Aug 11, 2026 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]

I WELCOME TO THE PODIUM. AND THEN THEREAFTER, WE'LL HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BEING LED TO US BY MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND. LET US PRAY. OUR GOD, TODAY WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS FOR OUR CITY OF BEDFORD AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ASK YOU TO BLESS EVERY FAMILY IN OUR CITY, PROTECT OUR HOMES, OUR CHILDREN, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND OUR SENIOR CITIZENS. BRING PEACE TO THOSE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES AND STRENGTHEN THOSE WHO WORK EACH DAY TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE. GRACE WISDOM, DISCERNMENT AND INTEGRITY TO OUR LEADERS AND TO ALL THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH MAKING DECISIONS. HELP THEM TO LISTEN CAREFULLY, SERVE WITH HUMILITY, AND ALWAYS ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY. HELP US TO BE UNITED COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT, COMPASSION, GENEROSITY, AND A WILLINGNESS TO HELP ONE ANOTHER PREVAIL.

BLESS THIS MEETING, OUR DISCUSSION AND EVERY DECISION MADE HERE TODAY MADE EVERYTHING WE DO CONTRIBUTE TO A SAFER, MORE PROSPEROUS AND MORE UNITED CITY.

WE PLACE OUR CITY, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR LEADERS IN YOUR HANDS.

IN GOD'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. 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. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, REVEREND. APPRECIATE THAT PRAYER. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

WELL, I GET THE LIST OF PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE.

JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, IF YOU SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE A RULE OF JUST THREE MINUTES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUZZER THAT GOES OFF AROUND 30S.

AT THAT POINT, I WOULD HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF. SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT.

SO MAKE SURE WE DO THE THREE MINUTES. BUT IF I HAPPEN TO CUT YOU OFF AND YOU'RE NOT FINISHED WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MENTION TO COUNCIL AND YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US VIA EMAIL OR MEETING.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND HEAR ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS.

SO FIRST THING UP, FIRST PERSON UP, WE HAVE MR. LARRY WALDRIP. YES, YES. GO AHEAD. GREETINGS.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TODAY.

I HAVE THREE THINGS THAT I'M HERE FOR. NUMBER ONE IS MY WATER BILL.

I RESIDE AT 520 EAGLE DRIVE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE 3200 BLOCK OF BROWN, BROWN TRAIL AND EAGLE DRIVE.

I HAVE A CORNER LOT. I BUILT THAT HOME IN 1983 AT THE AGE OF 29.

I'VE BEEN THERE 43 YEARS. I'M RETIRED. I'M ON A FIXED INCOME.

I LOVE MY HOME, I LOVE MY COMMUNITY, AND I LOVE MY YARD.

IT'S A BIG YARD. IT GETS A LOT. IT'S A HIGH VISIBILITY YARD.

LOTS OF BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS PLACED SIGNS IN THAT YARD BECAUSE IT IS A PRIME YARD.

MY WATER BILL FOR THE JUNE TO JULY CYCLE WAS $663, AND I ENTERED INTO TIER 1, TIER 2, TIER 3, TIER 4 WATERING MY YARD. NOW, DURING THE YEAR, MY WATER BILL IS, YOU KNOW, $100 BUCKS.

BUT WHEN WE GET TO THIS, THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES, I HAVE TO APPLY A LOT OF WATER.

SO MY LAWN, MY, MY YARD MEASURES 150 BY 150, WHICH IS 22,500FT².

TAKE THE 2500 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT OF THE HOUSE OFF.

THAT LEAVES 20,000 SQUARE FEET THAT I HAVE TO MAINTAIN.

2700 OF THAT IS CITY EASEMENT PARKWAYS WALKWAYS.

SADLY, I CAN'T WATER ONE WITHOUT WATER IN THE OTHER, SO I GET PENALIZED FOR HAVING A PRETTY YARD.

THAT'S KIND OF A SHOWCASE YARD FOR THE ENTRY INTO QUAIL CREST ESTATES.

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SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO. SO SOMEONE WOULD REACH OUT TO ME AFTERWARDS.

I'D APPRECIATE IT. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND BLYTHE REEVES AND A YOUNG LADY NAMED JEN AT THE BEDFORD WATER DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR AWESOME HEALTH HELP AND THEIR GREAT ATTITUDE. SO THAT'S ISSUE NUMBER ONE. ISSUE NUMBER TWO IS THE BURNED OUT BUILDING AT 2905 BROWN TRAIL THAT I GET TO LOOK AT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, EVERY DAY. THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR THREE YEARS WITH A FENCE AROUND IT.

THAT CORNER ISN'T A GOOD LOOKING CORNER AS IT IS WITH THE ABANDONED BANK BUILDING.

THAT WAS ONCE, FOR A BRIEF TIME, A PHARMACY WITH HORRIBLE, GAUDY LOOKING GREEN AND RED SIGNAGE ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND NOW SITS VACANT.

AND THEN I HAVE A WINE AND CIGARETTE STORE ACROSS THE STREET THERE TOO.

SO IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE CITY WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BUILDING AND GET IT GOING.

THIRD, MY DRIVEWAY EXITS ONTO BROWN TRAIL. THE TRAFFIC COMING DOWN BROWN TRAIL IS DANGEROUS.

I CAN'T GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. MY WIFE AND I FREQUENTLY AVOID GETTING HIT BECAUSE THE CARS ARE SPEEDING.

AND WHEN YOU THINK YOU GOT ROOM, YOU GOT A CAR ON TOP OF YOU.

I GET A ONE FINGER WAVE A LOT TRYING TO GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY.

CAN YOU PUT SOME SIGNS AT SOME CORNERS? STOP SIGNS? YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE IN EAGLE, MAYBE ONE AT SIMPSON.

BREAK THIS UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT BROWN TRAIL FOR THAT.

AS FOR BECAUSE THIS IS A TOPIC YOU DID BRING UP THE BURNED OUT BUILDING.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THIS AS WELL THAT THE CITY HAS TAKEN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ACTIVELY TAKING THEM TO COURT. AND SO WE ARE TAKING MEASURES.

THE ISSUE THAT HAS HAPPENED THERE IS THAT THE PROPERTY HAS CHANGED HANDS MULTIPLE TIMES. AND SO.

I'M AWARE OF THAT COURT. AND I THINK THEY JUST HAD A HEARING NOT TOO LONG AGO.

OKAY. SO WE ARE ACTIVE ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE I THINK IT'S PARDON ME IF I DON'T GET THIS RIGHT.

AIKEN DAY. TALK TO US ABOUT ATLAS.

ATLAS, YEAH GOOD EVENING. GOOD. WHEN IS MY TIME START? RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW. OKAY. HI. MY NAME IS EILEEN DAY. I'VE LIVED IN TEXAS FOR 30 SOME ODD YEARS OF MY LIFE.

I'VE BEEN A RESCUE FOR ABOUT THE LAST TEN. I'M A TEXAS STATE DELEGATE AND I'M A LEGISLATIVE AMBASSADOR FOR THLN.

AND SO LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN IN ANIMAL RESCUE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS.

AND I'M HERE TODAY FOR TAMMY PRICE AND HER DOG, ATLAS.

HER DOG ATLAS HAS BEEN CONFINED BY THE CITY OF BEDFORD FOR THE LAST 476 DAYS.

SHE HASN'T SEEN HIM. SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE IS. SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF HE'S DOING ALL RIGHT.

AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW WE GOT HERE. SO ON MAY 5TH OF 2025, AN ORDER WAS ENTERED BY A BY A JUDGE TO EUTHANIZE ATLAS FOR DANGEROUS DOG. BASED ON A, A COURT ORDER THAT WAS DATED DECEMBER 4TH OF 2024. AND IN 2024 WAS WHEN HE WAS FIRST INITIALLY CALLED A DANGEROUS DOG.

SO IT WAS A JUDGE'S ORDER, AND SHE BASED HER EUTHANASIA ORDER ON THE FACT THAT HE'D ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED A DANGEROUS DOG.

AND HE GOT OUT AGAIN. HE WAS ACCUSED OF HAVING AN INCIDENT.

AND THEY ORDERED HIS EUTHANASIA BASED ON THAT ORDER, ACCORDING TO TEXAS LAW.

THAT ORDER DOES NOT EXIST. WE ARE WE ARE NOW THROUGH THE APPELLATE COURT.

I'M HELPING HER AS HER LIAISON. WE'VE GOT AN APPELLATE ATTORNEY AND WE'RE IN THE COURT OF APPEALS SEVENTH AND WE HAVE ASKED FOR THE RECORDS REPEATEDLY. BEFORE I MET HER TAMMY ASKED FOR THE RECORDS REPEATEDLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CENTRALIZATION OF THE ORDER IS, IS DECEMBER, DECEMBER 4TH OF 2024'S ORDER. SHE GOT A NOTICE OF THE HEARING.

