Jun 25, 2024 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

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ALRIGHT. TIME IS NOW 6:00.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

IT'S TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2024.

FIRST UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INVOCATION BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVES, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

SO EVERYONE GO AHEAD AND PLEASE STAND.

HEAVENLY FATHER.

AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING TONIGHT, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM.

HELP US TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY AND PURPOSE.

GRANT US CLARITY OF THOUGHT AND UNITY OF MIND, SO THAT OUR DECISIONS MAY REFLECT YOUR WILL AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREATER GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IN GOD'S NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

ALLEGIANCE], PLEDGE].

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER STEVES, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

ALRIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE COUNCIL RECOGNITION, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND INVITE UP INTERIM POLICE CHIEF BOBBY

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

HOW'S IT GOING? DOING GOOD.

MR. MACK.

OFFICER MACK JOINED US IN JUNE OF 2019.

HE CURRENTLY HOLDS AN INTERMEDIATE PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATE THROUGH TCOLE.

HE'S BEEN ONE OF OUR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS.

HE'S RECEIVED MULTIPLE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION, COMMENDATIONS AND IN 2022, A MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.

IS HE HIDING BEHIND ME? COME ON.

HE CAN'T HIDE BEHIND ME.

IN 2022 OFFICER MACK WAS ASSIGNED TO OUR DEPLOYMENT UNIT.

WE ESTABLISHED THIS UNIT TO BE KIND OF OUR PROBLEM SOLVING UNIT.

TAKE ON CONSISTENT ISSUES THAT WE WERE HAVING THROUGH THE CITY AND HE'S DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB TACKLING SOME OF THOSE REPEAT CALLS AND PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD IN THE CITY.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIST THEM NECESSARILY, BECAUSE WE STILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEM AND AND SOLVE THOSE ISSUES.

BUT ETHAN MACK HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THAT.

HE'S A FAST LEARNER.

HE WAS BLESSED WITH THE HEIGHT, THAT SOME OF US DIDN'T AND HE'S A JOY TO BE AROUND, SO.

OFFICER, ETHAN MACK, FIVE YEARS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SIR. YES.

HEY! DON'T LEAVE.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP FORMER PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER TAMISHA BRANNON.

TAMISHA JOINED US IN 2019 AS A PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER.

SHE'S EARNED THREE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION.

SHE WAS A VITAL ASSET IN OUR BRINGING THE PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICERS BACK OUT ON THE ROADWAYS AND ADDRESSING MULTIPLE PARKING ISSUES AND VIOLATIONS.

TAMISHA HAS A CALM DEMEANOR AND IS GREAT AT GETTING THE JOB DONE.

THIS WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE THE LAST TIME THAT I INTRODUCED TAMISHA HERE.

SHE'S RECENTLY TAKEN A POSITION WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHEN THEY CONTACTED ME ABOUT THIS, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHAT CAN I SAY THAT WILL CONVINCE THEM NOT TO HIRE HER? NOTHING CAME TO MIND THOUGH.

SHE'S A GREAT, FANTASTIC EMPLOYEE.

PLEASURE TO BE AROUND AND WE ARE SAD TO LOSE HER, BUT HAPPY THAT SHE'S STAYING WITH THE CITY AND SHE'LL DO GREAT OVER THERE.

SO, TAMISHA. ABSOLUTELY.

I DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HE TEXTED ME RIGHT BEFORE THIS WAS GOING TO COMMENCE AND SAID THAT HIS SON'S FOOTBALL MEETING WAS LASTING LONGER AND I TOLD HIM, PLEASE DO NOT GET IN A WRECK, TRYING TO RUSH HERE, BUT I WILL RECOGNIZE ORLANDO PRIETO FOR TEN YEARS AS OUR DISPATCH SUPERVISOR.

HE HOLDS A MASTER TELECOMMUNICATOR CERTIFICATE.

IN 2014 AND 2018, HE EARNED CERTIFICATES OF MERIT.

HE HAS SEVERAL LETTERS OF COMMENDATION ON FILE.

HE'S GREAT TO WORK WITH, ALWAYS FORWARD THINKING.

RECENTLY BECAME OUR SUPERVISOR AND WAS JUST MAKING THE PLACE A BETTER, MORE EFFICIENT RUNNING DIVISION.

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DEBBY STARTED IN JUNE OF 1999 WITH OUR TEEN COURT AS A TEEN COURT CLERK.

SHE BECAME THE TEEN COURT COORDINATOR IN 2000, RECORDS AND PROPERTY SUPERVISOR AT THE PD IN MAY OF 2004.

THE SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER IN JANUARY OF 2016.

SHE CHAIRED THE BPD IDEA COMMITTEE.

SHE WAS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER OF OCTOBER 2012, RECORDS AND PROPERTY DIVISION EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR IN 2007, 12 LETTERS OF COMMENDATION ON FILE.

SHE'S RECOGNIZED FOR HER HARD WORK, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, PROFESSIONALISM, BEING A TEAM PLAYER.

SHE ENJOYS GARDENING, CAMPING, SHOOTING POOL, AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND I'VE RARELY MET SOMEONE WHO SAYS SPREADSHEETS ARE ONE OF HER FAVORITE THINGS TO DO AND LOOK AT. BUT, DEBBIE, EVERY TIME WE ARE HAVING A MEETING, WE'LL PULL A SPREADSHEET AND SHE WILL WORK THAT THING MAGICALLY AND ALL THE NUMBERS ARE IN THERE, AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE.

SO SHE'S GREAT ASSET TO HAVE AND A JOY TO BE AROUND.

SO DEBBIE 25 YEARS.

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YES. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S FOR POLICE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND INVITE UP FIRE CHIEF BILL WALKER.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT TWO FOLKS HERE FOR YOU.

FIRST UP IS RYAN HANCOCK, 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.

RYAN GREW UP IN SOUTHWEST FORT WORTH.

WENT TO SOUTHWEST HIGH, WHICH MAKES SENSE OVER THERE.

GOT OUT OF SCHOOL AND AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, DECIDED TO GO TO TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE FIRE ACADEMY, WENT THROUGH THE FIRE ACADEMY, GOT HIS PARAMEDIC AND EVERYTHING AND THEN IN 2004 JUNE OF 2004, JOINED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SINCE THAT TIME, HE'S GOTTEN ALL THE DARNED CERTIFICATIONS.

PUMPER OPERATOR.

AERIAL OPERATOR.

FIRE OFFICER.

INSTRUCTOR. HE IS CURRENTLY ENGINEER OVER AT STATION THREE, AND RYAN IS ONE OF THESE GUYS WHO HAS BECOME A LEADER ON THE FLOOR.

WE LOOK AT OUR ENGINEERS AS KIND OF OUR GO BETWEEN OUR OFFICERS AND THE NEW HIRES AND THE FIREFIGHTERS AND WHEN YOU GET SOMEONE WHO'S A GOOD LEADER IN THAT SPOT, IT'S REALLY AN AWESOME THING. NOW HE IS ON OUR CAPTAINS PROMOTIONAL LIST AND I'M SURE THAT'S IN HIS FUTURE.

BUT AS OF TODAY, HE'S SOMEONE THAT COMES TO WORK AND DOES A GREAT JOB OF LEADERSHIP IN THAT POSITION AS AN ENGINEER.

SO RYAN HANCOCK 20 YEARS.

OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE MICHAEL BARNHART.

DON'T FORGET THE GLASSES. DON'T LOSE THOSE.

MICHAEL HE'S ALWAYS GOT A STORY.

MICHAEL'S AS A YOUNG KID GOT INTRODUCED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES.

HE'S ALWAYS COLD, WANTS PEOPLE, IS COLD FREQUENTLY AND HE HAD A LITTLE SPACE HEATER, AND HE MANAGED TO ALMOST BURN HIS HOUSE DOWN WHEN HE WAS IN THIRD GRADE.

SO HE MET THE FIREMAN, AND THEN HE MANAGED TO GET HIT BY A CAR ON HIS BIKE WHEN HE WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE AND GET HURT PRETTY GOOD AND HE MET THE FIREMAN AGAIN.

SO WHEN HE GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED TO GO, AND HE WENT OFF AND GOT HIS EMT AND HIS FIRE SCHOOL AND PARAMEDIC AND EVERYTHING, AND HE JOINED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1999, JUNE 1ST, 1999.

SO HE'S HAD 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH US.

MICHAEL'S AGAIN GOT A BUNCH OF THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE LOOK FOR IN PEOPLE.

HE'S BEEN A FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR, EMS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR.

SO HE'S REALLY BEEN AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE TEAM.

I'D SAY FOR MICHAEL, THE REALLY THE QUALITY HE BRINGS TO US, HE'S ONE OF THESE VERY KIND, COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE.

AND SO OFTEN WHAT WE DO IN ALL OF OUR MEDICAL OPERATIONS AND THING IS, TREAT PEOPLE WELL AND TRY AND TREAT THEM LIKE FAMILY AND MICHAEL IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

IF YOU KNOW MICHAEL, HE'S JUST A VERY KIND AND NICE PERSON.

SO AGAIN, A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE AND HOW YOU DO THE JOB.

SO MICHAEL BARNHART 25 YEARS.

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ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS CITY.

BUT A LOT OF I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS INSPIRING TO SEE SO MANY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE FOR SO LONG.

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SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JULY 2024 AS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS PROCLAMATION.

LET'S SEE HERE.

BUT I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP OUR RECREATION MANAGER, HUNTER, HERDSMAN AND PARK SUPERINTENDENT DON HENDERSON.

BEFORE I READ THIS. YOU GUYS WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, I CAN SAY A COUPLE WORDS.

ALL RIGHT. MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS PROCLAMATION FOR JULY FOR NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

WE GOT A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS PLANNED FOR JULY, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ROLL THAT OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. YOU MIND STAYING AFTER FOR A PICTURE REAL QUICK? YEAH. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

SO WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS, IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR PARKS AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES TIME SPENT IN NATURE, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH BY INCREASING THE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING AND ALLEVIATING ILLNESSES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS, AND ALZHEIMER'S AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGES PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BY PROMOTING I'M SORRY BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS, AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASES THE COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH THE INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES, AND CRIME REDUCTION AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS ESSENTIAL AND ADAPTABLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES COMMUNITIES RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS AND WHEREAS THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DANIEL S COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND THE CITY COUNCIL CALL UPON CITIZENS AND ALL CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OBSERVE THE MONTH OF JULY 2024 AS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SPEAKERS].

ALL RIGHT.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND INVITE UP TO THE MIC HERE MELODY.

MELODY, YOU MIGHT GIVE ME YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

I HAVE SOME HANDOUTS FOR EVERYONE THAT I.

SURE. I CAN.

THANK YOU.

SO MY NAME IS.

EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS MELODY PARKER CHANG AND I LIVE AT 1628 BEDFORD OAKS DRIVE IN OAK VALLEY.

GOOD EVENING, MR.

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I'M A RESIDENT HOMEOWNER OF THE OAK VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S ADJACENT TO MEADOW PARK.

I'M ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE MEADOW PARK ACTION COMMITTEE, A CITIZEN GROUP ENGAGED IN ONGOING RESEARCH REGARDING THE PROPOSED LAND USE FOR MEADOW PARK.

WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING OUTCOMES THAT ARE AGREEABLE TO THE HEB INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, BEDFORD RESIDENTS, THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL, AND TO THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING MEADOW PARK.

MY PURPOSE HERE TODAY IS TO GO ON RECORD IN OPPOSITION OF ZONING CHANGES FOR MEADOW PARK, PROPOSED IN THE BEDFORD POLICIES AND ACTIONS CHAPTER, WHICH I GAVE A COPY TO YOU ALL DEPICTED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY OF, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT OF MEADOW PARK UNDER THE PROPOSED 2023 MASTER PLAN AND LAND USE.

MEADOW PARK'S ZONING WOULD BE CHANGED FROM R 15, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES ON 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, TO A NEW CONCEPT CATEGORIZED AS LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL, AND IT'S DEFINED IN THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT WAS FOUND ON YOUR WEB ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT AS WELL.

IN SHORT, LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL ZONING CATEGORY WOULD SUPPORT A HIGH DENSITY, MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY OF MIXED HOUSING TYPES, AND IT WOULD ALLOW 1 TO 3 STORY STRUCTURES WITH DENSITIES OF 10 TO 20 UNITS PER ACRE.

ALSO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND EVEN TINY HOMES.

RELATIVE TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IS VIEWED AS DECREASING PROPERTY VALUES, INCREASING CRIME RATES, LOWERING SCHOOL QUALITY, INCREASING TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AND DECREASING DESIRABILITY.

PLEASE NOTE MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL FOR MEADOW PARK.

PERSONALLY, I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THOUGHTFULLY PLANNED, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF MEADOW MEADOW PARK THAT WOULD FIT INTO AND ENHANCE THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WOULD ALSO INCLUDE AMPLE GREEN SPACE FOR FAMILIES TO ENJOY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU, MELODY.

NEXT LIKE TO INVITE UP NEXT THAT SIGNED UP.

JEAN FREEMAN.

HELLO, MY NAME AND ADDRESS.

MY NAME IS JEAN FREEMAN.

I'M AT 1733 SAXON DRIVE.

THANK YOU. PUBLIC SPEAKING MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS.

SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

I'LL GET THROUGH IT.

SO THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR HAVING ME UP HERE TONIGHT AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

I KNOW YOU GET PAID VERY WELL.

YEAH. YEP. DOLLAR A MONTH.

YEAH. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU.

I DO LIVE ON THE BORDER OF MEADOW PARK, AND I AM ALSO A CO-FOUNDER OF THE MEADOW PARK ACTION COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO ADDRESS TONIGHT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING ONLINE.

MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED FROM DALLAS MORE THAN 18 YEARS AGO TO GET AWAY FROM THE RAT RACE.

BEDFORD SMALL TOWN FEEL AND SLOWER PACE WAS REALLY APPEALING.

AS MELODY STATED, PLANNING AND ZONING IS PROPOSING A MASTER PLAN THAT WILL RECHARACTERIZE THE ZONING OF MEADOW PARK FROM R15, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS TO A NEW CATEGORY CALLED LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL.

AS MELODY SAID, LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL ALLOWS FOR HIGH DENSITY 10 TO 20 UNITS PER ACRE, 1 TO

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ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, ARE TYPICALLY LESS THAN 500FT² AND INCLUDES TINY HOMES.

STATISTICS SHOW THAT THE TYPICAL OWNER OF A TINY HOME IS UNDER 30 YEARS OLD, OR OVER 55 YEARS OLD. AS THE YOUNGER FAMILIES GROW, THEY OFTEN MOVE OUT AND RENT THEIR HOMES.

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT HIGH DENSITY AREAS CAN EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE IN CRIME AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AS WELL AS DECREASE THE VALUE OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

ONE RESIDENT ON NEXT DOOR SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BUY SEVERAL OF THEM SO THAT SHE COULD RENT THEM AND SUPPLEMENT HER RETIREMENT INCOME. MORE CONCRETE MEANS HIGHER HEAT INDEX.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE TEMPERATURES IN CITIES ARE 2 TO 5 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THOSE IN RURAL AREAS, AND IN THE EVENING IT CAN BE 22 DEGREES HIGHER? IF YOU STEP OUT ONTO YOUR SIDEWALK WITH BARE FEET, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT HEB ISD IS CONSIDERING SELLING MEADOW PARK, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT THE ZONING OF THAT LAND LIES IN YOUR HANDS.

ALTHOUGH HEB ISD IS ON THE DEED, IT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT HELP PAY FOR IT.

THIS IS OUR CITY AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO SHAPE THE FUTURE.

WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE CONCERNED TO VOICE YOUR OPINION AND JOIN US ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, MIDDLE PARK ACTION COMMITTEE.

YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL US AT MEADOW AT INFO AT GMAIL.COM.

AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN FINDING A SOLUTION THAT IS AMENABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND HEB ISD.

FOR THE RECORD, I AM FIRMLY OPPOSED TO THE NEW OVERLAY OF LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL FOR MEADOW PARK.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEAN.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ALONG, WE HAVE DOROTHY MCWHIRTER.

1600 MARTHA DRIVE BEDFORD.

I AM OF THE SCHOOL TO DO TWO THINGS THIS EVENING.

ONE. REFRAIN FROM BLOWING SMOKE.

SOMETIMES THE SMOKE GETS SO THICK IN HERE ONE CAN HARDLY BREATHE.

NUMBER TWO.

MAKE MY POINT.

SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN.

IT IS OBVIOUS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CAUGHT WITH YOUR BRITCHES DOWN ON THE PUPPY MILL.

YOU HAVE NO SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT ON THE PUPPY MILLS.

THEREFORE, THE PRESENT CASE IS GRANDFATHERED FROM A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THE RACE IS ON NOW AS TO HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE YOU TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PUPPY MILLS.

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE ON YOUR PART.

YOU HAVE, HOWEVER, ESTABLISHED A PATTERN OF QUOTE REACTING AFTER THE FACT.

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NOT ONLY IN THIS CASE, BUT ITEM NUMBER 9 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF YOUR ACTING AFTER THE FACT.

THIS IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS CYA.

