Nov 12, 2024 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS ]

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ALL RIGHT. TIME IS NOW 6:00.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

IT IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024.

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

FIRST UP, WE HAVE A INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES, FOLLOWED BY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BEING LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER HERE TOGETHER THIS EVENING.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO ENSURE THAT WE ALWAYS WORK TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF FAIRNESS AND FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ASK FOR YOUR INSPIRATION AND INSIGHTS.

MAY WE ACCOMPLISH GOOD THINGS, AND MAY WE DISPLAY AN ATTITUDE OF COOPERATION AND RESPECT.

IN GOD'S NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES, COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

SO WE HAVE EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION.

AND I'LL INVITE TO THE PODIUM FIRE CHIEF BILL WALKER.

AND I THINK THIS IS A BIG 1 TO 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

ABSOLUTELY 30 YEARS.

TONY HARRINGTON, COME ON UP TONY.

HERE HE COMES. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS GOOD. TONY, TONY'S 30 YEARS.

HE'S ONE OF OUR GOOD GUYS.

HE STARTED ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 1994 FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD AS A FIREFIGHTER.

IN APRIL OF 2000, PROMOTED ENGINEER HE'S CERTIFIED WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION AS AN ADVANCED FIREFIGHTER AND AS APPARATUS OPERATOR AND PUMP OPERATOR. TONY IS OUR SENIOR ENGINEER, SO THAT MEANS HE'S GOT THE MOST TIME IN THE SEAT OF ANYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT.

HE'S THE PERSON THAT PEOPLE GO TO LEARN HOW TO PUMP, LEARN HOW TO DRIVE.

AND HE'S JUST BEEN ONE OF THOSE SUPER SOLID PEOPLE.

CURRENTLY LIVES IN WEATHERFORD WITH HIS WIFE, DEEDEE.

AND THE THING I'LL SAY ABOUT TONY IS IN THE FIRE SERVICE FOR ACTUAL FIREFIGHTERS.

PROBABLY THE BEST COMPLIMENT YOU CAN GET IS THAT YOU'RE A GOOD FIREFIGHTER, AND THAT SEEMS THE MOST BASIC THING TO SAY, BUT NO ONE REALLY LIKES FANCY FIREFIGHTERS.

NO ONE LIKES SHOW OFFS OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO THE TERM YOU'RE A GOOD FIREFIGHTER MEANS A LOT.

WELL, TONY'S A GOOD ENGINEER.

HE'S A GOOD FIREFIGHTER.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU'RE A CAPTAIN OR YOU'RE A FIREFIGHTER AND YOU'RE GOING TO AN INCIDENT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE SAFELY.

AND WHEN YOU'RE THERE, IF YOU NEED WATER, HE'S GOING TO GET YOU WATER.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, MURPHY THEY ALWAYS TALK.

MURPHY SHOWS UP AND MURPHY MIGHT BE RIDING THE TAIL BOARD, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A SOLID ENGINEER, THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO OVERCOME THOSE OBSTACLES.

AND MAYBE A HYDRANT IS NOT TURNING.

OR MAYBE SOMEONE'S BUSH OVER GREW OVER AND YOU CAN'T FIND THE DARN THING OR WHATEVER IT IS, OR SOMEONE MAKES A MISTAKE.

AND A LOT OF TIMES IN THE FIRE SERVICE, THE ENGINEER IS KIND OF THE PERSON THAT HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CREDIT TO THE CAPTAINS AND WE SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS DOING A LOT OF WORK.

BUT OVER THERE BY THAT ENGINE PUMPING AND GETTING THINGS DONE AND GETTING PEOPLE SAFELY TO AND FROM THAT ENGINEER.

AND TONY IS OUR SENIOR ENGINEER AND LIKE I SAY, HE'S A GOOD ENGINEER AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT IN THE FIRE SERVICE.

SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM AND PROUD TO CELEBRATE HIS 30 YEARS TONIGHT.

LOOK AROUND, LOOK AROUND.

DOWN THE LINE.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND WE HAVE ONLY ONE PERSON SHOWING UP TO SPEAK.

MR. BOB COCHRAN, WHO I INVITE TO THE MIC HERE.

MY NAME IS BOB COCHRAN.

I LIVE AT 2252 BEDFORD CIRCLE.

MY I GUESS YOU'D CALL THEM COMMENTS HAVE TO DO WITH ITEM 16 ON THE AGENDA.

AND MOSTLY DIRECTED TOWARD WHERE SHE WENT.

MOSTLY DIRECTED TOWARDS KAREN.

SHE WAS THERE AND I TOLD HER I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO STAY AROUND AND LISTEN TO HER PRESENTATION.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $1,042,482 LEFT OF

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AND IF MY CALCULATIONS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I DID ANY ACCOUNTING.

BUT IF MY CALCULATIONS ARE CORRECT, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S $84,688 LEFT OF ARPA THAT HAS NOT BEEN OBLIGATED IN ANY MANNER, SHAPE OR FORM. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SAID 84,000.

YES. OKAY.

HAVE YOU GOT A DIFFERENT NUMBER? YEAH. I'M LOOKING AT KAREN AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT, BUT.

WELL, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF STUFF.

THERE WAS OH MY GOSH. OKAY.

WE'VE GOTTEN TO TAKE CARE OF.

I JUST I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LEAVE ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE.

OF COURSE, BECAUSE END OF DECEMBER.

THAT'S RIGHT. IT HAS TO BE OBLIGATED.

CORRECT. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S $5 LEFT.

OKAY, BUT LET'S NOT GO OVERBOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT NOT EVERY PENNY, BUT EVERY DOLLAR IS COMMITTED SOMEWHERE.

SO WE'VE TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE BENEFIT THAT UNCLE SAM GAVE US OF.

HEY, HERE'S FREE MONEY.

CORRECT. BUILD A NEW FIREHOUSE, GET A BUNCH OF ROOFS, THIS AND THAT AND EVERYTHING.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD.

ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO BE STICKING AROUND FOR THE ITEM, THEN? NO. NO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO WATCH LATER.

BUT YEAH, TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT, IT IS DEFINITELY BEEN A GODSEND FOR OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF SO MANY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND FACILITY NEEDS FOR, FOR THE CITY.

SO. AND I KNOW THAT STAFF IS GOING TO USE EVERY BIT OF THAT MONEY GOING FORWARD.

SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE MEETING TO EXERCISE ALL THOSE FUNDS.

AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

AND I CAN TELL THE FIREFIGHTERS THEY GOT THEY GOT A CALL AND I SEE THEM RUNNING OUT THE DOOR.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE A PRESENTATION UPDATE REGARDING THE SITE PLAN FOR THE NEW CENTRAL FIRE STATION.

[PRESENTATION]

GOOD EVENING JIM. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL, MAYOR, GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.

THIS SHOULD GO FAIRLY QUICKLY HERE.

HERE TO KIND OF EXPLAIN SO FAR WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT FOR THE NEW STATION AND KIND OF WHERE IT'S GOING.

WE'LL START WITH AN AERIAL.

I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THE SITE IS, BUT MAYBE NOT KNOW THIS PERSPECTIVE.

SO PD IN THE MIDDLE, GET AHEAD OF ME.

YES. PD BUILDING THEIR SURROUNDING PARKING.

GOT A SOME MECHANICAL IN THE BACK CORNER THERE, BUT THAT GIVES YOU THE GENERAL IDEA OF KIND OF THE SITE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AS IT EXISTS TODAY.

I CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE NOW.

SO, PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS DEMOING PART OF THAT EXISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.

SO WHAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS THE JAIL PORTION OF IT THAT WE CAN THAT WE'VE BEEN SAID THAT WE CAN TAKE DOWN TO ACCOMMODATE THE STATION.

SORT OF THE PEACH COLOR IS WHAT WILL REMAIN.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF COLORS. THERE IS KIND OF A COMBO OF BOTH.

PART OF THAT IS, LIKE ANY BUILDING, WE NEED MORE STORAGE, NEVER ENOUGH STORAGE.

SO THAT IS PROBABLY ABOUT JUST UNDER HALF OF THE PORTE COCHERE SALLY PORTE THAT'S THERE.

NOW THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD KEEP SOME OF THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS A BUILDING SERVICES ROOM THAT HAS A WHOLE LOT OF MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN IT, THAT WHEN WE GET INTO IT, WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE IF WE CAN, HOW MUCH OF THAT WE COULD CLEAR OUT AND POTENTIALLY KEEP THAT SPACE FOR STORAGE? THERE ARE AIR HANDLERS AND THINGS IN THERE THAT DO SERVE THE OFFICES SIDE OF THE BUILDING, BUT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE ONCE WE GET IN.

KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED SOME RED TREES WE'RE GOING TO LOSE AND AS PART OF THIS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF DEMO THERE AS FAR AS SITE IS CONCERNED.

GO AHEAD. SO THIS IS THE TEST FIT SITE.

WE WERE ASKED TO TAKE A ROUGHLY 25,000 SQUARE FOOT FIRE STATION AND FIT IT ONTO THIS SITE SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE JAIL WAS IS NOW THE NEW PAVING, THE NEW PARKING.

AGAIN, 25,000 SQUARE FOOT FIRE STATION KIND OF OUT FRONT DOOR FACING THE SORT OF ROUND PARKING OUT FRONT THERE.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC WOULD COME IN AND INTERFACE WITH THE BUILDING INSIDE THE STATION ITSELF.

WE HAVEN'T DESIGNED IT YET, BUT TYPICALLY THIS IS KIND OF BASED ON A STATION THAT WE DID THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ABOUT TO WRAP UP IN EULESS.

AND WE'VE GOT FOUR APS BAYS, DOUBLE LOADED APS BAYS IN THE CENTER THERE.

LEFT SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS THE LIVING QUARTERS.

SO KITCHEN, DINING OFFICES, THAT KIND OF THING.

DOWNSTAIRS, UPSTAIRS, TYPICALLY BUNK ROOMS AND THE DAY ROOM DOWNSTAIRS.

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THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION OF THAT SPACE BEING SHARED BY PD AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'VE SET THAT OUT THERE WHERE YOU COULD HAVE ACCESS FROM BOTH GROUPS TO GET TO THAT.

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLAN CLOSEST TO THE BUILDING, THAT WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE.

SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 5000FT OR SO.

WE'VE PROGRAMED ROUGHLY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE OF THE STATION.

IN COMPARISON, THE OLD STATION CURRENTLY IS ABOUT 14,200FT².

AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW GOING BEEN TOLD IT'S ROUGHLY 25,000 IS WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND SO YOU KIND OF SEE HOW THAT SITS THERE.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME MENTION OF NEEDING MORE STORAGE.

WE WILL OBVIOUSLY TRY TO GET AS MUCH STORAGE IN HERE AS WE CAN IN THE BUILDING AND SEE IF THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR MORE STORAGE ON, ON THE PD SIDE AS WELL.

AS FAR AS TIMING, IF THIS IS THE SITE, IF ONCE WE'RE GIVEN THE OKAY THAT WE'RE GOING WITH HERE WE'VE GOT SLATED ROUGHLY ABOUT 8 TO 9 MONTHS. THAT'S MORE MEETINGS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE ROUGHLY PROGRAMED IT JUST TO KIND OF PROVE UP THE 25,000FT.

BUT THERE WILL BE MORE MEETINGS WITH STAFF FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WE MOVE ALONG THROUGH SCHEMATIC DESIGN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEED AND ALLOCATING ALL THE SPACES THAT ARE REQUIRED BETWEEN MEETINGS, REVIEWS AND OUR WORK TO PRODUCE THE DOCUMENTS TO GET TO WHERE WE CAN EITHER ISSUE THOSE FOR WHATEVER DELIVERY METHOD THAT WE DECIDE TO BUILD THIS WITH IS ABOUT 8 TO 9 MONTHS FROM THE TIME WE GET TO THE TIME WE GET TO GO.

BUT YES, MORE MEETINGS AS WE GO ALONG.

SO THAT'S KIND OF IT.

THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE, WHERE THINGS STAND.

OKAY. OBVIOUSLY, FIRST OFF, IT'S A QUITE A BIG IMPROVEMENT FROM WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY, JUST FROM A SIZE COMPONENT THERE.

AND I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY, THIS BEING THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION, THEY HOUSE A LOT OF DIFFERENT APPARATUSES THAT ARE THERE.

I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A FIRE TRUCK, THERE'S A FIRE ENGINE.

I KNOW THAT'S ALSO WHERE THEY HAVE THE RESERVES.

I'M ASSUMING AS WELL. I THINK THE RESERVES ARE AT THREE, THREE RESERVES HERE.

WE KNOW THERE'S RESERVES KIND OF A MIX, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYWHERE.

BUT AGAIN, FOUR DOUBLE BAYS.

WE'RE TALKING OF ROUGHLY 6500 SQUARE FOOT SPACE WIDE OPEN ENOUGH TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY APPARATUS IN THERE AS AMBULANCES, WHATEVER WE NEED. AND SO I SEE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT'S GOING TO BE WHERE THE I GUESS WHERE THE JAIL.

YEAH. ALONG THE BACK THERE.

THAT'S WHERE THE JAIL USED TO BE.

SO ADDITIONAL PARKING THERE.

WE'VE GOT SQUEEZED IN A FEW MORE UP FRONT.

FOR THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THINGS.

BUT WE WILL MAXIMIZE PARKING AS MUCH AS WE CAN GET MORE, MORE BACK THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S PRETTY TIGHT BACK THERE IN THAT LOT FOR THE PD ALREADY.

SO AND SO PD WILL HAVE THEIR THEIR CURRENT ACCESS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY CAN THEY HAVE ACCESS ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT.

SO IT'S NOT GOING AWAY EITHER.

NO NO WE'VE KEPT THE DRIVE THERE ON THE LEFT.

SO THAT'S EXISTING.

THAT'S WHERE THE GATE IS NOW.

SO YOU'LL COME UP THAT DRIVE.

NOTHING CHANGES THERE.

ESSENTIALLY IT'S FROM KIND OF WHERE THE CURSOR IS KIND OF DOWN TO THE DOWN INTO THE RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL NEW. RIGHT.

RIGHT. NOW ALL OF THAT CAN GO BACK TO THE AERIAL.

I'D LIKE TO POINT WHEN I TALK.

OKAY. SO.

YEAH. SO WE'VE MAINTAINED THE DRIVE COMING OUT.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHERE A LOT OF THOSE TREES ARE, THAT'S AND THE JAIL ON THE LEFT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE BUILDING AND THE NEW PAVING SIT.

OKAY. GOTCHA.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT FIRE APPARATUS IS GOING TO GO UP THAT ROAD AND THEN SWING, SWING INWARDS AND THEN BE ABLE TO PULL OUT TO THE BAY AND THEN BASICALLY DO A U-TURN, DO A U-TURN BASICALLY INTO THE BAY.

