7. Consider approval of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a six month extension of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Midway Development Group, LLC, for the Bedford Commons Mixed-Use Project (generally located between Bedford Road, L. Don Dodson Drive, E M Bilger Boulevard, and Parkwood Drive); outlining parameters under which Midway and the City of Bedford will proceed with development of the project; and providing an effective date.

[7. Consider approval of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a six month extension of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Midway Development Group, LLC, for the Bedford Commons Mixed-Use Project (generally located between Bedford Road, L. Don Dodson Drive, E M Bilger Boulevard, and Parkwood Drive); outlining parameters under which Midway and the City of Bedford will proceed with development of the project; and providing an effective date.]

I'M GOING TO LET YOU KNOW. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO NUMBER SIX. SO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A SIX-MONTH EXTENSION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH MIDWAY DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC, FOR THE BEDFORD COMMONS MIXED-USE PROJECT (GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN BEDFORD ROAD, L.

DON DODSON DRIVE, E.M BILGER BOULEVARD, AND PARKWOOD DRIVE); OUTLYING PARAMETERS UNDER WHICH MIDWAY AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD WILL PROCEED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. I'LL JUST KIND OF KICK THIS OFF.

THIS IS KIND OF A TWO PART ITEM. WE DO NEED TO EXTEND OUR CURRENT MOU WITH MIDWAY AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM.

DILIGENTLY BOTH GROUPS ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO PROCEED, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS NEEDED TO PROCEED.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND ASSURANCE TO MIDWAY.

THAT EXTENSION ENSURES THEM EXCLUSIVITY IN THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND.

AND OBVIOUSLY AS WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT TO THAT GROUP AS THEY'RE SPENDING TIME AND DOLLARS IN PURSUING THIS PROJECT.

SO THAT'LL BUY US A LITTLE MORE TIME. GIVE THEM THE ASSURANCE THAT THE LAND IS GOING NOWHERE.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. BUT THE EXTENSION IS ONE PIECE.

AND THEN ALSO, WE WANTED TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO EVERYBODY ON KIND OF WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING ON.

AND SO I'LL LET ANNA WITH MIDWAY KIND OF TALK ABOUT THEIR PIECE, AND THEN I WILL KIND OF WRAP IT UP AFTER THAT.

SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

WELCOME BACK. THANKS FOR HAVING ME AGAIN. JUST REMINDER, MY NAME IS ANNA DEANS.

I'M AN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT WITH MIDWAY. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE STILL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. TODAY WE HAVE A QUICK UPDATE.

IT'S KIND OF MID-STREAM, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THAT WE CAN SHARE.

BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS AND OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND CHANGES, SO.

SO WE LIKE TO KICK OFF WITH JUST RESTATING OUR GOALS AND VISION.

SO THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A UNIQUE MIXED-USE DESTINATION WITHIN BEDFORD THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT IT TO BECOME A DESTINATION FOR BOTH VISITORS AND RESIDENTS TO BEDFORD.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR SMALLER SCALE EVENTS.

WE KNOW WE HAVE LARGER SCALE EVENTS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF ELSEWHERE.

WE WANT TO NURTURE AND DEVELOP SMALL, LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND WE WANT TO USE THIS FIRST PHASE AS A CATALYST TO INCREASE THE SURROUNDING LAND VALUE AND SPUR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND THIS FIRST PHASE.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. DUE DILIGENCE WISE, WE HAVE A CIVIL FEASIBILITY ONGOING.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE CIVIL ENGINEER THAT THEY'VE ENGAGED ON THAT THE FLOODPLAIN REDUCTION AREA THAT'S STILL IN PROGRESS AND VERY CRITICAL TO ACHIEVE PRIOR TO LAND CLOSING. WE HAVE SITE GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS.

THIS IS STANDARD FOR ANY PROPERTY FIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

THIS IS TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT NEED TO BE ABATED, WHICH WOULD AFFECT THE TIMELINE AND POTENTIALLY THE BUDGET. SO THAT'S IN PROGRESS.

AND THEN THE TIRZ FUNDING ALLOCATION AND USES.

SO FIGURING OUT HOW THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE APPLIED AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR BUDGET AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY GAPS THERE.

SO THAT'S ALSO IN PROGRESS. LEGAL AGREEMENTS, WE HAVE THE MOU EXTENSION TODAY THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.

AND THEN WE HAVE PROVIDED A DRAFT AGREEMENT FOR REVIEW TO THE CITY, WHICH IS UNDER REVIEW.

ON THE PLANNING SIDE, WE'VE COMPLETED A DEMOGRAPHIC AND TRADE AREA ANALYSIS, WHICH WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT INTO TODAY.

WE'VE COMPLETED AN UPDATE TO THE MASTER PLAN CONCEPT THAT'S REFINED THE PARKING COUNTS AND PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS STILL IN PROGRESS, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'LL USE TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM PROSPECTIVE TENANTS BUILDERS FOR PRICING, HIGH LEVEL PRICING AND ALSO SOME COMMUNITY GROUPS.

WE HAVE FUTURE PHASES OF MASTER PLANNING THAT WE WANTED TO LAY OUT, JUST SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND MAKE SURE WE'RE THINKING AHEAD ON THAT

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AND THAT'S STILL IN PROGRESS. AND THEN WE'RE STARTING DISCUSSIONS WITH POTENTIAL PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS.

SO THAT'S ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS STRUCTURAL, ALL OF THAT.

SO WE HAVE MET WITH A FEW GROUPS AND WE'LL BE ISSUING AN OFFICIAL RFP IN ABOUT A MONTH.

AS FAR AS MARKETING AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS CONCEPT PLANNED A BIT MORE REFINED, WE'LL INITIATE MORE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WE'VE HAD A FEW WITH POTENTIAL BROKERS IN THE AREA, GOT A FEW NEW CONTACTS TODAY THAT WE'LL REACH OUT TO.

WE HAVE A FEW POTENTIAL TENANTS ALREADY WHICH ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEDFORD COMMONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH AND REFINE THE PLAN BASED ON.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO THEM, BUT WE DO LIKE TO GET EARLY MARKET FEEDBACK FROM POTENTIAL TENANTS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KNOW HOW TO RUN THEIR BUSINESS AND HOW TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAVE A GREAT LIST OF COMMUNITY GROUPS TO REACH OUT TO, AND SO WE PLAN TO START THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

THAT INCLUDES JUST THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE HOA'S NEARBY? OKAY. YES. YES. AND DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY THAT THERE ARE ALREADY BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN THIS? YES. IN THIS PROJECT. YES. INTERESTED IN COMING? YES. OKAY. YES. WHICH IS VERY GOOD, IT'S POSITIVE. AND THEY'RE EXPERIENCED OPERATORS AS WELL, WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO FIND, HONESTLY, TO FIND LOCAL EXPERIENCED OPERATORS.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING FOR US. VERY GOOD.

YES, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. SO WE DID DO SOME DEMOGRAPHIC AND TRADE AREA ANALYSIS.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS. SO THE CITY HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED GOALS AND POLICIES TO ATTRACT AND WELCOME THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

AND SO WE FEEL THAT BEDFORD COMMONS WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THAT, CONTINUING TO ATTRACT YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO STAY AND GROW THEIR FAMILIES HERE. WE KNOW THAT WE WANTED TO TARGET KIND OF FAMILY ORIENTED AND INTERGENERATIONAL, AND THE DATA THAT WE'VE GATHERED SEEMS TO SUPPORT THAT WITHIN THE TRADE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

BEDFORD IS A MID-CITY, HAS A MID-CITY LOCATION, OBVIOUSLY BETWEEN OTHER MAJOR CITIES.

AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF COMMUTING HAPPENING, BUT WE FEEL THAT FOCUSING ON A TEN MINUTE DRIVE TIME CATCHMENT AREA IS MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS PROJECT REALLY ISN'T DENSE ENOUGH YET TO START TO ASSUME THAT WE'LL PULL PEOPLE FROM THOSE MAJOR CITIES.

SO THE DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS FOCUSED ON A TEN MINUTE DRIVE TIME.

SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING THAT 40% OF THE POPULATION HERE WORKS WITHIN TEN MINUTES, AND THE REST ARE COMMUTERS.

SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW COMMUTERS HERE. THIS TEN MINUTE DRIVE TIME HOLDS ABOUT 73,000 HOUSEHOLDS.

SO ON THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES, WE'RE JUST SHOWING THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE PROJECT.

THIS IS PROBABLY TOO SMALL FOR ANYBODY TO ACTUALLY READ, BUT THIS IS SHOWING THAT THERE'S A REALLY WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND THEY HAVE NICKNAMES ON HERE, BUT IT RANGES ALL THE WAY FROM BRIGHT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO EMPTY NESTERS AND RETIREES.

AND SO THERE'S A REALLY BROAD RANGE HERE, WHICH IS EXCITING BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT AT THE PROJECT.

WE WANT ALL DEMOGRAPHICS REPRESENTED. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FURTHER, WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO THREE MAJOR GROUPS BASED ON KIND OF AGE AND AND WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR LIFE CYCLE. AND THEY'RE ALL VERY EVENLY REPRESENTED WITHIN TEN MINUTE DRIVE TIMES, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING. THERE'S KIND OF THE BRIGHT YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AND KIND OF EARLY COUPLES WHICH DON'T HAVE KIDS YET.

THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD. AND THEN WE HAVE THE FAMILIES KIND OF MIDLIFE WITH KIDS.

THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD. AND THEN WE HAVE THE COMFORTABLE EMPTY NESTERS AND RETIREES, AND THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD.

AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE PRETTY EQUALLY REPRESENTED WITHIN TEN MINUTES.

SO I KNOW THAT WE WE WENT INTO THIS WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS WOULD BE AN INTERGENERATIONAL DESTINATION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CATER TO FAMILIES.

BUT THIS, I THINK, FURTHER REINFORCES THAT. AND I THINK CATERING TO A PLACE THAT IS KID FRIENDLY IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO STAY AND GROW THEIR FAMILIES.

OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT THE FAMILIES TO STAY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THE EMPTY NESTERS BRING THEIR GRANDKIDS HERE AS WELL.

SO THIS REINFORCES THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE ON.

IN TERMS OF THE MASTER PLAN, THIS IS A KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND KIND OF THE CRITICAL POINTS THAT ARE GUIDING THE PLAN TO DATE.

ESTABLISHING THAT NORTH/SOUTH PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, WHICH IS PULLING FROM OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL AND THEN HOPEFULLY CONNECTING THAT TO THE ADDITIONAL SITES DOWN SOUTH.

AND SO ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE SITE.

PROVIDING ADEQUATE PARKING. THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR DRIVER OF THE SITE PLAN.

AND I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE OVER PARKED, BUT WE WANTED TO START THERE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY BASED ON THE TENANCY, WE CAN SCALE THAT BACK A BIT. WE WANT TO PRESERVE AS MANY MATURE TREES AS WE CAN.

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WE ALSO WANT TO WORK AROUND THE FLOODPLAIN. THERE'S A REDUCTION IN THE FLOOD AREA THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN MORE IMMEDIATELY, BUT THEN THERE WILL STILL REMAIN A FLOODPLAIN ZONE WITHIN THE SITE.

THAT ANYTHING THAT GOES INTO THAT WILL REQUIRE FEMA APPROVAL.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE WANT THIS CONSTRUCTION TO BE EXPEDITED.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DESIGN THE PLAN SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE A COMPLETE PROJECT EVEN WITHOUT THAT FEMA APPROVAL.

SO IF WE HAD TO COME BACK LATER AND PROVIDE THOSE PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR CONNECTIONS AFTER THE FEMA APPROVAL, WE COULD DO THAT AND IT WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

WE KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS THIS TO HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S NO BUILDINGS OR PARKING WITHIN THAT ZONE.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON THE ADJACENT PHASE, WHICH WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE CITY.

SO LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT MIDWAY HELPING PLAN THAT, PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN WE WOULD HELP FACILITATE THE SALE OF THOSE LOTS TO OTHER BUILDERS TO BUILD THE SINGLE FAMILY.

AND SO THE REVENUE FROM THOSE LOT SALES WOULD GO TO OFFSET THE FUNDS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING THAT WE'VE DONE SEVERAL ITERATIONS.

THESE ARE ALL VERY SIMILAR. BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT MORE ITERATIONS.

THIS WAS TRYING TO GET AS CLOSE TO THAT INITIAL SKETCH AS POSSIBLE.

NOW WE'LL PROBABLY TRY DOING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS STILL THE BEST PLAN, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO THIS SHOWS A LITTLE BIT LESS RETAIL THAN WE SHOWED THE FIRST TIME, AND THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN BY THE PARKING. THIS IS SHOWING TEN SPACES PER 1000FT² OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PATIO SPACE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN, I THINK, WHAT'S REQUIRED IN BEDFORD, THAT'S BASED MORE ON THE HOUSTON PARKING CODE.

AND SO THAT'S ALSO ASSUMING THAT A MAJORITY OF THIS IS F&B OR FOOD AND BEVERAGE.

A LOT OF THIS WILL PROBABLY END UP BEING RETAIL OR FITNESS OR OTHER USERS THAT REQUIRE A LOWER PARKING RATIO.

SO I THINK THIS IS HEAVY ON THE PARKING, BUT AGAIN, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS SPACE AND IT'S A LOT EASIER TO TAKE IT AWAY.

SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S STILL A LINEAR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION NORTH SOUTH.

AND WE STILL SHOWING ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CREEK AREA.

ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE JUST AN INITIAL PASS AT A LAYOUT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

WE'LL PASS THIS BY SOME LOCAL BUILDERS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS MARKET DRIVEN.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO START SHARING THIS WITH SOME OF THE, THE TENANTS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO, JUST TO GET SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK. SO IN TOTAL, THERE'S ABOUT 320 PARKING SPACES ON THE SITE.

AND THEN WE'RE ASSUMING THAT WE COULD ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 100 PARKING SPACES ACROSS THE STREET IF WE NEEDED TO.

I THINK THE BEDFORD CODE WOULD REQUIRE A LITTLE OVER 100 SPACES, SO THIS IS FAR ABOVE, I THINK, WHAT IS REQUIRED. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND SO YOU SAID THAT YOU REMOVE SOME RETAIL BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE PARKING, BUT WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT ALL PANS OUT. AND IF WE TRULY ARE OVER PARKED AS YOU SURMISE, THEN WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO ADD IN ANOTHER RETAIL BUILDING.

HOPEFULLY. YES. AND MAYBE IF YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS IF WE WANT TO CREATE MORE ACTIVITY.

MAYBE THERE'S A SPOT FOR, YOU KNOW, FOOD TRUCK OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY AFTER THE FACT.

BUT YEAH, THIS IS STILL IN PROGRESS, SO. OKAY.

SO LAST SLIDE JUST REITERATING NEXT STEPS AS WE LOOK TO HOPEFULLY LAND CLOSING IN SIX MONTHS.

AND I TRIED TO PRIORITIZE THESE. SO I THINK MOST IMPORTANT IS TO CONFIRM THAT THE SOURCES OF FUNDS ALIGN WITH THE USES OF THE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT.

YOU KNOW IF THERE'S A GAP THERE, THEN WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT MOST IMMEDIATELY.

I THINK WE NEED TO FINALIZE THE CIVIL FEASIBILITY, EXCUSE ME, CIVIL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND THE REDUCTION OF THE FLOODPLAIN AREA.

WE'LL START TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THE CONCEPT PLAN FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH WITH THREE POTENTIAL TENANTS TOMORROW AND HAVE SOME CALLS OUT TO LOCAL BUILDERS, SO THAT'S ALL ONGOING. WE'RE ALSO MEETING WITH POTENTIAL TEAM MEMBERS AHEAD OF MEETING WITH POTENTIAL ARCHITECT TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ALSO CONSIDERING OTHER POTENTIAL TEAM MEMBERS FOR THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING OF THE PROJECT.

AND THEN WE'LL UPDATE THE CONCEPT PLAN BASED ON ALL THIS FEEDBACK WITH THAT PROJECT TEAM.

