Jul 23, 2024 City Council

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[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

IT IS TUESDAY, JULY 23RD, 2024.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ONLINE WATCHING.

WE'RE GOING TO START THINGS OFF FIRST WITH THE INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES, FOLLOWED BY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

EVERYONE PLEASE STAND.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER HERE TONIGHT.

WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH US IN OUR CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AND HELP US TO BE WISE IN THE DECISIONS WE MAKE FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CITY.

GIVE US THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD, EVEN WHEN THERE IS HONEST DISAGREEMENT.

PLEASE HELP US SEE WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT AND WHAT UNITES US.

IN GOD'S NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES, COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL RECOGNITION.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

SO, I'LL CALL TO THE PODIUM DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF MIKE CHICANI.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT, WE GET TO CELEBRATE THREE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH TENURE AWARDS.

CAPTAIN SCOTT, YOU CAN COME UP.

HE'S BEEN EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY SINCE JULY OF 2004.

HE MADE POLICE CORPORAL IN APRIL OF 2011.

HE MADE SERGEANT IN DECEMBER OF 2013, WHERE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF RECRUITING, TRAINING AND PATROL.

IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, HE WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN.

HE ATTENDED THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE FOR POLICE PERF IN BOSTON AND JUST GOT BACK FROM THAT.

HE WAS A TRAFFIC OFFICER, SWAT TEAM MEMBER, RED LIGHT CAMERA MANAGEMENT.

BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES.

SUPERVISOR FOR CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION.

ANOTHER MEMORY? YES.

ANOTHER ONE. HE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AVIATION MANAGEMENT.

HE SERVED THE US MARINE CORPS FOR 20 YEARS.

MASTER PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATION FROM TECO.

IN 2013, HE WAS EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.

HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT IN MAY OF 2013 AS WELL, AND IN 2007 TRAFFIC DIVISION EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR 15 LETTERS OF COMMENDATION ON FILE AND HE'S KNOWN FOR HIS LOYALTY, ASSERTIVENESS, HARD WORK, RELIABILITY AND COMPASSION.

HE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, WORKING OUT AND SNACKS.

AND IF YOU EVER NEED A SNACK, HE HAS A DRAWER FULL THAT HE IS READY TO GIVE YOU.

CAPTAIN SCOTT. CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

CAPTAIN. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. NICE. NEXT, I HAVE DETECTIVE WAYNE MOODY.

THIS IS NOT A MISPRINT.

HE EMPLOYED.

HE WAS EMPLOYED HERE IN JULY OF 1984.

WE'RE CELEBRATING 40 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

FOR 25 OF THOSE, HE WAS IN SWAT.

HE STARTED AS WELL IN 84 AS A POLICE OFFICER.

BUT IN 86 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE MOTOR OFFICER, WHERE HE'S ACTUALLY A CO-FOUNDER OF THE BEDFORD PD MOTORS.

AND HE STAYED THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS.

IN 1995, HE MOVED TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION AS A DETECTIVE, WHERE HE CURRENTLY STILL SERVES.

HE'S AN AIR FORCE VETERAN SWAT SNIPER.

SWAT SNIPER TEAM LEADER FOR TEN YEARS.

SWAT SNIPER INSTRUCTOR FOR 15 YEARS.

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HE ALSO HOLDS A MASTER IN TCOLE CERTIFICATION.

WE HAD TO PULL ON HIS MEMORY ON THIS, BUT IN 1987 HE WAS OFFICER OF THE YEAR VAGUELY REMEMBERS THAT ONE.

HE HAS FIVE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, A LIFESAVING AWARD, AND 44 LETTERS OF COMMENDATION.

OH MY GOSH! DETECTIVE MOODY, 40 YEARS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I KNOW ESTELLE ROGERS WAS ON THE LIST.

SHE'S CURRENTLY IN THE POLICE ACADEMY.

SHE'S A DISPATCHER. BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND AGAIN IN THE POLICE ACADEMY, AND SHE'S PROBABLY STUDYING FOR HER EXAM.

SO, I DON'T I HAVE INFORMATION ON HER, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE, SO THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S ALL GOOD. DETECTIVE MOODY, WOULD YOU, YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS.

THAT'S QUITE, QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU UP TO THE MIC FOR.

BECAUSE I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

I KNOW, DON'T WORRY.

I'LL BE, I'LL BE GENTLE HERE.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, I MEAN, 40, I MEAN, NOT MANY, NOT MANY EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AROUND HERE FOR 40 YEARS.

SO, TO BE HERE AND TO BE IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

WHAT KEPT YOU IN BEDFORD? LIKE I TELL THE GUYS AT WORK, MY WIFE'S GOT WAY TOO MUCH STUFF FOR ME TO DO AT HOME, SO IT'S EASIER TO COME UP HERE AND COME TO WORK.

THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO, I GET IT.

WELL, TRULY.

ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE CITY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS A GOOD ANSWER.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SEEING THAT CONCLUDES OUR COUNCIL RECOGNITION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND SO, WE'LL ACTUALLY BEFORE WE GET TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY AN UPDATE DISCUSSION ON REMAINING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING AND FUTURE

[PRESENTATION]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO YES, KIND OF LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BACK IN LIKE FEBRUARY, WE'RE GOING TO DO A QUARTERLY UPDATE AS FAR AS ARPA FUNDS ARE CONCERNED, BECAUSE WE ARE KIND OF UP AGAINST A DEADLINE OF WHEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS OBLIGATED.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FUNDS, WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHAT'S BEEN COMPLETED, AND KIND OF WHAT PLANS WE HAVE OR WHAT WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH OUR CAPITAL TO KIND OF SET UP A PLAN FOR THE REMAINING DOLLARS.

DOES THIS WORK? OKAY.

SO, YES. SO AS OF WE GOT THE FUNDS 12,165,662.76.

CAN'T FORGET THE CENTS AND I WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED TONIGHT'S ITEMS IN OUR TOTALS WITH THE ASSUMPTION I'M ASSUMING, HOPEFULLY, THAT YOU WILL APPROVE THEM, BUT THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THOSE NUMBERS.

SO AS OF TODAY, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE OBLIGATIONS OF 7.4 MILLION AND THEN BALANCE INCLUDING PROJECT SAVINGS AND INTEREST EARNINGS.

I REALIZED WHEN I GAVE YOU A PRESENTATION EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY INTEREST EARNINGS THAT WE HAVE EARNED ON THESE ARPA DOLLARS.

SO, THIS NUMBER, THE FIVE SIX INCLUDES LET ME GET MY GLASSES.

SO THAT INCLUDES A LIFE TO DATE.

SO, FROM THE MOMENT WE GOT THE FUNDS TO WHERE WE ARE AS OF THE END OF JUNE, WE HAVE COLLECTED OR EARNED $585,511.81 IN INTEREST. AND YOU KNOW, I BRAG ON BRADY EVERY TIME I CAN BECAUSE HE HAS DONE SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.

SO, A LOT OF THAT IS DUE TO HIM AND LADDERING THOSE INVESTMENTS.

SO THAT 5.6 MILLION INCLUDES THAT INTEREST EARNINGS.

BACK IN DECEMBER OF 22, WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF HOW WE COULD ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.

AND WE CHOSE THE STANDARD ALLOCATION FOR LOST REVENUE, WHICH IS 10 MILLION.

AND BASICALLY, IT JUST SAVED US FROM HAVING TO DO THIS MULTI-PAGE CALCULATION.

THE TREASURY GAVE US THE OPTION OF CHOOSING THIS, AND WE GRACIOUSLY BROUGHT IT TO YOU AND YOU ACCEPT IT AND SAID, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO BASICALLY THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE CAN USE IT ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES, PARKS, VEHICLES, GOVERNMENT SERVICES.

ONE THING I THINK I, I MISSED EARLIER IS THAT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE FUNDS OBLIGATED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FUNDS SPENT BY THE END OF 26. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO AGAIN, THIS JUST KIND OF LISTS THE PROJECTS BY DEPARTMENTS I WENT THROUGH AND GAVE YOU TOTALS.

AND YOU CAN SEE JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED SOME SORT OF ALLOCATION OF ARPA FUNDS.

SO, WE'RE SITTING WITH WE'VE GOT SOME PROJECT SAVINGS OF ABOUT 286,000.

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AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THE BALANCE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

THAT WASN'T HASN'T BEEN SPENT BASED ON WHAT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN AWARDED OR OBLIGATED.

SO, IN COMMUNICATIONS, THEIR PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE.

WE OBLIGATED A LITTLE OVER 16,000 TO THEM.

DEVELOPMENT, WE DID 102,000 SO FAR.

BOTH OF THOSE ARE COMPLETE.

WE'RE JUST WAITING ON FINAL INVOICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO COME IN.

FACILITIES, THOSE ARE FAIRLY RECENT.

WE DID SOME ADA ACCESSIBLE DOORS ON A MULTITUDE OF OUR FACILITIES THE BUILDING B DEMOLITION AND THE BUILDING A ROOF, WHICH IS ALSO COMPLETE.

WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THOSE FINAL INVOICES TO COME IN, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, BUILDING B CAN'T BE DEMOED UNTIL WE GET STAFF OUT OF THERE.

I DON'T THINK THEY'D LIKE THAT TOO MUCH.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE OBLIGATED 1.6 MILLION TO THEM.

JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ON THEIR LIST IS COMPLETE.

WE HAVE SOME PROJECT SAVINGS.

ABOUT 98,000.

BACK IN THE BUDGET YEAR FOR BUDGET YEAR 2223, WE HAD ALLOCATED ABOUT $5,000 FOR THEM TO DO AN EOC REFRESH, NEW COMPUTERS, NEW MONITORS, NEW TVS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WELL, ONE OF THE ITEMS ON TONIGHT IS TO BUY THOSE ITEMS ALREADY.

SO ON YOUR AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE THAT I REDUCED IT BY THE 5000 YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

HR, THIS WAS THE SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION ONE TIME FOR OUR NEW PAYROLL HR SOFTWARE, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS COMPLETE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

I JUST DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO VERIFY THAT WITH STEPHANIE.

SO, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT $3,000 IN PROJECT SAVINGS ON THAT AS WELL TO REALLOCATE.

THIS NEXT SECTION IS KIND OF FAIRLY NEW.

IT'S THE HR AND FINANCE RELOCATION.

SO, WE'VE GOT THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, THE CONSTRUCTION AND THEN FURNITURE AND ANCILLARY ITEMS THAT ARE ALSO ON YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, WHICH IS ALSO WHY IT'S ONGOING.

IT WAS ABOUT 523,000 AND ALL OF THEIRS ARE COMPLETE.

AND WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT SAVINGS, ABOUT 11,700.

LIBRARY. MOST OF THEIRS ARE FAIRLY NEW.

WE DID HAVE SOME SMALLER ITEMS PREVIOUSLY, BUT THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT YOU APPROVED A COUPLE COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO.

SO THAT'S AGAIN WHY THEY'RE STILL ONGOING.

MUNICIPAL COURT THIS WAS TO DO THEIR BALLISTIC GLASS DOWN THERE FOR STAFF WHEN THEY DEAL WITH OUR DEFENDANTS THAT COME IN TO PAY TICKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE, AND WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECT SAVINGS ON THAT.

WE DID ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FEASIBILITY FUNDRAISING, FEASIBILITY STUDY.

AND THAT ONE WENT OVER A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE HE HAD TO COME BACK OUT AND DO A SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEWS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT ONE AS BEING OVER.

PARKS AND REC.

WE'VE ALLOCATED 205 TO THEM SO FAR.

WE HAVE PROJECT SAVINGS OF 150.

I WILL SAY THE ADA FITNESS EQUIPMENT.

WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL BE DELIVERED THIS WEEK AND THEN HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET THE INSTALLER, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT INSTALLED.

SO THAT'LL BE THAT'LL BE A NICE PLUS.

THAT ONE'S BEEN IT'S BEEN ON DELIVERY.

WE KEEP BEING TOLD IT'S ON ITS WAY.

IT'S ON ITS WAY. BUT WE HAVE CONFIRMATION IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED THIS WEEK.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ALLOCATED 2.5 MILLION TO THEM, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT ARE STILL ONGOING EOC BACKUP TECHNOLOGY AND DOOR CONTROL, SECURITY IMPROVEMENT.

AND I NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH BOBBY, OUR INTERIM POLICE CHIEF, TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE TWO PROJECTS.

SO, I LEFT HIM AS ONGOING FOR RIGHT NOW.

PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE WE ALLOCATED OR OBLIGATED 1.2 MILLION TO THEM.

WE HAVE PROJECT SAVINGS OF 101.

WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT IS ONGOING AND IT'S THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR AND EQUIPMENT.

I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT THAT GENERATOR HAS BEEN DELIVERED.

I THINK WE'RE WAITING ON JUST A COUPLE OF PIECES TO GET IT INSTALLED, AND THEN THAT PROJECT WILL ALSO BE COMPLETE.

IT'S BEEN HANGING OUT FOR A WHILE.

WE'RE READY FOR THAT TO BE UP AND GOING.

AND THEN THIS IS WHERE WE GO INTO OUR FUTURE PROJECTS, OUR CAPITAL PLAN FOR THE REMAINING ARPA DOLLARS.

AND I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT OF KIND OF WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES THAT HAVE THEY'VE NEEDED A LITTLE LOVE FOR SOME TIME.

AND SO WE SAT DOWN WITH OUR FACILITIES MANAGER, AND WE'RE TRYING TO ASK HIM, YOU KNOW, WHAT? WHAT PROJECTS GIVE YOU HEARTBURN, WHAT PROJECTS GIVE YOU, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD ALLOCATE DOLLARS TO FIX SOME OF THESE FACILITIES, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE A LOT OF THESE CAME FROM.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME FACILITIES THAT DON'T HAVE CARD READERS.

WE HAVE SOME PUNCH PAD SECURITY CODES VERSUS A CARD READER THAT CAN BE PROGRAMED AND SECURED A LITTLE BIT.

SO, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE FACILITY, IT SAYS CARD READERS.

AND THAT'S FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.

CEILING TILE REPLACEMENTS.

I'LL USE THIS BUILDING AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF OUR ROOF LEAKS, A LOT OF OUR CEILING TILES NEED TO BE REPLACED.

THEY'VE GOT WATER DAMAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

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AND SO WE HAVE TO GET THOSE UPDATED AND REPAIRED.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU WILL NOTICE I DON'T HAVE ESTIMATES FOR EVERY PROJECT THAT'S ON HERE.

SO IF I HAD AN ESTIMATE THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE.

IF I DIDN'T, I LEFT IT BLANK.

SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DO.

IF SOME OF THESE ESTIMATES COME IN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WANT.

IN PD, THEIR LOCKER ROOMS NEED TO BE REMODELED TO BE CONDUCIVE WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE NOW.

AND I GUESS THAT'S THE ONE AREA THAT DIDN'T REALLY GET UPDATED WHEN THEY DID THEIR REMODEL WITH THEIR ARPA DOLLARS.

SO THAT IS REPLACING THE LOCKERS THEMSELVES, AS WELL AS REMODELING THE SPACE TO MAKE IT MORE CONDUCIVE FOR STAFF.

THAT ESTIMATE HAS COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND BOBBY'S, HE'S TWEAKING IT AS WE GO BECAUSE THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG NUMBER, BUT HE'S LIKE, KAREN I PROMISE I'M TRYING.

OH, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE PARKS BUILDING.

SO THE SAME THING. WE'VE GOT CARD READER FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.

AND THEN THEIR BATHROOM IS ALSO VERY OUTDATED AND NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE STAFF THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.

THEY DON'T HAVE AN ALARM SYSTEM.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED TO THAT FACILITY HAS ZERO SIGNAGE.

SO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THE PARKS BUILDING, YOU HAVE NO IDEA, I THINK.

I DON'T EVEN THINK IT HAS A BEDFORD B ON IT.

SO, WE WANTED TO DO SOME SIGNAGE ON THAT FACILITY.

