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[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
WE WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.WHY DON'T WE START WITH THE INVOCATION? WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK DAN MENDOZA.
IF YOU'D STAND IF YOU FEEL ABLE AND LEAD.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU'VE GIVEN US.
GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN AN AMAZING NATION WHERE WE'RE FREE TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS.
WE PRAY A SPECIAL PRAYER OF MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SAFETY OVER OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD WOULD CONTINUE TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO LIVE AND GROW IN UNITY AND PEACE.
WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THE MAYOR, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, EVERY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MEMBER.
LET US WALK IN THE PURPOSE AND ASSIGNMENT YOU'VE GIVEN US, AND LET US LET EVERY CONVERSATION LEAD US CLOSER TO THE IMAGE YOU DESIGNED FOR US AND THE GREAT CITY OF BEDFORD. IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME, WE PRAY.
AMEN. AMEN. COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.
WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES? I 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.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
[INAUGURATION OF NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS]
OKAY. WE HAVE AN EXCITING EVENING AHEAD OF US.WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
WE WANT TO START FIRST WITH THE INAUGURATION OF NEWLY AFFECTED ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE WOULD NORMALLY BE DOING THE INAUGURATION OF TWO INDIVIDUALS.
HOWEVER, ONE OF OUR REELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS TO GO THROUGH A MENTAL ACUITY TEST.
SO TONIGHT, WHY DON'T WE WHY DON'T WE FOCUS ON COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES? SO I'LL GIVE YOU CITY CITY SECRETARY MICHAEL WELLS.
THIS IS YOUR STATEMENT OF ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICER.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED, PROMISED TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE OR PROMISE ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH YOU WERE ELECTED, OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE YOUR APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, SO HELP YOU GOD.
AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE SHALL NOT BE PROVIDING THE CERTIFICATE TO ROB GAGLIARDI THIS EVENING.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES FUTURE CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]
OKAY, NEXT UP, WE HAVE COUNCIL RECOGNITION.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP TO THE DAIS FIRE CHIEF BILL WALKER.
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TONIGHT, WE HAVE SHAWN [INAUDIBLE] GETTING HIS FIVE YEAR PIN FROM THE CITY.SHAWN'S BEEN WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
HE DID SEVERAL YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER BEFORE COMING HERE.
COME ON UP HERE, SHAWN. [INAUDIBLE] YEAH.
CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE'S THE FIREMAN IN THE CROWD? SO, SHAWN, SHAWN'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO HAVE AT WORK.
IN THE FIVE YEARS HE'S BEEN HERE, HE'S ALREADY HE'S ON THE SWIFTWATER RESCUE TEAM.
YEAH. SO REALLY AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE FOR US AND PROUD TO GIVE HIM HIS FIVE YEAR.
OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A RECOGNITION OF MISS EMILY KENDALL FOR HER ART CONTRIBUTION TO THE BEDFORD BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD.
WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE DAIS BEDFORD ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR, KAREN JACOBSON.
GOOD EVENING. LET'S GET THEM ALL.
YES. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR LETTING US DO A LITTLE SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO A PROJECT THAT THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION DECIDED TO TAKE ON FOR THIS YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO DO RECYCLING, YOU KNOW, CHUNKIER JUNK DAY, CLEAN UP, BEDFORD, ALL OF THOSE USUAL THINGS.
SO WE DECIDED TO DO A LITTLE DIFFERENT ADVENTURE THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO PLANT MONARCHS OR TO PLANT TO SAVE THE MONARCHS BY PLANTING A MONARCH WAY STATION.
AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A WAY STATION.
BUT YOU HAVE TO DO CERTAIN PLANTS TO MAKE MAKE SURE WE MEET THAT.
AND SO IN ORDER TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR LOGO.
WE CAME UP WITH A LOGO NAME THAT STARTS WITH A C BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THAT'S A PERFECT THING FOR BEAUTIFICATION, PLANTING EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I WANTED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SPECIAL WAY TO SHOW IT BECAUSE MY ARTWORK ISN'T THE
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GREATEST. SO I CONTACTED SUSAN KAUFMAN FROM TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL, THE ART TEACHER, AND ASKED IF SHE KNEW OF A STUDENT WHO MIGHT CONSIDER TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK WITH US TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA.AND LO AND BEHOLD, MS. KENDALL EMILY KENDALL VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS, AND SHE READ MY MIND IMMEDIATELY.
EXCUSE ME. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
SHE HAD SOME ROUGH DRAFTS, AND FROM THEN, AFTER WE HAD OUR LITTLE CONVERSATION, SHE CAME UP WITH HER OWN DESIGN, WHICH IS IT STARTS WITH A SEED. HER DESIGN ACTUALLY WAS SMALLER AND WE HAVE BLOWN IT UP SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR BOOTH THAT WE CAN DO THIS, SHOW IT OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SHE PLANS TO GO ON TO TCC, GET A WORK IN VISUAL ARTS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US TAKE THE TIME TO DO AN APPRECIATION.
THIS ART PIECE WAS MADE BY MISS KENDALL TO PROMOTE THE NATIONAL MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE AND A DISPLAY AT THE BEAUTIFICATION BOOTH AT THE ART IN THE PARK ON JUNE 24TH, 2023.
THANK YOU, EMILY, SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].
EMILY. EMILY, DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU? I'D LOVE TO DO THAT. SURE.
SO, KAREN, YOU SAID WE DID DO A BACKGROUND CHECK OF THE BEDFORD UNIVERSITY.
OKAY. SO IT'S OKAY FOR THEM, SOME OF THEM, TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO NEXT UP, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF BEDFORD UNIVERSITY.
SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU.
COUNCIL AND STAFF LAST YEAR WANTED TO WANTED TO ENGAGE IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED AND TO SEEK OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CITY AND TO BE A PART OF IT.
WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS ACADEMIES HERE FOR POLICE AND FIRE, BUT THERE WAS NOT ANY PROGRAM THAT HAD BEEN CONDUCTED IN THE PAST THAT WAS COMPREHENSIVE, WHERE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ALL DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HOW THE CITY OPERATED AND TO ALSO KIND OF ENGAGE WITH OTHER STAFF AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND IT WAS JUST SO EXCITING TO SEE WHAT THE INTEREST WAS FOR THIS FIRST CLASS BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SUCH A TREMENDOUS TURNOUT AND YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WILLINGNESS TO BE THE FIRST SUBJECTED PARTIES TO THIS ADVENTURE ON THE FIRST CLASS. YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE SO MANY GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN THIS CITY, AND WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE A PART OF IT.
AND THIS KIND OF A CLASS JUST HELPS BRING US ALL TOGETHER.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF.
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I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS CLASS.I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO READ EVERYONE'S NAME AND LET'S JUST SAY THANK YOU.
BEDFORD UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 2023 INCLUDED CHARLES BATES, LISA BARTHEL.
LANCE WILLIAMS. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].
WE JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EMS DIVISION CHIEF GEORGE SMITHWICK.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY BEFORE I READ THIS? I KNOW YOU'RE FULL OF DIATRIBE TONIGHT.
NO, NO. JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITIZENS AND FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE STAFF DOWN AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THEM AND JUST CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR US. THANK YOU ALL. SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
AND WHEREAS, OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM CONSISTS OF FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, PHYSICIAN, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, EMS EDUCATORS, EMS FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATORS, 911 OPERATORS AND FIRE RESPONDERS.
AND WHEREAS, BEDFORD EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ALSO CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY BY TEACHING CITIZENS LIFE SAVING SKILLS AND THE ACTIONS TO TAKE BEFORE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL ARRIVE AT THE SCENE. AND WHEREAS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR.
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, MICHAEL BOYTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 21ST THROUGH THE 27TH 2023, AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK, WITH THE THEME EMS WEEK WHERE EMERGENCY CARE BEGINS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
[PRESENTATIONS]
OKAY. TONIGHT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS.WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PERSONS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
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IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM CITY STAFF THAT WE'VE HAD A FEW SIGHTINGS OF CERTAINLY NON-AGGRESSIVE COYOTES HERE LATELY.AND SO THAT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL.
AND LET'S JUMP INTO SOMETHING THAT MAY HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT BEHAVIOR.
SOME OF THOSE BEHAVIORS THAT WE START SEEING ON THE LOW SCALE, WE START NOTICING AN INCREASE IN COYOTE BEHAVIOR AT NIGHT, MAYBE LEAVING EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE EVENING. WE SEE THAT COYOTE DART ACROSS OUR PATH IN A CAR OR OUT WALKING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, NON-AGGRESSIVE.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM US.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO.
THAT IS A NON-AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO HUMANS.
IT'S NOT AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH.
BUT THAT'S LET'S SAY WE SEE A COYOTE, WE'RE OUT WALKING ON A TRAIL EARLY MORNING, LATE EVENING IN OUR ROUTINES, AND THAT JUST KIND OF HAPPENS TO KIND OF WANDER PAST AND DOESN'T REALLY LEAVE BUT DOESN'T REALLY APPROACH.
OBVIOUSLY, THE TAKING PETS IS OFF LEASH OR FREE ROAMING PETS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE TYPICALLY SEE THE CAT GO MISSING LATE AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SEVERAL VIDEOS OF THAT EXIST COMING UP ON PORCHES THAT EARLY MORNING, LATE AFTERNOON DAY LIGHT OBSERVATIONS OF JUST HANGING OUT IN THE STREETS AND PARKS AND IN YARDS.
THAT'S WHERE WE START KIND OF SEEING THE PROGRESSION OF COMFORT COMING IN.
WE START NOTICING THOSE COUCHES LINGERING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AGAIN, WE'RE STILL NOT REALLY AGGRESSIVE AT THAT POINT.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NORMAL HUNTING ACTIVITY.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S DAYLIGHT AND AROUND PEOPLE.
SO WE'RE PROGRESSING ON THIS STAGE FOUR AS FAR AS THE COMFORT LEVEL WHERE WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ALARMING, BUT IT OBVIOUSLY NORMAL BEHAVIOR, THEY'RE TAKING A WILD ANIMAL AS PREY, SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY DON'T GET TOO CONCERNED OVER WHEN WE GET HERE TO FIVE, WE SEE COYOTES ATTACKING AND TAKING PETS ON LEASH OR NEAR THEIR OWNERS, POTENTIALLY JUMPING IN A BACKYARD WHERE AN ANIMAL IS RESTRAINED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
COYOTES CHASING JOGGERS, BICYCLISTS AND OTHER ADULTS.
