Jan 04, 2022 Commission Meetings

SURE.

THE QUESTIONS, UM, I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH UP ON THE, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR, OUR PUBLIC RESIDENTS ON THIS.

I SEE A LOT OF DOGS CHAINED UP ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY, SO, UH, LET'S TRY TO MAKE A BIG EFFORT AND, UH, EDUCATING, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC.

UH, THEY NEED TO KNOW, THEY NEED TO KNOW THIS IS AN EFFECT.

UH, YOU SAID JANUARY 18TH, CORRECT, SIR.

NOW, UH, CHIEF, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, UH, CAN YOU, UM, CAN YOU GIVE IT TO THE PUBLIC, UH, THE, UH, PHONE NUMBER THAT THEY CAN CALL FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL? YEAH, UH, THEY CAN CALL THE PD NUMBER, THE (956) 361-3880 DISPATCHER WILL DIRECT THEM TO, UH, EITHER LIEUTENANT MARTINEZ AND, UH, OR TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL THROUGH, UH, VIA EMAIL.

AND THEN, UH, FROM THERE, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL RESPOND TO THE CALLS FOR SERVICE.

OKAY, GREAT.

WHAT'S YOUR, YEAH, THE QUESTIONS, NONE.

THANK YOU TO YOU.

UH, NOT ONLY THE HAVEN TRAIL, BUT, UH, WELL IN HERE AS WELL.

AND, UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OF WHERE YOU GUYS THINK? I JUST WANT TO THANK THE, UH, STAFF, UH, FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB THEY DID, UH, DECORATING THE TOWN FOR THE HOLIDAY FOR CHRISTMAS, UH, ESPECIALLY,

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THAT'S A GREAT JOB.

UH, UH, PUBLIC LIKES TO SEE THIS, SO, UH, UH, VERY, UH, GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL TO OUR STAFF THAT TOOK CARE OF THIS FOR US.

OKAY THEN, UH, WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE,

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

PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR.

WE HAVE MS. VERONICA MARTINEZ, MS. MARTINEZ, AND PLEASE FOR THE RECORD, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ADDRESS WHERE YOU LIVE, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS VERONICA MARTINEZ AND I'M, UH, HERE IN REGARDING TO TWO 18 SOUTH MCMULLEN, SOME BENITO.

MA'AM WHAT I WILL BE READING.

UH, AND THIS IS IN REGARDING TO, UH, AGENDA 11 AND 13.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MY ELDERLY PARENTS, RUBIN AND PETRA .

MY PARENTS HAVE RESIDED AT TWO 18 SOUTH MCALLEN, SO MANY TO TEXAS FOR OVER 55 YEARS.

AS OF RECENT, THEY HAVE BECOME MORE DEPENDENT, MORE DEPENDENT ON FAMILY AND THEY'RE IN THEIR ELDER YEARS.

AS MOST OFTEN DO AT THIS STAGE OF LIFE.

MY FATHER IS 84 YEARS OLD AND HE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT DISABLED VETERAN, A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN.

HE HAS BEEN CARING FOR HIS WIFE, WHICH IS MY MOTHER , WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA.

THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THEIR HOME WERE NOT STABLE FOR THE NEEDS OF MY PARENTS.

WE'LL WE'LL BE FACING.

THEY UPROOTED THEMSELVES, TORE DOWN THEIR ONLY HOME THEY HAD AND MOVED INTO THEIR CHILDREN'S HOMES AND HOPES TO HAVE THEIR HOME, TO HAVE THEIR NEW HOME OF THEIR OWN.

SHORTLY AFTER CURRENTLY, THEY ARE LIVING WITH THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF AT, FROM TIME TO TIME GO TO EACH ONE OF US TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH US.

THEIR NEW HOME WOULD ALLOW FOR THEIR HOME HEALTH CARE NEEDS TO BE MET AND HAVE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.

MY FATHER HAS OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY NEXT TO HIS, AND HE WISHES TO MERGE THE TWO IN ORDER TO BUILD HIS HOME WITH A GARAGE, AS HE'S ALWAYS WANTED TO.

IN ADDITION, NOT ONLY WITH THIS BRING VALUE VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT VALUE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

MY PARENTS LONG FOR IT HAS BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE OUR HOUSE HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.

MY PARENTS MYSELF, ALONG WITH THE CONTRACTOR WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUILD HAVE WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THE CITY'S PERMITS APPROVAL.

OUR CONTRACTOR CAN NOT START BUILDING UNTIL THE REPLOT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

MY PARENTS DRIVE TO THEIR PROPERTY ON A DAILY BASIS TO CHECK THEIR MAIL, TO QUINT, TO WHICH MY FATHER GETS VERY DISCOURAGED, SEEN NO PROGRESS QUESTIONING IF HE WILL, IF HE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION AND TRYING TO, TO PROVIDE A BETTER HOME FOR HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE.

I AM HERE TO ASK THAT THE FINAL PERMITS GET APPROVED RESPECTFULLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON BEHALF OF MY PARENTS, THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS OR NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU.

AND I, I PRAY THAT THIS CAN GET DONE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF THEIR HOME.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MY PARENTS ARE HERE TODAY AND THEY'RE RIGHT HERE AND WE JUST WANT THE BEST FOR THEM.

AGAIN, THEIR HOME THAT THEY HAD BEFORE WAS NOT IN VERY GOOD CONDITIONS AT ALL, PRACTICALLY, READY TO TURN DOWN HOES IN THEIR, IN THEIR HOME.

AND WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS STEP FORWARD.

I HOPE THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER THIS AND WE CAN START THIS AS SOON AS TOMORROW TO ME.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

EMPLOYED AS HARLINGTON AIR POLICE AIRPORT POLICE.

MA'AM RUTH.

DO I HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? AND THAT'S YOUR BANK? CORTEZ CORTEZ BARREN COMMISSIONERS.

UH, BEN CORTEZ, UH, LIVE AT SOUTH MACOLA HERE IN SAN BENITO.

I'M A CITIZEN AND A VETERAN I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A VETERAN ARTURO FLORES GRADUATED FROM SAMUEL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1987 IN JUNE, 1987.

HE JOINED THE U S ARMY AND SERVED FROM 1987 TO 1992.

DURING HIS ENLISTMENT, HE RECEIVED VARIOUS AWARDS FOR HIS SERVICE.

MOST NOTABLE WAS A BRONZE STAR FOR VALOR DURING THE GULF WAR.

IN APRIL OF 1993, HE WAS CERTIFIED AS A PEACE OFFICER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CAMERON COUNTY JAILER, AND THEN HE WAS

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IN OCTOBER OF 1996, HE WAS HIRED BY THE SEMINARY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS INCLUDING OFFICER OF THE YEAR IN 2006.

IN OCTOBER OF 2020.

HE RETIRED HONORABLY AFTER 24 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN BENITO ARF LOTUS HAS DEMONSTRATED ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS DEDICATION AND WAS RETIRED HONORABLY AN ENTIRE 12 BENEFITS OUTLINED IN GOVERNMENT CODE 6 1 4 0.1 TO FOUR HONORABLY RETIRED PEACE OFFICER ENTITLEMENTS ARE FLORIDA HAS BEEN DENIED HIS COMPLETE SHADOW BOX, INCLUDING HIS BADGE TO OFFICERS THAT LEFT THE SAMUEL POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR BETTER JOBS WERE GIVEN THEIR SHADOW BOXES AND BATCHES ARE FLOTUS IS A DECORATED VETERAN POLICE OFFICER AND SHOULD RECEIVE HIS DO ENTITLEMENTS.

HE HAS ALWAYS GIVEN HIS ALL FOR HIS COUNTRY AND FOR YOUR CITY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SURE.

WHAT'S THE WAVING DESERVE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

800 NUMBER AND NUMBER SIX CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2021 SPECIALIST, CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

RUTH G

[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the September 28, 2021 Special City Commission Meeting.]

ANY QUESTIONS I BELIEVE I WAS ABSENT ON THAT ONE.

SO I WILL ABSTAIN FROM VOTING.

I'M GOING TO GET A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS.

I WAS ABSENT AS WELL, BUT F THAT IF THERE'S NO OPPOSITION, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES BECAUSE, AND THEN OTHERWISE IT WOULDN'T GET PAST KENNY.

SO, UH, SO WE GOT THE THREE GAYS AND ONE ABSTAINED, SO, AND, UM, MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RENTAL OR A TEMPORARY, UH, PORTABLE GENERATOR FROM STEWART AND STEVEN'S, UM, POWER PRODUCT LLC, TO BE UTILIZED MANY, UH, AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT TREATMENT PLANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED EXCEED $30,000.

I REMEMBER

[7. Consideration and possible action to approve the rental of a temporary portable generator from Stewart & Stevenson Power Products, LLC to be utilized mainly at the Waste Water Treatment Plant in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.]

AND MR. DAVID ROSKIES PERCENT UNDECIDED, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, DAVID VASQUEZ PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR ITEM AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

THIS TEMPORARY PORTABLE GENERATOR WILL PROVIDE POWER BACKUP SOURCE DURING REPAIRS TO THE PRIMARY GENERATOR THAT IS DOWN CURRENTLY.

AND IN CASE OF ALSO SEVERE WEATHER THAT MAY BE ANTICIPATED COMING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE ANTICIPATE THIS PROCESS TO TAKE NO LONGER THAN THREE MONTHS AND NOT TO EXCEED THE $30,000 STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I'LL GET THE MAYOR PRO TEM IN FAVOR.

SECOND SETBACK.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MARIN.

OF CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO HANSON PROVISIONAL SERVICE, INC.

I HAVE NUMBER

[8. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Hanson Professional Services Inc., pertaining to Task Order Number 4 for services regarding Landrum Lift Station located at 400 East Landrum in the amount of$12,000.00.]

IT PERTAINED TO THE TASK ORDER.

NUMBER FOUR FOR SERVICES, UH, REGARDING LENDRUM LIFT STATION LOCATED AT THE 400 EAST LANDRUM IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,000.

AND MR. DAVID ROSKIES PRESENTED DECIDER AGAIN FOR THE RECORD DAVID VASQUEZ PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, MS. PAULINE VEGA IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, WITH HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN CASE YOU HAVE ANOTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS.

AND SO, UH, WITH ITEM, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AND ASSESSMENT OF THE LANDRUM DISTINCTION WAS CONDUCTED AND IS NOW CONSIDERED 100% COMPLETE WITH A REPORT RECEIVED.

UH, PREVIOUS BILLING OF $3,000 HAS BEEN REQUESTED AND IS IN PROCESS.

THE REQUEST OF THIS ONE IS FOR $12,000.

NOW COMPLETES THE TASK ORDER.

NUMBER FOUR FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $15,000, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

DATE, BUT THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT HERE AND PRESENT IT FOR THE ASSESSMENT PART.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MR. VASQUEZ? THIS WAS JUST FOR THE DESIGN PHASE.

NO, THIS WAS THE ASSESSMENT OF IT.

SO THE NEXT ITEM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND I ACTUALLY NUMBER NINE, BUT THIS WAS JUST THE ASSESSMENT.

THIS WAS AGREED UPON.