FACILITIES, THEIR FENCE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

THEIR HVAC UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

I SHOULD HAVE ASKED CHRIS WHAT TOP POINT FRONT BRICK MEANS, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

BUT I CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER IF YOU'RE CURIOUS.

AND THEN JUST GIVING IT SOME UPDATES ON THE PAINT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

PUBLIC WORKS NEEDS QUITE A BIT OF WORK.

LIKE, I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF TIMES, I'VE HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN BY THAT BUILDING IN A WHILE, THEIR GARAGE DOORS ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF BEING REPLACED.

WE HAVE SEVERAL DOORS THAT ARE A LOCK AND KEY VERSUS A CARD READER.

THEIR GARAGE FLOOR IS NEEDS TO BE PAINT AND SEALED FOR THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICALS THAT THEY USE JUST TO PROTECT THEM AND THEIR EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN ALSO THEIR BATHROOM IS A SINGLE STALL BATHROOM, AND THERE'S FIVE EMPLOYEES IN THAT FLEET BAY AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

AND THEN CEILING TILES AGAIN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

ON LIBRARY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS APPROVED WAS THE DESIGN OF AN AWNING AT THE FRONT OF THAT FACILITY.

AND SO THIS IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR THE AWNING CONSTRUCTION.

ONCE WE GET THAT DESIGN BACK, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT COSTS LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER DONE ANY TRAINING IN THEIR COMPUTER ROOM, BUT IT DESPERATELY NEEDS SOME SOUND PROOFING.

IT REVERBERATES PRETTY BAD.

AND THEN RESEALING OF WINDOWS AND REPLACING OF HVAC UNITS.

OBS NEEDS A LITTLE LANDSCAPING.

THE ELECTRONIC SIGN OUT FRONT ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

IT'S AT ITS END OF LIFE.

SIMILAR TO THE LIBRARY'S MONUMENT SIGN.

THE DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM NEEDS TO BE REMODELED.

IT'S A LITTLE OUTDATED.

STALLS ARE VERY SMALL.

DON'T MEET CURRENT COMPLIANCE.

RESEALING OF WINDOWS.

WE DO HAVE SOME.

I THINK IT'S WHERE THE EXTENSION WHERE THOSE WINDOWS ARE.

THEY LEAK.

SO THOSE NEED TO BE RESEALED.

UPDATING THE ALARM SYSTEM, REPLACING THE FRONT DOOR AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.

THERE ARE FOUR DOORS, AND WE CAN'T BLOCK THEM DUE TO FIRE CODE, BUT THOSE FOUR DOORS AT THE BACK OF THAT FACILITY ARE NOT NEEDED.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCLOSE TWO OF THOSE SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THAT SPACE BETTER.

BUT AGAIN WE'RE WAITING ON QUOTES FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING, THESE ARE JUST MISCELLANEOUS ARPA PROJECTS THAT WE DECIDED OR TALKED ABOUT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEEMS TO BE INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING IS SIGNAGE.

OUR RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, AND SO WE WANTED TO WORK ON SOME DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE SO THAT WHEN FOLKS COME HERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. AND BECAUSE SOMEONE SEES THIS SIGN THAT SAYS UTILITY BILLING THIS WAY, THE ARROW POINTS TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

SO, THEY THINK THAT'S UTILITY BILLING VERSUS WHEN THE ARROW ACTUALLY MEANS ACROSS THE STREET.

SO, WE WANTED TO CREATE SOME SIGNAGE TO REALLY HELP OUR RESIDENTS KNOW WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO, WHERE DEPARTMENTS WERE TO MAKE IT JUST A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.

FIRE APPARATUS.

I HAVE A FEELING THAT ESTIMATE IS INCREDIBLY LOW.

WE DO HAVE AN ENGINE THAT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, AND IT WILL BE TOTALED.

SO I'M WAITING ON OUR INSURANCE COMPANY TO GET ME THOSE REPORTS BACK, SO I KNOW WHAT VALUE WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM INSURANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT ENGINE.

SOME TELECOM UPDATES.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT CHEEK-SPARGER WITH THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

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AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE OBS AND RESTORE IT AND RENOVATE IT TO DO SOME EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES TO FOR CULTURAL ARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE HAD ALSO DISCUSSED EARLY ON ABOUT DOING THE BEDFORD COMMONS AMENITY POND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

SO ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED ON THERE EQUAL ABOUT 2.1 MILLION.

NOW, GRANTED, NOT EVERYTHING HAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO IT.

SO THAT ESTIMATE MAY CHANGE AND PRIORITIES MAY CHANGE.

BUT WE KIND OF WE WANTED TO WE REALLY WANTED TO ADDRESS EACH FACILITY AND REALLY TACKLE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AT THOSE VARIOUS FACILITIES AND MAKE OUR STAFF FEEL LIKE WE, WE SHOW WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR ENVIRONMENT THEY'RE WORKING IN.

SO THAT IS MY VERY HIGH LEVEL.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND SO I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALLOCATED WE HAVE ABOUT 5 MILLION GIVE OR SO LEFT.

AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN QUOTES FOR YOU SAID TOTALS THAT 22.

1 MILLION OR SO.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT QUOTED.

WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THAT WILL REACH THAT THE WHOLE TOTAL AMOUNT.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND IT ALL OBVIOUSLY WITH ALL WITH ALL OF THESE.

MY MAIN, MY MAIN CONCERN WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, I KNOW WE GAVE DIRECTION.

GOSH, WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE WE DID ON THIS? I THINK IT WAS FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, SOMETIME EARLY SPRING.

YEAH. AND I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MADE THE COMMENT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO USE THESE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING OFF THESE ONE-TIME COSTS THAT THAT WAY WE DON'T PASS THAT BURDEN ON TO THE RESIDENTS.

ONE THING THAT'S CONCERNING THAT CONCERNED ME WAS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS GETTING OVERLOOKED FOR THE FACT THAT, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, OUR THE ROOF OF THIS BUILDING HERE, WE KICKED THE CAN FOR SO LONG.

I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS LEAKING.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY THAT'S BEING OVERLOOKED TO THE POINT WHERE, LIKE, WE KNOW AN HVAC SYSTEMS OLD.

HEY, IT MIGHT KICK THE CAN.

DO WE NEED TO REPLACE THAT? I KNOW THAT WITH THE LIBRARY WE'RE REPLACING, YOU KNOW, 16 OF THEM.

THEY'RE ON THERE. BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THAT IS BEING MISSED, SO TO SPEAK? WELL, AND THAT'S A VALID CONCERN, WHICH IS WHY WE SIT DOWN WITH CHRIS AND FACILITIES, BECAUSE HE AND HIS STAFF, THEY WORK IN THESE BUILDINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THIS LIST CAME FROM.

WHAT ARE YOUR MAINTENANCE ITEMS? WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED? WHAT ARE WE MISSING? I'M NOT IN THOSE FACILITIES.

I'M AT MY COMPUTER, YOU KNOW, SO A LOT OF THAT WAS DRIVEN BY THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM TO GIVE HIS STAFF SOME RELIEF AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK THE ONLY THING WE WOULD CAUSE, I THINK ANY KIND OF HEARTBURN IS, IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AN EMERGENCY, LET'S SAY A ROOF CAVES IN, WE HAVE TO DO EMERGENCY REPAIR OR SOMETHING.

AND THAT WASN'T CAUGHT OR SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, WASN'T CAUGHT.

SO, WE'RE FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE PRETTY MUCH TOOK ON A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, OUTLOOK OF EVERYTHING, EVERY FACILITY, ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT. AND AND THIS IS A THIS IS A GOOD LIST TO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD LIST THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE.

EMERGENCY. YES.

AND I WILL TELL YOU TOO, WE'RE ALSO AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

WELL, NOT WE'RE ABOUT TO FINALIZE OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING ALSO IS GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE ITEMS REQUESTED BY OUR DEPARTMENTS.

AND IF ANYTHING IS A ONE TIME WE CAN UTILIZE ARPA FUNDS.

IF WE GO THROUGH THESE ESTIMATES AND WE THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME EXCESS FUNDS, WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE.

SO THAT'S PART OF OUR EVALUATION AS WELL.

GOTCHA, GOTCHA. THE ONLY ONE I SEE ON HERE, WHICH I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KNOW, IS THE BEDFORD COMMONS AMENITY, POOL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH MIDWAY RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THEY'RE TAKING THAT OVER.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD WANT INPUT ON THAT AND QUESTION OF TIMING.

I KNOW WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THIS ALLOCATED BEFOREHAND.

I WOULD ASSUME YOU, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE PROBABLY WON'T MAKE IT.

WELL AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ROUGHLY FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS LEFT OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS THESE PROJECTS MAY CHANGE BASED ON MOVEMENT.

LET'S SAY OUR FIRE ENGINE COMES BACK AT 2.5 MILLION, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THESE PROJECTS MAY CHANGE.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL COME TO COUNCIL AND ASK FOR GUIDANCE AND WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE, WHAT YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE TO DROP SOMETHING OFF THIS LIST TO FUND THIS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT? SO. SO TONIGHT IT'S JUST AN UPDATE.

NO DIRECTION.

JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE HAVE ON THE LIST IS GOOD TO GO AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AT A LATER DATE AS WE GET, AS WE GET TO THAT DEADLINE OF DECEMBER, SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE BY COUNCIL.

AND, AND AT THAT TIME, YOU'LL GIVE US THAT.

YES, SIR. A BRIEFING. OKAY.

YES, SIR. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I'M STILL NEW HERE.

I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT BEDFORD COMMONS THAT WHETHER WE COULD START ON THIS BEFORE WE HAVE A PLAN.

BUT ALONG THAT LINE, CAN WE START ON THE OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL BEFORE WE HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER FINISHED?

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CAN WE STILL REMODEL BATHROOMS? WELL, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IF THIS IS A GOOD PATH FORWARD, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET CONTRACTORS AND GET BIDS AND GET THOSE ESTIMATES AND BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO START WORK UNTIL THIS, UNTIL OUR SENIORS ARE OUT OF THAT FACILITY.

YOU WHEN YOU TAKE ACTION LIKE TONIGHT ON THE OTHER ON THE EOC ITEMS WHEN YOU TAKE ACTION THAT'S OBLIGATING THE FUNDS.

SO AS LONG AS WE YOU FORMALLY TAKE ACTION BEFORE THE END OF DECEMBER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE WORK HAS TO START.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE, YEAH, WE HAVE UNTIL THE YOU SAID THE END OF 2026 TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS MR. MAYOR. SO, MISS RIGGS ON, IS THERE A PRIORITY IF WE AREN'T, IF WE GET ESTIMATES FOR EVERYTHING AND OUR NEEDS OR THE ESTIMATES EXCEED WHAT THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED, DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF PRIORITY ORDER ON HOW WE WOULD APPROACH THE PROJECTS? RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT IN THAT POSITION, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT I THINK IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AND PRESENT THE PLAN AND GO, OKAY, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO START MAKING SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. WHAT WOULD YOU WHAT IS A PRIORITY TO YOU? AND IF I HAVE TO DROP SOMETHING OFF, WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER? SO, IT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT.

AND SO THEN SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CHEEK-SPARGER DO WE HAVE TIMING YET OF WE UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT.

OKAY. SO YES. SO THAT MAY COME OFF THE LIST ALTOGETHER JUST BECAUSE OF TIME OKAY.

YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN STEVES.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

DOES THE INTEREST, THE HALF $1 MILLION IN INTEREST HAVE TO BE ALLOCATED? IT DOES NOT.

AND IN FACT, IT WHEN WE'RE REPORTING THIS TO THE TREASURY, THERE'S NO SPOT FOR US EVEN TO REPORT INTEREST EARNINGS.

SO, WE DO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT.

WE CAN HOLD ON TO THAT. CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

GOOD QUESTION. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. LOOKS GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH KAREN.

APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE.

AND WE'LL BE WATCHING AND SEEING HOW THIS ALL PANS OUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT DEADLINE.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG IN OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

BOB COCHRAN.

2252 BEDFORD CIRCLE.

BEFORE I GET INTO THE MEAT OF MY SUBJECT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC PLEA THAT KAREN FIND A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET A PROPER SIZED MICROPHONE BOUGHT AND INSTALLED.

OKAY? I MEAN, IT'S A NOTHING.

OKAY. WHERE ARE WE? ALL RIGHT. THAT IS NOTED.

YEAH. OKAY.

ON NUMBER EIGHT.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ON NUMBER EIGHT.

I READ THROUGH IT.

I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PICTURES I DIDN'T LOOK AT REALLY ANY OF THE DRAWINGS.

THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW THAT I DIDN'T LIKE WAS THAT APPARENTLY ONE OF THE FEEDBACKS FROM THE TWO BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETINGS WAS THAT THEY SHOULD LIMIT THE USE OF CREPE MYRTLES AS THEY HAVE BEEN OVERDONE WITHIN THE CITY.

AND TO ME, THAT'S LIKE SAYING AZALEAS HAVE BEEN OVERDONE IN TYLER.

OKAY. I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY CREPE MYRTLES, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD LIMIT THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OVERDONE IN THE CITY BECAUSE, I MEAN, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THERE'S 8 OR 10 IN A ROW AND MAYBE FOR A COUPLE OF BLOCKS, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN SAY THEY'VE BEEN OVERDONE.

OKAY. THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT ON NUMBER EIGHT.

NUMBER NINE.

OKAY, SO NUMBER NINE IS FOR LET'S SEE $4,632,500 CONSISTING OF 42 DIFFERENT ITEMS AMONGST ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SIX, EIGHT, 9 OR 10 PARKS.

A LITTLE BIT FOR EVERY PARK, INCLUDING $300,000 FOR A DOG PARK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DOGS WERE ENTERTAINING, BUT IN MY MIND, YOU LIKE, PUT A FENCE AROUND IT, YOU PUT A GATE ON IT AND THERE'S YOUR DOG PARK.

OKAY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED MASSAGE CHAIRS OR WHAT, BUT $300,000, LIKE, ARE YOU KIDDING? OKAY, SO I THINK MORE ARPA MONEY.

I'M NOT SURE.

YEAH, IT IS SO, SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY MAKING

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OKAY, WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

ONCE THE NEW FIRE STATION, WHICH HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A YEAR OR TWO IS BUILT.

AND THIS PERSON TALKED TO MARK TODAY, AND MARK POINTED OUT THAT UNFORTUNATELY, IT CAN'T BE DONE BECAUSE THE BOND IS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING BALL FIELD, AQUATIC CENTER, MULTI-PURPOSE EVENT FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.

SO, HE IS RIGHT THAT PARKS AND RECS.

BUT HE MISSED THE PART ABOUT THE MULTI-PURPOSE EVENT CENTER AND WHEN OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL PROPERTY WAS NOT A PARK, IT ONLY TOOK A VOTE BY THE COUNCIL TO MAKE IT A PARK.

OKAY, LET'S CALL IT PARK LAND NOW.

SO, I'M THINKING THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO, THE PROPERTY WHERE THE FIRE STATION IS COULD BE DESIGNATED AS A PARK, AND THEN IT WOULD QUALIFY FOR SOME MONEY TO MAKE IT INTO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IF YOU TOOK THE $4,845,000 LEFT OVER FROM THE BOND, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 5.5 MILLION, BY THE WAY.

AND IF YOU ADDED IT TO WHAT USED TO BE 6 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS, YOU'D HAVE $10 MILLION.

AND I'LL BET YOU COULD DO A WHALE OF A JOB THERE TO TURN THAT INTO A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR LESS THAN $10 MILLION.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND GIVING ANYBODY A CONTRACT FOR $1 MILLION TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF PLAN FOR THAT, LIKE WAS DONE ON THE OLD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

I THINK THAT'S MAYBE ALL THAT I HAVE.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS WHEN YOU VOTE FOR THAT $4,632,500 OF STUFF IN NUMBER NINE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT STILL REMEMBER THAT A MULTI-EVENT FACILITY WAS INCLUDED IN THE BOND AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE LAWYER IF YOU CAN SPEND BOND MONEY WITHOUT EVER DOING A MULTI-EVENT FACILITY BECAUSE IT SAYS RIGHT THERE MULTIPLE EXCUSE ME, MULTI-PURPOSE EVENT FACILITY.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD STILL BE CONSIDERED EVEN THOUGH THE COUNCIL DECIDED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. FORGET IT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.

