[0:04] >> time is now 6:00 o'clock. We'll ahead and call this regular meeting at the bedford city council to order.
[0:09] it is tuesday, december 9, 2025. I would like to welcome everybody in the audience,
[0:13] and those who may be tuning in online. First things up, we're going to have an invocation led to us by council member donovan brandon,
[0:20] followed by the pledge of allegiance being led to us by mayor pro tem dawkins. I'd like to ask everyone to please stand.
[0:32] >> loving creator, source of wisdom across all generations and all nations.
[0:39] we thank you for the privilege and honor of collecting
[0:44] ourselves today as stewards of the city of bedford.
[0:49] bless every person in this room, those elected to lead and those who came to speak their truth.
[0:55] help us to hear their words with open hearts and open ears and to listen not to just their words,
[1:05] but their hopes found in these words. Grant all of us patience,
[1:11] even when our opinions vary, and a spirit of humility that seeks understanding over pride.
[1:19] may wisdom be found in each decision made here tonight,
[1:25] not just for what is easy or immediate, for what's best for our collective future.
[1:32] give this council the clarity to look beyond today and the courage to choose what's right for the public interest.
[1:41] let this meeting be a source not only for policy, but for realizing we are all neighbors.
[1:49] in this season of light, love, and good wishes, may we all be good neighbors. Amen.
[2:11] >>
[2:19] >> thank you, mayor pro tem dawkins.
[2:27] thank you, council member donovan brandon for that. Next up on agenda, council recognition.
[2:34] I'll give you city manager and your boy. >> thank you, mayor. Good evening, everyone.
[2:40] happy to start the recognition with brandy west. Brandy, if you could come up, and just say hi. Wonderful. Thanks.
[2:50] >> hi council. >> I want to go ahead and start by recognizing brandy.
[2:56] brandy is our special projects and risk manager. We're celebrating 10 years with brandy tonight,
[3:02] which is very exciting. So let me go ahead and just read.
[3:11] I don't want to miss anything. Brandy has been busy over the last decade, so I want to make sure I cover things.
[3:17] tonight, we are honored to recognize someone who has devoted a decade of exceptional service to the city of bedford, brandy west.
[3:24] brandy joined us back in 2015, coming from the museum world,
[3:28] and stepping into the role of grants administrator. From day one, she took on the challenge of
[3:33] seeking funding opportunities for every department, projects of every type,
[3:37] equipment of every kind, and ideas of every scope. She excelled forming strong and lasting partnerships across the organization.
[3:43] her work has saved the city significant dollars over the years, and she has become the trusted go two for all things grants related.
[3:51] back in 2022 and 2020, then, brandy was named assistant to the city manager, which, as we all know,
[3:58] means everything you were already doing, plus just about everything else that falls into the category,
[4:03] other duties as assigned. In that capacity, she supported a wide array of special projects,
[4:09] including stepping in to serve as a project manager for generations park,
[4:13] and helping guide our efforts to explore a performing art center. She also served as a liaison to
[4:19] many outside organization representing bedford with skill, grace, and professionalism.
[4:23] brandy is not just an employee of the city, she is also a resident, deeply invested in the community she serves.
[4:29] over her 10 years, she has willingly stepped into staffing gaps, taken on countless temporary roles,
[4:35] consistently shown a determination that says, if I don't know it, I'll figure it out and she always does.
[4:42] she has also lent her talents as an in house facilitator, helping our teams across the organization collaborate and succeed.
[4:49] about five years ago, under the leadership of our former city manager, brandy was tasked with creating a new program
[4:55] to educate our residents about how their city operates. She took the idea and built what is now one of our most popular and in demand programs,
[5:03] bedford university, which is actually about to begin its fourth year.
[5:07] >> fourth year. >> fourth year. Most recently, brandy once again stepped up when the city needed her
[5:12] and was named our special projects and risk manager, taking on an entirely new role and spearheading
[5:18] bedford's first coordinated and formal risk management efforts. She has embraced this challenge with her trademark,
[5:23] positivity, curiosity, and eagerness to learn. Brandy's dedication is powered by the love and support of her family.
[5:30] her husband, reed and her daughter, sarah and beth anne, of whom she is extraordinarily proud mom.
[5:35] brandy, on behalf of the city council, the city, our staff, myself, everyone you work with.
[5:40] we personally thank you for your commitment, your flexibility, and your positivity, and your unwavering service to the city.
[5:47] thank you. >> thank you
[6:08] [applause] >> thank you so much [inaudible]
[6:12] >> and next up,
[6:28] we have a police chief bobby le pena.
[6:34] >> good evening, mayor and counsel. Thank you for having us here tonight. I'd like to introduce officer han with the bedford police department.
[6:41] he's been with us for five years. Officer han began his career with us in 2020,
[6:45] and in 2025, he became an investigator in our criminal investigations division.
[6:50] he serves as a drone operator. He's on our bicycle team. He has his intermediate tico,
[6:56] license, and he's a taser instructor. He just in may, completed a master's in criminal justice forensic psychology.
[7:04] don't talk to him very much. He'll analyze you.
[7:08] he does a fantastic job as an investigator. Really, really pleasure to have him in the division.
[7:13] he sees what's coming in his cases, and he prepares and takes the right course of action on, as he's in there.
[7:20] he's hit the ground running, taking over several of our persons crimes and investigating those and
[7:28] the empathy and care that he shows to the victims and taking care of them while they're going through some of the worst times in their lives.
[7:35] it truly shows and several compliments come in on han and his conduct and taking care of them and watching out for their best interest.
[7:42] so officer han's been with us for five years.
[8:01] [applause] next.
[8:06] I have officer ledesma.
[8:11] officer ledesma has been with the department for 10 years. He began his employment in the jail detention center as a detention officer in 2015,
[8:20] and in 2020 he became a police officer. Forgot to mention this second ago. Both of these individuals became police officers in one of
[8:26] the toughest times to become police officers in 2020. I don't want to talk about where we're going through, but everybody knows.
[8:32] it was a hard time and these guys have excelled and really shown their true worth after coming out of that.
[8:38] he serves as a drone operator and a firearms instructor, which is one of the most dangerous jobs to have being on the gun range all the time.
[8:47] it's fun, but it can also be testing at times. He earned a meritorious service award in 2023.
[8:55] oscar is always having a good time at work, and probably the most important thing to me is he doesn't
[9:01] let anybody not be involved, even the police chief. If I walk into the room, he'll include me in the conversation,
[9:06] and it's always going to be a good time. He's a hard worker. He's always trying to improve the programs
[9:11] that he's taken under his wing and that he's working in, and he never gives half.
[9:15] he always gives full, and I appreciate it so much. Oscar ledesma, 10 years.
[9:19] [applause] I do have one more.
[9:43] she is not with us. She has a sick kid, and I believe that she's gotten the bug also,
[9:47] so I told her, please, do not. She's also been on shift all day today, too. But it's officer tara noble service
[9:54] of 20 years with the police department, beginning in 2005. Great officer. Very solid experience and always gonna do the right thing.
[10:02] officer noble has 20 years with us. She could not be with us. Thank you.
[10:18] >> [applause] next up, we have public comments. In a few people that signed up for public comments,
[10:24] just as four warning on this, council recently passed new changes for public comments,
[10:31] only allowing for three minutes to speak on such items.
[10:36] you'll get those three minutes. I think there will be a time at the 30 second marked to give you an idea to wrap things up.
[10:45] I would like to call to the podium susan valiant.
[10:59] >> yes. My name is susan valiant. I am running to be your state representative for house district 94.
[11:09] just wanted to come introduce myself to you. One of the things that I'm running on is to restore local control.
[11:16] I'm not sure if you'll aware, they actually passed a bill this session, the 840 to take the planning and zoning away from our city councils.
[11:24] of course, it's affecting only populations that are 150,000 or greater right now.
[11:28] but they're coming after at the local control,
[11:33] and that's one of the reasons that I'm running is because I want to stop that because the best government is the government that's in the local areas with the people.
[11:42] also, running on eliminating property taxes, as well,
[11:47] we had a property owners paid $81 billion
[11:51] this session and there's $90 billion worth of waste.
[11:56] I think that we will be able to eliminate property taxes.
[12:00] I would really like to get to meet any you all on a personal note at any time.
[12:07] my website is valiantforhd94.com.
[12:16] I'm just happy to be running and would like to represent you to you and I hope I get your vote. Thank you.
[12:23] >> thank you so much.
[12:28] next up to the podium, john wilson.
[12:39] >> mayor, councilman, council ladies. Thank you for having me. I'm john wilson.
[12:44] I'm the business director over at new beginnings church, and tonight, you will hear from a development that's being proposed on 2050 feign parkway,
[12:54] 12 years ago, I bought that property for the church, along with 2000 fin parkway.
[13:01] for 12 years, we've owned it with the intention of possibly developing or putting another sanctuary.
[13:09] well, just a year ago or less than a year ago, our pastor now is 75-years-old.
[13:15] he has been one of those who have been a buy and hold forever.
[13:20] just recently, I approached him and said,
[13:24] our pastor at 75-years-old, we're not going to build another sanctuary.
[13:28] we've got plenty of space for what we have now.
[13:33] he says, well, if you find the right person, they'll find the right people to bring something that
[13:39] will help the community and be a blessing to others,
[13:44] then I will consider, and I will strongly consider, and you can move forward.
[13:48] our church is a community church. We have held training sessions for the swat team,
[13:54] the police department here bedford, along with the fire department, held cookouts for the fire department,
[13:58] and do many other outreaches for the community. We don't need to sell the property. We are not in debt.
[14:07] we simply want something that will benefit everyone and benefit the community,
[14:13] benefit the city, as you know we're a nonprofit.
[14:18] we'll also benefit more than just a few people in the area and jobs.
[14:24] I want to fully endorse on behalf of our pastor, who is not unable to come.
[14:30] his wife is also battling cancer, who is doing very well. But at their age, they have decided that they
[14:37] would like to move forward once you found the right person.
[14:41] the church believes that we have found the right partnership with archway properties that you'll hear from tonight,
[14:49] and we ask that you strongly consider their presentation and wanted you to know and hear from us as the church,
[14:55] and the thousands that watch us online that we are fully behind this. Thank you for your time.
[15:00] >> thank you very much. That concludes public comments.
[15:06] no one else has signed up. We'll move along in our agenda here. Next to is a presentation and discussion on renderings of
[15:13] the new central fire station by jim thorpe with william tharp architects.
[15:21] >> welcome back. Thank you. It's been a few minutes.
[15:26] >> yes. >> make sure we can see everything. Well, mayor, counsel,
[15:31] thank you for giving me a few minutes here just to update you on where we are on the design of the new central fire station.
[15:38] I've got some plans, I've got some renderings, and then at the end, I've got a 3d fly around of the project.
[15:45] we use 3d and fly around a lot during design, and people seem to understand those a lot more than plans and elevations.
[15:53] so what you're looking at here is the current site plan. As everyone knows, we're tearing down the jail portion of the law enforcement center,
[16:02] which is essentially just above where the new fire station is going.
[16:06] so you'll see all the new paving, circulation for the apparatus and everything there.
[16:12] so the new fire station in red got a shared fitness room that will be shared between the pd and the fire department,
[16:20] and some outdoor fitness areas there as well. This is ground floor plan.
[16:26] you probably need to look at the a little closer to tell what all those colors are essentially. The admin is on the right hand side.
[16:31] got an extra bunk room area on the back there where the stair is,
[16:37] got the apparatus bay in the center, and then training and
[16:42] the decon uniform storage and bunker gear and all of that on the left side there.
[16:48] the fitness shared fitness room is there in the green at the top fitness and rehab,
[16:54] separated by an outdoor fitness porch. All of the bunk rooms, the day room,
[17:00] kitchen, dining, everything is on level 2. Got a couple of outdoor patios.
[17:06] one of them is covered on the left off the kitchen. And then a secondary one there near the elevator.
[17:13] so we're going to start on the east side, the front door, work our way clockwise around the building.
[17:20] so this is the view of the east elevation, that faces the existing parking and the pd.
[17:27] we're starting to look at lighting now, so I've got some dusk nighttime shots.
[17:33] again, we use these as we design just to see how things are working,
[17:37] we plug in the actual light fixtures, and so we can see where that's going.
[17:42] same shot, just a dusk. Here's the apparatus bay side facing south towards el don dodson.
[17:51] other shot, again, studium light. You can start to see the covered patio on the left in the upper left there.
[17:59] that's off the dining and kitchen area. This is on the west side.
[18:04] this is the training room side, so that has its own entrance so that
[18:09] all the other stations who come to train can park here and not have to go through the main station,
[18:14] have our own entrance on this side. Again, patio, upper left corner,
[18:18] there open to the south screen to the west just to keep the sun off in the evenings.
[18:24] here's another shot kind of in the evening. This is the north side,
[18:30] so this is where the apparatus will come back around the back and into the abs bay.
