Jul 14, 2026 City Council

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

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TODAY WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE HEB AMERICAN LEGION POST 379 HERE WITH US TODAY.

SO I WANT TO WELCOME YOU GENTLEMEN TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START THINGS OFF WITH AN INVOCATION PRESENTED TO US BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED TO US BY MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.

PLEASE PRAY WITH ME. GRACIOUS AND GUIDING SPIRIT, WE GATHER TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS IN OUR CITY.

WE GIVE THANKS FOR A THRIVING COMMUNITY, FOR PARKS THAT WELCOME US, FOR SCHOOLS THAT NURTURE OUR CHILDREN.

FOR A LOCATION THAT OFFERS BEAUTY AND OPPORTUNITY AND MOST OF ALL, FOR THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO CALL BEDFORD HOME.

WE OFFER SPECIAL GRATITUDE FOR BEDFORD STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK SO HARD TO CREATE A JOYFUL AND MEMORABLE CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY. THEIR DEDICATION, LONG HOURS, AND PERSONAL SACRIFICE ALLOWED OUR NEIGHBORS TO COME TOGETHER FOR FUN AND IN PRIDE AS WE HONORED INDEPENDENCE DAY. MAY THEY FEEL OUR APPRECIATION FOR ALL THEY GAVE TO BEDFORD.

AS OUR CITY IS STILL WELCOMING VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO CAME FOR THE WORLD CUP MATCHES.

GRANT US THE SPIRIT OF HOSPITALITY. HELP US GREET NEWCOMERS WITH WARMTH, KINDNESS AND THE SAME SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT MAKES OUR CITY SO SPECIAL.

NOW, AS WE BEGIN OUR WORK THIS EVENING, MAY THE VOICES OF ALL WHO SPEAK BE HEARD WITH RESPECT, THEIR CONCERNS RECEIVED WITH PATIENCE AND THEIR HOPES CONSIDERED WITH FAIRNESS.

LET THEIR PARTICIPATION STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN LEADERS AND THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.

GRANT US FAIRNESS TOWARD THOSE WHO WE REPRESENT.

HELP US LISTEN WELL, CONSIDER CAREFULLY AND ACT WITH INTEGRITY.

BLESS US WITH WISDOM IN OUR DECISION MAKING SO THAT WE MAY CHOOSE TODAY.

WHAT WE CHOOSE TODAY STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY TOMORROW.

MAY OUR EFFORTS REFLECT THE BEST OF WHO WE ARE AND THE HOPES OF THOSE WE SERVE.

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.

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

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

I GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY. THANK YOU MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF JUNE 23, 2026. REGULAR MEETING ITEM NUMBER TWO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF CRITICAL CARE AND EMS EQUIPMENT FROM BOUNDARY MEDICAL LLC THROUGH A MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $70,000, TOTALING $350,000 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

THIS IS SIMPLY EXACTLY WHAT IT STATES. MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR OUR EMS AND FUNDING IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE FIRE OPERATING BUDGET.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA WITH M.

G. S. CORTEX CONSTRUCTION INC. FOR AN AMOUNT OF $193,500, WITH A CONTINGENCY OF $25,000, FOR A TOTAL OF $218,500. AND FUNDING FOR THIS, AGAIN, IS PROVIDED BY THE SERIES 2019 GO TAXABLE BONDS.

AGAIN, WE DID GO OUT TO BID FOR THIS ITEM. IT WAS ADVERTISED TO 58 VENDORS.

WE RECEIVED TEN RESPONSES AND MGS WAS THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER BASED ON OUR SCORING CRITERIA THAT WE APPLIED.

SO I KNOW THIS IS MUCH ANTICIPATED. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

AND SO WE ARE NOW THIS IS SIMPLY THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO BEGIN WORK ON THIS SO WE CAN PROCEED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO HAVE A QUESTION ON NUMBER THREE FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL? SO UPON EXECUTION OF THIS CONTRACT, WHAT WAS THE ANTICIPATED? GOSH, WHAT DO WE HAVE ANTICIPATED. FOUR. FOUR WEEKS.

FOUR MONTHS. FOUR MONTHS. FOUR MONTHS. ARE WE ANTICIPATING.

NO. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MARK LONG. THANK YOU.

I WAS GOING TO ASK, WHEN ARE WE STARTING? WHEN DO WE EXPECT WHEN DO WE START AND WHEN DO WE EXPECT COMPLETION?

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WE'VE LET THEM KNOW. SO WE ARE READY TO GO AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN GET THEIR EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.

SO I'D ANTICIPATE PROBABLY LATE NEXT WEEK SOMETIME.