THEN WE'LL USE THAT TO REFINE THE PROJECT BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT.

SO THAT'S AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF A COMPLICATED PROCESS, BUT WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF GOOD PROGRESS.

AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE SO FAR. WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, SO.

AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

I APPRECIATE YOU COME IN AND GIVING US THIS UPDATE.

I KNOW THAT FOR THIS, THIS IS JUST A SIX MONTH EXTENSION.

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AND YOU SAID THE GOAL IS THAT THIS WOULD BE HOPEFULLY THE LAST EXTENSION, AND BY THE END OF SIX MONTHS YOU WILL HAVE A FINISHED PRODUCT TO GO AHEAD AND UNVEIL TO US WITH EVERYTHING AND HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD. YES.

SO AT THE PLAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE AT THE END OF SIX MONTHS WOULD NOT BE FULL DOCUMENTS TO BUILD OFF OF.

CORRECT. BUT IT WOULD BE WHAT IN OUR MINDS. BASICALLY, IT'S COUNCIL'S TIME TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING? PLAN APPROVED. YEAH, PLAN APPROVED AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL THE OTHER LEGALITIES, INCENTIVES, TERMS AND SO FORTH. CORRECT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S INTERESTING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHY IT TOOK SO LONG.

I MEAN, BECAUSE WE WENT INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THINKING IN FEBRUARY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE. AND SO THERE'S CONCERN, I THINK THERE'S CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PERSUADE YOU THAT THIS IS AN AMAZING SPOT. AND THAT AND THAT AFTER WE SAID THAT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT APARTMENTS.

THAT PRETTY MUCH YOU WERE JUST GOING. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN WE'RE NOT REALLY THAT INTERESTED IN, SO WE'RE TAKING OUR TIME. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WE LOVE THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.

THE INITIAL THOUGHTS ABOUT MULTIFAMILY WERE JUST THAT THEY WOULD ADD DENSITY WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

WE DO GET SOME OF THAT. BUT ULTIMATELY, WITH SUPPORT OF THE CITY, WITH THE PROJECT, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FEASIBLE.

AND ALSO JUST THE COMMUNITY IMPACT. BOTH THOSE THINGS COLLECTIVELY MAKE IT VERY EXCITING AND ENTICING TO US.

SO WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED TO BE CONVINCED WE'RE FULLY ENGAGED AND ON BOARD AND MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

OKAY. WHAT'S THE BIGGEST HANGUP HERE THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE FOR THE TIMING OF ALL THIS? I THINK THE BUDGET, IT'S IN ORDER, HONESTLY, OF WHAT I SEE AS MOST CRITICAL TO ADDRESS RISK FROM A RISK PERSPECTIVE AT THIS POINT, GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE FUNDING IS THERE AND THAT IT ALIGNS, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A BIG GAP WHERE WE THINK WE CAN'T FILL, THEN IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. CORRECT. SO I THINK THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NO OTHER CHALLENGES WITH THE SITE THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF.

SO THERE'S A CIVIL FEASIBILITY MEMO THAT WE USUALLY DO ON A SITE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU FIND OUT LATER ON THAT COULD IMPACT BUDGET TIMELINE AND KIND OF DISRUPT EVERYTHING.

SO I THINK THOSE TWO THINGS ARE THE BIGGEST HURDLES AT THIS POINT, BUT TOTALLY MANAGEABLE FROM WHAT I CAN TELL AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE ALL CURIOUS HERE TO SEE IT.

I MEAN, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE AN UPDATE. GOOD TO SEE WHERE THIS PROJECT IS AT AND WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

A LOT OF US AGAIN, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IT FOR 15 YEARS.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE ALL HERE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, YOU SAID YOU WANT TO GET THIS DONE QUICK.

TRUE. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS DONE RIGHT.

AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION AS A COUNCIL.

DO WE WANT TO PROCEED OR NOT? AND SO IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN, I THINK, FOR ME AND MAYBE A FEW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IS GOING TO COME DOWN A LOT TO THE FINANCES AND THE COST. AND WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? WHAT BENEFIT IS THIS GOING TO HAVE TO THE CITY? TEN YEARS, 15 YEARS, 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD? AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CRITICAL DECISIONS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE DECISION TIME FOR US. AND SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU COME BACK AND PRESENT IT TO US, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALL GET OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK BACK IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HAMMER OUT THE DETAILS AND SEE WHERE WE WANT TO PROCEED.

BUT I'M OPTIMISTIC, OPTIMISTIC OF GOING FORWARD.

AND I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT WE COME BACK WITH.

AND BUT TO ME, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO NUMBERS TO ME, SO, BUT APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT PARKING IS AS WELL. AND BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RETAIL OR, LIKE YOU SAID, GETTING MORE CREATIVE WITH A FOOD TRUCK PARK OF SOME SORT.

TO, TO ENHANCE, ENHANCE THE SITE A LITTLE BIT MORE GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THERE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S MY THOUGHTS. COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO ANNA I REALLY I KNOW WE'RE CONNECTING EYES BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAST TIME YOU CAME, I HAD CONCERN ABOUT PARKING. AND SO YOU KNOW, I ALSO APPRECIATE THE STATEMENT THAT WE MIGHT BE OVER PARKED, BUT WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH THE PLAN. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE TENANTS THAT ARE ALREADY EXPRESSED INTEREST, GIVEN THAT THIS IS AN EXTENSION, DO, ARE THEY AWARE? LIKE, YOU KNOW, THESE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS LIKE THE TIMING LIKE AND WITH MARKET CONDITIONS, YOU FEEL LIKE THEY WILL STILL MAINTAIN THAT INTEREST ONCE WE RESOLVE IT? YES. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD VERY PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

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BUT AT LEAST INITIALLY, MOST OF THESE GROUPS ALREADY HAVE A LOCATION AND THEY'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, 3 TO 5 YEARS OUT THEMSELVES. AND SO THE TIMING SEEMED TO ALIGN REALLY WELL.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT RATE OR ANY OF THOSE KIND OF DETAILS BECAUSE UNTIL WE HAVE BUDGET NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT BEFORE WE THROW ANY NUMBERS OUT THERE.

BUT THE GOAL ULTIMATELY IS TO KEEP THE RENT AS LOW AS WE CAN.

SO THAT'S ALL JUST GOING TO BE A FUNCTION OF WHAT OUR FINAL COST IS, SO.

OKAY. AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION REGARDING FEMA APPROVAL.

DO YOU HAVE, LIKE A HISTORIC TIMELINE THAT IT TAKES LIKE IN TERMS OF BUILDING IN THAT APPROVAL? I BELIEVE I WAS TOLD IT WAS NINE MONTHS, USUALLY.

I WOULD HAVE SAID NINE MONTHS. YES. YEAH. AND SO THAT'S.

THAT WOULD, IF WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT, WE TRY TO MITIGATE RISK BEFORE WE BREAK GROUND.

IF WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WORKS WITHOUT FEMA APPROVAL.

AND IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO HAVE IT TO ADD SOME OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS.

THEN WE'LL BE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD PRIOR TO GETTING THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL.

AND I'M TOLD THAT GETTING OFFICIAL APPROVAL IS IT'S USUALLY PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

BUT WE JUST WHEN IT'S THIS LEVEL OF INVESTMENT, WE DON'T LIKE TO TAKE CHANCES.

SO WE TRY TO DESIGN AROUND IT. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GREAT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANNA WHAT I LIKE IS AND FOR OUR CITIZENS, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME WORKING WITH YOU ALL, AND IT'S OUR FIRST BIG PROJECT, IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST BIG PROJECT OR WORKING WITH CITIES LIKE US.

SO YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOU DO.

AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS IN A TIMELY FASHION AND MAKING SURE.

I LOVE GETTING. I'M IN CONSTRUCTION. I LOVE GETTING THOSE HICCUPS OUT FIRST.

SO IF WE CAN WORK OUT THE HICCUPS OUT IN FRONT, IT WORKS A LOT BETTER FOR EVERYBODY IN THE LONG RUN.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND DUE DILIGENCE. AND WE'RE EXCITED.

THE MAYOR'S RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT.

