Dec 21, 2021 Commission Meetings

WELL, UH, I WANT TO EXPRESS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON IT.

I KNOW WE HAD THE, UH, ON THE CULTURAL ARTS BY MS. GARCIA.

UH, THERE WAS AN AWESOME EVENT ALSO.

UM, SO WE HAD THAT ALSO, AND THEN, UH, I HAD TO DASH OVER TO THE SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL ALSO WAS ACQUIRE THAT THEY HAD UNDER, UH, MR. MARTINEZ AND THE KIDS WERE AWESOME.

ALSO.

UM, LIKE A COMMISSIONER SAID WE HAD THE, UH, SEMINOLE PARADE, THE ROTARY, AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD, UH, ON SATURDAY, UH, WE HAD THE, UH, FROM THE SEMINAR PD, CHIEF.

WHERE ARE YOU AT CHIEF? C'MON NOPE, DON'T HIDE OVER THERE.

YEAH, YOU'RE UH, THE, UH, OFFICERS WERE AWESOME.

I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT, UH, ALL THE, THE GIVEAWAY OR THE TOYS.

UM, WE HAD THE SEVEN NEW PD OFFICERS OUT THERE ON THEIR CHEAPER DAY OUT.

UH, WE HAD, UH, SOME OF THE WALMART EMPLOYEES AND ALSO THE, UH, UH, SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL ROTC UNDER CHIEF.

UH, CHIEF, UH, UH, WILSON.

I WAS GOING TO SAY WATKINS, WHO WAS THE WILSON? CHIEF WILSON.

SO THAT WAS ALSO ANOTHER SUCCESSOR.

UM, THE, THE, UH, UH, THE FACE OF THE KIDS WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE, THE, THE, THE TOYS WAS SOMETHING TO BE LOOKED AT AND BE PROUD OF, THEY KNOW WHAT YOU ALL DID.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE DEPARTMENT, EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE ALSO.

AND, UH, UM, I DO REMEMBER THAT YOU HAD, UH, A LIEUTENANT THAT, UH, RETIRED ALSO THE, UM, UH, 29 YEARS.

UH, EVERYONE LOVES A PARADE.

SO, YOU KNOW, HE DID, UH, A LOT OF SERVICE TO SOMEBODY TO ALSO, SO I HAD TALKED TO HIM.

AWESOME.

UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THE, UH, CHRISTMAS PARADE, WE DID HAVE THE, UH, PRESENTATION OF AWARDS, UH, THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, UH, AND MY BELIEF, I THINK THEY'RE ALL WINNERS, BUT WE DID HAVE PLACED ONE, TWO AND THREE IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

AND IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, JUST LIKE EVERYONE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT PARADE.

UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID EARLIER,

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IT WAS REALLY NICE.

THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR, MS. SERONO.

UH, SHE DID A GREAT JOB, A FABULOUS JOB, AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY LIKED IT AND ENJOYED IT.

AND I DID TOO.

TO, I DON'T REMEMBER FIVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, ROUTE TO HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY, GOOD.

UM, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

UH, UH, WE GO

[5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes).]

MAY OR MAY IS MARTINEZ.

GOOD EVENING.

I JUST HEARD YOU ALL SAY AWESOME THINGS ABOUT THE PARADE, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

MY GRANDDAUGHTER, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THE PARADE.

SHE WAS WALKING BEHIND OR DANCING BEHIND THE LOWRIDER CARS AND ALL THOSE NICE LOOKING CARS.

WELL, SHE ENDED UP WITH CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING BECAUSE OF THE WALK BEHIND THE CARS OR THE DANCING.

SHE HAD TO HAVE TWO TREATMENTS OF A 10 MINUTE OXYGEN SO THAT HE COULD FLUSH OUT OF HER SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, SHE HAD THE VOMITING, THE NAUSEA, THE HEADACHE, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT WE, THEY DID TAKE HER TO THE DOCTOR.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

IT'S JUST AN AWARENESS.

WE LOVE TO GO TO THE PARADE.

WE LOVE TO SEE THE FLOATS AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL THIS YEAR, BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT BOTHERED US.

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTIONS, RUTH.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO, MA'AM NOPE.

I REMEMBER SIX SPECIFICATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF HER.

[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the September 14, 2021 Special City Commission Meeting and the September 21, 2021 Regular City Commission Meeting.]

SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2021 SPECIALIST CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND THE SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021 REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING A QUESTIONS.

DO I HAVE MOTION IN MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, VIA FRANCO ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.

D I D NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RELOCATE, UH, RE ALLOCATE AVAILABLE FUNDS FROM, UH, FOLLOWING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AWARD YEARS.

UH, WE HAVE ONES, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM ABSTAINED FROM IT.

UH, SO WE HAVE FOUR GAYS AND ONE ABSTAIN, G

[7. Consideration and possible action to re-allocate available funds from the following Community Development Block Grant award years:]

AND, UH, A, UH, WHAT YEAR 44 FISCAL YEAR 2018 DASH 2019 TO $12,441 AND 47 CENTS GENERAL M UH, ADMINISTRATION SEVEN B AWARD YEAR 40 FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 18, 20 19 20 2000 IMPROVEMENTS, OLD LIBRARY, SEVEN C AWARD YEAR 45 YEAR, UH, 20 19 20, 20 17,624 AND 71 SENTENCE, GENERAL ADMISSION AND SEVEN D AWARD YEAR 46 FISCAL YEAR 2021, 10,789.

AND SO IN ONE SENSE, GENERAL MISSION AND MR. PRESENTED CENTER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, FRED BELL ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PRIOR TO CITY COMMISSIONS HAVE ARAMARK CDBG FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AT SOME OF OUR CITY PARKS AND OTHER CITY FACILITIES.

THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF AVAILABLE FUNDS AND REQUEST TO REALLOCATE FUNDS FROM PREVIOUS AWARD USE FOR SOME OF OUR PROJECTS.

WOULD COME BACK AND WE REQUEST REALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS.

WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS FIRST ON THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AWARDS, AS YOU CAN SEE A YEAR, UH, WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT AWARDS YEARS.

THEY COINCIDE WITH DIFFERENT, UH, FISCAL YEARS.

UH, UM, FIRST ONE IS THE 12,000 THAT'S OUT OF A AWARD YOU'RE 44 AND C 45, AND THEN 46.

THESE ARE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FUNDS WHEN WE CREATE THE BUDGET FOR THE CDBG PROGRAM, UH, HUD GIVES US, UH, UP TO 20% OF ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.

SO IN ORDER TO AVOID GOING OVER BUDGET, WHAT WE DO IS WE GO AHEAD AND WE SET THAT 20% AS FAR AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

AND THEN WHEN WE GO AND RECONCILE THE, THE AWARD YEAR, WE USUALLY HAVE SOME FUNDS LEFT OVER.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A WHILE, WE, WE TYPICALLY

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THESE ARE THE YEARS 44, 45 AND 46.

THOSE ARE THE GENERAL ADMIN FUNDS.

SO WHAT STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN DOING AS YOU SEE ON THIS SPREADSHEET, AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE IT, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY, UH, IN YOUR PACKET.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

FIRST ONE WE'RE GONNA STOP BY IS ACTUALLY YOU SEE 20 YEAR 2017 AND TO THE LEFT COLUMN, YOU SEE AWARD YEAR AWARD, YEAR 43, THERE'S A NOTATION OF THE PARKING PERMIT FOR THE, UH, FOR THE FALCON PARK PAVILION COMMISSION THEY'RE REQUESTED IN 2019 WHEN THEY REALLOCATED SOME OF THESE FUNDS DUE TO A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT THAT IS SPECIFIC PROJECT BEING THE FALCON PARK PAVILION BE CREATED.

AND OF THAT, THAT 23,788 84 CENTS IS IN THAT BUDGET.

THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN USED.

THEY'RE STILL SITTING, SITTING THERE.

UM, YOU'LL SEE, NEXT ONE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR 28, WHICH IS YOUR AWARD, YOUR 44.

AND THAT, THAT COLUMN YOU'LL SEE CITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS SLASH LANDRUM AND KENNEDY PARK.

AND THE AMOUNT OF 20,000, THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, HAVE NOT BEEN UTILIZED AND WHAT WE CAN TO RECALL FROM LOOKING AT THE, THE MEETING MINUTES AND EVERYTHING IS ON LANDRUM, A VERY SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT BEING THE LANDER PARK RESTROOMS, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT JUST, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS AT KENNEDY PARK, BUT NO VERY SPECIFIC, UH, UH, ITEM WAS STATED RIGHT BELOW THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT SAYS PUBLIC FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE OLD LIBRARY THERE WAS A $22,000 ALLOCATION, UH, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN UTILIZED.

AND YOU'LL THAT THEN THE RIGHT COLUMN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THERE'S THAT 12 FOR $12,441 AND 47 CENTS.

THOSE ARE THE SAME GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FUNDS THAT ARE REFERENCED.

UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE MOVED DOWN TO YEAR 2019.

YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, UH, THERE'S HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN YELLOW BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY RECALL THAT INITIALLY THEY HAD BEEN AWARDED $8,000, BUT THEN THE CITY AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT, WHICH THE CITY WOULD CONTRIBUTE $10,000 PER YEAR FOR THE OPERATIONS, FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE, THE, UH, THE RESULT WAS THAT WAS THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER REQUEST CDBG FUNDING.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT $8,000 WAS, UH, WAS REALLOCATED THROUGH A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENT.

ACTIVITIES OF THAT.

YOU'LL SEE, IN THAT NEXT COLUMN, AFTER THAT 8,000, YOU SEE $1,193 AND 56 CENTS.

THAT'S, WHAT'S BASICALLY THERE WAS A, UH, A PURCHASE OF SOME MULCH AND BOARDERS THAT'S GOING TO BE USED AT ACTUALLY AT KENNEDY PARK.

AND IN THAT RIGHT COLUMN, YOU SEE THE 17,624, WHICH IS THE BALANCE OF THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DOWN AT YEAR 20.

YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT THERE WAS AN ALLOCATION FOR CITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS, 24,183.

THERE'S ALSO A BALANCE OF 10,000 7, 89 IN GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FUNDS.

SO NOW WHAT I WANT TO DO IS KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN TO THE, THE, THE PROJECTS.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THESE YEARS IS THAT, UM, PER HUD GUIDELINES, ONCE AN AWARD HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY YOU AS THE COMMISSION, YOU HAVE SEVEN YEARS TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ON THE YEAR 2017, THAT FALLON PARK PAVILION IS SOMETHING THAT IT HAS TO BE A PROJECT COMPLETION WITHIN, BY 2024.

SO THESE, THESE TIMELINES ARE IMPORTANT TO, UH, FOR US TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S IT, UH, I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

Y'ALL RECALL WE'VE ESTABLISHED.

AND WE CREATED THE, UH, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 2ND STAFF AND THE CAC MEMBERS WE MET, AND WE DISCUSSED VARIOUS PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FIVE APPOINTED MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

AND OF ALL THE DISCUSSIONS THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD MAKE, THE ONLY ONE THAT'S AN ELIGIBLE PRODUCT PROJECT ARE PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE CAC MEETING DAY UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND TO USE THE COMMISSION THAT THE AVAILABLE CBG FUNDS FROM GENERAL ADMINISTRATION BE REALLOCATED TO OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

THE FALCON PARK PAVILION IS THE, IT WAS PROJECT.

UH, IT WAS EARMARKED TO BUILD THAT PAVILION OVER THAT EXISTING SLAB.

UH, THE AMOUNT THAT WAS THEIR MARGINS, AGAIN WAS $23,788 AND 84 CENTS.

AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PROJECT COMPLETION DEADLINE IS 2024.

AND FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THAT'S THE OVERVIEW.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S THAT CONCRETE SLAB THAT'S, AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET BY 35 FEET.

SO, UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ, THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE RECOGNIZES THAT THAT SLAB IS UNEVEN IT'S CRACKED.

SO THE CONCERN WE HAD IS BY PLACING A PAVILION OVER IT, YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE USE, WHICH IN TURN COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF ANYBODY BEING INJURED.

SO PART OF OUR ASSESSMENT IS LOOKING AT REMOVING THAT AND REPLACING IT WITH A SOLID FOREIGN SLAB,

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AGAIN, WITH SAME DIMENSIONS, ABOUT 35 BY 35, THE LANDER PARK RESTROOMS, UM, AS THIS WAS THEIR MARK, AGAIN, PART OF THE 20 18 20 19 ACTION PLAN.

AND THE SCOPE WAS TO BUILD MEN'S RESTROOM.

UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE, THERE USED TO BE RESTROOMS OUT THERE I'M A COMMISSIONED Y'ALL Y'ALL MAY KNOW THAT.

UM, SO WE WEREN'T SURE THAT WE TAKE Y'ALL TO WORK FOR IT.

UM, THE COMMISSION EARMARKED $20,000 FOR THAT PROJECT.

AND AGAIN, TIMELINES WERE PROJECT DEADLINE IS 20, 25.

THERE'S THE AERIAL OF IT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S A BIGGER PART THAN, THAN WHAT I REALIZED UNTIL I ACTUALLY STARTED LOOKING AT IT.

AND SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE, UH, PARK RIGHT THERE IN CROCKETT SWANSON AND DICK DALLIN.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S A VERY POPULAR PARK IN THAT AREA.

AND WHAT'S SHOWING HERE IS, UH, WE HAD, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT PUT THE, THE LAYERS OF THE UTILITIES YOU SEE, GOING NORTH TO SOUTH IS AN EIGHT INCH SEWER LINE.

IT IS AN ACTIVE LINE AND IT GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE PROPERTY.

UH, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ABOVE AT THE, AT THE TOP END, YOU'LL SEE A BLUE LINE.

THAT'S A SIX INCH WATER LINE THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S FEEDING TO, UH, THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM THAT CURRENTLY SERVES THAT PARK.

THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS, UH, WHERE WOULD THESE RESTAURANTS REPLACE WOULD BE ACTUALLY, UH, JUST, UH, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GAZEBO.

I'M NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE THE, UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THE RED LIGHT, UM, RIGHT ABOVE THE, UH, WHERE THE GAZEBO IS.

AND, AND, UH, WE'LL THEN SOME, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE PROXIMITY TO THAT WAY.

WE COULD TAP INTO THE SEWER LINE AND THEN RUN, EXTEND THE, UH, THE WATERLINE.

SO AGAIN, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT, UH, REQUIRES A LOT OF THE PLANNING, UM, AND, UH, BUT THAT'S, WE DO HAVE AT LEAST HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THE THROUGH OR RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY KENNEDY PARK.

AGAIN, AS I STATED, THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC ACTIVITY IDENTIFIED.

IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT, AT THE KENNEDY PARK, THE OLD LIBRARY FISCAL YEAR, THAT 2018, THE DISCUSSIONS WERE THAT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ULTIMATELY SEE THAT THAT FACILITY ULTIMATELY RESTORE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT WERE DROPPED AS THE, THE, THE DROP CEILING TO EXPOSE THE ORIGINAL CEILING RESTORE RESTORATION OF THE EXTERIOR AND EXPOSE THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS, UM, RENOVATE THE RESTAURANT FOR ADA COMPLIANCE.

AGAIN, THE AMOUNT THAT WAS EARMARKED BY THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME WAS $22,000 IN PAR PROJECT COMPLETION.

DEADLINE IS 2025, THE OTHER GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

WHAT I KIND OF REFERENCED EARLIER, IT'S WHAT THERE WAS $8,000 THAT WAS REALLOCATED DUE TO A SPLIT SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.

AND, UH, I SAID OF THAT $1,193 HAS BEEN EXPENSED ALREADY.

SO LEAVING A BALANCE ABOUT $6,800 OUT OF THAT LINE ITEM, CITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, AGAIN, THIS LAST, UH, THIS Y'ALL USE COMMISSIONERS, Y'ALL ACTUALLY ALLOCATED THE $24,183 TO CITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REFERENCE THAT THE CITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS ARE, UH, BASICALLY MAKES THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ANY OF OUR CITY PARKS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT ARE SITUATED WITHIN THE, UH, UH, UH, LMI, LOW, MODERATE INCOME CENSUS TRACK.

AND WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THE MAP THAT, UH, OUR CITY PARKS, ALL OF THEM DO, UH, LIVE WITHIN, UH, ELIGIBLE PROJECT CENSUS TRACKS.

SO HERE'S OUR RECOMMENDATION STAFF AND STAFF, AND THE CAC ARE RECOMMENDING THE REALLOCATION OF THE LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION LINE ITEMS FOR THE AWARD YEARS, 44, 45 AND 46 TO GENERAL PARKS IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, APOLOGIZE FOR THE, WHICH WILL I FORGOT TO TAKE THAT OUT.

UH, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THE Y'ALL RE ALLOCATE THE $22,000 THAT WERE EARMARKED FOR THE OLD LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS FROM THAT AWARD YEAR TWO GENERAL PARKING FRAGMENTS.

AND HERE'S THE REASONING WHY WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING TO FUND A PROJECT WITH THE CDBG OR HUD MONIES, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY HUT.

I EAT THE DAVIS BACON ACT.

SO IT, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF OUR CONTRACTORS.

THEY DON'T LIKE WORKING WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW MUCH MORE STRINGENT PAPERWORK FILING.

UH, SO, UM, IT IT'S CHALLENGING FOR SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS.

NOT THAT IT CAN'T BE DONE, THE OTHER AREA OF CONCERN FOR ZS $22,000, UH, WHILE IT'S BETTER THAN ZERO, THAT $22,000 FOR THE TYPE OF RENOVATIONS OF WORK THAT THE, THAT THE CITY COMMISSION IS WANTING TO SEE AT THAT FACILITY IS, IS, WILL BARELY MAKE A DENT ON THAT OVERALL, UH, RENOVATION PROJECT.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, MS. RODRIGUEZ IS WORKING ON AND TRYING TO, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SEE WHAT OTHER AVENUES ARE TO, UH, TO, TO FUND THAT ENTIRE RESTORATION PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, THE $22,000, IT MAKES IT QUITE CHALLENGING.

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THE INITIAL ROUGH ESTIMATES FOR THE FALCON PARK ARE APPROXIMATELY $80,000 FOR THAT PAVILION WE'VE, UH, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ HAS REACHED OUT TO TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES JUST TO KIND OF GET BALLPARK.

WE CANNOT GET EXACT PRECISE QUOTES BECAUSE BEFORE WE CAN ACCEPT OFFICIAL QUOTES, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS AND WE HAVE TO RE WE HAVE TO PUBLISH FOR BIDS BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, UH, HUD MONIES, THE INITIAL ROUGH ESTIMATES FOR THE LANDER PARK RESTROOMS ARE RUNNING AT APPROXIMATELY $75,000 BY REALLOCATING ALL THE FUNDS THAT'S REQUESTED.

IT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE FALCON PARK PAVILION AND LANDRUM PARK RESTROOMS, AS INDICATED BELOW, AS YOU SEE THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FUNDS FROM THE THREE YEARS WILL COME OUT TO $40,855.

THE PRE-APPLICATION OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU HAD ALREADY, UH, BOARDED WAS THE 24,000, UH, 6,800, WHICH IS THE WHAT'S LEFT OVER THAT $8,000, THE INITIAL 23,000 FOR THE, UH, UH, PAVILION.

UH, IF YOU REALLOCATE THE OLD LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS INTO THE GENERAL PARK FUND, THEN WE CAN APPLY THEM TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN, UH, THE ADDING THAT 4,000, $40,000 THAT WOULD GIVE A TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCE OF $117,634.

NOW, AGAIN, THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PRESENTED FOR, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE PROJECTS, THEIR ESTIMATE, WE ALL KNOW THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO START TO LEVEL OFF.

UH, BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS CREATE A, UH, A WAR CHEST.

SO WE CAN AT LEAST ACCOMPLISH THESE PROJECTS ONE AT A TIME, THE INITIAL ALLOCATIONS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, APPLY CREATES A PROBLEM, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT YOU CAN DO WITH $22,000 OR $20,000.

SO IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET THESE PROJECTS MOVING, SO WE DON'T RISK HAVING TO GET PENALIZED BY HUD.

WE HAD TO TRY TO PRIORITIZE THEM.

AND THE PRIORITY CAME BACK ON WHAT IS THE OLDEST PROJECT THAT BEING THE FARRAGUT PARK.

SO WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS, IF THE REALLOCATE ALL THESE FUNDS, WE CAN GO OUT FOR PUBLICATION, FOR BIDS, FOCUS ON THE, ON THE PARK PROJECT.

ONCE THAT JOB IS COMPLETE, WE'LL EVER FUNDS ARE LEFTOVER.

WE CAN JUST CARRY OVER TO CONTINUING IN THAT WAR CHEST.

AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT EITHER THE LANDRUM RESTROOMS, OR WE CAN, WE CAN COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT US TO APPLY TO THE OLD, UH, OLD LIBRARY, WELL, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE ANYTIME WE REALLOCATE AVAILABLE FUNDS, THEY CAN ONLY, WELL, THE PREFERRED METHOD IS TO REALLOCATE THEM TO ALREADY APPROVED PROJECTS, BECAUSE IF IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T PRE-APPROVED DURING THAT AWARD YEAR, THEN WE HAVE TO DO A WHAT'S CALLED A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, WHICH MEANS IT GOES OUT FOR PUBLICATION, HAS TO GO THROUGH PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO YOU'VE NOT ONLY LOST YOUR PUBLICATION AMOUNTS.

YOU'VE ALSO LOST YOUR TIME THAT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECTS.

SO AT THIS POINT, THAT'S WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REALLOCATION AS REQUESTED.

SO WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO START DOING THE PUBLICATION SO WE CAN AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, GET THE, UH, THE FALCON PARK PROJECT.

UM, SO AGAIN, IT, UH, REMEMBER WE STILL HAVE THAT 20,000 THAT IS ALREADY SITTING IN THE, IN THE LAND ROOM.

SO IF, BY SOME CHANCE, WE'RE LUCKY AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE FALCON PARK FOR 75,000, THEN WHATEVER'S REMAINING, THERE COULD BE APPLIED TO THE 20,000 THAT Y'ALL HAD ALREADY PRE AWARDED.

AND THAT WOULD KIND OF, THAT WOULD WORK ON CLOSING THE GAP.

I KNOW THE CITY MANAGERS AND I, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE FUND THESE PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT COMMISSION AND PRIOR, PRIOR COMMISSIONS, UH, HAVE, HAVE, UM, UH, ASSIGNED, UM, HE'S BEEN LOOKING AT, IS THERE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER, EITHER IF WE CAN FIND ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING, YOU KNOW, GRANTS, OR IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, UM, WIGGLE ROOM IN THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS, UM, THE CHALLENGE IS, AGAIN WITH THE, WITH THE CONSTANT CHANGING IN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND PROJECTS, IT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S HARD FOR US TO JUST STAND RIGHT HERE AND SAY, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WOULD COST, BUT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL WE GET DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION.

AND SO I AM, IT WAS PRETTY QUICK, BUT, UH, I'M ABLE TO READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ANY QUESTIONS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PAVILIONS, HAVE WE LOOKED, HAVE WE LOOKED, OR HAVE WE CONTACTED THE MUTER BUILDING OR THE MIRROR MUELLER, UH, ROOFTOPS IT'S SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE, WHAT THE, WHAT STAFF DID WHEN MR. RODRIGUEZ, HE REACHED OUT TO, UH, A COUPLE OF THE, UH, LOCAL ENGINEER FROM ONE, ONE LOCAL ENGINEER FIRM AND A ONE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AND BASICALLY SAID, IT'S THE HARDEST A COMPARISON.

WE SAID, OKAY,

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WE HAVE A PAVILION OVER AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

WHAT DO WE DO TO GET SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE GET SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT IS GONNA LAST, WE DON'T WANT IT TO, TO FAIL ON US IN 10, 15 YEARS.

WE WANT IT TO BE IN, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT PAVILION'S BEEN AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, BUT, UH, IT SEEMS TO WORK THERE.

AND OVER THERE IT'S BEEN OVER 20 YEARS.

I STILL THERE, THE REASON I'M SAYING IS BECAUSE THE MIRROR MIRROR BUILDINGS OR THE MUELLER ROOFTOPS, THEY'RE NOT THAT EXPENSIVE.

WELL, THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THIS PAST YEAR, BUT THEY'RE NOT THAT BABBLING.

SO AT WORK, WE'RE TRYING TO GET ONE IN THE PRICES AREN'T THAT BAD.

I'M TRYING TO GET A FULL-SIZED COURT, A ROOFTOP.

AND THE COURTS THAT WE HAVE IS NOT A BATHROOM FROM WHAT CAN WE HAVE OUT THERE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THEY, THE, THE BIGGER EXPENSES, THE ACTUAL TOP OF THE ROOF, OR THE SUPPORT STEEL BEAMS. I KNOW STEEL COST OF STEEL.

IS THIS GOING OVER THE ROOF, THE NUMBERS EVEN WORSE.

SO AGAIN, THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT ONCE WE GET AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN WE WILL SIT DOWN WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DESIGNER AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT WILL BE OUR BEST OPTIONS? SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE INVESTMENT TO GET THE LONGEST LIFE OUT OF THE, OUT OF THESE MATERIALS.

BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK 10 YEARS AND HAVE TO START IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

SO BY US.

BUT IF, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE, EVERYTHING GOES INTO A FALLING APART, YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU GOT WHATEVER'S REMAINING.

THEN WE GO TO THE NEXT PART.

WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF, IF, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO FIND A CHEAPER ROUTE CHEAPER, UM, THEN AGAIN, UM, IF YOU ASSIGN THOSE, IF YOU ALLOCATE THE REALLOCATE, THOSE FUNDS TO GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS, THAT CREATES THAT UMBRELLA TO WHERE AS DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING ON, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SEND IT OUT FOR PUBLICATION, SEND IT OUT FOR SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS.

WE WANT TO MOVE THE PROJECTS QUICKER.

PUTTING THE FUNDS IN THAT, IN THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE PROJECTS.

AND LET ME, LET, LET ME LET LET'S TOUCH UPON ON KENNEDY PARK.

I WAS HERE AT THE TIME WHERE WE TALKED, WE WERE, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE TIME IN KENNEDY PARK IS WE WERE TRYING TO DO REDO ALL THE OTHER, I MEAN, THE RESTROOMS, BECAUSE THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE HAVE THERE AT CANYON PARK ARE VERY OUTDATED.

THAT WAS THE TALKS.

AT THE TIME WE STARTED WORKING ON THOSE UNFUNDED.

I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SIZE AND THE USE OF THE INTENDED, UM, PAVILION AT FARRAGUT PARK, BECAUSE I NOTICED THERE IS A PAVILION ATLANTA PARK, RIGHT? YES.

SO, AND I SAW A BIG SLAB OVER AT FARRAGUT PARK.

IT'S A PRETTY BIG SLAB.

SO WHAT IS THE IDEA? WHAT IS THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THAT PAVILION? IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO LANDRUM PARK OR IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO KENNEDY PARK? IT'S MAYOR PRO TEM.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY HER REQUEST.

SO SHE MAY ACTUALLY HAVE, OKAY, THIS IS MY IDEA.

UM, MORE LIKE KENNEDY PARK.

SO I JUST THINK THAT IS, UM, A LOW INCOME AREA THAT IS UNDERSERVED.

SO I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE GAZEBO AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE, UM, FESTIVITIES SUCH AS KIDS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, SMALL GRADUATION PARTIES, PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD.

