May 03, 2022 Commission Meetings

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT COMMISSIONERS? NO.

AND

[4. Announcements: ltems of Community lnterest]

NUMBER FOUR.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF COMMUNITY INTEREST PUSHERS DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, THAT'S SORRY.

NOPE, I'LL TURN IT OFF.

AND, UH, ANYBODY HAVE A NO, NO, I HAVE THE HOT WATER ON THIS.

SO GO AHEAD.

SO BRIEFLY, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT THE GENERAL SPECIAL ELECTIONS GOING ON.

WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY BUILDING THAT SHOULD BE OPEN TODAY TILL EIGHT O'CLOCK IT'S THE LAST DAY WE'RE VOTING.

IT'S NOT FOR CITY ELECTION.

IT'S FOR CAMERON COUNTY ELECTIONS.

THERE'S SOME PROPOSITIONS ON THERE.

IT INCREASE.

UH, ONE OF THEM WILL BRING UP IT'S OF IMPORTANCE IS THAT YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TAX.

THAT'S YOU, YOU LOWER YOUR TAX RATE ON YOUR PROPERTIES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT.

AND THEN ON MAY 7TH IS THE LAST OF DAY.

TWO IS, WILL BE ELECTION DAY.

SO TODAY AT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK AND THEN MAY 7TH IS THE LAST ELECTION DAY.

AND YOU'LL HAVE TO GO TO YOUR DESIGNATED PRECINCT.

IS THAT CORRECT? MANNY? WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY BUILDING OPEN.

ALSO HAVE THE, UH, THE CEMETERY OR HOG-WILD CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, MAY 14TH, 2022 FROM 4:00 PM TO 11:00 PM.

UH, COME JOIN US FUN FOOD AND THE BEST OF THE MUSIC AROUND, UH, HEADLINERS BY KEVIN FOWLER IN THE EVENT, UH, FEATURES, UH, BENDERS, COLD DRINKS, UH, FAMILY, UH, UH, FREE FAMILY ACTIVITIES, GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ARE $10 AND, UH, ARE AVAILABLE NOW AT THE SEMIO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

PLEASE CALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT THE 9 5 6 3 6 1 3000 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THAT'S IT.

DON'T NUMBER FIVE, UH, ROUTE THAT WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes. Not more than three speakers on one topic.)]

YES.

MR. HECTOR LOPEZ, MR. LOPEZ.

MY NAME IS HECTOR LOPEZ.

I LIVE IN, UH, ONE 15 WASHINGTON AVENUE.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, I GAVE YOU, UH, PICTURES OF, UH, ISSUES WITH MANHATTAN AND LIBERTY STATES.

WE HAVE A QUOTING FORCE AND AN OFFICER DEATH BEEN RUNNING STOP SIGNS.

I GO TO FOR THE LEGS, I DON'T KNOW, SIX, SEVEN TIMES.

AND THEN THERE'S AN ISSUE ON THE BACK AND, UH, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE BACK THAT REPUBLIC CIRCLE, JUSTICE CIRCLE.

UH, MAN, WE GOT GRADS ABOUT THIS HIGH AND THE GRASS IS GROWING OVER THE STREETS THAT HAD JUST BEEN RE YOU KNOW, PAY

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NEW HOMES.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT HOW THE THEATER ARE BUILT, AND THEN YOU GOT CONSTRUCTION ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT YOU GOT MAIN CANE IT'S TAUGHT AS A HOUSE AND, AND YOU SEE THE COURT ENFORCEMENT DRIVE BY AND NOTHING BEEN DONE.

I JUST TALKED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THE FIRESTONE FIRE HYDRANT, AND YOU'VE GOT MAIN CANE GROWING THIS TALL PAST A FIRE HYDRANT.

SO SAFETY HAS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN WE GOT PEOPLE RUNNING, A STOP SIGN, AND THERE'S A, A BMW THERE THAT ALSO, UH, THE DIRECTOR FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

SHE'S ONE OF THEM THAT IS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I SAW A LONG VIDEO, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO BRING THE VIDEO, BUT HE SAID, I WASN'T ALLOWED.

SO I TOOK PICTURES.

SO I BROUGHT THE ORDINANCE FOR LIBERTY OF, OR SO Y'ALL CAN ALWAYS SEE, AND HOPEFULLY I CAN ENFORCE IT.

THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAS GOT TO BE DONE.

YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS ARE BLOCKED OR KIDS CAN WALK TO THE BUS STOP.

THEY GOTTA WALK ON THE STREET.

AND THEN YOU GOT PEOPLE RUNNING A STOP SIGN.

I MEAN, AS A SAFETY HAZARD, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILLING TO NOW HELP THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, DEAR SIR.

THANK YOU RUTH.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO, MA'AM THANK YOU, SIR.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.

I DIDN'T NUMBER SIX,

[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the January 18, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting.]

TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 18TH, 2022 REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE QUESTIONS.

DO I HAVE MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARIA FRANCO SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE, UH, ROUTES OF COLLECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CONTRACT FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICE WITH THE BFI WASTE SERVICE OF TEXAS LP, AK REPUBLIC SERVICE AND CITY MANAGER.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES? I DON'T REMEMBER SEVEN

[7. Consideration and possible action to approve a "Routes of Collections" in accordance with the Contract for Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Service with BFI Waste Services of Texas LP (aka Republic Services).]

MARIN COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD EVENING.

BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE A REQUEST FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES.

THERE'S REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM, UH, FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES, THEY'RE SEATING, HEIGHT THEY'LL STEP FORWARD.

UM, RAY THOMAS, THE OPERATIONS MANAGER IS STEPPING FORWARD.

THERE'S A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT HE PROVIDED OR EMAIL, AND IT'S NOT A LETTER, BUT AN EMAIL WITH A COUPLE OF FLYERS.

AND I PROVIDED YOU A COPY OF THE CONTRACT AND FOUND THE PROVISION OF THE REQUESTS THAT HE'S MAKING.

SO I'LL, I'LL UM, LET HIM TAKE IT FROM HERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE COMMISSION, UM, WHAT I'M REQUESTING IS, UH, WE'VE RUN FIVE ROUTES ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS DO THREE ROUTES ON MONDAY AND TWO ON TUESDAY.

UM, REASON I'M DOING THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS WITH PEOPLE.

I JUST, UH, I GET A LATE SET, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE DONE WITH OUR ROUTES AND I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ANYWHERE CLOSE TO SAN BENITO THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MOVE ROUTES TO MONDAY AND THURSDAY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE THE, THE TWO DAYS FOR YOU GUYS AND THEN KEEP MY TWO ROUTES ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, THAT WAY I ALWAYS HAVE A TRUCK IN THE CITY, JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CAR IN THE WAY, WHATEVER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT, I'LL HAVE A TRUCK IN THE CITY THAT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD GREAT SUCCEED ON TWO CITIES, LOS FRESNOS, AND, UH, RAYMONDVILLE.

AND THEY LOVE THAT.

THEY LOVE TO HAVE A TRUCK IN THE CITY ALL THE TIME WITH, WITH STUFF THAT HAPPENS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S THE DETERMINATION THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO MAKE IT.

Y'ALL ANY QUESTIONS? UM, YEAH.

MR. SAUCY, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING THIS REQUEST, DOES THIS OPEN UP THE CONTRACT AGAIN, ALL THE ENTIRE CONTRACT, BUT STILL IT'S STILL A REVISION OF THE CONTRACT.

SO IT'S A NEW CONTRACT.

THE MAYOR WILL HAVE TO SIGN, RIGHT? NO, I CITED THE SECTION AND THERE MR. SAUCY SEXUALLY, UH, THE REQUEST IS, UH, HAS TO BE, UH, IF IT'S REASONABLE, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED.

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UM, I CITED IN THE, UH, LET ME GO BACK TO THE SUMMARY.

SO MY CONCERN WAS, UM, THIS LAST TRASH BASH WE HAD, UH, MAYBE PUBLIC WORKS.

CAN I HAVE SOME INSIGHT ON IT WHERE WE WERE GIVEN? I THINK SIX CONTAINERS PER YEAR FOR TRASH COLLECTS FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE, A TRASH BASH.

WAS IT SUFFICIENT MR. VASQUEZ? WE NEED, WE GAVE US, THEY GAVE US A, DID WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE EXTRA TWO? UM, SO WE'RE OPEN, REOPENING THE CONTRACT.

I'M LOOKING AT WELL, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR MORE, I WANT TO HAVE MORE TRASH PASSES.

WE PAID FOR THE EXTRA TWO.

SO YOU NEEDED EIGHT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REOPENING THE CONTRACT.

I LIKED THE, THE DAYS, BUT I WANT SOME MORE TRASH BINS FOR TRASH BASH.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, MR. SAUCY, PLEASE.

UH, LIKE IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ITSELF, THE CONSTRUCT IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ITSELF, THE CONTRACTOR PROVIDES THAT THE CONTRACTOR CAN PROPOSE A REASONABLE CHANGES IN ROUTES OR SCHEDULE, WHICH APPROVALS SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD.

