Mar 11, 2025 City Council

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IT IS NOW 6:00 PM IN BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND WE ARE OPENING A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

I AM MAYOR PRO TEM DOCTOR ROBERT GAGLIARDI, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. SO, WITH THE INVOCATION TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE REVEREND DANIEL HAWKINS WITH MARTIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

LET US PRAY. HOLY GOD, YOU ARE GOOD AND YOU ARE GOOD TO US.

WE KNOW THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL GOT IT RIGHT WHEN HE SAID, IT'S IN YOU THAT WE LIVE, MOVE, AND EXIST.

AND SO THIS NIGHT, OH, GOD, WE PRAY THAT AS WE GATHER IN THIS, OUR BELOVED CITY, THAT IT MIGHT BE IN YOU, THAT WE LEAD, IN YOU THAT WE DISCERN, AND YOU THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS.

GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP OF THIS OUR CITY, AND PRAY THAT YOUR WISDOM MIGHT BE UPON THEM THIS NIGHT, THAT YOU MIGHT ALLOW THEM TO HEAR THE VOICES OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE WITH DISCERNMENT.

WELL, IN THIS TIME AND IN THIS PLACE. GOD, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND ALL WHO WILL PRESENT TONIGHT.

AND WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR BELOVED CITY, THAT WE MIGHT, WITH YOUR GRACE, CONTINUE TO STEP FORWARD DAY BY DAY INTO THE DREAM THAT YOU HAVE FOR US INDIVIDUALLY AND FOR US AS A COMMUNITY.

THIS WE PRAY IN YOUR HOLY NAME. AMEN. NOW THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE] GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THIS THIS EVENING.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

AND WHEREAS RESEARCH INDICATES THAT STUDENTS WITH MORE THEATER EDUCATION HAVE A HIGHER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACROSS THE CURRICULUM.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THEATER EDUCATION IS RECOGNIZED AS BEING NECESSARY FOR THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF ALL STUDENTS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD ACKNOWLEDGES THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION OF THEATER EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND ADVOCATES WHO TIRELESSLY PROMOTE THE VALUES OF THEATER EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WHEREAS, THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH IS A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE ONGOING PROCESS OF THEATER EDUCATION AND TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS IN EDUCATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB GAGLIARDI, MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MARCH 2025 AS THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE DO. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, PLEASE? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. SABOL. HELLO.

ALL GATHERED. MY NAME IS RYAN INGRAM, AND I REPRESENT THESPIAN TROUPE 949, HAILING FROM LAWRENCE D HIGH SCHOOL AS ITS PRESIDENT, AS WELL AS THE STATE THESPIAN SOCIETY OF TEXAS AS A TEXAS THESPIAN STUDENT AMBASSADOR.

I'M HERE TODAY WITH THE OFFICER BOARD OF OUR TROUPE, ALL OF WHOM HAVE WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD OVER THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR TO LEAD OUR TROUPE WITH DEDICATION AND PASSION. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THESE INDIVIDUALS TO YOU NOW, VICE PRESIDENT SETH WILMER, SECRETARY MARCY ALLEN, TREASURER TATUM NELSON, HISTORIAN CAROLINA RIDDLE, AND HISTORIAN MEGAN MUSSER.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.

THE WORK YOU DO TO IMPROVE OUR CITY IS GREATLY APPRECIATED, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

TO BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY, OF WHICH WE REPRESENT ONE OF OVER 4000 CHARTERED TROUPES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. ITS IS AN HONOR SOCIETY DEDICATED TO RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS IN EDUCATIONAL THEATER PROGRAMS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO THE SOCIETY TAKE THE FOLLOWING PLEDGE.

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I AM A STUDENT OF THEATER AND EXCELLENCE IS MY IDEAL.

I PROMISE TO PERFORM MY PART AS WELL AS I CAN, ACCEPT CRITICISM AND PRAISE WITH GRACE, TO COOPERATE WITH MY FELLOW THESPIANS AND WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE TROUPE, AND TO SHARE MY LOVE OF THEATER.

EACH OF THESE PROMISES MAKE UP A DISTINCT PART OF THE IDEAL THEATER STUDENT, BUT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE VERY LAST OF THE LIST TO SHARE MY LOVE OF THEATER.

AS THEATER STUDENTS, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THEATER IN OUR SOCIETY.

THE DRAMATIC ARTS ARE NOT MERELY A SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT, BUT A TOOL FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.

THEATER ELEVATES THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO MAY OTHERWISE BE SILENCED.

IT ENCOURAGES US TO EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.

THEATER IS A TRANSFORMATIVE ART. IT LOOKS AT WHAT IS AND BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHAT COULD BE GIVEN THE SPACE, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT THE THEATER CAN DO.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS THAT OPPORTUNITY. WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, TROOP 949 HOPES TO SHARE OUR LOVE OF THEATER WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HOPE TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE POWER OF THE THEATRICAL ARTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR INFLUENCE.

ALLOW ME TO SHARE A SEGMENT OF THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

WE WILL PROACTIVELY WORK TOGETHER AND IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER FOR THE FUTURE.

OUR CITY IS DEDICATED TO THE PURSUIT OF PROGRESS, AND AS STUDENTS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE FUTURE OF OUR WORLD RESTS WITH US.

THROUGH THE WORK WE DO AT L.D. BELL THEATER, WE HOPE TO INSPIRE THE CITIZENS OF BEDFORD TO LIVE BOTH IN APPRECIATION OF WHAT IS AND IN THE PURSUIT OF A CITY, A STATE, AND EVEN A WORLD THAT COULD BE.

THIS MONTH OF MARCH, WE HONOR THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL THEATER PROGRAMS, AND WE ASK THE COMMUNITY OF BEDFORD TO JOIN US THIS MONTH AND HENCEFORTH IN SUPPORTING THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET A PICTURE? YES. ALL RIGHT. LET'S ALL TAKE A PICTURE. WHO DOESN'T LOVE A PICTURE? ALL RIGHT. FOR PERSONS TO BE HEARD, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL IS REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.

OH, PUBLIC COMMENTS. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO, MOVING ON TO PERSONS TO BE HEARD.

[PERSONS TO BE HEARD]

REQUESTING TO SPEAK TO US TONIGHT ON CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTS IN ARMY RESOLUTION 840-10 ON GOLD FRINGE FLAG.

MR. DICE. MR. MAYOR PRO TEM. I'M GOING TO RECORD THIS BECAUSE WHENEVER I GO TO A CITY COUNCIL, I LIKE TO HAVE MY OWN COPY, IT'S MAKES EDITING A LITTLE EASIER.

FROM MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, SHE SAID THAT MY LIMIT IS 30 MINUTES.

WOULD IT BE OKAY BECAUSE I COME FROM MANY THOUSANDS A COUPLE OF 1500 MILES AWAY, AND I HAVE A LOT TO SAY.

MEANING TO HELP BE HELPFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT TIME AND I'LL MAKE IT, IN MY VIEW, WORTH YOUR WHILE AND THE WHILE OF THE PUBLIC THAT'S HERE.

THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS NELSON. MY FAMILY NAME IS DICE.

I'M A NATIVE PENNSYLVANIAN. OUR FAMILY WAS HERE IN THE EARLY 1700S.

WE WERE QUAKERS AND MENNONITE MINISTERS. AND THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO IS GIVE HONOR TO THE

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I WAS A CHRISTIAN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR MANY YEARS AND NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY I LOVE GOING TO CERTAIN CONGREGATIONS, AND THE REASON WAS THOSE CONGREGATIONS I WOULD SENSE THIS PRESENCE OF GOD.

AND THAT'S WHAT I FELT WHEN YOUR MINISTER WAS HERE.

AND SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT TO ME, I COINED THE PHRASE HEAVENLY APPLAUSE.

SO THAT MEANS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS APPLAUDING WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE.

AND THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE MOST CITY COUNCILS I TALKED TO UP TO NOW HAVE NOT BEEN AS OPEN TO GOD.

WHICH TELLS ME, COULD BE YOU'RE FROM TEXAS, I DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL SEE. I DO LIKE TEXAS AND I ENJOY VISITING HERE.

I LIVE IN CURRENTLY DOMICILED ON THE LAND OF NEW JERSEY, AND IN THE PROCESS OF FULFILLING MY CALL AS A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN, I WAS A MEMBER, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, OF A METHODIST CHURCH.

I HAD NEVER BEEN IN A METHODIST CHURCH. THE REASON I'M THIS IS LEADING UP TO MY COMMENTS ON CONSTITUTION.

THAT'S WHY I'M GOING THROUGH THIS. AND THE ARMY RESOLUTION 84010, OUR TOWN THAT I COME FROM CURRENTLY, I'VE LIVED THERE OFF AND ON FOR FIVE DECADES, IS A TOWN CALLED OCEAN CITY.

IT'S KNOWN AS AMERICA'S GREATEST FAMILY RESORT.

WE ARE PACKED. YOU'VE SEEN THE JERSEY SHORE TYPE OF SERIES.

WELL, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A DRY TOWN, AND THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY SHENANIGANS GOING ON THERE.

SO I WAS CALLED TO THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AND SO I SAID, ALL RIGHT, I'LL TRY IT. I WENT TO THIS PARTICULAR METHODIST CHURCH.

IT WASN'T MY CUP OF TEA, AND THE SPIRIT WOULD NOT LET ME LEAVE IN THE PROCESS.

I SPENT 20 SOME YEARS THERE ATTEMPTING TO BRING MORE OF THE GRACE AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN. WE HAVE A RULE BOOK IN METHODISM WHICH THE MINISTER LEFT, BUT I MAY CONTACT HIM JUST TO SAY HELLO SOMETIME.

WE HAVE A RULE BOOK THAT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE.

OUR GOVERNMENT IS DESIGNED AFTER THE CONSTITUTION.

THERE ARE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT IN METHODISM, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I BECAME A CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKER AND HAD TO STUDY THE HISTORY OF METHODISM, AND WHY IT WAS SUCH A POWERFUL PART OF THE CREATION OF THE LANDS OF AMERICA AND THE UNITY OF THE PEOPLE. SO AS I FOUND OUT THAT THE MINISTER AND THE TRUSTEES WEREN'T DOING WHAT THE BOOK SAID, I BROUGHT IT FORWARD AS SOMEONE HERE WOULD SAY, YOU GUYS WEREN'T DOING WHAT THE THE LAWS OF TEXAS SAY.

AND RATHER THAN COOPERATE, THE RESPONSE WAS TO HAVE ME JAILED.

IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT LIKE THAT MINISTER WHO'S THE HEAD OF HIS CHURCH, THE MINISTER THAT THE CHURCH I WAS AT CALLED THE LOCAL CHIEF OF POLICE AND SAID WE DON'T WANT HIM HERE. I SAID, WELL, OUR BYLAWS SAY I'M A MEMBER.

I'VE GIVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF FREE TIME.

THIS IS BEFORE I GOT INTERESTED IN THE CONSTITUTION.

WHEN I FOUND OUT THEY COULD TAKE ME OUT OF A BIBLE STUDY JUST BECAUSE ONE MAN SAID I COULDN'T BE THERE WHEN I WAS THERE BEFORE HE WAS. SO A FEW YEARS LATER.

SO I WAS BANNED FOR SIX MONTHS AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME.

HE WAS GOING TO BECOME A HIGHER UP IN THE CHURCH, A DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT.

AND I READ ABOUT JOHN WESLEY AND THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT USED TO HAPPEN IN METHODIST PRAYER MEETINGS, CAMP MEETINGS. THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD MOVE. PEOPLE WOULD GET HEALED.

THEY'D GET SAVED. THEIR LIVES WOULD BE TRANSFORMED.

THEIR CHILDREN WERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE. THE CHILDREN AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE BECAME PILLARS OF SOCIETY IN THE METHODIST MOVEMENT.

THEY HAD A LOVE FOR GOD AND THEY WANTED TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

SO, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, THERE WAS A SPLIT IN THE METHODIST CHURCH IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

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WHEN WE MOVED THERE, WHEN I WAS 11, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIGN THAT SAID, WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY, THE COMMUNIST STATE. AND IN THE PROCESS OF ME LEARNING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION, I FOUND OUT WHY NEW JERSEY HAD THE CAPABILITY THROUGH THEIR LEGISLATURE TO MAKE IT A COMMUNIST STATE.

AND PEOPLE THINK, YOU KNOW, WE READ ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN PLACES LIKE TENNESSEE OR FLORIDA.

IT'S NEVER IN OUR TOWN. GUESS WHAT? IT'S THE THE THE SEEDS ARE IN YOUR TOWN TO HAVE NEGATIVE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL DEALT WITH THE COUNCIL HAS DEALT WITH CLAIMS OF PEOPLE OF WRONGDOING, OF CERTAIN CITY EMPLOYEES AND OATH TAKERS. AND I FOUND OUT IN THE MIDST OF ME GOING THROUGH THIS PROBLEM.

SO AFTER THE MINISTER GOT HIS PROMOTION SIX MONTHS LATER, HE HAD TOLD THE PROSECUTOR HE CAN COME BACK AFTER SIX MONTHS.

THAT'S MY NEGOTIATION AND I REFUSED. AND IT DIDN'T MATTER BECAUSE A MUNICIPAL JUDGE SAID, YOU CAN'T GO BACK TILL THIS IS RESOLVED. SO ACTUALLY HE DIDN'T AT THAT TIME.

I JUST WAITED OUT THE SIX MONTHS, WENT BACK, ENDED UP SPENDING MANY, MANY MORE YEARS OF EXCELLENT TIME THERE.

SO IN THE PROCESS, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S AN OATH OF OFFICE THAT ALL GOVERNMENT PEOPLE SIGN.

AND I'M GOING TO READ FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

ARTICLE SIX, CLAUSE TWO. MANY OF US, OUR EYES GO CROSS-EYED THE MINUTE WE HAVE TO READ SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES, LIKE, THERE'S SO MANY PIECES TO IT, IT'S LIKE FORGET IT, IT DOES IT REALLY MATTER? AND WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS, IS THAT THERE ARE JUST A FEW IMPORTANT CLAUSES IN THE CONSTITUTION WHEN IT RELATES TO OUR FRIENDS HERE, OR WHO ARE IN THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS WHAT TO DO WHEN ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION. WE SEE IT HAPPEN. AND BASICALLY IT GETS TIED UP IN COURT AND NOTHING EVER SEEMS TO HAPPEN.

AND IF AND WHEN THEY ARE RELIEVED OF DUTY, IT TAKES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND I FOUND OUT WHY THAT'S THE CASE. IT DIDN'T USED TO BE SO DIFFICULT.

SO ARTICLE SIX, CLAUSE TWO, EXCUSE ME. CLAUSE THREE TALKS ABOUT THE OATH.

NOW, I REVIEWED YOUR OATHS AND I HAPPEN TO HAVE THEM.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK BEING A FREE AMERICAN. YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF WORK TO CONTINUE TO STAY FREE.

SO THIS I WAS GOING TO READ THE MAYOR'S, BUT SINCE THE CURRENT MAYOR, I'LL READ HIS THE MAYOR FOR TONIGHT.

I, ROBERT GAGLIARDI, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE SIX OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD. SO HELP ME GOD.

PRETTY GOOD. WHEN I LEARNED THAT 90% OF THE POLICE OFFICERS IN MY TOWN DID NOT HAVE AN OATH OF OFFICE, WHAT DO YOU THINK I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? WHEN I FOUND OUT IN OUR STATE.

BECAUSE ANYONE APPOINTED WELL ACTUALLY, I'LL READ THAT TOO.

LET ME JUST READ ARTICLE SIX, CLAUSE TWO. ARTICLE SIX IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTICLES.

IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE, FOLKS, READ ARTICLE SIX.

IT'S ONLY THREE CLAUSES. WILL YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN THERE'S FIVE MINUTES LEFT? YES. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ABUSE MY TIME. USUALLY I ONLY GET FIVE MINUTES TWICE DURING A MEETING AT THE MOST OFTEN LESS SO.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY OPEN SOCIETY HERE AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WAS I MISEDUCATED OR MAL EDUCATED ABOUT HISTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW? ABSOLUTELY. WHY? I HOLD THE FEET TO THE FIRE.

FIRST OF THE TEXTBOOKS, WHICH THEN THE PEOPLE ARE PAID AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MAKE SURE I LEARN WHAT'S IN THE TEXTBOOKS AND NOT WHAT'S REALLY SO. SO IT TOOK ME A LOT OF AGONY TO LEARN WHAT'S REALLY SO.

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I CAN PROVE IF YOU WERE TO CALL ME OR WRITE TO ME, THEY HAVE MY ADDRESS, OR AT LEAST MY EMAIL AND MY PHONE NUMBER.

ARTICLE SIX, CLAUSE THREE, SAYS THE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE MENTIONED AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SEVERAL STATE LEGISLATURES.

OKAY. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE MENTIONED DOWN IN WASHINGTON.

IT DIDN'T EXIST AT THE TIME. AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SEVERAL STATE LEGISLATURES AND ALL EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL, THE JUDGES AND SO ON, MAGISTRATES, MAYORS OR MAGISTRATES, ALL EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS, BOTH OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE SEVERAL STATES, SHALL BE BOUND BY OATH OR AFFIRMATION TO SUPPORT THIS CONSTITUTION. SO AFTER I REVIEWED THE OATH OF WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD, I WENT TO THE COUNCIL AND I SAID 90% OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE AN OATH OF OFFICE.

THAT'S OVER. OVER 55 OFFICERS. THEY WERE RUNNING AROUND WITH GUNS, ARRESTING PEOPLE WITH NO OATH OF OFFICE.

THE CITY SOLICITOR MUST HAVE AN OATH OF OFFICE.

SHE DID NOT. THAT MEANT SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE HELD TO THE SAME TO THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY YOU FOLKS ARE. SO THE COUNCIL WAS GETTING ADVICE FROM THE SOLICITOR.

WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT ANYTHING? AND SHE WOULD GIVE THE ADVICE AND THEY'D GO DO IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHETHER IT WAS CONSTITUTIONAL OR NOT.

BUT WHEN A PUBLIC SERVANT VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION, THEY LOSE PUBLIC.

THEY LOSE THEIR IMMUNITY. ONLY IF THE MAN OR WOMAN THAT THEY'VE HARMED IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. I AM NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHY? WHEN I GO TO COURT NOW, I COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK TO THE JUDGE OR WHATEVER.

THE FIRST THING I SAY IS, I COME FROM A FOREIGN JURISDICTION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WHERE IS WHAT? WHERE IS THE WHERE IS THE UNITED STATES LOCATED? CAN ANYBODY TELL ME? I WILL TELL YOU. AND I CAN PROVE EVERYTHING I'M SAYING.

UP TO NOW, THE UNITED STATES IS LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WHAT PART OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REACHES THE CITY OF BEDFORD BACK THEN OR NOW? OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T EXIST THE WAY IT DOES TODAY.

ONE OF THE REASONS THE WHEELS ARE FALLING OFF IN AMERICA IS WE ARE NOT GIVING THE YOUNG PEOPLE PROPER TRAINING.

MY DAD AND MOM, MY DAD ESPECIALLY, HE HE'S THE ONE THAT WENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO 17, 19.

HE KNEW WE CAME FROM FREE STOCK. HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY NOTHING SEEMED TO WORK, WHY HIS RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED CONSTANTLY, WHY HE HAD NO FREEDOM TO BREATHE. SOME PEOPLE REFER TO THE POLICE THAT RUN AROUND.

THEY WEREN'T CALLED POLICE BACK THEN, BUT THEY BASICALLY ARE CALLED MILITARY POLICE.

THAT'S THEIR THAT'S THEIR CODE WORD FOR WHAT YOU THINK ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THEY CALL THEM MILITARY POLICE. WHY IS THAT? IT'S ACTUALLY A TRUE STATEMENT.

AND MOST MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS, MOST LAW ENFORCEMENT, DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY THEY HAVE SO MUCH AUTHORITY AND POWER AND WHY THEY'RE PROTECTED.

AND SO BACK TO THE CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, I LEARNED, IS EQUAL TO A SLAVE WHO WAS GIVEN CITIZENSHIP IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. SO ANYONE TODAY, WHEN I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS, I WAS ARRESTED NUMEROUS TIMES AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

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I KNOW I'M NOT, BUT WHY AM I NOT? WHAT'S WRONG? WHY ARE THEY TREATING ME LIKE A SOMEONE WHO IS A SLAVE? HOW MANY CONSTITUTIONS ARE THERE THAT CAN BE PROVEN? WELL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AT LEAST TWO. PROVE IT NELSON.

SENATE DOCUMENT 116-3 IS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

SOUNDS GREAT. BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE GREAT ONE.

NOW, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE WRONG? FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES? THE DOCUMENT NUMBER 11050. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH THAT. DO YOU KNOW THERE'S WORDS THAT ARE DIFFERENT IN THIS ONE THAN IN THIS ONE? DO YOU KNOW WHEN ONCE SOMEONE IS DRUG OR AGREES TO GO INTO A COURT UNTIL YOU UNTIL A MAN OR A WOMAN OVER THE AGE OF 18 CORRECTS HIS STATUS AND SAYS ON THE RECORD, I'M NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT GIVES THE GOLD FRINGED FLAG THAT FLIES IN MOST COURTROOMS, IF NOT ALL, SPECIAL POWERS TO VIOLATE RIGHTS. HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT THIS IS AMERICA? REALLY? YEAH, WELL, TURNS OUT IF YOU LOOK UP IN 18 USC, I BELIEVE IT'S CHAPTER SEVEN. IT'S REFERRED. THAT'S A CRIMINAL CODE, BY THE WAY.

IT SAYS SPECIAL MARITIME AND TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

SPECIAL MARITIME AND TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE I WORE A PARTICULAR TYPE OF CLOTHING TO CHURCH, RATHER THAN ALLOW US TO WORK IT OUT, AND I CHOSE A HALLOWEEN COSTUME BECAUSE NO ONE WAS DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT I HAD BEEN FALSELY ARRESTED, FALSELY ACCUSED, BANNED FROM GOING TO MY METHODIST CHURCH FOR SIX MONTHS UNTIL THIS ONE GENTLEMAN LEFT.

SO AFTER HE LEFT, THE NEXT PASTOR CAME IN, GOT ALONG GREAT WITH HIM.

THE NEXT PASTOR CAME IN. HE STARTS MAKING SOME NOISE LIKE HE'S NOT GOING TO FOLLOW OUR BOOK OF DISCIPLINE.