UM, LET'S SAY ONE OF OUR LARGER VENUES, UM, THEY CAN DO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS TAKE A CAKE, HAVE THEIR KIDS GO OUT THERE, ENJOY THE USAGE OF OUR FIELD, AS WELL AS THE PARK, UM, SWINGS, PLAYGROUND SET, AND SOMETHING WE CAN PROVIDE FOR THEM.

IT'S A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

UH PRO-TRUMP BUT I'M JUST GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE.

IF WE'LL DO SOMETHING, LET'S DO IT.

RIGHT.

I DO.

IT'S GOING TO LAST A LONG TIME.

THAT'S NOT MIMIC WHATEVER WE HAVE IN OTHER PARTS, BECAUSE WE NEED TO UPGRADE OUR FACILITIES AS WE GO ALONG, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING STUPID.

RIGHT.

THE SIZE IS A PARK.

IT'S NOT A VERY BIG PARK AS A VALID TELECOM, CORRECT.

IF IT HAS THE FIELD ON THE SIDE, BUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL AMENITIES, IT'S, IT'S VERY, UH, THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF SAID, OKAY, THERE'S A SLAB THERE WE'LL UTILIZE THOSE SAME DIMENSIONS.

UM, THE INITIAL, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WERE ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT JUST USING THE EXISTING SLAB, BUT THEN WE REALIZE IT'S GOT SOME UNEVEN SPOTS, IT'S GOT SOME CRACKS AND WE'RE SURE THAT IF ONCE IT GETS COVERED, IT WILL PROBABLY ATTRACT MORE ACTIVITY.

I, IT GETS ONE OF OUR HIGHLY USED PARKS COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF HAVEN TRAIL ITSELF.

UM, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF CONCERNED INSIGHT.

WE WOULD SAY, WE, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SLAB, WE OKAY.

YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING THIS PARK IMPROVE AND MAKE IT LOOK NICER NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, PUT A NICE COVER ON A HORRIBLE LOOKING SLAB.

THAT'S NOT A REPAIRABLE THEN THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WOULD, I MEAN, CORRECT.

AT GOOGLE EARTH, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR DECADES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD, BUT LOOKING

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I'M SURE IT'S OLD.

SO IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, REFURBISH REHAB IT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE ONCE CONCRETE STARTS THAT BREAKING IT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T EASILY PUT IT BACK TOGETHER THOUGH.

THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THAT IF WE GO AHEAD AND WE REPLACED THE SLAB, WE CAN PUT A GOOD SOLID FOUR-INCH SLAB BUILT UNDER TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ACTUAL, THE PAVILION COVER ITSELF.

SO IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A COMPLETELY BRAND NEW AMENITY TO THAT PARK.

GETTING BACK TO, I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO STATE, UH, MR. BELL, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD, THERE WAS A LOT OF PENDING CDBG PROJECTS AND AN UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH FUNDS FOR ONE PROJECT.

AND IT WAS JUST SMALL ALLOCATIONS TO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT TRYING TO MOVE THE FIRST PROJECT AT LANDRUM PARK, BUT, UH, LIKE, LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER VIA FRANCO SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, DO IT RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, DO, SHOULD WE GET A NEW SLAB AND GET, UH, A WELL-BUILT ROOF? BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS, SOME OF THE ROOFS ARE LEAKING ALREADY AND IT'S THE SHINGLE ROOFING.

SO THAT BRINGS THE IDEA.

SO DO WE, SHOULD WE UPGRADE THOSE FACILITIES OR SHOULD WE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF BEING IGNORED IN SOME AREAS OF TOWN.

RIGHT.

SO DO WE GO AND START BUILDING SOMETHING NEW BEFORE WE FIX THE OLD STUFF? LIKE, UM, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESTROOMS AND SOME AREAS, SOME OF THE SHINGLES ARE DETERIORATING AND, UM, THE PARK CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY, IT'S KENNEDY PARK.

THERE'S A LITTLE PAVILION THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF TAGGING A NEW, I DON'T KNOW, UM, JIM SAT WAS PUT IN, BUT THAT, THAT ROOF HAS FALLEN APART, I THINK.

UM, SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT THOSE, SHOULD WE TOUCH BASE ON THAT FIRST? THE, ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE WELL, THESE FUNDS YOU CAN'T USE FOR REGULAR JUST MAINTENANCE THEY HAVE TO BE FOR, AND WE, UH, DISCUSSING WITH THE MAYOR LIVE CAUSE THERE WAS A TALK ABOUT, OKAY, CAN WE APPLY INTO THOSE TOWARDS ANY TYPE OF OUR STREET PROJECTS? WELL, YES, IF IT'S A COMPLETE RIP OUT REHABILITATION, NOT LIKE AN OVERLAY OR JUST A PATCHWORK.

SO, UH, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PARKS ARE ALL EL ELIGIBLE FOR SOME, FOR FUNDING, BUT WHEN THE COMMISSION SAYS AND EARMARKS A SPECIFIC PROJECT, WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THOSE CONFINES IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, MEET WHAT THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, DIRECTED US TO DO.

AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER GABON.

THE FUNDING HAS BEEN THE, THE CHALLENGE NOW.

AND, UH, SO WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STOCKPILING THESE AWARD YEARS WITH THE INTENT.

THING FOR SOME OF THOSE GUYS BACK IN THE DAY.

NOW THAT WE THINK THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AT LEAST START MAKING HEADWAY ON THESE PROJECTS TO GET THEM MOVING FORWARD.

UH, ANOTHER THING, SORRY, JUST ONE MORE THING.

UM, I KNOW THE INTENT WAS THAT IT CAN BE AN OPEN USE FACILITY, BUT WHEN YOU GO ONLINE, MOST OF THE PARKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PAID.

THERE'S A FEE TO USE IT AND THERE'S A TRASH FEE AND THERE'S A SECURITY FEE IF NEEDED.

THAT'S WHAT THE WA AT LEAST THE CITY WEBSITE STATES.

SO IS THE INTENT TO BE OPEN EVENTS FOR PARTIES FOR FREE, OR ARE WE STILL CHARGING THE EVENT FEE? IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, BECAUSE THAT DOES ACTUALLY SERVE ONE OF OUR LOWER INCOME POCKETS THAT IT'S TO GIVE THEM AN AMENITY TO, TO FREE, WELL, ALL THE PARKS, AREN'T LOW INCOME AREAS.

AND YOU STATED THAT EARLIER, RIGHT? SO LET'S OPEN THEM ALL UP SO WE CAN BE FAIR.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FREE.

THE ONLY THING YOU WOULD PAY FOR IS IF YOU WANT THE BATHROOMS TO BE OPEN, WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO I, I DON'T GET THAT IMPRESSION WHEN I GO ON THE WEBSITE AND I'M LOOKING OUT AND PEOPLE ASK ME, I WANT TO RENT ALL, THESE ARE YOUR FEES, AND THIS IS WHAT I PROVIDE THEM.

SO NOW THEY ARE FREE FOR ANYBODY TO USE AT FIRST COME FOR SERVICE.

ONLY COST IS IF THEY WANT TO USE RESTROOMS, IS THAT CORRECT? OR DID YOU, I GREW UP POOR.

MY PARENTS CAME IN AND WOULD GET MY LITTLE CAKE, TAKE ME TO THE PARK.

AND IF YOU COULD FIND A TABLE OR A BENCH TO SIT ON, INVITE YOUR LITTLE FRIENDS OVER, AND THE CITY NEVER CHARGED ME TO USE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT AVAILABLE TO OUR CHILD.

AND, AND I AGREE.

SO I, I GREW UP IN THE HEART OF DEAN AND I THINK, SO WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS FROM THE HEART OF DEAN? SHOULD WE, SHOULD THEY, IF IT'S OPEN AND FREE FOR EVERYBODY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS, THEN THE PARKS FOR EVENTS.

I DON'T WANT IT TO COME BACK ALL THEY WERE TRYING TO CHARGE ME.

CAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN EVENT IN THE HEART OF THE TEAM.

IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY COUSINS TRYING TO BRING SOME PEOPLE BACK TO THE FOR AN EVENT TO, TO KIND OF LIKE A REUNION

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AND THERE'S A BOOK ON IT.

IF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM HAS A BOOK ON IT, RIGHT? THE, UM, THE CHAMPIONS, THEY USED TO PLAY FOOTBALL BAREFOOT.

AND A LOT OF MY COUSINS ARE IN THAT BOOK.

THEY WERE TRYING TO HOLD AN EVENT.

HE CALLS ME, HE SAYS HE WAS STARTING TO GET CHARGED.

SO WE'RE SAYING ONE THING, AND MAYBE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY TRUE.

SO ARE WE CHARGING OR NOT? SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS, I WANT IT TO BE, I WANT THERE HAS TO BE SOME GROUND RULES.

I MEAN, IS IT FREE TO EVERYBODY? IS IT BASED ON INCOME? THE PERSON THAT WANTS TO RENT IT, YOU KNOW? WELL, IF SOMEONE'S REQUESTING, OKAY, MARY COMMISSIONERS, THE, UH, WE DO HAVE A RENTAL, UH, A RATE SCHEDULE THAT'S ADOPTED PARK AND FINDING PARK.

THAT'S ENCLOSED IN FENCED, IN PRIVATE.

AND WE DO, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT TO RESERVE IT.

AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO RESERVE, THAT'S THE AREA.

IF YOU WANT TO RESERVE THE BALL FIELDS, WHETHER IT'S TOOKIE PAR OR ANY OTHER ASSET, UH, IS BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE.

AND WE MEASURE THOSE THINGS.

SO THEREFORE, IF, IF SOMEBODY JUST WANTS TO UTILIZE THESE OPEN AREAS, LIKE, LIKE THE KENNEDY PARK AND YOU JUST GO OUT THERE, IF YOU WANT TO RESERVE IT, WE COLLECT AND WE RESERVE IT.

AND IF SOMEBODY IS THERE, THEY'RE ASKED TO GO BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY SEND EMPLOYEES OUT THERE TO RESERVE IT, TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE, IF NOT THE COMPLAINT.

SO FOR THE MOST PART, ANYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN USE MOST PARTS OTHER THAN THOSE THAT ARE FENCED IN.

AND THOSE THAT HAVE THOSE PAVILIONS, BUT YOU CAN ALSO RENT FIELDS TO FALCON PARTS GOT THAT EXTRA, THAT OPEN AREA.

IF SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, I'M GOING TO HAVE A PARTY OUT THERE.

WE KIND OF MEASURE WHAT IT IS, HOW MUCH HAIR YOU NEED.

AND IT IS RESERVED.

AND WE PLACE RESERVE SIGNS.

SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE.

WE ASK THEM TO LEAVE.

PLUS WE'RE SITTING ON THE PROPERTY.

SO COMMISSIONER, WE TREAT EVERYBODY AS FAIRLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND WHEN THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THIS, THAT IS TELLING ME SOMEBODY COMMUNICATED, YES, IF YOU WANT TO RESERVE IT, WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE.

YOU SAYS MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT WAS ALLUDING TO THAT COMPARING THAT SIZE OF THE PARK TO THE LANDRUM PARK.

BECAUSE THE LAND FROM PARK HAS A PAVILION THAT'S OPEN AND FREE AND FREE.

SO I BELIEVE, UH, MY IDEA OF A PAVILION FOR FELL AGAIN SHOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO LENDRUM.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN ENCLOSING A PAVILION, UH, THE WAY, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM EXPLAINED TO US THAT, OF COURSE, IT'S A POVERTY, EVERY, A LOW POVERTY, UH, TRYING TO HELP OUT THE PEOPLE, THE KIDS IN THE AREA, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE, UM, LIKE COMMISSIONER GALVAN SAYS, UH, DISPARITY THAT, OH, WELL, THESE ARE OKAY, BUT THESE ARE NOT.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING IT WITHOUT A FEE, THEN IT MUST BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO LANDRUM PARK.

CORRECTLY, AGAIN, THE, UM, KIND OF REFERENCED IT TO LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND NOT IN THAT, IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S FENCED IN, BUT IT'S THE DESIGN.

IT'S THE STEEL BEAMS WITH THE METAL ROOF, NOT ENCLOSED, STRICTLY OPEN.

DESIGN THAT LANDRUM PART, UH, THE DESIGN AT LANDRUM PARK.

HAVE YOU LOOKED AT IT? UH, IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE DUPLICATED? IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

UH, UH, I MEAN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO, SO, OKAY.

AND COMMISSIONER, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT HERE BECAUSE THE SIZE 35 BY 35 IS SLIGHTLY OVER 1200 SQUARE FEET.

IF WE GO 40 BY 40, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 1600 SQUARE FEET.

IF WE GO 50 BY 50, WE'RE LOOKING AT 2,500 SQUARE FEET.

SO WE'LL RUN THOSE NUMBERS ONCE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO PUT A FENCE UP.

MY UNDERSTANDING, NO, UH, METRO, TIM WAS, UH, A, ANOTHER PAVILION.

YOU STAYED AT ONE TIME.

GOOD ZIBO.

WE THOUGHT WE COULD USE THE CONCRETE PAD.

WE WERE NEVER GOING TO FENCE IT.

WE WERE NEVER GOING TO CHARGE UNLESS SOMEBODY SAYS WE WANT TO RENT IT.

THEN WE USE IMPLEMENT BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO WANT TO USE.

IT DEPENDS ON THAT SIZE.

IF IT'S THE 35 BY THIRTY FIVE, TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SQUARE FEET, THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET YOU VERY FAR AND IT MAY GET ONE FAMILY.

IT'S ALMOST INSIGNIFICANT.

BUT IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER AND WE PUT SOME PICNIC TABLES, WE INGRAM DOWN IN THERE, SOMETHING WE CAN PUT IN AND REMOVE, IT CAN HANDLE MULTIPLE FAMILIES OR SAME FAMILIES WITH MULTIPLE TABLES.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY.

ALL HE'S TRYING TO DETERMINE IS DO WE STAY WITH THAT SAME PAD? WE'LL RUN THOSE NUMBERS.

