Jan 14, 2025 City Council

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ALL RIGHT, I GOT 6:00. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THIS MEETING STARTED.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

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

I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR. HAPPY 2025.

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY VACATION BECAUSE WE HAVE WONDERFUL THINGS PLANNED FOR THIS CITY, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE GOT PLANNED AND THE AMAZING THINGS WE GOT FOR US.

SO, LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD HERE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THINGS STARTED WITH AN INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED TO US BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND STAND. SORRY, MOLLY. AS WE GATHER TONIGHT, LET US OPEN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO THE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING NEEDED FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

MAY WE LISTEN WITH RESPECT, SPEAK WITH CLARITY, AND WORK TOGETHER WITH A SHARED PURPOSE TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT ALL.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES PRESENT AND ASK FOR THE STRENGTH TO COLLABORATE CONSTRUCTIVELY, GUIDED BY COMPASSION AND A COMMITMENT TO THE GREATER GOOD.

MAY OUR TIME BE PRODUCTIVE AND MEANINGFUL. MAY WE EXTEND KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING TO ALL.

AMEN. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR. TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS SABOL, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

OKAY, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. I'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MADE ME SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOPE. WE GOT NOBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY FOR THIS MEETING, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE UP ITEM NUMBER 14 UNDER CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM JERRY HARWELL FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES.

[14. City Manager/Staff Reports]

JERRY. WE INVITED JERRY HERE THIS EVENING. I THINK WE RECOGNIZED THAT WE HAD HAD SOME TRASH SERVICE ISSUES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

AND SO, WE ASKED JERRY TO COME, AND I KNOW SHE SQUEEZED US IN HER SCHEDULE TO KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND KIND OF WHERE THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE GIST OF IT. SO I'LL LET YOU KIND OF TAKE IT OVER.

OKAY. SO I BROUGHT WITH ME TONIGHT, TRAVIS BENSON, HE'S OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER OF OUR RESIDENTIAL TEAM.

SO FIRST OF ALL, THAT PICTURE THAT WHEN I CAME IN AND THE SNOW.

I REALLY FELT LIKE I WAS ENTERING INTO ENEMY TERRITORY BECAUSE THE SNOW IS NOT MY FRIEND.

SO WE'LL GET TO THE SNOW DELAYS RIGHT AFTER WE TALK ABOUT DECEMBER'S SERVICE ISSUES.

SO THE OVERALL REPUBLIC SERVICES DOES NOT ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE THAT WE GOT IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SHARE SOME NUMBERS WITH YOU TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WERE FACING.

SO IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD 1832.6 TONS OF GARBAGE THAT CAME OUT OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD COMPARED TO 2023, WHICH WAS 1700 AND 1.2.

SO, IT'S INCREASED. AND YOU GUYS REALLY HAVEN'T GROWN HOUSE WISE.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE, GROWN YOUR POPULATION A LOT.

SO RESIDENTIAL BUILDS. RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST RESIDENTIAL.

SO IN DECEMBER WE ALWAYS EXPECT IT TO GO UP 100, MAYBE 150 TONS.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR IT WENT UP 470 TONS. AND SO FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER.

SO WHAT CAN THAT BE ATTRIBUTED TO? YEAH, I KNOW, I SEE, I SEE YOUR LOOK.

SO WHAT THAT CAN BE SO KIND OF HOW THAT EQUATES OUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA, 8 TO 10 TONS PER TRUCK.

SO WE BASICALLY WITH 400, YOU'RE TALKING 40 ADDITIONAL HAULS TO THE LANDFILL.

THAT'S A LOT. SO, YOU PUT IN THERE THE LEAVES AND, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S TIRED OF HEARING ME SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF BAD LEAVES OUT THERE. THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF BAD LEAVES OUT THERE. AND WHY IS THAT? WELL, WE STAYED WARM FOR A LONG TIME. AND SO, THE LEAVES DID NOT FALL.

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AND PEOPLE LIKED TO BAG THEIR LEAVES INSTEAD OF MULCH THEM BACK INTO THEIR GRASS OR BLOW THEM INTO THE STREET, WHICH WE CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT THEM TO DO. HOWEVER, I DON'T LIKE TO PUT BAGGED LEAVES INTO THE LANDFILL BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING INTO A PLASTIC BAG. SO WE DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MULCH THOSE LEAVES.

SO PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THERE'S 50 BAGS OF LEAVES AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TEN BAGS OF GARBAGE.

WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO FOCUS ON THE TEN BAGS OF GARBAGE FIRST, ESPECIALLY ON YOUR FIRST CYCLE OF THE WEEK.

AND THEN SO WE'LL TAKE A FEW BAGS AND THEN THE NEXT SERVICE DAY WE TAKE A FEW BAGS, BUT 470 TONS OVERALL FOR THE MONTH OF AN INCREASE, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG INCREASE.

SO WE ALSO HAD A WET A LITTLE BIT OF A WET DECEMBER, WHICH DELAYS OUR LANDFILL TIME.

AND THEN SO WITH THE INCREASE IN LOADS GOING TO THE LANDFILL, THEY'RE GOING TO THE LANDFILL MORE THAN THEY NORMALLY WOULD.

YOU HAVE WET WEATHER. THERE'S MUDDY CONDITIONS AT THE LANDFILL, THE INCREASE IN TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO THE LANDFILL.

YOU HAVE LONGER LINES. SO WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THIS MUCH OF AN INCREASE.

AND THEN YOU PUT ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'VE GOT SOME NEW DRIVERS IN BEDFORD.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'VE GOT PAID TIME OFF.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE OFF AT THE HOLIDAYS. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, IT WAS THE PERFECT STORM.

AND THAT'S REALLY AND TRULY WHAT IT WAS, THE PERFECT STORM.

NOT TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT WE JUST HAD AN ICE STORM AND SNOWSTORM, BUT WE DID.

THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS TWICE A WEEK SERVICE. SO I DID FIND IT NECESSARY TO SUSPEND SERVICE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, KNOWING THAT WE WOULD BE BACK HERE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THAT EVERYBODY WOULD GET SERVICE.

WE DID HAVE TO FOCUS ON SOME OTHER CITIES THAT WERE ONE TIME A WEEK, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE WEEK.

YOU GUYS WERE ONLY DELAYED A COUPLE OF DAYS. SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET HERE UNTIL SATURDAY ANYWAY.

SO YOU PROBABLY ARE WONDERING WHEN IS SHE GOING TO GET TO THE HOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE? WELL, I CAN'T CONTROL THE WEATHER. BUT WE DO TRY TO COMMUNICATE AS QUICKLY AS WE KNOW.

I'M NOT THAT PERSON THAT LIKES TO TELL YOU ON WEDNESDAY.

WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE ON THURSDAY, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PICK EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LIKE TO RIDE IT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING A PLAN IN THE MORNING AND THEN AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN AGAIN, THE NEXT MORNING, THE NEXT AFTERNOON.

SO I KIND OF HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. SO I COMMUNICATED AS QUICKLY AS I COULD ON WHAT THE PLAN WAS FOR BEDFORD.

ALL OF OUR ROUTES WERE CAUGHT UP. THIS WEEK WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL SERVICE.

EVERYTHING'S GOOD. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME ROUTING MAYBE MAKING SOME OF OUR LARGER ROUTES A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, AND THEN WE HAVE AN EXTRA ROUTE THAT IS JUST KIND OF A FLOATER ROUTE IN CASE SOMEBODY CALLS IN OR IN CASE WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN VOLUME. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STAND.

AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER.

I KNOW THAT LORI WAS REALLY TIRED OF EMAILING US AND GETTING THOSE CALLS AND I UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT AGAIN, I ONLY HAVE SO MANY TRUCKS AND I ONLY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT BIG OF AN INCREASE, I MEAN 470 TONS, THAT'S A LOT OF AN INCREASE OVER A MONTH.

SO ALL RIGHT, WELL I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOU.

YOU KNOW, FIRST OFF, COMING AND COMING HERE TO OUR MEETING TO, TO DISCUSS THIS, THIS ISSUE AND, AND ALSO BEING FORTHRIGHT IN REALIZING THAT YOU GUYS WEREN'T PREPARED FOR, FOR THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE AND TRASH THAT THAT WAS GENERATED.

TO YOUR POINT, I DO HAVE I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THEM AND YOU ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED ONE OF THEM, WHICH WAS THAT LORI SPENT A LOT OF TIME FIELDING CALLS FOR THAT FOR RESIDENTS.

THAT THAT'S A BIG ONE BECAUSE HER TIME COULD BE SPENT DOING OTHER THINGS THAN SPENDING SO MUCH TIME THERE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERNS FOR THE FACT THAT, I MEAN, I KEEP HEARING PERFECT STORM, BUT WHENEVER THERE IS A STORM, IT'S THE PERFECT STORM.

AND TRASH KEEPS GETTING MISSED. WHETHER IT IS IN THE SPRINGTIME WHEN WE HAD THOSE STORMS COME THROUGH.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S COMING IN WAVES, AND. AND YOU GUYS AREN'T PREPARED.

YOU'RE JUST NOT PREPARED FOR THESE SITUATIONS TO OCCUR.

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WE DON'T WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE THOSE TRASH BEING, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IT'S HOLIDAY SEASON.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LEAVES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE A LOT OF TRASH.

AND SO I HAVE CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, NOT ONLY THE TIME THAT'S BEING SPENT, BUT ALSO IN THE COMMUNICATION AS WELL.

THERE ARE OTHER CITIES, NAMELY NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, THAT HAD THEIR INFORMATION OUT ABOUT TRASH COLLECTION BEFORE WE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE ONCE WE DO TELL OUR RESIDENTS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR TRASH PICKUP, WITH YOUR COLLECTIONS, THEY'RE VERY UNDERSTANDING.

I THINK THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL AND THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW. SO THOSE ARE MY BIG ISSUES THAT I'M HAVING RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF OUR CITY MANAGER WOULD LIKE TO ELABORATE ON ANY OF THAT OR.

SURE. AND I THINK, I MEAN, JERRY, I KNOW WE'VE COMMUNICATED DURING, YOU KNOW, THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND I THINK IT'S JUST A FRUSTRATION LEVEL WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT I FELT LIKE WE KIND OF STRUNG PEOPLE ALONG A LITTLE BIT.

THREE WEEKS IS A LONG TIME. WE'VE HAD FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PICKED UP FOR THREE WEEKS.

AND AGAIN, I RECOGNIZE THE ISSUES OF, HEY, WE'RE OVERLOADED.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR COMMUNICATION AND GET THE MESSAGE OUT SOONER.

I DON'T KNOW IF WHEN YOU'RE. AND THIS IS SOME, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EDUCATION ON THIS WAY, BUT IF YOUR TRASH TRUCKS GO OUT AND THEY REALIZE WE ARE, THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN GET THROUGH TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN. I MEAN, RADIO BACK AND SAY WE HAVE AN ISSUE.

WE ARE. WE ARE OVERLOADED. THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE ARE. WE'RE CODE RED AND LET US KNOW SO WE CAN TELL THE CITIZENS.

HERE'S THE PROTOCOL. IF YOU SEE THEM, THEY WILL TAKE YOUR TRASH.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR LEAVES. LEAVE THOSE OUT. YOU KNOW, I JUST WE'VE GOT TO START TELLING THEM MORE BECAUSE I WE ARE WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED.

AND HONESTLY THE STORM OBVIOUSLY WAS A BIG PIECE, AND THE HOLIDAYS WERE A BIG PIECE.

BUT IN THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS, IT'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN MISSED KIND OF REGULARLY, AND THEN THEY FINALLY GO, OKAY, I'M CONTINUOUSLY MISSED. AND NOW I'VE BEEN MISSED THREE WEEKS.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF DECIDE ON KIND OF A MESSAGE AS TO WHEN YOU ALL HIT A POINT, AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES. EVERYBODY'S READY TO GO AND WE WILL.

AND LIKE DAN SAID, OUR CITIZENS ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING IF THEY KNOW, BUT IT'S THAT, YOU KNOW.

HEY, LEAVE IT OUT. WE'LL BE THERE TOMORROW AND THEN THEY DON'T COME OR, HEY, LEAVE IT OUT UNTIL HERE AND THEY DON'T COME.

AND THEN, YES, I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW THAT GET FRUSTRATED.

THEY BRING IT IN AND MAYBE THE TRUCK COMES. SO IT'S KIND OF A MYRIAD OF THINGS.

BUT I DO THINK WE KIND OF NEED TO COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEFINED COMMUNICATION PLAN. AND I DON'T KNOW, ON YOUR SIDE AT WHAT POINT YOU CAN KIND OF HIT THE WE'VE GOT TO CRY UNCLE ON, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTINUE LIKE THIS. IT'S JUST BEEN, IT'S JUST BEEN WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED.

SO, GETTING EMAILS, I'M GETTING EMAILS ALL, ALL WEEKEND LONG.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, LORI WALKS INTO 150 EMAILS SITTING, YOU KNOW, SITTING THERE FOR HER.

SO, WHEN I MET WITH YOU IN DECEMBER, WE IDENTIFIED VERY QUICKLY THAT WE HAD A COMMUNICATION ISSUE.

RIGHT. AND SO ONCE THAT COMMUNICATION ISSUE WAS RESOLVED, THINGS WERE AND CONTINUE TO BE HANDLED OLD, QUICKER, BETTER RESPONSES, BUT IT'S GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE LARGER ROOTS.

IT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE INCREASE IN TONNAGE AND WHAT THAT'S MEANING FOR US FROM A STANDPOINT OF TIMING AND HAVING ENOUGH TRUCKS AND ENOUGH PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE MET RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND IT AND SO I THINK SINCE THAT TIME, OTHER THAN THE SNOW AND I DON'T CONTROL THE WEATHER AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SPRING, THE SUMMER STORM. YOU KNOW, SOME CITIES CHOSE TO PICK UP FOR RESIDENTS, SOME DID NOT.

REPUBLIC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBRIS. THAT'S CAUSED BY STORMS. AND I THINK WE CAME TO THAT AGREEMENT. RIGHT.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD THAT STORM AND THEN WE HAD SOME INCREASE IN VOLUME.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE HOLIDAYS AND THEN. AND SO WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.

YOU'VE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION. THE COUNCIL'S BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION.

I'M WORKING WITH OUR STAFF. OUR STAFF IS WORKING WITH LORI TO MAKE SURE THAT LORI IS GETTING QUICKER RESPONSES.

I'M SEEING ALL OF THOSE. TRAVIS IS SEEING ALL OF THOSE, AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF STEP BACK AND REGROUP.

I THINK WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REGROUP A LITTLE BIT QUICKER HAD WE NOT HAD LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

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AGAIN, I DON'T CONTROL THE WEATHER. TRAVIS DOESN'T CONTROL THE WEATHER.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUES UNTIL I KNEW ABOUT THEM.

AND NOW THAT I DO KNOW ABOUT THEM, TRAVIS KNOWS ABOUT THEM.

AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO BACK INTO THAT MODE.

AND I DO THINK WE NEED A RESET. AND I THINK THERE'S SOME, SOME TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.

MOST DEFINITELY. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU ALL GET I MEAN, I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE, AND I THINK MAYBE FOLKS ARE TOO. WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE AND YOU START TO SEE AND THE GUYS ARE LIKE, IT'S TAKING US.

LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE REALIZING WE'RE HAVING TO GO, THIS IS A TREND.

CAN YOU KIND OF HIT TIMEOUT AND LET US KNOW, LIKE, IS THAT OR ARE THEY ARE THEY NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, IS IT NOT A REAL TIME THING WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD LIKE THAT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED. SO I ACTUALLY DO KNOW NOW AT 3:00 WHERE WE STAND ON ALL OF OUR ROUTES.