WELL, THAT WAS A PROBLEM FOR ME BECAUSE IF WE DON'T FOLLOW RULES, WHAT DO WE HAVE? ANARCHY. AND THAT'S WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE METHODIST CONGREGATION I WAS IN.

IN MY OPINION, THEY WERE USING MILITARY, QUOTE UNQUOTE, AUTHORITY, EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY TO TRY TO CONFORM MY BEHAVIOR. SO THERE WAS NEVER ANY WRITTEN COMPLAINT ABOUT ANYTHING FROM ANY MEMBER THAT WAS WILLING TO COME FORWARD AND PUT ANYTHING IN WRITING.

SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS I BOUGHT A HALLOWEEN COSTUME WITH BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES TO COMMUNICATE TO MY MEMBERSHIP OF 600 PEOPLE, OFF AND ON, THAT I HAD BEEN FALSELY ARRESTED AND FALSELY ACCUSED, AND THEN THEY DROPPED THE CHARGES ONCE THE MAN GOT HIS PROMOTION. AND I WAS JUST COMMUNICATING THAT.

AND I SAID, IF I GET AN APOLOGY FROM HIM FOR DOING THAT.

I'LL TAKE OFF THE UNIFORM. WELL, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND AT THE TIME, I ACTUALLY ONLY WORE THE SHIRT.

LATER, I HAD TO UP THE ANTE AND WORE THE WHOLE OUTFIT.

BUT I NEVER HAVE BEEN IN THE CHURCH WITH THE WHOLE OUTFIT.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO ME? I SAY THEY CHURCH AND STATE UNDER THE POWER OF THE GOLD FRINGED FLAG, AND I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME WHAT I KNOW NOW.

WHAT I KNOW NOW IS THE GOLD FRINGE FLAG. ACCORDING TO ARMY RESOLUTION, REGULATION EIGHT FOUR IS FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ONLY. SO MY QUESTION FOR CITY COUNCIL, AND MOST OF YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT AT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I DID NOT STAND UP.

WHY? BECAUSE MY FLAG IS NOT HERE. SO WHEN I WOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL AFTER I SPENT OVER 16 MONTHS IN JAIL

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A. JUDGE'S NAME. AND I WAS ARRESTED IN A PUBLIC PLACE AT THE BEACH, ON THE BOARDWALK AND ACCUSED WITH STALKING THE PASTOR JUST FOR WEARING THAT BECAUSE THE PASTOR DIDN'T LIKE THIS IS NOW THE NEXT PASTOR. SO THAT PREVIOUS THIS MIDDLE PASTOR SAID, I SAID, ARE YOU GOING TO FOLLOW THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE? HE SAID, I SAID, SHOULD YOU SHOULD I EXPECT AS A MEMBER THAT YOU'LL FOLLOW THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE? HE SAYS, YES. I SAID, WELL, THEN WHY DID YOU TWICE FROM THE PULPIT SAY YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE RULES? THAT'S WHAT I WAS DEALING WITH FROM A MEMBERSHIP STANDPOINT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE NELSON? I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

BECAUSE WE ARE BOUND BY LIES. THE CHURCH IS BOUND.

MANY OF US, WE'RE ALL BOUND IN SOME WAY. WE'RE DECEIVED.

WE CAN KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH CAN SET US FREE.

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU FOLKS THE MOST IMPORTANT KEY OF BEING A BELIEVER.

THAT I FOUND IN THE LAST. I'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO IT, BUT I'LL EXPLAIN HOW TO USE IT.

WHEN THE ANOINTING HITS US, WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING HERE, SOMETHING OR EVEN THINK SOMETHING, AND WE GET THIS ENERGY FROM GOD THAT IS TESTIFYING TO THE TRUTH ABOUT WHATEVER WE JUST HEARD, WHATEVER WE JUST THOUGHT, OR WHATEVER WE JUST SAID, THIS IS THE MOST WAY TO THE BEST WAY TO BE LED AS A SON OF GOD.

SO THE EARLY CHURCH, I CAN PROVE IT. THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD AT THE END OF HIS LIFE.

HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT, NELSON, ABOUT THE APOSTLE PAUL.

LET'S GO TO THE BIBLE AND I'LL SHOW YOU. IT SAYS IN ACTS 19 OR 20 THAT THERE WAS A GROUP OF CHRISTIANS ON THE BEACH.

AND THEY SAID TO PAUL, IT SAYS, THROUGH THE SPIRIT THEY TOLD HIM, DO NOT GO UP TO JERUSALEM.

HE NEVER ONCE HE WENT THERE AND THEN WENT AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, HE GOT ARRESTED AND NEVER SAW FREEDOM AGAIN.

AND THEY TOOK HIS HEAD. IT WASN'T THE PREFERRED WILL OF GOD FOR HIM TO GO UP.

BUT HOW DID THE CHURCH KNOW THAT? DID THEY TAKE A VOTE? WAS IT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS RIGHT? NO. IT SAYS THROUGH THE SPIRIT.

IS IT AGAINST THE RULES FOR YOU TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AS CITY COUNCIL? OF COURSE NOT. WOULDN'T THAT EVEN BE BETTER IF WE ALL LEARNED, IF THE IF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITIZENRY HERE WHEN YOU WERE READY TO SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY ON SOME PROJECT, AND THEY WENT TO THE AND THEY ASKED THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM THE CONFIRMATION, YEAH, IT'S OKAY.

LET THEM SPEND $70 MILLION, WHICH IS THE COMPLAINT I'VE HEARD FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS THAT LIVES HERE.

WE DID WE CHECK? IS THIS THE PREFERRED WILL OF GOD? THAT'S MY CURRENT LIFE SERMON. HOW TO KNOW THE PREFERRED WILL OF GOD ABOUT ANYTHING.

IF I HADN'T KNOWN THIS, I'D BE MARRIED. I HAD FIVE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE GOOD ENOUGH OR NOT. SO I DIDN'T MARRY ANY OF THEM. PRETTY STUPID, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME WHAT I KNOW NOW.

SO WE AS I'M NOT A PARENT, BUT IF A PARENT HAS A CHILD AND THEY ARE DATING SOMEONE, THEY CAN ALL AS A GROUP.

IS THE SPIRIT TESTIFYING? IT'S OKAY TO DATE THEM.

IS IT OKAY TO MARRY THEM? IS IT THE PREFERRED WILL? OKAY, SO ARTICLE SIX HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? 05:48 THANK YOU. SO LET ME TELL YOU WHY THAT GOLD FRINGED FLAG IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE ONE, SECTION EIGHT, CLAUSE 17. AND THIS WAS SENT THE WRONG ONE WAS SENT TO ME BY MY CURRENT CONGRESSMAN.

AND I CAN TELL YOU WHY IT'S DIFFERENT. IT GIVES THEM THIS COMMUNIST POWER.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU GET A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM COUNTY, FROM STATE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.

AND MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU WILLING TO SAY, NO, THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO DO IT.

DO WE KNOW THE CONSTITUTION WELL ENOUGH TO SAY NO? AND WHEN YOU GET ADVICE FROM A CITY ATTORNEY, I'VE NEVER MET HIM.

BUT IS THIS CONSTITUTIONAL? WHAT THEY'RE ASKING ME TO DO? WELL, IT'S IN THE REGULATIONS. I DIDN'T ASK YOU THAT.

IS IT CONSTITUTIONAL? SO MY CITY, AFTER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME, SENT TO JAIL FOR 16 MONTHS BECAUSE I REFUSED A PUBLIC DEFENDER. THEY SENT ME TO A MENTAL INSTITUTION AND AFTER THE FIRST THREE MONTHS THERE, THE INDIAN DOCTOR SAID, NELSON, WE'RE FINDING YOU INCOMPETENT.

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WELL, UNTIL YOU TAKE ONE, WE CAN'T LET YOU OUT.

I HAVE THE WRITTEN PAPERWORK TO SAY THAT. SO DURING MY SECOND THREE MONTHS THERE, NOT KNOWING THAT THE JUDGE GOT A COMMISSION FOR SENDING ME TO A MENTAL INSTITUTION FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., I CAN SHOW YOU THAT STATUTE.

EVERY ORDER OF COMMITMENT, THEY GET MONEY. THAT'S LIKE WHEN I WAS A REAL ESTATE AGENT.

I COULD WRITE MY OWN DEALS, MY OWN CHECKS. I COULD MAKE YOU BUY A PROPERTY.

ARTICLE ONE, SECTION EIGHT, CLAUSE 17, LIMITS THE UNITED STATES.

THE UNITED STATES IS A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT WE THE PEOPLE, CREATED.

IT'S WASHINGTON, D.C. DIDN'T EXIST. WE THE PEOPLE CREATED THIS.

JEFFERSON SAID THE TWO ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS AND GOVERNMENT. I CAN DETEST THE ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE.

OUR GOVERNMENT, AT TIMES, WE HAVE TO BIND DOWN THE PEOPLE WITH THE SERVANTS, WITH THE CONSTITUTION, SO THEY DON'T BECOME CRIMINALS.

WELL, MY SITUATION, THEY WERE WAY, WAY OUT OF LINE.

SO THE SECOND GROUP OF PSYCHIATRISTS SAID WE CAN HOLD YOU HERE PERMANENTLY, I SAID.

I TOLD THEM, I SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP ME HERE, BECAUSE I REFUSE TO GIVE JURISDICTION TO A JUDGE IN A COURT.

THAT IS NOT A TRUE COURT. THEY SAID, WE CAN HOLD YOU HERE INDEFINITELY.

I SAID, OKAY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. AND BY THIS TIME I HAD LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.

SO WHAT DOES ALL THAT MEAN FOR THIS CITY? WHO KNOWS? I'M JUST SHARING THE TRUTH. EACH OF YOU WILL EITHER TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

AND FRANKLY, I PROBABLY WON'T BE AFFECTED WHATEVER YOU DO.

ARTICLE ONE, SECTION EIGHT, CLAUSE 17 SAYS. THE CONGRESS SHALL HAVE POWER TO EXERCISE EXCLUSIVE LEGISLATION IN ALL CASES WHATSOEVER OVER SUCH DISTRICT NOT EXCEEDING TEN MILES SQUARE, NOT EXCEEDING TEN MILES SQUARE.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN MY LIFE? IT HAPPENED AFTER.

IT'S ALL RELATED TO THE FED AND TO THE WAR AND TO THE GOLD ACT AND EVERYTHING.

MILITARY OCCUPATION. WE ARE UNDER MILITARY OCCUPATION.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, AFTER ALL I WENT THROUGH, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REAL OPENNESS TO OUR METHODIST COMMUNITY THAT WAS FOUNDED AS A DRY TOWN FOR PEOPLE TO GO REST WITH GOD AT THE JERSEY SHORE.

IT HAD TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE AS FAR AS SPIRITUALITY GOES.

WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD STARTED TO MOVE, THOSE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE KICKED THAT CHURCH OUT OF TOWN SO FAST.

WE WON'T LET YOU BUILD BECAUSE IT'S VERY THERE'S NO LAND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO IT'S EXPENSIVE AND THEY WOULD NEVER MAKE A WAY.

FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS THAT I WAS THERE, MINISTERS WOULD COME IN AND TRY AND THEN THE COUNCIL WOULD BLOCK THEM.

THAT'S WHY I WENT TO JAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO COULD COME THERE AND RECEIVE WHAT THEY NEED FROM GOD.

SO, THE GOLD FRENCH FLAG. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WOULD NEVER STAND FOR THE ALLEGIANCE.

I WOULD COME UP DRESSED IN MY PRISON UNIFORM.

YOU CAN GO ON OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY WEBSITE AND JUST SCROLL THROUGH.

YOU'LL SEE ME THERE WITH MY PRISON UNIFORM TWICE A MONTH SPEAKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

AND I SAID, WHY ARE YOU STANDING AND PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHEN THAT'S THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES? AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF 24.

I WAS SHOCKED THEY REPLACED IT. IF YOU GO ONLINE RIGHT NOW, THE FLAG IN THAT CORNER HAS NO GOLD FRINGE.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT IS THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS TAKEN THAT MOVE TO BRING THEMSELVES IN CONFORMITY TO THE CONSTITUTION, RATHER THAN BEAT IT TO DEATH.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. DON'T FORGET YOUR RECORDER.

OH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I'LL MOVE THROUGH OUR FEW ITEMS ON CONSENT QUICKLY.

LET ME GET GOING HERE. AGAIN, ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MINUTES, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING ITEM NUMBER TWO.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, ACCESSIBILITY RAMPS, CONCRETE STREET PANELS, DRIVEWAYS, CURBS, AND GUTTER RECONSTRUCTION SERVICES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS FROM GARRETT SHIELDS INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH A MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS FOR AN ANNUAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 750,000, TOTALING 2.25 MILLION IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

THIS IS A STANDARD ITEM. AGAIN, IT WILL FUND VARIOUS CONCRETE REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND FUNDING IS SET ASIDE IN OUR STREET IMPROVEMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OPERATING BUDGET, OUR WATERWORKS UTILITY OPERATING BUDGET AND THE 2021 STREET IMPROVEMENT BOND FUNDS.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION WITHDRAWING THE CITY OF BEDFORD FROM THE PUBLIC POWER POOL AND TO NOT AGGREGATE ELECTRICITY PURCHASING FOR AN ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTS FOR ANY ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTS FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THIS ITEM IS BASED ON COUNCIL'S ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN ON JANUARY 28TH, 2025, ALLOWING US TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS COALITION OF AFFORDABLE POWER, ALSO KNOWN AS TCAP, FOR POOLED POWER PURCHASING, SO THIS SUBJECT ITEM WILL SIMPLY FORMALLY CLOSE OUT OUR CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC POWER POOL. THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT RELATED TO THIS ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT AND THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE GREEN RIBBON LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ALONG A PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 121 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS ITEM IS SIMPLY FOR A FORMALITY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND ACCEPT THE GRANT FROM TXDOT.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE NEXT STEP IN THAT GRANT PROGRAM TO PROCEED WITH THE MEETING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WILL BE DOING AT HARWOOD AND 121.

THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT AMOUNT IS $119,769, WHILE THE STATE'S PORTION OF THAT IS $426,315. AND LASTLY, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY PRECINCT THREE FOR SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE RESURFACING OF TENNIS DRIVE AND RACKET CLUB BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER RELATIVELY STANDARD ITEM THROUGH OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY, AND RESPONSIBILITIES STAY THE SAME WHERE THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SURFACE MILLING, ASPHALT FUEL AND TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION WILL BE LABOR AND EQUIPMENT.

WITH THAT, SIR, I HAVE ALL CONSENT ITEMS. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MISS ROY, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR A MOTION? COUNCILMAN DONOVAN. BRANDON. I MOVE, WE APPROVE.

THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILWOMAN SABOL.

LET'S VOTE.

OH, RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. THE MAYOR'S ABSENCE. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ONE ABSENTEE.

AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE OVER TO OLD BUSINESS.

[6. Consider a resolution approving revisions to the Integrated Mosquito Management Program. (Tabled at the January 14, 2025 Council meeting]

AND WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JOE SCHWEITZER.

SCHWEITZER. SCHWEITZER. GOOD EVENING. NOT DOING IT.

GOOD EVENING. NOW THAT WE'RE HERE WE HAVE THIS HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF MEETINGS NOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MOSQUITOES.

SO WE'VE GOT, IF YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY, WE'LL TALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF TOPICS HERE, AND MAYBE GET THROUGH IT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU ASKED.

MAYBE. MAYBE I'M LUCKY. MAYBE. BUT GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

AT YOUR PLEASURE. WE'RE ABOUT TO MOVE ON TO SEVEN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH BACKGROUND, AND ZONES VS RADIUS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE CHANGED IN THE NEW PLAN.

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SO. OKAY, SO THE LAST TIME THE PROGRAM WAS I DIDN'T DO THE ANIMATION, SO THAT WAS NEW TO ME. OKAY. OKAY. THE LAST TIME THE PROGRAM WAS APPROVED WAS 2022, WHICH REQUIRED COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR ADULT SIDE APPLICATION, WHICH IS THE ULTRA LOW VOLUME SPRAYING WITH TRUCKS OR ATVS OR WHATEVER ELSE.

LAST YEAR WAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF WEST NILE POSITIVE MOSQUITO SAMPLES IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

AND WE CAME BACK TO COUNCIL AND, AND HAD YOUR APPROVAL TO SPRAY LAST YEAR, AFTER WHICH THERE WAS DISCUSSION AS TO WHY IT TOOK SO LONG AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.

SO NOW WE'RE HERE LOOKING FOR A REVISED WAY OF GETTING THINGS DONE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE PLAN REVISIONS WAS THE CHANGING FROM THE PREVIOUS METHODOLOGY OF SPRAYING A HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND THE TRAP SITES. WITH THIS YOU WILL SEE IN THE OLD VERSION IT DIDN'T REALLY ADDRESS GENERATIONS PARK AT ALL.

WE HAVE NO TRAP OR ANY KIND OF TREATMENT AROUND GENERATIONS PARK.

SO THE DIRECTION WAS TO HEAD TO ZONES MUCH LIKE THE NEIGHBORING CITIES DO.

SO THAT ANY AS WE HAVE A TRAP IN EACH ZONE, THEN WE WOULD SPRAY THAT ENTIRE ZONE. SO POTENTIALLY FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO JUST FOUR LITTLE CIRCLES OF IT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS WAS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND PREDICTING A MOSQUITO SEASON.

ON THE GRAPH HERE, YOU HAVE INCHES OF RAIN IN GREEN.

YOU HAVE DAYS THAT WE FROZE THAT YEAR. UNDER 32 DEGREES IN LIGHT BLUE.

YOU HAVE DAYS THAT IT WAS OVER 100 DEGREES IN RED.

AND OF COURSE WE MOVED FROM 2017 TO LAST YEAR GOING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.

AND THEN BEDFORD POSITIVE TEST RESULTS FOR THE VIRUSES FOR WEST NILE AND WEST NILE VIRUS, IN THE DARK GRAY AND THE TARRANT COUNTY OVERALL IN THE LIGHT GRAY. AND THE POINT HERE IS THAT THERE IS NOT A DIRECT CORRELATION TO ANY OF THESE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR TO ANY OF THESE OR ANY OF THAT.

YEAH. OKAY. YOU CAN SEE JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE LINES ON THE GRAPH WILL DIVERT GOING UP OR DOWN OKAY.

AT SOME POINT. SO FOR THE PARAMETERS THAT WE CAME WITH THANK YOU.

THERE'S NOT A CLEAR WAY TO PREDICT A SEASON. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE.

THAT WAS THE POINT. OKAY. ARE WE DOING MORE TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS? YES. THAT'S IT. THAT'S REALLY THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WHERE PEOPLE HAD TO ASK THE PERMISSION OF LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND IT TOOK FOREVER TO GET SOMETHING DONE. AND, AND ULTIMATELY THAT THAT CAUSED PROBLEMS THAT GOT SOME PEOPLE SICK AND ILL AND, AND IT WAS. AND THEN WE WERE CHASING OUR TAILS.

RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT POPPED OUT TO ME WAS, I KNOW I'M PROBABLY JUMPING AHEAD HERE, BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE, STARTING EARLY, RIGHT, WE'RE STARTING EARLY AND WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING TREATED.

OKAY. SORRY. GO AHEAD. YEAH. NO. SO, THE NEW THAT'S FINE.

THE PLAN DEVELOPS THREE RISK LEVELS IS WHAT WE CALLED THEM.

THE LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH KIND OF GAVE THE COLORATION HERE.

AND ON SEVERAL OTHER SLIDES, I KNOW THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT COLORS.

AND IN PAST. BUT TO GIVE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.

LOW IS OUR, LIKE, PREFERRED RANGE, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD BE.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW. SINCE IT'S WINTERTIME.

YES. OKAY. NO VIRUS DETECTED. NORMAL ACTIVITY.

WE WOULD MOVE TO MEDIUM IF A VIRUS WAS DETECTED IN ANY OF THE SAMPLES IN ANY OF OUR TRAPS WITHIN THE LAST THREE WEEKS OR ABOVE NORMAL MOSQUITO ACTIVITY. SO, IT'S A HARD TRIGGER ON THE VIRUS DETECTED.

IT'S A IT'S MORE OF A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE KIND OF THING FOR THE ABOVE NORMAL MOSQUITO, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TRAPS OUT THERE, MORE MOSQUITOES IN A TRAP ISN'T NECESSARILY A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THE MOSQUITO ACTIVITY IN A SEASON. IT'S MORE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE TRAP.

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SO AT THE MEDIUM LEVEL, WHEN WE JUST HAVE A SINGULAR TRAP ACROSS THE CITY, ACROSS THE CITY'S FIVE TRAPS, WE WOULD CONSIDER SPRAYING IN THAT VIRAL ZONE.

AND THIS CONSIDER IS DEPENDING ON THE NUISANCE LEVEL.

IF THERE'S IF EVERYBODY IS COMPLAINING ABOUT MOSQUITOES EVERYWHERE, THEN MAYBE WE GO AND SPRAY.

BUT IF THERE'S A VIRUS, THEN YES, WE WOULD. ON THE HIGH IS WHEN WE GET VIRUSES DETECTED IN TWO OF THE FIVE SITES WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF EACH OTHER OR A CONFIRMED HUMAN CASE, AND THEN WE WOULD SPRAY IN THE VIRUS DETECTED ZONES AND WOULD CONSIDER BASED ON OTHER FACTORS. SPRAYING IN THE ADDITIONAL ZONES.

AND OF COURSE, OTHER ONGOING AND INCREASING PUBLIC HEALTH NOTIFICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND THOSE THINGS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER GRAPH THAT I HAVE TO WALK YOU THROUGH, PROBABLY TO OUR GRAPHIC.

SO THE PURPLES ARE WHEN WE HAD A POSITIVE TEST RESULT ON ONE OF OUR TRAPS IN THESE YEARS, WORKING FROM THE OLDEST AND THE EARLIEST IN THE YEAR AT THE RIGHT TO THE NEWEST AND MOST RECENT AT THE TOP LEFT.

THE PURPLES ARE POSITIVE TEST RESULTS. THE BLUES ARE NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS.

THE WHITE ZONES ARE LACK OF DATA. THE GREEN, YELLOW AND RED IS THE APPLICATION OF.

