Oct 10, 2023 City Council

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ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 6:00.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

TODAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 2023.

GO AHEAD AND START WITH AN INVOCATION BY PASTOR ROBERT WHITE, FREEDOM CHURCH.

EVERYBODY, PLEASE STAND.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S PRAY.

ETERNAL GOD, OUR FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, FIRST OF ALL, TO GIVE YOU PRAISE AND THANKS TO ASCRIBE ALL GLORY AND HONOR TO YOUR NAME.

WE THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO GATHER AS A PEOPLE UNDER YOUR GREAT NAME AND TO ALSO FACILITATE THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNING THIS GREAT CITY.

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD SHINE YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR FAVOR UPON THIS COUNCIL AND THIS PEOPLE AND THIS CITY SO THAT IN A WORLD OF TURMOIL AND CONFLICT, WE WILL BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LIVE OUT THE PEACE, THE HARMONY AND THE GRACE THAT YOU HAVE AFFORDED TO ALL MANKIND.

WE PRAY NOW THAT AS THIS COUNCIL MEETING GOES, ALL OF THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE CELEBRATED AS HIGHS, AND THEN THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT WILL BE WORKED OUT WITH YOUR JUDICIOUS WISDOM, WE HONOR YOU.

WE THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU.

IT'S IN YOUR SON'S NAME.

WE PRAY. AMEN.

AMEN. NOW, LIKE TO WELCOME UP ARROW OF LIGHT DEN DEN CUB SCOUT PACK 254 FOR OUR PLEDGES.

ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, GUYS. WHEN YOU'RE READY.

WILL THE AUDIENCE PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? [INAUDIBLE] . THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE CUB SCOUTS UP HERE OR BOY SCOUTS, FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA RIGHT HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. NEXT, WE HAVE INAUGURATION OF NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICIAL.

[INAUGURATION OF NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICIAL]

SO FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING US HERE ON THIS SPECIAL DAY IN BEDFORD.

RIGHT ON CUE, AS I LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM, I'M BLESSED TO BE SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS, MY STUDENTS, MY COWORKERS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH ME FROM THE BEGINNING ON MY JOURNEY TO GIVE BEDFORD THE FRESH START THAT IT NEEDED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

NOW LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME AGAIN THIS EVENING.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE WHO IS THE BIGGEST SUPPORTER AND WHO I OWE EVERYTHING TO, MY WIFE, [INAUDIBLE].

YOU SEE, POLITICS IS A FAMILY ENDEAVOR.

IT MEANS MISSING OUT ON SOME FAMILY DINNERS, BEDTIME STORIES, SOCCER GAMES AND BIRTHDAY PARTIES.

IT MEANS SHARING A HUSBAND AND A FATHER WITH THE WHOLE CITY SO THAT THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES CAN BE PROUD TO CALL BEDFORD HOME.

IT'S [INAUDIBLE]. IT'S YOU WHO MAKES THE SACRIFICE.

AND I THANK YOU FOR IT [APPLAUSE].

NOW IN JUST A FEW MINUTES BEDFORD WILL HAVE THE YOUNGEST MAYOR IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.

THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME KNOW ME THAT I DON'T SIT UP HERE FOR PERSONAL GLORIFICATION, SELFISHNESS OR EGOTISM.

I'M NOT HERE SO THAT I CAN BE NOTICED WHEN I ENTER A ROOM OR FOR PHOTO OPS OR FOR OUT OF SOME DELUSION OF SELF-IMPORTANCE.

I'M HERE FOR ONE REASON ONLY TO DO THE WORK THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT CITY HAVE TASKED ME TO DO.

NOT ONCE BUT TWICE.

TO KEEP MOVING THE CITY FORWARD TOGETHER.

NOW, AS ONE OF THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO IS RAISING A YOUNG FAMILY IN THIS CITY, THIS POSITION TAKES ON NEW MEANING.

I WANT TO SECURE OUR CITY'S FUTURE FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, BECAUSE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE IN THE CITY WE BUILD TODAY WILL BE INHERITED BY OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TOMORROW.

YOU KNOW, JUST AFTER I FIRST CAME TO COUNCIL.

I REMEMBER THEN COUNCIL MEMBER BOYTER MEETING WITH ME AND WE SPOKE ABOUT HOW FAR THE CITY HAD FALLEN BEHIND.

AND I REMEMBER HIM SAYING TO ME, I'M GOING TO CHANGE THIS CITY.

I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION WE'RE ON.

DAN, CAN I COUNT ON YOU? AND I REPLIED, ABSOLUTELY.

I'M IN. WHICH IS WHY IT'S AN HONOR TO PICK UP THE MANTLE OF MAYOR BOYTER AND CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE STARTED.

I CAN'T HELP TO THINK OF MAYOR BOYTER FAVORITE PHRASE HERE.

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HE'D SAY FOUR WORDS, DON'T SCREW IT UP.

AND TO THAT I REPLY, I WON'T.

I CAN'T BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO BACK.

WE CAN'T GO BACK TO ECONOMIC STAGNATION WITH YEARS BETWEEN NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

WE CAN'T GO BACK TO IGNORING RESIDENTS OPINIONS ON HOW LAND SHOULD BE USED OR DEVELOPED, LETTING OUR ROADS AND THOROUGHFARES FALL INTO DISREPAIR BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING CASH FOR STREET REPAIRS INSTEAD OF SMART FINANCING.

ASKING THE VOTERS TO APPROVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR HALF BAKED PLANS AND IDEAS, ALL WHILE PUTTING OUR CITY'S FINANCIAL HEALTH IN JEOPARDY.

ELIMINATING OUR SENIOR CENTER AND EVEN HAVING FIREFIGHTERS PAYING FOR THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

BEDFORD. WE CAN'T GO BACK TO THIS.

WE WILL NOT GO BACK.

AND AS LONG AS I'M YOUR MAYOR, WE WILL NEVER GO BACK.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND TAKE PRIDE IN OUR CITY BY CLEANING UP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHOPPING CENTERS.

WE WILL FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON REVITALIZING THE CITY THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP BEDFORD MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER.

MAY GOD BLESS BEDFORD AND GOD BLESS THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK MY FAMILY TO JOIN ME HERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? HOPE. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE 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 VOTE AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH YOU WERE ELECTED, OR AS YOUR REWARD TO SECURE YOUR APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO. OKAY.

THIS IS YOUR OATH.

YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SO HELP YOU GOD.

I WILL. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL IF IT'S OKAY TO TAKE JUST A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AS WE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING AND I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE SOME PICTURES I'D LIKE TO MOTION FOR JUST LIKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

CAN I GET A SECOND FOR THAT? I HAVE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S RECESS FOR JUST FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER FIVE MINUTES, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT US BACK IN AT 6:14.

THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA RIGHT HERE IS, LET'S SEE HERE COUNCIL RECOGNITION.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

DO WE HAVE FOR OUR WE HAVE OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.

LET'S GO AHEAD. DON HENDERSON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HOW ARE YOU ALL THIS EVENING? I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL, EARLE HORTON.

HE'S HERE FOR HIS FIVE YEAR PIN TONIGHT.

HE'S WITH US. HE'S HERE WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE, [INAUDIBLE], THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, A DAUGHTER, JULIA, AND A SON, CHRIS.

EARLE AND KRISTY LIKE TO HUNT AND FISH TOGETHER.

IN FACT, THIS LAST AUGUST, THEY WENT TO THE COAST AND WENT DEEP SEA FISHING.

AND AMONG THE FISHING, THE FISH SPECIES THAT THEY CAUGHT WERE SHARK SAIL CATFISH, IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF THAT.

AND A FISH CALLED POMPANO.

DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? CLOSE ENOUGH.

CLOSE ENOUGH. OKAY.

EARLE IS A MAN OF MANY TALENTS.

HE'S ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

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HE'S ALWAYS POSITIVE AND HE'S MULTI-TALENTED.

HE'S TRULY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ON STAFF THAT WHEN I SAY THERE'S NOTHING THAT PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO, HE'S ONE OF THE REASONS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EARLE FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES [APPLAUSE].

COME ON UP EARLE. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE]. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE OUR CHIEF, JEFF WILLIAMS. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU GUYS AND AND CELEBRATE FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY FOR CORPORAL MARY ANNE TARANGO.

SO PRIOR TO COMING TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD, SHE ATTENDED THE SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE GRADUATED.

SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR FIVE YEARS, DURING HER FILE IF YOU LOOK AT IT, SHE'S GOT MULTIPLE LETTERS OF COMMENDATION AND AWARDS THAT SHE'S RECEIVED.

WHILE SERVING HERE SHE'S BEEN A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.

SHE HELPED GUIDE SOME OF OUR NEW OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING OUR VALUES AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS OF US.

SHE WAS HAND-SELECTED FOR OUR NEW DEPLOYMENT TEAM THAT WE SET UP THIS LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S A TEAM THAT HANDLES THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE NORM, OUTSIDE OF NORMAL PATROL WORK AND OUTSIDE OF NORMAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WORK, THINGS THAT TAKE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TIME.

THEY'RE OUR PROBLEM SOLVING TEAM.

SO SHE GOT TO SERVE ON THAT FOR A GOOD WHILE.

AND SHE IS OUR NOW NEWEST PROMOTED CORPORAL IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO SHE JUST ACHIEVED HER RANK OF CORPORAL AND SHE'S ON THE ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT.

SO INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT HER.

SHE SAYS THAT SHE WAS ASKED A QUESTION, ONE OF HER COLLEGE CLASSES ONE TIME OF WHAT MAKES HER INTERESTING.

AND SHE SAID THAT SHE TRAINED HAMSTERS FOR WHAT WAS IT FOR BUT ANYWAY, SO BUT DURING THERE WAS THREE CORPORALS RECENTLY RECENTLY PROMOTED AND I LOOK FOR THINGS TRYING TO SUM UP WHO THEY ARE.

AND MARY ANNE IS A IS A GREAT PERSON.

SO I'D LIKE TO READ YOU GUYS A QUOTE FROM DOUGLAS MACARTHUR.

IT SAYS, A TRUE LEADER HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO STAND ALONE, THE COURAGE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND THE COMPASSION TO LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.

TAKE OUT THE PRONOUNS HERE.

HE DOES NOT NEED TO SET OUT TO BE A LEADER, BUT BECOMES ONE BY THE QUALITY OF HIS ACTIONS AND THE INTEGRITY OF HIS INTENT.

SO THAT REALLY SUMS UP WHAT SHE IS.

SHE IS JUST A GOOD PERSON.

SHE'S A GREAT LEADER.

SHE'S YOUNG. BUT BUT WE HAVE A GOOD GROUP OF FOLKS BACK HERE THAT THAT CAME HERE ON THEIR TIME OFF IN UNIFORM, GET NONE PAID TO TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE GETS RECOGNIZED FOR.

SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU GUYS MARY ANNE TARANGO FIVE YEARS [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR COUNCIL RECOGNITION.

BUT WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION, SO MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS.

AND I SEE THAT JUDGE MURPHY IS GOING TO BE RECEIVING THIS PROCLAMATION.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND START HERE.

WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURTS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS, MORE PEOPLE COME INTO CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OTHER TEXAS COURTS COMBINED, AND PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD HAS HOSTED THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT SINCE 1970.