WE HAD THIS SITUATION IN FRISCO A FEW YEARS AGO.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD A TWO YEAR OLD ATTACKED ON A FRONT PORCH A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK IN DALLAS.
AND SO THOSE THAT'S WHERE WE START TO GET THE CONCERN OF WHAT THOSE ACTIONS WOULD BE.
NUMBER SIX, COYOTE SEEING IN AND AROUND CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY LOAFING ON THE PLAYGROUND, OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN.
WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN, POTENTIALLY MAYBE A PREY ITEM FOR THEM, BUT KIDS ARE ON PLAYGROUNDS, TYPICALLY JUST CAME FROM LUNCH, SO THEY MAY STILL HAVE RESIDUAL FROM LUNCH AND CRUMBS OR THERE MAY BE FOOD INVOLVED ON THAT PLAYGROUND.
AND SO THERE IS AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE THERE AS WELL.
WE WOULD THINK OF THEM NOT TO BE THERE.
SO WHERE WE'RE NON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR.
WE DON'T WANT TO FEED COYOTES OR OTHER WILDLIFE.
THAT'S BIRD FEEDERS THAT'S PICKING UP OUR TRASH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT OUT THERE FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT MAY CAUSE THEM TO BE ATTRACTED TO IT.
WE'VE GOT LOTS OF NATURAL WATER.
SO WATER REMOVING WATER AS A SOURCE OR A POTENTIAL ATTRACTANT, NOT SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY SEE UNTIL WE GET INTO A DROUGHT TIME WHERE DEEP SUMMER WHERE WE'VE GOT NO RAIN AND NOTHING ELSE HAS HAPPENED.
OBVIOUSLY, AN ANIMAL LIKE A COYOTE USES ITS NOSE.
ITS EYES ARE ITS NOSE, ESSENTIALLY.
IT SMELLS EVERYTHING IT WANTS TO GO TO.
SO THAT'S A HARD ATTRACTANT RIGHT NOW IN THE METROPLEX.
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THEM SET UP A COYOTE MONITORING OR WILDLIFE MONITORING PLATFORM FOR URBAN COYOTES.THIS WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THIS IS CITY OF FRISCO, THESE SAME SEVEN STEPS ALONG WITH CITY OF MANSFIELD.
AND THAT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS BACK OR TEN WELL, WE'VE GOT TEN YEARS GOING ON THAT FAR AND WE'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD RUN AS FAR AS NOT HAVING A REOCCURRENCE OF PETS ATTACKED IN A BACKYARD.
OVER THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD WE REMOVED 12 COYOTES.
AND AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRAPPING AND REMOVING, IT'S NOT ERADICATION.
IT'S REMOVING THE PROBLEM ANIMALS.
WE WANT GOOD ACTORS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN THE HUMAN WORLD, JUST LIKE WE WANT IN THE WILDLIFE WORLD.
EACH CITY HAS TO PICK WHERE THEY WANT IT.
MOST RECENTLY WITH DALLAS, WE WAITED UNTIL WE HAD AN ATTACK.
AND SO WE'RE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS SCALE AND CHAOS ENSUES BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE INSTEAD OF A COORDINATED POTENTIAL, A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER TRANSITION ON REMOVAL.
AND AGAIN, IN MANSFIELD, WE HAD VERY LIMITED MEDIA COVERAGE ON THAT.
IT WENT ON WE PUSHED OUT THE HOTLINE AND WE ASKED FOR INFORMATION FIRST.
AND AS REPORTS OF ATTACKS ON PETS CAME IN AGAIN, THEY HAD TO MEET THE CRITERIA WHERE STATE LAW DICTATES THAT PETS AT LARGE ARE ONES THAT ARE NOT CONFINED IN A FENCED IN YARD OR ON A TETHER WITH A HUMAN PRESENT.
AND SO WE ESTABLISHED THE STATE LAW AS THE STANDARD WHICH WE JUDGE PETS AT LARGE.
SO THE CRITERIA WAS A BACKYARD OR A FRONT YARD WITH A FENCE.
IF A COYOTE JUMPED IN AND GOT THAT ANIMAL, THEN THAT WAS A VALID ATTACK THAT INITIATED SOME CONCERN AND SOME TRAPPING POTENTIAL TO HAPPEN OR ON A LEASH IF THEY WERE WITH THEIR THEIR OWNER OR PRESENT ON A LEASH THAT ALSO TRIGGERED IT.
WE STILL MONITOR IT. THEY HAVE THEIR ACTION AND THEIR MONITORING PLAN STILL IN PLACE.
WE CORRESPOND ON A WEEKLY OR MONTHLY BASIS AS NEEDED, DEPENDING ON WHAT CALLS.
BUT THE AGGRESSION LEVEL HAS STOPPED.
CITY OF FRISCO RECENTLY LAST WEEK WE HAD A PAIR OF COYOTES THAT HAD DENNED ON A WALKWAY AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT IN THE NEWS, JUST A SHORT BLIP OF IT SHOWING UP IN NEWS MEDIA. BUT THEY CLOSED DOWN A WALKING TRAIL UNDER MY DIRECTION.
WE ENACTED ADVANCED HARASSMENT, SO WHEN WE GOT DONE WITH THEM IN 2018 FROM RESOLVING THAT ISSUE, WE IMPLEMENTED SOME ADVANCED HARASSMENT TECHNIQUES WITH OUR ANIMAL SERVICES.
SO THAT INCLUDED A PAINT BALL AND POTENTIALLY A DART GUN WHERE THEY COULD EUTHANIZE OR CATCH THOSE ANIMALS AND REMOVE THEM WITH CHEMICAL IMMOBILIZATION. AND SO I ASKED THEM TO CLOSE THAT PARK AND INITIATE PAINTBALL LESS THAN LETHAL HARASSMENT TOOLS.
BUT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN WARINESS THAT WILD ANIMALS DO LIVE AMONG THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO.
BUT THEY HAD NO MORE SIGHTINGS ON THE TRAIL WITHIN THAT WEEK.
AND SO HOPEFULLY ALL THINGS WORKED.
AND WE'LL SEE THE AGAIN, THE REPORTING.
WE COME BACK TO THE REPORTING, AND THAT'S WHAT TELLS US WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO AGAIN, BASED ON WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY NOT TO GET IN FRONT OF IT IS POTENTIALLY A BETTER SITUATION.
BUT NOT ALL COYOTES ARE BAD COYOTES.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE COYOTES IN TOWN.
REMOVAL IS NOT EXTIRPATION FROM TOWN IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DESIRING.
IT'S NOTHING THAT WILDLIFE SERVICES IS LOOKING FOR.
IN FACT, WE KNOW FROM RESEARCH THAT THAT COYOTES ARE HERE YEARS BEFORE THEY'RE EVER SEEN, EVEN AT THE EARLY EVENING TIMES RUNNING ACROSS ON THAT STAGE ONE, THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS BEFORE WE START NOTICING THEM.
SO THIS TIME OF YEAR WE HAVE COYOTES THAT ARE DENNING AND WE HAVE PUPS AND SO THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT.
WE'VE HAD EXTREMELY WONDERFUL WEATHER THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR LATE MAY.
WE WERE NOT OVER 100 DEGREES YET, CERTAINLY, AND THAT'S COMING, I'M SURE.
AND SO JUST LIKE THEM, WE WANT TO BE OUT IN IT AND THEY WANT TO BE OUT IN RECREATING IT, TOO.
AND SO OUR PARKS ARE PLACES THAT THEY WANT TO GO TO AND TAKE THEIR FAMILIES AND RECREATE AS WELL.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE AMONG THEM.
WE JUST NEED THEM TO ACT THE RIGHT WAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ADAM COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.
THE INCIDENT IN DALLAS WAS THAT WITH THE TWO YEAR OLD, WERE PEOPLE FEEDING IT? IS THAT WHAT LED TO THAT? OF THAT ON THE NEWS WITH CITY STAFF AND THERE'S PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL THING ABOUT CITY STAFF CLAIMING THAT THEY'RE BEING FED AND AND WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IN OUR COMMUNITIES
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RIGHT NOW BEDFORD BEING AN OLDER, OLDER CITY, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NEW GROWTH AND NEW OPEN LAND.AND SAME WITH THAT AREA OF DALLAS.
WE'RE BRINGING THEM UP TO MODERN STANDARDS.
AND SO WE HAD KIND OF THE PERFECT STORM IN THAT WORLD.
THEY KNEW WE HAD THAT THEY WERE COYOTES THERE.
MOST OF THE RESIDENTS KNEW THAT THERE WERE COWS.
THEY HAD SEEN THEM IN FACT, DURING COVID, THEY NAMED THE ANIMALS UBER.
SO BY FEEDING AND WE TALK ABOUT DIRECT FEEDING.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT VACANT LOT? THE VACANT LOT BY ITSELF DOESN'T ACTUALLY SUPPORT A HIGH DENSITY OF COYOTES OR OTHER WILD ANIMALS BECAUSE IT'S JUST A BARREN.
AND THEN WE FAIL TO PUT THOSE IN CONTAINERS THAT PREVENTS ANIMALS FROM GETTING TO THEM.
SO DURING THAT TIME, WE HAVE CLOSE PROXIMITY FEEDING OR CONSUMPTION OF EVEN SQUIRRELS AND RABBITS AND MICE AND ALL THAT CLOSE PROXIMITY OF FEEDING CLOSE TO HUMANS.
AND SO THE COMFORT LEVEL OF BEING AROUND HUMANS IS INTENSIFIED.
AND THEN WE HAVE HOUSES OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS BUILT ON THAT SITE AND FOLKS MOVE IN AND NOW WE'VE GOT KIDS AND WE'VE GOT PETS AND WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MODERN AMERICANS WANT TO HAVE IN THEIR BACKYARD.
WE WANT SWIMMING POOLS AND WE WANT BIRD FEEDERS AND ALL OF THE THINGS.
AND SO THEN THOSE ANIMALS ARE STARTING TO LURK.