I MEAN, WE COULD FIND THE MONEY.

KAREN FOUND, WHAT'D YOU FIND $12 MILLION FIRE STATION, TRAINING CENTER, OR REVISE THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

AND I DON'T THINK THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS $300,000.

IS IT? MAYBE IT IS.

OKAY. BUT BARK PARK WILL BE THAT MUCH.

SO, I ASKED YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BECOME OF THE CURRENT FIRE STATION BECAUSE 10 MILLION OR A LOT LESS THAN THAT, I THINK, COULD TURN IT INTO A NICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND WOULD MAYBE KIND OF GET US BACK ON THE MAP.

WE GOT ON THE MAP WITH THE YMCA BUILDING.

WOW, LOOK AT THIS.

PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM NEAR AND FAR, AND I GUESS THEY STILL ARE.

BUT I THINK AND OTHERS THINK WE KIND OF FELL OFF WHEN WE DECIDED THAT WE DIDN'T, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WAS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.

WE COULDN'T FIND IT. IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S NOT FOR US.

AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT CLASSY ENOUGH TO HAVE THAT, BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE.

BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME WORK, AND I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THAT AND SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE.

QUESTIONS? NO.

OKAY, I'LL HAVE SOME.

I'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS, JUST GENERALLY.

BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT, MR. COCHRAN. ALWAYS.

I DO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY KIND OF DISAGREE WHEN THAT.

I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME THAT WANTED TO SEE A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS, IT WAS IT WAS HARD TO DIGEST THOSE NUMBERS AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKING IT AWAY FROM, AGAIN, A NEW FIRE STATION, A NEW, YOU KNOW, OUR NEW ANIMAL SHELTER SENIOR CENTER.

A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAD HAD PRIORITY.

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I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THAT, ONLY FOR THE FACT THAT ONCE YOU DO IT, IT'S HARD TO UNDO.

I THINK IT'S ALMOST YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS.

CORRECT ME TO ACTUALLY GET THAT UNDONE IF YOU EVER WANTED TO.

SO WHENEVER YOU DO DESIGNATE SOMETHING A PARK, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS BECAUSE IT WILL REMAIN A PARK FROM THEN ON FOR PERPETUITY, BASICALLY.

IN THAT BEING SAID WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE, THE FUNDS WHEN THIS ITEM COMES UP LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE $300,000 FOR THE DOG PARK, I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT IS FOR JUST TAKING A LOOK AND CONTRACTING OUT TO SEE WHAT A DOG PARK WOULD LOOK LIKE.

FOR GETTING THAT BECAUSE THESE AND I THINK DOG PARKS HAVE PROBABLY COME A LONG WAY.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE A FENCE ANYMORE.

FROM WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY USED TO BE.

BUT WE'LL SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A DOG PARK AS OF RIGHT NOW.

AND LIKE I SAID THIS THIS CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE PULLING A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CONCEIVABLY SELLING THAT LAND, THE DOG PARK WILL EVENTUALLY GO AWAY.

SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO MEET THAT NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO ADD, PLEASE, THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE CONVERSATION AND MOVING ON, BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, AS A REMINDER THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION WAS ACTUALLY INCORPORATED INTO THE TIRZ AS WELL. AND SO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ENVISIONED TO GENERATE TAX REVENUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TIRZ.

YOU WOULDN'T TYPICALLY PUT PROPERTY IN A TIRZ THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO CREATE REVENUE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS AWARE THAT THAT WAS LAYERED ON THERE.

AND IT'S IT IS ACTUALLY IN THE BEDFORD COMMONS TIRZ.

AND SO, ANY REVENUE ON THAT FEEDS BACK INTO AND SO WE'RE MOVING THAT OUT OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.

IT MODIFIES THE TIRZ FORMULAS AND IT STARTS TO MAKE SOME EDITS TO THAT.

SO I JUST I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THAT IS IN THE TOURS OKAY.

SO, WE'RE MOVING WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GOTCHA.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ALONG WITH OUR AGENDA.

SO, WE FINISHED UP WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL.

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

FOR YOUR APPROVAL, WE'LL START WITH NUMBER ONE.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 9TH OF 2020 FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION PLAN AND RECOGNIZING AN APPROPRIATE AND EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 FOR CORONAVIRUS.

CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET FOR THE REMODEL OF CITY HALL BUILDING C FOR HUMAN RESOURCES AND FINANCE, AND ITEMS NEEDED TO RELOCATE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FROM BUILDING B TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER IN AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF $228,723.

AS IT STATES, THIS IS BASICALLY A TWO-COMPONENT REQUEST.

THE FIRST PIECE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF BUILDING C REMODEL TO ACCOMMODATE FINANCE AND HR, AND THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THE RELOCATION OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER OUT OF B, OVER TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.

SO THAT TAKES CARE OF THOSE TWO ITEMS. AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL FURNITURE, ELECTRICAL FIRE SUPPRESSION, TVS, COMPUTERS RADIOS AND NETWORK SWITCHES AND ALL OF THAT FUNDING IS VIA ARPA DOLLARS.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH ONE TWO-YEAR RENEWAL OPTION FOR THE PURCHASE OF MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIES FROM AMAZON SERVICES.

AMAZON BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, THROUGH A MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH OMNIA PARTNERS IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $160,000, AGAIN SUBJECT TO REQUEST, IS TO APPROVE A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH ONE TWO-YEAR RENEWAL OPTION FOR THE PURCHASE OF MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS.

THE CONTRACT IS FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF UP TO $160,000, WHICH WILL PLACE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT AT A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $640,000.

THE FUNDING FOR THIS, AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF IT, WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AS THEY MAKE PURCHASES THROUGH AMAZON.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH FIVE ONE-YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND OPERATING SUPPLIES FROM HOME DEPOT USA THROUGH A MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH OMNIA PARTNERS IN AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF UP TO $100,000.

AGAIN, ITEM TO APPROVE IT TO YOUR CONTRACT WITH FIVE ONE-YEAR OPTIONS FOR MRO SUPPLIES IS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OPERATIONS FROM HOME DEPOT NOT TO EXCEED

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THIS ACTUALLY PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY THROUGH DISCOUNTED RATES, PROVIDING ACCESS TO EXPANDED ASSORTMENT OF PRODUCTS, CONVENIENT DELIVERY OPTIONS AND DEDICATED SUPPORT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST CAPITALIZING ON OUR ABILITY TO BUY KIND OF IN A GROUPING.

AND AGAIN, FUNDING THROUGH THIS WILL BE THROUGH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AS THEY PURCHASE THESE ITEMS. JUST TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THIS, I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS COME FORWARD LATELY, AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS OUT TO OUR NEW PURCHASING MANAGER WHO HAS REALLY DOVE IN AND IS LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE BUYING THINGS, HOW WE'RE BUYING THINGS, AND IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY MAXIMIZING THE USE OF EVERY PENNY SPENT THROUGH THESE GROUPS.

SO THANK YOU, ANGIE, FOR THAT.

NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE RATIFICATION OF PAYMENT TO JAY REYNOLDS AND CO FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS AT FIRE STATION THREE THROUGH A MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM KNOWN AS TIPS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $56,378.

THIS PAST MAY UNFORTUNATELY, FACILITIES MAINTENANCE STAFF WAS CONTRACTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REGARDING A MAJOR WATER LEAK AT THE FIRE STATION.

FACILITIES IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED JAY REYNOLDS TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND STOP THE LEAKS.

THE WORK WAS DONE IMMEDIATELY WITH THAT BEING DONE, AND THEN AGAIN, THIS IS RATIFYING THOSE EXPENSES.

JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, THAT HAS BEEN REMEDIED.

IT'S BEEN CORRECTED.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS OVER AT THE FIRE STATION.

AND BECAUSE OF THE WATER SITUATION AND THE LEAKING THAT HAD GONE ON, WE DID GO AHEAD AND DO SOME AIR QUALITY TESTING.

JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE THERE WERE NO HAZARDS IN THE AIR AND THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY SAFE FOR, FOR FOLKS TO BE IN THAT BUILDING.

SO THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR CONSENT ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

REAL QUICK, ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, WE HAD WE TABLED THAT FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, A LOT OF THIS.

AND THEN WITH THE ADDITION IS THE RELOCATION OF EOC.

WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING TO LUMP THIS ALL INTO ONE, JUST THIS ONE ITEM? BASICALLY. YES. AND INITIALLY WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD THEM ALL TOGETHER.

TIMING WISE, THOUGH, WE WENT AHEAD AND KIND OF PULLED OUT CONSTRUCTION VERSUS FURNITURE TO GET THINGS MOVING.

AND THEN AGAIN, SOME OF THESE OTHER SMALLER ITEMS, WE WERE WAITING FOR FINAL NUMBERS TO COME IN ON.

SO YEAH, THIS IS THE LAST STEP.

IT'S GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION IS THIS WOULD BE THE LAST STEP IN ALL THIS OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.

WE HAVE PERSONS TO BE HEARD.

[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]

REQUEST TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL REGARDING FOURTH BEST.

WELCOME, MR. WALTER. HELLO.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

LET ME GET THIS MICROPHONE FOR BOB.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS TO YOU MY CONCERNS WITH THE PARKING ON THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS DISPLAY.

I DO NOT FIND ANY PLEASURE IN COMING BEFORE YOU.

I TRY TO KEEP THESE TRIPS WHERE THEY ONLY DEAL WITH MY HOME.

THE FIREWORKS WERE ONCE AGAIN A SPECTACULAR SHOW.

THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY MANY PEOPLE.

SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TO OUR CITY TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS THAT THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OUTSIDE THE PARK WAS SO STRESSED IT BASICALLY FAILED.

ON THE FIFTH, I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND SELECT DEPARTMENT HEADS.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, REG STEVES, ROB GAGLIARDI AND JOY DONOVAN, BRANDON AND MARK LONG FOR JUST ACKNOWLEDGING MY EMAIL.

IT MEANS A LOT WHEN YOU ALL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT, YOU KNOW? NOBODY OFFERED ANY SOLUTIONS.

NOBODY SAID WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

IT'S JUST NICE TO HAVE AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

I ALSO PLACED A REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT I SAW AND WHAT SEE WHAT WENT WRONG.

LOOKING AT THE EMAILS, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE CITY'S RESPONSE.

THREE OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE SENT EMAILS TO THE CITY MANAGER, ROB TOLD ANDREA OF THE MANY COMPLAINTS HE WAS GETTING.

COMPLAINTS NOT ONLY PARKING, BUT PEOPLE JUST PUTTING UP LAWN CHAIRS IN THEIR PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS.

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I ALSO WANT TO NOTE SHE WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL TO GIVE ANY TYPE OF SOLUTION USING SHUTTLES TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE TO THE CITY MANAGERS.

AND SHE GETS A DOUBLE KUDOS FOR THAT.

COUNCILMAN STEVES MADE HIS CONCERNS WELL KNOWN, AS HE HAD TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS FROM CENTRAL AND HARWOOD BECAUSE THE VIP PARKING LOT WAS FULL.

COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON ALSO HAD TO WATCH AT OTHER PLACES BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T GET IN THE VIP SECTION.

THERE WERE NO OTHER EMAILS FROM ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CONCERNING PARKING.

THE CITY TOLD PROSPECTIVE VENDORS THERE WOULD BE BETWEEN 220,000 AND 30,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

ON THE CITY WEBSITE, IT STATED THERE WOULD BE LIMITED PARKING THAT WOULD BE FOR VIPS, HANDICAPPED AND VENDORS.

THE CITY ALSO STATED THE TRAFFIC LAWS WOULD BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

THERE WERE NO SHUTTLES AND YOU NEEDED TO PARK OFFSIDES.

SOME OF THE SITES LISTED WERE CLOSE TO A MILE AWAY.

WITH THE HEAT, IT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR MOST PEOPLE TO PARK SUCH A DISTANCE AND WALK TO THE PARK, CARRYING THEIR LAWN CHAIRS AND OTHER STUFF.

WHAT IF THEY HAD CHILDREN? THEY HAD TO KEEP THE CHILDREN STRAIGHT, NOT GET RAN OVER.

NO PARKING SIGNS WERE PLACED INSIDE THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE PARK.

THEY WERE COMPLETELY IGNORED, AT LEAST ON MY BLOCK, AND THEY WERE NOT ENFORCED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I READ ON SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE CALLING THE POLICE AND THE POLICE NOT SHOWING UP, AND WHEN THEY DID, NOT MUCH WAS DONE.

LOOKING AT THE ON SCENE TIME OF MANY OF THE CALLS WERE CLEARED IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, MUCH LIKE THE CAR SHOW AT PENNINGTON FIELD, THE OUTLYING RESIDENTIAL AREAS WERE FORGOTTEN, ABANDONED AND LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES.

ONCE AGAIN, THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE FAILED.

ON MY STREET, LAKEVIEW DRIVE, THE CLOSEST STREET TO THE PARK, OBSERVED CARS PARKED ON BOTH THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND SIDES OF THE ROAD.

CARS COMPLETELY FILL THE BLOCK AS FAR AS I COULD SEE, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH.

THERE WERE FAR TOO FEW NO PARKING SIGNS.

THERE WAS ONE AT MY HOUSE JUST SOUTH OF US BY THE FIRE HYDRANT, AND THE NEXT ONE WAS FIVE HOUSES NORTH OF US.

I WILL SAY MANY OF THE VEHICLES THAT PARKED ILLEGALLY PROBABLY DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE PARKING ILLEGALLY, BECAUSE OTHER VEHICLES WERE BLOCKING THE VIEW TO THE SIGNS.

THE SIGNS WERE PLACED AT STREET LEVEL AND COULD BE EASILY OBSTRUCTED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF ROOFING SIGNS WE HAVE IN OUR YARDS RIGHT NOW. I COULD SEE HOW THEY COULD BE EASILY IGNORED.

THE POLICE WERE CALLED TO LAKE VIEW DRIVE AROUND 9 P.M.

ON THE FOURTH, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE THEY SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE SIGNS WERE BEING IGNORED.

THEY STAYED ON THE SCENE FOR 22 MINUTES.

NOT ENOUGH TIME TO ENFORCE THE NO PARKING ORDINANCE.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND THIS ONE.

THE CALL IS AT 9 P.M..

THE POLICE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WITH THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE STREET THAT WAS DANGEROUS IN THIS AREA.

JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, A CHILD WAS HIT BY A CAR ON LAKEVIEW DRIVE.

AS A FIRST STREET OFF THE PARK, LAKEVIEW WAS GOING IS GOING TO CATCH THE BRUNT OF THE PEOPLE AND THE PROBLEMS. THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, HELP WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THERE.

THE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE CALL AND BE GONE BEFORE BEING TRAPPED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE POST FIREWORKS TRAFFIC.

I DON'T REALLY BLAME HIM.

BY THE TIME HE GOT THERE, IT WAS TOO LATE.

THE DAMAGE HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE.

WHEN THE EVENT WAS OVER, I WENT.

I WITNESSED PURE MAYHEM IN THE STREETS.

IT WAS STILL HOT OUTSIDE, AND EVERYONE WAS COMPETING FOR A QUICK EXIT.

CARS THAT WERE PARKED NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND WERE BOTH COMPETING FOR THE ONE LANE OF OPEN SPACE IN THE MIDDLE.

WHAT RESULTED WAS A STANDOFF.

ALL AT ONCE YOU HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WALKING AND BLOCKING THE STREET.

THIS CAUSED EVEN MORE CONFUSION AND DISRUPTION.

I LOOKED AND SAW NO POLICE PRESENCE.

THERE WAS NO ONE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE ATTENDEES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

THIS WAS A SYSTEMIC FAILURE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

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THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY.

