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[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
IT'S TUESDAY, JANUARY 23RD, 2024.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE IS INVOCATION.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE TO THE MIC HERE, MR. SPENCER JACOBSON FROM BEACON CHURCH.
>> FIRST THE COMMON GRACE OF LIVING IN A GOOD CITY WITH GOOD NEIGHBORS AND GOOD PEOPLE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE GIFT OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT IT.
FATHER, TONIGHT, I PRAY FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AND INSIGHT AND UNITY AS THEY DISCUSS THE ITEMS AT HAND AND GOD, THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE SAFETY AND CARE TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
GOD, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT IT MEANS TO US.
BLESS US. IT'S IN YOUR SON'S NAME THAT I PRAY. AMEN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS, DO YOU MIND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGES?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
THANK YOU. MR. SPENCER, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, COUNCIL RECOGNITION.
[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]
I'LL INVITE TO THE MIC OUR POLICE CHIEF, JEFF WILLIAMS.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BRINGING MARK GARY WITH US TONIGHT.
HE'S REACHED HIS FIVE YEAR TENURE MARK HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MARK IS A GRADUATE OF SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, HAS A DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM THERE.
HE'S OBTAINED HIS INTERMEDIATE POLICE OFFICER LICENSE HERE SO HE WAS FTO.
DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE'S GOT A FEW GOOD TITLES. HE'S A HUSBAND.
PROBABLY HIS PROUDEST TITLE HE HAS NOW IS FATHER.
HE'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY AT HOME.
MARK GARY FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR FIRE CHIEF, BILL WALKER.
GLAD TO SEE YOUR ARMS ARE BETTER, BILL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TONIGHT WE'VE GOT CHARLES TITOL WHO'S BEEN HERE 20 YEARS.
CHARLES GOT HIRED ON JANUARY 26TH OF 2004, PROMOTED TO ENGINEER IN 2011.
HE'S A MASTER FIREFIGHTER THROUGH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION.
HE'S A CERTIFIED PARAMEDIC HAZMAT TEAM MEMBER.
CHARLES IS ONE OF OUR SMART GUYS.
IN THE FIRE SERVICE, WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF GUYS LIKE ME AND WE'VE GOT SOME SMART GUYS THAT HELP US OUT.
HE'S ABLE TO DO ALL THE HAZMAT STUFF.
IF YOU TALK TO CHARLES, YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST TIME YOU TALK TO HIM, HE'S AN INTELLECTUAL GUY.
HE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THOUGHTS AND ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
HE ACTUALLY, WITH THAT FIRE AT THAT APARTMENT BUILDING OVER BY THE TEXAS DAY, CHARLES WAS PUMPING THAT FIRE AS ENGINEER.
IT WAS A LOT OF LINES GOING AND WE HAD A LITTLE CHALLENGE WITH THE HYDRANT SYSTEM THAT DAY AND HANDLED ALL THAT LIKE IT WAS NOTHING SO REALLY A STRONG FIREFIGHTER, STRONG ENGINEER.
IN THE FIRE SERVICE, IF YOU'VE GOT A GOOD ENGINEER, IF YOU'RE A CAPTAIN, LIFE'S PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE THEY TAKE CARE OF YOU.
CHARLES IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT'S JUST AN OUTSTANDING CAPABLE PERSON IN OUR DEPARTMENT, SOMEONE THAT I SAY HE'S ALWAYS GOT INTERESTING CONVERSATION ABOUT THINGS AND A REAL THINKER FOR US.
REALLY PROUD TO HAVE HIM FOR 20 YEARS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.I HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE'S RUSHING OUT OF THE BUILDING ON A CALL.
>> I JUST WANT TO REPEAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE SENIOR TAXPAYERS THAT PAID FOR THAT BOONDOGGLE OVER THERE.
>> YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE YMCA?
>> THAT WE WERE ASSURED THAT WE WOULD HAVE PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE, NOT RIGHT.
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WE HAD TWO BUSES FROM THE FORT WORTH YMCA TAKING ABOUT SIX SPOTS.AT 6:30, THAT'S 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE DANCE STARTED, I COULDN'T GET IN THAT DAN LOT AT ALL.
I ENDED UP FIVE ROWS UP THE HILL.
I KNOW YOU HAD SOMEONE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORING THAT THING.
BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER DANCE, FEBRUARY THE 5TH.
DO YOU THINK THEY CAN GET SOME PARKING FOR US?
>> I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
FROM WHAT STAFF HAS TOLD ME IS THAT THE BARRICADES WEREN'T PUT OUT IN TIME.
>> JUST TRYING TO GET THE CITY COUNCIL TO LIVE UP TO THEIR COMMITMENT.
>> I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO DO THAT.
>> YOU KNOW I'LL BE BACK IF YOU DO.
>> AMY, I'M SORRY YOU DROPPED OFF THAT PRO TEM.
>> SEE. SHE HAD A POTENTIAL TO BE A MAYOR TOO. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TOM. APPRECIATE IT.
I KNOW THAT STAFF'S GOING TO TAKE MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT IT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SENIORS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE DANCES GO UNHINDERED AND THAT EVERYBODY HAS AVAILABLE PARKING.
>> WE'VE GOT A DANCE FEBRUARY 5TH TO BE PUBLISHED.
>> FEBRUARY 5TH. MARK YOUR CALENDARS. GOT IT.
SINCE NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO CONSIDER APPROVAL BY ITEMS BY CONSENT.
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
I'LL GIVE US INTERIM CITY MANAGER, ANDREA ROY.WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MINUTES TO GO OVER.
WE'VE GOT TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF DECEMBER 12TH FROM THE REGULAR MEETING IN JANUARY 9TH OF THE REGULAR MEETING.
THEN MOVING ON TO CONSENT ITEMS, WE'VE GOT THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATING ARTICLE 4 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, DIVISION 2, BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD SECTION 2-208 SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD CODE OF ORDINANCES.
THIS ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE SUBCOMMITTEE SECTION FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD.
IT WILL REMOVE THE OLD LIST OF SUBCOMMITTEES AND ALLOW THE GROUP A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY AS SPECIFIC PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED.
CURRENTLY, THE SECTION LISTS MANY SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED, SO THIS WILL CLEAN THAT LANGUAGE UP.
IF THEY DO ANY PERMANENT COMMITTEES, THEY WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND GET FULL APPROVAL FOR THAT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH PROMOTER LINE INC. TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL EVENT PRODUCTION AND PLANNING SERVICES FOR THE 2024 BEDFORD BEATS AND EATS FESTIVAL AND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $360,000.
THIS IS THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PROMOTER LINE.
THEY ARE THE SAME GROUP THAT WE DID CONTRACT WITH LAST YEAR FOR BEATS AND EATS.
FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND OF THAT 360 WILL GO TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL EVENT PRODUCTION AND THE REMAINING $350,000, WILL COVER THE COST OF THE ACTUAL EVENT.
ENTERTAINMENT, SECURITY, LIGHTING, STAGES, TENTS, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS OBVIOUSLY UTILIZING THEIR CONTACTS TO SECURE THE ENTERTAINMENT.
OBVIOUSLY COMPETITIVE VENDOR PRICING AND THEIR JUST FAMILIARITY WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND PRODUCTIONS LIKE THAT.
THIS IS NOT THE TOTAL COST OF THE EVENT. IT WILL BE INCREASED.
THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS SUCH AS, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SHUTTLE SERVICES, ETC, SO WE WILL COVER THE COST OF THAT OUTSIDE OF THIS.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A YOUTH AND ADULT SOCCER CONTRACT WITH THE BEDFORD EULESS SOCCER ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS BESA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING PRACTICES, GAMES, TOURNAMENTS, AND CAMPS AT STORMY JONES PARK AND MEADOW PARK SOCCER FIELDS.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A ONE YEAR SOCCER CONTRACT WITH BESA FOR THEM TO UTILIZE STORMY JONES AND MEADOW PARK FIELDS.
THE CONTRACT IS WRITTEN SO THAT THEY CAN DO UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS. IT WILL COVER THEM ALLOWING THEM TO USE THE FIELDS FOR PRACTICES, TOURNAMENTS, CAMPS, ETC.
IT ALSO PUTS IN PLACE A REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER FEE THAT WILL BE CHARGED THAT WILL BE A FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY ON THAT AS FAR AS A $115 PER PLAYER FEE.
THE LAST ITEM ON CONSENT IS OUR CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE NEM CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE, TO ENTER INTO AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY PRECINCT 3 FOR SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE RESURFACING OF WADE DRIVE FROM PIPELINE ROAD TO HEARST DRIVE, AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
THIS IS PART OF OUR ANNUAL PARTNERSHIP WITH TARRANT COUNTY PRECINCT 3.
