3. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone a portion of Block 1 Lot 1R1 and all of Lot 3R of Crossroad East Addition and a portion of William H. Jasper Survey, Abstract 860 Tract 7G from Light Commercial and Heavy Commercial to Medium Density Residential (MD-4) to allow for a townhome development, the property is generally located on the west side of North Industrial Blvd, to the south of Bedford Road and north of Airport Freeway commonly known as 209 N. Industrial Blvd. (ZC-24-1)The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0-0.

[3. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone a portion of Block 1 Lot 1R1 and all of Lot 3R of Crossroad East Addition and a portion of William H. Jasper Survey, Abstract 860 Tract 7G from Light Commercial and Heavy Commercial to Medium Density Residential (MD-4) to allow for a townhome development, the property is generally located on the west side of North Industrial Blvd, to the south of Bedford Road and north of Airport Freeway commonly known as 209 N. Industrial Blvd. (ZC-24-1)The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0-0.]

AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE A PORTION OF BLOCK ONE, LOT ONE R1 AND ALL OF LOT 3R OF CROSSROAD EAST EDITION AND THE PORTION OF WILLIAM H.

JASPER SURVEY ABSTRACT 860 TRACT 7G FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL MD4 TO ALLOW FOR THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.

THE PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD AND SOUTH OF BEDFORD ROAD AND NORTH OF AIRPORT FREEWAY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 209 NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD. AND I GIVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS A REZONING FROM A PREDOMINANTLY MOST OF THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT COMMERCIAL.

THERE IS A PART TO THE WEST THERE THAT'S ZONED IN THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

AND THE REQUEST IS TO GO TO MD4 , WHICH IS A MEDIUM DENSITY FOR CITY OF BEDFORD DEFINED ZONING ORDINANCE OR ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS TOWNHOMES SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED PRODUCTS.

THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS TO ACCOMMODATE 106 TOWNHOMES AND SIX OPEN SPACE LOTS.

THAT'S A DENSITY OF NINE UNITS PER ACRE.

AND THERE'LL BE A MIXTURE OF FRONT AND REAR ENTRY.

SO WE'LL GET INTO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE CONCEPT PLAN JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.

ZONING, YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING ZONING.

TO THE WEST YOU'VE GOT MD3, WHICH IS A MEDIUM DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED PRODUCT.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST AS WELL, TO THE SOUTH.

I'M SORRY, TO THE YES, TO THE SOUTH.

YOU'VE GOT HEAVY COMMERCIAL, WHICH, IF YOU RECALL, A FEW WEEKS AGO, YOU APPROVED THE SITE PLAN FOR THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN TO THE NORTH, YOU'VE ALSO GOT SOME LIGHT COMMERCIAL.

THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN WITH MD4 ZONING THE PART OF THE ZONING IS THAT THE CONCEPT PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH THE ZONING APPLICATION.

SO THIS IS WHAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE ADOPTING ORDINANCE.

YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT IT SHOWS TWO ACCESS POINTS FROM THE PROPERTY, ONE FROM 157, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THERE IS A SIGNAL THERE COMING FROM TROJAN FROM THE EAST OF THE SITE THERE IN EULESS.

AND THEN THERE'S A ACCESS THAT WILL BE THERE ON WIGGINS CURRENTLY.

IT'S A DEDICATED STREET ON WIGGINS THERE THAT GOES OUT TO THE SERVICE ROAD.

THE BLUE LOTS THERE INDICATE THE FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN SPACE WHICH REPRESENTS THE GREEN AREA REPRESENTS GREEN SPACE BEING DEDICATED.

SOME OF THE LOTS YOU'LL NOTICE DON'T FRONT ON TO BY MEANING WHEN I SAY FRONT ONTO THEY THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AN ALLEY.

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THE GARAGES HAVE ACCESS TO AN ALLEY, BUT THE ACTUAL FRONT OF THE HOMES WILL FACE A MUSE.

OTHERWISE IT'S JUST USE ANOTHER WORD OR A FANCY WORD I'D LIKE TO SAY FOR AN OPEN SPACE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREEN OPEN SPACE THAT WILL BE DEDICATED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA.

PINK LOTS REPRESENT THE REAR ENTRY GARAGES.

ALSO WITH MD4 ANY OF OUR MD ZONING DISTRICTS THE ZONING ORDINANCE ALLOWS THE APPLICANT TO ASK FOR ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, SO I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH THOSE REAL QUICKLY.

THEY'RE IN YOUR COMMUNIQUE.

BUT JUST FOR POINT OF RECORD.

REAL QUICKLY, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT ARE TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE FLOOR AREA FROM 35% TO 55% TO CHANGE THE RATIO OR TO CLARIFY THE RATIO OF THE RECREATIONAL SPACE TO INCLUDE THOSE NEW LOTS SO THAT OPEN SPACE THAT'S THERE APPLICANT.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE GETTING CREDIT FOR THAT OPEN SPACE.

BACK THE LOTS THAT FRONT ONTO THE MUSE THAT THEY WANT TO GET CREDIT FOR THAT THE ANOTHER ONE IS TO REDUCE THE LOT WIDTH FROM 25FT TO 22FT.

ALSO TO REDUCE THE LOT AREA FROM 2200FT² TO 1600 SQUARE FEET AND INCREASE THE LOT COVERAGE FROM 60 FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT FROM 60% TO 65%.

REDUCED FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR THE REAR FACING OR THE REAR ACCESS LOTS FROM 15FT TO 12FT.

AND TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT ON THE OFF STREET PARKING.

THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT P&Z.

AND THE THE POINT THERE IS THAT THEY'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING THAT IS IN THE ORDINANCE.

THEY'RE JUST CLARIFYING THAT THE GARAGE SPACES COUNT AS THE OFF STREET PARKING.

SITE PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY.

WE DID NOTIFY 66 PROPERTY OWNERS.

AT THIS TIME. WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST IN WRITING.

I WILL SAY THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THAT SPOKE.

SOME MORE OF IT WAS JUST THE INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT.

THERE WERE SOME THAT REGISTERED OPPOSITION, BUT NO ONE'S OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED ANYTHING IN WRITING TO STAFF.

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

AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO WHEN THIS COMES IN, IT'LL BE COMING IN AS MD4 WITH OUR OWN ZONING REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.

OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY ELEVATIONS FOR SEEING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

BUT IT'S GOING TO PERTAIN TO WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CODE.

CORRECT. AND SO DOES THAT INCLUDE MASONRY LIKE FOR THE SCREENING? I CAN SEE RIGHT THERE MASONRY SCREENING WITH THAT BLUE LINE THAT'S GOING AROUND.

SURE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE I THINK THE BLUE LINE YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS PROBABLY THE PROPERTY LINE BETWEEN.

YEAH, THE THERE WILL BE A COMBINATION OF MASONRY AND WROUGHT IRON SCREENING BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL. AND THE APPLICANT CAN PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING THIS, BUT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY WANTED TO CONNECT TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM, TO THE COMMERCIAL SO THAT THEY WOULD INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY'VE DONE A COMBINATION OF MASONRY AND WROUGHT IRON.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS PROBABLY. SURE.

AS WELL. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS COUNCIL FOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COGAN.

JUST ON THE SITE PLAN.

HOW ACCURATE DOES THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREA NEED TO BE? BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT LOOKED DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE APPROVED.

AND IT MAY IT MAY NOT MEAN ANYTHING, IN WHICH CASE THAT'S FINE AS WELL.

IN THE GRAYED OUT AREA, RIGHT? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW.

IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT DIFFERENT.

I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WERE GOING TO BE THREE BUILDINGS.

OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY. I'M SORRY.

I WAS THINKING THE AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY LINE ITSELF, THERE MAY BE SOME ADJUSTMENT ON THE.

YOU GOT IT. OKAY.

OKAY. [LAUGHTER] YES.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THIS IS.

EXACTLY. YES. WHAT WE APPROVED WILL BE IN THERE BECAUSE THERE IS THAT CONNECTIVITY.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T SEE THAT CONNECTIVITY.

BUT WE APPROVED IT LAST TIME SO YEAH.

GOT IT OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I'M GOING TO USE. I'M NEW HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

I HAVE QUESTIONS.

MANY QUESTIONS INCLUDING YOU SAID THE FLOOR AREA RATIO IS GOING FROM SOMETHING TO 55%.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT FLOOR AREA RATIO IS COMPARED TO WHAT.

WHAT'S THE RATIO? IT'S USUALLY FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER.

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IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO GET TO THAT SECTION OF THE CODE, AND I CAN TRY TO EXPLAIN IT FOR YOU.

PLEASE. SURE.

LIKE ALLOWABLE FLOOR TO AREA RATIO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO FLOOR AREA RATIO IS ESSENTIALLY THE AMOUNT OF BUILDING SPACE COMPARED TO THE LOT ITSELF.

SO IN THIS CASE THERE WAS AND I'M TRYING TO DO THIS WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE CODE.

SO BEAR WITH ME.

SO WHAT THE WAY THE CODE ACTUALLY READS IS, IT SAYS THAT THE FLOOR RATIO OF LAND CANNOT BE MORE THAN 35% OF THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA FOR THE TOTAL LAND.

SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD MORE ON THE LAND THAN THE CODE ALLOWS.

DOES THAT HELP CLEAR THAT UP? OKAY. SO IT'S LIKE BUILDING TO LAND RATIO.

OKAY. I'M SORRY. YES.

OKAY. ARE THERE SIDEWALKS HERE? THERE WILL BE SIDEWALKS.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT PLAN.

THERE WILL BE SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT.

THIS IS THEY WOULDN'T BE SHOWN, BUT THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE CODE ANYWAY.

SO THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVER FROM THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO WHAT'S WITH THE THE NUMBER OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS? DOES THAT MEAN OUR MD4 ORDINANCE IS KIND OF OUTDATED, OR IS THIS PRETTY TYPICAL? THIS IS I MEAN IT, YES.

THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT ARE OUTDATED WITH OUR MD4.

IF YOU'LL RECALL WHEN WE DID, I CAN THINK OF ONE OTHER MD4 THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED IN THE PAST YEAR, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARD ALTERNATIVES THAT CAME FORWARD WITH THAT. VERY SIMILAR IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT.

ALSO EVEN WITH MD3 WHAT, EARLY OR LATE LAST YEAR, EARLY THIS YEAR, WE APPROVED AN MD3.

THEY ASKED FOR A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

IT REALLY JUST JUST SHOWS SOME DATING OF OUR ORDINANCES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

OK, WES.

SO THE LITTLE GRAY STRIPE THROUGHOUT THERE, THAT'S LIKE THE MAIN STREETS GOING THROUGH THERE, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND IS THERE PARKING ALONG THOSE STREETS? THERE WILL BE ON STREET PARKING.

BUT ONLY ONE WAY OR BOTH WAYS.

PROBABLY ONE WAY OF THE.

THERE'S WELL THERE'S IT'S GOING TO BE PARALLEL PARKING.

SO BUT THE STREETS WILL NOT BE ONE WAY.

THEY'LL BE BOTH WAYS.

YES. AND SO WHEN I DRIVE DOWN TO THE VIRIDIAN.

AND IT'S VERY CONGESTED IN THERE.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE AMOUNT OF SPACE, STREET WISE, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE PARK ON THE STREET, I'M NOT SURE A FIRE TRUCK COULD GET THROUGH.

SO THERE WILL BE BUMP OUTS FOR THE I'M TRYING TO PICTURE THE VIRIDIAN IN MY MIND.

IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. [LAUGHTER] I SHOULD, I REALLY SHOULD BUT I THINK OF MORE LIKE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE. VIRIDIAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THEY HAVE BUMP OUTS OR, THE CURB KIND OF BUMPS OUT AND THERE'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A YOU PULL IN TO, TO DO THAT PARALLEL PARKING.

HOMETOWN IS SIMILAR TO THAT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS WILL BE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF VIRIDIAN IS LIKE THAT OR NOT.

OKAY. AND YOU'VE GOT WROUGHT IRON AND MASONRY BETWEEN THE RETAIL, WHICH WOULD BE THE BLUE ONES ARE FRONT END GARAGES. THAT IS.

YES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WROUGHT IRON AND MASONRY BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

CORRECT? YES, THERE WILL BE.

IT'S A COMBINATION OF WROUGHT IRON AND MASONRY, AND THAT IS REALLY AND I WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK MORE TO THAT.

BUT THAT IS THAT IS REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE TWO.

OKAY. AND I THINK I WAS OKAY.

AND ALL THE GREEN SPACE WITH WHAT'S GREEN UP THERE IS GREEN SPACE.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE FOUNTAINS.

THERE'S MENTION OF FOUNTAINS.

AGAIN, I'LL LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT THERE IS, HE DID MENTION THAT IN THE RETENTION POND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A DETENTION.

IT'S GOING TO BE RETENTION, WHICH MEANS IT WILL HOLD WATER FOREVER.

WITHIN REASON, I GUESS SHORT OF ANY MAJOR DROUGHT.

BUT IT WILL HAVE A FOUNTAIN AND IT WILL BE BUILT MORE AS AN AMENITY TO THE SITE.

AND IS IT GATED? NO, IT WILL NOT BE. GATE.

THESE WILL BE PUBLICLY DEDICATED STREETS THAT WILL NOT BE GATED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

OKAY,WES NOW YOU GOT ME.

NOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO HOMETOWN, YOU CANNOT GET A FIRE TRUCK BETWEEN TO PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

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YOU GET BARELY GET A CAR THROUGH BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

SO ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIMIT PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET FOR OUR FIRE TRUCKS TO GET IN? THAT'S THE BIG THE BIG CHALLENGE.

SO THAT WAS A BIG DISCUSSION AMONG THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND AND WE KIND OF HAD TO MANEUVER SOME THINGS AROUND TO MAKE IT WORK.

BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PLAN, AND THEY'VE SIGNED OFF ON IT.

OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE FOR WES? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

OKAY. WHO MAINTAINS THERE'S AN HOA BUT WHO MAINTAINS IT? I DROVE BY A SUBDIVISION TODAY THAT'S A RELATIVELY NEW.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE NICER, BUT IT WASN'T.

THE LANDSCAPING WASN'T WELL MAINTAINED AND I WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUES.

SURE. HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT? SURE. SO THE HOA WILL MAINTAIN THE OPEN SPACE AREAS.

SO THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE OPEN SPACE, LANDSCAPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED.

THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN ALL THE PAVEMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:26.

SO IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND ANSWER SOME OF OUR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS, IT'D BE A GOOD TIME.

NAME AND ADDRESS, SIR. YES, SIR.

MAYOR COGAN, MEMBERS OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.

CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS JOHN DICKERSON.

MY ADDRESS IS 8333 DOUGLAS, SUITE 3300 IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

I AM THE APPLICANT. I'M THE DEVELOPER AND OWNER OF DICKERSON DEVELOPMENT.

AND ALSO WITH ME TONIGHT IS COLTON SMITH FROM SPIRES ENGINEERING, WHO CAN ANSWER ANY REALLY DETAILED OR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

SO HOPEFULLY BETWEEN THE BOTH OF US, WE CAN ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

I WANT TO OPEN AND SAY HOW EXCITED I AM TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.

WE WERE CONTACTED BY STREET LEVEL, AND WEBB IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND HIS PARTNER BRIAN MURPHY TO TO JOIN THEM AND HANDLE THE TOWNHOUSE OR RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.

SOME OF YOU ALL MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUT IN 1998, THIS BODY APPROVED MY PRESENTATION FOR STONE COURT, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS. SO THOSE WERE 40 FOOT LOTS, WHICH WERE KIND OF A NOVELTY IN 1998.

I WAS A YOUNG MAN BACK THEN AND THEN WE CAME ALONG IN 2001 AND DID THE CVS AT BEDFORD ROAD AND FM 157, WHICH WE STILL OWN TODAY, INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, WE STILL OWN THE CVS TODAY, BUILT IT AS AN ECHARD.

YOU MAY RECALL. WE OWN IT TODAY AND HAVE KNOWN AND HAD PLANNED TO KEEP IT IN OUR PORTFOLIO FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THEN IN 2005, WE BUILT THE BEDFORD SHOPS, WHERE RITA'S IS AND DICKEY'S AND A LOT OF OUR GREAT SHOP TENANTS AND WE'VE ENJOYED WE'VE SOLD OTHER PIECES OF PROPERTY IN BEDFORD AND IN HURST AND IN EULESS AND WE PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.

WE BELIEVE THAT BEDFORD IS THE HEART OF THE METROPLEX, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE PROPERTY OWNERS IN BEDFORD AND PLAN TO BE FOR A LONG TIME.

SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, VERY EXCITED WHEN WEBB AND HIS PARTNER SAID, WOULD Y'ALL CONSIDER THE TOWNHOUSE PORTION OF A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT? WEBB AND HIS ENGINEERING TEAM STREET LEVEL YOUR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS, WHOM YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED.

THEY HAD LAID OUT TOWNHOUSE, BUT TOWNHOUSE.

AND THE QUESTION CAME UP, IS THE TOWNHOUSE ORDINANCE MAYBE OR MD4 OUTDATED? A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS IN RESIDENTIAL, JUST LIKE CARS.

IT'S A GOOD ANALOGY.

AND A CAR IN 1998 DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A CAR TODAY, OR A VEHICLE AND HOUSING IN 20-30 YEARS AGO DOESN'T LOOK THE WAY IT DOES TODAY TOO.

AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE GREATEST INNOVATION HAS COME IN TOWNHOUSES.

SO REALLY, WITH WHAT WEBB'S ENGINEER HAD DONE OR THE FIRST ENGINEERS AND WE LOOKED AT A TOWNHOUSE PROJECT HERE, HAD DONE, MY FIRST MOVE IS BEING A LOT DEVELOPER FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS WAS TO GO FIND A BUILDER, AND WE TOLD THE CITY WE WANTED TO FIND THE BEST BUILDER FOR THE AREA.

AND I'M VERY PROUD TO TELL YOU ALL AND ANNOUNCE, AND IT MAY BE IN SOME OF YOUR LITERATURE, BUT IT IS OFFICIAL.

WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT TO SELL ALL THESE LOTS TO DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO STAND HERE AND TELL YOU THAT WEEKLEY'S BEEN WITH ME IN MANY PROJECTS IN THE MID CITIES.

I PUT THEM ON THE TOP THREE MAYBE, IF NOT TOP NUMBER ONE.

AND SO WITH DAVID WEEKLEY, WE TOOK BASICALLY THE LAND AREA, THE 11.2 ACRES AND SAID, WHAT DOES YOUR TOWNHOUSE LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE MOST BUILDERS HAVE A DIFFERENT FLAVOR OF TOWNHOUSE.

SOME ARE 22, SOME ARE 25, SOME MAY BE 26, SOME HANDLE, WE CALL THEM THREE PACKS, FOUR PACKS, FIVE PACKS, WHICH IS THE THE SHARED WALLS, IF YOU WILL.

AND SO WEEKLEY TOOK IT TO THEIR ARCHITECTS.

THEY HAVE IN-HOUSE ARCHITECTS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEIR ARCHITECTS HAVE VETTED AND LAID OUT ALL OF THE DRIVE APPROACHES AND THE ALLEYWAYS.

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THEY CAME TO ME WITH THE MUSE CONCEPT.

IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW, PERHAPS, IDEA OF HOW TO CREATE JOINDER AND CONNECTIVITY.

AND THAT'S THE PURPLE UNITS, WHICH ARE THE REAR UNITS.

SO THOSE FRONTS ARE GOING TO BE CONNECTED BY THAT WALKWAY AND THAT GREEN AREA THAT YOU SHOW, AND IT WILL BE GREEN.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MEETING PLACE, THE GATHERING PLACE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE REAR ENTRY UNITS, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY HALF OF THE UNITS.

THE BLUE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE FRONT ENTRY, IF YOU WILL, AND THERE IS BUMP OUTS THAT WILL HAVE TREE WELLS ON THAT PANHANDLE.

I CALL IT STREET.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TREE WELLS WITH REPLANTED TREES THERE.

AND THEN THERE IS A BIT OF A SLOPE UP TO THE FENCE THAT DIVIDES STONE COURT.

WE HAVE A POWER LINE TO DEAL WITH, BUT WE'LL PUT AS MUCH LANDSCAPING AS WE CAN PUT INTO THAT AREA FOR SCREENING AND GREEN SCAPE.

AND THEN ALL OF IT IS CONNECTED VIA THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.

THAT'S THE, IT USED TO BE ARCO.

WHAT IS IT TODAY COLTON? ARCO. ARCO PIPELINE.

IS THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT CONNECTS OR I'M SORRY, THAT THAT ABUTS STONE COURT.

IT WAS ASKED BY A RESIDENT FROM STONE COURT THAT I HAD KNOWN 20 SOME ODD YEARS AGO, WOULD WE EVER CONSIDER CONNECTING THOSE TRAILS? WE'RE WIDE OPEN TO CONNECTING IT.

AND AND I THINK WE CAN MEET WITH THE HEAD OF THE STONE COURT HOA, IF IT'S THEIR PLEASURE TO TO CREATE MORE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY.

CONNECTIVITY IS THE BUZZWORD, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OF THE MODERN SUBDIVISION AND COMMUNITY AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE RETAIL.

SO IN SPEAKING TO THE BLUE LOTS, THAT IS A 100% MASONRY WALL THAT'S GOING TO DIVIDE AND THAT'S PER YOUR ORDINANCE, PRETTY MUCH TO DIVIDE RESIDENTIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL, THE WROUGHT IRON, MY UNDERSTANDING AND COLTON, STOP ME IF I'M WRONG IS JUST WHERE THE GREEN CONNECTS THROUGH THOSE TWO BLUE LOTS INTO THAT OPEN SPACE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR THE RETAIL.

SO THAT'S A ON SITE RETAIL PARK, WHICH I COMMEND THE RETAIL DEVELOPER AND THE CITY FOR PROVIDING.

AND SO THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE CONNECTIVITY TO THAT GREEN OPEN SPACE VIA A WROUGHT IRON GATE, IF YOU WILL.

BUT ALL OF THE OTHER SCREENING WILL BE MASONRY BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL.

ALSO ALL THE RESIDENTIAL SCREENING AGAIN AROUND THAT EXISTING STRIP CENTER SHOPPING CENTER THERE AT MIDWAY DRIVE WILL BE MASONRY.

WE'LL HAVE SOME INTERMITTENT WROUGHT IRON AS YOU DRIVE IN THERE OFF OF MIDWAY DRIVE.

AND THEN WE FORESEE THE CHANNEL, THE EXISTING CHANNEL THAT'S THERE THAT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFIED, MAINTAINED, LANDSCAPED.

BECAUSE OUR RESIDENCES WILL BASICALLY FRONT THAT, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE SEPARATING THAT WITH A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO OUR EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER WHERE DICKEY'S AND RITA'S IS.

AGAIN, WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO SHOP AT THE NEW RETAIL.