WE'LL GET THE SAME KIND OF QUOTES, 35, 40 50, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT THOSE PRICES COME IN.

IT'S NOT THE STRUCTURE THAT REALLY CHANGES BECAUSE IT'LL BE THOSE BEAMS THAT YOU PUT IN, HOW, WHETHER IT'S A 40 FOOT WIDE OR A 50 FOOT, THOSE COSTS START RUNNING.

SO THEREFORE IT MAY GO, WHOA, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET A PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 40 AND A 45.

YOU GO TO 50 AND IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER, LET US DO OUR HOMEWORK.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING SO WE CAN AT LEAST GET THESE THINGS

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OFF OF THE BOARD.

WHAT I'VE, WHAT, I'VE, WHAT I'VE INDICATED.

AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE CITY COMMISSION.

WE WILL LEVERAGE OUR FUNDS.

WE WILL LEVERAGE THESE GRANTS WITH WHATEVER CITY FUNDS THAT WE'VE GOT.

IF WE KNOW WHAT THAT FINAL EXPENSES, ALL WE NEED TO KNOW IS, DO WE CLOSE THE GAP? AND WE CAN PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU AT THIS POINT, ALL HE'S ASKING IS CAN WE MOVE FORWARD? AND THEN WE WILL RUN THOSE NUMBERS BY YOU.

SO, NO, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

I MEAN, THAT'S, I KNOW THAT, UH, GETTING THE FUNDING FIRST, ARE WE IN AGREEMENT TO ALLOCATE IT AND, YOU KNOW, PUT IT TOGETHER, THEN THAT'S A FIRST STEP.

ONCE WE DO THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE SECOND STEP.

WHAT A, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S OUR NEXT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHO AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT THE, WHAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE.

SO OUR FIRST STEP IS, ARE WE, I MEAN, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, GOOD MOTION, THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION.

AS LONG AS YOU BRING BACK THE DRAWINGS, THE SPECS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU GET TO DECIDE THAT THIS, IT WILL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH RFQ IS RIGHT.

YES, YES, YES.

YEP.

SO I'M ALL FOR THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE DETAILS WERE OUTLINED.

I HEARD JUST FREE FOR ONE PART, BUT NOW WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VIA FRANCO SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA TO MOVE ALL MONIES AS RECOMMENDED BY MY STAFF.

I DON'T REMEMBER AIDS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG AWARD YEAR 47, THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING AWARENESS, UH, EIGHT A COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE, CASA OF CAMERON AND WILSON COUNTY, UH, EIGHT B I MEAN, IT WAS THE ADVI INC.

[8. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to sign the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Award Year 47 Subrecipient Agreements for the following awardees:]

EIGHT C CAMERON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER, MAGGIE'S HOUSE.

AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ANGELICA SAID, WOULD YOU COORDINATE THEM? THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD ON CDBG COORDINATOR ON JULY 6TH, 2021, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED AND AWARDED CDBG FUNDS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,000 TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE, CASA AMIGOS, ELVIRA, AND CAMERON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY MAGGIE'S HOUSE.

DURING THAT MEETING THE COMMISSION ALSO ALLOCATED $38,064 TO GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

THE FUNDING IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DISBURSEMENT TO THE SUB-RECIPIENTS FOR THE SUB-RECIPIENTS TO REQUEST THE FUNDS.

EACH SUB-RECIPIENT GRANT AGREEMENT MUST BE SIGNED BY THE CITY STAFF REQUESTS, THE COMMISSION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, TO SIGN EACH OF THE AGREEMENTS TO BEGIN DISBURSEMENTS OF THE FUNDS.

I MEAN, I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M SURE.

SOME QUESTIONS MOVE TO APPROVE.

AT THE MOTION TO APPROVE BY SERBIA FRANCO SECOND BY MARIPOSA, TIM, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING WERE TO BE DOING FOR US.

I REMEMBER NINE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THE USE OF SEMI-NEW SEMINOLE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITY.

[9. Consideration and possible action to terminate the agreement with the City of Los Indios for use of the San Benito Police Department's temporary holding facility.]

SHE MIGHT'VE PUT A HIP PERSON DECIDING GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COMMISSIONERS POLICE CHIEF.

MIGHT'VE BEEN AFTER THE RECORD.

THE ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST A TERMINATE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THAT ALLOWS THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT USE OF OUR TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITY ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2015, THE CITY COMMISSION VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE AGREEMENT.

THIS ALLOWS US IN THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT OF TEMPORARY HOUSER DETAINEES AT OUR FACILITY FOR LONGER THAN FOR NO LONGER THAN 48 HOURS IN EXCHANGE, THEY AGREED TO PAY THE CITY $50 FOR EACH DAY.

THE DATE THE DETAINEE WAS HOUSED PER THE AGREEMENT.

IT AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS UNLESS WE DECIDE TO TERMINATE IT.

AND WRITING HARVARD SINCE NOVEMBER 25TH, 2019, WE MADE THE DECISION TO NO LONGER HELP DETAINEES IN OUR FACILITY FROM OTHER AGENCIES TO AVOID ANY POSSIBLE LIABILITY TO CITY IT STAFF RECOMMENDATION, TO OFFICIALLY TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

HOLDING FACILITY IS, YEAH.

NOW, IS THAT GOING TO TERMINATE THE, AS FAR AS ANY OTHER AGENCY THAT COMES IN SO FAR, THIS IS THE ONLY MOU WE CAME ACROSS THAT WITH THE AGENCY.

AND, UH, SO WHEN I REVIEWED IT, IT SAYS IT'S GOTTA BE IN WRITING IF WE WANT TO TERMINATE IT, BUT WE STILL HOUSE OTHER INMATES FOR OTHER AGENCIES.

NO, WE DON'T.

WE STOPPED THAT PRACTICE BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING ON IS THAT THEY WERE HOUSING THEM LONGER THAN A DAY.

AND OUR FACILITY TEMPORARY

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DO WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THOSE SENIORS? NO, NO ISSUE WITH THEM.

WE JUST, UH, WE'VE GONE INTO THE PRACTICE, NOT WHOLE TRUCK TRYING TO HOLD ANYBODY LONGER THAN 24 HOURS AND 48 HOURS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO ALSO.

IT'S UH, IF THEY HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES, STUFF LIKE THAT, OUR OFFICERS, WHEN THEY BRING SOMEONE IN, THEY ARREST THEM, THEY STAY WITH THEM, THEY TALK TO THEM, THEY HAVE THAT INTERACTION WHERE THEY CAN DETERMINE THEY HAVE ANY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR THEY'RE SICK, OR THEY NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT THEY COULD TAKE THEM WHEN THEY BRING THEM TO THE STATION.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT INTERACTION WITH THE PEOPLE THEY ARREST AND AT $50 A DAY, UH, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THIS WAS NOT COST-EFFECTIVE.

UH, I WENT BACK COMMISSIONER AND I ASKED FINANCE, UH, HOW MUCH MONEY WE COLLECTED FROM DISAGREEMENT AND THEY HAVE NO RECORDS.

SO THEY WERE HOUSING PRISONERS.

I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT WHAT, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, UH, IN THE PAST, THEY WERE HOUSING PRISONERS.

WE JUST NEVER COLLECTED ON THE FEES.

SO THEN WE WEREN'T LOSING MONEY, HOUSING THEM, OR WE ARE LOSING MONEY.

WE JUST WEREN'T FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENT.

WE WEREN'T COLLECTING ANY FEES FROM THEM.

WE'RE LOSING MONEY AND MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UM, THE, UM, DETAINEE COMMIT SUICIDE.

WE DON'T STAFF OUR HOLDING FACILITY WITH SOMEBODY TO MONITOR WHO'S DETAINED, UM, UH, CHIEF, UH, AT THE TIME ASSISTANT, UH, CITY MANAGER, FRED BELL WAS THE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF.

WHEN WE STOPPED THIS PRACTICE, NOT KNOWING THAT WE EVEN HAD A MEMORANDUM, THIS MEMORANDUM JUST POPPED UP.

I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE JANUARY OF 26, AND THIS WAS NEVER BROUGHT MY TO ATTENTION THAT WE HAD SOMETHING IN OCTOBER OF 2015.

SO, UH, SINCE THEN THIS WAS UNDER CHIEF ON ALL OF THIS.

WE'VE HAD CHIEF CAVON, WE'VE HAD CHIEF BELL.

NOW WE'VE GOT CHIEF AT AIR.

IT WAS NOT WELL-DOCUMENTED W DIDN'T EXIST UNTIL WE ACTUALLY CAME ACROSS AND WE SIT HERE, PUT IT ON THE COMMISSION.

SO THERE WAS NO MOUNTAIN ON ANY ADMINISTRATION TRIAL BECAUSE IT EXISTED BEFORE ANY OF US WERE REALLY IN COMMAND, BUT WE ARE, WE HAVE NOT, UH, TO HOLD DPS COUNTY, OTHER CITIES.

THAT'S NOT THE BUSINESS WE'RE IN, NO, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ONLY $50 A DAY AND I CALL IT COST YOU MORE THAN $50 A DAY TO HOUSE.

IT DOES.

AND YOU HAVE, UH, SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH ONE OF THESE DETAINEES, MEDICAL, UM, UH, SOME TYPE OF OTHER HEALTH ISSUE OR, OR THEY DO SOMETHING TO THEMSELVES.

WE BECOME, AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD.

SO THERE'S NO REASON WE, WE HAVE OUR POLICE TO HANDLE THE SUSPECTS THAT ARE IN CUSTODY WHILE THERE ARE POLICES KAREN DIRECTION.

DO MAKE A MOTION TO, I JUST ONE QUESTION JUST TO LISTEN TO YOU IS NOT HAVE A HOLDING FACILITY.

IS THAT WHY WE WERE IN DISAGREEMENT? YES.

COMMISSIONER.

I THINK THIS WAS WHEN, INITIALLY WHEN THEY STARTED THEIR, THEIR, UH, POLICE FORCE.

OH, OKAY.

SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT NOW.

THEY ALSO, I MEAN, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD KIND OF KNOW IF OFFICER SHOWS UP AND SAYS HERE I GOT SOMEBODY OR YOU HAS THAT.

THE, WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY SHOW UP, THEY HAVE TO CALL IT PER THE AGREEMENT.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO CALL IN ADVANCE AND THEN A SUPERVISOR WOULD MEET THEM AND THEY'D GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH THEM WHILE THEY'RE BOOKING THEM.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY LEAVE THEM THERE AND THEY STAY IN OUR FACILITY.

BUT FOR THE NORMAL, THEY GO TO COUNTY.

CORRECT.

UH, IT JUST DEPENDS.

THEY USUALLY GET A FIRST AND TO GET A COMMITMENT AND THEN IT GETS SENT TO COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR ARRANGEMENT IS RIGHT NOW.

I TRIED REACHING OUT TO THEM AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM.

LET'S LOOK SECOND, THE MOTION.

I GET A MOTION TO TERMINATE THE PUR BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO THE TERMINATE.

I A NUMBER 10 UPDATE ON A SPEEDING COMPLAINT AND, UH, RELATED TO TRAFFIC STUDIES CONDUCTED BY THE CITY, UH, SOME OF THE OLD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, POLICE, CAPTAIN MICHAEL, UH, WITH THIS OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

THANKS.

SURE.

[10. Update on speeding complaints and related traffic studies conducted by the San Benito Police Department.]

MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, CAPTAIN MICHAEL CORTEZ, SEMINARY POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, UPDATE REGARDING A SPEEDING COMPLAINTS AND HOW THE POLICE RESPONSE TO THOSE COMPLAINTS, UH, WANTED TO GO OVER SOME PROCESSES.

UM, AS FAR AS THE PROCESSES WE TAKE WHEN WE RECEIVED THOSE COMPLAINTS, UH, SO FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO SPEEDING COMPLAINTS THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS ROADWAY SYSTEMS AND CITY OF SAN BENITO.

THIS OCCURS DAILY, UH, THROUGH OUR PATROL DEPARTMENT THROUGH ENFORCEMENT.

UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO TAKES A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO COMBATING SPEEDERS ON 78 ROADWAYS BY MEANS OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, UH, FROM OUR PATROL DIVISION.

UH, WE ALSO WORK OF STATE AND FEDERAL FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANTS, SUCH AS THE STEP PROGRAM THAT WE WENT OVER IN THE, IN THE PREVIOUS, UH, MEETING, UM,

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THAT COMBAT THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC VIOLATION, UH, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND, UH, RELATED INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR ON OUR ROADWAYS.

SO, UM, IN REGARDS TO COMPLAINTS AND HOW THEY'RE RECEIVED, THEY'RE RECEIVED IN MANY, UH, VARIOUS FORMS AND FASHIONS.

UH, THEY COME IN VIA MAIL, US POSTAL SERVICE IN PERSON.

WE RECEIVE THEM OVER PHONE, UH, THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR THROUGH FACEBOOK, THROUGH THE PD, FACEBOOK WITH THE CITY, FACEBOOK THEY'RE FORWARDED TO US AND VR DEPARTMENT EMAIL, UH, WHEN A COMPLAINT IS RECEIVED, A RESPONSE TO THE AREA'S PERFORMED IN A VISUAL, A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF TRAFFIC IS GAINED AT THE TIME WE DO THIS BY SENDING OUR PATROLMEN OUT TO THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT, UH, THE COMPLAINTS ARE COMING FROM, UM, SUPERVISORS ARE INSTRUCTED TO REPORT BACK TO MYSELF, ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION THAT, UH, IS NOTED OR COLLECTED, UH, DURING THOSE TIMES OF ENFORCEMENT.

SO IN, UH, JUNE OF THIS YEAR, WE, WE PURCHASED, UH, A SPEED TRAFFIC, UH, UH, STUDY, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT WE CAN DEPLOY OUT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS, UH, AREAS IN TOWN.