AND. I'M GOING TO SWITCH SLIDES ON YOU FOR A SECOND. THESE TRIGGER LEVELS FOR THE MOSQUITO ACTIVITY AND VIRUS DETECTIONS IN THESE YEARS. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE NEW RULES WITH THE NEW TRIGGER LEVELS, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE THE HOW MANY CONSIDER OR CONDUCT SPRAYING EVENTS WE WOULD HAVE BASED ON THOSE.

SO LAST YEAR WE WOULD HAVE SPRAYED EIGHT ZONES.

WE WOULD HAVE CONDUCTED SPRAYING AND EIGHT ZONES AND CONSIDERED 17 ADDITIONAL.

BASED ON THE TRIGGERS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT A SECOND AGO.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OF COURSE, WE TALKED TO THE COVERAGE AND THE GRAPHS 2024 YEAR OR WITH THE PREVIOUS PLAN.

WE HAD NINE SPRAY EVENTS WITHIN THE HALF MILE RADIUS.

AND WE SPENT A TOTAL OF $5,500. THE AVERAGE MILES SPRAYED WOULD BE 13.9 WHEN WE DO THESE SPRAINS, THEY'RE A TRUCK, A TRUCK MOVING ABOUT TEN MILES AN HOUR, SPRAYING A FOG OUT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

WITH THE 2025 PLAN IN THE ZONES, BASED ON THE SPRAYING WE DID LAST YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE COVERED JUST UNDER THREE TIMES AS MUCH. SO WE WOULD HAVE WE WOULD HAVE SPRAYED 32 MILES, 32.8 MILES.

SO I'M GETTING TO A FISCAL POINT HERE. FINANCES.

THE QUESTION WAS ASKED OF WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR US TO DO THE SPRAYING IN-HOUSE.

SO WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT BETWEEN 18 AND $20,000 IS THE SPRAYER WE WOULD NEED FOR RELIABLE OR RELIABLE LEVEL OF ACCURACY? BECAUSE DEPENDING IF YOU'RE GOING EIGHT MILES AN HOUR OR 12, DEPENDS ON HOW FAST THE STUFF HAS TO BE COMING OUT OF THE NOZZLE.

THERE ARE PHYSICAL MACHINES THAT CAN DO IT CHEAPER, BUT YOU'RE ADJUSTING THE SPRAY BY HAND OR WITH A SCREWDRIVER.

AND BEING A LICENSED DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED, YOU HAVE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF SPRAY YOU CAN DO.

THESE ARE A GPS CONTROLLED, SO IF YOU'RE GOING 8 OR 12, IT'S STILL PUTTING THE SAME MATERIAL, THE PROPER MATERIAL OUT. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS SO THE $5,500 TOTAL THAT WASN'T FOR THE 32 MILES THAT WE WOULD HAVE SPRAYED. CORRECT. RIGHT. CORRECT. SO THAT IS WHAT WE SPENT.

AND THAT WAS FOR HOW MANY MILES? 13.9. SO 13, SO ABOUT ONE YEAR, MAYBE TWO WE BREAK EVEN ON THE COST OF THE SPRAYER. OKAY. WELL, SO LAST YEAR WE HAD MUNICIPAL MOSQUITO DO ALL OF THE SPRAYING.

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IF WE GO AND APPLY THE NEW RULES, THE NEW TRIGGER LEVELS TO THE MOSQUITOES WE HAD LAST YEAR, THE ACTIVITY. THIS IS THE MILEAGE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU WERE ALLUDING TO.

WE WOULD HAVE SPENT INSTEAD OF THE 5000 $5,500, WE WOULD SPEND $36,000 TO HAVE MUNICIPAL MOSQUITO DO THE SAME NUMBER OF EVENTS, BUT JUST THE EXTRA MILES OF THE ZONES.

THIS IS WHERE IT MAY MAKE FISCAL SENSE TO BUY BECAUSE HERE NOT SO MUCH.

MAYBE IF WE WERE DOING THE SAME RULES AS LAST TIME NOW WITH. NOW WITH THE ADDITIONAL MILEAGE THERE'S THE ADDITIONAL COSTS AND ABOUT HALF MAKES THE, THE COSTS PER MILE GO UP LINEARLY. SO, WITH A 18 TO $20,000 SPRAYER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MUCH CLOSER TO BREAKING EVEN IN 1 OR 2 YEARS.

OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO CITY MANAGER ROY FOR A SECOND, FINANCES OR.

YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. MAYOR PRO TEM HAD INQUIRED ABOUT OBVIOUSLY BUDGETING ITEMS. THESE ARE NOT DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE CAN ALL LOCATE WITHIN THE CURRENT BUDGET TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THE FUNDS. NOTHING'S GOING TO GET TURNED OFF, PEOPLE'S TRASH IS STILL GOING TO GET PICKED UP.

CORRECT. OKAY. YES. YEAH. COUNCILMAN STEVES. I HAVE A QUESTION.

HOW LONG DOES THE TYPICAL SPRAYER LAST? WHAT'S THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT? SO ALL THE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE THE RUBBERS AND THE HOSES AND STUFF WOULD BE THE FIRST PIECES TO GO.

THOSE WOULD BE EASIER REPLACED AND CHEAPER TO REPLACE THAN THE FULL SPRAYER.

IT IS BASICALLY A SMALL MOTOR ON A PALLET OR ON A SKID UNIT AND WHATNOT.

SO WE WOULD THINK BETWEEN 5 AND 10 YEARS, TEN IS PROBABLY PUSHING IT IF TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY.

BUT IT'S NOT IT'S GOING TO BE DEFINITELY MORE THAN 1 OR 2.

SO AT LEAST FIVE, FIVE SEASONS PROBABLY? PROBABLY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FARCO. YES, JOE. I THINK THE ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS COUNCIL HAD WAS WE HAD A SMALL AREA THAT NEEDED TO BE SPRAYED.

IT WAS HELD UP BECAUSE YOU NEEDED COUNCIL APPROVAL ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND IT WASN'T THE WHOLE CITY THAT NEEDED TO SPRAYED. IT WAS JUST A VERY SMALL AREA, AND IT WAS A VERY MINIMAL PRICE, AND I THINK WE WASTED A LOT OF VALUABLE TIME IN DOING THAT.

WOULD WE BE ABLE TO JUST TAKE CARE OF THIS NOW, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S SCHEDULE ALSO TO TAKE CARE OF THAT? CORRECT. CORRECT. YES. YEAH. AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE IS IT DOES.

WE'RE MUCH MORE NIMBLE. AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUMP ON THAT.

WITH OUR CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS TO HANDLE THIS ALSO? CORRECT. YEAH. SO, WE WOULD BRING BACK A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO YOU ALL, EVEN THOUGH AGAIN, THE FUNDS ARE THERE AND WE CAN ABSORB THIS FROM THE STORMWATER FUND, WE WOULD BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FORWARD TO ADDRESS IT.

AS FAR AS TONIGHT, WHAT IS THAT? SINCE THIS IS A ACTIONABLE ITEM.

SO, THE ACTION TONIGHT IS THE PLAN. AND WE COULD TAKE DIRECTION SEPARATE FROM THAT PLAN OF DO WE WANT TO DO IT IN-HOUSE OR NOT? THE PLAN DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY IN-HOUSE OR NOT.

AND THEN WE WOULD GO BACK AND GET FORMAL QUOTES AND EVERYTHING AND COME BACK TO YOU BECAUSE IT WOULD BE.

YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I GUESS WE WOULD NEED A, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION.

NO. NO MOTION. YEAH. OH, YES. COUNCILMAN DONOVAN BRANDON.

COUNCILWOMAN DONOVAN BRANDON. THANK YOU. AND OUR STAFF COST INCLUDED IN YOUR NUMBERS? YES. AND DO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THIS? I ASSUME THEY DO OTHER THINGS TOO. CORRECT. WE ALL FIGURED OUT IT WOULD BE A OVERTIME CONDITION, BUT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICING FOR THE TIME.

WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING AVAILABLE TO SAY, SHIFT SOMEBODY TO AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

ONE CAVEAT HERE IS IF WE DID GET INTO THE LIKE FULL CITY IS BEING SPRAYED.

WE MAY STILL NEED TO CALL MUNICIPAL IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT ON A PARTICULAR NIGHT, BECAUSE THAT IS ABOUT 14 HOURS OF SPRAYING.

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AND MY OTHER QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE THE TIMING REMAINS THE SAME, THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS DO THIS AT NIGHT. CORRECT? OKAY. YEAH. THE, THE APPLICATION PERIODS AND EVERYTHING WOULD STILL REMAIN THE SAME.

IT WOULD BE AT LATE AT NIGHT. WHILE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FARCO. JOE, I HAVE A QUESTION ON FULL CITY SPRING.

WE WERE ALWAYS TOLD THAT THE TRUCKS ARE GREAT, BUT THEY REALLY DON'T GET TO THE BACKYARDS OF PEOPLE'S STUFF.

IF WE NEEDED AND IF THE COUNTY SAID WE HAD TO GO FULL SPRAY, WOULD IT BE AERIAL WITH THEM? I WAS JUST ASKING ANDREA THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE IT REALLY IT DOESN'T GET INTO THE BACKYARDS.

SO IT'S IT DOESN'T. RIGHT. IT'S NOT FULLY EFFECTIVE.

RIGHT. YEAH. YOU'RE NOT GETTING 100% COVERAGE IF WE'RE JUST DOING IT BY TRUCK.

DRIVING DOWN EVERY STREET THAT WE HAVE A FULL AERIAL SPRAY IS NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE'RE COMPREHENDING.

OR WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT LEGALITIES BEHIND THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO WITH WITH THESE SPRAYERS, THERE ARE TWO MODELS IN THIS PRICE RANGE WE WERE LOOKING AT.

ONE IS STRICTLY BECAUSE OF SIZE, A LIKE PICKUP TRUCK BED.

THE OTHER IS AN ATV SIZE. SO THE CITY ALREADY HAS A LITTLE GREEN GATOR OFF ROAD, LITTLE VEHICLE THAT THAT THE SPRAYER COULD BE PUT IN THE BACK OF AND SAY WE WOULD GET BETTER COVERAGE INTO GENERATIONS PARK OR SOMETHING WHERE TRUCKS COULDN'T GO.

COUNCILWOMAN SABOL. JOE. AS FAR AS, LIKE, PROTECTIVE GEAR FOR THE DRIVER, WOULD WE, WOULD THAT ALSO BE INCLUDED IN OUR PRICING? OKAY. YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER TEST EQUIPMENTS AND ANEMOMETER TO MEASURE WIND SPEED BECAUSE THERE'S A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED YOU CAN SPRAY AT FOR THE MOST PART THE, THE DRIVERS, JUST AS LONG AS THEY KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

THE SPRAY IS GOING TO BE BEHIND THEM. SO THERE WOULD BE MINIMAL EFFECTS THERE.

BASED ON THE EPA'S INFORMATION. EVEN IF YOU ANYTHING LESS THAN A SEVERE ASTHMATIC SHOULD BE FINE BEING OUT AND AROUND IT.

THE, THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINT THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF BEING LIKE, OUT, OUT ON THE SIDEWALK AS THE TRUCK GOES BY WOULD BE IRRITATION. WHEN JERRY LAFFERTY WORKED FOR US, HE WAS REALLY BIG ON THE LAVA SIDE.

SO ARE WE STILL CONTINUING THAT? CORRECT. SO THIS IS BECAUSE WEST NILE HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH WORSE.

WE'RE HAVING TO ADD MORE AERIAL SPRAYING, BASICALLY.

CORRECT. THE VEHICLE BORNE THE ULTRA LOW VOLUME SPRAYING WOULD BE FOR THE ADULTICIDE.

THE FLYING INSECTS EVEN IN THE LOW IN OUR PLAN HAS THE LARVICIDE APPLICATIONS THAT AS SOON AS THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WILL START DOING BEFORE WE GET TOO WARM AND TOO WET.

OKAY. I THINK IT'S OKAY. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS.

THANKS, MAYOR. MR. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO, JOE, WHEN IT COMES, SINCE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT IN-HOUSE BEFORE, IS THERE A TRAINING INVOLVED? SO WE HAVE SEVERAL LICENSED PESTICIDE APPLICATORS FROM THE STATE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

OKAY. ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD THE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES LIKE DRIVING THE TRUCK DON'T NEED TO BE, BUT THEIR SUPERVISORS DO, AND IT WOULD BE UNDER THEIR LICENSE FOR THE MOST PART.

THE PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO DRIVE THEM WOULD ACTUALLY BE LICENSED ALSO.

OKAY. SO THOSE WHO ARE LICENSED. IS THERE LIKE REFRESHER REQUIREMENTS AND? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS DAWKINS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION? COUNCILMAN FARCO. MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CURRENT MOSQUITO PLAN.

COUNCILMAN DONOVAN BRANDON HAS THE SECOND. SECOND.

GOING TO VOTES.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

[7. Public hearing and consider an ordinance rezoning the property described as Block 3R Lot 2A Bedford Forum Addition from Planned Unit Development/Master Highway Corridor to Planned Unit Development/Master Highway Corridor/Specific Use Permit – Religious Facility. The property is generally located north of Airport Freeway, to the east of Forum Parkway, and commonly known as 3301 Airport Freeway Suite 103. (SUP-24-14). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0-0.]

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RELIGIOUS FACILITY. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF AIRPORT FREEWAY TO THE EAST OF FORUM PARKWAY AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 3301 AIRPORT FREEWAY, SUITE 103 SUP 2414. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN ZERO.

AND WITH US TONIGHT, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON.

HELLO, WES. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.

THIS IS AN SUP FOR A RELIGIOUS FACILITY. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING, THREE STORY OFFICE BUILDING. AH TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE OFFICE BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 70,000FT².

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO UTILIZE 6600FT² FOR THEIR RELIGIOUS FACILITY.

SURROUNDING ZONING. IT'S LOCATED IN THE BEDFORD FORUM PUD.

IN THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.

LAND USES ARE IN. SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY ARE ANOTHER CHURCH TO THE NORTH.

A MOTORCYCLE SERVICE AND SALES SHOP TO THE WEST, AND THEN VACANT LAND AND HOTELS BEYOND THAT.

AS YOU KNOW, SUPS REQUIRE A SITE PLAN TO BE PROVIDED WITH THEM.

THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY EXTERNAL CHANGES TO THE SITE FOR THIS APPLICATION, SO NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE ON THE SITE EXTERNALLY.

SITE PHOTOS, JUST TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE THEY'D BE LOCATED.

WE DID NOTIFY THREE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE POSTED THIS ON THE PROPERTY AND PUBLISHED A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED.

AND TO DATE, WE'VE. RECEIVED NO RESPONSES OF THE REQUEST REGARDING THE REQUEST.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.

AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT THEY'RE NOT PREPARED TO MAKE ANY PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO I GUESS WE OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING THEN. CORRECT. SO, IT IS 707. I WILL BE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT? AND WE'RE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WHAT? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? I THINK. OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. COUNCILMAN SABOL. SECOND.

SECOND. COUNCILMAN STEVES. AND LET'S VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WELCOME TO BEDFORD.

HEY, WELCOME TO BEDFORD. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

[8. Public hearing and consider an ordinance rezoning the property described as Lot 1R2 Block A of the Woodson, A J Addition, commonly known as 2201 State Highway 121, Bedford, Texas and consisting of 15.69 acres, from Service Commercial and Heavy Commercial/Master Highway Corridor to Planned Unit Development/Master Highway Corridor. The property is generally located west of State Highway 121, south of Bedford Road, and commonly known as 2205 State Highway 121. (PUD-24-1). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0-0.]

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY ONE, 21, SOUTH OF BEDFORD ROAD, AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2205 STATE HIGHWAY 121 PUD- 24-1. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.

THIS IS CARTER BLOODCARE, EVERYBODY. OKAY. OKAY.

AND TONIGHT WE HAVE, WES MORRISON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM. COUNCIL, THIS IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT REQUEST.

THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE COMMERCIAL.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE PROPERTY. ONE, IT HAS BEEN IT WAS DEVELOPED IN 89 AND HAS UNDERGONE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT EXPANSIONS OVER THE YEARS, MOST RECENTLY A BUS MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN 2019 WHEN THE APPLICANT CAME TO US AND SAID THEY WERE WANTING TO DO ANOTHER EXPANSION.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP WAS THE PARKING ON THE PROPERTY.

AND BECAUSE OF THE REQUIRED PARKING WITH OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, IT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED ANOTHER 30 OR SO PARKING SPACES, AND THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED TAKING OUT ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE AND POSSIBLY THE NEED FOR A PARKING GARAGE IF, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THEY WANTED TO ADD ON. SO STAFF WORKED WITH THEM.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE IN A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

SO STAFF WORKED WITH THEM TO GET TO YOU TONIGHT.

ZONING ON THE PROPERTY AGAIN. IT IS CURRENTLY HEAVY.

COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE. COMMERCIAL SURROUNDING LAND USES WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH.

RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST. I'M SORRY. RESIDENTIAL.

WEST FREEWAY TO THE EAST. SITE PLAN HERE IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

THEY'VE GOT TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN. SO WE SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

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SO IT'S ALL GOING TO BE INTERNAL TO THE SITE.

THERE'S A LOT OF WRITING ON HERE. I'LL TRY TO SUMMARIZE THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THE OVERALL EXPANSION PROPOSED EXPANSION IS GOING TO BE 36,000FT².

19,000 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT. BUT THEY'RE GOING UP THREE STORIES.

THE USE IS PROPOSED IN THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OR ALL OF THE USES THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ON SITE TODAY.

NO NEW USES ARE BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

I TAKE THAT BACK MINUS THE PARKING GARAGE. AND THAT'S JUST IF THEY COME IN FOR AN AMENDMENT IN THE FUTURE THAT DOES TRIGGER MORE PARKING.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY AND THIS GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO BUILD THAT PARKING GARAGE AT THAT TIME.

AS YOU KNOW, ANY CHANGES TO A SITE PLAN ON A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ARE REQUIRED TO COME BACK THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

SO, ANY CHANGES TO THE SITE PLAN YOU WOULD SEE AGAIN, AND THEN STANDARDS THAT THE APPLICANT IS ADDITIONAL STANDARDS BESIDES PARKING THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IN THIS IS TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IN THIS DISTRICT TO 50FT.

CURRENTLY, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 35FT. THE EXISTING BUILDING IS ALREADY EXCEEDING THAT.

AND WITH THE PROPOSED EXPANSION, THEY WILL BE GOING UP TO ABOUT 46FT.

SO WE THOUGHT 50FT WAS REASONABLE. THE THERE'S NOT ANY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL.

IT'S SURROUNDED BY STREETS. SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S A IT'S AN IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL.

THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO LIMIT THEMSELVES TO A MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE THAT IS UNUSUAL IN OUR NON RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

NONE OF OUR NON RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS HAVE A MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE.

SO, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A WIN OUT OF THAT ON THIS ONE.

SITE PHOTOS I THINK EVERYBODY IS FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE.

WE NOTIFIED 60 ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS PLUS THE SIGN ON THE PROPERTY NOTICED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, BUT ONCE EVERYBODY HEARD WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED, NO ONE HAD ANY OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY 7 TO 0.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE AGAIN, NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, BUT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY REMARKS BEFORE WE HAVE A PUBLIC.

COUNCILWOMAN DONOVAN BRANDON. THANK YOU. AND MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE.

LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, I'M NEW HERE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO IT MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T BUILD IMPERVIOUS MORE THAN 40% OF THE ENTIRE LOT CAN'T BE IMPERVIOUS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. COUNCILMAN. STEVES. DID THE PLANNING AND ZONING HAVE ANY ISSUES? DID THEY DISCUSS ANY? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY? I SEE THEY VOTED SEVEN TO NOTHING. BUT WAS THERE ANY ISSUES THAT THEY BROUGHT UP? NOTHING THAT STICKS OUT IN MY MIND TONIGHT. NO.

OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS 7:13. EVERYBODY. OH. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? IF YOU'LL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO. NO.

WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT. ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW THAT IT'S CLOSED, I WILL SAY I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED THAT CARTER BLOODCARE IS EXPANDING ITS BUSINESS.

AND IT'S A FANTASTIC PARTNER TO HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT HELPS SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND I THINK HAVING THEM AS A NEIGHBOR AND WITHIN.

I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. I THINK IT'S GREAT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION.

COUNCILMAN SABOL MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JOY DONOVAN.

BRANDON. LET'S VOTE.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH GREAT PARTNERS.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GET BIGGER AND MORE.

I DON'T KNOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY MORE BETTER, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 901.

OH MY GOD. I'LL GET MY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO READ THAT OKAY.

ITEM NUMBER NINE IS CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE,

[9. Consider an ordinance approving a resolution authorizing the issuance, sale, and delivery of Trinity River Authority of Texas (Tarrant County Water Supply Project) improvement revenue bonds and approving and authorizing instruments and procedures relating thereto.]

AND WITH US TODAY, FROM THE AUTHORITY WE HAVE MATTHEW JALBERT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. SO, AS USUAL, I USUALLY COME HERE ONCE A YEAR TO ASK FOR APPROVAL FOR BOND RESOLUTION FOR OUR TARRANT COUNTY WATER SUPPLY PROJECT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL, WE ARE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS. SO WE ARE A REGIONAL WATER AND WASTEWATER PROVIDER FOR THE AREA.

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AND SO FOR THIS ITEM HERE TODAY, WE HAVE OUR TARRANT COUNTY WATER SUPPLY PROJECT.

SO WE ACTUALLY GET OUR DRINKING WATER FROM LAKE ARLINGTON, WHICH YOU SEE THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE GOES THROUGH OUR RAW WATER INTAKE, AND WE PUMP IT THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION LINES UP TO OUR TREATMENT FACILITY.

THEY'RE LOCATED OFF OF TRINITY BOULEVARD. AND THEN WE PROVIDE THAT WATER WHOLESALE TO THE CUSTOMERS, AS YOU SEE THERE. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE CURRENT CAPITAL PLANNING THAT WE'VE GOT AND SOME PROJECT STATUS.

SO HERE'S KIND OF OUR OVERALL VIEW OF SHOWING WHAT WE'VE GOT WITHIN OUR PROJECT.

SO OUR RAW WATER TRANSMISSION LINE, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE IN PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

WE'RE IN THE STAGES OF REPLACING THAT IN TWO PHASES AS WELL AS WE'VE GOT SOME WORK GOING ON MURPHY DRIVE PUMP STATION.