WE DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT, BUT WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE, OR AT LEAST I AM, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY. I'VE BEEN AROUND THE STATE TO SEE THE PROJECTS YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, AND THEY ARE FIRST RATE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT.

VERY GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.

WE ARE EXCITED AND DELIGHTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. TELL ME ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND THE GROUPS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SOLICIT THEIR OPINIONS FROM? SO, WE RECEIVED A LIST FROM ANDREA, AND WE'LL CONTINUE.

I'M SURE WHEN AT LEAST IN EXPERIENCE, WHEN YOU MEET WITH ONE GROUP, THEY USUALLY SAY, OH, YOU SHOULD MEET WITH THIS GROUP. SO I'M SURE ONCE WE START THAT PROCESS, THAT LIST WILL GROW.

BUT WE'LL TRY TO GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY AND JUST WORK WITH THEIR TIMING TO SEE IF WE CAN POP INTO A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. THAT'S PROBABLY HOW WE'LL START OUT.

AND IS IT MORE LISTENING ON YOUR PART OR TELLING THEM TO GET THEIR BUY IN? HOW DOES THAT WORK? DO THEY GET TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE? YES. SO THE GOAL WOULD BE TO SHARE THE HIGH LEVEL GOALS FOR THE SITE AND SHOW THE INITIAL CONCEPT PLAN, AND THEN GET FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE. PART OF THAT PROCESS IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, BUT ALSO KIND OF UNDERSTANDING REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS.

AND SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ASKS FOR THAT WE CAN SAY, YES, WE CAN TRY TO DO THAT.

BUT THIS MIGHT BE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVING THAT. WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM IN REAL TIME, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO THESE PLANS AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T.

DEFIANTLY. THEY'RE JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. SO IF WE CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS, I THINK THAT HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW WE GET TO WHERE WE GO, BUT ALSO HOPEFULLY INCORPORATING FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON WHAT KIND OF TENANTS THEY WANT TO SEE AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OUTDOOR SPACE WANTS TO FEEL LIKE, SO. YEAH, AND SPEAKING OF OUTDOOR SPACE I LOVED SEEING THE PLAN.

IS THERE ANY KIND OF THOUGHT GOING TO A PLACE FOR A FARMER'S MARKET, EVEN OCCASIONALLY, A SPLASH PAD FOR CHILDREN AND OR A STAGE AREA FOR A GUITARIST OR SOMETHING? YES, YES, MOST OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE SPACE FOR ALL OF THAT.

GREAT. AND ALMOST ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT'S CRITICAL TO ACTIVATING THEM.

AND MOST OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND SO THOSE ACTIVATIONS ARE REALLY WHAT KEEP PEOPLE COMING BACK.

SURE, YEAH. AND SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK FOR THIS PROJECT, THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS,

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THE OUTDOOR SPACE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE BUILDINGS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THAT.

OKAY. WONDERFUL. ONE MORE QUESTION FOR ME. IS THERE ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO THE FACADE? WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE? NOT YET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

NOT YET. I WE TRIED TO LOOK TO THE HISTORY OF AN AREA SOME KIND OF INSPIRATION FOR THAT.

AND SO I TRIED TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND UNTIL THAT PROCESS BEGINS AND JUST SEE WHAT IT REVEALS.

AND SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T. I MEAN, WE KEEP IT CONTEMPORARY, WE DON'T WE, IN FITTING FOR THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GO BUILD A LOG CABIN, BUT YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE TRY NOT TO LEAD.

WE LET IT KIND OF PLAY ITS COURSE AND SEE, SEE WHERE WE END UP.

OKAY. BUT WE'LL SHARE THAT AS SOON AS WE HAVE.

WE LIKE TO START OUT WITH KIND OF THAT STORY, INSPIRATION, IMAGES.

AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE ANY KIND OF LOOK AND FEEL, WE CAN SHARE THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

THANKS FOR COMING, ANNA. WE APPRECIATE YOU. NUMBER TWO IS THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND REDUCTION OF THE FLOODPLAIN.

IS THAT A MAJOR CONCERN? LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE AREA IS. FLOODPLAIN. FLOODPLAIN.

WOW. SO, WE ARE OUR UNDERSTANDING, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CIVIL TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS SITE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, IS THAT THEY THINK THAT BLUE AREA CAN BASICALLY GO AWAY AND BE REDUCED TO THE RED ZONE.

THEY THINK AS, AND FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DATA THAT WAS USED TO INFORM THIS AREA IS OUTDATED AND NEEDS TO BE REFRESHED, AND SO WHEN THEY DO THAT, THAT FLOOD ZONE OR FLOODWAY WILL BE MUCH NARROWER.

AND SO THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO. YOU'LL SEE THERE'S THERE'S PARKING LOTS IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CREEK THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR THE PROJECT.

THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT MOST IMMEDIATELY.

AND SO THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET FINALIZED.

BUT WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT.

WE THINK IT'S JUST GOING THROUGH THE STEPS AND GETTING IT.

SO BASICALLY YOU'RE ASKING FEMA TO REDESIGN IT A BIT OR TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN AFTER SEVERAL YEARS AND MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHAT THE FLOODPLAIN SHOULD REALLY BE FOR THE TIME. I BELIEVE THE ENGINEER WILL DO THE ANALYSIS AND THEN SUBMIT THAT.

IT'S A LOMR, I BELIEVE IS THE PROPER TERM. AND SO THEY SUBMIT THAT FOR APPROVAL.

AND IF THEY DON'T CHANGE IT, THEN ALL THAT PROPERTY IN THE BLUE WOULD NOT BE USABLE.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO. I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE 100 YEAR.

THE BLUE IS 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. SO POTENTIALLY IT WOULD HAVE SOME PRETTY BIG IMPLICATIONS ON WHAT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED THERE, AND ALSO THE INSURANCE COSTS FOR THINGS BUILT IN THAT AREA.

AND YOU'D HAVE TO GET APPROVAL. IT'S PERFECT TIMING WITH THE GUADALUPE.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. HOW DO WE REACH MORE PEOPLE? SO YOU SAID WERE THE TEN-MINUTE COMMUTE. AND OUR REACH WOULD BE, IF I RECALL, 70 SOMETHING THOUSAND.

DOES THAT INCLUDE THE 50 THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, OR IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE 50 THAT ARE ALREADY HERE? SO THAT IS JUST TEN MINUTES. IF YOU DREW A CIRCLE FROM THE SITE, TEN MINUTE DRIVE TIME.

OKAY. EVERY, THAT'S HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS ARE WITHIN.

OKAY. SO IT'S MORE PEOPLE. IT'S HOUSEHOLDS. OKAY.

BUT ALSO THIS IS JUST FOR THE INITIAL KIND OF FIRST PHASE.

SURE, SURE. THE GOAL IS THAT WHEN THIS IS SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE LOVE THIS PLACE SO MUCH THAT THEN WE BUILD FUTURE PHASES OR, YOU KNOW, REPUTATION GROWS OVER TIME AND THAT ATTRACTS MORE PEOPLE.

BUT INITIALLY, I THINK GOING INTO THIS THINKING THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM DALLAS AND ELSEWHERE TO COME HERE IS NOT REALISTIC BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER FIRST PHASE AND NOBODY WILL KNOW ABOUT IT, RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO MARKETING AND GET THE WORD OUT, BUT I THINK OUR BEST BET FOR ATTRACTING MORE PEOPLE IS ORGANIC GROWTH OVER TIME FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK IT WILL HAPPEN OVER TIME.

IT'S JUST DAY ONE. WE'RE DESIGNING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT TEN MINUTE CATCHMENT AREA.

OKAY. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. NO IT DOES, IT DOES. YEAH IT DOES.

IS THAT PRETTY TYPICAL FOR YOUR PROJECTS? I DON'T MEAN TO CUT IN.

NO, NO. BUT IS THAT PRETTY TYPICAL FOR YOUR PROJECTS? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE THAT THE AREA STARTS OFF RELATIVELY LIMITED AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT GROWS ORGANICALLY.

IS THAT IS THAT NORMAL FOR THESE PROJECTS TO BE? I THINK IT'S IT. IF YOU WERE TO. SPECIALLY THE TEN-MILE RANGE.

