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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, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
WHAT A GORGEOUS DAY WE HAVE HAD.
AMEN. NOW YOUR HEART'S WITH ME TONIGHT IN PRAYER.
AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE TONIGHT.
BUT BECAUSE OF YOU, WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS US.
I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE GIVER OF LIFE, AND YOU ARE THE SUSTAINER OF LIFE.
AND YOU ARE HERE IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT.
I THANK YOU FOR THE MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND I ASK YOU TONIGHT, AS DELIBERATIONS ARE MADE ON VARIOUS TOPICS TONIGHT, THAT YOU BE WITH THEM TO GUIDE AND DIRECT THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR MINDS, GIVE THEM CLARITY OF THOUGHT ON EACH AND EVERY ITEM.
AND AGAIN, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE, FOR ALL THAT YOU MEAN TO US, FOR ALL THE GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US ON A DAILY BASIS.
THE PSALMIST SAID THAT YOU LOAD US DAILY WITH YOUR BLESSINGS.
WE FEEL THAT WE KNOW THAT AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE.
NOW BE IN THIS PLACE AND BE IN EVERY HEART.
WE PRAY. IN CHRIST'S NAME WE ASK, AMEN AND AMEN.
AMEN. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS, YOU MIND LEADING US WITH THE PLEDGES? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.
THANK YOU, MR. KINCAID, FOR THE WONDERFUL PRAYER.
[PRESENTATION ]
QUARTER ENDING IN DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.WELCOME TO THE MIC, FINANCE DIRECTOR, BRADY OLSON.
AND WE ALSO RECENTLY HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT'S NORMALLY PAID MORE TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL SPEND THAT OUT OVER THE REST OF THE YEAR ON OUR NORMAL OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN INTEREST EARNINGS THIS QUARTER.
THAT'S COMPARED TO ABOUT 700,000 THE QUARTER LAST YEAR.
SO WE DO CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM A SLIGHTLY STRONGER INVESTMENT MARKET.
BUT TIM PINON WITH VALLEY VIEW IS HERE TO PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAIL ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PORTFOLIO OVERALL INCREASED FROM 107 MILLION AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO 118 MILLION AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WHICH IS THE CITY'S FIRST FISCAL QUARTER.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS THE THE BALANCES IN THE CASH EQUIVALENTS, THE CHECKING ACCOUNT, THE MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS, THOSE STAYED ABOUT RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME, ALMOST IDENTICAL. AND SO THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT CAME IN WERE INVESTED IN LONGER TERM SECURITIES TO TO LOCK IN SOME OF THOSE RATES FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THE OVERALL RETURN ON THE PORTFOLIO IS 5.2%.
WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT, BRADY CAME BACK AND SAID, IS THAT RIGHT? IS IT EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS A QUARTER AGO? BECAUSE THAT IS KIND OF UNIQUE, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST A REFLECTION OF HOW STABLE THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT HAS FINALLY BEEN SINCE THE LAST FED INCREASE IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. SO YEAH, SURPRISINGLY, THE RATES WERE EXACTLY THE SAME FOR THE FOR THE SAME QUARTER TO QUARTER INTEREST EARNINGS.
BRADY HAD MENTIONED IT WAS A ONE AND ONE HALF MILLION, ALMOST TWICE OF WHAT IT WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AGAIN REFLECTIVE OF THE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER INTEREST RATE THAT WE ARE IN NOW THAN WE WERE.
AND THEN HERE'S HOW THAT 5.2% COMPARES TO THE BENCHMARKS WE LOOK AT.
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AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE IN SUCH A RAPIDLY RISING INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, THE PORTFOLIO IS GOING TO TEND TO TRAIL THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT OLDER MATURITY OR OLDER INVESTMENTS THAT ARE MATURING AT A LOWER RATE.AND SO AS THOSE ROLL OFF, THEY'LL BE REPLACED WITH HIGHER EARNING INTEREST RATES.
AND THEN THIS IS A LOOK AT THE YIELD CURVE.
AND WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THINGS STAYING THE SAME.
THE RED LINE IS THIS YEAR'S AS OF LAST DECEMBER.
THE BLUE LINE IS A YEAR AGO DECEMBER.
THE GREEN LINE WAS LAST SEPTEMBER.
SO YOU SEE IT KIND OF LIFTED UP.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN DECEMBER OF 22 WE WERE AROUND FOUR AND A QUARTER TO 4.5%.
NOW WE'RE BETWEEN THAT FIVE AND A QUARTER AND 5.5%.
SO YOU SEE THAT SEPARATION ON THE VERY FAR LEFT SIDE OF THE GRAPH.
OTHER THAN THAT IT'S ALMOST IDENTICAL TO WHERE IT WAS.
SO IT'S REALLY BEEN VERY STABLE.
STILL AN INVERTED YIELD CURVE WHICH IS VERY UNCOMMON.
AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENTS.
IT'S BEEN REALLY STABLE SINCE JULY.
WE'RE STILL AT THAT FIVE AND A QUARTER, 5.5%.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE MARKETS.
CONSENSUS SEEMS TO BE WE'VE PEAKED HERE.
NOW THE QUESTION IS WHEN IS IT GOING TO GO LOWER.
AND IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE LAST TIME AND THEN WHERE THEY ARE NOW.
YOU KIND OF SEE THAT IN MARCH.
THEY THOUGHT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DROP 25 BASIS POINTS.
AND THEY THOUGHT BY THE END OF 24 JANUARY 25TH RATES ARE GOING TO BE DOWN TO AROUND 4%.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE FIVE AND A 4:45 AND A HALF.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT ONE AND ONE AND A 12:45 AND A HALF POINTS COMING OFF THOSE OVERNIGHT RATES.
THEN JUST MORE RECENTLY THEY'VE KIND OF THEY'VE PUSHED IT BACK FROM A MARCH DECREASE TO A MAY OR MAYBE A JUNE DECREASE IN OF 25 BASIS POINTS. AND SO STILL ENDING UP AT AROUND 4% AT THE END OF JANUARY OF 25.
BUT AGAIN, JUST KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS ECONOMIC DATA COMES OUT.
AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THERE WAS NEWS TODAY THAT THE JANUARY INFLATION NUMBERS CAME OUT.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE STOCK MARKET, IT WAS DOWN QUITE A BIT TODAY.
AND IT WAS BECAUSE THOSE INTEREST RATES, INFLATION RATES CAME UP HIGHER THAN EVERYONE WAS EXPECTING.
THIS IS A QUICK LOOK AT THE INTEREST RATE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND WE LOOKED AT THE CD RATES.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF THE HIGHEST RATES WE GET WHEN WE GO OUT.
AND WE SOLICIT A WIDE RANGE OF BANKS.
SO ON THE LEFT SIDE THOSE ARE NOT NECESSARILY YOUR AVERAGE CD RATES.
THESE ARE THE MOST THE BEST RATES WE ARE SEEING.
BUT ONCE YOU GET THERE, THE BANKS WILL REALLY BEGIN PULLING BACK.
A LOT OF TIMES THE BANKS DON'T EVEN RESPOND BEYOND A YEAR.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET. SO NORMALLY YOU KIND OF BUILD A LADDER YOU PUT OUT FURTHER ON THE END, BUT NOW YOU'RE SACRIFICING INTEREST RATES TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT, THAT TO LOCK IN THAT RETURN, YOU CAN'T LOCK IN THE HIGHER RETURNS BECAUSE OF THAT INVERTED YIELD CURVE.
AND SO AGAIN, 2% INFLATION RATE IS STILL THE GOAL THAT THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS.
THE INITIAL FOURTH QUARTER GDP CAME OUT REALLY STRONG AT 3.3%.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 3.7% IS REALLY GOOD.
AND THEN THE CORE, PERSONAL CONSUMPTION, INFLATION MEASURE IS AT 2.9%.
THAT'S WHEN YOU TAKE OUT FOOD AND ENERGY.
MEDIAN. THE HOUSING IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE MEDIAN OF AN EXISTING HOME IS GOING UP.
IT'S UP 4.4% WHERE IT WAS, NEW HOMES ARE DOWN ABOUT 14%.
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AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU'RE IN A HOME AND YOU'RE LOOKING TO MOVE, YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT A 3% INTEREST RATE.AND NOW IF YOU MOVE, YOU'D BE PICKING UP A 6.5% INTEREST MORTGAGE RATE.
AND SO EXISTING HOMEOWNERS ARE RELUCTANT TO SELL.
SO IT'S KIND OF CAUSING PEOPLE TO HOLD ON TO THEIR HOME LONGER.
AND NEW HOMES ARE ACTUALLY COMING DOWN, I THINK 14% YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND AGAIN, THE 30 YEAR MORTGAGE, 6.63%.
WE HAD GOTTEN CLOSE TO 7% OR RIGHT AT 7%.
SO IT'S COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT STILL SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT IT HAD BEEN.
SO THE STRATEGY IS TO CONTINUE LADDERING.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A TRICKY ENVIRONMENT TO DO THAT.
LADDERING BECAUSE YOU ARE GIVING UP SOME YIELD.
WHERE IS THAT SWEET SPOT OF HOW FAR OUT DO YOU GO AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU TIM I APPRECIATE IT.
MEG, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M GOOD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I CHANGED THINGS UP THIS YEAR.
IT DID LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT STORMWATER FEES NEVER CHANGE.
SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THERE WASN'T A PDF DOCUMENT OF A QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND SO THE PUBLIC SIDE WILL NOW BE THROUGH THE CLEAR GOV WEBSITE.
AND SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S LINKED ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL FOR PEOPLE TO FIND, OF A POSITIVE NOTE.
ALSO, WE WERE ABLE TO DO A PRETTY NICE DRILL DOWN ON THE ARPA SPENDING SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS COULD LOOK A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY AT EACH OF THE APPROVED PROJECTS AND SEE WHERE EACH OF THE DEPARTMENT AREAS ARE IN REGARDS TO SPENDING TOWARDS THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED OVER THAT PLATFORM.
SO IT DOES LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO BUT LOOKING AT ALL YOUR FUNDS, YOU CAN SEE GREEN BARS ARE REVENUE, BLUE BARS ARE EXPENDITURES.
AND SO YOU'RE NOT SEEING REALLY ANY EXPENDITURES IN THOSE FUNDS AT THIS MOMENT.
