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[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
IT'S TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH.WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH AN INVOCATION BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
SO IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER HERE TOGETHER THIS EVENING.
WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US TO SEE WHAT'S TRULY IMPORTANT AND WHAT UNITES US.
MAY WE ACCOMPLISH GOOD THINGS, AND MAY WE DISPLAY AN ATTITUDE OF COOPERATION AND RESPECT.
COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS WILL YOU HELP US WITH THE PLEDGES.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM FOR THE AGENDA TODAY.
[PRESENTATION]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES ON POTENTIAL DEBT ISSUANCE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.ALL RIGHT, AND WE HAVE NICK BULAICH WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS NICK BULAICH FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES.
I HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION TO RUN THROUGH WITH YOU.
GOING TO RUN THROUGH THREE QUICK SLIDES PLAN OF FINANCE OVERVIEW.
THE TAX RATE ANALYSIS, AND THEN FINALLY THE NEXT STEPS.
WHAT I HAVE RUN AND LOOKED AT RIGHT NOW IS NEW MONEY FINANCING OF A LITTLE OVER $22 MILLION.
THERE ARE FIVE, I GUESS, GROUPS OF PROJECTS SHOWN UNDER THAT FIRST BULLET POINT, AND $19.72 MILLION OF THOSE ARE WHAT I WOULD CALL AND WHAT WE'RE CALLING TAX SUPPORTED, WITH $12 MILLION OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS BEING THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE A $2.3 MILLION WATER WASTEWATER ISSUANCE, AND AGAIN, WE ROLL ALL OF THIS INTO ONE BOND ISSUE TO HELP MINIMIZE THE ISSUANCE COSTS, THE DEBT STRUCTURE AND REPAYMENT DETAILS.
WE HAVE A 20 YEAR TERM ON THE TRANSACTION, AND THE PAYMENTS BEGIN IN FISCAL YEAR END 2025, SO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO YOUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND LEVEL OVERALL DEBT SERVICE, AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT YES, IT'S LEVEL OVERALL DEBT SERVICE, BUT WITHIN THE TRANSACTION ITSELF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST THE $2 MILLION RADIOS FOR IN-CAR AND PORTABLE, WE HAVE THAT SET UP ON A TEN YEAR AMORTIZATION BECAUSE IT IS A SHORT LIVED ASSET, BUT OUR BOND MODELING SOFTWARE AND WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO IS WE CAN HAVE THE $2 MILLION TEN YEAR, AND THEN WE TAKE THE LONGER LIVED ASSETS AND WE CAN WRAP IT AROUND TO WHERE IT LOOKS LEVEL OVERALL BUT WE ARE TRACKING THE DIFFERENT PURPOSES OF THE TRANSACTION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT FINANCING SOMETHING BEYOND ITS USEFUL LIFE, SIMILAR TO A A CAR.
YOU DON'T WANT TO FINANCE A CAR OVER 30 YEARS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, AND WE ALSO BREAK OUT A SEPARATE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE WITHIN THIS BOND ISSUE, AGAIN, TO TRACK THAT 2.3 MILLION WATER WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT.
I WANT TO SAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
WHAT'S PROJECTED WITH NO INCREASE OR IMPACT TO THE I&S TAX RATE, AND YOU MAY SAY, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE DO $19 MILLION OF TAX SUPPORTED PROJECTS BUT NOT INCREASE THE I&S TAX RATE, AND THAT IS BECAUSE AND I'LL GET TO IT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE CITY'S EXISTING DEBT SERVICE DECLINES BY OVER $1 MILLION FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR.
SO YOU HAVE CAPACITY THAT'S ALLOWING THE CITY TO ISSUE THIS WITHOUT AN EXPECTED TAX RATE INCREASE, AND THEN THE WATER SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, THE 2.3 MILLION.
THAT NEW DEBT SERVICE IS A ROUGHLY $190,000 PROJECTED, AND SO YOUR EXISTING WATER SEWER RATE STRUCTURE CAN FULLY SUPPORT THAT DEBT SERVICE CURRENTLY, AND THE LAST SLIDE I'LL GET TO IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SOLD MAY 28TH, 2024.
THE CURRENT RATE, AND THEN WHEN I WROTE THIS PRESENTATION AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023 WAS 4.75.
SO THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE BOND MARKET.
INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE DOWN.
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TODAY'S I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOLLOW THE TREASURY MARKETS LIKE I DO, BUT TODAY'S TREASURY RALLY, I WOULD SAY THAT THE CURRENT RATE IS NOW PROBABLY ABOUT 4.25%, BUT TURNING TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THIS, BUT I WILL POINT OUT KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO FOCUS ON.I HAVE LETTERS AT THE TOP OF EACH COLUMN, COLUMNS B AND C THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY'S TAX BASE.
NOT SHOWN IS THAT FROM 2022 TO 2023, THE CITY'S TAX BASE ALSO GREW ABOUT 11%, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR NEXT YEAR, WE'RE BEING LIKELY EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE, BUT AGAIN, WE'D RATHER MISS THIS THE GOOD WAY THAN THE BAD WAY, BUT WE'RE ASSUMING A 5% GROWTH, THEN A 3% GROWTH, 1% GROWTH AND THEN NO GROWTH THEREAFTER, WHICH IS LIKELY VERY CONSERVATIVE, BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO PAINT A CONSERVATIVE PICTURE COLUMN D AND E, THAT IS THE CITY'S NET TAX SUPPORTED PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OR TOTAL DEBT SERVICE.
ALL OF THAT IS NETTED ALREADY.
SO THIS IS JUST A LOOK AT THE CITY'S EXISTING TAX SUPPORTED DEBT SERVICE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT DECLINE FROM NEARLY $8 MILLION IN 2024 TO 7 MILLION IN 2025.
THAT'S WHERE THAT CAPACITY IS CREATED.
PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH ON THAT HELPS WITH THE ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE COLUMNS F, G AND H.
THIS IS THE NEW TAX SUPPORTED PIECE.
AGAIN, I'M NOT SHOWING THE WATER SEWER BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE PAID OUT OF A DIFFERENT FUND.
THIS IS JUST THE 19.7 MILLION OF TAX SUPPORTED PROJECTS.
NOW IT'S PROBABLY A NEAR FULL PERCENTAGE POINT OVER CURRENT MARKET WITH THE VOLATILITY AND INTEREST RATE IN THE INTEREST RATE MARKETS RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE AGAIN AND PAINT A CONSERVATIVE PICTURE, BUT I THINK A 1% CUSHION IS VERY CONSERVATIVE.
COLUMN H SHOWS THE TOTAL DEBT SERVICE OF ABOUT $1.6 MILLION PER YEAR, AND FINALLY, GETTING TO THE GENESIS OF OR THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF THIS IN COLUMN J THAT HIGHLIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ANTICIPATED I&S TAX RATE IS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE CURRENT LEVEL OF THE OF THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE FOR THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THIS, A LOT OF IT QUICKLY.
I'M TRYING TO JUST GIVE YOU THE READER'S DIGEST VERSION, BUT THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR PLAN TO WHAT THE CITY UTILIZED LAST YEAR FOR ITS FUNDING, ITS PROJECTS. TURNING TO THE VERY LAST SLIDE, THIS IS THE NEXT STEPS AND THERE'S A RED FOOTNOTE ON IT THAT THIS IS APPROXIMATE DATES SHOWN, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S STILL TRYING TO NAIL DOWN SOME OF THOSE COSTS FOR THE FACILITIES. SO I THINK WE WOULDN'T EMBARK ON THIS, BUT UNTIL WE HAVE SOME GOOD NUMBERS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW SOME WHAT THE STEPS ARE.
IF WE HAD SOLID NUMBERS TO PROCEED WITH.
MARCH 26TH, WE WOULD COME TO THE COUNCIL FOR WHAT'S CALLED A NOTICE OF INTENT RESOLUTION.
THAT NOTICE OF INTENT RESOLUTION IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, AND IT SPELLS OUT WHAT THE COS WILL BE USED TO FUND, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO BE ISSUED, AND WHEN THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THOSE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
BEFORE THE SALE DATE, AND THEN THE SECOND PUBLICATION EXACTLY ONE WEEK LATER.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WOULD BE US WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE OFFERING DOCUMENTS AND CONDUCTING A CREDIT RATING REVIEW, AND YOU MAY RECALL FROM LAST YEAR, THE CITY WAS RECENTLY UPGRADED TO DOUBLE-A PLUS, WHICH IS ONE NOTCH FROM THE VERY TOP CREDIT RATING FROM STANDARD AND POOR'S, AND THEN WE WOULD LIKELY COME BACK BEFORE YOU AT YOUR COUNCIL MEETING AT THE END OF MAY FOR THE FINAL PRICING RESULTS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THAT ORDINANCE AT THAT TIME.
THEN, ASSUMING A APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE, IT TAKES ABOUT 30 DAYS FOR THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REVIEW THE TRANSACTION, AND SO LIKELY THE FUNDING DATE WOULD BE ABOUT 30 DAYS AFTER THAT MAY 28TH MEETING.
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PROJECTS. I WENT THROUGH THAT VERY QUICKLY.ABSOLUTELY. GREAT JOB ON THIS.
LOOKING AT THIS MERE FACT THAT WE HAVE DEBT FALLING OFF AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR FOR THIS LARGE AMOUNT TO TAKE CARE OF SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IS JUST FANTASTIC, AND NOT ONLY THAT, OUR I&S RATE, OUR DEBT RATE WILL BE EVEN LESS THAN WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS.
NOW WITH THIS, AND JUDGING BY YOUR NUMBERS, IT'S VERY CONSERVATIVE.
YEAH, I MEAN, IT IT COULD BE I MEAN, A LOT OF IT COMES OUT IN THE TRUTH AND TAXATION CALCULATION WHENEVER THAT ROLLS AROUND, BUT BUT YEAH, AND I'LL JUST QUICKLY GO BACK TO THIS SHEET. I MEAN YOU EVEN WITH THE VERY CONSERVATIVE GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS IN COLUMN C, YOU CAN STILL SEE IN COLUMN J THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN. YES.
THE TAX RATE IS ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS THIS YEAR, BUT IT CONTINUES TO DECLINE.
ANNUALLY, EVEN WITH NEXT TO NO GROWTH.
SO THAT'S AGAIN POTENTIALLY FUTURE CAPACITY FOR MORE REINVESTMENT BACK INTO THE CITY.
QUESTIONS FOR MISTER BULAICH FROM COUNCIL? YES, COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
HOW WE COME UP WITH THAT CALCULATION.
SO THAT IS THE SUM OF COLUMN D AND COLUMN H, AND SO THAT AND SO COLUMN D, JUST AS A REMINDER THAT IS THE EXISTING TAX SUPPORTED DEBT OF THE CITY.
SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY DEBT THAT WAS ISSUED FOR UTILITY FUND PURPOSES.
SO DO YOU. WHEN YOU COME UP WITH THE FIGURES AND CALCULATE EVERYTHING OUT, DO YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL LONG TERM DEBT OF THE CITY TOTAL IN TERMS OF THE GRAND TOTAL CITY'S ABILITY TO PAY? YES, SIR.
ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, AND FOR OUR CITY, I'M SURE YOU WORK WITH OTHER CITIES.
I MEAN, IS THIS OUR DEBT LOAD? I WOULD SAY YOUR AVERAGE IN TERMS OF COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES, THERE'S SOME WITH THE SAME TAX BASE, I GUESS.
YES, SIR, AND IN THE SAME STAGE OF YOUR CITY, THERE ARE CERTAIN CITIES THAT ARE IN HIGH GROWTH MODE THAT ARE ISSUING A LOT OF DEBT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
FROM A CITY OF YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YES, SIR.
THAT'S ABOUT AVERAGE OF WHAT I'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR PEER CITIES HERE IN THE METROPLEX.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CARYN RIGGS.
SO THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, YOU TELL ME WHY WE CHOSE THEM, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW, AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, AND ARE THEY SET IN STONE? ABSOLUTELY. SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT OUR CAPACITY THIS YEAR, I KIND OF LOOKED AT OUR UNFUNDED CIP AND TRIED TO FIND PROJECTS THAT KIND OF FIT THE NEEDS OF WHERE WE ARE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE STATION TWO AND THREE LAST LAST SUMMER, WE ISSUED DEBT FOR A NEW CENTRAL FIRE STATION, BUT STATION TWO AND THREE IS IN THE SAME POSITION.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE LIVING QUARTERS FOR THE STAFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND SO THOSE PROJECTS I PUT ON THERE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE, BUT THAT A DOLLAR AMOUNT IS JUST AN ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD CONTRACTORS LOOK AT IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD AN ESTIMATE.
SO BEFORE WE WENT DOWN THE PATH OF ACTUALLY DOING THE NOTICE OF INTENT AND ESTABLISHING THAT DEBT TIMELINE AND THE TOTAL DEBT THAT WE WERE GOING TO ISSUE, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A TRUE CONTRACTOR COME IN AND LOOK AT THOSE FACILITIES AND GIVE US AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THOSE PROJECTS NEED.
SO THE 4 MILLION THAT YOU SAW ON THERE THAT COULD COME DOWN, YES.
THESE ARE WHAT WE'RE JUST BASICALLY HONING IN ON AT THE MOMENT SEEING WHERE WE FALL.
YES. LOOKING AT THEM, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
A LOT OF IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
CORRECT. ACTUALLY, ALL OF IT ON THE STREET SIDE, I BELIEVE YES ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THE LAST QUESTION THAT I SAY, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE THAT WOULD BASICALLY CRITIQUE US IN SAYING THAT YOU HAVE DEBT FALLING OFF, BUT WHY ARE WE ISSUING NEW DEBT? YOU KNOW, WHAT I ALWAYS TELL FOLKS IS THAT DEBT IS NOT A FOUR LETTER WORD.
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IT'S JUST A WAY OF TAKING CARE OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH, AND WE'RE IN A REALLY UNIQUE POSITION TO REALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THESE LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND REALLY TACKLE SOME NEEDS.IT'S REALLY AN EXCITING TIME, AND IN THE PAST WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THIS IS A WAY TO OBVIOUSLY GET THESE MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS TO OUR CITY.
SO. WELL, AND THEN THE ONE PROJECT I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS THE SENIOR CENTER WE ISSUED DEBT LAST SUMMER FOR THAT FACILITY AS WELL, BUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY WALKED THE FACILITY, IT'S DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE ANTICIPATED, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE NEEDING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL.
YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KAREN BEFORE WE'RE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT, AND I GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER JIMMY STATHATOS.
I JUST NOTICED YOU HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT I THINK WAS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING.
OH, OKAY. DID YOU SIGN? ARE YOU HERE FOR A SPECIFIC ISSUE? I SAW SOMETHING THAT I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL ALLOW IT FOR THIS TIME.
CAN YOU PULL THE SLIDE UP WITH THE SPREADSHEET? IT'S A QUESTION.
IT'S NOT A CRITIQUE, OKAY? [CHUCKLING] IT'S NOT NEGATIVE.
CAN YOU PULL THAT? I'VE ALREADY CLOSED IT. SO GIVE ME JUST A SECOND.
OKAY. SO ON THAT SPREADSHEET FROM 2038, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DROPS ABOUT $4 MILLION.
THAT'S THE SUMMATION OF WHAT I HAD A CURIOSITY QUESTION.
SURE. NORMALLY WE DO DEBT ON A 20 YEAR BASIS, AND THERE JUST HAD BEEN SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW WHERE THE CITY WASN'T ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO THE LAST TIME THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 20 YEARS MARK WOULD HAVE BEEN.
SO THAT'S WHY IT FALLS OFF RIGHT AFTER THAT, BECAUSE THERE JUST HASN'T BEEN MUCH NEW SINCE THEN.
YES. ISSUED IN 2018 OR 2019 ON THE 20 YEAR PERIOD, AND THEN THAT TIME.
IT'S BASICALLY THE TIMING IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
YES, AND THAT WAS ALSO THE LARGE BOND ELECTION BACK IN THAT TIME PERIOD.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
I GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER JIM STATHATOS.THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.
WE HAVE SEVERAL SEVERAL ITEMS. I WILL GO, I'LL PRESENT THEM.
THE FIRST THREE ITEMS ARE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 10TH, 2023 REGULAR SESSION, THE OCTOBER 17TH, 2023 SPECIAL SESSION, AND THE OCTOBER 24TH, 2023 SPECIAL SESSION.