AND THEN WE WANT TO HAVE A CALL.

THEY CAN JUST DIRECTLY COME STRAIGHT OUT THE FRONT, STRAIGHT OUT, STRAIGHT ONTO ELDON DOTSON.

STRAIGHT ONTO ELDON DOTSON.

OKAY. GOT IT.

SO NO CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING WITH IN THE FRONT EITHER.

IT SEEMS SIGNIFICANT FOR EVERYBODY.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS SIGNIFICANT.

I'VE BEEN OVER THERE NUMEROUS TIMES, DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.

AND THAT PARKING, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT FULL.

I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T GET FULL AT TIMES, BUT I THINK THERE'S AMPLE PARKING OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO GO TO FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. COUNCIL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO BE A PART OF COUNCIL WHILE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO REDO THE SENIOR CENTER AND REDO THE FIRE STATION.

I MEAN, IT'S SUPER EXCITING.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'LL BE TWO STORIES ON THE LIVING QUARTERS SIDE.

YES. THAT SEEMS LIKE THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FIRE POLE.

ARE WE ARE WE ARE, WE ARE.

WE GOT THUMBS UP FROM THE CHIEF.

I THINK THAT'S THEIR CALL.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, HOW MANY STATIONS IN THE AREA HAVE THAT? WE CAN BE KNOWN FOR THE FIRE.

I DON'T, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO SQUASH YOUR DREAMS. BUT WE DID TWO OF THEM IN EULESS.

BOTH HAVE A POLE. SO I'M JUST SAYING WE HAVE TWO POLES WITH THREE POLES.

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YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY AS YOU WANT. WE'LL HAVE MORE POLES THAN EULESS.

SO I WILL TELL YOU, THEY'RE NOT CHEAP, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP IT TO ONE.

OKAY. THE GUYS WHO MAKE POLES ARE PROUD OF THEM.

WE COULD. YES.

CONSIDERABLY. ALL RIGHT.

SO AND I ALSO NOTICE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE FACILITY THERE'S THAT LITTLE BOX.

AND SO WHAT, TELL US WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE? THAT'S THE FITNESS AREA.

OKAY. SO THAT'S FITNESS EQUIPMENT WORKOUT ROOM ESSENTIALLY.

AND IT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATED NOW WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY DO BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.

THERE WILL BE A BIG PATIO ON THE BACK COVERED PATIO.

BUT THAT BUILDING IS SEPARATED.

SO YOU COULD THERE WILL BE A DOOR OFF THE PATIO.

THERE COULD BE ANOTHER DOOR ON THE BACK SIDE.

ALL ACCESS CONTROLLED, WHERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PD COULD COME ACROSS COME IN A DOOR.

SO IT'LL BE USED FOR, FOR BOTH.

THAT'S EVERYBODY WILL THAT'S THE INTENT.

I THINK WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE A POTENTIALLY PROVIDE A FITNESS ROOM THAT COULD BE USED BY BOTH DEPARTMENTS.

SO LIKE BECAUSE THE BOX IS SMALL ON THE, ON THE, ON THE PLAN, HOW BIG HOW ROUGHLY WHAT SIZE WOULD THAT BE.

WHAT COULD WE ASSOCIATE THAT WITH? ABOUT 1000FT².

OKAY. IS THAT IS THAT BIG FOR A WILL THAT BE ABLE TO.

IT'S A GOOD SIZE. THAT'S A BIG ROOM I HAVEN'T SEEN.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER.

THIS ROOM IS PROBABLY 800FT².

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO WE GOT BOTH CHIEFS HERE.

YOU GUYS CAN COEXIST IN A SAME ROOM.

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

THERE'S A LOT TO DO WITH THE DESIGN TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WANT TO COME UP.

YEAH. MAKE SURE YOU USE AS MUCH BLUE AS YOU DO RED AND IT'S EQUAL.

AND SO.

SO, THERE'S I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER HERE.

AND THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COEXISTING WELL, AND YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME BY THEMSELVES, WITHIN THEIR OWN SPACE.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS A IS UNIQUE.

YOU KNOW, 24 HOUR OPERATION LIKE PD IS.

AND WE'RE BECAUSE OF OUR SCHEDULE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEDROOMS. WE KNOW WE'RE THERE FOR 48 HOURS AT A TIME.

AND SO YOUR ABILITY TO UNWIND AND NOT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON DISPLAY OR YOU HAVE PRIVACY.

THOSE THINGS ARE ALL CONCERNS.

I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO BUILD THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR OUR PEOPLE.

THE WORKOUT ROOM TO HOUSE EVERYONE, I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA.

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED AT THAT LOCATION.

IF I WAS A POLICE OFFICER AND I HAD TO WALK ALL THE WAY ACROSS THAT LOT ALL THE TIME.

I, I DON'T KNOW, JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO PUT IT, MAYBE A DIFFERENT PLACE.

THAT'S JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD LOOKING AT, I WOULD BE LIKE, HEY, I'D LIKE IT TO BE CLOSER, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE THOSE ISSUES.

EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE EXCITED, BRAND NEW FIRE STATION, AND THEY WANT RED FIRE DOORS AND, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL LOOK.

AND YOU KNOW, THE PD BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND ARE THESE GOING TO HOW ARE THEY GOING TO LOOK NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE OUTSIDE OF THE PD BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT YOU KNOW, ALSO THEY DON'T HAVE THIS 30 YEAR OLD LOOKING BUILDING AND WE'VE GOT THIS BIG SHINY THING WE WANT EVERYONE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A HAVE A BUILDING THAT LOOKS RIGHT.

SO I KNOW THEY'VE DONE SOME INTERIOR THINGS.

I THINK WE CAN OVERCOME ALL THAT.

BUT THERE ARE SOME REAL, LEGITIMATE PARTS OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE END, THE SPACE WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.

THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE, THE TURNING RADIUS FOR OUR APPARATUS COMING AROUND.

YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOOD.

THOSE ARE ALL MEASURABLE THINGS.

ONCE THOSE THINGS ALL MEASURE UP.

THAT'S GREAT. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BAYS.

YEAH, THERE'S FOUR BAYS, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST THREE UNITS THAT OPERATE OUT OF THERE.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO PULL THROUGH AND PULL ALL THE WAY THROUGH, THREE OF THOSE BAYS ARE TAKEN.

THAT'S THE BATTALION CHIEF, THE MEDIC UNIT AND THE AND THE ENGINE.

SO THEN YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE BAY THAT YOU CAN STACK.

THINGS. THE CHALLENGE WITH THESE BAYS, THEY'RE LONG, BUT IF YOU STACK THEM NOW YOU CAN'T PULL THROUGH.

SO I THINK PART OF THE LONG RANGE PLAN IS STATION THREE, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE DO A REPLACEMENT THERE.

YOU KNOW, THE OLD STATION, I WOULD ASSUME, STAYS THERE.

BOY, NOW WE'VE GOT A TON OF STORAGE.

WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH.

THERE'S VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES IN WHERE YOU CAN DO THIS.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS A IS A SMART LOCATION.

AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO REALLY BE CREATIVE AND THOUGHTFUL IN HOW WE, HOW WE PUT IT TOGETHER AND TALK TO THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE FIREFIGHTERS GET THEIR INPUT, AND I THINK WE CAN BUILD SOMETHING EVERYBODY BE REALLY HAPPY WITH.

BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE REALLY CONSCIENTIOUS OF BOTH THOSE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AS WE DO IT.

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AND I THINK AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S MORE COSTLY TO TRY AND JUMP INTO THAT FRESH DIRT.

THERE WAS NOTHING'S ESTABLISHED AND WHEN THESE THINGS ARE PRETTY DARN EXPENSIVE, I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT STATION THREE OPTIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST THIS IS THIS IS THE BEST OPTION.

I DON'T SEE US STAYING AT OUR CURRENT LOCATION.

AND ONCE YOU ONCE YOU SAY THAT NOW WE HAVE TO BE CENTRAL.

AND THE BEST CENTRAL LOCATION WHERE THE CITY ALREADY OWNS THE PROPERTY FOR US IS THIS LOCATION, THE OTHER LOCATIONS WE'VE LOOKED AT, WE DON'T OWN, AND NOW YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. AND THOSE ARE UNDEVELOPED PLACES TOO, OR NEED EVERY BIT AS MUCH RENOVATION AS THIS.

AND ACTUALLY, I THINK THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION.

I THINK THERE'S ABSOLUTELY LEGITIMATE CONCERNS FOR ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS AND ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT.

I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN. BRANDON.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP.

I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN THE BEDFORD JAIL UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN WE SWORE IN THE NEW POLICE OFFICER.

YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW, ISN'T IT? HOW? AND I, LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, I'M NEW HERE, AND I DO NOT KNOW WHO I'M DIRECTING MY QUESTION TO, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN'T GOING TO NEED A JAIL? ARE EVERYBODY IN BEDFORD GOING TO BEHAVE THEMSELVES FROM HERE ON OUT? WELL, SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF EULESS FOR JAIL SERVICES.

AND SO I'LL KICK THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

IS IT FOREVER AND ALWAYS.

CURRENTLY IT IS, YES.

I MEAN, THAT IS THE THAT IS THE VISION.

THERE THERE'S EFFICIENCIES WITH THE THREE CITIES SHARING RESOURCES, AND THEY'RE GREAT.

AND SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT ALL THREE CITIES AND BEYOND ARE LOOKING AT ON A REGULAR BASIS GOING FORWARD.

FOR ALL OF US TO THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE ONE OF EVERYTHING IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHEN WE ARE AS CLOSE AS WE ARE, IT'S JUST NOT COST EFFECTIVE.

SO I DO NOT SEE US NEEDING A JAIL.

IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT TERM WOULD GIVE US AMPLE TIME TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

BUT HONESTLY, I THINK THINGS ARE GOING WELL.

I'LL LET CHIEF LAPENNA TALK TO THAT, BUT I DO NOT SEE US NEEDING A JAIL ANYTIME IN THE ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHATSOEVER.

OKAY, SO THAT'S NOT A CONSIDERATION.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE BACKGROUND.

YEAH. YES. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

AND THIS IS FOR THE ARCHITECT.

HOW? BACK TO WHAT THE CHIEF JUST SAID THAT WE'VE GOT THE 30 YEAR OLD POLICE BUILDING, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BRIGHT, SHINY NEW.

IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME EFFORT PUT IN THAT THE EXTERIORS WILL LOOK GOOD TOGETHER? SO WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED ANYTHING AS FAR AS UPGRADING THE EXTERIOR ON THE PD SIDE OTHER THAN WHERE WE'RE TEARING DOWN THE JAIL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A NEW FACADE, BECAUSE WHEN WE TAKE THAT DOWN, IT'S GOING TO BE WIDE OPEN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW A NEW FACADE ALONG THAT WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IF THERE'S WAYS TO.

I MEAN, IT'S ALL MASONRY NOW.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE I MEAN, IT'S NOTHING TO PAINT.

WE CAN'T PUT A NEW, FRESH COAT OF PAINT ON IT BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL MASONRY AT THIS POINT.

YOU CAN PAINT A BRICK BUILDING.

I GUESS WE COULD, BUT WE PAINTED THE SENIOR CENTER SO IT CAN BE DONE.

BUT NO, WE'VE NOT DISCUSSED ANYTHING ON THE ON THE FRONT OF THE PD, JUST WHERE THE NEW EXTERIOR FACADE WOULD BE GOING.

AND THIS ONE WILL BE TRADITIONAL.

THE POLICE, I MEAN, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED STYLE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, I GUESS OF THE FIRE STATION.

NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

JIM, WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION OF HOOKING THE TWO BUILDINGS TOGETHER? NOT REALLY. NOT PHYSICALLY HOOKING TOGETHER.

NOW THERE WILL BE A CONNECTION.

MAYBE A COVERED WALKWAY THERE.

THERE'S AN EXIT DOOR.

YOU KIND OF SEE IT BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS THERE ON THE RIGHT.

SO THERE IS AN EXIT DOOR KIND OF UP IN THE MIDDLE THAT COULD CONNECT DOWN TO JUST SO YOU'D HAVE A COVERED WALKWAY BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.

AND WAS THAT THE ONLY LOCATION ON THAT PROPERTY THAT IT COULD HANDLE THAT SIZE OF A BUILDING? THAT'S IT. I MEAN, EVERYTHING ELSE IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS PRETTY WELL DEVELOPED.

THE THAT'S A DETENTION POND OVER THERE.

SO THERE, WE CAN'T TOUCH THAT.

THE PARKING YEAH.

WITHOUT TAKING DOWN THE JAIL, THERE WAS NO PLACE ELSE TO PUT IT ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

AND WHAT IS TO THE.

I GUESS IT'D BE TO MY RIGHT, BUT I GUESS IT WOULD BE TO THE WEST.

IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST. CAR WASH.

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YEAH. EAST.

YEAH. YEAH. APARTMENTS TO THE EAST.

AND THEN CAR WASH.

AND THE SUSHI PLACE IS TO THE WEST.

OKAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CONSIDERED WHEN YOU PLACED THIS WAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.

CORRECT. SO YOU DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO TOUCH THAT.

BUT IF YOU WERE, WOULD YOU HAVE GOTTEN A BETTER PRODUCT HAD YOU MOVED LIKE THE CIRCULAR DRIVE? THAT. WHAT IS IT? TIMBERLINE STREET.

MAYBE THE LEFT ONE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE PUSHED IT.

POTENTIALLY PUSHED IT, JUST TO GIVE OURSELVES, IF ANYTHING, A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM.

IT'S PRETTY TIGHT. I HATE TO SEE IT WHEN I KNOW WE HAVE ONE FIRE STATION THAT WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH GETTING THE TRUCKS IN, AND.

AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT AGAIN AFTER.

AFTER THE FACT. SURE.

AND IF IT'S JUST ONE STREET OR.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S A STREET, IT'S AN ASPHALT OR IS IT A CONCRETE? THE TIMBERLINE IS THE LEFT DRY CONCRETE.

IF IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE FIRE TRUCKS ON IT.

OKAY. I THINK THE LEFT.

I THINK IT'S ALL CONCRETE ALL THE WAY AROUND.

OKAY. SO IF WE WERE TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY COULD MOVE.

TIMBER LINE ON THE LEFT TO THE LEFT.

MOVE THAT ENTRANCE TO THE LEFT AND GIVE US, AGAIN, A LITTLE MORE WIGGLE ROOM.

JUST IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S PRETTY TIGHT IN THERE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT THE RADIUSES.