[18:36] you start to see the fitness room on the left there. Again, a night shot.
[18:42] the big window there is the day room leading to the kitchen and dining room area.
[18:47] the watch room is also there, and then the rest of those windows are the bunk rooms and the bathrooms.
[18:52] level 2. A little bit closer up shots. You can see that trucks pull in under the level 2 and into the abs bay.
[19:01] other shot, again, studying the light, just looking at it at night.
[19:06] and then back around to the front door, just a little bit closer up, so you can start to see where starting to look
[19:12] at the exterior materials that finishes textures on brick,
[19:17] colors on the panels, things like that. So just give you a little bit closer up view of what
[19:22] the front door will look like. Then again at night.
[19:27] if I click this, is it going to jump to the. Now again, we'll start on the east side.
[19:35] we're going to go clockwise around the building, just an animation. Just give you a little more context around the building.
[19:41] part of this project as well as to where we're tearing down the jail. We're having to put up new facades,
[19:47] where the old building was. We're also addressing the new entrance to the pd,
[19:52] and then around the corner. Again, where we're tearing down the old building, we've got a little bit of work there to do to complete the building,
[19:59] where we've torn it down. So again, starting here,
[20:04] pd on the right, you start to see the entrance. We're pulling materials from the pd onto the fire station.
[20:11] we're also pulling some new materials over to the pd to try to tie them together.
[20:16] so again, around the west side here, that's that entrance into the training room.
[20:23] coming around the back, and you see the fitness room there on the left,
[20:28] and it opens onto an artificial fitness area outside.
[20:33] I'm pulling the apparatus underneath level two to get into the abs bay.
[20:39] bunk room restroom windows, got a balcony on that end,
[20:44] just a little place to step out at the end of the hallway there. And then of up to the front door.
[20:50] we're also working on all the interiors. We've got some walkthroughs on it as well.
[20:54] it's just not quite ready to present those. That's where we are right now, we just wrapped up 50% design development.
[21:03] again, we've been working really closely with chief walker and his crew, the staff, and we're in a good spot for dds right now.
[21:12] we'll have 100% dds done middle of january,
[21:17] which will be our next cost estimate as well. And then right now, if we stay on schedule,
[21:22] we're scheduled to have everything done by, I believe it's may 8.
[21:28] >> all right. First off, jim, thanks. Thanks for that presentation.
[21:32] obviously, it's very very beautiful design, looking at it.
[21:37] just for the record and for the audience.
[21:42] what is our current square footage of our current central fire station? >> we were in it today we're at 24,992 square feet.
[21:50] we were told to keep it under 25. >> that's the new. >> this is a new one? So you said 249?
[21:56] >> 24,992. We ran it today. >> what is our current fire station?
[22:01] >> we're just a little under 14,000 square feet. >> so quite a bit more space to accommodate more.
[22:08] so, jim, what more is being added as opposed to our old fire station in this new one?
[22:16] >> that's a good question. I don't know if I've looked at it that closely. I think we've got a lot more admin area. It has been expanded.
[22:24] the apps bay, I believe, is larger. We've got a training room here that I'm not sure how it compares to the training room.
[22:32] I've only been back there one time in the existing one. We've got a big fitness room,
[22:38] rehab room on the back. I think we have more bunk rooms and larger kitchen,
[22:45] larger dining area, got the outdoor patios, more amenities than the existing.
[22:52] >> and you said you've done cost analysis already? >> we had one done back in july,
[22:58] I believe it was july 14. That's when we were at that schematic design level.
[23:03] so that was very early. >> and what did we come back with that?
[23:09] >> right at 17 million. I think? >> I think 16.5.
[23:13] >> something like that. Just under 17. >> and how much have we allocated for this project?
[23:21] >> I'm looking at for 15 plus, about 1:16. About 16. Yeah.
[23:29] >> when I look at this building, just going back to it,
[23:34] like the front facade there. I'm seeing a lot of different materials.
[23:39] I know one of the things that we wanted to do was make sure that this kind of blended into the law enforcement center.
[23:45] what brick am I looking at that would match the law enforcement center?
[23:49] >> the law enforcement center has two materials on it. There's a reddish brick?
[23:54] there's also a split face block. That's in the bands on there. So we're pulling the brick and the block.
[24:00] we're using the block and our landscape walls. Again, this is not the final landscape designed by any stretch.
[24:07] this is just us throwing some stuff to start the conversation with our landscape folks.
[24:13] we're going to use the block for the walls, and the brick that you see on the fire department is the brick from the pd.
[24:21] so we're pulling that material onto the building. Then there's actually just there's three materials on the building.
[24:28] so the panels that look like wood, and then on the apps bay, and then the red, that's a product called nishi ha.
[24:34] it's what we used on the blue and gray panels on the rec center. Same product.
[24:38] it's just whatever color you want. You get it, it looks like wood. And then we've got two colors of brick, essentially.
[24:44] and then we've got some castone bands that again, tie back to the pd.
[24:49] it has castone on it as well. So we're pulling material to the fire station.
[24:53] we're also taking the nishi ha panels, and we're pulling at the other direction for these new entry elements,
[25:00] where we're taking down the old walls. We've got some joints, some doors and things that we're basically enhancing.
[25:07] we're using that material back on the pd. So when you're standing there, the materials are they're talking to each other back and forth on the two buildings.
[25:15] >> so the brick has two different materials?
[25:20] >> just two different doors. >> just different colors. >> you've got the light brick that you see there that's kind of the field, and then you've got the accent band around there that is the brick from the peter.
[25:27] >> and the gray up there? >> that's the nishi ha panel. That's the fiber cement panel.
[25:33] >> got you. And then the wood with that one. >> that's the fiber cement panel as is the red panel there at the front door.
[25:39] it's one product, different. >> different variations of the one product.
[25:43] >> exactly. >> I think functionally, it obviously.
[25:50] I think it was well thought out the layout there. I think from a functional standpoint,
[25:54] looking at this fire station, I think it fits the bill. I do have concern of it's a very modern looking building for what it is.
[26:05] for good, bad or otherwise, it's a very modern building compared to the law enforcement center.
[26:10] do you have concerns with that tying in? >> I don't think so. We talked about that in the beginning,
[26:17] and everybody seemed to be leaning more towards a modern building and design.
[26:22] the law enforcement center is predominantly flat roof like this.
[26:27] it does have the two big angled roof elements. One of them we're removing,
[26:31] and the other one we're covering up. We're hiding. So I think as far as volumes and shapes,
[26:39] I think they're compatible with each other. And other details, we're pulling window mullions,
[26:46] the way the window mullions work on the pd, we're pulling those across. I mean, we're taking more elements,
[26:50] trying to mix them together as best we can.
[26:55] >> you're going to continue having these conversations obviously with staff. And so are we
[27:04] concerned that we're already at this point over our budget and allocated amount?
[27:10] >> yes and no. I think yes, always, because costs never tend to go down.
[27:16] they only go up. I believe that when we did run that estimate in july,
[27:20] though, it was still under a little bit of a larger building at that time. >> actually, it was right about the same.
[27:25] [overlapping] I understand that in that cost estimate, there was a contingency in there,
[27:31] an estimating contingency that, I think, was almost $1,500,000. That's trying to anticipate where costs are going.
[27:38] I think they had figured in about half a percent a month. That's probably about right.
[27:43] yeah. Historically, what construction has been going up? There was also there was another just general construction contingency in there.
[27:50] again, at that level, we have to build in sort of, for lack of a better word,
[27:55] fluff into the numbers because we just don't have the details to really start putting numbers to.
[28:00] the next estimate will be based on essentially a pretty thorough set of documents that's going to have all the mep,
[28:07] plumbing, hvac, all that. They'll be able to sharpen the pencil up a little bit rather than trying to guess.
[28:15] >> got you. >> what things are going to cost? >> and then we can make adjustments at that point?
[28:19] >> sure. >> what's the time frame on that? >> that set is due, let's say january,
[28:26] and that's when we'll get the next estimate.
[28:30] a couple of weeks. Okay. To get it done. >> to get it done and fine-tune it.
[28:35] >> fine-tune it, see if there's places we can cut. I will tell you. If you look at the plans, I don't think there's any wasted space in this plan at all.
[28:43] again, in working with the chief and the crew, it's everything they need.
[28:48] I don't think there's anything wasted. There's certainly not any extra space anywhere.
[28:52] I mean, we could squeeze it a little bit, potentially, but I mean,
[28:57] we've been squeezing it. That magic number was 25,000 feet. We've been squeezing as we go to try to keep it under that number.
[29:04] >> got you. And that cost estimate, that included the demolition of the jail?
[29:08] >> it did. >> counsel, additional questions. Counsel galgiad.
[29:14] >> thank you, mary cogan. So mr. Thorpe, didn't you design the fire stations that the city
[29:21] [inaudible] and so just as a little background,
[29:26] all of counsel is invited to take a tour of ulus stations.
[29:30] and from what I saw, it is incredible. They not only have a fire pole, which is amazing,
[29:36] but they have individual bunk rooms for all the firefighters.
[29:40] the rest areas are fantastic. The workout areas are amazing.
[29:44] leaps and bounds from anything we currently have. I love the design.
[29:49] I mean, it's sort of the current police department building sort
[29:54] of modern-ish because it's got squareness to it. I think it's going to be great.
[30:00] are we going to get fancy doors like ulus? >> four of them. That's another one of our costs.
[30:06] >> they come from sweden. [overlapping] andrea said.
[30:13] I'll ask karen right now, no fancy doors from sweden. We're going to ikea, folks.
[30:21] the way it's put together and the way it functions is light years ahead of what we currently have.
[30:27] I am very, very excited to see this project moving forward.
[30:33] so thank you again for your hard work. All you've done for the community in the mid cities.
[30:37] >> thank you. >. Absolutely. Jim's been part of a lot of our new construction over
[30:42] the last few years and has a hand in all of it. Counsel don brandon.
[30:50] >> thank you, mr. Mayor. Look at me, I got it to go.
[30:54] thank you for your work. First, I have questions. First, what's dds? I don't know.
[31:00] >> design development. We have phases that we go through. Schematic design is the very early sketches and concepts,
[31:06] and laying out the plan functionally spaces,
[31:10] then we move into design development. We take those schematic design drawings and develop the design.
[31:17] then at that point, we start talking to our consultants about hvac and plumbing and utilities,
[31:24] and we start talking to the civil folks about how we're doing the paving. Then, once that's all set at the end of dds,
[31:31] for the most part, we're done with design. Then we move into what's called construction documents.
[31:36] that is the details, the specifications, putting everything together that the contractor or
[31:42] the cmar is going to use to get their bid numbers off of.
[31:46] we're at 50% dds, we have to get into 100% cds.
[31:54] >> the colors and the materials were chosen
[31:59] to tie to the police department building, correct?
[32:03] >> correct. The bid brick that you see there, yes. We wanted the fire station to be a little bit different.
[32:11] didn't want to cover it in the same brick. We didn't want them to look identical, so we picked the lighter color brick for the field.
[32:17] the accent brick is tied into the pd. Then, the other materials that we're using here,
[32:23] we're actually going to use them on the new parts of the pd to again tie the two buildings together.
[32:28] the challenge was is make them talk to each other and not look like they're two separate entities.
[32:33] >> I can appreciate that. >> we're swapping materials back and forth. >> I was going to ask you why two colors are brick because my house,
[32:40] I'd want the same brick everywhere. It's to make it different from the police department.
[32:46] >> it's to give the fire station its own identity, but we're also paying respect to
[32:52] the pd by using some of the brick off of that building onto the new building.
[32:56] on the campus, when you walk up, it's not too drastically different buildings. There's a dialogue going on between the two,
[33:03] that that brick is on this building, the wood panels are now on the pd,
[33:08] so it's making it a more cohesive campus out of the two buildings, correct.
[33:17] >> is there a need either from artistically or functionally for so many different materials?
[33:28] >> I don't know about a need other than it looked good, I'm not sure.
[33:35] as part of our design, we were trying to distinguish the pieces of the building.
[33:40] the app's bay has its own material. Then all of the admin,
[33:45] the level 1 area has its identity, and then the sleeping quarters, everything upstairs,
[33:52] the private side has its own material up top, just distinguishes the pieces of the building,
[33:57] so it doesn't become a monochromatic mass that
[34:01] sits over there and doesn't break up visually,
[34:05] I guess. That's some interest. >> that brings me to another question. Is that why there are so many?
[34:10] I don't know the terms. There are different corners.
[34:16] is it a cantilever? Is that what you do? >> we do have a cantilever on it, yes.
[34:20] that's on the east end. >> is that why you don't just have a brick,
[34:26] a big block out there? >> visual interest, to try to do
[34:30] a building that would just be one big mass up there of one material. >> does that add to the cost to have all that?
[34:38] >> no. >> no more costs involved with more corners?
[34:42] >> no. We had all kinds of crazy corners and lots of in-and-out things going on,
[34:46] but I think we've controlled it pretty well to just not have big, giant blank walls.