AND THE COMMISSIONS, I DON'T KNOW EXACT

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YEAH, IT WAS, YEAH.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT OR THE REPORT? I THOUGHT IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.

IF NOT, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.

WE JUST GOT AN INVOICE COMMISSIONER GALVAN E THAT REPORT IS ONE OF THE EXHIBITS FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH EXPLAINS THE, UH, NUMBER NINE, THE ENGINEERING DESIGN OF IT.

SO, UH, MARY, YOU DID HAVE A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE ENGINEERING REPORT AND THE $2.6 MILLION ENGINEER'S COST ESTIMATE IN IT, CORRECT.

I'VE READ MS. VEGA.

SHE'LL ADDRESS IT AT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT GENERALLY WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GET AN ASSESSMENT EVALUATION TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF HOW, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE.

SO NOW THAT THEY'VE SEEN IT, THEY CAN PUT TOGETHER A SET OF NUMBERS TO DESIGN WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DESIGN IT, AND THAT'LL BE THE NEXT PHASE.

SO THE $15,000 EVALUATION REPORT IS AN EXHIBIT TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD ALREADY AGREED ON ALREADY AGREED.

IT'S JUST TO COMPLETE THE PAYMENT FOR THE ASSESSMENT, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, DEALING WITH THE DESIGN.

THAT'S FINE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT HOW MANY, HOW MANY HOURS OF LABOR OF ENGINEER HOURS ARE PUT IN FOR AN ASSESSMENT? MY LIKE, SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE HOURLY RATE, BUT MS. VEGA ANSWER THAT.

AND AGAIN, SOMETIMES SOME OF THESE ARE LUMP SUM PAYMENTS BECAUSE THEY IT'S HOW IT'S PRESENTED.

SO, UH, SHE'LL BE BEST TO ANSWER HOW SHE CAME UP WITH THAT AND THAT, AND HOW IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION PRODUCT.

SO WHEN WE MOVED TO ON JEANETTE, I'M NUMBER NINE, THAT'S WHERE THE REPORT IS AT THAT'S WHERE SHE CAN DESIGN THE DESIGN, EXPLAIN THAT, AND THE EVALUATION REPORT OF THIS ITEM THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION THAT SHE'S ALREADY COMPLETED THAT TASK AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING PAYMENTS.

I REMEMBER WE APPROVED AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A CERTAIN PRICE, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO SEE THAT THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $15,000.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF A MUCH MORE CLEAR INVOICE.

THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN, SORRY, FOR RUFFLING FEATHERS.

SO NONE TAKEN.

SO DO WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? OKAY.

YOU GOT THE COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND TAKEN BY A MERKEL, TIM, ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES, MURRAY MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.

OH, SORRY.

HOLD ON.

SORRY ABOUT THAT, MAN.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE TASK WORK ORDER.

I DID NUMBER NINE

[9. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to execute Task W ork Order Number 5 with Hanson Professional Services Inc., for rehabilitation design of the Landrum Lift Station located at 400 East Landrum Street in the amount not to exceed $217,500.00.]

NUMBER FIVE WITH HENSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, INC.

FOR REHAB, WE HAVE ABILITATION DESIGN FOR THE LENDRUM THE STATION LOCATED AT 400 EAST LANDRUM STREET AND THEN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $217,500.

AND MR. DAVID BOSCO PERCENT IS ON AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.

DAVID VASQUEZ, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, THE LENDER LISTS STATIONS, ASSESSMENT REPORT RECEIVED INCOMPLETE, UH, BASED ON THAT TASK ORDER NUMBER FOURTH, WHICH WAS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

WE NOW HAVE, WE NOW SEEK A RE UH, UH, REHAB OF THE DESIGN OF THE LIFT STATION FROM HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $217,500 AND 0 CENTS.

THIS IS PART OF THE CITY'S UPGRADES TO THE LIFT STATIONS, UH, RELIABILITY, AND ALSO PART OF THE SS , WHICH IS STANDS FOR THE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW INITIATIVE.

THAT'S BEEN MANDATED FOR US.

UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSIONERS, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE TASK WORK ORDER NUMBER FIVE.

COMMISSIONER HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

AND DO WE HAVE, UH, CAN WE GET, CAN WE GET HANSEN, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM HANSON TO MAYBE DISCUSS, OR IS THERE A POWERPOINT OR PRESENTATION OF, IS THERE A RELOCATION GOING ON AND JUST A LOT OF, UH, I SEE THE BIG DOCUMENT AND THAT'S NICE, BUT I LIKE TO SEE PICTURES AND WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHAT'S MOVING.

AND DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NOT RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY TODAY, WE ACTUALLY TOOK SOME PICTURES OF THE LIFT STATION.

WE BROUGHT IT DOWN AND LOOK AT THAT ASSESSMENT AND LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS AND SHARING THAT WITH HANSEN.

UH, IT LOOKS GOOD AS FAR AS THAT.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS CURRENTLY IS TO REHAB THE EXISTING, UH, UH, LIFT STATION.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE SHARED THAT THOSE ARE DRIVEN BY THOSE, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET AN IDEA.

OH, I GUESS, I GUESS SOMEBODY DID SEND THEM ALL RIGHT.

SO WE, WE HAVE EXTRA PICTURES OF THE, OF THE ACTUAL WELL ITSELF THAT WE DID TODAY.

WE ACTUALLY GOT WITH STAFF AND GOT TOGETHER TO BRING THOSE DOWN AND TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND

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IS IT, WHERE'S IT GOING TO GET MOVED? AND, UM, YEAH, COMMISSIONER, I GUESS IT'S KIND OF, IT LOOKED LIKE LET'S MS. VEGA STEP FORWARD.

UH, AT THIS POINT, MARY COMMISSIONERS, THERE'S BEEN AN EVALUATION REPORT.

THAT'S IN THERE, IT'S GOT NUMEROUS PAGES.

THIS THING'S PROBABLY 30 PLUS PAGES.

TAKE A FIVE RECALL.

AND I SAW IT LAST WEEK BEFORE IT WAS PRINTED AND SENT TO YOU BY PDF.

UM, UH, YOU'LL GET A SET OF DRAWINGS ONCE IT'S DESIGNED, WHETHER IT GETS RELOCATED, WILL DEPEND EXACTLY ON THAT DESIGN.

SHE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THIS.

WE HAVE HAD SOME BRIEF CONVERSATIONS BASED ON THAT ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT REPORT OR THAT EVALUATION REPORT THAT'S TITLED INTO TINDER IS ONE OF YOUR EXHIBITS.

THE SECOND ONE, UM, MS. VEGA GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO, UH, THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN SPEND $2.6 MILLION ON THIS ONE LIFT STATION, RIGHT? WE ALL KNOW THAT.

SO IT'S NOT MY DECISION.

IT'S REALLY NOT YOURS.

IT'S COST DRIVEN.

IT INCLUDES A LOT MORE FORCE MAIN THAN WE NEED AT THIS TIME.

I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH MS. VEGA.

WE, UH, BASICALLY TRIMMED DOWN THE PROJECT TO THE SITE, SOME FORCE MAIN YET TO BE DETERMINED, YOU'LL GET TO SEE THESE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.

AND I RECALL SAYING SOME OF THE DRAWINGS EARLY ON AS PART OF A DROPBOX SOMETIME AGO, SOME OF THE OTHERS LIFT STATIONS, THESE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE DESIGN YET, BUT THERE WILL BE DRAWINGS.

THEY'RE NOT DRAWINGS YET.

THIS SITE WILL THERE, IT GETS MOVED IN.

NOT SHE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THAT, BUT AGAIN, ALL OF THAT IS IN THAT EVALUATION REPORT.

MS. VEGA, IF YOU'LL ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS PAULINA VEGA.

I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

UM, IN THE REPORT THAT YOU DO HAVE AS AN EXHIBIT ATTACHED, UH, WHAT WE DID IS WE EVALUATED, UH, THE LANDRUM LIFT STATION FOR, UH, VARIOUS THINGS, INCLUDING THE ACCESSIBILITY, UH, THE WET WELL AND THE PUMP, THE EXISTING WET WILL AND THE PUMPS, UH, SITE OPERATIONS, ELECTRIC CONTROLS, AND, UH, THE ODOR PROBLEMS THAT, UH, THAT THERE HAS BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT.

SO, UH, IN THE REPORT, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT ALL THESE ASPECTS AND FOUND, UH, ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE FEEL, UH, ARE NEED TO BE, UH, LOOKED AT AND SOME ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE, UH, IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSED AND SOME ITEMS THAT, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY BE PUT OFF.

UH, THE COST ESTIMATE IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY.

AND IT DOES INCLUDE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS, UH, SPECIFICALLY IT, UH, WE DO, UH, CALL FOR A REPLACEMENT OF THE FORCE MAIN DIRECTLY FROM THE LAUNDRY LIFT STATION, ALL THE WAY TO THE MAINTENANCE YARD.

UM, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A BIG, LONG RUN.

AND THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE BIG, UH, TICKET ITEMS FOR THAT COST ESTIMATE IS WHICH INCLUDES UTILITY RELOCATIONS, UH, OR UTILITY CONFLICTS THAT, THAT WE MAY ENCOUNTER AND PAVEMENT REPAIR.

CAUSE IT DOES GO UNDERNEATH THE ROAD.

UM, NOW, UH, AFTER SPEAKING WITH STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WE HAVE NARROWED DOWN THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR, UH, WHAT THIS WORK ORDER IS FOR.

AND WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, THE SITE AND IMPROVING SOME OF THE INCOMING, UH, SEWER TO, UH, REDUCE THE INI, WHICH IS THE INFILTRATION COMING IN FROM A GROUNDWATER OR A STORMWATER THAT'S, UH, THAT'S MAKING ITS WAY TO THE LIFT STATION.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, UH, MORE OF A REHAB IN ORDER TO, UH, GET THAT LIFT STATION UP TO STANDARDS AND, UM, AND GET YOU GOING WHEN SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT THIS LIFT STATION IS FAILING AT THE MOMENT IS, UH, THE PUMPS ARE UNDERSIZED AT THE MOMENT.

SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AT, UH, PUTTING THOSE, UH, AS SUBMERSIBLE AS SUPPOSED TO, UH UPGROUND, WHICH WOULD ALSO TAKE CARE OF YOUR ORDER PROBLEM.

AND, UH, WE WILL BE TRYING TO, UH, TO REHAB THE EXISTING WET WELLS.

SO WE WON'T HAVE TO RELOCATE THAT, WHICH WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE COST, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE A PROPERTY ACQUISITION.

WELL, WE, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO OR FACTOR THAT WOULD DEEM A RELOCATION, UM, A RELOCATION WOULD BE THAT, THAT THE EXISTING WET WELL IS IN REALLY BAD CONDITION AND IT'S UNUSABLE AND WE NEED TO MAKE A NEW, WELL, HOWEVER, THIS MORNING WE DID GO BACK OUT THERE AND, UH, THE CITY CREWS WERE ABLE TO PUMP THAT DOWN AND WE WERE ABLE TO INSPECT IT AND, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE REUSED.

