Jan 10, 2023 City Council

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GOD, WHAT A WELL BEHAVED CREW TONIGHT.

MY GOSH. YOU'RE GOOD, MOLLY? GOOD. OK.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

WE WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'S TUESDAY, JANUARY 10TH, 2023.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AN INVOCATION BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM AMY SABOL.

GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO CONTINUE TO PUSH ON, TO WORK TOWARD GOALS AND TO BE GENTLE TOWARD OTHERS IN TIMES OF DOUBT.

GIVE US THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND TO GET OUT OF BED EACH DAY.

GIVE US THE PATIENCE TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND HELPFUL TOWARD OTHERS AND TO KNOW WHEN IT IS BEST TO REMAIN QUIET.

GIVE US THE CLARITY TO BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT WE HAVE AND TO REALIZE WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE TO OTHERS.

GIVE US THE CAPACITY TO LOVE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO HAVE WRONGED.

GIVE US THE SERENITY TO FIND HAPPINESS AND PEACE IN EACH DAY.

LET US HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT.

DANCE IN THE RAIN.

SING IN THE SHOWER AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

GIVE US THE UNDERSTANDING OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND POWER TO NOT TAKE THEIR ATTACKS PERSONALLY.

LET US HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE IN ALL SITUATIONS.

LET US HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE WHAT WE CAN CHANGE AND DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

LET US HAVE THE ABILITY TO LET THINGS THAT DO NOT SERVE US WELL, GO.

AND MOST OF ALL, LET US HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO REALIZE THE MOST OF THESE TRAITS ALREADY EXIST WITHIN US.

GIVE US THE STRENGTH, CURIOSITY, AND COURAGE TO FIND THEM WITHIN OURSELVES AND OTHERS.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, I PRAY.

AMEN. COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.

WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES? ALLEGIANCE], VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

MR. WELLS. ANYONE SIGN UP FOR OPEN FORUM? NO, SIR. SO WE HAVE A NICE MOMENT THIS

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING FORMER FIRE CHIEF MIKE HANEY.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF CHIEF HANEY AND BARBARA AND THE KIDS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE.

WE ARE HONORED TO THE CONTRIBUTION TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE MADE TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I'M SOMEWHAT OF A ROOKIE TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE MAYBE 20 TO 25 YEARS.

THERE ARE MEMBERS IN THIS AUDIENCE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER THAN I HAVE, AND WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE THEM HERE TODAY AS WELL, INCLUDING IN THE BACK.

MIKE HANEY WAS THE SECOND EVER FIRE DEPARTMENT HIRE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH BARBARA SOME TIME BACK.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE REMEMBRANCE SERVICE FOR MIKE HAYNIE, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION AND RESPECT FOR THE HANEY FAMILY AND FOR MIKE AND FOR BARBARA.

IT IS CLEAR THAT CHIEF HANEY AND THE HANEY FAMILY HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE CITY, AND WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

IT IS CLEAR IN MY MIND HOW MUCH CHIEF HANEY WAS RESPECTED AND HOW MUCH HE WAS APPRECIATED IN THE PROFESSION. HE LEFT A MARK.

HE LEFT A LEGACY OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S RECOGNIZED IN THE STORIES AND IN THE REMEMBRANCES OF HIS FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE THAT SERVED WITH HIM IN THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ALSO WORKED IN THE CITY AS WELL.

THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES.

I, BRAD [INAUDIBLE], SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, WHO WAS THE FOURTH EVER FIRE CHIEF IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

YOU WERE THE FOURTH EMPLOYEE.

GOING BACK TO, THIS WAS AFTER YOU WERE A VOLUNTEER JUNIOR FIREFIGHTER, CORRECT? YEAH. HE SINGLE HANDEDLY BUILT THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU TOLD ME? YEAH, THAT'S.

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BUT I DON'T WANT TO STEAL FROM BRAD'S WORDS.

BUT HE JUST HAD SO MANY THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MIKE AND WHAT A GOOD PERSON HE WAS.

WHAT A GREAT MENTOR HE WAS, HOW DEDICATED HE WAS TO THE FAMILY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S JUST SO MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW HE ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES, HOW HE GOT THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND OTHER OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

HE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO ORGANIZING HOW WE, AS A COLLECTIVE OF CITIES IN THE AREA, WORK TOGETHER TO HANDLE SITUATIONS.

HE WERE MY REMEMBRANCE IS HE WAS OBSESSED WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD THE RESOURCES THAT IT NEEDED TO DO THEIR JOB AND MAINTAIN THOSE RESOURCES.

AND I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE CAN APPRECIATE THE BENEFIT OF THOSE FOCUSES THAT HE BROUGHT.

I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ.

WE DO HAVE SOME LEGENDARY FIREFIGHTERS HERE THIS EVENING BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION.

BRAD BILL JR. STEVE BASS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION ABOUT CHIEF HANEY? COME ON, BRAD. COME UP HERE.

COME UP TO MY.

ACTUALLY, THE FIRST TIME CHIEF HANEY AND I CROSSED PATHS WERE PROBABLY ABOUT 1970, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I STARTED OUT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SAME AS CHIEF HANEY DID AS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN.

UH, I CAME IN EARLY BECAUSE WE HAD COME UP WITH A PROGRAM CALLED THE JUNIOR FIREFIGHTERS.

THEY BRING KIDS IN.

WE DIDN'T GO INTO FIRES.

WE DRUG HOSE OUTSIDE.

WE SET UP LIGHTS. WE SET UP FANS.

UH, WE DIDN'T GO INTO FIRES.

BUT AS WE GOT OLDER, THEY WOULD TAKE US DOWN TO THE TRAINING CENTER AND WE WOULD START SMALL GOING IN.

CHIEF HANEY MIKE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MENTORS THAT WE HAD.

THINGS SERVE TWO PURPOSE.

FIRST OF ALL, THAT GAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SOME ADDITIONAL MANPOWER.

AND SECOND OF ALL, IT KEPT US OFF THE STREET.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH.

NO KIDDING. LIKE I SAID, CHIEF HAYNIE IS ONE OF THE MENTORS.

HE'S ONE OF THE ONES WHO INSTILLED INTO EVERYBODY THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S NOT A JOB.

IT'S NOT AN OCCUPATION.

IT'S A FAMILY.

AND WE DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO KEEP THAT FAMILY INTACT, WHATEVER IT NEEDS.

NOW, MIKE HAD LIVED IN THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY SINCE 1956.

I LOVE TELLING THAT STORY BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON I WASN'T BORN IN BEDFORD WAS THE HOSPITALS IN FORT WORTH.

BUT CHIEF HANEY WAS ONE OF THOSE.

HE HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.

HE CONCENTRATED ON ONE THING THAT WAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

HE CONCENTRATED ON THE PEOPLE, THE CREW THAT WAS IN THE FIRE SERVICE TO GET US THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEEDED AND KEPT GOING.

HE KEPT HE WORKED ON THE COORDINATION BETWEEN BEDFORD AND HURST AND EULESS AND COLLIERVILLE TO HELP US WHEN WE NEEDED IT AND TO HELP THEM WHEN THEY NEEDED IT. IT WAS A GOOD MAN AND I LOVED WORKING WITH HIM.

BUT I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH JUST HOW MUCH OF A MENTOR THAT MAN WAS TO EVERYBODY THAT STARTED OUT IN THAT JUNIOR FIREFIGHTER GROUP AND TO THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE AS WE GOT OLDER.

AND BARBARA. THANK YOU.

MR. BASS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? WELCOME BACK TO THE CHAMBER, SIR.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK THAT THE WHAT YOU HAVE SAID, MAYOR, WHAT BRAD HAS SAID IS PRETTY MUCH A SUMMATION OF WHO CHIEF HANEY WAS.

I HAD THE I GREW UP WITH MIKE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO A JUNIOR FIREMAN IN A FAR LARGER CITY OVER IN HURST. AND SO WE THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE MET AND WERE GREAT FRIENDS.

I KNEW HIM EVEN BEFORE BARBARA DID.

AND BACK DURING THOSE DAYS, I GUESS WE GREW UP TOGETHER.

WE GREW UP TOGETHER IN THE FIRE SERVICE.

AND THEN WHAT AN HONOR IT WAS FOR ME TO COME TO BEDFORD AS THE FIRE CHIEF SEVERAL YEARS LATER, MANY YEARS LATER, I GUESS, FROM THAT POINT IN TIME CAME HERE.