YOU'RE HAVING TO REACT ON BOTH ISSUES.

TONIGHT'S ITEM AND ITEM NUMBER 9 HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.

BOTH CONCERN ANIMALS.

IN CONCLUSION, YOUR ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.

ANIMALS ARE NOT ON YOUR PRIORITY LIST.

MY VOICE WILL BE HEARD AT THE BALLOT BOX IN THE MONTH OF MAY FOR EACH YEAR THAT YOU COME UP FOR REELECTION.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE HAVE DANIEL BENNETT.

MAYOR, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DANIEL BENNETT.

I COME FROM TIME TO TIME BEFORE YOU SPEAKING TO TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT ISSUES.

BECAUSE I'M NOT FOREIGN TO THIS BODY SINCE 2017.

BUT TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TARRANT APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD.

NOW, WHY HOW DO YOU DELINEATE THAT UNDER THE PROPERTY TAX CODE.

THEY'RE SEPARATE.

TAD MIGHT AS WELL BE IN MIAMI AND THE ARB MIGHT AS WELL BE IN SEATTLE.

THAT'S HOW IT'S DEMONSTRATED IN THE TAX CODE.

BUT IS THAT THE WAY TAD BEHAVES? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THE ARB DOES NOT HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET FOR THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES, SO TAD LOANS EMPLOYEES OVER TO THE ARB UNDER THE ONUS OF JEFF LAW. A MINDSET WAS GIVEN TO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOVERNING THE DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES AT THE ARB.

WE HAVE A NEW CHIEF APPRAISER NOW.

HAS MR. BOBBITT BEEN HERE YET? NO, HE WAS TONIGHT IN HURST.

I SUGGEST YOUR CITY MANAGER, TROY, CALL UP MR. BOBBITT AND PUT HIM ON YOUR AGENDA.

NOW ONE OF MY WHY AM I BRINGING RB UP TO YOU ALL TONIGHT? BECAUSE LAWS CHANGED IN THE PAST.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE AND THE TAX LIAISON OFFICER, WHICH IF I ASKED WHO WAS THAT? NOT IN TERMS OF THE PERSON, BUT THE TITLE AND THE ROLE.

NOBODY IN YOUR AUDIENCE WOULD KNOW BECAUSE IN MY ESTIMATION, SHE'S PAID AND DOESN'T ADVERTISE BECAUSE MORE LESS WORK, MORE PAY ISN'T THAT WAY.

LIFE WORKS AT TAD.

THAT'S BEEN STRIPPED FROM THEM NOW.

ARB MEMBERS WILL BE CHOSEN NOT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE AND THE TAX LIAISON OFFICER, WHO BRINGS THE APPLICATIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE.

IT WILL NOW BE CHOSEN BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

EIGHT YEARS AGO, THAT WAY IT USED TO BE COME JULY 1ST MONDAY.

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE AGAIN.

NOW THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE TO VET AND TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS.

MR. GARY LOZADA, WHOM I THINK YOU ALL KNOW.

HE'S BEEN HERE, MR. LOZADA, HE'S CHAIRING THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, AND HE HAS HANDPICKED FIVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

SO WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS AND WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW? THERE'S 56 ARB MEMBERS.

YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 85 RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE SETTLING CASES OVER AT TAD LEFT AND RIGHT NOT TO HAVE HEARINGS.

IT'S A NONRACIAL STUDY YEAR.

I WILL NOT GET INTO THAT.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE ARB IS NOT BEING OVERTAXED, SO THEY DON'T NEED THAT MANY MEMBERS.

BUT IT'S A TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT UP TO THREE TIMES SIX YEARS TOTAL.

SO THERE ARE A SUBSET OF ARB MEMBERS WHO ARE CYCLING OFF.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO CHALLENGE YOU.

LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I THINK, MR. BENNETT, YOU CAME BEFORE US TO ASK US TO DO ANYTHING.

WELL, TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING.

SCOUR BEDFORD.

SOMEBODY WHO CAN FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, WHO WANTS TO BE ON THE ARB AND REPRESENT THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I'M GOING TO EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THIS COUNTY.

I WANT AT LEAST THREE APPLICATIONS FROM ALL THE WAY FROM PANTEGO TO PELICAN BAY, GRAPEVINE, BEDFORD, BENBROOK.

WE NEED AND HERE'S THE QUALIFICATIONS I WANT A SERVANT'S HEART AND YOU HAVE TO LIKE MATH.

ONLY TWO QUALIFICATIONS.

NOW WHAT I'M ASKING, HOPEFULLY, THAT WE DON'T GET ARE REAL ESTATE AGENTS, MORTGAGE BROKERS, ATTORNEYS, PEOPLE THAT ALREADY HAVE PREJUDICED THOUGHTS AND THINK THEY KNOW HOW EVERYTHING WORKS, HOW ARE THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK IS THE ARB WAS DESIGNED TO HELP YOUR CITIZENS NAVIGATE THE PROPERTY TAX CODE AND GET A FAIR HEARING.

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WE NEED TO REVERT BACK TO THAT, AND YOU CAN HELP BY SEEKING OUT THESE PEOPLE AND HAVING THEM APPLY, AND THEN THEY CAN COME BACK AND DEMONSTRATE TO YOU ALL THE KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE, AND TO HELP YOUR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HOW TO NAVIGATE THE PROPERTY TAX, HOW TO GET A FAIR HEARING, HOW TO PREPARE FOR THAT HEARING AND TAKE AWAY THE FEAR.

THERE SHOULD BE NO FEAR WHEN YOU WALK INTO TAD.

THAT'S NOT WHEN THE WAY IT IS.

I'VE WORKED SEVEN YEARS TO ALLEVIATE THAT AND TO EVAPORATE IT, SO I'M HOPING TONIGHT THAT BEDFORD WILL PUT FORWARD THREE CANDIDATES.

THEY FILL OUT THAT APPLICATION.

IT GOES RIGHT TO MR. LOSADA'S BOARD.

HE'LL CALL THEM UP, YES OR NO AND WE MERRILY GO DOWN THE ROAD.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND OF COURSE, YOU ALL HAVE MY NUMBER.

I'M ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY.

I'M NOW I'M OFF TO HURST TO TELL MR. WILSON THE SAME THING.

THERE WE GO AND THEN OFF TO EULESS.

ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT TWO INDIVIDUALS.

SO NEXT UP IS PERRY HICKS.

SO PERRY HAS YOU SIGNED UP FOR PERSONS TO BE HEARD.

SO YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS HERE.

I GUESS YOU COULD WAIT FOR PERSONS TO BE HEARD, OR IT COULD BE RIGHT NOW IT'S UP TO IT'S YOUR CHOICE.

SO WE HAVE A SPECIAL SECTION FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD WHERE YOU CAN GET A LITTLE MORE ENGAGING.

YOU CAN WAIT. THEN IT'S UP TO YOU.

OH, WAIT. OKAY, PERFECT.

SAME WITH THE FOLLOWING PERSON.

MISS CONNIE STOUT.

YOU WERE SIGNED UP FOR PERSON TO BE HEARD.

SO IT'S UP TO YOU TO TALK TO THE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES.

OKAY OR TO TWO DIFFERENT TOPICS TWO DIFFERENT TIMES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH. THAT WORKS OKAY.

YEP. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COGAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M CONNIE STOUT, 5505 JANET LANE COLLEYVILLE.

I PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN BEDFORD AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE OWNED RENTAL PROPERTY HERE IN BEDFORD FOR 30 YEARS.

I'M A FOUNDER OF A 501C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, MID-CITIES COMMUNITY CATS, AND ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE CAUSE OF ANIMAL WELFARE IN THE HEB COMMUNITY.

RIGHT NOW I'D WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT ITEM 9.

THE CITY'S ANIMAL ORDINANCE.

I KNOW BEDFORD PASSED ITS BAN AGAINST FEEDING ANIMALS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WANT YOU AND THAT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE CONSIDERING TO JUST RENUMBER THE ORDINANCE AT THIS TIME.

FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT SEVERAL NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSE FEEDING BANS FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

FEEDING BANS DO NOT WORK AND ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE.

PEOPLE WILL STILL FEED ANIMALS.

FEEDING BANS AND FINES PUNISH PEOPLE FOR THEIR COMPASSION.

FEEDING BANS CREATE ADDITIONAL THANKLESS WORK FOR THE CITY STAFF.

FEEDING BANS ULTIMATELY WASTE CITY TAX DOLLARS AND ARE NOT GOOD PUBLIC POLICY OR PUBLIC RELATIONS.

IN BEDFORD, THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE FEEDING THE WRONG FOODS TO DUCKS AND GEESE A GENERATIONS PARK.

MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE SAFE AND HEALTHY FOODS FOR FEEDING THE WILDLIFE AT THE PARK, RATHER THAN PASS A FEEDING BAN THAT GIVES BEDFORD AN IMAGE OF BEING A HEAVY HANDED CITY AND WHILE YOU ARE CONSIDERING THIS ORDINANCE, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE REMOVE THE FEEDING BAN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA FOR CONSIDER APPROVAL BY ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THANK YOU, MAYOR COGAN.

WE'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING.

I'LL RUN THROUGH THEM REAL QUICK FOR YOU.

NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

MINUTES FROM JULY 11TH, 2024 OF THE REGULAR MEETING.

NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO PURCHASE CRITICAL CARE AND EMS EQUIPMENT FROM BOUNTRY MEDICAL, LLC THROUGH A MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000 ANNUALLY.

THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO PURCHASE CRITICAL CARE AND EMS EQUIPMENT SUCH AS IV FLUIDS, BANDAGES, SPLINTS, GLOVES, OXYGEN, EMERGENCY MEDS, AND OTHER ITEMS FROM BOUNTRY MEDICAL THROUGH THE MASTER INTERLOCAL.

WITH THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN NOT EXCEEDING $60,000.

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ITEM NUMBER 3 IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE, TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THREE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS TO PURCHASE CRITICAL CARE AND EMS EQUIPMENT FROM MCKESSON MEDICAL SURGICAL.

SURGICAL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC, THROUGH ALSO A MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SOURCEWELL IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 50,000 ANNUALLY.

THIS ITEM IS TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR CONTRACT TO PURCHASE ALSO CRITICAL CARE AND EMS EQUIPMENT.

SIMILAR ITEMS AS THE PRIOR ITEMS SUCH AS IV FLUIDS, BANDAGES, SPLINTS, DISPOSABLE GLOVES, OXYGEN, EMERGENCY MEDS, ETC.

FROM MCKESSON MEDICAL SURGICAL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS THROUGH A MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SOURCEWELL.

ALSO NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 ANNUALLY, WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR THREE ONE YEAR RENEWALS.

ALSO, FUNDING PROVIDED THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OPERATING BUDGETS AND THE LAST CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH EIGHT ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL GASES FROM MATHESON TRI-GAS THROUGH THE OMNIA PARTNERS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 15,000 ANNUALLY.

AGAIN VERY SIMILAR.

THIS AUTHORIZES US TO DO ONE YEAR CONTRACT TO PURCHASE.

THIS IS PRIMARILY STRICTLY FOR MEDICAL GASES AND RELATED ITEMS THROUGH OMNIA PARTNERS, WITH AGAIN THE OPTION FOR RENEWAL OF EIGHT ONE YEAR RENEWALS AND THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT ITEMS. THESE ARE REALLY ALL THE MEDICAL PURCHASES ARE GROUPING THAT ALLOWS US TO GET THE MOST COMPETITIVE PRICING THROUGH THESE VENDORS AND KEEP OUR SUPPLIES FOR OUR EMS FOLKS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER. DAWKINS. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO A CITY.

MANAGER. BOY NUMBER FOUR WAS ALSO THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

YEP. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

I HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SABOL.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG NOW. WE'LL BE AT THE PERSONS TO BE HEARD PORTION.

[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]

FIRST UP WE HAVE ARI CRANE OF 619 BRISTOL COURT, EAST BEDFORD REQUEST TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL INTRODUCE HIS NONPROFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, SIR.

HI. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBERS GAGLIARDI AND STEVES FOR MEETING WITH ME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

MY NAME IS ARI CRANE.

I'M A FORMER UNITED STATES ARMY ENLISTED TO COMMISSIONED OFFICER AS A COMPANY COMMANDER AND TIP OF THE SPEAR.

I MY PASSION IS I STARTED COLLECTING RARE VINYL RECORDS, WHICH LED ME TO A CAREER AT THE THE LARGEST COLLECTIBLES AUCTION HOUSE IN THE WORLD, HERITAGE AUCTIONS.

I WAS THEIR DIRECTOR OF OF MUSIC AND VINYL RECORD CONSIGNMENTS.

I JUST LAUNCHED BEDFORD'S NEWEST NONPROFIT, VINYL FOR VETS.

JUST LIKE TUNNELS FOR TOWERS BUILDS HOUSES.

WE REALLY BUILD THE MENTAL SIDE.

SO MY MISSION IS TO UPCYCLE THE COMMUNITY'S UNWANTED VINYL RECORDS.

I MONETIZE, AND THEN I GIFT TURNTABLES AND RECORDS AT 432HZ TO HELP PEOPLE WITH SLEEP DISORDERS, OR 178HZ TO HELP PEOPLE WITH TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS AND I WORK WITH A 74 YEAR OLD ORGANIZATION CALLED AMTA.

WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO COME AND YOU KNOW, I REALLY TRY TO HONOR MY NEIGHBORS AND IN MY ACTIONS AND WHAT I DO.

AND SO THIS IS IT'S NOT GIVING BACK.

IT'S A WAY. IT'S NOT AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR VETERANS.

IT'S REALLY A WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONNECT THROUGH SOUND, WHICH IS AMAZING.

IT'S SUCH AN AMAZING HEALER AND CONNECTOR OF ALL PEOPLE AND SO BUT IT'S A WAY TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT'S BENIGN AND NOT BEING USED AND TO PUT IT BACK TO REALLY GOOD USE AND HELP PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT DIRECTLY NEED THE HELP.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST NONPROFIT, VINYL FOR VETS.

THIS SATURDAY, WE'RE HOSTING A FREE VINYL RECORD SHOW AT I'M A MEMBER OF BEDFORD AMERICAN LEGION POST 379.

SO WE'RE HAVING A FREE RECORD SHOW ALL DAY SATURDAY TO REALLY RAMP UP AND SUPPORT OUR MISSION AS ALL THE MONEY GOES RIGHT BACK INTO THE MISSION TO HELP HEAL THROUGH SOUND.

SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CRANE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FIRST AND FOREMOST.

ONE THING. HOW DO PEOPLE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU? YEAH. SO JUST LIKE IT SHOWS VINYL FOR VETS DOT COM VINYL NUMBER FOR VETS DOT COM IS OUR WEBSITE AND IT EXPLAINS EXACTLY WHAT OUR

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THAT AND IT'S NOT HOKEY.

I DON'T GET BEHIND HOKEY STUFF AT ALL.

IT THERE'S BEEN NATIONAL HEADLINE NEWS WHERE THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD COGNITIVE HEALING IN MICE WHERE THROUGH CERTAIN FREQUENCIES.

SO THAT REALLY LED ME DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I COULD TAKE SOMETHING THAT'S BENIGN AND UPCYCLE IT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW FRIENDLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND EVERYBODY ELSE AND REALLY GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT AND HELP.

SO FANTASTIC WORK AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR VETS AND THANK YOU FOR OPENING THIS UP IN BEDFORD AND KIND OF INTRODUCING AND INTRODUCING YOUR NONPROFIT TO OUR CITY TONIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANYTHING WE'RE GOING TO BE.

I KNOW, I'M SURE. YEAH. I'M SURE WE GOT A LOT TO ASK YOU.

SO, YEAH.

MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI WELCOME AGAIN TO COUNCIL AND IT WAS AWESOME TO TO MEET YOU WITH YOU THE OTHER DAY WITH COUNCILMAN STEVES AND I'LL SEE YOU SATURDAY.

MAN, I, YOU KNOW. AWESOME.

YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AT ANOTHER LOCAL BUSINESS, WOODEN GRAIN, AND HEAR ABOUT YOUR ALL OF THE INFO, AND IT REALLY IS AWESOME. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, I OBVIOUSLY AM ALSO IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND SO I SEE PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM, YOU KNOW, AND WHILE MEDICATION CAN HELP AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I PAY MY BILLS.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER THERAPIES OUT THERE THAT CAN HAVE POSITIVE CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.

YEAH AND SO THEY GET A FREE TURNTABLE.

WHAT IT IS, IT'S NOT JUST FOR VETS.

I GIFT TURNTABLES AND THREE RECORDS EITHER AT THE SLEEP FREQUENCY FOR PEOPLE'S SLEEP DISORDERS OR THE HEALING FREQUENCY FOR PEOPLE WITH TRAUMATIC STRESS.

SO TREMENDOUS RESULTS THROUGH EMT THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED, CLINICAL STUDIES, OVER 1800 OF THEM.

SO CHALLENGE FOLKS TO LOOK THAT UP AND I HOPE WE CAN SEE THE COMMUNITY OUT THIS SATURDAY FOR OUR FREE RECORD SHOW AND ANTIQUES, IT'S RECORDS AND ANTIQUES. SO AT POST 379 BEDFORD THIS IT'S ALL DAY SATURDAY 10 A.M.