THIS PROVIDES THAT THE ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES, AND IT PROVIDES A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDES A PENALTY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDES A SAVINGS CLAUSE AS WELL AS AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS ITEM WILL UPDATE OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND BASICALLY WE USE THE TARRANT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND FOR DIFFERENT PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS, AND SO THIS BASICALLY WILL HELP US CONTINUE THAT ARRANGEMENT, AND IT UPDATES THE FEES THAT ARE PASSED THROUGH TO THE COUNTY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY FOR THEIR CONTINUATION OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS, AS WELL AS THE POOL INSPECTIONS AND THE SPA INSPECTIONS.
SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE VEHICLE THAT HELPS BRING TO FRUITION THE ITEM I JUST MENTIONED.
THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO CERTIFY THE CHAPTER 59 ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT, AS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 59.06 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES. THIS IS ONE OF MANY ITEMS. OUR FISCAL YEAR AS MANY KNOW IS FROM 10/1 TO 9/30, AND SO IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.
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THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, BUT THIS ITEM IS TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2023, CHAPTER 59 ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT FOR COUNCIL REVIEW AND AUTHORIZATION, AND WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.BASICALLY, BASED ON THE REPORT, WE HAVE $30,431.82 IN ABOUT 70, 75% OF THAT IS EXPENDITURES AND $30,431 IN REVENUE, BUT ABOUT 3500 IS INTEREST IN ABOUT 22,000 EXPENDITURES.
AGAIN, IT'S A REQUIRED REPORT, AND IT SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE ON HAND AT $691.20 IN INTEREST AND $405.95 IN EXPENDITURES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.
I WANT TO GIVE THE EXACT AMOUNT JUST TO GET IT ON THE RECORD.
THE NEXT ITEM IS A REPORT FOR THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT FUND.
THIS IS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND IT'S IN OUR DRUG ENFORCEMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000, AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 59.06 OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO PURCHASE TWO POLICE TRAFFIC MOTORCYCLES FROM LONGHORN HARLEY-DAVIDSON IN THE AMOUNT OF $66,831.42 AND WE'RE UTILIZING A BUY BOARD STATE CONTRACT.
SO BASICALLY THERE'S A TON OF ENTITIES THAT ARE ON THIS BUY BOARD.
THE NEXT ITEM IS IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 2-3 OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO NETCAST TO REFLECT THE NEW ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION OF $19,000 FROM EACH PARTICIPATING AGENCY.
THIS IS THE BASICALLY NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY SWAT TEAM, AND IT'S GOT HURST, EULESS, BEDFORD AND GRAPEVINE, AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE OUR INVOLVEMENT, AND I CAN TELL YOU, THE CITY, AT LEAST IN THE THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, THE BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS IS FAR OUTWEIGH THE COST.
IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR CONTINUATION.
THIS WILL RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 23 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE RESIDENCE AT 3009 GLENWOOD COURT.
THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT IS $42,000.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO PURCHASE A VACUUM EXCAVATOR TRAILER FROM WHICH EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,441.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO PURCHASE, AND HAVE INSTALLED APPROXIMATELY 1700 FEET OF WROUGHT IRON FENCING AROUND THE STORMIE JONES PARK SOCCER FIELDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,865 AND B&S FENCE COMPANY IS THE CONTRACTOR THAT WILL BE DOING THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE FINAL ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH TO ALLOW FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FOR BEDFORD HOUSEHOLDS AT THE PERMANENT ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTION CENTER, WHICH IS THE ECC IN THE AMOUNT OF $95 PER VOUCHER.
THIS WILL THAT'S THE [INAUDIBLE] CRUISER, IF ANYONE'S HEARD OF THAT.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THAT USE AS WELL FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER JIMMY STATHATOS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUICK QUESTION.
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YES, SIR.MARK LONG, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, AND THEN ANDREA ROY, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, LITERALLY WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS COMING AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND BUY-IN AND EVERYTHING, AND I DIDN'T GO ON THAT TRIP, BUT ANDREA CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILED FEEDBACK IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED.
THANK YOU. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL? YES. MARK AND I SPENT A MORNING OUT ON GLENWOOD COURT VISITING WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT WERE HOME AT THE TIME AND THOSE THAT WERE NOT THERE.
OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI.
I HEAR A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU. STAFF.
[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]
WE HAVE PERSONS TO BE HEARD.WE HAVE TYCOM WRIGHT, 2506 MEADOW PARK CIRCLE REQUEST TO SPEAK REGARDING TEXAS PENAL CODE 25.03.
WELCOME TO THE MIC, MR. TYCOM WRIGHT.
WELCOME, SIR. HELLO, HELLO, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? I'M DOING ALL RIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
I'M HERE TO ADDRESS PARENTAL ALIENATION.
THAT IS THE POINT OF THIS BILL RIGHT HERE.
UNDER TEXAS PENAL CODE 2403, THE CRIMINAL CODE FOR INTERFERENCE OF CHILD CUSTODY.
HOUSE BILL 969 WAS SOMETHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED TO BASICALLY HOLD THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR COURT ORDER BY BY LEVYING A FINE, AND SO I COME TO YOU TODAY TO ASK THAT YOU MAKE THIS ORDINANCE IN OUR CITY, AS THE LEGISLATURE HAS ALREADY MADE THIS A PARTICULAR LAW.
THEY DID A STUDY ON WHAT THE COST WOULD BE FOR THE CITY AND THE MUNICIPAL PARTS AND THE CITY, AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO EXTRA COST AND THAT THE ONLY THING THAT COMES FROM THIS IS BENEFITING NOT ONLY OUR CITY, BUT THE PARENTS WHO WERE WRONGED AND ALSO OUR CHILDREN IN OUR CITY.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, I AM A YOUTH ADVOCATE.
I BROUGHT ONE OF MY KIDS WITH ME.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO STAND UP. HE'S VERY SHY, BUT I HAVE A VERY, VERY LARGE INTEREST IN THIS BECAUSE FOR SO LONG OUR KIDS ARE NOT GETTING BOTH PARENTS IN THE HOME OUT OF BEING DISGRUNTLED AND OUT OF BEING PETTY, AND THAT DOESN'T HELP.
I WOULD LIKE MY VISION FOR BEDFORD WOULD BE HAVING IT TO SAY, HERE IN BEDFORD WE DO NOT TAKE PARENTAL ALIENATION KINDLY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, BUT IN TARRANT COUNTY AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO BE THE ONES THAT STEP UP AND SAY THAT IF YOU COME HERE TO BEDFORD AND YOU DO THESE THINGS, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENT, THE OTHER PARENT, SEES THEIR CHILD, AND SO THAT'S WHAT HOUSE BILL 6969 DOES, BASICALLY IMPOSES A FEE AS A RESULT OF LOOKING TO CURB IT AND ALSO LOOKING TO STOP IT COMPLETELY.
SO IF I'M LOOKING AT IT, LOOKING AT WHAT YOU WHAT YOU GAVE COUNCIL HERE, THIS ACT WAS RECENTLY PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND TOOK EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023, BASICALLY GIVING US AUTHORITY FOR ENACTING A CIVIL PENALTY FOR ANYBODY THAT IMPOSES, I GUESS, LET ME READ IT.
CIVIL PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CHILD CUSTODY ORDER.
IT'S VERY RARE THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY GIVES US AUTHORITY TO DO SOMETHING.
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SO FOR THIS ONE FIRST OFF I SEE THAT CHIEF WILLIAMS IS IN THE BACK THERE.I'M GOING TO KIND OF INVITE HIM UP TO THE MIC.
CHIEF, IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
FIRST OF ALL, MR. WRIGHT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AND BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, SINCE THIS IS VERY NEW, AND SO I'D LIKE TO GET SOME INPUT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF. THANKS.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME UP, MAYOR. SO THIS IS THIS IS A NEW TOPIC, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TOPICS THAT WHILE WE WANT TO BE ON THE TIP OF THE SPEAR ON MOST THINGS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE WE ARE KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL SAY AND HOW SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE ADDRESSING THIS.
CHILD CUSTODY ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS IN THIS CAREER.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREAS THAT ARE DOING IT THAT USUALLY THE CHILD CUSTODY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ARE THE PARENTS NOT MEETING THE WHAT, WHAT THE WHAT, THE ORDERS SAY WHAT THE JUDGES SAID, AND WE REFER THEM BACK TO THE COURT FOR THOSE ADDRESSED ISSUES, BUT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND, AND I'LL MEET WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL TO SEE IF WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT MORE AND, AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON, AND YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY DIRECTION FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. HAS THE COUNTY MADE ANY STATEMENT REGARDS TO THIS? NOT AT ALL. ARE WE ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE STILL LOOKING AT THIS AS WELL AND FORMULATING? THIS IS IT'S NEW.
SO THIS IS ON THE THIS IS ON THE RADAR, BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET DONE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
ABSOLUTELY. SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS NEEDS TO DO IS GO THROUGH OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME RESEARCH, MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THIS, BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE CITY FOR RUNNING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND JUST DOT OUR I'S AND CROSS OUR T'S.
THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. MR. WRIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ARE YOU GOOD? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? NO. THAT'S IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS ONE? I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
USUALLY THEY'RE TAKING AWAY OUR AUTHORITY EVERY SESSION.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
INDEED. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
[14. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone Tracts 2D, 2E and 2D01, Abstract 1537 of the Garrett Teeter Survey and a portion of Lot 1 Block 1 of the Woodland Heights Addition, known locally as 2416 Cheek Sparger Road, Bedford, Texas, consisting of approximately 8.691 acres, from R-7,500 SingleFamily Residential Detached District and R-15,000 Single-Family Residential Detached District to MD-3 Medium-Density Residential Single-Family Detached District for a proposed 42-lot residential subdivision. (PUD-23-4) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6- 0-0.]
NEXT WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS.SO WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 14 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE TRACTS 2D, 2E, 2D01, ABSTRACT 1537 OF THE GARRETT TEETER SURVEY, AND A PORTION OF LOT ONE BLOCK ONE OF THE WOODLAND HEIGHTS ADDITION, KNOWN LOCALLY AS 2416 CHEEK SPARGER ROAD, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 0.31 ACRES FROM R-7,500 TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DETACHED DISTRICT AND R-15,000 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DETACHED DISTRICT TO MD-3 MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DISTRICT FOR PROPOSAL OF A 42 LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS IS A REQUEST FROM A R-15 AND R-75 TO AN MD-3, WHICH R-15 IS, MOST OF YOU KNOW, IS MINIMUM LOT SIZE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, MINIMUM LOT SIZE, 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, AND THEN R-75 IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOT MEDIUM DENSITY IS A ZONING DISTRICT WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF, BUT IT IS A MEDIUM DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND GET INTO IT.
LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY IS, AS ALREADY DESCRIBED, CHEEK SPARGER AND CENTRAL.
ON THOSE PREVIOUS ZONING CASES IN 2022, A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED FROM R-15 TO R-75, AND THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY REMAINED R-15.
CURRENT SITE IS VACANT WITH SOME HEAVILY WOODED PORTIONS OF IT, AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 40 LOT SINGLE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DEVELOPMENT.
TWO OF THOSE LOTS ARE OPEN SPACE LOTS, AND THE APPLICANT ORIGINALLY STARTED REQUESTING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, BUT DUE TO SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS WITH OUR PUD ORDINANCE, THINK WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT A LITTLE WHILE BACK, THE APPLICANT AMENDED THEIR APPLICATION TO AN MD-3.
AS A PART OF AN MD-3 ZONING REQUIREMENT.
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THIS IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE.MD-3 REQUIRES THAT A SITE PLAN BE ATTACHED TO THE ADOPTING ORDINANCE.
SO THIS SITE PLAN WHEN THEY COME IN FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT AND FINAL PLAT, THOSE PLATS HAVE TO MATCH THE SITE PLAN.
ALONG WITH THE SITE PLAN, THEY PROVIDED ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHICH I WILL GET INTO IN JUST A SECOND, BUT THIS IS AGAIN GENERAL LOT LAYOUT SHOWS ACCESS ON BOTH CHEEK SPARGER AND CENTRAL DRIVE.
SINCE WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF MD-3, I WANTED TO KIND OF DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT.
MD-3 ORDNANCE IS NOT A PUD, BUT IT IS LIKE A POD.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO ATTACH A SITE PLAN AS WE JUST SAW.
IT ALSO ALLOWS THE DEVELOPER TO ASK FOR DEVIATIONS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND SO I'M GOING TO GET INTO THOSE, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING, IT'S STILL A IT'S STILL A DEFINED ZONING DISTRICT IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
IT JUST ALLOWS A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY.
THESE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSED ALONG WITH THE COMPARABLE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY. SO LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT R-15, R-75 AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE PROPOSED ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
SOME OF THE BIG THINGS I'LL POINT OUT LOT SIZE OF COURSE R-15, R-75 ARE WHAT THEY ARE 15,000 AND 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUMS. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A DEVELOPMENT WITH 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUM ON AVERAGE 7300 FRONT YARD SETBACK IS IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT 20FT FOR THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT HAS NO SIDEWALK OR PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS NO SIDEWALK 25FT WITH A SIDEWALK.
THE--GOING OFF MY LITTLE CHEAT SHEET HERE--THE SIDE YARD SETBACK IS FIVE FEET, STAYS THE SAME PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT ALL ZONING DISTRICTS. REAR YARD THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT'S 20FT IN BOTH THE R-15 AND R-75.
IT IS TEN FEET, EXCEPT WHEN IT'S ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WHICH IS 25FT.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS THE SAME MINIMUM FLOOR AREA IS 2000 IN R-15, 1350 IN R-75, AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A MINIMUM FLOOR AREA FOR EACH OF THEIR SINGLE FAMILY UNITS OF 2000FT².
SO THAT'S WHY THEY WENT TO AN MD-3 OPTION LOT.
COVERAGE IS 40% IN ALL OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
UNTIL YOU GET TO MD-3, AND MD-3 ALLOWS A 70% INDIVIDUAL LOT COVERAGE WITH A DEVELOPMENT WIDE 50% LOT COVERAGE, AND THEN PARKING.
PARKING IS THREE OFF STREET PARKING SPACES IN BOTH THE EXISTING TWO ZONING DISTRICTS.
THE MD-3 REQUIRES TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT, SO TWO PER LOT.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A COUPLE OF DEVIATIONS THERE.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE RATIO REQUIREMENT MD-3 HAS IS UNIQUE AND IT HAS A LOT RATIO, A FLOOR TO AREA RATIO REQUIREMENT, AND THEN IT ALSO HAS A LOT COVERAGE.
WELL, TWO OF THOSE REGULATIONS REALLY THEY BOTH REGULATE THE SAME THING.
SO IT'S UNUSUAL TO FIND THEM IN FOR TWO FOR THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT.
THE SECOND ONE IS REGARDING SETBACKS.
THE THIRD ONE, THERE IS A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT OR MAINTENANCE EASEMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THE MD-3 SCREENING REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE JUST A SIX FOOT BOARD ON BOARD ON BOARD PRIVACY FENCE.
THEY'RE PROPOSING A COMBINATION OF BOARD ON BOARD WITH BRICK COLUMNS AND WROUGHT IRON, AND ON THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS TO THE EAST. THEY'RE PROPOSING AN EIGHT FOOT WOODEN PRIVACY FENCE INSTEAD OF THE SIX FOOT.
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AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT ZONING, WE LOOK AT SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE SITE TO THE NORTHWEST OR TO THE WEST.ESSENTIALLY, YOU HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL, LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND REHABILITATION USE.
TO THE SOUTH. YOU HAVE A CHURCH, AND THEN TO THE EAST YOU HAVE R-75 OR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 7500. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ADVERTISE ALL OF OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE PUT A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.
WE IN THIS CASE, WE NOTIFIED 42 ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED TEN RESPONSES IN IN OPPOSITION TO THAT REQUEST, AND WHAT WE DID ON THIS SLIDE IS WE JUST PROVIDED YOU STARS AS TO WHERE ALL THE RESPONSES IN OPPOSITION ARE AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, JUST TO KNOW THAT WHEN IT GETS TO CITY COUNCIL DECISION, WE LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T TRIGGERED A 20% OPPOSITION. WE ARE AT 10.5% RIGHT NOW.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID CONDUCT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS.
WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS HAS SEEN A LOT OF REITERATIONS.
SINCE I GUESS IT WAS AUGUST 23RD, 2022 WHERE THAT FIRST, FIRST CAME IN.
SO I'M LOOKING THROUGH P AND Z MINUTES, AND IN THE JUNE 22ND, WHEN THEY CAME AS A PUD, MANY RESIDENTS OBVIOUSLY HAD ISSUES WITH THE TWO STORY HOMES BEING ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTIES, ALONG WITH THEM WANTING TO HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT PRIVACY FENCE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WERE SOME OBVIOUSLY SETBACKS AND INGRESS AND EGRESS OFF CHEEK SPARGER.
