Sep 23, 2025 City Council

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ALL RIGHT. TIME IS NOW 6:00. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

WE'RE GOING TO START THINGS OFF WITH AN INVOCATION BY SPENCER JACOBSON WITH BEACON CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BEING LED TO US BY MAYOR PRO TEM NICHELLE DAWKINS.

IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE PARDON ME, GO AHEAD AND PLEASE STAND.

LET'S PRAY. FROM PSALM 46 GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH, A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE.

THEREFORE WE WILL NOT FEAR. THOUGH THE EARTH GIVES WAY, THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS BE MOVED INTO THE HEART OF THE SEA.

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD. I WILL BE EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS, AND I WILL BE EXALTED IN THE EARTH.

THE LORD OF HOSTS IS WITH US. THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR FORTRESS.

OH GOD, YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT YOU APPOINT THE TIMES AND THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR DWELLING PLACES.

AND YOU HAVE GIVEN BEDFORD TEXAS TO US AS OUR DWELLING PLACE.

AND SO, GOD, NOW I PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS, FOR OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS.

GOD THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE BUSINESS THAT IS BEFORE THEM THIS EVENING, AND THAT YOU HELP THEM TO ARRIVE IN A PLACE OF UNITY FOR THE FLOURISHING OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I PRAY ALSO FOR OUR POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, GOD, THAT YOU WILL KEEP THEM SAFE AND OUT OF HARM'S WAY.

AND THAT WHEN THEY DO ENCOUNTER HARM, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD STRENGTHEN THEM AND GIVE THEM COURAGE FOR WHAT THEY FACE AND THAT YOU WOULD PRESERVE THEIR LIVES. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS PLACE, AND WE ASK GOD THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO BE MINDFUL OF YOU AS WE PARTICIPATE IN WHAT'S AHEAD OF US.

IT IS IN JESUS'S NAME I PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU.

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.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR JACOBSON. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ]

WE'RE CHECKING. ONE. I HAVE A FEELING I KNOW THE ONE PERSON WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. AND I'D LIKE TO CALL TO THE PODIUM PAM COCHRAN.

TALKING TO US ABOUT PERFORMING ARTS. THIS IS KIND OF INTIMIDATING, ISN'T IT? [LAUGHTER] YOUR HUSBAND DOES IT ALL THE TIME.

IT'S OKAY. I DON'T THINK I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

WELL, I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO MAYOR COGAN AND BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND MY NAME IS PAM COCHRAN. I LIVE AT 2252 BEDFORD CIRCLE IN BEDFORD PARK.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO INVITE YOU TO THE VERY FIRST EVER PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL IN BEDFORD.

THE ARTS DFW, A 501 3C THREE ORGANIZATION, IS PRODUCING THIS FESTIVAL AS THEIR YEARLY FUNDRAISER.

OUR PAST FUNDRAISERS HAVE BEEN THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION, WHICH SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO.

ARTS DFW WAS FORMED SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY OUR CITY COUNCILWOMAN, AMY SABOL.

THE GOAL OF ARTS DFW IS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE RAISE MONEY THROUGH FUNDRAISERS AND GIVE IT AWAY EACH YEAR TO DESERVING 501 3C ORGANIZATIONS WHO APPLY THROUGH OUR ONLINE GRANT PROGRAM.

LAST YEAR, WE GAVE AWAY $10,000 TO FIVE DIFFERENT PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

AND SINCE OUR FOUNDING NEARLY SEVEN YEARS AGO, WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY OVER $40,000.

THE FIRST EVER BEDFORD PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT MARTIN METHODIST CHURCH ON OCTOBER 24TH AND 25TH AT 7 P.M..

ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, THERE WILL BE THREE GROUPS PERFORMING FOR 30 MINUTES EACH.

WE WILL START WITH THE REGAL CHORALE, FOLLOWED BY THE UPRIGHT THEATER AND VOICES OF FORT WORTH.

IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THESE MUSICIANS AND ACTORS, THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM IN ACTION.

THE REGAL CHORALE IS LOCATED IN BEDFORD, THE UPRIGHT THEATER IS IN EULESS, AND THE VOICES OF FORT WORTH OBVIOUSLY ARE FROM FORT WORTH.

ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THE NORTHEAST ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE WILL PERFORM, FOLLOWED BY THE HOPEFUL THEATER PROJECT'S CHILDREN CONCERT AND ADULT CONCERT.

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AND THE REASON I MENTION ALL THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TALENT IN THIS AREA.

I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE UPRIGHT THEATER. I LEARNED ABOUT THEM AND WENT TO A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM BY SHAKESPEARE WAS WONDERFUL.

JUST ABSOLUTELY SOCKS OFF. I MEAN, JUST KNOCKS YOU OFF YOUR SOCKS.

AND THEN I WENT TO THE HOPEFUL PROJECTS THEATER GROUP, AND THEY DID A MUSICAL AGAIN, TOP RATE.

I MEAN, COULD BE ON BROADWAY. THEY ARE JUST SO GOOD.

SO WE HAVE ALL THIS TALENT HERE, AND WE GET OH, AM I.

30 SECONDS KEEP GOING. I HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.

OKAY. ARTS DFW IS A HOPEFUL THAT IS HOPING THAT ITS PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.

AND I'VE GOT SOME POSTERS FOR YOU, AND I WANT TO GIVE THEM OUT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THAT WORKS. THAT WORKS.

YEAH. OKAY. AND IF YOU COULD TAKE ONE. AND IF YOU WOULD GIVE THEM, PASS THEM OUT TO OTHERS, THAT WOULD BE JUST WONDERFUL. WE'LL DO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. YES. AND SO IS THIS SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS? BECAUSE WE HOPE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR AND HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS IN ALL THE TIME.

AND THESE ARE PROMOTING THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ABSOLUTELY. SO THANK YOU.

YEAH. I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO UPRIGHT THEATER WHEN THEY HAVE THESE SUMMER CAMPS.

AND SO MY DAUGHTER GOT TO GO TO SOME OF THEIR SUMMER CAMPS, AND THEY DO SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB THERE. SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO SUNSET WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO COUNCIL RECOGNITION.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO FIRST INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO OFFICER FELIPE ELIZALDE.

IF I CAN HAVE HIM COME IN HERE. HE HAS SOME MOTOR VEHICLES WITH HIM, I THINK.

BEHIND ME ALSO. OFFICER ELIZALDE STARTED WITH US FIVE YEARS AGO IN 2020 AS A POLICE OFFICER.

HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS A DRONE OPERATOR, A BIKE TEAM ON THE BIKE TEAM UNIT, ON OUR HONOR GUARD, AND HE HOLDS A TCOLE INTERMEDIATE LICENSE. HE'S BEEN AWARDED A LIFE SAVING AWARD SEVERAL CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION AND A COMMENDATION AWARD.

IF THERE'S ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT OFFICER ELIZALDE IS HE'S A PROBLEM SOLVER. USUALLY WHENEVER I'M THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING OR WALKING AROUND THE BACK, HE'S ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IT AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS.

I'M LIKE, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I LOVE HAVING PROBLEM SOLVING PEOPLE.

HE'S A PLEASURE TO BE AROUND. HE'S ALSO A SAINT.

HIS WIFE IS A SAINT. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN. UNDER TWO, UNDER THREE.

AND I LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH HIM AND GET TO SMILE AND LOOK AT BABIES WHENEVER HE'S AROUND.

[LAUGHTER] SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE ELIZALDE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE HIM HERE WITH US. OFFICER ELIZALDE 5 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE OFFICER DAVID REZA COME UP.

