[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]
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          ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 6:00. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING AT THE
BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. 
          IT IS TUESDAY, JULY 8TH, 2025. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE
TUNING IN ONLINE. 
          FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE WE HAVE AN INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL,
FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BEING LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS. 
          SO IF EVERYONE WOULD GO AHEAD AND PLEASE STAND. 
          LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMMENSE LOSS AND SUFFERING CAUSED BY THE
FLOODS ON THE GUADALUPE. 
          OUR HEARTS ACHE FOR ALL THOSE IMPACTED BY THIS DISASTER,
THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF THE WATER AND THE PRECIOUS LIVES LOST. 
          I'M AMAZED AT THE INCREDIBLE RESILIENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. 
          ACTS OF COURAGE, COMPASSION AND SELFLESSNESS HAVE BEEN WITNESSED IN RESPONSE TO THIS
TRAGEDY. 
          THE STRENGTH OF COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER OFFERING SHELTER,
FOOD AND COMFORT TO THOSE IN NEED. 
          RECOGNIZE THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS,
VOLUNTEERS, AND RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO RESCUE AND ASSIST THOSE AFFECTED. 
          STRENGTH CAN BE FOUND IN SHARED HUMANITY AND IN THE COMMITMENT TO A BETTER FUTURE. 
          ACTIONS SHOULD REFLECT COMPASSION AND DETERMINATION TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE ALL CAN
THRIVE, EVEN IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. MOVE FORWARD WITH HOPE AND A RENEWED SENSE OF PURPOSE. 
          PLEASE PROTECT THOSE IN DANGER AND PROVIDE COMFORT TO THOSE IN SUFFERING. 
          GRANT STRENGTH TO THOSE HELPING AND BRING PEACE TO THOSE AFFECTED. 
          AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC
FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO COUNCIL RECOGNITION. 
          [COUNCIL RECOGNITION]
WE HAVE EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION. AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME FIRE CHIEF BILL WALKER. 
          GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          TONIGHT WE'VE GOT, I CAN SAY, THE BIGGEST ONE [LAUGHTER] GOT OUR SENIOR MAN,
JOEY LANGFORD. 
          COME ON UP THERE, CHIEF. EVERYBODY KNOWS JOEY. 
          [LAUGHTER] I GOT A LIST OF THINGS THAT HE'S DONE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING, OBVIOUSLY,
JOEY, 45 YEARS. 
          SENIOR MAN IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M GONNA GUESS SENIOR MAN AT THE CITY,
I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE CALL IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S FEW PEOPLE AS DEDICATED TO THE FIRE SERVICE AS JOEY. 
          IT'S BEEN HIS LIFE. AND THERE'S NOT A CALL WE HAVE THAT HE DOESN'T SHOW UP AT AS THE FIRE
MARSHAL. 
          HE LEADS OUR FIRE INVESTIGATION TEAM, ARSON TEAM. 
          AND SO EVERY FIRE HE'S, THEY'RE INVESTIGATING. 
          AND ABOUT HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS KNOW HIM AND CALL HIM TO ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT THEIR INVESTIGATIONS. 
          AND MOST WEEKS, SOMEBODY WANDERS DOWN THE HALL PAST ME LOOKING FOR JOEY FOR A QUESTION
ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE FIRE INVESTIGATION OR HOW THINGS WORK. 
          SO NOT ONLY IS HE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD,
BUT I THINK EVERYBODY BY THIS TIME, THE STATE OF TEXAS REALIZE HE'S A GREAT RESOURCE AND JUST SOMEONE THAT'S HUNDRED PERCENT
COMMITTED TO THE FIRE SERVICE. AND AS HE TRAVELS AROUND THE STATE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, DIFFERENT EVENTS REPRESENTS THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTREMELY
WELL. JOEY, ACTUALLY, I UNDERSTAND BEGAN WITH A FIREFIGHTER AS A VOLUNTEER WHILE I WAS STILL ATTENDING
HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF YEARS HERE, I'M NOT EVEN SURE,
HE PROBABLY HAS A COUPLE. 
          I ALSO UNDERSTAND HE MAYBE WORKED AT THE SIGN SHOP PRIOR TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
SO THE SIGN SHOP PEOPLE HAD HIM FIRST. 
          BUT VERY QUICKLY, STARTED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS A PAID FIREFIGHTER. 
          JUNE 2ND OF 1980. HELD THE RANK OF FIREFIGHTER,
ENGINEER, LIEUTENANT, AND DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL. 
          HE'S PART OF THE NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY TASK FORCE. 
          HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT TEEX. HE WAS THE ARSON DOG HANDLER,
ONE OF THE FIRST IN NORTH TEXAS. 
          WORKED WITH THE ATF. RAN OUR CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY. 
          HE IS A PEACE OFFICER. ADVANCED STRUCTURE FIREFIGHTER. 
          ADVANCED ARSON INVESTIGATOR. ADVANCED FIRE INVESTIGATOR. ADVANCED FIRE INSPECTOR AND
INSTRUCTOR TOO. A FIRE OFFICER TOO. 
          HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN. A FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY EDUCATOR. 
          INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER. PLANS EXAMINER. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT COMMANDER. 
          AND INCIDENT COMMANDER. AND A FIRE MARSHAL. AND THAT'S THE PARTIAL LIST THAT I SCRATCHED
UP JUST LOOKING THROUGH HIS FILE. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. YOU KNOW,
JOEY'S A FIXTURE FOR THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          ANYTIME WE HAVE A QUESTION OF HOW DO WE GET HERE,
WE GO FIND JOEY. 
          HE TELLS US HOW WE GOT THERE AND HOW THINGS WENT ALONG THE WAY,
AND THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF IT. 
          SO WE'RE JUST SUPER FORTUNATE. THE CITY OF BEDFORD HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE JOEY HERE
THIS WHOLE TIME. 
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HE'S A RESOURCE TO US ALL. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST THINK IS REALLY
OUTSTANDING IS HE DOES STILL REALLY GET OUT AND REPRESENT THE CITY OF BEDFORD IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT STATEWIDE AND TO OTHER NATIONAL EVENTS. 
          AND HE'S VERY COMMITTED TO THAT. AND SO IF YOU TALK ABOUT WHO SOMEONE IS REALLY COMMITTED
TO THEIR PROFESSION, JOEY LANKFORD IS ONE OF THE, HE'S IN RARE AIR THERE AND 45 YEARS IS JUST ONE PART PROOF OF
THAT. 
          BUT WHAT HE DOES EVERY DAY IN HIS COMMITMENT TO IT IS,
HE'S BEEN AWESOME. 
          SO 45 YEARS AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SLOWING DOWN TOO MUCH. 
          SO THANK YOU JOEY. I'M SLOWING. A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT. 
          A LITTLE SLOWER. SO, CHIEF, I KNOW 45 YEARS,
YOU KNOW, BEING THE MOST SENIOR PERSON HERE AT THE CITY AND DEFINITELY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I GOT TO ASK, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO GIVE YOU MOMENT HERE. 
          SO TELL ME WHAT WHAT KEPT YOU SO LONG? WHY HAVE YOU BEEN HERE FOR 45 YEARS? IT'S JUST BEEN A PASSION JUST TO STAY HERE. REALLY? I COULD HAVE GONE OTHER PLACES. YEAH. I LOOK TO GO OTHER PLACES AND DECIDED,
YOU KNOW, I'M HERE. 
          I'VE GOT MY ROOTS. I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THAT'S PHENOMENAL. 
          WHAT'S YOUR FONDEST MEMORY? OH, I DON'T KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW. 
          YOU DON'T KNOW THAT ONE. [LAUGHTER] I KNOW. THERE'S BEEN SO MANY OF THEM. 
          SO. AND YOU SERVED WITH SO MANY, SO MANY PEOPLE,
AND YOU'VE HAD A DIRECT IMPACT ON THIS CITY. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THIS CITY OWE YOU JUST IMMENSE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR
SERVICE. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, AND I HOPE YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. NOT THAT I KNOW OF. OKAY, GOOD. UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE KNOWS SOMETHING,
NO I DON'T. OKAY, GOOD. 
          NO NO NO. WE NEED YOU. AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. 
          AND FOR 45 YEARS, CHIEF LANKFORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE WHEN HE STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO GET BACK. 
          REALLY? YES. YEAH. I WASN'T BORN YET. [LAUGHTER] EXCUSE ME. 
          I'LL GET THE FRONT. IN FRONT. YEAH. OKAY. 
          HERE, HERE. OH, YOU WANT TO IT'S LIKE I'M AN OOMPA- LOOMPA NEXT TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU GUYS, I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] APPRECIATE YOU. WU 45 YEARS THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF, SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. 
          ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. PEOPLE ARE THROWING OUT. THROWING OUT WHEN THEY'RE IN GRADE SCHOOL. 
          ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT. 
          [CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]
GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. 
          GOOD EVENING. I WILL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER ONE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 25TH OF 2025,
THE REGULAR MEETING. 
