THEY DID PROVIDE TWO OPTIONS FOR STAFF TO REVIEW.
WE WENT BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT WITH THEM JUST BASED OFF OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM PARKS BOARD.
I WAS NOT HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
THE TWO PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BY MIRACLE ARE STORMY JONES AND THEN HARRIS RILES.
THEY DID GO BACK AND FORTH WITH US.
DON PROVIDED SOME QUALITY INFORMATION TO THEM.
WITH ANY TIME YOU GO AND YOU PROVIDE OPTIONS TO PEOPLE, THEY KIND OF WENT BACK AND FORTH ON SOME THINGS THEY LIKED OPTION ONE, THEN THEY LIKED OPTION TWO COLORS.
ADD THOSE COLORS. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE BUILD FUN.
DID SO THEY UNANIMOUSLY VOTED ON THE ONE THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW.
CAN WE GO ONE MORE? SO THAT IS I'M KIND OF GOING TO GO ACROSS.
I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR AND I CAN'T SEE THAT CLOSE.
SO. SO BASICALLY THE REALLY COOL IDEA IS, IS PARTS BORDERS IS REALLY INTO THIS WAS THAT THAT WATER FEATURE THAT RUNS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND THEN GOES, I'M KIDDING. I'M KIDDING. THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.
SO WHENEVER YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF JOKE, YOU GOT TO GET THIS BEFORE PERSONS TO BE HEARD.
BUT THE BLUE AREA IS WHAT WE CALL THE AND PLACE RUBBER MATERIAL.
IT IS ACTUALLY ACCESSIBLE, EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT.
SO IF I REFER TO IT AS IF THAT IS WHAT IT IS, THAT IS TECHNICALLY AN ACCESSIBLE MATERIAL AS WELL.
PEA GRAVEL AT ONE POINT WAS ALSO ACCESSIBLE, IT IS NO LONGER.
THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK AND I TALKED TO A CONSULTANT LAST WEEK AND HE SAID THAT IT MAY BE GOING AWAY AS FAR AS AN ACCESSIBLE EVERY PARK SYSTEM IN THE WORLD USES EWF.
SO THERE IS SOME MAINTENANCE THAT GOES ALONG WITH EWF.
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BUT I REALLY LIKE THE SINCE THE ENTIRE AREA IN BETWEEN, THE CONCRETE IS NOT POURED IN PLACE OR PIP. WE ARE GOING TO REFERENCE THAT AS A SIDEWALK.AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT SIDEWALK TOUCHES EVERY PLACE THAT YOU CAN ACCESS AN AMENITY.
SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. THE REALLY COOL PART, AND I THINK THIS WAS DON HENDERSON'S IDEA WAS ON THE SWING SET.
THOSE ARE ADA SWINGS THERE AT THE FAR LEFT.
SO ALSO, ONE OF THE I THINK ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE PARKS BOARD, IF I'M NOT WRONG, IS THE MERRY GO ROUND THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THAT IS ACTUALLY LEVEL WITH THE SURFACE.
SO AGAIN, A WHEELCHAIR OR A MOBILITY DEVICE COULD JUST ROLL STRAIGHT ON TO THAT AND CAN ENJOY.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S A SENSORY THING SPINNING.
MOVING OVER TO MAYBE THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD BE THE BACK SIDE OF THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A BOAT, BUT THAT IS ALSO AN ACCESSIBLE PLAY FEATURE.
SO ON THE OUTSIDE OF EACH OF THOSE KIDS CAN STAND AND THEY CAN THEY CAN MAKE A MOTION.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER SENSORY ASPECT OF THAT.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, IS THEY WILL PUT STAIRS KIND OF WHERE THAT FIRST YELLOW AMENITY.
AND IT KIND OF LIMITS WHEELCHAIRS OR MOBILITY DEVICES IS THE ONE THING THIS PLAY STRUCTURE DOES, IS IT IT STAYS ADA AND THE ELEVATION IS WITHIN TOLERANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
SO ANYONE CAN GO AND GET TO ANY SECTION OF THAT.
AND THAT IS A REALLY, REALLY COOL ASPECT OF THIS PLAY STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE RIGHT THERE WHERE SHE HAS HER CURSOR THAT IS A YOUNGER THE SLIDE IS NOT AS LONG ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP THERE WHERE YOU GET A LITTLE ELEVATION ON YOUR SLIDE, ENCLOSE SLIDES, OPEN SLIDES.
