Mar 28, 2023 City Council

UMA. THAT'S OKAY.

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

IT'S TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH, 2023.

I EVEN WANT TO WELCOME THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE OBLIGATED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

OKAY, LET'S START WITH THE INVOCATION.

WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME BISHOP.

DR. NOSA ONAIWU.

BISHOP. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I HOPE YOU HAD A NICE DAY.

LET'S PRAY. OUR LORD.

OUR FATHER. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HAND OF MERCY.

WE THANK YOU FOR SUCH A DAY LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE GATHERED UNTO YOUR NAME FOR SUCH AN ISSUES TO BE DELIBERATED.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LOVED LOST THEIR LOVED ONES IN TENNESSEE.

WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WILL COMFORT EACH ONE OF THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

TODAY WE PRAY. OH, GOD, THAT YOU WILL GIVE EVERYONE HERE, LORD INSIGHT, ESPECIALLY EVEN AS WE LOOK AT ISSUES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE PRAY FOR YOU COMFORT AND STRENGTHEN EVERYONE THAT HAVE COME WITH YOU THAT THEY WILL LEAVE HERE NOT HURT, BUT LORD, THEY WILL LEAVE HERE HAPPY THAT INDEED YOU HAVE GIVEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL OF THE REVELATION AND THE INSIGHT, AND TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DELIBERATE ABOUT.

WE PRAY FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT IN THE CITY.

WE PRAY FOR SAFETY IN THEIR FAMILY AS THEY DO THEIR JOB.

THAT IS AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME.

LORD PROTECT THEM EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE GOING ON.

GIVE THEM UNDERSTANDING.

WE PRAY, FATHER, FOR THE FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE COME HERE THIS DAY.

WE PRAY THAT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DISCUSS WILL NOT BE ISSUES THAT WILL HAMPER THE CITY, BUT IT WILL BE ISSUES THAT WILL ENHANCE THE CITY.

WE SPEAK THE BLOOD INTO THE BEDFORD CITY, THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD.

WE DECLARE THAT INDEED THAT WHICH YOU HAVE PREDESTINED FOR THE CITY SHALL COME TO PASS.

WE PRAY FOR DIVINE INVESTORS TO COME IN FROM WHATEVER AREA THAT WE MAKE THIS CITY OF BEDFORD TO BE THE BEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THANK YOU, PRECIOUS FATHER.

TODAY FINALLY, WE DECLARE THAT YOUR GRACE SHALL CONTINUE TO REST UPON US TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE DESTINED US TO DO TO YOUR GLORY.

IN JESUS NAME, WE ALL PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN. WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU, FOREIGN. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, NOSA.

OKAY. AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE TONIGHT.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME CHIEF BILL WALKER.

GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO HONOR GEORGE SMITHWICK, WHO IS CURRENTLY OUR DIVISION CHIEF OF MS. COME ON UP, GEORGE.

GEORGE, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE.

GEORGE IS REALLY ONE OF OUR ABSOLUTE BEST PEOPLE.

GEORGE STARTED HIS CAREER A LONG TIME AGO IN 1987 ON AN AMBULANCE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS UNTIL 1991.

I GOT HIRED OVER AT DFW AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I WAS THERE FROM 91 TO 2008, WAS RANK OF CAPTAIN, AS A CAPTAIN CAME ACROSS HERE TO TAKE A FIREFIGHTER SPOT.

GOT IN AS A FIREFIGHTER, PROMOTED UP TO BE A MEDICAL OFFICER IN 2017, 2019, PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT, AND THEN IN JANUARY 2022, BECAME OUR DIVISION CHIEF OF EMS. GEORGE HAS GOTTEN ALL THE AWARDS MULTIPLE TIMES, EMS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR, MEDICAL DIRECTOR'S AWARD, MERIT AWARD, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF . IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE GOT THREE SIMPLE CORE VALUES PROFESSIONALISM, TEAMWORK, AND OWNERSHIP.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, GEORGE IS THAT GUY.

THE OWNERSHIP PART OF IT.

HE OWNS THAT EMS DIVISION.

AND IT'S 80% OF OUR JOB.

AND THE LEVEL OF EMS HERE IS AS HIGH AS YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, GEORGE OWNS IT.

AND HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB ON THE PROFESSIONALISM.

HE TAKES HIS STUFF VERY SERIOUSLY.

I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU GO IN THE COUNTRY, HE'S AS GOOD AS ANYBODY YOU'RE GOING TO FIND TALKING ABOUT EMS. SO AND WITH THE TEAMWORK, HE'S GOT A GREAT TEAM THAT HE WORKS WITH.

WE HAVE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AS A MEDICAL OFFICERS.

WE ALL WORK WITH GEORGE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARAMEDICS ARE TOP NOTCH AND READY TO GO.

AND HE ALSO HE IS GOOD AT BARGAINING FOR EMS SUPPLIES, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

YOU GIVE US MORE MONEY FOR EMS SUPPLIES.

WE USED TO BUY FROM ONE VENDOR.

GEORGE, YOU GAVE ME MORE OPTIONS.

HE IS OUT THERE BEATING THE PATH TO GET US THINGS.

AND YOU'D BE VERY PLEASED BECAUSE HE IS A PENNY PINCHER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND DOING A GOOD JOB FOR US.

WE GET THE BEST STUFF, BUT HE GETS THE BEST PRICE, SO HE'S ALWAYS IN MY OFFICE WORRIED ABOUT STUFF AND TO SEE SOMEONE THAT CARES THAT MUCH EVERY DAY AND WELL OVER 30 YEARS IN

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SO PLEASED TO GET HIM HIS 15 YEARS WITH BEDFORD, PLEASE.

15 YEARS.

GOOD GRIEF, GEORGE. OKAY, WE'VE GOT ONE OTHER.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME CHIEF JEFF WILLIAMS TO THE DAIS.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING CHRIS MILLER TO YOU GUYS.

YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW HIM, BUT HE'S GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

HE STARTED BACK IN 2003 AS A DETENTION OFFICER, MOVED ON TO A POLICE OFFICER IN 2005.

AND ALONG THE WAY HE BECAME ONE OF THE MOTOR OFFICERS.

SO HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE TALL BOOTS THAT YOU SEE WALKING AROUND.

AND SOME OF HIS FORMER COMRADES ON THE MOTORCYCLE CAME HERE TODAY, TOO, TO HELP RECOGNIZE HIM AS WELL.

SO HE'S AN EXCELLENT INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON OUR CRASH TEAM FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR.

HE WE HE'S NOW OUR INSTRUCTOR TO TEACH ALL THE NEW MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS HOW TO RIDE THE MOTORCYCLE, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THING TO ACHIEVE AND A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP THESE GUYS SAFE OUT ON THE STREETS AS THEY RIDE AROUND.

SO THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE'S BECOME A MASTER POLICE OFFICER.

HE'S RECEIVED A LIFESAVING AWARD.

HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR IN 2012, AND HE'S RECEIVED 25 LETTERS OF COMMENDATION FOR HIS GREAT WORK OUT THERE.

HE'S ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION AND NEVER HOLDS BACK ON TELLING ME WHAT HE THINKS AND WHAT THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE ARE.

SO IT'S KIND OF GOOD THAT..

I'M GLAD SOMEBODY DOES. OH, YEAH.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, CHRIS IS JUST A GOOD GUY, YOU KNOW, HE'S A GOOD MAN.

HE'S A GOOD FATHER, HE'S A GOOD DAD.

AND HE'S A HE'S A GREAT TEAM MEMBER TO HAVE HERE IN BEDFORD.

SO I'M PLEASED TO HAVE HIM HERE.

SO IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HIS 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE] SO I SUSPECT NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO COMMIT A CRIME IN BEDFORD OR START A FIRE IN CITY HALL.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THEM IN ATTENDANCE.

THEY JUST DO SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB TAKING CARE OF US.

SO IT IS IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO SEE THEM.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO.

OKAY. NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

NO, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION.

HANG ON, JESSICA. WE'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION.

WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF APRIL 9TH THROUGH 15TH, 2023 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK.

CHIEF WILLIAMS, ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK UP TO THE DAIS? IF YOU DON'T MIND? I'M A LITTLE VOCALLY CHALLENGED HERE, SO I WANT COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR US.

DO YOU MIND IF WE JUST READ THAT? PLEASE, SIR.

THE CITY OF BEDFORD PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR ANY TIME THAT REQUIRE POLICE, FIRE OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

AND. WHEREAS, AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THE PROMPT DISPATCHING OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND CITY PERSONNEL IS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY.

AND WHEREAS, THE SAFETY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND CITY PERSONNEL IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO TELEPHONE THE CITY OF

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AND WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICES.

AND. WHEREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE THE SINGLE VITAL LINK FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS FIREFIGHTERS BY MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES, BY RADIO, PROVIDING THEM INFORMATION AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY.

AND. WHEREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD HAVE CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AND WHEREAS, EACH DISPATCHER HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB IN THE PAST YEAR.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT MICHAEL BOYTER MAY OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH 2023, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATORS WEEK.

I APPRECIATE IT, GUYS. WE HAVE ORLANDO PRIETO.

THAT'S OUR DISPATCH LEAD THAT'S HERE.

HE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE AMY. THAT'S NOT AMY.

YEAH, YEAH.

WE APPRECIATE IT, GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOU GOT A GOOD.

AND AGAIN, GOOD TIME TO CALL 911 BECAUSE THEY'RE UP HERE.

[PRESENTATIONS]

WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON FROM THE YMCA REGARDING THE CENTER AT GENERATIONS PARK.

WELCOME, JESSICA.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

BRING US GOOD NEWS.

I THINK IT'S GOOD NEWS.

I THINK IT'S GOOD NEWS. WE OPENED ON JANUARY 2ND AND WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING EVER SINCE.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I WOULD SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.

SO THERE IS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, 7000 WORDS FOR YOU GUYS.

PICTURES OF THE THE RIBBON CUTTING, PICTURES OF KIDS IN THE IN THE POOL ENJOYING IT.

OUR SENIORS ARE USING WATER AEROBICS CLASSES, KIDS IN THE PLAYHOUSE AND JUST THE GENERAL HAPPINESS OF THE FACILITY. WE KEEP IT BUSY AND ACTIVE.

SO GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

WE ARE CURRENTLY AS OF YESTERDAY, BECAUSE IT GROWS EVERY DAY AT 2335 MONTHLY PAY MEMBERSHIP UNITS.

I'VE BROKEN IT DOWN FOR YOU INTO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

A HOUSEHOLD ONE IS TWO PARENTS, TWO PARENTS AND KIDS.

A HOUSEHOLD TWO IS EITHER TWO ADULTS OR A SINGLE PARENT.

AND KIDS INDIVIDUALS.

OBVIOUSLY THE REST OF THEM ARE SELF EXPLANATORY.

74% OF OUR MEMBERSHIPS OF THAT 2300.

JESSICA, CAN I ASK YOU TO PAUSE FOR ONE SECOND? WHAT WAS OUR GOAL JIMMY, FOR THE FIRST YEAR? 2300, BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

WE HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED THAT GOAL.

THANK YOU. YEAH, WE ARE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. BUT LIKE I SAY, ON THE WHEN I'M GIVING A TOUR.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.

AND SO, YES, WE ARE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF OUR PROJECTIONS AND WE REALLY EXPECT TO TO BE EVEN FURTHER ALONG BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SERVING, AS YOU CAN SEE, 67, JUST OVER 6700 RESIDENTS ARE INDIVIDUALS.

AND OF THOSE FOLKS, 74% OF THEM ARE BEDFORD RESIDENTS.

WE ORIGINALLY CALCULATED AND ESTIMATED AT 60% AND IT'S AT 70% AND THOSE ARE 74%.

AND THAT'S 4914 INDIVIDUALS ON BEDFORD RESIDENT MEMBERSHIPS.

AND WHAT WAS THE MEMBERSHIP AT THE OLD BRACK? 608. WAS IT THAT HIGH? YEAH, IT WAS.

IT WAS IT? WELL, YEAH, I THINK SO.

608 OR 508.

SO WE HAVE A FEW MORE PEOPLE, A FEW MORE PEOPLE, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

YES, WE ARE. GO AHEAD.

NEXT. SO WE ALSO ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF US RUNNING THE FACILITY IS THAT WE ACCEPT THE INSURANCE BASED MEMBERSHIPS.

AND AGAIN, SINCE JANUARY 2ND, THESE ARE NEW INSURANCE PAY MEMBERSHIPS TO US.

SO IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT JUST OVER 600 MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GETTING A FREE MEMBERSHIP TO THE FACILITY.