WHEREAS STATE LAW AUTHORIZES AUTHORIZES THE MUNICIPALITY TO EITHER APPOINT OR TO ELECT A MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR THE TERM OF OFFICE AND THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT IS A STATE COURT AND AS JUDGES ARE MEMBERS OF THE STATE JUDICIARY.

WHEREAS THE PROCEDURES OF THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATIONS ARE SET FORTH IN THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND OTHER LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS COMMITTED TO THE NOTION THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE AND THE INDEPENDENT, FAIR AND COMPETENT JUDICIARY WILL INTERPRET AND APPLY LAWS THAT GOVERN US, AND THAT JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY.

WHEREAS BEDFORD MUNICIPAL JUDGES ARE NOT POLICY MAKERS FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD BUT ARE BOUND BY THE LAW AND THE CANONS OF THE JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE DECISIONS INDEPENDENT OF GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.

WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTAIN PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS IN CRIMINAL CASES FOR ALL DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING INDIGENT DEFENDANTS AND SUPPORTS FOR BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT IN COMPLYING WITH SUCH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

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LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. OH, YEAH.

ALWAYS. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL. I HAVE WITH ME DOUG CAMPBELL, OUR HEAD CLERK.

HE'S THE ONE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING ME ORGANIZED ALL THE TIME AND DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

I WILL SAY THAT VERY IMPORTANT THINGS HAPPENED IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS TIME WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING THOSE.

MR. CAMPBELL IS ALWAYS VERY PATIENT WITH ME AS I'M MAKING THE CHANGES FOR THE COURT BUT YOU WOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACCIDENTS SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST THEY'RE RENAMED COLLISIONS NOW.

SO GOT IT [LAUGHTER].

THAT WAS THE ONLY JOKE I HAD.

SO THAT'S GOOD. THAT WAS GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE LET'S SEE HERE WE GOT PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

PLEASE WELCOME GARY LOSADA TO THE DAIS.

AND DID I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECT? LOSADA'S CLOSE ENOUGH.

WHAT IS IT? LOSADA.

LOSADA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD.

GOOD EVENING, MR. NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS GARY LOSADA, AND I RESIDE AT 802 DOVE CREEK TRAIL IN SOUTH LAKE.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE TAD NOMINATIONS.

I GUESS YOU'VE SEEN A LOT IN THE NEWS RECENTLY ABOUT TAD, AND MOST OF IT HAS NOT BEEN GOOD.

I FOLLOW IT VERY CLOSELY.

AND I CAN TELL YOU AS A FORMER TAD BOARD MEMBER, THAT THE THINGS YOU'VE READ ARE ACTUALLY TRUE AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

THE CURRENT MAJORITY OF THE TAD BOARD HAS CHOSEN NOT TO GOVERN FOR WHATEVER REASON.

I DON'T KNOW. THEY'VE SAID THAT PUBLICLY, SO I'M NOT SPEAKING AGAINST THEM OR BEHIND THEIR BACKS.

YET THE STATE PROPERTY TAX CODE TELLS YOU THAT YOU NEED TO GOVERN AS A BOARD MEMBER.

SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED, BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN TO.

THE CHIEF APPRAISER RECENTLY RESIGNED AND THE CURRENT BOARD HAS SELECTED A SEARCH FIRM TO SELECT THE NEXT CHIEF APPRAISER. I WOULD HOPE THAT IT'S THE NEW BOARD THAT MAKES THAT SELECTION BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT ONE CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT.

WE DO NEED TO GET IT RIGHT.

THIS IS HISTORICAL.

I DON'T THINK THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF TAD, BUT I'M NOT A LICENSED HISTORIAN.

I'M JUST HEARING THAT FROM OTHERS.

REGARDING MYSELF, I SPENT SIX YEARS ON THE [INAUDIBLE] APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD AND I HAVE HEARD THOUSANDS OF HEARINGS.

SO IF YOU WERE NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR APPRAISAL, YOU MIGHT HAVE COME AND SAW MYSELF AND TWO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

AND WE ACT LIKE JUDGES AND WE GIVE OUR OPINIONS ON VALUE, AND THEN YOU GET YOUR PROPERTY VALUE USUALLY ESTABLISHED AT THAT LEVEL.

I SPENT TWO YEARS ON THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALSO.

I RECEIVED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES FOUR YEARS AGO AND THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ENTITIES.

I RECEIVED 23 ENTITIES WHO SUPPORTED MY NOMINATION AND ELECTION.

YOU ARE IN A SEASON NOW OF NOMINATING, THAT SEASON LASTS TILL NEXT MONDAY.

THE 16TH NORMALLY SHOULD BE IN THE 15TH BECAUSE IT FALLS ON A SUNDAY.

IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR NOMINATION IN BY THE 16TH.

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AND THEN YOU GO TO THE SECOND PART OF THIS.

I JUST RECEIVED WORD TODAY THAT I HAVE BEEN VETTED AS A CANDIDATE.

SO YOU WILL SEE ME ON THE BALLOT COME NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER.

I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER ME FOR THE NOMINATION TONIGHT.

AND ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL VOTE THAT YOU WOULD VOTE FOR ME ALSO.

I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE THAT AGENT OF CHANGE AGAIN.

I DON'T WANT TO GO IN THROUGH INTO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON THE TAD BOARD, BUT WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING A LOT OF CHANGE TO THE TAD BOARD, AND I WASN'T GOING TO RUN AGAIN THIS YEAR, BUT I RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE FROM MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN.

THEY KNOW WHO I AM AND WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO AND THEY SAID, YOUR JOB IS NOT FINISHED.

YOU NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND FINISH THAT.

SO THAT AND SEVERAL ENTITIES, MAYORS, SCHOOL BOARDS ASKED ME TO RUN AND SO I'M DOING THAT AGAIN.

I WON'T GO TOO MUCH FURTHER ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO AND IS GO TO ENTITIES AND ASK THEM TO FORWARD THEIR QUESTIONS TO ME.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO THIS OUT OF ORDER OR NOT.

I KNOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU NEED ME TO HANG AROUND TO THE AGENDA ITEM, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO.

AND WOULD YOU MIND HANGING AROUND FOR THAT THAT AGENDA ITEM SO WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME? I DON'T MIND AT ALL. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT AND GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER JIMMY STATHATOS.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THERE ARE SORRY OPERATOR ERROR.

THERE ARE FEW ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING.

THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL AND BUDGETARY POLICY AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS JUST A CLEAN UP TO GET IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME OUTDATED AND REPETITIVE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEING REMOVED.

BUT IT'S THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT AFFECTS OUR CHECKS AND BALANCES OR FISCAL TRANSPARENCY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S REALLY MORE OF A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.

AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, RECLASSIFYING THE ROADWAY FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS A SPUR ROAD BETWEEN THE 800 AND 900 BLOCK OF HARWOOD ROAD TO A FIRE ACCESS ROAD.

AND THIS ESTABLISHED THE SPEED LIMIT AT 20MPH, ESTABLISHING A NO PARKING ZONE AND AUTHORIZING TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AND POSTING NUMEROUS TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE SIGNS.

NOW, FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW, THE SLIP ROAD IS BASICALLY WHEN YOU'RE OVER ON HARWOOD, IT'S THAT ROAD THAT IS PARALLEL TO HARWOOD BETWEEN THE HOUSES. NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THE ONLY INTENT IS FOR US TO ERECT A 20 MILE PER HOUR CITY LIMIT SPEED LIMIT SIGN.

WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING ANY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST IT, QUITE FRANKLY.

BUT THIS IS STANDARD LANGUAGE.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO LIKE JUST CUT AND PASTE ANYWAY.

AND SO THAT'S AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

THAT'S THE THIRD ITEM.

THE FINAL ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO AWARD AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR CITYWIDE MOWING AND TRIMMING SERVICES TO JLG SERVICES LLC, IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $294,197.

THERE'S A PRETTY BIG DELTA BETWEEN THE TWO BIDS, AND IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE THE OTHER CONTRACTOR MISSED A LOT OF THE SCOPE WHEN THEY WERE BIDDING.

AND SO THAT IS WHY THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.

BUT WE DO RECOMMEND JLG SERVICES AND THAT IS IT, UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? QUICK QUESTION, MAYOR.

JIMMY, HAVE WE USED THIS? WE HAVEN'T USED THIS LANDSCAPING COMPANY BEFORE, HAVE WE? YEAH, WE.

I WAS LOOKING FOR MARK.

WE HAVE USED OR DON'S COMING.

IT TURNS OUT THEY HAVE DONE SOME WORK DON.

CAN YOU DID YOU HEAR THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S QUESTION? YES. AND WE HAVE THEY WERE THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR BEFORE THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH YELLOWSTONE HAD.

AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE NOT GOING WITH YELLOWSTONE AGAIN IS? YELLOWSTONE DID NOT BID.

DID NOT BID ON IT? NO, SIR.

AND WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE? IT'S A $94,000 DIFFERENCE.

WHAT WAS IT THAT THEY MISSED? [INAUDIBLE] I'LL SAY I CAN'T TELL YOU SPECIFICS ON THAT.

WE JUST FEEL THAT IF THE YELLOWSTONE CANNOT DO IT FOR $214 AND THEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, THEY ASKED US TO THEY GAVE US A LETTER SAYING THEY WERE NOT GOING TO FINISH THE CONTRACT OUT THROUGH JUST THEIR FIRST YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAD THEIR THEIR BIDDER PERSON OR PERSONNEL DID NOT BID IT

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EXCUSE ME. SO THEY WERE LOSING MONEY, SO THEY HAD TO BOW OUT.

SO WE WERE JUST THANKFUL THAT THEY DID AT LEAST THE FIRST YEAR GIVE US A CHANCE TO TO REBID IT FOR US AND TO BE ABLE TO GET IT TO Y'ALL.

SO DO YOU THINK THE $294 IS A MORE ACCURATE.

WE FEEL LIKE IT WOULD STAFF ALL FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A $300,000 PRICE TAG OR MORE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE. SO WE'VE USED JLG SERVICES IN THE PAST, CORRECT? YES, SIR. HOW WAS THEIR PERFORMANCE? I THOUGHT THEY DID VERY WELL.

DID THEY MISS ANY ANY CUTS OR.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY DO.

IT'S JUST LIKE PARK DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE NOT PERFECT EITHER. THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE JUST MISS SPOTS FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, BUT THEY WERE REALLY ON AN AVERAGE, PROBABLY 98% ACCURATE ON EVERYTHING.

OKAY. SO WE WERE HAPPY WITH THEIR PROGRESS [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND. I HEARD COUNCILMAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES. FIRST.

SECOND. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES SIX UNANIMOUSLY.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

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

[5. Public hearing and consider an ordinance amending a Planned Unit Development District, approving a detailed development plan for Lot 2 Block 1, The Shops at Central Park Addition, located at 2100 Central Park Boulevard, Bedford, Texas, to accommodate for the demolition and reconstruction of a fast-food restaurant (McDonald’s), drive-through, and site renovations. The property is generally located on the north side of Central Park Boulevard, and the east side of Central Drive. (PUD-23-5) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0-0]

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, APPROVING THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR LOT 2, BLOCK 1, THE SHOPS AT CENTRAL PARK ADDITION, LOCATED AT 2100 CENTRAL PARK BOULEVARD, BEDFORD, TEXAS, TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FAST FOOD RESTAURANT MCDONALD'S DRIVE THRU AND SITE RENOVATIONS.

