Oct 13, 2026 City Council

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ALL RIGHT. TIME IS NOW 6:00 AND CALLED THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

1ST THING WE HAVE IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INVOCATION LED TO US BY REVEREND KATIE MCKAY SIMPSON OF UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BEING LED TO US BY MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS.

SO I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO GO AHEAD AND PLEASE STAND.

LET US PRAY. HOLY GOD, WHAT A PRIVILEGE AND GIFT IT IS TO BE AT THE CENTER, AT THE VERY HEART OF HEB.

YOU HAVE GIVEN US A GIFT OF BEING ABLE TO HOLD THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCERNMENT, WITH OUR VISION, WITH OUR ENERGY, WITH WITH OUR WISDOM AS WE CONTINUE TO LEAD THIS COMMUNITY, TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS, TO SEEK THE GOODWILL FOR EVERYONE AND ULTIMATELY GOD TO ALWAYS BE ABOUT THE WORK OF KNITTING OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY RACE, EVERY GENDER, EVERY NATIONALITY, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE ONE IN YOU AND IN OUR COMMON PURPOSE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. SO GOD, GIVE US THE STRENGTH TONIGHT.

BLESS YOUR LEADERS THAT HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH THIS WORK OF GUIDING THIS CITY, AND HELP US ALL TO CONTINUE TO BE ENCOURAGED THAT OUR BEST DAYS ARE STILL AHEAD OF US. IT'S ALL THIS WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THE CHRIST, YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR.

AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS 1 NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, REVEREND SIMPSON. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

GOOD EVENING Y'ALL. I WANTED TO UPDATE SOME OF YOU ON MASS SURVEILLANCE, THE RESISTANCE TO IT, WHICH IS A TRAIN THAT I INVITE YOU TO BOARD BEFORE IT ROLLS OVER EVERYBODY.

WHEN I TELL YOU I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF ENERGY, I MEAN IT.

I'M JEALOUS. ON BEHALF OF ALL THE OTHER ISSUES I WORK. I PROMISE THERE ARE OTHERS. BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT TO THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RIGHT NOW AND FOR VERY GOOD REASON. YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE HAD A BRIEFING IN TARRANT COUNTY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS A ONE WAY BRIEFING. THE COUNTY HASN'T YET SOUGHT INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE AND GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY YOU MAY BE AWARE OF, OF OUR LIMITED ABILITY TO SPEAK UP THERE.

AND THERE'S A LAWSUIT ONGOING ON THAT. BUT THAT WAS A ONE WAY DIRECTION WHERE THE FLOCK REPRESENTATIVE CAME AND SPOKE TO THE COMMISSIONERS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF WHAT THEY SAID WASN'T TRUE. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE CAUTION AND TRUSTING WHAT THEY TELL YOU AND WHAT THEY SAY IN THESE BRIEFINGS.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE TERMS OF POLICY FOR FLOCK IN PARTICULAR, AND AGAIN, I MUST REITERATE, OUR DISSATISFACTION IS WITH ALL FLAVORS AND BRANDS OF THE ALPRS.

AND AGAIN, BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING TO MAKE THEM IN THE VERSIONS OF THE CAMS WHERE WE DON'T SEE THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO THAT TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO GET MORE DISCREET HARDER TO FIND.

AND THE, BUT THE DATA IS STILL VERY, VERY, VERY VULNERABLE.

WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE ONLINE HACKING THE DATA FROM THESE MACHINES IN SECONDS.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, HOW WILL WE FIND THAT MISSING KID? I MUST REMIND YOU, HACKERS CAN HACK ON TO THAT INFORMATION AT THOSE CAMERAS THAT ARE AIMED AT YOUR KIDS SCHOOLS INSIDE OF GYMNASTICS CENTERS.

YES, THERE WAS ONE INSIDE OF A GYMNASTICS CENTER, AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AN EXECUTIVE WITH ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES WAS PEEKING IN TO LOOK AT THE KIDDOS. SO THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP THE PREDATORS FROM HACKING INTO THIS DATA AND USING IT AS A TOOL TO TAKE YOUR CHILDREN.

SO PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS. I'M ASKING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EASIER FOR ALL OF Y'ALL TO MEET TOGETHER, BUT SOME OF US WOULD LIKE TO BRIEF SOME OF Y'ALL TO DISCUSS OUR CONCERNS MORE.

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WE'VE GIVEN IT TO THE TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. WE DIDN'T GET ON THE AGENDA THIS TIME.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S DISTRACTED BY THIS SILLY LITTLE THING THAT HAPPENS IN THREE WEEKS. I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT ISSUES.

AGAIN, NO OFFENSE TO EVERYBODY, BUT SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT ON IN NOVEMBER.

AND THEN I, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO CHANGE CITY CHARTERS IF Y'ALL AREN'T INTERESTED.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT DURING THE ELECTION. SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT VISIT WITH Y'ALL AND SEE WHERE EVERYBODY STANDS SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN FINISH UP THEIR LOCAL WORK, AND THEN I'LL BE IN AUSTIN NEXT SPRING.

I'LL MISS Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA WE HAVE RAY.

DO YOU MIND LETTING ME KNOW WHAT YOUR LAST NAME IS? I HAD TROUBLE READING IT, I APOLOGIZE.

GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET INFORMATION ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON FINISHING UP.

MY 1ST QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL IT BE COMPLETED? SO WE'RE PLANNING AN UNVEILING AND AND A OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING THAT WILL HAPPEN ON NOVEMBER 10TH.

OKAY. I'M A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 379.

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE DETACHMENT.

371 THAT WORKS OUT OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST.

THE LEGION HAS, ON MORE THAN 1 OR 2 OCCASIONS, EXPRESSED AN INTEREST ON HAVING OUR HONOR GUARD COME HERE ON THAT DAY AND HELP WITH YOU WITH ANY PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE MOVING THREE PLAQUES AND THEY ARE VETERANS.

SO IF IT IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE A RIFLE VOLLEY IN ADDITION TO THE FLAG PRESENTATION, WE COULD PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. I CAN BE AN INITIAL CONTACT FOR IT, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE AT THE POST WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THE INFORMATION.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING LARGER THAT YOU'D LIKE TO COORDINATE, WE CAN DO THAT WITH YOU.

WE JUST NEED A CONTACT. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A MOLLY FOX HAS TAKEN OVER.

YES. SHE'S AND SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY. AND THAT'S OKAY.

BUT WE HAVE SOME STAFF RIGHT HERE THAT I KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON IT, SO I KNOW THEY WILL GET WITH YOU AFTER. I KNOW MARK WORKED ON IT, BUT HE HE BAILED AND WENT SOMEPLACE ELSE. NO, I'M STILL HERE. I'M JUST.

I'M IN THE PENALTY BOX NOW FROM HERE ON OUT. SO SO WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION THROUGH RICH STEVES FORMER COUNCILMAN.

SO WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION.

HE'S BEEN BRINGING SOME OF THE INFORMATION BACK, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO INDIVIDUAL POINTS OF CONTACT TO REALLY START PULLING THINGS TOGETHER.