SO THAT DOES, THAT'S AN ACTION BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT IS NOT, DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE COMMISSION AND THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A MODIFICATION OF THE UNDERLYING AGREEMENT.

AND WHY ARE WE HERE? WELL, I THINK, I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHY THEY'RE MAKING THAT REQUEST.

IT'S YOUR CONTRACT, BUT IT'S, IT'S PARTLY OPERATIONS, BUT AGAIN, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY, AND IF NOT, I NEED SOME GUIDANCE ON THIS.

WELL, THE RESIDENTS ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CHANGE.

AND THE ONLY CONVERSATION I HAD COMMISSIONER GARCIA WAS, I SAID, WE'RE NOT PROVIDING NOTICE.

THERE'S ABOUT 7,500 ACCOUNTS.

WE'RE DOING THAT DOOR TO DOOR.

YEAH, WE'RE DOING THAT FOR YOU FOR US.

THEN WE'RE LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND CHANGE IT.

KNOW, WE'RE DOING OUR DOOR TO DOOR STUFF AND EVERYTHING FOR THE RESIDENTS.

SO THEY KNOW THE FIRST WEEK THAT COMES IN, I'LL DO ANOTHER RUN AROUND TO GET EVERYTHING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT.

WE WILL GO OUT THERE AND GIVE ANOTHER FLYER.

IT'S GOING TO CHANGE TO THIS DAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A BENEFIT OF THAT.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

SO WE TRIED SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH, UH, REPLACING, REPLACING THE, THE GREEN TRASH BAG EVENTS.

THERE'S STILL SEVERAL HUNDRED GREEN TRASH BINS OUT THERE.

SOMETHING I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

UH, I'VE BEEN DRIVING THE CITY AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THEM AND THOSE NEED TO COME OFF THE STREET.

UH, ACTUALLY WE'RE LOSING ON THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR DOUBLE TRASH CANS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA LOSE IN THERE.

YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THE RESTAURANTS LOVE IT.

CAUSE THEY'VE GOT THAT EXTRA.

WHEN DO I MENTION FOR NOW? RIGHT.

WELL, IF SOMEBODY SAYS YOU DID MENTION MOST FRESNELS AND RAYMONDVILLE.

AND WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK? I MEAN, WHERE'S THIS FEEDBACK COMING? IS IT COMING FROM THE RESIDENTS IS COMING FROM ALL THE CONDITION AND THE RESIDENT AND THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.

I MEAN, THEY, THEY LOVE IT TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, THERE'S A CAR PARKED IN THERE, THE DRIVER CAN'T PICK IT UP, IT'LL GO BY, THEY'LL CALL THE CITY OR THEY'LL CALL US.

AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY INSIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT PAGE.

MR. SAUCY, THIS IS A TWO WAY STREET CONTRACT.

SO IN THE EVENT THAT THIS DOESN'T REALLY WORK FOR SAN BENITO LED THE WAY IT WORKING FOR THE OTHER TWO THAT YOU MENTIONED, WE CAN COME BACK AND, AND, UM, YEAH, IT SAYS THAT THESE, THE APPROVAL SHALL NOT UNREASONABLY WITHHELD, BUT CERTAINLY IF THE CITY HAD A REASON TO RIGHT, RIGHT.

THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T WORK FOR US.

THAT'S MY ONE CONCERN IS THAT IT MAY WORK IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND I THINK, UH, MOST FESTIVALS IN RAINBOW PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, SAME SIZE OF COMMUNITIES.

WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

SO YEAH.

I, I LI I LIKE IT.

I LIKE, I KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON IT.

YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A TRUCK IN THE CITY.

YOU FORGOT ONE, YOU CAN GO.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.

THEY FORGOT THEY CAN GO BACK AND FINISH OFF THE BLOCK.

THAT'S LOVELY.

I LIKE THAT.

BUT I WAS JUST CONSIDERING IF WE'RE GOING TO REOPEN THE CONTRACT, WE'D JUST HEARD PUBLIC WORKS, THAT WE WERE SHORT TWO BINS AND WE HAVE TRASHED BASS TWICE A YEAR, AND YOU GUYS ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF BEING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

TWO YEARS, WHY DON'T WE HAVE MORE, MORE TRASH BASH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WE'LL COLLECT LESS TRASH TWICE A YEAR, TWICE.

UH, I, I WANT TO KNOW IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE TRASH BINS FOR TRASH BAGS.

IS IT UNREASONABLE? WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE THE CONTRACT ALLOWS CHANGES IN THE ROUTES OR THE SCHEDULE, DOES THE MAYOR HAVE TO SIGN THIS AGAIN? NO, YOU'RE NOT REOPENING THE CONTRACT.

THE CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY AND THE CONTRACTOR CAN PROPOSE CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE ROUTES OR THE SCHEDULE, THE CITY CAN'T UNREASONABLY WITHHOLD IT.

BUT, UH, CERTAINLY IF THE CITY HAS A REASON TO WITHHOLD, UH, IN TERMS OF SERVICE OR LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE, THE CITY CAN DO THAT, BUT YOU AREN'T REOPENING THE CONTRACT AND IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE MURDER EXECUTE ANYTHING.

SO INSTEAD OF MY, MY, MY, MY THINK ON MY THING ON THIS COMMISSIONER IS INSTEAD OF HAVING EIGHT BINS EVERY

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I MEAN, WE CAN NEGOTIATE THAT PART OF THE CONTRACT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.

BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S, WELL, IT'S BETTER OFF IF WE CLEAN UP THE STRIKING OF THE CITY MORE TIMES THAN TWO HOURS A YEAR, UH, FOR THAT REASON, I MEAN, WE SEE EVERYTHING ON THE STREETS WITH THERE.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET SOME EXTRA TRASH BINS THROWN OUT.

NOW WE PUT, UH, UM, ON THE, UM, I'M JUST THINKING BUSINESS.

YOU GUYS WANT TO OPEN IT UP.

AND SO ON THE OTHER HAND, HOW CAN WE KNOW, UH, WE LIKED THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING FORWARD.

I MEAN, MORE TRUCKS IN THE CITY WHEN AT ONE TIME OR A WEEK.

HEY, EXACTLY.

AND TO US, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER.

I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S GREAT SUCCESS ON THE OTHER CITIES, LIKE TUITION WOULD SAY IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER, BUT I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THE OTHER ONES, BUT IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT GREAT.

I MEAN, I TRIED IT TWICE AND IT'S BEEN JUST AWESOME BECAUSE TREMENDOUSLY.

DOES THIS, DOES THIS CHANGE ANYTHING FOR THE BRUSH SERVICE? NOPE.

NO BRUSH.

THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL TRASH MOTION TO APPROVE.

GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER OF YOUR FRANCO SECOND BY AMERIPRO TIM, ALL IN FAVOR AND CONFUSION.

JUST REAL QUICK.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW, UH, MUNICIPAL SALES MANAGER.

MR. RAY, THE YOU GUYS YOU'VE READ HERE.

HI, GOOD EVENING FOLKS.

UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU GUYS.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, MEETING WITH MAYOR MANNY, UH, FOR THEM.

UM, AND TO YOUR QUESTION, SIR, IT WOULD BE OUR PLEASURE TO HELP EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE LETTER OF THE CONTRACT.

SO IN DOING SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOING IT AT OUR DISCRETION, RIGHT.

I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE MISINTERPRETED AS WE'RE GOING TO DO IT EVERY TIME.

BUT WE WOULD, I HAVE NOT, UH, DENIED ANY REQUESTS, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE TO ROLL OFF.

WE'RE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS, UH, MR. GOMEZ WAS SAYING EARLIER REGARDING THE, THE CHANGE AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT YOU.

BONDO HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING UP WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, CALLS AND COMPLAINTS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOAD OFF FROM HIM AND HIS STAFF REGARDING THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.

AND, UH, THE INTERPRETATION OF THE AGREEMENT WAS, WAS CORRECT.

RIGHT? SO IF FOR SOME REASON IT SHOWS THAT, WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THE CITY, RIGHT? WE, IT IS OUR OBLIGATION, ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT THAT WE GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT SERVICES YOU GUYS TO THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY THAT WE CAN.

IF THERE'S, UH, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, MR. LOVAZA HAS MY PHONE NUMBER, UH, MR. NICHOLAS NUMBER, UM, AND I WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING THAT I'M PROUD OF THIS GENTLEMAN HERE CAME UP, UH, WITH OUR COMPANY, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY WALKING BEHIND, UH, A TRASH TRUCK.

AND I'M PROUD TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE JUST PROMOTED HIM TO OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE ENTIRE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

SO HE KNOWS THIS STUFF, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS PLAN THAT HE'S GOT BEFORE YOU GUYS, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE APPROVED.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH IS SURE TO WORK OUT.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, IF IN CASE IT DOESN'T, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE CITY OF SAN BENITO AT YOUR DISCRETION.