IS THAT SOUNDING ABOUT RIGHT? THAT IS VERY GOOD, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP, BECAUSE I FAILED TO MENTION WHAT THE LITTLE X'S ON THE SCREEN MEAN.
THEY WILL ONLY BUILD A SINGLE STORY HOME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY HEARD AT P AND Z, AND SO HOW DO WE I GUESS I'M GOING TO SPITBALL HERE.
HOW DO WE ENFORCE THAT? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE. IS IT IN THE PLANS SPECIFICALLY? IT IS IN THE PLAN.
IF YOU SEE I'M GOING TO GO BACK.
YES. THE WRITING ON THAT SIDE, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IT CALLS OUT THOSE SPECIFIC LOTS TO BE ONLY SINGLE FAMILY.
SO WHEN THEY COME IN FOR A BUILDING PERMIT.
WELL, THIS IS THE GUIDING DOCUMENT ON HOW WE ISSUE THAT BUILDING PERMIT, AND ALSO THE SCREENING THE.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL HAVE A QUESTION. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THE APPLICANT IS HERE, AND I DO KNOW THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL SAVE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS FOR THAT, AND THEN AFTERWARDS.
SO THE MAIN STICKING POINT HERE WHY IT'S NOT A PUD AND WE CAN GET INTO THAT LATER.
THEY'RE BUILDING A LARGER LOT ON A SMALLER I'M SORRY.
YOU SAID THAT ALL OUR OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS GO UP TO 40% LOT COVERAGE, THIS ONE'S COMING IN AT WHAT.
THAT'S 70% FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LOT AND 50% FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.
OKAY, AND THIS IS COMING IN WITH AT THAT.
YES. OKAY, AND SO THEN THEY CAME BACK.
THEY CAME BACK ON OCTOBER 12TH AND OBVIOUSLY HAD SOME CHANGES TO THAT.
IS IT ON THERE WITH THE SCREENING AND FENCING ALONG WITH SIX FOOT.
CORRECT. NOT THE EIGHT FOOT IT IS.
THEY'RE PROPOSING EIGHT FEET AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE PLAN OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO THERE IS EIGHT FOOT IN THERE.
YES. WITH THE WROUGHT IRON AND MASONRY.
ONE OTHER THING, THE 10.5% OPPOSITION THAT WE'RE IN.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND SPEAKING TO THAT, IF IT WAS 20%, WHAT WOULD THAT? SO IF IT WAS 20%, IT WOULD REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE HERE AT AT COUNCIL, MEANING SIX OF THE SEVEN, AND I WOULD HAVE TO LEND TO BRYN SINCE WE HAVE A VACANCY, HOW THAT WOULD EQUAL OUT, BUT BUT ESSENTIALLY A SUPERMAJORITY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO VOTE IN FAVOR FOR THIS TO PASS, AND THAT'S ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE WITHIN 200FT.
YES, SIR. SO IT'S REALLY THE AREA WITHIN 200FT.
SO THE WAY STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO CALCULATE IT IS THAT AND I'VE GOT A I CAN NERD OUT ON SOME, SOME NUMBERS IF YOU WANT THEM, BUT THE TOTAL BUFFER AREA IS OVER 600,000FT² IS IN THE TOTAL BUFFER AREA.
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IN ORDER FOR IT TO MEET THE 20% RULE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HIT 120 127,000FT² OF THE AREA WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BUFFER WOULD HAVE TO VOICE OPPOSITION OR REGISTER.WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, I CAN SEE IS THAT THE GREEN PORTION, THE GREEN PORTION IS WHAT WAS NOTIFIED MINUS THAT IN COLLIERVILLE BECAUSE WE DON'T NOTIFY COLLIERVILLE, BUT SO YES, EVERYTHING IN GREEN WAS WHAT WAS NOTIFIED, AND THEN THE STARS REPRESENT WHAT SUBMITTED AS OPPOSITION.
ALL RIGHT, AND THAT WAS GIVEN TO SOME OF THE CONCERNED RESIDENTS.
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
THE IT WOULD BE ONE MORE BACK WITH THIS, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
SO THE X'S MEAN SINGLE FAMILY, NOT SINGLE FAMILY, BUT SINGLE STORY.
CORRECT, BUT IF I WANTED TO BUY THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT, I COULD MAKE MINE A SINGLE STORY AND BE SURROUNDED BY TWO STORIES, OR WOULD ALL THE REST OF THEM BE TWO STORIES THAT IS REALLY UP TO MARKET DRIVEN? AND I MEAN, TYPICALLY, THOUGH THEY WOULD BE ALL TWO STORIES.
I WOULD HAVE TO LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER WHAT THEIR TYPICAL PRODUCT IS.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY COULD BE TWO STORIES.
THEY COULD ALL BE TWO STORIES.
YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY, AND THEN I DROVE OVER THERE THE OTHER DAY TO SEE.
WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, AND I LISTENED TO THE P AND Z.
ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS MENTIONED HE WAS LEFT OUT OF THE X'S, AND I THINK IT WAS BLOCK NINE.
WAS IT? I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT, AND I BELIEVE THAT SINCE P AND Z, AND AGAIN I'M GETTING OFF AND SPEAKING FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT I BELIEVE SINCE THE P AND Z MEETING THE APPLICANT AND THAT HOMEOWNER HAVE TALKED AND I BELIEVE THERE'S AN AGREEMENT, I'LL LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER THEM.
OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.
THANK YOU. SO WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE STARS ON IT, WITH THE TEN HOUSES THAT ARE OBJECTING, ONLY THREE REALLY ARE BACKING UP TO THAT PROPERTY.
CORRECT? THE REST IS THE CHURCH OR ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES.
I THINK THAT'S CORRECT, AND THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED NOT TO BUILD TWO STORIES, BUT HE HAS AGREED TO BUILD ONE STORIES THERE TO WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND HE'S AGREED TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF FENCE.
THAT SIX IS REQUIRED, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GO WITH AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
SO THERE'S MORE PRIVACY THERE.
SO THE APPLICANT SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED TO BE A LITTLE BIT NEIGHBORLY, AS WE LIKE TO SAY.
IT APPEARS THAT WAY. YES, SIR.
OKAY, AND THE OPPOSITION, WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS? THEY JUST DON'T WANT ANYTHING IN THEIR BACKYARD? I'LL LET THE OPPOSITION SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
THEY HAD SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
SO I THINK IT WAS JUST A COMBINATION OF ISSUES, BUT I DO KNOW THAT I THINK EVEN THE ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OPPOSITION HAS A PRESENTATION FOR YOU, SO I THINK YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM TONIGHT. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. I GUESS I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING SO I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT TO COME ON UP WITH THEIR PRESENTATION.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MIKE COLLINS, REPRESENTING BLOOMFIELD HOMES.
MY ADDRESS IS 1806 SUMMIT RIDGE IN EULESS, TEXAS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE MID-CITIES FOR ABOUT A DECADE.
IN FACT, THE LAST PREVIOUS THREE PREVIOUS CPR EVENTS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN A SPONSOR OF THREE HOMES AS PART OF THE CPR PROGRAM.
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THIS INVOLVES TWO INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.ONE IS OWNED BY JOHN WESTROM, WHO IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
SEVERAL MEMBERS ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME GOING OVER THE TECHNICAL DETAILS AND DUPLICATE WHAT WES HAS DONE.
WHAT I THOUGHT I MIGHT DO WITH THE PORTION OF MY TIME WOULD BE TO FOCUS ON THE PRODUCT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD IF THIS PROJECT WERE APPROVED, FOCUS ON THE DESIGN OF THE EXTERIOR, AND THEN GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE INTERIOR OF OUR HOMES.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE IS REALLY KIND OF A CUSTOM-FEEL NEIGHBORHOOD.
WITH THE VARIABLE WIDTHS IN LOTS, IT ENABLES US TO BUILD A TWO-STORY, I'M SORRY, A TWO-CAR GARAGE, TWO AND A HALF, THREE CAR GARAGE, AS WELL AS A J SWING.
WHAT THAT REALLY KIND OF ENABLES YOU TO DO IS TO USE THAT HALF PORTION OF THE TWO AND A HALF TO STORE LAWN EQUIPMENT AND BICYCLES AND OTHER SUCH THINGS, AND THEN ACTUALLY USE THE INTERIOR TO PARK TWO CARS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE J SWING PRODUCT THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO BUILD ON OUR 55 TO 65 FOOT WIDE LOTS. WES HAD SPENT A LOT OF HIS TIME DESCRIBING FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, THE LOT LAYOUT.
THIS IS KIND OF A TYPICAL INFILL TRACT THAT'S REMAINED UNDEVELOPED BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S HAD A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO ON THAT SOUTH SIDE, BECAUSE OF THE NARROWNESS, I THINK IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT GREATER THAN 250FT IN WIDTH, IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS TO THE SOUTH.
WE, OF COURSE, INSTEAD HAVE THE CHURCH PROPERTY, AND THEN TO THE NORTH OF THAT SOUTH SIDE, YOU'VE GOT THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, AND OF COURSE, AS YOU EXTEND ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE UNDEVELOPED, YOU AGAIN ARE ADJACENT TO THE OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU GET TO THE EAST SIDE THAT WE'RE ABUTTING EXISTING RESIDENTIAL.
SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT LOT LAYOUT IS GO AHEAD AND INCREASE THE, THE REAR SETBACKS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE REAR AND THE PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY THAT ABUT THE COMMERCIAL AND THE CHURCH.
THAT ALLOWED US TO NARROW THAT REAR SETBACK.
WELL YOU MIGHT BE ASKING, WELL, WHY IS THAT EVEN NECESSARY? WELL, AGAIN, THE WIDTH OF THAT SOUTHERN PORTION REPRESENTS A CONSTRAINT, AND WE WOULD LIKE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE PRODUCTS THAT BLOOMFIELD CONSTRUCTS IN SUBDIVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX, AND THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF WANTED TO FOCUS ON A LITTLE BIT MORE, IS WHAT KIND OF PRODUCT WE WANT TO CONSTRUCT, WHAT KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD WE WANT TO CREATE.
THIS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THE ENTRYWAY FEATURE THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED.
THERE WOULD BE UP-LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, THE BRICK, AND I WILL REPEAT THIS SAME COMMENT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BRICK COLUMNS THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED ON THEIR FENCING IS TRY TO DEVELOP THAT SYMMETRY WITH THE CHURCH PROPERTY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MATCH THE RED BRICK THAT IS ON THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AS WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER, THE TYPE OF FENCING THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THERE THAT ABUTS THE CHURCH WOULD BE BRICK COLUMNS, WITH THE BOARD ON BOARD SIX FOOT CEDAR.
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THE LEGACY TREE IS WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO THAT WE HAVE.WE HAVE PROPOSED TO LEAVE OUT A LOT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE WHAT ARGUABLY, WHEN YOU WALK ONTO THE SITE IN THAT AREA, THAT REALLY KIND OF CAPTURES YOUR ATTENTION.
WE'VE READ THROUGH YOUR TREE PRESERVATION, YOUR TREE MITIGATION STANDARDS, AND WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED IN BEING NECESSARY TO SAVE THE TREES IS JUST SPOT ON.
YOU DON'T WANT ANY ACTIVITY ON THAT LOT.
YOU WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT DRIP CANOPY.
SO THE BREAK IN THAT WOOD FENCE THERE THAT WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER THAT ABUTS THE CHURCH WOULD ONLY BE BROKEN UP WITH A WROUGHT IRON FENCE THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ALSO INCLUDE A GATE WITH A SIDEWALK THAT WOULD CONNECT THE SOUTH SIDE OR THE CHURCH PROPERTY INTO THE INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOME PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND FLOW FROM THE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FROM OTHER AREAS, FOR THAT MATTER, TO COME INTO THAT CHURCH AREA, AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THEY MIGHT EVEN WANT TO ATTEND THAT CHURCH IN COMING YEARS.
THE LEGACY TREE IS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE.
WE'D LIKE TO CREATE REALLY KIND OF A PASSIVE PARK.
WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A PARK BENCH OR TWO IN THAT AREA, AND PERHAPS IT COULD BE CREATED AS SOME, I DON'T KNOW, AREA OF REFLECTION THAT AGAIN, IT WOULD JUST BE A PASSIVE PARK BY NATURE BUT WE REALLY, REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE OVERALL TONE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT TO PRESERVE THAT TREE.
WE'VE GOT EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.
THE QUALITY STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN OTHER SUBDIVISIONS WOULD BE CARRIED OVER, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL WITH THE DESIGN ELEMENTS IN TERMS OF THE BRICK AND THE MASONRY, THE LANDSCAPE BORDER, THE EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING.
FRONT ELEVATIONS THAT ARE COMBINATIONS OF BRICK AND STONE.
THERE ARE A DIFFERENT COMBINATION OF TWO CAR GARAGE, A J SWING.
THE MASONRY AGAIN IS ALL BRICK AND STONE.
EVEN ON THE REAR ELEVATIONS, THE ONLY USE OF ANY SIDING WOULD ONLY BE FOR ACCENT.
WHEREVER WE CAN PUT BRICK OR STONE, WE DO, INCLUDING THE REAR ELEVATIONS.
THIS AGAIN DEPICTS ANOTHER VARIATION OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANS THAT WE WILL OFFER.
INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IS WHAT WE CALL THE REPETITION CLAUSE.
SO IF SOMEBODY SELECTS A PARTICULAR FLOOR PLAN, IF YOU GO FOUR LOTS ON ONE SIDE OF YOU, FOUR LOTS ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF YOU GO ACROSS THE STREET TO THE FOUR LOTS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME FLOOR PLAN.
SO WHEN YOU COMBINE THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ELEMENTS WITH THE DIFFERENT GARAGE CONFIGURATIONS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE A FRONT PORCH OR A REAR PORCH, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS CONTRIBUTE TO TRYING TO CREATE A DISTINCTIVE LOOK AS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION.
WITHIN THE IN THE WITHIN THE INTERIOR ITSELF.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR MOST FROM THE POTENTIAL BUYER IS THEY WANT OPENNESS.
THEY WANT LOTS OF NATURAL LIGHT.
SO IN THE DESIGN OF THESE HOMES, I THINK WE AVERAGED SOMETHING LIKE 27 WINDOWS PER HOME, WHICH ALLOWS AN ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL LIGHT TO COME IN, AND THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ELEMENT BECAUSE ALL THE WINDOWS AREN'T THE SAME SIZE, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES, AND IT REALLY CONTRIBUTES TO THAT OVERALL LOOK THAT WE'RE LOOKING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO CREATE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
I WON'T READ THESE ALL IN DETAIL, BUT THE ATTENTION TO THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
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IN, ARE, QUITE FRANKLY, KIND OF SURPRISED THAT THEIR ENERGY BILLS ARE LOWER, MUCH LOWER THAN THE OLDER HOMES, PERHAPS THAT THEY MOVED FROM, AND EVEN LOWER IN SOME INSTANCES FROM THE APARTMENTS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY'VE MOVED FROM.SOME OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS, AND AGAIN, I WON'T READ THROUGH THERE THAT SPEAKS TO THE QUALITY NATURE OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL HOMEBUYER GETS TO SELECT IS, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW, ON THE WOOD CABINETS, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BUILT IN SOME FACTORY AND BROUGHT IN TO FIT THE KITCHEN.
EVERY ONE OF THE CABINETS IN THE KITCHEN DESIGN ARE HAND MEASURED TO FIT THAT KITCHEN.
JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S WHAT'S BEING DONE TO CREATE SOME QUALITY ON THE INTERIOR.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING SLIDE AFTER YOU GET FINISHED TALKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF SUBDIVISION THAT YOU WANT TO CREATE, WHAT OFTENTIMES IS NOT MENTIONED IS WHAT KIND OF IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC IMPACT THE SUBDIVISION CAN BRING. INSTEAD OF, FOR EXAMPLE, BUILDING MATERIALS THAT MIGHT INCLUDE BRICK AND WOOD OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, THE SALES TAX BEING COLLECTED AT THAT POINT WHERE IT'S PURCHASED, THERE'S A PROCESS AVAILABLE THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IN WHICH THE POINT OF SALE CAN BE DECLARED AT THE CITY IN WHICH THE HOMES ARE BEING BUILT, AND WE WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY FOR THAT ALONE WOULD BE $70,000, AND OF COURSE, THE 25 MILLION WOULD BE BASED ON THE 50 LOTS AT ABOUT 600,000.