IT DEPENDS ON. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST.

SO IF THERE'S OTHER HIGH DENSITY PROJECTS THAT ARE CLOSER TO SOMEONE, THEY'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO GO THERE INSTEAD OF DRIVING FURTHER TO COME HERE.

UNLESS THEY HEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE THAT YOU NEED TO COME TO, WHICH I THINK WILL HAPPEN.

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BUT OVER TIME, ALSO, THAT INCREASED DENSITY IS WHAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THINGS IN ONE PLACE, YOU'LL ATTRACT FROM FURTHER OUT. SO I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE SCALE OF THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT.

BUT WE'VE ALSO, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WHEN YOU BUILD, IF YOU WERE TO BUILD OUT THIS IN ALL THE PARCELS AT ONCE WE WOULD NOT ADVISE THAT BECAUSE THAT THAT'S A REALLY BIG BET. AND THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE BANKING ON THOSE PEOPLE COMING FROM DALLAS AND ELSEWHERE.

AND THE REALITY IS THAT DAY ONE, THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

YEAH. SO WE'RE STARTING SMALL, BUILDING THAT BASE AND THEN ADDING ON TO IT OVER TIME.

AND THAT WE FEEL IS THE BEST DIRECTION TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL OVER TIME.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. IS THAT GOOD? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY.

VERY GOOD ACTUALLY. OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS A GOOD EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. YES.

CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY. JUST TO KIND OF TAG ON TO WHAT ANNA HAS SAID.

SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY QUITE A PROCESS. AND I KNOW WE ARE READY TO MOVE AND WANT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, TOO. BUT IN LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF THIS PROJECT, WE HAVEN'T MOVED BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE.

AND SO THIS IS THE CRITICAL. THESE ARE CRITICAL ITEMS, THE CRITICAL STEPS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO GET US AT A LAUNCH PAD TO HOPEFULLY MAKE THIS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. SO YOU KNOW, ANNA'S TOP TWO ITEMS ARE REALLY ITEMS THAT LIE IN OUR WHEELHOUSE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS CONTINUING THE CIVIL AND THEN ALSO DETERMINING THE FINANCING SIDE OF THINGS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH MCADAMS ENGINEERING AND HAVE GOT THEM BACK MOVING ON THINGS.

AND AGAIN, YES, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH WITH THE ENGINEERING.

IT'S THE LETTER OF MAP AMENDMENT OR LETTER OF MAP REVISION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS, AS FAR AS WE UNDERSTAND, IT IS JUST A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

THIS AREA ON THE FEMA MAP HAS BEEN ALTERED. SO THAT REALLY IS NOT CURRENT ANY LONGER.

SO OUR THE PITCH THAT WE HAVE BEEN MADE IS THAT IT'S JUST IT'S GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

IT'S JUST GOING THROUGH THOSE STEPS. AND THANK GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, THAT INITIAL PHASE ISN'T QUITE AS LONG AS THE FULL, YOU KNOW, THE FULL REMOVAL THERE SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET TO A POINT OF GETTING GOING.

BUT ON THE FINANCE SIDE OF THINGS, ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT IS CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE NEEDED TO DO, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE TIRZ IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF THIS.

AND SO WE HAVE HAD TO ENGAGE WITH THE NEW TIRZ CONSULTANT.

AND WE HAVE ENLISTED THE HELP OF HAWS HILL, WHICH IS A NAME YOU ALL SHOULD SOUND FAMILIAR.

AND THEY JUST DID OUR COMP PLAN REVISIONS. BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU RECALL, THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT GROUP.

THEY SPECIALIZE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE.

AND SO YOU WILL SEE NAINA BACK HERE AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER OUR TIRZ FOR US.

SO WE'VE ENLISTED THEIR SERVICES. THEY WILL GET US BACK.

AND THAT REALLY IS THE MISSING LINK TO HELPING US DETERMINE THE FINANCE SIDE OF THINGS, BECAUSE GETTING THE TERS TO ALIGN WITH DEVELOPMENT TIMING AND HOW WE CAN REIMBURSE THROUGH THE TERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE WILL HAVE NAINA HELP US KIND OF MAKE SOME WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED MINOR REVISIONS TO THE TERS TO MAKE SURE WE ALIGN WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

SO THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD. WE WILL CALL A TIRZ BOARD MEETING.

IF YOU ALL CAN RECALL, WE LEFT THE TIRZ IN A STATE OF A PRELIMINARY FINANCE PLAN, NOT A FINAL FINANCE PLAN.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE NAINA WILL COME IN AND KIND OF GET US TO THAT LAST STEP AND GET THINGS SQUARED AWAY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

SO THOSE TWO ARE REALLY THE BIG MISSING PIECES.

AND THAT ANNA'S GROUP CAN ONLY GO SO FAR UNTIL WE GIVE THEM THOSE THINGS.

AND SO HENCE AGAIN THE THE EXTENSION ON THAT.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE. AND AS SOON AS WE GET THAT DONE, WE WILL KICK IT BACK AND LET THEM THEN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND CONTINUE THE ANALYSIS ON THE SITE. SO JUST WANT TO ADD THAT. WE FEEL WE CAN GET THAT ALL DONE IN SIX MONTHS.

WE CAN, YES. OKAY. YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD HERE I MEAN SO TO THE RESIDENTS THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY IT'S BEEN TAKEN SO LONG.

I THINK INITIALLY WE HAD REACHED OUT TO PETTIT, DAVID PETTIT, WHICH WAS OUR TIRZ CONSULTANT.

AND MATTER OF FACT, I HAD LAKESIDE, THE MAYOR OF LAKESIDE CONTACTED ME AND SAID, WHO DID YOUR TIRZ? AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, DAVID PETTIT AND I, A COUPLE MONTHS WENT BY AND THEN HE CAME TO ME AND HE SAID, HE'S GHOSTED ME. HE'S NEVER TALKED TO ME. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM.

AND SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S HAPPENED, IS THAT HE HASN'T BEEN HE'S BEEN UNRESPONSIVE.

AND WE WENT AHEAD AND WENT OUT WITH HAWS HILL NOW.

OKAY, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S OUT THERE.

SO THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE DELAY AS TO WHY THAT IS.

AND IT'S ESSENTIAL BECAUSE THE TIRZ IS THE FUNDING MECHANISM WHICH GETS THIS KICKED OFF.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GOOD. YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

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YEAH OKAY. NO, I DON'T OKAY. ALL RIGHT, OKAY.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I LOOK FORWARD. SO LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING IN JANUARY OR BEFORE THAT WHEN ALL THESE PIECES START COMING TOGETHER, AND THEN COUNCIL CAN START MAKING SOME BIG DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY AND GIVING THIS AND NOW.

COUNCIL THIS IS, I BELIEVE, AN ACTION ITEM FOR THIS MOU.

SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HEAR A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION FOR SIX MONTHS BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

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

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF. AND AGAIN LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU COME BACK WITH.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL I'M GOING TO MOVE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

SO I SKIPPED THAT ONE PREVIOUSLY. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

[6. Consider an ordinance amending Article X, “Minimum Housing Code,” of Chapter 22, “Buildings and Building Regulations,” of the Code of Ordinances, to reorganize the article, set a deadline for annual registration renewal applications, establish provisions to protect tenants’ rights, and adding regulations to help prevent crime in multi-family properties.]

CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE X, "MINIMUM HOUSING CODE," OF CHAPTER 22, "BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS," OF THE CODE AND ORDINANCES, TO REORGANIZE THE ARTICLE, SET A DEADLINE FOR ANNUAL REGISTRATION RENEWAL APPLICATIONS, ESTABLISH PROVISIONS TO PROTECT TENANTS' RIGHTS, AND ADDING REGULATIONS TO HELP PREVENT CRIME AND MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES.

I GIVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. IF YOU RECALL, A FEW MONTHS AGO, COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MAKING SOME REVISIONS TO OUR MULTI-FAMILY REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION PROGRAM WITH THE PRIMARY GOAL OF STRENGTHENING SOME TENANTS RIGHTS PROVISIONS IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THOSE CHANGES AND THEN OF COURSE, BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THAT CAME OUT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN I WANTED TO. BUT JUST REAL QUICK THIS STARTED OUT AS A KIND OF FOCUSING ON SOME TENANTS RIGHTS THINGS AND THEN WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF FIX WHERE MAYBE SOME OF OUR PROCESSES DIDN'T COMPLETELY ALIGN.