AND BECAUSE THEY GREW UP IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, THEY'RE NOT AFRAID OF IT.
DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE BAD? NOPE. GREAT MAJORITY OF THEM.
I WOULD TELL YOU COYOTES ARE GETTING ALONG JUST FINE IN THE METROPLEX WITH HUMANS AND AROUND HUMANS.
I THINK THERE IS SOME CONCERN WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT WHERE TO START.
THAT'S WHY WE COME BACK TO THAT SEVEN STEPS.
AND IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO DICTATE WHERE THEY WANT ON THAT SCALE.
IT GIVES A SCALE OF WHERE YOU WANT TO START.
AND SO THAT'S TYPICALLY THE LINE I SUGGEST WE START AT WHERE WE START.
IF WE HAVE CONTINUED AGGRESSION ON ONE OFF, AS WE SAW IN MANSFIELD, TYPICALLY IT WAS A THREE STRIKE SITUATION BECAUSE I NEED THREE POINTS TO CALCULATE A POINT ON A MAP.
AND SO WE WOULD USE THAT AS WAYS TO FIND HOME RANGE AND AREAS TO START TRAPPING.
BUT TYPICALLY WE WOULD SEE A PATTERN OF 1, 2, 3.
AND BY THE THIRD ATTACK, WE WERE ROLLING IN WITH WITH EQUIPMENT TO TRY TO AND STRATEGIES TO TRY TO REMOVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GET THEM OUT OF THERE AND THEN LET THE REPORTING GO BACK TO TO HAPPENING.
AND WE PUSH THAT WITH EDUCATION IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
THERE WERE DOOR HANGERS THAT WENT ON RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND INFORMATION GIVEN OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY COULD UNDERSTAND WHERE TO CALL AND WHO TO GET IN TOUCH WITH IF THAT WAS GOING ON AND THINGS.
THE SAME HANDOUT RIGHT THERE THAT WE JUST WENT OVER WAS GIVEN SO THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY COULD DO AND HAD OWNERSHIP OF OF THEIR DOMICILE SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AS WELL.
SO WHEN YOU SAY REMOVED, YOU MEAN RELOCATE OR IS THAT.
THEY ARE EUTHANIZED, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE AN AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT RELOCATING, I GET THAT QUESTION ON A CALL A LOT.
CAN WE TAKE THEM TO THE WILD IN NORTH TEXAS? I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE WILD STARTS AND STOPS BECAUSE SOME OF US WOULD SAY FORT WORTH AT THE STOCKYARDS IS WHERE THE WILD STARTS, RIGHT? SO SO, SO WE DON'T GO WE DON'T GO THERE WITH SOME OF THAT [LAUGHTER].
BUT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ANIMAL, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT ANIMAL OUT, WE UNDERSTAND FROM RESEARCH THAT RELOCATION DOES NOT ACTUALLY WORK THE WAY IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO WORK IN DISNEY MOVIES.
THEY DON'T LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER, AND IT IS MORE HUMANE TO SO OFFER THAT.
IT'S NOT FAIR FOR ME TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE RELOCATING THESE ANIMALS TO EULESS.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, THAT'S ON YOU.
I WOULD. YOU KNOW, IS EULESS REALLY A HUMANE AREA FOR THEM TO GO? [LAUGHTER] BUT WE THOROUGHLY APPRECIATE THE HUMILITY OF IT.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PICK ANY OTHER CITY AND WHETHER IT'S REALLY HUMANE, BUT YEAH.SO DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE SO YOU TALKED ABOUT REPORTING OR LET'S TALK ABOUT BEDFORD.
DOES BEDFORD REPORT INCIDENTS TO YOU? HAVE YOU BECOME AWARE OF YOUR AGENCY? I CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP.
AND SO THERE'S THERE'S THAT RELATIONSHIP.
BUT AT THE MOMENT I DON'T HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR STAFF.
IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T CHARGE FOR THAT.
SO WHAT IS WITH RESPECT TO THAT REPORTING, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU RECOMMEND THAT CITIES REPORT TO YOUR AGENCY? SO THE BASIC THING THAT WE SET UP, THAT IS FOR YOUR CITY.
AND THIS REPORTING TOOL IS REALLY FOR YOU TO TAKE AND YOU ALL RUN WITH IT.
YOUR DISPATCH IS ALREADY DOING IT ON HUMAN CRIMES.
WHO, WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE? SAME CONCEPT.
WHO? WHO ARE YOU? HOW DO I GET BACK IN CONTACT WITH YOU? WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT DID YOU OBSERVE? AND WHERE IS THE ANIMAL LOCATED AT? SO I NEED AN ADDRESS AND THEN GIVE ME A COMMENT BECAUSE WE FIND THAT COMMENTING ALLOWS US TO GET TO THE TRUTH BETTER.
THIS IS REALLY IN SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON BEST PRACTICES, RIGHT? YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IN DALLAS OR WHEREVER WAS PUTTING DOOR HANGERS, MANSFIELD, CITY OF MANSFIELD.
WAS IT THE ACTUAL CITY DOING IT? YES. YES. THIS IS THEIR ANIMAL CONTROL.
IN FACT, WHEN YOU GET ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY CITY OF FRISCO HAS AN INTERACTIVE MAP.
I TELL EVERYBODY FRISCO PUSHED OUT A REALLY NEAT INTERACTIVE MAP, BUT THAT WHEN WE CREATE THAT, AS WE DID IN DALLAS, THERE WAS A HOTLINE THAT WAS CREATED BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THE 311 SYSTEM WAS THEY WERE FOLKS WERE WAITING AN HOUR AND A HALF TO ACTUALLY TALK TO SOMEBODY.
AND SO I NEEDED REAL TIME INFORMATION.
BUT CITY OF MANSFIELD HAS A ELECTRONIC FORM THAT YOU CAN FILL OUT ON THEIR WEBSITE, OR YOU CAN CALL THEIR DISPATCH, THEIR NON-EMERGENCY DISPATCH, YOU CAN CALL ANIMAL SERVICES AND THEY CAN TAKE YOUR REPORT THAT WAY AS WELL.
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, RIGHT? OKAY. SO YOU'RE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH BEDFORD IN A CITY LIKE BEDFORD.
I'M SURE WE KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I GUESS I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU SINCE YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL.
OH, I HATE THAT WORD. WHERE ARE THESE COYOTES LIVING IN BEDFORD? SO IN YOUR PARKS IS ONE OF THEM.
SO STORM DRAINS UNDERNEATH WHEN WE HAVE PUPS AND WE'RE DENNING.
SO UNDERNEATH OUTDOOR SHEDS OR ANY OVERHANG THAT THEY CAN GET UP UNDERNEATH, THERE'S A GREAT DEPICTION OF OVER IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE COYOTE WENT UP 3 OR 4 STORIES AND ACTUALLY IN THE CENTER ISLAND OF THE PARKING LOT WHERE THEY HAD DIRT, THEY DUG OUT ENOUGH WHERE THEY COULD GET UNDERNEATH THERE.
SO IF WE THINK ABOUT THAT, CERTAINLY THERE'S A HOST OF THINGS THAT OFFER YOUR GREEN BELTS.
BUT SO THEY COULD BE THEY COULD BE DENNING IN OUR BACKYARD RIGHT NOW.
THEY COULD BE UNDERNEATH DENNING.
DENNING IS A SMALL PERIOD OF TIME.
SO FROM ABOUT JANUARY THROUGH APRIL, MAY, ONCE THOSE PUPS ARE ABOUT 12 TO 14 WEEKS, THEY'RE LEAVING THE DEN, A TRADITIONAL WHAT WE THINK OF AN EARTH UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE.
IT'S JUST FOR PUP REARING AND RAISING.
ONCE THEY'RE ABLE TO WALK AND MOVE, THEY'RE LIVING ON TOP OF THE GROUND.
SO THEY COULD BE IN A GREEN BELT.
THEY COULD BE LAYING IN THE BUSHES.
IN FACT, IN FRISCO, WHEN WE STARTED THE FRIDAY, WE STARTED WE HAD A CITY MEETING.
SO WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO FIND IT AND IT ELUDED US.
IT WENT AROUND A CORNER REAL QUICK AND THEN IT VANISHED ON THE STREET.
THERE WAS A HEDGEROW ESSENTIALLY THAT LONG UP AGAINST THE HOUSE.
AND WHILE WE WERE THERE, THE LAWN CARE SERVICE SHOWED UP.
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BUT I WAS STANDING GIVING A COYOTE TALK TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT TRIMMING HEDGES.SO HE WAS LAYING THERE THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME.
AND HE WAS RIGHT HERE, JUST RIGHT THERE IN THE BUSHES BEHIND ME AGAINST THE HOUSE AND WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE BUSHES SO WE COULD HAVE REACHED IN AND GRABBED HIM AND PULLED HIM OUT. THAT'S HOW CLOSE THEY COULD BE TO YOU.
SO WHAT YOU REALLY WITH RESPECT TO DETERMINING AT WHAT POINT TO REMOVE THAT ANIMAL FROM FROM THE ENVIRONMENT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN ESCALATION IN BEHAVIORS, AGGRESSION, BEHAVIOR, AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR AT THAT POINT, PROXIMITY TO HUMANS.
AND THEN YOU WOULD SET OUT TO TRY AND CAPTURE THE CAPTURE AND REMOVE IT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
WE DO DO THAT. YES, WE DO PROVIDE THAT.
THERE ARE A HOST OF PRIVATE COMPANIES, I'M SURE, THAT WOULD LOVE TO COME AND DO THAT FOR YOU.
AND AS A FEDERAL ENTITY AND A STATE ENTITY, THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERS US.
SO IS IT FAIR FOR A MUNICIPALITY? IS IT FAIR FOR US TO DO OUR OWN TRAPPING OR CAN WE CERTAINLY THERE'S NOTHING TO PREVENT US FROM DOING THAT.
NOPE. THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS PREVENTS YOU FROM THAT.
I SUSPECT YOU'RE PROBABLY UNDERSTAFFED IN ANIMAL SERVICES EVERY CITY IS RIGHT NOW.
ARE YOU YOU'RE YOUR AGENCIES, ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING IN THE WAY OF EMPIRICAL TRACKING OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA? NO. TO WHERE YOU NEED INFORMATION.