OKAY. AND IF I LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, WE ALREADY HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH TO GO.

AND THE POST HAS OTHER COMMITMENTS THAT THEY DO.

WE DO THE THE START OF THE BIG VETERANS DAY PARADE DOWN AT PANTHER ISLAND.

WE DO THINGS WITH GRAPEVINE AND WE DO THINGS WITH TEXAS ROADHOUSE.

SO IT'S MORE FROM A LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

SURE. AND WE CAN TALK AFTER AFTER THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. AND WE CAN I'LL FILL YOU IN ON EVERYTHING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE READY IF AND WHEN YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE US.

ABSOLUTELY. AND AND I THINK WE WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO HAVE YOU HAVE YOU THERE FOR THE CELEBRATION.

SO WE WILL DEFINITELY WORK WITH YOU IN THE ORGANIZATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAMES SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG WITHIN OUR AGENDA.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE COUNCIL RECOGNITION. THIS WOULD BE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH THE 7TH,

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ANIMAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR JOSE MORALES TO THE PODIUM.

GOOD. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ME AND MY STAFF FOR YOU GUYS.

RECOGNITION EVERY YEAR. NOT MANY CITIES DO THAT.

AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR THAT. AND SECOND OF ALL, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT, I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF FOR DOING EVERYTHING THEY DO ON A DAY TO DAY AND KEEPING BEDFORD AT THE TOP TIER AROUND THE METROPLEX AND ANIMAL SERVICES.

SO IF I COULD PLEASE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MY STAFF THAT'S HERE.

[APPLAUSE] AND SO JOSE, HOW'S, HOW'S THE MOVE BEEN. THE MOVES IT WAS TOUGH TO BEGIN WITH.

WE'VE ADJUSTED AND WE'RE JUST READY TO COME BACK HOME THOUGH.

ABSOLUTELY. I THINK I THINK WE ALL ARE. BUT YOU KNOW, FROM FROM MYSELF AND TO ALL OUR CITIZENS.

THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

FOR FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK IN BEDFORD HERE, HERE SOON.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY OUR PROCLAMATION HERE.

SO WHEREAS ANIMAL SHELTERS ACT AS SAFE HAVENS FOR HOMELESS, LOST AND ABUSED ANIMALS, PROVIDING THEM WITH COMFORT AND CARE.

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AND WHEREAS, ANIMAL SHELTER EMPLOYEES LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS MUST RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, KEEPING ANIMALS AND HUMANS SAFE FROM HARM. NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH THE SEVENTH 2026 AS NATIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER APPRECIATION WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

LET'S DO IT. LET'S DO IT, LET'S DO IT.

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

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

GOOD EVENING. I WILL START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 REGULAR MEETING ITEM NUMBER 2, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BEDFORD CODE OF ORDINANCES.

CHAPTER 114. ARTICLE 2, SECTION 114-39. STOP INTERSECTIONS TO INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS LISTED FOR INTERSECTIONS DESIGNATED AS STREETS UPON WHICH VEHICLES STOP BEFORE ENTERING INTERSECTIONS.

STAFF CONDUCTED A CITY WIDE REVIEW OF STOP CONTROLLED INTERSECTION IS PROPOSING AN UPDATED SECTION IN 1439 TO REFLECT VERIFIED EXISTING CONDITIONS AND ADD SEVEN INTERSECTIONS WHERE ENGINEERING DETERMINED ADDITIONAL STOCK CONTROL IS APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED OAK COVE LANE AND EDGEWATER DRIVE LOCATION.

THESE INSTALLS WILL REFERENCE WILL REINFORCE THE REQUIRED T STOP AT ALL INTERSECTIONS.

I JUST WANT TO SPECIFICALLY NOTE THAT THE INTERSECTION OF PHYLLIS AND RAVENSWOOD WILL ADDRESS THE STOP SIGN ON PHYLLIS.

A STOP SIGN WILL NOT BE ADDED ON RAVENSWOOD, SO A STOP SIGN WAS THERE.

AT ONE POINT. IT DISAPPEARED AT SOME POINT, LIKELY ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE'RE REPLACING THAT AND ALSO ENSURING IT'S ON THE ORDINANCE OFFICIALLY.

SO THAT IS THAT IS REPLACING THAT. SO THERE'S NOT A STOP SIGN ADDED ON RAVENSWOOD AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS NO FUNDING IMPACT ON THAT AS WE HAVE GENERALLY THOSE ITEMS IN STOCK CURRENTLY.

ITEM NUMBER 3, CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF THE TARRANT REGIONAL AUTO CRIMES TASK FORCE INTERLOCAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT TO ASSIST IN THE DETECTION, APPREHENSION AND PROSECUTION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT MOTOR VEHICLE CRIMES.

THE BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS VEHICLE CRIMES THROUGH REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE SHARING, COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES.

THIS PARTICIPATION STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO RECOVER STOLEN VEHICLES AND IMPROVE OUR INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.

IT ALSO PROVIDES SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THESE EFFORTS.

THE COUNTY WILL REIMBURSE SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS AT 80%, AND OVERTIME IS UP TO 100% AT 5% OF THE SALARY.

ITEM NUMBER 4. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION RATIFYING AN ADDITIONAL 90,000 ANNUALLY UNDER THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH PROMOTER LINE INC.

FOR INCREASED ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY'S BEATS AND EATS FESTIVAL AND BEDFORD 4TH FEST, RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF 500,000 AND A TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 2.5 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR TERM.

SO THE PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY INCREASES PROMOTER LINE'S ANNUAL NOT TO EXCEED CONTRACT AMOUNT FROM 410,000 TO 500,000 TO ACCOMMODATE ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES FOR BOTH FESTIVALS, BEATS AND EATS AND FORTH FEST, AND ESSENTIALLY TO ALIGN WITH THE APPROVED FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

THIS CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET. SO THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

JUST TO CLARIFY, WE ARE UPDATING THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH PROMOTER LINE TO REFLECT THE APPROVED BUDGET AMOUNT, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY DONE. SO THIS IS NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST.

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ITEM NUMBER 4 CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO PURCHASE LIBRARY, PRINT, MULTIMEDIA, DIGITAL CONTENT, EDUCATIONAL KITS AND LIBRARY OF THINGS MATERIALS PRIMARILY USING THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SMART BY CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS VENDORS, THE NORTH TEXAS LIBRARIES ON THE GO CONSORTIUM AND THE CLOUD LIBRARY CONSORTIUM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.

THE SUBJECT REQUEST ALLOWS THE CITY TO OBTAIN DISCOUNTED LIBRARY MATERIALS AND RELATED PROCESSING SERVICES THROUGH APPROVED VENDORS AND LIBRARY CONSORTIA.

STAFF ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND UP TO $250,000 ON THESE MATERIALS THIS CURRENT YEAR, WITH THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT ABOVE THE $214,880 WHICH TO BE FUNDED BY ADDITIONAL GRANTS OR DONATIONS.

AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR CONSENT ITEM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 2 FOR THE STOP INTERSECTION.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, I GUESS THERE WAS A STOP SIGN ON PHYLLIS STREET, RIGHT? SO WE'RE REPLACING THAT AND WE'RE NOT ADDING ADDITIONAL STOPS THIS TIME.

