Sep 26, 2023 City Council

IT'S 6:00. IT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

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JUST TO START THINGS OFF, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE, MAYOR BOYTER, AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, STEPPED DOWN AND RESIGNED.

SO ME BEING HERE, TAKING OVER THIS THIS PRESIDING OVER THIS MEETING AS MAYOR PRO TEM IS IS PART OF MY DUTIES.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT AND JUST STATE THE OBVIOUS, THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT MEETING NOT HAVING MAYOR BOYTER HERE.

BUT IF HE'S OUT THERE, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK EVERYONE HERE REALIZES THAT WE MISS HIM.

BUT CITY GOVERNMENT MUST GO ON AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE MOVING THIS CITY FORWARD.

AND AND WE HAVE A PATH SET OUT IN FRONT OF US AND A MISSION AND AND WE'RE HERE TO DO THAT.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH AN INVOCATION FROM JACK TAROT FOR THE KIDS BEACH CLUB.

GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. WELCOME.

WELL, THANK YOU. HEY, I KNOW IT'S NEW, RIGHT? BUT AS I WAS THINKING AND YOU DID GIVE ME, LIKE HE SAID, TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU WANT.

I WON'T. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU HEAR FROM US THAT WE SUPPORT YOU AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S DIFFERENT.

AND THERE WAS A TIME IN THE LIFE OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL WHEN MOSES WAS TAKEN, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE WAS A NEW LEADER THAT CAME IN.

AND SO FATHER SAID TO HIM, I'M GOING TO ORDER YOUR STEPS.

SO MY PRAYER AS I'M LOOKING YOU IN THE EYE IS TO TELL YOU MY PRAYER TO YOU TONIGHT.

IS THAT SOMEONE ABOVE ORDER YOUR STEPS.

JOIN ME IN PRAYER, WOULD YOU? FATHER, I THANK YOU.

THAT YOU DIDN'T LEAVE US HERE ON PLANET EARTH WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, FATHER.

AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE.

BUT THE WORD THAT WE HAVE, THE STRENGTH THAT WE CAN GAIN FROM THAT.

AND THEN THE THE PEOPLE, FATHER THAT WE CAN LEAN ON AND AND TRUST THAT THAT GOD, WHAT THEY DID BEFORE US WOULD ALLOW OUR PATH TO BE SMOOTH.

AND SO THAT IS EXACTLY.

FATHER, WHAT I PRAY FOR THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

LORD THEY THEY'RE GIVING THEIR TIME, THEIR TALENT.

AND SO, FATHER, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD JUST LISTEN TO YOU, FATHER, AND THAT YOU WOULD ORDER THEIR STEPS, LORD, AND GUIDE THEM IN THIS TIME.

THANK YOU FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

FATHER. THANK YOU FOR THEIR THEIR OPENNESS TO SERVE FATHER.

THANK YOU FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO TO TAKE ON DIFFICULT TASKS.

I AGREE.

CITY'S GOT TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT MEANS SOMEONE'S GOT TO STEP UP.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THESE FOLK THAT HAVE SAID, HERE I AM, LORD, SEND ME SO BLESS THEM, FATHER.

BLESS THIS MEETING IN A IN A UNIQUE WAY.

MAY YOUR SPIRIT OF PEACE FALL.

AND WE JUST THANK YOU, FATHER, IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.

IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME, I PRAY.

AMEN AND AMEN. AMEN.

THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER DONOVAN GERMAIN, LEAD US TO THE PLEDGES.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS COUNCIL RECOGNITION.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

WE HAVE OUR FIRE CHIEF HERE.

YES. NOT NO FIRE CHIEF.

OKAY. WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS FOR CHERYL TAYLOR.

NO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.

OKAY. OKAY, SO I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANY SERVICE RECOGNITION, SO THAT WAS AWKWARD.

MOVING ON. ALL RIGHT.

I GUESS THEY MUST BE WORKING. WORKING? MOVING ON.

WE HAVE A AWARD PRESENTATION TO THE WINNER OF THE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX CONTEST.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE TO THE PODIUM CHRISTY ODIN, CULTURAL ARTS MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

HEY, CHRISTY. ALL RIGHT. HI.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

OKAY. TONIGHT IS SUPER SPECIAL AND EXCITING.

SO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I ACTUALLY WAS HAVING BREAKFAST ON A DAY OFF, AND I LOOKED DOWN AND I SAW THAT I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE FBI AND I THOUGHT, OH, GOSH.

SO I READ IT AND IT WAS THE COOLEST THING.

SPECIAL AGENT EMILY HUTCHINSON EMAILED AND SHE HAD SEEN SOME OF OUR SIGNAL BOXES AROUND THE CITY AND LOVED, LOVED THEM, LOVED THE IDEA OF

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AND SO SHE ASKED IF WE COULD PARTNER FOR HATE CRIMES AWARENESS MONTH AND CREATE OR DO A CONTEST TO HAVE SUBMISSIONS FOR A DESIGN THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY AND LOVE AND COMING TOGETHER AND WHAT IT MEANS TO FIGHT HATE CRIMES.

AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S AMAZING.

SO WE MET.

WE GOT A SIGNAL BOX CONTEST TOGETHER FASTER THAN I EVER HAVE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

WE MOVED AT WARP SPEED.

WE GOT SOME AMAZING SUBMISSIONS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FBI CHOSE THIS ONE BY JODIE POPE.

I THINK A FEW OF US MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH JODIE.

SHE'S DONE A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER SIGNAL BOXES AND SHE'S PHENOMENAL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I READ THE DESCRIPTION OF HER DESIGN, WORKING WITH THE FBI ON THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.

I THINK. I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THAT ART CAN DO THINGS SUCH AS RAISE AWARENESS FOR ISSUES LIKE HATE, CRIME AWARENESS. IT CAN CREATE ENGAGEMENT, IT CAN CREATE CONVERSATION, IT CAN DO IMPORTANT WORK.

IT'S SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST SOMETHING PRETTY TO LOOK AT.

AND SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.

AND TO HAVE THE FBI SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS AND THAT THEY CAN PLAY THAT ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS EVERYTHING.

SO THIS IS AN HONOR FOR BEDFORD THIS WAS AN HONOR FOR ME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EMILY HUTCHINSON IS THE ONE THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AND I MEAN THE FBI'S COOL, BUT SHE'S THE COOLEST.

LIKE SHE'S REALLY ONE OF THE COOLEST PEOPLE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JODIE'S SUBMISSION.

SO SHE SAYS IT'S NOT JUST A SIGNAL BOX ENTRY.

IT COMMUNICATES A PURPOSEFUL MESSAGE TO ITS VIEWERS.

THE HANDS REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, THE HANDS DISPLAY GRATITUDE, HELPFULNESS, LOVE, UNDERSTANDING AND TRUTH.

HANDS ARE OUR FORM OF SOCIAL CULTURE, AFFECTION AND COMPASSION.

THE HANDS ARE OUTSIDE A SUPERHERO WORLD OF A COMIC BOOK.

POP ART OF COMIC BOOKS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE CAN RECOGNIZE.

IT'S WHERE SUPERHEROES LIVE, FIGHT THE BAD AND OVERCOME THE NEGATIVE FORCES THEY MEET.

MY GOAL IS TO NON-VERBALLY SHOW THE VIEWERS OF THIS PIECE THAT THEY ARE THE SUPERHEROES WE NEED.

WE CAN ALL LIVE ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER BEING THE BEST WE CAN BE.

AND LASTLY, THE IMPACT OF THE LARGE FRONT BUBBLE, THE POW, THE BANG, THE BOOM OF THE COMIC STORY.

WE ARE THE ACTION THAT SEPARATES A GOOD THOUGHT OR IDEA INTO EXISTENCE.

AND THEN SHE HAD SOME QUOTES FROM SOME COMIC BOOK HEROES.

WE MIGHT KNOW LIFE DOESN'T GIVE US PURPOSE.

WE GIVE LIFE PURPOSE.

DREAMS SAVE US, DREAMS LIFT US AND TRANSFORM US.

THE FUTURE IS WORTH IT ALL THE PAIN, ALL THE TEARS, THE FUTURE IS WORTH THE FIGHT.

AND YOU COUNTER WITH DESPAIR.

WITH HOPE. SO I THINK SHE PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATED EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR THIS DESIGN.

AND IT'S AT THE CORNER OF LINCOLNSHIRE AND FOREST RIDGE, RIGHT AS YOU'RE ENTERING GENERATIONS PARK, WHICH IS I SAW IT TODAY, AND ART TRANSFORMED SPACES ALL THE TIME. BUT THIS PIECE LITERALLY GIVES THE VIBE OF THE SECOND YOU ENTER THE PARK, YOU ARE MET WITH A VISION OF COMING TOGETHER AND COMMUNITY AND LOVE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL WHEN THEY ENTER A COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THIS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE JODY POPE COME UP AND RECEIVE HER AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS, JODIE.

