* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Welcome] [00:00:09] AND THOSE ARE THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION, TUESDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2022. AND THE TIME IS 5 32. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I DON'T REMEMBER TOO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE US BLACK AND THE TEXAS FLAG. AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION BY MR. DAVID TO THE FLAG. UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE, PRAY WITH ME ALL MIGHTY AND EVER LIVING GOD. WE ARE FAITHFUL SERVANTS. GIVE YOU THANKS FOR GIVING US THIS DAY. AS WE GATHER TODAY, FILL US WITH YOUR SPIRIT SO THAT OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ARE OPEN. GIVE WISDOM AND SKILL TO THOSE WHO WILL BE LEADING OUR MEETING TODAY SO THAT THEIR ACTIONS WILL GIVE US GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP. GOD, THE ETERNAL, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BLESS AND KEEP US IN THIS MEETING. PLEASE SHINE YOUR FACE ON US AND BE GRACIOUS TO US. WE PRAY THAT WE WILL SENSE YOUR PRESENCE DURING THIS GATHERING, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU LET OUR BEHAVIORS HERE CONTRIBUTE TO OUR GOAL OF ALWAYS ENCOURAGING AND UPLIFTING ONE ANOTHER. AMEN. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER [4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.] FOUR. UM, ITEMS, A COMMUNITY INTEREST. LET ME SHARE, LET ME READ SOMETHING ON THERE THAT SO MANY SEVEN YEAR OLD PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE HOSTING OUTDOOR WATER PARTY ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22ND AT 10:00 AM TO 12 NOON. FIRST RESPONDERS COMING TO PARK ON SOUTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD BEHIND PERS UH, FIRE STATION. NUMBER ONE, COMING JOY WATERSLIDES WATER BALLOONS, WATER, GUNS, AND MORE. BRING YOUR OWN TOWELS AND HAVE INCOME, HAVE A, BE A BLAST, UH, AT THIS UH, EVENT NOTICE, UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. AND, UH, AND NUMBER TWO IS DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US ON SATURDAY, JULY 2ND AT THE RECYCLE FEST, COME CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE FROM FOUR TO, UH, 4:00 PM TO 11:00 PM AT THE HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK, PLENTY OF FOOD, UH, FUN MUSIC AND FIREWORKS. AND UH, THAT'S IT. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO, UH, TO ADD TO THIS? NO. NO. OKAY. AND, UH, I [5. Public Comments] REMEMBER FIVE, UH, ROUTE THAT WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MAYOR. WE HAVE, UH, MR. HECTOR LOPEZ, MR. LOPEZ. MY NAME IS HECTOR LOPEZ. I LIVE ON ONE 15 WASHINGTON AVENUE, LIBERTY ESTATES PRIOR TO COMING TO SEND THE NEEDLE, UH, WAS, UM, OUR OWN, MY OWN BUSINESS, LONG SERVING LANDSCAPING. THE MERGER. I HAD CONTRACT WITH DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES FROM 5,000 RESIDENTS AT THE $300,000 THOUSAND RESIDENTS. AND I MAINTAIN PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CITY PROPERTY, PARKS, ROADWAY, UH, FIRE STATION, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ANYTHING. AND I'VE BEEN GOING TO SOME OF THESE PARKS AND THERE'S A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES THAT I SEE THAT ARE NOT, I MEAN, NEGLECTED, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A BIG CONCERN AND YOU CAN SEE BY SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT YOU HAVE THERE, YOU KNOW, THE RECYCLED PARK, YOU HAVE A LOT OF RUSTED EQUIPMENT, PLAY EQUIPMENT, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, DON'T HAVE THE ACCURATE, UH, SAND UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM. THEY KEEP THE KIDS FROM HURTING THEMSELVES. THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, OPEN PIPES ON THE GROUND THAT IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE. AND IT JUST ME JUST WALKING THROUGH THE PARK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING, THIS IS OBVIOUS THAT ANYBODY CAN SEE AND I'M WILLING TO TAKE ANYBODY OUT THERE. THEY SHOW HIM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE GRASS IS NOT EVEN MAINTAINED. YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE GRASS ALL THE WAY TO WATER, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T THAT DRAWS SNAKES UP TO THE BANK. [00:05:01] AND THAT'S ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE THAT I SEE IN THE BASEBALL PARK. I WENT TO THE OTHER DAY. I MEAN, PRIOR I WAS INVITED TO COME WATCH A BASEBALL GAME CAUSE MY NEIGHBOR KIDS ARE PLAYING. AND THEN, AND ALSO I SEEN BLEACHERS THAT ARE MISSING PARTS. YOU KNOW, THAT KIDS CAN GET HURT THE FENCE, NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED AROUND THE, THE BASEBALL FIELDS. AND YOU HAVE WALKWAYS THAT ARE GOT HOLES IN IT IN FRONT OF CONCESSION STAND THAT ALSO A SAFETY HAZARD. SO THE LIABILITY TO THE STATE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU HAVE ALSO A JUNCTION BOX. IT IS LOCKED UP. I MEAN, IT'S BEHIND THE GATE, BUT IT'S OPEN LIVE WIRES. SOMEBODY CAN, YOU KNOW, GET, CAN STICK THEIR HAND OR WHATEVER AND GET ELECTROCUTED AND ALSO A LIABILITY. AND THEN ALSO THE NEW PART OF THE JUDGE BUILT, I WALKED AROUND THE OTHER DAY, ALSO BLEACHERS MISSING PARTS. YOU KNOW, I WALKED AROUND THAT DAY AND I SEEN THAT THEY TRY TO REPLACE OR FIX SOME OF THEM, BUT THERE'S STILL ISSUES IN THE PLAYGROUND, THE NEW PLAYGROUND THAT THEY INSTALL, THE MULCH IS WASHED AWAY. THEY GOT THE COVID UNDERLYING COVER THAT IS SHOWING THAT'S ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE. A KID CAN, YOU KNOW, FALL AND TRIP. AND ALSO THE OKAY, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT, SIR. UM, I GOT YOUR PHONE NUMBER, SIR. UH, RUTH. ANYBODY ELSE? YES. MA'AM MS. MARGHERITA CONNORS PLEASE. HI, I'M MARGARITA CONNORS FROM 3 25 BALANCERS STREET. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UM, SEVERAL PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. UM, BOWIE STREET AND BALLENGER THERE'S EXCESSIVE POTHOLES. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING REPLACED REPEATEDLY, BUT IT STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. AND IT CONTINUES ON WITH THE POTHOLES. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF KIDS LIKE TO COME THERE AND PEEL OUT WOULD THAT WHENEVER YOU GUYS FIX IT, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DRUG ACTION, UM, SELLING OF AT THE, AT THE CHURCH. THEY DO GRAFFITI ON THE STOP SIGNS AND THEY'RE AT DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE EVENING FROM ONE 30 TO 25, 3 45. AND I KNOW BECAUSE I SIT OUT AND WATCH OUT IN THE PORCH WHEN I'M LISTENING TO MUSIC AT NIGHT, WE ALSO HAVE ON BOUNDARY STREET, A LOT OF TALL GRASS ABOUT TO MY KNEES. AND IT'S JUST PAST THE CHURCH, THE CROSS CHURCH. AND, UM, IT'S NEAR 2 82. IT'S ACTUALLY TWO HOUSES. IT'S JUST LIKE A BIG, EMPTY LOT OF GRASS. UM, ALSO, UM, A LOT OF THE CHILDREN ARE THEY'RE TEENAGERS AS WELL. THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FUN THINGS TO DO. THEY JUST GOT OUT OF SCHOOL. UM, PARENTS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT TOO. UM, AND I WAS THINKING, WELL, WHAT'S THEIR INCENTIVE TO COME OFF OF THAT FREEWAY TO COME TO SAN BENITO? LIKE WHERE ARE THE POOLS THAT JUST GOT TAKEN DOWN? I KNOW THINGS TAKE TIME. THERE'S NO BOWLING ALLEY, THERE'S NO THEATER, THERE'S NO MALL. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED HERE. I KNOW IT TAKES TIME AND MONEY, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE MONEY THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED TO COME INTO, UM, THE CITY OR WE CAN GET FROM EITHER FEDERAL DOLLARS COMING IN. UM, CAUSE THEY GO STRAIGHT TO BROWNSVILLE. THEY GO STRAIGHT TO ARLINGTON. I DO THE SAME THING, BUT I HAVE BEEN COMING BACK AND FORTH FROM UP NORTH. MY FATHER USED TO BE THE, UM, BOOKKEEPER AND WAS WITH, UM, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BEFORE HE WENT INTO VIETNAM. UM, THEN, UM, I WAS ALSO LOOKING THROUGHOUT SAN BENITO, TRYING TO HELP SOME PEOPLE FIND AN AFFORDABLE HOME. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE ABANDONED, MAYBE POSSIBLY FIXING UP WITH DOORS WIDE, OPEN SOME OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. UM, I WENT TO A LOT OF HOUSES THAT WERE ABANDONED, TALL GRASS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO SELL THEM OR WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING JUST TO ABANDON, BOARDING UP A LOT OF CATS AND DOGS RUNNING AROUND. UM, BUT LOOKING FOR OUR HOME A ONE BEDROOM, TWO, THREE BEDROOM FOR A FAMILY AND THEY'RE VETERANS, I'M A MILITARY BRAT MYSELF. UM, BUT IT'S JUST HARD FINDING IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY, UM, LIST OF PLACES THAT THEY CAN GO, THAT THE CITY CAN SHOW THEM WHERE THEY CAN GO FIND A PLACE TO RENT, UH, OR POSSIBLY HAVE A HOME TO BUY. BUT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF BOARDED UP HOMES AND A LOT OF TALL GRASS. UM, I KNOW THAT THINGS TAKE TIME. I THINK THE MAYOR IS DOING A GREAT JOB. I THINK IF EVERYBODY WORKS COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER AND SUPPORTS HIM AND ALSO BUSINESSES THAT WE CAN, UM, INVEST IN, UM, LOCAL BUSINESSES INVEST IN SAN BENITO, HAVE PEOPLE TO WORK AND LIVE IN SAN BENITO AND HAVE THE JOBS WITHIN THE CITY. UM, THREE MINUTES OVER IT'S OVER. [00:10:01] YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RUTH. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. OKAY. [6. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the March 1, 2022 Regular City Commission Meeting.] SIX CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MARCH 1ST, 2022 REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I HAD ONE QUESTION ON THE VOTING OF THE MINUTES I SHOWED UP 10 MINUTES LATE FOR THAT ONE. MARK. AM I STILL ABLE TO VOTE ON, ON THE, I GUESS, DO I HAVE TO EXEMPT MYSELF FROM THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM? OKAY. UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE REST OF THE MINUTES. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY A MIRROR, PUT THEM A FRANCO SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. DO YOU GET A NUMBER SIX CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE IT? NO. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I REMEMBER SEVEN. OKAY. 4, 5, 6, 7. OKAY. NUMBER SEVEN, [7. Discussion and possible action to approve the Ninth Supplemental to Order 2020-04.] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE NINTH SILVER MENTO TO ORDER 2022 DASH ZERO FOUR. AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE THE NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER TO, UH, OUR TITLE ORDER 2 0 2 0 DASH ZERO FOUR FOR 20 20 10 HOLD FOR THE, UH, THE EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER WILL EXPIRE AT THE, ON JUNE 24TH OF THIS MONTH. SO THEREFORE, UM, WE TO DEAL WITH THE COVID 19 AND RELATED ISSUES ON THE CHRONIC AND EVERYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO COVID-19. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU CONTINUE THIS, UH, ORDER TO THIS NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER UNTIL THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. SO IT'S SCHEDULED, IF YOU'LL READ DOWN THERE, IT'S SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. UM, WE'LL SEE HOW EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. OBVIOUSLY, IF PRESIDENTIAL ORDERS OR STATE ORDERS ARE GIVEN THAT THERE'S NO LONGER A STATE OF EMERGENCY, THEN OUR ORDER FOLLOWS WHATEVER THOSE ORDERS ARE. SO, OKAY. SO THE DATE WOULD BE FROM, UH, JUNE 24TH OR THAT I DID IT. I CALL WHAT I DID IS I WENT, YES, SIR. I DID, UH, I DID IT WHEN IT EXPIRES ON THE 24TH AT MIDNIGHT ON THE 25TH. SO THE START OF THE NEW DAY STARTS THE NEW PERIOD TILL THE 25TH. OKAY. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? A MOTION MOTION BY A MIRACLE. UH, FRANCO SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GABON. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES OKAY. AARON MURRAY [8. Consideration and possible action to award a Small Business Investment Program-Rent Subsidy Grant award to The American Dream in the amount of $3,600.00.] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, THE PROGRAM, A RENT SUBSIDY GRANT AWARDED TO THE, UH, THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, 3,600 IN MS. REBECCA CASTEEL PRESENT DISHONOR GOOD EVENING CITY COMMISSIONERS MAYOR. UH, THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY IS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM. THIS WILL BE FOR A RENT SUBSIDY GRANT. UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO AWARD THE AMERICAN DREAM, UM, THEIR RENT SUBSIDY IN THE AMOUNT OF 3,600 AFTER AWARDING THIS A RENT SUBSIDY, THERE'LL BE A REMAINING BALANCE OF $32,150, UH, REMAINING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. UH, THE BORDER THEY DC BORDER APPROVED THIS REQUEST ON JUNE THE SIXTH OF THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND WHAT'S YOUR DOING THE QUESTIONS, REBECCA? I HAD A QUESTION. UM, IS THERE A LIMIT, UM, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE NEEDS TO BE GENERATED FOR AN APPLICANT? ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES, THERE IS NOT A LIMIT OR A ACTS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND EMPHASIZING THAT THERE'S A, UH, JOB CREATION, UH, REDUCING THE VACANCIES IN OUR BUSINESSES, TRY TO PROMOTE, UH, THE SMALL PERSON, SMALL INDIVIDUAL, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE DO SEE THAT THE TENDENCIES OF SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES OF THEIR STARTUP, JUST THEMSELVES, THEY DO GRADUALLY START, UH, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME POSITIONS AS WELL. HAS THE, WAS IT THE AMERICAN DREAM, THE AMERICAN DREAM LLC, HAVE THEY HAVE THEY HAD STARTED, IS THIS THEIR FIRST TIME TRYING TO OPEN A [00:15:01] BUSINESS OF THIS NATURE? MY UNDERSTANDING THEY USED TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES AT THE LIBRARY, AND NOW HE RETIRED FROM, UH, REALLY FROM BORDER PATROL EYES, UH, AREA OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND HE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST, UH, THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED THAT ASSISTANCE FOR CITIZENSHIP CLASSES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BE A RESOURCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE'LL BE HAVING OFFERING THE SERVICES AT A COST, BUT ALSO HAVING A STUDY GUIDES AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT THE STUDENTS OR THE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE. AND THAT'S WHERE HE'LL BE CHARGING SOME OF THE SALES TAX. SO THEY JUST RECENTLY APPLIED FOR SALES TAX ID. YES. YES. AND HE RECENTLY OPENED AN R B. IT HASN'T BEEN OPEN FOR MORE THAN A, UH, ONE OR TWO MONTHS. HE WAS UNDER THE, UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL WE APPROVE THEM TO BE ABLE TO OPEN, BUT HE ALREADY HAD ALL HIS PERMITS FROM THE CITY AND EVERYTHING. AND WE HAD TO CLARIFY THAT HE COULD MOVE ON WITH OPENING AND PENDING THE RENT SUBSIDY. OF COURSE, THAT WILL BE ONCE APPROVED. HE'LL BE AWARDED A SIX MONTHS. OKAY. WHICH WAS THE, OF THE QUESTIONS. WELL, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OR SOME MORE OF A COMMENT. I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO GENERATE MUCH TAX REVENUE. LIKE WE WOULD LIKE RIGHT FOR THIS PROGRAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT IT'S GOING TO CREATE JOBS AND I GUESS CREATE MORE CITIZENS STATUS, WHICH IS CORRECT IN TURNING AWAY, CREATE SOME MORE TAX REVENUE. IF YOU HAVE A, WHAT THEY CALL A VIABLE CITIZEN, RIGHT. THAT'S ABLE TO REGISTER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALSO, UH, BE ABLE TO KNOW, JOIN THE WORKFORCE. CORRECT. OKAY. AND WAS HE GOING TO, ALSO FROM THAT DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THE INDIRECT COSTS, HE SAYS THAT AS ANOTHER COMMUNITY, HIS REVENUE STAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THOSE ARE THE INDIRECT ASPECT WE TIE IN, IN, IN DEFINITELY DIANA INTO THE SALES TAX REVENUE. BUT THE INDIRECT ASPECT IS THAT THEY'RE GENERATING A REVENUE WITHIN THEIR BUSINESS. AND THAT MONEY STAYS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHERE'S THE BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE FROM THE CITY HALL. THERE'S A CHURCH AND THERE'S A, LIKE A, IT LOOKS LIKE A PARTITION AREA NEXT TO IT IS, IT'S A LITTLE OFFICE THAT HE'S LEASING FROM LEASING THERE. THE ADDRESS IS 38. IS IT 3 38 NORTH? IS THIS THE ADDRESS? YES, SIR. ALL YOU HAD TO ASK IF YOU LIST THE CORRECT ADDRESS IT'S UM, ON 3 38 NORTH SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE FROM CITY HALL, ALMOST IN FRONT OF MUNICIPAL COURT. WHAT'S THE ADDRESS HERE? 441. OKAY. SO, SO THEN, UH, 300 BLOCK IS ACTUALLY JUST DOWN THE STREET, ISN'T IT? YEAH. YEAH. SO WHERE IS THIS AFTER ALL? YOU SAID IT'S HERE