OFFICER REZA IS ALSO CELEBRATING 5 YEARS WITH US.

HE BEGAN ALSO IN 2020 AS A POLICE OFFICER. HE'S A DRONE OPERATOR, ALSO ON THE BIKE TEAM, A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, A MEMBER OF OUR HONOR GUARD, AND HE ALSO HOLDS A TCOLE INTERMEDIATE LICENSE.

AND RECENTLY HE WAS SELECTED TO JOIN OUR SWAT TEAM.

HE HAS MULTIPLE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION MULTIPLE ACCOMMODATIONS AND AWARDS, AND A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT ON FILE WITH US.

I WILL TELL YOU, OFFICER REZA IS THE GUY THAT'S GOING TO VOLUNTEER TO DO STUFF EVERY DAY THAT HE'S WORKING, HE'S PROBABLY OUT DOING SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE COMMUNITY GOING TO LEMONADE STANDS OR INTERACTING WITH EVERYBODY ON THE STREETS TO DOING THE HARD WORK, PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL, TRAINING OUR NEW OFFICERS AND DOING ALL THE GOOD STUFF THAT HE DOES.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY ABOUT BOTH OF THESE OFFICERS, THEY CAME INTO POLICING AT A VERY SPECIAL TIME.

2020, THEY BOTH HAD TO LEARN POLICING TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE WERE TEACHING SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL IN 2020 AND 2021 AND THEN GOT SMART AND SAID, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO HOW WE DO IT AND INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC AND BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THESE GUYS WITH ALL THEIR AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE PROFESSION.

LEARNING TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THINGS AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE NEED TO OPERATE.

SO OFFICER REZA 5 YEARS OF SERVICE. [APPLAUSE]

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HI. THEY LISTENED, THEY STARTED COMING UP HERE.

I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. VERONICA STARTED WITH US 10 YEARS AGO IN 2015 AS A TELECOMMUNICATOR.

SHE HOLDS A MASTER TELECOMMUNICATOR LICENSE. SHE HAS MULTIPLE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION ON FILE.

SHE'S THE PROUD MOTHER OF A SON IN THE NAVY AND 4 OTHER CHILDREN? TWO OTHER CHILDREN. TWO OTHER CHILDREN AND MULTIPLE GRANDCHILDREN THAT SHE LOVES TO TAKE CARE OF.

ONE THING I'LL SAY ABOUT VERONICA I ALSO AM VERY JEALOUS OF.

I COME TO WORK AND SHE PARKS NEAR WHERE I PARK, AND SHE ALWAYS HAS THE COOLEST CAR IN THE PARKING LOT.

IT'S AN OLD MUSCLE CAR. I'M NOT JEALOUS IN AUGUST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT HAS AIR CONDITIONING. IT DOES NOW. OH, IT DOES HAVE AIR CONDITIONING NOW, BUT. [LAUGHTER] BUT TO PULL IN AND SEE AN OLD CLASSIC CAR THAT'S IN THE PARKING LOT IT REALLY BRINGS ME JOY AS I WALK IN.

AND THEN I WALK IN, I SEE VERONICA SITTING IN DISPATCH, ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE AND ALWAYS WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S TAKING EMERGENCY PHONE CALLS AND LISTENING TO THE DRAMATIC SCENES THAT CAN TAKE PLACE.

SHE NEVER MISSES A BEAT. AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE HER WITH US.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING SHE DOES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE STILL HAVE SOME MORE EMPLOYEES TO RECOGNIZE.

SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM OUR FIRE CHIEF, BILL WALKER.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF GREAT ONES FOR YOU. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH RYAN SHANNON, YOU SEE RYAN COMING UP HERE, YOU'LL KNOW HE'S A FIREFIGHTER WITH THAT MUSTACHE. HE'S GOT.

FAIRLY, FAIRLY SPECTACULAR. RYAN CAME TO BEDFORD IN SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2015.

CURRENTLY HOLDS THE RANK OF FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC. ASSIGNED TO BE SHIFT, MARRIED HE'S GOT THREE LITTLE KIDS.

ALWAYS HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH THEM. HE'S GOT CREDENTIALS AS A INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTER DRIVER, OPERATOR PUMPER INSTRUCTOR ONE FIRE OFFICER ONE CERTIFIED PARAMEDIC WITH TEXAS STATE HEALTH SERVICES EMS FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.

HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR FALSE ALARM GANG CLOWNS THAT DO THE SAFETY TRAINING FOR THE SCHOOLS.

DOES A GREAT JOB AT THAT. YOU'LL RECOGNIZE HIM FOR THE MUSTACHE, BUT NOTHING ELSE. HE'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD OUTFIT.

BUT DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY AWESOME ABOUT RYAN HE'S ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT JUST BORN MECHANICALLY INCLINED.

THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN'T FIX OR PUT TOGETHER. SO IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM A LOT OF PEOPLE ALWAYS REACH OUT TO RYAN.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE HAD RECENTLY, WE SWITCHED FROM OLD COMPUTERS IN OUR RIGS TO IPADS, AND WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BOLT THEM ON AND GET THEM ALL FIXED UP AND GIVE RYAN A CALL. HEY, CAN YOU DO THIS? YEAH, I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. SO SAVED US SOME TIME AND ENERGY BECAUSE HE DID THAT FOR US.

BUT VERY, VERY CAPABLE PERSON. HE ALSO TYPICALLY PLAYS THE ROLE OF SANTA CLAUS AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY AND PANCAKE BREAKFAST TYPE STUFF.

SO HE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO DO THAT. HE'S ON THE SWIFTWATER RESCUE TEAM. AND JUST ONE OF THESE PERSON WE THINK OF A FIREFIGHTER. YOU KIND OF THINK OF RYAN ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAN SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS FOR YOU AND DO IT WITH A SMILE AND A BIG MUSTACHE. SO 10 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

OKAY. NEXT UP FOR 25 YEARS, KIND OF BIG ONE. WE GOT DEREK RAY, ENGINEER RAY.

DEREK'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD MUSTACHE TOO. HE'S PRETTY STRONG. HE'S GOT THE. NOTHING COMPARED TO THAT GUY. HE'S GOT THE PHYSIQUE.

HE'S GOT THE PHYSIQUE ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS WANT. SO HE'S INTO THE FITNESS THING AND IT SHOWS.

DEREK INITIALLY CAME TO BEDFORD IN 2000 AND HAD A BRIEF TIME WHERE HE LEFT AND CAME RIGHT BACK.

SO HAD JUST A BRIEF INTERLUDE THERE, BUT HE'S BEEN WITH US PRETTY MUCH SINCE 2000.

CURRENTLY AN ENGINEER, ALSO WITH THE B SHIFT.

HE ALSO HAS THREE KIDS. THREE DAUGHTERS, IF I GOT IT RIGHT.

HE'S A MASTER STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTER. DRIVER, OPERATOR PUMPER INSTRUCTOR 2, FIRE OFFICER TWO, INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER. ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

PARAMEDIC WITH THE STATE EMS FIELD TRAINING OFFICER WHEN WE HAD WHEN WE WERE INVOLVED WITH THE SWAT TEAM, HE WAS ONE OF OUR SWAT TEAM MEMBERS. AS A TACTICAL MEDIC HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SWIFTWATER RESCUE TEAM AND ENJOYS A LOT OF STUFF WITH HIS FAMILY AND ONE OF OUR FITNESS

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SO 25 YEARS. PRETTY AWESOME. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, THOSE OF YOU WHO WHO COME HERE THOSE OF YOU IN THE BACK, OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS, THE BEST OF THE BEST HERE IN BEDFORD. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2025 AS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME SERGEANT JOEY GAUGER TO ACCEPT.

