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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN MATO CITY COMMISSION, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO U US FLAG AND THE TICK FLAG.
AND, UH, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION BY MR. DAVID F UNDER PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
LORD, OUR FATHER, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND ITS CITIZENS.
WE WANNA THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THOSE AROUND US.
COME AND GIVE US THE WISDOM TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
LET US NOT MAKE BIAS DECISIONS, BUT DECISIONS BASED ON SOLVING PROBLEMS. BE OUR LEADER DURING THIS MEETING.
SHOW US THE WAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE CHOSEN US TO BE HERE.
GIVE US DIRECTION AND OPEN OUR EYES TO SOLUTIONS THAT'LL MAKE OUR CITY GREAT.
[4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest. ]
NUMBER FOUR, ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.AND, UH, DOES ANY COMMISSIONER RIGHT NOW HAVE ANYTHING TO, UH, TO SAY, DOC, DOCTOR, UH, JUST MORE OF A PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT AGAIN.
UM, WALGREENS OPENED UP THEIR FLU TRACKER TOOL, WHICH, UH, TRACKS HOW MANY THE DISPENSING OF FLU MEDICATION AND THE REGION ACTUALLY HARLINGEN, MCALLEN, BROWNSVILLE AREA, METROPLEX, IF YOU WILL, IS NUMBER ONE IN THE ENTIRE NATION IN FLU CASES.
UM, WE ARE, THAT WAS AS OF OCTOBER 24TH, 2022.
BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT ALL LOCAL PHARMACIES DO HAVE THE FLU SHOT, AND IT IS THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELVES AND YOUR FAMILIES BEFORE THE BUSY HOLIDAYS.
AND THEN SECONDARY, I WANTED TO GIVE A REMINDER ABOUT THE GUUN GROUP IS HAVING AN EVENT ON NOVEMBER 5TH FROM ONE TO 5:00 PM AND WHO DO WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST RIGHT.
AND WE HAVE BOSS OF LINED UP PEOPLE.
IT'S A GREAT SERIES THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THERE, ELDA.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE EVENT COMMISSIONERS.
OKAY, THEN, UH, AS FAR AS THE CITY SIDE, UH, PLEASE JOIN THE CITY, UH, AT OUR VETERANS, UH, DAY, UH, CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH.
THE IS MARCH WILL BEGIN IN FRONT OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AT 9:00 AM AND WILL PROCEED DOWN THE SAME HOUSTON BOULEVARD TO THE VETERANS WAR MEMORIAL AT THE 1 51 EAST, UH, RAWSON, UH, STREET.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE, UH, REGISTRATION FOR THE 80TH ANNUAL ANNUAL, UM, CHRISTMAS PARADE IS NOW OPEN.
THE PARADE SET FOR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S PARADES, A, UH, SOUTH TEXAS, UH, CHRISTMAS PARADE.
REGISTRATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE@WWW.CITY SANTO.COM.
AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR THE CITY.
[5. Public Comments - (Speaker/Remarks limited to three minutes). ]
IT, NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENT.RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE, UH, MR. RAMIRO LEMAN.
MR. LEMAN, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.
UM, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, UH, THIS, THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
MY NAME IS DAR MAN, AS MENTIONED, I AM THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO EDC.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, THROUGHOUT MY 16 YEARS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, MOST OF IT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, I'VE BEEN IN CHARGE OF, UM, ALL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHETHER THAT'S BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, UM, RETENTION AND EXPANSION OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE HAPPY AS WELL.
UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING PROGRAMS, EVEN, UH, INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE MY
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SKILLS HERE NOW TO SOMEBODY AND HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITH ALL THE CITIZENS.I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, UM, AS A GROUP AND INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL TO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU GUYS EXPECT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
YOU OKAY, RUTH? ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR.
OKAY, HONOR NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACCIDENT TO APPROVE THE MINUTES ON MAY 10TH, UH, 2022 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK THE ONLY THING I WAS, UH, LET ME SEE WHERE I FIND IT.
I THINK INSTEAD BEING THE, UH, NPO.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE M MIKE, ROBERT, UH, ON THE MINUTES ON THE, UH, THE MINUTES FOR THE, UH, THE 10.
IT'S, UH, COUNTY, UH, COUNTY JUDGE EDDIE
[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the May 10, 2022 Special City Commission Meeting. ]
BUT THIS IS ON THE, UH, MINUTES.I'M JUST, AND THAT'S ALL I SAW.
DO THAT HAVE MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY MARI FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[7. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution Number 2022-1101- 007 (R) amending and approving the City of San Benito Public Investment Policy. ]
NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.UH, 2022 DASH 11 0 1 0 0 7 R AMEND IMPROVING THE CITY OF SANTO PUBLIC INVESTMENT POLICY.
AND MR. RICHARD LONG, UH, PRESIDENT OF, UH, VALLEY VIEW CONSULTANT, UH, FOR SAN ADAM, SIR.
AS, AS MENTIONED, MY NAME'S DICK LONG WITH VALUE VIEW CONSULTING.
WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW, AND ONE OF OUR ANNUAL THINGS IS TAKE A LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT POLICY AND PROVIDE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR UPDATES, EITHER CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, OR JUST GENERAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
UM, THE CITY HAS A WELL, UH, REVIEWED POLICY.
IT'S IN LINE WITH ALL THE RIGHT, UH, LEGISLATIVE POINTS.
AND, UH, THE ONLY SUGGESTION IS TO ADD THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS ONE OF THE, UH, APPROVED INVESTMENT OFFICERS.
SO WE GOT THE, UH, UH, WE GOT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR IN THERE.
AND WHO ELSE? UH, THERE'S THE CITY MANAGER, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
OUR YEAR FOUR, UH, AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT OFFICERS.
IT WOULD BE, UM, UNDER, UH, RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTROL ON PAGE TWO.
FIRST, FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THAT SECTION IS, HAS ALL FOUR TITLES.
LI WILL HAVE ALL FOUR TITLES LISTED IF THE COMMISSION APPROVES IT, WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE DEDICATED FINANCIAL? UM, MOSTLY AS A BACKUP.
UM, WE, UM, AT ONE, AT, AT HAVING FORD, THEY'LL PROBABLY WORK TOGETHER, UH, AND STAY INFORMED AND IT'LL MAKE, UH, BETTER GROUP DECISION MAKING, BUT MOSTLY AS A BACKUP.
UM, MANY, UH, AUTHORIZATIONS REQUIRE AT LEAST TWO SIGNATURES, AND SO, UH, YOU CAN HAVE, UH, TWO PEOPLE ON VACATION NOW AT ANY ONE TIME AND STILL HAVE THE OTHER TWO FUNCTION AS THEY NEED TO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
DO YOU ALL MEET, UH, IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL, I'M SORRY, SIR, IN THE MEETINGS? OUR, WHEN WE MEET? YEAH.
OR, UH, YEAH, I THINK A LITTLE OF BOTH.
UH, WE'RE IN THE VALLEY REGULARLY, AND SO PARTICULARLY NOW IT'S POST COVID.
UM, WE'RE, WE'LL GET BACK ON THAT CYCLE.
WE'RE PROBABLY DOWN AT LEAST ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
BUT WE DO A LOT OF EMAIL FLOW AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS SEEMS TO BE KIND OF THE NORM RIGHT NOW.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN ATTEND SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS ALSO, JUST TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
ANY COMMISSION, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
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OKAY.I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR FRANCO.
SECOND, TAKEN BY CO COMMISSION GARCIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES.
[8. Presentation and approval of the City of San Benito Investment Report for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2022. ]
OKAY.PRESENTATION APPROVAL OF CITY SANO, UH, INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER, UH, FOURTH QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 20, 22.
MS. ROSA, FINANCE DIRECTOR PRESENT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
ELI ROSA, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
YOU HAVE JUNE 30TH, UM, END OF YEAR MARKET VALUE, 41 8 16 0 97.
SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE HAVE 45,000 875 87.
SO THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF 4 MILLION 54, 4 90.
SO THAT WAS A GOOD JUMP FOR A YEAR END.
YOU WILL SEE, UM, ON PAGE, UH, ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU'LL SEE AN ITEMIZED DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, JUST, UH, FOR REFERENCE, YOU SEE TEXAS REGIONAL BANK.
UM, OUR, UM, MR. LONG AND HIS, UH, STAFF HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO TRB, AND THEY ARE ANALYZING, UM, THAT DATA THEY ALREADY RECOGNIZE THERE AND ISSUES.
SO, JUST WANTED TO POINT THOSE FIGURES OUT ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT 41 8 16 0 97, THAT'S THE ITEMIZED, UM, UH, AMOUNT ON THERE.
UH, THE INCREASES DECREASES IN THE BOOK VALUE.
AGAIN, IT'S ITEMIZED BY THE SERIES.
AT THE BOTTOM, YOU HAVE THE 45,000 875 87, AND IT'S WITH THE BANKS, THE CDS, AND YOU HAVE ALL THAT.
YOU WISH? SHARE US ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN ACTION ITEM.
DO I HAVE, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT APPROVE BY, UH, MAYOR FRANCO, SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
[9. Consideration and possible action to approve an Agreement by and between the City of San Benito and Valley View Consulting, LLC for the term ending September 30, 2023. ]
OKAY.NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE IT.
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTO AND THE VALLEY VIEW CONSULTANT LLC WAS A TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
AND, UH, MR. RICHARD LONG PRESENT OF VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING PRESENT SEVEN.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, AGAIN, IT'S BEEN OUR PLEASURE TO HAVE, HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY SINCE, UH, 2003, AT LEAST AS A TEAM.
UH, WE OFFICIALLY, UH, BEGAN WORKING AS VALLEY VIEW IN 2013.
SO WE'VE HAD A NICE LONG HISTORY WITH THE GROUP.
UH, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE THINK WE'VE PROVIDED IS CONSISTENCY, UH, TERM TO TERM AS, UH, DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE EVOLVED THROUGH THE CITY.
AND, AND WE HOPE THAT THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL.
OUR ROLE AS ADVICE AND CONSULTATION, WE ARE NOT A DIRECT, UH, MANAGER OR INDEPENDENT MANAGER.
YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN US MONEY, AND THEN WE JUST INVESTED ON OUR OWN.
WE PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION, AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND, AND MOVE MONEY AROUND APPROPRIATELY TO TRY TO EARN AS MUCH INTEREST AS POSSIBLE.
UH, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, UH, THE FEDERAL RESERVE THROUGH THE FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE, THE F OMC HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS THIS YEAR.
UH, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE QUARTERLY REPORT, UH, WELL OVER HALF OF YOUR INTEREST INCOME HAS COME IN THE LAST QUARTER AS THE FED TOOK RATES BASICALLY FROM ZERO TO 25 BASIS POINTS LAST YEAR, A QUARTER OF A PERCENTAGE POINT, AND NOW WE'RE UP OVER 3%.
IT'S LARGELY ANTICIPATED THAT TOMORROW THEY MIGHT ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO 4%.
AND AS ALL THOSE CHANGES ARE TAKING PLACE, UH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITH MR. DEL GARZA AND MR. UH, ROSAS ABOUT, UH, ADJUSTING THE PORTFOLIO AND PUTTING SOME THINGS IN PLACE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE OPENING A SECURITY SAFEKEEPING ACCOUNT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A, A, A NEW PORTFOLIO ACCOUNTING SYSTEM TO, TO HANDLE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS THAT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND SO THE IDEA IS TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD VERY QUICKLY.
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THE MARKET HAS ADJUSTED, THE CITY NEEDS TO ADJUST ALONG WITH IT.UH, OUR CONTRACT TERM, UH, USUALLY IS ON A TWO YEAR CYCLE.
THAT'S THE CYCLE THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.
UH, BUT, UH, THIS TIME AROUND, SINCE THERE WAS A CHANGE IN STAFF AND EVERYBODY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITHOUT TOO LONG OF A COMMITMENT, UH, IT IS BEING PROPOSED JUST FOR A ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.
YOUR, UH, FIRST LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
YOUR FIRST LINE OF COMMUNICATION WAS, IS WITH THE, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR? YES, SIR.
SO, WELL, AND I WOULD SAY, SO WE'RE, WE LIKE MULTIPLE EMAILS, AND SO, UH, THERE'S 5, 6, 7 DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
STAFF, DIFFERENT STAFF PEOPLE.
WELL, YEAH, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND SO IT, IT GETS SPREAD AROUND TO A NUMBER OF FOLKS, BUT YES, OUR MAIN CONTACT IS, IS WITH, OKAY, MR. WHAT YOU MENTION ABOUT THE, UH, WAS IT TRB? YES.
YOU ARE GETTING ADVICE, UH, FROM THEM ALREADY ON THAT, RIGHT? YES.
MS. SUSAN ANDERSON CAME DOWN, I WANNA SAY TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND SO WE WENT OVER THAT TRB, WE WENT OVER, UH, THAT SITUATION, TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND SO TODAY WHEN WE MET WITH MR. LONG, UM, THEY HAD ALREADY CONTACTED, UM, THE GENTLEMAN AT TRB AND DISCUSSED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE GOING ON.
PLEASE ADVISE US OF THAT ISSUE.
UM, I BELIEVE, DID YOU BRING THE AMOUNTS FROM LAST YEAR? UH, MS NO, YOU'RE NEW.
I KNOW THAT YOU JUST CAME ON BOARD WITH US.
BUT, UH, I DON'T, I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S OKAY.
MR. LONG MAY KNOW, ARE FEES CHANGING? SO YOUR, YOUR TALKED FEES ARE BASED ON THE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT.
AND THERE'S A BASIS POINT TIER, AND YES, THE BASIS POINT TIER HAS BEEN LOWERED SLIGHTLY AS YOUR PORTFOLIO HAS GROWN.
HISTORICALLY, YOU WERE MORE IN THE KIND OF THE 25 MILLION PORTFOLIO SIZE.
AND SO, UH, THE BASE RATE WAS EIGHT BASIS POINTS.
AND NOW THE TRIP AROUND 40, 45 MILLION, UH, WE HAVE A TIER WHERE IT'LL BE 8 76.
AS YOUR BALANCES HAVE INCREASE, THAT, THAT THE APPROPRIATE FEE WILL CHANGE.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER.
WE, WE WEREN'T SURE HOW LONG YOU WERE GONNA STAY AT 45.
AND IF YOU STAY AT THAT LEVEL OR EVEN GO HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 23, WE'LL LOOK AT ANOTHER, UH, BASIS REDUCTION BASED ON THE TIERS.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE DIDN'T WANNA GO OUT THE TWO YEARS.
EVERY TIME IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT OR TWO YEAR RENEWAL, BECAUSE IT'S MY FIRST TIME OR OUR FIRST TIME DOING THIS, WE JUST FELT COMFORTABLE.
WELL, LET'S DO A ONE YEAR AND THEN SEE HOW THE SITUATION IS.
AND THEN WE JUST FELT COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.
WE'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY BEFORE FOR A WHILE.
WELL, SUSAN ANDERSON HAS BEEN HERE.
I I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, I MEAN, MR. LONGIE SOUNDS FAIR.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST.
LET'S SEE HOW THIS IS, AND THEN IF WE'RE COMFORTABLE AND THE NUMBERS ARE GOOD, AND LET'S SEE HOW THIS GOES.
OVERSIGHT IS ALWAYS KEY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES.