OKAY. AND THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT FOR. WE'RE SHOOTING FOR A SPECIFIC DAY IN NOVEMBER.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE I'M GOING TO PUT IT THAT WAY.

SO. YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR. OKAY.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND WE'LL HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION.

ABSOLUTELY. INVITE THE COMMUNITY, GET THE AMERICAN LEGION INVOLVED AND YES, AND GO FROM THERE.

ALL THE ABOVE. YES. SOUNDS GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MARK, THEN WE GOT THEM UP HERE. ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN.

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

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO.

YES. [APPLAUSE] THAT DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEW MEMORIAL HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD IT'S LONG OVERDUE.

SO, SO LOOK FORWARD TO TO SEEING YOU ALL IN NOVEMBER ON THAT SPECIAL DAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ALONG IN OUR AGENDA WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS.

[4. Consider an ordinance granting to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, its successors and assigns, an electric power franchise to use the present and future streets, alleys, highways, public utility easements, public ways and public property of the City of Bedford, Texas, to construct, extend, maintain and operate electric power lines and facilities; providing for compensation therefor; providing for an effective date and a term of said franchise; providing for written acceptance of this franchise; providing for the repeal of all existing franchise ordinances to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, its predecessors and assigns; providing a severability clause; and finding that the meeting at which this ordinance is passed is open to the public.]

PROVIDING FOR WRITTEN ACCEPTANCE OF THIS FRANCHISE.

PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL EXISTING FRANCHISE ORDINANCE TO ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC ITS PREDECESSORS AND ASSIGNS PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I THINK YOU JUST DID MY JOB FOR ME.

I THINK SO.

THE AGREEMENT DID EXPIRE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND WE ARE WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER A CONTINUED AGREEMENT OF THAT SINCE THIS TIME, SINCE THAT TIME. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS IT REALLY JUST UPDATES EVERYTHING AND REFRESHES EVERYTHING.

WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT RID OF OBSOLETE LANGUAGE, RESTATED THINGS ONCOR'S USE OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY, THEIR PAYMENT TO US AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT REALLY WAS JUST A FULL CLEANUP OF EVERYTHING AND GETTING EVERYTHING UP TO DATE AND CURRENT AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

YOU KNOW, JUST TO NOTE, THIS IS NOT A, THIS IS NOT AN AGREEMENT WHERE RATES ARE SET OR ESTABLISHED.

IT IS A 20 YEAR DEAL WITH SOME EXTENSIONS. BUT NEGOTIATIONS FOR RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THIS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

SO THIS IS REALLY JUST ONCOR USING OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF HOW WE INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.

WHEN I NEED TO MOVE A UTILITY POLE, OR THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO REALLY, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SAY. SCOTT WITH ONCOR, OUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE HAS WORKED WITH ME TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA.

AND SO WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S PRETTY MUCH WE'RE JUST GETTING, YOU KNOW, DOTTING I'S AND CROSSING T'S. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. SCOTT, GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WELCOME. SO SO YOU AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE MEETING, AND WE WERE KIND OF BOTH SHOCKED AT THE FACT THAT BOTH PARTIES DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THIS AGREEMENT HAD EXPIRED BACK IN 2017. AND AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, YEAH, THE CITY WAS KIND OF GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND THEN SO, SO I'M GLAD THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THIS BACK ON, ON THE AGENDA.

YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY IN THE PAST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I, THAT WE HAD TO DO IN THE CITY IS OUR PARK ALONG THE LINEAR TRAIL.

WE HAD A PARK THERE. HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN TO DUE TO YOUR GUYS'S EASEMENT.

DO YOU RECALL THIS? DON'T SPECIFICALLY RECALL THAT.

SO I'M SORRY. MAYOR I. THAT'S OKAY. COUNCIL AND ANDREA, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING US TONIGHT.

I JUST TOOK OVER BEDFORD. PROBABLY ABOUT SIX, EIGHT MONTHS AGO.

SO ALL RIGHT, SO A LITTLE LOST ON THAT PART, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

BE GLAD TO HELP IN ANY WAY THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. I ONLY SAY THAT FOR THE FACT THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT WAS WITHIN YOUR EASEMENT

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BUT THAT LEADS ME TO THIS NEXT YOU KNOW, THIS NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS WHAT.

ARE THERE WAYS FOR US IN WHICH WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITHIN YOUR EASEMENT TO BEAUTIFY THE LINEAR TRAIL BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF A HEAVILY USED TRAILS WITHIN THIS CITY. PEOPLE USE IT A LOT. AND SO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BEAUTIFY IT.

ARE THERE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN DO THAT? I THINK THERE ARE SOME MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO IN THE MORNING, I'M GOING TO SEND ANDREA SOME GUIDELINES.

AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING AND WHAT CAN, WHAT CAN BE INSTALLED IN THE EASEMENT, HOW TALL THE LIMITS ARE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT YEAH, USUALLY THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN WORK OUT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY, SO THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME WAYS WE CAN BEAUTIFY IT WITH DIFFERENT LANDSCAPING OPTIONS AND SO FORTH.

THERE ARE, IN FACT, I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY LONG LIST OF THE VEGETATION, THE TYPE OF VEGETATION THAT'S ALLOWED VERSUS WHAT'S KIND OF NOT ALLOWED.

SO YEAH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE ENCOUNTERED THAT BEFORE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A PARK HAS BEEN HEAVILY UTILIZED AND WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BEAUTIFY IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, TO OUR RESIDENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

SO THIS MADE ME THINK OF SOMEONE WE HAVE, I THINK THE RIGHT PERSON, ESPECIALLY CITIZEN WHO COULD GET INVOLVED WITH THE RIGHT VEGETATION.

AND HE'S THE CHAIR OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION BOARD, ANDREW WOLIN.

SO HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT LIKE THE LOCAL NATIVE PLANTS.

AND I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.

ARE YOU SUGGESTING THE BEAUTIFICATION. WELL, I MEAN, THE YEAH.

I MEAN, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT THE BEAUTIFICATION DOES. SO BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SORT OF POISED, SO THIS COULD BE AWESOME. I'M GOING TO LOOK. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT EMAIL AND ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF IT. NO, ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT. YEAH. NO, I THINK THIS COULD BE WE'LL SEE WHAT THE BEAUTIFICATION CAN WE'LL SEE WHAT THE LIMITATIONS ARE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT DOCUMENT AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENHANCE THE TRAILS.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO THIS MORE I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE YOU OR CITY STAFF.

SO ON THIS IT SAYS THAT THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT.

AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW. JUST GIVEN THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AGREEMENT, HOW DID WE DETERMINE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO FISCAL IMPACT WITH THE NEW AGREEMENT.

I BELIEVE THEY KEPT WRITING US CHECKS. WE WE WERE OFFERING.

YEAH. [LAUGHTER] SO THE ARRANGEMENT THAT WAS IN PLACE ALL THE WAY SINCE THEN HAS JUST CONTINUED.

AND SO ONCOR HAS PAID THE STANDARD RATE THAT WE AGREED TO THE 4% FOR SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK WE STATED HERE THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT GENERATES ABOUT $1.5 MILLION TO THE CITY EVERY YEAR.

SO THAT HAS SIMPLY CONTINUED. SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FISCAL IMPACT AND THERE'S NO IMPACT AS A RESULT OF THIS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

IT WILL GENERALLY STAY THAT DEPENDING ON OUR USAGE, BUT THAT THAT WILL REMAIN.

SO THERE'S NOT AN INCREASE OR A DECREASE. IT'S JUST A CONTINUATION.

SO AND I DON'T KNOW IF SCOTT, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO TO ADD TO THAT STATEMENT.

WELL, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I MEAN, IT FLUCTUATES A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON THE SEASON AND THE TEMPERATURE.

AND YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY IS PURCHASED IN THE CITY.

THE ONLY WAY THAT THE ACTUAL RATE ITSELF WOULD CHANGE IS THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO ON DOWN IN AUSTIN WITH THE UTILITY COMMISSION IF AND WHEN ALL THE CITIES DECIDED TO TACKLE THAT ISSUE. YEAH. SO IF WE HAD AN INFLUX OF LIKE SOLAR, WOULD THAT MAKE, HAVE SOME MATERIAL IMPACT OR IS THAT HAVE YOU SEEN ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THAT IN OTHER CITIES? I WOULDN'T I WOULD SAY NO, THERE'S NOT A MATERIAL IMPACT.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY PUTS A LITTLE SOLAR PANEL ON THEIR HOUSE, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ENOUGH.

I MEAN, IT WILL HELP THAT RESIDENT. I'M NOT SAYING IT WOULDN'T, BUT OVERALL, IT WOULD TAKE A SOLAR FARM TO REALLY CHANGE THAT.

PROBABLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE RATES, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

WE'RE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES REPRESENTED BY ONCOR.

AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE NEGOTIATE THOSE RATES.

CORRECT. OKAY. CORRECT. AND THAT IS COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF THIS.

YES. CORRECT. YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

YES. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

THANK YOU STAFF. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

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

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ALL RIGHT. SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE WE HAVE SOME OPENINGS.

IT LOOKS LIKE DUE TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER RICH STEVES LEAVING.