AND THE LAST TWO, NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE ARE AS A RESULT OF THE RESIDENTS ASKING ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR INSURANCE BASED MEMBERSHIPS.

WE NOW ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT THEM AND OFFER THEM TO THE RESIDENTS AND NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, BUT ACROSS OUR ASSOCIATION.

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THANKS TO YOU GUYS.

SO AND YOUR THOSE NUMBERS INCLUDED IN THE PRIOR SLIDE.

YES. NO, NO, THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS.

SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 600 PLUS PEOPLE.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE.

NOW, THE FIRST SET OF NUMBERS IS ALL CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP, WHETHER IT'S A VISITOR, A MONTHLY, PAY A INSURANCE.

SO WE ARE AVERAGING ON A WEEKDAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 726 INDIVIDUALS CHECKING IN, SWIPING THEIR CARD.

ON SATURDAYS WE ARE SEEING AN AVERAGE OF 615 INDIVIDUALS CHECKING IN, SWIPING THEIR CARDS.

AND ON SUNDAYS, IN FOUR HOURS, WE ARE SEEING OVER 300 PEOPLE COME IN AND UTILIZE THE FACILITY.

I WILL SAY THAT ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, WE ARE THE BUSIEST YMCA LOCATION IN THE FORT WORTH ASSOCIATION, DEPENDING ON THE DAY OF THE WEEK.

WE ARE THE BUSIEST, SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED AND PROUD OF THAT.

SINCE WE HAVE OPENED JANUARY 2ND THROUGH MARCH 26TH, WE HAVE SEEN 62,590 INDIVIDUALS VISITING OR VISITS. SO THAT'S PEOPLE COMING IN, WHICH TRANSLATES TO 13,370 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IN THE FACILITY TO UTILIZE IT.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S ALL THE CATEGORIES.

SO INSURANCE PAY IS IN THERE, MONTHLY PAY IS IN THERE.

PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN TO TEST IT OUT.

OUR GUEST PASSES ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THOSE NUMBERS.

AND THEN THE JANUARY THE INSURANCE PAY MEMBERSHIPS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AT THE BEGINNING AROUND THAT AND SO TOTAL VISITS FOR THEM IS 14,623, WHICH TRANSLATES TO ABOUT 23% OF OUR TOTAL, OUR TOTAL USAGE.

SO WE ARE SEEING ALL AGES.

AND IT IS IT IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN A GYM AND A SWIM AND IT'S DEFINITELY MORE THAN A SENIOR CENTER THERE.

SO. OKAY, THANK YOU.

SOME OF OUR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS.

AS OF THIS WEEK, WE'RE OFFERING 48 GROUPS.

GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES PER WEEK.

WE ARE ACTUALLY ADDING MORE CLASSES BEGINNING NEXT WEEK TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE.

WE OFFER WATER AEROBICS, YOGA, CYCLE CLASSES, CARDIO DANCE CLASSES AND CLASSES THAT INCLUDE WEIGHTLIFTING.

OUR CLASS ATTENDANCE, DEPENDING ON THE TIME AND THE DAY, RANGES FROM TEN PARTICIPANTS TO 50 PARTICIPANTS.

AND THAT 50 IS USUALLY IN OUR ONE OF OUR YOGA CLASSES.

WE'VE HAD TO MOVE IT OUT.

IT'S THE 1045 YOGA CLASS.

WE'VE HAD TO MOVE IT FROM THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOMS TO THE COMMUNITY HALL, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST ROOM WE HAVE OTHER THAN THE COURTS.

AND THE COURTS JUST AREN'T CONDUCIVE FOR YOGA SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME IN AND TAKE YOGA.

AND OF COURSE THEY'RE GETTING TO TAKE THAT CLASS WITH THE VIEW OF OVER THE LAKE.

SO IT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT.

WHY PLAYHOUSE, WHICH IS OUR DROP IN CHILDCARE FOR PARENTS OR AND GRANDPARENTS? BECAUSE WE HAVE GRANDPARENTS THAT UTILIZE IT TO MEMBERS GET TWO FREE HOURS DURING THOSE TIMES AND WE ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 35 KIDDOS PER SESSION THAT WE'RE OPEN.

SO ABOUT 70 TO 76 A DAY FOR THAT.

AND SOME OF THE IMPACT IS WE'VE GOT SOME HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES.

THIS IS THIS KIND OF SURPRISED ME.

WE HAVE HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES THAT COME IN AND THEY DROP THEIR LITTLE KIDS OFF TO PLAY AND THEN TAKE THEIR OLDER KIDS DOWN THE HALL AND DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK FOR TWO HOURS, WHICH IS A PRETTY NEAT BENEFIT.

AND THEN WE HAVE STATE OR WORK FROM HOME MOMS THAT WILL COME AND DROP THEIR KIDS OFF IN THE PLAYHOUSE FOR TWO HOURS AND GET SOME PRODUCTIVITY DONE AND GET SOME WORK DONE.

AND SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE PEOPLE DOWN THAT HALLWAY WORKING ON THEIR COMPUTERS WITH THEIR HEADPHONES IN OR TO SEE FAMILIES DOING THEIR SCHOOLWORK.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A KIND OF KIND OF A NEAT THING THAT I DIDN'T EXPECT.

AND SO.. IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR LIKE A COUNCIL PLAYHOUSE WHERE WE CAN DROP OFF COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING THE DAY? WE CAN TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE OH, THAT'S WHERE I GOT IT.

I GOT IT. SO WE WE HAVE 54 HOURS OF COURT TIME RESERVED FOR PICKLEBALL AND IT'S USED ACTUALLY MORE, MORE COURT TIME IS USED FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY JUST STAY IN PLAY AFTER THE DESIGNATED TIME.

AND AS I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS EVENING, PICKLEBALL IS VERY POPULAR AND A LOT OF PLACES RENT YOU HAVE TO RENT THE COURT TIME AND AND ONE OF THE REASONS I FIGHT THAT AND WE'RE NOT THERE YET AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL EVER ALLOW YOU TO RESERVE COURT TIME IS BECAUSE THE WAY THEY HAVE IT SET UP IS IT BUILDS COMMUNITY AND THEY COME IN AND THEY ROTATE IN AND THEY MAKE NEW FRIENDS. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PARTNER TO PLAY PICKLEBALL.

THEY'LL THEY'LL BRING YOU IN TO SHOW YOU THE SYSTEM.

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SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY AND BUILD THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

SEEING ON THE OTHER COURT.

WE OFFER 71 HOURS OF OPEN COURT TIME AS WELL.

SO BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, WE HAVE IT'S NOT OPEN COURT, BUT WE HAVE ACCOMMODATED THE AIRPLANE CLUB.

SO ON MONDAYS THEY COME IN AND FLY THEIR RUBBER BAND AIRPLANES.

AND I THINK THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH IN THAT AS PEOPLE SEE SEE THEM AND GET INTRIGUED ABOUT THE ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT'S BEEN KIND OF FUN TO HOST, IS THAT THE GROUP THAT USED TO BE AT THE BRACK? IT IS, ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS IS WAS IS A YMCA MEMBER AND HE TALKED TO ME WAY BEFORE.

. OH THAT'S GREAT.. WE OPENED AND SO WE ACCOMMODATED THEM.

WE ARE HOSTING RIGHT NOW OUR YMCA VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE.

AND SO FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK WE'VE GOT VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE IN THERE.

AND THEN ON SATURDAY MORNINGS WE HOST VOLLEYBALL GAMES AND WE HAVE ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUE COMING ON MONDAY NIGHTS.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GET TOGETHER A TEAM, WE'RE STILL TAKING TEAMS. WE'RE PLAY IN THE UNDER SIX FOOT LEAGUE. THAT'LL WORK.

FIRST THING I DO. SO WE ARE WE ALSO ARE OFFERING PARENTS NIGHT OUT TWICE A MONTH.

SO THAT'S A TIME WHERE PARENTS PAY A FEE.

WE'LL FEED THEIR KIDS, ENTERTAIN THEM FOR ABOUT FIVE HOURS WHILE THE PARENTS GO AND ENJOY A NIGHT OUT AND THEN COME BACK AND AND PICK THEM UP.

IT'S A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN A BABYSITTER.

AND YOU KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CALL IN IN APRIL.

WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN OUR TEEN NIGHTS MONTHLY.

SO GIVE THE TEEN MOST OF THEM COME BACK TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS OR THEY ARE COMING BACK.

WELL, WE DO GET PHONE NUMBERS AND LIKE WE KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE.

SO YOU HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN IF THEY ABANDON THEIR KIDS? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

WE CALL WE CALL CHIEF WILLIAMS BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAS A PRESENCE THERE WITH HIS OTHER KIDS.

YEP. TEEN NIGHTS ARE GOING TO START.

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FOR OUR 13 TO 18 YEAR OLDS, GIVING THEM A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES.

WE WILL GIVE THEM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY RUN OF THE FACILITY, BUT WE WILL HAVE MOST OF THE FACILITY OPEN FOR THEM TO UTILIZE OUR CAMP.

CARTER HAS PURCHASED A MOBILE LASER TAG SET THAT AS SOON AS IT COMES IN, I THINK WE GET TO TRY IT OUT AT OUR LOCATION AND SO THAT WILL BE FUN.

MUSIC, DODGEBALL AND ALL KINDS OF FUN ACTIVITIES JUST TO GIVE THOSE TEENAGERS A SAFE PLACE TO BE AND THOSE WILL GROW WITH WITH TIME.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, JIMMY, OR YOU JUST.

OH, OKAY. NO, MA'AM. I THINK HE WANTS TO.

YOU WANT TO COME TO TEEN NIGHT? WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP, SO WE'LL TAKE THAT.

WE STARTED INDOOR SWIM LESSONS LAST AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH AND SO THOSE ARE RUN ON MONTHLY SESSIONS.

AND WE'LL BE WE'LL BE SIGNING UP FOR SUMMER SWIM LESSONS, I THINK IN MAY, END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH IS THE MEALS ON WHEELS LUNCHES FOR SENIORS MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS AT 1130.

SENIORS CAN COME IN AND HAVE A FREE LUNCH.

THEY ONLY HAVE TO BE 60.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ON THE PAPERWORK THAT KIND OF SCARE THEM, BUT IT'S REALLY AS LONG AS YOU'RE 60, YOU CAN COME AND ENJOY LUNCH AND RATHER THAN DELIVER TO THEM, THEY CAN COME. YEP. SO THEY COME TO THE Y AND AND EAT IT AND THEY GOT TO GO THROUGH THE MEALS ON WHEELS, SIGN UP AND ALL THAT.

YEAH. WE ARE ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS COORDINATOR HELPS TAKE TAKE YOUR LUNCH ORDER.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN AS WELL.

THEY PAY 750 FOR THE LUNCH THOUGH AND CAN COME IN AND AND HAVE LUNCH WITH WITH THE SENIORS AND WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS WHO COME AND THEY LIVE BY THEMSELVES SO THIS GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EAT WITH SOMEBODY AND AGAIN, BUILD THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE FIRST YMCA SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM HOSTED OUT OF THE BEDFORD CENTER YMCA.

THEY PRACTICE BASKETBALL ON MONDAY NIGHTS AT 6 P.M., AND THEY AFTER THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT, THEY BROUGHT US A SHADOW BOX WITH THREE MEDALS AND PICTURES OF ALL THE TEAMS ON IT.

AND THAT SITS UP AT THE FRONT DESK RIGHT NOW.

AND AND THEN THEIR SWIM TEAM WILL START AGAIN ON WE'LL START IN MAY.

AND SO THEY'LL BE PRACTICING IN THE POOL ONE NIGHT A WEEK AND WE'LL MAKE WE'LL MAKE SPACE FOR THEM.

AND SO WE, WE PROVIDE THE SPACE AND THEY PROVIDE EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP.

AND, AND IT IS MOSTLY IT'S ALL ROSES, BUT ROSES HAVE THORNS.

AND SO THERE ARE WE HAVE HAD A FEW FEW CHALLENGES AND CONSTRUCTION IS ONE OF THOSE.

AND IT'S LIKE EVERY NEW BUILDING THOUGH, THINGS POP UP.

AND WE RECENTLY HAD TO CLOSE THE GYM FOR A WEEK WHILE THEY FIXED THE FLOOR BECAUSE ON THE FIRST DAY THAT WE WERE OPEN, IT RAINED IN THE GYM THANKS TO THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS.

