Oct 22, 2024 City Council

YOU KNOW, I WAS IN MOST OF THEM.

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

IT IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 2024.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE THERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE TUNING IN ONLINE.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.

HERE WE HAVE AN INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMY SABOL AND THEN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MICHELLE DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND STAND.

OUR FATHER LET US HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT, DANCE IN THE RAIN, SING IN THE SHOWER AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

GIVE US THE UNDERSTANDING OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND THE POWER TO NOT TAKE THEIR ATTACKS PERSONALLY.

LET US HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE IN ALL SITUATIONS.

LET US HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE WHAT WE CAN CHANGE, AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

LET US HAVE THE ABILITY TO LET THINGS THAT DO NOT SERVE US WELL GO.

AND MOST OF ALL, LET US HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO REALIZE THAT MOST OF THESE TRAITS ALREADY EXIST WITHIN US.

GIVE US STRENGTH, CURIOSITY, AND COURAGE TO FIND THEM WITHIN OURSELVES AND OTHERS.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, I PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN.

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

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

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL AND DAWKINS COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

THANK YOU GUYS. NEXT UP, WE HAVE COUNCIL RECOGNITION.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

I SEE A LOT OF FIREFIGHTERS BACK THERE, SO I THINK WE HAVE SOMEBODY RECOGNIZE HERE.

HELLO. EVENING. YOU'RE NOT CHIEF WALKER.

YOU LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BATTALION CHIEF WALT GREENWAY.

BATTALION CHIEF GREENWAY CAME TO BEDFORD OCTOBER 14TH, 1999.

HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN KELLER, TEXAS.

MARRIED TO HIS WIFE, CHRISTINE.

HE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM TEXAS A&M IN AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

I'M SORRY. HE'S A LICENSED PARAMEDIC.

HE HOLDS THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS.

TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION.

HE IS A MASTER FIREFIGHTER.

MASTER ARSON INVESTIGATOR.

MASTER INVESTIGATOR.

DRIVER OPERATOR.

FIRE INSTRUCTOR TWO.

FIRE OFFICER TWO.

INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER.

HAZMAT TECHNICIAN.

HE'S ALSO A CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICER IN ONE OF OUR ARSON INVESTIGATORS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

HE IS ALSO THE KEEPER OF ALL BATTERIES AND FLASHLIGHTS FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WELCOME. WALT GREENWAY, 25 YEARS SERVING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR. YOU SEE, RIGHT AWAY HE WENT TO YOGA.

HE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE SITE AND CHECKED IN.

HE'S DONE.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

OUR AGENDA. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH EIGHTH, 2024 AS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

AND SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND WELCOME JUDGE TIM MURPHY AND MUNICIPAL COURT MANAGER DOUG CAMPBELL.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T MIND SPEAKING INTO THE MIC.

YEAH, NICE AND LOUD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THE MUNICIPAL COURT, THE OTHER BODY OF GOVERNMENT HERE.

I WOULD SAY THE BEST BODY, BUT YOU GUYS MAY DIFFER.

THANK YOU. JUST A LITTLE BIT.

ALL RIGHT. AND PLEASE STICK AROUND AFTER THIS, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH COUNCIL EVERYBODY.

ALL RIGHT. SO WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURT PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN TEXAS.

AND AS MORE PEOPLE COME INTO CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OTHER TEXAS COURTS COMBINED, AND PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD HAS HOSTED THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT SINCE 1970.

AND WHEREAS THE STATE LAW AUTHORIZES A MUNICIPALITY TO EITHER APPOINT OR ELECT A MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR A TERM OF OFFICE, THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT IS A STATE COURT, AND ITS JUDGES ARE MEMBERS OF THE STATE JUDICIARY.

AND WHEREAS THE PROCEDURES OF THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATIONS ARE SET FORTH IN THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND OTHER LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS COMMITTED TO THE NOTION THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT AN INDEPENDENT, FAIR AND COMPETENT JUDICIARY WILL INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAWS THAT GOVERN US.

AND THE JUDGES AND THE COURTS PERSONNEL SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY.

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CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTAIN PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS AND CRIMINAL CASES FOR ALL DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING INDIGENT DEFENDANTS.

SUPPORTS OF THE BEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT AND COMPLYING WITH SUCH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH EIGHTH, 2024, AS MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S ALL GRAB A PICTURE.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE UP FRONT.

DON'T MAKE ME BE UP FRONT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE. I GOT THE GOOD CAMERA TODAY SO WE CAN DO IT.

READY? ONE.

TWO. THREE.

AND. THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE MAIN GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION HERE.

SO NEXT PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH, 2024 AS NATIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM.

ANIMAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR JOSE MORALES AND TEAM AND CREW.

I GOT MY TEAM WITH ME.

GREAT TEAM WE HAVE HERE.

MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

AND THE DIFFERENCE IN A GOOD WAY.

WE WE'RE BLESSED RIGHT NOW TO HAVE THIS TEAM AND JUST KEEP PUSHING FORWARD TO WHERE THE PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE.

ALL RIGHT, JOSE, THANK YOU TO JUST BIG THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR FOR OUR CITY.

AND PLEASE STICK AROUND.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE AFTER THIS.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU WANT.

YEAH. DO YOU MIND INTRODUCING YOUR TEAM FOR A LITTLE BIT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. SO, EVERYONE ALEX MCGEE, OUR SENIOR OFFICER AMANDA WHEELER, OUR ONE OF OUR OFFICERS WHO IS OUR SHELTER TECH, AND LESLIE HIGHTOWER, WHO WE JUST HIRED AS OUR NEW ACO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. SO WHEREAS THE ANIMAL SHELTERS ACT AS SAFE HAVENS FOR HOMELESS, LOST AND ABUSED ANIMALS, PROVIDING THEM WITH COMPETENT COMFORT AND CARE.

AND WHEREAS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF PETS AND PET OWNERS NEED THE HELP OF ANIMAL SHELTERS EVERY YEAR.

AND WHEREAS ANIMAL SHELTERS HELP BOTH ANIMALS AND PEOPLE IN MANY WAYS BY RETURNING LOST PETS TO THEIR OWNERS AND FORCING ANIMAL CONTROL LAWS, RESCUING INJURED OR ABUSED ANIMALS, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, AND MATCHING UP FAMILIES WITH NEW ANIMAL COMPANIONS.

AND WHEREAS, ANIMAL SHELTER EMPLOYEES LIKE PUBLIC SERVICE RESPONDERS MUST RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, KEEPING ANIMALS AND HUMANS SAFE FROM HARM.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH, 2024 AS NATIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I'M NOT REALLY LINE DANCE.

THANK YOU GUYS. I'M NOT A GUY.

THANK YOU. YOU GUYS, YOU HEAR THAT? YOU GUYS? YOU LADIES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP WALKING FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING UP ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYBODY HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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BEDFORD CENTER, YMCA, THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL PRESENTATION.

GIVE YOU ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

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SO YES, THIS IS A QUARTERLY PRESENTATION JUST TO KIND OF UPDATE YOU ON.

WE HAVE THREE QUARTERS OF ACTUALS AND THEN WE HAVE ONE QUARTER OF PROJECTIONS.

SO JUST A BACKGROUND.

SO THE YMCA OPERATES ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS.

AND WE'RE ON A FISCAL YEAR. SO THEIR QUARTERS ARE OR THEIR YEARS JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER.

SO I DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM THE Y.

AND I WILL FORGIVE YOU. I DON'T REMEMBER TITLES, BUT WE HAVE JOHN MICHAEL AND EDDIE CAROLAN AND KRISTEN, AND I'LL CALL KRISTEN UP IN JUST A SECOND.

SHE IS THE NEW CFO.

SHE CAME ON IN MAY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ALSO A LITTLE BIT BEHIND IN GIVING YOU AN UPDATED QUARTERLY PRESENTATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AND WORK THROUGH THESE NUMBERS, IS WE WANT TO BE BEFORE YOU MORE FREQUENTLY IN 25.

WE WANT TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A TRUE PRESENTATION VERSUS THROWING JUST NUMBERS UP ON A SCREEN AND MAKE IT MORE OF A REPORT FORMAT.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY, WHERE WE ARE MEMBERSHIP WISE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SHE SAID SHE CAN MAKE REALLY PRETTY GRAPHS AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE GRAPHIC VERSUS JUST THROWING NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON FOR 2025.

SO DO YOU HAVE THAT? THANK YOU. SO WHERE WE ARE, MAYBE THERE IT IS.

SO VERY HIGH LEVEL.

SO WE DO HAVE ACTUALS FOR Q1 TWO AND THREE.

YOU WILL NOTICE IF YOU COMPARE IT TO WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, Q3 WAS SITTING AT 120,000.

Q3 THIS YEAR IS AT 284, BUT Q1 AND Q2 WERE ACTUALLY MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

AND NOW WE DID.

SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR, THE LEASE COST IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

LAST YEAR WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LEASES AND THEY WEREN'T ALL COMING ON AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THE LEAST COST WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT LAST YEAR.

BUT THAT'S WHY THIS YEAR YOU NOTICE IT'S THE SAME EVERY QUARTER BECAUSE THOSE LEASES ARE THE SAME EVERY QUARTER THIS YEAR.

BUT IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR IF YOU HAVE ON THESE VARIOUS LINE ITEMS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO CALL KRISTEN UP AND SHE CAN ANSWER THOSE FINANCIAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS THIS PAGE HERE.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO WHAT HAPPENED IN THE THIRD QUARTER WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING COSTS, MAINTENANCE AND RENT? DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? YEAH. YEAH. PLEASE, PLEASE COME TO THE MIC AND.

YES. AND SPEAK, SPEAK, SPEAK.

SPEAK NICE AND LOUD INTO THE MIC.

YES. YEAH.

SO PART OF WHAT HAPPENS IN Q3 IS WE'RE VERY SEASONAL, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

AND SO THERE ARE HIGHER COSTS WITH PORTERS.

UTILITIES TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE POOL.

JUST MORE PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THERE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THAT INCREASE.

WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN UTILITIES JUST YEAR TO YEAR OF ABOUT $6,000 A MONTH.

SO IT HAS INCREASED SINCE LAST YEAR.

SO SO THAT'S A BIG DRIVER IN JUST THAT ONE QUARTER.

OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

HEY HOW ARE YOU? WHEN YOU SAY PORTER DESCRIBE WHAT A PORTER DOES FOR ME.

PLEASE, CAROLYN.

DESCRIBE WHAT A PORTER IS FOR ME, IT'S MORE JANITORIAL RELATED.

YES. SO WE PARTNER WITH A COMPANY CALLED REGENTS, AND THROUGH THEIR SERVICES, WE HAVE FOUR DAY PORTERS A DAY OR ALSO EVENING AS WELL.

SO THEY PROVIDE OUR JANITORIAL SERVICES, OUR CLEANING SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL DETAIL THROUGHOUT THE AND WE ADD WHEN, SHE SAYS, ADDING IN THE THIRD QUARTER, WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL ONE FOR THE SUMMER OUTSIDE LOCKER ROOMS, SHOWERS AND AREAS.

SO IF WE WERE TO, LET'S SAY, HAVE ISSUES WITH CLEANLINESS, IT WOULD FALL ON REGENTS MAJORITY OF CLEANLINESS ISSUES.

YES, BUT WE DO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR CLEANLINESS OF THE FACILITY, NOT LEAVING IT ALL TO REGENTS.

WE'VE ADDED A VARIETY OF METHODS, INCLUDING HAVING OUR FULL TIME AND PART TIME STAFF WALKING THROUGH HOURLY, COMPLETING CHECKLISTS AND WALKTHROUGHS, ENSURING SOME OF THOSE CLEANLINESS ISSUES.

OKAY. AND JUST WHAT SHARED ASSOCIATION RESOURCES.

WHAT WHAT FALLS UNDER THAT? SURE. SO THE SHARED ASSOCIATION RESOURCES IS, IS OUR ASSOCIATION ALLOCATION BACK TO THE BRANCHES.

SO ALL OF THE SUPPORT SOFTWARE, INSURANCE STAFF THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE ABSORB AT A, AT THE CORPORATE OFFICE, IF YOU WILL.

OKAY. AND THERE'S ONE MORE.

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YEAH. SO DOES THAT BASICALLY COME OUT OF THAT SHARED ASSOCIATION RESOURCE.

IT IS AN OFFSET OF THAT FOR SURE.

SO VISION 2025 FUNDING IS AN ALLOCATION MADE BY OUR BOARD FOR US TO INVEST BACK INTO THE BRANCHES THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, SHIPS STAFFING AND THOSE TYPES OF SUPPORT FUNCTIONS FOR THE BRANCHES.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ALLOCATED A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO EACH BRANCH.

AND SO BEDFORD DID RECEIVE $83,000 IN 2024.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THE MONEY THAT THAT THE YMCA USES TO OFFSET THE COST.

PART OF IT, PART OF IT IS OFFSET.

THERE IS THE OTHER COMING FROM GRANT FUNDING, I IMAGINE.

YEAH. SO YOU'LL SEE UP THERE, WE'VE ADDED THE YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH CONTRIBUTIONS.

SO THAT ALSO OFFSETS THAT.

THAT'S THAT'S OUR CONTRIBUTION BACK TO THE BEDFORD Y.

SO THOSE TWO LINE ITEMS, THEY'RE THE TOP TWO ABOUT 300.

AND KNOW THE 326 AND THE 82.

YEAH OKAY.

SO ABOUT $400,000 ISH.

YEAH. SO BUT BASICALLY THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE 727,000.

NO. EXCUSE ME THE 972,000 KNOW.

YES. THOSE ARE THAT OFFSETS THAT DIRECTLY.

YES. OKAY. SO THAT COMES OUT OF THAT.

YEAH. SO IT'S JUST SHOWS IT IN REVENUE AND THEN TAKES IT BACK OUT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS PAGE? NO. YES. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

SO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT REGENTS, HAVE YOU ALWAYS HAD A CONTRACT WITH REGENTS FOR THE THE PORTER? I CAN'T ASK THAT.

I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO CAROLYN AGAIN.

YES, WE HAVE.

AND IT STARTED WITH 2 TO 3 PORTERS A DAY.