SO WE HAVE A FEW WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD THAT IS OPEN.

WE ALSO HAVE THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY. AND MICHAEL HAS THAT EVER MET? WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT BEING ANDREA EARLIER TODAY EXACTLY WHAT THAT POSITION DOES.

AND TRUTHFULLY, WE DO NOT HAVE AN IDEA EXACTLY.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PLACEHOLDER. IT'S POSSIBLE IF THEY HAVE LIKE MEETINGS WITH LIKE COUNCIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT PERSON WOULD SERVE AS THAT LIAISON. BUT IN MY TIME, I DON'T RECALL THEM EVER, ACTUALLY.

OKAY, BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY APPOINTED THERE JUST AS KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER.

OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT ONE. OKAY.

WITH THAT THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THEN, MICHAEL, THAT I'M SEEING HERE.

YES, SIR. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPENINGS. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS SHUFFLE AND SEE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT LET ME GO AHEAD AND DO SOME HAZING ON OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPTION.

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT KIND OF SPEAKS OUT TO YOU ON THIS LIST THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY SERVING AS? I THINK I'M A LITTLE PARTIAL TO ANIMALS. JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I TOOK CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY YEARS AGO AND STARTED VOLUNTEERING THERE YEARS AGO. AND THEN A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN THE NONPROFIT FRIENDS OF THE BEDFORD ANIMAL SHELTER WAS ESTABLISHED, I BECAME THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER. SO I JUST KIND OF HAVE A FONDNESS FOR THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THESE ANIMALS.

AND SO I WOULD LOVE THAT. YOU KNOW, STEVE LOVES THEM TOO, HAS SHOWN THEM LOTS OF LOVE.

STEVE WILL GLADLY HAND THEM OVER. YES. YEAH. WE'VE TALKED OVER TO SHELLY.

YEAH, WE HAVE THAT. AND SO AND KAREN KILLIAN, WHEREVER YOU ARE, I'M NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE I DON'T LOVE IT.

SO YOU GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.

SO THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO FOR MAKING THAT PRETTY SEAMLESS.

THAT WAS PRETTY SEAMLESS. ALL RIGHT. SO ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK WE HAVE FOR THAT.

SO ANIMAL SHELTER, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH TO COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT NOW LEAVES PARKS AND WE STILL HAVE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY.

EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE THAT. EXACTLY. YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN FOR TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY.

THAT WAY I'LL DO THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT. AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, I'M INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THE OTHER ONES TOO, BUT JUST PUT IT AS A PLACEHOLDER. OKAY. SO NOW I GUESS THAT LEAVES PARKS AND RECREATION.

WELL, HERE. YEAH. GO AHEAD. OH, ARE YOU LOOKING TO SWITCH TOO? I WAS THINKING ABOUT SINCE COUNCILMAN FARCO DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO.

I WAS GOING TO SINCE AND HE ALSO SPONSORED BUSSES UP TO OKLAHOMA FOR THEM AND DOES A LOT FOR THE SENIORS TO SEE IF HE'D LIKE TO BE THE LIAISON TO THE SENIORS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

SO SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WHAT GOES BACK INTO THE BUSHES? OH, IS THAT THAT HOMER SIMPSON MEME? YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T MIND TACKLING BEAUTIFICATION IF MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS WAS OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE SWITCHING EVERYTHING UP.

MICHAEL WELLS, ARE YOU KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THIS? OKAY, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT NICHELLE DAWKINS.

NOW WE HAVE THAT. SO YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE BEAUTIFICATION.

ALL RIGHT. AND NOW MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. AND YOU WILL DO PARKS.

OKAY PARKS. ALL RIGHT. THAT LOOK AT THAT. IT ALL SHUFFLED.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD. DO YOU WANT TO SHUFFLE COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I'M JUST KIDDING. I KNOW YOU LIKE. YES. GOOD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. EVERYONE'S MAKING ME NERVOUS.

I LOVE THE LIBRARY. I GET TO KEEP IT. YOU DO GET TO KEEP IT IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE JUST LUCKY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN DID NOT WANT THE LIBRARY FIRST. I'M JUST KIDDING.

THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN. I THINK THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BRAWL UP HERE. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT HANDLES ALL OUR BOARDS. AND NEXT UP IS MAYOR PRO TEM. SO WITH THIS POSITION I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS HAS SERVED OVER THE PAST YEAR.

PERSONALLY, WHAT I, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN HER SERVICE, HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY.

SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GO TO A LOT OF THE MEETINGS THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FOR VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

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SHE ACTUALLY HAS NOT EVEN SERVED AS LONG AS WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI SERVED.