AND THE FIRST PERSON THAT MET ME AT THE DOOR, IF YOU WILL, WAS MIKE.

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THIS IS A FEW DAYS BEFORE I ACTUALLY STARTED AND SAID HE WANTED TO RUN BY JUST A MINUTE AND TALK OVER SOME THINGS.

AND HE DID.

AND 8 HOURS LATER, WHICH WAS WELL PAST MIDNIGHT, BY THAT TIME, HE WAS STILL TALKING OVER A FEW THINGS, PROBABLY STAYED LONGER.

I FELL ASLEEP, I THINK.

AND BUT IN ALL HONESTY, THAT JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT KIND OF MAN HE WAS.

HE WAS A MAN OF DETAIL.

HE A MAN THAT LOVED THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

HE LOVED THIS CITY WITH ALL OF HIS HEART.

AND SO HE WAS THE MOST LOYAL, THE MOST DEDICATED AND MAN THAT I EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH.

AND I MEAN THAT IN ALL SINCERITY.

AS THE FIRE CHIEF, HE WAS THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND AMAZING PROFESSIONAL AND AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL FOR THIS CITY.

AND AGAIN, I SERVE IT. AND THEN I HAD THE AMAZING HONOR.

I CONSIDERED THAT WHEN I LEFT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WAS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR A WHILE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT MIKE AS FIRE CHIEF.

SO WE HAD QUITE A RUN TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS.

AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT, I PERSONALLY THANK YOU AND I KNOW THAT THE FAMILY THANKS YOU AND I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS CITY TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE LEGACY PLAYERS THAT HAVE COME AND GONE IN.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND COUNT ME AS SAYING, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND WE APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING IT CLEAN.

SURE. OKAY.

SO IT IS MY HONOR TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION CITY OF BEDFORD PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS MIKE HANEY WAS BORN MAY 18, 1950, IN FORT WORTH TO OLIVER AND SUZANNE HANEY.

AND WHEREAS, MIKE GRADUATED FROM LEE BELL HIGH SCHOOL AND JOINED THE FIRE SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY IN 1968.

AND. WHEREAS, MIKE MARRIED BARBARA REYNOLDS IN 1970 AND WELCOMED THEIR DAUGHTER MICHELLE IN 1972.

AND. WHEREAS, MIKE WAS HIRED AS THE SECOND PAID FIREFIGHTER FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD ON MAY 20TH, 1974.

AND. WHEREAS, MIKE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE UPDATED INFORMATION OF THE NORTHEAST FIRE DEPARTMENTS ASSOCIATION AND THE NORTHEAST FIRE TRAINING ASSOCIATION.

AND. WHEREAS, MIKE WORKED THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT, SERVING AS A LIEUTENANT CAPTAIN AND DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO BEDFORD'S THIRD PAID FIRE CHIEF IN 2004.

AND. WHEREAS, MIKE RETIRED FROM THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT AS FIRE CHIEF ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2006 AFTER A 32 YEAR PRESTIGIOUS CAREER SERVING THE BEDFORD COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS EVEN AFTER RETIREMENT, MIKE REMAINED A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND. WHEREAS, MIKE SADLY PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2022.

AND. WHEREAS, MIKE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BARBARA DAUGHTER MICHELLE STANLEY, AND HER HUSBAND, JOHN STANLEY, GRANDSON JOHN MICHAEL STANLEY, GRANDDAUGHTER MACKENZIE STANLEY, STEPFATHER JERRY CASE, HIS DOG BAILEY, AND NUMEROUS FRIENDS AND FAMILY, BOTH BLOOD AND SMOKE AS HE CONSIDERED THE FIRE SERVICE HIS OTHER FAMILY NOW FOR LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I'M MICHAEL BOYTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE LEGACY MIKE LEFT BEHIND AND FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT IS AN HONOR TO READ THIS.

WOULD YOU MIND IF COUNCIL TOOK SOME PICTURES WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? AND I'D LOVE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE], [INAUDIBLE]

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[INAUIBLE], . THANK YOU, EVERYONE. SEE YOU, BARBARA.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THAT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT.

SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE WITH US.

WE'RE SO BLESSED AS A CITY TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR STORY.

AND THE HANEY'S ARE A PART OF THAT STORY, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TELL SOME OF THAT TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THAT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

SO LET ME GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER JIMMY STATHATOS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 13, 2022 COUNCIL MEETING, THE REGULAR MEETING.

AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ARMSTRONG FORENSIC LABORATORY INC FOR DRUG ANALYSIS AND LABORATORY TESTS AND SERVICES IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $95,000.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT FOR THE BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT PROVIDES US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE A FULL MENU OF SERVICES IN ADDITION TO QUARTERLY PACKAGES BEING DELIVERED.

WHAT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR CONSULTATION AND CORPORATE COURT REPRESENTATION PRIMARILY FOR DRUG AND NARCOTIC CASES.

THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT ITEMS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU, JIMMY.

COUNCIL. JIMMY BRENNAN, ITEM TEN HERE FROM THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 13TH WHERE WE VOTED ON TRAFFIC SYSTEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI STEPPED AWAY AND THERE WAS A VOTE MADE IN PROXY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

IT'S REFLECTED IN THE APPROVAL OF SEVEN ZERO.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE AMEND THAT TO SHOW SIX ZERO WAS THE ACTUAL VOTE JUST JUST AS AN ACT OF BEING ACCURATE IN THE INFORMATION? THAT'S RIGHT.

TO MAKE IT LEGALLY ACCURATE, IT WOULD BE SIX TO NOTHING VOTE.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT PERMITTED TECHNICALLY TO VOTE BY PROXY.

IT HAD NO RESULT OR EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE.

AND SO THERE WAS NO NEED TO ESSENTIALLY INTERRUPT THE MEETING AT THE TIME.

BUT THAT'S CORRECT. SO IN AN EFFORT TO BE ACCURATE WITH THE RECORDS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT IN THE MINUTES.

OKAY. COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A FIRST.

WE HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.

LET'S VOTE. YES, SIR.

ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THAT IS TRULY UNANIMOUS.

THAT IS SEVEN ZERO.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF SO NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE A FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO ASKED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF PERSONS TO BE

[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]

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CAN YOU SAY THAT LOUDER, SIR? I'M GOING TO ASSUME BETSY IS NOT HERE.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE INFAMOUS KEITH WALTER.

WELCOME BACK, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, DEAR COUNCIL.

A FIRST ONE TO SAY THAT THE NEW RECREATION CENTER IN THE AREA, ONCE KNOWN AS THE BEDFORD BOYS RANCH, IS TRULY A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE TYPE OF FACILITY THAT YOU WOULD FIND AT A VERY NICE COUNTRY CLUB.

CONGRATULATIONS ON REACHING 1000 MEMBERS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE GOAL OF 3000 MEMBERS IS NOW A REALISTIC OUTCOME.

THANK YOU. BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DAY AFTER THE SOFT OPENING WITH WAY LESS THAN A THIRD OF THE PROJECTED MEMBERSHIP.

SEVERAL HOMES DOWNHILL FROM THE CENTER.

SUSTAINED A SEWAGE SYSTEM FAILURE.

TOILETS WERE BACKING UP AND RUNNING, NOTICEABLY SLOW TO READ THE WASTE.

CITY CREWS WERE QUICK TO RESPOND THE NEXT MORNING.

THANK YOU, JIMMY STATHATOS.

THANK YOU, ROB, FOR GETTING THAT DONE.

THE CREW LEADER TOLD ME THAT THE CENTERS SEWAGE SYSTEM FROM THE REC CENTER WAS TIED INTO THE RESIDENTIAL SEWAGE SYSTEM.

I FOUND THAT TO BE MORE THAN DISTURBING.

IN FACT, I VIVIDLY REMEMBER WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS IN THE PLANNING STAGES, HEARING THE SEWAGE LINES LEADING FROM THE CENTER TO THE MAIN SEWAGE WOULD NEED TO BE UPGRADED.

I AM FAILING TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD TIE INTO A SYSTEM THAT WAS PLANNED AND BUILT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CITY WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE ENOUGH WATER COULD BE POPPED INTO THE CITY IN THE CENTER.

THE CITY ADDED NEW AND LARGER WATER PIPES.