WE WILL HAVE TO REHAB IT, UH, MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STRUCTURE, UH, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, TO KEEP IT OKAY, SO THAT THAT'S PART OF YOUR ASSESSMENT THEN, UH, COMPLETING THE ASSESSMENT, YOU DID DETERMINE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO RELOCATE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REUSE THE EXISTING WITH SOME REHABILITATION.

GARCIA, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO WAS ALSO THAT IN THE EVENT THAT IT NEEDED TO BE RELOCATED, IT WOULD BE RELOCATED WITHIN THE SAME ROAD RIGHT AWAY, ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, USUALLY ON THE BACK END AND INSTEAD OF WHERE IT'S COMING IN.

COMMISSIONER

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SO IN OTHER WORDS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT EVEN TAKING UP SOME MORE OF THAT PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, WHICH MEANS INSTEAD OF A TWO LANE ROADWAY, IT BECOMES A ONE-LANE ROADWAY.

ONE WAY, IF THE NEED AROSE, BECAUSE AT ONE TIME THIS STATION WAS PROPOSED TO BE RELOCATED BEHIND THE SCHOOL.

AND THAT IS NO LONGER AN OPTION.

OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN BUILT THERE AND NEVER COULD GET OUT OF IT.

SO IT ISN'T A PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY THERE.

OBVIOUSLY THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS FROM STREET FROM SIDEWALK TO SIDEWALK OR CURB TO CURB.

SO IT WOULD STILL STAY IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

IT'S NOT OPTIMAL, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE SOME NECESSARY CHANGES.

SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS REHABILITATION IS MUCH CHEAPER THAN A COMPLETE REBUILD.

AND CAN WE ADD SOME MORE CAPACITY? SO WE LOOK AT ALL THESE OPTIONS AND WE'RE FAR AND YET FROM MAKING A DECISION ON DESIGN UNTIL THEY, THEY START DESIGN IT ACTUALLY.

BUT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IS THAT EVALUATION REPORT AND WHAT THE COSTS LOOK LIKE.

AND WE CA WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

SO YES, AND I HAVE STRESSED OUT TO MS. VEGA AND NUMEROUS TIMES, YES, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR TIMELINE OF CONSTRAINTS IS A CAPACITY GOING TO BE ADDED TO IT.

UM, CAPACITIES, UH, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS WE'LL BE UPSIZING THE PUMPS, WHICH IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW.

UH, I GUESS JUST FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, UH, THE CURRENT PUMPS ARE PUMPING 300 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

AND OUR CALCULATIONS WITH THE REPORT, THEY ACTUALLY NEED TO BE AT ABOUT 450 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP THE LARGER CAPACITY.

WE'LL GET THE, WE'LL GET FLOAT OUT OF THERE FASTER IS THE WHOLE POINT MAYOR SOMETIMES CREATING MORE CAPACITY IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER IT'S GOT TO WORK HAND IN HAND.

I MEAN, YOU GOT TO HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT SIZED PUMPS.

MOST OF OUR PUMPS HAVE EITHER BEEN UNDER SIZE OR JUST ONE PUMP WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE TWO PUMPS.

UH, I THINK OUR CONVERSATION BETWEEN ME AND YOU WAS IT, UH, IT WAS UNDERSIZED AS FAR AS, UH, THE CAPACITY AND, UH, THE PUMPS.

SO THAT'S WHY, UH, I WAS NOT, I HAVEN'T SEEN AS FAR AS WHAT THE CAPACITY WAS, ONCE WE START THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF THE ACTUAL LIFT STATION, IF THERE'S A NEED TO ARISE THAT WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL, A WET WELL OR A SEARCH TANK THAT WE COULD, UH, EITHER UPSIZE SOME ON HOLE OR MAYBE PUT IT SIDE BY SIDE, THAT'S WHEN THAT WILL BE DONE.

WE'LL GO.

AND YOU, YOU MIGHT RECALL WHEN WE WERE AT THE RECYCLE VILLAGE LIVE STATION, WE TALKED ABOUT PRETTY, ANOTHER WET WILL ADJACENT SIDE BY SIDE.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN ALWAYS PREPARE THIS FOR AN UPGRADE AT A LATER, WHEN YOU CHANGE CAPACITY, IT'S NEW PERMITTING.

ALSO, THIS IS A REHAB IS TREATED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND IT'S MUCH FASTER FOR US.

AND SO WE GOT THE TIMELINE THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO IT, SO, OKAY.

I GOT YOU.

WE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM INSURERS? NO.

YEAH, IT'S ALL, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT LOOKING AT THE 2.5 RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, I WOULD SAY IF WE WERE IN A PERFECT WORLD, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE, THAT WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO MOVE IT CORRECT, UH, WITH PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND DO THE WHOLE FOREST MAIN, UH, RECONSTRUCTION AS WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A COST ESTIMATE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY BASED ON WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING.

SO WE'LL BE, UH, REFINING THAT COST TO MADE UNTIL THE FINAL DESIGN IS COMPLETE AND THEN GIVE YOU A MUCH CLOSER AMOUNT.

DO I HAVE MOTION? OKAY.

MOTION BY MIRACLE TIM.

SECOND IS THIS MOTION, BUT TH THIS IS NOT FOR THE ACTUAL COST THOUGH, RIGHT.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR IN THE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 217,000.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND HIT THE 217,000.

AND THAT INCLUDES IT'S, UH, THE CONSTRUCT, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, THE BIDDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AS WELL.

SO I GET, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND TAKEN BY.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO PUT MY RECOMMENDATION BEFORE SHE, AFTER SHE FINISHED.

SO WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF EACH OTHER HUB HERE.

UH, REQUESTS, THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSIONERS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE TASKS, WORK ORDER NUMBER FIVE, CORRECT? YES.

SO, UH,

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ON IT.

SO I, AGAIN, SO I GOT THE MIRROR PRO TIM AND I GOT COMMISSIONER GARCIA, TWO ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MARIKA MUSHY.

THANK YOU AT

[10. Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to execute a Wastewater Residuals Service Agreement with Denali Water Solutions, LLC for sludge or liquid waste disposal services generated at the Waste Water Treatment Plant.]

A NUMBER 10 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THOUGH A WASTEWATER.

IT RECEIVED YOUR SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH DONNELLEY WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC, OR SLUDGE AND LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICE GENERATOR AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND TREATMENT PLANT.

THEN MR. DEBBIE RASKOT PERCENT DECIDED, UH, FOR THE RECORD.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS DAVID VASQUEZ.

PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN DOING BUSINESS WITH DENALI SOLUTIONS SINCE, UH, 2014 WAS AT LAND APPLICATION PROCESS FOR OUR SLUDGE GENERATED AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THE AMOUNT OF $68,420 AND 0 CENTS IS CURRENTLY A BUDGET BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR THE, THIS PHYSICAL A YEAR OF 2021 THROUGH 2022.

AND STAFF REQ A REQUEST TO THE COMMISSION HAS AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE WASTE WATER RESIDUAL AGREEMENT.

WHAT DID THEY HAUL IT OFF TO YOU? IT'S A, IT'S A PROPERTY CALLED GODDESSES.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT LOCATION, BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU IF YOU'D WANT.

UH, BUT IT'S AN LAND APPLICATION TYPE PROCESS HERE OF OUR, BASICALLY OUR SLUDGE THAT WE GENERATE THROUGH OUR PROCESS OF OUR FILTER PRESS.

MAYOR DENALI IS, UM, LICENSED THROUGH TCEQ TO HAUL UP FOR LAND APPLICATION.

SO WE HAVE A PERMIT TO PROCESS THAT SEWAGE AND OUR PERMIT ALLOWS US TO DO LAND APPLICATION, WHICH MEANS THEN WE CONTRACT WITH A TCQ AUTHORIZED HOLLER, AND THEN THEY HAVE, UH, THESE FIELDS THAT ARE UTILIZED FOR WHERE THE BIOSOLIDS THESE DRY SAW, UH, BIO-SOLIDS ARE LAID OUT IN, IN A FUTURE FIELD.

THAT'S GOING TO BE FARMED A COUPLE OF YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AFTER IT SITS OUT THERE.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY TOP THAT TRANSPORTATION AND LAND APPLICATION.

SO TECHNICALLY THERE, THEY HAUL IT OFF THEIR LICENSE.

IT MAY BE THIS FIELD, THIS, THIS YEAR AND SIX MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, OR THEY CAN'T GET INTO THAT FIELD, BUT THEY CAN GET INTO ANOTHER ONE THAT THEY HAVE, BUT IS PART OF THEIR MANIFESTS AND THEY'RE HAULING, UH, INFORMATION THAT THEY FILED WITH TCQ.

ONCE IT LEAVES US IT'S IT'S THEIR BABY.

IT'S OUR BABY.

DO I HAVE MOTION MOTION BY A MIRROR PUTIN SECOND, MAN, I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SOME CITIES WILL DO ON THEIR OWN OR IS IT, THIS IS NORMAL PROCESS OF HAULING OFF THE BIOSOLIDS.

SO IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY, UH, SOME CITIES DO, UH, DEPENDS ON CERTAIN PARTS OF THE STATE HERE WITH THESE WET CONDITIONS AND, AND LAND APPLICATIONS.

IT'S, IT'S GENERALLY MUCH EASIER IF YOU'RE IN A MORE RURAL DRY AREA THAT YOU'VE GOT MORE LAND AND THOSE, UH, THERE ARE, THERE ARE CITIES THAT DO A BIT, THAT MEANS WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE LICENSE FOR THAT HOLLER, THE TRUCK, THE TH THE PEOPLE LICENSED FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVING, UH, THE LICENSE FOR ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE.

AND THEN WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAND WHERE IT GETS APPLIED, JUST LIKE RUNNING A SOLID WASTE, GARBAGE LEACH FIELDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THERE IS MUCH MORE INVOLVED THAN THAT.

AND PROBABLY FOR OUR SIZE OPERATION, IT WOULDN'T BE COST BENEFICIAL.

FOR THE TRANSPORT YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL SORTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LOSS.

AND WE TRIED TO, WHEN WE WERE NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES, UH, WE WERE TRYING TO WORK THIS IN THERE AND WE COULDN'T GET A BETTER DEAL.

SO WE, WE TH THE CONTRACT FINALLY, RIGHT NOW WE WERE REPRESENTED.

SO I CAN'T, THIS IS WHAT TWO OR THREE YEARS, TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS, I THINK IN THE PAST HAS BEEN LONGER THAN THAT.

BUT, UH, WE EVERYBODY'S KIND OF RUNNING SHORTER CONTRACTS PRICES GOING UP EVERYWHERE.

THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.

IF WE'RE PUBLIC SERVICES OR HARLAN JEN WASTES.

KNEW WE DID NOT ONLY, IT WAS MUCH EASIER TO DEAL WITH, WITH THIS.

REPUBLIC SERVICES WAS, WAS, WAS MUCH HIGHER.