YEAH. BUT IF YOU RECALL, LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, PEOPLE WERE COMING AND GOING, MAYORS WERE DISAPPEARING. SO, SO I THINK IF WE GO TO IT'S BEEN IT, WE PASS IT EVERY YEAR.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TRADITION TO CONTINUE WITH.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK COUNCILMAN FARCO VERY, VERY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK HE'D MAKE A VERY GOOD MAYOR PRO TEM. HE'S ALREADY INVOLVED HEAVILY IN THE CHAMBER, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, REALLY EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE THE LATE 70S, EARLY 80S.

AND I THINK HE COULD CONTINUE THE EXCELLENT WORK THAT THE HONORABLE MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS HAS DONE FOR THE PAST YEAR.

I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. YES, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN.

SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. SO IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA WHEN YOU'RE PRO TEM TO BE TO LEAD A MEETING? YES. YOU SAID YES. THAT SOUNDS. THAT'S FANCY.

SO IF I WERE TO NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING OR FOR WHATEVER REASON, SHE WOULD THEN FILL IN THE GAP THERE AND RUN THE MEETINGS AND FILL IN AND SIGN ANYTHING AND PRETTY MUCH BE THE ACTING MAYOR.

OKAY. YES. I WILL SAY THIS WITH WITH THE MAYOR COGAN, THOUGH, NEVER MISSES A MEETING.

HE ONLY MISSED ONE. I ONLY HAD TO LEAD ONE MEETING.

I KNOW. WOW. I KNOW. I LOST MONEY ON THAT BET.

BUT YOU ALSO HAD TO ENDURE A 45 MINUTE CONVERSATION ABOUT FRINGE FLAGS.

NO COMMENTS. OKAY. I KNOW RIGHT? NO, NO, NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO I MEAN, THAT BEING SAID YOU KNOW, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FIRST LIKE TO ASK MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER AT LEAST CONSIDER TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS AT THIS CAPACITY FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR.

YES, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THE MERITS OF COUNCILMAN GAGLIARDI AND MOST OTHER COUNCILS. THEY DO LET OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY EVERY YEAR.

SO BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE YOU RUN A MEETING. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT TOO.

I KNOW RIGHT. EXACTLY. SO ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND I'M GOING TO NOMINATE NICHELLE DAWKINS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM AND I WILL STAND. WE HAVE A SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

SO LET'S VOTE ON THAT FIRST, AND THEN WE WILL VOTE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT PASSES SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MICHAEL WELLS YOU MIGHT REPORT READING THAT BACK TO ME. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START WITH ME.

I'M GOING TO BE TAKING TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY.

SO FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD, THAT WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN FOR BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD THAT WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD WILL STAY THE SAME.

THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS.

AND THEN THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU WILL BE TAKING THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL STAY THE STAY THE SAME. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT MOTION ON THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

I HEAR A SECOND ON THAT SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. I PRESSED IT, I SWEAR I DID. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

THANK YOU STAFF. ALL RIGHT. MIXING THINGS UP.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. NEXT UP WE HAVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

[6. Mayor/Council Member Reports ]

THE FLYOVER WAS AMAZING. COORDINATING THAT I KNOW TOOK SOME REAL EFFORT.

I WAS UP THERE WITH HUNTER WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO PLAN IT ALL, HE WAS NERVOUS.

HE WAS LOOKING AT HIS PHONE, SEEING WHETHER THE FLIER WAS GOING TO WORK OR NOT.

AND IT JUST WORKED OUT BEAUTIFULLY. SO, SO KUDOS TO THAT.

AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK ON STAFF FOR THE FOURTH, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE IT A WONDERFUL,

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SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN OUR ONE OF OUR EVENTS.

IT'S A HOPPY SPARKLES AT TURNING POINT THAT WAS FUN.

SO MY FAMILY, IT WAS WHERE YOU GOT TO. IT'S LIKE AN ART AND CRAFT OVER AT TURNING POINT BEER.

IT WAS LIKE THESE LITTLE, LITTLE SPARKLE THINGS THAT YOU MADE ONE OUT OF IT.

I DIDN'T MAKE ONE. MY DAUGHTER DID ALONG WITH MY WIFE, AND WE HAD SOME FAMILY FRIENDS COME AND SURPRISINGLY HAD JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENING THERE AND AT TURNING POINT.

SO THANK YOU STAFF FOR PUTTING THAT ON. ALWAYS A GOOD TIME.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL TO WHO CAME OUT ON THIS PAST SATURDAY FOR OUR MORNING WITH THE MAYOR.

WE HAD A FULL HOUSE. I THINK THERE WAS VERY FEW SEATS THAT WERE THAT WERE EMPTY IN THAT IN THAT ROOM.