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AS WE PARTNER ON SOME OF THESE ROAD PROJECTS, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MILLING ASPHALT, FUEL, AND TRAFFIC CONTROL ON THAT, AND THE COUNTY WILL PROVIDE THE LABOR AND EQUIPMENT.THE COST FOR THIS IS ABOUT 165,000 AND IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE 2021 CO THOROUGHFARE BOND ISSUANCE.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE ITEMS? COUNCILMAN STEEPS?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST QUICK QUESTION.
ON ITEM NUMBER 3, ANDREA, HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT ONE?
>> THIS WILL BE PAID OUT OF THE TOURISM FUND AS PRIOR EVENTS.
OUR OTHER SIGNATURES EVENTS OVER THE YEARS HAVE ALSO BEEN UTILIZING THE TOURISM FUND FOR THIS.
>> WE HAVE NO FUNDING IN THAT RIGHT NOW?
>> WE DO HAVE FUNDING, YES, MORE THAN AMPLE.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT WILL COME OUT OF THE TOURISM FUND?
>> I THINK EITHER THE TOURISM, YEAH.
>> PERFECT. [LAUGHTER] THAT WORKS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS.
I HAVE A FIRST FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCILMEMBER SABLE.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CULVER. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, STAFF. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS HERE.
[Items 6 & 7]
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEXAS CALLING SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 4TH, 2024, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION.I GIVE YOU CITY SECRETARY MICHAEL WELLS.
YES, SIR. IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I DO THIS ONE AND THE NEXT ONE AT THE SAME TIME.
ITEM NUMBER 6, AS YOU SAID, IS TO FORMALLY CALL THE ELECTION FOR THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER AS DISCUSSED BY THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND BY THE COUNCIL.
ITEM NUMBER 7 IS TO CALL FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR IN PLACE 1 AND PLACE 2 TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
FILING FOR THOSE POSITIONS BEGAN LAST WEEK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY THE 17TH, AND WILL RUN THROUGH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH.
EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD FROM APRIL 22ND THROUGH APRIL 30TH.
THE MAIN EARLY VOTING LOCATION IS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THE RESIDENTS CAN VOTE AT ANY EARLY VOTING LOCATION IN TARRANT COUNTY.
BUT ELECTION DAY WILL BE MAY 4TH FROM 07:00 AM TO 07:00 PM WHERE THE MAIN ELECTION LOCATION IN BEDFORD IS PAT MAY CENTER.
BUT WITH THE EARLY VOTING, VOTERS CAN VOTE AT ANY ELECTION DAY LOCATION IN TARRANT COUNTY.
SINCE THEY'RE BEING HELD JOINTLY TOGETHER, BOTH THE SPECIAL AND THE GENERAL ELECTION, THERE WON'T BE ANY INCREASED COSTS WITH OUR CONTRACT WITH TARRANT COUNTY, THOUGH THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME MINOR ANCILLARY COSTS FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR THE AMENDMENTS TO SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE, AS WELL AS WE HAVE TO DO AN EXTRA PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF ELECTION, BUT THEY'LL FIT INTO THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL, LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER 6.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MOTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER SABLE, I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 6.
THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
THEN FOR NUMBER 7 FOR MAYOR, PLACE 1 AND PLACE 3.
HAVE A FIRST FROM COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS TO APPROVE, I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER STEVES, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
>> WE GOT AN ELECTION, MAY 4TH.
[8. Consider a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or her designee to finalize and execute an agreement with Sunfield Development dba GenPlay to provide operational management at the Generations Park Ball Park Sports Complex]
CONSIDER RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE, TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH SUNFIELD DEVELOPMENT, DBA GENPLAY, TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT AT THE GENERATIONS PARK BALL SPORTS COMPLEX.I GIVE YOU RECREATION MANAGER HUNTER HARDZMAN. HOW IS IT GOING OUT THERE?
>> HEY, THERE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SOME OF THIS.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE SET OUT TO GET A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FOR GENERATIONS PARK BALL FIELD COMPLEX.
IN MAY OF 2023, WE COMPLETED THE PROCESS OF AN RFQ TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A SUITABLE CONSULTANT TO MANAGE THE OPERATIONS AT THAT COMPLEX.
THIS ITEM WAS TABLED DUE TO THE RFQ BEING TOO VAGUE ON PRICING EXPECTATIONS, AND THAT RESULTED IN A LOWER THAN EXPECTED RETURN FINANCIALLY TO THE CITY.
AFTER THIS, COUNCIL MOVED TO TERMINATE THE RFQ AND STAFF BEGAN WORKING ON AN RFP THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A MINIMUM BASE FEE OF 6,000 PER MONTH SO 72,000 ANNUALLY, AND ALSO PURSUE A PERCENTAGE OF ANY ACTIVITY REVENUE OR RENTALS, AS WELL AS A PERCENTAGE OF CONCESSION REVENUE.
BOTH OF THESE TOTALS WERE TO BE PROPOSED BY THE CONSULTANT, THOSE PERCENTAGE AMOUNTS.
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PROPOSALS WERE RELEASED ON DECEMBER 1ST OF 2023 AND THE SEALED PROPOSALS WERE DUE BACK TO US BY DECEMBER 22ND OF 2023.WE HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT ENTITIES DOWNLOAD THE PROPOSAL PACKET AND ONLY TWO PROPOSERS SUBMITTED A COMPLETE PACKET AT SUNFIELD DEVELOPMENT DBA GENPLAY AND NTX TOURNAMENTS.
AFTER WE REVIEWED BOTH OF THE PACKETS, PARK AND REC STAFF ALONG WITH THE PURCHASING MANAGER CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WHILE BOTH PROPOSALS HAVE MERIT, GENPLAY PROVIDED THE MOST POTENTIAL REVENUE UPSIDE FOR THE CITY ALONG WITH THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE PROPOSED TERM OF THE AGREEMENT WILL BE AN INITIAL TWO YEAR PERIOD WITH THREE, ONE YEAR OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS.
GENPLAY HAS AGREED TO PAY THE 72,000 ANNUAL BASE RENTAL FEE, ALONG WITH 25% OF CONCESSION REVENUE AND 10% OF ANY RENTAL OR ACTIVITY REVENUE ON TOP OF THAT.
THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PAYMENT TO THE CITY ANNUALLY IS JUST SHY OF $100,000 AND THIS COULD FLUCTUATE UP OR DOWN, DEPENDING ON HOW WELL THE YEAR WAS, HOW MUCH RAIN WE GOT, AND HOW MANY TOURNAMENTS GOT CANCELED.
ANOTHER NOTE FOR THIS IS GENPLAY HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL MAINTAIN THE FACILITY ON WEEKENDS IN REGARDS TO FIELD PREPARATION AND CLEANLINESS OF THE FACILITIES.
THIS IS GOING TO LIMIT THE OVERTIME THAT PARKS MAINTENANCE STAFF HAS TO USE.
CITY STAFF IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOWING, PEST CONTROL, FERTILIZING, IRRIGATION, AND WEED CONTROL, AND THEN GENPLAY AND CITY STAFF WILL BOTH COLLABORATE DURING THE WEEKDAY WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE TRASH AND FIELD MAINTENANCE.
THAT BASICALLY SUMS IT UP, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>THANK YOU SO MUCH, HUNTER. REAL QUICK.
FOR THE TERMINATION, IF WE WANTED TO TERMINATE, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THAT AND FOR EITHER PARTY?
>> I BELIEVE IT'S A 30 DAY TERMINATION NOTICE.
>> NOT SAYING ANYTHING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT SOMETHING IN THERE TO COVER US.
>> ALSO, WITH THE COST SHARING, WE GET SOME OF THAT THROUGH CONCESSIONS AND SOME OTHERS AS WELL.
I KNOW READING THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT WE HAVE A RIGHT TO AUDIT.
HOW OFTEN ARE WE THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS?
>> WE WROTE IN THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUEST EACH MONTH WHEN THEY PAY AND SO IT'LL BE ME OR MY STAFF DOING THAT AND WE'LL PROBABLY TO BEGIN WITH MONTHLY, REVIEW THOSE DOCUMENTS AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
>> GO FROM THERE, MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS, MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE AGREED UPON.
>> ALSO, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN HERE TO PROTECT US FROM ANY LIABILITIES? THIS MAY HAVE TO GO TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INJURED OR ANYTHING OVER THE PROPERTY, ARE WE HELD LIABLE, THAT SORT OF THING? JUST SKIMMING THE AGREEMENT AND OBVIOUSLY FEEL FREE TO WEIGH I HAVE SEEN INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AN INSURANCE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S AN INDEMNIFICATION.
>> IT'S STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT WE WOULD USE IN ANY CONTRACT THAT BRIAN AND HIS TEAM WOULD PUT TOGETHER.
WE'RE COMING ON OUR BASIS WITH THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> BRIAN, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT INDEMNIFICATION, DO YOU MIND BRIEFLY 30,000 FOOT VIEW, SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT BEEN TO LAW SCHOOL? [LAUGHTER]
>> AN INDEMNIFICATION REQUIREMENT ESSENTIALLY REQUIRES THE OTHER PARTY TO DEFEND AND PAY FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MIGHT INVOLVE THE CITY BEING NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN A LAWSUIT.