I THINK EVERYTHING WORKS.

YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT EXTRA ROOM ALWAYS HELPS.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

OKAY. SO I THINK ONE OTHER THING.

ONE THING TO REMEMBER ALSO IS THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SET IN STONE.

I THINK THE ONLY THING WE'VE ONLY DECIDED ON WAS THE LOCATION WE ARE AT STEP ZERO.

YEAH, EXACTLY. STEP ZERO.

OF ALL THAT WAS ASKED TO SEE, WOULD IT FIT? YES. WE CAN MAKE IT FIT.

THAT'S. WE'VE NOT GONE ANY FURTHER.

BEFORE I MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER DON BRANDON'S QUESTION, WHAT WAS THE REASON WHY YOU DECIDED NOT TO CONNECT THE BUILDINGS? I THINK THERE WAS JUST A DESIRE TO NOT CONNECT THEM, TO KEEP THE FIRE STATION ITS OWN AUTONOMY.

YES. AUTONOMOUS BUILDING AND NOT HAVE THEM CONNECTED, AND THE ONLY SEPARATION BEING A DOOR.

THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH. AND I MEAN, I MEAN, THEY'RE CLOSE ENOUGH.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING THAT THERE'S ALREADY GOING TO BE COVERED WALKWAYS ANYWAYS, SO THERE WILL BE SOME NEED TO GET BETWEEN THE TWO.

JUST WE DON'T WANT THEM PHYSICALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE TWO.

OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

IT'S IT SEEMS, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD IT WOULD IT GIVE YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY IF YOU WERE TO CONNECT THE BUILDINGS? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT FLEXIBILITY.

IT MIGHT ALLOW US TO MAYBE PUSH THINGS.

BUT AGAIN, IF YOU PUSH THE BUILDING, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE PARKING.

AND YEAH, WE'VE KIND OF OPTIMIZED IT WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO TO KIND OF MEET.

WHEN WE WERE STARTING THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT, WE FIRST TALKED WITH EVERYTHING THAT TURNING RADIUS BECOMES AN ISSUE IF YOU PUSH THAT BUILDING BACK UP.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING TOO.

YEAH. IF YOU NOTICE WHEN WE DO MAINTENANCE AND THINGS ON OUR RIG, SOMETIMES WE WANT TO BE BEHIND THE BUILDING.

AND SO WE DON'T ALWAYS WANT TO BE AT THE FRONT.

APPARATUS, YOU KNOW, IS NOT THE PLACE WHERE WE LIKE TO TAKE OUR TOOLS AND DO ALL THAT WORK.

THIS GIVES US ROOM ON THE BACKSIDE AND THAT PARKING IS PRETTY CRITICAL ON THE BACKSIDE.

GOTCHA. AND THERE WAS CONCERN OF MAKING THAT TURN AGAIN.

YES. AND HAVING ENOUGH ROOM.

AND IN THE FRONT THERE'S A BUNCH OF BEAUTIFUL TREES.

BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT IT'S OPEN.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF WE REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST HAD OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT THAT WAS THE BIG CONCERN.

WE SAT THERE GOING, OH MY GOSH, PARKING.

YOU KNOW FOR STAFF.

YEAH. BECAUSE IF WE GET BEHIND ALL THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WE DO EXPECT TO GO IN THE CORNER.

SO YEAH, PRIOR TO HIS SPACE TO MAKE THAT TURN FOR THE APPARATUS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT DIFFICULT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING QUITE FREQUENTLY.

AND THEN ALSO FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IS MAKING SURE THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE IN THE BACK TO WORK ON VEHICLES AND SO FORTH.

SO THAT TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER THEN CONNECTING THE BUILDINGS.

YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT.

THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH. I THINK IF I WERE TO PUSH THE BUILDING ANYWHERE, I'D PUSH IT CLOSER TO ELDON DOTSON.

OKAY HONESTLY.

OKAY. GIVE US MORE ROOM. GIVE MORE ROOM FOR THAT TURN.

YEAH, WE KIND OF JUST TOOK THIS AND SAID WE'VE KIND OF GOT THIS ACCESS TO THAT EXISTING PARKING LOT.

THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE FRONT DOOR IS ON THIS PLAN.

BUT THE WHOLE STATION, I THINK, COULD PUSH TO THE TO TOWARDS ELDON DOTSON AND GIVE US AS MUCH AS WE CAN GET ON THE BACKSIDE.

OKAY, GOOD. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER.

YEP. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES. JUST FOR THE CHIEF.

FIRE CHIEF. DO YOU SEE THE LOCATION HAVE ANY DIFFERENCE ON YOUR RESPONSE TIME TO YOUR, LIKE, 183 OR 121? I KNOW IT'S ONLY LIKE JUST BASICALLY A BLOCK AWAY, BUT SOMETIMES THE STREETS IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE THAT QUICK LEFT OUT OF THERE AND GET TO 121 AT A DIFFERENT ACCESS POINT.

IT'S DEFINITELY NOT WORSE WHEN WE WHEN THE STUDY WE DID WAS AT THE HOSPITAL, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD GET DOWN THERE, AND THAT ACTUALLY IMPROVED OUR RESPONSE TIMES A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY SIMILAR.

IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH OF A DIFFERENCE PROBABLY.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING A FEW SECONDS HERE.

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YOU LOSE A FEW. BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S A JUST SLIGHTLY BETTER LOCATION.

OKAY, GREAT. WELL THANK YOU CHIEF.

THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON? I HAD ONE MORE. WE GLOSSED OVER THAT.

WE'RE TAKING OUT SOME TREES, AND I KNOW IT'S A TRADE OFF.

THAT MAY HAVE TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN WHEN YOU SHOWED.

I GUESS IT'S THIS ONE.

ARE YOU ADDING BACK SOME TREES? THAT'S YET TO BE DECIDED? YES. I MEAN, TYPICALLY THERE'S LANDSCAPE THAT GOES AROUND A NEW BUILDING, SO WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE THAT AT THAT TIME.

BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD AS MANY TREES, AS MANY TREES AS WE WANT.

UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE SOME TREES OUT.

THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

SO. SO, YOU DID THIS WITH THAT IN MIND.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WE TRIED TO SAVE AS MANY TREES AND IN POSITION AND WE HAVE AN ACTUAL TREE SURVEY NOW.

SO WHEN WE GO TO LAY THIS OUT, WE WILL TRY TO POSITION IT.

AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM THERE.

I UNDERSTAND WE'LL TRY TO SAVE AS MANY.

AND YOU GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE TOO.

I DON'T I DIDN'T I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE TREE LIST YET TO SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE, BUT SAVE THE ONES THAT ARE WORTH SAVING.

I GUESS IF THEY'RE ALL OAK TREES AND YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN THERE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL IS OUT THERE.

AND I KNOW WE'LL ABIDE BY OUR TREE ORDINANCE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND IF YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO TAKE OUT A PROTECTED TREE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE FUN PUTTING FUNDS INTO THE TREE ORDINANCE FUND TO MITIGATE AND MITIGATE AGAIN.

CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS UPDATE AND SHOWING US KIND OF CONCEPTUALLY WHERE THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE IS EXCITING.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S EXCITING TIME IN BEDFORD TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THESE, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

AND HAVING A BRAND NEW FIRE STATION IS GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL.

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NEXT TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.

SO ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE TOGETHER.

HONESTLY, IT'S PROBABLY WHERE THEY SHOULD BE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.

I'M HAPPY AND EXCITED NOT ONLY AS THE ARCHITECT, BUT AS A CITIZEN, TO GET TO DO MY PART TO HELP WITH ALL OF THIS.

SO EXCITING.

APPRECIATE IT. DID I ANDREW? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I COVERED EVERYTHING.

ANYTHING LEFT OPEN? YES. NO. THANK YOU.

AGAIN, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A TEST FIT SITE PLAN.

ABSOLUTELY. AND SO, LIKE JIM STATED, WE ARE WE ARE AT STEP ZERO AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MEETINGS AND INPUT TO BE HAD FROM EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

BUT I THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO GET THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, AND WE WILL FOCUS THEN ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE MOVING FORWARD. FOR THE LOCATION OF THIS, WHICH WILL ALLOW US THERE WILL BE COST SAVINGS, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE WITH THE PAVEMENT AND THE CONCRETE VERSUS STARTING FROM SCRATCH ON ANOTHER LOCATION, AND WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO PRESERVE THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET WHERE WE HAVE FOUR OTHER POTENTIAL USES, SO THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY MORE LAND. IT'S GOOD WHEN WE CAN HOLD ON TO WHAT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

CORRECT? CORRECT. BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO BEEN, YOU KNOW, JUST THROWING THINGS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY OF HAVING LAND OUT THERE THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT USED.

I MEAN, BECAUSE LAND IS JUST GOING TO GO UP IN PRICE.

AND SO HAVING THAT ABILITY TO USE THAT FOR WHATEVER THE CITY NEEDS GOING FORWARD, DOG PARK, WHATEVER IT MAY LOOK LIKE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, IS BENEFICIAL TO US.

AND HONESTLY, IT SAVES MONEY BY PUTTING THE FIRE STATION OVER THERE TOO.

SO ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING UP.

WE HAVE A FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT.

AND I WILL INVITE TO THE PODIUM FINANCE DIRECTOR BRADY OLSON.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FIRST COMBINED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT.

AND WE ARE STARTING OFF WITH THE WEIRDEST ONE WE CAN.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE.

WHY IS THAT. IT'S SEPTEMBER 30TH WHICH IS THE SAME DATE THAT OUR AUDIT IS ON.

THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF END OF YEAR ACCOUNTING JOURNAL ENTRIES THAT ARE STILL YET TO HAPPEN.

SO THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CHANGE A LOT BETWEEN NOW AND WHENEVER YOU SEE THAT FINAL AUDIT DOCUMENT.

THERE'S SOME ENTRIES WE CAN'T EVEN START TO THINK ABOUT MAKING UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF ACCRUALS.

SO RIGHT NOW THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CHANGE A LOT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

I'LL TRY TO POINT OUT WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO CHANGE MORE THAN OTHERS.

BUT THIS IS WHERE IT IS AS A SNAPSHOT WHENEVER WE DID THIS REPORT.

SO ALL FUNDS OUR REVENUES WERE A LITTLE BIT UNDER OUR EXPENDITURES, BUT THAT WAS MAINLY PLANNED.

WE WERE SPENDING DOWN SOME FUND BALANCE FOR ONE TIME PROJECTS.

NONE OF THIS WAS A ONGOING DEFICIT.

IT WAS USING OUR RESERVES TO MAKE SURE, MAKE PRUDENT CASH PURCHASES.

AT THAT TIME, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE REVENUE FOR GENERAL FUND IS ALSO UNDER THE EXPENDITURES.

PART OF THAT IS PLANNED, BUT PART OF THAT IS JUST BECAUSE OF OUR REVENUE IS GOING TO JUMP UP QUITE A BIT BETWEEN NOW AND THE FINAL AUDIT REPORT.

PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAXES STILL HAVE TO BE ACCRUED BACK INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SOME ENTRIES WE'LL SEE IN THE NEXT MONTH.

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YES. SO YEAH WE GET PAID TWO MONTHS AFTER IT WAS ACTUALLY COLLECTED.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING EVERYTHING WHEN IT WAS THE PURCHASE WAS MADE AS OPPOSED TO WHEN WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THAT MONEY.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE DECEIVING.

SEEING THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE UNDER THERE.

YES. AND IN FUTURE YEARS, WE'RE CONSIDERING SKIPPING THIS QUARTERLY FINANCIAL UPDATE SINCE IT IS A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING.

WE DON'T WANT TO SHOW THE PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT CHANGES FROM ONE TIME TO ANOTHER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT.

YEAH. BUT THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR IT.

OR WAIT TILL AFTER THE AUDIT.

AND THEN THE NUMBERS ARE FIRM FINALIZED AND FINALIZED AND THEN PRESENT THEM.

YEAH. YES. YEAH. OKAY.

YEAH. OUR REVENUES SALES TAX HAS CONTINUED TO GO UP.

THERE WERE SOME DIP MONTHS, BUT OVERALL THE TREND HAS BEEN REMAINED POSITIVE.

SO THAT IS A GOOD SIGN FOR OUR SALES TAX BASE GOING FORWARD.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ROLLING MONTHLY AND THREE YEAR AVERAGES STILL ARE INCREASING.

THEY FLATTENED OUT A BIT BUT THEY ARE STILL GOING UP WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN.

WATER AND SEWER CHARGES.

THOSE HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT ON THE WATER SIDE OF THINGS.

SEWER HAS INCREASED.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE SOME COLLECTION EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE AND PAYING THEIR BILL.

HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES.

THAT IS LOWER IN 2024 THAN 2023.

WE ARE MAKING EVER PRESENT AND ONGOING EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THOSE HOTEL COLLECTIONS IN, SO THAT THE ACTUAL HOTEL USAGE HAS NOT GONE DOWN.

IT IS JUST OUR ABILITY TO COLLECT HAS BEEN HAMPERED LATELY, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FIXING THAT.

HOW MANY DELINQUENCIES DO WE HAVE? I THINK WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO.

POSSIBLY. IS THERE A THIRD? I THINK IT'S JUST THE TWO RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. JUST TWO. OKAY.

ANY UPDATES ON THE COLLECTION OF ANYTHING? YEAH. SO I CAN MAKE A STATEMENT OF FACT.

WE CAN'T DELIBERATE IT, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I CAN'T DELIVER IT.

BUT TOMORROW MORNING, WE SHOULD RECEIVE 200,000 OUT OF THE 480,000.

THAT IS OUTSTANDING.

AND WE HAVE NEGOTIATED A AN INSTALLMENT AGREEMENT TO HAVE THE REMAINDER PAID OUT OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE IT.

SO THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN LACKING FOR A SENSE OF BETTER WORDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND WE'VE HAD SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN DELINQUENT IN PAYING THEIR TAXES FOR QUITE SOME A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

YES. ADDING 480,000 TO THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK A LOT BETTER.

YEAH. ADDING ABOUT 400,000, HALF A MILLION IS GOING TO GONNA MAKE IT LOOK A LOT BETTER GOING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

THESE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES HERE.

YOU MAY NOTICE THAT FIRE IS OVER THEIR BUDGET BY A LITTLE BIT.

PART OF THAT REASON IS DEPLOYMENTS.

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO GET WE'RE GOING TO GET REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THAT.

AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO COME DOWN.

SO BY THE TIME WE'RE ACTUALLY FINAL AND LOCKED IN, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE LOCKED CLOSER TO THE BUDGET NUMBER AS OPPOSED TO BEING OVER BUDGET.