BUT AGAIN, NO, EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH PACING IN A WAY THAT WE WOULD EXPECT, WHETHER IT'S A SEASONALLY BASED REVENUE STREAM OR SOME OTHER TIMING. OF COURSE, PROPERTY TAXES START TO HIT MORE IN JANUARY, SO WE'LL SEE A NICE INCREASE IN OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE WITH QUARTER TWO.
SO WE TO DIAL IN MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHAT WE FOCUSED ON WERE THOSE MORE VOLATILE REVENUE STREAMS, THE ONES THAT ARE CRUCIAL AND CORE TO OUR OPERATIONS, THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON.
SO, OF COURSE, THE FIRST ONE IS SALES TAX.
AS A AND YOU CAN SEE HERE WITH THE CHART, THE TWO COMPONENTS OF OUR SALES TAX.
SO THE PURPLE IS THE PORTION THAT GOES INTO OUR FOUR B FUND.
THE GREEN IS WHAT GOES INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S OUR 1% GENERAL PLUS OUR HALF A PERCENT FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'RE STILL SEEING THOSE SLIGHT INCREASES.
BUT IT IS STARTING TO LEVEL OUT.
BUT AS SALES TAX IS DELAYED ABOUT TWO MONTHS, THAT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE THING WE CAN SEE.
THESE CHARTS COME FROM ONE OF OUR CONTRACTING AGENCIES, ZACK TAX.
AND SO THEY DO A LOT OF DEEP DIVE.
THEY HAVE MANY CLIENTS WITHIN THE STATE.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING STATEWIDE DATA.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THAT SECOND CHART ON THE RIGHT THE GREEN IS THE 12 MONTH AVERAGES THERE.
AND WE'RE SEEING THOSE THOSE REALLY HIGH SPIKES.
AND IT'S STARTING TO LEVEL OUT.
THE 36 MONTH SMOOTHS OUT THOSE INCREASES.
BUT WE'RE STILL ON AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY.
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I DO KNOW ZACK TAX IS PROJECTING ON THE STATEWIDE SALES TAX WILL BE LEVELING OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR WATER AND SEWER CHARGES.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE SEWER PRETTY STABLE.
SO TAKES OUT ANY ANOMALIES FOR POOL FILLING FOR WATERING.
AND SO WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THOSE INCREASES THERE ARE BASED ON THE RATES.
AND THEN WATER WHICH HAS A LITTLE MORE VOLATILITY WITH THE SEASONAL YOU CAN SEE OUR Q ONE.
BUT AN INCREASE THERE WITH THE RATES GOING INTO EFFECT, FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
NOW, I DO WANT TO NOTE I SHOULD HAVE NOTED THIS EARLIER.
THESE WON'T NECESSARILY MATCH SPECIFICALLY TO THE FINANCIAL DATA THAT YOU SEE IN THE REPORTS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY BASED ON TIMING BASED ON ACCOUNTING PRACTICES.
SO WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO HERE IS, IS LOOK AT OUR SEPARATE TRACKING.
SO IF SOMEONE WAS DELINQUENT IN Q1 OF LAST YEAR THAT NUMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
THIS NUMBER INCLUDES AFTER THEY'VE PAID US BACK.
AND SO THAT'S SOME EXPLANATION ON DIFFERENCES.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR FINANCIAL REPORT AND WHY IT'S NOT AN EXACT MATCH.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE 2024 APPEARS TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE HAVE THREE DELINQUENT PROPERTIES AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO COLLECT THAT REVENUE THAT'S RIGHTFULLY OURS.
BUT THAT IS WHY 2024 APPEARS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT DROP.
IT'S NOT A DROP IN HOTEL USAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S. WE'RE WAITING ON PAYMENTS.
THE ORANGE BARS NEXT TO THEM IS SHOWING THEIR ACTUAL SPEND THROUGH Q1.
AND SO TRIED THERE ON TWO DIFFERENT CHARTS SO THAT THE SCALING IS NOT TOO OUT OF WHACK WITH OUR LARGE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT BUDGETS VERSUS OUR MUCH SMALLER ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
SO NOTHING SIGNIFICANT OF CONCERN WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING OUR REPORTS.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE INFORMATION.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MEG. JUST JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR.
ALSO, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE, WE CAN DO THAT.
WE'LL HAVE A LINK AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE LEAR.
GOV. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT FUND BALANCES AND ALL THAT, ALL THAT FUN STUFF ON THERE.
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN YOU CAN GO INTO THE PACKET AND THE LINK IS LIVE OUT OF THE COMMUNIQUE.
BUT YES, WE WILL ALSO HAVE IT UP ON THE WEBSITE, AND PROMOTE AS, AS NECESSARY.
AWESOME. AND THEN THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX JUST BECAUSE IT'S JUST, JUST WANT TO REITERATE.
SO WE'RE GOING AFTER THE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE DELINQUENT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS NEXT TIME.
HOPEFULLY THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD BE I SINCERELY HOPE SO.
COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.
SO, MEG, GOING BACK TO THE THREE DELINQUENT PROPERTIES, IS IT? I KNOW WE USUALLY HAVE 1 OR 2.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO.
I DO KNOW THEY'RE SOME OF OUR LARGEST PROPERTIES.
AND SO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE NOT PAID IS REFLECTIVE ON ON WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE SITTING.
SO A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF THEM ARE THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE THAT HAPPENS SPORADICALLY.
ONE OF THEM, I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, IS IN THE MIDST OF CHANGING HANDS.
AND THERE'S ALSO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
SO I DO KIND OF CONSIDER THAT ONE AT LEAST KIND OF AN ANOMALY OFF TO THE SIDE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.
IS THAT THE AMOUNT, GIVE OR TAKE? YEAH, TO OUR BEST ESTIMATE.
I THINK THIS WAS I THINK THAT WAS THE ONE THAT HAD A HIGHER NUMBER THAT WE'VE HAD DELINQUENCY ON.
SO IT IS ONE OF THE LARGER NUMBERS.
AND THE GOOD NEWS WITH THAT IS THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
THEY'RE CHANGING OWNERSHIP AND CHANGING FLAGS.
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PAYMENTS. THANK YOU MAYOR.THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.
[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT ]
GIVE YOU INTERIM CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.GOOD EVENING. HERE. I'VE GOT TWO ITEMS FOR YOU.
FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING.
AND THE SECOND ITEM IS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE, TO ENTER INTO A FIVE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY GROUP INCORPORATED FOR CONTINUED SERVICE AND SUPPORT OF THE EXISTING FLOCK SAFETY FALCON CAMERA SYSTEM AT AN ANNUAL COST OF $17,500, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACTED COST OF $87,500.
THIS ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY TO APPROVE A FIVE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION WITH THE FLOCK SAFETY GROUP FOR SERVICE AND SUPPORT OF OUR EXISTING FLOCK SAFETY CAMERA SYSTEM, AND THE AMOUNT OF 17,000. THIS DOES INCLUDE THE COST OF MAINTENANCE ON THAT ON THOSE CAMERAS, AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO ESSENTIALLY LOCK IN TO A RATE THAT OTHERWISE COULD BE INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY. SO WE'VE BOUGHT OURSELVES FIVE YEARS ON THAT AND IT IS A BUDGETED ITEM AS WELL.
COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS OVER THESE CONSENT ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I SEE A FIRST BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG OUR AGENDA.
[3. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone the property described as Lot 3B Block 4 Airport Freeway Center from Heavy Commercial to Heavy Commercial/Specific Use Permit-Kennels (Breeding, Training, or Boarding) and the property is generally located southwest of the Brown Trail and Racquet Club Drive intersection, commonly known as 1321 Brown Trail Suite D. (SUP-23-14). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0-0. ]
WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS.WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT THREE B BLOCK FOUR, AIRPORT FREEWAY CENTER FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL SPECIFIC USE PERMIT KENNELS, BREEDING, TRAINING OR BOARDING.
AND THE PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF BROWN TRAIL AND RACKET CLUB DRIVE INTERSECTION, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1321 BROWN TRAIL, SUITE D, I GIVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS AN SUP REQUEST FOR A KENNEL OR BOARDING FACILITY LOCATED THERE AT 1321 BROWN TRAIL, SUITE D.
THERE'S A BETTER SLIDE COMING UP, BUT IT'S THAT BLUE DOCK IS A BLUE DOT.
IS THE IDENTIFYING THE SUITE IN QUESTION A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE SITE? THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED IN 86, WITH THREE BUILDINGS ON SITE FOR A TOTAL OF 15,000FT² OF LEASE SPACE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO USE ONE OF THE SUITES.
YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S LISTED OUT IN THIS DEFINITION, THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WERE THE WAS THE SIZE OF THIS FACILITY OF THE SUITE IN QUESTION AND THE NOT WANTING TO ALLOW ANY LARGER ANIMALS THAN CATS.
SO THAT WAS PART OF THEIR CONDITIONS.
THE THERE ARE NO, EXTERIOR CHANGES BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS APPLICATION.
AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT MORE ZOOMED IN PICTURE OF THE SITE IN QUESTION, THE YELLOW DOT.
HERE IS WHAT REPRESENTS THE SUITE, SITE PHOTOS AND SURROUNDING PROPERTY PHOTOS THERE.
A SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE RESTAURANT AND BANK TO THE NORTH IN AN EXISTING STRIP CENTER, PAWN SHOP, RETAIL TO THE SOUTH OFFICE AND A DOG BOARDING FACILITY ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST.
WE NOTIFIED 12 ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST, AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 0, WITH THE CONDITION THAT ONLY CATS BE BOARDED AT THE FACILITY.
OKAY. AND THE WHOLE REASON FOR LIMITING THAT IS JUST DUE TO SPACE.
I THINK THAT'S JUST THEIR SPECIALTY.
THEY HAD NO PROBLEM WITH LIMITING IT TO CATS ONLY.
OKAY. AND, ONE, ONE OTHER QUESTION I DO HAVE IN THIS BUILDING, IN THIS SUITE, IS THERE ANY SHARED VENTILATION GOING ON THERE? WHAT? IT APPEARED FROM LOOKING AT THE UNITS OUTSIDE, IT SEEMS LIKE EACH SUITE HAS THEIR OWN.
I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE ABOUT THE VENTILATION OF THE BUILDINGS.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT DURING THECO PROCESS.
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I FIGURED I'D THROW THAT OUT THERE THOUGH.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BUT WE DO.
WE DO LOOK AT THAT DURING THAT PROCESS.
YEAH WE LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOT PROPER VENTILATION FOR THE USE THAT'S GOING IN.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR WES? COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.
