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[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
ALRIGHT, IT'S ON.UH, IT IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 14TH, 2023 AT, UH, 2003.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CALL TO ORDER OUR FIRST ANIMAL ADVISORY BOARD MEETING OF, UH, 2023.
SO I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE THING, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA APPROVE
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE, UM, THE BOARD MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022.YOU DON'T HAVE THEM, HONEY? OKAY.
I WENT THROUGH ALL MY STUFF AND I COULDN'T FIND THEM EITHER, SO I'M SORRY.
WHAT DO WE DO? DO I, WE, WHAT ARE WE APPROVING? ARE WE GONNA APPROVE THAT? AS IT STANDS? I'M MAKE, OH, I CAN'T, GO AHEAD.
I'M JUST, UH, I'M THE COUNCIL PERSON.
WELL, GO AHEAD, JUST MAKE A MOTION TO UH, TABLE IT TILL NEXT TIME.
ALRIGHT, THEN I WOULD, UH, SECOND THAT.
UM, OUR NEW BUSINESS FOR A VOTE.
[2. Introduction of New Supervisor Jose Morales]
UH, THE FIRST, UH, ON OUR, UH, OR SECOND IS OUR NEW BUSINESS.AND, UM, BEFORE WE HAVE THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR NEW SUPERVISOR, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WELCOME, TO WELCOME YOU WITH A WELCOME, WELCOME YOU TO OUR CITY.
UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND THANK YOU.
AND ALSO CHRIS, UH, UH, CHRIS, I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW YOUR LAST NAME DEAR.
WELL, CHRIS
FOR ALLOWING YOU TO BE HERE AND TO PARTICIPATE.
AND JUST THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
OUR CHIEF AND MR. FARGO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I GUESS NOW, INTRODUCTION OF OUR NEW SUPERVISOR, JOSE MORALES.
UM, MY NAME'S JOSE MORALES, A NEW SUPERVISOR, STARTED ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.
UH, LOVE SERVICING THE, THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
UH, LOVE BEING UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE SUPPORT THEY GET THAT THEY GIVE US.
WHERE'D YOU COME FROM? YEAH, COME ON.
SO PREVIOUSLY, UH, I'VE BEEN IN THE A C O FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS.
UH, COME FROM THE CITY OF HALTON.
UM, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IRVING.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS, UH, FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS NOW.
[3. Report on shelter statistics]
I GUESS OUR NEXT, UH, ITEM WILL BE THE REPORT ON, UH, SHELTER STATISTICS.SO, JOSE, THAT, SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH THE STATISTICS FOR THE DOGS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 2023.
SO YOU SEE THE BLUE IS 22, UH, FISCAL YEAR 23 WILL BE IN WHITE.
UM, ADOPTIONS FOR DOGS, UH, WENT UP A LITTLE BIT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER FROM 29, FROM 2022 TO, UH, 40 AND 2023.
UH, RETURN TO OWNERS WERE 49 WENT UP ONE, WHICH THAT'S WIND, UH, TO 50.
UH, EUTHANASIA FOR DOGS WENT UP BY TWO 18 TO 20.
DOGS THAT WENT TO RESCUE WERE, UH, WENT FROM NINE TO 14.
SO THEY WENT UP, UH, AND SERVICED WHICH SERVICE, UH, WILL MEAN THAT ANIMALS THAT WE PICKED UP, DECEASED FROM THE AREA.
UH, THEY WENT DOWN FROM 14 TO SIX.
UH, TOTAL ADOPTED, UH, WAS 19 IN 2022,
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UH, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER AND ADOPTED FOR THIS YEAR'S.FIRST QUARTER WAS NINE, RETURNED TO OWNER, WENT FROM THREE TO FOUR.
UH, EUTHANASIA WENT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 19 TO 10.
UH, ANIMALS THAT WENT DOWN TO RESCUE WERE, UH, WENT FROM 42 AND BOTH YEARS WE HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF INTAKES.
NOW, CHRIS, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE 65 FROM THAT ONE CASE.
WHERE IS THAT NEXT QUARTER? THAT'S NEXT QUARTER.
STATS NEXT YEAR ARE GONNA BE
JUST BRIEF ON THAT NOW WITH WILDLIFE.
UM, FOR SOME REASON THERE WAS, THEY WERE NOT RECORDED FOR THIS, UH, THE FIRST QUARTER AND ON FOR THIS YEAR.
