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GUYS, ALL RIGHT IT’S 6:00.WE WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S TUESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 2023.
LET'S START WITH AN INVOCATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RICH STEVES.
HELP US TO ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION.
ALLOW US TO GROW CLOSER AS A GROUP AND NURTURE THE BONDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AMEN. AMEN. COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
[PRESENTATION]
WE DO HAVE ONE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.IT'S REGARDING CITY ENTRYWAY PLANTINGS AND MONUMENTS.
AND WE WANT TO WELCOME TO THE DAIS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A PROPOSAL THAT WE HAD RECEIVED FROM A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR ENTRY WAY LANDSCAPING PLANTINGS, AS WELL AS MONUMENT SIGNS.
SO THIS KIND OF REQUEST WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO NOW, ACTUALLY, WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED THAT OUR ENTRYWAYS, THE LANDSCAPING, HAD A LITTLE BIT TO BE DESIRED. A LOT OF IT WAS VERY, VERY NATIVE AND WE LACKED A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF COLOR LUSTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'VE GONE OUT, WE'VE TALKED TO SOME FIRMS AND WE'VE GOT A PROPOSAL FROM A GROUP, SO I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THAT REALLY QUICK AND TO SEE BASICALLY WE'RE HERE TO KIND OF GAUGE COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS FIRM.
SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU KIND OF A RUNDOWN.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS OUR TRADITIONAL ENTRYWAY MONUMENT SIGN HERE.
BUT CLEARLY THERE IS A SET GENERAL DESIGN AND AN ATTEMPT TO BE CONSISTENT THROUGH THIS.
AND WE HAVE DONE THAT THROUGH PRIOR LOOKS AT THESE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU WILL ALSO SEE ON A LOT OF THOSE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT SIGN AMONG NOTHING.
SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF FIRMS. THE FIRM THAT WE HAVE REALLY CHOSEN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, IF YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED, IS WESTWOOD.
THEY HAVE THREE LOCATIONS HERE IN DFW, FORT WORTH, PLANO AND DALLAS.
SO THIS IS THEIR LANDSCAPE SIDE, AS YOU WILL SEE.
AND GENERALLY WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO IS TO PROVIDE SOME DESIGN GUIDELINES, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR ENTRY MONUMENTS AND PLANTINGS AFTER THEY TAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING SITUATION, LOOKING AT ABOUT TEN LOCATIONS PLUS POTENTIALLY A COUPLE MORE.
AND AGAIN, THEY BROKEN IT OUT BASICALLY BY TASK.
SO ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A FULL SITE ASSESSMENT.
PROVIDE SOME ASSESSMENT, GUIDANCE, RECOMMENDATIONS, HELP US PRIORITIZE WHAT ENTRYWAY, WHAT FEATURE WOULD BE THE MOST ECONOMICAL, WHAT WE COULD TACKLE FIRST. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT WE DO IN ONE YEAR AND WE'RE FINISHED.
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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEVELOP A PLAN FOR AND THEN WE WORK THE PLAN AS FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO KIND OF BUILD TOWARD A CONSISTENT LOOK.SO AS THEY'VE BUILT IN RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE TWO PRESENTATIONS BY THE STAFF TO ACTUALLY COME TALK, INTERACT HERE WITH COUNCIL, WHATEVER OTHER GROUPS WE DECIDE TO ENGAGE IN, WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE IF NEED BE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE CURRENT PACKAGE.
AND THEN AS I CONTINUE OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND THE GUIDELINES ITSELF, SO IRRIGATION, HOW WE WOULD MAINTAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY WE GAVE THEM THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT THESE SIGNS ARE PRESENT.
IT'S NOT OUR DESIRE TO REMOVE THE SIGNS, BUT IF THEY HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO CONNECT THEM AS FAR AS LOOKING MORE SIMILAR OR MODIFICATIONS THAT CAN BE MADE, THAT'S ON THE TABLE AS WELL.
AND THEN MOVING ON FURTHER IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE SIGN FEATURE SIDE.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST DESIGN COSTS.
THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK.
AND THEN WE WOULD USE THAT REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WE'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
SO THIS DOES INCLUDE TWO ACTUAL LOCATIONS AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS GO.
SO THIS IS A DESIGN START AND IT WOULD GIVE US TWO LOCATIONS TO GET GOING ON AND THEN THAT WOULD BE BID OUT TO A CONTRACTOR TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK IF WE ARE READY TO PURSUE THAT. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, I KNOW YOU REALLY CAN'T READ THIS, BUT IT'S JUST INTENDED TO SHOW YOU THE TEN IDENTIFIED INTERSECTIONS THAT THE GROUP HAS LOOKED AT AND ARE REALLY DEFINITELY FACTORED IN.
BUT THERE IS THE UTMOST FLEXIBILITY AND THIS AS WELL.
AND AS FAR AS PARTICIPATING GROUPS, I KNOW THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT CAN GARNER A LOT OF INPUT.
THAT IS RIGHT UP THEIR ALLEY AND IN LINE WITH THEIR GOALS.
SO AMONG THIS, OF COURSE, GROUP OF CITY STAFF, WE WOULD THEN UTILIZE THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD PROBABLY FOR AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THEN, OF COURSE, CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
AND IF IT WARRENS WE HAVE MORE, IT JUST DEPENDS ON KIND OF HOW THINGS GO.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IS JUST DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.
THANK YOU. SO, ANDREA, WHERE WOULD THE FUNDS FOR THE CONTRACT DESIGN COME FROM? WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE FUNDS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A SMALL ENOUGH AMOUNT THAT I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS IN MIND THAT THERE'S NOT SURPLUS.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE OF THE LOCATIONS? YES, SIR. IS THERE ANY IS THERE ALL SEEM TO BE LIKE NO ENTRY WAYS FROM LIKE, SAY, SOUTH OF BEDFORD. COMING, KNOW GOING NORTH.
IS THERE. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THOSE OR? SO I THINK THAT IS WHERE THOSE ADDITIONAL TWO REALLY BECAUSE THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE TEN INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE SOMETHING AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A STANDPOINT OF WE'VE GOT THIS MONUMENT SIGN IN A FIELD OF GRASS.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANDREA WHY WESTWOOD? WHAT SET THEM APART FROM THE OTHER LANDSCAPE COMPANIES? I THINK ONE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON A COUPLE OF PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE.
THEY WERE COMPETITIVE, AND HONESTLY, THEY'VE JUST BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
I MEAN, IT'S A GROUP THAT WE HAD JUST A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS.
THEY JUMPED ON IT. THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
I THINK THEY COULD DO THIS IN THEIR SLEEP.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY JUST ONE OF THOSE ARE VERY, VERY QUALIFIED GROUP.
THANK YOU. SURE. HEY, COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
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WORKING AND DOING STUFF WITH THE CITY, THE NUMBERS THAT I SEE COME ACROSS THE DESK ARE ENORMOUS.AND GRANTED, THIS IS ONLY $67,000, BUT ARE THOSE NUMBERS IN LINE WITH COMPETITORS? THEY ARE. AND I WILL TELL YOU, COMING BACK HERE, THE ELEVATED NUMBER IS THE SIGN FEATURE.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT THAT CAN BE BROUGHT DOWN.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A NUMBER THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A FULL DESIGN OF CERTAIN THINGS.
SO THERE'S A LOT TO IT IF WE ARE GOING TO START DESIGNING.
BUT THESE ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH OTHER GROUPS.
AND LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, PUBLIC PRESENTATION SERVICES, $4,200, WHAT WOULD THAT WHAT DOES THAT CONSIST OF? SO THAT'S TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT THEY WOULD ATTEND AT THIS STAGE.
YOU WANT TO USE MINE? COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.
ANDREA SO THIS ISN'T TO THIS IS JUST TO OUR PLANS AND DESIGN.
THIS IS NOT ONCE THIS ISN'T THE WHOLE [INAUDIBLE].
THIS IS JUST TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T DO TEN LOCATIONS FOR $60,000? HEY, MAN, ALL THE LANDSCAPING.
DO YOU KNOW A GUY? I DON'T KNOW A GUY. I KNOW A GUY.
I GUESS WE'RE USING EGGS. THOSE ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART.
I LOVE THE THOUGHT OF ENGAGING BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
CLEARLY THERE ARE THERE'S A LOT OF WIN WINS HERE WITH TAKING A PASS AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO PRESENT OURSELVES BETTER TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
SO I'M SURE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS OVER SOME STRETCH OF TIME HERE.
SO THAT'LL ALSO HELP ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE AS WELL.
IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
DO YOU NEED ANY OTHER DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ENOUGH? I THINK I DO.
I'VE GOT A CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE'LL MAKE A COUPLE OF LITTLE TWEAKS.
YEAH, I KNOW FROM PRIOR DISCUSSIONS AND FOR DIFFERENT TOPICS.
OKAY. SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[OPEN FORUM]
OKAY. NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE OPEN FORUM.WELCOME, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. I AM A LONG TIME RESIDENT.
MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS HAVE BEEN EDUCATED IN HEBISD.
YES, MA'AM. SO ONE OF THE ISSUES NUMBER NINE IS.
A BETTER WAY TO HANDLE CONSTRUCTION WITH CITY SERVICES.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE CITY FOR THE GIFT CARDS THAT WERE GIVEN FOR CARWASHES TO PEOPLE.
WALKED OUR STREET WHEN IT WAS IN DISARRAY AND PASSED OUT GIFT CARDS TO THE CAR WASH.
SO I DON'T THINK THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
SECONDLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MCLENDON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THIS IS THE SECOND COMPANY THAT WAS ON OUR STREET AFTER A REALLY LONG TIME GETTING TO DO THEIR PART. AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SHOWED A GENERAL INTEREST
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IN OUR CONCERNS, AND THAT IS MS. DAWKINS. AND SHE CALMED A LOT OF NERVES AND ACTUALLY.HANG IN THERE THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY GET DONE.
AND THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER IS DR.
ROB, WHO IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A LAUGH.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SWING AT THAT.
SO SOME BACKGROUND IS ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN OUT HERE FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS KNOWS THAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FREEWAY ARE DIFFERENT.
AND SHE SAID, THAT'S AN OXYMORON.
AND I SAID, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.
BECAUSE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, MY MY CHILDREN WHO WENT TO LD BELL WERE TREATED DIFFERENTLY.
AND I FEEL THAT'S HOW MY NEIGHBORS FEEL ABOUT THE STREET SITUATION.
ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WROTE A LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SHE SAID THAT IT WAS VERY HUMILIATING TO SEE THE CITY'S IDENTIFICATION OF THE STREET POT PROJECT AS A LOW INCOME AREA.
AND WE KNOW WHAT OUR HOUSES ARE VALUED AT AND WE KNOW WHAT OUR TAXES ARE.
THE ORIGINAL CREW ACTUALLY TREATED US AS IF WE WERE IN THE HOOD.
THEY LOITERED AND THEY LITTERED.
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE WORK DONE AND OUR PARKING WAS TAKEN AWAY BY THEIR EQUIPMENT.
UM. BEFORE I TOOK MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING I HAD TO RACE TO GET OUT THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY BLOCKED US IN WITH NO WARNING.
THIS THIS CREW TOOK ALMOST SEVEN MONTHS TO DO WHAT WAS DONE ON BEDFORD COURT RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM US IN PROBABLY THREE, THREE MONTHS.
SO IT'S ALMOST A YEAR THAT WE'RE STILL NOT COMPLETE.
THE HANDOFF TO THE NEXT PHASE WAS AT A TIME WHEN THE MCCLENDON COMPANY WAS FACED WITH THE RAINY SEASON, THAT UNPRECEDENTED FLOOD.
SO OUR STREET WAS A TOTAL MESS.
WE HAD MUD CAKED ON OUR TIRES.
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES BECAUSE THEY HAD TO PUT ROCKS DOWN SO WE COULD GET TRACTION AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. ALL KIND OF ISSUES.
SO FOR FUTURE PROJECTS TO AVOID NIGHTMARES LIKE THIS. I LOVE THE BEAUTIFICATION THING BECAUSE WE HAVE PRIDE AS WELL IN OUR STREET.
I FEEL LIKE WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE BY, THEY JUDGE YOU BY YOUR YARD.
SO MY YARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN PERFECT.