IT IS SIMPLE PHYSICS.

WHAT COMES INTO THE CENTER MUST ALSO GO OUT.

OUR SEWAGE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR HOUSES, NOT EXTREMELY LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WITH MULTIPLE TOILETS, SHOWERS AND TWO COMMERCIAL SIZED SWIMMING POOLS.

ALSO, UNLESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEWAGE SYSTEM WAS UPGRADED ALONG THE WAY BEFORE I LIVED HERE, THAT SYSTEM WILL BE ABOUT 50 YEARS OLD.

THE CREW LEADER RELAYED TO ME THAT HE THINKS HE FOUND THE PROBLEM AND THAT REMOVING A TWO INCH PLUMBING PIPE.

HOW DID THAT GET IN THERE? HE HAD NO IDEA EITHER.

BUT THERE WAS A PLUMBING PIPE IN THE SEWAGE SYSTEM, HE SAYS.

FROM INSIDE, THE SEWAGE LINE WOULD PROBABLY FIX THE PROBLEM.

THAT RESPONSE DID NOT LEAVE ME WITH A CONFIDENT FEELING OF WHAT DOWNHILL NEIGHBORS COULD EXPERIENCE.

ONCE THE CENTER IS FULLY OPERATIONAL.

THERE IS A REASON THIS PARK IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL IN THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESIGNED FOR HOUSES AND NOT A 90,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE CITY HAD TO ADD LARGER WATER PIPES.

TO FIX THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MONTHS.

WE, THE CITIZENS AND YOU, THE COUNCIL WAS TOLD THAT THE PROJECT WAS BELOW BUDGET AND AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HEARD THAT.

WELL, WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

AND WE HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE BUDGET OR HOW THIS FEAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED DURING RECORD, INFLATION AND EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGES. TONIGHT I HAVE A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS I WISH TO ASK ABOUT THE CENTER.

WAS A SEWAGE SYSTEM AS IT IS NOW STUDIED TO MAKE SURE IT CAN HANDLE THE NEW REC CENTER.

IS THE SEWAGE SYSTEM IN PLACE NOW? PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FROM THE ARCHITECT.

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OR CONTRACTOR, THE CITY OF BEDFORD, THAT THE SEWAGE SYSTEM NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO HANDLE THE NEW REC CENTER.

IF YOU ANSWER YES.

WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU WOULD BE THE OUTCOME OF NOT UPGRADING THE SYSTEM? WAS NOT UPGRADING THE SEWER SYSTEM.

ONE OF THE WAYS THIS PROJECT WAS ABLE TO COME UNDER BUDGET.

WHY IS THE CITY IN SUCH A RUSH TO GET THIS CENTER OPEN BEFORE IT IS READY? GIVEN THAT THINGS ARE NOT COMPLETE YET WITH THE CENTER AND THE VERY BIG POTENTIAL FOR OTHER ISSUES AS CENTER USAGE INCREASES, IT MIGHT BE TOO EARLY TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO YOUR NEXT PROJECT.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THE CITY GETS THIS PROJECT RIGHT BEFORE YOU START THE NEXT PROJECT UNDER THIS BOND PACKAGE.

SO SPEAKING OF YOUR NEXT PROJECT, NOW, THE CITY WANTS TO BUILD A LIMITED PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AS A PART OF THIS BOND PACKAGE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'LL BE SMALL ENOUGH TO ONLY HANDLE PLAYS AND OTHER SMALL FUNCTIONS.

I GET THAT FROM WHAT CITY STAFF SAID ON FACEBOOK.

I ALSO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CENTER.

YOU SHOULD EASILY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ANSWER THEM, THEN PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE YOU PROCEED.

THIS IS NOT A GAME OF MONOPOLY.

THIS IS TAXPAYER'S HARD EARNED MONEY.

WHAT IS THE ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSE OF THE NEW? PERFORMANCE HALL. HOW MUCH WILL THE CITY CHARGE TO USE THE FACILITIES? WILL THE ART CENTER BE FINANCIALLY SELF-SUSTAINING? OR WILL THE TAXPAYERS BE FOREVER ON THE HOOK FOR THE COST OF THIS AND ITS OPERATIONS? DOES THE CITY HAVE IN PLACE? ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD OR RENT THE HALL ON A REGULAR BASIS WITHOUT THE CITY GIVING DISCOUNTS OR SUBSIDIES? IF THERE IS LOW INTEREST IN RENTING THE CENTER ONCE COMPLETED, WILL YOU THEN GIVE DISCOUNT OR SUBSIDIES TO PREFERRED BUSINESSES? IF SO, WILL THESE BE SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM? LONG TERM COULD PREVENT OTHER PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO BOOK AT THE CENTER.

WHO IS GOING TO HAVE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IF THE CITY IS UNABLE TO RUN A COMMON RECREATION CENTER.

HOW ARE THEY GOING TO RUN A COMPLEX PERFORMING ARTS CENTER? AS A COST FOR THIS BEING CONSIDERED.

I AM SO THANKFUL THAT THIS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TOOK A MOMENT TODAY.

YOU LOOK IN.

THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT CITY.

IT WAS VERY TOUCHING TO ME.

OF WHAT YALL DID FOR CHIEF HANEY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IN 1979, THE CITY OF BEDFORD FELT THAT PRESERVING OUR HISTORY WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO LIST THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL AND THE SIX ACRES OF LAND THAT IT SITS ON TO BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO BE OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL AND THE SIX ACRES OF LAND THAT ENCOMPASSES SCHOOLS ARE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES.

THIS IS OUR APPROVED APPLICATION.

IN EARLIER COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA POST, IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT FEDERAL MONEY COULD BE USED TO MAKE UP THE SHORTFALL IN THE COST OF THE CENTER.

THE QUESTION IS SIMPLE HAS THE CITY APPLIED FOR THE NECESSARY PERMITS AND PERMISSION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO USE FEDERAL FUNDS TO FINANCE THIS PROJECT AS REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF 1966? THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF THAT WEBSITE THAT BASICALLY LAYS OUT THE RULES.

I ALSO ATTACH THE LAWS PERTAINING TO THIS.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL COULD LOSE THIS PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATION OF AN HISTORICAL SITE?

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IF WE AS A CITY MAKE THESE DRAMATIC CHANGES TO THE SIX ACRES OF HISTORIC LAND, WE WORKED VERY WELL, COULD LOSE THAT PRIVILEGE.

THIS DESIGNATION IS NOT A VANITY PLATE LIKE YOU WOULD PUT ON YOUR CAR.

IT IS THERE IN PLACE TO PROTECT HISTORY.

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT A CITY THAT IS WILLING TO NEGATE ITS ONE AND ONLY? LET'S JUST START ON THE STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

I DID A SEARCH ON BOTH OF THOSE WEBSITES, AND THESE ARE THE RESULTS.

IT BOASTS BOTH OF THEM.

THERE'S JUST ONE ENTRY, AND IT'S THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.

IS THIS TOP PROGRESS WORTH MORE THAN OUR HISTORY? YOU'LL REMEMBER THE OUTCRIES OF THE IMPACT TO THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF THE PARK, AS WELL AS CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PARK.

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT A [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A CITY COUNCIL THAT DID AWAY WITH HISTORY.

I CHECKED AND I FAILED TO FIND IN THE CITY CHARTER OR OTHER LAWS PERTAINING TO CITY FUNCTIONS.

THAT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENTERTAIN THE CITIZENS.

PUBLIC PARKS ARE BUILT AND MAINTAINED FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF A VAST MAJORITY OF CITIZENS.

LIBRARIES ARE BUILT TO HELP EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN.

AND FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF A VAST MAJORITY OF CITIZENS.

WHILE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE ONLY GEARED TO THE SENIORS, IT IS A GOAL OF A VAST MAJORITY OF SENIOR.

SO THEREFORE IT IS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL CITIZENS.

BESIDES, OUR SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN THIS CITY FOR LONGER THAN THE REST OF US.

OUR CITY HAS A LOT MORE NEEDS THAN A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER NOW.

WE NEED FIRE STATIONS REPAIRED, WATER TOWERS FIXED.

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS A LOT OF WORK.

POLICE STATION FALLING APART IN 1970.

CITY HALL. AND LAST AND MOST IMPORTANT.

OUR WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEM NEEDS A LOT OF WORK.