IT WAS ONLY OVER BUDGET BY LIKE 98,000.

SO ALMOST 100. YES.

REAL QUICK, ON THE ON THE POLICE SIDE OF THINGS, I NOTICED THERE WERE UNDER BUDGET ON THAT BY QUITE A BIT.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? THERE WERE SOME VACANCY SAVINGS THERE.

SO JUST AS THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO BE FULLY STAFFED DURING THOSE TIMES, WHENEVER THEY'RE NOT, THERE ARE SOME COST SAVINGS.

AND THAT WAS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THE WHOLE BUDGETARY YEAR.

THAT'S HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE TO THE THROUGH THE VACANCIES.

YES. I GUESS THIS GOES TO STAFFORD.

WERE WE CONCERNED WITH ANY OF THOSE VACANCIES? BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT NUMBER WAS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL.

IT WAS LIKE 700,000.

YEAH, I THINK HONESTLY IT'S BEEN A LITTLE CYCLICAL.

WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A COUPLE OF SETBACKS AND WE MAKE PROGRESS AND HAVE SOME SETBACKS.

BUT I THINK THAT IT'S A CONSTANT IT'S A CONSTANT MOVING TARGET.

BUT HONESTLY I'M NOT CONCERNED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WATCHING.

AND I THINK AS WE GET SOME FOLKS MOVED AROUND, WE'VE GOT A LEADERSHIP POSITION OPEN RIGHT NOW AND A COUPLE OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.

SO I THINK ONCE THOSE KIND OF STABILIZE, I WOULD EXPECT THINGS WILL KIND OF LEVEL OFF A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WE ARE WATCHING IT.

I WOULDN'T SAY I'M CONCERNED, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF WE ARE UNDERSTAFFED, I'VE GOT FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING MORE THAN THEY WOULD PREFER AND WE'RE DEALING WITH OVERTIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO BUT WE'RE I STILL THINK WE'RE IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION.

ALL RIGHT. JUST MAYBE WOULD BE WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SEND US KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT AS FAR AS VACANCIES AND JUST KIND OF LETTING US KNOW PERIODICALLY HOW THAT'S GOING? CONSIDERING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, I MEAN WE THAT'S CONSIDERABLE 700,000.

AND SO JUST I THINK PERIODICALLY KIND OF OUR NUMBERS ESPECIALLY IN PD HOW THAT HOW THAT LOOKS WHEN I ASKED THE NUMBER JUST LAST WEEK IT WAS SEVEN.

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SO AGAIN IT IS A LITTLE CYCLICAL AND GOES UP AND DOWN.

YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE SOME RECRUITS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE IN THE PIPELINE OKAY.

READY TO GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND IT CAN BE AMAZING HOW BIG OF A BUDGETARY DIFFERENCE IT IS IF WE LOSE SOMEONE WHO IS MAYBE ON LIKE A FULL FAMILY MEDICAL PLAN, AND WE GAIN SOMEONE WHO IS JUST ON A SINGLE MEDICAL PLAN, AND THAT BUDGET DIFFERENCE, THE POSITION IS FILLED.

IT'S JUST GOING TO COST US A DIFFERENT AMOUNT.

DIFFERENT AMOUNT. YEAH. GOT IT THROUGH BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING.

YEAH. OKAY.

GOING ON TO THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT UPDATE, OUR PORTFOLIO DID JUMP A GOOD DEAL FROM JUNE INTO SEPTEMBER.

THAT WAS LARGELY THROUGH THE BOND ISSUANCE.

WE HAVEN'T SPENT THOSE FUNDS YET.

SO THEY ARE LARGELY SITTING IN OUR POOLS.

SO WE ARE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE.

WE'RE INVESTING THEM OUT SLOWLY OVER TIME TO TRY TO MATCH IT WHENEVER WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SPENDING THAT MONEY TO BUILD OUR PROJECTS.

OUR INVESTMENT YIELD DID DROP A LITTLE BIT.

WE WERE AT A LITTLE OVER 5% AND NOW WE'RE A LITTLE UNDER 5%.

THE MARKET AS A WHOLE HAS DECLINED.

THE BOND MARKET RATES HAVE LOWERED.

THERE WAS RECENTLY A RATE CUT.

THERE'S MORE RATE CUTS IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THOUGH OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A BATTLESHIP.

IT'S IT TURNS BUT IT TURNS MUCH SLOWER THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

SO WHENEVER THINGS ARE GOING WELL WE'RE GOING TO LAG BEHIND CATCHING UP.

BUT UP WHENEVER THINGS START TO GO POORLY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT BETTER THAN OTHER PLACES BECAUSE OUR PORTFOLIO IS OUT A GOOD DEAL.

SO WHENEVER THE MARKET GOES DOWN TO 3%, WE MAY STILL BE GETTING A QUARTERLY RETURN IN THE FOURS.

THAT'S GOOD INTEREST EARNINGS.

A LITTLE OVER 1.4 MILLION THIS LAST QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR TO DATE WILL BE A LITTLE UNDER 6 MILLION.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HIT THAT NICE ROUND NUMBER.

BUT WE JUST ENDED UP A LITTLE BIT BELOW IT.

OUR TOTAL PORTFOLIO COMPARED TO THESE BENCHMARKS.

SO THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS WHICH ARE PAYING OUT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW.

BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE INVESTING OUT ON THE LONGER TERM TO LOCK IN SOME OF THOSE RATES.

SO IF INTEREST RATES DO FALL THAT WE'RE STILL GETTING A HIGHER RATE OF RETURN.

SO IT LOOKS A LITTLE WORSE NOW, BUT IT WILL LOOK BETTER IN THE FUTURE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE INVERTED YIELD CURVE WHICH MEANS SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS ARE PAYING OFF HIGHER THAN LONG TERM INVESTMENTS.

THIS IS NOT NORMAL, BUT IT'S BEEN THIS NOT NORMAL FOR A GOOD DEAL NOW.

SO I THINK IT'S BEEN THE LONGEST IT'S BEEN THIS WAY FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.

DO YOU SEE THAT THOSE CONDITIONS CHANGING WITH RATES LOWERING.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MARKET UPDATES RECENTLY WITH THE ELECTION YIELDS DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN PEOPLE WERE ANTICIPATING.

SO THEY JUMPED MAYBE 20 BASIS POINTS IN THOSE SHORT TERM.

IT'S TO BE SEEN WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AS MANY CUTS AS PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO.

THE MARKET HAS THAT 63% LIKELIHOOD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE CUT IN DECEMBER.

SO I THINK THAT WAS THAT WAS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE BEFORE THE ELECTION.

AND THEN THERE ARE STILL PRICING IN SEVEN CUTS IN THE NEXT YEAR, BRINGING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 3%.

SO THERE'S A LOT MORE UNCERTAINTY.

SOME OF THE PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP'S POLICIES, INCLUDING TARIFFS AND SOME TAX CUTS.

THOSE TEND TO LEAD TOWARDS MORE INFLATION.

AND THE HIGHER INFLATION IS WHY THE RATES HAD BEEN HIGH.

SO PEOPLE ARE THINKING THAT MAYBE WITH THESE POLICY CHANGES, RATES MAY STAY HIGHER THAN WE HAD THOUGHT PREVIOUSLY.

BUT IT'S JUST WAIT AND SEE HOW EVERYONE'S GUESS ON WHAT ACTUALLY GETS PASSED, WHAT THE EFFECT OF THOSE PAST POLICIES ARE GOING TO BE.

SO THEY MAY NOT BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS FIRST INTENDED.

THEY MAY NOT BE. OKAY.

GOTCHA. SO IT WAS JUST A WAIT AND SEE AND SEE HOW FAR THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO CUT THOSE RATES DOWN.

YES. OKAY. HISTORICALLY WHENEVER THEY START CUTTING THEY CUT FAST.

BUT WE DO NOT NECESSARILY LIVE IN HISTORIC TIMES.

WE LIVE IN A FAIRLY UNIQUE TIME RIGHT NOW.

SO IT HAS TO BE SEEN.

SO THIS IS SHOWING THAT LONG TERM HOW RATES DID GO UP TO TRY TO COMBAT INFLATION RECENTLY COMING DOWN.

WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS IN DECEMBER, THOUGH IT'S CLOSER TO A COIN FLIP THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

AND THEN THIS IS THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.

THIS WAS ALL DOWN ABOUT 2020 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

SO INSTEAD OF LIKE A417 IT WAS IN THE HIGH THREES AT THE THREE YEAR BEFORE THE ELECTION.

AND THEN AFTER THE ELECTION. THAT DID JUMP UP A BIT.

INFLATION REMAINS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE TARGETED RANGE.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DID RECENTLY.

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WE'RE NOT TRYING TO OUTTHINK ANYONE ELSE.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PLAY ANY GAMBLES.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO CONSISTENT INVESTMENTS OVER OUR CYCLE, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO PAY OUR BILLS, AND THEN JUST MAKE PRUDENT, SAFE INVESTMENTS BEYOND THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GREAT. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS OVER FINANCIAL REPORT.

INVESTMENT REPORT. OKAY.

SOUNDS GREAT. ALL RIGHT. GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. I GOT IT. IT'S NOT A QUESTION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR.

WHAT IS IT 28TH YEAR OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AWARD? YES IT IS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

IT'S NICE TO SEE THE CITY HAS DONE A STRONG JOB HISTORICALLY, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT.

GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL.

WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 22ND, 2020 FOR REGULAR MEETING.

ITEM TWO. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO TERMINATE WITHOUT CAUSE A CONTRACT WITH MIDWAY PRESS FOR PRINTING THE BEDFORD CONNECTION NEWSLETTER. A LITTLE EXPLANATION BEHIND THAT.

ESSENTIALLY, WE DID BID THE NEWSLETTER PRINTING CONTRACT AND ESSENTIALLY RECEIVE SEVERAL BIDS BACK.

ULTIMATELY CHOSE MIDWAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE DOVE INTO THE CONTRACT AND STARTED TO.

NEGOTIATE THE MINUTIA.

IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ACTUAL MAILING OF THE NEWSLETTER WAS NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THAT BID ESTIMATE.

AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMPANY ALSO IS NOT INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THAT SERVICE FOR US.

SO WE REALLY WERE LOOKING FOR A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THE PRINTING AND THE MAILING.

NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN TAKING ON THAT ADDITIONAL MAILING BURDEN ON OUR OWN.

SO ESSENTIALLY WE WILL TERMINATE WITHOUT CAUSE, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO REBID THIS AND GO BACK OUT AND GET BIDS AGAIN.

AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A CONTRACT THAT DOES INCLUDE THAT PIECE FOR US.

SO I ANTICIPATE THAT BID WILL PROBABLY GO OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

OKAY. ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH ADASTAFF INC FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 75,000 ANNUALLY, WITH A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED 375,000 IF ALL RENEWALS ARE EXERCISED. ESSENTIALLY, AGAIN, THIS WAS INITIALLY LOOKED INTO FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO COVER SOME OF THE VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

BUT THE COMPANY ADASTAFF DOES PROVIDE TEMPORARY SERVICES ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO THIS WILL SERVE AS A TEMPORARY AGENCY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

AS WE HAVE VACANCIES OR NEED ADDITIONAL HELP TO FILL IN SOME GAPS.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS PAID FOR OUT OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGETS.

AND THAT IS DONE OUT OF ITEMS LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDER SALARY SAVINGS.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND OPERATIONS, SUPPLIES, PARTS, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND RELATED SERVICES FROM W.W.

GRAINGER, INC. THROUGH A MASTER CO-OP AGREEMENT WITH OMNIA PARTNERS FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF UP TO 20,000, WITH A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED 100,000 IF ALL RENEWALS ARE EXERCISED, AND AGAIN, THE CITY TYPICALLY AND REGULARLY USES GRAINGER FOR PURCHASES, TYPICALLY USING A P CARD OR A PROCUREMENT CARD, AND BY ESTABLISHING THIS CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR THROUGH THE OMNIA, PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE VIA DIRECT INVOICING AS WELL AS NOW USING OUR P CARDS.

THE CO-OP CONTRACT ALSO PROVIDES DISCOUNTED RATES ON GOODS AND SERVICES BOTH ONLINE AND IN THE STORE, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO ESTABLISH INTERNAL CONTROLS ON OUR SPENDING TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND CITY PURCHASING POLICIES.

THIS IS ALSO PAID FOR THROUGH VARIOUS DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGETS.

ITEM FIVE CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD WITH EDS ELECTRIC SERVICE FOR ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES THROUGH A MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO 75,000 ANNUALLY, TOTALING 150,000 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED, AND AGAIN THE WORK ON THIS SHALL INCLUDE NEW INSTALLATIONS, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS BUILDING LIGHTING, TRANSFORMER REPAIRS, GATE OPENERS, BALLPARK LIGHTING, CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, PUMPS, MOTORS AND OTHER REPAIRS AS NEEDED.

AGAIN, THIS WILL BE UTILIZED BY VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING FACILITIES, PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS.

ALSO PAID FOR THOSE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGETS.

ITEM NUMBER SIX.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH CDW GOVERNMENT, LLC TO PURCHASE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS THROUGH MULTIPLE MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES.

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THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR IT AND IT CONTRACT, AND THE CITY HAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000 OF ANNUAL RENEWING SOFTWARE THAT IS PURCHASED THROUGH CDW, SPECIFICALLY SOPHOS FOR 29,000 AND DUO FOR 11, WHICH ARE USED FOR IDENTITY AND CYBERSECURITY.

CDW, THROUGH ITS VARIOUS CO-OP AGREEMENTS WITH DIR OMNIA PARTNERS AND SOURCEWELL, OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF THESE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARES.

THIS IS PAID FOR THROUGH THE IT OPERATING BUDGET.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FOR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER, UTILITY SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS FROM ATLAS UTILITIES, SUPPLY, FERGUSON WATERWORKS, AND BENMARK SUPPLY FOR A COMBINED ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $152,200, TOTALING $761,000 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION UTILIZES VARIOUS VENDORS TO PURCHASE UTILITY SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS TO KEEP WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION, INCLUDING MAINS, TANKS AND PUMP STATIONS THROUGHOUT.

THIS ITEM WAS BID, ADVERTISED AND SENT TO 51 VENDORS.

THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED, AND ESSENTIALLY OF THOSE THREE, THEY ALL OFFER DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND GOING AHEAD AND AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO ALL THREE OF THOSE VENDORS.

THIS IS HANDLED THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATING BUDGETS.

NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH ARMSTRONG FORENSIC LABORATORY AND TARRANT COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR LABORATORY TESTING SERVICES, FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF UP TO 125,000 ANNUALLY, TOTALING 625,000 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

THIS IS A POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL USE THESE AGREEMENTS TO UTILIZE LAB SERVICES TO ANALYZE EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM CRIME SCENES, SUSPECTS AND VICTIMS. ADDITIONAL TESTING SERVICES INCLUDE BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE SUCH AS DNA, BLOOD, ALCOHOL, AND HUMAN REMAINS.

TRACE EVIDENCE SUCH AS HAIR FIBERS, GUNSHOT RESIDUE, ETC..

DRUGS TO INDICATE THE TYPE OF SUBSTANCE AND OTHER EVIDENCE AS NEEDED.

AGAIN, THIS IS PAID FOR THROUGH THE PD OPERATING BUDGET.

NUMBER NINE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FOR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH SAMSARA FOR THE PURCHASE OF FLEET AND ASSET TRACKING SOFTWARE AND LICENSING THROUGH A MASTER CO-OP AGREEMENT WITH SOURCEWELL IN AN AMOUNT OF UP TO $20,524.60 ANNUALLY, TOTALING $185,683 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT I KNOW OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS VERY EXCITED TO ENTER INTO.

ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS A PURCHASE FOR FLEET AND ASSET TRACKING SOFTWARE AND LICENSING.

OUR CURRENT VENDOR TRACKS MILEAGE DATA AND LOCATION DATA AT A COST OF $12.85 PER UNIT, AND THE SERVICE, UNFORTUNATELY DOES NOT HAVE THE CURRENT CONTRACT IN PLACE, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE RELIABLE DATA FOR OUR FLEET.

ALSO, IN TOTAL, 134 OF THE OF 176 VEHICLES HAVE THIS GPS TRACKING IN PLACE.

THE BEAUTY OF THIS CONTRACT IS IT WILL NOW COVER 100% OF OUR CITY VEHICLES, AND THERE WILL BE SUBSIDIES FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THIS CONTRACT.

SO AGAIN, SAMSARA PROVIDES A SENSE ADVANCED SENSOR DATA, VEHICLE UTILIZATION REPORTING, SAFETY REPORTING, CUSTOMIZABLE DEPARTMENT REPORTS.

AND IT WILL ALSO ALLOW THE DATA TO BE INTEGRATED WITHIN OUR FLEET WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.

SO DEFINITELY A WIN ACROSS THE BOARD ON THIS.

AND THIS IS PAID FOR THROUGH VARIOUS DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGETS.

ITEM NUMBER TEN CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 20 2525, PROVIDING FOR THE SPENDING OF FUNDS FROM THE CITY OF BEDFORD DRUG ENFORCEMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF 18,000, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 59.06 OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AGAIN, THIS ITEM IS TO AMEND THE ADOPTED BUDGET TO ALLOCATE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,000 IN THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT FUND FOR TRAINING SESSIONS FOCUSED ON POLICE LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.

THE TRAINING WILL BE FACILITATED BY MAC TRISTEN CULTURE STRATEGIST, LECTURER AND 2023 INDUCTEE INTO THE GREENLEAF CENTER FOR SERVANT LEADERSHIP HALL OF FAME.

THIS GENTLEMAN HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE REALLY FEEL HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE A LOT OF LEADERSHIP GROWTH FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS PAID FOR, OBVIOUSLY, BY DRUG ENFORCEMENT FUNDS.

NUMBER 11, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO CERTIFY THE AMENDED CHAPTER 59 ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

THIS ITEM IS TO PRESENT THE AMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2023.

CHAPTER 59 ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW AND AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

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ITEM NUMBER 12.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO CERTIFY CHAPTER 59 ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT AS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 59.06 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES.

THIS ITEM IS TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2459 ASSET FORFEITURE REPORT TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW AND AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

THE REPORT REFLECTS $125,000 IN REVENUE, $8,639.60 IN INTEREST EARNED, AND $29,815.85 IN EXPENDITURES.

ITEM NUMBER 13.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO CERTIFY THE EQUITABLE SHARING AGREEMENT AND CERTIFICATION AS REQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

THE ITEM IS TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 EQUITABLE SHARING AGREEMENT.

REPORT TO COUNCIL FOR AUTHORIZATION PRIOR TO FINAL SUBMISSION.

THE REPORT REFLECTS ZERO IN REVENUE $1,034 IN INTEREST EARNED AND $9,241.48 IN EXPENDITURES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ITEM NUMBER 14, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A JOINT USE AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 326 SOMERSET CIRCLE BEDFORD, TEXAS, 76 022, TO ALLOW AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY ACCESS WITHIN CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

ESSENTIALLY, THE BACK STORY ON THIS IS THIS HOME WAS PART OF A SUBDIVISION WAS PLATTED BACK IN 1960.

THE HOME WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 68.

AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WAS DONE WAS A REAR CARPORT WAS CONSTRUCTED, AND THEN A DRIVEWAY WAS BUILT OVER CITY PROPERTY.

SO THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO A DRAINAGE WAY THAT IS ESSENTIALLY DEEMED OUR RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR WELL OVER 30, 40 YEARS, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, I THINK, EARLY LAST YEAR WHEN THE GENTLEMAN CAME IN AND WANTED TO CONVERT THE CARPORT INTO AN OFFICE SPACE, WHICH IS WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE PROPERTY LINE WAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT, NOT FARTHER OVER AS INITIALLY, AND YOU KNOW, AS HE ORIGINALLY HAD THOUGHT.

SO THIS RIGHT OF WAY USE AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW THE DRIVEWAY TO REMAIN IN PLACE.

AND IT JUST KIND OF MAKES THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE OFFICIAL, IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO THAT DRIVEWAY.

IT'S JUST A DECLARATION THAT WE'RE AWARE THIS IS ON OUR PROPERTY, AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO CONTINUE TO USE IT.

SO GIVEN THE LONGEVITY OF THIS, STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION NUMBER 14.

SO. SO THE DRIVEWAYS IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY BUT IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF DAMAGE, THEY'RE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY OF IT.

CORRECT. TO THAT.

IS THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS HOW THE AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HELPING FIX HIS DRIVEWAY? CORRECT. OKAY. CORRECT.

THAT'S GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANDREA, SO FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.

DID THE BID INFORMATION INCLUDE MAILING COSTS OR THE REQUEST DID INCLUDE IT? IT JUST IT WAS NOT BROKEN OUT CLEARLY IN THAT ONE.

AND SO IT WAS AS WE LIKE I SAID, AS WE DOVE INTO IT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED, BUT WE DID REQUEST THAT IT BE MAILED IN THAT BID REQUEST.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THEN FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE WITH THE OUT OF STAFF, WE USE IT FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

ARE THERE OTHER DEPARTMENTS YOU ALREADY HAVE IN MIND THAT BECAUSE YOU SAID IT WAS ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WERE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IN PARTICULAR NEED TO USE THIS SERVICE.

OFFHAND, I DON'T KNOW THAT.

OKAY. OH, YEP. THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

YES. I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE USED TEMPORARY AGENCIES SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PARTICULAR GROUPS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE LOOKING TO JUMP ON THE OUT OF STAFF CONTRACT. AT THIS POINT, NO, THERE'S NOT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE DID OPEN IT UP TO MULTIPLE POSITIONS SO THAT IF THERE IS A NEED WHERE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW VACANCIES THAT A DEPARTMENT NEEDS TEMPORARY STAFFING.

THEY CAN UTILIZE THIS CONTRACT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

ANDREA, I DON'T RECALL EVER DOING THIS BEFORE WHERE WE SET UP ALL THESE CONTRACTS WITH ALL THESE MULTIPLE AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A PURCHASING AGENT.

DOES THAT HELP? AND SO WE CAN SAVE COSTS BECAUSE EVERYBODY WILL BE GOING TO THE SAME SUPPLIER OR VENDOR.

CORRECT. THERE'S REALLY A LOT OF CLEANUP THAT'S GOING ON.

ANGIE HAS STAYED WITH US THIS EVENING, OUR PURCHASING MANAGER.

AND SO SHE HAS REALLY MADE A BIG PUSH FOR US TO BRING THESE THINGS INTO FULL COMPLIANCE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE MAXIMIZING ANY COST SAVINGS THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS.

SHE HAS ASSURED ME, AS I HAVE TOLD HER, THAT I'M GOING TO LOSE MY VOICE UP HERE ONE OF THESE NIGHTS.

THAT WE ARE KIND OF COMING TO A CLOSE ON GETTING THESE DONE.

SO I THINK THINGS ARE GOING TO TAPER OFF IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH THIS, THIS NUMBER OF CONTRACTS COMING THROUGH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

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14. YES.

IS THIS ROUTINE THAT WE FIND THINGS LIKE THIS? YES AND NO. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN.

THINGS DO OCCUR, PARTICULARLY IN A COMMUNITY THAT, AGAIN, A HOME THAT WAS BUILT IN 1968.

I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, PERMITS WERE LIKELY NOT OBTAINED AT THAT TIME.

AND EVEN IF THEY WERE, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT IF A SURVEY WAS SHOWN, YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE APPEARED THAT IT WAS ON THEIR PROPERTY.

SO IT'S NOT EXTREMELY RARE.

I DON'T KNOW, BRYN CAN.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO LET BRYN JUMP IN.

YEAH. YEAH. IT HAPPENS MORE THAN YOU THINK IN ALL OF OUR CITIES.

I MEAN, I DID FOR ANOTHER TARRANT COUNTY CITY.

THEY FOUND A CHURCH IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE BUILDING ITSELF.

SO IT COULD BE WORSE.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SHOULD EVER DECIDE, LIKE WE DID TONIGHT, THAT WE WANT TO USE THE LAND WE HAVE FULL RIGHT TO USE THE LAND.

WE HAVE FULL USAGE OF THAT SPACE.

SO UNFORTUNATELY WE WOULD NEED TO REMOVE ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IN THERE.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY.

AND AGAIN THE AREA IS WITHIN A DRAINAGE AREA.

SO IT IS POSSIBLE AT SOME POINT AFTER WE DO OUR DRAINAGE STUDY AND WE LOOK INTO THINGS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE ALTERATIONS, BUT FOR NOW, THIS DOES ALLOW THE DRIVEWAY TO REMAIN IN PLACE.

AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ON THE UP AND UP AT THIS POINT NOW THAT WE'D HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE.

CORRECT. OKAY.

THIS THIS IS A REVOCABLE LICENSE.

THANK YOU. IT'S NOT AN INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE.

IT'S NOT A LEASE. THEY HAVE NO OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE LAND.

IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A CONCERT TICKET OR A SPORTING EVENT TICKET.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THAT SPACE FOR SO LONG AS WE SAY YOU CAN USE IT.

OH, GREAT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK WE PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY FROM THAT GUY IN 2014 OR 15 BECAUSE WE HE WAS NOT ALLOWING US ACCESS DOWN INTO THAT CULVERT.

AND WE USED TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS. SO IT'S KIND OF WEIRD THAT IF WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FROM HIM, THAT HE'S OVER ON OUR RIGHT OF WAY, DO WE? YEAH, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE ACCESS THAT PROPERTY, I'M GOING TO LET WES JUMP IN.

HE'S DEALT WITH A LITTLE MORE OF THE HISTORY THAN I HAVE.

WES, I DON'T WEAR A TIE TONIGHT JUST FOR YOU.

I'M BRINGING OUT MY INNER WES.

THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.

SO ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE, WE WENT BACK INTO THE ORIGINAL PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THAT PROPERTY, AND EVEN WHEN IT WAS PLATTED IN 1960, IT SHOWED THIS DRAINAGE RESERVE THERE.

SO THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULAR TRANSACTION YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT I DIDN'T FIND ANY RECORD OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CONCERNS OVER THE CONSENT.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M ASSUMING A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER FARCO AND THE SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS.

[15. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with Kendig Keast Collaborative for the provision of professional services for the update of the Zoning Ordinance and other land development regulations in an amount not to exceed $198,000. ]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KENDIG KEAST COLLABORATIVE FOR THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE UPDATING OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND OTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $198,000.

I GAVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL BE BRIEF.

AS YOU ALL REMEMBER IN SEPTEMBER, COUNCIL ADOPTED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ONE OF THE MAJOR POLICIES AND ACTION ITEMS IN THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS TO DO AN UPDATE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT RELATED ORDINANCES.

SO [INAUDIBLE] OUT OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS IS WHO WAS RECOMMENDED TO US BY THE HALL'S HILL WHO HELPED DRAFT OUR PLAN.

THEY RECOMMENDED [INAUDIBLE] AND SO AFTER A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR YOU TONIGHT.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

THEY ARE KNOWN FOR TAKING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND TURNING THEM INTO REGULATORY DOCUMENTS.

SO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES SHARED IN COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, THEY THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THAT.

THEY'VE WORKED IN MORE THAN 100 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION.

JUST SOME REAL KEY BACKGROUND ON ON KIND OF WHAT THIS AGREEMENT OR WHAT WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT.

IT'S FOUR PHASES, ESSENTIALLY ONE BEING REALLY JUST FACT FINDING WILL BE THE FIRST PHASE.

THEY'LL DO A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH BOTH P AND Z AND COUNCIL.

WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, WITH STAFF REALLY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE.

WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCES.

SO WHAT THEY NEED. TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.

SECOND PHASE WILL BE THAT STRATEGIC APPROACH.

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OBVIOUSLY, THE THIRD PHASE IN THE BULK OF THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE THE ORDINANCE DRAFTING AND THEN FINAL ADOPTION AND FINAL DRAFTING AND ADOPTION OF THOSE ORDINANCES. SO THIS WOULD BE A COMPLETE UPDATE OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, SOMETHING THAT WE DESPERATELY HAVE NEEDED FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

HOW LONG DO YOU FORESEE THIS PROCESS TAKING? 18 MONTHS OR SO.

MONTHS OR SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

18 MONTHS. AND DURING THAT TIME, THERE'S GOING TO BE MEETINGS WITH P AND Z, MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL AND JUST PERIODICALLY SHOWING US NOT ONLY TO GET FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO SINCE THIS IS SUCH A HUGE ENDEAVOR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS TAKING A LOOK AT OUR CODES AND ORDINANCES, WHAT THE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE SO THAT WE KNOW AS WELL AS WE'RE GOING ALONG. RIGHT. I ENVISIONED THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MASTER PLAN.

WE'LL USE BE HEARD BEDFORD.

MARLENE, I'VE ALREADY HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE THAT PLATFORM.

WE WILL ALSO DO STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AS WELL, BECAUSE SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT, AS WE KNOW, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ENGAGE EVERYBODY WE CAN.

OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. QUESTIONS OVER THIS.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

FIRST. THANK YOU WES AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT WOULD TAKE STAFF WAY TOO LONG, AND IT WOULD COST MUCH MORE MONEY IF THEY DID IT.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE LOOKED AT COST SAVINGS THAT WAY.