THAT WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT THAT LEGAL DEFENSE BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE CITY, AND THEN PAYMENT OF ANY DAMAGES IF THE CITY WERE TO BE FOUND LIABLE?
>> IF CITY IS FOUND LIABLE, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR ANY ATTORNEY FEES, ANYTHING, AND THEN IF WE ARE FOUND LIABLE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
>> EXCELLENT. JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERED AND THAT ALL THESE BASES ARE COVERED AND GOING THROUGH IT.
I ALSO SAW ON THERE THAT FOR ANOTHER EXPECTATIONS, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO HAVE 20-30 TOURNAMENTS. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, 20-30 TOURNAMENTS IS THE EXPECTATION.
MOST OF THE OTHER CITIES AROUND HERE HOLD 25-0 TOURNAMENTS JUST DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER.
>> THIS IS PART OF THE AGREEMENT WE'RE HOLDING TO, THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO?
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER SABLE.
>> HI, HUNTER. HAVING TABLED IT, WAS THERE AN ADVANTAGE TO US TABLING IT? I MEAN, DID WE GAIN?
>> YES. I WAS NOT ON STAFF UNTIL AFTER THAT,
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BUT I DO KNOW THAT WITH THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, WE WERE ONLY GETTING $60,000.NOW WE HAVE THE BASE OF 72 WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE THAT MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL.
>> WHEN DOES IT START? AS SOON AS WE CAN FIRE UP THE CONTRACT, AS SOON AS WE GET APPROVAL WE'LL START IT UP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? COUNCILMEMBER CULVER?
>> I'M CURIOUS. DO WE STILL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH MEADOWS? WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THAT PART?
>> THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BEFORE MY TIME.
I'LL SEE THE MIC TO MARK. ALL RIGHT, MARK.
>> IT'S BEFORE MY TIME AS WELL.
THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MEADOW PARK?
>> MEADOW PARK WAS TERMINATED IN 2021, I BELIEVE.
>> WELL, THE CONTRACT ITSELF, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CITY HAD A 380 AGREEMENT, AND ACTUALLY STEVE PADIA IS GENPLAY AND THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH HIM AS WELL FOR THE MEADOW PARK.
THIS CONTRACT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MEADOW PARK, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE 380 AGREEMENT WAS CANCELED IN 21, BUT HIS GROUP CONTINUED OUT THERE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE CONTRACT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER.
IN COMPARISON TO THE TWO CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THIS GENTLEMAN, HOW DO THEY COMPARE?
>> I'M GOING TO TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS BEST AS I CAN, BUT I'M GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE VAGUE BECAUSE I'M FAMILIAR WITH 380 AGREEMENTS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S AN ECONOMIC STYLE AGREEMENT.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS OF THAT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS TERMINATED BEFORE MY TIME.
THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT, IS A 380 AGREEMENT.
I KNOW IT WAS WHEN I READ THROUGH IT, AND I APOLOGIZE IT WAS A WHILE BACK WHEN I- [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT'S OKAY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
>> I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT- [OVERLAPPING].
>> CORRECT. IT HAS BEEN A LONG.
>> NOW, I THINK THE 380 AGREEMENT WAS VERY HEAVY ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS ABOUT HOTELS AND HEADS AND BEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK THE RESIDUAL EFFECT OF HAVING TOURNAMENTS HERE WILL BE HOTEL STAYS AND RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS ONE MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME AS A PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONAL THAN A 380 AGREEMENT, WHICH I THINK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE DEAL WITH EVERYTHING.
>> THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO THAT POINT THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE PUT IN THERE, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE 20, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE 20-30 TOURNAMENTS SO THAT WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE CITY, SPENDING THEIR MONEY, SPENDING THEIR TIME HERE, AND SO FORTH.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM HERE. ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE A FIRST, BY COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS TO APPROVE, I'M ASSUMING, AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SABOL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, THANK YOU STAFF.
[9. Consider a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or her designee to enter into a contract with GRod Construction, LLC in an estimated amount of $2,734,251.50 for the Parkwood Drive Water, Sewer, and Paving Improvements Project.]
MOVING ON. RIGHT ALONG TO NUMBER 9 HERE.CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE, TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH GROD CONSTRUCTION IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $2,734,251.50 FOR THE PARKWOOD DRIVE, WATER SEWER AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
GIVE YOU PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHERYL TAYLOR. HOW'S IT GOING, CHERYL?
>> GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TONIGHT WE BRING FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE PARKWOOD DRIVE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS THE FIRST PHASE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE LONG AWAITED BEDFORD COMMONS DEVELOPMENT.
PARKWOOD DRIVE, BETWEEN BEDFORD ROAD AND ELDON DOTSON IS CURRENTLY A TWO LANE, UNIMPROVED ASPHALT ROAD WITH BAR DITCHES ON EITHER SIDE.
THE ROADWAY WILL BE IMPROVED TO A TWO LANE CONCRETE STREET WITH CURB AND GUTTER, UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE, AND RENEWED WATER AND SANITARY SEWER TO SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD WILL INCLUDE PARALLEL PARKING AND SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET WITH STREET TREES ALONG BOTH SIDES AS WELL.
THIS IS A TYPICAL ROADWAY SECTION.
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PARKWOOD WILL CONSIST OF TWO 10-FOOT LANES AND AND EIGHT FEET OF PARALLEL PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.IN ADDITION, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT INCLUDES LANDSCAPE PLANS FOR STREET TREES, IRRIGATION, AND SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS ON EITHER SIDE.
THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL ALSO REPLACE THE EXISTING WATER LINE AND EXTEND THE SANITARY SEWER TO SERVE THE PROPOSED USES THAT WILL FRONT ON PARKWOOD DRIVE.
CONSTRUCTION OF PARKWOOD DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS WILL COMPLETE THE FRAMEWORK FOR BEDFORD COMMONS AND WILL ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PHASING OF ANY USES PLANNED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTO OVERLAID ON A SIMPLE DRAWING OF THE PLAN VIEW SHOWING THE WIDENED STREET, PARKING, SIDEWALKS, AND DRAINAGE OUTFALL ACROSS THE PROPERTY.
THE LAYOUT ALSO SHOWS THE LIMITS OF OFFSITE TREE REMOVAL ALONG THE CREEK, WHICH IS NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE DRAINAGE WAY FROM PARKWOOD DRIVE TO E.M. BILGER ROAD.
THE GRADING AND TREE REMOVAL ALONG THE EXISTING CREEK WILL BE NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE DETENTION POND AND OPEN SPACE AMENITIES.
THAT WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR BEDFORD COMMONS.
NO TREES OUTSIDE OF THE NOTED EDGE OF CHANNEL, AND 10-FOOT WIDE ACCESS ROAD WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE PARKWOOD DRIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THE PROPOSED GRADING WILL GENERALLY BE WITHIN THE YELLOW LINES ON THE EXHIBIT.
ALL REQUIRED TREE REMOVAL PERMITS WILL BE OBTAINED, AND STAFF WILL ENSURE TREE MITIGATION IS ADDRESSED THROUGH THE PLANTING OF NEW TREES ALONG PARKWOOD DRIVE AND WITHIN THE BEDFORD COMMON'S PROJECT.
THE SPECIES OF THE NEW TREES PLANNED ALONG PARKWOOD DRIVE WILL BE CHOSEN FROM THE PREFERRED PLANTING LIST THAT WILL BE COMPILED AND INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ONCE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, THE ROADWAY WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
PROJECT WAS POSTED ON CIVCAST BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 29TH.
BIDS WERE OPENED ON NOVEMBER 14TH.
FOUR SEALED PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE PROJECT, RANGING IN PRICE FROM $2,734,251.50 UP TO $3,628,103.
THE DESIGN ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT REVIEWED THE BID TABULATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS ASSEMBLED TO REVIEW THE SUBMITTALS AND DETERMINE THE BEST VALUE OF THE BIDS RECEIVED.
CONTRACTOR WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE WAS GROD CONSTRUCTION LLC, WITH A TOTAL BID OF $2,734,251.50.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITIES OF HURST, LAVON, AND PRINCETON, PROVIDED FAVORABLE REFERENCES FOR GROD CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PROJECTS.
IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WILL BE EXECUTED AND A NOTICE TO PROCEED WILL BE ISSUED TO GROD.
WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN EARLY SPRING WITH COMPLETION LATER THIS YEAR.
CONSTRUCTION TIME FOR THE PROJECT IS 240 CALENDAR DAYS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHERYL. REAL QUICK.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE TREES THAT ARE WITHIN, I'M GUESSING THE WHITE DOTTED LINE THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REMOVED?
>> WITH THE PROJECT, THE TREES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED ARE WITHIN THE YELLOW LINE.