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CENTRAL PARK BOULEVARD, EAST SIDE OF CENTRAL DRIVE.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 0.

AND WE'LL WELCOME TO THE DAIS WES MORRISON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS A PUD AMENDMENT, REASON THIS IS A PUD AMENDMENT IS ANYTIME THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR THE SITE PLAN CHANGES IN A PUD CITY COUNCIL AND P&Z WE TREAT IT AS A ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN WAS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL AMENDING ORDINANCE.

SO THIS PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BACK IN 86' AS A MCDONALD'S AND AMENDED IN 2003 FOR ANOTHER REBUILD.

AND SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE COMING BACK AND COMPLETELY DEMOLISHING THE EXISTING SITE ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND, TAKING UP CONCRETE AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN BUILDING EVERYTHING BACK, PARKING SPACES AND A NEW BUILDING, NEW 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

THE MAIN CHANGE ON THE SITE PLAN IS THE DRIVE THRU ACCESS POINTS ALL STAY THE SAME.

RELATIVELY PARKING STAYS THE SAME.

LANDSCAPING IS IMPROVING AS WELL, BUT TREES ARE STAYING THE SAME THANKS TO P&ZS CONDITION.

BUT THE MAIN THING IS THE DRIVE THRU.

RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE TO DRIVE THRUS BUT THEY'RE NOT VERY WELL DEFINED.

THIS IS RAISING SOME CURBS AND ADDING AND MAKING A MORE DEFINED TO DRIVE THRU SITUATION.

LANDSCAPE PLAN P&Z DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS WITH CONDITIONS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE SOME CHANGES IN PLANTINGS AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OAK TREES ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF CENTRAL DRIVE WERE PRESERVED.

AND SO THE APPLICANT PROVIDED US A NEW LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT MEETS THE CONDITIONS OF P&ZS CONDITIONS.

THE SITE IS GENERALLY BUILT OUT SHOPPING CENTER TO THE NORTH.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM TO THE WEST, AND THEN MULTIFAMILY AND OFFICE BUILDINGS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST.

PICTURES OF THE SITE AS IT CURRENTLY SITS TODAY.

AGAIN, NOT A WHOLE LOT IS CHANGING ON THE SITE.

NEW BUILDING, NEW LANDSCAPING AND THEN A MORE DEFINED DRIVE THRU AREA.

WE NOTIFIED FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE AREA.

ALSO PLACED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY AND ADVERTISED THE HEARING IN THE NEWSPAPER.

AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST.

PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY A 6 TO 0 VOTE.

TONIGHT, WE'LL JUST NEED A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN COUNCIL'S FINAL ACTION.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, WES. SO REAL QUICK, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING FOR THE AUDIENCE? ROUGHLY 5,000FT².

YEAH. THE FOOTPRINTS REALLY DON'T CHANGING TOO MUCH.

OKAY, SO MAY I ASK WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS? I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE, SO THAT MAY BE A BETTER THE I THINK TYPICALLY MCDONALD'S REQUIRES A NEW BUILDING BE BUILT AROUND THEM.

BUT I'LL LET THEM ANSWER THAT.

ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD.

AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:35.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD AND [INAUDIBLE] YOUR NAME.

HI, I'M DREW DANOWSKI WITH CLAYMORE ENGINEERING, 1903 CENTRAL DRIVE, BEDFORD, TEXAS ENGINEER OF RECORD ON THE PROJECT.

JUST HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE SPECIFICALLY.

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BUT THEY HAVE ROLLED OUT NEW PROTOTYPES, NEW MODELS.

PARTICULARLY I DON'T I DON'T THINK THE SITE PLAN IS ON THE SCREEN, BUT THE TWO, TWO ONE DRIVEWAY CONFIGURATION, THAT IS KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE ALL PIVOTING TO.

SO INSTEAD OF ONE LANE SPLITTING INTO TWO ORDER POINTS AND THEN BACK INTO ONE PICKUP LINE, TWO, TWO ONE PROVIDES DUAL STACKING WHICH THEY CAN MOVE CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE SITE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY.

80% OF THEIR BUSINESS GOES THROUGH THE DRIVE THRU SO THAT'S A BIG REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THEM.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP.

SO BASICALLY, THEY'RE UP THEY'RE BASICALLY BEEN CHOSEN THEY'RE UP FOR THIS RENEWAL.

AND JUST TO UPDATE THE WHOLE THE WHOLE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING, COMPLETELY RENOVATE THE SITE, ALL NEW.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES. YES.

SO I SEE THE PLANNING AND ZONING PUT SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT STIPULATIONS IN THERE.

SO YOU'RE YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? I MEAN, THERE WE ARE.

OKAY. WE'VE WE'VE UPDATED OUR PLANS TO SHOW PRESERVING OF THE TWO OAK TREES AND THE CHANGES TO THE LANDSCAPE.

SO WE'RE ON BOARD WITH ALL OF THAT.

THANKS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR THIS RENOVATION TO BE COMPLETED? 3 TO 4 MONTHS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE.

WES, I SEE YOU'RE WEARING A TIE TODAY.

IS IT PINK? IT DOES HAVE PINK IN IT.

OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IT DOES COUNT. IT DOES.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE COMING TO THE DAIS, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:38.

AND, COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SIX TO ZERO.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, STAFF. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE TRACKS 2 AND I'M SORRY, TRACKS 3 AND 3D2 ABSTRACT 12 OF THE ALLEN WR SURVEY, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, KNOWN LOCALLY

[6. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone Tracts 3 and 3D2, Abstract 12 of the Allen, W.R. Survey, Tarrant County, Texas, known locally as 1525 Bedford Road, Bedford, Texas, consisting of approximately 2.852 acres, from R-7,500 Single-Family Residential Detached District (R-75) to MD-4 Medium-Density Single-Family Attached District for a proposed 29 Residential Townhome Lot and five Open Space Lot subdivision. The 2.852 acres site is located on the north side of Bedford Road, approximately 350 feet southwest of Forest Ridge Drive (PUD-23-3). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 5-1-0]

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS SITE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AS A CHURCH BACK IN 1970.

IT IS 2.9 ACRES.

BACK IN 2020, THE CLUBHOUSE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OBTAINED ZONING APPROVAL AND FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER, AND OFFICE AND THEN DEMOLISH THE CHURCH FACILITY IN 2021.

SINCE THAT TIME, THE PROPERTY'S BEEN VACANT.

TONIGHT, THE APPLICANT IS COMING FORWARD.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS R-75, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, MINIMUM LOT SIZE 7,500FT² TO AN MD-4, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.

THAT WOULD MEAN DUPLEX OR TOWNHOMES WOULD BE THE ONLY TWO SINGLE FAMILY PRODUCTS ALLOWED.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING DENSITY OF 2 POINT OR 10.2 UNITS PER ACRE, MEANING 29 TOWNHOME TOTAL AND FIVE OPEN SPACE LOTS. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS ONE P&Z HEARD THIS ONE TWICE.

ON THE 24TH, THEY CONDUCTED THEIR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND BASED ON CONCERNS FROM P&Z REGARDING LANDSCAPING, REGARDING THE TREES BEING REMOVED, THEY ASKED THE APPLICANT TO GO BACK AND MAKE SOME CHANGES AND WANTED TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBOR HOA MORROW GREEN TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. SO THE APPLICANT DID THAT, CAME BACK AT A LATER P&Z MEETING AND REDUCED THE NUMBER OF TOWNHOMES FROM 30 TO 29.

SAVED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MORE TREES AND THEN ADDED ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OF MORROW GREEN.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON MEDIUM DENSITY.

WE DON'T SEE THIS APPLICATION VERY OFTEN.

IT IS A IT'S NOT A PUD.

IT IS A ZONING OR A ZONING DISTRICT DEFINED IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

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IT'S UNIQUE, THOUGH, THAT IT DOES REQUIRE A SITE PLAN BE ATTACHED TO THE APPROVING ORDINANCE.

SO WHATEVER IS APPROVED TONIGHT, THE SITE PLAN WILL GO ALONG WITH THE ORDINANCE AND THAT'S HOW THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE DEVELOPED OUT.

IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT ALL THE TOWNHOMES BE ON INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED LOTS.

SO IT CAN'T BE ONE BIG LOT WITH MULTIPLE TOWNHOMES.

AND THEN IT ALSO REQUIRES AN HOA OR SOME TYPE OF PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATION TO MAINTAIN ANY OPEN SPACE.

IT ALSO ONE LAST ALSO GIVES THE DEVELOPER A OPTION TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING LAID OUT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT MAY NOT MEET THEIR DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, THEN IT ALLOWS THEM TO PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR THOSE DESIGN, THOSE ALTERATIONS. AND WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF WHAT THOSE ARE.

THIS IS JUST THE GENERAL LAYOUT THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDED AND THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED.

THEIR SITE PLAN THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE APPROVING ORDINANCE SHOWS A 24 FOOT WIDE MUTUAL ACCESS AND EMERGENCY EASEMENT THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

THE 29 TOWNHOMES LAID OUT AND THEN VARIOUS PARKING AND OPEN SPACE.

JUST TO KIND OF RUN DOWN REAL QUICKLY, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BASED ON THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS AND WHAT THE MD-4 REQUIRES, CLEARLY, THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICT THAN R-75, BUT WE'VE GOT THAT COMPARISON ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU AS WELL.

THE LOT COVERAGE IN MD-4 ALLOWS A MAXIMUM OF 80% LOT COVERAGE AVERAGE 60% THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE APPLICANTS COMING IN SAYING THEY CAN DO THIS PRODUCT WITH A 54% LOT COVERAGE.

THE OTHER BIG CHANGE IS THE AVERAGE FLOOR AREA OR MINIMUM FLOOR AREA.

THE MD-4 REQUIREMENTS SAY AN AVERAGE OF 1,100 SQUARE FEET.

THE APPLICANTS COMING IN SAYING THAT EVERY ONE OF THE UNITS WILL BE AT LEAST 1,400 SQUARE FEET.

AND THEN NO CHANGE IN THE PARKING.

THE, AGAIN, 29 UNITS KIND OF PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON PARKING.

OVERALL, THERE WILL BE 99 PARKING, OFF STREET PARKING SPACES PROVIDED.

LANDSCAPE THEY'RE EXCEEDING OUR REQUIRED 20% LANDSCAPE BY GOING TO 24%.

AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO DOING A SCREENING WALL ALONG BEDFORD ROAD AND WILL REPLACE THE FENCING BETWEEN MORROW GREEN AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WHERE NEEDED.

I WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS.

WE REQUIRE THE APPLICANT PROVIDE A TREE PRESERVATION ANALYSIS DURING A ZONING REQUEST.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT STAFF DOESN'T DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THIS UNTIL THE PRELIMINARY PLAT STAGE, SO WE'LL KNOW MORE BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO GIVE US DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE SPECIES, ON REALLY WHAT IS WHAT IS COMING OUT, WHAT'S MITIGATING, AND THEN WE'LL TELL THEM WHAT THEIR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS ARE BASED UNDER THE NEW TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.

BUT JUST A REAL QUICK SNAPSHOT 79 EXISTING TREES ON THE SITE, SEVEN OF WHICH ARE IN THE UNPROTECTED CATEGORY AND THREE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DEAD OR DISEASED.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AGAIN OR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

JUST A REAL QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THIS.