[34:54] we're just breaking it up three-dimensionally.
[34:58] >> I think that's all my questions. Thank you. I just want to go on record for you to know I'm a traditionalist.
[35:05] can you tell? But thank you for your work.
[35:10] >> councilor steves. >> thank you, mayor. Jim, I got a question.
[35:14] the bunk rooms they're individual. Are they built for current staffing,
[35:19] or is there allowance for future staffing? I counted about 11 of them. >> I think we have the one extra one downstairs,
[35:25] that's the, call it, emergency bunk, if something happened, they need to bring in extra staff.
[35:31] I think we're currently [overlapping] >> current. There's room for one. We've got one.
[35:35] >> there's room for one more person. >> right. >> thank you.
[35:39] >> thank you. Councilor farco.
[35:45] >> thank you, mr. Mayor. That concerns me because we're building
[35:49] a bigger fire station and more apparatuses.
[35:53] eventually, we're probably going to need more fire staff.
[35:59] is it expandable for extra bunk rooms?
[36:04] I know, is it one extra to current levels because I thought
[36:09] we were a little understaffed in the fire department position. >> based on whatever our full staffing would be,
[36:14] we're close, so we do have one extra on that. Then, again, this was designed with
[36:21] fire input as far as anticipated needs going forward and things like that.
[36:26] I don't know if tino is here to maybe comment on that by any chance.
[36:31] thank you, but where we've landed is with input from fire staff as far as the capacity.
[36:41] >> we do have a set staff that we have each ship, correct?
[36:46] what we're looking at is future,
[36:51] possibly, maybe adding a couple more personnel,
[36:55] and then making arrangements. We're also thinking further down the line with station 3, and that building,
[37:01] and possibly adding to that one as well for more personnel and apparatus.
[37:06] >> because it's easier to add now than it is to rebuild later.
[37:11] >> well, you could, but if we're trying to watch our budget and make things a little bit smaller,
[37:20] and that's what we're trying to do. >> then my last thing is, bill,
[37:25] on the west side, you showed an open area, no gate.
[37:31] is there going to be a gate there? Because right now, it's secured. >> no, there is a gate. [overlapping] it just may not have shown up in there.
[37:36] let's see if it'll. It's just out of frame there.
[37:40] >> can you go to the site plan, the very first one? >> I point at it if I could.
[37:48] >> one more back, keep going. >> there you go. Bottom left corner there?
[37:53] >> yeah. >> that's the secured gate. There's a fence from that corner all the way around the property.
[37:59] then there will be a separation between the public parking lot to be able to get back to the back.
[38:06] again, that's part of the landscape design, is how do we incorporate that existing courtyard at the pd,
[38:12] and the new green space there, and how do we control access back to that point?
[38:17] we haven't quite worked that out yet, but it will all be secured behind gates.
[38:23] >> thank you. It looks good. >> thank you. >> councilor sabol.
[38:31] >> too fast. Hey, jim, if fire trucks get a little bigger,
[38:37] and you've got these bays that have the [overlapping] >> I hope not [laughter].
[38:42] >> I know, but they've gotten bigger since I've been on the council.
[38:47] with those impediments that go into the actual fire station,
[38:55] would that be a problem as far as pulling in and pulling out, and would newbies have trouble backing in, backing out?
[39:02] >> no, currently, we have a ladder truck. It's a pretty good size, and we're able to maneuver with that.
[39:07] a problem that we may have in the future, but we've also thought about this,
[39:12] is creating what we call an apparatus barn separately,
[39:16] where we can start housing reserve apparatus and other things that we
[39:21] need to put in place or put as a front line as soon as we need it.
[39:27] right now, we're stacked throughout all our stations.
[39:32] we're loaded, but we're working with city management. They're doing great to try to help us through what we're going through right now.
[39:40] but as far as the actual size of one, no, it's not going to cause a problem.
[39:45] it's just the amount of fire trucks that we have and what we need in reserve status to be able to store those.
[39:51] >> the property is not big enough to actually store additional equipment on that property.
[39:56] you'd have to have it off the property. >> yes, that's what we're facing.
[40:03] >> what's the advantage to having the divisions between each of the entrances as opposed
[40:07] to just having an open way to back those guys in?
[40:12] >> they don't back in. >> well, pull forward in. It would be tough for me to drive it in any case.
[40:18] but is there an advantage to having those balusters and stuff as they're coming?
[40:24] I'm seeing it in the floor plan right there. Is it appearance-wise?
[40:30] >> it's the structural columns that hold up level 2, where all the rooms are up above when you pull under.
[40:37] a typical door for the image is 14 feet wide. I can't imagine a fire truck getting much bigger ever.
[40:44] >> not wide. >> yeah, not wide. We've accommodated it. We took the big ladder truck and made sure that you can make the turn,
[40:52] and we've got about 50 feet that they can get lined up before they ever have to even go between those two.
[40:58] the support columns it's actually wider than the door, so they're not in line.
[41:03] you've got a couple of feet on either side when the truck is coming up. If they go through a 14-foot door,
[41:08] I think we're 16 feet center to center on the structure, so there's a little bit of room there,
[41:14] but you should be able to get that truck. Essentially, in the two middle bays, where we've talked about,
[41:19] they're going to park it to be able to line that up and pull it in.
[41:25] >> not too wide about the balcony on the front of the building.
[41:29] I don't know why that bothers me. I can't see a fireman going out there and standing around. I don't know.
[41:35] it just seems fratty, like a frat house, where they go out.
[41:39] I'm not really fond of that. I'd rather have that flat. You've got outdoor patios on that second floor, correct?
[41:46] >> well, right now, we do. That's probably some of the things that may be on the block when we start getting into the budget.
[41:54] >> your decon room, that is a decontamination room. >> yes, that's correct. >> that's where they unload,
[41:59] and they decontaminate their suits. >> yes, ma'am. >> but your laundry rooms, directly across.
[42:05] do you have a laundry room in the decon room? >> it should be closed off if we were looking at that correctly the other day.
[42:13] >> the decon room itself in the top corner has the extractor and everything for the gear.
[42:20] the gear never leaves that upper left corner. Once it's clean, it goes into the gear storage locker.
[42:25] >> the other laundry room is just [overlapping] >> there's a small laundry room on the far right for the admin side in that bunk,
[42:32] and then there's a laundry room upstairs for all of the bunk area. We have two laundry rooms and then the decon room.
[42:41] >> jim, I assume this is for you. If this bid comes out to 18,
[42:46] 19 million, what are you thinking? Because we don't have that money.
[42:51] >> sure. Well, I'm hoping it doesn't. I'm hoping we know ahead of time before it actually hits the street.
[42:57] we're working on the cmar rfp now.
[43:02] we'd certainly like to get them on board. Hopefully, before it hits the street,
[43:07] we have a good feel for what it is. If it comes in over, again,
[43:11] I don't think there's any real fluff in the building that you can say, well, we'll just get rid of.
[43:16] we're going to have to cut some spaces,
[43:20] so much per square foot. >> it'd be more square footage,
[43:26] so you'd have to make everything smaller. >> potentially, we can always look at some of the materials,
[43:32] but it depends on how much we're having to cut. If we're having to cut millions of dollars,
[43:38] then it's typically you get into cutting square footages. >> do you feel pretty confident that it won't be any more than 16 points?
[43:44] was it 16.5? >> do I have to answer that? [laughter] I'm hoping so.
[43:52] again, it's been going up pretty steady, so I don't know.
[43:57] the next cost estimate is really going to tell us, I think, where we are. With all the detail we've now got in here that they can put a price to,
[44:05] I think we'll know more after the dds to be able to know exactly where we are.
[44:10] >> thank you. >> not seeing any other questions.
[44:15] yeah, councilor steves. >> thank you, mayor, sir. We took
[44:20] a tour of the [inaudible] fire department, fire station you had built. There was an area on the first floor where people,
[44:27] emergency situations, where they walked in into the firehouse.
[44:31] the ems had a little room set up. Is that on? We didn't put that in ours?
[44:36] >> no, we had it. The request was that we didn't need it.
[44:40] >> thank you. >> just to summarize, I think looking at the building itself, very gorgeous building.
[44:48] I think we're all impressed by it and know that it is just miles ahead of where we're at today,
[44:57] and being able to give our firefighters that extra space is much needed.
[45:02] they're definitely going to need that, and putting it in that location is the best, too.
[45:08] as you mentioned, I think it's all going to come down to in january, how much the cost comes down,
[45:13] and then we'll go from there. But I think at this point, looking at the building, looking at the materials, the design,
[45:19] very impressive, and really looking forward, fingers crossed, that we come in around that 16ml.
[45:26] >> we will do our best to get it there. Like I said, I think there are some spaces we could carve out if we needed to.
[45:32] I think it's everything they need. Again, we worked very closely with them multiple times,
[45:37] multiple meetings, back and forth. I don't think there's anything there they don't need or are going to ask for.
[45:44] >> got you. Thank you so much, jim, for your hard work. >> no, thank you.
[45:51] >> next up, we have to consider approval of items by consent.
[45:55] I'll give you city manager andrea roy. >> thank you, mayor. Good evening.
[46:00] item number 1, consider approval of the following city council minutes from november 18th,
[46:05] 2025, regular meeting. Number 2, consider a resolution authorizing
[46:09] the city manager or her designee to purchase the annual subscription for
[46:14] maintenance and support of the public safety record management software from
[46:18] central square technologies in an amount of $112,615.
[46:23] >> essentially, in 2018, the city council approved a contract with tritech technologies,
[46:28] now known as centralsquare for public safety records management with
[46:33] annual maintenance subscriptions purchased since the system went live in january of 2020.
[46:37] this request will extend that addressing all maintenance and support systems, such as our dispatch systems,
[46:43] which are used by both fire and pd, including all necessary mapping and our records management system, which again,
[46:49] includes all reports, calls for service and crime mapping subscriptions, etc.
[46:53] funding will be provided through the general fund police operational budget and the general fund fire operational budgets.
[47:00] number 3, consider a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into a contract with southwest/medic built ambulance,
[47:07] llc, and kennedale, texas, for the purchase of one ambulance modular remount on
[47:12] a 2025 ford f-550 chassis in the amount of $357,593 and 74 cents
[47:20] through a co-operative purchasing agreement with the houston galveston area council.
[47:25] fire department is currently requesting approval to remount and modernize ambulance unit number 50,
[47:30] extending its service life in a cost effective and timely manner compared to purchasing a new unit.
[47:35] partnering with southwest medic, an experienced approved vendor that has successfully completed,
[47:40] prior remounts will ensure the project meets all operational safety and procurement requirements.
[47:45] funding is available from the general fund fire department supplemental budget
[47:49] that was approved with this year's budget. I'm available for any questions. >> very good. Counsel,
[47:55] any questions on the consent agenda other than where our missing council member is?
[48:03] >> motion to approve. >> motion to approve by councilman farco. [overlapping]
[48:08] >> we just pass. >> that's why we're all sitting up here. >> second. >> second by councilman sabol. Let's go vote.
[48:27] that passes unanimously, thank you, counsel. Thanks staff. Moving on to item number 4.
[48:39] item 4, public hearing and consider an ordinance regarding an amendment to the bedford forum planned unit development,
[48:46] and to amend the official zoning to remove the property from master highway corridor overlay to allow
[48:51] for the construction of two office warehouse and buildings on the property legally described as bedford forum addition,
[48:56] block 3r lot 4r1, commonly known as 2050 farm parkway, pud 25-2.
[49:03] planning and zoning commission recommended approval by a vote of six to one. Give you development director wes morrison.
[49:09] >> thank you, mr. I'm sorry. I thought I was in p&z for a second. [overlapping] >> thank you.
[49:14] >> thank you, mayor. Council members. I'll get in the right meeting here in just a second.
[49:19] the request is to rezone or to amend the pud for bedford forum.
[49:25] bedford forum is one of our larger non residential puds in the city.
[49:31] the request is for two office warehouses to
[49:35] be constructed there on site on forum parkway and plaza drive.
[49:41] the request also includes removing from the master highway corridor overlay.
[49:46] reason for that is the site way it's designed,
[49:50] they cannot meet the landscape buffer along forum parkway and so that's part of this request.
[49:57] jumping into the zoning map, you'll see that staying on the subject of the overlay real quick.
[50:05] the way the overlay is designed is that normally this piece of property would not be in the overlay.
[50:12] the ordinance says that the overlay extends 200 feet from the state right of way.
[50:19] but this property right now, it's currently designed as one lot.
[50:23] if the development goes through and they subdivide, it would then be outside the overlay anyway.
[50:29] the definition of the overlay. That's one justification for the overlay removal.
[50:35] jumping into future land use. The property is classified as employment focus development pattern.
[50:43] the applicant has provided a site plan that meets all of the points and employment focus.
[50:50] it's a low density industrial development. It is an office warehouse. It's being proposed.