I KNEW AT THAT VERY MOMENT IF THERE WAS A MEDICAL OR FIRE EMERGENCY, HELP COULD NOT GET TO US.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE STATE AND THE CITY TO SET AND ENFORCE PARKING AND TRAFFIC LAWS AND ORDINANCES. AS A CITIZEN, I LACK ANY LEGAL AUTHORITY TO SET AND ENFORCE PARKING TRAFFIC LAWS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.

I AM NOT ALLOWED TO PUT UP NO PARKING SIGNS UNLESS THEY ARE SANCTIONED BY THE CITY.

SO THE CITY IS THE ONLY ENTITY THAT HAS JURISDICTION HERE.

AND WHAT IS A CITIZEN TO DO WHEN THE CITY VACATES ITS RESPONSIBILITIES? WHAT DOES A CITIZEN DO WHEN THEY SEE BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET FULL OF CARS, WHICH WOULD BLOCK EMERGENCY VEHICLES FROM GAINING ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE CAN CALL THE POLICE.

BUT WHAT IF THE POLICE VACATE THE RESPONSIBILITIES? I WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK.

COMPARE THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS OF POLICE TO THE PAST.

I ASKED UNDER THE FOIA FOR THE BASIC LEVELS.

AND IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR TO THE TO THE CITY TO INCLUDE ALL THE YEARS I ASKED FOR.

IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD PRE COVID AND POST COVID AND A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF MY DATA HAS HOLES IN IT.

KAREN RIGGS INSTRUCTED TO GIVE WHAT WAS READILY AVAILABLE AND NOT TO CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL WORK FOR THE FOIA.

SO, THERE'S A LOT OF HOLES IN IT.

SO, TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE AND QUICK, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS INSIDE THE PARK LAST YEAR THERE WERE 29 POLICE OFFICERS.

THIS YEAR THERE WAS 27.

LAST YEAR ON OUR.

I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE REST OF THE CITY.

EVIDENTLY, WE HAVE A SHIFT CHANGE IN THE EVENING.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE OUT THE TIME.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT MOST OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY THE NIGHT SHIFT.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD 11 OFFICERS OUT PATROLLING.

THIS YEAR WE HAD EIGHT WITH 27 OFFICERS IN THE PARK AND EIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.

70% OF THE POLICE RESOURCES WERE INSIDE THE PARK, AND THAT LEAVING THE 30% TO COVER THE REST OF THE CITY, AND THEY STILL HAD THEIR OTHER CALLS AND JOBS TO DO.

ONE THING THAT I FOUND INTERESTING WAS THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME SPENDING HAS DECREASED.

IN 2018, WE SPENT A LITTLE OVER $49,000 IN OVERTIME.

2019 WE SPENT 40.

A LITTLE OVER 47,000.

THERE'S NO RECORDS FOR 2022.

2023 WE ONLY SPENT A LITTLE OVER 32,000.

I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THOSE NUMBERS TO GO UP.

OUR OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE GOTTEN RAISES SINCE 2018.

AND IF WE WERE MAINTAINING THAT THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE, THAT NUMBER SHOULD HAVE GONE UP 2024 IS NOT AVAILABLE.

I DON'T I GUESS IT WASN'T READILY AVAILABLE.

SO BASICALLY, THERE WAS 27 LESS POLICE OFFICERS PROTECTING THE CITY THAT NIGHT OVER LAST YEAR.

I WENT OVER TO THE PARK BEFORE THE FESTIVAL STARTED.

I OBSERVED A HEAVY CITY EMPLOYEE PRESENCE.

THE VIP PARKING LOT AND THE HANDICAPPED PARKING LOT WAS GUARDED BY TWO CITY EMPLOYEES.

THERE WERE BARRICADES AND CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS ON PARKING MEASURES.

ONCE YOU LEFT THE PARK, THERE WERE A FEW, NOT MANY SIGNS PLACED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THE SIGNS WERE LESS THAN THREE FEET FROM THE GROUND AND COULD BE EASILY BLOCKED BY PARKED VEHICLES.

THE ONLY TALL SIGNS WERE THE NATURE TO SHOW RESPECT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT WAS CLEARLY IGNORED.

I FEEL THAT THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

I WANTED TO KNOW WHO I NEEDED TO GO TO START THIS INVESTIGATION.

I REFERRED TO THE CITY CHARTER, AND ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER, IT'S THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY.

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THE LAST TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT STEPPED DOWN HAD CHARTER VIOLATIONS COMPLAINTS FOR DOING THIS VERY THING.

I ASKED THAT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS BE TAKEN AS SERIOUSLY AS THE CITY'S SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA TAUGHT US MANY THINGS.

THE OUTSIDE AND PERIMETER IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE INSIDE PERIMETER.

IF THERE IS A PROBLEM INSIDE THE PARK, IT COMES FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARK.

WE ALSO LEARNED THAT INADEQUATE STAFFING LEAVES HOLES IN OVERALL SECURITY PLANS.

I ASKED THAT THE CITY COME UP WITH A PERMANENT AND REPEATABLE PLAN THAT NOT ONLY PROTECTS THE CITY'S INTERESTS, BUT ALSO SUCCESSFULLY PROTECTS THE INTERESTS AND SAFETY OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

I ALSO ASKED THE CITY TO MEET WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS PLAN IN ADVANCE OF YOUR NEXT BIG EVENT COMING UP.

BEATS AND EATS.

ADDITIONAL INPUT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS YOU DEVELOP YOUR PLAN TO BE STRONGER WITH WORDING AND CONSEQUENCES ON THE SIGN.

HAVE SOME SIGNS IN SPANISH.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE HEARD TALKING AS THEY WALKED BY OUR HOME WERE NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH, SO WE'RE NOT SURE IF THEY EVEN KNEW WHAT WAS ON THE SIGNS. MAYBE INCORPORATE THE UNIVERSAL SYMBOLS OF NO PARKING.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS TO BE ANY ONE PERSON'S FAULT.

IT'S JUST A FAILURE.

I CAN SEE THE NEED FOR RESOURCES TO BE PLACED INSIDE THE PARK.

IT JUST APPEARS THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARK WAS ONCE AGAIN ABANDONED AND FORGOTTEN.

SOMETIMES IN LIFE, WHEN SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING, YOU MUST STEP BACK FROM THE PROBLEM AND REEXAMINE IT.

JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING USED TO WORK DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL WORK NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

IF BEDFORD WANTS TO HOLD THESE LARGE FESTIVALS, THEY ALSO NEED TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVELS OF SERVICE AND PROTECTION.

IT DOES US NO GOOD TO HOLD LARGE GATHERINGS IF THE CITY IS UNABLE TO PROPERLY STAFF IT.

THE CAMPAIGN THEME FOR OUR LAST ELECTIONS WAS NEVER GO BACK.

LOOKING AT THE EMAILS AND CITY BUSINESS TAKING PLACE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, AND THE FACT THAT THIS WAS NOT PUT ON THE AGENDA, SO AN OPEN AND HONEST DEBATE COULD TAKE PLACE, SHOWS THAT THE CITIZENS CAN EASILY TALK TO THE COUNCIL WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK PERMISSION SIX DAYS BEFOREHAND IS A HUGE STEP BACKWARDS.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE GONE BACK.

WE JUST HAVE DIFFERENT ACTORS PLAYING THE PARTS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR UPDATES ON HOW THIS PROBLEM WILL BE RESOLVED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. WALTER, WITH YOUR UPDATE.

AGAIN, I'M SORRY THAT YOU EXPERIENCED THE THAT YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE REGARDS TO FOURTH FEST.

I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT IT WAS PROBABLY IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST WELL ATTENDED EVENTS IN PROBABLY THE CITY'S HISTORY.

AND I KNOW THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE IT FOR NUMEROUS REASONS, FOR THE FACT THAT MANY CITIES SURROUNDING US CANCELED THEIR FOURTH FEST OR NOT EVEN CANCELED BUT MOVED IT TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE, THE ONLY CITY THAT CONDUCTS A FOURTH FEST WITH FIREWORKS IN OUR AREA.

AND IT ATTRACTED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO KICK THINGS OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS GOING FORWARD.

I KNOW THAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT EVERYTHING.

THINGS WERE GOING TO CHANGE GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS THE NEXT WITH BEATS AND EATS FEST.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO BEEN TALKS NEXT YEAR OF CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS FOR FOURTH, FIFTH, NEXT YEAR.

AND HAVING ADDITIONAL PRESENCE.

BUT I'D LIKE OUR CITY MANAGER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS AND TO ALSO UPDATE AND ADDRESS THE MAIN CONCERN THAT THAT OUR CITY WASN'T WELL PROTECTED BECAUSE OF THE EVENT AND THAT WE HAD ENOUGH OFFICERS COVERING OUR CITY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

JUST SIMPLY TO REITERATE, THIS IS A CONSTANT EVOLVING PROCESS.

EVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.

AND STAFF IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD.

AT EACH ONE OF THESE EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S FOURTH FEST OR BEATS AND EATS.

SO FOLLOWING UP ON THIS YEAR, IT WAS WE HAD AT LEAST ONE AND A HALF TO TWO TIMES ATTENDANCE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

SO AGAIN, ANTICIPATION OF ATTENDANCE.

YOU KNOW, STAFF DOES THE BEST THAT THEY CAN DO ON THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

WERE MISTAKES MADE?

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WE SAT DOWN WITH THE GROUP AND TALKED ABOUT THINGS, AND WE WILL IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE THINGS BEFORE BEATS AND EATS HAPPENS.

AND SEE HOW THAT GOES.

AND THEN AGAIN, IF THAT DOES HELP AND REMEDY SOME OF THIS, WE'LL IMPLEMENT THAT FOR FOURTH NEXT YEAR.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, AVENUES.

THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF IDEAS OUT THERE.

THERE'S LOTS OF THOUGHTS ON THE RULES OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HOW WE PROTECT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DO JUST WANT TO SAY, THOUGH, THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF, WHILE IT APPEARED TO BE MAYHEM OR CHAOS IT'S A CROWD AND IT'S A, IT'S A CROWD THAT THAT PD IS MANAGING.

AND WHILE I KNOW IT TOOK QUITE, YOU KNOW, QUITE SOME TIME TO GET OUT OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT PEOPLE WERE UNPROTECTED OR UNSAFE DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

YOU KNOW, FOLKS WERE THERE WAS THERE WAS AMPLE COVERAGE.

OUR OFFICES WERE PRESENT.

IT WAS MESSY. THERE IS NO DOUBT.

AND WE CAN WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT WE WILL WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE GOING FORWARD, KIND OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF CLEAN THINGS UP AND LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT A FIRE.

WE'RE SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS.

I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SHOOT FIREWORKS OFF BECAUSE THEY CAN CAUSE A FIRE.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS PROFESSIONALS, ACCIDENTS CAN'T HAPPEN.

FIRE TRUCKS COULDN'T HAVE GOT TO OUR HOUSE.

AMBULANCES COULDN'T MAKE IT TO OUR HOUSE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH RIGHT NOW BY ANY MEANS.

BUT AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE ABSOLUTE PLANS IN PLACE FOR THIS.

IT IS A IT IS AN ISSUE THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF, AND THEY HAVE PLANS IN PLACE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO OCCUR.

IT'S NOT IDEAL BY ANY MEANS, BUT THEY DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVE PLANS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF ACCESS IS COMPROMISED.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? YES. COUNCILOR PARKER? YES.

THANK YOU. KEITH, THANK YOU FOR DOING.

I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. I APOLOGIZE, BUT I USED TO LIVE IN ROLLINGWOOD YEARS AGO, AND WE WOULD SHUT OFF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DO THAT.

BUT WE ALSO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WE'D WORK WITH THE PD TO LET THEM KNOW IF PEOPLE WERE PARKING ON THE STREET EARLY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

SO WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT TO HELP OUT.

IN THE PAST, WE'VE ALSO HAD SHUTTLES FROM PENNINGTON FIELD WHERE THERE WAS MASSIVE PARKING THAT WE COULD BRING PEOPLE IN A LITTLE BIT EASIER SO WE WOULD ALLEVIATE THE PARKING AROUND THE THE EVENT.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.

BUT WE USED TO SHUT THE STREETS OFF IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AT A CERTAIN TIME.

I KNOW THAT WE USED TO SHUT OFF FOREST RIDGE AT A CERTAIN TIME SO PEOPLE COULDN'T COME PASS, BUT IF THERE IF THERE IS AN INFORMATIONAL STUDY ON THE PAST THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN, I'D BE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP AND SIT DOWN AND COME UP WITH A PLAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.

BUT I NOTICED IT TOO.

AND I DON'T THINK BECAUSE THERE WASN'T AN RSVP THAT ANYONE ANTICIPATED THIS.

BUT WHAT I SAW WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

SO, YOUR THOUGHTS WERE HEARD AND TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO, MR. WALTER, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO BRING THIS TO THE COUNCIL.

AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND MAKING AGENDA ITEMS. SO AT LEAST YOU'RE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK HERE IN THIS FORUM RATHER THAN YOU HAVING TO ADDRESS THIS DIRECTLY.

WHAT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ARE THE SUGGESTIONS, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BEATS AND EATS AND OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SPECIFICALLY, THE IDEA THAT THE STAFF HAVE A PLAN TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO KNOW, LIKE, HOW CAN WE MITIGATE DISRUPTION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS THE SIGNAGE THAT TO MAKE IT EASY, VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND VISIBLE? I APPRECIATE THOSE TWO SUGGESTIONS SPECIFICALLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE LEARNING FROM.

WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AS AS WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO ALSO THINK THAT YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE LOOKING AT EMAILS AND EVERYBODY WHO WAS RESPONDING.

I MET WITH ANDREA RIGHT THERE ON MONDAY AND TALKED.

THIS WAS ON ONE OF OUR ITEMS AND WHAT WE TALKED WITH.

SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE RECORDS, YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR RECORDS FOR MY EMAIL, YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE SOME THINGS BECAUSE I'M LITERALLY RIGHT THERE NEXT DOOR.

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AND THIS DID COME UP AND I KNEW THAT CHIEF LAPENNA REACHED OUT TO YOU AS WELL AS MARK LONG.

SO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT I WAS UNRESPONSIVE IN THAT REGARD.

SO, I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP, AND WE WILL MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS GOING FORWARD, SO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ON ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE

[7. Discussion and consideration of all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “City of Bedford, Texas Combination Tax and Limited Pledge Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024,” including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such certificates of obligation, establishing parameters for the sale of such certificates of obligation and delegating certain matters to an authorized official of the City.]

CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2024, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND DELEGATING CERTAIN MATTERS TO AN AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL OF THE CITY.

GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU FINANCE DIRECTOR BRADY OLSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS THE FINAL FINANCING STEP OF A PROCESS WE BEGAN BACK IN NOVEMBER.

SO EVERY YEAR WE ADOPT A FIVE-YEAR CIP.

AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT CIP.

AND THIS IS THE BOND PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND THIS NEXT YEAR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SOME OF THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE GETTING THE REMAINING MONEY TO FINISH THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION AND THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER, REMODELING FIRE STATION TWO AND THREE, GETTING A NEW RADIO SYSTEM THROUGHOUT FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.

SOME STREET PROJECTS, INCLUDING BROWN TRAIL, SOME UTILITY PROJECTS ALONG PARKWOOD AND GREGORY.

AND THEN THAT'S, I THINK, JUST ABOUT ALL THAT WE HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO IN A SINGLE YEAR.

HONESTLY, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE ARPA PROJECTS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

SO THIS IS THE FINAL STEP TODAY.

WE DID DO SOME PRICING ON THESE BONDS.

WE WENT OUT TO THE MARKET.

WE TOLD THEM WE WANTED $22 MILLION, AND THEY TOLD US WHAT KIND OF INTEREST RATE THEY'D GIVE US.

AND IT WAS SOME EXCELLENT NEWS.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE WERE RECENTLY WE HAD OUR A+ RATING AFFIRMED BY STANDARD AND POOR'S.