WE WANT THEM TO SHOP AT, AT OUR EXISTING BEDFORD SHOPS, AND WE CONCEPTUALLY ARE LOVE THE IDEA AND WELCOME THE IDEA OF STONE COURT BEING CONNECTED PEDESTRIAN ALSO.

SO YES, THE RETENTION POND IS A LAKE.

IT IS GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH WATER.

IT WILL HOLD WATER 365 DAYS A YEAR.

THERE WILL BE A FOUNTAIN IN IT TO PERK THE WATER.

IT PROVIDES BEAUTY. IT'S AN AMENITY.

WE WILL HAVE PICNIC TABLES, PARK BENCHES IN THAT AREA.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE LINEAR HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IS AN AMENITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THAT'S A START, I'D LOVE TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, AND PRETTY MUCH GIVE US A GOOD OUTLINE OF HOW THIS ALL IS GOING TO GOING TO BE THERE.

SO WHAT I'M ALSO HEARING SO OBVIOUSLY THE RETENTION POND IS GOING TO HAVE THE AERATORS HAVE THE FOUNTAIN.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AMENITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT LOCATION AS PEOPLE ARE DRIVING DOWN NORTH INDUSTRIAL, IT'S GOING TO HAVE THAT THAT FEEL OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING NEW THERE.

IN ADDITION, THERE'S GOING TO BE CUTOUTS FOR PARKING TO ALLOW MORE SPACE FOR OUR FIRE TRUCKS TO GO TO GO THROUGH.

ABSOLUTELY. SO I'M HEARING OKAY.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARGO.

OKAY. JOHN? YES, SIR. YOU BET.

SO BEING ON COUNCIL AND HAVING HISTORY KIND OF HELPS, AND IT HURTS, BUT STONE COURT, YOU BROUGHT IT UP.

OKAY, THE MASONRY WALL AROUND STONE COURT, THERE WAS A LOT OF GROUND UPHEAVAL 3 TO 4 INCHES.

ALL THOSE BRICK WALLS WENT DOWN.

SO THEY HAD TO GO TO A KIND OF A VINYL WALL TO HANDLE THE GROUND UPHEAVEMENT.

SO YOU COULD PROBABLY CHECK WITH MICHAEL WELLS AND GET THE RECORDS ON THAT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 2014, 2015 THAT THAT

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HAPPENED. THEY DID ENGINEERING REPORTS THAT CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, BUT ALL THOSE STONE WALLS HAD PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE GROUND UPHEAVAL.

SO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADS UP ON THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THAT GROUND RIGHT THERE.

SURE. WE ABSOLUTELY WILL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WITH OUR SOILS TESTING AND AND THE FENCING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO BE BRICK THIN WALL IN THERE.

SO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN.

BRANDON. WHERE WOULD THOSE BE? I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR THEM.

YEAH, THAT'S THE LINEAR TRAIL THERE ON THAT WIDEST GREEN SPOT.

AS YOU DRIVE IN FROM THE ENTRANCE ON INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD.

YES. RIGHT THERE.

OKAY. NOW WE'RE LIMITED TO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE BORDER OF STONE COURT.

AND AS I MENTIONED, IF THERE CAN BE IF IT'S IF IT'S ENGINEERING ADA ACCESSIBLE, IF IT COULD BE CONNECTED AND IF THE RESIDENTS OR THE HOA OF STONE COURT WANTS IT CONNECTED AND OBVIOUSLY DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES, THEN WE'RE OPEN TO CONNECTING THAT.

BUT AS OF TODAY, THAT IS THE LOCATION OF OUR HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR INTERIOR STREETS AND THEN OUR MU WALKWAYS.

WELL, THAT WAS MY EASY QUESTION.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS YOU MENTIONED MENTIONED REPLANTED TREES.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE TAKING OUT SOME TREES? WELL, THERE ARE TREES THAT WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT FOR OUR STREETS AND LOTS.

AND SO PER THE PER THE CITY'S TREE ORDINANCE, WE HAVE TO MITIGATE THOSE TREES THAT ARE TAKEN OUT PER CODE.

AND THEN WE GO BACK WITH PLANTED TREES.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO MITIGATE.

SO IT'S AN EXCHANGE.

AND SO YOU TAKE THEM OUT TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE HOMES.

YES, YES. WHERE WILL THEY BE IN THE AN ARBORIST COME IN AND DECIDE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT? A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.

SO WE PUT THEM IN THE COMMON AREAS.

SO AROUND OUR RETENTION POND AND PARK AREA WHERE WE CAN IN THE CHANNEL AREA, WE GO BACK WITH TREES AND THEN BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT'S GREEN UP THERE OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PLANT TREES, BUT WE'RE HELD TO THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WE REPLANT BY ORDINANCE.

AND AND THEN BACK TO THE QUESTION OF THEY WERE MENTIONING FIRE TRUCKS, BUT SAFETY, I HAVE BEEN IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NEW AND THEY'RE SO DENSE THAT IT'S REALLY UNSAFE TO WALK BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY TREES.

I MEAN, CARS ON THE STREETS AND THE HOUSES ARE SO CLOSE TO THE STREET THAT YOU JUST REALLY CAN'T SEE WHAT MIGHT BE COMING AT YOU.

WHAT IS THERE ANY KIND OF THOUGHT TO WHETHER THIS IS GOING TO BE WALKABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT THE WALKABILITY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S AGAIN, IN THE MODERN ERA.

IT HAS TO BE WALKABLE AND IT WILL BE CONNECTED BY SIDEWALKS, MEWS AND TRAILS.

AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ATTRACTION OR THE AMENITY OF WHY WE WANT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO LIVE HERE.

OKAY. I'M PARTICULAR I AM TOO, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THIS MAY BE FOR WEST, BUT YOU SAY RETENTION POND OR DETENTION POND? RETENTION. RETENTION. SO IT HOLDS WATER? YES. OKAY. SO IS THAT THE SOLUTION TO BECAUSE THERE WAS A DRAINAGE ISSUE ALONG THERE ALONG I GUESS WOULD BE 157 INDUSTRIAL.

YES. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS TRUE.

SO WHERE DOES IT FLOW AFTER THE RETENTION? DID YOU SAY IT JUST STAYED? IT HAS TO FLOW SOMEWHERE EVENTUALLY IT DOES.

OBVIOUSLY IT COMES IN WITH THAT CHANNEL BEHIND THE BEDFORD SHOP SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH ORIGINATES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BEDFORD ROAD BEHIND THE CVS.

THE WATER STORM WATER WOULD, WOULD COME INTO THE RETENTION POND THAT'S ALREADY HOLDING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF WATER, AND THEY CALL IT STORAGE.

SO THERE'S CAPACITY OR STORAGE FOR STORM WATER TO TEMPORARILY COME IN, AND THEN IT'S ENGINEERED SO THAT THE WATER WILL FLOW OUT ALONG THAT CHANNEL INTO THE STATE'S CULVERT, WHICH IS DOWN ABOUT WHERE THE RED CIRCLE IS.

IF YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR CURSOR DOWN TO THERE, RIGHT IN THAT AREA IS THE STATE'S CULVERT THAT GETS INTO THE STATE SYSTEM FOR FARM TO MARKET.

157 ALSO KNOWN AS INDUSTRIAL.

OKAY. SO WASN'T THAT THAT'S A FLOODPLAIN, RIGHT.

IS THAT CORRECT? WAS THERE A FLOODPLAIN THERE OR WAS IT NOT.

IT'S A CHANNEL. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ORIGINALLY A FLOODPLAIN.

CARLTON, YOU MIGHT HAVE A, AN OPINION ON.

YEAH. SO THAT'S CURRENTLY FEMA FLOODPLAIN THERE.

IT IS A FLOODPLAIN OKAY.

I THOUGHT THAT FROM YEARS AGO THEY HAD A SITUATION OKAY.

BUT WE'VE ANALYZED IT SIZE UP OUR STORAGE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT RELEASING MORE THAN IS ALREADY GOING TO THAT CULVERT IN EXISTING CONDITION.

IT WON'T BE ANYTHING ADDED TO IT.

IT'S ALL RETAINED.

THERE WILL BE A RETENTION POND AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA STORAGE THERE, AND A STORM EVENT THAT CAN FILL UP AND EMPTY SLOWLY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU GOT IT.

SO ALSO WITH THIS I WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT SAFETY CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY WITH TRAFFIC AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT GO THAT GO IN THERE.

AND, AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP THROUGH CONVERSATION WITH VIRIDIAN, AND I REMEMBER WITH VIRIDIAN, THEY DO HAVE THOSE SPEED BUMPS TO MITIGATE ANY KIND OF SPEEDING THAT GOES IN

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THERE. HAS THERE BEEN THOUGHT ON THAT AT ALL? WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

THE STREETS ARE PRETTY NARROW TO START WITH, CONSIDERING THE PARKING BUMP OUTS, WHICH GENERALLY WOULD TEND TO DECREASE SPEEDS.

THERE'S ALSO NOT A LONG STRETCH IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAYOUT WHERE ANYBODY COULD GET UP TO A HIGH SPEED.

THERE'S A LOT OF TURNING. YEAH, YEAH.

SO IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR SPEED HUMPS.

OKAY. YEAH.

THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY ONE THAT LOOKED AT FOR ME WAS THE PANHANDLE ONE UP THERE AT THE TOP FROM THE WESTERN SIDE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE THE BIGGEST STRETCH, BUT OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE FOR QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. WHAT ARE THE SIZE? I MEAN, LIKE, ARE YOU LOOKING AT 2 OR 3 BEDROOMS? WHAT ARE THEY? YES, MA'AM. DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES HAS LAYOUTS THAT WOULD BE MASTER BEDROOM PLUS TWO, MASTER BEDROOM PLUS THREE, AND IS THERE ANY DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE THE BLUE AND THE PURPLE, ARE ONE ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE OTHER, THE BACK THE REAR, THE REAR ENTRY AS OPPOSED TO THE FRONT ENTRY. GREAT QUESTION.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS NO PRICE DIFFERENTIAL.

THEY'VE TOLD ME THAT THESE HOMES SHOULD START IN THE $450,000 RANGE.

AND THEY'VE ALSO TOLD ME AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.

I WAS TALKING TO LARRY JACKSON LAST WEEK AFTER P AND Z.

THESE HOMES WILL HAVE A RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS A COMPARE AND CONTRAST, AS OPPOSED TO AN URBAN UPTOWN DALLAS, SEVENTH STREET, FORT WORTH.

THAT'S NOT THE ARCHITECTURE THAT WEEKLEY IS GOING TO BRING INTO BEDFORD, TEXAS.

THEY'VE TOLD ME IT'S GOING TO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL FEEL TO IT, AND IT'S LOOK LIKE RESIDENTIAL HOMES WITH A COMMON WALL.

ANOTHER CONTRAST IS A DEAL THAT WEEKLEY'S WORKING ON IN LAS COLINAS.

THIS IS NOT THAT URBAN OR THAT UPTOWN, IF YOU WILL, WEST SEVENTH FEEL OR LAS COLINAS FEEL, IT IS NOT..

WEEKLY CALLS IT THEIR CLASSIC SERIES.

HAVE YOU SEEN I WAS LOOKING UP DAVID WEEKLY AND THEY'VE GOT A CLASSIC SERIES AND THEY SEEM TO BE MORE TRADITIONAL IN STYLE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY TRADITIONAL IN LOOK.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

YES. VERY GOOD.

COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN. BRANDON, HAVE I MENTIONED I'M PARTICULAR.

AND SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LOOK.

TRADITIONAL, WILL THEY BE BRICK, WILL THEY BE STONE? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

YEAH. GREAT QUESTION.

