* 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. YES, SIR. [1. Welcome.] [00:00:06] NO, THOSE ARE THE REGULAR MEETING, A CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY, UM, COMMISSION. IT'S A TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022. AND THE TIME IS, UH, 5 31. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY. WE HAVE A QUORUM. I DID NUMBER TWO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO USE FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG. AND, UH, I REMEMBER THREE, UH, THE INVOCATION AND, UM, LET'S GIVE A WHERE'S NIKKI, A MOMENT OF SILENCE OR X COMMISSIONER, TONY, WHEN SALLY'S OKAY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? OKAY. OKAY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. I PROBABLY . I KNOW IT TAKES A FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE, LET US PRAY ALMIGHTY AND EVERLASTING GOD IN WHOM WE LIVE AND MOVE GRANT US PURITY OF HEART SO THAT NO SELFISH PASSION MAY HINDER US FROM KNOWING YOUR PEACE IN YOUR LIGHT. MAY WE SEE LIFE CLEARLY AND IN YOUR SERVICE FIND PERFECT FREEDOM. WE PRAY THAT YOUR PERFECT PEACE FILL OUR HEARTS, COMFORT US AND MOVE US TO BECOME MORE LIKE YOU MAY, YOUR EVERLASTING PEACE ALSO BE WITH FORMER COMMISSIONER, TONY GONZALES AND HIS FAMILY FOR YOUR MERCY SAKE. WE PRAY. AMEN. OKAY. [4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.] I DON'T REMEMBER FOR A HUSBAND ITEM OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. COMMISSURES, YOU'RE HAVING A KNEE, ANYTHING TO, UH, TO SAY NOBODY. WELL, I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, THE SEMOLINA FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE HONOR GUARD FOR, UH, GOING TO, UH, OUR X CITY COMMISSION, TONY GONZALEZ, A FUNERAL. UH, THEY WERE THERE AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR BEING OUT THERE, THE PROFESSIONAL THAT THERE ARE. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO, OF COURSE, INVITE EVERYONE TO THE UPCOMING, UH, SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL. UH, UH, SURE. EVERYBODY'S SEEN IT POSTED ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT'S, UH, IT'S EXCITING FOR SAN BENITO AND, UH, WHAT I GET, WHAT I GET FROM THE POST IS THAT IT'S EXCITING TO THE ENTIRE VALLEY. SO MAYBE IN THE REGION. SO, UH, PRETTY SOON WE'LL WE'LL I GUESS WHAT WE HAVING ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THE TICKET SALES AND SO ON AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GET THROUGH THAT DAY HERE IN SOMEBODY THOUGH. IT'S IT'S BIG, APPARENTLY LAMACCHIA IS VERY BIG, SO I'M GLAD TO BE PART OF IT. THANK YOU. YES. AND, AND, UH, I STILL HAVE ON THIRSTY SEPTEMBER 15, UH, FIVE 30 IS SOME NEW CULTURE, HERITAGE MUSEUM WE'LL HOLD THE OPENING RECEPTION ON IN MY BACKYARD AND A CELEBRATION FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDES ITEMS FROM THE HALL OF FAME ARTWORK FROM AN RGB ARTIST AND PART OF THE COLLECTION OF THE BOARD, SIA, UH, MARTINEZ, UH, ESPERANZA, UH, DAUGHTER, THE, UH, SOMEBODY WHO OWN, UH, NAZIS, A MARTINEZ HIGH SCHOOL GROUP WILL ALSO PERFORM THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED AT TWO 15 EAST HAYWOOD STREET. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR THAT. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANY OTHER. NO. OKAY. [5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes. Not more than three speakers on one topic.)] THEN, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR. WE HAVE, UH, MR. BEN GOMEZ, MR. GOMEZ, UM, MEREDITH A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING BEFORE WE GET TO THAT. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PETITION THAT'S BEING CIRCULATED. UM, AND THAT'S FINE. UM, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL POLICIES IN REGARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT BACK ON JULY, JULY 11TH, 2006, THE CITY COMMISSION ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE. UH, AND BASICALLY IT STATED THAT NO PRESENTATION SHOULD LOOK C3 MINUTES AND DELEGATIONS ARE FIVE PERSONS SHALL APPOINT ONE PERSON TO PRESENT THEIR VIEW BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. THIS WAS DONE IN 2006, THE RULES REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN. UH, HOWEVER, THE CITY COMMISSION HAS A POLICY OF A POINT OF, OF ALLOWING THREE. IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WHERE THERE'S LEVEL W A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DRESS IT, [00:05:01] UH, PICKING THREE PEOPLE ON EACH SIDE. UH, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR AND AGAINST ON THIS ISSUE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. UM, AND THEN THERE'S A TOTAL, UH, THE, THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION ON THE ISSUE. CAN'T EXCEED MORE THAN 45 MINUTES. OKAY. SO EACH PERSON WILL HAVE A THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES, CORRECT. PER ITEM, BUT IT'S UP TO THE MERIT TO, TO, TO A POINT, RIGHT. THREE, THREE PEOPLE ON EACH SIDE TO, TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE. OKAY. SO SIR, THANK YOU, SIR. YOU GOT THREE MINUTES. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT FROM MY CONDOLENCES TO, UH, THE ONE SIDE, HIS FAMILY, UH, HE SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS HERE. SO MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE FAMILY. I LIKE TO ADDRESS THE PETITION GOING AROUND THIS ISSUE ON HAND AS THE CITY MANAGER ENFORCING AN ORDINANCE THAT APPLIES TO THE CITY. THE PETITION GOES ON TO ADD OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE OPINIONS OF A FEW. THE CITY MANAGER'S JOB IS TO ENFORCE ORDINANCES, FIRE CODES, SAFETY ALERT, AND ALONG WITH MANY OTHER DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE CITY. THANK YOU, MR. LAROSA FOR FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCES SET IN PLACE BACK IN 1995, IF I RECALL, RIGHT? THAT'S WHEN IT WAS SET, NO MATTER HOW MANY SIGNATURES, THE PETITION GAINS THE PERSON, WHO'S NOT HAPPY WITH THE ORDINANCE SIGNED DOCUMENT FOR AN EXTENSION AND HAS RUN OUT OF TIME. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE. IF YOUR LIGHT BILL IS LATE, YOUR LIGHT GETS CUT OFF. NO PETITIONS NECESSARY. SOME SAME THING HERE. SOMEONE SIGNED DOCUMENTS AND FELL TO FOLLOW THE AGREEMENT. AND NOW THERE ARE, THEY ARE UPSET. SO WHO IS GROWING, AND THIS MAY BE SOME GROWING PAINS WITH THE GROWTH OF SAN BENITO, ACTUALLY REALIZING THERE ARE RULES AND LAWS TO FOLLOW, EVEN IN A SMALL TOWN HERE IN SAN BENITO, THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. SO WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CHANGING ORDINANCES OR POLICY OR LAWS. THAT'S WHY WE ELECT OUR CITY COMMISSION AND OUR MAYOR. YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES IN CHARGE OF CHASING POLICIES AND ORDINANCES, NOT THE CITY MANAGER. SO WITH THAT SAID, GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. GOD BLESS . AND THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE? HELLO EVERYBODY. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW. EVERY CIVILIZED SOCIETY IS MEASURED BY HOW WELL ITS LEADERSHIP OBSERVES AND IMPLEMENTS THE RULE OF LAW. AND WHAT IS THE RULE OF LAW? IT IS THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY THAT ALL CITIZENS AND INSTITUTIONS WITHIN A CITY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE SAME LAWS. IT RESTRICTS THE ARBITRARY EXERCISE OF POWER. THE FOUR UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF THE RULE OF LAW ARE NUMBER ONE, ACCOUNTABILITY. THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS ACTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS. UNDER THE LAW. THE CITY MUST ANSWER FOR ITS DECISIONS AND JUSTIFY ITS ACTIONS AGAINST ITS CITIZENS. ARBITRARY PRACTICES, WHICH FORCE LAND DEVELOPERS TO CUT THEIR LOSSES IN SAN BENITO AND LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE RULES, POLICIES AND PERMITS KEEP CHANGING FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER, CANNOT BE TOLERATED, WHO IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE EXODUS OF BUSINESS. NUMBER TWO, JUST LAW ARE THE ORDINANCES THAT CITY IS TRYING TO FORCE CLEAR, PUBLICIZED STABLE, APPLIED EMILY TO ENSURE PROPERTY AND PROCEDURAL RIGHTS. WHY ARE ESTABLISHED LAWS LIKE THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE OR THE LEGACY CLAUSE, WHICH IS AN EXCEPTION THAT ALLOWS PERSONS OR ENTITIES TO CONTINUE WITH OPERATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW RULES COMPLETELY IGNORED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. WHY ARE EXPENSIVE PERMITS ISSUED AND THEN RETRACTED COSTING HOMEOWNERS TO LOSE THEIR MONEY? SOMETIMES AFTER ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, ADDITIONAL PERMITS ARE DEMANDED. OTHER OTHERWISE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN'T PROCEED. IS THIS JUST NUMBER THREE, OPEN GOVERNMENT OPEN GOVERNMENT ARE THE PROCEDURES PROCESSES BY WHICH THE NEW ORDINANCES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION ACCESSIBLE, FAIR AND EFFICIENTLY ENFORCED, OR THE PERMITS AND POLICIES CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHICH EMPLOYEE [00:10:01] IS INTERPRETING THEM. WHY IS ACCESS TO WATER ON OUR PROPERTY IS BEING USED AS HOUSES UNTIL PROPERTY OWNER. BEST OF THE CITY'S DEMANDS. NUMBER FOUR, ACCESSIBILITY AND IMPARTIAL JUSTICE ARE THE ORDINANCES ENFORCED TIMELY BY ETHICAL AND INTELLIGENT CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ACCESSIBLE, HAVE ADEQUATE TRAINING AND REFLECT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE, OR ARE THEY INTERPRETING THE ORDINANCES ACCORDING TO THEIR LIMITED UNDERSTANDING ONLY TO HAVE TO BACKTRACK LATER AND ADD ON THEIR RESTRICTIONS. IF SO THEN WHY ARE WE HERE TONIGHT? WHY ARE THE CITIZENS OF SAN BENITO? SO FRUSTRATED WITH ADOPTED LAWS AND THEIR CAPRICIOUSNESS INTERPRETATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION BY THE CITY STAFF, ESPECIALLY THE CITY MANAGER, YOU COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR ARE THE PEOPLE WE ELECTED TO REPRESENT US. YOU ARE THE PEOPLE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO GUARD OUR PROPERTY. YOU WERE ELECTED TO LISTEN TO OUR NEEDS, OUR VOICES MATTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. SANTIAGO PEREZ. THANK YOU. LISTEN, I'M MEETING HERE BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUILD A HOUSE AND, UH, I ASKED ONCE I THINK IT'S READY FOR AN INSPECTION. I CALL FOR AN INSPECTION. THE INSPECTOR GOES OVER THERE AND DOES NOTHING. HE SAYS, NOPE, LOOKS AT IT SAYS, NOPE, I'M NOT GONNA, HE SAYS IT IN HIS MIND. I DON'T LIKE SOMETHING. HE TAKES OFF IT. DOESN'T GIVE ME A REASON. DOESN'T WRITE UP ANYTHING. AND I HAVE TO BASICALLY GUESS, I GUESS, FOR BRINGING BIGGER THROUGH HIS ATTENTION, I CALL, I FIXED WHAT I THINK IS WRONG. AND I CALL FOR A SECOND INSPECTION. DOES THE SAME THING. SOMETHING'S WRONG. THAT THAT'S NOT HAS TO DO NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUILDING THAT THE INSPECTION IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NAIL INSPECTION. HE DOESN'T LIKE, BUT SOMETHING IS OUTSIDE. HE SAYS, NOPE, I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT. HE TAKES OFF THEN DOES A THIRD INSPECTION. BUT THIS TIME I HAVE TO PAY. AND I'M SAYING THIS WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, I SWEAR TO GOD, THE STACK OF BIBLES. NOW GO TO HELL. IF I'M LYING TO YOU, HE DID THE SAME THING. AND THE THIRD INSPECTION THAT'S WHEN I GOT FRUSTRATED. AND AT THAT POINT, I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEED A WRITTEN, A WRITTEN REASON WHY YOU'RE DENYING NOW THAT THIS IS, THESE ARE DENIALS. THESE ARE NOT FAILURES BECAUSE IT'S A FAILURE IF HE FINDS SOMETHING WRONG, BUT NO, HE JUST LOOKED AT IT AND IT SAYS, GOD, I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THAT RIGHT THERE. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON BY THE FORT. BY THE THIRD INSPECTION, I HAVE TO PAY $50. NOW, WHEN THEY START PAYING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, MORE FEES AND MORE FEES, IT BECOMES A SCAM. THAT'S WHAT IT IS A SCAM. AND WHERE THERE'S ONE SCAN, THERE ARE MORE SCAMS AND WE INTENT TO LOOK IT UP. I INTEND TO LOOK IT UP. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING SINGLED OUT. AND I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO BE HERE, UH, COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. BUT I'M SEEING, I'M SEEING THAT I'M GETTING NOWHERE BECAUSE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE INCOMPETENT OR THEY DON'T, OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE SINGLING ME OUT OR A CITY MANAGER HE'S IN CHARGE. AND YOU GUYS ARE IN CHARGE OF ALSO, YOU GUYS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. YOU GUYS WERE SUPPOSED TO TELL THIS GUY, HEY, AND THIS GUY GOES TO, NOW IT GOES DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND WHERE ARE WE GETTING? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING REVENUE THROUGH PROSPERITY AND GROWTH. BUT THIS GUY OVER HERE TO ONE OF YOU JUST LIKE IT, WE'RE GROWING, QUITE, NOT GROWING. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, WHICH I POSTED. LOOK AT THE OTHER CITIES AROUND YOU. THOSE ARE GROWING GUYS. WE HA WE HAVE THE WRONG CITY MANAGER. HE'S BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. HE TAGGED, HE, HE HAS INCREASED FEES LEFT AND RIGHT TO BRING IN REVENUE. THAT'S WHAT HE'S DONE. AND THEN FOR A LOT OF THIS REVENUE, WE GET NOTHING FOR IT. SOME, SOME SERVICES ARE PERFORMED. SOME ARE NOT. THAT IS A SCAM WHERE YOU GET NOTHING FOR MONEY IS A SCAM. THIS IS WHAT THE CITY MANAGERS DOING IS RUNNING A CITY WIDE SCAM. AND IT'S A SMART WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND SOME REASON, SOME, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? SOFTEST REASON. SELF-ID REASON TO, UH, TO SAY, HEY, THIS, THIS IS MISSING. THIS THAT IS MISSING IN REALITY, BY THE WAY, HERE'S THE, UH, HERE'S THE, UH, REASONS, UH, I FAILED AND I FAILED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLANS. ANYWAY, I'LL COME BACK LATER AND FINISH THIS OFF. MR. DAVID FLATMAN FLOODING. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. UM, I'M JUST HERE AGAIN, FOLLOWING UP, UM, WAS FIVE MONTHS AGO YESTERDAY THAT, UH, YOU APPROVED OUR FINAL PLAT ON RUSSELL RANCH. UM, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES IN THERE. THERE WAS [00:15:01] ALSO, OUR BOND WAS APPROVED AT THAT TIME. UM, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND THAT NIGHT YOU ASSURED ME THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, GO BACK AND AMEND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE PROBLEMATIC IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS WRITTEN. UM, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS. I'M SURE YOU'RE GLAD OF YOU WOULD BE GLAD IF I WOULD STOP CALLING ALL OF YOU. UM, BUT I HAVE TO GET THIS PROJECT FINISHED. UH, WE WERE PROMISED LAST WEEK THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN OFFER, UH, BASICALLY AN AMENDMENT THAT, UH, WE WERE TOLD WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEANINGS AND, UH, AS OF TODAY WE STILL DON'T HAVE THAT. UM, REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE, UH, SOME MOVEMENT ON THIS. WE ALSO FEEL THAT, UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME ARBITRARY REQUIREMENTS ALONG THE WAY, ATTEMPTS TO, UH, GO BACK AND RETROACTIVELY, UH, PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR US, UH, RAN INTO A LITTLE ISSUE WHERE WE HAD, UH, WE COULD NOT GET, UH, FITTINGS THAT WOULD HAVE MATCHED WHAT WAS ON THE PLAN, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE, UH, DID HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE, UH, THAT WAS REJECTED FIRST, UM, WAS FIRST ACCEPTED IN THE FIELD AND WE BOUGHT THE MATERIAL TO MOVE AHEAD. IT WAS IN REJECTED WITH A STATEMENT THAT IT DIDN'T MEET TCEQ REQUIREMENTS. WE CONSULTED WITH TCEQ. THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS. UM, IT WAS, WE WERE THEN TOLD THAT THE CITY COULD CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS. UM, WE WERE PROPOSING PUTTING TWO SINGLE ONE INCH LINES IN INSTEAD OF A DOUBLE, A TWO INCH LINE WITH, WITH FEEDERS OFF OF IT. UH, PRETTY SIMPLE STANDARD STANDARD CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY IN A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES BECAUSE THESE FITTINGS HAVE BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY, UM, AFTER THREE WEEKS WRANGLING ABOUT IT, UM, WE FINALLY WERE ABLE, I HAD MY CONTRACTOR GO SCOUR THE STATE. WE WERE ABLE TO FIND ENOUGH OF THE TWO INCH FITTINGS TO PROCEED AND WE'RE COMPLETING THE PROJECT, UM, AS DESIGNED, UH, I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT WE COULD HAVE SAVED THREE WEEKS POINT IS THAT WE HAVE FIVE MONTHS THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ARRIVE AT A RESOLUTION ON SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED. UM, REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS REWRITING, A BOND THAT HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSION ON APRIL 5TH. SO REALLY WOULD, UM, ASK WE, WE DISCUSSED IT THAT NIGHT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RUNNING A RELAY RACE AND PLAYING A CHESS GAME. UH, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO, TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT THE MINUTES ARE OVER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME PICTURE, MR. TOM GOODMAN, TOM GOODMAN, 900 AR LANE SAN BENITO. IT WOULD BE EASY TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND CREATE MORE CONTENTION THAN ALREADY EXIST REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT OVER COMMUNITY. BUT I DESPISED CONTENTION INSTEAD. I ALWAYS SEARCHED FOR WAYS FOR EVERYONE TO WIN, BUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, BOTH SIDES NEED TO AGREE AND WE NEED TO GET BEYOND INDIVIDUAL SELFISH DESIRES AND PERSONAL AGENDAS. MAYBE I'M A DREAMER TO THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER. IT'S A DREAM I'M NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP ON. IMAGINE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHERE THE SECOND GREAT COMMANDMENT TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF WAS PRACTICE. THAT PLACE IS WHERE I WANT TO LIVE WHILE THERE ARE MANY GOOD THINGS MR. DELAROSA HAS DONE. I BELIEVE THE DAMAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY FAR OUTWEIGHS THE GOOD, I AM CONCERNED THAT SOME OF YOU COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT WILLING TO SEE THAT DAMAGE FOR WHATEVER REASON AS EVIDENCE BEFORE YOU, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITIZENS, BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME FORWARD. YOU CAN SEE THEM OUTSIDE. THERE ARE MANY WHO FEAR RETALIATION AND HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO COME HERE. MY HEART HURTS FOR THOSE THAT FEAR LIVE IN FEAR OF THEIR GOVERNMENT. MORE EVIDENCE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, A MAP SHOWING A PARTIAL LIST OF SUBDIVISIONS IN DEVELOPMENT STALLED OR STOPPED [00:20:01] BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DOING IT THE WAY THIS CITY GOVERNMENT THINKS IT SHOULD BE DONE SINCE WHEN IS THEIR WAY, THE ONLY WAY TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE DEVELOPERS ARE WANTING TO IGNORE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CITIZENS SOLELY FOR A PROFIT GROWTH HAS HAPPENED IN ALL COMMUNITIES AROUND US AT A MUCH FASTER PACE THAN IT IS HERE. WHY BURIED AT THE END OF YOUR NINE PAGE AGENDA, WHICH I THINK MUST BE SOME KIND OF RECORD. THE LAST IN THE LAST ITEM IN THE EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION IS THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE ISSUE AND THE SO-CALLED JUSTIFICATION FOR THE HARSH TREATMENT OF SO MANY CITIZENS HERE THAT YOU WOULD BURY THAT AT THE END OF AN EXTRAORDINARY LONG AGENDA IN A CLOSED SESSION AND NOT HOLD THAT OPEN, NOT THE WHOLE THAT DISCUSSION AND OPEN FORUM IS SHAMEFUL. IF NOT ILLEGAL, THE CITY ORDINANCE REGARDING SUBDIVISION, LEGALLY ADOPTED AND ADHERE TO IN THE PAST IS BEFORE YOU WHAT THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE HIGHLIGHTED COMMISSIONERS. I ASK YOU TO OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. I ASK YOU TO TAKE ACTION TO CHANGE THIS CITY GOVERNMENT. NOW, EVEN IF IT MEANS REMOVING MR. DAYLA ROLSON FROM THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER, THERE ARE SIGNS AND T-SHIRTS SUPPORTING MR. LEE DELAROSA. WHERE IS THE SUPPORT OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN BENITO? I, FOR ONE AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL WE FIND IT. WHAT WAS IT, MAN? JULIAN GARCIA. NO, J U L U GARCIA FROM ONE 50 CHURCH. NO. OKAY. THEN MOVE FORWARD. HELLO. MY NAME IS DANIELLE. I LIVE ON 1692 NORTH, SEND ME SOME BOULEVARD BACK IN 2009. I BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY. I DIDN'T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE SOAR OR THE LIGHT EACH AND ALL HOUSES THAT I BOUGHT EACH ON FIVE ACRES BETTER. THERE'S TWO LOTS, THERE'S THREE AND A HALF ACRE AND ONE AND A HALF ON THAT BACKLOG. I'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE ON GETTING MY WATER METER. THAT'S BEEN THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. AND LAST MONTH I BOUGHT A PROPERTY ON, UH, 8 42 MYLAN STREET. I DIDN'T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT NORTH. NOW THAT THEY GAVE ME THE WATER, THEY GAVE ME THE LIGHT, EVERYTHING I'M DOING FINE. I'M JUST PROTESTING THE LIGHT THAT I HAVE ON 69, 82. AND I DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH SHAPE AT ALL. I'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE SHE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. THANK YOU, SIR. NO MORE, NO MORE. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. UM, I DID NUMBER SIX [6. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2022-0906-006(R), a resolution adopting the goal of ending deaths and severe injuries on Cameron County Roadways.] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22, UH, 2 0 2 2 DASH 0 9 0 6 DASH 0 0 6. OUR RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTING THE GOALS OF ENDING DEATH AND SEVERE INJURIES ON THE CAMERON COUNTY ROADS [00:25:01] AND A SENIOR MANAGER, MUNDO DELAROSA PRESENT MARIN COMMISSIONERS, THE CAMERON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS, UM, AUTHORIZED STAFF AND SOME OF ITS CONSULTANTS TO GO OUT FOR A U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT THAT IS THIS A SAFE ROADS FOR ALL? SO THE INTENT IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A COUNTY WIDE APPLICATION FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO DO AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT OR THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT, BEFORE YOU, AS PART OF THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT OR RESOLUTION THAT CAMERON COUNTY'S A COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL UNDERTAKE THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, BUT PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 15. SO IT'S MY INTENT TO BRING YOU THE SECOND PART OF THAT RIGHT NOW, ALL THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS A COMMITMENT. IF YOU'RE WANTING TO PARTICIPATE, WHICH IS PART OF THIS RESOLUTION, SO THEY CAN SUBMIT DATA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE FROM SAN BENITO THAT MAY QUALIFY FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS GRANT, THE, A, THERE IS AN 80, 20, 80% FEDERAL FUNDS, 20% BY THE CITY. SO IF YOU QUALIFY AND THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW THESE RULES BETTER THAN WE ARE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY WILL THEN THEREFORE TELL YOU WHAT YOU MAY QUALIFY. UH, NOW THE FUNDING SOURCE 20% OF IT IS YOURS. HOWEVER, UH, THE COUNTY CAMERON COUNTY, UH, THE MPO, THE CCR RMA, THE CAMERON COUNTY, REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY ALL MAY PARTNER UP WITH THE CITIES OR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY LIKED NOT TO PASS UP ON THESE FUNDS. SO IF IT HELPS THE COUNTY, THEY'RE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AND EVEN HELP THE CITY'S PORTION FROM THE COUNTY'S COFFERS OR ONE OF THOSE ENTITIES. SO, UH, YOU'RE NOT COMMITTED BY THIS RESOLUTION. IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE IN. AND AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT COMMITTED UNTIL YOU ACCEPT THE PROJECT AND YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR, YOUR PORTION IS GOING TO BE. BUT, UH, I THINK THAT IT'S WORTHWHILE, UH, PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY, LETTING THEM SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION. UH, WE, THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN BEING A PARTNER, WE'LL GET THE NEXT, UH, RESOLUTION. SO IT'S MY INTENT TO PRESENT IT TO YOU ON SEPTEMBER THE 13TH, PRIOR TO THE 15, GIVE IT TO THEM. IF WE STAY ON THIS TRACK, IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED, THEN I DON'T THINK THERE'S NO HARM, NO FOUL. WE JUST LET THEM KNOW. SO I DID FORWARD YOU THAT INFORMATION, UH, BY EMAIL. AND THEN I'VE ALSO ENTERED INTO YOUR PACKET ALONG WITH SOME OF THE, UH, LINKS TO THE FEDERAL SITE, UH, WITH THE U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SO IF YOU WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO PAN OUT ANY QUESTIONS, WELL, ACTUALLY I, UM, WAS READING THE RATIONALE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND IT'S A GRANT. UH, WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS, UH, THE GOAL IS TO PREVENT FATALITIES, RIGHT? WE'RE SAFER ROADS, INCLUDING BIKE TRAILS OR PEDESTRIAN TRAILS. OKAY. PEDESTRIAN. YEAH. WE DEFINITELY COULD USE HELP GET SOME HELP DOING THAT. UM, BUT IT ISN'T 80 20. MY THING IS IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, GET INVOLVED IN AND GET SOME OF THAT, UH, UH, TO PROTECT OUR PEDESTRIANS. YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY DO. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WALK OUR TRAILS, WALK OUR STREETS, UH, BICYCLE LIST. SO, YEAH. UH, OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, IT'S A, IT'S PART OF YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND IT'S VERY EARLY ON. YOU'RE NOT COMMITTING IT'S, IT'S A RESOLUTE TENANCY. IT'S NOT A CONTRACT, NOT IN AGREEMENTS. YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTING FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT I THINK, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT THE COUNTY'S TAKEN INITIATIVE COUNTY-WIDE, UH, THE COUNTY ENGINEER, BENJAMIN WARSHIP ACTUALLY SAID IN THE MEETING AND THERE WERE PROBABLY 10 PARTICIPANTS. UM, I THINK IF I RECALL SIX OR SEVEN OF THE 10 HAVE ALREADY, I SAW THE EMAILS, THEY, UH, AND AGAIN, WHEN I RESPONDED, I, I RESPONDED IN ONLY TO HIM, SO I DIDN'T SEE EVERYBODY ELSE'S, BUT I DID SEE KIND OF A LIST OF, YEAH, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY POINT. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS WOULD BE TO SAVE LIVES AND OF COURSE, PREVENT TRAGEDIES FROM HAPPENING ON OUR ROADWAYS. UM, OKAY. SO I'M RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [7. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the April 19,2022 Regular City Commission Meeting.] OKAY. YOU HONOR. NUMBER SEVEN. POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION. TO APPROVE THE MINUTES ON APRIL 19TH, 2022 REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [8. First Public Hearing on the Proposed 2022 Ad Valorem Property Tax Rate for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023.] AND NUMBER EIGHT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON [00:30:01] PROPOSED THE 2022 AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 2023. AND, UH, ALYSSA ROLE HAS A FINANCE DIRECTOR PERCENT INSIDE HIM. MARY SHE'S SITTING BEHIND ME, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT FROM HERE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THE, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2022 AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RATES. UM, SHE CAN CERTAINLY GO OVER THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT, UH, WE'VE EDITED ON THE WEBSITE. WE'VE PUBLISHED IT IN THE NEWSPAPER. IT IS THE ONE THAT, UH, THE ONE THAT WE PUBLISH HAS THE CURRENT TAX RATES. WHEN WE GET ON, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR COMMENTS ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT TAX RATE OR EVEN A POSSIBLE REDUCTION. WHEN WE GET TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 10, WE'RE GONNA, UH, I'M GOING TO UPDATE YOU ON THE NEW PROPOSED TAX RATE AND IT IS A REDUCTION. UM, AND WE'LL GET MORE INTO DETAIL THERE, BUT, UH, THIS IS PART OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING. SO I DON'T THINK, UH, YOU CAN OPEN IT UP MERELY, CAUSE WE'RE CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN HEARING, UH, FROM OUR CITIZENS ON THAT TAX RATE. OKAY. UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 0 2 AND I OPENED THE MIC FOR PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK AND CAN COME UP ANYBODY? YES, SIR. I SAY MY NAME IS AND, UH, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY WANT ME TO SUBDIVIDE MY PROPERTY NEEDS ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS TWO LOTS. AND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM AS PEOPLE HERE IN SAN BENITO, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE LIVE HERE, WE'RE LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND YOU ALL KNOW HOW MUCH A SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF THE PROPERTY WILL COST EACH OR CLOSE TO $10,000 AND WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT. OKAY, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. AND WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, ARE BOTH PORTIONS WITHIN CITY LIMITS OR A PUBLIC COMMENT? WE CAN'T REALLY, THEY NEED TO WIN IN THE CITY. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAXES? NO. OKAY. THEN, UH, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS 6 0 3 CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. [9. Public Hearing on the Proposed Budget for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023.] I DON'T REMEMBER NINE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 2023 AND MANY YOU AND TAKE THIS AGAIN. YES, SIR. I WANT THEIR COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23? UH, AGAIN, UH, DO YOU MIND RECALL AT THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP? UH, OR I THINK IT'S BUDGET WORKSHOP NUMBER THREE. AND WE ACTUALLY PROPOSED SOME, UH, KIND OF WHAT WE WERE AT AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WITH ALONG THE BUDGET. UH, THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS TO 1 MILLION AND THOSE THINGS WERE INCORPORATED. UM, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ONE, THREE, THREE POLICE OFFICERS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED THREE FIRE PERSONNEL, UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, AND EARLY ON MAYBE MONTHS AGO, WE DISCUSSED ABOUT HIRING A PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST TO CENTRALIZE ALL OF OUR PROCUREMENT NEEDS IN ONE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT CENTRALIZED. SO HAVING TAKEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND NOW THAT FIRST BUDGET WAS IN THERE, UH, AS OF LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE ON THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS HERE, NEXT ITEM AGAIN, THAT WAS POSTED. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE WILLING, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ON THE PROPOSED BUDGETS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE WEBSITE THAT WE, IF YOU GO, YOU CAN SEE BOTH IN, UH, WITH, UH, WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO MAYBE IF YOU COULD GET LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, MAYBE THIS ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AFTER 10 AFTER WE WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING. I MEAN, UH, THE, UH, YOU HAD A NUMBER 10. WELL, OKAY. UH, DEDHAM IS A, IT'S A 6 0 5 AND OPENING IT UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. YES, SIR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TOM GOODMAN, 908, OUR LANE, UH, I'VE SAT THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE, UH, SESSIONS WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I, I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE COME IN A LITTLE BIT AND THAT THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPROPRIATELY SPENT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THERE. MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. OKAY. THEN, UH, THE TIME IS A 6 0 6 AND I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. [10. Discussion and update on the Proposed 2022 Ad Valorem Property Tax Rate and Proposed Budget for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023.] AND I'M WRITTEN DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED A 2022 AD [00:35:01] VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RATE THOUGH FOR AND PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 2023 AND A CITY MANAGER PER OKAY. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. WE, UM, WE TOOK COMMENTS FROM THE LAST, UH, MEETING, UM, FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND, UM, UH, W WE DECIDED TO GO BACK. WE STARTED TO LOOK EXACTLY IF WE WERE LOOKING AT A TAX REDUCTION, WHAT WE COULD HANDLE, PLUS ALONG WITH THE ALL, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPITAL PURCHASES, A LOT OF STREET EQUIPMENT, UH, POLICE CARS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF PURCHASES AND STAFFING. SO, SO WHEN WE'RE AT MANAGING OUR ASSETS, AND THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, WHETHER THEY'RE CAPITAL HUMAN OR PHYSICAL, UH, WE NEED TO TRY TO BALANCE THOSE THINGS OUT. SO, UH, MS. ROSAS, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IS GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH ARE THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. AND SHE, AND THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET, UH, IN THIS. AND AGAIN, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. AND IF YOU WILL, MR. JUSTICE, YES, GOOD EVENING. ELISA SAYS FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UM, WE DID POST IT ON THE WEBSITE AS A DISCUSSION OR AN UPDATE TO THE PROPOSED 2022 AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RATE. SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDUCE IT BY 2 CENTS. OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE IS GOING TO BE AT 0.6 3 6 8 4 4 PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS. OUR INTEREST IN SINKING WOULD BE AT 0.0 7, 12 81 PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS. SO OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE IS 0.7 0 8 1 2 5. WHAT WE POSTED IN THE PAPER WAS 0.72 8.7 2 8 1 2 5 3. AND THE PROCEEDING YEARS WAS 0.7 2 8 1 2 5. I DO SEE THAT YOU DO HAVE ALSO THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, UH, SIX, NINE THAT CORRECT. THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS POINT 69 6 3 3 4 PER A HUNDRED. AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS 0.5 4 6 8 3 1. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WOULD BE 2 CENTS LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S, UH, CORRECT. 72. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND HAVE WE FIGURED IN OF COURSE, UH, INFLATION AND THE COST OF THINGS AND YES, WE DID. AND, UM, IT'S ABOUT AN $80,000 DECREASE EVERY TIME WE REDUCE ONE SECOND. OH, REALLY? OKAY. WELL, THAT'S NOT TOO BAD. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT IT TO AFFECT OUR PUBLIC SERVICES IN ANY WAY. WE DON'T WANT TO CRIPPLE IT DEPARTMENTS OR ESPECIALLY PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND STREET REPAIRS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF WE'RE PROPOSING A 2 CENT, UH, DECREASE NET, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE GOOD SERVICE THAT WE DO TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND THIS WILL TIE IN BECAUSE THIS IS ALL THE SAME AGENDA ITEM. THAT'LL TIE IT INTO OUR BUDGET. AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE MAJOR CHANGES ON THAT BUDGET WAS. UM, WE ALLOCATED, UH, THE FAR FARTHER APARTMENT, ONE ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. SO ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY ONE, THEY CAN HIRE A NEW FIREFIGHTER AND ENTRY LEVEL FIREFIGHTER. WE DID THE SAME THING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT EACH ONE AS FOR THREE, 3% ON EACH DEPARTMENT, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY ONE CAN ALSO BRING ON A POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU HIRE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, A PROCUREMENT PERSON, UH, UH, WILL COME ON IN, IN NEXT YEAR'S PROCUREMENT IS HANDLED BY EACH DEPARTMENT. AND THERE ARE ROUGHLY ABOUT SIX, SEVEN DEPARTMENTS, MAJOR DEPARTMENTS, WHICH EACH ONE HAVING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS. SO TRYING TO CENTRALIZE PURCHASES, TRYING TO HANDLE, UH, WHAT WHAT'S REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, OR JUST TRACKING PURPOSES. UH, THIS, UH, ASSET INVENTORY TRACKING IS IMPORTANT. SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS AND WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION A YEAR AGO DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT NEXT YEAR I WAS LOOKING TO TRY TO DO THAT. SO IF YOU MIGHT RECALL, THAT'S A WHOLE YEAR AGO, EVERY ONE OF YOU WAS THERE, UH, WERE THERE. AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE REDUCTION AND, UH, WE STARTED, UH, QUITE HONESTLY STARTED AT 1 CENT ONE AND A QUARTER CENTS, ONE AND A HALF CENTS. AND MS. ROSS GOES, WE CAN SUSTAIN TWO. I SAID, CAN WE GO TWO AND A HALF? AND SHE SAID, NO. AND THE REASON BEING IS COMMISSIONER'S YOU ALSO ASKED FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO BE ADDED TO THE $1 MILLION ON STREETS. OKAY. SO MOST IMPORTANTLY ON PAGE FIVE OF MINE. SO IT WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE FIVE ON THE [00:40:01] SCROLLS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PAGES YOU'VE GOT TO GO, BUT YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THAT WE'VE ADDED THAT WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE 1.5 MILLION OUT OF OUR ASSIGNED FUNDS TO BALANCE THIS. OKAY. YOU MIGHT RECALL WHEN, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, WE WERE AT ABOUT 300,000 UNASSIGNED FUNDS, RIGHT? 300,000, WE'RE OVER $7 MILLION IN THE SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE AND THAT'S NOT EVEN COUNTING THE 120 DAYS OF A LITTLE OVER 4.3 MILLION. SO YOU'RE RUNNING OVER 11 MILLION AND UNASSIGNED FUNDS. SO I BELIEVE WITH THE, UM, WITH INFLATION, THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE, WITH COVID, WITH THE INCREASE IN FOOD, GASOLINE THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN, NOT ONLY THE 2 CENT REDUCTION, BUT ALSO A MINUTE AND A HALF, 1.5 FROM THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING ASSIGNED FUNDS AND WE CLOSE OUT THE YEARS, FAIRLY HEALTHY EVERY YEAR. WE'RE VERY PHYSICALLY CONSERVATIVE. SO I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MANAGE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET USING 1.5 MILLION. AND SO THAT'S ON PAGE FIVE. AND IF YOU GO TO PAGE 23, WHICH IS THE STREETS MAINTENANCE SUMMARY PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE, LAST YEAR, WE HAD 1 MILLION, IT'S A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD 1,089,001 MILLION. YES. UM, $89,000. NOW YOU'VE GOT 1.5 MILLION. SO WE DID MAKE THAT CHANGE. UH, I IT'S ONE OF THOSE, UH, TH THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BELIEVES THAT WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT, THE RIGHT STAFF, WE CAN MOVE THAT, UH, THERE IS NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN DO SOME LONGER ROADWAYS IF WE CONTRACT SOME OF THOSE SERVICES ON, UH, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING THAT WE CONTRACT CERTAIN SERVICES OUT, CERTAIN, CERTAIN THAT SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT, OR SOME OF THESE SERVICES CAN'T GET ON THESE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, THAT WOULD BE OUR SIZE BECAUSE THAT EQUIPMENT CAN'T GET ON THOSE SMALL ROADWAYS, THEY'RE TOO NARROW, BUT WE CAN DO SOME STRAIGHTAWAY. AND IF YOU'VE SEEN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN PUSHING OUT ROADWAYS. SO WE'VE RESTRUCTURED THAT GROUP. WE'VE GOT NEW LEADERSHIP THERE. SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS BUDGET THAT WE, THAT WE'RE POSING TO TONIGHT, AND AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MORE MEETINGS. YOU'LL HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE AND THE SECOND READING. SO ON THE 13TH AND 20TH. SO, UH, WE WANTED TO GET, WE, AGAIN, WE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, THE TAX RATE IS BUDGET OR PRESENTED TO WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT. WE CAN HAVE SOME DIALOGUE ON IT. THAT'S WHY I HAD A DISCUSSION AND AN UPDATE. BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS THE MOST BALANCED BUDGET THAT WE COULD PRESENT TO YOU AND FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S WHAT I'LL ASSESS. I'M GLAD YOU GUYS LOOKED AT YOUR TEAM, LOOKED AT REDUCING THAT PROPERTY TAX RATE. WE TALKED ABOUT A POSSIBILITY. MY NUMBER WAS 70,000 FOR EVERY ONE SET OF REVENUE LOSS. SO WE'RE CLOSE WHAT I WAS SEEING IN THE INTEREST IN SINKING FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. I THINK IT HAS A BUDGET BALANCE THERE. UM, SO THAT YOU DON'T, I KNOW SOME OF THE COMMISSIONER'S CONCERNS IS THAT WE MAY TAKE AWAY FROM OPERATIONS OR FROM SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS. ARE YOU ABLE TO TAKE THE 2 CENT REDUCTION OUT OF THE INS FUND INSTEAD? WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A BUDGET BALANCE THERE OF LIKE 300 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND. IT'S ABOUT, UH, IT'LL BE ABOUT A HUNDRED. OH, I'M SORRY. IT'LL BE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THERE. SO, BECAUSE I BUDGETED CONSERVATIVELY, UM, I DON'T LIKE TO PLAY TOO MUCH WITH OUR INS BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T COLLECT THAT MUCH. SO I DON'T LIKE TO ON PROPERTY TAXES. YES. WHAT, UH, WHICH DEPARTMENT DO YOU THINK TOOK THE BIGGEST HIT FROM THE REDUCTION AND YOU TAKE A LITTLE, DID YOU DO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE FROM EACH DEPARTMENT? THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I JUST KIND OF WENT BACK AND SEE WHO REALLY, UM, USE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR FUNDS. AND SO THIS YEAR IT'S KIND OF NEW BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAYS, OH, I NEED MY MONEY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T REALLY USED IT, THEN YOU REALLY DON'T NEED YOUR MONEY. YEAH. THAT'S THE WAY I WAS LOOKING AT IT. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN KIND OF JUST SEEING THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE. SO COMING THIS YEAR IS LIKE, OKAY, WHO NEEDS A PERSON? AND ARE THEY GONNA NEED LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? UM, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THEM MAYBE FOUR MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. AND SO KIND OF JUST LOOKING AT THEIR SALARIES AND, AND THOSE THINGS I SAW. UM, SO THE, THE BUDGET'S BALANCED NOW, BUT BEFORE, PRIOR TO THIS, THERE WAS A 1.5 MILLION DEFICIT. AND THAT'S COMING IN FROM UNASSIGNED FUNDS, RIGHT. FOR THE GENERAL FUND. CORRECT. BUT FOR THE WATER [00:45:01] PLANT AND THE, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE WASTEWATER PLANT, IS THAT STILL ABOUT $2.1 MILLION THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM ARPA FUNDS TO BALANCE THAT SOME OF THAT IS IT STILL 2.1? I DIDN'T SCROLL DOWN. SO THAT HASN'T CHANGED. THAT HASN'T CHANGED. SO ABOUT $3.6 MILLION DEFICIT, IF IT WASN'T BROUGHT IN FROM ANYWHERE ELSE, RIGHT. IF YOU BELOW, IF WE LOWER THE STREET PROJECT, I MEAN, WE WOULD BE BALANCING AND WE'VE, WOULDN'T LOWER THE TAX RATE, RIGHT. BUT IT'S ONLY 140,000 AT THE ENTERPRISE. THE COMMISSIONER GOT MIND, YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE CENTER VERSUS SELF-SUSTAINING. UH, THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE, THE WATER AND SEWER RATES FOR COMMERCIAL AND MULTITENANT TO START THIS YEAR, SINGLE FAMILY IN TWO YEARS. SO YOU'VE AUTHORIZED OUT OF THE 9 MILLION AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS THE FEDERAL FUNDS TO UTILIZE 3.8, 8 MILLION OF THAT. SO THAT'S HOW YOU'RE BALANCING YOUR BOOKS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND YOU MIGHT RECALL NECK THE LAST YEAR. I BELIEVE WE ALLOCATED ABOUT NINE, A LITTLE OVER 900,000 OUT OF UNASSIGNED FUNDS. SO AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THOSE FUNDS, BUT, UH, WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS UTILIZED THEM, BUT THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TIMES WHERE, UH, YOU'RE PAYING, UH, CONSUMABLES EVERY DAY. SO A WEEK CHEMICALS AND SERVICES ARE JUST RACKING UP OUR BILLS. SO 3.88 OF YOUR 9 MILLION WILL BE UTILIZED TO HELP THE CITIZENS KEEP THEIR WATER AND SEWER RATES, WHETHER THEY'RE CORPORATE CITIZENS OR RESIDENTIAL CITIZENS. AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP, THE, THE DATA SERVICES, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, CONTRACT SERVICES OUT OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. UM, SOME OF THAT MONEY WAS GETTING ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL FUND. DID WE FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS FOR BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING A DEFICIT OF LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, AND THEN YOU'RE ADDING ARPA FUNDS, BUT YOU'RE TAKING A MILLION OUT TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO, SO WHY ARE WE W WHAT IS THE REASON FOR ALL THAT, ALL THOSE CONTRACTED SERVICES? YES. UH, MS. SAUDI LOOKED INTO THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT. CAN YOU CALL HER IN? SHE DID ALL. AND IS THERE A CERTAIN, IS THERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT WE SHOULDN'T PULL FROM THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE SELF-SUSTAINING. AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE FUNDING THEM WITH ARPA MONEY, BUT AS YOU AND I BOTH KNOW, AREPAS MONEY IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER. WE ONLY HAVE 3.88 ALLOCATED FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. IT SHOULD BALANCE OUT. WE'RE HOPING WITHIN THREE OR FOUR YEARS, THAT WAS THE GOAL. THAT WAS THE GOAL, DEFINITELY MANAGERIAL SERVICES, THE MANAGERIAL SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THE CONTRACTED SERVICES. DID WE FIND OUT THEY'RE GETTING PULLED OUT OF THE WATER TREATMENT, FLINT FONT AND THE WASTE PLANT CREATING AN EVEN LARGER DEFICIT IN THOSE FUNDS, BUT IT'S GETTING ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL FUND. YEAH. THOSE ARE BASICALLY SERVICES THAT THE CD DOES FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO, AND THOUGH I BELIEVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, MEANING HR SERVICES, UM, THE PAYER, WHAT THAT WE DO FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND SUB BEING REVENUE FOR THE CITY. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT OUR PROCESSING WILL BE IT SERVICES. THAT'S WHERE THE CITY GETS REVENUE TOO, FROM, YEAH, I SEE. SO WE'RE PAYING OURSELVES BACK, IT'S GOING TO GENERAL FUND, BUT THEN YOU'RE LEAVING THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS IN A DEFICIT. RIGHT. AND THEN NOW WE'RE HAVING TO SUBSIDIZE THAT WITH ARPA FUNDS AND ARPA-E FUNDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER. WELL, YEAH, BUT THAT'S, UH, YEAH, COMMISSIONER, THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON BECAUSE, UM, THE WATER AND SEWER DOESN'T HAVE MANAGEMENT. IT DOESN'T HAVE HR. IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE CLERICAL, THE ACCOUNTING, ALL THAT SOFTWARE. IT IS PAYING A, A IN A PROPORTIONATE AMOUNT BACK TO THE CITY. NOT ANY DIFFERENCE THAN WHEN WE, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, WHEN WE HAD THE EDC AND WE WERE PROVIDING HR SERVICES AND ALL THOSE, THEY PAY US. SO SAYING IT'S A CONTRACT YOUR CONTRACT IN THE CITY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, THAT SOFTWARE THAT, UH, ALL TO THE CITY. SO IF YOU'RE PAYING FOR A PORTION, IT DOESN'T PAY IT. DOESN'T A PERCENTAGE IS ACCEPTABLE. IT'S A CONTRACTED TO SET UP A MOUNT AND SET UP FEED THAT THE CITY HAS. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE CITY KEEPS PULLING FROM THAT FUND YOUR EVENT. YOU'RE CONTINUING TO, TO DROP THAT BUDGET BALANCE IN THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. AND THE ARPA MONEY IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER. THERE'S A $2.1 MILLION DEFICIT. ARE WE EVER GOING TO STOP PULLING FROM ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO, AND DOES IT HAVE TO BE AT THAT PERCENTAGE? IT'S A LARGE PERCENTAGE, LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS EACH DEPARTMENT. IT'S AN EXPENSE THAT'S BEEN SET UP FOR YEARS NOW. LIKE IT'S, IF IT'S A MILLION EACH DEPARTMENT, AND [00:50:01] THERE'S A $2.1 MILLION DEFICIT, IF WE DIDN'T PULL IT AND ENTERPRISE SIGNS WOULD BE SUSTAINABLE, AND THEN WE CAN USE THE ARPA MONEY FOR WHAT'S. ITS TRUE INTENTION WAS, WAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT THEN, BUT FOR THE WATER IN SHORT TO BE SUSTAINABLE, IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO RAISE THE RATES NOW. SO IT'S EITHER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SUSTAIN ITSELF AND IT DOESN'T KICK, IT CAN NOT GET FREE SERVICES FROM THE CITY. SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE WILLING TO, WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU'RE WILLING TO RAISE CITY TAXES SO THE WATER CAN STAY LOW BECAUSE YOU GOT TO DO ONE OF THE OTHER. THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, BUT THAT'S HOW IT COMES ACROSS. OKAY. IT DOESN'T GENERATE REVENUE. AND SO YEAH, IT JUST GOES INTO THE GENERAL FINE UNDERSTAND. IT'S JUST, IT'S A, IT'S A LARGER PERCENTAGE THAN I THEN I THINK IS NECESSARY BECAUSE YOU THINK FINANCE IS NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. YOU ARE, UM, YOU, YOU HAVE TO YOU'RE REGARDLESS. SO THE ADDITIONAL PAY, DOES IT GO TO PAYING FOR YOUR SOFTWARE? DOES IT GO FOR PAYING YOUR, YOUR SALARY? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR SALARY GETS PAID FROM THERE? I'M SURE THERE'S A PERCENTAGE. YEAH. ON EACH PERSON YOU WILL SEE OUT ON UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION ON THE VERY TOP WHERE YOU SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE CASHIERS, SOME PERCENTAGE OF CELL LOCATED TO EACH OF THE ENTERPRISE, 1, 4, 4, 5, AND SIX. SO 40, I THINK IT'S 40, 40 AND 20, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OR THE BAKER OF THE, I GUESS WATER PLAN OR ENTERPRISE MAN. THE VIGOR THOUGH, THERE ARE SERVICES ARE THE BIGGER, THE PERCENTAGE WILL BE CHARGED FOR EACH. AND THEN ALSO TOO. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE GRANT WAS WRITTEN. SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE SPECIFIED IN THE GRANT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE FUNDS ALSO, UH, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT IS JUST MONEY FOR A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THE COMMISSION DECIDED BEFORE YOUR TIME TO ALLOCATE 3.8 MILLION TO, TO, TO BALANCE THE WATER FUND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S STILL LEAVES A BALANCE, BUT I, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO JUST CONTINUE TRYING TO FUND A NEGATIVE BALANCE. IT SHOULD BE SELF-SUSTAINING AND THAT ARPA MONEY SHOULD BE MET MORE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS MUCH MORE NEED. UM, LIKE YOU COULD, YOU COULD MOVE UNASSIGNED FUNDS INSTEAD TO SUSTAIN THE WATER, WATER AND WASTEWATER, AND THEN USE THE ARPA FUNDS FOR THE STREETS DOES THAT NOW, NOW, BUT, BUT IT MAKES MORE SENSE, RIGHT? BECAUSE OUR BOMANI SPECIFICALLY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE STREETS AND NO, NO, NO, NOT STREETS. IT HAS TO BE A WATER. UM, SEWAGE, UH, STRONG WATER BROUGHT, BUT I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING. AND I LIKE THE IDEA BECAUSE I THINK I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE WHERE THE WATER SYSTEM SHOULD BE. SELF-SUSTAINING A SELF-SUSTAINING ENTERPRISE AT SOME POINT, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. I HONESTLY DO. BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK THE ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS WAS MORE OF A, WE DON'T WANT TO INCUR ADDITIONAL COSTS OR UH, TO OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES WHEN IT COMES TO THE WATER RATES, THAT'S WHY WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THEM, UH, ONE THIS YEAR AND THE OTHER ONE IN 2024. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING THAT MONEY BECAUSE WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE THAT MONEY FOR THIS IS KIND OF LIKE, UH, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO DEFER FROM THE EXTREME RATE INCREASE WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO IF WE, IF WE DIDN'T TAKE THIS TYPE OF ACTION. SO, BUT AT SOME POINT, YES, IT'S GOOD TO START THINKING HOW WE CAN CREATE A SELF-SUSTAINING WATER SYSTEM. OKAY. AND I KNOW YOU, TWO LADIES PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE TYPES OF OPERATIONS. YES. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET. AND HE'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I CERTAINLY BELIEVE SOMEDAY WE'LL GET THERE. WE CAN LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND SEE HOW IT WAS BEFORE. OKAY. NOT A PROBLEM. YEAH. HAVE QUESTIONS, ANY CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT YOU'RE THINKING THAT, UH, COLLECTIVELY YOU AGREE, IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, PREPARING THE, UH, THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET. REMEMBER YOU CAN ALWAYS AMEND THIS BUDGET. YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE AT ANY TIME. SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT BUDGET. I THINK IT'S GREAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENTATION. YEAH, I DO. AND YOU KNOW, UH, I WAS HESITANT WITH THE 1 CENT DECREASE AND I WAS HESITANT WITH THE 1.5 [00:55:01] AND THEN HERE YOU COME WITH A TWO SENTENCE. SO, YOU KNOW, YES. WHATEVER WE CAN DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UH, TO HELP THEM OUT IN THESE TIMES. AND MAYBE IT'S A START TO A GOOD THING WHO KNOWS NEXT YEAR, WE CAN DO BETTER. YEAH. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING ON THAT TASK. I ASKED YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND I THINK IT'S MANAGEABLE. I THINK THE MOST DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO WHAT THERE, THERE ARE TASKS TO DO, RIGHT. MANAGE A DEPARTMENT AND BALANCE THEIR BUDGETS AND WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT. YES. UM, THIS IS TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE THE CITIZENS SOME MONEY AND YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS ACHIEVED IT AND YOU BALANCED THE BUDGET FOR THE MOST PART. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. SURE. SO JUST TO CONFIRM, WE HAD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT BOTH AS FOR THREE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE NOW CUTTING IT DOWN TO JUST ONE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT ABOUT POLICE? IT'S ALSO JUST ONE, RIGHT? YES. MA'AM. YES. MA'AM. AND WHEN WE DID INCLUDE THE ONE PROCUREMENT, NOW YOU MIGHT RECALL ABOUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS AGO, WE CREATED DEPTH IN THE ORGANIZATION, FINANCE, ASSISTANT FINANCE PUBLIC WORKS, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS, RIGHT. WE CREATE IT. WE MADE SOME CHANGES THAT BOUND, THOSE CHANGES, AND THESE CHANGES ARE ALL IN HERE AND THEY BALANCE SO YES, BUT WE, UH, UH, THE, THE PROCUREMENT SPECIALISTS WILL BE FUNDED 25%. IT'S OUT OF GENERAL FUND 25% OUT OF FINANCE. 25% OUT OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND THE REASON BEING IS MOST OF OUR SMALLER TOOLS OR THINGS THAT CAN DISAPPEAR ARE IN PUBLIC WORKS. WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR ASSET INVENTORY TRACKING. UH, SO THERE'LL BE SUPERVISED ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS AND ACCOUNTABLE TO FINANCE FOR OVERSIGHT. THAT'S WHY THERE'S THESE, IT'S A CHECKS AND BALANCE, BUT THAT, THAT PERSON AGAIN, WILL HELP US ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION TO, TO TRACK PROCUREMENT PURCHASES AND ALSO GET THE BEST PRICING ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY ACROSS. I KNOW ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES THAT PEAK IT, BRINGING IT UP LAST TIME WAS THE OVERTIME ON OUR FIRE AND POLICE. SO HOW WILL THAT BE OFFSET IN THE BUDGET? NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOSE IT TOO, THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ASKING FOR THREE LIEUTENANTS, NOT THREE FIREFIGHTERS, THREE LIEUTENANTS AS IF WE WERE READY, GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE CAPTAINS LIEUTENANTS. OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT WHEN CAPTAIN IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, SO A LIEUTENANT'S FILLING OR HE GOT MOVED OR PEOPLE. SO, UH, THERE ARE SUPERVISOR, THERE MAY BE ONE AT EACH PLACE. OKAY. UH, AND NOT ON THE SHIFT, MAYBE NOT AT EACH STATION. SO, BUT THE OVERTIME IS IF WE'RE GONNA HIRE MORE PEOPLE, COMMISSIONER THE, WE BRING HIM UP THROUGH THE RANKS AND THEN WE START PROMOTING, BUT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO START BUILDING THOSE RANKS, WHICH IS WHY I SAID, YEAH, WE GOTTA MAKE THIS BUDGET. THERE'S A BUDGET WORK. I, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK I EVEN MADE THE COMMENT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO, EVEN TO TWO POLICE IN TOO FAR, LET US GET STARTED. AND IF WE CAN SEE THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE, YOU'RE IN, MID-YEAR JUST LIKE WE DID LAST, WE DID. WE'LL, WE'LL PLUG IT INTO THE POLICE AND FIRE. WE NEED TO BUILD THOSE RANKS UP TO KEEP SOME OF THAT OVER TIME. THE, THE, UH, THE, I BELIEVE THAT THE, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB BECAUSE OF THE GRANTS. AND, AND THEY'RE THERE, THAT SCHEDULE WORKS, RIGHT. THE CHIEF MENTIONED TO YOU THAT IF YOU CHANGED THE FIREFIGHTER SCHEDULE, WHICH THEY LIKE A LOT, WHICH IS KIND OF PREMIUM, WE'RE GONNA LOSE, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THEM. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT NEW, THAT WHOLE GREAT RESIGNATION PEOPLE QUITTING BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE THEIR HOURS AND THINK THAT'S A REALITY THAT WE'RE HAVING. YEAH. SO, UH, SO I WOULD RATHER, UH, CONTINUE PAYING THE OVERTIME KIND OF KEEPING THEM HAPPY, HAPPY EMPLOYEES ARE PRODUCTIVE. WE ARE NOT SEEING THE TURMOIL IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WE SAW FOUR YEARS AGO. YEAH. IT WAS BAD. IT WAS HORRIFIC. SO WE, SO, UH, WE'LL WORK THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES, BUT AGAIN, WE NEED TO BUILD THOSE, BUT ACTUALLY I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID RIGHT NOW. UM, I FELT DURING THE, ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS, AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY CAUGHT ON, I FELT WE WERE GOING A LITTLE TOO TOP HEAVY, UH, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THREE LIEUTENANTS AT ONE TIME. SO, UH, YEAH, I, I, I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT AND BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, OF COURSE, IF WE'RE INCREASING OUR WORKFORCE, IT'S FROM BOTTOM UP, NOT FROM THE TOP. SO AT SOME TIME MAYBE WE WILL CREATE ANOTHER LIEUTENANT, BUT ONE AT A TIME CAN WORK THEM UP, BUT NOT THREE AT ONE, SO. OKAY. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, ONE LAST THING, IF I WOULD JUST LOOK AT THE CHALLENGE, YOU GUYS, TO LOOK [01:00:01] AT THE DEBT SERVICE, TO SEE HOW WE CAN BETTER MANAGE THAT, AND THEN THE INVESTMENT ASSETS. SO HOW CAN WE GET A BETTER RETURN ON OUR, ON OUR MONIES THAT ARE IN OUR INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS? AND THEN THE BAD DEBT SERVICE IS RUNNING IS RUNNING A NEGATIVE DEFICIT AND WE'RE FUNDING IT WITH THAT FUND BALANCE. UH, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I WAS CONCERNED WITH, HOW LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF IT. AND I NEED, SINCE WE'RE ALL STEWARDS OF THE FINANCES, I THINK I NEED THAT INFORMATION A LITTLE MORE CLEAR THE DEBT, THE BAD DEBT SERVICE. USUALLY I GET A PAGE OR TWO, BUT I THINK THERE'S MIGHT BE SOME MORE INFORMATION. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. LET'S GO TO [11. Discussion and update on the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Street Maintenance List.] ITEM NUMBER 11. DISCUSSION UPDATE ON FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 STREET MAINTENANCE LIST. AND, UH, MR. OSCAR, LET'S SEE A PERCENTAGE CENTER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE, THE LIST THAT WAS ISSUED ON APRIL 14TH OF THIS YEAR HAD 20 RHODES. A SECOND LIST IS YOU HAVE THE UPDATED LIST OF WHAT THE STAFF HAS DONE. BRUSSELS DRIVE COLORADO DRIVE DEANNA STREET, UH, IS STILL PENDING TO TWO CITY BLOCKS BEING THAT WE'RE GETTING QUOTES TO REPLACE THE MANHOLE. UH, SO THAT WAS PENDING. WE SHOULD HAVE THE QUOTES, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW WE REQUESTED THEM LAST WEEK. SO HE'S ROAD HAS BEEN DONE, UH, EDWARDS GRAND HANNO LAVACA DRIVE SABIN DRIVE GILL DRIVE. SON HAS SIENTO. UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING ON, ON GOLF STREET. THE CURB AND GUTTER HAS BEEN REPLACED. UH, WE'RE PLANNING TO, TO, UH, TO PAVE IT THIS WEEK. BUT OF COURSE WE'RE BEING HELD BACK NOW BY THE WEATHER. UM, WE W WE, WE JUST FINISHED OUR WEST HAYWARD ON FRIDAY. UH, THERE WAS ONE BLOCK THAT WE DIDN'T DO BEING THAT THERE'S A LOADING DOCK. THERE THERE'S A BUSINESS THERE. SO IF WE PAVE IT, THAT'S GOING TO DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF TURNING RADIUS, OR THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO TEAR IT UP. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO POUR A 60 BY 70 CONCRETE PAD THERE THAT ALLOW THE TRUCKS TO GO IN THERE AND NOT HURT OUR ASPHALT. ONCE WE PAVE IT, WHICH IS A BUSINESS, A TEXTILE PLACE RUN AROUND THE CORNER. YEAH. THEY, THEY SELL CLOTHES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY'RE OH, YEAH. THEY GOT A LOADING DOCK IN THE BACK AND THERE, THEY CONSTANTLY HAVE TRUCKS THERE ON A DAILY BASIS. KNOW, WE ALREADY, WE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM. UH, I ADVISE THE OWNER THAT, THAT, UH, ONCE WE POUR CONCRETE, WE GOTTA LET IT SET FOR SEVEN DAYS TO CURE. AND HE'S FINE WITH IT. HE SAID HE WOULD, UH, THAT HE WOULD WORK AROUND US DOING THAT. SO, BUT ON THE LONG-TERM, I MEAN, I TOLD HIM HE WOULD READ THE BENEFITS THERE. SO, UH, SO THAT'S THE UPDATE RIGHT NOW. I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, STREET GOSS HAD BEEN WORKED ON THERE'S TWO MORE STREETS ON THAT SIDE. THERE'S TOTAL OF THREE STREETS BACK THERE, YOU KNOW, THE NAME OF THE STREETS AND ARE THOSE BEING WORKED ON ALREADY IN THE AREA? I DON'T KNOW THE NAMES, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT REMEMBER ANYBODY, YOU JUST GOOGLE IT. BUT I HAD A QUESTION, UM, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WAS STILL, UM, ARE, MIGHT BE ABLE TO PAVE MORE STREETS THIS YEAR, UH, 20, 22, UH, THAT WE COULD ADD AT THE END OF THE LIST. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR PLANS TO OCTOBER 1ST ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD. SO THE ONLY THING WITH THAT COMMISSIONER IS THAT, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR IN SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, SO THE PRICES ARE GOING TO GO UP ON THE ASPHALT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE'RE, WE SHOULD BE GETTING READY TO RE-ADVERTISE THIS WEEK, HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH, WE'LL BRING YOU WE'LL BRING IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL, AGAIN, THE RATES FOR THE NEXT YEAR. YEAH. AND THAT'S, THAT'S SEE, THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO TREATING AND MO MOST OF THESE VENDORS WON'T LOCK IN. IT'S A MATTER OF FACT, WE'LL BE LUCKY. THEY LOCK IN FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THEY MAY LOCK IN FOR A SHORTER PERIOD. UM, AND RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST GETTING MATERIALS IN AND GETTING VENDORS TO LOCK FOR MATERIALS PRICES. YES, SIR. AND LOOK INTO STEPHANIE LANE. I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT ON THE AGENDA BEFORE, AND WE SAID, WE LOOK AT IT AGAIN, WHEN THE LIST WAS BROUGHT UP FOR US TO VOTE. THAT'S THE NEXT WE DID. AND THAT'S THE NEXT AGENDA? AND IT'S ON MY LIST. IT WAS ONE OF THE STREETS I WAS PROPOSING WASN'T NO, NO, NO, NO. IT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON THERE. AND FOR THIS NEXT, WHETHER IT'S 20, 22 OR 2020, THE MONEY'S THE MONEY, THE MONEY DOESN'T GO AWAY. RIGHT. THE PRICES WILL. SO THE SOONER WE KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE CAN ORDER SOME OF THESE MATERIALS, GET IT IN BEFORE IT IS. AND WE JUST KIND OF KEEP GOING. SO, UH, BUT NO, UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN AND WE WANT TO [01:05:01] START GETTING THE NAMES OF THE LIST OF THE STREETS SO WE CAN PREPARE OURSELVES EVEN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. OKAY. MR. LESTER OSCAR. YES, SIR. UH, YOU SAID ABOUT POURING A CONCRETE SLAB, AND I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE DAMAGE THERE HAS BEEN DUE TO THE BUSINESS IT'S THERE BECAUSE OF THE TRUCK. RIGHT. AND I'VE SEEN SOME TOWNS WHERE THEY, THEY CHARGE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FEE TO THE BUSINESS OR TO THE RESIDENT. YOU CAN CHOOSE EITHER ONE. AND IN THIS CASE WE DON'T CHARGE THE RESIDENTS. IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE POURING THE CEMENT SLAB FOR THEIR BENEFIT AND ONLY THEIR BENEFIT. IT DOESN'T BENEFIT ANYBODY ELSE. I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S A QUESTION MORE FOR WHAT MR. IS THAT WHAT THEY SUGGESTED? OR IS THAT JUST NO, NO, NO. I SUGGESTED THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO GO SPEND THAT MONEY THERE AND ASPHALT COSTS. NO, NATURALLY, NATURALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. SO, SO, BUT THE WAY I WAS LOOKING AT IT IS THAT ROAD WAS SO DETERIORATED OVERALL. IS THAT A COMMERCIAL? IS THAT COMMERCIAL SITE? THAT AREA, ALL THE WHO'S LEAKING, ISN'T IT IT'S RIGHT HERE. THERE WERE FIRST DON'T ASK THERE'S SOME COMMERCIAL THERE, THERE'S SOME COMMERCIAL AND THEN THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY. YOU CAN HAVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. WHAT COULD END UP HAPPENING IS CAUSE WE'VE ARGUED A LOT ABOUT, DO WE WANT TO FIX THE INDUSTRIAL PART? THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THEIR UPGRADE. I GOT SOME INFORMATION ON THAT IN THE NEXT SESSION FOR THAT SOUNDS GOOD. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO CEMENT FOR THE WHOLE INDUSTRIAL PART. CAUSE THEY ALL A BUNCH OF TRAILERS THERE I'LL WAIT AND FIND OUT YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? YEAH. YEAH. WELL THIS ONE, I'M JUST, I'M JUST LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THAT MONEY AND THEN HAVING TO COME BACK AND CUT A SECTION THERE AND THEN DO IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW, IF, IF THAT WAS A CASE IN THE OLD TOWN, THE OLD ORIGINAL TOWNS HAVE BEEN IN ON US TO BE, WE DON'T BECAUSE IT'S ALL CONCRETE. YEAH. YEP. LIKE DICK GASOLINE AT BONNELL, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL CONCRETE ROADWAYS AND 77 RESIDENTIAL, THE ORIGINAL TOWN SITE. OKAY. SO OUT OF THE AUTO, THE 22 DAUGHTER, THE 20 THAT ARE ON THE ORIGINAL LIST THAT WAS GENERATED IN APRIL. WE'VE DONE. WE'VE WORKED ON 10. OKAY. OKAY. THIS CONCRETE PAD IS GOING TO BE FOR THIS, THIS BUDGET THIS YEAR. PARDON ME? THE CONCRETE PAD. YES. AS LONG AS WEATHER SLOWS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND WE'RE GOING TO FINISH CAUSE AS WELL. AND HOPEFULLY DEANNA, THOSE TWO BLOCKS BEFORE, BEFORE THE MONTH IS 12. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSURES NOPE. CAN YOU JUST GO TO THE NEXT [12. Discussion and possible action to add street names to the current Fiscal Year 2022 Street Maintenance List and continue into the Fiscal Year 2023.] ITEM AND A NUMBER 12 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADD A STREET NAME FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2022 STREET MAINTENANCE LIST AND CONTINUE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2023, MR. GARCIA PERCENT. LISA WAS GOING BACK TO THAT SAME LIST. THE, UH, THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, WE'VE WORKED ON 10. I DO HAVE A COST ESTIMATE HERE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PARK ON A PER STREET. UH, ASPHALT ONLY. UH, I WOULD, I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT HERE, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, MAYBE A CONCRETE PAD COMING OUT OF THE BUS BARN THERE. AND NOT ONLY JUST LIKE THE ONE THAT THE CONCRETE, UH, COMPANY HAS THERE, THAT THEY BOARD, UH, THAT WOULD HELP, UH, PUT ME, BUT WHAT DID HE DEFEAT THE PURPOSE? IF WE PUT ASPHALT AND WE'RE 18 WHEELERS OR DRIVE THERE EVERY DAY. WELL, AS THE KEY IS ATTORNEY RADIUS THERE, I MEAN, W ASPHALT, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, UH, THEY COME OUT AND THEY, THEY COME OUT ON OSCAR WILLIAMS. IT'S NOT BAD THERE. IT'S JUST A TURNING RADIUS RIGHT THERE. WHEN THEY COME OUT, YOU KNOW, SAYS THE SAME THING, THE BAD, THE WORST AREAS RIGHT THERE, WHERE THEY COME OUT. SO THAT WOULDN'T BE A CONCRETE SLAPPER IN EACH, ON AN EXIT POINT. YES. YES. ON THE CAR. LOTS. NO, NOT THE CARLOADS. I MEAN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OTHER TRUCKS THAT COME OUT OF THERE AND WE ASSESSED ALL THE ROADS AND QUITE HONESTLY THE WORST ONE OUT OF THEM ALL, OR IT'S THE LAST ONE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE BUS BARN IS. AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH A WATER PONDING THERE BECAUSE OF THE CURVES, THE CONCRETE CURVES ARE GONE ON IT. SO THERE'S NO FLOW. THE WATER CAN DRAIN. SO WE DID INCLUDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY HERE FOR CONCRETE REPAIRS AS WELL. WHAT IS THE PRICE? LET ME HAND IT OFF TO, OH, YOU'LL GET STICKER SHOCK. THAT'S CONTINUED TO WORK ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS. DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD? [01:10:27] THE CONCRETE BETTER WOULD BE THE SAME THING, ALMOST LIKE A 30 BY 70 OR NO, IT WOULD BE A LOT BIGGER. THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO ENTRANCES THERE. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. YEAH. SO THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD TIE INTO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS ALL AT ONCE. IT'S IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT, RIGHT. ONE A YEAR OR ONE EVERY ONE EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS. THAT WAY IT JUST SHOWS THAT THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENT HAPPENING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. IT IS COSTLY, BUT WE WOULD DO WANT TO DO IT. RIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE GO, OH, WE CAN'T DO THIS. THERE'S TOO MUCH. IT IS. BUT NOT ALL AT ONCE. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AS WE JUST SAW THAT. UM, WELL WE HAVE TO BE FAIR TO SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL USERS. THEY DO BRING ALONG, BRINGING IN A LOT OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND SALES TAX AND JUST LIKE THE RESIDENTS, UM, THEIR CITIZENS TO TELL ME, SO THANKS. THANKS FOR THIS IS NOT A FULL REHAB. BY THE WAY WE TOOK, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, GARVER ENGINEERING OUT OF HARLINGEN DID SOME GEO-TECHNICAL SURVEYS FOR US. WE DID, WE TOOK SOME CORE SAMPLES. THERE'S NO STEEL ON THE NITA CONCRETE IT'S FLOATING, WHICH MEANS IT JUST DOES THIS. THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THIS ROAD WILL BE PROBABLY ABOUT 10 YEARS WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE SEVENTIES AND CONVEYED TO THE CITY BY CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS, SOMETIME IN THE EIGHTIES, IT WASN'T, UH, IT WASN'T PLANTED AND IT WASN'T APPROVED BY THE COUNTY OR THE CITY. IT AT THAT TIME, THOSE STANDARDS WITH DIFFERENT COUNTY STANDARDS. BUT WE KNOW BY THE GEO-TECHNICAL CORE SAMPLES, WE TOOK, THERE'S NOTHING UNDERNEATH THERE. AND HAVE YOU SEEN SOME OF THE PHOTOS WHERE WE, WHERE WE GO AND THEN REMEMBER THAT WATER LEAK ON A BOTTLE IN THIRD STREET, NO STEEL. WE SAW CUT. WE FOUND PIPING. SO THESE THINGS ARE JUST NOTHING MORE THAN FLOATING SLAPS AND THEY'RE DEGRADATING SO DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE AREN'T SO GOING TO LAST THAT LONG, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A SHORT LOT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LAST THE 20 YEARS, BUT IT IS, IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN REBUILDING AND A COMPLETELY NEW CONCRETE ROADWAY. I LIKE THE IDEA. I MEAN, JUST EVEN ADDRESSING THE SITUATION. UM, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THIS IS THE START OF A PLAN, UM, TO ADDRESS THAT. UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND, UH, OF COURSE THE CITY ACCEPTED THE STREETS, UH, UNDER CONVEYANCE FROM, OR HOW DID THAT, UH, IT WAS, THERE WAS NO CONVEYANCE OR THERE WAS NO CONVENIENCE. HE WAS FOUND IN THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES SAYS, OR GONZALES WAS THE MAYOR AT THE TIME. OKAY. IF YOU PULL THE PLAT, THERE'S NO COUNTY SIGNATURES AND THOSE NO CITY SIGNATURES. AND IS THERE STILL AN INDUSTRIAL, UH, I WANT TO SAY AUTHORITY BOARD OR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE CAN BE CONTACTED, SEE IF THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THIS PLAN. OKAY. BECAUSE IT'LL DEFINITELY IMPROVE THE PARK. OKAY. UH, I'M SURE THERE ARE STILL SPACES OUT THERE THAT CAN BE FILLED AT SOME POINT, BUT WHO WOULD WANT TO LOCATE THEIR BUSINESS THERE? YOU KNOW? SO, UH, WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN HERE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD ON. LET'S GET OTHERS INVOLVED TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, FIX IT FASTER. OKAY. UH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. UM, BUT THAT COULD TAKE, UH, SIX, SEVEN YEARS, 10 YEARS WHO KNOWS. AND THE THING IS THEY'VE BEEN WAITING JUST AS LONG AS EVERY RESIDENT OUT HERE. SO, UH, I I'D LIKE TO GIVE MORE THOUGHT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, REACH OUT TO, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TITLE IS OF THAT BOARD, BUT I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WAS THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, FOUNDATION AUTHORITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION, THEY'RE A NONPROFIT. I MET WITH THEM WHEN MR. SANCHEZ WAS HERE. I MET WITH NIGHT WHEN THEIR GOMEZ WAS HERE. I'VE HAD, I'VE NOT MOVED WITH THEM WITH, WITH, UH, MAYOR GHETTO, BUT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS GROUP. AND I THINK NOW THAT WE HAVEN'T AN ACTUAL PLAN, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING, UH, SOMETHING CONCRETE, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE CAN START BUILDING ON AND LET'S GET THIS THING FIXED. YEAH. SO FOR THE NEXT EAR, MARIN COMMISSIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD STEPHANIE LANE, UH, WHICH IS DOWN ALONG THE EXPRESSWAY. IT RUNS IN THE NORTH SOUTH DIRECTION AS A DEAD END CUL-DE-SAC ROADWAY. IT IS [01:15:01] IN BAD SHAPE. UM, THAT ALSO NEEDS A CONCRETE SLAB. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN AT THE ENTRANCE WHERE THE 18 WHEELER UNLOADED AND WE CAN IMPROVE THAT AREA, BUT THE REST OF THE STREAK AND JUST BE CLEAR AND ENDED UP, CAUSE IT DOESN'T GET THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK. SO, BUT WE CAN, THEY DO HAVE A GATE ON STEPHANIE LANE AND WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT NOT REALLY UTILIZING THAT AND, AND DOING MORE STUFF ALONG THE EXPRESSWAY. AND THAT WAS DONE BETWEEN OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT ROAD AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION TO ADD IT TO THE LIST, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE YO ROAD FROM SAM HOUSTON, UH, EASTWARD TO FM 7 32, OR OUR CITY LIMITS. I CAN'T THINK OF IT'S SHEER ROAD OR 7 32 THE FIRST OR SECOND, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET THAT WHOLE STRETCH DONE ALL THE WAY. THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY HOMES ON THERE, BUT IT DOES SERVE AS A THOROUGHFARE FOR US, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FROM EAST TO WEST. UM, WE DID TRY TO ADDRESS THE, YOU KNOW, IT HOLDS WATER. WE, WE SHAVED IT THE ENDS OF THE ROAD TO TRY TO GET THE WATER OFF THE ROADWAY, BUT THE DEPRESSION AND THE ROAD RATES FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLES, UH, LEAF WATER, AND THAT DOESN'T FLOW. AND THERE'S NO WAY TO GET IT TO FLOW WITHOUT PUTTING A CROWN IN MAKING, BUILDING THAT ROAD UP TO GET IT TO FLOW PROPERLY. SO, YEAH, THAT'S A PROBLEM. I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE A FEW TIMES AND IT RAINS AND IT'S FLAT. IT'S JUST FLAT, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT CROWN. SO THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. OKAY. I BELIEVE IT WOULD SERVE OUR, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST. IT NOT THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. IT IS. THAT IS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE FOR EAST WEST, FOR US. NOT ONLY THAT EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL THE STREETS AROUND THERE HAVE BEEN FIXED, WE'RE SELLING. SO THIS IS THE ONLY ONE. YEAH. UM, WHETHER IT'S THE NEXUS LIST OR THIS I'D LIKE TO GET ON THE LIST NOW, WHETHER WE GET TO IT NOW OR NEXT, I JUST NEED TO GET ON THE LIST OF THAT WAS MY QUESTION EARLIER AS TO, UH, COULD WE START, WELL, NOT NECESSARILY YOAST BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO WAYLAND THAT NEEDS, UH, NEEDS ATTENTION. IT NEEDED ATTENTION FOR THE LAST 15, 20 YEARS. SO, BUT WE DO WANT TO KEEP THOSE OTHER EIGHT 10TH STREETS. DEFINITELY. WE NEED TO KEEP THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GET ON MYSELF, BUT I JUST WANT MAKE SURE IT'S OUT THERE THEN THERE, SO WE'RE NOT OUT IN THESE STREETS TO THE LIST RIGHT NOW. CORRECT. WE'RE JUST STILL DISCUSSING THIS. RIGHT. OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ON LIST. WE'RE WORKING ON, WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE WORKING ON, WE'RE WORKING ON YOAST, WHICH YOU MENTIONED, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON THE OTHER OWNER. JUST TALKED ABOUT IT. YEAH. YEP. OKAY. MA'AM I JUST, , IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE WEATHER, BUT THAT CORNER IS REALLY BAD ON Y'ALL WHERE WE BUILT THAT HIGHWAY FROM QUITE ALL THE WAY OVER THERE. NOW THAT'S ONLY TO MY HOUSE AND I CALL IT COUNTY. I MEAN, I CALLED, I CALLED, I CALLED IT TO THE LETTUCE, UH, HERE IN THE CITY. SO I'M JUST . YEAH, NO, NO, NO. MR. OSCAR, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CALLS COMING IN FROM A NIXON ROAD. UM, THEY'RE DOING, UH, EXTENSION OF DIXIELAND ROAD AND A LOT OF 18 WHEELERS HAVE BEEN USING THAT ROAD AND ZILLAH ROAD AS A THOROUGHFARE. AND IF YOU GO OVER THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE 18 WHEELERS ARE PASSING TOGETHER AND THEY'RE GOING INTO THE GRASS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE RUINING THE PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WAIT TO TAKE TURNS. THEY'LL THEY'LL JUST GO LIKE YOU GO LIKE THAT AND THEY SHOULD BE WAITING SO THAT THEY STAY ON THE ROAD AND THEY'RE NOT, BUT THEY'RE USING NIXON ROAD VERSUS ZILLA ROAD. AND IT'S CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO NIXON ROAD. NIXON ROAD IS OUT THERE OFF THE ZIPLOC BEHIND A FUN AND SUN IT'S I'LL FIND IT. OKAY. IT'S A, I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME PATCHWORK THERE. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S TERRIBLE. UH, WHEN I, I WENT TO GO SPEAK TO SOME CITIZENS OVER, THERE WAS ABOUT 10 TO 20 RESIDENTS OUT THERE, BUT 10 OF THEM CAME OUT AND THEY SAID THAT TWO CARS HAVE GONE AN ACCIDENT HITTING A POTHOLE AND HITTING HER FENCE AND THEN HITTING A LIGHT POLE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THAT IS, BUT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE JUST CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. AND I KNOW THAT THAT ROAD, SOME OF IT BELONGS TO COUNTY. SOME OF IT BELONGS. HEART ENGINE HAS WATER RIGHTS. THERE. WE HAVE WATER RIGHTS THERE. MILITARY WATER HAS, IT'S LIKE THREE PEOPLE OWN THAT ROAD. SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN GET AN EDUCATION WITH THE THREE ENTITIES AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND FIX IT ALL AT ONCE AND THEN KEEP THOSE TRUCKS OUT OF THERE. OKAY. [01:20:01] I'LL GO LOOK AT IT. AND I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU. I THINK, UM, MR. GARCIA, UH, I NEED TO ASK YOU, WELL, I NEED TO ASK MONEY. I KNOW WE'RE THROWING STREETS TO YOU. THE STREETS AFTER WE WERE LIKED, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO US, CAN YOU HOUSE OR HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE STREETS HAVE AS FAR AS, ARE THEY GOOD FOR PAVING OR THEY'RE NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE GOOD OR NOT? CAN YOU HAVE A LIST ALSO OF SOME OF THE STREETS ON THE STREETS THAT, UH, THAT WERE BEING ASKED TO LOOK INTO THAT WAY? LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LATINO EXAMPLE, YOAST YOAST IS A GOOD STREET AND, UH, YOU COME TO US AND WE TELL HIM, MR. GARCIA, WE WANT THE YO STREET ON THE LIST, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. UH, EVERYTHING'S GOOD ON THAT. YES, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE ALREADY THE, UH, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE, UH, UH, WHAT'S ON THERE, THAT YOU DON'T NEED IT. NOW, IF WE TELL YOU, UH, YO, AND YOU SAID, SIR, YOAST IS NOT A GOOD, NOT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO GO BACK, EXCEPT I GO HOME. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY SUBDIVISION, THAT MOSES OF DIVISION. OKAY. CLAY PIPES. YOU, I TELL YOU WHAT OKAY. YOU GOT THE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, ON THE BACKSIDE ALSO WHERE THE SCHOOL IS, YOU KNOW, ALL I'M NEED FOR YOU TO TELL ME IS UNTIL THE PEOPLE, WE CANNOT DO IT BECAUSE OF THE CLAY PIPES THERE ARE UNDERNEATH AND WE CANNOT SUSTAIN IT. WE CAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO HAVE A LIST OF SOME OF THE STREETS OR MOST OF THE STREETS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT, THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO BE FIGHTING THAT, UH, HEY, DON'T FORGET. STEPPING IN THE NAME. DON'T FORGET THE ATTORNEY ROLE. DON'T FORGET THE YO YOU GUYS HAVE THE, YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR US. I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO THERE MAYOR IS WHEN, WHEN THE COMMISSION, YOU AND THE COMMISSION SUBMIT THE LIST, UH, WE'LL EVALUATE IT. WE'LL GET WITH MR. LAROSA AND HAVE HIM. OKAY. AND THEN COME BACK TO US. THIS WAS GOOD. THIS IS GOOD. THIS IS NOT. AND THEN COME GIVE IT BACK SOME MORE. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. UM, MA'AM CAN YOU COME UP HERE? BUT THE THING IS THAT, UH, YOU WERE NOT, UH, SO CAN YOU COME SO WE CAN GET YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE? MY NAME, MY NAME IS MELVIN GARCIA. I LIVE ON 1500 SOUTH, SAME HOUSTON. I'M FACING SAM HOUSTON. UM, AND THAT WAS ONE THAT STREET I LIVE WITH. THE CANALS ARE ON THE SIDE. IT JUST HAPPENED THAT MY PARK, MY PROPERTY HAS IT CLOSED ON THE CANALS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? THE DRAINAGE DITCH. DO YOU ALL EVER GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THE COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYBODY? I DON'T THINK SO, BUT ANYWAY, UH, THOSE TWO THINGS, THEY RUN OVER. I HAVE PICTURES. I HAVE PICTURES THAT ALMOST THE WATER CAN ALMOST GO INTO MY, INTO MY PORCH. AND IT'S PRETTY FAR, IT WAS MUSTER WHEN THEY BUILT THAT STREET AND THEY TOOK ALL THAT LAND OFF. YOU KNOW, YOU GET ON THE EXPRESSWAY ON HERE ON, ON THE CORNER OF, UH, THE VALERO AND MCDONALD'S THAT BEAUTIFUL NEW MCDONALD'S. THE STREET USED TO BE ALL THE WAY LIKE THAT BECAUSE I TOOK TOWARDS MY HOUSE. THEN SOME HIS THING WAS, UH, CORPUS. THE ONE THAT WAS MAKING THE ROAD, I WENT OUT THERE EVERYDAY AND SAY, WHY ARE YOU TAKING SO MUCH, SO MUCH OF THIS OUT WHEN IT GRAINS, THE FIRST HURRICANE THAT'S GOING TO COME, WHICH WAS DOLLY. THE LAST ONE, IT JUST, THE WATER JUST WENT INTO MY, PRACTICALLY INTO MY HOUSE BECAUSE THE CANALS ON THE SIDE, THOSE DITCH CANAL, THEY BELONG TO THE, THE DRAINAGE COMMISSION OR WHATEVER IT IS BECAUSE I KEEP FIGHTING WITH EVERYBODY CALLING EVERYBODY. SO RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT RAINS AND ALL OF YOU, IF YOU EVER TRAVEL, WHEN IT RAINS AND TRY TO GET INTO MCDONALD'S OR TRY TO GET INTO THAT STREET, IT IS HORRIBLE. AND THEN THEY MADE THE DRAINAGE. I'M A 75 YEAR OLD LADY CLEANING YOUR DRAINS, THAT YOU HAVE TWO DRINKS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE BECAUSE THEY GET SO CLUTTERED. I NEVER SEE ANYBODY. I TELL THE GUYS WHEN THEY WEAR THE WHITE SHIRTS AND I TELL THEM WHY DON'T YOU CLEAN THOSE? SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TAKE ME AND RUN OVER ME RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO CLEAN UP, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT'S GONNA THIS HURRICANE SEASON, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA, IF WE HAVE A HURRICANE, I GET A LOT OF WATER. I GET A LOT OF WATER. NOT ONLY ME, ALL FROM SAM HOUSTON, ALL THE WAY UP TO, ALMOST TO THAT NEW SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE. YOU DID ANY OF YOU SEE HOW MUCH RAIN IT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT IT RAN LIKE FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO, WE REALLY GOT REAL BAD. [01:25:01] AND ANOTHER THING, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE BIG TRUCKS, I THOUGHT THE PICKUP TRUCKS WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO GO ON SAM HOUSTON. THAT'S GOING TO DESTROY THAT SAM HOUSTON STREET, THOSE, UM, THEY HAVE GASOLINE, THOSE 18 WHEELERS. I ALMOST GOT RUN OVER BECAUSE MY MAILBOX IS THERE. THEY'VE, I'VE HAD TAKEN PICTURES OF THESE THINGS. I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PASSER REALITY WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO INTO MEXICO OR FROM MEXICO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? DOES ANYBODY KNOW I'VE ALREADY CALLED THE, THE STATE ABOUT THAT? BUT EVERYBODY SAYS SOMEBODY ELSE'S DOING IT. SOMEBODY ELSE NOBODY EVER GETS THERE. I THINK I MADE A MISTAKE PREGNANT BECAUSE I'M JUST, I'M LISTENING TO ALL OF YOU SAY THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH EDUCATION TO UNDERSTAND, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE, WE HAVE PROBLEMS ON THE STREETS, ESPECIALLY THAT MAIN STREET, WHICH IS, AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE THERE IN SAME ON SAM HOUSTON. SO I'M SORRY THAT I'M OVERSEEING THINGS, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE VOTE FOR. Y'ALL THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. IT'S NOT JUST TO DIVIDE THINGS, TO DIVIDE TO SOMEBODY THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE HIM OUT. MAYBE HE'S TRYING, AND ALL OF US NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND FIX THE THINGS, GET UP AND GO SEE WHAT WE HAVE. OKAY. I'M SORRY, IS THAT THANK YOU FOR SHARING MR. ROSEN. I THINK IT GOES BACK TO OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IN THAT AREA. UH, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND I KNOW THE JOURNEYS DISTRICT IS DOING SOME WORK OUT THERE AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH MS. LAMBERT AT THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THAT WHOLE, UH, SOUTHERN SIDE OF UPTOWN. SO JUST TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU, MA'AM, UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK HARD ON THAT CORNER BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE FATALITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE, IT'S A TEXTILE ISSUE, MAN. AND THEY STILL CAN'T PUT A LIGHT, BUT WE'RE WORKING. WE'VE TRADED, THEY'RE PASSING BY NOW. ANY PDF VIDEO THERE. NEXT ONE. OKAY. UM, YES. MA'AM CAN YOU COME OVER HERE PLEASE? I'M SORRY. I LIVE ON 4, 7, 9 WHITEWING UH, WHEN DO YOU START ADDING NAMES TO THE LIST OF ROADS? CAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN WHEATLAND ROAD. CAUSE IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO GET TO THE HOSPITALS. YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF GOING AROUND HOSPITAL, WE HAVE ON BOTH SIDES. AND ALSO THE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE IS INCLUDED IN THIS BECAUSE THEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DIDN'T LIVE WITH THE 10 INCHES THAT THE FENCES ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE. SO NOW THE CITY TRUCKS ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH MY PROPERTY SINCE I DON'T HAVE A FENCE, BUT THEY DAMAGE MY YARD EVERY TIME THEY GO IN THROUGH THERE, SINCE THEY DON'T LEAVE THE EASTMAN, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP AT 10 FEET, I THINK. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. AND SOMEBODY IS DUMPING THE TRASH BACK THERE TOO. SO WHAT IS YOUR NAME AGAIN? RIGHT IN OUR ALLEY ATTIC, OUR ALLEY. THEY DON'T LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE CITY TRUCKS, THE ALLEYWAY. SO THEY'RE GOING IN THROUGH THERE AND THROUGH MY YARD SINCE I DON'T HAVE THE FENCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. WHEN OTHER APPROVALS FOR YES. AND STEPHANIE WITH THIS CURRENT. YEAH. I MEAN SO FAR THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SORT OF HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT TO, SO, OKAY. HOW ARE YOU MOSTLY DO WE NEED SO MORE MEMORY? WE NEED A MOTION. NO, NO. I JUST THINK, OH, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY WE NEED THEM. NO, I SAID HOW MANY MORE STREETS? OH, WAIT NUMBER, KEEP GOING. OF COURSE. OKAY. YEAH. THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET ME GIVE YOU THAT'S A FOUR. I DON'T KNOW. NUMBER 12, UH, NUMBER 12. IT DOES. IT DOES POSSIBLE ACTUALLY. IT IS. YES. SO RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT YOUR STORY AND STEPHANIE LANE, FOR SURE. WE'LL LOOK AT NIXON TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT I CAN'T EDIT IT. WE GOT TO PD ISSUE. YEAH. BUT WE KNOW WHAT YOAST ROAD IS AND WE KNOW WHAT STEPHANIE LANE IS. SO I KNOW THE TRUCKS AT NIXON IS AN ISSUE, BUT DRIVE OUT THERE. YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. OKAY. WE ALSO ON NIXON. NO, I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT STREET TO BE EVALUATED, TO [01:30:01] BE REDONE, APPARENTLY THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE ON THE VERY FIRST LIST AND IT NEVER GOT, BECAUSE EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT THE LIST WAS NUMBER ONE WAS GOING TO GET AN NIXON. NEVER GOT DONE. JUST DRIVE OUT THERE, TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IF YOU WANT. I'LL SUBMIT SOME PICTURES. I HAVE THEM ON MY PHONE. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S TERRIBLE. I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO NOT ONLY HAVE WAYLAND, BUT ALSO ELEGANT IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE MOCKINGBIRD. MOCKINGBIRD, PEACOCK, WHITE WING THIS ON THAT SECTION THERE. WELL, IT'S ON THE BACK. IT'S A, THE, ONE OF THE PAUL'S DAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES, I THINK, YEAH, IF I CAN SAY THIS, UH, LIKE WE DID BRAS OR AUTOMATED PART AUTOMATED SUBDIVISION. IF Y'ALL ARE WILLING TO WAIT FOR THAT, UH, SUNNY, SUNNY SIDE SUBDIVISION SIDE, UH, WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE THREE STREETS, THREE STREETS IN THERE ON THE NEXT BUDGET. FINISH IT OFF COMPLETELY. I DON'T KNOW, JUST MY 2 CENTS ON IT. YEAH. MY CONCERN WITH WA YOU KNOW, WHALEN, WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DO ANYTHING WITH THE DRAINAGE THERE'S LITTLE FOUR INCH PIPES AT SCHAEFER ROAD THAT GO ACROSS INTO THAT DRAINAGE CHANNEL IT BECAUSE WHERE IT GOES IN TO WATER IS HIGH. IT WON'T DRAIN. AND, AND, UH, WE'VE ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO UPSIZE THOSE PIPES AND WE'VE BEEN DENIED. UM, IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE DRAINAGE. SO, UH, THE BEST WE CAN DO IN THE CONCERN IS WHEN YOU BUILD THAT ROAD UP, YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE THIS DAM EFFECT. AND WHAT MY CONCERN IS, WE'LL HAVE TO SHOOT SOME ELEVATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE A WATER SITUATION. WE RAISED THE ROAD, IT'S GOING TO STAY IN THE YARDS, THE ROADS, THE LOW POINT RIGHT NOW. AND THEN YOU GOT THE HUMP, THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL. SO THE, I GUESS IS YOU GOT TO KIND OF REDESIGN IT AND TAKE IT FROM WAYLAND ALL THE WAY BACK TO TXDOT OR ALL THE WAY BACK TO SH TO 5 0 9 ALONG SCHAEFER. YOU GOT TO REDIRECT STORMWATER'S TO GET IT OUT OF THERE. IT'S MORE WORK THAN NOT. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, JUST ON THE GAUSS STREET. I KNOW IT MENTIONS FROM A COLOR ALL THE WAY TO ALAINA STREET. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE MAP? HERE'S A TINY LITTLE PIECE THAT'S GOING TO BE LEFT OVER, WHICH I THINK IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY LIKE THE WORST PART OF THE STREET. IS THAT GOING TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ALL THE WAY TO THE END. OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE GOT FROM, FROM YOU ALL THAT. IF WE WERE THERE AND WE WERE NEAR THE END, JUST FINISH IT OUT. YES MA'AM OKAY. I ASKED FOR THOSE OTHER TWO STREETS THAT ARE OVER THERE, WHICH IS ATLANTA AND THERE'S CHEMISTRY. IF YOU'RE ALREADY THERE, DO YOU WANT US TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS WHALING NOW? IT'S HORRIBLE. YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO SOMETHING. THE DRAINAGE IS A LONGTERM. IT, LET ME CLARIFY. THE DRAINAGE IS A LONG-TERM FIX. WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO IMPROVE IT. YEAH. WHEN I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS THAT WE DO FIX IT, LIKE YOU SAID, AND THEN THE WATER, WE CREATE A PROBLEM WITH THE DRAINAGE. THAT THAT WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE. SO WE, IF WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I MEAN, I KNOW THEY HAVE TO SEND A DEVELOPERS QUESTION. MAYBE THE EPICENTER DEVELOPERS WILLING TO HELP OUT JUST SAYING, WELL, THAT'S THE REASON I, THAT WAS PART OF THE OVERALL DISCUSSION THAT IF WE DID SOMETHING, REMEMBER IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE 115 ACRES. YEAH. WE WOULD DEVELOP THAT. TAKE THOSE WATERS TO HIS DETENTION POND THROUGH A THREE 80 AGREEMENT. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET BECAUSE YOU GOT TO MITIGATE THE STORMWATER SOMEWHERE. IT'S A, SO A TEMPORARY FIX IS AN OVERLAY. BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN WE RAISE ROADS, WATER, CAN'T DRINK FROM THE FRONT YARDS. OKAY. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. I KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW AND I'VE SEEN, AND IF YOU GO DOWN ON SCHAEFER BY THE OLD 84 LUMBER, YOU'LL SEE THOSE SMALL PIPES AND OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEY ARE SMALL FOUR-INCH DIAMETER PIPING. SO, BUT, WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, OSCAR. YEAH. I MEAN, I GET, I CAN THROW IT OUT. I CAN TELL YOU MY, MY SUBDIVISION ALSO. I MEAN, AGAIN, DEAL WITH UNDER, YOU GOT THE THOSE THREE THAT NEED YEAH. TALKING ABOUT SUBDIVISION. SO, SO I LIVE IN THE, THE ORIGINAL TOWN SITE OF SAN BERNARDINO, WHICH IS A BIG VALLEY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONCRETE. I'M HOPING THAT YOU FIND A SOLUTION AND HUG EVERY PERSON ON THE STREETS I'M LOOKING AT TODAY IN SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE WE CAN, BUT JUST FOR THE MINUTES WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOAST ROAD. WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT TO THE LIST, STEPHANIE LANE AND WAYLON. THOSE ARE THE THREE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT GOS ROAD. THAT LAST SECTION, BECAUSE ONCE WE'RE ALREADY THERE, IT'S A SMALL SECTION SO THAT DOESN'T NEED TO GET ON THE LIST. WERE THERE NIXON WROTE IT, SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND IDENTIFY IT OR TRY TO FIX AT LEAST HAD AN PORTION, TRY TO SEE EXACTLY [01:35:01] WHO'S ROAD, WHERE OUR BOUNDARIES ARE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIX SOME OF THEM. THAT WAS MY CONCERN ABOUT NIXON, BECAUSE I BELIEVE PART OF IT IS COUNTY PART OF HIS CITY. AND I, I'M NOT TOO SURE. SO PLEASE CHECK INTO THAT BECAUSE OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING. AND I RECALL THE MAYOR NIGHT, HE TOOK ME OUT THERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, OR WE WENT OUT THERE AND THE PROBLEM THERE WAS DRAINAGE AND IT WENT OUT THAT BACK CALLED THE SACK. IT DOESN'T HAVE VERY GOOD DRAINAGE. THAT CULDESAC AREA WAS DETERIORATING. THAT'S A MIGUEL STREET. WHAT'S ME GETS READ THE ONE THAT COVERT THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S THAT MIXING? IT'S A, FROM A M G LOCK AND, UH, NINE BEHIND A TRACTOR SUPPLY THAT EVERYTHING. YEAH, BUT THAT MIGUEL IS, YES. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SPECIAL NEED KIDS OVER THERE THAT GO WITH HER, YOU KNOW, AND THIS RAISES BACK. YEAH. THAT AREA DOESN'T HAVE VERY GOOD TRAINERS ON THE BELTLINE NIXON. AND IT'S IN OUR RESIDENTIAL SAN BENITO ZONING MAP. IT IS HIGHLIGHTED RESIDENTIAL. SO I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT IS IN THE CITY LIMITS. THERE'S ABOUT 20 HOMES. SO THERE'S NIXON RUNS LONGER, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING ACROSS 5 0 9. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT 5 0 9 BACK TO ZELUCK ROAD. OKAY. BETWEEN THAT 5 0 9 AND ZILLA, DID HE COME UP TO A STOP SIGN BEFORE HE GOT FIVE OR NINE THOUGHT THERE WAS A LITTLE STRETCH RIDE. SO THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME, SOME BOUNDARIES THAT IS NOT ON THE LIST YET UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE ARE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU NEED A MOTION? YES. PLEASE GOT A MOTION BY. OKAY. YOU GOT A MOTION BY A VIA FRANCO AND A AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, SANCHEZ ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. [13. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment to Action Supply, Inc., for the C900 Pvc Sewer Pipe and 3/8" Steel Casing plus freight for the encasement of the Sewer Main on San Jose Ranch Road in the total amount of $64,220.00.] OKAY. I REMEMBER 13 CONSORTIUM PATHWAY ACTION TO RATIFY THE, THE PAYMENT FOR ACTION SUPPLY IN INC FOR A CV 19 PVC SEWER PIPE, AND THREE EIGHT STEEL CASING, UH, PLUS FREIGHT FOR THE ENCASEMENT OF THE SEWER MAIN ON THE SAN JOSE RIGHTS ROAD, WHERE A TOTAL OF $64,220. AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR PRO TEM. ORIGINALLY THIS MATERIAL WAS ORDERED FOR THE ENCASEMENT OF THE, OF THE FORCE MAIN SOAR LINE ACROSS ON JOSE ROAD. BEING THAT ORIGINALLY, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE JUST TWO FOOT OF COVER. WELL, UPON GOING OUT THERE, WE FIGURED THAT THAT, UH, WE FOUND THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE SIX AND A HALF, SEVEN FEET OF COVER. SO, UH, THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN CASEMENT. UH, WE PLAN TO USE THIS MATERIAL FOR THE LAND DRUMS, UH, LIFT STATION. SO STEPH IS RECOMMENDING TO RATIFY PAYMENT TO ACTION SUPPLYING FOR THE C 900 PVC SEWER PIPE AND THREE EIGHT STEEL CASING PLUS FREIGHT FOR THE ENCASEMENT OF THE SOAR MAIN ON SAN JOSE ROAD AND A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $64,220. OKAY. DO SO WE DO HAVE THE, UH, THE WORK TO BE DONE THERE. THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, LANDRUM. LANDRUM IS GOING TO NEED AT LEAST A HUNDRED AND A HUNDRED AND FIFTY, A HUNDRED FORTY, A HUNDRED FIFTY FEET OF SOAR LINE REPLACEMENT THERE. WE ALREADY HAVE THE PIPE THIS'LL SO THE ONE IN SAN SAY WE DON'T NEED THAT. WE DON'T NEED IT. OKAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO VENDOR VENDOR. YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO I'VE GOT A, OF FRANCO A SECOND. YOU DON'T HAVE A SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [14. Update on Solid Waste Services by Republic Services Manager of Municipal Sales, Mr. Rey Carrillo.] I REMEMBER 14 UPDATE ON THE SOLID WASTE, THE SERVICE FOR REPUBLICS SERVICE MANAGEMENT MANAGER FOR MUNICIPAL SALES, MR. RAY KAREO FISHER IN THE CENTER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS OF THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU GUYS, UH, WAS TO INTRODUCE OR REINTRODUCE RATE THE MESS AS OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER, SINCE HE'S TAKEN OVER, UM, HOPE YOU'VE NOTICED SOME OF THE EFFICIENCIES THAT HE'S BROUGHT TO US. I KNOW THAT, UM, THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR CALLBACKS ISSUES AND THAT KIND OF THING HAS DROPPED DRASTICALLY, UH, PART OF THE REASON I'M HERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUS THE OBVIOUS ONE, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT ALSO WANT TO GET FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE ON THE STREETS, RIGHT? IF YOU GUYS ARE HEARING NEGATIVE THINGS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I HEAR ABOUT IT, THAT WE TAKE GOOD TAKE CARE, TAKEN CARE OF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT SAID, UH, UNDER OUR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT, WE BRING FORTH TO THE 3.8, 3% PRICE INCREASE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF, OR FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR ENDING [01:40:01] IN OCTOBER, 2023. THESE TAKEN EFFECT ON, UH, THE 1ST OF OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, THE PRICE, AS I SAID IS 3.8, 3%. THE CITY DID A GOOD JOB OF NEGOTIATING THE RATES. UH, IN 21, 22, THERE WAS NO PRICE INCREASE DURING THE NEGOTIATION. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS REQUESTED. AND WE ACQUIESCED. UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY CONCERNS REGARDING ANY OF THESE ITEMS? YES, I DO. UM, CHAM HOUSTON, I THROW A, BROUGHT UP TOO MANY, THE ATTENTION ALSO WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE, SOME, BUT SOME OF THE BUSINESS THAT, UH, UH, THEY DON'T WANT TO THROW, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PUT THEIR BRUSH RIGHT IN FRONT OF SAM HOUSTON. SO, UM, UH, THERE'VE BEEN PUTTING ON THE BACKSIDE ON THE YELLOW WAY. OKAY. WE'RE JUST DONE ROAD HERE. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT, UH, YOUR TRUCKS ARE TOO BIG. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE. AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE BLOCKING THE TRAFFIC, IF THEY DO DECIDE TO COME, OR THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN'T DO IT ON THE LOA. THEY GO TO START PUTTING THEM BACK ON IN FRONT OF THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE SEVEN EASTERN IS. RIGHT. WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THIS TASK AND SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE PROBLEM? SURE. WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PARAMOUNT IS SAFETY, RIGHT? SO, UH, WHETHER IT'S STALLING TRAFFIC OR, YOU KNOW, IN THE ALLEY, AS YOU MENTIONED, OUR TRUCKS ARE TOO BIG. I WOULD GATHER TO SAY THAT THE IS TOO SMALL, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. UM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE AREA IS. UM, TWO BLOCKS DOWN. OKAY. YEAH. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL GET WITH MR. THOMAS AND, UH, UH, MR. HOSPITAL, THE SUPERVISOR WILL TAKE A DRIVE OUT THERE TOMORROW, AND I WILL HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY DO MORE OF THE LOGISTICS AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE OPERATIONS PART OF IT, THEY'D BE MORE SUITED TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GET AN ANSWER FOR YOU BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OKAY. MR. ANDERSON, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M A QUESTION ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. YES, SIR. WHERE DID YOU PULL THAT? THE CPI IS AT NATIONAL REGIONAL? SO IT'S A, IT'S A NATIONAL AVERAGE BASED ON THE WATER SHORE TRASH INDEX. W W YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT OR IN THE SOUTH REGION, TYPICALLY THAT TYPE OF INFLATION THAT THEY SEE MAYBE IN NEW YORK IS PROBABLY NOT SIMILAR TO HERE. UM, IS THERE, CAN WE, CAN WE NARROW DOWN THE SCOPE TO SEE WHAT THE CPI IS FOR CAMERON COUNTY OR THE SOUTH REGION? W WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT IT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS FAR AS FUEL COSTS, THE LAST YEAR IN THIS AREA, THE INCREASE WAS 49.58%. RIGHT. SO THERE'S FURTHER TRAVEL. IT MAY BE HIGHER. I NEED TO LOOK AT IT. I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT, BUT I KNOW CONTRACTUALLY IT'S UNDER THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS. AND IT'S BASED STRICTLY ON WATER, SEWER, TRASH, YOU DEFINITELY IMPROVE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND I COMMEND YOU ALL FOR THAT, BECAUSE WHEN I CAME ON, UH, UH, I WOULD, I THINK I WOULD COMPLAIN TO MANY MORE THAN THE PEOPLE WOULD COMPLAIN TO ME, BUT THEY WERE COMPLAINING, BUT I COULD SEE THE PROBLEMS WERE EXISTING. RIGHT. AND NOW IT'S MINIMIZED. I RARELY GET ANY CALLS. SO THAT'S GOOD. UH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE FOR SOMETHING, PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE, GOOD FAIR SERVICE. SO IT CAN BE FREE, BUT IF IT'S NOT WORKING, IT'S NOT WORTH IT. RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I AGREE. UM, I WOULD TEXT MONEY AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK ABOUT AN ISSUE WITH TRASH. AND I HAVEN'T HAD ONE LATELY. THAT'S FANTASTIC. BUT I HEAR THAT PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. YES. WHERE'S THE LAST TIME WE'VE SEEN A PRICE INCREASE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, COMMISSIONER IT'S EVERY, UH, ACTUALLY IT WAS A 20, 21, UH, LAST YEAR Y'ALL DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS INCLUDED WAS A 0% INCREASE LAST YEAR. SO THIS IS THE FIRST INCREASE IN TWO YEARS WE NEGOTIATED JUST BEFORE THEY GOT SEATED, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. SO, AND, UH, AND IF YOU READ THE, AGAIN, KUDOS TO REALLY, TO THE CITY, BECAUSE, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE KEPT IT AT 4%, WHEN YOU READ, NEGOTIATE YOUR CONTRACT, UH, CAMERON COUNTY'S, UH, CAP THERE'S AT 5%. UH, AND I JUST READ THAT TWO WEEKS AGO. YEAH. AND HONESTLY, THAT THEY'RE GETTING OFF OF THE BARGAIN AS WELL. YEAH. OVERALL INCREASE CPI, WATER, CYBER TRASH, AND THERE'S INCLUDED DIESEL WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 15.7, 2% INCREASE. RIGHT. SO I GUESS KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR CAPPING IT, UH, DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK IN OUR FAVOR. RIGHT. BUT EVEN THE COUNTY JUDGE HAD MADE A STATEMENT THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, BASED ON THAT CAP, UH, [01:45:01] YOUR COMPANY REPUBLIC SERVICES, NOW THAT YOUR COMPANY, BUT REPUBLIC SERVICES WAS LOSING ABOUT 10 POINT SOMETHING PERCENT OF, YEAH. WE'RE ABSORBING MOST OF THE COSTS, EVEN AT 3.8, 3%. WE'RE IF WE'RE BREAKING, EVEN WE'RE BREAKING, EVEN NOW, THAT'S THIS YEAR. RIGHT. SO IT'S ALL YOURS. AREN'T THE SAME. SO WE'RE A LARGE COMPANY. WE CAN ABSORB THOSE COSTS. WE'RE HAPPY TO PASS ALONG THE SAVINGS TO YOU GUYS. OKAY. APPRECIATE HER, UH, COMMISSIONER I'LL I'LL FOLLOW UP MR. CARTWHEEL TO GET YOU THAT ANSWER. CAUSE, UM, I WOULD BE INTERESTED THAT INDEX. YEAH, I CAN. I CAN, AND I CAN S I CAN DO THIS. I CAN SEND YOU THE ACTUAL CALCULATIONS AS WELL. OKAY. SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH, WE'RE NOT AT MARK. ARE WE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEIR EXPENSES AS FAR AS, LIKE, I THINK THEIR MAJOR EXPENSES WOULD BE FUEL AND TIRES TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT PRICE INCREASES APPROPRIATE. ARE WE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT? WE CAN ALWAYS REQUEST A REVIEW OF THAT, RIGHT? YES. YOU CAN. OKAY. I SEEN IT. I KNOW IT'S CONTRACTUAL. IT'S NOMINAL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THE APPROPRIATE TIER FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. RIGHT. I GOT IT. IT'S THE CITIZENS THAT WILL FEEL OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS AT TMF. THANK YOU. [15. Consideration and possible action on the Small Business Investment Program-Rent Subsidy Grant award to Reyna's Nails in the amount of $2,550. ] OKAY. I REMEMBER 15 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM, RENT SUBSIDY GRANT, THE AWARD TO REYNA'S NAILS IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,500. MR. . GOOD, GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR PRO TEM. UH, MY NAME IS SUMMER NEW EDC BOARD FOR THE RECORD PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY IS A SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM, RENT SUBSIDY GRANT APPLICATION, AND THE DRAFT AGREEMENT AND PERSONAL GUARANTEE FOR THE BUSINESS THAT RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE. UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL BY THE CITY COMMISSION FOR THE APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,550. THE AWARD WAS APPROVED BY THE SUMNER EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON AUGUST 24TH, FOUR OR OF THIS YEAR, THE FISCAL YEAR 2122 BUDGET AS AN ALLOCATION OF $76,000 TOTAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM. AFTER THIS AWARD, THE PROGRAM WILL HAVE A REMAINING BALANCE OF $24,501 WITH 54 CENTS. SO WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY. UH, ANY QUESTIONS COMMISSURES? NOPE. DO I HAVE MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND CHICKEN BY MIRACLE WITH HIM BRONCO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. [16. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2022-0906-016, authorizing the Mayor to execute a Texas Department of Transportation Agreement for the temporary closure of State Right-of Way on Sam Houston Boulevard for the San Benito CISD Annual Homecoming Parade on October 13, 2022.] I REMEMBER 16 CONSORTIUM POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION NUMBER 22 20 22 DASH 0 9 0 6 DASH ZERO 16. AUTHORIZED BY THE MAYOR TO ATTRIBUTE THAT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT, WHETHER THE TEMPORARY ENCLOSURE OF THE STATE RIGHT AWAY OF SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD FOR THE SAM HOUSTON, UH, UH, C I S D ANNUAL HOMECOMING PARADE ON OCTOBER 13 AT 2022 AND THEN CHIEF, BUT HE HAD PRESENTED CENTER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COMMISSIONERS POLICE, CHIEF MYOPIA FOR THE RECORD, DANIEL HOMECOMING PARADE WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2022 FROM FIVE 30 TO 6:30 PM. LIKE PREVIOUS YEARS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS REQUESTED A HOST OF PARADE ON SAM HOUSTON BOULEVARD. SINCE I'M HOUSTON AS A STATE RIGHT AWAY, WE'LL NEED PERMISSION FROM TXDOT TO CLOSE A ROAD IN ORDER FOR THEM TO AGREE TO THE ROAD CLOSURE. THEY FIRST NEED TO SIGN A SIGNED RESOLUTION AND A SIGNED AGREEMENT FOR THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE STATE RIGHT AWAY FROM THE CITY. ONCE THESE DOCUMENTS ARE APPROVED IN THE SIGN AND SIGN, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL FORWARD TO TEXTS OUT THESE DOCUMENTS ALONG WITH A TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN FOR REVIEW STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. UM, MAYOR COMMISSIONER. SO LET ME PAUSE THERE. THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE CHIEF LAST WEEK, AND, UM, WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THESE CONTRACTS, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT WITH TECHSTAR PAGE TWO OF SEVEN, ARTICLE NUMBER THREE OPERATIONS OF THE EVENT. OKAY. UM, IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, BUT IN TODAY'S, UH, WORLD, UH, WE NOW ASKED FOR TRAFFIC PLANS, WE ASKED FOR LOGISTICS PLANS, BUT I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD WITH THESE ACTIVE SHOOTERS AND THINGS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED. ROADWAYS. THIS IS A PARTIAL ROADWAY CLOSING ONE HALF OF THE STATE HIGHWAY, NOT THE, NOT THE ALL THE WAY ACROSS, CORRECT? NO, WE CLOSED THE WHOLE IT'S A WHOLE ROADS CLOSED AT BOTH ENDS. YES, SIR. AND WE HIT TO THE OLD STADIUM SITE. YEAH. WE START ON BROOKS AND WE HAD NORTHBOUND TOWARDS, UH, ADELE STREET. AND THEN FROM THERE THEY BREAK OFF AND THE KIDS HIT TO THE [01:50:01] SO, UH, EVER SINCE COVID, UH, IT'S BEEN OVER TWO YEARS, ANYTIME WE'VE HAD ANY EVENT, WE DO IT WITH MARKET DAYS. WE GET EVENT PERMITS. WE SHIFT RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM THE CITIES OVER TO THOSE EVENT HOLDERS. WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER WHO'S WORKING, WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WE DON'T INSTRUCT THEIR POLICE. WE DON'T INSTRUCT THEIR STAFF. THIS COMES FROM A SCHOOL LIKE FROM MY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND NOT FROM ADMINISTRATION. UH, THE OPERATIONS OF THE EVENT, YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TECH STOPS THAT SAYS YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING, INCLUDING TRAFFIC PLAN. AND THEN YOU GET TO ARTICLE EIGHT, THE INSURANCE YOU PROVIDE INSURANCE, ANYTHING GOES WRONG. IT IS THE CITY'S INSURANCE, WHICH MEANS I'VE GOT TO AUTHORIZE MS. MCGINNIS TO SEND A WAIVER OF REQUEST. SO WE ARE NOT AWARE OF A RIDER ON THE INSURANCE FOR AN EVENT. SO WHAT I'VE ASKED CHIEF THAT THIS WOULD BE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL BASED THAT THEY MAKE AN EVENT PERMIT. THEY SUBMIT THEIR INSURANCE, THAT THEY HAVE A LOGISTICS PLANTS AND A TRAFFIC PLAN, BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG, PEOPLE START POINTING FINGERS. WE HAD NO LAD, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL, WHAT OUR PERSONNEL ARE GOING TO DO. AND WHO'S, WHO'S IN CHARGE WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. AND WE'VE ALL SEEN THIS LATELY. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AGREEMENT, THIS IS, THIS IS YOUR DECISION, BUT YOU GOT TO KNOW WHAT IT SAYS IN HERE AND THIS DISAGREEMENTS. SO I'VE SENT IT TO MR. SAUCY. I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF LAST WEEK. I THINK HE'S REQUESTED THIS. AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET IT FRIDAY. AND HERE IT IS TUESDAY. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. SO YOU START ALREADY TWO LAST WEEK REACHED UP TO, TO, UH, CHIEF SAUL'S SON. HE'S WORKING ON, UH, THE INSURANCE AND THEY ASK QUESTIONS LAST WEEK ON WHAT EXACTLY THEY NEEDED. AND I THINK THEY WERE IN CONVERSATION. I WAS IN AN EMAIL THREAD WITH, UH, WITH THEIR INSURANCE. SO THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING ALL THAT. WE'LL PUT OUR PERSONNEL AND WE'LL PUT EVERYTHING, BUT I WAS TOLD VERY SPECIFIC. I HAVE IT BY THE END OF MY FRIDAY, HERE IT IS. I STILL DON'T HAVE IT. SO IT WOULD BE CONDITIONAL UNLESS YOU WANT TO DO THIS, BUT YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA KNOW WHAT YOU GOT IN HERE. SO, SO, UH, WHY DO WE HAVE TO BE, BECAUSE THE STATE OF TEXAS DOESN'T RECOGNIZE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, HE WANTS SOMEBODY GOVERNMENTAL. AND THAT'S THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE. THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE WAS GOING TO SAY, WHY DON'T THEY JUST GO STRAIGHT TO TEXTILES? THEY SHOULDN'T. AND THEY SHOULD PUT THEM THEIR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. I DON'T BELIEVE TEXTILE IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEM. THAT'S WHY THEY PUT THAT BURDEN ON US THAT, OKAY. YOU ASSUME I HAVE A YOU'RE YOU'RE ALREADY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE POLICE CHIEF FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, IN COORDINATING THE LOGISTICS AND, AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO OPERATE THE EVENT AND SO ON, BECAUSE YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'RE IN TIMES OF CHANGE. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU APPROVE IT. CONDITIONALLY THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS AN EVENT. PERMIT PROVIDES US INSURANCE. HERE'S THE THING I KNOW THAT THEY'RE INSURED WHEN THEY'RE AT THEIR GAMES, WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELING IN THE SCHOOL BUS, THAT IS NOT SCHOOL PROPERTY, THAT'S A TXDOT ROADWAY. AND THEY'RE MAKING YOU RESPONSIBLE BY THIS AGREEMENT. NO. SO DO THEY HAVE COVERAGE WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE? AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO ASSIGN OUR PLEASE. WE'RE NOT THE QUESTION. ISN'T THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE THE QUESTION IN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT'S THE LIABILITY AND WHAT IS YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WHAT IS OUR PARTICIPATION? AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE 15 OF OUR POLICE AND FIVE OF THEIRS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PUT OUT THERE. THAT'S WHY ANYBODY ELSE AND MAYOR WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, REMEMBER EVENTS AT OUR EVENTS, LOGISTICS, HOW DO WE GET PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL IN AND OUT? AND WHAT IS YOUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN? AND WE WANT THEIR INSURANCE. HERE'S THE THING. PEOPLE START SUING. WE'RE GOING TO BE SUED, BUT AT LEAST WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE BY GETTING THE SCHOOL. YOU GOT TO HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION. UH, BUT YOU, YOU TELL US, HOW'D YOU LIKE FOR US TO PROCEED, CORRECT? YES, SIR. YEAH. AS LONG AS THEY, AS LONG AS THEY KNOW THAT CITY COMMISSION HAS CONDITIONALLY APPROVE IT. BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN DEFINITELY SUPPORT IT. YEAH. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT, UH, OLD AND LIABLE AND HOLDING THE BAG, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD AND WE SHOULD DO WHATEVER EFFORT STUFF. I MEAN, WE DON'T MIND HELPING OUT TO GET THIS DONE. THEY NEED TO ALSO LIKE MANDY SAYS THAT, UH, WE NEED ENOUGH OTHER OFFICERS HELPING OUR CITY OFFICERS. CORRECT, SIR. YES, SIR. USUALLY WE PROVIDE ABOUT MAYBE SIX OFFICERS AND THEY PROVIDE THE REST AND THE INTERSECTIONS WE STRICTLY BOUGHT BLOCK OFF OR STINGER AND ROBERTSON, AND WE BLOCK THEM OFF AT, UH, THE 100 BLOCK AND AT THE 200 BLOCK AND THEN THEY COVER THE REST FROM THERE. OKAY. SO LIKE A PLAN, BUT NO TRUE COORDINATED AND 10, BECAUSE WHEN IS THIS EVENT? UH, THE 13TH OF OCTOBER. [01:55:01] OKAY. SO YEAH, WE CAN TELL, WE JUST, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND SAYS THAT WE'VE GOT COMMISSION APPROVAL. IT'S CONDITIONAL. GET YOUR EVENT. PERMITS HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S A RESPONSIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE THAT CAN SIGN AT, AT MANAGEMENT LEVEL, NOT AT A SCHOOL. AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME IT, NO MANAGEMENT BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YES. AT THE INSURANCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON THE CONDITION THAT WE TALKED. OKAY. SO I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RCO, SECOND AND TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN, ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. [17. Consideration and possible action to approve a donation agreement between the City of San Benito and the City of Elsa for the transfer of ownership of patrol canine Greg. ] I DON'T REMEMBER 17 CONSORTIA POSSIBLE TO APPROVE A DONATION BETWEEN CITIZENS AND THE CITY OF ELSA FOR THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF A PATROL CANINE, GREGG, AND A CHEAPER THEIR PERCENTAGE ON POLICE CHIEF. MIGHT'VE BEEN THERE FOR THE RECORD THAT I MAY HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF POLICE, K9, GREG, TO THE ELSA POLICE DEPARTMENT. OUR DEPARTMENT RECEIVED GREG AS THE DONATION FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAD BEEN INFORMED PRIOR TO THE DONATION THAT THE CANON HAD AN UNPROVOKED BITE. WITH THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE, I INFORMED OUR HIGHLANDER TO TRAIN WITH GREG FROM WANT TO CHECK HIS TEMPERAMENT AND ENSURE THAT HE WASN'T AN AGGRESSIVE DOG. EVERYTHING WENT WELL FOR THE FIRST THREE WEEKS. BUT ON THE FOURTH WEEK, THAT CANINE DID END UP BITING THE OTHER HAND, OR THAT WAS ASSISTING OUR OFFICER. AFTER THE BIKE, AFTER THE BITE, I SPOKE WITH ADMINISTRATION, I FELT THAT IT WAS BEST THAT WE WOULD MOVE ON FROM THE CANINE, BUT TO ENSURE THAT WHOEVER WE DONATE THEM TO WOULD TAKE PROPER CARE OF THEM. THE CHIEF OF POLICE FROM ELSA POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTACTED ME AND INFORMED ME THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE CUSTODY OF GREG. HE WAS AWARE OF THE TWO BITES AND IS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE DONATION. I PROVIDED YOU WITH A COPY OF THE DONATION AGREEMENT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. GREG STILL HUNTING. YES. YES. YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY THAT. RIGHT. BUT I'VE DEALT WITH A LOT OF, A LOT OF ANIMALS, LOTS, HUNDREDS, HUNDREDS, THAT, THAT, THAT CAN SEEM LIKE THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE AND ALMOST GAVE ONE AWAY. AND NOW HE'S MY RIGHT-HAND MAN. I CAN LEAVE HIM IN THE FRONT YARD WITHOUT ALEISHA. HE WILL NOT LEAVE MY SIDE. HE WON'T NOT BITE ME. HE COMMANDS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE THE LEADER OF THE ANIMAL. CORRECT. BUT EITHER WAY WE TRIED, I GUESS, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO PUT THE BURDEN ON YOU, BUT MAYBE WE NEED ADDITIONAL HANDLER TRAINING. RIGHT. YOU GOT A FREE DOG, $20,000 DOG. AND NOW I HAD TO GIVE HIM AWAY. AND UH, LIKE I SAID, THE REASON IS BEING IS, IS THE BITE IS AT THE SAME LOCATION. IT WASN'T, UH, A BITE, UM, THAT WAS MAYBE ON A, LIKE AN ARM OR A LEG, LIKE A TRAINING, LIKE A PATROL. IT WAS YET. AND, AND, AND I THINK I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT NIGHT, THAT, THAT YOU TOLD US ABOUT THAT INCIDENT. I TOLD YOU, I MEAN, I'VE RESCUED A BOXER OVER A YEAR AGO AND SHE'S LOYAL. SHE LOVES ME. YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT. BUT IF I GET IN HER FACE, THAT'S THE FIRST THING SHE'S GOING TO DO IS MEET ME HERE AND MEET ME HERE, MEET ME HERE. SO I AGREE. PROPER TRAINING OR BETTER TRAINING OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU DO IS PUT YOUR FACE IN FRONT OF A DOG'S FACE. CORRECT. OKAY, COOL. YEP. TOO BAD. I MEAN, I WAS HOPING IT WOULD WORK OUT FOR YOU. SO AS I STARTED LEAVING EMOTIONAL DEAD GRID GOAL, HOW'S IT, HOW'S THE OFFICER THAT GOT THE, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE HAMMER THAT WAS WORKING WITH, UH, WITH OUR OFFICERS AND SHE'S DOING FINE. UH, SHE, SHE, UH, SHE HAD LOST A LITTLE BIT OF, OF HER EAR, BUT SHE'S BEEN FINE. OKAY. YEAH. WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE, YEAH, IT WAS AFTER THE SHINY ARENA OR SOMETHING. OKAY. GREG IS FINE. OKAY. SO I'VE GOT A MOTION BY GREG GOAL BY MAYOR PRO TEM. FRANCO SECOND, DO I NEED, I NEED A SECOND, SECOND BITE. CAN WE SHOW HER WELL THAT'S OKAY. TAKEN BY GARCIA ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES? YEAH, SURE. ARE WE GOING TO CRY? NO. CAN WE GO BACK? OKAY. UH, [18. Consideration and possible action to approve a road closure request by St. Joseph Catholic Church for their annual Fall Festival scheduled for November 5, 2022 from 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm.] OKAY. ED AND WRITING CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ROAD CLOSURE, UH, REQUESTED BY THE ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE THEIR ANNUAL FEST, UH, THE FALL FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 5TH, 2022, UH, FROM 2:00 PM TO 9:30 PM. AND, UH, WE HAD THE STREETS, UH, DOROTHY, UH, WHITNEY AND, UH, FRANCISCO MURROW AND A CHEAP, BUT THEY ARE PRESENTED CENTER FOR THE RECORD POLICE CHIEF. MIGHT'VE PUT, YEAH, THE ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL BE HAVING THEIR ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL ON NOVEMBER 5TH, UH, 2022 FROM TWO 30 TO 9:30 PM. THEY HAVE REQUESTED FOR THE ROADS SURROUNDING THE CHURCH TO BE CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. THESE ROADS ARE DOHERTY AND WOULDN'T STREET FROM BUSINESS 77 TO FRANCISCO MADERO, AND ALSO FRANCISCO MADERO FROM DORDY TO WHITNEY [02:00:01] IN THE EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER ON THE SCHEDULED DAY, THEY HAVE SET A MAKEUP DAY FOR NOVEMBER 12TH OF THE SAME ROADS REQUESTED TO BE CLOSED. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. IS HE EVENT, UH, HELD ON ANY PART OF THE EVENT HELD ON OUR STREETS? NO, IT'S ALL ON THEIR GROUNDS IN THE FRONT OF THEM, THEIR GROUNDS AND THE SAME GOES FOR THEM TOO. WE ARE REQUESTING OTHER INSURANCE. UH, WE DID THE SAME THING WITH, UH, ST. TERESA'S. THEY PROVIDED THEIR INSURANCE. THEY APPLIED FOR THE EVENT PERMIT. AND, UH, SO, UH, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE REQUESTING THE SAME DAY. NO, I UNDERSTAND. UH, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S A CHA IT'S, THE TIMES ARE CHANGING, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE TO ADAPT TO THAT. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT NO, WE DEFINITELY DO. THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND BUSINESS 77. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. THEY DO PARK ACROSS THE STREET, AND SOMETIMES THEY, THEY, THEY WALK OVER, UH, WE'LL DO IT. WE WILL ASSIGN EXTRA PATROL. WE CAN'T BE STATIONARY THERE, UH, THE WHOLE TIME. UH, WE JUST ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO, YOU KNOW, BE CAREFUL WHILE DOING THAT. CAN WE PUT THAT, UM, THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE SIGN THAT SAYS YOUR SPEED LIMIT KIND OF THERE AT THE, AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING TO KIND OF SHOW THAT THERE'S AN EVENT SLOW DOWN. YEAH. WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. I MEAN, I JUST, THAT'S THE ONLY COMPLAINT I ALWAYS GET FROM THAT, THAT CHURCHES, WHY DON'T THEY PUT SOMEONE THERE? THEY KNOW THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT. THEY KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A HIGH TRAFFIC. YEAH. PEOPLE RUNNING ACROSS, BACK AND FORTH THE STREET. YOU'RE GOING TO ARREST 500 CHURCH OR FROM JAYWALKING. YEAH. NO, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THOSE SIGNS AND, UH, JUST TO HELP THEM OUT. RIGHT. THEY'RE DOING A GOOD EVENT FOR THE CITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. SO YOU STILL HAVE THAT, UH, MOBILE, CORRECT. SECOND UNIT THAT YOU HAVE WORKING. WE MOVED IT FROM A BUSINESS JUST CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE IT THERE THE WHOLE TIME IT WAS THERE AND IT WAS WORKING PRETTY WELL FOR US. AND IT ALSO HELPED US ADVERTISE IT WAS FUNCTIONING. RIGHT. BECAUSE I SAW IT FUNCTIONING FOR LIKE A MONTH AND THEN I DID SEE IT ON IT. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK, UH, WHAT HAPPENED WAS, UH, THE BATTERIES NEEDED TO BE RECHARGED, BUT IT'S PLUGGED IN AT THE STATION RIGHT NOW. SO ACTUALLY THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. UH, I LIKED WHAT HE SAID. I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT DOES SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. IT DOES. I THINK CARLIN IS USING IT ON AID CARRY. NOW. THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY SEE WHERE THEY'RE ONTO SOMETHING BECAUSE WE INITIATED THAT. SO THAT'S GOOD MOTION TO PROVE. OKAY. WELL THEY BEAT YOU COMMISSIONER. I GOT, UH, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SECOND BY A MERKEL VIA FRANCO ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. [19. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to U.S. Water Services Corporation in the amount of $79,711.51 for Phase 1 of an Environmental Compliance Audit.] I DIDN'T NUMBER 19 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PAYMENT, TO, TO USE WATER SERVICE CORPORATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF 79,711 AND 51 CENTS OR PHASE ONE, AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT, AND MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS, UH, AN INVOICE FROM YOU GUYS. WATER SERVICES IS THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU'VE AUTHORIZED, UH, FOR AN AUDIT COMPLIANCE, UH, BETWEEN US WATER AND, UH, MR. UH, OFFICE. SO, UM, I GAVE SUCH AN EMAIL. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS AUTHORIZED. UH, I FOLLOWED UP THIS WEEK WHEN I GOT THE INVOICE ALONG WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF HOW MUCH DID THAT IS BEING TA YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF IS BEING COMPLETED. SO, UM, THEY'VE BEEN HERE AND IF DAVID SALINAS IS IN THE ROOM, THAT I'M NOT SURE IF HE IS, UH, HE CAN STEP FORWARD. HE IS A U S WATER SERVICES, UH, NEW, UH, WHILE I BELIEVE IT'S THE SOUTH TEXAS PREP. BUT, UM, IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, GOOD TO BE AN AMERICAN MISSIONARIES. MY NAME IS DAVID SALINAS. I AM THE BRAND NEW REGIONAL MANAGER FOR SOUTH TEXAS FOR U S WATER. UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. SO AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR AUDIT COMPLIANCE. IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR ASSESSMENT OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S GONNA BE GOING TO MR. OFFICE. SO I, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE DETAILS HE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW BETTER. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE, UH, BEEN HERE. THEY WERE HERE BEFORE THEY'VE BEEN HERE TO, UH, MEET WITH ALL THE STAFF AND, UH, AND, UH, VISIT THE SITES AGAIN. THEY VISITED BEFORE THEY TOOK THE CONTRACT. THEY VISITED SINCE THEY CAME ON THE CONTRACT AND THEY VISITED AGAIN AS PART OF THIS, UH, THIS AUDIT. SO, UH, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDING, UH, APPROVAL OF THE PAYMENT OF THE 1770 $9,711 AND CHANGE. YEAH, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. AND, UH, AGAIN, MR. SALINAS IS A LOCAL, HE'S GOT A DOUBLE LAYER LICENSES, WATER AND SEWER. HE IS THE NEW REP FOR THIS AREA AND THAT'S A TO SHOW US. AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE, UH, JEFF DUPONT AND HE'S LIKE EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, UH, WITH THE COMPANY. SO, BUT, UH, UH, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD SOMEBODY HERE AND [02:05:01] IN THE VALLEY IT'S SUPPOSED TO, UH, YOU MET SOME OF THE OTHER GENTLEMAN'S THAT HAD COME IN FROM OTHER, YOU KNOW, FROM THE HOUSTON AREA AND OTHER PARTS OF TEXAS. SO, UH, MR. S WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE MR. SALINAS HERE, UH, AND HE REACHES OUT WEEKLY. SO, AND I'M JUST DOWN THE STREET IN WESLACO, UH, BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS AND MOVED TO THE VALLEY IN 2002, ORIGINALLY BORN AND REARED IN DEL RIO, TEXAS, AND, UH, TO SEEN A GREAT THROUGH WHERE THE COMPANY USED TO WORK FOR FROM GEORGIA TO TEXAS BACK IN 2002. SO, BUT I'M HERE TO HELP AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WE ARE FIXABLE, RIGHT? YES, WE ARE FIXABLE. YES, SIR. YEAH, I JUST CAN'T DISCUSS A LOT OF THE ITEMS, BUT YES, IT IS VISIBLE WORKER. IN FACT, WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL THIS AFTERNOON AT FOUR O'CLOCK BEFORE I CAME OVER HERE TO, TO WORK ON THE FINALIZING THE, THE, UH, THE ASSESSMENT TO GET IT TO YOU ALL, UH, DISCUSSING IT WITH MR. SAUCY FIRST, BEFORE WE, UH, INTRODUCED THE COMMISSION, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO INTRODUCE PUBLIC, UH, BUT, UM, WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE SHOULD HAVE IT. IT'S ABOUT 42% COMPLETE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE IT TO WHERE IT'S REVIEWABLE BY, BY Y'ALL HERE BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK. I HOPE. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. UH, [20. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a "I^SB " metal letter sculpture in the amount of $16,040.00 to be displayed at the W. H. Heavin Memorial Park.] I REMEMBER 20 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE, THE PHASE OF, UH, I LOVE SB A METAL, UH, LETTER SCULPTURE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $16,040 TO BE DISPLACED AT THE HW, UH, HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK AND MR. RODRIGUEZ PERCENTAGE. GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE FOUR LARGE DECORATIVE LETTERS WITH A LEGEND. I LOVE SOMEBODY TO BE FIRE HEAVEN. MEMORIAL PARK. THESE TYPES OF DISPLAYS ARE VERY POPULAR FIXTURES AND PARKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY HELP INSTILL, UH, COMMUNITY PRIDE, UH, SEPARATE MINUTES APPROVAL. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MAN, COMMISSIONERS LAST YEAR, WHILE WE WERE AT TML, WE SAW SOME SIGNAGE AND JUST LIKE WE DID THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND THE COMMISSIONERS TO THE FAR RIGHT, THE TWO VIA FERNANDO AND GARCIA BOTH MENTIONED TO ME ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BUYING THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, PRETTY FRUGAL, BUT I LOOKED INTO IT RELUCTANTLY. UM, IT, IT DOES. I MEAN, YOU SEE ME AT AIRPORTS, YOU SEE THEM AT SOME PLACES, PEOPLE LIKE TAKING PHOTOS. YOU REMEMBER THE, UH, I GOT YOU TO GET IN FRONT OF THE, THE, THE SANTA OUTFIT AND THE ELK COMING. SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, FOLKS LIKE TAKING PHOTOS, THEY KIND OF MADE SENSE. UH, AGAIN, UM, MR. BELKIN T I THINK WE HAVE 573,000. IS THAT WHAT IT IS IN CARE? 5 37, 530 7,000 AND CARES FUNDS. SO, I MEAN, THIS IS ABOUT 16,000. IF YOU DEEM IT WORTH THE, I THINK WE WERE LOOKING AT, AND ONE OF THE PLACES I THOUGHT WAS THE HAVEN, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE YOU GO WE'RE ON THE HAVEN TRAIL BY THE, BY THE LED SIGN THAT'D BE FACING WELL, I WILL I WORK COMING FROM, YES. SO IT WOULD BE, YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU DON'T WANT IT, UH, WHERE PEOPLE, UH, WOULD BE FACING THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, RIGHT? THE, THE, THE OLD, UH, AEP SERVICE CENTER. SO IT'S GOTTA BE SOMEWHERE WHERE THE AESTHETICALLY, OR WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD A BACKGROUND THAT KIND OF CREATES FOLIAGE, RIGHT? IF YOU FACE IT TOWARD THE, EH, WERE THE BACK, FACES THE RASAKA, SO YOU'VE GOT THE RESTOCK ON THE BACKGROUND, IT MAY BE EVEN NICER, BUT THEN YOU CAN'T KEEP IT TOO CLOSE TO THE ROAD WHERE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO GO IN. AND THAT'S A NICE AND, AND NATURALLY, UH, NIKKI, WHEN SHE DID THE, UH, AT THE RASAKA FEST, IS THAT WHAT IT WAS WHAT'S WRONG WITH PUTTING IN WHERE WE ALL PUT RASAKA. YEAH. SO WHEN YOU MIGHT RECALL THE 4TH OF JULY, THAT WHOLE, UH, UH, RASAKA FEST. SO ACTUALLY WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT UP, YOU KNOW, AND WHICH SHE DID WITH THAT EVENT, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A SURPRISE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MADE SENSE THAT IT MAY CATCH, WE MAY HAVE TO PUT SOME LIGHTING IN, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT, MR. RODRIGUEZ HAS ADDED MORE LIGHTING ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, SO WE CAN ELIMINATE THAT AREA AT NIGHT. SO IT'LL BE, IT'LL HAVE MORE LIGHT BETWEEN THAT BUILDING AND THE RASAKA. YOU MIGHT RECALL ALL THE MUSIC EVENTS IT'S DARK. SO WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING THAT LIGHT. SO I, I, IT'S NOT A BACK BACKDROP FOR, UH, AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO SPEND IT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST YOU. AND WE LOOKED AT THE VARIOUS MATERIALS AND WHAT WOULD LAST, AND THIS DIDN'T SKITS, GEO-FENCING BIGGEST GRAFFITI, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT ONE OF THE, UH, I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN LETTERING LIKE THAT, WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY STAND NEXT TO IT OR IN-BETWEEN OR SOMETHING, AND TAKE PICTURES. USUALLY IT'S A VACATION PICTURES, DESTINATION PICTURE. SO WHO KNOWS? SO I LIKE THE IDEA AND DO SO, WHERE'S IT JUST UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET ONE TO GET TO IT ALL THE TIME. SO PUT IT IN A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO WALK UP. NO, WE WANT IT LIT. WE WANT IT. AND [02:10:01] W WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS, UH, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE OF THE GRAFFITI THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE, AT THE SPLASH PAD AND HARLAND GINS BIT HIT IT, THERE'S ALSO BEEN, UH, OR WE'RE IMPROVING OUR CAMERA SYSTEM. WE'RE PROVING GEO-FENCING. IN OTHER WORDS, AFTER HOURS, THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO TALK TO, YOU SAYS, UH, YOU'RE IN UNAUTHORIZED AREAS, THINGS LIKE THAT. IF NOT, IT SETS OFF ALARMS NOW, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN, ACTUALLY, I THINK WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT A WEEK AGO. I DON'T RECALL GETTING THE INFORMATION, BUT WE DID HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN LOOKING AT THAT TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT OUR ASSETS. AND THIS IS PRICEY. WE DON'T WANT TO DAMAGE. WE WANT TO TRY AND PROTECT THIS I MYSELF, LIKE THE IDEA WHERE YOU POSTED, I MEAN, YOU PLACED A RECYCLE CITY BECAUSE THE BACKGROUND IS TOO, THERE WAS LIKE WATER. YEAH. SO YEAH, JUST AS MUCH AS SENSE. SO W WE WANT THAT BACKDROP, SO, YEAH. AND YOU GUYS WOULD FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR PHOTO OPS. I THINK A LOT OF COUNTRIES. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. NOT ONLY WAS THIS MONEY COME FROM. WELL, UH, EIGHT, I BELIEVE HE SAID YOU'VE GOT FUNDING IN YOUR FUND. STILL. IT CAN COME OUT OF THERE. UH, YOU CAN UTILIZE, UH, SO JUST FYI ALSO. UM, WELL, I PERSONALLY WANTED SOMETHING NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY. I KNOW WE HAVE THAT EMPTY LITTLE AREA ON THE PARK. PETE SAID, IT'S GOING TO GET VANDALIZED. I WANT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE, LIKE HIGHWAY VIEW. UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY WITH THE EDC. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER ME SENDING YOU THAT PICTURE OF PROGRESS OR THAT HAD THE LETTER SPELLED OUT, BUT EACH BUSINESS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VACATION PHOTO, BUT I WANTED IT FOR SEVENTY-TWO EACH, THE LETTER OF YOU PAID ATTENTION WAS ACTUALLY SPONSORED BY A BUSINESS. SO THEY HAD THEIR OWN DESIGN, THEIR OWN DESIGN ON EACH LETTER. SO IT WOULDN'T BE ONE THAT EDC COULD HELP WITH THE COST, SINCE IT'S FURTHERING WITH THE BUSINESS, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES CAN ALSO SPONSOR. WE HAVE LARGE BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO TAKE PART IN IT. UM, SO THAT COULD BE A, SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM THIS, OR, OKAY, NOW WE CAN, IT'S A PROGRAM. SO WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. YEAH. WE COULD DO THIS. THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE IMPROVING OUR PARTS SYSTEM, UH, AND ADDING MORE AMENITIES, ADDING MORE THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE PHOTOS THAT JUST LIKE THE HOLIDAY, UH, UH, UH, I LIKE THE VERB RASAKA CITY IS WHAT IS THAT? WHAT WE HAD UP FOR ONE OF THE FESTIVALS. WE DID THE SOCCER SYDNEY, A LOT OF MY FRIENDS, NOT FROM THE SAME REGION OR WHAT'S A RASAKA AND I JUST START BUILDING COMMUNICATION. RIGHT. I LOVE SB IS KIND OF ITS OWN. I LIKE RECITE WHEREVER SOKA CITY. RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE IT HERE. WE HAVE IT EVERYWHERE. SO, AND THE CAROL SAID, IF WE DIDN'T GET SOME BUSINESSES TO THROW ON A SPONSORSHIP FOR EACH LETTER, WITH THEIR OWN CREATIVE DESIGN VERSUS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I LIKE THE IDEA. RIGHT. UM, AND THERE'S ALSO THE IDEA. I THINK THERE WAS A GROUP THAT WAS TRYING TO DO SOME CREATIVE DESIGN, UM, WITH EDC TO DO SOME DRAWING, SOME DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS, MURALS, MURALS. YES. THERE'S THAT OPTION TO, UH, GUY LOVE HIS BEES. I LOVE SB. RIGHT. BUT, UH, RASAKA CITY IS MORE A RASAKA CITY. WE GOTTA BEAT LOS FRESNOS TOO. YEAH. UM, COLLECTIVELY TELL US, I MEAN, THIS W THIS WAS OUR FIRST ATTEMPT, FIRST TIME YOU'RE SEEING IT. SO WHAT DID THE, I THINK THE MIRRORS WOULD BE A LOT MORE BETTER. UH, I, I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE YOURS MURAL PAINS. IT WOULD BE THE COST OF IF YOU SPELL OUT RECEPTOR CITY, EVERY LETTER IS, YEAH, THIS IS 16,000 AND YOU ONLY GOT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE LETTERS. SO THAT KIND OF TELLS YOU ALL OUR FESTIVALS. WE HAVE EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE. WELL, LET'S NOT KILL THE MOMENTUM. THAT'S A GOAL. LET'S HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE, THE 3D PRINTING, THE 3D PRINTING GUYS THAT ARE OVER THERE? I THINK THEY'RE WORKING IN KIND OF A SPACE AREA AT SPACE X AREA, BOCA CHICA BEACH. THERE'S A GROUP THAT DOES 3D PRINTING. WE DIDN'T TALK TO THEM. THEY'D DONE 3D PRINTING, CLASS RINGS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS. MAYBE IT CAN BE A PROJECT FOR THEM, A SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW, JUST TRYING TO FIND SOME COST SAVINGS, BUT THE MURALS IS A GOOD START. I JUST THINK IT'S MAN, 16 GRAND. AND I HATE FOR IT TO GET UNTIL WE SET UP THE CAMERA SYSTEM AND THE GEO-FENCING IS WHAT IS IT GOING TO LAST A DAY OR TWO? AND IT'S MADE OUT OF STYROFOAM, RIGHT? NO STEEL IT'S STEEL. YEAH, NO, THIS IS STEEL. NO, THIS IS, WE CAN EITHER HAVE CONCRETE OR STEEL. WE OPTIMALLY STEEL. THIS IS EVERY GAUGE APS. AIN'T GOING, NOWHERE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. NO, I WAS STILL A 10 FOOT TALL, UH, ONCE HE TOLD THEM AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT. IT'S A MATTER OF FACT, THAT COST OF THAT, UH, UH, CAMERA SYSTEM ISN'T COMING BEFORE YOU IT'S, IT'S ABOUT $8,000. IT WAS NEVER [02:15:01] GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE DOING WITHIN OUR COST. SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THINGS. JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS WHAT IT IS, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THAT'S FINE. JUST, YOU KNOW, BUT HE CAME UP BECAUSE OF THE LETTERING. THIS IS A PHOTO OP FOR FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, THE MORE LETTERS, THE MORE COSTLY. YEAH. WE DO LIKE MORE STUFF, BUT FOR THIS ONE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. YEAH. I GOT A MOTION BY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. ONLY FAVOR ANY NAYS I WON'T NAME. AND FOR NOW WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THE PARK FUNDS A AND T SO WE CAN SPIN THEM. BUT IF HE'S GOT TO COME BACK, THEN HE WILL KNOW HE'S GOT MONEY TO SPEND IT. OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT THE THREE GAY AND TUNICS. OKAY. [21. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase and installation of a new 27-ton air conditioner condensing unit for the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum from Air Cool Tech Corporation, in the total amount of $38,295.00.] AND REMEMBER, 21 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF OUR NEW 27 TON AIR CONDITIONER, CONDENSED CONDENSING UNIT CULTURE, HERITAGE MUSEUM FROM A COOL AIR, TAKE A CORPORATION. AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF A $38,285. AND MR. , WE HAVE FOR THE RECORD PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE YOU WAS A PROPOSAL FOR MEDICAL TECH FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A 27 TON CONDENSING UNIT FOR THE SEMIPRO CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, THE QUOTE WAS PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY THAT INSTALLED THE ORIGINAL UNIT. WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS BUILT, THAT COMPANY KNOWS THE INTRICACIES OF THE STATE OF THE ART UNIT, THE CONTROLS, TEMPERATURE, AND HUMIDITY AT OUR MUSEUM. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND I'M GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. UH, LET ME FOLLOW UP. I DIDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION. AIR CONDITIONING GUY. WAS THERE TODAY? YOU SEND AN AIR CONDITIONED GUY. YES. SO WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME? UH, HE SAID THE SAME, SAME DIAGNOSIS WITH THE OTHER GUYS. THEY WOULD GET A REPEAT EXISTING. I SENT SOMEONE OUT THERE BECAUSE I WANTED THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AND GET A DIFFERENT QUOTE. CAUSE I SEE THERE'S ONLY ONE PROPOSAL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YOU'VE GET GONE THROUGH. WE WENT WITH THESE COMPANIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT SYSTEM. IT'S A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM, MUCH LIKE THIS OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS TOUCHED BY ANOTHER COMPANY, UH, THAT SYSTEM WAS PRETTY MUCH RUINED IN THE RED RUN WILD FOR ABOUT A GOOD SIX YEARS. WE BARELY GOT TO GET IT BACK ONLINE. UH, SO WHEN DID, WHEN WAS THIS UNIT PUT IN? YOU MUST PUT IN WHEN THE MISSING WAS BUILT 2008, 2017. CAUSE IT WENT ONLINE SEVEN YEARS, OCTOBER 1ST, 2017 IS WHEN THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED. SO ALL WARRANTIES ARE, WHEN YOU SAY LIST, IT ENDED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. WAIT, BUT FOR RESIDENTIAL TYPICALLY IT'S 10 YEARS. NO, SIR. NOT ENOUGH FOR COMMERCIAL. AND ACTUALLY THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU SENT OVER ALSO TOLD US THESE UNITS HAVE A ONE-YEAR WARRANTY ONLY FOR LABOR NOW FOR, FOR THE UNIT ITSELF. FOR THE UNIT. YES, SIR. THAT'S CRAZY. THAT'S A COMMERCIAL. SO YOU SENT A WEAK MAN THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THERE AND OTHER LABOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HEY, I CAN, AS SOON AS I KNOW, I HAVE A PERSONAL GUY THAT WASN'T THE ONE I SENT, BUT I HAVE A PERSONAL GUY AND HE GIVES FIVE YEAR LABOR WARRANTY ON HIS CRAFTSMANSHIP VERSUS THE T THE TRADITIONALS ONE YEAR. WELL, YOU KNOW, THE LABOR IS ONE THING THAT THE MACHINE THAT WE GET FROM, FROM CARRIER IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING, RIGHT? THE WARRANTY FOR THAT COMES FROM CARRIER, NOT FROM THE INSTALLER COCOA LIGHT. AND CAUSE I SEE HERE AT LASTED FIVE YEARS, WHAT WOULD BE A TYPICAL LIFESPAN? THESE THINGS ARE FIVE TO 10 YEARS JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL, MAYBE 20 YEARS, 15 YEARS. NOT, NOT, NOT ANY MORE, SIR. THAT USED TO BE THE CASE BACK IN THE DAY. NOWADAYS, IF YOU GET THEM 10 YEARS OUT OF A UNIT, IT'S A LOT YOU'RE GOING TO GET, YOU'RE DOING GOOD. SO AVERAGE RIGHT NOW FOR RESIDENTIAL IS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. I JUST PUT ONE IN 10, GOT A 10 YEAR WARRANTY. YEAH, THAT'D BE A 10 YEAR WARRANTY, BUT USUALLY YOU START FAILING ABOUT SEVEN. WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR AREAS, VERY SALTING. THIS UNIT RIGHT HERE AT THE MUSEUM IS SEXUALLY CORRODING. UH, EVERYTHING'S STARTING TO RUST AWAY AT THE LAST EVENT WE WERE THERE THREE WEEKS AGO WITH YOU. UM, UH, TWO DAYS PRIOR, THEY WERE HAVING TO CHARGE UP THE UNIT AND KEEP IT. THAT'S WHERE IT'S FAIRLY WARM. WE'RE CHARGING THIS UNIT OFTEN. NOW WE ACTUALLY LEFT THE, UH, I HAD MY TECHNICIAN ON STANDBY. WE HAVE A JUG OF REFRIGERANT TO RUN UP THERE IN CASEY. IT STARTED GETTING HOT, BUT I, EVERY TIME WE CHARGED THIS THING, THE JUG OF REFRIGERANT IS RUNNING ABOUT $700 RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS THE COST PER TON? WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO REFILL IT'S 27, 10? WHAT'S THE COST TO REFILL IT? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH REFRIGERANT IS LOST. THEY PRICE IT PER TON. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, HOW MUCH HE'S PUTTING INTO IT EVERY TIME. YEAH. YEAH. BUT TYPICALLY WE JUST WANT TO GET A PRICE PER TON. SO $55 A TON, A HUNDRED DOLLARS A TON. SO IF THEY, IF THEY CHARGE IT AS 27 TONS, THAT'S $2,700 EVERY TIME TO CHARGE IT. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW [02:20:01] MANY TIMES IT DOESN'T WORK. IT'S WHATEVER REFRIGERANTS LOST FROM THE SYSTEM. IT DOESN'T EMPTY OUT COMPLETELY. YES. I UNDERSTAND. UH, WHAT SERIES IS IT? WHAT SERIES? I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION, SIR. SO IT'S CALLED SEARS. IT'S A EFFICIENCY STANDARD THAT THEY'RE USING FOR, I KNOW ALL THIS BECAUSE I DID A LITTLE BIT, A LOT OF RESEARCH. I JUST REPLACED A UNIT. UM, MY HOME THAT LAST, WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT WITH THIS IDENTICAL UNIT BECAUSE THE SYSTEM INSIDE THE REPARATION UNIT, THIS IS THE ONE THAT THE MACHINE THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THAT. AND AGAIN, IT'S A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM. IT'S NOT AN ANALOG SYSTEM WHERE I CAN GO AND PUT A DIFFERENT CONDENSING UNIT AND MIX AND MATCH THE CONDENSER AND THE EVAPORATOR. SO THIS IS JUST MUCH OUTSIDE. THIS IS JUST FOR THE OUTSIDE YESTERDAY. ALSO USER YEAH, AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS. HE GAVE ME SOME PRICES, UM, TO REPAIR IT OR TO REPLACE IT. THE REPAIRING, I THINK YOU TOLD ME IT WOULD GIVE ME A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE I WOULD BE BACK. AND I SAID, THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD. SO LET'S LOOK AT REPLACING IT. SO WE TEND TO STAY WITH THE SAME VENDORS. WOULD THEY HAVE IT? BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE INVENTORY. THERE ARE WAYS OF GETTING SOME OF THESE OTHER AND MODIFY OR ADAPT THEM. BUT THEY'RE NOT PART OF THAT SYSTEM, WHICH ALWAYS CONCERNS US. WHEN WE START MIXING UNITS, WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING? WELL, CAUSE THEN CAUSE THEN THAT TELLS YOU HOW MANY TONS DO YOU NEED, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT WAS CALCULATED BY THE ARCHITECTS THAT SELL THE BUILDING. IF I'M THE ARCHITECT, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BIGGEST ONE. MAYBE YOU'RE NOT DOING NO, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. IF YOU HAVE THE BIGGEST ONE, WE'LL CREATE HUMIDITY AND YOU WILL GET MOLD. YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. 18 IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT SESSION. ALL RIGHT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IN FIVE YEARS, THAT'S ALL WE GOT OUT OF IT. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. I MEAN, AND YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE SAME GUY? IT'S NOT THE SAME. SO IT'S THE SAME AS THE SAME UNIT THAT THAT BUILDING REQUIRES. I CANNOT GO IN AND PUT A TRAIN IN THERE WHEN IT'S A CARRIER SYSTEM. OKAY. SO CAN WE, BECAUSE THE REASON I ASK ABOUT SEARS THAT DETERMINES EFFICIENCY OF THE UNIT AND THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO INCREASE TO A 16 SEARS HERE IN JANUARY, 2020, 23, 23, EVERYONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BUY 16 SEARS. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S MORE EFFICIENT. AND I'M SURE MY REDUCES THE ENERGY BILL. UM, I'M SURE THAT THE COMPANY THAT'S OFFERINGS PROPOSAL IS AWARE OF THAT. YEAH. THEY'LL SAY THEY'LL SELL, THEY'LL SELL YOU AN OLDER SEARS UNIT BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER FOR THEM AND THEY NEED TO GET IT UNLOADED OFF THEIR HANDS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T UNLOAD IT ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW, SIR, THERE'S NO STOCK, UH, IN, UH, IN ANY WAREHOUSE, ONCE YOU APPROVE THIS, IT WILL GO TO CARRIER AND THEY WILL BUILD US A MACHINE. YEAH. SO THEY WE'RE NOT WILL NOT PICK IT UP A YEAR OLD STUCK. WHAT'S THE DELAY. UH, IT CAN BE, UH, TWO MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS, DEPENDING ON BUDGET IMPACT. I'M SORRY. BUDGET IMPACT DOES A 38,000 FROM WHERE OUR CARES. OKAY. JUST ONE MOTION TO APPROVE. I FEEL LIKE IT DOES THIS, DOES THIS MARK, DOES THIS GO IN LINE WITH THE PROCUREMENT POLICY? YES, BUT WE DIDN'T GET ANY BIDS AND IT WAS OVER 10 GRAND TINKER AND JUST MISS IT. IT COMES TO YOU OVER 50 MINUTES THAT WE'VE GOT TO BID IT OUT. BUT BECAUSE THIS IS THE KIND OF UNIT IT IS. AND W AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO ADD OTHER PARTS TO IT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND MAKE IT COMPATIBLE. WE WANT, WE ARE RECOMMENDED THAT WE STAY WITH THE SAME BRAND. SO THE GENTLEMEN, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T BRIEF ME, HE BRIEFED ME IN THE CONVERSATION WAS HE WAS GOING TO CALL AROUND FOR THESE PARTS. SHE TELLS ME THAT HE'S NOT, DOESN'T HAVE IT. WE'RE HAVING IT MANUFACTURED. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S WHY I SAID, OKAY, IT'S NOT ALL SHELF. IT'S NOT INVENTORY. WE'RE HAVING IT CUSTOM MADE. AND IT FITS. IT IS THE SAME BRAND THAT WE'VE GOT. COMMISSIONER. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S A SINGLE SOURCE ISSUE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE INSIDE THE INTERIOR AND YOU WANT TO MATCH THE EXTERIOR UNIT WITH THE INTERIOR UNIT THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN GO OUT AND SHOP DIFFERENT. I UNDERSTAND IT NEEDS TO BE A CARE UNIT, BUT YOU CAN SHOP THE LABOR COSTS. AND HERE I DON'T HAVE LABOR COSTS. I JUST HAVE A TOTAL SUM. ISN'T IT SIMILAR? LIKE, THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ITEMIZED. SO WHAT, WHAT COULD THIS GUY BE CHARGING PER HOUR? WHAT COULD HE BE CHARGING PREFERRED REFRIGERANT PER TIME? I DON'T KNOW THOSE THINGS. THEY'RE NOT HERE EITHER WAY. OKAY. YEAH. SO THIS IS A TOTAL COST. YES. MA'AM TO REPLACE IT. EVERYTHING. YEAH, WE IT'S A TURNKEY PROJECT. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. THEY DO EVERYTHING. NO, I HAVE A MOTION. WE MADE A MOTION. I'M SORRY. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS? OKAY. I GOT THE TWO NAYS AND THREE GAYS ARE ASKING. SHE'S ASKING WHO ARE THE TWO DAYS, TWO DAYS MYSELF. AND [02:25:01] , [22. Consideration and possible action to approve a Client Agreement with Top Box Entertainment for ticketing services for the 2022 South Texas Music Festival.] I REMEMBER 22 CONSERVATION PATHWAY ACTION TO PROVE A CLIENT THAT WOMEN WITH A TOP BOXER ENTERTAINMENT OF FOUR TICKETING SERVICES, 2022 SOUTH TEXAS MUSICAL FESTIVAL AND MS. NIKKI SERRANO PER CITY IN THIS ERA. GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI SERRANO PARKS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER FOR THE RECORD. THIS ITEM IS TO ALLOW TALKBOX ENTERTAINMENT TO PROVIDE FULL SERVICE TICKETING SOLUTIONS. FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENT, SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL TOP BOX WILL MANAGE THE SALE OF TICKETS AND PAPER TICKETS, AS WELL AS THE DAY OF TICKET SALES, COLLECTING AND STAFFING. THEY TRACK AND AUDIT SALES AND PROVIDE REPORTS AS NEEDED. THE VALLEY BASED ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES MARKETING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND EMAIL BLASTS STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I THINK CHEMISTRY, WE HAVE FRANCO, WHICH QUESTIONED WHETHER WE WOULD BE SELLING TICKETS HERE. AND WHAT'S THAT ANSWER? WE CAN, YES. AT $5 WITHOUT THE UPFRONT. NO. UH, BECAUSE WE ARE SELLING THE TICKETS THROUGH THEM, UM, IT WOULD STILL BE $5 PLUS THEIR, THEIR FEE AND CORRECT THE SERVICE CHARGE. AND IT'S JUST $1 SERVICE CHARGE. YEAH. I KNOW. AND COMMISSIONER, THE REASON IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT FAR AND WIDE RIDE KINGSVILLE, CORPUS, AND ALL THESE KINDS OF FOLKS, THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE, YOU KNOW, THEY BUY TICKETS AHEAD. UH, I KNOW THAT WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP THE PRICE LOW. I MEAN, WE DROPPED IT FROM TINTO DOWN TO FIVE. SO TO ME, IT'S, I WAS ALWAYS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THIS, UH, ENTERTAINMENT WAS ALMOST RECOMMENDING. WE STAY AT 10. SO I MEAN, BUT THIS WILL SPEED UP THAT SELL AND ENCOURAGE IT. AND AGAIN, WE'LL GET A WIDER AUDIENCE, WHICH IS, THESE THINGS WERE INTENDED TO BRING IN OUTSIDE DOLLARS ALSO. SO THERE'LL BE DOING THE GATE TO THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. THEY DO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PURCHASE A TICKET ONLINE, YOU HAVE THE PRINTOUT OR YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR PHONE AND THEY HAVE, UH, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO THAT. THEY DO THE SCAN, WHAT FISCAL DISTRICTS ARE DOING NOW FOR JUNIOR HIGH, HIGH SCHOOL GAMES. THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD THAT THEY'VE DONE ALL ONLINE FOR THE GAMES, YOU KNOW, FINDING THAT QUICK. OKAY. UH, BUT IF MY DAUGHTER'S HERE, PRE-SALE RIGHT. NO, NO, NO SIX. AND IT'LL BE FIVE DAY OF, OR BEFOREHAND FIVE PLUS THE SERVICE FEE, WHICH IS A DOLLAR. SO THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THE DOLLAR FEE. NO, SIR. OKAY. YEAH. THE QUESTIONS DO I HAVE MOTION THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, GARCIA SECOND TAKEN BY A MIRROR BOTTOM, UH, FRANCO ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [23. Consideration and possible action to approve a joint Halloween on the Trail event with the Cameron County Constable Precinct 3 to be held on Thursday, October 27, 2022 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Heavin Memorial Park.] ITEM 23 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION. TO APPROVE A JOINT HALLOWEEN ON THE TRAIL. EVEN WITH THE CAMERON COUNTY, CONSTABLE PRECINCT THREE ON TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2022 FROM 6:30 PM TO 8:30 PM. THAT HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK . THANK YOU. MARY COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI FURANO PARKS AND RECREATION, SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER FOR THE RECORD. LAST YEAR, THE CITY JOINS CAMERON COUNTY, CONSTABLE PRECINCT THREE FOR A HALLOWEEN EVENT, WHICH PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY WITH A SAFE AND ENVIRONMENT TO ENJOY THE HOLIDAY. THE EVENT WAS A SUCCESS AND WELL RECEIVED BY ALL CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONSTABLE STAFF TO PLAN ANOTHER FESTIVAL EVENT WITH A COSTUME CONTEST, FOOD TRUCKS, AND PLENTY OF CANDY AND FUN STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. AMERICA COMMISSIONERS. I HAD AN INQUIRY EARLIER FROM AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ASKING WHETHER, UH, WHAT THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WAS PARTICIPATING IN, MAINLY AS THEY ACTUALLY DEDICATE SOMEBODY TO THE STAFF THAT ACTUALLY SOLICITS THE, UH, GETS THE, UH, VENDORS, THE VENDORS TO PARTICIPATE. SO THEY ACTUALLY WORKED. SO IT IS A TRUE PARTNERSHIP. THEY, THEY, THEY PUT SOME TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT. AND TH AND THEY LAST YEAR, WHICH IS WHEN WE HEADED IT'S TOOKIE PARK, CORRECT. UM, IT DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME BACKDROP THAT WE ENJOY WITH THE, WITH THE PARK HAVEN ARE HAVING TROUBLE. SO, UH, WE, UH, WE SUGGESTED THAT WE EITHER RELOCATED OR THEY CAN HAVE THEIR OWN AND WE HAVE OUR OWN, UH, SO I GUESS, UH, HE, THEY OPT THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE IS OPTED TO JOIN US ON HOURS ON, ON THAT THURSDAY. BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. UH, THEY'RE NOT JUST THERE. THEY ACTUALLY WORK AT IT IN, IN GET VENDORS TO PARTICIPATE. UH, SO THEY CAN, THERE CAN BE A SCHEDULE FOR THE KIDS. SO, UH, THAT'S WHY IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. OKAY. DO I NEED A MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. BY MIRROR PUTIN VIA BRONCO ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [24. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Radio Frequency Identification System (RFID System) includes: (3) transparent RFID gates,(l) countertop self-checkout machine, (30,000) RFID tags,(l) Envisionware Small Library Edition software,(l) self-service checkout bundle software, and (17) hours consulting/training at location for the amount of $22,937.16.] I DON'T REMEMBER. 24 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM. UM, [02:30:01] RFB RFID SYSTEM INCLUDES, UH, UH, TRANSPARENT, UH, AURA RFID. KATE'S COUNTERTOP, A SELF CHECKOUT, THE MACHINE 30,000 RFID TAGS, UM, ENVISION WHERE A SMALL LIBRARY, ADDITION TO SOFTWARE ONE. UH, SO CHECK OUT THE BUNDLED SOFTWARE AND 17 HOURS CONSULTANT TRAINING AT LOCAL AT LOCATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF A 22,937 AND 16 CENTS. AND MR. SOSA PRESENTED THE SEVEN GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS SCOTT ADIPOSE. AL-ASSAD LIBRARY DIRECTOR. I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR TO ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF AN RFID SYSTEM OR RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES THREE GATES. UH, IT INCLUDES A COUNTERTOP SELF-CHECKOUT MACHINE, 30,000 RFID TAGS, THE ENVISION WHERE SOFTWARE REQUIRED FOR THE SELF-CHECKOUT AND FOR THE CATALOGING, OR, UH, CATALOGING OF THE, OF THE MATERIALS THROUGH THIS NEW SOFTWARE. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT INCLUDES 17 HOURS OF TRAINING ON LOCATION FOR THE LIBRARY STAFF. YOUR BUDGET? UH, YES, SIR. AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, PART OF IT IS COMING FROM THE LIBRARY BUDGET, AND THE OTHER PART IS COMING FROM CAMERON COUNTY. THEY ARE, UH, PURCHASING OR GIVING US A $10,000 GRANT TO PURCHASE THE TOTAL PRICE. THAT'S GOOD. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO USE SUPPORT? WELL, THE, THE RFID SYSTEM IS A, IS A SYSTEM MADE UP OF THREE OR FOUR COMPONENTS AND BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES OR IT, NUMBER ONE IN MY BOOK, IT PROTECTS THE LIBRARY COLLECTION, THE LIBRARY COLLECTION, UH, WE HAVE 34,000 PLUS BOOKS. THAT'S VALUED AT ABOUT $670,000. SO NUMBER ONE, IT'S A THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM. EVERY BOOK GETS A TAG ON IT. EVERY BOOK, WHEN IT LEAVES THE LIBRARY GIVES A NOTIFICATION, WHETHER IT'S BEEN CHECKED OUT, IF IT HASN'T BEEN CHECKED OUT, IT RINGS AN ALARM THROUGH THESE GATES. SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE PERHAPS AT A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT. IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T GET CLEARED, IT'S GOING TO RING AT THE GATES. THAT'S NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO IS INVENTORY. AND NUMBER THREE, IT FACILITATES THE CHECKING IN AND CHECKING OUT OF MATERIALS TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY. OR IN SOME CASES, EVEN WHEN YOU PAY FOR IT, IT STILL RINGS AT THE STORES. I'M SORRY, SIR. ONE MORE THING. EVEN AT THE STORES, EVEN IF YOU STILL PAY FOR IT, SOMETIMES IT'S STILL RINGING. OH YEAH, OF COURSE. OF COURSE. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I'M WITH YOU AND YOU'RE WALKING OUT THE STORE. YEAH. IT'S COMP IT'S A COMPLEX SYSTEM. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR INVENTORY AND IT'S, IT'S TOTALLY SCALABLE. SO AS THE LIBRARY GROWS, THE SYSTEM CAN GROW WITH THE LIBRARY. I THINK IT'S A GOOD BOOK. SO THAT WASN'T ASKED YOU, UM, BECAUSE YOU SAID CAMERON COUNTY WILL PAY, UH, HOW MUCH. YES, SIR. THE TOTAL PRICE IS $22,937 AND 16 CENTS. THE CITY IS PAYING 12,000 AND CAMERON COUNTY IS PAYING 10,000. OKAY. WHAT RELATIONSHIP DO YOU HAVE WITH THE CAMERON COUNTY THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO? YES, SIR. UH, THE CITY OF SOMEBODY THOUGHT AS WELL AS OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA IN THE VALLEY AND CAMERON COUNTY SERVE CAMERON COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF, OF THE, UH, RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE CITY LIMITS, RIGHT? SO THEY FALL UNDER COUNTY. SO CAMERON COUNTY GIVES FUNDING BASED ON THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTY SERVED BY EACH CITY. IN OUR CASE, WE SERVE ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE, NON RESIDENT OF SAN BENITO AND THEIR CAMERON COUNTY YESTERDAY. THEY USE THE FACILITIES IN 70. SO COMMISSIONER, I'M SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FRONT THE MONEY IS AT $22,900. AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED ONCE WE MAKE THAT PURCHASE. SO, BUT, BUT IT IS, I, I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE NUMBERS WERE SO HIGH, SO IT'S ON SOME TYPE OF FORMULA THAT THEY COME UP WITH. AND IT'S PROBABLY LOOKING AT WHO COMES IN THROUGH OUR, AND CHECKED OUT BOOKS AND STUFF. SO, UM, SO WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS IN A, AND WE WENT THROUGH THIS AGAIN AND, UH, WE DO NOT LIKE THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE, THEN EVEN THE, UH, THE FORMER WAY WE CHECKED OUT BOOKS, IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF LIBRARY FEE LIBRARY FEES THAT AREN'T PAID TO US. SO, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU TO TRY TO CLEAR EVERYBODY'S ACCOUNTS JUST BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT HE'S, UH, HE LIKES IT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO SERVE OUR, OUR BEST INTEREST FOR BOTH CUSTOMERS, CITIZENS, AND NON-CITIZENS OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA? JACKIE SAID NOPE. AND A SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS WHAT'S THE BASIS. [02:35:02] THANK YOU. THANK YOU HEARING. [25. Consideration and possible action to ratify the Texas A& M University Sponsored Research Services Subaward Agreement Number M2101662 Amendment Number 1 authorizing the mayor to execute.] I DON'T REMEMBER. 25 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY THE TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SPONSORED RESEARCH SERVICE SIP AWARD. THE AGREEMENT NUMBER M 2 1 0 1 6 6 2 AGREEMENT. UH, NUMBER ONE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE. AND MR. GARCIA PRESENTED THE CENTER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS ON USA FOR THE RECORD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COORDINATOR. UH, THIS ITEM A IS EXTENDING THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 TO MARCH 31ST, 2022. THAT PERIOD IS GOING TO BE EXTENDED FROM TWO OCTOBER, FROM OCTOBER, 2020 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 TO CONTINUE PHASE FOUR RENOVATION, A PURE RENOVATION AND INSTALLATION OF HIGH AND LOW WATER, UH, GAUGES FOR THE WETLANDS PROJECT. UH, STAFF APPROVES RECOMMEND, UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THE AMERICAN RUSSIA. THIS IS A RATIFICATION MAYOR. YOU'VE ALREADY SIGNED IT. UH, WE'VE NOTIFIED THE AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD TWO COMMISSIONERS LAST FRIDAY, COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND COMMISSIONER GALVAN THAT ACTUALLY TOOK A TOUR OF THE WETLANDS. WE ARE ALL, UH, YOU LAST MONTH APPROVED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO A THIRD PEER, UH, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PRIOR, UH, ADMINISTRATION THEY'RE ALREADY APPROVED TO PEERS. SO THIS IS THE THIRD ONE WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, OTHERS, UH, STATE AGENCIES AND NONPROFITS TO, TO MEET A, A, AN EVENT IS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. SO, UM, UH, AGAIN, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU EARLY. IT WASN'T, BUT, UM, AND AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW STAFF AND, UH, MR. GARCIA, UM, IS HANDLING THIS PROJECT, PARKS RECREATION MAINTAINS IT, AND PLANNING KIND OF HELPS WITH THE GRANT. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE DIVISIONS ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY. AND AGAIN, THIS IS PHASE FOUR, UH, AND THIS IS, UH, AN ADDENDUM TO THAT CONTRACT. THE ZONAL SHOULD APPEAR ONLY IT'S PEER RENOVATIONS AND WE'RE INSTALLING, UH, HIGH WATER AND LOW WATER GAUGES TO MONITOR, UH, THE WATER LEVELS THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT SEASONS MARE, WASHINGTON PROOF. OKAY. WOW, THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS OR SURPASSES [26. Consideration and possible action to approve Change Order Approval Request Form Number 1 from Hanson Professional Services, Inc., for the Alameda Lift Station Improvements and the reduction in linear feet of pvc piping and materials, RFP Number 2022-002-0501.] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CHARGE, A CHANGE ORDER APPROVAL REQUEST OF WARM NUMBER ONE FOR HANSON, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, INC. WHAT THE, UH, UM, ALAMEDA LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS AND THE REDUCTION IN DINNER, PETE, UH, PVC, UH, PIPING THE MATERIAL R F P NUMBER 2 0 2 2 DASH 0 0 2 DASH 0 5 0 1. AND MR. GARCIA PRESENTED THE CENTER, ANY OTHER SALE FOR THE RECORD? UH, THIS, UH, CHANGE ORDER. IT PERTAINS TO THE REDUCTION IN LINEAR FEET. THAT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR, UH, THE ALAMEDA LIFT STATION WILL NOT HAVE, UH, THE CITY WON'T BE HAVING A TIE AND ACROSS THE STREET, WE'RE GOING TO BE TYING INTO, UH, EXISTING, UH, UTILITIES, UH, IN THE EXISTING LOT WHERE THE ALAMEDA LIFT STATION, UH, EXISTS RIGHT NOW WITH THE, AT THE TIME. UM, THE TOTAL COST SAVINGS TO THE CONTRACT PRICE IS A $1,225. A STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. WOW. I HARDLY SEE ANY CHANGE ORDERS AND THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE TO SAVE MONEY. I KNOW. SO I'VE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE QUESTIONS, WASHINGTON. UM, I GOT IT. YES, I DO. I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ SECOND BY TIM FRANCO, ALL THE PAPER, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. REMEMBER HE JUST GAVE YOU SOMETHING HE'S ABOUT TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE, OKAY, SO WE SKIP IT. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THE 27TH THERE. [27. Consideration and possible action to approve Change Order Approval Request Form Number 2 from Hanson Professional Services, Inc., for the Alameda Lift Station Improvements for the addition of a concrete slab and additional piping for above ground design, RFP Number 2022-002-0501.] I DON'T KNOW, 27 BECAUSE THERE WAS IMPOSSIBLE. I TEND TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER. OKAY. APPROVAL REQUEST FORM NUMBER TWO FOR HENSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. WHILE THE, UH, ALMEDA, UH, LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENT FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONCRETE SLAB AND ADDITIONAL PIPING FOR ABOVE GROUND DESIGN, RFP NUMBER, UH, 2022 DASH ZERO TWO DASH 0 5 0 1. AND MR. GARCIA PRESENT IN THE CENTER FOR THE RECORD, HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST US. THIS CHANGE ORDER WILL BE COSTING THE CITY $54,746. UH, THE REASONING BEHIND THIS, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLING A CONCRETE SLAB ABOVE THE EXISTING LIFT STATION, UH, AND EXTENDING THE PIPING. SO WE CAN HAVE THE VALVES ABOVE GROUND FOR, UH, OPERATION, UH, PURPOSES, AS WELL AS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE RECOMMENDED, UH, AS, AS A WHOLE. UM, AND WE'VE TALKED IT OVER. SO THAT, THAT WAS THE BEST OPTION. SO WE CAN KEEP THAT THE LONGEVITY OF THAT LIFT STATION, UH, AS LONG AS POSSIBLE [02:40:01] STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON, ON THIS ACTION ACCESS TO MAINTENANCE YESTERDAY. YEAH. AND, UM, AMERICA COMMISSIONERS, WHEN WE, WE, WHEN WE BROUGHT ON HANSON ENGINEERING THERE, THE DESIGN ENGINEERS, AND THEY'RE GOOD DESIGNERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT OPERATIONS. UM, THESE TWO PEOPLE, THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS, THESE EMPLOYEES OF OURS, UH, GARCIA IN ALMA, KARA, UM, MR. GARCIA IS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND OBVIOUSLY ALMOST A PE AND A CIVIL ENGINEER. WELL, WHEN THEY BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION TO SAY, LOOK, UH, IT'S GOOD, BUT WE CAN MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS WHILE WE'RE THERE. AND WE'D LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE YOU LOOK AT IT. SO, UH, IT MADE SENSE OPERATIONALLY. THEY DECIDED THEY MADE THAT, MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION. AND, UH, AND I TH I BELIEVE THAT IT'S, IT'S GOING TO SERVE OUR BEST INTERESTS AND IF NOT, AND CERTAINLY MS. GARRETT CAN WALK YOU THROUGH WHY, UM, SHE MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION OR BOTH WELL, ESPECIALLY ABOUT LONGEVITY. CAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE, SO YEAH. I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE, UH, MS. UH, HOW MUCH HI, ADAM . UM, SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT DESIGN PRESENTED BY HANSON, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD WAS, UM, HOW WERE OUR GUYS AND OUR CREWS GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND MAINTAIN THAT? RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE SAW WAS THAT IN ORDER TO PUMP THE LIFT STATION IN CASE THERE'S IT OVERFLOWS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE A VECTOR TRUCK THROUGH THERE. RIGHT? SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ADDITIONS THAT WE DID WITH, UH, CHANGING IT FROM ASPHALT TO CONCRETE, JUST SO IT HAS MORE DURABILITY, ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING IN SUCH A SENSITIVE AREA BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTIAL, LOTS. WE DIDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, THE MATERIAL TO KEEP OUR, THE TRUCK TO KIND OF DO DAMAGE WITH, TO THE ASPHALT. UM, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE NOTICED AS WELL, THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WET WELL IS UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. WE, THE LIFT STATIONS REALLY DELIBERATION WAS MADE YEARS AGO, DECADES AGO. AND ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS THAT THE LIFT STATION, UM, BUILDING WAS REALLY SMALL. SO THAT KIND OF REALLY LIMITED OUR GUYS' ABILITY TO GO IN THERE AND, AND MAINTAIN IT. SO SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS RAISE, UH, THE VALVES AND, AND ENSURE THAT OUR GUYS WEREN'T HAVING TO GO INTO THAT, THAT VERY LIMITED AREA WITH THE WET WELL, AND HAVING TO DO THAT. AND IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH THE LIFT STATION OVERFLOWING, THERE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN, IN SOME, IN WATER AND IT WAS CAUSING A BIT OF AN ISSUE. SO BY RAISING THOSE VALVES, IT ALLOWS EASIER MAINTENANCE AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, UM, ANYTIME MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO BE DONE AND JUST, IT ALLOWS FOR REGULAR UP-TO-DATE, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE AND ENSURES THAT OUR GUIDES HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO IT. THEN HOW MANY GO INTO THE WET? WELL, AND, AND THAT WAS JUST A DESIGN ISSUE THAT WE SAW, UM, WHENEVER WE SAW THE, THE PLAN SUBMITTED BY HANSON. OKAY. MANNY, UH, THE LIFT STATION, WELL, THE LIFT STATION IS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE REHAB, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE BIGGER CAPACITY OR NO, IT'S GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU MORE. NO, WE IN CHANGE CAPACITY, IT'S A LIMITED SPACE OR CAPACITY OF THE WET, WELL IS STILL THERE IN IT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UH, HOUSING IT'S, IT'S SHIFTING, RIGHT? SO IT NEEDS TO BE STABLE, BUT THIS WILL CERTAINLY, UH, ALLOW THE FIELD OPERATORS TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN IT. AND WON'T PUT THEM IN SUCH A CONFINED SPACE WHERE IT'S, WHERE THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THEM. THE DESIGN WORKS. THIS JUST MAKES IT MUCH FASTER FOR THEM AND LESS LIKELY THAN GETTING NERDS. AND WE KEEP THEM OUT OF THE SEWAGE. SHE WAS SAYING WATER IT'S SEWAGE. YEAH. YES. I JUST DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, BECAUSE, UH, TO ME, IT WAS, IF I COULD REMEMBER, WE WANTED G INCREASE CAPACITY AT ONE POINT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WAS THERE AND, UH, THE, UM, MAYBE BUSINESS OR THERE WAS TRYING TO COME IN. BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, YEAH, ANYTHING THAT, UH, IS GOING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE, THE WORKERS OUT OF THE PIT I'M IN AGREEMENT. I LIKE IT. THANK YOU FOR THE DESIGN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCIENTISTS. AND SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [28. Consideration and possible action to approve Payment Number 2 to Ferguson Service Systems, Inc., as recommended by Hanson Professional Services, Inc., pertaining to the El Camino Number 1 Lift Station Improvements in the total amount of $81,079.02.] I REMEMBER 28 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PAYMENT NUMBER TWO FOR A FRIGGIN PROGRESSING, UH, SERVICE, UH, SYSTEM INC, AS RECOMMENDED BY HANDSOME PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, INC, UH, PERTAIN TO EL CAMINO, UH, NUMBER ONE, LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $81,209 AND 2 CENTS. AND MR. GARCIA PRESENTED THE CENTER, ANY OTHER CEO FOR THE RECORD? UH, THIS PAYMENT RECOMMENDED BY HANSON TO FERGUSON SERVICES, UH, PERTAINS TO MATERIALS AND MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN, UH, SET IN PLACE AT THE JOB SITE. UH, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT WOULD BE FOR 80 1079 AND 2 CENTS. UH, THE JOB SITE RIGHT NOW, IT'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 29% COMPLETION [02:45:01] RATE ON IT. UM, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THIS ACTION AS WELL. OKAY. COMMISSIONS ARE THE QUESTIONS. DO I HAVE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUCH AS SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LAVONNE, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES? [29. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Voluntary Request to Annex a property bearing a Legal description of; Being a 9.819-acre tract of land, more or less, out of Block 12, of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, of the Ma p Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Shield Enterprises, LLC.] OKAY. I REMEMBER 29 PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY REQUEST TO ANNEX A PROPERTY OF BERNIE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF, UH, OF BEARING A 9.819. HE COULD TRACK A BLIND MORE OR LESS, UH, OUT OF BLOCK 1271 LAND AND WATER COMPANIES OF DIVISION RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX, OR THE MAP OF RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS APPLICANT, A SHIELD ENTERPRISE LLC, AND MR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, AND THIS PLANNER ONE FOR RECORD, EXCUSE ME. UM, PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER ON AUGUST 19TH, 2022, AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY STABBED DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION. THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND OF COURSE IT'S OKAY. UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO, UH, OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS EIGHT 18, AND WE'RE NOW IN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. NOBODY. OKAY THEN, UH, IT'S UH, EIGHT 18 AND I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. I [30. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2607-09-2022(Z) regarding the Voluntary Annexation of a property located on East Business 77 bearing a Legal Description of; Being a 9.819-acre tract of land, more or less, out of Block 12, of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6, of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Shield Enterprises, LLC.] DID NUMBER 31ST. WE DID AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 0 7 DASH ZERO NINE DASH 2022 Z REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN EAST BUSINESS, 77 BURNED THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING 8 8, 9 0.819 ACRE TRACK OF LINE, MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK 12 SEMINOLE LAND AND WATER ACCOMPANY SUBDIVISION RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX OF THE MAP RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, UH, SHIELD ENTERPRISE LLC. MR. HERNANDEZ PERCENTAGES. ADAM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF A 9.819 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMIT LINE. ANNEXATION IS A PROCESS OF ADDING ADDITIONAL TERRITORY TO AN EXISTING CITY. A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OCCURS WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER INITIATE THE ANNEXATION PROCEDURE BY ASKING THE CITY TO REDRAW THEIR BOUNDARIES, TO INCLUDE THE LANDOWNER'S PROPERTY I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, THIS IS BY CODY, SIR. RIGHT? SHIELD. THAT'S HIS PROPERTY. OH, OKAY. SO TO HIS BUSINESS, CORRECT. OH, OKAY. I GET IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WE GET IT. WHAT'S WHERE'S THE PROPERTY. WHERE DID THE CITY LIMITS? I KEEP TRYING TO PULL UP THE CITY LIMITS MAP ON A PLANNING AND ZONING AND I CAN'T PULL IT, DOWNLOAD IT IF YOU COULD JUST LOOK INTO THAT AS A SIDE NOTE, BUT I HAVE A ZONING MAP, BUT IT LIKE SOME OF THE PROPERTY, LIKE THE SKINNIER PORTION IS WITHIN CITY LIMITS. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. BASICALLY PART OF THE PROPERTY OFF OF FM FIVE, 10, THAT TRIANGULAR PIECE, IT'D BE FOLLOW THAT LINE STRAIGHT DOWN, BOW THAT BOLT LINE AND FOLLOW IT STRAIGHT DOWN THAT, TURN IT INTO THAT GREEN LINE. THAT'S THE CITY LIMIT LINE RECTORS WHO HE MUST'VE BOUGHT PROPERTY BEHIND HIM. AT ONE POINT, IT WAS KIND OF WEIRD THAT, THAT ALL OF IT WASN'T TOGETHER. I'M JUST CONFUSED AS TO HOW I GOT LOST SOMEWHERE. YEAH. THE, THE WAY THEY MADE THE ANNEXATION, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY THEY FOLLOWED IT. THEY DIDN'T, I GUESS THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS ENTIRE PROPERTY. THAT'S THE WAY THEY, UH, DID THE ANNEXATION. SO NOW PART IS IN THE COUNTY, PARTISAN THE CITY, AND HE JUST WANTS TO BE PART OF THE CITY. UH, HE HAS INTENTIONS TO LATER REZONING. SO THAT'S WHY HE'S ANNEXATION, UH, ANNEXING RIGHT NOW. [02:50:01] OKAY. THAT HAPPENED ON SAM HOUSTON. ALSO, AS YOU GO DOWN, SAME HOUSTON, YOU'LL SEE THESE LEGS 5, 5, 5 0 9, WHERE THEY MAY GO 200, 300 LINEAR FEET BACK FROM THE ROADWAY AND IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T FOLLOW PROPERTY LINES. THEY ARE JUST THESE STRAIGHT LINES. SO, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED ALONG BUSINESS SUNDAY SEVEN AND THAT THE REST OF THE PARK PROPERTY WASN'T, UH, WASN'T INCLUDING THE ANNEXATION WHEN THEY DO, UH, THE, THE STRIP ANNEXATIONS. SO I RECALL THAT WHEN WE MET THAT, UH, HE'S, HE'S PROPOSING SOME CELL TOWERS OR SOMETHING BACK IN THE RHINE, CORRECT? A 5G. YEAH. ONE OR TWO, UH, ONE THERE AND ONE OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY. OKAY. HOW TALL ARE THEY? ALRIGHT. UH, IT'S IT MEETS ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH IS A ONE 20 AND THEN THAT'S RIGHT. HE WASN'T GONNA GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. HE WANTED TO STAY AT, AT THE 1 25, WHATEVER IT IS THAT AT THAT HEIGHT. SO WE HAVE ONE THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE CONDITIONALLY. UH, YEAH, YEAH. UM, NO, IT MAY REQUIRE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. IT DOESN'T EXCEED LIKE THE AP SERVICE CENTER DIT. SO IT'S WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE USE. SO AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THAT AND HE GETS THE CUP, HE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. HE ACTUALLY REQUESTED FOR A TALLER ONE AT, AT FIRST AND THEN SAID, NO, I CAN STAY WITH ANYONE. WE, WE REVIEWED IT. AND, UH, WE PROVIDED REVISIONS AND THEY HAVE TO, UH, UH, MEET THE MINIMUM HEIGHT AND ANY TOWER ON OR TOWERS ON ANY ZONING DESIGNATION HAVE, UH, HAVE TO APPLY FOR A CUP. SO A CUP WILL BE REQUIRED EVENTUALLY, BUT FIRST APP TO ANNEX THEN AFTER THEY HAVE TO REZONE. AND THEN, SO THERE'S STILL A WAYS TO GO. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. ALL HIS PROPERTIES BECOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO, UH, CONVERTED TO LIGHT INDUSTRY. OKAY. OKAY. NO, IT'S, UH, [31. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request to Rezone a property located Shafer Road, bearing a Legal Description of; Being 9.96 acres of land out of Block One Hundred and Twenty Three (123), of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, from SF-1 "Single Family One " to SF-2 "Duplex, Residential". Applicant: Los Cedros Properties, LLC.] I DUNNO, 31 TO PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE GOING TO OPEN UP, UH, I DUNNO, 31 PUBLIC HEARING. WE OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S 8 23. YEAH. UH, YEAH, HE'S ASKING. YEAH. AGENDA ITEM 30 WAS FIRST READING. NO ACTION. SO, YEAH. SO HE'S GONE AND LIVED ON 2 31 PUBLIC WE'RE IN 31, RIGHT? YES. DID YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 29? RUTH DID. IS THERE A CLOSED ON PUBLIC HEARING THERE? WASN'T OKAY. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE 30, SO WE'RE IN 31 YEAR. YOU'RE RIGHT, MAN. OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. YES. OKAY. JUST TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE A, SOMEBODY FOR PUBLIC AREA. OKAY. OH, SORRY. UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, TOM GOODMAN, UM, ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE REVIEWED BOTH OF THESE ITEMS AS WELL, JUST IN CASE YOU WANTED TO KNOW, WE LOOKED AT THESE ITEMS AND FELT LIKE THAT THEY DESERVED APPROVAL AS WELL. SO THAT'S JUST COMING FROM PLANNING, ZONING, EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T ASK, WE'RE JUST TELLING YOU, BUT WE, WE SAW THESE ISSUES AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE SERVING AN IMPORTANT POINT HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE MORE AND WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU. TRYING TO GET THE, OH, I THINK LET'S SEE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT 30 TILL WE GOT IT SQUARED AWAY. I NUMBER THREE. OKAY. OKAY. SO I DON'T, SO WHEN ITEM 31. OKAY. OH, OKAY. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I DON'T REMEMBER. 31 PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT INPUT REGARDING THE REQUEST OF REZONE A PROPERTY LOCATED IN SHAPER ROAD, BARELY LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING A 9.96 ACRE LINE OUT OF BLOCK 123 AND A CITY. SOMEBODY TOLD LAND WATER COMPANIES HAVE DIVISION RECORDED VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX OF THE MAP RECORDS. KIMRA COUNTY, TEXAS, UH, SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY, ONE, TWO SF, TWO DUPLEX, UH, RESIDENTIAL APPLICANT'S, UH, LOS CERRITOS, UH, PROPERTIES, LLC. AND MR. JACOB, UH, NOW THIS PERSON IS THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SEMINAL NEWS ON AUGUST 19TH, 2022, [02:55:02] AND A PUBLIC NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING. OKAY. SO, UH, WE'LL OPEN UP TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THERE WAS AN 8 26 SOMEWHERE WE GOT MIXED UP, I GUESS. YES. AGAIN, COMMISSIONER TOM GOODMAN ON THE PUBLIC PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. UH, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, SEVERAL PERSONS WHEN WE HAD THE HEARING AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING WHO DID, UH, SPEAK, UH, ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THEIR ACCESS. AND GRESSER YOU GUESTS TO THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THERE AT THE PROPERTY, UM, WE'LL SELL THOSE PROPERTIES, LLC WAS THERE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND, UH, THE FOLKS WERE SATISFIED WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY RECEIVED WHILE THEY WERE THERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NONE. OKAY. THEN, UH, I'LL CLOSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TIME IS 8 27 AND CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. [32. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2608-09-2022(Z) to Rezone a property located on Shafer Road, bearing a Legal Description of; Being 9.96 acres of land out of Block One Hundred and Twenty Three (123), of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 1, Page 6 of the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, from SF-1 "Single Family One" to SF-2 "Duplex, Residential". Applicant: Los Cedros Properties, LLC.] OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER. 32 FIRST WEEK IN ORANGE NUMBER 26 0 8 DASH ZERO NINE DASH 2022 Z THREE IS THE ONLY PROPERTY LOCATED IN SAFER ROAD, EARLY LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF VARYING 9.96 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK A ONE, A ONE TWENTY THREE, A HUNDRED TWENTY THREE. SOMEBODY WHO LAND AND WATER COMPANIES HAVE DIVISION RECORDED IN VOLUME, ONE PAYCHECKS, MAPS AND RECORD CHEMICAL AND TEXAS SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY. ONE, TWO SF, TWO DUPLEX, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH, UH, PROPERTIES LLC. AND MR. RODRIGUEZ F THEN THIS PERSON IS THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM SF ONE, TWO SF, TWO DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL. THE FEATURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES A PROPOSED USE OF GENERAL RESIDENTIAL AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES HAVE A PROPOSED LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF GENERAL, RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL, SORRY, AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX SUBDIVISION IS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES A SF TWO DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL ZONE TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY ORDINANCE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. IT'S MAYFIELD ROAD STILL. UM, IT, UM, IT'S ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY. IS, IS IT IN? THEY WOULD HAVE TO UPGRADE IT. I SEE IT ON THE MAP THERE. YOU SEE IT THERE NEXT TO THE YELLOW LINE ON THE BERTA COLOSSAE SIDE. YEAH. UM, IT'S IT'S UNIMPROVED AND, UH, IT IS BEING USED, UH, FOR THAT HOUSE TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY, UM, ABOUT BEING, UH, IMPROVED THE ORDINANCE. DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT PROCESS WHEN THEY COME FOR APPROVAL FOR THE PLOT, SO, OKAY. IT'S MAYFIELD AND IT'S A DIRT. IT'S LIKE A DIRT. YEAH. IS IT AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT? THERE ARE DRAINAGE. WHAT RUNS THROUGH THERE OR MAY FEEL MAY BE WE'LL ONLY TO LOOK AT THE PLOT TO SEE WHO OWNS IT, BUT IT MAY BE OWNED BY, UH, EITHER A PATIENT OR A DRAINAGE DISTRICT. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. LIKE AN EASTMAN FOR THE DRAINAGE. SO THAT RESIDENTIAL UNIT, IT LOOKS LIKE AT THAT NORTHWEST CORNER OF THAT SIDE MAY, MAY BE USING MAYFIELD. BUT AGAIN, IT IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, JUST LIKE ROBERT STRIVE FOR ROBERTS WROTE A PRIVATE, I THINK IT'S PRIVATE. YEAH. CAUSE I THINK, UH, I BROUGHT HER TO HER ATTENTION ABOUT THE REPAYMENT AND I THINK IT'S BEEN, THIS IS ALMOST 10 ACRES. SO DUPLEXES, PRIVATE ROADS. I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY LAYOUTS YET ON THE, ON THE LAND. SO THIS IS DOESN'T, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED SPOT ZONING CONSIDERING THAT ALL THE HOMES AROUND ARE RESIDENTIAL. WELL, IT, IT, IT, THERE'S A BUFFER, I GUESS YOU WANT TO CALL IT A LACK FROM AOL. THE NEXT THING IS SF ONE BNSF TWO. SO IT'S, I GUESS IT'S RELATED THEN FROM THERE YOU GO TO MULTI-FAMILY SO IT IS RESIDENTIAL IN A WAY, IT WAS JUST SEEMS A LITTLE, UM, TOGETHER. OH, DUPLEX, THAT'S A DUPLEX. IT'S NOT, MULTI-FAMILY NO, IT'S TWO STORIES. IT CAN ONLY BE DUPLEX AND THAT LOOKS APPROPRIATE. YEAH. AND MR. GOODMAN JUST SENT THAT TO THE FOLKS THAT HAD ANY OPPOSITION, THEY GOT, THERE ARE ISSUES CLEARED UP. WELL, UH, IT WAS A RESIDENT THAT LIVED THERE IN THE SOUTH. THEIR CONCERNS WERE [03:00:01] THE MONITOR TRAFFIC. I DID LET THEM KNOW THAT WHEN THEY DO SUBMIT THE SUBDIVISION OR, UH, THE SUBDIVISION PLAT, UH, TIA WILL BE REQUIRED. SO IF THEY DO HAVE TO IMPROVE OR ADD A LANE, UH, AND BASED ON, UH, INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, UH, BASED ON THE LOCKS, HOW MANY 45, 45 LOTS, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD, UH, REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL EXIT OR TWO INTEREST IN AN EXIT, NOT JUST ONE EXIT, CORRECT. THEY, THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED ANYTHING YET. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST DONE THE REASON FACE OTHER QUESTIONS. NO. OKAY. [33. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a rezoning request for a property located at the intersection of Resaca Shores and Early Road, bearing a Legal Description of; Being a Tract of Land containing 5.895 acres being part of and out of Lots 5, 6, 9 and 10 of Block 85 of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, according to the Ma p thereof recorded under Volume] MOVE ON TO A NUMBER 33 PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THEIR INPUT REGARDING ARIES ONLY EVEN QUESTION WHERE THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE INTERSECTION OF SECOND SHORES AND EARLY ROAD IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, BEARING A TRACK OF LINE CONTAINING THE 5.895 ACRES BEING PART OF, PART OF AN OUT OF A LOT, 5, 6, 9, AND 10 OF LOT, A BLOCK 85, 7 OLD LAND AND WATER, A COMPANY SUBDIVISION. ACCORDING TO MAP, THERE ARE RECORDED UNDER VOLUME ONE PAGE 25, WHERE THE MET RECORDS CHEMICALS. AND I BEGAN A SILICONE, THE TECHNOLOGIES LLC AND MR. . THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THE EXISTING 5.895 ACRE TRACT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR THE ANNEXATION WAS ACTUALLY JUST APPROVED AT THE JULY 5TH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S, UH, UH, RE GOING THROUGH THE REZONE. UH, SO A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BENITO NEWS ON AUGUST 5TH, 2022, AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. THE TIME IS 8 33 AND OPENING IT UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING. UH, YEAH, WE CAN COME IN ON THIS ONE AS WELL. IT'S, CAN'T BE FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. THERE WERE RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP THAT WERE CONCERNED THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE ON LAKE VIEW THAT BACKUP TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING BACK THERE BEHIND THEM. THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT LAKE VIEW STREET, WHICH NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION. UH, BUT THEY TOO WERE OKAY WITH PROGRESSING ON BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW YET. EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. THE DEVELOPER WAS THERE AND DID SAY THAT THE RESIDENT THAT IS ON THAT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE WILL BE USED KIND OF AS A CONSTRUCTION FACILITY WHEN THEY DO DECIDE TO COME FORWARD WITH STUFF. OF COURSE, WE'RE A LONG WAYS FROM ALL OF THAT, BUT THAT, THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY GO AWAY. SO THERE'S A, IT'S STILL EARLY IN, IN THE, IN THE PROCESS, BUT THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE AND WE ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PUBLIC? NONE. OKAY. 8 34 AND A CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. [34. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2609-09-2022(Z) to Rezone a property located at the intersection of Resaca Shores and Early Road, bearing a Legal Description of; Being a Tract of Land containing 5.895 acres being part of and out of Lots 5, 6, 9 and 10 of Block 85 of the San Benito Land and Water Company Subdivision, according to the Ma p thereof recorded under Volume 1, Page 25 of the Map Records of Cameron County. Applicant: Silicon Technologies, LLC] OKAY. FIRST WE KNOW ORANGE NUMBER 2609 0 9 DASH 2022 TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED INTERSECTION OVER SECOND SHORES AND EARLY ROAD BURN LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BURN, A TRACK OF LAND CONTINUING 5.895 ACRES BEING, BEING PART OF A OUT OF LOTS, 5, 6, 9, AND 10, A BLOCK 85 70 ORLANDO WATER COMPLAINTS SUBDIVISION. ACCORDING TO THE MAP, DURHAM RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE 25 MEMBER RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS SILICONE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, MR. HERNANDEZ PERCENTAGE CENTER. SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AOL, AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY. ONE THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION USE AND GENERAL RESIDENTIAL USE A SINGLE FAMILY. RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES SF ONE. SINGLE-FAMILY ONE ZONE TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCES, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THE QUESTIONS. OKAY. [35. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a Re-plat of 1241 La Palma Street, having a Legal Description of; Being 0.10 acres of land consisting of all of Lots Four (4) and Five (5), Block Four (4), Colonia La Palma Number 2, an addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to Map of Plat thereof recorded in Volume 7, Page 38, Map Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Alejandro Garcia Aguilar.] I REMEMBER 35 PUBLIC GUARANTEES ASSOCIATE TO SOLICIT INPUT REGARDING THE REPLY OF A 1241 STREET, UH, STREET, VERY LEGAL DESCRIPTION, VARYING POINT 10 ACRES OF LAND CONSISTS OF ALL, OF LOT FOUR AND FIVE BLACK FOR GAY COLONIA, ALABAMA. NUMBER TWO, IN ADDITION TO THE CITIES OF MITO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, ONE TO MAP A PLAQUE, THE ROUGH RECORDING AND VOLUME SEVEN PAGE 38 [03:05:01] MET RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND AFRICAN . AND MR. NAN'S PERCENTAGE OF THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, SO A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN FERNANDO NEWS ON AUGUST 19TH, 2022, AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS ALSO MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION. UH, NO OPPOSITION, UH, TO THE PROPOSAL REQUEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH. TIME IS 8 37 OPENING FOR PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH, THEY, THEY GO STRAIGHT TO CITY COMMISSION BY ORDINANCE. UH REPLANTS OKAY. ARE THE QUESTIONS NOW, WAS THIS, WAS THIS A REQUEST BY THE CITIZEN OR, UH, BY THE CITY? UH, IT WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY. UH, THEY REQUESTED A PERMIT TO ADD, UH, TO THE HOUSE AND ORDINANCE STATES IF, UH, WE GOING TO ADD AND IT'S NONCONFORMING THEN, UH, WHAT BASICALLY YOU HAVE TO REPLAY. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN, UH, FIX THE ISSUE, BE KNOW WHERE THE LOT LINES THE HOUSE SITS ON BOTH LOT. UH, YES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OVER, UH, TWO LOTS, WHICH IS LOTS OF FOUR AND FIVE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE'S A LOT ENCROACH ON ANY, IF THEY HAVE ANY ENCROACHMENTS, SETBACKS, NOT THE SETBACKS, JUST THE LOT LINE THE LINE, UH, WHICH DIVIDES LOTS FOUR AND FIVE, OR THE OWNERS LOT LINES, CURRENT OWNERS ENCROACHING ON ITS OWN ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. CORRECT. AND, UH, THE THERE'S SETBACKS FOR EACH LOCK. SO THERE'S A SITE SETBACK FOR EACH LOT. SO IT'S OVER THE SETBACKS. THAT'S WHY IT VIOLATES THE ZONING ORDINANCE BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A LINE THERE. THE ONLY WAY TO REMOVE IT IS BY REPLANTING AND REMOVING THE OWNER THAT OWNS BOTH PROPERTIES. CORRECT. THERE WE GO AGAIN. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE PUBLIC IT'S OPEN PUBLIC HEARING? NONE. OKAY. THEN, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 8 39 CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. [36. Consideration and possible action to approve a Re-plat of 1241 La Palma Street, having a Legal Description of; Being 0.10 acres of land consisting of all of Lots Four (4) and Five (5), Block Four (4), Colonia La Palma Number 2, an addition to the City of San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, according to Map of Plat thereof recorded in Volume 7, Page 38, Ma p Records, Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Alejandro Garcia Aguilar.] OKAY. AND NUMBER 36 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE. WE PLOT OVER 1241 STREET HUNDRED LEGAL DESCRIPTION, BEARING POINT 10 ACRES OF LAND CONSISTENT OF ALL LOTS, FOUR AND FIVE BLACK FOR, UH, NUMBER TWO, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY SEMI-AUTO CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS KIM, ACCORDING TO MAP A PLOT, THEIR OWN RECORDING AND VOLUME SEVEN PAGE 38 MAKE RECORDS, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS APPLICANT AND MR. HERNANDEZ PERCENTAGE ON THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED A SF ONE, SINGLE FAMILY ONE, AND THE RESIDENT IS COMBINING LOTS, FOUR AND FIVE INTO ONE LOCK TO MEET CITY ORDINANCES AS EXISTING RESIDENTS LIVES OVER PROPERTY LINE AND, UH, VIOLATES ZONING ORDINANCES, SPECIFICALLY THE SIDE YARD SETBACK LINE, THE REPLAT COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCES AND STATE STATUES AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, OF COURSE, JUST COME TO CHURCH. YEAH. WHAT, WHAT'S THE LOTS LOT SIZE WHEN MERGED. OKAY. LET'S SEE HERE. UH, IT'S ATTACHED IN THE, THE PLAN, THE SURVEY IT'S UH, SO EACH LOT IS 25 BY 90. SO IT WILL BE A COMBINED 50 BY 90 NOW, BUT THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, MINIMUM LOT SIZES, UH, 50 BY 1 25. SO YOU'RE LETTING THEM STILL, YOU'RE GOING TO LET THEM KEEP THE HOUSE ON THAT LOT. WELL, THAT, THAT'S THE WAY THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I MEAN, THERE THEY HAVE, AND IT DOESN'T MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF LOT SIZE, SEND A NEW SUBDIVISION COMMISSIONER. IT'S AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION. SO THOSE RULES ARE NOT APPLICABLE. OH, THE, THE RE THE REPLANTING AND THE, AND TH THIS IS A WAY IT WAS PLANTED BACK IN, PROBABLY IN THE SIXTIES OR SEVENTIES, SIXTIES BEFORE THE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS 1995. SO THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS. OH, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. [03:10:02] OKAY. THE SURVEY HERE, WHAT DOES THE SURVEY SAY? FINAL PLAT OF WHAT? THE SURVEY OR THE SHOW ME, OR IS IT THE PLAT? YEAH, THE FIRST SHEET FINAL PLAT OF AMB SUBDIVISION. WASN'T THE SUBDIVISION CALLED COLONIAL ALABAMA. YES. UH, BASICALLY IT'S A VACATING PLAT. SO YOU HAVE YOUR BEGINNING PLAT AND THE REPLAT, UH, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS STILL THERE. SO IT'S A, REPLAT OUT OF, IT'S NOT CREATING, YOU'RE CREATING THIS NEW SUBDIVISION OR YOU'RE NOT, WELL, THEY'RE GIVING IT A NAME JUST TO, JUST TO, I GUESS, TO DESCRIBE IT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT REQUIRED. IT'S JUST TO REPLAT BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY PLANTED DECADES AGO. SO THEY'RE JUST COMBINING THE LOTS WHICH ALREADY EXIST. W WHAT'S THE PROPOSED ADDITION IS THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED. YES, SIR. YOU HAVE IT HERE ON THE, ON OUR DOCUMENTS ARE NO, NO, IT'S NOT A YEAR. IT WAS A ONE BEDROOM AND A BATHROOM. SO YOU'RE SAYING THE PROPOSED ADDITION IS GOING TO ENCROACH INTO THE SET ASIDE SETBACK. UH, NO, SIR. THE HOUSE WAS ALREADY ENCROACHING. THE, IF YOU SEE THE SURVEY, THE DASH LINE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY LINES AND IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE, THE EXISTING HOUSE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY. IS THERE AN ENCROACH IN THE PERIMETER PROPERTY, THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY OF THE OWNER'S PROPERTY? IF THE HOUSE IS ENCROACHING, THE PERIMETER PROPERTY, I KNOW THAT SITS IN THE MIDDLE, BUT ISN'T ENCROACHING ANY OF THE SETBACKS TO THE SIDE AND TO THE REAR AND TO THE FRONT. NO, SIR. IT'S A FIVE FOOT SETBACK, EVEN WITH THE ADDITION, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OVER, UH, IT'S BASICALLY, UH, IN, IN THE REAR OR WHERE IT SAYS A COVERED AREA. SO IT'LL BE IN THAT PIECE RIGHT THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEY, SO THIS PLOT WAS MADE, YOU SAID 1960S, BUT THE ORDINANCE THAT, THAT GIVES A WAIVER TO THESE TYPE OF HOMES WITH THESE TYPES OF ISSUES WAS IN PLACE AT 1995, CORRECT. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? BECAUSE DID YOU ALLOW THE RESIDENT TO GO FOR A VARIANCE OR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS? DID WE GIVE THEM DUE PROCESS? YEAH, THEY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO REPLAT, UH, BECAUSE LIKE I EXPLAINED, UH, IT'S TWO LOTS THAT ARE EXISTING, SO THEY DO NOT MEET THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO THE ONLY WAY TO MEET IS BY REMOVING THAT LINE AND THAT SETBACK. SO, AND YOU CAN ONLY DO THAT BY REPLANTING. SO LET'S SAY THAT THERE WAS A UTILITY THAT YOU FOUND NATURAL GAS LINE WITH THE REPLAT UNDER THE HOME. YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE RESIDENT VACATE THE HOME. IF THAT WAS A SITUATION. I MEAN, WE WILL LOOK AT IT AND I MEAN, THAT'S NOT THE CASE RIGHT NOW. OH, THANK GOD. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT'S AN ACTION ITEM TO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS ON THIS? REPLOTTING A MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, A SECOND CHICKEN BY MERKEL TIMBER, FRANCO ALL IN FAVOR. I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN ANY NAYS. I'M WISHING TO NAME, LAY ON THIS ONE. SO IT'S A 3, 3, 3, 3, AND ONE WHEN THEY, AND WHEN I'M SEEING, [37. Consideration and possible action to accept the resignation of Mr. Mario Silva, Place 4, from the San Benito Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors effective July 27, 2022.] OKAY, UH, NUMBER 37 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE, I MEAN, ACTION TO, UH, UH, ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF MR. MAGGIO, SILVER AND PLACED FOR SOME ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, EFFECTIVE JULY 27TH, 2022 AND CITY MANAGER, DELAROSA PERCENTAGE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. UH, I ATTACHED THE EMAIL THAT MR. SILA PROVIDED TO MY OFFICE, UH, PERTAINING TO HIS RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THAT DAY. SO, UM, I REACHED OUT TO COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. SO, UM, UH, WHEN SHE'S READY TO APPOINT SOMEBODY, SHE'LL, SHE'LL INFORM ME, BUT, UH, AT LEAST FOR NOW, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, HE WAS CONTINUING TO GET EMAILS THAT BECAUSE HE'S NOT BEEN NOTABLY, UM, THE EDC BOARD HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE'VE ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION. SO I WANTED TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. YES. OKAY. DO I HAVE MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS? OKAY. I'M SORRY. [03:15:01] OKAY. UM, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FRANCO. SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION. [38. Consideration and possible action to approve the appointment or reappointment of the Traffic and Safety Board Advisory Committee (TSBAC):] UH, OKAY. I'M AT THE 38 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION. OKAY. TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT OR TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE, T S B A C. OKAY. AND MR. PERRY BELL PRESENTED SOME. AND JUST TO CONFIRM, I HAVE NOBODY ON THE ABC BOARD RIGHT NOW FOR IT. THAT IS CORRECT. YES, YES. YEP. YEP. HE OPTED, NAH, HE'S BUSY. HE OPTED NOT TO STAY ON UNTIL HIS APPOINTEES NAMED. I HAVE MINE. WE SHOULD PUT ON FOR THE NEXT MEETING. WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING NEXT WEEK. IT'S AN AGENDA MAINTENANCE SPECIAL CALL. SO YEAH. YES. MA'AM. I CAN HAVE IT ON THERE. AND YOU CAN NAME SOMEBODY. YES MA'AM. OKAY, GREAT. OR YOU COULD NAME YOURSELF AND THE OTHER DEGREE, I DON'T KNOW. TOYOTA, NUMBER 38. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAY OR MAY APRIL 10 AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD. FRED BELL ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PLACED THREE OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD ADVISOR COMMITTEE BELONGS TO COMMISSIONER GALVAN WHO CAN MAKE A NOMINATION TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. AND INSTEAD MS. COMMISSIONER GOVERN HAS A NOMINATION HE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT. UH, THANK YOU, MR. BELL. I HAVE, UM, ONE NOMINEE. HE HAS A BACKGROUND IN THE NAVY. THEY HAD ABOUT THREE YEARS IN THE NAVY, DID ABOUT 30 YEARS OF TEXAS DPS OFFICE. UM, HE IS A CITIZEN OF SAN BENITO. HE HAS SERVED ON NUMEROUS BOARDS, CDBG, TRAFFIC, AND SAFETY. UM, HE WAS ALSO PART OF THE CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO AS HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT, HE ALSO STILL IS A PEACE COMMISSION OFFICER AND HOLDS A TICO LICENSE. I THINK THAT, UH, MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS BEST SUITS HIM FOR A TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD. I APPOINT LARRY DRAKE TO PLACE THREE OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE. OKAY. NO, UM, DO I HAVE MOTION, UM, APPOINTED HIM. WOULD THAT BE, IS MOSTLY NOMINATION. HE NOMINATED, HE NOMINATED. SO WE NEEDED THE MOTION. YES. GOT A VOTE ON IT. YES. YES. IT'S ACCEPTED. YEAH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. I'M SORRY. UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND, SECOND BY ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. [39. Executive Session:] AND I'M NUMBER 39 EXITED SESSION WITH CONSULTA 39 8 CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 2 0.07112, UH, REGARDING THE RESOLUTION REQUESTED BY VICTOR GUTIERREZ, P E PERTAINING TO THE AEP TRANSMISSION LINE. AND, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER 39 B CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE BY 1.07112 REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AND THE TIME IS, UH, 8 49. AND WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. TIME IS A 10 ZERO 1:00 PM. AND WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DON'T REMEMBER ON, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER [40. Consideration and possible action on Executive Session Agenda Item 39(a).] 40 CONSIDERATION FOR POSITIVE ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM AGENDA ITEM 39 A AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TO PROCEED AT DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY A MAYOR, PORTENT FRANKLIN SECOND AND THIS HAS TO BE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE, UH, WHAT WAS IT? YEAH, THE, THE P THE ONE ON, UH, THE SECOND SHORES, THE RESOLUTION WASN'T RESOLUTION REGARDING THE RESOLUTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION ON THE AEP. AWESOME. GOT IT. SO BASICALLY YOU'VE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION, UH, TO BE, UH, GRANTED TO DEVELOPERS, UM, THROUGH THEIR, THROUGH THEIR, THROUGH THEIR PROJECT MANAGER, UH, IN SUPPORT OF AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. OH, THE NO ALTERNATE ROUTE, UM, WHICH THE TRANSMISSION LINE OF THE AP REMEMBER AP [03:20:01] THE AP TRANSMISSION LINE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. OKAY. SO WAIT A SECOND. OKAY, SO I'VE GOT A SECOND BREAK COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY NAYS MOTION PASSES. [41. Consideration and possible action on Executive Session Agenda Item 39(b).] OKAY. HONOR. NUMBER 41, THE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT AND EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NUMBER 39 B. AND THAT WAS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. YEAH. SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROCEED. I DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. YEAH. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IN REGARD TO THIS ISSUE. UM, I'VE MADE A PRETTY THOROUGH, UH, STUDY OF THE STATE STATUTES THAT APPLY, UH, REGARDING PLATS AND REPLANTS, AND ALSO THE PERTINENT PERTINENT CITY ORDINANCES, WHICH ARE IN EFFECT. OKAY. AFTER A LOT OF THE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED ARE ACTUALLY STATE LOW REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY. ALTHOUGH IT'S A HOME RULE CITY AND IT'S GOVERNED BY MUNICIPAL CHARTER, DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEPART FROM THOSE STATE REQUIREMENTS. RIGHT. UM, HOWEVER, LOOKING AT THE CITY ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT, BASICALLY ALL REPLANTS GO BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AND ALL CHANGES TO THE PLATS ARE HANDLED AS FORMAL REPLANTS AND THIS ADDS COSTS AND TIME AND EXPENSE TO THE PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. UH, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 1 2 0 0 6 5, UH, PROVIDES FOR A WAY THAT THE CITY COMMISSION CAN DELEGATE TO AN EMPLOYEE AS THE CITY MANAGER, THE ABILITY TO, UH, APPROVE AMENDING PLATS, UH, DESCRIBED BY SECTION 202 0 1 6, UH, MINOR PLATS ARE REPLANTS INVOLVING FOUR FEWER, LOTS OF FRONTING IN EXISTING STREET, UH, OR REPLAT CENTER TWO AND 2 0 1 4, 5, THAT DON'T REQUIRE THE CREATION OF ANY STREET OR THE EXTENSION OF ANY MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. OKAY. IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY, UM, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE, UH, DELEGATING THIS AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER, TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND TO ALSO PROVIDE PROVISIONS IN THAT ORDINANCE GOVERNING SITUATIONS WHERE A REPLAT DO NOT REQUIRE A CHANGE OF THE PROPERTY LINES, UH, TO AT LEAST RELIEVE PEOPLE OF THE, UH, REQUIREMENT OF GETTING AN EXTRA SURVEY. UH, I FEEL THIS WILL SAVE TIME. UH, I FEEL THIS WILL SAVE MONEY, UH, AND IT WILL EMPOWER THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE TOOLS THAT HE NEEDS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS A MATTER OF POLICY, PREVIOUS CITY COMMISSIONS HAVE ELECTED NOT TO DELEGATE THIS POWER TO THE CITY MANAGER. SO IT WILL EMPOWER THIS CITY MANAGER WITH THE TOOLS THAT HE NEEDS TO EXPEDITE AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. THAT THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND GIVE US SOMETHING. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS I WOULD, WITH YOUR, AT YOUR DIRECTION, I PREPARE AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY COMMISSIONER CONSIDERATE, THE NEXT MEETING, UM, UH, ON THIS, ON THIS ISSUE. AND IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH, IT WOULD GO THROUGH FIRST READING. IT GOES THROUGH SECOND READING WILL BE POSTED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ORDINANCE WILL GO. UM, THIS IS SIMPLY, UH, THIS WAS SIMPLY A W W WHAT WE JUST HAD WAS BASICALLY JUST A LEGAL DISCUSSION ON, UH, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR PURPOSE OF CONSULTATION, WITH LEGAL COUNSEL IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION THE CITY COMMISSIONER WANTED TO GO ON THIS, ON THIS ISSUE. OKAY. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION AS DISCUSSED BY LEGAL COUNSEL? WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND, SECOND BY A MAYOR, PAUL, TIM FRANCO, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS? OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT THE, AND I'LL VOTE THE NAVY ALSO ON THIS. SO IT'S A TWO YAY AND THREE KNEE MOTION. DID I PASS ON THIS ONE? THE TIME IS, UH, UH, A GERMAN. UH, DO I HAVE MOTION TO ADJOURN? GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND BY AIRPORT, TIM FRANCO, ALL IN FAVOR. AND THE NAYS MOTION PASSES TO A ADJOURN AT THE 10 0 7. * 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.