HOW MANY CATS PER CAPITA CAN WE PUT IN THAT THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT PLACE? IT'S NOT A TRICK QUESTION.
THE THE APPLICANT DID NOT PROVIDE A LIMIT AS TO HOW MANY CATS THEY WOULD BE HAVING.
WHAT DOES THE FIRE MARSHAL SAY? THEY HAD NO CONCERNS WITH THE WITH THE USE.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER, DID YOU HAVE AN ITEM? OH, OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? CAT PER CAPITA.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE. THAT MIGHT BE A FIRST.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 626.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY GOOD? I KNOW, WAITING FOR THE CLOCK TO TICK.
SEEING NOBODY COMING UP, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. OOPS, SORRY.
ALL RIGHT. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC HEARING.
[4. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone the property described as Lot 1, Block 1 Crestview Addition from Light Commercial to Light Commercial/Specific Use Permit- Gasoline Service Station with pump island for an existing commercial building. The property is located on the north side of West Pipeline Road and east of Forest Ridge Drive commonly known as 800 Forest Ridge Drive. (SUP-23-21). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0-0. ]
AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE, CRESTVIEW ADDITION FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL.SPECIFIC USE PERMIT GASOLINE SERVICE STATION WITH PUMP ISLAND FOR AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
ALL RIGHT, WES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INSTALLING PUMP STATIONS AND EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORES LOCATED THERE AT THE CORNER OF PIPELINE AND FOREST RIDGE.
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.
THERE WERE WHEN THIS SITE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AS A 7-ELEVEN.
THERE WERE PUMP STATIONS THERE.
SOMETIME SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THEY TOOK OUT THE PUMP STATIONS, WHEN STAFF WHEN STAFF WAS APPROACHED BY THE APPLICANT, WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND THE ORIGINAL PUMP STATIONS WERE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
SO SINCE IT WAS A CHANGE TO THE SITE PLAN, WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
ZONING ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE AN SUP FOR ANY TYPE OF GASOLINE SERVICE PUMP ISLANDS SITE PLANS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWS THE EXISTING BUILDING, EXISTING PARKING, NO CHANGES TO THE PARKING ON THE SITE, AND ALSO THE EXISTING OR THE PROPOSED CANOPY FOR THE GAS PUMP ISLANDS. ONE CONCERN THAT STAFF HAD WAS TO MAKE SURE THE CANOPY STAYED OUT OF THE FIRE LANE, AND THAT THE SITE PLAN IS MEETING THAT CONCERN.
SITE PHOTOS AND SURROUNDING AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A SCREENING WALL TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY, BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORE AND THEN SURROUNDING LAND USES RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH, OFFICE TO THE WEST, AND THEN CITY OF ULYSSES TO THE SOUTH.
WE NOTIFIED 19 ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MISS. ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR WES ON THIS ONE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 629.
AND AGAIN, I CAN SEE A MAD RUSH FOR THE STAGE.
SO WEST, WHO WERE YOU ROOTING FOR IN THE SUPER BOWL? NO ONE. WHEN I WAS IN THE SUPER BOWL, TAYLOR SWIFT, MISS TAYLOR SWIFT, WASN'T IT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. ME TOO.
SO WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TAYLOR SWIFT SONG? I'M JUST KIDDING. I WON'T DO THAT.
I WON'T DO THAT TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE LUCKY.
YOU'RE LUCKY. IT JUST IT JUST SWITCHED.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. TIME IS SIX, 6:30.
I'LL GO AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, 6:30.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.
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ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CULVER.ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU STAFF. THANK YOU WES.
THANK YOU. I STILL WANT TO KNOW YOUR FAVORITE TAYLOR SWIFT SONG LATER.
[5. Consider a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or her designee to enter into a professional services agreement with OWT Architects, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $965,650 to design and oversee construction of a new fire station and training facility, and to assist in determining the most suitable location for such uses. ]
I'M SORRY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE.CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH OWG ARCHITECTS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $965,650. TO DESIGN AND OVERSEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FIRE STATION AND TRAINING FACILITY, AND TO ASSIST IN DETERMINING THE MOST SUITABLE LOCATION FOR SUCH USES.
GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU PROJECT MANAGER GARY JOHNSON.
GARY. WELCOME, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL. GOOD TO SEE YOU EVERYBODY AGAIN.
YEAH. BRINGING THIS BACK IN 2023.
AND WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW OF NEEDING TO START NAILING DOWN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT.
SO, WE CHOSE OWG ARCHITECTS AND JIM THARP.
JIM'S OBVIOUSLY DONE A LOT OF WORK HERE IN THE CITY ALREADY.
AND HE'S A 37 YEAR RESIDENT OF BEDFORD.
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE, DO BUSINESS WITH OUR WITH OUR LOCAL CITIZENS WHEN WE CAN.
THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE BUILDING FIRE STATIONS.
THANKS, KERRY. WELCOME BACK JIM.
THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, EVERYONE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
GRAYER. JUST WHAT, A COUPLE OF YEARS ON THAT REC CENTER WILL DO FOR YOU.
SO, SO, LIKE I SAID, I THINK I KNOW MOST EVERYONE UP THERE I HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY MET, NICOLE.
BUT, AS GARY SAID, I'VE 37 YEARS I'VE LIVED HERE AND, CERTAINLY JUMP AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PROJECT THAT'S IN MY BACKYARD, FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY NEIGHBORS, PLACES THAT I'LL GO OR NEED SERVICES OR WHATEVER.
BUT, YOU KNOW ME FROM THE REC CENTER.
WE'VE ALSO DONE WE DID THE MONUMENT SIGNS HERE.
WE DID SOME WORK AT PUBLIC WORKS.
WE'RE WELL INTO THE DRAWINGS AND DESIGN ON THE SENIOR CENTER RIGHT NOW, AND.
I'VE GOT PRETTY EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN FIRE STATIONS.
I'VE DESIGNED AND BUILT FIVE OF THEM.
I'VE DONE AZLE CENTRAL STATION, DID A THREE RENOVATIONS IN A, EXPANSION TO FLOWER MOUND CENTRAL STATION AND TWO STATIONS IN EULESS. SO STATION ONE, WHICH HAS BEEN OPEN ABOUT A YEAR, AND IN STATION TWO, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'VE PROBABLY I'VE PROBABLY GOT 8 OR 9 OF THEM UNDER MY BELT AT THIS POINT.
SO, LIKE I SAID, JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO DO ANOTHER BUILDING IN MY BACKYARD AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THAT'S A YOU GUYS VOTE ON THAT AND WE CAN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO ABSOLUTELY.
SO DO YOU SEE ANY CHALLENGES WITH OUR, WITH THE SITE OR ANYTHING? I KNOW OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE WE'RE JUST IN THE INITIAL STAGES, BUT THERE'S LOOKING AT IT EVERY EVERY SITE HAS ITS CHALLENGES.
WE'LL SOLVE IT, WHATEVER THE ISSUES ARE.
GOTCHA. WHAT'S THE, TIMELINE LOOKING LIKE ON THIS? SO I THINK ONCE WE REALLY NAIL DOWN A SITE AND GET EVERYTHING GOING, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 8 TO 9 MONTHS TO DO THE DRAWINGS, GET EVERYTHING READY TO GO OUT TO CHMR AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN YOU'LL COME BEFORE COUNCIL.
WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME, WE'LL GET A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
SURE. YEAH. WE'LL DO PRESENTATIONS AND UPDATES LIKE WE DID ON THE REC CENTER.
USUALLY WE TRY TO DO THAT AT THE PHASES.
SO THERE, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 PRESENTATIONS QUICKLY JUST TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE.
AND WE HAVE COST ESTIMATES THAT WILL COME ALONG WITH THOSE AS WELL.
SO BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE CHMR, WE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FEEL FOR WHERE WE ARE ON THE BUDGET.
AND YOU, DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE ALL THE ADEQUATE INFORMATION TO TO BUILD SUCH ONE, TO MEET OUR NEEDS HERE IN THE CITY? AND YOU AND YOU'VE INTERVIEWED AND AND TALKED WITH CHIEF.
YEAH. I MEAN WE'VE I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF.
OBVIOUSLY, ONCE WE GET STARTED, THERE WILL BE MEETINGS.
BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, WE'VE DONE ENOUGH OF THEM.
WE KIND OF KNOW HOW THE PARTS AND PIECES GO TOGETHER, AND THEY'RE ALL VERY SIMILAR IN FUNCTION.
SO IT'S REALLY WHAT MAKES THIS ONE UNIQUE TO BEDFORD.
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AND THAT'S THOSE MEETINGS WILL HAPPEN AFTER WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT AND GET GOING.THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JIM? I HAVE A QUESTION.
YES, SIR. YOU MENTIONED THREE SITES.
WHAT WERE THE THREE SITES YOU WERE POSSIBLY LOOKING AT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE ONE ACROSS FROM THE PD.
THERE WAS ONE AT THE PD, AND THEN WE TOURED STATION THREE YESTERDAY AND WAS A POTENTIAL AS.
OKAY. SO. SO IF WE WENT WITH THAT, WE WOULD BE DOWN TO TWO STATIONS.
IS THAT HOW YOU KNOW? SO I KNOW THE, AS WE TOURED THE CURRENT STATION THREE SITE IS LARGE ENOUGH.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF ROOM TO DO A CENTRAL FIRE STATION THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW. THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING WE WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED FOR A FEW MINUTES YESTERDAY.
AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS SAID WE'RE ALL GOING TO SIT DOWN HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND GO OVER ALL THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH LOCATION, AND THEN AND THEN I'M SURE SHE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU TO FOR A FINAL DISCUSSION DECISION ON THE BEST PLACE TO PUT IT.
BUT, THAT WAS JUST THE ONLY OTHER IS YOU LOOK AT HAVING ENOUGH SPACE.
THAT LOCATION HAS PLENTY OF ROOM TO BUILD A CENTRAL FIRE STATION, BUILD A CENTRAL FIRE STATION.
IT HAS PLENTY OF ROOM TO GO THERE.
AND THAT BUILDING IS IN PRETTY POOR CONDITION, YOU KNOW.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT RENOVATION, TALK ABOUT REPLACEMENT.
AND AS WE TOURED YESTERDAY, WE NOTICED THAT ONE IS REALLY IN PRETTY POOR CONDITION.