TO 7 P.M.. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT MOVING ON.

I KNOW THAT FOR B MISS SARAH FUQUA IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TODAY.

I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP JOE AND CONNIE STOUT OF 5505 JANET LANE, COLLEYVILLE CREST COUNCIL, REGARDING PET STORES IN BEDFORD.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAIN.

OF COURSE.

I'M CONNIE STOUT, 5505 JANET LANE, COLLIERVILLE.

I WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT THE PETTITO OR PETTITO PET STORE THAT IS OPENING ON HARWOOD ROAD AT WHAT IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE BIG LOTS SHOPPING CENTER.

SPECIFICALLY, IT IS A PUPPY STORE.

THE SAME OWNERS HAVE OPERATED A PUPPY STORE IN PLANO, TEXAS, AND THE CITY RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND CARE AND WELFARE OF THE DOGS.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE STORE SELLING PUPPIES IS THAT THEY HAVE HIGH PRICES AND PREDATORY FINANCING PROGRAMS, WHERE INTEREST RATES CAN QUICKLY GROW ABOVE 100% ON LOANS.

BEDFORD DOES NOT HAVE AN ORDINANCE ABOUT THE SALE OF PUPPIES AND CAN'T HAVE PASS ONE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF HOUSE BILL 2127, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2023 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THAT'S WHY A NEW STATEWIDE LAW IS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THE BEDFORD ANIMAL SHELTER OFFERS PLENTY OF HEALTHY, ADOPTABLE DOGS OF ALL BREEDS THAT NEED LOVING HOMES.

SADLY, DOGS AND BEDFORD AND OTHER CITY SHELTERS WILL HAVE LESS OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND HOMES.

NOW, WITH A NEW PUPPY STORE HAVING MANAGED TO OPEN IN THE METROPLEX, IT IS NOT EASY TO OPEN A STORE.

SINCE MORE THAN TEN TEXAS CITIES HAVE PREVIOUSLY BANNED THE SALE OF DOGS IN PET STORES, AND SEVEN ENTIRE STATES ALREADY PROHIBIT SUCH STORES. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT BEDFORD DIDN'T HAVE A VIABLE WAY TO PREVENT A PUPPY STORE FROM OPENING HERE, BUT I TRULY HOPE THE CITY DECIDES TO INCLUDE THE HUMANE PET STORE BILL IN THE SLATE OF PRIORITIES FOR THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE PROPOSED LAW WILL PROBABLY PROBABLY REQUIRE ANY ANIMALS SOLD IN STORES FROM SHELTERS OR REPUTABLE RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS, NOT

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THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. STOUT. YEAH, I THINK WITH THIS.

OH, JERRY, YOU WANT TO SPEAK? GO AHEAD.

[INAUDIBLE]. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND HEAR ABOUT THE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN BEDFORD.

I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT I KNOW YOU'LL WORK THOSE THINGS OUT BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU'RE WORKING TO MAKE BEDFORD A BETTER CITY AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LOT OF SUCCESS IN THAT.

ONE PART OF THAT IS BRINGING IN THE RIGHT KINDS OF BUSINESSES THAT ENHANCE THE IMAGE OF THE CITY AND SO I, LIKE MY WIFE, CONNIE, WOULD ENCOURAGE BEDFORD TO SUPPORT AS A PRIORITY A HUMANE PET STORE BILL IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2025.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO THIS.

I HAVE NOT BEEN SHY SINCE BEING UP HERE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND AS YOUR MAYOR ABOUT HATING THE FACT THAT AUSTIN COMES IN AND TELLS US WHAT TO WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO.

I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GOVERN OURSELVES, SO ANYTHING THAT LIMITS US IN THAT CAPACITY, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS IS OUR CITY.

WE SHOULD BE THE ONES THAT DECIDE WHAT GOES HERE.

WE KNOW IT BEST.

NOT THOSE WHO ARE IN AUSTIN.

SO YEAH, I'M ALL FOR FOR FIGHTING THAT I KNOW GOING FORWARD, LOOKING AT OUR ORDINANCES, YES, WE'RE BARRED FROM ANYTHING TO REGULATE CERTAIN PET STORES.

BUT WHAT WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS MAKING IT SO THAT IT DOES COME IN AS AN SUP, SO THAT ANY PET STORES THAT DO COME TO BEDFORD WILL GO THROUGH P&Z WILL GO THROUGH COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL DECISION, WHICH IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE IN MY OPINION.

SO JUST KNOW THAT STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ALONG.

ANYBODY ELSE QUESTIONS OR? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP, I HAVE MR. SAL CARUSO REQUEST TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL REGARDING BEDFORD COMMENTS.

HEY, SAL.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR.

COUNCIL? CONGRATULATIONS, ANDREA, ON YOUR POSITION.

NEW POSITION, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

SO I'M SPEAKING ABOUT BEDFORD COMMONS TONIGHT AND I WANT TO TITLE THIS AS TURN THE PAGE.

SOME OF YOU MAY ROLL YOUR EYES AND WHEN I GET DONE, SOME OF YOU MAY FIND THIS INTERESTING.

ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL AND HOPE IN MIND.

FIRST. MENLO PARK.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT MEMBER OF THE RESIDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE THIS TO REMAIN A PARK.

I AM NOT ONE OF THEM.

THIS IS 57 ACRES OF PRIME REAL ESTATE IN THE MIDDLE OF BEDFORD.

AS THIS SALE FROM THE ISD TO A DEVELOPER MOVES FORWARD.

BEDFORD WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO BE IN THE ROOM, AS YOU SAID, MAYOR.

TO MAKE THIS PROPERTY A CROWN JEWEL WITH YEARS OF PROPERTY AND SALES TAX REVENUES FOR YEARS TO COME, GENERATIONS TO COME, MAYBE EVEN A MAIN STREET SUCH AS IN GRAPEVINE, WE WILL SEE.

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 354 NEW HOMES, INCLUDING CAMPUS WEST HOMES THAT, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 2000 PROPERTY TAX TAX, WILL BRING IN ABOUT 600,000 A YEAR, NOT INCLUDING MENLO PARK HOMES WITH A HIGH SELLING PRICE.

OF THOSE HOMES, THAT FIGURE WILL GO EVEN HIGHER WITH ALL THOSE NEW BUSINESSES, MORE REVENUES AND SALES TAX.

ALSO, WE CAN'T FORGET 50% SHARE 50% SHARE OF HEB.

ONCE THAT OPENS, BEDFORD FUTURE LOOKS VERY BRIGHT, VERY STRONG THANKS TO MANY OF YOU HERE.

THIS BRINGS ME TO BEDFORD COMMONS.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN 3 OR 4 DEVELOPERS AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND.

ONE DEVELOPER WANTED 800.

I THINK IT WAS 100 AND 840 APARTMENTS.

I WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT DENIED THIS DEVELOPER FROM MOVING FORWARD.

WE NOW HAVE MIDWAY FROM HOUSTON.

HE BROUGHT UP APARTMENTS AT LEAST THREE TIMES THAT I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE CHEAP SEATS, AND EACH TIME HE WAS TOLD NO APARTMENTS.

I BELIEVE HE SAID THAT WHEN HE COMES BACK, HE WANTS TO BRING IT UP AGAIN IN A WAY TO CONVINCE YOU OF HAVING APARTMENTS.

BEDFORD COMMONS IS HIDDEN.

THERE IS PROBABLY NO BRAND NAME RESTAURANT OR BUSINESS THAT WOULD ANCHOR HERE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY WANT THEY WOULD WANT APARTMENTS.

I BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY TO TURN THE PAGE.

WE HAVE BEEN HELD HOSTAGE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS TO A CONCEPT, A VISION THAT HAS GONE NOWHERE.

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SO WE THAT THEY DID THIS.

IT WAS A PREVIOUS COUNCIL PREVIOUS MAYOR AND WHEN I SAY HELD HOSTAGE IS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET GOING.

HAS GONE NOWHERE, TO THE POINT THAT WE ARE DENYING A BUSINESS TO ENTER THE COMMONS, A VERY GOOD BUSINESS DESTINATION BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT WERE LAID OUT IN 2015. AS A CITY, WE MUST.

AS A CITY, WE ARE STUCK IN THE MUD.

IF YOU WILL LET THIS PROPOSAL BE THE TOW TO SET YOU FREE FROM BEING STUCK.

THERE ARE 16 ACRES OF WOODED GREEN SPACE, ENOUGH FOR A PICNIC PAVILION, GRILLS, PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES, A BARK PARK, A WATER FEATURE, MAYBE SOME SOCCER FIELDS, A FARMER'S MARKET PRETTY MUCH WHAT? I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD WERE LIKE AN ACTUAL PARK.

THIS VISION HAS A NEW CITY HALL RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PARK, IN THE FENCED IN FIELD BEHIND THE BANK BUILDING.

THERE STILL CAN BE WALKING TRAILS.

THIS IS 16 ACRES.

CAMPUS WEST IS 18 ACRES.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAMPUS WEST, IT'S A COMPLETELY A BLANK LANDSCAPE.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS TREES, A TRUE FAMILY AREA TOGETHER FOR AND FOR FRIENDS TO GET TOGETHER.

THIS WOULD BE A GIFT TO THE RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD.

WE CAN NAME IT WALDEN PARK.

A TRUE PARK IS WHAT THEY WANT AND IF YOU FOLLOW SOCIAL MEDIA NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORHOOD PAGE BEDFORD VIEWPOINT.

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

NOW YOU MAY SAY, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE NOW WE HAVE A GENERATIONS PARK RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

$70 MILLION BOND AND THIS IS NO NEGATIVE AT ALL TO GENERATIONS PARK OR TO ANY OF YOU I THINK YOU FOLKS HAVE.

I THINK THE SAYING IS MAKE LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS OR SOMETHING, OR WHATEVER THAT SAYING IS.

YEP, THAT'S A SOUTHERN THING, I GUESS.

ANYWAY YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB GETTING TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND HAVING IT OPERATE SO WELL.

HOWEVER PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT AS A SPORTS COMPLEX, WE HAVE THREE BALL FIELDS, TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE COMING.

18 HOLE DISC GOLF COURSE COMING YMCA IS A LOT OF SPORTS RELATED.

VERY GOOD FOR EVENTS SUCH AS FORTH FAST BEATS AND EATS ART IN THE PARK.

HOWEVER, NO TREES TO SPEAK OF AND YOU HAVE FAMILIES THAT CAN'T COME HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO HOT.

DURING THE SUMMER. HOWEVER, NOT A TWO PARK WITH TREES AND PICNIC TABLES LIKE THE BOYS RANCH WAS AND GRILLS AND SO FORTH.

WITH ALL THE NEW REVENUE STREAMS COMING INTO THE CITY, I THINK WE CAN DO THIS.

WE CAN STILL HAVE SOME BUSINESSES WHERE THIS BUILDING IS AND BUILDING C.

SO WHEN THIS BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED AND BUILDING C I KNOW BUILDING B HAS ALREADY BEEN DEMOLISHED OR WILL BE.

IT'S A LOT OF STILL A LOT OF SPACE FOR I'LL LET YOU FOLKS DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THERE.

GOOD BUSINESSES.

AFTER TEN YEARS, WE CAN TURN THE PAGE TO A NEW CHAPTER.

A NEW CHAPTER WRITTEN BY THIS COUNCIL.

THIS CAN BE A LEGACY MOMENT FOR FOR YOU FOLKS.

THIS COULD BE A NEW BEGINNING.

AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PRO-BUSINESS OVER THE YEARS I HAVE PROMOTED BUSINESSES AND STILL DO.

HOWEVER, I THINK THIS ONE HERE, I THINK WE CAN DO THIS.

I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO THIS AGAIN.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT TO GIVE A GIFT TO THE RESIDENTS A NATURAL PARK WITH TREES.

LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER THINGS I MENTIONED THE BARK PARK IS IT'S A BIG ISSUE WITH MIDDLE PARK.

HOWEVER, I THINK WE CAN DO THIS AND WE CAN TURN THE PAGE.

NOW FUNDING, YOU MAY ASK? THERE ARE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS FOR A PARK, TWD LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM AND YOU FOLKS KNOW MORE THAN I WOULD ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE TENNIS COURTS AND PICKLEBALL.

AGAIN TURN THE PAGE AFTER ALL.

WE ALL WANT THE VERY BEST FOR OUR LITTLE CITY WE CALL HOME AND YOU FOLKS ARE RESIDENTS PUT YOU IN THIS POSITION.

AND I THINK IT COULD BE SOMETHING FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SAL AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS TO THIS COUNCIL IN OUR DIRECTION FORWARD.

I'M DEFINITELY GIVE YOU SOME SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

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YEAH, I GET IT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS THAT WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH MIDWAY, THEY CAN COME BACK AFTER OUTREACH WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND THEN COME BACK AND THEY CAN GIVE US SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.

I THINK WE MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR APARTMENTS WERE A NO GO.

I HOPE SO, BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW.

ALL THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT IS APARTMENTS ARE FOUR LETTER WORD HERE AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT IF WE'RE JUST PATIENT A LITTLE BIT, IT WILL COME TO FRUITION.

WE'RE ALMOST. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALMOST THERE IF WE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION TO PARTNER WITH MIDWAY, BUT I, LIKE YOU SAID, TIME WILL TELL.

YES. IF YOU DON'T MIND.

ME? YES. GO AHEAD. SO ON SATURDAY, YOU HAD THE ALL THE PHOTOS FROM MIDWAY AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THEM CLOSELY, THERE'S A LOT OF APARTMENTS AND THEY'RE EACH PHOTOGRAPH EITHER APARTMENTS OR THEY'RE IN A DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU KNOW.

SO THIS IS A LOT DIFFERENT.

EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S HIDDEN TO THE DRIVE IN EYE AS YOU DRIVE BY CENTRAL OR FOREST RIDGE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THIS.

SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET, I DON'T I REALLY DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET A GOOD ANCHOR TO COME HERE AND TO DRAW PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY WANT THE APARTMENTS, AS YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS ARE A MONEYMAKER FOR THEM AND, YOU KNOW, THEY GET VERY FEW.

THEY GET A LOT OF EXEMPTIONS, DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU OWN A HOME AND YOUR AC BREAKS DOWN, YOU'RE PAYING FOR THAT.

THE BUSINESSES WITH THE APARTMENT.

THEY PAY FOR IT, BUT THEN THEY GET EXEMPTIONS CORRECT.

YEAH, AND EACH EACH ITEM THEY GET EXEMPTIONS.

SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY BECOMES LESS AND THAT PROPERTY THEN BECOMES LESS AS A SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE CITY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY TAX IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME. CORRECT.

YEAH, EXACTLY AND THAT'S THE FEELING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY WITH.

YEAH. IN TERMS OF THAT.

SO YEAH, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND I THINK EVERYONE I CAN SPEAK FREELY FOR EVERYONE UP HERE THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE WANTS TO SEE, NOR WOULD APPROVE ANY MORE APARTMENTS IN THE CITY.

SO, SO BUT WE YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL BE PATIENT.

WE'LL SELECT MIDWAY HOLD THE RESIDENTS, WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO FIND OUT VERY QUICKLY THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT AND COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AND SO WE'LL SEE. YEAH. ME TOO.

YEAH. ABSOLUTELY DOES AND YOU KNOW, I'M ANYTHING GOOD FOR THE CITY IS GOOD FOR WITH ME.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THE ENGAGEMENT.

ABSOLUTELY OF COURSE.

YOU GOT IT. YEAH.

MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI. SALVADOR.

YES, SIR. IT'S NICE TO SPEAK TO YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND I MEAN, THIS IS I COMMEND YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT IN THE CITY FORMING THE VIEWPOINTS AND ENGAGING CITIZENS AND GETTING THE WORDS OUT AND WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE VIEWPOINTS AND THAT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT ONLY HELPS THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, YOU CHAIRED THE CAC, YOU TOOK THE BANNER AND YOU DID THE ALL THE BLOCK PARTIES.

YOU HELPED THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX WITH A GRANTS FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS AND WHATNOT.

YOU HELP THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR THE LOCATION OF THE SENIOR CENTER.

SO I REALLY DO WANT TO THANK YOU.

THE CITY IS BETTER OFF WITH HAVING YOU AS A RESIDENT.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP FOR PERSON TO BE HEARD, WE HAVE MR. PERRY HICKS 413 BLUE JAY COURT IN BEDFORD REQUEST TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL REGARDING MURPHREE CUSTOM RODS.

EVENING, MR. HICKS. EVENING COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.

I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT BRIEF AS THE MAYOR STATED, MY HERE ON JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MURRAY'S CUSTOM RODS.

I'M A BUILDERS BOY.

I MARRIED A BUILDERS GIRL WHEN I WAS 18, 21.

I MET HER WHEN I WAS 18.

WE RAISED OUR BEAUTIFUL KIDS HERE AND THEY'VE SEEN SOME REALLY COOL CARS.

