Nov 15, 2022 Commission Meetings

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NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING IN

[1. Welcome]

IT'S THE TIME IS FIVE 30.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY, LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

THE TIME IS AGAIN FIVE 30, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, UH, OUT NUMBER TWO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO US FLAG IN THE TEXAS FLAG.

AND PLEASE REMAIN STAND THE INVOCATION BY MR. DAVID ALA.

I PLEDGE TO FLAG THE UNITED STATES FOR STANDS NATION UNDER SLIDE, THIS FLAG PLEDGE ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.

LET US PRAY.

OH, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE INVITE YOU, GOD OF PEACE TO PRESIDE OVER THIS GATHERING.

GIVE US UNITY OF SPIRIT EVEN IF OUR BELIEFS DISAGREE.

ASSIST US IN LISTENING POLITELY AS OTHERS OFFER THEIR POINT OF VIEW.

ASSIST US IN WORKING AS A COHESIVE TEAM TO COMBINE IDEAS FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.

ASSIST US IN WORKING AS A GROUP RATHER THAN AS INDIVIDUALS PURSUING THEIR OWN INTERESTS.

MAY THERE BE A FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP IN THIS ROOM AS WE WORK TOGETHER TOWARD A COMMON GOAL.

IN YOUR SON'S NAME, JESUS CHRIST, WE PRAY.

AMEN.

THANK YOU MR. FA.

OKAY IT.

NUMBER FOUR,

[4. Announcements: Items of Community Interest.]

UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO, UH, TO ADD TO THIS? NO.

ANYBODY? NOPE.

LET ME START AND THEN, UH, Y'ALL CAN HAVE IT.

UM, REGISTRATION TO BE PART OF THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, UH, COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING ON DECEMBER 1ST, AS WELL AS THE 80, UH, ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE ON DECEMBER 10TH IS OPEN TO REGISTER.

PLEASE CALL 9 5 6 3 6 1 3800.

REGISTRATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY, ON THE CITY, UH, WEBSITE, UH, WWW DOT, UM, CITY SANTO.COM.

AND, UH, NEXT ONE IS, UH, HELP THE CITY FEED RECOMME COMMUNITY THIS HOLIDAYS SEASON, JOIN THE SAN FIRE AND PD ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AT THE SAN WALMART EIGHT 30, UH, AM AT, UH, TO 4:00 PM ON THEIR, UH, THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE.

ALL DONATIONS WILL BENEFIT THE SEMI FOOD PANTRY.

AND, UH, UH, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE, UM, THE ELKS LODGE OF SANTO.

UH, THEY'LL BE DONATING CLOSE TO A HUNDRED TURKEYS, UH, TWO NEEDY FAMILIES.

AND DURING CON CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND THE CHURCHES AND, UH, FOR SPECIAL NEEDS AND, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE, I JUST WANNA GIVE 'EM A HEADS UP.

AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THIS FOR, UH, IN THIS TIME OF NEED.

THE, UH, ROARY AND THE CHAMBER ALSO SOME NEED THOUGH, THIS PAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY DID ALSO THE SAME THING.

THEY, THEY, UH, DONATED CLOSE TO 40 TURKEYS TO, UH, FAM NEEDY FAMILIES THROUGHOUT SANTO.

AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM ALSO FOR DOING THAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UH, UH, THE GESTURE OF, UH, KINDNESS TO OUR, TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, SO AGAIN, UH, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

UH, COMMISSIONERS AGAIN.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOBODY.

OKAY.

AND AT NUMBER SIX, CAN, UH, NO, I'M SORRY.

AT NUMBER

[5. Public Comments]

UH, RUTH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MS. ALICIA CAVAZOS.

MS. KAVAS? OH, MY NAME'S ALI CAVAZOS.

I LIVE AT 4 49 OSAKA SHORES.

AND, UH, THE REASON I'M HERE IS TO JUST THANK YOU, UH, FOR THIS, UH, LAST WEEK.

UH, I'M A MEMBER OF THE AURORA, COLORADO AUTO BOUND SOCIETY AND THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, UH, BURNING FESTIVAL.

AND LAST WEEK WE HELD IT, IT WAS OUR 29TH ANNUAL, UH, BURNING FESTIVAL.

AND, UH, YOU GUYS OPENED UP THE WETLANDS, SANITA WETLANDS, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, THE PEOPLE TO VISIT.

WE HAD 386 VISITORS FROM 39 STATES, UH, SIX COUNTRIES, WHICH INCLUDED INDIA, COSTA RICA, CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, MEXICO, AND PANAMA.

UM, SOME OF THE VISITORS INCLUDED, UH, AUTHORS OF, OF, UH, BIRD GUIDE BOOKS.

AND SO THIS, UM,

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AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, MR. RAMON RODRIGUEZ FROM THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE HE DID A LOT OF WORK RIGHT BEFORE, ALONG WITH, UM, HIGHED FLORES.

AND, UH, PROVIDED THE PORTA POTTIES AND DID, DID A LITTLE PARKING LOT OUT THERE.

AND, UH, WE HAVE NOW IN THAT LOCATION, 209 SPECIES OF BIRDS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED.

UH, AND IT'S BEEN A HOTSPOT FOR, UM, FOR BIRDS.

SO, UH, MOST OF THE TIME THE WEATHER WAS PRETTY GOOD, BUT I THINK SATURDAY IT WAS LIKE 49 DEGREES WITH 90 MILE PER HOUR WIND, SO IT WAS COLD.

BUT WE STILL HAD A LOT OF VISITORS THERE.

UH, LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD, UH, THIS VERY RARE BURDEN THAT'S BEEN BRINGING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN.

SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE, UH, IF, IF YOU ALL COULD, UH, MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE AVAILABLE TO US.

UH, WE GO RIGHT NOW ON A MONTH, UH, ONCE A MONTH WITH JAIME AND, UH, AND DO THE BIRD SURVEYS.

BUT, UH, THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE KIND OF LIKE IN THE, IN THE, ON THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING OVER.