THIS IS A THIRD PARTY AGENCY THAT LOOKS AT HOW MUCH OF A RISK WE ARE TO GIVE MONEY TO, AND THEY DECIDED THAT WE ARE THE SECOND SAFEST THING IN EXISTENCE, THAT YOU COULD GIVE MONEY TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SO THAT'S I THINK WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB THERE.

SO, WE WENT OUT.

IF YOU WENT OUT AND GOT A MORTGAGE RIGHT NOW, YOU'D BE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 7%.

IF YOU WANTED A NEW CAR, PROBABLY 5 TO 6% IF YOU WERE INVESTING OUR OWN PORTFOLIO.

LAST QUARTER, WE GOT A 5.13% RETURN.

THE LAST TIME WE WENT OUT TO BIDS, WE GOT A LITTLE UNDER 4%.

AND THIS THIS LAST ONE TODAY WE GOT A 3.78% TRUE INTEREST COST, WHICH IS THE LOWEST IN THE TIME WE'VE I'VE BEEN HERE.

WE GOT SEVEN BIDS, WHICH SHOWS HOW MANY BANKS WERE INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS WITH US AND WANTED TO SEE THAT GROWING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT WITHIN OUR CITY.

WHAT WERE WE ANTICIPATING? WE HAD PLANNED FOUR AND A HALF FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THIS, MORE RECENTLY REVISED THAT DOWN TO 4.17.

BUT WE BLEW THAT OUT OF THE WATER.

GOTCHA. YEAH. THAT'S IN TIMES OF NATIONAL TURMOIL.

YOU OFTEN PEOPLE THE MARKET WILL GO TOWARDS A SAFER INVESTMENT.

AND BEDFORD, AS I SAID, IS ABOUT AS SAFE AS YOU CAN GET, WHICH REALLY LED TO THAT LOWER INTEREST RATE.

FANTASTIC. THAT'S GOOD. SO OBVIOUSLY HAVING THAT CREDIT RATING, THAT AA RATING OBVIOUSLY IS SAVING US MONEY DOWN THE LINE HERE WITH THAT LOW INTEREST RATE.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AND ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR JUST OUR DEBT CAPACITY AS A CITY AS A WHOLE.

WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT, YOU KNOW, DEBT AS FAR AS THE CITY GOES, TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT TOTAL AND PRINCIPAL IS 157 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY, OR OUR TAX BACK SUPPORTED DEBT, THAT WOULD BE 96 MILLION.

OKAY. AND THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO ABOUT YOUR QUESTION.

ONE IS STATE LAW.

SO, THE STATE SAYS WE CAN HAVE $1.50 PER $100 VALUATION ON OUR TAX.

FOR DEBT WE HAVE $0.14.

SO, WE'RE MUCH LOWER THAN THAT STATE LAW.

ANOTHER WAY IS WE HAVE A THIRD-PARTY RATING AGENCY THAT GOES AND GIVES A OBJECTIVE VIEW OF WHERE OUR FINANCES ARE AT AND HOW RISKY WE ARE. AND THEY THINK THAT THIS DEBT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS WITHIN OUR MEANS.

ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOUR OWN AND YOUR OWN HOME.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOUR FAMILY HAS TOO MUCH DEBT, YOU'RE PROBABLY MAKING CUTS TO PARTS OF YOUR LIFE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD THINGS YOU WANT TO.

YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PUT MONEY AWAY FOR SAVINGS.

IN MY TIME HERE, NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE.

WE HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS A PROBLEM THAT WE COULDN'T SOLVE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT, OH, WE JUST HAVE TOO MUCH DEBT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

WE'VE NOT MADE ANY OPERATIONAL CHANGES BECAUSE OF THAT DEBT LEVEL.

GOTCHA. AND AND SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SEEING THAT THE TAX RATE SHOULD NOT BE OR WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

NOTHING SHOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO RAISE RATES DUE TO THIS ISSUANCE.

WE SHOULD NOT. NO, NO THAT IS THAT IS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ABSORB THIS WITHIN OUR NEXT YEAR.

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GOTCHA. SO, I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW HERE ABOUT THE TAX RATES.

SO, YOU SAID IT IS A DOLLAR.

YOU SAID $1.50 OF THE TAX RATE.

HOW DOES THE CAP THE CAP BASICALLY.

MY GOODNESS THAT'S WELL THAT'S A THAT'S A LOT.

BUT IT'S REALLY DEPENDING ON A COMMUNITY'S NEEDS IF THEY'RE GROWING RAPIDLY AND LIKE I MEAN YOUR FRISCO OR SOMETHING 20 YEARS AGO, MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A LOT OF DEBT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET A LOT OF THINGS IN THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.

OR MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME OLDER INFRASTRUCTURES AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO START REINVESTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO EXPAND YOUR DEBT AT THAT POINT.

IT'S JUST THERE'S A REASON EACH CITY GETS TO RUN THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THE ANSWER ISN'T THE SAME FOR EACH ONE.

EXACTLY. AND OF THAT, DOLLAR 50 SAID, WHERE ARE WE AT $0.14, 14 $0.14? OKAY. SO QUITE A BIT LOWER THAN THAT.

WITH THAT THRESHOLD THERE, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEBT AND HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, OUR PAYMENTS ARE. SO, I MEAN, ROUGHLY YEARLY, HOW MUCH IN PAYMENTS ARE WE ON, ON ALL THIS DEBT FOR NEXT YEAR? WE'RE RIGHT NOW PLANNING ON ABOUT $8.5 MILLION IN DEBT PAYMENTS.

OKAY. AND WITH THE WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE CEOS, THIS WOULD BE WITH THAT ADDITION.

YES, YES. AND SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY WHO SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY? YOU KNOW, I THINK AS OF LAST YEAR, AS FAR AS REVENUES WERE CONCERNED, WE WERE AROUND, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 14% WITH DEBT TO REVENUE RATIO.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THAT RATE, SAYING THAT THAT'S A LOT YOU COULD THINK ABOUT IT AS CROWDING OUT.

IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S 14%? ARE WE NOT ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE? AND BECAUSE THE STATE AND THEIR WISDOM DECIDED THAT OUR DEBT IS PROTECTED AND SEPARATED OUT FROM EVERYTHING ELSE, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY OPERATIONAL DECISIONS OUTSIDE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY.

SO THERE ARE NO OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES BECAUSE WE'RE AT THAT 14% AND WE HAD A THIRD PARTY COME IN AND SAY BECAUSE OF OUR THE STRENGTH OF OUR ECONOMY AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN RESERVES, THAT WE CAN TAKE ON THIS ADDITIONAL DEBT WITHOUT ANY, ANY TROUBLE OR ANY RISK.

GOTCHA. GOTCHA.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS OVER THESE ISSUES.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, JUST FOR CLARITY.

HOW MUCH DID YOU SAY WAS THE YEARLY DEBT? 8.5 MILLION WOULD BE FROM OUR TAX BASE WOULD BE OUR PAYMENT NEXT YEAR.

AND WHAT WOULD BE FOR JUST FOR THIS? I THINK WE WERE 1.6 FOR THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN NEXT YEAR IS 1.4.

SINCE WE ARE BUYING SOME RADIOS, WE DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THOSE OVER 20 YEARS.

SO, WE'RE FRONTLOADING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

OKAY. ANOTHER QUESTION.

BACK IN NOVEMBER WE HAD SOME DIFFERENT WE HAD ABOUT WHAT WAS IT, 12 MILLION FOR STREETS.

AND WE REDUCED THAT BY 6 MILLION.

WHAT HAPPENED THERE? YES, SIR.

INFLATION HAPPENED THERE, PARTICULARLY WITH CONSTRUCTION, THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION AND THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER.

WE DO THIS BASED ON ESTIMATES BECAUSE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND GO FOR BIDS, IT'S HARD TO KNOW HOW MUCH THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY COST.

AND WHEN WE DID FINALLY GET THOSE COST NUMBERS, THEY JUST ENDED UP BEING HIGHER THAN WE WANT THEM TO BE.

PROJECTS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO.

THEY'RE STILL ON THE LIST.

THEY'RE STILL ON THE FIVE-YEAR CIP PLAN.

IT'S JUST THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THEM THIS NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BRADY HERE? OKAY. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOUR WISH HERE? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

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

A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

I THINK WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES HERE.

YEAH. VOTE IDOL.

WHO MADE THE MOTION? I'M SORRY. YEAH.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES SECONDED IT.

YOU MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I'LL UPDATE THE MINUTES TO.

OKAY. I WAS THAT WAS A LITTLE TENSION THERE AS WE VOTED ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. STAFF.

I HAVE SOME A LITTLE DRAMATIC.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. Discuss and receive direction regarding the Bedford Entry Monument and Landscape Improvements Design Guidelines and Concept Planting Designs.]

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THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING. WE ARE HAPPY TO BRING TO YOU THIS EVENING OUR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLANTING DESIGNS, AS WELL AS DESIGN GUIDELINES REGARDING OUR ENTRYWAY LANDSCAPE MEDIANS HERE IN THE CITY.

THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT WE STARTED QUITE SOME TIME AGO.

WE ENLISTED THE ASSISTANCE OF WESTWOOD.

DOROTHY WHITMIRE IS HERE WITH US WITH WESTWOOD TO TALK ABOUT ULTIMATELY WHERE WE LANDED WITH OUR PLAN.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS REALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AS WE STARTED THIS PROCESS AND IDENTIFIED THAT OUR ENTRY WAYS NEEDED SOME SPRUCING UP, ESSENTIALLY, WE NEEDED TO FRESHEN THINGS UP.

OUR LANDSCAPE DESIGNS AND PLANS THROUGHOUT ARE NICE, BUT WE'RE NOT CONSISTENT.

AND SO, WE REALLY SET OUT TO TRY TO GET A THEME LAID OUT, AS WELL AS, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE CONCEPTS, A PLAN IN PLACE THAT'S FLEXIBLE, BUT YET AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PRESENTS A CONSISTENT THEME THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO, DOROTHY DID A WONDERFUL JOB FOR US OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND LOOKING AT THIS, WORKING THROUGH THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, A COUPLE MEETINGS WITH THAT GROUP, TAKING THEIR FEEDBACK AND COMING BACK WITH SOME DESIGNS AND AGAIN, GUIDELINES THAT OUR PARKS FOLKS CAN USE GOING FORWARD AS THINGS DIE AND WE REPLACE AND AS FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

SO ANOTHER THING I JUST WANT TO SAY, THE PARTICULAR ITEM TONIGHT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO THERE IS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THIS.

THIS IS SIMPLY AN ADOPTION AND REALLY JUST WANTED TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOU YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE, THESE GUIDELINES SO THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THEM MOVING FORWARD.

ANY MAJOR PROJECTS THAT HAPPEN ASSOCIATED THIS WE WILL BRING BACK TO YOU AND GAIN APPROVAL.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, WE DID BRING TO YOU THE INTERSECTION OF HARWOOD AND 121 THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THIS PLAN SO THAT WE COULD APPLY FOR A TXDOT GRANT ASSISTANCE THROUGH THEIR GREEN RIBBON GRANT PROGRAM.

AND IN THAT INTERSECTION, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS DESIGN, BUT THAT THOSE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED AT THAT TIME.

AND ESSENTIALLY, THE GRANT PROVIDED $375,000 FROM TXDOT MATCHED WITH OUR $115,000.

SO, BOTH SIDES OF 121 ON HARWOOD WILL GET DONE WITH THOSE FUNDS, AND WE'LL BE DESIGNED ACCORDING TO THESE STANDARDS.

SO, I'LL LET DOROTHY KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY OF HOW WE LANDED, WHERE WE DID, AND JUST KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU. SOUNDS GREAT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

I AM GOING TO TRY AND KEEP THIS A BRIEF SUMMARY.

TAP YOUR WATCHES IF I NEED TO SPEED IT UP OR IF I'M GOING TOO FAST.

INTERRUPT ME FOR QUESTIONS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KICKED OFF ALMOST A YEAR AGO WITH ANDREA.

MARK AND DON FROM YOUR PARKS DEPARTMENT WERE INVOLVED.

WE ALSO GOT THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD INVOLVED.

I BELIEVE YOU WERE SITTING ON THAT AS WELL.

SO A LOT OF GOOD INPUT GOING INTO DEVELOPING THIS.

I JUST WANT TO DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AGAIN.

SO MY NAME IS DOROTHY WHITMIRE.

I'M WITH WESTWOOD.

WE'RE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONSULTING FIRM.

WE DO CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, PLANNING ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND THE VALUE THAT I FIND IN THAT IS WE ALL SPEAK EACH OTHER'S DISCIPLINES A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO WHAT YOU SHOULD SEE IN THIS DOCUMENT IS THE VALUE OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I'M ABLE TO GIVE CREATIVE BUT TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO BE IMAGINATIVE BUT RESPONSIBLE.

AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S REFLECTED IN THIS.

THIS. SO, TO JUMP RIGHT INTO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN, AS ANDREA MENTIONED, THE THREE GOALS OF THIS AT THE START OF THE PROJECT WERE PLACEMAKING, REINFORCED CITY BRANDING PROVIDE KIND OF ENHANCEMENTS TO SAFETY, WHAT THE PEDESTRIAN SEES AT YOUR GATEWAYS AND YOUR ENTRY MONUMENT LOCATIONS, WHAT THE VEHICULAR SEES, HOW TO COMBINE ALL THOSE TOGETHER.

AND THEN THE LAST THAT SHE ALSO MENTIONED PERFECTLY WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S FLEXIBLE, THAT CAN EVOLVE OVER TIME, BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES WITH LONG TERM MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN MIND.

SO THE FIRST PART, TEN SITES WERE IDENTIFIED, AND WE WENT OUT AND DID AN ASSESSMENT AND INVENTORY OF EACH SITE.

SO GOING AND VISITING EACH ONE WITH A FOCUS ON THE PLANTING AND IRRIGATION.

WE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS EXISTING, WHAT WAS WORKING, WHAT PLANT MATERIALS WERE STILL THERE, WHAT WASN'T THERE.

YOU KNOW, HOW WAS IT PERCEIVED BY THE PUBLIC FROM PEDESTRIAN ON FOOT AND THEN ALSO THE VEHICULAR? WAS IT COMPLEMENTING THE MONUMENT? IS IT CONSISTENT FROM ALL LOCATION AND JUST KIND OF BRINGING ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER FOR SOME RECOMMENDATIONS? THESE WERE THE THREE DIFFERENT MONUMENTS THAT WERE LOCATED AT YOUR GATEWAYS WHEN ONE WAS PRESENT.

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THE ONES THAT HAVE THE BLUE CIRCLE HIGHLIGHTED AROUND IT HAD A MONUMENT PRESENT.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE USED MOVING FORWARD TO KIND OF CATEGORIZE ALL THOSE AND DO AN INVENTORY OF THEM.

THESE ARE JUST SOME DIFFERENT SITE PHOTOS FROM EACH LOCATION SHOWING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, WHETHER THERE WAS MULCH PRESENT OR AGGREGATE OR GRASS AND JUST THE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. AND WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION, WE PUT FORTH TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOUR CITY STAFF AND THE ADVISORY BOARD.

AND THAT WAS TO UNIFY THE CITY PLANTINGS, KIND OF CONDENSING SIMILAR MATERIALS ACROSS ALL LOCATIONS.

AND THEN ALSO THE PLANT MATERIALS THAT WERE BEING USED HAVE A LITTLE MORE DIVERSITY, SEASONAL INTEREST, LAYERING, MASSING, THINGS TO COMPLEMENT YOUR GATEWAYS AND HELP THEM POP AND STAND OUT AND BE UNIQUE TO BEDFORD.

TO START, THREE PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS WERE PUT TOGETHER.

THIS WAS CONCEPT A, IT WAS A NATURALIZED CURVILINEAR CONCEPT.

CONCEPT B WAS A LINEAR NEAR NATIVE CONCEPT AND THEN CONCEPT C WAS A TRADITIONAL KIND OF MIXED BORDER CONCEPT, AND SO ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD UP TO THIS POINT, WE KIND OF AGGREGATED.

