Mar 26, 2024 City Council

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ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 6:00.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

IT IS TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH, 2024.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM AN INVOCATION BY PASTOR DR.

ADREW NUNLEY OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

IF EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE STAND, LET'S PRAY.

GOD, YOU ARE A CREATOR, REDEEMER AND SUSTAINER GOD, BEFORE WE ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING GOD, WE WANT TO ASK FOR OUR FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED BY WORD, THOUGHT, OR DEED. GOD, WE ASK YOU RIGHT NOW TO BLESS THE MAYOR, BLESS THE CITY COUNCIL, BLESS THE OFFICIALS AND ALL THE STAFF AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AS WE MAKE DECISIONS.

GOD TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS IS LEADING US WITH THE PLEDGES.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

PASTOR NUNLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

THIS ONE'S A REALLY SPECIAL ONE.

WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF PARKS SUPERINTENDENT DON HENDERSON, A RECIPIENT OF THE HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD FROM THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY.

AND I HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR MARK LONG.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COGAN.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL.

THIS IS REALLY COOL FOR ME TO BE IN THIS POSITION TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THIS GENTLEMAN WHO IS SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE IT HIS LIFE MISSION TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT IN BEDFORD FOR THE BETTER PART OF FOUR DECADES.

PARK SUPERINTENDENT DON HENDERSON WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE 2024 HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD AT THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN GALVESTON EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO A PERSON WHO HAS DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR SERVICE AND DEVOTION TO ADVANCING THE FIELD OF PARKS AND RECREATION, ALONGSIDE THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY.

FOR 43 YEARS, DON HAS BEEN A STAPLE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A PARK MAINTENANCE CREW MEMBER IN 1982.

DO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT Y'ALL WERE DOING IN 1982? I WASN'T ALIVE, I WAS GOING TO SAY.

HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED THREE TIMES TO HIS CURRENT POSITION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH HE HAS HAD FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS.

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GO BACK, AND WE WOULD PUT SOME.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO THROW THEM CURVEBALLS.

SO, THIS IS DON.

I THINK WE THINK THE FIRST ONE IN THE BOAT IS CIRCA 1985-ISH.

SO, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S GREAT HAIR.

I WOULD JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, IN 1985 I HAD A PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY THICK HEAD OF HAIR AS WELL.

BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT ABOUT DON.

SO, DON HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ALMOST ALL MAJOR PROJECTS, INCLUDING GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH AND THE NANCY LIEBERMAN COURT AT CENTRAL PARK, WHICH IS THE CITY'S FIRST AND ONLY FULL SIZE OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT.

AND HE HAS HAD HIS HANDS IN EVERY PARK AND EVERY PLAYGROUND IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD TO DATE.

I RECENTLY ASKED DON AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING WHAT HE THOUGHT HIS PROUDEST MOMENTS WERE OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS.

HE QUICKLY LAID BACK IN HIS CHAIR AND HE SAID, IT'S NOT A SINGULAR PROJECT OR EVENT, BUT IT'S THE MEMORIES HE'S MADE WATCHING GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN GROW UP USING OUR PARK SYSTEM AND THE JOY HE SAW ON EACH OF THEIR FACES.

FOR DON, IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING THE NAME ON A PLAQUE AFTER A BIG PROJECT, WHICH HE HAS MANY OF.

IT'S NOT ABOUT A PAT ON THE BACK OR BEING RECOGNIZED FOR DOING SOMETHING GREAT, BUT IT'S SIMPLY ABOUT CREATING SPACE AND SMALL MOMENTS FOR FAMILIES TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER WHILE OUT IN NATURE.

I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF KEVIN FREILICH'S.

IF YOU'RE A LONGTIME BEDFORD RESIDENT, YOU MAY KNOW WHO KEVIN FREILICH'S IS.

HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES FROM 1993 TO 1997, HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I THINK KEVIN SAID IT BEST.

HE SPEAKS FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THIS MAN RIGHT HERE WHEN HE SAYS.

DON IS ONE OF THE MOST APPROACHABLE, SOFT-SPOKEN LEADERS THAT I HAVE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH.

HE LEADS BY EXAMPLE, AND WHEN HE DOES LEAD, EVERYONE ON HIS TEAM FOLLOWS RIGHT BEHIND.

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HE GOES ON TO SAY HE CARES SO MUCH FOR HIS PEOPLE.

HE CARES SO MUCH FOR HIS PRODUCT, AND HE CARES SO MUCH ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT SIT BEHIND ME.

FOR 40 PLUS YEARS, HE HAS NEVER WAVERED.

AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS IS BETTER BECAUSE OF THIS MAN RIGHT HERE TO THIS DAY.

HE'S STILL VERY SOFT SPOKEN, HE'S VERY APPROACHABLE, AND HE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO TEACH.

AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MAN.

AND HE HAS TAUGHT ME, AND I HAVE LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FROM HIM.

THE HISTORY IN THIS MAN'S HEAD IS INCREDIBLE, AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW HISTORY WHEN YOU COME INTO A POSITION.

SO, DON WAS ALSO NAMED THE 024 TRAPS NORTH REGION PARK PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR IN 2022.

HE WAS NAMED TO THE TOP 100 INFLUENCERS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY THE ENGAGING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS ORGANIZATION.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE MORE DESERVING OF THIS AWARD THAN THIS MAN TO MY LEFT.

THANK YOU, DON, FOR ALL YOU DO AND HAVE DONE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD AND THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE OVER THE LAST 43 YEARS.

I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU, AND IT IS AN HONOR TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU ON A DAILY BASIS.

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, ON THIS TREMENDOUS HONOR.

CAREFUL. THIS IS HEAVY.

AND WHILE I HAVE HIM HERE, THIS IS NOT A RETIREMENT PARTY.

SO, LET'S GO. FIVE DECADES.

SO, WE GOT ABOUT SEVEN MORE YEARS.

OKAY. SO, IS THAT IT? AM I DONE? DON.

NO, NO, NO. DON.

NO, NO, NO, YOU GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING HERE.

OKAY. FOR Y'ALL THAT KNOW ME, I'M VERY SHORT AND SWEET AND STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.

BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE I NEED TO THANK TONIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT ME INTO THE CITY OR SUGGESTED I APPLY FOR THE CITY.

HIS NAME WAS GARY COCHRAN.

HE IS NOW A FIRE CHIEF AND ONE OF THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY'S GENTLEMEN BY THE NAME OF JAMES HUGHES, WHO WAS A PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR A WHILE.

KEVIN FREILICH'S.

RON MCKENZIE.

SAM DELANEY, KENT HIGHWATER RICK BENNETT.

EARNHARDT. JERRY SCHREIER.

AVON PHALGU.

THESE INDIVIDUALS TAUGHT ME A LOT OVER THE YEARS, AND THEY HELPED ME GROW PERSONALLY AND THEY HELPED ME GROW PROFESSIONALLY.

SO I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

AND I TOOK THE BEST OF EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND TRIED TO MAKE THEM MINE.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WAS PART OF MY SUCCESS.

THE OTHER PEOPLE I WANT TO THANK TONIGHT WOULD BE MY TEAM.

I HAVE 3 OR 4 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE STAYED WITH ME FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS OR MORE, AND I SAY IT ALL THE TIME.

SOMETIMES YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR STAFF.

AND SO THAT IS ERIC NICHOLAS, DANIEL LESLIE, JEFF SCOTT, SAMUEL DELANEY, AND CHRIS SKINNER.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WITHOUT THOSE, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AS I HAVE BEEN OVER THE YEARS.

THAT LEADS ME TO MY FAMILY.

I NEED TO MENTION LISA, MY WIFE, 36 YEARS THIS SUMMER.

SHE'S A TRUE HERO IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

THAT'S. THAT'S FOR SURE.

FOR STAYING WITH ME FOR THAT LONG.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE.

ACKNOWLEDGE MY SISTER, JENNIFER BELLINGHAUSEN.

JENNIFER BELLINGHAUSEN AND HER HUSBAND, MARK BELLINGHAUSEN.

THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

MY DAUGHTER, CASEY.

CASEY AUSTIN.

AND THEN I HAVE TO THANK MY MOM.

SHE HAS BEEN MY NUMBER ONE SUPPORTER.

SHE SHE SHE'S ALWAYS THERE.

SHE'S ALWAYS. AND BY THE WAY, SHE WAS A SHE WAS A PUBLIC SERVANT FOR 22 YEARS AT TARRANT COUNTY.

IF Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW SUZANNE HENDERSON, HER MOTHER WAS A PUBLIC SERVANT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND HER DAD WAS EDDIE MORGAN WAS A SERVANT, A PUBLIC SERVANT FOR THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE I GET IT.

SO WE HAVE A LONG LINEAGE OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO I NEED TO THE SPECIAL GUEST STAR OF THE EVENING I WANT TO INTRODUCE IS MR. BRENDAN WHEELER AUSTIN, MY GRANDSON.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU SO.

I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE TO SAY THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR.

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YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD YOUR HAND IN EVERY SINGLE PARK.

ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ABOUT OUR CITY IS OUR PARK SYSTEM.

IT'S PHENOMENAL.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU'VE HAD A HAND IN IT FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

AND YOUR OWN WORDS, WATCHING THE GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN COME AND USE OUR PARKS AND ENJOY.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

AND YOU, YOU EMBODY WHAT IT IS TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT.

AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

AND JUST FROM MY OWN PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL PLACE HERE AS MAYOR.

RIGHT? AND TEMPORARILY RIGHT NOW.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS CITY.

ON BEHALF OF ALL THE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION.

AND I HAVE FOR US FIRE CHIEF BILL WALKER.

I KNOW I SAW HIM HERE.

HE'S MAKING HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE CROWDS OF PEOPLE.

WELCOME, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW RIGHT THERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY HERE.

WE HAVE JOSH BURLESON HERE TONIGHT.

AND I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT I FEEL ABOUT OUR YOUNG FIREFIGHTERS.

OUR YOUNG GROUP IS JUST OUTSTANDING.

AND JOSH IS ONE OF THOSE.

SO, THIS IS HIS FIVE YEARS STARTING IN 2019 I THINK IT WAS MARCH 27TH.

EXACTLY. HE'S BEEN SUPER ACTIVE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

HE'S ALREADY GOT HIS DRIVER.

OPERATOR. INSTRUCTOR ONE.

OFFICER ONE.

HE'S CERTIFIED IN ROPES AND SWIFT WATER.

HE RECENTLY GOT THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA SMOKE DIVERS' COURSE, AND THAT IS A THAT'S A COURSE YOU HAVE TO COMPETE TO BE TO GET INTO. AND THEN ONCE YOU GET IN, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DON'T PASS.

AND IT'S ABOUT A HARDER THING PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY AS YOU CAN GO THROUGH IN OUR IN OUR BUSINESS.

SO, WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF JOSH GETTING THROUGH THAT.

AND JUST KIND OF SHOWS HIS FORTITUDE AND, AND THE KIND OF PERSON HE IS.

SO, HE'S BEEN SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN A REAL POSITIVE SINCE HE'S BEEN THERE AND CAN BE ONE OF THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SO, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HIM. AND FIVE YEARS IN, AND HE JUST HAD HIS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH HIS WIFE, MARLISE, WHO'S HERE NOT 36 YEARS AND FOUR YEARS ON THE JOB.

BUT WE'RE TRYING HERE. WE'RE GETTING THERE.

BUT JOSH OLSON, GREAT GUY.

RELATIONS 40 YEARS. OKAY. 40.

SET THE BAR. SET THE BAR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

SO, BE GOOD.

OKAY, SO FIRST UP WE HAVE MR. SAL CARUSO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI AND CITY COUNCIL.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SOUTH BEDFORD FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

SO, I MOVED THERE.

THE DIGITAL MONUMENT SIGN IN FRONT OF FIREHOUSE THREE.

THAT WAS ME. I STOOD HERE AT THE PODIUM MANY, MANY TIMES TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATION FOR THE FOLKS IN SOUTH BEDFORD AND THEY FINALLY DID IT.

WELL, I WAS ADVOCATED FOR THE SOUTH BEFORE.

I HAVE DONE THE SAME FOR ALL.

ALL THE BEDFORD BUSINESSES ARE, IN MY OPINION, THE HEART OF A CITY TO KEEP A CITY GOING, ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESSES.

I WAS INVOLVED WITH BRINGING IN THREE BUSINESSES TO BEDFORD AND 2019 AS SEVERAL OF YOU FOLKS UP HERE AS WELL.

THERE WERE NEIGHBORHOODS BEHIND THE LIQUOR STORES THAT COMPLAINED AND SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT LIQUOR STORES THERE.

THE LIQUOR PETITION PASSED BY CLOSE TO 81%.

BUSINESSES GO ON.

AND THOSE LIQUOR STORES ARE NOT A PROBLEM TO THIS DAY.

I STARTED A BUSINESS GROUP ON FACEBOOK CALLED BEDFORD BUSINESS CONNECTION TO HELP PROMOTE BEDFORD BUSINESSES.

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THIS BRINGS ME TO THE ISSUE OF HAVING A CAR WASH ON BROWN TRAIL IN SOUTH BEDFORD.

I'M A LITTLE CONFLICTED.

I UNDERSTAND THE RESIDENTS ARE UPSET BY THAT.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE THAT A BUSINESSES ARE NEEDED.

WE DON'T NEED AN EMPTY LOT SITTING THERE.

THE CAR WASH COMPANY A FEW MONTHS AGO GAVE AN IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION OF THEIR COMPANY, ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN IN ALL MY YEARS SITTING HERE AT MEETINGS IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

THERE ARE CONCERNS WHO? FROM THE FOLKS WHO LIVE BEHIND THE CAR WASH, THE NOISE LEVEL, THE ENTRANCE EXIT OFF OF OLD KIRK ROAD, WHICH LEADS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M NOT SURE IF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS HAVE WORKED WITH THE CAR WASH COMPANY ON SOME CHANGES TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS OR NOT.

I WOULD HOPE THEY DID.

I REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO THE RESIDENTS OF MORAL GREEN WERE UPSET ABOUT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING TO BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THEM.

AND I REMEMBER ONE MEETING I LEFT, LEFT AFTER THE MEETING AND THE OWNER, A DEVELOPER, WAS STANDING OUTSIDE HERE, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS WITH THE RESIDENTS, AND THEY WERE WORKING ON A COMPROMISE, A COMPROMISE THAT THEY WENT THAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED.

WENT FROM, I THINK, 31 HOMES TO 29 HOMES AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THE DEVELOPER GAVE.

GAVE TO THEM. HOWEVER, THIS COMPANY CLEARLY WANTS TO COME TO BEDFORD.

AND RECENTLY THEY AT THE LAST MEETING, THEY HAVE MADE CHANGES TO THEIR SITE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCE.

EXIT IS NOW GOING TO BE ON BROWN TRAIL.

THE NOISE LEVEL.

THEY MOVE THE VACUUMS CLOSER TO THE BROWN TRAIL IN A STRUCTURE, AND TO HAVE SILENCERS ON THE VACUUMS TO LESSEN THE NOISE.

SO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY, HAVE TRIED TO COMPROMISE, HAVE TRIED TO WORK ON THIS BROWN TRAIL IS A COMMERCIAL STREET.

ALL BUSINESSES, FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, MEXICAN MARKET, A LAUNDROMAT, AND SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES.

THERE'S A SOME OF YOU TALK OF THE VISION FOR SOUTH BEDFORD, AND THAT VISION DOES NOT INCLUDE A CAR WASH.

WELL, AS A 30 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT OF SOUTH BEDFORD, I WELCOME A COMPANY THAT HAS WORKED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF ITS NEIGHBORS.

MY VISION IS THAT THE FOLKS IN THE RESIDENCE AND THE COMPANY WILL WORK TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY COME TO A COMPROMISE.

I WE'RE PROBABLY PAST THAT POINT.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID TALK TO THE COMPANY.

I'M NOT SURE. A COMPANY THAT WILL PROVIDE SALES AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUES FOR YEARS TO COME.

A COMPANY WHO APPROACHES THEIR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALLY.

A COMPANY THAT WILL PROVIDE JOBS TO BEDFORD RESIDENTS.

A COMPANY THAT HAS SHOWN A DESIRE TO COME TO BEDFORD.

A COMPANY THAT HAS MADE THE NECESSARY CHANGES.

OF WHAT? WHAT WE SEE OR I SEE.

A FEW MEETINGS AGO, THERE WAS A33 TIE WHICH NOW LEADS TO TONIGHT'S VOTE.

COUNCILWOMAN. CULVER.

I SEE YOU AS A SWING VOTE.

AND IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW YOU VOTE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.

INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT THIS COUNCIL WELCOMES ANOTHER BUSINESS BEDFORD.

OR DO YOU TELL THEM YOU TELL THIS BUSINESS? NO THANKS.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER BUSINESS.

WALK AWAY. GOES BACK TO.

YEARS AGO, WHERE BEDFORD WAS KNOWN AS A BAD FOR BUSINESS.

DO WE DO WE TELL THEM THAT WE DON'T NEED YOU? WE DON'T NEED THE REVENUE.

WE DON'T NEED THE PROPERTY TAX.

THE SALES TAX. WE DON'T NEED ALL THAT.

A COMPANY THAT HAS GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY.

IT SEEMS TO ME TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S UP TO YOU FOLKS.

THAT'S WHY YOU GET PAID THE BIG BUCKS.

WAS $12 A YEAR OR SOMETHING, I THINK.

NOT YET. NOT YET.

RIGHT. YOU'LL GET IT.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN ADVANCE. BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, AND YOU AND YOUR VOTE WILL BRING ANOTHER BUSINESS TO BEDFORD THAT WOULD THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO ALL, ALL OF BEDFORD EVERY, EVERY, EVERY PERSON IN THIS CITY WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT AND LOOKING FOR MORE BUSINESSES TO COME IN, ESPECIALLY A GOOD ONE.

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ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE LAST NAME WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

MR. MAYOR, MR. PRO TEM MAYOR COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN.

MY NAME IS TERRY WILLIAMS AND I HAVE LIVED AT 86 REGENT'S PARK HERE IN BEDFORD FOR 38 YEARS.

OUR CHILDREN WERE BOTH EDUCATED IN HEB ISD, AND I WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 25 YEARS, RETIRED AND WENT BACK TO WORK FOR THEM PART TIME FOR NINE MORE YEARS.

MY HUSBAND, AFTER A 35-YEAR CAREER IN SALES, WENT TO WORK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SEVEN YEARS, DRIVING A SCHOOL BUS SO THAT CHILDREN GOT TO SCHOOL AND HOME SAFELY.

WE SHOP IN BEDFORD.

WE SELECTED OUR PHYSICIANS, OUR DENTISTS, OUR HOSPITALS IN BEDFORD AND WE VOTE IN BEDFORD CITY ELECTIONS.

WE ARE INVESTED IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND WE HAVE BEEN SINCE 1985.

SO, WE DEFINITELY ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND WE ARE AMONG THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT GENERALLY SHOWS UP FOR CITY ELECTIONS.

SO, I MUST ASK YOU, HAVE YOU VISITED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RECENTLY? I MEAN, HAVE YOU PHYSICALLY COME OVER AND DRIVEN AROUND OUR STREETS AND SEEN THE LAYOUT OF WHAT IS THERE? IF NOT, WELL, WE'RE LOCATED IN THE STONEGATE ADDITION, OBVIOUSLY, WHICH TAKES IN OLD KIRK AND BROWN TRAIL.

HAVE YOU SEEN HOW CLOSE THIS CAR WASH WILL BE TO THE HOMES THAT ARE ON NORTH RAVENSWOOD, OLD KIRK AND EVEN THE BACKYARDS OF THE FOLKS ON REGENT'S PARK WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL.

HAVE YOU VISITED THE CAR WASH THAT IS OUT IN HALTOM CITY, THAT IS OWNED BY THIS SAME COMPANY THAT WANTS TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? BECAUSE IF YOU DID, YOU NOTICED THAT THAT WAS NOT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED HOW LOUD THE BLOWERS, AND THE VACUUMS WERE.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WALK TO AND FROM BELL HIGH SCHOOL EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE TWO MILES AWAY, SO THEY'RE NOT ENTITLED TO BUS TRANSPORTATION, AND MOST OF THEM ARE LOW-INCOME CHILDREN.

AND SO, THEY WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

THE SAFER SIDE OF BROWN TRAIL TO DO THAT WALK IS THE SIDE WHERE WE WOULD OPEN THE CAR WASH.