BUT IN THOSE BIG PONDS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE, A LOT OF THE BIRDS.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW, BIRDERS ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

THEY DON'T LEAVE A LOT OF TRASH.

EVERYTHING WAS CLEAN.

AND AS, AS MR. RUZ CAN, CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

SO WE, UH, WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR HAVING IT.

AND, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT I GOT FROM, FROM THE PEOPLE THERE WAS THAT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT PLACE.

UM, THERE'S WATER THERE, WHICH BRINGS THE, THE WILDLIFE.

AND SO EVENTUALLY THIS PLACE IS, IS GONNA BE A GREAT PLACE, EDUCATIONAL PLACE FOR THE KIDS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN BE DONE FROM, FROM SOMETHING LIKE, UM, THAT, THAT WAS NEGATIVE AT ONE TIME, TO SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE FOR THE ANIMALS AND EVERYTHING.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALL.

IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION BY CHANCE, YOU HAVE THE NAME OF THE RARE BIRD.

THE RARE BIRD IS CALLED THE SI, UM, FOR TAIL FLY CATCHER.

AND WHAT THIS BIRD IS, HE'S HANGING AROUND WITH THE SCISSOR TAIL FLY CATCHERS.

I, THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONES YOU ALL SEE ALL THE TIME.

BUT THIS FORTE IS BLACK AND WHITE.

AND SO PEOPLE HAD BEEN SEEING IT LAST YEAR, SAW IT FROM THE ROAD, AND WE WOULD SEE IT, YOU KNOW, SPORADICALLY YOU DON'T, UH, IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING, BECAUSE WE COULD ONLY BIRD FROM THE ROAD.

AND THIS YEAR, SINCE WE WERE ABLE TO GO IN THERE, AND WE WERE THERE SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW, WE KIND OF GOT THE PATTERN OF WHAT THE BIRD WAS DOING, AND IT WOULD BE FORAGING ALL THE WAY OVER AND THEN FORAGING ALL THE WAY IN THE EVENING.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS BIRD WILL STAY, BUT AS LONG AS IT'S THERE.

UM, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE, UM, HOTSPOT REPORTS, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY COME BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT THERE'S A RARE BIRD IN SOUTH TEXAS.

SO THAT, UH, AND THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO OUR TOWN TO GO TO A RESTAURANT AND BUY GASOLINE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO IT'S A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.

SO THE MORE WE DO THIS KIND OF NATURE TOURISM KIND OF THING, I THINK IT, IT WOULD BE VERY POSITIVE FOR, FOR THE CITY.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A, I HAVE A COMMENT THERE.

SURE.

UH, DO YOU WANT, MR. RODRIGUEZ, DID WE GET PICTURES? ARE WE GONNA UPLOAD THIS ON OUR WEBSITE? OKAY.

UH, THEY WERE THERE, THEY POSTED SOME PICTURES ON THE PARKS AND REC MM-HMM.

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AND I THINK I, I TRIED TO, OR I CAN SEND MR. RODRIGUEZ, UH, A PICTURE AND A LITTLE VIDEO CAUSE I TOOK A LITTLE VIDEO OF THIS, UM, THIS BIRD.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT CAN BE POSTED OR, OR, OR SHARED WITH YOU.

SURE.

THAT'D BE NICE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, UH, PEOPLE WANTED WAS, I HOPE THAT IT'S OPEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

UH, THE COMPANY SWA, WHICH IS LIKE TOP OF THE LINE, UM, OPTICS PEOPLE, THEY SAID NEXT YEAR IF WE HAVE IT, I WANNA HAVE A TENT HERE WITH SEVERAL GUIDES, WITH BINOCULARS THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT HE COULD SHOW PEOPLE AND MAYBE WE CAN GET MORE OF OUR LOCAL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN, IN BURNING, BECAUSE IT'S A WONDERFUL HOBBY.

I'VE BEEN IN IT FOR 10 YEARS.

AND, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, HOURS ON END, YOU KNOW, IN, IN NATURE.

SO IT'S, IT'S A POSITIVE THINGS FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MR. LARRY DRAKE.

MR. DRAKE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME'S LAWRENCE, A LARRY DRAKE, I, UM, I FEEL OBLIGATED THAT I NEED TO

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BEFORE I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MY GRANDFATHER HAD ME DRIVING A TRACTOR.

I DROVE ONE OF THE FIRST MECHANICAL COTTON PICKERS HERE IN THE VALLEY.

AND IN 1994, CITY OF SAN BENITO ANNEXES, I WAS NOT BORN IN SAN BENITO.

AND I, I HAD NOT MOVED TO SAN BENITO.

THEY ANNEXED ME.

AND SO I'VE BEEN SINCE 94 RESIDENT OF SAN BENITO.

IN 1996, THE, UM, THE CITY WENT OUT AND PUT, UH, UH, 18 INCH WATERLINE ON OUR FARMLAND.

AT THE TIME, I TOLD MR. TREVINO AND MR. VI THAT, UH, THEY WERE CITY MANAGERS, THAT IF WE RAN OVER THE FIRE PLUG OR IF WE RAN OVER WATER WATERLINE WITH OUR TRACTORS, DON'T BLAME ME AND DON'T BLAME OUR TRACTOR DRIVERS BECAUSE YOU'RE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

IN FACT, THE, THE, UH, PROJECT ENGINEER SAID THE CITY STOLE YOUR PROPERTY.

AND SO IT HAPPENED.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT I KNOW THAT THE VALVE WAS PLOWED UP.

I KNOW WHERE THAT VALVE IS.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE IDEAS.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS GET WATER LOSS AND I COULD HAVE STOPPED IT.

SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET OUT THERE, FIND THAT DOGGONE VALVE AND PUT IT ON PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, GET IT OUT OUT OF THE FIELD.

CAUSE I TOLD 'EM BACK IN 96, THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

AND SURE ENOUGH, IT DID.

SO THE FIRST PART OF THIS YEAR, I FOUND WHERE THE VALVE COVER WAS LAYING OUT IN THE FIELD.