AND I SAW, UH, ONE OF OUR PROCUREMENT, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE TRY TO NEGOTIATE EARLY ON KNOWING WE HAD THE REPUBLIC SERVICES, THIS PROVIDE A CERTAIN SERVICE TO US, AND THEY DO THE METAL TESTING OR CERTAIN TYPES OF HAULS FOR US.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT IT WARRANTS YOUR APPROVAL, BUT IT'S SO FEW, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT DEALING WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL.

UM, AND THEY

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THEIR PRICING WAS JUST BETTER.

THIS IS ALL THIS COMPANY DOES, REPUBLICAN SOURCES DEALS IN SO MANY OTHER AREAS OF HAULING THAT IT, IT TRIES TO PUT THAT PRICE ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

SO HOW MANY TIMES DID THEY GET THE HOLD OFF? LIKE THAT THINK SIX, SEVEN TIMES A MONTH.

IT'S ABOUT SEVEN TIMES A MONTH.

SO WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S THE COST OF IT? YOU JUST TELL THE ALLOCATION ALLOCATION BUDGET WITH, IT WAS A $68,420 A MONTH.

NO.

FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

YES, SIR.

WE'VE BEEN RUNNING, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THOSE NUMBERS AND OUR BUDGET AND OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATIONS SINCE 2014.

UH, I'D SAY ABOUT ABOUT EIGHT OR MORE STRONGLY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.

I DON'T REMEMBER LIVING PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT, UH, REGARDING TO A REPLY OF SOME REAL FIFTH EDITION BEARING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING POINT 27 ACRES OF LAND CONSISTENT OF ALL THE LOTS 15 AND 16 BLOCK TO INTIMIDATE FIFTH EDITION IT'S OF DIVISION CHEMICAL IN TEXAS.

I HAD A MAYOR, PAUL, TIM, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

[11. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat of San Benito Fifth Addition, bearing a Legal description of, being 0.27 acres of land consisting of all of Lots 15 and 16, Block 2, San Benito Fifth Addition Subdivision, Cameron County, T exas, according to Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 2, Page 5, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Ruben & Petra Aguirre. a) Open Public Hearing b) Close Public H earing]

ACCORDING TO ACCORDING TO MATT OR PLAT, THEY'RE ALL RECORDED IN VOLUME TWO PAGE FIVE RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND NAVIGANT DEMONSTRATOR.

UH .

I GET HIM AND SEE THE MEASURE PERCENTAGES ITEM, MARIN COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE A PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS, AND YOU CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON IT.

THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED ON MCCULLUM AT, UM, EAST ROBERTSON STREET.

UH, YOU HEARD EARLIER DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, OF, UM, UH, THE PERSON SPEAKING THAT THIS IS HER PARENT'S PROPERTY AGAIN.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE, UH, UH, THIS ONCE BEFORE IT'S UNFORTUNATE TO DELAY, BUT, UH, EVERYBODY'S BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED.

THERE IS, UH, UH, THE SITE THAT'S SHOWN IS PART OF THE, UH, EXHIBITS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU WITH THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR.

PUBLIC HEARING SOLICITOR INPUT REGARDING REQUEST FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO PERTAIN TO THE REPORT OR REQUIREMENTS OF A TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER ON BEHALF OF, UH, AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER, UH, TEXAS LOCATED, UH, 1401 EAST BUSINESS, 77 VARYING LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BLOCK, ONE LOCK TO MCCULLOUGH POINT SUBDIVISION APPLICANT, THE AMERICAN ELECTRICAL POWER, TEXAS, AND MANY IS THE PERCENT IS MARIN COMMISSIONERS.

UM, AND IT'S, UH, 6 0 7 AND OPENED THIS TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS IN THE PUBLIC, GOOD.

A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND THEN, OKAY.

AND I'LL CLOSE IT.

UM, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 8.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER 12

[12. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding request for a Conditional Use Permit pertaining to requirements of a Telecommunication Tower on behalf of American Electric Power, Texas, located at 1401 East Business Highway 77, bearing a legal description of Block 1, Lot 2, McCullough Point Subdivision. Applicant: American Electric Power, Texas. a) Open Public H earing b) Close Public Hearing]

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN APPLICATION RECEIVED BY THE CITY FROM AEP, TEXAS TO CONSTRUCT A TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER AT THE AEP TEXAS SERVICE CENTER IN SAN BENITO, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BUSINESS, 77, A MCCULLOUGH.

SO THAT IS THE 40 ACRE SITE THAT THEY OWN.

THAT'S THE, UH, THEIR FLAGSHIP SERVICE CENTER.

SO I'D LIKE TO DESCRIBE IT.

UH, THE INTENT, UH, WOULD PROPOSE TO BE GOING ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

SO IT WOULD BE THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BIG SQUARE BOX.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A GREEN DOT THERE.

SO IT IS DESIGNED TO COLLAPSE ON ITS SOCIAL.

DID IT DO SO IN THE, IN THE RATIONALE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD IT AT A HEIGHT OF 330 FEET.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR HURRICANE OR SOME TYPE OF WEATHER RELATED INCIDENT? UM, IT, WE ARE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM.

SO, UM, BY ORDINANCE THAT CAN'T EXCEED 120 FEET.

SO, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO RECEIVE COMMENT ON THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM AEP HERE.

AT LEAST I SAW SOME EMAILS THAT THERE, UH, THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE HERE.

AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM THEM, BUT IT DOES SERVE, UM, THEY ARE UTILITY COMPANY.

THIS IS THE SERVICE CENTER.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS COMING HERE.

SHOULD WE HAVE,

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WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING THEIR CONSTRUCTION PLANS, BUT, UM, THE PEAK, BECAUSE IT IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, IT DOES REQUIRE THAT YOU GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING THAT IT HAVE YOUR AUTHORIZATION, AND THEN SHOULD IT GO TO THE HEIGHT OF 330? THAT'LL BE BY A SEPARATE AGREEMENT.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HERE, SO WE CAN HEAR COMMENTS.

UH, DO YOU WANT US TO OPEN UP TO ACP FIRST? YOU CAN OPEN UP TO ANYBODY IN AP CAN COME UP AS TO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM AP.

SO, UH, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, DAN LUCY, OH, WELL, UH, I KNOW THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVE, SOME OF HIS FOLKS AT THE AP LOCATION HERE IN HARLINGTON HAVE COME, HAVE BEEN HIT STRUCK WITH THE, WITH, UM, THE, THE VIRUS.

SO WITH COVID.

SO I WASN'T SURE.

AND I THINK THAT JUST TRAVELING, BUT, UM, UH, AGAIN, UH, WE'RE HERE TO SOLICIT COMMENTS, EVERYBODY WITHIN THE, UH, IN THAT 200 FOOT RADIUS, THAT'S, WE'RE ONE OF THOSE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE WITHIN THAT RADIUS, UH, WAS NOTIFIED.

WHEN YOU SAY COLLAPSED DOWN COLLAPSE UPON ITSELF OR COLLAPSED ONTO THEIR IT'S DESIGNED TO COLLAPSE WITHIN ITSELF.

BUT I WAS TOLD IT WAS LIKE THE EIFFEL TOWER.

IT WOULD JUST, IT WOULD, IT'S DESIGNED TO COME STRAIGHT DOWN.

SO, AND WE'VE, UH, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION PLANTS AND WE VERIFY THOSE.

THEN, UM, IT'S THE TIME IS SIX 11 AND I OPENED UP FOR OPEN PUBLIC HEARING ANY COMMENTS.

AND THEN, UM, THERE'S NO COMMENTS AND THE TIME IS SIX, 12, AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

[13. Consideration and possible action to approve the Re-plat of San Benito Fifth Addition, bearing a Legal description of, being 0.27 acres ofland consisting of all of Lots 15 and 16, Block 2, San Benito Fifth Addition Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, according to Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 2, Page 5, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Ruben & Petra Aguirre.]

DON'T KNOW.

13 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REPLY, TO SEND SOMEBODY OFF FIFTH EDITION BEARING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING POINT 27 ACRES OF LAND CONSISTENT OF, UH, ALL OF LOTS, 15 AND 16 BLOCK TWO TIMOTEO FIFTH EDITION SUBDIVISION, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO MAP OR PLAT, THERE ARE RECORDING VOLUME TWO PAGE FIVE.

UH, MATT RECORDS, KIMRA COUNTY, TEXAS APPLICANT, UH, RUBIN AND PETRA, AND A CITY MANAGER PRESENTED SEVEN MIRA COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS A REPLANT OF, UH, TWO RESIDENTIAL, LOTS INTO ONE RESIDENTIAL LOT LOCATED ON MCCULLOUGH ROAD AT ROBERTSON STREET.

IT'S UH, IT'S THE SAME ONE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL SINCE THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE LAND USE, IT'S STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE UTILIZED AS A SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS? I REMEMBER WE, WE'VE ALWAYS I'VE, I'VE ASKED IT MANY TIMES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LARGE SUBDIVISION.

AND I HATE WHEN WE TRY TO IMPOSE SIDEWALKS ON A, ON A, ON A RECONSTRUCTION AND, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE SIDEWALKS LEADING TO ANYTHING.

SO IT'S AN, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A COST THAT, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IMPOSED ON THE HOMEOWNER.

YES, SIR.

UH, LET ME ADDRESS IT AGAIN.

CAUSE WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS ONCE WE WOULD LOOK AT EVERYTHING PERIPHERALLY 360, WE LOOK AT THE NEXT BLOCK.

WE LOOK AT THE BLOCK BEHIND THAT THE BLOCK BLOCKS ON EITHER SIDE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT, BEHIND IT, ON THE SIDES.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CERTAIN AREAS, WE GO LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP, IT CAME UP ON NORTHVILLE, WE IN THE SHORE ACRES OR SHORT OR ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF BUSINESS, 77, ABSOLUTELY NO SIDEWALKS IN THAT AREA.

YOU GET INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, SAM HOUSTON, TRAVIS, UM, AND PARTS OF BUOY HABIT.

GO LOOK AT A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE LOOK AT THE STEP, WE LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE DON'T LOOK AT ONE BLOCK.

SO YOU START LOOKING, WE GO INTO DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN AND THEN YOU START LOOKING, OKAY, YOU'RE GETTING A NEW HOUSE HERE.

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THIS HOUSE GETTING DEMOLISHED AND BUILT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS? AND WILL THAT CREATE SOME CONNECTIVITY? UM, I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN'T RECALL.

WHAT'S ON MY COLLAR AND I'VE DRIVEN MY CALL, BUT I DON'T USE MY COLLEGE.

HE TRAVERSE FROM, UH, THE EXPRESSWAY TO BUSINESS 77.

I DON'T USE IT AS A THOROUGHFARE.

THAT'S WHAT I WALK IS ON THE, UH, IF YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

SO IT WOULD BE ON THE RAILROAD SIDE OR THE CANAL SITES ON THE EAST SIDE.

SO IF IT'S ALL THERE AND NOTHING ON THE WESTERN SIDE, THE NAME THAT IS CONSISTENT AND IT WOULD STAY THAT WAY.

BUT WE LOOK AT IT.

WHEN WE

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I'VE GOT ONE RIGHT NOW THAT I'M LOOKING AT A LOT.