WE BELIEVE VERY, VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS MARKET IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY STRONG AND THAT THESE THAT THESE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE SOLD IN THE 600 TO $800,000. I HAD A SUMMARY CHART HERE, MUCH OF WHICH WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND AGAIN, STAFF HAS BEEN AWESOME TO WORK WITH THROUGHOUT THE DRC PROCESS.
WHAT WERE ABLE TO DO IS THAT WE KNOW, AS YOU MOVE FROM CHEEK SPARGER SOUTH THAT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A RETAINING WALL THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED, AND IT'S NOT.
IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT THE HEIGHT OF THAT RETAINING WALL IS GOING TO BE UNTIL THE DETAILED ENGINEERING IS COMPLETED BY KEITH, BUT WHAT THAT 25 FOOT SETBACK ENABLES US TO DO IS TO MOVE THAT RETAINING WALL OFF OF THE PROPERTY LINE, AND WHAT THAT WILL HELP US TO DO IS TO PRESERVE THAT TREE LINE THROUGHOUT THAT AREA, AND THEN AS YOU MOVE AWAY FROM LOT EIGHT AND FARTHER TO THE SOUTH, BEGINNING WITH MR. CARTER'S LOT NINE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A RETAINING WALL.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT EAST SIDE, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THAT RETAINING WALL, IS TO GET IT OFF THAT REAR PROPERTY LINE SO THAT WE CAN SAVE THAT VEGETATION IN THAT AREA.
A SPECIFIC QUESTION, I THINK, WAS ASKED ABOUT BLOOMFIELD'S COMMITMENT TO MR. CARTER REGARDING LOT NINE AND CONSTRUCTING A ONE STORY.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH MR. CARTER AFTER THE LAST P AND Z MEETING, AND HE SAID THE SAME THING TO US AS HE SAID IN PUBLIC, THAT IT WOULD BE HIS DESIRE FOR THERE TO ONLY BE ONE STORY BUILT THERE, AND WE DELIVERED, HAND-DELIVERED HIM A LETTER.
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LOT NINE.LASTLY, JUST WANT TO THANK THE WOODLAND HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH AND THEIR FOLKS.
WE'VE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM FROM THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WOULD DESIRE OUT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, HOW WE CAN BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THEM, AND WE HOPE THAT WE'VE BEEN RESPONSIVE NOT ONLY TO WOODLAND HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, BUT TO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE EAST.
AGAIN, NO PLAN IS PERFECT, BUT WE'VE TRIED TO BE RESPONSIVE IN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
BEFORE YOU STEP DOWN, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
MINE ARE GOING TO BE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND THAT.
YES. OKAY. TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH CHEEK SPARGER.
YES. ALL RIGHT. SO BOTH HAVE ACCESS THERE FOR THESE.
I'M SEEING LOTS OF BACKING UP TO ANY OTHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 30 FOOT SETBACK.
SO IS IT 25 OR 30? IT'S 25. IT'S 25, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S WHAT IT'S MENTIONED HERE ON THE DOCUMENT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS, BUT ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS TO ENABLE US TO DO THE 25.
IN MY PACKET, IT SAYS 30 BUT OKAY 25, AND ON THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT THE DOCUMENT ITSELF DOES SAY 25 ADJACENT TO THE OKAY SO ALL PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL WILL BE 25 REAR SETBACKS.
CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT THERE.
ABSOLUTELY, THAT WOULD BE EIGHT FOOT STAINED CEDAR ON STEEL POSTS OKAY.
SO THAT'S MY THE ONES I GOT FOR RIGHT NOW.
COUNCIL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
I HAVE A QUESTION I CAN'T REMEMBER ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
WHERE WAS THE DRAINAGE GOING? WAS IT GOING FROM THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS? WAS IT TRAVELING TO THE SOUTHWEST? IS THAT THE WAY THE DRAINAGE ON THIS PROPERTY IS IN? YES. I MEAN, IN GENERAL TERMS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE WILL BRING THE WATER TO THE STREET, TAKING IT SOUTH AND THEN TAKING IT WEST TO CENTRAL.
ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT WE EVEN ASKED, WITH OUR DESIRE TO COMBINE THE TWO PARCELS TO CREATE THE L-SHAPED, IS IF CENTRAL DRIVE HAD THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE STORMWATER, AND FROM THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM CITY STAFF, IT WILL ACCOMMODATE THAT. YES, SIR.
WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING THE ENTRY AND EXIT WAY ONTO CENTRAL.
THAT'S A BIG I MEAN, WHAT CAME BEFORE IT DIDN'T HAVE THAT.
IT WAS STRICTLY CHEEK SPARGER AND I COULD SEE PROBLEMS THERE.
MR. COLLINS, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL WELCOME ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER TO THE MIC.
GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE], 2604 TALISMAN COURT, BEDFORD, TEXAS.
IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT HAD ALL THE STARS ON THERE 20% OF THE RESIDENTS.
SO WITH ALL THE STARS SHOWING US OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S 10.5, I THINK.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO BE AT THE MIC, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE CAN PICK UP YOUR VOICE.
SO THE LOT NEXT TO WHERE ALL THE STARS ARE, THAT'S A BIG LOT, BEVERLY.
SHE'S IN OPPOSITION OF THIS AS WELL, AND THAT'S A PRETTY BIG LOT.
SO I THINK WE ARE OVER THE REQUIRED 20%.
YEAH, THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES UP TO THE NORTH WITH OUR R-15.
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THAT AND THE STAR IS NOT DEPICTED, BUT THAT SHOULD TRIGGER THE 20% RULE, BUT LET ME GET ON WITH MY PRESENTATION.I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO GO FROM THERE.
SO BLOOMFIELD HOMES, THEY'RE TRYING TO BUY TWO PIECES OF TRACK ONE, THREE AND A HALF ACRES FROM THE WOODLAND HEIGHTS CHURCH AND FIVE ACRES FROM JOHN WESTROM AND HIS PROPERTIES OFF CHEEK SPARGER. HE ACQUIRED THAT LAST YEAR.
BEAUTIFUL HOMES, BUT IS IT RIGHT FOR THE AREA AND IS IT RIGHT FOR BEDFORD? WHICH BUTTON DO I PRESS? THERE? YES, SIR, AND WHY ARE THEY REQUESTING MEDIUM DENSITY THREE ZONING? RIGHT NOW IT'S ZONED R-15 AND R-75.
WHY NOT EVEN R-65, AND WHY NOT PUD AND WES ADDRESSED A LOT OF THESE ISSUES ABOUT THE LOT COVERAGE.
IT'S BECAUSE THE LOT COVERAGE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT COVERAGE OF 40%, AND THAT'S THEIR LIMITATION.
SO THEY HAVE ALL THOSE BIG LOTS ON THE EAST SIDE AND THEN THE SMALLER LOTS DOWN TO THE SOUTH.
SO A LOT COVERAGE. THESE ARE JUST NUMBERS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL HAVE WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL THE LOTS TOGETHER AS A SINGLE STORY HOME.
IF YOU DO IT 40% AGAIN, SINGLE STORY HOME, YOU GET 121,000FT².
AT 50%, YOU GET 151,000FT² HOMES.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS MORE MONEY FOR THE BUILDER, 20% MORE PROFIT, AND A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY LIKE BLOOMFIELD MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TO APPEASE THEIR INVESTORS. SO WHY MEDIUM DENSITY? THREE. WHAT IS MEDIUM DENSITY THREE MEDIUM DENSITY THREE IS A SINGLE.
THIS IS DEFINED BY THE CITY OF BEDFORD, BY THE WAY, SINGLE DETACHED FAMILY HOME ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR INNOVATIVE MEDIUM DENSITY, INNOVATIVE MEDIUM DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS CLUSTER HOMES OR ZERO LOT LINES.
AGAIN, 47D STATES THE PERCENTAGE RULES OF 70% AT THE MAX AND THEN 50% AS THE MAX AVERAGE.
AMERICAN HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION DEFINES MEDIUM DENSITY HOMES AS DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, TOWNHOMES, ROW HOMES, DETACHED HOMES, GARDEN SUITES, OR WALK UP APARTMENT BUILDINGS. YOU GUYS ARE NOT ONLY VOTING ON MEDIUM DENSITY THREE TONIGHT, BUT ALSO CHANGING THE ZONE.
IS THAT ANY BUILDING THAT THEY BUILD TWO STORY BACKS UP TO RESIDENTIAL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT TO 25FT.
SO AGAIN YOU'RE NOT JUST VOTING ON CHANGING THIS TO MEDIUM DENSITY THREE, BUT YOU'RE ASKING TO ALTER THE PLANS THAT THE MD-3 REQUIRES, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY'RE ALSO CHANGING THE LOT AREA RATIO AS WELL.
HOW MANY TIMES IS MEDIUM MEANT TO BE USED IN BEDFORD? THERE'S TEN AREAS, ALL IN BEDFORD, AND NONE OF THEM BACK UP TO R -5 DIRECTLY.
ALL OF THEM ARE SEPARATED BY ROADS OR A CANAL OR A SPILLWAY.
SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST WHERE MEDIUM DENSITY THREE BUTS UP DIRECTLY TO R 75, THE BIG ONE.
THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE IMPOSED BY BEDFORD IN 2010.
I'M SORRY FOR THE BAD PICTURE.
THAT'S THE CHURCH AREA, ALL THE YELLOW AROUND THAT IS DEPICTED AS LOW DENSITY.
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO GO FIGHT TOO MUCH ON IT, BUT MEDIUM DENSITY THREE IS CONSIDERED MEDIUM DENSITY, AND NOTICE THERE'S NO ORANGE ON THAT SIDE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE. 63A I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AFTER THE PNC MEETING.
IT'S THE LAW OR THE CODE REQUIRED, PARTICULARLY WITHIN 200FT OF ALL OF 200FT OF ALL THE APPLICANTS OPPOSE THIS THAT IT WILL TRIGGER THE THREE FOURTHS VOTE.
WE'RE ONE HOUSE SHORT, BY THE WAY, SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THE ONE HOUSE IS A SINGLE HOUSE BUILT IN 1965, AND THE OWNER PLANS TO NOT STAY HERE TOO LONG, AND HE WANTS TO FLIP THE PROPERTY, AND THEN I PUT THE 20% RULE IN THERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE DIDN'T MEET IT, BUT I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE.
SO AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO PROCEED WITH THAT.
WE HAVE ENDANGERED ANIMALS THAT DO LIVE AND CALL THIS PROPERTY HOME.
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TO WHAT TO DO ABOUT THESE ENDANGERED SPECIES.I'M NOT SURE. I THINK THERE'S A PERMIT.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THAT ALL WORKS.
AGAIN, THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, AND WE DO HAVE ENDANGERED ANIMALS THAT INHABIT THIS AREA.
ANOTHER BIG ONE IS CHEEK SPARGER, OUR LOVELY CHEEK SPARGER ROAD.
IT WAS DESIGNED FOR 8000 CARS, NOW HAS 38,000 CARS TRAVELING ON IT.
AFTER SPEAKING WITH CITY STAFF, THERE'S NO PLANS YET.
I WAS, THEY ASSUMED 8 TO 10 YEARS, BUT I THINK THEY MIGHT PROJECT A LITTLE SOONER, MAYBE FIVE YEARS, AND THEN ALSO WHEN THEY CLOSE CHEEK SPARGER, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REROUTE ALL THE TRAFFIC DOWN CENTRAL, AND OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO BE REROUTED, PROBABLY TOWARDS CUMMINGS OR DOWN CENTRAL OR HARWOOD.
SO IT'S GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
THE ONE HOUSE THAT IS ON CHEEK SPARGER, IT'S ONE PERSON TRYING TO GET OUT AND THEY HAVE A NIGHTMARE.
THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. NOW YOU GUYS ARE ASKING 40 OTHER RESIDENTS, PROBABLY TWO CARS, SO OVER 100 CARS TO TRY TO EXIT CHEEK SPARGER BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION, AND IT'S A BLIND HILL, SO IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY MESSY SITUATION FOR OUR EMT SERVICES AND FIRE SERVICES.
SO THAT WAS NOT ON THE SITE PLAN, AND SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST MEDIUM DENSITY THREE BACKING UP DIRECTLY TO R-75, PLEASE CONSIDER IMPOSING A TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH ADDING TREES IN THERE ON TOP OF THE 25 FOOT SETBACK, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF THREE WITH 75 FOOT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
APPRECIATE IT. YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
I LIVE AT 2600 TALISMAN COURT BEDFORD, TEXAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAND YOU GUYS SOMETHING.
WE DID TALK AFTER THE LAST MEETING.
HE DID PRESENT ME THAT LETTER.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE LETTER.
I WOULD LIKE EACH ONE OF YOU TO AT LEAST READ THE PORTION THAT I UNDERLINED.
OKAY, AND I WANT TO KEEP IT SHORT.
YES. WE SHOOK HANDS WHEN HE CAME IN.
I DO APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORT HERE.
I DO RECOGNIZE THAT IF THE CITY OF BEDFORD APPROVES THIS, THE WORDING IN THIS LETTER DOES NOT MEET THE COMMITMENT THAT IT WILL BE DONE.
I AM NOT GOING TO STAND HERE AND SAY I AGREE WITH THIS PROJECT.
I RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS MAY APPROVE IT.
HE STOOD UP HERE AND SAID THAT WE'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT, AND I WANT YOU TO PUBLICLY STATE THAT IF IT'S APPROVED, LOT NINE, WHICH I APPRECIATE, AMY BRINGING UP WILL BE A SINGLE STORY HOME, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? I HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE. I SEEN SOME ACTION.
WHO GETS TO IT FIRST? QUICK. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. NAME AND ADDRESS IS MELISSA POPE, AND MY MOTHER, BEVERLY [INAUDIBLE].
I LIVE AT 2500 CHEEK SPARGER ROAD.
I WASN'T ABLE TO DUE TO PERSONAL ISSUES HAVE MY MOTHER DO A FORMAL LETTER, BUT I DID SEND AN EMAIL, NOT TILL LATER HIS AFTERNOON, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS ALREADY FOR US TO GET OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY.
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YOU'VE GOT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.YOU'LL HAVE EVEN MORE CARS COMING OUT OF THAT ONTO CHEEK SPARGER, AND THAT'S WHERE WE LIVE, AND IT'S WE'VE HAD SO MANY WRECKS ON THAT HILL ALREADY, AND NOT JUST FROM OUR HOUSE, PEOPLE EXITING OUR HOUSE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO--I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALRIGHT, NAME AND ADDRESS, SIR.
YES. MY NAME IS MICHAEL COSGROVE.
I AM THE PASTOR FOR WOODLAND HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH.
I LIVE AT 1521 SARAH BROOKS DRIVE IN KELLER, AND THE CHURCH IS AT 3712 CENTRAL.
WON'T DO THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS REZONING CONSIDERATION, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE FOR OUR CHURCH AND OUR FUTURE GROWTH TEAM TO WORK WITH MR. COLLINS AND MR. DYKSTRA ON THIS PROJECT, AND SEEING BLOOMFIELD COME IN.
WE EVEN SPONSORED A MEETING THAT ALLOWED BLOOMFIELD TO SIT DOWN WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT WOULD PARTICIPATE AND COME AND HEAR THEIR WANTS AND NEEDS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AND MANY OF THOSE YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD TONIGHT, AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN OF MR. COLLINS IS THAT HE HAS SPOKEN BEFORE AND AFTERWARDS AT EACH OF THESE MEETINGS, P AND Z AND OTHER TIMES, AND HAS TRIED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THESE CONCERNS AND I THINK HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB OF THAT.
IF HE SATISFIED THOSE PEOPLE AT OUR CHURCH, THEN YOU CAN CERTAINLY HELP THE NEIGHBORS, AND WE WANT TO HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, AND WE WANT AND WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS. WE WANT TO SELL SOME PROPERTIES SO WE CAN DO SOME EXPANSION AND THINGS AT OUR PLACE.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT, BUT WE ARE CONCERNED TO STILL BE A NEIGHBOR TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AND TO OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND WE THINK THAT HE'S DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB TO BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS, AND I THINK HE'LL MEET THAT CONCERN THAT THE GENTLEMAN BROUGHT JUST A WHILE AGO, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THIS GO THROUGH AND JUST TRY TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SAY YES TO THIS PROJECT AND THE LEGACY TREE THAT THEY HAVE ALLOWED TO BE THERE IN THE PARK. THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT BENEFIT ALSO AS WELL, AND IT'S AN EXCITING PROSPECT TO SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN OUR CITY THROUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALL RIGHT. FIRST OFF, ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? OKAY. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 12 517 LAKESHORE COURT IN FORT WORTH.
I OWN ONE OF THE PIECES OF PROPERTY.
WE BOUGHT IT, AND HEAR SOME OF THE CONCERNS, THE NEIGHBORS CONCERNS.