I KNOW MOST OF YOU PROBABLY WERE WELL AWARE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING QUITE A BIT IN THERE AND DOING A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT PUMP STATION, AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR GROUNDWATER STORAGE TANKS BEING REHABBED, AND THEN WE'VE JUST COMPLETED SOME WORK OUT, SOME ARC FLASH WORK OVER IN OUR BOOSTER PUMP STATIONS IN COLLIERVILLE AND NORTH RICHLAND HILLS. SO, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE RAW WATER TRANSMISSION LINE.

SO WE'VE GOT TWO LINES THERE BASICALLY ABOUT YOU KNOW, I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU.

YEAH. ART FLASH. YEAH. SO THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

SO IF YOU GOT A PERSONNEL YEAH. LIKE ARK. I'M SORRY.

ARK. YEAH. SO IT'S ELECTRICAL TERM FOR SAFETY? YEP. SO GETTING INTO OUR WATER TRANSMISSION IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE GOT AN EXISTING 54 INCH PIPELINE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A 30 INCH PIPELINE. SO IN THE EVENT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF FAILURES IN THIS LINE.

SO IF I EVER HAVE AN ISSUE WITH OUR 54 INCH LINE, WHICH I'VE HAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMERTIME, THERE'S TIMES WHERE WE HAVE TO STRUGGLE GETTING IT TO THE 30 INCH LINE, AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES OVER OF THE TIME.

WE'VE REACHED ABOUT 50 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS LINE, SO WE'RE REPLACING THAT WITH ABOUT NINE MILES OF 72 INCH PIPELINE.

WE'RE TAKING A PROGRAM MANAGEMENT APPROACH WITH THIS. SO SOMEONE'S KIND OF OVERSEEING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE DESIGN OF IT. AND THEN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH WE'RE REPLACING AND WHERE THE PHASES ARE.

SO PHASE ONE WILL START AT THE LAKE ARLINGTON PUMP STATION.

AND THEN WE'LL STOP IT RIGHT ABOUT THE TRAIN TRACKS THERE, YOU SEE, RIGHT BEFORE IT GETS TO VILLAGE CREEK, AND THEN BEYOND VILLAGE CREEK UP INTO THE TREATMENT FACILITY.

WE'LL HAVE TO REPLACE THAT SECTION AS WELL. SO RIGHT NOW OUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN IS AT 70%.

WE'VE FINALIZED OUR ALIGNMENT. EVERYTHING IS SET ON THAT.

SO WE'VE GOT OUR FINAL DESIGN CONSULTANTS ON BOARD.

SO WE'LL HAVE TWO DESIGN ENGINEERS. THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH ONE PROGRAM MANAGER AND WE'LL REWARD THAT HERE COMING UP AT OUR JUNE BOARD.

SO THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW BUSY WE ARE AT THE FACILITY AND WHY YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THE, THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT IDENTIFIED WITHIN OUR CIP.

SO THIS IS OUR TREATMENT FACILITY. WE'RE HITTING EVERYTHING IN THE FACILITY RIGHT NOW.

PRETTY MUCH OUR BIGGEST PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PINK.

THAT'S OUR FILTER REHAB FILTER REHABILITATION PROJECT.

AND SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL FILTERS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO IMPROVEMENTS ON TO CHANGE THE MEDIA OUT REACH THAT TIME OF TO REPLACE.

WE'VE ALSO GOT HIGH SERVICE PUMP STATION THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. IT'S OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE ELECTRICAL ROOM IS OUT OF DATE TRYING TO UPGRADE ALL THOSE.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THERE AS WELL.

MURPHY DRIVE PUMP STATION. SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE WANTING TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THAT, WE'RE ABOUT 25% COMPLETE.

HOPEFULLY BY MAY OF 2027 WE'LL BE WRAPPED UP.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON SITE INSTALLING THE PIERS FOR THE NEW PUMP STATION.

AND OF COURSE WE'VE GOT THE PUMPS WILL BE WITNESSED HERE COMING IN SPRING.

THIS IS KIND OF THE GENERAL SITE LAYOUT OF WHAT THAT NEW FACILITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT THERE. THE PUMP STATIONS BEING LOCATED TO THE BACK CORNER THERE.

WE'VE ALREADY REHABBED GROUND STORAGE TANKS ONE AND FOUR, AND WE'RE WORKING ON GROUND STORAGE TANKS TWO AND THREE AS WELL.

AND THEN ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT LISTED IN HERE ON THE CIP FOR 2025 IS THE NEW BACKUP GENERATORS.

SO THAT WAY, IN CASE WE HAVE A WINTER STORM URI OR WE HAVE A POWER OUTAGE, WE CAN KEEP DELIVERING WATER WITH NO PRESSURE ISSUES TO THE CITIES.

THIS GIVES YOU SOME PROGRESS PHOTOS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GONE IN AND BUILT THE FENCE BEHIND THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH IT. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE MOW STRIP, AND THE FENCE THERE KIND OF BLOCKS THE WAY.

WE ALSO WENT AHEAD AND HAD THE CONTRACTOR INSTALL SOUND BARRIERS, SO WE MEET THE CITY'S DECIBEL LEVELS AS WELL.

TRYING TO STAY BELOW 80DB ON THAT. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME STORMWATER WORK THERE AT THE YOU SEE THERE IN THE FAR RIGHT TO KIND OF HELP WITH THE WATER AS IT GOES ON THE FENCE.

THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW BIG THESE PUMPS ARE.

THAT'S A THAT MOTOR IS ABOUT AS BIG AS A PERSON THERE.

SOME OF THE SWITCHGEAR THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.

THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE FINDING WHEN WE'RE REHABBING OUR TANKS.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A WHOLE NEW ROOF ON BOTH TANKS.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE DRAIN THE TANK, YOU'VE GOT SOME CORROSION UP THERE AND SOME HOLES WITHIN THE TANK.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING ALL THAT OFF OF THERE. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN AND ASSEMBLE A WHOLE NEW ROOF ON BOTH OF THOSE TANKS.

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AND THEY BECAME WE WE SPENT MORE ON REHABBING AND WE COULD HAVE JUST REPLACED IT.

SO WE ENDED UP CHANGING SOME DIRECTION AT THAT TIME.

AND NOW WE'VE GONE TO FULL REPLACEMENT ON THOSE. SO, FOR TONIGHT, THE BOND RESOLUTION THAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU IS FOR ABOUT 62.49 MILLION AND KIND OF GIVES YOU OUT THE PROJECTS LISTED THERE.

AND I SHOWED YOU SOME PHOTOS OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITHIN THE TREATMENT FACILITY.

LAST YEAR I THINK I PROPOSED ABOUT 30 MILLION.

SO THIS IS ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT WE'VE GOT. AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF THAT WORK THAT WE'RE HAVING, AND A LOT OF IT IS DRIVEN BY CONDITIONS. SO 42 MILLION OF THAT IS CONDITION, ABOUT 3% CAPACITY.

AND ABOUT 29% OF THAT IS REGULATORY. THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE RATES, YOU KNOW, COST PER THOUSAND LOOK LIKE.

FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR BUDGET YEAR, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT $5.25.

WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING PROBABLY IN 26 IS $5.38.

NOW WE'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BUDGETING PROCESS.

SO WE USUALLY HAVE OUR WE DO THREE CUSTOMER ADVISORY MEETINGS.

WE DO ONE AND WE'RE HAVING 1 IN 2 WEEKS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ONE IN JULY AND AUGUST WHERE WE'LL ACTUALLY PRESENT WHAT OUR BUDGET WILL BE FOR 26.

SO THOSE NUMBERS MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY, BUT JUST ON THE O&M SIDE.

SO AT LEAST WE'VE GOT THE DEBT SERVICE PLUGGED INTO THOSE NUMBERS.

AND ONE THING THAT KAREN HAD ASKED ME TO INCLUDE AS WELL IS ON THE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD AS PART OF Y'ALL'S PERCENT OF FLOWS.

SO ALL ARE ABOUT 20% OF THE FLOWS. SO WE BREAK DOWN.

IT'S OUR OPERATIONAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENT, OUR DEBT SERVICE, AND THEN WHAT THAT TOTAL AMOUNT IS AND WHAT WE'VE KIND OF ESTIMATED, USUALLY THE FIRST 2 OR 3 YEARS ARE PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATES.

EVERYTHING BEYOND THAT, THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR PLANS ARE COMING FORWARD.

SO, THE NEW MAXIMUM BOND AUTHORIZATION AMOUNT FOR THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT 68.6 MILLION.

REASON WHY IT'S MORE THAN WHAT I'VE SHOWN ON THE WHAT OUR PROJECTS TOTALS ARE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO DEBT SERVICE, DEBT RESERVE, AS WELL AS A BOND, FEES AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THAT IS OUR DEBT RESERVE FOR THE BOND.

AND WITH THAT, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THAT.

I RECALL MAYOR BOYTER WOULD ALWAYS ASK, CAN WE VOTE NO? WHAT HAPPENS IF WE VOTE NO? WELL, IF YOU VOTE NO, THEN WE'D HAVE TO BASICALLY REPLACE EVERYTHING THROUGH O AND M, WHICH THAT WOULD REALLY BE. THAT WOULD, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE RATES, IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.

SO BY DOING THIS, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE RATES CONTROLLED BY ISSUING LONG TERM DEBT RATHER THAN ME HAVING TO GO SPEND, YOU KNOW, 30 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, $10 MILLION FOR A NEW PUMP STATION OUT OF O AND M, THAT WOULD BE A VERY BIG HIT ON THE ON THE RATE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION.

IS IT A MOTION TO? MOTION TO APPROVE. COUNCILMAN STEVES WITH THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS. LET'S VOTE.

HEY, THERE YOU GO. UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD ONE. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE ARE ON TO ITEM TEN.

[10. Consider a resolution adopting the 2025-2030 Library Business Plan and presentation of the Library Satisfaction Survey results.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I ALWAYS LIKE COMING BEFORE YOU, BUT TONIGHT'S ESPECIALLY EXCITING BECAUSE IT SHOWS A LOT OF WORK THAT MY LIBRARY STAFF AND REALLY THE COMMUNITY AND THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HELPED TO CREATE THE NEW PROPOSED LIBRARY BUSINESS PLAN.

SO THE VISION OF THE LIBRARY IS THAT WE ENRICH, EMPOWER AND TRANSFORM LIVES.

AND WE'VE KEPT THIS THE SAME FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT AT MINIMUM, WE SHOULD BE ENRICHING LIVES.

SOMETIMES WE EMPOWER PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN LIVES, AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, WE GET TO TRANSFORM SOMEBODY'S LIFE.

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO INFORMATION, FOSTER A LOVE OF READING, AND INSPIRE LIFELONG LEARNING THROUGH QUALITY RESOURCES AND INNOVATIVE SERVICES. IN ORDER TO WRITE THE LIBRARY BUSINESS PLAN, WE HAD TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT ONE WITH THE HELP OF BRANDY WEST, WHO IS OUR WHO IS A TRAINED FACILITATOR.

AND WE HAD THREE PUBLIC FOCUS GROUPS. IN ADDITION, SHE MET WITH THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND MET WITH OUR STAFF TOGETHER.

THOUGHTS? BECAUSE SOMETIMES IN A SURVEY, YOU GET A COMMENT AND YOU'RE LIKE, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

OR WE DO THAT OR, WOW, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OR I WONDER WHAT THEY MEANT BY THAT.

AND THE FOCUS GROUPS DO ALLOW US TO GET MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING.

WE ALSO REVIEWED OUR SURVEYS FROM 2022 TO 2024.

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SO 23 PEOPLE GOT A JOB OR A BETTER JOB BECAUSE OF THE LIBRARY.

I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S ONE WHERE WE TRANSFORM SOMEBODY'S LIFE BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING INCOME COMING IN 686 PEOPLE STUDIED OR LEARNED SOMETHING NEW.

SO ON THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, WE HELPED EMPOWER THEM.

530 HAD ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, 311 PEOPLE SAVED MONEY.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU ON SOME OF OUR REALLY BIG LIBRARY USERS, IF THEY GO INTO THEIR ACCOUNT, IT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE SPENT. SO LAST WEEK I SAW SOMEBODY WHO HAD SAVED OVER $24,000 BECAUSE THEY USE THE LIBRARY AND READ SO MUCH.

159 PEOPLE IMPROVED THEIR HEALTH. 96 PEOPLE MADE A FRIEND.

I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BEST SURVEY COMMENTS WE HAD WAS A MOM WHO SAID, WE MET AT STORY TIME AND WE FORMED A BOOK CLUB.

AND YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU'VE EVER TALKED TO A CAREGIVER WHO IS HOME ALONE WITH KIDS AND THEY GET TO TALK TO AN ADULT, SOMETIMES THEY WILL TALK YOUR EAR OFF BECAUSE THEY ARE LONELY.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THIS KID TO TALK TO AND THEY REALLY NEED OTHER ADULTS.

SO THAT THAT COMMENT MADE ME REALLY HAPPY. AND 57 WERE ABLE TO WORK REMOTELY.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T WORKING IN THE OFFICE ANYMORE, BUT THEY'RE COMING TO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THEIR WIFI CRASHES AT HOME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED SOME BANDWIDTH AND THEY CAN FIND IT AT THE LIBRARY.

OR MAYBE THEY HAVE A DOG WHO BARKS ALL THE TIME, AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE ON A CONFERENCE CALL, AND THEY CAN'T HAVE THAT DOG BARKING IN THE BACKGROUND, AND THEY COME AND USE ONE OF OUR STUDY ROOMS. OUR TOP RANKED SERVICES CONTINUE TO BE CHECKING OUT MATERIALS IN 2020 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

THE LIBRARY CIRCULATED OVER 440,000 ITEMS. STAFF ANSWERED 63,000 QUESTIONS.

20,439 ITEMS WERE CHECKED OUT THROUGH THE DRIVE UP WINDOW.

OVER 73,000 E-BOOKS AND E-AUDIOBOOKS WERE CHECKED OUT, WHICH WAS A 22% INCREASE IN CIRCULATION OF DIGITAL MATERIALS, WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE INVESTED THE LAST TWO YEARS IN HAVING MORE IN AN ADVANTAGE PLAN FOR OUR LIBBY APP.

AND IT'S SHOWING IN THE CIRCULATION NUMBERS. 80 OVER 38,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED 902 PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE LIBRARY. OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE RATINGS. 96%. ABILITY OF STAFF TO QUICKLY ASSIST PATRONS. 96%. RATED US AS FRIENDLY AND 93% RATED US AS BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE.

OVERALL, OUR SERVICE RATINGS INCREASE IS A REFLECTION IN THE INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE TO RECLASSIFYING.

POSITIONS IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET YEAR AND ALSO THE SALARY INCREASES.

WE JUST WE HAD PEOPLE WHO'D SAY, WELL, I LIKE WORKING FOR YOU, BUT I CAN GO MAKE MONEY AT XYZ CITY.

AND SO THIS REALLY MADE AN IMPACT ON THOSE RATINGS.

LET'S SEE. THE BEDFORD LIBRARY IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF PROVIDING FOR MY HOUSEHOLD'S LIBRARY NEEDS.

70% STRONGLY AGREE AND 26% AGREE. NOW, WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS NUMBER IS LAST YEAR IT WAS 3% STRONGLY AGREED AND WE WENT UP TO 70% THAT STRONGLY AGREED.

SO THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE WAS 96%. BUT WE HAD THAT SHIFT FROM GOING TO AGREE TO STRONGLY AGREE.

THE OVERALL GRADE FOR THE LIBRARY WAS AN A, 88% OF RESPONDENTS GAVE US AN A AND ANOTHER 8% GAVE US A B. SO AGAIN, THAT 96 NUMBER WE SEEM TO HIT RIGHT THERE.

WHEN YOU COMBINE EXCELLENT AND GOOD, OR A AND B OR STRONGLY AGREE AND AGREE.

WE SEEM TO LAND ON THAT NUMBER QUITE A BIT IN TERMS OF THE FLASH VOTE.

WE ASKED HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE SURVEY ACTUALLY HAD VISITED THE LIBRARY IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, AND 69% OF THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK IT HAD BEEN IN THE LIBRARY.

AND I BET A LOT OF THE PEOPLE CAME BECAUSE THEY HAD TO VOTE AND THEY VOTED AT THE LIBRARY.

SO THEY A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEY LIKE BEST ABOUT THE LIBRARY, EVEN IF THEY DON'T USE THIS FOR ANYTHING ELSE,

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THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO VISIT YOU.

OTHERS SAID WE'RE UNAWARE OF ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, AND THERE WAS A PERCEPTION THAT THE LIBRARY JUST DOESN'T HAVE MATERIALS OF INTEREST, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BLOWS MY MIND BECAUSE AT LEAST YOU CAN COME TO THE LIBRARY AS A BEDFORD RESIDENT AND CHECK OUT A CARPET CLEANER OR MARGARITA MACHINE.

I MEAN, THERE'S BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS, WE OUGHT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS EVERYBODY.

ONE AFTER THE OTHER RIGHT. IN TERMS OF DESIRED EVENTS, WE SAID, WHAT KIND OF THINGS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE US DO? THEY SAID, HEY, WE WANT AUTHOR TALKS, WE WANT EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, AND WE AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS AND DIVERSE PROGRAMING.

WELL GUESS WHAT? WE DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE DO THESE THINGS, THEY DON'T KNOW WE'RE DOING THEM.

SO WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB ON MARKETING.

AND ANOTHER THING WE ASKED IS WHERE DO YOU FIND YOUR READING MATERIAL? WHERE HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO READ? AND MANY OF THEM RELY ON GOODREADS AND DIFFERENT ONLINE PLATFORMS. PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND BESTSELLER LISTS IS A WAY TO FIND NEW BOOKS AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS TO SEE.

ARE WE ALIGNED? I KNOW THAT I ORDERED THE FICTION.

I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT THE BEST SELLER LIST. I LOOK AT TIC TOC THEY OR BOOK TOC, AS THEY CALL IT.

BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER ONLINE PLATFORMS THAT I NEED TO GET AND, YOU KNOW, GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE MISSING? IN TERMS OF READING PREFERENCE, THE COMMUNITY ENJOYS A WIDE RANGE OF GENRES, WITH FICTION, MYSTERY AND NONFICTION BEING PARTICULARLY POPULAR.

AND THE GREAT NEWS IS THE LIBRARY HAS ALL OF THESE THINGS FOR YOU.

SO, WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN IN TERMS OF THE LIBRARY BUSINESS PLAN? SO, WE WENT THROUGH ALL THESE COMMENTS IN THE FOCUS GROUPS.

AND WE DECIDED THAT THE THREE FOCUS AREAS, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY THINGS THAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ON BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE NOT GOOD AT ANY OF THEM.

AND SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON ENGAGEMENT.

WE WANT THE LIBRARY TO BE A WELCOMING PLACE FOR EVERYBODY WHO COMES.

WE WANT TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO A WORLD OF IDEAS.

WE WANT TO HAVE ENRICHMENT WHERE WE'RE ENRICHING THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY ENLIGHTENING THEM.

SO UNDER ENGAGEMENT NUMBER ONE, THE POSITIVE PATRON EXPERIENCE.

SO LIBRARY STAFF ARE FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING PAIN POINTS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ELIMINATING THEM.

AND ONE OF THE PAIN POINTS THAT WE HEAR IS, WHY DO I HAVE TO COME INTO THE LIBRARY TO GET A LIBRARY CARD? YOU KNOW, I CAN GET A CREDIT CARD AND I DON'T HAVE TO COME INTO THE LIBRARY.

AND SO ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, TWO SERVICES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WILL ACTUALLY DO ADDRESS VERIFICATION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A LIBRARY OR A CREDIT CARD. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

THE OTHER THING PEOPLE SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WHY DO I HAVE TO RENEW MY LIBRARY CARD EVERY THREE YEARS? WELL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PASS AWAY, THEY MOVE. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LIBRARY DATABASE IS ACTUALLY ACTIVE PATRONS AND NOT PEOPLE WHO LEFT TEN YEARS AGO. AND WE STILL HAVE THEM IN THE SYSTEM.

AND SO ANOTHER SERVICE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WOULD SET UP A GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY AND AUTOMATICALLY RENEW PEOPLE'S LIBRARY CARDS IF IT SHOWED THAT THEY HADN'T MOVED. AND SO THOSE ARE TWO THOSE ARE TWO PAIN POINTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ALLEVIATE.

BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, I'M NOT COMPETING WITH THE HURST AND EULESS LIBRARY.

I'M COMPETING WITH AMAZON'S KINDLE UNLIMITED.

I'M COMPETING WITH NETFLIX AND ALL OF THE USER RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO MANY OF THESE SERVICES YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOME TO USE.

AND SO WE HAVE TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS OUR CORPORATE COMPETITORS.

THE USE OF THE SURVEY AND THE FLASH VOTE HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE IN KEEPING US RELEVANT, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO BE A GATHERING PLACE, AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE OPTIMIZE THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC COMING IN.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A BANNER YEAR IN TERMS OF OPTIMIZING SPACE WITHIN THE LIBRARY.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ENCLOSING THE CHILDREN'S AREA.

WE HAVE TWO PIECES OF GLASS, AN ORANGE PIECE OF GLASS AND A YELLOW PIECE OF GLASS THAT KEEP GETTING BROKEN BY OUR GLASS CONTRACTOR.

AND SO. BUT IF YOU COME IN, THE DOORS ARE THERE AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH THERE AND THE, THE NOISE LEVEL HAS GONE DOWN.

BUT WHAT REALLY THRILLS PARENTS IS THEIR KIDS CAN'T ESCAPE THEM.

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AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE COMPUTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE DOORS HAVE NOTICED THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE MORE BECAUSE OF THE NOISE.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE MISSING TWO PIECES OF GLASS, YOU KNOW, THE NOISE HAS IMPROVED.

AND THAT THAT DID NOT COME FROM THE LIBRARIANS THAT CAME FROM THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THE SURVEYS.

AND IT CAME FROM TWO DIFFERENT PAIN POINTS, ONE FOR NOISE FOR THE COMPUTER USERS AND THE OTHER FOR PARENTS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR KIDS HITTING THE PARKING LOT.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MOMS SOMETIMES ARE COMING IN WITH TWO AND THREE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THE LITTLE ONE, YOU KNOW, AND THE MIDDLE SIZED ONE ESCAPES. SO THIS HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD.