BUT IT'S A PHANTOM HEARING, AND THEREFORE YOU CAN'T BASE AN ORDER OFF OF AN ORDER THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

AND SHE EVEN EMAILED, WE KNOW. KNEW WE WOULD COME HERE EMAILED ONE MORE TIME FOR THE FOR THE PUBLIC RECORDS AND WAS TOLD THERE NO RECORD.

IT EXISTS. HOWEVER, WE ARE ALSO DEALING WITH MISSING BODY CAM ON THE DAY THAT THEY SEIZED ATLAS.

WE ARE. AND IT SAYS THAT IT IS IN EVIDENCE, YET WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ASKED FOR IT.

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I HAVE THE TRANSCRIPTS HERE. BUT IT WILL BE ON YOUTUBE AND IT WILL GO PUBLIC.

AND HE IS SEEN AND HEARD AND IT'S, AND IT'S FILMED BY THE SAME PERSON THAT IS IN THE VIDEO.

SO WE'VE GOT THE TWO THRESHOLDS TO PROVE IT'S A LEGAL VIDEO THAT THAT HE SAID HE'S MOVING ATLAS AND.

OH, EILEEN I'M SORRY. OH THAT'S OKAY. NO, NO.

BUT I OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE ARE ALL VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE.

IF YOU DON'T MIND SHOOTING US AN EMAIL, I'M HAPPY TO MEET, I THINK.

I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO FURTHER.

I DO APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. SORRY I HAD TO CUT YOU OFF THERE.

NO, NO. THAT'S OKAY. AND I LEFT MY GLASSES IN THE CAR, SO I COULDN'T [LAUGHTER] I COULDN'T READ IT, SO. GOOD JOB.

GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS MEETING.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. I'LL RUN THROUGH OUR FEW CONSENT ITEMS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ITEM NUMBER 1.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FROM THE JULY 28TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING.

ITEM 2. CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A MULTI-YEAR MULTI CITY AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $2,456,457.90 FOR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF TRUNK RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOR THE TRUNK RADIO SYSTEM MANAGER. AGAIN, THE CITY, ALONG WITH COLLEYVILLE, EULESS, GRAPEVINE, KELLER AND SOUTHLAKE ALL PARTICIPATE IN A SHARED RADIO SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES ESSENTIAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES AT A LOWER COST THROUGH SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPENSES.

THE SUBJECT REQUEST IS TO APPROVE A FOUR YEAR MOTOROLA SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, WITH THE COST DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG THE SIX CITIES, RESULTING IN AN APPROXIMATE 10% SAVINGS COMPARED TO THE PRIOR CONTRACT AND HELPING PROTECT THE CITIES FROM HIGHER FUTURE PRICING.

FUNDS FOR THIS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND, WATER AND SEWER FUND, AND THE WATER AND SEWER FUND ARE UTILIZED BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE RADIOS DO RESIDE WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES.

ITEM NUMBER 3. CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT.

SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE ATMOS CITIES STEERING COMMITTEE AND ATMOS ENERGY CORP.

MID TECH'S DIVISION REGARDING THE COMPANY'S 2026 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM FILING.

AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SEE PRETTY REGULARLY BEDFORD, ALONG WITH 181 OTHER MID CITIES, TEXAS CITIES, PARTICIPATES IN A RATE REVIEW PROCESS THAT PROVIDES GREATER SCRUTINY OF ATMOS' ENERGY COSTS AND INVESTMENTS THAN THE STATE'S GRIP PROCESS, HELPING CITIES NEGOTIATE LOWER RATES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT REDUCES ATMOS REQUESTED INCREASE FROM $291.1 MILLION DOWN TO $260.5 MILLION, AND WHILE RESIDENTIAL BILLS WILL INCREASE APPROXIMATELY $13.37 PER MONTH COMMENCING IN OCTOBER.

THE RRM CITIES, WHICH IS OUR CITY'S PART OF THE GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A MONTHLY COST AVERAGE OVER COMPARABLE GRIP CITIES RATES.

THERE IS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY ON THAT ITEM.

NUMBER 4. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH TWO ONE-YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES FROM ELITE STRIPING THROUGH A MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $150,000, TOTALING $450,000 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

AGAIN, THE SUBJECT ITEM AUTHORIZES STAFF TO USE AN EXISTING INTERLOCAL CONTRACT WITH GRAND PRAIRIE TO PROCURE PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES, WHICH ENTAILS THE REMOVAL, INSTALLATION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF VARIOUS PARKING PAVEMENT MARKINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS NEEDED.

FUNDS FOR THIS ITEM ARE AVAILABLE IN THE 4B STREET IMPROVEMENT OPERATING BUDGET.

I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

QUICK QUESTION ON THE ITEM NUMBER 2 FOR THE MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS.

SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $2,456,457. SO BUT WE'RE NOT PAYING ALL THAT.

WE'RE PAYING OUR PORTION OF IT. CORRECT. ONE SIXTH OF THAT.

ONE SIXTH OF THAT. SO I THINK IT WAS LIKE 97,000.

YES. FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. CORRECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

WE'VE GOT THE STRIPING GOING IN, SO COULD WE STRIPE A FEW OF THE CURBS, LIKE AT FOREST RIDGE AND HARWOOD? BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE COMING EAST FROM EAST AND YOU'RE CROSSING OFF FOREST RIDGE, IF.

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BECAUSE IT'S GOT A LITTLE OF A TWIST THERE. ALL RIGHT.

AND YELLOW WOULD ALWAYS BE NICE. OKAY. I WILL HAVE I WILL MAKE THEM AWARE OF THAT.

THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OVER CONSENT ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

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

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

[5. Call a public hearing on the proposed FY 2026-2027 budget to be held on September 8, 2026 at 6:00 pm in the City Hall Council Chambers.]

GIVE YOU FINANCE DIRECTOR BRADY OLSEN. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE LARGELY ADMINISTRATIVE.

THEY'RE JUST LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT IN SEPTEMBER ON THE 8TH, WE ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING A BUDGET AND WE ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING A TAX RATE.

THIS IS NOT MAKING ANY FORMAL ACTION. WE'RE NOT COMMITTING TO ANYTHING TODAY.

WE'RE JUST LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE'RE CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BUDGET ON 8TH.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN.

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

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT DONE, BRADY. CONSIDER A PROPOSED TAX RATE AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IF

[6. Consider a proposed tax rate and set the public hearing on the proposed tax rate, if required.]

YOU'RE NOT ADOPTING A TAX RATE. YOU JUST YOU'RE LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO ABOVE THIS ON THAT DATE.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SETTING A PROPOSED RATE, WHICH IS A LITTLE MISLEADING.

IT'S JUST THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER. AND THEN ALONG THE LINES ON THE BUDGET, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT I HAVE CLEARED OUT MY NEXT MONTH TO JUST ANSWER BUDGET QUESTIONS.

SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING, PLEASE REACH OUT.

THERE'S THE EMAIL ON THE CITY WEBSITE. I'LL SHOW UP AT THE LIBRARY.

I'LL SHOW UP THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE AND, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THROUGH ALL THAT BECAUSE IT'S COMPLICATED.

I MEAN, FOR THOSE OF US, YOU KNOW, UP HERE HAVE BEEN A WHILE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT CAN ONLY BE SPENT IN CERTAIN WAYS, WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT REVENUES FOR THEM. AND SO IT ALL GETS IT'S KIND OF CRAZY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THINGS.

I THINK THE MOST THE MOST WHEN WE BREAK IT DOWN, IT'S GENERAL FUND AND HOT FUND.

AND KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT CAN BE SPENT IN BOTH. SURE YOU DON'T MIND WALKING THROUGH, THROUGH ALL THAT WITH RESIDENTS, DO YOU? I DO NOT MIND WHATSOEVER.

ALL RIGHT. PERFECT, PERFECT. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

SO MY QUESTION FOR STAFF AND FOR CITY MANAGER.

SO I KNOW WE HAD OUR BUDGET SESSION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THIS BUDGET STAFF, I THINK THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU SAID IN HOW MANY YEARS WHERE STAFF DID NOT GO TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE? AT LEAST A DECADE. I DIDN'T PULL OUT THE FILES.

SO OKAY, SO AT LEAST A DECADE WHERE THE CITY HAS NOT TAKEN THE TAX RATE TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY HAVING IT LESS, LESS THAN THAT.

SO ALMOST, ALMOST LIKE LEAVING, LEAVING SOME ON THE TABLE AND NOT TAKING MORE.

CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO STAFF IF STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT TAX RATE AS PRESENTED.

WE ARE. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO. SO IF THAT'S.

IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN WITH COUNCIL'S PERMISSION.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT SO THAT WE ARE.