THE 20 FOOT, 24 FOOT ACCESS AND FIRE LANE EMERGENCY EASEMENT THROUGHOUT THE SITE, A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG BEDFORD ROAD PLATTING PROCESS WILL GO THROUGH THE ALL THE UTILITY PLANS AND THEN THERE IS A DETENTION POND.

GO BACK TO IT REAL QUICK THERE AT THE ALONG BEDFORD ROAD AT THE BOTTOM SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

WE ALWAYS LOOK AT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

ONE THING THAT OUR [INAUDIBLE] DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS.

LET'S LAY THEM OUT REAL QUICKLY ARE THE THIS IS IDENTIFIED AS A SCHOOL AND CHURCH FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.

IT'S THE PRACTICE THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS THAT WE BASE FUTURE LAND USE ON CURRENT LAND USE.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GETTING AWAY FROM AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUT CURRENTLY THAT'S THE DESIGNATION OF THIS PROPERTY.

THE PLAN DOES ENCOURAGE A MIXTURE OF HOUSING TYPES IN THE USE OF MEDIUM DENSITIES TO BE LOCATED ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.

AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT ADJACENT LAND USES.

AND SO IT'S ONE THING TO POINT OUT, AND I THINK I'VE GOT IT IN THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, THE ADJACENT LAND USES SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY IS MORROW GREEN ON THE SOUTH, NORTH AND WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY I'M SORRY, NORTH EAST AND WEST.

ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL AND MORROW GREEN AS A COMPARISON TO THIS PRODUCT, MORROW GREEN IS DEVELOPED AT 12 UNITS AN ACRE COMPARED TO WHAT THE PROPOSED IS, IS THE 10.2 UNITS PER ACRE.

WE NOTIFIED 85 PROPERTY OWNERS, PUT A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY AND PUBLISHED A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER.

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SO THERE IS NO SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT HERE.

P&Z DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF 5 TO 1.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MINUTES ARE IN THE BACK OUR PACKET.

BUT THE I THINK THE BIG CONCERN WAS THE NUMBER OF TREES BEING REMOVED FROM THE SITE WAS WHAT SOME P&Z COMMISSIONERS COULDN'T SEE PAST.

SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU WES, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE DETENTION POND? I KNOW THAT BY READING THE MINUTES THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT? SURE. I THINK THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING P&Z WERE THE NUMBER OF TREES.

AND I'LL GO BACK TO THE TREES, THE NUMBER OF TREES BEING REMOVED.

AND I KNOW THE I THINK I SAW THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IN THE AUDIENCE AND I KNOW HE CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO MORE DETAIL ON THIS, BUT THIS IS THIS IS THEIR PLAN AS IT SITS TODAY.

ONCE THEY START GOING THROUGH OUR TREE ORDINANCE AND THEY LOOK AT MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, I SUSPECT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAVE MORE OF THOSE TREES ON SITE.

AND HE STATED THERE MAY BE SOME OPTION TO TO DO THAT.

AGAIN, I'LL LET HIM ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IN DETAIL.

YEAH. WHAT ABOUT THE DETENTION POND? MY QUESTION WAS ON THE. OH, I'M SORRY.

WHAT WAS THE. BECAUSE I NOTICED THERE WERE SOME RESIDENTS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DETENTION POND AND TAKING CARE OF IT AND MAKING SURE.

THE DETENTION POND WILL BE MAINTAINED UNDER THE PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATION.

AND THE REASON THE DETENTION POND IS REQUIRED IS JUST FOR ON SITE DETENTION.

SO WE BECAUSE THERE IS BECAUSE OF RUNOFF AND FUTURE RUNOFF ENGINEERING IS REQUIRING THE DETENTION POND.

SO IT WILL BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

OKAY. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THAT IS UP TO CODE.

AND BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE WORRIED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS, I THINK FLOODING IN THEIR BACKYARD, THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT OTHER THINGS.

NO. IN TALKS WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, THE DETENTION WILL BE DESIGNED AND THE ENGINEERS OR THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEERS HERE AS WELL.

BUT THE DETENTION POND IS DESIGNED TO SLOW RELEASE INTO THE STREET BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A STORM SEWER RIGHT THERE.

SO IT WON'T RELEASE ANY MORE THAN WHAT IT DOES TODAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR WES? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

WES, THE PRODUCT THEY'VE GOT A FENCE ALONG THERE, THE RETAINING WALL.

SO IS IT A WOODEN FENCE THAT'S GOING TO BE ALONG BEDFORD ROAD? NO, IT WILL BE A MASONRY, YES.

CORRECT. STONE OR IS IT GOING TO BE THAT THAT STUFF THAT THEY USE NOW? LIKE A LIKE A FAUX TYPE? I'D HAVE TO LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THAT.

OKAY. AND THEN DO THEY HAVE LIGHTING AT THE ENTRANCES? ARE THEY IS THAT WAY DOWN THE ROAD? THEY'VE NOT PROPOSED ANY OF THAT TO US AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT THEY WILL? THAT WOULD BE FOR THE APPLICANT.

WE WOULD HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR STREET LIGHTING, WHICH IS UNDER OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

WE'D MAKE SURE DURING THE PLATTING PROCESS.

BUT THAT WOULD I MEAN, THAT'S NOT DECORATIVE LIGHTING BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.

OKAY. AND MORROW GREEN, WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND IN THERE, IT'S DIFFICULT IF ANYBODY'S PARKING ON THE STREET.

SO BASICALLY THEY'RE SAYING NOBODY WILL PARK ON THE STREET EXCEPT FOR IN THE DESIGNATED SPOTS.

THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE ALL THE I CALL THEM A STREET, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN EASEMENT.

IT'S A FIRE LANE EASEMENT.

SO, NO, YOU COULDN'T PARK IN THAT.

AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE CCNRS.

BE PART OF CCNRS, BUT ALSO IT WOULD BE DEDICATED AS AN EASEMENT.

AND SO YOU'D PROBABLY ALSO SEE STRIPING FOR THE FIRE LANE AND NO PARKING SIGNS.

OKAY. AND NO CLUBHOUSE? NO. I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WES, YOU SAID SO THIS THIS PROJECT IS LESS DENSE THAN THE SURROUNDING ALL THREE OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

OF MORROW GREEN. I DID NOT COMPARE IT TO THE MULTIFAMILY TO THE SOUTH, BUT YES, OF MORROW GREEN.

OKAY. AND THE POND, YOU SAID THAT THAT WILL DRAIN INTO THE STREET? THAT IS DESIGNED TO SLOWLY DRAIN INTO THE STREET.

AND YOU'RE GETTING ME OFF ON A BRIDGE HERE WHERE I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO BEAR WITH ME.

BUT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND I KNOW THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEERS HERE SO THEY CAN ANSWER THAT.

I KNOW THAT OUR ENGINEERS REVIEWED IT.

AND OBVIOUSLY AT A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW DURING THE PLATTING STAGES, IS WHERE WE'LL REVIEW THE DETAILED DRAINAGE AND ENGINEERING PLANS.

OKAY. AND THEN THE TREE SITUATIONS, THAT'S ANOTHER DATE.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

WES ONE MORE. IT'S A I GET CONFUSED.

DETENTION, RETENTION.

SO THERE'S NO WATER IN IT.

CORRECT? IT'S NOT DESIGNED TO RETENTION IS IS DESIGNED TO KEEP.

YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYBODY HAS MORE QUESTIONS.

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TIME IS 6:51 IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

HI. NAME, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS OSAMA NASHEED WITH DNA CONSULTANTS 5,000 THOMPSON TERRACE, COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS 76034.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE STAFF TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND ALSO WITH THE SURROUNDING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, TRYING TO GET THEM A LITTLE BIT COMFORTABLE WITH THE WITH THE PROJECT.

I WILL ADDRESS A FEW THINGS AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF THE DETENTION POND, THIS IS LIKE WES SAID IT WILL BE A DRY DETENTION POND OUR PREFERENCE WILL BE TO ANALYZE BEDFORD ROAD.

AND IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED, WE BE WE RATHER KEEP THE TREES AND LEAVE IT AS AN OPEN AREA WITHOUT THE DETENTION.

BUT IF THE DETENTION IS REQUIRED, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL NOT FLOOD ANYBODY FOR SURE.

IT WILL BE DESIGNED AND STAMPED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY WILL BE GETTING FLOODED BY ANY MEANS.

SO THIS IS FOR THE DETENTION.

IN TERMS OF THE LIGHTINGS, WE WILL HAVE LIGHTINGS IN THE ENTRANCE AND IT WILL BE DECORATIVE FOR SURE BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A GOOD PRODUCT HERE IN THIS AREA TO IT WILL BE GOOD FOR US.

IN TERMS OF PARKING.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND MORROW GREEN IS THEY HAVE THEIR HOUSES VERY RIGHT AT THE CURB, SO THERE IS NO PLACE FOR ANYBODY TO PARK.

WITH THIS LAYOUT, WE ARE 20FT BACK, SO EVERY UNIT IS GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO PARKING SPACES IN THE GARAGES. WE WILL HAVE SOME UNIT WITH ONE PARKING SPACE AND SOME WITH TWO, AND WE WILL HAVE TWO PARKING SPACES OUTSIDE.

SO EVERY UNIT WILL HAVE AT LEAST THREE PARKING SPACES.

THE REQUIREMENT FOR MD-4 IS LIKE FOUR PARKING SPACES FOR THIS SIZE OF PROPERTY AND WE ARE PROVIDING NINE JUST IN CASE IF THERE IS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A FIRE LANE ALL AROUND.

WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE BLOCKING FIRE TRUCK OR ANYTHING.

WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. NOW, AND WES WAS SAYING THAT PART OF THE FENCE THAT THAT IS BETWEEN YOU AND MORROW GREEN YOU'RE GOING TO REPLACE.

WHY AREN'T YOU REPLACING ALL THE FENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MATCHES UP? IT WILL BE REPLACED.

THE WHOLE THING IS SO ALL THE FENCE AROUND MORROW GREEN IS GOING TO DO THAT AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT WILL NOT BE REPLACED AT THE BEGINNING, BUT AS THESE UNITS DEVELOPED, IT WILL BE THEY WILL REPLACE THIS SECTION FOR IT BECAUSE IF THEY REPLACE IT TODAY, BY THE TIME THIS UNIT IS DEVELOPED, IT WILL BE ALL BECOME OLD AGAIN.

OKAY. AND WHAT ARE THESE GOING TO BE WOOD CONSTRUCTION.

ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE? IT WILL BE CEDAR.

CEDAR ON THE OUTSIDE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BRICK OR MASONRY AT ALL.

OR IT'S JUST GOING TO. NO, IT WILL BE JUST CEDAR.

CEDAR FENCES.

WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSE, THE UNITS THEMSELVES.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE BRICK AND MORTAR OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE MIXED? IT WILL BE MIXED BETWEEN BLANKS AND CEDAR BLANKS AND MASONRY AND BRICKS AND ROCKS AND.

OKAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO I DID WATCH THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, AND I KNOW CHAIRMAN EMERY ASKED, I BELIEVE IT'S THIS MIDDLE SECTION THAT THERE USED TO BE THAT THIRD UNIT THERE, RIGHT? YES. AND YOU NEGOTIATED.

SO WE REMOVED THE THIRD UNIT AND WE HAVE THOSE TWO.

WHAT IS THE RATIONALE? I JUST THINK IT LOOKS WEIRD.