SO GOOD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT AND ENGAGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT EFFORT AND HAVE EVEN MORE PEOPLE COME TO OUR NEXT ONE IN SEPTEMBER.

AND ALSO THANK YOU, JACQUELINE, OVER AT THE YMCA FOR PROVIDING US BREAKFAST OVER THERE.

I THINK THEY COME FOR THAT PROBABLY THE MOST VERY, VERY MUCH SO.

[LAUGHTER] SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. WELL, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS AND THANKING THE STAFF AND EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH OUR 250TH CELEBRATION.

IT WAS TRULY AMAZING AND A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE FIREWORKS.

AND MY ADVISORY BOARD HASN'T MET. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD IN THE FUTURE.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE AN EXCITING EVENT TO ANNOUNCE AND INVITE EVERYBODY TOO.

TUESDAY, JULY 21ST AT 10:30 A.M. IS A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE LIBRARY FOR THE NEW VENDING MACHINE.

IT WAS DONATED BY ATMOS THROUGH THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, AND THE LIBRARY STAFF WILL USE THE BOOK TOKENS TO REWARD CHILDREN CELEBRATING READING ACHIEVEMENTS AND HELP BUILD HOME LIBRARIES.

AFTER THE RIBBON CUTTING, THERE'S MORE CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE MOMENT OF SCIENCE EGG DROP CHALLENGE WILL RECEIVE A TOKEN TO CHOOSE A FREE BOOK FROM THE VENDING MACHINE.

AND THEN THERE IS AN EXCITING NEW PUZZLE COLLECTION AT THE LIBRARY.

AND THAT IS THANKS TO THE FRIENDS OF THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY.

AND ADULTS CAN CHECK OUT THE PUZZLES FROM THE LIBRARY.

AND THEY ARE LOCATED NEAR THE INFORMATION DESK.

AND THEN I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAD A GREAT EVENT THIS WEEK THE FLAG BALL.

WE HAD THE MEET AND GREET SUNDAY MORNING AT NOON.

THERE WERE SUPER BOWL WINNERS THERE AND CHILDREN GOT TO HAVE PICTURES MADE AND AUTOGRAPHS AND THE FLAG BALLERS WERE THERE AND TALKED TO THE CHILDREN. IT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND THEN THAT NIGHT, ANYONE WHO WAS AFRAID TO COME OUT BECAUSE MAYBE IT WAS HOT.

JOKE'S ON YOU. BECAUSE ONCE WE HAD THE RAIN DELAY, IT WAS PERFECT.

AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. WE GOT TO SEE PROFESSIONAL FLAG BALLERS PLAY.

AND THEN WE ALSO GOT TO SEE THE TRINITY GIRLS VERSUS THE L.D.

BELL GIRLS. IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT. SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD FOR HELPING MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. HOPING WE'LL SEE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE STILL COUNTING DOLLARS AND CENTS.

OF COURSE. YOU KNOW. OF COURSE. EXACTLY. WAS PENNINGTON THOUGH A GOOD DID WORK OUT TO BE A GOOD, GOOD FEEL FOR IT? ABSOLUTELY. THEY WERE WONDERFUL HOSTS, TOO.

IT WAS GREAT. FANTASTIC. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR. ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE BEEN RIGHT ALONG. OH COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

I RARELY TALK. I RARELY TALK BECAUSE I'M ON MOST OF THE FINANCIAL BOARDS, BUT I WANT TO ADVERTISE AN EVENT THAT WE'RE HAVING ON JULY 18TH, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY. THE FRIENDS OF THE BEDFORD ANIMAL SHELTER HAS A NEW PROJECT.

IT'S CALLED SUN'S UP SHADES OUT. THE CITY WAS ABLE TO CULL UP TOGETHER ENOUGH MONEY TO IMPROVE THE SHELTER WITH 3.2 MILLION, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH EXCESS MONEY TO HELP FOR THE OUTSIDE.

AND IN THE RENOVATION, THEY HAD TO TEAR OUT TWO TREES AND TAKE OUT A DEAD ONE TOO, SO THE ANIMALS WILL HAVE NO SHADE.

SO THE FRIEND SAID, WELL, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. SO ON SATURDAY WE'RE HAVING KEX LANG.

HE'S A MAGICIAN AND HE'S GOING TO PERFORM FOR US.

WE'RE HAVING FACE PAINTERS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MINDFUL EXPERIENCE PRESENTATION, WHATEVER THAT IS, RAFFLE AND CONCESSIONS, FREE COOKIES. SO YOU'LL ONLY PAY $20 AND YOU GET ALL OF THAT.