OKAY, SIR.

I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND, UH, JUST THE ONE MORE.

I WANT TO START, UH, WITH THE FLYERS ON FRIDAY.

I'M GOING TO DO THE FLYERS ON THE ROSA NOLAN BREAD AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW ALSO THAT WE'RE GOING TO START IT ON FRIDAY.

WE'RE GOING TO DO, I'M GOING TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE TO COVER.

AND THEN MONDAY WE'RE GOING TO RUN IT.

BUT THEN ON TUESDAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER TRUCK KIND OF STAY WITH THAT SAME DEAL.

SO EVERYBODY WILL GET THE SERVICE AND EVERYBODY WILL FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

I'M NOT JUST GOING TO LET THEM SIT OUT THERE AND SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO PICK YOU GUYS UP.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO AN EXTRA PICKUP FOR THEM AND EVERYTHING.

SO HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE THE COST OF YOU GUYS.

AND I KNOW IT WILL, BUT I KNOW FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS, IT WON'T BE A LITTLE ROUGH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

THIS WOULD BE A LOT BETTER FOR SALMON NATO.

AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 17 YEARS AND PROBABLY 15.

I'VE BEEN HERE WITH SALMON NEEDLE.

SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S HELP AND EVERYTHING.

OH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN USE IT ALSO MANY.

UH, WHEN THEY COME, THE CUSTOMERS COME PAY YOU THERE, THE WATER THAT WE HAVE, SOME TYPE OF ADVERTISEMENT THERE.

WE'LL GET THE INFORMATION.

WE'LL PUT IT IN FINANCE.

WE'LL GET IT ON FACEBOOK.

WE WILL BLAST IT OUT.

UH, SO LET'S FINISH IT UP.

I KNOW WE HAD THE BY COMMISSIONER.

WE HAVE FRANCO SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR PAUL, TIM, AND ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE

I REMEMBER EIGHT

[8. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a plotter for the Planning Department from Toshiba Business Solutions in the amount of $22,299.00 and the Warranty and Service Agreement in the amount of$2,100.00 for a total amount of $24,399.00.]

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OF PLOTTER OR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FROM A TOSHIBA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INTO AMANDO 22,299.

AND THE WARRANTY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, 2,100 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $24,309.

AND MR. MARIN COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A REQUEST FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF THE CARES FUNDS.

IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN A PLOTTER.

IT'S ACTUALLY A SCANNER AND A PLOTTER.

THE, UM, WE'VE TAKEN THE, THE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO TEST, TO LOOK AT VARIOUS TYPES OF, OF PLOTTERS AND SCANNERS OUT THERE.

UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS DOWNSTAIRS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SCAN, GET THEM ELECTRONICALLY SCANDAL, UH, AS THE PAPER DEGRADATION, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THOSE PLANS.

UH, SO, UH, AGAIN, WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

WE DEAL WITH PLANTS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BE.

SO, UH, THE PLOTTER THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS NOT A SCANNER.

IT'S A SINGLE USE ONLY, AND IT IS, UH, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET PARTS FOR IT NOW.

SO WE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKING IT OPERATE WITH DUCT TAPE AND, AND BANDAID.

SO IT'S TIME TO CHANGE IT.

THERE'S TOSHIBA.

IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A, IT'S A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT SO WE CAN PURCHASE IT THAT WAY.

WE DID LOOK AT TWO OTHERS.

THIS OUT OF THE THREE UNITS THAT WE LOOK AT IS THE ONLY LASER JET THE OTHERS WERE INKJET.

SO THIS IS MUCH FASTER.

IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A BETTER OPERATING SYSTEM.

AND I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF OUR COPIERS AROUND OUR FACILITIES ARE ALL TO SHEBA.

SO THE SERVICE, UH, TECHNICIANS ARE IN D AREAS AND WE GET A VERY FAST RESPONSE TIME FOR REPAIRS.

IT DOESN'T SPEAR.

PARDON ME, SIR.

IT DOESN'T SMEAR AND IT DOESN'T SMELL.

LASER JET DOES NOT BECAUSE THERE'S STICKER.

COMMISSIONERS IN THE CRYSTALS, THIS ONE, THE CHRIS ONE THING.

IT IS TH THAT WAS MY QUESTION TO ADD TO THAT.

THIS IS THE, FROM THE CARES FUNDING THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP, EACH DEPARTMENT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST SPECIFIC ITEMS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS THE ONLY THING WE NEEDED TO CONFIRM WAS THE QUALITY, THE SERVICE NOW THAT WE DEAL WITH, OBVIOUSLY LIKE A GENERATOR THAT WE'RE HAVING TO BRING SOMEBODY FROM OUT OF TOWN.

W WHAT ARE WE BUYING AND WHO ARE THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS? WHAT ARE THE, THE, THE, THE, THE DOWNTIME TO GET A TECHNICIAN ON SITE? THAT'S WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IS THE OLD ONE JUST GOING TO BE AUCTIONED OR PHASED OUT.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO USE IT AS SURPLUS.

WE'LL SEE.

WE COULDN'T EVEN TRADE IT IN.

SO WE'LL SOMEHOW WE'LL LOOK AT IT.

SO YOU GET TO SHOW THEM, AND THEN WE'LL, I'LL USE ASSET DISPOSAL.

IF THERE'S ANY VALUABLE, SELL IT, WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU.

AND IF NOT, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE DISCARDED MOTION TO APPROVE.

I DON'T NEED IT FOR, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FRANCO SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PROCESS, UM, JUST SINCE WE'RE ON THAT TOPIC, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, SO FOR THAT DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT TO THE FIELD, UH, LET ME GET, I HATE THIS.

LIKE, LET ME GET BACK TO, LET ME GO BACK TO THE OFFICE AND KIND OF, I KIND OF WANT TO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT OR PLANNING AND HAVE THESE IPADS OR TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'RE OUT THERE WITH.

SO THAT IT'S MORE, UH, A QUICKER RESPONSE TIME.

UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A TABLET.

FIELD TABLET.

AND IT DOESN'T WORK PRETTY WELL.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'RE LIKE, LET ME LOOK AT THE PLAT, LET ME GO BACK TO THE OFFICE, LET ME GET THOSE PLANS.

YOU KNOW, I WANT IT TO BE, LET ME JUST PULL IT UP RIGHT HERE.

YEP.

EVERYTHING LOOKS RIGHT.

IS THAT HOW IT KIND OF PLAYS OUT? NO, IT'S DOABLE, NEVER SPEED.

WE'RE DOING THAT WITH THE METER READERS.

NOW THEY HAVE TABLETS THAT THEY CAN DO THAT THEY'RE NOT TIED IN WITH THEIR PHONE SYSTEM, BUT THEY BRING THEIR TABLETS BACK AND THEY DOWNLOAD INFORMATION.

WE TAKE PHOTOS.

SO THEY'RE LEARNING TO USE TABLETS IN THE FIELD.

UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN WORK.

THAT'S NOT THE PLAN.

IT WOULD BE MORE THE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CODE COMPLIANCE, THE STORMWATER THOUGH.

THOSE TECHNICIANS.

I GET IT.

YEP.

NOW LET'S GO.

IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THAT.

YES.

NINE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 THROUGH 2022, A PROGRAM PAYMENT FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, UH, OF THE CITY OF SAN BENITO FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,000.

UH, I DON'T REMEMBER

[9. Consideration and possible action to approve Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Programming Payment to the Boys and Girls Club of San Benito for the total amount of$10,000.00.]

AND MR. RAMON RODRIGUEZ PERCENT, THIS ITEM GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD IS PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN BENITO MAYOR COMMISSIONERS BEFORE US AN INVOICE FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR PROGRAMMING FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22, THE ORGANIZATION HAS AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR ACADEMIC ATHLETIC AND INTERPERSONAL GROWTH FOR OUR YOUTH STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

I DID REACH OUT TO, UH, MS. DORIS, I BELIEVE SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

APPARENTLY I WAS TOLD THAT HER OR SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE OUT OF TOWN, IF NOT, THERE WOULD BE SOMEBODY HERE.

UM, IT WAS OUR, UH, OUR HOPE THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THE INVOICE.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE FOR THEM TO COME AT AT A FUTURE MEETING AND EXPLAIN THEIR PROGRAMS, THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY REASON FOR US NOT TO MEET OUR

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CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION AND PROCESS THE PAYMENT.

BUT YOU MAY WANT AN UPDATE FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT OTHER THAN THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN, THE, UH, THE PAVILION THAT OUTSIDE, OR THE PLAYGROUND, THE BIG OLD, UH, SHED.

I SAW THAT, UH, THEY, WE DID THE ROOF ON IT.

IT WORKED, I KNOW THEY WEREN'T WORKING.

I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE THIS WEEK.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

AND LET THE ENGINEER COME IN TO DO A FIGHT.

THEY HAD AN ENGINEER COME OUT TO DO A FINAL ESTIMATE.