UM. THESE PEOPLE THAT MCCLENDON'S PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE, THEY GAVE PEOPLE THEIR PHONE NUMBERS, EMAILS, AND THEY LET US COMPLAIN TO THEM WHEN IT WASN'T EVEN THEIR FAULT.
AND I'M SURE THEY'RE STILL WORKING AT A LOSS.
SO IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD BE JUST A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION.
THAT FIRST GROUP, WE HAD NO COMMUNICATION.
OUR TRASH AND RECYCLE WAS BLOCKED.
WE NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
MCCLENDON GAVE US NOTICES, TYPED NOTICES, NOT WORD OF MOUTH, AND WERE
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CONSTANTLY CHECKING ON US.I EVEN HAD A GUY HELP ME CARRY THINGS WHEN WE COULDN'T PARK ON THE STREET.
CARRY SOME THINGS DOWN THE HILL.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS NEIGHBORS.
AND WE THINK THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER.
FOR EXAMPLE, PHONE CALLS, EVEN IF THEY WERE DIRECTED TO THE WRONG PLACE, WERE HANDLED POORLY.
I LEFT THE CLASSROOM A YEAR AGO AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD TO DO EVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL, WAS REPEAT.
I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TIMES A DIFFERENT STUDENT ASKED THE QUESTION I HAD TO REPEAT.
AND SO THAT'S DISTRESSING BECAUSE THEN YOUR TEMPERATURE GOES UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
BUT WHAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE IS THE RESPECT AND PERHAPS EVEN AN APOLOGY TO THE PEOPLE.
THE GIFT CARD WAS NICE, BUT MOST PEOPLE HAVE MORE THAN ONE CAR THAT WAS AFFECTED BY THIS.
SO THIS WAS JUST AN EYE OPENER FOR YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT WHEN THERE IS PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, JUST A DRIVE BY WOULD BE NICE JUST FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION.
AND MAYBE THE CULTURE COULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT IN BEDFORD.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION LATER THIS EVENING ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLICATED BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO AGENCIES THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
I ACTUALLY THINK SOME OF MRS. HIGHTOWER'S COMMENTS ARE ENCOURAGING BECAUSE I SUSPECT THE AGENCY THAT THE CITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WAS THE ONE DOING THE COMMUNICATING.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THIS? YES, SIR. AND JUST TO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY THE EPITOME OF LESSONS LEARNED, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED WAS THIS WAS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM OR PROJECT. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHEN PRIOR STAFF I WAS HERE, I MEAN, I DIDN'T SUBMIT IT, BUT IT WAS ON MY WATCH.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS PRIOR STAFF HAD SUBMITTED THIS PROJECT WITHOUT LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT THE WATER AND SEWER LINES ALSO NEEDED THE PROJECT TO, I'M SORRY, SUBMITTED TO TARRANT COUNTY. AND WITHOUT SEEING IF THE WATER AND SEWER LINES WERE ANTIQUATED.
NOT, HEY, LET'S HURRY UP AND GET OUR CONTRACTOR IN THERE TO DO THE WATER AND SEWER.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE COUNTY, AND WE'RE AT THEIR MERCY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
SO I'M MISS HIGHTOWER, I'M VERY SORRY, BECAUSE IT OBVIOUSLY I DROVE BY THERE SEVERAL TIMES.
IMPASSABLE. I PROMISE YOU, IT WASN'T DELIBERATE.
WE ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE DONE THINGS BETTER, AND WE WILL.
BUT I ASSURE YOU, THERE WASN'T ANY INTENTIONAL MALICE.
IT WAS. IT WAS A HAND OFF WITH WITH STAFF.
I KNOW THAT I TALKED WITH ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT MENTIONED THE LANGUAGE, THE LOW INCOME THAT WAS THROUGH THE AND I'M NOT MAYBE YOU AND I TALKED, I CAN'T REMEMBER EMAILED, BUT IT WAS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT LANGUAGE THAT THE COUNTY GIVES THE OTHER CITIES.
I TALKED WITH MOLLY, WE CHECKED WITH CHERYL AND WE SAID WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT.
WE TOOK IT OFF. SO I APOLOGIZE.
THAT WAS A CUT AND PASTE THING.
SO ANYWAY, WE'LL TALK MORE, BUT YES, SIR.
THE CDBG IS A BLOCK GRANT THAT THE COUNTY HAS, AND IT'S BASED ON THE SCORING SYSTEM.
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AND SO EVERY YEAR, EVERY EVERY TWO YEARS, THERE'S X AMOUNT OF MONEY.SO WE WE APPLY FOR AN APPLICATION FOR IT.
AM I CORRECT ON THAT? AND THIS IS WHERE I HOPE THERE'S SOME ENCOURAGEMENT HERE, BECAUSE MY BELIEF IS THE FIRM THAT DID GOOD COMMUNICATION IS THE FIRM THAT WE ACTUALLY HIRED.
SO IT'S ENCOURAGING TO ME TO HEAR THAT THEY ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE ASKING OF THEM.
ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN APOLOGY.
THIS THIS WAS THIS WAS NOT COORDINATED AS WELL AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
BUT IT'S ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CITY RECOGNIZED THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BETTER THAN WE ORIGINALLY INTENDED OUT THERE, THAT WE COULD WORK ON YOUR WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM SINCE WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT STREET, LET'S GO AHEAD AND WORK ON THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM.
WE RECOGNIZE WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB.
BUT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH MCCLENDON IS THE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE HOPE TO DO THINGS BETTER GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY WERE CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE WAY THAT WE WANT THEM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. THERE'S NO EXCUSES HERE.
PEOPLE CHANGE, DEPARTMENT HEADS CHANGE THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I KNOW IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WE'VE DONE STREET PROJECTS, THERE'S BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO DO MORE FORWARD COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DID EVEN AS AS SHORTLY AS TWO YEARS AGO.
SO I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
YOU COMMUNICATING US. WE NEED TO HEAR THIS.
WE NEED TO KNOW THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON.
AS FAR AS GIFT CARDS, I'M HONESTLY NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE GIFT CARDS.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN USE A GIFT CARD TO TELL YOU WE'RE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
IT'S JUST AN EFFORT TO SAY, YEAH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE THIS FOR YOU.
SO. CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US DO THIS.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, TAKE ADVANTAGE.
YOU HAVE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER HE'S THE CEO OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO TO TO TAKE YOUR WISDOM AND LEARN FROM THESE MISTAKES.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS TO CONSIDER BY CONSENT, SO I'LL GIVE YOU.THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY 10TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AND THE NEXT ITEM. AND THAT'S THE ONLY THE ONLY MAIN THAT'S NEED TO BE CONTEMPLATED.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR SOFTWARE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH I WORK SYSTEMS INC TO UPGRADE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ORDERS WORK ORDER SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $94,500.
AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A THREE YEAR SOFTWARE SERVICE AGREEMENT AND IT BASICALLY WILL HELP US INTEGRATE ALL THE DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE USED BEFORE TO DO WORK ORDERS. WE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT ONES AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE A LOT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE FOR THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE AND OPERATION OF AN UPGRADED PHONE SYSTEM WITH DATA.
THIS ALSO IS A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT, AND BASICALLY OUR CURRENT PHONE SYSTEM HAS REACHED ITS END OF SUPPORTED LIFE, AND THIS UPGRADE WILL ENSURE THAT INTEGRATION WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEMS CONTINUES AND DATA BOX WILL PROVIDE NETWORK THE NETWORK LICENSES, STORAGE AND ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO IMPLEMENT AND OPERATE THE SYSTEM UPGRADE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE DATA BOX IS $8,700 OR $87,000? $87,000. I'M SORRY, SIR.
AND SO THAT'S HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE? YES, SIR. ALL THAT? YES, SIR.
AND I'M PROBABLY WRONG, BUT I.
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SO I DIDN'T REPLACE THE PHONE SYSTEM'S NOT THAT LONG AGO.OR DID WE UPGRADE SOMETHING WITH SOMETHING? WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON PHONES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DETAILS? I KNOW THAT THE THE SERVICE AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF SUPPORT HAS EXPIRED.
BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS FOR THE I'M SORRY, THIS IS FOR THE NETWORK SYSTEM.
SO THE ACTUAL CONSOLE IN YOUR DESK IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
CORRECT? IT'S THE NETWORK, NOT THE HARDWARE.
DOES THIS MEAN THERE'S ALSO, LIKE, A VOICE OVER IP ELEMENT TO THIS? BLAKE, I BELIEVE WE ALREADY HAVE THAT, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE, THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL PHONES.
SO IT IS IT IS THE NETWORK INTEGRATION.
IT IS JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS UP TO DATE AND CONTINUES TO FUNCTION WITH OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS. SO IT'S AN EFFORT TO BRING US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
AS WELL AS THE THE I WORK SOFTWARE AS WELL.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL? HEY THERE, BLAKE. OKAY. SO APPARENTLY WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY IS WE HAD THE CURRENT SYSTEM, AND IT'S IS SIMPLY JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SERVICE BECAUSE THE CURRENT SYSTEM, THE CURRENT SERVICE ITSELF IS REACHING ITS END OF LIFE.
IT'S NO LONGER IT'S NO LONGER SUPPORTED.
AND HOW OFTEN ARE WE EXPECTED TO DO THIS, REALLY? I DO NOT HAVE AN EXACT FIGURE, BUT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
SO. THE ROLL OF DUCT TAPE THAT WE'VE BEEN USING IS NO LONGER GOOD.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE CAN RETIRE THE DUCT TAPE? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.
LET'S VOTE. OKAY, THAT'S UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU, BLAKE.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PERSON TO BE HEARD.
[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]
WE HAD TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD ORIGINALLY REQUESTED TO SPEAK.ONE OF THEM IS NOT AVAILABLE THIS EVENING.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MR. JOHN WASHINGTON TO THE DAIS.
THANK YOU. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
JOHN WASHINGTON AND MEADOW [INAUDIBLE].
MEADOW PARK CIRCLE. MEADOW PARK CIRCLE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE EXCUSE MY NERVES.
I NEVER DID THIS BEFORE. IT'S JUST US, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
SO YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT REDUCING PROPERTY TAXES, IS THAT CORRECT? OF COURSE. OKAY.
NOW, I KNOW DALLAS IS VERY MUCH BIGGER THAN BEDFORD, BUT DUE TO MY LIMITED RESOURCES, I FIGURED I'D ASK THEM FOR A BIT OF A FAVOR AND ASK IF THEY COULD LET ME USE A PRESENTATION THAT THEY USE FOR THE SKATEPARK THAT THEY'RE GETTING BUILT IN OAK CLIFF.
THEIR POINTS THAT THEY MADE APPLIES TO BEDFORD.
I DO BELIEVE AS FAR AS ON A PUBLIC LEVEL, THEY DO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT SUGGESTIONS ON THEIR SITES AND ALL, AND I'LL SKIP PAST THOSE.
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SO THIS IS WHAT THIS WHAT OUR SKATEPARKS A SKATE PARK IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND PURPOSE BUILT SPACE DESIGNATED AND EQUIPPED FOR AN ACTION SPORTS SUCH AS SKATEBOARDING, BMX RIDING, WHEELCHAIR, MOTOCROSS, ROLLER SKATING, INLINE SKATING AND SCOOTER.I KNOW SKATE PARK CAN BE USED FOR SKATEBOARDS, BIKES AND SCOOTERS.
THE SKATE PARKS I GO TO NOW ARE I GO TO THE MOST OFTEN ARE VANDERGRIFT AND ARLINGTON WITH WATAUGA SKATE PARK IN WATAUGA. IT'S CLOSE TO NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AND ROANOKE SKATE PARK IN ROANOKE.
THESE PARKS ARE VERY INCONVENIENT FOR ME TO GET TO MYSELF AS WELL AS MY YOUNGER FRIENDS AS WELL.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD BE RESOLVED BY GETTING A SKATE PARK BUILT IN BEDFORD.
NOW, THAT'S ONLY ONE REASON, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AMONG THE YOUNGER KIDS IN BEDFORD, BECAUSE THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAN, YOU KNOW, IN BEDFORD THAT I WISH I COULD HAVE THEM HERE. BUT THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAN, YOU KNOW, THAT SKATE IN BEDFORD, AND WE HAVE AN ENTIRE GROUP CHAT FOR IT.