AND IF WE'RE IN TROUBLE AND IF WE'RE IN TROUBLE, THEN WE KNOW WE'VE GOT TO GET SUPPORT THAT'S FINISHING IN ANOTHER CITY TO COME.

AND SO WE'RE WE ARE MONITORING THAT AND REPOSITIONING THOSE ASSETS SO THAT WE CAN COME OFF OF THAT.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD I KNOW AT 03:00 THAT THERE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY. I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY ENOUGH ASSETS, THEN ASSETS, THEN YES, WE'RE GOING TO NOTIFY YOU, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE EVERYBODY BACK TO WORK. EVERYTHING'S BACK ON TARGET.

AND THINGS ARE HEAVY THIS WEEK BECAUSE WE MISSED LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

WE'RE JUST PICKING UP THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME AND MOVING ON.

SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE DAY THAN WE HAVE BEEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REASSESS SOME ROUTES AND, AND DO SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, THERE AND WORK ON YOU KNOW, THAT FROM INTERNALLY.

IT'S LIKE I TOLD YOU WHEN THIS WAS ALL BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I DON'T WANT LORI TO WORK THAT HARD.

I WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT LORI WORKING THAT HARD, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW LORI WAS WORKING THAT HARD.

NOW I DO KNOW. AND SO MY RESPONSIBILITY IS THIS CONTRACT.

I MAY NOT BE THE ONE OUT THERE PICKING UP THE TRASH AND THE RECYCLE, BUT I'M THE ONE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTRACT AND I TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT.

SO, I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY EASY FOR ME TO ME TO JUST SAY, NO, I CAN'T COME TUESDAY NIGHT.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I DID KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY, YOU KNOW, BEEN THERE AT THE TIME WE ADDRESSED IT.

SERVICE HAD ALREADY BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS.

THE VOLUME WAS ALREADY THERE, THE LEAVES WERE ALREADY THERE.

AND SO, THEN WE HAD THE SNOW. SO WE'RE BACK ON TRACK.

I KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. TRAVIS KNOWS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. OKAY, OKAY.

IF I MAY, JERRY, TO JUST TO YOUR FIRST POINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, US RECOGNIZING YOU, YOU MIGHT COME TO THE MIC.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN WHAT WE CAN DO TO CORRECT THAT QUICKLY.

WE KNOW WE DID RECOGNIZE THAT AFTER THE THANKSGIVING.

I'M SORRY, AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, THAT THAT INCREASE IN TONNAGE WAS SIGNIFICANT, MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN WE COULD HANDLE ON OUR OWN.

AND WE DID REQUEST ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WE GOT FOUR EXTRA DRIVERS FROM ANOTHER LOCATION TO HELP US CATCH UP.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIMING WITH THE WINTER STORM ON TOP OF THE NEW YEAR'S DAY HOLIDAY AS WELL, WE GOT THAT HELP IN BUT THEN HIT THE STORM. SO IT JUST KIND OF BACKED US UP EVEN MORE.

HAD WE NOT HAD THAT STORM, I DON'T THINK WE'D BE HAVING THIS THREE WEEK CONVERSATION.

IT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN THE ISSUES CATCHING UP FROM CHRISTMAS. WE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT UP A LOT QUICKER. SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY WHILE I HAVE YOU HERE.

YOU CANNOT OVER COMMUNICATE WITH MY OFFICE ON THIS.

IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. I WILL NEVER GO. OH, JERRY, YOU KNOW I'M GETTING ANOTHER.

IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN. AND LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT OF EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T KNOW WE'RE IN TROUBLE YET.

BUT YOU SAID WHEN LORI SHARES THAT KIND OF INFORMATION AGAIN IT'S ALL ABOUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT.

AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL THE SAME WAY. IF I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S THE HOLIDAYS. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SUCK IT UP AND IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE SLOW.

PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH THAT. IT'S JUST SO DON'T HESITATE, BECAUSE ANY LITTLE TRUTH NUGGET THAT SHE'S GOT TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY SEE IT COME TO COME TO FRUITION, YOU KNOW, GIVES US ALL CREDIBILITY AND IT BUYS US THOSE FAVORS WHEN THINGS HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. SO, I JUST, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, DO NOT YOU CANNOT OVERCOMMUNICATE WITH US AND SHARE THAT WE ARE HAPPY, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE SET IN STONE. IT'S HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE HONEST WITH EVERYBODY.

TO YOUR POINT, WE STARTED RECEIVING A LOT OF MRS YESTERDAY THAT WERE SAYING THAT THEY WERE TRASH, AND THEN WE WERE GOING OUT THERE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. AND THEN WE WERE GOING OUT THERE AND IT WAS RECYCLED.

AND SO I DID COMMUNICATE THAT IMMEDIATELY THAT THAT'S THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

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I CAN LOOK TO SEE WHEN A TRUCK'S GONE DOWN THE STREET.

WELL, I CAN'T THEY WON'T LET ME HAVE ACCESS, BUT TRAVIS CAN.

SO HE GETS ALL OF THOSE EMAILS FOR ME TO PULL THAT TRACKING SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT.

SO I TRULY WISH THAT I'D HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS SOONER IN DECEMBER SO THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN MY ARMS WRAPPED AROUND IT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS HIT. AND THEN I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

SO I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT CITIZENS CALL, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T ALWAYS TELL THE WHOLE STORY.

THERE'S NOT ANY REASON WHY WE WOULD JUST NOT WANT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE.

MOST OF MY DRIVERS DIDN'T WANT TO WORK SATURDAY.

THEY WOULD HAVE RATHER DRIVEN IN IT ON THURSDAY, BUT I ALSO DIDN'T WANT THEM SLIDING INTO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE OR CAR.

AND WE DID HAVE A FEW OF THOSE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL PICTURE.

SO AGAIN, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. IT'S BEING ADDRESSED.

I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO HONESTLY SAY THIS WEEK HAS DEFINITELY BEEN BETTER JUST BASED ON OTHER THAN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

BUT THE COMMUNICATION PIECE, YOU'RE GETTING RESPONSES QUICKER.

AND WE'RE STAYING IN TOUCH. SO AND THAT HAS OBVIOUSLY I MEAN, LORI INDICATED TO ME WHEN WE VISITED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE COMING, BUT BUT THEY'RE STILL COMING IN.

I MEAN, THE CALLS ARE STILL COMING IN AND I KNOW THE TRUTH CAN LIE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT I AND I DON'T WANT TO I'M NOT HERE TO ARGUE WITH YOU, BUT I WHEN A RESIDENT CALLS AND SAYS MY TRASH IS MISSED, I GOT TO BELIEVE THE RESIDENT'S TRASH WAS MISSED.

I UNDERSTAND. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING PICTURES AND WE'RE AND WE'RE MAKING NOTES OF IT.

SO I MEAN, THAT'S AS FAR AS THE REMEDY FOR THAT.

YES. TODAY AND YESTERDAY HAVE BEEN BETTER, BUT THE CALLS HAVE NOT STOPPED.

THERE'S MISSING AND THEY WON'T UNTIL THE END OF THIS WEEK.

BUT ALL ROUTES WERE FINISHED YESTERDAY. ALL ROUTES ARE FINISHING TODAY.

ACTUALLY, THEY WERE FINISHED AT FIVE. I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S FINISHING AND SO THAT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT.

THERE PROBABLY ARE SOME STILL SOME BAGS OF LEAVES OUT THERE.

AND WE'LL GET TO THEM. I MEAN, WE WILL THEY'RE TAKING A FEW EVERY SERVICE DAY, BUT IF WE STOPPED AND PICKED UP 50 BAGS OF LEAVES AT 60% OF THE HOMES, WE'D NEVER GET THE TRASH PICKED UP.

I DON'T CARE WHO YOU HAVE IN HERE. IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

SO. AND I'M HAPPY TO GET WITH MOLLY NOW, AND WE CAN PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES A YEAR, REMINDERS ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF LEAVES OR YOU HAVE THIS OR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT. REMEMBER, IF YOU PUT THIS OUT AND IT'S A IT'S A BUSY TIME OR WE HAVE A SPRING STORM OR, YOU KNOW, THE FALL HAPPENS, BE AWARE REPUBLIC'S GOING TO TAKE YOUR TRASH FIRST.

MOLLY AND I NEED TO DO SOME VIDEOS. Y'ALL CAN DO THAT.

WE LOVE TO DO VIDEOS. MOLLY LOVES TO DO VIDEOS.

SO. BUT I MEAN, WE'RE AWARE. WE TAKE OWNERSHIP AND IT WILL BE RESOLVED.

NOW, I NEED NO MORE PRAYERS FOR SNOW. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING THAT AND WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME CHANGES AND BE MORE RESPONSIVE IN THAT.

IN THAT REGARD, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

JERRY, THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND I KNOW JERRY WAS FRANTIC WEDNESDAY WERE IN A MEETING, SO SHE WAS SHE WAS SWEATING ACROSS THERE AFTER SHE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM ME TUESDAY NIGHT, WHICH THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF AND IS THERE A LIST OR YOU TALKED ABOUT THE INCREASED TONNAGE OR OUR RESIDENTS PUTTING MORE STUFF IN THAN THEY SHOULD.

IS THERE STUFF THAT WE SHOULD SAY? YOU DON'T NEED TO BE PUTTING THIS INTO THE TRASH OR WHATEVER, AND WE NEED TO WORK ON A FEW THINGS. IS THERE SOME WAY THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND US AS A CITY CAN HELP YOU AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TONNAGE THAT TONNAGE THAT WE HAVE GOING TO THE LANDFILLS, WE DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO WANT TO.

ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS ABOUT BAGGING LEAVES. YOU KNOW, AS, AS AIRSPACE AND LANDFILLS.

GOES AWAY. THE LEAVES WILL GO AWAY. BUT THE PLASTIC BAGS THAT THEY'RE IN.

IT TAKES FOREVER. RIGHT. SO ALWAYS COMMUNICATING THAT I HAD A YARD GUY A FEW YEARS AGO.

COME AND GIVE ME A QUOTE ABOUT MY BACK, YOU KNOW, TO BAG UP MY LEAVES.

AND I JUST LOOKED AT HIM. I SAID, DO YOU NOT KNOW WHERE I WORK? WE DON'T BAG LEAVES NO MO. BUT IT'S AN EDUCATION PIECE.

AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING. HOLIDAYS INCREASE, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE FASTEST I'VE SEEN THE LEAVES FALL FROM THE TREES JUST BECAUSE IT

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AND SO AND IT AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FAIRLY NICE WEATHER STILL.

AND EVERYBODY'S OUT THERE, YOU KNOW. AND SO I THINK IT JUST A TIMING.

WE DO HAVE A NEW SUPERVISOR IN BEDFORD THAT STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PERFECT STORM.

SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW BUT WE DROPPED THE BALL ON THE COMMUNICATION PIECE.

AND WHILE LORI SAYS SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO BOTHER ME WITH INCIDENTAL EMAILS IT WOULD SAVE ME A TRIP TO COUNCIL.

SO I'D RATHER GET THOSE INCIDENTAL EMAILS AND BUT I KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB, AND I TAKE OWNERSHIP AND TRAVIS TAKES OWNERSHIP.

SO THIS ISN'T A, I'M NOT BLAMING IT ON THE INCREASE IN TONNAGE.

I'M NOT BLAMING IT ON THE BAD LEASE. I'M SAYING IT JUST HAPPENED TO ALL HIT AT ONE TIME.

AND THAT'S NEVER EASY. SO THANK YOU. WE'LL GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANKS, JERRY, FOR COMING AND ADDRESSING US AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.

SO YOU DID MENTION THAT THERE'S NEW DRIVERS AND A NEW SUPERVISOR.

SOME OF THE CONCERNS I'VE SEEN FROM RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BEDFORD.

I DON'T KNOW IF OUR STREETS ARE DESIGNED DIFFERENTLY WHERE BEFORE EVEN THE HOLIDAYS, THESE FOLKS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY MISSED.

SO I AM CURIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THE ROUTES THAT THE ROUTE DESIGN, SMALLER ROUTES.

IF THE LONGER ROUTES INCLUDED THE SOUTH SIDE OF BEDFORD OR I JUST KNOW OUTSIDE OF THESE ISSUES, LIKE IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, THAT'S BEEN A CONSISTENT CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT STREETS CLOSE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IF YOU CAN TELL MORE ABOUT WHAT THE ROUTE DESIGN IS IMPLEMENTED OR ARE YOU STILL REVIEWING IT? AND THEN TO IF THERE'S SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF BEDFORD.

THERE ARE SPECIALTY AREAS IN EVERY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST SOME AREAS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.

JUST THE WAY THAT THEY'RE LAID OUT. SO, I WILL SAY THIS.

WE WENT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IN THE HEB AREA.

WITH LONGEVITY OF DRIVERS. 25, 30, 35, 40 YEARS.

THEY LIKE TO RETIRE WHEN THEY GET TO BE A CERTAIN AGE.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME TURNOVER THERE. SO FROM A STANDPOINT OF, OF TRAINING, IT DOES TAKE A GOOD MONTH TO GET A DRIVER USED TO ALL OF THE UPS AND DOWNS AND EBBS AND FLOWS AND ON THE ROUTES. SO, IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME.

TRAVIS AND I ARE. AND THE SUPERVISOR WE WE'RE MONITORING THINGS BECAUSE IF WE START SEEING A LOT OF MISSES ON THE SAME ROUTES, THEN WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A DRIVER THAT EITHER NEEDS RETRAINING OR NEEDS TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

MAYBE ON ANOTHER ROUTE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE EASIER TO DO.

SO, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE MONITORING.

AGAIN, THAT COMES FROM I WAS KIND OF LEFT OUT OF THE COMMUNICATION PIECE OF IT.

AND WHEN SOME THINGS STARTED FALLING APART AND LAURIE STARTED GETTING A LOT OF CALLS, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

AND I'M THINKING, MAN, BEDFORD SURE IS QUIET.

THINGS ARE GOING GOOD. AND THEN I CAME IN AND ANDREA IS LIKE, NO, THEY'RE NOT.

AND SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND ABLE TO LOOK AT THINGS.

SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PUT THEIR, THEIR GARBAGE BEHIND A BUSH OR THEY PUT IT BEHIND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE IT AT THE STREET OR, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN TIME, THEY LIKE TO PUT IT OUT BECAUSE WE TYPICALLY RUN THE ROUTE THAT WAY.

WHICH IS WHY WE ASK PEOPLE 7 A.M. 7 P.M. WE HAVE FROM 7 A.M.

TO 7 P.M. AND FOR IT TO BE AT THE CURB, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL TAKE BAGS OF LEAVES AND PUT THEM ALL IN THE MIDDLE OF, LIKE, A COMMON AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF A LITTLE CUL-DE-SAC.

WELL, THERE'S NO HOUSE THERE. SO THE DRIVERS, THEY'RE NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.

SO IT TAKES TIME FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT ALL THOSE LITTLE OKAY, LITTLE THINGS.

SO SPECIFICALLY, OUR WINTER WEATHER IS UNPREDICTABLE, AS IS WHAT, OUR SPRING.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE INCIDENTS WITH STORMS. SO DO YOU, GIVEN THAT WE ARE A TWO WEEK, OR TWO DAY A WEEK CITY.

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AND SO, WE COULD ABSOLUTELY BE MORE PROACTIVE IN REQUESTING WHAT WE CALL SOS, REQUESTING THAT SOS SUPPORT, OR WE GET OTHER DRIVERS FROM LOCATIONS LIKE THE FOUR WE GOT FROM SAN ANTONIO.