[50:57] it's under the two story, the maximum height being proposed is 42 feet.
[51:03] it takes in consideration of the surrounding area as far as landscape buffers and whatnot.
[51:11] part of the amendment would be to adopt this site plan that you see before you tonight.
[51:16] it does include two different buildings. One being approximately 62,000 square feet in size,
[51:23] the other 141,000 square feet in size. They would be on two separate lots. They would be standalone.
[51:29] the proposed site meets all the parking requirements and landscaping requirements based on their development standards they've submitted.
[51:39] as you know, any zoning changes, we do 200 foot notices
[51:45] within or we send notices to 200 people within 200 feet of the site.
[51:49] this particular one, we notified eight property owners. Within the 200 foot radius,
[51:55] we have received two notices of opposition, and then just outside the office building there to the south was not in the notification,
[52:03] but they have also registered their opposition as well. That 4%, I want to point, that is inaccurate.
[52:10] that's actually up to 16, didn't include one of the other oppositions. They are at 16% opposition,
[52:15] but it's not triggered any type of super majority under this request. Planning and zoning commission conducted their public hearing.
[52:22] they determined the use was permitted within the pud and the employment focus,
[52:29] and the goals of the employment focus were being met with the conference plan with this submittals.
[52:34] therefore, p&z recommended approval of a six to one vote. Can you answer any questions you have?
[52:38] >> thank you, wes. Any concerns from p&z?
[52:43] >> the main points of conversation at p&z were traffic and
[52:48] were the landscape buffer along forum parkway.
[52:55] really and truly, we had as I told p&z, the real decision here is,
[53:01] if you want that landscape buffer, what they were going to have to do is they were going to have to reduce their buildings.
[53:07] there's a water line that runs along forum parkway that prohibits them from planting trees and meeting that landscape buffer.
[53:15] that was one issue there. >> why this is coming in as a pud from [overlapping].
[53:20] >> it was already a pud. >> but taking it out of the master highway corridor. >> that is one reason, yes.
[53:25] >> yes. >> or that is the reason. I'm sorry. Then traffic was a big discussion as well.
[53:33] there was questions about what the proposed truck routes would be, and the applicant was able to answer those.
[53:40] I will also say the applicants provided staff with proposed truck or traffic counts for this use.
[53:45] staff has reviewed those, and they saw that no additional improvements or anything like that would be required.
[53:52] >> looking at the site plan, there's no new entrances off a forum parkway being added, correct?
[53:58] >> there is one entrance that's going to tie into the church. >> it's just a shared entrance with new church. [overlapping].
[54:03] >> correct. >> nothing new, per se. There's a lot of it on plaza. >> that is correct.
[54:08] >> that leads me to believe that a lot of the traffic is just going to be along
[54:12] plaza drive and circling back out basically plaza drive,
[54:17] but I'll let the applicant speak. >> that is what the applicants share with us as well, but I know they're prepared to answer those questions.
[54:22] >> got it. >> counsel, any questions for wes? Mayor pro dan dawkins.
[54:28] >> thanks, mr. Merit, so wes, if I understand it,
[54:32] we're moving it from the master highway corridor definition,
[54:36] but it will remain a pud. >> it would remain a puds. >> I saw the next steps is like replotting,
[54:43] and the infrastructure and building permits. With the replat that would come back to us.
[54:49] >> replat would not come to council. They would go to the plating zoning commission. >> planning zoning. But what we get so once it's replotted and a business wanted to come,
[55:00] would that come back because it's a pud? >> no. >> everything can be built by right.
[55:05] >> that's correct. >> thank you. >> any additional questions for wes?
[55:11] yes. Council donovan brandon. >> if we don't approve it, what happens?
[55:19] >> the application doesn't move forward, and the land remains in its current state.
[55:27] >> in its current state. >> which is vacant. >> we get no revenue.
[55:33] the city, right? >> true. It's a tax exempt property now, correct?
[55:40] >> correct. It is a religious institution that's tax exempt. If we approve it,
[55:45] we stand to get some revenue, correct? >> it would change ownerships.
[55:50] it would go on the tax roles as non tax exempt. >> do we have any estimation of.
[55:56] >> that's not something we look at. This is purely a land discussion.
[56:00] that's all we're looking at at this point. Tom is land use compatibility. Staff hasn't done any type of analysis on tax revenue at this point.
[56:08] >> then I have all these papers. >> I'm sorry. Thank you for this,
[56:12] I totally forgot. My bad. I put as I mentioned,
[56:17] we had three letters of opposition. One letter was in your packet.
[56:22] we got two since the packet went out. Then the third letter is a letter in favor of the request from the church.
[56:29] >> some of the complaints or
[56:33] the questions are about noise and pollution and traffic.
[56:40] is there any way to estimate what we're looking at? From a traffic standpoint, again,
[56:46] they provided us traffic counts based on engineering design standards.
[56:52] again, our engineering staff has not found any major issues with the proposed traffic counts.
[56:58] noise and other type of pollution matters. If there are nuisance issues that come up,
[57:04] we would treat those as code enforcement cases once the issues are there.
[57:13] >> I'm trying to understand all this. If we don't approve,
[57:19] then people can come back. Could it be worse to people who don't like it, could it be worse?
[57:28] >> if you don't approve, then you're going to be right back here looking another application,
[57:32] so you have the opportunity to deny that application as well if you think it's worse.
[57:37] at this stage, you will have final say as to what this site's
[57:42] going to be designed as. That's this stage. The next stage that mayor dawkins was talking about were the details and
[57:50] more technical reviews that are either administratively approved or approved at p&z level.
[57:55] you're approving the actual use in the lot layout or site design at this point in time.
[57:59] >> thank you so much. >> councilman farco.
[58:04] >> thank you. Wes these two warehouse buildings,
[58:10] it's not anything that's out of the ordinary that's not already in there.
[58:16] we're talking about a commercial area that's surrounded by businesses. I know that's really our industrial park area.
[58:25] I know that there's some residential that backs up to the other part of the industrial,
[58:30] but this is inner, and it's surrounded. Everything surrounding is some type of business.
[58:34] I know we have a I think there's a rehab facility. Correct. That's that's to to the east.
[58:41] but everything else, we have office buildings, hotels.
[58:47] the church was actually a ua cinema to start.
[58:52] we're talking about that this really is what we wanted in this area of bedford.
[59:01] this is our commercial business area, and so it's really not out of the purview of this section of our city.
[59:12] >> you're correct. This application falls right in line with our proposed conference of plan master plan,
[59:18] and it meets all the goals for this area. >> we have some businesses that are wanting to come in in a commercial area.
[59:26] we don't know if they're going to be good business owners or not business owners. That's just a chance we shake,
[59:31] but it's within our commercial and our economic development area for our city.
[59:37] correct. Thank you. >> well, so the eight adjoining property manager owners that were notified.
[59:43] that is the I guess was it 200 feet? >> yes. Two hundred feet out from the property.
[59:49] >> we already mentioned some of them here, and you said only 16%.
[59:54] >> 16% is the total. >> none of that was residential.
[59:58] >> no. None of it was residential. There were no residential properties notified. Now, of course, there was a sign put on the property,
[1:00:04] and we published in the newspaper, but the residential is further to the north.
[1:00:08] >> further to the north. This may be a technical. Why 200 feet? Why do we do that?
[1:00:13] >> that's what state law requires? >> I'm assuming that has to do with
[1:00:17] the nuisance traffic and things that may be in a zoning change?
[1:00:22] [overlapping] does that bring it before you? All we do the 200 foot because that's a state law requirement.
[1:00:26] >> I'm just extrapolating reason why 200 feet. I'm assuming that that would be the impacted area of noise, pollution.
[1:00:36] >> that sort of thing, and that's why we go ahead and do the 200 foot rule.
[1:00:40] would that be correct, city attorney? >> that could be correct. >> should be correct.
[1:00:45] >> I don't try to ascribe too much logic to legislative action. >> I don't think you should ever ascribe logic to any legislative action by the state.
[1:00:55] very good. Any additional questions for wes. We got him up here?
[1:01:01] >> I do know the applicant has a presentation for y'all, as well. >> very good. At that time,
[1:01:07] what we'll do is, I'll open the public hearing, we'll hear from the applicant, and then we'll still leave the public hearing,
[1:01:12] open for anyone in the audience who would like to come and speak to this issue. I'll open the public hearing at 7:01.
[1:01:18] I invite the applicant to come up and go ahead and begin their presentation.
[1:01:32] >> good evening, everyone. Thank you for having me. My name is justin howe, development manager of archway properties.
[1:01:37] I've been in archway properties for over six years now. Here we there. Clock, who's our partner in our dallas office.
[1:01:44] he just want to talk to you a little bit about who archway properties is as a business owner,
[1:01:49] and also give you a little bit more color about our vision for the foreign parkway development.
[1:01:55] archway, were founded in 2003, almost coming up on 25 years in development with offices,
[1:02:03] both houston and dallas, mostly focused in the industrial office and mixed use sectors,
[1:02:10] really looking for strategic land sites that really are going to be a benefit not only to the community,
[1:02:14] but our end users, our investors, and ultimately our tenants who occupy those buildings.
[1:02:21] we, as archway our mission statement, or our values are really held in excellence,
[1:02:28] integrity and joy, and I think we really try to exemplify that in everything we do.
[1:02:32] that's part of the reason I've been an archway for the time that I have.
[1:02:37] just to give you a little bit more understanding of the quality of product
[1:02:42] we typically put on the ground and our capabilities.
[1:02:47] some more recent projects we've done in the area on the right hand side of the screen there,
[1:02:51] you'll see bonnie view and the I-20 logistics park. Those are both located in south dallas.
[1:02:55] the I-20 logistics park actually has the capability for us to build two,
[1:03:02] one million square foot buildings. We've built one of two, and which was recently occupied by google.
[1:03:08] they took the whole building, and we're currently in design and permanent for the second building.
[1:03:13] then just adjacent to that site, we have a three building industrial development,
[1:03:17] mixed building, but a total of 450,000 square feet. Currently, we are completing permitting now and ready to go into construction.
[1:03:25] then hurst is another 124,000 square foot industrial building,
[1:03:30] which again, we've gotten through permitting in houston and about to break ground. Then finally, royal 114,
[1:03:37] which we built and completed in 2023 is a four building industrial development,
[1:03:44] totals of around, I believe it's about 450,000 square feet,
[1:03:49] buildings from 40,000 square feet to 155,000 square feet.
[1:03:54] I want to talk a little bit more about the royal 114 project only because I think it's a really good case study
[1:03:59] for ultimately what we're trying to achieve here in bedford.
[1:04:03] this site was an infilled site in irving. You can see the four buildings that pretty obvious with the four white roofs there.
[1:04:13] but the layout of the site was really focused their rear load buildings,
[1:04:18] where the service area, some people refer to as a truck core,
[1:04:22] but the service area is internal to the site. You're getting the more aesthetically pleasing features
[1:04:28] of the building facing the outward community, and a lot of the noise pollution, light pollution is contained within inside the building area.
[1:04:38] the other thing too to mention is a lot of the tenant base that we are seeing in these type of
[1:04:44] buildings tend to be more technical.
[1:04:50] a lot of people think of industrial buildings, and think of an amazon.
[1:04:55] but we have two different pharmaceutical companies.
[1:05:00] subcontractors, industrial suppliers, and ultimately low volume logistical users who are for example, our hvac subcontractor.
[1:05:12] they have training facilities in there, offices. They have racking and storage,
[1:05:18] but a lot of their truck traffic is box trucks, visiting sites as they're installing hvac,
[1:05:25] madiska tenant, who's in the building on the northwest plant corner there.
[1:05:33] they've gone even so as far as to fill in some of our dock doors, because they really only need, like two or three truck spots.
[1:05:39] anyways, keeping this in mind, this is a very similar vision what we're trying to achieve over here in forum.
[1:05:48] going from that site plan to this site plan, you can see very similar rear load buildings,
[1:05:54] service areas facing inward to the inside of the site,
[1:05:58] where we're largely trying to block out the less aesthetically pleasing portion of
[1:06:04] those buildings that inner portion of the site, and then focusing on the landscaping on the outside of the site,
[1:06:10] where really you're going to have your most potential to see into that service area.
[1:06:17] as west mentioned, 42,000 in north of the 60,000 square foot building.
[1:06:23] we think it's a great location. There's two major highways, 121, 183 right there,
[1:06:28] and we're also adjacent to the dfw airport sub-market, which is where royal 114 was built.
[1:06:33] with all that said, we strongly feel that we're going to have a very similar tenant base, pharmaceutical companies, subcontractors.
[1:06:42] these buildings are going to be a lot more geared to those type of tenants.
[1:06:48] great skilled labor and technical jobs that will also be brought in.
[1:06:55] then, as west mentioned, too surrounding infrastructure is designed to support the trough tract that we will have.
[1:07:03] this just give you a little more clear picture of the site design.