SO IS IT WORTH INVESTING A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS INTO TO REMODEL IT OR IS IT NOT? AND THAT'S STILL THAT'S SOMETHING JIM WILL HELP US WITH AS WE START THROUGH THOSE DECISIONS AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
SO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WERE LOOKING AT ALL THIS, WE HAD A CONTRACT THAT YOU ALL APPROVED WITH BRW, AND WE DID SOME STUDIES OF THE STATIONS BACK THEN AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED THREE STATIONS AND THE CURRENT LOCATIONS ARE WORKING FOR US.
STATION TWO IS, IS IS JUST IT'S NOT PRACTICAL TO MOVE THAT STATION AND THERE'S LIMITATIONS THERE.
BUT I THINK THAT ONE WE CAN HANDLE WITH WITH THE REMODEL.
CENTRAL FIRE AS IT IS TODAY, IS PART OF THE COMMONS PROJECT.
AND SO THAT'S A THING WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF DOING THAT OR NOT.
THE REMODEL AT STATION ONE WAS CHALLENGING TO DO IT THE WAY WE WANTED TO DO IT.
IT STARTED TO GET PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT AS WELL, IF WE LIMITED THE REMODEL AT STATION AT CENTRAL FIRE AS IT EXISTS TODAY TO JUST AN INTERIOR REMODEL, JUST INTERIOR MOVED ADMIN OUT, CREATED MORE SPACE FOR NOT ENOUGH SPACE.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM SPACE FOR BATHROOMS, DORMS, ALL THAT.
WELL, IF ADMIN LEFT NOW, WE COULD INTERIOR FIXED, MAYBE CENTRAL FIRE.
NOW YOU GO TO THREES I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S ONLY BEEN TO THREES.
IT'S GOT SOME REAL CHALLENGES TO THE SITE AND THE WAY IT WAS BUILT AND THE WAY IT'S POSITIONED.
IT'S A LITTLE TOUGHER REMODEL.
SO WE THOUGHT WELL THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM THERE.
MAYBE THAT SITE FOR THREES BECOMES FIRE ADMIN.
AND THEN WE BUILD THE TRAINING CENTER BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS KIND OF IN THE EARLY DISCUSSIONS LIKE WELL DO WE DO WE LEAVE CENTRAL FIRE.
IF WE DON'T, IS IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO REBUILD CENTRAL FIRE AND STATION THREE OR HOW DO YOU DO THAT.
AND IT SEEMED A REASONABLE CONSIDERATION.
AND IT JUST THERE'S THERE'S A LOT TO TALK NOW ONCE JIM THORPE'S ON BOARD, DO YOU HAVE AN ARCHITECT WHO CAN REALLY TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES OF OF ALL THOSE SITES? I THINK THE IMPORTANT PART FOR US IS TO DO THAT DUE DILIGENCE ON THE FRONT, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES OF OF WHAT EACH SITE, THERE MAY BE SOME REAL ADVANTAGES TO ONE OVER THE OTHER.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU CHIEF.
COME UP WITH COME UP WITH GET THE BEST BEST VERSION WE CAN.
THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL. THANK YOU.
SO, CHIEF, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WITH WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE CEO IS TO RENOVATE SOME OF THE STATIONS, MOVE, MOST LIKELY MOVE THE MAIN STATION.
AND THAT THAT STATION WOULD EITHER MOVE TO THE POLICE STATION AREA OR OVER TO STATION THREE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ORIGINALLY? YEAH. SO SO I WOULD SAY THERE'S LET ME TRY AND BREAK IT UP INTO TWO.
CENTRAL FIRE, AS IT EXISTS TODAY BECOMES PART OF THE COMMONS PROJECT.
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IN THAT SCENARIO, WE ARE EITHER GOING TO BE ON THE PD PROPERTY WITH PD TAKE THE JAIL CAN BE TAKEN OUT.IF FOR SOME REASON THOSE ARE PROBLEMATIC OR, OR THE VALUE OF, OF CENTRAL FIRE TO THE COMMONS PROJECT IS NOT A WHOLE LOT.
AND THERE'S OTHER PROBLEMS. ANOTHER OPTION WE HAD TALKED THROUGH WAS LIMITING THE REMODEL AT CENTRAL FIRE, SO IT'S NOT AS EXPENSIVE TAKING ADMIN OUT TO CREATE THE SPACE THAT WE NEED INSIDE THAT STATION, AND THEN DOING A COMPLETE REBUILD OF THREES AND BUILDING THE HEADQUARTERS THERE.
SO THERE'S KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT PLANS, RIGHT.
SO IF CENTRAL FIRE WAS TO STAY, I HAD A REAL HARD THAT I THINK I THINK THIS ARCHITECT CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF TRYING TO REMODEL STATION ONE THAN, THAN BRW DID NOT HURT THEIR FEELINGS, BUT WE STRUGGLED WITH TO COME UP WITH A DESIGN THAT I WOULD BRING IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT THEY GAVE US AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH YOU, I WOULD NOT BRING TO YOU.
BUT YOU KNOW, OUR THOUGHT PROCESS, HOW THE HECK DO WE DO THIS AT A REASONABLE NUMBER? AND ALL THREE STATIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS.
THE APPARATUS BAY PARTIALLY IS A METAL BUILDING.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT IT.
AND SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THE PROCESS WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING THROUGH.
THAT'S WHY THIS IS A LITTLE OPEN ENDED.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE TRICKY. YEAH, I'M HAVING THOSE CHALLENGES AGAIN.
THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TRAINING CENTER WAS A, A BABY TO ME PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME ON TO COUNCIL.
BUT I HAVE VISITED WITH ANDREA, AND SHE HAS SHARED THE OPPORTUNITY OF MAYBE REDESIGN OF THE VACANT AREAS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I FIND THAT LOCATION, EXTREMELY INTERESTING, AND I REALLY THINK THAT THE SIZE OF IT, AND EVEN IF THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET IS SOMEHOW TIED INTO IT AND UTILIZED AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS, PET PROJECT FOR ME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT MOVING FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY.
APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARGO ON THIS ITEM.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS.
THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.
ALL RIGHT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE PLANS.
[6. Consider a resolution of the City of Bedford, Texas approving the American Rescue Plan Act Appropriation Plan; and recognizing and appropriating expenditures within the Fiscal Year 2024 Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Budget for the purchase of three Perry Weather lightning detection systems at Stormie Jones Park, Meadow Park, and Generations Park athletic fields, and to purchase wheelchair accessible fitness equipment for the Bedford Center YMCA, in an estimated total amount of $50,000. ]
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION PLAN AND RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES WITHIN FISCAL YEAR 2020 FOR CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET FOR THE PURCHASE OF THREE PERRY WEATHER LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS AT STORMIE JONES PARK, MEADOW PARK AND GENERATIONS PARK ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND TO PURCHASE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR THE BEDFORD CENTER YMCA AND AN ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT OF $50,000.I GIVE YOU PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR MARK LONG.
THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.
BLANK SPACE. AND I'M INTO CRUEL SUMMER.
CRUEL SUMMER RIGHT NOW IS ON MY PLAYLIST.
THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT GET THAT ON RECORD.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE HERE AT OUR LAST MEETING ON JANUARY 23RD, OUR GREAT KAREN RIGGS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND CFO, PRESENTED A VERY LENGTHY LIST OF PROJECTS TO POTENTIALLY BE FUNDED THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
IN THAT LIST, SHE IDENTIFIED TWO PROJECTS WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT TIED TO THEM.
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ONE OF THOSE WAS LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS, AND THE OTHER WAS ADA FITNESS EQUIPMENT AT THE BEDFORD CENTER YMCA.THESE ARE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED INTERNALLY AS BEING PRIORITY PROJECTS.
OBVIOUSLY, LIGHTNING DETECTION IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE PATRONS OF OUR PARK.
AND THEN WE ALSO IDENTIFIED A GAP IN SERVICE AT THE YMCA WITH SOME OF THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT.
I'LL JUST GO OVER THEM REAL QUICK.
THE LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS, THERE WILL BE THREE OF THEM.
THEY WILL BE INSTALLED, INSTALLED AT STORMIE, JONES PARK, MEADOW PARK AND GENERATIONS PARK.
AND THE INSTALLATION WILL TAKE PLACE PRIMARILY IN THE GENERAL AREA OF THE ATHLETIC FIELDS.
AND WHEN I SAY COMPLETELY COVERED, THAT MEANS ANYONE WITHIN THE PARK WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR THE AUDIBLE HORN THAT SOUNDS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE STROBE LIGHTS FLASHING, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE IN AN ACTIVE, EVENT, A LIGHTNING EVENT.
SO, FOR GENERATIONS PARK, BECAUSE OF THE VASTNESS OF THAT PARK, THE SYSTEMS WILL COVER THE BASEBALL FIELDS, THE PLAYGROUND, THE OUTDOOR AQUATIC CENTER AT THE BEDFORD CENTER, YMCA.
AND THEN WE WILL WORK WITH THE INSTALLER TO, HAVE THE OUR FUTURE TENNIS PICKLEBALL AREA NORTH OF THE YMCA COVERED AS WELL.
THAT MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WORK, BUT THOSE SIT PRETTY HIGH.
AND SO VISUALLY YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
AND THEN THE DECIBEL LEVEL OF THE HORN WHEN IT SOUNDS IS FAIRLY LOUD.
I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE THAT QUESTION, ESPECIALLY AT MEADOW AND STORMIE WITH HOUSES IN THE PROXIMITY, OUR CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT, WE CAN ADJUST VOLUMES.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T ADJUST IT SO FAR DOWN THAT IT BECOMES INEFFECTIVE TO PARK USERS.
THE HORN BLAST IS ABOUT 5 TO 7 SECONDS.
THE ALL CLEAR BLAST IS THREE LIKE TWO SECOND HORN BLAST.
SO STROBE LIGHT IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT.
BECAUSE THAT'LL TELL US THAT WE ARE IN AN ACTIVE SITUATION WHERE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.
BUT IN THE PRESENTATION IN JANUARY, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE UNITS AT MEADOW PARK ARE.
THE MEADOW PARK UNIT WAS A MOBILE UNIT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT IS NOT A MOBILE UNIT.
THESE ARE HARDWIRED OR THEY USE SOLAR OKAY.
SO THEY WILL BE STATIC IN DESIGN.
BUT IF IN A SITUATION LIKE MEADOW, SINCE IT'S A LEASED PROPERTY, IF THAT GOES AWAY FROM THE CITY, WE CAN TAKE THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND WE CAN REMOVE IT AND WE CAN TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND HAVE IT REINSTALLED.