AND THIS IS WHEN WE FIRST WENT TO THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD FOR A MEETING WITH THEM TO SHOW THEM OUR FINDINGS AND SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS WE'D COME UP WITH.

WE SHOWED THEM POTENTIAL PLANT MATERIALS, PRECEDENT IMAGES, IMAGERY.

WE ALSO SENT THEM, GAVE THEM SOME HOMEWORK IF THEY WANTED TO GO VISIT OTHER SITES THAT HAD SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THESE PLANT RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND WE GAVE THEM, I THINK, SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE IT WAS OVER THE HOLIDAYS TO KIND OF LET THAT MARINATE COME BACK WITH THEIR INPUT, AND THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO SOME FINAL CONCEPTS.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE FINAL CONCEPTS AT HARWOOD AND 121 THEY DID LIKE THE OPTION A, CURVILINEAR THE BEST. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A MIXTURE OF NATIVE, NEAR NATIVE AND THEN SOME TRADITIONAL PLANT MATERIALS.

THE SOLUTION KIND OF HELPS CONCENTRATE A LOT OF YOUR PLANT MATERIALS AT THE MONUMENT.

IF THERE'S NOT A MONUMENT AT THAT INTERSECTION WHERE THE GATEWAY IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED.

SO, IN SOME AREAS WE RECOMMENDED TO REDUCE SOME OF THE PLANTING THAT GOES FURTHER OUT AND CONCENTRATED AROUND THE MIDDLE FOR PUNCTUATION.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON THESE CONCEPTS WE SHOW TYPES OF PLANT MATERIAL BUT NOTHING NOT SPECIFIC PLANT MATERIALS.

SO WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CANOPY TREE OR ORNAMENTAL TREE SHRUBS GRASSES.

AND THAT'S TO ALLOW THIS FLEXIBILITY OVER TIME FOR IT TO EVOLVE.

AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS WHERE YOU GET INTO YOUR DESIGN STANDARDS.

SO THIS IS KIND OF THE BASE PLANT PALETTE THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND FOR YOUR GATEWAYS.

AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO EXPAND THAT OUT TO OTHER MUNICIPAL PLANTING LOCATIONS, THIS IS MEANT TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY AS WELL.

SO WE GO OVER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CANOPY TREES, ORNAMENTAL TREES THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS, YOU KNOW, ALONG A ROADWAY WITH THE WIND AND THE TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION AND HEAT.

NOT EVERYTHING WORKS WELL.

AND THEN IT'S ALSO EASY TO MAINTAIN FOR SAFETY AND VISIBILITY.

AND SO WE ALSO HAVE SOME SHRUB BREAKDOWNS, GROUND COVERS AND PERENNIALS.

AND WITHIN EACH ONE OF THESE SECTIONS WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW MANY MAX WE WOULD SUGGEST YOU PICK.

AND SO THAT SHOULD BE HELPFUL MOVING FORWARD.

AS YOU, YOU KNOW, PHASE THIS OUT.

AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT WE ALSO DID SOME DESIGN STANDARDS FOR WAS JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF AGGREGATE OR MULCHES.

YOU KNOW, MOW CURBS THINGS THAT WILL HELP WITH OVER LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE.

AND THEN THE LAST SECTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS JUST SOME ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FOR WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOIL PREP OR MOW CURB STANDARDS, TREE PLANTING STANDARDS HAS SOME IRRIGATION, GOOD MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN IT.

SO AND AS ANDREA MENTIONED, THIS WAS SUCCESSFULLY USED THE SPRING.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT DRUG OUT THE TIMELINE WAS THE APPLICATION FOR THE GREEN RIBBON FUNDING, WHICH YOU ALL WERE AWARDED.

AND THEN WITH THE FINAL CONCEPT, WE ALSO TOOK THAT BACK TO THE ADVISORY BOARD AND GOT THEIR BLESSING ON IT MOVING FORWARD TOO.

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THAT WAS ACTUALLY TIMING WAS GOOD.

NOT TOO FAST, NOT TOO SLOW.

BUT I DO WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS, BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S BEEN PART OF THIS PROCESS BEING THE LIAISON TO THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.

ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD AND TALK ABOUT? I JUST I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR BRINGING WESTWOOD TO THE ADVISORY BOARD.

AND SO, DOROTHY, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD ARE TREE EXPERTS AND REALLY KNOW THE SHRUBBERY AND STUFF.

SO IT WAS REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR TO USE THAT BOARD IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT APPLICABLE TO ENHANCE THE CITY.

AND SO THE ONE OF THE CONCERNS AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE GUIDELINES HERE, BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT ADVISORY BOARD DID HAVE WAS, YAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE LIKE A NICE LOOK AND FEEL, BUT MAKING SURE WE HAD THE EDUCATION AND THE FUNDING TO MAINTAIN IT.

SO, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST A ONE AND DONE.

AND YOU GO BY AND WATER EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS BUILT IN AND ALSO HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN PRUNING AND MAINTAINING THE, THE, THE FEATURES THAT WE PUT IN EACH OF THE GATEWAYS.

AND SO I DID WANT TO ADD THAT, THAT THOSE WERE CONSIDERATIONS OF THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT I KNOW AND THEY ALSO WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT THEY WERE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING MAKING SURE IT'S DROUGHT TOLERANT, MAKING SURE THAT MAINTENANCE WAS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE WHATEVER LANDSCAPING YOU PUT IN THERE, BUT THAT MOST OF IT WOULD BE KIND OF LOW MAINTENANCE IN THAT REGARD. IS THAT AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT, THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE BOARD.

YES, THAT WAS DEFINITELY A HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY POINTED OUT.

GOTCHA. AND SO SEEING, YOU KNOW, SEEING ALL THIS YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THESE, YOU SEE THAT IRRIGATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE NEEDED FOR ALL OF IT. ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

YOU LISTED ABOUT 13.

I'M 13 ENTRYWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS.

AND A LOT OF THOSE, I THINK ALL BUT THREE, BUT UP TO AN INTERSTATE OR HIGHWAY.

AND SO, THIS IS MORE, MORE OF A QUESTION FOR, FOR STAFF THAN I THINK FOR, FOR YOU.

BUT IS WHAT IS STAFF'S VISION FOR THIS PLAN? OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE.

SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT GIVES US A GUIDELINE GOING FORWARD TO HOW WE TACKLE THESE INTERSECTIONS, MAKE THEM LOOK YOU KNOW, JUST ENGAGING, PLEASING.

AND THEN AND THEN BEING THAT, THAT BEST FOOT FORWARD AS SOMEBODY COMES INTO THE CITY.

RIGHT. AND SO, WHAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY TACKLED HARWOOD AND 121 USING THE GREEN RIBBON FUNDING.

SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE STAFF'S INPUT REAL QUICK.

SURE, SURE. SO ULTIMATELY NOW THAT WE HAVE A ROADMAP TO, TO ADDRESSING THIS YOU KNOW, MY VISION IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAW IN THE MAP WHERE WE HAD THE TEN INTERSECTIONS AND 13 SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT WE SLOWLY CHIP AWAY AT ADDRESSING THOSE.

AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR US, HONESTLY, TO LOOK AT THAT LIST AND KIND OF PRIORITIZE IT BASED ON WHAT HAS ZERO LANDSCAPING NOW, WHAT HAS SOME WHAT HAS LANDSCAPING IN IT THAT REALLY DOES NOT FIT? I'M THINKING OF A PARTICULAR INTERSECTION THAT HAS LANDSCAPING THAT IS A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GET REVISED ON THAT AS WELL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SLOWLY CHIP THROUGH THIS BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNDING.

I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN SET SOME FUNDS ASIDE ANNUALLY TO ADDRESS ON OUR OWN.

A COUPLE OF THESE A YEAR, BUT ALSO WE WILL TACKLE AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DOROTHY ON THE GREEN RIBBON GRANT PROGRAM, BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE, AS YOU SEE, JUST BECAUSE OF OUR PROXIMITY WITH 121 183, A LOT OF THOSE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR GREEN RIBBON ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S TO EXPIRE NEXT YEAR OR WE TACKLE WEST PARK MURPHY, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, MY VISION IS THAT WE START TO CONTINUE TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO SLOWLY TACKLE THIS AND TACKLE THESE INTERSECTIONS AS, AS FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

BUT IT ALSO GIVES US A ROADMAP FOR THE ENTRYWAYS AND JUST RIGHT OF WAYS IN GENERAL.

WE'RE LOOKING AT BROWN TRAIL RIGHT NOW AND DESIGNING THAT.

AND WHILE THAT INTERSECTION AT BROWN TRAIL AND PIPELINE IS AN ENTRYWAY TO THE CITY, IT DOESN'T QUITE HAVE THE SIZE TO WARRANT SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT.

BUT WE CAN STILL TAKE THIS DESIGN AND APPLY THIS TO THE AREA THAT WE HAVE OUT, YOU KNOW, DOWN THERE TO, AGAIN, TO START TO HAVE SOME CONTINUITY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ENTERING, YOU'RE ENTERING BEDFORD AND THERE'S SOME CONSISTENCY.

ABSOLUTELY. AND SO DO WE.

DO WE HAVE ANY COST ESTIMATES FOR SOME OF THIS? AND OBVIOUSLY NOT HARD COSTS BECAUSE I MEAN EVERYTHING.

BUT DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH CERTAIN ONES LIKE FOR INSTANCE, CENTRAL ROAD IN CHEEKTOWAGA.

SO ON THAT ONE, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME TXDOT ASSISTANCE ON THAT ONE.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. AGAIN, HARWOOD, WHICH WAS BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, IS GOING TO TOTAL ABOUT 500,000.

NOW. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MORE AREAS TO, TO TACKLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SCALE DOWN FROM THERE, IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE LESS.

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AND SO IT'S OUR TURN.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP APPLYING AND TAKING CARE OF THOSE.

BUT MY MAIN CONCERN, MY MAIN QUESTION IS FOR THE ONES THAT DO NOT BUT UP TO INTERSECTION.

SO WE HAVE HARWOOD AND NORWOOD, WHICH WAS LISTED HARWOOD AND INDUSTRIAL AND THEN AND THEN THE CENTRAL ROAD AND CHEEK-SPARGER AND CENTRAL ROAD AND CHEEK-SPARGER IS VERY LITTLE.

IT'S VERY SMALL.

I WOULD PROBABLY SUGGEST THIS IS ME, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE BECAUSE SINCE THEY, THE GREEN RIBBON GRANT WOULDN'T APPLY TO THOSE AND THEN GETTING SOME KIND OF COST ESTIMATE BECAUSE SOME OF THESE SEEM VERY SMALL.

THE CENTRAL ROAD IN CHEEK-SPARGER IS A VERY SMALL, VERY SMALL ENTRYWAY THAT I FEEL IT COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND SO HAVING A PLAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PLAN GOING FORWARD TO TO HIT THOSE AS WELL.

SO I'M THINKING AGAIN ON A COUPLE OF THOSE WHERE THEY ARE SMALLER, WE CAN DOUBLE UP AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HIT A COUPLE A YEAR.

AND THEN ON THE LARGER ONES, ANOTHER HARWOOD TYPE SITUATION, THAT WOULD BE 11A YEAR.

SO, IT'S NOT HANGING OUT THERE FOREVER EITHER.

I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO.

THIS ISN'T A 20-YEAR PLAN TO DO THIS.

IT WOULD LIKE WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONDENSED.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOESN'T SHOW THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS SOME UPLIGHTING IN SOME OF THESE AROUND THE TREE AREAS, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES WHERE PEOPLE HIT THESE TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE THE IT'S KIND OF DARKER AT THE OTHER END OF THE THE ISLAND.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ISSUE.

AND THEN HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT PARTNERING WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO DO SOME OF THESE MEDIANS? BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT AND DONATING MONEY TO A CERTAIN INTERSECTION THAT MIGHT BE CLOSE TO THEIR, THEIR ESTABLISHMENT.

YEAH. NO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE REALLY KIND OF GOTTEN THAT FAR YET, BUT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT.

SO MOST DEFINITELY.

AND IS THERE ANY PROBLEM I MEAN, DO WE HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF LIGHTING WE COULD PUT ON ONE OF THESE MEDIANS? IS THERE A STATE REQUIREMENT OR RESTRICTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE? I'LL SAY I'M NOT SURE ON THAT BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? WE'VE DONE LIGHTING ON LIKE MONUMENT SIGNS AND ENTRYWAYS FOR TXDOT, AND THEY DO REVIEW IT.

I'VE NEVER HAD ANY PUSHBACK ON OR REQUEST FOR PHOTO METRICS OF THAT MATTER.

IT'S MORE SO THEY WERE RESTRICTED THE LIGHTING COLOR.

OKAY. OF WHAT'S ALLOWED.

SO THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WITH LIGHTING SO FAR, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT COLLEYVILLE PUT A LOT OF LIGHT.

IT REALLY ENHANCES IT.

IT BRINGS IT, IT LIGHTENS IT UP.

SO, IT'S NOT YOU DON'T COME, YOU JUST COME UP ON IT, YOU MAKE A TURN AND YOU'RE AT THAT.

YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE OUR, OUR MEDIANS AND I LOVE EVERYTHING WE HAVE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'RE DARK AT NIGHT AND IT'S NOT LIT.

AND WE DO HAVE VEHICLES THAT TAKE OUT THE TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR, OUR MEDIANS.

YOU COULD THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT I THINK I THINK PARTNERING WITH BUSINESSES, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY WITH AND THEN THE UP LIGHTING AS WELL CAN REALLY ENHANCE THESE INTERSECTIONS.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT.

I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TALK AT INITIALLY WERE THE ENTRY MONUMENT SIGNS.

WAS THAT INITIAL AND INITIAL PART OF THE DISCUSSION WAS REDOING THOSE.

AND AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT THE COST TO DO SO WAS JUST NOT THERE? IS THAT PART WITH THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AND FOR AND FOR THE FACT THAT I DON'T THINK THEY WERE.

THESE SIGNS ARE NOT THAT OLD.

CORRECT, CORRECT. I MEAN, THE MONUMENT SIGNS OBVIOUSLY WE CONSIDERED AND LOOKED AT, BUT I THINK WE DECIDED AS WE LOOKED THROUGH THINGS THAT THE ENHANCEMENT WITH THE LANDSCAPING WAS REALLY THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK ON THAT.

YES, I AGREE ON THAT.

ON THAT REGARD TOO.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH, I THINK THAT NCTA PAID FOR A LOT OF THE MONUMENT STONES AS PART OF OUR WHEN WE REDID THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR AND EVERYTHING, SO A LOT OF THEM WERE PAID FOR THAT. WE PAID FOR A COUPLE ADDITIONAL ONES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE PAID BY TVA.

OKAY. GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT. BUT YEAH, OVERALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TO WESTWOOD FOR THE WORK IN THIS IN THIS WHOLE THE WHOLE PROCESS.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF COUNCIL'S GOALS.

I KNOW FOR, FOR A WHILE NOW IS IS TAKING A LOOK AT THESE INTERSECTIONS.

I MEAN, THIS THIS IS LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THE BEST FOOT FORWARD, MAKING SURE WE SHOW PEOPLE WHAT BEDFORD IS ABOUT AND MAKING IT'S TAKING PRIDE IN OUR CITY AS WELL.

SO, I REALLY, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A ROAD MAP NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO START CHIPPING AWAY AT THESE INTERSECTIONS SO SLOWLY.

WE CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

BUT SLOWLY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO SEE THAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE IMPACT AND TAKE PRIDE IN THE CITY.

SO I'M VERY GLAD. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.

I DO HAVE A VERY QUICK QUESTION THOUGH, AND THIS MAY GO TO COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS, BUT WHAT WAS THE ISSUE WITH CRAPE MYRTLES?

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OKAY. COMMISSIONERS LIKE SEVERAL.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID TO DOROTHY, AND SHE KNOWS BEING IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS KNOW LANDSCAPING AND PLANTING AND TREES VERY WELL.