AND THERE'S AN AMATEUR SKATEBOARDER WHO'S GOING ON PRO SKATES FOR A BRAND CALLED DGK VERY KNOWN WORLDWIDE, AND HE LIVED RIGHT OFF.
HE WENT TO BELL. LET'S JUST SAY HE WENT TO BELL AND HE LIVED IN BEDFORD AND HE'S NOW BECOMING A PRO SKATEBOARDER BY JUST SKATING SOME OF THE SPOTS THAT WE WE SKATE THE SAME, SOME OF THE SAME SPOTS THAT HE SKATED HERE IN BEDFORD, BUT IT'S VERY LIMITED.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE COULD WE CAN MAKE A FEW MORE DIONS.
HIS NAME IS DION HARRIS, BY THE WAY.
AND SO I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO GET HIM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
COOL. THESE ARE FACTS ABOUT SKATEPARKS.
MYSELF AND THE GROUP THAT I SKATE WITH, WE DO NOT DESTROY ANYTHING.
THERE'S A STAIR SET BY ON THE BORDER.
IT'S A SIXTH STAIR, WE CALL IT.
WE CALL THE STAIRS BY THEIR NAMES BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE, YOU KNOW, JUMP THEM.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THAT, NOR DO WE WANT TO CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO THE SCHOOL ITSELF.
BUT AND THERE'S ALSO A STAIR BEHIND WALMART.
ALTHOUGH I FEEL LIKE THE BEST OF WHAT WE HAVE CAN BE DONE BETTER BY BUILDING A SKATE PARK.
OH, I'M SORRY. I SKIPPED THE FACTS.
SKATEBOARDING IS THE THIRD MOST COMMONLY INTEREST FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
BUT THEY ALSO THEY THEY LIVE IN EULESS AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SKATE TOGETHER, WHETHER WE SKATE ALONE, HEB ITSELF DOES NOT HAVE A PARK CLOSE ENOUGH FOR US TO SKATE. AND WITH 24% OF GIRLS AND 17% OF BOYS, THERE ARE ALSO GIRLS THAT SKATE WITH US TOO.
THERE ARE 8 MILLION SKATEBOARDERS IN THE US.
I FEEL THAT DOESN'T REALLY APPLY TO HEB AS MUCH AS BECAUSE WE'RE ON A SMALLER LEVEL AND LIKE I SAID.
MEADOW PARK BOYS RANCH IS MY FAVORITE OR GENERATION'S PARK SORRY.
THAT'S THAT'S THE PARK I'M USED TO GOING TO.
IT'S WHERE I WHAT I GREW UP ON.
BUT I SEE WHEN I WENT THERE, THE COUPLE OF TIMES THAT I WENT ON SUNNY DAYS, GOOD WEATHER, THAT THE SPACES WERE BEING USED BY MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.
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I'M SURE YMCA WAS BEING USED AS WELL.THAT WAS A GOOD CHOICE TO BUILD THAT.
BUT THE PARKS AREN'T BEING USED THAT MUCH.
THE SPACES ARE THERE JUST TO BE THERE.
NOT CHISHOLM, I KNOW, ISN'T INSIDE BEDFORD, BUT THE FISHING THAT'S USEFUL.
AND THAT WAS CRAZY TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DISC GOLF IS SO POPULAR, BUT APPARENTLY IT IS.
I SAW A GIRL PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH HER FATHER, BUT THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES ON THAT SPACE.
AND I SAW THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE DONE, BUT NOTHING'S GOING ON THERE.
I FORGET THE NAME OF THE PARK BEHIND CICIS, BUT THAT WAS BEING USED BY SOME LITTLE LEAGUE TEAMS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION IF YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER THE BASEBALL FIELDS THAT ARE THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT BY GENERATIONS.
PARK ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING TO LIKE HAVE PEOPLE USE THOSE FOR LIKE LITTLE LEAGUE ACTIVITIES AND ALL? YES. THE PROBLEM IS IT'S THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.
AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SIMPLY, YES, THAT'S THAT'S THE INTENTION.
OKAY. AND IT'S DESIGNED FOR A CERTAIN AGE GROUP BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE FIELD.
YEAH, I GET IT. BECAUSE I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SEE ANY NETS AND I WAS LIKE, SO PEOPLE HITTING HOME.
YEAH. NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.
JOEY GALLO ISN'T GOING TO BE PLAYING ON.
YEAH, YEAH, I GOT YOU. I GOT YOU.
SKATEBOARDING IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH.
NOW, YOU GUYS MAY BE THINKING I'M REACHING, BUT I PROMISE NOT.
NOT AT ALL. SKATEBOARDING IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH.
SKATEBOARDING IN THE SKATE PARK CAN BE A SANCTUARY TO PEOPLE.
I THINK I'M GOING TO START SKATING.
I UNDERSTAND. I'M GETTING OLDER.
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE COMING, MAN.
I MEAN, THAT REALLY DOESN'T HELP YOU.
STILL, I FEEL LIKE I JUST WANT TO GO SKATE.
NOTHING. NOTHING KEEPS ME MORE STRESS FREE THAN SKATEBOARDING.
I SET UP MY BOARD, I LEARNED MY TRICKS.
I'M FEELING GOOD. EVEN IF I DON'T LAND A TRICK, I'M AWAY FROM WHATEVER AND I'M SKATING.
MY FRIEND HAD A RECENT SITUATION WHERE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON IT, BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY STRESSFUL AND I'M LIKE, DUDE, ARE YOU OKAY? AND HE'S CRYING AND ALL. HE'S LIKE, DUDE, I JUST WANT TO GO SKATE.
AND I'M LIKE, LIKE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
BUT HE WAS LIKE, DUDE, LET'S GO TO THE PARK.
OKAY? AND THIS HAPPENED WITH A FEW OF MY FRIENDS.
THEY JUST WANT TO SKATE. AND I THINK SKATING AT SOME POINT JUST BECOMES PART OF YOU.
AND I FEEL LIKE FUTURE GENERATIONS, THAT COULD BE VERY USEFUL AND I'LL SPEAK MORE IN THE FUTURE.
FEEL FREE TO READ THE SLIDE IF YOU WANT.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THE PHYSICAL HEALTH EXERCISE THAT YOU GET.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT SKATEBOARDING CAN BE PAINFUL AND IT BUT IT DOES MORE GOOD THAN BAD IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH, IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL HEALTH, SOCIAL HEALTH, ALL OF IT. YOU CAN BE VERY PHYSICAL WITH SKATEBOARDING.
IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN YOU'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT.
SO SKATEBOARDING AND SKATE PARKS FACILITATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AMONG SKATERS.
THOSE ENCOUNTERS OFTEN FACILITATE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND OFFER SKATERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH AND GAIN AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING, UNDERSTANDING OF SKATERS OF DIVERSE, DIVERSE OR DIVERSE RACIAL AGE AND GENDER BACKGROUNDS.
VERY TRUE. YOU CAN SEE ANYONE, ANYTHING, EVEN DOGS, CATS.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT ALL AT A SKATE PARK.
THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THERE.
AND IF IT'S A GOOD DAY, EVERYONE'S HAVING A GOOD TIME.
WELL, DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION.
MOST OF THE AMATEUR TO PRO SKATEBOARDERS I KNOW THEY SPOKE TO ME FIRST.
MY FIRST TIME AT A PARK AND THEY WERE LIKE, YO, HOW YOU DOING? THEY JUST THEY SPOKE AND THEY PASS THAT ON TO ME AND I DO IT TO OTHER KIDS.
AND THAT'S HOW I MET MOST OF MY FRIENDS AT THE GROUP OF KIDS THAT I SKATE WITH.
WE JUST KIND OF STARTED TALKING.
AND OF COURSE, IT'LL BE ABOUT SKATEBOARDING.
HEY, YOU TRYING TO LEARN THIS TRICK? YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THIS. AND LET ME SHOW YOU HOW YOU TEACH ME HOW TO DO THIS.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT JUST ENCOURAGES A LOT OF SOCIAL POSITIVES.
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OUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THROUGH SKATEBOARDING, SKATERS DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.AGAIN [INAUDIBLE] TRUST ME, BUT I'VE SEEN MY FRIEND WHO GO FROM BEING A VERY SHY PERSON TO JUST WALK UP AND SAY, HI, PEOPLE AT THE SKATE PARK.
HE WON'T DO IT ANYWHERE ELSE BUT AT SKATE PARKS WHERE HE FEELS MOST COMFORTABLE AND WHERE HE FEELS MOST COMFORTABLE SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WHO DOES THE SAME THING AS HE DOES THAT GOES THROUGH THE SAME THING HE DOES.
AND HE KNOWS THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE.
SKATEBOARDING IS THE THIRD LEAST EXPENSIVE SPORT.
I KNOW THIS IS MY PRESENTATION, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT IS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TRUE PERSONALLY TO A PERSON, NOT TO THE PEOPLE BUILDING A SKATE PARK OR MAINTAINING IT.
SKATEBOARDING CAN ADD UP PRETTY QUICK AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW GOOD YOU ARE.
THE REASON IS WHEN I SKATE STAIR SETS, I'LL GO FROM 6 TO 8 STAIRS I'M LANDING, I'M SLAMMING IMPACT.
IT'S COMING THROUGH MY FEET, BUT IT'S GOT TO GET THROUGH THE BOARD FIRST.
NOW 85 MINUTES SEEM MUCH FOR HERE TO A PAYCHECK, BUT I'VE GOT TO GET ANOTHER BOARD.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO ADD UP PRETTY FAST.
SKATEPARKS CAN BE MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR BLIND AND LOW VISION ATHLETES BY INCLUDING DESIGN ELEMENTS SUCH AS HIGH VISIBILITY MARKERS, AUDITORY BEAMING BEACONS, RAILER STRIPS AT ROOT PROJECT.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT MY PRESENTATION, ALTHOUGH I HAVE SEEN BLIND SKATERS SKATE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
NOW MY MEMORY IS LITTLE IS SO I'M GOING TO BE READING PART OF IT.
BUT MY FRIENDS AND I HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED THE IMPACT SKATEBOARDING HAS MADE ON EACH OF US.
WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING EVERY DAY.
WE ALL SEE WHEN WE DON'T SKATE, WE GO HOME AND WE'RE WATCHING YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON SKATE PARKS.
SKATE PARKS. IT'S JUST VIDEOS OF SKATEBOARDING.
IT'S EITHER THE SKATE OR IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.
AND WE END UP TALKING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING.
YOU CAN ASK MY MOM, I NEVER USED TO DRESS LIKE THIS, BUT NOW BAGGY IS ALL I SEE.
CHECK THEIR SHOES TWO CHECK HOW THEY DRESS.
AND THREE, YOU YOU LOOK AT A STAIR AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY SEE.
NOW, IF THEY SAY I SEE STAIRS, THEY'RE NOT A SKATER.
BUT IF THEY SEE I SEE A SIXTH STAIR, I SEE IT.
I SEE A PERFECT SIX STAIR WITH A PERFECT RUN UP.
OR, YOU KNOW, THEY START GETTING ALL THEIR SKATER LANGUAGE.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S NOT JUST SAYING, OH, HE'S SKATES.
HE THAT'S WHAT HE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
THEY CAN JUST SEE THAT IT OPENS YOUR EYES TO SOMETHING NEW.
I DON'T I DON'T DRIVE PAST A PLACE.
AND YOU CAN ASK MY MOTHER ONCE AGAIN.
BUT OF COURSE, NOT ALL THESE PLACES ARE OPEN FOR ME TO JUST ROLL UP ON MY SKATEBOARD AND HIT RIGHT.
BUSINESSES WOULDN'T WANT THAT, AND I'M NOT ONE TO CAUSE TROUBLE FOR THEM.
I FIND IT INTERESTING HOW SKATEBOARDING IS AN INDIVIDUAL SPORT THAT WE DO TOGETHER.
SKATEBOARDING THERE IS NO COMPETITION.
YOU'RE ONLY COMPETING WITH YOURSELF.
AND I SAY THAT WE DO IT TOGETHER BECAUSE LIKE I SHOWED IN THE SLIDE, THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE SOCIAL AND MENTAL BENEFITS THAT IF YOU SEE SOMEONE STRUGGLING WITH A TRICK, YOU GO UP AND HELP THEM.
IT'S THEIR TRICK. THEY'VE GOT TO LAND IT.