SO FOR LAST QUARTER THERE WAS 61 EUTHANASIA FOR WILDLIFE.
UH, RESCUED AND ADOPTED ZERO FOR BOTH YEARS.
UH, RELEASED TO WILD WAS 53 LAST YEAR, AND ZERO THIS YEAR, 38 WERE SERVICED, WERE, WHICH WERE SENT OVER TO, UM, UM, REHABBERS AND ZERO THIS YEAR.
TOTAL INTAKE WAS 118 AND ZERO THIS YEAR.
UH, COULD I HAVE A QUESTION? GO AHEAD.
UM, DO WE STILL RENT OUT TRAPS TO OUR CITIZENS WHO HAVE A RACCOON IN THEIR ATTIC OR THE NEIGHBORS GOT A HUNDRED RACCOONS IN THEIR ATTIC? ARE WE STILL GOING TO ACCOMMODATE CITIZENS? THAT, IN MY OPINION, I AM NO ONE.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT RACCOONS IN YOUR ATTIC IS SERIOUS, NOT ONLY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT IT IS FOR THE PERSON NEXT DOOR.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I GUESS WE RENTED THEM OUT FOR LIKE $25.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND OF COURSE HUMANE FOR, FOR THESE CREATURES.
BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT IF A CITIZEN COMES IN AND SAYS, HEY, I NEED SOME HELP, THEY MAY NOT HAVE $150 TO GO ON OUT AND GET THAT TRAP.
DO WE STILL ACCOMMODATE THAT? SO FOR RIGHT NOW, WE ARE REVIEWING OUR TRAPPING AGREEMENT, WHICH IS GONNA BE MORE, UM, MORE STRICT THAN IT HAS BEEN.
UM, NOW FOR ANIMALS AND ADDICTS, IT GETS DIFFICULT FOR US TO SERVICE ANIMALS AND ADDICTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO UP THIS LADDER TO GET AN OH.
AND, AND I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
ALL I'M I'M LOOKING FOR IS IF A CITIZEN COMES IN THE DOOR AND SAYS, CAN I RENT A TRAP? HERE'S $25.
AND THEY WALK OUT THE DOOR WITH A TRAP AND NOW THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THAT TRAP UP IN THEIR ATTIC OR WHATEVER'S GOING ON.
BUT, UM, THESE LITTLE RACCOONS CAN DO A LOT OF DAMAGE WHEN THEY GET INTO AN ATTIC.
SO I, I JUST HAVE QUESTION ON WHERE ARE WE? YEAH, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE REVIEWING THE, THE TRAPPING AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND ONCE WE GET THAT DONE, WE WILL ROLL THAT OUT.
UH, SO TOTALS, THAT'S ALL ANIMALS AND ONE FOR FISCAL YEAR.
WERE TOTAL INTAKES WERE 293 THIS YEAR WITH 173 FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, OR, UH, RETURN TO OWNERS 52.
TOTAL ADOPTED WENT FROM 48 TO 49 THIS YEAR.
TOTAL RESCUE WENT FROM 13 TO 16, AND TOTAL SERVICE WERE WENT FROM 55 TO SEVEN.
SO THAT SERVICE, LIKE I SAID, IS FOR, UM, DECEASED ANIMALS THAT WE PICK UP, UH, IN A FIELD CALLED FOR SERVICE, UH, LAST, UH, 2022 FISCAL YEAR.
FIRST QUARTER WENT FROM THREE 90 TO 2 61 THIS YEAR.
I'M WHAT? ASK ANYBODY IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
HONOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ANYONE ALL SET? WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, DEAR.
[4. Shelter updates.]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, REPORT OR SHELTER UPDATES.SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AT THE SHELTER.
UH, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE SOME UPDATES ON THE OFFICERS.
UM, OFFICER FU FU MONGO AND OFFICER MCGEE.
UH, BOTH WERE CERTIFIED, WERE THE A FOR THE A C L CERTIFICATES.
UM, OFFICER FU FU MONGO GOT, UH, HER EUTHANASIA CERTIFICATE DONE AS WELL.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE DO STILL NEED MORE C E U HOURS FOR THEM, UH, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE AT 30 WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
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UH, 60 CAT C 60 PLUS CAT SEIZURE WAS A, A SUCCESS.UM, GETTING THEM OUT AND, UH, CARING FOR THEM AND CLEAR THE SHELTER WAS A SUCCESS.