THAT PLATFORM ACTUALLY HELPS YOU.
IT DOES NOT. I CAN WALK IN AND WE CAN WORK OFF OF RIGHT NOW DATA.
IF I CAME IN TOMORROW AND YOU HAVE NO DATA AND REPORTING, WE COULD START AND START TALKING TO NEIGHBORS AND SEE WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND POTENTIALLY REMOVE SOME ANIMALS. THE MORE DATA WE HAVE AND THE LONGER THAT DATA SET IS, THE BETTER DECISIONS CAN BE MADE, OBVIOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? HE LEFT.
I WAS HOPING HE. HE IS A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER.
THIS WAS. YOU'RE WELCOME. EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE, EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. HENRY [APPLAUSE]. AND EVEN MORE EXCITING CONVERSATION NEXT AS WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES ON A POTENTIAL DEBT ISSUANCE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. WANT TO WELCOME TO THE DAIS OR TO THE MICROPHONE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, KAREN RIGGS, AS WELL AS NICK [INAUDIBLE] FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES.
YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO, YES. SO LAST SUMMER DURING OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE TALKED ABOUT FUTURE DEBT CAPACITY.
AND SO NICK IS HERE TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THAT DEBT CAPACITY WITH VERY CONSERVATIVE GROWTH RATES AND VERY CONSERVATIVE INTEREST RATES AND THE LACK OF IMPACT ON OUR TAX RATE CURRENTLY.
MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS NICK [INAUDIBLE] FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
AND YOU MAY RECALL THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION THAT WE GAVE BACK IN FEBRUARY WHENEVER WE KICKED OFF THE ISSUANCE OF THE 2023 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. JUST QUICKLY AND I'M SORRY, MY PRESENTATION IS GEARED AROUND NUMBERS, NOT WILDLIFE.
SO IT'S NOT NEAR AS EXCITING, BUT WELL, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR AUDIENCE.
SO WHAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER WITH THE INPUT OF MS. RIGGS AND HER STAFF IS NEW MONEY FINANCING OF APPROXIMATELY $17 MILLION THAT CAN BE SPREAD AROUND THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS FIRE STATION FIRE TRAINING FACILITIES, ANIMAL SHELTER, RENOVATION, PARK, SENIOR CENTER, AND THEN SOME ROADWAY EXCUSE ME, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
I'LL GET TO THE PUNCHLINE HERE IN A MINUTE.
BUT THE DEBT IS STRUCTURED AS A 20 YEAR TERM.
SO WE'VE REDUCED THE PRINCIPAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
SO NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, BUT THEN LEVEL PAYMENTS THEREAFTER.
AND WE CAN DO ALL OF THIS AT PROJECTED ZERO IMPACT ON THE CITY'S EXISTING DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE.
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AND YOU MAY BE THINKING HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE ISSUE $17 MILLION AND NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE? AND IT'S REALLY BECAUSE THE CITY'S TAX SUPPORTED DEBT SERVICE DECLINES BY OVER $1 MILLION FROM 2024 THROUGH 2025.SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS ALMOST LIKE A PUZZLE PIECE.
SO WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS UTILIZE SOME SURPLUS DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE, WHICH THE CITY HAS AMPLE CAPACITY IN THAT FUND TO JUST HELP SUPPLEMENT THE REVENUES NEEDED TO NOT IMPACT THE TAX RATE IN 2024.
IT WOULD BE A ONE TIME USE BECAUSE AGAIN, IN 2025 THAT DEBT SERVICE DECLINES.
SO WE'D COME BACK BEFORE YOU AT THAT TIME FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE ESTIMATED RATE AND THIS WAS I PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT THIS THE ESTIMATED RATE AT THE TIME WAS ABOUT A 3.95%, WHICH IS PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE.
BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ONE LATER.
SO THE TAX RATE ANALYSIS, THIS IS A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS.
AND THIS IS WHERE I REALLY WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO.
SO ON COLUMN C, WHERE IT SAYS TAV GROWTH 5%, THAT IS YOUR TAX BASE GROWTH.
THIS IS THAT DECLINE IN THE CITY'S EXISTING DEBT SERVICE THAT I WANT TO THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THIS.
YOU GO FROM $6.64 MILLION TO $5.5 MILLION, SO A $1.1 MILLION DECLINE IN EXPENDITURES THAT WE CAN.
SO NOW WE GO TO THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN COLUMN L THE PROJECTED TOTAL TAX RATE.
WE PROJECT $12.82 NEXT YEAR USING A LITTLE BIT OF SURPLUS DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS WITH THE VERY MINIMAL GROWTH RATE IN THE TAX BASE BEING A SMIDGE BELOW THAT $12.82 THE CURRENT TAX RATE. SO FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THE PLAN AND STANDING BEFORE YOU AND SAYING THAT THIS IS EXECUTABLE, THIS WOULD BE YOUR CAPACITY UNDER YOUR CURRENT DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. ANY QUESTIONS KAREN. YES.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS.
WELL, LET ME LET ME MAKE A STATEMENT FIRST.
FOR DECADES, THE CITY OF BEDFORD DID NOT INVEST IN ITSELF.
AND BECAUSE OF IT, WE HAVE DECAYING FACILITIES ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION INTO LAST YEAR.
WHEN YOU GO OUT AND STAFF GOES OUT AND LOOKS AT HOW DO WE FINANCE THIS? THAT'S WHAT THIS CONVERSATION IS ABOUT.
AND WHAT YOU'RE COMING HERE TONIGHT SAYING IS WE HAVE $17 MILLION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US, THAT WE CAN THEN GO TO BOND AND IT WILL NOT INCREASE TAXES.
IT WILL NOT INCREASE THE TAX RATE ON ITS OWN.
YES, SIR. IS THAT CORRECT? NOW, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A SAVINGS IN THE NEXT BUDGET PERIOD OF MILLION ONE ROUGHLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SO THAT MILLION ONE LEVERAGES ITSELF INTO ABOUT
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$17 MILLION, ACTUALLY MORE.WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE, AS YOU DO PROJECTIONS.
YOU SAID NEXT YEAR YOU'RE PROJECTING AT 5%, BUT IT'S 0% GROWTH AFTER THAT.
WE ALL KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE 19%, BUT WE ALSO KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ZERO.
IT CAN GO NEGATIVE, BUT IT'S USUALLY ZERO OR ABOVE.
BECAUSE OF SOUND DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO ESTIMATING OUR BUDGETS, WE HAVE A BUDGET SURPLUS.
WE HAVE A TAX REVENUE SURPLUS IN EXCESS OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AND THAT SURPLUS WE CAN APPLY TO NEXT YEAR'S FIGURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A NET NEUTRAL IMPACT ON OUR PROPERTY TAXES.
YES, SIR. SO WHAT YOU'RE COMING TO US IS YOU ARE TELLING US ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MOVE TOWARDS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE AGREED TO TO DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS IN THIS CITY.
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SORELY NEGLECTED FOR YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT YOUR PRESENTATION IS ABOUT, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THE STRATEGY TO FINANCE THIS, IS THAT THE PROPER WAY TO TERM THIS? YES, SIR. AND THE KEY TO THIS IS IT WILL NOT IMPACT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE NEXT YEAR. CORRECT.
BUT THESE ARE VITAL FUNCTIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANIMAL SHELTERS, YOU KNOW, RENOVATIONS TO THAT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW FIRE STATION, NEW CENTRAL FIRE STATION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS OUT HERE WHAT'S ABOUT TO BECOME BEDFORD COMMONS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CONVERSATION IS ABOUT.
SO THAT'S MY THAT'S MY STATEMENT FOR THE DAY.
SO COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
THIS IS MORE A QUESTION FOR MISS RIGGS.
I KNOW IN THE OVERALL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO FINANCE THE MAJORITY OF THESE WE DISCUSSED IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PARKWAY ROADWAY EXTENSION, AND I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT IS THE CATALYST TO THE BEDFORD COMMONS PROJECT.
WE HAVE THIS UNIMPROVED SECTION OF PARKWOOD, AND THAT IS A PORTION OF THIS, THE PROJECTS FOR THIS DEBT ISSUANCE. OKAY.
MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL. KAREN, THIS IS ALSO FOR YOU.
SO THE $17 MILLION COMES FROM EVALUATING ALL THE COSTS OF EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS. SO YOU, YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AS FAR AS LIKE THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION.
SO AND IT ALL EQUALS TO $17 MILLION.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME ESTIMATES ON THESE PROJECTS.
AND SO BASED ON WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE, AS WELL AS WHAT WE EXPECT FROM SOME ARCHITECTS, WE DO HOPE THAT WE CAN GET ALL OF THESE PROJECTS DONE WITH THAT $17 MILLION.
AND ANOTHER QUESTION WITH THE COMMONS PARKWOOD ROADWAY, THAT THAT'S A GIVEN THAT THAT STREET WILL BE THAT SIZE NO MATTER WHAT.
SO WE AREN'T WE'RE NOT THINKING THAT IT MIGHT NEED TO BE BIGGER OR SMALLER OR BETTER ENTRANCE OR IT'S JUST IMPROVING WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND PUTTING AN EXTRA LANE IN.
YES, MA'AM. AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS JUST A RENOVATION.
AND WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE THEY QUOTING AS FAR AS THAT GOES? PLEASE DON'T HOLD ME TO THIS NUMBER.
AND THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION IS PLANNED TO BE MOVED.
OR IS IT TO BE RIGHT THERE OR WE DON'T KNOW.
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THAT GENERALLY COMPLIMENTS WHAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE ANTICIPATING.ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
ON THE 13TH WE HAVE IT SAYS A NOTICE OF INTENT.
WILL THAT SPECIFICALLY SPELL OUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT GOING TO EACH PROJECT? IS THAT. NO, SIR.
THAT WILL TALK ABOUT THE THE TOTAL PROJECT SIZE BEING THE $17 MILLION.
BUT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BETWEEN THOSE PROJECTS, IT WILL NOT DRILL DOWN ON THOSE.