THE REASON I ACTUALLY WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS IS BECAUSE AS A MEMBER OF THE HEB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE I SAW HIS NAME OR THE SHOP'S NAME, YOU KNOW, POP UP AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, I NEED TO CALL THIS PLACE, YOU KNOW, AND AT LEAST GET TO GO SEE IT, BECAUSE I'M SURE HE HAD SOME REALLY COOL STUFF IN THERE AND HE DOES.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY VISIT WAS WAS SURPRISING BECAUSE I GREW UP IN SHOP, SO I'VE SEEN A LOT OF SHOPS, AND, MAN, YOU COULD EAT OFF THE FLOOR IN THIS PLACE.

THAT'S SOMETHING I WASN'T REALLY USED TO.

STATE OF THE ART TOOLS, TECHNOLOGY, PPE.

SUPER SAFE IN THERE, SUPER CLEAN.

I JUST I THINK IT WOULD BE ANTI-BUSINESS TO NOT LET THIS COMPANY MOVE IN.

HE DOES MILLIONS OF YEAR IN REVENUE.

I'M SURE YOU WILL ALL HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE FAMOUS PEOPLE THAT BUY HIS CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

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HE'S GOT A VERY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PLAN.

THAT'S SOMETHING I LIKE TO SEE.

HE NEEDS MORE EMPLOYEES.

HE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME AIR CONDITIONING TO PUT THEM IN.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO TONIGHT IS JUST TO SAY HE'S GOT A REAL BIG FAN OUT THERE, AND I THINK THAT HE'D BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HICKS. APPRECIATE.

ALL RIGHT MOVING ALONG, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PERSONS TO BE HEARD SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PETERSEN OFFICE PARK PLANNED UNIT

[6. Public hearing and consider an ordinance regarding an amendment to Pedersen Office Park Planned Unit Development for property being 0.35 acres and legally described as Block A, Lot 5 of Pederson Office Park Addition to allow for a larger office building and the property is generally located east of Norwood Drive, north of Bedford Road, and is commonly known as 1314 Norwood Drive. (PUD-23-8) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0-0.]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT.

THE REAL REASON FOR THE AMENDMENT WAS ORIGINALLY WHEN IT WAS APPROVED IN 2005.

THE BUILDING ON THIS LOT WAS PLANNED FOR 3000 SQUARE FOOT.

THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT AND THE ACTUAL BUILDING SIZE IS 4095FT².

SO ANY CHANGE TO THAT SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2005 NEEDS TO BE RE-APPROVED.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

SITE IS STILL ACCESSIBLE.

NO CHANGES TO THE SITE ACCESSIBILITY FROM NORWOOD.

THERE IS A ACCESS EASEMENT LEADING OUT FROM THE SITE TO NORWOOD.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT THEY PROVIDED.

AGAIN, NO REAL CHANGE ON THE SITE PLAN WITH RESPECT TO THIS, EXCEPT FOR THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING.

THEY'VE ADDED ONE PARKING SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASE IN SIZE AS WELL.

LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED AS WELL.

NO REAL CHANGE. THEY'RE STILL MEETING ALL THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE APPROVED PUD BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

THESE. IT'S A COMBINATION OF BRICK AND STONE BUILDING.

THE MEETS THE STYLE AND SCALE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE OFFICE PARK THERE.

SITE PHOTOS JUST KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED 100% WITHIN A FLOODPLAIN.

SO IF YOU READ THROUGH THE MINUTES ON THE P&Z MEETING, YOU NOTICE THAT WAS KIND OF PART OF A CONVERSATION.

THE APPLICANT AT THAT TIME A P&Z, THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THEIR APPROVAL FROM FEMA TO DO A LETTER OF MAP REVISION.

THEY'VE SINCE DONE THAT.

WE'VE RECEIVED THAT FROM FEMA.

SO EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO.

THE WE NOTIFIED 16 ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS, PLACED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY AND DID A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER.

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

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

AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU MISS. SO THIS IS COMING TO US ONLY BECAUSE OF THIS PUD SPECIFIC PUD.

ALL THE BUILDINGS HAD A SPECIFIC SQUARE FOOT ALLOTMENT TO IT.

AND THEN THIS WAS COMING BECAUSE IT'S COMING IN OVER.

CORRECT. OKAY.

AND IT'S IT'S IN 100, 100% IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE? OF COURSE, BECAUSE THERE'S A CHANNEL RIGHT BESIDE IT.

THERE IS A CHANNEL RIGHT BESIDE IT.

IT'S BEING DRAINED TO IT'S ACTUALLY TYING INTO AN EXISTING ON SITE DRAINAGE FACILITY TO A DRAIN.

RIGHT INTO THAT. RIGHT INTO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S GOOD.

AND THEY'LL GRADE IT TO CORRECT.

OKAY. NO ISSUES ABOUT PARKING BECAUSE THEY'RE ADDING A PARKING SPOT.

THEY'RE ADDING ONE PARKING SPOT TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASE IN SIZE.

OKAY. AND THEN AND THAT MEETS ALL OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.

YES OKAY.

ALONG WITH SETBACKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YEAH. THEY'RE THEY'RE COMPLETELY COMPLYING WITH THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED PUD.

OKAY. SO ALSO SO BEFORE BUILDING I GUESS PERMIT IS ISSUED, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH FEMA TO GET THEIR BLESSING OR DID THEY ALREADY GET IT? THEY JUST RECEIVED THAT LAST WEEK.

WE RECEIVED IT FROM FEMA.

SO IT WAS THERE ANYTHING ON THERE THAT THEY HAD TO DO IN ADDITION? NO, THEY'LL THEY'LL HAVE TO BUILD TWO FEET ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR.

BUT THAT'S FEMA IS GOOD WITH THAT.

AND OUR ENGINEER HAS SIGNED OFF ON THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR WES? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

OKAY. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE BY MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE ORIGINAL SIZE, RIGHT? CORRECT. THOUSAND.

YEAH. SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR 3000, AND IT'S GOING UP TO A LITTLE OVER 4000.

AND WE'RE ADDING ONE PARKING SPOT THAT'S BASED ON THE FLORIDA OR FLORIDA AREA RATIO.

HERE WE GO. TALKING ABOUT FLORIDA AREA RATIO AGAIN WITH THE PARKING NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED PER SQUARE FOOTAGE.

I THINK I HIT SOMETHING.

AND SO SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S HOW IT'S DETERMINED.

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DO YOU THINK THAT'S ADEQUATE? IT MEETS OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

AND I WOULD SAY THE REST OF THE PARK OF THE OFFICE PARK IS DEVELOPED UNDER THAT SAME PARKING RATIO.

AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES THEY'VE HAD AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

OKAY. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

WES WHAT DO THEY REALLY DO IN THAT OFFICE BUILDING? IS IT IS IT LEASED OUT TO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES? THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I BELIEVE, IS GOING TO BE A MEDICAL OFFICE.

I BELIEVE IT'S A MEDICAL OFFICE.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT TYPE OF MEDICAL OFFICE, BUT I BELIEVE ALL OF IT'S GOING TO BE ONE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT IT'S 7:05 IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

NOW WOULD BE YOUR TIME.

YES. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING THE MAD RUSH GOING ONCE TWICE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:06.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT PASSES WITH SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ONE IN THE NEGATIVE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. Public hearing and consider an ordinance regarding a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, specifically Appendix A, Chapter 3 “Permitted Uses” Section 3.2 Explanation of Uses and Specific Use Permit Requirements” to create a definition for an Automotive Engineering and Restoration use. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial by a vote of 5-1-0.]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST DO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON ON HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY.

IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR THERE WAS A APPLICATION MADE TO REZONE A PORTION OF PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN BEDFORD COMMONS ALONG PARKWOOD AND TAKE IT OUT OF BEDFORD COMMONS AND FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP.

AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONDUCTED THEIR PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT REZONING CHANGE RECOMMENDED DENIAL.

IT CAME BEFORE YOU AND DURING THAT PUBLIC HEARING, THE APPLICANT WITHDREW THAT APPLICATION.

THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION FROM COUNCIL, THE APPLICANT AND STAFF ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO CREATE A LAND USE THAT WOULD COEXIST IN BEDFORD COMMONS.

AND SO SINCE THAT TIME, STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT.

WE HAD ONE DISCUSSION ITEM AT P&Z ON THE ON THE SUBJECT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS.

AFTER THAT LAST DISCUSSION ITEM, STAFF JUST REALLY PUT IT BACK IN THE APPLICANT'S HANDS AND SAID, OKAY, PROVIDE US A DEFINITION THAT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING THAT IS, IS YOUR BUSINESS AND, AND ATTEMPTS TO MEET THE GOALS AND THE PROVISIONS OF BEDFORD COMMONS, KNOWING THAT WHATEVER DEFINITION IS ULTIMATELY APPROVED, WE WOULD THEN DO AN AMENDMENT TO BEDFORD COMMONS TO ALLOW WITH AN SUP.

AND SO TONIGHT THE ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IS TO ESTABLISH THE DEFINITION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BECAUSE THIS IS A IT'S A MULTI-PART PROCESS TO AMEND TO TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ACCOMPLISH THE BUSINESS.

I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF GIVE A REAL BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE THREE DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO TONIGHT YOU'RE SEEING THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE DEFINITION.

AND WHAT THAT'S DOING IS THAT'S AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE LAND USE DEFINITION THAT THE BUSINESS OWNER PROVIDED TO US, AND THAT STAFF VETTED THROUGH THROUGH LEGAL AND EVERYTHING.

THE SECOND ITEM IS THAT THE BEDFORD COMMONS PUD HAS ITS OWN LAND USE CHART IN THE IN THE ACTUAL PUD ORDINANCE, AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE NEED TO BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THIS NEW USE AND ALLOW IT WITH AN SUP.

THAT WAS YOUR DIRECTION THE END OF LAST YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH.

AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION OR THE THIRD APPLICATION WOULD BE TO IS GOING TO BE FOR THE ONCE ALL THOSE TWO AMENDMENTS HAPPEN, THE OWNER WILL ACTUALLY MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR THE SUP AND YOU'LL HEAR THAT SUP.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THE SUMMARY.

I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO LAY THAT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW IT.

IT'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND IT CAN GET CONFUSING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TO LAY THAT OUT.

THE PROPOSED DEFINITION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY DENIAL ON P&Z.

REALLY IT FOCUSES ON THE ON AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING RESTORATION USE.

THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE THERE'S SOME SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES, BUT THE BIG MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THAT IT ONLY APPLIES TO CARS THAT ARE DEFINED AS ANTIQUE OR

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AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT'S ESSENTIALLY 25 YEARS OLD.

SO NO.

AND THEN THE LITTLE BULLET POINTS HERE AT THE BOTTOM.

THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE TYPICALLY INCLUDED IN ANY TYPE OF AUTOMOTIVE USE PER OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

SO WE JUST ADDED THOSE IN THERE.

BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT WHEN YOU ADOPT OR WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE SUP PROCESS, IT'S SITE SPECIFIC.

SO IF THERE ARE SITE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, THAT'S WHAT STAFF THOUGHT WHEN THE SUP CAME THROUGH THAT THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO ADD THOSE SITE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, JUST AS A REAL BRIEF SUMMARY.

AND I KNOW THE CHAIR'S HERE.

SO IF I SAY SOMETHING, I KNOW HE'LL CORRECT ME.

PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION STRUGGLED WITH TWO THINGS ON THIS, I THINK.

ONE, THEY DID NOT FEEL THAT THIS DEFINITION WAS REALLY THAT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE CURRENT AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR USE DEFINITION.

AND THEN TWO, THEY STRUGGLED WITH ALLOWING AN AUTOMOTIVE USE IN AN AREA THAT DOES NOT ALLOW ANY AUTOMOTIVE USES ALREADY.

SO THAT WAS THE STRUGGLE THAT THEY HAD.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT SINCE P&Z, SINCE THE LAST P&Z MEETING WHERE THIS WAS RECOMMENDED, I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT P&Z COMMISSIONERS WITH WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER HIMSELF.

I KNOW THERE IS A THERE'S A DESIRE TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORK.

BUT BUT THIS WAS AT THE TIME THIS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY GAVE.

SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THE OPTIONS I JUST PUT THEM UP THERE.

I KNOW YOUR OPTIONS TONIGHT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU CAN APPROVE.

THERE WILL BE A SUPERMAJORITY REQUIRED SINCE P&Z DID RECOMMEND DENIAL.

YOU CAN DENY OR YOU CAN ALWAYS REMAIN BACK TO P&Z AND WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS.

THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH THAT'S THAT'S MUCH NEEDED IN THIS IN THIS CASE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF US WHO'VE SEEN THIS GO THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS AND THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.

I DO DO HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION THAT WASN'T COVERED.

SO WHEN THIS CAME IN.

SO IF WE I THIS IS JUST A VERY HYPOTHETICAL HERE.

IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS OBVIOUSLY THIS USE, IT COMES INTO OUR CODE, A CODE OF USES FROM EVERYTHING'S.

AND WE EVEN TALKED TODAY ABOUT PET STORES AND HOW PET STORES HAVE THAT COME IN, ARE COMING IN ON CERTAIN ZONING AS ALLOWED BY RIGHT.

RIGHT. IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS IT WOULD BE COMING IN AS AN SUP UNDER THAT UMBRELLA, CORRECT.

FOR CERTAIN ZONING.

WELL, SO IF YOU APPROVE TONIGHT'S ITEM, ALL YOU'RE DOING IS CREATING THE USE THAT'S ALL YOU'RE DOING. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING ITEM WOULD BE THOSE SUP ITEMS FOR SPECIFICALLY JUST THE BEDFORD COMMONS.

CORRECT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO IN THAT CASE WOULD THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS BE ALLOWED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY? NO. OKAY. NO, IT WOULD JUST BE IT WOULD JUST BE IT WOULD IT WOULD BE DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE.

BUT AS IT SITS TONIGHT, THE THE ONLY ITEM YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE DEFINITION.

AND THEN WHEN WE DO THE PUD BEDFORD COMMONS, IT WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED IN BEDFORD COMMENTS WITH THAT SUP OKAY. AND I'M, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST ASK YOU ABOUT SUPS REAL QUICK.

AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY I PROBABLY ASKED YOU THIS A LOT OF TIMES, BUT LET'S SAY WE HAVE THAT BUSINESS.

CORRECT. THAT COMES IN UNDER THIS DEFINITION OR SOMETHING SIMILAR COMES IN AS AN SUP.

LET'S SAY THAT THAT PERSON WANTS TO THEN GO AHEAD AND SELL THAT BUSINESS TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, CORRECT.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A NEW [INAUDIBLE].

AND THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE SUP PROCESS AGAIN.

THAT WOULD NOT.

LAND USE WOULD STAY THE SAME, THE SAME OWNERSHIP COULD CHANGE.

AND I KNOW THE ATTORNEY WILL THROW SOMETHING AT ME IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG HERE, BUT THE LAND USE WILL STAY THE SAME AND LAND USE CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE THERE.

OWNERSHIP MAY CHANGE, BUT THAT WOULD IT WOULD STAY THE SAME, CORRECT.

BECAUSE OF THE LAND USE.

AND SO IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTED TO COME INTO SPECIFICALLY BEDFORD COMMONS DOING CLASSIC CAR REPAIR, WHICH LET'S BE HONEST, THE CHANCE OF THAT IS SLIM, IT WOULD ALSO TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN SUP. THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS CLARIFIED AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, LOOKING BACK AT OUR OPTIONS APPROVED TONIGHT.

AND I MEAN, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'VE TALKED TO YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND YOU'VE TALKED TO P&Z MEMBERS.

AND SO DO YOU FEEL THERE'S THAT DEFINITION IS GOING TO BE MORE FINE TUNED THE NEXT TIME IT GOES AROUND.

I FEEL IT'S GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD.

DO I THINK IT'S DO I KNOW OR DO I EVEN WANT TO GUESS? OKAY.

YES. WE ARE. OKAY, THAT BEING SAID YOU KNOW, MY MY SUGGESTION PROBABLY FOR TONIGHT WOULD BE TO REMAND IT BACK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

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COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. SO WHEN THE SO WHEN THIS DEFINITION GETS APPROVED THAT'S WHEN THE COUNCIL COMES BACK AND SAYS, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT AS SUPS.

AND WOULD YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUPS THAT ARE POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE FOR THIS, THIS D EFINITION. WHEN YOU SAY SUPS, DO YOU MEAN LIKE CONDITIONS ON THE SUP? YES. OKAY. SO WE'VE WE'VE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT, FOR INSTANCE, ONE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS SCREENING, MAKING SURE THAT ANY OF THE LIKE WHERE THEY HAVE ANY TYPE OF PARKING OF VEHICLES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ALL THAT IS SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW AND WHAT KIND OF SCREENING THAT LOOKS LIKE PROBABLY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A 6 FOOT WOOD WOODEN PRIVACY FENCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE REALLY GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT SCREENING LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO FIT INTO TO BEDFORD COMMONS.

THERE'S SO THAT'S ONE THING.

THERE COULD BE OTHERS.

THE I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK YOU COULD LOOK AT HOURS OF OPERATION.