>> THE YELLOW LINES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
FROM WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING OUR TREE MITIGATION ORDINANCE, OF COURSE.
I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE TREES BEING REMOVED AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS.
OUR PLANS ARE TO REPLANT THEM WITHIN BEDFORD COMMONS.
NOT REPLANT THEM, BUT NEW TREES WITHIN BEDFORD COMMONS.
WE'LL CHOOSE TREES FROM THE PREFERRED LIST.
>> WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR ORDINANCES, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ON RECORD.
>> YES, SIR. THE PLAN IS TO OBTAIN THOSE TREE PERMITS.
>> FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE. MITIGATE WITHIN THE [INAUDIBLE] GOVERNMENT.
>> MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY'S NOT ABOVE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CULVER.
>> ALL ALONG BEDFORD ROAD, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LITTLE COTTAGE INDUSTRIES AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PARKING ALONG PARKWOOD.
A LOT OF TIMES IT'S LARGE TRUCKS DELIVERING TO THESE ENTITIES.
MOST OFTEN THOUGH, IT'S EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS OUT OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING.
BUT I'M CURIOUS, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF LIMITATION ON PARKING, LIKE TO OUR PARKING OR TO SOMEHOW CONTROL THE ACCESS TO THOSE AVAILABLE SPACES? I MEAN, BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM.
>> I BELIEVE THE REASON THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PARK THERE RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE THEY'RE BAR DITCHES AND THEY'RE FLAT AND THERE'S NO CURB TO PREVENT THE PARKING THERE.
I ANTICIPATE ONCE THE CURB IS THERE, THEY WILL LIKELY FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE TO PARK
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RATHER THAN JUMPING THE CURBS AND PARKING IN THE PARKWAYS.THAT'S PUBLIC PARKING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.
WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EMPLOYED THERE USE THE PARKING SPACE ACROSS THE STREET AT THE CHURCH, BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALK ACROSS THERE.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT FOR THAT.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARK ALONG THE EDGE OF DRIVEWAY LANE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THEY ON ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT ON THE WEST SIDE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC PARKING, BUT THAT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE CONTROLLED BY THOSE BUSINESSES.
I'M JUST THINKING THAT COULD BE A FUTURE.
>> IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADDRESS IN THE FUTURE.
AT THIS TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY PARK IN AN APPROPRIATE SPACE, AND WE'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
>> LOOKING BACK TO IT, AS BEDFORD COMMONS UNFOLDS, AS WE GET THE DEVELOPMENT GOING, WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AS THE POPULARITY, WE'LL SOON SEE MORE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA, SO WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT PARKING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SABLE.
>> HI, JOE. HUITT-ZOLLARS CAME UP WITH AN ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? I MEAN, WE WENT OUT FOR BID, BUT HUITT-ZOLLARS CAME UP WITH AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THEY THINK IT SHOULD HAVE COST.
>> WHAT THE DESIGN ENGINEER TYPICALLY DOES IS THEY QUANTIFY THE LINE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED AND THE LABOR THAT IS REQUIRED TO BUILD THE ROAD.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY COME UP WITH AN ESTIMATE BASED ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE RECENTLY BUILT.
THEY TAKE AN AVERAGE OF PIPE COSTS WATER, 12 INCH WATER, EIGHT INCH WATER, WHATEVER SIZE PIPE THE COST OF CONCRETE AND THAT KIND OF THING.
THEY PUT ALL OF THAT TOGETHER TO GIVE US AN ESTIMATE TO BUDGET WITH.
I THINK INITIALLY THEY START OUT WITH MAYBE 30% CONTINGENCY THAT WAY IF THINGS CHANGE DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, THEN THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY.
BUT WE ARE ABLE TO BUDGET EARLY ON WITH A CONTINGENCY.
AND AS THEY PROGRESS FROM 30 TO 60 TO 90 PLANTS, THEY'RE MORE CLEAR ON HOW MUCH CONCRETE THERE'S GOING TO BE, HOW MUCH PIPE THERE'S GOING TO BE, WHAT THE SIZES OF ALL THE APPURTENANCES ARE GOING TO BE.
THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO LOWER THE CONTINGENCY TO 20% OR 15% BUT THEIR ESTIMATE IS BASICALLY FOR US TO BUDGET OTHERWISE.
IF WE DON'T ASK FOR THAT, THEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAN FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
AS WE PLAN OUR CIP, WE GET THOSE ESTIMATES PRETTY EARLY SO THAT HOPEFULLY DURING THAT DESIGN PROCESS, WE'RE ABLE TO ADD THOSE COSTS INTO THE BUDGET FOR WHATEVER FISCAL YEAR THE PROJECT IS GOING TO COME IN ON.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> YEAH AND DO THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES USE THOSE NUMBERS TO BID IT OR DO THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THEIR OWN?
>> TYPICALLY, WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES DO IS THEY GET PRICING FROM THEIR VENDORS AND THEY CHARGE FOR THE AMOUNT OF LABOR THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO COST THEM.
RENTALS FOR EQUIPMENT OR PRICE OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PURCHASE.
THEY DON'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION MUCH TO THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO GET THOSE PRICES FROM DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS JUST SO WE CAN HAVE AN AVERAGE TO GO BY.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE US THE LOWEST PRICE EVERY TIME WE'LL GET TO CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE SHORT TWO MILLION DOLLARS IT'S A BUDGETING TOOL.
>> THE LITTLE WHITE LINE IS THAT THE FLOODPLAIN?
>> THE LITTLE WHITE LINE IS GENERALLY THE AREA THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE A FUTURE DETENTION POND FOR THE BEDFORD COMMONS.
WE'VE SEEN A FEW DIFFERENT CONCEPTS AND WE JUST ADDED IT IN THERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE POND IS GOING TO BE.
THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ON THE LAYOUT OF IT.
THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE-.
>> WHEN IT'S FURTHER ALONG WITH THE PLANS, IT'S FURTHER ALONG FOR THE COMMONS.
>> RIGHT. WHEN WE COME UP WITH WHAT THE FINAL PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BUT THAT'S A GENERAL AREA BASED ON, MY GUESS IS IT'S BASED ON, LET'S SAY, WHAT IF IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT THREE FEET OR SIX FEET? I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY BASED IT ON, BUT BASED ON THE EXISTING, TOPOGRAPHY, THEY ESTIMATED WHERE THE POND IS GOING TO BE.
REASON WE PUT THAT ON THERE IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT THE GRADING IS GOING TO BE WITHIN THAT AREA,
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BUT THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A PLAN FOR A POND AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.IF NOT NOW, THOSE TREES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
>> THE YELLOW DITCH THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO.
BUT COMING FROM PARKWOOD THROUGH THE LITTLE TREES, WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE, AFTER THEY'RE DONE?
>> WILL IT JUST BE A DIRT PLANE?
>> THEY WILL LIKELY HYDROMULCH IT AND THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT TO SET SOME PERMANENT VEGETATION IN THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO DO ANY PLANTINGS IN THAT AREA.
ONCE IT GETS TO PARK, WHAT IT GOES UNDERGROUND, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING FROM THE STREET.
>> WHEN YOU START TO DO THE SEWER AND WATER WORK, WILL IT AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEARBY?
>> THEY WON'T HAVE LOSE WATER?
>> SOMETIMES IF WE HAVE TO DO A TIE IN OF A WATER LINE, THEY MAY LOSE WATER FOR A FEW HOURS UNTIL WE CAN GET IT TIED IN.
THAT USUALLY TAKES MAYBE FOUR HOURS OR SO.
>> I THINK THAT'S IT. ONE MORE QUESTION.
>> YOU PUT ON HERE FISCAL IMPACT, FUTURE DEBT, 609,000.
>> FUTURE DEBT IS A UPCOMING BOND THAT'S GOING TO BE ISSUED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THERE'S A PLAN FOR IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T ISSUED THAT BOND YET.
>> THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO GET STARTED BEFORE WE HAVE THE FUTURE DEBT.
>> THIS PROJECT WAS ON THE DEBT PRESENTATION THAT WE DID BACK IN NOVEMBER.
>> I SHOULD HAVE HAD A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WE HAVE A 60 DAY WINDOW OF TIME SO WE CAN STILL DO A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.
I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE NEEDED TO PROBABLY PUT ON THAT LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH THE RADIOS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEN THE IDEA IS WE'LL DO THE NOTICE OF INTENT AROUND 1ST OF MARCH AND GET THAT PROCESS STARTED.
>> THIS TIES INTO THE BOND PACKAGE.
HOW DOES HOW IS THAT AFFECTED BY ANY OF THIS? IS THE BOND GOING TO BE PAID WITH THE TOURS FUNDING OR NO?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE DEBT RATE OF THE PROPERTY TAX.
THE TOURS HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT'S NOT QUITE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A DEBT ISSUANCE.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ANDREA AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FUTURE OF LOOKING AT FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE TOURS AND BUILDING THAT TOURS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT A DEBT ISSUANCE LIKE THAT.