OH, HE'S NOT HERE. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE JUST GET YOU, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO.

YEAH. YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME A FEW TIMES. OKAY.

THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT, AND THEN YOU CAN COME AND ACCEPT.

SO WHEREAS THE VITALITY OF THE CITY DEPENDS ON HOW SAFE WE KEEP OUR HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS CRIME AND FEAR OF CRIME DESTROYS OUR TRUST IN OTHERS AND IN INSTITUTIONS THREATENING THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH, PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES MUST BE MADE AWARE OF WHAT THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS, AND COWORKERS FROM BEING HARMED BY DRUGS, VIOLENCE, AND OTHER CRIME.

AND WHEREAS, CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVES MUST INCLUDE SELF PROTECTION AND SECURITY, BUT THEY MUST GO BEYOND THESE AND PROMOTE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO MAKE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER FOR ALL AGES AND DEVELOP POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

WHEREAS ADULTS MUST INVEST TIME, RESOURCES AND POLICY SUPPORT IN EFFECTIVE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR USE, AND TEENS MUST BE ENGAGED IN DRIVING CRIME FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS EFFECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS EXCEL BECAUSE OF PARTNERSHIPS AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CIVIC GROUPS, SCHOOLS, FAITH COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, AND INDIVIDUALS AS THEY HELP TO NURTURE COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND INSTILL PRIDE.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2025 AS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH.

ALWAYS EXCITING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT'S IN OUR PURPOSE STATEMENT THAT WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO HELP EDUCATE AND PREVENT CRIME, MOSTLY THROUGH EDUCATION. WE HAVE MULTIPLE EVENTS IN OCTOBER ALREADY ON THE BOOKS WITH OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT LATER. AND ALSO WE HAVE A COFFEE WITH A COP ALREADY SCHEDULED, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO POST OTHER INFORMATION SERVICES SUCH AS FACEBOOK POSTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, ADVERTISING OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY THAT WILL BE BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY, AND ALL THE OTHER EVENTS WE HAVE COMING UP, JUST REALLY TRYING TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TOUCH BASE WITH EVERYBODY AND SAY, WE ARE HERE TO EDUCATE AND HELP US HELP YOU, IN OTHER WORDS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO STAY TUNED. ARE YOU STAYING UP HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE? I AM, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP WE HAVE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2025 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SO WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING AWARENESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND WHEREAS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH WAS FIRST DECLARED IN 1989, WHEREAS THE DAY OF UNITY WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2025.

AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY IS ENCOURAGED TO WEAR PURPLE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2025 TO SYMBOLIZE PEACE, COURAGE AND SURVIVAL AND PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS.

AND WHEREAS MILLIONS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE ARE EXPOSED TO THE EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA CAUSED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD AFFIRMS ITS SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS, SURVIVORS AND WITNESSES TO THE VIOLENCE OF OFFERING SUPPORT AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO PREVENT RECIDIVISM AND PROMOTE HEALING. NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2025 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

WE WORK VERY HARD WITH ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS OUT THERE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT OCCURS IN OUR CITY.

I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WORK OUR DETECTIVES DO, AND OFFICER HALL'S ABILITY TO ALWAYS SHOW VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE A SAFE JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT'S HERE TO PROTECT THEM AND GET THEM OUT OF DANGEROUS SITUATIONS BEFORE IT GOES TOO FAR.

WE CAN'T SEE INTO EVERYBODY'S HOME OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OCCURRING.

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AND FAMILIES HAVE STRUGGLES, BUT WE NEED INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WITNESSES TO THIS OR VICTIMS OF THIS TO FEEL SECURE AND SAFE IN COMING FORWARD AND ALLOWING US TO HELP THEM, GET THEM INTO A SAFE PLACE AND WORK TO PREVENT THE THE VIOLENCE FROM CONTINUING IN THEIR HOMES AND AGAINST THEM.

SO I DO ASK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENING TONIGHT.

IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR YOU ARE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR AGENCY. PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR DEPARTMENT. ALLOW US TO HELP YOU BEFORE IT GOES TOO FAR. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU GOING TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION? ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] HE WANTED ME TO TALK, BUT I SAID NO. IT'S VERY TRUE.

WE'VE ARGUED ABOUT THIS ALL DAY. ALL DAY. THAT'S OKAY.

[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SO WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AMERICA'S NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME WAS INTRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH, A NONPROFIT CRIME PREVENTION ORGANIZATION, IN 1983.

AND WHEREAS, THE 42ND ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME IS A NATIONWIDE EVENT DESIGNED TO PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND RAISE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO HEIGHTEN CRIME, TO HEIGHTEN CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION AWARENESS, GENERATE PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL ANTI-CRIME PROGRAMS, AND STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD SPIRIT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND SEND A MESSAGE TO CRIMINALS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ORGANIZED AND FIGHTING BACK.

AND WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 7TH, NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS BEDFORD AND ACROSS TEXAS WILL TURN ON PORCH LIGHTS IN OBSERVANCE TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 7TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I LOVE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. IT'S FUN.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 24 LOCATIONS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, WHICH MAKES IT A FAST EVENING.

LOTS OF PARTIES. IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS INVOLVED.

PLEASE JOIN THEM. IF IT'S NOT INVOLVED, FIND A NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT DOOR.

I LOVE THE ONES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. I'D NEVER, NEVER LET PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE OF THESE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

AND JUST THE CAMARADERIE AND THE CONNECTION THAT WE MAKE WITH THE FAMILIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHARING A SODA OR A HOT DOG AND HAVING GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW WE CAN HELP IS AN AMAZING TIME.

I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT. WE WE DIVIDE AND CONQUER AMONGST THE CITY.

SO MULTIPLE OFFICERS OUT GOING TO EACH ONE OF THE PARTIES AND ENJOYING ALL THEIR TIME WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS NIGHT. IS THERE A LIST ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HAVING THESE PARTIES? I DO HAVE A LIST WITH ME. WE COULD PROBABLY PUBLISH THAT THOUGH, FOR SURE.

YEAH. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN CAN KNOW WHETHER ONE IS HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR NOT. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF, FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR AGENDA. WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

GOOD EVENING. I HAVE ONE ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 2025.

REGULAR MEETING AND SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 SPECIAL MEETING.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS.

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

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

ON TO NEW BUSINESS. SO ITEM NUMBER TWO WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES DESCRIBED AS OAK GROVE ESTATES BLOCK ONE LOTS 14 AND

[2. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone the properties described as Oak Grove Estates Block 1 Lots 14 and 15 from Light Industrial to Light Industrial/Specific Use Permit – Automobile Parking Lot and Areas. The properties are generally located south of Harwood Road, to the east of Renee Drive, and commonly known as 2725 Renee Drive and 2721 Renee Drive. (SUP-25-5). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0-1.]

SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTOMOBILE PARKING LOTS AND AREAS.

PROPERTIES ARE GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF HARWOOD ROAD TO THE EAST OF RENEE DRIVE, AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2725 RENEE DRIVE AND 2721 RENEE DRIVE.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF APPROVAL.

APPROVAL OF SIX, WITH ONE ABSTENTION. ALL RIGHT.

CAN I GIVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS. THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST.

THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS OFF OF RENEE DRIVE, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH OF HARWOOD ROAD.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY IS UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP AS THE LOT TO THE TWO LOTS TO THE NORTH, WHICH ARE AN AUTOMOTIVE AUTO BODY REPAIR FACILITY.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS FOR THIS PARKING LOT TO SERVE THAT AUTO BODY REPAIR FACILITY.

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PROPERTY WAS ZONED INDUSTRIAL BACK IN 2000. ALONG WITH THIS REQUEST, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING RELIEF FROM A MASONRY SCREENING REQUIREMENT.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, OUR ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES ANY ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE ABUTTING EACH OTHER THAT ARE NON COMPATIBLE, SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A SCREENING REQUIREMENT WHICH INCLUDES A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL.

DUE TO SOME TOPOGRAPHICAL CHALLENGES WITH THE SITE, THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR A WAIVER FROM THAT.

AND I CAN GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL HERE ON THE SITE PLAN.

THE RED LINE OUTLINES ON THE SITE PLAN JUST OUTLINES THE BOUNDARY OF THE SITE, BUT ALSO OUTLINES WHERE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BUILD A WOODEN PRIVACY FENCE.

THE YELLOW LINE, WHICH IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THERE. BUT THAT OUTLINES WHERE THE GATE TO THE ACCESS TO THE SITE WOULD BE.

THE DETENTION POND THERE ON THE SOUTH END IS REQUIRED BY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THEIR RUNOFF AND DRAINAGE.

AND SO BECAUSE THE SITE SITS SO HIGH UP, THE DETENTION POND MADE SENSE TO BE LOCATED THERE.

IT'S CONSIDERABLE DROP OFF THERE ALSO THAT'S WHAT LEADS US TO THE REQUIRE OR THE REQUEST TO WAIVE THE SCREENING WALL REQUIREMENT.

ON THE SOUTH END, THE LOT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED R-75 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

AND SO UNDER THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO BUILD A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL.

BUT BECAUSE THE TOPOGRAPHICAL CHALLENGES WITH THE SITE AND THE FACT THAT THE DETENTION PONDS GO IN THERE, DETENTION POND IS ABOUT 30FT IN WIDTH THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR A WAIVER FROM THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THE FENCE BEING PROPOSED, WHICH THE RED LINE THERE OUTLINES WHERE THE FENCE IS LOCATING, THE GREEN IS A COMBINATION OF SHRUBS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PLANT AS WELL.

PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE FLEX SPACE. FUTURE LAND USE DISTRICT.

THE SITE, THE SITES TO THE NORTH COMPLY WITH THAT FUTURE LAND USE DISTRICT.

THIS GOES TO TO SUPPORT THOSE USES. SITE PHOTOGRAPHS IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE THIS IS WHERE RENEE STREET IS UNIMPROVED.

SO IF YOU'LL LOOK BACK AT THE SITE PLAN, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROPOSING TO ACCESS THE SITE FROM RENEE STREET DIRECTLY.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ACCESS IT FROM THE LOT TO THE NORTH.

WE NOTIFIED 23 ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSES IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST.

WE ALSO POST A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY AND POST A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOUND TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 0, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

THE REASON FOR THE ABSTENTION IS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS LIVED FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.

SO SHE FELT THE NEED TO ABSTAIN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO WITH THIS WITH THIS ONE. SO JUST AS A SUMMARY.

SO. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL. WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THIS A REZONING TO MAKE IT, OBVIOUSLY A PARKING LOT. IT'S A SUP THE REASON WHY IT'S COMING BEFORE US.

IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL. THE SUP ALLOWS YOU TO ASK FOR THE LOT.

OKAY. GOTCHA. IS THERE A REASON WHY THIS WASN'T REPLATTED BEFORE THIS? THAT WASN'T A PART OF THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION ORIGINALLY.

AND BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONDITION THAT CAN BE PLACED ON THE APPLICATION.

OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S. YEAH, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES HERE THAT WE'RE NOW. YEAH.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE, THERE'S ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO HARWOOD IS ONE LOT, THE PROPERTY TO THE IMMEDIATE TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A SEPARATE LOT. AND THEN THESE ARE TWO OTHER LOTS, BUT THEY'RE ALL OWNED BY THE SAME OWNERSHIP.

GOTCHA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THEY'RE REQUESTING A WAIVER FOR THE MASONRY WALL, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PUTTING A WOODEN FENCE THERE.

THAT'S CORRECT. FOR SCREENING PURPOSES. AND WE CAN DICTATE THE HEIGHT OF THAT FENCE IF WE WANT TO.

CORRECT. IT'S PROPOSED AT SIX FEET AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A TYPO IN YOUR COMMUNIQUE.

I THINK I PUT IN THERE SIX FEET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER CONCERNS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING? NO, SIR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON. I CAN THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS BESIDES HEIGHT FOR THE WOODEN FENCE THAT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE? IT'S JUST A SOLID SCREENING WOODEN FENCE. IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, WE COULD. I MEAN, WE COULD LOOK AT CONDITIONS, BUT THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

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SO THAT'S THE WAIVER THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED HERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. WES WE HAVE NO HOUSES ON THAT PART OF RENEE DRIVE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. MY THING IS, IS WE GET INTO REQUIRING MASONRY WALLS WHEN WE'RE UP AGAINST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY EVERYWHERE ELSE.

AND MY GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT NOW THAT THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL THERE, CAN WE PUT A STIPULATION IN THAT IF RESIDENTIAL DOES GO IN THERE, THEY HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO A MASONRY WALL? YOU COULD REQUIRE THAT. IT CERTAINLY LOGISTICALLY IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE STAFF TO SORT OF KEEP UP WITH IT.

AND I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION IS, IS WE HAVE THESE REQUIREMENTS FOR MASONRY WALLS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

WE'VE MADE THESE REQUIREMENTS. AND NOW I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO BECAUSE OF THE I GUESS THE GRADE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE TREES. I'M FINE WITH THAT.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL GO IN THERE? SO THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL FEELS THE SAME WAY I DO, BUT THAT WOULD JUST BE A QUESTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. I GUESS TO COUNCILMAN FRANCO'S POINT.

WES, CAN YOU EXPLAIN MORE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE TOPOGRAPHICAL ISSUE, WHY THE APPLICANT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DO A MASONRY WALL? SO I THINK I COULD TRY TO DO IT IN PICTURES IF I CAN.

IF YOU SEE THERE THE TOP RIGHT SCREEN, THAT'S THE TOP OF THE PROPERTY THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN QUESTION.

YOU CAN SEE THE GRADE CHANGE IF YOU LOOK BECAUSE WHERE RENEE IS, IS THE ACTUAL STREET.

THAT IS THE SAME GRADE THAT THE ROUGHLY THE SAME GRADE THAT THE DETENTION POND WILL BE AT.

SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. IF YOU PUT IF YOU MAKE THEM PUT A WALL THERE, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE THE WALL IS ONLY SO HIGH.

I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT AND IT'S TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ON MR. FARCO'S COMMENT AS WELL, IS THAT ONE WE CAN BUILD INTO OUR ONLINE SOFTWARE A NOTE THAT SAYS WHEN THIS PROPERTY DEVELOPS, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY HAS TO COME IN. IF THAT'S A CONDITION.

SO WE CAN TRACK THAT FAIRLY EASILY, I FEEL LIKE.