THEY WEREN'T AFFECTED BY A WINTER STORM. SO WE GOT THOSE FOUR SOS DRIVERS. WE COULD BE MORE PROACTIVE IN THAT, KNOWING THAT IT TAKES THREE, FOUR, FIVE DAYS FOR THEM TO GET THOSE SOS DRIVERS TO US.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO FINISH WHAT THEY'RE DOING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR CERTAIN HOURS OF DRIVING AND WITHOUT DRIVING TO FALL UNDER THE DOT REGULATIONS.

SO, IT IS A TIMELY PROCESS THAT WE COULD ABSOLUTELY BE MORE, MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT IF WE SEE AN UPCOMING STORM LIKE THAT.

AND WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE STRUGGLING BECAUSE WE SEE AN INCREASE IN TONNAGES, THEN OBVIOUSLY GOING FORWARD WE WILL LOOK INTO GETTING THE SUPPORT. CAN I ASK THAT YOU GUYS LOOK INTO IT? BECAUSE I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY IS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE ARE TWICE A WEEK AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, I THINK I SAW ONE COMMUNICATION WHERE A RESIDENT IS LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T GET WHAT I PAID FOR BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I PAY INTO MY SEWAGE AND EXPECT TWICE A WEEK.

AND THAT IS A LUXURY THAT WE ARE OFFERING. AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS DO CONSIDER A CONTINGENCY PLAN.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STORM DISRUPTION. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS. THAT'S VERY GOOD AS WELL.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION AS WELL FOR SOS SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE COMING. WE'RE GETTING TO THE TAIL END OF OUR WINTER SEASON AND FINGERS CROSSED WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ICE STORM OR SNOWSTORM.

BUT WHEN WE GET INTO THE SPRING, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WILD WEATHER HEADED OUR WAY.

SO I DO ASK THAT THAT SOS SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE DEBRIS, DOWNED TREES, THAT KIND OF THING THAT THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE A DELAY AND I'M SORRY.

AND SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WELL, KNOWING THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AS WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED OUR CAP AT STAFFING. WE'VE ADDED WHERE WE USED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT A 62 DRIVER CAP.

WE'VE INCREASED THAT TO 66. WE'RE INCREASING OUR HEADCOUNT AS WELL TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT, TO HOPEFULLY NOT NEED AS MUCH, EXCUSE ME AS MUCH SOS SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE. OR IF WE DO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD JUST PUT US THAT MUCH FURTHER AHEAD AS WELL.

SO WE ARE HIRING MORE AS WELL, PAYING MORE AND HAVING MORE CAPACITY.

EXACTLY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THEY INCREASED ALL THE HEADCOUNT.

WE HAVE TWO OPERATIONS MANAGERS. WE HAVE MORE SUPERVISORS.

THEY DO NOT INCREASE THE HEADCOUNT FOR THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER.

I JUST GET MORE CITIES. SO BUT I MEAN, THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO, I BELIEVE WE'RE BACK ON TRACK. I WILL TOUCH BASE WITH LORI AT THE END OF THE WEEK AND SEE IF, YOU KNOW AND CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH HER THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FINDING WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT ON THESE MISSES.

SO, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL, JERRY.

SO THE BAGS ARE A PROBLEM, OBVIOUSLY. SO MY SISTER LIVES IN ILLINOIS AND THEY HAVE TONS OF LEAVES UP THERE.

THEY MAKE THEM THEY MAKE THEM PUT THEM IN PAPER BAGS.

IS THAT EVER BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT HERE? AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT WOULD HELP THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD SMASH THEM. THEY WOULD DISINTEGRATE.

AND ACTUALLY, THEY PAY FOR THE BAGS. WELL, IT DOES EVENTUALLY SAVE THE SPACE IN THE LANDFILL FOR SURE.

WE DO HAVE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A TRUE GREEN WASTE PROGRAM.

WHERE IT DOESN'T GO THE LANDFILL AT ALL. IT GOES TO A LIVING EARTH FACILITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO BE THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER IN BEDFORD FOR 18 YEARS.

WOW. THAT'S A LONG TIME. AND TO CHANGE THAT BEHAVIOR OF SOME OF YOUR RESIDENTS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRETTY TOUGH.

AND I DON'T SAY THAT BECAUSE BEDFORD IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY, BUT REMEMBER, I GREW UP HERE, AND SO I A LOT OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE THAT I GREW UP WITH, THEIR FAMILIES ARE STILL HERE, RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN EVER CHANGING YOU KNOW, RELATION.

YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY? SO, BUT SO IT'S JUST CHANGING THE BEHAVIORS, AND, AND I THINK THERE'S I THINK WE CAN FOCUS ON INCREASING, MAKING SOME OF THOSE ROUTES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW,

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IT'S KIND OF LIKE RECYCLE. SO BUT I THINK WE'RE UP TO STAFF FULLY IN BEDFORD AND, AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT. SO WE OWN IT. WE'LL FIX IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND ANYBODY ELSE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, JERRY, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BRAVING COUNCIL TODAY AND TAKING OUR QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO OWNING UP TO MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE AND ALSO PROMISING TO MAKE CHANGES TO COMMUNICATION AND BEING MORE RESPONSIVE AND HAVING MORE SOS SUPPORT WHEN THOSE BIG STORMS AND THEN ALSO THE ROUTES CHANGES AS WELL TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I BROUGHT TRAVIS BECAUSE HE'S TALLER.

HE COULD CATCH THE BULLETS. SO YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT ]

MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. I WILL RUN THROUGH THE CONSENT ITEMS. AND I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON A FEW OF THOSE AS WE GO. ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL.

CITY. CITY COUNCIL. MINUTES DECEMBER 10TH OF 2024.

NUMBER TWO. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO PURCHASE A CHRISTMAS TREE FROM CARPENTER DECORATING IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,653. THIS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING PREVIOUSLY THIS YEAR.

AND OUR PARKS GROUP IS NOW MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

WE WERE ACTUALLY READY TO BRING IT IN DECEMBER, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD CAUSE MAJOR CONFUSION OF PUTTING A CHRISTMAS TREE ON THE AGENDA IN DECEMBER. SO WE WAITED A LITTLE BIT TO KIND OF GET THROUGH THAT SEASON.

SO I DON'T THINK IT IS A SECRET THAT OUR CURRENT CHRISTMAS TREE IS 20 YEARS OLD AND STARTING TO EXPERIENCE SOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES, SO CURRENTLY FRAME IS BENT. IT'S BEEN THROUGH SOME STORMS AND EXPERIENCED THE WEAR AND TEAR OF BEING PUT UP AND DOWN FOR 20 YEARS.

WE ALSO ARE DEALING WITH LIGHT OUTAGES ON THAT, AND OUR GROUP HAVING TO REPAIR NEEDLES ARE FALLING OFF AND THE TREE IS THINNING AS WELL AS AS WELL AS WIRING ISSUES. SO OUR GROUP HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE THAT TREE LOOK PRESENTABLE.

IT IS PROBABLY TIME TO MOVE ON TO A NEWER TREE.

SO JUST TO KIND OF OUTLINE A COUPLE CHANGES, OBVIOUSLY TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, THINGS GET BETTER.

THE CURRENT TREE IS ABOUT 35, 38FT WITH A SIX FOOT TOPPER, AND IT HAS A TOTAL HEIGHT OF 44FT.

OUR NEW TREE WILL BE 46FT WITH AN EIGHT FOOT TOPPER, THEN FOR A TOTAL OF 54FT.

SO IT WILL BE A LARGER TREE, A BIGGER PRESENCE, AND ADDITIONALLY IT WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF LED LIGHTS.

THE CURRENT TREE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 2000, AND IT WILL BE GROWING TO 4500.

SO AGAIN, THAT ALSO HAS THAT THAT ABILITY TO BE EXPANDED.

IF WE WANT TO GROW IT, WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THE TREE LARGER AND TALLER AND PURCHASE ADDITIONAL KIND OF ADD ONS TO THAT.

SO THROUGH THIS THE BID WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 20 VENDORS.

TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE TREE, AND BASED ON THOSE TWO BIDS, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND CARPENTER DECORATING FOR THAT TREE.

FUNDING FOR THAT IS THROUGH THE TOURISM FUND ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET.

ITEM NUMBER THREE. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO ONE YEAR CONTRACTS, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS WITH GT DISTRIBUTORS AND SSD INTERNATIONAL, INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF AMMUNITION THROUGH THE FORMAL BID PROCESS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A THREE MONTH CONTRACT WITH THE OPTION TO OPTION TO RENEW FOR THREE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS WITH GULF STATES DISTRIBUTORS, INC. THROUGH A MASTER CO-OP AGREEMENT WITH THE MIDAMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL.

KANSAS CITY PURCHASING CO-OP FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF UP TO $20,000 ANNUALLY, TOTALING $100,000 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

THE BID WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 29 VENDORS. WE RECEIVED FOUR BIDS BASED ON THOSE BIDS RECEIVED AND THE EXISTING BUSINESS THAT WE DO CURRENTLY WITH GULF STATES WHO WAS ON A CO-OP. WE RECOMMEND AWARDING THE CONTRACTS TO GTI DISTRIBUTORS, SSD AND GULF STATES.

THIS WILL GIVE PD A POOL OF BUSINESSES FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE.

AND ALSO AS FAR AS INVENTORY GOES, IT GIVES THEM OPTIONS.

SOME MAY HAVE MORE OR LESS AMMUNITION AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, SO THEY'VE GOT SOME OPTIONS AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

FUNDING FOR THAT IS THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND POLICE OPERATING BUDGET.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR. CONSIDER OR CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS WITH LOWRY SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE OF SAND AND GRAVEL THROUGH A MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF KELLER, TEXAS, IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $40,000 ANNUALLY, TOTALING $200,000 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

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PUBLIC WORKS HAS A NEED ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THESE PRODUCTS.

FUNDING FOR THIS WOULD BE THROUGH THE VARIOUS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SAND PACKS FIVE STAR FORD OF CARROLLTON FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO 2024 FORD F-150 FOUR DOOR PICKUP TRUCKS THROUGH A MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH GAC AND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $165,248, WHICH INCLUDES OUTFITTING EACH VEHICLE AND RELATED EQUIPMENT.

CURRENTLY THOSE TWO WE HAD TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE UTILIZED BY OUR TWO TO DEPUTY FIRE CHIEFS.

THE ONE INCIDENT. THE ONE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT.

IT WAS TOTALED. THE CITY IS HAS RECEIVED $8,900 FOR THE VEHICLE FUNDS ON THAT.

WE'RE THEN GOING AHEAD AND PLACED IN THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND, WHICH IS AGAIN THE FUND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THERE.

AS FAR AS THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES GOING FORWARD.

ESSENTIALLY, THE OTHER VEHICLE IS NINE YEARS OLD, SO FIRE WILL BE TURNING THAT BACK INTO FLEET.

HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAS OVER 107,000 MILES AND HAS QUITE A FEW MECHANICAL ISSUES, SO IT IS NOT REALLY PLANNED TO REPURPOSE THAT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

IT WILL EITHER BE SOLD, AUCTIONED OFF, OR TRADED.

AND THEN IF TRADED, THAT AMOUNT WILL BE OFFSET ON THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE THE NEW TRUCKS.

SO I KNOW THE THE NUMBER HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AS FAR AS THE PRICING ON THIS.

AND AGAIN THESE ARE TRUCKS THAT ARE THERE IS A BASE OBVIOUSLY A BASE PRICE TO THESE.

BUT THE UPFITTING IS VERY SPECIALIZED. AND REALLY WE'RE QUITE WE'RE QUITE PLEASED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS PRICING AND GET THESE VEHICLES.

THE, THE VEHICLE MARKET IS A LITTLE INTERESTING RIGHT NOW.

SO THE UPFITTING ON THESE WILL ADD ALL CODE, THREE LIGHTING RADIOS, CAMPER SHELL OR BED TOPPER AND ANY GRAPHICS NEEDED.

SO THAT WILL COVER THE COST OF ALL OF THAT. FUNDING WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGET.

AND THAT CONCLUDES CONSENT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OVER CONSENT ITEMS? OKAY. DON'T SEE ANYONE. ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

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

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

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ALONG TO NEW BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA HERE.

[6. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Developer Participation Agreement between the City of Bedford and 3MEBS Property Company, LLC, for certain public improvements associated with the construction of the commercial development to be located on an approx. 7.5-acre tract located at the northwest corner of State Highway 183/Airport Freeway and N. Industrial Blvd.; and authorizing the City to participate in public improvement costs]

TO BE LOCATED ON AN APPROXIMATE 7.5 ACRE TRACT LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF STATE HIGHWAY 183 AIRPORT FREEWAY AND NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COSTS.

AGAIN, I GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE SECOND PIECE OF AN ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU ALL IN DECEMBER.

THIS IS THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THE CAMPUS WEST PROPERTY.

AGAIN, ORIGINALLY, AN INCENTIVE WAS PROVIDED TO BOTH THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS THROUGH A CHAPTER THREE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

DUE TO THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT LIMIT THE WAY THAT WE USE BOND FUNDS TO FINANCE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF SCOOT THINGS AROUND. SO, AGAIN, WHILE THE AMOUNTS HAVE NOT CHANGED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPLIT OUT THE PARTICIPATION THROUGH BOTH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND NOW A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.

SO THE CHANGES BASICALLY HAVE ADJUSTED THE INCENTIVE FOR THREE MBBS FROM 1.152 103 MILLION TO 1.575 MILLION, WHICH IS A SMALL ADJUSTMENT TO KIND OF ALLOW THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BOND ISSUANCE.

AND AGAIN, THAT AMOUNT THEN IS DIVIDED AMONG TWO AGREEMENTS WITH 491,526 STAYING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS ALREADY APPROVED. AND NOW THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE $665,974.

SO THE FUNDS FOR THAT WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.

SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION. SO HOW MUCH BOND FUNDS WERE WE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT FOR BOTH.

BOTH PIECES. IT WAS 4.63 MILLION TOTAL FOR BOTH.

OKAY, SO 4.63 MILLION. WHAT IS THE PLAN GOING TO BE USED FOR THOSE UNUSED BOND FUNDS THEN.

SO THE UNUSED BOND FUNDS REALLY WE'VE ALREADY STARTED, AND FOLKS KNOW THOSE ARE THERE.

THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN STARTED BEING EYED FOR OTHER VARIOUS PROJECTS.

SO THERE ARE SOME OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, SOME STREET PROJECTS UTILITY REPAIRS AND SOME POTENTIAL ITEMS THAT WERE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT

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SO IT'S REALLY LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN AN UNFORTUNATE THING TO KIND OF HAVE TO REARRANGE THIS WAY, BUT THE FUNDS WILL BE UTILIZED FOR OUR NEEDS FOR PUBLIC, FOR PUBLIC WORKS, STREETS, ROADS, UTILITIES. SO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE USED IN OTHER WAYS? YES. AS AN AGING COMMUNITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S DOING THE SAME.

WE CAN PLAN AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE, BUT THINGS WILL CREEP UP.

AND THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL KIND OF HELP EASE SOME OF THAT, ACTUALLY.

WELL, I KNOW THE 4.B BOARD WILL GENEROUSLY ACCEPT A LOT OF THESE FUNDS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS AND A LOT OF STREETS THAT NEED TO GET DONE IN BEDFORD.

SO THIS IS THIS WILL BE WELL UTILIZED. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OVER THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

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

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

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG. NEXT UP, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING REVISIONS TO THE INTEGRATED MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

[7. Consider a resolution approving revisions to the Integrated Mosquito Management Program.]