[10. Consideration and Possible Action to approve a five-year contract with Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services in the total amount of $19,375.80 to be paid monthly in the amount of $322.93. ]
HERE, NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH, UH, PITNEY, UH, BULLS, UH, GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THE TOTAL MONTH OF $19,375 AND 80 CENTS TO BE PAID MONTHLY IN THE, IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $322 AND 93 CENTS.AND MS. ROSE, PRESENT THIS SETTLE.
UM, SO YOU DO HAVE THE CONTRACT, I BELIEVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THIS IS A CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.
UM, OUR CONTRACT, AGAIN, IS FOR FIVE YEARS.
RIGHT NOW, OUR CONTRACT IS NOT GOING TO BE TERMINATED UNTIL MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME.
JUST WANTED TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME AND GO AHEAD AND GO OUT NOW.
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AS, UH, IT'S THE METER, THE METER, UM, FOR THE POSTAGE.SO IF THE, UM, COMMISSIONER'S, UH, APPROVE THIS, THEN WE GO AHEAD AND START, UM, GETTING EVERYTHING READY.
TRANSITION TAKES PLACE AND WELL ABOVE THE TIME TO GET THIS, UH, GOING.
BUT IT'S FOR SIX, UH, 60 YEAR, 60 MONTH.
THE TOTAL INCREASE IS, UM, 3 79 20 FROM THE LAST CONTRACT TO THIS CONTRACT.
AND IT IS A PITNEY BOLDS BY BOARD CONTRACT VENDOR.
SO WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS? IT'S THE PITNEY BULLS, THE ONE WE USED FOR, UM, THE WHOLE YES.
I'M ASKING YOU SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT THIS, UH, IS FOR.
UM, ALL THE MAIL THAT WE SEND OUT HERE, ALL THE PACKAGES THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, THE FINANCE OFFICE.
SO, UM, THEY GO THROUGH A METER AND THEY COME THROUGH THE, UH, OFFICE.
AND, UM, THIS IS THE PITNEY BOLTS, UH, GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES CONTRACT THAT COMES THROUGH US, THE, UH, APPROVE IT.
AND, UM, THAT'S HOW THIS IS APPROVED.
SO, IN THE PAST, UH, HAS IT BEEN A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT ALL ALL THE TIME? OR HAS IT GONE UP? THE ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.
IT WAS APPROVED IN 2018, SO IT'S UP, IT WILL EXPIRE MARCH, 2023.
SO WE STILL HAVE TIME TO GET THIS GOING.
I JUST RATHER TAKE CARE OF IT NOW, BE PROACTIVE.
IT'S A SERVICE THAT WE BOUGHT ON BUYBOARD TO WEIGH PACKAGES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAYING? IT'S, NO, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A SERVICE, BUT IT'S A DEVICE THAT WE HAVE IN THE OFFICE.
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, CUZ I DON'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTED.
SO IT'S A BIG DEVICE AND YOU PUT ALL YOUR MAIL THROUGH IT AND IT'S LIKE A SORTING DEVICE.
YOU PUT ALL YOUR MAIL THROUGH IT AND THEN IT SCANS IT AND IT'LL SAY BUSINESS OFFICE OR FINANCE OFFICE USE 500 LABELS AND THEN PLANNING DEPARTMENT USED WHATEVER.
AND, UM, IT'S A TRACKING DEVICE.
SO THAT EACH DEPARTMENT GETS BILLED CORRECT.
THEIR USAGE OF ENVELOPES AND STAMPS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MACHINE IN PROCESS.
CAUSE I, I DON'T HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING.
IS IT NECESSARY? IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE LOCAL POST OFFICE CAN HELP US WITH? THOSE ARE JUST QUESTIONS I'M THINKING ABOUT.
I THINK, UM, IF IT'S NOT ON HERE, I CAN SEND YOU THE, UM, THE LINK WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IN PERSON AND JUST SEE IT LIKE THE DEVICE.
YOU CAN COME TO MY OFFICE AND SEE IT RUN THROUGH A CYCLE OF ENVELOPES AND JUST KIND OF GET A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES.
IS IT NECESSARY? IS THIS CU, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? IS IT THE DEVICE NECESSARY? YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T NOTICE IT, SO DO THEY USE IT? OH, I, WHERE I WORKED BEFORE? YES.
I JUST THINK THE, I THINK THE WORLD IS MOVING TOWARDS EMAILS, BUT WE DO RUN GOVERNMENT RUNS A LOT BY MAIL STILL BECAUSE WE FUND THE POST OFFICE.
YEAH, COMMISSIONER, WE RUN A UTILITY BUSINESS.
OUR WATER UTILITY IS, UH, RIGHT.
WE SEND OUT BILLS EVERY MONTH.
SO UNLIKE OUR PREVIOUS EMPLOYER, THEY DON'T GENERALLY SEND OUT TAX STATEMENTS.
THEY DON'T SEND OUT UTILITIES.
THEY HAVE NONE OF THOSE FUNCTIONS.
UH, THEY USUALLY CONTRACT, BUT WE ACTUALLY RUN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN 8,000 ACCOUNTS WHERE WE READ THE METERS AND WE SEND OUT BILLINGS THREE TIMES A YEAR.
I RECALL IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN YOU USED TO HAVE TO CARRY THE BIT PITNEY BULLS MACHINE INTO THE POST OFFICE AND GET IT REGISTERED.
THE POST OFFICE AS IN, UH, THEY CHARGE YOU AT A PREMIUM.
THAT'S WHY THIS IS NOT BY BOARD.
THESE BUSINESSES, THESE, THESE, UH, TYPES OF FINANCIAL BUSINESSES, LIKE PITNEY BOWES IS JUST ONE.
THEY GET YOU ON A STATE CONTRACT, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS WHEN YOU'RE SENDING OUT MASS MAILINGS LIKE A UTILITY COMPANY, LIKE, UH, ELECTRIC COMPANIES, GAS COMPANIES.
SO, UH, SHE DID PROPOSE A FIVE YEAR, WE DID RUN SOME NUMBERS FOR FOUR YEAR, AND IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION, DO FIVE IF YOU WISH TO DO LESS, BUT YOU GOTTA KIND OF LOCK IN THE PRICE BECAUSE THESE THINGS GO UP.
ARE WE LOCKING IN A PRICE BEFORE? WELL, BRIAN, OH, SORRY.
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BECAUSE OF THAT? WELL, YOU'RE LOCKING IN ENTERPRISE BEFORE IT EXPIRES.SO, SO THAT IS, WE DID LOOK AT A FOUR YEAR, UH, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE, YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT $322 AND 93 CENTS PER MONTH IF YOU DO THE, THE FIVE YEAR, OR YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT $357 AND 94 CENTS IF YOU DID A FOUR YEAR.
THE COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOTH, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO ONE YEAR LESS IS ABOUT $2,200.
SO, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, THESE BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE ALL VERY COMPETITIVE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S A STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.
SO THESE THINGS ARE FAIRLY COMPETITIVE.
SO, AND THE, AND THE VENDOR CONTRACT INFORMATION, IT SAYS EFFECTIVE DATE DECEMBER 1ST, 2021.
THIS WENT OUT BID ON THE BUY BOARD.
FORBID IT'S A STATE CONTRACT, SO YOU DON'T GO, IT DOESN'T, IT'S, UH, IT'S ALREADY, IT, UH, THE STATE ALSO HAS CO-OPS THAT YOU CAN USE.
SO BY BOARD IS A PRIVATE CORPORATION.
AND THE STATE OF, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS RUNS ITS OWN PROGRAMS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, OUR, OUR CELL PHONES, VERIZONS, IT'S ON US AND IT'S, IT'S ON A STATE CONTRACT.
SO WHETHER IT'S VERIZON OR AT AND T OR ANY OTHER, IT'S, IT'S ON A STATE CONTRACT, THERE'S NO COMPETITIVE, YOU, YOU CAN'T PIT THE STATE AGAINST ITSELF.
UM, WHAT'S THE CURRENT, THE CONTRACT EXPIRES WHEN? THE CURRENT ONE IN MARCH, 2023.
SO WE HAVE FOUR MONTHS, BUT WE'RE LUCKY WE'RE LOCKING IN A CODE.
UM, IF WE DO IT NOW, WE GET IT AT 3 20, 20 93.
IT'S COST SAVINGS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT DEPARTMENT, EACH DEPARTMENT NEEDS.
UM, BECAUSE THE SHORT MAIL SENDS OUT MAIL LABELS, MAIL DOES EVERYTHING FOR THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.
AND IT'S ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS BY BOARD SUMMARY SHEET IS HERE.
IF YOU SAID IT, I'M NOT, ARE YOU SEEING THAT OR NO? PAGE 46? WELL, IT, IT IS, I MEAN, IT COULD BE A BY BOARD.
I'M NOT PRIVY TO THE STATE'S CONTRACT.
THEY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE, SO THEY DO ALL THE VETTING, ALL THE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.
SO THEY JUST GAVE YOU ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE.
BUT OUR CONTRACT IS THROUGH THAT STATE CONTRACT.
LISA, IS IT, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE, UM, YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE CURRENTLY USING AND THEY'RE, UH, COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? YES, SIR.
AS FAR AS IT BEING ESSENTIAL, DEFINITELY IT IS, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
SO, UH, I LIKE THE DESCRIPTION YOU GAVE US OF THE OPERATION.
I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY NECESSARY.
NOW, UH, THE CONTRACT EXPIRES IN, UH, MARCH, BUT THE, THIS NEW CONTRACT THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, COMMENCES IN, UH, DECEMBER, UH, THIS YEAR.
IS THAT THE, WHAT THEY, UH, AGREED ON OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT CORRECT.
SO WE CAN GET THE FIVE YEARS THEN? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? IT'S EQUIPMENT AND THEN THE SERVICE.
THE EQUIPMENT, IS IT GONNA BE UPGRADED OR ARE WE GONNA BE USING THE SAME THING SO THEY'RE UPGRADING US AND LOWERING OUR COSTS? YES.
THE EQUIPMENT HAS TO BE UPGRADED BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE IMA COMPLIANCE.
SO IT'S NEW, IT'S A NEW COMPLIANCE.
UM, EVERYBODY HAS TO, UH, USE THIS NEW EQUIPMENT.
AND THE SERVICING OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS COST? THAT IS CORRECT.
SOMETHING NEW I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
ANY QUESTIONS COMMISS? SHERIFFS? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION, SIR? GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
SECOND, UH, BY MAYOR TIM FRANCO.
[11. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2601-A10-2022(Z) after the Second and Final Reading, amending Zoning Ordinance Number 2601-03-2022(Z) and amending the Russell Ranch Planned Development District standards incorporated in 'Exhibit B', and providing an effective date. ]
OKAY.ITEM NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 0 1 DASH EIGHT DASH, UH, ONE ZERO DASH, UH, 2022 Z AFTER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, UH, AMENDING Z UH, ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 0 1 DASH THREE DASH 2022 Z.
AND AMENDING THE RUSSELL RANCH TO PLAN THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT STANDARDS INCORPORATED IN EXHIBIT B AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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AND, UH, MR. DEL LAROZA, PRESENTAR, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.GOOD EVENING BEFORE YOU, IS THE SECOND READING OF THE RUSSELL RANCH PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT'S, UH, AMENDING ORDINANCE, UH, SPECIFICALLY EXHIBIT B.
SOME OF THE STANDARDS, UH, PROVIDED BOTH THE, UH, THE MARKED UP VERSION OF WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE DEVELOPER'S REPRESENTATIVE AND IN THE CLEAN VERSION.
SO, UM, I'VE HEARD, UM, I DID SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH A DEVELOPER EARLY ON.
UM, I BELIEVE SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION.
HE'S NOT GONNA BE HERE OR COULD BE HERE, SO, UH, BUT THE POINT IS, IT'S, UH, NO OBJECTION TO WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO THE DEVELOPER AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT IT DE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? UM, LEGAL, UH, I KNOW WE HAD GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS MANY TIMES.
UH, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY AT THE FINAL.
UH, I WANT SAY, UH, I, THIS IS THE FINAL, THIS WILL BE IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OF COURSE, THAT THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS JUST WANTED TO, UH, CLEAR UP THE, THE DETENTION POND.
WAS THAT RESOLVED TO OUR EXPECTATIONS? IT WAS RESOLVED THAT IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY STAFF AT WHAT IT IS.
SO, UH, UH, BASICALLY, UH, YOUR ROADWAYS FOR THAT SUBDIVISION, IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN OUT THERE TODAY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE RAINS AND THE MUD, BECAUSE OF THE COMPLAINTS I'VE BEEN GETTING ABOUT THE MUDS ON LOVE ROAD, RUSSELL WRENCH, UH, OR RUSSELL ROAD, UH, AT THE BRIDGE, UM, YOU CAN TELL THAT, UH, THAT THE ROADWAY TO THE HEIGHT OF, TO THE BOTTOM, THE NEW GRADE OF THE LAND, IT'S AT LEAST, WOULD YOU SAY ALMOST TWO FEET FOR IT? YEAH.
SO THOSE ROADWAYS ARE DRAINAGE CHANNELS WHEN IT RAINS, AND THAT IS THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED.
AND THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE PONDS ARE DESIGNED TO BE A, A NOTHING MORE THAN A TRANSITION FROM THE ROAD INTO THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL.
NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN, UH, LIBERTY ESTATES PHASE TWO.
IT MEETS THE ORDINANCE STANDARDS.
IT, IT MEETS, IT, IT, IT MEETS THE STANDARDS THAT THE ENGINEERS BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS.
AND BASED ON THAT, UH, IF WE WANT TO GO BACK AND ADDRESS IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE IT SO SPECIFIC.
UH, I THINK YOU'RE JUST GONNA GET SOME PUSHBACK.
SO, UH, WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT CAREFULLY, BUT ENGINEERS, I MEAN, I'M SURE THAT MOST OF YOU SEE YOUR PHYSICIANS GET TWO DOCTORS AND THEY CAN'T AGREE.
GET TWO ENGINEERS IN THE ROOM.
SO WHO'S GONNA BE MAINTAINING THE, UH, THE PART OF THE POND? IT'S GONNA BE TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS, UH, NEW, UH, AMENDING ORDINANCES.
GONNA, THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY'S GONNA BE TRANSFERRED TO A FUTURE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION.
SO IT GET, IT'S GETTING IT AWAY FROM US THAT IT'S GETTING, WON'T MAINTAIN THE CITY WON'T BE, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR.
AT LEAST WE'RE STILL KEEPING AN OVERSIGHT ON EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE BY THROUGH INSPECTIONS, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT, UH, THE OWNERSHIP OF, OF AN HOA, AND WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN HOA DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE? THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS FOR SOME TIME IN THE VERY FAR FUTURE, I HOPE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE.
YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, MAYOR FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[12. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2613-10- 2022(Z) after the Second and Final Reading, amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of San Benito, Chapter 10, Subdivision Regulation, Article 10.02, Subdivision Ordinance; providing for severability, and ordaining other provisions related to the subject matter thereof. ]
OKAY.HONOR NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER, UH, 26 13 DASH 10 20 22 Z AFTER THE SECOND FINAL READING, AMENDING THE COURT OF ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF SANTO, CHAPTER 10, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ARTICLE 10.02, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A ABILITY AND, UH, ORDAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER.
THEOF AND, UH, MARK SA PRESENT THE CENTER.
UH, YES, MAYOR, UH, THIS, YOU'LL RECALL, THIS WAS THE PART OF ONE OF TWO PARTS, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND PLAT APPROVAL.