THE SECOND THING I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT IS THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN CALLS FOR THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY TO BE FLEX SPACE, SO IT DOESN'T CALL FOR IT TO BE RESIDENTIAL. NOW, CURRENTLY IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL, BUT FUTURE LAND USE, AS YOU KNOW, IS JUST A GUIDE. SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER. SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING THROUGH ZONING AND ZONING MAP IS GOING TO CHANGE.

SO THAT WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. OF COURSE WE CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON CURRENT. BUT IT'S GOOD TO NOTE THAT.

I JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT AS YOU'RE DEBATING THAT. BUT OKAY.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE PLAN THAT WOULD BE USED AS FLEX SPACE.

CORRECT. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

SO WAS THAT THAT PROPERTY OVER THERE IS NOT REALLY SUITABLE FOR HOUSES.

IT IS FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN, THAT'S BEEN THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT PROPERTY IS THAT THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.

SO FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN THERE TO BUILD RENEE STREET OUT TO CITY STANDARDS AND BUILD WATER AND SEWER.

BUT IT'S ALSO NOT AN ATTRACTIVE AREA. SO IT'S VERY INDUSTRIAL.

IT'S THE BACK END OF BUILDINGS. IT'S KIND OF NOT SO COOL.

[LAUGHTER] SO DO WE JUST WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND SAY WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT REZONED? I MEAN, THE CITY AS AS THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A ZONING ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW.

THE NEXT STEP AFTER THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS HOPEFULLY ADOPTED HOPEFULLY FIRST QUARTER OF 2026.

THE NEXT STEP IS WE'LL BE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. DO WE WANT TO DO CITY INITIATED REZONINGS, OR DO WE WANT TO WAIT FOR THAT TO BE MARKET DRIVEN? THAT'S REALLY THE NEXT STEP IN THAT. OKAY. COULD WE INSIST, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL PUT BOARD ON THE BOTTOM AND THEN FENCE.

COULD WE REQUIRE A CONCRETE BASE UNDERNEATH THE TO RAISE IT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE? SO IT'S A SIX FOOT FENCE REQUIREMENT. SO COULD YOU PUT A CONCRETE BASE TO ALSO KEEP THE WOOD FROM ROTTING UNDERNEATH.

AND IT WOULD ALSO GIVE IT A CLEANER LOOK AND IT LASTS LONGER.

I'M JUST FEARFUL THAT THAT PROPERTY MAY NOT BE KEPT UP LIKE WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE IN THE LONG RUN.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE NISSAN PROPERTY OVER THERE OFF OF BROWN TRAIL.

THEY DID A FABULOUS JOB WHEN IT CAME TO A PARKING LOT.

AND I KNOW WE PROBABLY CAN'T REQUIRE THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THEIR IDEA.

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SO THERE IS A RETAINING WALL BASE THERE. THE OTHER THING I'D POINT OUT IS IF YOU WANT TO DICTATE THE TYPE OF WOODEN FENCE, YOU WANT IT TO BE BOUGHT ON BOARD, WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE, THAT'S A CONDITION WE CAN ENFORCE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

WHEN YOU WERE TALKING, YOU BROUGHT UP ANOTHER THOUGHT I HAD.

I DROVE THE PROPERTY THIS AFTERNOON, AND THERE IS QUITE A DROP OFF IF I'M READING THIS.

RIGHT. WHERE'S THAT WATER GOING TO GO? BECAUSE RENEE DRIVE IS A DIRT ROAD.

AM I RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. SO RIGHT NOW THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED FOR THAT TO BE.

AND THIS IS JUST THE ZONING PHASE. SO I WANT TO POINT OUT.

SO THE PRELIMINARY PLANS THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED IT HAS AN OUTFALL THERE FLOWING INTO THE RENEE RIGHT OF WAY.

WHAT WE HAVE. BUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED NEXT STEP IF THE ENTITLEMENTS ARE GIVEN TO THE PROPERTY, THE NEXT STEP IS THEY'D HAVE TO COME IN AND DO WHAT WE CALL A PUBLIC WORKS PERMIT TO ACTUALLY ENGINEER OUT WHERE THAT WATER IS GOING AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THEY MAY HAVE TO DO ON TOP OF THAT. SO THERE MAY BE SOME OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO. THE CITY ENGINEER WOULD REVIEW THAT AND DETERMINE THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE.

YES, SIR. TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO WES, SO THE APPLICANT IS NO LONGER GOING TO STORE THEIR VEHICLES ON THE HARWOOD SIDE, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS TO BE IN THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE JUNK OR DAMAGED VEHICLES IN RIGHT THERE ON HARWOOD.

SO THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE MOVED TO THE BACK HERE. IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? THAT IS WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS COMMUNICATED TO US? YES, SIR. AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST. OKAY.

SO YOU WON'T BE SEEING THEM FROM THE FRONT? THAT'S CORRECT. CAR WOULD BE OKAY.

AND YOU REACHED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS SURROUNDING THAT.

IS IT JUST ONE OWNER THAT SURROUNDS? NO. THERE WERE 23 TOTAL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE REACHED OUT TO.

TWENTY THREE SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNERS. YES, SIR.

SO EVERYONE THERE. EACH ONE OF THOSE IS A SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNER? YES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR WES? YES. COUNCILMEMBER FARCO. MR. MAYOR, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM IF WE WENT BOARD ON BOARD FENCE TO AT LEAST SCREEN THAT FROM ANY OTHER PROPERTY THAT MIGHT COME UP.

YEAH. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH THAT STIPULATION AS WELL.

WE'LL PROBABLY AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE CAN KIND OF DISCUSS WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND. OH, YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. CAN WE REQUEST THAT THEY YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THOSE GATES NOW THAT ARE ACTUALLY BOARDED GATES AS OPPOSED TO, LIKE, A WIRE ENTRY GATE. COULD WE REQUIRE THAT TO THAT I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE COULDN'T. THAT'S AN EASILY ENFORCEABLE CONDITION.

KEEP IT LOOKING NICE ALL THE TIME. SURE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. LAST CALL BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:38.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ON THIS ITEM, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO STEP UP TO THE MIC.

THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION WHEN I CAME, BUT I LIKE COUNCILMAN FARCO SUGGESTION OF A BOARD ON BOARD, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT SIX INCH WIDE CEDAR THAT RUNS THE COST UP, BUT IT ALSO MAKES A MUCH NICER BOARD OR MUCH NICER FENCE. AND OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE THAT CONCERN ABOUT WHERE THE RUNOFF IS GOING TO GO, BUT APPARENTLY WE WORRY ABOUT THAT LATER. THAT'S WHAT THE CITY ENGINEER'S FOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT MINUTE DOWN.

SO ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING ANYBODY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 06:39.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WE HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS HERE THAT WE WANT TO WE WOULD DO FOR FOR THIS.

WE HAVE A SIX INCH CEDAR. WE HAVE A BOARD ON BOARD GATE PLUS BOARD ON BOARD FENCE.

SO I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY KIND OF MOTION OR ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THAT? I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT FOR BOARD ON BOARD.

ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT FOR BOARD ON BOARD GATE AND FENCE.

GATE AND FENCE. I'M SEEING HEADS NODDING. YEP.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. MR. MAYOR I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE WITH THE STIPULATION THAT IT IS A SIX FOOT BOARD ON BOARD FENCE SIX INCH CEDAR PLANKS USED, AND THAT THE GATE IS ALSO A BOARD ON BOARD.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT ONE? SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

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THANK YOU STAFF. ALL RIGHT. FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, WE HAVE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE THE PRESENTATION AND

[Additional Item]

SO WE WILL BE BACK MOMENTARILY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO ACTION TO TAKE.