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M GOING TO BE STARTING OUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TODAY. SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM WAS LAST REVISED IN 2022, AND WE CAME INTO 2024 WITH A VERY, VERY HIGH YEAR FOR POSITIVE SAMPLES, THE HIGHEST IN SEVEN YEARS.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS GRAPH, WE HAD ALMOST 800 POSITIVE MOSQUITO SAMPLES FOR 2024.

AUGUST 8TH OF 2024 COUNCIL APPROVED ADULTICIDE APPLICATIONS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

THAT ALLOWED US TO HAVE AN APPROPRIATE REACTION TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF MOSQUITO POSITIVE SAMPLES WE'RE HAVING AT THE TIME.

PAST THAT POINT, WE HAD NO POSITIVE SAMPLES FOR WEST NILE VIRUS IN BEDFORD.

SO GOING INTO THE REVISIONS THE FIRST I WANT TO START WITH IS OUR TRAP SITES.

THE REVISION TAKES AWAY THE NUMBER OF TRAP SITES IN THE PLAN TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY.

SEASON TO SEASON. AS YOU KNOW, WE DO PARTNER WITH THE TARRANT COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT FOR SUPPORT IN THE PLAN. THEY PROVIDE ALL THE TRAPS AS WELL AS ANY SAMPLING AND COUNTING FOR MOSQUITO SAMPLES.

THEY ARE BOUND BY THEIR OWN EXCUSE ME. BUDGETS AND THESE TEND TO CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR. WHICH WOULD RESTRICT THEM FROM TAKING CERTAIN NUMBER OF SAMPLE SITES EACH WEEK.

SO BEING ABLE TO STAY FLEXIBLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF SAMPLES THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SEND TO THEM FROM THE NUMBER OF TRAPS WE'RE PUTTING OUT, WOULD BE BEHOOVE US. WE ALSO REVISED THE MAP TO TRANSITION FROM RADIAL-TO-RADIAL SITES TO ZONES. AS YOU SEE HERE THIS IS A MAP OF THE CITY WITH A MORE ENCOMPASSING AREA.

BEFORE WE HAD SITES THAT WOULD LEAVE OUT LARGE PARTS OF THE CITY.

AND THIS WAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE MONITORING ZONES THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS EVERY INCH OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS TREAT ALL ZONES WITHIN THE CITY WHENEVER WE HAVE POSITIVE TRAPS OR IF WE'RE DOING ROUTINE LARVICIDING. AND IN EACH ZONE, YOU CAN SEE THAT I'VE INCLUDED THE ARTERIAL CENTER LINES TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW BIG EACH ONE IS. I ALSO CREATED THESE ZONES BASED OFF OF THE ONE MILE RADIUS OF WHICH IS THE FLIGHT DISTANCE OF YOUR AVERAGE MOSQUITO RISK LEVELS.

SO WITH THE RISK LEVELS, WE KEPT THEM RELATIVELY THE SAME.

WE ARE STILL HAVING AN ESCALATION FROM EACH RISK LEVEL FROM LOW TO HIGH, THOUGH, WE ADDED A CLAUSE THAT THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE MAY ESCALATE OR DE-ESCALATE THESE RISK LEVELS.

WE ALSO UPDATED THEIR CRITERIA AND THE SPECIFIC CONTROL MEASURES, AND EDUCATION MEASURES WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR EACH RISK LEVEL.

AT THE LOW RISK LEVEL, OF COURSE, WE ARE SEEING.

LOW NORMAL MOSQUITO POPULATIONS AND NO VIRUS IN OUR MOSQUITO POPULATION.

SO, THIS IS NORMAL. WE ARE NOT IN IN ANY KIND OF DANGER OF HUMAN TRANSMISSION.

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WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE CONTINUING OUR CONTROL MEASURES TO KEEP JUVENILE MOSQUITO POPULATIONS DOWN BY DOING SOURCE REDUCTIONS FROM WATER SOURCES OUT IN THE CITY.

CONSIDERING ADDING MOSQUITO FISH TO THE ECOSYSTEMS. CONTINUING OUR ROUTINE LARVICIDING AND DOING PROPERTY INSPECTIONS.

THEN WE HAVE THE MEDIUM RISK LEVEL AT THE MEDIUM RISK LEVEL.

WE CONTINUE ALL ACTIONS AT THE LOW RISK LEVEL.

AND THEN ADD SOME WHEN WE SEE THAT WE ARE HAVING AN INCREASE IN MOSQUITO POPULATIONS ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS.

AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE POSITIVE TRAP LOCATIONS.

HERE WE WOULD RELEASE A PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY.

AND WE WOULD EMPHASIZE SOURCE REDUCTION, PERSONAL PROTECTION AND DISEASE SYMPTOMS. THIS CONTROL MEASURE WOULD INCLUDE SITE SPECIFIC SITE INVESTIGATIONS.

WITH POSITIVE TRAPS. WE WOULD LARVICIDE AFTER EACH POSITIVE TRAP, AND WE WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THE APPLICATION OF ADULT DECIDES IF WE DEEMED IT NECESSARY AT THE HIGH RISK LEVEL. THIS WOULD BE WHERE WE SEE AN EXCEEDINGLY HIGH POPULATION OF MOSQUITOES, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE HUMAN CASES HERE. WE WOULD ISSUE A PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING AND PUBLICIZE VECTOR CONTROL MEASURES THAT WE ARE DOING IN EACH OF THE TARGET COMMUNITIES. WE WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR THE ADULTICIDE APPLICATIONS DURING CONFIRMED HUMAN CASES AND POSITIVE MOSQUITO POOLS.

SO OF COURSE, HERE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WE ARE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE POPULATIONS BACK DOWN SO WE CAN COME BACK TO A MEDIUM OR LOW RISK LEVEL.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO OBVIOUSLY, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON LAST YEAR.

AND I WILL SAY THAT BEDFORD WAS NOT AN ANOMALY FROM OUR SURROUNDING CITIES.

WE HAD MANY CITIES THAT HAD. IT WAS THE ENTIRE COUNTY, ACTUALLY, THAT HAD AN INCREASE OF ALL THE POSITIVE TRAPS FROM WEST NILE.

SO WE WEREN'T ALONE IN THAT IN THAT REGARD. BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE DID FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN ADJUST AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THAT WAS THAT WAS PART OF IT. AND SO ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAD ALSO WAS THAT IT TOOK AN ACT OF CITY LEADERSHIP AND BY DEFINITION, THAT MEANT CITY COUNCIL TO, TO UP THE BASICALLY ADULTICIDING FOR THE MOSQUITOES.

AND SO WITH THIS PLAN THAT THAT AUTHORITY NOW IS KIND OF DEFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE, IF THEY SO CHOOSE. WE WANT EVERY, EVERY, ALL THESE DECISIONS TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH CITY MANAGEMENT.

SO, WE CAN HAVE BOTH COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER ON, ON THE SAME, ON THE SAME PAGE AS US.

AND TO MAKE A QUICKER RESPONSE SO THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR WAITING FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS OR EVEN OR I HAVE TO CALL SOME SPECIAL MEETING WHERE I HAVE TO GET COUNCIL HERE, AT LEAST FOUR OF US HERE TO JUST APPROVE ADULTICIDING.

CORRECT. OKAY. LOOKING AT SOME OF THIS I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, IN DETAIL, GOING THROUGH IT ONLY FOR THE FACT THAT WE TOOK OUT A LOT OF OUR I GUESS, YOU KNOW, YES, IT'S FLEXIBLE, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANTED, BUT THEN WE'RE NOT HOLDING OURSELVES TO ANY KIND OF STANDARD.

SO, LIKE THE TRAPS, FOR INSTANCE. WE'RE TAKING AWAY HOLDING OURSELVES TO FOUR TRAPS.

NOW, I KNOW OUR PLAN IS TO INCREASE THOSE AS WE SHOULD.

RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE HERE IN THIS POSITION.

WE'RE ALL NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE HERE IN THIS POSITION, BUT THIS IS THE PLAN THAT SOMEBODY WOULD COME INTO TO TAKE OVER.

SO WHY WOULD WE NOT HOLD OURSELVES TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAPS AND MAKE IT SOMETHING SPECIFIC? AGAIN, THAT MY REASONING FOR IT WAS THE FUNDING FOR THE COUNTY.

WHENEVER WE ARE RESTRICTED BY COUNTY FOR THE NUMBER OF TRAPS WE CAN PUT OUT, IN NUMBER OF SAMPLES WE CAN TAKE FROM THOSE TRAPS FOR THEM TO TEST.

IT WOULD RESTRICT US FROM PUTTING OUT ANY MORE TRAPS THAN, SAY, THEY CAN ONLY TAKE THREE SAMPLES PER CITY.

THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST. I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET CUTS CURRENTLY.

AND THAT'S JUST A REALITY WE KIND OF HAVE TO WORK WITH.

SO BEING ABLE TO STAY FLEXIBLE IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT.

OKAY. SO HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENED? THIS WAS THIS LAST SEASON, NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.

SO, THIS PAST LAST MONTH? YES. LAST MONTH. SO THEN THEY DID SOME CUTS.

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AND I WAS ASKED I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING THEM FOR WHAT THEIR ANTICIPATED TRAP NUMBERS.

THEY WERE GOING TO ALLOW US TO SUBMIT. WHEN I WAS REVISING IT AND SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T TELL ME AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING BACK FOR BUDGET REVISIONS PRIOR TO THIS. PRIOR TO THIS. DID THE COUNTY EVER BASICALLY CUT OUR FUNDING TO THE, TO THE EFFECT THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MEET OUR FOUR GRAVITY TRAPS? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. BUT AGAIN, IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD ROLL BACK THE NUMBER OF TRAPS WE CAN PUT OUT. YEAH, THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE. I MEAN, IT GIVES ME CONCERN BECAUSE I WANT US TO HOLD US TO SOME KIND OF STANDARD.

YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD. AND I WANT US TO INCREASE IT AND TO MAKE IT TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE INCREASING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SURE. YES. THIS IS FLEXIBLE, BUT IT HOLDS US TO NO STANDARD.

SURE. SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. SO MAYBE A CLAUSE THAT WOULD SAY THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO AT LEAST DO THE NUMBER OF TRAPS THE TRAPS THE COUNTY ALLOWS US TO DO WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE.

BUT I WOULD ALSO WANT US TO INCREASE OUR NUMBER.

NOW ANOTHER THING THAT'S IN THERE IS WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

I'VE SLEPT SINCE THEN, BUT ABOUT ROTATING A TRAP AND HOW YOU I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE DATA IN A CERTAIN LOCATION. RIGHT? AND SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING CUTTING AWAY WITH? WELL, THE USE OF THE ROVING TRAP WOULD BE FOR INVESTIGATION PURPOSES.

SO THAT WOULD STILL BE AN OPTION FOR US INTERNALLY.

GOTCHA. SO, NOT ONLY HAVING A CLAUSE IN THERE, BUT ALSO FOR ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HOLD OURSELVES TO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER STANDARD FOR THAT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE GOT TO DO MORE AND WE GOT TO PUT IT IN WRITING BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS THE PLAN, OF COURSE. BUT THEN, OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT A CLAUSE IN THERE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON FUNDING FROM TARRANT COUNTY.

OKAY. YEAH. SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. THAT'S.

THAT'S FINE. SO I WAS I MEAN, COULD WE JUST SIMPLY MAKE THE WORDING BE A MINIMUM OF FOUR, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW.

BUT I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING DOING THIS NEXT UPCOMING SEASON? WELL, I THAT THAT MAP I HAD UP THERE WAS GOING TO BE THE ANTICIPATED MAP IF THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO DO FIVE TRAP LOCATIONS.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE MINIMUM TO BE FOUR. OR IF YOU WANT.

YEAH. WELL, SINCE WE'RE HAVING FIVE ZONES, THEN I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE US TO AT LEAST HAVE AT LEAST FIVE ZONES, OF COURSE, TO INCREASE IT. YOU COULD ALWAYS GO UP FROM THERE.

IF WE WOULD NEED TO, BUT THEN YOU'D HAVE A FLOOR.

IT WOULDN'T BE ANY LESS THAN THAT. OKAY. IS THAT ABSOLUTELY A LITTLE BETTER? MORE COMFORTABLE? IT MAKES ME FEEL DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

LET'S SEE HERE. I MADE SOME NOTES AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS.

SO, I KNOW ALSO SEEING THE CITY IS GOING TO FOCUS ON APPLYING LARVICIDE IN ITS DRAINAGE CHANNELS. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS.

OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE WAS CLEARED UP, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE.

A MENTION OF ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY SUCH AS OUR PARKS OR OTHER PLACES.

WELL, WE ONLY ARE RECITING OUR MAINTAINED PROPERTIES, SO NO PUBLIC OR NO PRIVATE PROPERTIES ARE RECITED.

WELL, PUBLIC THEN ALL PUBLIC PROPERTIES. OKAY.

IT'S NOT MENTIONED IN HERE THOUGH. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH.

SO. AND ON NUMBER 11, IT SAYS THE CITY FOCUS ON APPLYING LARVICIDE IN ITS DRAINAGE CHANNELS.

AND THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS MENTIONED. WELL, I GUESS WE COULD SPECIFY PUBLICLY OWNED DRAINAGE CHANNELS.

YEAH. AND ANOTHER AREA IS PUBLICLY OWNED, SUCH AS OUR PARKS, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT IN HERE.

AND SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL.

OKAY. BEFORE WE BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING WITH THIS.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. SO, TYLER, THERE'S LOTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN CHANNELS AND THEIR OWN DRAINAGE DITCHES.

SO WITH THOSE, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ANY TRAPS IN THERE? APPARENTLY NOT. NOT TRAPS. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LARVICIDING.

SO THAT WOULD BE APPLYING A CHEMICAL TO THE WATER ITSELF TO KEEP THE MOSQUITOES FROM BREEDING THERE.

THE TRAP LOCATIONS WILL BE AT LEAST ONE PER ZONE.

AND IT WOULD ENCOMPASS THAT ENTIRE ZONE. SO, WHAT IF WE HAD A POSITIVE FOR IN ZONE FIVE? WHATEVER WE WHATEVER STAGE OF THE PLAN WE WERE IN, WE WOULD EXECUTE THE, THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR THAT STAGE.

IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A TRAP AT LAUREL COURT OR LAUREL COURT AND LAUREL LANE, BUT THEY'RE TECHNICALLY OWNED BY THE PEOPLE. THE PROPERTIES ARE OWNED BY THE RESIDENTS.

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THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT I'M SAYING AT ALL.

OKAY. NO. THE TRAP LOCATION AGAIN. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE NECESSARILY IN THE SAME AREAS.

IT'S GOING TO BE WHERE THESE ARE TREATMENT ZONES.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THE TRAPS AS AMBIGUOUS AS POSSIBLE.

SO NO ONE MESSES WITH THE TRAPS GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO GO SEE THEM.

BUT THE TRAP AREAS ARE MEANT AS THIS IS AN ALERT TO TRIGGER A RESPONSE FROM US, IF YOU WILL.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LARVICIDING WE'VE ALWAYS DONE ANY PUBLICLY OWNED PARKS.

PUBLICLY OWNED DRAINAGE CHANNELS. SO THAT WILL NOT CHANGE.

BUT THEY HAVE TREATED THEY HAVE TREATED MY CHANNEL.

IS THAT A PRIVATE CHANNEL BEHIND YOUR HOME? IT'S PRIVATE THAT EVERYBODY OWNS SO MUCH PROPERTY OF THAT CHANNEL.