NOT AT THIS TIME. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE OTHER ONES, IT APPEARS THE OTHER ONES ALL HAVE TO DO WITH ROADS COMING OFF OF HARWOOD TERRACE, THOSE INTERSECTIONS. SO IT'S HARBOR, STEPHENSON, SPRING VALLEY, SPRING GROVE, SHADY BROOK AND BERWICK LANE.

I'M ASSUMING WE'RE PUTTING STOP SIGNS ON ALL THOSE NOT ON HARDWOOD TERRACE.

CORRECT. CORRECT. AGAIN, IT IS A IT IS A TRAFFIC LAW.

WE ARE JUST OUT THERE STATING WHAT WE WOULD HOPE BE.

THE OBVIOUS IS FOLKS THAT WOULD STOP BEFORE THEY TURN ON TO A MORE MAJOR STREET.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WITH THEN ALSO ITEM WITH ITEM NUMBER 4.

SO THAT'S WITH PROMOTER LINE. JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT NUMBER WITH 2.5 MILLION, THAT'S THAT DOESN'T HOLD US TO THAT FOR 5 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

THAT'S IF WE USE THOSE SERVICES FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

THAT'S WHAT THAT PRICE IS GOING TO BE. YES. YES.

AND AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY AGAIN, WE'RE RATIFYING THIS PAST YEAR.

SO WE'VE ALREADY USED THE FIRST YEAR'S FUNDS OF THAT.

SO IT'S IT'S REALLY ONLY AN ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. OKAY. RATIFYING. RATIFYING. OKAY. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THAT CONTRACT, IT'S EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE GOING FORWARD.

AND SO DEPENDING ON ANYTHING. I'M THINKING BACK TO, OH GOSH, IT'S BEEN HERE A WHILE BACK WHEN IN 2020, WHEN WE HAD COVID AND WE HAD TO CANCEL THE 4TH FEST.

AND THEN AND SO THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE USING.

AND SO JUST IN CASE, IF ANYTHING, THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS WHERE WE HAVE TO CANCEL AN EVENT, THIS WOULD ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. I'M LOOKING AT MARK AND HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD AS WELL. JUST TO CONFIRM.

YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DONNA BRANDON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY QUESTION ALSO IS ON NUMBER 4. DOES THIS LOCK US INTO DOING BEATS AND EATS IN 4TH FEST? I MEAN, WHAT IF WE ADDED A 4RD OR TRY TO THERE'S FLEXIBILITY ALL THE WAY THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S THESE 2 EVENTS OR A NEW EVENT OR I WOULD SAY THERE'S FLEXIBILITY.

I WOULD WANT MARK TO, TO MAYBE CHIME IN ON IF WE WANTED TO ADD AN EVENT THAT HASN'T BEEN AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.

I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR BIG ANNIVERSARY COMING UP.

HOW BIG WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO? REAL BIG. A BIG CAKE.

THERE IT IS. CONTRACT. SO THERE ARE STIPULATIONS WITHIN THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW.

WE WE WOULD WORK THROUGH ANY NEGOTIATIONS IF WE WANTED TO ADD OR COMBINE OR DO WHATEVER WE MIGHT MIGHT DO.

BUT I WOULD SAY THIS IS A FLEXIBLE AGREEMENT.

THEY LOVE WORKING WITH US. THEY LOVE THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND WE ENJOY WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO ON ITEM NUMBER 2, WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS IN JUNE AND THAT'S NOTED IN A THING.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE AN ANNUAL REVIEW WHERE WE CAN, BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL EVERY TIME WE ADD MORE SIGNS.

AND SO I, I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMING OF KIND OF DOING THAT REVIEW OF SEEING IF ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED TO BE MADE.

SO WE JUST DID A VERY FULL, THOROUGH REVIEW OF EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT.

SO AT THIS TIME, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD.

IT IS IT IS ENVISIONED THAT AS THINGS COME UP AND WE DO DISCOVER, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN AREAS THAT COULD HAVE THOSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE HARDWOOD TERRACE SITUATION, THOSE ARE STREETS COMING IN THAT IT'S JUST BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.

SO WE DO ENVISION THAT A FEW MORE OF THOSE WILL HAPPEN ALONG THE WAY.

AND WE'LL COME BACK ON, YOU KNOW, ON OCCASION PROBABLY ANNUALLY MORE BY DEFAULT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

BUT DEFINITELY WE WANT TO KEEP THAT LIST CURRENT AND REFLECT THAT GIVES OUR OFFICERS THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY DO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT WITH THOSE STOP SIGNS AS WELL.

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I DON'T BELIEVE WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING DOOR HANGERS.

NO, NO.

ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALMOST I MEAN, TRAFFIC LAWS ALREADY IMPLIED BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO STOP BECAUSE IT'S, YOU'RE COMING INTO IT'S NOT A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION. SO CORRECT.

SO THE ONES THAT WERE THERE. SO BUT THIS JUST GIVES US THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE IT AND REINFORCE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO STOP.

YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN I ALSO HAD A QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER 5 ABOUT THE LIBRARY.

AND I REMEMBER WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST YEAR, IT'S THE SAME $250,000 THRESHOLD WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS MATERIALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR, BUT AND THEN THERE'S A PORTION THAT IT SAYS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FUNDRAISE FOR.

AND I JUST WAS CURIOUS IF WE NEED TO, BECAUSE OF THE USE OF THE DIGITAL CIRCULATION LIKE LIBBY AND ON CLOUD, LIKE, SHOULD WE BE CONTEMPLATING INCREASING OUR DIGITAL INVESTMENTS AND MOVING AWAY FROM THE PHYSICAL BOOKS? AND THEN TO WHAT THE ASK HAS BEEN AT THIS CAP OF $250,000.

BUT IF FUNDRAISING EFFORTS WERE SUCCESSFUL, WOULD IT BE OKAY TO ALLOCATE MORE BECAUSE WE GOT MORE MONEY FROM FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OR THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION? SO I DON'T SEE MARIA HERE. OH, THERE SHE IS. SHE'S GOING TO BE BETTER TO ANSWER THAT.

I'M GOING TO BALLPARK IT AND SHE CAN GIVE YOU BETTER SPECIFICS.

I DON'T WANT TO HAMSTRING HER BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN RAISE MORE MONEY SOMETIMES.

WELL OUR PHYSICAL MATERIALS STILL OUT CIRCULATE OUR DIGITAL MATERIALS.

DIGITAL MATERIALS ACCOUNT FOR BETWEEN 17 TO 20% OF OVERALL CIRCULATION.

AND WE CIRCULATED 466,000 ITEMS. I BELIEVE THIS YEAR IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE WE ARE WE DO SHIFT MONEY. WE'VE REDUCED SPENDING FOR DVDS.

WE ANTICIPATE A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE WILL PURCHASE NO MORE DVDS JUST BECAUSE IT'S A DYING FORMAT.