BUT MOVING ALONG WITH ITEM NUMBER THREE HERE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

[3. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone the property described as Harwood Oaks Plaza Block 1 Lot 1 from Light Commercial to Light Commercial/Specific Use Permit – Indoor Amusement Centers. The property is generally located north of Harwood Road, to the east of Martin Drive, and commonly known as 3225 Harwood Road Suite F. (SUP-25-8). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-1-0.]

PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF HARWOOD ROAD AND TO THE EAST OF MARTIN DRIVE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 3225 HARWOOD ROAD, SUITE F. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 1.

GIVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR INDOOR AMUSEMENT.

THE ZONING OR THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES STATES THAT ANY COIN OPERATED GAMING MACHINES THAT HAVE MORE THAN FOUR, FOUR OR MORE ARE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INDOOR AMUSEMENT.

AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE STATES THAT ALL INDOOR AMUSEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO INSTALL FIVE GAMING MACHINES WITHIN A PROPOSED NOVELTY / GIFT STORE.

THE CO FOR THAT GIFT STORE HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE STORE HASN'T OPENED YET, BUT I THINK THE APPLICANT IS WAITING TO INCORPORATE THE GAMING MACHINES ONCE THEY CAN OPEN THE RETAIL STORE. PROPOSED HOURS ARE GOING TO BE FROM MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 8 TO 11 P.M., 8 A.M. TO 11 P.M. SITE. THIS IS GOING INTO SUITE F.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE, THERE'S ALREADY A CIGAR LOUNGE, I BELIEVE.

ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL OFFICE THERE LOCATED WITHIN THE SAME SHOPPING CENTER, THE SUBURBAN STRIP, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN SUBURBAN STRIP, A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.

INDOOR AMUSEMENTS AREN'T TYPICALLY SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE IN THE SUBURBAN STRIP, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

SO IT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE IN, IN DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE SUBURBAN STRIP.

SO I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF APPLICATIONS HERE RECENTLY, BUT PRETTY STANDARD SINGLE STORY STRIP CENTER THERE.

WE NOTIFIED 11 ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID CONDUCT THEIR PUBLIC HEARING.

THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 1.

CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR WES AT THE TIME? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:58.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ON THIS ITEM, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS SHAUNA LEAR.

I'M REPRESENTING PARIS GIFTS ON BEHALF OF GEORGE GARCIA, WHO UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY, WHO TRULY DOES TAKE THIS IMPORTANT AND SERIOUS.

AND HE REALLY DID WANT TO ATTEND. HIS APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US? SO, YES. SO GEORGE DOES CHOOSE BEDFORD BECAUSE IT IS A GROWING, VIBRANT COMMUNITY WITH A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE AND A DIVERSE POPULATION.

HE BELIEVES PARIS GIFTS WILL COMPLEMENT THE LOCAL CHARM BY OFFERING A FUN, UNIQUE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE THAT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAN ENJOY YEAR ROUND.

BEDFORD'S CENTRAL LOCATION AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED SPIRIT MAKE IT THE PERFECT PLACE TO SHARE HIS VISION OF BRINGING JOY, MEMORABLE GIFTS AND A BIT OF NOVELTY OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MAD RUSH, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:59.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. A MOTION TO DENY BY COUNCILMEMBER SABOL.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. YOU MEAN TO DO THAT?

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SO THAT IS DENIED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL APOLOGIES.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS HARWOOD OAKS

[4. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone the property described as Harwood Oaks Shpng Cntr Addn Block A Lot 2 from Planned Unit Development to Planned Unit Development/Specific Use Permit – Private Business and Professional Schools. The property is generally located north of Harwood Road, to the west of Martin Drive, and commonly known as 2901 Martin Drive Suite D. (SUP25-10). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 5-2-0]

I GIVE YOU DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, COUNCIL. THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HARWOOD AND MARTIN DRIVE.

SEVERAL SUITES LOCATED WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER.

THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RESTAURANT. CONVENIENCE STORE.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO OPEN A DRIVING SCHOOL IN THIS LOCATION, WHICH FALLS UNDER PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS, WHICH REQUIRES AN SUP. THE SUITE IN QUESTION IS APPROXIMATELY 1100 SQUARE FEET.

BASE ZONING OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IS COMMERCIAL.

AND THERE IS A PORTION OF THE SITE THAT THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO CONDUCT PARALLEL PARKING TRAINING ON.

THAT WAS THE BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THE AND YOU'LL SEE THERE WAS A CONDITION. THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THERE WILL ONLY BE IN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, NOT PARALLEL PARKING INSTRUCTION ON THE SITE.

PROPERTY AGAIN LOCATED IN SUBURBAN STRIP COMMERCIAL.

REALLY THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN DOESN'T REALLY SPEAK TO EVERY PARTICULAR USE IN QUESTION.

IT'S NOT SEEN THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ANY SORT OF WAY.

SITE PHOTOS. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SITE, THIS IS THIS SUITE THAT IS CLOSEST TO FACES MARTIN AND PROBABLY CLOSEST TO THE SCHOOL.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE NORTH. WE NOTIFIED FIVE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST.

PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE NO ON SITE DRIVING TRAINING.

POINT OF REFERENCE HERE. SINCE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING STAFF HAS HAD MEETINGS WITH THE APPLICANT, AND THEY'VE INFORMED US THAT THEY CANNOT OBTAIN THEIR STATE LICENSE TO BE A DRIVING SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR WITHOUT THE ON SITE PARALLEL PARKING. SO THE CONDITION THAT P&Z PLACED ON THEM, THEY CAN'T OPERATE UNDER.

THEY LED US TO BELIEVE THEY WERE GOING TO WITHDRAW THIS APPLICATION, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM. THEY'VE KIND OF GHOSTED US SINCE THAT TIME. SO WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO BRING IT FORWARD AS P&Z RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. SO IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE. OKAY.

SO WAS P&Z CONCERN I CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THIS.

NUMBER ONE, IT'S A VERY NARROW SITE FOR DRIVING INSTRUCTION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THAT YOU HAVE THE SCHOOL, MEADOW CREEK ELEMENTARY, RIGHT THERE. AND JUST FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE, IT GETS EXTREMELY BUSY DURING THAT TIME FRAME FOR DISMISSALS AND EVEN DROP OFFS, AND CHILDREN ARE WALKING UP AND DOWN THROUGH THE PARKING LOTS.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH A MADHOUSE. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S PROBABLY THE REASON WHY.

THAT WAS COMPLETELY THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD AT PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION LEVEL.

THEY REALLY JUST DID NOT HAVE ANY THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE ON THE SITE THAT A PARALLEL PARKING INSTRUCTION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

IT'S YEAH, IT'S TOO NARROW. AND BEING THAT CLOSE TO SCHOOL AND ALL THAT.

YEAH. I WOULD HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH THEM. OKAY.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO ANSWER SINCE THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE, BUT DID WE GET ANY FEEDBACK OF WHY THE APPLICANT WAS INTERESTED IN THIS SITE OR COMING TO BEDFORD? I THINK THAT QUESTION WAS JUST I THINK THAT WAS DISCUSSED.

AND BEST I CAN RECALL FROM THE APPLICANT'S STANDPOINT WAS THAT IT WAS JUST A CENTRAL LOCATION TO WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

BECAUSE I RESEARCHED THE BUSINESS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE A LOCATION IN EULESS AND IN IRVING, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF EXPANSION.

I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE BUSINESS LOCATION IN IRVING.

I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH EULESS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR WES? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:04.