SO YOU'LL YOU WON'T SPLIT IT OUT TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THAT'S AND THAT'S PARTIALLY BECAUSE IF YOU SOLD THE DEBT AND YOU DID SPLIT IT OUT, THEN YOU WOULD BE IF YOU HAD AN OVERRUN ON ONE AND A UNDERRUN ON ANOTHER, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THE UNDERRUN AND APPLY IT TO THE OVERRUN.
THE $17 MILLION. SO A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY.
YES, SIR. OKAY. KAREN, CAN YOU GIVE US KIND OF A GENERAL LAYOUT OF WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT 60 DAYS OR SO? ABSOLUTELY. SO.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE NEXT WHAT HE'S GOT RIGHT HERE.
SO ON JUNE 13TH, WE COULD, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, WE CAN COME FORWARD WITH A NOTICE OF INTENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL PUBLISH IN THE PAPER THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE THE DEBT AND FOR $17 MILLION AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE JUST DID FOR THE DEBT ISSUANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TONIGHT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU IN AUGUST WITH THE FINAL SALE.
THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT'S AUGUST 8TH.
THE ONE LITTLE DIFFERENT PIECE TO IT AND NOT TO GET BOGGED DOWN IN DETAILS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO SET THIS TRANSACTION UP AS A PARAMETER SELL JUST BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO SET YOUR TAX RATE AND GET THE DEBT ISSUED IN THIS BUDGET.
SO AND WE FULLY ANTICIPATE COMING BEFORE YOU WITH THE FINAL TRANSACTION, BUT WITH THE CRAZY CROSSCURRENTS IN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW, IF SOMETHING BIZARRE HAPPENS, WE MAY WANT TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PRICE TODAY, WE'LL PRICE IT LATER IN THE WEEK RATHER THAN HAVING TO TABLE IT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
SO, KAREN, CAN WE ALSO TALK ABOUT A GENERAL TIMELINE ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DIAL DOWN TO THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THE FUNDS.
WE CAN'T HIRE AN ARCHITECT TO HELP US DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FIRST PART OF THE PLANNING PHASE, IS WE KNOW THESE ARE THE PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO, AND THEN WE CAN START FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THOSE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PROJECTS. WE HAVE ESTIMATES, ESTIMATES FOR THEM.
AND IF THOSE ESTIMATES HOLD TRUE, THEY'LL FALL WITHIN AND WE CAN GET ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS DONE.
AND THEN KIND OF TO WHAT NICK'S POINT IS, YOU KNOW, SAY THERE'S PROJECT SAVINGS ON ONE PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME ISSUANCE YOU CAN MOVE THAT PROJECT SAVINGS TO THOSE OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THIS SALE.
OKAY. CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING COS AND NOT GOS? IT'S MORE OF A TIMING WITH A GO YOU HAVE TO GET YOU WOULD GO TO THE VOTERS FOR AN ELECTION AND YOU'RE LIMITED TO NOVEMBER AND MAY AND WE KIND OF SAW THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THESE LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
SO WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD THE OPTION.
AND THE PURPOSE OF GOING TO THE VOTERS ON IT IS BECAUSE WE WOULD PROBABLY BE INCREASING TAXES.
IS THAT THE NORMAL USE OF A GO? TYPICALLY OR IF IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT.
SO COS AND GOS ARE THE SAME SECURITY AND THEY SELL AT THE SAME INTEREST RATE? YES, SIR. SO THERE'S NO DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN INVESTORS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN BEDFORD THAT ARE VERY EDUCATED ON COS AND GOS.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I BRING THIS UP.
SO FINAL QUESTION FOR ME JUST RECENTLY YOU BROUGHT GOOD NEWS TO COUNCIL ABOUT OUR RATING.
WILL THIS IMPACT THAT RATING? NO, SIR. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DISCLOSED THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS DEBT ISSUANCE DURING OUR RATING MEETINGS.
SINCE YOU'RE HERE AT THE DAIS, WILL YOU TALK ABOUT THE RATING? I CAN. YES, SIR.
I CAN DO THAT NOW. OR I CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. THE CITY WAS UPGRADED FROM DOUBLE-A TO DOUBLE-A PLUS.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, DOUBLE-A PLUS IS ONE NOTCH AWAY FROM THE VERY TOP RATING.
THE CITY HAS BEEN A DOUBLE-A CREDIT SINCE 2009, I BELIEVE SO IN MY OPINION, IT WAS WELL OVERDUE.
BUT IT'S A HUGE, HUGE THING, HUGE SIGNAL TO THE MARKET.
AND SOME OF THE THE QUOTES THAT THE RATING AGENCY PUT IN THERE ARE VERY COMPLIMENTARY.
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AND I AGAIN, WOULD LIKE TO THANK MS. RIGGS AND HER STAFF.THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE TAKING FULL CREDIT.
BUT YES, IT'S VERY, VERY GREAT NEWS.
THANK YOU. I MEAN, TEAM EFFORT.
BUT IT IS IT'S ANOTHER EXCITING THING GOING ON IN BEDFORD.
OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION TONIGHT.
ANY OTHER CURIOSITIES? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO WRAP UP? NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
NICK, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS?
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE SOME ITEMS TO CONSIDER BY CONSENT.I GIVE YOU ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.
THANK YOU. YES, WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS TONIGHT ON CONSENT.
WE HAVE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 25TH, 2023RD REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MAY 9TH, 2023RD, 2023 WORK SESSION WITH P&Z AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO HAVE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION PLAN AND RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER PERIMETER FENCE WITH BUZZ CUSTOM FENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $46,897.
ITEM THREE IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION PLAN AND RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET FOR THE PURCHASE OF FURNITURE FOR BUILDING C FROM WRG THROUGH A PURCHASING COOPERATIVE IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $60,000.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RATIFICATION OF PAYMENT TO GR A-TEX UTILITIES FOR EMERGENCY SEWER REHABILITATION ON SHADY CREEK LANE IN THE AMOUNT OF $117,100. THIS IS IT WAS AN EMERGENCY SEWER LINE REPAIR OR SEWER REHABILITATION THAT WE HAD TO DO DUE TO SOME OBSTRUCTIONS.
AND SO THE PAYMENT THIS IS JUST RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF THE PAYMENT TO THE CONTRACTOR.
AND NUMBER FIVE IS CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A RESOLUTION RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS, TARRANT COUNTY WATER SUPPLY, PROJECT IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BONDS AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES RELATING THERETO.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED THERE? WHY DIDN'T WHY ISN'T THE PROPERTY OWNER LIABLE FOR THAT? CHERYL, DO YOU WANT TO COME AND EXPAND? I'LL INVITE CHERYL UP HERE TO DISCUSS THIS.
SO, YEAH, WHILE CHERYL COMES UP.
SO THIS WAS EMERGENCY SEWER REPAIRS.
WE GOT INTO THE PROJECT, REROUTED THE MAIN LINE, THEN AFTERWARD DID SOME DUE DILIGENCE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE SOURCE OR THE CAUSE OF THE NEED TO DO THE REPAIRS WAS SOMEONE WAS DOING FOUNDATION WORK AT A RESIDENCE AND DAMAGED THE SEWER LINE? THAT IS CORRECT. THE INITIAL PLAN WAS TO RESTORE THE SANITARY SEWER BECAUSE IT DID AFFECT SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS, SEVERAL PROPERTIES IN A ROW.
SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND CALLED THE CONTRACTOR.
BUT IS THERE AN ANTICIPATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE HOMEOWNER ABOUT THEIR CONTRACTOR DAMAGING THE CITY LINES? WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND SEE WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO.
THANK YOU. THAT APPROPRIATE? OKAY. I SEE BRYN MOVING.
NOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING OF THIS, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
THERE MAY BE SOME INSURANCE PROCEEDS WE CAN GO AFTER.
CERTAINLY, IF WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY PRESS THEM.
AND THE IMMEDIACY, THE IMMEDIACY THAT WE'VE ACTED ON IS TO GET THE LINE.
OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO ASK? ITEM TWO [INAUDIBLE] OKAY ITEM TWO, WILL YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS ITEM? SO THIS WAS WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THIS IN PERIODS IN THE PAST AND WE WERE ANTICIPATING A LARGER AMOUNT, WERE WE NOT?
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YES. SO I VISITED WITH CHIEF ABOUT THIS.SO THIS WAS BUDGETED TWO YEARS AGO, I THINK, IN 2021.
AND SO THEY OPTED TO JUST SECURE THE SPACE WITH UPDATING THE FENCE AND THE GATING.
OKAY. WELL, WHILE WE'RE AT IT, ITEM FIVE, THE TRA BONDS.
THEY'VE ALREADY BAKED THAT INTO THEIR BUDGETS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN SECONDS THAT.
YES. I THINK ROB HIJACKED MY COMPUTER.
OKAY, SO THAT IS WE'RE ONE BODY DOWN.
SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL THANK YOU.
STAFF LET'S MOVE ON TO PERSONS TO BE HEARD.
[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS THIS EVENING, SO WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME THEM.FIRST UP, LET'S HAVE BECKY FERRELL.
SHE'S COME TO SPEAK TO US TONIGHT REGARDING THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD.
WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
APPRECIATE YOU CONCEDING YOUR TALK TONIGHT.
CONCEDING. WHAT DOES THAT WORD MEAN? WELCOME BACK. NOW, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
AND MAYOR MIKE, YOU'RE ALWAYS CHALLENGING THIS CITY TO GO BIG.
AND TONIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF OF THE FACT THAT BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN BEDFORD.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING IT'S TAKEN TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
UM, IN JANUARY, THE NEW YMCA OPENED AND CLEARLY IT'S A HUGE SUCCESS.
I HAVE A NEW IDENTITY NOW BECAUSE OF THE Y.
I AM AN ACTIVE OLDER ADULT AND I STILL GET FREE SENIOR DRINKS AT WHATABURGER [LAUGHTER].
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THOSE.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A MAJOR REDESIGN OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
IT'S STILL IN PROGRESS, BUT WOW, WHAT A DIFFERENCE.
UM, I GUESS MARCH MARKED THE BEGINNING OF WHAT BEGAN AS A VERY SERIOUS AND FOCUSED REDO OF THE MASTER PLAN THAT WILL AFFECT BEDFORD FOR YEARS TO COME.