WE NO LONGER PURCHASE MUSIC CDS OR BOOKS ON TAPE BOOKS, ON TAPE TYPE THINGS, BUT WE'VE SHIFTED THAT MONEY OVER INTO AUDIOBOOKS.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

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

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER 6.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS 1ST STATE EDITION LOT C FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT MASSAGE SALON PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF CENTRAL DRIVE, SOUTH OF PLAZA PARKWAY AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1908 CENTRAL DRIVE.

THIS IS SUP-26-2, AND I GIVE YOU MARAH AQQAD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE 1ST ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW MASSAGE SALON WITH AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING LOCATED IN 1908 CENTRAL DRIVE, SUITE B. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED HEAVY COMMERCIAL, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE IT TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THAT SPECIFIC USE UNDER THE CITY'S CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE.

SALON REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PRIOR TO OPERATING, REGARDLESS OF THE UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT.

AS SHOWN ON THE LOCATION MAP, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL AREA ALONG CENTRAL DRIVE.

THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AS A SINGLE STOREY COMMERCIAL OFFICE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SURROUNDING AREA CONSISTS OF PRIMARY PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 1980 AND CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STOREY WITH APPROXIMATELY 6000FT² OF LEASABLE SPACE.

THE EXISTING TENANTS INCLUDE INSURANCE, ACCOUNTING, CONSTRUCTION RELATED AND SOME MEDICAL LAB USES.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO OCCUPY THE EXISTING VACANT SUITE OF APPROXIMATELY 1800FT².

WITHIN THAT BUILDING. THAT SPACE WAS PREVIOUSLY OPERATING AS A MASSAGE.

HOWEVER, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECORDS OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THAT SPECIFIC USE.

ACCORDING TO THE APPLICATION, THE PROPOSED BUSINESS WOULD APPROXIMATELY HAVE 2 EMPLOYEES FROM 9 A.M.

TO 9 P.M. 7 DAYS A WEEK. NO EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING BUILDING IS PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.

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THAT USE REQUIRES 7 PARKING SPACES UNDER OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

THE OVERALL PROPERTY HAS 28 PARKING SPACES, SO THEY MEET THE PARKING SPACES REQUIREMENTS.

JUST PICTURES OF THE SITE. AND AS PART OF OUR REVIEW, STAFF EVALUATED THE REQUEST AGAINST THE CITY'S ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS DESIGNED AS A PLACE FOCUSED COMMERCIAL.

THIS DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE A MIX OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DINING, SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND A PLACE FOR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.

WHILE THE SALON IS A COMMERCIAL SERVICE, USE STAFF IDENTIFY AND MAY NOT DIRECTLY ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THE PLANNED FOCUS.

COMMERCIAL STAFF ALSO CONSIDERED THE CHARACTERS OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE MAJORITY OF THE TENANTS ARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND OFFICES, AND EVERYTHING SURROUNDING IT IS ABOUT THE SAME USE AS WELL.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS REQUEST MAY 28TH OF 2026 MEETING.

DURING THE MEETING, THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES AND WHETHER THAT SALON IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING PROFESSIONAL BUILDINGS AROUND IT.

FOLLOWING THAT DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY 7 TO 0 TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST. BECAUSE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL APPROVAL OF THE SUP FROM CITY COUNCIL WOULD REQUIRE A MAJORITY VOTE UNDER THE APPLICABLE ZONING REQUIREMENTS. THIS CONCLUDES SORRY, WE NOTIFIED 9 PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY IN FAVOR OR AGAINST. SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

SO WAS IT P&Z UNANIMOUS DECISION THAT THROUGH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS THE GOALS MAY NOT MAY NOT BE ACHIEVED WITH THIS DESIGNATION OF PLACE FOCUSED, WAS THAT KIND OF THE CONSENSUS OF P&Z? CORRECT? THEY LOOKED AT ALL THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES SURROUNDING IT AND THE ZONING AS WELL.

LOOKING NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST AND WEST. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY BELIEVED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF HERE? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SEEING NONE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:21.

SO IF ANYBODY IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

I THINK I WANT TO CORRECT MYSELF. I THINK I SAID 6:21, 06:27 YES, THERE WAS SOME GLARE ON THAT ON THAT CLOCK THERE.

SORRY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOBODY COMING UP AND RUSHING TO THE PODIUM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:28.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

I MOVE TO DENY THE PROPOSAL. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THE SUP BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI FOR THE SECOND.

1ST, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THIS IS A MOTION TO DENY.

SO SO SO YOU ARE VOTING ON THE MOTION, WHICH IS TO DENY.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT THAT THEN PASSES THAT MOTION PASSES.

SO THEN THE SUP IS THEN DENIED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON WITH OUR AGENDA WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 7.

[7. Consider a resolution approving a Special Signage Program for Lots 1-R1, 1-R2, 1-R3, and 1-R4 of Gateway Village being 7.49 acres. The properties are generally located west of Industrial Blvd and north of Airport Fwy / State Hwy 183 and are commonly known as 209, 213, 217, 221, 225, and 229 N. Industrial Blvd, Market at Gateway. (SSP-26-1)]

STATE HIGHWAY 183 AND ARE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 209,213,217, 221, 225 AND 229 NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD. MARKET AT GATEWAY. THIS IS SSP-6126-1.

GIVE YOU OUR DDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MARAH. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE A GRANT FOR MARKET GATEWAY LOCATED ALONG INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD JUST NORTH OF AIRPORT FREEWAY OR 183.

THE PROPOSED SPECIAL SIGNAGE APPLIES TO APPROXIMATELY 7.49 ACRES.

THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO ESTABLISH A COORDINATED SIGNAGE PROGRAM FOR THE OVERALL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES SPECIFIC DEVIATIONS FROM THE CITY ADOPTED SIGN ORDINANCE.

BEFORE GETTING INTO THE SPECIFIC REQUEST, I DO WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT THE SPECIAL SIGNAGE PROGRAM IS AND HOW IT'S REVIEWED AGAINST OUR CITY ORDINANCE.

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HOWEVER, THE ORDINANCE ALSO PROVIDES THE ABILITY FOR CERTAIN DEVIATIONS FROM THESE REQUIREMENTS, AS LONG AS THAT REQUEST IS PART OF A PROVISION FOR A FOR PART OF THE BIGGER DEVELOPMENT, WHILE STILL ENSURING THAT IT'S STILL COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS AROUND IT.

THE SPECIAL SIGNAGE PROGRAM MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR A DEVELOPMENT MORE THAN 150FT OF CONTINUOUS STREET FRONTAGE, CONSISTING OF 2 OR MORE PROPERTIES, OR ONE SINGLE PROPERTY GREATER THAN 5 ACRES.

SO THE MARKET AT GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT MEETS THAT CRITERIA FOR THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CONSIDERATION.

THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

SO IN EVALUATING A SPECIAL SIGNAGE PROGRAM, THE CITY CONSIDERS SEVERAL FACTORS, WHICH INCLUDES THE SCALE, THE MATERIALS, THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND CIRCULATION, AND THE INTEGRATION WITHIN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE SPECIAL SIGNAGE PROGRAM DOES NOT ELIMINATE OUR SIGN ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHES AN APPROVED DEVIATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, SO ANY STANDARDS NOT LISTED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION WILL CONTINUE TO APPLY TO THIS.

ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATION INCLUDES MULTIPLE SIGNS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVIATION BEING REQUESTED TONIGHT ONLY APPLIES TO THE MULTI TENANT SIGN.

THE SIGN WOULD BE LOCATED ALONG NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF THE DRIVEWAY BETWEEN 213 AND 217 NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD.

THE PROPOSED SIGN IS INTENDED TO IDENTIFY MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL TENANTS WITHIN MARKET AT GATEWAY.

THE DEVELOPMENT ALREADY HAS AN EXISTING 45 FOOT SIGN ALONG AIRPORT FREEWAY THAT'S SHOWN HERE AS WELL.

THAT SIGN WAS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED AND CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO US ADOPTING OUR NEW ORDINANCE.

SO THIS IS NOT PART OF OUR DEVIATION FOR TONIGHT.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE EXISTING OR OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE AND THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED SIGNAGE.

THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR 4 DEVIATIONS. THE FIRST DEVIATIONS IN REGARDS TO THE MAXIMUM EFFECTIVE SIGN AREA ARE.

ORDINANCE MAXIMUM IS 96FT². THEY ARE PROPOSING 188 AND 32FT² FOR THE MAXIMUM TOTAL SIGN AREA.

OUR MAXIMUM IS 106 160FT², AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 312.5FT².

THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IN OUR ORDINANCE IS 16FT. THEY ARE REQUESTING 25FT.

AND THE BASE SIZE IS OUR ORDINANCE STATE TO BE 25% OF THE TOTAL SIGN HEIGHT.

AND THEY ARE REQUESTING 1,515% OF THE TOTAL SIGN HEIGHT.

THE INTENT OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN IS TO PROVIDE A LARGER AREA FOR THE TENANT IDENTIFICATION WHILE MAINTAINING A NARROWER BASE.

NO DEVIATIONS IS BEING REQUESTED FOR THE MATERIAL.

SO THIS LIGHT KIND OF PROVIDES A VISUAL COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 25 FOOT SIGN ALONG INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD AND THE EXISTING SIGN THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE ON FREEWAYS.

IT IS ONLY SHOWN HERE TO PROVIDE A SENSE OF SCALE.

THE EXISTING SIGN WAS DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR VISIBILITY FROM AIRPORT FREEWAY.

WHILE THIS SIGN THAT THEY'RE ASKING THE DEVIATION FOR.

IT'S ALONG INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, INTENDED TO SERVE TRAFFIC TRAVELING ON FM 157 TO PROVIDE IDENTIFICATIONS FOR THE TENANTS WITHIN THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPOSED SIGN IS APPROXIMATELY 20FT SHORTER THAN THE EXISTING SIGN THERE.

THIS SLIDE HERE ILLUSTRATES THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT CURRENTLY PERMITTED IN OUR ORDINANCE, COMPARING TO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

ALSO, JUST A VISUAL TO KIND OF SHOW YOU. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS REQUEST AT ITS SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2026 MEETING. DURING THAT MEETING, THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED THE SCALE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THE PROPOSED SIGNAGE, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEVIATIONS FROM OUR CURRENT ADOPTED ORDINANCE.

SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS RECOGNIZED THAT THE MARKET AT GATEWAY IS A LARGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT LOCATED ALONG MAJOR ROADWAYS, INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD AND AIRPORT FREEWAY.

THE COMMISSION ALSO DISCUSSED THE SEPARATIONS OF THE PROPOSED SITE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES SURROUNDING IT, INTENDING THAT THIS IS SERVING MULTI-TENANT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE PROPOSED SIGN WOULD UTILIZE MATERIALS CONSISTENT WITH THE BUILDING AS WELL.

FOLLOWING THAT DISCUSSION, PLANNING AND ZONING VOTED COLLECTIVELY 7 TO 0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT SPECIAL SIGNAGE PROGRAM.

SO TONIGHT, COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THIS SPECIAL SIGNAGE PROGRAM FOR MARKET AT GATEWAY, INCLUDING THE 4 SPECIFIC DEVIATIONS OUTLINED IN THE PRESENTATION.

IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO PROCEED WITH SUBMITTING INDIVIDUAL PERMITS APPLICATIONS CONSISTENT WITH THIS APPROVED PROGRAM.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT MIGHT BE HERE AS WELL.

YES. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

SO BASICALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR TODAY FOR THE DIFFERENT VARIANCES ARE IS THAT SECOND PYLON SIGN OFF INDUSTRIAL.

THE OTHER ONE THAT COMPLIES IT'S ALREADY BEEN THERE.

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CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. AS FAR AS ALL THE SIGNS GO, DESIGN WISE MATERIALS ALL OF IT.

IT'S ALL GOING TO BE UNIFORM. CORRECT. OKAY. SO SO EACH SIGN HAS THE SAME MATERIALS, SAME FONTS, SAME SAME EVERYTHING. THAT IS CORRECT. THEY ARE FOLLOWING ALL OF OUR ORDINANCE WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL THE LED, THE MATERIALS AND ALL OF THEM WILL MATCH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN. I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DONOVAN BRANDON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHY THIS SIZE? LIKE IF WE'RE GOING FOR A VARIANCE, WHAT MADE THIS THE RIGHT SIZE? I WILL LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS DUE TO VISIBILITY, THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD FIT IN ALL THE TENANTS THAT THEY NEED TO FIT IN WHILE BEING VISIBLE FROM THE ROADWAY. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL IF YOU MIND, YOU MIND COMING TO THE PODIUM? ALL RIGHT. WELCOME. YES. ULTIMATELY, WE FOUND THE SIZE OF THIS SIGN TO BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL.

WE REALLY WANT IT TO POP AND REALLY SHOW ADVERTISE THE TENANTS IN THIS SPACE.

WE FOUND WORKING IN RETAIL THAT MORE SIGNAGE ATTRACTS MORE QUALITY TENANTS.

IT'S A HUGE SELLING POINT FOR US. OKAY, CONTINUE.

SO YOU SAID, WHY IS IT THIS SIZE? THAT'S THE RIGHT SIZE.

WHY NOT BIGGER? WHY NOT? HOW DID WE GET HERE? IS THIS THE NUMBER OF TENANTS THAT YOU THINK ARE GOING TO BE THERE? WHAT? TELL ME HOW YOU GOT TO THIS SIZE. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE ARCHITECTS LOOK AT THE SIGN AND PROPOSE SIGNAGE PLANS FOR US.

AND SO I THINK THROUGH WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS AND THEN ALSO JUST MARKET KNOWLEDGE AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE, WE CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION. BUT NOT BIGGER. I DON'T THINK WE WANTED TO TRY AND ABUSE THIS.

I JUST WONDER WHERE THE LIMIT WAS. YEAH. I MEAN, I, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER LEMMAN. SO IT'S A NARROWER BASE BY 10% AND IT'S TALLER.

CORRECT. IS THAT GOING TO HOLD STEADY? WITH THAT QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY ASKED BY PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEY'VE STATED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ENGINEERED STRUCTURALLY ENGINEERED.