MY BIG QUESTION IS I GUESS IT'S TO BRYN RIGHT NOW WITH HOUSE BILL 2127 DOING REDOING OUR ORDINANCES NOW IS ARE WE DOING THIS AT AN EXPENSE THAT MIGHT BE ALL FOR NOTHING.

I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A MOVING TARGET WITH THE LEGISLATURE EVERY TWO YEARS, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO ADAPT.

THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL FEELING ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS THIS IS WELL OVERDUE.

SOMETHING THAT I THINK SHOULD YOU DO SINCE I CAME ON COUNCIL YEARS AGO, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING IT.

AND SO NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE MASTER PLAN, THE MASTER PLAN HAD TO COME FIRST AND THEN THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THAT, IN THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

ALSO, I DO KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OTHER CHANGES TO OUR ORDINANCE HAVING TO DO WITH THE SIGN ORDINANCE HAVING TO DO WITH SOME CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF THAT SPECIFICALLY.

NO, WE NOW DO HAVE SOME DRAFTS OF SOME NUISANCE ORDINANCES AND SIGN ORDINANCES IN PLAY RIGHT NOW.

THEY WILL TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION.

THEY TAKE ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT THEY'LL MAINLY BE FOCUSING ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

OKAY. GOT IT. SO THOSE OTHER ONES WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE.

CORRECT. GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS AND STAFF IS HANDLING THOSE ON OUR SIDE.

OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

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

LET'S GO AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. STAFF.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16.

[16. Consider a resolution of the City of Bedford, Texas approving the American Rescue Plan Act Appropriation Plan; and recognizing and appropriating expenditures within the Fiscal Year 2024 Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Budget for the replacement of 8 HVAC units at the library through Payne Mechanical Services in an estimated amount of $214,533. ]

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO YES, THE ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS TO REPLACE EIGHT OF THE 16 UNITS AT THE LIBRARY.

AND THE PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE REPLACED ALL 16 AT ONCE, WE WOULD BE IN THE SAME POSITION IN 10 TO 15 YEARS.

SO THE IDEA IS TO REPLACE EIGHT OF THE WORST UNITS AND THEN STAGGER THE REMAINING UNITS OUT OVER 2 TO 3 YEARS, JUST DEPENDING UPON THAT NEED.

I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY, INCLUDING THIS ITEM AND KIND OF THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE AS MR. COCHRAN SAID, WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING TO OBLIGATE THOSE FUNDS.

SO JUST A QUICK RECAP.

WE HAVE TO OBLIGATE THE FUNDS BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND WE HAVE TO SPEND THEM BY THE END OF 2026.

WE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER $12 MILLION TONIGHT.

YOU'LL NOTICE IN THAT SECOND COLUMN, TONIGHT'S OBLIGATIONS WILL TOTAL 11,843309.34, WHICH MEANS TRUE ARPA FUNDS REMAINING ARE $322,353.42. AND IS THAT JUST ASSUMING THAT THE THAT WE WILL APPROVE EVERYTHING BEFORE US FOR THE LIBRARY? OKAY. SO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT OUT THERE.

YES. SO THOSE TWO ITEMS WHICH THAT'S WHY I HAVE THAT ASTERISK AS WELL.

JUST SO IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THAT DOES INCLUDE THE ITEM THAT IS ON BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

WE HAVE INTEREST EARNINGS THROUGH 9:30.

WE HAVEN'T CLOSED OCTOBER YET SO I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE YOU FALSE NUMBERS.

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PROJECT SAVINGS IS $268, $902.03.

NOW, THAT IS LESS THAN WHAT I TOLD YOU BACK IN JULY.

THAT IS DUE TO ONE PARTICULAR ITEM.

AND IT WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN FINANCE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE WERE BOTH SAYING THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETE, BUT THERE WAS STILL AN INVOICE OUTSTANDING.

SO WE PRESENTED THAT THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETE AND THERE WAS MORE PROJECT SAVINGS AVAILABLE THAN THERE REALLY WAS.

SO THAT INVOICE HAS BEEN PAID AND NOW WE'RE ON THE SAME FIRE AND FINANCE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.

OKAY. AND SO THE TOTAL AVAILABLE BALANCE BETWEEN ARPA INTEREST AND PROJECT SAVINGS IS A LITTLE OVER 1.2 MILLION.

AND LOOKING AT THIS SO JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, THE FUNDS REMAINING, THE 322,000 THAT HAS THE DATE ATTACHED TO IT. CORRECT. SO ANY INTEREST THAT WE EARNED IS OURS AND WE CAN DO WITH IT, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER WE SEE FIT.

BUT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT, THAT WE NEED TO SPEND BY OUR NEXT MEETING IS THAT 322,000.

CORRECT. OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT CLEAR.

ALL RIGHT. YES. THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN BY DEPARTMENT.

AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE AMOUNT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS WELL.

I WILL TELL YOU, I HAD A SMALL TYPO WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH MY PRESENTATION.

SO THE TOTAL THAT WAS PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET IN THIS TOTAL APPROVED OBLIGATION COLUMN WAS INCORRECT.

I FAILED TO UPDATE IT WITH TONIGHT'S ITEM SO THAT MAYBE LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THIS KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN.

SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT FIRE LINE ITEM WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I SHOWED YOU IN JULY.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST BREAKING DOWN THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS BY DIVISION OR BY DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN WHAT'S COMPLETE AND WHAT'S ONGOING.

AND THE FINAL ITEM UNDER DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THE DEMO'S COMPLETE.

THERE'S JUST A FEW ANCILLARY ITEMS, PICNIC BENCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET.

SO LAST I CHECKED WITH PARKS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE THIS FALL.

SO I JUST NEED TO FOLLOW UP AND SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.

BUT I ANTICIPATE THAT BEING CLOSED REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.

THE ONES IN BOLD ARE THE ONES THAT ARE STILL ONGOING.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE UNDER THE FACILITIES.

SO BUILDING B, DEMO STAFF, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

STAFF IS ACTUALLY WILL BE OUT OF THAT BUILDING BY FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.

WE STARTED ASBESTOS ABATEMENT ON MONDAY.

AND THEN THAT WILL START THE DEMOLITION PROCESS.

SO VERY EXCITING.

CITY FACILITIES, ROOFS.

THOSE ARE ALSO ONGOING.

BUILDING A, WE.

YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A RECEPTION DESK OUT FRONT THAT'S NOT FINALIZED, SO STILL ONGOING.

AND THEN THE COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR THE FACILITIES STILL ONGOING.

SO. FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE JUST A FEW ITEMS STILL OUTSTANDING.

WE HAD AN EOC MEETING TODAY.

SO JUST TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH MOVING THAT EOC FROM BUILDING B INTO THE LEC LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THAT BUILDING.

THERE'S WAY TOO MANY INITIALS, WAY TOO MANY ABBREVIATIONS.

SO WE HAD THAT MEETING TODAY.

SO THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN ORDERED.

THERE'S JUST A FEW ANCILLARY ITEMS. SO I ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT BEING CLOSED VERY SOON.

AND THEN WE KNOW ABOUT THE THREE LARGE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE ORDERED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

THIS ONE WAS OUTSTANDING.

THE LAST PRESENTATION I GAVE YOU.

BUT THAT IS NOW COMPLETE. SO WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECT SAVINGS TO ADD TO THAT NUMBER I GAVE YOU.

AND THEN THE TWO ITEMS IN THE MIDDLE THAT ARE IN BOLD, THOSE OBVIOUSLY ARE ALL RELATED TO MOVING THE HR AND FINANCE STAFF OUT OF BUILDING B INTO BUILDING C, THOSE OFFICES ARE BUILT, THE FURNITURE HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER, AND WE ARE MOVING STAFF THIS WEEK.

SO I ANTICIPATE THOSE BEING CLOSED VERY SOON.

AND IT ITEMS ARE ALL COMPLETE.

LIBRARIES. SO THIS DOES INCLUDE THE ITEM THAT IS PRESENTED TONIGHT.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE ONGOING ITEMS RIGHT THERE.

A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE THEY'RE MOVING AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

THEY'RE JUST NOT FINALIZED YET.

MUNICIPAL COURT IS COMPLETE.

THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

THESE ARE THE RECREATION ITEMS. YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THAT SLIDE THAT DIDN'T GET MADE TO THIS, BUT THIS IS MISSING THE PARKS EQUIPMENT THAT WE ALSO APPROVED.

SO THE CASE FRONT LOADER AND THE DUMP TRAILER.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THE NEXT DAY DON PLACED THAT ORDER FOR THE CASE FRONT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPROVING THAT FOR HIM.

YES, HE WAS VERY EXCITED.

IT'S BEEN ON THE LIST FOR A WHILE.

IT HAS, IT HAS.

SO HE WAS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING HIS DAY.

THAT'S GOOD. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST THE ITEMS IN BOLD.

ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE ONGOING, RECENTLY APPROVED TOO.

SO PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS IN BOLD ARE THE ONES THAT ARE STILL ONGOING.

AND THEN HERE'S WHERE WE GET INTO THE FUTURE PROJECTS.

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SO THE PLAN, IF WE CAN'T GET SOLIDIFIED QUOTES FROM VENDORS BY THE NEXT MEETING, IS WE'LL JUST BRING FORWARD A LIST OF PROJECTS AND HAVE YOU OBLIGATE FUNDS TO THOSE PROJECTS BASED ON ESTIMATED BUDGETS.

AND THEN WE WILL COME BEFORE YOU WHEN WE GET FULL AND FINAL QUOTES TO APPROVE THAT PURCHASE WITH THAT.

SO THAT WAY THE FUNDS ARE STILL OBLIGATED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, AND THEN YOU CAN APPROVE THE VENDOR IN THE FUTURE.

PERFECT. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE PROJECT PLAN THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE REMAINING ARPA FUNDS.

THERE IS A HVAC UNIT ON BUILDING B THAT WE WANT TO REPURPOSE.

THAT UNIT WAS JUST REPLACED A COUPLE OF SUMMERS AGO.

SO WE WANT TO REPLACE THAT UNIT TO THIS FACILITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE ESTIMATED 15,000 IS FOR THE CRANE AND STAFF TIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO DO THAT.

BUILDING C WHENEVER THERE IS A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT OF RENOVATIONS THAT ARE DONE TO A FACILITY, YOU HAVE TO DO CHANGES TO YOUR ADA PARKING.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE CROSSED THAT THRESHOLD.

AND SO THIS IS THE ESTIMATE TO IMPROVE THE ADA PARKING SPACES UP FRONT.

THE FACILITY BUILDING THAT AC UNIT ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

PARK'S BUILDING TO UPDATE THEIR SECURITY CAMERAS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING WITH THE ADDITION OF AN EVT.

THAT ALLOWS THAT STANDS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE TECHNICIAN.

SO THIS INDIVIDUAL CAN PERFORM MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ON OUR AMBULANCES OR FIRE TRUCKS OR APPARATUS, THINGS LIKE THAT, VERSUS US SENDING IT OFF TO A THIRD PARTY THAT REQUIRES SOME UPDATES TO THE FLEET SPACE FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO GET UNDERNEATH THOSE LARGE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND DO THAT WORK.

SO THOSE ARE OUR ESTIMATES FOR SOME OF THAT THAT THEY NEED.

THE SENIOR CENTER, THE SIGN, THE MONUMENT SIGN OUT FRONT IS NOT AN ELECTRONIC MONUMENT SIGN.

SO OUR IDEA WITH THAT FIRST THREE RIGHT THERE.

THE SENIOR CENTER OBS AND FIRE STATION THREE IS TO UPDATE THE MECHANICS WITHIN THOSE SIGNS.

SO THEY'RE THE SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY THAN WHAT WITH WHAT THE LIBRARY HAS.

THE ESTIMATE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ONLY BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT IN THERE.

SO WE FIGURED IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GET THAT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

WE DO WANT TO UPDATE CITY HALL SIGNAGE, DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE, BOTH IN OUR PARKING LOTS AND INSIDE THE FACILITIES, BECAUSE PEOPLE GET LOST WHEN THEY COME TO OUR FACILITIES HERE AT CITY HALL AND THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.

TELECON UPDATES FOR FIRE.

THIS IS ALL RELATED TO NETCO AND JUST SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THAT SYSTEM.

AND THEN WE UPDATED THE LANGUAGE ON THIS NEXT ITEM.

SO THAT IS ALSO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS IN YOUR PACKET.

I THINK THE LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE MISLEADING.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A RELOCATION.

IT'S A NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A VETERANS MEMORIAL AS WELL AS RELOCATION OF THOSE PLAQUES.

WE WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH WHAT WE WERE DOING THERE.

AND THEN THE OTHER TWO, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ESTIMATE FOR, WHICH IS THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR A LARGER ENTRY ARRAY, FEATURES FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN WE HAVE A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE FOR THE BEDFORD COMMONS AMENITY POND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

SO ALL OF THOSE FUTURE PROJECTS EQUAL 957,790, WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT OUR REQUIRED AMOUNT TO HAVE OBLIGATED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR WILL BE SPENDING EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT WAS GIVEN TO US.

GOOD. YES. GOOD. SO.

BUT AGAIN, EVERY NUMBER THAT I'VE GIVEN YOU TONIGHT AS FAR AS TOTALS ALSO INCLUDE IT INCLUDES THE ITEM THAT IS BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

WELL FIRST OFF I'M GOING TO SAY WOW.

YES. HOW MUCH WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THIS CITY.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT TAKING CARE OF SO MANY NEEDS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, I MEAN, HVAC SYSTEMS, THEY CAN FAIL.

AND THAT PUTS A REAL BAD, YOU KNOW, BURDEN ON OUR ON OUR FINANCES, YOU KNOW, FIRE TRUCKS, APPARATUSES, EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU NAME IT.

WE'VE SET OURSELVES UP IN A GOOD POSITION GOING FORWARD FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS.

THAT IS, WE'VE DONE A LOT.

AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THIS, THIS, THIS SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR.

IT'S REALLY HAS BEEN A BEEN A GODSEND FOR OUR CITY.

AND SO I MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY, IS THERE ANYTHING WE'RE OVERLOOKING.

AND SO I WANT TO REITERATE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT OR ANYTHING ELSE WHERE.

AND I KNOW I'M GLAD WE'RE SEEING HVAC UNITS IN THERE OR IN ROOFS.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE KNOW THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF KNOWING THAT IN A FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY? SO I WILL TELL YOU FROM THE FACILITIES STANDPOINT, THIS WAS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST PRIMARILY DEVELOPED BY OUR FACILITY MANAGER, CHRIS.