AND, UH, WHAT WE DID IS WE, THIS IS A SECTION WE AMENDED THE UTILITY CODE TO PREVENT, UH, THE UTILITIES FROM BEING DISCONNECTED, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, WHEN THERE WAS A PLATING ISSUE, WHICH WAS SUBJECT TO A GRANDFATHER PROVISION.
I WE'RE ON AGENDA 12, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU YOU READ 13? YEAH, YOU READ 13, SO YEAH, I 13.
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YEAH.YOU READ THE UTILITIES ORDINANCE.
SO IF WE GO BACK TO 12, THAT'S THE MINOR PLAT AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, RIGHT? SO 12 IS THE 12 IS THE PLAT AMENDMENT.
AND, AND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT THERE WOULD BE THAT GRANDFATHER PROVISION FOR, UH, PROPERTIES THAT WERE IN EFFECT BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
AT NUMBER 12, CHAPTER 10, SUBDIVISIONS.
CHAPTER 10, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
AND I BELIEVE, OKAY, I'LL READ IT AGAIN.
ITEM NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 13 DASH 10 20 22 Z AFTER THE SECOND FINAL READING, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF SANTO, CHAPTER 10, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ARTICLE 10.02, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, UH, PREVENTING THIS, UH, TO OBSERVABILITY AND, UH, ORDAINED OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO SUBJECT MATTER OATH.
AND MR. SUZI PRESENT THIS HONOR? YES.
THIS, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE FOR MENDING THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
ONE IS THAT, UH, BASICALLY, UH, CODIFIES THAT GRANDFATHER PROVISION TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT PROPERTIES THAT WERE PLOTTED BEFORE, UH, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, DON'T HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE PLAT PROVISIONS.
AND, AND I THINK THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IS, IS SET FORTH THERE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO DISTINGUISH THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT TALKS ABOUT THINGS PLATING ISSUES THAT WERE IN EFFECT BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE.
THAT DOESN'T GIVE SOMEONE THE PERMISSION TO COMMIT A CODE VIOLATION AFTER THE FACT.
SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT'S NEW.
IF THEY DO SOMETHING THAT'S NEW, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GRANDFATHERED IN.
UM, AND, AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER PROVISION WAS IT'S A DELEGATION OF, UM, UH, THE, TO STAFF TO APPROVE MINOR PLATS, A DELEGATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE, UM, MAKE MINOR PLAT AMENDMENTS, UH, WHICH WILL BASICALLY FACILITATE, UH, IN A MORE EXPEDITED PROCESS, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS.
AND THEN THAT'S, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PROVIDED BY STATE LAW.
THE, THE CITY COMMISSION JUST HAS TO GIVE THE STAFF THE OPTION TO DO IT.
BUT THIS WAY, EVERYTHING DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION.
OF COURSE, IT, YOU'RE NOT SAYING YOU'RE, YOU'RE, ALL YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE CREATING AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
IF, IF, IF SOMEONE HAS TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, THEY, THEY STILL CAN BRING IT BEFORE THE COMMISSION, BUT IT BASICALLY GIVES THE CITY MANAGER THE APPROVAL TO ISSUE THESE MINOR PLAT APPROVALS OR MINOR PLAT AMENDMENTS WITHOUT PEOPLE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
AND THAT CRITERIA THERE ARE SET FORTH THERE AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, PERMIT US.
I MEAN, UH, KEEPS US AWAY FROM US, MARK, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MANNY IS GONNA HAVE ALL THE AUTHORITY AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FROM THERE THAT HE WILL HAVE THE ELA ON IT.
BUT, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER, UH, SITUATIONS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN KEPT FROM GOING ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO IF, LIKE I SAID, MAYOR, IF YOU THINK OF IT AS, IF YOU THINKING OF IT AS A SAFETY VALVE TO ALLOW STAFF TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS FOR PEOPLE, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.
IT DOESN'T PREVENT THE COMMISSION FROM CONSIDERING ANYTHING.
IT DOESN'T DEPRIVE THE CITY COMMISSION OF POWER TO, TO HANDLE ANYTHING OR LOOK AT ANYTHING.
UM, ALL IT DOES IS IT CREATES A SAFETY VALVE FOR PEOPLE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THEY MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
AND, AND, AND THAT, THAT, THAT WILL WORK.
THAT WILL BE, UM, IT, IT'LL, I THINK IT'S GONNA CREATE A MORE EXPEDITIOUS PROCESS FOR PEOPLE, A QUICKER PROCESS THAT'S LESS EXPENSIVE, AS LONG AS YOU MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE EXCEPTION.
MARK, YOU SAID THAT, THAT IT HAS TO GO TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR APPROVAL, BUT FROM WHAT I, THAT WAS THE LAST ORDINANCE THAT WAS TORN DOWN.
THIS ONE READS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
WELL, THE RIGHT, IT'S STAFF, IT'S THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING IS WHO I MEAN, WHO, WHOEVER IS WITH.
I MEAN, WHO, WHO DON'T HAVE ONE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
RICK? WELL, IF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, THEN IT WOULD BE NO, I, I'M, I'M JUST ASKING DOUG.
THERE IS ONE AND THE ORDINANCES DIRECTOR SLASH PLANNING MANAGER.
SO IT COULD BE DIRECTOR PLANNING, BE MANAGER PLANNING.
AND AS OF TODAY, THE EMAIL THAT I SENT OUT EARLIER TODAY EXPLAINED THAT THERE IS A NEW PLANNING MANAGER ON STAFF SO THAT IT GOES, SO WHAT YOU SAID WAS INCORRECT, THEN IT GOES TO YOU.
WELL, I, I WAS TALKING ABOUT STAFF, RIGHT? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S NOT A PLANNING DIRECTOR, SOMEONE HAS TO HANDLE IT.
UM, THE, THE, THE WHOLE CONCEPT BEHIND WHAT I WAS SAYING, COMMISSIONER, WAS THAT IT IT'S A SAFETY VALVE THAT PER THAT PERMITS STAFF TO DEAL WITH ISSUES THAT, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT? IT EXPEDITES THE PROCESS.
BUT I THINK THE LAST TIME THE CONCERN WAS THAT IT WENT TO THE MANAGER'S OFFICE AND IT DIDN'T GO TO THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
BUT THIS WAY IT READS DIFFERENTLY.
SO THIS IS GONNA GO TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FIRST FOR REVIEW, CUZ THIS IS HOW WE GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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SO THIS IS GOING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING TO REVIEW.
I I THINK IN ALL CASES IT GOES TO THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, BUT IN, IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, UH, MINOR SITUATIONS.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UH, THEY GO THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, OF COURSE, UH, IN THIS CASE IT'LL BE A DIRECTOR SLASH PLANNER AS, UH, MR. ROSA EXPLAINED, I THINK SOMEBODY'S COMING ON BOARD.
LET, LET'S SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA BE, UH, NON-COMPLAINT.
THEY MUST REMAIN COMPLIANT TO WHATEVER THE CODES ARE OUT THERE.
AND IF IT NEEDS TO REVIEWED BY, UH, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE NOW.
SO, UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER IT'S FINANCE, UH, WHETHER IT'S PLANNING ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND SET OF EYES TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE DON'T RUN INTO EVEN BIGGER SITUATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO WHAT GOT US HERE.
THE, THE POOR PLANNING FROM BEFORE.
SO LET'S SEE IF THIS, UH, CAN WORK OUT FOR US.
UM, I, I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH, UH, A SECOND SET OF EYES LOOKING AT SOMETHING.
OKAY? I I WILL, I'LL ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE OF FIRST SET OF EYES MAY MISS SOMETHING, BUT WHAT IS SOMETHING MINOR? UH, I I THINK WE STILL HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
MARK, I WANNA RUN A, A SCENARIO.
IF, UH, THIS ORDINANCE GETS APPROVED TONIGHT AND SOMEONE COMES INTO TOWN TOMORROW AND BUYS A PROPERTY, A HOUSE THAT SITS ON TWO LOTS, ARE THEY GONNA BE REQUIRED TO REPLAT BEFORE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY? COMMISSIONER? I HATE WHAT YOU ASKED ME A HYPOTHETICAL AND YOU HAVEN'T SHOWN ME ALL THE INFORMATION.
NO, IT'S, I THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, IF IT, IF IT, IF IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS, IF IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXCEPTION, THEN NO, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE REQUIRED TO IF NO, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE REQUIRED TO REPLANT.
SO I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE WE'VE HAD AND MS. KERRY, I'M SORRY I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, RIGHT? BUT IF SHE CAME IN, THIS GOT APPROVED TODAY, AND SHE, AND YOU KNOW HER EXAMPLE, RIGHT? CUZ WE'VE BEEN OVER IT MANY WEEKS.
IF SHE CAME IN TODAY, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU'RE GONNA ASK ME A LEGAL HYPOTHETICAL, YOU NEED TO PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION TO ME.
I'M NOT GONNA ANSWER A LEGAL, I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A LEGAL OPINION ON SOMETHING WHERE I DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS IN FRONT FRONT OF ME.
WHY AM I PAYING YOU, MARK? WELL, WELL THEN GIMME THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER.
WE CAN, WE CAN GO, YOU KNOW WHAT I THEN LET'S, I MEAN IF YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA ASK, IF YOU'RE GONNA ASK ME IN AN OPINION ABOUT A SPECIFIC CASE, THEN YOU NEED TO GIVE ME ALL THE INFORMATION.
I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU LEGAL OPINION ON SOMETHING.
MARK, WE HAVE A LARGE CROWD, CALM DOWN.
WE CAN REVIEW THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF YOU LIKE, IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.
WELL, WAIT, WAIT A MINUTE, COMMISSIONER.
NOW NOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HYPOTHETICAL.
NOW YOU WANT TO MEET, YOU WANT TO MEET TO, TO DISCUSS.
YOU WANT LEGAL, A SPECIFIC CASE? I WANT A LEGAL OPINION.
SO WE WANT TO TAKE THIS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
COMMISSIONER, THIS IS ON THE AGENDA.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, WE CAN DECIDE AS A COMMISSION.
IS THAT CORRECT, COUNSEL? NO, NO.
COMMISSIONER, IF SOMETHING'S NOT ON THE AG, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA? IS THIS ORDINANCE, IT'S NOT ON THE, SOMEONE'S SPECIFIC CASE IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
MR. LITTLE, IF YOU WANT ME TAKE THIS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF WE WANT AN OPINION FROM LEGAL COUNSEL ON SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
HEY, THIS IS ON THE AGENDA, COMMISSIONER, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS IS BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.
HE'S YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL, MAYOR, MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL, CITY COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT THERE'S, I WANT SOME MORE CLARITY, OKAY? THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THIS FAR AND IT'S GOOD, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RIGHT.
AND I'M GLAD WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT.
IT'S SAD IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG, BUT WE'RE HERE FINALLY.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE COMMISSIONER THE ORDINANCE SAYS I WANT IS HERE, COMMISSIONER THE ORDINANCE SAYS WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.
IF YOU WANT ME TO ASK, IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME A SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTION AS TO WHETHER SOMEONE'S SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE APPLIES TO THIS ORDINANCE THAT I NEED TO BE FURNISHED ALL THE INFORMATION AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS I NEED TO BE GIVEN TIME TO REVIEW THOSE.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A PROMPT ANSWER, BUT I I DON'T THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA AND, AND WHAT CAN BE DISCUSSED IN EX EXECUTIVE SESSION IS THIS DISCUSSION, NOT SOMEONE'S PERSONAL SITUATION, SAME SITUATION THAT YOU'RE GONNA, SO WHAT I WOULD, RIGHT NOW, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE MADE A VERY SIMPLE SITUATION TO VERY COMPLICATED SITUATION.
SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL I GET MORE CLARITY.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GONNA HURT ANYBODY TO TABLE THIS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE HAVE A MORATORIUM, BUT I NEED MORE CLARITY IF THIS IS RIGHT, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT.
WE'VE GOTTEN THIS FAR, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT.
COMMISSION, THAT'S YOU CAN, I LIKE TO MAKE YOUR, YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVER MOTIONS YOU WANT.
I MEAN, THAT'S A, YOU'RE RIGHT, THANK YOU.
OKAY? I LIKE TO MOTION TO TABLE THIS FOR FURTHER REVIEW WITH LEGAL, IF LEGAL IS WILLING TO REVIEW.
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HOWEVER, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE BRINGING UP HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS.I, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S, IT'S NOT A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION.
NOT EVERYBODY GONNA HAVE THE SAME SITUATION.
IT'S THE SAME ONE WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR A YEAR, BUT NOT EVERYONE.
WE HAD THREE PEOPLE COME LAST MEETING.
ALL THREE OF 'EM HAD SOMETHING TOO DIFFERENT.
THERE'S TOO MUCH VAGUENESS, OKAY? IT'S TOO VAGUE.
OKAY THEN, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE.
ANYBODY PUT A SECOND? LET ME ASK A QUESTION.
THE ANSWERS THAT YOU HAVE OR WHAT THE CITY'S PROVIDING YOU, WHAT IS IT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHERE ARE YOU GONNA GET, IF I MAY, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON YOUR QUESTION? SO YOU DON'T, WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS FOR A WHILE.
YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH A NEW, UH, VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AMEND TO BETTER SERVICE THE PEOPLE TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THIS AND, UH, AT A FASTER PACE.
AND YOU WERE TOLD THAT IT'S GONNA GO NOW TO THE HANDS OF THE STAFF IN PLANNING AND IT'S ALREADY IN WRITING.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHY DO YOU PLAN ON GETTING YOUR ANSWERS OR WHAT IS IT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT THE ATTORNEY CAN'T ANSWER TO YOU RIGHT NOW? AND MR. DEL IS NOT ANSWERING THAT BECAUSE YOU, BECAUSE OF YOUR HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.
AND FOR ONE, IT'S NOT HYPOTHETICAL, IT'S AN ACTUAL SCENARIO THAT HAPPENED.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING FOR SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? AND TWO, I ASKED FOR AN OPINION FROM LEGAL BECAUSE IT LEGAL'S HERE TO GUIDE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND HE HAS BEEN, AND TO THIS POINT, I AM CONTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT I HAVE ONE SPECIFIC QUESTION, AND IF IT CAN'T BE ANSWERED NOW, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE.
BUT YOU CAN'T COME OUT HERE AND SAY, IS THIS GONNA APPLY TO THIS PERSON? IT'S NOT HYPOTHETICAL WHAT IT'S, I WANNA, IF IT'S STILL GONNA GET US IN THE SAME BOAT, THEN WHY WOULD I PROVE IT? CHOOSE, OKAY.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ORDINANCE SAYS.
I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU WANT.
OKAY, WE'RE STILL, IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S THE REASON WHY WE GOT HERE, RIGHT? COMMIT.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS ONE SPECIFIC CASE.
SOMEONE CASE, I THINK WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A MORE STREAMLINED, EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR EVERYONE.
AND COMMISSIONER WOULD DO RESPECT.
I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE DONE.
UH, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ADDRESS ANY ISSUE, BUT I, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ALL THE SPECIFICS OF ANYONE'S SPECIFIC CASE WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS IMPROVE THE ORDINANCES AS WE GO.
THIS CREATES A GRANDFATHER PROVISION.
THIS CREATES A MUCH MORE EXPEDITIOUS PROCESS.
I ANTICIPATE THAT IT MAY DEAL WITH HER, HER ISSUE, UH, BUT I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ALL THE BUILDING ISSUES, CODE ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU DO BECAUSE WE NO, NO, I, NO.
YEAH, WE ACTUALLY ADVISED YOU GREEN GARCIA, SHE ADVISED YOU TO REVIEW THOSE TWO ORDINANCES AND YOU DID THAT FOR US.