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SHELLY WAS OUR ANIMAL SHELTER LIAISON, BUT NOW I'M GLAD SHE'S GOING TO BE GOING ON TO THE ADVISORY BOARD.

AND THEN ROB IS THE HUSBAND OF THE GREAT LYDIA GAGLIARDI, AND SHE OFTENTIMES GETS HIM TO HELP BECAUSE LYDIA IS A FORCE, AS ARE MANY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.

ALL IT TAKES IS $20, $20 TO PURCHASE A TICKET USING OUR QR CODE.

COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SCREEN? THAT'S OUR SUN GRADE SCREENS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE RAISING MONEY FOR. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE RAISING MONEY FOR THE QR CODES.

THEY'RE $20. JULY 18TH. THERE'S TWO SHOWS, TWO AND SEVEN, ALL BEDFORD SCHOOL.

OUR SPONSORS WERE ALSO VERY GENEROUS. OUR DIAMOND SPONSORS WERE HEB, NBT FINANCIAL BANK AND CAMP BEDFORD.

PERRY'S HERE THIS EVENING. ACTUALLY, PERRY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO JUMP IN AND SAY HE WANTED TO OFFER TO SPONSOR.

THEY HAVE AT CAMP BEDFORD ALMOST EVERY SERVICE YOU NEED FOR YOUR ANIMALS PET SPA PLAY DAYS.

YOU CAN EVEN HAUL YOUR ANIMAL OVER THERE AND THEY'LL ADMINISTER MEDICINE.

AND I'VE HAD SOME IN MY DAY THAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE THAT SERVICE.

AND THEY BOARD DOGS. SO EVERY DOG THAT I'VE SEEN GO IN THERE JUST LOVE THAT PLACE.

IT'S LIKE THE FUNNEST PLACE THAT CAN EVER SHOW UP. DOCTOR NEEDLY AND CITY VET ALSO ARE SPONSORS.

HE'S A VERY KIND VET. HIS STAFF AND THE OTHER VETS IN THAT PRACTICE ARE WONDERFUL.

IN FACT, DOCTOR NEEDLY HAS HELPED ME NEGOTIATE THE CARE OF MY OWN TWO VERY SICK PUPS BEFORE THEIR PASSING.

WE ALSO HAD HEB. HEB JUMPED IN ALMOST AS SOON AS THEY OPENED UP THEIR FACILITY HERE IN BEDFORD.

I WAS SHOCKED, BUT PART OF THEIR MISSION IS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THEM IN OUR CITY.

TEXAS TRUST CREDIT UNION WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH.

ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS ASK AND THEY AND THEY GAVE US MONEY RIGHT AWAY.

AND ALL OUR IN-KIND SPONSORS WERE JUST REALLY GREAT WITH THEIR PROMOTIONAL GIFTS.

BALLOON INC OVER THERE BY TURNING POINT, THEY HAVE THE MOST WONDERFUL BALLOONS.

AND I WENT IN AND TALKED TO HER TODAY. SHE SHE'S AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT THEY OWN A BIGGER COMPANY WITH HELIUM OUT IN WEST TEXAS.

AND SHE WAS EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE OF BALLOONS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BALLOONS AND APPARENTLY THEY MANUFACTURE THEM ELSEWHERE AND SHE WAS A DELIGHT TO TALK TO.

SHE DID ALL OF. WHAT DID SHE SAY SHE DID? ONE OF THE CELEBRATIONS WE WERE RECENTLY AT BECAUSE SHE IS KNOWN AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT SHE'S GOT THAT LITTLE STORE NEXT TO TURNING POINT.

MBT THEY ARE A LOCAL BANK AND THEY'RE ALL DOG LOVERS AND THEY HAVE 16 LOCATIONS IN THE AREA.

AND WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE THEM HELP US WITH OUR MAGIC SHOW.

SO ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS USE THE QR CODE, $20 AND WE'RE HOPING FOR A SELLOUT.

THANK YOU. YEAH. VERY GOOD. I'VE BEEN GOING BACK TO THE SHADE STRUCTURE.

I'M GOING TO SEE. OH, OKAY. OH, THAT LOOKS CUTE.

YEAH, THAT LOOKS CUTE. THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

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

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN. I CAN ADD TO THAT THAT THE ANIMALS WILL BE THERE ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS KIND OF A BIG DRAW. THEY'LL BE THERE FROM 3 TO 6.

AND STEVE HAS LET US KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A FULL SHELTER IN EULESS FOR RIGHT NOW.

BUT SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S WANTING A PET WANTS TO ADOPT, GO THAT ROUTE, WHICH IS AN AMAZING ROUTE TO GO HAVE THEM COME OUT ON SATURDAY AND ADOPT A PET BECAUSE THEY'LL BE PLENTY OF DOGS AND CATS.