THEY CAN'T FIND IT.

I KNOW WHERE IT'S AT.

SO YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

CAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE WATER BECAUSE THE WATER DEPARTMENT CAN'T FIND A VALVE.

AND I FEEL OBLIGATED TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

ONE OTHER THING, FOUR MONTHS AGO, I WAS, I TOLD THE MAYOR THAT I'D BE GLAD TO SERVE ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD.

I SPENT 30 YEARS AS A STATE TROOPER, SPENT FOUR YEARS AS A NAVY, AND I WENT SHORE PATROL A COUPLE OF TIMES.

IN THAT BOTTOM LINE IS, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TURN YOU DOWN BECAUSE FOUR MONTHS, AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M APPOINTED.

SO IF IT'S NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT IMPORTANT, JUST FORGET IT.

I'LL, UH, I'LL FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'LL, I'LL, UH, LEAVE IT TO YOU.

OKAY, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? RUTH? NO, SIR.

NO.

OKAY.

TRUST SAFETY BOARD.

WE APPROVED IT.

YEAH.

CONSIDERATION.

[6. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the May 23, 2022 City of San Benito Special City Commission Meeting]

CITY SANTO.

SPECIAL CITY MEETING.

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? THAT WAS AT .

OKAY.

OKAY.

FRONT FRANCO ON THIS MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY, I GET THE MOTION BY COMMISSION.

I, ONE SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES.

AND, OKAY, NUMBER SEVEN,

[7. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2615-11-2022(Z), after the Second and Final Reading, 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.]

ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 15 11 22 Z AFTER THE SECOND FINAL READING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 30 0 3 51 EAST, UH, BUSINESS 77, BARRING LEGAL DESCRIPTION, UH, BEARING A SEVEN POINT, UH, 9 7 2 ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK.

12 OUT OF 70 LAND AND WATER COMPANY SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN VOLUME ONE.

PAGE SIX, MAP RECORDS CHEMICAL IN TEXAS FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND A O AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO L ONE LIGHT INDUSTRY APPLICANTS, UH, SHIELD, UH, ENTERPRISE LLC.

AND, UH, MS. JOANNA MAL.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

MAYOR PROTE COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS JOANNA MALDONALDO.

I AM THE PLANNING MANAGER.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO ALLY LIGHT INDUSTRY.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL USE THROUGHOUT THE AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY COMPOSED OF LIGHT INDUSTRY USE BUSINESS.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL DURING THE OCTOBER 13TH, 2022 SPECIAL MEETING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

COMMISS, ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE, UH, COURT, RIGHT? YEAH.

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I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, SECOND MAY I, UH, FRANCO SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GALVAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY NAS MOTION PASSES.

OKAY, AT NUMBER EIGHT,

[8. Consideration and possible action to approve Ordinance Number 2616-11-2022(Z), after the Second and Final Reading, to Rezone a property located at East Business 77, bearing a Legal Description of: Being a 18.30 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.]

AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF, UH, BEARING A 18.30 ACRE TRACK OF LAND OUT OF BLOCK 1270 OLD LAND AND WATER C SUBDIVISION IS RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX OF THE MAC RECORDS.

CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND A O AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO L ONE, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRY AND, UH, APPLICANT SHIELD EN ENTERPRISE LLC.

AND AGAIN, UH, MS. JOANNA MAL, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL AND AO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO LI LIGHT INDUSTRY.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE SUBJECT.

PROPERTY IS CONTINUOUS TO AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL USE, ALTHOUGH THE AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY COMPOSED OF LIGHT INDUSTRY USE BUSINESS.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL DURING THE OCTOBER 13TH, 2022 SPECIAL MEETING.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO GET A MOTION BY MAYOR.

SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? I.

ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES.

MARK, I HAVE A QUESTION HERE.

UM, TYPICALLY SOMETIMES THEY SAY ABOUT SPOT, THEY TALK ABOUT SPOT ZONING.

UM, AND YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING MAP, IT'S ALL, UH, C2 COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL.

UM, IS, IS SPOT ZONING A TERM THAT IS AMBIGUOUS? I MEAN, IS IT, UM, IS IT A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION? IS IT HARD AS FAR AS ZONING WOULD BE? COULD YOU IN THE MOST, CAN WE CHANGE IT TO THE, WHO HAS THE CLICKER? OH, MISS JOY TO THE ORANGE, THE ZONING MAP.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT ONE UP THERE.

OH, WELL YOU WANNA SEE MARK.

DO YOU HAVE IT HERE WHERE IT'S ALL ORANGE AND THEN WE'RE JUST PLUGGING IN LIGHT INDUSTRY IN THEIR AGENDA? HOW, HOW WOULD, I MEAN, MOST OF THE BUSINESSES THERE OPERATE LIKE LIGHT INDUSTRY, BUT THAT'S POWERPOINT THING WOULD BE ACTUALLY PROGRESSIVE, RIGHT? I MEAN INDUSTRY, LIKE A COMMERCIAL, A COMMERCIAL AREA, UM, OR AN AGRICULTURAL AREA THAT OPERATED WOULD BE CONSIDERED CONSIDERED.

LET'S SAY YOU HAD A HEAVY COMMERCIAL SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL OR, YOU KNOW, TWO EXTREMELY DIFFERENT FOUR PERIODS OF USE.

RIGHT? LOOK, I'M SORRY.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

YOU, YOU, YOU ALWAYS HAVE, UH, AREAS OF ZONING WHERE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT USES, BUT THE, THE QUESTION IS, ARE THEY ENOUGH ALIKE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A PROGRESSION? UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR.

YOU'RE, WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS YOU, YOU DON'T WANT ZONING USES AT OPPOSITE ENDS.

YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, INDUSTRY SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL, RIGHT? UM, AND, AND THEN IT'S, YEAH, IT'S A QUESTION OF DEGREE, BUT, BUT IN THIS CASE, THE AREAS ARE LIKE ENOUGH THAT YOU COULD SAY IT'S PROGRESSIVE ZONING.