I HAVEN'T SEEN A RENDERING.

THEY WILL EVOLVE THAT RENDERING BECAUSE THEY'RE THE HOMEBUILDERS.

THEY'RE THE EXPERTS.

AGAIN I TRUST THEM TO HAVE LAID OUT CANDIDLY THESE GARAGES AND ACCESS POINTS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SELL HOUSES.

IT DOESN'T DO THEM GOOD TO HAVE A HOMEOWNER SAY, I CAN'T GET MY SUBURBAN INTO THIS GARAGE.

YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HEAR ABOUT IT, PROBABLY.

BUT THE HOME BUILDER WILL HEAR ABOUT IT TOO.

AND THEY WON'T SELL A HOUSE SO WEEKLY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE CHOOSE WEEKLY.

I CALL THEM A TOP SHELF BUILDER.

THEY'VE THOUGHT THROUGH ALL THAT.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I WOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING A COMBINATION OF BRICK, STONE, MASONRY MATERIALS, MASONRY SIDING AS A COMBINATION OF THAT TO CREATE THAT CLASSIC OR TRADITIONAL LOOK.

I MEAN, I'M HOPING THEY SELL THEM ALSO, BUT I HOPE THAT THEY STAND THE TEST OF TIME TOO, AND DON'T DETERIORATE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.

NO, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND I THINK WEEKLEY BUILDS VALUE.

AND IN ANY COMMUNITY THAT YOU GO INTO HOMETOWN, LITTLE BEAR, THEY WERE WITH ME IN LITTLE BEAR.

SO WILL IT LOOK LIKE HOMETOWN? I LIKE HOMETOWN.

THERE'S SO MANY GREAT COMMUNITIES IN THE MID CITIES, BUT IF YOU GO TO A DAVID WEEKLEY HOME, I BELIEVE THAT THEY DO STAND THE TEST OF TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND SO ONE GOOD THING, AND I WILL SAY IS THAT I'M GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE PROPOSED TOWNHOMES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE MORE RESIDENTIAL FEEL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FEEL LIKE WE JUST PLUCKED IT UP OUT OF WEST SEVENTH AND PUT IT RIGHT HERE IN SMACK DAB.

BEDFORD. SO WE'LL HAVE IT'LL HAVE THAT RESIDENTIAL FEEL, WHICH IS FITTING FOR THE CONJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

VERY GOOD. SO THIS IS STILL A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY QUESTIONS ON COUNCIL BEFORE WE MOVE ON? YES. COUNCILMEMBER FARGO.

WEST, DO WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF BRICK TO WOOD OR TO SIDING FOR HOMES? WE.. DON'T LOOK AT ANDREW, SHE TOLD ME TO ASK YOU.

WELL, NO. THAT'S OKAY.

I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT BRYN BECAUSE OF RECENT OR I SHOULDN'T SAY RECENT ANYMORE.

THERE IS SOME LEGISLATION THAT..

HASN'T PASSED YET THAT'S UNDER.

IT'S IN, IT HAS PASSED.

IT'S IN [INAUDIBLE] LAW.

SO. AND I BELIEVE IT OVERRIDES ANY ORDINANCE WE WOULD HAVE.

BUT, BRYN, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT.

NO, NO. THAT'S CORRECT. ALL THE BUILDING MATERIALS ARE PREEMPTED AND PREEMPTED IN THAT.

OKAY? THEY'RE REALLY ABLE TO CHOOSE WHATEVER MATERIALS IN THE BUILDING CODE.

OKAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU. TO OUR OVERLORDS IN AUSTIN.

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THAT IS ANOTHER THING TAKEN AWAY FROM LOCAL CONTROL.

I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHEN I IMMEDIATELY CAME ON TO COUNCIL, THAT THEY, THE LEGISLATURE, TOOK AWAY THAT AUTHORITY.

THE ONLY THING WE CAN PICK IS COLOR.

I THINK THAT'S IT. SO THERE IT IS.

WE HAVE THE KIND OF COLOR.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. UM STILL A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

INVITE YOU UP TO THE MIC.

YOU CAN SEE THE MAD RUSH TO THE MIC HERE.

ALL RIGHT. GOING ONCE, TWICE.

OKAY, SO SEEING NOBODY COMING TO THE MIC I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:45.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER FARGO TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I HAVE AH MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI FOR THE SECOND.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AND SEEING WHAT IT WHAT IT CAN OFFER FOR FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

WE ARE WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

VERY EXCITING. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Consider a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or her designee to negotiate and execute contracts of sale and development agreements between the City of Bedford, 3MEBS Property Company, LLC, and Dickerson Development, Inc., regarding the construction of certain public improvements, development of a mixed-use project, and authorizing the sale and conveyance of approx. 18.77 acres at 205, 209, and 401 N. Industrial Blvd., generally located at the northwest corner of State Highway 183/Airport Freeway and N. Industrial Blvd., Bedford, Texas 76021. ]

CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE CONTRACTS OF SALE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BEDFORD THREE M EBS PROPERTY COMPANY AND DICKERSON DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS DEVELOPED FOR MIXED USE PROJECT, AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 18.77 ACRES AT 205, 209 AND 401 NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF STATE HIGHWAY 183 AIRPORT FREEWAY AND NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD.

ALL RIGHT. TO GIVE YOU INTERIM CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO I AM HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP THE ZONING APPROVAL WITH THE SALE CONTRACTS AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.

SO ESSENTIALLY, WHAT YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING ALONG WITH THIS ITEM IS YOU JUST LOOKED AT THE ZONING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE.

WHAT I AM BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU IS BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL SALE TRANSACTIONS, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, WHICH WILL ESSENTIALLY OUTLINE HOW WE WILL PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE REIMBURSEMENT TO BOTH DEVELOPERS.

SO YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR PACKET THERE ARE FOUR VERY LONG AGREEMENTS IN THERE OUTLINING ALL THE TERMS OF BOTH THE SALE AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE.

SO I WILL I'LL JUMP IN AND KIND OF START TOUCHING ON SOME THINGS.

SO AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS THE OUTLINE OF THE ENTIRE SITE.

AGAIN, WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT JOHN'S PIECE, WHICH WAS THE RESIDENTIAL A MOMENT AGO, AND NOW WE ARE BACK TO LOOKING AT THE FULL 18.77 ACRES THERE AT INDUSTRIAL AND 183.

SO MOVING ALONG, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND TOUCH ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE PROJECT, AND JUST KIND OF GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE UP FRONT AND EARLY ON ABOUT KIND OF THE TRANSACTION AND HOW IT'S TRANSPIRED.

AND I'M SORRY, I HAD I HAD TRIED TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE LARGER.

I WILL BE READING SOME OF THIS BECAUSE I FEEL IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TO GO OVER IT AND MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE MENTIONED AND SAID, SO AGAIN, WHY DID WE GET INVOLVED? WHY DID WE PURCHASE THE PROPERTY? ESSENTIALLY THE PROPERTY HAD SAT THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WAS UTILIZED BY THE CHURCH, ULTIMATELY LISTED FOR SALE BY THE CHURCH.

AND I MEAN, THIS IS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF EULESS ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS CROSS CITY CHURCH.

PROPERTY HAD BEEN FOR SALE.

LACK OF MOVEMENT OCCURRING AND REALLY HAD JUST BEEN VERY YOU KNOW, MINIMALLY OCCUPIED AT THAT TIME.

THE CHURCH HAD SOME EVENTS OVER THERE IN THE EXISTING OR THE PRIOR BUILDING, AS WELL AS SIXTONES HAD UTILIZED THAT PROPERTY FOR THEIR SERVICES.

SO AGAIN, WHEN THE CITY BECAME INVOLVED, THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR SOME TIME.

THERE WAS A LACK OF MOVEMENT ON IT AND REALLY HAD VERY LITTLE ACTIVITY AND NOT MUCH INTEREST.

SO AGAIN, IN ITS IN ITS STATE THAT THE CITY BECAME INVOLVED, THE PROPERTY WAS VERY UNDERUTILIZED, VERY UNDERDEVELOPED.

IT WAS A TAX EXEMPT STATUS, MEANING ESSENTIALLY NO PROPERTY TAXES WERE BEING GENERATED TO ANY TAXING ENTITY.

AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE BUILDING THAT'S SET ON IT WAS AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE AND DID ALSO CONTAIN ASBESTOS, WHICH IS ALSO A DETERRENT TO A DEVELOPER WHO'S USED TO COMING IN AND KIND OF GOING SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS DID PROHIBIT SOME OF THE MOVEMENT ON IT.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE LAYOUT OF THE SITE ITSELF, EVEN IF THE BUILDING HAD BEEN USABLE FOR CERTAIN THINGS, THE LAYOUT OF THE SITE WAS EXTREMELY DATED IN THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED AND LAID OUT. SO WE WOULD NOT WE WOULD NOT BUILD THAT AGAIN IN THE CURRENT IN THE CURRENT DAY AND AGE.

SO CITY, FAST FORWARD TO DECEMBER OF 21.

CITY WENT AHEAD AND PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM THE CHURCH.

WE DID PURCHASE THE PROPERTY FOR 9.5 MILLION FROM THE CHURCH.

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AND AGAIN, CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY DOES NOW SIT VACANT AFTER THE CITY DID DEMOLISH THE EXISTING BUILDING.

AS I MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TIME AND EFFORT OF ASBESTOS REMEDIATION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

GIVEN THE AGE OF THE PROPERTY, IT DOES STILL SIT TAX EXEMPT TODAY.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE SALES CONTRACTS GOING AND WE'LL WE'LL PASS THAT OFF TO JOHN AND WEBB TO HANDLE GOING FORWARD ON THAT SIDE.

JUST TO KIND OF OUTLINE THE PROPERTY WHILE IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND IS A WONDERFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT DOESN'T COME WITHOUT ITS SET OF OBSTACLES AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, CCNRS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.

SOME OF THOSE ARE REMAINING THERE IS A SLIGHT FLOODPLAIN PRESENCE WHICH WILL OBVIOUSLY REQUIRE COLTON'S INVOLVEMENT TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE TO MAKE SURE PLACEMENT OF BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THAT.

THERE ARE ALSO EXISTING EASEMENTS AND ENCROACHMENTS THAT DO BASICALLY IMPACT THE DESIGN.

SO WHEN THESE FOLKS WERE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY, THEY HAD TO PLAN AROUND THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE MAINTAINED AND STILL IN PLACE.

AND THEN AGAIN, A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL WAS ALSO DONE BY THE CITY, AND LIKELY A PHASE TWO WILL BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPMENT.

SO AGAIN, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO LAY OUT, WHILE IT IS A WONDERFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY IN A GREAT LOCATION, IT DID NOT COME WITHOUT IT SET OF OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS HOW THE CITY ULTIMATELY BECAME INVOLVED.

AND AGAIN, WHY? IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS MUNICIPALITIES WILL LOOK AT THESE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAD SUCH LITTLE MOVEMENT ON IT, THE MOVEMENT WE DID HAVE ON IT WAS NOMINAL AND REALLY NOT OF INTEREST TO REALLY KIND OF TURN THAT AREA AROUND AND SHOW SOME, SOME MAJOR REVITALIZATION.

THE CITY BECAME INVOLVED IN ORDER TO CONTROL AND GUIDE DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES ULTIMATELY ALIGN WITH OUR VISION.

AND SO, AGAIN, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP STEER DEVELOPMENT TOWARD WHAT WE CONSIDERED THE HIGHEST AND BEST USES BASED ON THE MARKET AND OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS.