I, OKAY, SO WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS THE ORDINANCE NOT A SPECIFIC CASE.
ALL RIGHT? SO WITH DO DUE RESPECT, COMMISSIONER, I'M, I'M HERE FOR THE ORDINANCE TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
AND, AND, AND I ANTICIPATE IT MAY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE CAN, THEN WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER CUT UNLESS IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD IN PLACE.
BUT, BUT IT, IT, IT'LL, IT'LL, IT'LL RESOLVE A LOT OF SITUATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL RESOLVE EVERY SITUATION, BUT IT'LL RESOLVE A LOT OF SITUATIONS.
OKAY, SO LET ME ASK SPECIFIC WITHOUT SCENARIOS BECAUSE WE FORGOT WHAT THOSE WERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE HYPOTHETICAL NOW, THEY DON'T EXIST.
SO LET ME ASK ON THIS ORDINANCE, WILL THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE ROLL OVER TO A NEW HOMEOWNER OR OCCUPANT OF THE PROPERTY? DOES THAT, IS THAT INCLUDED HERE? YES.
COMMISSIONER, AS LONG AS THERE'S NO BUILDING CODE ISSUES OR THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO CHANGE THAT, SO THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE WILL ROLL OVER.
IF SOMEONE WAS TO BUY THE PROPERTY, THEY WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO REPLA IF IT MEETS THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I CAN'T, I CAN'T, CAN'T UNDERSTAND TELL YOU IF THERE'S OTHER BUILDING ISSUES ON A SPECIFIC PROPERTY.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UH, DO YOU WANNA RESIN, UH, YOUR, YOUR TAPE, UH, MOTION TO TABLE OR NO? I'LL LET IT GO TO VOTE.
OKAY, SO WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GALVON TO TABLE.
UH, SO DO I HAVE A SECOND? I THINK, UH,
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I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP ON, UH, LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M ON SECOND IT, SO I'M ON SECOND THIS TO TABLE THIS ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.OKAY, SO YOU'RE WAS SEEING THE PUBLIC'S, UH, TIME.
WELL JUST WANNA GET THIS, UH, LOOKED INTO MORE.
SO THE MOTION DIDN'T, UH, THE TABLE DID NOT PASS.
NOW I, ARE Y'ALL GONNA MOTION, ARE THEY GONNA MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE AS, AS, UH, PRESENTED YOU ASKING FOR A MOTION OR A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.
YOU GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS PRESENTED AND SECOND AND ALL.
SECOND AND SECOND BY MAYOR TIM, UH, VIA FRANCO.
JUST THREE TO ONE? YEAH, THREE TO 1, 3 8.
[13. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2614-10- 2022(Z) after the Second and Final Reading, amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of San Benito, Chapter 13, Utilities, providing for severability and ordaining other provisions related to the subject matter thereof. ]
HEAD NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20, UH, 26 14 DASH 10 20 22.AFTER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, UH, AMENDING THE COURT OF ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF SANTO, CHAPTER 13, UTILITIES PROVIDING FOR SURREAL ABILITY AND ORDAINING OTHER, UH, PROVISIONS RELATING THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF.
AND, UH, MARK SA THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THIS, UH, PROVISION BASICALLY LYNCHPINS WITH THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM.
UH, YOUR UTILITY CODE WAS WRITTEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT IF YOU DIDN'T COMPLY WITH CERTAIN PLOTTING REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT THE UTILITIES WOULD BE DISCONNECTED.
UH, AND SO WHAT BASICALLY WHAT WE DID IS WE RE REMOVED THAT SECTION TO PREVENT THOSE KIND OF THINGS FROM HAPPENING TO PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO FILE A A PLAT.
NOW WE'RE NOT TALKING AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A BUILDING CODE ISSUE THAT'S UNSAFE OR A WATER ISSUE THAT'S UNSAFE.
WE'RE SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT A PLATTING REQUIREMENT AND THAT THAT AMENDS THIS TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AGAIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE A QUESTION MARK.
WHY WAS THAT SPECIFIC DATE CHOSEN? WAS IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE, OF THE LAST ORDINANCE, CORRECT.
UM, IS IT A LOT LIKE A STATE LAW ORDINANCE THAT MADE, MADE THAT SPECIFIC DATE? NO.
IT WAS, IT WAS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THAT, THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF SAN BENITO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MARI FRANCO.
SECOND, TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[14. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2612-10- 2022(Z), after the Second and Final Reading, to Rezone a property located on the Southwest corner of the intersection of Sam Houston Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue, bearing a legal description of, a tract containing 5.16 acres of land out of Block Forty (40) 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 AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to SF-1 "Single Family One". Applicant: Camperos Development, LLC. ]
OKAY, NUMBER 14, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE.ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 12 DASH 10 DASH 2022 Z AFTER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING TO REZONE AND PROPERLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAN HOUSTON BOULEVARD IN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
BE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF TRACK CONTINUING FIVE POINT, UH, 16 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF 40 BLOCK, 40 OF SEMI LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION.
PAGE SIX, MAP RECORDS OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE APPLICANT, UH, COMPETITORS DEVELOPMENT LLC AND MR. HARRAN.
COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE.
THE FEATURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION, USE A SINGLE FAMILY ZONE, UH, RESIDENTIAL OR, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS BEING PROPOSED AND REQUIRES SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE ZONE TO COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCES.
UH, THE PZ OR THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2022.
AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHEN YOU GET ANY OPPOSITION.
UH, NO, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION FOR OR AGAINST.
UM, I SAW THE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING PEOPLE WERE INFORMED OR ADVISED, CORRECT.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NONE.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY CO COMMISSIONER GARCIA? SECOND.
SECOND BY MARI TA MAYOR FRANCO.
[15. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request to Rezone a property located at 30351 E. Business 77, bearing a Legal Description of: Being a 7.972 acre tract of land 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, from C-2 "Commercial General Retail" and AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to LI "Light Industry". Applicant: Shield Enterprises, LLC. ]
15, PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT THOUGH REGARDING THE A REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERLY LOCATED AT THE 30,000 3 51 EAST, UH, BUSINESS 77, BEARING A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BEARING A 7.972 ACRE LAND OF TRACK, UH, OUT OF BLOCK 1270 LAND OF WATER C SUBDIVISION.THAT'S RECORDING VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX, MAP RECORDS.
CAMERA COUNTY TEXAS, UH, FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL, UH, RETAIL TO AO AGRICULTURE AND, UH, OPEN SPACE TO L ONE LIGHT INDUSTRY, UH, APPLICANT, THE SHIELD ENTERPRISE AND, UH, LLC AND MR. ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ PER THE PRESENT CENTER.
UH, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN BERNARDINO NEWS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2022, AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONE.
OKAY, WHAT BUSINESS IS THAT ONE? UH, IT'S CODY SEWER CODY.
UM, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 27 AND OPENED UP FOR PUBLIC, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IF ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WANTS TO COME AND, UH, SAY ANYTHING.
I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE SECONDS.
OKAY THEN, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 28 AND A CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING.
[16. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2615-11-2022(Z) to Rezone a property located at 30351 East Business 77, bearing a Legal Description of: Being a 7.972 acre tract of land 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, from C-2 "Commercial General Retail" and AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to LI "Light Industry".Applicant: Shield Enterprises, LLC. ]
OKAY, HONOR NUMBER 16.FIRST READING ON ORDERS NUMBER 26, UH, 15 DASH 11 DASH 2022 Z TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 30, UH, 35 1, UH, EAST BUSINESS 77.
BE LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEARING A 7.972 ACRES, LAND OUT OF BLOCK 12 SEMI LAND AND WATER, UH, COMPANY SUBDIVISION THAT RECORDED VOLUME.
ONE PAGE SIX MAP RECORDS, CHEMICAL IN TEXAS FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND AO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TWO L I, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRY APPLICANT, UH, ENTERPRISE LLC, AND MR. J NUNS PRESENT CENTER.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM C2 COMMERCIAL, GENERAL RETAIL AND AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN SPACE TO LIGHT INDUSTRY ALLY.
THE FEATURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL USE, ALTHOUGH THE AREA'S PREDOMINANTLY, UH, COMPOSED OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE BUSINESSES, UH, STUFF.
MR. ENRIQUE, IS THIS, UM, SOMETHING THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS WANTED TO MOVE TOWARDS? UH, CORRECT.
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT SOMETHING IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRY? ARE THEY OPERATING KIND OF ALREADY AS A LIGHT INDUSTRY? YEAH, THE TRUCKING BUSINESS, IS IT A LIGHT INDUSTRY? OKAY.
UH, USE, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, CELL PHONE TOWER.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE RECLASSIFIED.
UH, WELL A ANY ZONE REQUIRES, UH, CONDITIONER USE PERMIT.
UH, THEY JUST, UH, WANNA GET IT ZONE TO LIGHT INDUSTRY.
THEY ALREADY REZONED A COUPLE OF THE PROPERTIES OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY, SO THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO MOVE TO LIGHT INDUSTRY AND JUST SAY IT BROADENS THEIR AREA OF BUSINESS.
AND IT FITS THE AREA WHERE IT'S AT.
THERE'S OTHER BUSINESSES THERE, UH, OTHER TRUCKING COMPANY AS WELLBY, I THINK IT'S CALLED THREADY TRUCKING.
AND, UH, THERE'S A GRINDING COMPANY, A STEEL, ALL THOSE RIGHT.
ARE IN LIGHT INDUSTRY USES, SO.
AND THIS, UH, IS THE SAME, UM, APPLICANT FOR THE, UH, VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, CORRECT? IT'S THE ONE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY STANDS OUT? UH, CORRECT.
SO YEAH, I'M, YEAH, IT WAS PRE, UH, PREVIOUSLY ANNEXED ON THE LAST MEETING.
[17. Public Hearing: To solicit input regarding a request to Rezone for a property located on East Business 77, bearing a Legal Description of: Being a 18.30 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, from C-2 "Commercial General Retail" and AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to LI "Light Industry". Applicant: Shield Enterprises, LLC. ]
17, PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT THE INPUT REGARDING IT.[01:00:01]
FOR, UH, PROPERTY LOCATED IN, UH, EAST EAST OF BUSINESS 77.BE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF, UH, 18.30 ACRES TRACT LAND, MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK 12 SEMI LAND AND WATER COMPANIES SUBDIVISION THAT RECORDING VOLUME MOORE PAGE SIX MAP RECORDS COME COUNT IN TEXAS FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND AO, UH, AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TWO L I LIGHT INDUSTRY APPLICANT.
SHE, UH, ENTERPRISE LLC AND, UH, MR. EN HERNANDEZ'S.
UH, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN NEWS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2022.
THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED COMMENTS FOR AGAINST THE PROPOSED, UH, REZONE.
UH, THIS IS A NEIGHBORING, UH, LOT, WHICH IS ALSO OWNED BY CODY SEWER OR SHIELD ENTERPRISES, LLC.
IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO ALSO REZONE.
AND THEN, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 32 AND WE'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC, UH, OPEN PUBLIC HEARING ANY FURTHER PUBLIC WHEN, UH, NEED TO COMMENT.
OKAY, THEN, UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 6 32 AND CLOSING PUBLIC CURING
[18. First Reading of Ordinance Number 2616-11-2022(Z) to Rezonea property located on East Business 77, bearing a Legal Description of: Being a 18.30 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, from C-2 "Commercial General Retail" and AO "Agriculture and Open Space" to LI "Light Industry". Applicant: Shield Enterprises, LLC. ]
AT AMER.UH, FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 16 DASH 11 20 22 Z THREE ARIZONA PROPERTY LOCATED IN ON, UH, EAST BUSINESS 77.
BEARING LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEARING A 18.30, UH, ACRE TRACK OF LAND, MORE OR LESS OUT OF BLOCK 12 SEMI OLD LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION.
THAT'S RECORDING VOLUME ONE, PAGE SIX.
AND MET RECORDS, UH, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL TO A O I'M SORRY, COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND A O AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TWO L ONE LIGHT INDUSTRY APPLICANT SHIELDS ENTERPRISE LLC AND MR. EN HERNANDEZ'S.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ALSO TO REZONE THIS SITE FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO LIGHT INDUSTRY.
THE FEATURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES CONTIGUOUS TO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL USE, ALTHOUGH THE AREA ALSO IS PREDOMINANTLY COMPOSED OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE BUSINESSES.
THERE'S A PUBLIC, WELL ACTUALLY THIS IS A FIRST READING, SORRY, THE FIRST READING.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
[19. Consideration and possible action to approve the City of San Benito Schedule of Events for the calendar year 2023. ]
ITEM NUMBER 19, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY.SUBMIT THOSE SCHEDULE FOR EVENTS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, NIKKI CIANO, PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL PROJECTS PLANNER.
FOR THE RECORD, THE LIST OF DATES AND EVENTS PROVIDED INCLUDES COMMUNITY EVENTS AND FESTIVALS FOR THE UPCOMING CALENDAR YEAR.
OUR FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS PROMOTE THE CITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS HOG WATER AND SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT AS A TRAVEL AND TOURIST DESTINATION WHILE STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PRIDE, APPROVAL OF EVENTS AND DATES WILL ALLOW STAFF TO SOLICIT ENTERTAINMENT VENDORS AND SPONSORS.
ON THE HOG MODEL CONCERT, YOU ALSO HAVE A CARNIVAL AND PARENTHESES IS, IS THAT A, A SHARED THING? IS, IS I WILL BE MEETING WITH, UH, HEART OF AMERICA, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM HEART OF AMERICA.
UM, I'LL BE CALLING HIM THIS WEEK TO SET UP A DATE.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS WITH THAT.
WE ALREADY WENT, UM, I COORDINATED HIS CALENDAR WITH OUR CALENDAR AND WE HAVE SELECTED THOSE DATES.
UM, SO WE WILL BE MEETING WITH HIM SOON TO DO A SITE VISIT AND ANSWER.
UM, AND, UM, I NOTICED OF COURSE, UH, WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS HERE BY, UH, THE OSAA AT HAVEN TRAIL, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY'S OUT THERE.
AND FOR SOME REASON, THE HOG MODEL, UH, I DIDN'T SEE QUITE THAT MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE YEARS PAST.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS YEAR, ATTENDANCE WASN'T AS GOOD AS, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATED MM-HMM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
IF IT'S A SURE THING, I HOPE YOU CAN GET IT, BUT IF
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YOU CAN'T, UM, YOU MAY WANNA THINK ABOUT MOVING HOG WADDLE TO HAVEN, UH, PARK.I MEAN, LOOK AT OUR, UM, SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL.
I, AND, AND OF COURSE SAK FEST, I MEAN, DOES RIGHT.
WE HAVE A FIREWORKS DISPLAYS AND PEOPLE LOVE THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I KNOW A CARNIVAL'S A BIG DRAW.
YOU STILL LOVE CARNIVALS MYSELF.
BUT, UH, I THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA BE HAVING HOG WALL OUT THERE, UM, QUITE A DISTANCE FROM TOWN, YEAH.
YOU DEFINITELY NEED A DRAW OF A CARNIVAL.
I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP.
YEAH, WE WOULD THAT AND YOU'RE CORRECT.
THAT'S WHY WE, YOU KNOW, WE DID, YOU KNOW, PUSH IT EARLIER IN THE YEAR SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE CARNIVAL CARNIVAL, UH, AND IT IS KIND OF LIKE SEASONAL AND THEY'RE STILL HERE IN TOWN OR MARCH 25TH DOWN IN THOSE, DURING THOSE, UM, THOSE MONTHS.