IT'S NOT SPOT ZONE.

IN THIS CASE, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY WOULD NEED TO REZONE IF THEY'RE ALREADY OPERATING.

WAS IT SOMETHING THE APPLICANT NEEDED OR WANTED THE APPLICANTS HERE ? UM, YEAH, WE NEED IT.

WE NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.

WE RUN A TRUCKING COMPANY WAREHOUSING OVER THERE.

IT'S A 24 7 OPERATION.

MONDAY TO SUNDAY.

WE DON'T CLOSE.

SO LITERALLY PART OF WHAT WE NEED IS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.

SO WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW.

UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THE AREA FOR ALMOST 18, 19 YEARS NOW ON THAT AREA.

SO PRETTY MUCH IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE IN A FULL COMPLIANCE.

SO FOR US ALSO TO CONTINUE GROWING ON ADDING PROJECTS, WE NEED TO BE IN A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS COMING ON AND WE NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT.

ANOTHER QUESTION.

NO, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO YOU ARE GROWING.

YEAH.

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CONTINUE GROWING AND, UH, LOOK HOW WE WILL CONTINUE GROWING ALSO NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S LOOKING GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

BEST OF LUCK, SIR.

THANK YOU.

MIS CONTROL.

ANY OTHER QUESTION, COMMISSIONERS? NO.

OKAY.

AND, UM,

[9. Consideration and possible action to approve the Preliminary and Final Plat of DnM Cobarrubias Subdivision, bearing a legal description of; Being a 1 acre tract out of a 2.0 acre tract of the Northeast 10.0 acres of Block 12, San Benito Land & Water Subdivision as shown on the plat recorded in Volume 1 Page 6 of the map records of Cameron County, Texas. Applicant: Herminia Martinez]

ADD NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY FINAL PLOT OF D N D N M KU SUBDIVISION BEARING LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF A BEARING A ONE ACRE TRACK, UH, OUT OF A, UH, OF TWO ACRE TRACK OF NORTHEAST 10 ACRES OF BLOCK 12, SOME LAND AND WATER SUBDIVISION THAT'S KNOWN AS PLOT RECORDING VOLUME ONE PAGE SIX OF THE MAP RECORDS OF CHEMICAL TEXAS APPLICANT ARMENIA MARTINEZ.

AND, UH, MS. THE PROPOSED ONE LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LIES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, BUT WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN BENITO'S, ONE MILE ETJ, THE PROPOSED CITY, THE, I'M SORRY, THE PROPOSED SITE IS LOCATED INSIDE THE WATER CERTIFIED AREA OF EAST R HON WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION, AND WILL BE SERVED BY A TWO INCH WATER LINE BY THE OWNED BY EAST RO HON.

WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION.

NO EXISTING SANITARY SEWER SERVICE ARE LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THE SITE.

THEREFORE, A SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WILL BE INSTALLED.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2022.

PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLATS COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCES AND STATE STATUS.

OKAY.

COMMISSION QUESTIONS.

JOANNA, DO YOU KNOW WHERE OUR CLOSEST, UM, WATER LINE IS HERE? OUR CLOSEST WATER LINE? I DON'T KNOW.

NO, UH, THIS OR SEWER.

THE SEWER IS NOT WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET.

I DO KNOW THAT THE WATER, THIS IS EAST RURAL HONDA'S WATER SUPPLY, SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY.

MAYBE IN BERNARD.

UH, I MEAN, UH, MR. BILL, COMMISSIONER THE, UH, UH, THAT IS THE EAST RIVER HONDA, UH, WATER SUPPLIES CCN.

SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE RIGHTS TO BE THERE WITH WATER.

THAT, THAT'S MY THING.

LIKE IT'S SO CLOSE TO OUR CITY LIMITS AND WE HAVE THIS LOSS IN THE WATER FUND, A DEFICIT RIGHT? OF 1.2 MIL, MAYBE MORE THAN THAT.

AND WE ARE LOSING THIS REVENUE OPPORTUNITY.

WHY? WHY AREN'T WE, WHY DON'T, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHERE ARE OUR UTILITIES? WHY AREN'T WE THERE? AND OF COURSE, EAST REAL HONDA HAS RIGHTS NOW, RIGHT? CORRECT.

THEY'VE HAD RIGHTS.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NEW.

CCNS ARE, ARE, UH, MAPS THAT ARE, UH, DRAWN AND RECORDED WITH THE STATE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXPAND UPON THAT.

COMMISSIONER.

WE HAVE A CCN, WE HAVE WATER SERVICES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS.

AND JUST LIKE MILITARY HIGHWAY HAS SOME WATER SERVICE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE INSIDE SAFELY WITH THE CITY OF HARLINGEN.

SO THE, THE MAPS, THEY DON'T RUN CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CITY'S CITY LIMIT BOUNDARIES.

THESE ARE PRERECORDED MAPS ON, ON FILE WITH THE STATE, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO ENCROACH, UH, THEN WE ARE SUBJECT TO, YOU KNOW, BEING POTENTIALLY SUED.

UH, SAME THING IF WE ENCROACH ONTO OTHER CCN PROVIDER, UH, PROVIDERS, THEN WE ARE SUBJECT, YOU KNOW, TO BE INVOLVED IN A, IN A LAWSUIT.

I, I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THEIR FINANCIALS.

THEY'RE A VERY PROFITABLE ENTITY AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONFUSED TO BE WITH REAL HONDA, BUT THEY'RE, THAT'S JUST THEIR NAME.

THEY'RE A PRIVATE WATER COMPANY.

CORRECT.

AND WATER COMPANIES ARE MEANT TO MAKE, SHOULD BE MAKING MONEY.

OURS DOESN'T, BUT I WAS JUST SEEING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

I MEAN, UM, IT IS A DEAD END ROAD.

I'VE DRIVEN DOWN THERE ONCE.

DO WE HAVE A, A FIRE HY DOWN THAT ROAD CLOSE TO THE PLAT? NO, WE DO NOT.