>> FOR THIS IT'S JUST GOING TO BE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.
I HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABLE, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
THANK YOU, STAFF. THANK YOU, CHERYL.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10.
[10. Update and discussion on remaining American Rescue Plan Act funding and future allocations. **This item requested by Mayor Cogan.]
THIS WAS MY ITEM UPDATE ON DISCUSSION OF REMAINING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ARPA FUNDING FOR FUTURE AND FUTURE ALLOCATIONS.I WANTED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK HERE.
WE'VE REALLY SPENT QUITE A BIT OF THE ALLOCATED AMOUNT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN HERE.
I THINK WE'VE GOT ALLOCATED SOMEWHERE AROUND THE REALM OF $12 MILLION.
WE SPENT ABOUT HALF OF IT SO FAR AND WANTED TO JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THESE FUNDS.
I MEAN, WE ARE JUST NOW ENTERING INTO 2024.
WE HAVE A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.
NOT SPEND THE FUNDS, BUT AT LEAST ALLOCATE THEM.
THEN SPENDING, I THINK BELIEVES IS ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO AFTERWARDS.
I'VE HAD STAFF KIND OF PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO SHOW US WHAT WE'VE SPENT, WHERE WE'VE SPENT IT IN WHICH DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING ACTUALLY AND FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TAKEN THIS OVER, BUT I HAD A FEELING IT WAS GOING TO BE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, KAREN RICK, SO KAREN, IF YOU DON'T MIND WALKING US THROUGH THIS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHICH DEPARTMENT, I'LL HAVE YOU TAKE IT AWAY.
>> CAN I USE THIS? OKAY. PERFECT. YES, WE PUT TOGETHER JUST A KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR OPERA FUNDS.
WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WHEN WE RECEIVED THEM, AND WHAT WE'VE SPENT THEM ON TO DATE.
TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, THEY HAVE TO BE OBLIGATED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, AND THEY HAVE TO BE SPENT BY THE END OF DECEMBER OF 26.
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THE DOCUMENT IS 400 AND SOMETHING PAGES.IT'S GREAT READING IF YOU'RE BORED, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU A LINK.
BUT THE TWO MAJOR RESTRICTIONS WITH THESE PARTICULAR FUNDS WERE, IS THAT YOU COULD NOT DEPOSIT THEM DE, INTO A PENSION FUND AND YOU COULDN'T USE THEM TO OFFSET ANY REDUCTION IN TAX REVENUE.
THOSE ARE YOUR REALLY MAJOR RESTRICTIONS TOTAL RECEIVED WAS A LITTLE OVER 12 MILLION,1,605,662.76 TO BE EXACT TO DATE.
WE HAVE BROUGHT FORTH ITEMS TO YOU TO APPROVE TOTALING 6.3 MILLION, SO IT LEAVES US A LITTLE OVER SIX MILLION LEFT INCLUDING ANY PROJECT SAVINGS, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
IN DECEMBER OF 22, WE CAME FORWARD WITH A RESOLUTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE ARPA GUIDANCE WAS YOU COULD GO IN AND DO THIS INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED CALCULATION TO DETERMINE WHAT YOUR REDUCTION IN REVENUE WAS.
AND THEN THE TREASURY CAME BACK AND SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT CALCULATION, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU CAN JUST DO THE STANDARD ALLOWANCE OF 10 MILLION.
HERE, WE DECIDED TO JUST DO THE 10 MILLION AND WE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD TO COUNSEL AND BASICALLY WAS SAYING THAT THE 10 MILLION WOULD BE SPENT ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES, AND THEN I KIND OF JUST GAVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE SERVICES ARE.
THESE ARE THE TOTALS BY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN OBLIGATED AND SPENT.
YOU'LL NOTICE OVER IN THE FAR COLUMN, THERE'S SOME PROJECT SAVINGS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, LET'S SAY YOU ALLOCATED 350 FOR THE AMBULANCE AND IT CAME IN AT 320, SO WE HAVE SOME PROJECT SAVINGS THAT CAN BE REALLOCATED.
I USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT THAT PROJECTS NOT FULLY COMPLETE YET.
THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE GO DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, SO YOU CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT THESE FUNDS WERE SPENT ON.
>> LOOKING AT THIS ONE, YOU'RE SEEING PROJECT SAVINGS.
WE'RE ALREADY SEEING AROUND 244,000 IN THOSE PROJECT SAVINGS, AND THERE'S STILL MORE OBVIOUSLY THAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING TO PLUG IN.
THIS IS JUST FOR HALF OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED.
>> WELL, AND I SHOULD CLARIFY, TOO.
WHEN I PULLED THESE NUMBERS WE HADN'T CLOSED DECEMBER YET, AND WE HAVEN'T FILED THAT QUARTERLY REPORT, SO THERE MAY BE, TO YOUR POINT, ADDITIONAL SAVINGS IF THOSE PROJECTS NEED TO BE CLOSED OUT. YEAH.
>> THIS IS WHERE I BREAK IT DOWN BY DEPARTMENT, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED TO EACH DEPARTMENT AND WHAT IT WAS FOR.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE SLIDE, BUT FOR COMMUNICATIONS, WE DID THE VOTE IN THE CHAT BOT SET UP.
WE DID SOME THINGS OVER IN BUILDING FACILITIES.
WE DID SOME ADA UPGRADES AND THAT LISTED THE FACILITIES FOR YOU.
THOSE WERE THE PUSH BUTTON DOORS.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF COMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE.
FACILITIES PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE. DEVELOPMENT HAS.
BOTH OF THESE ARE, ONE IS ONGOING, ONE IS COMPLETE.
WE JUST HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE INVOICE YET, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO CALL IT COMPLETE UNTIL IT WAS FINALLY PAID.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER 1.5 MILLION, AND YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THEIRS ARE COMPLETE.
ANYWHERE FROM AMBULANCE REMOUNTS TO THERMAL IMAGING TO SOME GEAR THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS NEEDED.
WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE STILL ONGOING, WHICH IS THE AMBULANCE I USED AS AN EXAMPLE EARLIER.
WE DID FINALLY RECEIVE THAT AND IT'S BEEN PUT IN SERVICE.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THOSE FINAL INVOICES TO BE PAID.
THEN A DESKTOP REFRESH, WHICH WAS THE COMPUTERS FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN EOC SUPPLIES.
PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY TIME IF I'M GOING TOO FAST OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
>> BECAUSE IT IS QUITE A BIT, LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING AND USING THESE FUNDS FOR, YOU KNOW, FIRE HELMETS, LIGHTWEIGHT GEAR, LEXIPLE, BODY ARMOR FOR OUR FIRE INVESTIGATORS.
THESE ARE ALL NEEDED THINGS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
>> I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE BODY ARMOR.
>> THANK YOU. I SHOULD HAVE HAD NOTES ON THAT.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET A $2,000 REIMBURSEMENT.
WE JUST HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT YET.
THEY'VE GOTTEN ALL THE PAPERWORK, AND SO WE EXPECT THAT I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT 10-11,000 TOTAL COST.
WE'RE EXPECTING A $2,000 REIMBURSEMENT FROM ANOTHER GRANT AGENCY TO OFFSET THAT.
WE'LL HAVE MORE PROJECT SAVINGS TO ALLOCATE.
>> AGAIN, HUMAN RESOURCES, THEIR PROJECT IS STILL ONGOING.
WE'RE REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO FINALIZE THAT SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION.
WE'RE STILL GOT SOME FEW PIECES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S STILL LISTED AS ONGOING AND NOT FINALIZED.
BUILDING C, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.
THAT'S THE ONE WE JUST BROUGHT TO YOU LAST, I THINK IT WAS BACK IN DECEMBER SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT SPACE OVER THERE IN BUILDING TO MOVE HR AND FINANCE INTO THAT FACILITY, SO THAT'S WHY THAT SAYS ONGOING.
ALL OF IT'S ARE EITHER COMPLETE OR THE IT OFFICE REMODEL.
THAT WAS AN APPROVED BUDGET ITEM IN THE '22, '23 BUDGET.
AFTER THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED,
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ANDREA FOUND SPACE FOR OUR IT STAFF IN BUILDING C, SO THOSE FUNDS WERE NOT NEEDED.THAT'S WHY THAT SAYS NOT NEEDED.
AGAIN, PROJECT SAVINGS LIBRARY.
THEY HAD A PROJECT SAVINGS OF $1.06 AND THEIR TWO PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE.
HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHASING EVERY PENNY SOMETIMES.
>> I'M GLAD YOU PUT $1.06 IN THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
>> I DON'T LEAVE ANY CENTS ON THE TABLE.
WE DID BALLISTIC GLASS FOR THE FRONT STAFF, PERFORMING ARTS.