SO, ANOTHER CONGESTION ON THAT SIDEWALK.

ALSO, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU TRY TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN OFF OF OLD KIRK ONTO BROWN TRAIL, THE WAY THE STREET HAS A CURVE IN IT THERE, YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT MAKING THAT LEFT HAND TURN.

YOU ADD MORE CONGESTION, MORE TRAFFIC, MORE IN AND OUT AND RIGHT THERE IN THAT POSITION AND MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN WILL BECOME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. BUT MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY TO ME AND TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS.

SO, I WOULD ASK YOU THIS QUESTION IS, DO YOU EVER ENJOY WORKING IN YOUR FRONT YARD, PLANTING YOUR SPRING FLOWERS, GETTING YOUR YARD READY AND MAKING IT LOOK NICE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PART OF BEDFORD, AND WE TRY TO KEEP OUR YARDS GROOMED AND NICE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS FOR OTHERS.

IF YOU LIVE ON NORTH RAVENSWOOD OR OLD KIRK 12 HOURS A DAY, THAT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO ENJOY WORKING IN YOUR FRONT YARD BECAUSE OF THE NOISE FROM THE CAR WASH.

FOR THOSE OF US THAT LIVE ON REGENT'S PARK, AND WE'VE INVESTED MONEY IN BUILDING NICE PATIOS WITH OUTDOOR KITCHENS AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND WE LIKE TO ENTERTAIN IN OUR BACKYARD STARTING AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING AND NOT ENDING TILL 7:00 AT NIGHT.

WE'LL HEAR THE VACUUMS AND THE BLOWERS.

WE MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OVER A CUP OF COFFEE.

SO, I THINK THE CAR WASH WILL RENDER OUR FRONT YARDS IN SOME CASES IN OUR BACKYARDS IN OTHER CASES NOT NEARLY AS ENJOYABLE. AND IT WILL PROBABLY DECREASE THE PROPERTY VALUE OF OUR HOME OVER THE LONG TERM.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WILD WILLY'S FULL-SERVICE CAR WASH IS LOCATED ON BEDFORD ROAD, JUST A HALF MILE DOWN THE STREET AND AROUND THE CORNER.

IT SERVES OUR COMMUNITY WELL.

PROVIDES FULL-SERVICE CAR WASH.

YOU KNOW, SO DO WE WANT TO PROVIDE COMPETITION FOR THAT BUSINESS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE AND PAY

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IF YOU TRULY WANT TO REVITALIZE THE BROWN TRAIL CORRIDOR, PLEASE LOOK FOR BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BRING A POSITIVE IMPACT TO THE EXISTING BUSINESSES AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.

THE CARNATION CAR WASH IS LOCATED ON CENTRAL DRIVE AND WEST PARKWAY.

CERTAINLY, DO NOT BACK UP TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, EVEN THE SELF-SERVICE CAR WASH.

CAR WASHES THAT ARE LOCATED AROUND BEDFORD, MOST OF THEM WITHIN A MILE TO A MILE AND A HALF OF THIS LOCATION.

ARE ALL LOCATED NEXT TO OTHER BUSINESSES OR OFFICE BUILDINGS, SO WHY WOULDN'T YOU SHOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THE SAME RESPECT THAT YOU SHOWED WHEN THESE BUSINESSES WERE PUT IN? PLEASE COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILWOMAN VISIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

CHECK OUT THE DISTANCES FROM THE CAR WASH TO OUR HOMES ON NORTH RAVENSWOOD, OLD KIRK ROAD AND REGENTS PARK COURT.

AND I ASK YOU THIS VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE IN ONE OF THESE HOMES THAT RANGE WITHIN 40FT TO 75 YARDS FROM THIS CAR WASH, AND WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS NOISE POLLUTION 12 HOURS A DAY, EVERY DAY? ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU TREAT US NEIGHBORS AS YOU WOULD TREAT YOURSELVES.

IF YOU COULD NOT TOLERATE HAVING THIS BUSINESS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN 40FT TO 75 YARDS OF YOUR PROPERTY LINE.

WOULD YOU VOTE TO PUT IT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? IF NOT, PLEASE DON'T VOTE TO PUT IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR CONSIDERATION OF WAYS TO BUILD A BETTER BEDFORD TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TERRY.

NEXT UP WE HAVE PATRICK.

OH, GEEZ, I THOUGHT IT WAS FURTHER DOWN THE LIST.

NO, NO. MY NAME IS PATRICK WESTBROOK.

I LIVE ON N02 SOMERSET CIRCLE IN THE STONEGATE ADDITION.

UNLIKE MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A FEW DECADES, I'M THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, SO IT'S GREAT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU.

MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS MY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SO CONVENIENTLY ENOUGH, I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF MORE HERE BECAUSE I'M MANDATORY FOR BEDFORD UNIVERSITY TO BE HERE. BUT IT WORKED OUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHERE MY NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR WASH, AND I WANTED TO COME UP AND JUST SPEAK VERY, VERY QUICKLY IN MY SUPPORT IN REGARD TO THEM.

I THINK THE INDIVIDUAL BEFORE ME SAID EVERYTHING THAT I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IN THE SAME TYPE OF THING.

THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

LD, LD, BELL HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN US AS WALKERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, JOGGERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HOW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS ARRANGED AS IT RELATES TO BROWN TRAIL ARE VERY HIGH CONSIDERATIONS THAT IF YOU ALL DO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CAR WASH, YOU KNOW, IT'S Y'ALL'S DECISION.

YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT SOME THINGS BE CONSIDERED TO, TO CHANGE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA TO BETTER, BETTER BENEFIT THOSE THAT ARE MOVING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS.

I HAVE POPEYE'S IN MY BACKYARD.

I HATE IT FOR SIX MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR UNTIL THE VEGETATION, YOU KNOW, COVERS ALL THOSE LED LIGHTS.

I CAN PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS AROUND HAVING A PARTICULAR BUSINESS IN IN MY BACKYARD, BUT I CAN'T GET POPEYE'S REMOVED.

I JUST HOPE THOSE TREES STAY FOR LONGER THAN I DO.

BUT THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY IS I JUST WANT TO COME UP AND SUPPORT MY NEIGHBORS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA AS GOING AGAINST THE CAR WASH.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU, PATRICK.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE TONY.

TONY. MORNING, Y'ALL.

MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE CAR WASH.

MY SON LIVED ON OLD KIRK FOR 14 YEARS.

RAISED TWO KIDS FROM BABIES TO HIGH SCHOOL.

NEVER GOT RUN OVER.

I DON'T THINK I CAN. I'VE BEEN HERE 40 YEARS.

I HAVE NOT HEARD ONE CHILD GETTING HIT IN BEDFORD AM I WRONG? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENED.

AND AS FAR AS THE THE PROPERTY VALUE GOES, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE THE FIRST OPENING STATEMENTS.

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I THOUGHT AROUND IT WAS REALLY GOING TO BE VERY PRETTY, AND I'M NOT SURE OF ONE OTHER THING THAT IS IT'S BEEN A CAR LOT.

DO WE GET ANY TAX MONEY FROM THAT CAR? DON'T WE NEED SOME MONEY IN SOUTH BEDFORD? I, I SUPPORT THE CAR WASH.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. TONY. NEXT, WE HAVE SARAH.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MAYOR, I EMAILED YOU GUYS EARLIER.

I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY AGAIN, AND THIS TIME FOR ALSO TWO OF OUR ELDER NEIGHBORS WHO CANNOT ATTEND TONIGHT'S MEETING.

BUT THEY HAVE SHARED THEIR GRIEF WITH US ABOUT THIS IMPENDING CAR WASH.

ONE OF OUR SWEET NEIGHBORS WAS IN TEARS OVER HOW MUCH IT WOULD AFFECT HER PEACEFUL RETIREMENT AND LOVE OF GARDENING.

AS A REMINDER, WE PURCHASED OUR HOME IN 2018.

WE HAVE THREE KIDS, TWO DOGS, A CAT, AND TWO FISH.

AT THE COUNCIL MEETING IN DECEMBER, THE CAR WASH STATED THAT THE NOISE WOULD BE QUIETER THAN THE PASSING CARS.

SO MY HUSBAND AND I TESTED THAT THEORY AND WE WENT AND SAT ACROSS THE STREET FROM SEVERAL OTHER CAR WASH LOCATIONS.

THEIR CLAIM IS WITHOUT MERIT.

ALL WE HEARD WERE LOUD DRYERS, MACHINERY NOISES, CAR RADIOS AND CHATTER.

PLUS WE NOTICED AN INCREASE IN LITTER SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.

THE CURRENT SOUNDSCAPE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS FULL OF BIRDS CHIRPING, CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE SCHOOLYARD, NEIGHBORS MOWING THEIR YARD, AND THE OCCASIONAL SIREN FROM THE FIRE STATION. AN OVERALL PLEASANT FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT.

I CANNOT IMAGINE THE INTOLERABLE, OBNOXIOUS NOISE POLLUTION THAT WILL START AS EARLY AS 7 A.M.

ON SATURDAY MORNINGS AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

WE FREQUENTLY USE CARNATION CAR WASH, WHICH IS FOUR MINUTES FROM OUR HOME.

WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER CAR WASH IN THIS AREA.

LITERALLY NOBODY WHO LIVES IN THIS AREA IS ASKING FOR IT.

NOBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS IT.

CAL CALIBER CAR WASH IS ANOTHER NATIONAL CHAIN, AND THAT IS WHO HAS BOUGHT THIS CAR WASH.

THIS CORPORATE MONEY GRAB WILL BRING NOTHING POSITIVE OR UNIQUE TO THE SOUTH SIDE.

WE ARE DISTRAUGHT AT THE THOUGHT OF THE DECREASED PROPERTY VALUE DUE TO NOISE, POLLUTION, TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS.

A CAR WASH WOULD BE INCREDIBLY OUT OF PLACE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE OURS.

AND I TOLD YOU GUYS IN OUR EMAIL ITS 800FT FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE LOVE OUR HOME, AND WE LOVE BEDFORD.

BUT IF. BUT IF THE CAR WASH.

IF WE TURN OUR CAR WASH INTO.

IF YOU TURN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A CAR WASH, IT'S TURNING IT INTO AN INDUSTRIAL BLOCK, AND WE MIGHT AS WELL PROFIT FROM IT, TOO.

AND WE'RE PREPARED TO CONVERT OUR HOME TO A RENTAL PROPERTY AND MOVE OUT OF BEDFORD.

IF THIS IS PASSED, CALIBER CAR WASH WILL DESTROY THIS FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO MOVE TO A PLACE MORE CONDUCIVE TO FAMILIES.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO FLEE.

AND YOUR DECISION TONIGHT DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES AND RETIREES IN THIS BEDFORD COMMUNITY.

SO WE ARE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO MOVE.

IF THIS PASSES, AND THOSE WHOSE PRECIOUS GOLDEN YEARS ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.

AND LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS SAID, THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS.

I KNOW THAT THEY HAVEN'T FOUND ANY YET, BUT, I MEAN A PLANT, NURSERY, OFFICE SPACE, RETAIL.

THERE'S SOMETHING THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL ENRICH THE COMMUNITY AND NOT THIS CAR WASH.

AND THERE ARE MANY LOCATIONS IN BEDFORD THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE WITHOUT INVADING A NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY LIKE OURS.

NOW THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET UP HERE.

THE CAR WASH WOULD HAVE THE LAST WORD.

BUT REMEMBER, JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE LAST WORD, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE ACCURATE WORD OR THE TRUTH.

AT THE ZONING MEETING, THEY TRIED TO COME OFF AS A SMALL CAR WASH WITH 11 LOCATIONS.

AND ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, CALIBER HAS 50 LOCATIONS.

THEY HAVE THEIR EXPERTS ON DECIBELS.

BUT WE HAD OUR OWN EARS AND WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE IT WAS MUCH LOUDER THAN THEY PROMISED.

YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON THEM TO GIVE YOU THE 100% ACCURATE TRUTH, BUT YOU CAN DEPEND ON THEM TELLING YOU WHAT THEY THINK YOU NEED TO HEAR IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET THIS CAR WASH APPROVED. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

IN OUR HOME WE ARE BIG ON THE GOLDEN RULE.

DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.

AND I ASK EACH OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLEASE LOOK INSIDE YOU AND PONDER, IF THIS WAS YOUR FRONT YARD, WOULD YOU WANT TO WAKE UP TO THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF A LARGE, LOUD CHAIN CAR WASH EVERY MORNING? BECAUSE NOT ONE PERSON WHO LIVES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS THAT.

100% OF THE RESIDENTS I SPOKE WITH ARE OPPOSED TO THE CAR WASH.

EVERYONE IN THIS LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS, BUT YOU GUYS WON'T.

WE ARE ASKING YOU TO SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ARE AT YOUR MERCY, AND WE ARE BEGGING FOR MERCY.

PLEASE VOTE NO TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SARAH.

NEXT. STEPHANIE. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

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WHAT TERRY AND SARAH BOTH SAID WERE EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

MY FATHER-IN-LAW PURCHASED THE HOUSE THAT WE LIVE IN IN 1979, AFTER HE CAME HOME FROM VIETNAM.

HE WAS A HELICOPTER PILOT IN KOREA AND VIETNAM.

HE RAISED HIS CHILDREN THERE.

HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS WIFE OF 68 YEARS PASSED AWAY IN OUR HOME LAST YEAR.

OUR FAMILY HAD THE DISCUSSION, THE SAME ONE SARAH HAD WITH HER FAMILY.

IF THIS CAR WASH IS PASSED, WILL WE CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE? LEE DOES NOT WANT TO LIVE.

LEAVE HIS HOME.

HE WANTS TO STAY IN THE PLACE HE LAST HELD HIS BRIDE'S HAND.

HIS FAVORITE THING TO DO IN THE MORNING IS DRINK HIS COFFEE ON THE BACK PORCH AND LISTEN TO THE BIRDS.

WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

OUR BACKYARD.

JUST AS TERRY HAD SAID, THE MONEY WE PUT INTO OUR BACKYARDS TO GRILL, TO BARBECUE, TO ENTERTAIN WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE NOISE FROM THE CAR WASH.

UNLESS THE CAR WASH IS GOING TO BE SILENT, THE BLOWERS MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO NOISE.

IT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

EVERYTHING THEY SAID IS WHAT I AGREE WITH 100%.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHY WE KEEP SAYING THAT THE CAR WASH WILL BRING SALES TAX.

THE CAR WASH GENERATES ZERO SALES TAX.

WHEN THE PEOPLE WALKED AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BACK BEFORE THEY CAME TO THE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, THEY TOLD US THEY OWNED THE LAND.

THEY DO NOT OWN THE LAND.

GRUBBS NISSAN OWNS THE LAND THEY'RE GETTING THE LAND FOR.

VERY CHEAP. GREAT.

GOOD FOR THEM.

AS SAL SAID.

CAN WE SAY NO THANK YOU.

WE ARE SAYING NO, THANK YOU.

NO, NOT NO THANK YOU TO DEVELOPMENT IN BEDFORD IN THAT SPOT.

BUT NO THANK YOU TO THE CAR WASH IN THAT SPOT.

ONCE AGAIN ZERO SALES TAX.

YOU GET PROPERTY TAX FROM GRUBBS WHO OWNS IT NOW.

YOU WILL GET ZERO SALES TAX FROM THE CAR WASH.

THE CAR WASH'S PLOT OF LAND IS AN UNDESIRABLE PLOT TO DEVELOP.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES THERE, AND UNLESS YOU LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS.

TO PUT A BUSINESS THAT THE COMMODITY IS WATER MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.

AT SOME POINTS.

WHEN IT RAINS REALLY HARD, BROWN TRAIL TURNS INTO TWO LANES, NOT FIVE.

AND WHERE DOES THAT WATER GO? BACK DOWN INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S JUST WHAT WE DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS.

BUT TO PUT SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS WATER THAT WILL DRAIN, AND THEY HAVE STAYED IT.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT SARAH SAID.

THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THAT THE BLOWERS ARE GOING TO BE QUIET.

THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT UP A TREE.

THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THAT THE SOAP IS NOT TOXIC.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT TOXIC, BUT IT'S SOAP.

IT'S DESIGNED TO GET GRIME AND DIRT AND BIRD POOP OFF OF YOUR CAR.

AND THAT'S GOING TO FLOAT AROUND IN OUR AIR AND THAT'S GOING TO LAND IN OUR YARDS.

AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT.

I WALKED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL DAY YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON SAID, OH, THANK GOD THEY'RE PUTTING A CAR WASH IN.

NOBODY WANTS THE CAR WASH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND AS BOTH OF THE TWO THAT SPOKE BEFORE ME SAID, I THINK YOU NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT INTERNALLY.

WOULD YOU WANT A CAR WASH IN YOUR FRONT YARD? I 100% BELIEVE THAT IF THIS CAR WASH PROPOSAL WAS NEXT TO A HOUSE, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOOL IN THE NORTH SIDE OF BEDFORD, WE WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE AND HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

IT NEVER WOULD HAVE PASSED PNC.

I GET THAT THE SOUTH SIDE HAS A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, BUT THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR THAT SPOT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO PLEASE, WHEN YOU VOTE TONIGHT, REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

WOULD YOU WANT THIS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WOULD YOU WANT THIS IN YOUR FRONT YARD? WOULD YOU WANT THIS TO AFFECT YOUR PROPERTY VALUE? AND THE RESALE OF YOUR HOME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. STEPHANIE.

NEXT. ALICIA STEVENS.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ALICIA STEVENS.

I LIVE AT 1836 RAVENSWOOD DRIVE, DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LOT, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID.

I'M OPPOSED TO THE CAR WASH, AND I ESPECIALLY AGREE WITH THE POINT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT TURNING LEFT ON TO BROWN TRAIL ALREADY BEING DIFFICULT WITHOUT THERE BEING AN ENTRANCE OR EXIT TO A CAR WASH RIGHT THERE.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

I'M OPPOSED TO THE CAR WASH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, JARED.

GOOD EVENING. HOWDY, FOLKS.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR GOING ON 37 YEARS NOW.

I WENT TO L.D. BELL HIGH SCHOOL.

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THE NEED FOR A CAR WASH.

AND IF WE'LL RECALL, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS A PRAYER GIVEN.

AND AT THE END OF THAT PRAYER IT SAID, GIVE US THE STRENGTH AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF BEDFORD.

AND I'M NOT SEEING WHERE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE CAR WASH.

NOT ONE BIT.

THE CROSS TRAFFIC, THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE.

LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION.

HOW LONG IS THAT GOING TO TAKE? WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PAGE OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORS AT HURST ON REDOING TWO MILES OF PIPELINE THAT NOW SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKEN AS LONG AS I-35.

I MEAN, COME ON NOW.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, FOLKS.

THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT IS VARANE GREEN.

SEEING MAKING HIS WAY TO THE MIC.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS VERANANA.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

I'M THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CAR WASH, AND THIS IS A LOCALLY OWNED CAR WASH.

WE'VE ADDRESSED EVERY CONCERN THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP.

AND FRANKLY, WE'RE IN THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE THIS KIND OF CAR WASH IS THE FUTURE OF THIS OF OUR INDUSTRY OF CAR WASHING, WHICH IS PROVIDING A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE RECYCLE 85% OF THE WATER.

IT'S A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE THAN THE OLD SELF-SERVICE CAR WASHES AND STUFF.

ALMOST LIKE AN UPGRADE FROM A 7-11 CUP OF COFFEE TO A STARBUCKS.

AND MANY COMMUNITIES ARE EMBRACING THIS MODEL.

WE WE'VE PROVIDED ALL THE DATA TO THE CITY, AND THE CITY SUPPOSEDLY HAS DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE NOISE FACTOR AND EVERYTHING.

AND WE FEEL THAT THAT THAT WE ARE CORRECT.

IF WE'RE NOT CORRECT, WE SHOULDN'T BE APPROVED.

BUT WE ARE WE ARE CORRECT.

THE NOISE CONCERNS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP ARE SIMPLY, WE FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE NOISE CONCERNS.

WE'VE DEVELOPED SOME OF THESE CLOSER AND WE'VE NOT HAD ANY OF THESE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP.

AND, AND WE'RE MINDFUL BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT WE DEPEND ON FOR OUR BUSINESS.

SO, WE LIKE TO HAVE AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE THAT THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDES A NICE, ATTRACTIVE PLACE. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND WE FEEL LIKE WE DO DO THAT.