I BELIEVE THERE'S FOUR THAT WE HAD.
SO IT'S A REALLY COOL I LOVE THE COLORS AND YOU CAN THANK THE PARK BOARD FOR, FOR PICKING THAT ONE.
SO THEY DID A GOOD JOB ON THAT.
AND I THINK IT FITS REALLY WELL IN THAT THAT PARK.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK. SO AGAIN ANY QUESTIONS ON ON THIS BEFORE I KIND OF CLOSE OUT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES IS OUR LIAISON, OUR COUNCIL LIAISON TO THE PARKS BOARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS? I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PARKS BOARD HAS BEEN TRYING TO ACHIEVE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
THE PAST CHAIRPERSON, RANDY NEWBY.
IT WAS A DREAM OF HIS AND THE CURRENT PARKS BOARD.
THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MARK, VERY EXCITED.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN THAT CAN'T ACCESS.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. SO THIS IS GREAT.
THE FORMER CHAIR OF, LIKE MR. STEVES SAID, THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE PARKS BOARD, RANDY NEWBY.
THIS WAS AN ACT OF PASSION FOR HIM.
WE HAD A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, RUSTY SARTOR, WHO THIS WAS ALSO AN ACT OF LOVE FOR HIM.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME DISCUSSION.
IT'S ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT'S COME FULL CIRCLE THAT IT WAS SUCH AN ACT OF LOVE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THAT A NONPROFIT WAS FORMED AND THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO TRY AND PUT IT TOGETHER THROUGH THAT CHANNEL.
MAYBE THE MOST POLITE WAY TO PUT THAT.
THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO, MARK, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ATTEND THE PARKS BOARD MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] PLACE.
AND I GUESS IT'S THIS RUBBER TYPE MATERIAL.
AND PRIOR DISCUSSION TO WAS CENTRAL PARK HAS A LOT OF TREES, SO THERE'S SOME NATURAL SHADING THERE.
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WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AT THE LATEST MEETING ABOUT A NEXT PHASE IN HAVING SHADE STRUCTURES AS TO BE CONTEMPLATED? OR DO WE FEEL LIKE WITH THIS PROPOSAL THE SHADING OF THE TREES WOULD BE SUFFICIENT? I LOVE SHADE.THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT.
I HAD NOT I HAD NOT HEARD IT HAD NOT BEEN PASSED TO ME.
THAT SHADE WOULD BE CONSIDERED.
BUT THOSE ARE THE ABSOLUTELY, I DO LOVE SHADE.
YES, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IN THE SUMMER IT WOULD BE KIND OF HOT.
AND SO THAT WAS JUST MY QUESTION, IF THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONTEMPLATE AS A NEXT PHASE.
I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION IF YOU WANT ME TO SEND IT TO YOU AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
BUT I'VE DEALT WITH WITH PORT AND PLAY PORT IN PLACE AND AND WE DON'T GET THAT EXCESSIVE HEATING UP LIKE YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE WITH A RUBBER PRODUCT.
SO I WAS TRYING TO THERE IS A MIX.
SHE DOESN'T ADDRESS THE TEMPERATURE IN THAT ONE, BUT ABSOLUTELY WE CAN.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED TO OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT, DON HENDERSON, ABOUT, WAS WHEN I SAW THIS, THE HALF AND HALF WITH THE E, W, F AND THE THE IMPORTANT PLACE IS JUST MAINTENANCE COST AND BACK IN MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN, AS YOU SAID, WITH THE THE CANOPY THAT IS AROUND THAT.
IT'S PART OF DOING BUSINESS WITH, WITH ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER AND THEN TREES.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE, IF APPROVED, THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY TAKEN CARE OF.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
SO KIND OF AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, IS THIS DESIGNED TO BE EXPANDABLE? THIS. THIS.
ABSOLUTELY. YES, WE CAN IS CONSTRUCTED RIGHT HERE.
SO THIS IS REALLY A BEGINNING STEPPING OFF POINT.
YEAH. AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, WITH KIND OF THE BACK, THE HISTORY IS, IS I DO THINK THAT THERE WAS INTENT TO TO MAKE THIS THIS MORE.