JODI, YOU'RE AMAZING.

FANTASTIC JOB. OKAY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP.

ASSISTANT SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE HOLLY KELLY AND SPECIAL AGENT EMILY HUTCHINSON.

SO, JODY, ON BEHALF OF THE FBI DALLAS DIVISION, WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.

HATE CRIMES IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE FBI'S CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO YOUR SUPERHERO DEPICTION IS THE ULTIMATE DEPICTION.

I'M SORRY, OF OF THAT AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

SO IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU A CERTIFICATE SIGNED ON BEHALF SIGNED BY OUR SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, CHAD YARBROUGH.

I WOULD LIKE TO READ YOU THE COMMENTS THAT ARE ON HERE.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 2023 ANNUAL HATE CRIMES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

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THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TALENT WITH US.

YOU HAVE A BRIGHT AND COLORFUL FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU, AND THAT'S FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

THAT'S COOL. CONGRATULATIONS.

OH, THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

SEMA, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE GO AHEAD AND COUNCIL.

YOU GUYS MIND TAKING A PICTURE HERE? I COME OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FBI HERE WITH ME.

OKAY. READY? ONE, TWO.

READY? ONE, TWO, THREE.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

WE CAN DO THAT. SO IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T SEE JODIE.

SURE. THIS IS HER TRAFFIC TICKET BOX.

YEAH. $3,000.

I'LL MEET YOU ON. THANK YOU AGAIN.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN JUST TAKE PRIDE IN AND AND JUST TAKE PRIDE IN AS A CITY AND LOOKING AT THIS ART, YOU KNOW, THAT ART PIECE. JODY, I JUST HAVE TO SAY, LOOKING AT SOMETHING IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU AN EMOTION, GIVE YOU A FEELING.

AND I'M JUST SEEING POSITIVITY.

WHEN I SEE THAT, I JUST SEE TEAMWORK.

I SEE POSITIVITY WHEN I WHEN I SEE THAT.

SO IT JUST ENCAPSULATES ENCAPSULATED EVERYTHING THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

SO GREAT JOB.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2023 AS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

WE HAVE OFFICER MCNICOL HERE TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT.

GO AHEAD AND READ THIS PROCLAMATION.

SO WHEREAS THE VITALITY OF OUR CITY DEPENDS ON HOW SAFE WE KEEP OUR HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.

AND. WHEREAS, CRIME AND FEAR OF CRIME DESTROYS OUR TRUST IN OTHERS AND INSTITUTIONS THREATENING THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH, PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND. WHEREAS, PEOPLE OF ALL AGES MUST BE MADE AWARE OF WHAT THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS AND COWORKERS FROM BEING HARMED BY DRUGS, VIOLENCE AND OTHER CRIME.

AND. WHEREAS, CRIME PREVENTION INITIATES I'M SORRY, INITIATIVES MUST INCLUDE SELF-PROTECTION AND SECURITY, BUT THEY MUST GO BEYOND THESE AND PROMOTE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO MAKE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER FOR ALL AGES AND DEVELOP POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND. WHEREAS, ADULTS MUST INVEST TIME, RESOURCES AND POLICY SUPPORT AND EFFECTIVE PREVENTION INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR USE AND TEENS MUST BE ENGAGED IN DRIVING CRIME FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND. WHEREAS, EFFECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS EXCEL BECAUSE THEY'RE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CIVIC GROUPS, SCHOOLS, FAITH COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS AS THEY HELP TO NURTURE COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND INSTILL PRIDE.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023 AS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND URGE ALL CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES TO INVEST IN THE POWER OF PREVENTION AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, SIR. I THINK YOU GOT IT ALL RIGHT.

JUST FINE. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION FOR RECOGNIZING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2023, AS OFFICIAL DAY FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS ONE.

WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

NIGHT OUT. AMERICA'S NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME WAS INTRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH, A NONPROFIT CRIME PREVENTION ORGANIZATION IN 1983.

AND. WHEREAS, THE 40TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME IS A NATIONWIDE EVENT DESIGNED TO PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY.

AND. WHEREAS, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO HEIGHTEN CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION AWARENESS, GENERATE PARTICIPATION IN THE LOCAL ANTI-CRIME PROGRAMS, STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD SPIRIT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND SEND A MESSAGE TO CRIMINALS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ORGANIZED AND FIGHTING BACK.

AND. WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 3RD.

NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS BEDFORD AND ACROSS TEXAS WILL TURN ON THEIR PORCH LIGHTS IN OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I.

DAN COGAN, MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 3RD, 2023, AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS OF

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WE HAVE 19 STOPS. WHAT'S THAT? I KNOW. NEXT TIME, IT'S HIGH FIVE.

I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE 19 LOCATIONS SIGNED UP, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY OUT.

WE HAVE A GREAT TIME EVERY YEAR.

SO GETTING OUT AND SEEING THE CITIZENS, IF YOU DIDN'T GET SIGNED UP THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, THAT'S YOUR YEAR.

GET YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER AND GET US OUT THERE.

AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU, SO.

ALL RIGHT. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

WE GOT ONE MORE.

HERE IT IS.

PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2023 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE. WE GOT A LOT HERE.

SO WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING AWARENESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AND. WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH WAS FIRST DECLARED IN 1989.

AND. WHEREAS, THE DAY OF UNITY WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2023.

AND. WHEREAS, THE COMMUNITY IS ENCOURAGED TO WEAR PURPLE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 2023, TO SYMBOLIZE PEACE, COURAGE AND SURVIVAL, AND PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING, PROMOTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS.

AND. WHEREAS, MILLIONS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE ARE EXPOSED TO THE EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA CAUSED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE.

AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD AFFIRMS ITS SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS, SURVIVORS AND WITNESSES TO THE VIOLENCE BY OFFERING SUPPORT AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO PREVENT RECIDIVISM AND PROMOTE HEALING.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY BEDFORD AND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND URGE ALL CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES TO INVEST IN THE POWER AND PREVENTION AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

LET'S HIGH FIVE. I WAS IMPRESSED THAT YOU.

I'M GOING THROUGH IT ALL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU GUYS MIND TAKING A PICTURE? OF COURSE. THAT'S GOOD. HUH? AREN'T YOU COMING? THANKS, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WE ARE DONE WITH OUR COUNCIL RECOGNITIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON WITH OUR AGENDA AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE LIBRARY, PRINT AND MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS, PRIMARILY USED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SMART BY CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS VENDORS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $225,000.

THIS IS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

AND AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE BY BOARDS, WE HAVE GREATER POWER, IF YOU WILL, IN GETTING LOWER PRICES BECAUSE OF ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

SO IT SAVES OUR RESIDENTS TAX DOLLARS.

THE NEXT AND FINAL ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CANCEL THE OCTOBER 24TH, 2023 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

NOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IF THIS IS APPROVED, THEN AT 545 ON OCTOBER 24TH, COUNCIL WILL HAVE A SHORT MEETING TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

AND THEN IS THAT INCORRECT? NO INTERVIEWS ARE ON THIS.

I MEAN, TO A POINT. TO A POINT.

I'M SORRY. I WAS LIKE YOU WERE SAYING.

NO, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, TO A POINT.

SORRY. YEAH. YOU CAN'T DO INTERVIEWS IN 15 MINUTES.

SORRY. BUT TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'LL BE A JOINT P AND Z CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP FOR THE MASTER PLAN.

SORRY ABOUT THE MESS UPS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION FIRST MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SIX WITH SIX ZERO.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

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[4. Public hearing and consider an ordinance amending Appendix C of the Code of Ordinances, City of Bedford, Texas, the Subdivision Ordinance of the City, specifically amending Chapter 5 (Subdivision Design Standards) and Chapter 6 (Public Services Development Policies); and repealing and replacing the existing Chapter 7 (Tree Preservation) with a new Chapter 7 (Land Distributing Activities.]

OKAY. AND I GO AHEAD AND GIVE US WES MORRISON.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, BACK IN JULY, WE ADOPTED OUR CITY COUNCIL, ADOPTED A NEW TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.

AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT WAS TAKING IT OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND PUTTING IT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

SO WHAT THIS IS WHAT SPURRED THAT'S THAT'S WHAT SPURRED THIS AGENDA ITEM.

WHILE WE WERE DOING THAT, WE KNEW WE HAD TO AMEND THE THE SUBDIVISION REGS AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY TO DO SOME BAND-AID FIXES OR SOME REAL QUICK FIXES THAT WE COULD THAT STAFF HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH UNDER THE CURRENT SUBDIVISION REGS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE COMBINED HERE FOR YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO REAL QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.