AND THEN I THERE'S AN EMPTY LOT NEXT DOOR THAT I'M ABOUT TO GET A HOUSE AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

BUT I LOOKED AT THE NEXT BLOCK AND I CAN TELL YOU THOSE THREE HOMES SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED IN THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY LOOK TO P OR THEY APPEAR TO BE UNLIVABLE.

SO OVER TIME, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO 10, THEY WILL BE GONE AND THEY SHOULD GET SIDEWALKS.

BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK ON THE HOMES THAT BEHIND THEM, THERE'S SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES.

I GO TO THE NEXT BLOCK, THERE'S SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES.

SO YOU SEE, WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME.

SO IT'S ALWAYS, SO HERE'S WHAT IT IS.

THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES SIDEWALKS.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

AND WITH COMMISSIONER GALVAN, THE WAY I'M UNDERSTANDING IS UNLESS THERE'S NOTHING THERE AND IT DOESN'T LOOK, I CAN TELL YOU THAT BUSINESS 77 AT NORTHVILLE, WE, THOSE HOMES AREN'T GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I THINK WE WOULD AGREE THAT BEHIND THE AUTO ZONE OR THAT AUTOPARTS RIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LONG TIME.

THEY THERE, THEY WERE NOT BUILT, UH, IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD THAT SOME OF THE OLDER, OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE, WE LOOK AT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT THE LOT, NOT THE BLOCK.

WE LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW IS IT? PIKA SIDEWALKS IS A PLANNING FUNCTION AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN WALKING ON STREETS OR DO YOU WANT THEM WALKING ON SIDEWALKS? IF WE CAN PLAN THAT FOR THE FUTURE? AND IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE REASONABLE, A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THESE HOMES WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND NEW HOMES BUILT.

THAT'S MY ANSWER TO THAT, TO THAT QUESTION.

WELL, EVERYTHING, LIKE I SAID, UH, AND THE COMMISSIONER SAID, EVERYTHING'S ON THE EAST SIDE.

HERE WE GO.

NORTH FROM THE EXPRESSWAY NORTH, ALL THE SIDEWALK IS FROM EXPRESSWAY ALL THE WAY TO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND, AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

WE WOULDN'T RECORD ON THE OTHER.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE REQUIRED.

LISTEN.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S SAYING THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE IN AND NOT DOWN THE ROAD, A BLOCK DOWN THE ROAD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE ON BOTH SIDES.

YOU SEE, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I GET SOMETIMES UNTIL I GO PUT EYES ON IT.

AMERIC COMMISSIONERS.

I PUT EYES ON IT.

NOT ALWAYS MY STAFF.

SO, UH, CONSIDERATION THOUGH.

DO ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO MORE QUESTIONS.

TO APPROVE THIS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OH, YOU DID.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY A MAYOR PAUL TEN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES I WOULD HAVE ASKED, UH, WHEN CAN THEY START? DID THEY HAVE, DO THEY HAVE EVERYTHING? YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING? I DON'T RECALL.

UH, I RECOVERED, I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT SOME, UH, SEEING SOME DOCUMENTS IN OCTOBER SAW I'LL PUT ON AS I WAS ON HERE TOMORROW.

AND HERE'S THE THING I'LL LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S IN THERE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

SORRY.

UM, AND IT IS THE, IT'S THE COMMITTEE MEETING AS THEY, LIKE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, I KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ADDRESS, WHICH IS WHY I GOT DELAYED, UM, THE MAILERS FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTS.

I THINK THAT'S WHY IT GOT DELAYED, THEIR APPROVAL.

SOMETHING THAT, YEAH.

YOU'D HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE TO EVERYBODY.

AND IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE ON AN ADDRESS, YOU GOT RE NOTICE BECAUSE AS OUR CITY ATTORNEYS MENTIONED, YOU GOTTA PROVIDE NOTICE.

WAS THAT, WAS THAT THE ONLY ISSUE IS, IS THE COMMITTEE MEETING APPROPRIATELY OR ASCA? YES.

IT WAS GIVING NOTICE TO EVERYBODY WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT RADIUS.

BUT AS FAR AS THE COMMITTEE THEY'RE MEETING AS SCHEDULED.

SO WHICH COMMITTEE, SIR? THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE.

THEY, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MAINLY THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY.

SOMETIMES THEY CALL, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.

IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT, BUT IT, AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

SO, UH, BUT NO, BUT THEY'VE BEEN MEETING, UH, WHEN THEY MOVE IT, I THINK THEY MOVE IT UP ONE WEEK BECAUSE IT WAS FALLING LIKE A THANKSGIVING THAT WEEK.

SO THEY MOVE IT A WEEK.

BUT USUALLY THEY ALWAYS HAVE THAT ONE MEETING PER MONTH THAT I'VE NOT SEEN THOSE MEETINGS GET CANCELED, BUT TRYING TO CALL A SECOND MEETING, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DIFFICULT.

I FEEL LIKE IT SAYS, AS WE DISCUSSED, THESE PLOTS ARE COMING UP MORE FREQUENTLY, THE AMOUNT OF HOMES THAT ARE COMING UP AS MORE FREQUENTLY, SO DO IT THAT WE MAY NEED TO REEVALUATE THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THAT COMMITTEE MEETS SO THAT WE CAN SEE IT MORE FREQUENTLY.

AND I'M ALREADY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I BELIEVE WE SHOULD.

WE'RE GETTING BACKLOG.

UH, I HOPE, UH, FOR YOUR PARENTS, YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THEY GET SOMETHING FOR THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

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UM,

[14. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2593-12-2021(2) after Second and Final Reading of to rezone a property located at 2480 East Stenger Street, also bearing a legal description of: Being a 32.21 acre tract ofland, more or less, comprised of five parcels: Parcel I: 5.00 acre tract, more or less, out of Block 15, the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision in the Concepcion de Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas, according to the map or plat recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Parcel II: 4.04 acres out of Block 15, of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision in the Concepcion de Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas. Parcel III: Lot 4, Highland Park Number 2, an addition in the Town of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, as per map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 5, Page 24, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Parcel IV: 5.00 acre tract, more or less, out of Block 15, the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision in the Concepcion de Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas, as per map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Parcel V: 10.00 acre tract, more or less, out of Northeast Part Block 15, the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision in the Concepcion de Carricitos Grant, Cameron County, Texas, as per map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas, from AO - Agriculture and Open Space and C-2 Commercial General Retail Business to L-I Light Industry.]

I DIDN'T NUMBER 14.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 93 DASH 12 DASH A 2021 Z AT THE SECOND AND FINAL READING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 24 80 EAST STINGER STREET.

ALSO BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION, BEARING A 32 POINT 21 ACRE TRACK OF LAND, MORE OR LESS COMPROMISED, A FIRE PARCELS PARCEL ONE FIVE ACRE, ACRE TRACK, MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK 15 AND THE SEMINOLE LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION GRANT CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLANT RECORDING AND VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX MET RECORDS OF KEVIN COUNTY, TEXAS PARTIAL TO 4.04 ACRES OUT OF BLOCK 1570 OLD LANDON WATER COMPANIES OF DIVISION IN THE GRANT.

CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS PARTIAL THREE LOT FOUR HIGHLAND PARK, NUMBER TWO.

AND THE ADDITION IN THE TOWN OF, UH, SOME NATO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AS PER MAT OR PLAT, THERE ARE RECORDING AND VOLUME FIVE PAGE 24, MATT RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS PARTIAL FOR FIVE ACRES, UH, ACRE TRACK, MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK, 15.

SOMEBODY WHO LAND AND WATER COMPANIES OF DIVISION ON THE GRANT CAME ACCOUNT IN TEXAS AS PER MAP OR PLAT.

THERE ARE RECORDING AND VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX , TEXAS PARCEL FIVE, 10 ACRE TRACK, MORE OR LESS OUT OF, UH, NORTH EAST PART BLOCK, 15, MANY NEW LAND AND WATER COMPANIES HAVE DIVISION GRANT, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS AS PER MAP, OR PLOT THEY'RE OFF RECORD IN BALTIMORE.

UH, VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX MET RECORDS COMING AND TEXAS FROM EIGHT OH DASH AMERICA CULTURE AND OPEN SPACE AND C2, COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL OF BUSINESS TO L ONE LIGHT INDUSTRY.

AND MR. DEL ROSA PRESENTED HIS ITEM, MARIN COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS THE M D THE REZONING OF FIVE PARCELS OF LAND.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S OVER OFF OF, UM, UH, STINGER AT, UH, THE EXPRESSWAY.

AND, UH, LET'S SEE HERE.

UH, IT WAS KINDA HARD TO TELL FROM HERE, BUT, UM, THIS IS ALL OF THE, UH, THE, UH, CODY SER PROPERTY.

SO UNDER THERE, UM, UNDER THE LLC, UH, FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT IS A 32.2, ONE ACRES WE PUMPED THROUGH, UH, UH, THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.

UH, WE PROVIDE, WE PRESENTED THE SECOND, UH, THE ORDINANCE WITH IT FOR THE SECOND READING.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL OF THIS LAND.

IT FITS WITH THE LAND, USE C2 FOR THAT AREA.

SO, UM, UH, WE'D SEE.

NO REASON NOT TO HAVE IT APPROVED.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.

DO I HAVE MOTION, MOTION OR SECOND AGAIN? I'M MOTION BY A MAYOR PORT TEAM.

ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES?

[15. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2594-12-2021(2) after Second and Final Reading to rezone a property located at 2565 East US 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 CountyTexas, from C-2 Commercial General Retail Business to LI Light Industry.]

I DON'T REMEMBER.

15 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 94 DASH 12 DASH 2021 Z AFTER SECOND AND FINAL READING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 25 65 EAST, UH, US EXPRESSWAY CENTER.

SARAH ALSO BEARING YOUR LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF A 14.64 ACRES OF LAND BLOCK OUT BLOCK 15.

SOMEBODY ON LAND AND WATER COMPANIES HAVE DIVISION AS RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX OF THE KEMIN COUNTY, TEXAS MATT RECORDS, CHEMICAL IN TEXAS FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS TO L ONE LIGHT INDUSTRY.

AND MR. DELAROSA PRESENT IS ADAM.

I'M GETTING MARRIED COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE SOME PROPERTY FROM COMMERCIAL, FROM C2, AND, UH, TO LIVE INDUSTRIAL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I MENTIONED THAT THE FIRST, UH, NUMBER 14 WAS, UH, C TWO IS ACTUALLY LIGHT INDUSTRY.

THIS IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DM HOLDING TENNIS, EVERYTHING ON THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SIDE OF FIVE, 10, AND STINGER WOULD ALL BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

SO THIS IS A 14.64 ACRES, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CODY SIR, UH, GLOBAL FREIGHT LOCATION WITHIN THE SITE.

SO AGAIN, IT GOES WITH THE LAND USE THAT'S PROPOSED FOR THAT AREA, UH, AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY OR RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE.

POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 95 DASH 12 THERE'S 2021 Z AFTER SECOND AND FINAL READING TO REZONE IT PROPERLY LOCATED AT THE EAST SIDE INTERSECTION OF EAST US BUSINESS, A 77 FRONTAGE AND SCAPE ROAD, FMP 10, ALSO BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF A 10.367 ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK 15 OF THE SEMINOLE LAND AND WATER COMPANIES OF DIVISION.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER

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GALVAN.

SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.

NUMBER 16 CONSIDERATION

[16. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2595-12-2021(2) after Second and Final Reading to rezone a property located at the east side intersection of East US Expressway 77 frontage and Scaief Road - FM 510, also bearing a legal description of: A 10.367-acre Tract of Land out of Block 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.]

ACCORDING TO THE MAP RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX MET RECORDS, CHEMICAL IN TEXAS FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS TO L ONE LIGHT INDUSTRY AND MONROE DELOS, A PERCENTAGE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, TO REZONE THE, UH, 10.36, SEVEN ACRE TRACK ON THE EAST SIDE, FFN FIVE, 10, AND A BORDER ON THE SOUTH END BY THE EXPRESSWAY 83.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

AND AGAIN, IF IT FOLLOWS THE LAND USE, UH, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE EAST OF THAT, WHICH IS THE ITEM BEFORE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE LONDON ALSO.

YES, SIR.

ANY QUESTIONS YOU WISH? YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.

IT'S IT'S THE SAME AS THE OTHER PROPERTY.

I BELIEVE THERE'S SEPARATE OWNERSHIP, BUT IT'S, UH, IT, IT FITS THE LAND USE FOR THAT AREA.

READING OF ORDINANCE 25 96 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 2022 IN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE PURCHASE POLICY OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AT THE, AT 72 CODE OR ORDINANCE CHAPTER ONE, ARTICLE 1, 1, 1, 5, AND SENDING FORTH OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED.

I GOT A, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GARCIA, SECOND CHICKEN BY COMMISSIONER DAVON, ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES AT NUMBER 17.

FIRST

[17. First Reading of Ordinance 2596-01-2022, an ordinance adopting a Purchasing Policy for the City of San Benito at San Benito Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1, Article 1.15, and setting forth other provisions related thereto.]

THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE TOO MANY DELAROSA PERCENTAGES ON THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A PURCHASING POLICY.

IT'S A PURCHASEE PROCUREMENT AND KAT AND PETTYCASH, UM, CITY ATTORNEY MARKS AUSSIE HAS PREPARED IT TO BE INTO A NEW ARTICLE ARTICLE 1.5 IN CHAPTER ONE.

SO IT DOESN'T EXIST THIS WHOLE, UM, ORDINANCE AND THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE THE EXHIBIT OR THE EXHIBIT WOULD BECOME PART OF THAT ORDINANCE, THE CITY FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, HAS IT BEEN OPERATING OFF OF GUIDELINES? UM, AND IT, AND IT HAS, UM, I CANNOT SEE THAT WE'VE EVER ADOPTED A FORMAL POLICY.

I THINK THERE WAS MANY DISCUSSIONS.

THERE WAS A LONG ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES, DOLLAR AMOUNTS, UH, BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN, UH, CODIFIED OR AT LEAST WE FIND NO RECORD OF EVER EXISTING.

UH, WHAT BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE NEEDED TO REALLY PUT ONE TOGETHER AND, AND THEY NEEDED TO NOT ONLY MEET THE CITY'S NEEDS, UM, SO THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW BY ORDINANCE, WHICH MEANS IT'S GOT TEETH, BUT IT ALSO WOULD ALLOW US TO APPLY FOR, UH, STATE GRANTS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCURE AND THAT IT REFERENCES THAT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH IT COMES TO FEDERAL FUNDS, VERY SPECIFICALLY THE CDBG.

SO WHEN YOU GO PROCURE CERTAIN ITEMS AND STUFF, EVERYBODY, ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ARE NOW GETTING VERY, VERY TOUCHY.

DO YOU HAVE THESE POLICIES IN PLACE? YOU COULD ADOPT A POLICY BY RESOLUTION.

YOU CAN ADOPT IT BY ORDINANCE.

ERR, YOU COULD JUST ADOPT IT BY POLICY BY MINUTES.

THE ORDINANCE IS THE BEST WAY BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY CODIFIED INTO A NUMBER AND WE PUT IT INTO OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES AND MUCH EASIER TO LOCATE.

SO, AND AGAIN, IT'S GOT MORE TEETH, IT BECOMES, IT BECOMES MUCH MORE LAW.

SO WHAT WE PROVIDED YOU IS THE DRAFT ORDINANCE AND THE GUIDELINES I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH IT.

THE GUIDELINES DIDN'T CHANGE FOR EXAMPLE, THAT $10,000 LIMIT THAT, UH, THAT HAS BEEN ON CITY ADMINISTRATION NOT TO EXCEED IT'S IN THERE.

UM, WE BUY, UH, SOMETIMES WE WANT TO GO TO THE AUTO PARTS AND BUY A BATTERY OR SOMETHING OR WIPER BLADES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WELL, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH SO MANY HOOPS OR AT LEAST THOSE, THOSE, UH, EMPLOYEES, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE, PARKS, EMPLOYEES, WHEN A SIMPLE FACE GOING TO WALMART AUTO PARTS OR SOME LOCAL, OR THEY WANT IT TO GO DOWN TO MATT'S CATS AND CASH AND CARRY TO BUY SOMETHING.

THEY GOT TO GO GET ALL THESE REQUISITIONS AS IT IS.

WE RECONCILE ALL RECEIPTS

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AND WE RECONCILE ALL CHARGES AND WE SET UP ACCOUNTS, UH, BUT WE PUT A LOT OF UNNECESSARY STEPS AND WE LOSE TIME.

IT'S, IT'S VERY BUREAUCRATIC AND THE NATURE OF HOW WE DO THINGS.

SO, AND IT SLOWS THE PROCESS DOWN.

UH, IF WE NEEDED TO FOLLOW RECORD OR MISS, UH, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE NEEDED TO FOLLOW THE PLANTS THAT ARE SIGNED, WE HAVE TO AGE IT PER REQUISITION, GET AUTHORIZATION, TAKE IT DOWN, BRING IT BACK.

WE SEE, I MEAN, IT IS A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS.

SO WE WANT TO SPEED THAT PROCESS UP.

WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE THE CITY COMMISSION, SOME TEETH IN IT ENDED UP THAT THIS IS THE ORDINANCE.

THIS IS WHAT WE FOLLOW.

THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES THAT WE ALL HAVE.

AND YEAH, LET ME CORRECT THAT.

THESE ARE THE POLICIES MUCH MORE THAN GUIDELINES.

SO, UM, SO WE, WE, WE EXPEDITED IN SOME AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, STATE LAW SAYS THAT, UH, CITY, UH, CITY MANAGERS SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS CAN GO UP TO 50,000.

SOME CITIES DO TO 25,000, SOME DUE TO LESS, UH, MAYOR.

I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT I READ ARTICLES ALL THE TIME, LOCAL ENTITIES CHANGING THOSE AMOUNTS.

I DON'T 10,000 DOESN'T BOTHER ME.

IT JUST MEANS I AND THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS HAVE TO DO OUR PLANNING BETTER.

WE BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING FOR 15,000.

WE BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING FOR 12,000.

TONIGHT'S RIGHT.

YOU WOULDN'T SEE IT IF IT WAS A 25 OR 50.

SO IT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE THAT YOU GET TO SEE IT.

AND IT'S A GOOD CHECKS AND BALANCE.

SO AGAIN, I HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT PRESENTING, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

THIS IS YOUR POLICY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.

ONCE IT PASSES.

I JUST NEED YOU TO LOOK AT IT.

TELL ME WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU LIKE OR DON'T LIKE, LET US LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WE DO FOLLOW INDUSTRY STANDARDS.

THERE ARE INDUSTRY STANDARDS BY CITIES.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO FOLLOW WHATEVER THE STATE HAS AND THE FEDS HAVE, UH, THAT IS MUCH MORE, NOT REALLY UP TO YOU.

IT'S HOW WE HANDLE ARLENE TURNER AND HOW WE RECONCILE IT.

JUST THAT IT BRINGS IT ALL UNDER ONE ORDINANCE.

SO, UM, COMMISSIONER, WELL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RECONCILE, UM, OF COURSE THAT INVOLVES YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

UH, SO I WANT TO HEAR FROM FINANCE AS FAR AS, UH, WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER BASED ON, UH, WHAT, UH, YOUR, NO, SIR, I DIDN'T PUT IT TOGETHER.

I'M PRESENTING IT BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT AS I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR FINANCES, SO I'M PRESENTING IT, BUT MS. STEP FORWARD AND SHE'LL RESPOND BECAUSE HER AND HER TEAM HAVE LOOKED AT.

BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK PROCUREMENT, YEAH.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE TO FOLLOW CERTAIN STEPS AND FINANCE AND HOW WE DEAL WITH ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO RECONCILEMENT EVERY RECEIPT AND THINGS LIKE, OKAY, YES, COMMISSIONER, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

UH, WE WORK TOGETHER ON, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE, UH, REACH OUT TO OTHER CITIES TO, UH, GO TO THEIR, UH, POLICIES.

UM, MOST OF THEM, THEY MIRRORED THIS ONE, UH, THIS IS KIND OF THE PROCEDURES THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING.

SO WE JUST PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

WE REACH OUT TO, UH, MCALLEN MISSION BRONZEVILLE, AND WE COMPARE ALL THE POLICIES TO, UH, TO PUT THIS ONE TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S THE STATE STANDARD THAT THEY USE, UH, EVERYBODY.

SO, SO AT THIS TIME YOU ARE FOLLOWING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS, UH, YES.

AND TO THE STATE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE AMOUNTS, WHICH IS ON PAGE NUMBER FOUR, THOSE ARE THE AMOUNTS THAT WE FOLLOW, UM, THAT THE STATE FOLLOWS, UH, BEFORE WE USED TO HAVE, UH, ONE PENNY TO $300 TO, UH, UH, THE WAY QUOTES AND, UH, THE STATE, THEY USE THIS, UH, ONE PENNY UP TO 9 99 99.

AND HE'S JUST ONE QUOTE THAT IS, UH, REQUIRE ESPECIALLY.

SO THIS IS GOING TO STRAIGHTEN YOUR, UH, I WANT TO SAY YOUR PROCEDURE, YOUR, YOUR PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE, BUT IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY ALSO ON THE PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET THREE CALLS.

WELL, JUST SEE SOME, THE FIRST ONE, UH, UP TO 9 99, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET THREE QUOTES, ONE QUOTE, THIS, UH, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH IN GENERAL, OR YOU SAID YOU CHECKED WITH OTHER CITIES AND HOW THEY HANDLE, AND THOSE ARE ALSO THE STATE.

THOSE ARE THE LIMITS FOR THE STATE.

THOSE ARE STATE BREAKAWAY DELIVERANCE.

FOR THE CHART YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MS. PENA ON PAGE FOUR, THERE'S THREE WRITTEN, OR IF, FOR EXAMPLE, A TIER TWO AND THREE THERE'S, THREE WRITTEN OR ONE WRITTEN FROM STATE OR FEDERAL CO-OP, IS THAT, THAT IS A STATE

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REGULATION.