I'VE BUILT SOME WONDERFUL HOMES IN BEDFORD.
I COULDN'T DO THIS PROJECT, AND SO WHEN WE SHOPPED IT AROUND TO TALK TO WHO COULD, IT'S A HOME RUN.
BY GIVING UP THIS PROJECT, IT'S I CAN MAKE A LOT MORE IF I DEVELOPED A LITTLE CUL DE SAC PROJECT, HAVE A STREET ISSUE, TRY TO FORCE SOME THINGS DOWN, BUT THIS IS A HOME RUN FOR BEDFORD.
I'VE MADE LOTS AND LOTS OF CONCESSIONS.
I THINK EVERYONE WHO'S SPEAKING IS OPPOSED TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENT CENTER.
THEY OPPOSED MY PROJECT LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS 7500.
THEY OPPOSED TO IT AT P AND Z, WE TABLED IT.
NOW THEY'RE OPPOSING THIS. SO I GET IT.
SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF HYPOCRITICAL TO BE AGAINST IT, BUT YET YOU MIGHT WANT TO LIVE THERE.
SO I THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY COULD BE OPPOSED TO THAT.
SO ALSO ABOUT THE HEAVILY WOODED 80% OF THOSE PROPERTIES OR TREES ARE NON-DESIRABLE BUT I DO AGREE THAT GOING THROUGH THE CONCESSION TO ALLOW A LOT OF THOSE TREES TO STAY, IF THEY CAN, THAT'S AMAZING.
SO JUST WANT TO SAY I'M IN FAVOR.
ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I START ASKING QUESTIONS THOUGH? BEFORE. SO AS I'M DOING THIS, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE.
FIRST OFF, I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WITH THE 20% RULE FOR SUPERMAJORITY.
I'M ASSUMING WE'RE PAST THAT POINT.
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SO THAT'S A FACT QUESTION.SO IF WE WANT TO ASSUME FOR PURPOSES OF HYPOTHETICAL, THAT THE OWNERSHIP OF 20% OF THE LAND WITHIN 200FT HAS REGISTERED IN OPPOSITION, THEN IT WOULD REQUIRE A 75% MAJORITY TO APPROVE THIS, AND THAT WOULD BE FIVE OUT OF SIX MEMBERS BECAUSE THE VACANCY THAT YOU HAVE IS NOT YOU DO NOT HAVE A HOLDOVER MEMBER HOLDING THAT SEAT.
SO THAT WAS MY FIRST CONCERN WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE 20% OR NOT.
ANOTHER THING THAT I HAVE HERE IS THIS MAY BE FOR WES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS MENTIONED, ALSO ENDANGERED SPECIES. I NEED TO BRING IT UP.
SINCE IT WAS MENTIONED, I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS NOT DONE.
IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR ZONING.
CORRECT. WHERE WOULD WE SEE THIS, TYPICALLY MAJOR PRODUCT.
THERE'D HAVE TO BE A DEDICATED WETLAND, AND I'M STEPPING OUT.
BRYN, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ELSE THAT I WOULD MISS? I DON'T IT'S JUST NOT TYPICAL FOR CITIES.
SO IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT ARE IMPOSED ON THIS PROPERTY, THE DEVELOPER WOULD STILL HAVE TO MEET THEM, BUT THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
YEAH. CORRECT. EXACTLY, AND WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OUT THERE AS OF TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. ALSO, DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE 80% IT WAS MENTIONED 80% UNDESIRABLE TREES THAT ARE THERE.
THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A PRELIMINARY TREE SURVEY.
TREE SURVEYS AREN'T REQUIRED UNTIL PRELIMINARY PLAT.
THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A PRELIMINARY ONE.
I WILL SAY I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD SAY 80%.
OKAY. ANYBODY FIRST, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. COLLINS IN A SECOND.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHERS? OKAY.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE. THANK YOU, MR. COLLINS. MY COMMENT FOR A SECOND.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS AND ACCOMMODATING FOR THIS.
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THE FENCING, IT WAS GOING TO BE SIX FEET.
IN RESPONSE TO THE PRIVACY CONCERNS, WE HAVE COMMITTED TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT FROM 6 TO 8FT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ELECTED TO PROPOSE, THE TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO PRESERVE THE VEGETATION ALONG THAT REAR PROPERTY LINE. WE'VE GOT THE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE LOCATION OF THAT RETAINING WALL TO PRESERVE THAT TREE LINE.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THAT.
SO YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE MEETING AT LEAST THAT ONE? ABSOLUTELY. AT LEAST THAT ONE.
OKAY. WITH THE TEN FOOT BUFFER LANDSCAPING OKAY.
ANYBODY ELSE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
IN REGARDS TO MR. CARTER, WHAT WHAT DID YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO WORK OUT WITH THAT? I READ THE LETTER, BUT SO IT WILL BE A ONE STORY OR WE OF COURSE, BEEN WORKING WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WILL LIFT UP CONCESSIONS IN HOPES THAT THEY COULD SUPPORT THE PROJECT IRRESPECTIVE OF HIS SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.
IF YOU ALL APPROVE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THAT ONE STORY.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING FROM I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] SORRY, I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT WITH COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
OKAY. COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
SO, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE HEARD RESIDENTS CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC ON CHEESEBURGERS.
SO BASED OFF OF YOUR ENTRYWAY AND LANDSCAPING, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE ENTRYWAY WILL AMELIORATE OR EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM? I'M TRYING TO GET OUT FROM CHEEK SPARGER, OR THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES.
[INAUDIBLE] CAREER IN AS A PLANNING DIRECTOR, HAVING CONSIDERED MULTIPLE PROJECTS ON SIMILAR EAST WEST CORRIDORS AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES.
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WE BELIEVE IF YOU CONTRAST WHAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED WHEN MR. WESTROM'S PROJECT WAS A STANDALONE PROJECT WITHIN CHEEK SPARGER, THAT BY CREATING AN L SHAPED SUBDIVISION WITH ENTRANCE, WITH INGRESS EGRESS OFF OF BOTH CHEEK SPARGER BARGER AND CENTRAL DRIVE, THAT IMPROVES THE SITUATION.COUNCILMEMBER FARCO. I WAS JUST ASKING THE CITY MANAGER THAT THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD PUT A LIGHT THERE BECAUSE IT'S COLLIERVILLE STREET, SO WE COULDN'T PUT A LIGHT FOR THE EXIT OF THAT, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CREATED THAT OTHER EXIT AND ENTRANCE ON CENTRAL SHOULD IT'S GOING TO ALLEVIATE SOME.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SABOL.
MR. COLLINS, IT'S AN HOA, I ASSUME? YES, MA'AM.
I LIVED IN AN HOA THAT WAS NOT MANDATORY, BUT THIS ONE WILL BE MANDATORY.
YES MA'AM, AND THEY WILL HAVE COMMON PROPERTY THAT WILL BE OWNED BY THE HOA.
YES, MA'AM. WOULD INCLUDE THAT EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
SO THE HOA WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THAT FENCE SOMEDAY AND NOT THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER.
YES. SO TO THE POINT OF THE MANDATORY HOA, WE WILL FILE WHAT ARE CALLED CCR COVENANT CONDITION AND RESTRICTION DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FILED WITH TARRANT COUNTY, AND IN THAT DOCUMENT, IT WILL CONTAIN THE PLAT OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT IDENTIFIES THE COMMON AREAS.
THAT WOULD BE THE OBLIGATION OF THE HOA TO MAINTAIN.
SO THAT'S FILED WITH TARRANT COUNTY, AND IT'S ON RECORD.
OKAY, AND PARKING ON THE STREET, THE STREET'S PRETTY NARROW IT APPEARS.
IS THERE ANY PARKING ANYWHERE EXCEPT FOR ON THE STREET FOR GUESTS? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION THAT HAD BEEN RAISED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ORIGINALLY IN JUNE, AND WHEN DON DYKSTRA WAS HERE, HE HAD COMMITTED THAT WITHIN THE WITHIN THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE COVENANTS CONDITIONS THAT PARKING WOULD BE RESTRICTED ON THE STREET BY THE RESIDENTS.
OKAY, AND BUT AS FURTHER CLARIFICATION, WE HAD INDICATED THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH STAFF TO UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THERE.
TO BE PERFECTLY BLUNT, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE TO ENFORCE THAT, BUT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY WILLING AND ARE ON RECORD AND COMMITTED TO INCLUDING LANGUAGE IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL THAT WILL MEET THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THAT.
WHEN CHEEK SPARGER GETS EXPANDED, WHICH THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT, WE NEVER SEE ANYTHING HAPPEN, BUT WHEN IT DOES GET EXPANDED, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR ENTRANCE? HAVE YOU HAVE YOU TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION ON CHEEK SPARGER? WELL, MY EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS THAT THEY CAN'T SIMPLY CUT OFF ACCESS FROM THAT.
THEY WILL HAVE TO PRESERVE, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME, MR. CITY MANAGER, IF IT IS, THEY WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN SOME LEVEL OF TEMPORARY INGRESS EGRESS, NOT ONLY JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE, BUT FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS AS WELL.
IT WON'T CAUSE THEM TO REMOVE ANY OF YOUR SIGNAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU'VE ALREADY WORKED THAT INTO THE EQUATION.
RIGHT, THE DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY WILL BE DONE BY PLAT.
OKAY, AND YOU WILL HAVE SIGNS AT BOTH ENTRANCES.
HEY, MAYOR. [INAUDIBLE], IN REGARDS TO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PROJECT, SINCE WE'RE WORKING WITH COLLIERVILLE ON THAT PROJECT, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S AND THE RESIDENTS' INTERESTS ARE PROTECTED REGARDLESS.
SO, BUT MR. COLLINS IS CORRECT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S GOOD. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL, CAN HAVE TIME FOR DISCUSS, OR I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, COULD I JUST ADD BRIEFLY? YES, PLEASE. JUST BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH PLANNING STAFF.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THE ATTACHMENT IS NOT TECHNICALLY A SITE PLAN.
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BETWEEN A PUD AND A STRAIGHT ZONING DISTRICT.SO THE ADDITIONAL CONCESSIONS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THIS CONCEPT PLAN THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO, I WOULD SUGGEST IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE. YOU ADD THOSE SPECIFICALLY AND REQUIRE THAT THIS CONCEPT PLAN BE UPDATED WITH THOSE CONDITIONS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, THE SINGLE-STORY FOR LOT NINE IS NOT CURRENTLY REFLECTED.
THAT SHOULD BE ADDED AS A CONDITION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I SUGGEST AS WELL.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT ONE? OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER SABOL.
YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.
WE'D LIKE TO...I'M TRYING TO PUT IT IN WORDS.
LIKE TO AGREE TO REZONE TRACTS 2D, 2E AND 2D01 ABSTRACT 1537 OF THE GARRETT TEETER SURVEY AND A MOTION OF LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE OF THE WOODLAND HEIGHTS ADDITION, KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 2416 CHEEK SPARGER ROAD, BEDFORD, TEXAS, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 8.691 ACRES FROM R-7500 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DETACHED DISTRICT AND R-15,000 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DETACHED DISTRICT TO MD-3 MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DISTRICT FOR A PROPOSED 42 LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER TO ADD A SINGLE STORY HOME BE BUILT ON BLOCK B, LOT NINE.
IS THAT GOING TO DO IT? THE HOME THAT IS CONSTRUCTED BE NO MORE THAN A SINGLE STORY HOME.
LIKE THAT. [CHUCKLING] IS THAT ALL THE CONCESSIONS? I THINK THERE WERE MORE CONCESSIONS THAT WERE BEING ASKED AS WELL.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL OF THEM.
SHOULD HAVE TAKEN NOTES, I GUESS THE ONE WITH PARKING.
I THINK THERE WAS A CONCERN WITH PARKING ON STREET PARKING.
DID YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN THAT? BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PUT THE HOA PORTION OF IT IN THIS RIGHT IN THERE.
I'M GOING TO PUNT THIS BACK TO YOU.
CAN WE PUT A CONDITION THAT THEY DO SOMETHING IN THE CCNRS? SO WITH RESPECT TO ON STREET PARKING, YES, WE CAN ADD THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A PUBLICLY DEDICATED ROAD.
CORRECT, AND SO TYPICALLY PARKING IS REGULATED BY OUR GENERAL PARKING ORDINANCES.
IT'S NOT TYPICALLY ADDRESSED DIRECTLY THROUGH ZONING.
SO I MEAN YOU COULD ADD IT TO THIS.
YOU COULD INSTRUCT IT TO BE ADDED.
I ALWAYS FIND IT CUMBERSOME BECAUSE ONCE THE CCNRS ARE FILED OF RECORD, WE DON'T SEE THEM AND WE DON'T ENFORCE THEM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW VALUABLE IT WOULD BE TO INCLUDE THAT AS A REQUIREMENT. IT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL FOR US TO JUST ADDRESS PARKING WITH OUR PARKING REGULATIONS, WITH THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
CORRECT. SO IT'S A MOOT POINT AND YOU CAN DESIGNATE CERTAIN STREETS.
YOU PROMISE ME YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR ME.
I MIGHT MENTION THAT IN ALL OF OUR CCR DOCUMENTS, WE GET INTO A SECTION THAT DEALS WITH THE TYPES OF VEHICLES AND TRAILERS, AND WE GET INTO THE MAXIMUM TONNAGE THAT CAN BE PLACED THERE MORE THAN 24 HOURS.
SO A A CONTINUATION OF THAT SAME SECTION WOULD BE THE RESTRICTION OF OVERNIGHT PARKING, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF RESTRICTING THE OVERNIGHT PARKING OF THE HOMEOWNERS CARS ON THAT STREET AND GET THEM IN THEIR DRIVEWAY.
SO THAT'S NOT SO ESSENTIALLY, THERE'S NO OTHER ADDITIONS? ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY OTHER ADDITIONS? COUNCILMEMBER, I DON'T RECALL ANY OTHER.
IS THAT ALREADY REFLECTED IN THE SITE PLAN THAT IS ACTUALLY REFLECTED ON THE CONCEPT PLAN .
IF YOU LOOK LOTS ONE THROUGH EIGHT ON BLOCK B, CALL OUT A PROBABLE RETAINING WALL LOCATION SAYS THAT IT'S TO BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED, AND IT'S TO MAKE SURE IT SAYS THAT.
YEAH, TO SAVE TREES ALONG THE SHARED EAST PROPERTY LINE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I GUESS I'M DONE WITH MY MOTION.
WAS THERE ANY OTHER UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO DO IT AGAIN? NO, JUST TO VERIFY, ALSO, PRESERVE THE LEGACY TREES ON THERE AS WELL.
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LEGACY TREES PRESERVED ON THERE.ALL RIGHT, AND SO I HAVE A FIRST FROM COUNCILMEMBER SABOL A SECOND COUNCILMEMBER STEVES IN APPROVAL.
OKAY. THAT DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCIL STAFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DISCUSSION, AND COUNCIL THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A LONG MOTION, BUT I'M GLAD WE GOT IT RIGHT.
I'M GLAD WE PUT IT IN THERE AND TOOK THE TIME FOR THAT.
[15. Public hearing and consider an ordinance amending a Planned Unit Development District for Lot 1 Block 7 Bedford Forum Addition, located at 2100 Reliance Parkway, Bedford, Texas to accommodate an addition to an existing warehouse building. The property is generally located on the southwest corner of Bedford Road and Reliance Parkway (Polycoat Products). (PUD-23-6) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0-0.]
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PUD DISTRICT FOR LOT ONE, BLOCK SEVEN, BEDFORD FORUM ADDITION, LOCATED AT 2100 RELIANCE PARKWAY, BEDFORD, TEXAS, TO ACCOMMODATE AN ADDITION OF EXISTING WAREHOUSE BUILDING PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BEDFORD ROAD, RELIANCE PARKWAY POLYCOAT PRODUCTS.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF RELIANCE AND BEDFORD ROAD.
POLYCOAT HAS BEEN HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2017 AT LEAST.
OR I'M SORRY BEFORE THAT, BUT 2008.
IN 2017, THERE WAS ANOTHER AMENDMENT FOR ANOTHER ADDITION ONTO THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS COMING IN TO REQUEST ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO DO ANOTHER ADDITION.
THIS IS 9400 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO ACCOMMODATE SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT.
THE REQUEST IS ALSO TO INCREASE THE BUILDING HEIGHT FROM 35FT TO 45FT.
DUE TO THAT SIZE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S COMING IN.