AND THEN WE'VE INCREASED THAT TO 4 TO 5 DEPENDING ON THE SEASON WE'RE MAINTAINING FOR NOW AND FIVE WITH THE SUMMER SEASONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WE HAD FOR YOU THIS EVENING WAS TO KIND OF SHOW YOU OUR MEMBERSHIP COUNT AND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AS OF SEPTEMBER, AND THEN ALSO ALLOW EDDIE AND JOHN-MICHAEL TO JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE PLAN GOING FORWARD TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER AND LAST SUMMER AND, AND KIND OF REALLY HOPE TO SET 2025 UP TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

OKAY. SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY AND I DO HAVE TO ALSO GIVE KRISTEN A LOT OF THANKS FOR THIS.

SHE DID A LOT OF DEEP DIVE AND REALLY DIVIDING OUR MEMBERSHIP COUNTS INTO THESE VARIOUS CATEGORIES.

SO WE WOULD KIND OF KNOW EXACTLY WHO WAS USING OUR FACILITY.

AND YOU WILL NOTICE JUST LOOKING FROM THAT VERY TOP SEPTEMBER TO THIS SEPTEMBER, I MEAN, WE BROUGHT IN AN ADDITIONAL 850 MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER TO SEPTEMBER.

SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF AN EXCITING TIME.

I MEAN, THAT FACILITY IS BUSY.

IT IS USED.

SO THAT IS THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP COUNT A LITTLE OVER 7100.

AND THEN IF YOU THERE'S AN ODD PAGE BREAK.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

BUT THAT NEXT PART IS THE BEDFORD RESIDENT PIECE FOR 2023.

AND THEN IF YOU'LL GO TO THAT NEXT PAGE.

THANK YOU. SO YOU'LL NOTICE OUR BEDFORD RESIDENTS ARE ABOUT 46, A LITTLE OVER 4600, AND OUR NON RESIDENTS ARE ABOUT 24 2500. SO WE DID SEE A SLIGHT DIP IN OUR RESIDENTS, BUT OUR OVERALL MEMBERSHIP COUNT DID INCREASE.

SO YES.

BUT I WILL BE HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR OTHER WIRE REPRESENTATIVES.

AND THEY CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT JUST SOME OPERATIONAL PLANS.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WE JUST FOR KAREN, JUST FOR LOOKING AT MEMBERSHIPS, OBVIOUSLY ON OUR SIDE, WE'RE TRACKING THIS AS MUCH AS WE CAN BECAUSE THIS THIS GOES TO THE FINANCIALS AND HOW MUCH WE'RE CONTRIBUTING AND THE OFFSETTING.

CORRECT. YES. AND SO WE YOU SAID YOU GAINED ABOUT 800.

AND SO SINCE LAST YEAR, ROUGHLY DO WE HAVE BENCHMARKS FOR KIND OF YEARLY WHERE WE WANT TO HIT? IS THERE A SPOT WHERE WE THINK WE MIGHT PLATEAU? OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS DECREASE.

RIGHT. BECAUSE THEN THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG RED FLAG FOR, FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT WHAT WOULD WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT GOING FORWARD? I GUESS MY MY UNDERSTANDING OR WHAT SHOULD WE.

I FEEL LIKE THAT MAY BE A BETTER QUESTION THAT THEY COULD ANSWER JUST BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR WHEELHOUSE.

THIS IS THEIR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

SURE. FROM A MEMBERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT AND SEE WHAT WHAT THEY'RE SHOOTING FOR IS TO SEE, TO GIVE US SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND WHAT DOES MODERATE GROWTH AND DID.

DID WE HIT THOSE GOALS? DID WE HIT THOSE BENCHMARKS OR NOT? YEAH. WELL, AND IF YOU GO BACK UP TO THAT FIRST PAGE, I'M SO SORRY.

AND THE ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TOO.

NO, THE VERY FIRST. YEAH.

THAT ONE. PERFECT.

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AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT YEAR, JANUARY, WE WERE AT 64, 33.

SO THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

IT'S A POPULAR FACILITY AND IT'S BEING USED.

ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S NO QUESTION.

NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. YES.

BUT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.

YES, SIR.

GAGLIARDI. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. HOW MANY MEMBERS DO WE HAVE? APPROXIMATELY AT THE OLD FACILITY.

OH. IF YOU HAD TO GUESS.

I WANT TO HEAR. I WANT TO SAY MAYBE 2500 WAS BEEN FLOATED AROUND US.

MAYBE 25. THAT WAS ACTUALLY THAT WAS HIGHER.

THAT'S HIGHER THAN I THOUGHT. AND I COULD BE COMPLETELY PULLING THAT OUT OF THIN AIR.

I THOUGHT IT WAS LESS THAN 500.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN, LIKE I SAID, I'M PROBABLY PULLING THAT OUT OF THIN AIR.

WE HAVE. WE'RE DEFINITELY REACHING OUT AND DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

IF WE'RE ENGAGING THIS MANY PEOPLE.

YEAH, THAT OLD BRACKET.

YEAH, THOSE THOSE NUMBERS WERE AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, AND GRANTED, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HISTORY AND STUFF IS GREAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE THE MEMBERSHIP JUMP IS HUGE.

YES. AND SO WHILE PEOPLE MAY HAVE HAD SOME MEMBER BERRIES FROM THE OLD, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH PARK REFERENCE.

BUT THE NEW THE NEW BUILDING IS YOU KNOW, IT'S BUSY.

IT'S BUSY. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT FACILITY ON A DAILY BASIS.

I MEAN, WE MEET EVERY TUESDAY, AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIND A PARKING SPOT.

TUESDAY MORNING AT 1030.

SO IT'S A BUSY FACILITY.

THE HOLD ON, HOLD ON THE THE AMAZING KARNAK FOR 50.

YOU FOUND IT FOR 50.

THAT'S WHAT THE. AND WHAT IT SAYS.

THE OLD MEMBERSHIP TO THE OLD BEDFORD BOYTER.

OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I TOLD YOU, I PULLED IT OUT OF THIN AIR AND I WAS WRONG.

SO I WILL GLADLY WELCOME JOHN, MICHAEL AND EDDIE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU KAREN.

WELCOME. JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I WOULD I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE AQUATICS OF 2024 AND WHAT THE PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD.

WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE WITH THE OUTDOOR AND INDOOR POOLS.

DO YOU MIND SPEAKING INTO THE MIC A LITTLE LOUDER? I APPRECIATE IT, BEND OVER AND SPEAK INTO THE MIC.

CAN I HOLD IT? IS THAT ALL RIGHT? YEAH. PERFECT. YEAH.

I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE AQUATICS BOTH OF 2024 AND THEN THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

WE HAD SOME ISSUES IN AQUATICS THIS YEAR.

THE BIGGEST BEING STAFFING OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE.

IT IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM.

I'M NOT USING THAT AS AN EXCUSE.

I'M SAYING THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING TO OVERCOME.

WE ALSO HAD SOME MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE POOL AND SOME, SOME THINGS THAT WE WORKED THROUGH WITH SUNBELT OVER THE TIME THAT THAT THE THINGS WERE BREAKING OVER THE SUMMER.

AND WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER SITUATION HERE.

THAT SAID, MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ENSURE THAT THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

THE FIRST IS FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE, WE REALIZE THAT THAT POOL AND THE OUTDOOR POOL AND THE INDOOR POOL IN THE SUMMER IS A BIG, BIG, BIG UNDERTAKING.

WE HAVE STARTED HIRING LIFEGUARDS ANNUALLY TO DO IT NONSTOP TO, TO CONTINUE TO, TO HIRE LIFEGUARDS EVEN FOR THE SUMMER.

WE'LL START HIRING SUMMER GUARDS IN JANUARY AND DO THAT REALLY? SO THAT SPRING BREAK TIME, WE CAN DO THEIR TRAININGS AND THE AND THE CERTIFICATIONS SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE ACTUALLY ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

WE'RE LOOKING AT AT ALSO BUILDING NUMBERS UP SO THAT IF WE LOSE GUARDS, THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL IN THE PIPELINE.

WE'RE DOING THAT FROM AN ASSOCIATION LEVEL AS WELL AS FROM BEDFORD DOING IT IN-HOUSE WITH THEIR AQUATICS DEPARTMENT.

SO THEY'RE HIRING LIFEGUARDS.

BUT THE ASSOCIATION IS ALSO RECRUITING AND HIRING LIFEGUARDS AS WELL.

WE ALSO BROUGHT ON THE ASSOCIATION RESOURCE EXPERT OF AQUATICS.

THEY STARTED TODAY.

THEY WILL BE IN THAT JOB FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS WHEN NEXT SUMMER STARTS, WHICH IS EXCITING.

WE'RE SEVEN MONTHS, SEVEN, SEVEN MONTHS, WHICH IS EXCITING.

THEY WILL SET THE PROGRAM MODEL FOR THE ASSOCIATION.

SO BEDFORD BEING PART OF THAT.

THEY WILL SET PROGRAMING FOR THE DECK OF THAT POOL AS WELL.

SO IT WILL BE A MUCH MORE VIBRANT AREA, NOT JUST IN THE WATER, BUT ALSO ON THE, ON THE DECK AND IN THAT AREA FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS WHO ARE WHO ARE THERE.

FROM A MECHANICS STANDPOINT, WE REALIZED TWO THINGS.

THAT IS A REALLY BIG POOL MECHANICAL SYSTEM WITH A LOT OF PARTS AND FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NORMAL AQUATIC STRUCTURES AS CERTIFIED POOL OPERATORS DON'T MESS WITH ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE HIRED A POOL TECHNICIAN MAINTENANCE POOL GUY WHO IS NOW WORKING WITH SUNBELT POOLS, WHO WE HAVE CONTRACTED FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS TO BE THERE THREE TIMES A WEEK MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAYS TO WALK THROUGH THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, TO MONITOR EVERYTHING, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN WORKING ORDER, AND TO SHOW THE FIXES TO THIS PERSON WHO WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS BEFORE THEN.

THEY ARE DOING THAT ON A DAILY BASIS FOR THE AQUATICS POOL.

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SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE POOL THING.

YOU. YEP.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION FOR SURE? COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY.

WE'RE NOT TALKING LIKE YOU SAID.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A NORMAL POOL.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUGE MECHANICAL SYSTEM.

CORRECT. WHAT IS SON BELL'S QUALIFICATIONS TO DO THIS? DID YOU GUYS GO OUT TO FIND SOMEBODY? THEY DESIGNED AND BUILT THE BUILDING.

OKAY. THE POOL, THE AQUATIC CENTER.

SO. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE THE LARGEST MUNICIPALITY AND AQUATIC CENTER BUILDER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND ONE OF THE TOP FIVE IN THE COUNTRY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

SO HOW ARE YOU OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES WITH ATTRACTING AND HIRING MORE LIFEGUARDS? WE DIDN'T START EARLY ENOUGH LAST YEAR.

TYPICALLY, WE START HIRING LIFEGUARDS END OF MARCH, BEGINNING OF APRIL, AND USUALLY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING ENOUGH GUARDS.

WE WERE NOT.

SO WE'RE WE'RE ATTRACTING GUARDS.

WE'RE DEALING WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

WE'VE ALSO THE THE AQUATICS AGE FOR LIFEGUARDS IS NOW 15.5, NOT 16.

AND SO THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW AREA OF OF GUARDS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO NOW MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE'RE REALLY JUST HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE THIS SUMMER, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT NEW PEOPLE AND RECRUITING SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER THAN WE EVER HAVE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. SO YOU BELIEVE THE FAILURE WAS WE WE DIDN'T RECRUIT EARLY ENOUGH? WELL, I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF IT.

I ALSO THINK THAT A LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE IS A IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

I MEAN, WE WEREN'T WE WEREN'T THE ONLY ENTITY AND BEDFORD WASN'T THE ONLY AREA WHERE WE STRUGGLED IN THAT.

SO AND SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU WHAT WHAT KIND OF STRATEGIES ARE WE GOING TO USE TO OVERCOME THAT? ARE WE GOING TO BE PAYING THESE FOLKS MORE, OR HOW ARE WE USING DIFFERENT METHODS IN RECRUITING.

ARE WE GOING TO PLACES WE HAVEN'T BEEN TO BEFORE? WE ARE. WE'RE HITTING MORE COLLEGES.

THE RECRUITING DEPARTMENT FROM THE ASSOCIATION IS ACTUALLY GOING TO MORE JOB FAIRS AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT LIFEGUARDS IN END OF MARCH, APRIL, MAY AND THEN JUNE AND JULY AND AUGUST, THEY'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS NOW ABOUT AND PEOPLE NOW ABOUT ABOUT BEING A LIFEGUARD AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE.

SO WE'LL HIRE THEM.

IF THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK NOW, WE'LL HIRE THEM NOW AND UTILIZE THEM THROUGH ANY OF OUR, OUR FACILITIES.

BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO LINING IT UP FOR NEXT SUMMER AS WELL, I GUESS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE CITY PAYS ITS LIFEGUARDS MORE THAN THE YMCA.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO ARE YOU GOING TO MAYBE DO A STUDY? WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS.

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS FOR SURE.

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS FOR SURE.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT. YEP.

SURE. GO AHEAD PLEASE. SO I'M EDDIE, I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH BEDFORD FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID DO IS RAISE ALL OF OUR AQUATIC STAFF UP A DOLLAR.

THAT PUTS THEM. IT'S GOING TO SOUND FUNNY, PUTS THEM AT THE BOTTOM, BUT AT LEAST PUTS THEM ON PAR WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE'S STILL $2 LESS THAN WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO BE.

AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET.

WE'RE IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

AND ACTUALLY WITH OUR CEO HOPING TO DO AT LEAST ONE MORE DOLLAR BY THE TIME THIS SUMMER HITS US.

SO WE DO THINK THAT THE MONEY PART OF IT IS COMPETITIVE.

YEAH. SAY IT AGAIN.

WE JUST HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE.

YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND WE'VE ALSO HIRED SIX FULL TIME LIFEGUARDS TO KEEP THEM ON A YEAR ROUND BASIS, WHICH INCLUDES BENEFITS TO DEEPEN OUR STAFF.

AND THEN THE LAST THING WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE IS ACTUALLY PUTTING IN ANOTHER LEVEL.