[1:07:07] hopeful a little bit more zoomed in. Is there any general questions in relation to that? I think I've talked through a lot of this.
[1:07:13] I have a few more pictures, that's going to give you. >> council member fargo. >> sure. >> you're talking about hvac,
[1:07:18] which is right up my alley. But you're talking about 9-5 not 24/7 tenants.
[1:07:26] your majority of your tenants are normal business hour tenants and not a walmart.
[1:07:35] >> [overlapping] targets. >> the trucks coming in, not like the traffic that I know some of
[1:07:41] the residents are worried about that they have already to the east of them.
[1:07:45] that's constant with those trucks. This is more on a regular 40-hour basis business.
[1:07:55] >> I would say that that's what we've been experiencing.
[1:07:59] >> any additional questions for the site? >> I just have a couple more slides here.
[1:08:04] we create a couple renderings to give you a sense of boots on the ground of what this will actually look like.
[1:08:09] just to note, the landscaping is actually reflective of the landscaping plan in these renderings that we submitted to the city.
[1:08:16] this is sitting on the corner of plaza and forum, looking at the larger building.
[1:08:22] now, it was mentioned that we did have this landscape buffer that we're combating here.
[1:08:28] what we've done is move the sidewalk all the way up as close as we can to the curb and then
[1:08:34] try to because of the water line conflicting with the trees.
[1:08:40] we want to try to avoid any sort of long-term maintenance issues for bedford.
[1:08:44] try to install some larger bushes that are really going to give,
[1:08:49] hopefully support that level of screening that you all are looking for. In addition to that,
[1:08:54] what's also going to be helpful is the grading on this site, it's a lot steeper than it looks.
[1:08:59] that first building you'll notice, and you'll see it better in this next picture. This is front facing building one.
[1:09:05] the buildings actually going to sit a little bit lower than form road. In addition to those added bushes and trees,
[1:09:11] you're almost not even able to see the first floor of the building or what would be the first floor of the building.
[1:09:19] this is a view of the truck court. The way we position the detention ponds and the landscaping,
[1:09:27] it actually gives a little bit larger landscape buffer than what's even called for.
[1:09:32] you have this front level of trees and bushes that are right up against the road. Then you have our detention ponds,
[1:09:37] and then we have an added layer of trees and bushes behind it.
[1:09:41] you can see some dock positions, but largely, it's going to block out a lot of
[1:09:47] the visual and negative aesthetics and maybe what some people would observe in the truck court or the service area rather.
[1:09:56] this is the view from the church other side of the truck court.
[1:10:00] again, we're doing our best here with what with the landscaping we can put in
[1:10:05] place to largely try and block out a lot of the truck court that service area.
[1:10:13] again, just from building two, just to just give you a sense of what we're doing.
[1:10:17] the trees are just see through so you can see the building, but again, just a little bit more of the same.
[1:10:29] I know there's been a few concerns or there's been concerns brought up about traffic patterns.
[1:10:34] we want to address this a little bit further. There's a couple of ways to get to the site,
[1:10:40] obviously, coming from 121 and 183. Just to focus on 183, there's really two exit ramps that could provide you access to our site.
[1:10:48] there's one a little bit farther up off the screen there,
[1:10:53] and the logical entrance to our site from that exit is a plaza,
[1:10:58] which is what we're talking about a little bit earlier. Then, if for whatever reason, you missed that exit,
[1:11:04] you really have to come up and turn around on the feeder for 121, and then come up back behind.
[1:11:10] I'm following that red line here just on called the south side of 121.
[1:11:15] there's a side road in there where you would have to take form to come around.
[1:11:20] but we believe most of the trucks will take that initial exit to enter plaza.
[1:11:26] that's just a more logical route. Then similarly on 121,
[1:11:30] you would have to come up onto the feeder and then do a turn around and take that same route onto the side road,
[1:11:38] and then a little ways down form to get to get in the service area.
[1:11:44] does that make does that make sense? >> yeah, I believe so.
[1:11:49] I'm looking at it now. On forum, that make sense.
[1:11:53] my initial was if they missed the plaza exit there, that they would take forum, but we have that median in there,
[1:11:57] which would make a turn radius very difficult. What's what it looks like there. They'd have to take it all the way to 121 and then go around.
[1:12:04] >> sure. That's right. >> it's pretty much contained,
[1:12:08] for the most part, right in that area. Any kind of traffic patterns?
[1:12:12] >> yes, sir. Yeah. >> on that property. That's what I was thinking when I was looking at this property.
[1:12:18] just looking at it, it just seemed like most of the traffic's going to be on plaza, and very few, if any,
[1:12:23] would be formed just for a little bit to get access to the either 121 or 183.
[1:12:31] >> yes, sir.
[1:12:35] >> see the present. [laughter]. >> very good. Appreciate it. Thank you.
[1:12:40] council, any questions for archway where we got them? Very good. Thank you so much.
[1:12:46] appreciate it. At this time, we're still have a public hearing, so if any we would like to come up and speak on this item from the public.
[1:12:53] now is the time. Just come up and tell us your name and address.
[1:13:02] >> good evening, mayor cogan and city council.
[1:13:06] thank you for this opportunity. I'm here tonight to oppose this problem.
[1:13:11] my main concern and the concern of people I've spoken to is health reasons and pollution.
[1:13:20] I reside at 3122 bedford road, which is located in the villages of durango townhomes,
[1:13:28] which is 690 square feet away from this development.
[1:13:33] as such, and assuming that we are going to be having
[1:13:38] diesel trucks based on the number of truck bays that are proposed in the project,
[1:13:43] diesel fumes pose a huge health problem to people and to animals,
[1:13:52] ranging from asthma and we have enough of that without adding additional pollution.
[1:13:59] respiratory diseases and every which kind of cancer you can think of.
[1:14:06] I tried to do a little bit of research since friday when I found out about this project,
[1:14:12] and there's a huge body of research on the effects
[1:14:17] of exposure to diesel fumes and it's still ongoing.
[1:14:23] the consensus though is that there is really
[1:14:28] no safe distance and the particulates stay in the air.
[1:14:35] being in a town home of 87 homes,
[1:14:40] where we have very young children, we have older adults,
[1:14:45] and we have families, we have animals. We are in danger of health issues from this project.
[1:14:55] aside from that, we are concerned about the additional traffic and the noise, especially from idling.
[1:15:05] now, we don't yet really know what kinds of tenants we'll have,
[1:15:11] but based on the number of truck bays,
[1:15:16] if the businesses operate during the day,
[1:15:20] that doesn't necessarily mean there won't be truck traffic at night.
[1:15:25] that is going to be a noise problem for anybody in the area,
[1:15:29] not just our community because the trucks idle.
[1:15:35] we have a good number of people who don't work traditional hours, so they sleep during the day.
[1:15:41] aside from that, I have an estimate here of 537 vehicle trips a day,
[1:15:50] which was estimated by the developer and communicated to our engineering department.
[1:15:58] that seems like a lot of trips. Not all truck necessarily,
[1:16:02] but probably a good portion of them are. We have, in addition to our community,
[1:16:09] the copper hill apartments are very close. >> one second. Rib, we had a timer here for three minutes,
[1:16:15] but I thought during public hearings. >> it's three minutes.
[1:16:20] >> it's three minutes. Except for the applicant. >> except the applicant. I was not here for that through that meeting.
[1:16:26] >> hopefully, all that has gotten past there. >> you did. >> [overlapping] I'm sorry. But anyway, the increased traffic,
[1:16:34] the wear and tear on the streets, and primarily the health issues are a concern. Thank you.
[1:16:40] >> thank you very much. Anybody else here to speak on this item. That would be your time.
[1:16:54] not seeing any. Last chance, going once, going twice.
[1:17:00] I'll go ahead and close the public hearing at 7:17.
[1:17:05] council, looking at the application.
[1:17:11] just from the comprehensive land use of what this looks like,
[1:17:17] employment focused, looking at the traffic patterns.
[1:17:21] for me, personally, I feel as though that this meets it exactly the way it should.
[1:17:27] with the comprehensive plan, it meets it exactly what we're looking for, with good access between 183, 121.
[1:17:33] this is as good as a commercial property as any, quite frankly,
[1:17:38] and any residential is far away from this.
[1:17:43] it's to the north. Issues with traffic.
[1:17:47] I don't see it being an issue given that traffic pattern and noise as well.
[1:17:53] I just feel it's really too far away. Given that it's a great example and great property for commercial,
[1:18:00] I'm going to recommend that we as council a approve this application.
[1:18:05] I guess I'll make that motion to approve.
[1:18:10] second by council member steve. Let's go and vote.
[1:18:27] >> it's frozen. Since you seconded, I'm to assume that that would be yes. There it is.
[1:18:35] that passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Thank you, congratulations to the applicant.
[1:18:42] very good. Let's move on. Item number 5. Is a resolution to the city of bedford texas,
[1:18:50] authorizing the city manager to negotiate and execute an economic development program agreement pursuant to chapter 380 of
[1:18:55] the texas local government code in the city's economic development policy by and between the city of bedford texas and sgsc fund,
[1:19:03] llc for improvements to the stone gate shopping center located at 1305 and 13 brown trail.
[1:19:09] give you economic development manager christian smith. Thank you. Welcome to your debut.
[1:19:13] >> thank you, mayor, council, christian smith. Today staff is bringing forward
[1:19:19] a resolution to authorize the city managers to negotiate and execute an economic development agreement for
[1:19:25] proposed revitalization of the stonegate shopping center. The property was recently acquired by center point commercial,
[1:19:32] and the new ownership seeks to make improvements to the facades of both buildings of the site,
[1:19:36] extend a portion of the building that's adjacent to turning point brewery into a food court pavilion and make some improvements to the parking lot.
[1:19:44] before I forget, we do have mark cohen here from center point commercial available for questions as well.
[1:19:51] just to go as oriented, this is the project location at at the corner of brown trail and bedford road outlined here in yellow.
[1:19:57] I'm going to flip through a couple of slides here. These just outlined the current condition of the site.
[1:20:03] here's that larger building facing turning point, and then the other building just off to the side of the parking lot.
[1:20:09] the proposed improvement, as you can see here on this rendering, redoing the exterior facades,
[1:20:14] having some extended verticality and new colors mixed materials on the top.
[1:20:19] then in the center here just off to the left, you can see that addition of the food co pavilion,
[1:20:25] a little over 7,000 square feet. Then this just shows the two main tenants of the larger building on site,
[1:20:31] and then just showing in this view what some of those food court kiosk would look like with the extension.
[1:20:38] this project aligns with council's approved strategic and comp plan. Specifically strategic plan focus area 2, economic development,
[1:20:45] promoting high quality economic growth and business development to expand and diversify the tax base and enhance the quality of life for beefed residents.
[1:20:52] then specifically within the comp plan, it calls out the stonegate district, which to kick off revitalization they're doing so incrementally.
[1:20:59] building upon the existing character within the zone, based off of its reasonable values to offer
[1:21:04] a more affordable approach to business development and revitalization.
[1:21:09] the proposed terms of the 3d agreement would be
[1:21:13] a minimum capital investment on the part of the company at $850,000 to do that work.
[1:21:18] the scope of that project, again, would include improvements, the facade of both buildings, parking lot,
[1:21:22] expansion of that northern building to create that food hall pavilion. Upon completion of those obligations,
[1:21:28] the city would provide a one time grant of $200,000 that would be provided to the company after the minimum capital investment has been spent.
[1:21:34] then a five year 50% sales tax rebate upon completion of those improvements.
[1:21:39] the combined total of which from the city's part would not exceed $300,000.
[1:21:45] this just breaks up what I just laid out just in a different form.
[1:21:49] we'll have the $200,000 grant. Then this just breaks down sales and property tax collections over a 10- year period,
[1:21:56] just to give you another idea of what that would look like. On the top chart is sales tax over a 10-year period,
[1:22:02] so you can see the portion that the city would be rebating under this agreement and then the portion that's being retained over the 5-year period,
[1:22:09] we would estimate a maxing out grant of $100,000 for the sales tax rebate,
[1:22:14] and then over a 10-year period, the city would retain a little over 300,000 property taxes listed here,
[1:22:19] not because they're part of this agreement, but just to let you know what the incremental property tax collections
[1:22:24] would be based off of the investment on the part of the developer. The bottom is just a really quick equation
[1:22:31] just to show what the 10-year return on investment to the city would be. You take the gain of investment minus the rebate,
[1:22:36] divided by the value of the rebate, and it's about a 50% return on the city's investment over
[1:22:41] that period of time. Any questions? >> yes. Question. That's what we're gating.
[1:22:47] >> thank you, mayor kogan. I would like to say this from the very topest of mountain tops.
[1:22:54] I move to approve this. I am looking I have been looking so forward to this development.
[1:23:00] I've spoken to many patrons, that parking lot is terrible. I've maybe been through it a couple of times.
[1:23:05] but I am so excited about that stonegate development.
[1:23:09] I've been waiting for this day, and that, I believe, is going to be a huge draw for a larger area.