UH, WHEN THESE COMPLAINTS COME IN, UH, WE CONDUCT TRAFFIC SURVEYS.

UM, WE, WE USE A RADAR TRAFFIC, UH, RADAR TREVOR RECORDER.

UH, IT'S PORTABLE.

IT CAN BE MOUNTED ANYWHERE LEFT ALONE, AND IT CONDUCTS THE DATA AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A PATROLMAN SITTING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR HOURS AT A TIME, YOU KNOW, MONITORING TRAFFIC.

UM, AGAIN, WE BEGAN THESE STUDIES IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, UH, SHORTLY AFTER THE EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASED, UH, TO THIS DATE, WE'VE RUN FIVE STUDIES.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE, UH, A STUDY IN PROGRESS AT THIS TIME.

I WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THESE STUDIES THAT WE HAVE CONDUCTED IN VARIOUS AREAS OF TOWN.

THE FIRST STUDY WAS CONDUCTED FROM, UH, JUNE THE FOURTH THROUGH JUNE THE 11TH.

THEY USUALLY RUN ABOUT A WEEK.

UH THAT'S HOW LONG THE BATTERY LASTS FOR THE DEVICE.

UH, THIS ONE WAS, UH, PERFORMED ON THE 1200 BLOCK OF LA PALOMA STREET.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A PRETTY HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADWAY.

THERE'S, UH, THERE WAS 9,019 VEHICLES RECORDED.

UH, DURING THAT STUDY, THE SPEED LIMIT ON THAT STRETCH OF ROADWAY IS 30 MILES AN HOUR.

AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 188 ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS, BUT AS COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ANALYZED, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ENFORCEMENT RATING IS CATEGORIZED AS LOW.

THAT WAS ONLY 2% OF THE, UH, ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS, UM, AVERAGE SPEED OF THE VEHICLES, UH, TRAVELING ON THAT ROADWAY DURING THE STUDY WAS 29 MILES AN HOUR.

SO IT WAS BELOW THE, UH, THE SPEED LIMIT.

THE FASTEST SPEED WAS 65.

YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S AN EMERGENCY TRAFFIC TRAVELING THROUGH THESE ROADWAYS, EMS PERSONNEL, FIRE, FIRE PERSONNEL, PD, PERSONNEL, RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES.

SO THEY TOOK IT.

THE, UH, SECOND STUDY WAS CONDUCTED ON THE 400 BLOCK OF NORTH MCCULLOUGH STREET.

UH, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF SPEEDERS IN THAT AREA, SPECIFICALLY THE 300 BLOCK, BUT, UH, OUR EQUIPMENT CAN'T BE, UM, I GUESS, FASTENED.

AND IT CAN ONLY BE FASTENED TO CERTAIN, UH, TYPES OF, UH, POLES AND LIGHTING POLES THAT ARE IN THE AREA.

SO WE HAD TO MOVE IT OVER ONE BLOCK, BUT WE STILL GOT A PRETTY GOOD, UH, AMOUNT OF DATA ANALYZED 1,643 VEHICLES, UH, WITH THE TOTAL OF ONLY THREE ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS.

THE AVERAGE SPEED WAS 22 MILES AN HOUR.

THE FASTEST, UH, WAS RECORDED AT 53.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THE, UH, ENFORCEMENT RATING CATEGORIES HAS A LOW ON OUR THIRD SPEED STUDY IS CONDUCTED FROM, UH, JUNE THE 22ND THROUGH JUNE THE 28TH.

UH, THIS WAS CONDUCTED ON THE 900 BLOCK OF SOUTH OSCAR WILLIAMS ROAD.

THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO AGAIN, SPEEDERS, UH, AND THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH OF ROADWAY.

UM, THIS IS A PRETTY HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADWAY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, 8,837 VEHICLES WERE, UH, ANALYZED.

AND IN TOTAL, UH, ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS, IT WAS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT THE OTHER TWO, UH, STUDIES, UH, PRODUCED 505, BUT WITH A TOTAL AMOUNT OF VEHICLES SAMPLED AGAIN, THE, UH, ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS WAS ONLY A 6% AND THE ENFORCEMENT RATING WAS STILL CATEGORIZED AS, AS LOW.

UM, THE AVERAGE SPEED AGAIN WAS BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT OF 30.

SO THE AVERAGE SPEED WAS 28 MILES AN HOUR.

UH, OF THOSE VEHICLES ANALYZED FASTEST AT 71.

UH, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A RANDOM SPEEDER, COULD HAVE BEEN EMERGENCY TRAFFIC.

UM,

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SPEED STUDY IN NUMBER FOUR WAS CONDUCTED ON THE 1700 BLOCK OF NORTH MCCULLOUGH STREET.

I BELIEVE DURING ONE OF OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE DID HAVE SOMEBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THEY REQUESTED IT.

SO WE DEPLOYED OUR EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.

UM, THIS WAS, UH, CONDUCTED, UH, FROM AUGUST OF 16 TO AUGUST 23RD, 1,074 VEHICLES WERE ANALYZED TOTAL ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS.

AT TWO AVERAGE SPEED WAS 18 MILES AN HOUR ON THAT ROADWAY.

AND THE FASTEST WAS AT 43.

AGAIN, WE HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT RATING, THAT'S A RATED AS LOW.

AND THE LAST ONE THAT WE'VE COLLECTED DATA FROM WAS FROM THE 1200 BLOCK OF NORTH AUSTIN STREET.

AGAIN, IT WAS A RESIDENT THAT WAS COMPLAINING OF SPEEDERS.

UM, FROM OCTOBER 27TH THROUGH NOVEMBER THE THIRD, THERE WAS 1,039 VEHICLES ANALYZED, UM, AVERAGE SPEED LIMIT OF 17 MILES AN HOUR.

AND 0% OF THOSE, UH, VEHICLES ANALYZED WERE CONSIDERED AS, UH, ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS.

THE ENFORCEMENT RATING WAS CATEGORIZED AGAIN AS A LOW.

SO WITH THESE SPEED STUDIES, UH, WE USUALLY DEPLOY OUR EQUIPMENT IN RESPONSE TO SPEED HOME REQUESTS THAT WE GET.

UM, SPEED REQUESTS ARE SUBMITTED TO MYSELF ON THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BOARD, UH, LIAISON, UH, FROM THE CITY, UM, APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, UH, WHICH IS A SUB PAGE WHEN THE CITY WEBSITE, UH, SPEED HUMP REQUESTS ARE REVIEWED EVALUATED BY DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS AND DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD DURING OUR, UH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE QUARTERLY MEETINGS.

WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.

UH, DEPENDING IF THE ROADWAY MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR SPEED HOME, THE REQUEST IS EITHER CONSIDERED OR DENIED, UH, HAVE CONSIDERED A REQUEST, UH, OR IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY OTHER CALMING MEASURES, UH, MAY BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION FOR A FURTHER EVALUATION.

AND THAT'S A, WITH THESE STUDIES THAT YOU, YOU PROVIDED US WITH, THIS KIND OF PUTS YOU IN NOT HELPING OUT WITH THE SPEED BUMPS.

LET ME TAKE THEN THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER, WHEN IT COMES TO SPEED HUMPS, THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THAT, THAT REGULATES HOW THE PROCESS IS, BUT THERE'S ALSO, AND THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT IT NEEDS TO MEET ENGINEERING STUDIES.

IT NEEDS TO MEET THERE'S OTHER PERFORMANCE.

SO THEREFORE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS TO DECIDE ON THEIR OWN.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE, UH, ADVISORY BOARD IS TO THE SITE.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BROUGHT TO MANAGEMENT.

WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AS PART OF OUR JOB IS TO ASSESS RISK TO HAZARDS.

UM, WE DO HAVE, IF WE NEED TO DISCUSS, UH, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER IT'S A ZERO TOLERANCE ON CERTAIN AREAS, BUT WE GET REQUESTS FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SOUTH OSCAR WILLIAMS, WHICH IS SOUTH OF THE EXPRESSWAY DOWN TO TURNER.

THAT IS THAT ROADWAY DIVIDES RESIDENTIAL TO THE WEST AND COMMERCIAL TO THE EAST.

THAT ROAD WOULD NOT QUALIFY BY ANY ENGINEERING STANDARD TO HAVE SPEED HUMPS.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMEBODY DOING THAT 70, 71.

I DON'T DOUBT IT, BUT THE NUMBER AND THE PERCENTAGE THAT MEANS 94% OF THE VEHICLES ON THERE WERE COMPLIANT.

ANYTIME YOU PUT SPEED, HUMPS, SIGNAGE, THE DAMAGE, THE WORD TEAR, THE COSTS, THESE THINGS ARE NOT INEXPENSIVE AT ANY TIME, WHETHER YOU USE ASPHALT OR THE, THE, THE POLY, THE RUBBER TYPE.

THEY'RE JUST EXPENSIVE.

UH, IF YOU GO TO WALMART, I MEAN, IF YOU GO TO THE WATER BURGER ON YOUR WAY TO BURGER WITH WALMART, YOU SEE THE SPEED HUMPS THERE, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS COMING APART AND THEY DON'T GET ANYWHERE IN THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC OF A ROADWAY SKIN IT'S THE SAME KIND OF TECHNOLOGY.

PUT IN, UH, A, A THREE-WAY STOP.

SO, UH, SO THAT JUST GOES TO, SO WE GET REQUESTS AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT PEOPLE SPEEDING, BUT WE'VE DONE ENOUGH STUDIES THAT WE FOUND EVEN BEFORE WE HAD THIS EQUIPMENT WITH PRIOR CHIEFS, EVEN BEFORE BELL THERE, IT APPEARS, I RECALL THEM A COLOR THAT PEOPLE WERE DOING 35 AND PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE EXCEEDING THAT.

AND WE'RE MONITORING.

I REMEMBER WE BOTH DID A PATROL PATROLMAN.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A CAR VIA A CAR CAM DO, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AND WE DEMONSTRATED THAT TO YOU IN THE PAST.

SO THE OPTICS ISN'T THE REALITY.

AND SOMETIMES, AND THESE ARE NOT BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO COME OUT OF SOME BUDGET AND IT NEEDS TO MAKE BUSINESS SENSE TO US.

IF WE RECOGNIZE OSCAR WILLIAMS, YOU KNOW, CU SOUTH OSCAR WINNERS COULD BE POTENTIALLY GET A TRAFFIC STUDY TO

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WE COULD, WE'RE A TWO-WAY STOP JUST TO, THAT'S A TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, MEASURING, UH, APPROACH TO LOOK AT YOU.

YOU STOPPED THE TRAFFIC HALFWAY MID STREET, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG STRETCH.

AND WE HAVE THOSE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH.

SO WE DISCUSS TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

YOU'VE HEARD AS DISCUSSED IT.

WE LOOK AT WHAT WE DO.

SO WE TAKE THESE CONCERNS.

THESE CALLS, I RECALL THE MAYOR PRO TEM CALLED ME THREE WEEKS AGO ABOUT SOMETHING POSTED ON, ON FACEBOOK.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF CHIEF, HAD IT WITH HIS STAFF AND WE DID ADDRESS IT.

IT JUST WASN'T TO THEIR SATISFACTION, BUT THESE ARE THE NUMBERS GOING BACK TO THE, UH, 71.

UM, DOES YOUR STUDY TELL YOU OR INDICATE WHAT TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT THAT HAPPENS? YES, IT DOES.

WE CAN, WE CAN PULL THAT DATA.

UM, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOX OR THE, THE TRAFFIC BOXES THAT IT DOES ALSO RECORD AND PROVIDE TO US DATA ON WHEN THE BEST TIMES TO ENFORCE VIOLATIONS WOULD BE.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE TO US.

UM, SO THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR US TO, UH, DEPLOY AN ACTUAL PATROLMEN OUT THERE AND SAY, HEY, AT THESE PARTICULAR TIMES WOULD BE THE BEST TIME TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS NUMBER OF CARS.

SO WE DO HAVE, YEAH, IT DEFINITELY IS.

IT'S PINPOINTED EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.

UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE GOT, PEOPLE SPEEDING ALL OVER TOWN.

UM, BUT, UH, I, I THINK IT, WE CAN'T, UH, UTILIZE THE SPEED BUMPS BECAUSE OF CERTAIN LAWS OR WHATEVER, CERTAIN ROADWAYS BRIDGES RESTRICTIONS.

I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I CAN ONLY IMAGINE A 18 WHEELER OR A SCHOOL BUS RIPPING UP THOSE SPEED BUMPS A FEW WEEKS AFTER WE INSTALL THEM.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE COST-EFFECTIVE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR STUDY CLOSER AND FIND OUT EXACTLY, UH, WHEN, UH, WHEN THIS IS OCCURRING AND ENFORCE, UH, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

HOW MANY OF THESE DO YOU HAVE THOSE THAT STUDY UNITS? UH, MAYOR, WE ONLY HAVE ONE, WE PURCHASED ONE, UH, THEY RUN ABOUT THREE TO $4,000 A OKAY.

BUT IT'S, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'VE TOLD YOU MANY, BUT I KNOW THAT CHAPMAN ROAD, CHAPMAN STREET FROM SOME HOUSTON, NORTH OR WEST OF IT, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS A FAMILY CALLING ME THAT, UH, THERE'S SPEEDERS AND IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S CONSTANTLY, AND, UH, I CAN FORGET TO CALL YOU.

I KNOW SOMETIMES I DO YOU A LOT ON IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE DO NEED TO, CAN THEY GIVE A TICKETS? YES, OF COURSE.

SO THEN SOME, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, TICKETS NEED TO BE GIVE OUT.

I'M SORRY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PEOPLE, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS UP THERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME, I THINK ONE OF THEM HAS CHILDREN THAT PLAY SIGN THERE AND, UH, THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT OBEYING IT.

SO I WOULD HATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY BE RUNNED OVER BECAUSE OF IT.