APRIL AND MAY BROUGHT THE REPAVING OF BEDFORD ROAD, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I MEAN, THIS MONTH ALONE MARKED THE COMPLETION OF THE CUMMINGS WATER TOWER MAKEOVER.
AS HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, OUR S&P RATING HAS INCREASED.
HOPEFULLY, EVEN THOUGH THE SPECIFICS HAVE YET TO BE ANNOUNCED.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL SOON GET CONFIRMATION THAT THIS WILL BECOME OUR NEW BEDFORD SENIOR CENTER, A SPECIFIC USE FACILITY FOR THOSE 50 AND OVERS.
IN WHERE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPORTANT DECISIONS AHEAD OF US AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT SEEMS AGAIN THE PERFECT TIME FOR THE RETURN OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD.
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA REINFORCES THE PROBABILITY THAT THE 50 AND OVERS WILL INDEED INCREASE.
OVER THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS.
THIS BOARD COULD SUPPORT COUNCIL BY DOING THE LEGWORK WHEN IT COMES TO SOLICITING INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND HELPING TO PRIORITIZE TO MAKE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN NEEDS AND WANTS.
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BEDFORD. I BELIEVE THAT THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD SHOULD BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN, PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMING FOR THE HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED SENIOR CENTER.I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MAKEUP OF THIS BOARD EXTEND BEYOND RESIDENTS AND CITY STAFF.
A YMCA REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS BOARD IS IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY PROGRAMING FOR SENIORS THAT COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER AND DO NOT DUPLICATE EFFORTS.
WE'VE HAD ONE OF OUR LOCAL CHURCHES WHO HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN HELPING TO COORDINATE NOT ONLY RESOURCES FOR SENIORS, BUT ESPECIALLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIORS TO MORE ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
BEDFORD SENIORS ARE ALREADY PLAYING A VITAL ROLE IN MANY AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN DO MORE.
FINALLY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
SO, BECKY, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU HAD US AT HELLO.
THE ONE OF ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE BRAGGING ABOUT WITH THIS GROUP IS WE WANT TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD, AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF US UP HERE THAT WANT THAT.
AND I APOLOGIZE THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE PROGRESS ON THAT HERE IN MAY.
BUT I WANT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON HIGH LEVEL ISSUES.
AND AS WE ARE NOW MOVING ON THOSE ISSUES, WE CAN COME BACK AND REFOCUS ON OUR EFFORTS ON HOW TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND A SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD IS ONE WAY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND THERE'S STILL SEVERAL DAYS LEFT IN MAY.
YES, SIR. KAREN, DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY, JIMMY STATHATOS HAS NEVER DONE A BETTER JOB DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING THAN HE'S DONE TONIGHT.
YEAH, I THERE'S JUST WE'RE SO BLESSED IN THIS CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PARTICIPANTS IN IN THE ORGANIZATION AND CONTRIBUTING TO IDEAS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].
BUT NEXT UP, ULANA RATLEY, YOU COME TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT REGARDING THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO BE BACK.
I JUST WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL, KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH BECKY.
I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE NEW WATER TOWER.
YOU KNOW THAT. YEAH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD, GOOD REMARKS.
AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE BEDFORD SENIOR CENTER, AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
SO ANYWAY, THE QUESTION WAS WHAT ABOUT THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL? NOW THAT THE SENIOR CENTER IS GOING TO MOVE FROM THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL TO THE OLD YMCA AND AND YOU KNOW ME, I LOVE THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL AND I WOULD LIKE THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL TO BE PUT BACK AS A HISTORIC MUSEUM.
SO BEDFORD HAS VERY FEW HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
THIS IS LIKE THE GEM OF OUR CITY AND WE REALLY WANT TO PRESERVE IT.
I THINK MOST OF YOU KNEW THAT I'D BEEN A TEACHER HERE AT HEB, HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD FOR 31 YEARS.
I ALSO 27 OF THESE YEARS WERE SPENT AT SPRING GARDEN, WHERE I TAUGHT THIRD GRADE.
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SO WE REALLY NEED THE DESK PUT BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM.AND THEN THE ARTIFACTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN STORAGE, THEY'VE NEED TO BE PUT BACK INTO THE OTHER ROOM.
SO IT WAS A PERFECT FIELD TRIP FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO I WOULD DRESS IN COSTUME.
I WOULD WEAR A LONG BLACK SKIRT AND A WHITE LONG SLEEVE BLOUSE WITH A HIGH NECK AND PRETEND TO BE THE OLD SCHOOL TEACHER BACK IN 1915 AND TALK ABOUT WHAT SCHOOL LIFE WAS LIKE IN 1915 FOR THE TEACHER AND FOR THE STUDENTS.
OTHER DAYS I WOULD PRETEND TO BE THE FARM LADY AND I MADE A GREEN DRESS AND A WHITE APRON, AND I WORE MY GRANDMOTHER'S BONNET AND I WOULD DISCUSS FARM LIFE BECAUSE ALL THE CHILDREN THAT WENT TO THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL, OR REALLY MOST OF THEM LIVED ON FARMS. IT WAS A RURAL COMMUNITY AND THIS WAS REALLY EASY AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE I GREW UP ON A FARM HERE IN TEXAS, SO THIS WAS PART OF WHO I AM AND WAS A FARM GIRL. SO I REALLY ENJOYED THE HERITAGE PROGRAM THAT WE HAD WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE HAD ALL KINDS OF SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN IN 2016, THE ROOF LEAKED.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED AND WE AND WE STOPPED THE HERITAGE PROGRAM AND SO WE.
WERE GETTING INTO PAINFUL MEMORIES.
YEAH, IT WAS REALLY PAINFUL FOR ALL OF US.
YEAH, YEAH, IT WAS TERRIBLE BECAUSE WE HAD TO PACK UP ALL THE ARTIFACTS AND EVERYTHING IN THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW? BUT FINALLY IT WAS FIXED.
AND SO WE WERE REALLY HAPPY AND WE'RE HOPING THE HERITAGE PROGRAM WOULD RESUME, BUT IT DIDN'T.
AND THEN THE BEDFORD SENIOR CENTER WAS DEMOLISHED AND COVID HIT.
SO SINCE I'M 73, I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN.
BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE OLD DESK TO BE PUT BACK IN THE CLASSROOM AND FOR THE NAME BRICKS TO BE PUT BACK, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN PULLED UP BECAUSE IT WAS DANGEROUS FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS TO WALK ON THAT ON THOSE BRICKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS RAINY AND WET.
AND SO WE PUT IN A CONCRETE WALKWAY AND SOME HANDRAILS, AND THAT'S MUCH BETTER.
BUT THOSE OTHER BRICKS, PEOPLE PAID LIKE $50 A PIECE FOR THE BRICKS AND THEY NEED TO BE PUT BACK.
SO THEY REALLY NEED TO BE PRESERVED.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL COULD STILL BE USED AS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR MEETINGS.
IN FACT, LAST YEAR, LAST SPRING I DID TWO PRESENTATIONS, ONE TO THE SENIORS FROM THE BUINGER CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AGENCY THAT RIGD DISTRICT HAS.
THESE WERE SENIOR STUDENTS THAT WANTED TO BE TEACHERS, SO THEY CAME TO THE SCHOOL AND I DID A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE RURAL LIFE AND ABOUT THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL IN 2015. THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER I DID ANOTHER PRESENTATION FOR DELTA KAPPA GAMMA, WHICH IS A PROFESSIONAL WOMEN EDUCATORS GROUP, AND I SHARED THE SAME STORY.
AND IT WAS BASICALLY THIS TALK THAT I GAVE TO THE THIRD GRADERS.
BUT THIS ONE WAS JUST ONE TALK AND IT WAS JUST ME.
SO I FEEL LIKE THE SCHOOL COULD BE UTILIZED IN A MANNER TO SHARE.
YEAH, SURE. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, RIGHT? YEAH. I DID IT LAST FALL.
AND THEN THE OTHER ROOMS, THE TWO WEST ROOMS, THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE USED AS A ROOMS TO DISPLAY LOCAL ART BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF ARTISTS IN THE AREA.
AND SO IT COULD BE LIKE ROTATING ART DISPLAYS.
I KNOW THERE'S ART DISPLAYED AT THE BEDFORD LIBRARY BY TRINITY ARTS GUILD, BUT WE COULD ALSO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ARTISTS THAT AREN'T MEMBERS OF TRINITY ART GUILD.
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AND I DO LOVE THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.YEAH, I'LL TELL YOU THE AS WE LOOK AHEAD AND IF THINGS GO TO PLAN AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE STANDALONE SENIOR CITY SENIOR CENTER, IT BRINGS BACK THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.
I WAS CURIOUS TO HAVE MARK, DO YOU MIND COMING UP FOR A MINUTE AND JUST JUST GIVING US A 30 SECOND UPDATE ON SENIOR CENTER, FUTURE SENIOR CENTER. WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THAT PROPERTY? SHE'S OBS ARE WE TALKING OBS? WELL, THIS, THIS TRANSITIONS INTO OBS.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO AS-BUILTS FOR US.
WE NEED TO SEE THE BUILDING AS IT IS BUILT AND KIND OF PART OF THAT WILL BE 3D RENDERINGS TO WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW THE PUBLIC AND ACTUALLY GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT'S BEHIND WALLS AND WHAT WHEN WE START CONSIDERING MOVING WALLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'LL GIVE US A GREAT IDEA.
AND THEN FROM THAT, NOW WE CAN TAKE A BIG LEAP FORWARD, WHICH IS WHAT? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO OUT THERE IN NEW FINISH OUTS? GO WITH A KIND OF A GENERAL CONTRACTOR WHO CAN DO THE WORK KIND OF AS NEEDED.
WE'RE STILL ESSENTIALLY AT A EARLY STAGE HERE.
NOT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A LONG, DRAWN OUT PROCESS, BUT WE'RE AT A STAGE HERE WHERE WE'RE FIGURING OUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT PROPERTY AND HOW TO MAKE IT ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT THEN WILL LEAD US TO LET'S TALK ABOUT OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.