          ITEM NUMBER TWO. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO
ENTER INTO A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH A TARRANT COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR IN TARRANT COUNTY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM TAXES LEVIED BY THE CITY OF
BEDFORD. 
          AGAIN, AS IT STATES, THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR'S OFFICE TO
HANDLE OUR TAX BILLS, SUBMISSION AND COLLECTION. WE HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW. 
          THE CHOICE IS EITHER YOU HAVE THAT IN-HOUSE OR YOU CONTRACT WITH THEM,
AND PARTICULARLY CITIES OUR SIZE, IT IS OBVIOUSLY MOST ECONOMICAL TO GO AHEAD AND CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR THESE SERVICES. 
          THEY ALSO REPORT OUR PAST DUE AND DELINQUENT TAXES AND WORK WITH OUR TAX FIRM ON THOSE. 
          AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE VARIOUS REPORTS SO THAT WE CAN ANALYZE THE DATA ON THOSE TAX NUMBERS
FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES. 
          THE AMOUNT THAT THIS WILL EQUATE TO IS APPROXIMATELY $19,320 THIS YEAR,
WITH A 3% MAXIMUM ANNUAL INCREASE GOING FORWARD FOR THAT THREE-YEAR CONTRACT. AND AGAIN, THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO CHARGE AN AMOUNT THAT CAN EXCEED THE ACTUAL
COST OF THE COLLECTION SERVICE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF A BREAKEVEN SITUATION FOR THAT GROUP. 
          SO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET FOR THAT ITEM. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET OF
THE CITY OF BEDFORD, 
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TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST,
2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2025. 
          THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS NEEDED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS OF OUR MUNICIPAL
COURT THROUGH THE PHYSICAL ENHANCEMENTS OF SECURITY TO THE COURT ITSELF, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL LICENSING FOR THE COURT THAT IS NOW REQUIRED TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH THE FBI'S CJIS POLICY,
WHICH IS A CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM POLICY, AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS AMOUNT IS $11,673,
AND FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE COURT SECURITY FUND. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO
ENTER INTO A ONE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FOUR ONE-YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHUTTLE BUS SERVICES FROM DURHAM SCHOOLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,611.90,
AND AJL INTERNATIONAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,802.50, FOR A COMBINED ANNUAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $47,414.40,
FOR AN ESTIMATED TOTAL COST OF $237,072 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED. 
          AND AGAIN, THE SUBJECT REQUEST WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO SUPPORT SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE FOR OUR
CITIES SPECIAL EVENTS, PRIMARILY FOURTH FEST AND BEATS AND EATS, AND THEN ALSO COACH BUSSES FOR OFFSITE SENIOR
EVENTS. 
          THE BID FOR THE SERVICES WERE ADVERTISED AND DISTRIBUTED TO 14 VENDORS. 
          WE RECEIVED SEVEN RESPONSES AND BASED ON THAT,
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE TWO VENDORS DURHAM SCHOOLS FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT TRANSPORTATION AND AJL FOR THE SENIOR BUS TRIPS. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND,
SENIOR CENTER, OPERATING BUDGET AND THE TOURISM FUND. ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, SUSPENDING THE JULY 31ST, 2025 EFFECTIVE DATE OF ONCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY
COMPANIE'S REQUESTED RATE CHANGE TO PERMIT THE CITY TIME TO STUDY THE REQUEST AND TO ESTABLISH REASONABLE RATES;
APPROVING COOPERATION WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES SERVED BY ONCORE TO HIRE LEGAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES AND TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COMPANY AND DIRECT ANY NECESSARY
LITIGATION AND APPEALS; FINDING THAT THE MEETING IN WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS
REQUIRED BY LAW; REQUIRING NOTICE OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COMPANY AND LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE STEERING
COMMITTEE. 
          THAT IS A MOUTHFUL. THIS ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY AN ONCORE. 
          OUR ELECTRIC PROVIDER IS PROPOSING A RATE INCREASE TO BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND OUR STREET
LIGHT RATES. 
          SO THE SUBJECT RESOLUTION WILL ESSENTIALLY SUSPEND THAT EFFECTIVE DATE AND GIVE US 90 DAYS
FROM THAT DATE TO WORK WITH OUR STEERING COMMITTEE AND BASICALLY EVALUATE THE RATE INCREASE REQUEST AND DETERMINE WHETHER IT COMPLIES WITH LAW AND IF IT DOES,
DETERMINE WHAT FURTHER STRATEGY TO PURSUE. 