[1:23:18] I moved to approve. >> thank you. I think,
[1:23:25] approve let me have a second. I do have questions.
[1:23:30] [laughter] I do have questions, and so we can still debate it.
[1:23:35] the motion is still on the table, and I will allow us to vote momentarily.
[1:23:42] >> [inaudible]. >> we still have correct. We just don't normally do that in our meeting.
[1:23:48] normally, we're just ready to go. With that, looking at the contract,
[1:23:55] a couple of things that we're holding them to just by looking at it.
[1:23:59] they have to get the work started within a year, is that correct? >> two years, by the end of 2027.
[1:24:05] that's really just to provide just extra time. All the conversations we've had with the development team.
[1:24:11] they would not take that long. >> just to because it such a critical realize or get it started.
[1:24:16] to initiate improvements. >> initiate improvement. >> yes.
[1:24:21] >> to commence construction. Got you. We're holes holding them to that end, as well,
[1:24:27] once they provide us receipts of $850,000,
[1:24:31] that's when this gets kicked in with the grant of 200,000. The sales tax.
[1:24:36] >> yes, sir. That's the trigger. >> that's the trigger. >> looking at looking at this,
[1:24:42] we're just talking about facades, but in the definitions, it also included exterior enhancements, repairs,
[1:24:47] including parking lot, repairs, landscaping, painting, all of that.
[1:24:51] is that off the table, parking lot, any of those others?
[1:24:56] >> that's all inclusive. The point of describing it that way as facade improvements was conceived as
[1:25:03] an all inclusive term to render the property in substantial similarity to the renderings provided.
[1:25:08] >> also, considering that there's a lot of businesses there,
[1:25:12] we're going to have access to their records and for sales tax purposes.
[1:25:17] >> there's a couple of ways we can do this. It gets a little complicated.
[1:25:22] what we'll do is, once all the company's conditions
[1:25:28] have been met and there's a request for a payment, at that point, the city will make a request to the state comptroller for
[1:25:36] the list of addresses within this property to be provided a confidential sales tax report,
[1:25:42] and that will just provide us the gross receipts from the area for the purposes of calculating a rebate.
[1:25:47] where it gets a little tricky is if there's less than four tenants there, that report cannot be provided to us because it violates confidentiality.
[1:25:54] we've tried to put some language in the agreement that just says, in that situation,
[1:25:59] the city would use its good faith efforts with the means it has available to derive an amount for rebate.
[1:26:05] but that's functionally how that would work. >> because we're not talking one business,
[1:26:10] and usually when we do these economic development agreements, we're talking about one business, one entity.
[1:26:14] this is a little bit different when we're talking about a whole property encompassing multiple business.
[1:26:18] >> that's exactly correct. >> let's see here. No property tax rebates at all. Just sales tax.
[1:26:27] where are we getting these funds from? The grant will come from the economic development fund.
[1:26:33] that is exactly what this fund is used for. Type of things. How much do we have in that fund?
[1:26:47] >> I knew you were going to ask that. [laughter] right now,
[1:26:53] including if you approve this tonight, we will end the year with 904,000.
[1:26:59] >> nine hundred and four thousand each year, each budget cycle, we allocate.
[1:27:03] >> we do. Right now, we're only putting in 5,000 from the general fund.
[1:27:08] a couple of years ago, we were also putting in funds from the 4b fund, and we pause that for a little bit.
[1:27:13] we have talked with the 4b board about starting that backup again, and I think that's probably something we're going to have
[1:27:18] to consider to build this fund back up. We may not be able to do the 250.
[1:27:23] it'll just be how we'll just have to look and see what that fund can support. >> correct. That's good.
[1:27:28] that's good to know going forward because I forse us wanting to do more of these, especially good partners with shopping centers to beautify city.
[1:27:35] then I'll echo, council member gagari this is something that has been a long time coming and that we are very interested in doing.
[1:27:40] >> yes. >> that's good to know. Very good. I do have some questions. Thank you, amy.
[1:27:45] >> yes. >> I appreciate that. Thank you. I do some questions for the applicant as to what they're preparing to do.
[1:27:51] if we could get to the picture on the presentation of what it's being proposed. There you go.
[1:27:59] >> hi. Good evening. >> good evening. Mark cohen was center point commercial properties.
[1:28:04] I hesitate to come up because I was told long ago in business that when you close the deal, be quiet.
[1:28:10] [laughter] but no, I'm happy to answer any questions.
[1:28:14] >> I don't mean to throw wrench in things. Now, I just want to know looking at this.
[1:28:19] first off, thank you so much for being a good partner with the city. >> absolutely.
[1:28:24] >> this is a real pivotal shopping center here to
[1:28:29] the south side that we're really interested and really enhancing. I'm looking at this. What enhancements are you thinking about doing to this property?
[1:28:39] >> everything you see here contemplating has actually been turned in to building inspections.
[1:28:45] mr. Morrison has been kind enough to let us go ahead and begin the,
[1:28:49] permitting process without our final contractor selected.
[1:28:54] we've been taking bids. We wanted to have those finalized so we can actually get
[1:28:58] the proper bids completed so that we can start. Our goal, we're way behind schedule at this point.
[1:29:05] few hurdles. We had some trouble with the structural element originally
[1:29:11] and getting approved designs from engineers for the food pavilion.
[1:29:16] over the course of a year, the entire project has morphed into this much larger,
[1:29:24] much more involved section. Originally, it was really going to just be
[1:29:28] three little containers out there to sell food.
[1:29:32] we started to realize there was a big draw and a very big interest with the turning point crowd and as well,
[1:29:40] there really isn't anything like this in multiple miles in multiple directions.
[1:29:46] we feel like there's a large need here. We're making a size-able investment,
[1:29:52] much larger than we originally had planned. That's part of why the incentive package is important to
[1:29:56] us because we've already blown our original budget. But it it'll turn around,
[1:30:03] and hopefully it will effectuate a worthy return. We've been very selective.
[1:30:08] we haven't made some leases that we originally opted not to do because
[1:30:15] we wanted to let this thing get open to create that synergy and pull in better quality tennis.
[1:30:22] >> goofing to the atp pickleball. >> atp pickleball. Yes. That was the first one,
[1:30:28] and that was unexpected, but a lot of entertainment. Part of the facia,
[1:30:33] what we did originally was to [inaudible] the building, and some of this was cost engineered.
[1:30:40] to make it look really good without spending a lot of money. Currently, there's no screen wall,
[1:30:44] and so what we're actually going to do is put a what you see along the facia.
[1:30:50] there's if you go to the photograph, you'll see little grooves in the building, and so we've aligned this with that.
[1:30:55] we're putting vertical multi colored lights in those. Then we're creating an open fencing,
[1:31:04] if the best way, where you can see through it, but they're spaced about 8 " apart.
[1:31:08] it's going to give you that screening effect, give you a very modern feel,
[1:31:13] but still allow where it helped with some of the structural elements because of wind loads and some other things.
[1:31:18] there was some creative design done into that, and then we extended that into the pavilion,
[1:31:23] and now we've got roll up doors and an indoor outdoor facility.
[1:31:27] we added bathrooms, and so we've done some things that really we felt like were important to have a successful venue.
[1:31:35] >> good. Appreciate it. I wanted to throw it out there so when people are looking at this picture,
[1:31:40] what are they seeing? Those multicolred lights. There are going to be lights that are going to be on there.
[1:31:45] >> yes. >> very good. It's going to really enhance this space, and really create a draw for this area.
[1:31:52] I can't stress enough how excited we are about this partnership about seeing this,
[1:31:58] unfold in the future, because I think it's going to be good and it's great that it's on our south side of bedford,
[1:32:04] really giving us more commerce down there. >> we're excited as well. Yes.
[1:32:10] >> councilman farco. >> yes. Thank you. Appreciate you because I really like the words of blowing budget
[1:32:17] sizable investments those are buzz words that we like to hear.
[1:32:23] I really do. I applaud you. This is something that's been very much needed in that area.
[1:32:30] I think it's what you're talking about, I think it'll be perfect for down there.
[1:32:36] I think it's going to enhance the economic development around there once this is finished, and you bring it in.
[1:32:43] thank you for investing in us and taking some time and if we can help you in any other way.
[1:32:49] do you have other tenants that you're looking at bringing in? >> we do, we're talking to a handful.
[1:32:56] we've got actually at this point, more tenants for the kiosks within the venue than we actually have space for.
[1:33:03] we have a designed for three with room for a fourth.
[1:33:08] we're going to wait on the fourth one. But we're going to go ahead and build out and see how that works and traffic flow,
[1:33:14] make sure we don't create bottleenecks and other problems and make sure that everything
[1:33:18] flows nicely between turning point pickleball and the venue as well.
[1:33:24] we've got multiple entertainment concepts that are interested in the remaining space.
[1:33:30] we've downsized turning point to improve their sales and improve their longevity,
[1:33:38] and then took the larger section, which they expanded into and are going to lease that.
[1:33:44] we're looking at some ways of maybe expanding our current tenants that are in there, and then some smaller tenants when I say small.
[1:33:52] that's a 12,000 foot space. Trying to get it maybe to eight would be better.
[1:33:56] we've got some nationals that have had interest that we're not sure of the right fit. We're real synergistic when we select tenants.
[1:34:03] we don't pick the first people who come along and want to pay us rent. There's a lot of tenants that'll pay us a lot of money for uses that we don't like.
[1:34:10] we're not always about it's not all about bottom dollars. >> there you go, using this but wears again.
[1:34:16] you're doing a good job. Thank you very much. That's it, mr. Mayor for me. >> very good. Any other discussion, councilwoman robin.
[1:34:23] >> I have a couple of questions, even though I already seconded. Is the name going to stay the same stonegate shopping center?
[1:34:31] >> yes. Part of this pavilion, we've been working on similar concepts in other parts of town going back to about 2020,
[1:34:39] none have been able to pull together the way we've wanted. We had some success on one that,
[1:34:45] unfortunately, covid ended up killing that. But we're building off of that same concept.
[1:34:52] this is a smaller scale. But we've got some branding for those. Now, the stonegate will remain.
[1:34:58] but as far as the pavilion and the synergy that we're creating.
[1:35:03] we have some names that we're wrapping up that will get some signage to create a brand that you can go to
[1:35:09] other parts of the metroplex and find something so you know what to expect without it being an actual business name.
[1:35:16] >> I'm also excited that the parking lots going to look better.
[1:35:22] >> that's usually the very first thing we do when we're finished with construction.
[1:35:27] if people can't park. >> councilwoman [inaudible]. >> is there any chance that you
[1:35:33] could either knock down that little kiosk that's in the front of your parking lot?
[1:35:38] >> we don't own it. >> I know, but could you buy it [laughter] or knock it down?
[1:35:45] >> it's been proposed. >> thank you.
[1:35:50] >> seeing no other discussion. We do have a motion on the table, so gag went ahead and made an approved motion to approve.
[1:35:58] we have a second by counsel donovan brandon. Let's go ahead and vote and that surprise, it passes unanimously.
[1:36:08] thank you, counsel. Thank you, staff. Good day, christian. Moving on.
[1:36:15] >> item number 6. Consider a resolution authorizing the city manager or doesn't need to execute a professional services contract with
[1:36:23] lowe's design to provide a professional services for the design of four tennis courts and 4-6 pickle ball courts at generations park at boy's ranch,
[1:36:31] and an amount not to exceed $222,000 parks and recreation director, mark law.
[1:36:37] >> thank you mayor. Good evening, council. I will try to be quick. This has been a long process for me.
[1:36:43] as you know this is part of the grant through the texas parks and wildlife department,
[1:36:49] I will remind you that our side of that is 750,000.
[1:36:54] the state side is 750,000 for a grand total of 1.5 million of this tennis court and pickle ball.
[1:37:03] we're a little over a million budgeted towards the court side of things.
[1:37:10] this r750 was budgeted out of the phase next bond,
[1:37:16] and I'll get into some numbers and things like that here later. Forgive me, my throat or my voice is about to go.
[1:37:25] again, this is an item is to enter into a professional service agreement with lowe's design.
[1:37:32] lowe's, I think they're out in ashville, and I have david mccaskill, who's here tonight.
[1:37:38] if we have any questions related to the design of the proposal, but this is for design of the tennis and pickle ball courts.
[1:37:44] the location of those are the five acres or just short of five acres north of the bedford centered ymca,
[1:37:51] directly east of the post office or what we in parks call the masquite lot.
[1:37:56] it's where we park all the cars and overflow from all of our special events.
[1:38:01] I do want you to know that while the texas parks and wildlife grant funds will support
[1:38:06] specific portions of the overall project, the design phase covered under this agreement is not
[1:38:12] eligible for reimbursement through the texas parks and wildlife department.
[1:38:18] basically, when we went and we applied for this grant back in 2002 or 2001,
[1:38:24] the city did not budget for professional services within that.