SO THOSE RETURNERS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TO KEEP THEM COMING BACK.

NOT ONLY DO WE GET THE LIFEGUARDS, WE'RE GOING TO GET SEASONED LIFEGUARDS COMING BACK.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW ENTRANTS OUT THERE WATCHING OUR KIDS, WATCHING OUR FAMILIES.

SO THAT'S OUR PRIMARY FOCUS WHEN IT COMES TO DOLLARS AND CENTS.

WE DO THINK THAT'S A BIG DRIVER.

THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE LOOKING RUSHING TO GO BE A LIFEGUARD RIGHT NOW, SO WE HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER.

AND THIS IS FROM JOHN MICHAEL, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY STARTING A IT'S GOING TO SOUND FUNNY, A TRAINING PROGRAM TO TEACH FOLKS HOW TO SWIM.

TEENAGERS AREN'T AS ACTIVE AS THEY USED TO BE, AND SWIMMING IS NOT AS STRONG AS IT USED TO BE.

SO STARTING IN JANUARY, A COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME TO SWIM WITH A COACH, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO SWIM 500 YARDS TO BE ABLE TO BE A LIFEGUARD, AND THAT USUALLY FOR US, AND I'M GOING TO TALK OUT OF TURN, I THINK ABOUT 40% OF OUR APPLICANTS ACTUALLY PASS THAT.

THAT'S IT. AND SO ALL THE HUSTLE WE DO TO GO OUT AND FIND FOLKS GETTING THEM TO PASS THAT, THAT'S A CHALLENGE.

AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN THAT PROACTIVE THERE.

AND SO WE'RE ADDING THAT PIECE IN THERE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

AND DO YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

SO. OH THEY'RE HERE. YEAH.

OH MY GOODNESS. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS NOT JUST WITH THE HEB AREA, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT COLLEYVILLE, SOUTHLAKE, ETC.

WE'RE GOING TO BE VISITING WITH, PARTICULARLY WITH SWIM TEAMS. IT'S THE LOGICAL PLACE TO GO.

AND REALLY WITH HARRY, THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S GOING TO BE OUR AQUATICS DIRECTOR FOR OUR ASSOCIATION, THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO VISIT WITH THOSE FOLKS.

HE WAS A COMPETITIVE SWIMMER AND STILL HOLDS RECORDS AT HIS OLD COLLEGE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND ALLOW HIM TO GO AND TALK THE SAME LANGUAGE AS SOME OF THE

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AND WE'VE GOT TO NOT JUST IMPROVE OUR VOLUME, BUT WE WANT TO BE BETTER OUT THERE AS WELL.

IS THAT. YEAH. THAT IS. I HAVE ONE MORE FOLLOW UP.

IS THAT OKAY? GO AHEAD.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR JOHN MICHAEL MICHAEL.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SO WE'VE WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE CLEANLINESS OF THE FACILITY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT? YES. OKAY.

SO I HAVE I WAS I VISITED A YEAR AGO AND THAT WAS A THAT WAS A BIG THING TO DO.

AND THEN A YEAR LATER THE SAME STUFF POPPED UP AGAIN.

SO I JUST HONESTLY, I DON'T WANT IT TO COME UP ANYMORE.

I JUST WANT IT I, I WOULD, I WOULD ARGUE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

OH AND I AND I WOULD AND THE REASON WHY IS, IS THAT IS THAT I WAS HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN WE HAD THAT.

AND, AND I STOOD IN FRONT OF THIS, THIS COUNCIL AND I SAID, I TAKE MY LUMPS WHEN I WHEN I DESERVE THEM AND I AND I DID.

THAT NIGHT I ADMITTED TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS UP HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO ADMIT TO THAT TONIGHT.

AND THE REASON I'M NOT GOING TO ADMIT TO IT IS, IS THAT BUILDING SPOTLESS? NO, IT ALSO HAS 14,000 PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH THAT BUILDING.

AND IT IS HEAVILY USED.

IS THAT BUILDING NIGHT AND DAY FROM WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IN TERMS OF CLEANLINESS? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS. IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE STANDARD WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

SO THAT'S THAT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

RIGHT. SO I GUESS WE MAY NOT BE FULLY ON THE SAME PAGE.

WHEN I WALK THROUGH WHEN DID WE WALK THROUGH OH, JULY, MAYBE JULY.

SO, SO JULY A FEW MONTHS AGO.

AND THERE WERE WHAT I LIKE TO CALL LOW HANGING FRUIT ISSUES.

RIGHT. AND YES, I UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC IS HIGH.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S A BIG BUILDING.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT. IT'S A $58 MILLION BUILDING.

BUT THERE WERE THERE WAS VISIBLE FILTH THAT I COULD POINT OUT, AND I DID, AND THEY WERE UNACCEPTABLE.

NOW I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN.

RIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO BECAUSE I HAVE A JOB TO.

RIGHT. WE ALL HAVE SECOND JOBS.

WE DO THIS ON OUR FREE TIME.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO IN AND FOLLOW AND SEE.

MAKES SURE, MAKE SURE THINGS ARE BEING DONE CORRECTLY.

I JUST WANT THEM TO BE DONE CORRECTLY.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE SIGNED UP WITH THE YMCA, WAS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY AND HOW YOU ALL KNOW HOW TO RUN FACILITIES, AND IT'S BEEN BUMPY.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO STAND HERE AND SAY EVERYTHING'S A-OKAY IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME.

I'M SAYING THAT THAT THAT THE CONVERSATION ISN'T THE SAME AS WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

AND AND IS THAT PROGRESS? ABSOLUTELY. ARE WE WHERE WE WANT TO BE? NO. BUT ARE WE GETTING THERE? YES. AM I CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO DO IT? ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT WOULD BE A TIMELINE? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET TO THAT THAT SPOT, WOULD YOU SAY? I WOULD, I WOULD ASK WHAT THE SPOT IS.

I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE MOVING THE BALL TO THAT DIRECTION AND YOU'RE NOT THERE YET.

SO I'M JUST ASKING WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE TO WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING TO BE.

YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT REGIONS AND SHOULD WE BE MAD AT REGIONS? REGIONS OPERATES TO A STANDARD OF CLEANLINESS.

AND SO THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TIERS OF THAT STANDARD OF CLEANLINESS.

THEY CLEAN ALL OF THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT BUILDINGS.

SO THEY THEY DO THEY ARE EXPERTS IN THE CLEANING DEPARTMENT.

THEY CLEAN TO A STANDARD OF CLEANLINESS, THAT IS FOR A HEALTH AND FITNESS ORGANIZATION IN THAT BUILDING.

IF WE WANT TO UP THAT LEVEL, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY UP THAT LEVEL.

BUT WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS WHEN THE PEOPLE WALK THAT BUILDING AND WE WALK IT A LOT WITH WITH THE REGION'S REPRESENTATIVES, WHAT THEY SAY IS THIS IS A HEAVILY USED, HEAVILY UTILIZED BUILDING.

WE CAN GO THROUGH AND MOP AND CLEAN THIS AREA RIGHT NOW.

IN 15 MINUTES LATER, THERE WILL BE GARBAGE IN THE TRASH CAN.

THERE WILL BE SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR.

THERE WILL BE THAT THAT THAT IS, IF THERE'S GARBAGE IN THE TRASH CAN, IT'S WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AROUND THE TRASH CAN.

SO. YEAH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, BUD. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THEN MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT EMPLOYMENT.

SO WE WE JUST WENT TO HTML LAST WEEK AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYMENT.

AND THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF, OF WORKERS.

THEY SAID THAT THE BIGGEST GAP THAT IS GOING TO FILL THIS SHORTAGE IS 50 TO 75 YEAR OLDS, WHICH KIND OF SHOCKED ME.

BUT HAVE YOU LOOKED AT PART TIME OLDER STAFF? ABSOLUTELY. AND LIFEGUARDS AS WELL THAT THEY COULD SWIM.

AT LEAST THEY BRING THESE OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I MEAN THAT THAT IS ONE AREA THAT WE THAT ONE AREA THAT WE RECRUIT IN.

AND ONE OF THE BEST LIFEGUARDS I'VE EVER WORKED WITH WAS A 65 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WORKED AT THE DOWNTOWN Y FOR YEARS, WANTS TO BE DAVID HASSELHOFF, YOU KNOW.

SO WHO? I'M JUST JOKING. ALL RIGHT.

SORRY. I'M WITH YOU. I KNEW WHO DAVID HASSELHOFF IS.

I PREFER HIM AS KNIGHT RIDER.

WOW, THAT IS WAY I'M IN THE DARK HERE.

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I THINK IT'S IT'S VERY IMPORTANT A FACILITY LIKE THIS.

AND RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT AQUATICS IS WHAT MAKES THIS BUILDING SPECIAL.

THAT IS THE DRIVER.

AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE SEEING THE INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIPS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SEEING THE INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIPS IS BECAUSE OF THAT DRIVE OF THE AQUATICS.

THAT BEING SAID, IT NEEDS TO BE IT NEEDS TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT HAD IN THE PAST.

AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE TAKING THE STEPS, THE NECESSARY STEPS.

SO SO YOU'RE HIRING A NEW POSITION TO FULLY FOR AQUATICS, CORRECT? THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD THIS PRIOR YEAR.

IT IS NOT. IT IS NOT.

AND SO THEIR JOB IS GOING TO BE MAINLY DUE TO JUST FOCUSING ON THE AQUATICS.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATED MECHANICAL SOMEBODY THERE TO WORK ON THE MECHANICS.

AND WE DO. OKAY. WE DO.

THEY'RE NOT FULL TIME BEDFORD, BUT THEY ARE OUR ASSOCIATION.

SO THE AQUATICS EXPERT WILL SET THE STANDARD FOR PROGRAM, FOR CLEANLINESS, FOR GUARD SCHEDULES, FOR PROGRAM BASED ON EACH OF THE CENTERS THAT THEY WORK IN. THEY'LL SET THAT STANDARD, AND THEN THEY'LL WORK WITH THE BRANCHES TO ACHIEVE THAT STANDARD.

AND THEN AND THEN THE POOL MECHANIC IS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE COSTS OF OF HAVING SUNBELT COME OUT.

SUNBELT IS REALLY GOOD.

THEY'RE ALSO REALLY EXPENSIVE.

AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS WE CAN DO A TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN HAVE AN INTERNAL PERSON.

LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS DO THIS AND IT SAVES SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SO SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE BIT INITIALLY I ASKED OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ABOUT THE MEMBERSHIPS.

SO FOR THIS FACILITY, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT WE ARE INCREASING THAT.

WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER 800, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A YEAR TO YEAR.

WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS FACILITY NEXT YEAR? WHAT IS YOUR GOALS FOR THIS FACILITY MEMBERSHIP WISE? DO YOU HAVE THEM? I WOULD BRING CAROL ANNE.

I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. YEP.

CAROL ANNE AND AND AND KRISTEN UP FOR THAT? YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MEMBERSHIPS AND WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THIS FACILITY.

WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST, I'M GONNA MOVE THIS BACK DOWN SINCE I'M SHORTER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE DO.

AS SHOWN PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE JUST UNDER 7000 TOTAL UNITS.

A GOAL FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

WE ARE INCREASING THAT ABOUT THE 15% GOAL, DEPENDING ON DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF MEMBERSHIPS.

OF COURSE, OUR 7000 MEMBERSHIPS EQUATES TO 13,864 ACTIVE MEMBERS RIGHT NOW.

AND OUR GOALS, OF COURSE, ARE MAINTAINING THAT, BUT IT'S MORE A UNIT BASED THAN MEMBER BASED.

AND YOU CAN SPEAK MORE.

YEAH. SO I'M STILL SO NEW.

SO I'M TRYING TO SO UNIT BEING PERSON RIGHT.

A UNIT IS A UNIT IS A PAYING GROUP.

PAYING GROUP. SO SO LIKE ME AND MY HUSBAND WOULD BE A UNIT, BUT WE WOULD BE TWO MEMBERS.

GOTCHA. SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 7170 UNITS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT RIGHT AT 14,000 MEMBERS.

SO. SO THE NUMBERS YOU ARE LOOKING AT EARLIER ARE UNITS.

GOTCHA. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S THE REVENUE GENERATING PIECE.

SO AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEDFORD, THERE'S ABOUT 66% OF THE UNITS ARE BEDFORD RESIDENTS.

AND SO THAT IS THAT'S A BIG MARGIN.

SO AS WE LOOK FOR GROWTH, WE CERTAINLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE UNITS FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD ARE, THEY'RE PRETTY STABLE.

WE AREN'T SEEING A LOT OF FLUCTUATION.

WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE COME AND THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE STAYING.

SO WHERE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THE GROWTH IS IN THE OUTER AREAS OR THAT 30% AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THERE ALSO IS A LOT OF SEASONALITY.

AND SO AS YOU SEE, WE AREN'T SEEING THAT IN BEDFORD YET.

AND WHERE DOES THAT STOP? LIKE WE'VE GROWN. WE GREW 113% JUST LAST YEAR FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 143% FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER.

BUT WE'VE ONLY GROWN 14% THIS YEAR, SO WE MAY BE HITTING THAT THAT TOP.

SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF YEAR THREE, WE COULD BE WE WE COULD BUMP UP AGAINST THAT BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY.

RIGHT. AND TO DRAW FROM THOSE OTHER AREAS, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT 25 FROM AN ASSOCIATION STANDPOINT AS A YEAR OF RETENTION.

SO WE AREN'T ASKING THE BRANCHES TO GROW A LOT FROM A UNIT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE WE'VE REALIZED JUST LIKE HR, JUST LIKE LIFEGUARDS, WE'RE BETTER OFF TO KEEP THE ONES WE HAVE BUILD QUALITY PROGRAMS SO THAT WE'RE NOT ALWAYS JUST GOING BACK TO.

WE JUST NEED MORE.

WE NEED NEW MEMBERS. WE WANT THE MEMBERS WE HAVE.

SO I PROBABLY DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT ANSWER YOU WANT, BUT I THINK WE COULD GET THERE IN YEAR THREE.

SO I KNOW YEAH, I KNOW THAT.