IF IT'S SOLAR, THAT'S A REALLY QUICK FIX.
WE JUST GO IN, WE JUST MOUNT IT.
IF IT'S HARD WIRE, YOU DO YOU NEED ELECTRICIAN.
SO AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THIS REQUEST IS FOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT.
ADA FITNESS EQUIPMENT AT THE BEDFORD CENTER.
HE LIVES DAILY IN A WHEELCHAIR.
AND A LITTLE SIDE NOTE IS HE HAS GIVEN US A GLIMPSE INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
AND HE'S, I KEEP SAYING A TREMENDOUS ASSET BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE IS, BECAUSE HE IS SHOWING US AND HE IS IDENTIFYING THINGS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT OR WE NEED TO CHANGE.
HE'S BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH US, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND HE'S BEEN SO PATIENT WITH US.
WE BRING THIS ITEM TO YOU BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF HIS, HIS HIS KIND OF BABIES ON THAT.
HE HAD A MEMBERSHIP TO THE BEDFORD CENTER AT YMCA.
HE ACTUALLY TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF.
AND HE COMMUNICATED WITH THE PARKS BOARD PRETTY REGULARLY ONCE A MONTH, ACTUALLY, WHEN WE MET, AND HE ALWAYS WANTED UPDATES ON WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE WERE, HE RESEARCHED SOME PRODUCTS HE ACTUALLY USED.
REALLY WEIRD NAME. SOUNDS LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW, 70 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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BUT HE, HE RESEARCHED THAT.WELL, THAT IS A BARRIER TO SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR A MOBILITY DEVICE.
WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE YMCA.
I'M KIDDING. HE DIDN'T HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.
BUT IT WAS NOT IN THE CARDS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO CAROLINE DUNAWAY, WHO'S HERE, SHE'S THE COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE.
SHE ACTUALLY HAD THE IDEA TO TO APPLY FOR A GRANT.
SO THE YMCA APPLIED FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE CHRISTOPHER REEVES FOUNDATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN JANUARY WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY DID NOT GET THAT GRANT.
SO WHICH IS KIND OF THE REASON WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, ASKING FOR THIS TO BE FUNDED THROUGH ARPA FUNDS.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM.
WHAT'S THE TIMETABLE FOR DELIVERABLE ON THAT.
SO THERE ARE 6 TO 7 WEEKS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
ALL RIGHT. AND SO WE EXPECT IT ABOUT TO BE UP AND RUNNING WITHIN ABOUT THE TIME ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
RIGHT WHEN RIGHT WHEN WE NEED SEVERE RIGHT WHEN SEVERE WEATHER IS COMING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO, MARK, WITH THE, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, IS THERE A LIFE SPAN OF HOW LONG IT WOULD LAST? SO, I DON'T KNOW.
ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON A FITNESS TRAINER.
I'VE HAD FITNESS TRAINERS OVER 15 YEARS OLD, SO, THEY HAVE A LONG LIFESPAN.
AND THEY'RE THE PLATE LOADED WHERE YOU PUT THE PIN IN.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL MARK IS THE IS IT JUST ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT? IT IS. AND IS IT ARE ABLE BODIED PEOPLE.
CAN THEY USE IT ALSO? GREAT QUESTION. YES THEY ARE.
YES. SO IT IS A MULTI USE TRULY MULTI USE.
AND THERE'S THERE'S IMPLEMENTS THAT WE CAN BUY.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT 4 TO 5.
I THINK YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY UP TO EIGHT.
DIFFERENT EXERCISES THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN HAVE ADDED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. MARK. ALL RIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.
I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT.
[7. Consider a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or her designee to purchase a playground structure from PlayWell in the amount of $80,641.84 through the Buy Board Cooperative Purchasing Program. ]
AMOUNT OF $80,641.84 THROUGH THE BILLBOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM.ALL RIGHT, MARK, YOU'RE UP AGAIN.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
WE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE TONIGHT IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, BUT, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE WERE IDENTIFYING THOSE AND WE WERE ADDRESSING THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AS PART OF THAT EXERCISE, I MET WITH STAFF AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT CONTINUED TO COME OUT OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH STAFF AND IN PARTICULAR DON HENDERSON, WAS IS THE LACK OF 2 TO 5 YEAR OLD PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WE HAD IN BEDFORD.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF 5 TO 13 YEAR OLD PLAY EQUIPMENT.
I WON'T SAY PLENTY, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM.
WE JUST DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THE 2 TO 5.
AND ONE OF THE JUST ON A QUICK PLAYGROUND TUTORIAL IS, IS YOU HAVE TWO CATEGORIES.
YOU HAVE THE 2 TO 5, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE 5 TO 13.
THE DETERMINING FACTOR ON THAT IS REALLY COMES DOWN TO HEIGHT OF THE EQUIPMENT, KIND OF HOW FAR YOU CAN FALL AND THEN THE COMPLEXITY OF EACH PLAY COMPONENT. SO WHEN I GET INTO WHAT WE HAVE AT HARRIS RILES, I HAVE A FEW PICTURES I WON'T GET INTO YET, BUT YOU WILL SEE SOME COMPLEXITIES WITH THAT.
SO COINCIDENTALLY FROM DAY ONE, I THINK I WAS GETTING CALLS AND EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS ASKING WHY.
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WELL, THEY WERE REQUESTING 2 TO 5 PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT OUR PARK SYSTEM.BUT HARRIS RILES AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE SCHOOL.
I WAS GETTING A LOT OF CALLS AND EMAILS FROM MOMS AND DADS REQUESTING THAT, ACTUALLY, AS EARLY AS PROBABLY THREE HOURS BEFORE I WALKED INTO THIS MEETING, I GOT A CALL FROM A RESIDENT. I DID CALL HIM BACK.
HIS QUESTION WAS, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO 2 TO 5? IT'S WHY DON'T WE HAVE MORE 2 TO 5.
AND SO IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NEED IN OUR PARKS SYSTEM.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE IN THIS KIND OF PLAYS INTO TO SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE.
BUT, WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE HEB ISD HAS STARTED TO FENCE OFF THEIR PLAYGROUNDS AND THEIR MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS AROUND, THEIR SCHOOLS.
THIS IS NOT AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW THIS, BUT FOR FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS IS THIS WAS NOT HEB ISD SAYING WE DO NOT WANT RESIDENTS OF HERCULES AND BEDFORD USING OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
THIS WAS A MANDATE BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
I BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
SO THEY ARE THEY'RE WANTING TO CONTROL ACCESS INTO SCHOOLS.
SO, THAT'S ONE THING TO CONSIDER.
THEY NARROWED THIS DOWN TO TWO THAT THEY REALLY, REALLY LIKED.
THEY REQUESTED THAT WE COME BACK.
WE WENT WITH ONE COLOR, TO THEM, THEY WANTED TO SEE OTHER COLOR OPTIONS FOR HARRIS RILES LOCATION.
THEY WERE ABLE TO, SELECT THE ONE THAT THEY WANTED.
AND THIS IS THE ONE WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
SO THEY WERE UNANIMOUS IN THIS, IN THIS DECISION.
SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU KIND OF THIS IS THE EXISTING PLAY STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT MAKES IT COMPLEX IS THE ROPE.
SO UPPER BODY STRENGTH, COORDINATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT PHOTO THERE'S A LOT OF ROPE IN THERE.
ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE I CALL THEM LILY PADS THAT SHE'S.
SO AGAIN COORDINATION COMES INTO PLAY.
AND THEN ON THE VERY VERY FAR LEFT YOU SEE MORE ROPE CLIMBING ELEMENTS.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX PLAY STRUCTURES I'VE SEEN IN A PARK SYSTEM.
IT'S NOT BAD. IT'S REALLY COOL.
SO WHAT THE PARKS BOARD IS, IS RECOMMENDING AND AGAIN, THE LAST ONE WAS YOU COULD SEE REALLY HIGH STRUCTURES AND FIREMAN'S POLES THERE. THAT MAKES IT A 5 TO 13.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FIVE YEAR OLDS I WANT GOING THAT HIGH.
BUT SO THIS IS THIS IS THE ONE THEY SELECTED.
YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR PALETTE IS VERY SIMILAR.
THE PURPLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S KIND OF REALLY WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM KIND OF THE BACK SIDES OF THAT.
SO SOME LOW ELEMENTS, SOME HIGH ELEMENTS THAT THEY CAN USE AS WELL.
SO AND THEN THIS WAS JUST KIND OF THE CLOSER UP TO THE BACKSIDE OF THAT . SO FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND.
WE DID REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 FROM THE PARKS BOARD, WHICH WILL IS PAID FOR THROUGH THE PARK DONATION FUND. I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE START THIS PROCESS OF BUDGETING NOW.
SO WHAT WE SAW IS SOME CHANGES IN PRICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I ALSO ADMIT TO COUNCIL THAT WHEN YOU ASK PLAYGROUND COMPANIES TO GIVE YOU, A SET PRICE OR AN AMOUNT THAT YOU WANT TO SPEND, THEY'LL BRING YOU THAT AMOUNT, BUT THEY'LL ALSO BRING YOU ABOUT FOUR OTHER IDEAS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO, THE IT DID COME IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO, PAY FOR THE WHOLE THE $72,000 IS THE
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PLAY STRUCTURE AND INSTALLATION.AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME, BORDER CONCRETE BORDER THAT WE WANT TO DO, WHICH IS WHERE WE'VE ASKED THE PARKS BOARD TO FOR THE ADDITIONAL 10,000 ON THAT.
SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO, MARK, WHERE AT IS THIS LOCATED AT? SO WE KIND OF AN IDEA? YEAH. AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T PUT THAT SLIDE IN THERE.
AND THE PARKS BOARD ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THAT TOO.
SO ANOTHER REASON WE PICKED THIS LOCATION IS BECAUSE JUST THE TOPOGRAPHY IS REALLY, REALLY FLAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF, DIRT WORK.
SO THIS WILL BE DIRECTLY TO THE A LITTLE BIT SOUTH AND TO THE EAST.
SORRY, TO THE EAST OF THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND.
OKAY. AND BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER STRUCTURES THERE TOO, WE HAVE SWINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE A I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THAT DOME THING.
THE DOME, YEAH, THE DOME THING JUST IS THAT WHAT IT IS? TECHNICAL TERM.. I CALL IT THE DOME.
I THINK IT'S REALLY OLD PLAY EQUIPMENT.