AND SO THE FLOORS HAD WARPED AND SO WE HAD TO CLOSE THAT AND WE'LL BE CLOSING THE POOL ON APRIL 3RD FOR ABOUT TEN DAYS BECAUSE THE FLOOR DRAINS ARE RUSTING ALREADY.

AND SO THEY'VE GOT TO COME BACK IN AND FIX THAT AS WELL.

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BUT AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS PART OF CONSTRUCTION.

AND I WILL SAY THAT THAT THE TEAM FROM STEEL, FREEMAN AND GARY JOHNSON HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT TO WORK WITH AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY GOOD PARTNERS AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO TO SOLVE THE THE PROBLEMS AND.

UM, WHEN WE HAVE TO CLOSE THINGS, WE GET IT TAKEN CARE OF, AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO SELECT THOSE DATES TO PROVIDE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT.

AS CRAZY AS THIS IS ABOUT TO SOUND, AS BIG AS THAT BUILDING IS, IT'S TOO SMALL FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.

WE WHICH IS AN EXCITING THING BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED IT.

AND SO WE ARE LIKE I SAID, WE'VE HAD TO MOVE ONE GROUP X CLASS TO THE COMMUNITY HALL SO THAT WE CAN HOST AS MANY PEOPLE.

WE'RE ADDING CLASSES.

WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE WITH THE SPACE THIS SUMMER AND KIND OF ROTATE IN AND OUT AS WE HOST SUMMER CAMP.

AND NOT ONLY ARE WE HOSTING OUR SUMMER CAMP ONE WEEK, WE'RE HOSTING THE BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CAMP, BASKETBALL CAMP AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND SWIM.

AND WE'LL SEE THAT BIG SURGE WHEN PEOPLE COME IN FOR THE SUMMER AS WELL.

SO IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE AND IT JUST REQUIRES US TO BE CREATIVE AND TO THINK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

AND THEN THE OTHER THAT CAUSES ME TO SHAKE MY HEAD FROM TIME TO TIME AND SMILE IS PLUG AND PLAY.

THE TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS PLUG AND PLAY LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

AND SO SO WE WORK THROUGH THAT.

AND AGAIN, THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT HELPING US WORK THROUGH THAT AND FIGURE OUT THE WORKAROUNDS, OR THEY'LL COME IN AND REPROGRAM THINGS FOR US.

AND SO OVERALL, I FEEL LIKE IT'S IT'S HAD A FEW BUMPS AND BRUISES, BUT IT'S GOOD.

ALL THE CONSTRUCTION TEAMS HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE.

ALL THE. YES, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION TEAMS HAVE BEEN BEEN RESPONSIVE AND HELPFUL.

MY TEAM HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM ON THEIR CELL PHONES.

AND GARY CHECKS IN WITH ME REGULARLY AND MARK IS HERE OR HE WAS HERE AND MARK JACKSON.

AND WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BEDFORD PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

WHEN YOU PUT UP THIS SLIDE, HE LEFT.

WELL, OH, THERE HE IS.

NO, HE'S STILL AROUND. HE'S A IT'S BEEN A GOOD PARTNER.

SO OVERALL, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPERATE THIS FACILITY.

THE COMMUNITY HAS REALLY EMBRACED US AND EMBRACED THE FACILITY.

I GET NOTHING BUT OH, MY GOSH, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

AND AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO TWEAK OUR OUR OPERATIONS AND TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE AND AND MAKE IT THE BEST FACILITY POSSIBLE AND SERVE THE MEMBERS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAD FOR YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. DO YOU MIND ANSWERING QUESTIONS? YES, BUT I'LL DO IT ANYWAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS HERE? MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL JESSICA WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THE Y.

QUITE FRANKLY, YOU REALLY JUMPED IT UP.

I KNOW I STARTED THE VERY FIRST WEEK OR TWO AFTER IT OPENED AND IT'S JUST GRADUALLY IMPROVED THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.

THANK YOU. I SEE YOU ADVERTISING ALL THE TIME ON FACEBOOK.

YOU IT'S YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS JUST BEEN TERRIFIC.

AND I DO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY THAT GOES IN THERE THINKS THAT THE STAFF IS PART OF THE BIGGEST QUALITY THAT YOU'VE GOT.

THEY SAY, WELL, THEY MAY STAND IN LINE, BUT EVERYBODY'S SO NICE, YOU CAN'T GET MAD AT THEM.

AND THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD QUALITY.

SO THANK YOU.

WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU.

SO ANYTIME I HAVE A QUESTION, I COME TO YOU TOO.

SO. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

PLEASE DO. THAT'S WHY I'M THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.

JESS, WE GO WAY BACK AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY HOW OLD WE ARE, BUT WE'RE NOT THAT OLD.

WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME AND I HEAR GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE ABOUT THE CENTER, BUT I HEAR GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR STAFF ALL THE TIME.

THEY THANK US FOR PARTNERING WITH YOU.

THEY THANK, LIKE AMY SAID, YOU'VE DONE NOTHING BUT LEAD THIS FROM THE GET GO AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT YOU'RE A FRIEND AND THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE HEADING THIS UP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, I.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST TALKED, I APPROACHED STAFF AT THAT TIME.

AND THEY WERE TOTALLY NOT INTERESTED IN US PARTNERING TOGETHER ON THIS.

AND TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT THESE NUMBERS.

I MEAN, I'M EMOTIONALLY REACTING TO WHAT I'M SEEING BECAUSE JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO, IT WAS AN ACTUAL UPHILL CLIMB TO CONVINCE THE POWERS THAT BE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO CONSIDER.

UM. IT'S TOTALLY NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU AND THE WORK OF THE Y TEAM.

I MEAN, UP AND DOWN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, IT'S.

IT'S NOT POSSIBLE IN THE CITY.

AND IF IT WEREN'T FOR AN OPEN MINDED STAFF WHO WANTS TO MAKE THE MONEY?

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AM JUST SO PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS WAS A CONTROVERSIAL THING.

YES, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, FROM THE NAME TO THE BUILDING TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE WHY.

IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL THE WHOLE TIME.

AND THIS WAS ALL AN ACT OF FAITH.

TO ME, THIS WAS AN ACT OF FAITH THAT WE BELIEVE THERE WAS A THERE WAS A PATH TO MAKE THIS WORK AND MAKE IT WORTHWHILE.

AND YOU BEING HERE TODAY IS AN EXAMPLE THAT.

UM, EVERYONE'S JUST DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB, SO IT'S ALMOST EMOTIONAL FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS AN UPHILL CLIMB.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY PLEASURE.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND FOR THE TRUST.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

THIS MAY BE J CENTERED.

Y'ALL ARE DATA DRIVEN.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR OTHER FACILITIES.

YOU NOW HAVE SOME STOCHASTICS HERE.

BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH THE THROUGHPUT IN THIS FACILITY THROUGH MARCH 26TH, WHERE IS THIS GOING? BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HIT THE SUMMER.

WE HAVEN'T HIT THE OUTDOOR AQUATICS INTEREST YET.

RIGHT? DO YOU HAVE DATA THAT SHOWS WHAT THE WHAT THE PATH IS HERE MEMBERSHIP WISE BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT AFTER 90 DAYS AND WHERE WE MAY BE AT AT 180 AT 365 DAYS.

DO YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF DATA? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE HISTORICAL DATA, BUT WE WILL.

IS IT SAFE TO SAY THEN LET'S JUST SAY WE'RE AT 90 DAYS INTO THIS.

WE GOT 2300 MEMBERSHIP UNITS.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BOUNCE COME MAY.

YES, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN OUTDOOR AQUATICS.

IT'S CONCEIVABLE THIS NUMBER IS GOING TO GET STILL SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER.

YES. YES.

OH, YOU'RE KILLING ME. MAYBE 11,000.

I DON'T WANT TO SET YOUR GOALS. WE'RE NOT HOLDING.

WE'RE NOT HOLDING YOU TO IT.

BUT, I MEAN, LET'S BE REALISTIC HERE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY.

BUT REALISTICALLY, YOU GUYS ARE DOING SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB.

THE COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED THIS FACILITY.

THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S GOING ON HERE IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HITTING A HOME RUN.

YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GRAND SLAM HERE, ABOUT EVEN OUR BEST CASE SCENARIOS OF OUR PROJECTIONS ON THE MEMBERSHIP UNITS ARE ARE IT'S POSSIBLE TO BLOW THOSE OUT OF THE WATER. THE 2300 WAS THE GOAL.

BUT ALL ALONG OUR HOPE WAS TO GET TO A 2800, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS A NET ZERO FOR US.

AND YOU JUST DREW DOWN A $3,500 NUMBER OR 3500 NOT TO HOLD YOU TO IT, NOT TO.

BUT IT'S A TESTAMENT TO IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE PARTNERSHIP.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO EVERYONE WHO'S HAD A HAND IN THIS.

SO I, I JUST WANT TO SAY I CAN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE THAT HAS EMBRACED THIS AND AND ACCEPTED THIS.

IT'S SUCH A TREMENDOUS GEM FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M JUST SO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYONE'S TAKING IT AND APPRECIATING WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND WHAT STAFF IS DOING HERE.

YEAH, I'M SO HAPPY THAT THE THE COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED US LIKE THEY HAVE, AND THEY KEEP COMING BACK AND THEY KEEP THEY KEEP JOINING.

I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING 25 JOINS A DAY BETWEEN THE INSURANCE PAID AND THE AND THE MONTHLY PAY SO IT WILL KEEP GROWING THROUGH THE THROUGH THE SUMMER AND WE'LL KEEP HIRING STAFF AND QUALITY STAFF AND WELL BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE DO IT IS WITH GOOD PEOPLE.

I HALF JOKINGLY SAY THIS BUT I'LL I'LL SAY IT IN SERIOUSNESS.

DON'T SCREW IT UP.

I'LL DO MY BEST NOT TO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT.

THANK YOU, JESSICA.

THANK YOU, JIMMY. I MEAN, HONESTLY, THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

OKAY. NEXT UP, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP YET? I SO BADLY WANTED TO SAY OPEN FORUM, BUT I DIDN'T SAY IT.

OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE ITEMS CONSIDERED BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS FOR THE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 14TH, 2023 2023 REGULAR MEETING.

THE SECOND ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD.

THE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, MICHELLE WATSON, RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD.

AND SO THIS ITEM IS TO APPOINT CHRIS CHENEVERT.

AND I APOLOGIZE IF I BUTCHERED IT TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD.

AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN AUTHORIZATION, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH DURING ELECTRIC ON SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2023, AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDER FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2023.

THIS ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AT BOTH EVENTS.

AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE'RE COMING FORWARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR A MASTER AGREEMENT SO WE WON'T HAVE TO PIECEMEAL ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS.

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NO, NO, NO.

HEY, COUNCIL. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MAYOR. I'LL MOVE. APPROVAL. MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.

COGAN. A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

LET'S VOTE.

OKAY, THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

FIVE ZERO. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT PRESENT, SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE PERSONS TO BE HEARD.

[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES I'LL GET TO SAY THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO REFER TO HIM AS CHAIRMAN SAL CARUSO.

WELCOME BACK, SIR.

OH, MY GOD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.

GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK IN THAT CHAIR.

WHAT? I'M BEING PROPPED UP BY STEROIDS.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. JIMMY CITY MANAGER, CITY LAWYER.

ATTORNEY. SO I'M GOING TO TITLE TONIGHT A RESISTANCE.

SO ON DECEMBER, ON DECEMBER 13TH, I MADE A PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU REGARDING THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

I TITLED THAT PRESENTATION AS THE RUNAWAY TRAIN.

I COMPARED THIS PROJECT, THE ARTS CENTER, WITH THE BOYS RANCH AND HOW IT WAS RUSHED THROUGH.

LUCKILY, THIS MAYOR, THIS CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL HAVE TURNED THAT TURNED THE PARK INTO A POSITIVE.

NOT PERFECT, BUT A JOB WELL DONE.

AND YOU KNOW, PRECEDING ME WAS THE YMCA.

SO THAT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AND HOW HOW GOOD THAT'S BEEN.

SO AS PART OF MY PRESENTATION, I ASKED FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER SEEKING OUT CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS AND PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR THE ART CENTER AS OPPOSED TO USING TAXPAYER REVENUES FOR THE BUILDING OF THE CENTER.

TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY, THE CENTER NEEDS 4.5 MILLION TO COMBINE WITH THE 5.5 MILLION ALREADY SET ASIDE FOR THE BOND OF 2017.

THERE WAS WHERE THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TRANSPARENCY TO VOTERS.

OF THE $10 MILLION FOR THE CENTER ARTS CENTER AS PART OF THE BOND.