SO IT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE, THE DRAW PLUS THE CONCERT AND, YOU KNOW, TRY.
SO NOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CARNIVAL AND JOINING FORCES WITH THE, WITH THE HOG GU.
NOW WE NEED A GOOD BAND MONDAY.
AND I GUARANTEE YOU PEOPLE WILL COME UP.
WELL, I THINK YOU HAD AN EXCELLENT BAND.
TYPICALLY THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SECOND.
MARCH, UH, TEXT, LIKE TEXAS, THE SCHOOLS HERE TEXAS WEEK.
TEXAS WEEK IS USUALLY ABOUT THE SECOND.
I KNOW THAT THE ATTENDANCE WAS, MAYBE IT LOOKS A LITTLE LOWER JUST CUZ IT'S A, IT'S MORE WHITE.
UM, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
SECOND WEEK IS THE WEEK YOU'RE, IT'S A WEEK RIGHT.
BEFORE, UH, RIGHT AFTER SPRING BREAK.
SO DO YOU THINK, UM, IS, UM, THE RODEO OR THE LIVESTOCK SHOW, HOW LONG DOES THAT RUN? AND ARE WE GONNA CONFLICT WITH THEIR CARNIVALS? NO, WE WILL NOT.
I DID, UM, DO THE RESEARCH AND I LOOKED UP THE RGV LIVESTOCK SHOW AS WELL AS CHAR DAYS AND SOMBRERO FEST IN BROWNSVILLE.
SO CHAR DAYS IS SOMETIME LATE FEBRUARY, AND THEN THE LIVESTOCK SHOW, I BELIEVE IS IN MARCH BEFORE OUR EVENT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE, WE SELECTED THESE STATES.
WE DIDN'T WANNA COMPETE WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES.
I THINK LIVESTOCK SHOW RUNS THE TEXAS WEEK.
YES, THEY ARE DURING SPRING BREAK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND BY MARI TIMOTHY FRANCO.
IS THE NAME RIGHT THERE? ANY NAS? OKAY.
[20. Consideration and possible action to ratify a road closure request at the 100 Block of West Batts Street for the 14th Annual Red and Gold Chili Cook-Off event held on October 15,2022 at the Gas Station Bar. ]
NUMBER 20, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO RED VERIFY A ROAD CLOSURE REQUEST AT THE, UH, 100 BLOCK OF WEST BAT STREET ON THE FOURTH ANNUAL RED IN, UH, GOLD TRU KOFF, UM, EVENT HELD ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2022 AT THE GAS STATION BAR AND, UH, POLICE CHIEF OF MAYOR.TIM COMMISSIONERS POLICE CHIEF MARI, FOR THE RECORD, THIS ITEM IS TO RATIFY THE ROAD CLOSURE REQUEST FOR THE 14TH ANNUAL RED AND GOLD CHILI COOKOFF EVENT HELD AT THE GAS STATION BAR ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2022.
THE REQUEST CAME IN WHILE WE WERE AT THE TML CONFERENCE AND IT WAS GOING TO BE ABLE, PRIOR TO THE OCTOBER 18TH CITY COMMISSION MEETING, STAFF WENT AHEAD AND PROVED THE EVENT AND ROAD CLOSURE.
AFTER THE EVENT, ORGANIZERS MET ALL REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDED ALL PROPER DOCUMENTATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I GET A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR TIMCO SICKEN TAKEN BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
EVEN THOUGH HE IS ALREADY PASSED.
BY THE WAY, CAN YOU TELL ME? UH, RED AND GOLD? I THINK IT WAS, UH, THE BANDIDOS, UH, MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
OH, IT'S A MOTORCYCLE CLUB? YEAH.
WHAT'S A RED AND GOLD? OKAY, THANK YOU.
YEAH, WELL WE HAD, UH, ONE OF OUR FAMOUS, UH, CONSTABLES THERE SINGING TOO.
[21. Consideration and possible action to approve the Annual Maintenance Agreement payment to Tyler Technologies for the Police Department's Tyler Public Safety Records Management System and Computer Aided Dispatch software in the total amount of $43,951.59. ]
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OKAY.ADDING NUMBER 21, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT PAYMENT FOR TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TYLER PUBLIC SAFETY REWARDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SOFTWARE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $43,951 AND 59 CENTS.
AND POLICE CHIEF VIDEO PURSUING THE CENTER.
THE COPY OF THE INVOICE YOU HAVE IS FOR THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT PAYMENT FOR OUR TYLER PUBLIC SAFETY RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH, AND THE IPAD MOBILE CLIENT SYSTEM.
THIS IS A YEARLY BUDGETED ITEM.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ITEMS ARE BUDGETED FOR, CORRECT, SIR.
SO, RENEWAL, IS THIS THE, THE ONE THAT'S, UH, ON A PAYMENT, IS THIS ANNUALLY OR IS THIS A PAYMENT SCALE? LIKE THREE OF FIVE PAYMENT? THREE OF FIVE OR NO, THIS ONE'S ANNUALLY.
THIS IS THE ANNUAL ONE? YES, SIR.
YEAH, THERE'S NOT MANY CO I THINK THERE'S TWO COMPANIES THAT HANDLE THIS.
IS THAT RIGHT? WE, UH, THERE, THERE'S VARIOUS COMPANIES THAT, THAT, UH, HANDLE THE RMS AND, UH, CAT SYSTEM.
UH, WE OBTAINED THIS, UH, SYSTEM IN, I BELIEVE, 2018 AND, AND WENT INTO, UH, AFFECTING 2019.
SO THIS IS FOR YOUR DISPATCH? YES.
THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, FOR THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT, UH, DISPATCH AND FOR, UH, THE IPAD, THE COMPUTERS THAT GOT IN THEIR CAR, THE TABLETS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE.
SECOND, TAKEN BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
[22. Consideration and possible action to approve the San Benito Police Department to dispose of the following four decommissioned police vehicles: ]
22 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY, UH, THE SEMI POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DISCLOSE, TO DISPOSE OF THE FOLLOWING, THE FOR DECOMMISSION THE, UH, POLICE VEHICLES.AND, UH, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF 'EM.
BUT, UH, AT NUMBER 1, 20 11 CHRON VICTORIA, 2011 ITEM OR TWO 20, UH, 2011 CROWN VICTORIA.
ALSO AT NUMBER 3, 20 11, CROWN VICTORIA.
AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, 2008, UH, FORD CROWN VICTORIA.
ALL YOURS, THESE VEHICLE LISTED HAVE BEEN DISC DECOMMISSIONED FOR SOME TIME NOW.
THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CRASHES AND HAVE SUSTAIN FRAME DAMAGE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THEM STORED IN OUR IMPO LINE, AND WE HAVE BEEN USING THEM FOR PARTS TO REPAIR OUR OTHER CROWN VICTORIAS THAT ARE STILL ON THE ROAD.
WE HAVE TAKEN ENGINES, TRANSMISSIONS, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PARTS FROM THEM.
WHAT I'M REQUESTING TO DO IS HAVE THESE VEHICLES DEMOLISHED AND SOLD FOR SCRAP AT A LOCAL JUNKYARD.
WE HAVE TALKED TO THE LOCAL RECYCLING CENTER, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO CRUSH THE VEHICLE IN OUR PRESENCE.
ALSO, SOME OF THE LOCAL RECORD SERVICES HAVE INFORMED US THAT THEY WILL TOW THEM, UH, AT NO CHARGE TO THE CITY.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? CHIEF? UM, IT GOES BASED OFF OF WEIGHT.
UH, AB STEELS A NEW COMPANY IN TOWN, CORRECT? I CORRECT, SIR.
THEY'RE, UM, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THE FUNDS FROM HERE? THEY PROBABLY GET LIKE, MAYBE 300 BUCKS A CAR.
WE USUALLY PUT 'EM BACK INTO THE, THE SCRAP, UH, METAL FUND.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE A SCRAP METAL FUND? YES.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN, THEY'RE THROWING AWAY A LOT OF CARS.
AS LONG AS YOU GET SOME FUNDS BACK AND THEN YOU CAN USE IT.
CUZ WHAT I, WHAT I HATE TO SEE IS JUST SEEING THINGS JUST SITTING THERE.
I THINK PUBLIC WORKS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT.
THERE'S MR. LORO, THIS MIGHT BE FOR YOU THAT THERE'S SCRAP, PROBABLY SCRAP THAT.
SCRAP ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT WE CAN RECYCLE IT AND GET SOME MONEY FOR THEM TO, I DON'T KNOW, DO SOMETHING WITH IT, SIR.
SO ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE DONE TAKING ALL THE PARTS? DID YOU NEED THE, THERE'S THE ENGINES.
TRANSMISSIONS, I THINK HEADLIGHTS, BUMPERS, UH, YOU'RE TAKING MOTION TO APPROVE.
BEFORE YOU GO, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE, UH, FOR DOING THIS, UH, TO CLEAN OUT YOUR IMPO IMPOUND YARD.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE CAN U BETTER UTILIZE THAT AREA, UH, FOR PRESERVING YOUR CURRENT VEHICLE.
HOPEFULLY, UH, ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY CAN START TAKING THE SAME, UH, DIRECTION AND, AND CLEANING UP, UH, AND GETTING RID OF WHAT WE DON'T NEED.
UH, I MEAN, THAT'S TAKING UP SPACE, VALUABLE SPACE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON, SIR.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY MARI FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSE.
[23. Consideration and possible action to reject bids received pertaining to Bid Number 2022-003-0901 in regard to chemicals]
2023 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO REJECT BIDS RECEIVED PERTAINING TO BID.UH, NUMBER 2022 DASH 0 0 3 DASH 0 9 0 1 IN REGARDS TO
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CHEMICALS AND MR. GARCIA, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, I GARCIA SEE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COORDINATOR AND INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.UH, THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS, UH, LATE BID PACKAGE THAT ARRIVED FROM DPC INDUSTRIES.
UH, IN ORDER TO FOLLOW OUR OWN PROCUREMENT, UH, POLICIES, UH, WE WERE ADVISED TO REJECT THE BID ITEM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
JULY TO KNOW IT JUST ARRIVED PAST THE DEADLINE, SIR.
MOTION TO SO PROVE AS PRESENTED TO THE NINTH, UH, BID.
I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR TIMOTHY FRANCO.
SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GARVAN.
MOTION PASSES TO REJECT BITS ON ITEM NUMBER 23.
[24. Consideration and possible action to approve bids received pertaining to Bid Number 2022-003-0901 in regard to a year supply of chemicals. ]
OKAY.ITEM NUMBER 24, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE BITS.
UH, RECEIPT PERTAINING TO BID NUMBER, UH, 20 22 3 0 9 0 1 IN REGARDS TO A YEARLY A YEAR SUPPLY OF CHEMICALS.
AND MR. GARCIA, THE ITEM OF CONSIDERATION, UH, IS BID PACKET 20 22 0 3 0 9 0 1, WHICH REFERENCES TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
THESE WERE THE ITEMS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY THE CITY.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THESE, UH, THIS IS PERTAINS TO ALL THE CHEMICALS FOR, UH, OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, UH, AND LOCKING THEM IN AT A FIXED RATE FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST MONTH, I MEAN LAST YEAR'S EXPENDITURES.
WAS IT, THIS ONE IS, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? I DO HAVE A AVAILABLE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW IN THE PERCENTAGE AND OVERALL NOT, NOT ITEMIZED, JUST AN OVERALL, UH, THE CHANGES, UH, THEY VARIED, UH, DEPENDING ON THE CHEMICALS.
SOME WENT AS HIGH AS, UH, A, A INCREASE OF UP TO 78% CHANGE ON SOME OF THE ITEMS. THAT ONE WAS OUR LIQUID AMMONIA SULFATE.
UM, SOME OF THEM WE DID SAVE THE LOWEST, LOWEST ONE DID DECREASE BY 13.
UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR CHEMICALS DID INCREASE WELL BEFORE IT INCREASED.
WE, SO IT'D BE GOOD MOVE THOSE WHO LOCK IN THE RESTAURANT TO LOCK 'EM IN.
WE BUDGETED FOR THIS THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE.
WE TALKED THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE AN ISSUE.
UM, IT, UH, THE ONLY THING I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS, UH, SOME OF THESE COMPANIES ARE OUTTA STATE.
PROBABLY NOT INCLUDED HERE IN THIS PRICE.
THEY ARE BEING, UH, WE, THEY GET DELIVERED HERE TO OUR PLANTS.
SO THEY THEY ARE INCLUDED FREE SHIPPING, YOU'RE SAYING THEY NO, THEY, THEY, THEY WORK WITH AMAZON
SO, SO LIKE, IS SHIPPING COSTS GONNA BE AN ISSUE VERSUS LIKE SOMEONE IN CORPUS OR HOUSTON VERSUS NEW JERSEY? MM-HMM.
ALL OF, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE SHIPPING CHEMICALS, I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY, YEAH, SOME OF THESE CHEMICALS ARE, ARE VERY VOLATILE WHEN, WHEN TRANSFERRING.
SO MAYBE SOME CAN'T FLY AND THEY NEED TO GO BY A ROAD.
UM, SO THAT, THAT MIGHT HAVE AN ISSUE LIKE WHO WE CHOOSE, RIGHT? CUZ THAT THAT'S GONNA CHANGE THE PRICES.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH JUST ONE STRAIGHT BIDDER.
THAT'S WHAT WE RECOMMENDED ON YOUR BID TABULATION.
UH, THE NUMBERS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE ARE, ARE LOWEST BIDDERS.
THE RED ONES ARE OUR HIGH BIDDERS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE LOW BIDS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? YOU GET A MOTION BY COMMERCIAL GARCIA.
[25. Consideration and possible action to approve bids received pertaining to Bid Number 2022-007-1007 in regard to a year supply of chemicals. ]
IT.NUMBER 25, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE BIDS.
UH, RECEIPT PERTAINING TO BID, UH, UH, NUMBER 22 0 22 7 DASH 1 0 7 IN REGARD TO A YEARLY SUPPLY OF CHEMICALS.
AND MR. GARCIA PERCENT ON, UH, THESE ITEMS PERTAIN TO THE ONE THAT WE HAD TO REJECT, WHICH IS, UH, THE CHLORINE GAS, UH, PRODUCED BY DPC.
UH, IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY SUPPLIERS IN THE AREA.
UM, SO THEY RESUBMITTED THEIR PACKET AND THEIR BID BOND.
AND AT THIS TIME, IT DID ARRIVE ON TIME.
SO WE ARE, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT ONE FOR APPROVAL.
AND I BELIEVE OUR SECOND ONE WAS OUR SODIUM.
UH, IT WAS OUR SODIUM CHLORIDE, WHICH IS, UH, REQUIRED AT BOTH OF OUR PLANTS.
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OKAY, SO IT'S GONNA BE A TWO, YES.AND YOU HAVE THE TABULATION FOR THAT ONE AS WELL.
WELL, UH, THEY'RE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED AND BLUE FOR THE LOW BIDS, AND I BELIEVE THEY, THEY WERE THE ONLY TWO BIDDERS FOR, FOR THIS, UH, BIT PACKET.
ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS BEFORE YOU CLOSE? UH, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA LOOK AT THIS ABOUT MID-YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW IT LOOKS DURING THE, UH, THE, THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS.
UH, BUT MY CONCERN IS GONNA BE THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE BUDGETED ENOUGH BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED THIS BUDGET PROCESS IN THE SUMMER, WE WEREN'T IN A DROUGHT.