AND SO, THEY HAVE AN OPINION ON, LIKE, THE LOOK AND FEEL OF, HEY, IF WE CAN PUT A STAMP ON THE BRANDING FOR OUR CITY, IT WOULDN'T BE GREAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NOT ENDORSING THE CREPE MYRTLE GOT IT, GOT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

WELL, I HAVE TO COME DOWN ON THE SIDE OF TEAM CREPE MYRTLE.

WHEN I MOVED TO BEDFORD, I NOTICED HOW BEAUTIFUL ALL THE CRAPE MYRTLES WERE.

AND I THOUGHT WE WERE THE CRAPE MYRTLE CITY.

NOT THAT I WANT TO BE BRANDED THAT WAY, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I THINK IT WILL LEAVE A REALLY GOOD IMPRESSION FOR PEOPLE VISITING BEDFORD AND ALSO FOR OUR.

IT WILL GIVE OUR CITIZENS A SENSE OF PRIDE.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

AND SECONDLY, I WANTED TO SUGGEST, BECAUSE I DID COME FROM COLLEYVILLE AND THERE WAS A TIME THAT WE HAD A COMMUNITY PROJECT AND THE WHOLE CITY GOT INVOLVED, AND BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUTS AND GARDEN CLUBS.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.

IF WE DON'T HAVE MAYBE WE HAVE A BEAUTIFICATION DAY IN BEDFORD WHERE.

BUT WE COULD USE IT FOR DIGGING HOLES AND DIRT.

YES, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

SO, YOU KNOW, SINCE I SERVE AS THE LIAISON.

THE BEAUTIFICATION DOES HAVE WORKDAYS EVERY MONTH.

AND SO, WE COULD BE MORE PUBLIC IN ADOPTING YOUR IDEA TO WORK TOWARDS THAT.

OH, ALL GOOD IDEAS, ALL GOOD DAYS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU FINISHED? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK THESE ARE ALL GOOD SUGGESTIONS.

AND I THINK THERE'S MANY WAYS WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THIS.

BUT I THINK THE MAIN THING FORWARD IS THAT WE WANT TO GET THIS DONE.

WE WANT TO CHANGE THE LOOK OF OUR CITY AND MAKE IT LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

SO, IT'S A ALL-GOOD THING.

SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBERS? NOPE.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. OKAY.

THERE'S NOTHING TO VOTE ON.

IS THERE ANY DIRECTION STAFF NEEDS FOR THIS? I THINK WE WERE JUST LOOKING FOR, AGAIN, JUST A BLESSING, HONESTLY, OF THE PLAN AND WE WILL PROCEED TO FULFILL THE PLAN.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. SO, I THINK IT'S ALL THUMBS UP HERE.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSED AND RECEIVED DIRECTION REGARDING PARKS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND USE OF EXISTING BOND FUNDS.

[9. Discuss and receive direction regarding Parks Capital Improvement Projects and use of existing bond funds.]

YES. THE FIRST THING I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY IS MARK LONG WANTED ME TO APOLOGIZE.

THAT HE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO I WILL DO MY BEST.

I'M NOT AS ENTERTAINING AS MARK, BUT.

AND NOT AS TALL. SO.

BUT I'LL TRY MY BEST.

SO, YES, TONIGHT IS JUST TO BRING FORWARD AN ITEM TO TALK ABOUT THE 2019 BOND FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PARK USE AND KIND OF GO OVER OUR SUGGESTED PARK CIP.

AND WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I THINK I HAD BEEN HERE MAYBE A WEEK, AND DON SENT ME HIS FIVE-YEAR CIP.

SO, THIS IS DON'S BEEN HAVING A CIP IN HIS BACK POCKET FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

NOT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, DON.

SO, WHEN JUST A LITTLE HISTORY.

THERE WAS A BOND ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2017 TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF SOME BOND FUNDS.

THAT BOND FUNDS WERE SPLIT INTO TWO SEPARATE ISSUANCE.

ONE WAS SOLD IN 2018, AND THOSE FUNDS WERE SET ASIDE FOR THE GENERATIONS PARK RECREATION CENTER PROJECT.

AND THEN ANOTHER SET OF BOND FUNDS WAS SOLD IN 2019.

AND THOSE FUNDS WERE SET ASIDE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

AS WE ALL KNOW, IN THE FALL, WE REJECTED ALL BIDS FOR THAT PROJECT BECAUSE THE BUDGET FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS MORE THAN WE HAD AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.

I DID VISIT WITH OUR BOND COUNCIL BOND LANGUAGE.

YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH HOW YOUR BOND LANGUAGE IS WORDED SO THAT YOUR PROJECTS FIT WITHIN THOSE, THE PARAMETERS OF THAT BOND LANGUAGE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES ASKED A QUESTION TONIGHT ABOUT THE BOND WE ISSUED.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT DOING AS MUCH FOR STREETS AS WE HAD PLANNED ORIGINALLY.

BUT THE WAY THE BOND LANGUAGE IS STRUCTURED, LET'S SAY ONE OF THOSE OTHER PROJECTS COMES IN UNDER BUDGET.

WE CAN REALLOCATE PROJECTS BACK TO STREETS OR FUNDS BACK TO STREETS, AS LONG AS IT FITS IN THE PARAMETERS OF THAT BOND ISSUANCE.

AND SO THIS BOND ISSUANCE HAD VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.

AND LET ME PULL THAT UP.

AND IT SAID FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

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IT'S NOT RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THOSE BOND FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR.

I DID VISIT WITH BOB DRANSFELD WITH NORTON FULBRIGHT.

HE IS OUR BOND COUNSEL AND HAS BEEN OUR BOND COUNSEL AND WAS OUR BOND COUNSEL ON THIS ISSUANCE AS WELL.

AND BASICALLY, HE SAID THAT COUNSEL CAN EXERCISE ITS DISCRETION IN DETERMINING THE PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES, FACILITIES BEING CONSTRUCTED, IMPROVED, RENOVATED, OR EQUIPPED WITH THAT PARTICULAR BOND ISSUANCE.

SO, THE CIP PROJECTS THAT THAT OUR PARKS STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER FITS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THAT BOND ISSUANCE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT JUST TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT OUR PLAN, TALK ABOUT THE PARKS THAT WE WANT TO IMPROVE.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE APPROVING THE BUDGETS FOR THESE PROJECTS.

THIS IS STRICTLY A PLAN.

SO, LET'S SAY AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE ALL HAPPY WITH THIS.

IF IT MEETS THE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU TO GET YOUR APPROVAL FOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF THE PROJECT.

SO, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

SO YEAH, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THAT THE BOND ISSUANCE AND PARAMETERS SET FORTH.

SO NORMALLY WHEN CITY GOES OUT FOR THESE, THESE TYPES OF BONDS, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE KIND OF VAGUE AND BROAD.

BROAD NOT RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. BROAD IS BETTER TERM.

BUT AND SO IN DOING THAT IN THE PAST AND AGAIN, NO ONE WAS HERE, I GUESS AT THE TIME WHEN THIS WAS, THIS WAS ISSUED THEY PUT FORTH THAT IT COULD BE USED NOT ONLY IN, I'M SORRY, BOYS RANCH AT THE TIME.

BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED OTHER PARKS AS WELL CORRECT? THE LANGUAGES SAID PARK AND RECREATION FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

OKAY, SO THAT PRETTY MUCH ANY PARK.

CORRECT. AND THEN ALSO IN THERE, IT WAS PUT IN THERE WITH PERFORMING ARTS BECAUSE WE HEARD TONIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO PUT IT TOWARDS A PERFORMING ARTS.

BUT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT BOUND TO THAT.

IT WAS ADDED IN TO MAKE IT BROAD.

CORRECT. IT WAS CLARIFYING LANGUAGE IN PARENTHESES OUTSIDE OF THAT ORIGINAL STATEMENT.

AND IT JUST SAID INCLUDING BALL FIELDS, AQUATIC CENTER AND MULTI-PURPOSE EVENT FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.

PERFORMING ARTS. CORRECT, IT SAID MULTI-EVENT.

MULTI-EVENT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

IN WHAT WE COULD USE THAT WHAT THESE CAN BE ALLOCATED FOR THE SPONSOR.

AND THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT.

SO, I WAS THERE IN 2019 AFTER THE BOND MAJOR BOND ISSUANCES AND SETTING SOME FUNDS ASIDE.

AND SO INITIALLY IT WAS 5.5 MILLION.

AND SO NOW WE'RE SAYING IT IS FOR 4.5.

SO THAT IS CORRECT.

SO WE ARE SITTING AT PLUS INTEREST EARNINGS AT 4.8.

NOW SOME OF THOSE FUNDS WERE OBVIOUSLY SPENT ON ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

GOTCHA. YES. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LESS.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT CLEAR.

YES. OKAY. OKAY.

I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON EVERYTHING ITSELF.

AS WE GET THROUGH THIS, MY FIRST QUESTION.

THAT THAT CAME UP IS WHAT IS A PIP PLAYGROUND? SO THAT IS A PORT IN PLACE PLAYGROUND.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE DID AT CENTRAL PARK THIS LAST, LAST SUMMER.

IT'S THAT RUBBER SURFACE.

YES. OKAY.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT GOING INTO WAS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE STORMY JONES, DEWEY TENNANT PARK AND THEN CAROUSEL PARK.

YES. CORRECT. OKAY.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, I DO SEE WHAT'S WAY WAYFINDING SIGNAGE FOR THE LINEAR TRAIL.

SO THAT IS ALSO DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE, MILE MARKERS ALONG THE TRAIL, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I GUESS WE'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS AND THE USERS OF THE TRAIL THAT THERE'S JUST NOT SIGNAGE AVAILABLE.

OKAY. SO, IT'S UPDATING SIGNAGE ON THE LINEAR TRAIL.

AND THEN I SEE THIS.

COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT FOR THE DOG PARK.

BECAUSE IN YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE PUBLIC PROBABLY CAN'T SEE OUR LIST RIGHT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, IT JUST SAYS OPEN SPACE LAND ALLOCATED $300,000.

CAN YOU SPEAK MORE TO THAT? SO THAT IS REALLY KIND OF A SHOT IN THE DARK.

ON WHAT A DESIGN CONTRACT MIGHT BE FOR A DOG PARK.

YOU KNOW, WITH THE MEADOW PARK PROPERTY POTENTIALLY BEING SOLD AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR A FUTURE OF A DOG PARK.

AND SO THAT'S A PLACEHOLDER, AND IT'S REALLY A SHOT IN THE DARK ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. YEAH. SO PUTTING IT THERE, KNOWING THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THE DISTRICT DOES DECIDE TO GO AHEAD AND SELL THAT LAND, OUR DOG DOG PARK IS GOING TO BE GOING AWAY. SO WE NEED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE ONE FOR FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

CORRECT. OKAY. IN ADDITION, I SEE ON HERE A LOT OF SHADE STRUCTURES.

YES, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK REGARDING SHADE STRUCTURES, WHICH IS WHY THAT IS ON HERE.

VERY SPECIFICALLY ON PLAYGROUNDS AND PLAYGROUNDS.

IT'S ALL IT'S ALL ATTACHED TO A PLAYGROUND.

IT'S ALMOST IT'S ALMOST A HALF A MILLION FOR FOR SHADE STRUCTURES, WHICH I THINK I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD ARGUE WITH THAT.

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SO, LET ME LOOK WHAT ELSE? I HAD SOME QUESTIONS. OH, THE SPLASH PAD.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT.

WAS HARRIS RAILS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THIS? DID WE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE PARKS OR SO.

THAT IS WHERE I MAY CALL DON UP TO ANSWER THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

SO, DON, YOU MIND COMING UP AND SPEAKING TO THIS A LITTLE BIT, I FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.

I THINK IT WOULD ADD SO MUCH FOR, FOR OUR PARKS.

WAS THIS THOUGHT OF, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST PARK FOR THIS OR WHERE.

YES, SIR. OKAY. ME AND MARK LONG HAD SIT DOWN AND TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ON EXCUSE ME, WHERE WE THOUGHT THE BEST PLACE FOR THIS TO BE, HARRIS FALLS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE PUT IT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS BECAUSE IT HAS MORE OPEN SPACE.

THE ONLY ISSUE WITH THAT IS WE NEED PARKING THERE AT THAT PARK.

AND SO WE'RE STILL COMING UP WITH SOME FIGURES AND NUMBERS FOR PARKING FOR THAT PARK.

IF WE DO DO SOMETHING SUCH AS A SPLASH PAD IN THAT AREA.

DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT IS THE MOST THAT IS THE BEST PARK TO IMPLEMENT? ONE, I DON'T WANT TO GO SO FAR AS SAYING THE BEST.

WE JUST THINK THAT'S THE MOST OPEN SPACE AREA THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO THAT WAS OUR CRITERIA FOR PICKING THAT.

GOTCHA. GOTCHA OKAY.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING SPLASH PAD IN SOME OF THESE PARKS WOULD BE JUST YEAH, THEY'RE VERY POPULAR, VERY POPULAR.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT THE THINKING WAS BEHIND HARRIS RILES AND PUTTING IT THERE.

SO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. LAST QUESTION.

ELECTRICAL FOR FOOD TRUCKS FOR GENERATIONS.

PARK. BOYS RANCH.

YES, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEATS AND EATS OR THE FOURTH FEST, WE HAVE TO RENT GENERATORS TO PROVIDE SOME ELECTRICAL TO THOSE FOOD TRUCKS IN THAT AREA. AND SO THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE PERMANENT ELECTRICAL FOR THOSE.

SO ACTUALLY, IN ACTUALITY, BY SPENDING THIS, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE US SOME MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

WE WOULD HAVE TO RENT GENERATORS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO RENT GENERATORS FOR THAT SPACE, FOR THAT, FOR THAT SPACE, WHICH IS THE SPACE THAT WE'RE USING.

IT'S THE BEST ONE FOR THAT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

THAT WAS SOME OF MY QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT THE LIST WAS.

COUNCIL YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO I'M GOING TO I SEE AND I'M GOING TO GO THE WAY I SAW EVERYBODY.

SO, COUNCILMAN DAWKINS, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES WILL BE NEXT.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO, KAREN, WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT IN FOR EVERY FISCAL YEAR, HOW THE ITEMS AND THE PRIORITIES.

I THINK IT WAS JUST SPREADING THE PROJECTS OUT.

I MEAN, WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THEM ALL TOMORROW.

OH YEAH. BUT YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE.

I JUST I KNOW THAT WE JUST ANNOUNCED HARRIS WAS REDOING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THE SHADE STRUCTURE.

AND SO I SAW THE SHADE STRUCTURE AND THIS IMMEDIATE FISCAL YEAR.

AND I KNOW THAT PARK IS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED FOR TODDLERS LIKE YOUNGER KIDS, BUT I KNOW WE DID DO THE ADA MIRACLE PARK AT CENTRAL PARK.

AND I THINK I ATTENDED THE PARKS MEETING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHADE STRUCTURE.

AND THAT'S NOT ALLOCATED UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 26-27.

SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WE DID THAT ONE FIRST.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME CONSIDERATION BECAUSE HARRIS RILES IS THE YOUNGER KIDS OR WHAT THE THOUGHTS WERE ON THAT.

I WOULD SAY YES.

BUT DON, IS THERE ANOTHER REASONING BEHIND THAT? IT IS A FLUID DOCUMENT.

IT'S LIKE KAREN SAID, WE JUST SPREAD IT OUT OVER FIVE YEARS OF THE NEEDS THAT WE KNOW OF NOW, AS OF TODAY.

AND OF COURSE, THOSE THINGS WOULD SHIFT EACH YEAR DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S HOW WE PUT IT TOGETHER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE ADA PARKING.

I'M GLAD THAT'S FIRST ON THE FOR CENTRAL.

DOESN'T STORMY JONES HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE ADA PARKING AS WELL? YES, SIR. I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE LIST.

YEAH, I DON'T SEE THAT EITHER.