I LEARNED THESE PROBLEMS FROM CITY LEADERS AND FROM FLUSHING MY TOILET.

I CAN LIVE WITHOUT A PLAY.

I CANNOT LIVE WITH A TOILET THAT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY.

I CAN LIVE WITHOUT AN ART DISPLAY.

I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT AN AMBULANCE WHEN I HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

THERE WAS A POST ON FACEBOOK ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF MEMBERSHIP FEES AT THE REC CENTER AT THE PARK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS BEDFORD BOYS RANCH.

THE CITY RESPONDED THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE BETTER TAX PAYERS BASIS AND COULD AFFORD TO SUBSIDIZE THE DUES MORE.

I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

OTHER CITIES THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO BEDFORD.

THAT CAN AFFORD A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

DID NOT FIND IT A WISE MOVE TO INVEST TAXPAYERS MONEY INTO SUCH A PROJECT.

I FULLY REALIZE THIS COUNCIL WAS HOUNDED, HANDED A BUNCH OF LEMONS.

YOU WERE ELECTED TO MAKE LEMONADE, NOT MORE LEMONS.

NOW I REALIZE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS.

I AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SEWAGE PROBLEMS AND WOULD LIKE FOR THOSE TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST AND THEN.

THE GROUNDS OF THE NATIONAL.

AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, KEITH. APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES, I'M ASSUMING, AND MICHAEL WELLS HAS BEEN TAKING NOTES.

SO HE GAVE US A LOT TO DIGEST HERE.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY IMMEDIATELY HERE OR.

ABSOLUTELY, I'D LOVE TO.

PLEASE, THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I THINK THE WORLD OF MR. WALTER, BUT A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED IS NOT ACCURATE.

QUITE FRANKLY, THIS PROJECT ABSOLUTELY WAS DONE AHEAD OF TIME.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE IN THE CONTRACT, IT WAS OCTOBER.

ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.

ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS UNDER BUDGET BY A LOT.

THE SEWAGE ISSUE.

I THINK THERE'S AND I DON'T MEAN THIS IN A NEGATIVE WAY, BUT I THINK THERE'S A TREMENDOUS LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW THE SEWER SYSTEM IS INTERCONNECTED.

WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF INDIVIDUAL SEWER SYSTEMS.

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WE DON'T HAVE A TANK THAT IS DEDICATED, JUST ONE SUBDIVISION.

SO WE HAVE A WHOLE SEWER SYSTEM.

SO THE CENTER IS NOT ON A RESIDENTIAL SEWER SYSTEM.

I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO CLARIFY ABSOLUTELY AS NOT ON A RESIDENTIAL SEWER SYSTEM.

THE ISSUE AND WE HAVE THE WORK ORDER THAT SHOWS IT IS THERE WAS A PIECE OF DEBRIS, AS MR. WALTER MENTIONED, THAT GOT IN THE PIPE.

NOW, AS I WAS TOLD EARLIER ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS AND IT WAS A GREAT POINT, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND GUNK, THEY DON'T HAVE DNA, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM.

HOWEVER, EVERY CITY I'VE WORKED FOR, UNFORTUNATELY, DEVELOPERS, IF YOU CONTRACTORS, THEY'LL DUMP EXTRA DIRT OR WHATEVER IN THE MANHOLE THINKING THAT IT'S GOING TO JUST FILL IN AND GO DOWNSTREAM. SO IT VERY WELL COULD HAVE COME FROM THE CENTER, BUT I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DISCHARGE OR THE UTILIZATION OF THE CENTER. I DON'T CARE IF WE HAVE 50,000 PEOPLE.

AND BY THE WAY, IT WAS ACTUALLY OVER 1300 MEMBERS AND WE'RE WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SENIOR CITIZENS THAT HAVE JOINED.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE A MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALLOWED THE YMCA TO EMBARK UPON.

THAT BEING SAID, ABSOLUTELY, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO NEGATIVE EFFECT BASED ON THE SEWER SYSTEM.

EVERY PROJECT IN BEDFORD, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, HAS TO HAVE THEIR CIVIL ENGINEERING PERFORMED.

WE REVIEW IT BY PEOPLE WHOSE LICENSE IS SEALED WITH THE STATE.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE JUST PUT ON AN AGENDA AND PUT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON THE HOOK AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU GUYS THINK HOW MANY FLUSHES WILL THIS TAKE? I MEAN, THIS IS NO, I MEAN, I'M BEING SERIOUS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT WHEN THIS STUFF IS REVIEWED, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR ERRORS.

AND SO IF SOMEONE FEELS LIKE ERRORS THAT WERE MADE, THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE.

SO I'M TELLING YOU, UNDER BUDGET ON TIME AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SEWER SYSTEM RELATED TO THE CENTER.

NOW, I ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN THE PICTURE OF THE THING THAT WAS IN THE PIPE THAT MR. WALTER SPOKE OF. ABSOLUTELY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT THERE. I WISH I DID.

BUT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ANOTHER RESIDENT WAS THE INITIAL ONE.

IT WAS A PHYSICAL PIPE THAT WAS YES, SIR, WOULD HAVE AFFECTED OTHER RESIDENTS OTHER THAN IT DID.

IN FACT, THE FIRST RESIDENT THAT CALLED US OR ACTUALLY DID AN ONLINE WORK ORDER WAS A SEPARATE RESIDENCE AND THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH WATER PRESSURE. THAT'S WHERE IT FIRST CAME ON THE RADAR.

AND SO ANYWAY, SO I WANT TO CLEAR THAT.

IS IT JUST COINCIDENCE THAT IT HAPPENED THE DAY AFTER THE SOFT OPENING? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

I MEAN, IT'S TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.

THE UTILIZATION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM DID NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT WHATSOEVER BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNED TO BASICALLY BE AT MAX CAPACITY.

THEY ASSUME ALL THE TOILETS ARE GOING TO BE FLUSHED AT THE SAME TIME, KIND OF LIKE WITH A HOTEL, YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO TAKE A SHOWER AND FLUSH THE TOILET AT THE SAME TIME. AND SO KIND OF A WORST CASE SCENARIO.

AND SO THE FACT THAT HAPPENED, THAT WAS AN ANOMALY, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT OBJECTIVELY, THAT PIPE IS GONE.

OUR MEMBERSHIP HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED, BUT YET WE'RE NOT HAVING SEWER ISSUES.

OR HOW DID THEY FIND IT? BY SHOOTING THE CAMERA IN THERE.

DID THEY DO CAMERA ALL AROUND THE AREA TO JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER IMPEDIMENTS OR I'D HAVE TO FIND OUT ONCE THEY REMOVE THE DEBRIS AND IT RECTIFIED THE ISSUE, I WOULD ASSUME THEY PROBABLY CLOSE THE CASE, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN.

SO MAY I TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER WAY TO WAIT ANYWAY, BUT I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE ABSOLUTELY DIDN'T CUT THE CORNERS ON THE REC CENTER.

AND THE REASON THAT I RECOMMENDED THAT THE YMCA MANAGE IT IS BECAUSE WE CAN SAVE OVER $600,000.

AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW THE MEMBERSHIPS ARE TRENDING, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SAVE EVEN MORE.

AND NOT TO MENTION NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THIS MAJOR SAVINGS, BUT THE RATES ARE ACTUALLY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THE CITY WAS OPERATING IT.

AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, FOR RESIDENTS THAT USE THE BRAC, THEY ACTUALLY PAID MORE THAN THEY WOULD PAY NOW BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A FAMILY STRUCTURE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I WOULD RECOMMEND 50 MILLION TIMES AGAIN TO HAVE THE YMCA MANAGE IT.

NOW ONTO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

TO ME, IT'S. APPLES AND ORANGES, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WE'VE DONE WE'VE GONE Y'ALL HAVE GONE ON FIELD TRIPS FOR OTHER PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS.

IT IS A MUCH EASIER ANIMAL IN TERMS OF MANAGING IT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL FOOTPRINT.

IF EVERYONE RECALLS THE FEES.

THE FEE SCHEDULE WAS NOT APPROVED UNTIL A COUPLE FEW MONTHS AGO FOR THE CENTER BECAUSE AT THAT POINT WE HAD ALL THE KNOWNS.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FOOTPRINT IS GOING TO BE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE NUMBER THAT THE COUNCIL GAVE US THOSE PARAMETERS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DECIDED IN MARCH, IF YOU WILL.

BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OTHER ARTS CENTER, PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS, CULTURAL ARTS CENTERS TO LOOK AT WHAT THEIR COSTS, THEIR COST RECOVERY.

AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO DECIDE IS THERE A PERCENTAGE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH? BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I DON'T IN MY OPINION, IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT COST RECOVERY.

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WE OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO COME FORWARD WITH A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING I'M RECOMMENDING THAT IT BE MANAGED INTERNALLY.

WE HAVE THE STAFF WITH THE EXPERTISE TO DO IT, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO SAVE MONEY AND I JUST THINK IT'S A LOT BETTER DEAL.

BUT IT'S IN MY OPINION, THEY'RE NOT RELATED.

AND I WILL STRESS ALSO THAT THE FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS SET ASIDE HAS TO BE USED WITHIN THAT PARK AREA.

AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON BRIN'S BEHALF.

I'VE DEALT WITH HISTORICAL STRUCTURES AND HISTORICAL SITES AT SEVERAL CITIES.

ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MAKE IN THAT AREA THAT WAS DESIGNATED AS A PARK WILL NOT HAVE ANY BEARING ON ANY HISTORICAL DESIGNATION.

SO PLEASE REST EASY TONIGHT KNOWING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE THAT.

SO AND I THINK I'M DONE WITH MY SYLLABUS.

I'M CURIOUS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT MR. WALTERS BROUGHT UP, CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF LESSEE.

WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE.

YES, SIR. CAN WE JUST REAL QUICKLY.

YES, SIR. YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT, ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THAT FACILITY AT THIS POINT? NO, SIR. THE ONLY THE NEXT THING NOT A CONCERN IT'S A GOOD THING IS THAT BECAUSE WE'VE ENTERED INTO IT, YOU ALL HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH EULESS FOR THE JAIL. WE HAVE THAT AREA THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOW TO REPURPOSE, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY NEEDS THAT ARE NOT BEING MET.

IF ANYTHING, I WOULD SAY THE FACILITY THAT'S IN THE WORST CONDITION IS PROBABLY CITY HALL.

IS THAT FAIR? THAT AND THE ANIMALS, WHEN WE HAVE RAIN, WE HAVE WATER BUCKETS IN OFFICES.

YES, SIR. OKAY, LET'S SEE.

WHAT ELSE DID YOU HAVE, KEITH? THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT PRIORITIES HERE.

IS THERE ANYTHING PREVENTING US FROM ADDRESSING THE POTENTIALITY OF A SENIOR CENTER WHILE ALSO CONTINUING TO FIX LEGACY, CONTINUING TO GET THE CENTER MORE USABLE? CONTINUING TO WORK ON PLANS FOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER? IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE CANNOT WORK ON ALL THESE AT THE SAME TIME? NO, SIR. AND WE'VE GOT GREAT ELECTED OFFICIALS, TALENTED STAFF.

WE'RE NOT A ONE TRICK PONY.

YOU LOOK AT ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE AUTHORIZED THUS FAR, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SIMULTANEOUSLY.

I'M VERY CONFIDENT. THE CONCERN THAT MR. WALTERS HAD ABOUT COST CUTTING, CAN WE SAFELY SAY THAT THE ONLY COST CUTTING THAT WAS DONE WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTER WAS PROBABLY DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS WHERE WE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

THEREFORE, WE ELIMINATE.

TENNIS COURTS. AT THAT TIME WE ELIMINATED A SKATE PARK AT THAT TIME BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE PUTTING RESOURCES INTO THAT AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING IT INTO THE CENTER ITSELF.

YES, SIR. AND THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS NOW WITH OPPORTUNITIES, WITH OTHER GRANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO THAT WE CAN BRING THOSE BACK INTO THAT PART.

ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR.

OKAY. THAT'S A GREAT ASSESSMENT.

THERE'S A NUMBER MORE HERE THAT YOU BROUGHT.

I'M ASSUMING WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

YES, SIR. THE QUESTION IS A SEWAGE SYSTEM IN PLACE NOW PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FROM THE ARCHITECT.

THE ENGINEER? YES, SIR.

THE ENGINEER.

THE ORIGINAL THEY INITIALLY DESIGNED BEFORE THE PERMIT.

NOW, IF THERE WERE ANY MODIFICATIONS, I CAN LET YOU KNOW.

IT ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT HAVE IMPACTED ANY OTHER PROJECT.

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING TO WHERE THERE WAS A SEWER LINE THAT NEED TO MOVE OVER BECAUSE OF.

AND I DON'T WANT TO THROW ROCKS, BUT THERE WERE SOME DUE DILIGENCE THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY DONE THE MOST EFFECTIVELY BEFORE I GOT HERE ON SOME OF THE SUB AREAS OF THE PARK. SO THERE WERE THINGS THAT, WELL, CERTAIN AMENITIES WERE GOING TO GO IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.

AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS THERE WAS AN OLD JUNK SITE, IF YOU WILL, AND SO THERE WERE THINGS THAT HAD TO MOVE.

SO IF A SEWER LINE LOCATION DEVIATED, THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL CAPACITY AND DEMAND, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CHANGES THAT DIDN'T NET OUT BEFORE YOU GOT HERE.

SO I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. AND I WOULD QUESTION THE WORD ORIGINAL.

AND YOU HOW DO YOU DEFINE ORIGINAL? WHAT THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS SAID WOULD WORK? AT WHAT POINT IN TIME THE 2017 DIFFERS FROM WHAT'S THE CURRENT LAYOUT? YEAH, I'M SORRY.

I JUST BECAUSE I'M SO I THINK WHAT HE'S ASKING IS, THE SEWAGE SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE WITH THE PARK IS IT WHEN IT TIES INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM INSIDE THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE PARK ITSELF.

RIGHT. LIKE ACCORDING TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEE, THAT PIPE THAT THEY WERE CLEANING CAME.

FROM THE CENTER.

NOW HE SAYS IT DOESN'T I DON'T KNOW.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO INVOKE THE MAYOR, MICHAEL, HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE.

WELL, IS THERE A WAY TO KNOW WITH CERTAINTY? NO. AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

I DIDN'T SAY I SAID IT COULD HAVE.

I DON'T THAT EMPLOYEE.

IF HE SAYS THAT HE DID, HE CAN'T KNOW THAT UNLESS HE PHYSICALLY PUT IT IN THERE AND THEN RETRIEVED IT LATER.

JUST NO, NO. I'M SAYING THAT THE PIPE THAT HE WAS WORKING ON, THAT THE WATER THAT WAS FLOWING THROUGH IT WAS COMING.

FROM THE REC CENTER.

OK THEY ALL TIE INTO THE MAIN.

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SO IT'S ALL TIED INTO THE MAIN.

SO EACH SUBSYSTEM, IF YOU WILL, IS DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE IT CAN HANDLE ITS OWN FLOWS.

AND SO I GET IT WAS A BIG DEAL.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF, MR. WALTER, BUT IF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS, WAS THE DESIGN THAT WAS DEEMED CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE CAPACITY FOR THE CENTER AND THE OVERALL PARK, IF IT'S STILL INTACT? ABSOLUTELY.

I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT WAS BUILT, SIR.

I WANT TO KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT WAS PUT IN.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING I WILL VERIFY.

BUT PLEASE.

YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.

DO A DEEP DOCUMENT DIVE.

YES, SIR. YOU HAVE MY WORD.

AND MY OTHER ONE. WAS ANYBODY EVER WARNED THAT THIS WOULDN'T WORK? I WON'T SPEAK FOR OTHERS, BUT I HAVE NO AWARENESS OF THIS CONVERSATION AND THERE'S NO EMAILS SAYING THAT THIS WON'T WORK.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT DOES WORK.

THE ISSUE WAS THE PIPE THAT WAS IN I MEAN, THAT FOREIGN OBJECT THAT WAS IN THE PIPE BECAUSE YOUR TOILET FLUSH IS BETTER NOW THAN IT DID BEFORE, I ASSUME.

NO. AND THEN THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WATER PRESSURE ISSUE, SIR.

AT TIMES IT'S SLOWER.

AND THAT PRESSURE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE FLUSHING.

YES, SIR. WOULD BE AFFECTED IF IT'S OVER CAPACITY.

FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY RESEARCH, WHICH I DO A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR THESE.