WHAT WE'VE COME TO THE REALIZATION IS THAT WE'RE NOW PULLING WATER FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CANAL SYSTEM, THE RASAKA.
SO WITH ALL THIS SEDIMENTATION AND SILT THERE, IT IS COSTING US MORE IN CHEMICALS, WHETHER IT'S THE CONVENTIONAL WATER PLANT OR USING THE FILTRATION SYSTEM.
IT'S CAUSING THE, THE, THE FILTERS AT WATER PLANT TWO ARE, UH, KNEE CLEANING MORE OFTEN, MORE CHEMICALS.
AND THOSE WERE NOT, UH, WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T, UH, SEE A JOCK COMING.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE NOT HAD ANYTHING, ANY TYPE OF RAIN ENOUGH TO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME MORE WATER INTO THE, UH, OSAA LATELY.
BUT WE ARE DRAFTING, UH, WATER THAT IS NEAR THE BOTTOM AND IT'S PULLING A LOT OF GRIT.
SO WE MAY NEED TO, UH, UH, AMEND OUR BUDGET WHEN IT COMES TO THESE WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONS AND, AND OUR DRINKING WATER.
SO, UH, THIS MOST RECENT INCREASE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA DO WHEN IT COMES TO THESE, UH, THESE CHEMICAL COSTS.
SO DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL SINCE EVERYTHING'S, UH, INCREASING IN PRICE? WE CAN'T, CAN'T, WELL, NO, BECAUSE REMEMBER, THESE ARE THE WINTER MONTHS, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE CONSUMING AS MUCH WATER.
UM, COMMISS, ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 25? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO, MOTION BY MAYOR, PUT SECOND, SECOND.
SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN.
[26. Consideration and possible action to approve bids received pertaining to Bid Number 2022-004-0902 in regard to road construction materials. ]
OKAY.IT, 26 HAS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE BITS PERTAINING TO BID NUMBER 20, UH, 22 0 0 4, 0 9 0 2.
IN REGARD TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND MR. GARCIA, ADAM, THIS PERTAINS TO OBVIOUSLY THE ROAD MATERIALS IN ORDER TO KEEP OPERATIONS, UH, GOING, UH, AND CONTINUE WITH THE ROADS THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED.
UM, AND CONTINUE ON, ON, ON PAVING THOSE ROADS.
UH, WE RECEIVED ON THAT ONE, WE RECEIVED A 12 MONTHS SUPPLY FOR, IT WAS HOT MIX, LIMESTONE, COLD, UH, MIX CHE, AND THOSE WERE THE, THE FOUR THAT WE DID RECEIVE FOR THAT BID PACKAGE.
DID THE PRICE GO UP ON THIS ONE? ON THE, UH, HOT RE ON THE HOT MIX, IT APPROXIMATELY WENT UP ABOUT 12.2%.
AND THIS YEAR, UH, THE LOW BID CAME IN AT 89, UH, 79 CENTS.
IS THAT GONNA BE THE HARDEST? AS FAR AS, UH, THE HARDEST HIT ONE WAS OUR LIMESTONE THAT WENT UP BY APPROXIMATELY ALMOST 28%.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GALVAN TO APPROVE LOIS BIDDER THE SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MAYOR FRANCO.
[27. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to Chemtrade Chemicals US LLC for the purchase of Caustic Soda 50% bulk in the amount of $11,901.93. ]
AT NUMBER 27, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE, UH, PAYMENT, UH, TO CHEM TRACK, UH, CHEM TRADE, UH, CHEMICALS, UH, US LLC, TO THE PURCHASE OF, UH, CAUSTIC, UH, SODA, 50% OF BULK AND THE AMOUNT OF $11,901 AND 93 CENTS.MR. GARCIA, THIS ITEM PERTAINS TO, UH, THE CAUSTIC SODA THAT'S REQUIRED AT OUR, AT OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
UH, THESE CHEMICALS HELP OUT BALANCE THE PH LEVELS IN, IN BOTH PLANTS, AND IT'S REQUIRED REASON IT'S BEING PRESENTED AT THIS TIME, CONSIDERING WE DID NOT HAVE ANY, UH, LOCKED IN BIDS, UH, FOR THESE ITEMS. SO, CONS, IT WENT OVER THE, THE $10,000 MARK.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IT UP FOR, FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UH, MOVING FORWARD THESE ITEMS, CONSIDERING THEY'VE BEEN, UH, ONCE WE APPROVE THE BIDS MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, PROCESS THOSE WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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IS THE COST SODA.IT, UH, HELPS BALANCE THE PH LEVELS AND THE WATER.
IS THIS THE, THE AMOUNT, UH, IT'S PER, PER GALLON.
IS THAT SIMILAR QUANTITY OF WHAT WE USED LAST YEAR, OR ARE WE INCREASING OUR DEMAND? NO, WE, WE ARE USING, UH, WE ALWAYS GET THE SAME, UH, VOLUME EVERY MONTH.
UH, BUT CONSIDERING THE PRICE DID GO UP, THAT'S HOW WE PASS THAT THRESHOLD OF $10,000.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU RIGHT NOW? UM, IF IT WOULD'VE STAYED BELOW, THEN WE COULD HAVE PROCESSED IT WITHIN, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT.
WHAT WAS LAST YEAR'S, UH, COST FOR THE COST SODA? IT WAS AT $2 AND 19 CENTS.
AND THAT ONE WENT UP TO THREE 30.
SO IT WENT UP APPROXIMATELY 55%.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE MOTION? MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSION GARCIA? SECOND.
UH, AND, SORRY, WELL, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.
SO IT, NUMBER 27, MOTION PASSES.
[28. Consideration and possible action to a award contract to the lowest bidder in reference to the three bids received pertaining to the removal and replacement of manholes on Diana Street and Heywood Street. ]
OKAY.ADAM, NUMBER 28, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE LOWEST BIDDER IN REFERENCE TO THREE BIDS RECEIVED PERTAINING TO REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF MANHOLES ON, UH, UH, JANNA STREET AND HAYWOOD, UH, STREET, UH, MR. GARCIA.
THE ITEM MODE FOR CONSIDERATION IS, UH, THE REPLACEMENT OF THREE MANHOLE TWO ON HAYWARD STREET.
UM, THEY'RE OLD BRICK MANHOLES COLLAPSING.
UM, IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE THREE BIDS.
UM, AND IN ORDER SO WE CAN ALSO CONTINUE, UH, REPAVING THE ROADS THERE.
AND DIANNA STREET, UH, REQUIRES ONE MANHOLE, SIMILAR CONCEPT, OLD BRICK MANHOLE.
UM, AND TO EXPEDITE THOSE, UH, WE BIDED IT OUT FOR, FOR REPLACEMENT.
HOW MANY COMPANIES, UH, BID IT UP? FOR THIS ONE WE HAD THREE BIDDERS.
UM, ARE THERE OTHER, IS THERE, IS THERE, UH, OTHER OPTIONS HERE? I'VE SEEN WHERE I'VE SEEN THESE TYPE OF MANHOLES BEFORE? YES.
AND THEY DO LIKE, UH, CEMENT LAYOVER, KIND OF LIKE, UH, WHAT DO YOU DO ON THE POOL? A PLASTER.
I SAW, UM, SOUTHERN TRE LIST DOING STUFF LIKE THAT.
THE LAST CONFERENCE, THAT'S JUST A PATCH JOB, RIGHT? THIS IS A COMPLETE REDO.
THIS IS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL CONSIDERING WE'RE, UH, REDOING THE ROADS, REPAVING THEM.
WE'D RATHER GO AHEAD AND, AND MAKE THE, THE FIXES NOW SO IT DOESN'T COME BACK AND, AND, UH, HURT US AND EVENTUALLY HAVE TO TEAR UP THE STREET THAT WE JUST REPAVED.
SO DO YOU, DO YOU THINK IT'S, UM, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE IF YOU START GETTING IN THERE, YOU'RE GONNA START COMING ACROSS MORE AND MORE PROBLEMS? WELL, THEY'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED SOME OF THE ISSUES.
SOME OF THE SEWER LINES WILL NEED TO BE ALSO REPLACED, I BELIEVE, UM, ON, UH, HAYWOOD STREET.
THERE IS, UH, AND THE REASONING FOR BIDDING IT OUT ALSO, THERE ARE DEEP MANHOLES AND THEY DO SERVICE A, A QUITE BIT OF AN AREA.
UH, SO WE WILL RECOMMEND, UH, REQUIRE A LOT OF TRENCHING, WHICH, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE.
UM, AND THE MANPOWER, CONSIDERING WE ARE WORKING ON ACTIVE WATER LEAKS OF THAT NATURE.
SO IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS, THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO GO, UH, THE BIDDING ROUTE.
ON YOUR DESCRIPTION, YOU SHOW TWO ON HAYWOOD.
UH, HOW FAR APART OF THOSE? CAUSE I, I KNOW WE, UH, THERE'S A HOLD UP HERE, UH, JUST DOWN THE STREET, UH, TO HAYWOOD.
SO ARE THE MAN, THOSE TWO, WHAT'S THE DISTANCE BETWEEN, I DON'T HAVE THE, THE EXACT DISTANCE, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
IS IT WITHIN A BLOCK OR, BECAUSE YES, THEY'RE ON THE SAME BLOCK.
OH, THEY'RE ON THE SAME BLOCK.
SO HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY? I MEAN, CUZ OF COURSE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK WHEN TREATMENT REPAIR COMES AROUND.
WHEN OUR, OUR, UH, STREET SCREWS GO AROUND AND THEY START ASSESSING AND, AND, UH, PREPPING THE ROADS FOR PAVING, THEY'LL GIVE SUGGESTIONS TO OUR COLLECTIONS AND OUR SEWER DEPARTMENT THAT, HEY, WE NEED TO REPLACE THIS MANHOLE IF IT'S DOABLE.
IF IT'S A SMALL, UH, FIVE FOOT, SIX FOOT MANHOLE AND WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT IN-HOUSE, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DO THAT TO SAVE COSTS.
UH, BUT CONSIDERING THESE ARE DEEPER MANHOLES AND THE SHORING AND, AND TRUDGING THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR THOSE, UH, IT'S BETTER IF WE YEAH, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL TOWN SITE, SO THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY, PROBABLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
IS THERE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE ON THE, ON BETWEEN THE BIDDERS? THERE WAS.
AND SO, AND IF SO, UH, HAVE WE LOOKED THE WORK THAT
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THE LOWEST BIDDER HAS DONE? I BELIEVE SO.UM, ONE OF THE BIDDER, THE HIGHER BIDDERS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT DID OUR, UH, REPAIR HERE ON, UH, 77, WHICH WAS R EEG.
THEY CAME IN, UM, AND OMT CAME IN AT THE LOWEST BID, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT, UH, 48,000.
UM, FROM MY, UH, UNDERSTANDING IT WAS THEY KIND OF WANTED TO GET IN, UH, TO START, UH, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE CITY.
SO THEY KIND OF GAVE US KIND OF LIKE A DISCOUNT TYPE OF, UH, DEAL TO MOVE FORWARD.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE DONE SOME TYPE OF, UH, WORK HERE.
SO WE WERE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
UM, SO THEY RECOMMENDED OUR SUPERVISORS DID RECOMMEND THEM.
WHICH ONE IS THAT ONE? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S OMT, BUT THE LOWEST BID WAS WHO? OMT.
I JUST HOPE THAT, UH, I MEAN, BY HAVING THE, UH, THE LOWEST BIDDER THAT THEY COME BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, WE'RE ON THE BID AT THIS BECAUSE THERE'S MORE TO IT, YOU KNOW, THAN THE WHAT WE'RE FINDING, WHICH IS ALWAYS COMES BACK TO US AGAIN.
AND THEY MET, UH, THEY COME AND ASSESS IT.
AND OUR, OUR STAFF IS ON, ON SITE LETTING THEM KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, UH, THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED.
SO THEY LET 'EM KNOW BEFOREHAND, BEFORE THEY PLACE THE BID.
UM, WE CAN'T REALLY TELL 'EM WHAT'S NOT A PROJECT IS GONNA DRAG ON OR NO, MR. NO, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE, I SAW, I SAW A VIDEO THAT, UM, THAT COMPANY WAS DOING AT THE, UH, AT THE CONFERENCE.
THEY, THEY, THEY POWER WASHED ALL THE BRICKS AND I NOTICED THAT ALL THE BRICKS WERE SHUFFLING AND KIND OF MOVING AROUND.
AND I ASKED THEM, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO A COMPLETE OVERHAUL? I SAID THAT THAT PLASTER HOLDS UP.
HAVE YOU SEEN THAT PROCESS BEFORE? NO, I HAVE NOT.
HAVE YOU SEEN OR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR? YES, SIR.
UM, DO YOU THINK IT'S, UH, MAYBE A CHEAPER ROUTE AND IT'LL ACTUALLY HOLD UP FOR 50 TO, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE COMPARABLE HOLD UP TIME FROM RECOMPLETE OVERHAUL? THAT THAT COULD BE AN OPTION.
I COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND, AND GET YOU AN ANSWER.
SO, I MEAN, IT SEEMED PRETTY COOL.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A YEAH.
COMPANY DOING THE RIGHT JOB JUST CAUSE LITTLE BIDDERS.
AND THEN, UH, LIABILITY INSURANCE, ALL OF THESE I'M SURE HAVE TO HAVE A LIABILITY INSURANCE, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
I, I THOUGHT THAT PROCESS WAS PRETTY COOL.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT SOME OF THE BRICKS NOW HERE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, UH, COLLAPSING, WHICH KIND OF STARTS BLOCKING SOME OF OUR SEWER LINES, WHICH KIND OF SLOWS FLOW.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO KIND OF EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 67 FEET DEEP AS WHAT'S GONNA BE WHATEVER, WHAT I'M SEEING HERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE CONFINED SPACE.
SO WHAT IS CITY'S RECOMMENDATION? WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
I BELIEVE, UH, IT WAS 48,000 FOR THE THREE MAN HOLES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND BY, UM, MARI TA ALL IN FEVER.
RIGHT? ANY KNEES MOTION PASSES.
I, UH, I WANT TO KIND OF GET THIS FIXED RIGHT.
SO ID ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT OTHER OPTION.
WHY? JUST, JUST, JUST SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.
ROGER, I'LL, I'LL GET YOU SOMETHING, SIR.
NOT NOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS, I DON'T WANNA DELAY THIS ANYMORE, ROGER.
IT'LL BE BRAND NEW RIGHT THERE.
[29. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Tymco Model 600 Sweeper from Industrial Disposal Supply via BuyBoard Catalog Contract Number 597-19 in the total amount of $341,000.00. ]
NUMBER, AT NUMBER 29.CUZ THE DURATION, POSSIBLE ACCIDENT TO APPROVE PURCHASE OF A, UM, TIME CODE, UH, MODEL 600 SWEEPER FOR INDUSTRIAL DISPOSAL, UH, SUPPLY VIA BY BOARD CATALOG CONTRACT NUMBER, UH, 55 97 DASH 19 IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF 341,000.
AND MR. GARCIA, THE ITEM UP FOR CONSIDERATION.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IN, UH, AUGUST WHEN WE HAD THE SHOWING OVER AT THE PUBLIC WORKS.
THAT'S THE SIMILAR, UH, TIMCO MODEL 600 SWEEPER.
UM, AT THAT POINT, I THINK WE WERE QUOTED AROUND THE 3 85 RANGE.
UH, WE DID REMOVE CERTAIN COMPONENTS THAT WE DIDN'T DEEM NECESSARY.