MOST MOST VOTERS WERE UNAWARE OF THIS BEFORE VOTING.

EXCUSE ME. TWO WEEKS AGO, ON MARCH 14TH, THE COUNCIL VOTED 5 TO 0 TO HIRE A CONSULTANT FIRM TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY REPORT ON A POSSIBILITY OF SEEKING THOSE SPONSORSHIPS AND DONATIONS FOR THE CENTER.

I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU PUBLICLY AS WELL AS OUR CITY MANAGER, TO MAKE THIS ATTEMPT.

THOUGHT THAT WAS WELL DONE.

CITY MANAGER JIMMY STATED THAT STATHATOS THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THE THAT WE CAN GET THE 5 MILLION AND POSSIBLY EVEN 7 MILLION NEEDED.

RIGHT AT A MORNING'S WITH THE MAYOR IN SEPTEMBER, I STATED THAT THE ART CENTER WOULD COST MORE THAN A 10 MILLION REQUIRED.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? THE ART CENTER.

I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I'M NOT ARGUING.

OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I HAD FOR BREAKFAST, SO.

THAT'D BE ME BECAUSE OF MY AGE.

THEN THE 10 MILLION COMMENTS? YES. WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND OTHER EXPENSES NEEDED ON THE RISE, THIS PROJECT WILL INDEED COST MORE THAN A $10 MILLION.

JIMMY, THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.

I'M SURE YOU ARE WORKING ON THE PROJECTED COST REVENUES FTES NEEDED TO RUN THE CENTER.

THE PARKING STILL AN ISSUE FOR THE CENTER IN ITS PRESENT FORM.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE 5 TO 0 VOTE TO TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.

HOWEVER, I WAS DISAPPOINTED, YET NOT SURPRISED TO HEAR A MEMBER OF THIS BODY BE RESISTANT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AND PRIVATE DONORS TO FUND THIS CENTER.

WHY WOULD ANYONE BE RESISTANT TO THIS? AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, ONE OF YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO BE A GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYERS REVENUES THAT COME INTO OUR CITY.

WITHOUT MENTIONING MY NAME.

MY WORDS WERE USED IN THE RESISTANCE OF THIS STUDY.

I HAD SAID THAT THE FOLKS WHO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT THE ART CENTER SHOULD WRITE A CHECK.

WHY NOT? OUR LIBRARY RECEIVES DONATIONS FROM FOLKS WRITING A CHECK.

FOR YEARS, I SAT HERE WHEN RESIDENTS WOULD STAND HERE AT THIS PODIUM AND ASK FOR A CENTER LIKE THE LEVITT PAVILION, SINGING THE PRAISES

[00:40:04]

AT A TIME WHEN WE HAD POOR LEADERSHIP, POOR CITY MANAGERS WITH NO SOLID PLAN LIKE WE HAVE TODAY TO MOVE BEDFORD FORWARD.

YET THE PERSONAL AGENDA OF THE ARTS CENTER WAS TOP OF MIND.

GOT TO HAVE AN ARTS CENTER.

REALLY? REALLY DO.

THE DECEPTION THAT THEY USED IN THE VOTE AND THE 2017 BOND WAS HORRIBLE.

AS I HAVE STATED, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ARTS CENTER.

I DON'T. MY ISSUE IS HOW DO WE FUND IT? IN CLOSING, I ASK ALL OF YOU TO BE MINDFUL THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO WORK FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD.

PERSONAL AGENDAS IS NOT WORKING FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD.

BEING RESISTANT TO A STUDY IS NOT WORKING FOR ALL RESIDENTS.

I THINK WE ARE.

I THINK WE'VE SLOWED DOWN THE RUNAWAY TRAIN.

WE'LL SEE HOW SLOW IT IT HAPPENS IF WE GET THAT FUNDING FROM CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS AND FOLKS WRITING SOME CHECKS OUT.

ALL THE ABOVE IS MY VIEWPOINT.

MY BEDFORD VIEWPOINT, IF YOU WILL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, I GUESS I'M NOT PRIVY TO SOME OF THIS, BUT I DON'T.

I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO ADMIT I'M WILLING TO LET MY PRIDE GO TO THE SIDE IN AN EFFORT TO GET OTHER PEOPLE TO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROJECT.

SO I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT CONVERSATION IS.

FROM LAST TO THIS WAS THE MARCH 14TH MEETING.

OUR. MAYOR PRO TEM STATED IT WAS HAD SOME RESISTANCE TO THIS STUDY.

OKAY. WELL SO I BRING THAT UP ONLY BECAUSE IT'S I WAS, LIKE I SAID, VERY DISAPPOINTED.

YEAH. NOT SURPRISED.

AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.

I BELIEVE EVERYONE UP HERE IS ON BOARD, NOT HAVING BEEN A PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I KNOW MY RECENT CONVERSATIONS.

YOU BET. WE WANT TO SEEK ALL SOURCES, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROCESS HERE.

YOU KNOW THAT I ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION BEFORE WE SEE SOME FINALITY TO THIS.

BUT ABSOLUTELY, I HEY, THE WHY YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE WHY IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU GET CREATIVE AND YOU TRY AND LOOK AT THINGS OUTSIDE THE BOX.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO APPLY TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.

SO AND JIMMY HIRED THE HUDDLESTON GROUP, IF I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY, AND 60 TO 75 DAYS.

WELL, NO. YES, SIR.

THEY'LL DO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY ACCURATELY PROJECT BASED ON THEIR TRACK RECORD, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO RAISE 5 TO $7 MILLION. AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE ENDOWMENT FROM THE CARUSO FOUNDATION.

IT'S IN THE MAIL. IT'S IN THE MAIL.

I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THAT IN ADVANCE.

CHECKS IN THE MAIL. DO YOU MIND? NO, NOT AT ALL. I'M SORRY.

BUT I THINK YOU MISUNDERSTOOD.

I. I BELIEVE IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

MY MY DEAL WAS, IS THAT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUMP RIGHT IN AND TRY TO GET THE GRANTS IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I THINK THE MONEY IS THERE AND NOT WASTE THE MONEY ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

AND I THOUGHT WE THERE ALL THE.

HUDDLESTON JIMMY STATHATOS I THINK EVEN THE MAYOR THINK THAT WE CAN PROBABLY COLLECT THAT MONEY FROM SPONSORS AND DONORS.

SO MY DEAL WAS I JUST WANTED TO SAVE THE 60 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE WERE GOING TO PAY HIM TO DO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

I JUST WANTED TO JUMP A SKIP, SKIP, SKIP A BEAT SO THAT WE COULD JUST MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. I DIDN'T HEAR IT THAT WAY.

OKAY. BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

I WOULD IT'D BE KIND OF OPPOSED TO WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID ABOUT PERFORMING ARTS, SO I WOULD NEVER VOTE AGAINST THAT AS A AS A COUNCIL PERSON, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. BUT THEN YOU KIND OF BROUGHT MY YOU MENTIONED WITHOUT MENTIONING MY NAME, WHAT I SAID MY WORDS ABOUT WRITING CHECKS.

SO I COMBINED THE TWO AND I FELT LIKE YOU WERE RESISTANT.

OH, NO, NO, I WOULD NEVER BE RESISTANT TO.

AND HOW ABOUT WRITING THE CHECKS? I DON'T. I DON'T REMEMBER.

YEAH. YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THE VIDEO.

MAYBE YOU CAN. I WILL.

I WILL. I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M SORRY. I MISSPOKE.

PERHAPS SO. I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M SORRY. TO ME. SORRY TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.

I MEAN, YOUR MAYOR PRO TEM AND YOUR, YOU KNOW, SECOND IN LINE.

AND I'M SURE THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE LOOK TOWARDS YOU AND, OF COURSE, THE MAYOR AS WELL.

YEAH. AFTER MY ASSASSINATION, YOU'RE RIGHT.

SHE SECOND IN LINE.

NOW, SAL, I THINK WE'RE.

I THINK WE'RE IN. YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE.

WE WANT TO SEEK.

WE WANT TO SEEK ALL OPPORTUNITIES HERE.

AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE SOMETHING SPECIAL.

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BUT THE WORD SPECIAL DOESN'T JUST APPLY TO ONE THING.

WE WANT THIS CITY TO BE SPECIAL FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS.

SO, YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE MOVING THAT PATH.

GREAT IDEA.

I'M ASSUMING YOUR SUGGESTION HAD SOME HAND IN THIS.

I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT I THINK I DID.

YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT IDEAS ON DECEMBER 13TH.

THAT'S THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP AND I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY.

YOU CONTINUE TO MOSTLY HAVE GREAT IDEAS.

I'M SORRY. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

NO, THANKS, AL.

WE APPRECIATE IT. IF THERE'S MISUNDERSTANDING, I'LL APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE IT. GOOD SEEING YOU, SAL.

OKAY. NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE SOME OLD BUSINESS HERE.

[5. Public hearing and consider an ordinance regarding a Planned Unit Development Amendment for a hotel development on Lot 3A1 and Lot 3B, Block 1 Bedford Forum Addition. The 1.21 acres site is located northeast of Forum Parkway and Airport Freeway and commonly known as 3029 Airport Freeway. (PUD-22-2) (Item was recommended for denial by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 7-0-0) (Tabled from the meeting on March 14, 2023).]

HOWEVER, WE ONLY HAVE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, AND WE REALLY NEED SEVEN PRESENT TO CONSIDER THIS ITEM.

SO DO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO VOTE ON TABLING IT? I WOULD RECOMMEND VOTING TO TABLE.

SO WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

THE ADVICE OF OUR ALL KNOWING CITY ATTORNEY.

I RECOMMEND THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO TABLE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE WOULD ANYONE BE INTERESTED IN MAKING A MOTION TO TABLE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MOVE TO TABLE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO TABLE FROM COUNCIL IN THE AYERS COGAN.

WE HAVE A SECOND WITH COUNCILMEMBER MARCO.

LET'S VOTE. BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS TIME YOU ALREADY OPENED IT AND IT JUST REMAINS OPEN.

THAT'S RIGHT. WAY TO GO, AMY.

GOOD JOB. OKAY, WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO TABLE ITEM FIVE.

SO THE PUBLIC HEARING REMAINS OPEN.

IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU, WES, FOR DOING NOTHING ON THIS ITEM.

SIX NEW BUSINESS.

[6. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas amending Article IV “Curfew” of Chapter 82 “Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions” of the Code of Ordinances, City of Bedford, Texas to redefine curfew hours, removing certain exceptions to issuing curfew violation citations, and amending the issuance of citations to a parent or guardian of a minor or the owner, operator, or employer of an establishment in violation of curfew hours.]

SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK TO THE DAIS CHIEF JEFF WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE AWKWARD THAT A POLICE OFFICER STANDING BEFORE YOU SAYING THAT WE DON'T NEED TO ENFORCE CERTAIN LAWS.

I'M GOING TO PREFACE THAT.

SO THIS IS REALLY JUST TO CLEAN UP THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE.

SO WE'VE HAD A CURFEW ORDINANCE IN PLACE IN BEDFORD FOR FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, SOMEWHERE A DECADE OR SO AGO, THE CITY INITIATED A DAYTIME CURFEW THAT RAN FROM 9 A.M.

UNTIL 2:30 P.M.

SO ANY ANY KID THAT WAS OUT BETWEEN THOSE HOURS, THEY COULD BE IN VIOLATION OF DAYTIME CURFEW.

SO TO KIND OF THROW A FEW STATISTICS AT YOU GUYS, IN 2019, WE WROTE 18 CURFEW VIOLATIONS.

NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE WERE DURING THE DAYTIME.

IN 2020, WE WROTE FOR CURFEW VIOLATIONS.

NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE WERE IN DAYTIME.

THAT WAS ALSO COVID.

COVID CHANGED THE WORLD AND IT REALLY CHANGED THE WORLD FOR FOR KIDS AND STUDENTS AS WELL.

SO 2011, WE WROTE 11 CURFEW VIOLATIONS.

NONE OF THEM WERE A DAYTIME, 2022, WE WROTE TEN VIOLATIONS.

NONE OF THOSE WERE DURING THE DAYTIME.

SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO IS ESSENTIALLY REMOVE THAT DAYTIME CURFEW.

WOW. EDUCATION HAS CHANGED.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF KIDS NOW DO ONLINE SCHOOL FROM HOME.

THERE'S HOME SCHOOLING, KIDS OUT THERE AND THINGS THAT THAT ARE IT'S IT'S IN OUR OPINION, IT'S NOT THE POLICE'S PLACE TO STEP IN AND ENFORCE A LAW ON A KID THAT MAYBE HAVE A TRUANCY ISSUE.