WE HAD THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT IS OVER BY ABOUT $1,600, AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE HAD TO COME BACK OUT AND DO A SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEWS THAT WASN'T IN THE ORIGINAL COST, BUT FROM AN OVERALL STANDPOINT FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE STILL IN GOOD SHAPE.
YES, WE DID THE PARKS MASTER PLAN OUT OF THIS, AND THAT IS ALSO COMPLETE.
WE HAD TO DO THAT TO APPLY FOR THAT TEXAS PARKS GRANT.
THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAD A LITTLE OVER 2.5 MILLION, AND YOU CAN SEE THEY ALSO GOT QUITE A BIT AND MOST OF THEIR PROJECTS ARE ALSO COMPLETE.
WE HAVE EOC BACKUP TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WE WILL TOUCH ON THAT IN A LITTLE BIT TOO, AND DOOR CONTROL SECURITY IMPROVEMENT.
THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE NOT FINALIZED BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS COMPLETE FOR PD.
>> INCLUDING A NEW ROOF SYSTEMS NEED AS THE INTERIOR UPDATES DRONES.
ONE THING THAT I'M GLAD WE USED IT ON IS THE FLOCK CAMERA IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE FUTURE WITH POLICING USING THOSE FLOCK CAMERAS AND THEN BODY WORN CAMERA MOUNTS, TOURNIQUETS, GIVING OUR OFFICERS TOURNIQUETS FOR IN THE FIELD, IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER PERIMETER FENCE.
THOSE JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT FENCE WAS ON THE BOOKS FOR A WHILE BEING ON COUNSEL, AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT.
>> WELL, AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE ORIGINAL BID OR ESTIMATE FOR THAT FENCE WAS 100,000 OR SOMETHING, AND WE CAME IN CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN THAT FOR THIS, SO IT WAS QUITE PHENOMENA.
>> WE USED OUR FUNDS TO DO IT?
THE ONE THING I DID ALSO WANT TO POINT, WE ALSO DID DESKTOP REFRESH FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL, BUT THOSE DESKTOPS HAVE BEEN REFRESHED AND EVERYTHING, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO THERE.
THEN LAST ON OUR LIST, BUT NOT LEAST, THIS WAS AN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
NOT AN ORDER OF PREFERENCE IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THEY GOT A LITTLE OVER 1.2 MILLION SO FAR, AND YOU'LL NOTICE AS WELL, MOST OF THEIR PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR AND EQUIPMENT AND THEIR GATE ACCESS AND SECURITY CAMERAS.
WOULD YOU SAY, LOOKING AT ALL THESE, THAT WE PRETTY MUCH SPREAD THE WEALTH QUITE A BIT AMONG THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY, YOUR FIRE AND POLICE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS, THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF COSTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY, WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR MORE COST SAVINGS BECAUSE OF IT, WHICH IS WHY WE SPENT A LOT OF DEAL IN THERE.
THAT BEING INTO CONSIDERATION, DO YOU FEEL THAT WE'VE SPREAD THE WEALTH? I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB BASED ON THE NEEDS OF EACH DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME.
FANTASTIC. SO I GUESS THE NEXT THING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS IS, SO THAT'S WHERE WE WERE, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE AND COMPLETED WITH OUR SIX MILLION IS GOING FORWARD WHAT WE HAVE ON THE RADAR AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE RESIDENTS.
BECAUSE I THINK FOR ME, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT HERE AND THAT IS THAT OUR PHILOSOPHY NEEDS TO BE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, HOW IS THIS GOING TO SAVE RESIDENTS.
TAXPAYER MONEY. BECAUSE THIS IS MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND, WE CAN SPEND IT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
HOW CAN WE SAVE MONEY FOR THE CITY BY BEING STRATEGIC AND PUTTING THAT WITH IMPORTANCE AND GOING FORWARD FOR THAT.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE FUTURE.
ABSOLUTELY. WELL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT EVERY BUDGET YEAR IS JUST OUR CAPITAL NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY AND HOW TO FUND THOSE CAPITAL NEEDS.
WE WERE IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION LAST BUDGET YEAR AND WE'RE IN ANOTHER REALLY GOOD POSITION THIS BUDGET YEAR TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR DEBT CAPACITY WITHOUT IMPACTING OUR TAX RATE.
HOWEVER, LOOKING FORWARD GOING INTO 24, 25 BASED ON OUR CURRENT APPRAISAL VALUES, OUR DEBT CAPACITY NEXT YEAR IS MAYBE 3.5 MILLION.
OUR CAPACITY IS CHANGING BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE DEBT THAT IS BEING PAID OFF.
THIS YEAR WE'VE PAID OFF TWO ISSUANCES, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE DEBT CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE IN THIS BUDGET YEAR.
I THINK FROM A LONG-TERM PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, WE REALLY LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL PROJECT NEEDS AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE NEEDS.
WHAT WE DID IS WE SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT ABOUT, FROM A CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE, WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T PUT ON THE CAPITAL PLAN YET, BUT WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE TALKED ABOUT WE WANT TO GET THE HR AND FINANCE TEAM OUT OF BUILDING B AND INTO BUILDING C. IN DOING SO, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME RENOVATION COSTS TO THAT SPACE.
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HOWEVER, THE NEXT PIECE OF THAT WILL BE THEN DEMOING BUILDING B, AND REALLY ACTIVATING SOME MORE SPACE FOR BEDFORD COMMONS.WITH THAT, THOUGH, COMES THE RELOCATION OF THE GENERATOR, BECAUSE THE GENERATOR FOR THIS BUILDING, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR SERVER ROOM, IS ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO BUILDING A.
HOWEVER, OUR IT DEPARTMENT, THAT'S A TENTATIVE, WE MAY NOT ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO THAT.
HE THINKS THAT THE GENERATORS OR THE SERVERS, THE LEC, MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEED, AND SO WE MAY NOT HAVE TO DO ITEM NUMBER TWO, SECOND HALF.
WE HONESTLY PUT ON THERE SOME BEDFORD COMMONS ADMINITY, POND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY IN CHERYL'S PRESENTATION, THAT'S A FUTURE EXPENSE.
SOME TELECOM UPGRADES FOR OUR FIRE.
THERE ARE SOME NEEDS THAT'S SHARED AMONG ALL THE CITIES AND JOE HAS BEEN WORKING ON GETTING US SOME REALLY GOOD NUMBERS, BUT WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COST, BUT THAT WILL BE SHARED AMONG ALL THE CITIES, BUT IT WILL BE A COST TO BEDFORD.
THE LIBRARY SIGN OUT FRONT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CURRENT AND MEET THE SIGN STANDARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CHEEKS BARKER HAS BEEN A CIP PROJECT FOR A WHILE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT BEDFORD'S PORTION IS GOING TO BE.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE COULD FUND BEDFORD'S PORTION OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT.
THE OTHER THING IS THE ENTRYWAY FEATURES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THAT'S THE GATEWAY TO OUR CITY.
WE COULD USE THE FUNDS TO REALLY ADDRESS THOSE GATEWAYS AND REALLY GET PEOPLE EXCITED TO COME INTO OUR CITY.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE WERE TOSSING AROUND WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER COMING IN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.
WE KNOW WE HAVE A NEED AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAYBE FIND SOME WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT NEED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS A POSSIBILITY IS WHEN OUR SENIOR CITIZEN STAFF, OUR SENIOR CENTER STAFF MOVE OUT OF OBS AND INTO THE NEW FACILITY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S PRACTICALLY VACANT.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THAT FACILITY TO ADDRESS THE NEED, CAN WE RENOVATE IT, CAN WE MAKE SOME GALLERY SPACE, CAN WE MAKE SOME CLASSROOM SPACE TO TEACH ART CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO SET THEIR OBS RENOVATION RESTORATION JUST TO SEE IF WE CAN MEET THAT NEED OF A CULTURAL ARTS COMMUNITY.
NOT TO THE SAME STANDARD, OBVIOUSLY, THAT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WAS, BUT IT'S AN OPTION.
THEN THE OTHER THING WAS JUST SOME REAL ESTATE POTENTIALS FOR SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRANSACTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE OTHER THING WITH BUILDING B BEING DEMOED IS THAT ALSO HAS OUR EOC IN THE BASEMENT.
>> I KNOW BOYDER WOULD ALWAYS GET ONTO PEOPLE ABOUT ABBREVIATION BECAUSE I HEAR EOC TO THE LEC.
>> YES. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO STOP USING INITIALS?
>> NO. DO YOU MIND BREAKING THAT DOWN?
>> ABSOLUTELY. EOC IS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
IN THE EVENT OF A TORNADO OR A LARGE EVENT, THAT'S WHERE FOLKS GO FOR CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
SO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, LEC, IS LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER WHERE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOCATED.
I APOLOGIZE, I REALLY BAD HABIT OF DOING THAT.
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST READING IT AND I'M LIKE WE PUSH?
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT EOC, WHERE IS IT? IS IT CURRENTLY IN BUILDING B?
>> IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE BASEMENT.