THE SITE PLAN HERE SHOWS WE KIND OF CIRCLED IT IN RED, SO YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITION IS GOING IN BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS, SO YOU REALLY WON'T SEE IT FROM BEDFORD ROAD, AND YOU'LL SEE IT FOR A SPLIT SECOND ON RELIANCE AS YOU'RE PASSING BY.
EXCUSE ME. SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
IT IS IN THE BEDFORD FORUM PUD THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH.
A MEDIUM DENSITY TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST, SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST.
AS ALWAYS ON ZONING CHANGES, WE PUT A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.
WE NOTIFIED 79 ADJOINING OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO RESPONSES AGAINST THE REQUEST.
WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM SINCE THAT DATE.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDED A VOTE OF 6 TO 0.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.
SO WHAT WERE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS BROUGHT FORTH? I THINK MY MEMORY, THE MAIN CONCERN WAS TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE SOME PEERS WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC IDLING OR PARKING ALONG RELIANCE.
IN RECENT YEARS, THE CITY HAS INSTALLED NO PARKING SIGNS, AND SINCE THE P AND Z MEETING, THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS AMONG STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ON THINGS THAT WE CAN CHANGE TO EITHER SIGNAGE OR GREATER ENFORCEMENT IN THAT AREA.
OKAY, SO BY THIS, WILL THERE BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THIS? I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO THEIR OPERATIONS, BUT I'LL SAVE THAT ONE FOR THE APPLICANT THEN, AND ALSO I THINK BY READING THE MINUTES THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS ISN'T GOING TO BE IMPACTED AT ALL SINCE THEY'RE TAKING UP THOSE PARKING SPACES.
THAT'S CORRECT. THE PARKING SPACES THEY'RE TAKING UP, THEY'RE OVER PARKED ALREADY ON THE SITE.
SO THEY HAVE PARKING TO THE NORTH OF THE BUILDING.
THAT PARKING WON'T BE AN ISSUE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY, BEFORE THEY EVER CAME TO PLANNING AND ZONING OR THEY CAME TO APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT, THEY MET WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE FIRE MARSHAL ADDRESSED ALL OF THEY ADDRESSED ALL THE FIRE MARSHAL CONCERNS WELL IN ADVANCE.
SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS NO, NO CONCERNS.
OKAY. SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN A LOOK AND ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE SITE A FEW TIMES.
YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT, AND I DON'T KNOW.
OKAY. I MAY CALL HIM UP AND A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK TO THIS ITEM, NOW WOULD BE A TIME.
NAME. GOOD EVENING, CHRIS [INAUDIBLE].
3005 OCASO COURT, MATTHEWS, NORTH CAROLINA.
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THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IS CONCERNED WITH CASTABLE ELASTOMERS.I HAPPEN TO HAVE A CUSTOMER SEND A PART IN.
SO WHILE I'M SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT OF SHOW AND TELL HERE, SHOW AND TELL.
SO WE DON'T MAKE PARTS LIKE THAT.
[CHUCKLING] WE MAKE THE RAW MATERIALS FOR THAT.
SO WE MAKE OUR PRODUCT IS KIND OF A LIQUID WITH A HONEY LIKE CONSISTENCY.
THIS EQUIPMENT ESSENTIALLY WILL PURIFY SOME OF THE EXISTING PRODUCTS THAT WE MAKE.
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMMON IN OUR MARKET.
PRETTY MUCH ALL OUR FOREIGN COMPETITORS ARE ALREADY EMPLOYING THIS TECHNOLOGY.
IT MAKES THE PRODUCT SAFER FOR CUSTOMERS TO USE, ALSO GIVES THEM HIGHER PERFORMANCE, AND TO STAY COMPETITIVE, WE REALLY NEED TO BRING THIS THIS TECHNOLOGY ON BOARD TO JUST KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE INDUSTRY.
THE REASON WE NEED THE HEIGHT IS IF YOU PICTURE A CYLINDER INSIDE A CYLINDER FOR OCCASIONAL CLEANING, WE NEED TO LIFT OUT ONE OF THESE CYLINDERS FOR FOR CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE, AND THIS WILL BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE BUILDING.
NO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR FOR INCREASED HEIGHT, NOT FOR THE ENTIRE THING FOR RELATIVELY SMALL SECTIONS OF IT THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ABOVE WHERE THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE, SO THAT WE CAN LIFT THAT OUT AND, AND DO MAINTENANCE.
ALSO, AS WAS DESCRIBED IN THE P AND Z HEARING, THE CONCERNS WERE LARGELY AROUND TRUCK TRAFFIC AND TRUCK NOISE. AS A MANUFACTURING FACILITY, THERE ARE GOING TO BE TRUCKS INVOLVED.
HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO BRING AN INCREASE IN TRUCK TRAFFIC.
I THINK PROBABLY OUR NEIGHBORS ARE ALREADY NOTICING A GREAT REDUCTION IN THE TRUCK TRAFFIC, BUT AGAIN, THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BRING ADDITIONAL TRUCK TRAFFIC.
ALSO, THERE WAS ONE NEIGHBOR WHO HAD A FIRE CONCERN.
THIS PROCESS DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCE.
IT'S REALLY NOT ADDING TO THE THE FIRE CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, IT WILL HAVE A SPRING SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
SO NOTHING IS FLAMMABLE IN THERE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THERE ARE NO FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES.
I MEAN, EVEN BUILDING MATERIALS, I MEAN, WOOD IS COMBUSTIBLE.
SO, YEAH, I MEAN, YEAH, GIVEN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT SO THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, I GUESS, LIKE YOU SAID, I GUESS, LIKE YOU SAID, COMBUSTIBLE COULD BE WOOD, BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD EXPLODE VIOLENTLY.
YEAH. NO, THEY ARE NOT FLAMMABLE.
THEY'RE NOT FLAMMABLE PRODUCTS.
THEY'RE NOT PRONE TO EXPOSURE.
THIS EQUIPMENT DOESN'T BRING ABOUT THE FACILITY WILL NOT REQUIRE EXPLOSION PROOF FACILITIES, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T INVOLVE ANY NEW RAW MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT ALREADY BEING USED IN THE FACILITY.
SO IT'S NOT ADDING TO ANY IT'S NOT INCREASING.
THE MATERIAL IS ALREADY THERE THAT YOU'RE USING.
RIGHT. THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'RE USING ESSENTIALLY.
OKAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME, I THINK WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER SABOL. YES, SIR.
IS IT NOISE PRODUCING? BECAUSE OF THE CLEANING OF THE EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING.
IS THERE ANY NOISE INVOLVED? NO, AND YOU'RE PUTTING IT RIGHT BETWEEN BUILDINGS.
SO YOU'RE EXTENDING THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT.
WE'RE KIND OF GOING TO BUILD ON THE SIDE OF THE ADDITIONAL BUILDING THAT'S AT 2100.
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IT'S GOING TO COME OUT ABOUT 35.COME OUT EXACTLY 35FT FROM THAT BUILDING.
THANK YOU, AND REGARDING THE FIRE MARSHAL.
YES, HE'S MADE AT LEAST TWO SITE VISITS.
FIRST ONE, HE DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR.
NO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL.
I WAS ABOUT TO GET HIM OUT HERE. OKAY.
THAT'S GREAT. SO, JOEY, DO YOU MIND COMING UP? ALL RIGHT. LANKFORD.
HOW'S IT GOING? GOOD. HOW ARE Y'ALL? DOING ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. WITH THE RECENT HAPPENINGS DOWN IN, I BELIEVE, SHEPHERD TEXAS, LAST WEEK, THE CHEMICAL EXPLOSION OR FACTORY DOWN THERE JUST TO ALLEVIATE SOME FEARS.
SO THE EXPANDING OF THIS BUILDING WOULDN'T IMPEDE YOUR FIRE VEHICLES FROM GOING IN THERE AND EXTINGUISHING A CHEMICAL FIRE? NO. WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE SAME FIRE LANES THAT ARE THERE NOW.
OKAY, AND IN THE PAST, HAS THERE BEEN INCIDENTS AT THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING? YES. WHEN WAS THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATES OF THE FIRES 2019, AND WHEN WAS THE FIRST ONE? BRILLIANT. BRILLIANT. OKAY, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF FIRES OUT THERE.
DID IT? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO GET UNDER CONTROL AND TO PUT IT OUT? THEY WENT OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY.
THERE'S SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS ALREADY IN THE BUILDING, AND THAT KEEPS THE FIRE IN CHECK UNTIL WE CAN GET THERE, AND I BELIEVE THE LAST ONE WAS IN A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, A HEATER AND A DRYER, AND THEY GOT THAT.
THAT ONE WAS ALL CONTAINED. IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
YOU DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES IN IT? NOTHING WITH THIS? NO.
THANK YOU. THEY HAVE ADEQUATE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS. EVERYTHING. I'M ASSUMING EVERYTHING SEEMS GOOD.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE GIVING IT THE RUBBER STAMP, BASICALLY.
IT'S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE IT'S A BRAND NEW BUILDING.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING EVERYTHING TO CURRENT CODE.
SO PUBLIC HEARINGS, I'LL INVITE.
YVONNE GARCIA I LIVE AT 2105 OAK MANOR DRIVE.
I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT IS IN OPPOSITION, AND I STILL AM.
I GUESS I WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION.
THE APPLICANT AT THE MEETING STATED THAT THIS ADDITION WOULD ONLY CHANGE THE ORIENTATION OF HOW THE TRUCKS WOULD COME INTO THE BAY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.
WHY? WHY ARE WE CHANGING THE TRAFFIC FLOW WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE AN ISSUE ON THAT? SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE CLARIFIED, AND AT THIS POINT, I GUESS IF COUNCIL DOES APPROVE IT, WILL THE CITY ALLOW OUR HOA A FENCE VARIANCE FOR AN AFFORDABLE PRIVACY FENCE VERSUS THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE UNDER, I'M SORRY, ALONG RELIANCE PARKWAY AND BEDFORD ROAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADJUST THE TRAFFIC.
TRAFFIC FLOW. SO PLEASE COME TO THE MIC.
SO ON 2100 TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING TOWARDS RELIANCE ROAD. MOST OF OUR LOADING DOCKS ARE IN THE 2051 BUILDING IN THE FRONT AND THEN IN THE BACKS OF 2051 AND 2100.
THERE IS, I THINK, A BAY THAT FITS ONE TRUCK THAT'S KIND OF TOWARDS THE FRONT OF 2100.
CURRENTLY TRUCKS BACK INTO IT FROM BEHIND JUST TO ACCOMMODATE BUILDING THIS NEW STRUCTURE.
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WE'RE JUST GOING TO CHANGE IT.SO THIS IS JUST DEALING WITH LITERALLY OFF-LOADING OR LOADING.
SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CHANGE TO THE PATTERN OF THE TRAFFIC.
IT IS JUST THE ORIENTATION IN WHICH THEY ARE BACKING UP.
IS THERE A SET TIME THAT TRUCKS COME IN AND OUT, OR IS IT 24/7? NO, OUR GATES OPEN AT SEVEN FOR DELIVERY, 7 A.M, AND WE'RE CLOSED AT FIVE.
YES. CITY MANAGER, JIMMY STATHATOS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I KNOW THAT, AND I'LL ASK THE POLICE CHIEF TO COME FORWARD.
WE'VE HAD AN ISSUE AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE IDLING.
SO SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT IT.
CAME UP TONIGHT. CHIEF, IF YOU CAN TALK.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD OFFICERS THAT'LL PATROL IT, BUT IT'S.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR CAR TO A BODY SHOP, AND IT WON'T MAKE THAT SOUND.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY'RE OUT, THEY DON'T SEE IT BUT THEN WE GET MORE COMPLAINTS.
SO YEAH, THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ARE KIND OF COMING IN SPORADIC.
MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS ARE COMING IN DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND THEY'RE PARKING RIGHT ALONG.
SO THERE ARE NO PARKING SIGNS ALONG THERE.
SO WHEN WE DO FIND THEM, WE TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR YOU AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS WE'VE HAD, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT A DOZEN OVER THE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH COMING THROUGH THERE. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI. DO WE, AS YVONNE HAD ASKED, FOR A PRIVACY FENCE.
DO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
SO THIS IS A PUD SO YOU CAN ATTACH REASONABLE CONDITIONS TO THE APPROVAL IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE, AND IN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TO THE RIGHT, THOSE HOMES RIGHT THERE OR SOMEBODY RIGHT THERE.
YEAH. THIS THIS DOESN'T I DON'T KNOW RIGHT HERE LOOK LIKE OAK MANOR.
YVONNE, YOU WANT TO COME UP? SPECIFY SO [INAUDIBLE] WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO TO THE RIGHT HERE. YES IT IS.
DO YOU MIND COMING TO THE MIC REAL QUICK SO WE CAN.
OKAY. SO IT STARTS ON BURR OAK COURT.
SO, AND THEN IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO BEDFORD ROAD, AND ACTUALLY OUR IRON GATE GOES ALL THE WAY ON BEDFORD ROAD TO, BUT THAT RIGHT THERE I MEAN, I SEE THEIR BAYS.
SO UNFORTUNATELY YES, THE POLICE COME OUT.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB, BY THE WAY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER BUT WE HAVE JUST THE WROUGHT IRON GATE THERE.
SO, AND THEY DO IDLE THERE, AND UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THEM USE THE BATHROOM THERE TOO.
SO WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE, THAT'S WHAT WE DEAL WITH.
SO IF WE COULD GET AT LEAST THE PRIVACY FENCE FROM THE WROUGHT IRON, WE WERE TOLD BY OUR HOA THAT THE CITY BACK THEN REQUIRED THE WROUGHT IRON GATE, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT.
[INAUDIBLE] REQUESTING FROM YOUR HOA? YES. OKAY. JUST WANT TO VERIFY.
I THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD WHERE THE FENCE WAS GOING TO BE.
WE CAN'T REQUIRE THE IMPOSITION OF A CONDITION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT HAS TO BE ON THE ZONED SITE, BUT JUST TO FOLLOW UP.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I GUESS YOU OR YOUR HOA COULD.
COULD THEY COME BEFORE THE CITY AND ASK FOR A VARIANCE FOR THEIR FENCE.
SO THAT'D BE SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL TO REPLACE, CORRECT? YES. WE WERE ASKED.
WE WERE TOLD BY OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT THAT THEY DID ASK THE CITY FOR ONE, AND IT WAS DENIED, AND I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT THAT HAS THAT SUBSTANCE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD MAYBE LOOK INTO.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK INTO AND ALLOW THAT HOA FOR THE VARIANCE.
OKAY. SO I STILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
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OKAY. YES. COUNCILMEMBER SABOL.YES, SIR. BECAUSE THE TRUCKS PARKED THERE AND THEY DON'T THEY DON'T STOP, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO THE STREET TO MAKE IT INCONVENIENT FOR THEM? YOU KNOW, LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE EASY FOR THEM TO PARK AND STAY OVERNIGHT.
IT'D BE EITHER HARD TO PARK IN THERE OR LIKE, LITTLE BUMPS THAT MAKE THEM VERY UNHAPPY, BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT STREET DESIGN.
I KNOW, ME NEITHER. I APOLOGIZE.
TO ME, I WOULD THINK THAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO PARK THERE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAUSED ME TO.
RIGHT, I MEAN, LEGALLY, YES, PRACTICALLY, I'D WANT TO DEFER TO YOUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, PERHAPS, OR BECAUSE I THINK EVEN SIGNS, APPARENTLY THEY KNOW HOW TO IGNORE SIGNS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS BUSY.
I THINK THE NEIGHBORS, I'VE BEEN IN THEIR SHOES.
YOU DON'T. YOU DON'T MAKE THAT CALL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO HELP.
THAT SITUATION WOULD BE REALLY PRETTY GOOD.
SOME KIND OF SOLUTION THERE YEAH TO DIVERT OR DISSUADE.
I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE JUST FROM OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE WORKED WITH THAT HAD INDUSTRIAL AREAS, THE MO IS YOU HAVE THESE TRUCK DRIVERS THAT GET THERE EARLY BEFORE THE GATES OPEN, AND SO INSTEAD OF GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY JUST SIT THERE AND IDLE.
IT'S A PROBLEM AND ALL I MEAN FROM MY EXPERIENCE, AND SO I THINK STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT WE CAN LOOK AT MITIGATING OR MAKING, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT SINCE THE RESIDENTS USE THE ROADS, THOSE ROADS ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO, BUT I THINK TALKING WITH CHIEF WILLIAMS RECENTLY, I KNOW WE'VE REALLY STEPPED UP ENFORCEMENT, AND SO IF IT'S OKAY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KIND OF PURSUE THAT A LITTLE MORE VIGOROUSLY, BUT I THINK THAT'S PERSONALLY WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT COULD WE INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FINES FOR PEOPLE THAT PARK I MEAN FOR FOR THAT TO KEEP THEM TO, TO DETER THEM FROM PARKING THERE. COULD WE? SO THE FINES ARE SET BY STATE LAW AND IT'S A MAXIMUM PENALTY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PARKER OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI, AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU. STAFF.