OKAY. THANK YOU MARK. YOU'RE WELCOME.
COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES. MARK, YOU HAD THE PARKS BOARD HAD LOOKED AT OTHER PARKS TO PUT THIS IN.
SO YOU HAD YOU DID LOOK AT OTHER PARKS, CORRECT? YES AND YES. AND HARRIS RILES TURNED OUT TO BE THE BEST ONE OUT OF THEM ALL.
AND REALLY FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST REQUEST WE GOT WAS FOR HARRIS RILES PARK.
IT JUST WAS GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL COST.
I KNOW THE PARKS BOARD DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
THEY SURE ASKED YOU A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
AND THEY THEY DID SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND THEY LOOKED AT OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL.
MARK, IF YOU HAD A PERFECT WORLD AND EVERYTHING WAS GREAT AT THE PARK, WOULD YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT FOR KIDS ALL THE WAY FROM 2 TO 13 IN EVERY PARK? YES.
OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE MY GOAL IS NO LIMITS WITH OUR PLAY EQUIPMENT.
IT'S A FIVE YEAR, TEN YEAR, WHATEVER YEAR IT IS.
BUT WITHIN THAT PLAN, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT, IN ALL OF OUR PARKS.
WE WANT TO I HOPE THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME THAT I'M BEFORE YOU WITH A 2 TO 5 YEAR OLD PLAYGROUND.
AND, THE SURFACES THAT THE KIDS WILL BE PLAYING ON.
WHAT WILL THAT BE? SO AT THIS PARTICULAR PARK, IT WILL BE THE ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER.
OR AS A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THE WOOD CHIPS.
SO, NOT OUR FAVORITE LOW COST, LOW MAINTENANCE.
REALLY EASY TO TO RAKE AROUND AND LEVEL.
THERE'S SOME ARTIFICIAL TURF NOW THAT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO PRIMARY, THINGS I WOULD LOOK AT PUTTING IN..
AND YOU DON'T YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE THERE ON THERE ON WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
BUT THE WOOD CHIPS, IF YOU WILL.
A LOT EASIER. A LOT EASIER TO MESS AROUND WITH.
YEAH. YEAH, EXACTLY. LOW HEAT.
SO, SO ALTHOUGH IT IS, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMER, NOT SO MUCH, SO..
WHAT ABOUT SHADE? I KNOW NEXT YEAR.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT AND I'M WORKING WITH, WITH KAREN ON A PLAN FOR OUR PARKS IS, IS SHADE, OUTSIDE OF A 2 TO 5 YEAR OLD PLAYGROUND, SHADE IS THE NUMBER ONE THING WE GET.
SO THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT A PROJECT LIKE THIS PARKS BOARD HAD THE SAME, SAME QUESTION.
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IT IT CAME DOWN TO FUNDS OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS COME IN AND AND ADD SHADE TO IT.THANK YOU. THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. MARK THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE WELCOME, THANK YOU. IT'S IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME, YOU PUT SOMETHING BEFORE US.
I KNOW SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, THERE'S BEEN TWO ITEMS. NOW, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO ADD MORE EQUIPMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR THEM TO USE.
AND ACTUALLY MEETING THAT THAT GAP THERE.
IT'S NICE AS A PARENT, AS A RESIDENT, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO FILL A NEED.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR.
COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY, MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CULVER.
ALL RIGHT AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.
THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.
AND THAT LEADS US TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.
[8. Mayor/Council Member Reports ]
I DON'T HAVE A REPORT.ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING, I'VE, MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.
THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD, WE MET LAST MONDAY.
SO WE CAN HELP MAKE OURS THE BEST IT CAN BE.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF GOOD HARD WORK ALSO LOOKING AT POSSIBLY, WORKING WITH, WITH MOLLY TO GET SOME, TO GET MAYBE SOME LINKS ON THE WEBSITE THAT, THAT CAN HELP, THE SENIORS AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE TOLD YOU YOU'RE WELCOME.
BUT ANYWAYS, LOTS OF EXCITING STUFF.
EVERYBODY IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.
MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.
WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION SPECIAL PROJECT TEAM, AND WE ARE THE INCREDIBLE MOLLY FOX IS WORKING ON OUR, THE HERSCHELS AND BEDFORD AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VIDEO THAT WE SHOULD HAVE READY FOR ICSC IN MAY.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING IT OFF TO EVERYBODY.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES. PARKS BOARD MET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND WE WENT OVER.
BASICALLY IT WAS JUST MARK PRESENTED TO US, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
AND, NEXT ITEM NINE CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS GIVE YOU INTERIM CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.
[9. City Manager/Staff Reports]
THANK YOU MAYOR.WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE WHY.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS TIMELY AGAIN, KIND OF WRAPPING UP LAST YEAR.
AND SO WE THOUGHT WE'D GO AHEAD AND KICK OFF THE UPDATE AND SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY.
AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KAREN TO GET INTO SOME OF THE FINANCIAL DETAILS.
SO GO TO OUR WEBSITE I THINK IT'S THE MOST RECENT POST IS IT NOT.
THANK YOU. SO YEAH IT'S ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
IT'S OUR RECENT POST THAT YOU DID ON THE ON THE UP THE YEARLY UPDATE FOR THE YMCA.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD THEN AND LET KAREN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE NUMBERS.
AND, KAREN, CAN YOU TOUCH ON SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHARED IN THE VIDEO? I WAS REALLY HOPING FOR THAT FUN VIDEO BEFORE WE DIVED INTO THE BORING NUMBERS.
SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO YES, WE ARE JUST WE HAVE A FULL CALENDAR YEAR UNDER OUR BELT WITH THE YMCA AGREEMENT.
AND SO JUST TO KIND OF, KIND OF SPELL IT OUT.
SO THEY ARE A CALENDAR YEAR, FISCAL YEAR.
SO THEY THEIR YEAR IS JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER.
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PROJECTIONS WERE PRETTY MUCH SPOT ON.I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY IMPRESSED WHEN I GOT THAT NUMBER.
SO YES, NOT INCLUDING THE $5 DISCOUNT OR THE EQUIPMENT LEASE, JUST PURELY OPERATIONAL.
WE'RE SITTING AT A LOSS OF ABOUT 187,000.
THE $5 DISCOUNT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS 140.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT LEASES.
SO, JAY HAD SENT ME THOSE LEASE AGREEMENTS A WHILE BACK.
SO IT'S THE E-GYM, THE ELLIPTICALS, ALL OF THAT FITNESS FLOOR.
AND SO THE YEARLY COST FOR THAT LEASE WAS 151,000.
SO INTERESTING STATISTICS FOR YOU.
AT THE END OF LAST, AT THE END OF Q THREE, OUR MEMBERSHIP COUNT WAS 3450.
BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS IN OCTOBER, OUR COUNT WAS 3409.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE INCREASED SINCE OCTOBER.
SO, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN NUMBERS FOR JANUARY TO SEE WHERE WE ARE MEMBERSHIP WISE, BUT EVEN BASED ON MOLLY'S STATS THAT SHE PUT TOGETHER, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF USE IN THAT FACILITY OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION.
THANK YOU KAREN. APPRECIATE IT.
I SEE YOU'RE ALSO WEARING COST RECOVERY 93.4%.
SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
THAT IS PRETTY GOOD FOR FIRST YEAR.
PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY PRETTY GOOD WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T RUN FACILITIES TO MAKE A PROFIT.
WE OBVIOUSLY WERE OPERATING AT A LOSS HERE, BUT WE'RE CONTRACTING OUT WITH THE YMCA, OBVIOUSLY TO SAVE US A TON OF MONEY BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE NUMBERS, OPERATING, YOU KNOW, OPERATING A FACILITY, IT IS UPWARDS OF THE MILLIONS.
BUT I THINK LITTLE DO THEY KNOW THAT THE FACT THAT IT IS SAVING THE CITY CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN DOING SO, AND THAT IF WE WANTED TO RUN THIS OURSELVES, WE WOULD BE RAISING TAXES TO DO SO.
YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR KAREN OVER NUMBERS.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.
SO I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PNL, AND I DON'T KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL, DO WE, BASED OFF OF THIS PNL, IS THERE LIKE EXPECTED NUMBERS OF BUDGET THAT NOW THAT WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST FOR THE YEAR, JUST HAVING SOME GUARDRAILS OF HOW MUCH STUFF WILL COST AND SEEING LIKE WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN AND THEN WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A FULL YEAR UNDER OUR BELT, IT'LL BE AN EASIER CONVERSATION.
WHEN JAY AND I SIT DOWN AND START GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS.
OKAY. AND THEN JUST AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S VU OR J.
SO FOR SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY, I GUESS AGAIN, IT'S THE MAINTENANCE COSTS AND WELL, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT AT THE REVENUE LINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS.
IS THAT PART OF THE ANNUAL DRIVE, OR IS THAT JUST MEMBERS WHO DONATE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CENTER? LIKE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT THEN HE CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THE SECOND.
SO THEY DID DO, A BIG DRIVE BEFORE THEY OPENED.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT HUGE JUMP IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
BUT AS FAR AS AN ANNUAL DRIVE, I THAT'S A QUESTION FOR JAY.
IT'S REALLY BOTH OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED.
MOST OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TO GO TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE DISCOUNTS FOR ANY MEMBERS THAT COME NEEDING IT ON A NEED BASE, LIKE A SLIDING BASED INCOME SCALE, BUT ALSO ANY LITTLE EVENTS OR LITTLE THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO ONE BIG DRIVE, BUT ALSO SOME LITTLE THINGS MEMBERS GIVING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A CAMPAIGN EITHER IT STARTED RECENTLY OR JUST KICKED OFF.
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SO WHEN THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BEDFORD CENTER AND NOT LIKE THE SYSTEM OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? EACH OF OUR YMCA LOCATIONS ARE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE ONE OF THOSE.AND WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY CITIZENS OR ANYBODY COME IN TO BE MEMBERS OR PARTICIPATE, THAT WE HAVE SOME SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF LOWER OUR COSTS FOR THOSE FOLKS. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE MONEY GOES FOR.
OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? OKAY. OH.
LET'S. I GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND END WITH THE VIDEO THEN.
KAREN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
WE GET THE SOUND. THERE'S SOME REALLY CATCHY MUSIC THAT GOES WITH THAT.
WELL, I'M GLAD WE GOT THE THE VIDEO.