AND THE WHOLE BUILDING IS MASONRY.

THE VACUUMS ARE GOING TO BE IN A MASONRY ROOM IN THE FRONT.

SO, THE NOISE STUDIES OBVIOUSLY SHOW THAT THE NOISE WILL BE CLOSE TO ZERO WELL BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CHEMICALS ARE BIODEGRADABLE.

IF YOU WASH YOUR CAR AT HOME, THE CHEMICALS ACTUALLY GO INTO THE STORM DRAIN, AND IT AFFECTS THE CREEKS AND STUFF.

SO, SEVERAL CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE PROMOTING OUR KIND OF CAR WASH BECAUSE WE RECYCLE THE WATER, WE CLEAN THE WATER, AND THEN IT GOES INTO THE SEWER.

SO, NONE OF IT GOES INTO THE STORM, STORM DRAINS OR THE CREEKS OR THE RIVERS.

SO THESE ARE THE BENEFITS OF OF THIS MODEL OF CAR WASH.

AND IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE'RE THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES.

AND, AND FRANKLY, WE'RE WE GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL.

WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS THAT WAS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THIS SEEMED TO BE A GOOD FIT WITH OUR VALUES.

AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE SEVERAL OF THESE AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE WELL, BECAUSE WE DO PROVIDE A NICE, ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPED AREA AND A NICE EXPERIENCE FOR A MAJORITY OF OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR LADIES.

AND WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT TO PROVIDE A NICE CLEAN PLACE FOR THEM TO VACUUM OR CLEAN THE CAR AND GO THROUGH THE WASH AND MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE. AND WE DO THAT AND THIS, THIS LOT BY.

RIGHT. IF A FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT CAME, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE BOTH EXITS.

WE'VE ALLOWED ONLY ONE EXIT.

THE OTHER ONE HAS BEEN BLOCKED ONLY FOR FIRE ENTRANCES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE AN ENTRANCE FROM ROUND TRAIL BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID, HEY, IF YOU DIDN'T PUT THE ENTRANCE FROM OLD KIRK ROAD, WE WOULD

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SO, WE DID THAT THE MASONRY WALL ON THE BACK THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL SOUND BARRIER OR PROTECTION IN ADDITION TO THE SCREENING. AND WE'VE, WE'VE AGREED TO PUT EXTRA LANDSCAPING THERE TO, TO SCREEN THE CAR WASH OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR THAT LOT.

AND AS FAR AS THE SALES TAX IS CONCERNED, WE HAVE PROVIDED ACTUAL CALCULATIONS TO THE CITY.

I THINK WES HAS IT.

OF HOW MUCH SALES TAX WE DO PAY, LIKE ALL THE ALL THE PAYROLL TAXES, ALL THE PAYROLL IS, IS TAXED.

I MEAN, SORRY, ALL THE UTILITIES ARE TAXED.

WATER, SEWER, ALL THE CHEMICALS WE BUY, ALL THE ALL THE SUPPLIES THAT WE BUY.

AND WE'VE CALCULATED ALL THE TAX TAXES OF ALL THAT WE PROVIDE 15 FULL TIME JOBS WITH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE, I THINK, $560,000 WORTH OF LABOR EVERY YEAR. THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE A $4 MILLION PROJECT, WHICH WOULD ALL PROVIDE SERVICES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL SUBCONTRACTORS.

AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PLAYING A KEY PART IN THIS COMMUNITY AND ALL OF OUR OTHER LOCATIONS WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY DOES DO LIKE THAT.

DO LIKE OUR CAR WASHES.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, BRIAN. APPRECIATE IT.

I DIDN'T HEAR THIS GENTLEMAN'S ADDRESS.

YOU LIVE IN BEDFORD. OH, NO.

I LIVE IN ARLINGTON.

OH. YOU DO? 2712.

SYCAMORE PEAK TRAIL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS DYLAN.

HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DYLAN NANA.

THAT'S MY DAD WHO JUST PRESENTED AND I'M ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE CAR WASHES.

AND SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE BUSINESS IS, IT'S A FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS, AND MY UNCLE AND MY DAD STARTED IT.

I THINK SOME INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED THAT WE'RE A CORPORATE MACHINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THE STORY IS MORE THAT I WASN'T GOING TO JOIN THE FAMILY BUSINESS.

SO, MY DAD SOLD OUR BUSINESS AND THEN I DECIDED TO COME BACK.

AND SO NOW WE'RE DEVELOPING THESE CAR WASHES AGAIN.

BUT IT'S VERY MUCH A LOCALLY OWNED, VERY SMALL TEAM OF PEOPLE.

THE ONLY THING I REALLY ASK IS, I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR PRESENTING YOUR ARGUMENTS.

I'M SURE EVERYONE WOULD RATHER BE AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES THAN ARGUING FOR OR AGAINST A CAR WASH, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY, PLEASE GIVE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO MY WONDERFUL TEAM THEY'VE PRESENTED CREATED A PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS, AND WE'VE REALLY, REALLY TRIED TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS.

SO, I JUST APPRECIATE THE TIME.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NORMALLY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE RESERVE IT FOR 30 MINUTES.

I'M SEEING THERE'S ONLY TWO MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

I'LL ASK COUNCIL IF IT'S ALL RIGHT TO EXTEND IT FOR ANOTHER.

A LITTLE BIT MORE. OKAY.

I'M SEEING HEADS SHAKING, SO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP IS IT MR. MOHAMMED? I'LL SPEAK TO THE PRESENTATION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO, WE SEE THIS TIME, DANA.

HI. GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF BEDFORD FOR SINCE 1998.

WE PURCHASED OUR HOME AT 90 REGENT'S PARK IN 2000 AND WITH OUR INTENTION TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN THERE.

AND I WAS OF THE BELIEF THAT I UNLIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE, WE HAVE DECIDED TO BUILD OUR HOME AND TO RAISE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND I ALWAYS WANTED MY CHILDREN TO HAVE THAT HOME TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO, BECAUSE I WANTED THAT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.

SO, WE WERE NOT EVER, LIKE, INTERESTED IN PURCHASING A HOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, TURNING IT OVER TO BUY BIGGER OR BETTER.

WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY.

MY CHILDREN ATTENDED STONE GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I STILL HAVE A CHILD THAT I'M CURRENTLY RAISING.

SHE IS IN NINTH GRADE AND ATTENDS BEDFORD JUNIOR HIGH.

SO, I TAKE HER TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING AND SHE FINISHES HER DAY AT BELL HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE'S IN ATHLETICS AND WILL BE ATTENDING BELL HIGH SCHOOL ON A FULL-TIME BASIS NEXT YEAR. MY CONCERN IS OBVIOUSLY, AND JUST ALSO TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE BOTH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

WE HAVE OWNED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, BUT SINCE 2015, WE OWN ANDERSON CABINETS, WHICH DOES A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION WITHIN SCHOOLS AND RESTAURANTS AND HOMES.

AND WE'RE A FULL CUSTOM MILLWORK COMPANY.

WE HAVE ABOUT 10 TO 15 EMPLOYEES.

AND SO, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE AND DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO, BECAUSE WE COMPETE WITH VERY BIG CORPORATE

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AND SO, WE CAN CERTAINLY FEEL, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES THAT ARE WORKING AND TRYING TO PROVIDE A SERVICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

MY CONCERN IS THAT IF YOU HAVE EVER GONE ON TO BROWN TRAIL BECAUSE I TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL THERE EVERY DAY.

SO, I'M CROSSING THE FREEWAY, GOING UP NORTH TOWARDS BEDFORD JUNIOR HIGH.

THAT IS THE SCHOOL SHE'S ZONED FOR.

AND TURNING, JUST MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AT THAT TIME OF MORNING IS VERY CHALLENGING.

AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES A BIT.

NOW, IF AT ANY TIME OF DAY WHEN I'M COMING BACK INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH BROWN TRAIL, THAT IS A VERY CHALLENGING TURN TO MAKE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT IT CURVES.

SO, I CANNOT IMAGINE A BUSINESS THAT HAS A LOT OF CARS GOING INTO THAT BUSINESS.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR 7-ELEVEN, YOU HAVE THE BACKUP FROM THE LIGHT ON BROWN TRAIL.

AND THEN WHEN I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT ONTO OLD KIRK, SOMETIMES I HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE OF THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT CARS BACK UP.

SO I CAN'T IMAGINE TRYING TO GET INTO SOME PLACE THAT'S VERY BUSY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A VERY BIG TRAFFIC CHALLENGE BECAUSE I HAVE A HARD TIME JUST SOMETIMES GETTING INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ON THE CORNER THAT, YOU KNOW, IS A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.

YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY THAT'S BEEN A CAR LOT BY GRUBBS.

AND PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS ALWAYS FULL AND THEY USED IT KIND OF AS AN OVERFLOW LOT.

AND THEN EVERYTHING'S KIND OF CHANGED.

SO THAT IS MY CONCERN.

I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM I CAN APPRECIATE THE FAMILY THAT IS TRYING TO BUILD THEIR BUSINESS.

I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE.

I CAN APPRECIATE THAT THEY WANT TO.

I WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DON'T WANT THE NOISE.

I GO OUTSIDE.

I LOVE GOING OUTSIDE BECAUSE I CAN HEAR THE SCHOOL KIDS WHEN I, WHEN I, WHEN MY KIDS WERE AT STONEGATE, IT WAS SO AWESOME TO GO OUTSIDE AND I COULD SOMETIMES KIND OF SEE THEM PLAYING ON THE SCHOOLYARD. I ENJOY THAT, I ENJOY BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I ENJOY BEING PART OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

I JUST, WHEN THEY'RE DOING SOME SMALL CONSTRUCTION, BE IN THAT AREA.

ON THE CURRENT BUSINESSES, IT IMPEDES THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

IT'S SHORT LIVED.

WE GET OVER IT. THEY'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE CURRENTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

THEY WERE UPGRADING SOMETHING IN THE COMMERCIAL LOT BEHIND MY HOUSE.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IT WAS, BUT I COULD HEAR IT ON A DAILY BASIS.

I KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE A CONTINUOUS THING, BUT IT DID.

DID IT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE? YES. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A FEW WEEKS.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A BUSINESS LIKE THIS WHEN IT IS SO CLOSE TO THE RESIDENTS, AND IT WILL AFFECT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

I WOULD WELCOME ANY BUSINESS TO BEDFORD.

I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES WHERE YOU DON'T BACK UP INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A BETTER FIT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.

I HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED.

AND I WELCOME BUSINESS IN BEDFORD.

I SHOP IN BEDFORD. I WANT BEDFORD TO BE, I ENJOY IT.

I'VE RAISED MY KIDS THERE.

IT'S IT'S MY HOME.

IT'S NOT JUST A PLACE WHERE I LIVE.

I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WITH MY CHILDREN, PTA, BELL, BAND, EVERYTHING.

SO AS.

MOM, I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER THAT, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS A GOOD FIT.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, DANA.

SEEING AS THERE'S NOBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT SECTION HERE.

NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA.

SO FIRST OFF, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR CAME UP TO SPEAK.

WE'LL BE GETTING TO THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA AFTER A FEW PRESENTATIONS.

SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

[PRESENTATION]

SORRY, A LIBRARY PRESENTATION OF THE FLASH VOTE AND SATISFACTION SURVEY RESULTS GIVE YOU LIBRARY DIRECTOR MARIA REDBURN.

HEY, MARIA. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS.

I'VE GOT OUR RESULTS FROM OUR LIBRARY SATISFACTION SURVEY AND THE FLASH VOTE THAT OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HELPED US DO. SO I WANT TO START OUT WITH MY FAVORITE COMMENT THAT WE HAD ON THE SURVEY, WHICH WAS, OUR LIBRARY IS SUCH A GIFT TO THIS COMMUNITY. I ENJOYED GOING BY THERE THE SELECTION AND THE ABILITY TO DOWNLOAD BOOKS.

I WILL ALSO BE UTILIZING THE LIBRARY OF THINGS, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL IDEA AND SERVICE.

SO I JUST I COULD HAVE WRITTEN THAT MYSELF, BUT I DIDN'T SO SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE IT.

NO. SO OUR SURVEY RAN FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 2023.

IT WAS AVAILABLE IN PRINT AND ONLINE, AND WE HAD 608 RESPONDENTS, WHICH WAS A 4% INCREASE.

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IT HAD 595 PARTICIPANTS AND 500.

AND OF THE 592 OF THEM WERE INVITED OF THE, I GUESS 1179 WERE INVITED AND 592 ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED.

AND MOLLY WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT IS THE MOST CLEAN DATA IS THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVITED.

AND THEN WE HAD THREE OTHER PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED WHO THE LINK WAS SHARED WITH.

SO OH, I HAVE TO DO THIS.

OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, THERE WE GO.

SO THERE.

THERE'S OUR DATA.

THE MISSION OF THE LIBRARY IS TO ENRICH AND POWER AND TRANSFORM LIVES.

AND SO I WANTED TO START WITH THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT TELLS YOU 22 PEOPLE ON THIS SURVEY SAID THAT THEY GOT A JOB OR A BETTER JOB BECAUSE OF THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT INSTANCE, I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE HELPING TRANSFORM SOMEBODY'S LIFE.

686 PEOPLE STUDIED OR LEARNED SOMETHING NEW.

SO WE'RE EMPOWERING THEM TO DO BETTER IN WHATEVER THEIR PURSUIT IS, WHETHER THEY'RE COMING IN BECAUSE THEIR INTERNET'S DOWN AT HOME AND THEY WORK FROM HOME, AND THEY NEED A SPACE WHERE THERE'S WI-FI OR THEY'RE COMING IN BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING TUTORED.

OR THEY'RE STUDYING FOR AN EXAM, AND THEY JUST NEED A QUIET PLACE AWAY FROM HOME THAT THEY CAN CONCENTRATE.

594 PEOPLE REPORTED THAT THEY CAME FOR ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER THAT WAS WI-FI OR THE COMPUTERS OR FAXING, SCANNING, PRINTING.

IT'S SO IT'S SO FUNNY THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE THAT THE COST OF A PRINT CARTRIDGE HAS DRIVES A LOT OF TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY, AND SO MANY PEOPLE NEED ITEMS SCANNED TO SEND.

AND I WOULD THINK THAT WE'D BE PAST FAX TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS A REALLY OLD TECHNOLOGY.

BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN IF YOU'RE DOING THINGS LEGAL OR MEDICAL, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DO TITLE RELATED, THEY REQUIRE A FAX.

AND SO THEY COME TO THE LIBRARY FOR THAT.

356 PEOPLE SAVED MONEY.

AND 148 PEOPLE IMPROVED THEIR HEALTH.

SO ON THE FLASH VOTE, WE ASKED THE QUESTION HOW? HOW WERE WHAT'S YOUR OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH SERVICES AND STAFF? AND SO OF THE OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED, 71% SAID IT WAS EXCELLENT AND ANOTHER 24% SAID IT WAS GOOD AND ALMOST 4.5% SAID IT WAS OKAY.

I DIDN'T LIKE THAT ONE. BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE PERFECT.

SO ON THE LIBRARY SATISFACTION SURVEY, WE ALWAYS ASKED FOR A GRADE, AND 80.93% OF THE PEOPLE GAVE US AN A, AND ANOTHER 13.94% GAVE US A B.

AND WE DID HAVE AN F AT 0.18%.

SO, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WAS REALLY UNHAPPY WITH US, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OUR PATRONS COME IN AND THEY'RE VERY SATISFIED.

WE ASKED ON THE LIBRARY SATISFACTION SURVEY, YOU KNOW, IS THE LIBRARY MEETING YOUR NEEDS? AND 52.99% STRONGLY AGREE THAT THE BEDFORD LIBRARY IS MEETING THEIR NEEDS, AND ANOTHER 40% AGREED.

SO THAT'S A 92% RATE OF PEOPLE WHO AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE THAT THE LIBRARY IS MEETING THEIR NEEDS.

ON THE SURVEY, WE ASKED WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR SATISFACTION WITH THE ABILITY OF STAFF TO QUICKLY ASSIST PATRONS? 95% RATED AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD.

FRIENDLINESS OF STAFF 95% 92% WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF STAFF.

SO WE'RE WE'RE PLEASED THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR OUR MEASURES THAT WE WANT FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

NOW THIS. THIS IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE FLASH VOTE IS WE ARE GETTING AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AUDIENCE WHEN WE'RE PROMOTING OUR LIBRARY SATISFACTION SURVEY.

WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE WHO USE THE LIBRARY.

THEY'RE COMING IN, THEY'RE SEEING THE QR CODE.

WE SEND OUT LIBRARY NEWSLETTERS TO OVER 29,000 LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS THAT ARE GETTING THAT.

SO WE'RE WE'RE GETTING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY USE US.

THE FLASH VOTE DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET TO PEOPLE WHO WE ARE USE USING.

AND SO IN THAT ONE, WE ASKED, IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, HAVE YOU OR YOUR FAMILY VISITED THE LIBRARY OR USED ITS PROGRAMS?

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IN THE PAST YEAR THEY HAD NOT GONE TO THE LIBRARY.

37% SAID THEY HAD GONE 1 TO 3 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR, AND ANOTHER 31% SAID THAT THEY HAVE GONE FOUR TIMES OR MORE. SO EVEN IN THE SURVEY, WE'RE GETTING A PRETTY HIGH AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE LIBRARY, AND IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE FLASH VOTES BECAUSE THEY'RE ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY WANT TO HAVE A VOICE IN WHAT'S BEING SAID.

AND OF THE 30% WHO SAID THEY HAVEN'T VISITED THE LIBRARY, WE SAID, WELL, WHY HAVEN'T YOU VISITED? AND? 83% SAID THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE A REASON TO GO.

ANOTHER 2.65% SAID YOU'RE JUST NOT OPEN WHEN I WANT IT TO BE AND DOESN'T HAVE WHAT I NEED.

THAT ONE KILLS ME BECAUSE I GUARANTEE WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY IN THAT LIBRARY.

IF EVEN IF IT'S THE PRESSURE WASHER OR YOU NEED TO CLEAN YOUR CARPET OR YOU NEED A CORNHOLE GAME FOR THAT PARTY YOU'RE HOSTING, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

SO IF YOU'RE BEDFORD RESIDENT AND YOU'RE LIKE, NO, I READ ALL MY BOOKS ONLINE.

WELL, WE HAVE EBOOKS AND WE HAVE AUDIOBOOKS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY LIKE YOU DO ON AMAZON OR KINDLE.

SO WE SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE WHAT I NEED, IF THEY'LL COME AND MEET WITH ME IN MY OFFICE, I'LL FIGURE OUT THE WHAT WE'RE MISSING AND WE'LL GET IT FOR THEM.

2% SAID THEY HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE.

ONE OF THE COMMENTS SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE YOU DON'T PURCHASE BOOKS, MOVIES THAT ARE OVER THREE YEARS OLD.

AND I HAVE A HOLD ON MY ACCOUNT.

SO THEY OWE MONEY AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.

THE 2% SAID THEY HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE, AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES ME REALLY SAD BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED.

AND, YOU KNOW, DID MY STAFF DO SOMETHING WRONG? WAS IT THE POLICY THAT CREATED FRICTION? WHAT WENT WRONG? BUT ALL I, ALL I KNOW HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE AND THAT'S REALLY SAD.

AND THEN THERE WAS VARIOUS AND OTHER COMMENTS.

SOME PEOPLE SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN BUY THEIR OWN BOOKS, BUT THEY THINK IT'S A GOOD LIBRARY.

SO THAT WAS BETTER.

ANOTHER PERSON SAID I WAS ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE INTRODUCE MY GRANDCHILD TO THE IMPORTANCE OF READING BOOKS AND LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT PLACES AND THINGS.

SO I THINK WHEN YOU THINK OF THE LIBRARY, THIS IMAGE IS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF.

YOU KNOW, KIDS COMING INTO THE LIBRARY, READING BOOKS, SHARING IT WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

AND WE THAT IS STILL AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO.

BUT WE DO A LOT MORE.

AND I THINK THAT MY STAFF IS REALLY INNOVATIVE IN THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE TRY TONIGHT.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T WHO ARE HERE, YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON THE ADULT EASTER EGG HUNT AT TURNING POINT.

WE HIT A THOUSAND EGGS, AND IT'S ONLY FOR ADULTS.

AND EACH ADULT GETS A LIMIT OF TEN EGGS.