          THERE IS NO CURRENT FISCAL IMPACT AT THIS TIME,
AND WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT AFTER THAT'S BEEN WORKED OUT. 
          OKAY. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR CONSENT, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. SO, ANDREA, FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE WITH THE COURT SECURITY,
ARE THERE ANY ONGOING COSTS ASSOCIATED OR IS IT JUST ONE AND DONE THE UPGRADE? I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE SOME. 
          IT'S ONE AND DONE. OKAY. OKAY. WE'RE ONE AND DONE WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          YEP. AND THEN SIMILARLY WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          SO WE ALWAYS HAVE BUDGET FOR THE SENIOR CENTER EVENT TRIP. 
          SO THIS IS LIKE, SO OUR SENIORS CENTER BUDGET WILL BE SET UP TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS GOING
FORWARD. 
          YES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL,
ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT. SO, WHY IS NOT TO EXCEED UP TO $237,000? WHY NOT TO EXCEED? WELL, WHY IS IT THAT HIGH. 
          I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT $50,000 FOR THE TWO SERVICES,
BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT NOT TO EXCEED $237,000. 
          AND THAT SEEMS TO BE QUITE A LEAP. ONE YEAR,
FOUR YEAR. 
          I'M TRYING TO DO THE MATH HERE. IT'S FIVE. IT'S FIVE TOTAL. 
          IS THIS JUST FOR ONE? OKAY, SO YOU'VE GOT 4TH OF JULY,
SO THERE'S JUST ONE SHUTTLE FOR THAT. 
          SO, THEY'RE JUST PROVIDING ONE BUS FOR EVERYTHING OR FOUR BUSSES? NO, NO, ONE. ONE BUS, I BELIEVE. ARE WE? YEAH. 
          THANK YOU MARK. SO 4TH WILL BE FOUR BUSSES. OKAY. 
          PLUS ONE. BEATS AND EATS WILL BE SIX BUSSES,
PLUS TWO. 
          I'M SAYING TWO WOULD BE ADA. AND THEN THE SENIOR TRANSPORTATION COULD BE UP TO TWO BUSSES
DEPENDING ON REGISTRATION. 
          AND SO IS THAT THE DISCREPANCY IN THE, AND THE PRICE,
WHERE IT COULD GO UP TO $237,000? 
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OR ARE THE FOUR BUSSES THE TWO AND THE TWO INCLUDED IN THE. 
          SO WHERE YOU'RE PROBABLY SEEING THE DISCREPANCY I THINK IS WITH THE SENIOR BUSSES,
IS THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT USE THE FULL RANGE OF BUSSES TO TRANSPORT SENIORS. 
          OKAY. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A LOT. IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM $50,000 TO $237,000 AS A
POSSIBLE AMOUNT THAT YOU COULD SPEND. 
          THAT'S OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. OH, SEVERAL YEARS? YES. YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M CONFUSED. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER
PARKER. 
          A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. 
          AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU STAFF. ON TO NEW BUSINESS. I'M GOING TO JUST FOR COUNCIL SAKE. 
          [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. 
          IS THERE ANY. THERE'S NO LEGAL. I MEAN. NO, IT'S REALLY JUST WHATEVER YOU ALL WOULD
PREFER. 
          OKAY. OKAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO REMOVE IT UNTIL WE ESTABLISH WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE
IN THE FUTURE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN WITHOUT ANY. WE CAN, AND IF YOU WANT TO INSTRUCT ME TO ADOPT A
DRAFT, AN ORDINANCE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TO DISSOLVE THE BOARD,
I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT, TOO. 
          I THINK RIGHT NOW I KNOW THAT STAFF IS LOOKING AT REWORKING THAT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
FOR THE CULTURAL COMMISSION AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. PERHAPS WE DISSOLVE THAT. WHEN THAT TIME COMES,
WE CAN DISSOLVE THE CULTURAL AND THEN APPROVE THE NEW, IF THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO GO AHEAD. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS
GOING FORWARD. 
          SURE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL, ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? YEAH. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. OKAY, I DON'T CARE. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT WORKS. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER. NO SWAPS. 
          EVERYONE'S HAPPY WHERE THEY'RE AT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD. YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD. NEXT UP FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          SO, MAYOR PRO TEM. FIRST OFF MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI,
I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I FEEL LIKE, IS THE CANE COMING TO PULL ME OFF THE STAGE? NO, NO, NO, NO. I KNOW. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY. 
          NO, NO, YOU DID IT, YOU SERVED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. 
          AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN DURING THE ABSENCE,
RUNNING THE MEETING. 
          WHEN WHEN MY SON WAS IN THE NICU AND I HAD TO BE THERE WITH HIM. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP AND RUNNING A MEETING FOR THAT GOING FORWARD. 
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MY PLEASURE, MY PLEASURE. AND TAKING EVERYONE BACK. 
          WHEN WE FIRST GOT, YOU KNOW, POINTED, I WAS THINKING BACK TO IT. 
          MAN, THE CITY WAS IN SOME DIRE STRAITS, IN A WAY. 
          WE HAD JUST HAD OUR MAYOR STEP DOWN. PROFESSOR MAYOR BOYTER. 
          WE HAD THE CITY MANAGER LEAVE WITHIN A MATTER OF TWO MONTHS AFTER THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAD THE POLICE CHIEF LEAVE. YEAH. SO ALL WITHIN A MATTER OF SIX MONTHS. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF INSTABILITY WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND SO WE NEEDED SOME STABILITY HERE AT THE AT THIS LEVEL FOR STAFF AND FOR THE RESIDENTS
TO CARRY THIS CITY FORWARD. 
          AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW THE STAFF APPRECIATES THAT. 
          LOOKING LOOKING AHEAD NOW AND LOOKING AT THIS COUNCIL,
I FEEL WE ARE. 
          WE'RE PRETTY STABLE AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW. AND QUITE FRANKLY,
I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OF US STAY UP HERE BECAUSE I THINK WE WORK TOGETHER WELL AS A GOOD TEAM. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALL A GOOD TEAM,
WE ARE ALL DOING WELL. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS IN HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF
MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CITY. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT KIND OF BE SWITCHED AROUND A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OTHER CITIES
DO THAT, TOO. CITY OF EULESS LIKES TO TRADE OFF MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          AND THEY'RE PRETTY STABLE AS A CITY COUNCIL GOING FORWARD. 
          AND SO NOW THAT WE ARE PRETTY STABLE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT GOING FORWARD,
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME ARE WILLING AND WANTING TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY. 
          AND SO THAT'S MY THOUGHTS GOING FORWARD. AND HONESTLY,
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE SOMEBODY. 
          I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE. YEAH. CAN I CAN I SAY A FEW THINGS FIRST? DO YOU MIND? AS YOUR CURRENT SITTING MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          YES, YEAH. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. 
          IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE COUNCIL. AND IT'S BEEN A EVEN MORE OF AN HONOR TO BE A
MAYOR PRO TEM AND TO, IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY PROUD THING FOR ME TO DO AND TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          AND I ENJOY WORKING WITH EVERYBODY UP HERE. I KNOW,
AND I 100% AGREE, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY IT USUALLY EVERY YEAR IT CHANGED. 
          YEAH. SO AND THEN COVID HIT. YEP. WE WERE BOTH ON COUNCIL WHEN THAT HAPPENED. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF, WELL YOU AND I BOTH REMEMBER THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. 
          THERE WAS. THERE WAS SO MUCH. THERE WAS A LOT. 
          THERE WAS A LOT. WE'VE ACTUALLY. WE'VE SEEN A LOT TOGETHER. 
          WE HAVE, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT TOGETHER. AND THE GOOD,
THE BAD AND THE UGLY. 
          BUT WE'RE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE AT A MUCH BETTER PLACE. I AGREE 100%. 
          I THINK WE'RE IN A BETTER PLACE. AND WE FINALLY HAVE AGAIN THE STAFF THAT ISN'T GOING
ANYWHERE. 
          AND A COUNCIL THAT IS UNITED GOING FORWARD AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY UP HERE LEAVING ANY
TIME SOON TO RUN FOR HIGHER OFFICE AND JUST LEAVE AND VACATE AND THEN CAUSE THE CITY STRESS. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SEE US KIND OF TRANSITION AND. 
          I AGREE, I AGREE. I APPRECIATE IT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE. 
          OKAY. WELL I'LL GO FIRST. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER
DAWKINS IF SHE WILL BE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION. 
          I THINK SHE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB THUS FAR. 
          I KNOW THAT SHE IS READY. I THINK SEEING HER HONESTLY,
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WHEN SHE RAN FOR COUNCIL. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE I HAVE EVER SEEN RUN FOR COUNCIL AND JUST
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND JUST KNEW WHAT TO DO AND KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CITY. AND THAT'S HANDS DOWN. 
          AND SINCE THAT TIME, I KNOW SHE'S ALREADY PROVEN HERSELF BEEN A MEMBER OF UNITED WAY,
VOLUNTEERED WITH 6 STONES. 