AND SO [INAUDIBLE] JUST REMOVE THE ADDITIONAL TWO UNITS TO ALLOW MORE GREEN SPACE AND POSSIBLY MORE PARKING.

I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE OF THE DESIGN OF JUST REMOVING ONE AND, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP MORE TREES IN THAT PARTICULAR SPACE.

I THINK THE BIGGEST THREE TREES WERE IN THIS UNIT THAT WE MOVED.

SO BY TAKING THIS UNIT, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE THREE LARGE TREES, THEN THE REST OF THEM.

SO AND WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE WERE LIKE AT 41 UNIT.

SO AT CERTAIN TIME THE ECONOMY JUST DOESN'T WORK.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THIS UNITS OUT AND SAVE THE TREES AND

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I THINK WE ARE PROVIDING A LOT MORE THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED AND SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM FOR PARKING.

OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW, WE JUST PASSED A NEW TREE ORDINANCE, SO YOU HAVE TO REVIEW THAT, OF COURSE.

AND SO ADDITIONAL CHANGES MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE.

ALL RIGHT. YES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO IT'S STILL A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE MIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

OKAY, GO AHEAD. NAME? ANNE COAKLEY.

BEAR WITH ME. I AM NOT GOOD AT THIS STUFF.

SO IF I FEEL LIKE A FOOL, I AM A FOOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I'M MUMBLING ANYWAY.

THIS IS JUST AFTER MY HEART HERE, SAVING THESE TREES.

AND I KNOW IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY.

AND I'M GOING, WHERE IS THIS GOING IF WE KEEP ON FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF, LIKE, CLUELESS.

THEY KEEP CUTTING DOWN THE TREES AND CUTTING DOWN THE TREES AND CUTTING DOWN THEIR TREES.

AND I'M GOING, ARE WE GOING TO BE A FOLLOWER OF THAT OR ARE WE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SHOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE SHADE AND THE BEAUTIFUL TREES AND THE HISTORY.

ANYWAY, I KNOW IT'S ABOUT MONEY AND I KNOW WE NEED DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE NEED MORE TO SAVE MORE TREES.

AND ACCORDING TO THAT PICTURE THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ONLY SAVING LIKE 20 OF THE 79 TREES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY.

IT'S NOT VERY MANY.

AND I AGREE WITH NICHELLE.

WHY DON'T THEY JUST MAKE THAT WHOLE CENTER PART A PARK? YOU KNOW SOMETHING? I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS. I'M SORRY, GUYS.

I'M ANNE COAKLEY AND I LIVE IN BEDFORD.

AND ANYWAY, NO, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT MANY THERE? WHY? WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY HOUSES? THAT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

AND I'M BASICALLY A MINIMALIST.

SO MONEY YOU CAN'T TAKE MONEY WITH YOU, BUT YOU CAN TAKE TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR SOCIETY AND STUFF BY HAVING CLEAN AIR TO BREATHE.

SO WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR EARTH RIGHT NOW.

AND YES, I'M ALSO CALLED MOTHER EARTH, SO.

SORRY, GUYS, THIS IS HARD.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY REAL PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

AND WE ARE TOO, WHICH IS WHY WE PASSED THIS.

I KNOW. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THE TREE ORDINANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STICKING TO THAT AND SAVING AS MANY AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE.

YES. SO, YES, I WOULD PROBABLY BE ONE STEP AWAY FROM STEPPING IN FRONT OF THE TRACTOR, S O, TO SAVE A TREE.

SO SORRY.

THANKS, NICHELLE. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

STATE YOUR NAME. RACHEL KING BEDFORD, TEXAS.

JUST HEARING HER PASSION ABOUT THE TREES, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

I DON'T I HAVEN'T READ THE TREE ORDINANCE.

BUT COULD IT PERHAPS BE PROPOSED THAT THE TEAM WORKING ON THIS REPLANT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TREES ELSEWHERE WITHIN OUR CITY AS A PROPOSAL THAT'S PART OF THE TREE ORDINANCE AS WELL.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU GOT IT? YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

COME ON UP, KENT. KENT HOPKINS, THE CFO FOR THE CLUBHOUSE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS AND CHAIRMAN, WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ALL ALONG VERY CLOSELY.

YOU KNOW, OUR INVOLVEMENT AND OUR CONCERN ABOUT THIS.

AND I ALSO HAVE CLIENTS I HAVE AN ACCOUNTING PRACTICE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA THAT ARE LOOKING AT THESE TOWNHOMES AS A PLACE TO RELOCATE TO WHEN THEY SELL THEIR HOMES IN THE AREA.

THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE AREA.

AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE VERY NICE HOMES.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE FAIRLY LARGE AND, YOU KNOW, YET THEY HAVE ALL THE ACCOMMODATIONS.

AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE NICER THAN THE ONES AROUND THEM.

BUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE TREES, I KNOW JOHN [INAUDIBLE] IS PLANNING TO PUT MORE TREES IN THERE THAN HE'S TAKING OUT.

IN A MATTER OF ANOTHER 20 OR 30 YEARS, YOU'LL HAVE FULL TREES.

GROWING UP IN THE PLACE OF THOSE THAT ARE TAKEN OUT.

AND WHEN WE WERE GOING TO BUILD THAT CLUBHOUSE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS, WE WERE GOING TO TAKE OUT ABOUT 24 TREES THAT WAS APPROVED.

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I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY.

PROBABLY ABOUT TEN MORE TREES THAN WE ARE.

BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT ISN'T THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE.

BUT IN THE LONG RUN, HE'LL HAVE EVEN MORE THAN THEY HAVE NOW BECAUSE HE'LL BE PUTTING TREES ON EVERY LOT AND EVEN IN THE DETENTION POND BECAUSE THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE WATER IN IT MOST OF THE TIME.

SO I THINK IT'LL BE VERY ATTRACTIVE AND IT'LL BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT, KENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WELCOME. HI, MAYOR.

I'M DEBORAH. I LIVE IN BEDFORD.

I CAME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE LAST TIME.

AND MADE A SPECTACLE OF MYSELF BECAUSE I HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK FROM AFRICA.

I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING ANNE SAID.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE TREE POLICY BE PLACED FRONT AND CENTER SO EVERYONE CAN FIND IT. I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE.

I GRADUATED WITH HONORS AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND.

THAT'S ONE REQUEST.

I THINK THAT COULD BE ACCOMMODATED.

EVERYONE'S TALKING IN GENERALITIES.

THE MAN WHO'S SELLING THE PROPERTY THINKS IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

AND IT MIGHT BE, BUT I DON'T PLAN ON BEING HERE IN 20 YEARS.

I PLAN ON BEING DEAD.

SO I WANT SPECIFICS.

AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO COVER THAT TONIGHT, BUT I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN 30 TREES ARE GOING TO DIE FOR THIS PROJECT.

I KNOW FOR A FACT, LESS THAN TWO MILES AWAY, A LOT OF TREES JUST DIED FOR 20 TOWNHOMES. THEY DIDN'T TRY TO SAVE THEM.

THEY DIDN'T TRY TO MOVE THEM.

AND THEY WERE OLD TREES.

THEY'RE NOT REPLACING THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN.

SO WE WANT SPECIFICS.

HOW MANY TREES ARE DYING HERE? I THINK YOU'RE WRONG.

I THINK IT'S A LOT MORE THAN 20 OR 30.

AND THEY'RE NOT YOUNG TREES.

THEY'RE OLD TREES.

THEY WON'T BE REPLACED BY YOUNG.

IT'LL TAKE 20 OR 30 YEARS FOR WHATEVER THEY DO PUT THERE TO REPLACE THEM.

THAT'S 20 AND 30 YEARS THOSE OLD TREES AREN'T DOING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 20 AND 30 YEARS.

I KNOW PEOPLE ON NEXT DOOR UPSET ABOUT IT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BUSY.

THEY CAN'T COME AND DO THIS LIKE ANNE AND I CAN.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T GET A LOT OF RESPONSE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T CARE.

THEY JUST HAVE THEY HAVE LIVES.

I'M RETIRED ANNE MAYBE RETIRED.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT IF WE DON'T SPEAK OUT FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR GRANDKIDS.

IN 20 YEARS WHEN WE'RE GONE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING.

WHAT WERE Y'ALL THINKING? SO DO WE NEED 29 PLUS 20 49 TOWNHOMES INSTEAD OF 100 TREES? I DON'T THINK SO.

YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK WE CAN WE CAN ACCOMMODATE, FIRST OFF, MAKING SURE THE TREE ORDINANCE IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO FIND, PERHAPS ON OUR WEBSITE, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF FOR SURE. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, TIME IS 7:05.

GO AHEAD. AND LAST CHANCE.

OKAY. GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL, DISCUSSION HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO WITH THIS ACTION, IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, THIS IS APPROVING THE SITE PLAN.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NEXT STEPS IS THAT THE ACTUAL DESIGN.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE APPLICANT CAN UNDERSTAND THE TREE ORDINANCE.

AND SO THINGS COULD CHANGE BASED OFF OF WHAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING SO MORE TREES CAN BE PRESERVED OR MITIGATED BASED OFF OF OUR NEXT STEPS? YES, MA'AM, THAT'S CORRECT.

THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT STAGE.

OKAY. AND NO.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND AS A REQUIREMENT OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR TREE MITIGATION PLAN THAT WOULD TELL US ALL OF THOSE TREE DETAILS.

OKAY. SO WE CAN BE EXPLICIT ABOUT THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT WOULD GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING WHERE IT CAN BE DISCUSSED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TERMS OF

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING HERE IS THAT BASICALLY AS FAR AS THE TREES, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR PROCESS.

WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THIS BEFORE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MANY TREES WE CAN SAVE OR WHAT THEIR PLAN IS, MAKING SURE THEY ABIDE BY THE ORDINANCE THAT WE THAT WE PASSED. SO THERE'S AN ACTUAL PROCESS HERE.

WE CAN'T JUST HAVE THEM SUBMIT IT BEFOREHAND BEFORE WE BEFORE APPROVAL.

RIGHT. THE THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE SAYS THAT A TREE MITIGATION PLAN IS SUBMITTED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT STAGE.

AND JUST I KNOW IT WAS KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO MITIGATE THAT.

THE TREE REQUIREMENT.

ONE IS PLANTING ON SITE REPLACEMENT TREES, PLANTING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OR PAYING INTO A TREE RESTORATION FUND.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE MITIGATION OPTIONS.

OKAY, GOTCHA.

SO WITH THIS ONE, I'M TRYING TO THINK HOW THIS THIS WOULD GO.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY DELICATE.

SO CAN I CAN YOU ASSURE ME THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS AND BEING VERY STRINGENT WITH REGARDS TO SAVING AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE? WE ARE I MEAN, WE'RE IT IS REALLY THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO PLAY UNDER OUR TREE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.

SO WE'VE WE'RE VERY ADAMANT ABOUT LOOKING AT THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE RULES.

I THINK COUNCIL IS VERY ADAMANT AS WELL, CONSIDERING OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING WE BELIEVE IN.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SAVING AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE, BUT WHILE ALSO MOVING FORWARD IN DEVELOPMENTS AND GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO THANK YOU, WES.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OH, WAIT, I HAVE A THE CITY ATTORNEY.

REMOVE HOWEVER MANY TREES THEY CHOOSE WHETHER WE APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AND THEY GO WITH THIS PLAN OR THEY DEVELOP UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING ENTITLEMENT, WHICH WOULD NOT REQUIRE THEM TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A ZONING PERMISSION.