SO I I'M I'M HERE WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY WONDERING HOW IT WENT AT TURNING POINT.

SO WHAT ARE OUR TOP RANKED SERVICES? AND WE ASKED IN BOTH THE SURVEY AND THE FLASH VOTE, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT? THE NUMBER ONE THING WAS CHECKING OUT MATERIALS.

THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE ITEM THAT BOTH GROUPS IDENTIFIED.

THE SECOND ONE FOR OUR IN-HOUSE PEOPLE WAS GETTING INFORMATION.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE PROBABLY COMING TO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL NEED.

AND SO THAT COMES OUT IN THE SURVEY.

BUT ON THE FLASH VOTE, THE NUMBER ONE, THE SECOND THING THAT THEY WANT IS PROGRAMS AND EVENTS ARE THIS WE'RE IN A WE'RE IN A GREAT GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE YOUNG ADULTS AND NEW ADULTS AND EVEN OUR SENIORS.

THEY ALL ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCE.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR QUALITY OF LIFE TYPE PROGRAMING, WHETHER IT'S AN ADULT EASTER EGG HUNT, WHICH WAS WILDLY POPULAR ON OUR ON OUR FACEBOOK, LOTS OF COMMENTS.

OR THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN AREN'T YOU? YOU JUST RUBBING THAT IN FOR US AREN'T YOU? YEAH I KNOW, SORRY.

OR THEY CAME ON.

ON SUNDAY, WE HAD A NASA AMBASSADOR WHO CAME OUT AND TALKED ALL ABOUT THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

AND THEN WE HAD A SPONSOR WHO GAVE OUT GLASSES, YOU KNOW, SO THE RANGE OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IS WIDE, BUT BUT THEY'RE ALL LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF EXPERIENCE.

FOR OUR IN-HOUSE PEOPLE.

THE DRIVE UP WINDOW, WE HAD A DRIVE UP WINDOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE COVID HIT.

COVID HELPED EVERYBODY DISCOVER THAT WE HAD A DRIVE UP WINDOW, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE HAVE MOBILE

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ALL SORTS OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE USE THAT DRIVE UP WINDOW, BUT IT IS A BIG CONVENIENCE FACTOR.

AND I THINK FOR OUR FLASH VOTE PEOPLE, IT'S ALSO A CONVENIENCE THING.

THEY'RE USING OUR DIGITAL CONTENT.

THEY WANT THE EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS.

YOU KNOW, THEY ARE BUSY WITH WORK AND LIFE AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING TO THE LIBRARY, BUT THEY'RE STILL READERS.

AND SO THAT ONE WAS ONE THAT THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR IN THE FLASH VOTE, THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING MORE DIGITAL CONTENT.

AND THEN FOR THEM THAT WAS THE FOURTH THING FOR OUR IN-HOUSE PEOPLE.

AND THEN ON THE FLASH VOTE, IT WAS GETTING INFORMATION.

AND THEN ON OUR SURVEY, WE HAD ADULT PROGRAMS FOR IN-HOUSE AND ON THE FLASH VOTE.

IT WAS FREE WI-FI AND WORKING SPACE.

SO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT NEEDS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN TO THE LIBRARY AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMONALITY IN BOTH LISTS.

SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS INFORMATION? I THINK THAT THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMAN DAWKINS SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THESE SURVEYS AND THESE FLASH VOTES? HOW ARE YOU APPLYING THIS INFORMATION? AND FOR US, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WE GO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE COMMON THREADS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

COMMUNICATION PEOPLE, AS MUCH AS WE PUT OUT INFORMATION, AS MANY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD AND RECEIVE THE LIBRARY NEWSLETTER, EMAILS AND ALL THE FABULOUS REELS THAT OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT DOES ABOUT THE VARIOUS THINGS GOING ON OUR FACEBOOK PRESENCE, INSTAGRAM, OUR PAPER COPIES, OUR WEBSITE.

WE'RE PUTTING THE BEDFORD CONNECTION.

WE'RE PUTTING INFORMATION OUT THERE.

BUT UNLESS YOU'RE A PERSON WHO HAPPENS TO BE IN THE MOMENT THAT DAY AND SEES IT, YOU'RE PROBABLY CLICKING DELETE OR YOU'RE SCROLLING PAST WHAT'S GOING ON OR WE'RE NOT PART OF YOUR FEED.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, FINDING WAYS TO REACH THOSE PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT VENUES IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE GO TO TURNING POINT.

IT'S REACHING A WHOLE DIFFERENT AUDIENCE THAT MAYBE IS NEVER GOING TO STEP INTO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THEY WORK REMOTELY, THEY PLAY REMOTELY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

OUR BEER AND BRATS EVENT THAT WE DO IN OCTOBER AND OUR PUMPKIN PATCH ARE A WAY OF REACHING PEOPLE WHO MAYBE DON'T SEE THE LIBRARY AS PART OF THEIR DAILY LIVES BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD THEIR BOOKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING REMOTELY BUT BRINGING THEM IN OUR COLLECTIONS.

THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE NUMBER ONE THING, PRIMARILY WHAT THE LIBRARY CIRCULATES OUT OF THE 422,000 ITEMS THAT WE CIRCULATED LAST YEAR, MOST OF IT WAS PRINT MATERIALS, BOOKS.

AND THAT WAS WHEN I WHEN I STARTED IN THE IN AT THE LIBRARY IN 2006.

THEY WERE LIKE, YOU GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT GOING TO BE AROUND.

WHY ARE THEY BUILDING A NEW LIBRARY? I MEAN, BOOKS ARE GOING AWAY.

IT'S ALL GOING TO BE IN THE CLOUD.

WELL, THE KIDS COMING UP, THEY GET ENOUGH SCREEN TIME THAT THEY LIKE READING A PHYSICAL BOOK.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED.

IT'S NOT WHAT WE PREDICTED.

BUT THE PHYSICAL ITEMS ARE STILL VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT THE DIGITAL IS WE CAN SEE IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CONVENIENT.

AND WHAT I FIND FUNNY IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO MOST USE THE DIGITAL STUFF, A LOT OF THEM ARE SENIORS AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MY AGE WHO HAVE READERS. AND YOU CAN CHANGE THE BACKGROUND TO BLACK AND YOU CAN HAVE THE PRINT AND WHITE AND YOU CAN MAKE THE FONT BIGGER, AND YOU CAN CHOOSE A SEPIA TONE IF IT'S FOR DAYTIME. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THESE LITTLE ACCESSIBILITY TOOLS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THOSE AUDIOBOOKS THAT REALLY HELP.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS PROGRAMS. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GO WHERE THAT THIRD PLACE, WHERE IT USED TO BE CHURCH AND YOUR BOWLING LEAGUE, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY IS KIND OF FILLING IN THAT SPOT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN WE SAID THESE ARE A PRIORITY, THEY FUNDED AN ADDITIONAL $15,000 FOR US TO HAVE AN ADVANTAGE PLAN WITH LIBBY BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SAYING THE WHOLE TIME IS TOO LONG.

OUR DIGITAL CONTENT NOW, AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE COLLECTION IS 17% OF EVERYTHING THAT WE CHECK OUT IS DIGITAL.

AND THAT WASN'T THE CASE LAST YEAR.

IT WAS LIKE RUNNING AT 12 AND 13%.

SO THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT YOU GAVE FOR CONTENT MADE A DIFFERENCE AND IT'S INCREASED PROGRAMS.

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AND YOU KNOW, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THESE FOCUS AREAS FOR PROBABLY THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

I DON'T SEE THESE CHANGING.

THEY MAY CHANGE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

BUT I THINK THIS THESE ARE OUR CORE AREAS.

AND I'M IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM NOW.

THANK YOU. MARIA. THIS IS THIS IS ALWAYS GOOD INFORMATION.

AND SO THIS THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE DID THE FLASH VOTE FOR STRICTLY THE LIBRARY.

CORRECT OR. YEAH THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OKAY.

SECOND YEAR. YEAH. AND SO ARE YOU FINDING YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE FINDING A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THIS.

YEAH. YOU'RE REACHING A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE.

IT'S A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE.

AND I MEAN, TO HAVE 30% OF THE I KNOW IT'S TERRIBLE THAT 30% OF THE PEOPLE HADN'T BEEN TO THE LIBRARY IN A YEAR.

BUT THAT 30% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE NORMALLY WOULDN'T REACH ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THEY DON'T USE THE LIBRARY OR WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE LIBRARY AND WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE LIBRARY.

THAT'S GOLD.

ABSOLUTELY. SO, YEAH, THAT'S ONE THING FROM FROM BEING ON OUR LIBRARY BOARD IS THE LIAISON FROM COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE SENT IT OUT THE SURVEYS EVERY YEAR.

AND THERE ARE TWO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR CARDHOLDERS.

SO, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY POSITIVE.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO CHECK OUT A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.

AND SO, SO LOOKING AT THAT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS GOING TO BE YOUR PRIORITIES FOR THE FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING YEAR? SAME THINGS, THE FOCUS AREAS, THE COMMUNICATION, WORKING ON REFINING OUR COLLECTIONS.

A LOT OF WHAT WE DO, WHAT SOME PEOPLE WILL BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE USED TO BE THESE BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY, AND WE DON'T HAVE THEM ANYMORE.

WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, WE DO, WE WEED OUR COLLECTION.

WE WE ORDER, ON AVERAGE, 14,000 BOOKS A YEAR ARE ADDED TO THE LIBRARY COLLECTION, 14,000 ITEMS. TO MAKE ROOM FOR THOSE NEW ITEMS, WE HAVE TO SHIFT OUT OLD ITEMS. AND SO WE LOOK AT USAGE REPORTS.

WE JUST WITHDREW 300 CD AUDIO BOOKS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CD IN THEIR CARS, THEY DON'T HAVE CDS AT HOME.

AND SO WE WENT AND LOOKED AND SOME OF THESE HADN'T CIRCULATED SINCE 2015, 2017.

I IMAGINE IN ANOTHER TWO YEARS I'LL BE SAYING, OKAY, NO MORE CD AUDIOBOOKS.

WE GOT RID OF THE CD MUSIC, MUSIC IN 2020 BECAUSE IT JUST WASN'T CIRCULATING THERE WERE YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE USING IT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S NOT WHERE WE NEED TO SPEND OUR TAXPAYER MONEY AND THE SPACE THAT YOU HAVE IN THE LIBRARY.

SO IT'S LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.

AND SO WE'RE PRIORITIZING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TOP THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE LIBRARY TO LOOK FOR.

GOTCHA. SO SO LOOKING I MEAN, LOOKING AT THEM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE EVERYTHING'S, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THEM PEOPLE USE THE LIBRARY, THE SURVEY OR THE FLASH FLOODS, CHECKING OUT MATERIALS. I MEAN, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY I MEAN, THAT'S THE MAIN THING OF A LIBRARY.

BUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU REACH WERE ALSO THE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.

I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR LIBRARY, IT'S IT'S THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE CITY, IN LIBRARIES, THE WHOLE IDEA OF WHAT A LIBRARY IS, IS CHANGING FROM WHAT YOU CAN PROVIDE IN DIFFERENT SERVICES.

AND SO SO DO YOU SEE THAT AS THE PROGRAMS, AS BEING A WAY TO OBVIOUSLY ADVERTISE OUR LIBRARY TO GET PEOPLE IN SO THAT THOSE THOSE RESPONDENTS THAT SAY THE THIRD OF THE PUBLIC WHO SAID. I DON'T HAVE A NEED FOR THE LIBRARY.

IT'S EDUCATING THEM AS TO WHY THEY SHOULD COME.

YES, I THINK I THINK THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS A IS A PRIMARY FOCUS OF WHAT WE DO.

I THINK THAT WE'RE THE GOOD NEWS ENGINE FOR THE CITY IN A LOT OF WAYS.

WE HAVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GOOD NEWS ENGINES, BUT I THINK THE THE LIBRARY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THAT IS A POSITIVE IMPACT.

AND I, I SEE THAT CONTINUING FORWARD.

IN 2014, WE WERE SEEING BEFORE 2014, WE WERE SEEING AN AVERAGE OF 3% DECREASE IN CIRCULATION EVERY YEAR.

AND WE WROTE A GRANT WITH THE HELP OF BRANDY WEST TO INTRODUCE STEM KITS.

AND PROGRAMS. OUR CIRCULATION WENT UP.

THE NEXT YEAR.

WE PURCHASED MORE TYPES OF KITS.

OUR CIRCULATION WENT UP.

THEN WE GOT A GRANT TO HAVE TABLETS.

OUR CIRCULATION WENT UP.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS, YOU KNOW, QUALITY PROGRAMING AND ALSO QUALITY COLLECTIONS THAT THAT HAVE A WOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GO AND BUY THREE AND FOUR AND FIVE DIFFERENT TABLETS FOR MY KID.

I PROBABLY ONLY HAVE MONEY TO BUY ONE.

OR WHAT ROBOT SHOULD I BUY FOR MY KID? I CAN COME AND CHECK OUT A ROBOT FROM THE LIBRARY, TRY IT OUT AND SEE.

DID MY KID LOSE INTEREST IN IT AFTER A WEEK? OR IS THIS TRULY SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE? AND SO THAT SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE COLLECTION AND WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE PROGRAMS.

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OUR CIRCULATION IS LOWER NOW THAN IT WAS IN THE OLD BUILDING, BUT.

DVDS. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE USING DVDS ANYMORE? SO EVERY YEAR WE'RE CUTTING DOWN WHAT WE SPEND ON THE DVD BUDGET.

WE HAVE A ROKU, WE HAVE A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE DID WITH ROKU'S THAT HAVE STREAMING SERVICES ON THEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT.

BUT NOW ALL THE STREAMING SERVICES ARE DOING IP ADDRESSES.

AND SO IF THEY IF YOU DO NETFLIX AND YOU GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT LOGS YOU OUT OF.

SO WE'RE PAYING MORE MONEY FOR OUR NETFLIX ACCOUNT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO OFFER DISNEY ANYMORE BECAUSE DISNEY HAS MADE IT WHERE YOU CAN'T.

WE STILL HAVE HBO MAX, BUT WE HAD TO GET RID OF HULU.

SO EVEN FOR US, THE THE STREAMING SERVICES THAT WE'RE WORKING GREAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, THOSE ARE PROBABLY GOING AWAY.

SO HOW WE'RE CHECKING OUT MORE BOOKS, WE'RE CHECKING OUT DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS, BUT WHAT WE'RE CHECKING OUT IS DIFFERENT.

AND THOSE DVDS, YOU KNOW, I THINK PROBABLY IN 3 OR 4 YEARS WE WON'T HAVE DVDS ANYMORE.

AND WE'LL BE TAKING THAT MONEY THAT WAS SPENT ON DVDS AND PUSHING IT TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, OUR EBOOKS AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE NEXT BEST THING.

EXACTLY. AND SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ANTICIPATE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY ACCOMMODATE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE NEEDS AND INTERESTS AS, AS WE GO ALONG.

AND THAT'S WHY WE DO THESE SURVEYS.

CORRECT. IT'S BECAUSE WE GOT A GAUGE IN CONSTANTLY OR THE LIBRARY BECOMES OBSOLETE, WHICH NOBODY WANTS.

YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY THESE THESE SURVEYS AND FLASH VOTES ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GAUGES YOUR AUDIENCE.

AND THEN WE CAN ADAPT WELL.

AND WE CAN WE CAN BE WHAT THEY NEED.

EVERY I SAY LIBRARIES ARE A DIFFERENT FLAVOR.

YOU GO TO HERSHEY, YOU GO TO EULESS.

WE'RE ALL A DIFFERENT FLAVOR.

DOESN'T MEAN THE THAT THE FLAVOR IS BAD.

THEY'RE JUST FLAVORED FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY'VE LISTENED TO WHAT THEIR COMMUNITY SAYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR LIBRARY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN BEDFORD WHO THINK THAT THE BEDFORD LIBRARY IS THE BOMB.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT WHEN THEY COME USE THE LIBRARY THAT THEY'RE ALSO GETTING GAS AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE KIDS TO A RESTAURANT BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO THEIR OWN MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITY. SO ABSOLUTELY.

LAST QUESTION. LAST THING I'M GOING TO MENTION FOR MYSELF IS THAT THAT 356 PEOPLE DO SAVE MONEY THAT WAS DUE TO PROGRAMING THAT WE'VE OFFERED IS THAT I THINK IT'S PROGRAMING.

I THINK IT'S BOOKS. BOOKS.

I MEAN, IF YOU IF YOU WERE PURCHASING ALL THE KINDLE BOOKS AND THEN YOU SWITCH OVER TO USING LIBBY AND CLOUD LIBRARY, YOU'RE SAVING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.

AND THEN THE 140 PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH.

YES, YES, THAT'S I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO US FOR HEALTH INFORMATION WHETHER IT'S A DIET OR THEY'VE HAD TO HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN IN THEIR LIFE THAT THEY HAVE A CHRONIC DISEASE.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO USE US FOR THAT.

THERE YOU GO. SO AS JUST TO SUMMARIZE, THE LIBRARY IS CHANGING AND IT'S DEFINITION IS DIFFERENT.

AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY ADAPTING.

SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR.

THANKS, MARIA, FOR MAKING THE FLASH ACTIONABLE.

I DID RAISE THE THE QUESTION WITH INTERIM CITY MANAGER ABOUT.

HEY, WERE YOU SENDING THESE OUT? WHAT WHAT ACTIONABLE STEPS ARE TAKEN? AND SO I AM A USER OF THE LIBRARY.

SO I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY EVERY YEAR.

AND IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING THAT WE REACHED OTHER RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT LIBRARY USERS.

AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS TO REALIZE THAT THE POWER AND THE OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE FOR THE LIBRARY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION.

NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FOR ME. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

MARIA GREAT JOB.

KEEP DOING AN AMAZING JOB BECAUSE THIS LIBRARY IS LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S THE GEM OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

HAVE FUN AT TURNING POINT.

HAVE AN EGG FOR US. SO IS THAT A MOTION TO ADJOURN? OKAY. NEXT.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.

WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE ITEMS FOR YOU ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR MARCH 12TH, 2024 OF THE REGULAR MEETING.

AND NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GREEN RIBBON PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

THE CITY OF BEDFORD WAS RECENTLY MADE AWARE OF A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THROUGH THIS GREEN RIBBON PROGRAM, THE CITY IS SEEKING FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $374,907 TO IMPROVE BOTH THE EAST AND WEST MEDIANS ALONG HARWOOD

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AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE ANTICIPATED LATE APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

THE CITY'S ESTIMATED PORTION OF THE COST IS $119,769, FOR A PROJECT TOTAL COMBINED BETWEEN THE TWO OF JUST A LITTLE UNDER $500,000. THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY TIED TO THE CITY'S RECENT ENTRYWAY MEDIAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN PROJECT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE NEW LANDSCAPE CONTEXT FOR OUR CITY ENTRYWAY MEDIANS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE PLANTING TEMPLATES, PALLETS FROM WHICH WE CAN THEN CHOOSE GOING FORWARD AS WE RENOVATE THOSE.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT HARWOOD AND 121 INTERSECTION WOULD PROVIDE THE MOST IMPACT AS FAR AS STARTING WITH THAT INTERSECTION.

AND WE KIND OF GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK OUT OF THAT ONE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AREA AND THAT INTERSECTION AND THOSE MEDIANS, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY NO LANDSCAPING.

CURRENTLY IT IS JUST GRASS.

SO IN LIEU OF TACKLING MEDIANS AND ENTRYWAYS THAT ALREADY HAD LANDSCAPING, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD START WHERE WE'D MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT.

SO WE WILL SOON BE BACK TO YOU WITH THE FINAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN GUIDELINES ON THAT PROGRAM.

WE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME, UNFORTUNATELY, TIMING WISE WITH THIS GRANT PROHIBITED THAT FROM HAPPENING.

SO WE NEED TO GET THIS IN AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE DESIGN CONCEPTS AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CART BEFORE THE HORSE, BUT ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ASSISTANCE ON THE FUNDING.

WE HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT IN MANY, MANY YEARS OR RECEIVED ASSISTANCE.

SO WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT OUR OUR CHANCES ARE QUITE GOOD AT RECEIVING THIS.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANT ITSELF.

SO TXDOT OFFERS THIS AND THIS IS THIS JUST FOR MEDIAN JUST IMPROVEMENTS OR WHAT WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS.