SO IF IT'S STRUCTURALLY ENGINEERED IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITHHOLD THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. WHAT? THE RESIDENTS ARE IN THE BACK.

SO WILL THEY. THEY GO BY THAT BIG SIGN EVERY TIME THEY GO INTO THEIR RESIDENTIAL AREA.

THIS IS WHERE THE COMMERCIAL IS. SO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA HAS ITS OWN STREET? YEAH, BUT WHERE WHERE WOULD THEY TO GET BACK THERE? HOW WOULD THEY ENTER? MOST LIKELY THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE THEY DO HAVE A STREET NORTH AND THEY ALSO HAVE A CONNECTION.

SO THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE EVERY TIME THEY'RE TRYING TO GO INTO THEIR TOWNHOMES.

OKAY. IT SEEMS TO BE FURTHER AWAY FROM WHERE THEY WOULD BE.

SO YEAH, LOOKING, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST FROM WHAT I'VE NOTICED HERE, THIS IS WHEN P&Z LOOKED AT THIS, I THINK THERE WAS SOME QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WE JUST PASSED OUR SIGN ORDINANCE AND NOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DEVIATING AWAY FROM IT.

BUT I THINK THIS IS THE EXCEPTION BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAT'S COMING ON, COMING ONLINE, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE HAPPENING AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, MY MAIN CONCERN WAS MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS CONFORMING AND EVERYTHING LOOKS, LOOKS WELL.

THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT I, IT DOESN'T REALLY, I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTS ME.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK IT MAKES IT VERY PROMINENT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AND AND IT WILL STAND OUT FOR SURE.

AND BECAUSE. 157 IS SUCH A LARGE, LARGE STREET, IT'S 5 LANES.

IT SHOULDN'T STAND OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB. I THINK IT'LL, IT'LL MATCH EVERYTHING AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO I THINK IF WE HAD TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS ONE WOULD DEFINITELY BE ONE THAT WE'D BE OKAY WITH.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SABOL. SO IS THIS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST DEVELOPMENTS WE HAVE IN BEDFORD.

AS FAR AS YES. ALBERTSON'S DOESN'T MATCH AT KROGER OR NONE OF THOSE WALMART HEB.

HEB DOESN'T DOESN'T MATCH IT. HE'S A. I DO NOT HAVE THE.

I DON'T HAVE THE PERMIT SIGNS FOR KROGER AND ALBERTSONS, BUT HEB WAS NOT PERMITTED THROUGH US, SO I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT. OKAY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT PLANNING AND ZONING DID ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT EULESS.

I BELIEVE IT WAS GLADE PARK, AND IT WAS ONE MORE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED AND EULESS OR APPROVES UP TO 50FT.

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THEY ARE ONLY ALLOWED THESE FOUR. OKAY. AND WITH THEIR BUILDING SIGNS AS WELL.

SO EACH BUILDING GETS ITS OWN. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPERTIES OF THAT SCOPE.

WE WON'T RUN INTO THIS EVER PROBABLY AGAIN BASICALLY.

AND THE OTHER THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE POSSIBLY AT SOME POINT, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYTIME SOON.

AND THE. SO THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE A VARIANCE WRITTEN FOR THE ORDINANCE.

I DON'T THINK SO, NO. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THIS SPECIAL SIGNAGE PROGRAM WAS CREATED FOR UNIQUE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THESE.

OKAY. IS THE SIGN IN THE FRONT LIKE OFF OF 183.

IS IT AS BIG THAT ONE? THAT ONE IS 45FT. SO THIS IS 25.

SO THAT ONE'S LARGER. BUT IT LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME.

NO, NO IT DOES NOT LOOK THE SAME. LET ME GO BACK TO THIS COMPARISON.

SO IT'S GOT A PYLON POLE. CORRECT. I WOULD THINK THAT ONE WOULD NEED TO BE BIGGER THAN THE ONE ON 157.

BUT DON'T ASK ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON.

I'M REALLY ON THE FENCE ABOUT THIS, AND I WAS THINKING ALL AFTERNOON AND PULLING NEIGHBORS AND YOU JUST MENTIONED IT. BUT CAN YOU REITERATE HOW THIS WOULD BLEND WITH WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, WHAT THEIR WOULD IT BLEND WITH GLADE PARKS? WOULD IT.

ARE WE GOING TO IS IT GOING TO BE AN EYESORE AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK WEIRD OR WILL IT JUST BLEND IN? I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING. I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME MATERIAL.

IT'S THE SPACING IS THERE. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE OF AN EYESORE BECAUSE IT'S COMPLYING WITH THE SAME MATERIALS THE BUILDING.

IT'S JUST THE VARIANCE ESSENTIALLY IS REALLY THE HEIGHT IS THE ISSUE.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN EYESORE NOW. AND IT WON'T CAUSE US PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE'VE GONE, WE JUST PASSED THIS SIGN ORDINANCE AND HERE WE GO.

MAKING DEVIATIONS WON'T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS THERE.

NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. NO. ALL RIGHT. ANDREW.

YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW ORDINANCE AND JUST KIND OF OUTLINE HOW WE GOT HERE.

AND I KNOW MARAH KIND OF WENT THROUGH THAT, THAT PROCESS, BUT OUR OLD SIGN ORDINANCE WAS EXTREMELY OLD, DATED. I THINK AGAIN, THERE WERE REFERENCES TO 1969.

A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THAT TIME. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PROVIDED A FRESH UPDATE ON THAT SIGN ORDINANCE WHICH PROVIDES FOR THIS.

IT REALLY ISN'T. I KNOW WE KEEP SAYING KIND OF A VARIANCE OR AN EXCEPTION.

IT REALLY IS TO BE VIEWED AS IF SOMEONE COMES IN WITH A COORDINATED SIGN PACKAGE IN A DEVELOPMENT.

SO FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IF THE ALBERTSONS SHOPPING CENTER WANTED TO COMPLETELY REBRAND THAT ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER, THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, TAP INTO THIS BENEFIT.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF SEE IT AS A BENEFIT.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PORTION OF ALL NEW ORDINANCES THAT HAVE THIS BENEFIT TO RETAILERS THAT DECIDE TO COORDINATE EVERYTHING SO THAT IT IS COHESIVE AND IT ALL MATCHES. SO IT'S IT'S, HEY, I'M GOING TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND ORGANIZED AND OUR SIGNS ARE GOING TO MATCH AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSISTENT. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST HODGEPODGE THINGS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE SIZE AND HEIGHT IN ORDER TO REWARD THEM FOR DOING THAT INSTEAD OF PIECEMEALING THINGS. SO THAT'S REALLY WHY THIS PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE WAS CREATED.

IT WASN'T REALLY TO BYPASS OR CIRCUMVENT. IT'S TO BE REWARDED FOR THE CREATIVITY AND THE WELL DESIGN AND THE LAYOUT.

AND THE, AND THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT'S GOING INTO MAKING SURE EVERYTHING DOES MATCH, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GO FOR.