ALSO THE ONLY ONE FROM A CO-OP.

LIKE, UH, LET'S SAY, UM, THE TIPS OR, UH, THE BIBLE WAR.

WE ONLY NEED ONE.

AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, UH IT'S UH, WHO, WHO CAN APPROVE THOSE PURCHASES OR IS IT FOR THE FIRST ONE THAT YOUR ONE IS THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WITH THE FINANCE DIRECTOR? YEAH.

WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT IN THE, IN THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.

AND THEN THE NEXT TIER, THE NUMBER TWO, IT ADDS THE, UH, CITY MANAGER.

UH, ANYTHING OVER 10,000 UP TO 49, 9 99.

IT HAS TO COME TO THE CEDAR COMMISSION WHEN THESE APPROVED BY CEDAR COMMISSION, WE ENTER IN THE SYSTEM AND IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR, FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND SENIOR MANAGER.

I HAS TO COME TO YOU BEFORE FOR APPROVAL.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WHEN, UH, THERE SOME, ANYTHING OVER 50 IS A BIT, AND IT HAS TO COME TO YOU AS WELL.

AND THEN WHEN THEY SENT HER IN THE SYSTEM, UH, EVERYBODY, THE DEPARTMENT, FINANCE DIRECTORS, DATA MANAGER, THEY ARE PUT AS WELL.

I HEARD THE WORD PETTYCASH, UH, MENTIONED.

SO, UH, TELL ME MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

WELL, ARE THERE PETTYCASH, UH, LET'S SAY, UH, PROBABLY WORKS.

THEY NEED, UH, SOME MONEY FOR SMALL PURCHASES.

LIKE THEY MENTIONED WIPERS, WHY YOU WANT TO MAKE A PURCHASE ORDER TO BUY WIPERS, RIGHT? IS THE PROCESS.

YEAH, SO THEY CAN KEEP A PETTY CASH, LET'S SAY $200 AND THEY GO AND BUY WIPERS FOR WHAT? $20.

THEY BRING THE RECEIPT, THEY HAVE A LOG.

AND THEN EVERY WEEK WE REPLENISH THAT PETTY CASH.

THEY PROVIDE US WITH A REPORT AND THE, THE LOG AND THE RECEIPTS, WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING BALANCES AND WE ISSUED THE WHATEVER RECEIPTS THEY TURN IN THAT WAY.

THEY, THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT, FOR EXAMPLE, 200,000, I MEAN, $200 COMMISSIONER.

EVERY CLERK THAT WE HAVE IN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT HAS A PETTY CASH.

THEY HAVE CASH AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT RECONCILE, WHETHER THEY'RE OVER OR UNDER, IF THEY'RE UNDER, THEY'RE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND THEY MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.

THIS WOULD HOLD ALSO TRUE WITH ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT WE ISSUED.

SOMEBODY RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

IF NOT AS LOCKED, IF IT'S OVER MORE THAN YOUR DEBT TOO MUCH FOR SOMEBODY, IF YOU'RE UNDER, YOU GET TO MAKE UP.

EVEN IF IT'S A PENNY AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WE ARE, WE RUN A REPORT EVERY MONTH.

IF YOU SHORT ONE PENNY, YOU PAID A PENNY.

SO, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS CHECKING BALANCES.

GREAT.

AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.

MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY PRACTICES WHEN WE DEAL WITH PETTY CASH.

WHEN WE ISSUE A PETTY CASH, THEY SIGN A FORM THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT CASH.

SO IF THEY, UH, THEY QUIT THEIR JOB BEFORE THEY LEAVE, THEY HAVE TO TURN IN THOSE $200.

THE SHORT IS A PAYROLL DEDUCTION, UNLESS THEY PREFER TO PAY IT RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN, SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE, UH, THAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THE PETTY CASH.

UM, I LIKED THE THREE WRITTEN QUOTES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD, IF WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT OF MORE, UH, BUYBOARD QUOTES OR THE STATE OR FEDERAL CO-OPS.

I JUST ONE QUOTE AND IT'S JUST NOT SUFFICIENT FOR ME PERSONALLY, WHEN I DO ANYTHING, ANY PURCHASE SIDE I GET ON AMAZON WALMART, I ATE, I STARTED LOOKING AT EVERY WEBSITE I'M ABOUT TO RING, GET RUNG UP AT SOMEWHERE AND I'LL LOOK IT UP AND THEY'LL PRICE MATCH IT.

OR I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST HIT, BUY AND WALK AWAY AND WAIT FOR IT TO COME INTO THAT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE HOW MANY QUOTES WE JUST PRESENTED, WHAT ISN'T THE STATE.

AND I, I APPRECIATE THIS.

COVID AND, AND A LOT OF OTHER HEALTH ISSUES, UH, JUST RUNNING RAMPANT THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S A GOOD POLICY TO HAVE.

I THINK IT HELPS WITH A LOT OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

SO IT TOOK TIME TO GET THIS TOGETHER.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

ALSO, THERE ARE SOME VENDORS THAT THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT IS A SOLE VENDOR.

SO WE CAN, WE ONLY REQUIRE ONE QUOTE.

THAT'S A FEW, THERE'S AN AGREEMENT RIGHT? WITH THE VENDOR.

YES, NO SIR.

NO, NO.

THAT'S NOT A TRUE STATEMENT.

IF THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE JUST HAD SOME EQUIPMENT AT WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO THAT, UH, THAT BUSINESS WENT OUT AND THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER VENDOR THAT PROVIDES IT.

SO SOMETIMES WE KNOW THE INDUSTRY HAS TO HEAR THAT COMPANY IS NO LONGER, AND THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY THAT NOW YOU CAN PURCHASE IT.

SO IT DOES HAPPEN.

WE'LL LOOK AT OUR AGREEMENT WITH BUYBOARD AND I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU MADE A REQUEST AND I NOTE THAT MS. PENA HAS IT.

AND, AND, UH, IT JUST, UH, LIKE I TALKED TO THE MAYOR, OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT BECAUSE OF THE

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BUT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU USE BUYBOARD AND YOU GO TO DIFFERENT BUY BOARDS, I'VE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T RUN A FILE, GETTING A BUYBOARD AND A TIPS TO DIFFERENT CO-OPS MAY BE BETTER ONLINE.

UH, THE WHOLE IDEA OF WHEN THESE COMPANIES APPLY AND WE HAVE MEMBERSHIP FEES THAT WE GET, AND WE GET A REBATE FROM BUY BOARDS, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENTAGE, BUT IT'S LIKE YOUR DISCOVER CARD.

YOU GET A PERCENTAGE BACK.

UM, I JUST KINDA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR LEGAL REVIEW, THAT WE'RE NOT RUNNING A FAULT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOW BIDDING.

IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT AND GET BIDS THAT YOU GET BIDS, IF YOU'RE GONNA USE THE CO-OPS AND THEN YOU'RE BIDDING THE CO-OP AGAINST ITSELF BY BOARD OR BY BOARD VENDOR, WE MAY GET INTO SOME TYPE OF PROBLEM.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, I THINK THAT WHEN THEY'RE NOT THE SAME, CO-OP YOU HAVE A MUCH BETTER LATITUDE.

IT EXPLAINED THAT THEN WIND AND THE SAME, BECAUSE EVERY, FOR EXAMPLE, OF WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, THE DEALERSHIP HERE LOCALLY, HE OPTED NOT TO SIGN UP WITH BUYBOARD, BUT WENT WITH THE TIPS BECAUSE THE PROCEDURE WAS DIFFERENT.

EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATE, EVERY ONE OF THESE VENDORS HAS TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.

SELECTION MEETS CERTAIN CRITERIA.

IT MAY NOT BE AN APPLES AND APPLES, BUT THEY MEET THE STATE'S CRITERIA TO BE A CO-OP.

AND THEN WHEN WE START PITTING WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES, WE ARE NOW IN THEIR AREA OF AUTHORITY IN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT RUNNING A FILE.

SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN PIT BY BOARD A BUYBOARD VENDOR, BUT MAYBE AT BIBLE WITH A TITS VENDOR.

YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? UH YOU'RE YOU'RE DEALING AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THEY, THEY ARE REGULATED.

THEY, THEY GET ALL OF THAT.

SO WE ARE NOW IT, THE WHOLE IDEA IS YOU DON'T WANT TO USE BIBLES.

THEN WE BID ON EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF, UH, IT JUST, BUT IT IS, I JUST FELT, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RUN A FALL BY A POLICY THAT WE ADOPT AND MAKE IT AN ORDERS.

AND THEN WE'RE PITTING, AND THEN WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO AT THIS.

SO THERE ARE FOLKS, THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, OF INFORMATION RESOURCES IS PROBABLY THE ONES THAT HANDLES THE CO-OPS.

I THINK WE'LL BE THE, I WANT TO SAY THE GREATEST, UH, ADVANTAGE THAT, BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT BUYBOARD, UH, YOU TALK ABOUT TIPS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE THERE.

SOME SORT, UH, OTHER THAN MAKING IT EASIER FOR YOU TO BUY SOMETHING.

I WANT TO THINK OF THAT.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UM, GOING THE WAY THAT, UM, THIS WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE THAT THESE, UH, I WOULD SAY VENDORS ARE VETTED.

THEY'RE GONE THROUGH SOME TYPE OF, UH, I GUESS, VETTING WHERE, WHERE THEY, THEY HAVE TO MEET A CERTAIN CRITERIA TO, OR TELL ME MORE.

SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN APPLES AND APPLES.

THEY HAVE TO MEET A CERTAIN CRITERIA.

AND ACTUALLY, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW OTHER FOLKS THAT HAD TRIED TO GET OTHER GENERAL CONTRACTORS, TRY TO GET THEM ON BOARD.

SO TO GET ON BY BOARD, THEY MAKE THEIR APPLICATION, THEY MEET ALL OF THEIR CRITERIA, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY, UH, BIDS A JOB FOR THEM, SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT, AND THEN THEY QUALIFY TO BE A QUALIFIED VENDOR.

SO, UH, THAT'S WHY WHEN THEY'RE IN, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE SELLING CARS AND YOU'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING CARDS, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO GET INTO CO-OPS ARE NOT ALL EQUAL.

UH, THERE ARE LOTS OF LOCAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

THERE'S ONE VERY LARGE ONE, A HARRIS COUNTY CALLED THE HARRINGTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL.

IT'S LIKE THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

THEY RUN THEIR OWN STATE APPROVED CO-OP AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT.

WE BUY THINGS FROM THEM, SIMPLE APPLICATION, YOU JUST GET THROUGH, UH, AND THEY COLLECT AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR HANDLING THAT FOR YOU.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT COSTS, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GET THERE, BUT THEIR STANDARDS ARE MUCH STRICTER.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

THE STANDARDS FROM DIFFERENT CO-OPS ARE DIFFERENT.

YOU JUST APPROVED THE STAGE FOR THE MUSEUM AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, MS. GARCIA, THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR PRESENTED TO YOU A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.

ONE OF THEM WAS BUYBOARD AND THE OTHER TWO WERE NOT THE ONE THAT WASN'T WASN'T THE, THE LEAST EXPENSIVE.