WHAT ARE WE AGREEING TO.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE THE PURPOSE BEHIND THE PROGRAM IS REALLY TO ENCOURAGE CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA TO IMPROVE THEIR TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THIS IS THE FUNDING APPLIES TO ONLY RIGHT OF WAY THAT FALLS UNDER TXDOT'S PURVIEW.

AND THAT'S WHY OUR PORTION THEN IS WHAT FALLS OUTSIDE OF TXDOT PURVIEW.

BUT THE INTENT IS REALLY TO HELP ALLEVIATE AIR QUALITY AND IMPROVE OUR AIR QUALITY.

SO WITH OUR AREA BEING A NONATTAINMENT AREA, THE PURPOSE IS FOR THE HIGHWAY, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION TO BASICALLY ENCOURAGE MUNICIPALITIES TO DO LANDSCAPING, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY ALSO THEN UTILIZE A TEXAS, MORE NATIVE PLANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF A COMBINATION.

BUT IT'S IT IS NOT JUST FOR BEAUTIFICATION.

IT'S REALLY A FUNCTIONAL PURPOSE ON THE AIR QUALITY SIDE.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE OFFERING THIS GRANT.

CORRECT. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WE HAVE A LOT OF MEDIANS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY RIGHT.

WE GOT 121. WE GOT 183.

SO DO YOU SEE US APPLYING FOR FUTURE YEARS AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY. YES.

YEAH. WE'D LOVE TO KIND OF WORK OUR WAY THROUGH AND KIND OF PARTNER OUR FUNDING WITH THEIRS AS AS MUCH AS WE CAN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

OKAY. FANTASTIC.

ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

I GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OLD BUSINESS.

[3. Consider an ordinance to rezone the property described as Lot A, Block 17R Stonegate AdditionBedford from Heavy Commercial to Heavy Commercial/Specific Use Permit-Car Wash Establishment and the property is generally located at the southeast corner of Old Kirk Road and Brown Trail, commonly known as 1428 Brown Trail. (SUP-23-20). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-1-0. This item was tabled at the March 12, 2024 regular Council Meeting.]

GOOD EVENING WES. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS I'M GOING TO KIND OF BREEZE THROUGH MY PRESENTATION.

I THINK YOU'VE SEEN IT ONCE OR TWICE.

SO WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, SO I'LL DO A LITTLE DANCE UP HERE.

SO I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THE SITE.

WE AT THE CORNER OF OLD KIRK ROAD IN BROWN TRAIL.

THE CHANGES IN THE SITE PLAN.

I WENT OVER THERE AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT JUST TO RECAP THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP IN THE DECEMBER MEETING REALLY REVOLVED AROUND THE DRIVE ACCESS AND THE SOUND FROM THE BLOWERS.

AND SO THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH STAFF TO, TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.

THE DRIVE ON OLD KIRK COULD NOT BE ALLEVIATED BECAUSE OF FIRE LANE ACCESS NEEDS.

AND THE.

SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE LEFT THAT DRIVEWAY ON OLD KIRK, AND THEY ARE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT AS ONLY EMERGENCY ACCESS.

ONLY THERE WILL BE A GATE THERE WITH A LOCK BOX THAT FIRE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO.

AND THEN THE SECOND ISSUE ON SOUND, THE THE OLD SITE PLAN SHOWED THE THE VACUUMS AND AND ALL

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THEY BUILT A KIND OF A SCREENING WALL, A MASONRY SCREENING WALL AROUND THAT ON TWO SIDES TO TRY TO MUFFLE SOME OF THE NOISE AS WELL.

AND SO KEEP ON DOING MY DANCE HERE.

WE MAY NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION.

ALL THAT WORK I WENT INTO.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. SO KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THE PRESENTATION.

THE, THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT ONE LATE CHANGE TODAY TO THE SITUATION WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ON YOUR, AT YOUR SEATS, A PETITION THAT WAS FILED LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

STAFF DID THE CALCULATION.

IT DOES EXCEED THE 20%.

SO LITTLE RECAP ON THAT.

WHAT STAFF DOES IS WE NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE SITE.

IF WE RECEIVE 20% OR GREATER OF THE LAND AREA, WE RECEIVE OPPOSITION TO THAT.

SO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT REPRESENT 20 MORE PERCENT OF THE LAND AREA, IF THEY OPPOSE THE APPLICATION, THEN COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION BY A SUPERMAJORITY.

AND IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, I KNOW I'LL BE CORRECTED.

SO BUT SO WE DID RECEIVE THAT TODAY.

THAT DID EQUAL 25%.

AND SO WITH THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

OKAY. WITH. SO WE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN THROUGH THIS QUITE A BIT.

THIS IS LIKE THIRD, THIRD TIME WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT IT.

SO WITH THIS OBVIOUSLY IT'S ZONED HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND SO HEAVY COMMERCIAL.

CAN YOU GIVE ME A QUICK, QUICK DEFINITION OF HEAVY COMMERCIAL? SURE. HEAVY COMMERCIAL IS IS ONE OF OUR MORE INTENSE BROAD ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW A, A MORE AUTO DOMINANT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.

BIG BOX USES RESTAURANTS, DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE ALLOWED TYPICALLY BY RIGHT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF USES IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE THAT WE SAY THEY MAY BE A GOOD FIT IN A CERTAIN AREA, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT A SITE PLAN. WE WANT TO LOOK TO SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO DEVELOP.

AND THAT'S CAR WASHES.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE USES.

SO THIS APPLICATION HEY, THIS APPLICATION WE HAVE BEFORE YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SHOWS A SITE PLAN THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN SCP SUBMITTAL.

AND IT JUST SHOWS THE GENERAL LAYOUT.

THAT WAY COUNCIL CAN SEE AND PNC CAN SEE.

DOES THIS GENERAL LAYOUT DOES IT IS IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION THAT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

OKAY. AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED FOR FOR THIS CAR WASHES, IT'S ONLY WE ONLY HAVE IT FOR THE ZONING DISTRICTS FOR AN SCP FOR THIS HEAVY.

CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S NOT ALLOWED ANYWHERE ELSE JUST WITHIN SCP.

WHAT WE HAVE FOR FOR HEAVY.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

AND SO THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS, FOR THIS, THERE WOULD BE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT COULD GO INTO HEAVY THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY.

RIGHT. AND CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT.

THAT IS TRUE. OKAY.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WITH FOR BRYN REAL QUICK.

SO SUPERMAJORITY IS GOING.

CAN YOU GIVE ME THE COUNT ON THAT? JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON WHAT THAT IS? I CAN TURN THIS ON. YEAH, THAT MAKES ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY BAD.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

YEAH. SO A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE IN THIS INSTANCE WOULD REQUIRE THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE.

AFFIRMATIVE, AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF SIX OUT OF SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ORDER TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION.

OKAY, SO IT TAKES SIX TO APPROVE.

SO IF THERE WERE TWO IN THE NEGATIVE, IT WOULD FAIL.

FAIL EVEN WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY IN FAVOR OKAY.

THAT'S CORRECT. ALSO BRYN, WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING SUPS, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR PURVIEW? WHAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW? SO YOU CAN ATTACH CONDITIONS TO AN SUP.

THAT'S HOW AN SUP DIFFERS FROM STRAIGHT ZONING.

THE THE ULTIMATE DECISION GREAT DEFERENCE IS IS GIVEN TO COUNCIL ON THEIR LEGISLATIVE DISCRETIONARY DECISION.

BUT THE DECISION SHOULD BE BASED UPON THE LAND USE ITSELF, NOT THE OWNERS OR THE BUSINESS NAME OR MODEL, ETC.

SO NOT FUTURE USE, RIGHT? SO YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THIS USE IN PARTICULAR.

OKAY. THIS USE IN PARTICULAR NOT FUTURE USES.

WHAT ABOUT DO WE CAN CAN SALES TAX BE CONSIDERED IN THIS TYPE OF THING.

YOU CAN CONSIDER THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE BUSINESS AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

OKAY. YES, PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU REALLY JUST WANT TO YOU WANT TO STEER AWAY FROM CONSIDERING THE APPLICANT THEMSELVES BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S NOT LAND

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IS ALL FAIR GAME. FAIR GAME.

OKAY. WHEN WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION, OKAY, WE CAN REGULATE THE HOURS OF OPERATION, HOURS, NOISE TO THE SITE, LANDSCAPING. RIGHT.

THE ESTHETICS TRAFFIC, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ALL ELIGIBLE CRITERIA THINGS LIKE MECHANISMS FOR REDUCING NOISE.

YES, YES, THOSE ARE ALL ELIGIBLE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.

ALTHOUGH CANDIDLY, IF IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION BASED ON THE NOISE, WE WANT TO HAVE SOME EMPIRICAL STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND NOT NOT SOMETHING JUST PURELY ARBITRARY.

OKAY. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON EMPIRICAL STANDARDS? WELL, SO IF IF THERE'S A CERTAIN TYPE OF BLOWER THAT YOU FEEL IS A BETTER A QUIETER UNIT, THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS YOU CAN REQUIRE, BUT YOU WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM.

WE APPROVE THIS SUBJECT TO YOU INSTALLING A QUIETER BLOWER.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S SUCH A DEVICE EXISTS.

OKAY. GOTCHA. SO IN THE MOTION, YOU GOT TO BE SPECIFIC.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO.

I THINK A LOT OF THIS CAN YOU KIND OF SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING THAT THE APPLICANT HAS DONE SINCE WE FIRST SAW THIS IN DECEMBER? SURE. I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GO STEP BY STEP.

WHAT? BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WITH THE RESIDENTS, WHEN WE FIRST TOOK A LOOK AT THIS, IT WAS ACCESS TO OLD KIRK THAT WAS A MAIN CONCERN.

AND SO THEY'VE ADDRESSED THIS BY.

SURE. SO THIS IS THE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED SITE PLAN THAT YOU REVIEWED IN DECEMBER.

YOU'LL SEE THE ONLY ACCESS TO THIS SITE IS ON OLD KIRK ROAD.

AND ALSO THE THE EXIT OUT OF THE BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO WASH THE CARS IS CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTS.

WHY THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BLOWERS ARE.

AND SO AND ALSO THAT BOTTOM CIRCLE THERE IS, IS WHERE THE EXTERNAL VACUUM IS LOCATED.

SO THAT'S ALSO IN THIS OLD SITE PLAN CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTS.

THIS IS THE NEW SITE PLAN THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED.

AND THEY'VE THE PRIMARY ACCESS, THE ACTUALLY THE ONLY GENERAL ACCESS TO THE SITE IS NOW ON BROWN TRAIL.

AND THE ACCESS ON OLD KIRK IS ONLY FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY.

AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE A A GATE AND A LOCK BOX THERE.

AND THEY HAVE REROUTED.

THEY'VE KIND OF FLIPPED THE BUILDING.

SO THE CARS ARE NOW COMING OUT FACING BROWN TRAIL AGAIN, WHERE THE BLOWERS ARE, AND THEY'VE PUT THE BLOWER IN THAT MIDDLE CIRCLE THERE.

THEY'VE PUT THE VACUUM THERE.

THAT AND THEY'VE ENCOMPASSED THAT ON TWO SIDES WITH A SCREENING WALL TO KIND OF MUFFLE THAT AS MUCH AS THEY COULD.

SO THAT VACUUM PAD, IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? YES. AND OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE EXTREMELY LOUD.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ENCOMPASSING IT INTO THAT LIKE THE CONCRETE AROUND IT.

OKAY. AND THE VACUUMS THEMSELVES, THEY REMOVED AS WELL THE.

YES, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THE VACUUMS ARE NOW SO IF YOU'LL SEE AT THE KIND OF THE CORNER THERE.

YEAH. WHERE MICHAEL'S POINTING THE, THE PARKING SPACES THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AGAINST OLD KIRK AND THEN UP AGAINST THE BUILDING ARE DEDICATED FOR VACUUMS. OKAY. AND THOSE WERE FURTHER REMOVED FROM THAT IS TRUE.

YOU'LL YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THOSE WERE BACK AGAINST THE RETAIL.

AND FURTHER TO THE A CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTIAL.

OKAY. I HATE.

I HATE GOING BACK AND FORTH. I'M SO SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. SOMETHING JUST POPPED IN MY MIND REAL QUICK.

SO BRYN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SITE PLAN WHEN IF WE WERE MAKING A MOTION, THEY AGREED TO EVERYTHING THAT'S HERE.

CORRECT. THAT IS ON THIS SITE PLAN.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

THAT THAT IS THEIR PRESENT APPLICATION.

OKAY. YES, SIR. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE APPROVING.

SO ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THAT THE STIPULATIONS, EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE TO BE WORDED OUT.

THEY HAVE TO BE WORDED. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE GOING TO ATTACH A CONDITION TO PERHAPS EVALUATE IT WITH THE OF COURSE OWNER AS WELL.

YES OF COURSE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO I'M ALSO SEEING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING.

SURE. THEY SO THE SCREENING WALL IS EXISTING ALONG THE THE EAST SIDE.

THANK YOU. THE AGAINST THE RESIDENTIAL.

THEY WILL HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING TO MEET THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE US A LANDSCAPING PLAN.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE SOUP AT THIS POINT AT THIS TIME, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO DO ONE TREE FOR EVERY 30 LINEAR FEET.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T MEET THAT.

SO THEY'LL HAVE TO DO ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING.

OKAY. GOTCHA.

OKAY. SO THAT'S A GOOD SUMMARY OF KIND OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR WES?

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MY COMPUTER HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN, SO I'M ON SIGNIFICANT RISK BY WEAVER.

JUST SO YOU KNOW.

HOW TALL IS THE FENCE ON THE EAST? UP AGAINST THE RESIDENTIAL.

SO THE, THE THE EXISTING MASONRY WALL THERE THAT IS SIX FEET IN HEIGHT, SIX FEET.

SO RAISING IT TO EIGHT FEET, IF THE APPLICANT WAS WILLING WOULD ONCE AGAIN ADD TO NOISE REDUCTION.

CORRECT? YES.

AND SO THE APPLICANT EARLIER STATED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS OF VEGETATION.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE TREE EVERY 30 LINEAL FEET.

SO ABOUT HOW MANY MORE TREES DO THEY NEED TO ADD.

I MEAN, WITH TREES, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE NOT TO OVERCROWD THEM.

OBVIOUSLY. SO IF YOU IF I THINK IF COUNCIL WANTED TO.

AND BRYN, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK IF COUNCIL WANTED TO PUT A STIPULATION THAT YOU NEED A TREE FOR EVERY 20FT OR 15FT, WE COULD WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY PUT THE APPROPRIATE TREES IN THERE.

THAT WOULDN'T BE OVERCROWDING.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES. THAT COULD BE A CONDITION.

AND SO THE OTHER ISSUE WAS THE ENTRANCE, THE GRADING TO THE ENTRANCE.

SURE. SO THE ENTRANCE, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT GRADE CHANGE BETWEEN THE THE NEW ENTRANCE ON BROWN TRAIL AND, AND THE WHERE SHE'S POINTING NOW, THE THERE IS A 6% GRADE REQUIREMENT THERE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN THEY COME THROUGH, AFTER THEY GET THEIR ENTITLEMENTS, IF THEY GET THEIR ENTITLEMENTS AT THIS STAGE, THEY'LL DO MORE DETAILED ENGINEERING TO MAKE SURE THAT WORKS. THEY'VE THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT.

THEY SAID THEY CAN MEET IT.

THEY JUST DON'T HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT AND PROVIDE THAT TO STAFF AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT WOULD? REDUCE NOISE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE GONE BEYOND TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONCERNS OF THE CITIZENS.

THANK YOU. MICHAEL. OH, MY SCREEN JUST CAME BACK UP.

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU WERE DOING THE MAGIC.

YOU HAVE MAGIC? I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD HOURS OF OPERATION.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO CONSIDER.

BUT, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'D ALSO WANT TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CARED.

I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY A LAUNDRY LIST OF USE BY.

RIGHT, BUT ARE THERE ANY LIKE MAYBE THE TOP TEN THAT YOU COULD GO OVER THAT? COULD GO IN THERE AUTOMATICALLY.

GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND.

I'LL GET THERE.

JUST GOING TO RUN DOWN THE LIST REAL QUICK.

MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT COLUMN.

SO A MASS TRANSIT COMMUTER PICK UP STATION CAN GO THERE BY RIGHT.

OKAY GROCERY STORE.

BAKERY, ICE CREAM, NON-INDUSTRIAL GROCERY, OR, I'M SORRY, BAKERY.

NON-INDUSTRIAL. RESTAURANT.

RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL SALES.

DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT.

BREWERY. LANDSCAPE SERVICES WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE.

YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO PICK UP THE.

STONE MONUMENTS WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE.

SO. MONUMENT SALES.

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS STORES.

FULL SERVICE DISCOUNT.

FULL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND DISCOUNT STORES.

SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN BY RIGHT BY RIGHT BY RIGHT.

SO THAT MEANS THAT THAT THEY CAN COME IN HERE.

IS IT GOING TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL? NO. BY RIGHT. NO.

SO ALL THESE THINGS. I'M SORRY.

DO YOU MIND IF I. NO, NO. OKAY.

SORRY. SO ALL THESE THINGS, IF THEY COME BEFORE COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY THE OFFICES, THE MICROBREWERIES, THE DRUGSTORES, THE FLORIST SHOPS, THE PET SHOPS, ANTIQUE SHOPS, BICYCLE SHOPS, AUTOMOTIVE PET STORES AND PAWN SHOPS THEY WOULD ALL COUNCIL WOULD NEVER SEE IT.

WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND LIMIT THINGS AND ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBOR.

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THE THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS AND I'M I'M CAN DOUBLE CHECK MYSELF REAL QUICK, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE SITE PLAN SECTION THAT SAYS IF THERE'S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE DISPLAY OR STORAGE, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT THE SITE PLAN BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND IF THE USE IS ALLOWED, THEN IF IT MEETS THE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS, IT'S IT'S TYPICALLY JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE SITE PLAN.

THANK YOU. RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO, WES WITH THE THIS NEW APPLICANT PLAN, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS DID MENTION THE ISSUE WITH DRAINAGE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY.

HAS THE APPLICANT ADDRESS POSSIBLE DRAINAGE MITIGATION? I KNOW IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT JUST.

IT IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE APPLICANT, AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE.

AND THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY CAN MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

BUT THEY AGAIN, THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED CALCULATIONS.

THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED PLANS THAT PROVE TO US THAT THAT WOULD BE AT THE NEXT STEP.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER. FARGO. WEST, AND I WAS TALKING TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT A QUESTION, WHAT IS THE SPEED LIMIT ON BROWN TRAIL? IN THIS SECTION, I'M GOING TO PROBABLY SAY IT'S 30, 35, 35 IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.

OKAY. BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHAT IF WE PUT THAT THERE IS CLOSE TO A SCHOOL, WHAT IF WE SLOWED IT DOWN DURING SCHOOL ZONE HOURS ALSO, SO TRAFFIC SO PEOPLE COULD GET IN AND OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER TRAFFIC WISE BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS ALREADY.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT? I MEAN THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ORDINANCE OUTSIDE OF THIS.

AND I WOULD HAVE TO I, I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IF THERE IS ANY SCHOOL ZONE THAT GOES THAT EXTENDS OUT TO BROWN TRAIL.

OKAY. SO BUT THAT WOULD BE DONE BY SEPARATE ORDINANCE, I BELIEVE.

I DON'T THINK WE COULD TIE IT TO THIS APPLICATION COULD WE.

AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS IS THAT OUR SOUND ORDINANCE HAS WHAT'S OUR SOUND ORDINANCE AT.

SO OUR SOUND ORDINANCE STATES THAT COMMERCIAL USES CANNOT EXCEED 62 DECIBEL LEVELS.

OKAY. FOR, FOR MORE THAN TEN MINUTES BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDED AND THE THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BLOWERS BASED ON DISTANCE, DISTANCES AND THE SCREENING WALL, WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE AROUND 35DB AT, AT RAVENSWOOD.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

ON THE BACK SIDE OF IT. YES.

DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW, AS THE APPLICANT HAVE A ACOUSTICIAN INVOLVED.

HAVE WE DONE STUDIES? I DO NOT KNOW.

I KNOW THE APP. OBVIOUSLY, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, YOU CAN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE ENLISTED THAT HELP OR NOT.

OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF THE APPLICANT? YEAH. LET'S, LET'S LET'S HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

I KNOW YOU HAVE DECIBEL LEVELS OF THE EQUIPMENT.