>> THE BASEMENT BUILDING B, WHICH WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF OBVIOUSLY RELOCATING EVERYONE OUT IN HOPES OF DEMOLISHING THAT.
THE PLAN IS TO PUT IT INTO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.
WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BETTER OPTION ANYWAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARE GOING TO BE.
>> WE GOT THE RIGHT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM.
THE OTHER DAY, WE HAD RIT DIRECTOR LEVI, AND BOTH THE CHIEFS AND OUR FIRE MARSHALL, JOE, AND OUR ASSISTANT, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF, AND MYSELF, AND PUBLIC WORKS, CHERYL TAYLOR.
WE SAT AROUND THE ROOM, AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER HAS TO OFFER AND WOULD IT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE LEC WE THINK IT ABSOLUTELY CAN.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO VERY SMALL JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE LARGE-SCALE EVENTS AND MAKING SURE WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF A TRUE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE PUT ON HERE, AND THE ONLY REASON WHY THERE'S DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS BECAUSE MARK AND I WERE ALREADY WORKING ON AN ITEM TO BRING FORWARD TO USE ARPA DOLLARS ON A COUPLE OF PARKS PROJECTS THAT WE NEED.
WE NEED SOME LIGHTNING DETECTION AT OUR SOCCER FIELDS AT STORMY JONES AND GENERATIONS PARK, AND ALSO AT MEADOW PARK.
MEADOW PARK IS ACTUALLY A MOBILE UNIT, SO IN THE EVENT WE MOVE OFF OF THOSE FIELDS, WE CAN TAKE THAT UNIT WITH US AND MOVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S A PRICE ON THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE PRICES ON ANYTHING ELSE.
THEN THE OTHER THING IS AN ADA FITNESS EQUIPMENT AT THE CENTER.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE AN ADA ACCESSIBLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND SO THIS WOULD MEET THE NEED OF THAT COMMUNITY.
>> I THINK THAT'S MUCH NEEDED. SO THIS IS A MOBILE UNIT,
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SO WE CAN TAKE IT TOO DIFFERENT.>> WELL, THE ONE AT MEADOW PARK IS A MOBILE UNITS.
>> GOT IT. BECAUSE EVENTUALLY WHEN THE DISTRICT SELLS THAT AND THAT BECOMES DEVELOPED.
WE'RE GOING TO WANT THAT TO BE MOBILE.
>> GOT YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO SAY THANK YOU.
THIS WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I THINK IT'S A NEED TO HAVE IT IN ONE PLACE FOR US TO LOOK AT AND BREAK IT DOWN THAT WAY.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS.
I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER FOR COUNSEL.
I'LL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS TO COUNSEL.
I HAVE QUESTIONED BY COUNSEL CALLER.
>> KAREN, ANY PLANS FOR RENOVATION OR REPAIRS FOR BUILDING A, SINCE I JUST WITNESSED YOUR OFFICE.
>> YES. WE'VE GOT TRASH BAGS FUNNELING INTO TRASH CANS TO CATCH WATER.
>> WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT ON THIS LIST IS WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO HANDLE THIS ROOF.
WE CAN DO A COMPLETE ROOF REPLACEMENT.
THAT'S ABOUT, I THOUGHT I WROTE IT DOWN.
A TOTAL ROOF REPLACEMENT WOULD BE 370 AND THAT GIVES US ABOUT A 20-YEAR LIFE CYCLE.
OR WE COULD DO A RE-ROOF OVERLAY WHICH IS ABOUT 180,000 AND I THINK THAT GIVES US A 10-YEAR LIFESPAN.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING IN THIS BUILDING.
>> GO INTO THAT. I REMEMBER IT WAS SEEING YOU AND ANDREA IN THE OFFICE AND I CAME IN AND I SEE TWO GIANT TRASH CANS WITH TRASH BAGS HANGING FROM THE ROOF.
I JUST THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT IT'S GOTTEN THIS BAD AND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO WORK LIKE THAT.
BUT YEAH, IT WAS NOT A GOOD LOOK.
>> WE HAVE A GREAT FACILITIES TEAM AND THEY TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF US.
THEY TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF US.
>> THANKS MR. MAYOR. SO KAREN, WHEN IT COMES FROM THE FUTURE PROJECT FOR CHEATS BURGER, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH COLLEYVILLE WHEN THEY PLAN TO START? SO IT MAKES SENSE TO START OUR PORTION.
>> I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ANDREA.
I KNOW SHE'S HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS ON THAT.
>> WE'RE IN COMPLETE DIALOGUE RIGHT NOW WITH COLLEYVILLE, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY.
THEN ALSO ANOTHER ENTITY IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
WE'RE REALLY STILL VERY EARLY, EVERYONE'S ON BOARD.
WE KNOW WE WANT TO PARTNER INITIALLY, THINGS GOT KICKED OFF WITH A, HEY, LET'S DO A PRELIMINARY AND LET'S GET GOING AND WE'LL SPLIT IT WAYS.
WE SAID, LET'S JUST TAKE A STEP BACK.
OUR PORTION IS NOT QUITE A THREE-WAY SPLIT.
WHAT WE'VE LOOKED FOR NOW IS CAN WE TAKE A STEP BACK AND DO A VERY PRELIMINARY LOOK SO THAT WE CAN START TO IDENTIFY THIS IS THE COLLEYVILLE PORTION, THIS IS THE COUNTY PORTION, THIS IS THE CITY PORTION.
THIS WOULD HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THAT FIRST STEP THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR.
I'M THINKING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A MORE DIGESTIBLE NUMBER THAT WE CAN ALSO LOOK INTO.
IF WE OVERPAY, WE WOULD THEN GET A REFUND BACK BASED ON THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THAT PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE ALREADY FUNDED, BUT THEY'RE ONGOING.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE HUMAN RESOURCE SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION, THAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING UPGRADES THAT WE INITIALLY GET THE SOFTWARE AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR LIKE A LONGEVITY TYPE THING.
>> THAT IS ACTUALLY BUILT INTO THE HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONAL BUDGET IN THE FUND.
THIS IS JUST STRICTLY ONE TIME IMPLEMENTATION COST.
>> THAT WAS MY THING ALSO WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION INVESTMENTS WE MADE WITH FLASH BOAT IN THE CHAT BOT.
FLASH BOAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S LIKE A SUBSCRIPTION OR SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DID ONE TIME JUST TO TEST IT OUT AND THEN SEE IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH IT.
>> WITH ARPA FUNDS, YOU CANNOT SPEND IT ON ONGOING COST.
>> YOU CAN ONLY SPEND IT ON ONE TIME EXPENDITURE.
YOU CAN USE IT FOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR SOFTWARE.
BUT IF THERE IS AN ONGOING COST, THEN I'LL USE MOLLY AS AN EXAMPLE.
THEN THAT WOULD BE IN MOLLY'S OPERATIONAL PROJECT.
>> OKAY. WE TOOK THE ARPA FUNDS TO EXPERIMENT, GIVING US IF WE LIKE IT, THEN WE'LL HAVE IT IN OPERATION?
>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER SABLE.
>> THE FUTURE ARPA PROJECTS, IF YOU TAKE ALL THOSE AND THEM UP, IS THAT SIX MILLION?
>> I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU. I REALLY DON'T.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY YES OR NO BECAUSE PROBABLY NOT.
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I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY STILL UTILIZE IT FOR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, WHETHER IT BE STREETS OR SIDEWALKS, OR SOME PUBLIC WORKS, WATER AND LINES, SEWER LINES, THINGS LIKE THAT.OR IF WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER FACILITY RENOVATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HANDLE.
THIS WAS JUST KIND OF OUR FIRST OR THE ROOF.
>> THIS WAS KIND OF OUR FIRST IDEA OF WE KNOW WE'VE GOT CAPITAL NEEDS AND IF YOU LIKE THIS LIST AND YOU THINK THIS IS A GOOD LIST, THEN WE CAN START GETTING COST ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SO THAT WE KIND OF KNOW WELL, WE STILL HAVE THREE MILLION ON THE TABLE THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH.
>> THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION I WANTED TO HAVE TODAY IS LOOKING WHERE AT AND IS COUNCIL GOOD WITH THE LIST THAT WE HAVE? I'M HEARING ALSO ON HERE ABOUT ADDING SOMETHING ABOUT ROOF REPAIRS FOR BUILDING A PUTTING THAT ON THE LIST AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT GOING FORWARD.
ALSO TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER SABLE ABOUT ALL THESE TOTALING SIX MILLION IF YOU TAKE OUT THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.
BECAUSE THAT COULD BE, WHO KNOWS WHAT? I GUESS THAT QUESTION IS FOR YOU, KAREN.
WE TAKE OUT THAT YOU THINK WE'LL BE SOMEWHERE.
>> HONESTLY, IF YOU TAKE THAT OUT, PROBABLY TWO TO THREE, THAT'S ME PULLING A NUMBER OUT OF THE SKY.