UM, SO AS OF NOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A NUMBER THAT WAY WE CAN COME AND SPEAK ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, I KNOW THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS RIGHT NOW, WE STILL HAVE BASEBALL GOING ON.

SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF OVER 56 TEAMS. SO ON A NIGHTLY BASIS, THAT PARKING LOT IS INSANE.

AND SO EVEN TRYING TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THAT TINY LITTLE, YOU KNOW, UM, SECTIONED OFF AREA WAS A HARD PART FOR US.

SO, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'RE MAINLY WAITING FOR IS FOR THE SEASON TO BE OVER BEFORE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CAN CONTINUE WITH REPAIRS.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM A SHAREHOLDER IS THIS, THIS INVOICE IS, UH, WHAT JUST, IT SAYS PROGRAM AGREEMENT.

SO THIS IS ALREADY SOMETHING IN PLACE IN WHICH ANNUALLY AND OKAY, SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTOOD THAT OKAY.

IF THERE WAS ANY REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T, UH, THEN THERE WE'D HAVE MORE INFORMATION, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S AN ANNUAL.

I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

A NUMBER 10 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PAYMENT ON HANDSOME PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.

THANK THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

[10. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Hanson Professional Services lnc., pertaining to Engineering & Design Work Order-Surge Tank located at the Public Works Maintenance Yard on 925 West Stenger Street in the total amount of$12,975.00.]

PERTAINING TO THE ENGINEERING DESIGN WORK ORDERS, SEARCH A TANK LOCATED THE PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE YARD ON 9 25 WITH THE STINGER STREET FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,975.

AND MR. DAVID VASQUEZ PRESENTED HIS THEM, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.

UH, DAVID IS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, FOR AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 10, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION FOR THE APPROVAL.

THIS IS FOR THE PROPOSAL ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LIFT STATION CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, MAINTENANCE YARD, UH, SEARCH TANK.

AND SO CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

SO ONE OF THEM START ON THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE'RE ALMOST AT A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN.

WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE THAT IN ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO, AND THEN WE'LL START THE BIDDING PROCESS, UH, THE DOCUMENTATION.

AND THEN WE'LL NOTIFY BASED ON THAT.

SO PROBABLY ABOUT SIX WEEKS BASED ON, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO BRING INTO COMMISSION OR SO PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS IS WHEN WE'LL ACTUALLY START ON THIS ONE APPROXIMATELY DATE.

BUT IT'S, IT'S AT A GOOD POINT, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER AS WE TALKED.

SO YES.

SO IT'S IS, THIS IS AT A GOOD POINT ALSO.

YEP.

I JUST WANT THE COMMISSIONERS TO UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW THAT, UH, WE USUALLY TALK OR I USED TO GO IN THAT WAY, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO GET THIS THING? UH, UH, IT'S AN OPEN REMEMBER GUYS, UH, COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY.

UH, THAT IT'S AN OPEN PIT AND, UH, IT DOESN'T SMELL VERY GOOD.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN RELOCATE IT.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT TO HANSEN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, INC.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND BY MIRACLE TIM ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES? OKAY.

I DON'T REMEMBER 11

[11. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Hanson Professional Services, lnc., pertaining to El Camino Number 2 Lift Station located at 1 Camino Boulevard and 777 West Business 77 for Bidding Phase Services Task Order Number 2 in the total amount of $12,200.00.]

PERTAINED TO THE EL CAMINO.

NUMBER TWO LIFT STATION LOCATED AT ONE COMING HERE, CAMINO BOULEVARD AT 7 77 WEST BUSINESS, 77 4 BIDDING PHASE A M SERVICE TEXTS ORDER NUMBER TWO, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 12,200.

AND MR. DAVID ROSCOE PER SANDY CENTER, AGAIN, A MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COMMISSIONERS.

DAVID'S OSCARS FOR THE RECORD PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

UH, I, UH, ITEM AGENDA NUMBER 11, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION HERE IS THIS IS THE, UH, ENGINEERING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION.

THIS IS THE BIDDING PHASE.

THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SIGNED BY CONTRACT.

THIS IS JUST A DELAY IN THEM, UH, INVOICING US.

AND SO THIS IS ALREADY, UH, BEEN DONE.

THE BIDDING HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, AND THAT HAS BEEN, UH, THAT'S A PROJECT.

DID YOU ATTENDED SIR MAYOR AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE GOING AS FAR AS THE PROJECT.

SO, UH, CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD

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ON THESE PROJECTS.

GREAT.

DO YOU FORESEE ANY DELAYS OR ANYTHING? UH, WE MET IN THAT MEETING THAT YOU ATTENDED, UH, LOOKING TO START IS JUST MATERIALS AND THEN GETTING THOSE, THOSE THINGS ORDERED.

AND THEN, AND THEN BASED ON THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

COMMISSIONERS IN THE QUESTIONS? NOPE.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

I'VE GOT ONE SECOND.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ON SELECTING AN ENGINEER TO NEGOTIATE A SERVICE AGREEMENT, TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION IN A PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT FOR, UH, 2018 SOUTH TEXAS, A FLOODS CDBG, D R DASH 4 3 7 7 20 18 FLOODS PROGRAM FUNDED AND ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE TEXAS LAND GRANT OFFICE GLO AND MR. FIDEL PRESENTED ITSELF.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I DID NUMBER 12

[12. Consideration and possible action on selecting an engineer to negotiate a Service Agreement to complete the application and project implementation for the 2018 South Texas Floods CDBG-DR-4377 (2018 Floods) Program(s) funded and administered through the Texas General Land Office (GLO).]

THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYOR PRO-TENANT COMMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD FOR BELL ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

LAST SUMMER STAFF WAS ADVISED THAT THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OR THE GLO ANNOUNCED THAT TWO GRANTS WERE BEING CREATED IN RESPONSE TO THE 2018 AND 2019 DISASTER FLOOD EVENTS THAT AFFECTED THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

THESE GRANTS WOULD AWARD FUNDS TO SELECT AREAS TO BE USED TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WITHIN THESE EFFECTED COMMUNITIES.

ALSO LAST YEAR, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED GRANT WORKS TO BE THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AUTHORIZING THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS ON THESE SPECIFIC GRANTS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE, TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS.

THE CITY HAD TO SELECT AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO WORK WITH GRANT WORKS IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS.

OUR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BENITO NEWS, AND WE RECEIVED SUBMISSIONS FROM THREE ENGINEERING FIRMS AND BIOTECH GROUP INC, AND HANDSOME PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

A REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED AND ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REVIEWING THE SUBMITTED QUALIFICATION PACKETS IN YOUR PACKET.

YOU'RE GOING TO ARE THE PROGRAM SUMMARY SHEET FOR THE 2018 GRANT COPY OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE RFQ AND THE S THE SURVEY RATING SHEET AND THE SCORE SHEET.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PROGRAM SUMMARY SHEET.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS, THIS INFORMATION IS GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT SPECIFIC GRANT THE TOTAL GRANT IS 19.66, ALMOST 90.7 MILLION.

HOWEVER, SAN BENITO FALLS IN CAMERON COUNTY, CAMERON COUNTY WAS, UH, FALLS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF A MID MID STANDS FOR MOST IMPACTED AND DISTRESS COUNTY.

THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 3 MILLION, $938,000 WORTH OF GRANTS.

YOU'LL SEE, IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THAT SECTION ELIGIBLE USES PROVIDED IN THIS ACTION PLAN, AND IT LISTS SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THESE GRANTS, IF YOU'RE APPROVED, CAN BE UTILIZED.

STAFF HAS ALREADY HAD DISCUSSION WITH SYDNEY MANAGER AS FAR AS WHAT WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT AS FAR AS TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE, UH, UH, FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.

UH, IF WE ARE FORTUNATE AND AWARDED A GRANT, IT ALSO LISTS THE SEAT ALSO LISTS SOMEONE ADULTS WILL USES, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE STANDARD, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GO AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILD A NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDING SOME OF THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MAINLY TO ADDRESS THE, THE, UH, UH, THE DRAIN STORM STORM DRAIN ISSUE, UH, ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WHERE EAGLE COUNTY, UH, WAS, UH, FALLS UNDER THE HUD MID, WHICH IS NOT WHAT CAMERON COUNTY FALLS UNDER.

SO THE FIVE, 15 MILLION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THERE.

WE'RE NOT EVEN ELIGIBLE.

WE ARE ELIGIBLE ALONG WITH JIM WELLS COUNTY.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS EVERY COMMUNITY INSIDE CAMERON COUNTY AND EVERY COMMUNITY INSIDE JIM WELLS COUNTY ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS.

AND THAT GRANT AWARD AGAIN IS $3.9 MILLION.

THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF WARD IS $1 MILLION PER GRANT.

THE REVIEW COMMITTEE ASSESSED THE SUBMITTED PACKETS, AND WHILE ALL THREE OF THE FIRMS WERE VERY QUALIFIED AS NOTED ON THE SCORE SHEET IN YOUR PACKET, AMBUL TECH WAS RATED THE HIGHEST SCORING 3 99 OUT OF 400 MAXIMUM POINTS FOLLOWED BY, AND YOU'LL SEE IT ON HIS COURSE.