OKAY. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS FROM THE PAST COUNCILS THAT WHAT WHAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN IS THAT WE BETTER UTILIZE THAT ENTIRE SITE, THAT WE DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A GYM OUT THERE, WE DO SOMETHING SPECIAL OUT THERE AND THAT WE NEED TO UTILIZE IT BETTER AND TO SHOW IT OFF MORE.
SO I THINK THAT WILL PROBABLY BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE WOULD TURN THAT INTO AN AMUSEMENT PARK.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE CONVERSATION HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
OKAY. AND THEN ONE OTHER THING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BEDFORD WEBSITE, IT SAID THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL PARK.
AND SO THAT INCLUDED WHAT, THE SPARKLING ICE PARK WE HAVE.
SO I LOVE THE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS WITH ALL THE GRASS AND OUR.
YOU KNOW WHY IT SAYS PARK? BECAUSE WE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE DESIGNATED IT AS A PARK.
I'M GLAD THAT WAY WE CAN DO SOME PARTICULAR SPECIAL EVENTS OUT THERE.
AND SAVE IT AS A PARK. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR TWILIGHT THURSDAYS TO COME BACK.
MY HUSBAND AND I USED TO ALWAYS GO TO THOSE.
TURN AROUND AND TELL THAT GUY RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
MY HUSBAND AND I TOLD HIM THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
THANK YOU, ULANA. WE WANT WE TALK.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
IT CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT A GOOD TEAM IN PLACE.
AND THIS IS A THIS IS TEAMWORK.
THIS IS COUNCIL AND STAFF WORKING TOGETHER ON THESE THINGS.
OKAY. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO SO THANK YOU, BECKY.
[7. Consider an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the City of Bedford, Texas Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2023; specifying the terms and features of the certificates; providing for the payment of the certificates and resolving other matters incident and related thereto, and providing an effective date.]
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, COMBINED TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2023, SPECIFYING THE TERMS AND FEATURES OF THE CERTIFICATES, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE CERTIFICATES AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS, INCIDENT AND RELATED THERETO, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.[INAUDIBLE] OKAY.SO I GIVE YOU ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY LET BRADY OLSON, OUR DIRECTOR, GIVE YOU FINANCE DIRECTOR BRADY OLSON.
I'M SORRY, BRADY. I GOT THAT MIXED UP.
PUBLIC NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITIZENS.
THEY HAVE BEEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.
WE HAD A PRICING THIS MORNING.
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WE HAD SIX BANKS BID ON IT.TD SECURITIES GAVE THE LOWEST BID.
SO THE CHEAPEST AMOUNT OF WE'D PAY ON INTEREST AT ABOUT 3.95%.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT COS IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO MANY PARTS OF A PROJECT UNDER ONE BOND.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET FOR $4.7? WE ARE GOING TO GET ABOUT $2.5 MILLION TOWARDS THE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE ON CAMPUS WEST.
IT WAS ABOUT A MILLION ON THE WATER AND SEWER REPLACEMENT AND ABOUT $600,000 IN PARKS.
COMMENTS. DESIRE TO MOVE ON THIS.
I MOVE TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2023, SPECIFYING THE TERMS AND FEATURES OF THE CERTIFICATES, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE CERTIFICATES AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS, INCIDENTS AND RELATED THERETO, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
OKAY. ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS UNANIMOUS AT SIX TO ZERO.
SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL THANK YOU.
[8. Consider a resolution declaring expectation to reimburse expenditure with proceeds of future debt.]
BRADY NEXT UP, ITEM EIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DECLARING EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURE WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT.AND THIS ITEM IS ALL ABOUT GIVING COUNCIL OPTIONS IN THE FUTURE.
WE'VE RECENTLY MADE A PURCHASE OF THE OLD YMCA BUILDING.
THERE ARE FURTHER PLANS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WE ARE INTERESTED IN ISSUING ABOUT $17 MILLION IN DEBT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS SINCE WE'RE MOVING ON THIS PROJECT AT THE MOMENT AND THE DEBT IS NOT COMING UNTIL LATER.
IF WE WANT TO USE THAT FUTURE DEBT TO PAY FOR THIS PROJECT, THIS IS THE LEGAL STEP WE HAVE TO TAKE.
IT'S NOT OBLIGATING YOU TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT JUST GIVING THAT OPTION.
OKAY. WE ANTICIPATING USING THOSE FUNDS FOR ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.
THERE WAS A MAXIMUM LIMIT ON THAT FOR $2,000,300, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WAS THE MAXIMUM ON THE PROJECT COST THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING RIGHT NOW.
YES. I JUST WONDERING HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THAT.
THAT'S SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF NUMBERS OUT THERE FOR.
OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
OKAY. WE HAVE A FIRST SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL.
SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL THANK YOU.
[9. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into a professional services agreement with Westwood Professional Services, Inc. in the amount of $244,784 for the design of Harwood Road water line from Martin Drive to SH121 and the Martin Drive water line from Harwood Road to Bedford Road.]
BRADY ITEM NINE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $244,784 FOR THE DESIGN OF HARWOOD ROAD WATER LINE FROM MARTIN DRIVE TO STATE HIGHWAY 121 AND THE MARTIN DRIVE WATER LINE FROM HARWOOD ROAD TO BEDFORD ROAD.SO WE WANT TO WELCOME BACK TO THE DAIS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CHERYL TAYLOR.
THESE PROJECT LIMITS WERE CONSTRUCTED AROUND 1971-72.
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WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO ADD THESE PROJECTS TO THE INITIAL LIST OF PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN, LIKE I SAID, SO THAT WE CAN USE THE SWIFT FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE LOCATION MAP, THERE IS A SECTION OF LINE THAT WE'RE TAKING ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 121 AND THAT WILL REQUIRE COORDINATION WITH TXDOT. SO THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES, TWO SEPARATE AGENCIES, AND THE REVIEWS COULD BE CONCURRENT, BUT THEY ARE THEY'RE GOING TO BE FUN.
AND WE ANTICIPATE THE CONSTRUCTION TO START HOPEFULLY IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
FUNDING FOR THE ENGINEERING DESIGN WILL COME FROM THE 2015 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND BONDS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY.
COUNCIL. 8 TO 9 MONTHS TO DO DESIGN WORK? TO GET THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND TO GO THROUGH THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND TXDOT .
WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT FOR NINE. MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO, CHERYL, WHEN YOU DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND IT'S A MAJOR PART OF BEDFORD, SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU JUST DIG A HOLE AND YOU STRING IT THROUGH AND PULL IT OUT THE OTHER SIDE.
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE DID IT IN THE PAST.
I MEAN, THERE'LL BE QUITE A BIT OF CONSTRUCTION.
IT'LL TEAR UP THE STREETS AND THE ROADS.
TXDOT HAS TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE IT'S GOING UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY, RIGHT? AND SO DO YOU.
OKAY, SO THE DESIGN WORK IS $244,000.
WHAT'S THE BIG NUMBER YOU THINK TO DO IT? OH, I DON'T RECALL THE THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE THAT THEY GAVE US FOR IT.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MILLION.
SO WE'VE GOT THE SWIFT FUNDS TO WORK WITH, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE.
WHAT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THAT WE WILL INCUR WITH THE STREETS? IS THAT ALLOWED TO BE PAID WITH SWIFT FUNDS OR WILL WE HAVE TO PULL THAT OUT OF ANOTHER FUND? IT DEPENDS ON HOW EXTENSIVE WE IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAR WE GO ON THE STREETS.
IF IT'S JUST A MATTER OF REPLACING THE WATERLINE AND EXCUSE ME, INSTALLING WATERLINE, THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, I BELIEVE, WILL PAY FOR UP TO SIX FEET OF PAVEMENT REPAIR ABOVE THE TRENCH ON THE WATER LINES.
AND RIGHT NOW, THE WATER LINES ARE IN THE PARKWAY.
THEY'RE NOT UNDERNEATH THE ROADWAY.
AND HOW MANY BREAKS HAVE YOU SEEN? SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ON HARWOOD I'VE SEEN THREE AND IT WAS EITHER 2 OR 3 AROUND THE HOLIDAYS ON MARTIN DRIVE, AND I'D HEARD OF AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE ON MARTIN BEFORE I BEFORE I'D COME TO BEDFORD.
AND IS THIS ANY PART OF A BIGGER, BIGGER PLAN? LIKE WAS IT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE STREET PLAN, DO WE HAVE A PLAN, A WATER PLAN? WE WE DO HAVE A WATER PLAN.
WE DO HAVE WE WENT THROUGH THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO ADD A NUMBER OF PROJECTS LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE PRIORITIZED BY CAPACITY ISSUES.
THEY WERE PRIORITIZED BY TYPE OF PIPE.
THIS ONE, FOR SOME REASON, WASN'T INCLUDED IN THAT LIST.
AND THIS ONE HAS JUST BROKEN SEVERAL TIMES.
SO WE CAN KEEP GOING ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES.
AND HOW OLD IS OUR WATER PLANT? HOW OLD IS OUR WATER PLANT? ONLY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S ONE UPDATE THAT WE GET ALL THE TIME ON EMAILS.
ANOTHER WATER BREAK. ANOTHER WATER BREAK.
OH, BOY. IT COMES IN AT MIDNIGHT.
THE THE ADDITION OF THE PROJECTS TO THE LIST, WE DID THAT LAST YEAR.
THE WATER ASSESSMENT WAS PERFORMED, I BELIEVE, 17 OR 18.
THE WATER MASTER PLAN WAS AROUND 14.
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STUDY WAS PERFORMED.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE ASKED THE CONSULTANT IS, OKAY, GO BACK TO OUR MODEL, SEE, SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, HERE'S WHERE WE'VE MADE CHANGES, RERUN THE MODEL AND SHOW US WHERE THE PRIORITIES.
CAN YOU TELL FROM THE MODEL WHERE OUR CAPACITY ISSUES ARE? I MEAN, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS PREDICT WHERE THE NEXT BREAK IS GOING TO BE.
I MEAN, THE THE PIPE TYPES ARE ALL DIFFERENT.
SO YOU CAN'T PREDICT WHEN SOMEONE HAS FOUNDATION REPAIRS AND DAMAGES.
RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT SO OUR RECORD KEEPING PRETTY GOOD FROM YEARS BACK.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
I JUST I JUST WANT TO KNOW, DID YOUR MIC JUST GO OFF? NO, NO, JUST ONE.