UM, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, UH,
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AND START SOMEWHAT OF A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM, WE START REMOVING, UH, DEBRIS, LARGE MATERIALS ENTERING OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, CAUSING CLOGS, UH, BACKUPS IN OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM.SO IF WE CAN START IMPLEMENTING THAT WITH THIS EQUIPMENT, UM, AND THEN START ADDRESSING, UH, THE ACTUAL DRAINAGE LINES AND CLEARING THEM OUT SO WHEN WE DO HAVE HEAVY DOWN BO THEY'RE CLEAR AND, AND THEY'LL FLOW EASIER.
UH, THIS EQUIPMENT WILL ALSO ALLEVIATE ALL THAT.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON A POSSIBLE, UH, SCHEDULE TO START, UH, THAT SWEEPER.
WE, WE DO HAVE A, UH, A DRIVER ALREADY AVAILABLE TO START AND WE WOULD WANNA START EARLY IN THE MORNINGS AND, AND, UH, SECTION OFF THE CITY IN QUADRANTS SO WE CAN START ADDRESSING THOSE UH, AREAS.
CAN START ON THE, UH, DOWNTOWN AREA, JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE NICER.
WHAT DOING, WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THIS? UH, THIS ONE IS PER, UH, ANTICIPATED, UH, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 200, UH, 10 DAYS AND, UH, TO UP TO 270 DAYS TO GET IT ALL EQUIPPED WITH, UH, ALL THE COMPONENTS WERE MY SCHEDULE ALREADY FOR A SECOND? YES.
I WAS LOOKING FOR A PICTURE OR AN ILLUSTRATION OF IT.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE ONE, UH, MR. LO ROSA, UH, I KNOW OF WE'RE AT TML.
WE SAW A FEW OF 'EM OUT THERE.
UM, IS IT ONE THAT WE MADE IT VERY SIMILAR THAT HAD MORE BELLS AND WHISTLES? UH, THE ONE THEY BROUGHT OUT WAS FAIRLY NICE.
UH, AND OUR PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ACTUALLY WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE STREET SWEEPING, UH, TIM COAT.
SO, UH, LAST CONVERSATION I HAD RIGHT BEFORE THIS WENT ON THE AGENDA WAS THAT HE HAD REMOVED THINGS THAT WE DID NOT NEED.
WE, WE WERE PRETTY CRITICAL AS WE WERE GOING AROUND.
I MEAN, UH, IT'S GOT SOME ALUMINUM, WHICH WON'T US, BUT THEN IT HAD SOME GALVANIZED, WHICH ARE OBVIOUS RUSS POINTS, POINTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO YOU WONDER WHY MANUFACTURER DOES THAT, RIGHT? IT ALSO CREATES LONG TERM JOBS BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO WORK IN THE FUTURE.
WE HAVE THOSE KIND OF DEBATES.
SO WE LOOKED AT IT VERY CRITICALLY TO DETERMINE IF IT WOULD FIT, FIT OUR NEED.
AND THE MAYOR'S BEEN A SUPPORTER THAT WE NEEDED A, UH, WE DO RENT ONE OCCASIONALLY, PROBABLY HALF THE YEAR WE HAVE ONE AND I CAN'T RECALL THE THOUSAND.
BUT WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED ONE.
IF WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, REPAIRING STREETS, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN.
IF WE WANT THESE STREETS TO LAST, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP THE MAINTENANCE GOING.
I SAW 'EM OVER AT TML AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THESE MODELS.
WE CAN'T AFFORD ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES.
BUT AT LEAST WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR NEWLY REPAIRED STREETS ALONG WITH THE OTHER STREETS THAT ARE AGING.
OR WE CAN HOPEFULLY PRESERVE 'EM AS WELL.
AND THIS WOULD BE FUNDED OUT THE CARES FUNDS, RIGHT? YES.
HERE I GOT A MOTION BY MARICO.
[30. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment for the water break emergency repairs on US Business 77 provided by REJ Excavation & Site Prep in the total amount of $12,500.00. ]
AT NUMBER 30, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY PAYMENT FOR THE, UH, WATER BREAK EMERGENCY REPAIRS ON US BUSINESS 77 PROVIDED BY E I MEAN R E J EXCAVATION INSIDE THE PREP IN THE TOTAL MONTH OF 12,500.THIS ITEM UP FOR CONSIDERATION IS RATIFYING THE PAYMENT, UH, FOR, UH, THE WATER LEAK BREAK THAT WE HAD OVER IN FRONT ON BUSINESS 77 IN FRONT OF STARS.
UM, THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, UH, TESTS WERE CONDUCTED, EVERYTHING HELD.
SO IT'S A MATTER OF RATIFYING THE, THE PAYMENT.
NOW, OF COURSE, THAT REPAIR, EVERYONE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND REALLY WHAT I WANNA KNOW RIGHT NOW IS, UH, IT'S BEEN REPAIRED.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO SPEND $12,500, UH, TO COVER THAT COST.
UH, THERE IS A WARRANTY, UH, ON THAT REPAIR.
AND, UH, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AREA, WE'VE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHER AREAS, BUT, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE REPAIRS THAT WE'RE DOING ARE GONNA COME BACK IN THREE MONTHS OR AFTER ANOTHER.
SO COMMISSIONER, WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR IS STRICTLY LABOR EXPERTISE.
THERE WAS ALL MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
UH, THAT'S ALL YOU'RE PAYING IS THE YEAH.
BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTOOD R EJ AS OUR COMMUNICATIONS WERE COMING AROUND AT THAT TIME, YEAH.
WE WERE BUYING ALL THE, UH, UH, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS THAT WE NEEDED AND THESE PEOPLE WERE JUST COMING IN TO YEAH.
IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR MATERIALS AND STUFF.
SO ALL THEY DID WAS PUT OUR STUFF IN THE GROUND, SO, OKAY.
BUT IT WAS ACCEPTABLE AND OKAY.
BECAUSE GOSH, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
UM, AND IT'S UNBELIEVABLE ALL THE WATER BREAKS WE'RE HAVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW WE HAD ANOTHER ONE LAST NIGHT AND THAT WAS PRETTY BIG AS WELL.
SO, BUT, UM, WELL THAT WAS ALSO MORE, BY THE WAY, IT'S AN EMERGENCY AND
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I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE EMERGENCIES COMING UP.THERE'S MORE COMING TO, IT WAS AWESOME WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID LAST NIGHT.
YEAH, THE GUYS, YEAH, THEY KNOCKED IT OUT.
THE REASON WE GOT ANOTHER TEAM TO DO THE EXCAVATION WORK WAS CUZ IT WAS OVERNIGHT, IT WAS, UH, THE PROXIMITY TO THAT ALSO THAT, UH, EIGHT GAMES, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND THEIR EXPERTISE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY DEDICATE THEIR, THEIR LIVELIHOODS TO.
AND THEY'RE FAIRLY PROFESSIONAL AND THEY WORKED.
IT WAS MAINLY FOR THE GAS LINE BECAUSE IF NOT BROS WOULD'VE WAS AVENUE AND BRO WOULD'VE YEAH.
MAINLY SO THAT, THAT GAS LINE PROVIDED YOU GOT POOF.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE HAD, OUR GUYS COULD DEFINITELY HAVE DONE IT, BUT IT WAS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS THE PROXIMITY TO THE GAS LINE THAT, THAT MADE IT COMPLICATED THAT WE YES.
THEY, THEY WERE, AND THEIR TEAM, THEY WERE RIGHT ON IT AS WELL AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TALK IT OUT.
I WAS GETTING POINTED AND DID AN EXHIBITION.
SECOND, WE GOT, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISS GALVAN, SECOND BY MARICO.
ALL IN ALL IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS.
[31. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment to International Machine Shop, for repairs to 2 High Service Pump Motors, at Water Treatment Plant #2 in the total amount of $17,503.80.]
AT NUMBER 31, CONSIDERATION POLICY ACTION TO RATIFY PAYMENT IN NATIONAL MACHINE SHOP FOR REPAIRS TO TWO HIGH SERVICE OF, UH, PUMP MOTORS AT THE WATER PLANT.UH, TREATMENT PLANT NUMBER TWO IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $17,503 AND 80 CENTS.
AND MR. GARCIA PERCENTAGE CENTER.
THIS ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE REPLACEMENT OR THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE TWO MOTORS FROM OUR HIGH SERVICE PUMPS.
WELL, WE HAD A SURGE AT THE PLANT BURNING OUT BOTH MOTORS.
UM, SO IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THOSE MOTORS BACK ONLINE, WE HAD 'EM REWIND, UH, VERSUS, UH, ORDERING BRAND NEW ONES CUZ OF THE LEAD TIME.
UH, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE BOTH OF THOSE, UH, SERVICE, HIGH SERVICE PUMPS DOWN.
UH, CONSIDERING WE ONLY HAD ONE ON SERVICE AND WHEN WE LOST THE OTHER TWO, WE NEEDED TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS ON, ON GETTING THOSE MOTORS RE ROUND, UH, INSTEAD OF ORDERING BRAND NEW ONES.
OKAY, WHAT'S THE COST OF A BRAND NEW ONE? EXCUSE ME.
UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND 24,000 EACH RIGHT HERE? UH, YES, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT PRICE HERE, BUT I CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER.
EXACT NUMBER? NO, JUST, UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, JUST AN ESTIMATE.
OKAY, SO, SO WE GOT THE FOR TWO PUMPS FOR 70,000? YES.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, LIGHTNING STRIKE COVERED BY OUR INSURANCE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO, UH, CUZ WE DO HAVE SURGE PROTECTORS THERE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA, UH, START LOOKING INTO WHY, UH, WE ARE HAVING THAT ISSUE, UH, TO HOPEFULLY FURTHER SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
THEN, UH, I, WHENEVER I READ WATER PLANT TWO AND ONE, I ALWAYS GET CONFUSED WHICH ONES, WHICH IS ONE, THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS IN EXISTENCE AND TWO, THE NEW ONE? YES.
STINGER ONE, CHURNS NUMBER TWO.
IF WE NAME 'EM LIKE THAT, I WON'T FORGET, BUT FIRST AND SECOND.
HERE THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, I MEAN MEMBER FRANCO.
SECOND TAKE BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.
[32. Consideration and possible action to ratify payment to International Machine Shop for repairs to the Raw Water Pump at Water Treatment Plant Number 2, in the total amount of $24,000.00. ]
I REMEMBER 32 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY PAYMENT TO INTERNATIONAL.UH, MACHINE SHOP TO REPAIRS THE, TO THE RAW WATER PUMP AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
NUMBER TWO, TOTAL AMOUNT OF 24,000.
AND MR. GARCIA PRESENT IT, THIS ITEM OF FOR CONSIDERATION MADE.
IT'S, UH, THE RAW WATER PUMP THAT FEEDS OUR MAIN RESERVOIR AT THE TURNER PLANT.
THE REASON, UH, THIS PUMP WENT DOWN, UM, THE SCREEN THAT KIND OF DETERS ANY, UH, LARGE MATERIAL COMING IN FROM, FROM THE OSAA, UM, WAS NOT MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL.
SO IT DE IT DETERIORATED OVER TIME, CAUSING, UH, MATERIALS TO GO, UH, GO IN THERE AND, UH, CRACK OUR SHAFT ON OUR PUMP.
SO IN ORDER TO REFURBISH THAT PUMP, UH, WE DID HIRE, UH, INTERNATIONAL, UH, MACHINE SHOP CUZ THE LEAD TIME ON ORDERING A BRAND NEW ONE AS WELL WAS GONNA BE, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, A MONTH.
AND WE NEED THAT, THAT RAW WATER PUMP TO, TO SERVICE OUR, OUR MAIN RESERVOIR THERE.
UM, OUR OLD PUMP, OUR BACKUP PUMP IS A LITTLE BIT OLDER AS WELL.
WE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS.
UH, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP IT ON SERVICE, SO, UM, BUT THE NEW ONE ALREADY IS BACK ON SERVICE AND ONLINE.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SCREEN? YES.
THAT KIND OF, UH, DEFLECTS ANYTHING FROM
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COMING INTO THE ACTUAL HOUSING OF THE PUMP AND, UH, ANYTHING BEEN REPLACED? YES.IT HAS MR. AVE, YOU JUST GOT HERE AND YOU'VE PUT OUT MORE FIRES THAN YOU'VE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS THAN YOU'VE HAD TO PROBABLY IN YOUR ENTIRE CAREER.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES.
[33. Consideration and possible action to approve payment to U.S. Water Services Corporation for Task Order Number 2003 regarding Phase 1 Environmental Compliance Audit in the amount of $14,999.99. ]
ENTER NUMBER 33, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A PAYMENT TO THE US WATER SERVICE CORPORATION FOR TASK ORDER NUMBER.UH, REGARDING PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, COMPLIANCE AUDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,999 AND, UH, 99 CENTS.
AND IT'S A REMINDER DEL MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS THE SECOND PAYMENT REQUEST TO, UH, US WATER SERVICES FOR A ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE REPORT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, PAYMENT BE APPROVED.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THE NOTE THERE ABOUT 85% COMPLETE.
SO, UH, IF I RECALL, IT WAS ABOUT 115,000 OR SOMEWHERE THERE, SO IT WOULD BE THE ENTIRE CONTRACT.
WAS THIS ONE THAT MONEY? THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT, UH, YOU AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENTER INTO US WATER SERVICES CORPORATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
DO I HAVE MOTION? SO YOU GOT A MOTION BY MEMBER WITH HIM? UH, FRANCO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[34. Consideration and possible action to approve the Consulting Services Agreement with Highstake 35 LLC dba Mercury Public Affairs for legislative consultant services for the term November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023. ]
34.CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONSULTING SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH A HIGH STAKE, UH, 35 LLC, D B A MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR, UH, LEGISLATIVE CONSULTED SERVICE IN THE TERM.
UH, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2023.
AND SENIOR MANAGER DEL ROSA PRESENT.
THIS IS A, UH, A, UH, PROPOSAL FOR, TO CONTINUE WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT FOR THE NEXT, UH, COUNT OF, FOR THE NEXT YEAR, UH, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER ONE THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST OF NEXT YEAR.
SO, UH, THE RATE CONTINUES TO BE THE SAME AND, UH, AT $6,000 A MONTH AT PLUS EXPENSES.
ANY OTHER QUESTION? COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON IS, IS THE REPRESENT, I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME ISSUES.
MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THAT'S WHY THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME.
RIGHT? DO THEY STILL HAVE THE SAME TEAM? LIKE SOME OF THE TEAM KIND OF SEPARATED FROM WHAT I READ AND THE PAPERS OR THE NEWS ARTICLES? UM, ARE WE STILL WORKING WITH MR. MCCULLOUGH? IS IS OUR PRIMARY CONTACT? YES, SIR.
UH, MERCURY IS A NATIONWIDE, THEY'RE, UH, ONE OF THE CORPORATE OFFICES IN WASHINGTON DC SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, UH, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'VE NOT, I'VE NOT COME ACROSS THOSE ARTICLES, BUT THAT'S WHY THAT, UH, IT'S NO LONGER CALLED MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
THEY CEOS GOT MAD AT EACH OTHER.