INITIALLY, SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED OR THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE INTERESTED WERE JUST A ONE STOP SHOP BASICALLY, THE BIG PARKING LOT WOULD HAVE REMAINED AND IT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN A ONE BUSINESS DEAL THERE.

YES. AND MY NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY HAS I WENT AHEAD AND KIND OF JUST LAID THAT OUT.

NO, NO YOU'RE FINE. NO, BUT GOOD QUESTION.

GOOD QUESTION.

SO AGAIN, THE REDEVELOPMENT AND THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY ON ITS OWN ABSOLUTELY ALIGNS WITH WITH BEDFORD'S VISION.

AND AGAIN, IT MEETS THREE OF OUR FIVE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS.

SO AGAIN, THESE FOCUS AREAS ARE ITEMS THAT AS STAFF AND A CITY COUNCIL REALLY ALL OF OUR MOVES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MEANT TO FURTHER THESE GOALS.

SO ESSENTIALLY, AGAIN, REVITALIZATION, ECONOMIC VITALITY AND TRANSFORMATION.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS PROPERTY IS ABSOLUTELY IN LINE WITH ALL THREE OF THOSE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT HERE, WITH STREET LEVEL AND DICKERSON DEVELOPMENT.

SO MOVING ON TO KIND OF CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.

AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S BEEN MENTIONED FINANCIALLY, A SHORT TERM LOSS, ESSENTIALLY A LONG TERM STRATEGIC MOVE THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY BE A LONG TERM FINANCIAL GAIN FOR THE CITY. THE PROPERTY RESHAPES THE ENTRANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL SPUR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION IN THIS AREA.

UNFORTUNATELY, RATIONAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT ON ITS OWN SIMPLY CANNOT OVERCOME THE MARKET FORCES WITHOUT OUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS CASE.

SO AGAIN, THERE ARE OBSTACLES ON THE SITE.

THERE WAS A PURCHASE PRICE OBSTACLE, THERE'S A LAYOUT OBSTACLE, THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND THERE ARE ALSO USES THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY THAT COME INTO PLAY AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS, YOU START TO NARROW IN ON WHAT CAN ACTUALLY GO THERE AND WHAT USES ARE NOT ALREADY PRESENT IN THE MARKET.

WE ARE IN A VERY BUILT OUT ENVIRONMENT AROUND THIS PROPERTY.

SO IT'S A DEVELOPER DOESN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF COMING IN AND PUTTING IN A FULL ON SHOPPING CENTER WITH ALL THE TRADITIONAL USES.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A LOT OF FOCUS, CREATIVITY AND ANALYSIS DONE IN ORDER TO PINPOINT THOSE EXACT USES THAT ARE SUPPORTED AND MISSING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAD TO HAD TO BE DONE AS WELL.

AND AS I INDICATED TO YOU WITH YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FORMER INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY OVER THE YEARS PRIOR TO US OWNING IT AND AFTER US OWNING THE PROPERTY.

AND AS YOU INDICATED, IT IS ZONED HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL.

AND THE USES THAT HAVE COME TO US HAVE BEEN AUTOMOBILE SALES AND SERVICE CONVENIENCE STORES, CONVENIENCE GROCERY STORES, PACKAGED LIQUOR STORES, AUTO RELATED USES, BOAT MARINE CRAFT SALES AND SERVICE.

MINI STORAGE.

FULL SERVICE GASOLINE.

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES OF A VARIETY, MAINLY FLEX SPACE, MULTIFAMILY AND SIMPLY ANCILLARY PARKING LOTS.

AND SO AGAIN, NOT TO SAY ANYTHING AGAINST ANY OF THESE USES BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SERVICES AND THINGS THAT WE USE AND WE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, THE MANNER IN WHICH THESE WERE COMING TO US WERE EXTREMELY SPLINTERED AND ISOLATED.

SO I HAD A CONVENIENCE STORE COME, I HAD A AUTO USE COME.

NONE OF THEM WERE PACKAGED IN A NICE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AGAIN, WHERE THERE WAS A COHESIVE PLAN TO THE PROJECT.

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SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DATED.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUR INVOLVEMENT AT THAT POINT REALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN MOOT AND REALLY UNNECESSARY.

I REMEMBER I REMEMBER ONE OF THOSE USES COMING TO US.

IT WAS, WASN'T IT? CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT NOW.

IT WAS A WAY TO PARK BOATS RIGHT.

IN MARINE CRAFT.

YES. THAT WAS THAT WAS THEIR INTEREST WAS A PLACE BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T FIT THEM IN THERE, THEIR OWN PROPERTY.

SO IT'S A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PARK THEIR.

YES.. MARINE CRAFT AND BOATS.

YES. OKAY. YEAH. AND AGAIN, NOTHING AGAINST THESE USES.

I KNOW WE ALL USE THEM. WE NEED THEM.

BUT AGAIN THIS IS A PROMINENT INTERSECTION.

IT'S NOT INTERESTED. IT'S OUR GATEWAY.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO AGAIN, I, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND TOUCH ON BOTH OF OUR DEVELOPERS.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEIR PROJECT HERE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT SINCE THE FACT THAT WE WERE SELLING THIS PROPERTY AND TRANSFERRING IT INTO THEIR HANDS AS JOHN INDICATED, HE IS A LONG TERM, LONG TIME BEDFORD DEVELOPER.

AND DICKERSON DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE'S A PICTURE OF BEDFORD CROSSING DONE BY JOHN'S COMPANY AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS.

SO AGAIN, A VERY QUALIFIED, VERY SEASONED DEVELOPER IN THIS AREA AND SOMEONE THAT WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY OVER TO.

AND THEN JUST A TOUCH ON STREET LEVEL.

OBVIOUSLY, STREET LEVEL IS THE GROUP THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

I THINK THEY HAD INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY WHEN IT WAS LISTED WITH THE CHURCH, AND THEN WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE IT, WE BEGAN CONVERSATIONS IMMEDIATELY.

AGAIN, EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY QUALIFIED GROUP PARTNERS WITH EDGE REALTY.

SO AS FAR AS BROKERING AND LEASING, EDGE, WHO WAS ALSO A LEADER IN THE MARKET IN THE RETAIL LEASING AREA, BROKERING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE REALLY COULDN'T HAVE TWO BETTER PARTNERS THAN THESE TWO GROUPS TO WORK WITH.

SO AGAIN, I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE KIND OF PASSING THE REINS ONTO YOU ALL AND AND KIND OF SITTING AS A PARTNER INSTEAD OF THE DEVELOPER ANY LONGER.

GOING AHEAD AND MOVING ON TO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE.

THESE ARE THE DIRECT ANNUAL FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT COMBINED.

I JUST WANT TO CAUTION EVERYONE TO SAY THESE ARE DIRECT, THESE ARE MEASURABLE.

THERE ARE SO MANY MORE IMMEASURABLE ITEMS THAT EXCEED THIS AND ARE SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION PROJECT.

SO THESE ARE DIRECT NUMBERS BECAUSE I CAN TOUCH THEM, FEEL THEM.

WE WENT AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW FELT COMFORTABLE SHOWING THIS.

BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT CONTINUE TO BE SPILL OFF AS WE KIND OF CALL THEM MULTIPLIER EFFECTS HERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THESE USES THEMSELVES, YOU'VE GOT VALUE OF ALMOST 100 MILLION.

AND THEN ANNUAL CITY REVENUE.

ONCE WE'RE BUILT WE'RE TOTALING ABOUT 600, AND MY GLASSES ON 680,000.

AND AGAIN, WITH THE $7.3 MILLION PURCHASE PRICE, THE CITY AT THIS TIME WILL TAKE THAT MONEY.

INVEST IT.

WE DO NOT NEED IT AT THIS TIME.

AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OTHER PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO SET THAT ASIDE.

INVESTMENT. AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT A RETURN ON THAT MONEY OF ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 5%.

SO THE ANNUAL BENEFIT OF THAT MONEY SITTING THERE WHILE WE'RE WHILE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OTHER PROJECTS IS 376,000.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT $1 MILLION OVER A YEAR IN BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF THAT PROJECT.

AGAIN, $400,000, ONE TIME FEES OF BUILDING PERMITS.

AND THEN AGAIN, ONGOING UTILITY REVENUES AND FRANCHISE FEES ARE ESTIMATED AT 300,000.

AND THEN ALSO WHAT IS NOT CONSIDERED HERE ARE THE TAXABLE PURCHASES THAT THESE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES WILL MAKE.

SO AS THESE BUSINESSES ARE, YOU KNOW, IN BUSINESS, THEY MAKE TAXABLE SALES PURCHASES AS WELL AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS.

SO THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER COMPONENT THAT AGAIN, I DID NOT HAVE A GOOD GREAT FORMULA TO FOLLOW ON THAT.

SO WE WOULD JUST CALL THAT AN ANCILLARY BENEFIT AS WELL.

SO AGAIN CONFIDENTLY SAYING WE'RE AT ABOUT 1.4 1.5 MILLION ANNUAL BENEFIT WITH THIS PROJECT.

OKAY. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A 20 YEAR LOOK AT THE BENEFIT TO NOT ONLY THE CITY OF BEDFORD, BUT AS WELL AS OUR OTHER TAXING PARTNERS.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT INDICATOR THAT SHOWS, AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT BENEFITS, BUT WE DO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A COST TO SERVING THESE FOLKS WITH OUR SERVICES.

AND SO AGAIN, THOSE COSTS ARE CONSIDERED.

AND I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE COLUMN OF NET BENEFITS TO EACH OF THE TAXING ENTITIES.

SO AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE HEB ISD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU WILL SEE THE BENEFIT FOR THAT IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT.

THE COST IS ALSO EQUALLY SIGNIFICANT, AND IT IS NOT A IT'S NOT A TRUE COST.

IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE STATE TEA DOES THEIR CALCULATIONS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

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AND SO ESSENTIALLY FOR ADDED VALUE, THEY BACK THAT OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO IT APPEARS AS A COST.

BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A FORMULA CHANGE WHERE ONCE THAT VALUE GOES ON, THEY PULL THAT OUT OF THE ALLOCATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT STILL ENDS UP A VERY NET POSITIVE, JUST NOT QUITE NOT QUITE THE DEGREE THAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TYPICALLY.

SO AGAIN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BENEFITS TO THE TO TARRANT COUNTY, TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE AND ALSO OUR TIRZ NUMBER ONE, THIS PROPERTY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WAS ROLLED INTO OUR TIRZ AS ANOTHER AREA DEVELOPMENT ZONE.

AND SO BENEFITS IN THE TAX AREA ARE ROLLED INTO THAT TIRZ AND WILL BE THERE WHEN WE NEED THEM AT SOME POINT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ANOTHER PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE ARE NOT UTILIZING TOURS FUNDS FOR ANY COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

ALL INFRASTRUCTURE IS DONE THROUGH OUR DEBT ISSUANCE THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR AND THE TOURS DOLLARS ARE THERE.

AND REALLY, OUR DESIRE IS TO LET THOSE BUILD AND GROW OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

OKAY. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SIMPLY A GRAPHIC OF THE CHART THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU.

I KNOW I KIND OF LIKE TO LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE AS FAR AS A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.

SO AGAIN, THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY OVER TEN YEARS, AGAIN, THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE TIRZ BENEFIT IS ABOUT 10 MILLION.

AND THEN AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE TIRZ IS AT ABOUT 11 MILLION.

ANOTHER ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS YOU CAN SEE HERE IS BASED ON FORMULAS THAT YOU WOULD APPLY TO THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXPECTED TO LOCATE WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER. YOU WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE ABOUT 150 DIRECT JOBS WITH 34.5 SPIN OFF JOBS.