WELL, I HAVE TWO ADA PARKING WOULD BE ONE OF THE.

OH, I'M SORRY, DON, WE DID DISCUSS IT SEVERAL TIMES, AND WE'RE JUST NOT SURE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL ESTIMATE YET OF WHAT IT WOULD COST, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO PUT IT. THE ONLY REASON WE DON'T REALLY SAY IT'S A PRIORITY FOR NOW, BECAUSE THERE IS ADA PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK. OKAY, SO THERE IS, THERE IS ADEQUATE ADA PARKING IN THE PARK.

SO ON THE NORTH END, YES, WE DO NEED IT, BUT IT'S NOT A MAJOR ISSUE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN THE FIRST YEAR.

WELL, YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH THAT, AND THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SURE. ALSO, WITH CENTRAL, WITH THE BATHROOM ARE WE JUST I HEARD TALK ABOUT AT CENTRAL.

WE'RE JUST AT THE POOL THERE WHERE WE POSSIBLY KNOCK DOWN THE WALL AND USE THAT BATHROOM, OR THAT'S STILL A POSSIBILITY WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING.

[01:50:04]

WE PLANNING ON PUTTING TWO OUTSIDE DOORS POINTING FROM THE BATHROOMS EAST TOWARD THE CENTRAL, TOWARD THE BASKETBALL COURT, AND THEN DO SOME DOORS ON THE INSIDE.

SO, AFTER HOURS WHEN THE POOL IS NOT OPEN, THOSE BATHROOMS CAN BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YES, SIR.

AND ONE LAST QUESTION.

WITH THE WITH THE STATE GRANT WE'RE GETTING THAT'S A MATCHING GRANT, RIGHT? IS THAT FOR YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR THE GENERATIONS.

PARK FOR GENERATIONS PARK ON THE.

YEAH. WITH THE FULL MATCHING GRANT.

YES. SO, CAN WE USE ANY OF THIS TO APPLY TO THAT? OUR MATCHING THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED AT GENERATIONS PARK.

YES. OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON HERE FOR.

NO. YEAH, WE KNOW WE HAVE RESTROOMS AT FOOD TRUCKS.

YEP. THE ELECTRICAL FOOD TRUCKS, THE HOOKUPS, THE RESTROOMS AREN'T PARKED THERE.

SO, WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF WAS IT 750,000? IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE.

SO CAN WE USE ANY OF THIS FOR THAT.

SO I KNOW IT'S JUST MOVING THINGS AROUND, BUT STILL.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I HAVE TO PULL THE GRANT APPLICATION TO SEE IF THERE IF WE LINED OUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITHIN THAT APPLICATION.

I THINK WE DID, BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE.

BUT I CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU AND LET YOU KNOW.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL. THANK YOU.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I THINK FOR ME WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT WITH THE ADA COMPLIANCE FOR STORMY JONES.

YES, WE HAVE IT ON SITE, BUT WHY NOT MAKE IT ALL ADA COMPLIANT? RIGHT? I CAN SEE YOUR CONCERN THERE.

I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AND ADDING THAT TO THE LIST AND MAKING THAT PART OF IT, BECAUSE WHEREVER WE NEED IT TO BE ADA COMPLIANT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR PARKS ARE THAT WAY.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE USE THE FUNDS FOR THAT.

SO, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDED TO THAT.

SO, ADD ADA PARKING TO STORMIE JONES.

JONES. YEAH, OKAY. AND AT LEAST GET A COST ESTIMATE.

I KNOW ALL OF THIS IS YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING DEPENDING ON BIDS, DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW, APPLICABLE FUNDS.

BUT THAT SHOULD BE I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ON THERE.

OKAY. AT LEAST PUT ON THE LIST.

I'M. SO, I'M GOING TO GO TO YOU AFTER MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

OH. YOU DO? THANK YOU, MAYOR COGAN.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD STRONGLY, STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT WE MAKE THE SHADE COVERINGS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR ALL OF THE PLAYGROUNDS, BECAUSE I SAW SOME OF THEM WERE PUSHED OUT TO LIKE, 2028.

AND SO, WHAT IF AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

YOU ALL KNOW ALL THE STUFF.

I JUST WORK IN A GROCERY STORE.

BUT WHAT IF WE ORDERED SHADE COVERINGS FOR ALL OF THEM? WOULDN'T WE GET, LIKE, MAYBE A BULK DISCOUNT? CAN WE GO TO COSTCO? I LIKE THE IDEA.

WE CAN DEFINITELY MOVE THEM FORWARD.

AND I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT AND THEY'RE ALMOST YOU CAN'T EVEN PLAY ON THEM.

WELL, THERE WAS ONE MORE.

THAT WAS REALLY THE. OH, AND I THINK THAT THE AND I, BOB DON'T SAY ANYTHING THAT DOG PARKS.

SO MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY GOT TWO NEW DOGS RIGHT.

AND SO, WE'VE GONE FREQUENTLY TO THE BARK PARK AND PEOPLE DRIVE FROM ALL AROUND LIKE WE'RE TALKING FROM MANSFIELD TO LIKE, THE NORTH SIDE, I MEAN, ALL OVER.

AND SO WHEN YOU MAKE THAT, YOU MAKE THAT A TRUE DESTINATION.

WE WANT TO MAKE WE WANT TO GIVE BEDFORD DESTINATIONS, BOB.

AND SO WHEN WE DO THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BRING ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO BEDFORD AND EAT IN OUR RESTAURANTS, AND WE CAN GIVE THEM SOME SPEEDING TICKETS.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY.

SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

THOSE ARE MY $0.02.

$0.02. YEAH I AGREE WITH THE SHADE STRUCTURE.

SO I THINK YEAH, I THINK AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE WOULD DISAGREE WITH MOVING THOSE FORWARD ONLY FOR THE FACT THAT IT'S JUST A NEED.

I MEAN THAT TAKES TOP PRIORITY IS THE SHADE STRUCTURES.

WELL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE'RE HAPPY WITH THIS, WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON OUR BUDGET AND OUR CAPITAL PLAN AND OUR BUDGET, WE WILL PUT THESE PROJECTS IN THAT CAPITAL PLAN. SO YOU'LL SEE ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'LL AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF A CAPITAL PLAN.

YOU CAN MOVE THINGS TO FORWARD OR BACKWARD DEPENDING UPON PRIORITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY MOVE SHADE STRUCTURES FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD.

COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

WHILE WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT SHADE STRUCTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE BLEACHERS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE SHADE COVERING, NOT JUST THE SWINGS. I HAVE BEEN THE MOM SITTING ON THE BLEACHER IN THE HOT SUN.

AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE THIS IS FOR PARKS.

THAT MEANS OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL DOES NOT QUALIFY.

THAT IS CONSIDERED A PARK RIGHT NOW.

BUT THAT'S WHERE WE MAPPED OUT SOME PROJECTS WITH ARPA FUNDS FOR BEDFORD SCHOOL.

AND THEN YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS, TOO, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FUND THROUGH THE TOURISM FUND FOR THE OLD BEDFORD

[01:55:01]

OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

THANK YOU. GIVE YOU A LITTLE SHOUT OUT, A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK INTO THE BUDGET.

INTO THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND ALSO, KNOWING THAT THERE'S OTHER THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OBS AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT HERE.

YES. ANY.

COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER.

YES. AND THIS IS JUST DON I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING BASKETBALL COURTS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING SPLASH THINGS.

NO ONE HAS COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR BASKETBALL COURTS AND SPLASH PADS, BUT WE DID HAVE A YOUNG MAN WHO PUT A GREAT PRESENTATION TOGETHER ABOUT A SKATE PARK OR A SKATE AMENITIES. IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION WE COULD CHANGE THIS AROUND? AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COSTS FOR A SKATE BOWL OR WHATEVER, SOME OF THOSE THINGS AT ONE OF OUR PARKS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE CHEAPER THAN HAVING TO RUN WATER AND DOING SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS FOR THIS.

HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT? YES, IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED.

I BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN A YOUNG MAN THAT REACHED OUT TO MARK LONG ON THAT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A THIS IS A FLUID DOCUMENT.

THIS IS WHAT IF.

SO WE CAN MOVE THINGS BACK AND FORTH EACH AND EVERY TIME WE COME BEFORE Y'ALL.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT.

DEFINITELY LOOK INTO A SKATE PARK.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LIKE LIGHTING AND STUFF AND THINGS, AND I KNOW WE NEED IT AT PLACES, BUT I'M LIKE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, SHADE, LIGHTING.

AND I MEAN, WE COULD DO IT OUT SOME ADDITIONAL BASKETBALL COURTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE'VE GOT A BIG BASKETBALL CENTER RIGHT, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HEARD TREMENDOUS RESPONSE OR I AND I THINK WE DID THE SURVEY AND SKATE PARK WAS REALLY HIGH ON THE THING FOR THE, FOR, FOR SOME OF THE OLDER KIDS.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND I REMEMBER THAT MEETING WHEN THAT GENTLEMAN CAME BEFORE US TALKING ABOUT THE SKATE PARK AND, BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION, NO OTHER CITY AROUND US HAS A SKATE PARK. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE ON EITHER SIDE OF OUR CITY, IT DEFINITELY WILL GET USED.

SO SO I THINK THAT THAT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.

AT LEAST GET A COST ESTIMATE.

WE WILL ADD WE'RE ADDING A LOT TO THE LIST, AREN'T WE? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THIS THOUGH, I KNOW THAT THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE BECAUSE I WAS THERE WHEN WE MADE THAT DECISION TO PULL MONEY FROM THE ORIGINAL BOND, PUT IT TOWARDS MAYBE THE ARTS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

IT REALLY I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT REALLY DID.

IT HURT ME A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE REALIZED THAT WE COULDN'T WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO TO BUILD ONE AND TO USE THIS AND ALLOCATE THIS TO, TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

IT, IT REALLY IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING.

THE CITY HAS A LOT OF NEEDS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHERS.

AND THE MERE FACT THAT WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T USE IT FOR THAT.

REALLY DISAPPOINTED ME.

BUT LOOKING AT ALL THIS LIST, LOOKING AT ADDING THE THINGS THAT WE'VE MENTIONED HERE, IT GIVES ME A LOT OF HOPE.

BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING.

IF IT'S NOT GOING TO GO TO A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, YOU KNOW, WHERE COULD THAT MONEY GO? AND OF COURSE, IT SHOULD GO BACK INTO THE PARKS.

AND ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE HAVE THE BEST LOCATION HANDS DOWN IN THE METROPLEX.

THAT'S UNARGUED.

THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST PARKS IN, IN, IN AND AROUND US, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT.

I AND I'D LIKE TO BRING MY DAUGHTER UP HERE AND SAY THE SAME THING.

DOES SHE ASK TO GO TO A SPA? WE'VE BEEN TO EULESS PARKS. DOES SHE ASK TO GO TO A HURST PARK? NO, SHE WANTS TO GO TO SOME OF THE BEDFORD PARKS.

SHE WANTS TO GO TO HARRIS WHILE SHE WANTS TO GO TO CENTRAL PARK.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LINEAR TRAIL THAT NO OTHER CITY HAS.

WE HAVE THE NEWLY DONE BOYS RANCH.

SO, OUR PARKS ARE SOME OF THE.

IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST AMENITIES THAT THIS CITY HAS THAT DRAWS PEOPLE TO OUR CITY.

AND IT CAN BECOME A DESTINATION AS COUNCIL AS MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI MENTIONED, EVEN WITH A DOG PARK FOR THAT REGARD.

SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ASSETS, NOT ONLY OUR LOCATION, BUT I THINK IT'S OUR PARKS.

AND TO PUT THIS MUCH INTO IT, I, YOU KNOW, IF IT CAN'T BE A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THEN ABSOLUTELY, WE SHOULD PUT IT INTO OUR PARKS AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

WELL THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO THIS LIST? FOOTBALL STADIUM.

YEAH, I KNOW RIGHT? I KNOW. CRICKET STADIUM.

GOLF COURSE. YEAH.

DANCE STUDIO. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

STAFF, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ENOUGH DIRECTION GOING FORWARD FOR THIS? TO GET THE MIC GOING? OKAY. YES, SIR. NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD AGAIN.

THE BACKUP HERE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY PARKS IS FLUID.

AND SO AGAIN. BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE GENERAL IDEA OF WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WE INTEND TO MOVE THESE FUNDS IF THEY'RE IF YOU ALL BLESS SCOOTING THESE OVER TO UTILIZE IN THE PARK

[02:00:10]

WE'VE GOT ONE STARTED AND WE'LL KEEP BUILDING ON IT.

AND AGAIN, AS THESE THINGS COME FORWARD, THEN WE WILL WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO YOU.

YEAH. AND I THINK THE MAIN THING TAKE AWAY FROM TODAY IS SHADE STRUCTURE FIRST.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BUY IT FROM COSTCO THOUGH.

OKAY. THANK YOU, DON.

THANK YOU, KAREN. APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THAT'S NEXT BRINGS US UP TO ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

[10. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO, JUST FYI AND IT'S COMING UP FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW WE HAD THE MEETING CANCELED TOMORROW, BUT THE CHAMBER WILL BE HOLDING A MEETING WITH DESTINATION GAMING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SANDS CORP.

COMING UP SOON TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN STATE OF TEXAS AND DALLAS FORT WORTH.

SO, EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO COME CITIZENS AND COUNCIL.

SO, I WANT YOU TO IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TOMORROW MORNING.

THEY DOUBLE BOOKED.

SO WE'RE WAITING ON THE DATE FOR THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR REALLY.

I UNDERSTAND WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES FOR 4TH OF JULY, BUT I WAS THERE KIND OF IN THE BACKGROUND WATCHING EVERYBODY AT THE, AT THE.

AND I LOVE HOW YOU SAID THE BOYS.

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU DID MY HEART.

GREAT BECAUSE I ALWAYS CALL IT THE BOYS RANCH.

BUT I REALLY AND IT WAS TO SEE A LARGE AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS. I DIDN'T SEE ANY FIGHTS OR SCUFFLES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO I APPRECIATE OUR STAFF AND I, WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG EVENT.

WE HAVEN'T DONE AN EVENT THAT BIG AND A LOT OF YEARS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE NEED TO DO.

BUT I APPRECIATE POLICE AND FIRE AND STAFF FOR ALL THEY DO TO, TO TO PUT ON AN EVENT LIKE THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING FUN AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE FOURTH.

SO THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF BEDFORD FOR SENDING ME TO TWO DAYS IN SAN ANTONIO TO ATTEND THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE INSTITUTE FOR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I LEARNED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TO TAX AND ZONING AND ETHICS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY PREDICT THAT HOUSING WILL BE A VERY BIG ISSUE IN THE NEXT LEGISLATURE THAT WILL COME TO THE CITIES.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS FOR LETTING ME GO.

I PROMISE YOU, I'M A BETTER COUNCIL PERSON FOR HAVING GONE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. THAT'S AMAZING.

DID YOU HAVE ANY DID YOU MEET ANY PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES THAT SAID BEDFORD IS LIKE, OH, YOU COME FROM A BIG CITY? YES. I FIGURED OUT WE WEREN'T A LITTLE CITY.

WE'RE. NO, WE, NO WE'RE NOT.

NO. YOU GO YOU GO TO SOME OF THESE MEETINGS, AND YOU GET COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING POPULATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, 1000, 2000 PEOPLE, AND YOU TELL THEM YOU'RE FROM BEDFORD AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR POPULATION, 50,000.

50,000, AND I ALSO CAME AWAY TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE STAFF WE HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES DO IT WITHOUT THE STAFF WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBERS.

YOU'RE HERE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO. NO REPORTS. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.

WE HAVE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS.

I HAVE NOTHING THIS EVENING, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING THAT WELL, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

IS IT THAT TIME ALREADY? IT IS THAT TIME? NO. IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE NOW.

IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE.

MAYOR COGAN MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I WOULD LOVE TO. MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THE MOTION TO ADJOURN BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL RIGHT. TIME IS NOW 8:03.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.