SO OUR TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.

SO I JUST I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYONE WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT IF WE DENY THIS ZONING, THIS IS GOING TO REMAIN A FOREST.

THEY HAVE ENTITLEMENT TO DEVELOP UNDER SINGLE FAMILY 7,500 AND CAN REMOVE ANY TREES UNDER THAT PLAN AS THEY WOULD LIKE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

OKAY. ONE COMMENT.

MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS.

I KNOW THIS WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM, I BELIEVE, TWICE AND WORKING WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THE EFFORT THEY PUT INTO THAT.

AND WES, YOU TOO, I KNOW IT'S BEEN ONGOING AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING, BUT A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT AND I THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY SIX TO ZERO.

THANK YOU STAFF. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

IT'S GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. Consider an ordinance granting a variance to Magic World LLC located at 813 Brown Trail, Suite 11 also known as Lot 2R, Block 4 Uptown Business and Professional Center Addition, and the applicant Angely Sanchez, from the distance requirements for the sale of alcoholic beverages established by Section 10- 1 of the City of Bedford Code of Ordinances.]

APPLICANT ANGELY SANCHEZ.

FROM THE DISTANCE, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 10-1 OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD CODE OF ORDINANCES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST TO OUR DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS ON ALCOHOL SALES.

THERE'S A LOT OF BULLETS HERE AND I'LL TRY TO SUMMARIZE THAT.

MAGIC WORLD IS A FLORIST GIFT SHOP THAT'S BEEN LOCATED AT 813 BROWN TRAIL SINCE JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO START PACKAGING ALCOHOL RELATED GIFTS WITH GIFTS, BASKETS, GIFT BASKETS.

THE BUSINESS IS LOCATED IN A SHOPPING CENTER.

IT HAS MULTIPLE USES, INCLUDING A CHURCH, WHICH IS WHAT'S TRIGGERING THIS REQUEST.

THEY OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT A PLACE THAT SELLS ALCOHOL, BEVERAGES OR ALCOHOL IN GENERAL MUST BE 300FT FROM A CHURCH. AND THE ORDINANCE ALSO ALLOWS COUNCIL TO GRANT A VARIANCE IF THEY FEEL IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE REQUIREMENT CAUSES A HARDSHIP OF HARDSHIP OF SOME SORT.

SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO IN THIS BUILDING, OBVIOUSLY, THE CHURCH IS WITHIN THE SAME BUILDING.

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COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. YES.

WES, THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE IT WITH THEIR SHIPMENTS AND THEIR GIFT BASKETS.

THIS IS NOT FOR CONSUMPTION ON PROPERTY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE ANOTHER? I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? I BELIEVE.

NO, I DO NOT SEE THEM IN THE AUDIENCE.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THE PLAN WAS TO STORE ALCOHOL ON THE PREMISES OR JUST RETRIEVE IT AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE WHEN THEY'RE PACKAGING THE GIFT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE BASED ON OUR LIMITED CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE A LARGE QUANTITY STORE, BUT THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE OR WINE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A LARGE QUANTITY SO.

AND THIS IS JUST A ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAM.

LIKE I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO.

I'M SPECULATING, BUT I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T DO.

BUT I THINK THEY JUST WANT TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR WES AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM SWITCHING FROM NON ONCE WE GRANT THE VARIANCE.

IS THAT VARIANCE BLANKET? I MEAN, IS IT IS IT BLANKET TO EVERYTHING? SO IN MY OPINION, IF WE CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS, YOU CAN ADD THE LIMITATION THAT IT BE FOR OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION SALES ONLY.

AND IT'S ALREADY CURRENTLY WRITTEN TO BE LIMITED TO THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT.

BUT IF THIS APPLICANT DECIDED TO SELL FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ADD THE CONDITION THAT IT NOT BE PERMITTED FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. AND WHAT WOULD THE PENALTY BE? WOULD IT BE A TYPICAL PENALTY OF WHAT WAS THAT $500? RIGHT. $500.

IT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF OUR ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS THE SALE OF ALCOHOL.

SO WE'D HAVE TO WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN THERE.

IF WE MAKE THE MOTION, IT HAS TO BE IN THE MOTION.

YES, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.

BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT. THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE.

WOULD THEY BE AGREEABLE TO THAT? THAT I DON'T KNOW.

BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S REALLY.

IT'S NOT THEIR CHOICE.

JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BASICALLY DOTTING OUR I'S, CROSSING OUR T'S AND DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION FOR COUNCILS GOING FORWARD IS FOR JUST FOR OFF PREMISE SALES ONLY FOR THIS ONE CONSUMPTION.

SORRY. YEP.

YEP. COUNCILMAN FARGO.

[INAUDIBLE] WES THE OTHER THING IS, HAS THE CHURCH OR ANYBODY COMPLAINED? WE DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS OF COMPLAINTS FROM NEARBY NEIGHBORS.

IT WAS NOT THE CHURCH.

AND I BELIEVE THOSE WERE THOSE FORWARDED ON TO COUNCIL OR.

OKAY. THE COMPLAINT WAS BASED ON THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVED.

THEY WERE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE MORE OF A LIQUOR STORE.

AND THEIR CONCERN WAS THE SCHOOL LOCATED NEARBY.

THAT'S OUTSIDE THE 300 FOOT RADIUS.

BUT THERE WAS NO ON THE COMPLAINTS WAS NOT FROM WERE NOT FROM ANYONE INSIDE THE SHOPPING CENTER.

AND CAN WE LIMIT IT, [INAUDIBLE], TO JUST BEER? I MEAN, WINE AND CHAMPAGNE.

I THINK IF YOU WANT TO LIMIT IT, I THINK YOU COULD.

IT'S SORT OF A GRAY AREA.

THE STATUTE ITSELF REALLY DOESN'T GO INTO GREAT DETAIL, JUST SIMPLY PROVIDES THAT IF YOU FIND IT CREATES AN UNDUE HARDSHIP AND IT'S NOT A HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK, THAT YOU CAN GRANT THE VARIANCE.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS WITHIN THAT 300 FOOT REALM, DON'T WE HAVE SEVERAL CONVENIENCE STORES THAT ARE SELLING BEER AND WINE ALREADY? NOT WITHIN THE 300 FOOT THERE.

I GOT A PRETTY PRETTY CLOSE THERE'S THERE'S A THERE'S A REAL CLOSE THERE WAS A CVS SHOPPING OR CVS PHARMACY THERE THAT PROBABLY SOLD BEER AND WINE.

HALLOWEEN SPIRIT SHOP.

I SAW THAT TODAY. RIGHT.

BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE MAYBE ACROSS PIPELINE THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. UM, WES SO WHO POLICES THIS? I MEAN, MY PROBLEM IS WITH PUTTING ALL THESE LITTLE RULES IN THAT SO WHAT WOULD KEEP YOU FROM DOING IT ANYWAY? I MEAN, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH POLICE FORCE TO DO THAT.

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SO ONCE ONE VARIANCE IS IN PLACE, THEN THE FIRST THING, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO DO IT.

LIKE THE CANDY STORE WANTS TO PUT LIQUOR IN WITH THEIR CANDY OR THE POPCORN STORE WANTS TO PUT LIQUOR.

SO THEN YOU'VE REALLY GOT LIQUOR ALL OVER THE CITY.

AND THAT WASN'T THE INTENTION OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO JUST KEEP THE LIQUOR ON THE THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY.

AND WHY WHY DOES THIS NOT HAVE TO EVER GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING? BECAUSE IT'S A VARIANCE.

THAT'S CORRECT. THE PROCEDURE LAID OUT IN THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT IT JUST SENDS IT DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S NOT A ZONING VARIANCE.

OKAY, GOTCHA. SO TO ANSWER YOUR I'M SORRY, TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT WHO ENFORCES IT, IF WE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS THAT THERE WERE ISSUES OR IF WE OBSERVED VIOLATIONS OURSELVES FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD TREAT IT LIKE ANY OTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATION.

SO I DON'T KNOW [INAUDIBLE], IS THERE ANY OTHER ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM? OBVIOUSLY IF WE NOTICED A HABITUAL PATTERN OF THIS, WE COULD FILE SUIT IN DISTRICT COURT AND SEEK A RESTRAINING ORDER PREVENTING THEM FROM CONTINUING TO VIOLATE OUR ORDINANCE. SO IT'S IT'S MORE THAN JUST BEING ABLE TO WRITE A CITATION.

OBVIOUSLY, A MONETARY FINE FOR MOST PEOPLE IS SUFFICIENT.

BUT SOME HABITUAL OPERATORS, IF THEY'RE MAKING MORE MONEY THAN THE FINE COST THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS AND THAT COULD BE A PERMANENT COURT ORDER. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS. OKAY.

OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK FIRST, SINCE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELLING ALCOHOL, DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TABC LICENSE? YES, THEY WOULD STILL GO THROUGH.

SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THE COMPLIANCE OF TABC.

THEY'RE UNDER MORE SCRUTINY AND RULES THAN IF THEY WERE JUST LIKE A BYOB RESTAURANT DOESN'T HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT SOMEBODY THAT HAS A TABC LICENSE. SURE, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THE TABC RULES, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S MORE SCRUTINY THAT GOES INTO THAT THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.

OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE I GET TO YOU, NICHELLE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT WHERE I SAID IF WE WERE GOING TO PROVE THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WANT TO DO IS THE OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION ADD A TAGLINE IN THERE IF WE WERE TO APPROVE.

OKAY. NOW THAT I'VE SAID THAT FOR THE RECORD.

COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR.

I MOVE TO DENY THIS ORDINANCE GRANTING A VARIANCE TO MAGIC WORLD LLC, LOCATED AT 813 BROWN TRAIL, SUITE 11, ALSO KNOWN AS LOT 2R BLOCK 4 UPTOWN BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CENTER ADDITION AND THAT APPLICANT ANGIE SANCHEZ FROM DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 10-1 OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD CODE ORDINANCES.

AND AGAIN THIS IS I MOVE TO DENY THIS ORDINANCE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES TO DENY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES FOUR TO TWO.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON OUR LIST, WE HAVE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION NOMINATING CANDIDATES TO THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

[8. Consider a resolution nominating candidates to the Tarrant Appraisal District Board of Directors.]

THANKS, MAYOR. WE HAVE I WANT TO GO OVER THE NOMINATIONS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF FROM YOUR FELLOW TAXING ENTITIES.

KELLER CITY COUNCIL HAS NOMINATED MR. LOSADA, ALSO RICH DEOTTE, WHO'S CURRENTLY SERVING, AND VINCE PUENTE.

AND THEN THE ARLINGTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NOMINATED GLORIA PENA.

THE LAKESIDE CITY COUNCIL HAS NOMINATED GERALD MILLER AND THE FORT WORTH CITY COUNCIL HAS NOMINATED ALAN BLAYLOCK.

AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS BESIDES MR. LOSADA. AND AS MENTIONED, YOU ALL HAVE UNTIL THE 15TH.

I THINK IT'S EXTENDED TO THE 16TH, BUT FOR NOMINATIONS AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK TO YOU ALL JUST FOR PUBLIC EDIFICATION AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DECIDE HOW TO ALLOCATE YOUR 25 VOTES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

REAL QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS.

SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOMINATE FIVE, I THINK IT IS PEOPLE NOT SAYING THAT WE WE WILL, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT ABILITY.

CORRECT? NO.

YOU CAN NOMINATE ANY.

YEAH. I'M SORRY. UP TO FIVE.

I APOLOGIZE. I WAS LOOKING DOWN.

OKAY. YOU'RE CORRECT. I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S ALL GOOD. SO.

AND THEN DID WE NOMINATE ANYONE? I GUESS WOULD HAVE BEEN TWO YEARS AGO.

I FROM MY RECOLLECTION, I DON'T BELIEVE WE DID.

WE DID NOT. OKAY.

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I THINK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, I SAID THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO MR. LOSADA. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS PERSONALLY FOR ME.

GARY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW BASICALLY IF YOU WERE IN THE POSITION, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO DIFFERENT? WHAT'S THE PROBLEMS AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO DIFFERENT? GREAT QUESTION FOR PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER SAID THERE WAS ONE NOMINATION FROM LAKESIDE.

IS THAT CORRECT? DID YOU STATE THAT? YES, SIR. GERALD MILLER.

THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR.

OKAY. THEY ONLY REPORTED ONE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, GERALD MILLER IS ONE OF THEM.

AND JUST FOR THE OTHER GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO AND I WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I PROMISE.

THEY ALSO NOMINATED MYSELF.

THEY NOMINATED RICH DEOTTE AND THEY NOMINATED VINCE PUENTE.

OKAY, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE VOTE.

SO ULTIMATELY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE HOW DO THEY CUT THAT? TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO THAT'S DIFFERENT IS CHANGE THE CULTURE AT TAD I BEGAN THAT PROCESS FOUR YEARS AGO. I CONDUCTED MY OWN INVESTIGATIONS AS TO WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE ABUSES AND ALSO.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TRUE.

BUT WATCHING WHERE THE MONEY WAS SPENT, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND IN MY FIRST MEETING, AND I KNEW IT BEFORE BECAUSE OF MY HISTORY ON THE ARB WAS THAT TAD WAS PAYING AN ATTORNEY WHO WAS NOT ON STAFF AND WHO DID NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH TAD BUT JUST HAD A BILLING AGREEMENT $32,370 PER MONTH.

OKAY. TAD ALREADY HAS LAWYERS, CORRECT? I'M SORRY. TAD ALREADY HAS THEIR OWN LAWYERS? NO, SIR. OH, THEY DON'T.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

OKAY, I FOUND THAT OUT, AND THEY TRIED TO THE STAFF TRIED TO PORTRAY THAT AS THAT INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY WAS ALSO THE BOARD ATTORNEY, WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE.

I ALSO ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE PROOF OF WHEN THE BOARD HAD APPROVED SUCH AN ATTORNEY.

THEY COULD NOT DO IT.

IT WAS A GENTLEMAN OR AGREEMENT SOME TIME AGO THAT JUST ROLLED OVER, ROLLED OVER, ROLLED OVER.

WELL, THAT CHANGED BY THE SUMMER OF 2020.

AND THE FIRST THING IS WE'VE GOT TO HIRE A CHIEF APPRAISER.

SO THAT'S GOT TO GET DONE.

I RECOMMEND HIGHLY THAT THIS CURRENT BOARD, BECAUSE OF ITS EXCUSE ME, THE CURRENT MAJORITY BOARD, IS A BETTER WAY OF PUTTING IT, NOT MAKE THAT SELECTION.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR TO HAVE ALREADY DECLINED TO RUN AGAIN.

SO IT WILL BE ESSENTIALLY A NEW BOARD.

AND THAT NEW BOARD, SHOULD, I BELIEVE, HIRE THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF COORDINATING AND CHANGING THE CULTURE SO THAT THE BOARD CAN DETERMINE WHAT THE CULTURE SHOULD BE, PASS THAT TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND LET THE CHIEF APPRAISER IMPLEMENT IT.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS, SECONDARY THINGS.

[INAUDIBLE] THERE NEEDS TO BE A STRONGER BUDGET REVIEW THAN IT HAS IN THE PAST.

IN THE PAST, THERE WAS NOT EVEN A BUDGET HEARING.

AFTER MY FIRST YEAR, WE DID HAVE BUDGET HEARINGS AND THAT BECAME THE PROCESS OF UNCOVERING THINGS THAT JUST SORT OF WENT ALONG.

AND THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY TO RUN A BUSINESS.

THE OTHER PART IS, IS THAT MOST OF THE CURRENT OR EXCUSE ME, THE FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF, HAS LEFT.

SO THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND I DON'T MIND SAYING THIS PUBLICLY HAS LEFT TAD IN A MESS.

AND WHILE THE IT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO HIRE STAFF, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO GIVE THE CHIEF APPRAISER THE TOOLS THAT HE OR SHE NEEDS IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT CAPACITY.

ANOTHER THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON.

I KNOW SO MANY OF THESE A LOT OF SKELETONS ARE BURIED.

WELL, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET TO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS ON THE INSIDE FROM TAD AND KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS.

I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN THERE. YOU YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I THINK THIS IS VERY BENEFICIAL.

[01:20:01]

I LOVE DOING THIS, BY THE WAY.

I LOVE SPEAKING TO ENTITIES.

THE SECOND THING WHICH IS CRITICAL IS THE CURRENT SOFTWARE PROGRAM AT TAD, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER.

FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS ON THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD PRIOR TO THE TAD BOARD AND I WAS SELECTED IN MY LAST YEAR ON THAT BOARD.

I WAS CHAIR OF THE PANEL, ONE OF THE PANELS, AND MY PANEL WAS SELECTED TO REVIEW THE SOFTWARE AND HOW IT APPLIED IN A MOCK SITUATION WITH MOCK TAXPAYERS.

AND I CAME BACK WITH A PAGE AND A HALF SAYING, THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

IT'S A DISASTER.

PLEASE DO NOT ROLL THIS FORWARD.

THEY IGNORED IT AND THEY WENT FORWARD WITH IT ANYWAY.

AND IT'S JUST A GIANT MESS.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT AND I'M NOT AN IT GUY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, I KNOW JUST ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO ROLL OUT A NEW SYSTEM, YOU BETTER RUN PARALLEL WITH THE EXISTING SYSTEM UNTIL YOU GET IT IN PLACE.

THAT WAS IGNORED AND WAS NOT DONE.

SO CONSEQUENTLY, THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EXEMPTIONS AT TAD FOR HOMESTEAD, OVER 65 MILITARY DISABLED CHURCH.

ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.

A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE WERE LOST IN THE CONVERSION PROCESS.

DON'T EVEN KNOW TO THIS DAY IF THEY'VE ALL BEEN PLACED BACK IN AGAIN.

THE THIRD THING, AND I'LL STOP IT AT THREE BUT THE THIRD, THIRD THING IS, IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE TWO THAT I MENTIONED, THE CULTURE CHANGE NEEDS TO BE A RECOGNITION OF THE GOOD JOB THAT PEOPLE DO AT TAD.

THERE ARE GOOD EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DEDICATED.

THEY WORK HARD, THEY DO THE BEST WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.

THEY HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED OVER THE YEARS FOR WHATEVER REASON.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASON WAS, BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE ENCOURAGED BY THE BOARD.

SO THE WAY THE BOARD HANDLES THAT IS THEY GIVE THE TOOLS TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER TO DO THAT.

IF HE COMES OR SHE COMES AND SAYS, HEY, I NEED X AMOUNT OF EXTRA DOLLARS BECAUSE I NEED TO GET THESE STAFF MEMBERS IN PLACE, THEN THE BOARD NEEDS TO DO THAT.

AND IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE IT BACK UP ONE STEP.

IF THE CHIEF APPRAISER COMES FORWARD AND AND SAYS, I NEED $40,000 FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT TO SEE WHY THIS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING, THEN THE BOARD NEEDS TO DO THAT.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S BEING RUN AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

THE STAFF RELATIONSHIP.

I DON'T KNOW IT HERE, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER SPEAK WITH EACH OTHER ON OCCASION OR MORE TO TRY TO WORK THINGS THROUGH. AND WHEN THEY COME TO A PUBLIC MEETING, IN A HEARING OR A COUNCIL VOTE, THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONSENSUS SO YOU CAN GO DOWN THE ROAD AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

I THINK YOU EMPOWER YOUR CITY MANAGER.

IF YOU DON'T, YOU SHOULD.

BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.

AND I GOT LECTURED LAST NIGHT AT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING AND IT WAS A POSITIVE LECTURE W HEN THE COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS IT'S YOUR JOB TO GIVE THE TOOLS TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER.

CORRECT. SO IN SUMMARY, THOSE ARE THREE.

I PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER 20, BUT YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ALL THOSE.

NO, I, I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD TO LET US KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH TAD AND IT NEEDS FIXING, QUITE HONESTLY.

IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT AND COMING HERE TODAY.

I'D LIKE TO ASK IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. LOSANO. I DON'T COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS, BEDFORD ONLY HAS 25 VOTES, BUT WAS THERE 5,000 OUT THERE? SO THAT'S WHAT, A HALF A PERCENT.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND TALKING WITH US BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE HAS.

BUT THANK YOU.

CAN I RESPOND TO THAT 25 VOTE COMMENT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S I HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.

I GO TO DISTRICTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

I GO TO CITY COUNCILS, AND THEY MAY HAVE TEN VOTES.

THEY MAY HAVE FIVE VOTES. AND THEY SAY, WHY ARE YOU HERE? AND I SAID, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TEN VOTES OR FIVE VOTES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID IN MY OPENING REMARKS WAS THAT I HAD 23 ENTITIES VOTE FOR ME.

SO IF YOU HAVE 23 ENTITIES THAT VOTE FOR YOU AT 25, 25, 25, 50, WHATEVER, YOU NOW BECOME A LARGER GROUP THAT CAN HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE AS A BOARD MEMBER.

AND THIS IS NOT A COMPETITION AGAINST FORT WORTH ISD OR CITY OF ARLINGTON, BUT THEY HAVE THE POWER BECAUSE I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE THIS WITH ME RIGHT HERE AND I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAIL, BUT FOR INSTANCE, ARLINGTON ISD HAS 453 VOTES.

WELL, YOUR 25 VOTES BY THEMSELVES CAN'T TAKE THAT ON.

[01:25:04]

THERE'S BEEN AN AWAKENING IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AT TAD, AND I'M NOT GOING TO CLAIM CREDIT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT MORE ENTITIES ARE ENGAGED THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE.

SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE EVEN CONSIDERING THE NOMINATION, BECAUSE THAT MEANS ENGAGEMENT.

AND THERE'S BY THE WAY, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I PROBABLY NEED TO TELL YOU.

IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL NAMES.

THERE IS A PLATFORM WHICH IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL FOR TAD.

THE PLATFORM IS TO TRY TO GET A MAJORITY ON THE BOARD OF LIKE MINDED PEOPLE AND THOSE THREE WOULD BE RICH DEOTTE, VINCE PUENTE AND MYSELF, WHEN WE COME TO THE ACTUAL VOTE ITSELF BEYOND THE NOMINATION PERIOD, THEN WE WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT IN HOW YOU ALLOCATE YOUR VOTES.

YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE ALL 25 TO 1.

YOU MAY WANT TO SPLIT THAT WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE NOMINATED AT THIS POINT.

THIS IS JUST NOMINATION.

AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS WHERE ARE THE OTHER NOMINEES? YOU KNOW, NOT PUENTE AND NOT DEOTTE, BUT WHERE ARE THE OTHERS? I MEAN, WHAT'S THE INTEREST LEVEL HERE? SO I DON'T MEAN TO MONOPOLIZE.

NO, NO, NO. THAT'S OKAY.

AND OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU FOR FOR COMING UP.

SURE. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PERSON THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, SHOW UP, SHOW UP.

I WILL DO THAT. AND A LOT A LOT HAPPENS.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. LOSADA? I THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WILL SIT AND LISTEN.

OKAY? YOU GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL. SO WE HAVE A ITEM ON HERE FOR NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WHAT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE? MAY I SAY ONE THING, MAYOR? YES, GO AHEAD.

OKAY. I HOPE THIS IS NOT A LINE, BUT I JUST WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY IT BECAUSE MR. LOSADO MENTIONED HIS NAME.

I'VE WORKED WITH RICH DEOTTE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

HE'S A CIVIL ENGINEER, VERY INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

SO AND HE'S AN AGGIE, SO I SHOULD HAVE LED WITH THAT.

BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I HOPE I DIDN'T OFFEND ANYONE, BUT JUST FOR FRAME OF REFERENCE, THAT IS AN AGGIE.

NO, THERE'S TWO OF US HERE, ALL RIGHT.

ANY ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

WELL, I'VE GOT ONE MORE [INAUDIBLE].

VINCENT PUENTE IS, HIM AND HIS FAMILY HAVE DONE A LOT FOR FORT WORTH AND TARRANT COUNTY.

BUSINESS MAN, AND HE'S ALSO A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THE BOARD ALSO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR AN ACTION ITEM HERE.

ALL RIGHT. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL MOTION TO NOMINATE MR. GARY LOSADA FOR ALL 25 VOTES FOR THE TARRANT COUNTY DISTRICT.

WE DON'T GET TO VOTE WE'RE JUST NOMINATING RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO NOMINATE HIM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR MR. GARY LOSADA. DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU, SIR, FOR SHOWING UP TODAY.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY I KNOW YOU WILL AND THE WORDS OF ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, BUT NO, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.

AND I COULD SEE THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THERE THAT KNOWS THEIR STUFF.

FEEL FREE TO WHEN I GET ELECTED, FEEL FREE TO CALL ME . WE'LL DO THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. MAYOR. YES.

COUNCIL MAN FARCO.

NOMINATION FOR RICH DEOTTE.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR RICH DEOTTE AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.

GO AHEAD AND VOTE. SO, I MEAN, I GAVE ALL 25.

SO BEFORE I BEFORE I GO ON.

WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CARRY ON WITH THIS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T I WASN'T ABLE TO STOP IT IN TIME BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE MORE AFTER THIS ONE.

BUT CAN WE JUST AMEND THE MOTION OR BECAUSE YOU WANT TO NOMINATE THE THREE, I'M ASSUMING I'M ASSUMING THAT, YEAH, SO THAT'D BE FINE.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND WISH TO BASICALLY AMEND THAT AMEND THE NOMINATIONS.

WELL, BUT ACTUALLY, MAYOR, I MEAN, COUNCILMAN SABOL IS THE ONE WHO STARTED THE MOTION S HE'D HAVE TO AMEND IT [INAUDIBLE].

[01:30:01]

THE FIRST MOTION HAS BEEN SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOMINATE RICH DEOTTE AND VINCE PUENTE IN ADDITION TO MR. LOSADA. OKAY.

SO THAT IS THE MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND BY STEVES.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S NOW GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ABSTAIN. ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT PASSES SIX TO ZERO.

THANK YOU COUNCIL THANK YOU STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CIRCUS.

THAT WAS FUN. THAT WAS FUN ON MY FIRST, FIRST MEETING.

APPRECIATE IT. AND OF ALL THE ONES THAT WERE TO HAPPEN ON.

RIGHT? I KNOW, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT, WE HAVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

[9. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

OUR PUMPKIN PATCH IS OPEN AT THE LIBRARY, SO PLEASE GO OUT, GET YOUR PUMPKIN.

DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM TARGET OR WALMART OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER BIG BOX STORES.

YOU NEED TO SUPPORT OUR LIBRARY.

GO OUT THERE TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH, TAKE PICTURES AND DEFINITELY GET YOURSELF A PUMPKIN.

IT GOES TO A GOOD CAUSE FOR OUR LIBRARY.

AND I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE A LITTLE KINK IN MY BACK FROM FROM CARRYING ALL THOSE PUMPKINS YESTERDAY.

AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MR. STEVES OVER HERE. HE WAS OUT THERE WITH ME CARRYING THOSE PUMPKINS, GETTING THEM ALL READY.

I EVEN PUT MY DAUGHTER TO WORK.

SHE HAD THE LITTLE THE LITTLE PUMPKINS AND STACKING THEM ON THE PALLET.

SO WE DID OUR PART.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.

ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE A REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

THE CULTURAL COMMISSION MET JUST YESTERDAY AND SHE SAID THAT THE SIGNAL BOX THAT THE FBI HAD SELECTED AT FOREST RIDGE AND THE PARK WAS SELECTED BY THE FBI.

AND THEY AT THE TIME WHEN THEY DID THE UNVEILING, THERE WERE FIVE TELEVISION CHANNELS THERE AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS IS GOING TO DO MORE INTERVIEWS CONCERNING OUR UTILITY BOXES THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY WERE INTRIGUED WITH THE FACT THAT KRISSI HAD NAMED THE PROGRAM FOR THE UTILITY BOXES CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LOCAL INSPIRATION.

SO THEY'RE HOPING TO DO A BIG SPLASH ON THAT.

SO THAT'LL BE GREAT FOR KRISSI AND THANK YOU, RICH, FOR MAKING IT.

YEAH, SHE DID COMMENT ON THAT AND THEN SHE SAID THERE WERE LIKE 5 OR 6 FBI AGENTS THEY'RE ALL VERY KIND AND VERY NICE.

SHE ALSO JUST GOT BACK FROM A CODA CONFERENCE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND IT HAS INSPIRED HER GREATLY.

SHE HAS HOPES OF MAKING DOING A SCULPTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POND AT GENERATIONS PARK AND MARK LONG CAN'T WAIT.

SO BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT CHALK ART COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 4TH FROM 12 TO 3 AT THE HARRIS RYALS PARK ON CUMMINGS.

AND THEN SHE'S PLANNING ANOTHER SIP AND SKETCH AT HOLIDAY EVENT AT TURNING POINT.

SO SHE'S BUSY.

AND THE NFT, NFT IS AN ACRONYM FOR I DON'T KNOW, BUT APPARENTLY SO IT'S WHAT IT IS, IS THAT IT IS WHAT SHE HAS DONE IS THAT WHEN YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE SCULPTURE THAT'S BEHIND GENERATIONS PARK, YOU, YOU CAN TAKE THE QR CODE AND IT'LL GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE BEDFORD BOYS RANCH. SO IT'S ALL DESIGNED THE VIDEO IS READY TO GO.

AND SHE SHE SHOWED IT TO US.

IT'S VERY IT'S A VERY WELL DONE VIDEO.

AND IT DOES IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL TO PEOPLE AND THEY EVEN INTERVIEWED A COUPLE OF THE THE OLD STUDENTS AT THE AT THE BOYS RANCH.

SO IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

AND AND THE CULTURAL COMMISSION IMMEDIATELY SAID WE NEED TO DO IT ELSEWHERE.

SO IT'S KIND OF GIVING US A DIRECTION WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CULTURE.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS WEEKEND IS THE FIREHOUSE OPEN HOUSE AND WE WILL HAVE THE ANIMAL CONTROL WILL HAVE THE ADOPTION WAGON THERE.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PET, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT JOB.

THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OVER THERE AT THE ANIMAL CONTROL CENTER AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PLANS THAT ARE COMING OUT TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO REDESIGN IT.

BUT THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

OKAY THE BEDFORD THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD MET LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE BUSY WORKING ON PLANNING FUN EVENTS FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING DECEMBER 2ND.

AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME LIVE REINDEER OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN TAKE SELFIES WITH.

SO FANTASTIC.

IT OUGHT TO BE FUN.

YEAH, VERY GOOD.

VERY COOL. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AND CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS.

[10. City Manager/Staff Reports]

OH, MY GOD. OKAY. OKAY.

[01:35:02]

[LAUGHTER] PLEASE SEE YOURSELF. WE JUST HAVE.

YEAH, WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS. WE ARE GEARING UP ON NOVEMBER 7TH, THERE WILL BE A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING POTENTIAL CHARTER ELECTION, OR AT LEAST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION'S REPORT.

AND THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, VERY BRIEFLY, WE WILL HAVE AN ACTION ITEM TO DISCUSS THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO RAMPING UP FOR JANUARY WHEN WE'LL HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION TO KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR AND LOOK AT WHAT COUNCIL GOALS YOU ALL WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE TO COME BEFORE THEN SO WE CAN GET A LOT MORE COUNCIL INPUT LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

BUT YES, SIR.

QUESTION? SO FOR THE NOVEMBER 7TH, FOR THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, WHY ARE WE PUTTING IT ON THAT MEETING, IF YOU DON'T MIND? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

THERE'S A COUPLE, A COUPLE REASONS WE HAVE TO WE'RE DOING THE FUNDRAISING FEASIBILITY STUDY, SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE PROGRESS BY THEN.

AND IF WE WAITED UNTIL THE THE REGULAR MEETING IN NOVEMBER, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THE CONTRACTORS WILL HONOR THEIR PRICES AND CONSTRUCTION PRICES COSTS ARE GOING UP TO 1 AND 1.5% A MONTH.

AND SO WE IT'S REALLY TO CONTROL COSTS.

CONTROL COSTS. OKAY. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. NO, GREAT QUESTION.

YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. AND THEN JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS BEING IS CANCELED AS COUNCIL TOOK ACTION AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND IT WILL BE MORE OF A JOINT WORKSHOP SLASH OPEN HOUSE FOR THE MASTER PLAN WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

SO. YES, MA'AM.

[INAUDIBLE] DON'T WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE NEXT LIKE WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE COMMISSION? SO WHAT WE COME AND DO THAT BUSINESS FIRST BEFORE OUR JOINT SESSION WITH PLANNING AND ZONING? YES, MA'AM. AND THE PLAN IS FOR THAT TO START AT 5:45.

OKAY. AND THEN THE REGULAR MEETING WOULD START OR THE WORKSHOP START AT 6:00.

VERY GOOD CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE CORRECT.

SO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE, IT'S GOING TO BE IN CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001 SECTION OF THE TEXAS

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE MADE.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, WITH THE CAVEAT OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED, WE DISCUSSED OBVIOUSLY FOR APPOINTMENT FOR A PLACE TWO SO COUNCIL MADE A DECISION COLLECTIVELY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT FOR A PLACE TWO AND FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.

WE'RE DECIDING THAT ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING WE'LL PUT OFFICIAL AGENDA ITEMS ON THAT MEETING SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BE TRANSPARENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSION AND OPEN DISCUSSION FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT.

SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR FURTHER EXECUTIVE GOING FORWARD FOR THESE TWO ITEMS. OKAY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I HAVE A FIRST FOR ADJOURNMENT.

WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.

TIME IS 7:57.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.