YOU WANT TO GO WORK OUT? NICE. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
AND WHAT WAS THAT? CAN WE WATCH IT AGAIN? SMILEY. SMILEY.
OH, THE HOT TUB. THE HOT TUB? HOW MANY VISITORS? YEAH. IS THAT THING UTILIZED? DOES IT STAY BROKE DOWN OR..
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG PARTY IN MAY.
OH, YEAH. YES. YOUR HONOR AND MY HONOR, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED AFTER ME.
IT HAS BEEN QUIET ON ON THE HOT TUB, ON THE ON THE ROOF CULVER..
THIS IS A HARD HITTING QUESTION OR ONE WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OR.
CORRECT? THERE IS, YES. IF YOU FILL IT WITH WATER OR CEMENT OR BLOCK.
ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ANYBODY ELSE? ANY UPDATES? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT WE HAVE, I GUESS UNDER THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER REPORTS STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION UPDATE.
APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL TURN IT OVER NOW.
AND, WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD DO ON THIS IS GO AHEAD AND JUST KIND OF RUN THROUGH THE REPORT AND GRAB KIND OF WHAT I CONSIDER THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THE NOTABLE PROJECTS THAT KIND OF REQUIRE SOME COMMENTARY.
AND THEN, CERTAINLY OPEN THE DISCUSSION.
IF THERE'S CERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY HAS ON SPECIFIC ITEMS, WE CAN DIVE INTO THOSE.
SO OBVIOUSLY HERE UNDER OUR MISSION STATEMENT, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WHAT KIND OF GUIDES REALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND WE'VE WE'VE BROKEN THINGS INTO FIVE SECTORS FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENCOURAGE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT AND PRESERVE OUR CITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SO AS YOU KIND OF MOVE INTO THINGS, WE'VE GOT OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS OF REVITALIZATION, ECONOMIC VITALITY, TRANSFORMATION, ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND COMMUNICATE AND ENGAGE WITH THE CITIZENS.
AND SO IF IT DOESN'T, WE KIND OF ASK OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT DOING? BECAUSE REALLY THAT IS THAT IS OUR GOAL IS THAT, AS WE'RE MOVING THE CITY FORWARD, EVERYTHING DOES ESSENTIALLY CONNECT BACK TO THESE ITEMS. AGAIN, REVITALIZATION BEDFORD IS RIPE FOR REVITALIZATION AS WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A BUILT OUT ENVIRONMENT, 98% DEVELOPED.
SO THIS IS A CORE FOCUS TO KEEPING US FRESH AND KEEP OUR VALUES PRESERVED AND GROWING.
AS FAR AS OUR REVITALIZATION INITIATIVES, WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS ON THOSE OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
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YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE STILL IN PROGRESS ON UPDATING OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND ZONING ORDINANCE, AND YOU'LL HEAR THIS A LOT FROM ME.WE KIND OF USE THOSE TERMS INTERCHANGEABLY.
AND ESSENTIALLY ONCE THAT IS COMPLETE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO KIND OF HIT GO ON SEVERAL OF THESE ITEMS THAT REALLY THAT MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO BE THE GUIDE FOR US TO COME BACK THROUGH AND THEN DEVELOP POLICY THAT WILL FOLLOW IN AND HELP BUILD THE MASTER PLAN AND DEVELOP THE CITY ACCORDING TO THAT PLAN.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE RIGHT NOW, IN THIS PAST YEAR ON BOTH OF THESE SUBDIVISION AND ZONING ORDINANCES, WE'VE HIT WHAT I KIND OF CONSIDER THE THE HOT BUTTON ISSUES, THINGS THAT WERE EXTREMELY DEFICIENT OR CAUSED MAJOR RED FLAGS WITH WE'RE ALLOWING THIS OR NOT ALLOWING THIS.
SO WE'VE TACKLED THOSE, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE WORK TO DO.
AND SO WE'LL BE BACK ONCE THAT MASTER PLAN IS APPROVED AND TACKLE THOSE AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
AS FAR AS THE STRATEGIC REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, WITH OBVIOUSLY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SOUTH BEDFORD.
WE KNOW THAT THAT IS OUT THERE AS WELL.
AND IT IS ALSO ATTACHED TO THE MASTER PLAN.
MOVING FORWARD INTO ECONOMIC VITALITY, OBVIOUSLY A CRITICAL COMPONENT FOR ANY COMMUNITY, AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, THE INITIATIVES FALLING UNDER THAT DEVELOP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES.
AS I MENTIONED, THAT THEME DOES FALL BACK UNDER THE MASTER PLAN AS WE IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT ARE RIPE FOR REDEVELOPMENT OR AREAS THAT JUST MAY NOT BE, PARTICULARLY THIS, THIS USE ANY LONGER.
AND PERHAPS IT'S A BETTER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BETTER USE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED.
SO THAT AGAIN, WILL COME AFTER THAT MASTER PLAN IS DONE.
AND HOPEFULLY WHAT THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE IS A FULL BREADTH OF OPTIONS FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO DEVELOP OR REDEVELOP IN THAT AREA AS FAR AS TAX BREAKS, INCENTIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT WOULD BE A FULL PACKAGE THAT WILL FOLLOW ON THAT BEDFORD COMMONS PROJECT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT IS IN PROGRESS.
THAT IS MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THAT.
I EXPECT COMMUNICATION BACK FROM THEM ANY DAY NOW, HONESTLY THIS WEEK, AND HOPE TO HAVE THAT GROUP COME AND TALK TO YOU ALL IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WE KIND OF START TO HONE IN ON THINGS IN THAT AREA.
TRANSFORMATION. AGAIN, ANOTHER INITIATIVE OF OURS.
OTHER ITEMS THAT FALL UNDER THAT, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE DID WANT TO HAVE AND GET FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL WAS REGARDING THE INITIAL ITEM THAT WAS PLACED ON THE PLAN WAS TO CONSTRUCT A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AFTER WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR PRICING, THAT PROJECT WAS THEN PLACED ON HOLD DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE GROWING COSTS WITH THAT AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
SO WE DID WANT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK TONIGHT ON THAT ITEM.
WHETHER WE WISH TO CONTINUE ON THAT OR WHETHER TO LOOK AT IT AND MAYBE A DIFFERENT FORM.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.
DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT? AGAIN, NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT A FULL CONSTRUCTION ON A NEW BUILDING FOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HELP AGAIN, CONTINUE THAT EFFORT AND MOVE TOWARD FINDING SOME PERFORMING ARTS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGING ARTS GALLERY SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT? IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT, THIS ITEM COULD POTENTIALLY KIND OF MORPH INTO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ITEM, OR WE CAN SAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER DAY.
AND AT THIS POINT WE CAN KIND OF JUST SET THIS, SET THIS TO THE SIDE.
SO IT'S REALLY AT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.
SO YOU'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION RIGHT NOW ON THAT ITEM AS WE AS WE MOVE ALONG.
WE ARE. YES. AND I CAN KEEP GOING IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK OR WE CAN WE CAN DISCUSS THAT NOW.
AS COUNCIL ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT ITEM AS OF RIGHT NOW, OR WOULD YOU LIKE US TO GO THROUGH AND THEN COME RIGHT BACK? OKAY. KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP GOING.
SO ESSENTIALLY, I THINK THESE THINGS KIND OF OVERLAPPED AND HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO, JESS SCULPTURE DID THAT IN ONE FORM OR FASHION.
IT'S A IT'S A LIMITED AREA AS FAR AS SIZE GOES.
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BUT IF WE WANT TO PURSUE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SCULPTURE THAT WILL BE COMING IN THAT AREA, BUT WE'RE OPEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO PURSUE THAT OR IF YOU FEEL THAT THAT NEED HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE INITIAL SCULPTURE AND THEN A FOLLOW UP SCULPTURE ON IN THAT AREA.SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH ALL OF THESE, AND THIS GROUPING HERE IS COMPLETE.
I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT THAT IS UNDERWAY.
WE DO EXPECT TO BRING WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE.
I BELIEVE WE EXPECT TO HAVE PROBABLY ONE MORE WORK SESSION, A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN COUNCIL AND P&Z TO REALLY LOOK AT KIND OF THAT CLOSE TO THE FINAL PRODUCT, AND THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WRAP THIS UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
MOVING INTO PERFORMANCE, ASSET AUDIT AS WELL AS CREATE A CAPITAL ASSET STRATEGIC PLAN.
BOTH OF THOSE EFFORTS HAVE BEGUN.
NOT QUITE FORMALIZED YET, BUT WE HAVE STARTED TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK JUST THE COLLABORATION, AS YOU SAW TONIGHT WITH THE FIRE STATION DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING AND TRYING TO LOOK FORWARD AND NOT JUST KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.
I'D LIKE TO FORMALIZE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND GET THAT ESTABLISHED.
SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD SOLID LIST AND SOME TIMELINES AND PRIORITIES FOR YOU.
SO THAT IS STILL AGAIN A MIX OF IN PROGRESS AND IN THE INITIAL STAGES.
AND THEN AGAIN, ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES.
DETERMINE BEST SOLUTION THAT IS IN PROGRESS.
SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD AS FAR AS EXPLORING AND EVALUATING NEW CITY HALL THAT IS IN PROGRESS AND DOES KIND OF ROLL INTO THAT OVERALL FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO WE ARE EXPLORING MANY OPTIONS AND LOOKING AT THE BEST PLACE FOR US TO LAND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTING A FIRE STATION TRAINING FACILITY.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. YOU SAW THE ITEMS THIS EVENING AND THEN ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS.
SO WE ARE MOVING ON ALL OF THOSE.
AND THEN LASTLY WE HAVE GOT THESE TWO COMPLETE.
AND THEN COMMUNICATE, ENGAGE WITH THE CITIZENS.
SO I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OVER THESE ITEMS YOU THINK SPECIFICALLY IS A LOT.
AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THEM WERE COMPLETED.
AND AND OBVIOUSLY STILL A GOOD AMOUNT STILL IN PROGRESS.
ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY? QUESTION WHY IS COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HERITAGE PLAZA.
SO WE WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE AT THE GENERATIONS PARK.
OR HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO [INAUDIBLE] THE SCHOOL OR IN THAT AREA? THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED.
SO I THINK THE ORIGINAL VISION WAS TO ESTABLISH IT THERE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT REALLY IT WAS ONE OF THOSE IT KIND OF HAPPENED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
YEAH. IN REGARDS TO THAT, THE HOSPITAL JUST DID THEIR FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY, AND THEY HAVE AN INTERACTIVE BOARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR LOBBY THAT WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, CLICK ON WHO WAS CHIEF OF STAFF AT THIS TIME AND THIS.