SO SOMETIMES, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THOSE THINGS INTO THE SUBDIVISIONS AND START, UH, GIVING US SOME TICKETS TO THOSE PEOPLE.

THE TEST OR THE STUDIES THAT WE HAVE CONDUCTED HAVE BEEN REACTIVE TO COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE COME IN.

UM, AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A, UH, A COMPLAINT THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.

UH, WE'VE DEPLOYED THE, THE, THE STUDY BOX IN THOSE VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

LIKE I SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE CONDUCTED FIVE TO DATE.

WE HAVE ONE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY.

UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, REPORT IS THAT IT PROVIDES TO US, UH, AS FAR AS THE BEST TIME TO ENFORCE, WE CAN DEFINITELY UTILIZE THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL THAT THE DATA SUPPORTED, UH, THE NEED FOR THAT.

BUT OUR OFFICERS DO ENFORCE, UH, TRAFFIC LAWS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND NIGHT, YOU KNOW, ON A DAILY BASIS AT A QUESTION, IS THE, IS THE BLACK CAT READER IN CONSPICUOUS OR IS YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, MAYBE YOU ATTACH IT TO A POLE? YES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

JUST A SENSOR THAT RUNS ACROSS, IT'S NOT THAT BLACK CORD THAT YOU USED TO SEE BACK IN THE DAY THAT RUNS ON THE STREET, NO COMMISSIONER OR NOT SEEING IT AND SLOWING DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CHANGING THE DATA'S.

LIMIT OR YOUR SPEED IS SO-AND-SO, THAT'S VERY CATCHY, YOU KNOW, UH, TO ME, I FELT LIKE, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT, OH, NOWADAYS WITH THESE NEW VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING 30 AND YOU ENDED UP GOING 40 OR 50, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO VISIBLE WARNING TO THE PERSON PASSING BY.

THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS THERE.

IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS A GOOD READER IT'S GIVEN THE FACT OF COURSE WE ARE NOT GOING THAT ROUTE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I KNOW AT ONE, ONE TIME, UM, YEARS BACK, I KNOW WE HAD THE LIGHT UP, UH, SPEED

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BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TOOL.

UH, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE RESPECT THAT.

UM, DO WE HAVE THOSE, BUT WHEN YOU START USING THEM, LIKE I SAID, UH, LATELY I'VE, EVERYBODY'S IN A HURRY, EVERYBODY'S IN A HURRY AND WE NEED TO ENFORCE THESE THINGS.

DO WE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF HIS FEET IN TOWN BEFORE WE HAVE MORE ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO THAT'S KIND OF SURE, OF COURSE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY GET KILLED OUT THERE OR ANYTHING, BUT CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING IN THE STREET.

TIMES HAVE CHANGED TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

UH, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SO MANY MORE VEHICLES NOWADAYS THAN BEFORE, AND EVERYBODY'S IN A HURRY.

SO TH THERE'S THERE'S WAYS WE CAN, UH, TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, ENFORCING SPEED OR OF COURSE, MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE.

RIGHT? YES.

I DID ALSO PRINT OUT A COPY OF THE, THE CURRENT, UH, THOROUGHFARE PLAN DRAFT FROM THE CITY, UH, DID SPEAK TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.

HE TOLD ME THAT IT'S THE SAME AS THE ONE THAT'S IN PLACE.

I JUST COULDN'T, UH, ATTACH IT TO THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT CAME OUT VERY DISTORTED.

BUT I DID PRINT OUT A COPY FOR YOU ALL, IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A COPY.

AND MOST OF THESE, UH, MOST OF THESE COMPLAINTS HAVEN'T BEEN EITHER NEAR OR ON A ROADWAY THAT FALLS UNDER THIS PLAN.

SO IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT TO, UH, TO HAVE A SPEED HUMP ON THOSE CERTAIN LOCATIONS.

LIKE, UH, MR. DELAROSA DID ADVISE THAT IT HAS TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA.

SO, UH, W BACK ON THE CRITERIA I RESIDENTS USUALLY ASKED ME OR CITIZENS, THEY ASKED IF THEY COULD DO, UM, UH, GET SIGNATURES FROM ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WAS DONE BACK IN THE DAY.

IS THAT THE CASE THAT IS STILL THE CASE OF IT NEEDS TO MEET THE CRITERIA? YES.

SO, AND THAT'S, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ONLY TO REALIZE THAT HE NEVER EVEN MET THE CRITERIA.

AND THE STRANGEST THING IS I DRIVE, UH, I THINK IT'S , AND THERE'S A STREET THERE THAT HAS SPEED BUMP, NEXT BLOCK SPEED BUMP, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE.

THAT THAT'S PROBABLY IT IT'S NEXT TO MUTTERING.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE USE FOUR SPEED BUMPS ON ONE STREET AND, UM, MAYBE WE DIDN'T DO THE STUDY WE SHOULD'VE DONE, OR WE DIDN'T DO IT CORRECTLY.

HOW CAN YOU END UP WITH AND COMMISSIONER? A LOT OF THEM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY, IT WAS GOING NOT LIKE UNREALISTICALLY JUST PLACE AT ONE TIME BEFORE WHAT, AT ONE TIME THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, WHEN I FIRST CAME WAS IT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OVERSIGHT FROM MANAGEMENT.

SO TODAY IT DOES.

AND SECONDLY, AS Z, UH, SPEED BUMPS, NEAT MAINTENANCE, AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE THERE.

WE PULL THEM OUT.

YOU COULD PROBABLY MOVE THEM AROUND A SCHOOL OR SOMETHING WHERE I THINK IT'D BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PURCHASE OF A HEART TOP, UH, PORTABLE STATE FOR THE CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEVIN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THERE'S THERE'S NO ACTION ITEM ON THAT ONE.

SO, UH,

[11. Consideration and possible action to approve purchase of a hardtop portable stage for the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum.]

UH, SOME OF THE OLD CULTURE HERITAGE MUSEUM THAT MR. PRESENTED, SIR, MA'AM HI.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COMMISSIONERS.

I LAY THE GARCIA CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

UM, THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO WORK WITH LOCAL CREATIVE GROUPS OF MULTIPLE GENRES TO DELIVER EXCITING COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS IN ORDER TO BETTER SHOWCASE THEIR DIVERSE TALENTS WE ARE REQUESTING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLY APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A HARD TOP MODULAR INDOOR STAGE.

UH, IT WILL ENABLE OUR DEPARTMENT TO HAVE MORE MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCES, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGE A DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSIONS WITH FUTURE CULTURAL HERITAGE , UH, INCLUDING YOUR PACKETS.

WE'LL FIND A THREE QUOTES FROM STAGE VENDORS THAT OFFER THE MODULAR SIZE AND HEIGHT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS WELL AS THE STEPS WITH HANDRAILS AND A STAGE DOLLY, UH, TO BE PURCHASED WITH THE CARES ACT FUNDING, NOT TO EXCEED $11,000.

UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS DON'T WANT TO APPROVE? OKAY.

GET A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

WE HAVE FRANCO SECOND TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER ONE ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES

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PASSES.

I DON'T REMEMBER 12 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE COMING TO SOUTHERN PLAINS AND SALES AND SERVICE TO MAKE A REPAIRS FOR THE WATER WASTE TREATMENT PLANT GENERATOR LOCATED AT THE 26,300 LINE 20TH ROAD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

[12. Consideration and possible action to authorize Cummins Southern Plains, Sales and Service to make repairs to the Waste Water Treatment Plant generator located at 26300 Line 20 Road in the amount not to exceed $100,000.00.]

AND MR. DAVID VASQUEZ PRESENTED THIS ITEM.

OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR MAYOR PRO TOWN COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, DAVID VASQUEZ PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AGAIN, UH, BEFORE YOU CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE, UH, COMING SOUTHERN PLAINS SALES AND SERVICE TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT GENERATOR.

THE RATIONALE HERE IS WE NEED TO BACK UP POWER SOURCE AND THE PROPOSED IS TO REPAIR AND REPLACE PISTONS AND LINERS ON THE GENERATOR.

A UNIT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ONCE PROJECT IS APPROVED AND A PURCHASE ORDER IS ISSUED.

WE CAN PLACE THE ORDER.

THE PARTS CAN TAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS TO ARRIVE BASED ON THE ORDER.

ONCE ALL PARTS ARRIVED, THEY WILL, THEY WILL THEN SCHEDULE A TIME WITH US.

AND THE ACTUAL REPAIR TIME IS APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AND ITSELF STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THAT GENERATOR THAT'S CORRECT.

SO NOW BEFORE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT, UH, A SHORT BLOCK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, YEAH.

SO AS FAR AS THE SHORT BLOCK, THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN THAT SIZE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN EMAIL FROM THE VENDOR THAT SAYS THAT THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN THAT SIZE BECAUSE IT'S, WHAT'S CALLED A CAVE 50.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION.

SO NOW YEAH, YOU GET A CONFIRMATION.

WE WILL NOT WORK IT.

THIS IS THE BEST WE'RE GOING TO GET.

THAT'S THE BEST YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

WELL YOU TO APPROVE.

AND A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VERA FRANCO SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND NUMBER 13, FIRST WE KNOW THAT THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 93 DASH 12 DASH 2021 Z TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 24 80 EAST STINGER STREET ALSO BEARING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF A 32.2, ONE ACRES TRACK OF LAND, MORE OR LESS COMPROMISE OF FOUR TRACKS TRACK ONE FIVE ACRE TRACK, MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK OF 1570 OLD LAND AND WATER COMPANIES HAVE DIVISION OF THE GRANT, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORD, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OUT OR PLOT RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS TRACK TO 4.04 ACRES BLOCK OF OUT OF BLOCK OF 15 OF THE SEMINOLE LAND AND WATER, UH, COMPANY.

[13. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2593-12-2021(2) to rezone a property located at 2480 East Stenger Street, also bearing a legal description of a 32.21 acre tract of land, more or less, comprised of four tracts:]

SO DIVISION OF THE GRANT, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS TRACK THREE, NOT FOUR HIGHLINE PARK.

NUMBER TWO, IN ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AS PER MOP MAP OR PLOT, THERE ARE RECORDING VOLUME FIVE PAGE 24 MAP RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS TRACK FOR PARCEL ONE FIVE ACRE TRACT, MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK, 15, SOME OF THE OLD LAND AND WATER COM COMPANIES THAT DIVISION IN THE CAPACITOR CONCEPT SHOWN THE GRANT.

CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, AS PER MAP OR PLOT, THERE ARE RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX, MATT RECORDED CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS TRACK TRACK FOR PARCEL TWO 10 ACRE TRACK, MORE OR LESS OUT OF NORTH EAST PART BLOCK 15 SEVEN, YOUR LAND AND WATER COMPANIES OF DIVISION.

THE CONCEPT GRANT CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AS PER MAP OR PLOT.

THERE ARE RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX, RAP RECORDS, KIMRA COUNTY, TEXAS FROM EIGHT OH AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE AND SEE TO KEVIN COASTAL COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS TO L ONE LIKE INDUSTRY AND, UH, MR. MIRA COMMISSIONERS, BEFORE YOU HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN THIS EVENING, BUT IT DOES IDENTIFY THESE FIVE TRACKS OF LAND THAT, UH, LET'S SEE.

1, 2, 3, 4, I STAND CORRECTED FOUR TRACKS OF LAND.

THE, UM, UH, THIS IS CODY SEARCH PROPERTIES.

YOU SEE THAT UP THERE, UH, BORDER BY STINGER BUSINESS 77 AND, UH, JUST SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH OF THE EXPRESSWAY.

SO YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS, ON THIS PROPERTY

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AND, UM, AT THE NEXT, UH, REGULAR MEETING, YOU'LL HAVE THE SECOND READING.

SO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM, FROM THE LAST TIME, UH, THIS HAS BEEN ZONED FROM A COMMERCIAL TO, TO, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRY, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT'S PREDOMINANTLY, UH, IN THAT AREA.

ANYWAY.

SO THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO, UH, PUT IT INTO A LIGHT INDUSTRY SO THAT THEY CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF A BUSINESS COMES IN.

IT'S A REZONING.

SO A LIGHT IN-DISTRICT WILL ALLOW A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LAND USE.

IT'S NOT AS CLEAN AS A COMMERCIAL IS LIKE RETAIL AND OFFICE.

THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW, UH, UH, SOME OPERATIONS THAT ARE MORE IN LINE WITH, UH, THE TRUCKING OPERATIONS, HOLDING MATERIALS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

I GET IT.

IT'S NOT HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

IT'S NOT HAVING THE MATERIAL LIGHT INDUSTRY.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO QUESTIONS.

REMEMBER 14 FIRST REGION OF THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 94 DASH QUOTE THAT'S 2021 Z TO REZONE A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 25, 20 65 EAST US EXPRESSWAY, 77 ALSO BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF, OF A 14, 14.6, FOUR ACRES OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK 15 OF THE SEMINOLE LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION AND RECORDED IN VOLUME.

WELL, WAIT ON, I DON'T

[14. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2594-12-2021(2) to rezone a property located at 2565 East U.S. Expressway 77, also bearing a legal description of: A 14.64 acres ofland, out of Block 15, of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Cameron County Map Records, Cameron County Texas, from C-2 Commercial General Retail Business to LI Light Industry.]

ONE PAGE SIX OF THE CAMERON COUNTY MAP RECORDS, KEVIN COUNTY, TEXAS FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS TO L I N LIGHT INDUSTRY.

AND MR. DELAROSA PRESENTED IS ADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE NUMBER.

IT'S THE SAME, UH, OWNER, UH, CODY, SIR, UH, THAT OWNS THIS PROPERTY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE EXPRESSWAY HIGHWAY 83 AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF, OF, UH, FM FIVE, 10.

AND AGAIN, AS YOU SAY TO ME, IT'S A RETURNING REZONE OF COMMERCIAL TO, TO A LIGHT INDUSTRY.