THE OTHER THING WE DID WAS WE ADDED AN AWNING.

SO IF IT'S RAINING AND YOU COME, IT'S TIME TO CLOSE THE LIBRARY.

AND YOUR RIDE'S NOT THERE. YOU'RE WAITING FOR YOUR UBER.

WHEN WE CLOSE THE LIBRARY DOORS, YOU CAN STAND UNDER THE AWNING AND NOT GET WET.

SO THAT'S A VERY NICE THING FOR PEOPLE. AND IF IT'S RAINING REALLY HARD, THE DOORS WILL STILL OPEN.

SO WE HAD HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RAIN BEING A CONSTANT MOTION AND THEN THEY DIDN'T OPEN AT ALL.

AND THEN DUE TO LOW USAGE OF THE TECHNOLOGY CENTER, YOU WOULD WALK BY THAT ROOM AND MAYBE 1 OR 2 PEOPLE WOULD BE USING A COMPUTER.

OUR FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN US $28,000 TO PURCHASE NEW FURNITURE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TURN THAT INTO A PROGRAMING SPACE, BECAUSE WHILE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN WITH THEIR OWN COMPUTERS AND THEY DON'T NEED OUR COMPUTERS AS MUCH, WHAT THEY DO WANT TO SEE FROM US IS MORE PROGRAMS. AND WHEN WE DO ELECTIONS AND LOSE THE ENTIRE ROOM, THAT'LL GIVE OUR ADULT PROGRAMMERS A SPACE THAT THEY CAN PROGRAM IN.

AND WHEN WE DO A COOKING CLASS OR A SEWING CLASS, PEOPLE WALK BY AND THEY GO, OH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE? BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE OF THE GLASS WINDOWS.

OUR THIRD GOAL IS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION. THAT IS THE HARDEST THING I THINK, THAT ANY OF US FACE, WHETHER WE'RE EMAILING, TEXTING OR TALKING TO PEOPLE, WE SIMPLY COMMUNICATION IS HARD.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO PROJECT WISE THIS YEAR IS WE'RE RESEARCHING A NEW NOTIFICATION SYSTEM WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH SMS TEXT AND THROUGH EMAILS, WHICH CURRENTLY THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WILL MARK US AS SPAM AND SO OR JUST THEY'LL PUT US ON A BLACKLIST AND THEN OUR ILS HAS TO CONTACT THEM AND SAY, NO, THIS IS THIS IS REALLY TRUE NOTIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO COME OUT FROM THE LIBRARY. AND THEN WE GET PUT ON THE WHITELIST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER YAHOO WILL SAY, OH, THIS MUST BE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE SPAMMING.

AND SO SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY GOING THROUGH THAT.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH OUR LIBRARY USERS ABOUT THEIR HOLDS AND THEIR OVERDUE NOTICES. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A E-BLAST NEWSLETTER THAT WE SEND OUT AND THAT WORKS REALLY WELL.

OUR APRIL EMAIL NEWSLETTER HAD 48% OPEN RATE, WHICH IS REALLY HIGH.

WHEN WE WERE WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO OTHER LIBRARIES ABOUT THEIR MESSAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. THEY'RE LOOKING THEY'RE SAYING, OH, WE HAVE A 33% OPEN RATE.

AND I'M LIKE, OH, WE HAVE 48, BUT NO. BUT THAT THAT E-MAIL GOES OUT TO 26,000 PEOPLE. SO IT'S A GOOD, GOOD OPEN RATE AND IS VERY EFFECTIVE.

SO OUR NEXT FOCUS AREA IS KNOWLEDGE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND WHAT THEY WANT TO READ AT THE LIBRARY. AND SO IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THE LIBRARY HAS ACCEPTED 136 PURCHASE SUGGESTIONS.

SO IF YOU CAN'T FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD OWN, YOU CAN GO INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND SAY, HEY LIBRARY, I THINK YOU NEED TO PURCHASE XYZ AND WE WILL LOOK AT IT.

AND IF IT IS A NEW MATERIAL PUBLISHED WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'LL PURCHASE IT.

A LOT OF TIMES WE SAY, OH, WE ALREADY ORDERED IT.

THEY JUST DIDN'T LOOK THERE BEFORE THEY PUT IN THEIR SEARCH, THEIR PURCHASE SUGGESTION.

SOMETIMES WE DO REJECT THEM. AND IF IT'S IF IT'S NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY JUST THAT ONE PERSON'S GOING TO CHECK IT OUT.

AND SO THOSE WE DO AN INTERLIBRARY LOAN AND WE'LL ASK ANOTHER LIBRARY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT'S ON OUR SHARE CONSORTIUM TO GET THAT ITEM. SO WE DO TAKE PURCHASE SUGGESTIONS, BUT WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HIGH INTEREST, HIGH DEMAND ITEMS. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE STANDARDS THAT I SET FOR MYSELF IS THAT WHEN I ORDER A FICTION BOOK, I WANT IT TO GO OUT AT LEAST TEN TIMES. YOU KNOW, NOW, SOMETIMES IT'LL BE IT'LL ONLY GO OUT FIVE TIMES.

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SO BUT WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE TURNOVER RATES OF OUR BOOKS AND OUR COLLECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, BECAUSE PURCHASING MATERIALS IS WHERE A MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET DOLLARS GO.

OUR GOAL NUMBER TWO IS BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

AND WE DO THAT BY PROVIDING FREE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

WHEN I FIRST OPENED IN 2011, WE HAD 65 COMPUTERS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

NOW, WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE 25, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN WITH THEIR OWN DEVICES.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN NEED A COMPUTER BECAUSE THEIR IPHONE, WHICH WE INSIST ON CALLING A SMARTPHONE, IS ACTUALLY A COMPUTER THAT THEY CAN CARRY EVERYWHERE WITH THEM.

AND SO THE BANDWIDTH IS MORE IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE THAN ACTUALLY THE DEVICES.

OOPS. SO GOAL NUMBER THREE IS ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

AND WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE LIBRARIES CHANGING.

HOW DO WE STAY RELEVANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT ARE OUR NEIGHBORS DOING? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY DOING WHEN LIBRARIES SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE AND USE OUR TIME WISER THEN WE DO THAT.

AND I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MOLLY INTRODUCED ME TO WAS CHATGPT.

AND SO SOMETIMES I CAN DO A REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, PROMPT AND IT SAVES, YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES OF ME TRYING TO BRAINSTORM IT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER. AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE LOOK AT IS DO WE HAVE A HEALTHY CULTURE FOR OUR STAFF.

YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE BECAUSE WE ARE A PUBLIC LIBRARY? THAT MEANS EVERYBODY GETS TO COME IN AND NOT EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN IS VERY NICE.

AND SO I GET THE QUESTION A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THESE SHIELDS DOWN FROM THE FROM THE INFORMATION DESK AND FROM THE YOUTH DESK? AND IT'S LIKE WE'RE NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE THROW THINGS AT US.

I'M NOT LYING. PEOPLE THROW THINGS AT US. THEY'VE TRIED TO SPIT ON US.

YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY WHO COMES TO THE LIBRARY IS NICE.

98, 99% OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME IN ARE WONDERFUL, BUT FOR THAT 1% WHO ARE NOT NICE, WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE BARRIERS IN PLACE.

AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE THINK THAT WE'RE PREVENTING YOU FROM GIVING US COVID, IT'S THAT OUR STAFF DESERVE NOT TO HAVE THINGS THROWN AT THEIR HEAD.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF SOMEBODY SAYS TO YOU, WHY DO THEY STILL HAVE THAT? DON'T THEY KNOW THAT IT'S 2024 AND COVID IS GONE? YOU KNOW, PLEASE EDUCATE THEM THAT THAT IS NOT THE REASON WE HAVE THOSE BARRIERS IN PLACE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'VE GOT AN EXCITING PROJECT WITH METABASE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO TAKE A DASHBOARD OF INFORMATION FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER IT'S WALKING, COUNT, CIRCULATION, WHAT TYPES OF THINGS CIRCULATE, AND IT PUTS IT ALL ON THIS DASHBOARD. AND SO WE CAN MAKE QUERIES AND SAY, OKAY, ON THIS DAY WE HAD THIS PROGRAM.

HOW MANY CHECKOUTS DID WE HAVE? WAS THAT A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE CHECKOUT THAT WE HAD DURING THAT HOUR BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM WAS THERE OR WAS IT THE SAME? AND THIS PROGRAM ISN'T AS EFFECTIVE AS THIS OTHER PROGRAM.

AND SO WE CAN START MAKING DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS ON WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO WE OFFER AND WHAT COLLECTIONS ARE CIRCULATING BETTER.

AND, YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, WHAT COLLECTIONS NEED TO GO.

I IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WE WON'T HAVE DVDS BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S STREAMING.

SO OUR LAST FOCUS AREA IS ENRICHMENT, AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON LIFELONG LEARNING.

ONE OF OUR PATRONS, DOCTOR REVEREND REGINA JACKSON, RECENTLY SENT A THANK YOU CARD TO THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR HELP AND SUPPORT.

SHE SAID, I BENEFITED SO MUCH FROM THE BEDFORD LIBRARY DURING THE WRITING OF MY DISSERTATION LAST YEAR, AND SO NOW SHE IS A DOCTOR, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS SOMEONE WHO, BECAUSE OF OUR STUDY ROOMS, WAS ABLE TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES. IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY.

THE LIBRARY ENRICHES LIVES BY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO BEER AND BRATS OR THE PUMPKIN PATCH OR HB READS, I, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE POWER OF THE LIBRARY IS, YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T THE SAME AS YOU, BUT YOU GET TO FIND THESE AREAS OF THINGS OF, I'M A READER, I LOVE READING, OR I HAVE A CHILD, AND WE BOTH LIKE TAKING OUR KIDS TO THE STORYTIMES AND THEY START MAKING THESE CONNECTIONS.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE TRACK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DID YOU MAKE A FRIEND? BECAUSE WE HEAR A LOT OF TIMES THAT ESPECIALLY FOR ADULTS WHO ARE WHO'VE RECENTLY MOVED HERE,

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OUR LAST GOAL IS ENRICHMENT. GOAL IS OUTREACH.

AND I THINK THE HB READS IS ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT WE DO WELL AND WHEN WE DO IT WELL WITH OTHERS.

THE BEDFORD COMMUNITY LAST YEAR IN OUR SUMMER READING CHALLENGE, READ 3,649,612 MINUTES, FAR SURPASSING OUR 3,000,000 MINUTE GOAL. AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS WAS OUT OF ALL THREE LIBRARIES, BEDFORD HAD THE MOST ADULTS WHO ENROLLED IN OUR SUMMER READING CHALLENGE.

SO WE ALL HAD KIDS, BUT THEY WERE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT THE ADULTS ARE ENROLLING? AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OUR ADULTS FEEL LIKE THE LIBRARY ISN'T JUST FOR KIDS.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, OH, YOU GUYS ARE JUST FOR KIDS, YOU JUST HAVE KIDS PROGRAMS? NO, WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF STAFF DEDICATED TO ADULT PROGRAMING AS WE DO CHILDREN'S PROGRAMING, BUT HB READS ALLOWS US TO REACH STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS MAY COME FROM A CULTURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

THAT LIBRARY SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR.

AND SO BY WORKING WITH THE ISD, THEY'RE PROMOTING THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE THROUGH THEIR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LIBRARIANS IN A WAY THAT WE CAN'T REACH. SO WE HAVE THIS LIBRARY BUSINESS PLAN, AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS YEAR? SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT OUR NEW HOLDS NOTIFICATION AND MESSAGING SYSTEM.

WE'RE GOING TO FINISH IN CLOSING THE CHILDREN'S ENTRANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH TO INCREASE LIBRARY AWARENESS.

AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT WITH SOME SOME PROGRAMS. AND YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR COUNCIL UPDATES THAT WE SAY, OH, WE DID OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS SCHOOL OR FOR THIS GROUP.

IF YOU HAVE AN HOA, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE LIBRARY.

OR IF YOU'RE AN APARTMENT MANAGER HERE IN BEDFORD, WE'D LOVE TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE DIFFERENT LIBRARY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE. SO IF YOU'RE LISTENING, CALL ME. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE, I WOULD SAY, 90% OF THE STUFF THAT PEOPLE WANT US TO HAVE, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT US TO HAVE, BUT THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE SOMETIMES.

OUR SURVEY, WHEN WE SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE NEW SERVICES? WE KNOW THAT THEY MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT SERVICE.

AND OUR SURVEY IS ONE WAY THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT WITH THEM.

BUT MOLLY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT, HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION? BECAUSE WE DO COMMUNICATE. WE DO SEND OUT INFORMATION.

BUT HOW DO YOU CAPTURE THAT PERSON'S ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, IN THAT, IN THAT MOMENT.

AND SO MOLLY AND ABBY ARE REALLY GOOD AT THIS STUFF, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME OUT.

WE WANT TO REFRESH THE TOYS AND THE CHILDREN'S AREA.

A LOT OF OUR SURVEY COMMENTS WERE LIKE, WE NEED NEW TOYS, WE NEED MORE INTERACTIVE TOYS.

WE NEED MORE. WOW IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THROUGH LIBRARY GIVING DAY THAT THE FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE RAISING MONEY FOR. THEY'RE RAISING MONEY FOR STUDY PODS, FOR INTERACTIVE TOYS AND TO PURCHASE MORE DIGITAL CONTENT.

AND SO THEY'VE SET A GOAL OF $15,000 AND LIBRARY FIRST IS LIBRARY GIVING DAY.

AND THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF TEXAS IS SUPPORTING US.

AND HEB GROCERY STORE, THEY'RE NOT EVEN HERE YET, BUT THEY GAVE $25,000 TO HELP WITH THE MARKETING MATERIALS FOR LIBRARY GIVING DAY. SO THEY'RE ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN BEDFORD.

SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US TO GET THAT FOR US.

AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TRANSFORM THAT TECHNOLOGY CENTER INTO A LEARNING CENTER.

SO IT'LL STILL HAVE TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'LL BE FOCUSED ON LEARNING.

SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME. DO YOU HAVE INPUT? COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

MARIA, GREAT JOB. AND I JUST WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THE LIBRARY DO NONTRADITIONAL OUTREACH ITEMS LIKE HAVE EVENTS AT TURNING POINT.

SO HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE IN PATRONAGE OR PEOPLE SIGNING UP FOR LIBRARY CARDS DOING EVENTS LIKE THAT? I THINK THAT WHAT WE SEE IS THAT OUR PATRONS ARE REALLY HAPPY TO GO TO THOSE PLACES.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY IT HASN'T NECESSARILY TRANSLATED IN THEM COMING BACK TO THE LIBRARY TO GET LIBRARY CARDS.

SO I WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING LIKE COASTERS, YOU KNOW, THE THAT HAVE A QR CODE FOR THE LIBRARY THAT COULD BE GIVEN OUT AT OUR DIFFERENT

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SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING AS A WAY TO MAYBE THEY'LL SCAN THE QR CODE, APPLY FOR THEIR LIBRARY CARD, WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME IN AND GET IF THEY LIVE IN BEDFORD AND THEN THEY CAN START USING OUR DIGITAL RESOURCES, WHICH REALLY THOSE NEVER GET LOST, THEY NEVER GET DAMAGED, YOU KNOW.

AND SO IT'S AND THEY AUTOMATICALLY RETURN. THEY'RE NEVER OVERDUE.

SO YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN-WIN FOR US.

OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE PROGRAMING.

SO, I KNOW YOU HAVE STAFF THAT WORK ON PROGRAMING.

BUT WOULD IT MAKE SENSE FOR LIKE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO APPROACH THE LIBRARY FOR PARTNERSHIP TO INCREASE THEIR PROGRAMING? YES. AND WE WORK WITH ALPHA.

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA. AND THEY DO OUR, OUR BLACK HISTORY STORYTIME.

AND THEY ALSO DO A JUNETEENTH ONE. SO THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS REALLY WELL.

WE DO HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL WE HAVE A FORM FOR PEOPLE TO PROPOSE A PROGRAM PROPOSAL.

AND SO WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO FILL IT OUT, WHO MAYBE HAVE A SKILL OR AN EXPERTISE.

WE DO VERIFY THAT THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO TEACH THE CLASS BEFORE WE APPROVE IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S BEING OFFERED BY SOMEBODY ELSE, IT'S OUR REPUTATION ON THE LINE. BUT WE WELCOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME AND SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T LEARN EVERYTHING. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT ARE VERY TECHNICAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TIME FOR THAT.

OKAY. SO YEAH, THAT I GUESS THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

IF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, HEY, THE LIBRARY LACKS THIS, THERE ARE PEOPLE OFFERING LIKE, WELL, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD EVENT OR PROGRAM TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY. YES. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN DONOVAN BRANDON.

WELL, AS THE COUNCIL PERSON WHO IS THE LIAISON TO THE LIBRARY.

I JUST HAVE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. YOU DO A GREAT JOB.

THE STAFF IS FRIENDLY AND THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD DID WORK HARD ON THIS AND THEY ARE VERY SMART, ENGAGED, CARING PEOPLE. SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THOSE VOLUNTEERS.

WE DO TOO. BUT I JUST AM REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF OUR LIBRARY.

THANK YOU. HEAR, HEAR. WELL, MARIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NO PROBLEM. EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND IF YOU WANT TO LET ME KNOW WHERE THOSE COASTERS GO, I WILL VISIT ANY ESTABLISHMENT WITH A BEDFORD LIBRARY COASTER. YOU JUST TELL ME WHERE TO GO. OKAY, I GOT TO GET THEM PRINTED FIRST.

OKAY. AND THEN TONIGHT, AS PART OF THIS IS THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVES COMMISSION IS, HAS IT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO MAYBE MAKE ALL LIBRARIES BRING THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS TO THEIR GOVERNING BODY.

AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP THAT BOAT BEFORE IT PASSES.

IT MAY NOT PASS, BUT IT DOESN'T HURT FOR YOU GUYS IN THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHERE WE THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR FUTURE IS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET.

OH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE. HANG ON A SECOND.

OH, MARIA, YOU HAVE SOME EVENTS COMING UP? YES.

WHAT'S COMING UP? YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME IN LIKE I'M FLASHING.

WHAT? IS THERE PIE DAY COMING UP? OH, YES. OKAY.

I'M SORRY. WE HAVE LOTS OF EVENTS, BUT ONE OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IS A PIE AND PUPPIES DAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE FRIDAY DURING THE LUNCH HOUR.

IT'S TO CELEBRATE THE MATHEMATICAL PIE. AND SO, WE INVITE PEOPLE TO JOIN US.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE OUR ANIMAL SERVICES THERE WITH THEIR ADOPTION TRAILER.

SO THAT'S THE PUPPY PORTION. AND PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR DOGS TO THE LIBRARY, GREEN SPACE AND MAYBE MEET SOME FURRY FRIENDS.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IS LIBRARY GIVING DAY ON THE APRIL 1ST AND ROADHOUSE, TEXAS ROADHOUSE IS GOING TO DONATE. I THINK IT'S 10% OF ALL FOOD SALES THAT DAY.

AND WE'LL HAVE A QR CODE THAT PEOPLE CAN SCAN, AND YOU CAN GO AND HAVE SOME STEAK AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT HAVING THAT MEAL AND HAVE AN EXCUSE TO EAT OUT. SO, AND THEN WE'RE HAVING AN ADULT EASTER EGG HUNT AT THE LIBRARY LAST YEAR WE DID IT AT TURNING POINT, BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE DOING IT AT THE LIBRARY ON APRIL 15TH, AND TURNING POINT WILL BE THERE WITH ADULT BEVERAGES.

AND THIS ADULT EASTER EGG HUNT IS FOR THE ADULTS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE EGGS, NOT THE KIDS.

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SEE YOU THERE. TURNING POINT IS COMING TO US.

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. WELL, WE HAVE TO. OH, DARN.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. AS ACTING, I THINK I CAN CANCEL THOSE MEETINGS.

BUT WE DID HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILWOMAN SABOL.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILWOMAN DONOVAN BRANDON.

LET'S VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH THANK YOU MARIA.

ALL RIGHT, ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. THIS IS VERY EXCITING TO ME.

[11. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to accept the quotes from Kraftsman Commercial Playgrounds and Water Parks for the installation of new shade structures and related amenities at the Stormie Jones Park and Harris Ryals Park playgrounds through the Buy Board Purchasing Cooperative in the estimated amount of $227,600]

I'VE CLIMBED THEIR MATERIALS AT TML AND WATER PARKS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW SHADE STRUCTURES AND RELATED AMENITIES AT THE STORMIE JONES PARK AND HARRIS RYLES PARK PLAYGROUNDS THROUGH THE BUYBOARD PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.

IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 227,600. AND HERE WE HAVE PARKS DIRECTOR MARK LONG.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND. I LOVE TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU, BUT I REALLY LOVE IT WHEN WE HAVE COOL PROJECTS.

SO THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE MINE. SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO TONIGHT.

SO OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SHADE STRUCTURES.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE CIP LIST OR THE PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU BACK IN JULY THAT YOU APPROVED.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT HAS OPENED UP A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THEREFORE THE RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD THE BIGGEST, MOST REQUESTED AMENITY THAT I GET IS SHADE OR THE LACK OF SHADE.

I'M SURE YOU SEE IT REGULARLY. I DO NOT HAVE ANY SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN WE PUT IN A NEW PLAYGROUND AND WE DO NOT INCLUDE SHADE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NUMBER IS HIGH, SO GETTING A PLAYGROUND AND A SHADE STRUCTURE AT THE SAME TIME DOES COST QUITE A BIT.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU IN JULY, WE HAD EACH SHADE STRUCTURE OR EACH PARK KIND OF SEPARATED THROUGH THE FIVE YEARS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL RECOMMENDED AND I TOOK AS A SUGGESTION, NOT A SUGGESTION, BUT A DO IT NOW, WAS TO MOVE ALL SHADE STRUCTURES TO YEAR ONE, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

TONIGHT. I'M BRINGING STORMIE JONES AND HARRIS ROUSE PARK FORWARD TO Y'ALL.

YOU WILL SEE CENTRAL PARK PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, AND THEN YOU WILL ALSO SEE GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH REALLY SOON. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, THAT IS A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT FUNDED PROJECT.

SHADE IS INCLUDED IN THAT, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY MOVING ON THAT.