AND WE'VE GOT OTHER. DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IF YOU IF YOU LIMIT IT TO PUBLIC, THEN THERE GOES THAT WHOLE CHANNEL THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TREATED AND PROBABLY OTHER CHANNELS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TREATED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT ARE OWNED BY THE PEOPLE. AND SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TREAT THOSE ANYMORE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S AN INFESTATION THERE THAT MIGHT CAUSE FOR A LARGER CONVERSATION THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE, I THINK. BUT SUPPOSEDLY IF IT'S IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND WE ARE OUT HERE DOING MAINTENANCE, THEN THAT'S STILL A PUBLICLY OWNED DRAINAGE CHANNEL.

I GUESS IF YOU COULD CONFER, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I SEE THOSE TRAILS, THOSE DRAINAGE WAYS, ALL HAVE EASEMENTS OVER THEM FOR US TO DO THE MAINTENANCE.

AND I THINK I THINK WHAT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR VISION IS, IS THAT THAT IS WE SEE THAT AS A PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC EASEMENT, THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. YES. WE WOULD CONTINUE THAT.

YOU'LL TREAT THE RIGHT OF WAY, BASICALLY. YES.

OKAY, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S WORDED.

IT SAYS WHAT WE THINK IT SAYS. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS GOOD.

GOOD POINT RIGHT THERE. ALSO, WITH YOUR WHEN IT COMES TO THE RISK LEVELS THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TAKEN OUT THAT KIND OF HELD US TO SOME STANDARDS.

SO THE FIRST ONE SURVEILLANCE, IT SAYS IT JUST SAYS ROUTINE MONITORING OF PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES ROUTINE MONITORING.

I THINK I KNOW IT'S WEEKLY, RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE, BUT SHOULDN'T THAT BE SPELLED OUT LIKE TRAPS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKED AT WEEKLY, SENT INTO THE COUNTY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR TESTING AND ALL THAT? I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THAT LANGUAGE SHOULD BE CLEARED UP A LITTLE BIT. MY OWN OPINION. AGAIN, IT'S HOLDING US TO THAT STANDARD SAYING, ALL RIGHT, ROUTINE MONITORING.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WEEKLY OF THE TRAPS.

LET'S SEE HERE RIGHT AWAY. OKAY. MR. COUNCIL MEMBER ON THAT, WOULD IT BE? WEEKLY DURING PEAK SEASON? YEAH. WEEKLY. WEEKLY, 52 WEEKS A YEAR.

THANK YOU. TO CLARIFY, IT WOULD BE DURING THOSE PEAK SEASONS WHEN THE COUNTY.

ALLOWS US TO SEND IN THOSE SAMPLES. YEAH. THOSE SAMPLES.

YEAH, YEAH. SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CLARIFIED AS WELL.

AND THEN WE HAVE EVERYTHING MONITORED OUTSIDE.

GOT THAT. THAT'S FOR THE LOW RISK LEVEL. THEN YOU GO TO MEDIUM RISK LEVEL AND IT JUST SAYS INCREASE MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE IN AREAS OF POSITIVE TRAPS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THEY INCREASE SURVEILLANCE.

SO THAT WOULD MEAN THE FOLLOW UPS INSPECTIONS.

THAT WOULD MEAN ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL TESTING THAT WE COULD DO IN THAT AREA.

BUT I DO SEE WHAT YOU MEAN, THAT WE COULD ELABORATE ON THAT.

ELABORATE THAT, ELABORATE THAT. BECAUSE TO ME, I'M JUST LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LET'S HOLD US TO A STANDARD HERE. LET'S SEE HERE. ONE THING THAT WAS REMOVED IN THAT MEDIUM RISK LEVEL, IT SAYS CITIZENS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED OF THE DETECTION OF A VIRUS TRAPPED MOSQUITOES BY THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SENT OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT WAS THE REASON WHY THAT WAS TAKEN OUT. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FOR ME? SO, IT WAS ON MEDIUM RISK LEVEL. THE SECOND ONE AND IT'S ON PAGE 14.

IT SAYS CITIZENS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED OF THE DETECTION OF A VIRUS IN TRAPPED MOSQUITOES BY THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SENT OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS COVERED UNDER THE COMMUNICATIONS PORTION, BUT FOR SPECIFIC SPECIFICS.

YEAH, WE CAN ADD THAT. I WAS JUST WONDERING, MAKING SURE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE OBVIOUSLY NOTIFYING OUR PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY IN POSITIVE.

RIGHT. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER AND OTHER AVENUES AS WELL.

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I DON'T MEAN TO GET IN THE NITTY GRITTY HERE, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SPELLED OUT HERE.

YES. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER. SABOL. SO YOU'VE GOT LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH RISK.

SO YOU'VE NOT REALLY SPECIFIED WHAT MAKES IT RAISED TO THE HIGHER LEVEL.

WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD? YEAH, LIKE YOUR LOW RISK.

SO WHEN DO YOU MOVE TO THE MEDIUM AND WHEN DO YOU MOVE TO THE HIGH. WHAT IS WHAT'S THE DEFINITION.

SO FOR EACH RISK LEVEL THERE SHOULD BE A DEFINITION ASSOCIATED IN THE IN THE PLAN.

SO THE LOW RISK LEVEL IS WHEN THERE WOULD BE A NORMAL AMOUNT OF THE NORMAL POPULATION SIZES FOR THE SEASON.

AND NO VIRUS DETECTED IN THE POPULATIONS. WHEN WE GO TO HIGH RISK, THAT'S WHEN WE START TO GET THOSE POSITIVES.

AND WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE MOSQUITO POPULATIONS COMPARED SEASONALLY.

SO THEN WE GET TO THE HIGH RISK LEVEL. AND THAT'S WHEN WE START SEEING THE THE MULTIPLE POSITIVES AND MULTIPLE TRAPS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND WE'RE SEEING HUMAN CASES AS WELL.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO MAKE THAT DECISION OF WHAT THE RISK LEVEL IS, OR WHO DOES MAKE THE DECISION OF WHEN WE'RE MOVING UP TO THE DIFFERENT LEVEL? WELL, SOME OF IT WELL, IT WOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE AND I, I IT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND THEIR DESIGNEE AND, AND OF COURSE, THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD DESIGNATE RISK LEVELS.

IS IT EVEN NECESSARY TO HAVE LEVELS LIKE THAT? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE USING YOUR INTELLECT AS AN EMPLOYEE IN PUBLIC WORKS, YOU'D SAY, WE NEED TO RAMP THIS UP.

I THINK FOR I THINK FOR PUBLIC NOTICE PURPOSES AND I THINK FOR I THINK AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO BE I THINK YOU NEED I DO THINK YOU NEED THOSE. IT'S WE'RE AT THIS STAGE AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I THINK IT KIND OF SENDS A MESSAGE. IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF AFTER NINE OVER 11.

WE HAD ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS, THOSE YELLOW, ORANGE.

WHAT ARE THE COLORS MEAN? AND SO IT SORT OF REMINDS ME OF THAT, A REALLY LESSER LEVEL, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I WILL SAY I PULLED MUCH OF THIS LANGUAGE FROM THE TARRANT COUNTY'S MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SO, IF IT'S NOT SO SPECIFIC, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY AND THE RISK LEVELS IS ALSO OFF OF THEIR MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND IT'S ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTEGRATED MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT TACTICS THAT THE EPA USES.

AND AFTER, YOU KNOW, ONCE THIS PLAN DOES GET REVISED OR CHANGED AND APPROVED, IT HAS TO GO TO TARRANT.

DOES IT GO TO TARRANT COUNTY FOR. NO, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE NO APPROVAL FOR ANYTHING.

THEY'RE MORE OF A SUPPORT SERVICE. RIGHT. GOTCHA.

RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI. THANK YOU, MAYOR COGAN.

SO I'M EXCITED. I'M HAPPY. WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE INTO THE MOSQUITO PROGRAM BEFORE THE BEGINNING, REALLY, OF MOSQUITO SEASON. AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS LACKING SOME HARD DETAILS.

MY SUGGESTION BECAUSE THIS IS ALL FOR TO BE INFORMATIVE TO THE RESIDENTS AND SO THEY KNOW WHERE THOSE LEVELS ARE. I WOULD I'M GOING TO SAY LET'S TABLE THIS.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S HAVE YOU REWORK THIS. GIVE US SOME BECAUSE LIKE FOR THE LOW MEDIUM HIGH RIGHT.

SO, WITH WHAT. THERE'S A THING IN MY BUSINESS CALLED EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE.

RIGHT. SO, THERE ARE, THERE ARE LAB VALUES THAT WOULD PUT YOU IN A LOW, MEDIUM HIGH RISK.

SO LET'S MAYBE COME BACK WHEN WE HAVE THAT HARD DATA AND REVISIT IT.

OKAY. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU BEAT ME TO IT. OH, SORRY.

SORRY. OKAY. BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M SUGGESTING AS WELL.

NEED SOME SPECIFICITY. NEED SOME SOMETHING TO HOLD OURSELVES TO THAT STANDARD AND INCREASE IT FROM WHAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY WITH.

ALSO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING THAT I GOT FROM LAST TIME IS THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE NIMBLE, SO THAT OUR CITY MANAGER CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS QUICKLY, WHEN TO DECIDE IF WE REACH THAT THRESHOLD SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OR A CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO DO SO.

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I WILL SAY THIS ON ANOTHER NOTE, I'M GLAD WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS NOW BEFORE THE SEASON RAMPS UP.

WHAT IS YOUR PLAN GOING FORWARD? SINCE I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL FOR LARVICIDING, HOW SOON ARE WE GOING TO START LARVICIDING AND TRACK? WELL, I KNOW TRACKING STARTS IN APRIL, BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT WE GOT TO GET IN FRONT OF IT BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM.

SO THAT MEANS GET OUT EARLY FOR THE LARVICIDING.

SO WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR THAT? WE'RE GOING TO START WE'RE STARTING IN MARCH.

AND WE ARE GOING TO START ALL OF OUR ROUTINE LARVICIDING.

I'M ALSO GOING TO GO OUT AND TRY TO IDENTIFY MORE AREAS THAT WE DO NEED LARVICIDE AND IDENTIFY NEW HOTSPOTS THAT WE WOULD THINK THAT ARE AREAS THAT WATER IS GOING TO BE COLLECTING AND START MAKING PLANS FOR ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO DO ON THE DRAINAGE TO KIND OF KEEP THAT WATER FLOWING.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY WATER STAYING UP FOR RAINY SEASON.

VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. SO YEAH, I THINK I THINK THAT'S THE BEST THAT'S THE BEST WAY FORWARD WITH THE SOONER WE CAN GET TO THE LARVICIDING, THE LESS DOWN THE ROAD YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE RISKS OF THOSE WEST NILE VIRUS MOSQUITOES.

AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO DECIDE. THOUGH I WILL SAY THIS LAST TIME WHEN WE CHOSE TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT ADULTICIDING, I HAD MANY RESIDENTS WHO THANKED US FOR THAT AND ACTUALLY SAW A DECREASE IN THE MOSQUITOES IN THEIR AREA.

SO, THEY WERE THEY REALLY, YOU KNOW, THANKED US FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND ACTUALLY DOING IT.

SO, WITH THAT, YEAH. BEFORE WE TABLE IT, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YEAH. LIKE THE MAYOR HAD SAID, I THINK WE NEED A NEED A MINIMUM NUMBER OF TRAPS.

WHETHER IT'S 4 OR 5, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE YOU COULD INFLATE OR DEFLATE THE NUMBERS JUST BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TRAPS YOU HAVE OUT THERE.

IF YOU REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAPS, OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBER OF POSITIVES GO AWAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF TRAPS.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M IN AGREEMENT.

SO, I'LL KICK US OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER STAFF.

DO YOU NEED ANYTHING OTHER WITH THE CLARIFICATION FOR US TO MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS? AND THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS, TOO. THIS IS WHY WE BRING IT FORWARD AND WHY WE PICK IT APART.

AND SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS.

AND THIS IS WHY WE DID IT IN JANUARY AND NOT DOING IT IN MARCH.

SO THIS IS A GOOD THING. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM UPON CORRECTIONS AT A LATER TIME. I WOULD SAY YEAH AT LEAST. YEAH. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST BY FEBRUARY 1ST.

FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. OKAY. SO IN A MONTH OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO, TABLE UNTIL THEN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT.

SO, THANK YOU. DAN, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES, COUNCILMEMBER TYLER.

IS IT VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE OUR OWN TESTING? IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. SO THE TESTING IS SENT TO A LAB.

AND THERE'S TWO LABS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. SO THERE'S ONE THAT THE COUNTY USES AND THERE'S ONE THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WHEN YOU HAVE TO USE THE STATE OF TEXAS, ONE, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF PACKAGING, FREEZING ALL THE MOSQUITOES AND TRYING TO SHIP IT OFF.

SO, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE COST TO US WHENEVER WE DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THE PREFERENCE IS TO CONTINUE WITH TARRANT COUNTY'S TESTING PROGRAM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. AND THAT THAT MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN A MONTH.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE BEDFORD

[8. Consider a resolution supporting the Conceptual Design for the Bedford Road Beautification Project and authorize the City Manager or her designee to submit applications related to the project for outside funding opportunities.]

CITY ENGINEER JOE SCHWEITZER. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

SO, AS YOU REMEMBER, I WAS HERE ALMOST JUST A MONTH AGO TALKING ABOUT A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO LOOK IN AND DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR THIS AREA. WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES AND WHATNOT THAT IT COULD HAVE.

WE TALKED THAT THAT A NUMBER OF FACTORS KIND OF ALIGNED TO, TO BRING THE INFORMATION TO YOU A MONTH AGO AND THAT THAT WE THOUGHT ALIGNED FOR A PROJECT INCLUDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CROSSWALK REQUESTS, ALL THE INEVITABLE, ALWAYS, FOREVER DESIRE TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND TRAIL, NETWORK AND PEDESTRIAN OPTIONS.

WE HAD STARTED LOOKING AT THE STREET CONDITIONS AND SUCH, PREPARING FOR OUR NEXT YEAR'S CIP AND THE 4.B MEETING.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD BECOME AWARE OF A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH BOTH NETCONG AND TXDOT FOR TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.

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AT THE SAME TIME, WE TOLD YOU THAT WE'D BE BACK THIS MONTH BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING APPLICATION DEADLINES.

WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND, AND THIS WAS JUST ROUGH CONCEPTUAL PLANS.

THERE'S NO. THIS EXACT TREE IS GOING TO GO RIGHT HERE.

WE DON'T HAVE EXACT DETAILS. WE HAVE STUFF LIKE WE WANT TO PUT WE WANT TO TAKE TWO LANES OUT OF BEDFORD ROAD.

WE WANT TO PUT A 12 FOOT TRAIL WITH SOME LANDSCAPING AND OTHER THINGS TO IMPROVE SIGHT DISTANCE, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, MOTORIST SAFETY AND OTHER THINGS.

THIS IS NOT INTENDED IN ANY WAY TO BE A COPY AND PASTE FOR ALL OF BEDFORD ROAD.

THIS IS A SPECIFIC TO THIS LOCATION SOLUTION AND HELPS TIE IN COMMUNITIES TO THE EAST TO THE TRAIL NETWORK.

TO THE EAST SIDE OF 121 TO THE OVERALL TRAIL NETWORK.

IT KIND OF CONNECTS INTO STORMY JONES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE I'VE DISCUSSED THAT THIS CAN DO.