[15. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2595-12-2021(2) to rezone a property located at the east side intersection of East U.S. Expressway 77 Frontage and ScaiefRoad - FM 510, also bearing a legal description of: A 10.367-acre Tract of Land out ofBlock 15 of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, according to the map recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas, from C-2 Commercial General Retail Business to LI Light Industry.]

FIRST WE KNOW ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 95 DASH 12 DASH 2021 Z TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE EAST SIDE INTERSECTION OF EAST USAA EXPRESSWAY, 77 FRONTAGE AND SKI ROAD, FM FIVE 10 ALSO BEARING IN LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF A 10.36, SEVEN ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF A BLOCK 15 OF THE SOMEBODY'S OLD LAND AND WATER COMPANIES OF DIVISION.

ACCORDING TO THE MAP RECORDED IN VOLUME, ONE PAGE SIX MET RECORDS CAN RECALL IN TEXAS FROM C2, COMMERCIAL GENERAL LAW.

WE TELL BUSINESS TO L I LIKE INDUSTRY A PERCENTAGE THAT MIRA COMMISSIONERS.

AGAIN, THIS IS LIKE THE PREVIOUS TWO.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.

THIS IS SLIGHTLY ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE THAT YOU JUST READ.

SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, EXPRESSWAY AT FM FIVE, 10, UM, GENERAL LOCATION, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THAT INTERSECTION.

WITHOUT THAT SEPARATION OF FIVE, 10, IT'S A FAIRLY WIDE THOROUGHFARE, BUT YOU START GETTING DRAINAGE CHANNELS OR ANYTHING CLOSER ON THAT WESTERN SIDE OF EVEN FIVE 10, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE, PALASKY SO C A C2, WHICH ALLOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN C1.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DO HAVE, UH, WELL ACTUALLY, UH, I NOTICE A STEEP ROAD, WELL, THAT'S, UH, ON ONE SIDE OF MATT'S CASH AND CARRY, WHICH IS, UH, RETAIL.

UH, I WOULD ASSUME IT FALLS INTO RETAIL.

SO MOVING FROM COMMERCIAL RETAIL TO LIGHT INDUSTRY, UH, AND THAT PARTICULAR AREA, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

UM, ARE WE, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT OURSELVES AS TO WHAT GOES THERE OR IS THERE A PLAN OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT FOR US TO, I WANT TO SAY MAYBE EVEN SHY AWAY FROM SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A DIFFERENT POTENTIAL.

NO, I THINK WE'RE FAIRLY OPEN WHEN IT COMES TO MATS.

UM, THE, THE BUILDING SUPPLIER THERE AND THE REASON BEING THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE THEY OWN THE PROPERTY ON, ON THE, ON THE BACKSIDE, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE PLANNING MANAGER, THAT THERE IS SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WANTING TO DO SOMETHING EXACTLY WHAT IT IS IS YET TO BE PRESENTED TO US.

BUT THE IDEA IS THAT THERE IS THE, UM, UH, WHETHER IT'S A DRAINAGE CHANNELS THAT, THAT THERE'S SOME BOUNDARIES AS YOU GO FURTHER, UH, NORTHERN ON, ON FM FIVE, 10, YOU GET THE STINGER, THEN YOU START GETTING TO THE, THE, UH, BROADWAY PLACE SUBDIVISION.

SO YOU WANT TO START MAINTAINING THAT FIVE TENANTS, THAT DIVIDING LINE, AND CERTAINLY AT BROADWAY PLAYS, YOU HAVE THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL THAT KIND OF RUNS IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION.

UH, THAT'S A GOOD BOUNDARY, BUT EVERYTHING BEYOND THAT, AGAIN, UH, HAVING LIGHT INDUSTRY

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WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT LIGHT INDUSTRY, CERTAINLY ALONG THAT BORDER WHERE YOU SEE THE TOP ONE RED, IF YOU JUST CONTINUE THAT BACK DOWN, UH, YOU JUST GOTTA, WHEN IT, THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED SPOTS ON IT, YOU DON'T ALLOW MAKES USES THAT JUST DON'T, THERE'S NO BLEND.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL MULTITENANT AND COMMERCIAL, THAT MULTI-TENANT BECOMES THE BUFFER BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL, YOU TRY TO DO THE SAME THING WITH LIGHT INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL TENANT, RESIDENTIAL.

SO YOU TRY TO HAVE THESE SEPARATIONS SO THAT IT DOESN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT PROPERTY VALUES OR QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO WE LOOK AT EACH AREA AS WE, PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS AND PART OF AT THE LAST MINUTE, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE DISCUSSED THE OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY.

SO THE, THE CITY'S PLANNERS WILL HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLAINS OWNING COMMISSION, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY TRANSFORM OVER TIME.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR WAS THAT IT FITS IN WITH OUR PLANT.

WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST ASKED.

IT DOES CURRENTLY, BECAUSE PART OF THAT, UH, CHANGES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

YOU OKAY? NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

OF COURSE, SO WHATEVER PLANS HE HAS OUT THERE, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF COURSE, THAT IT FITS IN WITH WHATEVER PLAN.

16 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE, TO, UH, TO THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN VARCO AND THE CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, MS. REBECCA CASTILLO PRESENTED ITSELF, GOOD EVENING.

SOMETIMES WE'LL GET PROPULSIVE ELEMENTS OR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT IT JUST DOESN'T FIT DEVELOPED.

AND WE HAVE TO, UH, WE INFORMED THEM, BUT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPEAL PROCESS, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION.

THEY'LL MAKE THEIRS.

AND THEN YOU GET TO DECIDE, AND AGAIN, UH, CITY COMMISSIONERS CAN DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THEY WANT, BUT IT DOES FIT OUR PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

OVERALL, WE GET A LOT OF INPUT, UH, WHETHER IT'S IN FAVOR OR NOT, WE HEAR ALL SIDES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT IS IN FAVOR.

WE DON'T GET A MAJORITY SAYING WE DON'T WANT IT.

[16. Consideration and Possible Action on Amendment #3 to the Performance Agreement between VARCO and the San Benito Economic Development Corporation.]

MAYOR MAY EVER TAM COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

WHAT YOU HAVE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE'RE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF SIX MONTHS TO BARCO.

THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE PROJECT, UH, TO START, UM, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO START A PHASE THREE IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, UH, IN COMPLETING IT BY DECEMBER OF 22, THE LAST PHASE, PHASE FOUR, STARTING IN DECEMBER OF 2023 AND COMPLETING THAT PROJECT, UM, BY THE END OF, UH, STARTING THE PHASE FOUR IN DECEMBER OF 2022 IN COMPLETING THE COMPLETE PROJECT BY DECEMBER OF 2023, UH, THEY'RE IN, UM, SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF SIX MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, THIS ASKING THEM TO HAVE 80% OF 10 ON CAPACITY.

THERE ARE ABOUT A 47% RIGHT NOW.

UH, THEY WERE REQUESTING ACTUALLY A YEAR EXTENSION, THE ABC BOARD ON DECEMBER THE 13TH APPROVED ONLY A SIX MONTHS EXTENSION.

AND WE'RE BRINGING IN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE BAIKAL AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE IS, UH, ATTACHED TO YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE RICHER SET OF QUESTIONS.

UM, MS. CASTILLO, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE, WELL FIRST, WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? WHAT IS THE ASKING SQUARE FOOT, UH, PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT AND THE OTHER LOCATION? WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

UH, DEAN HAS BEEN, UH, WE ARE RIGHT NEGOTIATED, BUT WE ARE DISCUSSING A WAYS TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM PROMOTE MORE THE PLAZA, UH, IN OUR MIXER THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES BE ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH A SALES PERSON THERE.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE MEETING THIS WEEK WITH THEM.

THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT'S DELAYING THEM, RIGHT.

WHEN WE APPROVE THE EDC GRANTS FOR SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE PAYING, RIGHT.

AND SOME, MOST OF THEM ARE UNDER A DOLLAR.

AND WE DO GOING TO BE WORKING.

SOME MARKET WE'RE IN.

AND IF, IF THIS LOCATION'S ASKING FOR OVER $2, THAT'S CLOSER TO WHAT BROWNSVILLE MCALLEN AREA.

I DON'T THINK GETTING OUT OF THE PANDEMICS GOING TO HELP THEM OR DELAYING IT'S GOING TO HELP THEM.

UM, BUT THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT AND ALSO THEIR MARKETING TECH STRATEGY.

AND DO THEY HAVE SOMEONE ACTIVELY ADVERTISING THE MARKET OR IS IT JUST AN INTERNAL ADVERTISER? RIGHT.

I'M UNDERSTANDING THEY HAVE SOME SOMEBODY INTERNALLY

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UH, THE EDC BOARD HAS TASKED US TO COORDINATE MORE WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY HELP OUT DISSERVING THE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO SENDING PROSPECTS THEIR WAY.

AND WITHOUT, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF BEING MORE IN THE LOOP AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT, UH, PROSPECTS ARE GETTING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP THEM OUT FROM EVEN TV ADS.

UH, WHEN WE GO TO TRADE SHOWS, ALSO BEING ABLE TO PROMOTE IT BETTER, BUT DEFINITELY THEIR SPACE, UH, FROM IMPROVEMENT.

UH, THEY DO JUST, UM, LOST THEIR BUSINESS PERSON AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TRANSITIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION, BUT THE NEW SALES PERSON HAS BEEN JUST IN THE JOB FOR A MONTH AND A HALF.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT AS WE COORDINATE WITH THEM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO GOOD STRIDES IN MOVING THE DEVELOPMENT FORWARD.

YOU PUT SOME OF THESE IN THE DIAGRAM THAT SUMMER PERSPECTIVE, DO WE HAVE NAMES OR IS THAT NOT ABLE TO BE A CLEAR, UH, WELL, THERE'S THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING WITH SOME OF THEM ARE THE ONES THAT COME WITH A GROUP, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN THEM IN BRONZEVILLE ALSO IN STORE PLACING HARNED ENGINE.

THEY'RE STILL HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THEY'RE COMING.

THEY HAVE BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY BRINGING WHICH FRANKLY FLAPS HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCING THAT COLDSTONE.

UH, THE LATEST DISCUSSION THAT I HAD THIS WEEK, OR THIS WEEK IS ABOUT JOHNNY ROCKETS.

THEY'RE INITIATING CONVERSATIONS TO LOOKING AT A SPACE IN DOING THE BUILD-OUT.

SO, UH, I THINK POSSIBLY WITH A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH ADC BOARD ON THE 13TH, YOU KIND OF, UH, LOCKED THEM IN A LITTLE BIT TO BE MORE COMMITTED AND TO, THEY HAVE PRIORITIES.

AND, UH, AS THEY'RE TRYING TO BALANCE EVERYTHING OUT, UH, I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AND REQUESTING ASCENSIONS AND SEE HOW THEY CAN LEVERAGE THE TIMELINE.

SO, UH, THE EDC BOARD WAS PRETTY STRICT AND ONLY ALLOWING US SIX MONTHS EXTENSION AND NO MORE.

UM, THESE BUILDOUTS, I MEAN, HOW LONG HAS BEEN SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPENING THE BILL THAT IT'S, THERE'S NOTHING THERE, RIGHT? IT'S JUST A SHELL.

SO THESE BUILD-OUTS ARE TAKING TIME.

DO THESE TENANTS HAVE TO PAY RENT FOR THE TIME? THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT PAY RENT, LABIAL UP PROCESS UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO OPEN.

GLOCK HAS ALREADY STARTED PAYING RENT THIS PAST MONTH BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN .

DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT THERE'S ONLY A SHELL? NO, NO, NO.

THE, THE, THE BUILT THE SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE, THEY'RE READY FOR BUILD-OUT.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE THE DELAY.

WASN'T GETTING THE ALCOHOL LICENSE.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH READY TO OPEN.

SO ONCE THEY STARTED MOVING FORWARD TO THE DATA'S COMING PRETTY CLOSE, THAT'S WHERE THEY STARTED PAYING RENT.

BUT THROUGH THE BUILD OUT, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING RENT, FRANKLY, FLAPS IS GOING UP.

IT'S ABOUT TO START THEIR BUILD-OUT.

THEY WON'T BE PAYING RENT UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO OPEN.

THOSE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE BOARD HAD, IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE THEY'RE PAYING RENT FOR A SPACE THAT THEY'RE NOT UTILIZING AND MAXIMIZING ON AND HAVING A RETURN OF INVESTMENT AND BUILDING REVENUE, IT, IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE OBSTACLES THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE ENCOUNTERING, ENCOUNTERING.

OF QUESTIONS.

DO I HAVE MOTION? DID THEY, UM, AS FAR AS PAYMENT, THE DELAY IN PAYMENT, SO ABLE TO DO, ARE WE EXPECTING TO CHANGE IN LATE FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THEY, THAT, THAT, THAT CHANGE ARE WE JUST DISCUSSING IT A SIX MONTH EXTENSION ONLY DISCUSSING A SIX MONTHS EXTENSION WE ARE EXPECTING FOR THE 2019 YEAR TO RECEIVE THE ALGORITHM TAXES, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OVER $7,000.

THE PRICE VALUE FOR THE 22 20 20 TAXES IS, UH, UH, THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IS AT 4 MILLION.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $29,000 ON THE ALGORITHM TAXES.

THE ADC WILL BE BILLING THEM TO PAY BY THE END OF JANUARY THE 31ST.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANKEL.

ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS NAME, ONE NAME.

MOTION PASSES.

I'LL START PRIORITIZING SAN MARINO FOR THAT PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE LITI BOARD MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.

17 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM, A RENT SUBSIDY GRANT FOR OH, SNAP, UH, FITNESS OR THE AMOUNT OF $4,999 AND 98 CENTS.

FOR THE RECORD, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER 16, I'VE GOT FOUR YEARS YEAS IN ONE NAME BY COMMISSIONER GOVERN.