THE UPPER THRESHOLD LIMIT IS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FROM THE CITY.

IF YOU'RE ALL GOOD WITH THAT. IF NOT, PLEASE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE 566599. SO THE PROPOSED TAX RATE THOSE TAX RATE THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET IS 0.566599.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THIS WOULD BE THE UPPER THRESHOLD THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER.

OH YEAH ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE HERE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION. SO CONSIDER A TAX RATE OF AND CHECK ME. MAKE SURE I'M GOOD ON THIS. TAX RATE OF.

WHERE I LOST IT HERE. 0.566599 PER 100 ASSESSED EVALUATION TO BE VOTED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026. AGENDA AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE TAX RATE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 AT 6:00 P.M. AT BEDFORD CITY HALL.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S MY MOTION. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

THANK YOU STAFF. THANK YOU BRADY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

[7. Consider a resolution recognizing Public Works Professionals as First Responders.]

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GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TODAY KIND OF MARKS A SPECIAL AIR MARK, IF YOU WILL, FOR SURE.

JUST SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU SAW IN YOUR COMMUNIQUE AS WELL.

THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS, THERE'S ONLY THREE CITIES.

IF TONIGHT GOES WELL UNDER YOUR CONSIDERATION, [LAUGHTER] THAT ACTUALLY HAS MADE THIS DESIGNATION FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS AS FIRST RESPONDERS. WE DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. BY SHOW OF HANDS REAL QUICK, HAS ANYBODY EVER SEEN THE FIRST RESPONDER FLAG BEFORE FOR PUBLIC WORKS? ALL RIGHT. YOU SEE IT HERE. [LAUGHTER] NICE. IN 2017, APWA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CREATED THIS LOGO DESIGN SCHEME AND INCORPORATED IT INDUSTRY WIDE THROUGHOUT THE NATION AS PUBLIC WORKS IDENTIFIER AND SYMBOL, IF YOU WILL. AND THIS, THIS IMAGE YOU'LL SEE ON STICKERS, SIGNS, FLAGS, ALL, ALL SORTS OF, OF SWAG, IF YOU WILL, TO HIGHLIGHT AND PROMOTE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. HERE IS A IS A SLIDE FOR BACKGROUND HISTORY.

YOU SEE A LONG LIST STARTING WITH 2003 WITH A PRESIDENTIAL PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTIVE BACK IN 2003 FROM PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, WHO SPEAKS ABOUT FIRST RESPONDERS AND PRETTY MUCH JUST WHAT THAT ENCAPSULATES.

FIRE PD, EMS, AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, COUNTIES, CITIES AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL.

ALL SAYING THAT THAT ENTIRE GROUP IS FIRST RESPONDERS.

THEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, YOU SEE HOUSE BILLS THROUGH CERTAIN STATES AT THE SENATE LEVEL AS WELL THROUGH THE THROUGH THAT SENATE RESOLUTION 15, HIGHLIGHTING PUBLIC WORKS DURING THAT FIRST RESPONDERS DAY.

PRETTY MUCH THIS JUST RECOGNIZES THAT ROLE DURING EMERGENCY SERVICES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSES.

OKAY. IN MAY OF 2025, CITY OF ADDISON WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE FIRST CITY IN TEXAS TO TAKE THIS INITIATIVE STEP, IF YOU WILL. CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. MAY OF 2026.

THIS YEAR ALSO MADE THAT DESIGNATION. CITY OF BEDFORD WOULD BE THAT THIRD CITY ALSO MAKING THIS DESIGNATION.

DESIGNATION. YOU CAN SEE THERE. I ALSO WANT TO QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THE LARGE GROUP OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS IN THE HALLWAY.

WE'LL GET TO, WE'LL GET TO MEET AND SEE THEM AND SHAKE HANDS HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THEY SHOWED OUT IN FORCE FOR SURE. THEY, AS WELL AS MY SHORT TIME BEING HERE, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THAT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS BELIEVES IN THIS INITIATIVE AND WANT THIS DESIGNATION TO GO THROUGH AS WELL.

SO WHY? WHY DOES IT MATTER? EVERYTHING LISTED HERE ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF AND WHAT WE'LL DO ON DAY IN, DAY OUT, NO MATTER THE WEATHER AND WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS.

WE DEFINITELY COME UP AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR OPERATIONS WITH THE BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BEDFORD.

THIS DESIGNATION A QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IS, WHAT DO WE GET? WHY ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? IS THERE ANY FINANCIAL IMPACT? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THERE IS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY.

THERE'S SOME SWAG THAT WE MIGHT PUT ON A HARD HAT OR, OR OUR FLEET VEHICLES TO SHOW OFF THIS DESIGNATION AND REPRESENTATION THAT WE ARE FIRST RESPONDERS. BUT THIS DESIGNATION, JUST SO YOU KNOW, DOES NOT GIVE SPECIAL AUTHORITY TO CHANGE.

IT DOES. TO CHANGE ANY REQUIREMENTS. IT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR PAY OR BENEFITS BY ANY MEANS.

IT JUST FORMALLY RECOGNIZES OUR ROLE AS EMPLOYEES FOR THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.

WE'RE PERFORMING AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND AS A, AS A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS.

WE ASK THIS BODY TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT. WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S OUR REQUEST FOR TONIGHT.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING PUBLIC WORKS AS FIRST RESPONDERS.

YOU'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ROLE IN THIS EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND THEN OFFICIALLY AUTHORIZE US TO UTILIZE THAT SYMBOL ON LOGOS AND STICKERS FOR OUR FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO LAYNE HAS THIS BEEN AN INITIATIVE OF YOURS? THEY DID IT START WITH YOU WHEN YOU GOT HERE? I CAN TELL YOU THE CREDIT IS NOT MINE. THE CREDIT IS ANDREA ROY'S.

SHE. SINCE DAY ONE TO MY HIRE ON. WE TALKED ABOUT SHORT TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS.

AND THIS WAS ONE THING THAT SHE POPPED UP ON HER RADAR AND WE CONNECTED IMMEDIATELY.

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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET, MEANING WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD TURN INTO, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT AS FIRST RESPONDERS, BECAUSE WE ARE CALLING OURSELVES THIS, MORE AND MORE CITIES, MORE AND MORE COUNTIES AND STATE LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO START TAKING THIS INITIATIVE STEP FORWARD. I HAPPEN TO AGREE. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, I THINK OFTENTIMES, A LOT OF TIMES Y'ALL ARE OVERLOOKED AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE OVERLOOKED. YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, IT'S YES, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED THAT, YOU NEED THAT EXPENSIVE FIRE TRUCK, YOU NEED THAT EXPENSIVE POLICE CAR.

BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A ROAD TO DRIVE ON IT, IT PRETTY MUCH BECOMES USELESS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TELL ME THAT YOU ALL ARE NOT FIRST RESPONDERS.

WHEN THE WEATHER GETS REALLY BAD AND THEY'RE TREATING THE ROADS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN GET TO WORK IN THE MORNING.

MAKE SURE THAT OR A WATER MAIN BREAKS OR AFTER A GIANT STORM AND LIMBS ARE OUT, YOU KNOW, BLOCKING CERTAIN WAYS AND, AND TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, AGAIN THIS IS ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.

AND I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS PRETTY, THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

I MUST SAY. WE ARE GOING TO BE THE THIRD CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO MAKE THIS DESIGNATION.

AND I THINK AFTERWARDS I THINK MANY CITIES WILL FOLLOW SO.

SO, YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DOES.

BUT THIS ALSO COMES, I REALIZE THIS, THAT WITH THIS DESIGNATION, AND I'M SURE WITH YOU AS WELL STANDARDS AND PROFESSIONALISM, THE EXPECTATION KIND OF RAISES THE LEVEL, DOESN'T IT? IF I CAN INSERT HERE. ABSOLUTELY. ANOTHER LONG TERM GOAL, BOTH ANDREA AND MINE IS TO MAKE THIS DEPARTMENT CREDENTIALED THROUGH THE APWA STANDARDS.

SO I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT THIS STEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS DESIGNATION IS GOING TO HELP THAT PROCESS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A LONG, ARDUOUS PROCESS, BUT WE FEEL IT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 YEARS.

BUT THAT'S THE STEP WE'RE GOING AND THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TOWARDS.

VERY GOOD. AND SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. AND SO WITH THAT CREDENTIAL YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT? AS WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT. AS WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THIS.

THIS LETS THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT AS A CREDENTIALED DEPARTMENT, AND ORGANIZATION, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, OUR FACILITIES, OUR TOOLS, OUR OPERATIONS AND PROCESSES, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING THE BEST TAX, THE BEST STEWARDS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS FOR SURE, AND CREATING THAT ACCREDITATION AND THROUGH RE-ACCREDITATION AND JUST FURTHER SIGNIFIES THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, AND WE'RE SPENDING YOUR MONEY WISELY ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MATTERS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR LAYNE HERE? NO? NO? NO? NO? IF YOU ALL WOULD PERMIT, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE BEHOOVE US.