BUT NOTHING STOPPING YOU FROM GOING TO HELP THEM.
AND IT'S REALLY COMMON IN SKATEBOARDING CULTURE TO HELP THE NEWER PEOPLE.
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO CAN WHO CAN'T DO A TRICK THAT YOU CAN DO, YOU ASK, HEY, YOU WANT SOME HELP? HEY, CAN I GIVE YOU A TIP ON THAT? AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HOW TO DO IT? IT'S VERY CUSTOMARY IN SKATEBOARDING CULTURE, I PROMISE.
IT'S VERY OFTEN IF YOU GO AND YOU STEP ON IT, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, HEY, CAN I HELP YOU WITH THAT? I PROMISE.
STEVO, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WHO THAT IS.
STEVO WAS ON THE JOE ROGAN PODCAST AND HE SAID THIS.
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I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY THAT AND I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO REPLACE THE BAD WORDS.AND THEN IN SHORT ORDER AND IN SHORT ORDER, EVERY KID FOUND OUT HOW HARD IT WAS TO RIDE THIS THING.
RIGHT THERE ARE A WHITE HOT CORE PERSISTENCE, DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE.
AND I DON'T THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY MORE RIGHT.
AND LEARNING A NEW TRICK THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR FOR WEEKS JUST TO LAND IT.
FEEL THAT RUSH OF EXCITEMENT IN YOUR STOMACH.
MINE IS LIKE HOCKEY AND THE WEIRD ONES.
SKATEBOARDING HAS DONE A LOT FOR ME AND I WANT TO DO.
I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO SKATEBOARDING AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO START.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS GOING TO TAKE TIME AND I'M READY TO COMMIT AND BE A PART OF IT.
GREAT JOB, JOHN. GREAT JOB [APPLAUSE].
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK.
I'M FASCINATED WITH THE WEIRD SPORTS.
HOW DO YOU DEFINE A WEIRD SPORT? I DEFINE A WEIRD SPORT THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND ON ESPN, LIKE YOU FIND A LOT ON ESPN.
OKAY. WAIT, YOU SAID WATER POLO.
OKAY, LET'S DO IT. SPORTS THAT ARE COMBINED WITH OTHER SPORTS.
SO LIKE, YES, WATER POLO, POLO SLASH JUDO.
I'LL THROW DISC GOLF IN THERE DISC GOLF THAT'S ON ESPN.
I DON'T I DON'T MEAN TO, BUT IT'S LIKE, OKAY, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT THE LIKE LIKE OLYMPICS.
IT'S NOT THE OLYMPICS DOESN'T MAKE IT WIDE RANGE.
SO, OKAY, WELL, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU RESPECT THE WEIRD SPORTS ENOUGH TO NOT TRY THEM.
RIGHT. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.
ACTUALLY, BEFORE I CAME, I DID.
SO WE'VE HAD OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS WITH OUR PARKS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE.
YES. AND GIVEN THE SUCCESS OF WHAT'S BECOME OF GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH, GIVEN THE SUCCESS OF US MANAGING THE FUNDS TO CREATE THAT PARK, WE FIND THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO NEW THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO DO BECAUSE IT WAS A IT WAS IT WAS A MATTER OF AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES.
IT'S FINANCIAL ISSUES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WHERE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, WHERE WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH STAFF ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING A SKATE PARK. THE NEAT THING IS OUR CITY MANAGER HAS EXPERIENCE CONCEPT IN DEVELOPING AND BUILDING A SKATE PARK IN THE CITY OF ROANOKE, WHERE YOU.
OH REALLY? YOU SO STAFF HE USED TO BE CITY MANAGER THERE X NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
AND AN ASSET AUDIT IS TAKING A LOOK AT THE CITY OF FACILITIES.
WHAT DO WE HAVE? WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? WHAT CAN WE DO TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ACCOMMODATING THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS AS A PART OF THAT ASSET AUDIT IS THE PARKS.
IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS TO.
THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, JIMMY? OH, COUNCILMAN PARKER. JOHN HOW OLD ARE YOU? 17. JOHN 17.
JOHN I'M DON'T ASK HOW OLD TOM IS.
THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. AND DON'T LISTEN TO TOM.
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SO. WHOA.SO YOU DID A GREAT JOB, AND I AM VERY PROUD.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED THAT A 17 YEAR OLD WOULD COME BEFORE COUNCIL.
BUT I HAD A FRIEND HERE WHO SKATED WAY BEFORE I STARTED SKATING.
HE WAS YOUNG, MUCH YOUNGER, AND HE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO GET A SKATE PARK.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT CITY COUNCIL WAS.
I USED TO BELIEVE THAT JUST BECAUSE I WAS YOUNGER, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU LEARN RESPECT.
AND I FIGURED THIS THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO SHOW YOU HOW SOMEONE OF MY AGE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CHANGE WITHIN MY COMMUNITY.
WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU TREATED US WITH RESPECT.
YOU WERE VERY RESPECTFUL TONIGHT.
YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB SPEAKING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, BETTER THAN SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW.
BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB, THE PRESENTATION.
YOU DID, THE RESEARCH YOU DID.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
YOU. JIMMY, DO YOU MIND ELABORATING A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? NO, IT'S AND IT'S INTERESTING.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, HE WOULD GO THROUGH SHOES LIKE ONCE A WEEK, A PAIR A WEEK, IT SEEMS LIKE.
BUT YEAH, WE BUILT THAT THERE.
WE ACTUALLY BROKE GROUND AFTER I LEFT, BUT IT WAS ALL DESIGNED AND TEED UP AND SO POPULAR.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY POPULAR.
AND SO AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE'VE LOOKED AT.
WHAT WOULD BE THE COST? WHAT ARE SOME LOCATIONS WE COULD PUT IT AT? AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN DUE DILIGENCE LIKE WE DO WITH ALL THE PARKS AND THEN COME TO THE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND SEE WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO DO.
BUT YEAH, WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE DONE IT.
YEAH, I'VE WORKED ON THIS AMENITY BEFORE, SO IT'S NOT FOREIGN.
AND SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TIMING THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
REMEMBER COGAN. SO, JOHN, FIRST OFF, FANTASTIC PRESENTATION.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I WAS I'M BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR PASSION AND THAT THAT CAME THROUGH IMMEDIATELY.
HOW MUCH YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT SKATING.
AND AND WITH THAT, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S PERFECT TIMING.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT GETS OVERLOOKED IN A LOT OF WAYS.
WE HEAR FROM OUR SENIORS BECAUSE THEY WE HAD A SENIOR CENTER GET TORE DOWN.
RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE LIKE, HEY, LET'S LET'S BUILD THEM A SENIOR CENTER BECAUSE THEY COME UP HERE.
LIKE IN YOUR DURING YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE OLYMPICS, RIGHT? I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT IF WE CATER THAT THAT TALENT HERE IN BEDFORD? AND WHAT AMAZING COULD IT BE? WE COULD HAVE A HOMETOWN HERO, RIGHT? BECOMING AN OLYMPIAN BECAUSE OF A SKATE PARK.
BUT I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS MY MIND IS IN THE CLOUDS.
BUT EITHER WAY, EITHER WAY, I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE YOUTH, IF YOU WILL.
SO FANTASTIC PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
AND OF COURSE, ME AND MY FRIENDS, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH WHATEVER.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, LIKE HOMETOWN HEROES AND HAVING PEOPLE TO LOOK UP TO EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SKATING, BE HONEST, THAT PERSON AND LIKE I SAID, SKATING WITH DION, AND THEN I SKATE THESE SAME SPOTS AS DION HARRIS, IT REALLY IT MEANS A LOT AND IT CAN MEAN A LOT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS IF WE HAVE A PARK HERE, I WANT TO ASK FOR YOU. ONLY ONE ASK IS THAT STAY, STAY ENGAGED AND STAY UP ON THIS.
SO. SO THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY DEFINITELY CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
JUST A LITTLE BIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT.
ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN HAVE INPUT ON THAT.
CAN YOU DO THE DESIGN WORK ITSELF? NO. YEAH. NO, I JUST WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU.
JUST LIKE DOES LIKE ONE OBSTACLE.
JUST ONE OBSTACLE. BECAUSE YOU GOT TO MAKE IT FUN, TOO.
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LET'S TALK AFTER.GREAT JOB, JOHN. GREAT JOB, MOM.
A ROLLER DERBY. THANK YOU FOR NOT MAKING FUN OF COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS ITEM FIVE.
[5. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into an interlocal agreement with Tarrant County for pavement improvements on Schumac Lane from Hospital Parkway to Central Drive; and McLain Road between Cummings Drive to Cheek Sparger Road.]
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY FOR PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS ON SCHUMACHER LANE FROM HOSPITAL PARKWAY TO CENTRAL DRIVE AND MCLAIN ROAD BETWEEN CUMMINGS DRIVE AND CHEEK-SPARGER ROAD.AND WITH THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHERYL TAYLOR.
I WAS GOING TO LOOK SEE WHAT SHOES HE HAD ON.
THIS YEAR, THE PROPOSED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE PAVING IS FOR THE PAVING OF SCHUMACHER LANE FROM CENTRAL DRIVE TO HOSPITAL PARKWAY AND MCLAIN ROAD BETWEEN CUMMINGS DRIVE AND CHEEK-SPARGER.
THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF PROVIDING ASPHALT, MILLING THE ROAD, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND FUEL FOR THE EQUIPMENT, AND THE COUNTY WILL BE PROVIDING EQUIPMENT AND LABOR FOR THE FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WILL NEED TO GO TO COMMISSIONERS COURT IN FEBRUARY, AND THE ANTICIPATED START DATE FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27TH.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY. SO MS. HIGHTOWER WAS HERE EARLIER.
THIS IS A SIMILAR PROJECT, ALTHOUGH DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S COUNTY AND CITY RELATED.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WAY OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE AFFECTED AREAS? SO WHAT WE DO FOR THOROUGHFARES IS WE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID ON BEDFORD ROAD.
IT'S A THOROUGHFARE, IT'S A LARGE PROJECT.
IT AFFECTS A IT AFFECTS A LOT OF THE PUBLIC AS OPPOSED TO JUST A SINGLE HIGH TRAFFIC.
THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO WE WORK WITH COMMUNICATION STAFF ON THE TIMING AND THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
WE TRY TO GIVE THEM UPDATES AND THAT INFORMATION IS POSTED ON ALL OF SOCIAL WHAT IS IT ALL ALL SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, INCLUDING THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE PROJECT, WE ALSO INCLUDE IT IN THE BEDFORD CONNECTION IF TIME ALLOWS.
DO YOU NOT PUT OUT SIGNAGE AS WELL? I DON'T RECALL THAT WE PUT ANY SIGNAGE.
QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE.
I HAD SOME RESIDENTS OVER NEAR SCHUMACHER REACH OUT TO ME AND THEY WANT TO KNOW ONCE IT'S PAVED ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THE CENTER LANE STRIP BECAUSE THERE'S A HILL WITH LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE RIGHT THERE AND THEY SAY WHEN PEOPLE COME UP OVER THAT HILL, SOMETIMES THERE'S NOTHING TO SPLIT THAT LITTLE LANE THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT HILL ON SCHUMACHER GOING TOWARDS HOSPITAL PARKWAY, GOING TOWARD IS THERE STRIPING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? NO, AT THAT ROAD IS ALL PRETTY BAD.
THAT'S THE REASON WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WE CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND TYPICALLY ON THOSE THOROUGHFARES WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THE STRIPING AFTERWARDS.
IT SAYS LIMITED SIGHT. YOU KNOW, LIMITED VISIBILITY OR LIMITED AND IT'S A HILL AND IT CONCERNED THAT IT'S WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A DIVIDER ON THAT ROAD STRIPING.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.
OR HAS THAT ALREADY HAPPENED? OR I JUST HATE FOR US TO GET THESE FUNDS TO DO THE MILL OVERLAY AND THEN WE GOT TO DIG IT UP TO ADDRESS SOMETHING UNDERNEATH.
RIGHT. SO ON THESE TWO STREETS, WE ARE NOT REPLACING THE WATER AND THE SEWER LINE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO THE EFFORT OF TRYING TO REPLACE EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH.