SO IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT ALBERTSONS WERE TO DO THAT AT SOME POINT.

YOU KNOW, IF THE LANDLORD WANTED TO REINVEST, WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT THE SAME WAY WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS.

BUT AGAIN, THEY DO BECAUSE IT IS BIGGER THAN WHAT WE WOULD ALLOW BY RIGHT.

THEY DO NEED TO COME TO US AND P&Z TO GET TO GET APPROVAL TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR THAT AREA.

SO KIND OF A CASE BY CASE, LIKE WE DO WITH, WITH SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.

SO I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN AND SAY, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PIECE OF, OF ANY SIGN ORDINANCE THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT GOES THROUGH THESE DAYS AS IT GETS UPDATED.

OKAY. SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. MOTION TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. UNLESS THERE IS ADDITIONAL DEBATE OR ANY OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

NO. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

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THANK YOU STAFF. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP.

NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 8. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

[8. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

AND SO A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO BEAR WITH ME AS I GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD GOING ON FOR US.

SO BACK IN SEPTEMBER 24TH, WE HAD OUR REDEDICATION CEREMONY OF FIRE STATION NUMBER 2, WHERE WE ALL ATTENDED.

AND THAT WAS A JUST A WONDERFUL TIME WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR FIRE STATIONS.

FIRE STATION NUMBER 2 IS TOP ON THE LIST. I MEAN, I CALLED IT A BROOM CLOSET BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS AT ONE TIME WHEN I WAS FIRST WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL AND I WAS PART OF THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.

AND I HAPPENED TO, YOU KNOW, TOUR THAT BUILDING.

AND MY GOODNESS, THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE JUST ON BUNKS, ONE ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER.

IT WAS, IT WAS I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THEY FUNCTIONED FOR THAT LONG.

IF YOU GO IN THERE NOW, EACH EACH ONE HAS THEIR OWN ROOM, THEIR OWN BATHROOM.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATED AREAS FOR WASHING THEIR EQUIPMENT.

THEY'VE EXPANDED IT QUITE A BIT TO GIVE THEM MORE ROOM.

IT IS WELL DESERVED, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO UPDATE THIS FACILITY FOR OUR FOR OUR 1ST RESPONDERS THERE ON FIRE STATION NUMBER 2.

SO, SO REALLY, REALLY GLAD WE GOT TO DO THAT.

AND FROM TALKING WITH THEM, THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE UPDATES AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS THAT WAS GOING ON THERE.

ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO LOOK CINEMA ON OCTOBER 3RD FOR MORNINGS WITH THE MAYOR.

I SWITCHED THINGS UP ON THAT ONE. IT WAS A RAINY DAY.

SO IF YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT THAT ONE, COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

WE HAD A SMALL CROWD, BUT IT WAS. IT WAS A GOOD CROWD THAT DAY.

THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE ON NOVEMBER 7TH AT THE YMCA.

SO WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE YMCA FOR THAT ONE.

AND THEN ON OCTOBER, LET'S SEE OUR MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, I THAT WAS A BUSY DAY FOR ME.

I HAD MAYOR'S COUNCIL AND A FEW OF US HAD THE HEB RETIRED TEACHERS MEETING.

SO THAT WAS WITH MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN SMITH.

AND I GOT TO SAY THAT WAS, THAT WAS GREAT TO BE A PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION, UPDATING THE RETIRED TEACHERS ON THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

CHRISTIAN DID A WONDERFUL JOB TALKING ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL ASPECTS OF THE CITY.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS I DIDN'T GET TO SEE YOUR PRESENTATION, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE I HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE AND ATTEND MY NEXT MEETING WITH MAYOR'S COUNCIL, SO IT WAS JUST ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER.

BUT GLAD THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, LAST WEEK WE HAD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 6TH.

I WANT TO THANK I THINK WE HAD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

I THINK WE HAD, WHAT, 1919 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WERE HOSTING A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ORGANIZED. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN BUILD A COMMUNITY.

I KNOW MINE ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT. EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE GET TO COME TOGETHER AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST CATCH UP AND TOUCH BASE, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY A NICE TIME. SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AROUND OCTOBER.

AND SO YOU CAN SIGN UP AND INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS. IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GET COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

AND THEN WE ALSO ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, WE HAD THE HEB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD THE STATE OF THE CITIES WHICH I ATTENDED.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ANDREA DID A GREAT JOB ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS THERE AND REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

WE ALSO HAD A NICE CHEERING SECTION FOR YOU, WHICH I THINK I THINK THE CITY MANAGER OVER AT HEARST WAS A LITTLE BIT JEALOUS.

I SAW I SAW THAT, BUT BUT NO ABSOLUTELY DID A GREAT JOB.

PHENOMENAL JOB TALKING ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND LIBRARY HAD THEIR BEER, BRATS AND MORE ON SATURDAY, WHICH WAS AGAIN THEIR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER.

GLAD I GOT TO ATTEND THERE. IT WAS A BIT HOT AND AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOY DONOVAN BRANDON.

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON THAT DAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH US IN A MOMENT.

WHAT WAS GOING ON? SENIOR GARAGE SALES.

TEXAS IN FOOTBALL. IT WAS A PROUD MOMENT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. BUT ABSOLUTELY. SO THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME UP FOR THE BEER BROUGHT SOME MORE EVENT.

THANK YOU ALL. THE PUMPKIN PATCH IS STILL OPEN, SO GET YOUR PUMPKINS THERE.

RAISE SOME FUNDS FOR OUR LIBRARY. I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAULING OFF A BUNCH OF PUMPKINS THERE.

SO. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. AND THEN THIS PAST SUNDAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH A LOCAL CUB SCOUT PACK.

THEY WERE NEEDING THEY WERE MEETING SOME OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR BADGES. THEY NEEDED TO TALK TO A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VOTING SYSTEM AND, AND ALL THAT. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS ALWAYS FUN, LOVE SHARING KNOWLEDGE OF, OF THE ELECTION PROCESS AND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE MAYOR.

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IT IS THE 1 IN 100 BLOCK THAT IS GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER 25TH AT THE BOYS RANCH.

1 IN 100 REPRESENTS THAT 1 IN 100 CHILDREN WHO ARE BORN HAVE A CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT.

AND THAT IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT 1 RIGHT HERE WHO IS TALKING WITH YOU HERE TODAY? AND SO WHAT THAT IS, IS FOR ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS.

IT'S TO RAISE AWARENESS AND RAISE FUNDS. THAT'S GOING TO BE OVER AT GENERATIONS PARK, AT THE BOYS RANCH AT 10:00 ON OCTOBER 25TH.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE. IT IS A ACHAHEART.ORG SO YOU CAN SIGN UP AND PARTICIPATE.

HOPEFULLY. SEE YOU GUYS ALL OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORTS. WE'LL MOVE DOWN THE LINE.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I DO WANT TO ALSO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH MY PRESENTATION WITH THE RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF HEB.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHY I DECIDED TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

AND REALLY THE THE THEME WAS I WAS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I KEPT SHOWING UP AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CITY.

AND THAT REALLY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE ON COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY INSPIRED ME TO RUN.