I'M ALL ABOUT KIND OF CHIPPING AWAY AT YOU KNOW AT THE DESIRES OF THE PARKS BOARD AND OBVIOUSLY THIS COUNCIL ON WHAT WE CAN DO AND THEN DETERMINING FUNDING SOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF AREA OUT THERE.
SO TALKING ABOUT FUNDING, HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS? SO WE'RE GOING TO THERE'S TWO FUNDING SOURCES ON THIS.
ONE, WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME FUND BALANCE IN THE 2013 BOND.
THAT WAS.. BONDS THAT WE ISSUED THAT WE NEVER SPENT.
BONDS THAT WE ISSUED THAT WE ONLY SPENT PART OF.
WE SPENT IT'S DESIGNATED FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS OR I THINK IT WAS PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S MONEY IN THE BANK THAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING INTEREST ON.
AND WE ARE WE HAVEN'T SPENT IT.
SO AND THEN THE THE 30,000, THE ADDITIONAL ABOVE THE BOND IS ACTUALLY 180,000.
AND THEN THE REMAINING 31,500 WILL BE PARK MAINTENANCE FUND.
SO IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? THE QUESTION. THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH DON, WAS WORKING WITH OUR REP WITH REBUILD FUND.
SHE GAVE US AN 8 TO 9 MONTH KIND OF DELIVERY INSTALLATION.
DON CALLED HER BACK LAST WEEK AND SHE SAID SHE'LL TRY TO DO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THAT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN APRIL OR MAY.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN WE CAN HAVE THAT.
YEAH. SO HOPEFULLY SHE SHE CAN SHE CAN DO THAT.
BUT IF APPROVED TONIGHT I WILL BE ON THE PHONE.
CAN USE DON FOR GOOD RATHER THAN EVIL.
ABSOLUTELY. AND I KNOW HE'S WATCHING AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TONIGHT.
BUT I MEAN, IF WE CAN PLUG HIM INTO EITHER HELPING WITH THE STREETS HERE OR SOLVING CANCER OR EVEN ANYTHING, DON CAN DO SO AND I FULLY BELIEVE DON CAN SOLVE CANCER . OK COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL.
SO THIS IS THE SAME FOOTPRINT AS THE OLD ONE? IT IS NOT. NO.
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SO HOW IS IT? BIGGER. SO IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE FIRST, THE ORIGINAL.SO WE'RE KIND OF CHOPPY WITH THIS THIS PLAY GROUND.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PLAY STRUCTURE IS ON THE WEST SIDE.
DIRECTLY BEHIND IT, YOU CAN SEE THE I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY MAKE THOSE ANYMORE.
THE LITTLE WOBBLY THINGS THAT IS ON CAMERA TWO, WEEBLY WOBBLY THINGS.
AND THEN DIRECTLY TO THE EAST, ABOUT 30 YARDS, YOU HAVE THE PLAY, THE SWING SET.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS CONSOLIDATE THAT INTO THE ONE AND WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY MOVE IT TO THE CENTER OF CENTRAL PARK. SO WHERE THE PLAY ARE, THE PLAY STRUCTURE, THE SWING SET IS LOCATED IS WHERE THIS WILL BE.
SO AND THEN JUST SOD THE REST OF IT, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.
SO IS IT TRUE YOU WANTED TO REPURPOSE THE WEEBLE WOBBLE THINGS TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS? YES, WE CAN.
YEAH. YOU'RE THE ONE I HEARD THAT FROM.
OKAY. AT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.
THANK YOU MAYOR. MARK HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SURFACING.
SO THE MOAT, THAT'S THE RUBBER SAFETY SURFACING.
BEFORE I GET INTO MY QUESTION, THE NEXT IS THE F I REFERRED TO IT AS A WOODCHIPS, RIGHT? YEP. WHICH IS CORRECT.
SO WHY? AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS ALREADY, BUT WHY NOT DO THE WHOLE THING IN THIS RUBBERIZED MATERIAL? SO THERE'S PROBABLY AN I ASKED THAT FIRST QUESTION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.
IT'S THERE'S ABOUT A 60,000 PRICE DIFFERENCE IN THAT.
IF WE COME ACROSS MONEY LATER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE.
BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
YOU KNOW, I VISIT PARKS WITH MY MY THREE YEAR OLD A LOT.
AND SO THAT THAT JUST MAKES FOR A TOTALLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.