HAVE YOU GUYS CONSULTED WITH AN ACOUSTICIAN ON DECIBEL LEVELS? I KNOW YOU CHANGE DIRECTION.

DECIBEL LEVELS. I CAN ANSWER AN ENGINEER QUESTION IF YOU NEED THAT.

WELL, I'M JUST SAYING WHERE OUR OUR DECIBEL LEVEL AT 62DB NO LONGER THAN TEN MINUTES.

AND THAT'S CONTINUOUS.

RIGHT. SO AFTER TEN MINUTES.

SO OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE INTERMITTENT USE OF YOUR BLOWERS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT AS ANY AS ANY NOISE EQUIPMENT, IT'S MEASURED IN DECIBELS AND DISTANCE. SO THE DISTANCE IS STANDING UNDERNEATH BY BLOWERS VERSUS AT THE EXIT OF THE TUNNEL AS OPPOSED TO AT THE STREET.

THOSE ARE THOSE DISTANCES ARE EASILY MEASURED BY BY DECIBELS.

BUT WE AS THE AS THE BLOWERS ARE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE AT WITH THE SILENCERS ABOUT 70DB AT THE BLOWER.

SO WHEN YOU EXTEND THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, FROM RAVENSWOOD OR WHEREVER, YOU'RE DOWN AT 35 AT THAT DISTANCE.

SO EVEN AT 25FT OUTSIDE OF OUR TOWN, WE ARE BELOW 60DB.

AND YOU'VE CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF THE OF THE NOISE WHICH WAS HEADING OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I'M AN ACOUSTICIAN.

I'M NOT AN ACOUSTICIAN, BUT I'M IN THE ACOUSTICAL BUSINESS, SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, BUT BUT OVER 100FT, REVERSE DIRECTION FROM THE FACILITY.

SO. OKAY, I THINK AT ONE TIME THERE WERE 150FT FROM THE RESIDENCE THE OTHER DIRECTION.

SO THE TUNNEL IS 130FT LONG.

IT'S BEEN FLIPPED 180 DEGREES, SO ROUGHLY OVER 200FT FROM WHERE IT WAS BEFORE 50FT.

OKAY. AND THEN NOW WEST.

MY QUESTION IS, IS ARE WE GOING TO DO DECIBEL CHECKS ON THAT? IF WHAT IF THEY'RE ABOVE IT.

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THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF PLACE.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE MAKE A PRACTICE OF.

OBVIOUSLY IF WE HAVE COMPLAINTS WE WOULD INVESTIGATE THROUGH DECIBEL CHECKS, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE ON A COMPLAINT BASIS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE GOING TO DIRECT THESE TO, BUT TWO OF YOU GUYS, WES AND THE ENGINEER THERE, YOU ALL HAVE THE SAME SHOES ON.

SO THERE YOU GO.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. OKAY.

SO THIS IS A THIS IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT, RIGHT? BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I SEE DAILY.

I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS.

I, AND I WOULDN'T WANT SOMETHING THAT MADE MY THAT DIMINISHED MY QUALITY OF LIFE.

BUT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'RE LOOKING AT TEN SQUARE MILES OF CITY, ROUGHLY 47 TO 48,000 PEOPLE.

AND WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT.

LOOK BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN THAT ARE GOING TO BUILD 6 TO $800,000 HOMES.

AND WE HAD PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WANT THAT IN THEIR BACKYARD.

SO WE HAVE TO SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A VERY HARD DECISION.

NOW IN OUR PACKET, I GUESS THAT THE CAR WASH FOLKS CU CAR WASH FROM VA-Q-TEC.

OKAY. SO IT'S SHOWING THAT AT 35FT FROM THE VACUUMS, I GUESS THESE ARE THE OPERATED VACUUMS. IT'S 53.9DB NOW.

I'M NOT I'M NOT IN THE SOUND BUSINESS LIKE OUR FELLOW COUNCILMAN.

BUT SO I DID SOME SOME GOOGLING.

SO IT LOOKED LIKE FROM THE SITE PLAN, THE THREE HOMES, IT LOOKS LIKE 79, 74 AND 66FT FROM THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN IT'S LONGER BECAUSE WE MOVED THE VACUUMS FURTHER AWAY.

SO AS FAR AS DECIBEL RATINGS GO.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS FOR EVERYBODY'S ENLIGHTENMENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THIS EITHER.

OH YOU'RE GOING TO MEASURE HOW LOUD I AM.

YEAH. YOU ARE. SO BREATHING IS TEN DECIBELS.

RUSTLING LEAVES 20DB A CONVERSATION IN A NON-ITALIAN HOUSE, 50DB FOR THE ITALIAN.

IT'S GOING TO GET LOUDER RIGHT NOW.

I JUST HIT 60.

A LAWNMOWER IS 90 AND A WASHING MACHINE IS 70.

SO IF THESE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT AND THE CALCULATIONS ARE CORRECT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AROUND 30 TO 35DB AT AT THE RESIDENCES, I DON'T AS LONG AS THAT'S ACCURATE, THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE THAT BIG OF AN IMPACT.

I MEAN, UNLESS THERE'S ANYONE CAN.

RIGHT. I'M. I'M.

I'M JUST. OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T.

I HATE TO I HATE TO DO IT, BUT OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.

SO OBVIOUSLY A CAR MOVING ON.

RAVENSWOOD, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

OBVIOUSLY A CAR MOVING ON RAVENSWOOD DRIVE WILL BE MORE NOISIER THAN THE BLOWERS ITSELF, BECAUSE THE BLOWERS ARE MORE TOWARDS THE STREET SIDE.

NOW WE HAVE 250FT.

SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SOUND INTENSITY, IT DROPS AS YOU INCREASE THE DISTANCE.

AND AS JIMMY HAS SAID, IT'S 70DB AT THE BLOWER.

SO YOU'RE MOVING AWAY TO MORE THAN 250FT, PLUS SIX PLUS 30FT OR 40FT OF RAVENSWOOD DRIVE.

SO IT'S TWO 280FT OF DISTANCE FROM THE BLOWERS.

PLUS WE DO HAVE A SCREEN WALL, INTERNAL SCREEN WALL IN THE TUNNEL THAT SEPARATES THE BLOWERS FROM OUR WASH AREA BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE THE WATER COMING ONTO THE CAR CARS AGAIN. SO ONCE WE DRY, WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER COMING BACK AND GETTING ONTO THE CAR.

SO WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL SCREEN WALL INSIDE THE BLOWERS INSIDE THE TUNNEL JUST BEFORE THE BLOWERS.

SO THAT WILL ADD AS ACT AS ADDITIONAL BARRIER ALSO.

SO QUESTION.

SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A RESIDENT AND AS SEVERAL RESIDENTS, THEY WENT AND WENT BY ONE OF YOUR SHOPS AND HALTOM CITY, DOES THAT WASH HAVE THESE SAME BLOWERS? YES, SIR. THEY HAVE SUNNIES BLOWERS.

AND THEN WE HAVE PROTEST BLOWERS.

YES, SIR. SO WHICH SO WHICH ARE WE GOING TO? THAT PARTICULAR WATCH DOESN'T HAVE SILENCER.

THAT'S NUMBER SIX. IT DOESN'T HAVE SILENCER.

BUT WE HAVE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND ON THIS ONE TO ADD SILENCERS ON.

SO SO SO THE QUESTION IS IS IF WE HAD PEOPLE GO LISTEN TO THE ONE IN HALTOM CITY, IS IT IS THIS ONE GOING TO BE QUIETER.

YES SIR. THIS IS GOING TO BE QUIETER.

OKAY. AND THEN THE ONE THE WATCH IN HALTOM CITY IS RIGHT NEXT TO APARTMENTS.

IF YOU HAVE SEEN THAT. AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE COMPLAINT.

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SO I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF YOU.

SENT US THE SILENCER PACKAGE.

FOR THIS, WHAT AM I? I MEAN, I'M SEEING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ONES.

NEXT PAGE. WELL, THAT'S THE THOSE ARE THE.

YEAH. THE ONES THAT YOU'RE SAYING IS FOR THE VACUUM.

YEAH, FOR THE HOSES.

WELL, LET'S START THERE.

LET'S START THERE. SO FOR THESE ONES THESE VACUUMS, I HAVE THE MODEL NUMBER THAT'S THE SAME THAT'S GOING TO BE USED HERE.

CORRECT. SO I KEEP DIRECTING TO JIMMY WITH THE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE HE'S A DISTRIBUTOR.

SO, JIMMY, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING TO COME BECAUSE I DO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT.

I HAVE EQUIPMENT INFORMATION.

HE HE SELLS IT.

HE HE KNOWS MORE ABOUT IT.

DO YOU MIND COMING TO THE MIC? BECAUSE I DO HAVE EQUIPMENT QUESTIONS.

SORRY TO PUT YOU OFF. NO THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S OKAY.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

SO WITH THE VACUUMS WE HAVE AN AVERAGE AT 35FT DECIBEL RATING 53.9.

THAT'S AN AVERAGE WITH ALL TEN HOSES OFF AND IN USE.

YEAH. AND SO THIS THOSE SAME VACUUMS IS IT ARE WE IS IT THE SAME.

THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT.

SO IT'S THE SAME MODEL THE SAME.

THE THE EXCEPTION ON THIS WE ALSO HAVE ADDED WHAT IS CALLED A BACK IQ WHICH IS NOT IN ANY OF THE DATA THEY PUT, BUT IT RAMPS DOWN THE RPM OF THE VACUUMS WHEN THERE ARE FEWER HOSES IN USE.

SO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH OLDER SITES IS THE VACUUMS WOULD ROTATE AT WHATEVER RPMS. WHETHER YOU HAD ONE PERSON USING THE VACUUMS OR WHETHER YOU HAD 20 PEOPLE.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE RPMS DRAMATICALLY DROP BASED ON USAGE.

SO IF YOU JUST HAVE 1 OR 2 PEOPLE, THE VACUUM ALSO RAMPS DOWN.

BUT EVEN AT MAXIMUM RPMS, THE DECIBELS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF ARE AT MAXIMUM RPMS. OKAY. SO THAT IS THE MAXIMUM FOR THAT ONE.

IN LOOKING AT LOOKING AT IT, THEY'RE PRETTY FROM THE SITE PLAN.

THEY'RE A DISTANCE AWAY FROM, FROM THE PROPERTIES THEMSELVES.

I MEAN, AS, AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM DID SOME GOOGLING, I DID AS WELL BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST, I NEVER PUT SO MUCH RESEARCH INTO A I CAN'T THINK IT'S BEEN A WHILE WHERE I PUT A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO A PROJECT TO, TO MAKE SURE OF THIS BECAUSE BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS ARE VALID.

YEAH. WHEN IT COMES TO NOISE AND, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT AND MAKING SURE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET IT WRONG.

YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO GET IT WRONG ON THEIR BEHALF.

AND SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT IT LOOKING AT THE, THE LAW OF HOW MUCH IT REDUCES BY BY DOUBLING THE DISTANCE OF THE, OF THE DECIBEL LEVELS.

IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THAT DATA, YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING.

AND SO IT'S THE SAME THING FROM LOOKING AT IT, IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF THESE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT FROM WHAT YOU'RE GIVING US WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT, 53.9DB, IT WOULD BE AROUND 36DB TO RAVENSWOOD.

THAT'S CORRECT. NOW LET'S LOOK UP AT THE BLOWERS.

SO THAT SILENCER PACKAGE IS FOR THE BLOWERS.

CORRECT. THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE.

YES, YES.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

WHICH ONE ARE WE LOOKING AT? BECAUSE I'M SEEING A BUNCH OF THIS.

I HAVE A 30 HORSEPOWER DRYER.

THIS WIND SEER I MEAN, WIND SEER.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE 130 A SIDE SHOT, A SIDE SHOT, TWO A 99, 90 X.

YEAH, I THINK THAT I THINK SAMIR PROVIDED A SAMPLING OF WITH 15 DIFFERENT SITES, THEY'VE HAD VARIATIONS OF BLOWERS.

SO THE CURRENT BLOWERS THAT WILL BE IN THIS ARE BLOWERS WITH A SPECIAL SILENCER, WHICH IS NOT NORMAL AND NOT TYPICAL, BUT ARE USED WHEN WE ARE IN AREAS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE CONCERN.

SO 90% OF THE CAR WASHES THAT YOU GO TO, THERE ARE NO SILENCERS, THERE ARE NO SOUND REDUCERS, BECAUSE EVEN WITHOUT SILENCERS, THEY DON'T EXCEED THE NOISE LEVELS THAT ARE TYPICAL CITY REQUIREMENTS.

SO IN THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, AND EVEN THOUGH IT MAY HAVE, IF YOU PULL UP AND YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET OUT OF YOUR CAR AND YOU WALK TO THE END OF THE TUNNEL, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A NOISE NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU WOULD HEAR FROM THE VACUUM CLEANER RUNNING IN YOUR HOUSE AS A COMPARISON.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT STREET LEVELS NOT STANDING IN THE TUNNEL.

AND SO BASED ON THAT, THAT'S THE MEASUREMENTS THAT WE GIVE YOU IN THOSE BLOWERS, SAMIR HAS TAKEN ONE EXTRA STEP AND HAS ACTUALLY CREATED A BLOWER OR A DRIER AREA.

AND THAT'S TO REDUCE THE AIRFLOW IN THE TUNNEL AND IT REDUCES THE NOISE OUTSIDE THE TUNNEL.

IT ESSENTIALLY RETAINS MORE OF THE NOISE INSIDE THE CAR WASH TUNNEL.

SO IF YOU WERE DRIVING THROUGH THE CAR WASH WITH YOUR WINDOWS DOWN, IT WOULD BE NOISY, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS.

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OKAY. YOU SHOULDN'T TELL ME WHAT ONE WHAT MODEL YOU'RE USING, THOUGH, FOR THIS ONE? IS IT ON THIS SHEET? BECAUSE IT'S.

I'M NOT I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE SHEET THAT SMEARS PROVIDED YOU THE HORSEPOWER, THE 30 HORSEPOWER POWER.

YEAH. OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S AN OVERSIZE.

THAT'S THE 30 HORSEPOWER.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY AT 15 HORSEPOWER INCREMENTS AS PAIRS.

SO THAT'S HOW WE SET THEM UP.

OKAY. AND THEN THE SILENCER WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THAT 30 HORSEPOWER ONE.

YEAH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO TO DISCUSS WHEN CONCERNING NOISE IS HOURS OF OPERATION.

WHAT'S WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING? TO BE OPEN. SO OUR NORMAL OPERATING HOURS ARE ON WEEKDAYS, ARE FROM 7 A.M.

TO 8 P.M., AND ON SUNDAYS, IT'S FROM 8 A.M.

TO 7 P.M.. ADM TO £0.07 7 P.M.

ON SUNDAYS. ON SUNDAYS, OKAY.

AND THEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, SATURDAY, 7 A.M.

TO 8 A.M. TO EIGHT.

OKAY. OKAY.

I'M ALSO DOING MY EXTENSIVE RESEARCH TO THE OTHER.

YOUR COMPETITORS.

NO OTHER CAR WASHES OPEN AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING, JUST IN BEDFORD.

OKAY. AND WE ARE FLEXIBLE TO THAT.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE FLEXIBLE TO THAT.

THE REST OF THEM ALL OPEN AT EIGHT.

YEP. OKAY. WE ARE FLEXIBLE TO EIGHT, 8 A.M..

OKAY. OKAY.

AND IN MY PACKET IT SAID SOMETHING THAT PROPOSED THAT YOU WERE GOING TO 9:00.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. NO.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE SAYING EIGHT DURING THE DAY.

OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S IN LINE WITH OUR OTHER YOUR OTHER COMPETITORS.

IT'S AROUND BEDFORD WHERE THEY GO.

MA'AM BROUGHT UP A IDEA OF INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF THE SCREEN WALL.

AND IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, WE ARE WILLING TO GO UP TO EIGHT FEET.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE WILLING TO DO EIGHT FEET FOR AN ADDITIONAL WALL? FLEXIBLE ON THE HOURS.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR US? SURE. SHOULD WE DO THE PRESENTATION OR REAL QUICK? ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE THEIR PRESENTATION? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES FOR WES.

GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, WES.

NOW, WHAT WAS THE HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY? IT'S BEEN ZONED HEAVY COMMERCIAL QUITE A WHILE.

RIGHT. WASN'T THERE A RESTAURANT IN THERE AT ONE TIME? I GUESS IT PREDATED OUR RESEARCH THEN.

OUR RESEARCH.

IN 2015, IT WAS REDEVELOPED AS A AS A PARKING LOT FOR GRUBS.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS ON IT FOR THEM, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE OUR RECORD KEEPING AS WELL.

SO. SO IT'S FAR AS YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN HEAVY COMMERCIAL.

YES. OKAY. AND ONE POINT THEY BROUGHT UP WAS THAT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT COULD MOVE IN THERE BY.

RIGHT. THAT'S TRUE.

AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD BE JUST GENERATING THE SAME AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN AND OUT.

IS THAT CORRECT? TYPICALLY, I MEAN, YEAH, IN SOME CASES IT MAY ACTUALLY GENERATE MORE DEPENDING ON OUR, YOU KNOW, THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION.

TYPICALLY WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO REGULATE THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION AS, AS A USE ALLOWED BY.

RIGHT. OKAY.

WE'D BE ABLE TO REGULATE HOW THEY GET IN AND OUT AS FAR AS COULD THEY UTILIZE THE CURRENT.

THEY COULD UTILIZE THE CURRENT.

ACCESS THERE WOULD.

WE DON'T HAVE A REQUIREMENT.

THE ACCESS IS THERE, AND WE DON'T HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS THEY COULD NOT ACCESS THAT ROAD.

SO IF THEY CAME THROUGH FOR A SITE PLAN OR SITE PLAN FOR THAT SITE, IT WOULD MEET THE STANDARDS.

IF THEY JUST USE THAT ACCESS.

OKAY. ASSUMING IT MET ALL OF THE FIRE LANE ACCESS.

BUT SURE.

YEAH. OKAY. AND AS FAR AS WE HAD THE NUMBER OF 35 DB DECIBELS, IS THERE ANY REASON TO DOUBT THAT? I MEAN THAT'S ON THE EQUIPMENT.

WOULD HAVE WE SEEN ANYTHING WHERE THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.

NO. THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED AS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

STAFF HAS DONE A LOT OF GOOGLING ON THIS.

AND WE'RE NOT EXPERTS ON ON THE SOUND EQUIPMENT, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOGLING, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF STUDYING, AND IT SEEMS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE SEEN. OKAY.

SO IF THIS IS APPROVED, THEN IT WAS BUILT AND THEN WE FOUND OUT PER THE ORDINANCE, IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

IF IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD BE A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, AND WE'D ADDRESS IT THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT IF IT WENT TO MUNICIPAL COURT.

WE ADDRESS IT THAT WAY AS WELL.

OKAY. SO THEY WOULD EITHER HAVE TO STOP OR OR DO SOMETHING TO CORRECT IT SOMEHOW.

CORRECT. OKAY.

GETTING TO THE ONE SIDE WITH THE TREES ON THAT DIAGRAM NOW.

HOW MANY TREES CAN WE FIT IN THERE? IT LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD ADD 3 OR 4 MORE IN THERE.

CAN WE? YOU CAN.

I MEAN AGAIN I.

THE DISTANCE THERE I WAS THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT REAL QUICK.

I DON'T HAVE A DISTANCE ON THIS MAP, BUT AGAIN, I THINK YOU COULD DO SOMETHING INSTEAD OF PROBABLY INSTEAD OF ONE FOR EVERY

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AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO DO I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE PLANS WHERE YOU DO TALLER TREES, SHORTER TREES, AND WE COULD DO A COMBINATION. AND THEN A CONTINUOUS ROW OF SHRUBS, WHICH THE SHRUBS, I BELIEVE ARE ALREADY ON SITE.

BUT WE COULD DO ONE TREE FOR EVERY 20FT IF YOU'D PREFER.

OKAY. AND I BELIEVE SOMEONE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF INCONVENIENCE FOR THE NEIGHBORS THERE.

SURE. HOW LONG WOULD THAT CONSTRUCTION.

I'LL LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT.

WE BUILT 15 WATCHES ACROSS DFW WITHIN SOME SOMEWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS TO NINE MONTHS.

THAT'S OUR CONSTRUCTION DURATION.

OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MAYOR. YES. THANK YOU.

AND IN ADDITION TO THIS, IF IF NOISE IS STILL A CONCERN COUNCIL CAN PUT A CONDITION THAT THE CEO WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL THE NOISE LEVELS ARE MEASURED AT PROPERTY LINE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE APPLICANT BEGINS THEIR PRESENTATION? OKAY. YOU MAY.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM, MAYOR, HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND A WONDERFUL RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TIME WITH ME AND MY TEAM.

MY NAME IS ALI AND MY ADDRESS IS 1000 EAST ASH LANE, EULESS, TEXAS.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE CAR WASH DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED AT 1428 BROWN TRAIL.

SO I HAD A FULL PRESENTATION READY, AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE BEFORE I BEGIN THAT PRESENTATION, THAT I AM ALSO A WORKING MOTHER AT THIS AMAZING COMPANY THAT HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE TWO KIDS THAT BOTH ATTEND HEB ISD.

MY DAUGHTER WILL BE 13 IN MAY.

MY SON'S TEN, AND I BROUGHT BOTH OF THEM WITH ME TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WITNESS, EVEN IN THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST YOU.

AND WHEN YOU'RE FEELING LIKE THERE'S A VERY LITTLE CHANCE, ALWAYS WORK HARD AND TRY YOUR BEST.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO HERE WITH MY TIME WITH YOU TONIGHT.

SO WE COVERED SOME OF THIS STUFF, SO I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT.

SO WHAT I WANT TO START WITH WHAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT IN THIS SPACE THAT'S LESS ABOUT ONE ACRE, 1.12 ACRES? A PARK OR A PLAYGROUND IS SOMETHING THAT IT SEEMS EVERYBODY WANTS.

BUT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF BROWN TRAIL, A FIVE LANE ROAD THAT SEES UPWARDS OF 11,000 CARS DAILY RIGHT NOW.

WE WOULD NOT BUILD IN A SMALL MOVE.

MOVING IN A SLOW MOVING NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD ON A PIECE OF LAND THAT IS ZONED HEAVY COMMERCIAL, AND THAT HAS BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.

THERE WAS A GREAT MOM OF, I THINK THREE, AND I THINK HER OPENING LINE WAS REALLY GREAT.

IT SAID TWO DOGS, A CAT AND THREE FISH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MENTIONED THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT WOULD DRIVE DOWN PROPERTY VALUES.

I URGE EVERYONE TO CONSIDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF CHICKEN EXPRESS OR A MCDONALD'S WOULD BUILD THERE.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN? THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED THAT HE REALLY, REALLY DISLIKES POPEYES SIX MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR AND THEIR BACKYARD.

AND THAT IS A BIG THING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF WE DON'T BUILD THERE.

IF ANYTHING, WE STRIVE TO ADD TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE A PART OF RAY'S VALUES.

AND WE'RE FROM THE DFW AREA.

OUR OFFICES ARE SEVEN MINUTES FROM HERE.

WE WORK REALLY HARD.

WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON MAKING THE CHANGES FROM THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.

THIS DEVELOPMENT FACES BROWN TRAIL.

THE DRIVERS FACE BROWN TRAIL.

THE ONLY PUBLIC ENTRANCE AND EXIT IS ON TO BROWN TRAIL, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL TWO FEET OF SCREENING WALL TO THE BACK PART ON RAVENSWOOD DRIVE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE BUILT AND MANAGE A CAR WASH OFF OF BASSWOOD BOULEVARD, AND THAT WAS LESS THAN 40 YARDS AWAY FROM BASSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NORTH FORT WORTH. KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.

HAD TO STILL ATTEND THAT SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS NOW, WITH NO COMPLAINTS TO US OR ANY CITY ORDINANCE.

COOL. SIDE ONE.

I'LL TRY TO RESPECT EVERYONE'S TIME AND BE SUPER BRIEF WITH THESE.

THE PURPOSE OF MY PRESENTATION IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE QUALITY NO MATTER WHAT.

THAT'S WHAT IS OUR DRIVING FORCE AND BEHIND WHAT WE DO.

I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE RESOLVED ALL THE ISSUES RAISED DURING THE LAST SESSION.

THE NEXT SLIDE.

OH. HERE. SORRY.

SORRY, SORRY.

OUR EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING AND MANAGING EXPRESS TUNNELS HAS RESULTED IN A SOLID TRACK RECORD OF DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY SERVICES AND ACHIEVING POSITIVE BUSINESS RESULTS.

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TO ADD VALUE FOR OUR GUESTS, WE OFFER MANY AMENITIES LIKE 25 HIGH POWERED VACUUMS, MICROFIBER TOWELS, HIGH PRESSURE AIR GAS GLASS CLEANER, AND MAC CLEANERS AT EVERY LOCATION. FREE TO ALL CUSTOMERS.

WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND INDUSTRY STANDARDS WITH OUR WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED A WATER METERING SYSTEM THAT'S INSTALLED IN ALL OF OUR CAR WASHES.

THIS SYSTEM TRACKS HOW MUCH CITY WATER WE USE PER CAR AND ALERTS US FOR ANY OVERAGES.

OUR GOAL IS TO MINIMIZE OUR WATER USAGE AND TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF SUCH A VALUABLE RESOURCE.

THE SYSTEM MONITORS OUR CITY, WASH OUR CITY USAGE 24 HOURS A DAY TO ENSURE THAT EVERY DROP OF WATER CITY WATER THAT WE USE IS ACCOUNTED FOR.

AS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, WE OFFER FREE CAR WASHES TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS AND CITY VEHICLES.

THE AVERAGE TOTAL IS $48,000 A YEAR OF DONATED CAR WASH.

OKAY. SO THIS IS EASY TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF MY JOB.

WE TAKE PRIDE IN DONATING $20,000 ANNUALLY TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR EACH COMMUNITY WE ARE A PART OF.

WE BELIEVE WE CAN ONLY GROW AND SUCCEED BY DOING OUR PART IN GIVING BACK.

SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE SHOWN HERE, LIKE THE DONATION DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, ASSOCIATIONS OF MESQUITE AND HALTOM CITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP FEED THOSE IN NEED, LIKE GRAPEVINE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER AND TARRANT COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS.

YOUTH SPORTS LIKE THE LADY WOLVES, THE BASKETBALL TEAM WHO RAISED $3,000 IN JUST THREE HOURS BY HOSTING A FUN, EASY AND SAFE CAR WASH AT OUR FACILITIES IN WHITE SETTLEMENT TO HELP THEM GO TO NATIONALS IN FLORIDA.

THIS IS A VISUAL TO SHOW THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO WHAT WE WERE ACCUSTOMED TO IN THE PAST.

LIKE 50 CENT COFFEES FROM 7-ELEVEN ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYDAY CONSUMERS.

I KNOW I'LL WAIT AN EMBARRASSING LONG TIME FOR MY VENTI ICED MATCHA LATTE WITH ALMOND MILK AND TWO SHOTS OF ESPRESSO.

A CAR WASH TODAY SHOULD BE QUICK AND EASY AND MAKE YOU FEEL GREAT ABOUT YOUR VEHICLE.

THE DAYS OF GETTING OUT OF YOUR CAR AND USING QUARTERS TO HAND WASH YOUR VEHICLE ARE A THING OF THE PAST.

OTHER WASHES IN THE AREA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, DO NOT OFFER THE SAME QUICK AND HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE THAT WE DO.

OUR WASHES PROVIDE A CLEAN, DRY AND SHINY CAR AS WELL AS LOOKING GREAT CURB APPEAL.

WE'VE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THIS, BUT HERE IS OUR NEW SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.

AND HERE IS SAMIR, OUR HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION, TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALI SAMIR MUHAMMAD STREET AND SOUTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, EULESS, TEXAS.

FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT OUR CASE AGAIN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A NEW SITE PLAN OVER HERE.

WE HAVE AN ENTRANCE COMING IN FROM BROWN TRAIL, THREE LANES.

DRIVE INTO THE TUNNEL, TUNNEL AND EQUIPMENT BUILDING LESS THAN 6000FT².

APPROXIMATELY 22 VACUUM SPACES FOR EMPLOYED EMPLOYEES PARKING SPACES AND AN EXISTING MASONRY RETAINING MASONRY SCREEN WALL.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE MADE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS SITE PLAN.

WE WANTED TO GET RID OF THE OLD COCKROACH.

SINCE WE HEARD THE RESIDENTS, WE WANTED TO GET RID OF THAT OLD KIRK ROAD ENTRANCE.

BUT FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME BACK AND THEY SAID, WE NEED THAT ENTRANCE FOR FIRE SAFETY.

SO IN ORDER TO LIMIT THAT TO JUST FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE GOING TO PUT A GATE ARM WITH A KNOX LOCK AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN ACCESS THEM IN IN CASE OF ANY EMERGENCY. IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE MOVED OUR BLOWERS FROM CLOSER TO THE RESIDENCE.

WE MOVED TOWARDS THE STREET.

SO THE NOISE IS DIRECTED TOWARDS BROWN TRAIL INSTEAD OF OLD KIRK ROAD AND RAVENSWOOD DRIVE.

AND WE HAVE PROVIDED A SCREEN WALL AROUND OUR VACUUMS. WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS IN ANY OTHER CITY, BUT WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

AS ALI HAVE SAID, WE USE HIGH END FINISHES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

WE ARE PLANNING TO USE NATURAL STONE, BRICK, STUCCO AND METAL PANELS.

SO. COUNCIL.

MY, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE IN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS OVER SATURATION OF CAR WASHES AND BEDFORD AREA.

I HAVE PROVIDED A VICINITY MAP OF ALL THE WASHES IN IN BEDFORD AREA.

ALL BUT ONE CAR WASH OPERATE ON A DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL, SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAR WASHES.

ALSO, THESE WASHES CATER TO DIFFERENT AREA ENTIRELY.

MOST OF THESE WASHES ARE OLD, WILL DEFINITELY NEED AN UPGRADE AND DO NOT PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SERVICE.

SO AS I SAID, I HAVE PROVIDED A I HAVE OUTLINED ALL THE WASHES AND BEDFORD AREA, ALL BUT ONE CAR WASH HAVE DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL.

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THERE ARE CAR WASHES WHERE YOU GET OUT OF THE CAR AND THEY CLEAN IT FOR YOU.

OURS IS AN EXPRESS MODEL.

THE ONLY CAR WASH THAT IS SIMILAR TO OURS IS CARNATION ON CENTRAL DRIVE, BUT THAT CATERS TO A DIFFERENT AREA AND ENTIRELY. IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, AND IT HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TRAFFIC PATTERN.

PLUS IT'S AN OLD WASH.

WE NEED A NEW CAR WASH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BEDFORD THAT WILL ALIGN WITH CITY'S VISION TO REJUVENATE THIS AREA.

SO THE COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS HAD CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE.

WE HAVE HEARD THEM AND WE TRY TO ADDRESS THEM ON THE SITE PLAN.

OUR BLOWERS ARE NOW AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS.

IT'S TOWARDS BROWN TRAIL SO THAT THE NOISE IS DIRECTED TOWARDS A BROWN TRAIL INSTEAD OF OLD KIRK ROAD AND RAVENSWOOD DRIVE.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE INVEST IN SILENCERS SO THAT OUR BLOWERS ARE QUIETER AND WE WANT IT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

WE ARE NEVER OPERATING PAST 8 P.M..

OUR HOURS OF OPERATIONS ARE FROM 7 A.M.

TO 8 P.M.

ON WEEKDAYS.

AND ON SUNDAYS IT'S FROM 8 A.M.

TO 7 P.M.. AND I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE ARE FLEXIBLE TO THOSE OPERATING HOURS, SO I HAVE PROVIDED A SITE PLAN.

THE BLUE HIGHLIGHTS SHOW THE THE BLOWERS TOWARDS THE EXIT END TOWARDS THE BROWN TRAIL SIDE.

THE RED HIGHLIGHTS SHOW THE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE EXITING TOWARDS BROWN TRAIL.

SO THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC.

THIS PARTICULAR LOT IF YOU INSPECT IS ZONED AS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

THESE INCLUDES CAR WASH, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH AN SCP PROCESS.

POSSIBLE BUSINESSES THAT CAN COME OVER HERE IS MIGHT BE A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS SUCH AS MCDONALD'S, CHICK FIL A OR BURGER KING.

GIVEN ITS PROXIMITY TO THE FREEWAY AND TRAFFIC ON BROWN TRAIL.

PLUS, THESE RESTAURANTS HAVE HIGHER AVERAGE ROAD TRAFFIC.

THEY HAVE PEAK HOURS DURING LUNCH, BREAKFAST, DINNER, AND ALSO THESE RESTAURANTS ARE DESTINATION LOCATIONS PEOPLE WILL DRIVE TO GO TO THE RESTAURANTS. OUR CAR WASH IS NOT A DESTINATION LOCATION.

WE ABSORB FROM THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

WE DO NOT ADD TO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

PLUS YOU GET YOUR CAR WASH BECAUSE IT'S ON YOUR WAY TO A DESTINATION YOU'RE GOING TO.

IT'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU.

SO I HAVE PROVIDED A SITE PLAN.

SO IF WE WERE NOT WE NEED TO BUILD HERE.

IF WE DON'T BUILD HERE, THERE WILL BE A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT THAT CAN COME HERE AND BUILD BY RIGHT.

BUILD BY RIGHT MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SHOP PROCESS.

I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE POSSIBLE ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS.

THEY CAN COME AND PUT THEIR ENTRANCE ON BROWN TRAIL.

THEY CAN COME AND PUT AN ENTRANCE ON OLD KIRK ROAD.

THEY CAN EVEN HAVE THEIR ENTRANCE ON RAVENSWOOD DRIVE AND IF THAT MEANS A SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT, NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO TO TO STOP THAT.

RESIDENTS ARE WILL NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS LIKE WE ARE LIKE THEY ARE DOING NOW, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING THROUGH AN SOP PROCESS AND A PUBLIC HEARING.

OUR SITE PLAN HAS ADDRESSED ALL THEIR CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THIS AND IF IF A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT GOES THERE, THEY WILL OPERATE EARLY IN THE DAY TO LATE IN THE NIGHT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, WE CAN'T REGULATE THEIR OPERATING HOURS.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE SCREEN WALL AT THE BACK THAT WE DO NOT PLAN TO DEMOLISH.

WE THINK THAT IT ACTS AS AN ADDITIONAL BARRIER AND WE ARE WILLING TO RAISE THE HEIGHT IN CASE IF WE NEED TO, AND WE ARE PLANNING TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE ALSO IN FRONT OF THAT.

AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS HAD WAS DRAINAGE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR LOT RIGHT NOW, IT'S CONCRETE.

THERE'S NO LANDSCAPING.

IT'S ALL CONCRETE.

SO THE AMOUNT OF WATER WHEN IT RAINS THAT IS GOING INTO THE STORM SYSTEM IS MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE WHAT WE WILL PLAN TO DO BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE LANDSCAPING.

PART OF THAT WATER WILL SEEP THROUGH THE GROUND AND NOT OVERFLOW THE CITY'S DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

AND IN ADDITION TO THIS, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT OVERSPILL ON THE ON THE YARDS.

MOST OF OUR OUR WATER IS COLLECTED INTO A TRENCH AND IT GOES THROUGH A SEWER SYSTEM.

IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH A STORM SYSTEM.

SO CAR WASHES USE WATER, BUT THEY DON'T DISCHARGE WATER INTO THE STORM SYSTEM.

IT GOES INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM.

AND WE GO THROUGH ENGINEERING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH SUFFICIENT PIPE SIZE.

SUFFICIENT WHETHER THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WILL BE ENOUGH TO HANDLE OUR OUR DISCHARGE INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY.

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AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF CITY OF BEDFORD COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M GLAD YOU WENT THROUGH THAT.

IT'S OBVIOUS TO ME, AND I KNOW TO THE PUBLIC THAT YOU YOU DID A LOT TO THIS SITE IN ORDER TO.

YES, SIR. WE HAVE. SORRY TO CUT YOU THERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK WES FOR HIS TIME.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS.

WE WE SAT AROUND THE TABLE AND SAID WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS WORK.

YEAH, AND THAT'S EVIDENT BY THE SITE PLAN, BY WHAT YOU'VE SHOWN HERE.

ALSO MEETING THAT YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENT, MAKING SURE THAT THE EXITS NOT ON OLD KIRK ROAD, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE BY MOVING IT AND SITUATING THE THE SITE TO REDUCE NOISE AND YOU'VE DONE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND THEN AND ARE WILLING THUS FAR EVEN TO INCLUDE SOME STIPULATIONS AS WELL, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS. SO I'M GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE DONE YOUR BEST IN THAT REGARD, AND I DO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S STILL IT'S STILL A CONCERN.

YOU CAN PUT A CONDITION THAT CR WILL NOT BE ISSUED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.

SO I GUESS WHAT I HAVE SOME ISSUES HERE OF COUNCIL'S APPETITE.

IF THEY'RE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HOURS OF OPERATION, THE EIGHT FOOT WALL, I WOULD THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY ADD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SILENCER PACKAGE IN THERE AS WELL.

A VERBATIM. I'M SEEING NODS FROM BRENDA TO ADD THAT AS WELL.

ALSO, THINGS WERE MENTIONED WERE TREES EVERY 20FT.

THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL.

BEHRENDS. CO WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL DECIBEL LEVELS ARE MEASURED AT AT THE PROPERTY, AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

THAT CAN ALSO BE THAT CAN BE A CONDITION AS WELL.

OKAY. IN THE GRAY YOU SHOULD AGREE.

THE GRADE. THE GREAT.

THE GRADING. THE GRADING.

OKAY. THE GRADING FOR THE TREE.

SIX FOOT. YOU SAID NO, NO, NOT FOR THE TREES, FOR THE ENTRY.

THE ENTRY WAY FOR THE FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS.

OKAY. OKAY.

IT. IT IS.

I DON'T IT'S NOT A NEEDED CONDITION BECAUSE THAT'S A FIRE CODE.

SO THAT'S ALREADY A BUILT IN REQUIREMENT.

OKAY. SO IT'S BUILT IN. SO WE DON'T NEED WE DON'T HAVE ONE OKAY.

OKAY. SO.

COUNCIL. WHAT'S THAT? NO, THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING.

IT'S UP TO US NOW AT THIS POINT TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS.

SO WITH WITH THIS AND ALL BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I'LL START WITH, WITH THIS, THIS IS PROBABLY BEEN ONE OF THE HARDEST ONES, HARDEST DECISIONS GOING FORWARD.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE FOR FOR MY TIME ON COUNCIL TO TO DO THE RESEARCH, TO LOOK IT UP, TO SIT THERE AND MEASURE FROM POINT OF HOW MUCH A DECIBEL IS TO A HOUSE, TO DRIVE IT, TO GO TO THEIR ACTUAL LOCATION ON BASSWOOD, GET A CAR WASH AND EXPERIENCE IT FOR MYSELF. AND JUST TO SEE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TO ENDURE AND AND SO AND SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THOSE, YOU KNOW, MY MAIN CONCERN WAS AT FIRST BROWN TRAIL OR OLD KIRK ROAD, WHICH HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.

I LOOK AT THIS SITE AND I THINK TO MYSELF, IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO ACTUALLY ADD CONDITIONS TO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BUILT HERE.

IF IT WASN'T, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, ANYTHING ELSE COULD GO IN THERE WHERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAY CONDITIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, OLD KIRK COULD BE USED REGARDLESS, AND WE WOULD HAVE NO SAY IN IT.

WITH THIS SITE PLAN AS IT'S LAID OUT, IT LIMITS ACCESS TO OLD KIRK, WHICH IS RIGHT, RIGHT IN YOUR FRONT DOOR.

IF IT WAS ANOTHER BUSINESS, THEY COULD BE USING THAT AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ANY SAY IN THAT, IN THAT REGARD.

SO FOR ME, IT CAME DOWN TO NOISE AND WHAT AND WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THE NOISE AND REDUCE THE IMPACT ON ON YOU, THE RESIDENTS.

COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.

I WAS ON PAZ WHEN GRUBBS CAME AND PRESENTED WANTING TO.

IT'S REFERRED TO AS A STACKING LOT, AND IT'S WHERE THEY STACK EXTRA CARS, AND THEY WANTED TO COME IN AND BUILD THAT.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPOSITION FROM YOUR COMMUNITY REGARDING THAT.

LIGHTING WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES PEOPLE WERE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HYPO LIGHTING AND SECURITY.