          SO I THINK SHE'D BE AN EXCELLENT MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CITY. 
          I THINK SHE WOULD BE AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE STEVE FARCO. 
          STEVE MOVED TO THE COMMUNITY IN 1978. HE'S BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY
THROUGHOUT THOSE DECADES. 
          WITH THE HEB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT. 
          HE'S WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION,
WHICH SORT OF PULLS THE HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD CITY TOGETHER THAT WHOLE MID-CITIES TOGETHER AS MIDWAY SPOKE ABOUT BEING THAT WE'RE IN THE MID-CITIES. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IS, I THINK, COUNCILMAN FARGO'S THIRD TERM ON COUNCIL,
SO IT MAKES HIM PRETTY SENIOR. 
          AND BETWEEN HE'S ALSO INVOLVED IN THE HBISD. HE HAS BEEN ALSO FOR DECADES,
I BELIEVE. 
          HE'S GOT A SCHOOL AWARD AT L.D. BELL. NAMED AFTER HIM. 
          SO HE'S HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE ISD, WITH WITH BRINGING COMMUNITY LEADERS TOGETHER. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN HIM IN ACTION. AND, YOU KNOW,
HE'S A BUSINESS OWNER AND AGAIN, VERY INVOLVED. 
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HE AT EVERY EVENT ALREADY. HE IN EVERY EVENT THAT WE NEED REPRESENTATION AT,
HE'S AT IT. 
          THROUGH THE CHAMBER OR THROUGH HIS BUSINESS OR THROUGH THE ISD. 
          AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S A I MEAN, ALSO HIS AVAILABILITY IS BECAUSE HE'S THE CEO OF
HIS OWN BUSINESS. 
          YOU KNOW, HE CAN GO AND GO TO ALL THE MEETINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY,
WHEN I COULDN'T GO. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, MICHELLE HAS A JOB TO. I HAVE A JOB. 
          OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW NOTHING AGAINST COUNCILWOMAN DAWKINS AT ALL. 
          I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST SEEN COUNCILMAN FARCO ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME. 
          AND HE WORKS CLOSELY WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE CHAMBER AND THE ISD. 
          AND THOSE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THAT'S WHO I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. 
          FIRST OFF, DO THE NOMINEES ACCEPT THEIR NOMINATIONS? YES, I ACCEPT. OKAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. I ACCEPT. 
          I ACCEPT, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. I MEAN WE NEED TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY AND THEN
VOTE FOR HIM. 
          AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN. THAT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD. THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD. THAT WOULD
NOT BE GOOD. THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD. BUT I DO I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, TO THAT EFFECT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BOTH GREAT CANDIDATES BEING NOMINATED HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN FARCO, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT,
YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT THAT'S ALSO THE REASON WHY, ANOTHER REASON WHY I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE IT TO
COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS. SO SHE HAS MORE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS FOR THIS TO PROMOTE, TO DO MORE WITHIN THE CITY. BECAUSE,
AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
          IT'S ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITY, MORE,
MORE RESPONSIBILITIES TO STEP UP. 
          AND I KNOW SHE IS READY AND WILLING TO DO THE JOB. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH A VOTE. 
          I'LL START WITH A VOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM,
AND I'LL GOT THE MOTION AND SECONDED. 
          I SECOND IT. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR MAYOR PRO
TEM. 
          YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS. OKAY. AND THAT PASSES WITH 4 TO 3. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A NEED FOR ANOTHER VOTE,
BRYN? THERE'S NO NEED FOR ANOTHER VOTE. I WILL JUST MENTION,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANDREA MENTIONED IT TO YOU. 
          YOUR CHARTER DOES CONTEMPLATE AT YOUR WISH TO APPOINT A DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AS WELL. 
          THAT'S INTERESTING. I REALLY DON'T FEEL THE NEED FOR THAT,
QUITE FRANKLY. 
          FOR GOING FORWARD WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          I THINK IT CONVOLUTED THINGS. AND JUST THEN IT GOES TO A HIERARCHY,
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ASSISTANT DEPUTY REGIONAL MANAGER TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          [LAUGHTER] SO, SO CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR PRO TEM MICHELLE DAWKINS. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE THE CITY WELL. [APPLAUSE] AND THANK YOU,
COUNCIL, FOR NOT MAKING THAT PAINFUL. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN A PART OF SOME PAINFUL DISCUSSIONS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, WHERE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. 