UH, ALSO WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A COUPLE MORE, UH, ADOPTION EVENTS COMING UP.
ONE WAS ONE OF 'EM IS THIS WEEKEND.
UH, AND, AND ALSO WE HAVE A VACCINATION EVENT.
UM, WILL YOU BE PARTICIPATING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY THE 14TH? YES, MA'AM.
WE WILL BE THERE OCTOBER 14TH.
SO JUST AS A QUICK REVIEW, WE HAVE A SUPERVISOR.
SO THAT I THINK COMES TO FOUR.
IS THAT A TOTAL OF FOUR? SO, AND THEN OUR NEW EMPLOYEE STARTS MONDAY, WHICH IS A KENNEL CHECK OR A C O AN A C O.
WELL, THAT'S VERY NICE, VERY NICE TO HEAR THAT.
ANY CONVERSATION, CAN I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
OH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR AN INCREDIBLE JOB WORKING WITH, I GUESS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THAT 65 CAT, UM, RECOVERY AND ALL THAT YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH.
UM, YOUR, UH, KNOWLEDGE AND QUICK RESPONSE TO GET AIR INVOLVED AND, AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
AND, AND THE, THE JOB THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID WAS INCREDIBLE.
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR, FOR THAT AND ALL YOU'VE DONE.
AND, UH, I MEAN, IT IS KIND OF LIKE TRIAL BY FIRE.
I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCILMAN FARCO SAID THAT THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT, THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR SHELTER HAS, HAS REALLY TURNED IT AROUND.
UM, NOT HAVING A BACKGROUND IN ANIMAL CONTROL, UM, GETTING TO SEE THEM WHEN THEY, WHEN WE DEALT WITH THE HOUSE THAT HAD THE 60 PLUS CATS IN IT, IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
WAS THIS AN EYE OPENER FOR YOU? UH, IT WAS AMAZING
I MEAN, IT'S, I WAS AT, I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE HOW THEY WERE DOING AND QUICKLY GOT PUT TO WORK.
BUT, UH,
I DIDN'T TELL YOU I'M ALLERGIC TO CATS.
YOU WERE BRINGING ME THROUGH AND I'M GOING, OKAY, LET'S JUST, THIS IS, I GOTTA JUST STAY THE COURSE.
I WAS JUST LIKE GOING, OH MY GOD, I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY CATS IN MY LIFE.
SO YOU DID, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT HOUSE OR THE, THE INDIVIDUAL OR, SO THAT HOUSE, UH, IT ACTUALLY HAD BEEN SOLD TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, HE'S NOW GOTTEN INTO REMODELING IT.
SO INDIVIDUAL, UH, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR, UM, THAT WE HAVE SOME CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE HIM.
HE'S KIND OF GONE INTO THE WIND.
SO, BUT ALL THE CATS THAT WERE, UH, UH, WE GOT ALL OF THOSE RELEASED.
I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAD ONE THAT PASSED AWAY.
ONE WAS DECEASED COMING OUTTA THE HOUSE.
BUT THE REST OF 'EM WENT, WENT ON, UH, A REPORT FROM ONE OF THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT TOOK THE ANIMALS FROM US, UH, SAID THAT THEY ONLY HAVE FIVE REMAINING FROM THE 30 THAT THEY TOOK.
AND THAT'S, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE, THE ORGANIZATION IN HOUSTON THAT TOOK SOME, UM, THEY HAVE LITTLE LESS THAN HALF LEFT.
WELL, I, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SECOND THE CONVERSATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE.
UM, THAT WAS PRETTY OVERWHELMING.
AND IN WHAT THE 25 YEARS THAT I HAVE PARTICIPATED, WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I GUARANTEE YOU THAT IT WAS A BAD SITUATION.
BUT WE HAVE SO MANY, MANY CITIZENS THAT ANIMAL WELFARE AND TAKING CARE OF GOD'S CREATURES IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND ON THAT AS WELL, WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FROM THE CITY THAT STEPPED UP.
UM, ALEX AND MYSELF, WE'VE, UH, WORKED IN THIS FIELD FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND, UH, UH, THE WAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO US, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS FIRST FOR ME.
SO I REALLY WANT, WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS FOR DONATING AND HELPING US OUT, UH, CARING FOR THESE ANIMALS.
AND IN THE FUTURE, I MEAN, WE KIND OF TOUCHED BASE A LITTLE BIT.
IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO, ORDINANCES NEEDS A CHANGE, CHIEF, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL WISE.
UM, ALRIGHT THEN WE, IS IT OKAY IF I ASK HER, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON, ON, UM, JOSE AND AND CHIEF? YES, MA'AM.
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IT NOVEMBER? IS IT NOVEMBER? WHEN IS NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE, UM, ANIMAL SERVICES? ISN'T THERE A A, A CELEBRATION DATE? IT'S A WEEK AND IT'S IN APRIL.IS THERE NOT ONE THOUGH, IN NOVEMBER ALSO? I DON'T THINK SO.
CHRIS, THERE IS, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, THERE'S A NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER APPRECIATION WEEK, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO A SEPARATE NATIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK.
SO, AND FOR US, WE TEND TO LUMP EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND THE A C O APPRECIATION WEEK TENDS TO RUN THE SAME WEEK AS THE NATIONAL DISPATCHER.
SO WE, IN, IN HURST, WE FOREGO THAT TO GIVE THE DISPATCHERS THE, THE SHINE THEY DESERVE.
SO WE WAIT FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK.
THAT WAY OUR SHELTER STAFF IS INCLUDED.
AND WHEN DO YOU CELEBRATE IT? UH, CHRIS, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, ALRIGHT.
I'D HAVE TO, I'VE HAD TO, I'D HAVE TO HIT TO GOOGLE TO FI FIGURE OUT THE EXACT, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE IT GETS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA SO THEY CAN RECOGNIZE IT.
UM, I THAT OUR PEOPLE, AND THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THE FACE OF OUR NEW SUPERVISOR AND OUR PEOPLE.
AND I, I WOULD SO MUCH LIKE TO SEE THAT TO BE A PUBLIC PRESENTATION.
IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW, UH, KAREN IS PRO ANIMAL SHELTER AND PRO SHELTER.
SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET THE REC RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE.
SO YOU PEOPLE ARE WHAT MAKE THIS SHELTER.
YOU ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO WORK WITH THESE PRECIOUS CREATURES, GOD'S CREATURES.
AND EVERY DAY ISN'T A PRETTY DAY.
SO YES, FOR ME, THEY ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SO I JUST HAVE ONE MORE LITTLE THING.
LET ME JUST LOAD UP YOUR PLATE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS NOW IS WE HAVE FOUR, UH, UH, PEOPLE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT NUMBER FIVE, WHO WILL BE AN A C O OFFICER.
IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING OUR NUMBER SIX BACK? NO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WE, WE LOOK AT OUR STATISTICS AND THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT BRINGING JOSE ON, IS FOR HIM TO LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCY OF THE WHOLE, OF, OF THE, THE SHELTER AS A WHOLE AND TO SEE WHERE WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, I DON'T EXPECT HIM TO GIVE ME THAT KIND OF ANSWER IN, IN WHAT, THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE? OF COURSE NOT.
UM, GIVE HIM A YEAR, UH, MAYBE TWO TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE.
SO IT'S, UH, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE FUNCTIONING WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND THEY'RE, THEY, THEY, THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
THEY'RE VERY EFFICIENT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY LOOK AT IS THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE, IS IT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS ON A WHOLE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE, ARE ARE TRAPPING POLICY OF, OF, IF WE DO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S PERSONNEL, THAT'S TIME.
AND THAT IT'S VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU LOOK ON HOLES FOR THE CITY.
SO, BUT IT IS CUSTOMER SERVICE AND IT'S, WE GET TO SEE THE FACES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY CAN SEE THEIR FACES AND, OKAY.
AND I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING THAT NOW I'M SITTING HERE WONDERING WHY WE DON'T HAVE SIX PEOPLE.
UM, IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVING OUR CHRISTMAS DONATION CHRISTMAS TREE, OR PERHAPS AFTER WE JUST ASK THE COMMUNITY, DO HELP US WITH THE 66 CATS? SHOULD WE MAYBE FOREGO IT THIS YEAR OR, NO, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE STILL GONNA DO THE CHRISTMAS TREE THIS YEAR.
JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE IN PRIOR YEARS.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE COMMENT BESIDES ME? I'M SORRY.