WE ALSO TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THAT AS WELL.

SO THE FIRST SECTION THERE THAT WE REALLY TOUCHED WAS SECTION 22-415 SORRY WHICH WE CLARIFIED THE INSPECTION PROCESS.

AND THE BIG THING THERE IS THAT WE TOOK OUT THE FOLLOW UP INSPECTION REQUEST.

PREVIOUSLY WHEN PROPERTIES DID THEIR FIRST INSPECTION OF THE YEAR.

IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT, THEY WERE ABLE TO ASK FOR A FOLLOW UP WITHIN FIVE DAYS.

AND WE COULD DO THAT ALL YEAR LONG IF THEY WANTED TO.

SO IT REALLY JUST ADDED MORE INSPECTIONS ON THE STAFF, AND IT NEVER REALLY GAVE US A TRUE ANNUAL SCORE.

SO WE'RE JUST REMOVING THAT PROVISION FROM THE ORDINANCE.

THE SECOND ONE AFFIRMS THAT REGISTRATIONS ARE ON A CALENDAR YEAR, AND IT ALSO SPECIFIES DEADLINES THAT REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE IN. AND THEN DIVISION THREE THIS WAS KIND OF BEEN BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT WITH THE INTERPRETATION, BUT THE MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE WE'VE TRIED AND WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY TO ALL OF OUR HOUSING INSPECTIONS LONG TERM, SHORT TERM, EVERYTHING TO THAT NATURE. BUT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WAS IT REALLY JUST MEANT FOR MULTI-FAMILY ONLY OR WAS IT MEANT FOR ALL MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS OR ALL SORRY, SINGLE, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY.

AND SO WE JUST CLARIFIED IN DIVISION THREE THAT THIS IS ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

AND THEN THE LAST THREE SECTIONS ARE BRAND NEW SECTIONS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE.

ONE CLASSIFIES OR DEFINES THE VIOLATION TYPES, WHETHER IT BE LIFE THREATENING, CRITICAL OR NON CRITICAL, AND ALSO GIVES SOME REAL TEETH AND DEFINITION AS TO WHEN THOSE ABATEMENTS MUST OCCUR 24 HOURS FOR LIFE THREATENING, 72 HOURS FOR CRITICAL, AND THEN UP TO 30 DAYS FOR NON-CRITICAL.

SECTION 22-474 ADDS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT REALLY STARTED THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION.

AND IT ADDS THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR TENANTS RIGHTS.

PRIMARILY WHAT WE DID THERE IS WE MADE SURE THAT THERE ARE SIGNS POSTED IN ALL THE LEASING OFFICES TO MAKE SURE THAT TENANTS KNOW WHERE TO GO TO FILE COMPLAINTS IF THEY NEED TO. ALSO, THEY KNOW WHO TO CONTACT BOTH ON THE PROPERTY SIDE AND THE CITY SIDE IF THERE ARE ISSUES.

WE ALSO ADDED IN, AND I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL SEEN IN DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS, AND WE KIND OF STOLE THIS FROM THIS IDEA.

BUT IF YOU GO TO RESTAURANTS, YOU SEE THEY HAVE A SCORE POSTED IN, THEIR HEALTH SCORE POSTED.

SO WE TOOK THAT IDEA AND APPLIED IT TO MULTI-FAMILY AS WELL AND SAID ALL OF YOUR ANNUAL INSPECTIONS NEED TO BE POSTED IN THE LEASING OFFICE, SO PEOPLE COMING IN CAN SEE WHAT THE ANNUAL INSPECTION SCORES ARE.

AND THEN THE LAST THING WE DID IS WE REQUIRED ALL LANDLORDS TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION FOR TENANTS WHEN THEY'VE ISSUED A NOTICE OF VACATE FOR LACK OF NON-PAYMENT.

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AND THEN THE LAST THING WE ADDED WAS A NEW SECTION FOR CRIME PREVENTION.

AND THIS IS REALLY JUST MAKING LANDLORDS HAVE ALL THEIR TENANTS SIGN AN ADDENDUM TO THEIR LEASE THAT SAYS THEY WILL NOT CONDUCT ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ON THE PROPERTY.

KIND OF ALREADY GIVEN THAT THEY CAN'T DO IT ANYWAY. BUT WE'RE JUST HAVING THE LANDLORDS MAKE THE TENANT SIGN SOMETHING.

AND THAT WAY IF THEY ARE CONVICTED OF DOING SOMETHING ON THE PROPERTY, THEN THERE'S AN AVENUE FOR THE LANDLORD TO EVICT THEM BASED ON THAT ACTIVITY.

WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. REAL QUICK FOR THE VIOLATIONS AND THE CRITERIA.

COULD YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT FOR. SO OBVIOUSLY LIFE SAFETY VIOLATION THAT NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED IN 24 HOURS.

COULD YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF THAT? I CAN IT'S HARD BECAUSE EVERY CASE IS BASED ON IT, ON SPECIFIC SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

BUT FOR INSTANCE, I WAS TALKING TO STAFF TODAY ABOUT THIS ONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S LIVE WIRES OR IF THERE'S A REAL TRUE IMMEDIATE EFFECT TO OR A THREAT TO LIFE SAFETY, IF IT'S DEPENDING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, IF THE WEATHER IS 100 DEGREES PLUS AND THERE'S NO AC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LIFE SAFETY.

GOTCHA. AND THAT MAY NOT MEAN THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE, THEY HAVE TO FIX THE AC IF IT'S THAT CASE, BUT IT MAY MEAN THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF TEMPORARY RELIEF TO THE RESIDENTS.

YEAH. WHETHER IT BE THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A TEMPORARY AC UNIT OR WHATEVER MECHANISM THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THE TENANT LIFE IS NOT THREATENED BY THE VIOLATION. GOT IT. CRITICAL OBVIOUSLY, JUST TO STEP DOWN FROM THAT.

IT IS. AND THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WHETHER IT BE, AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFICS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE A IMMEDIATE LIFE SAFETY ISSUE OR LIFE THREATENING, BUT GIVEN A COUPLE OF DAYS OR GIVEN SOME OTHER FACTORS, IT COULD BECOME THAT. AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUSLY.

SMOKE DETECTORS. SMOKE DETECTORS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY. RUNNING WATER. RUNNING WATER. WHERE'S THAT FALL? IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY. I WOULD GENERALLY SAY RUNNING WATER IS PRETTY MUCH YOU'VE GOT TO PROVIDE SOMETHING WITHIN 24 HOURS A FIX OF SOME SORT.

YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. SAME FOR HOT WATER AS WELL.

YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN FOR THE 30. SO WE GO FROM 24 TO 72 TO 30 DAYS.

WE FEEL LIKE 30 DAYS IS ADEQUATE, OR DO WE PICK THAT NUMBER JUST OUT OF.

IT IS, KEEP IN MIND THOSE ARE THOSE ARE JUST SOME BASIC SET CRITERIA THAT WE NEEDED IN THE ORDINANCE TO PROTECT OURSELVES AS WE'RE WRITING CITATIONS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IF CODE OFFICERS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD AND THEY SEE SOMETHING, THEY WELL, IT MAY NOT BE LIFE THREATENING.

IF IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, THEN WE ALREADY HAVE OUR SET PROCEDURES OF SEVEN DAY NOTICES AND 14 DAY NOTICES AND SO THIS DOESN'T CHANGE ANY OF OUR PROCEDURES.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. OBVIOUSLY HAVING THE TENANTS RIGHTS POSTED WITH NUMBERS TO CALL.

EVERYTHING. IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE IS READY FOR THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE? YES, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY RECEIVING THOSE CALLS. OKAY. WHAT I DID FAILED TO MENTION, AND I FORGOT THAT I PUT IT IN THE PRESENTATION.