IS IT A REQUIREMENT? YES.

HOWEVER, IN THIS AREA, WE HAVE GOTTEN A LETTER FROM EAST R RIO HONDA STATING THAT, UM, WE CANNOT PUT A FIRE HYDRANT ON THAT.

WELL, WE CANNOT PUT A, WELL, THE REQUIREMENT REQUIRES FIRE HYDRANT, HOWEVER, WE CAN'T PUT IT ON THAT TWO INCH LINE.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LETTER FROM THEM SAYING THAT THEY WILL NOT IMPROVE THAT TWO INCH LINE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO THERE'S, THIS IS, THIS IS OUTSIDE THE CITY IMAGE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

BUT IT'S STILL OUR 18 J OUR OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

NO WATER.

NO, NOT THE, NOT OUR WATER RESPONSIBILITY.

NO, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE CLEAR, IS THAT WE CAN'T INFRINGE ON WHAT IS THEIR JURISDICTION.

CORRECT.

WHETHER IT'S EAST R HONDA OR MILITARY HIGHWAY, A WATER SUPPLY.

SO WE, BUT OUR ORDINANCE STATES IT NEEDS TO HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COMPLY.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COMPLY, IT'S JUST THAT, UM, IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THERE WILL NOT BE A WAY TO PUT A FIRE HYDRANT OUT THERE.

ARE WE AT RISK MARK IF, UH, NO, WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE NOT,

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YEAH.

THE, THE PROBLEM IS THAT, THAT BASICALLY THE LAW GIVES THEM A MONOPOLY ON THE, THE PROVISION OF WATER.

RIGHT.

AND WE, WE, WE CAN'T, UNLESS IT WAS TO BE A DUAL CERTIFIED AREA FOR SOME REASON, UH, WE, WE, WE CANNOT PROVIDE THAT.

WE CAN'T DICTATE TO THEM HOW TO PROVIDE THAT WATER SERVICE.

UM, AND, AND THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL PROBLEM.

THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT'S ALL OVER THE STATE BECAUSE THESE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATIONS WERE PROVIDED BASICALLY LEGAL MONOPOLIES MANY YEARS AGO BECAUSE THEY OPERATED IN RURAL AREAS OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.

BUT AS, AS CITIES HAVE GROWN, RIGHT? AND WE, WE, WE HAVE THE CITIES, THE, THE URBAN GROWTH GOING INTO AREAS THAT ARE NOW SERVICED BY WATER SUPPLY CORPORATIONS WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRE HS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S A, THAT, THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT EXISTS STATEWIDE.

UH, AND, AND MAYBE WE WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL PROBLEM FOR A CITY TO HAVE.

AND BOTTOM, I'M THEY'RE ONLY HERE BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSION THAT WAA E G, RIGHT? CORRECT.

IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD BECAUSE THE MAIN THING IS THAT, UH, THESE COMPANIES CAN GO AND ADD A TWO INCH WATER LINE.

THEY CAN TRAVEL TWO INCH WATER LINE, BUT YET THE CITY HAS TO HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN A SIX OR EIGHT OR 10 OR MORE AND ABOVE.

RIGHT.

AND WE CAN'T EVEN DO THAT.

WOULD THAT BE A COUNTY ISSUE? MARK, MARK? UM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE.

AND I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE WATER HYDRANTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PAINTED BLACK BECAUSE YOU CAN FILL UP THE TRUCKS, BUT YOU CAN'T PUMP, UM, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH WATER OUT OF THEM TO PUT UP A FIRE, WHICH, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE FILLING A BUCKET, RIGHT? .

YEP.

UM, SO I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING ACTUALLY I'VE LOOKED AT, UM, AND, AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UH, PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST, AT LEAST PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION, VALID FIRE PROTECTION IN AREAS OF ETJ, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

WHAT YOU APPROVE.

IT'S CUZ UH, WE HAVE THE CAMERON COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE, RIGHT? SO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVICING THAT AREA, BUT THERE'S NO FIRE HYDRANT THERE.

SO I'M JUST, DOES THE COUNTY NEED TO STEP UP? DOES EAST REAL HONDA NEED TO STEP UP? DOES, DOES THAT? THAT KIND OF PUTS US ON.

WE'RE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HERE APPROVING A PLA SAYING THAT YES, YOU CAN BUILD A HOUSE HERE, BUT THERE'S NO FIRE HYDRANT THERE.

CAN YOU DENY IT TO COMMISSION? DENY IT.

IF I COULD ADD ONE THING CUZ MISS SAM ALDON NADO MADE A REFERENCE TO ABOUT THIS LETTER FROM THE EAST RIO HONDO.

OUR ORDINANCE DOES HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME VERBIAGE THAT BASICALLY SAYS, UH, IN LIEU OF INSTALLATION OF A FIRE HYDRANT, THEY COULD PUT UP MONEY IN, IN AN ACCOUNT OF ESCROW.

THE ESCROW BASICALLY COMES TO THE CITY AND WE'RE BECOME THEIR BANKING INSTITUTION.

AND WITHIN FIVE YEARS, IF THE, UH, UTILITY SYSTEM IS NOT UPGRADED, THEN WE GOTTA GIVE THEM THAT ESCROW PLUS INTEREST.

SO AGAIN, SO IN ORDER TO, UH, MINIMIZE, YOU KNOW, EXPENSES ON, AGAIN, SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, WHETHER THEY LIVING IN R A T J, WERE HOPING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE CUSTOMERS AND SPEND THEIR MONEY IN OUR CITY.

UH, THIS WAS, UH, WE REACHED OUT TO THE EAST ROYAL HONDA AND, UH, WATER SUPPLY COMPANY AND ASKED THEM, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY INTENTIONS OF UPGRADING YOUR SYSTEM? BECAUSE IF THEY DID, THEN WE COULD HAVE PURSUED HAVING THEM, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT MONEY FOR AN ESCROW ACCOUNT.

THEY GAVE US A LETTER THAT SAID, WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF UPGRADING.