I'M JUST GONNA, LAST THING IS, UH, JUST, UH, WE APPROVED OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS, AND THE BUDGET IS INCLUDED THE, UH, UH, EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
WHAT DOES THE EXPANSION MEAN? SO, UH, TO KINDA EXPAND ON THIS AT THE, AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL BE BRINGING IT FORWARD TO, TO THE COUNCIL FOR US TO HIRE THE ARCHITECTS OFFICIALLY TO DO THE RESEARCH TO SEE WHAT WE NEED IN THERE.
UM, AND, UM, WE, WE'VE REACHED OUT AND DID A RESEARCH.
WE GOT BIDS AND THE, THE, THE ARCHITECT THAT WE SELECTED HAS BROUGHT IN ESSENTIALLY THE ANIMAL SHELTER EXPERT IN FROM AUSTIN, WHO LOOKED AT THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY AND SAYS THAT OUR FACILITY AS A WHOLE IS SQUARE FOOTAGE WISE, IS THE RIGHT SIZE.
WHERE IS IT ABOUT 1800? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT FOOTAGE? OH, NO, NO, IT'S MUCH LARGER THAN THAT.
I, I, I, I'D BE LYING TO IF I TOLD YOU, BUT, BUT THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE ASSESSMENT TO FIND OUT WHAT
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CAN WE DO WITH THAT AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT THING LOOK GRAND INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TEAR IT DOWN AND BUILD A BRAND NEW ONE.SO I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT THERE IS CONVERSATION REGARDING THAT BUILDING.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS, THAT AS A CITIZEN I AM, I'M DISAPPOINTED.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS CONVERSATION THAT IT WAS GOING TO GO ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POLICE STATION BY THE BEDFORD COMMONS, BY THE LIBRARY DOWN TO THE PARK.
OH, LET'S STOP AT THE SHELTER.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUR SHELTER OUT OF ELI AND INTO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
IS THAT OVER? THERE'S NO, WELL, IT'S IN BEDFORD.
I TRY TO RUN IT AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRANDIOSE SCHEME OF THE NEEDS IN THE CITY THERE, WE HAVE LOTS OF NEEDS FOR THINGS HAVE NOT GOT ADDRESSED.
WE HAVE A WAY TO IMMEDIATELY, RELATIVELY YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF TO GET THIS THING, GET THIS SHELTER FIXED, WHERE THOSE ANIMALS CAN BE HEALTHY AND THEY CAN BE HAPPY.
UM, WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE ACROSS THE CITY FOR LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE LOTS WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE WHERE A NEW FIRE STATION GOES.
AND THOSE ARE EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
I DIDN TO KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO GET ASSISTANCE QUICKLY.
SO, UM, SPENDING AN EXTRA TWO MINUTES TO DRIVE OVER THE ANIMAL SHELTER, I THINK IS REASONABLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF HEARST PAID, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING 10, 10, 10 MILLION PLUS NOW.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE EIGHT AT THE TIME, AT THE TIME THAT BOND WAS PUT TO A VOTE.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE EIGHT, EIGHT AND A HALF MAYBE.
BUT, BUT I THINK TALKING TO, I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT.
I'M NOT THE ANIMAL CONTROL EXPERT TALKING TO THE EXPERTS.
THEY THINK THEY CAN WORK EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED INTO THAT BUILDING AND, AND MAKE IT AS NEW AND GOOD AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND, AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE HEALTH OF THE ANIMALS.
IF WE CAN KEEP THEM ANIMALS IN THERE HEALTHY AND WE CAN GIVE THEM ACCESS TO BE OUTSIDE, TO PLAY AND, AND EXERCISE A BIT MORE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR GOAL.
WELL, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU.
I, AS A CITIZEN OF BEDFORD, I CAN, COURSE I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEDFORD, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT NEW ANIMAL SHELTER.
SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR 'EM, BUT I'M ASKING, CAN WE NOT GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE IT? ARE YOU WILLING FOR A $12 MILLION BOND ON A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER? WELL, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE MY, BUT DON'T PUT IT ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.
MY, MY PO POSITION FOR AS COUNSEL AND, AND WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT CHIEF'S, RIGHT? I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS AND A FINITE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK.
UM, WE HAVE, I, I MEAN OUR ANIMALS, WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT.
I MEAN OUR, WE HAVE THREE BUILDINGS FOR CITY HALL THAT WE HAVE OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES WORKING IN DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS UNDER MY, AND THAT'S NOT, AND AND, AND OUR FIRE STATION NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I KNOW THAT WE JUST DID THE, THE, UM, UH, POLICE REDID THE POLICE STATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A, A FIRE TRAINING FACILITY RIGHT ON SITE.