AND BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED HIM TO TELL US, WHAT ARE YOUR WHAT ARE YOUR PAIN POINTS AND WHAT CAN WE DO FROM A CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE PAIN POINTS AND GIVE YOU AND YOUR STAFF SOME RELIEF? AND SO THIS LIST WAS PRIMARILY DERIVED FROM HIM AND HIS STAFF AND WHAT THEY WORK ON, ON FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

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SO YES, IN ANTICIPATION OF I THINK THIS MIGHT BE BREAKING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HEY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST REPLACE IT SO IT DOESN'T CREATE A BURDEN DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON ARPA OR THE ITEM BEFORE US? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. LOOKS LIKE YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WE STILL HAVE AN ITEM HERE TO VOTE ON.

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

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

ITEM NUMBER 17.

[17. Discussion on creating a Tenant’s Rights ordinance for the City of Bedford, Texas. **This item requested by Mayor Cogan and Councilmember Dawkins. ]

THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY BEFORE I LOSE MY VOICE HERE.

BUT GOING BACK THIS I WANT TO SAY THIS HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS CAME ON.

SHE ADVOCATED FOR PUTTING ON OUR WEBSITE A LIST OF RENTERS RIGHTS FOR OUR RENTERS, OUR TENANTS WITHIN THE CITY AND DOING SOMETHING, GIVING A RESOURCE FOR THEM.

THEY MAKE UP HALF OF OUR POPULATION HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD WE HAVE OVER 35 APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

SO YOU GO ONLINE TO ANY SOCIAL MEDIA AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR HELP.

AND SO WE HAVE A PLACE TO DIRECT THEM.

HAD A CONVERSATION AND WANTED TO SEE HOW WE COULD EXPAND UPON THAT.

NOW YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT HOW THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS BINDED US AND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.

I DID ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND SAY, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD CREATE SOMETHING SO THAT WE HAVE THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES SHOW AND ACTUALLY FORCE THEM TO GIVE OUT TENANTS RIGHTS TO THEIR TENANTS, THE LANDLORDS ACTUALLY HANDING OUT THESE, THESE RENTERS RIGHTS TO THEM AND WOULD IT BE ENFORCEABLE? AND SO I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON YOUR TOES, BUT YOU DID GIVE ME SURPRISE.

AND YOU SAID, ACTUALLY YOU DO.

YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT TAKEN THAT AWAY.

NOT YET. NOT YET.

NOT YET. AND SO I KIND OF WENT DOWN AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, WELL LET'S GO WITH THAT.

WHAT COULD WE DO? IS IT ENFORCEABLE? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN A RABBIT HOLE WHERE WE CREATE THIS AMAZING THING.

AND THEN WHAT GOOD IS IT IF YOU CAN'T ENFORCE IT? SO IN TALKS WITH STAFF, THEY MENTIONED THE FACT THAT YOU COULD MAKE SOME THINGS A PART OF OUR INSPECTIONS WHERE PART OF THE INSPECTIONS PROCESS WE GO IN, WE CHECK THEIR RECORDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INDEED PASSING OUT THEIR THESE RIGHTS, THESE TENANTS RIGHTS TO THEIR TENANTS AND KEEPING A RECORD OF IT.

AND SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT COUNCIL'S APPETITE WAS.

AND IT MAY NOT EVEN BE A CREATION OF A WHOLE NEW ORDINANCE, QUITE FRANKLY.

IT MAY ACTUALLY BE BETTER SUITED TO FALL UNDER ADDITIONAL SECTION.

THAT'S WITHIN OUR CODES OF ORDINANCES, JUST PLACING THE RECOMMENDATION AND SAYING, ALL RIGHT, IF YOU WERE A LANDLORD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE THESE, THESE LIST OF RIGHTS TO YOUR TENANTS, AND YOU NEED TO KEEP RECORD THAT THEY RECEIVED THOSE.

SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT COUNCILS I GUESS APPETITE WAS FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR STAFF IS HOW LABORIOUS WOULD THAT BE? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION, WES.

I JUST I WANT I WOULD LIKE WES IS OF COURSE CLEARLY BEING OVER CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE GROUP THAT DOES DO OUR ANNUAL INSPECTIONS.

THAT IS A LOGICAL PLACE TO PUT THIS.

AND WORKING THAT IN I THINK IS A DOABLE OPTION.

BUT I'M GOING TO LET WES ANSWER.

I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO SAY PARKS WAS A LOGICAL PLACE TO PUT THIS, BUT.

OKAY. YEAH.

YEAH. AND IN THE MAIN.

YEAH, THE MAIN CONCERN WAS, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER.

YES, WE HAVE THE RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE NOT INFORMED, WHO DON'T KNOW WHO TO CONTACT.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE ONE THING YOU KNOW.

THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN CONTACT US.

WE'RE HERE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO HELP, RIGHT? AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN IN SQUANDER.

RIGHT. AND WE WANT TO TRY AND CLEAN UP, MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THESE, THESE SLUMLORDS WITHIN OUR CITY.

NOT SAYING THAT WE DO, BUT WE WANT TO TRY AND AVOID THAT.

I THINK THE APPROACH THAT YOU'RE TAKING IS VERY, VERY DOABLE FOR STAFF.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NEED TO AMEND OUR ESSENTIALLY OUR INSPECTION CHECKLIST IS ALREADY IN THE ORDINANCE.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO AMEND THAT PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE TO ADD THAT REQUIREMENT.

BUT AND I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE YOU'RE FOCUSING ON APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND NOT NECESSARILY ANY, ANY RENTAL.

YEAH. RENTAL WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FULLY IMPLEMENTED THE LONG TERM RENTAL PROGRAM.

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MY JUST SPITBALLING HERE, WHICH IS PROBABLY NEVER GOOD FOR ME TO DO.

MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS WHEN WE START REQUIRING THOSE REGISTRATIONS, MAYBE WE AND ANDREA AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, MAYBE WE PHASE IN REGISTRATION AND DO INSPECTION LATER, BUT WITH OUR COMPUTER SOFTWARE THAT THEY HAVE TO REGISTER THROUGH, WE COULD BUILD IN SOMETHING THAT THEY AUTOMATICALLY GET AND THAT THEY HAVE TO UPLOAD EITHER THE TENANT SIGNATURE THAT THEY RECEIVED IT, OR SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE OF THAT NATURE.

WITHOUT GETTING TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

THE OUTSIDE, THE APARTMENTS, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'VE GOT TO THINK THAT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT FARTHER, I GUESS, IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.

COULD A I GUESS I'M THINKING HERE, COULD A STOPGAP BE FOR WHEN A TENANT APPLIES FOR UTILITIES THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ON OUR OWN? I MEAN, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A STOPGAP ON OUR END TO PROVIDE THOSE THAT INFORMATION TO THEM.

IT IS I WOULD NEED TO GET WITH UTILITY BILLING TO SEE EXACTLY.

WE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WAS TOO INVOLVED IN THEIR PROCESSES AND THEY CAME UP WITH ANOTHER WAY TO GET ME OUT OF IT.

BUT AND NOT THAT NOT THAT THAT'S A BAD THING BY ANY STRETCH OF IMAGINATION, BUT I THINK STAFF JUST NEEDS TO LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS AND SEE HOW WE CAN COME UP WITH THAT.

I THINK IT'S DOABLE. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE NEED TO DO IT.

OKAY, OKAY. GOOD, GOOD.

YEAH, THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN IS MAKING SURE THIS IS ENFORCEABLE IF WE WANT TO PURSUE, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THIS ROUTE.

AND THEN ALSO WHAT KINDS OF FINES WOULD BE, I GUESS.

I GUESS I'LL BRING THAT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

WHAT WHAT KINDS OF FINES.

AND IT WOULD BE PER OCCURRENCE.

RIGHT. SO IF YOU HAVE A LANDLORD THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE THESE TENANTS RIGHTS TO THEIR TENANTS, IT WOULD BE PER OCCURRENCE, RIGHT? SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ISSUE A CIVIL PENALTY.

SO WE CAN'T JUST SEND SOMEBODY A BILL.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE WOULD ISSUE WHATEVER THE CITY'S NORMAL PROCESS IS.

TYPICALLY MY UNDERSTANDING IS A NOTICE OF VIOLATION THAT GOES FIRST AND THEN IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WITHIN SO MANY DAYS, THEN YOU ISSUE A CITATION FOR MUNICIPAL COURT.

SO THE LEGISLATURE HAS CAPPED NON-HEALTH AND SAFETY RELATED VIOLATIONS.

NON ZONING VIOLATIONS TO UP TO $500 A DAY PER OCCURRENCE.

SO ONCE A DAY YOU COULD ISSUE A CITATION.

NOW THE RECIPIENT OF THE CITATION HAS A RIGHT TO CONTEST IT IN COURT AND COULD BE FOUND NOT GUILTY OR FOUND GUILTY.

AND THEN I'VE HAD JURIES ASSIGN A FINE.

WHEN IT'S UP TO $500 THEY'LL SAY WE FIND YOU $1.

SO I JUST WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS.

THE COURT IS SOMEWHAT OF A GAMBLE, BUT THAT'S THE HAMMER THAT'S AVAILABLE.

OKAY. GOT IT.

SO IT IS THERE.

SO I GUESS MY INITIAL ALSO WITH THIS IS WHAT'S THE PUSHBACK GOING TO BE FROM OUR, FROM OUR LANDLORDS. AND DO THEY HAVE LEGAL RIGHT BACKING TOO.

BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU TRY SOMETHING NEW, THERE MAY BE SOME PUSHBACK.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M PROTECTING US AND NOT TAKING US INTO A MINEFIELD WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE A FINANCIAL BURDEN TO THE CITY.

IT'S HARD TO PREDICT, AND I DON'T KNOW THE VARIOUS OWNERS OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, BUT THIS STRIKES ME AS A RELATIVELY EASY THING TO DO, VERY MINIMAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WHAT I FOUND IS WHAT WHEN I'VE SEEN COMPLAINTS BY MULTIFAMILY OR RENTERS, THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE INSPECTION FEE BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS EVERY YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GRIPE ABOUT.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION PAPERWORK.

THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT.

GOTCHA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. SO I WANTED TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIRS.

THEIR INPUT. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, LIKE YOU SAID I ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TWO YEARS AGO, THIS WAS A BIG ITEM BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING DURING THE SUMMER.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF HEAT RELATED CONCERNS, AND I THOUGHT HAVING SOME RIGHTS READILY AVAILABLE FOR TENANTS WAS A GOOD IDEA. BUT EVEN LIKE THIS WEEKEND, SOMEONE WAS POSTING LIKE THERE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THEIR HVAC UNIT AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET HELP FROM THEIR FROM THEIR LANDLORD. I THINK THAT THE CONCERN I HAVE IS LIKE SOME OF THE LEGAL THINGS LIKE, WELL, I AT ONE TIME WE HAD AN ANTI-BUSINESS. CORRECT.

YES. ATMOSPHERE OR A TAG FOR THE CITY.

AND ALSO WE HAD SOME LITIGATION FROM.

YES. APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT MINEFIELD WITH THIS APPROACH.

YES. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAIN THING IN MIND IS ALLOWING THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND NOT NECESSARILY BE ANTI-LANDLORD.

CORRECT. SO THAT'S MY MAIN THING.

AND TRYING TO HAVE SOME ISSUE RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AND PROVIDING THE INFORMATION FOR THE RESIDENTS IS NOT TO PENALIZE OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES OR OUR LANDLORDS

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I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WELL.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.

PENALIZING LANDLORDS. IT'S LEAST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN YOU GO ONLINE, YOU SEE IT ALL THE TIME.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO TO CONTACT FOR WHAT PROBLEMS AND WHATNOT.

SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE AND HAVING A RESOURCE AVAILABLE FOR THEM AS THEY RENT HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

SO I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR BRANT.

WHAT VIOLATIONS CURRENTLY EXIST FOR LANDLORDS? I THINK YOU MENTIONED LIKE HEALTH AND SAFETY, BUT WHAT TYPICAL VIOLATIONS ARE LANDLORDS FOUND IN GUILTY OF? I GUESS THAT MIGHT GOSH, THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR STAFF BECAUSE I JUST DON'T GO ON THE INSPECTIONS.

YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME.

THE TYPICALLY WE RUN INTO THEY'RE MORE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

HVAC. WATER LEAKS.

NOT WORKING. OUTLETS OR OUTLET OUTLETS WITH THE WRONG GFC CONVERTER OR SOMETHING.

OR THE OTHER. BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPICAL AND USUALLY THEY'RE PRETTY EASY, AND THEY'RE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

HAVE BEEN FAIRLY RESPONSIVE IN GETTING THOSE FIXED.

THAT'S I KNOW.

DID YOU HAVE MORE? OH, NO, I JUST WANTED TO IT AGAIN.

I'M TRYING TO BALANCE THE GOAL, AT LEAST FOR ME, IS TO PROVIDE THE TENANTS A RESOURCE.

AND SO I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF LIKE FINDING WAYS TO FIND LANDLORDS AND EVERYTHING.

AND SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE BASELINE OF WHAT EXISTS TODAY, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO RATIONALIZE BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE OF A LANDLORD NOT SENDING PAPERWORK. AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE LANDSCAPE LOOK TODAY FOR VIOLATIONS.

THERE ARE CHARGES, AND I DON'T WANT US TO GET CAUGHT IN THE MINUTIA OF, LIKE, TAKING LANDLORDS TO COURT BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT DIDN'T SEND THIS PAPERWORK, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH. UNDERSTAND? YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

SO I HAVE NOT LOOKED UP THE TENANT'S RIGHTS, I DON'T.

SO IS IT A BIG DOCUMENT? IT IS A BIG DOCUMENT.

THERE'S A LINK TO IT ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT IT IS A FAIRLY IT'S I MEAN, WHEN I SAY BIG, IT'S 43 PAGES.

AS, AS YOU ARE TALKING, I'M LISTENING.

AND I'M THINKING IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE USEFUL TO THE TENANTS, WE COULD TRY TO, I DON'T KNOW.

I TALKED TO BRYN, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A WAY WE COULD COME UP WITH A SUMMARY OF THAT DOCUMENT, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAND OUT 43 PAGES OF THE DOCUMENT.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT REALISTIC.

BE LIKE A GAS, LIKE A GAS PUMP.

YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE YOU PULL UP TO THE GAS PUMP AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN LIKE, LITTLE THINGS THAT THEY TELL YOU NOT TO DO.

SO MAKE THEM PUBLICLY POST.

THIS IS WHAT YOU DO.

IF YOU CAN'T GET HELP, MAKE IT OUTSIDE THE OFFICE.