>> PLEASE DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT.
>> ON THAT REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION, OBVIOUSLY, WE CANNOT DISCUSS.
>> WELL, NO, I'M NOT, I WASN'T PLANNING ON IT.
>> BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN ABOUT THE 1.5 MILLION RANGE.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ABOUT 1.5 MILLION THERE, JUST FOR THAT.
EXCELLENT. I GUESS FROM US, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? OUR BLESSING TO KIND OF BLESS THIS LIST AND [OVERLAPPING]
>> SET AHEAD AND ALSO ADDING INTO THAT REPAIRS FOR THIS BUILDING.
>> ABSOLUTELY. YES. IF YOU GIVE ME YOUR BLESSING, WE WILL START PULLING FIGURES TOGETHER AND QUOTES TOGETHER, BECAUSE ALSO WITH ARPA, I STILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND HAVE EACH ITEM APPROVED.
>> SO WE WOULD STILL COME FORWARD WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, PROJECT BY PROJECT.
>> ALL RIGHT. BEFORE I MOVE ON, ANY OTHER LAST QUESTIONS HERE? YEAH. COUNCILOR SABLE.
>> MONTHS AND MONTHS OR MAYBE A YEAR AGO WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FIRE STATIONS WERE NOT UP TO PAR [OVERLAPPING]
>> AND THEY'RE NOT ON THE LIST.
NOT THE ONE THAT WE'RE TEARING DOWN A BUILDING, BUT THE TWO OTHERS.
>> I HAVE THOSE CURRENTLY SLATED ON THE BOND ISSUANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR.
WE'VE GOT FOUR MILLION SLATED FOR THEM, AND WE ARE DOING A WALK THROUGH WITH AN ARCHITECT NEXT WEEK TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THOSE FACILITIES.
AND THAT'LL KIND OF HELP US FIGURE OUT IF THAT FOUR MILLION THAT WE HAVE SLATED IN THE BOND ISSUANCE IS GOING TO BE WHAT WE NEED OR DO WE NEED TO PIVOT.
>> YOU DON'T REALLY EVEN KNOW WHAT THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR THOSE TWO BUILDINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE SIZABLE?
>> ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. WHAT I'M GETTING IS THAT OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WE ARE SUMMING UP WERE TO GO ON THIS LIST, I THINK WE APPROVE OF GOING FORWARD WITH THIS.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WORK MAKING SURE WE SPEND EVERY SINGLE CENT OF THAT SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE. [LAUGHTER]
>> I PUT $1.06 ON THAT SLIDE SO YES.
>> EXACTLY. [LAUGHTER] BUT I THINK THE OVERARCHING, I GUESS GOALS OF COUNCIL USING THIS MONEY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OFFSETTING THOSE COSTS IN THE END, SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY.
THAT IS I THINK COUNCIL'S WISH GOING FORWARD IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME MONEY ON IT, IT'S GOING TO BE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SAVING THAT MONEY DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT BIG KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
I THINK WAS MUCH NEEDED. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS.
[OVERLAPPING] ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE SENOR? THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR THAT.
[11. Mayor/Council Member Reports]
NEXT WE HAVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.I HAVE A LONG LIST OF THINGS TO DO.
ON JANUARY 10TH, I TOOK PART IN THE HEB CHAMBERS YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
IT WAS THEIR FIRST MEETING WITH THE NEW GROUP OF STUDENTS, AND MAYOR WILSON AND MAYOR MARTIN AND MYSELF WERE INVITED TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY, WHY WE CHOSE TO RUN FOR OFFICE, AND WHAT'S LIKE BEING MAYOR.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE SESSION, WE TOOK QUESTIONS AND SHARED ALL THREE CITIES AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JOINED TOGETHER TO SERVE ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE IN HEB.
IN JANUARY 18TH, MYSELF, AND MARIS FROM CROWLEY LAKE WORTH LAKESIDE AND SANSOM PARK ALL TOOK PART IN THE 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT RANKING PROCESS.
I REVIEWED VARIOUS CBDG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FROM CITIES ACROSS TERRAN COUNTY AND RANKED THEM ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I ALSO LEARNED WHILE I WAS AT THAT MEETING THAT TERRAN COUNTY RECEIVED OVER $10 MILLION FROM THE STATE TO DISPERSE FOR ICE MITIGATION EFFORTS.
WE'RE STILL GETTING IDEA WHAT WE CAN USE THAT FOR.
BUT THEY DID LET US KNOW ABOUT THAT SO WE'RE IN
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DISCUSSION TO SEE WHAT THAT CRITERIA IS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO APPLY FOR SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS ARE NEEDED.
I'M SO GLAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BECAUSE I'M HERE TO NOT GET WINED AND DINED AT SOME MEETING.
I WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE. I WANT TO DO THE WORK AND HELP THE RESIDENTS.
BY DOING THAT, I KNOW I LEARNED OF THESE NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO HOPEFULLY GET US SOME GRANTS FOR THE CITY.
THAT WAS A HUGE BENEFIT FOR ME TO TAKE PART IN THAT.
LET'S SEE, ALSO ON JANUARY 20TH, THIS PAST SATURDAY, I WAS INVITED AS THE GUEST OF HONOR TO THE NEPALESE SOCIETY OF TEXAS, SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR THEIR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEPALESE SOCIETY.
THEIR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO CREATE A HARMONIOUS, INCLUSIVE, AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY MEMBER'S TALENT IS UTILIZED AND THEIR COLLECTIVE AND COMMON INTEREST ARE REPRESENTATIVE.
SOME OF THEIR OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROMOTE NAPOLI CULTURE AND VALUES IN DFW AND BEYOND.
TO RUN EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TO COORDINATE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS ACTUALLY IN ULUS FOR TEXAS.
THEY'VE CREATED QUITE A LARGE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY HERE IN DFW.
I OFFERED OBVIOUSLY, MY ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY WONDERFUL CEREMONY THAT THEY DISPLAYED THERE.
LASTLY, IT'S WITH DEEP SORROW THAT I HAVE TO REPORT THAT OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND BEDFORD RESIDENT, RACHELLE ROSS, HAS PASSED AWAY AFTER HER BATTLE WITH CANCER.
I KNOW THAT RACHELLE, SHE LOVED THIS DISTRICT, LOVED GB, AND ABOVE ELSE LOVED THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY THAT SHE SERVED.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO RACHELLE'S FAMILY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER REPORTS? COMER DAWKINS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR FOR THE SENTIMENTS FOR OUR FELLOW SERVANT, RACHELLE ROSS.
SHE WAS DEFINITELY A LIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SHE'LL BE MISSED.
>> I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF YOUR ACTIVITIES YOU ATTENDED.
THE BLOCK GRANT RATING PROCESS, IS THERE GOING TO BE COMMUNICATION LIKE IF IS BEDFORD GOING TO WIN WHEN IT [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'LL ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
THE WAY THIS WORKS, AND AGAIN THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING IT, IS WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPINGS OF CITIES.
I'M NOT RANKING BEDFORD'S PROJECTS BECAUSE I'D SIT THERE AND FIGHT FOR BEDFORD TO BE NUMBER 1 BUT INSTEAD THEY RANK IT AND IT'S BASED ON CRITERIA OF BASICALLY, WE TOOK A LOOK AT ALL OF THEIR BUDGETS, HOW MUCH CAPACITY THEY HAVE TO PUT FOR LEVERAGE FOR THOSE, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AWARD ALLOTTED AMOUNTS.
THESE WERE ALREADY KIND OF APPROVED.
THE DIFFERENCE WAS HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE FOR THEM, ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE? THE DIFFERENCE WAS PROBABLY BETWEEN $30, 40,000.
THEY'RE GETTING MONEY REGARDLESS OF JUST HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO ALLOCATE THERE.
I DID FIND THAT ONE OF THE HUGE WEIGHTED CRITERIA WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY WAS INVOLVED IN THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ATTEND TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, AND WE'RE UP ON IT BECAUSE THAT WAS HEAVILY WEIGHTED FOR THAT.
THAT'S A GOOD THING TO KNOW FOR COUNCIL.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT.
[12. City Manager/Staff Reports]
INTERIM CITY MANAGER REPORT, ANDREA ROY.I DON'T HAVE A REPORT THIS EVENING.
I THANK YOU FOR THE LIGHT AGENDA ON MY FIRST MEETING AS WELL.
I DID JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE THAT THE FEBRUARY 13TH MEETING, WE PLAN TO DO A YMCA UPDATE.
AFTER WRAPPING UP LAST YEAR, 2023, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE NUMBERS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF THAT, SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.
THEN ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GET NODDING HEADS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BRINGING BACK AN UPDATE FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
IF YOU ALL AMENABLE, WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA AS WELL AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
>> I'VE SEEN A LOT OF NODDING KIDS.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI IS NOT HERE, SO THIS MEETING IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I THINK I DID SEE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> AYE. TIME IS 7:09. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.