ABSOLUTELY. WHEN THE WHOLE THING IS RUBBERIZED LIKE THAT.
CORRECT. AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, WHAT IS THE LIFE LIKE FOR THIS RUBBERIZED? HOW MUCH REPAIR DOES IT NEED? WHEN WILL IT NEED KIND OF REPLACED? OR DOES TAKING A LOOK AT AND I MEANT TO LOOK AT THAT BEFORE I CAME IN.
SO IT DOES FLAKE SO THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NOT FLAKE, I SHOULD SAY.
SO AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF EXPANDS OUT.
I CAN GET YOU THE ACTUAL LIFESPAN OF THAT, BUT I KNOW IT'S AROUND A DECADE, TEN YEARS OR MORE.
I JUST I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ANY BAD INFORMATION.
I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING THIS ROUTE.
IT'S IT'S PHENOMENAL SEEING THIS FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION.
AND THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL FOR ME BECAUSE THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S FAVORITE PARK.
WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH ALL THAT? CAN WE PUT IT IN MY BACKYARD? I'M SURE YOU HEARD THAT. I HEARD SO TOTALLY HEARD YOU SAY THAT.
I DID. IT WILL PROBABLY END UP IN A LANDFILL SOMEWHERE, SO.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IT IS IT IS REALLY OLD.
HOW LONG ARE WE TALKING HERE TO TAKE IT ALL DOWN AND THEN PUT THE NEW ONE UP? IT'S ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION.
I DO NOT KNOW. PLAYGROUNDS TYPICALLY TAKE IT DEPENDS ON HOW DETAILED THEY ARE.
THIS ONE IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
I WOULD PROBABLY PUT IT AT 3 TO 4 WEEKS.
THAT'S JUST TO INSTALL, TO TAKE IT OUT.
I THINK DON'S READY, READY TO GO WITH IT NOW.
SO. WELL, I WOULD ASK TO WAIT.
YEAH MAN THIS IS PHENOMENAL PARK JUST BEING SO CLOSE TO SCHOOL AS WELL.
THEY HAVE THEIR PLAYGROUND OVER THERE.
YOU HAVE A LARGE OPEN SPACE THERE WHERE YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN ONLY YOU CAN EXPLORE THIS PART OF THE PARK AND THEN YOU CAN JUST GO ACROSS THE FIELD AND THEN THE SCHOOL HAS THEIRS AS WELL. SO IT'S A PHENOMENAL SPACE.
I DO ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS THAT I DID SEE, THE OLD ONE, AND I THINK YOU HAVE IT HERE, IF YOU SEE IN THE CENTER THERE OF THE OLD EQUIPMENT, THERE'S THAT LITTLE TUNNEL RIGHT THERE. YOU SEE THAT THE CHILDREN CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH RIGHT THERE.
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EXACTLY. DO WE HAVE WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE NEW ONE? I THINK I SAW THAT. YEAH, I THINK WE KNOW THERE'S THE SLIDE IS CONNECTED.CORRECT. THAT'S THE ONE PHOTO I HAD THAT PHOTO.
I ONLY ASK BECAUSE THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE COOLEST, MOST AMAZING FEATURES THAT KIDS LOVE TO DO.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST CONCLUDE BY SAYING PHENOMENAL JOB.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.
I WOULD LOVE TO MOTION TO APPROVE FUN.
OKAY. WE HAVE A PARKS BOARD LIAISON, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SEVEN ZERO. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU COUNCIL.
THANK YOU. STAFF I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARKS BOARD.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE.
HOPEFULLY MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND ON THIS AND TO DO MORE.
THIS IS. I'M A LITTLE TOUCHED THAT WE'RE FINALLY AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN DO SOMETHING.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE, FOR THAT.
[12. Consider a resolution appointing members to Bedford’s Citizen Boards and Commissions.]
WE STILL, OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF OR SO, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL INTERVIEW SESSIONS, COUNCIL HAS WITH THE PUBLIC WHO'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR OPEN POSITIONS ON SOME OF OUR BOARDS.WE'VE HAVE PLACED THE MAJORITY OF THOSE.
WE STILL HAVE A FEW POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
AND SO MAYBE THREE WEEKS AGO OR SO, 3 TO 4 WEEKS AGO, WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS.