AND SO AGAIN, YOU'RE KIND OF BEGINNING TO SEE HOW THESE DEVELOPMENTS WORK.

IT'S NEVER A IT'S NEVER A ONE NUMBER.

AND THIS IS IT. THERE IS A LOT OF SPIN OFF THAT OCCURS AS A RESULT OF THIS.

ANNUAL SALARIES AND WAGES FOR THESE POSITIONS ARE NOTED AT 6.2 MILLION.

AND THEN OF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY SALARY AND WAGES OVER 20 YEARS IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF 152 MILLION.

AND AGAIN I TALKED ABOUT TAXABLE SALES AND PURCHASES.

THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS SO LARGE, BECAUSE IT IS SALES TAX OCCURRING AS WELL AS SALES TAX BEING AS A RESULT OF PURCHASES WITHIN THAT PROJECT.

SO THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF A WONDERFUL FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY.

AND MOVING ON TO SOME OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS.

AGAIN, WORKERS.

THIS IS A LOOK AT THE WORKERS WHO WOULD ACTUALLY MOVE TO THE CITY AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT, AN ESTIMATE OF NUMBER OF NEW RESIDENTS.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE NEW PROPERTIES AND THE NEW STUDENTS WHO MAY BE ATTENDING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OKAY GOING AHEAD AND WANTED TO BREAK DOWN THE SALES PRICE HERE.

AGAIN, THE PROPERTY IS SPLIT.

STREET LEVEL WILL BE TAKEN A PORTION DICKERSON DEVELOPMENT THE OTHER PORTION FOR THE RESIDENTIAL.

AND AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL PRICE AND THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT OF EACH.

SO THIS IS WHERE THOSE NUMBERS FALL.

AND THEN AGAIN, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE REDEVELOPMENT BENEFITS.

OBVIOUSLY OUR COMMUNITY IS A IS A BUILT ON ENVIRONMENT.

WE ARE AN AGING COMMUNITY.

REDEVELOPMENT IS IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR US IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND OUR TAX BASE.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST PARTICIPATE IN.

AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT WILL IT WILL COST SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

BUT AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, YOU ANALYZE IT AND YOU LOOK AT THE LONG TERM BENEFIT AND YOU MAKE SURE THAT OUTWEIGHS THE THE INITIAL UPFRONT COST AND THE SHORT TERM LOSS THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO INCUR.

SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.

BUT WHAT WE GET OUT OF THIS AGAIN IS A NEW MODERN MIXED USE PROJECT, AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW USES THAT ARE IN DEMAND IN THAT AREA THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY EXIST.

WE WILL FURTHER DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY.

WE WILL GIVE OUR RESIDENTS AND POTENTIAL RESIDENTS OPTIONS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE NOW WITH HOUSING.

THIS WILL I SEE THIS AS BECOMING A CENTER OF ACTIVITY.

THERE WILL BE THINGS OCCURRING IN THE PLAZA THERE.

THERE WILL BE EVENTS AND THINGS THAT EITHER WE WILL WORK TO SCHEDULE OR I WOULD IMAGINE THAT STREET LEVEL WILL WORK TO SCHEDULE AND HAVE AND HOST AT THAT THE GREEN SPACE. AND AGAIN, THE REDEVELOPMENT ALSO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST THESE BOTTOM BULLETS KIND OF LIST OUT SOME OF THE GENERIC BENEFITS, BUT THEY ARE INDEED VERY REAL WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.

I DO WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY ADDRESS MARKET CONDITIONS.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED.

THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED IN 2021 FOR 9.5 MILLION.

YES, WE ARE SELLING THE PROPERTY FOR 7.3 MILLION.

EACH TIME THE PROPERTY IS TRANSACTED WITH OUR INVOLVEMENT AND APPRAISAL WAS DONE AND IN 2018, THE INITIAL APPRAISAL, THE PROPERTY WAS APPRAISED AT 9.6 MILLION AND AGAIN THE MOST RECENT APPRAISAL DONE IN 23.

I HAD THAT DONE LAST SUMMER.

THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL CAME BACK AT ABOUT $7.75 MILLION.

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SO AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS NOT JUST A THIS IS THE COST OF REDEVELOPMENT.

IT IS THIS IS THE COST OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN MARKET CONDITIONS CHANGE.

REAL QUICK, DO YOU SEE THE CHANGE IN LINE JUST BECAUSE OF CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, WITH INTEREST RATES BEING AS HIGH AS THEY ARE? AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THAT THREAT OF RECESSION IN ALWAYS IN EVERYONE'S BACK OF THEIR MIND RIGHT NOW.

ABSOLUTELY. YES. SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE YES.

IMPACT OF INFLATION, HIGHER INTEREST RATES.

IT IS COOLING DEMAND.

AND WE HAVE SEEN IT TO COMMERCIAL SALES.

YOU KNOW, PURCHASES HAVE SLOWED HERE IN THE CITY.

JUST BUSINESSES EXCHANGING HANDS HAS SLOWED, PROPERTY CHANGING HANDS HAS SLOWED.

AND THIS IS VERY SEPARATE FROM RESIDENTIAL I YOU IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD.

SO WHILE I MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SELL MY HOME AT A WONDERFUL HIGH PRICE, COMMERCIAL IS A VERY DIFFERENT BEAST AND IT DOES NOT OPERATE THE SAME.

IT JUST HAS DIFFERENT INFLUENCERS.

AGAIN, SO OBVIOUSLY INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COSTS IS ANOTHER THING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ALL BEEN SEEING AS WE'RE GETTING ESTIMATES ON OUR OWN CITY PROJECTS AND UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS FEEL THE SAME.

AND AGAIN, AS MUCH AS 20% AS WELL AS RENT INFLATION.

SO AGAIN, JUST A COUPLE OTHER BULLET POINTS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT DID AFFECT THE THE REDUCTION IN THE APPRAISAL ON THE PROPERTY.

SO AGAIN, BOTH APPRAISALS DONE BY QUALIFIED WELL KNOWN APPRAISALS IN THE AREA THAT DO THESE ALL THE TIME.

AND AS A RESULT, I HAD MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE TWO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT ACCOMPANY THE SALES CONTRACTS WITH BOTH DEVELOPERS.

THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WILL OUTLINE IS THE MANNER IN WHICH WE REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPERS FOR ALL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT WE'VE OUTLINED, AND SO I KNOW YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE THIS TOO WELL, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS BETWEEN THE TWO FOLKS OF DICKERSON DEVELOPMENT AND STREET LEVEL, THE CITY WILL REIMBURSE BASED ON RECEIPTS, ETC., UP TO $4.5 MILLION FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY MIGHT EITHER OTHERWISE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF.

BUT WE ARE WE WILL BE GETTING NEW WATER LINES, SEWER LINES, STREETS BUILT TO OUR STANDARDS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN.

AND SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL BE DONE TO OUR STANDARDS AND NOT PRIVATE ROADS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS WHERE THAT NUMBERS COME FROM.

AND THEN AGAIN, AN ALLOCATION TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT AND A SEPARATE ALLOCATION TO THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.

AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PLAN.

IT'S DIFFERENT.

THIS WAS PROVIDED TO US WHEN WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE ROADWAYS THERE.

THIS IS WHERE THAT REIMBURSEMENT WILL GO.

CURRENTLY THERE ARE WATER LINES THAT DID RUN UNDERNEATH THE PRIOR BUILDING.

THOSE HAVE BEEN CUT AND ABANDONED, AND THAT WILL HAVE TO BE RELOCATED OUT FROM UNDER THE BUILDING AS THAT PROJECT MOVES A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE EAST ON THE SITE THERE.

SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU A GRAPHIC OF THAT.

AND I THINK THAT IS IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS.

TOOK US A LONG TIME TO GET TO THIS POINT.

I REMEMBER IN THOSE EARLY DISCUSSIONS YEARS, YEARS BACK WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AND THE WHOLE IDEA AND THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD, WE ARE BUILT OUT.

THERE IS NOT MUCH LEFT.

AND SO IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT OUR CITY, LOOK AT PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE WE CAN REDEVELOP, REVITALIZE, THIS WAS ONE MECHANISM THAT WE CAN DO IT.

AND IT'S A BIG ONE, AND IT'S A BIG INVESTMENT FOR THIS, FOR THIS CITY.

I JUST WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS, THIS PROJECT AND FINDING, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TEAM TO GET THIS, GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED, GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT WAS THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN OFF THE BOOKS FOR OUR TAX VALUES FOR MANY YEARS.

IT HASN'T GENERATED ANYTHING FOR THE CITY.

AND SO GETTING THAT PROPERTY GENERATING REVENUE FOR US PUTS US IN A MUCH BETTER FINANCIAL STATE.

YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD FOR THE CITY, IT'S THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT'S GOING TO SET BEDFORD APART AND GET US FINANCIALLY SECURE FOR YEARS TO COME.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL SEE COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANDREA OR STAFF.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

YES ANDREA. SO THE APPRAISAL TWO, ALSO THE INITIAL ONE, WE HAD A BUILDING AND WE HAD ALL THE CONCRETE, SO THAT BROUGHT THE PRICE DOWN ALSO BECAUSE WE HAD TO REMOVE THE BUILDING BUT ALSO IN THE STREETS.

WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT ANYWAY NO MATTER WHAT DEVELOPMENT WE PUT IN.

CORRECT? CORRECT. CAN WE USE ANY OF THE, DO WE HAVE ANY SWIFT MONEY LEFT THAT WE COULD USE THAT LOW INTEREST MONEY TO DO OUR STREETS AND WATER? I DON'T. YEAH I THINK IT'S EARMARKED.

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IS IT EARMARKED? OKAY I'LL LET KAREN FILL IN THAT.

YES. SO WE DO HAVE SWIFT MONEY AVAILABLE BUT WE'RE PRESERVING THAT MAINLY FOR OUR CIP LARGER CAPITAL ITEMS THAT WE HAVE.

OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND THE NUMBERS THAT YOU GAVE US.

GREAT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

WHO WANTS TO BE FIRST? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SABOL.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ALL RIGHT.

MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

JOHN WEBB, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR GREAT THINGS FOR YOU, FOR THIS CITY.

AND AS MY PREDECESSOR ONCE SAID, AND HE SAYS TO EVERYBODY, DON'T SCREW IT UP.

WE WON'T LET YOU DOWN.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WE CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH HCI COMMERCIAL,

[5. Consider a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or her designee to execute a contract with HCI Commercial, LLC for the renovation of the City owned building located at 3524 Central Drive for a stipulated sum of $2,710,185 and approve a total budget for the project in the amount of $3,277,185.]

LLC FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE CITY OWNED BUILDING LOCATED AT 3524 CENTRAL DRIVE, FOR A STIPULATION SUM OF $2,710,185 AND APPROVE THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 3,277,001 85. I GIVE YOU PROJECT MANAGER GARY JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

DIRECTOR LONG WAS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO DO THIS, AND HE DECIDED TO TAKE A DAY OFF.

SO. SO I'M STEPPING IN TO FILL IN FOR HIM.

WENT THROUGH A LONG PROCESS, AS WE KNOW.

WE THE CITY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN MAY OF 22.

WERE THE OLD Y WAS LOCATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OF TRYING TO CONVERT IT INTO OUR NEW SENIOR CENTER, SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER.

THIS APRIL, WE'VE ADVERTISED THE PROJECT AS REQUIRED BY THE BY THE BID LAWS AND GOT 13, I MEAN, ON MAY 13TH GOT THE RESPONSES.

