8. Public hearing and consider an ordinance regarding a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, specifically Appendix B, Chapter 3 “Permitted Uses” Section 3.2 Explanation of Uses and Specific Use Permit Requirements” to create a definition for an Automotive Engineering and Restoration use. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-1-0. (Part 1 of 2)

[8. Public hearing and consider an ordinance regarding a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, specifically Appendix B, Chapter 3 “Permitted Uses” Section 3.2 Explanation of Uses and Specific Use Permit Requirements” to create a definition for an Automotive Engineering and Restoration use. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-1-0. (Part 1 of 2)]

WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS.

SO, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY APPENDIX B, CHAPTER THREE PERMITTED USES SECTION 3.2 EXPLANATION OF USES AND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS TO CREATE A DEFINITION FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING AND RESTORATION USE.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 1.

I GIVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON.

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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M GOING TO KIND OF SKIP THROUGH THE BACKGROUND.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

THE REAL THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON, ON THIS SLIDE WAS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT? WE'VE GOT A COUPLE AMENDMENTS TO THAT ARE KIND OF LINKED TOGETHER.

BUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS ONE IS TO ACTUALLY ADD THE LAND USE DEFINITION FOR THE BUSINESS AT HAND INTO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

SO LET'S JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT.

AFTER WORKING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE POTENTIAL BUSINESS OWNER AND COMING UP WITH TRYING TO GET SOME INPUT FROM PUBLIC AS WELL, WE'VE COME UP WITH A LAND USE DEFINITION THAT WE THINK ACCOMMODATES EVERYBODY'S GOALS AND, AND OBJECTIVES HERE WHILE ALSO ALLOWING THE BUSINESS OWNER TO OPERATE THE WAY THAT THEY CURRENTLY OPERATE, AND THEY PLAN TO OPERATE IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT NEW DEFINITION, I'LL JUST READ IT INTO THE RECORD, AND WE CAN GO THROUGH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THE NEW DEFINITION FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESTORATION ENGINEERING IS THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING, FABRICATION AND REFURBISHMENT, AND INTERIOR SHOWCASING OR DISPLAYING OF ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC CARS AS DEFINED BY TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE 6683, INCLUDING PROTOTYPE VEHICLES.

RESTORATION INCLUDES THE ASSEMBLING OF A WHOLE OR A WHOLE VEHICLE OR PART OF A VEHICLE, REPAIRING OR REPLACING A DAMAGED METAL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, AND INSIDE CABIN FIXTURES, AND THE REASSEMBLING OF THE WHOLE VEHICLE, AND APPLYING AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS TO RESTORE THE VEHICLE TO EITHER ITS ORIGINAL OR CUSTOMIZED APPEARANCE.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE THAT ARE CONSIDERED NORMAL ROUTINE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FOR EVERYDAY USERS.

IT IS INTENDED THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE AUTOMOTIVE RESTORATION USE THAT SERVES AS A DESTINATION WHERE ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC CAR ENTHUSIASTS CAN RECEIVE AUTOMOTIVE RESTORATION SERVICES, SHOP FOR RELATED APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES, AND INCLUDES PROMOTIONAL EVENTS RELATED TO THE PERMITTED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S ADOPTED SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE.

ADDITIONAL USES MAY INCLUDE CLEAN MANUFACTURING OR PROTOTYPE VEHICLES OF AUTOMOTIVE PROTOTYPE VEHICLES OR AUTOMOTIVE PARTS.

IN ADDITION, WHICH IS FAIRLY CUSTOMARY ON ANY LAND USE THAT IS DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR AN SUP OR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

WE ALSO PROVIDED CONDITIONS ON THAT SUP.

AGAIN, THESE ARE VERY STANDARD CONDITIONS THAT ARE USED IN MAJORITY OF OUR AUTOMOTIVE USES ALREADY DEFINED.

WITH THAT, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONDUCTED THEIR PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 1.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

I APPRECIATE IT. SO OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS TAKING A LOT OF TURNS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND IN GETTING US TO THIS, TO THIS POINT, YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT THOROUGHLY TO COME UP, YOU KNOW, TO COME UP WITH A DEFINITION THAT MEETS THIS YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENT.

BECAUSE I THINK AS TIME WENT ON, WE FOUND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS AND WE HAD CONVERSATIONS.

WE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHICH CHANGED THAT DEFINITION TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.

I HAVE A MORE PRACTICAL QUESTION AS TO WHAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES.

SO FOR CLARITY TO THE AUDIENCE, WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS ADDING IT TO OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO THIS THIS DEFINITION WILL BE PUT INTO THE LAND USE DEFINITIONS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE CITY.

WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS US THE NEXT AMENDMENT THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.

IT ALLOWS US TO PUT THAT IN THE BEDFORD COMMONS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED LAND USE CHART.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE DO THAT.

THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING.

NO, NO PROBLEM. BUT ITEMS EIGHT, NINE AND TEN ARE ALL INTERRELATED, SO IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION ON ALL THREE OF THEM, AND YOU CAN HOLD ONE PUBLIC HEARING WHICH SATISFIES ALL THREE OF THE ITEMS. IT'S UP TO YOU ALL. OKAY.

THAT'S. YEAH, THAT'S WE CAN DO THAT.

I YOU KNOW, I THINK I'D LIKE TO STOP AT EACH ITEM AS YOU PRESENT IT TO HAVE QUESTIONS.

THAT WAY WE CAN WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHY WE'RE DOING THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ALL OF IT.

OKAY, OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. IF COUNCIL IS AMENABLE TO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE IT.

SO, THIS WILL ADD TO OUR, OUR EXISTING CODES.

AND SO, MY QUESTION IS THIS SPECIFIC DEFINITION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES.

LAND USES WITHIN THE CITY COVERS EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.

THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT PERMITTED USES CHART ON OUR ZONING ORDINANCES, IT WILL HAVE PERMITTED USES ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND SUPS THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

CORRECT. SO THIS RIGHT HERE WOULD GO.

IT'S NOT EVEN GOING IN ANY OF THOSE DISTRICTS.

CORRECT. NO, WE'RE NOT AMENDING THE ANY ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS NOT TO AMEND THE PERMITTED LAND USE CHART FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

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THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR BEDFORD COMMENTS.

SO YEAH. SO, THIS DEFINITION RIGHT HERE IS ONLY FOR THE NEXT ITEM WHERE IT COULD COME WHERE WE WOULD EVER SEE THIS.

THAT IS CORRECT. SO NO.

YEAH. SO IF, IF ANOTHER RESTORATION TYPE OF BUSINESS WANTS TO COME TO BEDFORD THAT MEETS ALL OF THIS CRITERIA, WHICH LET'S BE HONEST, IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY NOT GOING TO, BUT LET'S SAY JUST FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE, THAT IT DOES.

IT WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE MIXED CORE USE, WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO PRESENT, RIGHT IN BEDFORD COMMONS ANY TO ALLOW IT.

ANY PLACE ELSE WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER AMENDMENT.

THAT'S NOT THAT HASN'T BEEN DRAFTED YET.

HAVEN'T BEEN DRAFTED YET. OKAY.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL LET YOU MOVE ON TO SECOND.

OKAY. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

BRENNAN. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I'M CONFUSED.

WHY IS THIS NECESSARY? IF THIS BUSINESS COULD BE ELSEWHERE.

SO I THINK WE'RE TAKING THEM ONE AT A TIME.

SURE. SO, I AND I KIND OF GO BACK TO WHERE THIS ALL BEGAN.

THE APPLICANT ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR A REZONING.

THEY WERE IN BEDFORD COMMONS.

DURING THAT PROCESS, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO CREATE A PARTICULAR USE TO COVER THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS, TO ALLOW IT IN BEDFORD COMMONS. AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY, AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THIS FAIRLY DETAILED LAND USE DEFINITION.

SO HOW OFTEN DOES THE CITY OF BEDFORD DO SOMETHING FOR ONE BUSINESS? I, I WOULD SAY IN MY EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME I MAY HAVE MISSED 1 OR 2, BUT I.

THIS IS IT'S UNUSUAL.

IT IS. I WOULD SAY I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER, ANDREW ROY, ON OCCASION THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE DONE FOR SPECIFIC TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY HERE OR THERE. SO, I WOULDN'T SAY NEVER.

IT'S NOT AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.

AND ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS, I KNOW WE HAD TO CREATE A DEFINITION FOR ROCK ISLAND, CORRECT? SOMETHING WE DID, WE HAD TO DO.