AND SO WHEN COUNCIL LAST MET, I THINK ON NOVEMBER 15TH, AS PART OF THE INTERVIEWS, COUNCIL GOT TOGETHER AND AT THE TIME IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS CONSIDERATION FOR US TO CONSIDER APPOINTING AMY LOVE TO PLACE THREE OF THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD.
THAT'S AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
AND WE ALSO HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT APPOINTING TERRY SMITH AS A PLACE EIGHT ALTERNATE.
AND THAT'S AN THIS IS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THAT'S AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, AND ALSO PLACING TREASURER FORD AS PLACE NINE ALTERNATE, AND THAT'S AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IS COUNCIL STILL OKAY WITH THESE APPOINTMENTS? AND IF SO, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? IF SO, OR IF NOT, WHAT IS YOUR DESIRE? ANYONE WILLING TO, COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI ARE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AGAIN? SO AS DISCUSSED OK DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS? ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE. OKAY, THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
SEVEN ZERO. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL, THANK YOU STAFF.
AGAIN, WE WERE QUITE BLESSED THAT WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THESE OPEN POSITIONS ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SO MUCH SO THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE JUST DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE GREAT THINGS TO MAKE OUR CITY AS WONDERFUL AS IT IS.
WE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS ITEM 13.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? CITY MANAGER REPORT?
[14. City Manager/Staff Reports]
YES, SIR. WE'VE GOT A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE STAFF'S EFFORTS FOR THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
ANDREA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UPDATE US.
THANK YOU, JIM. I JUST NOTICED YOUR SHOES.
THAT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW, WE JUST PRETTY CONSERVATIVE.
IT'S OUR CHANCE TO KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
[01:30:01]
YEAH. THERE. YEAH, I WON'T EVEN GO THERE.YEAH. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
COUNCIL. AS JIMMY NOTED, WE HAD TALKED A FEW MONTHS BACK ABOUT TACKLING OUR TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, RECOGNIZING IT NEEDED SOME SERIOUS UPDATING, AND SO WE WANTED TO COME BACK BECAUSE IT'S BEEN NOW THAT PLUS A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT AND GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TACKLING.
WHEN WE DOVE INTO IT, OUR INTENTION WAS TO DO A UPDATE AND ONCE WE JUMPED IN, IT IS NOT IT WAS NOT REALLY FEASIBLE FOR US TO TRY TO DO THAT.
BASICALLY, EVERYTHING YOU'VE SEEN IS GOING TO GO AWAY AND WE'RE STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
AND SO THIS IS ALSO YOUR CHANCE TO TO JUMP IN AND SAY, HEY, DON'T FORGET THIS.
I'VE. WE'VE GOT SOME SENSITIVITIES TO THINGS.
SO I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF TO GO HERE AND RUN THROUGH SOME THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR ORDINANCE CURRENTLY DOES NOT DO IS IT'S JUST A IT'S A.
HAVE A BREAKOUT OF CERTAIN SECTIONS.
TRYING TO TREAT THOSE TO THE SAME IS JUST NOT DOABLE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BREAK THAT APART.
SO WE WILL HAVE A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
SO THAT'S A BIG THING THAT WAS MISSING.
ANOTHER THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THE CURRENT TREE ORDINANCE LIVES UNDER OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
WE'RE MOVING THAT OVER INTO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
IT'S REALLY JUST A SCOOTCH OF THINGS.
AND IT'S JUST GOT MORE IT'S GOT MORE MEAT TO IT.
I'M NOT EDUCATED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT A SCOOTCH OF THINGS.
IS THAT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? YES, SIR, IT IS.
YES. YES. ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAD HEARD ABOUT AND WE DID FIND SOME WONDERFUL LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE GOT DRAFTED, IS THE ORDINANCE WILL ADDRESS THE MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF TREES ON CITY PROPERTY.
SO THERE WON'T BE A CONCERN OF WE DO THESE THINGS AND THE TREES ARE NOT GOING TO BE MAINTAINED.
WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL PARK STAFF, WE'VE GOT MARKET LEADERSHIP WITH US NOW.
I'VE GOT NO CONCERN ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS WILL JUST SOLIDIFY IT.
SO THAT IS A VERY UNIQUE THING AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE, AGAIN, WHY THAT WAS DONE.
INITIALLY, IT MAY HAVE BEEN, HEY, WE HAD A BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR MANY YEARS.