SO YOU'LL PROBABLY START SEEING SOME OF THAT COME THROUGH THE HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

SO WE DID TAKE THIS TO THE PARKS BOARD LATE LAST YEAR.

THEY DID APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY . I NEED SOME WATER.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT. THEY CHOSE THE COLORS.

THEY CHOSE THE STYLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE ONE THING I WILL MENTION AND BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, I THINK IF I COULD, I WOULD PUT SHADE OVER BEDFORD.

WE'RE UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT DO THAT. SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT IS WE ARE NOT COVERING ENTIRE PLAYGROUNDS.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE REALLY ENORMOUS PLAY STRUCTURES AND THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY SPREAD OUT.

SO IF WE WENT TO COVER AN ENTIRE PLAYGROUND, IT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HIGH AND PROBABLY NOT EFFECTIVE ON SUN, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE AN HOUR A DAY AND THEY WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY WIDE.

SO IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO THIS REAL QUICK. I FORGOT TO PUT A QUESTION SLIDE AT THE END SO IT WILL ABRUPTLY STOP.

AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO DECIDE AT THAT POINT IN TIME IF YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH STORMIE JONES. WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO THINGS HERE.

THIS PICTURE IS REALLY HARD TO, TO SEE. THIS STRUCTURE AGAIN IS REALLY, REALLY HIGH.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE THERE'S A NUMBER TWO DOWN THERE KIND OF I'M GOING TO CALL IT A KIDNEY BEAN SHAPE.

YOU WILL SEE TWO HEXAGON SHAPED CANTILEVER STRUCTURES.

THOSE ARE I'LL JUMP FORWARD REAL QUICK. WELL, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.

THAT'S A CANTILEVER STYLE. SO THOSE TWO WILL BE PRIMARILY FOR THOSE MOTHERS AND FATHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS AND GRANDFATHERS AND GUARDIANS WHO

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ALMOST ALL OF OUR STRUCTURES ACTUALLY HAVE SHADE IN IT.

SO YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF THE KID THERE IN SLIDES, ALL YOU KNOW AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE NOT IN DIRECT SUN OR THEY CAN GET OUT OF DIRECT SUN.

IT'S THOSE OF US WHO COME TO TAKE THEM. OTHER THAN MAYOR PRO TEM WHO DOES PARTICIPATE AND SLIDES DOWN SLIDES FROM TIME TO TIME.

THESE WILL BE KIND OF OVER BENCHES. SO WE WILL HAVE CONCRETE PADS.

THERE'S AN EXISTING ONE THERE RIGHT NOW. WE WILL ADD ANOTHER BENCH AND ANOTHER CONCRETE PAD.

AND THAT IS THE NUMBER TWO THAT YOU SEE ON THERE.

THE DIMENSIONS OF THOSE HEXAGON CANTILEVERS WILL BE ONE 16FT.

THE ONE NEXT TO THE TWO IS 16FT ROUND, I'LL SAY, WHICH ALSO COVERS.

THERE'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF OFF TO IT.

I'LL CALL THAT SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.

SO THAT WILL BE COVERED AS WELL. SO WE TRY TO GET TO TWO THINGS AT ONCE.

THE BENCH PLUS THE PLAY AMENITY THAT IS THERE.

THANK YOU. THE OTHER ONE IS GOING TO BE A TEN FOOT ROUND.

WE ALSO THAT WILL COVER THAT. WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL A HYPERBOLIC SHADE STRUCTURE THAT IS THE SWING SET AT NUMBER ONE. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED NUMBER ONE AS THE SWING SET.

THAT IS AN OLD THAT'S THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH.

THAT IS A PLAY. THAT'S A SWING SET WITH A SHADE STRUCTURE INCORPORATED INTO IT.

I WAS NOT A BIG FAN OF IT. I DID NOT MAKE THAT KNOWN TO PARKS BOARD, BUT PARKS BOARD CAME BACK AND THEY WERE NOT A BIG FAN OF IT EITHER.

SO THAT UNFORTUNATELY STAYED IN THE SLIDE BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET CRAFTSMEN TO OR CRAFTSMEN DID NOT PROVIDE ME WITH ONE.

SO WHAT WE WILL DO, YOU CAN SEE THOSE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THOSE SLIDES.

SO THIS IS THE HYPERBOLIC WHICH IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

HYPERBOLIC JUST TALKS ABOUT LINES AND GEOMETRY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS WILL BE ON TWO SIDES. OPPOSING SIDES WILL BE 14FT HIGH.

AND THEN THE OTHER TWO OPPOSING SIDES WILL BE TEN FOOT HIGH.

SO YOU WILL HAVE SOME MOVEMENT IN LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THE PARK.

THE PLAY, THE SWING SET WILL BE COMPLETELY UNDER THIS STRUCTURE.

SO IT WILL COVER YOU SEE AT THE TOP THERE, IT'LL COVER THAT'S 43 BY 43 SQUARE NUMBER ONE.

AND THIS WILL BE 35 BY 35. SO IT WILL COVER THE MAJORITY OF IT.

HARRIS RYALS PARK WE RAN INTO SOME OF THE SAME SITUATION JUST WITH SIZE AND HEIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO DO THE TWO CANTILEVER HEX.

THOSE WILL BOTH BE 12 FOOT BY 12 FOOT. THEY WILL BE THE SAME AND THEY WILL ALSO BE COVERING BENCHES.

WE ALL WE DO HAVE SHADE INCORPORATED INTO THAT PLAY STRUCTURE.

THE ONE THING WE ARE ABLE TO DO HERE, NUMBER ONE, IS THE 2 TO 5 YEAR PLAYGROUND THAT WE JUST RECENTLY PUT IN.

THAT IS A I'LL SHOW YOU THAT THAT. SO THAT'S A QUAD CELL SHADE.

SO, THERE'S A DESIGN ELEMENT TO IT. IT'S JUST NOT LIKE A HIP STRUCTURE WHERE YOU HAVE FOUR POSTS AND THEN IT COMES UP AND LOOKS LIKE A LEDGE.

YOU DO HAVE THAT THAT DIFFERENCE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DESIGN.

SORRY. THAT WILL COMPLETELY COVER. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THAT WILL COVER THAT PLAYGROUND COMPLETELY.

SO I KNOW THE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS OF THOSE, THOSE YOUNGER CHILDREN WILL APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FIND SHADE TO, TO GET UNDER.

SO. AGAIN, JUST EXAMPLES OF THOSE. WE WANTED TO INCLUDE IN THIS.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS REALLY, REALLY OLD. THIS IS CIRCA 1992 ISH THREE ISH.

WE ALWAYS, DON IS USUALLY WE CAN USUALLY SET OUR YEARS BY DON BECAUSE HE'S BEEN HERE SO LONG.

HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY AROUND 92, 93. YOU CAN TELL IT'S JUST A VERY OLD SWING.

IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SO WE ARE INCLUDING SOME RELATED AMENITIES IN THIS REQUEST IN THE TO BE FUNDED.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO. IT'S A TWO BAY ARCH COMMERCIAL SWING SET, SET FOUR SWINGS.

WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, I'LL JUMP INTO JUST KIND OF WHAT WE'LL DO HERE.

YOU'LL HAVE YOUR BELT SWING SEAT, WHICH IS STANDARD ON THE LEFT, AND THEN YOUR MOLDED BELT SWING SEAT FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS.

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WE CAN MOVE TO OTHER TYPES OF SWINGS, MAYBE SOME THAT MAYBE ADDRESS ADA.

THESE WERE JUST THE ORIGINAL ONES THAT WE WENT WITH.

SO WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THE ADA AND INCLUSIVITY THAT THAT CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO PLAY STRUCTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE DO WANT TO AND WE MAY WHEN WE COMPLETE THIS, WE MAY HAVE A SWING THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE USE, SO. AND THAT'S WHERE I FORGOT TO PUT THE QUESTIONS.

SO, I AM HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO MARK, WITH THE SHADE STRUCTURES DO WE KNOW IF CRAFTSMAN HAS ANY GUARANTEES, LIKE IF WE HAD, LIKE, WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL? YEAH. SO MOST SHADE STRUCTURES ARE RATED.

SO THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE RATED TO 90 MILES AN HOUR.

IF WE SEE THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST ACTUALLY STORMIE JONES, WE JUST HAD SOME DAMAGE ON ONE ON THE SOCCER FIELD.

AND I THINK THAT WAS PUT IN IN THE 90S AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY WE'LL SEE FABRIC STRESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE IT TEARS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO REPLACE THAT.

BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST, FIRST 1 IN 25 YEARS THAT I'VE SEEN THE ACTUAL FRAME BREAK, AND I THINK IT WAS DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS THAT WE RECEIVED A FEW WEEKS AGO.

AS FAR AS WARRANTIES GO 20 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE FRAMEWORK, TEN YEARS ON FABRIC POWDER COATING IS TEN YEARS I BELIEVE AS WELL.

SO THEY DO HAVE A GOOD WARRANTY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M FOR ONE. I'M VERY EXCITED.

I THINK THIS IS AWESOME. JUST IN TIME TO KEEP EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY COOL. CAN I GET A MOTION? TO APPROVE? YES. OKAY. JUST CHECKING. GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND SECOND TO COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS. LET'S VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. AND DON'T GO ANYWHERE, MARK. OH, THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. I SAID THAT CORRECTLY. SO ITEM NUMBER 12.

CAN THIS IS, THIS IS, OKAY, THIS IS SPECIAL. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADDING THE MIA POW VETERANS

[12. Consider a resolution adding the MIA/POW/Veterans Memorial at Harris Ryals Parks Project to the fiveyear Parks Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) in the amount of $290,000]

THIS IS A SPECIAL ONE. THIS IS WHEN I FIRST SAW THE IMAGES OF IT, I IT WAS VERY MOVING.

AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE IS UNBELIEVABLE.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, SORRY. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

AGAIN. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. I THINK THE THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SHORTEST AGENDA ITEMS I'VE EVER PUT OUT THERE.

AND I THINK YOU WOULD PROBABLY IF WE JUST WENT INTO APPROVING, PUTTING THIS ON THE CIP AND WE COULD GO HOME THAT COUNCILMAN STEVES MAY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

SO I'VE COME WITH A PRESENTATION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL SEE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE I THINK JULY IS WHEN THE TOPIC CAME UP. BEFORE I GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE AND TALKING TO OTHER CITIES AND TALKING TO VETERANS, WHICH I HAVE AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN STEVES HAS PLAYED A REALLY BIG PART IN THIS. I CAN SAY THAT THAT I, I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY OPINION IN ANYTHING BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S AN APPROVAL PROCESS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY REWARDING. AND, AND WHEN I TALKED TO THOSE VETERANS AND THEY SAY THIS IS A VERY WORTHY CAUSE.

OKAY. SO I'M NOT PUTTING PRESSURE ON COUNCIL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS NOT JUST, HEY, WE HEARD YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUT SOMETHING IN A PARK.

SO I DO THINK THIS IS A WORTHY CAUSE, AND I AND I THINK IT WILL BE WORTHY INTO THE FUTURE.

SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THIS.

THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE STARTED. COUNCILMAN STEVES DURING THE WHEN STAFF MADE THE REQUEST TO REALLOCATE THE 2019 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. THIS IS ONE OF THERE WAS MANY PROJECTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL

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SO, I DON'T THINK WE WERE DOING A GOOD JOB OF HONORING THE INTENT OF THESE PLAQUES.

SO THERE ARE THREE PLAQUES OUT OF HERE. I DID TALK TO A RESIDENT YESTERDAY WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME. SHE HAD MENTIONED TO ME, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT.

SOMEONE MAY HAVE BETTER INFORMATION, BUT I TRUST HER.

IS THAT THE YARBOROUGH FAMILY KIND OF INITIATED THIS.

SO I HOPE THAT'S TRUE. AND I HOPE I DIDN'T SAY SOMETHING OUT OF CHARACTER, BUT I FEEL LIKE WHAT SHE WAS TELLING ME WAS THE TRUTH.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND AGAIN. Y'ALL RECOMMENDED THIS FOR INCLUSION IN OUR CIP BACK IN JULY.

DURING THAT CONVERSATION, I KNOW COUNCILMAN STEVES MENTIONED GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH AS BEING A LOCATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AS THE DIRECTOR, I HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY PARK THAT WE HAVE IN SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND INTENT OF A PARK. AND WHILE GENERATIONS PARK IS AN AWESOME PARK.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL. SOMETIMES THINGS JUST DON'T FIT IN THE PARK.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE STARTED DOING, I THINK IT WAS OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR, MOLLY FOX, WHO MAYBE GAVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON HARRIS RYALS.

SO I LOVE HARRIS RYALS PARK. I THINK IT IT'S IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY FOR THE MOST PART.

IT'S ON OUR LINEAR TRAIL SYSTEM. IT'S NOW VERY CLOSE TO OUR SENIOR CENTER.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERY CLOSE TO IT.

SO NOT ONLY JUST PROXIMITY, IT COULD BE USED TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT IT COULD BE USED AS AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE AS WELL.

WE LOOKED AT HARRIS RYLES, AND I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW MR. RYALS. MR. RYALS SERVED ABOUT 23 YEARS IN THE ARMED FORCES.

OF THOSE 21 YEARS, THEY OVERLAPPED WORLD WAR TWO, WHICH HE SERVED IN KOREA, WHICH HE SERVED IN, AND THE VIETNAM WAR, WHICH HE SERVED IN. SO AN INCREDIBLE PATRIOT.

WHAT I WOULD SAY, AND THE MORE I STARTED READING INTO THIS AND GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT MR. RYALS, I ALMOST FELT LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN DIVINE TO HAVE THIS THIS HERE.

HE WAS NOT ONLY A VETERAN, HE WAS A 21 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

SO WE HAVE THAT WITH MR. RYALS AS WELL. SO WE'VE KIND OF WE HAVEN'T KIND OF WE HAVE OUR DIRECTING THIS PROJECT IF APPROVED TO HARRIS RYALS PARK. ONCE WE CAME OUT OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, CITY MANAGEMENT, WE GOT DIRECTION ON KIND OF WHICH WAY WE WANTED TO GO.

DID WE WANT TO TAKE THE THREE PLAQUES AND PUT THEM IN A PARK IN FRONT OF TREES, OR DID WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING BIGGER? I THINK FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING BIGGER.

AND I THINK FROM COUNCIL, Y'ALL WANTED SOMETHING BIGGER AS WELL.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DID ENGAGE MHS PLANNING AND DESIGN THERE AT A DESIGN FIRM OUT OF TYLER, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE US JUST SOME PRELIMINARY SCHEMATIC DESIGN OPTIONS.

THEY DID THAT. THEY PROVIDED US A LOT. THEY WENT VERY GRAND TO VERY GRAND.

SO WE KIND OF HAD TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

PART OF THE PROCESS OF FINDING OUT WHAT WE WANTED WAS CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MYSELF, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN STEVES MET WITH MHS.

WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, AND I THINK WE GOT TO A PLACE WHERE WE FELT COMFORTABLE.

I'LL INTERJECT HERE. THERE WERE SOME GOALS THAT I GAVE THEM THAT, THAT THEY WERE MORE MY GOALS.

BUT I THINK IN TALKING TO CITY MANAGEMENT AND COUNCILMAN STEVES IS WE WANTED IT TO BE SIMPLE, BUT WE WANTED IT TO BE HONORING TO OUR VETERANS.

WE ALSO WANTED IT TO BE A PLACE OF REVERENCE, WHICH I THINK THAT THAT PART OF THE PARK IS VERY QUIET.

FOR THE MOST PART, IT HAS TREES. IT IS ALSO UNDEVELOPED FOR THE MOST PART.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED A SPACE FOR REFLECTION.

SO IF YOU WHEN YOU SEE THAT, YOU'LL SEE BENCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO SIT AND TO, TO POSSIBLY REFLECT.

AND THEN WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY REQUESTING TO ADD THE 290,000 TO THE, TO THE CIP IN YEAR ONE.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE, WE GOT TO AFTER ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

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SO YOU'RE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE PARK. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AN EXISTING.

THE WHITE LINE IS A SIDEWALK THAT IS AN EXISTING SIDEWALK.

IT IS AN ASPHALT TRAIL. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, IS THAT WE GO TO A CONCRETE SIX FOOT CONCRETE TRAIL BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, I THINK THERE'S FUTURE PLANS IN MY HEAD, AT LEAST TO MAYBE REDO THOSE THAT TRAIL SYSTEM THROUGH THERE WITH A MORE HARDY SURFACE.

YOU CAN SEE THE TWO ENTRY POINTS INTO THE ACTUAL MEMORIAL.

AND THEN GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL MEMORIAL ITSELF, YOU SEE THE BEDFORD VETERANS MEMORIAL SIGN, THE WELCOME SIGN THAT IS CAPSTONE ON TOP OF THAT CAN BE USED AS SEATING AS WELL, A GREAT REFLECTION AREA.

AND THEN THE ACTUAL MEMORIAL ITSELF, THE IN THE CENTER OF IT, THE HIGH THE HIGHEST PART OF THE MEMORIAL, YOU WILL HAVE A SOME SORT OF A SAYING SPECIFIC TO VETERANS.

WE DO NOT HAVE THAT SELECTED RIGHT NOW, BUT UNDERNEATH THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER AND EVER.

THE THREE PLAQUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

SO ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE SIX CIRCLES ARE THE SIX BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE THAT WILL BE THEIR EMBLEMS, THEIR LOGOS THAT WE WILL PUT IN THERE. AND THEN YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE THREE FLAGS, WHICH WILL BE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FLAG, THE TEXAS FLAG, AND THEN THE MIA POW FLAG. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO MATERIALS YET.

SO THE NEXT PHASE WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MS..

THEY WILL BEGIN PUTTING TOGETHER MORE DETAILS OF WHAT KIND OF MATERIAL WE'LL BE USING.

I DO WANT TO JUMP REAL QUICK, AND I'M GOING TO PUT THIS IN THE SLIDE.

SO ONE OF THE THE COOL THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS DIVINE OR WHAT, BUT DON CAME INTO MY OFFICE ONE DAY AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT LIKE 12 PALLETS OF THIS OLD STONE THAT WAS PULLED FROM BOYS RANCH, YOU KNOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND THIS WAS AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE WERE WORKING ON THE MEMORIAL.

SO I TALKED TO THE DESIGN TEAM. THE DESIGN TEAM SAID, ABSOLUTELY, 100% WILL WORK.

SO I THINK WE CAN INCORPORATE AT A COST SAVINGS NUMBER ONE, BUT NOT MORE.

MOST IMPORTANT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME HISTORY BEDFORD HISTORY GOING INTO TO THIS.

SO WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO, TO INTEGRATE THIS STONE INTO THE MEMORIAL IF APPROVED.

AND THEN YOU SAW ON THE OTHER SIDE WE AGAIN MORE, MORE SEATING AND MORE BENCHES.

THIS IS DESIGNED TO PHASE. SO IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE WE WANTED TO DO IN THE FUTURE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE MEMORIAL, WE COULD. THERE'S A LOT OF LAND OUT THERE. AND THEN I KNOW PARKING MAY COME UP.

WE DID NOT PUT PARKING IN THIS. PARKING IS REALLY EXPENSIVE, SO WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO POTENTIALLY ADDRESS PARKING IN THE FUTURE.

SO KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS FROM TONIGHT, IF WE APPROVE IT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MHS.

WE WILL REVISE AND REFINE THE CURRENT DESIGN THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US, WHICH YOU SAW TONIGHT.

THEY'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DESIGN SKETCHES WITH THE PROPOSED MATERIAL COLORS, TEXTURES, AND I KNOW LIGHTING.

THERE'S A COUPLE RESIDENTS REACHED OUT TO ME AND TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE WE HAD LIGHTING.

CORRECT. THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE LIGHT THIS CORRECTLY.

AND THEN THEY WILL COORDINATE SAMPLES BOTH IN DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL. WE'LL ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THEM AND PUT OUR HANDS ON THEM. THE PROJECT ELEMENTS. AND THEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, OR ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, IS THEY WILL PROVIDE US A PROBABLE COST OPINION ON THAT.

WE HAVE AN IDEA KIND OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE.

WE'VE TOLD THEM A NUMBER THAT WE WANT TO STAY AT.

SO YOU SEE WHAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT. SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE AROUND THERE.

AND THAT INCLUDES DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THAT PRICE.

BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW PROBABLE COST OPINIONS GO THESE DAYS.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO PUT TOGETHER CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

THEY'LL PROVIDE US 75 AND 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT WILL INCLUDE ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT A CONTRACTOR WOULD NEED TO BUILD THIS MEMORIAL.

THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE PLAN SHEETS, WHICH INCLUDE THE PROJECT AND SITE LAYOUT, PAVING PLANS, ELECTRICAL IRRIGATION HARDSCAPES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

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AND THAT WILL ASSIST IN THE US IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM GENERAL CONTRACTORS.

AND THEN AS WE GET STARTED INTO CONSTRUCTION, MHS WILL VISIT THE SITE AND CONSULT THE CITY.

THEY'LL BE BY OUR SIDES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INTENT AND THEIR DESIGN IS BEING BUILT PER SPEC.

THEY'LL COME OUT FIVE TIMES THROUGH THAT NUMBER OUT THERE, AND THEY'LL OBSERVE THE WORK AND THEN QUALITY, AND THEN THEY'LL RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND THEN THEY'LL DO A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WALKTHROUGH WITH US TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING CONFORMS TO THEIR DESIGN. PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT ASK IS HOW THE TIMELINE ON THIS PROJECT.

IT'S ABOUT A SEVEN MONTH PROJECT TIME FRAME. WE IF APPROVED TO MOVE INTO YEAR ONE.

I'M GOING TO CALL HIM TOMORROW AND WE'RE GOING TO START WORK ON THIS.

SO I'LL DO MARCH TO APRIL TO FINALIZE THE DESIGN.

MAY JUNE WE'LL GET THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TOGETHER.

JULY, WE'LL PUT IT OUT FOR BID. HOPEFULLY GET SOME GOOD CONTRACTORS.

AND THEN AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER, WE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S ABOUT A 90 DAY CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. AND THEN I PUT NOVEMBER 2025 THERE.

AS CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, I KNOW THAT I BELIEVE IT'S NOVEMBER 11TH IS VETERANS DAY.

I WILL NOT SIT HERE TODAY AND PROMISE YOU ANYTHING, BUT I DO HAVE A GOAL THAT WE ARE OBSERVING VETERANS DAY AT THIS LOCATION.