I THINK IT WAS AN INTERPRETATION CLARIFICATION FOR ROCK ISLAND.

WE DID AND WE AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR OTHERS.

THAT'S TRUE. SO, THERE'S BEEN A FEW IN THIS TIME THAT WHERE WE DO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR AND WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE AUCTION HOUSES IN THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR.

SO WE HAD TO CHANGE THE CODE TO ALLOW ROCK ISLAND.

YES. CORRECT. YEAH.

YOU GOT IT. YEP. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. MOVING ON.

THE NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE THE THE AMENDMENT TO BEDFORD COMMON SPECIFICALLY.

[9. Public hearing and consider an ordinance regarding a text amendment to the Bedford Commons Planned Unit Development specifically related to Section 5.0 Schedule of Uses to allow an Automotive Engineering and Restoration use in the Core Mixed Use Character Zone with a Specific Use Permit. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-1-0.(Part 1 of 2)]

SO KEEPING IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT THIS WAS DIRECTED BY STAFF TO OR DIRECTED BY COUNCIL TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT BEDFORD COMMONS AND TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THE PREVIOUS LAND USE DEFINITION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT INTO THE MIXED-USE CHARACTER ZONE.

SO, THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR BEDFORD COMMONS MIXED USE CHARACTER ZONE.

SO, IN THE BEDFORD COMMONS PUD, THERE WAS A LAND USE CHART SIMILAR TO WHAT'S ADOPTED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THE BEDFORD COMMONS ADOPTED A LAND USE CHART.

AND SO WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS ADDS THE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING AND RESTORATION TO THAT CHART AND ONLY ALLOWS IT IN CORE MIXED USE WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT WHERE CORE MIXED USE IS.

WE THREW IN THE THIS IS THE IT'S CALLED THE REGULATING PLAN IN THE BEDFORD COMMONS PUD, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY A ZONING MAP FOR BEDFORD COMMONS. AND SO AND I, I PERSONALLY HATE THE COLORS THEY USED, BUT THIS IS WHAT I'VE GOT TO GO WITH.

THE LIGHT RED IS KIND OF ON THE BOTTOM IS ADJACENT TO THE FREEWAY.

SO THAT IS MIXED USE HIGHWAY, MIXED USE THE AREA THE DARK RED THE DARKER RED IN THE THAT'S CIRCLED IN BLUE.

THERE IS THE CORE MIXED USE.

SO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THIS AMENDMENT AFFECTS ABOUT 12 PROPERTIES THEREABOUTS.

THE PINK AREA IS THE REGIONAL RETAIL EMPLOYMENT AREA.

AND THEN THE YELLOW AREA IS THE CIVIC MIXED USE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONDUCTED THEIR PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 1. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? SO AGAIN, SO THIS WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWING THE DEFINITION INTO THE CORE MIXED USE WHICH IS THAT RED CATEGORY.

AND IT WOULD COME IN UNDER AN SP.

CORRECT. SO, WHICH MEANS THAT AGAIN, IF ANOTHER BUSINESS WERE TO AGAIN HAVE THIS DEFINITION, WHICH IS VERY UNLIKELY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO

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COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING COME BEFORE COUNCIL UNDER THAT SUB DESIGNATION, WHERE THIS THE CITY COUNCIL COULD IMPOSE CONDITIONS OR WE COULD DENY IT OUTRIGHT.

CORRECT. OKAY.

OKAY. WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF THAT.

REAL QUICK ALSO.

WELL, LET ME HOLD THIS OFF TO THE NEXT ITEM.

OKAY. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DONNA AND BRANDON, ANOTHER QUESTION.

THIS AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING AND RESTORATION.

THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY IT COULD GO.

CORRECT? NO, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY THAT WOULD ALLOW AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FACILITY.

BUT THIS DEFINITION IS SPECIFIC TO THE ONE THAT WE JUST CREATED, OR ONE I JUST PRESENTED THAT I'M ASSUMING WILL BE CREATED.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I'M KIND OF WITHOUT ACTING ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

I'M KIND OF I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT WORDS IN THE COUNCIL'S MOUTH.

YOU'RE KIND OF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

OKAY. SO IF YOU HAD A BUSINESS LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT COULD GO ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.

AM I RIGHT? THERE'S PROPER.

THERE'S CURRENT ZONING FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.

YES. THERE IS. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. YEP.

COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

BUT JUST AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.

BUT NOT SPECIFIC TO WHAT THIS SAYS.

CORRECT. SO IF WE DID IT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY, PERHAPS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND MAKE THIS PART OF THAT ZONING.

ALSO, IF ANOTHER BUSINESS CAME IN THAT MET THE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING AND RESTORATION LAND USE DEFINITION, WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THAT, BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS BEFORE.

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

OKAY. OKAY.

SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY.

WE MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON. THIS IS OKAY.

[10. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone property from Planned Unit Development (PUD) Bedford Commons to Planned Unit Development (PUD) Bedford Commons/Specific Use Permit (PUD/SUP) to permit an Automotive Engineering and Restoration use on Lots 2 and 3 Block 1 First State Bank Addition. The two-acre site is located approximately 750 feet north of State Highway 121 on the east side of Parkwood Drive and is commonly known as 1916 Parkwood Drive. (SUP-24-10) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-1-0.(Part 1 of 2)]

SO, THIS ITEM IS THE ACTUAL THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PROPERTY KNOWN AS 1916 PARKWOOD DRIVE.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

SO, THIS IS A SPECIFIC APPLICATION FOR THE BUSINESS THAT'S IN QUESTION.

PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED IN R-9, WHICH IS A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING IN 2007.

IT WAS ZONED HEAVY COMMERCIAL IN 2019, IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BEDFORD COMMONS, AND IT'S UNDER ITS CURRENT ZONING AS IT IS TODAY.

BACKGROUND. AGAIN, 2000, LATE 2023.

THE APPLICATION CAME THROUGH.

THE APPLICATION WAS DRAWN AT CITY COUNCIL, AS MOST OF YOU RECALL, AND WE ARE HERE TODAY.

THE THIS IS AGAIN THE ZONING MAP.

THIS IS THE PUD MAP FOR BEDFORD COMMONS.

THE BLUE BOX REPRESENTS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.

ALL SPECIFIC USE PERMITS REQUIRE A SITE PLAN BE ATTACHED TO THE ADOPTING ORDINANCE.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.

THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY DEVELOPED.

HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY.

THE ONE THAT REALLY CHANGES THE OVERALL SITE LAYOUT IS THERE CIRCLED IN RED.

AND THAT IS THEY'RE GOING TO EXTEND THEIR DRIVE AND ADD SOME PARKING ONTO THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S AN EXISTING.

LET ME SEE. I BELIEVE I HAVE PICTURES HERE.

YEAH. THERE'S.

IF YOU LOOK THERE THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS, IS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS KIND OF THE SIDE WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ADD THE EXTEND THE DRIVEWAY AND ADD THE PARKING.

IF YOU LOOK TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, THERE IS AN EXISTING OVERHEAD DOOR.

GARAGE DOOR. HE JUST WANTS TO CONNECT PARKING TO THAT GARAGE DOOR.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO SHOW THE SITE PLAN TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD.

ALSO, WHEN DOING THAT, THAT TRIGGERS IMPROVEMENT.

SO, IN BEDFORD COMMONS, THERE'S A PRETTY DETAILED APPLICABILITY CHART THAT WHEN YOU DO ONE THING, IT TRIGGERS YOU TO DO OTHER THINGS TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH BEDFORD COMMONS.

AND SO THE APPLICANT IS MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN DOING SO BY ADDING ADDITIONAL PARKING AND ADDITIONAL CONCRETE ON THE PROPERTY.

HE'S HAVING TO DO SOME PARKING SCREENING, PARKING LOT SCREENING.

SO THE APPLICANT HAS STAFF WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO COME UP WITH A SCREENING THAT WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF BEDFORD COMMONS.

AND THAT'S A ESSENTIALLY A DECORATIVE METAL FENCE ALONG THE FRONT WITH INCREASED LANDSCAPING AS WELL.

ALL OF THIS MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF BEDFORD COMMONS PD.

AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE SOME OTHER THINGS IN THE PICTURES.