I KNOW YOU DO, SIR, THAT THOSE SEWER PIPES, THERE'S A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA FOR IT.

IF IT'S TOO SMALL.

RIGHT, IT'S GOING TO CLOG UP.

IF IT'S TOO BIG, THERE WILL BE NO PRESSURE IN IT.

THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR A SET NUMBER OF TOILETS FLUSHING AND SHOWERING BASED ON AVERAGES OF HOUSES.

YES, SIR. YOU THROW IN 90,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WITH TWO COMMERCIAL SWIMMING POOLS IN IT.

THAT'S GOING TO THROW OFF THAT EQUATION.

NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW EQUATION, BUT YET WE STILL GOT THE SAME SEWER SYSTEM.

THE ONLY SIMILARITY BETWEEN YOUR SEWAGE SYSTEM AND THE CENTER SEWAGE SYSTEM IS THEY'RE BOTH TIED IN TO THE MAIN THAT SERVES THE OVERALL ONE OF THE MAINS THAT SERVES THE CITY.

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FLUSHING AT NIGHT AS WELL? I DON'T ALWAYS SIT THERE AND WATCH THINGS GO DOWN.

WHAT TIME OF THE DAY? YEAH, WELL, IT'S NOT A HABIT THAT I'VE FORMED EITHER, SO WELL.

BUT SINCE THIS, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING.

YOU'RE CURIOUS, AND WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN'T QUITE DO THE JOB.

IT SHOULD, BUT WE CAN CHECK IT.

THAT COULD BE A MULTITUDE OF ISSUES.

BUT I WAS ASKING BECAUSE THE CENTER CLOSES AT EIGHT, SO I DIDN'T KNOW.

LIKE I THINK IS IT AT 10:10 P.M.

AND IT OPENS AT FIVE.

YEAH. SO IF WE NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, WE'VE GOT TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO DO IT.

NOW I GUESS.[LAUGHTER] KNOW WE DO HAVE A LOT OF BATHROOMS AT THE CENTER IF YOU EVER NEED IT.

WELL, NO, THEY GOT THE SAME PROBLEM WE DO BECAUSE THEY HAD SLOW FLUSHING TOILETS ALSO.

THERE'S A LOT YOU GO AROUND THE WALL, WE HIT THE WALL AND YOU CAN KIND OF, NO.

OKAY, APPRECIATE YOUR AND DANA SACRIFICE HERE.

GOING TO THE TOILET. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, WE CAN LOOK AT IT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE'S WAYS FOR US TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.

NO ONE ELSE HAS MENTIONED ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT ONE RESIDENT THAT I DON'T WANT TO MENTION THEIR NAME.

AND AFTER THE FOREIGN OBJECT WAS RETRIEVED, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE COMFORTABLE THAT THEIR PRESSURE HAD BEEN RESTORED.

SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT THE CENTER.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE WERE.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS AT THE CENTER AND THE PROJECT MANAGER.

THEY SAID THEY DID. GARY JOHNSON WAS A PROJECT MANAGER AND HE SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES.

SO I WENT AND TALKED TO THE DIRECTOR AND SHE SAID, YEAH, THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS. WHAT PROBLEMS DID SHE SAY THEY WERE HAVING? IF YOU DON'T WANT PROBLEMS, SLOW FLUSHING TOILETS.

OKAY, WELL I CAN CHECK ON THAT AND SEE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE. YEAH, IT'S JUST THIS IS SERIOUS.

I KNOW IT IS. AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S EMAILS SAYING THAT BACKS UP MY CASE.

YEAH, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

BUT MICHAEL WELLS CAN HANDLE ANY OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, AS YOU KNOW.

OH, WE'LL DO THAT AND I'LL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS HERE.

WILL YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR KIND OF INVESTIGATING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT MR. WALTERS HAS? YES, SIR.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO REPORT BACK ON THE.

AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU WANT TO WAIT TWO WEEKS TO ANSWER THEM, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I JUST SAID SOME OF THE STUFF. THERE'S SOME RESEARCH HERE THAT NEEDS TO GO.

Y'ALL NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH.

AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE FACT FILLED ANSWERS.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT SOME OF THIS YOU CAN KIND OF DO A FOLLOW UP WITH US IN THE NEXT MEETING.

SOME OF THIS MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE STUDY AS FAR AS GOING AND TRACING THE LINES AND ALL THAT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND THAT'S WHY I SAID I NEED TO CHECK.

I WASN'T SAYING THESE ARE MY FINAL ANSWERS.

I PURPOSELY SAID I WILL CHECK AND SEE.

ABSOLUTELY, SIR. NO.

YEAH, I'M JUST STILL INVOKING THE RULE, WHICH IS WE'LL HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE.

OH, OKAY. YOU MADE THAT ONE FAMOUS WITH ME.

DID I REALLY? I DON'T TOTALLY.

DON'T REMEMBER THAT. I KNOW IT MAKES YOU MAD WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS THAT, BUT NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE ME MAD.

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Y'ALL HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PROJECT OUT THERE WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL AND BROUGHT THE STAFF BEFORE TO HELP US MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE, THAT PROJECT. SO THIS IS ALL PRODUCTIVE.

WHETHER WE AGREE TO DISAGREE OR NOT, THIS IS HELPFUL AND PRODUCTIVE.

I'M LOOKING AT OUR PROPERTY VALUE.

ABSOLUTELY. IF WE SELL OUR HOME AND THE HOME INSPECTOR COMES OUT AND SAYS, HEY, THIS AIN'T WORKING, RIGHT? YEAH, WE LOSE MONEY.

YEAH. OTHER THAN IN BETWEEN 10:00 AT NIGHT AND FIVE IN THE MORNING, WE'RE FINE THEN.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. YEAH.

NO, NO. BUT IF YOU BUY ME, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON MOVE.

IF WHAT? IF WE BUY YOU, YOU'LL MOVE.

OH, GOD, KEITH.

AND THE PRICE GOES BY. IF I STAY IN BED FOR ANOTHER CITY OR ANOTHER COUNTY.

YEAH. OKAY.

WE APPRECIATE THAT THOUGHT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TONIGHT.

BUT SERIOUSLY, THIS IS SOMETHING.

YES, SIR. WE UNDERSTAND TO BE LOOKED AT.

DEFINITELY. AND I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS. YOU GAVE US A LOT TO CHEW ON, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE CITY MANAGER IS UP FOR THE TASK.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

DID BETSY EVER MAKE IT? DON'T SEE BETSY. OKAY.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THAT.

WE DO HAVE NEW BUSINESS.

LET'S START WITH ITEM FOUR.

[4. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone the property described as Lot D Block 2 International Square Addition, from Planned Unit Development to Planned Unit Development/Specific Use Permit/Church. The property is generally located approximately 270 feet north of W. Pipeline Road, approximately 280 feet west of Forest Ridge Drive, and is more commonly known as 807 Forest Ridge Drive, Unit 106. (SUP-22-3) (Item was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 4-0-0)]

FROM PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CHURCH.

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 270 FEET NORTH OF WEST PIPELINE ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 280 FEET WEST OF FOUR FORCE RIDGE DRIVE AND IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 8074 RIDGE DRIVE UNIT 106.

SO I SEE WE HAVE.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WES MORRISON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS IS A REQUEST.

EXCUSE ME. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A RELIGIOUS FACILITY AT THE STATED LOCATION.

THE BUILDING IN QUESTION IS ABOUT 15,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO USE JUST UNDER 2000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE CHURCH SPACE.

SITE PHOTOS THERE. THIS IS AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.

NO EXTERIOR CHANGES ARE PLANNED WITH THE APPLICATION PRIMARILY LOCATED WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN SAP, YOU LOOK AT SURROUNDING COMPATIBILITY ISSUES OR ANY IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE TO THE NORTH YOU HAVE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

TO THE SOUTH COMMERCIAL.

TO THE EAST COMMERCIAL. AND THEN AGAIN TO THE WEST.

LOT IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

THE STAFF ADVERTISED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE PLACED A SON ON THE PROPERTY.

WE NOTIFIED 33 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE APPLICATION AND WE PLACED A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER TODAY.

WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST.

IN DECEMBER, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 4 TO 0.

THERE WERE NO CONCERNS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE PUBLIC HEARING? NOTHING. I KNOW WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE AS WELL AS THE BUILDING OWNER.

IS THAT CORRECT? WELCOME.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING AT 653.