I DON'T KNOW TO DO THIS OFTEN, BUT I'D LIKE TO READ THE RESOLUTION ON THIS ONE.

Y'ALL WOULDN'T MIND? AND THEN WE TAKE A VOTE.

LET'S DO IT. WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES BY SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, HELPING PROTECT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES, AND RESTORING THOSE SERVICES FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY.

AND WHEREAS, IN 2017, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION APWA, CREATED THE NATIONAL PUBLIC.

PUBLIC WORKS FIRST RESPONDERS SYMBOL TO BE USED THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA TO RECOGNIZE PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS AS FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LISTS PUBLIC WORKS ALONGSIDE POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS IN ITS DOCUMENTATION.

AND WHEREAS, THE EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRST RESPONDERS REPRESENT AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES THAT NO OTHER AGENCY PROVIDES.

WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BEDFORD WOULD LIKE TO AUTHORIZE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO USE THE PUBLIC WORKS FIRST RESPONDERS SYMBOL AS ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS, AND CRITICAL ROLE PUBLIC WORKS PLAYS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS.

WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS IN ITS PUBLIC'S BEST INTEREST TO DESIGNATE THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES AS FIRST RESPONDERS.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

OH, I HEARD. I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI IN A SECOND.

YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE TO FIGHT IT OUT. ALL RIGHT.

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

[APPLAUSE]. SINGLE FILE RIGHT THIS WAY. KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF. COME ON.

UP FRONT.

THIS WAY. TAKE A PICTURE.

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GETTING. COUNCIL.

MAYOR.

THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY TRULY BELIEVE IN THIS INITIATIVE TO.

ALL RIGHT. LOOK AT ME. ONE. TWO. THREE. TAKE SEVERAL.

AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS.

[APPLAUSE].

OKAY, GIVE ME A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WAS PRETTY.

PRETTY COOL. PRETTY COOL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 8.

[8. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to enter into an agreement with Cigna for the City’s employee medical and dental benefits, and to continue Life and Disability Insurance through New York Life with no changes effective October 1, 2026.]

SORRY. NO CHANGES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2026.

GIVE YOU HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR STEPHANIE AYERS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE BENEFIT RENEWAL FOR THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVE HUB AS OUR BENEFIT CONSULTANTS WHO DID A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR NEGOTIATING THE RATES DOWN FOR US.

WE CAME IN PRETTY HIGH THIS YEAR. SO I'M GOING TO LET ANDREW WEEGAR COME UP HERE AND PRESENT THE RENEWAL TO YOU.

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

AGAIN, MY NAME IS ANDREW WEEGAR. I'M A ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF PART OF OUR PUBLIC SECTOR UNIT AT HUB INTERNATIONAL.

WE ARE BENEFITS CONSULTANTS HERE AT HUB TONIGHT.

AGAIN, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE BENEFIT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2026-2027 PLAN YEAR, WHICH GOES INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST.

THE START OF THE PRESENTATION. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT BENEFIT STRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND ITS EMPLOYEES.

THE CITY IS CURRENTLY UNDER A FULLY INSURED CONTRACT WITH CIGNA.

THAT'S ON ITS THIRD YEAR. SO A LONG STANDING PARTNERSHIP.

FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE. AGAIN THAT POLICY DOES GO INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST.

EMPLOYEES ARE CURRENTLY OFFERED TWO PLAN DESIGN OPTIONS FOR MEDICAL INCLUDES A COPAY PLAN, WHICH IS AN EPO THAT STANDS FOR EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN THAT INCLUDES A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

LOOKING AT THE UTILIZATION OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, THE LOSS RATIO, WHICH IS TAKING THE TOTAL CLAIMS DIVIDED BY THE PREMIUM THAT'S BEEN PAID TO CIGNA, IS RUNNING AT 110% LOSS RATIO. WHEN WE LOOK AT FULLY INSURED, THE TARGET LOSS RATIO VENDOR IS LOOKING AT IS ABOUT 85%. ANYTHING OVER 85% IS GOING TO WARRANT AN INCREASE.

WHY IT'S 85%? THEY PUT ABOUT A 15% MARGIN IN THERE FOR THEIR TAXES, FEES, PROFITS, JUST TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AT THEIR AT THEIR COMPANY.

SO WHEN WE MET WITH STAFF EARLY IN THE YEAR, WE DID PROVIDE A BUDGET PROJECTION.

DURING THAT BUDGET PROJECTION, WE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE AN RFP, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

AND FROM WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, CIGNA DID PRESENT AN ORIGINAL 33% INCREASE TO PREMIUMS. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THIS YEAR, BUT OBVIOUSLY WARRANTED BASED OFF THE UTILIZATION THAT WE WERE SEEING.

PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL. AGAIN, WE INCLUDED DENTAL IN THE RFP, BUT ALL OTHER POLICIES SUCH AS LIFE INSURANCE, DISABILITY VISION INSURANCE, THOSE ARE ALL IN RATE GUARANTEE PERIODS.

SO THERE WAS NO SORT OF CHANGES REQUESTS THIS YEAR FOR THOSE FOR THOSE LINES.

SO LOOKING AT THE RFP VENDOR RESPONSE LIST, YOU'LL SEE THE MEDICAL CARRIER WHO RESPONDED, WHO DECLINED, AND THEN WHO WE NAMED AS A FINALIST, CIGNA AND AETNA.

WE DID NAME AS FINALISTS. AETNA USED TO BE THE VENDOR HERE AT THE CITY OF BEDFORD PRIOR TO CIGNA.

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WE DID NOT NAME THEM FINALISTS DUE TO UNCOMPETITIVE PRICING.

NEXT IS LOOKING AT THE DENTAL LIST CIGNA AND AETNA.

SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO EVALUATE WAS BUNDLING DIFFERENT LINES OF COVERAGES TOGETHER.

SURE MEDICAL AND DENTAL. IT'S LIKE HOME AND AUTO. YOU CAN SEE DEEPER DISCOUNTS IF YOU ARE TO BUNDLE LINES OF COVERAGES TOGETHER.

SO LOOKING AT THE MEDICAL RESULTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THIS PAGE, BUT I'M GOING TO START FROM THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

YOU'LL SEE IN THAT GREEN ROW AT THE TOP IT SAYS FINANCIALS.

AND BELOW THAT YOU'LL SEE EMPLOYEE ONLY, SPOUSE, CHILDREN AND FAMILY.

AND WORKING TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE ENROLLMENT IN THE TWO PLAN DESIGNS THAT ARE OFFERED TO YOUR MEMBERS.

IN TOTAL, THERE ARE 297 TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS ENROLLED.

THAT'S YOUR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS ANY PRE 65 RETIREES IN COLUMNS ONE AND TWO.

THAT'S SHOWING CIGNA. THAT IS THE CURRENT TOTAL PREMIUM FOR HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR THE CURRENT PLAN YEAR TODAY.

SO THAT TOTAL ANNUALIZED COST IS ABOUT $4.1 MILLION IN PREMIUM.

IF YOU GO TO COLUMNS THREE AND FOUR THAT IS THE RENEGOTIATED RENEWAL WITH CIGNA.

YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE ORIGINAL INCREASE OF 33%.

BUT IF YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP THROUGH OUR NEGOTIATIONS, THROUGH THIS RP PROCESS, WE SECURED A 15% RENEWAL INCREASE WITH NO PLAN DESIGN CHANGES WITH ACTUALLY ONE MINOR PLAN DESIGN MODIFICATION. I'LL SPEAK TO THAT HERE IN A MOMENT.

ON TOP OF THAT, PART OF THEIR BEST AND FINAL OFFER IS THEY PROVIDED THE CITY ALLOWANCE DOLLARS.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THEY ARE PROVIDING THE CITY OVER $35,000 TO USE ON WELLNESS INITIATIVES, COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION. SO TRYING TO DRIVE ENGAGEMENT INTO THE THE BENEFITS PROGRAM SO EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS THAT THEY ARE BEING OFFERED.

IF YOU LOOK TO THE VERY RIGHT HAND SIDE WITH AETNA, YOU CAN SEE THEIR BEST AND FINAL OFFER COMING IN AT A 25.8% INCREASE.

SO OBVIOUSLY NOT AS COMPETITIVE AS CIGNA. THAT'S ABOUT 11% OVER THE CIGNA OFFER TODAY.

SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE ARE THE BENEFITS THAT ARE OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES IN PRE 65 RETIREES TODAY WORKING LEFT TO RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE COLUMNS ONE AND TWO. THOSE ARE THE CURRENT BENEFIT STRUCTURE, THE CURRENT BENEFIT STRUCTURE IN PLACE TODAY.