WE HAD NINE RESPONSES TO OUR TO OUR BID OFFERING.

WE ANALYZED THOSE TWO OF THEM.

THEY SUBMITTED VIRTUALLY NOTHING IN THEIR BID PACKAGE OTHER THAN ONE OF THEM.

ONE OF THEM DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A PRICE.

THE OTHER ONE HAD A PRICE, BUT NOTHING ELSE SUPPORTING THEIR THEIR COMPANY OR THEIR.

SO WE HAD SEVEN BIDS TO TO ANALYZE.

WE SPENT SOME TIME OF SEVERAL HOURS DOING THAT OVER A FEW DAYS WITH JIM THARP, THE ARCHITECT, TO HELP US ANALYZE THE, THE THE BIDS WE'VE GOT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE RANKED THEM THERE.

WE USED A RANKING SYSTEM BASED ON THE COST WAS 50%.

AND THEN THEIR, THEIR REPUTATION AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS 10% AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AS YOU CAN YOU CAN READ THERE.

AND WE CAME UP WITH HCI COMMERCIAL WAS THE NUMBER ONE, THE NUMBER ONE BIDDER ON THE COMPETITIVE STEEL PROPOSALS WITH WITH 66.66. THAT'S KIND OF OMINOUS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE NUMBERS CAME.

SO WE WROTE THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW CONSTRUCTION PRICES WERE EXTREMELY THEY'RE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

AND AND WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT NUMBERS WOULD BE COMING IN.

SO WE WE THREW SOME ALTERNATES IN THERE.

WE SAID, OKAY, HERE'S THE BASICS.

WE THINK WE WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE PROGRAMING THAT WE NEED IN THE BUILDING FOR THE SENIORS AND TO MAKE IT SAFE AND OPERATIONAL.

BUT THEN THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT, HEY, IT'D BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IF, IF FUNDS ALLOWED.

AND SO THAT WAS PAINTING THE BRICK THE BRICK MASONRY AND REPLACING METAL PANELS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH NEW METAL PANELS THAT WILL UPDATE IT. AND I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GET A QUESTION ABOUT COLORS THAT HADN'T BEEN DECIDED YET.

THE ARCHITECT WILL WORK WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH WHAT THINKS WILL BE PLEASING ON COLORS AND SO FORTH, SO THAT THAT HASN'T BEEN CHOSEN YET.

BUT TWO OF THE BIG ALTERNATES, ONE OF THEM IS A COVERED PORTICO.

SO AND THAT'S THE $98,000, ALMOST $99,000 OPTION TO PROVIDE A DROP OFF POINT FOR THE SENIORS WHEN THERE'S BAD WEATHER THAT THEY CAN GET OUT OF THE CAR IN A COVERED WALK ALL THE WAY TO INTO THE BUILDING WITHOUT HAVING TO GET IN THE RAIN OR OR THE BAD, THE BAD WEATHER.

SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY, A VERY IMPORTANT ONE FOR OUR, FOR OUR SENIORS.

AND THEN IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE BUILDING, YOU JUST GOT A BIG, AN OLD, BIG GYMNASIUM IN THERE AND A BIG THAT NORTH WALL THAT, THAT CMU CONCRETE BLOCK WALL IS SITTING THERE.

AND SO MARK AND SOME OTHERS SUGGESTED THAT WHAT ABOUT WINDOWS? AND I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER WAS REALLY LACKING SOME POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING SOME WINDOWS IN THERE.

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AND SO FOUR LARGE WINDOWS WILL GO IN.

THAT'S ANOTHER ALTERNATE THAT'S EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF ALL THE STEEL REINFORCEMENT THAT HAS TO GO IN THERE AND TO TO CUT THAT BLOCK AND PUT THE WINDOWS IN, YOU'VE GOT TO REINFORCE UNDERNEATH THAT BLOCK AND MAKE SURE THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE OPTION.

BUT WE THINK IT'LL TOTALLY CHANGE THAT ROOM WHEN YOU WHEN YOU'VE GOT YOU GOT WINDOWS IN THAT ROOM.

SO TOOK ALL THAT TO WE TOOK ALL THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO SAY WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? AND THEY BOTH RECOMMENDED THAT TO GO WITH ALL THE OPTIONS.

KAREN WAS ABLE TO, TO GO THROUGH ALL THE STUFF.

HEY, WE CAN WE GOT THE MONEY.

WE CAN DO THIS. SO THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION TO TO DO IT AND BROUGHT UP THE $2.7 MILLION PRICE.

AND THEN AND THEN WE HAVE THESE OTHER, OTHER THINGS THE ARCHITECT'S FEE THAT WE'VE, AS YOU GUYS ALREADY APPROVED, WAS $108,000.

WE GOT ABOUT A 6.5% CONTINGENCY IN THERE, TOO, 175,000.

FULLY HOPE NOT TO UTILIZE ALL THAT MONEY IN THE PROJECT, BUT TYPICALLY IN PROJECTS, PERCENTAGES CAN GO AS LOW AS 4 OR 5%.

THAT'S USUALLY ON 40 TO $50 MILLION PROJECTS.

WHEN THE PROJECTS GET SMALLER, THE PERCENTAGES GO UP A LITTLE BIT.

MATERIALS TESTING VERY LOW BECAUSE.

JUST BE SOME CONCRETE AND STEELWORK.

MARK AND HIS GROUP CAME UP WITH THE FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT AND THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT.

AT THOSE PRICES OF WHAT THEY THINK THEY'LL NEED TO TO TO HAVE THE ADEQUATE FIXTURES AND FURNITURE IN THE BUILDING, AND THEN IT NUMBER FOR COMPUTERS AND SERVERS AND ALL THAT.

AND SO THEN YOU HAVE THAT TOTAL THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF 3,277,001, 85 IS THE OVERALL PROJECT TOTAL.

AND OF COURSE, THAT DOESN'T COUNT WHAT THE CITY PAID TO PURCHASE IT, WHICH I THINK WAS JUST UNDER A MILLION.

935 WAS THE ORIGINAL WHAT THE CITY PAID TO TO BUY IT? BUT THIS IS THIS IS COMING IN ABOUT I RAN NUMBERS ON A NEW BUILDING OF THIS SIZE, AND THAT COST WOULD BE DOUBLE WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE HAVE HERE TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING. SO.

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAVINGS OVER A NEW BUILDING.

ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. SO GARY.

SO JUST GOING THROUGH IT.

EVERYTHING. SO ORIGINALLY OBVIOUSLY OUR COST WAS 2.7.

AND THEN AFTER LOOKING AT SOME THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO ADD ON TO THE BUILDING, THE GOAL THERE IS THIS, THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WHOLE THE WHOLE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

CORRECT. MAKE IT LOOK OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT NEWER.

WELL IT WILL THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, THE ALL THE COLORS WILL CHANGE AND NEW METAL AND ALL THAT.

BUT BUT IT'LL BE BASICALLY THE SAME BUILDING ON THE OUTSIDE.

BUT BUT IT SHOULD LOOK TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

BUT THE INSIDE NOW YES THAT IS GOING TO BE TOTALLY.

WE'RE RENOVATING THE WHOLE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND SO NEW FLOORING, NEW PAINT, MOVING SOME WALLS, ADDING, ADDING A NICE KITCHEN TO THE FACILITY, A FITNESS AREA TO THE FACILITY.

IT'LL BE A TOTALLY, TOTALLY DIFFERENT BUILDING ON THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK NEW ON THE OUTSIDE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING WE WE GO THROUGH ALL THE ALTERNATES AND, AND GO AHEAD AND, AND GET ALL OF THAT DONE BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'M FOR ALL OF THAT.

OF COURSE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYTHING ADDS VALUE TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, BUT THEN ALSO THAT SHADE STRUCTURE FOR OUR SENIORS AND THEN OPENING UP THE STOREFRONT WINDOWS, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WHOLE DYNAMIC OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, I BELIEVE, FROM THE INSIDE.

SO THAT'S SOME POSITIVE THINGS AS WELL.

YES, SIR. SO THEN SO HATS OFF TO KAREN FOR FINDING THE MONEY AND MAKING SURE WE CAN COVER ALL THOSE COSTS.

BUT BUT ALSO WHAT'S WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THIS? SO THE CONTRACTOR AND I HAVE I HAVE THE CONTRACTOR HERE VICE PRESIDENT WITH HCI COMMERCIAL.

COURTNEY PORTER IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOUR END AND TALK ABOUT IF YOU NEED HIS.

WON'T HEAR ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF THE COMPANY.

BUT 160 DAYS IS WHAT'S IN THE CONTRACT.

SO ONCE WE GIVE THEM THE GO AHEAD.

I WAS TALKING TO HIM THIS EVENING.

THEY GOT THE BUILDING PERMIT APPROVED TODAY, AND AND SO HE HAS A LITTLE PAPERWORK TO BRING TO ME.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING THERE THURSDAY IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS THURSDAY MORNING.

AND THEN HE THINKS THAT THEY'LL BE READY TO GO START ON MONDAY WITH THE DEMOLITION PEOPLE DEMOING THE STUFF OUT OF THE BUILDING.

THAT'S GOT TO BE GOT TO BE TAKEN OUT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

ALL RIGHT. GARY SO THIS IS NEW ROOF, NEW EQUIPMENT, NEW ROOF NEW, I THINK I THINK TWO TWO OF THE AC UNITS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ARE BEING REPLACED. THE OTHER ONES, WE'VE HAD THEM INSPECTED.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROCESSES WE WENT THROUGH IN THE VERY BEGINNING WAS HAVING THE BUILDING INSPECTED, THE ROOF, THE SYSTEMS AND ALL OF THAT.

AND WHEN THEY WERE, THEY WERE ASSESSED.

THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO REPLACE TWO OF THESE UNITS.

BUT THE REST OF THEM ARE SERVICEABLE AND STILL WORKING.

SO FOUNDATION IS GOOD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY WATERED FOR FOREVER OVER THERE.

FOUNDATION IS GOOD. YEAH, WE HAD IT.

WE WE HAD A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.

LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION.

LOOK AT THE BUILDING. YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A BIG CRACK IN THAT BACK WALL THAT'S GOING TO BE REPAIRED.

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BUT IT DID.

BUT IT WASN'T IT WASN'T ANYTHING STRUCTURALLY A PROBLEM THAT THEY FOUND.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE THE TOTAL BUDGET AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING? THERE WAS 108,000 DIFFERENCE.

NOW. SO WE ALREADY SPENT.

BESIDES BUYING PROPERTY.

WE ALREADY SPENT MONEY ON THE BUILDING.

WELL, 108,000 WAS THE ARCHITECT FEE, SO WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T PAID THAT WHOLE THING OUT YET.

BUT HE HAS BEEN OKAY BECAUSE I NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE TOTAL BUDGET AND THE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING WITH THE FUTURE DEBT OF 2 MILLION. OKAY.

SO THAT'S A DIFFERENCE THERE, AND THE BONDS.

SO THERE'S 100. JUST 108 MISSING SOMEWHERE.

IT SEEMED LIKE. YES.

SO LET ME EXPLAIN THAT.

SO THE 108,000, BECAUSE YOU HAD ALREADY APPROVED IT, IS OUT OF THE BONDS THAT WE ISSUED BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

SO IT'S ALREADY TAKEN OUT OF THIS NUMBER.

YES. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT CLEAR WHERE YOU'RE AT THERE.

KAREN. YOU MEAN BEFORE YOU GO AWAY.