HE FOLLOWED BY HANSON AND I'LL DURA, MR. ANTHONY KOVACEVICH FROM GRANT WORKS IS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT AND IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY OF YOU MAY OR MAY HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY, SIR.

SO HOW MUCH DO WE QUALIFY FOR EACH AWARD? RECIPIENT IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UP TO $1 MILLION.

MILLION DOLLARS, CORRECT? SO IT'S GOING TO BE DIVIDED THROUGH, UH, ALL KINDS.

SO IT'S A CAMERA COUNTY IS ONLY $1 MILLION PER CAMERA COUNTY.

IT WOULD BE CORRECT.

CAMERON COUNTY, WOULD WE BE ABLE FOR, UH, AN AWARD? SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD AS MARLIN BROWNSVILLE FRESNOS.

SO EVERY ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY INSIDE CAMERON COUNTY, AS WELL AS JIM WELLS COUNTY, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD.

SO THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN GET IS A

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NO, NO, NO.

EACH RECIPIENT COMMUNITY CAN GET UP TO 1 MILLION.

SO SELF SAN BENITO, WE PUT A PROJECT TOGETHER.

UH, PART OF THIS CRITERIA, WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT ENGINEERING FIRM WILL TAKE GUIDANCE FROM CITY STAFF AND WORK WILL WORK WITH GRANT WORKS.

THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

WE IDENTIFY THE PROJECT, HAS TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA BECAUSE IT IS ULTIMATELY FUNDED THROUGH CDBG AND HUD.

IT DOES HAVE TO MEET, UH, THE LOW MODERATE INCOME.

AND SO THERE'S CRITERIA, AND THAT'S WHERE GRANT WORKS, SPECIALIZES IN PLUGGING THOSE NUMBERS IN THEY'LL WORK WITH OUR STAFF THAT WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

AND WE WILL TRY TO IDENTIFY THAT'S GOING TO MEET THE CRITERIA.

UM, GRANT WORKS.

WE'VE HAD VERY, VERY FREQUENT DISCUSSIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AS OF LATE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL RECEIVE A FAVORABLE REVIEW.

IT'S ALL FALLS DOWN TO A SCORING SYSTEM, RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHAT GRANT WORKS.

THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR, THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE.

AND WHEN WE WANTED TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION, WE WANTED THAT TO, UH, WAS GONNA GOING TO WORK FOR WHAT WORK FOR THE CITY'S BENEFIT.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM, I JUST WANT IT TO BE PUT, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, THE CITY IS DOING TO, UM, BRING THIS, THIS FINANCES TO THIS, TO THE CITY AND THE PEN AND THE AREAS THAT HAS BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, AFFECTED.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU THE QUESTION TOO.

IT'S AMERICA COMMISSIONERS.

YOU HAVE A 1% MATCH.

1% OF 10 MILLION IS $10,000, CORRECT? YUP.

WELL, I, I THINK OF RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE MAYOR, UM, SO CAMERON COUNTY IS ALLOCATED A TOTAL AMOUNT.

UH, WHERE IS IT A 1 MILLION? UH, LET'S SAY WHAT THERE'S, HOW MANY COMMUNITIES HERE IN, UH, CAMERON, LIKE 10, 15, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT, SO, SO YOU SAID $1 MILLION, UH, MAXIMUM CORRECT PER COMMUNITY WHO APPLIES THROUGHOUT.

OH, OKAY.

SO CAMERON COUNTY AND JIM WELLS.

SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 3.9 MILLION, THE FIVE, UM, DO GET THE GRANT THAT'S $5 MILLION ALLOCATED TO CAMERON, TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES.

AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO THE SCORING SYSTEM AND, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO GET A MILLION, WE ARE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR 500,000 OR ANYTHING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PUT SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF RELIEF TO ADDRESS SOME PORTION OF OUR, OF OUR DRAIN SYSTEM.

UH, WE THINK THAT WOULD BE A DEFINITELY WORTH GOING DOWN THIS, UH, THIS PATH TO SEE IF A GRANT WORKS AND, UH, THE ENGINEERING FIRM CAN, UH, WORK SOMETHING FOR US.

IT WAS THE TOTAL AVAILABLE, THE, FOR THE MID, WHICH THE MOST IMPACTED AND DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES, JIM WELLS IN CAMERON COUNTY, IT'S 3 MILLION, $938,000.

DO WE, DO WE HAVE AN AREA? WE HAVE SEVERAL AREAS OF ERROR.

AND AGAIN, DEPENDING ON, UH, UH, ASSUMING COMMISSION'S GOING TO APPROVE, THEN THE NEXT STEP, THE NEXT ITEM WILL HAVE A RESOLUTION.

AND THEN GRANT WORKS.

WE'LL BEGIN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND THE SELECTED ENGINEER FIRM AND START IDENTIFYING THE PROJECTS THAT WE THINK THAT, UH, UH, WE CAN TRY TO, UH, MOVE QUICKLY.

THERE IS RIGHT NOW THERE'S AN AUGUST 1ST DEADLINE.

SO WE WILL, WE'LL BE MOVING VERY QUICKLY.

UH, SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, UH, HOPE THAT COMMISSION WILL INTEREST AND STAFF TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS TO TRY TO MOVE IT QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET BOGGED DOWN AND MISS ANY DEADLINES.

JUST BRING IT TO US EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE IT AN UPDATE.

I JUST WANT AN UPDATE.

SO THE ONE PERSON GIVES CD CD MATCH.

HOW DOES THAT IMPACT IT? IS IT THE IMPACT OF OVERALL, OR IT WOULD BE SAFE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE FORTUNATE AND WE'RE AWARDED $1 MILLION, WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO WRITE A $10,000 CHECK.

SO IT WAS OCTOBER.

WELL, CORRECT.

SO DEPENDING ON WHATEVER THE AWARD AMOUNT IS, IT WOULD BE 10% OF THAT.

WELL, WE HAVE TO JUST BE ABLE TO COMMIT, YOU KNOW, UH, PART OF THIS APPLICATION PROCESS OF THAT.

WE ARE WILLING TO WRITE THAT CHECK FOR 1%.

AND AGAIN, MAXIMUM AWARD IS 1 MILLION.

SO, UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WRITE A $10,000 CHECK IF WE CAN GET A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GRANTS.

AND THEN, UM, THE GRANT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHERE GRANT WORKS COMES IN.

WHAT PERS, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS GRANT WORKS, ALLOCATED THE PRESENT.

AND THAT'S WHERE I WILL DEFER TO DON'T.

DON'T GO TOO FAR, MR. BELL.

NOW, PREVIOUSLY YOU ALL, UH, APPROVE GRANT WORKS TO DO THE RANK ADMINISTRATION.

GO FOR A MILLION, YOU GET, IT IT'LL BE A MILLION AND $10,000 WORTH OF EXPENDITURES AFTER WHICH YOU WILL SUBTRACT FROM THE A MILLION, 10.

AND ALIA, MY PARTNER IS NOT HERE.

IF YOU SPECIFICALLY GIVE YOU THAT AMOUNT, BUT I THINK IT WAS IN THE AREA OF 30 OR 35,000.

IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR RECORDS CAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY YOU ALL SEE, SO THE 1 MILLION, LET'S SAY, YOU

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SO DIRECT THE ADMIN FEE SETBACK, THE ENGINEERING FEES AND WHAT'S LEFTOVER IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AMOUNT.

SO THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO BUILD WHATEVER, TO DO, WHATEVER WORK YOU NEED TO DO, THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS GRANT WORKS, WE APPROACH CITIES THAT WE BELIEVE IN A GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING FUNDED.

AND YOU ALL HAVE A LOW AND MODERATE INCOME LEVEL OF 67% CITY WIDE.

SO IF YOU PICK A PROJECT THAT AFFECTS THE FLOODPLAIN OF THE WHOLE CITY, THEN AT 67% WILL BE THE FIGURE THAT THEY WILL BE USING TO SCORE YOU.

AND IT'S PRETTY HIGH.

NOW THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT YOU MAY HAVE THAT ONLY AFFECTS HALF THE CITY.

AND THAT LOW, MODERATE INCOME LEVEL IS 90%.

THAT'S EVEN BETTER.

AND SO LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GET RENVILLE A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO ARE THEY, UH, THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

AND SO, UH, WE THINK THAT THEM BEING A SENSE, A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING FUNDED.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE A MILLION DOLLARS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. BELL.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, THERE WAS AN EVALUATION OF TABULATION SCORECARD.

THERE WAS, IT LOOKED LIKE HOW MANY EVALUATORS FOR THE REPORT, CORRECT.

WHO WERE THE EVALUATORS? MYSELF PUBLIC WORKS, DIRECTOR, DAVID VASQUEZ, UH, UH, ACCOUNTANT, FERNANDO GARCIA, AND EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, MARTINE SIGNS.

LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED ABOUT PUTTING IN AN EVALUATOR THAT MAY BE, HAS A BACKGROUND IN ENGINEERING OR THIS TYPES OF SERVICES.

IT'S LIKE, UM, RIGHT.

IT'S A, I'M A PHARMACIST.

AND YOU'RE ASKING ME TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT ENGINEERING.

I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TELL YOU, RIGHT.

CAUSE I KNOW ABOUT MEDICINE.

UM, I, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO GET A DIFFERENT OPINION FROM DIFFERENT EVALUATORS, BUT YOU GIVE THEM A SCORECARD.

THAT'S A SCORECARD THEY USE.

AND YOU PRESENTED CORRECT.

BUT UM, OKAY.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO TELL SOMEONE, EVALUATE THESE ENGINEERS, NO ENGINEERING BACKGROUND.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

COMMISSIONER HART, I'LL EXPLAIN HOW HARD WAS IT FOR YOU ACTUALLY WAS NOT THAT DIFFICULT.

AND YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC WORKS.

I HAVE A, I'M A GENERALIST IN, IN CITY MANAGEMENT AT GENERALISTS IN ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING I CAN READ AND WE CAN, UH, UH, REVIEW.

UH, SO WHAT WE DID COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE GET IN THE CRITERIA, UH, THIS CRITERIA FOR THIS SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT WAS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED BY GRANT WORKS.

THEY SELECT CRITERIA THAT THEY THINK BASED ON BECAUSE THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN, IN PRESENTING THESE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS.

THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING DIFFERENT, UH, UH, EMPLOYEES FROM CITI IS WE DO BRING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AS WE DID THROUGH THE LAST, UH, WE'VE CREATED A PRETTY GOOD TEAM WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND KIND OF DISSECT THE CRITERIA.

WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, REACH OUT AND READ THE, UH, THE PORTFOLIOS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO US.

AND MOST OF YOU WHO KNOW ME.

AND IF YOU INTERACT WITH SOME OF THOSE ON THE TEAM, WE LOVE ASKING QUESTIONS.

THAT'S GOOD.

DID WE, YOU SAID THERE WAS A PORTFOLIOS.

DID WE GET THOSE FROM THE PACKET IN OUR PACKET? NO, SIR.

NO, WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THEM THERE.

THEY WERE SUBMITTED AS FAR AS THE, EACH OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS RECEIVED A COPY.

YOU HAVE THEM IN PDF OR NO, NO, WE, WE HAD THE HARD BINDERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THEM, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW? I'M NOT AN ENGINEER.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL TELL ME.

WHY DO I WANT TO LOOK AT THEM? RIGHT.

YOU SEE HOW THAT WORKS? OKAY.

JUST A THOUGHT.

SO THE QUESTIONS MORE.

THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE REVIEWING OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE IDENTIFY A PROJECT THAT MEETS THIS CRITERIA WAS STILL A COST ASSOCIATED NOW.

UM, I SAW THAT, UH, I THINK THE FOLLOWING ITEM TWO ITEMS OR 20 18, 20 19, CORRECT.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WILL BE, UH, THE RESOLUTION REFERENCING, UH, THE, UH, THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL TO SELECT AMBUL TECH.

UH, I DO WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO ADD TO THE FACT THAT THIS STRICTLY JUST US, UH, IDENTIFIES THEM AS THE, THE FARM THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, BEGIN DISCUSSIONS WITH.

THERE'S STILL A DISCUSSION THAT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN GRANT WORKS AND THE ENGINEERING FIRM DIDN'T THIS ASSESSMENT DID NOT INVOLVE ANY TYPE OF RATE SCHEDULE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS IS STRICTLY BASED ON OVERALL QUALIFICATIONS THAT THEY WERE, UH, REQUESTED TO SUBMIT INFORMATION ON.

THERE'S STILL ANOTHER PROCESS

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AND THE EXPECTATION THE CITY MANAGER PUT ON US IS TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WHOMEVER IS SELECTED, THAT THEY ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ENCOURAGE AS STATED BEFORE WE WANT TO SHARPEN THE PENCIL.

WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS, AS LEAN AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

SO WE'LL BE ALSO MONITORING THAT AS WELL IN THE EVENT.

AND WE HOPE THAT DOESN'T BECOME THE CASE, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING OCCURS THAT, UH, WHEN WE WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE SUCKED ENGINEER, THERE'S ALREADY BUILT IN A METRIC THAT SAYS, OKAY, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY AS A CITY TO SAY, OKAY, WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK.

AND, UH, UH, SOMETHING COME UP THAT WE'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH.

AND SO THEREFORE WE WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT, THE ONE THAT RANKED NUMBER TWO.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IT'S, IT'S NOT, WE DON'T NECESSARILY THAT WORK MARRIED TO IT.

WE'D HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

MR. BELL DID.

UM, IN YOUR OPINION, SINCE YOU WERE ONE OF THE EVALUATORS WHO HAD THE MOST EXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING FIRM, AS FAR AS YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, COMBINING ALL YEARS OF SERVICE ON DRAINAGE PROJECTS, UM, AMBIO TECH HAD THE OVERALL WIDER VARIETY.

YOU GOT SOME THAT WE GOT ENGINEERED HAD BEEN 50 YEARS NOW.

UM, BUT THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL'S LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE MAY NOT BE AS WIDE AS YOU GOT FOR INDIVIDUALS.

SO, UH, OVERALL AMBUL TICKETS FAR AS STABILITY AND EVERYTHING AND, AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WERE GOING AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHERE ARE THEY BASED OUT OF, THEY HAVE OFFICERS IN BROWNSVILLE CAR ENGINE.

SO THE SORT OF BROWNSVILLE OFFICE, UM, CAUSE WE'VE DONE WORK WITH HANSON.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING SINCE THEY'VE KIND OF SEEN WHAT WE HAVE CORRECT.

AND, AND AMBULATE TECH IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL-KNOWN IN NOT ONLY THE LOWER VALLEY, BUT ALSO THE UPPER VALLEY, DID THEY DO THE PROJECT IN BROWNSVILLE? I THINK THEY, UM, DIDN'T THEY DO THE WASTE PLANT THERE.

HONESTLY, THEY HAD READ THAT.

I MENTIONED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS I'VE SEEN TECH AND LEE'S, UH, TAKE BIDS ON PROJECTS, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, CAMERON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT WITHIN SAN BENITO IS AREA, WHICH HAS WHEN MR. BILL MENTIONED TO ME THAT THAT'S WHO THEY WERE RECOMMENDING.

I SAID, WELL, GOOD.

CAUSE THEY ALREADY WORK OUR LOCAL DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

SO THAT MEANS THEY MUST KNOW PERIPHERALLY FOR OUR WATER DRINKS TOO.

SO I ACTUALLY, WHAT ABOUT A FEW YEARS BACK THE CITY, SOMEBODY THROW HAD A FREE STUDY OR UT RGV WITH A CASA ENGINEERING WHERE THEY SUBMITTED, WHERE THEY CONSIDERED AS AN APPLICANT.

DID WE REACH OUT TO THEM THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED? THEY SUBMIT, OKAY.

HOW SO? HOW DO WE GO ABOUT, WE JUST PUT IT UP AND THEN ENGINEERS WILL APPLY OR DO WE GO DIRECTLY TO THEM? WELL, I JUST THOUGHT BECAUSE SINCE CASA WAS HERE, THEY KNOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY HAVE THE STUDY IT'S ON, UH IT'S ON YOUR TABLE OR MAYBE YOUR DESK OR IN A CABINET.

AND YOU HAVE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, ADVERTISEMENT THAT'S SHOULD, UH, THEY WOULD APPLY.

CORRECT.

MY QUESTION WAS, YOU MENTIONED THE, UM, GRANT WORKS.

WHAT INVOLVEMENT THAT THEY HAVE IN ASSISTING, GUIDING YOU OR HOW DID THEY, HOW DID THEY, UH, WHAT ROLE DID THEY PLAY IN GETTING THE, UM, GETTING YOU TO THROUGH THIS PROCESS? THEY WALKED US THROUGH, THEY LAID OUT THE METRICS BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, UH, W WE'RE NOT GRANT WRITERS.

SO THEY LAID OUT THE RECOMMENDED CRITERIA.

THEY LIKE AMENDED WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK FOR WHEN WE'RE SELECTING THESE FIRMS. IT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO WHEN WE DID THE LAST, UH, LAST YEAR WE DID THE, FOR THE THREE CONSULTANT FIRMS THEY PROVIDE IN THE PAST.

CORRECT.

SO, SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE PROCESS THAT YOU FOLLOWED, THERE WAS SOME GUIDANCE BY GRANT WORKS.

YES.

THEY ASSISTED US WITH THE TIMELINES AND, AND NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL SELECTION OF, UH, THE CRITERIA, CORRECT.

DAVID.

SO IT'S ACCEPTABLE.