I WAS TOO BUSY WORRYING ABOUT BULLET POINTS HERE. WE ALSO, JUST FOR THE POINT OF REFERENCE, I PROVIDE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE COULD POST.

OKAY. SO THE FIRST ONE, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THIS IS ALL INTERNAL. OBVIOUSLY WE'LL PROBABLY FINE TUNE THIS A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE POSTED WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE SCORE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT I KNOW WAS IMPORTANT WAS WHERE TO GO GET INFORMATION FOR TENANTS RIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YES. THIS IS THE NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS THAT WE WOULD.

AGAIN, ROUGH DRAFT. BUT IT GIVES US SOMETHING.

YEAH. THE QR CODE GOES TO OUR CITY'S WEBSITE WITH ALL OF THE TENANTS RIGHTS INFORMATION ON IT ALREADY.

SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THEY CAN HAVE. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I LIKE SEEING THAT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG ONE THAT BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS AND MYSELF WANTED TO BRING FORWARD AND SEE THIS IMPLEMENTED. AND I LIKE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE STANDARD FOR THE WHOLE ALL APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

THERE'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SIGNED OR ANYTHING. IT IS THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS, 24/7 FOR THEM TO REFER BACK TO.

THAT IS A POSITIVE ONE. ONE QUESTION WHEN IT COMES TO THE TENANTS RIGHTS, BUT THERE IS A SECTION WHERE NOTICE TO VACATE FOR NON-PAYMENT AND INFORMATION. AND SO THIS GOING TO BE, THIS RIGHT HERE, THAT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE LINKS AND THE QR CODE.

YES, THIS WILL BE THE, AGAIN THIS IS THE ROUGH DRAFT, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME TYPE OF IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD HAND OUT TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX TO SAY WHEN YOU ISSUE A NOTICE TO VACATE FOR NON-PAYMENT,

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YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE THIS WITH THAT AS WELL AND KEEP THAT IN THEIR FILE, OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'VE DONE SO. GOT IT.

WITH THAT INFORMATION DO WE HAVE ANY RESOURCES FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE VACATED, FOR INSTANCE, SHELTERS, OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. COULD THAT BE PART OF THIS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS BEING VACATED, ASKED TO LEAVE, THEY'RE NOW HOMELESS. SURE. COULD INFORMATION RESOURCES BE ALSO ADDED TO THAT TO INCLUDE SHELTERS, OTHER LOCAL AREAS, THINGS THAT THEY COULD TAKE PART OF? FIVE ONE, THREE TO REACH OUT TO THAT, THAT SORT OF THING.

SO IN THIS PROCESS AND I REALIZE IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT IN THIS PROCESS, WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH IN FINDING OUT WHAT THOSE NONPROFITS OR WHAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE. TARRANT COUNTY HAS AN AGENCY WITHIN THE ACTUAL COUNTY THAT PROVIDES THOSE LIST OF RESOURCES.

SO MY THOUGHT IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS IF THIS AMENDMENT GOES THROUGH TONIGHT, THEN PROBABLY WHAT OUR NEXT STEP IS TO GET WITH MOLLY AND UPDATE SOME OF THOSE LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE. BUT ALSO THIS NOTICE HAS, WHAT I WOULD CALL, JUST STANDARD STATE OF TEXAS.

AT THE VERY BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE TEXAS TENANT ADVISOR, TEXAS TENANTS UNION AND THEN TEXAS ON YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION.

FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES. THESE ARE THE THREE MAIN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY OTHER CITIES.

SO WE THOUGHT WE'D INCLUDE THOSE ON THIS NOTICE TO VACATE AS WELL.

VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. I'M GLAD THAT WE CAN WE CAN ADD THOSE RESOURCES BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING HOMELESSNESS, YOU GOT TO GET ON IT QUICKLY RIGHT THERE. YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT THAT IS HOW WE CAN STOP IT IN ITS TRACKS.

AND THAT'S ONE EASY THING THAT WE CAN DO HERE IS JUST PROVIDING INFORMATION.

AND IF IT HELPS JUST ONE PERSON, THEN IT'S WORTH IT.

SURE. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT WHAT WE WOULD BE PUSHING OUT INFORMATION TO IS NOT, BECAUSE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES, OBVIOUSLY. CORRECT. BUT WE'RE HELPING THEM FIND RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE THAT WOULD HAVE THOSE. CORRECT, EXACTLY.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS SINCE YOU AND I ADDED THIS TO OUR AGENDA? THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO I'M REALLY GLAD ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE'VE BEEN MAKING.

GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, JUST LINKS ON THE WEBSITE TO ACTUALLY HAVING POLICIES IN PLACE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD USE AS A RESOURCE IN ADDITION TO THE COUNTY IS UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY.

THAT 211. THEY DO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE IN NEED.

AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR COUNCIL, A LOT OF RESIDENTS APPROACHED ME. THREE YEARS AGO WAS A HEAT WAVE, AND THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT COOLING IN THEIR APARTMENTS, THE TEMPERATURE OF THEIR WATER AND HOW THEY GET RELIEF.

AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN DOING DILIGENT WORK TO PROVIDE HOW RESIDENTS CAN GET THAT RELIEF.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT.

ONE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY EASY TO HOLD THE MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES ACCOUNTABLE, BUT DO WE HAVE A GOOD SENSE WITH THE TENANT OCCUPIED SINGLE FAMILIES, LIKE CONTACTING THOSE LANDLORDS AND OR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THESE STANDARDS? SO MOST OF THESE STANDARDS HERE WOULD APPLY TO ONLY OUR MULTI-FAMILY.

OKAY. OTHER THAN THE MINIMUM HOUSING CODE, WHAT WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT WOULD NOT APPLY TO SINGLE FAMILY.

WE ARE, AND I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU ALL BEFORE, WE ARE SLOWLY IMPLEMENTING THE LONG TERM RENTAL.

I DON'T HAVE A FULL COMPILED LIST YET OF ALL OF OUR LANDLORDS FOR SINGLE FAMILY, FOR THE LONG TERM RENTAL.

I WOULD, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. NO, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. AND IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. SURE. SO THEN I ALSO WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES, OR IF IT'S REPEAT PROPERTIES THAT ASK FOR THOSE MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS TO KIND OF LIKE, OH, YOU CAUGHT US ON A BAD TIME. LIKE WE'RE NOW GOING TO PAINT THE ROOM OR, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP THIS ONE UNIT AND SO WE CAN GET A BETTER SCORE.

WATER REPEAT PROPERTIES THAT WERE ASKING, OR WAS IT LIKE A WIDESPREAD PHENOMENON WHERE THE PROPERTIES KNEW THAT THEY COULD DO THAT? IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF A ONE OFF. IT WASN'T JUST ONE PROPERTY DOING IT.

IT WAS, I THINK, WHEN THEY GOT CAUGHT WITH SOMETHING, IF THEY ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST WHEN MAYBE WE WEREN'T AS THOROUGH IN OUR INSPECTIONS, IF THEY GOT TO A TIER TWO AND THEY THOUGHT, OH, WELL, IF I JUST DO THREE THINGS AND I CAN GET TO A TIER ONE THEY WOULD DO THAT.

IT'S JUST WITH HOW WE'RE TAKING OUR INSPECTIONS AND WE'RE DOING MORE INSPECTIONS.

NOW, IT REALLY TO DO A A SECOND CHANCE INSPECTION, I GUESS I'D CALL IT.

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WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO TO INVEST IN THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. AND THAT'S MORE STRICT FOR FOR THE LANDLORDS AS IT IS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY NEED TO BE THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. IT'S ONE, ONE CHANCE.

ONCE A YEAR, MAKE SURE YOU MAINTAIN YOUR PROPERTIES. SURE. BECAUSE THERE IS NO SECOND CHANCES GOING FORWARD.

AND THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S HUGE. THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY.

AND THIS IS THESE ARE THE MEASURES THAT WE'RE TAKING TO HOLD THESE LANDLORDS ACCOUNTABLE.

MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE LIVING IN SQUALOR, AND THERE'S NO SLUMLORDS IN THIS CITY.

AND WE'RE HOLDING THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ACCOUNTABLE.