I APOLOGIZE, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THE PROPERTY RECENTLY THE APPLICANT IS ALSO STARTED PAINTING THE PROPERTY AND THEY ARE STARTING TO MAKE SOME

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IMPROVEMENTS. ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE DOING ARE TRIGGERED BY REQUIREMENTS OF THE BEDFORD COMMONS PUD.

SO THE IMPROVEMENTS I WAS GOING TO MENTION THERE WERE THE WINDOWS.

IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TO ENLARGE THOSE WINDOWS TO INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS, STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT.

THE APPLICANT PROVIDED STAFF WITH A LIST OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THAT HE'D LIKE TO MAKE TO THE BUILDING.

AND WITH THAT, STAFF GAVE THEM A KIND OF A SUMMARY AS, OKAY, IF YOU DO THIS, THIS IS WHAT BEDFORD COMMONS WHAT REGULATION OF BEDFORD COMMONS HAS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

SO THE APPLICANT HAS TALKED ABOUT ADDING ON OR ENCLOSING THE BACK PORTION OF THE BUILDING.

THAT'S CURRENTLY KIND OF AN OPEN AREA.

BY DOING THAT, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THAT'S WHY HE'S WORKING ON GETTING WINDOWS OR ENLARGING THE WINDOWS THERE.

I JUST THIS WAS A BIG TOPIC DISCUSSED AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SO I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH ON IT AT P AND Z.

IF WE'VE GOT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON ON WHAT WHAT IMPROVEMENTS TRIGGER WHAT REQUIREMENTS, I'LL BE GLAD TO GO INTO THOSE, BUT JUST WANTED TO KIND OF STATE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WE DID NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT.

WE POSTED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY, AND WE PUBLISHED A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER.

TO THIS DATE, WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED FIVE RESPONSES.

THOSE WERE OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION RADIUS, SO NO ONE WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS RESPONDED EITHER IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST.

PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION CONDUCTED THEIR PUBLIC HEARING.

ONE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THE FIRST CONDITION IS THAT TABLE THREE ONE OUT OF THE BEDFORD COMMONS PUD APPLIES TO ANY CHANGES TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT REDUNDANT, BUT PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WANTED TO PUT IT THERE ANYWAY.

THIS IS A REQUIREMENT WHETHER IT'S A CONDITION ON THE SP OR NOT, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS CLEAR AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD, THEY WANTED THIS CONDITION IN THERE. THE SECOND ONE IS THAT ANY STORAGE OF COMPANY VEHICLES OR TRAILERS IS REQUIRED TO BE LOCATED BEHIND A SCREENING WALL TO BE A MINIMUM OF SIX FEET IN HEIGHT AND CONSTRUCTED WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL AND COLOR AS THE PRIMARY BUILDING.

WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, WES.

REAL QUICK COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE BEING PLACED ON THIS LAND USE? SO I KNOW GOING THROUGH IT, I'LL GO THROUGH A FEW.

SO I'M, YOU KNOW, KEEP TRACK HERE.

SO ONE WAS NO NOISE.

SO NO NOISE, YOU KNOW, PRODUCED FROM THE BUSINESS.

NO OUTSIDE STORAGE.

ALL WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE WITHIN THE BUILDING ITSELF AND CONTAINED TO THAT BUILDING.

NO. SEMI TRUCK, VEHICLE TRAILER.

I THINK YOU JUST MENTIONED PARKING, YOU KNOW, OVERNIGHT.

MY QUESTIONS ARE THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT DUMPSTERS, DUMPSTER SCREENING AND ALSO PARKING.

SO ARE THEY MAXED OUT AT THEIR PARKING? AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD SOME MORE PARKING SPACES TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY.

CORRECT. THEY ARE MAXED OUT THEIR PARKING RIGHT NOW SO THAT BY THAT'S BY ADDING THAT PARKING ON THE SIDE THEY'RE ACCOMPLISHING ADDING MORE PARK.

THEY CAN ENCLOSE THAT BACK PORTION SO THEY CAN ADD MORE PARKING.

PARKS SO THEY HAVE MORE PARKING SO THEY CAN ADD MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE BUILDING.

WITH REGARD TO THE DUMPSTER REQUIREMENT, THE DUMPSTER IS ALREADY MEETING THE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

THEY. BUT BEDFORD COMMONS DOES HAVE DETAILED SCREENING REQUIREMENTS ON DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES.

AND SO THAT TRIGGERED BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ADD THE DIFFERENT PARKING SPACES.

THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL SCREENING OVER THERE.

CORRECT. ON THAT SIDE TOO.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

GOT THAT. ALSO HAD A QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN THESE APPLICATIONS COME THROUGH, THIS IS JUST ME THINKING OUT LOUD HERE.

DO WE EVER LOOK AT WHEN BUSINESSES WANT TO TRAVEL TO TO A DIFFERENT PART, LIKE A DIFFERENT CITY? DO WE LOOK AT THE ZONING WHERE THEY COME FROM, FROM LIKE FROM A DIFFERENT CITY, LIKE FROM A DIFFERENT CITY? AND SEE WHAT THAT IS THAT COMPARABLE TO? AND DO WE OR IS THAT NOT TYPICALLY PART OF OUR WE TYPICALLY DON'T. I MEAN ZONING IS SO DIFFERENT FROM CITY TO CITY.

IT'S HARD TO COMPARE IT TO APPLES TO APPLES TYPE SITUATION.

SO NO, THAT'S SIMPLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ANALYZE.

OKAY, OKAY. I ONLY I ONLY BRING IT UP BECAUSE I DID SOME HOMEWORK AND I LOOKED IT UP.

NOW, LET'S NOW LET'S BE REAL.

ARE WE GOING TO BE AT FORT WORTH'S REQUIREMENTS? I THINK OURS IS A LITTLE MORE STRICT.

BUT FOR BEFORE THIS, BEFORE FORT WORTH ZONING FOR THE APPLICANT, THEY'RE ZONED.

IT'S CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS LOW INTENSITY COMMERCIAL WITH BANKS, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL SALES AND BAKERIES.

IT'S UNDER THAT SAME DESIGNATION.

FOR US THAT WOULD WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING PERPLEXED, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS OVER THERE.

AND FOR OURS, THAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO ME BASED ON THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES.

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BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THEIR ZONING.

IT COULD AND THERE COULD BE SOME NON-CONFORMING ISSUES GOING ON THERE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE THAT I, IT'S HARD TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WITHOUT KNOWING THE SPECIFICS OF HIS PROPERTY IN FORT WORTH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I WAS JUST ASKING IF THAT'S PART OF OUR REPERTOIRE OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE LOOK AT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

WES KINDA REFRESH MY MEMORY.

THE ZONING THAT'S ALLOWED THERE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT IS IT? IT'S MECHANICAL ALREADY, ISN'T IT? I'M SORRY. IS IT MECHANICAL? SOME SORT OF MECHANICAL ALREADY? NO. SO THE USE THAT IS ALLOWED.

THERE IS. YEAH, IT IS A MOTORCYCLE SALES AND SERVICE IS ALLOWED THERE CURRENTLY.

IT'S THAT ISN'T ALLOWED.

USE INSIDE THE CORE MIXED USE.

THE ZONING ORDINANCE DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN MOTORCYCLE SALES AND SERVICE AND AUTOMOBILE SALES AND SERVICE.

AND THAT'S THE TRIGGER. THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED ALL THIS.

IF YOU HAVE FOUR WHEELS, THEY CAN'T, TWO THEY CAN'T.

COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP? THERE WASN'T ANY RESIDENTIAL.

WHERE WAS THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL TO THAT SPOT? I WOULD SAY THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE BEDFORD PARK.

BEDFORD PARK? THAT'S STILL PRETTY FAR DOWN THE BLOCK, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE ENTRANCE OF PARKWOOD.

YOU HAVE.

WHAT IS IT? A DIVORCE ATTORNEY, RIGHT ON THE CORNER.

AND THEN FURTHER NORTH YOU HAVE A SENIOR CENTER, RIGHT? A SENIOR? YES, LIKE ADJACENT TO BEDFORD ROAD, RIGHT? YES. AND THAT COULD SEE, LIKE THE ENTRANCES TO BEDFORD COMMONS.

IS THAT CORRECT? ALONG PARKWOOD YES.

PARKWOOD. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE, A ON ONE SIDE OF PARKWOOD ON THE FREEWAY.

YOU HAVE THE, THE LAW OFFICE.

AND THEN I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE SALES AND SERVICE THERE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND ON THE SO THE LAW OFFICE IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF PARKWOOD AND THE MOTORCYCLE SALES AND SERVICES ON THE WEST SIDE OF PARKWOOD.