UM, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT PUSHING IT ASIDE.
IT'S UTILIZING THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND MAKING IT, AND, AND, AND I I, I'LL BET YOU A LUNCH, I'LL BET YOU A LUNCH THAT ONCE IT'S DONE AND, AND, AND UH, FINISHED, YOU'RE GONNA BE AS PROUD OF THAT AS YOU WOULD WITH A NEW FACILITY.
ALL I WANNA SAY IS THIS, THAT I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE'VE GOT A NEW PARK AND WE'VE GOT A NEW CULTURAL, BUT I, THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIZENS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ANIMAL WELFARE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE FACILITY THAT YOU ARE GONNA GET OUT OF THIS.
THAT IT MAY NOT BE LOCATED DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.
BUT, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE A, A SAFE PLACE TO WORK.
THAT'S CAN THEY HAVE A LUNCHROOM? DO THEY GET A LUNCHROOM, A BREAK ROOM, HAVE SOME AREA THAT THEY NEED A BREAK ROOM FOR GOD'S SAKE.
AND THAT THE ANIMALS ARE SAFE AND, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT THEY'RE UNSAFE NOW.
IT'S A, IT'S STILL A GOOD FACILITY.
IT'S JUST NOT THE SHOWPLACE THAT WE WANT IT TO BE.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE, BE A GOOD ENVIRONMENT WHEN THEY COME IN THERE.
AND I'M IMPRESSED THAT YOU'RE SAYING SHOWPLACE.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL, I I HAVE CO I AM DISAPPOINTED.
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I WANTED THAT LOCATION.THAT'S WHAT I, MY HEART WAS SET ON, BUT WHO CARES WHAT I THINK.
ALRIGHT, WHERE ARE WE NOW? WE'RE, UH, UH, READY FOR, SHOULD WE DISCUSS
[5. Discussion on future meeting dates.]
OUR ON FUTURE MEETINGS? FUTURE MEETINGS? CAN I OPEN THAT UP TO YOU? SO TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LIFE, TWO MORE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.SO I WAS THINKING ONE NEXT MONTH AND ONE IN NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER'S HOLIDAYS, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE TRAVELING.
DATES IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WANNA PICK? UH, WE CAN DO OCTOBER 9TH.
UM, UH, LET ME, UH, UH, JOSE, HOW DO WE CAN, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TENTATIVELY SET THESE, BUT THEN WE WILL CHECK WITH DR.
REED TO SEE, SHE GAVE YOU SOME DATES OR SHE DID NOT GIMME DATES.
OH, SHE GAVE YOU A COUPLE DAYS OF THE WEEK THAT ARE BETTER, DIDN'T SHE? AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS TUESDAY DIDN'T IT WAS FOR THIS WEEK.
AND THEN FOR NEXT WEEK, IF SHE WAS, IF WE WOULD SAID THE NEXT WEEK, IT'D BE THURSDAY.
SO, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER ARE GOOD DATES.
AND WE CAN WORK OUT THOSE DATES AND PUBLISH THOSE AND GET IT OUT TO, TO WHOEVER GET OUT TO THE CITIZENS.
THE, THE ONLY, UH, LET ME SAY THIS, DR.
REED AND ALL OF YOU ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME.
BUT ON, UM, WEDNESDAY THE 18TH, I'M NOT AVAILABLE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I GO TO THE KROGER ONCE A WEEK.
SO OCTOBER, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SHOOT FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9TH.
AND THEN THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6TH.
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6TH, WHICH I HAVE ON MY CALENDAR IS THE NATIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO SOMETHING.
JOYCE MEYER DO A PROCLAMATION FOR, FOR JOYCE MEYERS SAYS, IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.
WELL, I WOULD NEVER TALK AGAIN.
I'M GONNA USE THAT WHEN YOU CALL ME FROM HERE ON OUT.
JOYCE MEYER SAYS, IS IT NOVEMBER? IT IS, YES.
AND THEN WE'LL INTRODUCE JOSE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALEX WILL BE HERE.
SO I DID, WE SET OUR TENTATIVELY SET.
AND I'LL SEND EVERYBODY AN EMAIL ONCE I GET SET FULL ACROSS.
SO I THINK WE'VE COMPLETED, UH, OUR, OUR AGENDA.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND I GUESS IT'S, WHAT TIME IS IT? 1230.