THAT'S THE THAT'S THE SCHOOL'S ISSUE AND THAT IS THE PARENTS ISSUE AND NOT OUR ISSUE.

WE'LL HELP FACILITATE WHATEVER WE CAN, BUT WE WANT TO TAKE OUR OFFICERS OUT OF POSITION WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO COME IN AND ENFORCE A LAW WHEN THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT. SO THIS IS THE AWKWARD PART WHERE A POLICE OFFICER IS SAYING WE DON'T NEED TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

THIS CONVERSATION HAS COME FULL CIRCLE.

YEAH. SO IT'S SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND AMENDING THIS AND REMOVING THAT PORTION.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WE HAVEN'T USED BECAUSE IT'S NOT A TOOL IN OUR TOOL BELT SOCIETY TODAY IN POLICING TODAY LOOKS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT DID 15, TEN, 15 YEARS AGO WHEN WHEN THIS OCCURRED. SO AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE FOR US.

EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT.

VERY GOOD. COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES, CHIEF, ARE WE AHEAD OF THE GAME OR ARE WE RIGHT THERE ALONG WITH THEM OR OTHER CITIES DOING THIS AS WELL? SO VERY, VERY FEW CITIES HAVE A DAYTIME CURFEW.

WE WERE ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT DID.

YEAH. AND I KIND OF DUG AROUND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY AND ALL THOSE HISTORICAL FIGURES THAT PROBABLY ESTABLISH THIS ARE NO LONGER HERE.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A NIGHTTIME CURFEW IN PLACE.

THAT'S NOT CHANGING.

SO DURING THE WEEK FROM 11:11 P.M.

TILL 6 A.M., IF THEY'RE UNDER 17 YEARS OF AGE, THEY HAVE TO BE AT HOME OR ON THEIR WAY TO WORK OR ONE OF THOSE EXCUSABLE THINGS THAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE ON ON THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. THAT'S THAT'S MIDNIGHT TILL 6 A.M.

SO THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE THERE BECAUSE WE THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT FOR FOR TEENAGE KIDS TO BE DOING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

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MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SHE WAS TRUE.

SO SO SO THAT'S STILL IN PLACE.

THIS IS TAKEN OUT. THAT DAYTIME CURFEW.

OKAY. PERFECT. PERFECT. OH, DID YOU HAVE MORE? ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP. SO IN LINE WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES TOUCHING ON CURFEW A LITTLE BIT FOR FOR MINORS, ARE ARE WE PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH ALL THE REST OF US ALONG WITH OUR HOURS AND.

YEAH, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE ONLY CITY AROUND US THAT THE CITY OF FORT WORTH REMOVED THEIR CURFEW ORDINANCE ALTOGETHER.

THERE'S THERE ARE THERE IS A BILL DOWN DOWN IN THE STATE TO ELIMINATE THE CITY'S ABILITIES TO HAVE CURFEWS ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE WHOLE STATE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO GET LEGS AND GO ANYWHERE AND HOPE IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE STILL NEED THIS AT NIGHT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE KIDS THAT ARE OUT.

SO APPRECIATE YOU TALKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO HAVE YOU COMMUNICATED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THIS? WE'VE NOT, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT BEEN AN ISSUE OF OF IF YOU LOOK AT OUR ENFORCEMENT NUMBERS, WE'RE NOT DOING A WHOLE LOT OF ENFORCEMENT THERE.

SO IF WE OUR APPROACH TYPICALLY IS WHEN WE ENCOUNTER A KID AFTER HOURS IS WE TRY TO GET THE PARENTS INVOLVED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO WRITE A CITATION BECAUSE THAT PUTS AN UNDUE BURDEN UPON.

ON THE PARENTS TO PAY FOR THE CITATION FOR FOR A JUVENILE THAT WAS OUT.

WE WANT THEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

AND WE DO THE SAME THING DURING THE DAYTIME.

BUT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING MORE AND MORE CHILDREN OUT THERE THAT ARE DOING ONLINE SCHOOL SO THEY CAN HELP OUT THEIR FAMILY BY HAVING A JOB DURING THE DAYTIME.

AND IT'S THE PROTECTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE IS I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY OFFICERS IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION BECAUSE ANYTHING CAN GO BAD. AND IF WE CAN ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THINGS COULD GO BAD, IT'S A LOT BETTER FOR US.

AND SO WHAT WAS THE POSITION OF HURST AND EULESS? I DON'T BELIEVE EITHER ONE OF THEM HAVE A DAYTIME CURFEW IF.

OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I'M JUST.

YEAH. EARLY DAYS BEING INVOLVED.

THIS HAS COME FULL CIRCLE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MR PARKER. YEAH.

CHIEF, IN 94, I SPOKE.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ASKED US TO COME AND TALK.

AND IT WAS REALLY. IT WAS THE PROBLEM THEY WERE HAVING WERE SINGLE PARENTS.

WORKING KIDS WEREN'T GETTING TO GO TO SCHOOL.

THEY'RE HAVING A CHALLENGE.

I THINK THEIR ABILITY TO WRITE TICKETS FOR TRUANCY WERE WERE TAKEN AWAY.

SO THEY WERE JUST ASKING US TO HELP AND AND DO THAT.

SO AND I'M LIKE THE MAYOR.

I'M JUST KIND OF AMAZED THAT IT CAME FULL CIRCLE BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE BIGGEST GROUP AGAINST THIS WAS HOME SCHOOLERS, THAT WE WERE VIOLATING THEIR RIGHTS.

AND BUT IT WAS JUST TO ME, IT WAS A SAFETY PRECAUTION FOR IF YOU HAD A SIX YEAR OLD OR A SEVEN YEAR OLD THAT DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL, IT WAS JUST AN ABILITY FOR AN OFFICER TO CHECK ON THEM TO SEE IF THEY WERE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED WITH WITH COVID AND ONLINE SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS JUST KIND OF THAT THAT I WOULD I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE PROTECTION THAN A MISSING CHILD. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MEAN, IF WE'RE IF WE'VE TALKED TO THE SCHOOL OR.

YEAH. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WILL IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE HOW OFFICERS BEHAVE.

IF AN OFFICER SEES SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF THE IF THERE'S A SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO CHECK OUT WITH THAT CHILD TO SEE, ARE THEY OKAY OR ARE THEY WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE? VERY FEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ARE EVER TAKEN AGAINST KIDS AT THAT AGE WHERE WE HIT MOST OF OUR KIDS THAT ARE GETTING CITATIONS OR THOSE TEENAGE YEARS, THOSE 15, 16 YEAR OLDS.

AND A LOT OF THOSE, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THOSE KIDS ARE WORKING.

YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT FRIENDS THAT THEIR KIDS NOW DO ONLINE AFTER COVID REALLY MESSED WITH THAT WITH THIS WITH THIS GENERATION OF KIDS.

AND THEY COULDN'T GET BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM.

BUT THEY'RE OUT WORKING AS WELL NOW AND HELPING OUT WITH THE FAMILIES BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY AND THEY NEED THE PAY FROM THE KIDS.

THEIR SALARIES COME IN AND HELP MAKE THE BILLS PAY.

BUT WE TAKE THAT SAME APPROACH AT NIGHTTIME CURFEW.

IF YOU HAVE A KID THAT'S WORKING LATE OR AT A FAST FOOD PLACE, WE DON'T WRITE A TICKET BECAUSE ALL THAT'S THERE'S THERE'S SEVERAL ESSENTIALLY AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES.

WHAT WOULD KEEP THEM FROM GETTING A CITATION.

SO IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL, IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, IF THEY'RE TRAVELING WITH THEIR PARENTS, IF THE PARENTS HAVE SENT THEM ON AN ERRAND, THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT THAT WOULD WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING A CITATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY IDEA OF WHEN HURST AND EULESS RESCINDED THEIR ORDINANCES? I DON'T BELIEVE THEY EVER HAD ONE.

THEY NEVER HAD IT. I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

AND WE WE ARE WE ARE A UNIQUE IT WAS SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IN THE MID 90 SECONDS, BEDFORD HAS ALWAYS BEEN UNIQUE.

IT WAS IN THE IN THE MID 90 SECONDS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DATE MYSELF.

TIMES WERE DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, GANG ACTIVITY WAS OUT THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ALL CONCERNED WITH BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE METROPLEX AREA HERE.

THOSE HAVE KIND OF SUBSIDED.

INTERESTING FACT, KIND OF OFF TOPIC, BUT WE'RE LOOKING WE WERE LOOKING AT PREVIOUS YEARS OF OF REPORTS, OUR ANNUAL REPORTS, THE VIOLENT CRIMES THAT WE WERE HAVING IN THE LATE 80S

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SO THE ROBBERIES AND THOSE MAJOR VIOLENT OFFENSES.

WERE HIGHER IN THE LATE 80S AND 90S THAN THEY ARE TODAY.

IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY'S NUMBERS JUST THIS WEEKEND AND IT'S DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.

YEAH, INTERESTING.

OKAY. SO IN LIVES MUCH BETTER SINCE WE TOOK ALL THE GANGS AND TOOK THEM TO NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

AND MOVED THEM TO HALTOM CITY.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

OKAY. SO COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. SECOND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.

LET'S VOTE. LAPENNA.

OKAY, THAT'S UNANIMOUS. FIVE ZERO.

SO THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP.

NEXT UP, ITEM SEVEN, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BEDFORD CODE OF ORDINANCES.

[7. Consider an ordinance amending the City of Bedford Code of Ordinances Appendix A – Schedule of Fees, by updating fees imposed by the City; containing a savings clause; repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith; and providing for an effective date.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WELCOME BACK. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN YOU USUALLY SEE IT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE APPROACH THIS TIME TO REALLY REVISIT OUR FEE ORDINANCE.

IT HAD KIND OF GOTTEN REALLY CLUNKY AND IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF FEES.

I THINK PUBLIC WORKS WAS SPLIT INTO LIKE 2 TO 3 DIFFERENT PIECES WITHIN THE FEE ORDINANCE.

AND SO WE REALLY WANTED TO TAKE A YEAR, MAKE SURE WE DID A VERY THOROUGH REVIEW ON OUR FEES.

SO THERE ARE CHANGES.

BUT FOR QUITE A FEW OF THE OTHER FEES, IT'S REALLY JUST REORGANIZED.

SO WE TRIED TO BREAK DOWN THE FEES INTO WHAT FELT LIKE A MORE NATURAL PROGRESSION, MORE IN LINE WITH OUR CURRENT OPERATING PRACTICES, AND THEN CLEAN UP SOME OF THE THINGS PARKS AND REC BEING THE BIGGEST ONE.

I CAN POINT OUT THAT WE REMOVED QUITE A FEW FEES AND LEFT INSTEAD OF CLAWS BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR FEES WERE BASED FOR CLASSES, FOR EVENTS THAT THEN IN ORDER TO CHANGE THOSE FEES, WE'D HAVE TO BRING YOU BACK AN ORDINANCE.

AND SO WE WANTED TO GIVE THAT FLEXIBILITY BACK TO PARKS AND REC IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY MANAGER FOR EVENTS AND CLASSES TO BE DONE COST BASIS AND JUST TO GIVE THEM THAT FLEXIBILITY TO APPROVE.

AND THEN OF COURSE WITH EVENTS, ANYTHING WOULD BE ADVERTISED WELL IN ADVANCE SO PEOPLE WOULD BE AWARE OF WHAT WE WOULD BE ASKING THEM TO PAY FOR THOSE COSTS.

SO WE TOOK THAT OUT AND THEN MADE SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

AGAIN, OPERATING DEVELOPMENT HAD SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS TO THEIR FEES, WHICH WAS OUTLINED IN THE COMMUNIQUE.

AND WE CAN GET ANDREW AND WES UP HERE IF YOU'VE GOT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, JUST TO TRY TO SIMPLIFY THE TABLES, TRY TO MAKE THINGS EASIER, THAT WAS KIND OF THE ENTIRE APPROACH TO THIS FEE ORDINANCE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A RED LINE FOR YOU BECAUSE WE PRETTY MUCH THREW EVERYTHING UP IN THE AIR AND SAW WHERE IT ALL LANDED.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND I'VE GOT THE OLD VERSION IF YOU WANT TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK A FEE HERE AND THERE.

AND OF COURSE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF HERE IF I'M UNABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.

RESISTANCE. MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL MEG.

YOU'VE GOT $2 FOR GENERAL ADMISSION TO THE ROY SAVAGE POOL.

YES, THAT SEEMS LIKE 1950 PRICES.