THE REVIEW WAS ACCEPTABLE TO GRANT WORKS BECAUSE IN THE END, I GUESS, WHATEVER WE DO MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH WHATEVER GRANT WORKS.

AS GRANT WORKS WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL REVIEWING THEY LIST, THEY DETAILED THE CRITERIA.

IT BECOMES INCUMBENT UPON THE REVIEW COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES.

WHY DIDN'T SEE THEM THERE AS A REVIEWER, OR I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS TO CORRECT.

THAT WE'RE HAVING AS OF LATE, AS YOU KNOW, EARLY THIS MORNING.

THEY, THEY PROVIDE ANY THE ANSWER TO ANY QUESTIONS.

THE FACT THAT I WAS GETTING SENDING EMAILS AT FOUR 15 THIS MORNING AND RECEIVED RESPONSES AT EIGHT O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.

SO I COMMEND THEM AND THEIR STAFF FOR, UH, GETTING BACK TO US, UH, CONDUCTING THEIR OWN RESEARCH TO CLARIFY SOME OTHER QUESTIONS

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UH, SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY UPFRONT, VERY HELPFUL AND ASKING ANY, ANY, UH, ANSWERING ANY OF THE QUESTIONS AND CLARIFYING.

SO THAT WAY BEFORE I COME UP HERE AND WE CAN PRESENT IT TO YOU, IS THERE A MEMBER FROM ANY OF THESE ENGINEERING FIRMS HERE TODAY? UH, I READ DID REACH OUT TO, UH, ALL THREE OF THEM.

UH, ONE OF THEM IS OUT IN CORPUS AND WE KNEW THAT SINCE THEY DIDN'T GET SELECTED, NUMBER ONE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO ADD THE EXPENSE.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW WHAT GAS COSTS PER GALLON TO HAVE THEM DRIVE DOWN HERE.

UH, THE OTHER, UH, WAS, UH, UH, I SPOKE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE AND, UH, I TOLD HER, I SAID, LOOK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND, IT'S OKAY.

BUT WE, WE, YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE TIME IS PRECIOUS.

I HAVE, I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE PROBABLY MONITORING US THROUGH THE VIDEO.

ALL THREE WERE, WERE NOTIFIED.

UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM AMBIO TECH HERE THIS EVENING, BUT, UM, UH, BUT ALL THREE OF THE FIRMS WERE NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS JUST NOW STARTS, STARTS THE, YOU KNOW, GIVE AUTHORS, AUTHORIZES THE INITIATION OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.

AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

CORRECT.

IT WOULDN'T GET IT DONE.

SO NO MORE QUESTIONS.

THEN, UH, WE'LL GET, UH, WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VIA FRANCO THE SECOND BY COMMERCIAL GARCIA.

ONLY FAVOR ANY NAYS, ONE NAME GAIT MOTION PASSES.

NUMBER THREE.

UM, EXCUSE ME.

[13. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2022-0503- 13(R), a resolution of the City of San Benito authorizing professional service provider(s) selection for 2018 South Texas Floods CDBG-DR-4377 (2018 Floods) Program(s) funded and administered through the Texas General Land Office (GLO).]

DON'T KNOW.

13 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22 DASH 2022 DASH 0 5 0 3 DASH 13 ARE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF SOMEBODY TO AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER SELECTION FOR 2018 SOUTH TEXAS OF FLOODS, THE CDBG, UH, THAT'S UH, DR.

DASH 4 3 7 7, UH, 2018 FLOODS PROGRAM FUNDED AND ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE GLO AND MR. FIDEL PRESENTED CENTER.

AGAIN, MAYOR PRETEND THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE REQUIRES VERIFICATION THAT THE GOVERNING BODY APPROVED THE SELECTION OF AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO ASSIST IN THE COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDING.

THIS RESOLUTION IS THE PREFERRED METHOD FOR VERIFICATION PURPOSES.

THEREFORE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

UH, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS WE'VE LOOKED AT DRAINAGE BEFORE IN THE YEARS PAST, RIGHT.

A FEW YEARS BACK AND YOU KNOW, MR. BELL, CAUSE YOU WERE PART OF IT.

THE DESIGN WAS THERE, IT WAS FREE.

THE STUDY WAS ALREADY THERE.

AND GENTLEMEN FROM GRANT WORKS ALREADY SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR A DESIGN, A STUDY.

AGAIN, WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE THINGS DONE.

WHY DON'T WE USE WHAT WAS ALREADY PAID FOR? AND THEN BUILD ON THAT? YEAH.

COMMISSIONER, IT WOULD BE.

AND THAT WOULD EX THAT WOULD WORK IF THAT WAS THE AREA THAT FLOODED IN 2018 AND 2019.

BUT THE AREA THAT, THAT, UH, JV GARCIA WITH CASA DID WAS HIS HOME OLD HOME SITE AROUND THIS, UH, THIS AREA BETWEEN FIVE 10 SAM HOUSTON STINGER AND BUSINESS STUDY SEVEN.

AND THERE WERE NO HOMES THAT FLOODED MARY.

YOU WERE DRIVING OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE FLOODS.

DID YOU SEE THE STREET HOME SLEDDING? THE ANSWER'S NO, BECAUSE THEY WERE FLOODING OVER ON SOUTH BUOY, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY.

SO FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE EMPLOYEES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE, WE KNOW THE AREAS THAT FLOODED, THE ONLY STUDY WAS THAT AREA.

AND THAT AREA HAS NOT FLOODED IN THOSE TWO YEARS.

THAT IS NOT THE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING TODAY.

AND WHAT IT DID CAME OUT OF THAT CITY WAS THAT THE PIPES WERE UNDERSIZED.

YOU GOT A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE THAN DRAINAGE THERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE A CONVEYANCE SYSTEM.

THEY GET SENT OUT EITHER TO THE STATE ROADWAYS, SAM HOUSTON, ROBESON 77, OR THAT GETS IT TO STINGER OR FIVE, 10, THE OTHER STATE ROADWAY.

UM, REMEMBER THEY WERE SMALL DIAMETER PIPES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY, NOT A HOME THAT FLOODED OR POTENTIALLY THREE HOMES IN 2019.

THAT IS AREA THAT WE'RE CONCENTRATED.

THAT IS AREA THAT'S BEEN FLOODING.

SO TECHNICALLY THAT STUDY DOESN'T HELP US TODAY.

IT DOES NOT HELP US, HOW MANY HOMES ARE COMING IN IN THAT AREA.

THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WHERE WE CAN GET THE BEST ADVANTAGE FOR POINT SYSTEM.

I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN'T SPECULATE ON A NUMBER OF HOMES COMING IN AND WOULDN'T THEIR INCOME BE A LOT HIGHER THAN I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE BASED ON THE OTHER AREA.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO HIT, REMEMBER, WE'RE TRYING TO HIT CERTAIN CRITERIA.

WE'RE GOING TO USE IT THE BEST.

AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE THINGS, I THINK TODAY, WHEN YOU WALKED IN MAYOR, WHEN HE WAS, WHEN, ON A SCREEN THAT THE MAYOR THAT MR. BELL HAD UP, WE LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL,

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WE MAY NOT BE ENGINEERS, BUT WE'RE PRETTY SAVVY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF YEARS.

W WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS, I DON'T EVALUATE THE STAFF.

DOES THEY DO A GOOD JOB FOR ME? IT WAS ALL THE COURSES.

DO I HAVE MOTION AND MOTION BIOCHEMISTRY VIA FRANCO.

SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA ON, IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS WHEN THE MOTION PASSES.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO, UH, ACTION ON SELECTING AN ENGINEER NEGOTIATION FOR SERVICE AGREEMENT TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION FOR 2019, NO RIO GRANDE VALLEY FLOODS AND CDBG.

I REMEMBER 17

[14. Consideration and possible action on selecting an engineer to negotiate a Service Agreement to complete the application and project implementation for the 2019 Lower Rio Grande Valley Floods CDBG-DR-4454 (2019 Floods) and Tropical Storm lmelda CDBG-DR-4466 (TS lmelda) Program(s) funded and administered through the Texas General Land Office (GLO).]

THERE'S NEW YORK.

THERE'S 4, 4, 5, 4, UH, 2019 FLOODS IN TROPICAL STORM, IMELDA CDBG DASH D R UH, 4 46 T S IMELDA PROGRAMS FUNDED AND ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND, A LAND GRANT OFFICE GLO AND MR. FRED BELL PRESENTED THE CENTER.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR, TIM COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN FOR THE RECORD FOR THE BELL SYSTEM, CITY MANAGER, SIMILAR TO THE AGENDA ITEM PRESENTED REGARDING THE GLO GRANT FOR THE 2018 DISASTER FLOOD.

THIS ITEM PERTAINS TO THE SAME REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION PROCESS, EXCEPT THIS IS FOR A GLO GRANT FOR THE 2019 STORM EVENTS IN YOUR PACKETS OR THE PROGRAM SUMMARY SHEET FOR THE 2019 GRANT COPY OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE RFQ SURVEY RATING SHEET AND THE SCORE SHEET.