          NOT VERY CIVIL. AT LEAST. I HAVE BEEN PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          OH, YOU MEAN A PREVIOUS MAYOR. PREVIOUS MAYOR. 0H,
0H, 0H, I DON'T HAVE A TIE TO TAKE OFF. 
          OH, AND THROW IT ACROSS THE ROOM, OR A PEN. NOW MIC IS OFF. 
          [LAUGHTER] OR POUT IN THE CORNER. OKAY. WITH THAT LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL
MEMBER REPORTS. 
          [10. Mayor/Council Member Reports]
ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST UP WITH NOTHING FROM THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL AS OF YET,
I KNOW THAT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL HAS PASSED, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT. CHANCES ARE I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY CBG
FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          SO IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL WILL PROBABLY BE DISSOLVED. 
          WE'LL HAVE ONE MORE MEETING IN AUGUST TO SEE ITS FUTURE,
AND THEN IT WILL PROBABLY BE DISSOLVED HENCEFORTH. 
          SO I'LL KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED WHEN WE HEAR BACK ON THAT ONE. 
          I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT WITH, AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY. THEY HAD THEIR FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE. 
          THEY DO IT IN THE LAST SATURDAY OF JUNE. SUPER HOT THEY DID OVER AT THE BOYS RANCH. 
          AND WHAT AN AMAZING CAPABILITY WE HAVE AS A CITY. 
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HAVING SOME VOLUNTEERS THAT GO OUT THERE AND THEY'RE CALLED UPON. 
          IF COMMUNICATIONS WERE EVER DOWN WE STILL HAVE THESE RADIO OPERATORS,
THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 
          I MEAN, THEY WERE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA DURING DURING THAT. 
          AND IT'S A LIKE A WORLDWIDE EVENT THAT THEY DO,
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTACT EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          AND SO WE ARE LUCKY AS A CITY TO HAVE THESE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS OUT HERE FOR,
GOD FORBID, IF ANYTHING REALLY TERRIBLE WERE TO HAPPEN. WE STILL HAVE COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES WITH
THE OUTSIDE WORLD, SO I'M SO GLAD FOR THEM. AND I'M HOPING MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE'LL GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER AND INVITE COUNCIL OUT TO SEE ALL KIND OF THEIR CAPABILITIES AND WHAT THEY HAVE GOING ON, GOING FORWARD. SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          AS FAR AS THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT. NEXT UP,
ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD. 
          [11. Report on most recent meeting of the following Boards:]
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THEY HAVE, THERE'S A COUPLE EVENTS COMING UP FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER. 
          THEY HAVE A MARKET AT THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL ON 7/19 FROM 12 TO 5:00. 
          WE'RE HAVING, OUR BOARD MEETING WILL MEET ON AUGUST 11TH AT 10 A.M. 
          ON THE 16TH AND 17TH OF AUGUST THEY HAVE A MEGA ADOPTION EVENT AT AMON CARTER,
THAT'S ALL DAY. 
          AND THEN ON AUGUST 23RD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAR THE SHELTER AT THE BEDFORD ANIMAL
SHELTER. 
          AND THAT'S FROM 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.. AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXCITING THINGS THAT THEY
WANTED ME TO WAIT ON. 
          BUT COME THE 16TH OF THE MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO GET A NICE SURPRISE. 
          SO THAT'S IT FOR ANIMAL SHELTER. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. 
          BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. 
          SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. A LABOR OF LOVE FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD,
WHERE IT WAS REALLY THE BRAINCHILD OF LONG TERM MEMBER KAREN JACOBSEN. 
          AND TO HAVE BEDFORD HAVE A MONARCH WAYSTATION TO HELP WITH THE MIGRATION OF THE MONARCH
BUTTERFLIES. 
          AND SO THAT WAS INSTALLED AT OLD BEDFORD SCHOOL AND UNDERUTILIZED SPACE AND A REALLY
EXCITING TIME TO BASICALLY A STEP IN BEAUTIFYING OUR CITY. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK KAREN AGAIN FOR THE
IDEA. 
          ANDREW WOOLEN AS CHAIRMAN, AND THEN MARK [INAUDIBLE] AND DON HENDERSON AS STAFF LIAISON ON
GETTING THIS GETTING THIS PROJECT CONCEIVED AND IMPLEMENTED. ALSO, THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE COMING AT OUR AUGUST MEETING
TO PRESENT THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS AND RECOGNIZE THOSE IN THE CITY WHO MAKE US GREAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE HAVE NOT MET, BUT ANYONE WHO IS BORED THERE IS PLENTY GOING ON AT THE
BEDFORD LIBRARY. 