AND THAT VERY LEFT HAND COLUMN. YOU'LL SEE THE BENEFITS BROKEN OUT BY DEDUCTIBLES, OUT OF POCKET MAXIMUMS, COINSURANCE, AND ANY SORT OF COPAYS SET FOR THINGS LIKE EMERGENCY ROOM, PRIMARY CARE, SPECIALIST CARE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PRESCRIPTIONS, SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT VERY CLOSELY EVERY SINGLE YEAR IS MUNICIPAL BENCHMARKING.

WE WORK WITH OVER 120 MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WHAT I'LL SAY ABOUT THE BENEFITS, THEY'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH MARKET TODAY, A LOT OF YOUR SISTER CITIES AS WELL.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE RED THOSE ARE BENEFIT MODIFICATIONS FOR THIS UPCOMING PLAN YEAR.

THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN HAS TO MAKE A SLIGHT INCREASE ON DEDUCTIBLES TO MEET NEW IRS REGULATIONS, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD STAY STABLE FOR EMPLOYEES FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

NOW, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN COLUMNS THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX IS A NEW BENEFIT STRUCTURE FOR MEMBERS FOR THE UPCOMING PLAN YEAR.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE'S NO BENEFIT MODIFICATIONS.

WE'RE JUST ADDING NEW PLAN DESIGNS FOR EMPLOYEES TO CHOOSE FROM.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT COLUMNS ONE AND TWO VERSUS THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX, WHAT I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON PRIMARILY IS COLUMN THREE AND COLUMN FIVE. THOSE ARE THE EXACT BENEFITS THAT YOU AS A CITY HAVE IN PLACE TODAY.

IN COLUMNS FOUR AND SIX, THOUGH, YOU'LL SEE THAT STANDS FOR LOCAL PLUS.

WHAT LOCAL PLUS MEANS. IT'S A HIGH PERFORMING NETWORK OF BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, IT'S A MORE RESTRICTIVE NETWORK, BUT EMPLOYEES HAVE THE SAME DEDUCTIBLES OUT OF POCKET MAXIMUMS, COPAY LIMITS. THOSE ARE ALL STAYING THE SAME.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRENT PLANS AND THESE PLANS IS THAT CERTAIN HOSPITAL SYSTEMS WILL BE OUT OF NETWORK FOR MEMBERS.

SO THOSE LOCAL PLUS PLANS, FOR EXAMPLE, THR, UT SOUTHWESTERN WOULD BE OUT OF THE NETWORK FOR THOSE TWO PLANS.

IT'S TRYING TO STEER EMPLOYEES TO OTHER HOSPITAL SYSTEMS LIKE BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE METHODIST.

WHAT WE DID DURING THIS PROCESS IS WE LOOKED AT THE DISRUPTION FILE TO SEE HOW MANY OF YOUR MEMBERS ARE GOING TO UT SOUTHWESTERN VERSUS BAYLOR.

AND THERE WAS ABOUT AN 80% MATCH WITH THESE LOCAL PLUS PLANS, MEANING THAT THE DISRUPTION IS VERY LIMITED BY OFFERING TWO NEW PLANS FOR YOUR MEMBERS.

SO IF A MEMBER WANTS A LOWER COST OPTION THIS UPCOMING YEAR, THEY CAN ENROLL IN A LOCAL PLUS PLAN.

THEY JUST NEED TO BE MADE AWARE THAT THE NETWORK IS GOING TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE.

IF THEY ARE UT SOUTHWESTERN THR UTILIZERS, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO STAY IN THE PLAN THAT THEY'RE IN TODAY, BUT THEY WILL BE PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF POCKET IN TERMS OF A PREMIUM COST. SO MORE OPTIONS FOR MEMBERS, JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON THE NETWORK DESIGNS FOR MEMBERS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PREMIUM RATES, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I SHOWED BEFORE.

AGAIN COLUMNS ONE AND TWO SHOWING THAT $4.1 MILLION IN ANNUALIZED PREMIUM IN COLUMNS THREE THROUGH SIX.

THIS IS LOOKING AT THESE NEW PREMIUMS THAT WOULD BE OFFERED TO MEMBERS.

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WE ASSUMED ABOUT A GOOD MAJORITY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES WOULD BE GOING INTO THE LOCAL PLUS PLAN.

SEEING THAT THERE'S LIMITED DISRUPTION FOR THOSE MEMBERS. SO OVERALL, IT'S A REALLY POSITIVE NEWS.

THE MORE MEMBERS THAT WE CAN ROLL ENROLL IN THE LOCAL PLUS, THAT PREMIUM INCREASE ACTUALLY DECREASES MORE AND MORE.

SO 11.2 IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING FOR THE UPCOMING PLAN YEAR.

THIS NEXT SLIDE IS SHOWING THE 2026-2027 PROPOSED CONTRIBUTIONS.

SO IT'S BROKEN OUT BY PLAN. SO THAT TOP PLAN IS THAT HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN.

IT'S THE LOCAL PLUS THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE PLAN FOR MEMBERS.

THE PLAN BELOW THAT IS THE NATIONAL HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN THAT HAS THE BROAD NETWORK.

BELOW THAT IS THE LOCAL PLUS COPAY PLAN. AND THEN THE BOTTOM PLAN IS THE NATIONAL COPAY OPTION HIGHLIGHTED.

AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS REALLY IN THE YELLOW LOOKING AT THE MONTHLY EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS.

SO STARTING AT THE TOP, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LOWEST COST OPTION FOR MEMBERS AND THEN THE CIGNA COPAY NATIONAL PLAN AT THE VERY BOTTOM.

THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE. SO THE EMPLOYEES HAVE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE IF THEY WANT TO BE IN THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN.

DO THEY WANT TO BE IN THE LOCAL PLAN OR A MORE BROAD NETWORK OPTION.

SO THERE'S MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR THEM TO CHOOSE. BUT WE DO SHOW ON THIS SLIDE WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND THEN ALSO PER PAY PERIOD.

ALL RIGHT NEXT WE'LL TALK THROUGH DENTAL RESULTS.

GOOD NEWS ON THIS THIS SIDE IS THAT THE DENTAL RENEWAL WITH CIGNA DID RECEIVE A RIGHT PASS.

SO NO BENEFIT DESIGN CHANGES. THOSE BENEFITS RENEW AS IS NO PREMIUM CHANGES ON.

TOP OF THAT ARE BEST AND FINAL OFFER FROM CIGNA THIS YEAR.

THEY'RE PROVIDING A RATE CAP OF 5% NEXT YEAR, MEANING THAT THAT IS THE HIGHEST DENTAL RENEWAL THEY COULD PRESENT FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO OVERALL VERY POSITIVE NEWS ON THAT FRONT.

AND JUST HIGHLIGHT HERE THE ORIGINAL RENEWAL WITH THE DENTAL WAS AT A 10% INCREASE.

AND WE NEGOTIATED THAT. SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS JUST HIGHLIGHTING THIS IS TO RENEW WITH CIGNA FOR THE UPCOMING PLAN YEAR.

BUT MOVING TO THE NEW FOUR PLAN DESIGN OPTIONS THAT WE MENTIONED BEFORE AT THAT 11% INCREASE.

WE ALSO JUST HIGHLIGHTED HERE THE LOCAL PLUS NETWORK IN SOME OF THOSE PROVIDERS THAT WOULD FALL OUTSIDE OF THE NETWORK MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR.

ON TOP OF THAT, THE CIGNA DENTAL MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION TO RENEW AT A RATE PASS WITH THE 5% RATE CAP FOR YEAR TWO.

AND THEN FINALLY, THESE ARE ALL THE VALUE ADDED BENEFITS.

SOME OF THESE ARE VOLUNTARY. SOME OF THESE ARE EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYER PAID SUCH AS VISION LIFE INSURANCE AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON MENTAL HEALTH FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT, HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

WE ALSO HAVE A HUB CALL CENTER, WHICH IS A RESOURCE CENTER FOR STAFF IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THEIR BENEFITS.

AND THEN THERE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS OFFERED, LIKE ACCIDENT, CRITICAL ILLNESS. THAT'S EMPLOYEE PAID.

BUT THE GREAT NEWS IS THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THESE BENEFITS. NEXT YEAR. THOSE WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW AS IS FOR NEXT YEAR AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OVER HEALTH PLANS.

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

SO, MR. WEEGAR WHAT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS DRIVING YOUR 110% LOSS RATIO? LARGE CLAIMANTS. SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS CLAIMANTS OVER $50,000 IN SPEND.

JUST LOOKING AT THE UTILIZATION, A LOT OF THAT WAS DRIVEN BY MUSCULOSKELETAL TYPE CLAIMANTS.