FIRST, IN CHAPTER FIVE, WE ADDED A REQUIREMENT THAT OR PROPOSING A REQUIREMENT THAT LOTS THAT ARE TO BE MAINTAINED OR ANY COMMON LOT OR DETENTION POND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN FUTURE, SUBDIVISIONS HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ESTABLISHED TO MAINTAIN THOSE.

ALSO IN CHAPTER FIVE, WE REMOVED THE REQUIREMENT THAT BUILDING SETBACK LINES BE SHOWN ON PLATS.

REASON WE DID THAT IS BUILDING SETBACK LINES ARE A ZONING FUNCTION AND WHEN YOU START COMBINING THE TWO IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING.

AND IF THE ZONING CHANGES AND THE PLAT NEVER CHANGES AND THE PLAT SUPERSEDES ZONING.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THAT SECOND OR THIRD ITEM.

WE INCREASED THE SIDEWALK SIZE FROM 4FT TO 5FT AND THEN WE REQUIRED CROSS CONNECTION ACCESS BETWEEN NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. RIGHT NOW WE HAD NO REQUIREMENTS TO REQUIRE NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS NEXT TO EACH OTHER TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CROSS CONNECTION, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ENTRY POINTS ONTO ROADWAYS AND WHATNOT.

CHAPTER SIX.

THOSE ARE THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES.

WE ADDED THE REQUIREMENT OF A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DETERMINATION.

WHAT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY GIVES THE CITY ENGINEER SOME THEY HAVE TO OR THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE SOME DOCUMENTATION TO GIVE THE CITY ENGINEER DETERMINATION WHETHER A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MENTION OF A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IN OUR SUBDIVISION REGS AS IT STANDS TODAY.

SO THIS ADDS THAT IN THERE.

LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. ALSO ADDED A DRAINAGE REQUIREMENT.

RIGHT NOW THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT FOR STORMWATER DRAIN IF IT WAS DRAINING ONTO AN ADJACENT LOT, THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT FOR AN OFF SITE EASEMENT.

THIS ADDS THAT REQUIREMENT SO THAT EASEMENTS CAN'T BE BLOCKED.

AND AND SO IF WATER IS DRAINING, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF IF AN OUTFALL IS THERE, THERE'S SOME TYPE OF EASEMENT TO PROTECT US AND. THEN THE WE ALSO UPDATED THE STANDARD WATER AND SEWER MAIN SIZE FROM 6IN TO 8IN.

THAT'S ALREADY SOMETHING WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY.

WE'RE JUST UPDATING THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT.

AND THEN LASTLY, IN CHAPTER SEVEN, AS I SAID, WE'RE REMOVING THE TREE PRESERVATION AND WE'RE ADDING IN A ESSENTIALLY A IT'S A LOT DISTURBING SECTION RIGHT NOW.

IF ANYONE WITHIN THE CITY UNDER AN ACRE WANTED TO DO ANY TYPE OF DIRT WORK, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY TYPE OF PERMIT REQUIRED.

SO THIS BUILDS IN.

SO IF WE ARE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE DOING SIGNIFICANT WORK ON THEIR PROPERTY.

THIS BUILDS INTEGRATING PERMIT SO THE CITY ENGINEER HAS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THAT.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DID.

SORRY, GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.

P AND Z DID REVIEW THESE CHANGES AND THEY RECOMMENDED A VOTE OF 0 TO 7.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THERE WERE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT I NOTICED WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE RED LINES ABOUT THE BUILDING SETBACK, REMOVING BUILDING SETBACK LINES.

COULD YOU ELABORATE MORE ON THAT? SURE. SO THE REASON AND IT'S IT'S COMMON IN OLDER ORDINANCES THAT SETBACK LINES ARE SHOWN ON PLATS.

THE PROBLEM WE'VE RUN INTO IS THAT PLATS SUPERSEDE ZONING AND SETBACKS ARE A ZONING FUNCTION.

SO IF IN THE FUTURE WE DECIDE TO AMEND A ZONING DISTRICT AND CHANGE A SETBACK LINE FROM 20FT TO 15FT, A PLAT THAT'S ALREADY PLOTTED WITH THAT 20 FOOT SETBACK IS WHAT WE HAVE TO GO WITH.

SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO ENFORCE ON ONE END, AND IT JUST IT'S CONTRADICTORY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING REMOVE THAT.

SO BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST CLEANING EVERYTHING UP.

EXACTLY. ANOTHER ONE WAS THE FILING FEES WERE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH THOSE.

RIGHT. THE FILING FEES NOW, THE APPLICANT PAYS FOR ALL THE FILING FEES.

THE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THE FEE SCHEDULE REQUIRED, THE APPLICANT PAY THE CITY, THE FILING FEES.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WITH THE LATEST FEE SCHEDULE THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR WAS THAT WE PUT THE FILING FEES ON THE APPLICANT.

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SO WE DON'T NEED TO COLLECT THOSE FILING FEES.

FANTASTIC. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP.

SURE. OKAY. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MAYOR PRO TEM. YEAH, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THIS WOULD TAKE EFFECT AS OF TONIGHT IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WHAT ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY THE CITY OR P AND Z RIGHT NOW? AND I KNOW BRIAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ANYTHING THAT HAS AN APPLICATION DATE PRIOR TO TONIGHT WOULD FALL UNDER THE RULES THAT ARE THAT WERE IN PLACE WHEN THE APPLICATION DATE WAS FILED.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU. I GOT ONE RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I LEARNED THIS TRICK FROM BOYTER JUST TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

SO, WES, WHERE'S YOUR TIE? OH, CARRYING IT ON.

THANK YOU. AND HE CONTINUES.

YOU DO HAVE YOU DO OWN TIES.

RIGHT? I DO. I DO.

OKAY. I'LL WEAR ONE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. CAN WE.

CAN WE DO. DO YOU HAVE A PINK ONE? I DO. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT MEETING, CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I CAN SEE EVERYONE'S DYING TO COME UP HERE FOR THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL GO IN ONCE, TWICE, THREE.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS AT 6:26.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE A FIRST, A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

I HEARD A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.

STEVES. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SIX ZERO.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION SIX, DASH 68, ADMINISTRATION ENFORCEMENT OF ARTICLE

[5. Consider an ordinance amending Section 6-68 - “Administration and Enforcement” of Article III - “Signs” of Chapter 6 - “Advertising” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bedford, Texas by adding a new Subsection (s) concerning noncommercial messages; and amending Subsection (f)(1) of Section 6-70, “Sign Types” by updating a statutory reference.]

BY ADDING A NEW SUBSECTIONS CONCERNING NON COMMERCIAL MESSAGES AND AMENDING THE SUBSECTION F ONE OF SECTION 670 SIGN TYPES AND UPDATING A STATUTORY REFERENCE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.

DURING A RECENT CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE, CITY STAFF ASKED THE ATTORNEY TO REVIEW THE SIGNED ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ENFORCING THINGS CORRECTLY.

AND WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT INTERPRETATIONS.

AND ONE THING THAT CAME UP WAS THAT OUR CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCE DOES NOT ADDRESS COMMERCIAL SIGNS VERSUS NON COMMERCIAL SIGNS AND AND HOW WE ENFORCE THOSE. AND ESSENTIALLY AND I MAY STUMBLE ON THIS ONE, SO I KNOW BRIAN'S GOING TO CORRECT ME IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE THE SIGN ORDINANCE CAN REGULATE THE THE SIGN CHARACTERISTICS ITSELF, THE SIZE, HEIGHT, LOCATION, SETBACKS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

WE CAN'T NECESSARILY REGULATE THE MESSAGE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROVISION DOES THAT WE'RE ADDING.

IT SAYS THAT ANY MESSAGE THAT'S ON A CONFORMING SIGN, WHETHER IT BE COMMERCIAL OR NONCOMMERCIAL, IS ALLOWED.

SO BRING ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? JUST ESSENTIALLY, THERE WAS A US SUPREME COURT CASE THAT MANDATED THAT CITIES ALLOW SOMEONE TO TAKE A SIGN WITH A COMMERCIAL MESSAGE AND REPLACE IT WITH A NON COMMERCIAL MESSAGE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE SPEECH ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIGN IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND A NON COMMERCIAL MESSAGE IS GIVEN GREATER DEFERENCE THAN A COMMERCIAL MESSAGE.

SO YOU HAVE TO ALLOW THAT SUBSTITUTION.

IT DOESN'T COME UP VERY FREQUENTLY, BUT IT'S ESSENTIAL TO HAVE IN YOUR ORDINANCE.

AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE WAS JUST UPDATING OUR POLITICAL SIGN SECTION TO REFLECT AN UPDATED CITING FROM THE STATE CODE.