SO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE GONNA BE THEIR, THEIR, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, HOLDING OF MONEY FOR THEM IF THE WATER SUPPLY COMPANY HAS NO INTENTION OF IMPROVING THEIR SYSTEM? SO THERE, THERE, THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OUT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THE BOX AND UTILIZE THE, THE ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVE DEVELOPMENTS FORWARD.

UH, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THIS HAS BEEN, THIS HAS BEEN A, A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

YOU, YOU, YOU'VE COME TO US AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS EXPENSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS.

AND THEN WHEN WE DELVED INTO THE ORDINANCES, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF US, OKAY, THERE, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT PERTAINS TO THE EJ IF IT'S NOT OUR CCN.

UM, BUT ONCE WE GOT WORD FROM THEM THAT WE GOT SOMETHING FORMAL FROM 'EM THAT SAID, WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF UPGRADING IT.

SO INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO FORK OVER THE MONEY AND US BE THE STEWARDS OF THIS MONEY, WHEN THIS WATER SUPPLY COMPANY SAYS WE'RE NOT GONNA UPGRADE IT, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH SAYING, OKAY, WE ATTACH THAT TO THE FILE.

FIRE DEPARTMENT KNOWS THERE'S SEVERAL AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE, IN THE ETJ THAT THEY SERVICE THAT THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE, THE BRUSH TRUCKS OR ALL THAT TERMINOLOGY THEY USE WHERE THEY, THEY THEY DO THE BEST TO TAKE THE WATER OUT THERE WITH THEM CUZ THEY KNOW THAT OUT THERE IN THE, IN THE, UH, IN THE RURAL AREAS, YOU KNOW, MAY

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SO, UM, WE, WHEN IT TO, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY WOULD BE THEY RESPOND THE SAME WAY THAT WE RESPOND TO ANY, UH, OUTSIDE THE OUTSIDE THE SEA LIMIT CHARGE, THE KIND OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE, THE COUNTY.

SO THIS IS THE SAME THING.

WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING THOUGH, IS FIVE DOWN YEARS, YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THE RESIDENT, WHOEVER LIVES THERE WILL PUT SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK THAT THE CITY DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF ME CUZ THEY DIDN'T HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.

AND THEN IT GETS MISCONSTRUED.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE OUT OF THE LIABILITY LOOP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

I GUARANTEE IT.

CAUSE I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.

THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT HERE.

AND THEN I LOOK AT IT, WELL, THAT'S NOT OUR CERTIFICATED AREA OF WATER.

CORRECT.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT ONE.

SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HELD LIABLE IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN.

WE CAN'T NO COMMISSION.

WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, WE'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE LAW THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.

OKAY.

KNOW.

SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION? NO.

OKAY.

MOTION.

I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSION.

GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAS MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NUMBER 10,

[10. Consideration and possible action to approve a Service Agreement with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for continued health awareness community activities for Fiscal Year 2023.]

AND MR. RAMON? GOOD FOR THE RECORD.

CRIMINAL RODRIGUEZ PARKS RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SANTO.

MAYOR.

MAYOR, PRETEND COMMISSIONERS.

FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF SANTO TO, UH, BRING MUCH NEEDED HEALTH AWARENESS, A FITNESS OPTIONS TO OUR RESIDENTS.

THE PROGRAM HAS FLOURISHED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF OUR OUTREACH WORKER.

LET GOMEZ AND HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM THOSE CLASSES.

YOUR APPROVAL OF THE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UT HEALTH, UH, CENTER AND THE CITY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THESE SERVICES CONTINUE.

UNINTERRUPTED STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

DO YOU WISH THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS? I, WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE CONTRACT, UM, HOW LONG IS, UM, THIS GROUP BEEN HELPING US? 12 YEARS, SIR.

12 YEARS.

YES.

THERE'S A, A CLAUSE THERE THAT STATES THAT WE GET A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THOSE FUNDS MM-HMM.

, DEPENDING IF THEY MEET THEIR NUMBERS.

AND WE'VE MET THE, THE MARK EVERY YEAR.

OKAY, GOOD.

YEAH.

GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

AND, UM, AS FAR AS RECORD KEEPING AND DOCUMENTATION, EVERYTHING'S GOOD.

UT IS ONE OF THE STRICTEST, UH, IN RECORD KEEPING, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING DOTTED CROSSED.

SOUNDS GOOD.

GREAT.

GOOD.

YEAH.

TALK ABOUT A COALITION THAT NEEDS TO BE FORMED.

IS THAT COALITION TO SALUTE SEQUINA OR IS YEAH.

TO SEQUINA? YEAH.

MM-HMM.

.

YES.

IS THAT LIKE, ARE WE WITH ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? IT'S, UH, IT'S ALL PART OF THE, THE, THE, THE TO SALUTE SEQUINA.

IT'S A COALITION OF THE CITIES, BROWNSVILLE, LAIA, UM, REAL HONDO, UH, SOME OF THESE CITIES DON'T HAVE A, A FACILITATOR RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, MOST OF 'EM DO.

OKAY.

AS LONG AS WE'RE OKAY.

WE'RE GETTING REIMBURSED THE FULL AMOUNT.

LET'S GET YES, SIR.

MM-HMM.

EVERY TIME.

THANK YOU.

ARE THEY ALLOWED TO HELP? UM, I SEE HER, UH, MS. LETY DOING A LOT OF HEALTH FAIRS AT YEAH.

LOCAL EVENTS, BUT ARE THEY ALLOWED TO DO ONE FOR THE STAFF OR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY? WE, WE DO, UH, HEALTH FAIRS FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY THROUGH THEM.

UH, WE'VE NEVER DONE ONE FOR, FOR THE STAFF.

OKAY.

THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO.

SO, UH, IF THEY'RE WITH U OF H, U OF H HAS A PHARMACY SCHOOL AND THEY, THEY TYPICALLY DO FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS.

MM-HMM.

FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS.

YEAH.