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AND I REMEMBER I RECALL US MENTIONING THE FACT THAT BY THE TIME YEAR THREE, YOU KNOW, HAPPENS THAT THE MEMBERSHIPS START TO YOU START TO PLATEAU, SO TO SPEAK.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE STILL THE GOAL SHOULDN'T ALWAYS BE JUST HOLD THE LINE.

YEP. CORRECT. IT SHOULD BE.

WE GOT IT. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MOVE BEYOND THAT AS WELL TO MAKE UP FOR THE ONES THAT YOU KNOW MAY FALL OFF DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN THE AQUATICS ISN'T BEING USED AND SO FORTH. SO SO DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF GOAL FOR THAT IN MIND FOR, FOR NEXT MONTH? THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE YOUR UNITS.

WE HAVE ABOUT 7000, YOU SAID.

WHAT? WHAT? YEAH, WHAT COULD WE.

SO, LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

SURE. SO I THINK TO CAROLYN'S POINT, WE'VE KIND OF GROWN 14% THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE CAN KIND OF ASK BEDFORD TO GROW ANOTHER 15 NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE MAJORITY OF THAT GROWTH REALLY WILL COME FROM THOSE OUTER AREAS.

AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT.

BUT WE ALWAYS WILL SEE SEASONALITY.

BEDFORD IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A GROWING PATTERN RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE ADDING A LOT OF UNITS.

BEDFORD IS THE BEDFORD IS THE ONLY Y IN OUR ASSOCIATION THAT SHOWS POSITIVE GROWTH PAST AUGUST.

THEY ALL LOSE MEMBERS AND THEN IT POPS BACK UP IN JANUARY.

IT GROWS THROUGH THE SUMMER AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER IT DROPS BACK DOWN.

THEN DECEMBER WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BLIP BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE YOU KNOW PRE JANUARY 1ST.

AND SO SO WE WILL PROBABLY START SEEING THAT TREND IN BEDFORD AND THAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.

IT'S HARD TO KNOW YET, BUT WE WILL STILL LOOK FOR ABOUT 15% NEXT YEAR FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE.

OKAY, GOOD, GOOD. I JUST WANTED SOME KIND OF NUMBER FOR US TO SHOOT FOR.

YEP. NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SABOL.

I JUST WAS CURIOUS.

WE'VE NOT HAD THE SWIMMING POOL OPEN ALL THE TIME.

THE BUILDING IS OPEN.

IS THAT IS THE PLAN TO CHANGE THAT? SO THAT THE POOL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL OUR MEMBERS ALMOST ALL THE TIME.

THE INDOOR POOL? YES. YEAH. YES.

SO WHEN THE OUTDOOR FACILITY CLOSED AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, WE DID GO BACK TO THE INDOOR POOL AND OPEN THOSE HOURS, THE 1 TO 5 TIME.

SO IT IS OPEN FROM 6 A.M.

UNTIL 30 MINUTES BEFORE WE CLOSE.

NOW THAT'S MUCH BETTER.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE SO WELCOME.

CAN I SHARE ONE OTHER FACT WITH YOU, MR. COGAN? OKAY. SO WITH OUR BEDFORD RESIDENTS, WE DISCUSSED KIND OF WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WAS BEING THAT 66, 67% BEDFORD RESIDENTS, AND OF THOSE THE BEDFORD RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING THROUGH JANUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, RECEIVED 178,000 AND $303 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.

SO IT'S JUST A FUN WAY THAT WE ARE MAKING A IMPACT IN IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEING ABLE TO SERVE ALL AND NOT TURNING ANYONE AWAY DUE TO INCOME REASONS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER TO TO KNOW.

YES I DO. I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL, FOR ALSO BRINGING UP THE THE AQUATICS AND MAKING SURE IT'S OPEN, BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT IS THAT IS THE DRAW FOR THIS FACILITY AND TO HAVE IT CLOSED.

IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TURN PEOPLE AWAY.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE MEMBERSHIPS BECAUSE OF WHICH IF THEY CAN'T USE THE FACILITY.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE THAT THAT, THAT THAT POOL STAY OPEN AND WORKABLE CONDITION.

AND WE HAVE THE LIFEGUARDS TO MAN IT.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I'VE TAKEN AWAY FROM THIS MEETING, IT'S, IT'S THOSE THOSE POINTS RIGHT THERE.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. SO YOU'LL LOVE ME BECAUSE I'M THE PERFECT MEMBER.

I PAY EVERY MONTH AND NEVER USE IT.

SO I'M THE I'M THAT GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING MONEY OFF OF ME AND I'M NOT USING THE FACILITY.

HOW MANY OF YOUR MEMBERS THAT PAY? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT? BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT.

OH, WE WANT A PLATEAU.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT WORKOUT FACILITIES IS YOU HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACE, BUT AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF MEMBERSHIPS, BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T USE THEM ALL THE TIME.

THEY LIKE MYSELF, I GET IT.

I THINK MY SON MIGHT USE IT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, PAY FOR A FAMILY THING.

WE DON'T USE IT AND TO DO IT.

SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, OH, WE'RE GOING TO PLATEAU OUT, I WOULD BE PROMOTING THIS THING BIG TIME BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF FACILITY AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT JUST SIGN UP AND DON'T USE IT.

SO I MEAN, I LOVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE PROGRAMING, BUT I WOULD LOVE IF YOU GUYS HIT.

I DON'T KNOW, 8500, 9000 MEMBERS.

SO THIS THING WOULD BE PAYING FOR ITSELF? YES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NOT STOP PROMOTING MEMBERSHIP OR CONTINUING TO DO FESTIVALS OR THINGS WHERE WE GO OUT AND RECRUIT MEMBERS AS WELL, NOT JUST EMPLOYEES? SO WE WON'T PUT A CAP ON THAT, AND WE WILL NOT STOP SELLING MEMBERSHIPS OR RECRUITING THOSE THOUSAND PEOPLE IN BEDFORD.

RIGHT. SO PLENTY OF BEDFORD PEOPLE THAT STILL NEED TO JOIN? YES. OKAY.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT. ALL RIGHT.

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AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROGRESS GOING FORWARD AND IMPROVING FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.

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ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

DEALING WITH OUR ARPA FUNDS.

I'M GOING TO REQUEST WE GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT UNDER NEW BUSINESS, BECAUSE I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THERE WITH THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. SO I'M GOING TO REQUEST TO PULL THAT AND PUT IT UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR.

COGAN I GOT A QUESTION.

OKAY, GOOD. CONTINUE.

YES. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF OUR CONSENT ITEMS. I'LL START WITH NUMBER ONE.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024 OF OUR REGULAR MEETING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO PURCHASE LIBRARY, PRINT, MULTIMEDIA, DIGITAL CONTENT, EDUCATIONAL KITS, AND LIBRARY OF THINGS MATERIALS PRIMARILY USING THE STATE OF TEXAS SMART BY CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS VENDORS. THE NORTH TEXAS LIBRARY IS ON THE GO CONSORTIUM AND THE CLOUD LIBRARY CONSORTIUM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.

THIS ITEM WAS TABLED FROM THE SEPTEMBER 24TH MEETING, AND AGAIN IT WILL AUTHORIZE 250 TOWARD THE MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS IN THAT IN THE WITHIN THE LIBRARY. FUNDING FOR THIS IS IN THE BUDGETED THE LIBRARY BUDGET.

I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO SKIP OVER SOMETHING HERE.

AND THE REMAINDER BEYOND $212,310 WILL COME FROM GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE, TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH A ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION FOR THE PURCHASE OF UNIFORMS FROM GALLS LLC, GT DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

AND IMPACT PROMOTIONAL SERVICES, LLC, DBA GOT YOU COVERED.

WORKWEAR AND UNIFORMS. THROUGH A MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH NORTH TEXAS SHARE FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $120,000, TOTALING $240,000.

IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED, I WILL SKIP OVER NUMBER FOUR AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE TO CONTINUE THE ESTABLISHED CONTRACTUAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH QUEST CARE MEDICAL SERVICES AND DOCTOR SHARON MALONEY TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CONTROL SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATIONS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027, IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,500. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH QUEST CARE AND DOCTOR MALONE, WHO HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES TO BEDFORD HERE SINCE 2018, AND FUNDS ARE PROVIDED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR THIS EXPENSE.

ITEM NUMBER SIX.

CONSIDER CONTINUING.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO CONTINUE THE ESTABLISHED CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH QUEST CARE MEDICAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE MEDICAL EDUCATION SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATIONS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027, IN THE AMOUNT OF $51,000.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN ANNUAL COST TO THE CITY OF $17,000 FOR THE TOTAL OF 51 OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

AND AGAIN, FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGET.

NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH GRANICUS FOR THE HIGH DEFINITION BROADCAST SERVICES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THROUGH THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE LOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM.

TIPS TOTALING $156,202.21.

AGAIN, THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH GRANICUS TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT BROADCAST AND ON DEMAND SERVICES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT OCCUR IN OUR CHAMBERS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CURRENT BROADCAST EQUIPMENT.

FUNDS FOR THIS ARE PAID THROUGH OUR PEG FUNDS.

NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH NEW SPORTS LIGHTING, LLC FOR INSTALLATION OF NEW LED LIGHT FIXTURES AND POLLS FOR THE STORMIE JONES SOCCER FIELDS THROUGH THE INTER LOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $376,000.

AGAIN, THIS IS PAID FOR BY OUR 2019 GEO TAXABLE BOND FUNDS.

NUMBER NINE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH LJ DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC FOR THE INSTALLATION OF CONCRETE, PLAYGROUND BORDERS AND CONCRETE PADS AT CITY PARKS THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,226.92.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS PAID FOR BY OUR 2019 GEO TAXABLE BONDS.

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THIS ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE THIRD RENEWAL AND ANY FUTURE RENEWALS OF THE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR CRACK AND SEAL JOINT SEALING SERVICES.

THE CITY STREET IMPROVEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ALSO KNOWN AS FOUR, BE THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDES CRACK AND JOINT SEALING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING PAYMENT. THIS PROCESS EXTENDS THE LENGTH OF TIME BEFORE MORE COSTLY MEASURES ARE NEEDED, SUCH AS MILL AND OVERLAY OR RECLAMATION.

THE CONTRACT RENEWAL IS AGAIN IS FOR 150,000, WITH ONE YEAR RENEWAL FOR A TOTAL OF 300,000, AND AGAIN THIS WILL BE PAID FOR THROUGH THE FOUR B OPERATING BUDGET. NUMBER 11, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH ONE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION FOR PAVEMENT RESURFACING SERVICES WITH REYNOLDS ASPHALT AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, UTILIZING THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S CONTRACT THROUGH A MASTER INTERLOCAL PURCHASING AGREEMENT FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $2.4 MILLION ANNUALLY, TOTALING 4.8 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE THIRD RENEWAL AND ANY FUTURE RENEWALS OF THE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR PAVEMENT AND RESURFACING SERVICES.

THE ITEM IS FOR THE FY 2425 PAVING OF THOROUGHFARE AND LOCAL STREETS, AS APPROVED BY THE STREET IMPROVEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

AND AGAIN, CONTRACT RENEWAL IS 2.4 MILLION AND 4.8 IF TO IF BOTH EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

AGAIN, THIS IS PAID FOR THROUGH A COMBINATION OF THE FORBY OPERATING BUDGET AND THE 2021 STREET IMPROVEMENT BOND.

LAST ITEM NUMBER 12.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 118 UTILITIES.

ARTICLE FOUR WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION TWO, SECTION 118 114 B DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN TO ADOPT A REVISION TO THE CURRENT PLAN AS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A, AND IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD CODE OF ORDINANCES.

AND AGAIN, TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REQUIRES MUNICIPALITIES TO DEVELOP A DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

TITLE PART. TITLE 30, PART ONE, CHAPTER 288.

SUBCHAPTER B, RULE 288 .20 DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL USES BY PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIERS.

THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN ALLOWS FOR STANDARD PROTOCOLS IN RESPONSE TO REGIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS OR IN THE INSTANCE OF WATER EMERGENCY, AND YOU HAVE ITEM NUMBER. YOU HAVE ITEM NUMBER 13.

OH I'M SORRY.

HERE WE GO. PUBLIC HEARING I'M SORRY.

PUBLIC HEARING 1313.

OH I THINK I LOST MY I GOT CUT OFF.

RESOLUTION EXECUTED.

CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE.

CONSTRUCTION. YES, SIR.

ROAD CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU.

I, I WROTE THIS. I SHOULD KNOW THIS ONE.

I'M SORRY. NUMBER 13, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE.

CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND GIRARD CONSTRUCTION LLC, AND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $169,336 FOR ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE, UTILITY AND PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARKWOOD DRIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A CHANGE ORDER RELATED TO PARKWOOD DRIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SOME OF THE CHANGES ARE AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE WISH TO ADD, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS THAT WE DISCOVERED AS WE GOT DEEPER INTO THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO THINGS.

AND AGAIN, THE FUNDING WILL COME OUT OF THE PARK PROJECT.

THE PARKWOOD PROJECT.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THESE ITEMS, I MEAN, THEY'RE BUDGETED FOR OR THEY'RE COMING OUT OF DIFFERENT POTS SUCH AS THE PEG FUND OR SIEDC FUND OR BONDS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN 2019, 2017 AND THEN ISSUED IN 2019.

SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.

OBVIOUSLY JUST VERY ROUTINE.

SO IF IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF A DOLLAR AMOUNTS THERE, THAT'S THE REASON.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THESE ANY THESE CONSENT ITEMS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

DOES THAT INCLUDE THE MICROPHONES IN THIS IN IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS? NO, THAT'S JUST SOFTWARE.

IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I JUST WANTED A CHANCE TO USE MY FANCY MICROPHONE.

NO. I'M KIDDING.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

THAT WAS GREAT TIMING. YEAH.

NUMBER THREE.

WHAT ARE THE UNIFORMS FOR?

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YOU DO NOT. UNFORTUNATELY.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT THESE, AGAIN, ARE UNIFORMS WITHIN OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

SO AGAIN, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, CODE ENFORCEMENT.

PD, ETCETERA.

AGAIN, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S A CONTRACT THAT COVERS KIND OF AN UMBRELLA OVER THOSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

MY QUESTION REAL QUICK ABOUT THE NUMBER 12, THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

WHAT TRIGGERED THIS? AND I MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAD JUST PASSED THIS AND SO NOT TOO LONG AGO, I'LL LET.