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AND GRUBBS WORKED REALLY HARD TO ANSWER AND RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR WITH THAT STACKING LOT.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM.

AND THEN HERE AGAIN, I AGREE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR SAYING.

YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT TO A FACILITY COMING IN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU WOULD NOT, WITH SOME OF THE MANY LISTINGS THAT WAS READ TO YOU, A BREWERY, A TRANSPORT, A STATION COULD BE OPERATING 24 OVER SEVEN, TAKING PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH TO WHEREVER.

ALL KINDS OF RESTAURANTS, WHETHER IT'S A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT OR WHETHER IT'S A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.

I JUST WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT WE DON'T TAKE THIS VOTING WITHOUT DEEP CONCERN.

BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE OWE A RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU, THE CITIZENS, BUT WE OWE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE BUSINESSES HERE IN BEDFORD PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME IN AND HELP BETTER BEDFORD WE GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT TAXES.

TAXES LAY HEAVY ON OUR CITIZENS.

WE NEED BUSINESSES TO COME IN, NO MATTER HOW SMALL.

THE AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE THAT WE GET IS STILL ADDS TO THE REVENUE FOR THE CITY, AND IT HELPS RELIEVE THAT TAX REVENUE ON THE CITIZENS.

SO I DO HOPE YOU REALIZE THAT, HOWEVER THE VOTE GOES TONIGHT, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATION THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS, BOTH FOR THE CITIZENS AND FOR THE BUSINESSES. IT'S NOT EASY TO SIT UP HERE AND WE DON'T GET $12 A YEAR.

WE GET ZERO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN CULVER.

I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AS FAR AS THE CAR WASH, AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY AGREEABLE, BUT MY MY DEAL IS, IS THAT L.D. BELL IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTED.

SO THAT MAKES THIS A BRAND NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN TWO MILES AWAY FROM THIS AREA.

WE HAVE HOPES AND DREAMS FOR THAT AREA THAT WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION ON VERY SHORTLY.

THE SALES TAX.

THERE IS NO SALES TAX ON CAR WASHES.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT EMPLOYEE TAX AND YOU'VE GOT PROPERTY TAX, BUT THERE IS NO SALES TAX GAINED.

SO IN MY MY ESTIMATION THAT PROPERTY IS WORTH AS MUCH NOW AS IT IS LATER.

I DO THINK THERE IS THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN FOR ME ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE POINTED OUT THAT ANY RESTAURANT COULD GO IN THERE, BASICALLY BECAUSE IT'S 1.12 ACRES YOU'VE GOT ALMOST ANYTHING COULD GO THERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITIZENS ARE AWARE THAT THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR THEM, AND THEY WON'T HAVE A WORD, NOR WILL WE.

WE WON'T HAVE A WORD THAT WE CAN SAY ABOUT IT.

BUT IN THAT WE'VE GOT A HUGE WE'VE GOT A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS THAT JUST REALLY DON'T WANT THAT CAR WASH.

I DON'T I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN IGNORE THAT.

WE WE DO A LOT FOR THE VOTERS OF BEDFORD, AND THEY ARE VOTERS, AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE.

AND. GRANTED, THEY MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL LATER, BUT FOR NOW, I THINK IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, I DON'T WANT IT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST WHERE I AM.

I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE YOUR.

YOUR BUSINESS COULD BE OTHER PLACES IN BEDFORD OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

I THINK YOU'RE WONDERFUL BUSINESS PEOPLE FROM WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED, BUT I JUST THINK THE THE CITIZENS WENT OUT AND MY, MY OPINION.

SO THAT'S JUST WHERE I STAND.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN SABOL.

SO. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? BECAUSE WE STILL AT THE END OF THIS, WE CAN WE CAN PONTIFICATE AS MUCH AS WE WANT UP HERE, BUT WE STILL GOT TO.

YEAH. PONTIFICATE AS MUCH AS WE WANT, BUT WE NEED TO COME.

IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, WE NEED TO COME TO TERMS ON HOW HOW WE WANT HOURS AND FEET AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

BUT UNTIL THAT POINT, JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO THAT IF THAT'S THE PATH FORWARD.

BUT. MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

I WASN'T ANTICIPATING EVERYBODY TO SAY THEIR SPIEL, BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PONTIFICATE.

MAYOR COGAN ALWAYS WELCOME.

THANK YOU. WELL, I FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY ANOTHER THANK YOU TO THE CAR WASH FOLKS FOR COMING OUT.

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I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR COMING ON TO MY FOURTH YEAR, AND I SAID, AM I THE HISTORIAN? DO I KNOW? YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING AT AND AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COME AND, AND THEY'VE GONE BACK AND REWORKED SITE PLANS AND LISTENED TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS AND AND LIKE THEY EVEN SAID, THEY DON'T DO A LOT OF THIS, THEY DON'T DO THE SILENCERS AND OTHER PROJECTS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WOULD BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO AGAIN, AS COUNCILMAN CULVER SAID, WE HAVE TO REPRESENT NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESSES TO HELP OFFSET THE PROPERTY TAXES.

I WAS CONFERRING WITH CITY MANAGER ROY ABOUT THAT.

SO CAR WASHES DON'T HAVE SALES TAX, BUT YOU GET PROPERTY TAX.

AND ONCE THAT PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED WITH A $4 MILLION DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE REVENUE COMES IN, AND THEN ON TOP OF WHATEVER.

BUT. THAT'S IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? LAST COMMENTS. OKAY.

SO LET ME GO THROUGH IT.

HOURS OF OPERATION.

THE FIRST ONE THAT I HAD HERE LOOKING AT THE COMPETITORS THEIR TIMES WERE 8 TO 6 AND 8 TO 8.

THE OTHER TWO THAT WERE THE SPARKLING IMAGE AND WAS A CARNATION.

THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION.

8 TO 6, 8 TO 8.

THAT'S. THAT WAS ALL THE TIME.

WHAT DO WE FEEL ON THIS ONE? THEN HE SAID SEVEN.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TOO.

SO 8 TO 7.

IS THAT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY? ALL. ALL DAYS, 8 TO 7.

OKAY. 8 TO 7 EIGHT FOOT WALL MADE OUT OF MASONRY, I THINK, SHE SAID, SHAKING.

PROTOVIS. SILENCER PACKAGE ON THE BLOWERS.

I THINK THAT'S A GIVEN.

TREES EVERY 20FT AND THE CO WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL DECIBEL LEVEL TESTING.

IS THERE ANY OTHER CONDITIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER? WE'RE MAKING A MOTION. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

WHOMEVER WANTS TO ADD ALL THOSE CONDITIONS.

OH MY GOD, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO.

I'LL MAKE IT. SO I GOT TO GET BACK TO THE.

HOW ABOUT HOW ABOUT THIS? YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO EVERYTHING THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

I MAKE A MOTION TO EVERYTHING THAT MAYOR COGAN JUST MENTIONED.

TO APPROVE THE CAR WASH.

OKAY. DO I HEAR A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND AS A REMINDER, THIS NEEDS TO BE A SUPERMAJORITY IN ORDER TO PASS.

AND SO THIS DID THIS DID NOT REACH THE SUPERMAJORITY.

SO THIS THIS FAILS.

AND SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M SORRY THAT IT ENDED THIS WAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU ALL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS.

[4. Consider a resolution accepting the report from the independent auditor and the audited financial statements and the single audit report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and providing an effective date.]

GIVE YOU ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YES. SO TONIGHT IS VERY EXCITING FOR US FINANCE GEEKS.

SO THIS PROCESS STARTED IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AND IT TAKES US SIX MONTHS TO GET TO HERE TONIGHT.

AND SO WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR FINAL ANNUAL AUDIT AND OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR.

AND I HAVE JENNIFER WITH WEAVER HERE TO DO HER PRESENTATION.

HEY, JENNIFER. HI.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN? HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THESE PRESENTATIONS? LIKE HERE AT THE CITY OF BEDFORD OR JUST IN LIFE? IT'S BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

I KNOW THAT, AND I'M, YOU KNOW.

YES. SIX YEARS. SO.

YEAH. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR.

OKAY. YEAH. SEVENTH YEAR.

GOTCHA. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT.

I'M SAD THAT NOT EVERYONE LEFT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR MY PRESENTATION.

I SHOULD HAVE TOLD EVERYBODY TO STAY.

I'LL KIND OF ZIP THROUGH THIS BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE AUDIT PROCESS.

WE PERFORM THE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AS WELL AS GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.

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SO WHEN YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT GRANT AGREEMENTS LIKE THE RED, THE GREEN RIBBON GRANTS THAT COME THROUGH, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE TEST.

IN ADDITION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE, OUR COMPLIANCE TESTING, ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPLIANCE BASED TESTS THAT WE DO IS ON THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.

THIS IS OUR AUDIT TIMELINE.

AS KAREN MENTIONED, THIS IS A LONG PROCESS.

AND YOU KNOW, IT STARTS IN AUGUST AND THEN WE PRESENT, BUT WE STARTED ALL OVER WITH DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE ARE ANY SIGNIFICANT RISKS, WE DO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S AUDIT.

IN TERMS OF THE OVERVIEW OR THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT, WE HAVE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

THAT'S A CLEAN OPINION.

IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT CAN BE PLACED ON A SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

AND WE HAD NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OVER INTERNAL CONTROLS, OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, AS WELL AS INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THAT COMPLIANCE WITH REGARDS TO THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A REPORT CARD STANDPOINT, THIS IS AN A PLUS.

IT'S THE BEST THAT YOU CAN GET BECAUSE THERE WERE NO FINDINGS AND YOU ALL HAD NO UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS OR AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE FOUND DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT.

AS FAR AS SIGNIFICANT RISK HERE AT THE CITY OF BEDFORD, YOU HAVE MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF CONTROLS, AND WE LOOK AT JOURNAL ENTRY TESTING INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF UNPREDICTABILITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AUDIT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, YOU WANT TO ENSURE THAT STAFF DOESN'T GET USED TO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ITEMS BELOW SCOPE.

YOU'RE DOING DIFFERENT TYPES OF TESTS JUST TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU TYPICALLY WOULD DO AS PART OF THE AUDIT.

AREAS OF RISK FROM A REVENUE RECOGNITION STANDPOINT, THESE TWO AREAS WE TEST AT LOWER SCOPE, LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS WATER AND SEWER BILLS.

WE'RE TESTING THOSE TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER RATES ARE BEING INCORPORATED WHEN YOU ALL DO CHANGE THE RATES OVER. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE AT LOWER DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT IN THE AGGREGATE, THEY COULD BE AN ISSUE IF WE DID FIND ANY OR WE DID HAVE ANY FINDINGS, BUT THERE WERE NONE.

SO NO ISSUES FROM A CHARGES FOR SERVICE STANDPOINT OR A GRANT STANDPOINT.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THOSE ARE THE THE ONLY AREAS THAT WE TEST.

THOSE ARE JUST AREAS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS SIGNIFICANT RISK.

THESE ARE OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS.

I'M NOT REQUIRED TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT THEY ARE IN YOUR PACKET.

IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATIONS.

SO WE DID IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENT A NEW STANDARD THIS YEAR.

THIS IS GASB 96.

IT'S SIMILAR TO THE LEASE STANDARD IN THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE SABITA ARRANGEMENTS OR SUBSCRIPTION BASED IT ARRANGEMENTS THAT THEY'VE ENTERED INTO. IF THOSE WHEN WE DO EVALUATE THOSE, IF THEY DO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE STANDARD, THEN YOU HAVE AN ASSET AND A LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THAT ARE PLACED ON THE STATEMENTS THEMSELVES.

THAT'S JUST SHOW THE READERS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ENTERED INTO THESE ARRANGEMENTS, AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE PAYING ON THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THIS IS MORE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIALLY NO UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS, NO FRAUD, ETC..

AND THEN WE DO REQUIRE THAT MANAGEMENT INFORM US OF ANY CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER ACCOUNTING FIRMS THAT THAT WOULD BE OPINION SHOPPING.

IT'S NOT REQUIRED HERE BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT OPINION.

SO THAT IS REALLY IT.

I DO WANT TO STATE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STATEMENTS THERE IS A PAGE THAT LISTS EVERYONE THAT WORKS VERY HARD ON THIS AUDIT.

WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.

YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT FINANCE TEAM.

THEY'RE REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EVERYONE'S HARD WORK.

AS KAREN MENTIONED, IT'S A LONG TIME TO TO GET THIS TOGETHER.

AND THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE THOSE OF THE CITY, AND THEY SHOW THAT YOU ALL ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY, OF THE CITIZENS THAT LEFT, THAT DIDN'T GET TO SEE THIS.

SO, ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

YES. THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

WE, OH MY GOSH, OUR FINANCE TEAM IS IS TOP NOTCH.

AND THAT'S JUST NOT ME SAYING IT.

THEY ALWAYS THEY ALWAYS FIND WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR EVERYTHING.

THEY FIND MONEY FOR US TO PAY FOR.

AND THANKFULLY BY, YOU KNOW, BY DOING THIS AUDIT IT'S LEGAL.

YES. AND SO AND SO BY DOING ALL THIS.

SO, THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, BY THE BOOK.

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I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SINCE I AM NOT AN ACCOUNTANT, I KNOW, I KNOW FORMER MAYOR BOYTER, HE ALWAYS GEEKED OUT ABOUT THIS.

THIS WAS HIS FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR; I THINK WAS GOING OVER THE AUDIT AND THE NUMBERS.

I DON'T HAVE HIS AFFINITY FOR THAT.

BUT I DO WANT TO ASK YOU THIS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN WITH US FOR SO LONG.

YEP. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HAVE WE ALL, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE ALWAYS WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A'S OR BEEN.

PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? BUT NO ONE'S PERFECT, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE WE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

WELL, YOU ALL HAVE HAD TURNOVER IN, IN YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE ITEMS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY MATERIAL ITEMS THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE WILL COME IN AND SAY FROM AN INTERNAL CONTROL STANDPOINT, WE FEEL LIKE YOU ALL COULD DO THIS.

IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE WE THINK THERE'S FRAUD OR THERE'S A BREAKDOWN IN CONTROLS, BUT YOU COULD DO THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

THEY'RE GREAT.

THE TEAM THAT YOU ALL HAVE NOW ARE REALLY GREAT WITH TAKING THAT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.

ALSO, WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT, YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF FUNDS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT IN COMPARISON TO THE BUDGET DOCUMENT TO IN PREVIOUS YEARS, IT WASN'T ALWAYS LINING UP WITH WHAT YOU ALL WOULD SEE FROM A BUDGET DOCUMENT VERSUS THIS, BECAUSE GATSBY DOES NOT ALWAYS MATCH WHAT YOU CAN DO FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT.

AND SO THE FINANCE TEAM GOT WITH US AND WE WERE ABLE TO ALIGN THAT A LOT BETTER, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN SEE THAT THE CITIZENS CAN SEE THAT WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS 200 PAGE DOCUMENT, WHICH I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS READ AT LENGTH AND BUT IN THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, IN YEARS PAST, YOU SAID WE DID NOT DO THAT, TO LINE IT UP, TO MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT AND TO MAKE IT.

YES. YEAH. FROM A TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT, IT'S A LOT BETTER AND DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WAS WRONG IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

IT'S STILL ALIGNED WITH THE STANDARDS, BUT TO THIS MAKES IT MORE TRANSPARENT FOR EVERYONE WHO'S LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT.

AND IN PREVIOUS YEARS THEY, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO KEEP IT AS IS.

AND THAT'S OKAY TOO.

BUT THIS MAKES IT WHERE IT'S MORE OF A TRANSPARENT DOCUMENT.

ALL RIGHT. FANTASTIC. WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH KAREN AT THE HELM, WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES SOME POSITIVE CHANGES AND TAKEN THAT FEEDBACK AND NOT TAKING IT LIGHTLY BUT MADE THOSE CORRECTIONS TO ALWAYS IMPROVE AND STRIVE FOR BETTER.

RIGHT? RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. EVERYONE WANTS TO LEAVE.

I KNOW EXACTLY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THAT ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO APPROVE.

OH. I'M SORRY. YEAH, I GUESS WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT, DON'T WE? ALL RIGHT, MY BAD, MY BAD.

I'LL HEAR A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND. INVOKED.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF.

NOW ON TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

[5. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS? YEAH. I JUST WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT CLEANUP BEDFORD DAY IS APRIL 20TH, AND SO THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO WORK TO HELP CLEAN UP BEDFORD.

I BELIEVE CHUCK, YOUR JUNK IS ALSO THAT SAME DAY.

AND SO, THE VICE CHAIR OF BEAUTIFICATION, IS NODDING WITH ME THAT I GOT MY DATES RIGHT.

SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY IS OPEN FOR RESIDENTS.

AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU HELP CLEAN UP BEDFORD AND SPRING CLEAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COGAN.

SO SENIOR ADVISORY PANEL MET LAST MONTH, AND WE DISCUSSED THE MEMBERS WENT TO SURROUNDING SENIOR CENTERS, AND THEY REPORTED BACK TO US WITH ALL THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING FOR ALL THE WAY FROM IRVING TO NORTH RICHLAND HILLS TO EULESS AND COLLEYVILLE AND HURST.

IT'S BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO PUT TOGETHER WAYS WE CAN BETTER IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR SENIORS.

WE ALSO WENT THROUGH WE GOT TO SEE SOME DEPICTIONS OF WHAT THE SENIOR CENTER WILL LOOK LIKE ON THE INTERIOR.

AND, I MEAN, IT'S GORGEOUS.

I MEAN, IT IS GORGEOUS.

AND I BELIEVE THE TERM IS WE'RE 99% OF DESIGN, 99% ON DESIGN.

SO, WE'RE PRETTY WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ALSO, ON ANOTHER NOTE ALBERTSON'S IS GOING TO BE BRINGING ALL OF ITS PHARMACY MANAGERS FROM ALL OVER THE

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AND I GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF MY REGIONAL BOSSES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WORK FOR A BIG CORPORATION, YOU HAVE 32 OF THEM.

AND I GAVE HIM A TOUR OF THE FACILITY, AND HE WAS HE JUST REALLY LOVED IT.

AND THE MEETING ROOM AND I'M SUPER EXCITED.

AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY CENTRALLY LOCATED.

DISCOVER THE CENTER.

AND SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IN APRIL AS WELL.

AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN GET SOME MORE SOME MORE ACTIVITY THERE.

AND LAST AND I'M SORRY FOR TO TAKE UP SO LONG, BUT TOMORROW I WILL BE MARRIED TO MY WIFE FOR 20 YEARS, AND I HAVE BEEN WITH HER FOR 25.

SO, IF SHE'S WATCHING, WHICH SHE'S NOT, I LOVE YOU, LYDIA, VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR 25 VERY LONG YEARS.

CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK THAT DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

I HAVE ONE ITEM. YES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. LAST WEEK I HAD THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BEDFORD AT THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 24 FISCAL 2025 APPROPRIATIONS ROUNDTABLE. AND EACH YEAR, CITIES WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.

AT THE ROUNDTABLE, CITY OFFICIALS DEBATE AND MAKE A CASE FOR WHY THEIR PROJECT SHOULD BE CHOSEN.

THERE WERE 35 PROJECTS SUBMITTED.

BEDFORD SUBMITTED TWO OF THEM.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

OF THE 35 PROJECTS SUBMITTED, 17 MADE THE SHORTLIST.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT BOTH OF BEDFORD'S REQUESTS MADE THE SHORT LIST.

SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE IT'S 5 MILLION APIECE.

SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE OF $10 MILLION FOR OUR PROJECTS.

SO, THE WAY GOVERNMENT WORKS IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO HEAR BACK, BUT THAT'S.

KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH. NO, THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR REPRESENTING BEDFORD AND DOING A GREAT JOB.

CLEARLY. ONE THING I GOT TO SAY JUST BY REPORTS HERE, WE GOT A PHENOMENAL COUNCIL.

WE ABSOLUTELY DO. AND YOU GUYS REALLY SHOW THE RESIDENTS THAT YOU WORK FOR THEM.

AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION TO ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU. INTERIM CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL REPORTS FOR THIS EVENING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

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

THERE WAS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN THERE.

[7. Take any action necessary as a result of the Executive Session. ]

WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO.

I SAW A FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABLE TO ADJOURN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A SECOND FROM THE VOTE THOUGH.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, OVER AT 915.

THANK YOU, GUYS, VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.