AND IT GIVES A HISTORY OF AND I COULD SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAYBE EITHER AT THE, THE CENTER OR AT THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL, THAT REALLY IT WAS AN INTERACTIVE BOARD THAT WENT OVER.
AND YOU CAN CLICK ON A TIME PERIOD IN BEDFORD, AND YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THAT, RATHER THAN IT BEING A I MEAN, ART PIECES ARE GREAT, BUT THEY REALLY IT TELLS A STORY, BUT IT DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY.
AND THE STORY IS I MEAN, YESTERDAY WAS HISTORY IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
SO IT CONTINUES TO TO CHANGE CONSTANTLY.
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CREATING HERITAGE PARK PLAZA MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.WASN'T THERE A BELL OR SOMETHING IN STORE? DO WE HAVE THINGS IN STORAGE? A LIGHT.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE LIGHT? WAS IT A SET OF LIGHTS OR IS IT JUST ONE LIGHT? I THINK IT WAS ONE LIGHT. AND IT WAS IN PUBLIC WORKS SOMEWHERE.
HIDDEN. YEAH, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO RENOVATE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER HAPPENED.
THE GUY WHO DID IT PASSED AWAY.
BUT I KNOW IT'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
I THINK THEY'RE SAFELY STORED.
I BELIEVE IN THE PARKS FACILITY.
WAS THERE NOT A BELL? I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
I MEAN, IF WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE IN A, YOU KNOW, WE COULD INCLUDE THAT IN THE.
BUT I THINK THE INTERACTIVE BOARD SOUNDS PRETTY COOL.
YOU KNOW, I QUESTION THE HERITAGE.
I DON'T I GUESS I'D NEVER REALLY HEARD THAT HERITAGE PLAZA THING.
IS THAT WHERE THE SCULPTURE IS? IS THAT WHERE HERITAGE PLAZA IS? THAT'S GENERALLY CONSIDERED HERITAGE PLAZA? I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD THAT, FRANKLY.
I'M MORE LIKE WITH MR. FARCO, I THINK, KEEPS SOMETHING THAT JUST KEEPS ADDING ON, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING, LIKE, A MONUMENT AREA.
BECAUSE WHEN HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU UPDATE IT? LIKE, HOW DO YOU KEEP IT GOING? JUST AS HE SAID, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THAT IS MAYBE WITH, AUDIO VISUAL.
SO I'M NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF THAT.
NOW THE OTHER THING IS THE PERFORMING ARTS.
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, OH, WHAT'S SHE GOING TO SAY? I, I'M A LITTLE, I STILL THINK THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S PERFORMING ARTS.
WHETHER IT BE AN AMPHITHEATER OR, YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE NOT SUCH A FANCY BUILDING, BUT MAYBE A BUILDING THAT PEOPLE WOULD ENJOY TO BE IN AND THINK IT'S REALLY FUN. I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S FLOWER MOUND OR COPPELL.
SOME OR SOMEBODY UP IN THE NORTH AREA, THEY OPENED UP A LIGHTED PLAYGROUND THAT'S OPEN ALL NIGHT.
BUT I JUST, I THINK WE SHOULDN'T REALLY ABANDON SOMETHING AS THE OVERUSED WORD DESTINATION, FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
NOW, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT I THINK MR. THARPE LOOKED OVER THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL A LONG TIME AGO, AND THEY SORT OF POOH POOHED DOING ANYTHING TO THAT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, TAKING OFF THE BACK AND LEAVING THE FRONT AS A FACADE OR I THINK THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT BUILDING ISN'T THAT FANTASTICAL THAT IT CAN TOLERATE VERY MUCH.
SO I THINK THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE IS THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL.
BUT I COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS SAID ABOUT THE BLUES FEST.
IT'S LIKE YOU CAN GO TO THE BLUES FEST, BUT IT NEVER CHANGED FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
AND THE REASON YOU WOULD GO BACK TO A BLUES FEST OR ANY KIND OF FESTIVAL IS BECAUSE IT IT WOULD IMPROVE EVERY YEAR, LIKE THERE'D BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD SAY, OH MAN, THAT'S REALLY COOL. THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE A BUILT IN AMPHITHEATER NOW, OR THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE VALUE OF THE FESTIVAL.
SO MAYBE AND I THINK RUTH USED TO PROPOSE AN AMPHITHEATER.
THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE AMPHITHEATER.
BUT IF YOU COULD LOCATE IT IN A PERFECT PLACE.
I THINK IF YOU WANTED TO REVITALIZE THE SOUTH SIDE.
THE TURNING POINT PARKING LOT.
IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD WORK OUT A DEAL WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF FACILITY, TO OFFER AS AN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE.
AND IT WOULD IT WOULD HELP THEM ALSO, BUT ALSO THAT THAT WHOLE AREA HOPEFULLY WILL GET RENOVATED.
BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING TO THE COMMUNITY, OTHERWISE WE WON'T.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT JUST GETTING FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER, WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET MORE CHICKEN PLACES, MORE FAST FOOD PLACES, AND THERE WON'T BE ANY DIVERSITY IN WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER OUR RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
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THANKS. SO CAN I, CAN I RESPOND? SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THESE ITEMS DEVELOPED WHEN WE ALL KIND OF SAT DOWN AND SAID, HEY, WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HOW DO WE WANT TO MOVE TOWARD, YOU KNOW, HITTING THESE FIVE INITIATIVES? I, A LOT OF THEM ARE ARE PROJECT SPECIFIC.AND SO TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD DO ON SOME OF THESE THINGS IS, IS MAYBE CONVERT THEM INTO MORE OF A GENERAL STATEMENT ON WE NEED TO CREATE WAYS TO DRAW IN, PERFORMANCES TO CREATE A DESTINATION TYPE OF.
SO THE PHYSICAL AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LOVE TO, I THINK MAYBE REWORD THIS ITEM AND TAKE IT OUT OF JUST THE PHYSICAL PERFORMING ARTS AND MAKE IT MORE ABOUT WE NEED TO MAKE OUR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE PERFORMING SIDE OF THE ARTS AND CREATING AN ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION.
SO ON THAT ONE, AND REALLY ON THE HERITAGE PARK PLAZA AS WELL.
I WOULD LOVE TO MAYBE REWARD THAT AND SAY SOMETHING IN THE MANNER OF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO PAY TRIBUTE TO BEDFORD'S HISTORY AND AGAIN, LEAVE THE FORM IN FASHION UP TO US AND TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU ALL.
SO JUST JUST MY THOUGHT AGAIN, OPEN TO WHATEVER SUGGESTIONS.
SO COUNCIL ANY SUGGESTIONS ON THAT REGARD, JUST KIND OF MAKING THESE MORE GENERALIZED STATEMENTS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY JUST HAVING STAFF BRING US SOME, SOME SOLUTIONS WITHIN TIME TO, TO ADDRESS.
AND IT'S MORE NEED BASED THAN PROJECT BASED IS WHAT I'M SEEING.
OKAY. SO I'M SAYING, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE REGARDS.
ALL RIGHT. SO IS THAT WHAT EVERYTHING YOU NEED.
BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
I REMEMBER FOR CREATING HERITAGE PARK, I THINK THAT WAS THAT WAS THE STRUCTURE.
BUT I REMEMBER US HAVING OTHER DEEPER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE HONOR THE HISTORY OF BEDFORD, HOW DO WE FIND A WAY TO DO THAT? SO OBVIOUSLY, I THINK I THINK THERE'S A CONSENSUS UP HERE THAT WE WANT TO HONOR OUR PAST AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A IN A VERY NICE WAY, SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE COME FROM. WE, WE'VE, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN BEDFORD.
AND SO WE WANT TO HONOR THAT HISTORY.
AND WE HAVE SOME ARTIFACTS TO, TO, TO ACTUALLY SHOW OFF TO PICTURES INCLUDED.
AND THEN AS FOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, I THINK THAT IN IT'S IT'S TOO NICHE.
AND I THINK WE CAN STILL MEET NEEDS OTHER THAN DESIGNING A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
YEAH, WE'LL GET REWARDED ON THOSE COUPLE AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL.
ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN OKAY.
IS THERE ANY INSPECTION AT THIS TIME FOR RENTAL HOMES.
SO WE HAVEN'T DONE A FULL MANDATORY REGISTRATION ON THE LONG TERM RENTALS.
THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PROGRAM IS STILL KIND OF IN ITS INFANCY STAGES.
WHAT WE ARE DOING AND IT'S WORKING WELL.
AND SO AS WE BECOME AWARE OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES AND DEFICIENCIES ON MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS, AS WE FIND OUT THAT THEIR RENTAL, IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEM REGISTERED AT THIS TIME AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT OUR RULES ARE, AND THEN WE GET THEM REGISTERED.
SO WE'RE REALLY WE'RE DOING IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.
IT HASN'T BEEN A FULL ROLLOUT.
BUT AGAIN, IF THERE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE PROPERTY, WE ARE WORKING THOSE AS WE'RE MADE AWARE OF THOSE, THE FULL ROLLOUT IS GOING TO BE A REVAMP OF CODE AND PROBABLY ADDITIONAL STAFF.
BUT WITH HIS QUESTION WAS I THINK HE HAD A RENTAL.
SHOULD HE COME TO THE CITY AND REGISTER? IF HE HAS NOT HEARD FROM US? HE DOES NOT NEED TO DO THAT.
IF HE'S HEARD FROM US, THERE'S A REASON HE'S HEARD FROM US.
OKAY, SO WE WOULD TELL HIM FIRST CODE AND THEN REGISTERED.
YES, WE WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM TO REGISTER WITH US SO THAT WE CAN TRACK AND MONITOR THE PROPERTY.
ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S THE GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDES THIS THIS ITEM HERE.
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SEE IF WE WANT TO ADD MORE THINGS TO IT AND HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION AND LEAVE YOU AND LEAVE YOU.DO YOU WANT ME? YOU WANT ME TO HAVE IT IN EARLY MAY? ONLY ONLY A HOT TUBS ARE ON THE ON IT.
SO SEEING NOTHING ELSE, ON THE AGENDA, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
AND I, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LOVE TO MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A FIRST FOR MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.
AYE. ALL RIGHT. MEETING'S ADJOURNED AT 7:40.
THANK YOU GUYS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.