          EVERYTHING FROM TIE DYEING A SHIRT TO PAINTING CHERRY BLOSSOMS. SO THERE'S LOTS TO DO. AND IF YOU HAVE A YOUNG PERSON AROUND,
YOU CAN STILL DO THE READING CHALLENGE UNTIL JULY 31ST. MAY I ASK, ADD ONE MORE THING, PLEASE? THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LIBRARY? THAT'S FINE. PART OF YOUR REPORT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN BEDFORD KNOWS THAT LD
BELL HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN INVITED TO THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, AND THEY'RE STILL RAISING MONEY, AND WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THESE KIDS
GOING TO THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. IT IS NOVEMBER 27TH. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE SELLING ANYTHING,
BUT THEY HAD A BOOTH AT THE 4TH OF JULY AND THERE WAS LOTS OF INFORMATION. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BANDATHONS OR THINGS THAT WE CAN GO TO
AND AT LEAST GET TO HEAR THEIR PROGRAM. 
          AND I JUST THINK WE SHOULD BE REALLY, REALLY PROUD THAT BEDFORD,
TEXAS, IS GOING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. 
          AND I AM WILLING TO CHAPERON IF ANYONE NEEDS ONE. 
          [LAUGHTER] VERY GOOD. WELL SAID, WELL SAID. ALL RIGHT. 
          VERY GOOD. PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD REPORTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI. 
          I DO REMEMBER SOMETHING, THOUGH. SO? SO LAST YEAR. 
          LAST YEAR I DID PUT YOU IN CHARGE OF THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WHERE WE HAVE REPRESENTATION
AT THE SCHOOLS. 
          WHERE ARE WE AT ON THAT? OH, YEAH. I HAVE MY BEST MEN ON IT. 
          AND WE'RE I'M GOING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER COUNCIL INDIVIDUALS. 
          COUNCIL? WE ROUNDED IT BACK UP. OH, GOD. MA'AM? AND. YEAH,
WE'LL GET THAT. 
          SO WE'LL GET TO GO TO ALL THE CAMPUSES. I THINK THAT'LL BE AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. 
          VERY COOL, VERY COOL. YOU'RE GOING TO DO, I GUESS,
MEADOW CREEK. MEADOW CREEK. OKAY. YEAH, I GOT THEM COVERED. STONE GATE, 
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STONE GATE. BEDFORD HEIGHTS. I'M GOING TO DO SHADY BROOK. 
          SHADY BROOK. ALL RIGHT. SO, YEAH, WE GOT TO GET THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. RIDGE. 
          WE GOT WHAT? SPRING GARDEN. WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT LATER. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT ALL RIGHT. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING IN CHARGE OF THAT. 
          OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE WE GOT TO BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
WE ARE ALMOST A MONTH AWAY FROM SCHOOL. 
          UNBELIEVABLE, UNBELIEVABLE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. 
          CITY MANAGER, STAFF REPORTS. THE MAYOR. THE ONLY. 
          [12. City Manager/Staff Reports]
I'M SORRY, MAYOR THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT THIS EVENING IS JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT
AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 22ND, WE WILL HAVE A FULL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ON KIND OF EVERY AND ANY BILL THAT COULD HAVE
PASSED, NOT PASSED AND HOW IT AFFECTS US DIRECTLY. SO BRANDI WEST WILL PRESENT THAT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO SHE SPENT A DAY DOWN IN AUSTIN WITH TEXAS MUNICIPAL
LEAGUE, KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE EXTENSIVE LIST OF BILLS AND TRYING TO DECIPHER WHAT ALL OF THOSE
MEAN. 
          SO I KNOW WE'VE TURNED TO BRENT'S FIRM ON A COUPLE OF THINGS TO,
YOU KNOW, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IN ENGLISH. 
          AND SO BRANDI WILL BE HERE TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE ON THAT. SO THERE ARE THERE WAS
QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY, SO THERE'LL BE QUITE A DOWNLOAD TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY,
BUT THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT MEETING. LOVELY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I REACHED THE END OF MY AGENDA. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          EXECUTIVE SESSION. OH WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          I TRIED, I TRIED. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL BE BACK. 
          PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.087. WE'LL BE BACK. WHILE THEY'RE INSIDE A BUILDING. 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION]
INSIDE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE ALL BACK NOW. 
          NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN, PART OF EXECUTIVE. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
ADJOURN. 
          NOW, I THINK WE'RE READY. I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY
COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI. A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:42. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.