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OH, NO, IT FLIPPED OVER. SO WE'RE GOOD. SO IT IS NOW 7:05.

SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SEEING NOBODY RUSHING TO THE MIC.

WITH THAT COUNCIL SINCE THE STIPULATION IS TO HAVE NO DRIVING ON SITE, AND SINCE THE APPLICANT HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE BUSINESS, I'D PROBABLY RECOMMEND DENIAL ON THIS ONE.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO DENY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? BY COUNCILMEMBER SABOL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

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

NEXT UP, ITEM NUMBER FIVE. CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS AND CHAIRPERSONS TO BEDFORD'S CITIZEN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[5. Consider a resolution appointing members and chairpersons to Bedford’s Citizen Boards and Commissions]

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. WE ADVERTISED FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY'S BOARDS COMMISSIONS BACK IN JULY, AND THE COUNCIL CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS LAST WEEK WITH APPLICANTS.

AND SO THIS ITEM IS TO FORMALLY APPOINT THOSE THOSE PEOPLE.

AND AS I NORMALLY DO, I CAN READ THOSE NAMES IN THE RECORD.

I KNOW THERE'S ONE OUTSTANDING ITEM REGARDING THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRPERSON, BUT THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER TIME.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. AND ONE OTHER NOTE IS THAT WE WILL SEND THE NOTICES THE PEOPLE THAT WERE APPOINTED AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT APPOINTED TOMORROW.

SO TO JUST LET THEM KNOW, LET THEM KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING.

OKAY. OKAY. SO I WILL READ THE NAMES INTO THE RECORD.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. SO ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD ROBERTO PRECIADO PLACE 4 ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION, BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD TREASURER FOR PLACE ONE, KAREN JACOBSON, PLACE TWO, ISIAH CRUZ PLACE 4, ANDREW WOOLEN PLACE FIVE AND AMANDA REED PLACE NINE.

BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT RONALD MCGEHEE, PLACE ONE TOM BRESNAHAN, PLACE FIVE DANA JONES, PLACE SIX. ETHICS COMMISSION RAYMOND HAGLER, PLACE SEVEN, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD CATHERINE WOOLEN PLACE ONE. AMANDA STEVENS, PLACE TWO. HALEY DAVIS, PLACE THREE.

TARA HALE PLACE FOUR. SHONDA PATTERSON, PLACE EIGHT.

PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, JOE SHAW PLACE ONE, LASHANDRA [INAUDIBLE] PLAYS TWO, LYNN GROTTO PLACE THREE, AND SAMANTHA TORKELSON PLACE FOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

ROGER GALLENSTEIN PLACE TWO, TOM JACOBSON PLACE THREE, J.R.

SMITH PLACE FOUR, DUKE LOPER PLACE FIVE, AARON LEE PLACE EIGHT ALTERNATE.

SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD FAY KOCH PLACE FOUR, LUCY SNEARLY PLACE FIVE, GINA DAY PLACE SIX, AND CHRISTINA SCHLUETER PLACE SEVEN. STREET IMPROVEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SUE SCHOLZ PLACE ONE AND STEVE OTTO PLACE TWO, AND THEN FOR THE CHAIRPERSONS FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD, ANDREW WOOLEN, AND FOR THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD, GINA DAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL.

WELL, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR INTERVIEWS.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S MORE APPLICANTS THAN THERE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WE DID THE BEST WE COULD. AND I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP THAT, WE'VE SELECTED FOR THESE COMMISSIONS.

AND IF YOU DID NOT GET SELECTED, I DO WANT TO SAY PLEASE STAY INVOLVED AND COME TO THE MEETINGS.

EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE A VOTING MEMBER, YOU CAN STILL COME TO THE MEETINGS AND CONTRIBUTE. SO PLEASE DO SO.

AND SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INTEREST.

AND, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME GREAT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COMING INTO THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOTION TO.

VERY GOOD. I HAD A FIRST FROM COUNCILMEMBER FARCO AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

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

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG. ONTO REPORTS. SO NEXT UP WE HAVE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS.

SO FIRST UP I HAVE SOME THINGS I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS.

[6. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

SORRY IN THE GRAPE STOMP, THE MAYORAL GRAPE STOMP.

AND WE DID AN AMAZING JOB. WE GOT, I THINK IT WAS 25OZ OF GRAPE JUICE BETWEEN THE TWO OF US,

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SO THAT WAS THAT WAS GOOD. AND WE WON THE AWARD FOR BEST TEAMWORK.

AND WE SHOWED UP IN OUR L.D. BELL GEAR SUPPORTING THEM SINCE THEY ARE INVITED TO THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING PARADE.

AND I WANT TO ALSO SEND A BIG THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER AMY SABOL FOR BEING THE VANNA WHITE AT THAT ESTABLISHMENT HOLDING UP THE BANNER AS THE BANNER GIRL FOR THAT? ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS A GREAT TIME.

I GOT INJURED IN THE PROCESS AND HAD TOOK HALF MY TOENAIL, WHICH WAS THAT WAS FUN.

BUT I THINK WE COULD HAVE GOT MORE COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON BECAUSE THEY THE GRATE THEY HAD NEW BARRELS, EVIDENTLY. AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SCREENING OR GRATE.

A GRAPE GOT IN THERE AND THE JUICE JUST WASN'T FLOWING.

AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET SO MUCH, THOUGH, FOR OUR WAVE.

WHAT WAS YOUR TAKEAWAY? WELL, THIS WASN'T MY FIRST GRAPE STOMP, SO I WAS AN EXPERIENCED GRAPE STOMPER, AND I JUST THINK NEXT TIME WE NEED TO CHECK OUT WHICH BARREL WE GET AHEAD OF TIME.

I MEAN, OURS WAS LEAKING, TOO. IT HAD, LIKE, IT WAS. IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM. IT WAS.

YEAH. WE WOULD HAVE BEAT. YEAH. THEY SAID EULESS HAD HALF AN OUNCE ON US.

THERE'S NO WAY. YEAH. NO WAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. ALSO, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING A CITY UPDATE FOR DURANGO RIDGE HOA.

THEY HAD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING ON THURSDAY THE 18TH.

AND JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY OVERVIEW THE CITY AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON OUR DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

AND I WOULD JUST TAKE NOTE THAT THE ITEM OF BEDFORD ROAD CAME UP WITH THE REDOING OF BEDFORD ROAD AND RIGHTSIZING IT.

AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT.

THEY HAD MUCH CONCERNS ABOUT SPEEDING ALONG BEDFORD ROAD AND THE SAFETY.

SO ONCE I TOLD THEM ABOUT THAT, THEY WERE VERY ECSTATIC AND VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING INTO IT.

SO I AT LEAST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE AND LET EVERYONE KNOW OF THAT. IN ADDITION ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'M A PART OF, I TEND TO TAKE ON ANOTHER ONE. SO I TOOK ON ONE WITH THE COOKS CHILDREN'S FAMILY ENGAGEMENT COUNCIL FOR ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS. THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW I AM ONE OF THOSE LIVING WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, AND A PART OF THAT, I MET SOMEONE WHO IS A PART OF THE ASSOCIATION, AND THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR 1 IN 100 WALK.

THEY'RE LIKE, WE WANT TO HAVE IT IN PLANO, BUT WE WISH THERE WAS SOME PLACE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CENTER FOR DFW.

AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, THIS JUST FELL IN MY LAP.