ACROSS THE STREET. RIGHT. AND THAT'S THAT, AND THAT'S THE ADDRESS THAT HE PROVIDED US AND THEN SENT ALL HIS DOCUMENTS? YEAH. WELL, I SOLVE IT, THE ADDRESS AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE COMMISSIONER, MY NOTES. I'M GETTING INTO IT'S NEXT TO THE OLD SAN BENITO NEWS. OKAY. SO IT IS A THREE 30. OKAY. SO IT IS THE NEXT BLOCK OVER THEN, RIGHT. OKAY. AND DID THEY COMMIT TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UH, MONTHS, YEARS? YEAH, THEY HAVE A TWO YEAR LEASE AND HE PRETTY MUCH, UH, IS HERE. HE'S CLAIMING THIS. HE USED TO, HE IS HERE TO STAY, UH, HE'S TESTING THE AMOUNT OF FEES FOR HIS, UH, CLASSES AND, UH, STUDY SESSIONS, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, HE'S BASICALLY, UH, TRYING TO CREATE SOME RETIREMENT REVENUE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE, HIS MAIN PRIORITIES TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THIS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEEK AND BE ABLE TO GET THEIR CITIZENSHIP. SO HE'S VERY COMMITTED AND HE'S ALREADY RETIRED, SO IT'S NOT HIS MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE, BUT, UH, HE'S COMMITTED TO STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HE HAS A TWO YEAR LEASE. I LIKE THE IDEA IT'S GOING TO BE HERE IN DOWNTOWN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FILL UP THOSE SPACES THERE, CORRECT. WHAT'S YOUR WE'RE DOWN TO EIGHT ON SOME HOUSTON, ONLY EIGHT VACANCIES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. SECOND, TAKE THEM BY THE COMMISSIONER GARCIA ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES? I DON'T REMEMBER NINE [9. Consideration and possible action to award a Small Business Investment Program-Rent Subsidy Grant award to Rolling Smoke BBQin the amount of $4,999.98. ] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT. THE PROGRAM RENTS UP THE CITY GRANT, UH, AWARDED AWARD TO A ROLLING SMOKE, UH, BARBECUE ON THE AMOUNT OF 4,999 AND 98 CENTS. MS. RUBIN CASTILLO PRESENTED THE CENTER. YES, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. REBECCA STEEL FOR THE RECORD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE EDC. UH, [00:20:01] WHAT DO YOU HAVE OFFICERS A REQUEST FOR A RENT SUBSIDY FROM ROLLING SMOKED BARBECUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,999 WITH 98 CENTS. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $833 FOR THE FOUR EVERY MONTH FOR THE TIME PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS AFTER YOU AWARDED THE, THE ONE WITH THE AMERICAN DREAM. UH, AND AFTER IF YOU DO AWARD, UH, APPROVE THE AWARD FOR, UH, THE ROLE IS SMOKED BARBECUE. THE REMAINDER BALANCE ON THIS SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM WILL BE A 27,000, $150. AND THIS AGAIN WAS APPROVED ON JUNE THE SIXTH BY THE ADC BOARD. AND, UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MEMBERS? NO. OKAY. I HAVE BARBECUE AND SHAM NIDO NOW. SO OUR SECOND LOCATION, RIGHT? SO BARBECUE LOCATION, SECOND EMOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, VIA FRANCO SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COMMISSIONER STICK. YOU OKAY. AND I'M [10. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat ofl51 East Landrum Street, bearing a Legal Description of a 0.0574-AcreTract, out of the Rear or Westerly, 50 Feet of Lot 7, in Block 31, in the Original Townsite of the City of San Benito, in Cameron County, Texas, According to the Map Recorded in Volume 2, Page 5, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Ms. Diana Silva Herrera] WRITTEN A PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING THE REPLIED, THE 1 51 EAST LANDRUM STREET DURING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 0.0 5 74. UH, IT COULD TRACK, UH, I DON'T KNOW, THE REAR OR WHISTLE WESTERLY, UH, 50 FEET OF LOT SEVEN AND BLOCK 31 AND REGIONAL TOWN SITE OF A CITY IN TEXAS. ACCORDING TO THE MAP RECORDED IN VOLUME TWO PAGE FIVE MET RECORDS OF KIMRA COUNTY, TEXAS APPLICANT, MR. DIANA, UH, SILVA. AND, UH, DOES, UH, MR. INDICATES THE PERCENTAGE OF THEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. AND WE ON THIS PLANNER ONE FOR THE RECORD, UH, BASICALLY FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, I WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER MARCH 13TH, 2022. AND THE PUBLIC CARRY NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, LOCATION, NO OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSAL REQUEST WAS RECEIVED. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING OR SINGLE SINGLE FAMILY. ONE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MARY COMMISSIONER, SHE'S NOT GOING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL ENTER IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. SO IF YOU WILL, MARY WOULD GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR. UM, SO THE TIME IS 5 54 AND I OPENED IT UP FOR OPEN PUBLIC HEARING IF ANY, IN THE PUBLIC WANT TO COME AND TALK. OKAY, GOOD. A COUPLE OF SECONDS. OKAY. THEN, UH, THE TIME IS 5 55 AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. YOU DIDN'T [11. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of 151 East Landrum Street, bearing a Legal Description of a 0.0574-Acre Tract, out of the Rear or Westerly, 50 Feet of Lot 7, in Block 31, in the Original Townsite of the City of San Benito, in Cameron County, Texas, According to the Map Recorded in Volume 2, Page 5, Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Ms. Diana Silva Herrera.] READ 11 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A REPORT ABOUT 1 51 EAST LENDRUM STREET, BARELY LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 0.0 5 7, 4 ACRE TRACK OUT OF THE REAR OR WISTFULLY AT 50 FEET OF LOT SEVEN IN BLOCK 31, ORIGINALLY A TOWN SITE OF THE CITY, SAMANTHA CHEMICAL IN TEXAS. UM, ACCORDING TO THE MAP RECORD IN VOLUME TWO PAGE FIVE MET RECORDS OF KEVIN COUNTY, TEXAS MS. UH, APPLICANT MS. DIANA SILVA AND, UH, MR. HAVE NUNS PRESENTED THIS, THE HIM GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS AGAIN, AND HE CANNOT THIS PLANNER FOR THE RECORD. UH, SO THE PROPOSAL WE PLED CONSISTS OF A 50 BY 50 FOOT RESIDENTIAL, LOT THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLIES TO CHANGE THE BUILDING SETBACKS FROM THE CURRENT 25 FOOT FRONT SET BACK NINE, FIVE FOOT SIDE AND 15 FOOT REAR SETBACK LINE TO A 15 FOOT FRONT, FIVE FOOT SIDE, FIVE FOOT REAR SETBACK LINES, PUBLIC SEWER AND WATER SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PROPERTY. AND THERE'S AN EXISTING FIRE HYDRANT WITHIN THE APPROXIMATE DISTANCE OF 125 FEET OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH MEETS CITY ORDINANCES. UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO DO? OKAY. LET ME TAKE IT FROM HERE, MR. HERNANDEZ, MAYOR. UH, IF YOU'LL SEE THAT YELLOW BOX IT'S ON THE REAR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG SOUTH REAGAN AT THE CORNER OF REAGAN AND LANDRUM THERE, BUT THEY DID AS THEY HAVE A HOUSE ON THE FRONT SITE, PRIMARY RESIDENCE, SOME DECADES AGO, THEY BUILT A SECONDARY HOUSE ON THE BACKSIDE AND IT WAS SOLD BY MEETS AND BOUNDS, NOT BY PLAT THAT PLANT, THAT THOSE HOMES DO NOT BELONG WITH THE SAME FAMILY GROUP. THE, UH, A FAMILY MEMBER PASSED AWAY THAT OWNS THAT YELLOW BOX AREA. IT'S A 50 BY 50 FOOT LOT. THERE'S AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THERE. [00:25:01] AND I FIRED, HE RECOVERED, UH, STORE RIGHT AT THE RIGHT, UH, ON THESE SOUTH SAM HOUSTON LOCATION. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU WHERE IT'S AT. SO, UM, THAT 50 FOOT LOT, IT THERE, IT HAS A HOUSE. IT CANNOT BE REMODELED. IT IT'S BEYOND REHABILITATION. SO, UM, TO, TO KIND OF CLEAN THIS LOT UP AGAIN, WHAT ARE THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS IT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE SAME FAMILY MEMBERS. IT WAS INHERITED BY A FAMILY MEMBER THAT PASSED AWAY. THEY LOOK AT IT, THEY'VE MET WITH US AT LOOK, HOW CAN WE CORRECT THIS? WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE USING THIS LAW. SO THE BEST REMEDY THAT WE CAME UP WITH, AND IT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS EIGHT, YOU'VE GOT NOW, UH, UH, A SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENT THAT IT DOESN'T MEET THE SINGLE FAMILY ONE LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS. AND IN CHAPTER 10 OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. SO WHAT IT DOES DO IS, UH, IF YOU CORRECT, IS THROUGH A REPLIED AND ESTABLISH A NEW SETBACKS FOR THE PROPERTY, IT GETS A NEW PLAT FILE AND YOU CAN CONTINUE USING THIS LOT. SO, UH, NOT VERY DISSIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN. UM, LIKE IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OFF OF JULIAN STREET, UH, VERY NARROW LOTS. THEY, UH, THEY DON'T MEET THE TYPICAL, UH, SETBACKS SIDES ARE REARED. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A DRIVEWAY FOR GARAGE. SO ALL OF THIS WAS KIND OF TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT WOULD BE WORKABLE WITH SIDE SETBACKS, REAR ESTABLISHING WHAT WE'VE GONE. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING A 15 FOOT FRONT SETBACK ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. OUR SETBACKS ARE 25 FEET. IT CAN TAKE UP 10 MORE FEET OF THE FRONT, WHICH IS NOW FACING EAST LANDRUM. HERE'S WHY IT'S 15 FEET. THERE IS A PUBLIC SIDEWALK. THEIR VEHICLES DO NOT FIT WITHIN A 10 FOOT AREA WITHOUT HANGING OVER THE SIDEWALKS. AND IT CREATES THEN YOU'RE VIOLATING A STATE LAW. SO VERY SIMILAR TO WHEN YOU'VE GOT A GARAGE ON A CORNER LOT, AND YOU'VE GOT A, A CORNER HOUSE FACING ONE STREET, BUT YOUR GARAGE IS ON THE SIDE. THERE'S A 10 FOOT SETBACK, BUT UNDER STATE LAW, YOU CANNOT HAVE A LINE OF SIGHT, UH, HAZARD. SO THAT 15 FOOT MAY MAKE SENSE. WE WOULD USE IT IN THAT FACTOR. WE WOULD USE IT IN THIS THAT NO VEHICLE WOULD BE ENCROACHING UPON A PUBLIC SIDEWALK. IT ESTABLISHED SOME REASONABLE SETBACKS, FIVE, FIVE THAT CAN'T RECALL THE REAR. CAN'T SEE THAT, UH, WHAT IS IT? FIVE SIDES, FIVE REAR 15 FRONT. OKAY. SO, UH, SO AGAIN, IT JUST LIKE MOST HOMES, FIVE FOOT SIDES, BUT IN THE REAR WOULD BE, BUT THIS THING BACKS UP TO AN ALLEY THAT'S UTILIZED. SO THEREFORE IT'S NOT ENCROACHING ON ANYBODY'S BACKYARD STRUCTURE THAT SET CLOSED. SO WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE MOST, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A STRUCTURE THAT WOULD FIT IN WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT. AND WE WOULD HAVE A, ANOTHER USABLE LAWN AND GET RID OF A DILAPIDATED BUILDING. SO SINCE I REC GO AHEAD, TH THE HOME THAT'S EXISTING, THERE'S NOT USABLE. RIGHT? IT'S IS IT NOT USABLE OR IS IT NOT USABLE BECAUSE OF WHERE THE LINES ARE DRAWN NOW? NO, IT'S NOT USABLE BECAUSE IT IS SO DILAPIDATED, SO, OKAY. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT STRUCTURALLY SOUND. IT HAS TO BE TORN DOWN NO MATTER WHAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, AND THEY'RE JUST HAVING TO REPLY, JUST BECAUSE TO REDRAW THE SETBACKS, TO PROVIDE YOU A CLAIM, PLAT AND SETBACKS. YES, SIR. WHAT'S THE KNOW, HOW DID THEY GET A 50 BY 50? WHEN DID THAT MEETS AND BOUNDS? YOU SIR? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. BUT WHAT'S THE SMALLEST LOT SIZE IS 50 BY ONE 20 SAN THAT'S ALLOWED RESIDENTIAL 50 BY 1 25. SO RESIDENTIAL, I MEAN, MARIANNE. OKAY. SO THEY'RE ONLY REPLANTING BECAUSE OF THE SETBACKS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN THEIR ANTICIPATION IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A RESIDENTIAL HOME. YES, SIR. THERE'S ONLY IT HASN'T CHANGED. SO IT'S A REPLANTING, NOT A REZONING. IT IS STILL SINGLE FAMILY ONE. SO IT DOESN'T GO, UH, THIS IS A GO STRAIGHT TO CITY COMMISSION. WELL, I JUST DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO DELAY THE GENTLEMEN, WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO ON A 50 BY 50 LOT. YOU CAN'T KEEP THEM FROM BUILDING SOMETHING NEW. IF YOU THINK IT'S SAFE AND IT'S NOT TO IMPEDE THE ALLEYWAY, THE WAY YOU'RE DRAWING IT, RIGHT. THAT WAS THE INTENTION. THAT'S NOT GOING TO IMPEDE THE, WE SAW PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT, VERY, UH, VARIATIONS OF DRAWINGS. UM, THE, UH, THE GRANDDAUGHTER THAT INHERITED THIS PROPERTY, UM, IS, UH, HAS HARDER TO [00:30:01] GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO KIND OF WORK WITH US TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE. EVERYTHING'S AT RISK UNTIL YOU APPROVE SOMETHING. SO WE MO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THE INTEGRITY, THE SETBACKS, THE EASEMENTS TO THE ALLEYWAY. UH, WE DID NOT, UH, PROVE ANY DRIVEWAY THAT WOULD MAKE THE ALLEYWAY AS A DRIVEWAY, BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, THEN YOU'RE USING IT FOR PRIVATE USE. AND THEN YOU WOULD EXPECT US TO MAINTAIN IT. AND THESE ALLEYS WERE NEVER CONVEYED TO US. SO WE CAN'T GUARANTEE SOMETHING THAT IS FOR USAGE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. SO, UH, IF FAMSA, OR THIS NEW, I THINK IT'S A CHURCH THAT WENT IN THERE. IF THEY'RE BLOCKING THE ALLEYWAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE UNLOADING A LOADING AND PERSON CAN'T GET TO THEIR DRIVEWAY, BUT THEN THEY, WE GET BLAMED, RIGHT? THE, YOU GET TO YOUR DRIVEWAY FROM A PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. THAT'S WHY WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS. SO IT'S DESIGNED THAT THERE WILL BE A DRIVEWAY, AT LEAST A SINGLE FAMILY DRIVEWAY AND SINGLE CAR GARAGE. IF THEY WANT TO DO A DOUBLE, IT JUST GOT, IT HAS TO FIT IN WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT WITHIN THOSE SETBACKS. SO THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO. YES, SIR. MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLOT. THE PLOT DOESN'T SHOW ANY, UH, ANY ISSUES, AS FAR AS I KNOW, UH, THE TALK HAS BEEN ABOUT DOWNTOWN, TRYING TO FIX THOSE ALLEYWAYS. IS THIS GOING TO HAVE ANY CONFLICT WITH THAT? ARE THERE SOME OTHER STRUCTURES THAT ARE WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE ALLEY AS WELL? WE'RE NOT GOING TO CAUSE A PROBLEM. NO, SIR. MOST, UH, I IN COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT IS A FIVE FOOT SETBACK ALREADY. YEAH. AND THEN THERE'S NO ISSUE FOR THE RESIDENT THAT'S IN THE BACK ON THE EMPTY LOT. THERE'S AN EMPTY LOT A NORTH. NOW, IF THERE WAS A STRUCTURE BACK THERE, IT WOULD HAVE A FIVE FOOT SET BACK FROM THE REAR TO THE NEXT PROPERTY. SO EVEN IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS FACING LANDRUM OF REAGAN, IT WOULD BE A FIVE FOOT SETBACK. SO AGAIN, UH, WE DIDN'T, UH, WE DIDN'T, WE DON'T BELIEVE WE CREATED ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES OR ALLEYWAYS. I JUST DON'T SEE. CAN WE HAVE JUST HELD THEM TO A RESTRICTION OF BUILDING WITHIN THE MEETS AND BOUNDS? NO, WE CAN NOT. NO, SIR. AND IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LEGAL, THEN WE CAN TABLE THIS AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT, UH, I AM VERY CONFIDENT AND WHAT WE PROPOSE, AND THIS WILL MOVE US FORWARD. I WANT TO TALK TO THE ATTORNEY, MARK A SECOND, THE MOTION YOU WANT TO ANSWER. OH, NEVERMIND. THEY DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU, MARK. I HEARD YOU. OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THE VOLKS. I JUST WE'VE HAD SOME REPLANTING ISSUES AND I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT. OKAY. THEN, UH, I HAVE A MOTION BY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND WE HAVE AN ABSTAIN FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN. SO ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS EXCEPT THE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER GOT FOR BEING ABSTAINED FROM THAT. ANY NAYS? OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK AND [12. Consideration and possible action on approving Ordinance Number 2409-J, after Second and Final Reading, an ordinance amending Ordinance Number 2409-F, Section III - Water Rates, Section IV - Sanitary Sewer Rates, and Section V - Outside City Limits Rates, and all other ordinances in conflict therewith, as provided by the City of San Benito and providing for an effective date. ] THEN NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24, 0 9 DASH J AFTER SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 24, 0 9 F SECTION THREE, WATER RIGHTS SECTION FOR SANITATION SANITARY, SEWER RATES AND THE SIX AND FIVE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS RATES AND ALL OTHER ONES IN CONFLICT THERE WITH THAT'S PROVIDED THE CITY OF SOMEBODY THROWING PROVIDED AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN CITY MANAGER. MARIKA, MISTRESS. I APOLOGIZE. MY, UH, MY, MY, UH, SURFACE PRO WORKING, I CAN DO THIS BY MEMORY BEFORE YOU IS THE, UH, FINAL, SECOND READING OF THE WATER RATES ORDINANCE. AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE HAD OUR FIRST READING AT THE LAST MEETING. THIS IS WHERE, UH, WATER RATES FOR, UH, WATER AND SEWER RATES FOR