AND THAT'S JUST A REFERENCE TO THE STATE CODE THAT WE PUT IN THERE.

NO CHANGES TO THAT. IT WAS JUST A REFERENCE.

SO AGAIN, I THINK IN THIS ITEM WE'RE JUST CLEANING THINGS UP AGAIN AND MAKING SURE WE'RE CLEAR AND NOT VAGUE, NOT INFRINGING ON ANYBODY'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ANY ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL? OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OKAY. I GOT FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI FOR APPROVAL.

MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HEAR A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND THAT APPROVES UNANIMOUSLY.

AGAIN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL THANK YOU.

STAFF LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX HERE.

[6. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas establishing a one-way street and adjusting traffic flow during school zone hours near Shady Brook Elementary School and posting traffic control devices. ***Item requested by Councilmember Gagliard]

THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI GAGLIARDI HAVE THE FLOOR.

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I'M THEN GOING TO PASS TO THE CHIEF.

I THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A STORY OR NO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO LATE SUMMER BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED, THE STAFF AT STONE GATE ELEMENTARY REACHED OUT TO US AND ASKED WHAT WOULD BE THE POSSIBILITIES OF SHADY SHADY BROOK? I'M SORRY. OKAY.

I WAS THINKING STONE GATE BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER ONE WAY ZONE.

SO SHADY BROOK ELEMENTARY ABOUT CONVERTING THAT TO A ONE WAY ZONE.

SO THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS TWO WAY TRAFFIC THERE THAT THAT THAT ROADWAY IS ABOUT FOUR CAR WIDTHS WIDE.

SO NOT ALL OF THE PARENTS CAN PICK GET INTO THE TO THE QUEUE THERE TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS ON THE PROPERTY.

SO WHAT THEY ASKED US TO LOOK AT IT CAN WE CREATE A WIDE ZONE.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE 25 AND 2600 BLOCK OF SHADY BROOK, ESSENTIALLY FROM MY STREET SPRINGDALE SOUTH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SHADY LAKE WOULD BE A SOUTHBOUND ONLY TRAFFIC LANE FROM 7:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 9 A.M.

AND THEN AGAIN FROM 2:00 UNTIL 4:00 PM EVERY DAY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

IT'S GOING TO ALLOW THE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO TO NAVIGATE ACROSS THAT ROADWAY A LITTLE SAFER.

THEY ONLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAFFIC COMING FROM ONE DIRECTION INSTEAD OF BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SO OUR TRAFFIC SECTION WENT OUT AND TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE MAKE THE MAKE THE MOVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR TODAY.

SO IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD AND YOU GUYS DO PASS THIS TO MAKE IT A ONE WAY ZONE, THE NEXT STEPS WILL GET SIGNAGE UP AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME EDUCATION CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGNS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FIRST TO NOTIFY THE FAMILIES AND THE PARENTS THAT ARE PICKING THEM UP.

AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL DO SOME NOTIFICATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VIOLATING THAT FOR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE WE TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON THEM.

SO FANTASTIC.

SO THIS RIGHT HERE, I'M SURE WE'VE HAD THIS ISN'T COMING OUT OF NOWHERE.

I'M SURE THERE'S BEEN SOME TERRIBLE INSTANCES.

I KNOW FROM MY SCHOOL HAVING DISMISSAL.

IT GETS IT GETS IT GETS WILD.

IT GETS CRAZY. PEOPLE CALL ME.

THEY CALL US NUMBER ONE USING A SPECIAL FINGER ON THE HAND.

AND IT'S IT'S JUST IT'S PRETTY WILD.

AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A WAY TO OBVIOUSLY CONTAIN THAT ENFORCE IT.

BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE GIVING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND LETTING THEM KNOW FIRST BEFORE WE DO THIS, BEFORE WE DO THIS.

SO. AND ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD, COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, SINCE THIS IS YOUR ITEM.

OH, NO. JUST THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, THE POLICE, EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE A PRINCIPAL, LINDSAY AND SUPERINTENDENT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT DOBIE WITH US HERE TONIGHT.

SO THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND WE APPRECIATE WORKING TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL? I HAVE A QUESTION. GO AHEAD.

COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS. THANKS, MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO, CHIEF WILLIAMS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE OR HAVE YOU BEEN PROACTIVELY LOOKING TO SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE THE SAME CHANGES SO FAR? STONE GATE ELEMENTARY IS THE OTHER SCHOOL.

THAT'S THE THAT WAS THE STREET THAT POPPED IN MY HEAD.

THEY HAVE A ONE WAY TRAFFIC FLOW THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THEM TO SEE IS IT IS IT PERTINENT IN ANY OF THESE OTHER LOCATIONS, MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL STAFF TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK? BECAUSE OUR PURPOSE IS TO KIND OF FILL WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.

AND IF THE SCHOOL STAFF, THEY'RE THERE ALL THE TIME, THEY HAVE BETTER EYES ON THIS THAN WE DO.

SO IF THEY SEE IT AS A PROBLEM, THEN WE'LL WORK AND SEE IF WE CAN'T COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION.

SO THIS ONE WE CAN DO WITHOUT REALLY INTERRUPTING THE TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGHOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE FOR FOR FOUR HOURS A DAY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

THAT BE A LITTLE INCONVENIENCE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO GO BACK NORTHBOUND.

BUT THERE IS THERE IS TRAFFIC FLOW PATTERNS AROUND THEM THAT THEY CAN GO.

SO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER STEVES, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU. CHIEF, YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU'RE GOING TO DO OUTREACH TO THE SCHOOL AND THE PARENTS.

WHAT ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS LETTING THEM KNOW HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE NOTIFIED BESIDES THE, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS POPPING UP? YEAH. SO WE'VE ONLY GOT, I THINK, ABOUT TEN HOUSES THAT ACTUALLY FACE THAT ROADWAY DURING THAT DAY TIME.

SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO THESE KIND OF THINGS, WE CAN REACH OUT TO THOSE NEIGHBORS.

AND THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE A WALKING CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT'S ONLY TEN HOUSES.

BUT WE'LL PUT THE SIGNS UP.

WE'LL PUT SOME RED FLAGS ON THERE TO NOTIFY, HEY, THIS IS NEW.

SO WHEN PEOPLE SEE IT, WE'LL WE'LL BE OUT THERE.

WE TYPICALLY WHEN WE MAKE A CHANGE LIKE THIS, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO IF PEOPLE TRY TO TURN NORTH BOUND ON THAT ROADWAY, WE WILL STOP THEM AND TELL THEM, HEY, IT'S BEEN CHANGED.

SO USUALLY IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO FOR PEOPLE TO GET USED TO THE NEW TRAFFIC FLOW.

AND THEN AND THEN THEN THEY GET IN THE RHYTHM AND THEY'LL GO USUALLY AROUND SCHOOL TIME.

PEOPLE STAY CLEAR. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING THERE TO PICK UP A KID, YOU STEER CLEAR OF IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.

THAT'S THE THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THE PEOPLE THERE KNOW KNOW WHAT TIME SCHOOL LETS OUT SO WELL.

THANK YOU, CHIEF. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A FIRST TO APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

HEAR A SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

[00:35:01]

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SIX ZERO. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN HERE.

[7. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter a contract with Bennett Partners, Architecture and Design in the amount of $213,000 to develop a design and engineering needs assessment for the renovation, interior reconfiguration, and addition to the existing structure of the Bedford Animal Control Shelter.]

ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR THE FOR THE FLOOR.

SO WHEN I GOT HERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THE ANIMAL SHELTER WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS, ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS AND TAKE A LOOK AT.

SO OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR FACILITY, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS AS THE DIRECTOR THAT'S OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I TRY TO BE A GOOD SHEPHERD OF OUR CITIZENS MONEY AND THEIR TAX DOLLARS.

SO WE LOOKED AT IT TO SEE CAN WE RENOVATE OUR CURRENT FACILITY AND MAKE IT TO A STANDARD THAT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS? SO THAT'S KIND OF THE VENTURE THAT WE TOOK OUT OUR CURRENT FACILITY IS LOCATED AT 1809 RELIANCE PARKWAY.

IT WAS BUILT IN, I BELIEVE, IN 1990.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY STILL ONE OF THE NEWER BUILDINGS IN THE CITY.

WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK ON THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS, WHEN WE LOOKED AT DO WE REMODEL, DO WE BUILD? WE HAVE LIMITED SPACES IN TOWN THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR FOR THIS TO MOVE ON TO AND TO BUILD A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER AT THIS POINT IS ABOUT AROUND $10 MILLION. SO WE TOOK AT IT.

WE WENT OUT FOR PROPOSAL, WE RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS BACK FOR DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE FIRMS TO TO LOOK AT THIS.