BUT, UH, IT IS JUST, I I'VE ASKED FOR LIKE, WHAT, WHAT DO THEY PRO WHAT DOES THE LAWING FIRM PROVIDE TO US? OR CAN WE GO AS AN A AS THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A RETAINER, UH, BUT CAN WE GO TO AN AS NEEDED BASIS OR, UH, I'VE READ HIS BACKGROUND IS PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? BUT, UM, WHAT, WHAT MORE DO WE NEED HIM FOR? WELL, UM, IT, IT IS, UH, UH, THE $6,000, UH, IT'S MORE THAN A RETAINER BECAUSE, UH, HE DOES PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES TO US.
THERE ARE TIME FROM TIME THAT, UH, WE GET HIM INVOLVED IN, UH, WHERE HE HAS TO, UH, SCHEDULE MEETINGS THAT WILL GET US TO EITHER INDIVIDUALS AT THE FEDERAL HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, T C Q, UH, AND OR OTHER STATE AGENCIES WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
UH, THE SAVINGS HAS BEEN, QUITE HONESTLY, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, EITHER LEGISLATION THAT YOU MIGHT, UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I JUST RECALL ABOUT SOME LEGISLATION THAT WE WERE PROPOSING IN THE NEW YEAR, UH, WHEN IT CAME TO OUR HOTEL, UH, OCCUPANCY TAX.
SO, UH, SO, UH, CAN YOU, ON A MONTH TO MONTH, UH, I MEAN, THIS IS A MONTH TO MONTH AS ON AS NEEDED PROBABLY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE AT THE SAME RATE.
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SO, UH, IF YOU ONLY HIRE, IF YOU ONLY HIRE 'EM DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SEASON, WHICH IS, UH, EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND, AND YOU START, AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED AS, YOU KNOW, THE ELECTION'S ALREADY.BUT, UH, NOT EVERYBODY'S RUNNING FOR REELECTION, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE STATE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO, UH, A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ALREADY ABOUT WHAT LEGISLATION WILL START GETTING FILE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ALREADY GOING NOW.
SO, UM, AND WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UH, ABOUT SAME THINGS THAT WE JUST, WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU, UH, HERE FOR THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO I THINK WE, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE BUILT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, WORKING RELATIONSHIP, PROFESSIONAL WORKER RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH HIM THAT HE'S AT, HAS OPENED SOME OF THE DOORS AND HAS GONE UP TOO BAD FOR US, UH, WHEN IT NEEDED.
UH, I THINK, UH, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE PAYING TO HAVE SOMEBODY AT THAT AS A RETURNER IS, IS, IS, IS I THINK IT'S WELL SPENT.
I THINK, UH, IN MY OPINION, UH, I, I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE SPECIFIC, UH, RETURN OF INVESTMENT I'VE LOOKED AT.
SOME OF THE LOBBYISTS ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT ON, UH, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GO OUT AND SAY THAT IF IT WEREN'T FOR MCCULL MCCULL, UM, THAT LEGISLATION THAT HELPED US OUT TO BRING IN THAT CONVENTION CENTER, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE ABOUT TO BREAK GROUND PRETTY HERE PRETTY SOON IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
HE WAS A VERY IN INSTRUMENTAL KEY POINT IN OUR, UM, PERSON AT, AT THE CAPITAL WORKING FOR US AT THE TIME.
THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN YEARS AGO WHEN HE CAME ON BOARD.
BUT, UM, I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT THEIR LOBBYISTS HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHERE THEIR REVENUE COMES IN THROUGH, AND I'VE SEEN OTHER LARGER COMPANIES THAT'S LARGER THAN US PAYING A SMALLER AMOUNT.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT ARE, IS OR ARE.
UM, I, I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY I, I'M GONNA, UNTIL I SEE IT, I DON'T MOTION TO, UM, TO DENY THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT, UH, FRONT, UM, TO MAKE SURE, UM, I MEAN, MAYOR REPORT HIM, UH, UH, VIA FRANCO.
SO DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
GOT A SECOND BY COMMERCIAL GARCIA.
ANY NAYS? NA, YEAH, I GOT ONE.
NOW I HAVE, UM, BY COMMISSIONER IVAN, HE ALSO, UH, DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MOTION NOW? NO, BECAUSE THE MOTION PASSES.
IF I CAN JUST ADD, UH, TO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, WE ALL REALIZE, UH, THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS, WHETHER IT BE, UH, THROUGH OUR WATER SYSTEM, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH OUR ROAD REPAIRS, ANY WAY WE CAN ENHANCE THIS COMMUNITY, UH, WE NEED SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT CAN, THAT HAS A NETWORK TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR THIS CITY.
AND I'VE MET PARKER A FEW TIMES AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS HE TELLS 'EM YOU HAVE ALL THESE OTHER RESOURCES THAT HE KNOWS OF AND, AND SOURCES.
AND I THINK THIS IS AFFORDABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN INVEST SOME MONEY IN REACHING OUT THE PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE ADDITIONAL DIFFERENCE FOR US HERE IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
I'M GLAD YOU MET WITH HIM A FEW TIMES CUZ I'VE ONLY MET HIM ONCE.
AS LONG AS IT KEEPS SOMETHING COMING TO US.
I MEAN THAT, UH, TO JUSTIFY WHAT THE, WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HELPING OUT THE CITY.
AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD SUGGEST JUST CALL HIM, TALK TO HIM.
WELL, HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO ME HERE RIGHT ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE SITTING.
AND, UH, WE STARTED A CONVERSATION AND, AND OF COURSE YOU SHOULD DO THAT, AND IF YOU CAN'T MEET WITH HIM WHEN HE COMES, CALL HIM UP.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT HE ALSO UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE NEED HERE IN SAN BERNARDINO.
AND THAT WAS MY REASON FOR TALKING TO HIM.
I, I SPOKE TO HIM TOO, BUT I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE, ONE ITEM, SO IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS, $210,000 LATER.
AND WE NEED POLICE AND FIRE EMPLOYEES.
UM, BUT WE CAN GO ON ABOUT THIS ALL DAY AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
[35. Consideration and possible action to authorize the mayor to sign a letter of support for the enhanced cooperation between TxDOT and Amtrak to bring intercity passenger rail service to the Rio Grande Valley, Docket Number FRA-2022-0031. ]
ITEM NUMBER 35, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN A LETTER.THE SUPPORT FOR ENHANCING COOPERATION BETWEEN TEXT A AND, UH, MTRA TO BRING INNER CITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, UH, NUMBER F A DASH 2 22 DASH 2 31.
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HAEL DOMINGUEZ.HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
I AM A PLANNER THREE WITH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
I AM HERE INSTEAD OF HAVRE DOMINGUEZ, WHO IS MY COWORKER, AND IN ANOTHER HIDALGO COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.
BUT WE HAVE BROWNSVILLE OFFICES, SO WE SPLIT IT UP.
AND I AM ATTENDING HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS, UM, THIS LETTER THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR, UM, FEDERALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS COMING IN, AND ONE OF THOSE IS, UM, A NEW CORRIDOR IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AND SO THIS DOCKET NUMBER IS RELATED TO AN INTERSTATE RAIL, PASSENGER RAIL CORRIDOR, UM, FROM THE RIO GRANDE, RIO GRANDE VALLEY, ALL THE WAY TO OKLAHOMA.
UH, AND SO WE'RE SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR SUPPORT, UM, BECAUSE THIS COULD BRING NEW AND ENHANCED CONVENTIONAL INNER CITY SERVICE OPTIONS.
UH, 53 OF OUR POPULATION CURRENTLY LIVES AND HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WHERE AT LEAST 20% HAVE BEEN LIVING IN POVERTY.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IS ADMITTEDLY SPARSE AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE US INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
UH, SO THIS IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION INVESTMENT FROM THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, THE FRA, AND WE WOULD BE GOING INTO THIS DOCKET, UM, IN SUPPORT OF OUR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE AUSTIN, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, AND SUN MARCOS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, A PASSENGER, PASSENGER RAIL, HIGH SPEED PASSENGER RAIL MM-HMM.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT, UM, TRACKS THAT WE HAVE HERE? YEAH.
THE, SO PART OF THIS INVESTMENT, THERE WAS A 2017 PLAN PUBLISHED BY TECH DOT SOME OF THIS INVESTMENT WHILE GOING BACK TO STUDYING THOSE POTENTIAL CORRIDORS.
THEY HAD INITIALLY HIGHLIGHTED SOME OLD ABANDONED RAILROAD, SOME OTHER AREAS MAYBE, UM, IN THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY AS EXISTING RAILROAD CORRIDORS.
UH, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS JUST SUPPORTING THE FEDERAL INVESTMENT TO STUDY THIS, UM, WITH THOSE KIND OF OUTCOMES, HOPEFULLY BEING THE PRODUCT OF THIS STUDY OF A STUDY, THEY WERE JUST TEAMING UP TO MAKE IT STRONGER.
AND THEN I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST, RIGHT? A LOT OF US EITHER HAD SIBLINGS OR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WENT TO COLLEGE, SAN ANTONIO OR IN AUSTIN AND THE DRIVE EVERY WEEKEND OR FOR FAMILY EVENTS BACK AND FORTH.
THIS WOULD BE AN, AN OPTION FOR RAIL STUDIES.
AND I, I DON'T THINK THERE MIGHT BE A STOP DIRECTLY IN SANTO, TO BE HONEST.
CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE HIGH SPEED.
UM, BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT'S SORT OF THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE MORE, INVEST MORE IN ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITIES DO HAVE, UM, YEAH, THAT AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE AS WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THIS COMMISSION MEETING, PRICES ARE INCREASING ALL AROUND, INCLUDING IN TRANSPORTATION, THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS COULD BE A FEASIBLE OPTION FOR OUR, OUR REGION.
SO THE STUDY WOULD START, UH, LET'S SAY AN EXAMPLE START OR END FROM BROWNSVILLE OR NORTH? YES.
UM, THERE IS A MAP THAT I HAVE HERE, UH, BUT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD STUDY FROM BROWNSVILLE HARTON TO MCALLEN AND THEN NORTH, SO IT WOULDN'T GO NORTH FROM HARLAN AND IT WOULD GO TO MACALLEN AND THEN NORTH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, AND IDEALLY WE DO HAVE AN INTER A BORDER TRADE MASTER PLAN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S INTEREST FROM ONE A TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY FEDERAL FUNDS WORK, OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T BE STUDYING ON THAT SIDE, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO CONNECT INTERNATIONALLY WOULD BE THE GOAL.
AND THEN I KNOW OTHER AREAS IN, SEE, LIKE IN WASHINGTON, UM, AND IN THE NORTHERN EAST COAST, THEY HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS TO CANADA.
SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE HOPING TO STUDY AND BRING, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IN MY LIFETIME, UH, TO THE REGION.
IS THIS WHERE A LOBBYIST WOULD BE GOOD? THIS IS WHERE A LOBBYIST WOULD BE GOOD.
I THINK WE, RGD PARTNERSHIP MIGHT HAVE, UM, SOMEBODY THERE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT COME INTO FRUITION IN MY LIFETIME, BUT THAT, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND NEEDED FOR MANY YEARS, SO THAT'S GREAT.
THANKS FOR COMING TO PRESENT, STAYING THROUGH THIS ENTIRE MEETING.
HAPPY TO, AND JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WHAT I THREW OUT THERE WAS AN ABANDONED, UH, LUMBER YARD THAT WE'RE STILL THINKING WHAT IS EVER GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT.
IT'S, AND ACTUALLY IT SITS RIGHT AT THE, UH, BORDER OF HARLINGEN AND SAN BENITO.
YOU KNOW, WELL, MAYBE THE, EVEN THE MPO CAN START LOOKING AT A CROSSOVER THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
UH, ANY OTHER PUSH COMMISSIONERS? MOTION TO APPROVE? I GOT A MOTION
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BY CO COMMISSIONER GALVAN.SECOND TAKEN BY CO COMMISS GARCIA.
YOU AND I'M SORRY, I MEAN, I SAW YOU, BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR BIKE TRAILS.
I, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T FINISH ALL OF IT.
[36. Consideration and possible action to approve the Artwork Loan Agreements for Castilian Roses in December beginning November 14, 2022 through January 13,2023 at the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum. ]
OKAY.ADAM 36, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE, UH, ARTWORK, UH, LOAN AGREEMENTS WITH THE CASTILIAN ROSE ROSES IN DECEMBER, BEGINNING NOVEMBER 14, UH, 2022 THROUGH JANUARY 13TH, 2023.
SEMI CULTURAL ARCH HERITAGE MUSEUM AND, UH, MS. GARCIA.
MAYOR PROTE AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
UH, MY NAME IS ALE GARCIA, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR FOR THE, UH, RECORD.
UH, SAN BENITO CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO WORK WITH LOCAL ARTISTS TO BRING QUALITY PROGRAMMING TO THE CITY OF SANTO IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
I AM REQUESTING A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR LOAN AGREEMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITION.
CASTILIAN ROSES IN DECEMBER IS AN ANNUAL STAPLE AT THE SANTO CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM.
UH, THIS FOURTH ITERATION SHOWCASES INTERPRETIVE WORKS BY LOCAL ARTIST BASED ON THE LEGEND OF THE GUADALUPE ALLEGE.
IN THE DATES BACK TO DECEMBER 12TH, 1531, UH, CASTILIAN ROSES IS PROPOSED TO BE ON DISPLAY FROM DECEMBER 8TH TO JANUARY 6TH WITH OPENING RECEPTION ON DECEMBER 8TH FROM FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 8:00 PM THE LOAN DATES ARE FROM NOVEMBER 4TH, UH, TO JANUARY 13TH, 2023.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS HAIL FROM ACROSS THE SOUTH TEXAS, INCLUDING BROWNSVILLE, EDINBURG, HARLINGEN, MCALLEN, MISSION, BRACHO, VIEJO, SANTO, AND WESLACO.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON EXPERIENCES.
OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING ENABLES US TO PROMOTE UCA EDUCATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS WITH VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, INTERVIEWS, AND VIRTUAL TOURS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING IN-PERSON ACCESS TO THE EXHIBITION AND GUIDED TOURS.
COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MOTION.
[37. Executive Session: ]
OKAY, HONOR NUMBER 37, EXECUTIVE SESSION.CONSULTED WITH A 37 A CONSULTED WITH A CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
UH, 5 5 2 0.1071 TO DISCUSS PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATION PROTECTED BY THE ATTORNEY.
UH, CLIENT PRIVILEGE 37 B, CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, 5 5 1 0.072.
WE REGARDING FACILITY USE AGREEMENT FOR THE AZTEC BUILDING GROUND FLOOR.
AND, UH, 37 C CONSULTED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 4 1 0.087 REGARDING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND INCENTIVES PROJECT, UH, 2022 DASH ZERO FOUR.
AND, UH, 37 D UH, CONSULTED CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO A TEXAS GO CODE 5 5 1 0.07118 TO RECEIVE, UH, LEGAL ADVICE ON PENDING LITIGATION.
CIVIL, UH, ACTION NUMBER ONE DASH, UH, 22 CV DASH 1 48.
AND WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE TIME IS, UH, 8 44 AND WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[38. Any action on matters discussed in Executive Session. ]
NUMBER, NUMBER 38, ANY ACTIONS ON MATTER DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO AS FAR AS FOR ACTION ON ANY ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER 37, AYES, WE'RE GONNA AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO OFFER A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT AS, UH, DISCUSSING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO DO I HAVE A, A SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
UH, RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM.
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OKAY.BUT THAT, UH, WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER, LAVAN RECUSING HIMSELF FROM, UH, FROM THIS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I GOT THE MAYOR TIM VIA FRANCO SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
AND IN A MOTION PASSES TO ADJOURN.
THE, THE TIME IS, UH, 8 46 AND WE AJOUR.