OTHER AREAS, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO EVER TRY TO SUGGEST REMOVING LANES ANYWHERE NEAR CENTRAL. ANYWHERE NEAR THE FREEWAY. ANYWHERE NEAR AN ACTUAL OFF RAMP OF THE FREEWAY OR WHERE TRAFFIC IS, IS MERGING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS AS, AS YOU CAN TELL A RELATIVELY UNDERUSED AREA OF THE OF BEDFORD ROAD. I THINK WE TALKED LAST MONTH ABOUT BACK IN THE 60S AND BEFORE THEN THIS THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED AND BUILT OUT AND THE ROAD NEVER REALLY EXPANDED SINCE THEN.

IT WAS ALWAYS FIVE LANES, FOUR LANES AND A CENTER MEDIAN.

BY THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF 121, IT HAD BEEN BASICALLY BYPASSED WITH RAMPS NORTH AND SOUTH.

SO THAT REALLY STAGES IT AS A SECONDARY ROAD, NOT A PRIMARY ROAD.

IT IS THE SAME TRAFFIC LANES AS HARWOOD WHICH HAVE DIRECT CONNECTS AND COMMERCIAL AREAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH KIND OF LOOKS MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

LIKE I SAID, CONCEPTUAL, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING LIKE I'D CALL IT 10% COMPLETE PLAN.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE EIGHT TREES ON THAT SIDE, JUST TO THE WEST OF THE OR TO THE RIGHT, TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION. IT'S AN IDEA.

IT'S A CONCEPTUAL IMAGE. THESE AREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR ENGINEERING PLANS OR AN ENGINEERING STUDY.

THESE ARE LOOKING AT. IS THIS SOMETHING WE LIKE? IS IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO SUPPORT? WE ALSO TALKED THAT WE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.

WELL, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THAT AREA IN THE LAST MONTH, YOU'VE SEEN THAT THERE WAS A NEW FLASHING SPEED LIMIT SIGN.

AS AS WE AS YOU TALKED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, OF COURSE, LAST WEEK WAS A SNOWSTORM.

SO THAT KIND OF THREW THE WHOLE TRAFFIC AND AND TYPICAL PATTERNS OF EVERYONE OFF.

SO WE HAVE AN INSIGHT TO SOME OF THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING I'D CALL A SCIENTIFIC STUDY OR AN ENGINEERING STUDY THAT WE'LL HAVE TO RESET AND LOOK AT LATER.

BUT IT DID FIND THAT BASED ON THE FEW DAYS OF NORMAL TRAFFIC THAT WE HAD THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ON BEDFORD ROAD WAS WOULD STILL BE A, A AN A VALUE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

IF WE ONLY HAD THE TWO THE TWO LANES AS PROPOSED.

WE DID FIND SOME THINGS OUT ABOUT TRAFFIC SPEEDS.

IN THE AREA. AND DEFINITELY THAT CAN BE IMPROVED.

AND WE THINK WE THINK THIS WOULD BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION ALSO.

BY REMOVING THE MOVING THE LANES. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HOP ONTO A FREEWAY AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I THINK OF WHEN I GO BEDFORD EAST IS IF THERE'S NOBODY THERE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEED.

CORRECT. THE WITHOUT GOING INTO, LIKE I SAID, NOT ENGINEERING STUDY OR ANYTHING.

WE GOT A SNAPSHOT AND A LITTLE PEEK INTO THINGS.

THE AVERAGE TRAVEL SPEED IS ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT.

WELL, THE AVERAGE WAS 37. THE SPEED LIMIT IS 35.

SO WE'RE NOT NOT TOO FAR OFF. MORE OFTEN ENGINEERS TALK ABOUT AN 85TH PERCENTILE.

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AND THAT WAS 43. SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO MORE ENFORCEABLE.

HEY. LOOK UP. POP YOUR HEAD UP. CHIEF LAPENNA OFFICERS WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING MORE AT THAT, AT THAT RATE. GOTCHA. BUT THE THE TRAFFIC VOLUME ITSELF, WHICH IS WHAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS BASED OFF OF, WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A2A2 LANE ROAD. SO YOU DON'T SEE YOU DON'T SEE THOSE TRAFFIC PATTERNS INCREASING EVEN WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S MOSTLY BUILT OUT. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY ON HARWOOD ROAD.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE THOSE NUMBERS TO INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY ENOUGH TO SKEW THOSE NUMBERS THE WAY THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND EVERYTHING THAT BEDFORD AND HARWOOD ARE CONNECTED? THEY REALLY AREN'T.

SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE TRAVELING DOWN BEDFORD FROM SOMEWHERE ON HARWOOD, YOU EITHER MADE A WRONG TURN OR SOMETHING ELSE HAS GONE WRONG.

AND WE'RE NOT A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN. YES, A A TRAFFIC COLLISION OR OR IF IF PUBLIC WORKS HAD TO GO AND TEAR UP A LANE BECAUSE OF A PIPE BURST OR SOMETHING, THOSE ARE NOT NORMAL CONDITIONS.

GOTCHA. SOMETHING ELSE WE DID LEARN FOR THE WHOLE TWO REGULAR SCHOOL DAYS THAT WE HAD THE TRAILER OUT THERE.

THE PEAK TRAFFIC ON THOSE TWO DAYS WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL EITHER COMING OR GOING TO SCHOOL OR COMING FROM THE THE PEAK IN THE MORNINGS WAS ALMOST 45 MINUTES AFTER FIRST PERIOD STARTS.

AND IN THE AFTERNOONS, IT WAS JUST BEFORE 530 WAS THE PEAK.

SO THAT'S ALMOST AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER TRINITY GETS OUT.

GOTCHA. SO WHILE TRINITY DOES DOES COME FROM THESE AREAS AND FEED ACROSS THE STREET THERE, IT'S NOT THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ARE TRAVELING THAT WAY.

SO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE CONCEPTUAL, YOU SEE, THERE WOULD BE YOU CAN JUST BARELY SEE THE WAY THAT IMAGE CAME OUT, THAT THERE WOULD BE LIGHTING ACROSS THE PATH.

LANDSCAPING. THE 12 FOOT TRAIL, WHICH WOULD WOULD ALLOW BIKES TO PASS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, ALLOW PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS TO TO PASS SAFELY WHILE EVERYBODY IS ON THE TRAIL. NOBODY HAS TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY OF A SPEEDING BICYCLE.

AND THE THE SOUTH HALF OF THE ROAD. THIS IS THIS WOULD BE LOOKING TO THE EAST TO TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL.

IF YOU WERE TO GET TO LEAVE HERE AND GO DIRECTLY, THE TRAIL WOULD BE ON THE NORTH AND THE THE EXISTING SIDEWALK WOULD BE LEFT ON THE SOUTH.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH. SO, JOSEPH, WHY WOULDN'T YOU TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO MURPHY ROAD OR MURPHY? YEAH. MURPHY ROAD, IT STOPS AT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NAME OF THAT STREET IS.

WOODSON. WOODSON. OH, WOODSON. OKAY. YEAH. IT STOPS AT WOODSON BECAUSE THERE IS A GREEN BELT UNDERNEATH THE CORE POWER LINES THERE, AND THERE'S EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT MOVE.

ALL THE WAY NORTH TO THE ENCORE EASEMENT IN THE TRAIL, INTO THE LINEAR TRAIL.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS, WOULD IT BE A NATURAL AS FAR AS COMING DOWN THAT STREET? WOULD IT BE DISRUPTIVE TO STOP IT AT WOODSON AS OPPOSED TO TAKING IT ON TO MURPHY? YOU KNOW, LIKE IF YOU'RE DRIVING, DRIVING, DRIVING. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I HATE IS WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES ALL OF A SUDDEN AND MURPHY'S A BIGGER IT'S A BIGGER STREET, A BUSIER STREET. SO THERE WOULD BE SOME TRANSITION LENGTH BETWEEN THE LANES, BETWEEN A TWO LANES EACH WAY AND A ONE LANE EACH WAY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TRANSITION THAT'S IN THE DETAILS THAT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT YET.

IT COULD BE LEFT TURN ONLY LANES GOING UP. WOODSON.

IT COULD BE ALL THE WAY BACK, OR I WOULDN'T SAY AT THE INTERSECTION AT MURPHY, BUT SOMEWHERE HALFWAY BETWEEN THAT, WE SLOWLY TAPER OUT AND AND AND MAYBE SOME LANE LINES FIRST AND THEN CONCRETE TO TO GIVE DRIVERS SOME, GIVE ROOM SOME SOME FORGIVENESS AREA IN YOUR GRAPHIC.

THE LITTLE THE LITTLE LAVENDER DOTS. ARE THOSE TREES CORRECT.

ALL OF THOSE CIRCLES EITHER THE THE LAVENDER, THE PINK, THE THE GREEN.

THEY MUST BE FLOWERING TREES BECAUSE OTHERWISE I THINK OF TREES BEING GREEN.

IT'S MEANT TO INTEND. IT'S INTENDED TO MEAN DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES.

YES. GREAT MYRTLES, CRAPE MYRTLES, NO TYPE OF TREE, WHETHER CRAPE MYRTLE OR OR OR PINE OR PALM HAS BEEN DECIDED. IT WOULD. THEY WOULD BE SHADE TREES FOR THE FOR THE TRAIL.

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THIS IS ALL WE HAVE TO DO TO PRESENT IT TO THE COUNTY.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY MORE ENGINEERING STUDIES OR ANYTHING MORE SO.

AND AND WHEN ARE THEY WHEN ARE THEY WANTING THESE APPLICATIONS IN.

SO THE ORIGINAL. NET APPLICATION FOR THIS ROUND OF FUNDING IS DUE FRIDAY.

AND THAT'S WHY. AND THAT'S WHY OUR RUSSIAN GET HERE.

OKAY. SO AND THEN HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THEM TO MAKE THE DECISION? I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT. BUT IT WAS LATER THIS SPRING THAT THE DECISIONS WOULD BE MADE, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY A YEAR OR TWO TO DESIGN. THERE WERE THERE WERE TIMELINES. I THINK OF WITHIN A YEAR WE HAD TO SIGN THE FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH NETCOM OR TEXDOT. AND WITHIN THREE WE HAD TO START CONSTRUCTION.

AND ONE MORE QUESTION. WHY? WHY HERE? I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEAUTIFYING OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AND WHY WOULD WE DO IT HERE AS OPPOSED TO SOMEPLACE ELSE. SO, SO SOME OF THE, THE, THE REASONS THAT THE CONGLOMERATION OF KIND OF REASONS THE CROSSWALKS, THE SPEEDING, THE KIND OF A UNPLEASANT SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE YOU'VE GOT TRAFFIC LANES, SIDEWALK, THEN CONCRETE RETAINING WALL, KIND OF ALL CREATING THIS LITTLE HEAT SHELTER.

THING IS IS NOT THE MOST PLEASANT IDEA FOR ME.

SO IT'S RELATIVELY UNUSED, JUST LIKE THE ROAD, AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT NETCONG ASKED FOR THIS APPLICATION.

CORRECT. WE HAD STARTED TO FOCUS IN ON SOLUTIONS, I GUESS FOR VARIOUS ISSUES AND KIND OF HEY, NICK HAS ALSO GOT FUNDING AVAILABLE.

POSSIBILITY. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE THEIR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED.

OKAY, THAT'S ALL I NEED. THANK YOU. AND ONE OTHER THING THAT THAT WASN'T THAT WASN'T MENTIONED WAS THE FACT THAT WE THE PEDESTRIANS THAT WALK THAT THE STUDENTS IS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THEY ARE CROSSING FIVE LANES OF TRAFFIC.

AND WE HAD I THINK WE HAD A PETITION THAT CAME BEFORE BE IN IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THAT SAME ISSUE IN THE UNSAFENESS OF THAT ROAD IN REGARD TO STUDENTS TRYING TO CROSS FIVE LANES OF TRAFFIC.

AND THAT'S VERY UNSAFE. AND SO, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS AND NOT ONLY THAT, MAYBE MAKING IT SAFER , BUT THEN ALSO IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT CROSSWALK, WHICH WILL COME DURING THE ENGINEERING PORTION, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS THIS SPOT WAS CHOSEN.

MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, YEAH.

SO GOING BACK TO THE YOU SAID IF WE REDUCE IT DOWN TO THE TWO LANES IT WOULD BE A PLUS OR A TRAVEL.

WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, LIKE WHAT ARE THE VALUES OF TRAFFIC? SO LEVEL OF SERVICE A LEVEL OF SERVICE ON A ROAD IN EITHER AN URBAN OR RURAL ENVIRONMENT, DEPENDING ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROAD.

HERE WE'RE DEALING WITH A MINOR ARTERIAL PER TXDOT'S LANGUAGE.

THERE ARE CAPACITIES. THERE ARE GIVEN CAPACITY RANGES I BELIEVE FOR THE MINOR ARTERIAL PER LANE.

IT GIVES LIKE 6 TO 10,000. AND THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD TURNS, CURVES, SIGNAGE, STOP SIGNS VERSUS SIGNALS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS .

THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS BASED ON AS A PERCENTAGE, YOUR DAILY YOUR DAILY TRAFFIC COUNTS, THE, THE VEHICLES PER DAY AND, AND A FEW OTHER THINGS IN THE CALCULATION.

BUT MOST OF IT IS THE VEHICLES PER DAY IN RELATION TO THAT, TO THAT CAPACITY, THAT THEORETIC CAPACITY.

AN A IS SOMETHING LIKE YOU ARE 30 TO 35% OF THAT CAPACITY.

OKAY. AND SO WHAT WOULD THAT. SO WHERE IT STANDS NOW IS THE FOUR WITH FIVE LANE, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALCULATE IT.

THEN WE GO DOWN TO THE 2 TO 3. HOW DOES THAT.

WHAT DOES THAT CAPACITY NUMBER CHANGE TO AND FROM.

SO THE CAPACITY IS PER LANE. SO, THAT'S 6 TO 10,000 WOULD BE PER LANE IN EITHER DIRECTION.

OKAY. AND BASED ON OUR LITTLE SNIPPET ON SCIENTIFIC STUDY THAT I SAID WE ARE RIGHT AT THAT LIKE 30% TO BE. BUT THIS ISN'T LIKE A PASS FAIL. THIS IS.

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THIS IS A MINOR DELAY. IT'S MOSTLY FREE FLOWING STILL.

OKAY. SO OUR AT CAPACITY IS BELOW AN F, YOU WOULD GET AN F BEFORE YOU HIT THAT THEORETIC CAPACITY NUMBER.

OKAY. AND SO, THAT CAPACITY PER LANE IS IT. IT'S JUST CALCULATED.

SO, IF YOU HAVE FOUR LANES SO YOU CALCULATE FOUR TIMES THAT NUMBER.

CORRECT. OKAY. I DO. SOMETHING TO ADD NOW. YES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN OTHER PROJECTS WITH LIKE BROWN TRAIL RIGHT NOW IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO A LOT OF TRAFFIC IS GOING TO RAVENSWOOD. WE ONLY SAW ABOUT 18% MORE CARS ON BEDFORD ROAD THAN WE DO ON RAVENSWOOD RIGHT NOW. SO IT IS NOT A NOT AN IDEAL NUMBER EITHER.

EITHER DIRECTION. EITHER DIRECTION IS NOT IDEAL.

THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD NOT BE THAT CLOSE. ONLY 18% MORE ON BEDFORD ROAD AS COMPARED TO RAVENSWOOD.

CORRECT. WOW. AND EVEN IF RAVENSWOOD AT THIS POINT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN UNUSUAL SITUATION BECAUSE OF BROWN TRAILS CONSTRUCTION.

THAT MEANS THAT CONSTRUCTION IS ON BROWN TRAIL AND A RESIDENT WITH RESIDENCE IS FACING IT.

PROBABLY NOT THE IDEAL SITUATION NORMALLY EITHER, BUT YOU GO FROM TWO LANES WITH NO SPACE FOR A MEDIAN AND HOUSES ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES TO A FOUR LANE STREET, AND YOU'RE BARELY 1 IN 5 CARS OR MORE.