YOU COULD LOOK AT REALLY WHAT COULD BE INCLUDED AND WHAT COULDN'T BE INCLUDED.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM IS THAT DO WE WANT TO YOU CAN.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW THE ATTORNEYS CAN TELL ME IF I'VE SAID SOMETHING OUT OF LINE HERE, BUT IF MAYBE IF WE SAY NO REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF EVERYDAY VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE COULD EASILY DEFINE AND EASILY CLARIFY, BUT YOU COULD REALLY NARROW IT DOWN JUST FOR WHAT TO GET THE SPECIFIC USE THAT WORKS FOR THE BUSINESS OWNER.

DOES THAT HELP? YES.

AND GOING ALONG WITH WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING.

SO IF THE APPLICANT WAS TO SELL THE PROPERTY, HE WOULDN'T REALLY BE ABLE TO SELL IT TO LIKE A QUICKIE LUBE.

NO, THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL BEHIND THE CONDITIONS AND THE DEFINITION.

OKAY. SO THAT THAT WOULD BE OUT OF THE QUESTION.

AND WHEN DOES THE P&Z COME UP WITH THE SUP CONDITIONS OR DOES COUNCIL? TYPICALLY IT'S DONE AT A STAFF LEVEL WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT, AND WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO P&Z, AND P&Z MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

AND HAS MR. MURRAY AGREED TO SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED.

YES. OKAY.

SO IT'S JUST IT'S A TIMELINE THING RIGHT NOW.

JUST TO WORK THROUGH A FEW MORE THINGS, RIGHT? AND THEN, I MEAN, WE COULDN'T REALLY PUT IT.

WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

WE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE THE DECISION OF P&Z, AND WE REALLY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE HAD THIS MEETING.

NOW, IF ONCE WE'LL FINALIZE THE DEFINITION AND CONDITIONS WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER, WE'LL DO OUR PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF, AND THEN WE'LL GET IT BACK ON A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.

AND I BELIEVE MR. MURRAY HAS AMBITIONS TO DO OTHER THINGS.

WHAT HAPPENS IF HE EXPANDS HIS BUSINESS OR MAKES IT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUSINESS? DOES HE HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR PERMISSION, OR IS THAT OUT OF THE QUESTION? SURE. SO ON EXPANSION, ANY ANY CHANGES TO THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU APPROVE BECAUSE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, YOU ATTACH A SITE PLAN TO IT.

SO ANY CHANGES, THAT SITE PLAN HAS GOT TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU.

KIND OF LIKE THE FIRST ITEM TONIGHT, EVEN 1000FT² DIFFERENCE ON A SITE PLAN COMES BACK TO TO COUNCIL.

IF THE BUSINESS CHANGES, THE ONLY WAY I WOULD THINK THE BUSINESS WOULD THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRED ANOTHER SUP.

IF IT WAS ALLOWED BY RIGHT, THEN IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO NECESSARILY COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

OKAY? OKAY.

THANK YOU. OF COURSE. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO, WES, I THINK I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

AND IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SAID THAT A NO AUTO USE WAS ALLOWED IN BEDFORD COMMONS.

BUT WASN'T THIS PROPERTY OWNED BY HARLEY DAVIDSON BEFORE? SO THE THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BECAUSE THE THE BEDFORD COMMONS AND OUR LOCAL ZONING ORDINANCE DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN MOTORCYCLE USES AND AUTOMOBILES. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

OKAY. BUT IT'S I GUESS I WROTE THEM ALL IN THE SAME.

SO I THINK THAT IF THAT'S AN ADJACENT USE THEN I SEE NO DIFFERENCE IN, YOU KNOW, HARLEY WAS USING THIS FOR MOTORCYCLES THAT THE STUFF THAT DRIVES ON THE GROUND.

SO I UNDERSTAND BREAKING IT DOWN LIKE THAT.

BUT WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM THE LAND USE DEFINITION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

I'LL GET TO YOU NEXT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND WES I KNOW MR.

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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH END CLASSIC VEHICLES THAT PEOPLE SPEND A TON OF MONEY ON.

CORRECT. THAT'S REALLY.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE TRICKY PART OF THIS DEFINITION, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DEFINING IT BASED ON THE TYPE OF VEHICLE.

WE'RE DEFINING IT BASED ON THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE.

NOW, YES, MR. MURRAY HAS SAID THAT HE DOESN'T WORK ON THOSE CARS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT ONCE WE LAND ON A DEFINITION, OKAY, IT'S GOING TO IF IT FALLS WITH THAT DEFINITION, IT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWED.

SO AND MOST OF THESE CARS ARE HIGH END.

SO HE PROBABLY WON'T BE KEEPING THEM OUTSIDE.

HE'LL PROBABLY BE KEEPING THEM INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE LIABILITY AND THE COST IF IT GETS STOLEN.

YES. BUT HE HE ALSO HAS MENTIONED THAT HE IS HE DOES HAVE A UTILITY TRAILER THAT HE USES FOR THINGS.

HE HAS HE HAS A WORK TRUCK THAT HE USES FOR THINGS.

THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO HIDE FROM PUBLIC VIEW.

OKAY. AND HE WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING WITH THAT.

AND THIS KIND OF COMPLEMENTS WITH HARLEY DOESN'T IT.

IT'S HARLEY IS A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND MR. MURRAY HAS A IS A DESTINATION AND MR. SMITH AND MR. MURRAY KIND OF THEY WANTED TO BE NEXT TO EACH OTHER IS THAT CORRECT.

AND IN OUR CONVERSATIONS THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN WANTING TO TO TRY TO TEAM UP AND DO EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOGETHER.

SO IT IT COULD VERY WELL.

YES. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAN JUST THE BUSINESS.

IT'S A BUSINESS THAT'S INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COULD I INTERJECT, MAYOR, JUST QUICKLY, JUST TO ADD ON SO WE DISCUSSED HOW THE SUP RUNS WITH THE LAND.

SO THE REAL FEAR IS NOT MR. MURRAY'S BUSINESS.

IT'S IF HE SELLS THE BUSINESS TO SOMEONE ELSE.

AND ALL IT SAYS IS THE CAR HAS TO BE 25 YEARS OLD.

THAT'S A 1999 HONDA CIVIC, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SORT OF TRYING TO PROTECT AGAINST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I GOT IT GOING RIGHT THIS TIME AND I HAVE QUESTIONS.

WILL THIS BUSINESS GENERATE TAX REVENUE OR IS IT A SERVICE THAT DOESN'T GENERATE REVENUE? AND I MAY HAVE TO LET THE CITY MANAGER ANSWER SOME OF THAT, BECAUSE SHE'S MORE OF AN EXPERT ON WHAT GENERATES SALES TAX THAN I AM.

BUT THE THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THIS BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE HE HAS A SMALL RETAIL PORTION OF IT, SO THERE WILL BE SOME SALES TAX, BUT I THINK IT'S SMALL IN COMPARISON TO THE THE WORK THAT'S DONE.

AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE ACTUAL WORK THAT'S DONE ON VEHICLES, THERE IS NO SALES TAX TO THE CITY, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. CORRECT.

SO AGAIN I WOULDN'T WE'D HAVE TO KIND OF GET THE BOOK OUT AND GO THROUGH X, Y AND Z AND SAY IN THIS SCENARIO, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A COLLECTOR CAR AND MR. MURRAY WERE BUYING THE PARTS AND THEN PUTTING THEM ON, OR IF MR. MURRAY'S, YOU KNOW, ACQUIRING THEM AND PASSING IT ON.

SO THERE IS A LITTLE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM WITH THAT.

BUT OVERALL, TYPICALLY REPAIR SERVICES ARE NOT TAXABLE IN THAT SENSE.

SO I ALSO WANT TO REMIND US ALL THAT THIS IS THE ITEM BEFORE US IS IS FOR THIS DEFINITION.

IT'S NOT MR. MURRAY'S BUSINESS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT HIS APPLICATION WOULD COME THROUGH AFTER P&Z HAS DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE TO EVERYBODY.

OKAY. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

THAT'S SOMEWHAT TIED TO THIS.

DENYING THIS WOULD NOT MEAN DENYING THE BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

CORRECT? IT'S DENYING IT IN THIS PLACE IF WE DENY IT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

I MEAN, THE AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE DEFINITION, THE THE BUSINESS COULD GO SOMEWHERE ELSE UNDER AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP DEFINITION IN THE CITY IF THE USE WAS ALLOWED BY.

RIGHT. BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT WE WOULD BE DENYING IT.

MURRAY'S CUSTOM RODS THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. THIS IS SITE SPECIFIC.

YOU'RE CORRECT. THANK YOU. YES.

AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS WE CAN JUST.

THIS ISN'T DENYING. IT'S REMANDING IT BACK TO PLANNING AND ZONING, WHICH IS WHAT I RECOMMEND.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO IF WE DID SEND IT BACK TO P&Z TO STRAIGHTEN UP THE DEFINITION, WHAT KIND OF TIME FRAME WE'RE LOOKING AT TO COME BACK? SINCE WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A DEFINITION RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS.

RIGHT, RIGHT. I THINK AND ACTUALLY, I THINK WHERE WE'RE AT WITH MR. MURRAY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO WE CAN KIND OF GET HIM MOVING AND NOT CREATE MORE AND MORE AGENDA ITEMS. WE TRY TO GET ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS ON THE SAME AGENDA FOR YOU.

BUT I THINK WE'RE CLOSE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT TO DO OUR PUBLIC NOTICE.

SO WE WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT A, THE LAST MEETING IN JULY FOR P&Z AND THE FIRST MEETING OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER FOR COUNCIL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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ANYBODY IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT? OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO ON RECORD FOR OR JUST.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE ONE AGAINST REMANDING BACK TO P&Z.

I GUESS WE NEED A FORMAL MOTION.

NEED A FORMAL MOTION. ALL RIGHT. SO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT ONE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REMAND THIS ITEM TO P&Z FOR THE DEFINITION FOR A FUTURE USE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO I HEAR A SECOND FOR THAT? I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS FIRST, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I KNOW WE NEED AN OFFICIAL VOTE ON THAT ONE.

SO ALL RIGHT, THAT THAT PASSES WITH SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ONE IN THE NEGATIVE.

AND THAT WILL BE REMANDED BACK TO P&Z FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND FINE TUNING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 8, WHICH IS CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER

[8. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas, amending Chapter 118 “Utilities,” Article IV “Water Resource Management,” Division 2, Section 118-114(B) “Drought Contingency Plan” to adopt the current plan, as attached hereto as Exhibit A, and is incorporated herein by reference to the City of Bedford Code of Ordinances, and amending Chapter 18 “Utilities,” Article IV “Water Resource Management,” Division 3, Section 118-115(B) “Water Conversation Plan” to adopt the current plan, as attached hereto as Exhibit B and is incorporated herein by reference to the City of Bedford Code of Ordinances.]

ARTICLE FIVE SORRY FOUR WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION THREE, SECTION 118 115B WATER CONSERVATION PLAN TO ADOPT A CURRENT PLAN AS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT B AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THE REFERENCE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD CODE OF ORDINANCES.

PHEW! THAT WAS A LOT.

GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT TO CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL.

TYLER, IF YOU CAN JUST HIT PAUSE FOR ONE SECOND, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD JUST REAL QUICK WHILE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ON A PUBLIC WORKS ITEM TO GO AHEAD AND JUST QUICKLY INTRODUCE TYLER SPENCE, WHO IS RELATIVELY NEW WITH THE CITY AS WELL.

AND WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE HIM WITH US.

HE IS OUR NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYST WITHIN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND SO TYLER HAS BEEN JUST A HUGE ASSET IN GETTING THINGS SQUARED AWAY IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

AND THE EFFORT THAT HE HAS MADE SO FAR HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

SO APPRECIATE HIM.

AND WHILE I ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR ABSOLUTE NEWEST MEMBERS TO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, TIM ROGERS. WELCOME, TIM.

THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN SINGING YOUR PRAISES AND TELLING EVERYONE YOU'RE COMING VERY SOON, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.

SO TIM COMES FROM AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC WORKS, IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SIDE.

I THINK HE HAS TOUCHED EVERY COMPONENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS WORLD THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE OVER HIS CAREER, AND MOST RECENTLY CAME FROM MURPHY, I BELIEVE, AS WELL AS ROWLETT MOST RECENTLY.

SO WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE YOU.

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO KIND OF GET THINGS GOING AND MOVE THINGS FORWARD.

EXCITED TO BE HERE.

THANKS, TIM. THANK YOU, TIM, PLEASURE MEETING WITH YOU.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN, TYLER, AND PLEASURE TO MEETING WITH YOU AS WELL.

AND WELCOME TO BE HERE. I'VE GOT ONE MORE INTRODUCTION, PLEASE.

LET'S DO IT. LET'S KEEP COMING.

KEEP EM COMING. THIS IS OUR CHANCE.

AND COINCIDENTALLY, ACTUALLY, THIS IS WONDERFUL.

OUR NEW CITY ENGINEER, JOE SCHWEITZER, IS HERE AS WELL WITH US.

JOE. WE WERE ABLE TO LURE JOE AWAY FROM A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY AND JOIN US HERE.

AND JOE IS ALSO A CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR, SO SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY RELY ON ON HIM FOR MANY THINGS AND ALSO IS A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.

SO HE IS A PE.

SO WE HAVE GOT A GREAT GROUP ON OUR HANDS IN PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR MANAGEMENT STAFF IS IS HERE RIGHT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND READY TO GO.

SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PLEASURE, JOE. THANK YOU.

WELCOME ABOARD. ALL RIGHT, TYLER, TAKE IT AWAY.

OKAY. SO, AS I SAID, OR AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, MY NAME IS TYLER SPENCE I'M A ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST.

AND I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OR PRESENTING THE WATER CONSERVATION DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN REVISION FOR 2024.

SO WHAT BROUGHT THIS ON WAS, AS WE STATED BEFORE, THE TITLE, 30 TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, CHAPTER 288.2 RULES REQUIRES THAT ALL WATER SYSTEMS HAVE A WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN AS AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS. AND SO WE'RE UP IS IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS.

YEAH, FIVE YEARS ALREADY.

SO ESSENTIALLY CITY OF BEDFORD PLANS ARE MODELED AFTER OUR, OUR REGIONAL WATER PROVIDER, WHICH IS TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT AND

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THEY PASSED DOWN REGULATIONS AND LAWS FOR US TO KIND OF MODEL OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND SET THE PRECEDENCE FOR, FOR THE CITIES THAT ARE SUPPLIED WATER TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS.

THESE PLANS INCLUDE ALL ELEMENTS REQUIRED BY TCEQ AND THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WHO GOVERNS THE REGION.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR HISTORICAL POPULATION.

SO WE SAW A SHARP INCREASE IN 2021.

WHICH ALSO KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR WATER USAGE.

YOU TEND TO SEE THAT INCREASES IN POPULATION AND IN WATER USAGE ARE RELATED.

AND THE TEN YEAR PROJECTED DEMAND FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD SHOWS A STEADY INCREASE FROM 2025 TO 2034 WITH A GROWTH RATE OF 4% AND 0.2 PERCENT.

SO WE CAN EXPECT OUR WATER USAGE TO INCREASE STEADILY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

WITH THOSE GROWTH INCREASES THE REGIONAL WATER PLAN POPULATION PROJECTIONS ARE SHOWN UP HERE FOR AN INCREASE TO 60,000 BY 2070.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE USING A LOT MORE WATER.

AND THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS OF CONSERVING THAT WATER.

PLAN ADJUSTMENTS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN LINE ACCORDING TO OUR WATER UTILITY PROFILE TO BE ON TRACK FOR OUR PRESET GOALS.

HISTORICALLY, WE'VE MET ALL OF OUR HISTORIC FIVE YEAR AVERAGE GOALS.

SO WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND SET NEW GOALS FOR 2029 AND 2034.

AND WE ARE ON TRACK TO MEET THOSE.

OUR PLAN ALSO WAS UPDATED TO ALL THE APPLICABLE TCEQ RULES THAT HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED OVER FIVE YEARS.

I WILL SAY THAT NOTHING MAJOR HAS CHANGED ON HERE.

MOSTLY JUST LANGUAGE.

ALL OF OUR NUMERICAL NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET EACH EACH YEAR ARE THE SAME.

WE UPDATED THE TRIGGERING CRITERIA SET BY TRWD.

UPDATED APPLICABLE TCEQ RULES AND MINOR EDITS TO DOCUMENT FORMATTING.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO FIRST OFF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POPULATION DATA.

WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THE POPULATION DATA FROM? SO I'LL GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.

REGIONAL WATER PLAN PROVIDED BY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WAS CREATED IN 2021.

SO IT WAS JUST PROJECTIONS FROM.

FROM WHO? THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

OKAY. YEAH. [LAUGHTER] WELL, THEY'RE A LITTLE OFF FOR US.

YEAH. BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'RE I MEAN, WE'RE 97% BUILD OUT AND EVEN IF YOU ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR GOING TO BE AT 60,000 IN THE CITY, OF COURSE.

NO. AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.

I BELIEVE WHEN THEY DO THESE CALCULATIONS, THEY DO TAKE OR THEY USE AN ALGORITHM.

SO THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO FLATTEN OUT LIKE I SAID, PROJECTION.

YEAH. PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FOR US, BUT EXACTLY WITH ANY OF THE, YOU NEVER KNOW, BUILDING MORE APARTMENTS.