ANYONE WITH COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS OR RECIPES IS WELCOME TO COME UP TO THE DIAS.

ALL RIGHT. HEY, A LIVELY BUNCH.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:54 OK COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE? ANYTHING TO ADD? OKAY. OKAY, COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? WE HAVE A MOTION APPROVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

LET'S VOTE. OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE UNANIMOUS.

SEVEN ZERO. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. APPLICANT THANK YOU.

BUILDING OWNER WELCOME TO BEDFORD.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. WES. NEXT UP, ITEM FIVE, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, DETERMINING THAT RETAIL

[5. Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Bedford, Texas determining that retail sales of cowhide products shall be classified as “Book, Stationery, News Stand, Souvenir, Gift, and Novelty Shops,” pursuant To Chapter 3. “Permitted Uses,” Section 3.3 “Classification of New and Unlisted Uses” of the City of Bedford Zoning Ordinance. (Item was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 4-0-0)]

AND ONCE AGAIN, WE WELCOME WES MORRISON.

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THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPLICATION THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY BRING YOU.

SO BEAR WITH ME AND PLEASE INTERRUPT ME IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS AS I GO THROUGH.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM A BUSINESS OWNER THAT WANTED TO DO RETAIL SALES OF PRIMARILY COWHIDE PRODUCTS RANGING FROM COASTERS, ANYTHING MADE WITH COWHIDE AND LEATHER.

OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND EVERY ZONING ORDINANCE, AS YOU KNOW, IS DIFFERENT.

SOME ARE VERY VAGUE WHEN IT COMES TO LAND USE DEFINITIONS.

SOME ARE VERY SPECIFIC, OURS IS VERY SPECIFIC.

AND SO WE GET INTO THE SITUATION THAT SOMETIMES NOT EVERYTHING FITS INTO ONE OF THOSE VERY SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS.

AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND YOU'RE SAYING WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICITY ABOUT COWHIDE? NO, SIR, WE DON'T. WOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE GIVES US A PROCESS WHICH WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS FOR YOU TO FOR STAFF TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, MAKE OR MAKE FINAL RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, ESSENTIALLY CLASSIFYING THIS USE INTO ONE OF THOSE SPECIFIC LAND USE DEFINITIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST.

SO. SO P AND Z STAFF PROVIDED P AND Z WITH ESSENTIALLY TWO OPTIONS THAT WERE REALLY THE CLOSEST THAT WE COULD COME COME IN WITH OUR EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE.

AND THOSE OPTIONS ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

ONE IS THE BOOK STATIONERY, NEWSSTAND SOUVENIR GIFT AND NOVELTY SHOP.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD WAS HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.

THE REAL I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, BESIDES THE DIFFERENCE, BESIDES THE ACTUAL DEFINITION OF THESE, IS GOING TO BE WHERE THESE USES ARE LOCATED.

AND SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC PIECE OF LAND IN THIS CASE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE DEFINITIONS AND THE LAND USE.

SO THIS WILL AFFECT ALL FUTURE COWHIDE USES GOING FORWARD.

AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL.

THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF COUNCIL FOR YEARS TO ADDRESS THE COWHIDE SITUATION.

SO I APPRECIATE STAFF GETTING TO THIS.

WALMART LUGGAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WALMART'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT LAND USE BECAUSE IT IS A DEPARTMENT STORE AND WE'VE GOT A DEFINITION FOR DEPARTMENT STORE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN NEGLECTING THE COWHIDE RETAILERS FOR YEARS.

WE DID NOT KNOW THAT UNTIL WE HAD ONE COME FORWARD.

IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THAT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARKA. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COW HIDES.

YOU CAN'T BUY A LAMP FOR CURRENTLY.

I LOVE LAMP. APPARENTLY YOU BUY DIFFERENT LAMPS THAN THE REST OF US.

IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. WELL, THANK YOU.

I'M HERE.

YEAH. SO, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR DECEMBER MEETING HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION THAT YOU'RE HAVING TONIGHT, AND THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BEST FITS IN THE BOOK.

STATIONERY, NEWSSTAND, SOUVENIRS AND GIFT AND NOVELTY SHOP.

CURRENT DEFINITION.

TONIGHT. YOUR OPTIONS ESSENTIALLY ARE WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO ACCEPT P AND Z'S RECOMMENDATION, DETERMINE THAT IT FITS UNDER A MORE APPROPRIATE EXISTING DEFINITION OR TO DIRECT STAFF TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO CREATE A DEFINITION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE APPLICATION BEFORE WE TONIGHT.

SO IF WE ADOPT THIS AS RECOMMENDED TONIGHT, WILL WE HAVE TO ADOPT DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AT SOME FUTURE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHEN WE DO OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ORDINANCES? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

THIS. NO, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY.

NO. IF WE DO THIS TONIGHT, WELL, WE HAVE TO AMEND IT SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

NO. OKAY. SO THE ONLY TIME YOU WOULD HAVE TO AMEND IT IN THE FUTURE IS IF YOU CHOOSE OPTION NUMBER THREE.

SO ESSENTIALLY TO PUT THE THREE CHOICES IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

THERE ARE TWO LANE USES THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY PROPOSED TO YOU ALL.

YEAH, YOU LOOK BASED ON AN INTERPRETATION STANDARD, WHETHER IT FITS INTO ONE OF THOSE AND YOU THINK IT'S ALREADY ANTICIPATED FOR THOSE OR YOU DECIDE IT'S JUST AN UNCLASSIFIED USE AS A WHOLE, IN WHICH CASE WE NEED TO CLASSIFY IT.

AND WE'RE TOTALLY MEANS THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF BEDFORD NEVER ANTICIPATED THIS NEED.

OK COUNCIL. QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

YEAH. SO THE APPLICANT ISN'T PLANNING TO SELL FURNITURE PER SE, RIGHT.

LIKE IN THE COURSE OF OPERATIONS.

DO THEY HAVE ANYTHING LARGE ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.

THEY'VE NOT IN THE LIST.

THEY PROVIDE US, THEY HAVE NOT GIVE US ANY SPECIFIC FURNITURE.

THERE ARE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW RUGS AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS, BUT NOT ACTUAL FURNITURE.

OKAY, THANKS. WELL, ANYONE ELSE? WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? COUNCIL. YOU ALREADY GOT THE VERBATIM.

I MOVED. COUNCILMEMBER FARCO MOVES TO APPROVE.

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COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

LET'S VOTE.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU WHEN YOU TALK.

YES, THEY CAN.

OKAY. THAT IS APPROVED.

SEVEN ZERO. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, STAFF. I KNOW THE RESIDENTS CAN NOW GO TO BED FEELING COMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE A COWHIDE ORDINANCE.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

[6. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to negotiate and execute a contract for asbestos abatement services with 1Priority Environmental in an estimated amount of $100,000 for work to be performed at 205 and 209 N. Industrial Blvd.]

IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 100,000 FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED AT 205 AND 209 NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD.

AND WE WELCOME ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE'RE EXCITED TONIGHT TO BRING THIS ITEM AND THE FOLLOWING ITEM TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THE SUBJECT ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW IS THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT THAT WILL NEED TO OCCUR AS IT RELATES TO THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF 205 209 NORTH INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CAMPUS WEST BUILDING THAT WE RECENTLY PURCHASED LAST DECEMBER.

SO FOR ANYBODY THAT'S CURIOUS, THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT'S AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL AND 183 OR AIRPORT FREEWAY.

AND SO THE CITY PURCHASED IT LAST DECEMBER WITH THE INTENT TO MOVE IT TOWARD A REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

AND OBVIOUSLY REMOVAL OF THE BUILDING IS STEP ONE IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

SO THIS FIRST PART IS THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT.

SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S A VERY SPECIALTY TYPE OF PROCESS AND SERVICE THAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED.

SO THERE IS A SEPARATE GROUP AS PART OF THE DEMOLITION THAT NEEDS TO DO THAT.

SO THERE IS ASBESTOS PRESENT IN THE BUILDING AND VARIOUS TILE MASTIC, CAULKING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE LUCKY IT COULD BE A LOT WORSE THAN WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS.

SO KNOCK ON WOOD, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS ALL THAT'S THERE.

SO WE HAVE CHOSEN ONE PRIORITY AS THE ASBESTOS REMOVAL FOR ABOUT 100,000.