WHERE YOU'RE BUILDING OFFICIAL IS NOT THEY'RE JUST NOT FOCUSED ON THAT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE HERE FOR.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE REALLY LACK ON IS THE RESTRICTIONS ABOUT BUILDABLE AREA.
A DRIVEWAY AND A SIDEWALK AND A POOL AND A PATIO.
WE'RE EXTREMELY LIBERAL WITH THAT.
WE'RE BASICALLY WE SAY ALL OF THAT'S YOUR BUILDABLE AREA.
THERE WILL BE A BUFFER AROUND THAT AND LIKELY INCLUDE THE DRIVEWAY.
NOT THAT IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE, BUT THIS JUST TIGHTENS THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AND JUST GIVES A LITTLE MORE INCENTIVE FOR THOSE GUYS TO BE A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE ON WHERE THINGS LAY OUT. AND IT'LL ALSO HELP WITH A LITTLE LESS OF THE COOKIE CUTTER TYPE THING.
IT'LL FORCE SOME UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS ON A SUBDIVISION.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED AS A CONCERN IS WE DO HAVE A LIST OF UNDESIRABLE TREES.
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IF YOU'VE GOT THIS TREE AND IT'S A LOT THAT'S FULL OF HACK BERRIES, YOU CAN TAKE THOSE ALL DOWN AND IT REALLY DOESN'T.THE TREE ORDINANCE AND THE PRESERVATION DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE.
OUR LIST HAS 22 TREES ON THAT, WHERE SOME CITIES HAVE A LIST THAT HAS FOUR AND DESIRABLE TREES.
AND SO WITH OUR NEW ORDINANCE, THAT WILL CHANGE DRAMATICALLY WHERE IF YOU TAKE OUT A CERTAIN SIZE TREE AND THERE WILL BE A SCALE SO THE SMALLER TREES AND THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF INDUSTRY STANDARD, ANYTHING UNDER SIX INCHES WILL NOT BE MITIGATED.
AND WHEN I SAY INCHES, WE'RE TALKING CALIBER INCHES.
SO IT'S THE DIAMETER OF THE TREE TRUNK THAT BASICALLY KIND OF MID WAIST, A LITTLE HIGHER HEIGHT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD OF WHAT YOU MEASURE ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW IS IF YOU TAKE OUT A TEN INCH TREE THAT IS PROTECTED, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANTING BACK ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES IN ITS PLACE.
AND IF YOU CANNOT DO THAT BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE ROOM ON THE SITE TO DO THAT, WE WILL GLADLY TAKE YOUR DONATION IN THE FORM OF A FINANCIAL COST MITIGATION TO OFFSET THAT.
SO THAT'S A REALLY NEW FEATURE.
IT'S VERY COMMON AMONG OUR COMMUNITIES TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU WOULD WANT TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO REALLY PLANT BACK ON SITE.
SO WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IS MAYBE NOT MAKE THAT SO HARSH, MAYBE GIVE THEM 15 INCHES BACK OFF THAT TEN ON SITE, BUT THEN CHARGE THEM FOR 20 IF THEY'RE GOING TO PAY CASH AND OPT FOR THAT ROUTE.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET THE TREES AND KEEP WHAT WE CAN AND LET'S GET CREATIVE ABOUT IT.
ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT WE REALLY HAVE LACKED THAT WE NOTICED IN MOST OF THE ORDINANCES THAT THEY DO HAVE, ARE A LOT OF MUCH MORE DETAILED TECHNICAL COMPONENTS TO THEM, GRAPHICS THAT CLEARLY OUTLINE WHAT A TREE PROTECTION KIND OF BOUNDARY MUST LOOK LIKE, WHAT CAN BE AND CAN'T BE MAINTAINED. ADDRESSING HOW TREES ARE HANDLED.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE THEM AND THERE'S A GRADE CHANGE, HOW MUCH UNDER THE DRIP LINE OF A TREE CAN YOU ENCROACH? SO WE ARE LACKING ON REALLY ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT GIVES US SOME SECURITY.
IF SOMEONE SAYS, I'M SAVING THESE TEN TREES, THEY'RE GETTING CREDIT FOR THAT.
SO, AGAIN, A COMMON THING, I THINK WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO TRY TO STRIKE A BALANCE OF BEING RESPONSIBLE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME NOT BEING PROHIBITED. FOR DEVELOPERS.