I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PROGRAM SUMMARY SHEET, AND IT WILL SEE THAT THE, UH, THE, THE ALLOCATION AMOUNT TOTAL WAS 57 MILLION, $440,000 IN THIS GRANT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED PART OF THE H U D AND MR. SIMON, DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE H U D I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE ACRONYM IS FOR, BUT OKAY.

STANDARD HUD.

SO, UH, AS YOU SEE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE, THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS $57 MILLION GRANT.

NOW, AGAIN, MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE ELBOW, UH, ELIGIBLE USES THAT WE CAN DO THE GRANT, UM, THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN TO TALKS ABOUT THE ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.

SO UNDER THE, FOR THE HUD MIT'S, WE'VE GOT CAMERON CHAMBERS HARRIS, EITHER ALGO, JEFFERSON, LIBERTY, MONTGOMERY, AND ORANGE COUNTY'S BIGGER CAMP APPLICANT, OR BIGGER POLL, UH, ELIGIBLE, UH, OR, UH, COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE IT ALSO ADDRESSED THE, YOU KNOW, THE HURRICANE HURRICANE TROPICAL STORM THAT WE HAD ON THAT PART OF THE, PART OF THE STATE.

SO BIGGER POT OF MONEY, BUT ALSO IT'S OPENED UP TO MORE COMMUNITIES.

BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY LMI KNOW IT'S BELIEVED, WE THINK THAT WE WE'RE WE'LL WE'LL QUALIFY FOR SOMETHING.

SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, SELECTING THE INTUNE FIRM AND HOW GRANT WORKS, WORK WITH THEM, AND TRY TO TAP INTO THIS, UH, UH, MONEY SOURCE.

AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME CRITERIA.

IT'S THE 1% MATCH IF WE'RE AWARDED.

SO IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME.

IT'S JUST DIFFERENT FUNDING MECHANISMS BASED ON THE TYPE OF FLOODING EVENTS THAT WERE IN THOSE APPROPRIATE CALENDAR YEARS.

ANY QUESTION COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN.

SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS ONE DAY MOTION PASSES.

15, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 0 5 0 3 DASH 15.

NUMBER

[15. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2022-0503- lS(R), a resolution of the City of San Benito, Texas authorizing professional services provider(s) selection for the 2019 Lower Rio Grande Valley Floods CDBG-DR-4454(2019 Floods) and Tropical Storm Imelda CDBG-DR-4466 (TS lmelda) Program(s) funded and administered through the Texas General Land Office (GLO).]

OUR RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER AND SELECT SELECTION FOR 2019 LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY FLOODS, CDBG DASH D R DASH 4 4 5 4 20 19 FLOODS IN TROPICAL STORM, IMELDA CDBG DASH D R DASH PORT 46 T S IMELDA PROGRAMS FUNDED AND ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE GLO AND MR. FRED BELL PRESENTED THE CENTER AGAIN, MARIAN COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION, UH, THE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER ONE BEFORE THIS IS GOING TO BE IN REFERENCE TO THE, THE 2019 GRANTSVILLE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS.

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FRANCO? SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS WHEN THE MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I REMEMBER 16 PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT INPUT REGARDING THE REPORT, UH, PROPERTY LOCATED, UH, 6 93 SOUTH MAIN STREET, VERY LEGAL DESCRIPTION

[16. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat of property located at 693 South Fannin Street, bearing a Legal Description ofbeing a 0.413-Acre Tract of Land Comprised of Lots Numbered Seven (7) and Eight (8), Block Number Nine (9), Heywood Addition, in the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, According סt Map Recorded in Volume 2, Page 27, of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Gabrielle N. Cuello. a) Open Public Hearing b) Close Public Hearing]

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OF BEARING A 0.413 ACRE TRACK OF LAND PROMISE OF LOTS OF NUMBER, UH, SEVEN AND EIGHT BLOCK NUMBER NINE.

HEY, WHAT ADDITIONAL CITY? SOMEBODY TO TAKE A CAMERA COMING TO TEXAS, ACCORDING TO MAP A RECORD IN VOLUME TWO PAGE 27 AND THE MAP OF RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS APPLICANT, A GABRIELA N WAIT, UH, SWALE WHALE.

I'M SORRY.

AND CITY THERE IT IS MERIT COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS A REPLAT OF A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT SOUTH VAN.

AND AT THE EXPRESSWAY, THE ADDRESS IS 6 93 SOUTH FANON.

IF I CAN GET THE LOCATION UP HERE, WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HERE IN MAYOR.

THERE IT IS.

MA'AM MAYBE YOU WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THE TIME.

UM, THE TIME IS 6 31 AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY WANTS TO COME AND SPEAK IN FRONT? NO, THEN, UH, THE TIME IS 6 31 AND WITH CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. DELAROSA.

MA'AM YOU HAVE ONE WEEK TO THE NEXT ITEM.

CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REPLAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED TO 683 SOUTH DEFENDANT STREET WEARING IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

ADAM NUMBER 17

[17. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of property located at 693 South Fannin Street, bearing a Legal Description ofbeing a 0.413-Acre Tract of Land Comprised of Lots Numbered Seven (7) and Eight (8), Block Number Nine (9), Heywood Addition, in the City of San Benito, Cameron County, T exas, According to Map Recorded in Volume 2, Page 27, of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Gabrielle N. Cuello.]

UM, ABOUT 0.413 ACRE TRACK OF LAND COMPROMISE OF LOTS OF NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT BLOCK NUMBER NINE.

WOULD, IN ADDITION THIS, SHE DID.

SOMEBODY TOLD KEVIN COME IN TEXAS.

UH, ACCORDING TO MAP RECORDS OF IN VOLUME TWO PAGE 27 MAP RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND EVIDENCED THE GORILLA IN WHERE QUEER AND A CITY MANAGER.

THERE WAS A PERCENTAGE CENTER.

MIRA COMMISSIONER STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REPLIED AT 6 93 SOUTH FAN.

AND IS IT, UH, AS I INDICATED IT SOUTH FANNIN AT THE EXPRESSWAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREENS, UH, AND ALSO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE, THE, THE COLOR THERE'S ZONE C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS.

SO, UH, APPARENTLY THERE'S A DEVELOPER LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY AND WE SEE NO REASON NOT TO APPROVE THE REPLY OR RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TYPICALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, REPLANTS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, SIDEWALKS AND FIRE HYDRANTS PER ORDINANCE, UM, THAT WASN'T STATE WAS THAT STATED ON THESE.

UH, IT WASN'T STATED ON THERE, BUT WHAT THIS IS, IS THAT THE REPLY COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE CITY ORDERS AS A STATE STATUTES.

AND WHAT I HAVE HERE IS MY CONFIRMATION THAT WE HAVE A WATER LINES, SEWER LINES IN HYDRANTS AND CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT PROPERTY.

SO, UH, THEY INDICATED NOTE AND I GET TO SEE THESE DRAWINGS AGAIN, STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

LET ME SEE THE DRAWINGS.

I DIDN'T GET ONE.

UM, OUR S OUR SIDEWALKS GOING TO BE A REQUIREMENT.

GENERALLY, SOME ARCS WILL GO IN IF THEY DO ANY, ANY IMPROVEMENTS.

SO UNLESS THEY TOUCH THE PROPERTY, WHEN THEY TOUCH IT, THEN THAT OPENS UP FOR A LOT OF OTHER.

SO UNTIL WE SEE CONSTRUCTION PLANS, WE'LL, WE'LL IDENTIFY THAT AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION.

OH, OKAY.

COOL.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT? YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE REPLANTING PROCESS? HOW LONG HAS THIS ONE TAKE TIMELINE? FEW MONTHS, THERE'S A, THEY'RE GOING TO READ VERY SIMPLE FILING TWO LAWS, ONE.

COOL.

UH, THEY JUST DON'T IN THE, YEAH.

ANYWAY, THE QUESTION OF COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE MOTION? OKAY.

I'M GOING TO MOTION BY A COMMISSIONER OF RIO FRANCO, SECOND CHICKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES.

EXECUTIVE SESSION CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXT, A GOVERNMENT QUOTE, THE FIREFIGHTER

I DON'T REMEMBER 18

[18. Executive Session]

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2.1071 TO DISCUSS PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.

AND THE TIME IS 6 35 AND WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY, GOOD.

19 DOES THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A TEST ORDER? NUMBER ONE, THE US WATERBOARD SERVICE COMMISSION, UM, CORPORATION.

THE TIME IS 7 43.

WE'RE COMING BACK FROM AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, I DON'T REMEMBER

[19. Consideration and possible action to approve Task Order Number 1 with U.S. Waster Services Corporation.]

I MOTION TO DENY TASK ORDER ONE, UM, PROCEED AS DISCUSSED WITH CITY ATTORNEY DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY? GOT A MOTION BY TIM.

SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO DENY.