YEAH. YEAH. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT? DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE HAVE.

SO YEAH, I GET IT.

AS COMMUNITIES CHANGE AND THINGS, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT 50 AND WE'LL PROBABLY STAY THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I FORESEE US. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW THE RESIDENTS AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS GOING, WAIT A SECOND.

YEAH, I SAW THAT. I SAW THAT AS WELL.

THEY DO THAT FOR INDIVIDUAL CITIES.

SO THEY, I THINK THEY TAKE THAT ALGORITHM AND DO IT CITY BY CITY.

SO IF YOU GO INTO THE REGIONAL WATER PLAN, YOU'LL FIND BEDFORD IN THERE.

SO FOR THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN WHAT ALL CHANGED WITH THAT? JUST SOME VERBIAGE.

THE VERBIAGE ONLY.

NOTHING THAT WOULD TRIGGER.

YEAH. NO.

THE TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT DECIDED TO KEEP ALL OF THEIR ACTIONS THE SAME.

SO ANY DROUGHT ACTION CRITERIA WOULD BE WOULD BE THE SAME AS PREVIOUS.

AS PREVIOUS. YEAH. OKAY.

AND NORMALLY IF WE WERE, IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, WE'D GET IT FROM TRA.

THEY WOULD TELL US, HEY, YOU NEED TO START OR IN THE IT ALSO ACTS AS OUR WATER EMERGENCY PLAN.

SO IF WE HAD A SOME IN THE CASE OF A CONTAMINATION OR SOMETHING, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ENACT IT OURSELVES AS WELL.

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AND THEN THE WATER CONSERVATION PART OF IT WHAT CHANGED THERE? DID OUR GOALS CHANGE AT ALL OR? OUR GOALS FOR ACCORDING TO OUR UTILITY PROFILE IT'S KIND OF ALMOST MOVING A GOALPOST.

SO. YEAH. EVERY AS THE POPULATION INCREASES.

RIGHT, AS POPULATION INCREASES, OR WE JUST GET CLOSER TO OUR CONSERVATION GOALS, THE GOAL POST MOVES A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO JUST MAKING ADJUSTMENTS FOR THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.

YES. NOW WE'RE TALKING CONSERVATION.

ARE THEY DOING ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE WATER MAP AND AND RETENTION? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE WATER THAT COMES OFF JUST GOES RIGHT DOWN.

AND WE HAVE NO NOT ENOUGH RETENTION AREAS.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESERVOIRS.

ARE THEY DOING ANYTHING TO INCREASE THAT THEIR PLAN IN THE FUTURE OTHER THAN JUST CONSERVATION? WELL, THIS WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO OUR REGION.

SO TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT CURRENTLY DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO HAVE RETENTION PONDS NECESSARILY.

THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A STORMWATER ISSUE.

SO THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A REUSE TYPE OF SITUATION IF WE WERE TO UTILIZE THAT, THAT RUNOFF.

BUT THAT WOULD BE A CITY DECISION THAT WE COULD MAKE OURSELVES FOR AN ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION MEASURE.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

I READ THROUGH THE PLAN, AND IT SHOWS WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THAT TONIGHT? IS THAT WHAT TONIGHT IS? YES. SO THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN IF ANYBODY EVER REQUESTS THE PLAN FROM US BETWEEN THE APPROVAL TIME AND THE DRAFT, THEN THEY CAN COMMENT, OKAY, AND SUBMIT COMMENTS ELECTRONICALLY OR OVER THE PHONE.

OKAY. YEAH.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING THOUGH FOR THIS.

JUST PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NO PUBLIC HEARING OKAY.

EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS ONE? WE MAY WANT TO INVITE.

INVITE? YEAH. CORRECT. OKAY, OKAY.

SOUNDS GREAT. SO IN LIEU OF THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR TYLER? SO THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

YEAH. NOW IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT OKAY.

I'M GONNA OPEN THAT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS EVIDENTLY.

BRYN, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON YOUR GAME TONIGHT, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR THE CURVE BALLS.

ABSOLUTELY. YES.

SO TYLER IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WE'LL GO AHEAD. AND I GUESS I'LL OPEN THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AT 7:37.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND GO AHEAD AND TELL US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

I HAVE WORKED WITH AN HOA AND WORKED ON SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SINCE 1995, SO I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO USE WATER AND SAVE WATER AND HOW EXPENSIVE WATER WAS AND HOW IT'S BECOMING.

THE CITY HAS RECENTLY DONE SOME THINGS TO CHANGE THE WATER BILLS, AND WE HAVE TAKEN A STEP BACKWARDS IF WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE CITIZENS LOOKING AT THEIR WATER BILL EVERY MONTH THE WAY THEY USED TO, AND SEE THE BASE CHARGE AND THE UTILIZATION CHARGE AS TWO ITEMS, THEY CAN DIVIDE THE UTILIZATION CHARGE BY THE WATER AND LOOK AT THE COST PER UNIT THEY ARE SPENDING.

THE NEW WATER BILL PUTS THOSE TOGETHER.

SO AND THE BASE CHARGE IS NOT LISTED ON THE WATER BILL.

SO AT MINIMUM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO SAVE WATER BASED ON LOOKING AT THEIR WATER BILLS, WE SHOULD ADD THE BASE CHARGE BACK INTO THE WATER BILL IF YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE COMBINATION LINE ITEM.

SO IT STUNNED ME THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WATER CONSERVATION AND TAKING INFORMATION OUT OF THE BILL THAT THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER THAT KNOWS EIGHTH GRADE MATH CAN USE TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE PAYING FOR WATER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT.

I'M GARY MORLOCK, 2910 WAYSIDE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, IT'S OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, YEAH, SURE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

JUST IN RESPONSE TO THE GENTLEMAN'S COMMENTS REGARDING THE WATER BILL, WE ARE AWARE THAT THAT IS A RESULT OF THE RECENT UPDATES THAT WERE DONE AND THE VENDOR THAT HAS PROVIDED THAT SERVICE TO US, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

IT WAS NOT OUR INTENTION TO YOU KNOW, COMBINE THOSE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

IT WAS SIMPLY SOMETHING THAT THE PROGRAM DID NOT ALLOW INITIALLY.

AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE TWEAKS.

SO IT IS OUR GOAL TO MOVE FORWARD AND SPREAD THOSE BACK OUT SO THAT IT IS BLATANTLY OBVIOUS WITHIN YOUR WATER BILL HOW THAT IS DIVIDED.

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SEEING NOBODY ELSE RUSHING TO THE PODIUM ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AT 7:40.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[9. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas amending Chapter 18 “Animals” of the Code of Ordinances, City of Bedford, Texas, specifically amending Article X “Unlawful Acts” by revising regulations for animals in heat and feeding animals and adding regulations for surgical alterations; amending Article XII “Fierce or Dangerous Animals” in its entirety to provide for regulations regarding dangerous animals; amending Article XV “Enforcement” in its entirety to provide for regulations regarding aggressive animals; repealing Article XVI “Disposition of Fees” in its entirety; and adding a new Article XVI “Penalty” to provide for enforcement. ]

SPECIFICALLY AMENDING ARTICLE TEN UNLAWFUL ACTS BY REVISING REGULATIONS FOR ANIMALS AND HEAT AND FEEDING ANIMALS, AND ADDING REGULATIONS FOR SURGICAL ALTERATIONS.

AMENDING ARTICLE 12 FIERCE OR DANGEROUS ANIMALS AND ITS ENTIRETY TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATIONS REGARDING DANGEROUS ANIMALS.

AMENDING ARTICLE 15 ENFORCEMENT TO IN ITS ENTIRETY TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATIONS REGARDING AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS.

REPEALING ARTICLE 16 DISPOSITION OF FEES IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ADDING A NEW ARTICLE.

16 PENALTY TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT.

I GIVE YOU INTERIM POLICE CHIEF BOBBY LAPENNA.

WELCOME BACK, BOBBY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF THIS ORDINANCE ADJUSTMENT.

OCTOBER OF 2022, WE HAD AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN THE CITY, AND WE WENT TO ADDRESS THAT INCIDENT AND FOUND THAT OUR ORDINANCES WEREN'T STRONG ENOUGH. THEY WEREN'T CLARIFIED ENOUGH AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO IN ORDER TO PROPERLY PROSECUTE, WORKED EVERY WAY WE COULD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

SPEAKING WITH CITY PROSECUTORS DA'S OFFICE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE ORDINANCE WASN'T STRONG.

WE'VE HAD ADDITIONAL ORDINANCES OR ISSUES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE CITY.

THE PREVIOUS DANGEROUS DOG ORDINANCE WAS SPECIFIC TO DANGEROUS DOGS AND ANIMAL ATTACKS ON HUMANS, AND IT DIDN'T REALLY COVER IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF ANIMAL ON AN ANIMAL INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED.

SO IN REVISING THIS ORDINANCE, WE'VE SEPARATED THE TWO, BASICALLY.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF NUMBER CHANGES AND YOU SEE A LOT OF MOVEMENT GOING ON, BECAUSE TO MAKE IT AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE IN THE ORDINANCE, THAT'S WHAT THE ATTORNEY AND I DECIDED WAS A LOT OF THAT WOULD JUST HAVE TO MOVE DOWN THE LIST.

BUT THE DANGEROUS ANIMAL ADJUSTMENTS GETS US MORE IN LINE WITH STATE LAW.

WHEN IT INVOLVES AN ANIMAL ATTACKING A HUMAN IT FURTHER CLARIFIES THE DESIGNATION AND APPEAL PROCESS FOR PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH, AND IT STRENGTHENS AND SPECIFIES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OWNERS WHO DECIDE TO POSSESS AND OWN A DANGEROUS DOG, A DOG THAT'S DEEMED DANGEROUS SEPARATING OUT THE ANIMAL AND ANIMAL CRIME AND THE AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL ORDINANCE.

THIS IS THE NEW ONE.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE PEOPLE WITH AT LARGE ANIMALS THAT ARE HARASSING, TORMENTING, OR ATTACKING OTHER ANIMALS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WE WERE REALLY RUNNING INTO A LOT OF PROSECUTOR PROSECUTION ISSUES IN THE PAST BY NOT HAVING THIS.

BUT IT ALSO, IT CLARIFIES LEVELS OF AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS ON BASICALLY WHAT THEIR BEHAVIOR IS.

IT DEFINES AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GO THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, DUE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING IS GIVEN TO THEM AND IT REALLY JUST KIND OF CLARIFIES AND STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD.

MY SUPERVISOR, JOSE PULLED NOTES FOR ME, OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF AT LARGE ANIMALS THAT ARE TORMENTING AND HARASSING OR IN INCIDENTS OCCURRING.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO GET A STRONG ORDINANCE.

THAT WAY WHEN WE HAVE THESE INCIDENTS, WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF IT AND BE ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE RESTITUTION AND COMFORT THAT THEY NEED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS OVER THIS ORDINANCE.

THERE'S A LOT, A LOT IN HERE AND A LOT THAT THAT CHANGED.

FOR ME FOR THE ARTICLE TEN UNLAWFUL ACTS ADDING SURGICAL ALTERATION REQUIRED.

COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR THAT? BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING THAT NEW SECTION COMPLETELY.

WE'LL HAVE.

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COUNCIL MAYOR. SO TOUCHING ON THAT SUBJECT A LOT OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES AROUND US HAVE MOVED TO THAT ORDINANCE.

HERE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW LET'S SAY WE DO HAVE A FEMALE IN HEAT THAT DOES GET OUT, RIGHT? SHE'S AT LARGE THE FIRST TIME.

SAY SHE DOESN'T GET PREGNANT OR SHE DOES GET PREGNANT, OR SHE'S OUT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.

LIKE FROM THAT DAY THAT SHE GOT IMPOUNDED TO THE DAY LIKE A YEAR ROUND, THAT IF SHE GETS IMPOUNDED AGAIN AT THAT POINT, WE'LL PROCEED WITH HAVING THEM TO PROVIDE PROOF THAT A, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THEIR ANIMAL ALTERED, OR B THEIR ANIMAL DID GET ALTERED WITHIN THOSE SEVEN DAYS THAT WE'RE PUTTING DOWN ON THAT ORDINANCE. GOTCHA.

AND OBVIOUSLY IF THEY DON'T COMPLY, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DEFINITELY TRY.

WE DON'T RECEIVE THAT IN SEVEN DAYS.

RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE DO RUN INTO PEOPLE, WE TRY TO EDUCATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN ESPECIALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR ORDINANCES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN OR THE ORDINANCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN RIGHT NOW AND THE STATE LAWS AND AS STATE LAWS CHANGE, I TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WE UPDATE THE OFFICERS.

THAT WAY WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN WE'RE OUT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC.

BUT IF YOU KNOW, AFTER EDUCATION, IT DOESN'T PROCEED THEN AT THAT WE'LL TAKE ENFORCEMENT WITH CITATIONS.

OKAY. FANTASTIC.

LET'S SEE HERE. SO THE FOLLOWING SECTION.

SO A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED JUST BECAUSE OF NUMBERING BECAUSE WE ADDED THIS SECTION TO IT.

SO THE REQUIREMENTS ANIMALS AND HEAT AND THEN ANOTHER SECTION FEEDING THAT'S PROHIBITED.

THAT'S THE NUMBERS ARE JUST CHANGING.

WE'RE NOT. YEAH. THE NUMBERS JUST CHANGED.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEING RIGHT.

YEAH. THAT'S. YEAH.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED THERE WAS THE NUMBERS CHANGE BECAUSE WE ADDED THE ALTERATION.

OKAY. THAT LANGUAGE WAS ADOPTED IN 2016 AND IT REMAINS UNMODIFIED.

UNMODIFIED OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH JUST KIND OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

SO ARTICLE 12 FIERCE AND DANGEROUS ANIMALS, WE'RE KIND OF REDOING THAT TO ALIGN WITH STATE LAW.

RIGHT. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THOSE CHANGES THAT ARE IN THERE? RIGHT. SO AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT NOW, OUR ORDINANCE STATES THAT IF AN ANIMAL IS AT LARGE AND NOT WITHIN ITS ENCLOSURE AND UNPROVOKED ATTACKS, A PERSON OR A DOMESTICATED ANIMAL, THAT'S WHAT OUR ORDINANCE STATES.

OR IF IT DOES, IT CREATES AN ACT TOWARDS A PERSON OR A DOMESTICATED ANIMAL.

IN CHAPTER 822 OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE OF TEXAS, IT STATES, JUST THE PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT MIRROR THE STATE LAW.

RIGHT NOW. WE CAN ONLY STRENGTHEN STATE LAW WE CAN'T ADD.

AND RIGHT THERE WE'RE ADDING THE ANIMAL, THE ANIMAL PART OF IT.

SO THAT'S WHY AGGRESSIVE DOG WOULD COME IN OR THE AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL ORDINANCE.

GOTCHA. I SAW ALSO I WAS GOING THROUGH BOTH SECTIONS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE BOOKS.

AND REMOVING.

NOW THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR BRYN, BUT REMOVING LANGUAGE ABOUT IMMUNITY OF BRINGING LAWSUIT AGAINST AN OFFICER EXERCISING THEIR DUTIES.

YEAH. SO THE IDEA AND THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WITH STAFF IS THAT IF WE WANT A PROVISION LIKE THAT, IT SHOULD APPLY TO ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.

IT SEEMED ODD TO SINGLE OUT JUST.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE INTENT WASN'T TO REMOVE IMMUNITY.

IT WAS TO THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.

I JUST I CAUGHT IT AND I WANTED TO VERIFY THAT.

THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS WELL INTENTIONED, BUT IT'S SORT OF REDUNDANT.

THAT'S RIGHT. EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN THERE. CORRECT.

SO ALL RIGHT. SO THIS CLEANS IT UP.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDING AN APPEALS PROCESS KIND OF FORMALIZING THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO SO IF SOMEBODY YOU KNOW, GETS THEIR THEIR PET DESIGNATED AS A DANGEROUS OR VICIOUS ANIMAL, VICIOUS DOG, THEY CAN APPEAL THAT PROCESS AND ACTUALLY GIVES A PROCESS FOR THAT APPEAL.

CORRECT. AND THAT'S THE SAME THING THROUGH THE STATE LAW WITH THE DANGEROUS ANIMAL.

THE APPEAL PROCESS IS THERE IN THE STATE, THE STATE LAW 822 CHAPTER 822 AND ON OUR SIDE, WE HAVE THE PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW TO KEEP THE COURT YOU KNOW, IN THE LOOP OF, HEY, WE'RE ENSUING AN INVESTIGATION, WE'RE PLANNING AN APPLICATION WITH THE COURT AND THEN ALLOWING THEM TO KNOW THAT, HEY, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DECLARATION OF THE DOG NOT BEING DANGEROUS OR BEING DANGEROUS.

SO JUST BE AWARE THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN APPEAL COMING TO THE COURTS.

GOTCHA. DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE APPEALS PROCESS ON THE BOOKS FOR THE CITY IF SOMEBODY WERE TO DO THAT.

YES. WE YEAH.

THERE'S STILL LIKE A PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S A PROCESS RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST NOT THIS IS A LITTLE.

WE STRENGTHENED IT.