AND THEN AT BEDFORD ROAD, YOU HAVE A SENIOR CENTER ASSISTED LIVING OF SOME SORT AND THEN SOME OTHER BOUTIQUE OFFICE LOCATED THERE.

OKAY. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. GOOD. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OVER THESE THREE ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK THIS OF, BUT I'M ASKING.

AND IT COULD BE FOR CITY MANAGER.

IT COULD BE FOR BRYN, I DON'T KNOW.

IF SOMEONE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH RESTRICTIONS, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES AND HOW ARE HOW ARE THEY ADMINISTERED? SO THE PRIMARY RESOURCE THAT THE CITY HAS IS CODE ENFORCEMENT.

SO CITATION WOULD BE ISSUED THAT WOULD BE ADJUDICATED BY MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ISSUE A CITATION PER VIOLATION PER DAY IF WE WANTED TO ESCALATE THE MATTER, IF MUNICIPAL COURT ENFORCEMENT WASN'T SUFFICIENT, BECAUSE MUNICIPAL COURT DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE BUSINESS OWNER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE DISTRICT COURT.

WE ALSO HAVE CHAPTER 54, AUTHORITY OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TO FILE A CIVIL SUIT SEEKING CIVIL PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FROM A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE. SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US IF THERE IS AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL WES.

HAS THE APPLICANT ALREADY STARTED TO DO ALL THIS? YES. AND HE'S GOTTEN PERMITS TO DO ANYTHING THAT HE IS DOING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND BUT WHAT IF THIS WAS TURNED DOWN THIS EVENING? THAT'S THE RISK THAT HE IS TAKING.

COULD WE CHANGE IT TO SAY THAT ALL FENCES HAVE TO BE EIGHT FEET TALL, AND THERE WILL BE NO TESTING OF VEHICLES ALONG PARKWOOD? SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND CONDITION.

INSTEAD OF SIX FEET, PUT IT AT EIGHT FEET.

MOST BUSINESS TRUCKS ARE TALLER THAN SIX FEET.

SURE. YEAH. WHERE THE SIX FEET CAME FROM WAS THE.

IT'S THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE USE FOR AUTOMOTIVE STORAGE.

AND THAT'S IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

BUT REQUIRING AN EIGHT-FOOT SCREENING WALL IS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

SO THAT WOULD IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE DECISION OF COUNCIL.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND WHAT TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M SORRY. YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT RESTRICTING TESTING, TEST DRIVING OF VEHICLES? YEAH. I DON'T SEE FROM WHAT I HAVE LOOKED AT WITH HIS BUSINESS, IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S A FABRICATOR.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE.

IN THE ORDER OF WHEN THE CAR ARRIVES, WHEN IT LEAVES, IF IT'S COMPLETELY REBUILT, WHEN IT'S WHEN IT LEAVES HIS PROPERTY, OR IF IT HAS TO GO ON TO

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ANOTHER MANUFACTURER.

SO IF IT'S COMPLETELY REBUILT AND THE OWNER OF THE OF THE VEHICLE COMES TO THE BUSINESS AND SAYS, I WANT TO TEST DRIVE IT.

THEY COULD TAKE IT OUT OF PARKWOOD AND RIP RIGHT DOWN THROUGH PARK RIDGE, BECAUSE WHERE ELSE? OR ALONG THE FREEWAY? I DON'T KNOW.

BRYN, I'M GOING TO PHONE A FRIEND ON THIS ONE.

I DON'T KNOW. WE HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION COME UP IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR REACHING CAN THESE RESTRICTIONS BE? WE HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION AT P AND Z.

CANDIDLY, THE ZONING CASE AND THE REGULATIONS APPLY ONLY TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE PROPERTY AND WITHIN THAT PROPERTY.

OBVIOUSLY, IF SOMEONE TOOK A CAR OUT ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC ROADS AND WAS SPEEDING OR DRIVING RECKLESSLY, WE ALREADY HAVE YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT OPTIONS IN THAT REGARD.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN ADD A CONDITION THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT OPERATE ONE OF YOUR VEHICLES ON THE ROAD IF IT'S LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO, TO TRAVEL ON THE ROAD.

WHAT ABOUT ACCESS? LIKE IF A, IF A SEMI TRUCK COMES IN, DOES IT HAVE A CERTAIN ROUTE THAT IT HAS TO TAKE TO COME INTO THE COMMONS? SO WE HAVE APPROVED TRUCK ROUTES WITHIN THE CITY.

PARKWOOD AND I'M JUST THINKING OF THE ROADS AROUND PARKWOOD.

ELDON DOTSON ARE NOT ON THAT LIST.

CLEARLY, IF THEY'RE COMING, IF WE WANT PREFERRED TRUCKS, IF WE WANT ANY TYPE OF TRUCK TRAFFIC TO COME IN AND WE WANT TO RESTRICT THEM FROM GOING NORTHBOUND ON PARKWOOD, IS THAT I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THAT DONE IN OTHER PLACES THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE JUST CAN'T SAY YOU CAN'T.

YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS BUSINESS BE THE END DESTINATION FOR A DELIVERY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO ALL TRUCK ROUTE ORDINANCES IN ALL CITIES DESIGNATE THROUGH ROUTES THAT ALL TRUCKS GOING THROUGH HAVE TO STAY ON.

BUT THEY ALL CONTAIN EXCEPTIONS FOR AN END DESTINATION THAT YOU CANNOT OTHERWISE REACH WITHOUT DEVIATING FROM A TRUCK ROUTE.

SO IF YOU WANTED, I THINK THE MOTION OR THE CONDITION WOULD BE TO, TO PREVENT TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM GOING NORTHBOUND ON PARKWOOD, I THINK.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE. NO.

SO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE NEED TO AMEND THE TRUCK ROUTE ORDINANCE OR SOME OTHER ORDINANCE.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A TRAFFIC ORDINANCE BUILT INTO BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T NOTICED FOR THAT, ETC..

SO. FAIR ENOUGH.

SO THAT WAS CORRECT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, IF YOU WERE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANY ONE OF THESE ITEMS, EIGHT AND 9 OR 10, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:02.

BOB COCHRAN, 2252.

BEDFORD CIRCLE. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, LAWYER.

CONTRARY TO MY USUAL, I WILL BE BRIEF TONIGHT.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS MAY BE DEPENDING ON COUNCIL VOTE IS FINALLY SOLVED.

I FEEL BAD FOR MR. MURRAY THAT HE'S HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS.

HE CLOSED ON THIS BUILDING MAY 1ST.

THAT'S THREE AND A HALF MONTHS AGO.

SONG AND DANCE, I'M GOING TO CALL IT.

IT SEEMS THAT BETWEEN HE AND STAFF, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH WHAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH NOW.

BEFORE NOW.

AND I HOPE THAT THIS PASSES.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HIM BEING THERE.

I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVES IN THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AND MATTER OF FACT, MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED THERE LONGER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY IN THERE THAT I'M GOING TO SAY COULD GIVE A HOOT ABOUT THIS OTHER THAN MAYBE, HEY, IT MIGHT BRING SOME MORE SALES TAX. AND I THINK THE PROPERTY TAX WOULD BE A LOT MORE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW FOR AN EMPTY BUILDING.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND SOME OF THESE $250,000 CARS THAT I'VE SEEN ON SOME OF HIS WEBSITE AND WHATNOT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

SAL CARUSO, 148 RAVENSWOOD.

MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

I AM BOTH HOPEFUL AND CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL PASS TONIGHT.

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MORE CONFIDENT.

AND I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. AND ACTUALLY GOING AND SEEING THE BUSINESS IN FORT WORTH, I THINK THAT LED TO TWO FOLKS ON P AND Z WHO ALSO WENT.

WELL, ACTUALLY, ONE WENT TOM AND THE OTHER ONE HAD A MEETING WITH MR. MURRAY. IT SHOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE RESISTING THIS WHO HAVE WHO HAVE RESISTED THIS INSTEAD OF MAYBE GOING TO SEE WHAT ACTUALLY WHAT THEY WANT TO RESIST TO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BETTER, BETTER WAY TO GO.

AND SOME, SOME FOLKS HAVE THIS I GUESS, A BADGE OF HONOR OF REFUSING BUSINESSES THAT COME TO BEDFORD AND THINK THAT'S OKAY FOR SOME REASON, MAYBE THAT VISION OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW, FOR THE BEDFORD COMMONS, WHICH SHOULD CHANGE.

BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TO AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE.

I'M ALSO, BEFORE I GO, A LITTLE BEWILDERED WHY IT TOOK SO LONG.

BECAUSE THE ACTUAL WORDING THAT'S ON TONIGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE THE FIRST TIME.

SO WE WASTED A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF MONEY AND MR. MURRAY AND YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE THE FIRST TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHY. I DON'T KNOW WHO DROPPED THE BALL.

SOMEONE ON SOMEONE HERE ON STAFF, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT NOW WE'RE HERE, SO WE'LL JUST GO FROM THERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SAL.

ONE THING I WILL MENTION IS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A PROCESS, AND I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY STAFF DROPPED THE BALL, PER SE.

I THINK IT WAS JUST NEW INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT BETWEEN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAPPENING BETWEEN MR. MURRAY AND BETWEEN PLANNING AND ZONING.

I ALSO THINK THAT PLANNING ZONING MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT THE DEFINITION IS, WHAT THIS DOES TO THE CODE.

HOW DOES THIS PROTECT? THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED ANSWERING.

AND SO AND SO IT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, ALBEIT A LONG PROCESS ALBEIT MANY ITERATIONS.

BUT THAT'S CITY GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO THAT SOMETIMES AND DO I FEEL THAT WE HAVE A BETTER PRODUCT ON THE OTHER END THAN WHEN WE DID BEGINNING? I DO I DO BELIEVE THAT.

SO THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND THAT IS ACTUALLY MADE IT BETTER BY COMING OUT ON THE OTHER END IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH ME ALSO BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS VERY HESITANT WHEN MR. MURRAY'S BUSINESS CAME, CAME BEFORE US AND GOING OUT TO VISIT, I MADE THE DECISION TO GO OUT AND VISIT BECAUSE I WAS HESITANT AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO KNOW MORE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I WENT AND DID THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

YEP. ALL RIGHT.

PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN.

AND WHO ARE YOU? I'M JUST KIDDING. HI, I'M HEATH.

HEATH MURRAY. ROB, I LIKE YOUR STYLE.

HEY, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK INTO MY BUSINESS AND INTO WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.

AND HOWEVER YOU VOTE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT REGARDLESS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SEEING WHAT WE DO AND LOOKING INTO OUR BUSINESS.

AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING FOLLOWED SUIT AS WELL.

I WILL SAY THAT STAFF HAS BEEN VERY CORDIAL AND HAS WORKED VERY WELL WITH ME.

I KNOW WES NUMBER BY MEMORY.

BUT WE'RE PRETTY TIGHT.

ANYHOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD AND I'M HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF IT.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF YOUR CITY.

I'M PRETTY POSITIVE TIKAM WILL BE PRESENTING MY BUSINESS A BEAUTIFICATION AWARD BY NEXT YEAR.

SO WHETHER IT'S GONNA HOLD YOU TO THAT, WHETHER IT'S VACANT OR NOT, I'LL BE BACK HERE ACCEPTING AN AWARD FOR BEAUTIFICATION.

OKAY I ASSUME YOU ALL PROBABLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME.

I DO, I DO.

FIRST OFF, SO IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS EIGHT FOOT SCREENING WALL INSTEAD OF THE SIX FOOT.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT WALL.

YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT WALL.

EIGHT FOOT WALL. OKAY. THERE WAS THERE'S REGULATION ON SIX FOOT WALL VERSUS THE EIGHT FOOT WALL.

I BELIEVE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE.

OR MAYBE IT'S A FOUR FOOT WALL, BUT OKAY, SO IT'S AT SIX FOOT.

I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT WALL.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU PREFER HAVING EIGHT FOOT? OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

I JUST HAD A TRUCK AND TRAILER STOLEN IN FORT WORTH.

OH, GOTCHA. I WANT AN EIGHT FOOT WALL.

GOT IT. I DID ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC, BECAUSE THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP AS WELL.

WHAT IS DELIVERY SCHEDULES LIKE FOR YOU AND HOW MUCH TRUCK TRAFFIC DO YOU GET? MOST TRUCK TRAFFIC WOULD BE A BOX TRUCK.

SO WE, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IN OPS, LIKE WHAT'S THE FREQUENCIES AS WELL? I MEAN, UPS, FEDEX, THEY DELIVER EVERY DAY.

AMAZON EVERY DAY.

A BOX TRUCK WHICH TYPICALLY IS SAME AS LIKE UPS OR FEDEX.

YOU KNOW, WE GET ONE OF THOSE EVERY DAY.

OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE OFFLOADING THE CARS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT FROM WHAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU DON'T DO THE PAINTING IN-HOUSE.

THAT WOULD BE ON OUR PROPERTY.

NOT. OH, IT'S STILL ON THE PROPERTY.

OKAY. WELL, NO. NO, NO. THE PAINTING AND STUFF IS NOT ON THE PROPERTY, BUT AN OFFLOADING OF VEHICLES OR WHATNOT WOULD BE ON OUR PROPERTY.

YES. CORRECT. AND SO HOW OFTEN HOW OFTEN DOES ONE OF THOSE TRAILERS COME IN AND PICK ONE OF THOSE UP? OR MAYBE ONCE A MONTH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO OTHER THAN NORMAL UPS, FEDEX, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF DELIVERIES, YOUR MAIN, YOU KNOW, TRAILERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRANSPORTING YOUR PRODUCT, CARS YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONCE A MONTH.

AND THAT WOULD ALSO BE ON OUR PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE AS FAR AS THE TRAILERS THAT ARE LIKE AT HARLEY OR BOURBON STREET OVER THERE, THEY HAVE A TRAILER AND WOULDN'T BE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THERE WAS SOME OF MY MAIN QUESTIONS.

I KNOW, I KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARKO.

YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MR. MURRAY, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A CAR TRAILER THAT HAS MULTIPLE CARS.

IT'S MORE OF A SMALLER TRAILER THAT WILL HANDLE 1 OR 2 CARS.

CORRECT? THAT MIGHT BE DROPPING SOMETHING OFF.

TYPICALLY, IF WE RECEIVE A CAR THAT COMES TO OUR FACILITY, IT'S GOING TO BE IN A ONE CAR TRAILER.

SO IT WOULD BE A TYPICALLY LIKE A 20 FOOT TRAILER.

SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A TRUCK AND A 20 FOOT TRAILER.

IT'S NOT A VERY LARGE SETUP.

OKAY. AND THIS ONE'S FOR WES.

WE HAVE HARLEY NEXT DOOR.

THEY PROBABLY HAVE MORE TRAFFIC AND TRAILERS GOING RIGHT THERE.

ALSO, ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON HARLEY? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY RESTRICTIONS ON HARLEY OTHER THAN WHAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES REQUIRES WITH THE TRUCK TRAFFIC.

OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN GENERAL ALSO TO MR. MURRAY ALSO. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTS THAT FEEL THAT YOUR BUSINESS IS NOT A FIT FOR THEIR BUT I CAN'T SEE A BETTER FIT FOR A BUSINESS THAT'S THERE JUST BECAUSE IT'S HARLEY WHERE PEOPLE COME AND FLY IN TO BUY VEHICLES, JUST LIKE PEOPLE COME FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

TO HAVE YOU DO A VEHICLE, IT'S A GREAT MATCHUP.

IT I THINK I WANT TO THANK ADAM SMITH BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT KIND OF TALKED YOU INTO COMING INTO TO BEDFORD.

FROM WHAT I HEAR AND WHAT I'VE WITNESSED, YOUR GREAT COMMUNITY ADVOCATE YOU WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOU WORK IN WITH THE FORT WORTH DISTRICT.

I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S A COUNCILMAN OVER IN FORT WORTH IN YOUR DISTRICT, CARLOS FLORES, WHO SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF YOUR BUSINESS.

AND IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WE WANT BUSINESSES IN BEDFORD THAT ARE GOING TO COME AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND BE A PART AND BE A GOOD PARTNER, AND TO BE AMENABLE TO AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THESE ARE THE BUSINESSES WE WANT IN BEDFORD TO BE HERE, THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO WORK WITH US, THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND GOOD STEWARDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND WE APOLOGIZE.

WE HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT TONIGHT.

BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

I THINK YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION ARE 8 TO 5, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

THEY'RE 9 TO 6.

9 TO 6.

SO HARLEY IS CURRENTLY 9 TO 7.

OKAY. WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE SATURDAY HOURS AFTER GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.

JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS TO HELP MAKE IT A DESTINATION.

AND SO IN ORDER TO DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, HARLEY HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON SATURDAY, SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO MATCH THEM.

OKAY. AND YOU'LL HAVE I MEAN, WE TALK ABOUT NOISE ORDINANCE WES AND THAT THERE'S NOISE RESTRICTIONS.

WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS ON HARLEY.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOTORCYCLE PLACE RIGHT HERE.

AND I'VE BEEN THERE WHEN THEY'VE HAD 30 OR 40 BIKES OUTSIDE AND THEY'RE DOING A BURNOUT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT'S THE SAME AREA.

IT'S THE RESTRICTIONS ON ONE SHOULDN'T BE ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE OTHER IN THAT AREA.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.

IF WE'RE RESTRICTING HARLEY, THAT'S FINE.

BUT MY PROBLEM IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO RESTRICT ONE AND NOT THE OTHER? I THINK IT'S KIND OF RHETORICAL.

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SO I THOUGHT IT WAS I MEAN, OKAY, SO I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SOUND RESTRICTIONS ON HARLEY AS WELL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

YOU KNEW I'D HAVE QUESTIONS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE THERE? WHY DON'T I WANT TO BE THERE? I HAVE TEXAS HARLEY DAVIDSON RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

I HAVE LUCKY PENNY ON THE CORNER.

I'M A BUSINESS JUST LIKE THEM.

WE SHARE CUSTOMERS.

SO, I MEAN, IT JUST MAKES SENSE.

THE PROXIMITY TO DFW AIRPORT.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AFFORDABLE LIVING FOR MY EMPLOYEES.

IT'S A PERFECT LOCATION.

SO DID IT CONCERN YOU THAT YOU BOUGHT PROPERTY THAT WASN'T ZONED FOR WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO THERE, INSTEAD OF FINDING A PLACE THAT WAS ZONED? TELL ME ABOUT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS WITH THAT.

BECAUSE I DON'T GET IT.

CONVINCE ME.

SO I'M VERY CLOSE WITH THE SMITH FAMILY.

AND I WAS MADE AN OFFER I COULDN'T REFUSE.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT.

SO HE SOLD YOU THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THE BUILDING? OKAY. OKAY.

I'VE HEARD YOU SAY THAT THERE WILL BE EVENTS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. TELL ME WHAT YOU ENVISION.

WELL, I CAN ACTUALLY INVITE SOMEONE ELSE UP HERE TO SPEAK FOR THAT IF YOU'D LIKE.

SURE. COREY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO THAT? SURE. HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? OKAY. COUNCIL YOU MIND STATING YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? LUTHER COREY MOORE.

YEAH. SO I'M A FRIEND OF HEATH'S FROM LONG WHILE BACK.

YOU MIGHT GIVE YOUR ADDRESS TO.

SORRY. YOU MIND DOING YOUR ADDRESS TOO, SORRY, FOR THE RECORD.

203 HAIL MARIAN WAY, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78746.

THANK YOU. SIR. SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

NO PROBLEM. SO I HAVE A BUSINESS IN AUSTIN CALLED THE AUSTIN SPEED SHOP.

AND WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

BUT ALSO, I STARTED IT 20 YEARS AGO.

AND WHAT I'VE ALSO DONE IS FOR 30 YEARS, I WAS IN THE MUSIC MANAGEMENT BUSINESS BEFORE THAT.

SO I'VE ALWAYS LIKED HOTRODS, MOTORCYCLES, YOU KNOW.

AND I'VE DONE EVENTS AT MY SHOP.

WE DO EVENTS ALL THROUGH THE CITY.

ALL THE PERMITS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED.

WE WORK WITH SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, FORMULA ONE.

WE DO PRIVATE EVENTS.

I'VE EVENT WITH EXXONMOBIL COMING UP THIS MONTH.

AND WE PUT TOGETHER AND DO EVERYTHING FROM THE STAGING TO THE SOUND.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A TURNKEY EVENT AND JUST GO THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES.

WHAT KIND OF EVENT ARE WE TALKING? A CONCERT? ARE YOU TALKING RECEPTION WITH CHAMPAGNE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF EVENTS.

WE DO MUSIC EVENTS.

WE DO EXXONMOBIL.

THEY COME IN AND THEY.

THEY LEASE THE PLACE.

AND WE DO A TURNKEY THING WHERE THEY'RE.

THEY'RE BRINGING IN CLIENTS THAT ARE AT THE FORMULA ONE RACE TO JUST DO IT IN OUR ATMOSPHERE OF OUR SHOP, BECAUSE THEY LIKE ALL THE CARS AND THE MOTORCYCLES AND, YOU KNOW.

SO PRIVATE EVENTS FOR YOUR CLIENTS OR HIS CLIENTS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, THERE'S THERE CAN BE PRIVATE EVENTS, AND THEN THERE'S EVENTS THAT PUBLIC CAN COME AND LEASE THE SPACE TO DO SOMETHING THERE THAT'S MORE AUTO RELATED. DOES THAT MAKE.

A LITTLE BIT? YEAH.

AND THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR MR. MURRAY. THE SHOWROOM.

EVERYONE'S ACTING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO TOUCH AND SEE THESE FANCY CARS.

PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUST WALK IN AND SAY, I'D LIKE TO TOUCH A LAMBORGHINI TODAY, RIGHT? OR TELL ME HOW THAT WORKS.

WELL, CERTAINLY MOST PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH RESPECT TO NOT JUST WALK IN AND START TOUCHING ON HIGH DOLLAR CARS, BUT THE SHOWROOM IS IS OPEN IN THE IN THE BUSINESS IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME IN AND LOOK AT CARS OR TAKE A TOUR OF THE FACILITY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, SO.

SO PEOPLE COULD COME IN.

ABSOLUTELY. AND SEE THAT'S OUR MODEL NOW.

I MEAN, BASICALLY EDUCATE THEM ABOUT OUR PROCESSES AND THEN YOU KNOW, SPEND 15, 20 MINUTES WITH THEM, WALKING THEM THROUGH, SHOWING THEM STUFF.

OKAY. THAT'S YOUR CUSTOMERS, BUT THE PEOPLE SHOW MY FANCY CAR.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE DO NOW.

SO WE LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE PEOPLE COME FROM LITERALLY ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO WILL STOP INTO OUR SHOP JUST TO SEE WHAT WE DO.

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WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL DRIVE HOURS OUT OF THE WAY JUST TO STOP BY OUR SHOP.

AND YOU'RE LITERALLY TOUR OUR FACILITY.

OKAY. OH, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION.

WELL, IT'S NOT COMING TO ME.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND FOR THE RECORD, ALSO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT, YOU HAVE NOT ONLY THE CARS YOU'RE WORKING AT, BUT ALSO COMPLETED CARS, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS THERE, I SAW SOME OF YOUR CLASSIC CARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO SEE AND OBVIOUSLY IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO COME CHECK OUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO, YOU WOULD HAVE THOSE EXAMPLES THERE IN THE SHOWROOM.

THERE ARE USUALLY, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 2 TO 3 EXAMPLES OF A FINISHED PRODUCT SITTING AROUND AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY COME TO COMPLETION.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLETION PERIOD IS IT KIND OF DRAWS OUT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PERIOD OF DRIVING THEM AND TESTING THEM, NOT RIPPING UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THOSE CARS AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S RIGHT.

TYPICALLY ON A COMPLETED CAR, WE PUT ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 500 TO 1000 MILES ON THEM BEFORE WE GIVE THEM BACK TO A CUSTOMER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RIGHT.

SO SOME OF THESE CARS ARE GOING, LIKE WE HAD A CAR LEAVE TO GO BACK TO COLORADO TWO DAYS AGO.

SO IF THAT'S NOT RIGHT WHEN IT GETS BACK TO COLORADO, THEN THAT'S A THAT'S A PROBLEM.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRENNAN.

I REMEMBERED MY QUESTION.