THEY, THEY DO PROVIDE, UH, FLU SHOTS FOR US, UH, AND, UH, UH, HEALTH SCREENINGS ALSO.

IT'S PART OF THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS.

SOUNDS GOOD.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

WELL, GOOD.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARVAN.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAMES? MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YOUR HONOR.

NUMBER DON'T REMEMBER LIVING CONSIDERATION.

[11. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of four Motorola APX 6000 radios for the San Benito Police Department from South Texas Communications in the total amount of $23,637.52]

COMMUNICATION IN A TOTAL OF AMOUNT OF $23,637 2 CENTS.

AND CHIEF MARIO.

MARIO.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TIM AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.

POLICE CHIEF MA PER THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY OWNS 46 PORTABLE RADIOS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO POLICE OFFICERS, EMERGING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL RECORDS.

AND DISPATCH.

THIS PURCHASE OF APPROVAL ALLOW US TO EQUIP FUTURE OFFICERS WITH OUR OWN ASSIGNED RADIOS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE US WITH AN ADDITIONAL PORTABLE RADIO THAT WE CAN HAVE AS A BACKUP.

THE FUNDS FOR THIS PURCHASE WERE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNICATION IS BY BOARD.

UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M

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ARE WE GONNA GET ANY RADIOS? THESE WILL BE FOR ADDITIONAL PORTABLE RADIOS FOR US.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

FOR COMMISSION? OH, NO, NOT FOR COMMISSION, SIR.

OH, OKAY.

, THAT'S JUST ASKING.

JUST WONDERING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

, IT'S OKAY.

JUST ASKING.

OKAY.

COMMISSION ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT, WHAT FUNDS IT COMING OUT OF? JUST, UH, THE POLICE BUDGET OR CARES MONEY? IT'S COMING OUT OF THE RADIO EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT FOR THE, UH, THAT'S OUR, UH, OUR FISCAL BUDGET.

SOUNDS GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT INCLUDES UPGRADES OR IS THAT JUST A DIFFERENT FEE? ACTUALLY, THE RADIO.

IT INCLUDES THE RADIO, THE PROGRAMMING, UH, THE ENCRYPTION AND, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES INTO IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, EARPIECES, UH, MICROPHONE, ALL THAT STUFF.

COOL.

SO, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I GOT A MOTION BY MARI VIA FRANCO.

SECOND TEAM BY COMMISSION.

GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY NAS MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND NEXT YEAR I'LL GET YOU AGAIN, SIR.

OKAY.

NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION

[12. Consideration and possible action to reject bids received pertaining to Bid Number 2022-003-0901 in regard to chemicals.]

MR. GARCIA, MAYOR, MAYOR, I PRO COMMISSIONERS AN GARCIA INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COORDINATOR.

FOR THE RECORD.

UH, THE ITEM, UH, UP FOR DISCUSSION IS, UH, UNI, OUR SOLUTIONS, UH, IN, UH, THEY PUT IN A BID FOR, UH, CITRIX ACID TOADS, WHICH WAS IMPROPERLY, UH, FILLED OUT PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC UNITS THAT THE CITY HAD SPECIFIED IN THE BID PACKET.

UH, CITY'S RECOMMENDING, UH, REJECTION OF THIS A SPECIFIC, UH, CHEMICAL.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, UH, MAYOR TIMOTHY FRANCO TO, UH, REJECT THE BID.

AND I GOT A SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL AND A OKAY.

MOTION PASSES TO REJECT BIDS.

OKAY.

113 CONSIDERATION

[13. Consideration and possible action to award a contract to the lowest bidder for bids received pertaining to Bid Number 2022-008-1007 in regard to road construction materials.]

THE PERTAINING TO BIT NUMBER 20, CORRECTION 20 22 8 1 0 7 IN REGARDS TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.

AND MR. GARCIA.

SEVEN.

THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION PERTAINS TO THE 3000 AND 4,000 PSI CONCRETE BIDS RECEIVED BY THE CITY FOR A YEAR SUPPLY TO FIXED RATE.

UPON DISCUSSION WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY STAFF, WE DON'T RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS ITEM BEING, IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO LOCK IN THE PRICE, CONSIDERING IT WOULD NOT MEET THE MINIMAL LOAD REQUIREMENTS SET BY THE VENDOR.

UM, LET ME REFER ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

OKAY.

THEN, UH, I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ARRAN.

ALL IN FAVOR TO REJECT, I MEAN, NOT TO, TO, NOT TO AWARD.

OKAY.

NOT TO AWARD.

SO I GOT TO, UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR NOT TO AWARD ANY, UM, ANY, NOT TO AWARD THIS.

OKAY.

SO, I'M SORRY.

OKAY.

SO MOTION PASSES NOT TO AWARD THIS.

OKAY.

A BIT OF TONGUE TIGHT ON THIS ONE.

OKAY.

AND NUMBER

[14. Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Dynapac CC1400 VI Open Cab Double Drum Roller via BuyBoard Catalog Contract in the total amount of $66,024.00.]

AND MR. GARCIA LET UP FOR DISCUSSION IS, UH, THE PURCHASE OF A DOUBLE DRUM ROLLER, WHICH IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PAVING STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITHOUT HAVING, UH, TO RENT ONE OUT ON A DAILY BASIS.

UH, CURRENTLY THE CITY'S SPENDING APPROXIMATELY $350 PER RENTAL.

UM, AND WE'RE STRICTLY, UH, DEPENDENT ON THOSE RENTALS.

UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

WHERE IS THIS BUDGET FROM? THIS ONE'S, UH, GONNA BE COMING OUT OF THE UNASSIGNED RESERVE, SIR, YOU, YOU SAID, UM, THREE 50 PER RENTAL PER, SO

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SO EVERY TIME PER, PER DAY.

MM-HMM.

.

AND WHAT, SO DO YOU HAVE LIKE THE COST WE'VE USED MAYBE PER STREET OR THE LAST YEAR? I DO NOT HAVE THAT ON THEM, BUT I CAN, UH, GET 'EM FOR YOUR FEE.