I THINK THAT'S CLEAR THAT PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE IS IS BETTER FOR BOTH PLACES.

OKAY, ONE MORE QUESTION, I PROMISE, AMY, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.

SO, LIKE ON HARWOOD. SO THAT WOULD BE, SO YOU SAID THAT.

SO, BEDFORD ROAD THERE'S A MINOR ARTERIAL ROAD, CORRECT? CORRECT. HARWOOD WOULD BE EITHER MAJOR ARTERIAL OR COULD STILL BE MINOR BECAUSE OF THE OVERALL TRAFFIC NUMBER.

WHAT WOULD BE JUST SO LET'S SAY CENTRAL, RIGHT.

WHICH WOULD BE MAJOR, RIGHT. WHAT'S THE WHAT ARE THE NUMBER. WHAT ARE THE CAPACITY NUMBERS FOR A MAJOR ARTERIAL.

TYPICALLY, THE NUMBERS ARE 30 TO 50% MORE EACH LEVEL YOU GO UP.

I DO NOT KNOW THE NUMBERS EXACTLY, BUT REALIZE THAT MORE OF LIKE A PRECINCT WOULD BE A MAJOR ARTERIAL, A PRECINCT OR A DAVIS, OR AN INDUSTRIAL. THE WAY INDUSTRIAL IS BUILT, NOT NECESSARILY THE WAY THAT IT'S TRAVELED.

OKAY. AND USED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR . YEAH, I THINK THANK YOU SO MUCH.

REAL QUICK, I'M LOOKING AT THIS DESIGN. YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE THOSE RED CIRCLES.

WHAT ARE THOSE INDICATING? THE RED CIRCLES ARE JUST POINTING OUT AS, AS EXPANDED THE INTERSECTIONS WITH SOME LEVEL OR NUMBER OF ENHANCED CROSSWALKS. OKAY. GOT IT. AND ENHANCED HERE IS MORE OF A, IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE STRIPING.

THERE'S GOING TO BE EITHER ARCHITECTURAL OR SIGNAGE OR OTHER FEATURES TO KIND OF MAKE THAT STAND OUT MORE THAN STANDARD.

OKAY. AND ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE GET INTO THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED TO NEXT.

I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS OF DURANGO RIDGE THERE THAT THAT THREE WAY STOP THAT'S ON THE ACCESS ROAD AND 121 AND BEDFORD ROAD, THEY SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH ACCIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IS THERE ANY THOUGHT INTO MAKING THAT SAFER AND SOMETHING TO THAT REGARD? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY, THEY CAME TO ME WITH THAT ISSUE.

YEAH. WE HAVEN'T HIGHLIGHTED IT HERE, BUT THERE WOULD BE THE PROJECT DOES NOT PROPOSE ANY PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THE BRIDGE.

YEAH. THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S THE OR THE TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S FAIR TO DEAL WITH.

I FIGURED THAT WAS THE ANSWER BECAUSE. BUT BECAUSE TXDOT IS SO JUST AMAZING AND FORTHCOMING TO WORK WITH.

AREN'T THEY ALWAYS, ALWAYS. BUT WHAT WE WOULD TRY AND PROPOSE WOULD BE TO CHANGE THAT FOUR LANE BRIDGE INTO A PEDESTRIAN LANE, ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, AND THEN IN THE IN THE MIDDLE WOULD BE LEFT TURN ONLY LANES.

SO DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY YOU'RE GOING, YOU HAPPEN TO COME TO THE.

WHEN YOU'RE ON THE BRIDGE, YOU ARE APPROACHING A ACCESS ROAD THAT HAPPENS TO GO LEFT.

GOTCHA. SO WITH THE SINGLE THROUGH LANE AND A LEFT TURN LANE GOING DOWN TO THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE RAMPS, EITHER AT HARWOOD OR MURPHY, YOU WILL. WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A KIND OF A ALL WIN SITUATION OF GIVING PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES MORE THAN THE FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

GOTCHA. VERY GOOD. OKAY. SO THE TWO ALTERNATIVES THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH A AND B, A, IS WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE MORE LIKELY TO GET APPROVED OR EASIER TO GET APPROVED THROUGH VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES.

THE B IS MORE LIKE THE CADILLAC OPTION. A AND THE REAL CHANGES ARE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE ROAD THAT WE'RE KEEPING.

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IT'S NOT ON NECESSARILY THE PLAN TO IMMEDIATELY OVERHAUL OTHER THAN THIS PROJECT.

OF COURSE, REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF ASPHALT IS GOING TO REDUCE FUTURE MAINTENANCE COSTS.

BUT WITH THIS PROJECT ON ALTERNATIVE A, WE WOULD MILL AN OVERLAY, THE EXISTING ASPHALT FOR THE LANES THAT WE'RE KEEPING.

FOR ALTERNATIVE B, WE WOULD TEAR UP THE ASPHALT AND CONVERT IT, AS WE HAVE IN MANY PLACES ON OUR MAJOR ROADS, TO A CONCRETE STREET, TO A CONCRETE PAVING SECTION.

THAT, OF COURSE, REQUIRES A GOOD AMOUNT OF DEPTH, PULLING UP SOME REGRADING OF THE ROADWAY AND WITH THAT REGRADING AND THE EXTRA DEPTH AND THOSE KIND OF VERY MINUTE DETAILS THAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT DOWN THE LINE, AS I SAID STORM DRAINS, THE STORM DRAIN MAY NOT BE EXACTLY THE RIGHT HEIGHT ANYMORE.

WE MAY NEED TO SHIFT SOMETHING FOR TO FOR THE DRAINAGE TO STILL FLOW TO THE STORM DRAIN.

THAT WHOLE SECTION OF CONCRETE AND BASE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD BUILD OUT A NEW ROADWAY WITH INSTEAD OF THE 1960S VERSION OF THE ROAD.

BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY DO STUFF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IN THE LAST 60 YEARS.

COULD IMPACT SOME OF THESE STORM DRAINPIPES UNDER THE ROAD.

THEY MAY HAVE TO GO DEEPER. SO, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IF WE GO TO CONCRETE BECAUSE OF THE GRADING CHANGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT'S WHY I'M SEEING A COST OF ALMOST 200,000 MORE WHEN IT COMES TO STORM DRAIN.

CORRECT. OKAY. NOT ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL BOXES WOULD HAVE TO GET CHANGED OUT THE INLETS, THE PART OF THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM YOU SEE ON THE SURFACE WOULD HAVE TO GET CHANGED BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER HAVING ASPHALT ABUT TO IT AND COME UP TO IT.

IT'S CONCRETE AND THE WAY THOSE STORM DRAINS AND OF COURSE THIS IS NOW THE COST ESTIMATE BASED ON NOT ANY REAL HARD FIELD INVESTIGATION. SO MAYBE IT'S LESS THAN THIS.

HOPEFULLY NOT MORE. GOTCHA. AND SO THE BENEFIT OF CONCRETE OVER ASPHALT BEING CONCRETE IS OBVIOUSLY MORE DURABLE.

IT'S GOING TO LAST LONGER. CORRECT. STREETLIGHTS .

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IS LIKE 40 YEARS OR SOMETHING.

30 YEARS? YEAH. DEPENDING ON THICKNESSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YES. YES OKAY. AND THEN ASPHALT, YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE MORE IN THE REALM OF 20 TO 25 YEARS.

CORRECT. THE ASPHALT THERE IS MORE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND SMALLER THINGS LIKE MILLS AND OVERLAYS AND POTHOLE REPAIRS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A CONTINUOUS CYCLE. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN HENCE THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE BECAUSE OF IT.

CORRECT. YEAH. YOU PAY MORE UPFRONT FOR LESS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE COSTS DOWN THE ROAD.

COUNCIL MEMBER TWO THINGS WITH THE ASPHALT. THAT IS, WE HAVE HIGH COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.

SO IS THAT WILL THAT AFFECT THAT AREA? BECAUSE THAT IS PRETTY MUCH OUR INDUSTRIAL AREA RIGHT THERE.

IF WE IF WE GO WITH THE ASPHALT TO DO THAT. SO OF THE MAJOR, I'M JUST KIND OF THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IF I CAN SCROLL BACK HERE.

THE FRONTAGE ROADS ARE CONCRETE ON 121. BUT NOT ONLY RELIANCE, WHERE MANY OF THOSE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ARE IN THE AREA AND INDUSTRIAL ARE ALSO CONCRETE. SO WE WOULD BE UPGRADING THE OVERALL SYSTEM TO THAT, MORE OF A STANDARD IN THE AREA OF CONCRETE.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, IS YOUR HOURS. WHEN YOU WENT BACK TO TRAFFIC, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE SPORTS PEOPLE AND ALL THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY KIDS GO ON AN HOUR BEFORE SCHOOL AND AN HOUR AFTER SCHOOL.

SO, IT IS SCHOOL TRAFFIC. I THINK IT'S THE MAJORITY GOING DOWN BEDFORD HILLS ROAD.

YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FOR ME, FOR THIS ONE, FOR ALTERNATIVE A AND B, THE REASON WHY WE'RE GETTING BOTH IS WE'RE KIND OF LEAVING OPTIONS OPEN.

WE CAN THE NET FUNDING CRITERIA AND APPLICATION PROCESS.

LET US LET A CITY TURN IN AS MANY APPLICATIONS AS THEY WANT.

THEY WILL ONLY ALLOW. THEY WILL ONLY AWARD A MAXIMUM OF ONE.

SO WE CAN SHOOT FOR THE STARS WITH OPTION B WITH THE CADILLAC OPTION AND HAVE THE FOUR TIMES MORE FUNDING AND ONLY HAVE A MILLION MORE. NOT FOUR TIMES MORE, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA.

THE INCREMENTAL FOUR TIMES. YEAH. SO DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPEN A HAPPEN A LOT WHERE YOU'D BE AWARDED THE BIGGEST UNKNOWN IS WHAT IS EVERYONE ELSE DOING? IF THIS IS AN AWESOME AN AWESOME PROJECT COMPARED TO EVERYONE ELSE, BECAUSE THIS IS A RELATIVE SCORING KIND OF A THING THE TOP PROJECTS GET

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OKAY. MY QUESTION WAS LIKE IS THE STRATEGY WE SHOOT FOR THE WE SHOOT FOR THE MOON AND THEN YOU KNOW LIKE OH YEAH.

YES. THIS HERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S $11 MILLION.

BUT WE HAVE THE OTHER PLAN THAT'S, IT'S ONLY SIX.

IT'S ONLY SEVEN. RIGHT. SO THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO FIGURE INTO WHY WE'RE DOING BOTH OF THEM.

WELL, THAT IS WE CAN SHOOT FOR THE STARS BUT HAVE THE BACKUP PLAN THAT MAY BE MAYBE MORE LIKELY TO GET APPROVED BASED ON THEIR SCORING CRITERIA.

GOTCHA. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, JOE HAS THERE EVER BEEN WHEN THEY APPROVE A PROJECT BUT WITH CAVEATS OR CHANGE THE PLAN? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY SPECIFICS, BUT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SITUATIONS THAT THEY PARTIALLY FUNDED A PROJECT, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY MEAN THAT WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS.

WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK A CERTAIN PORTION OF IT WAS APPROPRIATE OR ELIGIBLE OR THOSE THINGS.

OKAY. NO, I WAS JUST THINKING WITH YOU KNOW, THE CONCRETE OPTION OR I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN SABOL SAID, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS SEEMS REASONABLE, BUT WHY DIDN'T YOU, YOU KNOW, IF THEY LOOKED AT OUR OVERALL PLAN, IT'S LIKE, OKAY THIS MAKES SENSE.

BUT WE THINK LOOKING AT YOUR PLAN, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THIS OTHER THING.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE TO GIVE YOU THE WHOLE FUNDING. AND IT WAS JUST A CURIOSITY QUESTION. YES. THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITIES FOR THEM TO DENY AN APPLICATION AND SAY, NEXT TIME, IF YOU CAME BACK WITH THESE TWEAKS, IT'S NOT A WE WILL NEVER IF WE APPLY WITH IF WE APPLY TO IT AND DON'T GET IT THIS TIME, PART OF THE APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE TO FILL OUT IS HAVE YOU EVER PROPOSED THIS PROJECT TO NETCONG BEFORE, AND WHAT DID YOU CHANGE AFTER GETTING DENIED? OKAY. THAT'S WRITTEN INTO THE APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE TO FILL OUT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. DONOVAN BRENNAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DON'T ARE WE BEING ASKED TO DECIDE BETWEEN A AND B? IS THAT THE QUESTION? NO. PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS REQUIRES SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNING BODY.

AND THAT WOULD BE US. YES. SO? SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS JUST SUBMITTING THIS TO THEM FOR.

SO TAKE A LOOK AT IT SO THEY COULD AWARD FUNDS.

I'M ALL IN. I DROVE THIS DURING RUSH HOUR. AND I THINK THIS IS A BETTER USE OF THE LAND THAT'S THERE.

LET'S ENCOURAGE THOSE STUDENTS TO WALK AND BE SAFE WHILE THEY DO IT AND RIDE THEIR BIKES.

I THINK THAT'S BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, IT'S BETTER FOR THEIR HEALTH. AND I THINK I'M ALL IN WITH THE CADILLAC.

OKAY, SO SO THERE IS ONE WORD OF CAUTION I SHOULD SAY.

WHILE WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO SIGN A CONTRACT TONIGHT, RIGHT, TO TO APPROVE A CONTRACT, THERE IS A KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, INNATE OR EMBEDDED COMMITMENT BEING MADE HERE THAT WE WOULD IF WE ASKED FOR THE MONEY AND BE AWARDED IT, THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

SO IT DOES NEED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT NOW, NOT TREE HERE OR TREE THERE KIND OF THING.

IT'S A YOU WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ALONG THESE LINES IN THIS THEME WITH THIS PROJECT AND SO AND SO AND THEN THESE NUMBERS WOULD ALL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. CORRECT? GIVEN GIVEN EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS AWARDED.

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK BEFORE US BEFORE WE OBVIOUSLY EXPEND ANY KIND OF MONEY.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOU COULD COLLECT MORE DATA ABOUT THE ROAD, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU JUST DID TWO DAYS, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL TIME TO COLLECT MORE DATA, I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

BUT BUT YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A YEAR WORTH OF DESIGN WORK THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE DRAFTING AND TRAFFIC STUDIES AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAD PREPARED PLANS.

OF COURSE, AFTER THIS, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DOING AN APPLICATION, WE WOULD BE YOU WOULD HEAR THAT WE GOT THE THE FUNDS AWARDED, WE WOULD COME BACK A MINIMUM OF, I THINK TWO TIMES BEFORE WE.

YOU'D HAVE TO YOU'D HAVE TO APPROVE A ILA OR ILA OR AFA OR WHATEVER.

YOU'D HAVE TO APPROVE A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDS, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE ACTUAL CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

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THE THE ILA FOR MAY BE MORE OF A 60% PLANS KIND OF A THING WHERE WE HAVE MORE CONCEPT, MORE DETAILS DRIVEN OUT LIKE A WEST END.

HOW ARE WE TRANSITIONING PAST MURPHREE? PAST WOODS AND AND MURPHREE.

HOW ARE WE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF A MONUMENT SIGN COMING INTO THE CITY? THOSE KIND OF THINGS? GOTCHA. GOTCHA. WELL, YOU KNOW, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF FOR THIS PROJECT.