WE WENT THROUGH WE HAD A TEAM THAT GRADED THESE PROPOSALS THAT CAME IN, LOOKED AT THE HISTORY OF WORK, WHAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE, WHO THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE TO HELP THEM DO THEIR JOB. SO BENNETT AND ASSOCIATES WAS SELECTED AS THE AS THE ARCHITECT WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

AND WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS TO FOR YOU GUYS TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START THE RESEARCH OF WHAT THIS NEW REMODELED FACILITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, LOOK, IN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE, THEIR INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WE HAVE, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS FINE.

IT'S WHAT YOU NEED TODAY IS NOT WHAT YOU NEEDED 20 YEARS AGO.

YOU DON'T NEED AS A BIG A FACILITY AS AS PREVIOUSLY NEEDED.

SO SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.

SO, CHIEF, WITH THIS, THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM BENNETT, THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE DOING THIS TYPE OF PROJECT WITH SPECIFICALLY WITH ANIMAL SHELTERS.

THEY THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ANIMAL SHELTERS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BRING AN OUTSIDE GROUP IN.

IT'S CONNOLLY AND CONNOLLY CONSULTANTS OUT OF AUSTIN.

THEY'LL BE COMING IN SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING ALL THE STANDARDS THAT THE STATE HAS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE BUILDING REMODELING THAT FACILITY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST FOR ALL THE ANIMALS THERE.

SO AND TRYING TO CHECK ALL THE BOXES OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IT A SUCCESSFUL SHELTER.

SO FANTASTIC.

I KNOW IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED.

WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME ON ON THIS IF YOU GUYS APPROVE? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PRETTY QUICK. WE'RE GETTING THE GET THE PLANNING STARTED.

SO YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT A SIX MONTH PLANNING PROCESS AND LITERALLY PROBABLY AT LEAST A YEAR TO GET TO GET THE REMODEL UNDERWAY AND GET THAT COMPLETED.

SO CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL EXACTLY HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE.

BUT THEY'RE SAYING PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE TO START FROM NOW.

AND AND THEN YOU SAID HOPEFULLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS, SIX MONTHS START.

OKAY. AND THEN AND THEN A THEN A YEAR FROM THERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL CHIEF IS A SO THIS IS 198,000.

SO IS THAT TYPICALLY ABOUT 10% OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE THE PROJECT ITSELF? BALLPARK, WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK AT, WHEN THEY CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT IT, THEY SAY THIS IS GOING TO COST US BETWEEN PROBABLY AT ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TO $2 MILLION. SO YEAH, RIGHT, ABOUT 10%.

SO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES CHIEF THAT SAYS 198.

AND ON OUR AGENDA ITEM SAYS 213.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE 15? SO IF YOU LOOK INTO THEIR PACKET IN THE BACK, THERE WAS THEY HAD SOME ALLOWANCES FOR FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING AND FOR DRAINAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SINCE WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE FOOTPRINT OF THAT BUILDING AND IT'S NOT CHANGING, WE DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

SO WE'RE LITERALLY JUST GOING TO CHANGE THE OUTSIDE FACADE AND THE INTERIOR OF THAT BUILDING AND THE EXTERIOR OF IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHATSOEVER.

SO SO THE THE ASKING PRICE, 198,000.

SO IT'S NOT THE 213IN THE.

RESOLUTION. YES, SIR.

OKAY. YEAH.

THERE IS A DISCREPANCY ON OUR END BECAUSE, YEAH, I CAUGHT THE SAME THING AFTER THE FACT.

SO. OKAY, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT IS 198 POUNDS.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD CATCH.

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GAGLIARDI. GO AHEAD.

I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE TOOK A TOUR ABOUT A YEAR AGO, IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND WE LOOKED AROUND AND I MEAN, THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, DID A GREAT JOB CLEANING IT UP. THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD.

BUT I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN SHINE SOMETHING UP.

I ULTIMATELY HAD HOPED WE COULD HAVE MAYBE WORKED WITH LOCAL CITIES, BUT SINCE WE WERE UNABLE TO, I THINK THIS IS THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS, FOR YEARS.

AND SO SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

SO THANK YOU, SIR. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING AT THE END THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE PROUD OF AND THAT THE CITIZENS WILL BE PROUD OF.

NEW FACILITIES ARE ALWAYS NICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEEDS THAT THE THAT THE CITY HAS RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE NEED TO BE GOOD SHEPHERDS AND SPEND OUR MONEY WISELY.

SO. YOU'RE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARGO. CHIEF, YOU SAID THE FOOTPRINT PRINT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE SOME SIZES OF THE BUILDING ON THAT FOOTPRINT.

CORRECT. IT'S KIND OF TIGHT ALREADY.

THE THE OVERALL SIZE OF THAT BUILDING IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE.

THERE'S A THERE'S A BACK SALLY PORT AREA THAT'S KIND OF IT'S IT'S PART OF THE ROOF THAT'S GOING TO BE ENCOMPASSED TO TAKE IN TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE.

BUT BUT TALKING TO THE TO THE ARCHITECT AND THE CONNOLLY ASSOCIATES OR COUNTY CONSULTANTS THAT CAME UP, THEY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE THERE JUST BY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE CAN MOVE WALLS AND CHANGE THINGS IN THERE TO MAKE THE FLOW OF IT A LOT, A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS NOW.

SO. OKAY. AND CAN WE WORK ON SOME NEW SIGNAGE OUT FRONT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT? THAT'S THAT'S PART OF IT. SO THERE IS A NEW SIGN OUT THERE ON THE STREET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING OUT IN FRONT OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND MAKE IT LOOK A LOT NICER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

I HEARD A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

I THINK THAT PASSES SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL THANK YOU.

STAFF LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

[8. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into a contract with GRod Construction LLC in an estimated amount of $1,037,668 for the Deuce Drive Water, Sewer, and Paving Improvements Project.]

ROD CONSTRUCTION LLC TO AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $1,037,668 FOR DEUCE DRIVE WATER, SEWER AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

WELCOME TO THE PODIUM.

OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CHERYL TAYLOR.

HEY CHERYL. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. GREAT.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING OUT HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS A LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE PROJECT LOCATION, WHICH IS SOUTH OF AIRPORT FREEWAY, WEST OF BROWN TRAIL, EAST OF TENNIS DRIVE.

IT'S IN A COMMERCIAL AREA.

IT CONSISTS OF OVER 700FT OF EIGHT INCH WATER LINE, OVER 700FT OF EIGHT INCH SANITARY SEWER, AS WELL AS GATE VALVES, METER BOXES, MANHOLES, TEMPORARY PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT AND THEN 3000YD² OF REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT ON EIGHT INCHES OF SUBGRADE.

SO THE WATER AND SEWER LINES IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE SINCE THE MID 70S.

IN MARCH OF 2000, THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSULTING FIRM TO PUT TOGETHER THE PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT.

THESE PLANS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR APPROVAL SO THAT WE COULD UTILIZE SWIFT FUNDS TO FUND THE WATER IMPROVEMENTS.

THE SEWER WILL BE PAID FROM 2019 COS FOR THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR SEWER AND THEN THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE PAID THROUGH THE FORBY BUDGET.

PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED AUGUST 13TH AND AUGUST 20TH WITH A BID OPENING ON AUGUST 29TH.

WE RECEIVED FOUR BIDS RANGING IN PRICE FROM JUST OVER A MILLION TO UP TO ONE OR OVER $1.8 MILLION.

THE DESIGN ENGINEER REVIEWED THE BID TABULATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS ASSEMBLED TO RANK THE SUBMITTALS, AND THE BEST VALUE OF BIDS WAS DETERMINED TO BE GIROD CONSTRUCTION, WITH A TOTAL BID OF $1,037,668. IF.

AND IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, WE WOULD HAVE TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, SEND IT BACK TO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR THEIR APPROVAL, AND THEN FOR THEM TO RELEASE THE FUNDS TO US.

GIRARD CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, BUT BASED ON POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY OTHER CLIENTS AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN A NEW CONTRACTOR TO BEDFORD THAT COULD BE A GOOD RESOURCE TO US IN THE FUTURE.

CONTRACT TIME FOR THE PROJECT IS 240 CALENDAR DAYS AND WE ANTICIPATE I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO START MAYBE AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD MAYBE START BEFORE THE END OF THE THE CALENDAR YEAR.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHARON.

REAL QUICK, THE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE, HOW OLD ARE WE TALKING? HOW OLD? SO THE WATER AND SEWER, I THINK IS 70.

OKAY. AND WHEN WE ASSESSED 100 OF THE WORST STREETS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THIS WAS ONE OF THE OLDER ONES THAT DIDN'T RATE REALLY WELL. GOTCHA.

WHEN YOU DRIVE IT, YOU CAN TELL THAT THE ASPHALT IS REALLY TORN UP.