CAUSE I, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT, IT LOOKS NICE, BUT, UH, IT SAYS, UH, IT WILL TAKE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS FOR DELIVERY.

WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO RENT ONE FOR THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND I DON'T THINK, HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK WE'RE EQUIPPED TO CONTINUE TO BUY MORE EQUIPMENT.

WE, I'VE BEEN TO THE YARD AND IT'S, IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

WE'RE CO WE HAVE, WE CAN COVER OUR, OUR EQUIPMENT.

A LOT OF IT'S JUST OUT THERE RUSTING, ROTTING.

I UNDERSTAND.

IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GOOD.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA HELP US GET MORE STREETS DONE.

AND PLUS I DON'T WANT TO TAP THE UNASSIGNED FUNDS.

THE REASONING FOR DOING THE PURCHASE RATHER THAN DOING A RENTAL WOULD BE BASED ON, UH, WE DO RENT IT OUT.

WE DID HAVE A, UH, AN ISSUE LAST WEEK WITH ONE OF THE ASPHALT, UH, FACTORIES GOING DOWN.

SO IT KIND OF PUSHED US BACK ON OUR, ON OUR SCHEDULE THAT WE HAD SET FOR PAVING ONE OF THE, UH, PUENTES STREET.

SO ONCE THAT PUSHED US BACK, THEN THAT KIND OF SET, NOW WE HAVE TO RENT IT AGAIN THE SECOND DAY WHEN, AND THEN WE DIDN'T USE IT FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF A DAY, BUT YET WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE RENTAL.

NOW IF WE HAVE, HAVE ONE ON HAND, WE CAN AVOID THOSE TYPE OF INTERRUPTIONS, UM, AND STILL HAVE IT.

AND WE CAN BETTER MITIGATE OUR, OUR OWN SCHEDULE ONCE WE, UH, ARE PAVING AND, AND WE WANT TO BE DEPENDENT ON HAVING TO DO THOSE RENTALS.

OH, IF WE, IF WE EXPECT YOU GUYS TO DO THE WORK, WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE CORRECT EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, OUR EQUIPMENT IS RIDING OUT THERE.

BUT THEN WE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUES TOO, TO FIND A CANOPY OR SOME SORT OF THINGS TO, TO STOP THAT FROM CONTINUING.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE CURRENTLY RENT IT OUT APPROXIMATELY FROM OUR STREET SUPERVISOR.

HE USUALLY GETS IT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $1,400 A MONTH, A YEAR.

THAT'S LOOKING UP TO OF $15,000, WHICH IN TURN WE COULD FINISH PAYING THAT OFF, YOU KNOW? CORRECT.

VERSUS RENTING IT OUT.

WHAT DO WE, WHAT'S THE FINANCE TERMS? IT DOESN'T HAVE IT ON HERE.

IT SAYS FINANCE.

UM, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE INTEREST RATE ON THE, ON THE, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT.

I DON'T HAVE IT ON HAND.

ON, ON THE DOG IS HOW, YEAH.

THE SALES QUOTE DOG, THE COMPANY, IT SAYS FINANCE, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY FOR HOW MANY MONTHS OR WHAT THE RATE IS.

OH, I THINK THAT ONE STATED THAT THEY'D HAVE THAT, THAT THEY HAD THAT OPTION ON THERE FOR.

BUT WE'RE PAYING, OH, WE'RE GONNA BUY IT.

YES.

TO BUY IT, NOT TO FINANCE IT.

I THINK THAT'S JUST AN OPTION THAT THEY PUT ON THERE.

IF WE YEAH.

IF WE WANTED TO FINANCE IT.

THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

I WANT A CASH DISCOUNT.

WE WANTED FINANCING ON THAT.

ARE WE GETTING A CASH DISCOUNT? UH, SINCE WE ARE GOING TO BUY BOARD, WE ARE GETTING A, A DISCOUNTED.

SO WE'RE YOUNGER, BUT THAT'S FROM BUY BOARD.

YES.

I WANT ONE FROM JOHN DEERE.

RIGHT.

WELL, OKAY.

YOU LIKE BUYING CARS.

YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS.

YES.

I COMMISSION I'M ALSO ASKING, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, UH, COMPANY HERE IN INDUSTRIAL PARK, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL TALK TO HIM BECAUSE I DO GO AND BUY SOME, UH, SOME EQUIPMENT.

I MEAN, NOT EQUIPMENT, BUT THE PARTS FOR MY SON'S TRACTOR.

SO THEY WERE THERE TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE HERE.

WE'LL JUST ASK THE CITY TO GIVE US A CHANCE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, TO BUY HERE LOCALLY.

STAY HERE LOCALLY.

WELL, THEY HAVE TO GET ON THAT BIKE BOARD.

THEY ARE, THEY ARE IN THE, THEY ARE IN THE BIBLE.

CAUSE I ASKED THEM AND THEY TOLD ME, SAID, WE ARE IN THE BIBLE BOARD.

JUST COME ON OVER, WE'RE HERE.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I SAW THIS A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT Y'ALL LOOK INTO, YEAH, WE LOOK INTO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND, AND A LOT OF THE, WE GET A LOT OF INPUT FROM OUR SUPERVISORS BASED ON, UM, FOR PREVENTED MAINTENANCE PURPOSES.

WHAT'S THE, IF SOMETHING WERE TO BREAK, DO WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO GET THOSE PARTS FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT VERSUS IF WE HAVE TO WAIT EIGHT MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS VERSUS ON SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE JOHN DEERE, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE TO, TO REPLACE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS IF THEY WERE TO BREAK OR IN, IN THAT ASPECT OF IT.

UM, HENCE WHY WE WENT WITH THIS STEIN PACK, UH, ROLLER.

WHERE, WHERE DO WE CURRENTLY RENT? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, TEJAS RENTAL.

DO THEY, DO THEY SELL OR THEY JUST RENTAL COMPANY? AS OF NOW, WE'VE JUST BEEN RENTING.

UH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT IF WE CAN.