SO WE'RE WE'RE FUNDING THIS ALL OUT OF YOU MIND BREAKING DOWN HOW WE'RE FUNDING ALL OF THIS? YES. SO THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED OUT OF TWO BOND ISSUANCES, ONE FROM 23 THAT WE DID IN SEPTEMBER OF 23, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND THEN THIS THE BOND ISSUANCE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR WILL FUND THE DIFFERENCE.

GOTCHA. GOTCHA. SO ALL RIGHT.

FANTASTIC. WITH NO IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYERS.

NO IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYERS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

GARY, HAVE WE USED, HAVE YOU HAD EXPERIENCE USING THIS CONTRACTOR BEFORE? I HAVE NOT BUT I DID MAKE SOME OBVIOUSLY PHONE CALLS AND CHECK REFERENCES.

THEY'VE DONE SOME WORK FOR THE CITY OF NORTHLAKE, WHICH WAS IN MY FORMER LIFE IN ROANOKE, RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

AND THEY THEY FINISHED OUT.

THEY DID AN INTERIOR FINISH OUT ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY HALL OVER THERE.

THEY'RE KIND OF IN A STRIP CENTER THING.

AND THEY TALKED VERY HIGHLY OF THEM.

DREW CORN AND ROBERT CRAWFORD, WHO'S THE POLICE CHIEF, TALKED VERY HIGHLY OF HGI COMMERCIAL.

AND IN FACT, WHEN I TALKED TO TO CHIEF CRAWFORD, HE TOLD ME, HE GOES, WE'RE GETTING READY TO ENGAGE THEM AGAIN FOR SOME MORE WORK.

AND SO I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD, OUR ARCHITECT, JIM THARP JUST FINISHED A PROJECT WITH THEM OVER IN SOUTHLAKE.

IT WAS AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR SOCCER, LACROSSE, BASEBALL AS ONE ACRE UNDER ROOF INSIDE WITH THEM.

AND HE AND MR. THARP TALKED VERY HIGHLY OF WORKING WITH THIS GROUP.

SO THEY COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK, WE CAN HAVE COURTNEY COME UP AND AND SPEAK TO ANY THEIR EXPERIENCES.

THAT'S FINE. OKAY.

OKAY. ANOTHER.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO PICKLEBALL, SHUFFLEBOARD, ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON THE INTERIOR? THE THAT INTERIOR ROOM AND I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN BECAUSE MARK'S NOT HERE.

BUT I BELIEVE PART OF THAT GYM WHAT WAS THE GYM IS NOW GOING TO BE A MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY SOME PICKLEBALL IN THERE AND SIT AND PLAY PICKLEBALL AND NO EXTERIOR TYPE FACILITIES RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S LIKE IN THE FUTURE, LIKE PUTTING PICKLEBALL OUTSIDE AND I THINK KAREN COULD ANSWER TO THAT BETTER THAN I COULD.

AND, I DON'T KNOW, SHUFFLEBOARD, I ASSUME, BOCCE BALL, I DON'T KNOW.

SO THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER PHASE DOWN THE ROAD.

WE WANT TO KIND OF ANALYZE THE PROPERTY.

OUR MAIN FOCUS WAS TO GET THE BUILDING RENOVATED AND GET PEOPLE IN THERE, AND WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WE HAD TO KIND OF SHIFT OUR OUR THOUGHTS A LITTLE BIT.

SO THE EXTERIOR AMENITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER PHASE DOWN THE ROAD.

AND MEMBERSHIP, SO HOW MANY SENIORS CAN THAT FACILITY ACTUALLY? OH BOY, I GOT A GOOD ONE.

I MEAN, I JUST ASSUME THAT IT CAN HOLD 200 AT ONE TIME.

I MEAN.

THE ARCHITECT.

THERE'S AN OCCUPANCY LOAD THAT WE HAVE IT.

IT'S ON THE, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER IS.

OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE ANY THOUGHTS AS TO CHARGES? ARE WE CHARGING OR IS IT FREE OR WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING.

SO WE WE DO HAVE A SENIOR CENTER MEMBERSHIP FEE.

I BELIEVE IT'S $5 A YEAR CURRENTLY.

AND I KNOW OUR SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE HAS ASKED IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING THOSE FEES AT SOME POINT.

I THINK RIGHT NOW OUR FOCUS IS JUST GETTING THE BUILDING OPEN.

AND THEN PROBABLY AS WE ANALYZE COSTS AND OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMING, THAT MAY BE A FUTURE FEE INCREASE THAT WE BRING TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS ITEM OKAY.

SEEING NONE I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

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AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG FOR OUR CONTRACTOR.

JUST ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OCCUPANCY.

HE PULLED IT UP 503.

503. FOR OCCUPANCY FOR THAT BUILDING.

THAT'S. THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

VERY GOOD. THAT'S THAT IS THAT IS [INAUDIBLE] BUT.

YEAH. EXACTLY WHAT A YEAH.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TIME, I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT A GREAT THING, YOU KNOW COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR GETTING THOSE NUMBERS FOR OUR SENIORS.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

AND I KNOW THE SENIORS.

YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS WERE ASKING ME, YOU KNOW, WHEN'S THIS GOING TO BE DONE? AND WHEN I TOLD THEM, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, 160 DAYS, THEY WERE JUST SUPER EXCITED.

AND TO GET THEM IN THEIR FACILITY AND CORRECT A WRONG THAT WAS MADE YEARS AGO, TEARING DOWN THEIR OLD SENIOR CENTER.

THIS IS JUST THIS IS A VERY GREAT DAY FOR US TO GET THIS GOING.

SO JUST WANTED TO TAKE THAT COMMENT REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU ALL. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

[6. Consider a resolution accepting the purchase of naming rights for Study Room #5 in the Bedford Public Library by Tom Jacobsen in the amount of $5,000 in memory of William R. Jacobsen.]

CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE PURCHASE OF NAMING RIGHTS OF STUDY ROOM NUMBER FIVE IN THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY BY TOM JACOBSON, IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM R JACOBSON. GIVE YOU LIBRARY DIRECTOR MARIA REDBURN.

HEY, MARIA. WELCOME.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I'VE GOT TOM JACOBSON IN THE AUDIENCE WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE.

THEY'RE SEEKING TO PURCHASE THE NAMING RIGHTS FOR STUDY ROOM FIVE.

AT THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY.

AND HE WANTS TO DO IT IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER.

HIS BROTHER DIED PREMATURELY OF A RESPIRATORY CONDITION THAT WAS CAUSED DUE TO THE FAILURE OF HIS COMPANY.

TO PROVIDE SAFETY EQUIPMENT.

AND HE FOUGHT BACK FOR THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS TO RECEIVE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OTHERS.

AND SO, TOM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.

NO. SO THE STUDY ROOM IS A FOUR PERSON STUDY ROOM.

IT'S LOCATED, YOU KNOW, OVER BY THE ADULT AREA OF THE LIBRARY AND IS VALUED AT $5,000.

I'LL CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST THE PROGRAM ITSELF.

AND SO WHEN, WHEN LIBRARY WAS, YOU KNOW, OUTFITTED AND EVERYTHING.

AND SO WE DEVELOPED A POLICY FOR NAMING RIGHTS AND HOW AND WE'VE DEVELOPED A COST FOR, FOR ALL OF THOSE, RIGHT? YEAH. IN 2009 THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED US TO FORM A LIBRARY FOUNDATION.

AND AS A PART OF THAT, THEY WANTED THEY SAW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DIFFERENT ROOMS TO BE NAMED AS A FUNDRAISING VEHICLE.

AND SO WE DEVELOPED A LIST OF COSTS BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE AT THE TIME.

AND THAT CAME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

AND THEN AN ENTIRE POLICY WAS WRITTEN NOT JUST FOR THE LIBRARY ITSELF, BUT FOR ALL CITY FACILITIES, KNOWING THAT PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT MIGHT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

AND SO THE JACOBSON'S ARE UNDER THE DONATING OR CONTRIBUTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION OR FURNISHING OF A NEW CURRENT CITY FACILITY.

GOT IT, GOT IT.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW MANY OTHER ROOMS DO WE HAVE THAT ARE NOT NAMED? RIGHT NOW, THE ROOMS THAT WE DON'T HAVE NAMED, WE HAVE A STORYTIME THEATER, A MEETING ROOM, AND CURRENTLY FIVE SOON TO BE FOUR STUDY ROOMS. GOT IT. GOT IT. VERY, VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, MARIA.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARIA? BUT. MR. JACOBSON, YOU MIND COMING UP TO THE MIC? THE JACOBSON'S HAVE LIVED IN BEDFORD FOR 25 YEARS.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, TOM, I KNOW YOU'RE A LITTLE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU UP HERE TO TALK ANYWAYS.

WELL MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MARIA ALREADY SAID ALL OF IT.

BUT MY IMPETUS, I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS THIS LIBRARY IS A GEM OF THE CITY, AND MARIA HERE NEVER DISAPPOINTS. I CONTINUE TO BE AMAZED AT THE THINGS THAT A LIBRARY DOES.

WE'VE GONE FROM TAX ADVICE TO THE LATEST IS QUILTING AND YOU NAME IT.

AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, THEY HAVE A FOCUS GROUP, TWO FOCUS GROUPS.

TOMORROW I'M GOING TO GIVE HER A PLUG BETWEEN TWO AND WHEN THEY WANT CITY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION TO DO MORE THINGS.

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SO I AM IN AWE OF WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO DEDICATE THIS STUDY ROOM TO MY LATE BROTHER.

SO I HOPE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.

YOU COULDN'T YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER.

THIS YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY IS THE GEM OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT A WAY FOR YOU TO TO HONOR YOUR BROTHER IN THIS WAY.

SO JUST JUST PHENOMENAL IN YOUR GENEROSITY.

AND SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY.

ALL RIGHT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

YES, YOU MAY MAKE A MOTION TO, TO TO APPROVE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE A SECOND BY ACTUALLY, NO.

WHAT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SECOND THIS ONE.

SO I'LL SECOND THIS ONE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

I DON'T DO IT OFTEN, BUT FOR THINGS LIKE THIS AND FOR OUR LIBRARY, I'LL MAKE THE EXCEPTION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE JACOBSON'S AND THEIR GENEROSITY, FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE LIBRARY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. NUMBER ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. Consider a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or her designee to enter into a contract for traffic signal upgrades and modifications at Central Drive and Cummings Drive to Texas Traffic, LLC in an estimated amount of $156,734.]

SENATE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER IN A CONTRACT FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS AT CENTRAL DRIVE AND CUMMINGS DRIVE TO TEXAS TRAFFIC, LLC, AND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $156,734.

YEP. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO YES, THIS IS A COMPLETE REWIRE AND UPGRADE TO THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THAT INTERSECTION.

AND THIS IS THE SAME COMPANY THAT DID THE INTERSECTION OR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL LAST YEAR AT HARWOOD AND CENTRAL.

AND WE DID GO THROUGH THE I'M DRAWING A BLANK RFP PROCESS WHERE WE HAD COMPETITIVE BIDS SUBMITTED.

WE HAD FOUR SUBMITTED.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS ONE, WE DID THE LOW PRICE, WHICH WAS TEXAS TRAFFIC LLC, AND STAFF WAS PLEASED WITH THE WORK THEY DID ON THAT OTHER TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND NO COINCIDENCE THAT THIS IS RIGHT BY OUR SENIOR CENTER, THIS OTHER AGENDA ITEM.

SO I ASKED CHRIS ABOUT THAT.

AND WE HAVE TWO FOLKS IN TRAFFIC, PAT AND TREVOR.

AND AS THEY GO AND WORK ON OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THEY KIND OF PROPOSE THOSE THAT NEED UPGRADED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.