YOU WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO GIVE THEM ANY PAPERWORK.

HAVE THE LINK ON THERE SO THAT IF THE OFFICE IS CLOSED, IT HAS TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS 24 HOURS A DAY.

AND THEN THE LINK WOULD BE ON THERE WHAT THEIR TENANT'S RIGHTS WERE AND WHO TO CONTACT.

AND THEN YOU COULD JUST CHECK THAT THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE CHECKED.

YOU COULD EVEN HAVE A QR CODE AND WEBSITE CONTACT INFORMATION.

WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TRY TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.

I THINK I THINK THAT'S VERY DOABLE AND MAKES SENSE.

I AGREE WITH MICHELLE.

I THINK IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF PAPERWORK THAT PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO SIGN, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT.

THEY'VE GOT TO STORE IT.

HOW LONG DO THEY STORE IT FOR? I DON'T KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT SIMPLER WOULD BE BETTER, BUT ALSO IF THEY COULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

THANK YOU. WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS.

ABSOLUTELY. NO. THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.

BECAUSE THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS YOU CAN GO ABOUT THIS.

AND LET'S FACE IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, HALF OUR POPULATION IS DEALING WITH THIS ON A DAY TO DAY.

SO I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.

SO THAT DEFINITELY COULD BE A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD, JUST PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.

IT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO THEM.

SO THAT THAT COULD BE A WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES I WAS JUST WONDERING, WES OR MAYBE BRENDAN, IF DO YOU KNOW OF THIS ORDINANCE IN ANY OTHER CITY? IS THIS IS THIS A COMMON OR IS IT.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANYTHING.

I THINK YOU LOCATED A SMALL HANDFUL, SO IT'S.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S COMMON, BUT IT'S NOT.

WE WOULDN'T BE TRAILBLAZERS IN THAT REGARD.

IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF.

CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WAS JUST ASKING, ANDREA.

THERE'S A STATE HOTLINE.

IF WE HAD A NUMBER OR SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD CALL AND HAVE TO BE POSTED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT I THINK WITH COUNCILMAN SABOL WAS SAYING AND WITH THE LINK, IF THERE'S A

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BECAUSE I ASKED THAT QUESTION TODAY IF THE STATE HAD ANY RULES IN PLACE.

AND THERE ARE. BUT YEAH, I THINK IF IT WAS AVAILABLE OR, OR HAD A CALL EVEN ON OUR WEBSITE, HEY, IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR, PLEASE CALL THE STATE HOTLINE FOR, FOR RENTAL DEADBEAT LANDLORDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

SO VERY GOOD.

SO I GUESS THERE'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM DISCUSSION HERE IS THERE'S TWO WAYS TO GO ABOUT THIS.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU GO ABOUT IT THE MORE OFFICIAL WAY OR, YOU KNOW, WITH POSTING IT AND PROVIDING A POSTING.

IS THERE A SPECIFIC AREA THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE OR THE OTHER, OR WOULD WE LIKE STAFF TO KIND OF INVESTIGATE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND SEE WHAT THE BEST OPTION IS GOING FORWARD, WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO OUR RENTERS? COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO EVALUATE SOME OF THE BEST OPTIONS, GIVEN THAT TWO, WE'RE TRYING TO THINK UNIVERSALLY OF TENANT, THE TENANT COMMUNITY, SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH DATA FOR LONG TERM RENTALS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER SOLUTION.

SO IT MAKES SENSE, LIKE, OH, FOR AN APARTMENT BUILDING IF WE POST SOMETHING.

BUT THEN WHEN HOW DO YOU RESOLVE THAT ISSUE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY THAT THAT IS A RENTAL.

SO I THINK IT'S BEST FOR US TO DELIVER THE WISHES TO STAFF AND THEN COME UP WITH AN APPROPRIATE SOLUTION.

YEAH. THE BEST, THE BEST SOLUTION FORWARD TO NOT TO SO THAT NOBODY FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS EITHER, AS YOU MENTIONED.

OKAY, GOOD. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION JUST TO MAKE SURE.

SO OBVIOUSLY WES AND I AND BRYN WILL PROBABLY REGROUP AFTER THIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND START EXPLORING SOME OF OUR OPTIONS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M KIND OF THE CONSENSUS APPEARS TO BE THAT OUR CONCERN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE RENTERS ARE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS.

YES, THEY'RE AWARE THAT WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE.

THERE'S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO AND WHO TO CONTACT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AND WHO TO CONTACT.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF THE SAMPLE ORDINANCES.

AND REALLY FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ARE FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY STANDARDS, WHICH WE DO HAVE IN PLACE ALREADY, WHICH IS GREAT.

THERE'S A COUPLE THAT KIND OF START TO FINE TUNE EVICTION PROCESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING TO KIND OF DIVE INTO THE MISSION THAT, OKAY, IT'S ABOUT THE INFORMATION AND GETTING IT IN THEIR HANDS.

CORRECT. PERFECT. EXACTLY.

PERFECT. OKAY, WE CAN DO THAT.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

AND WE'LL LOOK FOR AN UPDATE.

YOU KNOW, I WON'T. I WON'T HOLD YOU TO A TIMELINE, BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DIG AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST WAY IS FOR.

BUT WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT UPDATE FROM STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

APPRECIATE IT. REAL QUIET TODAY.

OKAY. GOOD. GOODNESS I DO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS FOR THAT AND FOR INITIALLY PUTTING THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

I THINK THAT WAS THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THAT SPIRITED DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 18.

[18. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

SEE HERE FOR ME OVER THE WEEKEND.

PARTICIPATED IN THE THE FIVE K FOR BACK THE BLUE AND THE RED.

THAT WAS THAT WAS FUN. I DIDN'T MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT I DID LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH CHIEF LAPENNA BECAUSE HE, I MADE THAT MISTAKE LAST YEAR, AND I KEPT UP WITH HIM FOR ABOUT A MINUTE UNTIL HE BECAME THAT SPECK OFF INTO THE DISTANCE.

SO IT WAS MUCH, MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE THIS TIME, I WILL SAY BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE.

I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 97 DIFFERENT RUNNERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO WAS THERE AS WELL.

AND SO IT WAS A IT WAS A GOOD DAY.

IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR THAT SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

I WALKED IN, MADE SURE NOBODY FELL DOWN.

THAT'S GOOD. THAT WAS GOOD.

THAT WAS GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER REPORTS? COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET THE RESIDENTS OR A REMINDER, RESIDENTS, THAT THE FALL SWEEP HOSTED BY THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD IS THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET AT 9 A.M.

IN THE LIBRARY. AND SO JUST SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER AND PICK A STREET TO CLEAN UP AND BRING THE TRASH BACK, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THIS AS PART OF THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM.

SO WE WANT TO WEIGH HOW MUCH TRASH WE PICK UP AND REPORT OUT ON THOSE NUMBERS.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, DONOVAN BRANDON.

I WANTED TO REPORT THAT FOUR OF US WERE AT THE HEART OF NORTHEAST LAST FRIDAY, AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

WE HONORED COMMISSIONER FISCUS ON HIS RETIREMENT.

AND WE HAD THE MAIN REASON I WENT WAS TO HEAR MONICA PAUL TALK.

WHEN I CAMPAIGNED, I CAMPAIGNED ON US BEING PREPARED FOR THE WORLD CUP IN 2026.

AND SHE TALKED AS THE HEAD OF THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION ABOUT THE WORLD CUP COMING.

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AND I THINK BEDFORD SHOULD GET READY AND START POLISHING ITS COLLECTIVE SHOES TO PUT ITS BEST FOOT FORWARD.

AND I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BRING PEOPLE TO BEDFORD AND MAYBE INCREASE SOME TAX REVENUE.

ABSOLUTELY, I THINK DIDN'T THEY SAY IT WAS LIKE WAS IT $1.5 BILLION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN NORTH TEXAS? IT WAS WITH A B AND NOT AN M.

OH, YEAH. IT'S DEFINITELY YEAH, THERE'S SOME BS THERE.

AND I THINK THEY MENTIONED ALSO THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CITIES NEED TO DO TO PREPARE RIGHT NOW IS MAKING SURE THAT THE RESTAURANTS AND MAKING SURE ALL OF THE HOTELS ARE UP TO CODE AND ALL OF THAT, TOO, WITH ANTICIPATION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FILLED.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO PUT PEOPLE ON NOTICE THAT PEOPLE ARE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GUESTS TO COME FOR.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMPANY, AND WE SHOULD PUT OUT THE FINE CHINA.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. YEP.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THIS PAST THURSDAY, THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MET.

THEY DISCUSSED THEM REVIEWING PLAYGROUNDS, SHADE STRUCTURES FOR CAROUSEL, STORMIE JONES AND HARRIS RYLES PARK.

THEY ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD TO PLAN AN ARBOR DAY EVENT FOR NEXT YEAR.

THEY'RE EVALUATING THE COST AND LOCATIONS FOR THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR TREE PLANTING.

THE PARKS BOARD WILL BE VOLUNTEERING AGAIN THIS YEAR THIS CHRISTMAS AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH.

THEY WILL BE HELPING OUT WITH THE LIVE REINDEER PHOTO STATION, FACE PAINTING AND OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FROM 5 TO 8 P.M..

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST OFF, I WENT TO THE DEDICATION OF THE HURST COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

THEY RENAMED IT THE GARY FISCUS COURTHOUSE ON THURSDAY IN THE RAIN WITH COUNCILMAN STEVES.

AND THAT WAS A IT WAS A NICE EVENT.

AND WHAT AN HONOR FOR GARY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT HE DID FOR NORTH TEXAS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS THAT HE DID.

ALSO LAST WEEK WAS ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS WEEK, AND WE I WANT TO THANK ALL OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS FOR ALL THEY DO.

AND WITH THAT ALSO, WE'VE GOT SANTA PAWS ANIMAL SHELTER DONATION DRIVE.

TIS THE SEASON OF GIVING.

HELP OUR FURRY FRIENDS THIS SEASON BY DONATING ITEMS TO THE BEDFORD ANIMAL SHELTER.

PLEASE PLACE DONATIONS UNDERNEATH THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE TEEN ROOM IN THE LIBRARY FROM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH TO SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22ND.

ALL ACCEPTABLE ITEMS WILL BE DONATED TO THE BEDFORD ANIMAL SHELTER.

ACCEPTABLE ITEMS ARE DOG AND CAT FOOD.

TREATS MUST BE RAWHIDE FREE.

CLUMPING LITTER.

BLANKETS, TOWELS, ANIMAL TOYS AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS.

IF YOU COULD DONATE, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT HELPS OUT WITH OUR SHELTERS.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S THAT.

NEXT UP FOR ITEM NUMBER 19 CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS.

[19. City Manager/Staff Reports]

JUST A COUPLE THINGS. QUICK REMINDER THAT WE WILL NOT BE HAVING A SECOND MEETING IN NOVEMBER.

SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 10TH, I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU, MICHEL.

SO THAT WILL BE OUR LAST MEET OF THE YEAR.

AND AGAIN, WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE REMAINING ARPA ITEMS AT THAT TIME.

JUST WANT TO REITERATE A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT.

THEIR CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.

IT IS IT IS A BIG DEAL.

AND WE ARE VERY BLESSED HERE TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT FINANCE STAFF.

AS YOU SEE, YOU'RE SEEING CHANGES IN THE IN THE AGENDA PACKETS AND YOU'RE SEEING ITEMS IN THE AGENDA YOU MAYBE NOT HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.

AND THAT IS ALL DUE BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING US SQUARED AWAY.

AND SO OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS BUILDING AND KNOWING THAT WE ARE FULLY TRANSPARENT AND OPERATING AS BEST WE CAN.

I TELL PEOPLE WHEN I SPEAK CONSTANTLY WE RUN A VERY LEAN ORGANIZATION.

AND SO YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO VERY FAR HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SO WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THAT GROUP.

KEEP US SQUARED AWAY AND KEEP US STRAIGHT AND ON THE NARROW.

JUST A COUPLE UPDATES.

I THINK I HAVE MENTIONED TO MANY OF YOU ALL THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING MOVING TO CREATING A COUPLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS HERE IN THE CITY.

BOTH OF THOSE AREAS ARE GETTING QUITE CLOSE IN THEIR PLANNING AND BUDGETING, SO THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD HOPEFULLY OVER THE WINTER TIME AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT WOULD BE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LOOKING TO REINVEST IN THEIR COMMON AREAS.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY, THEY WOULD USE OUR CREDIT AS A WAY TO GET TO THE FINANCING.

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SO IT REALLY IS KAREN AND I ARE BOTH EXCITED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

IT IS A WAY TO LET US HELP THOSE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS REINVEST AS WE ALL AGE.

AND I THINK IT REALLY COULD BE A POSTER CHILD FOR WHAT WE DO GOING FORWARD.

SO THESE ARE GREAT PROJECTS AND WE'VE GOT TWO REALLY GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ANXIOUS TO JUMP OUT THERE, AND WE'RE KIND OF ALL GOING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME RIGHT NOW AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO LOOK FOR THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF PUT IN YOUR RADAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME UPDATES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WE HAD, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP OUR LIST.

I THINK WE'RE IN A GREAT STARTING PLACE.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN AND START OVER.

I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME WONDERFUL OBJECTIVES AND OUR GOALS ARE REALLY THERE, BUT WE DO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESH.

SO I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS LATELY WITH SOME CONSULTANTS THAT WOULD COME IN AND DO A COUPLE WORKSHOPS WITH US AS WE HONE IN AND NARROW IN ON KIND OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THOSE IF WE WANT TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME COUNCIL CHANGES, SO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S VOICE IS HEARD ON THAT.

I ALSO THINK IT'S A RELATIVELY ECONOMICAL THING, SINCE I DON'T FEEL THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN AND START FRESH, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE BUILDING FROM A GOOD SPOT, SO WE WILL BE DOING SOME WORK SESSIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAYBE DO THAT ON A COUNCIL MEETING, SO WE DON'T ADD TOO MANY MEETINGS.

WE'RE NOT GOING FOR THAT RECORD OF THE COVID YEARS WHEN WE HAD RECORD MEETINGS.

SO, WE'LL BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

I THINK WE HAD ONE EVERY TUESDAY FOR LIKE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

IT WAS TERRIBLE. YEAH.

SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS SOMETHING I THINK WE I'D LIKE TO GET A GET GOING.

AND REALLY BARRING SCHEDULES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WOULD DO THAT EARLY IN 25 AND GET THAT MOVING.

SO OUTSIDE OF THAT I AM FINISHED.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

AND I HEARD, I HEARD I HEARD A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

DO I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 7:47.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.