SO I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS PROJECT.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION MARK, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO IT AND THE WORK OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER COMING UP WITH THE FINANCING.

AND THE FINANCING IS THE INTEREST ON THE. SO IT'S THE INTEREST ON THE PARK'S BOND.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IT'S THE INTEREST EARNING ON THE.

SO IT'S THE INTEREST EARNED ON THAT. SO WE WOULDN'T BE DIPPING INTO THE ACTUAL BOND ITSELF.

RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. I HAD THIS QUESTION RIGHT BEFORE.

I NEED A CLARIFICATION AS WELL. HE IS MUCH TALLER THAN ME.

SO IN JULY WHEN WE ALLOCATED THE FUNDS, THAT WAS THE REMAINING BOND FUNDS PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST.

OKAY. AND SO THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED FULLY OUT OF INTEREST.

GREAT. AND WE ARE SITTING WITH ABOUT 102,000 LEFT IN INTEREST EARNINGS AS OF THE END OF JANUARY.

WE HAVEN'T ALLOCATED FEBRUARY YET SO WE STILL HAVE SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR EXPANSION.

GREAT. THE WAY, AS MARK SAID, THE WAY THIS STARTED OUT WAS JUST SIMPLY MOVING THOSE THREE PLAQUES OFF OUR LAWN WHERE THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTED ON THE LAWN AND INTO THE TO THE PARK, BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF MAYOR COGAN GETTING BEHIND THIS AND THE LARGE POPULATION OF VETERANS IN BEDFORD, WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT HERE IN BEDFORD.

THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 379. AND I KNOW A LOT OF VETERANS ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY.

WE RECENTLY JUST GAVE A 25 YEAR PIN TO A FORMER MARINE WHO THE HE WAS HERE 25 YEARS AGO.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME STAFF THAT HAS THEIR CHILDREN SERVING CURRENTLY AND SOME FAMILY MEMBERS OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING. SO I THINK THIS IS AN HONORABLE THING TO DO, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IF AND I KNOW THE MAYOR HAS BEEN DOING SOME GREAT WORK WITH THIS AND THANKS TO THE COUNCIL, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS FAR, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCILMAN FARCO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MARK, A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

YES, SIR. FIRST IS WE HAVE A BUNCH OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE ASKED IF THEY COULD DONATE TO THIS PROJECT.

SO THEY WANT TO KNOW IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, IF THEY COULD DONATE.

AND WHERE THEY WOULD DONATE TO THIS. AND ALSO, HAVE WE DONE ANY.

I MEAN, IT'S I HATE TO SAY THIS, HAVE WE DONE ANY RESEARCH ON OTHER BEDFORD RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE IN THE RECENT WARS THAT WE'VE HAD? DO WE KNOW OF ANY OTHER? HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO LET ANYBODY KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THIS TO HONOR BEDFORD RESIDENTS? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY OFF.

SURE. IS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF THERE'S A BEDFORD RESIDENT THAT SACRIFICED THEIR LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY SERVING OUR MILITARY, I WOULD HATE TO NOT HAVE THEM ON THAT. ABSOLUTELY.

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WE WOULD. OUR INTENT WAS TO GET A MEMORIAL IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND THEN TO ABSOLUTELY 100%, YOU KNOW, DECIDE WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BRICK, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING SOMEONE DONATES MONEY TO, TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A BENCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT FROM A FINANCIAL OR A FUNDRAISING STANDPOINT.

WE CAN DO THAT AND WE CAN TAKE A DONATION THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE MEMORIAL.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT. WELL, THANK YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS KIND OF HOPING THAT WE'D COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S EXPANDABLE.

I THINK IT'S AN HONOR TO OUR VETERANS AND RICH.

I MEAN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I KNOW THAT IN MY HOMETOWN BACK EAST MY GRANDFATHER AND SEVERAL OF HIS BROTHER IN LAWS ARE ON A MONUMENT LIKE THIS.

AND IT'S A TRIBUTE TO OUR VETERANS. COUNCILWOMAN DONOVAN BRANDON.

I LOVE IT. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU THOUGHT OF IT.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'VE WORKED THIS OUT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION, THOUGH.

IT MIGHT BE THE NIGHT FOR FLAGS. DO WE? YOU TALKED ABOUT LIGHTING.

WILL THERE BE LIGHTING FOR THE FLAGS? BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIT AFTER DARK.

THERE WILL BE. THERE WILL BE ELECTRICITY. THAT IS WHAT I KNOW WILL BE.

THERE ARE THE LIGHTS FOR THE FLAGS. I KNOW THERE WILL BE OTHER SOME RESIDENTS REACHED OUT TO ME AND I KNOW TO COUNCILMAN FARCO THAT WANTED SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTS ON CERTAIN THINGS. BUT I DO KNOW THE FLAGS. WILL YOU? I THINK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LOWER THE FLAGS IF IT IS NOT LIT, AND THEN RAISE THEM IN THE MORNING SO.

SO YES, MA'AM, YES, MA'AM. SO ALL OF OUR FLAGS IN THE CITY I, I THINK HAVE LIGHTS SO GREAT WE'RE NOT TAKING THEM.

I LOVE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN STEVES.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN FARCO TO SECOND.

LET'S VOTE. AND UNANIMOUS. THIS IS SPECIAL. THIS REALLY IS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMAN STEVES. THANK YOU.

VERY NICE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE APPROVED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

[13. Consider a resolution authorizing an amendment to the approved professional services agreement with Williams Tharp Architects, PLLC for the design of Central Fire Station in the amount of $55,000.]

AND WITH US TONIGHT, KAREN RIGGS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

YES. SO TONIGHT, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU APPROVED BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 24.

PART OF THAT AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAM THARP ARCHITECTS WAS TO DETERMINE A LOCATION FOR THE NEW CENTRAL FIRE STATION.

AND WE BROUGHT FORWARD A PRESENTATION BACK IN NOVEMBER THAT WE THOUGHT THE OLD JAIL AT THE LEC LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER WAS A GOOD LOCATION FOR A NEW CENTRAL FIRE STATION.

WELL, WITH THAT COMES SOME NEW DESIGN ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOLITION AND THEN PRESERVING THE SITE OF THE BUILDING THAT'S NOT BEING DEMOED.

WHICH IS WHY I'M COMING FORWARD TONIGHT WITH A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH WILLIAM THARP ARCHITECTS.

THE BUDGET FOR CENTRAL FIRE IS A LITTLE OVER 15 MILLION, BEING FUNDED BY TWO SEPARATE BOND ISSUANCE.

WE DID 1 IN 23 FOR 10 MILLION, AND THEN WE DID 1 IN 24 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5.5.

SO, THIS WOULD JUST INCREASE THEIR EXISTING CONTRACT BY 55,000.

OKAY. AND JUST AS AN ADDED NOTE, SO THE CITY OF EULESS WERE FANTASTIC NEIGHBORS.

AND THEY HAD THE COUNCIL OUT TO GO SEE ONE OF THEIR NEW FIRE STATIONS, WHICH OURS WILL BE SIMILAR TO.

AND THAT WAS THE ONE OFF OF PIPELINE IN WEST PARK.

YES. AND IT IS IT'S INCREDIBLE. I MEAN, AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THEY DESERVE IT.

THEY DESERVE THE BEST. THEY DO A GREAT JOB KEEPING US SAFE.

AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A FIRE POLE, WHICH LET ME LET ME JUST FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IN THE AUDIENCE, THERE'S A SPECIAL WAY TO GO DOWN THE FIRE POLE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT? YOU CAN'T. YOU I WOULD HAVE I WOULD HAVE HURT MYSELF VERY BADLY HAD IT NOT BEEN A LIABILITY ISSUE.

THANK YOU. BRANDY THANK YOU AND LYDIA THANKS YOU.

YOU'VE GOT TO, LIKE, WRAP YOUR ARM AROUND IT AND IT'S ALL THIS THING.

I WOULD HAVE JUST PLUMMETED A HOLE. ANYWAYS, SO ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ABOUT THE MONEY FOR THE FIRE STATION? CAN I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCILMAN DONOVAN BRANDON.

MOTION. SO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS MONEY. ALL RIGHT.

SECOND, MICHELLE, COUNCILMAN DAWKINS. LET'S VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

NUMBER 14, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE RATIFICATION OF PAYMENTS TO MOORING RECOVERY SERVICES INCORPORATED

[14. Consider a resolution of the City of Bedford, Texas approving the ratification of payment(s) to Mooring Recovery Services, Inc. for emergency mold remediation at Fire Station #3, through a master cooperative agreement with The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS), in a total amount of $79,263.90 and authorizing an amendment to the approved project budget for Fire Station #3 in the same amount.]

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IT'S GOING TO BE BRAND NEW WHEN WE'RE DONE THROUGH A MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM TIPS IN AN AMOUNT OF $79,263.90, AND AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO APPROVE THE PROJECT BUDGET FOR FIRE STATION THREE IN THE SAME AMOUNT.

AND WITH US TONIGHT, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. SO, YES, THIS IS KIND OF A TWOFOLD ITEM.

AS YOU KNOW, FIRE STATION THREE. WE HAD A MASSIVE LEAK THAT WAS DISCOVERED IN MAY, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE HAD TO SEAL THE WALL LEAK. AND WE CAME FORWARD TO YOU.

I BELIEVE IT WAS JUNE OR JULY FOR AN EMERGENCY RATIFICATION OF THAT WALL REPAIR.

WELL, THEN AFTER THAT BECAME THE MOLD AND THE MOLD REMEDIATION.

AND THAT WAS A TWOFOLD PROJECT THAT THEY DID NOT WRAP UP UNTIL DECEMBER.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S SO LONG AGO THAT WE'RE JUST NOW COMING FORWARD.

WE JUST GOT THAT FINAL INVOICE FOR WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

SO THERE WAS SOME CONTAMINATION, SOME AIR TESTING, SOME MOLD REMEDIATION.

THEN THERE WAS ADDITIONAL MOLD DISCOVERED THAT WE HAD TO HANDLE AS WELL.

SO THIS IS JUST THE EMERGENCY RATIFICATION OF BOTH OF THOSE PAYMENTS TO MOORING.

AND THEN ALSO INCREASING THE FIRE STATION THREE BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THAT WERE UNPLANNED.

I MEAN, AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY FOR BEDFORD.

I MEAN, ALL OF THE STUFF WE'RE DOING REDOING THE FIRE STATIONS, BUILDING A NEW FIRE, I MEAN, THERE WERE YEARS WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. SO AND IT'S AWESOME.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR A MOTION? COUNCILWOMAN SABOL, MOTION TO APPROVE.

APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILWOMAN. DONOVAN.

BRANDON. LET'S VOTE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL AND STAFF. SO ON TO ITEM 15.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

[15. Consider a resolution of the City of Bedford, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an economic development program agreement, pursuant to Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code and the City’s Economic Development Policy, by and between the City of Bedford, Texas and Woodland Partners I, LLC, for the demolition of an approximately 30,000 building, located at 4101 Airport Freeway.]

ONE LLC FOR THE DEMOLITION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 30,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING LOCATED AT 4101 AIRPORT FREEWAY.

AND WE HAVE CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I HAVE ASKED CITY SECRETARY TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL UP THAT AERIAL VIEW.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PERFECT. I'M VISUAL.

I'VE GOT TO KIND OF SEE TO, TO DESCRIBE THE ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

SO I PROMISE YOU, THIS IS INDEED THE LAST AGENDA ITEM RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION AND DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS REALLY WILL WRAP THINGS UP. AND HONESTLY, WITH YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS TONIGHT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO THEN CLOSE ON THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND THIS.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT OUTLINES THE CITY'S ROLE IN PURSUING DEMOLITION OF THIS TWO STORY STRUCTURE THAT DOES FACE THERE ON AIRPORT FREEWAY, AND ESSENTIALLY WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OCCURRING BEHIND IT WITH THE SPROUTS AND THE RELATED OPEN SPACE RESTAURANT AND RETAIL PAD SITES.

THIS TWO STORY BUILDING IS LARGELY VACANT RIGHT NOW WITH JUST A COUPLE TENANTS, AND IT IS A HUGE BARRIER TO THE VISIBILITY ON THE SITE BEHIND IT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FROM DAY ONE ABOUT PROBABLY THREE YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, WAS SPROUTS REALLY WANTED THAT VISIBILITY TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR MARKETABILITY OF THE SITE AND DRAW CUSTOMERS IN.

AND SO WE LITERALLY HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY HERE TO COME TO AN ARRANGEMENT.

IT IS A DIFFICULT THING WHEN SOMEONE OWNS PROPERTY AND IT'S INCOME PRODUCING.

AND WE SAY, CAN YOU PLEASE TEAR THAT DOWN SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND REVITALIZE THAT AREA? AND SO WOODLAND HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER AND WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH THE HELP OF STREET LEVEL, WHO IS DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY BEHIND THIS AND COMING UP WITH A WAY AND A MECHANISM FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY, THE CHAPTER THREE AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO PUT FUNDS TOWARD DEMOLITION OF THIS STRUCTURE.

THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER, WOODLAND PARTNERS, WILL MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND UNDERNEATH IT, AND WE'LL WORK THEN WITH STREET LEVEL, THE NEW OWNER BEHIND THEM TO COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE TO REDEVELOP THE SITE, REALLY TO TO INTEGRATE THE PROPERTY BEHIND IT SO THAT THINGS LOOK SIMILAR AND ALMOST REALLY LOOK LIKE A COHESIVE DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH UNDER DIFFERENT OWNERSHIPS. SO OUR ROLE WILL BE THE FUNDING AND PROCESSING OF THE DEMOLITION, WHICH WE ARE NOW GETTING QUITE GOOD AT. WE'VE DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES AND IT IS IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GETTING THE PROCESS DOWN.

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AND THEN HE WILL THEN TAKE OVER AND WORK WITH STREET LEVEL AND MARKET THE PROPERTY FOR HOPEFULLY, REDEVELOPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE ONLY REAL STIPULATION AS PART OF THIS IS THAT THEY DO WORK WITH STREET LEVEL TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR MASTER PLAN. THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY AND THE ONE CRITICAL STIPULATION THEY DO HAVE IN HERE IS THERE IS NOW A REDEVELOPMENT HEIGHT RESTRICTION. SO THEY CANNOT BUILD TWO STORIES BACK AND BLOCK, WHICH IS ONE OF THE INTENTS OF US DOING THAT, AND SO THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO BLOCK THEM.

THE VIEW TO THE PROPERTY BEHIND. SO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONCEPTS FLOATED AROUND, BUT LIKELY WILL END UP BEING A COUPLE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE NOW WITHIN RELATED PARKING TO SERVE THOSE TWO SEPARATE SITES. SO AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE A HARD ESTIMATE ON THIS.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 300,000 AS PROBABLY THE MAXIMUM WE'RE REALLY CONSIDERING.

AND THAT DOES INCLUDE OUR ESTIMATES BASED ON PRIOR DEMOLITIONS OF FINDING ASBESTOS AND HAVING TO REMEDIATE THAT PROPERLY.

SO THAT PIECE IS INCLUDED. WE WILL MOVE SWIFTLY TO DO A PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, WHICH WILL GIVE US MUCH MORE ANSWERS IF THERE ARE ANY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

THERE ARE CAVEATS THROUGHOUT THIS AGREEMENT. IF EITHER ONE OF THOSE COMES BACK WITH ANYTHING OF MASSIVE CONCERN ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE, WE ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TEAR DOWN YOUR ASSETS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS ARRANGEMENT.

WE IN NO WAY ANTICIPATE THAT. BUT SINCE IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY, WE HAVEN'T OWNED IT.

I DON'T KNOW THE FULL HISTORY ON IT. WE NEED TO LET THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS DO THEIR STUDY AND AND TAKE A LOOK, AND THEN WE WILL WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. SO IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ME AGAIN ON THIS, IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AS ACCORDING TO PLAN.

AND THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES OR ANYTHING OR NO SURPRISES, WHICH WE REALLY HOPE THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE IT.

THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I WOULD LOVE TO FINALLY CLOSE THE BOOK ON THIS, RIGHT? YEAH. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL.

CAN I? ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? COUNCILMAN STEVES WITH THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

CAN I GET A SECOND? COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS WITH A SECOND.

LET'S VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, MAN. WE'RE ALMOST DONE. ITEM NUMBER 16. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD,

[16. Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Bedford, Texas amending the City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, Section 12.2 Persons to be Heard, to add language establishing time limits, Section 12.3 Public Comments, to update language regarding time limits, and a adding a new Section 12.4 Public Hearings.]

12.4 PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND WITH THAT CITY MANAGER, ANDREW ROY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. I'LL GO AHEAD AND KICK THIS OFF, BUT I MAY TURN TO OUR CITY SECRETARY FOR SOME INPUT AS WE CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY UNIQUE TO BEDFORD IS WE HAVE THIS PERSONS TO BE HEARD PORTION ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH DOES ALLOW SOMEBODY TO REQUEST AN ITEM IS ADDED TO THE AGENDA BY A CERTAIN DATE.

AND THAT WAY THEN THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS ON THAT ITEM AND IT CAN BE IT CAN BE PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF A RESIDENT.

THAT IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE TO BEDFORD. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MAKING A REVISION TO THAT WHILE ALSO ADJUSTING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS A PORTION OF THE AGENDA ALSO THAT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR THE EVENING WHEN THEY COME, IF THEY WOULD WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA.

SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO ITEMS, ESSENTIALLY RESIDENTS ANYONE ARE PERMITTED TO COME AND SPEAK IF YOU GIVE NOTICE AHEAD OR IF YOU'RE TALKING ON AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THAT EVENING. SO REALLY, IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY THINGS AND KIND OF JUST CLEAN UP THE PROCESS, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS CONSIDER ADDING SOME TIME LIMITS ONTO THOSE POTENTIAL ITEMS, AND ALSO JUST KIND OF CONSOLIDATE SOME THINGS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS NOTICE ON A WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE TUESDAY MEETING. AND WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS PROCESS.

TO DO THAT, IF WE WOULD MODIFY SOME THINGS IN A SIMPLE MANNER WITH THE TIME LIMITS, THEN IF WE WOULD MODIFY IT IN A SIMPLE MANNER, THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT JUST BE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN GENERAL, AND THAT YOU COULD SPEAK ON AN ITEM EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA, WHICH WOULD SATISFY BOTH PIECES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

YOU WOULD IMPLEMENT A TIME LIMITATION OF YOUR CHOOSING, BUT THAT WAY THEN IT ALLOWS SOMEBODY TO NOT HAVE TO MEET THAT DEADLINE.

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WE DON'T HAVE THIS SEVERAL DAYS IN ADVANCE. AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK AND THEY NEED TO SPEAK, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. BUT IT WOULD PERHAPS LIMIT THEIR TIME.

SO WE AGAIN WANT TO THROW THIS OUT. NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

IT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT THE TIME.

I THINK YOU CAN SEE IN THERE WE DID SOME LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES.

THE RANGES ARE TYPICALLY THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON THOSE ITEMS. YOU'VE GOT A SITUATION, ONE WHERE WE DO FIVE.

BUT THREE, I WILL TELL YOU, IS THE MOST IT'S KIND OF AN INDUSTRY STANDARD.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO. HURST AND EULESS, THEY DO THREE.

SO I MEAN THIS THIS GIVES EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.

BUT IN ANY WAY ARE WE TRYING TO HAVE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET RID OF PEOPLE.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO QUIET THE CITIZENS. NO, NOT AT ALL.

AND WE'RE NOT REMOVING AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK. IT'S MUCH MORE OPEN.

AND SO IN THAT SENSE, WE'RE DOING THAT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RUN EFFICIENT MEETINGS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, AS YOU ALL CAN TELL.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FAIR TO EVERYONE THAT'S HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE ON ALL THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN WE MOVE OUR MEETINGS, WE MOVE THROUGH THE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, EFFICIENTLY.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. I WILL TELL YOU ANOTHER DISCUSSION THAT KIND OF CAME A LITTLE BIT LATER, WAS ESSENTIALLY REMOVING PERSONS TO BE HEARD FROM THE PROCEDURES ALTOGETHER.

OKAY. SO THAT PORTION THAT IS IN THERE THAT DOES SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO PERHAPS LIMIT THE TIME, BUT LEAVE IT. WE WOULD REMOVE THAT ENTIRELY FROM THE SECTION AND JUST MODIFY PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ADD.

YOU CAN SPEAK ON AN ITEM ON OR OFF THE AGENDA.

THE OFF THE AGENDA PIECE COVERS WHAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN PERSON'S TO BE HEARD PREVIOUSLY.

AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS A LITTLE MESSY, BUT ESSENTIALLY AGAIN, IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON OR OFF THE AGENDA.

IT WOULD JUST LIMIT OUR TIME AT THAT POINT. I, I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF YOU KNOW, BUT I LOVE AN EFFICIENT MEETING AND I THINK THREE MINUTES IS A I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TIME. COUNCIL.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS SO IF WE WERE TO GO WITH THE OPTION OF ELIMINATING PERSONS TO BE HEARD.

SO THAT WAY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WRITE AHEAD OF TIME OF THE TOPIC THEY WOULD SPEAK ON, BUT WE WOULD GIVE A TIME LIMIT.

WOULD THERE STILL BE AN OVERALL TIME LIMIT FOR THE SECTION? NO, THAT WOULD GO AWAY. SO YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

AND IF THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING, IF WE SAY YOU GOT 2 OR 3 MINUTES, WE CAN STILL BE HERE AN HOUR BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS WANT TO SPEAK THREE MINUTES ON A POTENTIALLY. YES. I THINK OUR GOAL ON ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE CONTROVERSIAL.

ONE, THOSE WOULD BE HANDLED TYPICALLY UNDER YOUR PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT TENDS TO BE WHERE OUR MORE CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS ARE.

BUT TYPICALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS TRY TO MEET WITH THE GROUP AND TALK TO THEM AHEAD OF TIME AND SAY, WE REALLY RECOMMEND A SPOKESPERSON SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF AND KIND OF WORK THROUGH IT THAT WAY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU'VE GOT FOLKS THAT WANT TO SPEAK, THEY WANT TO SPEAK.

SO, YES. COUNCILWOMAN DONOVAN BRANDON, I'M REALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS.

WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COUNCIL, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THERE WASN'T A LIMIT TO WHAT PEOPLE COULD SPEAK.

I LOVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND I LOVE HEARING FROM THE CITIZENS, BUT I THINK THREE MINUTES IS A IS AN ADEQUATE TIME TO GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR POINTS VALID AND QUICKLY AND ORGANIZE THEIR THOUGHTS.

IF THEY KNOW THERE'S A TIME LIMIT, THEY WILL COLLECT THEIR THOUGHTS AHEAD OF TIME AND PREPARE A VERY POINTED PRESENTATION FOR US. AND I THINK IT ALSO HELPS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL WAITING AT THE END TO NOT HAVE PEOPLE AT THE BEGINNING. THE PEOPLE AT THE END DESERVE TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE HEAR THEIR REMARKS AND DESERVE FOR IT TO GO SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY. RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY MOTIONS? NOPE. QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN FARCO. YES, SIR.

SO, ARE WE IN FAVOR OF. I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES THAT, LIKE ANDREW WAS TALKING ABOUT.

ARE WE IN FAVOR ALSO OF SAYING IF YOU HAVE TEN PEOPLE SPEAKING ON THE SAME ISSUE TO CHOOSE A SPOKESPERSON OR SEVERAL SPOKESPERSONS AND NOT? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF REPETITIVE STUFF AND EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THEIR TIME TO SPEAK, BUT I MEAN, I'M, I'M TO THE POINT WHERE IT ALSO IT'S INEFFICIENT TO THAT WE'RE HEARING THE SAME MESSAGE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND ALSO THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS A REALLY HOT TOPIC THAT THEY WANT TO DISCUSS,

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SO IF IT'S A IF IT'S THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE TO DO THAT, THAT'S STILL AN OPTION FOR OUR CITIZENS TO DO THAT.

I JUST I THINK IT'S IF WE HAVE A SITUATION THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANTS TO TALK. IT'S INEFFICIENT. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY'RE HERE ON THE SAME THE SAME TOPIC.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS I THINK WE, WE PUT INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, NO MORE THAN SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE SAME TOPIC OR CHOOSE A SPOKESPERSON TO DO THAT. LEGAL ADVICE. YES, PLEASE.

OH, IT'S THERE YOU GO. FINALLY, I GOT IT. TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE YOUR MICROPHONE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WELCOME TO BEDFORD. WELL, THANK YOU.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. IT'S A GREAT TOWN. THE LEGISLATURE PUT SOME RULES ON YOU SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND ESSENTIALLY REQUIRE THAT YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ACTION ON THE AGENDA. SO THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK SAYING IF YOU IF TEN PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ON THE SAME ITEMS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ELECT A SPEAKER IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THIS FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE SOMETIMES REFER TO WHAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT AS PAJAMA PARTIES.

AND YOU CAN END UP INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING, EVEN AT THREE MINUTES APIECE, IF YOU GET 100 PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP WANTING TO TALK ABOUT SOME ITEM.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE SEEN THAT MORE THAN ONCE.

SO YOU CAN YOU CAN DO THE MATH. 300 PEOPLE OR 100 PEOPLE.

THREE MINUTES. THAT'S 300 MINUTES. DIVIDE THAT BY 60.

THAT'S FIVE HOURS. SO JUST ADD A FIVE HOUR PERIOD.

THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU, IS TO DO IT AS YOU DO IT CURRENTLY, WHICH IS AT THE BEGINNING.

YOU GIVE PEOPLE THREE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.

NOW, IN PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HEAR THEM AGAIN ON THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN AT THAT POINT.

BUT THREE MINUTES SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH REALLY. I'VE AGAIN, I'VE SEEN THIS FOR OVER 40 YEARS WORKING AS A CITY ATTORNEY AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, AND IT SEEMS TO BE AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR MOST PEOPLE.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THAT SAYS THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT IS. THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID NOT SAY THREE MINUTES.

THEY SAID A REASONABLE TIME. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, IF YOU WILL, THREE MINUTES. AND IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT IF YOU HAD SOME REALLY DYNAMIC MATTER THAT REALLY DREW THE CROWDS, AND YOU HAD 200 PEOPLE OR 100 PEOPLE THAT YOU MIGHT IT MIGHT WELL BE REASONABLE.

AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS RECOGNIZED THAT IT MIGHT BE REASONABLE TO REDUCE IT.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE ONE MINUTE IS ENOUGH. IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TALK, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THE REALITIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND SLEEP TIME. CAN THAT BE A GAME TIME DECISION? SO, LET'S SAY WE PASS THIS, BUT THEN WE HAVE A BIG SO IT CAN BE SO GAME TIME, SO WE COULD.

YOU SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU ALWAYS DO IS REQUIRE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK BEFORE COUNCIL STARTS. IN OTHER WORDS, AT 6:00, IT'S OFF. THE LIST IS ENDED.

YOU WANT TO COME IN AND TALK? YOU GOT TO GET.

UNLESS IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH, MAYBE, BUT I BELIEVE WE DO THAT ALREADY.

YES. SO WE. SO YOU CUT OFF THE LIST? AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIST.

THE MAYOR LOOKS AT THE LIST AND SAYS, LISTEN, I'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE.

THREE PEOPLE, NINE MINUTES, BIG DEAL. I'VE GOT 150.

AND I PROPOSE TO THE COUNCIL. YOU, MAYOR, COULD SAY THAT WE REDUCE THE TIME LIMIT TO A MINUTE AND A HALF PER PERSON.

SO THAT'S A IT'S A IT'S A GAME. SO IT'S GAME TIME.

THAT'S LEGAL. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS. YEAH.

SO IF WE EVEN WITH THE IMPOSING THE LIMITS, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY SECRETARY HAS A STOPWATCH OR, LIKE, DO WE HAVE A SERGEANT AT ARMS THAT ARE GOING TO, LIKE, TAKE A CANE AND PULL PEOPLE OFF?

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I CAN TURN ON. OKAY. OH, NO. WALK OFF MUSIC. YOU CAN START PLAYING IT.

WE KEEP THE LITTLE BOX TO WRAP IT UP BOX? WE CAN JUST WRAP IT UP.

COUNCILWOMAN DONOVAN BRANDON. OKAY. I'M SO IN FAVOR OF THIS THAT I HAVE A PREPARED MOTION, BUT. BUT THE ATTORNEY HAS BROUGHT A QUESTION TO MY MIND.

WHY WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE LEAVE THE PERSONS TO BE HEARD AT THE BEGINNING? WHAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT? WELL, THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT YOU HEAR FROM PEOPLE BEFORE YOU ACT, BEFORE YOU DELIBERATE. SO, YOU NEED TO HAVE IT AT THE BEGINNING SO THAT BECAUSE THEY AGAIN, THEY'LL BE SPEAKING ON ANY ISSUE ON OF YOUR THAT WAS ON YOUR AGENDA ANYTHING ONE THROUGH ANY OF THESE THINGS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES.

YOU NEED TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU DELIBERATE AND VOTE.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU PUT IT AT THE BEGINNING. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH ITEM, OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING? AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

OKAY. YEAH. YOU PUT IT LIKE WE DID TODAY. YES.

NOW YOU AND SOME CITIES HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON HERE. YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK ON YOUR AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON.

OKAY. SO YOU THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT IF YOU CREATE TWO SEPARATE PLACES FOR FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT, THEN THEY GET A PLACE TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN THEY GET TO SPEAK AGAIN ABOUT THEIR OWN AGENDA AND THEIR OWN AGENDA, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE LISTED SPECIFICALLY.

YOU WOULD YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. AND BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO ACT ON SOMEBODY THAT JUST WALKS UP HERE AND SAYS, I WANT YOU TO SPEND $250,000 ON, YOU KNOW, X.

THAT'S NOT A WAY TO RUN GOVERNMENT. AND SO YOU DON'T WANT THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY ACT.

YOU PUT YOU MIGHT PUT THAT AT THE BOTTOM. BUT REALLY THE BETTER WAY TO DO IT IS PUT IT ALL AT THE FRONT.

IF SOMEBODY JUST WANTS TO COME IN HERE AND TELL YOU ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S ON THEIR MIND, THEY'VE GOT THREE MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM, THEY'VE GOT THREE MINUTES.

MR. MAYOR. YEAH. YES. COUNCILMAN FARCO. NOW, IF THEY SIGN UP, THEY HAVE TO SPEAK OR THEY GIVE US A TOPIC.

OR IS IT JUST ANYTHING THEY SAY? I WANT TO SPEAK ON SHADE STRUCTURES THAT ARE IN THE PARKS AND THEY START TALKING ABOUT IT. USED A LOT OF CITIES IN THE PAST WOULD REQUIRE PEOPLE TO COME IN IN ADVANCE.

SO THE 72 HOUR RULE APPLIES. BUT THE ONLY REASON TO DO THAT IS IF YOU PLAN ON TAKING ACTION.

OKAY. AND GENERALLY MOST CITIES NOW DON'T LET THE PUBLIC COME IN ON ANY GIVEN COUNCIL MEETING AND STICK AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DELIBERATE AND VOTE ON.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS AN AGENDA ITEM AND WANTS SOMETHING DONE, THEY GO TO THEIR COUNCIL PERSON AND SAY, I REALLY THINK YOU OUGHT TO PUT SHADE STRUCTURES OVER THE SWINGS.

AND THEN YOU DECIDE THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, AND YOU START PUSHING THAT WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER AND SAY, I'D REALLY LIKE AN AGENDA ITEM. AND BUT SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU DON'T REQUIRE PEOPLE TO COME IN HERE AND TELL YOU IN ADVANCE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON, JUST THAT THEY WANT TO SPEAK.

COUNCILWOMAN. SABOL. SO YOU'RE SAYING ANY TIME THE PUBLIC SPEAKS, THEY CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.

AND THAT'S WITH ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, LIKE IT CAN BE PUBLIC HEARING.

IT CAN BE PUBLIC COMMENT. THREE MINUTES. IS IT.

SO THAT IS A OPTION FOR YOU ALL. YOU COULD GIVE DIFFERENT TIME OPTIONS.

YOU COULD LEAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS OPEN. YOU COULD PUT A THREE MINUTE, FIVE MINUTE LIMIT ON THAT AND A THREE MINUTE LIMIT OR FIVE MINUTE LIMIT.

SO THE LIMIT IS AGAIN, I GUESS A REASONABLENESS KIND OF STANDARD.

WE ARE SAYING THREE MINUTES BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE INDUSTRY STANDARD AND TO KEEP US ALL STRAIGHT AND BE CONSISTENT.

THREE MINUTES IS WHERE WE LANDED. IT IS COMPLETELY UP TO COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF FOUR MINUTES IS YOUR COMFORTABLE SPOT THAN FOUR MINUTES IT IS.

IF YOU WANT TO GIVE MORE TIME ON ONE OR THE OTHER, THAT'S ALSO UP TO YOU.

[02:55:03]

THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO APPLICANTS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS WHATSOEVER.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT AN ARCHITECT THAT'S PRESENTING A CASE OR A BUSINESS OWNER, THIS DOES NOT IMPACT THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. IT'S SIMPLY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ITEMS. IS THERE ALSO A DIDN'T THE STATE LEGISLATURE SAY THAT THEY COULD SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING SO THEY CAN INTERRUPT A MEETING AND ACTUALLY POINT OF ORDER. NO, I WANT TO TALK. OKAY. SO YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT A RULE. OKAY. THE MAYOR IS IN CONTROL OR MAYOR PRO TEM IS IN CONTROL OF THE OF THE MEETING ORDER, AND THE PEOPLE IN THE PEANUT GALLERY DON'T GET TO CONTROL YOUR MEETING.

OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS. WELL, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE, OR.

I GUESS IT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IF WE GET RID OF THE PERSONS TO BE HEARD, LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW, WE PROVIDE GUIDELINES ON HOW TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES, BUT WE DON'T PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO MY CONCERN WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, THERE'S PROFANITY AND DEROGATORY COMMENTS.

AND SO DO WE HAVE GUIDELINES TO LIMIT THAT? YEAH.

OBSCENITY OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALLOW A LOT OF A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE SAID, WELL, YOU CAN'T SPEAK ILL OF, OF OTHER MEMBERS OR OF THE COUNCIL AND THOSE KINDS OF RESTRICTIONS REALLY KIND OF RUN INTO THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

SO AGAIN, THE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM HAS ALWAYS HAS CONTROL OF THE COUNCIL SESSION, NOT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT THE COUNCIL SESSION. AND IF SOME SPEAKER STARTS GOING OFF THE RAILS, YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT SECURITY HERE AND YOU'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO STOP THEM.

BUT ALWAYS THAT SHOULD BE EXERCISED EXTREMELY RARELY.

THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING HOPEFULLY NO MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL WOULD EVER SEE THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT.

AND AS FAR AS THE GUIDELINES GO, I LIKE THAT WE DO THAT RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL DAYS IN ADVANCE, WE SHARE THOSE GUIDELINES WITH THEM.

BUT I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T SIMPLY HAVE THEM AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND OR EVEN HAVE A FEW, YOU KNOW, FLIERS OUT HERE WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK, YOU KNOW, LET'S CONSOLIDATE.

LET'S LET'S NOT CONTINUE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE, YOU KNOW, I SIGN UP AHEAD AND I'M HERE OR, AND/OR I'M COMMENTING. IF WE PULL IT ALL TOGETHER, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THOSE GUIDELINES TO PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNING UP ON THE SPOT. BUT IF THEY'RE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, I THINK WE MAKE THAT COMMENT.

I DON'T SEE WHERE THAT WOULDN'T KIND OF HELP COVER THAT AS WELL.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE THIS FORM.

IT'S CITIZENS RIGHTS DURING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MEETINGS, MANNER OF ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL, PERSONAL SLANDERS, REMARKS, THAT KIND OF THING. THAT'S ACTUALLY ALSO IN THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE. WE GIVE THAT A COPY TO ANYBODY SIGNING UP UNDER A PERSON TO BE HEARD. IT'S ALSO UP BY THE SIGN IN SHEET FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY. BUT AGAIN WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE WEBSITE AS WELL.

OKAY. ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

COUNCILMAN DONOVAN. BRANDON, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M WITHIN LEGALITIES HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE REMOVE SECTION 12.2., 12.2 PERSONS TO BE HEARD AND EDIT. SECTION 12.3 PUBLIC COMMENTS TO UPDATE LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR ANY TOPIC TO BE DISCUSSED AND PROVIDING FOR A THREE MINUTE MAXIMUM TIME LIMIT AND ADD A NEW SECTION.

12.4 PUBLIC HEARINGS OUTLINING THE PROCESS TO SPEAK ON A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AND PROVIDING FOR A THREE MINUTE MAXIMUM TIME LIMIT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILWOMAN SABOL WITH A SECOND AND LET'S VOTE.

AND THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, STAFF. AND NOW WE'RE GOING ON TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS.

I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM. CAN WE JUST PAUSE FOR ONE SECOND? I THINK FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN, RIGHT?

[03:00:02]

AMENDING. YEAH, JUST THAT FIRST LINE. IT'S A RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO AMEND.

COUNCILMAN DONOVAN BRANDON. DO WE HAVE TO AMEND THAT LAST MOTION? YES, WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION AND REOPEN IT. RIGHT.

HOW DO I MAKE A MOTION? I'LL, I CAN DO THAT. OKAY.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RESCIND THE LAST MOTION AND REDO IT BASED ON INFORMATION FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

SO I GUESS I'LL. OKAY. SECOND BY DONOVAN BRANDON.

I GUESS WE VOTE. SO. LOOK AT THAT UNANIMOUS. DO YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO PASS IT DOWN? DOES SHE HAVE THAT? DO YOU HAVE THIS? DO YOU HAVE THE WRITING? YES. WELL, NO. DON'T LEAVE. SO HOW DOES SHE NEED TO WORD THIS? OKAY. YOU GOT IT. GOT IT. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL. RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE.

SHOULD I GO ON? THAT INCLUDES REMOVING SECTION 12.2 PERSONS TO BE HEARD.

EDITING SECTION 12.3 PUBLIC COMMENTS TO UPDATE LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR ANY TOPIC TO BE DISCUSSED, AND PROVIDING FOR A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT, ADDING A NEW SECTION 12.4 PUBLIC HEARINGS OUTLINING THE PROCESS TO SPEAK ON A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AND PROVIDING FOR A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND THAT AGAIN? OH, COUNCILWOMAN SABOL WITH A SECOND.

LET US VOTE. OH. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL IN. OPPOSED. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS.

OH, AND NOBODY OPPOSED IT, SO THAT IS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, STAFF, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. CAN WE GO TO REPORTS NOW RIGHT.

OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS. SINCE I GUESS I'M IN THE CENTER SEAT.

[17. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

SO, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS DEFINITELY OUT WITH THE COGANS.

SECOND RECENTLY, COUNCILMAN FARCO AND FORMER MAYOR MICHAEL BOYTER FUNDED A BUS TRIP FOR THE SENIORS TO WINSTAR AND FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, EVERYONE LOVED IT.

EVERYONE LOVED IT. AND BIG THANKS TO EVERYBODY.

SAL CARUSO ACTUALLY PUT IT TOGETHER AND GOT IT ALL PUT TOGETHER AND THEN CONTACTED COUNCILMAN FARCO AND FORMER MAYOR BOYTER.

BUT IT WAS, I THINK, ACROSS THE BOARD. EVERYBODY LOVED IT. WE FILLED UP AN ENTIRE GIGANTIC BUS AND WENT TO OKLAHOMA, YOU KNOW. SO WHO KNOWS, MAYBE PRETTY SOON WE MAY JUST HAVE TO DRIVE TO IRVING, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

AND AS FAR AS I GUESS, I'LL JUST MY THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD.

WE MET AGAIN AS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF A LOT OF AGAIN, ONCE THE PROGRAMING STARTS UP AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMING, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD. COUNCILMAN FARCO.

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

FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH AT THE LIBRARY IS PIE DAY 2 TO 4.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ANIMAL TRAILER WITH ANYTHING WE HAVE IN THE SHELTER THAT'S ADOPTABLE.

WE HAVE APRIL 5TH AND SIXTH, WE HAVE THE MEGA ADOPTION EVENT, AND IT'S OVER IN DALLAS AT KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.

IT'S 10 TO 5 ON BOTH DAYS THERE, AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE IN A BIG PART OF ADOPTING ANIMALS ALL OVER THE DALLAS AREA.

WE HAVE OUR BOARD MEETING APRIL 7TH AT 10 A.M.

AND NEXT WELL, APRIL 14TH TO THE 18TH IS ANIMAL CONTROL WEEK.

SO, AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING, WE MAY HAVE A FURRY FRIEND TO VISIT.

[03:05:03]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO, BEAUTIFICATION IS HOSTING CRAIG KREUSER ON SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH AT MEADOW PARK FROM 9 TO 11. SO GET THERE EARLY BECAUSE THE TRUCKS USUALLY FILL UP, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FORT WORTH ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER ON SATURDAYS, THEY'RE OPEN UNTIL TWO, I BELIEVE. AND SO IF IT IS FILLED UP, WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WHERE RESIDENTS CAN TAKE THEIR STUFF THERE.

AND BEAUTIFICATION MEETS AGAIN ON NEXT MONDAY AT 6:30.

AND JUST ONE ADD ON TO THAT. SO I'VE ACTUALLY UTILIZED THE FORT WORTH LOCATION.

SO I, I JUST GOT TOGETHER WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND I SAID, GO AHEAD AND PUT WHATEVER JUNK YOU WANT IN THE BED OF MY TRUCK.

AND IT WAS, IT WAS IT WAS PAINLESS. I MEAN, YOU DON'T GET OUT OF THE TRUCK OR YOUR CAR, YOU DRIVE UP, PEOPLE TAKE IT OUT, AND THEN BOOM. SO YEAH, THAT'S A THAT'S AN AWESOME EVENT.

AND THAT'S AN AWESOME PARTNERSHIP. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.

COUNCILWOMAN DONOVAN BRANDON. THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR PRO TEM.

I DON'T THINK I CAN IMPROVE ON WHAT MARIA DID TONIGHT.

IT'S AMAZING. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD. AMAZING.

PARKS AND REC. LAST THURSDAY, THE PARKS AND REC BOARD MET, AND THEY WILL WATCH A PRESENTATION THAT PARKS DIRECTOR MARK LONG GAVE TO US TONIGHT ON ITEMS 11 AND 12. AND THE BOARD AGREED THAT BOTH ITEMS WOULD BE VERY WELCOME ADDITIONS TO OUR PARK SYSTEM.

I BELIEVE ON THE NEXT MEETING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE EVALUATING SOME OF THE SHADE STRUCTURE, COLORS, COLOR COORDINATED FOR THE PARKS. I ALSO WISH TO THANK POLICE CHIEF BOBBY LAPENNA AND ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE ATTENDED THE SECOND ANNUAL POLAR BEAR PLUNGE LAST SATURDAY.

IT WAS VERY COLD THAT MORNING. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND IT WAS FOR A GOOD CAUSE BENEFITING SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE.

WE HAD COLLEYVILLE POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE, WE HAD THE POLICE EXPLORERS, AND I THINK BOBBY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO JUMP IN THERE.

BUT IT WAS A FUN TIME. THAT'S AWESOME MAN. THAT'S AWESOME.

I LOVE THAT COMMUNITY. COUNCILWOMAN SABOL DID YOU HAVE DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING BECAUSE, WELL, YOU WERE ON, I DID. HOW DID YOU GET HOW TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGEMENT ABOUT THAT? OH YES. SO YEAH, WE RESCHEDULED THE HOLLY FESTIVAL.

THAT WILL BE NEXT SATURDAY, WELL, THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY.

SO COME ON DOWN. AND IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT IF UNLESS IT'S RAINING, IS IT SUPPOSED TO RAIN AGAIN? WELL OKAY. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT EVENTUALLY.

OKAY. AND WITH THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE TO, CAN I GET A MOTION? CITY MANAGER. OH CITY MANAGER REPORTS. OH, I'M SORRY.

[19. City Manager/Staff Reports]

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO I HAVE A MOTION? WELL, I'D LIKE TO PLAY THE PART OF MAYOR PRO TEM ROB GAGLIARDI AND MOTION TO ADJOURN.

IT'S HOW I DO IT. YES. AND SECOND COUNCILMAN DONOVAN BRANDON.

OH, YAY OR NAY. YAY! ALL OPPOSED. NO. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.