THAT HAS BEEN THE PRICING.

IF THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO CHANGES.

THERE WAS NO CHANGES SUGGESTED OR PROPOSED FOR THAT.

SO I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO MARK ON THE RATIONALE AND REASONING FOR THAT AND OUR PARKS DIRECTOR.

THANKS, MEG. THOUGHT YOU COULD GET AWAY FROM US.

APPRECIATE THAT.

SO, NO, WE DIDN'T TOUCH ANY OF THE ROY SAVAGE.

SO WHAT THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE INTERNALLY WAS KIND OF THE LOCATION OF THAT POOL AND THE THE AREA THAT IT SERVES.

STAFF DID WANT TO KEEP THAT LOW JUST SO THERE WASN'T A BARRIER TO ENTRY TO ENJOY POOLS.

SO SO THAT'S KIND OF THE.

BUT MIGHT AS WELL GO FREE.

WE WANT TO GENERATE A LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE THAT THE POOL DOESN'T.

I MEAN, THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING THE POOL.

THEY'RE NOT THE COST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AT A BUILDING LIKE THE YMCA.

SO. OKAY.

THE PAVILIONS ARE CHEAPER AT ROY SAVAGE'S THAT JUST BECAUSE THAT PARK HAS LESS TO OFFER.

CORRECT. OKAY.

DO YOU DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PAVILIONS YOU RENT OVER THERE A YEAR? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? OH, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I CAN ABSOLUTELY GET THAT, THOUGH.

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I DON'T BELIEVE I KNOW WE ADDED GENERATIONS PARK.

THE PAVILIONS THERE KEPT THEM CONSISTENT.

OH, SO WE DID. WE ADDRESSED THE.

BALL FIELD RENTAL AND NOT SPECIFIC TO GENERATION SPARK JUST BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THAT.

SO I THINK WE WENT FROM $350 A DAY.

$200 PER FIELD.

AND THAT WAS JUST TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU SEE.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY FIELDS, AND WE'RE TALKING REALLY ABOUT STORMIE JONES AND KIND OF THE USE THERE.

WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF RENTALS AT THAT LOCATION.

PEOPLE PLAY PICKUP GAMES THERE OR YOU'VE GOT SORT OF LEAGUE.

LEAGUE PLAY THERE AT STORMIE.

YEAH. NO, IT CURRENTLY WELL THERE'S NO AGREEMENT WITH ANY ORGANIZATION RIGHT NOW FOR THAT.

BUT WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO AND THIS IS GOING TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE FEES, IT'LL GO DOWN TO A FEE, THE ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION FEE.

SO IN THE PAST STORMIE JONES HAS BEEN, I WOULD SAY IT WAS A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH TWO ORGANIZATIONS, BASE OF BEING ONE OF THEM.

THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE THE MID-CITIES TEJANO GROUP.

BOTH OF THOSE CONTRACTS ENDED IN 2020 AND WERE NOT RENEWED.

HOWEVER, THEY HAVE CONTINUED UP UNTIL ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

BOTH ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO USE THAT FACILITY.

TEJANOS ARE NOT NO LONGER OUT THERE, BUT BASA IS UTILIZING THOSE FIELDS, SO THEY WOULD FALL UNDER THE ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION FEE OF $15 PER.

CHILD WHO USES THAT FACILITY.

SAME THING WITH MEADOW.

SO ANYONE WHO'S USING MEADOW OR STORMY WOOD THROUGH BASSO WOULD BE REQUIRED.

AND OFF TOPIC, I AM WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT SPECIFICALLY WITH BASSO.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE BEFORE YOU TO WHERE WE CAN START UTILIZING THIS.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE BASEBALL FIELDS? AT GENERATIONS PARK AN UPDATE ON THAT.

WE ARE CURRENTLY ACTUALLY WE JUST CONCLUDED EXCUSE ME, THE EVALUATION PROCESS OF THE RFQ THAT WE PUT OUT IN LATE FEBRUARY.

WE DID HAVE TWO SUBMISSIONS.

I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS.

AND SO THEY WOULD START UP BASEBALL IN THE FALL.

IS THAT WHAT THEY WOULD DO? MOST LIKELY.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A DATE.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A FEW THINGS WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND SOME OF THE SUBCONTRACTORS ON THAT FACILITY, AND THAT FACILITY IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY TO DO A PICKUP GAME. NOT AS WE HAVE IT SET UP RIGHT NOW.

SO IF WE GO THROUGH A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, THEY WOULD WORK THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY ON THAT.

IF THERE WERE FEES SET BY THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THEY WOULD THEY WOULD FALL UNDER THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER. STEVES. I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE GARAGE SALE.

THE GROUP. SO GARAGE SALES ARE FREE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? YOU JUST HAVE TO SIGN ONLINE AND THE GROUP PERMIT IS $25.

HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS THAT.

ANDREW WEST OR ANDREA? I WILL DEFER TO THEM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ANDREA.

DON'T BE SO EXCITED. THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE GROUP GARAGE SALE PERMIT AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS FREE.

AND WHAT DOES THE GROUP INCLUDE? IS IT LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD? IT WOULD BE A NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT THAT WAS OCCURRING.

YES. SO ESSENTIALLY, THE COORDINATOR OF THE EVENT WOULD COME IN AND PAY THE $25 AND THEN THE REMAINDER WOULD WOULD FALL UNDER THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE WHOLE GROUP.

I MEAN, YES, ONE WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND SIGN UP OR ANYTHING, CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT.

WHAT DID YOU DO TO WIN THE HONOR TO COME ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I LOST THE ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THAT'S TOTALLY WHAT I THOUGHT.

THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LOOKED LIKE WAS GOING ON BACK THEN.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO THE FEE STRUCTURE AS CONSTRUED, WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITH THE BALL FIELDS COMING FORWARD.

YOU'VE GOT THAT FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR.

I HAVE WHATEVER PARKS AND REC SENT ME.

SO IF WE NEED TO REVISE, OF COURSE, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK A RED LINE VERSION.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN.

OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN SECONDS.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE. OKAY.

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COUNCIL THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU, MEG.

NEXT UP.

[8. Consider a resolution accepting the report from the independent auditor and the audited financial statements and the single audit report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 and providing an effective date.]

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE DIAS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

AND ANOTHER PERSON TO WHOM I SHALL NOT REFER TO THIS EVENING BECAUSE SHE USED TO LIVE IN BEDFORD AND SHE LEFT BEDFORD.

SO ONE DAY ALL WEEK? YEAH. HE'S NEVER GOING TO LET YOU LIVE IT DOWN.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN BEDFORD RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.

SO YOU LEAVING IS REALLY OFFENSIVE.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO, YES, TONIGHT IS A THE FINAL STEP IN APPROVING OUR ANNUAL AUDIT FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.

AND SO WE MET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE LAST WEEK AND HAD OUR PRESENTATION AND ANSWERED LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND GASBY 87 AND ALL THE FUN THINGS.

SO IT'S GOOD TIMES, BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JESSICA AND SHE CAN JENNIFER AND SHE CAN GIVE HER PRESENTATION TO YOU THIS EVENING.

JUST LET ME SAY MR. BOYTER YOU WOULD BE PROUD OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE DID ASK QUESTIONS JUST LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE.

SO JENNIFER, YOU KNOW, FRISCO DOESN'T HAVE A MAJOR MUSIC EVENT ABOUT TO HAPPEN LIKE BEDFORD.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT TO TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

I GOT HER OFF TRACK. NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY, INTRODUCTIONS.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER RIPKA AND I AM THE ENGAGEMENT PARTNER FOR THE EXTERNAL AUDIT AND WE ASSIST WITH THE AUDIT ITSELF AS WELL AS THE PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL, THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, AS WELL AS THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

OUR AUDIT TEAM, MYSELF AS THE ENGAGEMENT PARTNER, WE HAVE MEREDITH CHURCHILL.

SHE'S THE SENIOR MANAGER ON THE ENGAGEMENT.

THIS IS HER SECOND YEAR ON THE ENGAGEMENT.

JACKIE GONZALEZ, SHE IS OUR TECHNICAL REVIEW PARTNER.

ALL OF OUR GOVERNMENTS GO THROUGH A QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS WHERE A SECOND PARTNER DOES REVIEW NOT ONLY THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BUT ALSO THE SINGLE AUDIT AND THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AUSTIN ANDERSON WAS THE MANAGER ON THE ENGAGEMENT.

WE DO HAVE AUDIT ASSOCIATES THAT ASSIST WITH THE WORK THAT WE PERFORM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TWO TECHNICAL ADVISORS, ONE FROM AN IT ADVISORY STANDPOINT AND THEN ONE FROM A DATA ANALYTICS STANDPOINT.

THE AUDIT PROCESS.

WE DO PERFORM THE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AS WELL AS GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE ALSO HAVE THAT SINGLE AUDIT BECAUSE THE CITY DOES GET FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND YOU DO THIS PAST YEAR YOU DID EXPEND IN EXCESS OF $750,000.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT SEPARATE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLIANCE WITH REGARDS TO THE SINGLE AUDIT, WE ALSO PERFORM COMPLIANCE TESTS OVER JUST PROVISIONS OF LAWS, REGULATIONS, CONTRACTS, GRANT AGREEMENTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

ONE OF THE MOST OR MOST SIGNIFICANT COMPLIANCE TESTS THAT WE DO PERFORM IS THE COMPLIANCE TEST FOR THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.

SO TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION, THE RESULTS FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE DID ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

THAT'S A CLEAN OPINION.

IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT CAN BE PLACED ON A SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BECAUSE WE DO PERFORM THIS AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, WE'RE REQUIRED TO REVIEW INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.

DURING THAT REVIEW, WE LOOK FOR ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR NONCOMPLIANCE.

YOU ALL HAD NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES NOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

SO OVERALL, THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS FROM AN AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT STANDPOINT.

SO SIMILARLY, ON THE FEDERAL AWARD SIDE, WE DO ISSUE AN OPINION ON COMPLIANCE.

SO THIS YEAR WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ARPA FUNDING.

YOU ALL DID RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING AS PART OF THAT, THAT COVID 19 FUNDING THAT CAME THROUGH TO ALL OF THE CITIES IN TEXAS.

WE DID ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

AGAIN, IT'S A CLEAN OPINION AND YOU ALL ARE A LOW RISK ODDITY.

THAT JUST MEANS THAT YOU'VE HAD UNMODIFIED OPINIONS.

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AGAIN, INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER MAJOR PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO THAT FINAL.

THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT SIDE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE THE INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE OVER THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THAT FEDERAL PROGRAM.

IF THERE WERE ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR AUDIT FINDINGS, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THERE WERE THOSE.

AGAIN, NO, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND NO NONCOMPLIANCE TO REPORT.

SO AGAIN, ANOTHER AS GOOD AS IT GETS REPORT.

WITH THAT, I'LL KIND OF OPEN IT UP TO YOU ALL.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR SPARE TIME READING THIS DOCUMENT, I WOULD DIRECT YOU TO THE MDNA.

THAT REALLY GOES THROUGH MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REFERS YOU BACK TO THE PRIOR YEAR.

WHAT'S CHANGED THIS YEAR? AND SO THAT HAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, JUST AT A GLANCE.

OF COURSE, THE AUDITOR'S OPINION THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE STATISTICAL SECTION IS A TEN YEAR LOOK BACK.

SO WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE DEBT INFORMATION FUND BALANCE, INFORMATION, OPERATING STATISTICS, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE BACK OF THIS AND IT GIVES YOU A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT WHAT'S OCCURRED AT THE CITY FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

SO I DID WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

JUST TRAGIC COUNCIL.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THIS.

OKAY. ACTUALLY, BUT IT'S THE AUDITED PORTION.

IT'S IN THE NOTES. YES. FIND THE NOTES ALWAYS TO BE THE MOST INTERESTING, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.

YEAH. AND IT HAS.

IT'S TABLE 14 IF YOU COULD LOVE IT.

TABLE 14. YES. MAKE HER OPEN IT.

YES. THE MAYOR HAS HANDED IT OVER TO YOU.

SO, JENNIFER, DO YOU KNOW THAT BEDFORD HAS A LOWER CRIME RATE THAN FRISCO? AND TALK TO MY HUSBAND ABOUT IT.

HE'S PROBABLY WATCHING THIS.

I JUST HAVE NEED CLARIFICATION.

YES, A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT BEDFORD DOESN'T HAVE A ESTABLISHED DEBT LIMIT.

RIGHT, PER SE.

YOU ALL HAVE A LEGAL DEBT MARGIN.