THANKS. MR. MAYOR, AS A FOLLOW UP, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE HOA CAN GET GOING ON WHATEVER FENCE VARIANCE LIKE WOULD THAT BE ACTION ON THEM PROPOSING A VARIANCE COMING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED, GET WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, OR AT LEAST ALLOWING THAT PROCESS TO START? WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT YVONNE OR SOMEONE FROM THE HOA GET WITH WES, AND THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CCNRS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL, BUT IF IT WAS A CITY REQUIREMENT, SOMETHING THAT NOT TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF, COUNCILMAN FARCO, BUT TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL, THERE'S A MASONRY WALL AND SO I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THE CITY WOULD NOT ALLOW THE HOA TO BUILD A SOLID WALL WHEN THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE BUILT A COMMERCIAL WALL, JUST DEPENDING ON WHO WAS THERE FIRST, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER, IF SOMEONE WILL WORK WITH WES, WE CAN KIND OF PULL THE CURTAIN BACK AND SEE WHAT'S PROHIBITING THAT TYPE OF FENCE AND THEN WE CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU ALL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, JIMMY, FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT'S COUNCIL'S WISH FOR SURE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE BEING PROTECTED AND GETTING THAT OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE HOA TO HAVE THAT PRIVACY THAT THEY DESERVE, AND ALSO LIKE YOU MENTIONED, STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT ON THAT AREA.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD ALSO BE BENEFICIAL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
[16. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Motorola Solutions, Inc. for the replacement of the City radio (Subscriber) equipment in the amount of $502,894.66 (Mobile) and $1,216,808.56 (Portable).]
WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 16 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF CITY RADIO SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $502,894.66 MOBILE AND[02:05:02]
$1,216,808.56 PORTABLE, AND I BELIEVE I HAVE CHIEF BILL WALKER MAKING HIS WAY TO THE MIC. CHIEF, WHAT HAPPENED? OH, THE GOLFING ACCIDENT.JUST A LITTLE MAINTENANCE. LITTLE MAINTENANCE WORK ON THIS THING? YEAH, IT KIND OF WORE OUT.
SO, HAD TO FIX IT UP? BUT, HEY, I'M GOING TO LET DEPUTY CHIEF LANKFORD TAKE OVER THIS, AND HE IS THE RADIO GURU FOR THE CITY, AND HE'S GOT THE LONGER HISTORY ON THIS WHOLE THING, BUT.
ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU.
HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN.
HOW ARE YOU ALL? WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, AND I'VE BEEN BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE PREVIOUS COUNCILS.
SO I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ONE THING.
THIS RADIO CAME IN TO ME THE OTHER DAY.
IT LOOKS FINE. THE KNOB WAS LOOSE, SO I WENT TO REPLACE IT OR REPAIR IT.
WOW, AND SO WHEN WAS THE LAST MAJOR PURCHASE THAT THE CITY HAS HAD FOR FOR THESE PORTABLE AND MOBILE? THESE WERE PURCHASED IN 2010.
YEAH, WE'VE PURCHASED SOME THROUGH TARRANT COUNTY, 911 UNTIL THAT FUNDING SOURCE RAN OUT.
I REMEMBER THAT HAPPENED IN 2018-2019.
I THINK IT WAS BEFORE THAT. IT MAY HAVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN 18 OR 19, I DON'T REMEMBER.
YEAH. WE'VE BEEN BUYING WHAT WE COULD WITHOUT TRYING TO IMPACT THE BUDGET.
SO LIKE LIKE YOUR HOME COMPUTER DELL MAY NOT SUPPORT IT NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S JUST OUR PERSONAL PORTABLE RADIOS LIKE YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE IN THE MOBILE.
YES. THE ONES IN THE VEHICLES IN THE VEHICLES AS WELL.
IS THERE A SAVINGS THAT WE'RE GETTING? AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT JUST BUYING STICKER PRICE.
CORRECT? NO. WE HAVE THROUGH HGAC, COOPERATIVE PURCHASE.
WE GET MONEY FOR REFUND FROM THAT OR NOT REFUND, BUT A DISCOUNT, AND WE ALSO GET BECAUSE WE'RE TIED INTO THE FORT WORTH RADIO SYSTEM, WE GET AN ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL FOR THAT, AND I BELIEVE THAT OVERALL SAVINGS IS LIKE 42 TO 46%.
SO YEAH 42 THAT'S PRETTY WELL DONE CONSIDERING WE'VE HAD THESE THIS ITEM BEFORE US BEFORE I THINK WHAT IT IS, IS SEEING JUST THE STICKER SHOCK FOR STICKER SHOCK FOR RADIOS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT THAT GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY OUR CITY IS COMMUNICATING DURING EMERGENCIES AND HAVING ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT.
I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VITAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS HAVE.
SO OKAY, AND THEN THE I MEAN, THESE ONES ARE OLD.
YEAH. I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING NOW.
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.
COUNCILMEMBER SABOL. THIS CONVERSATION IS PRETTY I HEARD IT BEFORE.
RIGHT. SO YOU CUT OUT SOME OF THE RADIOS, AND I REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION YOU GAVE US IN 2019, YOU HAD INCLUDED PARKS AND REC.
YOU WERE YOU WERE TRYING TO OUTFIT THE ENTIRE CITY WITH RADIOS.
IS THAT CORRECT? BUT NOW WE'RE JUST GOING BACK TO FIRE AND POLICE.
FIRE AND POLICE, AND WE'VE DROPPED ALL THE OTHERS.
PUBLIC WORKS THROUGH THEIR NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS, HAS BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE THEIR PORTABLES ALREADY.
SO IT'S NOT A BIG EXPENSE RIGHT NOW.
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WE CAN WE CAN KEEP THOSE LIMPING ALONG UNTIL A LATER TIME.OKAY, AND SO THE FIGURE LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU PROPOSED IN 2019.
YES, BUT THERE'S A LOT THERE'S FEWER RADIOS, RIGHT.
THE PRICE OF THE EQUIPMENT HAS GONE UP WHILE THE NUMBER OF RADIOS HAS GONE DOWN, AND YOU'RE PROPOSING WE GET THIS WITH A CO? THAT IS WHAT I WAS GETTING FROM FINANCE, AND WHERE IS OUR CARYN? WHERE IS CARYN? SHE'S IN THE BACK, AND THIS IS NOT, CARYN, THIS IS NOT PART OF THE ONE WE'RE PUTTING WITH ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE POLICE STATION.
CORRECT. SO THIS WAS THE ONE THAT NICK PRESENTED ON EARLIER TODAY.
THIS PURCHASE IS INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO YES, IT WAS A PROPOSED DEBT ISSUANCE AS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS.
OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OKAY I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I HAVE A FIRST FROM COUNCILMEMBER SABOL FOR APPROVAL.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI.
OH. YOU HAVE ANY RECIPES? [CHUCKLING] YEAH, THIS IS THE PART.
I KNOW. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[17. Consider a resolution declaring expectation to reimburse expenditure with proceeds of future debt.]
WE HAVE UH, LET'S SEE HERE ITEM NUMBER 17.CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DECLARING EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURE WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT AND WE HAVE FINANCE DIRECTOR BRADY OLSEN.
IS HE HERE? HE MUST HAVE DUCKED OUT.
ALL RIGHT. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CARYN RIGGS.
I'LL FILL IN. HE HAD TO STEP OUT.
SO SORRY. SO THIS IS JUST A MECHANISM TO BASICALLY SAY YOU AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE JUST A MOMENT AGO FOR THE RADIOS, AND THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT WE WILL REIMBURSE OURSELVES WITH THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT. IT'S JUST A FORMALITY.
ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS BASED ON WE ISSUE THAT DEBT IN THE FUTURE, AND IF WE DON'T APPROVE THAT ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS, HOW DOES THE FUNDS GET PAID? SO AT THAT POINT, I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE IF WE CHOOSE.
IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES NOT TO ISSUE THAT DEBT IN THE SPRING.
SO IS THIS A THIS IS A COMMON MECHANISM WHERE WE'RE APPROVING.
IT'S LIKE A HAMBURGER TODAY AND I'LL PAY YOU NEXT WEEK FOR IT.
[CHUCKLING] SO WHAT DO YOU SEE IN A LOT OF CITIES IS WHEN THEY DO THEIR THEIR CIP PLAN IN THE BUDGET, THEY'LL SHOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FUND CERTAIN PROJECTS WITH DEBT, AND THEN THEY'LL COME TO COUNCIL IN OCTOBER WITH A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON THESE PROJECTS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL ISSUE DEBT IN THE SPRING. SO IT'S REALLY JUST MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE SLATED TO FOR DEBT ISSUANCE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE THAT DEBT IN THE SPRING.
YEP. YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT I'LL THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I SEE A FIRST FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT.
[18. Discussion and receive Council direction regarding the $5 resident discount for membership to The Center at Generations Park.]
LET'S SEE HERE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND RECEIVE COUNCIL DIRECTION REGARDING THE $5 RESIDENT DISCOUNT MEMBERSHIP TO THE CENTER AT GENERATIONS PARK, AND YOU'RE BACK UP ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CARYN RIGGS.I'M GETTING MY STEPS IN TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO, YES, WHEN WE STARTED THE BUDGET PROCESS OVER THE SUMMER, WE TALKED ABOUT THE $5 DISCOUNT THAT WE HAD APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH THE MEMBERSHIP RATES AT THE YMCA, THE CENTER.
SO THIS WAS JUST AN ITEM TO BRING FORWARD A DISCUSSION TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT $5 DISCOUNT OR IF WE WANTED TO GRANDFATHER EVERYONE IN AS OF DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR AND THEN HAVE THAT DISCOUNT GO AWAY IN JANUARY.
I DID WANT TO JUST KIND OF LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, KIND OF WHERE WE ARE STAT WISE.
OUR MEMBERSHIP COUNT AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH WAS AT 3450.
ABOUT 80% OF THAT IS RESIDENTS.
THE REMAINING IS NON RESIDENTS.
THAT IS DOWN JUST A SMIDGE FROM AUGUST.
SO WE KIND OF ARE REALLY DOING PRETTY WELL AT MAINTAINING THAT MEMBERSHIP NUMBER, AND THE IDEA WOULD BE IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO DISCONTINUE THAT $5 DISCOUNT IS WE WOULD WORK WITH THE YMCA MARKETING TEAM AND MOLLY'S TEAM AND REALLY DO A BIG MEMBERSHIP DRIVE OVER THE NEXT 6 TO 8 WEEKS AND REALLY DRIVING THOSE MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS TO GET AS MANY FOLKS GRANDFATHERED IN AT THE END OF DECEMBER AS POSSIBLE.
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ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHEN WE WERE DOING THE BUDGET SESSION.THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL RECOMMENDED.
CORRECT? YES. BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ACTION ITEM.
IT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION POINT.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE ACTIONABLE ITEM.
CORRECT, YES, SIR. TO MOVE THAT OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? OKAY. GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI.
OH, OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI.
NO, I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I THINK PHASING IT OUT IS A GREAT IDEA IN TWO PARTS.
ONE, IT'S GOING TO, I THINK, PUSH THE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO THE HOLIDAYS, AND THEN TWO THEN IT'S IT WILL PUT AN END TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE CITY IS HAVING TO SPEND. SO I THINK I THINK THIS IS A WIN WIN.
SO NO, NO, I WAS JUST SAYING NO, NO, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO JUST THINK IT'S GOING AWAY.
I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW, BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO IT'LL DEFINITELY EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE GRANDFATHERED AND THEY HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST.
YES, SIR. JUST TRYING TO HELP MOLLY OUT OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION OVER HERE BY COUNCILMEMBER GAGLIARDI TO APPROVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOUR STAFF.
[19. Consider a resolution authorizing the casting of the City of Bedford’s allocated votes for appointment on the Tarrant Appraisal District Board of Directors.]
SO WE HAVE CITY MANAGER JIMMY STATHATOS.THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.
WE SENT THE LIST OF ALL OF THE VOTES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR THAT MICHAEL WELLS RECEIVED FROM TARRANT COUNTY ON WHAT ENTITIES HAVE VOTED AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHO YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE YOUR 25 VOTES FOR.
DO YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU OR WITH THE VOTE TOTALS? THE ONE THAT I SENT? YES. I DO NOT.
OKAY. I CAN GO PRINT THAT OUT.
NO NO NO NO I'M SORRY I CAN PRINT IT OUT HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ALLOCATING THE VOTES FOR.
I DON'T MIND READING OFF THE TOTALS FOR EACH PERSON.
KIND OF WHAT WE GOT SO FAR. I'M NOT GOING TO GO BY EVERY ENTITY.
YEAH I DON'T MIND READING THEM OUT OKAY.
THANK YOU SIR. SO I GUESS WHAT WE GOT FOR FOR BLAYLOCK, WE GOT 630 VOTES SO FAR.
WURMAN 155, AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT SO FAR, AND IT'S STILL EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
SO THERE'S A LOT MORE ENTITIES THAT NEED TO VOTE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO READ OFF THAT AGAIN FOR COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD, AND FOR ME, I'LL JUST GIVE MY TWO CENTS SINCE WE COULD HAVE THE OPTION.
FOR ME, I WOULD NOT ADVISE US DILUTING OUR VOTE AT ALL.
IT LOOKS LIKE MISTER PUENTE IS DOING PRETTY WELL WITH 538 RIGHT NOW.
DEOTTE ONLY HAS 38, AND MISTER LOSADA WHO CAME AND VISIT US, HAS 60.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK OR A MOTION IF YOU WILL.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOCATE ALL OUR VOTES TO MR. LOSADA. OKAY.
ALLOCATING ALL 25 VOTES TO MR. LOSADA. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HEARD [INAUDIBLE].
OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS WITH THE SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH SIX.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THAT LIVELY DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
[20. Consider a resolution authorizing the appointment of City Council Place 2 for an unexpired term ending at the next General Election.]
NUMBER 20.[02:20:06]
SEEMS LIKE FOREVER AGO WHEN WE MET LAST TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.WE SPOKE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT THE PROCESS IN WHICH TO APPOINT SOMEBODY FOR THIS CHAIR FOR PLACE TWO, AND SO THE PROCESS IS THAT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HAVE NOMINATIONS.
JUST I'LL OPEN IT FOR NOMINATIONS.
WE'LL THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION UPON THOSE NOMINATIONS AND THEN WE'LL BE HEARING MOTIONS FOR THEM.
SO QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS BEFORE WE PROCEED.
OKAY WITH THAT? I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN NOMINATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.
ANYONE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND THROW OUT? COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE BRAD BILGER.
OKAY. YOU'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. BILGER. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NAMES? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO. I ACTUALLY HAVE TO.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND I NOMINATE TOM SHARPE AND TERRY SMITH.
OKAY. TOM SHARPE AND TERRY SMITH AND I HAVE A IT WILL TALK ON THEM AFTER.
YEAH. LET'S JUST THROW OUT NAMES AND THEN WE'LL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM REAL QUICK.
WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT TERRY SMITH AND THEN BRAD BIGLER.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE MR. BOB COCHRAN. OKAY.
NOMINATING MR. BOB COCHRAN. OKAY.
ANY OTHER NAMES? OR I CLOSE IT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT AND WE'LL GO AHEAD, AND THE PEOPLE WHO NOMINATED IF YOU DON'T MIND HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL COMMENT GOING BACK AND FORTH AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I, I CHOSE TO NOMINATE BRAD BILGER, GIVEN HIS EXPERIENCE AS A FORMER FIREFIGHTER AND A CITY EMPLOYEE AND HIS LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND SO I FELT LIKE HE WOULD HIS VOICE WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE COUNCIL.
ABSOLUTELY. ANOTHER THING I'D MENTION ABOUT MR. BIGLER FOR HIM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM AS WELL.
HE LIVED ENTIRE HIS LIFE IN BEDFORD.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, HIS FATHER WAS THE FIRST PAID FIRE CHIEF IN THE CITY, AND HE SPENT OVER 40 YEARS WITH WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, GIVING HIM IMMENSE INSIGHT INTO CITY OPERATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.
SO SO WITH THAT LOOKING LOOKING AT THAT IN HIS RESUME, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE OF HIS SERVICE, NOT ONLY TO THE CITY. ONE THING I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY IS THAT HE STARTED HIS SERVICE WITH THE CITY AT THE AGE OF 15 AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, AND THEN BEGAN TO WORK WITH THE CITY FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL 40 YEARS, WHICH SHOULD BE SAID AND SHOULD BE MENTIONED.