SO THAT COULD BE LIKE A KNEE REPLACEMENT JOINTS, BACK.

ALSO SOME HIGH-COST PRESCRIPTIONS HAVE, HAVE HIT THE PLAN AS WELL.

SO SOME OF THESE MEDICATIONS CAN COST UPWARDS OF 60, $70,000 A YEAR, BUT IT'S TREATING AN AUTOIMMUNE TYPE DISORDER.

SO SPECIALTY MEDICATIONS HAVE HIT THE PLAN TOO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE HAD THE WELLNESS OPTION AND THE COMMUNICATION.

AND THAT'S IN THIS PLAN DESIGN. AND SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEES ALTERNATIVES FOR, YOU KNOW, STREAMLINE LIKE PREVENTATIVE THINGS.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST LARGE THINGS. AND THEN I JUST, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING IF, IF THE LOSS RATIO WAS UNDER THE 85%, WOULD THERE BE INCENTIVES FOR LIKE A DECREASE OR JUST STABILIZATION? RIGHT NOW THE MARKET IS REALLY HARDENING. SO EVEN AT AN 80% LOSS RATIO, WE HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RUNNING AT THAT AMOUNT.

THEY'RE STILL FACING INCREASES TODAY. THAT'S KIND OF A NATIONAL TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE PROBABLY HEARING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

EVEN DOWN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, THAT HEALTHCARE SPEND IS REALLY DIFFICULT, REALLY CHALLENGING ITEM RIGHT NOW.

I'D SAY ON OUR BOOK OF BUSINESS, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES, THE AVERAGE INCREASE FOR 2026-27 IS ABOUT A 10% INCREASE RIGHT NOW ACROSS OUR, OUR BOOK OF BUSINESS. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD DEAL.

YOU NEGOTIATED 15% INCREASE. IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS.

WE'RE HAPPY WHERE IT IS. HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DRIVE THAT DOWN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT NEGOTIATION.

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THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF. APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 9. THIS IS DISCUSSION OF DATA CENTERS AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD TEXAS ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL

[9. Discussion of Data Centers as it relates to the City of Bedford Texas Zoning Ordinance and the need for additional restrictions. **This item was requested by Mayor Cogan]

SO WITH THIS ONE, I DECIDED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

WELL, QUITE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT IS IN THE NEWS EVERYWHERE, EVERYWHERE YOU'RE READING IT AND I BELIEVE NOT TOO LONG AGO YOU HAD NORTH RICHLAND HILLS HAVE. THIS CAME UP OVER THERE.

YOU HAD IT IN WESTLAKE. AND SO BOTH THESE CITIES A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO HOME.

AND WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT ALL OF US UP HERE KNOW OUR ZONING.

WE DO KNOW THAT WE ARE BUILT OUT. BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE CONCERNS.

I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS BEDFORD GOING TO DO TO PREVENT THESE DATA CENTERS? AND SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER OUR ZONING AND SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS THERE.

AND I'VE BEEN EDUCATED LONG ENOUGH WITH WITH BRYN IN THE CITY TO KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES TO USAGE OF CERTAIN THINGS AS A CITY, YOU DON'T WANT TO OUTRIGHT BAN THINGS. IT SETS YOU UP FOR LITIGATION IN THE FUTURE.

INSTEAD, YOU REGULATE THEM. AND SO AND SO. TO THAT END, I WANT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.

AND ALSO, THIS COMES AT A TIME BECAUSE SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF REDOING ALL OF OUR ZONING WHEN IT COMES TO DIFFERENT USAGES AND DISTRICTS. AND SO THIS IS A TIMELY MATTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN THERE IN TERMS OF THESE DATA CENTERS AND WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. I THINK THAT WE CAN SAFELY ASSUME UP HERE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE THINGS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AND REGULATIONS TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS.

AND SO THAT'S THE KIND OF DISCUSSION WE HAVE HERE TODAY.

AND TO DISPEL ANY KIND OF RUMORS OF THAT SORT OF THING.

SO I'LL START OFF WITH THE MOST INTERESTING THING.

LET'S SEE HERE. WELL, I MIGHT NOT GO THERE JUST YET.

LET'S START. LET'S START WITH THIS FIRST ONE. SO RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY IN OUR USAGE ORDINANCE, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ZONING, WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGNATION FOR DATA CENTERS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO IF THEY WERE LET'S JUST SAY I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE REALLY THE LAND.

MINE IS MEADOW PARK. OH. MEADOW PARK. [LAUGHTER].

LET'S JUST GO THERE REAL QUICK. SO. SO COULD MEADOW PARK BECOME A DATA CENTER? [LAUGHTER] SO IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO A ZONING QUESTION.

AND SO AS YOU ALLUDED TO, THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF UPDATING OUR ZONING ORDINANCE WHICH HAS BEEN A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS.

WE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ARE AT THE TAIL END OF THAT.

AND SO ONE OF THE NEXT THINGS ACTUALLY TO COME TO COUNCIL TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL TO EVALUATE IS THE LIST OF PERMITTED USES AND THE REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. SO WE DO HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE IN PLAY RIGHT NOW.

IT DOES ADDRESS DATA CENTERS IN THAT. SO AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS COMES FORWARD, WE CAN LOOK AT IF EVERYONE'S CONTENT WITH WHERE WE'VE ALLOWED THOSE, THE RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THOSE IN THAT DRAFT ORDINANCE.

BUT WE DO ADDRESS THOSE. WE HAVE CATEGORIZED THOSE WITH LIMITATIONS WITH RESTRICTIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THEY WOULD BE MORE ON THE HEAVIER. INDUSTRIAL SO RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT PROPERTY COULD DEVELOP SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF OUR LEASE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WOULD BE FOR FULL REZONING TO HAPPEN, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE FULL, FULL COUNCIL AND PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON LAND USAGE AND ACCORDING TO OUR MASTER PLAN AND WHICH WE HAD JUST PASSED.

AND OUR MASTER PLAN HAS NOTHING IN THERE, ESPECIALLY IN THAT SPOT FOR DATA CENTERS OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL.

CORRECT. AND SO WE WOULD THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO DENY IF THAT WERE TO COME FORWARD.

THEORETICALLY, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. OKAY. [LAUGHTER] FOR THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THEN LET'S GO. IS THERE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY THAT WOULD SUPPORT A DATA CENTER.

I WOULD SAY WE DO NOT HAVE A DISTRICT OR I DON'T HAVE A LOCATION, FIRST OF ALL, OR A DISTRICT THAT WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

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THAT WILL LIKELY BE COMING TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND THEN COUNCIL PROBABLY DECEMBER, JANUARY. SO IF ANYTHING WERE TO POP UP NOW, I WOULD JUST SAY, LET'S JUST KEEP MOVING ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND WE WOULD HAVE THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE.

THE WAY THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS LOOKING IS THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS GEARED TOWARD AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE EXTREMELY LIMITED. WE ARE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE EXTREMELY LIMITED PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THAT ZONING DESIGNATION ON IT.

AND SO WE WOULD REALLY BE VERY LIMITED ON WHERE THAT COULD GO.

AND AGAIN, MANY OF THOSE ARE DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW AS WELL.

SO IT'S NOT AS IF IT'S IT'S UNDEVELOPED, AVAILABLE LAND, WHICH SETS US APART FROM ALL THOSE OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

AND OBVIOUSLY ALL OF US KNOW THAT UP HERE. BUT THE MAIN CONCERN, I GUESS, WHAT I WANTED TO ALLUDE TO IS THAT IF BY ANY CHANCE SOMEBODY COMES IN, DEVELOPER WANTS TO BUY SOME PROPERTY UP, CONJOIN IT, AND THEN WANT TO BUILD ONE OF THESE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF OBVIOUSLY CREATING DISTRICTS AND HOW THAT WOULD WORK. AND SO ARE WE THINKING ABOUT WITH THE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE MAKING IT IN DISTRICTS ALLOWED BY RIGHT? RIGHT NOW THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW IT IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

IT WOULD NOT BE ESSENTIALLY BY RIGHT. THERE'S A, THERE'S A NEW KIND OF ZONING CATEGORY THAT WE HAVE.

YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WE'VE OPERATED WITH IT'S A USE ALLOWED BY RIGHT.

OR IT'S A USE ALLOWED WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PLACE SOME RESTRICTIONS.

THERE'S A THIRD CATEGORY THAT'S RECOMMENDED GOING FORWARD, WHICH WOULD BE IT'S PERMITTED, BUT IT HAS ALREADY SPELLED OUT RESTRICTIONS ON IT.

SO THAT IS THE AREA THAT THIS IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO FALL.