[1:38:29] we do not have the ability to use grant funds for design services.
[1:38:36] to move this project forward, we need to find funds from outside of the grant to get this done.
[1:38:44] I'm going to move all over the place here. I do want to talk about lowe's,
[1:38:48] because they are before you tonight. Part of the scope included in their proposal.
[1:38:55] they will be taking care of most of all the geotechnical engineering,
[1:39:00] civil engineering, landscaping, structural, electrical.
[1:39:05] they will also do some master planning of the site. Obviously, they'll need to do that as part of the design process.
[1:39:11] they will do some conceptual planning. Dds, design development will be part of that,
[1:39:18] and they will obviously prepare the construction documents that we will take forward through the bid process.
[1:39:24] with that said, they will also support the bid servicing. We have a really good purchasing department here with angie miles.
[1:39:31] she will handle all of those bidding services. If we get into some technical terminology that we can't answer.
[1:39:38] we will bring lowe's in on that, and they will be a part of that. Then, of course, they will support
[1:39:43] the construction related services once we break ground.
[1:39:47] they will also provide us a preliminary scope of opinion of probable cost as part of this as well.
[1:39:55] I do want to be upfront and I'm honest with you and say that we do know that
[1:40:00] construction costs for the courts alone will come in higher than what we have budgeted.
[1:40:05] as I said, we have just over a million in the grant. We do believe we're estimating.
[1:40:11] I don't want to throw any numbers out here and have you hold me to this, but we do think it's going to be worth of 1.6
[1:40:17] million to about maybe a little over two million that we need to be prepared for.
[1:40:22] this means that we're going to have to use interest earnings from the face next bond to pay for that.
[1:40:31] let me see here. We will have to use the interest earning from
[1:40:37] the face next bond for the construction costs on top of the grant funds,
[1:40:42] the million dollar that we'll be using. There are four other elements to this.
[1:40:46] we've talked about shade structures. We've talked about disc off additions,
[1:40:51] hike and bike trail. Those are all coming into the budget right now,
[1:40:57] so we won't need to use any of the interest earnings towards those projects. We are going to try to work with lowe's as far as
[1:41:03] the trail segment that maybe they can help design some of that section.
[1:41:09] we did lose from the original grant. We did lose what we said in the grant we were going to put in as far as trail goes.
[1:41:18] at some point in time, we did that during the build of the center.
[1:41:23] we do currently have approximately $835,000 in the phase next interest earnings.
[1:41:31] approximately 220 of that, if approved tonight, will go to the design and a good majority,
[1:41:38] if not all of the remaining 615,000 ish.
[1:41:42] I do think we'll have to go to the construction side of things.
[1:41:48] I would prepare for that. I do want to mention because $835,000 is a lot of money that per bond language,
[1:41:57] we are required to use these funds only at generations park at boy's ranch.
[1:42:03] I want to make that very clear. We do think this is an acceptable use of the money,
[1:42:10] and it allows us to complete this project that has been on my desk for a long time.
[1:42:16] this project obviously needs professional design firm to design the site layout and put construction documents together.
[1:42:23] what you'll find with this, I don't know if any of you've looked at this site. It is a very complex site.
[1:42:28] mr. Mccaskill behind me said, it's not that big of a deal. I do think it's pretty complex.
[1:42:34] we have a lot of elevation changes throughout the site. There are drainage concerns that we must address from a civil engineering standpoint.
[1:42:41] the site will need retaining walls most likely just because of the elevation change.
[1:42:46] I think there's 40 feet of
[1:42:51] change from south to north or from the bedford center to harwood.
[1:42:57] we'll have to address those things. We'll need to contend with existing underground utilities,
[1:43:02] and we need to look at parking. We also, of course, need to look at accessibility requirements,
[1:43:07] and we need to address those to make sure we're in accordance with tdlr.
[1:43:14] also mentioned one of the bigger things with this and probably one of the most frustrating things
[1:43:19] and I know councilman steve has heard me update the parks board is we can't get a notice to proceed from the state of
[1:43:25] texas without stamped documents.
[1:43:30] that is in our holding pattern right now with some of the other projects.
[1:43:34] they just have several requirements that we have to follow. With this, we need a design team of engineers and
[1:43:41] architects to come in and stamp these drawings and let us move forward with that.
[1:43:45] lowe's is the capability to do this. They have very similar projects throughout the united states that they've done.
[1:43:53] we are excited about working with them. Given the conditions professional design service are
[1:43:59] essential to deliver a safe functional and cost effective project.
[1:44:03] lowe's has the technical expertise and the experience needed to complete this complex design work.
[1:44:09] really to get this project done, we've got to have them. Time frame on this project,
[1:44:17] they're looking at six months for the design and construction documents to be put together,
[1:44:23] two months for bidding and construction contract negotiations.
[1:44:27] then we're looking at 6-8 months for actual construction of the tennis and pickle ball courts.
[1:44:34] if we approve it tonight, we do have a meeting scheduled for thursday with the design team,
[1:44:39] and we will obviously work hard to keep this project on schedule and within the budget that we come up with.
[1:44:46] that really concludes what I have. As I mentioned, we do have david mccaskill here with lowe's.
[1:44:51] he is one of the vice presidents. He's able to answer any questions specific to the proposal and maybe some of the construction.
[1:44:59] I'm here to answer any questions on behalf of the city, and if we get into finances,
[1:45:03] I'll take a shot at it, but we do have karen here answer those.
[1:45:08] >> thank you so much, mark for that summary. I think I speak for everyone when very excited about this.
[1:45:15] this is much needed for the pickle ball and tennis ball courts. This has been something that has been talked about.
[1:45:20] gosh, I want to say pre-pandemic almost. I remember actually pandemic sitting in here
[1:45:27] discussing where we're going to put tennis ball courts. It's been a long time coming,
[1:45:31] very excited to see this going underway, and I know that despite,
[1:45:36] it might come in a little bit more, I know that karen can work her magic, and we'll make sure we'll get it done.
[1:45:42] I do feel that very positive that this is going to be a great asset to the city and I know we're going to get this done.
[1:45:48] with that, council, any questions? Mayor pro tem dawkins. >> thanks, mr. Mayor. Mark,
[1:45:55] with the grant, it wasn't just the tennis and pickle ball courts.
[1:46:00] it was those other projects you talked about. >> correct. >> I guess I need some reminders.
[1:46:07] was the skate park any part of the consideration for any parks or anything like that?
[1:46:13] my only concern is, pickle ball is very popular now, so we're have a private business that's already coming.
[1:46:20] I know but ymca participants
[1:46:27] are taking over the courts to do pickle ball there and so now we're building an additional court that,
[1:46:32] I guess anyone can use. I just concerned that at some point,
[1:46:37] people are going to be over it. I guess the designers can help us have something flexible where,
[1:46:46] is it my understanding that a tennis ball court can't be a pickle ball court,
[1:46:52] but it can't be vice versa? Or is there some flexibility?
[1:46:56] >> you can put several pickle ball courts on a tennis court. Now, purist and I won't even call them purist anymore,
[1:47:03] just anyone who plays pickle ball, they're not probably going to like a tennis court
[1:47:09] being converted to pickle ball, and vice versa.
[1:47:15] >> yeah, I just know that was a young man who came a couple of years ago.
[1:47:21] that was an additional element that I just want to keep top of fine of additional things that we want to bring in terms of red parks,
[1:47:28] but I'm really happy that we're moving forward with this project. >> yeah. To answer that question,
[1:47:34] and is mr. Washington who came, he did a really good job of doing that.
[1:47:38] this was specific to these five elements, which was submitted to the texas parks and wildlife department.
[1:47:47] from my standpoint, we also look at master plans. We have a priority list that we use that as our bible.
[1:47:58] what the citizens rank. I will tell you that, unfortunately,
[1:48:02] in ours skate park, did not. Now, I do hear chatter online. Every once in a while.
[1:48:08] I don't have social media, but I do have people that tell me that we do have people that still bring up the skate park.
[1:48:14] it's out there. We're aware of it. It's just in the ranking system. I don't know if it even ranks in the top 20.
[1:48:21] I don't want to say it doesn't, but I'd have to go back and look. >> very good. Any additional questions for mark?
[1:48:27] we go. Councilman simons. >> who who would run this mark?
[1:48:34] would it be us or the why? >> we we would run it.
[1:48:39] tennis courts like this. It's not a tennis center,
[1:48:43] so four tennis courts. Really, I think, and I've had a conversation with david earlier last week,
[1:48:48] I think we try to get as many pickle ball courts as we can. I think we would go a six.
[1:48:53] that is more of a self-paced type complex where
[1:48:58] we may internally in house do just a reservation system.
[1:49:03] we wouldn't charge any money for that initially, unless we saw it as an opportunity for revenue,
[1:49:10] which does happen, but we would probably just do a reservation system of some sort.
[1:49:16] >> how would they get in? >> it'll be open. It will have lights.
[1:49:22] at curfew or whatever to, probably 10:30, we would have those lights would turn off,
[1:49:27] so, but they would be open to the public. >> any additional questions? Seeing no,
[1:49:34] I'll entertain a motion. Motion to approve by council member gag hardy. Do I have a second?
[1:49:40] second by council member donovan brandon. Let's go and vote.
[1:49:49] that passes unanimously as well. Thank you, council. Thank you staff. Next up.
[1:49:56] consider resolution authorizing the city manager her designee to enter into an amendment to the ground and tower lease agreement with
[1:50:03] new singular wireless pcs llc for cellular equipment located at the water tower at 537 bedford road.
[1:50:11] give you assistant city manager karen riggs. >> good evening, mayor and council.
[1:50:15] normally, this item would be on consent, but based on some history, I didn't think you guys had ever seen anything like this before,
[1:50:21] so I just wanted to put it on new business so we could have a brief conversation. This is an existing lease.
[1:50:27] basically, cell companies lease space from us to put their equipment on water towers,
[1:50:33] or sometimes it's just a cell tower equipment. It could be sometimes in a park,
[1:50:37] it can be on fire station, property, things like that. We currently have 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 current lease agreements. This one is up in 27.
[1:50:47] they like to get ahead of it, because if for some reason, a city chooses not to renew it,
[1:50:52] that gives them ample time to find additional space somewhere else so that they can still serve their customers.
[1:50:57] that's why it's a couple of years ahead before it expires. This is just a renewal.
[1:51:02] we did another 25 year renewal with five year increments. This one had 15% rate escalations.
[1:51:10] we negotiated a 10%. They were trying to come at me with a lowering their rent altogether.
[1:51:17] I said, no, absolutely not. It's not how we operate. We kept the rent flat for five years,
[1:51:24] and then we did a 10% escalation. We do currently have one lease agreement that does have
[1:51:28] a 10% lease rate escalation built in as well. It didn't seem too far out of the norm.
[1:51:35] just for some historical purposes, there are anywhere between 10-15 is pretty norm,
[1:51:42] so 10% is not abnormal. That's why this is on new business,
[1:51:46] cause I just figured you guys had never seen anything like this before. I wanted to bring it. If you had any questions,
[1:51:51] I'd do my best to answer them for you. >> how much are we charging them for currently?
[1:51:56] >> right now, they pay $4,372.52 a month.
[1:52:03] just to give you an idea between all of our current tower rentals for budget purposes in our current year budget,
[1:52:10] we're expecting $272,400 in revenue. >> wow. I was not aware that we had that
[1:52:17] much allocated to leases for these type of things. It's good to know. Thank you.
[1:52:23] any additional questions? Yes. Guess what we're done with brennan.
[1:52:27] >> thank you, mr. Mayor. Is this a competitive thing where we could not approve it,
[1:52:33] and somebody else would give us more? >> they could go somewhere else.
[1:52:38] >> got it. >> yeah. >> which is probably more likely that it'll happen.
[1:52:44] >> probably. >> I'm assuming that, the competition for that.
[1:52:49] I don't know if there is much. >> if you think about what they're trying to do is serve their customers so they could
[1:52:54] stay here and we could get revenue or they could go here, still serve their customers,
[1:52:59] but it may not be in our city limits. It may be in the city next to us.
[1:53:03] it's one of those things. >> very good. I'll not hear your motion to approve by council.
[1:53:12] second by council member gagliardi. Let's go ahead and vote.
[1:53:20] >> that passage names as well. Thank you very much. >> thank you.
[1:53:25] >> item number 8. Consider resolution authorizing and casting
[1:53:31] of city bedfords allocated votes for appointment on the terran appraisal district board of directors.
[1:53:35] give to city manager andrea roy. >> mayor, I think this is almost a tag team two of us.
[1:53:42] but just quick recap. We are here tonight again to cast our vote for there are two open positions,
[1:53:51] available positions with the terra appraisal district board. You have your choices of michael alfred,
[1:53:57] wendy burges, eric rel, and said. I think over the last few months,
[1:54:03] I've shared information on all of those candidates with you. Then tonight at your place,
[1:54:08] I did provide a list of the current voting tabulations as of
[1:54:13] 01:00 today as to what entities have cast their votes.