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I MEAN, JUST RELATED TO THAT, DO WE DO WE KNOW IF WE NEED TO EVENTUALLY OR AT SOME POINT OR HAVE WE'RE ALREADY DONE IT? IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR CURRENT FIVE YEAR PLAN.MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL. SO ONE OF THE EXPLANATIONS THAT WAS MADE FOR MS. HIGHTOWER WAS THAT WALTER STREET WAS A COMMUNITY GRANT, CDBG.
AND THIS IS A TARRANT COUNTY GRANT PROJECT.
WE WORK TOGETHER IN THE FIELD TO BUILD THE STREAM.
SO. THE SO THE THE SAME FAILURES WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE WITH IT BEING TARRANT COUNTY AS OPPOSED TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT.
ALL OF US ARE BASICALLY IN THE FIELD TOGETHER, COMPLETING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO ASK FOR MONEY TO HELP US PAY FOR THE FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS IN WHICH CASE TARRANT COUNTY, THIS IS PRECINCT THREE MAINTENANCE DIVISION, AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER DIVISION OF TARRANT COUNTY.
AND IT IS OUTSOURCED WITH THE MOST ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY POSSIBLE TO PERFORM THE WORK.
SO IN THE FUTURE, WOULD WE EVER USE THAT AS A RESOURCE TO REDO OUR STREETS? I BELIEVE THE CITY OF BEDFORD HAS UTILIZED THAT PROGRAM FOR THE LOCAL CDBG.
SO YOU CAN'T USE IT ON A WIDE SCALE.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET ONE OR TWO PROJECTS, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.
RIGHT. AND IT'S VERY LIMITED, RIGHT? EXACTLY. IT'S VERY LIMITED IN THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE CAN REQUEST FROM THEM.
SO WHO MONITORS THE FIRST GROUP THAT STARTED WALTER STEWART? I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE DETAILS ON THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA OR ON THE AGENDA ITEM LATER IN THE EVENING, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER YOU GUYS OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI MOTION TO APPROVE READING YOUR LIPS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS? I'LL GIVE IT TO HER. LET'S VOTE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE UNANIMOUS, SEVEN ZERO.
THANK YOU, CHERYL. THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU, COUNSEL THANK YOU.
MS. HIGHTOWER. YOU WERE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
[6. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to purchase 14 bullet-resistant shields from Galls, LLC through the Texas Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard) in an amount not to exceed $63,000.]
PURCHASING COOPERATIVE BUY BOARD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $63,000.AND I SEE WE HAVE POLICE CHIEF JEFF WILLIAMS. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL.
SO. ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS ARE INCREASING.
THE FBI RELEASED A REPORT BACK IN 2021.
SO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED FUND NEW PATROL RIFLES FOR OFFICERS.
WE'VE GOT A GRANT FOR BALLISTIC VESTS.
THAT'S THE RIFLE RESISTANT ARMOR.
SO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICERS EARLIER THIS YEAR RELEASED FUNDING FOR THESE BALLISTIC SHIELDS.
AND IT PROVIDES THEM PROTECTION SO THEY CAN MOVE TO WHERE THE THREATS AND ACTUALLY STOP THE THREAT.
SO WE WENT WITH A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.
SO WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST AGENCIES IN THE AREA TO BE GRANTED THE GRANT.
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I THINK PROBABLY BECAUSE WE KIND OF WENT WITH THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH AND WE DIDN'T ASK FOR 50 OR 60 OF THEM.SO WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO PURCHASE THOSE 14 SHIELDS, NOT TO EXCEED $63,000.
AND I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HERE TO ANSWER FOR YOU.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. SO THE GRANT FULLY COVERS THE 14? YES, SIR. IT'S 100% GRANT.
THERE'S NO REIMBURSEMENT OR NO NO MATCHING.
NONE OF THOSE SHIELDS ARE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
NO, WE'LL HAVE IF WE NEED THEM, WE BRING THEM UP HERE TO YOU.
OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL FARCO WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION.
ANYONE ELSE WITH A COMMENT? COUNCILMEMBER COGAN QUESTION.
WHAT ARE THESE SHIELDS RATED FOR? THEY ARE RIFLE RATED SHIELDS.
SO CURRENTLY OUR PATROL OFFICERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH.
WE HAVE A FEW OF THE BALLISTIC SHIELDS THAT ARE JUST PISTOL RATED.
SO THESE ARE A RIFLE RATED SHIELDS.
SO THIS WILL PROTECT OUR OFFICERS AND AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION TO APPROVE A FIRST.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
OH, I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM SAY, IT'S JUST LIKE [INAUDIBLE].
IT'S. IT'S NOT MADE OUT OF METAL.
IT'S. IT'S JUST. IT'S JUST A, IT'S A BIG BLOCK THAT YOU STAND BEHIND.
SO. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, STAFF.
[7. Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Bedford, Texas, ordering a general election to be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023 for the purpose of electing persons to City Council, Place 4 and Place 6, with a term to expire May 2026; authorizing a contract for election services with Tarrant County; and establishing the dates and times for early voting for such election.]
2023, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING PERSONS TO CITY COUNCIL, PLACE FOUR AND PLACE SIX WITH A TERM TO EXPIRE MAY 2026, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR ELECTION SERVICES WITH TARRANT COUNTY AND ESTABLISHING THE DATES AND TIMES FOR EARLY VOTING FOR SUCH ELECTION.AND SO I GIVE YOU CITY SECRETARY MICHAEL WELLS YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AS YOU SAID, THIS IS TO FORMALLY CALL THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAY 6TH, 2023, FOR PLACE PLACES FOUR AND SIX TO SERVE A TERM TO EXPIRE IN MAY OF 2026. THE FOLLOWING PERIOD ACTUALLY BEGAN LAST WEEK.
ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH, WE'LL RUN THROUGH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH.
BEDFORD IS GOING TO BE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 2424 HORSE RIDGE DRIVE.
THE VOTERS AGAIN CAN VOTE AT ANY TARRANT COUNTY ELECTION DAY POLLING LOCATION AND AS IN YEARS PAST, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AGAIN CONTRACTING WITH TARRANT COUNTY ELECTIONS TO JOINTLY, JOINTLY HOLD AND MASTER THE ELECTIONS, AS HAS PROVEN TO BE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY TO HOLD SUCH ELECTIONS.
AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THE CONTROVERSIAL FREE VOTING BOOTHS FROM THE COUNTY.
THE ONE I'M SORRY, THE NON HACKABLE VOTING BOOTHS? THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND DO I NOTICE YOU HAVE GRAY HAIR IN YOUR BEARD? YES, I DO. YES, SIR. WOW.
I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE MICHAEL WELLS GET GRAY HAIR.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.
YOU WERE WANTING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY HAVING THE GENERAL ELECTION.
IS THAT TRUE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD.
A MOTION TO APPROVE HAVING THE GENERAL ELECTION.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI? EVEN SO, PLACES FOUR AND SIX MAKE A MOTION.
LET'S VOTE. THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
THESE FOLKS WANT TO HAVE AN ELECTION.
[8. Consider a resolution adopting the goals of the Strategic Planning Session for calendar year 2023.]
AND I'LL GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER JIMMY STATHATOS.THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, THIS IS.
YOU JUST ADVANCED IT LIKE WHEN I GIVE YOU A SIGN.
THANK YOU. LET'S PULL UP THE FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE.
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OK. THIS IS VERY, VERY EXCITING.I WANT TO DO A I'LL DO A QUICK RECAP OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL ACCOMPLISHED FOR THIS LAST YEAR.
IT'S PRETTY DAUNTING WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
AND WE WENT OVER IT A LITTLE BIT AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MORE ACHIEVEMENTS, IF YOU WILL, SINCE THEN.
I WON'T READ EVERYTHING. I AM GOING TO READ EVERY ONE OF THESE.
UPDATE THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE DEVELOP A STREET IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I WANT TO TELL YOU, THAT'S A VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE FIVE YEAR PLAN AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTACK SO MANY DIFFERENT ROADS WITHIN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL REALLY CHANGED THE PHILOSOPHY ON HOW THEY APPROACHED ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
THE DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, WHICH THERE WAS A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
I KNOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UPDATE THE MASTER PARKS TRAILS AND BIKE PLAN.
AND AND THAT WAS ALSO A COMPONENT FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION AND THEN IMPROVE THE AUDIO VISUAL PERFORMANCE AT CITY HALL, WHICH YOU CAN TELL THAT WAS DONE AND CREATE A PUBLIC ARTS POLICY PROGRAM, FINALIZE THE OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR THE CENTER AT GENERATIONS PARK CONDUCT CITIZEN SURVEYS, EVALUATE A POSSIBLE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OR TAX RATE, DECREASE, USE ARPA FUNDS.
THOSE THE PRECEDING ONES ARE THE ONES THAT WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED AND A LOT OF THOSE IN ITSELF, MAYBE HALF OF THOSE MOST CITIES, I THINK WOULD JUST THEY WOULD DO I MEAN, THEY WOULD JUST MAKE T-SHIRTS AND STUFF IF THEY ACCOMPLISHED ALL THAT.
BUT WE WERE I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR GROUP, ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF.
WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT.
THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE TASKED WITH THAT WE DIDN'T FINISH THAT.
A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE ROADS.
WE HAVE SO MANY ROADS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
BUT IF WE TRY TO DO THEM ALL AT ONCE, PEOPLE GO CRAZY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE NOT FINISHED YET.
CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN REVIEW THAT IS KICKING OFF.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE MUCH NEEDED.
IT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE SECOND ITEM IS A TYPO THAT I APOLOGIZE I MEANT TO REMOVE WHEN WE MOVED IT TO THE COMPLETED LIST.
UPDATE THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING BASICALLY A PIECEMEAL APPROACH AND A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE THE SAME GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE ARE ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE MAKING STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENTS.
I MEAN, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, EVERY CITY I'VE EVER WORKED FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT'S LIKE 50, 50% OF THE RESIDENTS THINK WE'RE BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE, THE OTHER 50% THINK WE'RE BEING TOO LAX.
I THINK WE FOUND THAT SWEET SPOT.
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE HELPED ABATE SOME VERY LARGE PROJECTS THAT WERE REQUIRED COURT ACTION, WHICH I APPRECIATE, AND I THINK THAT HAS SENT A MESSAGE TO SOME OF THE PREVIOUSLY HABITUAL VIOLATORS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME OTHER GROUPS I DON'T WANT TO MENTION NAMES AND AND PUT COUNCIL ON THE SPOT IN TERMS OF THE BOARDS, BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ARE IN THE 22-23 TASK LIST AND THEN CREATE A CAPITAL ASSET STRATEGIC PLAN SIMILAR TO WHAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER.
THAT BASICALLY IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US A COMPREHENSIVE TABULATION, IF YOU WILL, OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S ALL OF OUR PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY, THE DIFFERENT LAND PARCELS THAT WE HAVE, AND IT COULD GO THE SKY'S THE LIMIT IN TERMS OF IT COULD GO EQUIPMENT, IT COULD GO FIXED ASSET.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TO ALL OF OUR STUFF, IF YOU WILL.
THAT IS A HUGE IT'S HUGE IN TERMS OF IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOREVER.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IS AND I WON'T BE LONG.
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. BUT I PROMISE.
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BUT THAT PROPERTY NEVER BEEN PLATTED.AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES JUST AS A RESULT OF COMBINING ALL THESE TRACKS INTO ONE.
AND SO WE'RE TAKING THE STEP FORWARD TO REALLY TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
THERE'S A MASTER PLAN, THERE'S A MASTER DEVELOPER THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ENTERED INTO AGREEMENT WITH.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL ZONES, BUT CANDIDLY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON.
REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S ALSO GOING TO GO HAND IN HAND.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT, WHETHER IT'S WORKING WITH LARGE SHOPPING CENTERS AND GOING IN AND DOING COMPREHENSIVE FACADE GRANTS OR WHETHER IT'S LOOKING AT HOAS OR JUST NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ARTERIAL SIGNS THAT FACE ARTERIAL ROADS THAT ARE MAY BE DILAPIDATED.
HERITAGE PLAZA GENERATIONS PARK PHASE TWO.
THIS IS A REAL KICKOFF TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WE DON'T FORGET KIND OF WHERE WE CAME FROM AND THE IF ANYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO GO SEE THE SCULPTURE THAT WAS DONE BY JESSICA GREEN, WHO WORKED WITH HER SUPERVISOR, CHRISTY ODEN, THAT IS THAT IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
IT'S INCREDIBLE. IT'S A REAL IT'LL BE A REAL CATALYST.