AND WHEN I.

I REMEMBER WHEN I PULLED UP THERE AND I PARKED, WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME IS A HUGE TRUCK WITH A BUNCH OF CARS ON IT.

SO, I MEAN, ALL OF ALL OF THAT WEIGHT FROM THOSE VEHICLES IS PROBABLY TORN UP THE THE PAVEMENT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING WITH CONCRETE PAVEMENT IN THAT AREA.

HOPEFULLY SOMETHING A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE LAST A LITTLE LONGER.

THEY CAN WITHSTAND THAT WEIGHT.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS ONE, BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION AND HOW OLD THESE THESE PIPES ARE.

IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NEEDS TO BE EXACT.

WELL, OF COURSE. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHERYL.

ANY QUESTIONS? BY COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES FOR THE FIRST MOTION TO MOTION.

TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL HEAR A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI FOR THE SECOND.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES AGAIN UNANIMOUSLY.

SIX ZERO. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[9. Discuss Charter Review Commission final report (specifically, but not limited to, Propositions # 2,3,4 & 5) from January 25, 2022 and receive Council direction on ordering an election for amendments to the City Charter. ***Item requested by Mayor Pro Tem Cogan]

I REQUESTED THIS ITEM, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS CAN ATTEST TO THIS FROM BEING ON THIS CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

THIS WAS TASKED IN TOWARDS THE LATE END OF 2021.

COUNCIL AT THE TIME HAD TASKED A GROUP OF 15 RESIDENTS THAT WERE NOMINATED TO REVIEW OUR CITY CHARTER TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY AMENDMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED.

IT HAD BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE CHARTER AND SO WE FIGURED IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE AND SEE IF ANY CHANGES WOULD BE NEEDED.

THEY MET MULTIPLE TIMES.

AT THE END, WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 13 MEMBERS AND THEY GAVE THIS REVIEW ON JANUARY 25TH, 2022.

SO WE ARE ALMOST COMING UPON ALMOST TWO YEARS, NOT QUITE TWO YEARS, BUT ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE THAT PRESENTATION WAS MADE TO COUNCIL.

AND COUNCIL HAS NOT QUITE HONESTLY DONE ANYTHING WITH THAT PRESENTATION.

I WANTED TO DO THIS BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, OUR OUR MEETING TIMES ARE WE'RE RUNNING RUNNING SHORT HERE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

WE HAVE, AS OF NOW, ONLY THREE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS UNTIL JANUARY 1ST.

AND IF WE WANTED TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR THIS FOR AMENDMENTS FOR THE CHARTER, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE IN AT LEAST UNTIL FEBRUARY.

AND SO THAT DOES NOT GIVE US A LOT OF TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE.

SO I WANTED TO FIRST BRING THESE ITEMS BEFORE US TO DISCUSS, TO SEE IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN SENDING THIS TO THE BALLOT FOR MAY.

AND THE ONES THAT I CHOSE, IF YOU NOTICED, WERE ONES THAT WERE UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED AND PASSED BY THE COMMISSION.

BUT I STILL WANT US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THESE.

AS FOR THE OTHER FOUR PROPOSITIONS, THESE ONES, I FEEL LIKE NUMBER ONE AND SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT LANGUAGE THAT WAS THAT WAS GIVEN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF COUNCIL WOULD BE AMENABLE TO HAVING A SPECIAL SESSION TO DISCUSS THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A LONG CONVERSATION THAT WE CANNOT GET DONE THIS EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO KIND OF CHUNK THIS AND JUST DO THE FIRST FOUR LIKE I MENTIONED, AND THEN THE OTHER ONES AT A LATER DATE.

PERSONALLY, I WAS THINKING MAYBE THE FIRST MEETING IN FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER WOULD BE NOVEMBER 7TH.

SO THAT'S MY FIRST FIRST ASK IS IF WE WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION, A SPECIAL SESSION TO DISCUSS THESE OTHER ITEMS ON NOVEMBER 7TH. SO YOU'RE ASKING US IF IF TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK TONIGHT? TONIGHT? YEAH, TONIGHT.

TO GO THROUGH THOSE.

AND THEN IN THE LATER DATE ON NOVEMBER 7TH TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE IN THE OTHER THE OTHER PROPOSITIONS THAT WERE PUT FORTH BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE GOING TO BE LONGER CONVERSATIONS. AND I THINK WE ALL NEED TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH, DO OUR HOMEWORK ON THESE ITEMS.

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TWO, THREE AND FOUR AND TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE ARE FINE.

I THINK THEY DID A GOOD JOB ON THOSE.

I'D LIKE TO READ THEM BEFORE WE GET INTO IT.

BUT. BUT FIRST, ARE WE AS A COUNCIL, ARE WE OKAY WITH HAVING A SPECIAL SESSION ON NOVEMBER 7TH TO DISCUSS THOSE THOSE OTHER ONES? I'M AGREEABLE TO THAT. YEAH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, ON NUMBER FIVE, I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NUMBER FIVE.

ONE SECOND. I WANT TO GET THE ISSUE OF OF JUST GETTING A SPECIAL SESSION FOR FOR THE OTHER ITEMS BEFORE WE DEEP DIVE INTO THIS.

ONE MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO PUT ON.

SO ON ON THE SPECIAL SESSION.

SO SO LET'S GO AHEAD.

ITEM FIVE.

I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT WE APPROVE A BUDGET FOR TWO THREE.

THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO CHANGE IS SUPERMAJORITY WITH A P AND Z TO OVERTURN IT IS THIS STATE LAW THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING HERE FOR THREE QUARTERS OF A VOTE TO REMOVE PROCEDURE OF EXPULSION AND FORFEITURE.

THAT WASN'T THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT ONE OF THE ONES THAT I WAS DISCUSSING.

IT WAS ACTUALLY PROPOSITION NUMBER FIVE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

OKAY. YEAH, THAT ONE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, I THINK THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE ONE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE AND TALK ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S A LOT ON THERE AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AT THE NOVEMBER 7TH SPECIAL SESSION.

IF COUNCIL IS AMENABLE. I'M SO FAR I'M NOT HEARING ANY OBJECTIONS.

I'M AMENABLE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO, JIMMY, YOU GOT THAT DOWN FOR NOVEMBER 7TH? YES, SIR. OKAY.

BRENNAN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO WEIGH IN ON ON THE THE ISSUE YOU ALL WERE DISCUSSING.

SO OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE POSTPONED THAT TO NOVEMBER 7TH.

BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THE VOTING THRESHOLD IS NOT BASED ON STATE LAW AT ALL.

IT'S COMPLETELY AT YOUR DISCRETION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO LET'S IF YOU COUNCIL DOESN'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THESE SO THAT WAY WE'RE TRANSPARENT AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO I'M GOING TO GO START WITH PROPOSITION NUMBER TWO CITY ATTORNEY.

IT SAYS, THE CITY ATTORNEY SHALL BE APPOINTED TO OR REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY A MINIMUM OF FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE JUST IN CASE THERE WERE ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY WE HAD A COUNCIL OF ONLY FIVE, THAT THEY COULDN'T JUST ARBITRARILY FIRE THE CITY MANAGER WITH ONLY THREE VOTES.

SO, SO SORRY.

CITY ATTORNEY YEAH, I KNOW, RIGHT? I LIKE TO KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES.

SORRY, JIMMY.

I'M KEEPING YOU ON THE TOES.

YEAH, HE HAS A CONTRACT.

OH, SO.

SO, YEAH. SO THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS, IF YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ANY MORE, YOU WERE THERE.

YEAH, AND I ACTUALLY WAS THE COMMISSION SECRETARY, SO I HAVE ALL THE MINUTES.

AND SO YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE CLARITY WHERE THE MAJORITY IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A STRENGTH FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REMOVE THE CITY.

ATTORNEY THANKS, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK, THANK YOU. SO LET'S HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE.

ARE WE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO LET THE BALLOT LANGUAGE READS? SHALL SECTION 3.07 OF THE BEDFORD HOME RULE CHARTER BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SHALL BE APPOINTED OR MOVED TO OR REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY A MINIMUM OF FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT LANGUAGE? SAME. SEE NODS, SEEING NODS.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT ONE, I THINK.

GO AHEAD. SO, NO, I WAS JUST I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION.

I MEAN, YOU ALL CAN OBVIOUSLY DISCUSS THE CHARTER BALLOT LANGUAGE, BUT THAT'S MORE A LEGAL REQUIREMENT.

I WOULD I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE DON'T IF YOU GET INTO THAT.

YEAH. DON'T GET INTO THE PROPOSITION BALLOT.

IT HAS TO COME TO US ANYWAYS FOR FOR A VOTE.

WELL IT DOES BUT IT'S YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AMEND THIS ANYWAYS TO ANY EXTENT THAT THAT MODIFIES.