TYLER, WHO SAW IT, IT WAS GREEN.

SO I'M GOING TO LET TYLER JUMP.

30,000 FOOT VIEW.

SO ESSENTIALLY, AFTER WE HAD THE APPROVAL FOR THE PLAN BACK IN JUNE.

YEAH. THE TC REVIEWED THE PLAN.

THEY HAD ONE SINGLE REVISION.

OKAY. AND THAT'S THAT'S LOCATED ON PAGE 13 UNDER STAGE THREE ACTIONS AVAILABLE FOR STAGE THREE.

THIRD BULLET POINT FROM THE BOTTOM.

IT SAYS TO IMPLEMENT VIABLE WATER SUPPLY ALTERNATIVES AS DETERMINED IN THE ENGINEERING STUDIES INITIATED DURING STAGE TWO.

SO THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO EXECUTE ANY OF OUR ANY OF OUR ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY STRATEGIES.

OKAY. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION THEY HAD AFTER REVIEWING IT.

YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD. AND SO THIS SHOULD TIE TIDY IT UP THEN.

YEAH. WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED OUR APPROVAL LETTER.

SO ALL WE NEED WOULD BE YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. JUST CURIOUS ON HOW THAT CAME ABOUT, I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ALONG.

WE HAVE SOME OLD BUSINESS TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

LET'S SEE HERE.

LET'S SEE HERE. WE HAVE A PUBLIC GOING BACK TO FOUR.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO FOUR. DURING NEW BUSINESS, IF THAT'S OKAY.

GO TO OLD BUSINESS SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

YEAH. WE'LL HIT. WE'LL HIT NUMBER.

WE'LL HIT NUMBER FOUR. SO OLD BUSINESS.

[14. Public hearing and consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas, amending Chapter 5, “Supplemental District Regulations” of Appendix B, “Zoning Ordinance” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bedford, Texas, specifically amending Section 5.10.B, “Permitted Temporary Uses.” The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0-0. (Item tabled at the September 24, 2024 meeting)]

SPECIFICALLY, AMENDING SECTION 5.1 OR 5.1 BE PERMITTED.

TEMPORARY USES. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN.

AFFIRMATIVE, AND IT WAS TABLED AT OUR LAST MEETING DUE TO PROCEDURAL THINGS WHERE WE WERE A LITTLE UNEASY ABOUT THE PUBLICATION OF A OF A PUBLIC HEARING, AND SO WE DIDN'T REALLY GET TO DO THAT.

I OPENED A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT BUT WE WANTED TO DO IT OFFICIALLY HERE.

CORRECT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS REALLY THE THE CORRECTION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE WAS ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA FOR THE LAST MEETING.

WE DIDN'T ADVERTISE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER, BUT NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO JUST TO BE SAFE, WE ESSENTIALLY TABLED THAT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT SO I CAN RUN THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AGAIN.

IT'S WHATEVER COUNCIL WOULD PREFER.

COUNCIL. I'M SEEING PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEADS.

I THINK WE UNDERSTAND. WE'VE BEEN I'M HURT.

WE I KNOW YOU IF YOU WOULD HAVE WORKED.

I KNOW, I KNOW EXACTLY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD.

NOT SEEING ANY SEEING ANYTHING FROM THAT.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD, WES.

APPRECIATE IT. I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

SO, COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WELL, I HAVE TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC HEARING? BEFORE WE HAVE TO DO THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING.

I KNOW I GOT A LITTLE.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 659.

AND SEE EVERYBODY COMING TO TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM.

IT HAS TO BE ABOUT THIS ITEM TALKING ABOUT THIS PUBLIC HEARING WITH THIS SPECIFIC CHANGE.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO INFRINGE ON MY RIGHTS OF SPEAKING IN PUBLIC.

THERE'S A. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE USE THAT EXCUSE ME MICROPHONE PROPERLY.

THE TAXPAYERS BACK HERE.

I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO TALK. I CANNOT TOLERATE.

I CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE SHOUTING FROM THE AUDIENCE.

YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOBODY COME OVER HERE AND SEEING THE CLOCK.

TICK TO SEVEN. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:00.

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OUTBURST. IT'S A WARNING.

I'LL GIVE YOU A WARNING ONCE.

AND IF IT HAS TO HAPPEN AGAIN, THIS DISRUPTS THIS MEETING.

I WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE SERGEANT AT ARMS REMOVE YOU.

I WANT TO MAKE THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR.

I'LL GO. OKAY.

THAT BEING SAID, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARKO.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND. I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS FOR THE SECOND.

LET'S GO AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Consider a resolution of the City of Bedford, Texas approving the American Rescue Plan Act Appropriation Plan; and recognizing and appropriating expenditures within the Fiscal Year 2024 Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Budget for parks equipment, fire equipment, and various city facility improvements in an estimated amount of $2,983,269.]

CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET FOR PARKS, EQUIPMENT, FIRE EQUIPMENT, AND VARIOUS CITY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $2,983,269. ALL RIGHT.

GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER ANDREW ROY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I GUESS WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND READ OFF? BECAUSE THIS REQUEST IS FOR A NUMBER OF ITEMS TOTALING THE 2.9 MILLION, OR DO YOU ALL WANT TO JUST MOVE INTO THE THE ITEM THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS? YOU I THINK WE SINCE WE PULLED THE ENTIRE ITEM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING IN ITS ENTIRETY.

SO YOU'RE NOT DONE HEARING FROM ME QUITE YET? YEP. ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH ALL ITEMS THAT ENCOMPASS THE 2.9 MILLION.

ASK AND I'LL LEAVE THE FIRE TRUCK AT THE END.

AND THEN I WILL ASK FIRE TO COME UP AND GIVE GIVE EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT PURCHASE.

OKAY. THE THE ITEM IS TO REQUEST REPLACEMENT OF A CASE FRONT LOADER FOR PARKS THROUGH THE ASSOCIATED SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., AND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $117,608. THE VENDOR IS ON BOARD.

THE CURRENT CASE FRONT LOADER IS OVER 22 YEARS OLD AND HAS INCREASING MAINTENANCE COSTS.

WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR REPLACEMENT OF A DUMP TRUCK IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH A DUMP TRAILER.

WITH TEXAS TRAILER SALES IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $11,960.

THREE QUOTES WERE RECEIVED ON THIS ITEM, AND TEXAS TRAILER SALES WAS THE LOWEST.

WE ALSO ARE ASKING FOR AN EXTERIOR SIGN ON THE PARK'S BUILDING WITH OAK SPY SIGNS AND GRAPHICS, AND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $2,510.

THREE QUOTES ARE RECEIVED, AND OAK SPICE SIGNS AND GRAPHICS WAS THE LOWEST.

REQUESTING MEN AND WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM REMODEL AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER BY THE DMW DESIGN GROUP IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $254,190.

THIS VENDOR IS PART OF THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEMS. THIS REMODEL PROVIDES FOR A MUCH NEEDED EXPANSION TO ACCOMMODATE STAFF IN BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOMS AND THIS AREA.

WHILE WE DID DO SOME RECENT RENOVATIONS, THIS AREA WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT RECENT REMODEL.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR A REPLACEMENT OF THE MEN AND WOMEN'S LOCKERS AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER BY SOUTHWEST SOLUTIONS GROUP IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $161,900.

THIS VENDOR IS PART OF THE EQUALITY GROUP, ANOTHER PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.

I WILL SKIP OVER, AND THE LAST ITEM WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE BEFORE WE HIT OUR FIRE TRUCK IS THE ENTRYWAY AWNING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE LIBRARY, ALSO BY D.W.

DMW DESIGN GROUP, AND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $64,151.

THIS VENDOR IS PART OF THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM, AND THE DESIGN FOR THE AWNING WAS APPROVED ON JANUARY 25TH, 2024.

SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR REPLACEMENT OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT'S AERIAL, ALSO KNOWN AS A LADDER TRUCK PURCHASED THROUGH METRO FIRE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,357,239.

THE VENDOR IS PART OF OUR SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE, AND WAS CHOSEN DUE TO A BETTER PRODUCTION TIME THAN OTHER VENDORS.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS TWO AERIAL UNITS, ONE A 2008 MODEL AND A SECOND 2019 MODEL.

THIS ONE WILL REPLACE THE 2008 SPARTAN REAR MOUNT AERIAL.

THE CURRENT UNIT HAS OVER 84,000 MILES AND INCREASING MAINTENANCE COSTS, MAKING IT AN INCREASINGLY UNRELIABLE VEHICLE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND ANOTHER REASON I KNOW THAT WE LOOKED AT THIS COMPANY AND CHOSE THEM ULTIMATELY, IS THE PROTECTION TIME FOR FIRE TRUCKS HAS GOTTEN EXTENSIVELY LONG, AND LOOKING AT VENDORS AND THE PRODUCTION TIME FOR THIS PARTICULAR UNIT IS ONLY 21 MONTHS.

SO THAT WAS ALSO A POSITIVE TOWARD THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR.

SO WE CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

AND THEN I KNOW WE'VE GOT FIRE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATION HERE AS WELL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

SO LOOKING AT THIS, OBVIOUSLY I THINK THE BIG THE BIGGEST ONE.

WELCOME. YOU'RE ALREADY ANTICIPATING QUESTION HAVING TO DO WITH THE FIRE APPARATUS, SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS, WITH THIS PURCHASE SEARCHES FOR A FIRE TRUCK, THAT IS.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO THE PRICE, BECAUSE AS OF RECENTLY IN SEPTEMBER, WE JUST APPROVED A FIRE APPARATUS FOR AN ENGINE,

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AND, YOU KNOW, WITH INSURANCE COSTS AND SO FORTH SEEING A PRICE TAG OF THIS CALIBER, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IT JUST WANTED TO RAISE SOME QUESTIONS AS TO WHY IS IT SO MUCH NUMBER ONE? AND ARE WE PAYING BECAUSE OF THE TIMETABLE? IS THAT THE REASON WHY IT'S SO MUCH? EXCUSE ME? NO, THE FIRST QUESTION.

THE LADDER TRUCK IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TYPE OF APPARATUS.

AN ENGINE CARRIES WATER AND USED FOR FIREFIGHTING.

THE LADDER HAS 100 FOOT AERIAL LADDER.

IF WE HAVE RESCUES IN A TALL BUILDING OR ELEVATED MASTER STREAM.

AND THAT CREATES A LITTLE MORE ON THE COST OF IT.

IT'S A LARGER APPARATUS.

IT'S ACTUALLY HEAVIER.

CAPABILITIES ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN AN ENGINE.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING.

ISO DOES REQUIRE CITIES.

IF YOU'RE AN ISO ONE, TO HAVE AN AERIAL APPARATUS IN SERVICE, LIKE A CITY MANAGER SAID, THE ONE WE HAVE NOW IS THE BACKUP RESERVE IS 2008, AND WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WORKING ON THAT, AND MAINTENANCE COST IS DEFINITELY RISEN IN THAT.

AS FAR AS THE PRICE, NO, THAT DID NOT CHANGE A THING.

WE LOOKED AT TWO DIFFERENT VENDORS SYDNEY'S MARTIN AND METRO FIRE SPARTAN, AND THE COST WAS RELATIVELY THE SAME, BUT THE LEAD TIME WAS PRODUCTION TIME WAS 21 MONTHS COMPARED TO 42 MONTHS. SO THE PRICE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE.

THERE'S NOT A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE OF THE LEAD TIME OR PRODUCTION TIME.

GOTCHA. AND AS FAR AS THE FIRE TRUCKS GO, WE KEEP IN CONTINUOUS ROTATION NOT ROTATION, BUT WE KEEP TWO ON HAND, ONE IN OPERATIONAL USE AND THEN ONE IN RESERVE.

THAT'S CORRECT OKAY.

AND SO THIS ONE WILL BE MOVING INTO ROTATION.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.

WHAT YEAR IS THE CURRENT ONE. WE HAVE THE CURRENT.

THE FRONT LINE WE HAVE NOW IS CURRENTLY IS A 2019.

SO RELATIVELY, RELATIVELY NEW THEN.

YES. AND THEN THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO OUR RESERVE AT THAT TIME ONCE ONCE WE RECEIVE THE NEW IF, IF THIS GOES, YOU KNOW, AS WE VOTE FOR THIS AND IN 21 MONTHS WHEN IT'S DELIVERED, THAT ONE WILL MOVE INTO THE RESERVE, THEN.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO THAT BEING SAID, WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN OF THESE? SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ENGINES IS TEN YEARS AND 15 YEARS FOR LADDER TRUCKS.

OKAY. THAT'S KIND OF THE NORM FOR THE FIRE SERVICE.

THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU'RE ORDERING A 15 YEAR FIRE TRUCK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU'LL HAVE TO START EARNING THOSE AT 12 AND 13 YEARS INSTEAD OF 15, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT PRODUCTION TIME.

PRODUCTION TIME, PRODUCTION TIMES ARE GOING TO GO UP.

DUE TO THE RISING COST OF EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF GETTING PEOPLE TO WORK AND HIRING PEOPLE TO TO ACTUALLY WORK ON THE PRODUCTION LINE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S WE WERE TALKING IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH COMPETITION IN THE MARKET FOR FIRE APPARATUSES, BECAUSE IF SO, IT'S IT'S RELATIVELY IT IS RELATIVELY, RELATIVELY SMALL.

THERE'S ABOUT FIVE VENDORS OUT THERE, 2 OR 3 OF THE BIG, THE BIG ONES, AND THE OTHERS ARE KIND OF MORE OF FOR RURAL AREAS AND A LITTLE BIT LOWER COST.

BUT THEY DON'T MEET OUR NEEDS FOR THE CITY.

AND WHAT WE'VE THE EXPECTATION WE HAVE FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CITIZENS.

OKAY. GOT IT.

WELL, ONE, ONE LOOKING AT THIS SINCE WE HAVE AN ITEM OR A FIRE APPARATUS THAT'S IN RELATIVELY NEW CONDITION, 2019. WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

WE HAVE MORE TIME. OF COURSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT LEAD TIME IN THERE.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE TWO APPARATUSES THAT ARE FAIRLY NEW.