AND THEN CITYWIDE WI FI, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
WE'VE HAD TO MASSAGE THE SCOPE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S STILL IN THE PIPELINE.
I'M SORRY. THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WE HAVE.
THANK YOU, SIR. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AN ARCHITECT, OBVIOUSLY, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE SCOPE FOR THE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED CONCEPTUALLY, THE COST THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO STAY WITH, UNDER OR STAY UNDER AND THE FINAL GROSS MAXIMUM PRICE, IF YOU WILL, WILL COME FORWARD IN HOPEFULLY MARCH COULD BE EARLY APRIL.
AND THERE WAS $500 MILLION THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES DEPEND ON THE BUDGET THAT THE COUNCIL FINALLY APPROVES.
THANK YOU, BOB. NOW TO KICK OFF THE PRESENT DAY, THESE WE HAD THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION IN OCTOBER BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS SCHEDULE CONFLICTS, WE'RE JUST NOW VALIDATING OR APPROVING EVERYTHING OR RECOMMEND APPROVAL, CREATE A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON.
AND WE'LL TALK WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL ABOUT THE THEME, THE TIMING.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BLOW PEOPLE AWAY.
AND I'M NOT EVEN WORRIED ABOUT OVERSELLING IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE COOL.
SO AND AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL BE INVOLVED.
BUT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF FORESHADOW.
EVALUATE THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND DETERMINE BEST SOLUTIONS.
CANDIDLY, IS IT SALVAGEABLE FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE OR DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER LOCATION? BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES TO SEE IF ANY OTHER APPROACH MAKES SENSE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DRIVE THE BUS, SO WHEN YOU ALL DISCUSS IT, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE'RE TOTALLY OUT IN LEFT FIELD ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. EVALUATE ALL POSSIBLE OPTIONS TO PROVIDE A SENIOR CENTER.
THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE EXPANSION OF WHAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED AND WHAT I MENTIONED FROM THE LAST STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION AND THEN EVALUATE THE NEED FOR A NEW CITY HALL, AS WELL AS THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR IT WITHOUT REQUIRING NEW DEBT.
THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE IN PURCHASING LAND FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND NOW WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE WORK TO DO THE ENTITLEMENTS TO GET THE FUNDING MECHANISMS IN PLACE AND NOW.
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AND THAT MONEY, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER POOLS, ARE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR ANY TYPE OF CITY HALL.AND NO MATTER WHAT THAT IS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NOT BUILDING C PROBABLY IS THE MOST EFFICIENTLY LAID OUT, BUT LIKE TODAY WE HAD A LEAK IN THE BACK AND WE HAD TWO OTHER LEAKS AND BUILDING B IS WE, YOU KNOW, IS NOT THE BUILDINGS THEY'RE DATED AND THIS IS TURNING INTO PRIME PROPERTY TO THE POINT TO WHERE WE CAN REALLY MONETIZE THE LAND AND LOOK IN ENHANCING BEDFORD COMMONS IS ALL PART OF BED FOR COMMONS AND LOOK AT PROVIDING A MORE EFFICIENT ONE.
STOP, STOP ONE, ONE STOP SHOP.
SO WE'RE SENDING THEM ALL OVER.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO RECYCLE THE WATER AND USE IT.
I'M JUST KIDDING. THAT WAS A REALLY BAD JOKE.
SO EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING A FIRE STATION AND A TRAINING FACILITY.
YOU KNOW, A TRAINING FACILITY WE HAVE NOW THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
IT'S A VERY LARGE FACILITY, AND WE HAVE TO COMPETE WITH A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES TO USE IT.
IT'S OVER ONE OF THE COUNTY COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
IT'S PART OF IT'S IN BEDFORD COMMONS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO AND ALSO IT'S VERY OUTDATED.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO RETROFIT THAT BUILDING.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER LOCATIONS AT LEAST AS AN OPTION.
AND SO WE'LL LOOK AT WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO TO ADD ON OR REBUILD SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO EVALUATE AND THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE SECOND ONE.
AND SO THE NEXT ITEM IS TO EVALUATE THE MULTIFAMILY INSPECTION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING THAT WE'RE NOT? THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPROVED SOME MINIMUM ENHANCE THE MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS THIS LAST SUMMER, MAYBE EARLY FALL.
AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE INSPECTIONS.
CONDUCT CONVERSATION, ANALYSIS ABOUT NEW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
MAYBE FINALLY, I NEED TO ANYWAY CONSIDER CALLING FOR A CHARTER ELECTION.
THIS WAS REQUESTED AS A RESULT OF THE CHARTER REVIEW THAT WAS DONE IN 2022.
I THINK THAT'S IT. IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE MAYOR.
JUST THAT LIST. YEAH. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK OVER JUST IN CASE? SO I'M.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START HERE.
THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANT TO MAKE, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT WERE ACCOMPLISHED WERE NOT LIGHTWEIGHTS.
THEY WERE SERIOUS THINGS TO TAKE ON THAT REQUIRED A LOT OF EFFORT.
I WANT TO ABSOLUTELY GIVE KUDOS TO YOU AND STAFF THAT YOU TOOK THOSE ON.
ALREADY HAVING ENOUGH TO DO BUT AT AT THE BEHEST OF COUNCIL TOOK THOSE ITEMS ON AND GOT THOSE ACCOMPLISHED AND STARTED WORKING ON THE OTHER ITEMS AS WELL. THAT IS A TREMENDOUS LIST.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN A PART OF COUNCILS IN THE PAST WHERE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS FOUR OR FIVE ITEMS. THIS IS A BIG LIST.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THIS LIST WE TALK ABOUT 2023, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT AS AN ALUMNUS AS THE 2022 LIST, THERE ARE A LOT OF HEAVY ITEMS IN THIS 2023.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW.THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS GOTTEN DONE, AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF PEOPLE.
SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD.
THE ONLY ONE ITEM THAT I WAS THINKING AS YOU WERE GOING DOWN THE DEAL, THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR A GOAL FOR THIS YEAR, THAT IS BOTH A RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.
YES, WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT TOWN, THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
WE DO SEE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BEDFORD, THAT WE CAN ENGAGE AND ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, BOTH RESIDENTIALLY AND COMMERCIALLY.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAD TO ADD TO WHAT YOU HAD.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, JIMMY, I WAS JUST WONDERING, FOR OUR STILL PARTIALLY COMPLETED ITEMS IN THE 2023 ITEMS, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET A QUARTERLY UPDATE OR LIKE HAVE MAYBE LIKE APRIL AND JULY OF HEY, HERE'S ALL OF MY ITEMS AND HERE'S THE PROGRESS? SO IT WAS OVERWHELMING IN OCTOBER, ME BEING NEW TO COUNCIL, IT'S LIKE, OH, WE, WE COMPLETED QUITE A BIT IN 2022.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO KIND OF HAVE A VARIETY OF PROGRESS.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE'VE RECENTLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING PROGRESS ON ON THESE THINGS AS WELL AS OTHER ELEMENTS OF OUR ORGANIZATION, HOW THEY'RE PROGRESSING AS A DEPARTMENT.
IS THAT VALID? YES, SIR, AND YES, MA'AM.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
TO YOUR POINT, YEAH, MORE COMMUNICATION.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING. SO TONIGHT, WHAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY ASKING IS TO APPROVE OUR GOALS FOR 2023 AS A COUNCIL, AS WE INITIALLY DISCUSSED IN THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
YES, SIR. SO MY QUESTION TO COUNCIL IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE HERE THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER? ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS LIST? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO US TAKING ON THIS LIST OF OF GOALS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR? IS THERE ANY HESITANCY TO DO IT? OKAY. WOW. EASY CROWD TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR DESIRE, COUNCIL.
I HEARD GAGLIARDI BEFORE I SAW HER FINGER.
A SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF.
THANK YOU, JIMMY. JIMMY, I GOT ONE THING TO SAY.
WHAT IS IT THAT I HAVE TO SAY? DON'T SCREW IT UP. OH, YEAH.
I SHOULD HAVE HAD MARK UP HERE.
THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM NINE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION REGARDING COMMUNICATION TO RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
[9. Discussion regarding communication to residents affected by street improvements. **This item requested by Councilmember Dawkins]
THIS IS AN ITEM REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, MRS. HIGHTOWER, FOR COMING TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF WALTER STREET AND THE EXPERIENCE AFFECTING THE THAT AFFECTED THEM WITH THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO BASED OFF OF HER RETELLING OF THE EVENTS AND SOME OF THE COMMENTARY, I HAVE A LITTLE MORE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THIS WAS A JOINT PROJECT WITH TARRANT COUNTY.
THERE WAS SOME THINGS LIKE THE FIRST CONTRACTOR THAT WASN'T.
AND SO GIVEN THAT THE STREET IS NEARLY COMPLETE AND KNOWING THAT WE HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN, I WANTED TO TAKE THE LESSONS LEARNED, NOT JUST FACTORING IN THAT WE HAD INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, BUT JUST IN GENERAL OF HOW WE CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE TO THE RESIDENTS WHEN THEIR STREET IS COMING
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UP FOR CONSTRUCTION.I DID WATCH THE [INAUDIBLE] MEETING LAST WEEK AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE TAKING APPROACH WITH SOME OTHER MINOR STREETS THAT WE'RE DOING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DID NOTICE WHEN MRS. HIGHTOWER INITIALLY REACHED OUT TO ME, WHEN I TRIED TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THE STREET AND THE TIMELINES, THE WEBSITE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MUCH INFORMATION.
AND SO IN GENERAL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ON OUR WEBSITE AND COMMUNICATION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, SOME KIND OF GANTT CHART OR A TIMELINE OF, YES, THIS IS 50% COMPLETE, 75% COMPLETE, JUST SO THERE'S EASY, EASILY ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION WHERE THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO CONTACT SOMEONE IN THE CITY OR OR THE CONTRACTOR THAT THINGS ARE EASILY AVAILABLE FOR AFFECTED RESIDENTS.
BUT THOSE THOSE ARE MY GENERAL COMMENTS THAT I KNOW.
JIMMY, YOU HAD SOME THOUGHTS THAT YOU WANTED TO OFFER THAT CHERYL AND MOLLY COULD PROVIDE US.
AND GOING FORWARD, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT IT DOES NOT DENY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS EXPERIENCE.
BUT I DON'T MEAN I'M JUST SAYING.
BUT IF CHERYL, DO YOU MIND COMING UP AND JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO, LIKE ON PROJECTS THAT WE CONTROL THE ANY OUTREACH DOOR HANGERS THAT WAY, THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN HEAR IT.
AND THERE MIGHT BE THINGS CANDIDLY THAT Y'ALL ARE LIKE, WELL, WHY NOT THIS? WHY NOT THAT THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL VET IT AND WE'LL LOOK AT OTHER SEEDS TO SAY, OKAY, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO BETTER? BUT I'D LIKE FOR HER TO SHARE THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IN CASE Y'ALL SOMETHING JUMPS OUT AT Y'ALL, IF THAT'S OKAY.
SURE. SO ON OUR TYPICAL PROJECTS ON A CIP PROJECT, ONCE IT IS AWARDED TO A CONTRACTOR, THIS IS ACRONYM CITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
YES. SO ON A BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, WE REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR BEFORE THEY BEGIN PROBABLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS, UP TO TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO IF IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TYPICALLY PUT DOOR HANGERS.
WE ASK THEM TO PUT THEIR LOGO ON IT.
THEY ASK WE ASK THEM TO PUT THE CITY THE CITY LOGO ON IT, PROVIDE THE CONTACT FOR THEIR COMPANY, THE NAME AND THE PHONE NUMBER OF SOMEBODY THAT THEY CAN REACH THAT IS ON THE GROUND AND THAT CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS EASILY.
SO THE PROJECT INSPECTOR IS ACTUALLY ON SITE EVERY DAY AND THEY ARE THE GO BETWEEN BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE CONTRACTOR. WE TRY TO GIVE OUT THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT IF YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY, THIS IS SOMEONE YOU CAN CALL, THEY CAN COME AND ADDRESS SOMETHING, HEY, THERE'S A HOLE OVER HERE. WE YOU KNOW, THERE'S WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY SEE.