NO. I MEAN, IF YOU GIVE IT TO A CONSULTANT.
DO THEY HAVE GOOD DATA TO LOOK AT FROM 2014 BACK? WE OUR CURRENT STAFF IS PULLING WHAT DATA THAT WE CAN FIND AND WHAT WE'VE LIVED THROUGH SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE TO PROVIDE TO THE CONSULTANTS AND IN AREAS WHERE WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO SEND THE WATER AND SEWER GUYS OUT TO TAKE A LOOK, TO INVESTIGATE, TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF PIPE IS OUT THERE.
DAYS BEFORE, CHERYL, REMEMBER, WE WERE BOTH HERE WHEN THEY THEY DID THAT STUDY AND THEY FOUND OUT WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE 25 MORE FIRE HYDRANTS THAN WE HAD IN OUR RECORDS OR SOMETHING LIKE SOME CRAZY KNOW, SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE THAT.
THE FIRE HYDRANTS. NO FIRE HYDRANTS.
SO CHERYL HAS INHERITED THOSE.
YOU'RE THE KEEPER OF THOSE RECORDS NOW.
I GUESS WE'RE OFF TOPIC. YOU CAN HAVE A TITLE AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT.
SO SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED THAT UNDER YOUR WATCH WE HAVE MORE WATER MAIN BREAKS THAN EVER BEFORE? WELL, WE'RE CERTAINLY NOTIFIED ABOUT THEM.
OR ARE WE MORE AWARE OF THEM THAN WE EVER REALLY AWARE? BEFORE MY TIME, I WASN'T AWARE OF THEM EITHER.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY DUCT TAPE IN YOUR OFFICE? THAT'S MY REAL QUESTION. YOU DO? I DO. OH, MY GOSH.
OKAY, SO THIS IS A ACTION ITEM, FOLKS.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
OH, ALL RIGHT. ONCE AGAIN, SIX ZERO.
SO THANK YOU COUNCIL THANK YOU STAFF THANK YOU, CHERYL.
[10. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into a professional services agreement with Huitt-Zollars, Inc. in the amount of $154,170 for the design of Parkwood Drive Improvements between Bedford Road and L. Don Dodson Drive.]
AMOUNT OF $154,170 FOR THE DESIGN OF PARKWOOD DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN BEDFORD ROAD AND L.DON DODSON. SO ONCE AGAIN, CHERYL TAYLOR OKAY, I'M EXCITED TO KICK OFF THE PARKWOOD PROJECT.
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN BRINGING BEDFORD COMMONS TO FRUITION.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, JIMMY.
DON DODSON. AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS RIGHT AT L.
DON, PARKWOOD DRIVE IS AN UNIMPROVED TWO LANE ROADWAY WITH BARRED DITCHES FOR DRAINAGE.
OKAY, SO THE TOP LEFT IS A PHOTO OF PARKWOOD RIGHT AT BEDFORD ROAD.
AND THEN THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS LOOKING SOUTH EXCUSE ME, LOOKING NORTH FROM L.
OKAY. SO AS YOU ARE AWARE, PARKWOOD DRIVE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BEDFORD COMMONS DEVELOPMENT.
SO FROM THE BEDFORD COMMONS CODE, WHAT IT SHOWS HERE IS THAT THE NORTHERN SECTION OF PARKWOOD DRIVE IS LIGHT BLUE PROPOSED GENERAL STREET UP TOWARD BEDFORD ROAD AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, CLOSER TO L.
DON, IT'S DARK RED PROPOSED MIXED USE STREET.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO THE GENERAL STREET HAS TWO TYPICAL SECTIONS.
DON, EAST OF PARKWOOD WITH A 12 FOOT TRAIL ON THE EAST SIDE.
THIS IS THAT BLUE SECTION ON THIS MAP.
THE TOP RIGHT ONE IS LIGHT BLUE GENERAL STREET AND IT IS THE OTHER STREETS.
AND THAT ONE IS THE SECTION OF PARKWOOD CLOSER TO BEDFORD ROAD, THE BLUE GOING UP TO THE NORTH.
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IT HAS LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AS WELL, AND TWO TRAVEL LANES.AND GOING BACK TO THIS MAP, THAT'S GENERALLY THERE ARE NO DIMENSIONS ON THIS.
DON DODSON PARTWAY UP ON PARKWOOD DRIVE.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED CROSS SECTION THAT THAT WE ARE GOING TO DESIGN.
PARKWOOD DRIVE WILL CONSIST OF TWO 11 FOOT LANES AND AN 8 FOOT PARALLEL PARKING SPOT.
IN ADDITION, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT INCLUDES LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR TREES, TREE WELLS AND IRRIGATION ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A 5 FOOT SIDEWALK AND 5 FOOT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING WATER LINE UNDER THE NEW STREET AND THE EXTENSION OF THE SANITARY SEWER TO SERVE THE PROPOSED USES THAT FRONT ON PARKWOOD DOWN TOWARD L.
DON DODSON. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKWOOD IMPROVEMENTS WILL COMPLETE THE FRAMEWORK FOR BEDFORD COMMONS AND WILL ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PHASING OF ANY USES PLANNED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE DESIGN ENGINEER ON THE BEDFORD COMMONS PROJECT, AND A NEW CONCEPT PLAN FOR BEDFORD COMMONS WILL BE COMING FORWARD AT A FUTURE MEETING WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PUD FOR THE FOR THE PROPOSED USES AND THE LAYOUT, AND AT THAT TIME THE TYPICAL SECTION. THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THESE ARE THE TYPICAL SECTIONS.
AND THE 12 FOOT TRAIL HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A 5 FOOT TRAIL AND EXCUSE ME, A 5 FOOT SIDEWALK.
WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT? WHAT? YOU JUST SAID THE CHANGE.
OKAY, SO THIS PROPOSED SECTION IS GOING TO BE A MIX, A COMBINATION OF THE GENERAL USE BLUE AND THE MIXED USE OR THE GENERAL STREET THAT'S BLUE AND THE MIXED USE THAT IS RED.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO WE WILL ALSO WE'LL HAVE THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS.
WE'LL HAVE THE 5 FOOT SIDEWALKS.
BY ELIMINATING THAT PARALLEL PARKING.
YOU'RE GOING TO REDUCE ANY IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BACK THERE.
NOISE, TRAFFIC ACTIVITY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT NOISE.
OKAY. OKAY, SO THE SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS.
SURVEY HAS ALREADY BEGUN AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEY ARE PROCESSING THE SURVEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED AND WE ANTICIPATE 5 TO 6 MONTHS FOR THE DESIGN WITH BIDDING TO BE IN THE FALL.
SO AROUND OCTOBER AND CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER ISH.
SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST DIRT TURNING PROJECT FOR BEDFORD COMMONS.
ALL RIGHT. SO FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN OF THIS WILL COME FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
ROB, YOU CAN'T ADJOURN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ITEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. COUNCILMAN YES, MA'AM.
MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL. IS THIS THE STREET THAT THE NURSING HOME IS ON? IT IS. SO WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET, OFTENTIMES THEY'RE PARKING UNBELIEVABLY THERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ENCROACH RIGHT ONTO THAT BUILDING.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE ARE GOING TO INSTALL DRIVEWAYS ALONG THAT PROPERTY AND THERE WILL BE CURB AND GUTTER THERE THAT WILL REQUIRE THEM TO STAY, TO CONTROL THEMSELVES, TO STAY WITHIN THE PARKING LOT.
AND IS THAT THEIR PROPERTY THAT WE'RE ENCROACHING ON OR IS THAT CITY PROPERTY? WE WILL BE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.
THREE QUESTIONS. ONE MORE QUESTION.
SHE GOT ME. IT'S LIKE THE GENIE IN THE BOTTLE.
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SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD PARK TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF TREES THERE WHERE THAT THE POWER LINE IS GOING.THE TREES WILL BE REMOVED, ALL OF THEM.
OKAY. AT THE CITY'S COST WITH THE PROJECT.
NO, I WANT BOB COCHRANE OUT THERE REMOVING THEM.
BOB, CAN YOU WRITE A CHECK? SECOND QUESTION.
WILL WE HAVE TO REDO SAID ROADS AFTER BEDFORD COMMONS IS COMPLETED? IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL NEW ROAD THAT IS IN GOOD CONDITION, THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REDONE EVEN WITH BIG, HEAVY, BIG TRUCKS.
AND I THINK THAT'S A VALID QUESTION.
WE DON'T WANT TO DESTROY SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
MY FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER. I WAS NOT OR I AM NOT.
SO I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
BUT. BUT YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT? WE HAVE A PLAN. THERE'S A PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A REALLY GOOD ROAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEY COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR DESIRE? COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, PLEASE.
IN THE AMOUNT OF $154,170 FOR THE DESIGN OF PARKWOOD DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN BEDFORD ROAD AND L.
VERY GOOD. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.
LET'S VOTE. I NOTICED MY TRAIL WENT FROM 8 FOOT TO 5 FOOT THERE.
WELL, YOU'RE LOSING THE TRAIL TO A SIDEWALK.
YOUR INFLUENCE IS REALLY WANING.
I'M VOTING. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD BEFORE WE COUNT THE VOTE? LET ME MAKE MY STATEMENT ON THE ITEM.
SO THANK YOU COUNCIL THANK YOU STAFF THANK YOU, MARK.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. YOU'RE WELCOME.
[11. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to finalize and execute an agreement with Sunfield Development dba GenPlay to provide operational management at the Generations Park Ball Park Sports Complex.]
OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT ON ITEM 11.ITEM 12 MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, ANYONE?
[12. Mayor/Council Member Reports]
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.[13. City Manager/Staff Reports]
OKAY. CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.THE PRESENTATION WAS FROM THE COYOTE WAS FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
I LIKE HIM. WE NEED TO HAVE HIM BACK.
NO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL STUFF IN THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE I COULD SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE CERTAIN TWEAKS OVER AT THE SHELTER AND HOW WE HANDLE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO YEAH, THAT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.
OKAY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEM FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I WOULD LOVE THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME.
LIKE THE LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS I THIS HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM ME.
I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
WE ADJOURN AT 7:49.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.