SO AND I ALSO GOT TO REINFORCE THE THEMES OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BEDFORD AND OUR DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU PROVIDED AS WELL AS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. I DO WANT TO THANK AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT I VISITED FOR, I HAD STARTED OUT WITH RIBS, CHILI COOKIES, AND THEN I COULDN'T EAT ANYTHING ELSE.

BUT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO TALK TO RESIDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IS BY MIDDLE PARK, AND I'M SURE A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE HEARD THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS POSTPONED THE SALE OF THAT LAND. SO THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY WAS HAPPY THAT DEVELOPMENT ISN'T GOING THERE SOON.

AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS OF WHAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THERE INSTEAD.

AND SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS AT THESE PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN THE LAST COMMUNITY I VISITED AND ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAID, HEY, I REALLY WANT MORE MOTORCYCLE PARKING AT GENERATIONS PARK.

AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I CAN TAKE WITH TO THE PARKS BOARD AS WELL AS SHARE WITH CITY STAFF.

THE OTHER THING I, THE PARKS BOARD DIDN'T MEET ON OCTOBER 1ST AND THE STAFF WAS ABLE TO SHARE THE PICKLEBALL TENNIS COURT DESIGNS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE PUBLIC COURTS AT GENERATIONS PARK.

SO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO CAPTURE THE ENTHUSIASM FOR PICKLEBALL AND WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL COURTS THERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHILE YOU ALL WERE DOING YOUR THING, I DID GO TO THE, THE HEB SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHERE THEY VOTED TO REJECT ALL THE OFFERS ON MEADOW PARK. HOW LONG WERE YOU WAITING? OVER AN HOUR. OKAY. OVER AN HOUR. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT A REALLY GOOD BOOK, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING.

AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE THERE WERE SURPRISED, BUT THAT'S HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS.

ALSO I LOVE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. IT'S A REALLY GREAT TIME.

I'M HONORED TO BE INVITED. AND THEN IT'S A REALLY GREAT TIME TO JUST TALK TO PEOPLE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO SAY IS EVERYBODY CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ANDREA. SHE DID US PROUD AT THE STATE OF THE CITIES WITH THE CHAMBER AND THEN AS THE LIBRARY LIAISON.

I WANT TO REPORT THAT BEER AND BRATS AFTER THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA BEAT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LONGHORNS.

THANKS FOR UNDERESTIMATING US, LONGHORNS. ANYWAY THERE WERE ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED, ACCORDING TO CROWD ESTIMATES, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY MADE $12,000 THAT NIGHT IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY THEY MADE.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY BUILDER, AND THE PEOPLE THERE CAME FROM ALL OVER.

AND I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. AND THE BAND WAS REALLY GOOD TOO.

THANK YOU. NO THANK YOU. I THINK THE AVERAGE AROUND 10,000.

SO 12,000 IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. SO THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

NO REPORT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LEMMAN. DITTO ON EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY FEW WEEKS. MY ANIMAL BOARD.

I'M SO PROUD OF THEM. I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING IN THE SPRING.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN PLAN MAYBE THAT BIG MONEY THAT'S GOING OUT AND ABOUT TO HAVE A BIG PARTY FOR WHEN THEY REOPEN IN THE SPRING, BUT THEY'RE JUST MOVING AND SHAKING AND GOING ALONG, AND THAT'S ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, I WAS AT THE CHAMBER STATE OF THE CITIES AND ANDREA DID A GREAT JOB, AS SHE DOES EVERY YEAR. SHE PUT THE GUYS TO SHAME OVER AT HURST AND EULESS, AND I LOVE THAT.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR THAT. I HAD, IT'S BEEN, IT'S CHILLY SEASON.

SO AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER I WAS AT EDEN ESTATES CHILI COOK OFF ACROSS THE STREET AND THERE WAS ABOUT 13 CHILI THERE.

THERE WAS 13 CHILIS OVER AT BEDFORD PARK FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

I KNOW THAT I SAW SHELLEY AND MICHELLE OVER AT THAT COMING OVER THERE.

THEY MISJUDGING IT. SO, BUT MICHELLE SAYS SHE, SHE ATE, SHE TRIED THEM ALL.

SO SHE'S A GOOD SPORT. JUST SO MUCH GOING ON.

WE HAD THE SENIOR CENTER HAD THE COMMUNITY A GARAGE SALE THIS PAST WEEKEND STOPPED BY THAT THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE OUT WITH THAT AND WELL ATTENDED.

GREAT TIME TO TALK TO PEOPLE. EVERYBODY'S EXCITED. THEY LOVE WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THEY APPRECIATE IT.

DALE WAS OUT THERE WATCHING EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY WAS GIVING KUDOS FOR 30 YEARS WITH DALE.

AND THAT WAS GREAT. AND THEN WE HAD THE BEER AND BRATS, WHICH EVERYBODY WAS AT.

BUT COMING UP AGAIN, ANOTHER CHILI COOK OFF. THE 22ND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HAVING A CHILI COOK OFF OVER AT HARLEY-DAVIDSON ON THE 22ND.

FROM 5 TO 7, IT'LL BE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE CHILI.

IT'S FREE. EVERYBODY CAN GO COME OUT AND TRY IT.

AND I THINK I DID CHALLENGE THE WINNER OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD'S CHILI COOK OFF TO ENTER A ENTER INTO THE CONTEST AND WE'LL SEE IF THEY DO THAT.

THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS FUN. THAT'LL COME UP. OUR EMPLOYEES DO A GREAT JOB AND THERE'S LIKE 36 CHILI TO TRY IN THAT ONE.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYBODY COMING OUT AND HAVING A LITTLE BIT CHILI.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER.

GAGLIARDI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE PUT THE COMMERCIAL FOR NEXIUM AND PRILOSEC WITH ALL THE CHILI.

DON'T FORGET YOUR CHILI AND YOUR PRILOSEC. MAYBE A SPRINKLE SOME PEPCID ON TOP.

SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET, LIKE I LIKE IT.

BIG, BIG, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THIS SATURDAY IS SHRED SHRED SHRED DAY, SHRED DAY.

SO YOU CAN BRING UP TO 10 BOXES OF YOUR SHREDDED THINGS TO TO MEADOW PARK.

WE STILL, WE STILL HAVE THAT. SO WE CAN STILL USE THAT SHRED DAY.

SO SO COME ON DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MAKING SOME GOOD POSITIVE STEPS ON THE 25 TREES ON THE HARWOOD CORRIDOR.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MARK LONG IS NODDING IN AGREEMENT.

SO BESIDES THAT, JUST JUST SORT OF PLUGGING AND CHUGGING THROUGH THE.

THE.

I LOVE IT. YOU KEEP TALKING. I LOVE IT SO MUCH.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. SORRY, I CAN'T DO IT. CAN'T DO IT.

ALL RIGHT. WAS THAT IT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE REPORTS.

AND ON THAT NOTE, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MR. MAYOR, MAY I PLEASE MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? I HAVE A FIRST ADJOURN THE MEETING. DO I HAVE A SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM DAWKINS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE VERBAL VOTE OF I? THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:47.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.