I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY TIPPED THE SCALES IN MY MIND WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE RESIDENTS FROM AROUND THERE, FROM THE AREA WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC OR WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WIDE THAT ROAD IS, AND STUDENTS TRYING TO CROSS FIVE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND ACTUALLY HAVING A PETITION OF RESIDENTS COMING FORWARD WANTING TO SEE THIS BECOME SAFER FOR THEM.

THAT WAS A BIG TIPPING POINT FOR ME, AND I KNOW THAT IT IS THIS COUNCIL'S GOAL TO MAKE OUR CITY MORE CONNECTED, MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND CYCLIST FRIENDLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS HERE AS A COUNCIL. SO SO I CAN SEE THIS FITTING IN THERE WITH THAT.

SO COUNCILMEMBER I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. ALL RIGHT.

[9. Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Bedford, Texas, ordering a general election to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025 for the purpose of electing persons to City Council, Place 3 and Place 5, with a term to expire May 2028; authorizing a contract for election services with Tarrant County; and establishing the dates and times for early voting for such election. ]

AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR ELECTION SERVICES WITH TARRANT COUNTY AND ESTABLISHING THE DATES AND TIMES FOR EARLY VOTING FOR SUCH AN ELECTION.

I GIVE YOU CITY SECRETARY MICHAEL WELLS. YES, SIR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS ITEM IS TO ORDER THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 3RD, 2025 FOR PLACES THREE AND FIVE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE FILING PERIOD BEGINS TOMORROW AT 8:00 AND RUNS THROUGH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH AT 5 P.M.

EARLY VOTING BEGINS ON APRIL 27TH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY TUESDAY AS MONDAY IS A STATE HOLIDAY AND EARLY VOTING RUNS THROUGH APRIL 29TH.

THE MAIN EARLY VOTING LOCATION IN BEDFORD IS THE LIBRARY, BUT VOTERS CAN VOTE AT ANY TARRANT COUNTY EARLY VOTING LOCATION.

ELECTION DAY IS 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. AT THE PAT MAY CENTER ON MAY THE 3RD.

BUT VOTERS AGAIN CAN VOTE AT ANY TARRANT COUNTY VOTING LOCATION.

AND AS USUAL, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTRACT WITH TARRANT COUNTY TO ADMINISTER THE ELECTION AS IT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND COST EFFICIENT OR EFFICIENT WAY TO TO MANAGE THE ELECTIONS. FOR ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DIDN'T THINK SO. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. I'LL SECOND IT.

ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.

LET'S GO AND VOTE. HOLD ON ONE SECOND, SIR. SORRY WE WENT QUICK ON THAT ONE.

THING. ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. FOR ITEM NUMBER TEN, CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL.

[10. Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Bedford, Texas, appointing a member to Place 2 on the Building and Standards Commission and the Zoning Board of Adjustment, with a term ending December 31, 2026.]

YES, SIR. SO WE RECENTLY HAD A DESIGNATION ON THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION SLASH ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

AND THIS ITEM IS JUST TO GIVE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY IF HE WANTED TO APPOINT ONE OF THE ALTERNATES TO THAT POSITION.

EITHER STEPHANIE YARBOROUGH OR JOHN BILLINGSLEY.

AND JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A MEETING COMING UP LATER THIS WEEK, AND HENCE WHY WE PUT IT ON THIS AGENDA HERE. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO LOOKING AT BOTH OUR ALTERNATES, I KNOW STEPHANIE YARBOROUGH HAS SERVED SINCE 2022, SO SHE HAS SENIORITY. SO I WOULD CONSIDER APPOINTING HER TO THAT POSITION.

AND YES, COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL MICHAEL ANY ABSENTEEISM BEING THAT THIS BOARD, THOSE TWO BOARDS REALLY HAVE BEEN THEY NEVER MEET. THEY NEVER MEET. OKAY. THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. LIAISON TO THAT. THERE'S NO LIAISON TO THAT ONE.

I KNOW RIGHT. SO WITH THAT ONE, I'LL. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD,

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

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT PASSES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNCIL, FOR THAT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPOINTING CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION BOARD WITH

[11. Discussion and possible action on appointing a City Council representative to the Hurst Euless Bedford Economic Development Foundation Board. ]

AND TRADITIONALLY, I THINK ALL THREE MAYORS SERVE ON THIS ON THIS BOARD.

AND AND WITH COUNCILMEMBER PARKER BEING THE TREASURER OF THE CHAMBER, HE'S ALREADY THERE, AND HE'S, HE'S PULLING DOUBLE DUTY FOR THE CITY.

AND I DO WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE ON THAT.

BUT IF HE DOESN'T MIND, I DON'T MIND SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY IN THAT SINCE MY MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES IN HURST AND EULESS ARE SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY, I'D LIKE TO JOIN THEM. AND YOU GET TWO MEMBERS ON THERE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BEDFORD NOW.

SO SO THAT'S THAT'S IF COUNCIL WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT.

I'D LIKE TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, MR. MAYOR, AND THANKS TO MAYOR HENRY WILSON, JUST IN CASE YOU EVER WANTED TO OR A FUTURE MAYOR WANTED TO, I SERVE AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND LIAISON TO THAT BOARD ALREADY, AND I AM THE TREASURER, SO I COULDN'T HOLD THE CHAIRPERSON'S SPOT, BUT HE KEPT THAT OPEN IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO.

THE MAYOR'S TRADITIONALLY DO IT, BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE.

IT COULD BE A MAYOR PRO TEM, IT COULD BE A COUNCIL PERSON.

SO. AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. AND I HAVE THE AVAILABILITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.

SO ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

ALL RIGHT I HAVE A FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

DO WE NEED SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ON THAT, MICHAEL.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK JUST APPOINTING. JUST APPOINTING.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO APPOINTING MYSELF TO THE FOUNDATION BOARD.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES FOR THAT MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR THAT ONE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. WE HAVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT, SO I'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG.

[13. Report on most recent meeting of the following Boards]

WE ARE LIVE. THANK YOU. WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL DECEMBER.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO MADE DONATIONS AND FOR THE ADOPTED TREE AND DROPPED OFF ALL THE SUPPLIES FOR THAT.

WE HAD A LOT OF ADOPTIONS FOR DECEMBER. PRESENTLY, WE HAVE NINE DOGS IN THE SHELTER READY FOR ADOPTION.

WE HAVE ZERO CATS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE FOUR CATS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS AND AND SHOTS AND EVERYTHING COMING UP FOR ADOPTION IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER.

SO THEY ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP AND ALWAYS NEED A FEW ITEMS. I ALWAYS NEED KITTY LITTER. THEY NEED A NON RAWHIDE, DOG TREATS AND CLEANING SUPPLIES.

AND OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS FEBRUARY 3RD AT 10 A.M.

RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

NEXT UP, BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO BEAUTIFICATION MET LAST NIGHT, AND TWO BIG PIECES OF BUSINESS.

THEY'RE CLOSE TO INSTALLING THE MONARCH WAY STATION.

SO WE WANT TO BE A DESTINATION FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

AND BEING A WEIGH STATION ENABLES THAT. AND SO THERE WAS A STRIP OF LAND AT OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN UNDERUTILIZED.

AND SO THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD IS LOOKING TO DESIGN THAT.

AND THEY'RE WORKING ON BIDS FOR THE DESIGNERS TO IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

AND THEN TWO, I KNOW PARKS HAD APPROACHED BEAUTIFICATION ABOUT DOING SOMETHING FOR ARBOR DAY, LIKE PLANTING A TREE, BUT BEAUTIFICATION ARCHERY EXPERTS.

AND SO IT'S NOT APRIL. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE BEST TIME TO PLANT TREES HERE.

SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE PARKS BOARD OF, LIKE, WHAT WE COULD DO FOR THAT EVENT.

BUT THEN THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE IN LOOKING AT A 2026 BUDGET.

IF WE WANT TO DO SOME TREE PLANTING, MAYBE WE START, YOU KNOW, IN THE FALL.

SO 2026, THE ARBOR DAY. THE TREE IS VITALIZED AND LIFELIKE.

GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

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THERE IS GOING TO BE A IMPROVED CHILDREN'S AREA AND AN AWNING.

SO NO ONE WILL HAVE TO GET WET IF IT RAINS, IF THEY'RE WAITING ON A RIDE OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ELECTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH. SO SOME SOMETHING SMALL LIKE THAT. VERY GOOD.

YEAH. ODDLY ENOUGH, I HAVE A QUESTION. JOY. SO, ARE THEY ENCLOSING THE THE CHILDREN'S AREA NOW? IT'S IT'S DIFFERENT. AND I KNOW IT'S ABOUT SAFETY.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THE EXACT DESIGN, BUT IT'S. I HEARD THEY'RE DOING IT.

YES. YES. REALLY NEAT. YEAH. OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T EVER DO ANYTHING THAT'S HALFWAY.

SO IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. AND IT'S ABOUT KEEPING MAKING SURE THE KIDS ARE SAFE.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS GOOD NEWS.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, PARKS AND RECREATION. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET LAST THURSDAY, BUT AS THE WEATHER PREVENTED US FROM DOING THAT.

SO WE'LL MEET NEXT MONTH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. SO THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD HAD OUR FIRST MEETING ON MONDAY AND EXCUSE ME LAST MONDAY, AND WE MET AT THE NEW ACTIVITY CENTER. SO IF Y'ALL HAVE NOT SEEN THE NEW SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, PLEASE DROP EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING RIGHT THIS INSTANT.

IT IS MAGNIFICENT. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS DONE.

YOU KNOW, A NUMBER ONE QUALITY, I WOULD SAY. WE NOW HAVE THE NICEST SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER IN THE MID-CITIES AREA.

IT USED TO BE HELD BY HURST FOR A LONG TIME. WE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE TO HURST.

CERTAIN OTHER CITIES REDID THEIRS. THEY DIDN'T DO IT QUITE AS NICE AS WE DID.

AND IT IS. IT IS AMAZING. IN TALKING ABOUT THE THE BUTTERFLY MONARCH HAVEN, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AT THE MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF LAND TO THE SOUTH OF THE BUILDING TO MAYBE DO, TO MAYBE TEAM UP WITH BEAUTIFICATION, AND OTHER BOARDS.

I'M GOING TO SAY WE HAVE A WE HAVE A VERY EAGER GROUP.

AND WE HAVE A GREAT. STAFF LIAISON, MARK LONG WHO, WHO HELPS FOCUS THE GROUP.

AND ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS THAT I HAD DURING THE LAST MEETING IS LET'S WAIT AND SEE TO SEE HOW THINGS EVOLVE.

SO JUST LIKE WITH THE REC CENTER, THE THE USE OF IT IS THROUGH THE ROOF.

SO WE'VE GAINED, I WANT TO SAY, ALMOST A THOUSAND MEMBERS.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 1000. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AND IT REALLY IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN OPEN A MONTH.

AND SO I MEAN, IT IS, YOU KNOW, AND A BIG THANKS AND KUDOS TO COUNCILMAN DAWKINS AND HELPING TO FORM THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD AND TO LUCY STERLING WHO ATTENDS THESE MEETINGS AND THOSE MEETINGS, AND TO ALL THE SENIORS WHO HAVE PLAYED A BIG HAND INTO IT.

IT REALLY IS GREAT. AND AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF VERY, VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THAT BUILDING IS SO WONDERFUL.

SO COME OUT AND SEE IT, GET SOME COFFEE AND YOU GET A LITTLE WORKOUT ROOM, TOO.

THANKS TO SAL CARUSO. THANK YOU. SAL. WE HAVE A WORKOUT ROOM, SO YOU COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BUT IT'S GREAT. AND I'M REAL EXCITED. REAL EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. THAT THAT IS I WAS AMAZED WALKING IN THAT BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IT WAS IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. AND WHAT A BIG WIN FOR THIS CITY.

WHAT A BIG WIN FOR THE CITY. AND I'M SORRY TO ALL PEOPLE TO BE LONG WINDED.

A BIG THANK YOU TO BRUCE EMERY AND STEVE OTTO.

THESE INCREDIBLY ACTIVE RESIDENTS, THEY LITERALLY HAND BUILT A LIBRARY IN THE SPACE.

WE HAVE A LIBRARY HAND BUILT BY BEDFORD RESIDENTS.

AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER AND SEE ALL THE EXCELLENT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.

ABSOLUTELY. HEAR, HEAR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S END ON A ON A POSITIVE NOTE.

VERY GOOD. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR STAFF REPORTS BECAUSE WE JUST DID IT.

UNLESS I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 14.

LOOKS LIKE BRANT SAID I COULD JUMP IN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HE WASN'T GOING TO CUT ME.

YOU'RE OKAY WITH. I'M OKAY WITH. OKAY WITH IT.

YEAH. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. I DIDN'T WANT TO JUMP IN EARLY ON THESE.

I DID JUST WANT TO KIND OF REMIND EVERYBODY IN COUNCIL. ALSO, OUR FEBRUARY 11TH MEETING IS SET TO BE A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.

SO THAT WILL NOT BE A REGULAR MEETING. SO WE'RE WORKING TO KEEP ITEMS. SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING THE MOSQUITO PLAN BACK. SO, SECOND, IT'LL BE THE SECOND, IT'LL BE THE 2ND FEBRUARY.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT SHOULDN'T AFFECT ANYTHING AS FAR AS OUR TIMING GOES ON THAT.

SO THAT SHOULD BE FINE. SO ALONG THOSE LINES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR AVAILABILITY TO TALK TO OUR CONSULTANT THAT WILL BE COMING IN.

SHE'D LIKE TO INTERVIEW EVERYBODY IN ADVANCE SO THAT WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER, WE CAN KIND OF JUMP IN AND GET GOING.

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LAST THING I DID, JUST KIND OF WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE TO UPDATE TO EVERYBODY I KNOW. AT THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD TABLED AND PULLED OUT AN ITEM ON THE FEE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE $75 PERMIT FEE FOR RESIDENTS OBTAINING A PERMIT FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS, AND THAT WAS TIED TO AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENT. SO WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE. SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT IT.

AND YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY IT WAS A TYPO. AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS INTENDED TO BE $75, WHICH IS OUR MINIMUM PERMIT FEE PER PERMIT. AND SO, AS WE LOOKED AT THAT, WE KIND OF DOVE IN A LITTLE FURTHER AND REALIZED THE NUMBER OF PERMITS THAT WOULD COME IN ON THAT WOULD BE NOMINAL.

AND OUR WHOLE GOAL HERE IS TO OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGE RENOVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE ANY KIND OF DETERRENT TO THAT.

SO THAT ITEM IS BASICALLY BEEN TABLED. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT OUT.

SO WE WILL REQUIRE THAT PERMIT. BUT THERE WILL BE NO COST TO IT.

AND WE'LL JUST WATCH IT AND SEE IF IT GETS TO BE A POINT WHERE WE'RE REALLY LOSING FUNDS ON THAT.

I, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF KIND OF CONSIDER THAT TO BE JUST A SERVICE THAT WE'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE AND IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENOVATION. SO, I JUST KIND OF WANTED I KNOW THAT WAS HANGING OUT THERE. I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

VERY GOOD. YEAH. THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD. AND SINCE IT'S A NEW FEE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO MONITOR THAT AS WELL TO SEE.

SO HOW MANY INSPECTIONS WE TAKE. SO, NOT CHARGING A FEE UP FRONT.

RIGHT. RIGHT THEN. SO THAT'S GOOD. AND THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE OVERSIGHT WAS A TYPO AS YOU MENTIONED.

SO, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR MEETING AND THERE'S NO MORE ITEMS ON THE ON THE AGENDA.

SO DO I HEAR ANYTHING? I COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL HAD A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I HAVE A SECOND, I ABSTAIN. I'M ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE.

GAGLIARDI. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:02.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.