WE CAN ALWAYS ADD SPECIFIC USE PERMITS. THERE ARE SOME THERE IS ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, BUT IT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED TO GO IN INDUSTRIAL, WHICH AGAIN I HAVE VERY LIMITED ACTUAL LAND OF NONE THAT WOULD FIT THE SIZE OF A DATA CENTER RIGHT NOW, HONESTLY. BUT IT WOULD BE PLACED IN THAT WITH A LIMITED USE OPTION, WHICH WOULD BE A BUILT IN LIST OF RESTRICTIONS ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND IT WOULD BE THE LIST OF RESTRICTIONS YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE WITH SOMETHING OF THIS KIND OF USE. AGAIN, IF I HAD LAND FOR IT OF LIMITING NOISE, ENSURING PROPER UTILITIES APPROVAL ON THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S SLATED TO, TO GO AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S GOOD, IT'S A GOOD PREVIEW AND IT'S GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S KIND OF COMING DOWN, DOWN THE PIKE HERE. I'LL REFER TO LEGAL ON THIS ONE FOR COUNSEL'S BEST APPROACH.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TWO APPROACHES. FROM WHAT I'M HEARING WITH THIS, YOU COULD EITHER CREATE SIGNIFICANT REGULATIONS IN A SPECIFIC DISTRICT OR IT'S KIND OF, YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH A SUP PROCESS.

OR COULD IT BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH? THAT'S RIGHT.

AND I THINK ALL APPROACHES ARE EQUALLY LEGALLY SOUND.

OKAY. IT REALLY IS UP TO THE LEGISLATIVE DISCRETION OF COUNSEL.

OKAY. WOULD YOU SAY THAT AN SUP PROCESS MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE'S MORE SCRUTINY? YES. YES. BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN PLACE CONDITIONS ON IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

VERY GOOD. AND THAT'S NOT OUTRIGHT BANNING THEM.

THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. THERE IS AN AVENUE FOR DUE PROCESS.

AVENUE FOR DUE PROCESS. AND THE FINAL WOULD COME UP TO COUNCIL FOR AN SUP AND THEN AND THEN COUNCIL THEN MAKES THAT DECISION BASED ON OUR MASTER PLAN.

CORRECT? CORRECT. ZONING IS REQUIRED TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR MASTER PLAN.

ALL RIGHT. AND IN OUR MASTER PLAN, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR DATA CENTERS OR CRYPTOCURRENCY OR ANY OF THAT SORT? NOT SPECIFICALLY. WE FOCUS ON EMPLOYMENT CENTERS.

OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COUNCIL FEELS ON THIS, BUT I'M GLAD THAT I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE SINCE THIS IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIVE WITH AN SUP PROCESS.

IF THAT WERE TO COME BEFORE US, IF COUNCIL WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT.

THAT WAY THERE'S A LITTLE MORE SCRUTINY IN ADDITION TO ANY KIND OF REGULATIONS.

AND SO HAVING IT, HAVING IT BOTH. ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS NOT A THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM. AGAIN, IT IS A DRAFT ORDINANCE AT THIS POINT.

IT IS A STARTING POINT. AND THIS IS THIS IS THE EXERCISE THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH EITHER NOW OR WHEN WE BRING IT TO YOU.

SO ABSOLUTELY NOT A PROBLEM. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY.

ANY ISSUES WITH THAT? BY LIMITING IT, MAKING IT A LITTLE MORE SCRUTINY ON THESE AS THEY COME BEFORE IT.

AND WHAT WE'LL SEE THIS AGAIN. DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT? IT'LL. IT'LL COME TO PNC PROBABLY OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER AND THEN AGAIN TO COUNCIL DECEMBER, JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. END OF THE END OF THIS YEAR. NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. FOR THE ZONING. THE ZONING FOR THE CITY. YES.

AND I WAS JUST GOING TO JUST FOR SOME REASSURANCE FOR EVERYONE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A USE THAT'S NOT CLASSIFIED AND IT'S UNCLASSIFIED, WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT'S CURRENTLY PROHIBITED OUTRIGHT WITHIN THE CITY.

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OKAY. SO REALLY, AND REALLY, BY DOING THAT MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY, THAT REALLY DID PROTECT US QUITE A BIT FROM CERTAIN THINGS ON HOW WE WANT TO SEE THE CITY BUILT IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO I THINK WE'RE WELL INSULATED BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF OUR SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE CITY.

BUT I THINK THE CONCERN THAT KELLER HAS IS REALLY OUTSIDE OF YOUR CITY WHERE IT'S A NEIGHBORING CITY.

SO WHAT CONVERSATIONS OR NEGOTIATIONS. SO WE'RE INSULATED.

BUT IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A DATA CENTER, HOW WOULD WE RESPOND OR NEGOTIATE OR PROTECT OURSELVES? I WOULD ASSUME, I ASSUME. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE DON'T HAVE ANY AGREEMENTS ON THE BOOKS YET WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. AND SO IF YOURS WAS DIFFERENT, THEY WOULD THOROUGHLY THEY HAVE THEIR OWN JURISDICTION.

WE CAN'T BIND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY BY CONTRACT.

NO, NO, NO. YEAH. IS THERE ANY ANYTHING WE COULD DO WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES TO REGULATE? DIALOG.

PERFECT. I WOULD PROBABLY SUGGEST, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FACT THAT THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE IS BUILT OUT, SO WE REALLY WON'T HAVE THAT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN AGAIN, THAT THESE, THESE COMPANIES, THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND THEY BUY A LOT OF PROPERTY.

AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY MIGHT SEE AN OPPORTUNITY SOMEWHERE THAT THAT EXISTS.

SO I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME DIALOG THAT MAY NEED TO HAPPEN BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, INCLUDING COLLEYVILLE TOO [LAUGHTER] TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE MEET REGULARLY AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING THAT. I KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE UP HERE GOING, YEAH, WE KNOW. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THESE ZONING ORDINANCES WERE COMING DOWN, THAT WE WERE MAKING IT MORE RESTRICTIVE. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE WILL MAKE THAT AN SUP PROCESS IN ADDITION TO REGULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING THINGS ALONG. WE HAVE REPORTS. SO LET'S SEE HERE.

IT HAS BEEN A BUSY FEW WEEKS. SO. SO MY REPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST, WE HAD OUR MAYOR'S PARTY AT THE

[10. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS SUCH A FUN TIME. IT'S ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITES BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER ALWAYS APPRECIATES, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE READING.

AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S TIED TO HEB READS FROM THE COMMUNITIES.

AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT BEDFORD HAS WON THAT COMPETITION, BEATING EULESS AND HURST.

[APPLAUSE]. SO YEAH. SO ARE WE LIKE TO READ HERE IN BEDFORD.

AND SO HATS OFF TO ALL EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AND CONTRIBUTED TO THAT SUCCESS.

LET'S SEE HERE. THEN ON MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, I HAD MAYOR'S COUNCIL MEETING.

I ALWAYS GIVE YOU GUYS TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME BRIEF UPDATES ON THAT.

THEY DID HAVE A DEBRIEF FROM THE WORLD CUP WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THE THE HEALTH INITIATIVES.

AND SO THEY WERE SCREENING EVERYTHING BUT THE HEALTH INITIATIVES AND, AND HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THEY, EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE SCREENING FOR, EVERYTHING CAME BACK NEGATIVE.

SO, AND NO CRAZY DISEASES ENDED UP HERE IN THE DFW AREA, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING.

BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT TARRANT COUNTY HEALTH WAS ON TOP OF IT. AND THEN FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH, MANY OF US HERE PARTICIPATED IN THE HEB CONVOCATION.

AND WHAT, WHAT A CEREMONY THAT WAS THEIR THEME THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY AMERICA 250, 250 YEARS OF THIS GREAT NATION.

AND THEY ALWAYS PUT ON A GREAT, GREAT PERFORMANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. THAT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME, WASN'T IT? WHAT DID? [LAUGHTER] WHAT DID YOU. WHAT DID WHAT DID YOU THINK? SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

YEAH, WELL, THEY DO IT WELL, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T ARGUE THAT THEY DON'T DO IT WELL.

AND IT'S ENTHUSIASTIC. IT'S AMAZING THAT TEACHERS CAN REV UP THAT MUCH [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST ABOUT READY TO START SCHOOL.

BUT THEY ARE EXCITED AND THE PROGRAMING WAS GOOD.

THE MUSIC WAS GOOD. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT.

IT WAS A REALLY DELIGHTFUL DAY. ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT WHEN I LEAVE THERE, I JUST. I JUST FEEL LIKE WE ARE ONE BIG COMMUNITY.

AND I TELL THIS TO OTHER PEOPLE. YEAH WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HURST, EULESS AND BEDFORD. WE MAY BE SEPARATE CITIES, WE WORK TOGETHER. BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

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[LAUGHTER]. THE FIRST YEAR I WENT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO AND NOW I LOVE IT. THE OLD CHEERLEADER IN ME COMES OUT AND IT FEELS LIKE A GIANT PEP RALLY FOR SCHOOLS.