[17. Consideration and Possible Action on the award of the Small Business Investment Program-Rent Subsidy Grant for Oh Snap Fitness in the amount of$4,999.98.]

AND

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MS. REBECCA CASTILLO PRESENTED ITSELF.

COMMISSION MAY, MAY OR MAY HAVE ATTEMPT COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD AGAIN, REBECCA CASTEEL WITH A 72 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, AN APPLICANT, SOME APPLICATIONS ON THE AGENDA TODAY TO INCLUDE ALL SNAP FITNESS.

UH, THEIR REQUEST IS FOR THE SIX MONTHS, UH, A RENT SUBSIDY GRANT AT 50%, THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF $4,999 WITH 98 CENTS, APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $833 WITH 33 CENTS A MONTH.

UH, THIS, UH, UH, APPLICATION HAS REVIEWED, REVIEWED, UH, THEY MEET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, THE GUIDELINES, AND, UH, IT IS THE BOARD APPROVED IT ON DECEMBER THE 13TH OF THIS YEAR, UH, AFTER THE ALLOCATION OF THIS FUNDS, IF YOU APPROVE IT TONIGHT, UH, YOU'LL SEE.

ALSO THERE'S A SPREADSHEET THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE ALLOCATION.

IF YOU APPROVE IT TONIGHT AFTER THE, THE FIRST, UH, APPLICATION THAT YOU APPROVED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, AFTER ALL SNAP, UM, AWARD WILL HAVE A REMAINING BUYER ON SUB $68,900 IN THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM.

AND, UH, THEY SEE A BOARD APPROVAL TO THE 13TH AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CORNER OF AUSTIN AND BUSINESS CENTER.

THIS ONE IS ALL SNAP IS, UH, UH, IT'S ON HALEN.

IT'S A BMW.

NO, NO.

THIS ONE IS A BUSINESS 77 HEADING PAST BLUE MARLIN, THE STREET THAT IS A SITE VFW, UM, LOCATION IN THE SIDE LITTLE STREET HEADING, UH, TOWARDS, UH, VALLEY BAPTIST WAYLAND.

WILLIE ROAD.

WILL HELP THEM WITH 50% OF THE RENT FOR SIX MONTHS.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, SIR.

WELL, ON THE WAYLAND ROAD COMMISSIONER ON BUSINESS SERVICE SEVEN.

YEP.

YUP.

DO THEY HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, REBECCA ONLINE PORTAL LADIES, I'LL EMAIL YOU, THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEIR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES.

UH, CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS AND THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS? IT'S A, WHAT, IT'S MORE OF, UM, THE, THAT MILK, UH, THAT, UM, MEAL MEAL MEAL REPLACEMENTS IT'S HERBALIFE, UH, NOW WITH, UH, HERBALIFE HAS GROWN SO MUCH IN TERMS THAT IT'S NO LONGER JUST A MILKSHAKE REPLACEMENT, WHERE YOU HAVE ONE IN THE MORNING, ONE IN THE EVENING, IT INCLUDES A VARIETY OF, UM, A MENU TO INCLUDE, UH, BREAKFAST AND FRUIT.

AND IT'S A, IT'S A MIX OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE IS MORE LIKE A LITTLE CAFE THAT THEY HAVE, AND THERE ARE ENHANCING IT ALSO WITH CROSSFIT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR, UH, FOR THEIR TARGETED AUDIENCE.

THEY DO HAVE A GOOD DRAW PEOPLE COMING IN AND, UH, THE LOCATION WE SAW THAT IS IDEAL BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE PROXIMITY INTO OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

SO IT ALSO DRAWS OUR COMMUNITY HERE, BUT ALSO DRAWS CUSTOMERS FROM, UH, ACROSS CITY LINES.

HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN IN EXISTENCE? THERE WERE A HOME BASE IN ENOUGH ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN 2019.

AND, UH, THEY RECENTLY IN 2020 MOVE TO THAT LOCATION.

YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, UH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS, UH, LET ME LOOK THROUGH THE APPLICATION.

IT'S ON THE, ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE APPLICATION, UH, IT MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, 70 SOME PEOPLE PER WEEK.

OH, WE REQUIRED THEM TO HAVE, UH, A WEEK AND 160 TO 200 THAT WE REQUIRED THEM TO MAINTAIN THOSE NUMBERS, DATA INFORMATION.

WE'LL USUALLY WE DO CHECK IN WITH THEM PERIODICALLY, BUT, UH, THE IDEAS THAT THEY SHOW DO ALL EFFORTS TO REMAIN OPEN THROUGH I'M AT A MINIMUM, THE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS FROM WHEN THE AWARD HAPPENS.

IF YOU AWARD THEM TODAY, THEY WILL BE, IF YOU'RE PROBATE TODAY, THERE'LL BE ELIGIBLE FROM DECEMBER TO MAY OF THE NEXT YEAR.

THEY'LL MEAN DECEMBER THE FIRST 2021 TILL, UM, MAY THE 31ST, 20, 22, THEY'LL HAVE TO COMPLETE FULLY THOSE SIX MONTHS IN ORDER TO THE AGREEMENT AND THAT FOR THEM NOT TO FALL ON DEFAULT, IF THEY FALL ON DEFAULT AND THEY CLOSED BEFORE THOSE SIX MONTHS, THEN THERE WILL BE NEEDING TO REIMBURSE THE ADC, THE DOLLARS THAT WERE AWARDED.

REBECCA, DO YOU HAVE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING? LET ME CHECK IN THE APPLICATION AND IT'S, UH, CAUSE I JUST SEE THERE THE, THE RENT AMOUNT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S AN 1800 SQUARE FEET AND IT'S A FAIR MARKET VALUE, RIGHT? AND THEY DO HAVE THE TWO YEAR LEASE, UH, THE MONTHLY DCIS OF $2,250, WHICH

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IT'S IN THE SHOP.

DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE, UH, WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, THE START OF THE SIX MONTH PERIOD NOW IS THAT YOU SAID, IF WE APPROVE TONIGHT, IT BEGINS THE FIRST DAY OF THIS MONTH FOR THE MONTH.

IT WILL BE APPROVED FOR, FOR THE PERSON MONTH, UH, SIX MONTHS OUT INTO ME, MAY 31ST, 31ST.

SO IF THEY'RE ALL EITHER AWARDED ONTO THE MONTH OF MAY, UH, IF THEY CLOSE ON MAY THE FIFTH ON MAY THE 20TH MAY THE 30TH, THEY WILL NOT BE COMPLETING THE SIX MONTHS COMMITMENT.

THEY NEED TO CLOSE AFTER MAY THE 31ST IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR AGREEMENTS.

SO JUNE 1ST THEY CALL IT QUITS.

WE'RE OUT THERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT.

THEY HAVE A FIELD THERE, THERE, UM, AGREEMENT.

THEY DO HAVE A TWO YEAR LEASE.

SO THEY SHOULD BE CONTINUING ON BUSINESS.

THE 2019, WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED, THEY STARTED RIGHT HERE OFF OF STATE.

CHOP IS NOW, UH, OUR HOME TATTOOS USED TO BE THAT'S WHERE THEY STARTED OFF THEY'RE THERE FOR A FEW MONTHS.

UM, THE SPACE GOT WAY TOO SMALL FOR THEM.

SO THEY THEN MOVED, SPEND IT RIGHT HERE NEXT TO IT WERE PHRASES.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE THE BOXING CLUB USED TO BE THE THRIFT SHOP IN THE CORNER.

THAT SPACE WAS ALSO TOO SMALL FOR THEM AND THEY NOW MOVED OVER THERE.

SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN EXPANDING AND GETTING BIGGER AS THE YEARS COME.

I DON'T SEE THERE.

STEVE THEY'RE PRETTY THEY'RE HAVE BEEN BUILDING WELL, YOU KNOW, I, AND I DON'T DOUBT IT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE SIX MONTH AGREEMENT BECAUSE THIS RENT SUBSIDY FOR SIX MONTHS, CORRECT.

SO NOW LET'S SAY SOME, UH, YOU GET TO MAKE, AND WHEN ARE YOU PRESENTED THE RENT RECEIPT? BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU PAY UPON RECEIPT.

THEY COULD'VE PAID, UH, END OF APRIL, THERE MAY RENT.

SO THEY HAVE PAID THEIR MAY RENT AND THEY SUBMITTED IT TO US, UH, EARLY APRIL, LATE APRIL AND OR BEGINNING OF MAY.

AND WE WERE BURSTING, BUT IT'S MAY THE 29TH AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT AND THEY CLOSED DOWN.

THEN THEY'RE ON THE DEFAULT ON THE AGREEMENT.

THEN THERE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REIMBURSING.

THEY DO SEE THE SIX MONTHS.

THIS IS RECOMMENDED BY THE PDC BOARD.

THEY SEE BOARD.

I HAD A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARIA FRANCO.

SO ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES THE DIALOGUE.

I DON'T REMEMBER 17 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT THROUGH YOUR OWN.

AT A NUMBER 18 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, A SUBSIDY FOR A RENT SUBSIDY GRANT FOR THE LOAN BOOKKEEPING AND MORE ON THE AMOUNT OF A 1,615.

I THINK I GOT THAT ONE.

I'M SORRY.

UH, 17

[18. Consideration and Possible Action on the award of the Small Business Investment Program-Rent Subsidy Grant for De Leon Book Keeping & More in the amount of $1,650.00.]

AND MS. REBECCA CASTILLO PRESENTED THE CENTER AGAIN MAY OR MAY HAVE ATTEMPT COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME WHERE THE RECORD REBECCA COMES TO YOU WITH A, SOMEBODY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THESE ALSO ARE RENT SUBSIDY GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE LEON BOOKKEEPING AND MORE THEY'RE LOCATED ON AUSTIN, UH, ON THE CORNER OF, UM, AUSTIN, AUSTIN, RIGHT ACROSS FROM SB WEEKS.

YES, THAT'S THE ONE FROM SB WINS.

NUMBER 19 POSSIBLE ACTION, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE WARD OF THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM, UH, COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT TO APPLY APPLICANT, UH, RICARDO MADIGAN IN MULTIUNIT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1625 WEST BUSINESS OWNED SEVEN IN THE AMOUNT OF 20,000 AND MS. REBECCA CASTILLO PRESENTED THE CENTER.

AND THEIR, THEIR STOREFRONT HAS ACTUALLY FACE BUSINESS 77.

SO IT'S PROMINENT.

UH, THERE'S A LOAN OFFICE AND THEN THERE'S A DRESS.

UH, JESSICA STRESS BOUTIQUE NEXT TO IT.

UH, THEIR REQUEST IS FOR IT.

THERE IS FOR A HALF OF THE RENT.

AGAIN FOR SIX MONTHS, THEY'RE PAYING $550 A MONTH.

HALF OTHER RAIN WILL BE $275 A MONTH.

A TOTAL FOR THE SIX MONTHS WILL BE $1,650 MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, MOSTLY BACKEND MACHINERY.

WE HAVE FRANCO SECOND TO COMBINE TIM ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES,

[19. Consideration and Possible Action on the award of the Small Business Investment Program-Commercial Facade Grant to applicant Ricardo Madrigal for Multi-Unit property located at 1625 West Business 77 in the amount of$20,000.00.]

THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEMP COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, REBECCA KOSTIA WITH MANITO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

UH, ESL REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM IS FOR $20,000 FOR A MULTIUNIT PROJECT FOR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, THE LOCATION OF THE, OF THE PLAZA IS MADRIGAL PLAZA, AND IT'S LOCATED AT 1625

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WEST BUSINESS, 77.

THIS IS A LITTLE NEXT DOOR TO, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S EL MONTE, THE TAQUERIA OF, OF BUSINESS 77 ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

TAKE US HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE.

THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.

UH, THEY'RE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS MULTIUNIT, UH, THE SPACE, UH, THE TENANT SPACE IS, UH, THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE AT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.

SO THEY'RE FULL.

THEY'RE NOT THERE.

THEY DON'T HAVE NO VACANCIES.

UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE FOR THE FACADE ON THE SITE, IN THE FRONT OF THE, OF THE, THE SITE IS FACING BUSINESS 77 AND THEN THE FRONT, UH, MOSTLY THE ROOFING OF AWNINGS.

AND, UM, UM, THERE CANNOT BE S I'M SORRY, THERE'S A SEAFOOD PLACE IN THERE.

THEY USED TO BE A SEAFOOD.

PLEASER IS NOT THERE ANYMORE.

THE TOTAL COSTS, THE BID IS A $47,000.

THE DC WE'LL BE AWARDING THEM $20,000.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO AWARD THEM $20,000, WHICH IS A MAX FOR A MULTIUNIT A YEAR WITH A REMAINDER BALANCE BEING INCURRED BY MR. MURRAY GOT THE 20,000 OR ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.

AGAIN, EITHER PROJECT COSTS LESS WILL BE 50%.

IT WILL BE LESS THAT THE EDC WILL BE AWARDING.

SO IT WILL BE AT 3000.

THE EDC WILL BE AWARD ONLY LESS OF THAT AMOUNT, BUT THE IDEA RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THE COST, UH, PROPOSALS AND BITS, UH, IT'S UH, THE MAX THAT IS BEING REQUESTED AS $20,000.

IF IT IS AWARDED TODAY AFTER THE PAST APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TODAY, THE REMAINDER BALANCE OF THE SBA P PROGRAM WILL BE A $47,250 WITH TWO TWO-CENTS.

AND THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE EDC.

ON DECEMBER THE 13TH, THE ADC TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.

SECOND, SECOND BY MAYOR PAUL, TIM, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I REMEMBER 20 VERY LAST ONE BEFORE I EVEN SAY THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, UH, AND SPENDING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH US, UM, COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, ALL IN THE PUBLIC.

ALSO LIKE TO WISH THEM A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

AND I DON'T THINK WE COME BACK INTO, I GUESS OUR FIRST PERIOD IS GOING TO BE UNTIL JANUARY.