SO THE OTHER BIG COMPONENT, KIND OF THE LAST THING TO SAY IS I MENTIONED BASICALLY THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY IF THERE IS NOT ROOM ON THE SITE. AND SO WE WILL ESTABLISH A REFORESTATION FUND THAT WILL ALLOW FOLKS TO PAY IN.
AND WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS ESSENTIALLY AND THIS IS, AGAIN, PRETTY MUCH AN INDUSTRY STANDARD, ABOUT $200 PER INCH, YOU WOULD BE CHARGED AND THAT WOULD GO INTO THE REFORESTATION FUND.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD OUTLINE WHAT THAT CAN BE USED FOR.
AND SO IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
AGAIN, WE REALLY WANT THE TREES FIRST, BUT IF WE CAN'T HAVE THAT, WE'LL TAKE THIS.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THOSE MONEYS ON EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND ESTHETIC HEALTH BENEFITS AND CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION, PLANTING, MAINTAINING AND MANAGING TREES AND LANDSCAPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, CREATING AN EXPANDING WOODED PROPERTY IN THE CITY, PURCHASE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND OR ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVES OR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES INDICATED IN THE ORDINANCE AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
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IN THAT IN THAT SENSE.SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY WE ARE DEEP IN IT, WE ARE MOVING.
AND THEN ONCE WE'RE AT A STOPPING POINT, WE HAVE TALKED TO THE GROUP THAT WE ARE UTILIZING FOR SOME OTHER PROJECTS, A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM THAT DOES HAVE AN ARBORIST ON STAFF.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, YOU'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE TREE, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES, SIR.
SO WHAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT YOU MAY BRING THIS TO COUNCIL? IT'LL BE SPRING AT THIS POINT, HONESTLY, TO GET THROUGH THE ARBORIST AND COMMENTS BACK.
WE DO, BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING IT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
MARCH ISH. I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I'M HOPING TO HEAR A DIFFERENT ANSWER.
IF WE HAVE A SUP THAT WAS APPROVED DECADES AGO AND IT'S A LOT THAT HADN'T BEEN DEVELOPED BUT MAYBE DEVELOPED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, CAN THAT BE RETROACTIVELY HELD TO THE NEW STANDARD? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO, BUT I WOULD LET BRIAN JUMP IN IF HE.
YEAH, I THINK SHE AND I CAN WORK THAT OUT.
YEAH, BECAUSE I JUST HEARD HER TWO WEEKS AGO.
SAYS SHE WANTS LESS FUNDS AND.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. SO, DO YOU NEED ANY DIRECTION FROM US? I DON'T. I JUST. WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IF YOU'VE GOT.
IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS, ONE, TWO, THAT WE'RE JUST MODERNIZING SOME OF THESE STANDARDS, THAT IT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE AND THIS IS PRETTY COMMON PRACTICE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
ABSOLUTELY BOTH, BOTH OF THOSE.
YES, SIR. EVERYTHING THAT ANDREA SAID IS CORRECT.
SO, THERESA, WAIT. CAN I GET MY PHONE AND RECORD THAT, PLEASE? BREN, WELCOME TO THE CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT'S THE LAST TIME I MET.
SO? SO TREES ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM VESTING.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE TREE PRESERVATION AND PARKLAND, ETC., ARE ALL SUBJECT TO VESTED RIGHTS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE DOING THERE.
OKAY. SO THAT BEING, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, JIMMY? NO, SIR. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
WE DO HAVE AN ITEM TO CONVENE TO DISCUSS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
IT IS RELATIVE TO SECTION 551.071, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.[15. Take any action necessary as a result of the Executive Session.]
DISCUSSED ONE ITEM IN EXECUTIVE.I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME ACTION TO TAKE ON THAT ITEM.
ANYONE HAVE AN INTEREST IN MAKING A MOTION? GEEZ, ROB, I HAD ONE JOB.
I'LL SAY WE REPEATED IT TWICE JUST FOR YOU.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT AS DISCUSSED IN A CLOSED SESSION.
OKAY, VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
I WANT TO GIVE THAT TO COUNCILMEMBER COGAN BECAUSE HE HADN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.
AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? DON'T GET THAT UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, STAFF. THAT BEING SAID, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.
SO EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 7:56 WE ADJOURN.
HEY, YOU GOT A YOU GOT A ROOT BEER? I GOT. I DID GET A ROOT BEER.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.