SO THAT'S THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR US AS FAR AS FIRE TRUCKS GO.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE. HOW MUCH WAS SO? WE HAVE AN ENGINE, AND THEN WE HAVE A LADDER.

THAT'S CORRECT. IN 2019, IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

I GOT TO BE A PART, I GUESS THE PUSHING OUT CEREMONY WHEN WE GOT IT.

THAT WAS AWESOME.

HOW MUCH WAS THAT TRUCK IN 2019? ROUGHLY, I BELIEVE IT'S 1.4 MILLION.

1.3 MILLION.

I WILL SAY A LOT OF THAT EMISSIONS HAS CAUSED A LOT OF THE PRICE INCREASE.

AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING'S GONE UP OVER THE YEARS.

BUT IT WAS YOU CAN LOOK AT 500 TO $800,000, AN APPARATUS INCREASE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

WOW. SO ANOTHER DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING QUITE FREQUENTLY WAS THAT THESE BLOCKER TRUCKS KEEP GETTING HIT.

I THINK IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN FORT WORTH.

AND I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO BRAINSTORM SOME UNIQUE WAYS TO HANDLE THAT.

SO THAT 2008 TRUCK THAT WE'RE GOING TO, COULD WE USE THAT AS A BLOCKER.

POTENTIALLY YOU COULD. YES.

THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT ARE USING ENGINES AS BLOCKERS.

OUR OLDEST AND CHEAPEST.

THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING TO DO.

YEAH, DEFINITELY. YOU COULD.

IT'S A LARGE APPARATUS. IT'S A LOT HEAVIER THAN AN ENGINE, SO IT COULD BE REPURPOSED FOR THAT.

AS FAR AS MONETARY VALUE ON THE MARKET, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET MUCH BECAUSE THE MILEAGE.

IT HAS OVER 9000 ENGINE OR, I'M SORRY, ENGINE HOURS, WHICH IN FIRE APPARATUS YOU LOOK AT MILEAGE AND ENGINE HOURS.

ENGINE HOURS ARE WHAT WE REALLY LOOK AT BECAUSE THAT'S THE TIME IDLING OR FLOWING WATER OR PUMPING AT HIGHER RPM.

SO THE THE ACTUAL FORMULA FOR THAT IS ABOUT 50 HOURS FOR EVERY 1000 OR FOR EVERY HOUR THAT YOU PUT ON A,

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SO IT TYPICALLY WOULD HAVE 500,000 HOURS COMPARED TO WHAT A REGULAR APPARATUS WOULD HAVE FOR SURE.

SO BUT WE ARE THINKING OF YOU. SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WE COULD USE SOMETHING.

YES. JUST PREVENT THESE SUPER EXPENSIVE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT FROM GETTING DAMAGED.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL OF THEM WITHIN NAFTA.

YEAH. SO IS THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS, ONE OF THE IDEAS BEING THROWN AROUND IS USING THIS RESERVE UNIT FOR THAT CAPABILITIES.

THAT'S A LITTLE HIGHER LEVEL THAN I UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S DEFINITELY IT'S A GREAT I WILL SAY THE THE THING WITH AERIAL APPARATUS, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH PUMP TESTING EVERY YEAR AND LADDER TESTING.

AND AT SOME POINT THEY DON'T PASS THOSE TESTS.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY MONEY OUT OF THEM THAT I THINK WOULD BENEFIT US AS A CITY.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY A BETTER SUGGESTION TO REPURPOSE THAT.

GOTCHA. AND HOPEFULLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PURPOSE WE'RE DOING THIS IS FOR ISSUES WITH MECHANICS AND FINDING PARTS AND EVERYTHING.

HOPEFULLY THAT THAT THAT ISN'T EXACERBATED TO IF WE USE IT AS A BLOCKER, WE'RE GOING TO STILL HAVE TO.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT AS MUCH BECAUSE IT'S NOT FRONT LINE AND IT'S NOT BEING USED IN IN THAT CAPACITY ANYMORE.

BUT GOOD TO KNOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BRAINSTORMING OPTIONS AND GOOD TO KNOW THAT THAT THAT COULD DEFINITELY BE ONE OF THEM.

SO. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN.

SO THAT IS DEFINITELY AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK CHIEF IS TIRED OF KAREN AND I GOING, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? AND WHAT ABOUT THAT? BUT ONE OF THE THINGS JUST TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE KIND OF GETTING I'M GETTING EDUCATED HERE ON THE FIRE WORLD, WHEN THOSE APPARATUS SHOW UP TO AN INCIDENT, THEY ARE ALSO BEING USED FOR THAT INCIDENT.

SO THE ACTIVE RIGS ARE OFTEN BROUGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE STOCKED, LOADED, AND THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN THAT TRUCK.

SO IF I SEND A, YOU KNOW, A BACKUP BACKUP, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE WHAT IT NEEDS FOR THEM TO WORK THAT INCIDENT, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

SO AND IT NEGATES THE PURPOSE OF US GETTING A NEW ONE BECAUSE IT HAS THE MILES AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE MECHANICAL ISSUES AND.

CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS AND CERTAINLY TRYING TO PRESERVE THE LIFE OF THESE, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT A QUICK PURCHASE THAT WE CAN MAKE WHEN THESE THINGS ARE.

AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW IN THE WORLD OF VEHICLES AND FIRE TRUCKS INCLUDED, THAT THINGS ARE GETTING TOTALED MUCH EASIER THESE DAYS THAN THEY USED TO.

YOU KNOW, REPAIRS WERE VERY COMMON, AND IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF TIP THAT OVER TO WHERE IT'S NOT WORTH MAKING REPAIRS TO THINGS.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TO BRAINSTORM ON THAT AND LOOK THROUGH.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF POINT THAT OUT THAT I WAS I WAS EDUCATED ON THAT AS WELL.

AND IT MAKES SENSE. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE USED FOR THE INCIDENT THEY'RE RESPONDING TO.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INSIGHT.

I APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF ANSWER A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE REASON WE CHOSE I'M SORRY, CHOSE THE VENDOR.

WAS IT? IT MIRRORS WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AS A FLEET.

WE TALKED TO OUR FLEET MAINTENANCE, AND THEY REALLY LIKE HAVING A APPARATUS THAT ARE ALL THE SAME BRAND AND ENGINE TYPE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND WE GOT A GREAT PROGRAM WITH FLEET.

NOW, I BELIEVE WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB HIRING AN EV.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE MECHANICS AND THE BREAKDOWNS A LOT LESS ON THE DEPARTMENT AND CITY COUNCILMAN STEVES THAT JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. NOW, ALSO WITH THE RENOVATIONS TO THE FIRE STATIONS, THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS BASICALLY THE SAME SIZE AS AS THE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE GETTING RID OF.

RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

WE MARRIED IT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS THE 2019.

THE ONLY THING WE DID, WE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS.

LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, ONCE YOU RUN IT A LITTLE WHILE, YOU FIND SOME THINGS YOU WOULD CHANGE.

IT'S NOT THE PERFECT APPARATUS WE BOUGHT WHEN WE PURCHASED IT FIVE YEARS AGO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT WE NEED TO.

NOT ANYTHING EXTRAVAGANT, BUT BUT THEY WILL FIT IN ALL THE STATIONS AND THEY WILL FUNCTION THE SAME WAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE IDEA IS TO BUILD A CHANGEOVER APPARATUS AND NOT HAVE ANY.

ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE APPARATUS? THANKS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD QUESTION.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE FIRE APPARATUS? WELL, NO.

WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER. SABOL.

WHAT'S A PUMPER TRUCK? SO THE ENGINE.

YOU'VE SEEN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LADDER TRUCK? IT HAS THE BIG LADDER ON IT.

SO THAT WOULD BE AN ENGINE, WHAT WE CALL AN ENGINE THAT HAS THE.

THE LADDER HAS CAPABILITIES OF PUMPING WATER TO.

THAT'S THE PRIMARY SOURCE.

WE USE THE ENGINE TO PUMP WATER AS A TANK AND A PUMP ON IT.

SO SOME CITIES CALL IT PUMPERS.

WE CALL IT ENGINES. IT DEPENDS ON THE TERMINOLOGY.

YOU DO HAVE TO GET USED TO THE TERMINOLOGY.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS THERE.

WE STILL HAVE AN ITEM DEALING WITH THE ARPA FUNDS.

ANY ANYTHING ON THE OTHER ITEMS FOR THIS? NO, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL JUST SAY FOR THIS OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A HUGE PRICE TAG.

WITH THIS APPROVAL.

GIVEN THIS BEING APPROVAL, I GUESS THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR KAREN.

WHAT DOES THAT LEAVE US? OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A BIG PURCHASE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BY THE WAY.

OKAY. I HAD A FEELING YOU WERE GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION, SINCE WE'RE GETTING TO THE THE DEADLINE HERE OF THE ARPA FUNDS AND HOW MUCH SHOULD BE USED IN CONSIDERING WE HAVE A FIRE APPARATUS FOR ALMOST 3 MILLION THERE.

I DON'T SEE US HAVING TOO MUCH LEFTOVER.

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THAT IS ALSO INCLUDING INTEREST EARNINGS.

YEAH, TRUE. ARPA IS ABOUT I DID ROUGH MATH A SECOND AGO.

IT'S ABOUT 530,000 AND JUST TRUE ARPA DOLLARS.

SO THAT INTEREST I'M ASSUMING ALSO THAT THAT SINCE IT'S NOT THE INITIAL GRANT AMOUNT FROM THE COUNTY THAT WE COULD USE THAT FOR.

I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY GUIDANCE ON THAT HAVING TO BE OBLIGATED BY DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

WE'RE KIND OF OPERATING UNDER THAT ASSUMPTION, BUT THAT DOES GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY THOSE FUNDS ACCORDINGLY.

OKAY, GOOD. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

YES. AND WE DO.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

WE DO. WE DO PLAN ON GIVING AN ARPA UPDATE PRESENTATION EITHER AT THE NEXT MEETING OR AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR, JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED THESE FUNDS TO AND, AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING WITH INTEREST, BECAUSE THAT NUMBER IS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO EARN INTEREST IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE CASH IN THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WE HAVEN'T SPENT YET, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EARN INTEREST.

FANTASTIC. SO THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

ALL RIGHT I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. AND IT'S IT'S REALLY I KNOW THAT THESE ARPA FUNDS HAVE HAVE REALLY HELPED OUR CITY OUT.

YES. FOR FOR A LOT OF REASONS AND JUST THIS THIS RIGHT HERE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF USING THESE FOR THESE BIG ONE TIME PURCHASES THAT COULD REALLY BE A FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR, FOR OUR CITY BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND THEN HAVE OUR FIRE APPARATUSES BE UP TO DATE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.

SO THIS IS THIS IS WHY WE WHY WE'RE USING IT FOR THIS PURPOSE.

WELL, THREE OF THE ITEMS IN THE ARPA LIST TONIGHT WERE ON THE UNFUNDED LIST IN OUR BUDGET.

SO IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE LARGE TICKET ITEMS WITH THESE FUNDS.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL SEEING.

NO, NO. OKAY.

QUICK ON THE DRAW. MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

LET'S GO AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. OKAY, NOW MOVING ON TO THE REST OF NEW BUSINESS HERE.

LET'S SEE HERE.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE.

NUMBER 14 SHOULD BE 15, RIGHT? NO, 14. ITEM NUMBER 14.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY FOR PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE CITY FROM

[Items 15 & 16]

GIVE YOU CITY ENGINEER JOE SCHWEITZER.

DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

CLOSE ENOUGH. OH.

COME ON. WELL, CORRECT.

CORRECT. JOE SCHWEITZER. SCHWEITZER.

GOT IT. SO, ACTUALLY, IF I MAY, JUST THIS AND THE NEXT ONE ARE RELATED, PLEASE.

THE FIRST IS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY IN 2021.

WE YOU APPROVED 11 PROJECTS, PACKAGE OF 11 PROJECTS TO APPLY FOR THE THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION BOND PROGRAM. WE WERE AWARDED ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.

THIS IS IT. WE WILL BE WORKING ON BROWN TRAIL FROM BEDFORD TO PIPELINE.

IT WILL END IN A RESURFACING AND SOME ESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

THE THE SECOND ITEM IS THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT THAT WILL START THE ACTUAL PROJECT.

SO FIRST IS TO TO AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE MONEY FROM THE COUNTY.

THE SECOND IS TO START WORK.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD, MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. AND THIS IS, ISN'T IT, ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION? DIFFERENT PART. SO I THOUGHT, ISN'T THAT THE BROWN TRAIL FOR THE PIPELINE? YES. YES, THAT THAT AREA IS UNDER A DIFFERENT PROJECT FOR UTILITY WORK, DIFFERENT MONIES THAT CURRENTLY WE ARE REPLACING SEWER AND WATER LINES UNDERNEATH IT.

THIS WILL BE TARRANT COUNTY IS PAYING 50% TO FINISH THE PROJECT AND FINISH THE SURFACING AT THE ROAD SURFACE MILL AND OVERLAY A FULL.

CORRECT. OKAY. CURB TO CURB.

WE'RE ACTUALLY I BELIEVE, THE PRIMARY THE PRIMARY DESIGN ALTERNATIVE IS CONCRETE TO REPLACE THE PLACE THE ROAD WITH CONCRETE SECTIONS.

OKAY, SO SO WITH THIS, THIS, THIS PROJECT HERE, OBVIOUSLY WE JUST PASSED OUR MASTER PLAN DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND HOW WIDE WE WANT THE ROADS TO BE.

CURRENTLY THIS PORTION HAS A MIDDLE TURN LANE.

SEEING ARE LOOKING AT OUR MASTER PLAN THAT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THAT.

SO WHEN WE WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS IN PLACE, IS IT GOING TO BE ABIDE BY OUR MASTER PLAN WHICH IS JUST TWO LANES, FOUR LANES, TWO ON EACH SIDE? CORRECT. SO THIS THE ORIGINAL AND TYING INTO THAT, THE ORIGINAL BOND PACKAGE HAD CENTER MEDIAN.

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SO THAT WOULD RESTRICT PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS EVERY, EVERY SINGLE HOUSE THERE.