OKAY, NEXT COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI YOU YOU NOMINATED SOME PEOPLE.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY HOW THIS IS UNUSUAL THAT WE KEEP APPOINTING PEOPLE TO THINGS, AND SO IT'S PUT US IN A VERY STRANGE SITUATION AND TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE WHO WHO NOT ONLY HAVE THE TIME, BUT THE COMMITMENT TO ALSO DO IT, AND THIS ISN'T AGAINST ANYBODY ELSE.
I MEAN, I LOVE BOB AND MR. BILGER. I THINK YOU ALL ARE GREAT WITH TOM SHARPE.
HE'S A LITTLE OUTSIDE THE BOX.
HE'S NOT SOMEBODY WHO'S SUPER ACTIVE WITHIN CURRENT CITY GOVERNMENT.
HIM AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN BEDFORD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OFF OF CIRCLE LANE.
HE IS AN ATTORNEY, A BANKRUPTCY LITIGATION COMPLIANCE ATTORNEY.
WENT TO BAYLOR AND THEN GRADUATED FROM JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL.
HIS WIFE IS A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WITH HARRIS METHODIST FORT WORTH.
BOTH OF THEIR DAUGHTERS WERE PRODUCTS OF HEBISD, BOTH GRADUATING FROM L.D.
BELL. HE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST IN 95, AND HE'S ALSO VOLUNTEERED WITH THE MID-CITIES BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION AND ALSO THREW SIX STONES. HE'S A SHARP GUY.
I THINK HE WOULD BRING A LEVEL HEADED VOICE, AND ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IS WHOEVER WE APPOINT TO THIS SEAT, ARE THEY GOING TO ARE THEY RUNNING AGAIN? BECAUSE THAT GIVES THEM A FOOTHOLD UP RIGHT, TO BE TECHNICALLY AN INCUMBENT OR WILL THEY STAND WILL THEY JUST HOLD THE
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SEAT FOR 5 OR 6 MONTHS? AND, AND FROM HIS DISCUSSION, IT'S REALLY WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DESIRES, BUT AGAIN, HE'S A SHARP FELLOW WITH, WITH AGAIN I THINK GOOD COMMON SENSE DECISION MAKING.THE SECOND IS A LONGTIME RESIDENT, TERRY SMITH, WHO'S ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
HE I ACTUALLY FIRST MET TERRY ON THE CAC.
WE SERVED TOGETHER FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
HE RECENTLY RETIRED FROM A DILLARD'S DEPARTMENT STORE.
SO HE HAS A HISTORY OF MANAGING HIGH VOLUME PROJECTS AND WHATNOT.
HE'S BEEN ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOCAL ISD.
HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE BOND PAC THAT PASSED THIS YEAR.
HE WAS ALSO HE'S CURRENTLY AN ALTERNATE ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
THEY'VE LIVED IN HIM AND HIS WIFE, KIM, HAVE LIVED IN BEDFORD SINCE 96, AND AS A SIDE NOTE, NOT THAT IT'S BUT YOU KNOW, KIM IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE HOA AND SO IS TERRY, AND ALL THEIR CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WITH OUR NOMINATIONS, WE HAVE COUNCILMAN STEVES.
YES, MISTER COCHRAN, HE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN WANTING TO SERVE.
I THINK BOB HAS SPENT MORE TIME IN THE COUNCIL HERE THAN MOST OF US UP HERE.
SITTING UP HERE, HE ATTENDS ALL THE MEETINGS, AND I THINK HE WOULD BE A VERY GOOD CANDIDATE.
HE'S VERY INVOLVED IN THE CITY, SO THANK YOU.
IT'S NO DOUBT THAT FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR NOMINATIONS, AND THIS BECOMES REALLY PERSONAL, OF COURSE, AND EVERYBODY IS VERY QUALIFIED AT THIS THAT HAS BEEN NOMINATED, AND SO THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR PUTTING IT'S OBVIOUSLY PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO THIS, AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT PERSON GETS IN THIS POSITION AND CAN SERVE THE CITY WELL.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION FOR OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I MENTIONED, EVERYBODY IS VERY QUALIFIED FOR ME THERE'S LOOKING AT THE CANDIDATES HERE THAT WERE PROPOSED.
THERE'S ONE THAT STANDS OUT IN MY MIND ONLY FOR THE FACT THAT BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE.
SO WITH THIS ONE CANDIDATE, MISTER BILGER, NOBODY THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY ON COUNCIL, AS FAR AS I KNOW, OR THOSE THAT WERE MENTIONED HAVE ANY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE AT ALL, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING VALUABLE THAT WE ARE, THAT WE MAY BE MISSING ON THIS COUNCIL IS HAVING THAT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE, WHO'S ACTUALLY WORKED WITHIN THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS, KNOWS HOW TO RUN, KNOWS THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND HAS DEDICATED SERVICE TO IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, 40 PLUS YEARS SINCE THE AGE OF 15.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR HIS CANDIDACY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SELECT SOMEBODY THAT THE CITIZENS KNOW THAT THEY CAN TRUST, AND SOMEBODY THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, BEEN WITH THE CITY AND BEEN RETIRED AS A BATTALION CHIEF IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, I THINK WE CAN HONESTLY SAY AND TRUST.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR ANYBODY ELSE COMMENTS, AND IF NOT, THEN WE CAN MOVE.
IF WE'RE UNCOMFORTABLE, WE CAN MOVE TO MOTIONS.
IT IS ON THE AGENDA AS AN ACTIONABLE ITEM.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE BRAD BILGER TO TAKE THE POSITION.
CITY COUNCIL, PLACE TWO FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
DO I HEAR A SECOND FOR MR. BILGER? I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
LET US GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS.
YOU FILIBUSTERING UNTIL TOMORROW.
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RIGHT THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH SIX ZERO.CONGRATULATIONS, MR. BILGER. JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION.
SWEARING IN FOR MR. BIGLER WILL BE. WE CAN DO THAT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT IF HE WANTS TO KIND OF START THE PROCESS, WE COULD ACTUALLY DO A THE, THE LEGAL ONE BEFOREHAND THEN DO A CEREMONIAL ONE BEFORE THE DECEMBER 13TH MEETING. I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO MR. BILGER TO, TO GIVE THEM PROBABLY THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION.
JUST WAIT TILL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND WE'LL DO ALL WE'LL DO ALL OF THAT, AND SO FINAL REGARDS, MR. BILGER. THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY, THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO SERVE AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE.
YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS CITY, AND SO WE'RE QUITE HONORED TO HAVE YOU UP HERE, AND THE RESIDENTS WILL YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TRUST THIS DECISION BY THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR FOR MAKING THIS AWKWARD CONVERSATION MANAGEABLE.
MOVING ON. WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND ACTION REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TEM FOR ITEM
[21. Discussion and action regarding the appointment of the Mayor Pro Tem.]
NUMBER 21.OKAY, SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A ITEM FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.
FOR THIS ONE. WE THIS IS UP TO COUNCIL'S DISCRETION ON HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT THIS TO NOMINATE.
WE CAN HAVE NOMINATIONS DEPENDING IF SOMEBODY UP HERE IS INTERESTED IN THE POSITION.
OR WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO A MOTION.
[INAUDIBLE] I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION OF COUNCILMAN.
GAGLIARDI. I HAVE A FIRST FOR COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE, AND I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS UNANIMOUS FOR THAT ONE.
COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS MAYOR PRO TEM.
I SHOULD HAVE JUST SAID MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.
WELL, WELL, WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR COGAN.
IT IS AN HONOR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE PEOPLE IN THAT CAPACITY.
THANK YOU. SIR, I HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS TRADITION.
DON'T SCREW IT UP, OKAY? [CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT. I DON'T PLAN ON IT.
MR. BOLGER, DON'T SCREW IT UP.
NEXT. WE HAVE DISCUSSION REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL LIAISON TO SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD.
[22. Discussion and action regarding the appointment of the Council liaison to the Senior Advisory Board.]
OKAY, SO ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS AND VOTES HERE.SO SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MOST RECENTLY CREATED, I KNOW WITH THE EFFORTS OF COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS AND COUNCILMEMBER STEVES, WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS, FOR PUTTING FORTH YOUR EFFORT TO CREATE THIS BOARD IS NOW AT A TIME NOW WHERE WE HAVE TO APPOINT A COUNCIL LIAISON FOR THIS, AND LOOKING AROUND, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LIAISON POSITION.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT COULD BE.
SO I'LL JUST ASK, IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION? MAYOR COGAN [INAUDIBLE].
WELL, THANK YOU SIR, I AM INTERESTED IN SERVING AS A COUNCIL LIAISON.
I'VE MET WITH COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS AND COUNCIL COUNCILMAN STEVES TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION I COULD ABOUT IT, AND I'M EXCITED FOR IT, AND I'M READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FIRST FOR APPOINTMENTS AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
THANK YOU COUNCIL WITH THAT AND CONGRATULATIONS.
OH, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS, CAN I HAVE A PLEASURE OF TELLING MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI NOT TO SCREW IT UP? PLEASE DO. [LAUGHTER] SAY THAT A FEW TIMES.
THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD DO A ROLL CALL, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT, WE HAVE, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS.
[23. Mayor/Council Member Reports]
SO FOR ME, I HAVE A FEW THINGS WITH MY DUTIES AS MAYOR I'VE BEEN QUITE BUSY, AS YOU ALL KNOW.[02:35:02]
SO THE FIRST THING, ON OCTOBER 21ST, BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION HOSTED THEIR THIRD ANNUAL BEER AND BRATS.COUNCILMEMBER STEVES AND I WERE IN THE BEER TENT VOLUNTEERING, VOLUNTEERING.
COUNCILMEMBER STEVES WAS HANDING OUT AS BAR BACK, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BARTENDING, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK I MISSED MY CALLING IN COLLEGE ONLY FOR THE FACT THAT I REALLY ENJOYED THAT, BUT MOREOVER, ABOUT THE EVENT, OVER 2000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EVENT ENJOYING FOOD, LIVE MUSIC, CRAFT BEER.
THE FOUNDATION RAISED OVER $11,000, MAKING IT THE MOST PROFITABLE EVENT TO DATE, AND THE LIBRARY FRIENDS SOLD OVER $4,170 WORTH OF PUMPKINS DURING THE EVENT AS WELL.
SO BIG THANK YOU TO MARY WOODWARD AND ALL HER HARD WORK.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL PARKS DEPARTMENT AS WELL FOR PUTTING ON THIS THIS EVENT.
I ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE ON OCTOBER 26TH TO ATTEND THE TEXAS HEALTH H-E-B HOSPITAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WITH COUNCILMEMBER FARCO AND MYSELF FOR COUNCILMAN STEVES WAS THERE ALSO AND COUNCILMAN STEVES.
OH, I MUST HAVE MISSED YOU WHEN I GOT THERE.
CONTINUED SUPPORT AND COOPERATION WITH OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL, AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 4TH, ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE FALL SWEEP, WHERE VOLUNTEERS WORKED IN TEAMS TO HELP CLEAN UP THEIR CITY AND WAS PUT UP BY THE BEDFORD BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.
WE HAD MANY COUNCILMEMBERS OUT THERE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY OUT THERE DOING IT, AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 4TH, LET'S SEE HERE, I HAD THAT ONE GOING BACK THERE, AND THEN THIS PAST WEEKEND PARTICIPATED IN THE [INAUDIBLE] THE BLUE AND THE RED FIVE K.
IT'S HOSTED BY BEDFORD CITIZENS AND FIRE AND POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
WITH ALL THE FUNDS RAISED TO SUPPORT THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
I WANT TO SEND OUT A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS.
I REMEMBER I WAS OUT THERE AND I WAS RIGHT THERE WITH DEPUTY CHIEF LAPENA FOR ABOUT 30S UNTIL HE BLEW ME OUT OF THE WATER AND HE BECAME A LITTLE DOT IN THE DISTANCE, AND OUT OF THAT, OUT OF THAT RACE, I HAVE TO SAY, I'M PRETTY PROUD.
I WAS FIRST IN MY DIVISION AGE GROUP.
IT WAS ONLY ONE, BUT I WAS STILL FIRST.
SO I THINK THAT SHOULD COUNT FOR SOMETHING BUT NO, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I HOPE WE GET MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR NEXT YEAR TO SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND FIRE WITH THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I TOO WAS AT THE BLUE AND RED RUN THIS WEEKEND.
IT WAS A NICE DAY. IT WASN'T TOO COLD, WHICH WAS GREAT.
[CHUCKLING] SO HE CAME IN THIRD, AND IT WAS.
I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST THURSDAY TO BE AT THE CHAMBER'S STATE OF THE CITY, WHERE OUR CITY MANAGER, JIMMY STATHATOS, DID A GREAT JOB ON TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR PROJECTS ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND IT'S JUST REALLY IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND ALSO, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, WE PASSED THE BOND ELECTION FOR HEBISD, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ECONOMIC IMPACT IN HERE, AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE LIKE TERRY SMITH IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT PUSHED THAT THROUGH.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I, TOO, WAS AT THE FALL SWEEP CLEANUP, AND SO I APPRECIATE THE NEW BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS THAT DID COME OUT.
SO TY WRIGHT. WE HEARD FROM EARLIER AS WELL AS ROB WESTON.
THEY'RE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SERVING.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE BEAUTIFICATION DID ADVISORY BOARD DID MEET LAST NIGHT WITH THE WESTWOOD DESIGN FOR THE ENTRYWAYS, AND SO WE HAD A REALLY ROBUST DISCUSSION.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT, AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THE ADVISORY BOARD IN THAT WAY, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME EXPERTISE ABOUT ENTRYWAYS AND PLANTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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ROY WAS THERE, AND MARK, AND SO THEY REALLY HAVE GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD, AND SO MORE TO COME ON THE FINAL DESIGNS THAT WILL COME TO THE COUNCIL.ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.
JUST A CENTRAL PARK GRAND REOPENING IS THIS WEEKEND.
THAT WILL BE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH FROM 10 A.M.
TO NOON, AND THAT'S AT CENTRAL PARK, 1201 CENTRAL DRIVE.
[24. City Manager/Staff Reports]
A COUPLE OF THINGS.CONGRATULATIONS. MR. BILGER COUNCILMEMBER APPOINTED.
WE'LL BE CONTACTING YOU FOR A COUNCIL ORIENTATION, ALL THE LEGAL STUFF AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
WE'VE BLITZED IN TERMS OF WE'VE GOT BE HEARD BEDFORD, WE'VE GOT STUFF ON THE WEBSITE, WE'VE GOT STUFF THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T REACHED. SO WE ARE PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND SO WE WOULD LOVE ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED TO COME TO THE MEETINGS.
AT 6:00. IT'S THIS THURSDAY AT 6:00, AND THEN ALSO WE'LL RECORD THOSE MEETINGS.
THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON, AND THE MASTER PLAN IS KIND OF LIKE NOT TO BE BLASPHEMOUS, BUT IT'S LIKE THE BIBLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR PLANNING, AND SO IT'S VERY CRITICAL.
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING HEARD, BE THERE.
IT'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL BUT THURSDAY IS A GREAT WAY TO GET AN ADDITIONAL GLIMPSE AHEAD OF TIME.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE JUST WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING FROM THE FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'LL BE GETTING WITH THE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT PLANNING THE STRATEGIC PLAN SESSION IN JANUARY, AND SO THAT'LL BE EXCITING TO GET THE COUNCIL'S VISION AND UPDATED GOALS SO WE CAN HELP START IMPLEMENTING IT.
THANK YOU. POLICE OPEN HOUSE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF IS STILL HERE.
OKAY. YEAH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH ARPA FUNDS, AND SO IF YOU GO IN, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT IS THAT NIGHT, AND I BELIEVE IT'S AT SIX AS WELL.
YEAH FIVE I FORGOT ABOUT THE TIME CHANGE.
SORRY. MY BAD, BUT ANYWAY, THAT BEING SAID IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE WE'VE DONE A LOT THROUGH COUNCIL'S AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE IT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT, AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GET A SNEAK PEEK TO COME THROUGH.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. THAT'S YOUR PLANS FOR THURSDAY OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. WELL THERE'S NO MORE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
MR. MAYOR. YES, I WOULD LIKE MY FIRST MOTION AS MAYOR PRO TEM TO BE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
[CHUCKLING] I THINK THAT'S FITTING.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A FIRST FROM MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.
DO I HEAR A SECOND? ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. MEETING'S ADJOURNED AT 8:44.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.