WASN'T A, THE BUYBOARD, BUT IT WAS A, SO A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT.

I CAN'T RECALL, 10,009, SOMETHING THAT SHE BROUGHT TO YOU.

AND, UH, AND I SAID, YOU SEE, BUYBOARD, ISN'T ALWAYS THE FIX.

IT'S NOT THE FIXED.

WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL TICKET ITEMS, IT IS LARGE TICKET ITEMS, BUT YOU CANNOT UTILIZE BY BOARD ON CDBG PROJECTS BECAUSE THAT'S A STATE PROGRAM.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDS AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAGES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

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THAT'S WHY THIS PROCUREMENT POLICY AND PER, IN PURCHASING WAS WRITTEN IN SUCH A MANNER TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS, WITH THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO CONVENTION.

I AGREE.

I MEAN, WE NEED TO SHOP IT AROUND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

IT JUST NEEDS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I JUST NEED TO MAKE YOUR WORD.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PIT ONE AGAINST IT.

I JUST, WE NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY THERE TO SAY, CAN WE DO IT? BECAUSE IF WE, THEY FOLLOW A COMPLAINT AND WE'RE WRONG, THEY'RE GOING TO BUDDHIST OUT OF THE CO THE CO-OPS.

AND, UM, UH, DO WE HAVE A LIST OF VENDORS OR WHERE CAN I FIND, DO WE HAVE A LIST OF VENDORS ON THE WEBSITE, OR I KNOW THERE'S A VENDOR APPLICATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES POPPING UP ANY REASON.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO EVERY LOCAL VENDOR.

UM, SO HOW, HOW WOULD I, HOW WOULD I GO ABOUT JUST HAND THEM AN APPLICATION AND SAY, HEY, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING A VENDOR FOR THE CITY? OH, NO, NO.

ANY VENDOR, UH, ANYBODY WANTS TO DO A B VENDOR WITH THE, THEY KIND OF, THEY CONTACT US, THEY CONTACT THE PROCUREMENT, THEY SUBMIT THEIR 10 99.

THEY KIND OF THE LIST, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY SERVICE.

THEY PROVIDE LIKE A LOCAL VENDOR LIST THOUGH, RIGHT? THAT WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO TACKLE FIRST, BEFORE WE GO OUT.

WE JUST PUT THEM IN THE, UH, INTO OUR, OUR INCODE SYSTEM, OUR PROCUREMENT.

AND THEN, UH, AS WE NEED THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND THE WHOLE IDEA, UH, COMMISSIONER GOLDMINE IS HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR, UH, WE CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT, I THINK CONTRA GARCIA.

AND I KNOW THE MAYOR, WE WE'VE ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS THAT WE TRY TO CENTRALIZE OUR PROCUREMENT IN ONE PLACE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE MAYBE A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR ADMIN ASSISTANCE GOING TO DIFFERENT VENDORS WHEN WE COULD CENTRALIZE IT ALL IN ONE PLACE, USE OUR LOCAL VENDORS FIRST AND THEN GO.

AND I AGREE IF THE POLICY IS WRITTEN IN SUCH A MANNER THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THEN THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE GOT, WE CAN, IF YOU GOT THAT LATITUDE AND IN THIS POLICY THAT YOU ADOPT GIVES YOU MUCH MORE LATITUDE THAT YOU GET TO DECIDE WHAT THAT STANDARD IS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU LATITUDE IN THIS.

UH, I LIKE THE POLICY.

IT'S GOOD.

IT'S, UH, TOUCHES BASE ON A LOT OF THINGS.

AND WE DO GIVE PRIORITY TO THE LOCAL VENDORS FOR ANY PURCHASES, UNLESS THEY DON'T HAVE IT.

WE CAN ORDER ONLINE OR REACH OUT TO ANOTHER, UH, VENDORS, UH, COMMISSIONER, EVEN DURING THE HOLIDAYS, WHEN WE WERE ENTERTAINING, THE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, LUNCHES AND STUFF.

AND I ENTERTAIN, IT'S NOT WHEN WE WERE APPRECIATING THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND, AND, AND SO FORTH.

UH, WE PAID PREMIUM TO KEEP LOCAL, BUT THOSE RESTAURANTS THAT WE USE WERE LOCAL RESTAURANTS, LOCAL EMPLOYEES, AND WE KNOW MOST OF THEM THERE.

SO, UH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF SAN BENITO FIRST, BUT IT'S EITHER A, THEY EITHER HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE A DEALERSHIP THAT, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THEY GOT INTO ONE OF THE TWO, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS, THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED GET INTO ONE OF THEM.

SO THEN WE DON'T, WE DON'T BECAUSE IF YOU REQUIRE TO YOU JUST PITTED US GOING, OKAY, WE GOT YOU NOW, NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO GET A SECOND BID TO GO SEE WHAT THE OTHER ONE HAS.

AND RIGHT.

AND THEN YOU, WE JUST OPENED UP ANOTHER CAN OF WORMS. THE IDEA IS THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENT.

THERE ARE LOCAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ONE TYPE OF MODEL AND, UH, OR MAKE BUTTER.

MAY.

SO WE W THAT'S WHAT WE STAY WITH.

UH, YOU SAID, NO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TO THAT MEANS ON EVERY TIME WE GO TO CAR, WE GOT TO GO BUY TWO, OR WE WANT TO COMPARE IT.

THEN WE'RE BACK TO THAT BACK AND FORTH.

I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT W YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, AND WE CAN, AGAIN, IT'S NOT DONE.

WE CAN LOOK AT IT.

UM, I'VE NOT SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH MR. .

HE PROVIDED THE ORDINANCE, THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT.

WE WANT TO GET YOUR COMMENTS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GIVES ENOUGH FORTITUDE TO THE COMMISSION STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT GOING, HEY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU'RE AT, WE'RE GOING TO OVERSHOP FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO, WE STILL HAVE TO BE DILIGENT AND HAVE OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY, BUT OUR PREFERENCE IS LOCAL BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER FACTORS BESIDES, I MEAN, UH, OF COURSE LOCAL IS PRIORITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST DEAL AND THE ONE THAT WE CAN AFFORD WITHOUT GOING OVERBOARD.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS, UH, IF I CAN GET THEM BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE, UH, BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO FINALIZE IT SO WE CAN PRESENT IT AGAIN.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS.

AND THEN WE CAN SUBMIT, UH, WITH, UH, THE NEXT, UH, SOME, UM, CONTRACTS WITH GRANT WRITERS THAT WE NEED THIS IN PLACE BEFORE WE CAN DO THAT.

AND THEN WE CAN START MOVING SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, NOT TO PUT ANY PRESSURE ON YOU BY FRIDAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

REAL QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 17.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER, 2021, AND MS. BELL LIMPING PRESENTED.

BOARD NUMBER 18.

[18. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended October 2021.]

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SO MEGAN COMMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD OF OLYMPIA FOR ANOTHER LETTER, YOU PACKETS, UH, IS THE FINANCIALS FOR THAT PERIOD.

AND THEN ENDED OCTOBER 31ST, 2021, THE FIRST PAGE, YOU SAID THE BALANCE SHEET, WHICH SHOWS THAT ASSETS OF 19,870,908 COMPARED TO A PREVIOUS YEAR, SAME PERIOD IS 17,467,000 8, 28.

UH, THE LIABILITIES, WE HAVE 6,000,005 29,000 9 38 FOR THIS PERIOD.

I LAST YEAR, SAME PERIOD IS 5 MILLION, 518,004 15.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS, UH, 13 MILLION, 340,000 9 69.

UH, LAST YEAR IT WAS 11 MILLION, 9 45, 4 13.

SO, UH, WITH THE CLOSING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT INCREASE, UH, ABOUT 1.4 MILLION, OUR ASSETS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PAGE? THE NEXT PAGE IS THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN THE FUND BALANCE.

SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, THE MONTH TO DATE AND YEAR TODAY ARE THE SAME AMOUNTS.

SO IN REVENUES, WE HAVE, UH, 2,566,008 70 IN REVENUES EXPENDITURES OF, UH, 885,000 TO 24, WHICH GAVE US OUR REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES.

SO 1,681,646.

UH, THE TARGET FOR THIS FIRST MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS 8.33 IN REVENUES, WE REACH 17.7 13%.

AND IN EXPENDITURES SIX POINT 59, UH, OCTOBER IS A HIGH MONTH FOR REVENUES BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY TAXES BEEN RECEIVED, UH, IS THAT FIRST MONTH, OR MOST OF THE TAXES ARE PAID BY THE TAXPAYERS.

AND THEN THIS, BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, I WILL BE MAKING THE PAYMENTS FOR THE BONDS.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.

THE QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS, BUT BELINDA, YOU HAVE A, WHEN YOU, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, FIRST OF ALL, BUT, UM, I, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEE A MONTH TO DATE YEAR TODAY? AND THEN LIKE LAST YEAR, MONTH TO DATE, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, UH, THIS IS OCTOBER 20, 21.

CAN I SEE OCTOBER, 2020? YES.

I SEE IT ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE, BUT LIKE WHEN WE START GOING, YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST MONTH.

WELL THE FINANCIALS, THE WHOLE PACKAGE I SAW ON THE WEBSITE PER MONTH, EVERY MONTH.

SO YOU CAN COMPARE THOSE, UH, UH, IF YOU LIKE, BUT, UH, YOU WANT TO SEE THAT ATTITUDE? OH, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ON A CALL BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE, OKAY.

WHERE AM I AT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR ON THE, ON THESE, ON THESE LAST FEW PAGES? RIGHT.

I MEAN, MAYBE, MAYBE IT MAKES DIFFERENCE.

MAYBE IT DOESN'T, I, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR CHANGES.

I JUST WANT TO SEE, OKAY.

OCTOBER 20, 21, WE SPENT, UH, WHERE, WHERE ARE WE? WE SPENT 885,000.

I WANT TO SEE, OKAY.

OCTOBER 20, 20, WE ONLY SPENT 500,000.

SO WHAT HAPPENED? WHY ARE WE SPENDING MUCH MORE? YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE TRENDING? WELL, I CAN'T PUT MY NECK ON ADDITIONAL PAGE IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S SOMETHING EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH.

I JUST LIKE TO SEE AS WE GO BY THE FISCAL YEAR, I KNOW, CALL THEM.

WELL, NOT ANOTHER COLUMN B, BECAUSE HE WILL NOT FIT.

WELL, NOT LOOK RIGHT.

YOU KNOW THAT THIS MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL PAGE, WE THOUGHT THOSE AMOUNTS.

I LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS.

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I JUST, I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST WANT TO WORK.

I'M SORRY.

I MEAN, I, IF I WANTED TO PULL UP THE BUDGET AND GO THROUGH 200 PAGES, I WOULD, BUT I WANT TO SEE IT HERE.

IF I COULD, IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE, IF WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL PAGE, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR INFORMATION, THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS.

THANK YOU, BROTHER.

GLENN.

THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

APPRECIATE THE LAST TWO AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO 19.