YOU'D HAVE PROBLEMS GETTING IN TRAILERS OR LARGER VEHICLES IN AND OUT WITH THE CENTER MEDIAN THERE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DESIGN ALTERNATIVES THAT WILL BE FUNCTIONAL AS A CENTER MEDIAN AND NOT ALLOW FOR LEFT TURNS EVERYWHERE, BUT WILL STILL ALLOW THE RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC TO TO MAKE THE TURNS THEY NEED TO GO.

SO THERE MAY BE SOME MEDIANS.

YEAH. THROUGHOUT THAT EITHER POCKET POCKETS OF MEDIANS AT INTERSECTIONS OR A OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE WILL LOOK AT AND PRESENT TO YOU LATER.

THAT WOULD ALLOW LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS, BUT NOT NOT CREATE A CENTER DRIVE LANE PER SAY, SPEEDWAY FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE THROUGH.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE DISCUSSED AS WELL.

AND THEN THESE MEETINGS WILL ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR US TO LANDSCAPE AFTER THIS PROJECT IN PHASE TWO.

OKAY. CORRECT. BY THE TIME WE ARE DONE WITH THE, THE MAIN DESIGN AND THEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONCRETE SECTIONS AND WHATNOT, LANDSCAPING WOULD BE TO TWO AND A HALF YEARS FROM NOW.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS ON EITHER ONE OF THESE ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER. SABOL. JOE.

WHAT? SO WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THIS BOND, WE HAD TO SUBMIT CERTAIN THINGS TO THEM WHICH WOULD NOT INCLUDE A DESIGN.

CORRECT? THE FUNDING IS FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

SO HOW DID WE GET APPROVED? I MEAN, A VERY ROUGH CONCEPTUAL LIMITS AND TEXTUAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.

AND SO IT'S JUST A GUESSTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST US TO DO IT.

AND THEN THEY APPROVED OUR GUESSTIMATE.

YES. THERE WERE ENGINEERING CONCEPTS OF, OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AND, AND TRENDS OF JUST THE, THE, THE MASS CONCRETE PRICING.

WITH INFLATION, THAT WON'T CHANGE MUCH DEPENDING ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE.

BECAUSE IF THE WHOLE ROAD SURFACE IS CONCRETE, THAT'S ROUGHLY THE PRICE AND THE DESIGN IS GOING TO TAKE A YEAR.

CORRECT. SO THEN WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THIS TO COMMENCE? BASED ON THE CURRENT PROJECT SCHEDULE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 13 MONTHS, 12 TO 13 MONTHS FOR DESIGN.

AND THEN I BELIEVE IT'S EARLY IN 26, WE WOULD ACTUALLY START THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK TO TO ALLOW THE TRENCH WORK AND, AND TEMPORARY STREET REPAIRS FROM THE CURRENT UTILITY PROJECT AND TO, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK BEFORE WE COME BACK, BUT THEN WE SHOULD BE DONE TO LOVE IT.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO LOVE IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER ONCE IT'S ONCE IT'S DONE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THESE TWO? THESE TWO ITEMS? NOT A QUESTION. I JUST PROCEDURALLY, WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON EACH, RIGHT? NO. PROCEDURALLY, YOU CAN TAKE THEM TOGETHER.

OH, FANTASTIC. I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD.

WE SHOULD DO, WE SHOULD. WE SHOULD DO THAT.

RECOMMEND IT. SO I'LL HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

NOW THESE ARE BOTH ITEMS NUMBER I GUESS ON OUR OFFICIAL AGENDA HERE 15 AND 16.

SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 17.

[17. Consider a resolution of the City of Bedford, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an economic development program agreement, pursuant to Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code and the City’s Economic Development Policy and Program, by and between the City of Bedford, Texas, the City of Euless, Texas, and H-E-B Grocery Company, for the construction and operation of a H-E-B brand grocery store, located on approximately 18 acres, known as Glade Parks South Addition, Block A, Lot 1.]

CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS H-E-B GROCERY COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AN H-E-B BRAND GROCERY STORE LOCATED IN APPROXIMATELY 18 ACRES, KNOWN AS GLADE PARK SOUTH.

ADDITION BLOCK A LOT ONE.

AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER ANDREW ROY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I WANTED TO JUST ASK THIS EVENING.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NOT YET QUITE COME TO TERMS WITHIN THAT CHAPTER THREE AGREEMENT.

YOU WILL SEE WITHIN THERE WITHIN THE PACKET.

IT WAS A DRAFT.

AND SO WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT A AT A POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND KIND OF RELOOK AT THINGS.

AND, AND WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A FIRMED UP AGREEMENT.

SO WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TABLE THIS IF WE COULD.

I DO NOT HAVE A DATE. CERTAIN.

I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT ON US AS WE'RE NEGOTIATING AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.

SO BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THAT AND WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS ON THE THE AGREEMENT.

OKAY. MY QUESTION IS FOR BRYNN.

CAN WE JUST TABLE THIS UNTIL A FURTHER DATE? YOU CAN YOU CAN TABLE THIS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS STAFF DETERMINES IT'S APPROPRIATE TO BRING IT BACK.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT.

AND I GUESS I THINK I RECOMMEND THAT WE MAKE THAT MOTION NOW.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND TABLE IT UNTIL STAFF DEEMS NECESSARY TO BRING IT BACK TO US FOR APPROVAL.

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LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU. COUNSEL.

THANK YOU. STAFF. THAT MOTION PASSES.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18.

[18. Consider an ordinance of the City of Bedford, Texas, amending Chapter 118, “Utilities” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bedford, Texas, specifically replacing Article VIII, “Industrial Wastewater.”]

ALL RIGHT. TYLER. WELCOME BACK.

HI. SO AS A CUSTOMER OF TWRA WE HAVE ALL OF OUR WASTEWATER RECEIVING TO THEIR SYSTEMS AT THE CRUISE SYSTEM, THE CENTRAL REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.

THEY ARE A THE LARGEST SYSTEM IN THE AREA.

THEY TAKE ABOUT 20 CUSTOMER CITIES AT THIS MOMENT.

SO OVER 1.4 4 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

THAT BEING SAID, THEY ARE REGULATED BY THE TEXAS POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SERVICE WHICH REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE A EXCUSE ME, A PRETREATMENT PROGRAM.

WHICH BASICALLY DESIGNATES WHAT KIND OF CHEMICALS OR POLLUTANTS CAN BE PRESENT IN THE WASTEWATER THAT IS BEING DISCHARGED FROM A FACILITY.

AS A CUSTOMER OF THE OF THE TWRA, WE ARE ALSO OBLIGATED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PRETREATMENT PROGRAM.

THEY HAVE RECENTLY COME UP WITH SOME REVISIONS THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE 2021.

IF YOU CAN. NEXT SLIDE.

SO OCTOBER 2021 THEY SUBMITTED THEIR INITIAL SUBMISSION TO THE OF THE CREWS PRETREATMENT PROGRAM OF SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION.

IN JANUARY OF 23, TCU NOTIFIED CRUZ OF THE REDEVELOPED TBLS WERE TECHNICALLY COMPLETE IN DECEMBER OF 2023.

TRA SUBMITTED AN ADDENDUM TO THE CRUZ TBLS TCU REVIEWED AND DEEMED.

TECHNICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF ACRONYMS IN HERE.

YES. AND SO COULD YOU BRIEFLY TALK TO ME BECAUSE YOU'RE SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE TO ME, AND I KNOW YOU'RE SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE TO THE RESIDENTS.

SO AND EVERYONE UP HERE.

SO CAN YOU TALK SICK? I KNOW THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION.

SO. SO TCU, TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

GOT IT. TRA IS A TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY WHO IS RECEIVING OUR WASTEWATER.

THEY MANAGE THE CRUZ SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM.

OKAY. AND TBLS ARE THE LOCAL LIMITS FOR ALL THE PRETREATMENT ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED FROM THE FACILITIES.

OKAY. YEAH.

I APOLOGIZE. YEAH.

SO. YEAH. SO.

SO I KNOW YOU'RE NEW HERE.

AND SO IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH WITH ACRONYMS. AND SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT NOTED THAT WE LIKE TO, TO SPELL THOSE OUT BECAUSE, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSED FACES UP HERE.

OKAY. APOLOGIES. THANK YOU.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN THIS REVISION ARE THE, THE LOCAL LIMITS FOR THE POLLUTANTS ALLOWED IN THE WASTEWATER DISCHARGES. THEY THEY ARE OVERALL NOT GOING TO BE OF ARSENIC WAS ALLOWED IN THE OLD T-BILL.

YEAH. SO THEY LOWERED ARSENIC FROM 2 TO 0 POINT 2MG/L.

CADMIUM FROM 0.1 TO 0.1.

CHROMIUM 2.9 TO 2.1.

COPPER 2.3 TO 1.8.

CYANIDE TO LEAD WENT UP TO FROM 0.9 TO 1.2.

A LITTLE MORE LEAD, I GUESS.

MERCURY FROM 0.004 TO 0.06.

MOLLY BEDENHAM 0.8 TO 0.5.

NICKEL 4.6 TO 3.3.

SELENIUM 0.1 TO 0.2.

SILVER 0.8 AND STAYED.

ZINC 8 TO 6.1.

SO I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF A LOT.

AND IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OVERSTATED.

YEAH. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHY WHO'S MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ARE THEY SAFE.

BECAUSE I'M SEEING THIS LEAD INCREASE I'M SEEING MERCURY INCREASE.

AND THERE'S SOME SOME CONCERNING LOOKING THINGS.

YES. SO ESSENTIALLY HOW THE CREW SYSTEM WORKS IS THEY ARE PARTIALLY PHYSICAL AND PARTIALLY CHEMICALLY SEPARATING POLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER SO IT CAN

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THE, THE WAY THAT THAT IS, IS THEY HAVE THESE CHEMICALS OR CHEMICAL SEPARATORS ARE IN PLACE AND WE HAVE TO CONTROL THE POLLUTANTS THAT COME THROUGH THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM THAT SO THAT IT DOESN'T DISRUPT THE PROCESSES.

HARM THE THE WORKERS AT THE FACILITY OR SIMPLY PASS THROUGH COMPLETELY AND GO INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO BASED ON THESE I TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAME TO THESE NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY.

I'M SURE THEY HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THEIR FACILITY IS CAPABLE OF, OF TREATING, ALONG WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE T-C-E-Q. OKAY.

COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, TYLER, THE OL TPL, IS THAT 2021 OR WHAT DATE WAS THE OLD ONE? SO THAT WOULD JUST BE THE PREVIOUS LOCAL LIMITS.

I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WAS. NO.

BECAUSE YOU IN YOUR PRESENTATION THE SLIDE BEFORE IT WAS INITIAL SUBMISSION OF A PRETREATMENT PROGRAM.

SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE.

RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CHANGED THE TABLES IN THEIR INITIAL SUBMISSION, BUT THEY.

OH, WELL, THEN THERE'S THE 2023.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 2023 RIGHT NOW AND THEN RIGHT TO 20.

OKAY. SO BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF THAT HOW OLD THIS ONE IS.

NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. IF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE THAT INFORMATION, I CAN GET IT THOUGH.

OKAY. QUESTIONS ON THIS.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WASTEWATER HERE, RIGHT? YES. WASTEWATER.

SO MOST OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNED WITH INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES.

BEDFORD CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY PERMITTED INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, WHICH IS GOOD.

WE USUALLY SEE THIS MORE OF A PROBLEM WITH LARGER CITIES SUCH AS ARLINGTON WHO HAVE MANUFACTURING.

SO A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF THAT.

POLLUTANTS THAT COME OFF AS, AS A SIDE PRODUCT OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PRESENTATION.

OH, YEAH. FOR THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT IS WITH NUMBER 18.

SEEING NO QUESTIONS AND NOT SEEING ANY REAL DEBATE UP HERE.

I GUESS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ONE.

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

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

NEXT UP NUMBER 19.

CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO CITY COUNCIL.

[19. Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Bedford Texas, endorsing the implementation of a continuing pretreatment program as required by 40 CFR 403 for the Central Regional Wastewater System.]

ALL. YOU'RE NOT DONE.

OH THIS THIS CAN PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE SAME THE SAME THING.

YEAH. WE HAVE TO DO OUR PRETREATMENT PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRA'S REQUIREMENTS.

SO THIS WOULD BE A A REVISION OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAM.

OKAY. JUST TO BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT WE JUST.

RIGHT. YEAH. GOT IT.

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

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

LET'S GO AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

[20. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER IN A LONG TIME.

THAT BEING SAID, MOST OF US WERE AT THE HTML CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON FOR DURING THAT TIME PERIOD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, AND I THINK IT WAS FOR THE FIRST TIME. BEDFORD HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP.

SO I WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO SHOWED UP YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER ANDREW ROY, MAYOR PRO TEM ROB GAGLIARDI COUNCIL MEMBER, MARCO COUNCIL MEMBER, AMY SABOL AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOY DONOVAN.

BRANDON FOR FOR JOINING ALL OF US AND A LOT FOR ALL OF US.

THAT WAS OUR FIRST TIME.

AND OF COURSE, OUR AMAZING COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT, MOLLY FOX, FOR JOINING US OUT THERE.

BUT A LOT OF US, I THINK FOR MOST OF US THAT WAS OUR FIRST TIME AND FOR SEEING A CITY OF BEDFORD.

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SO I DO WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED AND FROM BEING THERE.

AND SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO GO KIND OF DOWN THE DAIS.

AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN DONOVAN BRANDON, I THINK YOU WERE IMPRESSED WHEN I SHOULDN'T SAY IMPRESSED.

BUT YOU WERE IN THE SESSION, ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER MARK AND I, ABOUT THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

AND THERE'S SOME SCARY THINGS IN THERE FOR FOR WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

AND YES, AND I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY FOR ALLOWING US TO GO BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL.

I LEARNED A LOT.

WE DID GO TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND IT WAS FRIGHTENING.

THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE LEGISLATURE IN 2025 AND WHAT THEY MAY MANDATE WITH DENSITY AND ZONING.

AND THERE'S A HOUSING SHORTAGE, AS MOST OF US ARE AWARE.