WHO WOULDN'T LIKE THAT? THERE WAS TAP DANCING.

THERE WAS COMEDY. IT WAS WONDERFUL. I RECOMMEND IT.

ABSOLUTELY. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, SPEAKING OF SCHOOL, PARENTS REJOICE.

TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. AND SO I'D LIKE TO OBVIOUSLY WISH ALL THOSE TEACHERS GOOD LUCK GOING BACK, STUDENTS GOOD LUCK. AND WE AS A COUNCIL ARE IN OUR SECOND YEAR HERE MAKING IT A TRADITION WILL BE GOING TO ALL OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

I'LL BE TAKING MEADOW CREEK. AND OH, IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI HAS GOT THE GOODIES [LAUGHTER] READY TO GO TO PASS OUT TO THE KIDS.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. SO EACH OF US HAS A SCHOOL, SO WE WILL SEE YOU ALL AT, WHAT IS IT? 07:30 IN THE MORNING. [LAUGHTER] BRIGHT AND EARLY.

BRIGHT AND EARLY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO ALSO LAST WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO AND I REPRESENTED BEDFORD AT CONGRESSWOMAN VAN DUYNE'S JOB FAIR.

IT WAS THE LARGEST, ONE OF THE LARGEST JOB FAIRS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH OVER 670 EMPLOYERS AT GLOBE LIFE FIELD.

IT WAS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT WHERE COUNCILWOMAN VAN DUYNE INVITED SEVERAL LOCAL.

EVERYONE IN HER CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TO BE PARTNERS AND COUNCILMAN FARCO AND I AGREED TO DO THAT, AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT, WHERE THERE WAS SEVERAL MAJOR EMPLOYERS REPRESENTED FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND I HAD A GOOD TIME AND I ENJOYED IT. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. TO TAG ON TO YOUR HEB READS. I HAVE SOME STATS HERE.

YES, PLEASE. BEDFORD LOGGED IN AN IMPRESSIVE 4,527,506 MINUTES THIS SUMMER, WITH 1760 CHILDREN, TEENS AND ADULTS PARTICIPATING IN THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE.

AND THERE WERE 4182 READERS TAKING PART DURING JUNE AND JULY.

THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUTH SERVICES STAFF PRESENTED 98 IN-PERSON PROGRAMS. WELCOMING A TOTAL OF 4688 ATTENDEES. SO EVEN THEY WERE.

EVEN THOUGH KIDS WERE OUT OF REGULAR SCHOOL, THEY STILL HAD A CHANCE TO BE EDUCATED THANKS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

ALSO LAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE INFO SESSION FOR MEADOW PARK, THE SALE OF MEADOW PARK.

AND IT WAS AT THE HEB ADMIN BUILDING. THE BIDS JUST SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW.

I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE. THE BIDS BEGIN AT $14 MILLION AND SOME CHANGE.

THE PROPOSALS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 2:00 P.M.

AUGUST 26TH. AND THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT 2:00 P.M.

THE MAN IN CHARGE TOLD A STORY ABOUT TRAINS HOLDING PEOPLE UP, AND HE SAID THAT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED START EARLY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL AUGUST 26TH. AND THEN THEY WANT THE WHOLE THING FINISHED BY DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

MOVING ON. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. NO REPORTS. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN. HI. ANIMAL SHELTER IS MOVING ALONG NICELY.

STILL KIND OF NOTHING IN THERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING. AND THEN THE EULESS ANIMAL SHELTER IS NOW OUT OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND IN THEIR NEW FACILITY, WHICH MEANS ONLY BEDFORD ANIMALS AND STAFF ARE IN THE EULESS SHELTER.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE AND THINK THAT, OH MY GOSH, THEY'RE EULESS AND BEDFORD ANIMALS AND THEY'RE NO.

NO, NO, JUST BEDFORD SO YOU CAN GO THERE AND SEE OUR ANIMALS REPRESENTED.

[LAUGHTER] AND THE FRIENDS OF THE BEDFORD ANIMAL SHELTER, WE HAVE A CONTEST FOR A T-SHIRT.

VERY EXCITING. THERE ARE PRIZES, SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, PLEASE GET WITH US, GET ON OUR WEBSITE.

GET ON FACEBOOK, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO AND SUBMIT THOSE DESIGNS BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT SOMETHING FUN AND CATCHY AND SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WILL RESONATE WITH.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS SAID.

THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR I'VE BEEN A PART OF CONGRESSWOMAN BETH VAN DUYNE'S JOB FAIR.

AND THERE WERE 66,000 JOBS AVAILABLE, A THIRD OF THEM OVER $100,000.

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IT WAS THE LARGEST JOB FAIR IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAD CONGRESSMAN AND THE ACTING DEPARTMENT ACTING SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THERE TO SEE WHAT SHE'S DOING.

AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT GET TOGETHER TO MAKE NORTH TEXAS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE AND HIGHLY RANKED COMMUNITIES AROUND. AND WE ARE WE HAVE JUST SURPASSED. WE'VE GONE FROM THE 9TH LARGEST TO THE 8TH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, AND WE SHOULD SOON SURPASS FRANCE TO THE 7TH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR PARTICIPATING. AND IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR WORK, THERE'S STILL JOBS OUT THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI. THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO NOTHING TO REPORT EXCEPT MY FIRST MEETING WITH BEAUTIFICATION WILL BE ON MONDAY.

SO AND I'M SURE ALL OF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO COME OUT AND HELP US BEAUTIFY THE CITY.

[LAUGHTER] THIS CITY. ABSOLUTELY WE WILL. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [LAUGHTER]. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.

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CITY STAFF ARE ABSOLUTELY AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, TO ASK US. WE ARE HERE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. SO JUST A REMINDER, IF ANYBODY DOES HAVE QUESTIONS OR WELCOME TO CALL US AT THE MAIN CITY HALL LINE AND WE WILL GET YOU CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT FOLKS.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO TO OUR MAIN WEB PAGE. WE HAVE A CITY CHAT AT THE VERY BOTTOM RIGHT HAND.

AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK YOUR QUESTION THERE.

OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO EMAIL CUSTOMERSERVICE@BEDFORDTX.GOV YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

SO WE ARE THIS IS OUR ROLE. THIS IS WHY WE WENT INTO THIS JOB.

AND WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONNECT WITH FOLKS AND SHARE THE INFORMATION. SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO DO THAT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. A COUPLE OTHER JUST ITEMS OF NOTE.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION SURROUNDING FLOCK CAMERAS LATELY.

AND WE HAVE, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER AND VERY TRANSPARENT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.

YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THOSE CAMERAS AND HOW THEY OPERATE AND, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG WE KEEP THIS. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT? SO WE HAVE COMPILED A WEB PAGE THAT WILL BE OFF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PAGE THAT WILL BASICALLY ADDRESS PRETTY MUCH ANY QUESTION YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE REGARDING THOSE CAMERAS. SO THAT WILL BE UP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

AND ALL THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS WELL.

IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE ASKING AND IT'S NOT THERE, YOU ARE WELCOME TO ALSO GO BACK TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OR CALL US AND WE CAN WE CAN GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT WAY. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRESS.

I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT ABOUT SEPTEMBER 1ST.

PRETTY MUCH THAT IS THE DAY WE ARE EXPECTING TO BEGIN THE DEMOLITION OF THE TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING THERE AT 4101 AIRPORT FREEWAY, WHICH IS IN FRONT OF THE NEW SPROUTS DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT HAS BEEN A PROCESS. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STEPS TO GO THROUGH TO DEMOLISH A BUILDING.

AND SO WE ARE FINALLY GETTING THAT WRAPPED UP. AND SO THAT SHOULD COME DOWN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

AND REALLY IT'LL TAKE JUST A FEW DAYS. IT'S THE AFTER THAT OF CLEARING AND ALL THAT.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME. SO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE I'VE ASKED MOLLY TO, TO GET WITH CHRISTIAN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME PICTURES OR VIDEO OF THAT HAPPENING, TO KIND OF START THAT, START THAT PROCESS AND GET THAT GOING. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

ANY UPDATE ON THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OVER THAT. THEY ARE. THEY'RE MOVING.

IT'S, IT'S UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE WRAPPING UP AT THIS POINT. AND SO REALLY, THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO VERTICAL, BUT THERE'S JUST A COUPLE LAST MINUTE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE WRAPPED UP ON THAT. BUT THEY ARE THEY'RE RARING TO GO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH MORE DELAY.

NO, NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

THERE IS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE WE HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. ALL IN FAVOR WITH THE VERBAL VOTE OF AYE? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT MOTION PASSES AND IT IS 7:09.

WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.