RIGHT. OKAY. PERFECT.

I WON'T, I WON'T MOVE ANY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WE WON'T WASTE ANY TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE ARE GOOD ON THIS ONE, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS TO THE VOTERS IN MAY THEN.

ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY.

LET'S MOVE ON TO PROPOSITION NUMBER THREE.

MUNICIPAL JUDGE ELIGIBILITY.

THEY CROSSED OUT THE SECTION THAT SAYS THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE SHALL BE QUALIFIED VOTER OF THE CITY WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR AND A COMPETENT PRACTICING LAWYER AND SHALL HOLD NO OTHER PUBLIC OFFICE EXCEPT FOR THOSE ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION OR STATE LAW.

AND THEN THEY ADDED THIS.

THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE SHALL BE A COMPETENT PRACTICING LAWYER WHO IS EITHER A QUALIFIED VOTER AND WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR OR MAINTAINS OR IS EMPLOYED AT A LAW OFFICE WITH A PHYSICAL STREET ADDRESS LOCATED IN TARRANT COUNTY.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS WAS PUT IN THERE TO WIDEN OUR SEARCH IN THE CASE THAT WE ARE IN NEED OF A MUNICIPAL JUDGE

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IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO INITIALLY THE COMMISSION JUST ADDED VERBIAGE OF HAVING YOU BE A PRACTICING LAWYER, ACTUALLY A COMPETENT PRACTICING LAWYER WITHIN THE CITY OR HAVE A PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN TARRANT COUNTY.

BUT THEN THE CHALLENGE WAS EITHER OR.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ADDED ADDITIONAL VERBIAGE TO THIS PROVISION.

OKAY. SO WE CAN HAVE A RETIRED ATTORNEY WRITTEN, YOU CAN ADD.

SO, NO, I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T.

I JUST. SO WE CAN'T HAVE A RETIRED ATTORNEY, HE'S GOT TO BE SOMEBODY THAT'S PRACTICING WITHIN.

WELL, I THINK YEAH, I MEAN, SOMEONE WHO IS FULLY RETIRED IS NOT GOING TO BE PRACTICING AT ALL.

SO SO TO YOUR POINT, YES, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE PRACTICING, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT.

BUT THE GOAL IS AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE CURRENT JUDGE, IT'S ABOUT THE REALITY THAT FINDING A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE IS IS A DIFFICULT TASK.

CANDIDLY, A LOT OF OUR CITIES SHARE THE SAME FEW PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SMALL POOL.

ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? ARE WE GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD ON THIS AND THEN PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT AS WELL? OKAY. I'M HEARING NODS. SEEING NODS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FANTASTIC.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

PROPOSITION NUMBER FOUR.

THIS, AGAIN, HAS TO DO WITH OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE SAYS THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE SHALL BE ELECTED OR APPOINTED AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE TERM IS FOR THREE YEARS, IF ELECTED OR IF APPOINTED FOR A TERM DEFINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THE COMMISSION ADDED THIS SECTION.

IF APPOINTED, THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE SHALL SERVE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAY BE REMOVED AFTER A NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AT A PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS, AGAIN GOING BACK TO THIS MEETING THAT WAS PRESENTED.

THE COMMISSION PUT THIS TOGETHER AS A METHOD OF NOT THAT WE WANT TO REMOVE OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE, BUT THERE MAY BE AN INSTANCE IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE MAY WANT TO DO THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

I THINK GOING BACK TO THAT MEETING, BRYN, YOU HAD A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THAT YOU USED WHERE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPOINTED THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE BUT THEN DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO REMOVE THEM.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT'S THE CIRCUMSTANCE YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN.

YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, AND THERE CERTAINLY SHOULD BE A SEPARATION OF POWER.

BUT WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE WAS IN-FIGHTING WITH THE ASSOCIATE JUDGES AND THEY WERE THREATENING EACH OTHER AND WE COULDN'T RESOLVE IT.

AND YOU NEED AN AVENUE BY WHICH TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT AND BEING ABLE TO REMOVE AND REPLACE A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AS A LAST DITCH EFFORT IS A HELPFUL TOOL.

ABSOLUTELY. ANY CLARIFICATIONS QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. ANY OBJECTIONS TO PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT THEN? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADD THIS ONE AS WELL.

AND LASTLY, PROPOSITION NUMBER FIVE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

OH, MAN, THAT'S A LOT TO READ.

OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO IT THOUGH.

SO UPON THE ADOPTION OF MASTER PLAN BY THE CITY COUNCIL, NO SUBDIVISION, STREET PARK OR ANY PUBLIC WAY, GROUND OR SPACE PUBLIC BUILDING OR STRUCTURE OR PUBLIC UTILITY, WHETHER PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OWNED, WHICH IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE MASTER PLAN, SHALL HANG ON, SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OR AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY UNTIL THE UNLESS THE LOCATION OF THE EXTENT THEREOF SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION.

IN CASE, IN CASE OF DISAPPROVAL, THE COMMISSION SHALL COMMUNICATE ITS REASONS TO THE COUNCIL, WHICH SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO OVERRULE SUCH A DISAPPROVAL, AND UPON SUCH OVERRULING, THE COUNCIL SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PROCEED.

AND THEN THIS SECTION WAS CROSSED OUT.

IT WAS REMOVED. THIS SECTION, THE WIDENING, NARROWING AND RELOCATING, VACATING OR CHANGING USE OF ANY STREET ALLEY, PUBLIC WAY, GROUND OR SALE OF ANY PUBLIC BUILDING, REAL PROPERTY OR SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SIMILAR SUBMISSION OR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND FAILURE TO APPROVE MAY BE SIMILARLY OVERRULED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

OKAY, SO, BRENNAN, THAT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE YOU.

YEAH, HAPPY TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.

SO THE FIRST PORTION THAT REMAINS DEALS WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

STATE LAW REQUIRES P AND Z TO WEIGH IN ON MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE REST HERE, CHERYL'S PROJECTS.

WHETHER YOU WANT TO SELL PROPERTY, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO TAKE IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THAT'S NOT THE LEGISLATIVE BODY.

AND SO THIS IS JUST TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE UNNECESSARY RED TAPE.

SO IT'S BASICALLY CLEANING UP.

CLEANING IT UP, YES.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT THIS IS I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS.

DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO.

OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD SOME COLOR THAT THIS WAS PURELY A CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION.

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ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM BRENNAN.

WHAT IF THE VOTERS REFUSE THIS? SO THIS HAS BEEN IN OUR CHARTER.

CANDIDLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN TAKING TO PNC.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS NORMAL.

HOWEVER, THERE'S ALWAYS THE RISK THAT IF SOMETHING IS APPROVED AND WE DIDN'T TAKE IT TO P AND Z, THE SALE OF PROPERTY, THE WIDENING OF A STREET TO VACATE A STREET THAT SOMEONE COULD FILE SUIT AND ASK A COURT TO VOID THE VOTE.

AND SO THAT'S THE RISK IS IS FAIRLY NOMINAL BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED TO DATE.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE STRICTLY ADHERING TO THIS PRESENTLY, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS PRESENT.

IT'S ALWAYS A REALITY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I CERTAINLY RECOMMEND TAKING THIS OUT.

SO IT ELIMINATES THAT UNNECESSARY RISK.

IS IT DOES THAT SECTION EVEN NEED TO BE IN THE CHARTER? IT DOES NOT KNOW. SO THE REMAINDER OF THIS IS REDUNDANT OF STATE LAW.

SO I JUST MY THOUGHT IS WHEN A VOTER STEPS INTO THE BALLOT BOX AND THEY SEE US REMOVING THINGS AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT STATE LAW ALREADY REQUIRES IT AND THAT IT'S REDUNDANT, THEY MAY BE MORE INCLINED TO VOTE NO TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO.

SO I, I RECOMMEND A SORT OF MORE SURGICAL ELIMINATION OF THINGS THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC AND NOT JUST REDUNDANT, BUT YOU CERTAINLY COULD DECIDE LET'S JUST REPEAL THE ENTIRE SECTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY. SO WE LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THIS ADDED TO THE BALLOT IN MAY.

MAYBE. YES. YEAH, YEAH.

NO, NO, I'M JUST. I'M JUST GETTING A HEAD NOD TO MOVE FORWARD, TO GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S.

THAT'S THAT, THEN. WOW.

LIVELY CONVERSATION HERE TONIGHT, GUYS.

BUT NO, BUT THERE'S A REASON WHY I DID THIS.

I WANTED TO PUT THIS ON BECAUSE THIS WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED BY THE COMMISSION.

I KNEW THESE WERE NOT HOT BUTTON ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF LENGTHY DISCUSSION AND THIS NEEDED TO BE DONE.