BUT AND SO THIS TABLE IN PARTICULAR IS GOING THROUGH THE LEGAL DEBT MARGIN INFORMATION.

SO. THE LEGAL DEBT MARGIN IS SET UP BY THE STATE, OR SO IT'S SET UP BY THE STATE.

BUT IN THE CITY CHARTER, IN THE BEDFORD CITY CHARTER, WE KIND OF HAVE A DEBT LIMIT, DON'T WE? BASED ON THE I WOULD HAVE TO GO LOOK AT THE CHARTER, BUT TO I WOULD ASSUME SO.

THERE SHOULD BE. YES.

TAXES CAN ONLY RAISE IT SO HIGH.

YES. CORRECT. SO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS TABLE ISN'T.

THAT. NO, THIS IS AS FAR AS THE THE STATES LIMIT.

SO WE WOULD HIT OUR DEBT LIMIT BEFORE WE HIT THE STATES.

I MEAN, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE, WHY THEY ARE ENGAGED.

THEY'RE ENGAGED TO LOOK AT OUR PRACTICES AND SEE THAT WE'VE GOT FIRM FINANCIAL, UNDERSTAND THE CONTROLS AND EVERYTHING.

THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY HERE TO TELL US WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR LIMIT.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I WENT THROUGH YEARS OF ASKING THESE EXACT SAME QUESTION.

SO IN TERMS TABLE THAT'S IN HERE IS KIND OF MISLEADING.

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, THOUGH, FOR ASKING THESE.

RIGHT. AND SO THIS THE STATISTICAL SECTION OF THIS..

I FEEL LIKE DARTH VADER AND HE'S LIKE LUKE SKYWALKER THAT HE'S LEARNED FROM MY MISTAKES AND HE'S ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.

I, I US AS WELL AS FINANCE.

WE DO NOT TO DECIDE THE INFORMATION THAT IS PRESENTED HERE, THE GFOA, WHICH IS THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DECIDE THE INFORMATION THAT IS DISCLOSED.

YOU CAN ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT TYPICALLY MOST CITY IS MOST CITIES ARE GOING TO STICK WITH GFOA STATES THAT THESE ARE THE TABLES.

THIS IS HOW IT NEEDS TO BE LAID OUT AND THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THERE.

SO I KNOW THE MAYOR LOVES THE DEBT AND TABLES, BUT YES, THEY, IT IS UNAUDITED INFORMATION AND THE FINANCE TEAM DOES PREPARE THESE TABLES.

WE PUT THEM IN AND THERE IS LIMITED AUDITING THAT GOES ON WITH..

AS FAR AS THESE TABLES.

YES. YEAH. NOW WE DO CHECK THEM FOR REASONABLENESS.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THE DEBT LIMIT.

YES. RIGHT.

CORRECT. YEAH.

AND SO AS FAR AS YOU ALL ARE NOT EXCEEDING THE STATE'S DEBT LIMIT, BUT YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

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SO, KAREN, I'LL DO YOU MIND? THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT I'VE FOUND OVER TIME IS THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DERIVE RATIOS BASED ON WHERE YOUR DEBT IS IN PROPORTION TO REVENUE AND OTHER SCENARIOS. AND SOME OF THE LESSONS FROM THE PAST IS IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE GONE BANKRUPT, THERE ARE CERTAIN CONSISTENCIES IN THEIR DEBT RATIOS THAT THAT KIND OF HOLD TRUE.

AND IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE OUR NUMBERS WITH SOME OF THOSE SCENARIOS, YOU SEE THAT WE'RE DRAMATICALLY IN A BETTER FINANCIAL SITUATION THAN SOME OF THOSE CITIES WHO DECLARED DEBT, WHO DECLARED BANKRUPTCY IN MICHIGAN, IN CALIFORNIA AND MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA.

THOSE WERE ALWAYS RATIOS THAT I WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO OUT OF CONCERN THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MEET OUR SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM DEBT OBLIGATIONS.

SO WE USED TO HAVE BEFORE YOU CAME ALONG, MY CHILD, BEFORE YOU CAME ALONG, THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE HAVING BECAUSE THERE'S TWO DOZEN DIFFERENT WAYS TO SKIN THIS DATA TO SEE THAT WE'RE FINANCIALLY STABLE, EVEN THOUGH OUR DEBT NUMBER MAY SHOW $70 MILLION.

THE REALITY OF IT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE DIFFERENT RATIO COMPARISONS, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN SOUND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

I JUST WANT YEAH, FROM MY FROM MY FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, I'M LOOKING AT PARTICULAR RATIOS FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT.

IT'S YOUR ABILITY TO MEET SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE WELL WITHIN RANGE.

SO I HATE TO BE A SALESPERSON FOR KAREN, BUT THAT'S JUST A REAL QUICK SCENARIO.

YEAH. OKAY.

SO. SO IN TERMS. YES, YES.

YEAH. CLEAR AS MUD AND AND JENNIFER'S TOTALLY WORTHLESS BECAUSE SHE NEVER ANSWERS ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS.

SO I'M JUST HELPING YOU. THOSE, THOSE ARE OPERATING QUESTIONS THAT MANAGEMENT WOULD ANSWER AND IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT.

OKAY. BUT AS LONG AS AS FAR AS THE AUDIT GOES, THE CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH AND GOOD CONTROLS, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND WE DO EVALUATE YOU ALL FOR GOING CONCERN, WHICH DOES INCORPORATE LOOKING AT DEBT LIMITS.

BUT AGAIN, IT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING, NOT JUST DEBT FUND BALANCE, BUT WHERE YOU REALLY SEE THE ANALYSIS THAT'S DONE ON THE DEBT LOAD IS WHEN WE GO INTO THE MODE OF NEEDING TO ISSUE BONDS WHERE WE GET THE BOND COUNSEL INVOLVED AND THEY EVALUATE OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY.

AND SO THEY GRADED US AT WHAT AN A THIS YEAR DOUBLE.

A DOUBLE A YEAH.

SO THAT TELLS YOU HOW, HOW, HOW GOOD A FOUNDATION WE ARE ON THE DEBT.

IF THEY RATED US AS A C? YEAH, WE GOT WE GOT PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, TOO, IS SO WHEN WE DO ISSUE DEBT AND WE DO OUR RATINGS CALLS, THESE AUDIT REPORTS ARE PULLED BY THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BID ON THOSE BONDS.

AND SO THOSE THEY'RE BEING EVALUATED AND LOOKED AT FROM THOSE PERSPECTIVES, TOO.

SO IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM OR A POTENTIAL PROBLEM, THAT WOULD BE NOTED AT THAT TIME.

SO IS THE QUESTION THAT MR. STEVES HAS RAISED IS THAT THE CHART IS A DUMMY CHART THAT HE DOESN'T WANT IN HERE, BUT IT IS JUST A LITTLE MORE.

YES, THAT'S ALL. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THEM THAT THERE'S A REQUIREMENT.

WELL, AND EXTRA THAT YOU PUT IN TO GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS WHAT WHICH THEY CHARGED US TO PUT IN THE REPORT SO SO TO APPLY FOR THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL AWARD.

THERE IS A I MEAN, THAT CHECKLIST IS WHAT, 75 PAGES OF DATA THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IN THIS REPORT.

AND THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC ON HOW IT'S FORMATTED, WHAT DATA IS IN THERE.

AND SO IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THE AWARD, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THE DATA THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE TWO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REPORT.

I WOULD DO AWAY WITH THOSE IN A HEARTBEAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOVERNMENT WIDE STATEMENTS.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT IN, YOU LOOK AT THEM AND THEY MAKE NO SENSE.

SO WE POINT EVERYONE TO THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE THAT'S WHERE THE GOOD STUFF IS AND IT MAKES SENSE TO PEOPLE.

SO THANK YOU.

YES. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, RICH.

YOU READ THAT? OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL YEAH.

I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER THING. FRISCO ISN'T EVALUATING THEIR MASTER PLAN LIKE BEDFORD IS, TOO.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING. OKAY, COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE FROM? FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL.

WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.

LET'S VOTE. I BEGRUDGINGLY WILL VOTE YES EVEN THOUGH JENNIFER MADE THIS PRESENTATION.

OKAY, THAT'S UNANIMOUS. FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

IT WAS GOOD SEEING YOU.

WE ARE YOUR FAVORITE CITY YOU WORK WITH.

YOU ARE. BECAUSE YOU GOT ME OUT OF HERE IN AN HOUR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT.

GOOD TO HEAR THAT. OKAY.

ITEM NINE. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, COUNCIL, ANYTHING?

[9. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY.

WE WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN FOR TARRANT COUNTY DAYS LAST WEEK AND IT WAS MYSELF, RICH STEVES AND JIMMY, AND WE WORKED WITH THE LEGISLATORS ON UPCOMING THINGS

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SO AS EVERYBODY'S TALKING, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING SOME PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

SO IT'S A GOOD NEWS AND IT WAS GREAT AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD REPRESENTATION DOWN THERE IN BEDFORD AND IT WAS WE HAD OVER 600 PEOPLE FROM TARRANT COUNTY REPRESENTING BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS DOWN IN AUSTIN LAST WEEK.

OKAY. ITEM TEN. CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.

OH, I'M SORRY MR. STEVES.

THIS WEEKEND OR PARTICIPATED IN THE COPS CANINE FIVE K AND ONE MILE.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR WINNING YOUR CATEGORY.

I WON THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL CATEGORY.

VERY FIRST. VERY WELL DONE.

A LOT OF PARTICIPANTS.

MOLLY WAS OUT THERE. WE HAD A GOOD TIME.

POLICE CHIEF WAS OUT THERE AND ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS AND VOLUNTEERS.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING.

IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT. GOOD DAY.

GOOD MORNING. ACTUALLY, 8 A.M.

AND THANK YOU FOR UPHOLDING THE HIGH STANDARDS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS IN THOSE EVENTS.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT.

MR. STATHATOS.

[10. City Manager/Staff Reports]

WE'RE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

THERE'S SOME DETAILS THAT WE CAN'T DISCLOSE YET, BUT MARK WILL GO INTO THE DETAILS THAT HE CAN AND WHY WE CAN'T.

SO WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT PAUL MCCARTNEY OR BON JOVI.

YOU RUINED IT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAYLOR SWIFT OR ANYBODY.

DANG IT. SORRY. THEY'RE DONE.

LEGALLY OBLIGATED.

BREN WILL MOVE ON.

SO. THANK YOU, JIMMY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

ALWAYS GOOD TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

I. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL, AS JIMMY JUST SAID, SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW OF KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND GOING THROUGH.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH DETAILS DAILY OF THE EVENT.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE DETAILS UP UNTIL THE EVENT.

BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T HERE LAST TIME, WHEN I REPORTED ON THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, WE DID SELECT A DATE.

IT IS GOING TO REMAIN ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A TWO AND A HALF OR THREE DAY EVENT.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A SINGLE DAY EVENT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A FEW TIMEFRAMES RIGHT NOW.

SO A LOT OF THAT HINGES ON HOW LONG YOU HAVE VENDORS OUT THERE AND STAFFING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I AM WORKING WITH PROMOTER LINE TO TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT THAT SWEET SPOT OF A TIME.

WE DO KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 11 BECAUSE THE NATIONAL ACT COMES ON AT ABOUT NINE.

SO PLAY ABOUT A 90 MINUTE SHOW.

THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN GIVE YOU ON THAT.

BUT WE'LL GO SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY.

THREE TO 4 TO 5 BANDS, WITH TWO OF THEM BEING VERY, VERY, VERY BIG.

AND I'M GOING TO STOP HERE AND JUST SAY THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS LINEUP AND THIS DAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE BIG.

AS I MENTIONED, WE DID DO THE AGREEMENT WITH PROMOTER LINE, AND WHEN WE LANDED WE GOT TWO FAIRLY SIZABLE ACTS AND AND WHEN PROMOTER LINE COMMUNICATED WITH ME, THE ONLY WORD HE COULD USE IS OR THE ONLY WORDS HE COULD USE IS IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE.

AND THEN BEDFORD IS GOING TO BE ON THE MAP WITH THIS ONE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I DID MEET WITH PROMOTER LINE AT GENERATIONS PARK TODAY TO JUST DO A SITE VISIT.

NUMBER ONE, THEY SAID THEY LOVE THE PARK, TREMENDOUS DESIGN.

SO KUDOS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THAT.

AND IT JUST SETS UP REALLY WELL FOR AN EVENT LIKE THIS.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE TO LISTEN TO GREAT MUSIC BUSINESS VENDORS, FOOD VENDORS, KID ZONES, ART. I HAVEN'T TOLD CHRISTIE, CHRISTIE, BUT SORRY, CHRISTIE.