COMMERCIAL AND MULTITENANT IN CITY AND OUT OF CITY TAKES EFFECT OCTOBER ONE OF THIS YEAR, OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 WATER AND SEWER RATES FOR SINGLE FAMILY TAKES EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST, 2024. SO THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE FROM THE LAST MEETING THAT IS, WE CLEANED IT UP. WE REMOVED ALL OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SNIPPETS THAT WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY, UH, PROVIDED YOU THE CLEAN SPREADSHEETS AND REFORMATTED THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT. SO IT IS, UH, WILL BE READY FOR SIGNATURE MAYOR IF THIS THING GETS APPROVED. UM, AND WE WILL PROVIDE THIS TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THEN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL, UH, START PUTTING OUT NOTICES, NOTICES, UH, IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO WE CAN NOTIFY OUR WATER CUSTOMERS, [00:35:01] BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. YEP. THERE WAS A FEW CONCERNS FROM SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES. DID ANYBODY ELSE GET, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION AND GET THOSE CONCERNS? NO. AS FAR AS, UM, HOW WE WERE CATEGORIZING CORPORATIONS AND THEN IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS, LIKE A MOM AND POP, OH, I SENT AN EMAIL TO MR. DELAROSA. DID YOU GET THAT? YES, SIR. I DID GET SOME, UH, I RESPONDED TO YOUR EMAIL. I DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, SOME FORMER PEOPLE THAT WE, THAT ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, RESPONDED TO THEM AGAIN, WATER RATES ARE BASED ON CONSUMPTION. YOU USE MORE, YOU PAY MORE, YOU USE LESS, YOU PAY LESS. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS WE CAN KEEP IT. DID THE, DID THAT EMAIL GET FORWARDED TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION? I DON'T RECALL. I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, I THINK WE, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE NAMES, BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHO THE PLAYERS ARE AND I CERTAINLY HEARD IT REACHED OUT TO MORE THAN YOU COMMISSIONER GALVAN. SO, UM, IF I FORWARDED IT'S BECAUSE YOU ASKED, SOMETIMES I RESPOND. IF I GENERALLY RESPOND, I COPY THE MAYOR. IF IT'S IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. UH, I ANSWERED THE QUESTION IF IT REQUIRES THAT I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW, THEN I MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT EVERYBODY GOT IT. OH, I DON'T BLIND COPY. WELL, I TYPICALLY SEE HIM GET FORWARDED TO EVERYBODY, BUT THAT WAS, I GUESS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT. WE CAN ALWAYS MODIFY THIS OR AMEND THIS ORDINANCE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK. AND IF YOU THINK THAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT, OR IF YOU WANT TO IMPOSE THE, UH, THE WATER RATES INSTEAD OF 20, 24, NEXT YEAR, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT. YOU JUST TELL ME, WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. WAS IT ONE BUSINESS, A COUPLE OF BUSINESS, SEVERAL BUSINESSES, OR, UH, I, WELL, WHEN I HEARD THE COMPLAINT FROM ONE BUSINESS, I HEARD IT FROM A SECOND ONE AND THEN I REACHED OUT A FEW MORE SMALL BUSINESSES. SOME OF THEM DIDN'T SEE THE, TOO MUCH OF THE IMPACT. THEY JUST, THEY JUST PAID IT. RIGHT. BUT I THINK THAT THE ISSUE WAS THAT IF YOU'RE THROWING YOUR TRASH ONCE A MONTH, BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A SMALL BUSINESS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TRASH AND YOU'RE GETTING CHARGED THE SAME RATE AS LET'S SAY SOME OF THE, LIKE A NATIONAL CHAIN, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE FAIRNESS THERE. WELL, W WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GARBAGE RATES, NOT WATER RATES, THEN I'LL SAY IT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM ALSO WITH THE WATER AND SEWER WAS ANOTHER ISSUE AS WELL. OKAY. WELL, YEAH, I THINK WE'VE REVIEWED SO MANY TIMES OVER AND OVER, AND I THINK WE CAME UP WITH THE MOST FAIR AND EQUITABLE, UH, WATER RATE SYSTEM THAT, THAT APPLIES TO BOTH, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL. UM, I, I THINK, UM, WE FELT THAT SOME POINT THAT, UH, WE STAY AWAY FROM CATEGORIZING INDIVIDUAL, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, RATHER THAN THE CONSUMPTION, UH, THE, LIKE YOU JUST STATED, UH, THE MORE YOU WATER YOU USE, THE MORE IT PAYS. I THINK THE SYSTEM WAS REVERSED TO WHERE THE MORE WATER YOU USE, THE LESS YOU PAY. WELL, IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO PRODUCE GOOD, SAFE DRINKING WATER. SO I THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH A GOOD, UH, FAIR AND EQUITABLE PLAN. I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANY NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS OR ANY WORDS THAT ARE NEGATIVE. IT IS THE MOST BALANCED SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE FOR BOTH WATER BASED FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL THAT WE THINK IT IS AS FAIR AS IT CAN BE. YEP. WAS THIS IN THE, I THINK WHEN YOU, WE CAME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE FAIR FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE WAS THE CITIZENS. I KNOW IT'S A, UH, WE'RE GOING, GONNA HIT THEM NOW WITH A WATER RATES. YEAH. THAT'S A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION, MAN. WHEN I HIT ANYBODY THAT SAYS NO OR NOT, IT'S NOT A HIT. IT IS, IT IS THAT'S FAIR. WE ARE CONSULTANTS. WE LOOK AT IT AND YOU HAVE BEEN LOSING SLEEP FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, BUT WE HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION MAYOR BEFORE, WHEN YOU WERE COMMISSIONER FOR YEARS NOW, WE KNEW THIS DAY WAS COMING. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST, THE BEST OPTION THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE IT IN A LONG TIME TO MAKE IT. YES. UM, THERE'S I KNOW THE RATES HAVE TO GO UP, RIGHT, BECAUSE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, CHEMICAL COSTS. UM, THEY HAVE TO BALANCE OUT AND WE HAVE TO SUSTAIN. WE HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WHICH ARE THE UTILITIES. IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY THAT, I GUESS WE'LL, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT IN OCTOBER, IF THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE? UM, COMPLETELY MY FEAR IS JUST THAT I JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH. I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN THE, UM, THE ELDERLY LADY THAT'S ON IT LIVES ON HER OWN THAT BARELY USES WATER. THEY'RE GOING TO GET CHARGED FOR 2000 GALLONS REGARDLESS IF THEY USE IT OR NOT. YOU KNOW, UH, THE TEAR IS GOOD. WE WENT TO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TEAR, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE PROTECTED THAT. [00:40:01] CAN WE ALWAYS, CAN WE ALWAYS LOOK BACK AND MAYBE TRY TO PROTECT IT'S HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM TO PROTECT THOSE ELDERLY OR CITIZENS? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE SHOW, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE IT PLEASE. I WAS JUST TELLING PETE, WE WEREN'T DEAD SET ON THE RESIDENTIAL COMPLETELY. I THINK THE ONE THAT WE MET WITH AND TALKED MORE ABOUT WAS THE COMMERCIAL AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE THAT'S GOING TO KICK IT OFF. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE CAN GO BACK AND REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESIDENTIAL AND ADDRESS IT. AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, THE, UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE WATER RATE STRUCTURES, THAT'S HOW WE DID IT. SHOOT. WE SOMEDAY WANT TO GIVE A, SOME TYPE OF, UH, UH, A DISCOUNTED RATE TO SENIOR CITIZENS OR WHATEVER CATEGORY THAT YOU WANT TO PLACE HIM IN. YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU CAN ALSO INCREASE RATES ON DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND WE'VE LOOKED SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THOSE ARE UNDER DIFFERENT STATUTES. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO DO STUDIES ON THOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, AS WE GET MORE AND MORE, AS YOU HAVE MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENTS, JUST LIKE YOU HEARD OF THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, ABOUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE SENATOR PERRY, UH, A WAR, MORE SEWAGE INTO OUR COLLECTION SYSTEM, RIGHT? THE LIFT STATIONS. WELL, YOU CAN PASS THOSE DEVELOPMENT COSTS ARE NOW, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE BUILDERS, THE DEVELOPERS, AND THAT COMMUNITY IN HERE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHER CITIES. AGAIN, AGAIN, UH, EVERYTHING HAS A COST ASSOCIATED. I DON'T LIKE, I MEAN, I LIKE GOING TO THE HEB ON BUSINESS AND HE SAID, BECAUSE IT'S THE CHEAPEST PLACE I CAN GET FUEL AROUND HERE. WE'RE ALL PAYING MORE. IF WE GET INTO A DROUGHT AND YOU HAVE LESS INCOME BECAUSE YOU'RE SELLING LESS WATER BECAUSE PEOPLE STOPPED JUST CONSUMING IT WATERING, WE SHUT DOWN THE SPLASH PAD, ALL OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS, YOU STILL GOTTA MEET YOUR DEBTS, YOUR DEBT PAYMENTS, RIGHT? YOU STILL NEED MONEY. AND IT'S GOT TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, YOU JUST GOTTA PLANT. SO WE, WE'RE NOT PLAYING FOR . WE'RE PLAYING WHAT CAN ACTUALLY, AND WE'RE NOT PLAYING. WE ARE PHASING IN PAYMENT, THE STRUCTURES, SO WE CAN MAKE THESE PAYMENTS IN THE FUTURE. I WANT IT TO SAY THAT WE'RE PROPERLY BECAUSE I SAID THAT I DON'T BURDEN TAXPAYERS. THE NEWSPAPER SAID IT STATED OR QUOTED ME. I DON'T BURN TAXPAYERS. NO, I NEVER SAID THAT. YOU'VE HEARD ME IN THE YEARS. WE DON'T BURDEN TAXPAYERS. WE DON'T BURDEN OUR CITIZENS MORE THAN WE NEED TO WITH WHATEVER TAX IS BASED ON DELIVERY OF SERVICES. SO IF WE, IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SOME DAY IN THE FUTURE, YOU INSTRUCTORS WILL DO THAT. THAT WASN'T THE INSTRUCTIONS WE NEED TO MAKE THESE DEBT PAYMENTS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE YEARS. YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND CHECK-IN SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES? [13. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointments or re-appointments to the San Benito Parks and Recreation Board: ] I REMEMBER 13 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS OVER THE, SOMEBODY WHO ARE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. AND, UH, YOU GOT A MAYOR PRO UH, MAYOR'S PLACE. AND, UH, YOU GOT THE MARY'S PLACE, A PLACE, ONE PLACE TWO IN PLACE THREE. AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL IN THE HELL OVER. YES, NO, I BELIEVE, UM, THE NEW, UH, YOUR PLACE MAYOR PLAYS ONE IN PLACE. TWO WILL BE NEW. THEY'RE ALL IN TECHNICALLY THEY'RE ALL CARRY OVER CEREAL. JUNE ONE STARTED THE NEW TERM PERIOD. SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY CURRENT AND THEN PLACE THREE IT'S IT'S AN, A CARRY OVER, BUT IT'S ONLY, THEY'RE ALREADY IN A CARRY OVER FROM THE CURRENT TERM, WHICH MEANS THAT'S RIGHT. IT WOULD ONLY BE A ONE YEAR. UM, UH, IT, IT WOULD ONLY BE A ONE YEAR NOW. YES, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY STARTED IN 2021. THERE'S 22. SO THERE'S TWO YEARS LEFT ON THAT TERM. THIS IS AN ADVISORY BODY ADVISORY BODIES RUN WITH YOUR TERM, YOUR OFFICE, NOT STATUTORY TOO. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THERE ALSO YOU'LL NOTICE PLAYS THREE. THE NEW TERM STARTED JUNE 1ST, 2021. WE'RE A YEAR INTO THIS, THIS CURRENT TERM. HE WAS ALREADY, THAT PERSON WAS ALREADY A CARRY OVER. OKAY. SO THERE'S TWO YEARS LEFT ON THAT TERM. OKAY. BECAUSE FROM MY PLACE, UH, I ASKED YOU, UH, BELIEVE YOU IS A STEVEN GARCIA. THAT'S [00:45:01] GOING TO BE A FOUR ON THE APPROXIMATE BRICKS. THAT'S YOUR NOMINATION THERE? THAT'S WHEN THE MUNITION FOR, UM, FOR THE MARRIAGE? YES. OKAY. CAN I HOLD ON A SECOND THAT, OKAY. IT'S TIME WE GET THIS BOARD UP AND RUNNING. WE HEARD MR. LOPEZ ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY, PLEASE. ONE MR. GARCIA, MR. GARCIA. I WANT TO NOMINATE A MARIO SILVA, FOUR PLACE, ONE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. OKAY. OKAY. I GOT THE YOU'VE DONE FOR A PLACE ONE AND A BY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA A SECOND BY A MIRACLE, TIM FRANCO, ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES PLACE TO PLACE. DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY TO, OH, I'M SORRY. YES. I WANT TO REAPPOINT, UH, JEREMY MYO FOR PLACE TO, OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOLAN TO ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? WHAT YOUR PASSES FOR JEREMIAH PLACED TWO, CAN YOU PLEASE THREE? WE SURE. GOOD ONE. YES. THIS IS MINE NOMINEE. AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MY, ON MY NOMINEE. SO, UM, WHEN I'M IN, HE'S GOING TO BE A MOTION TO APPOINT MS. LITHIA GONZALEZ, POPE, BETTER KNOWN AS COACH POPE. UM, SHE'S 58 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN BENITO. SHE GRADUATED CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1982. SHE ASSOCIATES DEGREE FROM TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE AND A DOUBLE MAJOR IN KINESIOLOGY AND A MINOR IN BIOLOGY FROM PAN-AMERICAN. SHE WAS A TEACHER AND A COACH AT SAN MARINO HIGH SCHOOL FOR 30 YEARS. SHE RETIRED IN 2016 AND CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE HER TIME SABINE AT THE DISTRICT. SHE WALKS ALREADY WALKS THE RASAKA TRAIL QUITE OFTEN, AND SHE'S ALREADY, UH, SHE'S BEEN ACTIVE WITH SALUTE SEQUENT AND SOME OF THEIR EVENTS THEY'VE HAD. UM, SO I'VE ASKED HER TO JOIN THE BOARD, I THINK SHOULD BE A GREAT ASSET. SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTE HER EXPERTISE IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN OUR PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE. OKAY. SORRY. I GOT THE MS. UH, PATTY LATISHA, POTENT SALAD SPOKE. OKAY. I GOT THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER [14. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointments or re-appointments of the Traffic and Safety Board Advisory Committee (TSBAC), terms to expire June 30, 2022 and to appoint a committee member to the vacant Place 5: ] 14 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE IN YOUR APPROVED APPOINTMENTS. AND REAPPOINTMENTS A TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE, T S B A C TERMS TO EXPIRE JUNE 30TH, 2022 TO A POINT THE COMMITTEE MEMBER TO THE VACANT PLACE OF FIVE. BUT I THINK WE HAVE, UH, ALL PLAYS THREE PLAYS FIVE PLUS FOUR PLAYS FIVE. OKAY. SO, UM, ON PLACE THREE, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR EX COMMISSIONER, TONY ALICE, A SECOND. THE MOTION. OKAY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS NAME, ONE NAME. OKAY. MOTION PASSES NAVY BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. OKAY. UH, MR. I HAVE NOT, UH, UM, I BELIEVE I GOT SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT, UH, HAVING A, ABLE GET, GET A HOLD OF HIM. SO I'M ONE OF THE TABLE PLAYS FOR LIKE, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TABLE PLACE FOR MR. . SECOND GIG. I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOES ON ALL IN FAVOR HERE. PLATE YOUR TABLE IN PLACE FOR YES. UNTIL YOU TASTE FOR, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT GOTTEN, UH, IN, UH, WITH THE ROUTE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE LETTER. NO, NO, ALL OF THOSE SEATS HAVE [00:50:01] TO BE THE MAYOR RECOMMENDED BY THE MAYOR AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION ACCORDING TO ORDINANCE. YES. SO MR. RODRIGUEZ CONTINUES AS A CARRY OVER INTO NAMUS REPLACEMENT, MAN. NO. OKAY. I'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM, UH, FOR NEXT COMMISSION. OKAY. SO AGAIN, I GOTTA BY COMMISSIONER GOT A BOND TO TABLE PLACE FOR ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION CARRIES IN PASSES TO A TABLE PLACE FOR HULU UNDER USE. OKAY. I'M NUMBER FIVE. I MEAN, UH, 14 C PLEASE. FIVE, WHICH IS A VACANCY RIGHT NOW. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE THE MARYVILLE LAU FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN, ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES, FOUR PLACE FIRE, UH, MS. MARY I [15. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointments or re-appointments of members to the Planning and Zoning Commission for the places and terms starting and expiring as shown: ] DON'T REMEMBER 15 CONSIDERATION PATHWAY ACTION TO IMPROVE THEIR APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS MEMBERS OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OR THE PLACES IN TERMS OF STARTING AN EXPERIMENT TO SHOW THEM. AND WE HAVE A PLACE, ONE UH, PLACE ONE. I WANT TO REAPPOINT, UH, VELMA DELOS SANTOS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PLACE. OKAY. YOU'LL HAVE A SECOND, UH, TO REAPPOINT THEM IS BELMONT DELA SANTOS FOR PLACE ONE. OKAY. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND BY MIRACLE WITH HIM? UH, WE HAVE FRANCO ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES, 15 BE PLACED FOR SO I WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH MR. GOODMAN AFTER OUR LAST PREVIOUS MEETING. SO, SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THERE WHERE HE WILLING TO TAKE THE APPOINTMENT. OKAY. THEN I APPOINTED MR. DAVID GOODMAN. OKAY. I GOT TO, UH, MR. GOODMAN, MR. GOODMAN, A FOR PLACE FOUR AND A SECOND BY A MIRROR PUTIN, UH, FRANCO ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [16. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointments or re-appointments of members to the Zoning Board of Adjustments for the places and terms starting and expiring as shown: ] AND NUMBER 16 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THEIR APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS OF THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE PLACES IN TERMS OF STARTING AND EXPIRED ARE SHOWN PLACED TO MEDICAL. TIM OKAY. MS. BELMONT DELA SANTOS. YES. OKAY. NOMINATION, UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR MS. BELMONT? THE SANTOS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. 16 B PLACE FOR, I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE MINE BECAUSE I STILL DON'T HAVE A VOLUNTEER FOR. OKAY. OKAY. SO, UH, 16 BEAT MOTION TO TABLE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR PATIMA FRANCO ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO TABLE 16, B 16 C PLACE FIVE, SIX AND I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO KEEP, UH, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED TO TABLE THIS ONE. UH, THE GENTLEMAN HASN'T CALLED ME BACK ON THIS ONE. SO I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO A TABLE, MR. JUAN GARCIA FOR, UH, 16, C FIVE MARYN COMMISSIONERS. WE'RE GOING TO ASK, UH, ANYBODY YOUR POINT THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION OR INFORMATION ON THEM TO SUBMIT THAT SHOULD THEY FILTERED SUBMITTED? WE WILL NOTIFY YOU IF THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, THEY FORFEIT. IF THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OR WITHIN D T J IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ORDINANCE THAT REGULATES IT BEFORE FIT IT, THEY CANNOT BE OUTSIDE. I THINK MARY, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS ONE PERSON. YOU HAD A CONCERN. THIS ONE, THIS ONE WAS A GOOD TO KNOW. YEAH. WELL, WE DO NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT REGULATES [00:55:01] WHERE THEY LIVE WHEN THEY'RE ADVISORY BODIES AND THEN STATUTORY, WE HAVE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE ADVISORY BODIES. SO WE WILL LOOK AT THOSE, BUT I KNOW THAT MS. MCGINNIS DOES NOT HAVE CURRENT APPLICATION OF LAW, OR THEY USE BUSINESS ADDRESSES RATHER THAN HOME. WE DON'T CARE WHERE YOU WORK. WE DO CARE WHERE YOU LIVE. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THESE THINGS. SO, AND AGAIN, UNLESS MS. MCGINNIS TELLS ME THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF YOUR APPOINTEES. YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL FROM ME THAT SAYS WE HAVE A PROBLEM. OKAY. HOW DO YOU WANT TO CORRECT IT? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I WENT TO, UH, MR. GARCIA, I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE, AND SO WE DETERMINED THAT WHETHER HE IS OR IS NOT, THEN HE'S ON THE BOARD AND HE'S A OVER AND UNTIL THEN, AND I'M NOT SAYING WHERE HE IS. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT WAS A RE UH, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO UPDATE THOSE RECORDS. UH, WELL, THESE FOLKS DO NOT ONLY WITH US, DURING OUR BUILDINGS, UH, AND, AND SO FORTH. SO WE WANT TO KNOW WHO WHO'S IN OUR BUILDINGS AT ALL TIMES, WHETHER THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING OR WORKING HERE. GO, THANK YOU. SO I'D LIKE TO GET A SECOND ON THIS ONE TO TABLE A 1618 EMOTION TABLE BY IN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO TABLE 16, SCENE [17. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Hanson Professional Services Inc. regarding engineering design for Landrum Lift Station located at 400 Landrum Street in the amount of$13,200.00. ] 17 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR HENSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. REGARDING ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR A LENDER LIFT STATION LOCATED 400 LANDRUM STREET IN THE AMOUNT OF 13,200. AND, UM, MR. MOYA MARTINEZ PRESENTED CENTER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. MR. MARTINEZ PROBABLY WAS COORDINATOR STAR RECOMMENDS HAVING A PAYMENT FOR HANDSOME PROFESSIONALS IN THE AMOUNT OF 13,200. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. DELAROSA, THIS, WE APPROVE THESE A CAP ON THIS PAYMENT WHEN HANSON CAME ON BOARD, RIGHT? IT'S UM, IT'S INFLATION HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH PRICING, CHANGING, NOT A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND NOT ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION ON FROM WHAT WE AGREED ON EARLY ON. THIS IS JUST A APPROVED PAYMENT. YES, SIR. YEAH. AND WE DIDN'T MAKE IT. I KNOW COMMISSIONER GARCIA LIKES TO SEE WHEN IT SAYS, UH, A TOTAL AMOUNT. IT'S NOT A TOTAL AMOUNT, BUT IT'S A RUNNING TOTAL UNTIL THE CONTRACT IS PAID OFF. THAT'S WHY WE CHOOSE OUR WORDS VERY STRATEGICALLY. OKAY. YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. [18. Presentation of the City of San Benito Financial Statements for the period ended April 30, 2022. ] I REMEMBER 18 PRESENTATION OF THE CITY, A SUMMARY, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2022. AND MS. UH, LISA, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR, PRESENT YOURSELF, MARY COMMISSIONERS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR. SHE CAME ON BOARD LAST THURSDAY. SO THIS WILL BE HER FIRST PRESENTATION TO YOU. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER LIKE OUR CITY, UH, LIKE HE JUST INTRODUCED ME, UM, OUR PRESENTATIONS ON LINE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU OUR, UM, SPECIFICS AND YOU HAVE OUR, UM, ITEMIZED PAPERS ONLINE. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA JUMP TO PAGE TWO. HERE WE GO. BEAR WITH ME WHILE I LIVE ON HERE. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS. SO A HURRICANE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY. THERE WE GO. THIS ONE. OH, IT'S IMAGINARY. HERE WE GO. OKAY. SO HERE WE GO ON PAGE TWO. SO THIS IS THE ITEMIZED ASSETS. IF YOU SEE, UM, THE FIRST COLUMN IT'S APRIL 30TH, 2022 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE, UM, TOTAL ASSETS, 17 4 19 7 35. AND YOU'LL SEE THE APRIL 30TH, 2021, WHICH IS 16, 6 91, 1 21. IF YOU SEE THE FOLLOWING PAGE AND HAS THE, UM, SAVED NUMB SAME NUMBERS, IT'S JUST, UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT. AND THERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. PAGE FOUR, WE HAVE THE LIABILITIES. [01:00:01] THOSE ARE THE ITEMIZED AMOUNTS, 2 MILLION 7 14 8 1 7 FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2022 AND SCHOOL YEAR 2021 IS 33 14, 9 97. YOU'LL ALSO HAVE THE FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS ITEMIZED AND IT'S UP TO 14, 7 0 4 9 1 9 20 21 IS 13 3 7 D 6, 1 24. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE 17 4 19 7 35, 20 21 16 6 91, 1 21. AND THERE WE HAVE IT. APRIL 20, 22, 27, 14 8 17, APRIL 20TH, 2130 3, 14, 9 97, WHICH ARE THE SAME NUMBERS ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, UH, FUND BALANCE, SAME NUMBERS ON PAGE FOUR, WE JUST HAVE THEM ITEMIZED PAGE SEVEN. SO THOSE ARE THE MONTH TO DATE AND THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, ITEMIZE THE REVENUES 9 64, 4 11 YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL 10 MILLION, 3 88, 8 47 AND SAME NUMBERS ON PAGE EIGHT YEAR TO DATE, TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 13 44, 7 20 AND YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, 7 37, 3 12 4 98. SAME NUMBERS. YOU JUST HAVE THE ITEMIZED VIRGIN VERSION ON PAGE NINE AND THE FINAL NUMBERS ON PAGE 10 CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE. IT'S A NEGATIVE 3 83 0 9 YEAR TO DATE 3 MILLION 75, 3 50. AND THIS IS OUR PROJECTED SEVEN MONTH PERIOD FOR APRIL, 2022. REVENUES ARE NINE POINT 32%. APRIL, 2022 EXPENDITURES ARE 51 POINT 58%. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? UM, YES, SIR. FIRST WELCOME ABOARD. I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME. WHAT WAS HER NAME AGAIN? ALYSSA. I DO. I KNOW YOU'RE JUST COMING ON BOARD ON A, HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH US YET, BUT THERE ISN'T UNDER A MONTH TO DATE ACTUAL FOR APRIL, RIGHT? COULD YOU EXPLAIN, DO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT OR NOT YET? I MEAN, DON'T DELVE INTO WHY APRIL WASN'T A NEGATIVE. YOU WEREN'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE AT THAT TIME. WE HAD A THREE MONTH PAY PERIOD. I WAS NOT HERE, BUT IT WAS A THREE MONTH PAY PERIOD. AND THAT'S WHY THE, THE NEGATIVE AMOUNT, BUT THE YEAR TO DATE IS 3,000,075. SO WE ARE, UM, GOOD TO GO. WE'RE STILL ON POSITIVE. W WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY A THREE MONTH PAY PERIOD? SO USUALLY WHEN WE WERE USUALLY PREDICT PER PROJECTIVE TO HAVE A BIWEEKLY PAY PERIOD, AND, UM, THERE'S SEVERAL MONTHS WHEN THERE'S ABOUT TWO MONTHS. SO WE'RE HAVE, UM, THREE PAY PERIODS. THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR. THERE WAS SALARIES PAYMENTS, CORRECT? COMMISSIONER GENERALLY HITS APRIL AND OCTOBER. IF EVERY YEAR THEY COULD PAY THREE TIMES. YES, SIR. YEP. BECAUSE THE PAY PERIODS, I KNOW THERE'S 26 PAY PERIODS, NOT 24, NO MORE FOR ME, IT'S ONLY ONCE A MONTH. OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION, BUT PROBABLY MR. DELAROSA, YOU COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THIS. I DON'T SEE REBECCA HERE ANYMORE, BUT THE SALES TAX GOING TO PAGE ONE, UM, THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, APRIL 30TH REPORTING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT'S JUST THAT IT'S NOT A FULL REPORT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE IS, UH, WHAT, UH, ALMOST 400 AND 460,000. SO THAT'S PAGE ONE SALES TAX. OKAY. IS THAT OKAY? YEP. FAIR ENOUGH. JUST TO GET A DISCREPANCY FROM, SO IS IT JUST A REPORTING [01:05:04] POINT? WHAT LINE ARE WE LOOKING AT? SALES TAX RECEIVABLE. OKAY. SALES TAX. I SEE IT 1,039,000. AND THEN 1.4. UH I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. I, I BELIEVE THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR SALES TAX HAS BEEN EXCEEDING. SO THAT THEN THE LITTLE SURPRISE WHAT I'M SEEING THERE. YEAH. WELL, AND THAT ONE, PLEASE GET ME AN ANSWER ON THAT ONE, BUT, UM, ALSO WANTED TO ASK YOU ON TEXTBOOK. SO WE PULLED EVERYTHING OUT AND CHECKS THE POOL, AND WE WENT OVER TO EAST BANK, WEST BANK AS ONE, AND OKAY. THE CD, TEXAS REGIONAL. YEAH. WE RECENTLY MOVED, UH, SOME FUNDS ARE, UH, WE HAD A CD THAT MATURED, SO THEY WERE TRANSFERRED FROM TEXAS REGIONAL BANK, UH, TO, UH, THE EAST WEST BANK. AND THOSE WERE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, YOU MIGHT RECALL WHEN WE ISSUED THE BONDS FOR THE 20, 20, ROUGHLY SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE FRONT A LOT OF THOSE PAYMENTS WITH THE ASSIGNED RESERVES THAT WE HAVE THE CASHFLOW WHILE OUR FUNDS ARE MAKING INTEREST FOR US. AND THEN WE REIMBURSE THOSE FUNDS. SO, UM, UH, SO WE KEEP OUR MONEY WORKING ALL THE TIME. I'M GOING BACK TO A SALE. TH THE ONLY REASON I WANT TO MAKE SURE, OF COURSE, UH, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH SALES TAX. UH, AND, UH, OF COURSE WE'VE BEEN ON AN UPWARD TREND FOR SOME TIME NOW, AND WE ARE STILL THERE. I STILL GET REASSURED THAT WE'RE THERE WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER. UH, I'LL GET THAT ANSWER TO YOU. I THINK WE HAVE A MEETING THURSDAY AT THE EDC, OR IF NOT, SURPRISE. UM, YEAH, SO THE, UH, UH, SHE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO BE ENTER INTO OUR BUDGET PREPARATION. SO, UM, SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MOVING PARTS RIGHT NOW. FERNANDO, BACK THERE, MAYBE HE CAN ANSWER A QUESTION AND MAYBE HE CAN, FERNANDO, PLEASE SET FOR, I'VE SEEN YOU AT THE ADC MEETINGS BEFORE, SO MAYBE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH MY QUESTION PROBABLY. OKAY. THERE IS SOME, THE REASON, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, UH, SORRY, THE REASON IS BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WE ARE BEHIND TWO MONTHS IN THE SALES TAX, SO THAT REFLECTS THE NUMBERS FROM, UH, FEBRUARY, I THINK. AND THEN THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE, UH, THE NUMBERS FOR MARCH AND APRIL. AND IN REFLECTING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TWO MONTHS BEHIND LAST YEAR. YES. EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE ARE BEHIND TWO MONTHS. OKAY. THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT REFLECTING THE REAL NUMBERS IN THERE. SO I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING BECAUSE WE WERE DOING THE SAME THING, NESTER AND, UH, THIS ENTIRE COVID 19 PERIOD, OUR SALES TAX HAS CONTINUED TO BE, IT'S ALWAYS TWO MONTHS BEHIND, BUT REGARDLESS. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. BUT THAT ANOMALY IS, AND WHY, BECAUSE I SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE ALMOST LAST YEAR, WE WERE TWO MONTHS BEHIND TWO, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE TOO. SO WE SHOULD HAVE A, YOU BRIGHT EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR. SO WE SHOULD HAVE A, I THINK A NUMBER THAT WOULD NOT ONLY EXCEED THAT NUMBER, BUT A MUCH CLOSER NUMBER THAN WHAT WE HAVE FOR NO, SIR. IT IS A COMMISSIONER IS THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE REPORTS BEHIND TWO MONTHS. THAT'S THE REASON I THINK THAT WE CAN DO. YEP. COMMISSIONER, WE'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, FERNANDO. THAT'S WHAT WE GOT. OKAY. SO WAS JUST ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. OKAY. SO THERE'S ONLY 18. THERE WAS A, JUST A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. [19. Executive Session:] AT ARMOUR, 19 ZIKA SESSION, A DISCUSS PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT QUOTE, THE 5.1 0.0872, TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE THE REGARDING COMMERCIAL IN FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT BODY HAS BEEN RESUMED FROM A VISIT A PROSPECT THAT, THAT THE GOVERNMENT BODY SEEKS TO HAVE A LOCATE STATE OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENTAL BODY, AND WITH, AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, A BUSINESS PROSPECT, UH, 2022 DASH JOJO ONE M B UH, TO LIBERATE THE PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 0 1 0.074 A ONE, THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE AND DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEES BEFORE, [01:10:01] UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ASSISTANT LIBRARY, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF PROJECT COORDINATOR AND A FOUR 19 C CONSULTANT CONSULTATION WITH A CITY ATTORNEY PRESENT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 0 1, CORRECTION 5 5, 2 0.1071 TO DISCUSS PRIVILEGE, PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. AND THE TIME IS, UH, 6 42 AND WE'RE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. UM, THE TIME IS 8 26, THEN WHERE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND, UH, AND A NUMBER NINE. NOPE. OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER. [20. Consideration and possible action on Executive Session Agenda Item 19 (a).] 24, 19 A AND A, WE HAD NO MOTION ON THAT ONE AND [21. Consideration and possible action on Executive Session Agenda Item 19 (b). ] I DON'T REMEMBER 21 CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 19 B UP WITH I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH THE JOB CREATION AS DISCUSSED IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. OKAY. SO I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES ON 19 B AND I REMEMBER [22. Consideration and possible action on Executive Session Agenda Item 19 (c). ] 22 CONSERVATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE NEXT CIVIL DECISION AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19, SEE TERM, I MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PURSUE AS ADVISED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO I HAVE A SECOND CHICKEN BACK IN MICHELLE GARCIA? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES? I REMEMBER 23 MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN? THE TIME IS 8 27, WHICH ARE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.