JUST DON'T TAKE YOUR CAT TO CAMP BEDFORD DOESN'T DO CATS.

THEY DON'T DO CATS. NO CATS, NO CATS. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THERE YOU GO.

GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. SHELLY. I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE A REPORT. ACTUALLY DON'T FORGET THAT THE ANIMAL SHELTER HAS MOVED TO EULESS, SO PLEASE DO NOT DROP ANIMALS OFF AT OUR SHELTER.

TAKE THEM OVER TO EULESS AND HAND THEM OUT. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

FIRST I WAS WITH MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS, AND WE ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT PARTY FOR MAYOR LINDA MARTIN IN EULESS, WHICH WAS GREAT. SHE SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND I THANK HER FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE AND AND JUST A WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF BEDFORD. IT WAS GREAT. IT'S SHE LOOKED WONDERFUL.

AND SHE'S STILL FEISTY. SO WE'RE AT THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS WE HAD A JOINT CHAMBER LUNCHEON WITH GRAPEVINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS PAST WEEK AGO THURSDAY.

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AND IF YOU THINK TRAFFIC IS BAD NOW, JUST WAIT UNTIL THEY START OPENING UP THE OTHER TERMINALS.

SO AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON TO ALLEVIATE THAT TRAFFIC.

AND THEY SAID, PUT YOUR LOVED ONES ON A TRAIN, YOU KNOW, SO PUT THEM ON TRAIN, TAKE THEM OVER TO THE AIRPORT AND PUT THEM ON A, ON A FLIGHT. BUT THEY'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE BIG TIME OVER THERE AT THE AIRPORT.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

SO WHEN YOU SAY ON A TRAIN, LIKE ON THE RAILS OR LIKE IN THE.

NO. NO DONE THAT YET, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ANDREW WOLIN.

AND COUNCILMAN FARCO I THINK YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE SOME GREAT ASSETS AND BRUCE EMERY AND STEVE OTTO AND THE OTHERS AT THE, THE SENIOR CENTER. YEAH. WELL, NO, I KNOW IT'S THE SENIOR, THE SENIOR, BUT NO, NO, THAT'S THE, IT'S THE FUNDRAISING ARM. BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I DO TOO.

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

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.

[7. City Manager/Staff Reports]

I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THE FABULOUS 4TH OF JULY EVENTS.

I CAN'T TELL YOU. I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND WE NORMALLY ONLY HEAR FROM FOLKS USUALLY WHEN THEY'RE UNHAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT WE'VE GOT A TON OF POSITIVE COMMENTS. AND SO IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT TO PASS THAT ON TO OUR PARK STAFF.

REAL QUICK ALONG THOSE LINES, MENTIONING THE MORNINGS WITH THE MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE TO EVERYBODY, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE EVENTS, FOURTH FEST MORNINGS WITH THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR DOES COME BACK, WE MEET AND WE RUN THROUGH CONCERNS, QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP DURING ALL OF THOSE EVENTS.

SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT HAPPENS AFTER THOSE EVENTS AS WE COME BACK, DEBRIEF, AND THEN OUR STAFF GETS TO WORK AT LOOKING AT THINGS, CONSIDERING CHANGES AND MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, EVEN THE NEXT YEAR. SO THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS.

I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GO ON THE RECORD. THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW THAT, BECAUSE EVEN AFTER I KIND OF ADJOURN AND LET EVERYONE GO, I STAYED THERE LIKE LAST TIME, I STAYED A GOOD 40 MINUTES AFTERWARDS JUST TALKING TO FOLKS AND WHO, WHO HAD SOME PERSONAL GRIEVANCES THAT THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS.

SO YEAH, IT'S A GOOD SYSTEM AND I'M GLAD WE CAN PROVIDE THAT PLATFORM.

YEAH. IT'S A GREAT IT'S A GREAT AVENUE. NOT EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, CALLING US OR EMAILING US. SO JUST GET YOUR INFORMATION TO US ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND WE WILL, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO ASSIST.

AND THEN REAL QUICKLY, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, SINCE HE IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND JUST INTRODUCE BEN PERRY, WHO IS OUR NEW PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

I THINK A LOT OF YOU MAY HAVE MET HIM AT FOURTH FEST THAT NIGHT, BUT I THINK HE STARTED THAT WEEK BEFORE.

SO HE JUMPED IN WITH BOTH FEET AND HAS JUST HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

SO WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN WITH US. SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SURE, SURE. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND NOTHING ELSE ON IT.

SO. COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI. I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT.

YES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS.

ALL IN FAVOR WITH A VERBAL VOTE OF AYE. THOSE OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:38.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.