SO THIS IS, I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS. AND ALSO THE PREVENTATIVE CRIME PREVENTION ADDENDUM.

SO YOU TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT. SO WHAT ADDITIONAL CRIME PREVENTION METHODS ARE IN THERE.

OBVIOUSLY TENANTS HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING SAYING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COMMIT CRIMES. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT WHAT ELSE IS IN THERE? SO THERE'S ALSO, THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH ON LIGHTING OF COMPLEXES, PARKING LOTS, BUILDINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAD THAT IN THE MINIMUM HOUSING CODE ANYWAY, BUT THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH ON THAT ASPECT, WHICH IS REALLY A LOT OF IT. AND ALSO IT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF INCORPORATE OUR IT'S KIND OF A CRIME PREVENTION DESIGN STANDARDS. THAT'S KIND OF A NATIONWIDE THING THAT'S OUT THERE.

AND A LOT OF THEM, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, A LOT OF IT IS REALLY FOCUSED ON WHEN, YOU KNOW, OR WHEN PROPERTIES ARE DEVELOPING AND HOW YOU DESIGN THOSE.

BUT THERE ARE THINGS OF THAT, OF THAT PROGRAM THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE FOR EXISTING PROPERTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT SHRUBS AND BUSHES AND TREES THAT ARE OVERGROWN.

MAYBE THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE IT. THEY'RE NOT TECHNICALLY A NUISANCE, SO I CAN'T GET THEM FROM A NUISANCE STANDPOINT.

BUT IF WE THINK THERE ARE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO EASILY HIDE AND COMMIT CRIMES IN THERE, THEN WE CAN GO AFTER THEM.

FROM THAT, WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM TO GET THEM TO COMPLY WITH THAT.

BUT ALSO IF WE HAVE ANY GATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ANY TYPE OF ACCESS CODES. THIS REALLY THIS REQUIRES THOSE PROPERTY MANAGERS TO GIVE FIRE, POLICE ALL OF THOSE CODES AND KEEP THAT UP TO DATE AS WELL.

VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. SO YEAH, THAT'S AND THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY MISSING FROM THIS ORDINANCE PREVIOUSLY.

RIGHT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT WORK.

I KNOW IT TOOK SOME TIME TO GET US HERE, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE IT.

I'M GLAD WE FINALLY, FINALLY GOT HERE. AND WE'LL BE HOLDING THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND RENTERS ACCOUNTABLE.

VERY GOOD. SO, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COMMISSION.

YES. THANK YOU, MANAGER ANDREA. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO ADD ALONG WITH THIS, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A TENANTS RIGHTS PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT ALSO WE WILL BE EXPANDING AS A RESULT OF THIS NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF GOT THINGS ORGANIZED. WITH THE RATINGS ON THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THAT WILL ALSO BE ADDED ONTO OUR WEBSITE SO THAT SOMEONE CAN EASILY SEE IT AND FIND IT IN ONE PLACE. SO YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE EXPANSION OF THAT.

AND THOSE WILL BE OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW.

LIKE AGAIN KIND OF THE RESTAURANT SCORES ARE OBVIOUS AND OUT THERE.

SO LOOK FOR LOOK FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WITH THIS AS WELL.

OKAY. ALSO MY ASK IS THAT ONCE THIS YOU KNOW, IF PASSED HERE TONIGHT, ONCE YOU GUYS START DIGGING INTO THIS, WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THESE PAGES AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE POSTED IF YOU MIND SHARING THAT WITH COUNCIL.

AFTER YOU GUYS WORKSHOPPED IT AND KIND OF CAME UP WITH AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS. MOVE TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT.

MOVE TO APPROVE. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT ONE SINCE IT WAS BOTH.

SINCE IT WAS BOTH YOU AND I ORIGINAL. SLOW. AND SO YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE.

REAL SLOW. EXTREMELY SO BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER IS ABSENT.

HE'LL RETURN VERY SOON. HE WILL RETURN, MOMENTARILY? MOMENTARILY? I DON'T KNOW. QUESTION MARK. QUESTION MARK.

I'M SURE HE WILL. BRYN IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.

NOW, SINCE I CAN GET EDUCATED. THERE HE IS. OH, THERE HE IS.

BUT IN STILL. DEFINITELY WAIT FOR HIM. DEFINITELY WAIT.

GOT IT. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

THANK YOU STAFF. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG IN THIS EVENING TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A

[8. Consider approval of a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Bedford and Texas Health Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford (HEB), for the purpose of the Hospital participating in the “340B Program” of the Public Health Services Act, which allows the hospital to purchase prescription drugs at reduced prices, resulting in expanded access and improved care for underserved populations.]

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND TEXAS HEALTH METHODIST HOSPITAL HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD, FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOSPITAL PARTICIPATING THE "340B PROGRAM" OF THE HEALTH SERVICES ACT, WHICH ALLOWS THE HOSPITAL TO PURCHASE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AT REDUCED PRICES, RESULTING IN EXPANDED ACCESS AND IMPROVED CARE FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS. OH. THAT'S ME. OKAY. SO THAT'S THE FIRST.

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ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THIS ONE COUNCIL A FEW WEEKS BACK, I GOT INVITED TO THE HOSPITAL BY PRESIDENT BRANDON GOERTZ.

AND HE INVITED ME. I HAD NO CLUE, I WAS GOING IN BLIND PRETTY MUCH TO SEE WHAT THE SITUATION WAS.

BASICALLY WHAT THE HOSPITAL IS LOOKING AT HERE IS PARTICIPATING IN THIS 340B PROGRAM.

SO IT'S A NATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE DISCOUNTED PHARMACEUTICALS FOR THE HOSPITAL CONSIDERING THAT THEY SERVE LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS. AND SO ALL THEY NEED FROM US IS BASICALLY THE SIGN UP SAYING, YEAH, THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND WE APPROVE OF THAT.

IT SEEMS VERY MUNDANE. AND SO I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED AT IT FIRST WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION.

SO I SENT IT OFF TO BRYN TO TAKE A LOOK AT TO GIVE HIS LEGAL, YOU KNOW, CRACK AT IT.

SEE, IS THERE ANYTHING I'M MISSING HERE? IS THERE ANY LIABILITIES THAT THE CITY IS UNDER? AND IT'S JUST FOR THEM. AND UPON APPROVAL THEY WILL THEN APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM AGAIN FOR DISCOUNTED PHARMACEUTICALS.

AND THE DEADLINE FOR THAT WAS IS JULY 14TH. SO THIS WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY.

YEAH. THIS IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO PASS IT.

BUT YES, THAT'S THE CRUX OF IT. ANY QUESTIONS? I MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES AGAIN UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNCIL. APPRECIATE IT.

AND I KNOW THE HOSPITAL WILL APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. NUMBER NINE. DISCUSSION AND ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TEM, BOARD AND COMMISSION LIAISONS,

[9. Discussion and action regarding the appointment of the Mayor Pro Tem, Board and Commission Liaisons, and Members of Committees, Foundations, and Corporations.]

AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES, FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS.

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

THIS IS OUR ANNUAL PROCESS TO IF, WE IF COUNCIL CHOOSES TO APPOINT A MAYOR PRO TEM OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION LIAISONS OR CORPORATION MEMBERS OR COMMITTEE OR FOUNDATION MEMBERS.

SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE CURRENT MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

OKAY. DO WE DO THIS LAST. WE DID THIS LAST YEAR? THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. OKAY. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BLUR TO ME.

I THINK THE ONLY CHANGE LAST YEAR WAS APPOINTING MISS DONOVAN BRANDON TO THE LIBRARY BOARD.

OH, YES. YEAH.

BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE DID. ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST OFF LET'S TALK BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND LIAISONS, COMMITTEES, FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS. ANYBODY INTERESTED IN MAKING ANY CHANGES THERE? COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. TECHNICALLY, THERE'S NO CULTURAL ARTS ADVISORY BOARD ANYMORE.

IS THERE? I MEAN, IT'S NOT FUN. IT'S NOT. DOESN'T HAVE ANY MEMBERS.

I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY DISBAND THAT.

IT'S JUST IN A HOLDING PATTERN. SO I DON'T KNOW BRYN.