SO THEY CONTACTED THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC WORKS INSPECTOR.
HE ACTUALLY GOT THE CONTRACTOR TO COLLECT THE TRASH AND TAKE IT TO THE END OF THE STREET.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE CITY MANAGES.
THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT? THAT IS CORRECT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT MRS. HIGHTOWER MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD CHALLENGES WITH THIS WAS WERE PUBLIC, THE RECYCLING AND TRASH.
AND SO DO WE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT STREET OR WE DO HOW DO WE COORDINATE? SO IS THAT PART OF THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS, LIKE WHAT THEY SHOULD DO ON THEIR TRASH AND RECYCLING DAYS? JUST LIKE ACT AS NORMAL? OR HOW DOES THAT PIECE WORK? IF THERE'S SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, WE WOULD NOTIFY THEM OF WHAT THAT OUT OF THE ORDINARY IS.
LET'S SEE. TYPICAL CIP PROJECTS ALSO REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE PROJECT SIGN.
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AS YOU ALL MENTIONED, ON THE HARDWOOD PROJECT, WE PUT THE THE MESSAGE BOARDS OUT THERE JUST TO GIVE RESIDENTS OR THE PUBLIC ADVANCE NOTIFICATION THAT THIS IS COMING ROAD WILL BE CLOSED ON THESE DAYS OR WHAT TO EXPECT DETOURS, EXPECT DELAYS, AVOID THE AREA, THAT KIND OF THING.AND WHAT ELSE? WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
ON NEXT DOOR YOU CAN BE VERY SPECIFIC AND NARROW DOWN AN AREA.
WE'LL POST IT ON NEXT DOOR TO THE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS THEY POSTED ON SOCIAL CHANNELS, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF STREETS, THE SCOPE, AS I SAID, ON THOROUGHFARES, EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL, THE WEBSITE, THE BEDFORD CONNECTION.
EVERYBODY IS NOT ON NEXT DOOR.
AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE WAY THAT PEOPLE GET THEIR NEWS.
SO IF WE CAN POST SIGNS, IF WE CAN PUT DOWN PUT OUT DOOR HANGERS, A LOT OF THE TIMES THE DOOR HANGERS ARE WHAT REACHED THE PEOPLE. BUT A LOT OF TIMES ALSO, IF YOU DON'T GO IN AND OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR AND IT'S ON YOUR DOOR, THEN YOU MAY NOT GET IT FOR FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
SO, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH MOLLY AND HER COMMUNICATIONS STAFF AND INCLUDE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS ON ANY FUTURE PROJECTS.
OH, ONE OF THE THINGS AND I KNOW MOLLY, I DISCUSSED THIS WITH YOU WITH OUR WEBSITE REDESIGN, WE HAD LIKE AN ALERT SYSTEM OR I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BLACKBOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT CANNOT BE TAILORED TOWARDS PEOPLE ON A PARTICULAR STREET OR LOCALE.
BUT I'M, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING WHAT, WHAT KIND OF ALERTS LIKE AN EMAIL.
SO EMAIL. CHERYL, I CAN TALK IF YOU NEED ME TO.
IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S BEDFORDTX.GOV/NOTIFYME.
WE DO PERIODICALLY PROMOTE IT, BUT WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP.
HOWEVER, THE CONSTRUCTION WEB PAGE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE.
SO WHAT WE WOULD WE COULD DO IS THAT WE COULD CREATE A LIST FOR IT.
AND THEN CHERYL OR STACY, SOMEONE IN PUBLIC WORKS NEEDS TO TELL ME WHEN THAT PAGE HAS BEEN UPDATED.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK.
I MEAN, YOU CAN UPDATE IT MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK, BUT WE'D PROBABLY SEND OUT THE NOTIFICATION AT MOST ONCE A WEEK JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO INUNDATE PEOPLE WITH A COMMUNICATION AND WEAR THEM OUT TO WHERE THEY UNSUBSCRIBE FROM IT.
BUT THAT'S A THAT'S AN OPTION IF YOU NEED PEOPLE TO DO IT.
BUT THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
IT DEPENDS ON IF IT AFFECTS PEOPLE OR NOT.
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR MOLLY FOX, EVERYONE IN HER LITTLE CUBBYHOLE.
OKAY, SO BLACKBOARD DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, CITY OF BEDFORD.
IT IS. SO THEN WHAT MADE THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, AS WE DISCUSSED FOR DIFFERENT, WAS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND THE NATURE OF HOW WE INTERACTED WITH TARRANT COUNTY, WHERE IT'S NOT LIKE A COMMISSIONER PROJECT OR LIKE OUR PRECINCT PROJECT.
WE WERE GOING THROUGH A COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT AND SO DO WE HAVE FUTURE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON THAT INVOLVE STREETS? WE DO.
SO ON I BELIEVE MAYBE ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA WE WILL HAVE IS THAT WE NEED A PUBLIC HEARING TO APPLY FOR THE NEXT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND WHAT'S DIFFERENT WITH THIS APPLICATION FROM THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION IS THAT PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION, WE'VE VETTED OUT THE UTILITIES, WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE WATER, WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE SEWER.
WE AND WE HAVE ADDED ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO THE SCOPE.
THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO DID NOT INCLUDE THE UTILITIES.
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AND ONCE WE STARTED DIGGING, LITERALLY DIGGING AND FIGURING OUT, OH, OKAY, SO THAT WATER LINE IS FOUR INCHES, THE SEWER SERVICES ARE A LITTLE BIT SHALLOW.SO WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO? LET'S CONTACT THE COUNTY.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE SCOPE.
WE'LL ADD IT TO THE DESIGN AND WE CAN GET IT ALL DONE AT ONCE.
AND THEY SAID, SORRY, WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR YOU.
IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE.
YOU PROBABLY NEED TO DO THAT BEFOREHAND.
SO CURRENT STAFF WAS KIND OF RUSHING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO NOT REBUILD, RECONSTRUCT AN ENTIRE STREET CONSTRUCT, THEN RECONSTRUCT AND THEN COME BACK AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE UTILITY.
SO WE WERE I MEAN, I THINK THE INTENT WAS WAS GOOD.
WE WERE. WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
AND SO ON. THE NEXT ONE THAT'S COMING UP, IT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF UTILITIES.
SO THE INTENT IS NOT TO LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, THAT WAS DIFFICULT AS WELL, TRYING TO JUGGLE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS AND PIECES AND FIGURE OUT, OKAY, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE IN TIME FOR THE COUNTY? AND WE ACTUALLY PUSHED THE COUNTY BIDDING PROJECT A LITTLE BIT TO ALLOW US TO GET THE UTILITIES IN THERE AND THEN THE RAIN AND THEN AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION AND AND UNFORTUNATELY AND I TRULY APOLOGIZE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT DID EXTEND THE PROJECT MUCH LONGER THAN IT.
THEN. THEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
SO THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS NEGOTIATION WITH ANOTHER AGENCY.
SO ARE WE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE CHALLENGE AND NOT HAVING CONTROL OVER ONE CONTRACTOR VERSUS WHAT WE WOULD SELECT? SO WE HAVE STAFF ON SITE, WE DO COORDINATE WITH TARRANT COUNTY.
WE ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AS THEY SET THE SCHEDULE AND THEY BRING A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE.
IN FACT, THE THE COUNCIL AWARDS THE CONTRACT FOR THE CITY.
SO WE ARE INVOLVED IN SOME SENSE THE WHAT WOULD BE MISSING WAS THAT HAVING TO BRING IN ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO SCRAMBLED TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING ELSE DONE. SO HOPEFULLY THE NEXT ONE WILL BE MUCH MORE SEAMLESS.
DO YOU SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION ON THE FRONT END ON A CDBG PROJECT, WHEREAS PERHAPS WE DIDN'T APPLY SOME OF THE SAME STANDARDS IN THE PAST? I THINK WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THIS.
I THINK WE DID IN THE SENSE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LETTER THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAD PUT TOGETHER, MCLENDON, THEY ACTUALLY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF OUTLINING.
YES. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? SEE, THE ISSUE ON WALTER STREET WAS THERE WERE TWO CONTRACTORS.
THE OTHER COMPANY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MCCLENDON, BUT THE INITIAL CONTRACTOR DID A POOR JOB OF HANDLING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THAT PROJECT, COMMUNICATING IT TO THE RESIDENTS. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STEP UP AND IMPROVE THAT COMMUNICATION, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY HIRING THAT CONTRACTOR.
THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO IMPROVE.
CERTAINLY, I THINK THE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM COUNCIL AND FROM RESIDENTS WOULD BE FOR US TO FIND A WAY JUST TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO TO SHORE UP ANY INSECURITIES THE RESIDENTS MAY HAVE. ABSOLUTELY.
WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A FEW YEARS.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS KIND OF DIFFICULTY WITH OTHER CDBG PROJECTS I'M ASSUMING.
THE LAST CDBG PROJECT THAT I SAW WAS NEARING COMPLETION WHEN I ARRIVED IN BEDFORD EAST.
YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, BUT IT WAS REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER LOOKING AHEAD ABOUT A JOINT PROJECT.
AND SO I THINK IT'S CONTINUE YOU SAID THAT THE NEXT COMMUNITY THE CD I DON'T KNOW CDBG.
ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. APPRECIATE THAT.
OTHER THOUGHTS HERE BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO MS. HIGHTOWER. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.
APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, CHERYL.
APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. WITHOUT ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION ON THAT ITEM.
[10. Mayor/Council Member Reports]
I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING.[01:50:02]
CITY AND WHAT A WHAT A FANTASTIC MOMENT, BECAUSE ALL ALONG COUNCIL WAS ASKING FOR A WHILE ON THAT BUILDING, ON THAT PARK. AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO REITERATE THAT THAT A WOW WAS DELIVERED AND THAT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT SATURDAY.AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE COMING OUT AND THANK YOU TO JIMMY AND STAFF THAT WE'VE GOT A FACILITY IN A PARK TO BE PROUD OF AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF HONORING THE HISTORY OF THAT PARK WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO COMMENT ON.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. SO ITEM ELEVEN, CITY MANAGER, STAFF REPORTS.
[11. City Manager/Staff Reports]
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU.COUNCIL AS MAYOR, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE'LL START TO USE THIS A LITTLE MORE FOR PROJECT AND PROGRAM UPDATES AND DEPARTMENTAL UPDATES.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SEWER AT GENERATIONS PARK, I WANTED TO HAVE THE PRIMARY ENGINEER THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND THE PROJECT MANAGER HERE.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY BEFORE SO WE HAD A RESIDENT LAST MEETING WHO CAME AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE DECISIONS AND SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF WHAT WAS DONE AS IT WERE, AS IT RELATED TO THE CENTER AT GENERATIONS PARK BOYS RANCH AND THE IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD SEWER, WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, IN MY I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN ANYONE'S MOUTH.
I THINK PART OF THE CONFUSION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, BEFORE A LOT OF OUR TIME, THEY WERE LOOKING AT OK BECAUSE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE A SIX INCH SEWER LINE.
WELL, THE MINIMUM NOW IS EIGHT INCHES.
SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY NEGATIVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OR WHAT HAVE YOU? AND SO THE ISSUE IS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BACKWASH THAT OCCURS FROM THE POOL.
AND BEDFORD SPLASH ALSO HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND THEY HAD KIND OF A CATCH BASIN.
SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT DOING IS THERE WERE SEVERAL OPTIONS.
ONE OF THEM WAS TO INCREASE THE SEWER LINE FOR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE WAS I'M GOING MY MEMORY ONE WAS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 1,500 LINEAR FEET OF SEWER LINE.
AND THEN ONE OF THEM THAT WE SELECTED WAS TO BASICALLY DO A CATCH BASIN OR A JUST A COLLECTION POINT, IF YOU WILL, AND THE ENGINEERS WILL WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT BASICALLY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO RELEASE THAT THAT BACKWASH, IF YOU WILL, AT OUR OWN RATE.
AND SO THE REASON WE DID [INAUDIBLE] SO I DIDN'T STAY AT A HOLIDAY INN LAST NIGHT.