OKAY. GOTCHA.

GOTCHA. THEN LASTLY, THE ARTICLE 15.

THIS IS THE AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS.

THIS IS THE ANIMAL ON ANIMAL ATTACKS.

CORRECT. THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THERE.

COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE LEVEL CLASSIFICATIONS? SO THE LEVEL OF CLASSIFICATIONS IS BASICALLY GOES FROM LEVEL ONE.

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ANYBODY THAT HAS DOMESTIC ANIMAL OR LIVESTOCK.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL LABEL THAT THERE'S NO ATTACK.

BUT IT HAS DONE IT IN THERE'S HISTORY THERE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND YOU KNOW, DEEM THAT A LEVEL ONE.

A LEVEL TWO.

THE DOG GETS OUT THAT BEING AT LARGE THE DOG ATTACKS SOMEBODY AND SOMEBODY OTHER ANIMAL AND CAUSES BODILY INJURY.

SO AT THAT POINT WE'LL DEEM THAT A LEVEL TWO, A LEVEL THREE, WHICH WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GO INTO MORE ENFORCEMENT WITH LEVEL THREE, WHICH WOULD BE THE ANIMAL BEING AT LARGE AND ATTACKING A DIFFERENT ANIMAL AND ACTUALLY KILLING THAT ANIMAL OR GOING TO THE VETERINARIAN AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO PUT YOUR ANIMAL DOWN OR DEEM THAT A LEVEL THREE AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE DIFFERENT STEPS TO ENFORCE.

AND THEN THE OWNER HAS DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE LEVEL.

RIGHT? BASED ON THE LEVEL, THE OWNER WILL HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT TO HAVE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE THEIR INSURANCE COVERAGE AT 250,000.

YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THE ANIMAL IS REGISTERED WITH THE CITY, REGISTERED AS AGGRESSIVE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE THAT DECLASSIFICATION TIME WHERE THEY LEVEL ONE IS ONE YEAR WE COULD DECLASSIFY FROM AN AGGRESSIVE THE LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE.

THEY'LL HAVE TO BE WITHOUT ANY INSTANCES BEING AT LARGE AS EVEN GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE DOG WAS TRYING TO CHARGE SOMEBODY.

GOT YOU. FOR TWO YEARS IF THEY DON'T HAVE NO INSTANCES, THEY WILL GET DECLASSIFIED TO A LEVEL ONE.

GOTCHA, GOTCHA. SO THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DECLASSIFY, RIGHT.

BASED ON I DON'T KNOW, THE WORD I CAN PUT IS GOOD BEHAVIOR, RIGHT.

SO GOTCHA.

AND THEN THAT TWO ALSO HAS AN APPEALS PROCESS.

CORRECT. AND IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT PROCESS.

AND IT MIRRORS JUST LIKE THE DANGEROUS DOG.

OKAY. AND IT WILL MIRROR THE EXACT SAME THING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'LL WORK.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? YEAH COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

SO THIS COVERS ALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS, RIGHT? AND I NOTICED YOU MENTIONED DOG QUITE A BIT, BUT THIS COVERS ALL DOMESTIC AND FERAL ANIMALS AS WELL.

CORRECT. SO IT'S UNRESTRICTED IF IT'S NOT RESTRAINED LIKE RIGHT.

RIGHT. SO AND THE REASON I'M SAYING DOG IS BECAUSE WE'VE RAN INTO SO MANY LATELY.

WE'VE LIKE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE RAN INTO QUITE A FEW WHERE IT WAS DOGS.

BUT THAT'S WHY IT SAYS AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL INSTEAD OF AGGRESSIVE DOG.

IT SAYS AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL BECAUSE CATS CAN DO THE SAME OR A DOMESTICATED FERRET.

SO IT'S TWICE OF IF YOU HAVE TWO CONVICTIONS WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.

AND THAT'S FOR ANY UNRESTRAINED ANIMAL.

CORRECT. OKAY.

OKAY. BECAUSE THE CATS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RESTRAINED TO YOUR PREMISES, RIGHT? CORRECT. THEY BOTH. CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

JOSE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAFF BEING HERE.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE WE'VE JUST HAD RECENTLY WE HAD A CASE THAT WAS HORRIFIC AND IT WON'T APPLY TO THAT CASE.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.

CORRECT. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST COMING UP.

WE NEED THIS.

WE'RE FOLLOWING STATE LAW AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH AND PUTS THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PET OWNERS.

CORRECT. CORRECT, CORRECT.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

DOES THIS PUT. HELLO.

YOU'VE BEEN TO MY HOUSE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS BECAUSE WE HAD AN INCIDENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT SO IS IT ON? IS THERE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEIGHBORS TO REPORT THIS SO YOU HAVE THE INCIDENTS? RIGHT. SO IF WE HAVE NO INCIDENTS, THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE OF COURSE, IF IT WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE DOG GOT OUT AND ATTACKED THE DOG.

AND THERE'S BODILY INJURY, SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.

I'M GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'M RIGHT THERE, I'M GOING TO ENFORCE THE CODE.

BUT IF WE HAVE PREVIOUS INSTANCES WHERE THE DOG HAS BEEN OUT AND WE HAVE HISTORY OF THIS DOG AGGRESSIVELY BARKING AT SOMEBODY OR AGGRESSIVELY CHARGING SOMEBODY WALKING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE HISTORY OR I'LL CALL IT HISTORY.

SO A NEIGHBOR WHO REPEATEDLY SEES A DOG OUT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CATASTROPHE LIKE WE DID IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE COULD CALL AND SAY, THIS DOG'S OUT AGAIN WITHOUT A LEASH.

AND THAT WOULD START THE PROCESS ON THIS DOG, RIGHT? WELL, IF THE DOG IS JUST AT LARGE AT THE MOMENT AND IT'S NOT SHOWING ANY AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES, THEN AT THAT POINT I WILL GO OUT THERE AND ENFORCE DOG AT LARGE.

IF YOU GUYS ARE CALLING AS NEIGHBORS, CALLING IN AND SAYING, HEY, THIS DOG'S BACK OUT.

HE'S OUT HERE CHASING THE MAILMAN OR CHASING THE CATS.

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RIGHT. SO CHASING ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S NOT BOTHERING.

NO, MA'AM. THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB.

NO, MA'AM. WE'LL SERVICE EVERY CALL THAT COMES IN.

OKAY. WELL, I APPLAUD YOU.

YES, MA'AM. RIGHT? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

SO THIS IS SO I'VE TURNED IN A DOG, TOO, BECAUSE NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WOULD.

SO THE AFFIDAVIT PROCESS IS THE SAME.

YES, MA'AM. SO, LIKE, IF I COME DOWN TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND MAKE OUT AN AFFIDAVIT, THEN DOES THAT GO ON TO THE COURT? YES, IT DOES, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY PICTURE PROOF OR.

WELL, THE PICTURE PROOF WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN IT, ESPECIALLY ONCE IT GOES DOWN TO THE COURT.

SO THE PICTURE PROOF IS ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU GUYS ARE COMING IN WITH AN AFFIDAVIT THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED WITH THE AFFIDAVIT IS THAT THEY COME TO ME.

I'LL NOTARIZE EVERY AFFIDAVIT RIGHT ON SCENE.

IF I'M OUT ON A CALL WITH YOU GUYS,I'LL NOTARIZED THE AFFIDAVIT ON SCENE OR IF YOU GUYS COME INTO THE SHELTER, I'LL NOTARIZE IT THERE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT? JOSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR WHAT YOU DO, YOU KNOW, DAILY FOR THE CITY AND YOUR TEAM.

WE YOU KNOW, WE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CODES AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ORDINANCES, WE'RE SEEING THESE GAPS.

WE'RE FILLING THEM.

AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE WE'RE MEETING STATE LAW, OF COURSE, AND HELPING PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS.

SO SO GOOD JOB.

AND I'LL IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT. A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. LET US GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS ADOPTING BYLAWS FOR THE P&Z HERE.

[10. Consider a resolution adopting bylaws for the Planning and Zoning Commission. ]

SO I GIVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HOW WE GOT HERE.

I'D SAY PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO THE CHAIRMAN OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROACHED STAFF ABOUT SOME RULES OF PROCEDURE AND SOME JUST SOME RULES OF DECORUM FOR OUR P&Z MEETINGS.

AS THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE ON P&Z, THERE'S WE'VE HAD NEW PEOPLE AND JUST THEY KIND OF WANTED TO COALESCE OR ORGANIZE ALL OF OUR RULES IN ONE PLACE.

AND SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE RULES THAT ARE IN THESE BYLAWS CAME FROM EITHER THE CHARTER OR THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT NEW.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY JUST A PLACE TO FIND EVERYTHING IN ONE SPOT.

SO CHAIR AND STAFF WORKED TO CREATE A DRAFT.

WE THEN HAD A WE PROVIDED THAT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR REVIEW, AND THAT WAS PRESENTED TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY RECOMMENDED WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THE THEY RECOMMENDED BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.

ALSO THEY WHEN THEY MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION, THE CREATION OF THESE BYLAWS, A LOT OF OTHER SUBJECTS CAME UP.

SO THEY MADE A SECOND RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS TO YOU JUST TO LOOK AT OR DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK AT, HOWEVER YOU ALL SEE FIT.

AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THOSE REAL QUICK.

BUT THE FIRST ONE WAS TO RECONCILE A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND THE CHARTER.

OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTANDING WE JUST DID THE CHARTER.

SO THERE'S A TIME FRAME AS TO WHEN WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT THAT CONFLICT IS REALLY CENTERED AROUND THE CHAIRPERSON AND HOW THAT'S APPOINTED.

THE CHARTER STATES THAT THE CHAIRPERSON IS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSION ITSELF, WHEREAS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES SAY THAT ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CHAIRS SHOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL.

SO THAT'S THE ONE OF THE CONFLICTS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT.

THE SECOND ITEM THAT THEY RECOMMENDED FOR CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL IS TO REALLY ADOPT A PROCESS OR LAY OUT A PROCESS FOR HOW COMMISSIONERS AND THIS ACTUALLY SPANNED ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE COMMISSIONERS WERE APPOINTED HOW THEY, WHEN THEY'RE REAPPOINTMENTS CAME UP, HOW THEY WERE CONSULTED AND SO ON.

THIRD ITEM WAS TO CONSOLIDATE SOME REDUNDANT LANGUAGE IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE, THAT SMALL SECTION THAT RELATES TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

SO JUST THERE'S SOME REDUNDANCY THERE THAT THEY THOUGHT COULD BE CLEANED UP.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM WAS TO CLARIFY THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION IN SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE, AGAIN, THE REDUNDANCY AND AND CONFUSION.

THE ORDINANCE CLEARLY STATES THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVEN MEMBERS, BUT THEN IT SAYS TWO ARE GOING TO BE ALTERNATES.

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BUT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AMONG PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON IS IT REALLY TWO ADDITIONAL OR IS IT JUST THE FIVE TOTALS OR SEVEN TOTAL.

SO WITH THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THE I'LL PUT HIM ON THE SPOT.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER CHAIR IS HERE AS WELL, SO HE CAN FILL ANY GAPS THAT I DON'T HAVE.

FANTASTIC. YEAH.

AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WHEN YOU MENTIONED FOR THE CHARTER, IT JUST SAYS SEVEN MEMBERS.

IT DOESN'T EVEN MENTION ABOUT ALTERNATES AT ALL.

AND SO, AGAIN, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A CHARTER.

CHARTER, YOU KNOW, ELECTION.

SO TO DO SO WOULD BE KIND OF A MOMENTOUS TASK.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR FUTURE USE TO TAKE NOTE OF.

SO WITH THIS, I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ALONG WITH.

SO IN ARTICLE TWO OF THEIR BYLAWS UNDER OFFICERS, IT IS SAY THAT THE CHAIRPERSON IS LIMITED TO TWO TWO CONSECUTIVE TWO YEAR TERMS. THAT'S LAID OUT IN OUR ORDINANCE THEN.

I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IT'S PERFECT. SO I HAD TO PHONE A FRIEND.

THE REASON WHY I LEFT THAT IN THERE IS BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE CHARTER.

SO IT APPLIES BY DEFAULT.

OKAY. AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE ACTUALLY COMPLYING OR NOT.

OKAY. GOTCHA. BECAUSE, I MEAN, BECAUSE THE CHARTER IS ABSENT, IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO.

THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S SILENT ON THE ISSUE.

SO ONLY THOSE THINGS IN THE CHARTER THAT ARE SPECIFIC WERE CARRIED OVER.

OKAY. IN ADDITION, THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE CHARTER SAYS THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WOULD SELECT THEIR OWN MEMBER.

IT SAYS IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT WE SELECT THEM, OF COURSE, WITH THESE BYLAWS, THERE'S THEY'RE NOW SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SELECT THEIR OWN CHAIRPERSON.

SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT? SO THAT'S WHAT THE CHARTER ACTUALLY SAYS.

YES. SO THAT'S WHERE IT CONFLICTS WITH THE ORDINANCE.

AND SO THE CHARTER SUPERSEDES.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY NOTHING IN HERE THAT IS CONTRARY TO OUR ORDINANCES AND CHARTER.

GOTCHA. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ONE ON SECTION.

I GUESS IT WOULD BE 3.6.

IT SAYS IF THE CHAIR RESIGNS OR THE SEAT BECOMES VACANT COUNCIL APPOINTS THE NEW CHAIR.

SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF IN CONFLICT, WOULDN'T IT? WHICH SECTION? I'M SORRY.

SO ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 3.66.

THAT THE CHAIR OR SEAT BECOMES VACANT.

COUNCIL. YEAH, ACTUALLY YOU'RE CORRECT.

THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.

SO THAT SHOULD. THAT'S RIGHT.

SO THE CHARTER PROVIDES THAT THE P&Z SELECTS THE CHAIR FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS.

AND SO THAT WOULD APPLY IN SPITE OF A VACANCY BEING CREATED MID TERM.

SO IN OUR MOTION SHOULD WE STRIKE.

YES. SECTION 3.6 THAT ARTICLE OR REVISE IT.

REVISE IT TO ESSENTIALLY SAY THAT THE REMAINDER OF P&Z WILL SELECT IT.

THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. SEE HERE.

GOT SOME OTHERS.

OH, JUST ONE THING THAT I SAW ON THERE THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IS BY ORDINANCE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NEW THAT THE P&Z CREATED, WHICH WAS TIMING FOR PUBLIC HEARING. SO THEY ACTUALLY PUT IN THERE IF THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

CORRECT. SO THEY ARE.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE APPLICANT.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO THEY ARE PROPOSING PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS THAT YOU WON'T FIND IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND CHARTER, BUT THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS AS TO THEIR POWERS ETC..

SO YEAH, THEY'RE JUST THAT'S SOME PROCEDURES THAT THEY'RE WILLING THEY'RE JUST ADOPTING, SUCH AS YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT IT'S ONLY THREE MINUTES PER PERSON TO SPEAK.

YES, SIR. I BELIEVE IT ALSO MENTIONED IN THERE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS UNLIMITED TIME FOR THEIR FIRST WHEN THEY GO AHEAD.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT I RECOMMENDED CANDIDLY.

OKAY, GOOD. AND THEN A TEN MINUTE REBUTTAL, AFTER ALL, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID AND THAT THAT IS A P&Z REQUEST.

OKAY. GOTCHA.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S ALSO CONDUCT.

CAN YOU SPEAK ANYTHING TO THE CONDUCT PORTION OF IT FOR DURING MEETINGS THERE WAS TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND VISITING SITES.

AND CAN YOU SPEAK MORE TO THAT AS TO.

SO LEGISLATIVE, THERE ARE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.

SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY LAWFULLY ALLOWED TO VISIT THE SITE IF THEY WANT TO GAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IS NOT PERMITTED TO DO THAT.

THAT IS SOMETHING NEW, JUST DETAILED IN HERE, INFORMATIONAL FOR THE MEMBERS.

BUT THAT WAS A REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION ITSELF.

OKAY. GOTCHA. THAT'S KIND OF A WAY TO POLICE THEIR OWN.

AND THAT'S RIGHT.

JUST TO HAVE A COMMON SET OF RULES.

AND I DON'T WANT TO. THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE COMMISSION, BUT I THINK THEY FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOME INEQUALITIES AND MISUNDERSTANDING AMONGST THE VARIOUS MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO

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AND THIS CLARIFIES A LOT. CORRECT.

AND IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, SOME OF THESE ITEMS, JUST LIKE THAT ONE, CAME FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, ALONG WITH, I BELIEVE, SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LAST SUMMER WENT TO A TRAINING. AND, SOME OF THESE ITEMS CAME OUT OF THAT AS TO BEST PRACTICES FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS CAME FROM.

GOTCHA. OKAY. FANTASTIC.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BYLAWS? DOESN'T APPEAR SO.

I'D ASK THAT THE MOTION THAT IS MADE IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER ABOUT THE OFFICERS AND THE MEMBERS CHOOSING THEIR THEIR CHAIRPERSON STRICTLY. SORRY.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE YES 3.6 A.

THEY PICK THEIR OWN.

YES. CHAIR. CHAIR.