IF ANYTHING IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

WHEN WE GET IN THERE, WE WILL CERTAINLY COME BACK TO YOU IF WE GO OUTSIDE THOSE PARAMETERS OF KIND OF OUR FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT NUMBER HERE FOR ANY QUESTION, HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS? WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE FOR THIS.

SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY IT COULD BE MORE.

THEY WON'T KNOW TILL THEY GET IN THERE.

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY.

I HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMPANY AND THEY FEEL QUITE CONFIDENT IN THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE CAVEAT.

SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS, WHEN WOULD WE ANTICIPATE BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF TEARING DOWN THAT BUILDING? SO WE HAVE PROVIDED A DATE OF OUR DESIRED START DATE AROUND APRIL 1ST TO KEEP THINGS MOVING.

AND THEN ALSO AS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO HAVE IT DELIVERABLE TO THEM IN THE TIME THEY NEED.

SO THEY HAVE AGREED THAT THAT IS A TIMING THAT WILL WORK FOR THEM, GIVE OR TAKE, BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING BEFORE THAT.

HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO DO THE DEMOLITION? THE ASBESTOS REMOVAL IS QUITE LIMITED.

THAT WON'T BE VERY LONG.

THE TOTAL ITSELF COULD BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS BY THE TIME WE TAKE IT DOWN.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESSES THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE AS PART OF IT THAT ARE REALLY NOT VISIBLE.

IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS I HAD HOPED.

IT'S JUST KNOCKING IT DOWN AND TAKING IT AWAY.

THERE'S MUCH MORE TO IT THAN THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? HE'S USING FINGER GESTURES NOW.

WE HAVE A SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE. NO, DON'T GET UP, ROB.

DON'T GET UP. I CAN TELL.

CAN I GET YOU ANOTHER DIET ROOT BEER? I THINK WE'LL TRY IT.

YEAH, WE'RE VERY CLOSE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

SEVEN ZERO. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, STAFF. DON'T GO AWAY, ANDREA.

[7. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to negotiate and execute a contract for demolition services with Midwest Wrecking Co. in an estimated amount of $350,000 for work to be performed at 205 and 209 N. Industrial Blvd.]

SO PART TWO OF THE REQUEST THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS IS THE ACTUAL DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING.

WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS COMPANY.

WE DID GO OUT TO BID FOR IT.

OBVIOUSLY, FOLLOWING ALL STATE LAWS, ETC.

AND DID RECEIVE SEVERAL RESPONSES BACK.

MIDWEST WRECKING WAS DEFINITELY BY FAR THE MOST THOROUGH AS WELL AS ECONOMICAL AND NOT TOO ECONOMICAL AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM.

SO AGAIN, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THEM.

AND AGAIN, THEIR EXPERIENCE IS EXTENSIVE IN A VERY KIND WAY.

THEY SAID TO US, THIS IS WE APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THIS IS VERY SMALL ON THEIR SCALE OF PROJECTS.

[01:05:03]

COUNCIL FOR COGAN MAKES A MOTION TO I DO HAVE HE MOVES TO APPROVAL.

OH, BUT I'LL LET YOU HAVE IT. JUST ONE QUESTION, QUICK QUESTION.

WHAT WERE THE RANGE OF BIDS AS FAR? WELL, THEY WERE INTERESTING BECAUSE WE BID IT SO THAT YOU COULD BE THE DEMO CONTRACTOR OR THE ASBESTOS CONTRACTOR, OR IF YOU COULD PACKAGE WITH A COMPANY AND COME TOGETHER.

SO WE DID HAVE A MIX.

AS FAR AS THE ASBESTOS ITSELF, WE RANGED FROM WHERE WE ARE, ABOUT 100,000 TO MUCH MORE, 200,000.

AND AS FAR AS THE DEMOLITION, WE WENT DOWN AS LOW AS 250.

NOW REMEMBER, THESE GUYS ARE AT 350,000.

WE WENT DOWN TO ABOUT 250,000, ALL THE WAY UP TO ALMOST 700,000.

SO IT WAS QUITE A RANGE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION APPROVED.

WE HAVE A SECOND. NO, YOU CANNOT SECOND YOURSELF.

SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS ACTUALLY MADE THE MOTION.

I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN MADE THEM FIRST AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS MADE THE SECOND.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FINGER MOTION WAS, BUT I'M GOING TO.

I'M GOING TO IGNORE IT. OKAY, COUNCIL, LET'S VOTE.

IT HAS TO BE THE APPROPRIATE FINGER RUB.

OKAY, ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

SEVEN ZERO. SO THANK YOU.

STAFF THANK YOU, COUNCIL THANK YOU.

ANDREA. CONCERNS? NO, I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD, SINCE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT REALLY QUICK AND GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE PROJECT ITSELF.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, THE DEMOLITION, ESPECIALLY ABOUT CAMPUS WEST.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAMPUS WEST.

WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND MADE SOME PROGRESS OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

THE ENGINEERING IS ALWAYS KIND OF THE BIG COMPONENT WITH THE QUESTION MARK AS WELL.

SO WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT.

THEIR GROUP HAS LOOKED AT THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME SEWER CAPACITY.

SO THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN VETTED, DETERMINED THAT WE'RE FINE.

DID YOU SAY THAT OUT LOUD? YES, SURE.

I KNOW THEY'RE GOING JUST JUST SET MYSELF UP FOR THAT, DIDN'T I? SO AND THEN JUST AS RECENT AS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WE HAD RECEIVED CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS OF THE ANCHOR FACILITY THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER ABOUT.

WES AND I HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE.

THE GROUP, AGAIN, HAS BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH AND BRINGING US ALONG THE WAY THE WHOLE TIME, MAKING SURE WE'RE PROVIDING INPUT.

SO THE CORPORATE GROUP THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO BE THE ANCHOR HAS.

BASICALLY, IF THIS IS MAKING IT THROUGH THEIR REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE AND THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS WERE JUST ONE MORE STEP IN THE PROCESS.

SO ONCE WE GET THIS DOWN, WE WILL BE SMOOTH SAILING AND ACTUALLY BALLS IN MY COURT RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEVELOPER AS I'M WORKING UP A TERM SHEET TO BASICALLY SHOW THEM AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

WHAT LEVEL OF INCENTIVES WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF OUR TERS FUNDS AND OTHER PERHAPS INCENTIVES SO THAT WE CAN GET THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUT OF IT. SO FULL STEAM AHEAD.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

AND I KNOW OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, FEW MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING UPDATES ON OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

AND SO EXCITING TIME FOR THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. GOOD TO SEE THE SEEDS OF YOUR LABOR ARE SPROUTING INTO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.

SO NEXT UP, MAYOR, COUNCILMAN REPORTS THIS COUNCIL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR OUR CODE.

[8. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

THE ANIMAL SHELTER BOARD WANTS TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE ANGEL DONATION TREE OVER THE HOLIDAYS AT THE SHELTER.

PEOPLE DONATED MONEY TO SPONSOR ADOPTIONS.

THEY DONATED DOG AND CAT FOOD, KITTEN FORMULA AND MANY OTHER NECESSITIES.

AND THE STAFF AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND ALL THE GRATEFUL DONATIONS FROM OUR CITIZENS.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS.

[9. City Manager/Staff Reports]

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, THE GRAND OPENING FOR THE CENTER AT GENERATIONS PARK IS SATURDAY, JANUARY 21ST AT 10:00 AM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVITED.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT.

IT'LL BE A CHANCE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE THE FACILITY.

AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT MOVING FORWARD.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE MAYOR AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, IS TO HAVE CERTAIN DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS.

WE CAN KIND OF ROTATE DURING MY REPORT SO THAT WAY IN CASE MAYOR, COUNCIL, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THEN WE CAN ALSO USE IT TO PROVIDE UPDATES ABOUT LARGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND JUST THINGS IN GENERAL.

AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY SUBJECTS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO ANY OF YOU ALL THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE DISCUSSED, LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN GET THEM ON THERE.

SO AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, SIR.

SO WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM WE NEED TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE FIVE, 1.07, TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

[01:10:01]

SO, YEAH, I JUST FEEL THIS BREATHING ON MY NECK HERE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

SO WE JUST QUICKLY CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE.

THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN, I BELIEVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS IS A SECOND.

EVERYONE SAY AYE OK.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:17.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.