AND SO, YOUR CUSTOMERS THAT COME FROM ALL OVER, HOW OFTEN DO THEY COME AND STAY OVERNIGHT? ARE THEY LIKELY TO STAY IN A BEDFORD HOTEL? ARE THEY LIKELY TO EAT A MEAL IN BEDFORD? WELL, SO TYPICALLY IF A CUSTOMER COMES TO TOWN, WE WOULD TYPICALLY TAKE THEM TO SAY LIKE PAPPADEAUX WOULD BE A PLACE THAT I WOULD TAKE MY CUSTOMER AND HANG OUT WITH THEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY WOULD STAY SOMEWHERE LOCAL.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT WHERE THEY STAY OR WHAT THEY STAY OR WHERE THEY DON'T YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM HAVE HOUSES HERE AND THEY MAY HAVE HOUSES ELSEWHERE. BUT SOME OF THEM MIGHT STAY FOR A WHILE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I MEAN, IT'S I MEAN, IF YOU FLY FROM, WE HAVE A CUSTOMER RIGHT NOW IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

HE'S PROBABLY NOT COMING IN FOR AN HOUR AND HOPPING RIGHT BACK ON A PLANE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MURRAY? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

MR. MURRAY, YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THIS PROCESS TOOK SO LONG, I ASSUME.

AH SOMEWHAT.

EVEN FROM BACK IN MAY, WHEN I THINK MRS. CULVER WAS ON THE COUNCIL.

YOU AGREED TO, LIKE, 3 OR 4 MONTHS FOR US TO GET THIS DONE, AND WE HAVE ACHIEVED THAT, BASICALLY.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHEN YOU CAME TO US, IT WASN'T ZONED RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ZONED PROPERLY FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

AND THAT'S THE REASON THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON COUNCIL ABOUT IT.

SO, YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WAS THE CASE? YES, MA'AM, TO CLARIFY, THOUGH, IT WAS JANUARY 9TH WHEN I WAS HERE, WHEN WE SAID 90 DAYS.

BUT THEN IN MAY YOU AGREED TO THE EXTENSION BECAUSE YOU SAID IT DIDN'T REALLY MATTER.

YOU'VE GOT ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD AS LONG AS WE GOT IT APPROVED, SO WE DID GET IT APPROVED.

THAT WAS IN JANUARY.

BUT I MEAN.

BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY IS LIKE, WE'RE GETTING.

I'M OKAY WITH IT. I'M JUST WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD.

MY DEAL IS, IS THAT I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO THINK THAT WE'RE REJECTING YOU AS A BUSINESS.

BUT WE DID HAVE TO WORK OUT SOME HUGE DISAGREEMENTS.

YEAH, HUGE. I'M JUST TO MAKE THAT, TO MAKE IT CLEAR AND TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE.

AND I AND I REALLY I REALLY HAVE TO THANK STAFF FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PLANNING WAS WORKED.

SO THEY DID WORK WITH YOU WELL, AND I AGREE, AND COUNCIL HAS NOT BEEN NASTY I DON'T THINK TO YOU AS FAR AS REJECTING YOUR PLAN, DO YOU THINK? I DO NOT AND I YOU KNOW, LIKE I MAYOR COGAN SAID, I THINK WE HAVE A BETTER PRODUCT WITH WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH NOW.

AND THAT IS WHAT EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF HOPING FOR.

I AGREE, AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE MORE PLEASED WITH IT TOO.

AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE ALL THESE QUESTIONS RAISED.

BUT I JUST I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE HARD FEELINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE HARD FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE.

BUT I KNOW GOVERNMENT TAKES A LONG TIME.

I HAVE NO HARD FEELINGS.

I'VE BEEN INVESTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING THINGS YOU ARE DOING.

YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THE EVENT SPONSORS FOR THE BEDFORD BEATS AND EATS.

YEAH. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

AND I'M GLAD YOU WERE PATIENT ENOUGH TO WAIT FOR ALL THIS TO TAKE PLACE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE RULES THAT WE KIND OF NEED TO FOLLOW.

SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. MURRAY HERE? WELL. HE'S UP.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

MICHELLE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR ME.

MICHELLE. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

MR. MAYOR, I JUST WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS RESIDENTS THAT SPOKE.

I I'M OF THE OPINION BECAUSE YOUR BUSINESS IS COMPLIMENTARY TO TEXAS HARLEY THAT I'M IN FAVOR OF YOUR BUSINESS.

COMING TO BEDFORD. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

STILL A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF ANYONE ELSE IS STILL IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK TO THESE THREE ITEMS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ON EIGHT, NINE AND TEN OF NEW BUSINESS, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

AND GOING ONCE, TWICE.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 725.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE GET TO AND I CAN SEE MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI GRINNING FOR A MOTION.

BEFORE WE GET TO A MOTION, I WILL SAY A LITTLE BIT OF MY PIECE HERE ON THIS.

WE OBVIOUSLY IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO GET HERE, AND I ALREADY MENTIONED IT BEFORE THAT WE HAVE A BETTER PRODUCT NOW THAN WHAT WE BEGAN WITH, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT WERE THERE.

AND I'VE SAID REPEATEDLY I HAD RESERVATIONS.

I HAD CONCERNS WHEN MR. MURRAY CAME HERE AND GAVE HIS PRESENTATION IN JANUARY, I CAME IN THAT MEETING THINKING TO MYSELF THAT THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS GOING TO FLY IN BEDFORD COMMONS.

THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

BUT AS THE CONVERSATION PROGRESSED, AS I LEARNED MORE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS, I BEGAN TO BE OPEN MINDED.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL ALL AGREED AT THE TIME THAT WE WANTED TO SEND IT SO THAT WE COULD GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF CREATING A DEFINITION AND SO FORTH.

FOR ME, A LOT OF THE RESERVATIONS CAME FOR HOW DO WE PROTECT THE BEDFORD COMMONS CODE? HOW DO WE PROTECT THE CODE TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER AUTOMOTIVE USES AREN'T GOING TO BE IN THERE? AND THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE THAT PRESERVED, SO TO SPEAK.

AND WITH THESE ITEMS BEFORE US, THIS IS HOW IT DOES IT.

IT MAKES SURE THAT THIS NEW DEFINITION COMES IN AS AN SUP IN ONLY ONE ZONING DISTRICT, AND TO MAKE ANOTHER CONDITIONS ON THAT PROPERTY, THERE'S NO NOISE, THERE'S NO OUTSIDE STORAGE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SCREENING THAT'S GOING ON THERE.

IN ADDITION, PREVIOUSLY THAT BUSINESS WAS USED FOR MOTORCYCLE REPAIRS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

IN ADDITION THERE RIGHT NEXT TO HARLEY-DAVIDSON AND LUCKY PENNY, AND THEY ARE FURTHER ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE BUILDABLE AREA OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED BEDFORD COMMONS, THAT THIS DOESN'T IMPACT MIDWAY'S PROPOSAL TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD TO US IN THE FUTURE FOR HOW THEY WANT TO DEVELOP BEDFORD COMMONS.

AND BECAUSE IT'S FURTHER AWAY FROM THE BUILDABLE AREA FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS MORE PALPABLE, SO TO SPEAK.

NOW, THAT BEING SAID, THAT DOESN'T EVEN SPEAK TO WHAT YOUR BUSINESS IS, MR. MURRAY. IT'S A VERY UNIQUE BUSINESS ONE.

ONE IN WHICH WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRAVEL AND COME TO BEDFORD.

IT'S UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE SPENDING AN UPWARDS OF $250,000 FOR A FOR THIS CAR, FOR THIS ROD AND BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTS THAT YOU PRODUCE.

AND SO THAT BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUENESS, BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT THIS BUSINESS AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

AND SO I DO. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING BEDFORD.

I KNOW WHEN YOU CAME, YOU WANTED TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW THE SUMMER WAS UPON US.

I'M SORRY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT IT IS MY HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD, YOU GUYS CAN BE AN AC GOING FORWARD IN THIS NEW FACILITY.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL TODAY.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I TOO AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEDFORD COMMONS.

SINCE I MOVED TO BEDFORD, I'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO GET GOING ON IT.

I HAVE WAITED AND I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT MIDWAY'S DEVELOPMENT HAS IN STORE.

WHEN I CAMPAIGNED TO SIT RIGHT HERE, I SAID WE NEEDED TO BE PARTICULAR ABOUT THE 2% OF LAND THAT IS AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE IN BEDFORD, AND WE ONLY NEED TO LOOK TO EULESS

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AND TO GRAPEVINE AND TO USE OUR IMAGINATIONS AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE HERE.

WE ARE IN THE CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS, AND OUR LAND IS VALUABLE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY HERE? WHY HERE? I UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.

AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS NOW.

I AM PRO ZONING, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS ANTI-BUSINESS.

I THINK THIS BUSINESS SOUNDS FANTASTIC.

I'M NOT SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.

IN FACT, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.

AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE A VISION, NOT A PARTICULAR VISION FOR WHAT BEDFORD COMMONS COULD BE.

AND IT WOULD BE A GATHERING PLACE.

RECENTLY, I WENT TO SAN ANTONIO AND SAW THE PEARL DISTRICT.

NOW, WE DON'T HAVE AN OLD BREWERY TO BUILD AROUND, BUT I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT WOULD DISPLACE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED FOR WHAT THIS VISION COULD BE.

AND WHAT WOULD ATTRACT TAX PAYING BUSINESSES? BUSINESSES? I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.

THIS SETS A PRECEDENT FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND THAT YOU COME AND BUY LAND THAT'S NOT ZONED FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY, WE CHIP AWAY AT WHAT THE ZONING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, WHAT THE AREA WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.

WE DON'T WANT A LIQUOR STORE NEXT TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL, SO WE NEED WE NEED TO BE PROTECTIVE, IN MY VIEW.

AND WE NEED TO KEEP BEDFORD COMMONS SPECIAL.

THAT BEING SAID.

I WELCOME MURRAY'S CUSTOM RODS TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY.

THAT DOES NOT GO WITHOUT NOTICE ON MY END.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE WRITTEN BIG CHECKS AND THAT'S VERY, VERY NICE.

AND THEN I HAVE TO SAY ONE MORE THING THAT WAS MENTIONED IN PLANNING AND ZONING.

I DO NOT APPRECIATE I CANNOT CONDONE SOME OF THE PROCESS THAT WENT DOWN IN GETTING TO THIS POINT.

I DON'T RECALL YOU DOING THIS, BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND ALL BUT THREATENED PLANNING AND ZONING TO THE POINT THAT WE'VE HAD SOMEONE RESIGN FROM PLANNING AND ZONING.

THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THEY'RE NOT PAID ANYTHING, AND THEY DID NOT DESERVE TO BE TALKED TO THAT WAY.

SO I HAVE TO GO ON RECORD AS SAYING THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THE CITY OF BEDFORD SHOULD NOT DO BUSINESS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BULLIED FOR DOING VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE CITY, AND THE PEOPLE I KNOW ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ARE HARDWORKING, VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE BEDFORD'S BEST INTEREST AT THE CORE OF WHAT THEY'RE DECIDING.

SO THREATENING PLANNING AND ZONING DOESN'T GO WITHOUT NOTICE ON MY PART, AND I DON'T APPRECIATE IT.

AND I THINK THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALL DUE AN APOLOGY, NO MATTER HOW THE VOTE GOES TONIGHT, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THAT.

AND ONE HAS MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PART OF WHERE THEY'RE ATTACKED FOR JUST DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

AND I CAN APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT WENT INTO GETTING HERE TONIGHT.

SO I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT.

AND I WOULD JUST APPRECIATE, LIKE MY DAD USED TO SAY, YOU CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE.

AND SO I HOPE NO MATTER HOW IT GOES, THAT WE CAN ALL SHAKE HANDS AND BE FRIENDS AND KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS DOING THEIR BEST FOR WHAT THEY THINK IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF BEDFORD, AND NOT JUST ONE PERSON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK ALL OF US WOULD AGREE THAT.

I WOULDN'T SAY IT WAS THE PROCESS.

IT WAS JUST THE FACT THAT YOU HAD PRIVATE CITIZENS COME UP AND BE VERY VOCAL TO THE POINT OF ALSO THREATENING OUR P AND Z MEMBERS.

AND THAT NOT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TOLERATE HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THAT IS NOT OKAY.

YOU KNOW, THAT BEING SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, WHATEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, THESE PEOPLE DO HAVE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND AS THAT

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IS THAT AS WE TRY AND WORD IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE HERE, BUT THEY HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COME UP HERE.

I JUST DON'T AGREE THAT OUR P&Z MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE BRUNT OF THAT.

AND SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL, BEING ATTACKED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT IS UNCALLED FOR IN THE CITY.

AND I DO NOT CONDONE THOSE ACTIONS AT ALL.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, I SPEAK TO THAT AND I HEAR THAT AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, OUR RESIDENTS CAN USE KINDER WORDS. YOU CAN DISAGREE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ATTACK SOMEBODY, ESPECIALLY ONLINE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I DID FAIL TO MENTION ONE THING IN MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT, THOUGH I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE P&Z MEMBERS TO WHO TOOK THE TIME TO REACH OUT TO MR. MURRAY TO ALSO MR. JACOBSEN COMMISSIONER JACOBSEN, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ACTUALLY VISIT THE PROPERTY AND SEE FOR HIMSELF.

HE ACTUALLY PROVIDED NOTES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION TO TAKE A LOOK AT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ HIS LAST STATEMENT THAT HE HAD ON HIS NOTES. SAYS HEATH MURRAY IS A HANDS-ON OWNER.

HE CAN AND DOES OPERATE MANY OF THE MACHINES, AND IT'S CLEAR THAT HE KNOWS HIS BUSINESS.

HE INDICATED THAT HIS BUSINESS IS QUITE UNIQUE AND THAT THERE MAY ONLY BE 3 OR 4 OTHER SHOPS LIKE THIS IN TEXAS.

HE THINKS THAT THIS IS WHY HIS BUSINESS WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR BEDFORD.

HE SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS NOT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY COMPETING SHOPS OPENING IN OTHER NEARBY COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS PLANO OR DENTON.

HE BELIEVES THAT THE WORLDWIDE AND OTHER U.S.

CUSTOMERS COMING TO BEDFORD WILL HELP MAKE BEDFORD STAND OUT AS A UNIQUE DESTINATION, AND HE MAY JUST BE RIGHT.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I CALL A MOTION? AND REAL QUICK, BRYN, ARE WE ABLE TO PUT THIS? WE'D HAVE TO GO ITEM BY ITEM.

CORRECT. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO ITEM BY ITEM.

HONESTLY, YOU COULD TAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER, BUT THE VOTE MAY CHANGE OR MAY BE DEPENDING ON EVERYTHING.

WHICH ONE IT IS? YES.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL HEAR ONE FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER FARCO AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

IN THIS ITEM IS FOR ADDING THE LANGUAGE TO THE BEDFORD COMMONS.

I'M NOT BEDFORD COMMONS CODE, BUT THE CITY-WIDE ORDINANCE.

AND THAT PASSES WITH SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO ONE.

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER NINE.

THIS IS ADDING THE ORDINANCE, THE CHANGES THE LANGUAGE TO THE BEDFORD COMMONS CODE, AND I'LL HEAR A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

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

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT ALSO PASSES WITH SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ONE IN THE NEGATIVE.

ALL RIGHT AND FINALLY WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER TEN WHICH IS PERTAINING TO THE LAND USE DESIGNATION CREATING A SUP FOR THAT

LOCATION. YES, THIS IS CORRECT.

SO WITH THE MOTION I WOULD SUGGEST WE ALSO PUT IN THE MOTION FOR AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE FOR THIS ONE.

AND WITH THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

SO, WE ARE VOTING ON ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS FOR THE ACTUAL APPROVAL OF THE BUSINESS WITH THAT AMENDMENT, WITH THE AMENDMENT, WITH THE AMENDMENT? YES. GOOD QUESTION.

OKAY. AND THAT PASSES WITH SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ONE IN THE NEGATIVE.

COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

I KNOW IT WAS A LONG PROCESS.

THANK YOU ALL INVOLVED IN THAT TOOK A LOT OF TIME IN THIS.

AND, MR. MURRAY, WELCOME TO BEDFORD.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE WHOLE MEETING, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.

[11. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to enter into an agreement with Cigna for the City’s employee medical and dental benefits effective October 1, 2024.]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CIGNA FOR THE CITY'S EMPLOYEE MEDICAL AND DENTAL BENEFITS, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.

GIVE YOU HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR STEPHANIE AYERS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT, WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU TO HAVE APPROVED THE BENEFIT RENEWAL FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR OF ALL THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

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WE DID GO OUT FOR AN RFP THIS YEAR.

OUR CURRENT VENDOR, AETNA, CAME BACK WITH A PRETTY LARGE INCREASE, SO WE DECIDED TO DO AN RFP AND GO OUT FOR BID.

WE DID. WE DO USE HUB CONSULTANTS AS OUR BENEFIT CONSULTANT, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HANDLED THE RFP FOR US.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN THE MIC OVER TO ANDREW YEAGER WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THE PRESENTATION TO YOU.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

MAYOR COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ANDREW YEAGER.