AND SO THE LEGISLATURE MAY DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIX IT WITH MANDATING THAT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH ZONING AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH DENSITY, TO THE POINT THAT I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT PARKING AND HOW THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT COMPLETELY AWAY FROM PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET ONE OF THOSE BIG FIRE TRUCKS WE'RE GOING TO BUY DOWN THE STREET IF THERE'S NO PARKING ORDINANCES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY TO BE WATCHING.

IS THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHEN IT CONVENES IN JANUARY.

I ALSO WENT TO A PROGRAM ON THE USE OF AI IN GOVERNMENT, AND IT'S SOMETHING I'M PERSONALLY INTERESTED IN, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE READY FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING THIS WAY.

AND I THINK THAT I WANT TO COMPLIMENT ALL OF US FOR NOT USING AI, BECAUSE WHAT I SAW, SOME OF IT WAS A SHORTCUT, WHICH I DON'T REALLY APPROVE OF.

SOME OF IT'S GOOD FOR MUNDANE TASKS, BUT SOME OF IT.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S IT SEEMED A LITTLE LAZY IN MY VIEWPOINT.

AND I SAW THE STAFFS OF OTHER CITIES, AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF WE HAVE HERE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF AND SMART PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD.

AND THEN I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE HAVE ZONING, UNLIKE HOUSTON.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. I ATTENDED A ROBERT'S RULES AND ALSO ETHICS, AND IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

APPARENTLY ALL CITIES DEAL WITH ETHICS ISSUES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON HOW THAT SHOULD BE DEALT WITH.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

AND I STOOD UP AND ASKED THEM A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN OUR YEARS.

AND, AND THEY APPARENTLY THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCE TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU ASK.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, BRYN.

YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH US.

EVERY EVERY COUNCIL MEETING.

ROBERT'S RULES, ROBERT'S RULES.

AND I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, MR. GAGLIARDI, BUT ROBERT'S RULES, THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

WE CAN JUST CALL IT OFF.

HOW DARE YOU TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME? I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO. I THINK I ABSTAINED FROM THAT VOTE.

IT NEEDS TO GO. IT NEEDS TO GO.

SO. BUT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES DO AND WHAT THEY DEAL WITH.

AND WE HAD CITIES COME UP TO US.

AND I WOULD EXPLAIN SOMETHING IN PUBLIC AND THEY WOULD SAY, OH, WELL, WE'VE DEALT WITH THAT.

GIVE US A CALL.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY THE SAME.

BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING TO ME.

BUT I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO GO.

AND IT WAS IT WAS A NICE TIME FOR ALL.

SO THANKS SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

NO I, I, YOU KNOW FOR ME I SAME HERE.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. SO I'VE BEEN UP HERE AT THIS TIME FOR SIX, SIX YEARS GOING ON SEVEN.

AND THE ONLY TIME I DEALT WITH HTML WAS INITIALLY WHEN I FIRST GOT ON AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE TRAINING.

SO THIS IS MY FIRST INTERACTION WITH THE ORGANIZATION.

AND TO PIGGYBACK OFF THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, THERE ARE SOME SCARY THINGS ON THERE.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT WOULD AFFECT BEDFORD IN GENERAL, THE ZONING REFORM AND HOUSING, THEY WOULD CAP MINIMUM LOT SIZES TO 1400FT² FOR THE ENTIRE LOT. THAT ALSO THAT LOT THAT'S 1400 SQUARE FOOT.

THAT'S NOT THE BUILDING THAT IS THE LOT COULD BE SUBDIVIDED TO EIGHT DIFFERENT PARCELS THEREAFTER.

IN ADDITION, TAKING AWAY PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND HAVING ONLY FIVE FOOT SETBACKS THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR DENSITY EXPONENTIALLY.

AND THE WHOLE IDEA THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS TO REDUCE HOUSING PRICES.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE CREATING IS HUGE, DENSE, DENSELY POPULATED AREAS.

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YOU CAN SEE THAT ALSO BEING BROUGHT FORTH.

COINCIDENTALLY, THOUGH, WHAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH THE THE LOT HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND TINY HOMES, IT WOULD ONLY IT WOULDN'T BE FOR AREAS WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS. SO YOUR HOA COINCIDENTALLY BECAUSE OF COURSE THE THOSE WHO ARE ELECTED MIGHT LIVE IN AN HOA.

SO THEY DON'T WANT TO BE AFFECTED BECAUSE OF THAT.

THEY'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT DOING AWAY WITH RESIDENTIAL ZONING COMPLETELY.

DEBT ISSUANCE LIMITATIONS INS RATES LIMITING 380 AGREEMENTS.

THE BIG THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THIS UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IS GOING TO BE A FIGHT FOR THE EDUCATION SPENDING ACCOUNTS, THE SCHOOL VOUCHERS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG FIGHT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

I'M NOT TAKING ANY PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, STANCE ON THIS, BUT JUST AS A RESULTS FOR THE PRIMARIES, 11 OF THE 15 WHO VOTED NO FOR THE VOUCHERS LOST THEIR SEAT AND DURING THEIR PRIMARY FIGHT.

SO JUST SEEING WHERE YOU'RE AT ON THAT SCHOOL VOUCHERS FIGHT, THAT'S THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER FIGHT OVER PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER $20 BILLION IN SURPLUS FOR THE STATE.

SO THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE ANOTHER POINT OF CONTENTION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT ONE, I HAD ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT A SESSION WITH WHAT BROWNSVILLE WAS DOING FOR THEIR CONNECTIVITY, FOR FIBER OPTICS, FOR THEIR ENTIRE CITY.

THEY PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, ANOTHER COMPANY, TO PROVIDE FIBER FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.

NOW, IN 2017, BROWNSVILLE WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LOWEST CONNECTED YOU KNOW, PIECES OF FOR RESIDENTS FOR INTERNET CONNECTIVITY.

NOW WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP, THEY BUILT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE MIDDLE.

THEY CALLED IT THE MIDDLE MILE.

AND THEN BUILDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THEY WERE ABLE TO PARTNER.

THEY GOT THROUGH ARPA FUNDS.

THEY USED ALL THAT ARPA FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN THE COMPANY DELIVERED THE LAST MILE OF THE FIBER OPTICS TO THE HOMES, OFFERING PLANS ANYWHERE FROM LIKE 1499 AND UP. SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

AND SO NOW THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING THEY WENT FROM SECOND TO THE LOWEST IN THE NATION TO SECOND IN THE HIGHEST WITH CONNECTIVITY FOR THEIR CITY.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING SEEING WHAT WHAT COULD BE DONE AND HOW THEY GOT CREATIVE IN DOING IT AND SEEING WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

THAT'S AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF PML IS WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING? WHAT CAN WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THAT? SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL AND SEEING SEEING WHAT COULD BE DONE.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THIS IS MY SECOND HTML.

BACK IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M A RETREAD UP HERE.

SO I WAS THERE BEFORE, BUT ACTUALLY, THE MAYOR AND I WERE IN THE ONE ON THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE I WAS ON.

I WENT TO A SESSION ON CYBERSECURITY FOR OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR WATER OPERATION SYSTEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE THE PRESENTING ATTENDEES WAS FROM CITY OF EULESS.

SO IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE THAT REGIONALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF REPRESENTATION DOWN THERE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK TOWARDS THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.

THE MAYOR AND I WERE AT THAT ONE TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

AND THE BILL THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS, IS 2127 HOUSE BILL 2127, THE DEATH STAR BILL, THERE'S A LOT MORE COMPONENTS TO IT THAN JUST THAT.

I MEAN, IT HAS TO DO WITH ANIMAL.

WHAT KIND OF ANIMALS YOU CAN HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE AND ALL THIS STUFF.

SO THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY IS OUR, OUR FOLKS NEED TO CALL THEIR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND TALK TO THEM IF THEY HAVE CHALLENGES ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S AT THE STATE LEVEL AND IT'S NOT AT OUR LEVEL.

SO GET OUT AND TALK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S TO DO.

AND EVERYBODY ELSE, TWO WEEKS, GET OUT AND VOTE.

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

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

AND YET ANOTHER PART OF THAT THAT YOU MENTIONED AGRICULTURE.

THEY SAID AGRICULTURE WAS BY.

RIGHT. AND SO YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REGULATE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO REGULATE CHICKENS WITHIN THE CITY OR ANY VEGETATION THAT IS GROWN OR LIVESTOCK THAT PEOPLE WANT TO RAISE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

SO, SO THAT THAT IS ALSO IN THERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI. STEVE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, SO HE LEFT.

THAT'S NOT SO.

THIS IS ACTUALLY MY THIRD HTML.

AND IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL GO.

IT WAS AWESOME. THE FIRST TIME I WENT, IT WAS THREE OF US, AND THEN IT STEADILY GREW THE NEXT TIME.

THIS TIME WE HAD ALMOST ALL COUNCIL AND IT'S AMAZING.

THE EYE THING I WENT TO.

AND THERE, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF HOLES IN IT.

SO IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T PROOFREAD THE STUFF THAT COMES OUT OF LIKE CHATGPT, IT SOMETIMES DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

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AND THEN I MEAN, ALL THE I GUESS THE YOUNG KIDS AREN'T WANTING TO GET OUT AND WORK.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU KNOW ME, I LOVE TO TO INTERACT AND MEET PEOPLE AND TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE FROM THE DIFFERENT CITIES AND TO SEE WHAT SORT OF PHASE OF LIFE THEIR CITY'S CITIES IN, AND THE DIFFERENT MODALITIES THAT THEY GO THROUGH TO FIX.

IF THEY'RE GROWING, IF THEY'RE BUILT OUT, WE'RE BUILT OUT.

WE HAVE 50,000 RESIDENTS.

YOU KNOW, YOU TALK TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE 10,000 RESIDENTS OR 2500 RESIDENTS AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR BIG THING IS THEY GOT A JUNGLE GYM AT THE PARK, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S AWESOME. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD FOR THEM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AND LEARN FROM HOW SOME OF THOSE OTHER CITIES HAVE ACTED AND INTERACTED AND JUST TO REALLY HONE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND TO PERFECT IT AND TO DELIVER THE BEST PRODUCT WE CAN FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEDFORD.

OKAY. WELL SAID.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AND WELL, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT? YES, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO APOLOGIES I MISSED ALL THE GOOD FUN IN HOUSTON.

YES. WELL, NEXT YEAR IT'S IN FORT WORTH.

OH, YEAH. SO, THERE WE GO.

SO I JUST HAD UPDATES FROM THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD.

SO WE DID MEET YESTERDAY.

AND SO JUST REMINDING RESIDENTS THAT OUR FALL SWEEP IS PRETTY LATE THIS YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO PASS OUT FOR THE HEAT.

SO IT'S NOVEMBER 16TH, SO WE'RE STILL ASKING FOR RESIDENTS TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP CLEAN UP STREETS.

WE ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING BUSINESSES AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEPPED OUT.

I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR HELP WITH THE CHAMBER AND WE WOULD LOVE TO.

WE DID HAVE AN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER REACH OUT TO THE CHAMBER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME OF OUR CHAMBER MEMBERS TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE FALL SWEEP.

THE OTHER THING, BIG PROJECT THAT THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD IS WORKING ON IS THERE'S A PLOT OF IT USED TO BE ROSE BUSHES OUTSIDE OF OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE PARKING SPACES.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN HAVING BEDFORD BE A DESTINATION FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES BY BEING AN OFFICIAL MONARCH WAY STATION.

SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BID PROCESS WITH LANDSCAPERS AND LABORER TO ON CREATING NATIVE PLANTS.

SO THAT WILL ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES.

AND ACTUALLY AS PART OF OUR AWARDS, WE RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS FOR HER ECO SMART YARD.

AND SHE HAS A GARDENING CLUB.

AND SO SHE WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR A GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO HELP US COVER THE COST WITH SOME OF THE PLANTS.

AND SO LAST THING IS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THE MEDIANS.

AND SO THAT WILL KIND OF GO TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, LIKE WITH BEDFORD ROAD, WHERE THIS BOARD IS WORKING ON TRYING TO IDENTIFY TREES AND OTHER LANDSCAPING TO BASICALLY WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH WESTWOOD TRYING TO LOOK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF DIFFERENT TREES AND DIFFERENT MEDIANS.

AND ONE MORE THING TO COME.

WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE PARKS BOARD BECAUSE THEY APPROACH BEAUTIFICATION ABOUT AN ARBOR DAY EVENT.

WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT, BUT MORE TO COME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER REPORTS, CITY MANAGER ANDREW.

SO, WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM [INAUDIBLE]?

[21. City Manager/Staff Reports]

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THIS.

HERE'S WHAT OUR ATTEMPTS ARE.

AND ON THAT. SO THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY AND IT REALLY WAS IN ADDITION TO MY TO DO LIST IS I WE WILL OBVIOUSLY STAY VERY INVOLVED AND COMMUNICATING WITH HTML ON THESE EFFORTS.

BUT YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THE CITY THAT WE ARE, WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO HIRE A LOBBYIST ON OUR BEHALF.

SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TAKE A BIGGER ROLE ON OUR OWN ON BEHALF AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH THESE ISSUES.

SO I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN TALKS OF, YOU KNOW, FORMING OF COALITIONS AND GROUPS JOINTLY TO WORK TOGETHER TO, TO KIND OF COME, YOU KNOW, COME TO AUSTIN AND WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS.

SO THAT IS ON MY THAT IS ON MY LIST.

AND WE WILL KEEP THAT FRONT AND CENTER BECAUSE HONESTLY, OF SOME OF THESE THINGS GET THROUGH.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE WE WON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO THEM.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE I'VE COME ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT REALM.

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NOW WE ARE WE ARE BLESSED THAT WE ARE IN A BUILT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN AS WE REDEVELOP THAT WE WOULD LOSE SOME OF OUR, OUR RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS.

SO OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT REALLY WAS MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY.

AND THEN ALSO, HONESTLY NOT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE VALIDATION ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GO LEARN SOMETHING HERE.

AND I CAME BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? OUR GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING THIS.

SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

AND WE ARE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS.

AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF VALIDATION.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THAT AND BE PROUD OF THAT.

YEAH. THANKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU GET TO THE END OF THE MEETING.

AND FROM WHAT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, IT SAYS THAT WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.

I BELIEVE MY NAME IS ROBERT.

AND SO, I GUESS I CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING.

ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:51.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.