[1:54:17] of the 2,000 votes, we get 11. Perspective wise, it's probably not something we would want to split apart.
[1:54:27] then I will let you all discuss potential candidates somewhere you'd like to place those 11 votes.
[1:54:33] >> absolutely. Yes. Just for counsel,
[1:54:37] I'm sure you probably get them the emails as well from our resident and current tad board member, fred campos,
[1:54:46] who is vehemently against the reappraisal plan that we are currently under, where they are not appraising properties every year,
[1:54:52] but every two years, which led to us to raise taxes this past year.
[1:54:58] I know we are all against that. His recommendations, based on that,
[1:55:04] were for wendy burges or eric kryl.
[1:55:08] you may remember that eric kryl has come to some of our meetings and spoken and both those candidates are against that reappraisal plan.
[1:55:15] I foresee that they would be good allies to have on the tad board, to give him some backup.
[1:55:21] I'm hopes that both of them can win as we can get back to appraising values yearly.
[1:55:27] with that, you can see that currently, miss burges is at 492 in second place,
[1:55:34] and eric kryl is at 5:52, and mr. Mike alfred is 476.
[1:55:40] again, we're trying to get the top two candidates elected here.
[1:55:45] if we want that reappraisal plan completely done away with, we need mr. Kryl and miss burges to pull ahead. Yes. Counsel.
[1:55:57] >> we vote for eric kryl and wendy burges 11 votes two different positions.
[1:56:04] vote in each position. >> eleven total. Vote for wendy burges.
[1:56:09] wendy burges, just to skip and get her ahead. Do I have a second from that?
[1:56:13] ma'am. That's fine. I have a second. To allocate all 11 votes from cosmerargo to miss burges,
[1:56:21] second by customer gang. Yes. Mayor pro tem dawkins.
[1:56:27] >> thanks mr. Mayor. I know that this is for the current positions,
[1:56:32] but then we're going to have another position open up. Right? >> from my understanding,
[1:56:37] that one is going to be appointed by the board. Mr. Blaylock, who's currently on the board, from my understand,
[1:56:46] he's running for texas house, which then leaves a vacancy, and of course,
[1:56:50] he waited too late to be a part of this. We can't vote on this as an entity,
[1:56:54] but they were going to have to appoint within themselves to fill that position. Thank you. Very good.
[1:57:01] with that, we'll go ahead and vote.
[1:57:10] that passes unanimously. Thank you, counsel. Thank you staff. Moving along, two reports.
[1:57:21] I think we all in christmas spirits. It's time. It's time for christmas spirits.
[1:57:29] I hope we take a picture after all of this. Oh, my gosh.
[1:57:34] look at this. Very good.
[1:57:41] oh, this is hilarious. Anyways, next year, we will have one from brin and andrea.
[1:57:53] pass down. There's not another one.
[1:58:22] we are definitely getting in the spirit here. I know.
[1:58:28] for council member, mayor reports, I do have some things I'd like to discuss on november 25.
[1:58:35] I had the opportunity to be at the hrv chamber for the ribbon cutting for dr. Snowball,
[1:58:41] which operates heating and cooling, hva systems within our community.
[1:58:46] just what a lovely family owned business. They need our support exponentially.
[1:58:53] they told me they had a rough year starting their business,
[1:58:59] and there's a lot of competition out there. But wow these are the type of family and type of business we need to support.
[1:59:06] if you have any issues or any questions with heating or cooling, definitely check out dr. Snowball.
[1:59:12] we definitely need their support. Also, on december 1st,
[1:59:16] had mayor's council during that meeting, we had an update from fort worth city,
[1:59:24] as well as guest speaker, police chief of fort worth, eddie garcia,
[1:59:28] shared with us his plans for the department, and we ragged on him a little bit for not stealing some of our police officers.
[1:59:38] but he had some good information about recruitment and retention,
[1:59:44] about being competitive with benefits and showing that support for your police department.
[1:59:51] I can say, just from this counsel, from everybody, as soon as he said it, he's like,
[1:59:56] the first number one thing is support your police department, I said, b, we got that.
[2:00:00] we absolutely support our police department. That was a good information.
[2:00:05] I'd also like to talk about during that meeting, there was a health update, which I always find interesting.
[2:00:11] the flu cases are down this year as opposed to last year.
[2:00:15] the only problem is the new strain the h3n2 mutated.
[2:00:19] if you got a, a shot vaccine for that,
[2:00:24] still going to be effective, but it may not be as effective because of that mutation.
[2:00:28] does that mean you don't get the vaccine? No, please, it's still recommend to get the vaccine,
[2:00:33] see the gentleman over here to my right faculty for that.
[2:00:38] also, covid in the county is almost virtually nonexistent, according to the record.
[2:00:45] that is a nice, positive one to go away with. There is an uptick in the norovirus,
[2:00:51] which is stomach bugs. If you get that, stay home,
[2:00:56] get better because that is a very contagious one that we don't want around.
[2:01:02] then also last thursday, had the pleasure of being part of
[2:01:07] the hb chambers leadership heb session with lunch with the mayors.
[2:01:12] got to share, why I ran for office, a little bit about bedford,
[2:01:17] its history, the challenges we face, as well as talking about the opportunities and giving a good example of
[2:01:24] our strategies here at the city of redeveloping bedford and giving campus west as a good example there.
[2:01:30] it was a good meeting there. I think mayor pro tem dawkins, you're in that class,
[2:01:35] and you probably share more about the economic side of things, but all in all had a good time with the chamber there.
[2:01:41] last and certainly, not least. Last friday, december 5,
[2:01:47] we had our annual christmas tree lighting. Oh, my goodness. What an amazing event that was.
[2:01:55] I want to say, personally, a big thank you to the whole whole city,
[2:02:01] because this doesn't take just one department. It is a whole city effort to pull off this thing for
[2:02:06] communications to go out there and get everybody out there, I think we had around 5,000 people show up to this event,
[2:02:14] to our police department for providing security, to our parks department for setting everything up.
[2:02:19] what a tremendous event. I had people at my daughter's school coming up to me saying how
[2:02:24] great that event was and just starting starting a new tradition.
[2:02:29] I remember a year ago, sitting in andrea's office when we discussed moving
[2:02:33] it to generations park, and I thought to myself, oh, boy, if you're going to move it to generations park,
[2:02:38] you better make it the best tree lighting ever. I just got to say mission accomplished.
[2:02:44] great job team, great job city, a fabulous event, looking forward to expanding it even more next year.
[2:02:52] with that, also want to wish everyone happy holidays.
[2:02:57] merry christmas, of course, spend time with your families, enjoy this time.
[2:03:03] we don't have another meeting for, like, over a month. Five weeks til next year.
[2:03:09] use this time, spend it with the ones you love, and we're going to come back full swing for the new year.
[2:03:15] thank you all very much. We will go with boards and commissions animal shelter advisory.
[2:03:23] >> thank you, mr. Mayor. I want to thank you to the friends of the bedford animal shelter for all they are doing,
[2:03:28] and councilwoman, amy sel for starting that and getting that going.
[2:03:33] we want you to remember that the weather's going to turn cold, so to make sure that you take care of your pets that they're inside that they're warm,
[2:03:39] and that donations are always welcome at the shelter. They're taking donations right now,
[2:03:45] so anything that you want to do, they'll take, and we just appreciate the job that they're doing over there this time of the year.
[2:03:52] also, that this thursday is the hb chamber of commerce annual luncheon,
[2:03:57] and they have harmony from trinity will be singing. It'll be a great time, and look forward to everybody who's going to come out to that.
[2:04:04] that's this thursday at texas star. >> very good. Beautification advisory board.
[2:04:10] >> thanks, mr. Mayor. Before I go into the advisory board updates,
[2:04:14] I did want to highlight with leadership heb being part of the 2026 class.
[2:04:19] and so the economic tour of cities, I feel like bedford did a great job setting the standard. Bedford went first.
[2:04:26] andrea and christian did get on the bus and give us swag
[2:04:30] for the city of bedford and laid out a map of all the economic development opportunities.
[2:04:35] also pointed out, like, things are going on like utility upgrades with the bedford road and brown trail.
[2:04:42] we visited the hot spots like stone gate development, campus west.
[2:04:49] because we first, we get to talk about hrb, and we talked about the challenges of cheeks barger and things like that.
[2:04:56] again, setting the standard, where I feel like the other cities did it differently.
[2:05:01] that's some of my feedback that we probably should be standardized, but I do want to give kudos to andrea and christian of really making bedford look good.
[2:05:12] I'm proud to be part of the city. >> absolutely. >> I'm proud of the council with that representation.
[2:05:19] in terms of beautification, we technically did not meet in november.
[2:05:23] but the advisory board has gotten
[2:05:27] really great feedback about the trees that were planted adjourns park.
[2:05:31] going into next year, the board is going to have a concerted effort in having
[2:05:37] a tree planned just given that that is something that this community cares about. That concludes my report.
[2:05:43] >> good. Next up, library advisory board. >> thank you, mr. Mayor.
[2:05:49] we want to say a big thank you to everyone who supported a bedford christmas.
[2:05:54] the library foundation raised more than $9,000,
[2:05:59] and that money will go to children's literacy initiatives to fund reading and stem kits.
[2:06:06] there's been a change that will start in january people who
[2:06:11] want to have access to one of our very popular study rooms,
[2:06:15] we'll need to have a library card to check out a study room.
[2:06:20] then of the library board. I do have a couple of things that I'm going off topic.
[2:06:27] >> go ahead. Sorry. >> congratulations to ld bell's band.
[2:06:31] only were they in the macy's parade. They were on the today show. I was amazing.
[2:06:37] that's so exciting. I'm so proud of not only the band,
[2:06:41] but all the people who supported them. I know it's a monumental task for the boosters.
[2:06:47] then this is not in bedford, but it is open to the people in bedford.
[2:06:53] for children or adults who have sensory issues,
[2:06:59] there's going to be a gentle nut cracker, and it's the first one that we know of in north texas.
[2:07:05] it is going to be aimed at people who might
[2:07:10] need accommodations that are different from a normal population.
[2:07:15] it's at 6:30 december 14, which is next sunday at im terrell performing art center.
[2:07:21] it's a state of the art performing art center. The lights will go down to 50%.
[2:07:27] the sound will be at 50%. If someone wants to get up and move, they may.
[2:07:32] it's an opportunity for people to come. Even with small children who just want to wiggle.
[2:07:37] it's okay at this one. It's north central ballet putting this on,
[2:07:41] and you go to the website to get tickets. I think it's $10. >> very good. Thank you so much. Parks and recreation.
[2:07:49] >> thank you, mayor. I'd like to echo your appreciation of the job
[2:07:54] that staff did this friday at the tree lighting ceremony. It's the best yet.
[2:07:59] it just amazing. The drone show, the whole nine yards was awesome.
[2:08:04] I'd like to thank the parks advisory board for coming out and manning the live reindeer station.
[2:08:10] that line was super long all night long. But it was a great time, and they did a great job.
[2:08:16] thank you to staff. Good job. >> absolutely. Senior advisory board.
[2:08:23] >> the board, nothing to report for that. But I unfortunately missed the tree lighting because I had to work at the pharmacy.
[2:08:30] but on my way home, I go up forest ridge, and it timed it about when the festivities ended.
[2:08:38] the sheer amount of people at that park.
[2:08:42] it looked like it was fourth. It was unbelievable.
[2:08:46] I'm just so proud that the staff did an amazing job.
[2:08:52] we are pulling from all communities at this point. That drone show. Come on.
[2:08:58] that was amazing. Unbelievable. I'm glad we didn't cancel christmas. Thank you.
[2:09:05] >> how could we? Look at us up here. How could we cancel christmas?
[2:09:10] but no, absolutely. I couldn't agree more. I met somebody who was from grand prairie and even mentioned.
[2:09:16] I know they have their parade of lights, but they said from the city's perspective, he said, "you guys got nothing on grand prairie" I said,
[2:09:21] oh, my. I'll take it. >> he lives really in grand prairie. >> what's that? >> does he really live?
[2:09:26] >> yes. I'll take it. I will take compliments where we can get him. Very good.
[2:09:32] thank you very much. City manager and staff reports. You took off your hat.
[2:09:37] >> it was hurting here [laughter] I have nothing to report [laughter]
[2:09:50] >> very good. Next up, we have executive session. We have pursuant to section 551072 and pursuant to section 551071,
[2:09:59] so we will be back. Afterwards, we're taking a picture with all this.
[2:10:11] we are back from executive, and there is no action to take.
[2:10:16] reaching the end, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. >> mayor kogan, I would love to move to adjourn this last meeting of the year.
[2:10:24] >> motion to adjourn from council gangli. Second. By council member parker.
[2:10:29] all in favor. Say aye. >> aye. >> ayes have it. >> we are officially adjourned at 9:00.
[2:10:34] merry christmas and a happy new year.