EXACTLY. PICK THEIR OWN CHAIR.

THEIR OWN CHAIR. CORRECT. OKAY.

FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. DO I HEAR A SECOND ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.

CONSIDER A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, AND THE CITY OF HURST, TEXAS, AND CITY OF BEDFORD AUTHORIZING STAFF TO PURSUE A STATUTORY AMENDMENT TO THE TEXAS LOCAL

[11. Consider a joint resolution of the City of Euless, Texas, the City of Hurst, Texas, and the City of Bedford, Texas, authorizing staff to pursue a statutory amendment to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 394 regarding housing finance corporations in municipalities and counties.]

I GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.

ONE LAST TIME HERE.

A SIMPLE ITEM THIS EVENING BEFORE YOU.

AS, YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A JOINT RESOLUTION AMONG THE THREE CITIES, OUR TWO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, IT BECAME APPARENT TO THE CITY OF EULESS THAT ONE OF THEIR LARGER MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE TAX ROLLS.

AS THEY LOOKED INTO THAT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT HAD BEEN PURCHASED BY A HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND TAKEN OFF THE TAX ROLLS WITH THE INTENT OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT IS SIMPLY SOME LEGISLATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TML TO CARRY FOR US, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, AS WELL AS LOBBY OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE THESE CHANGES TO THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THIS SURPRISE YOU KNOW, EXEMPTION FROM OCCURRING.

SO ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NOW IS THE COMMUNITIES WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THIS AUTHORITY PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY.

AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM AND COME UP WITH A REMEDY FOR THE THE LOSS OF THE TAXABLE REVENUE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THAT PROPERTY.

SO WE WILL PARTNER WITH THEM.

THIS WILL BE SHARED WITH TML AND THE HOPES WE CAN LOBBY TO GET THIS CORRECTED.

AND WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO BRING IT FORWARD AND GET THIS, WORKED OUT SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

IT WAS A IT WAS A HUGE HIT TO THEIR REVENUE ON A COMPLEX THAT REQUIRES QUITE A BIT OF SERVICES OUT OF THE CITY.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

ABSOLUTELY. I WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS, I WAS SHOCKED THAT A COUNTY DOWN, YOU KNOW, 550 MILES AWAY IN BROWNSVILLE, WAS ABLE TO BUY UP AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT, FROM WHAT I GATHER.

IS THAT ANY.

BECAUSE THAT'S OFF THE TAX ROLLS, THEY GET A PERCENTAGE OF THE SAVED.

YEAH, THEY GET A PERCENTAGE OF THAT SAVED, REALIZED TAX SAVINGS THE CORPORATION DOES.

SO IT'S A BUSINESS PLAN FOR THEM.

BUT IN THE CITY OF EULESS, JUST FOR REFERENCE, THEY LOST $506,000 IN REVENUE BECAUSE OF THIS ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

BRYN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ON THAT? RIGHT? I MEAN, THE WAY THE MODEL WORKS IS THE CAMERON COUNTY HOUSING CORPORATION PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, AND THEN THEY LEASE IT TO A MULTIFAMILY OPERATOR. THAT TAKES IT OFF THE TAX ROLLS ENTIRELY.

AND AS LONG AS THE LEASE PAYMENTS ARE LESS THAN THE TAXES THAT THE OPERATOR AND OWNER OF THE HOTEL WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE PAID, EVERYBODY WINS.

EXCEPT FOR THE CITY WHERE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TAX ROLLS.

AND SO IT WAS A QUITE A SURPRISE.

THIS HAS HAPPENED IN PLANO AND FRISCO AS WELL, I BELIEVE, AND YOU NEVER SEE IT COMING.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. WELL, BRYN AND THE TERM AFFORDABLE IS RELEVANT BECAUSE IN A HIGHER AREAS THEY'RE PULLING HIGHER TAX PROPERTIES OFF. AND THEY'RE ALSO NOT PAYING ANY TAXES ON ANY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.

OR IF THEY'RE BUILDING THEM, THEY PAY NO TAXES ON THE MATERIALS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

IT GETS WORSE THAN THAT.

SO IN ORDER TO DO THIS DEAL, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS AVAILABLE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING.

BUT IF YOU HAVE COMPETING APPLICATIONS, MARKET RATE AND, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING RATE, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE STATUTE THAT SAYS THE OWNER OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS

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SO IN IN FACT, YOU MAY HAVE NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ACTUALLY OCCUPIED.

WHILE THE OWNER OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ENJOYS COMPLETE IMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS FROM ALL AD VALOREM TAXES, SCHOOL DISTRICT, COUNTY, ETC..

SO HOW DID THIS HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? IT'S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

THERE WAS THERE WAS SOME SORT OF LAWSUIT.

AND THEN THE THERE WAS SOME KIND OF CIRCUIT COURT THAT BASICALLY ALLOWED THEM TO DO THIS WITH, THAT LOOPHOLE IN THERE.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO SOMEBODY SAT DOWN WITH THIS, AND THERE ARE LAW FIRMS THAT WILL DO ALL THE WORK FOR YOU.

RIGHT. PACKAGE DEAL AND MAKE SURE THAT THE STATUTE IS COMPLIED WITH.

BUT THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE I TRULY BELIEVE THIS.

THESE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

I MEAN, EVEN THE CAMERON COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS CALLED BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THEY SAID, HOW DOES THIS BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY? THIS PROVIDES NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY SAID HERE'S THE SUM OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE OVER 30 YEARS FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OWNER IN EULESS, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND BUY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CAMERON COUNTY.

SO THAT'S HOW IT HELPS US.

IT'S REALLY SORT OF ALMOST A ROBIN HOOD SCHEME, RIGHT? YOU PULL IN MONEY OUT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES AND YOU'RE TAKING IT AND YOU SPEND IT IN YOURS.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

THEY'RE ALSO CONTACTING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO IT.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUYING THEM AND USING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR TEACHERS, BECAUSE WHAT THEY LOSE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LOSES AND THE TAXES THE STATE HAS TO MAKE UP SO THEY DON'T LOSE ANYTHING.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NOT AFFECTED AT ALL.

THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

BUT BRYN. SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE GOES BACK INTO SESSION.

SO WE HAVE NO PROTECTIONS UNTIL THEN.

SO IF EVERYBODY WENT CRAZY ON THIS, WE COULD REALLY BE OUT.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND THIS IS JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LEGISLATED PRIORITY FOR TML.

SO OUR OFFICE IS REPRESENTING WE'RE CITY ATTORNEY FOR EULESS.

WE'RE WORKING THEY'RE HIRING A LOBBYIST.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH TML AND THEIR LOBBYISTS TO TRY TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATURE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE EVEN REALIZE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.

PLUS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY.

SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY FOCUSED ON STATUTES THAT ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LET ALONE THE LOOPHOLES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED.

I KNOW THAT'S AGAIN I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I, WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT THIS AND ALSO A LITTLE FRIGHTENED THAT IT COULD EVEN HAPPEN TO OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE.

SO WE STAND BY, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS IN EULESS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT HARD, YOU KNOW, WITH TML TO GET THIS REVERSED.

COUNCILMAN STEVES, I'M JUST WONDERING IF OUR REPRESENTATIVES KNOW THAT HERE AND THE REST OF TARRANT COUNTY, ARE THEY ALL AWARE THAT WE'RE MAKING A JOINT EFFORT HERE? THEY WILL BE SOON.

OKAY. SO I CAN SPEAK REPRESENTATIVE BHOJANI.

HE WAS WELL AWARE OF THAT WHEN I HAD A MEETING WITH HIM MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO, BACK IN MARCH.

FEBRUARY. HE THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF HIS PRIORITY AS WELL BECAUSE, I MEAN, AGAIN, HE COMES FROM CITY COUNCIL, SO.

YEAH. EXACTLY. THANKS.

THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

THE SECOND I SAW THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 12, CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION PLAN AND RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES

[12. Consider a resolution of the City of Bedford, Texas approving the American Rescue Plan Act Appropriation Plan; and recognizing and appropriating expenditures within the Fiscal Year 2024 Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Budget for the Library in an estimated total of $123,822.]

I'LL GIVE YOU ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING. SO YES, THIS IS AN ITEM TO ADDRESS SOME CAPITAL NEEDS AT THE LIBRARY, AND I CAN GO THROUGH THAT LIST PRETTY QUICKLY.

IT IS TO DESIGN AN ENTRYWAY AWNING.

CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO PROTECTION OVER THE FRONT DOOR OF THE LIBRARY.

SO IN ANY INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT WATER GETS IN THAT DOOR, STAFF HAS TO UNLOCK THE DOOR BECAUSE THE AUTOMATIC SENSOR DOESN'T WORK.

WATER GETS IN THERE.

AND SO ALSO THIS AWNING WILL PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR OUR PATRONS WHEN THEY'RE WAITING TO BE PICKED UP AND DROPPED OFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS IS JUST THE DESIGN OF THE AWNING.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING TO BE JUST YET.

ALSO IN THIS ITEM IS A DESIGN OF A CHILDREN'S ENTRANCE.

RIGHT NOW IT IS AN OPEN ENTRANCE INTO THE CHILDREN'S WING OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH ALLOWS THE NOISE FROM CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES TO FILTER INTO OTHER AREAS OF THE LIBRARY WHEN IT

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SO THIS IS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF BASICALLY CLOSING THAT SPACE OFF.

AND IT WILL CONTINUE THE SAME DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY.

THAT WALL WILL BE THE SAME.

THIS WILL MAKE THAT AREA A LITTLE BIT MORE QUIET FOR THE REST OF THE LIBRARY, AND ALLOW CHILDREN TO FLOW A LITTLE BIT MORE FREELY WITHIN THAT SPACE.

I APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS.

I'M JUST KIDDING. [LAUGHTER] WE ALSO THE SIGN OUT FRONT, THE ELECTRONIC SIGN OUT FRONT HAS MET END OF LIFE AND IT'S TIME TO BE REPLACED. AND SO THIS ITEM ALSO IS REPLACING THAT SIGN OUT FRONT, THAT MONUMENT SIGN.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

THE CURRENT PAGING SYSTEM IN THE LIBRARY DOESN'T GO THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE ROOMS IN THE LIBRARY.

AND SO THIS NEW UPDATED PAGING SYSTEM WILL GO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LIBRARY, AS WELL AS IT INTERACTS WITH THE CITY'S PHONE SYSTEM.

SO OUR IT DEPARTMENT KIND OF BLESSED THIS VENDOR BECAUSE IT INTERACTS REALLY GOOD WITH THE CITY'S PHONE SYSTEM.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE AUTOMATED MATERIALS HANDLING REFRESH WITH TECH LOGIC.

AND THIS IS THAT ORIGINAL SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED IN 2010.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST TIME TO BE UPDATED.

AND I CANNOT ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT WE HAVE MARIA HERE.

IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE ITEMS, SHE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU KAREN.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I DO HAVE A FEW ON JUST SPECIFIC ITEMS. SO MARIA, THAT MONUMENT SIGN, HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN? THAT BEEN THERE. IT WAS INSTALLED IN 2010.

LAST YEAR WE HAD SOME MODULES GO OUT.

WHAT THEY CALL BOARDS.

AND WHEN WE CONTACTED THE VENDOR ABOUT REPLACING THEM, HE SAID THAT DAKTRONICS ONLY HAD 12 BOARDS LEFT.

AND DID WE WANT TO BUY THEM ALL? AND IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED.

AND WE WERE LIKE, WELL, NO, WE'LL JUST DO THIS ONE.

SO IF YOU DRIVE BY, YOU CAN SEE SOMETIMES THAT THE COLORS AREN'T QUITE RIGHT AND IT'S BECAUSE CERTAIN COLORS ARE GOING OUT ON IT.

GOTCHA. AND SO IF PARTS ARE DISCONTINUED AND SO WE NEED TO REDO THAT WHOLE SIGN.

GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE IS IT THE AUTOMATED MATERIALS REFRESH.

THAT WAS WHEN WAS THAT PUT IN? IT WAS ACTUALLY PUT IN IN OCTOBER OF 2020 WHILE THE LIBRARY WAS BEING BUILT, BECAUSE IT HAS A 40 FOOT CONVEYOR THAT IS WITHIN THE CEILING.

GOTCHA. WOW. OKAY, SO THE SYSTEM IS MEANT TO LAST, YOU KNOW, 20, 25 YEARS, BUT THIS REFRESH WILL EXTEND THE LIFE.

KANSAS CITY HAD THIS DONE A REFRESH AND THEIR SYSTEM HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE 1999.

SO, YOU KNOW, SO SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO EXTEND THE LIFE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO EXTEND IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT. I COULD ASK.

WELL, 1999 YEAH. AND IT'S STILL GOING, YOU KNOW, SO 25 YEARS.

SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO NOTICE IS DIFFERENT COMPONENTS WITHIN THE SYSTEM ARE FAILING.

AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO COME IN AND REPLACE SOME OF THOSE.

WE DO GET THE SORTER.

WE HAVE A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT THEY COME OUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

AND THEN WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO LIKE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, 2008 A SQUIRREL GOT FRIED ON ONE OF THE TRANSFORMERS, AND IT TOOK OUT ONE OF THE LEGS OF THE TRANSFORMER TO THE LIBRARY, AND THERE WAS A BURNT UP MOTOR THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY COVER WEAR AND TEAR OF THINGS OVER THE LIFE OF THE SYSTEM.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF COMING IN AND REPLACING THAT.

SO FROM TIME TO TIME WE'VE REPLACED BELTS OR WE'VE GONE IN AND REPLACED ROLLERS.

BUT IF YOU NOTICE THIS IS REPLACING A LOT OF THE MULTIPLE THINGS WITH THE BLUE BANDS BREAK OVER TIME.

SO IT GOES IN AND DOES A LOT OF THAT STUFF.

FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MARIA I APPRECIATE THAT.

NO PROBLEM. YEP. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARIA OR MISS RIGGS? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 13 WHICH IS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

[13. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO MORNINGS WITH THE MAYOR ON SATURDAY.

I HAD A GOOD CROWD, GOOD, GOOD DISCUSSION ON ON VARIOUS ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND A LOT ON WE KIND OF WENT OFF ON A TANGENT A LITTLE BIT AND TALKED ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT WAS GOOD TOO.

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THIS WAS HIS SCOUT PROJECT, WHAT HE NEEDED TO BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT.

AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE BEDFORD? WELL. AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AND, YOU KNOW, I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TAKING PICTURES OF IT SAYING IT NEEDED REFRESHED.

AND HE'S LIKE, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

AND SO, I MEAN, I GUESS THAT SPEAKS TO BOY SCOUTS, RIGHT? YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS DONE, YOU GET IT DONE.

AND SO I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO GO GO CHECK IT OUT.

IT IS BY SILVER DOLLAR WINERY.

HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

HIM AND HIS CREW.

I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HELPING PRESERVE BEDFORD HISTORY.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY A GOOD WIN FOR US.

SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR MY REPORT.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER REPORTS.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14.

[14. City Manager/Staff Reports]

THANK YOU MAYOR.

JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS.

WE ARE BUSY IN BUDGET SEASON RIGHT NOW, AND SO WE'RE KIND OF KNEE DEEP IN NUMBER CRUNCHING.

AND KAREN IS IN HER ELEMENT WITH HER SPREADSHEETS, WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

AND JUST KIND OF WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING FORWARD ON THE AGENDA SOON THAT HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS.

ONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE ARPA UPDATE AT OUR SECOND MEETING IN JULY.

AGAIN, FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, THE CITY HAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH.

AND SO BY THAT TIME, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR ESTIMATES IN A ROW, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

WE WILL THEN MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE AS WE'VE DONE WITH THE LIBRARY TONIGHT.

EFFORTS ON THOSE CERTAINLY ONE TIME COSTS THAT THOSE ARPA FUNDS ARE IDEAL FOR WITH OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THAT IN JULY AS WELL.

AND THEN ALSO AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN LINGERING AND KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES FOR QUITE SOME TIME IS OUR ENTRYWAY MEDIAN DESIGNS FROM THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT THAT WE HAD WORKED WITH. AND THIS CONVERSATION STARTED QUITE A WHILE AGO.

I HATE TO SAY TWO YEARS, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TWO YEARS WHEN THIS CONVERSATION GOT STARTED ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE LOOK OF OUR ENTRYWAYS AND JUST HAVE A BETTER, CONSISTENT THEME WITH OUR LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AT THE ENTRIES, AT OUR MEDIANS, AT OUR CITY FACILITIES.

AND SO WESTWOOD WILL BE HERE, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, TO PRESENT THAT ALSO AT OUR SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY.

SO AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY WHO JOINED US THIS EVENING.

MY HUSBAND MARK, MY SON ANDREW, AND MY OTHER SON, CHRIS.

WE ARE KNEE DEEP IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS A COLLEGE COURSE THIS SUMMER, AND SO CHRIS DECIDED TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.

THIS WAS A GREAT ONE FOR [INAUDIBLE].

AND YOU GOT TO SEE OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST GET THOSE CURVEBALLS LEFT AND RIGHT.

SO IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD ONE.

[LAUGHTER]OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA, I GUESS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MOTION TO ADJOURN? OH, OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AT 8:23.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.