THAT'S A JOKE BETWEEN HER AND I GO WAY BACK.

I CALL HER CHRISTIE. SO AND IT FAILED ME TONIGHT.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

CHRISTIE. SO I WANT TO WORK WITH HER ON GETTING SOME SOME THINGS THAT ARE CULTURAL IN MIND.

SO A COUPLE OF PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

OBVIOUSLY, THE FOOD AND BUSINESS VENDOR APPLICATIONS, I'M WORKING ON THOSE.

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THOSE OUT TO PROMOTER LINE AND THEN OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNICATION TEAM TO GET POSTED.

THE GOOD THING ABOUT FOOD VENDORS RIGHT NOW IS PROMOTER LINE.

MY CONTACT THERE SAID HE HAS SEVERAL IN LINE READY TO COME AND BE A PART OF OUR EVENT.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT SPONSORSHIP PACKETS.

WORKING ON THAT, I MAY HAVE A REQUEST FOR YOU HERE IN THE FUTURE TO MAYBE HELP ME OUT WITH MAYBE WRITING A LETTER OR.

YEAH, I MEAN ONLY IF YOU CAN GET TOM PETTY TO SHOW UP.

I HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED WHO IT IS, SO MAYBE IT WILL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON SPONSORS.

WE DO PLAN ON REACHING OUT TO SOME OF OUR HOTELS AND OUR RESTAURANTS, SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES HERE IN BEDFORD.

I DID RUN INTO JERRY HARWELL WITH REPUBLIC AND I KIND OF PINNED HER DOWN.

I TOLD HER I WOULD USE HER NAME TONIGHT DURING THE MEETING, BUT I'VE GOT AN IN-KIND DONATION FROM THEM AND POSSIBLY A CASH DONATION.

AND I DO KNOW OF ONE OTHER PERSON THAT HAS CONTACTED ME ABOUT WANTING TO BE A SPONSOR, SO I'LL KEEP THAT ONE CLOSE TO MY VEST.

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I'M KIDDING. I KID.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO AND THEN I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW MISS MOLLY FOX REALLY WELL OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH WITH GOING THROUGH WEBSITES AND MARKETING PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE WORKS.

AND THE GREAT THING IS, IS WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED WEBSITE AND SPECIFIC WEBSITE FOR THIS EVENT THAT WILL LAND RIGHT ON THE CITY'S WEB PAGE.

WE WON'T DO A SECONDARY HOSTING SITE ANYWHERE.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE ABBY AND TIM AND MOLLY'S GREAT STAFF WITH WITH UPDATING THAT AND GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION OUT THAT CITIZENS AND VISITORS WILL NEED. SO WHEN DO WHEN DO YOU IMAGINE DROPPING SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS? TWO MINUTES MAYBE.

OH, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT.

I MEAN, THERE'S ONE THING I'LL DROP.

MAYBE I'LL GET TO THAT REALLY QUICKLY.

BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH HEB ISD.

WE HAVE CONFIRMED PENNINGTON FIELD FOR OFF SITE PARKING FOR BOTH THE FOURTH FEST AND THE LABOR DAY EVENT.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME JULIE OVER THERE AND I THINK THE ATHLETICS OFFICE.

SO SHE WAS INCREDIBLE AND APPRECIATE HER WILL WORK ON TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE WE'LL NEED TO SHUTTLE PEOPLE.

I'LL WORK WITH BLAKE ON GETTING AN RFP TOGETHER TO TO GET THE BEST PRICE ON THAT.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

AND THEN INTERNALLY, WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS.

WE WILL START MEETING MONTHLY WITH STAFF FROM PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC SAFETY, PD, FIRE, COMMUNICATIONS, PARKS AND REC.

EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH WILL HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO TO DISCUSS THIS, THIS REALLY, REALLY BIG EVENT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

GREAT. SO DETAILS.

SO AS JIMMY KIND OF LED IN WITH IS, IS WE DEAL WITH PEOPLE, NATIONAL ACTS, PEOPLE WE NEVER GET TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THEM.

SO WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH WITH THEIR PEOPLE.

THEY ARE THEY ARE IT TELLS YOU HOW BIG TIME THIS IS.

THEY ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO AND THEY REALLY LIKE TO COORDINATE THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SO I WILL TELL YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE, I WAS HOPING THAT I COULD DROP THE NATIONAL ACT.

I KIND OF SAID IT EARLIER, BUT WE DID GET TWO REALLY BIG ACTS STILL UNDER BUDGET, WITHIN BUDGET.

SO BUT WITH THAT SAID, THEY ARE UP UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON WHEN WHEN I TRIED TO GET THEM TO RELEASE IT SO I COULD SAY IT, THEY SAID NO. SO HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO COME UP HERE SOON.

DON'T SAY NEXT MEETING.

SO BUT SOON TO ANNOUNCE IT.

SO AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT WHAT I CAN ANNOUNCE AND I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER FELT MORE VULNERABLE THAN HAVING THE PRESSURE OF COMING UP WITH A NAME FOR AN EVENT.

SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL FIVE OF MY KIDS HAVE PUT IN HAD INPUT ON IT.

THE LADY AT THE WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET RIGHT UP HERE, WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION.

I DID SELF CHECKOUT, SO SHE HAD TIME.

IT WAS ABOUT 11:30 ONE DAY.

OKAY. AND SHE ACTUALLY GAVE ME THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE.

BUT I THINK I'VE TALKED TO MOST STAFF ABOUT THIS.

SO..

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CASHIER AT BIG LOTS THOUGHT..

I HAVEN'T BEEN TO BIG LOTS YET.

SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE LADY AT NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET.

SO WE'VE COME UP WITH NAMES.

WE'VE HAD TO RUN NAMES BY LEGAL AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A CAN YOU TELL I'M VULNERABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO I'M LIKE, YEAH, IT'S A IT'S A FASCINATING SIDE OF YOU.

SO AMANDA OR MICHAEL, WHOEVER HAS THE CONTROLS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, NO PRESSURE HERE LANDED ON JUST AND ANYTHING CAN CHANGE.

SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE MOST HIGH VISIBLE EVENT WE HAVE IN THE CITY THIS YEAR.

I KNOW, RIGHT? THERE'S REALLY NO PRESSURE.

SO WE HAVE GONE WITH THE BEDFORD LABOR DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL.

OH, THAT IS SO CRAZY.

SO THAT IS SO OUTSIDE THE BOX.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT YOU CAME UP WITH.

BUT THE LADY AT NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU JUST HAVE TO TOTALLY SEE WHY YOU.

YOU HAVE TO. IT'S BEDFORD.

IT'S LABOR DAY, IT'S MUSIC GENIUS.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY.

I LIKE IT BETTER THAN WICHITA FALLS, LABOR DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL.

SO I DO HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO TIM, WHO WAS THROWING THINGS TOGETHER BECAUSE WE DID PIVOT TODAY A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE DID HAVE TO COME.

BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT'S SUN MUSIC, FOOD, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY 100% BEDFORD.

SO. IF YOU.

IF I MAY GET PAST MY SIX MONTH PROBATION, I PROMISE THAT I WILL WORK ON.

WHAT'S THE DATE OF YOUR SIX MONTH?

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NEXT MONTH, LABOR DAY.

SO AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE OVERVIEW OF THE EVENT UP TO THIS POINT.

WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE? IT'S THE MOST PRESSURE TIED TO THE DECISION.

NO, I LOVE IT.

OKAY. YEAH.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THERE'S A LITTLE ACT OF LOVE HERE.

THERE'S I MEAN, THIS IS SPECIAL TO US TO BRING THIS THING BACK.

WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO DO AMAZING THINGS IN THIS CITY NOW, AND WE'VE GOT THE PEOPLE IN PLACE TO DO IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS.

AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF YOUR LONG NIGHTMARE UNTIL LABOR DAY.

OKAY. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MARK, REAL QUICK, SINCE WE ARE HAVING ON LABOR DAY, WE KNOW HOW SUNNY THAT IS.

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE SUN? BECAUSE WE KNOW GENERATIONS PARK DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SHADING.

JUST HAVE TO BRING THAT INTO THE EQUATION.

BUT MOST FESTIVALS ARE IN THE SUMMERTIME.

NO, I UNDERSTAND. AND THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT.

THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT GENERATIONS PARK IS THE ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION IS I'LL FIRST I'LL SAY THE TWO WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE PAVILION AREAS THAT HAVE THE SHADE COVERS.

THEY'LL BE UTILIZED.

ONE OF THE THINGS WORKING WITH PROMOTER LINE, THEY WERE ABLE JUST ONE OF THEIR CONTACTS DID DONATE TO 40 BY 60 TENTS FREE OF CHARGE TO THE CITY.

SO WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT THERE.

WE'LL HAVE MISTING STATIONS.

WE WILL HAVE WE WILL HAVE THE THE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU WON'T HAVE HEAT RELATED INCIDENTS, BUT.

YEAH, CORRECT. THAT'S MY BIGGEST.

I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN WHEN WHEN I'M SEEING THAT AND I'M LIKE HAVING THE BOYS RANCH GENERATIONS PARK THAT, YOU KNOW, SHADING AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT OF THE HEAT IS GOING TO BE JUST A MAJOR CONCERN.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE FIRST THING, FOREMOST THAT CAME TO MY MIND.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON YOUR FIRST FOREMOST ON YOUR MIND.

ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT GUESTS CAN FULLY ENJOY THEMSELVES SAFELY AND AND GET OUT OF THAT SUN.

BUT ALL IN ALL, I AM LOOKING LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.

IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING AND NOT TO EXTEND MY TIME.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO TALK, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS IS IS WE TRY.

I DON'T SAY WE TRIED. WE LOOKED AT OTHER DATES IN SEPTEMBER, AND THE ONE ISSUE I KEPT COMING BACK TO IS WHAT IS A NORMAL DAY IN SEPTEMBER? IT'S NOTHING. YOU DON'T CONGREGATE.

YOU DON'T. AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT LABOR DAY AND THE LINEUP AND THE THREE DAY WEEKEND AND DARE I SAY, YOU HAVE IT ON A SATURDAY AND YOUR BEVERAGE SALES SKYROCKET BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS TWO ADDITIONAL DAY OFF.

SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT PLAY INTO TO THAT DECISION.

ABSOLUTELY. 100%.

HEAT WILL ALWAYS AND WE WILL WORK WITH PUBLIC SAFETY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE AND OUR VISITORS AND MAKE SURE IT'S AN ENJOYABLE FOR FOR EVERYBODY.

SO, ABSOLUTELY, I CAN'T CONTROL HOW MUCH PEOPLE DRINK, BUT ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR OUR WE'LL LOOK OUT FOR THAT.

WE'LL BE READY FOR IT. APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

UH. JIMMY.

YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, ALSO LABOR DAY OPENED UP THE MAIN HEADLINER WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET BECAUSE THERE WAS A CANCELLATION ON LABOR DAY FOR THERE. SO THAT THAT HELPED DICTATE IT A LOT.

OTHER DATES, THE LIST OF HEADLINERS WAS MUCH SHALLOWER.

SO I'LL SAY THIS.

I HAVE I HAVE FAITH IN IN YOU.

TO MAKE THIS AN AMAZING EVENT.

THANK YOU. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT.

WE HAD A MOMENT WHERE WE NEEDED TO STRIKE.

WE WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT.

LET'S STRIKE.

AND I KNOW IT PUTS US IN A IN A SPECIAL POSITION TO HAVE A DRAW COME TO THIS EVENT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO SEE.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR DILIGENCE AND YOUR BEING ON TOP OF THINGS.

YEAH, I HAVE FAITH IN US.

I HAVE FAITH IN YOU GUYS TO MAKE THIS SPECIAL.

SO THANK YOU. I ONLY HAVE ONE WORD OF ADVICE, THOUGH.

I'M GOING TO STAY RIGHT HERE. I'M GOING TO STAY RIGHT HERE AND TAKE IT.

HE'S VULNERABLE. VULNERABLE TONIGHT.

DON'T SCREW IT UP. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU, MAN. GOOD JOB. OKAY, WE DO HAVE AN ITEM WE NEED TO CONVENE REAL QUICKLY INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 501.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

OKAY. IT'S 7:57.

WE JUST HAD A REAL QUICK CONVERSATION BACK IN.

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COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN WHAT'S YOUR DESIRE? MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WE ARE ADJOURNING AND CONVENING THIS MEETING AT 7:57.

THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.