YES, SIR. YOU'RE CALLING THAT BACKWASH? YES, SIR. AND THE IDEA IS, IF WE HIT A BUTTON AND WE JUST RELEASE IT ALL AT ONE TIME, WE DON'T WANT IT ADVERSELY IMPACTING THE SIX INCH PIPE IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
YES, SIR. YES. SMALLER AMOUNTS.
AND WE ALSO DO IT OFF PEAK TIMES.
IT'S NOT JUST I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S PART OF A SEWER SYSTEM.
SO IT COLLECTS OTHER DISCHARGE, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO I'D LIKE DENNIS TO COME UP.
DENNIS [INAUDIBLE] WITH DENNIS [INAUDIBLE].
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THAT PROBLEM.
I WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE WE ALL FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT EVERYTHING WAS BUILT AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT WAS DESIGNED AND INSTALLED IS PRECISE AND PERFECT AND IT'S ALL GOING TO WORK.
AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE IF WE'RE ALL WRONG.
IF THE COEFFICIENTS AND ALL THE NON LIBERAL ARTS ARE WRONG, YOU GET FIRED.
YEAH. DID YOU HEAR THAT, DENNIS? I HEARD THAT. NO, BUT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT ALL WORKS GREAT IN A VACUUM.
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BUT IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD, WE'RE HERE TO DEAL WITH IT.YES, SIR. JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH.
I WANT TO PROVIDE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S SENSITIVE.
DENNIS, WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU DO? I'M DENNIS [INAUDIBLE] WITH HALF ASSOCIATES.
I'M THE CONSULTING ENGINEER ON THE GENERATIONS PARK PROJECT.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE PROJECT SINCE WE STARTED IN 2018.
OKAY. SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED THAT WE OVERLOOK SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO DISCHARGE FROM THE CENTER INTO THE RESIDENTIAL SEWER SYSTEM? NO, SIR. AND SO WHY SHOULD WE NOT BE CONCERNED? WE LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE THE 30% DESIGN WAS COMPLETED.
WE EVALUATED THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAD TO DISCHARGE THE SEWER.
AS JIMMY MENTIONED, WE THOSE WERE THREE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT.
WE THERE WERE MORE THAT WE DISCOUNTED.
BUT THE ONE OPTION THAT WE CAN COULD CONTROL ON THE SITE WITHIN THE PROJECT BOUNDARIES IS PROVIDING THAT SURGE TANK TO MITIGATE THE DISCHARGE OF THE BACKWASH WATER FROM THE POOL FILTERS.
SO IN DOING THAT, WE LOOKED AT THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM.
WE WENT THROUGH THE ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS TO TO ESTIMATE THAT CAPACITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF MATH INVOLVED.
THERE'S A LOT OF MATH, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS.
YES, SIR. WITH WHAT WE'RE BUILDING AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER OR FLUID THAT CAN BE DISCHARGED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO, SHOULD I BE? THANK YOU, BOB, FOR CHIMING IN ON THAT.
SO, SHOULDN'T I BE CONCERNED THAT YOU'VE GOT AN EIGHT INCH PIPE GOING INTO A SIX INCH PIPE? NO, SIR. IT'S IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT THE THERE'S THERE'S MULTIPLE FACTORS THAT GO INTO PIPE CAPACITY SIZES.
ONE OF THEM SLOPE IS ANOTHER, BECAUSE THE GREATER THE SLOPE, THE SMALLER PIPE THAT YOU CAN HAVE TO CARRY THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER OR FLUID OR WHATEVER MATERIAL THAT YOU'RE FLOATABLE MATERIAL THAT YOU HAVE THE SIX INCH PIPE.
BUT HOW YOU MITIGATE THAT IS WITH THIS BASIN, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YES. SO HOW DOES THE BASIN GET DISCHARGED? SO THE BASIN GETS DISCHARGED THROUGH A CONTROLLED STRUCTURE, SO IT WORKS LIKE A CONFINED DETENTION POND.
SO YOU THINK OF THIS AS A TANK, YOU'VE GOT A PIPE COMING INTO A TANK, IT DISCHARGES THE WATER.
YOU'VE GOT A CERTAIN OUTLET SIZE THAT CONTROLS THAT OUTLET YEAH. YES, SIR.
SO. WE JUST FROM THE FACILITY WE DISCHARGE TO THAT MAIN IN THAT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE BASE AND THROUGH THE EIGHT INCH TO THE SIX INCH.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THAT DISCHARGE THAT WOULD CREATE A BACKFLOW CONDITION THAT WOULD IMPACT PEOPLE'S TOILETS ON THAT STREET. IS THERE ANY CONDITION THAT WOULD BE CREATED IN THAT DISCHARGE? NOT IN THAT BY WAY OF FLOW RATES, VOLUME, ANYTHING? NO, SIR. THE THE.
SO OF ITS OWN VOLITION THROUGH THE NATURAL DISCOURSE OF THAT FLUID.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS CREATED TO ESTABLISH.
THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEMS. WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS BLOCKAGE.
I'M TRYING HARD TO WORK THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BLOCKAGE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF LARGE FOREIGN OBJECT IMPEDIMENT THAT GETS INTO THE SYSTEM THROUGH THROUGH DIFFERENT MESSAGE PIPE THAT SOMEHOW GOT DISCHARGED IN THE SYSTEM.
YES, SIR. CREATED BLOCKAGE ON THAT STREET? YES, SIR. AND ONCE IT WAS REMOVED, THE RESIDENT THAT REPORTED THE BLOCKAGE SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS, DID.
I'M GOING TO GO DOWN. AND NOT THAT I'M ALREADY THERE.
I'M GOING TO GO DOWN A DARK PATH HERE.
NO, SIR. WATER? NO, NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.
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SO WE DIDN'T CUT CORNERS TO SAVE MONEY? NO. ON HANDLING THIS DISCHARGE? NO. WHAT AM I MISSING? I MEAN, I THINK THAT COVERED IT AND COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI HAD SOME QUESTIONS.SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BACKWASH THAT'S JUST FOR THE POOL WATER, CORRECT? THAT'S NOT A SEWAGE TO WATER.
CORRECT. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, LET'S SAY THAT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ON NON-PEAK HOURS DURING THE DAY ONCE IT'S UP AND RUNNING. IF EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING AT THE SAME TIME AS TAKING A SHOWER AND FLUSHES ALL THE TOILETS AND DISCHARGES THE BACKWASH FROM THE POOL AND.
OKAY. WELL AND I GET THAT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC IF FOR.
IS THAT GOING TO HOLD THE IT HITS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS LINE INTO THAT MAIN THE SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF HOLDING THE THE SEWER DISCHARGE THE SANITARY SEWER DISCHARGE FROM THE BUILDING.
IT IS NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING THAT PEAK WITH THE WITH THE BACKWASH DISCHARGE AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S WHY YOU ISOLATE THAT AND SCHEDULE THAT.
YES, THAT'S BECAUSE THAT OPERATION CAN BE SCHEDULED AND IT WILL BE CONTROLLED BY THE POOL OPERATORS.
SO THAT. THAT WE WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT FLOW INTO THE SYSTEM AT THE LOWEST TIME.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO DO THAT.
SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT THAT WE COULD HAVE ENGINEERED FOR THE CENTER WAS THIS THE BEST VALUE OPTION? WAS THIS DID WAS THIS VALUE ENGINEERED IN ANY WAY? WHY DID WE CHOOSE THIS VERSUS REPLACING ANOTHER LINE? RIGHT. WE CHOSE THIS FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
CORRECT. BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO MAKE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PARK AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE WERE SEPARATE PROJECTS. THIS WAS NOT SO.
WERE THERE OUTSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BEING CONSIDERED? WHEN WE WERE ENGINEERING THE CENTER, THE ONE OUTSIDE PROJECT WAS THE UPGRADE OF THE THE WATER LINE IN FOREST PARK AND ALSO THE WATER LINE IN HARWOOD ROAD, BECAUSE THOSE WERE ON THE [INAUDIBLE].
THOSE WERE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS PLANS AND WE DID THOSE.
NOT THAT WAS NOT IN DISCUSSION.
THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU DO THIS, WE'LL DO THIS LATER.
IT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION OF OPTIONS.
AND SO THIS OPTION THAT WE WENT WITH SHOULDN'T NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
ARE THOSE SEWER LINES IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS? WHAT MATERIAL ARE THOSE LINES MADE OF, THOUGH? THE LINES ARE CLAY TILE PIPE LINES, BUT THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN IN SITU FORMED, WHICH IS A POST CONSTRUCTION LINING.
IT'S A REHABILITATION OF THE PIPE.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT PROVIDES YOU A BASICALLY NEW INTERIOR OF THE LINE THAT SEALS THEM.
AND IT ALSO IMPROVES THE FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUR PIPE.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT AND THE CITY HAS DONE THAT.
AND THIS IS AND THIS IS I'M NOT TRYING TO YOU ARE A KIND OF ENGINEER, YOU CIVIL ENGINEER, AND YOU ARE PE CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND YOU HAVE A DEGREE FROM WHERE? TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY.
AND THAT'S IT. I MEAN, IT WORKED OUT ALL RIGHT.
AND NATURALLY, YOU END ON THAT NOTE.
LET ME ASK YOU AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, DENNIS.
WE FORMERLY HAD AN AQUATICS FACILITY OUT THERE IN THE NAME OF SPLASH.
WHERE WAS THAT WATER DISCHARGED TO? THAT WATER WAS DISCHARGED TO THE MAIN LINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK.
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OH, THE CREEK? YES, SIR. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SANITARY SEWER PLAN, THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK IS DRAINED BY A TRUNK LINE THAT RUNS EAST OF THE CREEK.IT IS A BIGGER LINE THAN WHAT WE HAD GOING TO THE WEST, BUT WE WEREN'T UNABLE TO USE IT ON THE WEST SIDE BECAUSE THE FLOW LINE OF THE TEN INCH LINE IS A FOOT ABOVE THE CHANNEL BOTTOM. SO WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE PIPE STICKING OUT IN THE CHANNEL OR WE'D HAD TO HAVE A PUMP STATION TO PUMP IT UNDER TO GET TO THAT LINE.
SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN FLUSH OUT THE ISSUE HERE.
THE CONCERN THAT MR. WALTERS HAD TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE FOUND THROUGH A DISCOVERY PROCESS THAT THERE WAS AN IMPEDIMENT THAT WAS THAT WAS IN HIS HIS SEWER SYSTEM OR IN THE STREET, BUT HE DIDN'T NOTIFY US, SAID DIFFERENT RESIDENT DID.
OKAY. AND SO WE WENT OUT THERE, GOT A CAMERA DOWN THERE, AND WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS PVC PIPE.
YES, SIR. WHAT WAS IT? IT WAS A PIECE OF PIPE.
PVC PIPE. AND SO WE CAN ONLY SPECULATE AS TO HOW IT GOT THERE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN A CONSTRUCTION THING.
OKAY. AND THEN WE WE WENT AND WE VIEWED ALL THE DIFFERENT MANHOLES IN THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE THERE WEREN'T ANY OTHER ISSUES AT ALL TO SEE THAT THERE ONE AND THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR RESIDENT WHO HAD CALLED IN A PROBLEM.
AND SO WE WE WERE BACK IN TOUCH WITH THAT RESIDENT.
AND WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANY FURTHER DIFFICULTIES ONCE WE REMOVED THAT IMPEDIMENT.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE HERE THAT IS HELPFUL IN THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE WE LET MR. [INAUDIBLE] GO OR I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING.
MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
NO. OKAY. ANYWAY, ANYONE ELSE? ANY THOUGHTS? OKAY. THANK YOU, DENNIS.
ONCE AGAIN, EXCITING CONVERSATION.
ANY FOLLOW UP? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD. THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WE NEED TO CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
IT'S AN ITEM RELATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.07, TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.WE WILL ADJOURN FOR A FEW MOMENTS.
[12. Take any action necessary as a result of the Executive Session. ]
IT'S 8:12. WE JUST HAD A QUICK DISCUSSION IN EXECUTIVE.WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM TO TAKE ACTION ON SO WE DISCUSSED THIS.
COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI, YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
[INAUDIBLE] WE TOTALLY DISCUSSED THIS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE AIRPORT.
I DIDN'T KNOW. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER.
THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE AIRPORT YMCA.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE SECOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.
AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED. OKAY, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION? I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE FINALLY A MOTION.
OH, YEAH. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN SECOND.
EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:14.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.