THIS QUITE HONESTLY, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION WORKED SO LONG AND SO HARD ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROPOSITIONS AND PROPOSALS FOR US THAT TO LEAVE IT JUST NOT ANY TAKING ANY ACTION ON IT IS BASICALLY A DISCREDIT TO THEIR SERVICE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE DID THAT.

SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, THIS, THIS REALLY NEEDED TO NEEDED TO HAPPEN.

SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEMS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CONVENE TO A CLOSED SESSION BECAUSE THIS IS PERTAINING TO THE NEXT NEXT ITEMS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONVENE TO A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION.

WELL, SORRY, IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5.11, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING.

COUNSEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS ALL OF THESE ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE WE'LL JUST GO COME BACK BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER.

JUST TAKE CARE OF IT ALL NOW. COME ON.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.

SO PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.

0711B, PURSUANT TO SECTION 551072551.074.

I GET THEM ALL. OKAY.

GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. JUST RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE NEXT ITEM WAS ITEM TEN, WHICH WAS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE VACANCY OF THE MAYOR ON THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ADOPTING PROCEDURES TO FILL THAT VACANCY.

WE ACTUALLY THIS WAS NOT AN ACTIONABLE ITEM, ACCORDING TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SKIP THIS ONE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS IN CLOSED SESSION THROUGH EXECUTIVE.

SO NEXT WE MOVE ON TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF A MAYOR FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.

[11. Consider a resolution authorizing the appointment of the Mayor for an unexpired term ending at the next General Election.]

I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER.

SABOL. YES, MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MAYOR PRO TEM COGAN FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR MYSELF.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

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OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT IS GOING TO BE FIVE ONE.

I WANT TO SEND A THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL.

I KNOW THAT THIS THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN IS IS UNPRECEDENTED.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DECISION THAT WE MADE.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR FOR THIS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

IT IS IT IS AN HONOR.

IT IS AN HONOR TO TO TAKE THIS TO TAKE THIS POSITION.

I ONE THING I DO WANT TO WANT TO SAY IS THAT THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY.

TO SHOW THE RESIDENTS, TO SHOW STAFF THAT THAT WE'RE STILL HAVE A MISSION HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SIT BY AND LET THINGS HAPPEN.

WE ARE GOING TO PRESS FORWARD.

WE HAVE MORE TO DO IN THIS CITY.

LOOK, I WANT TO SAY, LOOK WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TONIGHT FOR TWO, ALMOST TWO YEARS, THAT CHARTER REVIEW HAS BEEN HAS BEEN THERE HANGING WITH PROPOSITIONS THAT WERE NEVER TAKEN UP.

BUT YET TODAY, WE UNITED AS A COUNCIL TO GET IT DONE AND PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD SHOULD BE PROUD OF.

AND ALSO SHOWING THE RESIDENTS AGAIN THAT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.

AND AT THIS POINT, YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR COGAN, WE YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF BEING SWORN IN TONIGHT OR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO MAYBE HAVE FAMILY AT THE NEXT.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

IT'S REALLY YOUR CHOICE. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT AT THE NEXT.

THERE'S NO NEED TO RUSH THIS THIS PROCESS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE IT AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE SESSION.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. OCTOBER THANK YOU.

SO THAT THAT CONCLUDES OUR ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA HERE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I THINK I KNOW WHO WAS GOING TO DO IT.

OH, MANAGER FOR. SORRY. OH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SORRY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. JIMMY. I'VE BEEN REALLY BAD TO YOU THIS EVENING.

I KNOW NOW WE'RE EVEN FOR THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

YEAH. YEAH, WE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

YES. OH, I'M SORRY.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS. I APOLOGIZE.

COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI. THAT WAS YOUR ONE OPPORTUNITY TO END THE END IT EARLY.

OKAY, GO AHEAD. YES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

[12. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUCCESSFUL.

THEY HAD PEOPLE LINED UP.

THEY HAD TO CUT IT OFF BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT EVEN WITHOUT A SIGN.

SO OUT THERE, THE SIGN HAD BLOWN DOWN.

SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

JOSE MORALES HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

HE'S BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES, JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT.

AND HE HE HAD A SITUATION RIGHT OFF THE BAT, DID A WONDERFUL JOB HANDLING THAT.

WE HAD AN ADOPTION OF 65 CATS AND WITH A HOARDER.

AND IT WAS HE TOOK CARE OF THAT WITH HIS STAFF AND PEOPLE THAT HE KNEW AND FROM THE OTHER CITIES HE WAS WITH. HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND THIS EVENT, HE'S PLANNING TO HAVE EVERY OTHER EVERY QUARTER.

SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT FOR OUR CITIZENS AND WELL ATTENDED AND GOT A LOT OF RAVE REVIEWS.

PEOPLE WERE VERY HAPPY. SO I WANT TO THANK JOSE AND THE PEOPLE OVER AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I DID WANT TO JUST HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THE PUBLIC BE AWARE OF.

ONE, THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP TO JOIN A COMMISSION UNTIL OCTOBER 6TH AND THEN TWO TO VOLUNTEER WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION ON NOVEMBER 4TH TO DO THE FALL SWEEP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FIRST, WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW KEN OVER HERE FOR FOR JOINING ME AT THE GRAPE FEST.

GRAPE STOMP. I INVITED COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES TO GO WITH ME AS MY NUMBER TWO HERE.

HE WAS VERY GRACIOUS AND ACCEPTING.

AND I REMEMBER ASKING HIM, I SAID, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, BOYTER AND I DRESSED UP, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN GETTING A COSTUME? AND HE SAID HE WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT.

AND I THINK HE WAS REGRETTING THAT DECISION NOW.

BUT BUT NO, WE WE WENT THERE AND WE GOT YOU GOT TO KNOW LAST YEAR, BOYTER AND I DRESSED UP AS WINE BOTTLES AND WE GOT NOTHING.

WE GOT ZIP FROM THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE.

BUT THIS YEAR TO YOU KNOW, TODAY I AM GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO THE CITY TO CITY MANAGER, OUR AWARD FOR THE FUNNIEST COSTUME OF THE

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SO, MOLLY, YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN WINNING AWARDS? WE ARE. WE ARE DOING OUR PART UP HERE ON COUNCIL.

SO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES FOR JOINING.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.

[13. City Manager/Staff Reports]

I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WELL, NO, I MEAN, IN TERMS OF REGIONAL PARTICIPATION MINUS THE COSTUMES.

I'M JUST JOKING. BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE AN AWARD WINNING COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE WORKING ON DOING A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE THE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO BECAUSE OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE RECENTLY ISSUED, LIKE THE FIRE STATION, THE TRAINING TOWER, THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT COMING OUT.

AND THEN AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING OUR MYSELF AND THE TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, KAREN AND ANDREA, ARE GOING TO MEET WITH ALL THE EMPLOYEES MOVING FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL BUDGET THAT YOU ALL APPROVED.

AND WE'LL START IMPLEMENTING EVERYTHING.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR.

Y'ALL MADE A VERY, VERY STRONG COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO THE EMPLOYEES BUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT MORALE DEFINITELY KIND OF GOT A SHOT IN THE ARM.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YES, MA'AM. YEAH.

SO CITY MANAGER STATHATOS, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

THERE WAS A FLASH VOTE RECENTLY SENT OUT TO RESIDENTS ABOUT CRIME AND SAFETY.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO USE WITH THAT DATA.

YES, IN FACT, I GOT THOSE RESULTS TODAY AND I HAVEN'T FINISHED REVIEWING THEM.

THERE'S A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND WHAT I CAN DO IS BEFORE I LEAVE, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU ALL.

AND THEN, MOLLY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? LIKE A ARE YOU GOING TO DO A KIND OF A NIGHT CAMPAIGN BUT LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THE RESULTS AND EVERYTHING? THEY WERE VERY, VERY GOOD RESULTS.

YES. SO WE WILL THAT INFORMATION WILL GO TO CHIEF WILLIAMS AND THEN HE'S GOING TO USE THAT.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THOSE IN ALL OF OUR FLASH VOTE AND ALL OF OUR FLASH VOTE SURVEYS.

IT SHOWS WHAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND MAYBE THAT SOME ITEMS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.

SO HE AND I ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO THERE.

YEAH. AND YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

BUT I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT BEFORE WE LEAVE.

JUST JUST KNOW I HAVE.

I MEAN, MOLLY'S REVIEWED IT, BUT IF THERE'S.

YEAH. ANYWAY, SO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

CHECKING AGAIN HERE.

I THINK WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING.

SO NOW I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ALL RIGHT. FIRST TO ADJOURN, COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI, A SECOND FROM MISS DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] IN FAVOR.

SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT.

MEETING'S ADJOURNED AT 7:54.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.