SO I WAS ABLE TO SECURE THAT. SO IN OCTOBER 25TH BEDFORD WILL HOST THE DALLAS 1 IN 100 WALK FOR ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. SO I WANT TO WELCOME AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE PART ALSO WITH DONATIONS.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR JUST RAISING FUNDS JUST TO BENEFIT ALL THOSE WHO ARE LIVING WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. THOSE OF US NOW ARE LIVING INTO ADULTHOOD.

WE'RE FINALLY THE FIRST GENERATION THAT GETS TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE AND LIVE INTO ADULTHOOD.

AND THE 1 IN 100 IS, AS YOU PROBABLY GUESSED IT, 1 IN 100 CHILDREN WHO ARE BORN HAVE HEART DEFECTS.

AND SO THIS ORGANIZATION REALLY IS SOMETHING SPECIAL.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY COME OUT AND SUPPORT AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE A YEARLY THING FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SO IF YOU WANT ANY MORE INFORMATION, IT IS ACHAHEART.ORG.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE'LL TURN IT ON TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

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

IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT.

AND JUST A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE. EVERYBODY DRESSED UP.

THEY LOOKED WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.

CHAMBER RAISED SOME MONEY, BUT IT WAS A GREAT TIME BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THERE FROM THE THREE CITIES THAN WE'VE EVER HAD IN A LONG TIME.

AND IT WAS GREAT TO GET TOGETHER IN THAT, THAT TYPE OF ATMOSPHERE.

THE OTHER THING IS OUR HEARTS OUT TO CITY OF HURST AND THEIR FAMILY WITH THE LOSS OF THEIR POLICE CHIEF.

THAT WAS SHOCKING NEWS FOR US THIS WEEK. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OUR OFFICERS THAT ARE STEPPING UP AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

BUT OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO HURST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD. AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BEFORE I DO THE BEAUTIFICATION UPDATE, COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO ALREADY MENTIONED ONE OF THE UPDATES WAS THE CHAMBER.

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I'VE ATTENDED ALL OF THESE SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED, AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO GET TOGETHER, TO INTERACT WITH CHAMBER MEMBERS AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY I DID ATTEND THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL SERVICE THAT FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND I APPRECIATE THE HONOR GUARD FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE THAT DID THAT.

AND GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR OUR EXISTING FIRE STATION AND DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR THE UPGRADES.

AND SO CHIEF WALKER WAS HAPPY TO EXPLAIN, LIKE, THE DEFICIENCIES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'LL HAVE WITH THE NEW FIRE STATION.

I ALSO AM PART OF THE UNITED WAY TARRANT COUNTY STEERING COMMITTEE, AND SO UNITED WAY, TARRANT COUNTY DOES HAVE A NEW CEO.

SO THAT OPPORTUNITY IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS TO ATTEND THE TOWN HALL TO HEAR FROM ADAM POWELL ABOUT THE THREATS THAT UNITED WAY [INAUDIBLE] TO HAVE, AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIPS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

AND SO I'VE SPOKEN TO OUR CITY MANAGER A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT IF THERE'S A NEED AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT THE UNITED WAY, WHAT THEY PROVIDE, AS WELL AS CONNECTIONS TO OTHER NONPROFITS.

AND SO WITH BEAUTIFICATION SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO THANK OUR OUTGOING MEMBER, ROB WESSON.

HE DECIDED NOT TO REAPPLY, AND SO HE DEFINITELY WAS VALUE ADDED FOR THE COMMISSION.

SO I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS TIME. AND THEN I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE THE CURRENT MEMBERS.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW MEMBERS. BUT THE CURRENT MEMBERS, WE MET LAST WEEK AND THEY ARRIVED AT COMING UP WITH A MASTER TREE PLAN.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF TREE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE MEDIANS OF HARWOOD ROAD AS WELL AS GENERATIONS PARK.

AND SO THEY WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY WITH THE TREE FUND ONCE IT'S BUILT UP TO WORK ON PLANTING AT LEAST FIVE TREES.

AND YOU KNOW HOW SENSITIVE OUR COMMUNITY IS ABOUT OUR TREE GROWTH.

AND THIS BOARD IS ALSO VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT THE TREES.

NO BRADFORD PEARS, THERE'S THEY WANTED TO HAVE A PLAN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DIFFERENT TREES THAT ARE NOT BRADFORD PEARS, AND I THINK DON WAS KIND OF STEERING THEM. LIKE, YOU CAN'T DICTATE TO THE CITY TO BE THAT SPECIFIC, BUT ONCE THE NEW MEMBERS ARE ON BOARD AND THE BOARD DOES PLAN TO LOOK AROUND THE CITY OF OPPORTUNITIES, THEY DO WANT TO FOCUS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DESIGN REVIEW WE'RE DOING ON HARWOOD TO 121.

SINCE THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY VISIBLE AREA WITH THE H-E-B COMING IN AND MAKING SURE THAT THE TREE IMPLEMENTATION WORKS THERE AND THEN WORK THEIR WAY SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH HARWOOD. AND THOSE ARE ALL MY UPDATES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE LIBRARY OCTOBER IS JUST GOING TO BE A BUSY, BUSY TIME FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.

WE MET LAST WEEK, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS ON OCTOBER 2ND, WHICH IS A THURSDAY STARTING AT 11 A.M. AND THEN AGAIN AT 9:00 A.M. ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, WHICH IS A SCHOOL HOLIDAY.

WE ARE UNLOADING PUMPKINS FROM TRUCKS. AND SO THIS ESPECIALLY ON THE 13TH, IF THERE ARE STUDENTS OUT OF SCHOOL WHO NEED SERVICE HOURS, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS FOR THEM.

BUT WE NEED SOME MAN AND WOMAN POWER THAT DAY.

AND THEN THE LIBRARY WELL HERE'S THE BAD NEWS.

THE LIBRARY CLOSES AT 2:00 ON OCTOBER 18TH. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT'S FROM 3 TO 9 BEER BRATS AND MORE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT.

ALWAYS A FUN TIME. BUT THIS IS THE CALENDAR FOR THE LIBRARY THIS MONTH.

AND SO IF YOU NEED TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK IT UP BECAUSE YOU FOR SURE DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON HALLOWEEN GOAT YOGA THINGS ARE TRICK OR TREAT. YOU CAN TRICK OR TREAT THERE.

SO ANYWAY WE'RE GOING AND BLOWING AT THE LIBRARY, AND IN BETWEEN WE READ BOOKS.

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

PARKS AND RECREATION. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. AND OUR SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT HERE TODAY.

OH, YES. MR. MAYOR, I KNOW ROB GAGLIARDI COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI IS AN ADVISORY BOARD LIAISON.

BUT I DID WANT TO THANK BECKY FARRELL. SHE SERVED HER TERM WELL FOR THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD AND DECIDED NOT TO APPLY.

BUT SHE ADVOCATED FOR SENIORS WITH WITH US GETTING A SENIOR CENTER AS WELL AS WAS THE INSPIRATION OF STARTING ON

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST ONE QUICK UPDATE. WE WERE EXCITED TO LEARN TODAY THAT THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ON HARWOOD AND 121,

[8. City Manager/Staff Reports]

IT REALLY SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG. KNOCK ON WOOD.

BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION AND MOVE FORWARD.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON THE PLANS, IT REALLY JUST LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT FROM STRAIGHT GRASS TO SOME LANDSCAPING IN THAT AREA.

SO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT, BUT ALSO WATCH TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME LANE CLOSURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHILE THEY'RE WORKING.

VERY GOOD. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS EXCITING. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR MEETING, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCILMEMBER SABOL. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:21. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.